ShootTheMoon

Typical Vince McMahon. The main event at Wrestlemania will likely be Ted the Wrestling Bear vs. The Gobbledygooker. Hey, The Gobbledygooker needs to be added to this update, just so I can beat him mercilessly with Stan Hansen and Bruiser Brody.

I finally started playing a scenario, and this is just awesome. I was a little perturbed that the Guitar Blast to the Head could only be done outside, especially since HTM did it more than a few times inside the ring. So I edited the move in my scenario, since my ultimate goal is to someday use that guitar on Hulk Hogan to win the WWF title. I have created some move pictures especially for my Honky Tonk Man career. The two for his signature moves (The Shake Rattle and Roll and the Guitar Smash to the Head) might be useful to other people, so I have attached them, along with an "alternate" Guitar Shot (Jeff Jarrett making some music on Billy Gunn's noggin). The Shake Rattle and Roll pic is Honky setting up Steamboat for the SRR that won him the IC title. One of the Guitar Shots is a non-explosive shot to the head of Brett Hart. The other is an attack on Snuka during the Brother Love show (complete with BL in the background). I could not find one with HTM actually shattering his guitar on anyone. I also have some pics of HTM executing some other moves, but I doubt anyone wants their move pics to start looking like a HTM highlight reel. HTMmoves.zip

I am going to keep looking to fill in the photos. One thing that would help is this: If anyone knows anything about any of the "missing" guys that is not already listed in their profile, like who they may have feuded with, or a particular promotion they worked for, it might help tracking them down. Especially if they feuded with or were friendly with someone who was much better known. Just 49 to go.

Incidentally, by my count, these are the workers who do not have pics, and for whom I could not find a picture. This might not be everyone, and of course some of the ones I found could stand to be better. I have also attached a new, slightly less cruddy Angelo Poffo. Bill Mercer Brian Dance Carlos Flores Chris Carter Darren Smith David Manning Ed Karl El Perverso Farmer Boy Ipo Francisco Flores Freddie Miller Gene Kelly George Weingeroff Harold Harris Igor Volkoff James Beard Jerry Calhoun Jerry O Jim Holliday Jim Mitchell Jimmy McGuire Joel Deaton Johnny Rivera Jorge Randosa Jose Luis Rivera Juan Carlos Juan Ramierz Juan Ranosa Ken Farber Kevin Wall Marc Lowrance Masahiro Sasaki Michael W. Allen Mike Starbuck Pedro Huertez Pops Aguraro Randy Rich Ricky Vargas Benitez Sam Diamond Scott Gonzalez Scrappy McGowen Sheik Abdullah the Great Teddy Ross Terry Adonis Tim Tall Tree Todd Tomko Tom Jones Tom Rocky Stone Yoshinari Tsuji

I have collected the following worker pictures. They range in quality from "really good" to "poor", but most of them are acceptable in quality: Angelo Poffo Barry Orton Billy Joe Travis Bobby Whitlock Boyd Pierce Dan Greer Dave Brown Don Coss Francisco Alonso Lutteroth George South Hugo Savinovich Jake Milliman Jason the Terrible Jeff Gaylord Jerry Jarrett Joe Frazier Joe Savoldi Joey Marella John Tolos Johnny Mantell Jose Estrada Jr. Juan Rodríguez Lance Russell Larry Matysik Madusa Miceli Mark Curtis Paul Morton Phil Lafon Randy Anderson Shiro Koshinaka Tomas Marin Verne Siebert Lance Russell has 2 pics, and Verne Siebert has 3 (see below). I have also included the CWA logo in the attached ZIP file. While going through the workers, I have noticed the following small issues: Ray Mendosa’s picture not set correctly. He has a photo but it is not set as his default photo. Paul Morton listed as father of “Robert” Morton, rather than Ricky (or Richard). I do that, too. Francisco Lutteroth listed with a birth date of 1913 (his father was born in 1913. I'm not sure of his birthday, but it is probably in the 1930's.) Also, Verne Siebert wrestled for Tomko in addition to being a referee, so perhaps he should be edited to allow him to wrestle. I have included 3 Siebert pics - one as a ref, and 2 as a wrestler (one as Verne Siebert and 1 as Nature Boy Sweetan). Anyway, I hope these are useful. At some point, I will try to find some more of these guys, but some of them are pretty obscure (Farmer Boy Ipo???????) MoreWorkers.zip

I count 82 workerswithout pics in version 1 (Actually, Ray Mendosa has a pic but it is not set as his default). So far, I have found pics for the following 23 workers: Angelo Poffo Barry Orton Billy Joe Travis Bobby Whitlock Boyd Pierce Dan Greer Dave Brown Don Coss Francisco Alonso Lutteroth George South Hugo Savinovich Jake Milliman Jason the Terrible Jeff Gaylord Jerry Jarrett Joe Frazier Joe Savoldi Joey Marella John Tolos Lance Russell Madusa Miceli Paul Morton Randy Anderson I am still working on the others. I hope to get about half of them when I'm done.

Don't worry about it, I will make my own list. I have about 8 guys or so that I have found, I'll make a list and post it here a bit later. Not to harp on the weight class trhing, but I noticed Ron Fuller was listed as a middleweight. My (possibly faulty) memory of Fuller was that he was a really big guy - I remember running into him after he retired and owned the local minor league hockey team, and he towered over me. His brother Robert was definitely a middleweight, but Ron seems like a Heavy to me.

Cool. Incidentally, in boxing 240 pounds would be a heavyweight, and a big one at that. The middleweight boxing weight class is 155-160 lbs. Heavyweight is anyone over 195 lbs, with most comeptitive heavies going between 215-250 lbs. I see what you mean about the judgement calls. Is it possible for workers to move up in weight class if they weight train enough? I've never seen a wrestler actually gain weight. In some cases, a guy could be considered at one weight class in his early career, and another when he gets older (perhaps Mike Sharpe is a good example of this) Steve Austin is listed at middleweight, but in my mind he seems like a heavyweight. Then again, I can see the argument the other way as well. I guess with "tweeners", it might be best to go by their style. DiBiase was a technical wrestler who did not rely on a lot of "power" moves, so middleweight might suit him better. Either way, it is a tough call. I am trying to put together pictures for as many of the picture-less workers in this set as I can, and I was wondering if there was an easy way to get a list of who was without a photo. I have been going down the list one by one, but between the volume of names and my poor handwriting, it ihas been an uneven effort. In addition to the three I posted earlier, I have also found pics for: Joey Marella Joe Frazier Randy "Pee Wee" Anderson Jerry Jarrett

I have a question about the "sizes" used for the wrestlers. I noticed that Iron Mike Sharpe is listed as a "middleweight". Now, I remember Sharpe being a pretty big guy, and this bio: http://www.canoe.com/SlamWrestlingBiosS/sharpe_ironmike-can.html lists him at 6'4" and 275 lbs. That seems too big for a middleweight, but I don't really understand the "weight classes" in this game. What are the approximate parameters for "lightweight", "middleweight", "heavyweight", etc.? Mean Mark Callous is listed as a Heavyweight, but he was/is around 6'10" - granted he wasn't as heavy as he is now, but he still seems like at least a "large heavyweight" to me. There are a few others that seem strange to me, but I'm not really sure how size transaltes into weight class.

Great! Now I can start my career as the Honky Tonk Man (The Greatest Intercontinental Champion OF ALL TIME!). Time to lay out some folks with the Guitar. I just hope I don't have to face that surprise wrestler. Yikes. I was looking around to see if I could find any photos to fill in some of the missing ones. So fsar, I have found 3, all attached in case anyone wants them: Angelo Poffo Billy Joe Travis Bobby Whitlock MorePhotos.zip

In my opinion, the Guitar shot should be similar to the "2 x 4 to the head", although with more of a "wow" factor - the explosion of those cheap gimmick guitars was always pretty impressive.

Allow me to join in the chorus: Best. Stat Update. Ever. The biggest problem is deciding who to start a career with. I think, for my first try, I will have to go with the one and only Roy Wayne Ferris, aka The Honky Tonk Man. My goal: Join the WWF. Become the Greatest Intercontinental Champion OF ALL TIME. Feud with the Macho Man Randy Savage. One thing, though: I noticed that there is no "Guitar Smash over the Head" among his moves. How can we have HTM and not have The Guitar?