Teh_Showtime

Xavi and Austin Smooth have been my go to since 2016. Back then they were junior members of a stable, they can definitely be a future cornerstone of the division.

I find turning injuries up to just below the max is crucial for long saves as it will force you to improvise. You have to be ok with potentially losing your star worker, or book them so safe to mitigate injury that you're willing to sacrifice the potential ratings they could have done. After all, while it would objectively help, do you really wanna risk your Roman Reigns getting hurt on a throwaway tv show? - Nominate a tenured wrestler for a feel good/nostalgia title run. Not necessarily a world title, but its a lot easier to always book the young guys in favor of the declining vets. Having to find a way to work around the deficiencies of an old veteran might be a little more difficult depending on how far deep they are.

There is the family feud relationship which is basically a negative blood relation. I guess loyalty could be expanded upon. Career loyalty- Tag team partners, company men to the people in power (Vince/Patterson) Family loyalty- TJ Wilson/Hart Family, Rock/Anoai family

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Will setting a promotion to max size (Small) stop them from running shows outside of their home region (trying to expand) and losing money hand over fist when barely 100 people come to the shows?

I know attendance was heavily buffed at the start of the game. Really the entire financial side of the game has been tuned just so that it doesn’t matter anymore. Finances were so bad at the start that CWA in the default data went bust every single time (leading to other game world balance issues). There was also a PPV revenue change as well, those made it so once you pass medium you’ll make money in your sleep.

I will say the one thing WMMA does that TEW doesn’t (or should do more) is pre planning. For instance your venue is chosen the day of, as opposed to months in advance like WMMA. You can use pre booking as well to get your cards together before advancing to your show, and you’ll only have to time them etc.

I do believe that the booker goes based on your default match types in the editor, so if you set more matches to be “default” it will help them out. I remember specifically there was an incident where someone on here was having bra and panties matches all over their card or something of the like, and it was because every match type was set to default and the AI was choosing from them all.

The since removed plane crash was something I had never encountered before myself, but it was rare enough that it was a big deal when it happened Maybe this could be similar, just using one of the yet to debut companies, even better if there’s a preferred owner on the roster. Additionally it would be a great expansion to narratives one day.

I think a big part of this would be to take a page from WMMA and actually have to book a location before the day of the event. It forces you to think proactively, and can reward ambition or punish you for the same thing. In real life you don't just say "We're gonna run the 50,000 seat venue" You have to announce it months out so that tickets can be sold, you have to make sure your promotion is booking those big matches to get them in the building (which is already in game but could/should be expanded upon). If AEW announces a gigantic show anticipating tens of thousands of fans, but then WWE swoops in and signs their biggest draws, it should hurt. It would likely be a financial disaster with no ticket sellers or money matches for a giant building. Currently you maybe see a couple thousand difference based on who is on the show or not, even with a max figuehead. I feel like it's weighted far too much on the promotion and not the star power of the roster. A visible example in the real world is NXT who could sell out the same NBA arenas the main roster was doing, but the same show with a focus on rookies, on the same network, and they don't even approach the 5 figure attendance marks.

Not to mention, many venues are just inherently not able to accommodate certain types of wrestling (ie deathmatches). Might not want to run your ladder matches in a venue with a notoriously small ceiling.

It’s moreso that you should be willing to risk the money loss now to gain popularity as soon as possible. Once you reach the better broadcasters you’ll be able to print infinite money.

You could use the tournaments early in the year to have people qualify for a big tourney over the last 2/3 months of the year for a grand prize. Having a lethal lottery where two people hate each other but need to qualify for the big one would be an easy story

This sounds like a visibility issue I know there are caps to the amount of popularity you can hit without being on the biggest broadcasters. Did you try for a new/better TV deal since going to Big? That seems more likely than your entire main event having the exact same hard cap.

I think a sensible scenario is that the National School of Wrestling and a bunch of it’s grads breakaway from 21CW just leaving them with an old card and few options for the future. The talent they have stashed there could kickstart the entire continent and bolster a few abroad promotions as well.