Zergon

August 17, 2020

BEACH Wrestling on the Gold Coast (Saturday Week 2 December 2020) Mermaid Beach

Gold Coast Heavyweight Title: Surfer Dude Lucas vs Trey Tallman

i don´t think you would hot shot the belt back to Lucas but this won´t be clean either so someone is going to interfere and likely start a feud with Lucas to take his attention away from the belt.

Australian Devil, Smasher & Mauler vs D-Pod, Moonchild & Jesse Tasman

You said Devil is on short term deal and that will put him below other established wrestlers in my eyes until proven otherwise.

Pat Rigsby vs Elvis Robinson

Robinson continues to gain valuable experience but don´t think he will beat Rigsby, at least not in main show.

Michel Bernard vs Lee Wilkes

Wilkes is on similar position than Devil except even more so since he lost to Devil in his debut.

BEACH Wrestling on the Sunshine Coast (Saturday Week 3 December 2020) Caloundra

Sunshine Coast Bubbleweight Title: Australian Devil vs D-Pod

Again, similar logic with Devil expect more so with belt on line

Lucketti, Davey & God of War vs Elvis & The Bat Men

Thinking this is the place to give Elvis his occasional win.

Mauler vs Moonchild

S&M need few wins to keep themselves near the top

August 15, 2020

Joe Boone & Nathan Hayes vs. The Kuroki Boys

Thinking this is here to give Ishibashi win over Boone before their title match.

Friedrich Herzog vs. Spike Morgan

Morgan gives New Alliance some momentum back with other´s losing in main event.

SPW Women's Title Match- Melinda Bell © vs. Diana Gosselin

Probably going to pick Bell until she drops the title.

Danny Cool & Big Z vs. No Nonsense

Real team over random pairing.

SPW Mid South Title Match- Perry Bryant © vs. Leroy Disco

Bryant keeps the belt.

The Faithful vs. Young Guns & Ryo Matsuda

Don´t think Faithful are going to drop the belts anytime soon so figuring Young Guns get their wins from non-title matches.

Daniel Loiselle vs. Michael King

Doh.

The Chivalry vs. Dustin David & Bernie Hughes

Again, real team over random pairing.

August 9, 2020

SPW Tag Team Title Match- The Faithful © vs. The Kuroki Boys

Wonder if your plan is to break Kuroki Boys here as I don´t see them winning the belts back but also hard to see Ishibashi losing clean here after just winning a big tournament so one turning on another feels most likely outcome here to me.

Emilio Suarez vs. Perry Bryant

Wonder if Bryant not winning the tournament means you aren´t particularly sure if he´s the guy you should push at the top as he would have been in better position than Ishibashi in my eyes for the push. Either way, I think Suarez wins this one and we just have to see where Bryant goes from here.

The New Alliance (Joe Boone, Nathan Hayes & Spike Morgan) vs. The Alliance (Levi Andrews, Friedrich Herzog & Leroy Disco)

Thinking faces need the win here more.

Daniel Loiselle vs. Carl Hackney

These guys are on differend ends of the pecking order.

Consuelo Montero vs. Ryo Matsuda

Matsuda had been bit into bad spot, being same aligment than current champion and I assume her momentum wouldn´t be particularly good thanks to all those losses. Montero on the other hand, probably benefits a bit for champion being face as with just six girls in the division, every heel needs to be decently strong so they can challenge Bell when their time comes.

Dustin David & Melinda Bell vs. La Oscuridad & Diana Gosselin

Could see this one going either way but I give it to heels.

Danny Cool vs. Bernie Hughes

It start to feel like Cool might be on his way out.

Scott Levesque vs. Big Z

Thinking Levasques chances for quick push had come and gone, while Big Z still could receive one.

No Nonsense vs. The Chivalry

They are simply better team although if Kuroki Boys do break up, perhaps there could be a chance for upset victory here. Still, I go with who I see as better team.

August 7, 2020

BEACH Wrestling on the Gold Coast (Saturday Week 2 November 2020) Mermaid Beach

Gold Coast Heavyweight Title: Trey Tallman vs Moonchild vs Surfer Dude Lucas

No need to put the belt elsewhere quite yet.

Smasher vs Jesse Tasman

Thinking S&M get some momentum back after losing twice in last month

God of War vs Elvis Robinson

I could see this one going either way as War is seeminglt sliding down the pecking order quite bit but Robinson haven´t yet got wins that would make me think he´s more than undercard talent... I go with God of War simply because I tend to pick more established guys until I see enought evidence to go the other way.

Craig Phoenix & Michel Bernard vs Wes Schnorfesst & D-Pod

Phoenix looks like the weak link here.

Pat Rigsby, Dee Lucketti & Ice Ice Davey vs The Bat Men & Toby Tough

Heels look like stronger unit.

BEACH Wrestling on the Sunshine Coast (Saturday Week 3 November 2020) Coolum Beach

Sunshine Coast Bubbleweight Title: Michel Bernard vs Wes Schnorfesst vs D-Pod

Think D-Pod keeps the belt for now.

God of War vs Elvis Robinson

Same match, same outcome... maybe? I kind of have hard time adjusting the idea that these are pretty much seperated shows towards differend audience (so basically anyone watching this wouldn´t know the result of their previous match) as my natural instinct is to divide the wins to make both guys look strong.

Mauler vs Jesse Tasman

Same logic than woth Smasher vs. Jesse, S&M gets back some of the lost momentum.

BEACH Wrestling presents; Inland Stampede (Saturday Week 4 November 2020) Toowoomba

Queensland Tag Team Titles: Michel Bernard & Pat Rigsby vs Jesse Tasman & Surfer Dude Lucas

They just won the belts, though Bernard & Rigsby probably wouldn´t be a bad pairing to drop the belts eventually.

Non-Title: Dee Lucketti vs D-Pod vs Wes Schnorfesst

Non-title (again, guessing it non-title just because this ain´t in Sunshine Coast, not because champ is booked to lose but I haven´t fully adjusted my way of thinking just yet) so going with potential challenger getting the win and Wes is more established in my eyes.

God of War vs Elvis Robinson

Errr... third time the charm? No, still going with War.

August 4, 2020

6 out 8- not bad at all, and all the tournament matches correct (including the lining up of a face vs. face match in the semi-final). Can't believe I've only just realised you had an effganic thread going yourself, and just as I found it it seems like it's over!

Your diary was actually one of the big reasons why I started mine as I have always loved empty database games but felt they wouldn´t work well as diary. Well, then this came along and I learned that it could work just fine. And yeah, it´s over, couldn´t recover the file which is a shame as I was hoping to make that a long one but those things happen.

Summer Super Tournament Final- Perry Bryant vs. Daniel Loiselle

Surprisingly enough, I have´t had a need to fix my initial thinking so far on this tournament so I still go with Loiselle winning here as Bryant already gets his big moment by just being here.

SPW World Title Match- Joe Boone © vs. Levi Andrews

Andrews ain´t going to be the one who takes the belt off from Joe.

Friedrich Herzog & Leroy Disco vs. Spike Morgan & Nathan Hayes

Was bit surprised faces won the last encounter but perhaps heels tie the score here.

SPW Women's Title Match- Melinda Bell © vs. Diana Gosselin

Thinking Bell is going to be your face for women wrestling for a little while.

La Oscuridad vs. Dustin David

Oscuridad looks to be taking step forward in terms of his push. David has looked pretty solid on my eyes as well but sounds and looks like he might be slighly overperformed by some of the other later arrivals like Berik, Osciridad and Ishibashi.

No Nonsense, Scott Levesque, Masao Kobayashi & Bernie Hughes vs. Double Shot, Austyn Taylor, Danny Cool & Big Z

Bit of a coin flip match so could see this one going either way but I do feel that face side is slighly stronger overall.

Summer Super Tournament Semi Final- Perry Bryant vs. Tetsuyuki Ishibashi

Bryant is the only heel on top 4 so he´s very likely to get into finals but Ishibashi have had great performance in this tournament already and he´s spot at top 4 here marks the first time I start to see him as more than just tag guy.

Summer Super Tournament Semi Final- Daniel Loiselle vs. Emilio Suarez

Lots of history here and it´s going to be a great match even if it´s face vs. face. I do expect Loiselle to go forward with Boone not giving him a title shot otherwise since that´s sounds like more logical story to me.

August 2, 2020

BEACH Wrestling on the Gold Coast (Saturday Week 2 October 2020) Mermaid Beach

Queensland Tag Team Titles: Jesse Tasman & Surfer Dude Lucas vs The S&M Connection

Thinking that Coonection keeps the tag belts for now.

Dee Lucketti & Ice Ice Davey vs The Bat Men

Named team over team with no name.

Trey Tallman vs Moonchild

Thinking Tallman is higher on the ladders

Craig Phoenix vs Elvis Robinson

Phoenix haven´t done much so far so if you want to give Robinson wins, thinging that this is the plae to do so.

God of War vs Flip Buchanan

Don´t really see Flip winning a whole lot

BEACH Wrestling on the Sunshine Coast (Saturday Week 3 October 2020) Mooloolaba

Sunshine Coast Bubbleweight Title: Wes Schnorfesst vs D-Pod

D-Pod keeps the belt he just won.

Trey Tallman vs Moonchild

Same match, same outcome

Dee Lucketti vs Slugger

Though both of these guys are in tag team, I would say Slugger is more of a tag guy and thus could affort to lose singles match more than Lucketti

BEACH Wrestling presents; Halloween Hervey (Saturday Week 4 October 2020) Hervey Bay

Queensland Tag Team Titles: Jesse Tasman & Surfer Dude Lucas vs The S&M Connection

Same logic than in Gold Cost show

Non-Title: Dee Lucketti vs D-Pod

Not sure if win here would count towards earning a title shot with likely no-one from Sunshine Coast in audience but lets go that way at any rate.

Ice Ice Davey vs Syrus

Same logic than with Lucketti vs. Slugger although I wonder if I would be better of going with the usual 1-1 record between two tag teams in two singles matches.

Question. If you were going to a wrestling show every month, at the same venue, how often would you want to see someone new on the show?

Umm, to be honest, no idea as I don´t really een watch wrestling a lot, much less actually spend time to go into actual shows. That said, I´m usually kind of low build guy who like to figure pecking order before getting things flipped over by new guys (or turns) so probably wouldn´t need to see that many new faces in a year, 1 or 2 a year would likely be enough for me.

August 1, 2020

Well, loooks like my desktop were the game and diary were just broke up and I haven´t been able to get i back up. So unfortunalely, unless I can figure someway to recover both the diary and the game file, this diary will be cut short.

August 1, 2020

Roster Moves:

Redwine decided to walk out from SPW and with my backstage rating being at 48% (and that´s after Redwine walked out, was 45% before that), I decided to see what I could do with that rating. First of all, I checked how many guys there were that could work in SPW. Answer was 7, two who were Herzog and Redwine so they obviously out, leaving 5. Two of them, Anjelo Brune (Agitator) and Joshua Johannes (Troublemaker) had negative attributes for backstage so they out since the goal is to make backstage better not worse. The other three Bailey Rue (stalwart), Delaine Hébert (driven) and Franklin Adams (lively) got signed. On of the three will replace Redwine but I decided to use the other two to replace some bad backstage influence guys in order to get the rating as good as I could. The guys currently causing troubles were Sites, Boone, Durban, Jorgenson, Price, Henry and Monaghan with Sites, Boone and Jorgenson being negative presences and the other four being slightly negative. Henry and Durban and Monaghan and me also had negative relationships. Now, Henry and Boone were safe as they are some of my top guys and I didn´t want to cut Sites either. Monaghan was someone who I considered as managers are always expendable in my books but SPW should have some and there´s no one else so I decided to keep him as well. Of the three left, Price has been here the shortest time and cutting Jorgenson (negative vs. mildly negative) and Durban (has tension with Henry) netted more positive effects so they ended up being cut instead and Price gets to keep his spot at least for now. Hopefully adding three neutral/positive backstage presences and firing two negative ones will help me to get the backstage rating back into neutral territory, there also currently are five other events (backstage happenings in previous two shows, all negative) that affect the morale and with those being short term, if I manage to get into spot were there won´t be 3 - 4 negative events per show I believe things would quickly become more harmonious.

New Signings:

Bailey Rue

Age: 23

Face, Rebel

I already talked about Rue a bit when he deputed so won´t go into details here. Basically he´s on of those guys who have most stats at 0 - 45 so don´t look to be anything but a jobber unless proven otherwise.

Delaine Hébert

Age: 20

Heel, Outbacker

Hébert is 100% heel so he gets to be the heel out from these three as I needed two faces to keep sides even. I also wrote about Hébert earlier and this is what I said him back when he debuted: He does have 87 star quality and 53 - 98 on basics and 49 - 94 on selling plus at least some skills on brawling (10 - 55), puroresu (23 - 68) and technical (15 - 60) so looks to have some upside. His consistency (0 - 45) and stamina (4 - 49) are suspects. Time will tell how he does here but starting stats look OK if stamina and consistency have higher end ratings on their scale. There is more space to rise on ranks on my heel side than face so if Hébert perform well he might raise to midcard status quite quickly as my current top six of Suarez, Henry, Andrews, Sites, Grover and Daigneault (last two getting top six spots mainly thanks to their association with Henry and Monaghan at the moment) feels bit weaker than what my top six is on face side and I wouldn´t mind having another reliable performer there.

Franklin Adams

Age: 19

Face, Dude

Adams would be amazing heel (and better heel) but I need a face right now so that what he will be. Looks to have good consistency (55 - 100) and stamina (41 - 86) with technical, aerial and flashiness getting low ends of 31 - 39 and high end being between 76 - 84 with decent mic skills as well. Sadly, star quality is only 24 with psychology and more importantly other fundamental skills all being 0 - 45 which overall makes him bit of a mixed back. Still, if fundamental skills develop nicely I could certainly see him getting higher on ladders but right now he looks to be quite low on pecking order with Boone, Loiselle, Kuroki, Hallam, Summers and Bhakta taking the top six spots leaving pretty much just jobber roles left for rest of the faces.

Guys Leaving:

Norman Redwine

Age: 20

Record: 1 - 0 - 2

Average Match Rating: 12

Unsurprisingly, Redwine decided to walk out after me doing nothing on him being angry. Not a big loss as I didn´t have plans for him but bit of a shame regardless as there were other´s I would rather had cut first.

Ray Jorgenson

Age: 22

Record: 0 - 0 - 5

Average Match Rating: 17

I kind of hate firing workers this early (especially with not much pool of unsigned workers to fall back in case something goes wrong) but it start to become obvious that I need my backstage rating to get better and Jorgenson was an easy cut to make despite his decent performance. So basically Jorgenson was victim of bad backstage attribute, something that will no doubt be a running theme for me this save.

Laurence Durban

Age: 23

Record: 0 - 0 - 4

Average Match Rating: 11

Another bad backstage guy gone, bit earlier than I would have liked as I would have preferred to keep Durban eating pins for a while but hopefully this helps my backstage enough to get into territory were I could hold shows without backstage incidents messing rosters morale up. Overall, Durban didn´t seem to have much upside as far as I could see and is unlikely to be seen again unless I pick a company that has signed him before I take the book (in which case he would be likely cut again).

August 1, 2020

News around the world: August 1920

World:

Green Machine (Mexico) debuted Saturday week 1

Rikyu Takeda (Japan) deputed Monday week 2

Vernon Leon (Oceania) debuted Thursday Week 4

Captain Badger (Japan) debuted Friday week 4

Franklin Adams (USA) debuted Friday week 4

July 30, 2020

Anyway, that leaves Zergon as the overall winner of predictions for the time being: If you are interested, please let me know which character you would like to see an 'interlude' for, that is to say, a vignette from their perspective, rather than Ellen's. I mean you can pick Ellen too if you want but I don't think that will be significantly different from what we've been getting already.

Think I would like to see perspective from someone who ain´t the core four so I pick Samba Barnes as she haven´t really gotten much time at the spotlight so far.

July 30, 2020

Summer Super Tournament Quarter Final Match- Daniel Loiselle vs. Spike Morgan

Still thinking this is Loiselle´s tournament to win so he goes forward

Summer Super Tournament Quarter Final & SPW Mid South Title Match- Friedrich Herzog © vs. Perry Bryant

Mid South Title being on the line makes me rethink this a bit but I go with my earlier logic that Bryant is the one going forward here. That said, I could easily see being wrong here.

Summer Super Tournament Quarter Final Match- Emilio Suarez vs. Squire Albert Berik

I´m actually going face vs. face for next round as Loiselle and Suarez are good enough to make it work and there´s lots of history in that match so it would likely be more interesting than Loiselle vs. Berik.

Summer Super Tournament Quarter Final Match- Tetsuyuki Ishibashi vs. La Oscuridad

This one depends on the Bryant vs. Herzog match and as was the case with that match, I could also see this one going either way as no matter which one from these two would win, the winner has gotten pretty big win as getting into top 4 in tournament this stacked is certainly one of their bigger accomplishments to the date.

Joe Boone & Nathan Hayes vs. Levi Andrews & Leroy Disco

Boone is the deciding factor here.

Ryo Matsuda vs. Diamanta

Matsuda haven´t won a whole lot so I pretty much see her as jobber.

Bernie Hughes vs. Danny Cool

Could go either way but that six man tag in last show makes me think that Hughes might actually have slighly better future in SPW than Cool

Dustin David & Melinda Bell vs. Sir Anthony Henry & Diana Gosselin

I would still rate Henry over David.

July 29, 2020

BEACH Wrestling on the Gold Coast (Saturday Week 2 September 2020) Mermaid Beach

Gold Coast Heavyweight Title: Jesse Tasman vs Surfer Dude Lucas ©

I could see a title chance here as giving belt to another face would extend the time to figure out which of the heels should be on top. That said, I still think Lucas is going to win here.

Queensland Tag Team Titles: The Bat Men vs S&M Connection

They just won the belts.

God of War vs Moonchild

I do wonder if God of War is slighly sliding down the pecking order now that he don´t look to be the number one contender anymore but I do think he´s going over Moonchild here.

Trey Tallman vs Wes Schnorfesst

Could see this one going either way but I do rate Wes slighly higher thanks to his title run.

Pat Rigsby vs Elvis Robinson

Thinking Rigsby gets the win here by virtue of being more established talent.

Ice Ice Davey & Dee Lucketti vs Flip & Bounce Buchanan

Looks like Davey and Lucketti are moving up on pecking order with win last week and likely another win here.

BEACH Wrestling on the Sunshine Coast (Saturday Week 3 September 2020) Noosa Heads

Sunshine Coast Bubbleweight Title: D-Pod vs Michel Bernard

Not yet time for Bernard to drop the belt

Ice Ice Davey & Dee Lucketti vs Jesse Tasman & Surfer Dude Lucas

Davey and Lucketti might be getting wins but this is a bridge too far for them.

BEACH Wrestling presents; SugarBrawl 2020 (Saturday Week 4 September 2020) Bargara Beach, Bundaberg

Sugar Cane Match: Pat Rigsby & Trey Tallman vs The Bat Men

Going with the team that has actual name plus I kind of feel they would need a win since they been on the losing end more often than not (or at least that´s my gut feeling, I didn´t actually count their wins and losses.)

Ice Ice Davey vs Moonchild

Thinking Moonchild is slighly higher on pecking order at least when it´s singles match.

July 26, 2020

SPW Pay The Piper

August 1920 Friday week 3

The Loomis Plantation (South East)

Attendance: 150

2 vs. 2 for SPW Tag Team belts

& vs. &

Nasty Boys (Ricky Summers & Camden Bhakta) vs. Ray Jorgenson & RJ Price

In a decent match, Nasty Boys defeated Ray Jorgenson and RJ Price in 8:28 when Camden Bhakta pinned RJ Price with a Fallaway Slam. Nasty Boys win the SPW Tag Team titles.

Notes: Jorgenson was off his game, Price was really off his game, bout dragged in the middle with lack of flow being noticiable.

Ratings: Summers: 25, Bhakta: 21, Price: 18, Jorgenson: 21

WINNERS: Nasty Boys by pinfall in 8:28 rating: 17

1 vs. 1

vs.

Laurence Durban vs. Lonnie London

In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but terrible wrestling, Lonnie London defeated Laurence Durban in 5:39 by pinfall with a Martial Arts Kick.

Notes: -

Ratings: Durban: 8, London: 15

WINNER: Lonnie London by pinfall in 5:39 Rating: 11

1 vs. 1

vs.

Norman Redwine vs. Montaine Marcou

In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but terrible wrestling, Montaine Marcou defeated Norman Redwine in 8:16 by pinfall with an Axe Bomber.

Notes: Lack of flow during the match, Marcou was really off his game

Ratings: Redwine: 8, Marcou: 9

WINNER: Montaine Marcou by pinfall in 8:16 Rating: 6

1 vs. 1

vs.

Larue Bouthillette vs. Emilio Suarez

In a decent match, Emilio Suarez defeated Larue Bouthillette in 6:26 by pinfall.

Notes: Match was way too short for an important match

Ratings: Bouthillette: 15, Suarez: 29

WINNER: Emilio Suarez by pinfall in 6:26 Rating: 21

ANGLE:

Monaghan and Henry comes into ring next but they aren´t alone as Marcus Gruver and Diandre Daigneault follow them into the ring. As usual, Monaghan does bulk of the talking hyping Henry up and telling audience that he has found new marvels to join his group, with alpha male Marcus Gruver and monstrous Diandre Daigneault collectively known now as World Wonders. He puts Daignault over as real monster who´s almost unstoppable while Gruver will swoon the ladies and beat up their men as he is an alpha male of highest order (according to Monaghan at least). And with these two additions, Monaghan´s Marvels are better than ever and will soon rule SPW. Rating: 24

1 vs. 1

vs. /w.

Mayne Certain vs. Sir Anthony Henry /w. Sorley Monaghan

In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Sir Anthony Henry defeated Mayne Certain in 7:36 by pinfall.

Notes: Certain and Henry had great chemistry

Ratings: Certain: 10, Henry: 27

WINNER: Sir Anthony Henry by pinfall in 7:36 Rating: 19

1 vs. 1 SPW Southeastern tournament semi-final

vs.

Saita Kuroki vs. Craig Sites

In a decent match, Saita Kuroki defeated Craig Sites in 5:46 by submission.

Notes: The match was way too short for an important match.

Ratings: Kuroki: 34. Sites: 20

WINNER: Saita Kuroki by submission in 6:46 Rating: 22

1 vs. 1 SPW Southeastern tournament semi-final

vs.

Tadgh Hallam vs. Levi Andrews

In a decent match, Levi Andrews defeated Tadhg Hallam in 5:49 by pinfall.

Notes: -

Ratings: Hallam: 28, Andrews: 17

WINNER: Levi Andrews by pinfall in 5:49 Rating: 22

ANGLE:

After his match, Andrews cut a short promo on Kuroki, telling him that he ain´t ignorant, just telling the honest truth and the truth is that someone like Kuroki ain´t fit to share a ring with talent like Andrews and next month he will show that by not only beating Kuroki but also getting the SPW Southeastern belt to his waist as it wouldn´t fit to Kuroki anyway. Rating: 37

2 vs. 2

& vs. &

Daniel Loiselle & Joe Boone vs. World Wonders (Marcus Gruver & Diandre Daigneault )

In a decent match, Daniel Loiselle and Joe Boone defeated World Wonders in 9:43 when Daniel Loiselle pinned Marcus Gruver.

Notes: The match was too short for an important match.

Ratings: Loiselle: 28, Boone: 26, Gruver: 15, Daigneault: 12

WINNERS: Daniel Loiselle & Joe Boone by pinfall in 9:43 Rating: 18

Show Rating: 19

Comments: Yet another three backstage happenings this month (they really seem to bile up when your rating ain´t good enough). On first, Henry was openly critical on Summers in-ring style and got some heat from it. I gave Henry stern warning as I felt that wasn´t worth a fine and he was actually happy for once while Summers was indifferent (as of there weren´t any info if he had negative or positive reaction). Monaghan got into fight with a fan this time around (his 4th backstage incident already). I fined him again and he was unhappy about it. The third incident was RJ Price annoying and eventually beating Craig Sites up. Again, I gave him a fine and Sites called it too soft while I got no reaction out from Price. On booking front, the two semi-final matches were the first ones booked on this show and while I could see any from the four to hold this belt in the future, right now I still go with Kuroki and Andrews thanks to their "veteran status" even if Hallam would probably had been the best option in terms of ratings. Next to be booked were the two angles, Levi´s one were there just to continue his feud with Kuroki since they didn´t face each other´s this week while Monagha´s Marvels introduced their new members. I decided to go with Marcus Gruver and Diandre Daigneault over Sites and Marcou as I felt they were slightly better fit to how I picture that stable to be. Main event was the next one to be booked, not the best debut for World Wonders to have them lose but this way I could keep the story going while hopefully rebuild Henry´s momentum a bit plus Gruver and Daigneault weren´t really over enough to win there at any rate (and both Loiselle and Boone have negative momentum right now so not a good time to have them put someone else over either). Oh, and if you wonder why Monaghan didn´t manage them even if they joined his stable... well, errr... I forgot to put Monaghan as their manager and only realized that out before December´s show so for the rest of the year, World Wonders are without manager. It mistakes like these that make me kind of happy I´m not doing backstage segments, brain farts like these would be kind of hard to explain. Me screwing up aside, I also knew I wanted Nasty Boys to win as their record haven´t been great so far and decided to make that a tag title match as they pretty much get the belts by default now with World Wonders being the only other team and they will be tied else were (mainly to play support for Henry on his quest for gold) at the time being. Not the most exiting way to randomly throw tag belts into pretty much the only active team but I do think it´s better than just have the belts be vacant so guess it´s an upgrade. Building tag division takes some time and it ain´t top on my priority list at the moment with some roster changes still likely to happen in near future but hopefully I eventually got one build and give proper showcase for tag belts as well. Meanwhile, Suarez continues to get wins on the under card as he´s bit of an odd position right now, being my number one heel but not being in any storylines and thus being bit buried on the midcard matches at the time being. He will have his chance to shine after current feuds have run their course and meanwhile he will hopefully build some momentum while teaching some skills to under card guys. Also, when booking this match I learned that Bouthillette apparently can´t go over 6 minutes which is a decently big hit against him. Last two matches were the usual "Oh, I have these guys still left" situation. Marcou is the one I rate highest out from the four guys left and Redwhine is still expected to leave so no way I give him wins right now so that match was set. London vs. Durban was bit of a coin flip but I did go with London as I pick no stamina guy over bad backstage influence anytime, but to be honest, neither one ain´t currently expected to stay in the long run. I did consider rewarding Jorgenson for his good mach ratings by giving him a win over Durban and put London into tag title match instead but decided against it, partly because I felt having Jorgenson in that tag title match would slightly elevate Nasty Boys, perhaps not on your eyes since Jorgenson has lost all his matches so far but in game terms as Jorgenson is the most popular guy in that match. Other reason why I decided to leave Jorgenson get another loss is his backstage influence as it has gone from mildly negative to negative and I don´t tolerate bad backstage persons unless I really have to and while Jorgenson is one of the more skilled rookies, he´s not that much better than some of the other´s that it would justify his negative backstage presence in my eyes.

Hmm, so now that short match times start to hit me hard. Wonder what caused it now as I don´t recall seeing that penalty earlier? Don´t think it´s card placement with Suarez getting that in undercard match (against guy who was seen as unimportant) so thinking it has to be because one of the guys in a match were over certain threshold, at first I though that it was about one of the guys being a star (since Boone and Suarez were both seen as ones) but that wouldn´t explain Kuroki vs. Sites getting that penalty so I think it happens when one of the guys have 15 or more popularity as that would include Loiselle and Kuroki but exclude everyone else with Henry and Jorgenson being at 14 popularity and not getting the same message. I would assume that threshold would depend on company size and perhaps overall popularity of the roster as well so I will keep an eye open for that but right now, looks like 15 is the magic number for that penalty. Which means we are going to see that penalty a lot as very few guys could go that long without either stamina or psychology (or in most cases both) coming into way. Other than those extra penalties, things did go about as planned, I praised Boone (mostly in hopes to get him out from annoyed morale), Hallam (carried Andrews to great match) and Suarez (is doing great job even without getting a spotlight).

Here´s how polarities are looking after this one:

Star: Sites: 17, Suarez: 17, Boone: 17, Andrews: 17, Kuroki: 17, Hallam: 17

Well Known: Bhakta: 13, Loiselle: 17, Daigneault: 13, Certain: 14, Jorgenson: 16, Summers: 13, Henry: 16

Recognisable: Bouthillette: 9, Durban: 8, London:12, Gruver: 9, Marcou: 12, Redwine: 8, Price: 9

Well, I did hit that 17 threshold, now we just need to see how long I stay stuck on that one. Loiselle still has chilly momentum (as does Henry) which explains why he ain´t seen as a star. Oddly enough London is having warm momentum after his win despite losing four previous matches on a row while Loiselle is now 6-0 and holds my main belt and still has chilly momentum... Oh well, it is what it is, hopefully Loiselle manages to dig himself out from that hole or otherwise I might need to think about him dropping that belt soon to someone else.

July 26, 2020

Summer Super Tournament 1st Round Match- Emilio Suarez vs. Sir Anthony Henry

I could see an upset here if you don´t want to tie Suarez for this tournament but considering who the winner is likely to face next round, I think Suarez is scheduled to go forward here.

Summer Super Tournament 1st Round Match- Daniel Loiselle vs. Nathan Hayes

Thinking Loiselle is going to win this tournament although it does look like he has a rough road ahead

No Nonsense & Bernie Hughes vs. Double Shot & Danny Cool

Thinking that heel side is slighly stronger overall but I could see this one going either way.

Summer Super Tournament 1st Round Match- Thomas Appleseed vs. Tetsuyuki Ishibashi

Thinking Oscuridad is going to be the second round opponent for whoever wins here so I have face advance on this one.

Summer Super Tournament 1st Round Match- Perry Bryant vs. Leroy Disco

Right now, I actually wonder if Bryant could get into finals on this tournament, he has a tough road there including Disco on this round but if my assumption on Loiselle is correct, I think either Bryant or Oscaridad is going to be his opponent in the finals so I have Bryant advance here as I don´t see Taylor beating Herzog.

Summer Super Tournament 1st Round Match- Spike Morgan vs. Dustin David

Morgan goes forward to face Loiselle next round.

Melinda Bell, Denise Alessio & Ryo Matsuda vs. Diamanta, Diana Gosselin & Consuelo Montero

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Summer Super Tournament 1st Round Match- Friedrich Herzog vs. Austyn Taylor

Herzog is going to advance here.

Summer Super Tournament 1st Round Match- Masao Kobayashi vs. Squire Albert Berik

Berik goes forward to face Suarez on next round.

Summer Super Tournament 1st Round Match- La Oscuridad vs. Scott Levesque

Wonder if this tournament is going to be a big breakthrough for Oscuridad? I could see him getting all the way into finals though Bryant would be my top pick for that right now.

Bonus Prediction- who will win the Summer Super Tournament?

Thinking this is the way you get Daniel Loiselle into title match.

July 24, 2020

BEACH Wrestling on the Gold Coast (Saturday Week 2 August 2020) Mermaid Beach

Gold Coast Heavyweight Title: Smasher vs Surfer Dude Lucas

Lucas keeps his win streak going for now.

Non-Title: Michel Bernard vs D-Pod

Non-title so lets set-up that title match on enxt show by having challenger go over here.

God of War, Pat Rigsby & Trey Tallman vs Moonchild & The Bat Men

These three still feel like your best heels althoguh Bernard and S&M Connection might have something to say about that.

Ice Ice Davey & Dee Lucketti vs Wes Schnorfesst & Toby Tough

Tpby looks like the weak link here.

Mauler vs Jesse Tasman

Guessing Mauler would be the next guy who gets title shot.

BEACH Wrestling on the Sunshine Coast (Saturday Week 3 August 2020) Caloundra

Sunshine Coast Bubbleweight Title: D-Pod vs Michel Bernard

I could see D-Pod being the next Bubbleweight champion but not quite yet.

Mauler vs Surfer Dude Lucas

I actually go with draw here. Mainly because I expect Mauler to be next challenger but Lucas has been so good that I have hard time seeing him losing to pretty much anyone from your current roster.

Rigsby & Tallman vs The Bat Men

Again, following my current logic that these two are you top heels until proven otherwise.

July 22, 2020

News around the world: July 1920

World:

Joshua Johannes (USA) debuted Saturday week 1

Tadeu Dejesus (Mexico) debuted Wednesday week 2

RJ Price (USA) debuted Thursday week 2

Benedito Cardona (Mexico) debuted Friday week 2

Marcus Gruver (USA) debuted Sunday week 2

Anjelo Brune (Canada) debuted Sunday week 3

Bailey Rue (USA) debuted Wednesday week 4

Delaine Hébert (Canada) debuted Thursday week 4

Got few people debuting on my area but unfortunately, half of them were negative backstage presences by default and now that I am on a position were I don´t absolutely need to sign anyone I see, it´s time to think if I want to add these guys or not. Gruver was a no-brainer, being lively and I do want to have around 20 -24 guys at the minimum (I had 18 writing this with Bouthillette being already signed) so he is added. Out from the other three (Rue and Hébert debuted too late for me to sign them for last show so they weren´t an option at the time I made this decision) Johannes is troublemaker, Price is insecure and Brune is agitator and none of them don´t look to have particularly good stats outside of physical (and Johannes not even there). At the end, I decided to sign Price (as you already know, order is a bit weird here) to get me to 20 guys and pass on Johannes and Brune. As for Rue and Hébert, Rue is stalwart but looks to have poor stats and is hardcore wrestler so not a great fit. I might still sign him just to help backstage but will wait a bit to see how my current roster looks like (and how backstage will shape since there´s not that many penalties right now as it´s actually 61% before July´s show so it changes fast) and wait to see who else might debut in next month or two before making final decision on that. Hébert has driven personality and is 100% heel so one dimensional with neutral backstage presence. He does have 87 star quality and 53 - 98 on basics and 49 - 94 on selling plus at least some skills on brawling (10 - 55), puroresu (23 - 68) and technical (15 - 60) so looks to have some upside. His consistency (0 - 45) and stamina (4 - 49) are suspects but he looks likely to get into the roster when I decide to expand it next time.

July 20, 2020

6 out of 10- I should really give you a bonus point for predicting a heel turn for either Loiselle or Morgan, though I'm not sure you expected it to come this soon!

I was expecting quick turn but not quite that quick considering who Morgan and Loiselle were facing.

Emilio Suarez & The Kuroki Boys vs. Perry Bryant & The Chivalry

This feels like a good match to give Bryant and Chivalry win over their current rivals

Thomas Appleseed vs. Dragon Lee

With Lee´s partner out and Appleseed having two helpers I don´t think Lee´s recent fortune would switch here.

SPW Mid South Title Match- Friedrich Herzog © & Levi Andrews vs. Joe Boone & Nathan Hayes

With Boone likely keeping the belt (if Herzog or Andrews even get another shot) I think faces are more likely to win here to keep things even.

Daniel Loiselle vs. Danny Cool

Loiselle have started to pick few losses lately but I´m quite sure he´s not going to lose here.

Melinda Bell & Ryo Matsuda vs. Diamanta & Diana Gosselin

Heels get a win over champ.

Spike Morgan vs. Bernie Hughes

Morgan is quickly becoming one of your biggest names and he ain´t dropping the ball here.

La Oscuridad & Double Shot vs. Dustin David, Leroy Disco & Scott Levesque

Double Shot got kind of big win last show even if it was for storyline reasons and they didn´t really have much to do with the win. Still as named team with big momentum win under their belt I´m actually picking them to win here over Disco and Levesque (Oscuridad and David cancel each other´s out so it´s the other four who I´m basing my prediction)

Denise Alessio vs. Consuelo Montero

With small women division, I´m pretty much always going to base my logic on picking heels to win when face champ and vice versa.

Big Z vs. Anderson Ambriz

Thinking this might be another win for Big Z as Ambriz has been mainly tag wrestlers lately, to the point were it actually took me few seconds to remember who he was since I´m so used to just see his tag team name.

Austyn Taylor vs. Beau Joslin

Thinging that Taylor has slighly more going on currently.

July 19, 2020

I had been sleeping on this so far but finally managed to catch up and happy that I did, since this is great diary and I´m really loving the roster insight you provide after shows.

BEACH Wrestling on the Gold Coast (Saturday Week 2 July 2020) Mermaid Beach

Queensland Tag Team Titles: D-Pod & Jesse Tasman vs The S&M Connection ©

They just won the belts so they won´t drop them here. That said, I do assume they need to better if they want to keep the belt on the long run as 15th and 19th best performances aren´t were champs should be in 20 man roster.

Gold Coast Heavyweight Title: Dee Lucketti vs Surfer Dude Lucas

Don´t see Lucketti being the next champ... actually, I´m not sure who that would eventually be but I do figure you still have some time figure that out before Lucas drops the belt

Pat Rigsby & Trey Tallman vs The Bat Men

This is a tough one as Rigsby and Tallman are your best performing heels but Bat Men could use the win to give them reason to challenge for tag belts. In the end, I put top heels over potential tag title shot but I could see this one going the other way.

God of War vs Moonchild

I guess GoW still has business to settle with Lucas.

Craig Phoenix vs Wes Schnorfesst

Bounce back win for Wes after dropping his belt

Ice Ice Davey vs Toby Tough

Thinking that Davey has slightly more going on.

BEACH Wrestling on the Sunshine Coast (Saturday Week 3 July 2020) Coolum Beach

Bernard just won the belt so he ain´t giving it back

Pat Rigsby vs Moonchild

Rigsby looks to be higher on pecking order.

July 19, 2020

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SPW One Wild Night

July 1920 Friday week 4

The Loomis Plantation (South East)

Attendance: 148

1 vs. 1

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Saita Kuroki vs. Montaine Marcou

In a decent match, Saita Kuroki defeated Montaine Marcou in 6:30 by submission.

Notes: -

Ratings: Kuroki: 34, Marcou: 10

WINNER: Saita Kuroki by submission in 6:30 Rating: 23

ANGLE:

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After his match, Kuroki cuts a short promo stating that he have heard Andrews insults about him and the sport he represent but he´s not one to go into war of words over ignorant people, instead, he´s going to show he´s skills in-ring and if Levi thinks he´s better fighter, perhaps he cares to join into ring with Kuroki a second time as Kuroki would be happy to make Andrews tap just like he did in their last match. Rating: 18

Notes: Kuroki doesn´t have microphone skills to talk this long (6 minutes)

1 vs. 1

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Mayne Certain vs. Emilio Suarez

In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Emilio Suarez defeated Mayne Certain in 8:20 by pinfall.

Notes: -

Ratings: Certain: 8, Suarez: 30

WINNER: Emilio Suarez by pinfall in 8:20 Rating: 20

2 vs. 2

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Tadgh Hallam & Norman Redwine vs. Lonnie London & RJ Price

In a poor match, Tadhg Hallam and Norman Redwine defeated Lonnie London and RJ Price in 6:12 when Tadhg Hallam pinned Lonnie London with a Flying Tackle.

Norman Redwine was the weak link, struggling to keep up with everyone else's in-ring performance.

Notes: Redwine sustained broken wrist Hallam and Redwine had zero chemistry as partners. Hallam was really off his game. Price debuted his rebel gimmick with very good rating.

Ratings: Hallam: 23, Redwine: 6, RJ Price: 19, London: 15

WINNERS : Tadgh Hallam & Norman Redwine by pinfall in 6:12 Rating: 13

1 vs. 1

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Joe Boone vs. Ray Jorgenson

In a decent match, Joe Boone defeated Ray Jorgenson in 10:07 by submission.

Notes:

Ratings: Boone: 23, Jorgenson: 21

WINNER: Joe Boone by submission in 10:07 Rating: 21

2 vs. 2

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Larue Bouthillette & Laurence Durban vs. Marcus Gruver & Diandre Daigneault

In a bout that had terrible wrestling and non-existent crowd heat, Diandre Daigneault and Marcus Gruver defeated Larue Bouthillette and Laurence Durban in 7:48 when Diandre Daigneault pinned Laurence Durban with a Side Suplex.

Notes: Bouthillette debuted Biker gimmick with very good rating. Gruver debuted Alpha Male gimmick with adequate rating.

Ratings: Durban: 7, Bouthillette: 17, Gruver: 14, Daigneault: 10

WINNER: Marcus Gruver & Diandre Daigneault by pinfall in 7:48 Rating: 13

1 vs. 1 SPW Southeastern tournament 1st round

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Camden Bhakta vs. Levi Andrews

In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but terrible wrestling, Levi Andrews defeated Camden Bhakta in 5:53 by pinfall.

Notes: Bhakha and Andrews just don´t click at all.

Ratings: Bhakta: 15, Andrews: 13

WINNER: Levi Andrews by pinfall in 5:53 Rating: 14

1 vs. 1 SPW Southeastern tournament 1st round

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Ricky Summers vs. Craig Sites

In a decent match, Craig Sites defeated Ricky Summers in 7:44 by pinfall with a Bulldog.

Notes: Bout dragged in the middle with lack of flow being noticeable.

Ratings: Summers: 22, Sites: 18

WINNER: Craig Sites by pinfall in 7:44 Rating: 15

1 vs. 1 for SPW Heavyweight belt

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Daniel Loiselle vs. Sir Anthony Henry /w. Sorley Monaghan

In a decent match, Daniel Loiselle defeated Sir Anthony Henry in 15:54 by disqualification. Daniel Loiselle makes defence number one of the SPW Heavyweight title.

Notes: Monaghan (despite having hungover) did some good work at ringside

Ratings: Loiselle: 30, Henry: 26

WINNER: Daniel Loiselle by DQ in 15:54 Rating: 28

Show Rating: 26

Comments: Show started with usual backstage antics as there were three incidents this time around. First, Norman Redwine annoyed and eventually beat up Jorgenson after fight broke out. I gave Redwine a fine for his troubles and he was very unhappy about it (he´s actually angry now so we see if he makes a record of shortest run in SPW after the show). Monaghan on the other hand came up with hungover so I fined him as well so he now has simmering tension with me. Ricky Summers came out late, that´s not enough for me to give him a fine on the first offense so he received a stern warning which he actually was happy about. On the booking front, the main event was originally supposed to be Boone & Loiselle vs. Herzog & Henry with heels winning via interference from their third member (who would have been either Sites or Daigneaul at that point) but that did change for obvious reasons and I decided to to wait a bit before figuring who will join Henry and Monaghan. I also made the finish DQ finish just to keep the story going since those two area likely going to face each other´s again during this story. Souteastern tournament continued as planned with Sites and Andrews going forward after having two faces go into semi-finals last month. Nasty Boys unfortunately took another loss which won´t help their already bad momentum. Same goes to Henry but I felt like this was the most logical way to continue the feud after Herzog walked away and gave me another month to decided to eventual stable mates. Hopefully I can build Henry back up in coming months. Speaking of Henry´s potential stable mates, I decided to put Daigneault and Gruver into tag match to check their chemistry as I would like the two new guys on that stable to form a tag team while Henry concentrates on singles gold and Daigneault and Gruver are the two I consider for that spot the most at the moment. I decided to put Bouthillette & Durban together to check their chemistry as well since they both have biker gimmicks. Now, I´m not certain I would make them a team anyway as Durban is top of my list on guys likely being cut with bad backstage attitude, poor match ratings and simmering tension with Henry after almost injuring him few shows back. That said, I don´t see reason not to check and loss here shouldn´t hurt them too badly considering their low popularity. Other than that, it was case of giving bit of momentum to Kuroki, Boone and Suarez and then the last four guys were thrown into random tag match and with Hallam being far the best talent out there, he´s team picked the win.

Overall, OK show, it´s quite clear we are still carried by starting seven (minus Andrews and Herzog) but that is to be expected and there is some promise on the computer generated guys already. Hallam is the obvious top performer out from the rest, scoring better in-ring rating than anyone outside big 5 (Suarez, Loiselle, Boone, Henry and Kuroki) even when being way off his game and I should probably already consider him as equal for the big 5. Should, being the key word as I just played with the starting seven too much not to take liking into them and they can ride decently far with their past accomplisments with me as looks to be the case with Levi Andrews here who apparently ain´t going to be much of a factor rating wise in this save but who you can still expect to get upper midcard status mainly thansk to his "veteran" status he has with me. And yes,I know the starting seven are technically rookies as well but I see them as veterans and handle them as such. Anyway, looks like I kind of gone offroad (happens with me all the time in case you haven´t noticed <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/redface.png.900245280682ef18c5d82399a93c5827.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />) as I was talking about generated guys. Other than Hallam, there were few more with somewhat promising ratings. Jorgenson and Price being two of them but their backstage attitude might hold them back so I´m not willing to push them, at least not yet. Summers and Sites had OK personal ratings, sadly, that lack of flow seemed to hurt the match rating but looks like they could become decent midcard guys at the very least. The more I´m thinking about who to add into Monaghan´s Marvels, the less I want to put Sites on there, mainly because I think he´s best of the options and thus least likely to need to be in that group to get over and with Herzog gone and Andrews not delivering, it´s Sites who I look to become number three heel at the moment and I would rather not have him tied with Henry on that case mainly to give more feud options without needing to start to worry about repeating feuds because someone from same stable has already feuded with the guy recently. Bouthillette and Gruver both had somewhat promising debuts as well (ratings tend to get better match by match at the beginning with popularity rising so I´d assume they would be on lower 20´s before long). On the minus side, Redwine got himself injured and with him already being angry, I´d assume he leaves, not that I care enough to try and stop him. I complimented Henry and Loiselle for the good main event as well as Kuroki for his good match that started the show. After the show, I decided to give Henry and Boone a 1000$ bonus as both of them were unhappy at the time being. Henry is now happy but Boone is still annoyed. Jorgenson (annoyed) and Redine (angry), didn´t receive anything as I don´t really care if they would leave but I just couldn´t affort to lose Henry or Boone right now so decided to play safe even if I hate to reward bad behavior.

Here´s how popularities are looking after this show:

Star: Suarez: 15, Boone: 17

Well Known: Sites: 13, Loiselle: 17, Andrews: 13, Jorgenson: 14, Kuroki: 15, Henry: 14, Hallam: 13

Recognisable: Bhakta: 11, Daigneault: 9, London:10, Certain: 10, Marcou: 9, Redwine: 9, Summers: 11

Unimportant: Bouthillette: 5, Durban: 6, Gruver: 5, Price: 5

So, Suarez and Boone are now seen as stars, while Loiselle is just well known. I guess that´s because of momentum (Loiselle is still chilly) but still slighly annoyed at that one since I have no idea what caused his momentum to drop in the first place. Other curious note is that Jorgenson has lost his way to well known status while losses dropped Bhakta and Summers from Well known to Recognisable. Other than that, not much to report, kind of big gains again (even 5 points) but we are getting close to that 17 mark and that´s were the stone wall at least used to hit</div>

July 18, 2020

* The Redneck Express VS. The Winning Team

Winning team ain´t winning.

* Jason Patterson VS. Jerry Pepper w/ Mya Catalan

Pepper is more established in my books.

* Jules Night VS. Wolfie Tagg

Keith´s team pick at least one win from this show

* Connie Morris VS. Surprise Opponent! [VCW Women's Title Bout]

She just won the belt

* Sgt. Bubba Lee West & Texas Hangman VS. Roger Monteiro & Wild Red Stallion

Hangman keeps being a thorn on Keith´s side

* Keith Vegas VS. Jay Silver w/ Allison Addison

He´s owner, of course he wins.

July 15, 2020

Roster Moves:

New Signings:

Larue Bouthillette

Age: 22

Face, Biker

Urgh, what it is with these generated names? Bouthillette will be another one that I´m going to get wrong all the time. Anyway, Larue is impactful wrestler and has professional attribute so shouldn´t cause backstage problems. He also looks at least half decent with puroresu on 26 - 71 and technician on 35 - 80 (when ever I see generated guy with two primary skills with low end of the range above 20, I pretty much automatically seem to assume that they would be at least half good, lets just see how often I find myself being wrong on that during this diary). Other than that he´s fundamental skills range from 25 - 70 (consistency) to 39 - 84 (basics) while his stamina is 28 - 73 so hopefully that´s on the higher part from that scale. He also looks to be somewhat solid in the mic but has poor star quality with just 19. He´s also smoker, better as babyface and amazing babyface so I put him on face side even though I kind of wish him to be heel as that´s were I feel I need more help at the moment. Still, I do feel that Amazing babyface is attribute that should not be ignored so face he is.

Marcus Gruver

Age: 21

Heel, Alpha Male

Gruver is another impactful wrestler with Puroresu (19 - 64) and technical (22 - 67) looking bit worse than with Bouthillette. Gruver is also better babyface than heel but he´s playing heel for now since I need new ones more than faces. Grover is very consistent (55 - 100) and has a solid stamina (45 - 90) with decent star quality (61) and at least some mic skills so he at least looks half decent and as lively personality which always help when I´m booking. He also becomes another person who I would consider to add into Monaghan´s Marvels.

RJ Price

Age: 18

Heel, Rebel

Price is insecure and don´t seem to have much upside in terms of stats outside of physical abilities and brawling looking decent with 23 - 68. Initially I´m penciling him as jobber but as is the case with anyone, put up enough good ratings and I´m sure to change my opinion.

Guys leaving:

Friedrich Herzog

Age: 35

Match history: 3 - 0 - 1

Average match rating: 23

Yep, he walked away from SPW so that just happened. In terms of in-ring skills, losing Herzog was a big hit for me but in terms of backstage, him leaving is kind of a relief and his poor stamina would have hindered him in the future even without his backstage attitude. Not much to say here honestly, I would have expected to be more shocked to lose one from the seven this early but I can´t really muster any kind of sense of loss after his behavior regardless of how badly this could affect my ratings on short term (reading this later, looks like I was really frustrated back when this happened. This is bit worse loss than what I was willing to admit here but it wasn´t end of the world by any means). This obviously means I have to reshuffle my plans now (like not having that tag titles match I just promoted last month, nor the Heavyweight title match since Herzog was 1st contender), I was planning to add a guy into Monaghan´s Marvels anyway (that was kind of what I had planned for Daigneault although his poor performance in his first match made me rethink that) but now I definitely need to do that. Right now, I feel that two out from the four of Daigneault, Marcou, Gruver and Sites could be added to the group but think I wait for a bit and see if any other options come forward and give those four chance to prove themselves. As for the other heels, I don´t want to add Suarez or Andrews to the group while Jorgenson and Price are bad backstage attitudes and London can´t go over six minutes in ring so those three don´t fit my long term plans at the moment.

July 15, 2020

News around the world: June 1920

World:

Akio Atshushi (Japan) debuted Tuesday week 1

Carlito Zamora (Mexico) debuted Friday week 1

Violet Wolverine (Mexico) debuted Saturday week 1

Hirotami Itami (Japan) debuted Monday week 2

Muneyaki Ozaki (Japan) debuted Tuesday week 2

Ernesto Claros (Europe) debuted Saturday week 2

Norman Redwine (USA) debuted Sunday week 2

Fumio Okumura (Japan) debuted Friday week 4

Larue Bouthillette (Canada) debuted Friday week 4

July 15, 2020

I do think that if you want your next champ to be someone who ain´t been champion yet, then Herzog is the most likely choice. Still, I do think that Boone is going to retain mainly because Loiselle, Suarez and Herzog are now all faces so it feels like heel champion has more potential opponents than what face champion would have.

Will be interesting to see were Chiivalry goes now that they aren´t champs anymore, will they stay together as one of the cornerstones of your tag division or will they break up. Either way, their time as tag champs is currently over so they do the job here.

Emilio Suarez vs. Perry Bryant

Bryant has been getting big wins, although not by clean mannner. I actually go with draw here to continue he´s push without hurting Suarez.

Levi Andrews vs. Nathan Hayes

I could see this one going either way but when I doubt, I go with one of the starting seven

The Faithful vs. Young Guns & Denise Alessio

I could see this one going either way as Guns kind of need a win soon but Faithful just formed so I think they will get the debut win here.

Still feels too early for title chance so Bell retains.

Daniel Loiselle & Spike Morgan vs. Double Shot

There´s not much doubt on winners here but will be interesting to see were this Loiselle Morgan angle is going. I wonder if heel turn for one or the other is on the cards as Herzog and Andrews moving to face side does leave opening for new top heel or two.

Danny Cool vs. Scott Levesque

Could see this one going either way as both are kind of bottom in the barrel in my books but Cool is more esttablished and seems like he still has bone to pick with Disco.

Big Z vs. Bernie Hughes

Thinking this might be a spot for a debut win.

Dustin David vs. La Oscuridad

This is tough one as these two are kind of even in my books. I think I go with David as I rate him marginally higher but I won´t be surprised if I end up being wrong.

July 14, 2020

I also use Fog of War but interestingly enough (and apologies, this might show me to be a complete heathen!), I NEVER use the attributes in any way. When I am scouting for talent, I go on their picture alone, and when I have signed a wrestler, I go by their match ratings to help me decide if they are worthy of a push or not- I've just never been interested in looking at what they are good or bad at (which is why some of the matches get lower ratings than they otherwise would) for me it's just more realistic- I wouldn't know, say, that Wrestler A was no good at hardcore matches until they had one, that's the way I play the game.

When it comes to the popularity numbers, yes I do look at these, but not regularly, more just as a way to see what effect my booking has had, and therefore it doesn't really play into how I book the shows. VERY interesting to realise, after so many years playing, that I play it SO differently to others!

I do agree with you on it being more realistic to just test the guys out.

I do take a look at the stats personally but especially with TEW2016 and FoW, you kind of have to just test how they do in matches to figure how good they actually are and that´s my preferred way as well as with Fow/scouting, stats tend to lie a lot and someone who you thought would be good could be pretty bad and vice versa. That said, I do use stats as tie breaker so for example, if someone has weak top row skills and other guy has strong, I pretty much always pick the one that scouts as strong (unless I specifically look to hire jobber). More important than stats, in TEW2016 I had two main things that I looked, first was that I didn´t want anyone who was negative backstage influence and second was that they should be at least average as both face and heel stats. The first one is pretty straight forward, bad backstage rating means negative things so I want to keep it as high as possible which means that I don´t usually hire negative backstage guys unless I have to and even then they are the most likely guys to get cut. The exception to that rule was that I sometimes did hire negative influence guys as jobbers but they never got even midcard status as long as I had other alternatives. Average face/heel requirement was less important but I preferred those over someone who had weak on either face or heel simply because I prefer to have an option to turn any of my wrestlers and I always felt that weak face/heel stat just made the guy in question as one dimensional and lessened his/her potential usage for me. But, yeah, interesting to hear how others play the game and how they book.

July 13, 2020

6 out of 8- Not bad. Interesting comment about the Young Guns being dropped to jobbers quickly- I think you're right, though that wasn't really the intention at the time- I think it's because, given the way the effganic universe is, if it becomes clear that someone is not going to be a main event player, they are always vulnerable to being jobbed out because you need to find out who else might be a potential main eventer pretty quickly, or you run out of main event matches!

Part of the reason why I feel that way might be my own way of booking things as I tend to play with Fog of War (or scouting in TEW2020) on which means that there´s no guarantee that new guys I bring in could perform and it takes me few shows to figure out were they should stand in terms of push (and that makes me less likely to give them wins until I know what they can do). The other thing is that I tend to be very strick on not putting someone less popular over more popular guy if the difference is more than few points (since popularity at least with small companies in TEW2016 was very easy to lose and very hard to gain once you got past 17 popularity) unless I just don´t care that the more popular guy would lose popularity. So I think that my own booking habits likely make me overly reactive to established guys losing to newbies (espesially when it happens multiple matches on the row) as you just seem to have bit of a differend booking philosophy than what I do have. Overall, if Young Guns were at 17 popularity as I would assume they were, then there wasn´t much actual harm done to them (they will quickly gain back any popularity they potentially lost from the losses) and few wins could easily get them back into midcard or above position if you choose to do so.

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