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Really think that products need to be tweaked to account for TV vs. Event better. And potentially treat women's wrestling different than men's wrestling. Running Episodic Entertainment as a product on a watcher... Company has run 18 shows (B-Show/PPV counted) 8 A-Shows, 8 B-Shows, and 2 PPVs On the 8 A-Shows they've had 3 Cage Matches 4 Ladder Matches 1 Dog Collar 1 Tables Match 2 of the ladder and 1 of the cage were featuring the small women's division. On the B SHOW (1 Hour) 2 Cage Matches 6! Ladder Matches 1 of each featuring women... might as well rename the B-Show Ladder Warfare. On the two events total they've had one ladder match and one strap match.... Anyone else think this is a bit crazy? (Note: I am curious if it is my fault as I have over 1000 match types, I've just cleared them and imported just the default and will retest)

The End of Honor (Diary Closing Commentary) The End of Honor All good things must come to an end, and after a nice lengthy run (December 2017-April 2020) and nearly 50,000 views, I've decided that it is time to close the book on this diary. This decision did not come easily, but as I've dove into the new game and spent the last two weeks creating my ideal DB, I've realized that I want to tell a story that starts in 2020 and moves forward rather than continue one that started in 2017 and has evolved into 2020. The wrestling world has changed dramatically and I want to play in that sandbox so to speak! When this started we set out to build some stars. Though no one was poached by the WWE (though I did step in to make them sign some of the guys they did in reality), we did lose some to NJPW! Beyond that, Jay Briscoe is one of the ten most popular stars in the world... and we launched some careers: Hammerstone was featured here well before he ever debuted in MLW in real life, and Austin Theory won our Top Prospect Tournament long before he made his NXT and subsequent WWE debut. We had won some awards for Diary of the Month (most have been a boring month) and Match of the month (Cody and Jeff Cobb can tear the house down... can't disagree there). We built a villainous faction, Royalty, that dominated the scene until October 2019 when they left to launch All Elite Wrestling. I had a ton of fun find new stories and wrestlers to tell their stories and not all of the stories were finished... so... I figure we should tell those stories! 1) The Ring of Honor World Title Jay Briscoe was the reigning and defending champion and honestly it was getting hard to find worthy opponents for him. His popularity exploded to B+/A- and was still going wild. We brought RUSH in (a C+) just so someone would be near him. RUSH was to win the Calle Del Dorado and get another shot at Briscoe. With the mysterious Plague masks and attacks still occurring, Jay Briscoe's brother Mark would set out to solve whom was behind them, with the reveal taking place in July 2020 when Marty Scurll would return to Ring of Honor as the leader of a new group, Pandemic (Originally was going to be Villain Enterprises , along with two Brits who had been floating about and were solid performers but needed a direction. Thom Latimer and Mark Haskins. Latimer would actually challenge for the title as Scurll was making only sporadic appearances before he was set to make his full-time return to the company late summer... Here's the catch though... His popularity wasn't where it should have been, so I was preparing to build him up and allow him a long runway to Death Before Dishonor in September where he would likely capture the title. I wanted to incorporate the winner of the G1 Climax (SANADA) into this somehow as he actually beat both Mark and Jay Briscoe on his way to capturing it, but I couldn't envision NJPW being to happy with their G1 winner losing to our champ... I digress, with Scurll as champion, his first challenger would then be at the RPW/ROH co-branded Honor United event in the UK. That challenger was going to likely be ZSJ or Ospreay for an all UK title defense. With Survival of the Fittest up next, one thought was Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe would go to a time-limit draw setting up a Triple Threat for Final Battle to end the year. Another was that Jay Lethal would win, finally putting his two year streak as a rockstar tag wrestler (with both Low-Ki and Gresham) behind him and challenging for the title once again. 2) The Television Title Kenny King was a nice champion to hold the TV division through the summer, he likely would have dropped the title early fall to a debuting character mentioned below. But that wasn't sorted out. I played the TV picture by ear. 3) The Pure Title This one I think was obvious when Jeff Cobb defeated the champ in a non-title. Cobb would continue to destroy worthy opponents, including Nick Aldis at Best in the World, until July 1 when his contract allowed him to challenge for a title again. He would defeat Anthony Henry and take control of the Pure division. I always loved the Pure Title and I am thrilled that ROH actually intends to bring it back (and will be bringing in Fred Yehi for it). 4) The Tag Titles A group of stories were in play here and you can read more about the plans below in the new debuts/stables section... Being that I know Alex Shelley had a big following... I'd be remiss to not mention that he and Will Ospreay teamed in NJPW and were the reigning IWGP Tag Champions. I planned to have a fun grouping of matches of them with Lethal and Gresham before the ultimate title change in the fall to The End (see below). 5) New debuts and stables Wesley Blake was let go by the WWE and was set to join ROH in a midcard/TV title type role as "The Outlaw" Cory Weston. Originally I was thinking about returning TK O'Ryan in that role, or as "The Man With No Country", but his "development" seemed stalled, and Blake has always been a solid worker without a real story. Parrow, when Hammerstone signed a full-time deal with NJPW I had two options, one was continually loan Hammerstone from NJPW and keep he and Odinson together. The other was sign Odinson's actual partner in the real tag team... So I went that route. They were due for a big summer push that would see them capture the Tag Titles (which I wanted Hammerstone and Odinson to do but... NJPW wanted Hammerstone too much, where he is now the NEVER Openweight Six-Man champion). I really like Odinson's look and skill... he'll likely be appearing in the next diary, just foreshadowing. Martin Casaus, better known by most as Marty The Moth, was set to join Vinny Marseglia's new twisted cult, The Righteous. The Righteous was a collective of like-minded twisted individuals. Brody King; Tomoyuki Oka, AKA The Great O'Kharn would join from NJPW as part of his excursion and be branded as Shinigami (Japanese Death God). The four of them would harass and harm the tag division. They had a number of routes but were primarily going to feud with The Top Guys whom I was planning a late summer departure for All Elite Wrestling. Fight Club: Brooklyn, I was tinkering in dark matches with a Brooklyn-based stable of Homicide, Low-Ki and Tracy Williams. Homicide was signed by the CEO and was on time decline but could still hang in matches. Low-Ki was a stud, but I need a summer storyline and Tracy Williams wasn't doing anything of value but was a solid worker. The likely would have started a feud with the newest rendition of Team Filthy, Tom Lawlor, Josh Woods and Silas Young. Luchas... the owner goal prevented me from signing workers classified as Luchadors so I was heavily leaning on my partnership with CMLL. That said, I planned to break the goal over the summer to bring some fresh blood in on full-time deals just like the actual ROH. Flamita, Ryu Lee, RUSH and Rey Horus all were due to join us at some point. Adding them to Bandido, Ospreay, Flip Gordon and PJ Black would have given us a banger division of high-fliers. Tag Team debut: I was seriously considering bringing in The Besties in the World (though the gimmick is dumb) Mat Fitchett is a great worker and Davey Vega works well with him... I also considered just Fitchett, and had him signed to a development (Future of Honor) contract. Andrew Everett, I signed with eyes on potentially pushing him in the lucha group... then I watched some footage of him from February in EVOLVE and ROH and I honestly think the Andre the Giant style singlet is a terrible look for him and frankly wasn't as excited... this might have been a quick release. Rest of the workers: Adam Brooks, continue to job, but would pick up a win when we held a special event with MCW in Australia (no clue when that was going to be though). Anthony Henry: The Pure Champion storyline is detailed, the next step was a falling out and feud with his Workhorseman partner and ally JD Drake. Based fully off the feud they had in late 2019 in Evolve and FIP in reality. Fun one. Bandido: Lucha stuff! Dalton Castle: Stuck in the weird spectrum of good enough to be upper midcard, but not good enough to capture the title again... Not sure what direction we were going other that allowing Kenny King to beat him and retain the TV Title. Debated bring "The Boys" back or teaming with Joe Hendry. Eli Isom: Jay Lethal took him on as a protege and he was making nice strides. Was probably a year or two away from being in the TV title picture. But was looking like one to watch (only 23). Flip Gordon: Skills in-game just didn't match my impression of him in reality. And frankly just couldn't get a consistent story with him. Was looking like a lucha midcarder. Fred Yehi: Was likely to be the next in line for a feud for the Pure title with new champion Jeff Cobb. Might have even captured it in the Winter. I dig Yehi. Jay Lethal: He and Gresham would continue to be a tag team but he'd begin to move back towards a big singles run and Gresham would transition to the Pure title chase in the winter. JD Drake: See Anthony Henry. Jeff Cobb: Pure and simple, the Pure champion, elevating the title. What held him back was that he just couldn't go in the ring for long bouts that guys like Lethal, Ospreay, Low-Ki could pull out of Briscoe. My best in-game bouts never included him and that was a limiting factor. Joe Hendry: Maybe a team with Castle? Jonathan Gresham: See Lethal Josh Woods: Had Silas Young as a new partner in Team Filthy, with Lawlor. In-Game tension with Tracy Williams was to lead into a feud, likely as a trio. KC McKnight/Steven Walters: The Top Guys served their purpose in ROH and did what I wanted. My in-game AEW was their next home and after being written off in the summer they were heading that way where they would quickly capture the AEW Tag titles from Jericho and Guevara. Kenny King: TV Champion, would hold it for a bit as the midcard would need a strong face. Great promos and solid bouts. I've kinda always liked King. LSG: I was trying something with him and wanting to push him as a semi-mob connected Italian-American, Leon St Giovanni. The Black Roses his valet was laying on fallen opponents were to signify the mob ties... He was eventually going to either join The Kingdom of Truth or attack them with some mob-type help... Not sure where this was going... but it was never great. Lochy Hendricks: See Adam Brooks. Low-Ki: One of my favorites. Absolute in-ring rockstar. Likely going to be used to boost Tracy Williams up over the summer. And continue to kick ass and take names. Mark Briscoe: I debated him turning on Jay... but ultimately he's the one who figures out it is Scurll behind it all and pays the price. Mark Haskins: Was going to join Pandemic, and represent them in the lower card, possibly with the high fliers. Marty Scurll: The future champ, this whole thing came about because in game I let him leave in January, thinking he was going to AEW in reality and I was going to let that happen... then he didn't... so I was waiting out the window before he'd resign with me full-time (thankfully NJPW was good with loaning him to me for sporadic appearances). I like to blend reality with the game and this time it worked out weirdly. Matt Taven: The Kingdom of Truth... Truthfully, I don't like Taven. Mike Bennett: Taven needed a partner, Bennett worked well. And I kinda liked Truth Martini's character, so it worked. But I like Bennett way more than Taven. Nick Aldis: Was hurt in June and was scheduled to miss 11 months. PJ Black: Lucha stuff. Rhett Titus: LOL. Rocky Romero: Continue as a liaison between NJPW and others. Royce Issacs: I like the stuff he's doing in the NWA... but solo, I had nothing for him. Ryan Nova: Good at eating pins, the new Cheeseburger! Shaheem Ali: Written off after the LSG loss. Had no plans. Shane Taylor: Kenny King's muscle. Was going to keep using him as that. Silas Young: I brought him back, had nothing for him to do, then decided to use him as the new member of Team Filthy. Slex: Business was not booming for Slex. The Bouncers: Were about to leave. Thom Latimer: Pandemic's muscle and a true threat in the Midcard scene. Can wrestle. Tom Lawlor: Had some fun stories in his time with us but never made the jump. Fans didn't love him. Tracy Williams: Legendary rated gimmick, and good in-ring skills, needed direction. Will Ferrara: Umm, fired? Will Ospreay: Continue to just be a showcase-type wrestler. Thank you all for the support and interest! This was the best diary I've ever done (by a long shot) and this style will continue with my next project... So with that, what is next?! Well... Stay tuned, I'll update that here. Have a couple thoughts and here is a preview of those thoughts... 1) Ring of Honor: The Villain Era (Starting January 2020, with Marty Scurll taking over the book, as happened in real life, sticking with ROH but starting with the actual Jan 2020 roster and having things booked through March when COVID shuts them down...). We'd relaunch in July 2020 with a new cast of characters and stories. Wrestling driven, all trying to recover from the long-term mistakes of the Delirious era of booking. I love the focus on wrestling, and they have a challenge ahead of them. The new mechanics in the 2020 game make this a good challenge. This would be a fun challenge and I may run them as a secondary company (as I've been doing with AEW in this game) so this may be tied into the diary if it isn't the actual diary. 2) Impact 2020: Hard to Kill (Impact has long been one of my favorite promotions. It has certainly had its ups and downs, but currently I think the product is very strong and they've made some fun decisions that play well into the hands of the 2020 mechanics. Bulk tv tapings (which fits my writing style, check out my ROH diary on 2016 board if you want an example) are now a feature, so that's ideal. Plus they have a national TV deal with AXS TV and Impact Plus is a great home for the fun one off events with smaller promotions. All wrapped together into some great story-telling and storylines. Plus... they have some absurd characters that would be fun to book. This one would start in January 2020 with the Hard to Kill PPV which was where Tessa Blanchard captured the Impact Title in reality... I have a different path in mind and I think this is the story I'm leaning towards at the moment. 3) The Untitled Pandemic Project (This one is the big wild card. And likely would be the first to fail. I don't tend to sit and watch shows in reality, I like characters, stories and entrances. I tend to jump through the match itself. With the current stay-at-home situation and the WWE's mass firings, I started thinking about a couple options, one is those names starting their own promotion, but more than likely I'd actually lean towards it being more of an Indy Wrestling showcase diary. I tend to run more than one promotion at a time so I can tell a story I want to tell and keep things playing out the way I want them to. So this diary would take frequent looks at a couple promotions and in particular workers as they climb their way up the ladder (PWG, EVOLVE, DEFY, BLP, GCW, etc). This would be a challenge, and frankly might be confusing, but it would be an interesting challenge and experience as a whole. I'd envision this being like, pick a star or a couple and follow him for 3-6 months. This would be more "indy-rific" and incorporate more story-telling through things like fake twitter posts, etc.

Agree completely, development federation (like in minor league baseball) are merely the "business" side, while the parent company is responsible for staffing said location. Wouldn't make this a change.

As BigPapa mentioned, I'm also only seeing this with Owner set as booker also.

You are right it is Q4 (my mistake). To add my data to your point... WWE Raw (5,628 attendance) AEW Dynamite (1,093 attendance) WWE Smackdown (6,417 attendance) ROH Wrestling (308 attendance) NJPW Wrestle Kingdom (11,000 attendance) ————————————————————————————————————— WWE Raw (5,644 attendance) AAA Nuevo Mundo (3,000 attendance) AEW Dynamite (750 SELL OUT) WWE NXT (832 attendance) WWE Smackdown (7,570 attendance) ——————————————— WWE Raw (6,346 attendance) Impact (340 attendance) WWE Smackdown (3,511 attendance) NJPW WPW (4,935 attendance) ————————— WWE Raw (6,828 attendance)AEW Dynamite (856 attendance) WWE NXT (895 attendance) WWE Main Event (7,643 attendance) WWE Smackdown (7,643 attendance) MLW Fusion (176 attendance) MLW Fusion #1 (172 attendance) MLW Fusion #2 (177 attendance) NXT UK Takeover (367 attendance) WWE Royal Rumble (32,596 attendance, 74 show rating) To your point, my WWE started at 80. Had a solid month, and fell to 78 in popularity.

Very cool, been tinkering with a very similar concept and have always been a TNA/Impact fan. Callihan OVE Blanchard Austin Edwards

Because it is important to consider all relevant information when presenting real information. Not trying to make a positive/negative argument, just a discussion point. Additionally, house show attendance historically is still in the 4K range, so when you add an event like Wrestlemania with 60K or the rumble with 35K, they all end up averaging. Without true, granular, data, the law of averages is the best way to present data. It may not be perfect, but we might as well use the real information for this discussion. ***As pointed out, this data is Q4 for WWE***

What have you tried so far? Do your companies have a separate owner and booker? Does the booker have a high rating?

FYI the WWE attendance numbers from the 2019 financials... Average North American attendance increased by 15% to 5800 with an average ticket price of $57.13. So your average attendance is 5801... Average International attendance decreased to 4100 with a 30% average ticket price increase to $84.26. Keeping in mind this is from their financials so it includes ALL pay-per-views (including the Rumble and WrestleMania) and ALL US house shows. It is also the ACCURATE sales numbers instead of the reported or papered ticket number. Overall, I'd say the game is doing a great job.

Good call on that, I went back in and changed Evil Uno to be 100% heel and plays heel well. Curious if that will help, since he and Grayson are a tag-team they should stick together pretty well. While I understand the frustration, it's definitely not a game-breaker to me. I can always reform the stables that I want.

Doubling up here: Can anyone clarify the new money system, when I add a contract to a player they have no value. Does the game generate a value based on promotion size? I noticed my smaller promotions were paying guys $25/show.

<p>Apologies in advance as this is a lot of content. Ran the first month as a watcher to see what we were getting with the settings above. Thought it might be helpful for some... I also booked taped shows (as labeled #1, #2, #3). The rest of the notes are more for my own reference, but do show things like if the products were producing strange matches... like a B-Show Cage Match.</p><p> </p><p> Big takeaway, the attendance for non-WWE is low, but the ratings for the show itself are in line with what I was hoping... additionally the TV ratings aren't awful.</p><p> </p><p> WWE Raw (5,628 attendance) 76 Show Rating, 1.70 TV (1.279 M viewers), 3.28 Million Total!</p><p> Xplosion (296 attendance) 32 Show rating, .02 TV (16,648) (2 pre-show + 3 regular show matches, no angles)</p><p> Xplosion #2 (296) 39 Show rating, 3 + 3 (B-Show Cage match)</p><p> Xplosion #3 (296) 34 Show, 2 + 3</p><p> Xplosion #4 (296) 39 Show rating, 3 + 3 (Dog Collar Match)</p><p> Impact (296 Attendance), 50 Show rating, no angles (2 + 7 matches) .52 TV rating, (396,612 viewers), 435,520 total</p><p> Impact #2 (337 Attendance), 60 Show rating, (3 + 7 matches) (Cage, Tables) 2 Angles. (AIRED, 409,403 viewers, 448,041 total)</p><p> NWA Power (274 attendance), 49 Show rating, (2 + 4 matches) 2 angles, 15,209 viewers on YouTube.</p><p> NWA Power #1 (269 attendance), 47 show rating, 6 matches</p><p> NWA Power #2 (208 attendance), 44 show, 6 matches, 2 angles, (Ladder match)</p><p> NWA Power #3 (278 attendance), 50 show rating, (1 + 4) 2 angles, 12,560 viewers)</p><p> AEW Dark (1,093 attendance), 40 show rating, (2 + 4) 1 angle</p><p> AEW Dynamite (1,093 attendance), 61 show rating, (2 + 7) 4 angles (Cage match, ladder match) (1.163 M viewers, 1.55 rating) (1.196 M total)</p><p> AJPW B-Banquet (54 show rating)</p><p> WWE NXT (787 attendance), 66 show rating, (3 + 9) 6 angles (557,774 viewers, .74 rating) (1.418 M total)</p><p> NXT UK (89 attendance, 39 show rating, 3 + 6) 165,908 viewers</p><p> NXT UK #1 (96 attendance, 39 show rating, 2 + 4) 154,148 viewers</p><p> NXT UK #2 (105 attendance, 41 show rating, 2 + 5)</p><p> NXT UK #3 (110 attendance, 41 show rating, 2 + 6)</p><p> GCW Close to the Edge (133 attendance, 36 show rating, 1 + 6, 3 angles)</p><p> WWE Main Event (6,417 attendance, 59 show rating, 2 + 4, 4 angles)</p><p> WWE Smackdown (6,417 attendance, 77 show rating, 2 + 8, 7 angles)</p><p> NJPW WPW (4,400 attendance, 61 show rating, 2 + 4) </p><p> AAA Worldwide (1,000 attendance, 66 show rating, 2 + 8, 6 angles)</p><p> MLW Fusion (134 attendance, 40 show rating, 4 matches) (cage match)</p><p> MLW Fusion #1 (144 attendance, 37 show, 3 matches 1 angle) (.11 TV, 87,664 viewers)</p><p> MLW Fusion #2 (159 attendance, 43 show, 3 matches)</p><p> NWA Event (668 attendance, 52 Show rating, 8 matches)</p><p> MLW Zero Hour (424 attendance, 38 show rating, 8 matches, 4 angles) (First blood, deathmatch, cage match, strap)</p><p> Evolve 143 (300 attendance SELL OUT, 42 show rating, 2+7 matches) (10,655 viewers)</p><p> CMLL Lucha Azteca (1,000 attendance, 63 show rating) (3 + 13) (3 angles) (635,538 viewers, .84 TV)</p><p> ROH Wrestling (308 attendance, 64 show rating) (2 + 7 matches) (3 angles) 255,441 viewers, .34 TV) 21,000 honor club viewers.</p><p> ROH Wrestling #1 (378 attendance, 63 show rating (2 + 5 matches) 2 angles (248,773, .30 TV)</p><p> ROH Wrestling #2 (401 attendance, 66 show rating (2+ 4 matches) 2 angles</p><p> ROH Wrestling #3 (412 attendance, 64 show rating (2 + 6 matches) 2 angles (218,623, .29 TV)</p><p> NJPW Wrestle Kingdom (11,000 attendance, 84 show rating, (3 + 9 matches) </p><p> —————————————————————————————————————</p><p> WWE Raw (5,644 attendance) 80 show rating, 1.74 rating, 3.287 total, 7 angles, 9 matches</p><p> AAA Nuevo Mundo (3,000 attendance) 64 show rating, 18,245 viewers, 6 + 12 matches, 5 angles</p><p> AEW Dark (750 SELL OUT, 42 Show Rating, 2 + 4, 2 angles)</p><p> AEW Dynamite (750 SELL OUT, 56 Show Rating, 2 + 7, 5 angles) (Ladder match) (1.48 TV, 1.149 M)</p><p> WWE NXT (832 attendance, 65 Show Rating, 1 + 7, 5 angles) (.79 TV, 1.517 M)</p><p> AAA Worldwide (1,000 attendance, 67 show rating, 2 + 10, 2 angles) (1.03 TV, 775,223 K)</p><p> WWE Main Event (7,570 attendance, 60 show rating, 2 + 4, 2 angles) 175,752 K</p><p> WWE Smackdown (7,570 attendance, 79 show rating, 3 + 9, 8 angles) 2.13 M, 4.083 M, 2.84 TV)</p><p> NXT Takeover (3,379 attendance, 61 show rating, 5 + 8, 4 angles) 927,000 viewers</p><p> PWG Lemmy (521 attendance </p><p> ROH Winter Warriors (798 attendance, 60 show rating, 4 + 8) (24,596 viewers)</p><p> AEW Independence (1,901 attendance, 59 show rating, 4 + 9, 6 angles) 2.2 Million viewers</p><p> ———————————————</p><p> WWE Raw (6,346 attendance, 78 show rating, 1.72 rating, 3.22 total, 8 matches, 10 angles)</p><p> Impact (340 attendance, 50 show rating, .56 rating, 463K viewers, 3 + 7, 3 angles)</p><p> Impact #1 (335 attendance, 50 show rating, 3 + 7, 3 angles)</p><p> AEW Dark (825 attendance, 39 show rating, 2 + 4, 2 angles)</p><p> AEW Dynamite (825 attendance, 56 show rating, 3 + 7, 7 angles) 1.54 TV, 1.191 M total</p><p> WWE NXT (863 attendance, 63 show rating, 3 + 8, 4 angles) .80 TV, 1.562 M total</p><p> WWE Main Event (3,511 attendance, 55 show rating, 3 + 4, 4 angles) 165K viewers</p><p> WWE Smackdown (3,511 attendance, 70 show rating, 2 + 9 , 11 angles) (2.47 TV, 3.7 M viewers)</p><p> NJPW WPW (4,935 attendance, 68 show rating, 3 + 4) (.62 TV, 1.27 M viewers)</p><p> AAA Worldwide (1,200 attendance, 67 rating, 3 + 8, 4 angles) (1.04 TV, 787K viewers)</p><p> Impact ONO January (829 attendance, 51 rating, 3 + 8, 3 angles) (2.336 M buys) (Ladder and Cage) </p><p> —————————</p><p> WWE Raw (6,828 attendance, 77 show rating, 1.71 rating, 3.22 Total, 8 matches, 9 angles)</p><p> AEW Dark (856 attendance, 45 show rating, 3 + 4, 2 angles)</p><p> AEW Dynamite (856 attendance, 58 show rating, 3 + 7, 7 angles, 2 cage matches) (1.52 TV, 1.177 M)</p><p> WWE NXT (895 attendance, 60 show rating, 3 + 7, 5 angles) (.83 TV, 1.624 M)</p><p> WWE Main Event (7,643 attendance, 59 show rating, 2 + 4, 4 angles (165,556 viewers)</p><p> WWE Smackdown (7,643 attendance, 78 show rating, 2 + 7 matches, 9 angles (2.82 TV, 4.053 M)</p><p> MLW Fusion (176 attendance, 48 show rating, 3 matches) .11 TV 87,205 viewers</p><p> MLW Fusion #1 (172 attendance, 40 show rating, 4 matches, 1 angle) (Cage)</p><p> MLW Fusion #2 (177 attendance, 50 show rating, 3 matches, 2 angles)</p><p> NXT UK Takeover (367 attendance, 42 show rating, 3+7 matches, 2 angles)</p><p> WWE Royal Rumble (32,596 attendance, 74 show rating, 6 + 11 matches, 17 angles)</p>

<p>Biggest thing I noticed with my RW mod conversion was the rebalancing of stables for the first two weeks or so. As the game rebalances the rosters then certain guys are going to be evicted.</p><p> </p><p> For example: AEW evicted Evil Uno and Stu Grayson from The Dark Order right away because they turned them face... </p><p> </p><p> While maybe frustrating, that is realistic, if they turned face (which the game decided to do) they would leave... </p><p> </p><p> I did have one guy (Averno) in AAA take the lead of two stables at once, which was weird.</p><p> </p><p> Would it be great to lock stables / face-heel alignment for mod-makers, ya, sure. Is it necessary, not really.</p>

I’m running the latest patch, I had thought I’d seen it fixed also but it popped up in game... As for Auto Booker AI; good call, I’ll look into that. Though this was a watcher.

Spent the first 11 days of the trial modifying and converting a RW mod. Finally dove in for my first test today... Gotta say, I LOVE IT. The changes are great. The interface took no time to get used to. Ya it is different, but change isn't a bad thing. I do agree that some of the bright white on black UI needs changing, but there are plenty of great skins out and coming. I'm using Kamchatka's at the moment. My show ratings are coming in right where I feel like they should, my viewers look close to where I'd expect them. All told, very happy. Attendance levels are a bit down, but I don't mind that, I'd rather them be low than way over inflated like in the past. I will say it is odd that they fluctuate during tapings. My biggest concern overall is the match ratio... B-Shows are having 2-3 dark matches and then 3-4 regular matches. I get dark matches, but if I'm taping a set of shows, the taped episodes wouldn't also get dark matches... especially for the B show... Those poor fans are getting 4 hours of a b-show, plus dark matches, and then 4 hours of the A-show... OOOF. Some examples: WWE NXT (2 Hour show, 3 dark matches, 9 regular matches, 6 angles. match/angle ratio is good... but total amount of matches is high. For reference, pre-COVID they were averaging 2 Dark and 6 matches in real life. I could shorten the show to 1:30 to account for commercials, and may go that route.) Raw is typically in that 7-8 matches in 3 hours range in reality, so I'm not upset with the number coming in at 8-9 matches per-show. They seem to get really out of whack when we look at PPV's... for the Royal Rumble (A historic event) we had 6 pre-show matches, and then 11 matches and 17 angles. (The actual Royal Rumble had 6 matches and 2 pre-show kickoff). I get that the AI can't quite process this, but it would be nice to be able to cap the Pre-show matches... YES incredibly nitpicky. My mexican promotions, AAA/CMLL are having 12-14 televised matches on their 1:30 show... that seems incredibly aggressive even for Lucha Libre. Any thoughts or suggestions to curb some of this? Overall this game is clearly a step up and will be a purchase day of. Excellent work.

I use your data as the base for mine. I shut down ASW in the UK (with the elimination of touring contracts and the small shows they've been running for the last year I didn't feel like they were as relevant). I added IWA-MS (running shows weekly), DEFY (Northwest indy with nearly the full roster in your data already) and GCW (some big shows with a product the new game is tailored too). Also added FCP. Kept FIP as they are an active promotion and you have much of the roster.

<p>Speaking of popularity I'm thinking about rebalancing some of the popularity in game (RW DB based of The Who's data that i've been updating/editing for a bit).</p><p> </p><p> Reading the handbook I take this quote: "In terms of specific popularity, this should be done in relation to the various companies. For example, if a worker is meant to be a mega star for a specific company, generally the worker's popularity would be several points higher than the company's in each region. This will therefore make them a big draw."</p><p> </p><p> <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">So here is where my world is at with popularity trying to create some clear-lines between similar companies:</span></strong></p><p> WWE 80/80/70 (USA/UK/Japan)</p><p> NJPW 75/40 (Japan/USA)</p><p> ---------------------------------------------</p><p> CMLL 60/10 (Mexico/USA) (I may lower these as this feel artificially high, though it may be accurate in Mexico)</p><p> AAA 60/10 (Mexico/USA)</p><p> AEW 60/50 (South East, rest of the USA)</p><p> NXT 55/50 (South East, rest of the USA)</p><p> ---------------------------------------------</p><p> Impact 47/45/30 (South East/Ontario/Rest of US and Canada)</p><p> ROH 45/40/30/15 (Tri-State/Mid-East/Rest of USA/Japan)</p><p> ---------------------------------------------</p><p> NWA 38/25 (Home region/Rest of US)</p><p> MLW 35/25/15 (Home region/Rest of US/Mexico)</p><p> ---------------------------------------------</p><p> PWG 30/EVOLVE 30 (Niche Indy Promotions; Home region only)</p><p> ---------------------------------------------</p><p> 0-15 Majority of companies that have a small but loyal following.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> So now using that as a base... I started thinking about the "Most recognizable names in Professional Wrestling" In my mind these guys should be the mega-stars, the 90-100 range in the WWE. So who are the names the even a casual fan would know (non-exhaustive just thinking out loud here).</p><p> </p><p> <strong>95-100's (Mega-Star tier, even your wife or parents might know these names)</strong></p><p> The Rock</p><p> John Cena</p><p> Ric Flair</p><p> Hulk Hogan</p><p> Vince McMahon</p><p> </p><p> <strong>90-95 (Star-tier; fans of all ages and interests will pop for these guys; but non-fans might not recognize)</strong></p><p> Triple H</p><p> The Undertaker</p><p> Brock Lesnar</p><p> Roman Reigns</p><p> Bill Goldberg</p><p> </p><p> <strong>80-90 (Modern draws, people pay to see them)</strong></p><p> AJ Styles</p><p> Seth Rollins</p><p> Daniel Bryan</p><p> </p><p> <strong>70-80 (Big names from around the world that would cause shockwaves if they abruptly joined WWE even to casual fans and could immediately be in the main event scene)</strong></p><p> Jon Moxley</p><p> Chris Jericho</p><p> Kazuchika Okada</p><p> Shinsuke Nakamura</p><p> </p><p> <strong>60-70 (Names that populate the mid-upper midcard that fans paying to see the top show are paying to see, would be main eventers for all non-WWE companies)</strong></p><p> The Miz</p><p> Kevin Owens</p><p> Dolph Ziggler</p><p> Drew McIntyre</p><p> Matt Jackson</p><p> Nick Jackson</p><p> Cody</p><p> </p><p> <strong>50-60 (Names that could leave the WWE Midcard and make an instant impact in a smaller company (AEW/Impact) and currently can main event NXT/AEW)</strong></p><p> Matt Hardy</p><p> Jeff Hardy</p><p> John Morrison</p><p> The Revival</p><p> Jake Hager</p><p> Rusev</p><p> Johnny Gargano</p><p> Adam Cole</p><p> </p><p> <strong>40-50 (Main Eventers in smaller companies that would be upper to main event NXT/Mid-Card WWE names if they were signed, Lower Midcard-Midcard WWE)</strong></p><p> Jay Briscoe</p><p> Jay Lethal</p><p> Low-Ki</p><p> Tessa Blanchard</p><p> Sami Callihan</p><p> Brodie Lee</p><p> EC3</p><p> </p><p> <strong>30-40 (Mid and Upper-midcarders for Impact/ROH that could headline an indy show and would have some impact when making a debut on AEW/NXT).</strong></p><p> Moose</p><p> Michael Elgin</p><p> Matt Taven</p><p> Dalton Castle</p><p> Aron Stevens</p><p> Nick Aldis</p><p> Jeff Cobb</p><p> </p><p> <strong>20-30 (Main Eventers for small/niche indy products who hardcore fans love, but casual fans wouldn't have any idea who they are, can come in to NXT/Impact and add credibility but not star if the style fits)</strong></p><p> Timothy Thatcher</p><p> AR Fox</p><p> Eddie Kingston</p><p> Joey Janela</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <strong>10-20 (Indy Upper Midcard/Niche names that have a following in their home promotion/style but limited scope)</strong></p><p> Ricky Shane Page</p><p> </p><p> <strong>0-10 (The rest of the wrestlers in the world... they add value to home promotions).</strong></p><p> </p><p> Thoughts of the scale?</p><p> </p><p> It gets a bit cloudy for me as it gets to the 0-40 range, might need to be broken into smaller ranges. But I think it's on the right track.</p>

Enjoy this, Hereos of Wrestling is a great idea, and depending on your mod, there are some decent workers in Australia who could supplement!

I'm glad you pointed this out, I've spent the last day cleaning up most of my DB and adding a bunch of guys I wanted in there (primarily lower card/younger guys from EVOLVE/FIP/MLW/ROH) and was thinking cool, about ready to role... and then I looked at the promotions... I'm not too interested in tweaking EVERYTHING, but I do want to be semi-accurate. This guide as a whole has been a huge help.

Spent the day working on converting the 2016 mod over to 2020 and freshening it up. Debating throughly of if I'll be continuing the current diary (from December 2017-Present) or move to another story. Other than the original, I have three ideas. Would certainly be curious if any particularly pique anyones interest. 0) Ring of Honor: Where Superstars are Born (nearly 50,000 views over 2+ years which, while not on the level of the masters, has been a fun achievement). To some extent I feel like the stories I wanted to tell have been told. Jay Briscoe reigns supreme (and is virtual untouchable in popularity). In the midst of a long-ish story arc that could be continued though and with some of the new features I think I could successfully pivot a bit. If I choose to close up shop on this one I will absolutely be writing a wrap-up for the couple main stories I want to tell. ---------------------------------------------------- Three new-ish ideas. 1) Ring of Honor: The Villain Era (Starting January 2020, with Marty Scurll taking over the book, as happened in real life, sticking with ROH but starting with the actual Jan 2020 roster and having things booked through March). Wrestling driven, all trying to recover from the long-term mistakes of the Delirious era of booking. I love the focus on wrestling, and they have a challenge ahead of them. The new mechanics in the 2020 game make this a good challenge. 2) Impact 2020: The Climb Back Through Obscurity (Impact has long been one of my favorite promotions. It has certainly had its ups and downs, but currently I think the product is very strong and they've made some fun decisions that play well into the hands of the 2020 mechanics. Bulk tv tapings (which fits my writing style, check out my ROH diary on 2016 board if you want an example) are now a feature, so that's ideal. Plus they have a national TV deal with AXS TV and Impact Plus is a great home for the fun one off events with smaller promotions. All wrapped together into some great story-telling and storylines. Plus... they have some absurd characters that would be fun to book. 3) The Untitled Pandemic Project (This one is the big wild card. I don't tend to sit and watch shows in reality, I like characters, stories and entrances. I tend to jump through the match itself. With the current stay-at-home situation and the WWE's mass firings, I started thinking about a couple options, one is those names starting their own promotion, but more than likely I'd actually lean towards it being more of an Indy Wrestling showcase diary. I tend to run more than one promotion at a time so I can tell a story I want to tell and keep things playing out the way I want them to. So this diary would take frequent looks at a couple promotions and in particular workers as they climb their way up the ladder (PWG, EVOLVE, DEFY, BLP, GCW, etc). This would be a challenge, and frankly might be confusing, but it would be an interesting challenge and experience as a whole. I'd envision this being like, pick a star or a couple and follow him for 3-6 months. This would be more "indy-rific" and incorporate more story-telling through things like fake twitter posts, etc. All would be fun!

Working through some thoughts on events like Best of Super Juniors/G1 Climax best to just schedule as a tournament at the event or maybe schedule as a separate one-off tour? Even like Battle of LA, 3-day tournament?

<p>Here's my thoughts: Fleisch and TheWho87 (along with landxx and others) have put an immense amount of time into creating something to allow us to play in the "real world", download them all, try them out, mix and match.</p><p> </p><p> Here's what I did from my ROH save. I started it up with TheWho's Dec 2017 data to have a robust range of promotions and a ton of workers. Then I downloaded Fleisch's data to import a couple guys who were missing, or had a ton more detail work. I also every 9-12 months I download a new TheWho and Fleisch data and import the new names into my game. I take guys that I feel are underrated and bump them up appropriately after I've play-tested them a bit. It's made for a great challenge and fun mod. These guys deserve the credit for making something so excellent.</p>

News and Notes Ring of Honor Contract News and Notes At the Free Enterprise event, Ring of Honor officials announced two contract extensions. First, they agreed to an extension with Kenny King's private security guard, Shane Taylor. Terms were not disclosed, but King assures us his associate "got that cheddar". Secondly, Eli Isom, a product of ROH "Legend" Cheeseburger's training school and a frequent opener for Ring of Honor agreed to a three-year extension that will allow him to continue to work for his other dates as long as ROH is the priority. Additionally, Ring of Honor announced that Hammerstone, the current NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Champion in NJPW has signed an exclusive contract with NJPW that will see him feature prominently in the middle of their cards. Thanks to our relationship with NJPW we expect that you will still see Hammerstone pop-up here and there, but we have confirmed that his final current booking with ROH will be at the May Week 4 TV event as he and partner Odinson take on the former tag champions, The Top Guys! As for Odinson, rumor has it he has already found another partner to take Hammerstone's spot in the future... -------------------------------------------------------------------- A Glance at Future of Honor The Future of Honor promotion officially launched earlier this year as a stand-alone developmental group where the future stars of Ring of Honor will train and perform on two shows monthly (aired exclusively on the HonorClub). Chris Sabin and Bully Ray have been acting as the full-time trainers down there, and they've even had guest appearances by names such as Mike Quackenbush and Kenji Mutoh! The current champion down there is Cornelius Crummels, an undersized, plucky fighter with a penchant for picking fights and letting his partner "Sammy" clean up his mess. While the promotion has a number of workers, here are three you should keep an eye on. 1) Alex Zayne, though he started his career 15 years ago, the 34 year old daredevil recently returned to wrestling with vengeance, putting his aerial assault on full display! 2) Troy Hollywood, originally trained by Jay Lethal, the 25-year old Hollywood is a cocky/confident master of a variety of lethal strikes and kicks. His feet are a true weapon, and one wrong step and he'll knock you out. 3) Jaxson James, seven-year pro from South Carolina, Jaxson promises to beat the living tar out of you and seems to enjoy taking strikes as much as he likes giving them.

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="The Lloyd" data-cite="The Lloyd" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47095" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>May as well answer this now, because the Robert Stone Brand clients don't begin to debut until after the Elimination Chamber, and that's going to be my end point. I went with Chelsea Green as number one, because I think she's really good (as a heel) and they work well together in real life NXT. Then I gave him Riddick Moss. He's someone I think has a lot of potential. Then the 'number one' guy in the faction was going to be Austin Theory! I have high hopes for him again in real life.<p> </p><p> As for The Kingdom. I threw around a lot of names, and although there was a Kingdom in ROH (Adam Cole, Mike Bennet and Matt Taven?!?!), there hasn't been one in WWE, so I figured it'd be okay. Was going down a different route with this group than ROH's anyway. More members get revealed soon so I'll wait to talk about them.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p> Theory is exactly who I was picturing. If you went off the WWE group Hammerstone was my thought. Riddick makes a ton of sense also.</p><p> </p><p> Bennett, Taven was version one, then Taven led TK O'Ryan and Vinny Marseglia to glory... wait it was just the six-man titles... lol. Definitely agree with you, WWE could/should pull it off better.</p>

Love it, excellent wrap up to the PPV series. Looking forward to the future plans!