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Really enjoyed Elimination Chamber, and I know I am in the minority...but Edge is an instant FF for me. He is in the Punk camp for me - he just looks...old. infinitely better with the short hair, but still old.

It's a little dark, but in my game my Japanese stable is called Tojo-gun (Tojo's Army) which gets its name from Hideki Tojo - former Prime Minister, General for the Japanese Army, and convicted war criminal.

Interesting. Seems criminal that in 2023 that is not a standard feature for all of these streaming services that are offering live programming.

Pretty sure you can manually rewind to the beginning. Not ideal, but it works. Haven't tried starting from the beginning when the show is on, but I thought it was available for other events (e.g. Sunday Night Football).

When you get offers from workers to put someone over and it's "good for 3 matches and will expire in 5 months" - does the losing worker have something mitigating their popularity loss? Or are they just willing to lose the pop in these matches for the benefit of the company/making a new star? I have 2 older guys willing to put one of my younger guys over. The younger guy is 24 pop across the US. The two older guys are something like 42 and 44 across the US.

What about setting the restricted areas to off, or just using the "passport" code to open all areas?

I just like that Pete Dunne doesn't look like a CAW now. That original NXT UK Tournament crop had SEVERAL bad looking CAWs in it.

Depending on how long your show is already, I would use the dark time for that. Not sure if that would be accurate.

That would be cool. Could be tied to the owner's personality. Maybe you have someone in say... Texas who would gladly take over the industry and keep the Texas name (and titles) to then claim that Texas is the center of the wrestling universe. But someone else would want to upgrade (maybe from Windy City Wrestling to World Championship Wrestling).

Unless someone is integral to a story you are trying to tell (and sometimes even then) I would say let them walk. It may open the door for someone to come in later, or imagine a triumphant return - long term storytelling!

Those look really good.

I posted the Freedom Caribbean Wrestling updates on an earlier page, I'm sure - in the style of the Florida Championship Wrestling logos in case anyone wants to give the company a fresh coat of paint. Also some of the old school Florida Championship Wrestling and Championship Wrestling from Florida logos, and an ROH logo.

Since it is publicly traded, it would have to go through regulatory approval. Will take a while before anything is official, regardless of buyer.

Anyone giving up their apple products because of their business practices and Chinese regime? It's easy to do it with stuff that isn't necessary (golf, wrestling), but to hold that standard for everything is not feasible. That said, for anyone who decides to boycott it's fine, but they should realize they are willing to put up with atrocities when it's something they need.

He doesn't need to. I just don't think he's that great. Again, neither is likely to happen, so I won't worry about it too much.

The way you feel about the Saudis I feel about the Rock buying it, but until it is imminent I wouldn't worry about it. I don't see the appeal to either prospect, honestly. I would rather see NBC get it, out of all the options.

The WWIndie NXT era people are clamoring for was full of those great matches with meh characters.

Fair enough, and even if they did announce Thunder Rosa some fans would still be thinking that the Sasha Banks shoe is going to drop all the way until the bell rings. In some ways fans are their own worst enemy at times.

But if Thunder Rosa is still an option (meaning Toni gets replaced), how does that stop fans from thinking Sasha will still show up? And if it doesn't, why not just go with the actual plan to begin with?

The first two "Dynasty" logos should work for events. The other 5 look like they might be better as stables.

To be clear ThunderversePlus 1.1 + Thunderverse Graphics + DLC Pictures is the complete set of everything that needs to be downloaded?

What about a mix? For the ones you have concrete booking plans for get the manager and for the rest get the interpreter/interviewer. On TV it's easily accomplished with the subtitles, but for in game ratings I do think the bilingual interviewer is pretty neat.

Book "online only" storylines in your pre-show between these lower tier folks. Maybe some don't fit your company and you can get rid of them. Maybe some prove to be valuable and you start using them in your main show. And maybe some you want to keep regardless because the story/render/whatever is so good despite the fact that maybe they aren't a perfect fit for your company?

I would go with Cornell. No reason to bring him in and have him not win the title. Like you said, Nicky has time, and you can still involve him peripherally with Cornell (again, why not?). And then at the next big event after IDS2021 (is it Thanksgiving?) you can have Champion eventually win the title. Maybe Frehley costs Cornell the title then (after he couldn't beat him at IDS). Keeps Frehley and Cornell occupied for a while for Nicky to go fight new challengers. A question of my own: I am bookig a 10 man round robin tourney for a title shot. I have two options. A. One 10 man block. Most of the tour show would be tournament matches, it lasts 9 shows. On show 10 I have #1 vs #4 and #2 vs #3, winners facing off in the tour finale. B. Two 5 man blocks. It leaves matches open during the tour shows for other people, allowing me to alternate shows for the blocks (A would be 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and B would be 2, 4, 6, 8, 10). This leaves just the two winners to face face off in the finale. Whenever I have mapped it out, I always end up with a clear leader, a glut of workers from 2 to 6, and 2 straggling behind and one or two clear losers (1 win, 0 wins). Any guidance from the committee - what would be the most satisfactory route if you are a fan, or route that opens up more booking options?

Quoting this just so I know to come back to it. Should have something this weekend, hopefully.