joesant84

<p>I am doing an ECW recreation. </p><p> </p><p> Using <a href="http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/ECWresults.htm" rel="external nofollow">http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/ECWresults.htm</a> and my hard drive collection of the original ECW TV shows and events to book the promotion as close to the source material as possible.</p><p> </p><p> Watching a TV show or PPV and booking it as it goes through. </p><p> </p><p> I updated a mod to start the day after Shane Douglas threw down the NWA title. I did not go too crazy on full world detail but I updated the rosters of WWF and WCW to be accurate to that day too.</p><p> </p><p> The best thing about trying this with TEW is that once you finally have you mod ready to go and you hit play it's not the same world anymore!</p><p> </p><p> Within the first month my top start was hurt for a year and my future signed with a Japanese promotion.</p><p> </p><p> I tried to compensate for the loss of specific wrestlers by signing someone similar. However, in some cases wrestlers were not able to replace.</p><p> </p><p> Here are a couple of examples of changes I have had to make to compensate for injuries/anger/being too cool to sign:</p><p> </p><p> -Within the 1st Month Sabu went down to injury for a year. Let's be honest, at the end of 94 there is ABSOLUTELY NO OTHER WRESTLER LIKE SABU. Since Paul was booking Sabu, Taz, and 911 as a trio I replaced Sabu with 911 for their tag team. </p><p> </p><p> -RVD signs with AJPW. RVD signed a written deal very early in his career. I would not have minded so much but he was an enhancement talent for 2 years there. Luckily they choose not to re-sign him and by the time I got a chance his career in ECW was just starting to blossom. He was mostly replaced with 2 Cold Scorpio before I was able to bring him in permanently.</p><p> </p><p> -When it came to other wrestlers that were too popular for a regional promotion I utilized trade agreements. This worked out great except NJPW would never agree to one with me and I did lose out on Psicosis vs Rey Mysterio Jr. and Great Susuke vs Justin Credible because of this. Both Psicosis and Sasuke work for NJPW.</p><p> </p><p> -The drug use in the promotion has been almost dead accurate HAHA! Only two surprises in terms of users...Tommy Dreamer and Cactus Jack! Both were sent home multiple times for showing up high. (Which btw, I have a gripe about, as Paul Heyman would never have sent them home. There should be an ignore option when this happens! FOR CEREAL!) </p><p> </p><p> Only other surprise there is who is NOT using drugs, Raven, Axl, Balls. I expected a few instances of this from them and it never happened once.</p><p> </p><p> -I was unable to get Bam Bam Bigelow for the Triple Threat which was disappointing. I would have been able to bring him in on trade with WCW but they would not allow enough dates for me to be able to put a title on him to feel comfortable. Instead I used free agent John Tenta and made him Shane Douglas' enforcer. Also had a similar issue with Candido as he became a star in All Japan but was eventually able to bring him in. I had Edge (as Adam Hardcastle) to replace him during that time. </p><p> </p><p> -WCW is crushing the wrestling war! They have signed everyone and I'm not sure how WWF is still in business in the game. They have lost every wrestler except Undertaker and Shawn Michaels. Don Callis was the last World Heavyweight Champion and currently one of the Pitbulls is holding it.</p><p> </p><p> -Hulk Hogan has been tainted twice! Once for a SEX TAPE SCANDAL and the other for making comments about Religon. Both times WCW fired him for it and he is still currently sitting in free agent limbo as no one wants to sign him.</p><p> </p><p> MUCH more has happened to me as well but I'll leave that for another time. </p><p> </p><p> The overall plan is to finish out 2000 and then start booking how I would have expected Paul to handle it if the promotion survived.</p>