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A VLOOKUP would accomplish this cross-reference from a "main" or "template" file someone else did as well, since that would be a direct 1:1 from Wrestler X to Wrestler X, instead of copying+pasting a thousand cells and mistakenly attaching the info to the wrong worker.

United Promotions Japan from 2016 ThunderVerse (TEW2016) - Booked the biggest company in Japan from 2016 to mid 2022 and is far and away the most fun I have ever had in TEW. The lore that forms after that much time in a puro company is fantastic and so immersive. I'm probably the only player to ever book Leonzio Battaglia as a main eventer in UPJ. All Japan Pro Wrestling from Chronicles 1992 (TEW2020) - Booked AJPW from 1992 to 1997 (and still am, on and off) from the beginning of the rise of the Four Pillars and the decline of Jumbo Tsuruta and co. I tried to stay true to Baba's vision with a small roster of native guys and rotating foreigners. My favorite bits from this are booking Eddie Gilbert (the most underrated wrestler to ever live) to the top of AJPW as a regular Triple Crown challenger until he left to become booker of WCW, which if you know his story is very surreal to see play out in TEW. Dan Kroffat got insanely over and was very close to being a realistic Triple Crown holder. The Steiners came in and stuck around for awhile as tag team title contenders, Jun Akiyama's rise began a little early as he won the revived All Asia Heavyweight title at the 95 AJPW Anniversary Show before breaking his neck. I also signed Ultimo Dragon and his Toryumon students to shore up a floundering junior division, alongside an unemployed Rey Misterio Jr. and Dean Malenko. Lots of fun all around here. Wildcard pick - Super Smash Entertainment from DiabloX (TEW2016) - Ever want to see Sting take on Bowser and his crew? Power Rangers vs. Wario and Waluigi? How about a best of seven series between Link and Randy Orton?

Funakoshi vs. Masa Kitamiya

Unless I'm misreading something here, it sounds like you are already looking up heights & weights to place them in a category? So what would the issue be with having even more accurate info? If you can't find it anywhere you can always approximate like you currently do.

Big fan of the real heights & weights!

Happy to see this my friend!

Claudio Castagnoli (AEW) Hechicero (CMLL) Jay White (AEW) Lio Rush (NJPW) Mistico (CMLL) Orange Cassidy (AEW) PAC (AEW) Shota Umino (NJPW) Will Ospreay (AEW) That Casino Gauntlet match was one of the craziest, most star-studded matches I've ever seen. Immaculate vibes. The type of match that only AEW can do. No other promotion on the planet can do anything like this. It's why AEW is so frustrating sometimes; they could be that promotion all the time instead of mucking up the show with talk show-esque segments, interference spots, and listening to people who beg them to be something they're not. AEW is at its best when they put world-class wrestlers in the ring together and let them go at it. And the crowd agreed! They were on their feet for the entire main event! More please!

This is the first time I've ever seen someone refer to Swerve Strickland as just an ex-WWE guy

p { margin:0; padding:0; line-height: 1.5em; } WCW SUPERBRAWL II PREVIEW The second edition of WCW SuperBrawl will be live on PPV this Sunday. The WCW World Heavyweight Championship will be on the line, with champion Sting making his first defense of the title against the leader of the Diamond Mine, Diamond Dallas Page. DDP has been making Sting's life hell since Sting defeated Lex Luger on Saturday Night. Sting, in his first reign as champion, has stated that he aims to be the "Franchise" of WCW and is proud represent the company. DDP aims to end this reign before it truly gets started. The NWA World Heavyweight Championship will also be defended, with Harley Race's unstoppable beast Big Van Vader defending against New Japan Pro Wrestling stalwart Hiroshi Hase. This will be Vader's fourth defense. The two sets of tag team titles in WCW will be unified. WCW World Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Bully Blanchard, representing the Dangerous Alliance, will face The Steiner Brothers, who hold the WCW United States Tag Team Championships. After two straight time limit draws against Junkyard Dog, Steve Austin will again defend the WCW World Television Championship against him in a match with a special thirty minute time limit. Jushin Liger will defend the WCW Light Heavyweight title against Gran Hamada. Hamada is a Japanese junior heavyweight icon who has helped fuse the Mexican and Japanese styles of wrestling in his home promotion of Universal Lucha Libre, based out of Tokyo. In other action, Ricky Steamboat & Dustin Rhodes will take on the York Foundation duo of Richard Morton & Thomas Rich, Meng will face Marcus Alexander Bagwell, and Barry Windham goes one-on-one with Terrence Taylor. 0. Brian Pillman vs. Steve Armstrong 1. Terrence Taylor vs. Barry Windham 2. Meng vs. Marcus Alexander Bagwell 3. WCW LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: Jushin Liger © vs. Gran Hamada 4. York Foundation (Richard Morton & Thomas Rich) vs. Ricky Steamboat & Dustin Rhodes 5. WCW WORLD TELEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP: Steve Austin © vs. Junkyard Dog 6. WCW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS & WCW UNITED STATES TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS: Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard (World) © vs. The Steiner Brothers (US) © 7. NWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: Big Van Vader © vs. Hiroshi Hase 8. WCW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: Sting © vs. Diamond Dallas Page BONUS: Which tag team legend makes his return to WCW?

I'm clearly referring to the dork grifters?

AEW simply existing and being a very successful number two wrestling company in the US has broken so many brains. Being the biggest nonsports program every week, this week included, somehow requires thinkpieces and open debates on how to turn around a sinking ship, etc. Maybe when they sign the next TV deal that will stop the dorks from complaining, since making money is the most important thing to fans for some reason? Probably not though. AEW is far from my favorite wrestling promotion currently, maybe my fourth?, but there is so much wild discourse surrounding every show, more than any promotion maybe ever, that there's an entire grift economy that AEW has created. Countless podcasters, YouTubers and websites get their biggest engagement and thus make the most money when they have an angry Tony Khan thumbnail and negative AEW title. It's hard to separate real criticism from those hopping on for the grift.

Posts like this are why I love this thread so much. The billionaire wrestling promoter caring more about putting on great wrestling matches than making money is Bad, Actually. Incredible take.

??? PAC? He had never (and still has never) been in any AEW match with Bryan Danielson. He had never been in any AEW match with Claudio Castagnoli. He hadn't faced Moxley in three and a half years and that while a feud, wasn't a generation-spanding blood feud like the well-established Claudio vs. Kingston rivalry. Takeshita? While he had matches with Danielson, Moxley, and Claudio, NONE of them were in any direct feud between them. In fact, I believe all three of those matches were face vs. face. Not to mention, Takeshita also teamed with BCC the month before at Forbidden Door.

I'm a bit confused with this take. Isn't it good booking that Claudio is upset that Danielson is wrestling in a dangerous match, teaming with Claudio's eternal rival? Isn't this the kind of booking and storytelling that the doomposters in this thread constantly claim they want to see? It also doesn't mean there will be another Claudio/Kingston feud. It's well-established in kayfabe that Claudio and Kingston will always hate each other. I'm glad they're not ignoring this and insulting the intelligence of the audience.

Awesome to see this. NOAH is finally coming out of the rut they've been in post-Muto (and most of Muto tbh) and they actually feel hot right now. As long as you treat Kaito well (low bar, I know) and make him a proper champion and a proper ace, the rest will fall into place! Junior division I agree is rough and it's not like there are many unaffiliated talent out there to grab. Naruki Doi is a favorite of mine and is technically freelance so there's one option. And you could always grab a couple Americans. NOAH always has a random grab bag of foreigners so virtually any indie talent are acceptable. Titus Alexander should already be on the roster and NOAH very clearly has plans for him as well.