Dead_Jester

Personally i'm with you on not liking simply changing the name of the Title but like a lot of people have said it depends on your level of immersion and if the Rock is Face or Heel. If face: I'd have a heel lay him out and destroy the belt on the last episode on TNT leading to the tournament where the heel who trashed the belt wins and faces The Rock in a grudge match to crown the first Champion of the new Title. If Heel: I'd have Rock talk smack about how dominant a Champion he has been before claiming he is done playing with the "small fish", he trashes the Belt and makes his move on to the World Title scene leading to the creation of the new Title and a tournament to crown a new Champion and potentially make a new star or two in the process.

<p>Came up with a few more during my break at work.</p><p> </p><p> Venue Name: Molson Fairgrounds</p><p> Open Date: 1932</p><p> Location: Midlands</p><p> Venue Size: 15000</p><p> Description: A throw back to the old carnival days of wrestling, Molson Fairgrounds has hosted everything from pro wrestling to the circus during its lengthy lifespan.</p><p> </p><p> Venue Name: Stonefield Ballroom</p><p> Open Date: 1968</p><p> Location: Northern England</p><p> Venue Size: 3100</p><p> Description: The elegant Stonefield Ballroom has given many a wrestling promotion a touch of class to its TV Tapings.</p><p> </p><p> Venue Name: Finch Square</p><p> Open Date: 1978</p><p> Location: Southern England</p><p> Venue Size: 12000</p><p> Description: Located in the heart of London, Finch has hosted some of the biggest acts of all time, presenting shows here adds a certain prestige to any event.</p>

<p>Did a few more this morning.</p><p> </p><p> Venue Name: Mulford Memorial Centre</p><p> Open Date: 1975</p><p> Location: South Australia</p><p> Venue Size: 1572</p><p> Description: Located in suburban Adelaide is little more than a glorified rec centre that has hosted many an indoor athlete event over its lifetime.</p><p> </p><p> Venue Name: Crimson Crucible</p><p> Open Date: 2016</p><p> Location: Queensland</p><p> Venue Size: 325</p><p> Description: Hidden away in the often overlooked red light district of the Gold Coast, the Crimson Crucible is a well-known strip club that has been a favorite of certain wrestlers over the years.</p><p> </p><p> Venue Name: Kelso University</p><p> Open Date: 1970</p><p> Location: Western Australia</p><p> Venue Size: 18628</p><p> Description: Kelso U is by and large the biggest University in Western Australia whose board of directors have bring in extra funding by renting out the facilities to international sporting events looking to hit Australian shores.</p><p> </p><p> Venue Name: Akonah Stadium</p><p> Open Date: 2019</p><p> Location: New Zealand</p><p> Venue Size: 25800</p><p> Description: The freshly built Akonah Stadium offers the very best in modern sporting amenities in the city of Auckland.</p><p> </p><p> Venue Name: BT Bank Pavilion</p><p> Open Date: 1996</p><p> Location: New South Wales, Australia</p><p> Venue Size: 42060</p><p> Description: Despite the numerous name changes over the years BT Bank Pavilion is largely considered the most prestigious sports ground in New South Wales, even having the distinction of hosting the Olympic Games some years ago.</p><p> </p><p> Venue Name: The Show Stopper.</p><p> Open Date: 2015</p><p> Location: New South Wales</p><p> Venue Size: 5000</p><p> Description: Located within Fantasy Land Amusement Park the Show Stopper has played host to a number of different events ranging from concerts to motocross stunt shows.</p><p> </p><p> Venue Name: The Vine</p><p> Open Date: 2000</p><p> Location: Victoria Australia</p><p> Venue Size: 250</p><p> Description: The Vine is pub located in the suburb Richmond that is a favorite of many local independent wrestlers. Hardly the biggest venue around, it can none the less pack in a decent number of fans in for a more intimate looking show.</p><p> </p><p> Venue Name: Oster Park</p><p> Open Date: 1952</p><p> Location: Tasmania, Australia</p><p> Venue Size: 6722</p><p> Description: One of the oldest active venues in Tasmania, Oster Park is a far cry from its glory days but can still seat a decent number paying fans to any number of events.</p>

Venue Name: Blue Sands Club Open Date: 1999 Location: New South Wales, Australia Venue Size: 2750 Description: Located near the picturesque shores of Bondi Beach the Blue Sands Club started life as a night club that would go on to host low level concerts. In recent years it has opened it's doors to MMA and Wrestling events. Venue Name: Grimshaw Plaza Open Date: 2005 Location: Tasmania, Australia Venue Size: 10500 Description: Grimshaw Plaza has served as the home base to the Tasmanian Tigers rugby league team since they were added to the league in the 2005 expansion. During the leagues off season and the teams away games the Plaza has served as an outdoor venue for concerts and wrestling events. Venue Name: Garden State Arena Open Date: 1981 Location: Victoria, Australia Venue Size: 25780 Description: Located in the heart of Melbourne's CBD the Garden State Arena has long been considered the premier venue for hosting major events in the state of Victoria.

Like most I tend to overload my roster with talent to the point where I have a lot of guys sitting around doing a whole lot of nothing aside from the dark matches to keep them active. A plus side to the bloated roster leads to having a big and diverse Tag Team division. Admittedly i'm a sucker for Tag Team wrestling so every game I start I always tend to build a deep Tag division. I struggle with lengthy babyface Title runs as well and instead focus way too much on the face chasing the Title and have heel Champions rack up the lengthy reigns.

<p><strong>Madison Eagles</strong> vs. Takako Inoue</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Alexis Laree and Allison Corino </strong>vs. Wesna Busic and The Beautiful Nightmare</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Chigusa Nagayo and Momoe Nakanishi</strong> vs. The Darkess (Daffney and LuFisto)</p><p> </p><p> <strong>The Women’s Revolution (Amy and Jacqueline)</strong> vs. Our Generation (©) for the Women’s World Tag Team Championship</p><p> </p><p> Manami Toyota vs. <strong>Trish Stratus</strong></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Meiko Satomura</strong> vs. Akira Hokuto (©) for the Women’s World Championship</p><p> </p><p> What will be match of the night? Meiko vs. Akira</p><p> How many titles will change hands? 2</p>

I learnt this the hard way. Monday Next was my biggest merchandise mover making over 10k a month for me, my next highest was Nighthawk who was only pulling in a little over 2k. Long term booking plans to get the Title on Next got altered when current Champion Blake Belushi signed an exclusive deal with RAW to become their booker, so the Title got hot shotted to Next who promptly got signed by one of the Japanese Companies (Can't remember which off the top of my head.) So yeah, going forward I push who I want based on storylines and characters but i'm always mindful of having those pushes under exclusive deals.

The Australian wrestling scene went crazy in September 2024. Playing as my own company, MCW, I had just hit Medium size, joining RAW, APW and ZEN. Well everyone kind of went crazy with written contracts, myself included and while I managed to hold a few key players I did end up coming out the worst in the mass talent lockdown. Blaze Maximum, Monday Next, Blake Belushi, Hack Greer, Reggie Tate, Dazzler and Pink Spider are just some of the big names I had used to build my company up and they all fled for greener pastures. As of now my two biggest talents are Nighthawk (Babyface Champion) and Maelstrom (My primary heel) followed by The Affliction, The Apocalypse, Rob Edwards, Surfer Dude Lucas and Jesse Tasman. In all honesty it kind of is a blessing in disguise as I was getting bored with the save and now I have a new challenge in building up a ton of unknown talent to try and be competitive again. The plan over the next few months is to try and get Jesse Tasman out of his Surfer Dude tag team with Lucas and over enough to be my figurehead as he has all the tools to be successful with the exception of being a touch overshadowed in the overness department.

Playing as my own company in Australia, Melbourne City Wrestling, and just hit January 2023. MCW Heavyweight: Blake Belushi. Just short of 500 days with 14 defences. MCW Oceanic State: Reggie Tate. 31 days and count, 1 successful defence. MCW Tag Team: The Affliction. (2) 59 day as Champions, 2 successful defences. MCW Victoria Cup: Monday Next (2022 winner) Yearly achievement that is earned in a 20 man Battle Royal every November.

The Shooting Stars vs. Jung Dragons vs. Made in Italy AJ Styles vs. Prince Devitt Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Eddie Guerrero Shane Helms vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (©) for the World Television Championship Rey Mysterio Jr. and Konnan vs. The Dangerous Alliance (O’Haire and Douglas) Chris Jericho vs. Brian Kendrick Steenerico vs. True Heroes (©) for the World Tag Team Championship Steven Regal vs. Bryan Danielson (©) for the United States Heavyweight Championship Goldberg vs. The Unnatural King Corino vs. CM Punk (©) for the World Heavyweight Championship How many championships will change hands? 1 What will be the match of the night? Punk vs. Corino TIEBREAKER: What will be the match time for the main event (minutes and seconds)? 26:30 BONUS: Who will be the next World Heavyweight Champion? Eddie Guerrero

Had a few in various saves I'm running but the notable ones are Tommy Cornell signing for SWF, while not major in game mechanics sense it's interesting to see from a lore perspective that the guy who ran a company head to head against Eisen and the SWF would join them. Two separate instances with Jaime Quine, on one save she got praised for spreading positive vibes about body image, and on a different save one where she got heat for taking shots at "out of shape wrestlers" that got her into a negative relationship with Gorgon. Again not too exciting but cool to see how each save can be different. Finally got one on my RIPW save where Vicki Company announced her pregnancy in May, gave birth in November and then got busted cheating on Mark Misery, leading to a divorce, with Phillip Cooper. Immediately made me question if who the father of the newborn was.

Steenerico vs. Calgary Bulldogs Volador Jr. vs. TAKA (©) for the World Cruiserweight Championship Christopher Daniels vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (©) for the World Television Championship The Destroyer vs. Bryan Danielson (©) for the United States Heavyweight Championship Mortis vs. CM Punk (©) for the World Heavyweight Championship The 30 Man Mayhem match, with the winner challenging for the World championship at the Great American Bash: -Longest stay in match: Rey Mysterio -Most eliminations: Sean O'Haire -Runner up: Lance Storm -Winner: King Corino What will be match of the night? Punk vs. Mortis How many championships will change hands? 0

I've done this with a few workers over the last few games in the TEW Series. Mainstream Hernandez - The Mainstream (Similar how Rocky Miavia became The Rock) Larry Wood - Manslaughter (Used an alt picture for him that had a Kane like mask.) Kaori Takenouchi - WAR Takenouchi (playing off the military gimmick) Toku Kijmuta - Bam Bam Kijmuta (Simply using her nickname instead of the first name) Regular Joe - Joe Benning (Never liked the Regular Joe name so just went with his natural name) High Flying Hawiian - Dante Kai I'm sure there are others but that's all I can think of at the moment.

<p>CM Punk vs. <strong>The Unnatural</strong> (©) for the World Heavyweight Championship</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Bryan Danielson</strong> vs. Rob Van Dam (©) for the United States Championship</p><p> </p><p> Shinsuke Nakamura vs. <strong>Hayabusa</strong> (©) for the World Television Championship</p><p> </p><p> Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. <strong>Eddie Guerrero</strong> in a Two out of Three Falls match</p><p> </p><p> AJ Styles vs. <strong>The Enigma</strong> in the UFS Finals</p><p> </p><p> Title Unification match: UWA Welterweight Champion <strong>Jamie Knoble</strong> vs. WCW Cruiserweight Champion TAKA </p><p> </p><p> <strong>Matt Hardy</strong> vs. Mortis</p><p> </p><p> Tag title #1 contender’s match: Steenerico vs. Volador and Aguila vs. <strong>Calgary Bulldogs</strong> vs. Made in Italy </p><p> </p><p> How many championships will change hands? (the title unification match DOES count) <strong>2</strong></p><p> </p><p> What will be match of the night? Punk vs. Unnatural</p><p> </p><p> Are the Jung Dragons going to stay in WCW? As a unit no, I think one resigned and the other is leaving.</p>

Jack Griffith for me, in pretty much any Cverse game I've played I usually hire him assuming i'm not using him as my avatar (He is my go to when I open my own company.) Kind of like a once great prospect who didn't hit the mark people thought he would is making one last ditch effort to leave a positive legacy in the business. Always found his backstory one of those interesting "what if" deals where you wonder where he could have ended up if his demons didn't halt his progress.

Chigusa Nagayo vs. Akira Hokuto (©) for the World Championship Etsuko Mita and Kaoru Ito vs. Our Generation (©) for the World Tag Team Championship Manami Toyota vs. Wesna Busic Meiko Satomura vs. LuFisto Kyoko Inoue vs. Toshiyo Yamada Momoe Nakanishi vs. The Beautiful Nightmare How many championships will change hands? 0 What will be match of the night? Nagayo vs. Hokuto

World Heavyweight Championship: Goldberg vs. The Unnatural {©} World Tag Team Championship: Jung Dragons vs. True Heroes {©} United States Heavyweight Championship: King Corino vs. Rob Van Dam {©} World Television Championship: Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Brian Kendrick {©} Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: Eddie Guerrero vs. Matt Hardy Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: AJ Styles vs. Sean O’Haire Bryan Danielson vs. Colt Cabana Steenerico vs. Calgary Bulldogs What will be match of the night? Goldberg vs. Unnatural How many championships will change hands? 1 TIEBREAKER: How long was the main event? 20:05

<p>Hooked deeply in Animal Crossing at the moment and don't see myself stopping anytime soon.</p><p> </p><p> Resident Evil 3 is on my list and will eat up a day or two.</p><p> </p><p> Still waiting on my copy of Persona 5 Royal which will definitely impact my free time.</p><p> </p><p> Other than that it is work as usual, my place of business hasn't closed down during the chaos and I doubt they will.</p>

WWF Rising Storm: May 1993. WWF Heavyweight Champion: Vacant. Sadly a mere 3 weeks after winning the Title at Mania 9 from Ric Flair, Champion Randy Savage died in a traffic accident that threw my April PPV, Rampage, for a loop making it more a tribute show than a proper PPV Event. Plan currently is for the Title to go to the winner of the 1993 King of the Ring which is likely to either be Flair or the returning Ultimate Warrior. WWF Intercontinental Title: Bret Hart. Won from Steve Austin at Mania 9 to end their lengthy feud, currently engaged in a three way war for the Title with Arn Anderson and The Great Muta. WWF Tag Team Titles: Stars and Stripes (Del "The Patriot" Wilkes and George "The Eagle" Hines) Won from The New Foundation at Mania 9 in a face vs. face upset, will lose the bets back to Owen and Jim who will turn heel just before Summer Slam. WWF Television Title: Paul Roma. Won from Tatanka at Rampage 93, not much to say about this one other than the Title is used to build up lower card guys or to give midcarders I like something to do. Roma will likely lose this back to Tatanka at some point who will eventually drop it to the newly signed DDP.

Apologises if some of these have already been suggested, I did look through but after a bit everything kind of blurs together. Master Politician: Worker is more likely to form backstage cliques. Political Amnesty: Worker prefers to avoid being a part of a backstage clique. Volatile Politician: Worker is likely to develop negative relationships between their clique stable mates and non clique members. Positive Partner: Worker has a higher chance of having a positive chemistry note when forming a new tag team. One Man Raid: While unemployed a worker is likely to try and highjack a show as an audience member to get some notice. (Think Enzo at the Survivor Series.) One Man Business: The Worker has a higher chance of going off script and into business for themselves in a match. (Think Koji Kitao shooting on Earthquake in a match in Japan.)

<p>Retail sucks dude, been in it in some form through most of my working life and I totally sympathize with being fed up with it.</p><p> </p><p> As good as the diary is you need to look after yourself first and foremost.</p><p> Make sure you look after yourself dude.</p>

<p>Just finished Wrestlemania IX in my Rising Storms save, scoring 100 show rating in the process, my first of the save.</p><p> </p><p> In the main event Randy Savage won the World Title from Ric Flair after a short, but heated, feud that merged multiple storylines together as Flair's Heenan Family stable mates Arn Anderson and Steve Austin, who were feuding with Mr. Perfect and Bret Hart Respectively, constantly tried to help Flair gain an early upper hand over Savage following his Royal Rumble win back in January. Savage's reign is planned to be shortish for the time as he will drop the belt at Summer Slam to either Ted DiBiase, who I want to give a small token Title reign too before he retires, or the monster known as Sid.</p><p> </p><p> Speaking of Sid, in the co main event he beat the "Immortal" Hulk Hogan in a feud that has lasted since the previous years Summer Slam when Sid, who believed Hogan stole a Title opportunity from him, cost Hogan a match against Flair by slamming the door on the Hulkster as he tried to escape the cage in the main event. I put Sid over huge by not only having him beat Hogan but also inflicting enough damage after the match to have Hulk stretchered out. This is legitimately Hogan's exit from the company as I feel the time is right to let him go and work on building up new stars so the main event scene doesn't become stale.</p><p> </p><p> Bret regained the Intercontinental Title after a long and bitter feud with "Stunning" Steve Austin. Bret will eventually lose the Title to Arn Anderson before getting his overdue main event push and dethroning DiBiase or Sid, depending on who I go with in taking the Title from Savage.</p><p> </p><p> Owen Hart and Jim Neidhart lost the Tag Titles to the team known as Stars 'n' Stripes (The Patriot & George "The Eagle" Hines) The change was surprising give that The New Foundation only won the Titles in January at the Royal Rumble from Jake Roberts and the Undertaker. Plans are in motion though as the Foundation will take some time off before returning and going full heel on the patriotic duo, eventually winning the gold back at Summer Slam.</p><p> </p><p> Following their defeat to the Foundation and then failing to win back the gold in a rematch Jake Roberts turned on the Undertaker, pinning all the blame on the dead man for their recent lack of success. Taker would win their first meeting at Wrestlemania IX but their saga is far from over and I have plans from both men to meet several times over the next few months.</p><p> </p><p> The next year will be used to build up the next generation in the company as guys like Flair, DiBiase, Piper, SGT Slaughter and Savage will slowly start to be phased out in favour of guys like Bret Hart, Steve Austin, Sid, The Great Muta, Davey Boy Smith and the Undertaker who will carry the company into the next generation.</p>

Personal favorites, Storylines/feuds and worker behaviour are usually the top reasons for a Title run for me but every so often i'll just push someone "just because" The one common thread in my booking choices is long term planning, I usually have Title changes planned out well in advance, sometimes years ahead, though I'm flexible enough that if something alters the plan (failed drug test, injuries, a new inspired idea...) I can run with it. An example would be the Intercontinental Title, I use this for upper midcard guys or even main eventers that aren't factoring into the World Title picture. Currently the belt is on "Stunning" Steve Austin, he will drop the belt to Bret Hart at Wrestlemania, who will drop it to Arn Anderson at Summer Slam, who will drop it to The Great Muta at the Rumble before winning it back at the following years Wrestlemania. If something happens that alters the plan I tend to replan the whole thing. This way I know who I'm pushing, when to build people up and what I can get out of their run as Champion, no matter if it is a year long reign or a simple three month courtesy run.

World Heavyweight Championship: "The Hellraiser" Steve Austin vs. The Unnatural {©} Ultimate Fan Series, Opening Round (#1 The Dead Jesters vs. #8 Los Guerreros del Cielo Internacional): Christopher Daniels (Dead Jesters) vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr. (Los Guerreros del Cielo Internacional) Ultimate Fan Series, Opening Round (#2 Rated R Superstars vs. #7 VIP Pass): Goldberg (RRS) vs. King Corino (VIP) Ultimate Fan Series, Opening Round (#3 The Golden Company vs. #6 Uncrewed's Crew): TAKA (GC) vs. Matt Hardy (UC) Ultimate Fan Series, Opening Round (#4 The K-Nections vs. #5 The Limitless): Bobby Roode (K-Nections) vs. Kaz Hayashi (Limitless) Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Eddie Guerrero World Tag Team Championship: The Dangerous Alliance vs. True Heroes {©} United States Heavyweight Championship: "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles vs. Rob Van Dam {©} (If Styles doesn't win the title, he can never get another shot as long as RVD is champion) World Television Championship: Paul London vs. Brian Kendrick {©} UWA Welterweight Championship: Jamie Knoble vs. Great Sasuke {©} What will be match of the night? Austin vs. Unnatural How many championships will change hands? 4

Who will win the 2004 Ultimate Fan Series? -Dead Jesters, gotta back my own team. BONUS: What promotion will Steve Austin sign with? (1 point) -WCW