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If anything, this is a question of how you interpret the word "Flashiness", not a shortcoming of the stat. Its role in the game is a modifier for Aerial, that's it, so whether The Rock's punches are especially "flashy" is irrelevant to flashiness as the game understands it. It's basically the difference between a high-flyer doing a Top Rope Splash or a Sky Twister Press. That is explicitly what the stat means, and nothing else; so either it's a question or replacing Flashiness with a new "Showmanship" stat, adding Showmanship as an additional stat, or renaming Flashiness to something else. What you're describing in terms of Shawn Michaels or The Rock having an extra flair in how they wrestle in general, to me that falls somewhere in Charisma and Star Quality. I agree that I would like to see more uses of Strength as an important stat or modifier; it might not be possible to get this granular, but it could play into the Min/Max weight difference for finishing moves - a wrestler with a very high Strength stat would be able to perform certain moves on someone far heavier than someone with a lower strength stat, and that could affect their ability to perform certain moves, or at least to perform them well. "Feat Of Strength" could even be a road agent note for a match or angle, to simulate something like Hogan slamming André, or Brock Lesnar hitting the F-5 on Big Show for the first time, or the kind of angles that benjirino mentioned. It could have positive and negative effects - Cesaro bodyslamming Big Show can give the match a higher rating, maybe give him a momentum/popularity boost for how impressive it is, but if someone bodyslams Big Show every week, that positive boost can be slowed or even reversed, and it ceases to be special, and trying to overuse the same spot could hurt the quality of the match. Aiming for a Feat Of Strength, or a finishing move that requires a high Strength stat to cover the weight difference, with someone who maybe isn't strong enough to achieve it would have negative effects - a worker with a more caring or cautious personality might refuse to do it, a road agent might warn you against it, but a more mercenary or selfish worker might go ahead and try the spot as instructed without trying to talk you out of it (and a poor road agent might not pick up on it), and increase the risk of injury to either worker by botching the spot. While there should be a degree of randomness in whether the spot works or not, it should also scale based on the ration between Strength and weight to replicate how likely it is that the spot would go to plan on those grounds -to keep with the slamming Big Show analogy, Mark Henry doing it would be an almost 100% success rate, while Rey Mysterio Jr. doing it would be closer to 0%, even with a high Safety stat.

Unless I'm really missing the point here, none of this is true. That isn't El Medico's real name, it's Angel Blanco's name. El Medico wasn't a key memorable figure in lucha in the 1970s, he died in 1960. I wouldn't trust ChatGPT to write bios for any wrestler but those so famous that you wouldn't need it to help you write them in the first place. I had a similar thing recently where, out of curiosity, I asked it a question about an early 20th century vaudeville performer, and it got none of the information correct and invented a completely fictitious opera. ChatGPT doesn't actually answer questions, it just produces a response that its algorithms deem looks like an answer to your question, and the more obscure the question, the less likely the answer is to be accurate.

I had a look through the wrestlers that don't have a nationality listed, and noted the following that I could correct off the top of my head (whether that's for you to edit, or anyone using this as a base for a mod to then manually edit): In addition, you have "Spain", "Spanish" and "Spainish" as separate categories, and "India" and "Indian".

This is in the developers log: There are multiple celebrities in the Cornellverse that are active wrestlers, so it's definitely possible. However, I just ran a quick test with a created Z-list celebrity, and they refused to accept a contract for in-ring roles even though their only role is set to "Wrestler". So it seems like there's something I'm missing.

Unless I've misunderstood this, this is unnecessary. Someone can be listed as a celebrity, and still be booked as a wrestler if they have the right active roles.

I've been toying with making some "Plug-In" mods for TEW IX given how much easier it is now to edit data outside of the game, and I've been looking through the latest RWC to get some ideas of where I could expand on, and here's some things that jumped out at me. Apologies if any of these have already been suggested, or are already in hand: Pro Wrestling EVE: Misc Stuff:

Some things I noticed:

Just to add to this that NGD have subsequently lost the belts to Los Vipers - Psicosis, Abismo Negro Jr and Toxin - with El Hijo de Mascara Ano 2000 subbing for Cuatrero. Ano 2000 has been teaming with his cousins pretty regularly since April, so I think it's safe to asssume El Cuatrero is out of the picture for the time being.

some random notes based on going through workers on the June mod: Alexxis Falcon should be able to work in Europe - she's worked France, Germany, Austria and Spain Alpha Female shouldn't be signed to Stardom, she hasn't appeared for them since last November. Avery Good should be active as a Personality Baliyan Akki should be able to work the USA Cara Noir should be out with a long-term foot/leg injury - unknown recovery time, but it's in the multiple months Cassandro should be either On Hiatus or have a starting injury; I don't think he's wrestled since early last year. Charles Crowley should be able to work Canada - he's done some work for Smash Doug Williams has retired Drago is now going by Dios del Inframundo and has left AAA. They have debuted a new Drago. Janai Kai should be able to work the UK, she has wrestled for EVE in London Jinny and WALTER/Gunther are married Lana Austin should be able to work Europe Little Miss Roxxy is based in the US now Mariah May should be active in Japan Mei Suruga should be active in the UK

Adrian Finch wrestled as one half of the UK Nasty Boys, and in the early '90s as "Macho Man", if that makes it any easier to track down a picture. He also teamed with Scott Conway around '92; I've been looking through Scott's Instagram, and while there's plenty of posters with them as a team, I've yet to find any with a picture of Adrian! Not found anything of either Finch brother on a couple of World of Sport Facebook groups either. Is it this Mario Milano, or a different wrestler using the same name - Mario Milano - Wikipedia? This appears to be Greg Stekker - Greg Stekker Greg Smith Australian Wrestling Champion Submission Master AWE Australian Wrestling Entertainment Australian Sports and Entertainment Portal (australiansportsentertainment.com)

Some very minor corrections/updates I've noticed when going through the database. Mostly related to the UK scene, with a couple of Mexico and Japan notes too: It's probably one for the RWC+ thread, but if I ever have time, I might look at suggesting stats or making my own importable database for some other British promotions, talent, and particularly supporting roles like refs, announcers and so on, to help flesh things out there.

On the discussion of AJW's retirement age, I've never managed to get a clear answer on when that rule was introduced - to the point that I've literally asked people who worked there and they couldn't answer me. I would be surprised if it was already in play in 1970, though - Miyuki Yanagi, who worked early AJW shows as "Masked Killer", was in her 30s, and I'm sure that a lot of the American talent they were using early on would have been older. I think it would be perfectly fair to raise their hiring rule to nobody under 40, for this time period. If I had to take an educated guess, I would say that the enforced retirement age didn't come in until around '75/'76 with The Beauty Pair. Unfortunately, there's no narrative to change hiring rules, to allow for that rule being implemented later, as far as I can tell - maybe one for the suggestions thread.

Kung Fu was born in 1943. L'Angle Blanc was - according to Wrestling Heritage - born in November 1930. Also from Wrestling Heritage, there's a mention of Steve Adonis celebrating his 50th birthday in 2013, which would put his birth year in 1963. Tina St. Clair-Gregory also worked as Tina Starr, if that's any help at pinning down her age. Shane Stevens I'm assuming is "Psycho" Shane Stevens - I worked with him about 11-12 years ago, unfortunately. The Sunday Mail ran an exposé on his tribute shows, fraud, bounced cheques and other assorted dodgy dealings back in 2001, and I found a newspaper account claiming (using "Shane's" real name) that he was 49 at the time, which would put his birth year at 1952, which sounds about right.

Wrestlingdata.com has Kendall working in January '92: https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bilanzen&wrestler=682&jahr=1992&monat=1 Blackjack, meanwhile, I can't find anything until later in the year. Could it be that Kendall was released earlier, but people have just conflated the two and assumed he got out the same time as Blackjack? It may be that wrestlingdata is incorrect, but the card seems legit.

No intention for it to be daunting, I just know it's impossible to keep tabs on every promotion and where every single wrestler is, so when it's promotions I follow fairly regularly I'll allows check in to see how accurate the data is before starting a new game, even if I'm not playing as that promotion.

Some things I've picked up on starting up a new game: The Wee Man's nationality is set to American, should be Scottish Brian Kendrick is set to Retired, he should be an active wrestler - he's wrestled this month Drake Younger is set to Retired, he should be an active wrestler - he's wrestled this month Alexa Bliss has an Evil gimmick, but is a babyface Tully Blanchard should be removed from AEW Lulu Pencil should be On Hiatus, she hasn't wrestled since 2021. Andrade should probably be removed from AAA - he hasn't wrestled for them in months, and has been very critical of them in interviews. Deonna Purazzo should be removed from AAA Konnan should be active as a Personality in AAA Villano IV should be unmasked According to Cagematch, the following should also be removed from AAA: Australian Suicide (hasn't wrestled there since 2020) Hades (hasn't wrestled there since 2020) Extreme Tiger (hasn't worked AAA since March, is mostly working NOAH now) Vanilla Vargas (hasn't worked AAA since 2020) Jeff Jarrett should be removed from AAA and GCW, Karen Jarrett from AAA The following should be removed from Pro Wrestling EVE: Aurora Teves (only worked one match there last year) Charli Evans (no longer lives in the UK, hasn't worked EVE since March 2022. Gia Adams (only worked one match, in August 2021) Heidi Katrina (last worked EVE in December 2021) Katey Harvey (only worked EVE once in 2020) Maddison Miles (last worked EVE in August 2021) Natalie Sykes (last worked EVE in April 2022) The following should be added to Pro Wrestling EVE: Jayla Dark (also needs to be made active as colour commentator) Kanji Mille McKenzie Nina Samuels Yuu (current EVE International Champion) Miyu Yamashita (current EVE Champion) Leah Owens should probably be retired - other than a brief spot in a Rumble, she hasn't wrestled since 2018. Erin Angel should be on hiatus, she's only worked one match this year, one last year, and prior to that not since 2019 Rhio should be babyface in EVE Jetta & Charlie Morgan should be heels in EVE Rebel Kinney is retired EVE should have a working relationship, or at least a positive opinion of, Marvellous EDIT: Breezus/Tyler Breeze should be either retired or on hiatus Rocky Mac is retired Shane McMahon should be On Hiatus, Retired or Left The Business Super Parka currently has a relationship with L.A. Park and L.A. Park Jr, but not El Hijo del L.A. Park I would suggest starting scandals for Ace Steel and CM Punk to reflect the fallout from All Out, for Tessa Blanchard to reflect that no major promotion will touch her, and for The Blood Hunter (Hannibal) based on him assaulting a referee a while back. Vampiro should be added to AAA, he's been wrestling and doing guest referee spots there regularly this year

I think he left, and then was quietly brought back more recently, in a backstage role.

<p>A few notes:</p><p> </p><p> - Emily Read no longer works with Pro Wrestling EVE, shouldn't be under contract, and status changed to Left The Business</p><p> </p><p> - Sammii Jayne now wrestles as Emersyn Jayne</p><p> </p><p> - PlayFight could be added as a Southern England-based school, owned by Cara Noir</p><p> </p><p> - Hyan's contracts should be removed from EVE and RevPro</p><p> </p><p> - ACH has no active roles - he's out of retirement now, so should be active as a wrestler</p><p> </p><p> - Gabai Ji-Chan is down as using the PSYCHO name in Gatoh Move - while he used it earlier this year, predominantly he wrestles there as Sawasdee Kamen, and occasionally as Gabai Ji-Chan, he only used the PSYCHO gimmick for the Tag League.</p><p> </p><p> - Gisele Shaw should be removed from EVE, she hasn't worked there in almost two years.</p><p> </p><p> - Greg Burridge should probably be an Occasional Wrestler, rather than Wrestler. He hasn't wrestled since 2019, and was only working infrequently for a couple of years before that.</p><p> </p><p> - Hoshitango should have a handshake deal with Gatoh Move, he's a regular there</p><p> </p><p> - Jakob Hammermeier should be able to work as a Colour Commentator</p><p> </p><p> - Jinny and WALTER should be dating, not Jinny and William Eavers. Even if you're not prepared to set the Jinny/WALTER relationship based on what evidence is out there just yet, Jinny and Eavers definitely aren't together any more.</p><p> </p><p> - Johnny Kidd should probably be (yet again) out of retirement and an active wrestler; he was competing for LDN in October</p><p> </p><p> - Joseph Conners is no longer with NXT UK</p><p> </p><p> - Leah Owens should be able to work as a Colour Commentator</p><p> </p><p> - Mei Suruga (and possibly Lulu Pencil?) should be eligible to work in the US</p><p> </p><p> - Mike Knox should have a contract with the NWA</p><p> </p><p> - Molly Holly should have a contract with WWE, where she's working as a producer/road agent</p><p> </p><p> - Mr. Iguana should be active in the USA</p><p> </p><p> - Raven should be signed to the NWA</p><p> </p><p> - Rebel Kinney shouldn't be signed to EVE - she hasn't worked there since March 2020</p><p> </p><p> - Scott Taylor should be out of retirement, and working as Scotty 2 Hotty again</p><p> </p><p> - Skye Smitson should be homosexual, not heterosexual</p><p> </p><p> - Vampiro should be an Occasional Wrestler, he's competed multiple times this year</p><p> </p><p> - Warren Barksdale should probably be Retired or at least On Hiatus - he hasn't wrestled since 2019, per Cagematch</p><p> </p><p> - Wink Vavasseur should probably be Left The Business - as far as I know he's had nothing to do with wrestling since the end of his run with CHIKARA several years ago</p>

Another duplicate I just spotted in 1998: - Emi Motokawa and Emi Sakura

Presumably ECW and WWF splitting up would have something to do with the owners' personalities - particularly Vince being opposed to working with other promotions? It's a bit of received wisdom that Vince is an isolationist, but that's not strictly true in this time period - not only would the WWF be helping bankroll ECW and sending talent there, they were still working with AAA talent on Super Astros, were only a year away from working with OVW, and were doing the NWA invasion stuff. I might be way off the mark, but I think tweaking owner personalities might be a better solution than going with something like making the WWF own ECW, which I think would probably throw off other aspects of the game, particularly how ECW itself would operate.

Some notes from the "unofficial" post-All Out update, mostly AEW: - Billy, Austin and Colten Gunn should be heels, and removed from the Nightmare Family stable - Anthony Ogogo is currently stuck in the UK with visa issues, so should have a starting absence of maybe at least a month for AEW? - Earl Hebner isn't listed on AEW's roster on their website any more, so I'm not sure if he's still with the company - Emi Sakura should be a heel - Bad Romance should be an inactive team - Cage & Starks should be an inactive team - Cody & Dustin should probably be an inactive team, and should have lower experience than 100 - Kiera Hogan should be signed to AEW Outside of AEW: - Acey Romero has left Impact - AJ Lee should probably be set to “left the business” (though who knows these days?!) - Cassandro should have a starting absence - he was hospitalised earlier this year after a stroke - Charli Evans (and, by extension, probably pretty much every Australian wrestler based in Australia, shouldn't be available to work elsewhere at the moment due to Covid restrictions preventing travel. I know that's a tough thing to simulate in-game, though) - Gia Adams' nationality is set to Saudi, she should be English - Mikey Whipwreck should be set to Left The Business - he issued a statement a couple of months ago about his poor health preventing him from driving or making public appearances - Paul London should be an active wrestler - he's competing for Chaotic Wrestling soon - Steve Austin should be a retired wrestler, rather than a non-wrestler - Ted DiBiase should be signed to NXT - Tyler Breeze is being billed as "T Breeze" for his first post-WWE match

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="sabin357" data-cite="sabin357" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="53338" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><p> I also can't find any record of All-Star Wrestling by Killer Kowalski ever existing. </p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> According to Wiki, Kowalski's International Wrestling Federation promoted under the name "Killer Kowalski's All Stars", but it sounds like they only started using that name in the '90s. That's the closest I can find.</p>

Just a tiny couple of things noticed on the 1992 mod: - Leonard F. Chikarason is in the database as already debuted, with 3 years experience, his debut should be some time in the early '00s. - Lord Alfred Hayes is set as a non-wrestler, rather than a retired wrestler. It's unlikely he could be talked out of retirement at his age, so there may be a reason you decided on this. - Miss Linda and Adrian Street are both set to be married to someone outside the wresting business; they should be in a relationship together (though they didn't get married until later) - Ray Lloyd and Glacier are duplicates - Reggie Bennett is set to inactive in Japan, despite being under contract with AJW. She spent more time in Japan than the US, so unless I'm missing something should be active there. - Bill Dundee is set to be based in Scotland, rather than the US. - Billy Finlay is set as English, when he should be Northern Irish. - Giant Haystacks should maybe be eligible to work the US, Canada and Japan - he had worked the latter two prior to 1992, and would work the US later for WCW. - There's no relationship between Fit Finlay and Princess Paula - I can't find off-hand when they broke up (beyond "early 1990s"), so not sure if they should have a married or divorced relationship at this point in time. Paula was definitely still managing Finlay in 1993, though, so I would guess that they were still together. - Bernard Van Damme should be able to speak either passable or fluent English; admittedly it was long after 1992, but when I spoke with him last year he spoke perfect English. - Kim Duk is set to Japanese, he should be Korean. I think that's everything! Thanks for all your hard work.

<p>Just a couple of things I've noticed while looking through workers to hire as WWF.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Bruno Sammartino has a loyalty to the WWF - at the time he was very much critical of their product, and of drug use in the industry, and definitely wasn't on good terms with Vince McMahon.</p><p> </p><p> Giant Haystacks is set as an active wrestler - he was retired by this point due to illness, and would die the following year.</p><p> </p><p> Kendo Nagasaki (British) should be bisexual.</p>

Just a couple of things I noticed: Kazuo Sakurada/Kendo Nagasaki is in twice, once under each name. The Savage/Warrior storyline description refers to what happened at the Royal Rumble, when the Royal Rumble hasn't taken place yet.