OGpistolpete

November 30, 2020

Hey OP, terrific work here. This is one of the more sensical and plausible fantasy scenarios and I just did a test game with the WWF - it was a blast.

My critique is that you've crammed most of the character development and action from across the era into the years of 1994 and 1995. Is there any way to talk you in to changing the starting year to 1997 or 1998? Thanks!

Hmm, could you explain more of what you mean?

November 29, 2020

Another quick thing I noticed when I was checking out the WSW roster is that Neidhart is listed as a heel and is on the sides of the impact players in their feud. I didn't know if this was intentional or not. I'll definitely try and keep an eye open for any little changes and let you know if I see any.

This will be another fix I noticed as well. Thanks for that.

As recap:

Candido should be heel

Sunny should be heel

Neidhart should be face

This can be fixed in the contracts portion of the editor for those looking to start a WSW game.

November 29, 2020

EDIT: Somehow double posted on my phone.

November 29, 2020

Love what I'm seeing so far. World Star Wrestling is amazing. One thing I did notice is you have Tammy Lynn Sytch is the data twice. Once as Sunny on WSW and one as an unemployed worker with her actual name. Can't wait to really dive into this.

Thanks for that. These kind of notes are very much appreciated.

I will fix this in a next release, going to update in a couple of days as I scour the data for these types of errors and others contribute as well I hope.

Also note, Chris Candido and Sunny are set to babyface but they need to be heel as members of The Impact Players, that will be adjusted as well.

November 28, 2020

Heads up I just had to reupload the data, there was one error at the start I didn't catch.

November 28, 2020

This is 1996.

Vince McMahon is in prison.

His release date? The year 2000.

Until then,

wrestling is at war

.

Hulk Hogan and Shawn Michaels are looking like the hottest stars in town, leading Hollywood Championship Wrestling to a meteoric rise in the wrestling industry.

On their coattails, Bret Hart and the World Star Wrestling crew along with The Undertaker and his new dark beginning in the National Wrestling Alliance.

The dark horse? Shane McMahon and Paul Heyman’s new cutting-edge product of the World Wrestling Federation climbing from ruins.

With four years left until Vince is out of prison and, presumably, regains control of the WWF, can anybody stop the new powerhouse in HCW from taking over the industry?

Lore

Wrestling At War is a TEW2020 mod that begins in January, 1996. The world of wrestling is very different from what it became. Hulk Hogan remained with the AWA through its formation of World Star Wrestling. Instead of “Hulkamania”, this world experienced “Macho Madness” that swept the nation. Vince McMahon built the WWF on the shoulders of his superstar, Randy Savage, while Jim Crockett and the rest of the southern NWA stronghold responded by centralizing earlier on in the 1980’s.To the north, Verne Gagne’s AWA and Stu Hart’s Calgary territory joined forces to plant their stamp in Chicago, IL and the surrounding Great Lakes region as the predominant wrestling promotion known as World Star Wrestling. And the remaining combatants of the old Memphis and Mid-South found refuge, and potential coup, with the United States Wrestling Association. The industry changed forever in 1993, when Vince McMahon was convicted in his steroid trail of 1993, and would face an objectively horrible sentence. To serve time for the next seven-years, the WWF would crumble in the wake of fallout. Not only that, but 23-year old Shane McMahon was now in charge, and soon found controversy when he screwed frontman Shawn Michaels out of the WWF Championship while Michaels was on his way out from the WWF to join the upstart HCW in what has become known as “The Baltimore Screwjob”. In 1994, Shawn Michaels, Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, and Sean Waltman formed the foundation of Hollywood Championship Wrestling, the new primetime promotion owned by FOX, live on FOX, every Monday Night. McMahon and the WWF have found shelter with MTV, and have perhaps found a savior in a man named Paul Heyman and his new “attitude era”.

I hope you find enjoyment in his alternative history of mine. It is years in the making and I have spent a lot of time apart from it only to find interest in being able to simulate this in TEW2020. To me, this is an ultimate fan fic alternative history for me, as I think it combines so many different divergences in wrestling history that truly creates a realistic, yet far out there pro wrestling world. Now I’ve added Japanese wrestling lore, the survival of Rikidozan and the fate of Japanese wrestling as we know it. I’ve spent a lot of time on this mod since its initial inception and am very proud of it so I really hope people enjoy it.

Wrestling At War, Version 1.1

Data Download

Picture Pack Download

Special thanks to nGo and associated individuals for work on the nGo picture pack, used as base for all worker pictures.
Very special thanks to Mammoth for his custom belts for majority of promotions in the game. His incredible work has added another layer of depth I couldn’t have imagined.
Thanks to iDOL for his stable logos, I was glad to incorporate a bunch of stable logos into this alternate wrestling world.

November 26, 2020

Hope all is well Idol, hopefully you have an opportunity to begin working again although I’m sure the overtime pay is nice right now!

November 25, 2020

I would purchase simply on the premise that TEW2016 is quickly obsolete for new mods and mod support by the community. But if that's not your thing and you stick strictly to the default database, then hey, more power to ya.

November 18, 2020

A Short History of...

HOLLYWOOD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING

Lights, Camera, Action!

RUPERT MURDOCH

is the definition of mogul. Since the 1950’s, the Australian native has acquired news outlet after news outlet, rising to the top of the world’s news industry. After becoming a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1985, Murdoch could officially own a U.S. television station, starting with the acquisition of Metromedia, a television broadcasting company with stations in six large U.S. cities. This became the foundation for what is known today as the Fox Broadcasting Company, or more commonly known simply as FOX.

FOX would begin a meteoric-rise to compete with the Big Three during the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, and did so with gritty, original programming that captured the changing atmosphere of the United States as it ticked closer and closer to the new millennium. And with that attempt to capture even more of prime time television’s market share came the creation of a crazy idea: sports entertainment. How could the station combine the elements of the sports they were attempting to buy up through major contracts with the country’s largest sporting associations as well as the company’s knack for providing quality entertainment that appealed to the 18-34 year old demography? Professional wrestling was chosen as that answer.

But perhaps none of it would have happened if the pieces had not all fallen into place.

Vince McMahon is convicted.

And FOX executives see their opening.

The mass exodus of

WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION

wrestlers was ignited like a wildfire, and Murdoch's team was quick to act. The phone calls began, word was swift. Quickly the situation went from, "I have to get out of Stamford" to "I have to get my tape to FOX's people". Not to mention, the media professional wrestling found itself receiving was unlike never before. Although, none of it was good, there was a silent eye on professional wrestling, and FOX’s creation was truly beginning to unfold.

Off the heels of McMahon's downfall, FOX scooped up considerable World Wrestling Federation talent. The industry was taken aback when Rupert Murdoch held a huge press conference announcing the debut of

HOLLYWOOD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING

, to be starring the likes of

SHAWN MICHAELS

, his partner in crime

KEVIN NASH

, and

LEX LUGER

. Their biggest signing, however, was bringing in

HULK HOGAN

, who was fed up with his time spent apart of

WORLD STAR WRESTLING

(a company, he helped put on the map). And when Hogan jumped, it was truly a big deal, as he and the rest of the “big four” went on a primetime media tour to promote the new product, which they both described as the future of sports entertainment...

The Big Bang

July 17th, 1994. Los Angeles, California.

Their first big pay-per-view was a major success in terms of sales, as

HCW THE BIG BANG

set off the promotion in style on the third Sunday of July, 1994. A cocky but stunning Shawn Michaels would become the first HCW World champion after defeating Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, and Lex Luger in a four-way main event hyped as

'The Showdown of Stars'

. And while the ring-work was sloppy, things felt big. Things felt, really big. Debuting the next night on the USA Network,

HCW MONDAY NIGHT HEAT

was unlike any wrestling show the world had seen, with a major emphasis on the production quality, smooth flow of the show, and direction to keep the viewer glued to their television; not to mention the big matches on Monday nights.

To the rest of the industry, things felt like a coup. The old boys club was a bit shaken, but certainly not defeated. The

NATIONAL WRESTLING ALLIANCE

hadn't done much to acknowledge any threat or anything that has happened in or around Hollywood Championship Wrestling. On the other side of the street however, World Star Wrestling had taken their jabs at the new FOX-business venture, referring to it as a "joke of a wrestling promotion", with

BRET HART

taking specific shots at Hulk Hogan who had ditched the company for it.

But no matter what anybody said, or didn't say, Hollywood Championship Wrestling was catching on, and history may tell the old-boys club they should have perceived HCW as a threat from the beginning, possessing pockets of wealth greater than what the National Wrestling Alliance has to pool from. Not only that, but HCW presents a wide variety of wrestling matches and styles. From hardcore brawls, to fast-paced cruiserweight action, HCW had done well to provide it all.

Along the way, however, like most entrepreneurial ventures, HCW hit a rough-patch of the road, as several factors began to collide in extraordinary fashion. It was reported that FOX was getting sick of the industry's nuances. Executives weren't used to handling the egos involved, the logistics that were required, the travel suffered. It wasn't long before FOX executives were on the hunt for an Executive Vice President of Hollywood Championship Wrestling.

Every decision was to lay in the hands on one man.

One man, with a vision.

ERIC BISCHOFF.

The company's current lead announcer, Bischoff was named to the position after relentless pitching of his vision to television company's executives involved in the project. Having previously worked for the NWA on a secondary level, Bischoff took a chance by accepting a contract offer from the yet to debut Hollywood Championship Wrestling. From day one, Eric has been the company's lead announcer, but now, he was its ultimate.

Starmageddon '95

July 23rd, 1995. Los Angeles, California.

Just for the record, Bischoff's reign seemed to have began around December of 1994. No immediate booking changes seemed to have take place, but his biggest impact became the turn of Hulk Hogan from the childhood hero legend he had become known for, to one of the biggest heels in wrestling history. At

HCW's THE BIG BANG

,

STARMAGGEDON '95

, the company's premier equivalent to the NWA's Starrcade and the WWF's WrestleMania, Hogan successfully took the turn when he defeated Shawn Michaels to earn his first HCW World Championship title. But to Hogan, it wasn't about winning the title. He had held plenty of them.

For him, it was the principal of the matter.

Shawn Michaels had already been teasing a face turn, ever since he won the belt off of Lex Luger, in February, whom had defeated Michaels for it back in November. But after his victory, Hogan didn't begin it like any other reign. Instead, he refused to have his hand rose, and proceeded to spit, chuck, and stomp on the World championship. Taking the microphone, Hogan began ranting on about how much he had put into this business, and how little he had gotten out of it. How much his body had endured, the schedule he was forced to commit to, and how ungrateful all these fans were for it. How they all wanted the "Sexy Boy" to keep the title. How Michaels had already begun referring to the World championship as his title. Well Hogan was going to one-up all of that, and soon enough everyone will be talking about the greatness of

"HOLLYWOOD" HULK HOGAN

.

And after all this, Hogan refused the World championship. Instead, he declared himself, the

HOLLYWOOD HEAVYWEIGHT

champion, brother.

Five months later, Hogan still holds his "Hollywood" championship, and now has one man under his sleeve, Eric Bischoff. Revealed as the Executive Vice President of the organization just a month after his reign, Bischoff played mean towards Hogan, but in reality, slowly fell sway to one of the most capturing personalities in the industry. HCW's December payper-view, Mayhem on 34th Street, Bischoff officially revealed his alignment with Hogan, as the two successfully screwed Lex Luger out of his chance in taking the belt.

Now the Bischoff/Hogan alliance has officially begun, and there may not be much the rest of the Hollywood roster can do about it...

*****

HCW CHAMPIONS AND TITLES

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HCW HOLLYWOOD CHAMPION

'HOLLYWOOD' HULK HOGAN

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HCW TELEVISION CHAMPION

IRWIN R. SCHYSTER

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HCW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS

THE NASTY BOYS - BRIAN KNOBBS & JERRY SAGGZ

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HCW WEST COAST CHAMPION

2 COLD SCORPIO

HCW HARDCORE CHAMPION

JC ICE

*****

EVENTS & TV

HCW MONDAY NIGHT HEAT

on FOX

'A' Show - Held on Mondays

HCW PARADISE CITY

- January PPV

HCW HELLBOUND

- February PPV

HCW DEUCES WILD

- March PPV

HCW SHOWDOWN IN LOS ANGELES

- April PPV

HCW SHOWDOWN IN NEW YORK

- May PPV

HCW BASH AT THE BEACH

- June PPV

HCW THE BIG BANG

- July PPV

HCW ONE NIGHT IN VEGAS

- August PPV

HCW SURRENDER IN SEATTLE

- September PPV

HCW TOTAL SUPREMACY

- October PPV

HCW UNCENSORED

- November PPV

HCW MASSACRE ON 34TH STREET

- December PPV

*****

MAIN EVENTERS

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HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN

Hulk Hogan is one of the most famous pro wrestlers in the world today. Hogan career really took off with the AWA/WSW during the 1980's and was responsible for the AWA's top-tier run after Hogan first won the belt in late 1983. From then on, Hogan was essentially the face of WSW (alongside Bret Hart) and proved himself to be one of the most charismatic workers the industry has ever seen. By 1994, differences in booking, conflicts with the Hart Family, an expiring contract, and a connection with Rupert Murdoch led to Hogan's departure from WSW. He would turn to revitalizing his career by becoming a cornerstone in the establishment of Hollywood Championship Wrestling. Things really took a turn for Hogan in 1995, however, when he turned heel in his title victory over Shawn Michaels, refused the HCW Heavyweight Championship, and declared himself "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan. Since then, he has formed an alliance with HCW Executive Producer Eric Bischoff and has become the popular antihero of HCW.

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KEVIN NASH

Kevin Nash is an impressive big man who got his start in the NWA where they failed to utilize his untapped charisma. After receiving a strong contract offer from the WWF, Nash jumped ship and debuted in the WWF in 1991 and was in instant success. Under the moniker of Diesel, Nash quickly became a star. The Baltimore Screwjob changed the course of Nash's career, however, as he would ask for release from his contract immediately following the screwjob pulled over on his best friend Shawn Michaels. Jumping ship to the newly minted Hollywood Championship Wrestling, Nash is clearly one of the company's four pillar stones. Soon forming an on-screen alliance with his best friends Shawn Michaels and Sean Waltman (collectively known as The Kilq), the three have helped HCW and professional wrestling break into mainstream popularity and pop culture relevancy.

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LEX LUGER

"The Total Package" Lex Luger is known for his incredible physique and has been a very popular wrestler since his mainstream debut in 1988 with the WWF. Luger quickly became a main player with the WWF and was always a reliable star to fall back on when star power would fade. Luger was one of the media's prime targets for supposed illegal steroid abuse although hard evidence has never surfaced. He stayed loyal to McMahon throughout his trial, but the last straw finally broke with the Baltimore Screwjob in 1994. This led to Luger asking for his release from the WWF and joining up with the start-up Hollywood Championship Wrestling. Luger fit the mold of a top HCW star and has been established as one of the company's four cornerstones. While he has not been able to get his hands on the HCW Championship, he is a central part to the company's booking and is still a popular star today.

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SHAWN MICHAELS

"The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels is one of the biggest stars in pro wrestling today. At the same time, Michaels is one of the biggest troublemakers as well. His popularity seemed to reach an unfathomable point following the infamous Baltimore Screwjob. Of course, Michaels was departing for the brand new Hollywood Championship Wrestling where Michaels would become the company's franchise face and first HCW Champion. Since then, Michaels has been the center of the show, mostly colliding with Hulk Hogan for supremacy and teaming up with his off-screen best friends Kevin Nash and Sean Waltman, collectivelly known as The Kliq. Michaels has helped HCW make strides to compete with the rest of the American professional wrestling industry, and certainly entering the prime of his career. For HBK, the sky is most certainly the limit. However, it may be Shawn's demons which prevent him from becoming the biggest star the world of wrestling has ever seen...

*****

UPPER MIDCARDERS

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BOOKER T

Booker T is one half of the Harlem Heat, a tag team he and his real-life brother have had together since their debut into the world of professional wrestling. Booker T can be called the more charistmatic of the duo, willing to work more on the microphone and seemingly able to carry more of a connection with the fans. He can also be called the better worker and has an incredible amount of athleticism that helps Booker stand-out. The two eventually became the top tag team in the USWA by late 1993 as The Ebony Experience. Come 1994, the two were continuously sought after by all of the major companies, but would settle with the start-up Hollywood Championship Wrestling (most likely due to the money on the table). Since their debut in HCW, the two have become the stand-up tag team. For Booker T, however, he is going to have a tough time standing out as a singles competitor in the future if he remains with HCW...

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BRIAN KNOBBS

Brian Knobbs is one half of The Nasty Boyz, a tag team with Jerry Sags. The two have been fairly successful throughout their careers but have been fairly mercantile throughout, never staying with one promotion longer than a few years. Their most recent stop is with Hollywood Championship Wrestling, where they are a cornerstone of the company's tag team division. However, neither man has ever had much talent in the ring and rely on connecting with the fans to put on a show.

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DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE

Diamond Dallas Page got his start with WSW as a manager for a year before gaining acceptance into the Hart Dungeon. DDP would leave the Dungeon before graduating from it after conflicts with trainers, leading to his departure from the company. DDP would work the independents for another year before signing a contract with the NWA. As a member of the NWA, DDP achieved midcard success before again departing from the company in 1994 to join the upstart Hollywood Championship Wrestling. Feeling the company fit his mold as a performer and always looking for greener pastures, DDP joined HCW to a much-more hefty contract and some name recognition already in the bag. Upon arriving to HCW, DDP has become an instant fan favorite and could break into the main event scene given the right booking. However, DDP's booking has been largely inconsistent, seemingly being cut at the knees whenever he seems to gain any momentum.

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JOHN BRADSHAW LAYFIELD

John "Bradshaw" Layfield is an upcoming big man who is a former collegiate football player who got his start in pro wrestling in 1992. Layfield would spend some time in the independents, including a short-stint with the USWA before going on to spend some time in Japan. Returning some Japan, Layfield was offered a contract with HCW where instead of playing his usual Cowboy gimmick, Layfield debuted as John Bradshaw Layfield, otherwise known as JBL. Based off his personal interest in wealth and finance, JBL plays a modern-day Texan stock market wizard, with a financial IQ perhaps greater than his in-ring ability. The JBL character has been a great success and has done well carrying the midcard level. If JBL can continue to grow, he has main event potential down the road.

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JERRY SAGGZ

Jerry Sags is one half of The Nasty Boyz, a tag team with Brian Knobbs. The two have been fairly successful throughout their careers but have been fairly mercantile throughout, never staying with one promotion longer than a few years. Their most recent stop is with Hollywood Championship Wrestling, where they are a cornerstone of the company's tag team division. However, neither man has ever had much talent in the ring and rely on connecting with the fans to put on a show.

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MARC MERO

Marc Mero is an energetic, charistmatic worker with enough in-ring talent to create a perfect combination of performance and entertainment. Trained by the Malenkos in 1990, Mero got an in with the NWA in 1992, debuting as Johnny B. Badd, a flamboyant character alikened to pro wrestling's version of musician Little Richard. The gimmick caught-on quick due to Mero's energetic work, and Mero quickly became one of the NWA's best supporting babyfaces, although never reaching the pinnacle of the promotion. Mero's entry into HCW was a simple case of perfect timing, as his contract with the NWA was expiring right as HCW was opening its doors. Looking for strong performers with a recognizable face, FOX picked up Mero with a heafty contract and repackaged him under his given name with the nickname "Wildman" applied. Essentially playing the same character he did in the NWA, Mero continues to provide a strong babyface position on the HCW roster.

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RICK RUDE

"Ravishing" Rick Rude is a native of Minnesota and got his start in pro wrestling with the AWA in the mid-1980's. During this time, Rude was someone the AWA could not keep away from the WWF, and Rude signed with Vince McMahon in 1986. From then on, Rude became one of the top heels in the company and would remain with the WWF until late 1992. After achieving a level of success many others only dreamed of, Rude took a year off to rest and work the independents as he saw fit. Entering 1994, it became well known in the industry that Rude was thinking about entering the industry full-time once again. Rude unexpectedly received a message from Rupert Murdoch, who expressed his desire to open up a new wrestling promotion. Rude agreed to a contract, under stipulation, however, that he would only wrestle big events. With that, Rude has been a reliable upper midcarder ever since.

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STEVIE RAY

Stevie Ray is one half of the Harlem Heat, a tag team he and his real-life brother have had together since their debut into the world of professional wrestling. Stevie Ray may not be the more talented member of the tag team, but can certainly hold his own enough to help make their tag team matches some of the most entertaining in the industry. The two eventually became the top tag team in the USWA by late 1993 as The Ebony Experience. Come 1994, the two were continuously sought after by all of the major companies, but would settle with the start-up Hollywood Championship Wrestling (most likely due to the money on the table). Since their debut in HCW, the two have become the stand-up tag team. For Stevie Ray, a singles run in HCW seems out of sight and out of mind for now and will remain relevant as long as he is together with his brother...

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SYCLOPS

Robert Maillet is a Canadian professional wrestler who had never fully committed to the business until signing a contract with HCW in 1995 to fill the role of the company's boilerplate big man. Maillet has a very unique look, standing at 6'10" with a more naturally-built look than body-built. Debuting as the monster known as Syclops, Maillet wheres a white contact over his right eye to imply the use of just one eye, resembling the mythical cyclop-creatures from Greek mythology. The company has done a great job of not allowing his gimmick to hit the cheese-grate, instead describing Syclops as a man who lost the use of his left-eye as a child, resulting in his hermitization as a child. However, as he grew into the monster he has become, now Syclops seeks revenge on the world had banished him to a life of loneliness while growing up. Syclops is the most prominent member of the Dungeon of Doom, holding their most legitimate threat to the HCW Championship.

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THE ZODIAC

Ed Leslie is a veteran worker who got his start in the AWA due to his close relationship with Hulk Hogan. Leslie would find consistent work with the AWA for most of his career into the 1990's, albiet never known for his wrestling ability. By 1992, WSW cut ties with Leslie in attempts to continue to push their product forward, leaving Leslie on the independent circuit until the creation of Hollywood Championship Wrestling. With his best friend leading the charge as the big name to join HCW, Hogan got Leslie a job with the promotion and has since gone through a variety of gimmicks. Entering 1996, Leslie has found one that has seemed to have stuck in his character The Zodiac. Sporting black-and-white face paint and never saying much more than "Yes!" and "No!" , The Zodiac is namesake of the The Taskmaster who controls The Zodiac's every move.

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X-PAC

Sean Waltman may be best known as the 1-2-3 Kid in the WWF where he gained initial fame when he upset Diesel on an episode of Monday Night Raw, essentially the first upset a jobber has ever had over a certified star on a prime time wrestling show. The angle quickly caught on and Waltman engaged with a feud. The two eventually became great friends, as Waltman began hanging around with Nash, Shawn Michaels, and Paul Levesque (collectively known as The Kliq). Following the Baltimore Screwjob, Waltman demanded release from his contract and jumped ship to HCW following both Nash and Michaels. Now calling himself X-Pac, Waltman has become a popular underdog and received a large rub due to his association with both Michaels and Nash.

*****

MIDCARDERS

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2 COLD SCORPIO

2 Cold Scorpio is a graduate of the IWGP dojo during the mid-1980's, and wrestled in the IWGP early in his career. Returning to America, Scorpio worked the independent scene, including ECWA and USWA before signing a short-term contract with the WWF. Scorpio was once again a free agent in 1994 before signing a contract with the brand new Hollywood Championship Wrestling to help build their cruiserweight division. Scorpio enters 1996 holding the company's cruiserweight belt, which is titled the HCW West Coast title.

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BOHEMOND

Barry Buchanan is a relatively green big-man who debuted in mid-1995 as a member of the USWA roster after receiving training through the promotion. The USWA's investment in Barry didn't pay off, however, as he was quickly picked up on a written contract by HCW in late 1995. Impressed with his physique and matching the template they were looking for, Buchanan quickly debuted as Bohemond, a follower of the Jackyl and one half of The Proselytes. Yet to speak in front of any crowd, Bohemond is the silent enforcer of the Jackyl's will.

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GLACIER

Raymond M. Lloyd (born May 1964 in Brunswick, Georgia) is an American martial artist and professional wrestler who got his start working the independents. After a short break from the business, Lloyd was approached to join the new Hollywood Championship Wrestling. Lloyd accepted the offer and was repackaged as Glacier, a clear rip-off of the character Sub-Zero from the popular video game Mortal Kombat. While Glacier gets a decent response from the fans, his in-ring work is nothing spectacular and his gimmick does not seem to have much life left in its blood.

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IRWIN R. SCHYSTER

Mike Rotunda is a former collegiate amateur wrestler who entered the world of pro wrestling in the 1980's, landing in the NWA where Rotunda was a regular midcard worker for a few years. Following his stint in the NWA, Rotunda left to join the WWF in 1991 where he debuted as Irwin R. Schyster. Known as IRS in a short form, Rotunda played a former IRS tax collector who scolded all who came before him as to not paying their "fair share" in taxes. While the entire concept was on the gimmicky side, it was a relative success allowing Rotunda to remain on the WWF roster before he would jump ship to the upstart HCW where he accepted a higher-paid contract offer. With Rotunda followed the gimmick, as he debuted as Irwyn R. Schyster, able to essentially steal the gimmick from the WWF now entering turmoil following Vince McMahon's incarceration and the Baltimore Screwjob. Rotunda remains a steady midcarder in HCW.

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MUSTAFA

Mustapha Saed is best known as the partner of New Jack and currently works in Hollywood Championship Wrestling. Seizing on the growing popularity of gangster-rap, Mustapha Saed connected with New Jack in the USWA to form The Gangstas, which quickly became the most controversial tag team in the entire industry. The pair were soon offered a contract to join Hollywood Championship Wrestling due to their controversial image and growing popularity. While Mustapha may not be as controversial as New Jack, his image as a psycho-maniac street thug along with his pairing with New Jack will allow him to remain relevant as long as The Gangstas can continue to connect with the crowd.

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NEW JACK

"The Original Gangsta" New Jack is perhaps professional wrestling's most dangerous man in the business. Seizing on the growing popularity of gangster-rap, New Jack connected with Mustafa Saed in the USWA to form The Gangstas, which quickly became the most controversial tag team in the entire industry. The pair were soon offered a contract to join Hollywood Championship Wrestling due to their controversial image and growing popularity. New Jack himself is forming an individual reputation for being a very dangerous worker in the ring and is the subject of various rumours regarding intentions to legitmately injure opponents in the ring he has personal problems with.

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RIO, LORD OF THE JUNGLE

Rio, Lord Of The Jungle is a wild brawler who got his big break wrestling in North America with Hollywood Championship Wrestling. After a stint as a male stripper, Williams began training under Killer Kowalski in order to become a professional wrestler. After making his debut in 1992, he began performing on the independent circuit under the ring name Rio, Lord of the Jungle. He would eventually be recruited to join HCW's Dungeon of Doom under the moniker 'The Jungle Lord', where he essentially plays the exact same gimmick he performed on the independent circuit.

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SIMON

Ric Savage is an average big-man who has caught a break teaming with Bohemond as The Proselytes, devoted followers of the Jackyl. Savage has worked the American independent circuit for most of his career, occasionally landing a jobber role with some of the larger companies. Forming a tag team with Barry Buchanan in USWA during 1995 led to his signing along with Buchanan into HCW. Now known as Simon, he has shown some promise but much remains to be seen if he can maintain any sort of mainstream success...

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THE BARBARIAN

The Barbarian is known for his diving headbutts, savate kick to the face and incredible strength. Growing up in Tonga, Sione was one of five teenagers sent by the King of Tonga to Japan to study Sumo wrestling in the mid 1970s. After migrating to the United States, he fell into the world of professional wrestling and eventually received training initially taking the moniker of King Konga in the NWA. Eventually changing his gimmick to that of The Barbarian, he would spend time in different promotions including the NWA and WWF. The Barbarian signed on with HCW later into the promotion's life, brought in as one of the members of The Dungeon of Doom. So far he has found some success but is certainly past his peak in terms of getting much more out of his career.

November 18, 2020

Can anybody create banners for my Wrestling at War mod promotions?

November 16, 2020

Hi Everyone,

Finally 95% finished with game-start Japan! All the promotions are balanced out, complete title histories, stables, tag teams, events, etc.! So excited for this day to finally be here! Only things I am looking at now are future Japanese promotions, narratives, future scandals, how to make Rikidozan die when I want, and in general getting to push the mod's in-game history in the direction I would like... But running simulations watching the in-game world I am super happy with where things are at and really think this adds significant depth to the game, especially when playing as a North American promotion and having the option to use Japanese workers or entering talent agreements and the like. Also need to work on future Japanese workers, and more future workers in general, which is going to be the next big project. At this point I think I'll be targeting release by Christmas timeframe, hopefully giving everyone a lot of time during their holiday break to dive in and get playing!

I think my goal now is to get this mod complete as a historical alternate history, but I have had one crazy idea run through my mind. With how much time I have dedicated into this mod, I'm thinking of creating a super alternate reality version, where it has the same start date and essentially the same starting data, but introducing wrestlers from all different future eras debuting a random points in the game... So think, Kenny Omega debuting in 1997, or the Young Bucks starting off in the WWF in mid-1996, or how about Okada and Naito graduating from one of the big two dojos. I'm really getting more and more interested in having modern-day workers debut in this game world just to draw more interest from players who are more interested in playing with modern day workers...

Any interest in this?

Also thinking about creating a 2021 database set in 2021 of this alternate history, but this would require me to come up with another 25 years of history to get a 2021 that I don't know if I have the creative juice to handle...

Also, anybody good with graphics? Don't have Photoshop anymore, and I might purchase it again for a shortwhile but would love to know if anyone has any time to work on some graphics for this mod... Nothing too crazy I wouldn't think!

Also, Huge shoutout to Mammoth once more, who has pretty much completed a custom, realistic belt for every single belt in the game. Just adds so much more depth. Thank you so much Mammoth for all your help, and everybody go check out his mod!

November 15, 2020

I'm trying to have a Japanese company use the "Preset Tours" schedule but its auto generating monthly events as well, EVEN AFTER I added in my own monthly events. Anyway to avoid this?

October 29, 2020

I guess I'm due for an update. This is a bit lower on my priority list between everything going on in my life plus other interests and hobbies but I still like to pick away at this when I'm in the mood. Going to try to keep putting in a few hours a week if I can, but it's taken me awhile to get all active workers based in Japan imported with contracts set-up, custom biographies written with alternate history in mind, and making sure they are good to go when the game starts in terms of other fields and attributes, but I am very happy to say I am finally complete getting a foundation for the Japanese wrestling world set-up! Still a longways to go but this was a big milestone for me to accomplish (setting up a couple hundred Japanese workers one-by-one is a pretty tedious task!) However, the Japanese scene was overall super scarce in terms of actual talent to have in the game, so next step is a fun one, deciding which gaijin will play the role of touring gaijin with JPWA, IWGP, and the shoot-style promotions! I'm hoping this can help round out the rosters so the game isn't displeased with smaller rosters than it thinks it has. One annoying aspect I am realizing is despite having 8 or 10 workers on the JPWA roster where the worker is both a wrestler and road agent, the game doesn't want to count them as wrestlers in it's "estimated roster counter" which I am worried will cause issues with the AI.

Request!

My big request from hopefully anybody is to get a logo created for KINGOM Pro Wrestling, one of the two shoot-style promotions based in Japan. Here is the company profile to provide some context:

KINGDOM Pro Wrestling can be considered the original pioneer of shoot-style pro wrestling, which emphasizes realistic holds and maneuvers carried over from various mixed martial arts. KINGDOM was formed in 1986 by Satoru Sayama, otherwise known as the original Tiger Mask, who left IWGP following a meteoric rise in the company's junior heavyweight division. Sayama left to pursue his dream in establishing the "shoot-style" of pro wrestling he had become incredibly fond, and developed what he now refers to as "Sayama-ism". The KINGDOM style, or Sayama-ism, bases itself around the use of a variety of MMA-submissions, emphasis on kickboxing-style kicks, and sometimes hardway punches. The rise for KINGDOM in terms of popularity in Japan was almost as meteoric as Sayama's rise, but soon descension hit the organization when, in 1988, star Akira Maeda and other roster members defected from KINGDOM, citing Sayama's unrelenting selfishness, and formed their own shoot-style promotion: EARTH.

Also wanted to through in some profiles I've written for some significant workers in the Japanese scene...

Satoru Sayama - Owner/Founder of KINGDOM Pro Wrestling (the former Tiger Mask)

Satoru Sayama, perhaps more populary known as the original Tiger Mask, is a Japanese professional wrestler and promoter. Sayama made waves adopting the first ever Tiger Mask gimmick in the early 1980's, where he was a star of the IWGP junior heavyweight division. Feeling he had another calling, however, Sayama left IWGP and formed KINGDOM Pro Wrestling in 1986, forming the world's first ever "shoot-style" promotion. With KINGDOM came "Sayama-ism", half a wrestling philosophy that developed shoot-style, half a near cult of personality of Sayama. Controversial, selfish, driven, Sayama is a real character in the world of Japanese Puroresu. In 1996, Sayama is struggling to keep KINGDOM in the hearts and minds of Japanese fans and is doing what he can to bring his promotion back to the top of shoot-style market. Fun fact: Sayama has the distinction of being a competitor (along with Dynamite Kid) in the very first 5 Star Rating awarded for a Match by Dave Meltzer.

Akira Maeda - Owner/Co-Founder of EARTH

Akira Maeda is a Japanese mixed martial arts promoter a part-time performer who most consider to be the founder of the shoot-style promotion EARTH. Maeda got his start with IWGP in 1980 before jumping over to Satoru Sayama's KINGDOM Pro Wrestling, choosing to follow the path of shoot-style. It was during his time in KINGDOM that his willingness to show his displeasure in the ring became known; he quarreled with Satoru Sayama (the original Tiger Mask) over the direction of KINGDOM, as Maeda and other wrestlers were reportedly resentful of Sayama's cramming too much creative power. This included booking himself to win all his matches, where others, Maeda included, "jobbed" in the worked matches. In 1988 Maeda left KINGDOM and formed EARTH with other defectors, Maeda the number one star. Since then he has overtaken Sayama's promotion in popularity and continues to become even more involved in backstage activity versus active competition.

Nobuhiko Takada

Nobuhiko Takada is a Japanese wrestler who works exclusively in Japan and specializes in shoot-style wrestling. Takada is a big name in shoot-style and is one of the more popular workers of the niche. A graduate of the IWGP dojo, Takada was appointed Antonio Inoki's personal assistant. He was also Hulk Hogan's assistant for his Japanese tours. During that time, he was nicknamed Seishun no Esperanza ("Youth Esperanza"), due to his gutsy and hopeful rookie antics. Takada was one to defect to KINGDOM Pro Wrestling when it first formed, but would depart to join EARTH in 1988 when Akira Maeda led a departure of half the roster. Gaining major popularity in KINGDOM, Takada has become one of the faces of EARTH, a former EARTH Universal Heavyweight champion, GHC winner, and winner of the 1988, 1991, 1992 EARTH World Series titles.

Giant Baba - CEO of Japanese Pro Wrestling Association

Shohei Baba is a professional wrestler and current operating promoter of the Japanese Professional Wrestling Association. He is best known as Giant Baba, and along with Antonio Inoki, became one of the most famous Japanese wrestlers of his era.. Baba is perhaps best known as the "one and true successor" to Rikidozan, the father of Japanese pro wrestling. At least, in respects to Baba's role as taking over majority of ownership responsiblities related to the JPWA. Baba was the critical piece to JPWA's exit from isolation in the pro wrestling world and the key figure in JPWA's talent exchanges with Western promotions as well as bringing in gaijin workers already contracted exclusively with the biggest promotions overseas. However, many are now critical of Baba's last decade of JPWA ownership and his refusal to change JPWA's ways; specifically his refusal to create a junior division within JPWA despite IWGP's overwhelming success and other aspects of evolving modern pro wrestling.

Antonio Inoki - Owner/Founder of International Wrestling Grand Prix

Antonio Inoki is a Japanese retired professional wrestler, martial artist, politician, and promoter of professional wrestling and mixed martial arts. Inoki began his professional wrestling career in the 1960s for the JPWA under the tutelage of Rikidozan. Inoki quickly became one of the most popular stars in the history of Japanese professional wrestling. He parlayed his wrestling career into becoming one of Japan's most recognizable athletes, a reputation bolstered by his 1976 fight against world champion boxer Muhammad Ali – a fight that served as a predecessor to modern day mixed martial arts. In 1972, Inoki broke away from his mentor Rikidozan and the JPWA to form his own promotion based around his ideals of pro wrestling: the International Wrestling Grand Prix (IWGP). Since it's formation, Inoki has led the IWGP from being the bastard off-shoot of the JPWA to becoming an even more popular version of puroresu in Japan. Today, "Inoki-ism" still acts as the guiding light for IWGP.

Rikidozan - The Father of Puroresu

Rikidozan is known as "The Father of Puroresu" and is and one of the most influential men in professional wrestling history. He was credited with bringing the sport of professional wrestling to Japan at a time when Japan needed a national hero. Rikidozan gave up sumo in 1950 and soon after established himself as Japan's biggest wrestling star by defeating one Western worker after another. He would go on to found the first ever wrestling promotion in Japan, the JPWA, in the 1950s. Rikidozan gained worldwide renown when he defeated Lou Thesz in 1958 in Japan. His signature move was the karate chop, which was actually based on sumo's harite. Rikidozan was the face of puroresu through the 50s, 60s and 70s before retiring from active competition in the 1980s. He has since passed on majority of responsiblities to his successor, Giant Baba, and is said to be in the final years of his life.

Also, GIANT SHOUTOUT to Mammoth who has been making custom belts for me, here's a little preview!

October 29, 2020

Anybody know if it's possible to have a worker graduate from a training facility you want a couple months into the game and debut for the parent promotion? I tried to have a contract already in place but it seems TEW doesn't like that idea when you try to start the game...

October 5, 2020

I defo would love some more backstory on the Japanese promotions, can’t wait!!!!

So I’m fairly well versed in Puroresu history but an alternate Japanese reality has been a bit harder to craft than I anticipated. The main change is Rikidozan isn’t killed, which means his JWA doesn’t fold and Baba is still crowned his successor but the influence of Rikidozan is still loud and clear until he steps away from putting his hands on things in the 80’s to enjoy the fruits of his labor. Therefore, the JWA still has significant power in Japan just based on the legend of Rikidozan. I plan on having him die in the year 1997, which puts JPWA in a whirlwind. Baba will also die soon after and my idea is for Inoki’s IWGP to purchase JPWA from Rikidozan’s wife and create an IWGP around 2000 which has every single significant star in Japanese wrestling at the time, a super promotion. Eventually this will fall apart and an exodus occurs in early 2000’s because there is so much talent to spare.

Inoki was surpassed by Baba due to Rikidozan’s choosing, so he still breaks off to create his own promotion which finally takes over as number one in the early 90’s. I’m making the impact of Tiger Mask in wrestling much bigger since he was such an egotistical prick, where he invents shoot-style wrestling and henceforth “Satoryu-ism”. But beyond that, things are still a bit of the same with FMW... no Michinoku Pro, just rolling that talent into IWGP’s junior division...

ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SUGGESTIONS AND CREATIVE IDEAS!

October 5, 2020

Most playable/up-to-date version is here

http://greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2276133&postcount=115

September 24, 2020

Is disagree with your assessment, this is a very unique idea! Best of luck in your development!

September 22, 2020

Sorry to hear that Paige, best to you and your family

September 21, 2020

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="51868" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="pyro_22_0.jpg&f=1&nofb=1" data-src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https://jmfx.net/sites/default/files/pyro_22_0.jpg&f=1&nofb=1" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> WCCW Month in Review - February 2010</div> ...Rocky Johnson Jr. suffered a brutal attack at the hands of a masked man while giving an interview backstage. The masked man nearly stood over “The Great One” in size and the element of surprise was also in play as he made good work of Rocky before the hands backstage finally mustered up the courage to break things up. Attempting to restrain the masked man, he would break free of three individuals and clear the way to sprint away from the scene of the crime. The camera crew and others tried to chase him down but the masked man was able to escape into the night… ...This all before a tag team main event where Rocky Johnson Jr. and his partner for the night, Steve Austin, rallied back to defeat the evenly matched team of Mean Mark Callous and Sean O’Haire. Suspiciously the timing of O’Haire’s appearance was made to seem like perhaps he wasn’t the attacker after all, despite the build and mannerisms matching that of “The Sinister One”. He too seemed to deny the attack, despite Rocky’s insisting that O’Haire was the man responsible… ...It became painfully obvious on the closing episode of Monday Night Ignition before the February PPV event that Sean O’Haire was up to no good, when the WCCW World Heavyweight champion Rocky Johnson Jr. was leaving the arena at the end of the show and nearly succumb to a deadly attack when his white limousine exploded moments before he was near the passenger door! The explosion could be heard all the way in the arena as Rocky dove out of the way and a fireball ignited in the parking garage. Was this retaliation by “The Sinister One” for Rocky getting their match at the February PPV booked as a steel cage match?... ...Meanwhile, Mean Mark Callous and Steve Austin slugged it out in their own right, perhaps not wishing to move on from last month’s pay-per-view decision. Kicking off an episode of Monday Night Ignition, it was clear these men weren’t finished with one another, and this was no disappointment to the fans. Austin was feigning for a victory of his own, and perhaps verbally persuaded Callous to face him in this month’s February pay-per-view in their very own Handcuffs on a Pole match… First man to handcuff the other wins!... …Fresh off their quarrels at the Von Erich Cup PPV, The Gatekeepers (Bob Holly & Kip Winchester) made it a point to punish The Rhodes Brothers for Cody “taking Kip’s spot” in the VEC finals match. The two teams battled it out all month, highlighted by The Gatekeepers beating the brothers in a tag match after Kip nailed Cody over the head with a chair shot while the referee was distracted with a feisty brawl between Dustin and Bob Holly, as well as an episode of Ignition which kicked off with a brutal two-on-one attack by the Gatekeepers on Cody, which led to a handicap match featuring Dustin fighting off the team of Holly and Kip, much to the crowd’s avail. It was no surprise when these two teams were booked to meet at the February PPV in a Texas Tornado street fight to perhaps settle their differences once and for all… ...The wrestling world was shocked by the debut of Minoru Suzuki on an episode of Monday Night Ignition, where he beat the likes of Bison Smith, Ryan Reeves, and El Hijo del Santo in a fatal four way match. The very next week, Suzuki continued to surprise when he pinned “Wildcat” Chris Harris in the show’s main event match to win the WCCW Texas Heritage championship! With the Suzuki-revolution now kicked off in WCCW, how will Chris Harris manage to get his belt back at the February event? …”Lucious” Lance Cade made waves this month, taking the WCCW World Television title off the hands of Terry Ray Gordy. The leader of the New Freebirds was able to secure his re-match at the February PPV event, but after a lackluster month not many are confident in Gordy’s chances of rallying back… ...The newest tag team on the WCCW main roster, The New Blackjacks, brothers Taylor and Windham Rotunda, made their Monday Night Ignition debut in a nice win over Shadow and Salem… And already they’ve been thrusted into the WCCW World Tag Team title scene, with a championship match booked against The Brew Crew at the February event…</div></blockquote> ... <img alt="WR7OXOe.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/WR7OXOe.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> WCCW on PPV: February PPV Buy Rate: 747k buys Show Rating: 3.75 stars <img alt="C8VLZkT.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/C8VLZkT.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="k0S4QDS.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/k0S4QDS.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />VS. <img alt="q1nLxxI.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/q1nLxxI.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="3UsC35X.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/3UsC35X.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Tag Team Match Demolition Men vs. Tex-Mex All-Stars The WCCW February pay-per-view event started off with a decent tag team match between the Demolition Men (Heidenreich & Terkay) taking on the team of El Hijo del Santo & Mr. Texas, the Tex-Mex All-Stars. The Demolition Men continued to make their case as potential tag team title contenders, wrapping up another win with Heidenreich putting away Mr. Texas following a big Power Dunk in the middle of the ring. With both Demolition Men standing at an intimidating 6’6” in height, it’s never easy to discount their qualifications and chances at becoming WCCW World Tag Team champions once again. Winner: Demolition Men via pinfall, Power Dunk Match Rating: 3 stars Demolition Men +1.5% overness, +10 popularity (587), Tex-Mex All-Stars, -1.5% overness, -6 popularity (707) <img alt="cpBV8da.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/cpBV8da.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />VS. <img alt="ndFxIm5.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ndFxIm5.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> WCCW World Television Lance Cade © vs. Terry Ray Gordy “Lucious” Lance Cade continued to taunt Terry Ray Gordy leading into their title re-match, giving Gordy his first shot in getting the Television belt back he dropped to Cade on Monday Night Ignition. Gordy did not look very confident in himself, after kicking himself for losing so unexpectedly to Cade earlier in the month. It was obvious that match left a lasting impression on Gordy, but his New Freebird stablemates tried to rally behind their leader, joining his corner for the match. But perhaps their presence wasn’t the best idea, as they gave Cade a chance to get the upper hand on Gordy while they tried to explain to the referee that the narcissist was planning to use a pair of brass knuckles on Gordy! Cade was able to open up a strong Lucious Lariat on Gordy to secure the pinfall and walk out Television champ once again. Winner: Lance Cade via pinfall, Lucious Lariat Match Rating: 3.25 stars Lance Cade +1% overness, +22 popularity (679), Terry Ray Gordy -0.5% overness, -10 popularity (668) <img alt="K34jlX5.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/K34jlX5.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="GsVNKTH.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/GsVNKTH.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />VS. <img alt="Ntf4MX3.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Ntf4MX3.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="6OvDdZW.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/6OvDdZW.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> WCCW World Tag Team The Brew Crew © vs. The New Blackjacks With a successful start on the main roster, The New Blackjacks began gaining some momentum heading into their first pay-per-view event. The more exposure they got on Monday Night Ignition, the more the fans began getting behind the new tag team. Taylor brought a classic in-ring style that reminded fans of some of their favorites they grew up with in the late 1980’s, reminded some of a bit of a Kevin Von Erich approach to his wrestling, while Windham was really turning heads with some of his offensive deliveries in the ring, sporting excellent agility for a man of his size. Together, the two bring an interesting flavor to tag team wrestling the WCCW universe hasn’t seen in awhile. For the Brew Crew, however, they were hardly impressed, instead mocking The New Blackjacks leading up to their title match and during much of it. And despite how much the fans may have been hoping their new babyface tag team would take the belts, it would not happen tonight as the Brew Crew toughened out the latter-half of the match and were able to put Taylor Windham away with their gory bomb - cutter combination. Winner: The Brew Crew via pinfall, Gory bomb - cutter combination Match Rating: 3 stars The Brew Crew +2.5% overness, +7 popularity (719), The New Blackjacks -4 popularity (632) <img alt="PGkQ4J7.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/PGkQ4J7.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />VS. <img alt="HFDsYpW.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/HFDsYpW.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> WCCW Texas Heritage Minoru Suzuki © vs. “Wildcat" Chris Harris After shocking the wrestling world by not only debuting on Monday Night Ignition, but also taking the Texas Heritage title off the hands of “Wildcat” Chris Harris in his first singles match in WCCW history, Japanese legend Minoru Suzuki walked into his first American pay-per-view looking extremely focused, taunting the American crowd both on his way to and in the ring. WCCW fans rallied behind the babyface in Chris Harris, a true WCCW homegrown that was looking to break into the main event. Now, a sadistic challenger in Suzuki stood in his way. Harris put up a decent fight to start, but soon broke down when Suzuki began really applying skilled counters and strangling holds. By the time “Wildcat” came to the realization of what was happening, it was too late for him, as he succumbed to a brutal Gotch-style Piledriver. Winner: Minoru Suzuki via pinfall, Gotch-style Piledriver Match Rating: 3.25 stars Minoru Suzuki +2% overness, +26 popularity (886), Chris Harris -13 popularity (740) <img alt="A7NHujL.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/A7NHujL.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="WKy5PH8.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/WKy5PH8.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />VS. <img alt="mMu5Txf.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/mMu5Txf.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="RnaAcdG.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/RnaAcdG.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Texas Tornado Street Fight The Gatekeepers vs. The Rhodes Brothers After a tumultuous month between both sides, which started following Cody’s defeat of Kip Winchester during the Von Erich Cup, Cody and Dustin got a shot at issuing some revenge in a Texas tornado street fight. The Gatekeepers sought punishment on the Rhodes Brothers immediately following the Von Erich Cup PPV, and would continue that punishment in tonight’s tag team match. Although blood related, sometimes that never translates into success in the ring, and tonight was not a good night for the Rhodes brothers. Battered, beaten, and bruised, they had one strong rally that was cut short by, surprise surprise, a chair shot from Kip Winchester while the referee was distracted. Winner: The Gatekeepers via pinfall, chair shot Match Rating: 3.75 stars The Gatekeepers +2% overness, +14 popularity (793), The Rhodes Brothers -1.5% overness, -11 popularity (847) <img alt="TCIQ68j.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/TCIQ68j.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />VS. <img alt="sAR6AjP.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/sAR6AjP.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Handcuffs on a Pole "Texas Red" Mean Mark Callous vs. "Superstar" Steve Austin Some fans bashed the repeat booking found in the February PPV main event, mostly the near repeat of a street fight between Callous and Austin. Although some fans might tell you to shove it, and to embrace the fact that two legends are facing off in another singles classic... this time it was one we have never seen these two in: a handcuffs on a pole match. Once again these two laid out the punishment, although this time instead of fighting mostly outside of the ring like last month, these two kept it mainly contained to the squared circle. But of course, things would lead to the final moments which led Austin and Callous beating the living hell out of each other near the pole placed next to the announcer’s table, which held a pair of handcuffs dangling from the top. Despite his best efforts, Austin wasn’t able to prevent Mean Mark from securing them from the pole… But when he tried to get Austin wrapped up in the constraints, Austin was able to get Callous in a wrestling match on the floor, scrapping and clawing to get ahold of the coveted handcuffs! Once he could Austin got Callous in a lucky position and quickly clicked the cuffs together! The bell rang and Austin met a split reaction from the fans as he had Callous at his whim. Of course, the action wasn’t over just with the bell, as Austin walked Callous around the outside, dishing out whatever kind of pain he pleased. Winner: Steve Austin via handcuffing Match Rating: 5 stars Steve Austin +3% overness, +13 popularity (1011), Mean Mark Callous -2% overness, -9 popularity (997) <img alt="M7yCR2D.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/M7yCR2D.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />VS. <img alt="O79Dylq.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/O79Dylq.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> WCCW World Heavyweight - Cage Match "The Great One" Rocky Johnson Jr. © vs. "The Sinister One" Sean O'Haire After a crazy month in which “The Sinister One”, Sean O’Haire, focused on increasing his dastardly mechanisms of torturing the WCCW World Heavyweight champion, Rocky Johnson Jr. perhaps gave in to O’Haire’s plan… granting him another world title shot… but this time on Rocky’s terms. “The Great One” would accept a re-match under one condition: he could get O’Haire one-on-one in a steel cage. After nearly killing Rocky by blowing up his limo on the final edition of Ignition before their meeting, it was clear Rocky came into this one fired up and ready to serve O’Haire what he had coming to him. But it would be a tough battle for the champ, falling behind several times to either cowardly antics from “The Sinister One”, or getting out worked inside of the cage. The highlights of the match would come towards the end, when O’Haire, who had just finished a five minutes momentum swing in his favor, passed up exiting the ring over the top of the cage to shock the crowd with a spectacular Swanton Bomb off the top of the cage! Face or heel; good or bad; it didn’t matter in that moment, as everyone erupted in cheers after O’Haire only got the two count. Following that sequence, our announcers questioned the motivations of Sean O’Haire. Was he really in it for the gold, or was he in it for something more? Was his primary motivation instead to relinquish “The Great One”? Prop himself up over the legend that is Rocky Johnson Jr. and make sure the fans walked away talking about “The Sinister One” and not the world champion? Only time will tell the answer to that question, for tonight was instead capped off by Rocky escaping the cage victory following a vicious Rock Bottom from the top turnbuckle. He would celebrate with the fans once again, but having nearly lost this bout, are the sands of time running out on Rocky in what could be his final title run? Winner: Rocky Johnson Jr. via escaping the cage Match Rating: 5 stars Rocky Johnson Jr. +5% overness, +8 popularity (1026), Sean O'Haire +10% overness, +10 popularity (1015) <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="51868" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Other News Minoru Suzuki's move over to WCCW caused quite a commotion in the wrestling industry. The Japanese wrestling pioneer has reportedly had his interest peaked in performing a run in the America's since early last year as his contract was running out with New Japan Pro Wrestling. Sources say he was most interested in signing with WCCW, so when the opportunity arose he jumped on it quickly and was able to piggy-back off some travel plans he already had in place. His debut at Ignition was underwhelming but everyone is happy with his progression so far into the Texas Heritage champion. Dusty Rhodes is said to be supremely satisfied with Suzuki so far and thinks he is the perfect villian for the WCCW audience. Combined with suprerior wrestling ability to most of the roster, the only thing holding him back will likely be his lack of English-speaking abilities. Scott Steiner is said to have backed off from talks with WCCW, apparently unsatisfied with the company's offer and lack of guarantee to thrust Steiner right into the main event. He is said to still be in talks with AWA. Derrick Neikirk is apparently looking to get out of the promotion. Working in WCCW's developmental, Neikirk is said to be unhappy with the call up of the New Blackjacks over himself, who has been in developmental for the past three years. Neikirk is reportedly acting up behind the scenes, apparently with no regard for his employment at this point. Negotiations with "Bruiser" Brodie Lee went sour after Lee reportedly lied to WCCW officials about upcoming bookings, appearing on a couple independent shows in the tri-state area when he told WCCW he had no bookings coming up in the next month and that he was taking time off to heal following a tour in Puerto Rico. WCCW is said to be disinterested in this point. Brad Attitude is gaining steam in WCCW's developmental, having won the developmental's Texas Heavyweight championship at a good show in Houston. Sources say everyone is really happy with Brad's recent development over the past couple months and could be on the shortlist for call-up soon.</div></blockquote>

September 18, 2020

WCCW Von Erich Cup 2010

PPV Buy Rate: 1.4 million buys

Show Rating: 4 1/4 stars

VS.

2010 Von Erich Cup Semi-Finals

Booker T vs. Lance Cade

Our first semi-final match-up came down to the uber-talented Booker T taking on "Lucious" Lance Cade. The latter came in heated, knowing the hill he would have to climb to overcome someone on the caliber of former WCCW World Heavyweight champion Booker T. His gas ran out mid-way through, however, and Booker T took over the match and controlled his destiny to secure his spot in the Finals match-up for the 2010 Von Erich Cup. With his eye on becoming World Heavyweight champion once again, can Booker T win twice in one night to achieve his goal?

Winner: Booker T via pinfall, Book End

Match Rating: 4.25 stars

Booker T +1% overness, +10 popularity (891), Lance Cade, -9 popularity (648)

VS.

2010 Von Erich Cup Semi-Finals

Cody Rhodes vs. Kip Winchester

The second semi-final started off even hotter than the first, as the fans rallied behind Cody Rhodes as soon as he came out on stage. He looked determined, while Winchester looked incredibly displeased by the fans reactions in the ring. He laid the pulp on Cody for the first portion of the match, as Cody fought back in a traditional babyface comeback, nearly succumbing to the disposition of Kip Winchester and instead countering to seal the deal with a Cross Rhodes manuever. With the fans elated, is Cody destined to walk out of the Von Erich Cup the man with the title shot at WCCW WrestleWar?

Winner: Cody Rhodes via pinfall, Cross Rhodes

Match Rating: 3.5 stars

Cody Rhodes +1.5% overness, +21 popularity (901), Kip Winchester -1% overness, -10 popularity (756)

VS.

WCCW World Tag Team

Before the finals, however, we would see The Brew Crew of James Storm and Trevor Murdoch successfully defend their tag belts against the Tex-Mex All-Stars. Another win over the team of El Hijo del Santo and Mr. Texas, and one could say The Brew Crew has effectively dominated the WCCW tag team division. Although the All-Stars looked servicable, they just couldn't overcome the rough-and-tough fighting style we have come accustomed to seeing The Brew Crew use in their matches, generally holding no regard for opponents and breaking all of the unwritten rules.

Winner: The Brew Crew via pinfall, Gory bomb - cutter combination

Match Rating: 4 stars

The Brew Crew +2.5% overness, +12 popularity (712), Tex-Mex All-Stars -1.5% overness, -8 popularity (714)

VS.

Singles Match

Bob Holly vs. Dustin Rhodes

The older brother of one-half of the Von Erich cup finalists, taking on the tag team partner of the man beaten in that semi-final match, led to a solid brawl between two men whom have seen quite a bit of each other over the years. But perhaps the fans weren't supposed to take away much of anything between these two just yet, rather focusing on the interference at the end of the match by Kip Winchester. Nailing Dustin over the head with a chair when the referee was distracted, Holly took his tag partner's help and was able to wrap up this one to secure the victory. Was this revenge for his younger brothers win over Kip in tonight’s tournament?

Winner: Bob Holly via interference, Kip Winchester chairshot

Match Rating: 3.5 stars

Bob Holly +1% overness, +22 popularity (913), Dustin Rhodes -4 popularity (827)

VS.

2010 Von Erich Cup Finals

Booker T vs. Cody Rhodes

Finally, our sixteen-man tournament that begins years on WCCW Monday Night Ignition every January has boiled down to our finalists for the 2010 edition: Booker T and Cody Rhodes. Both fighting for the prestigious Von Erich Cup and a coveted world title shot at WCCW WrestleWar in March! The fans were all over this one with the crowd solidly getting behind the younger Rhodes. Despite his controversial beginnings in WCCW as the son of owner Dusty Rhodes, Cody continues to do what he can to prove himself to the WCCW faithful and this match against Booker T was another one to certainly help his case. Most everyone considered this to be match of the night, but all-in-all, after plenty of false finishes, the stars just wouldn't align for the 25-year old, as the more experienced, yet aging, Booker T was able to carve out the win. Celebrating after the match to the crowd's demise, yet respect for the veteran's capabilities, it became clear this may be Booker T's last chance at the WCCW World Heavyweight title, a last dance, so to say.

Winner: Booker T via pinfall, Book End

Match Rating: 5 stars

Booker T +2% overness, +22 popularity (913), Cody Rhodes -1% overness, -14 popularity (887)

VS.

Texas Street Fight

"Texas Red" Mean Mark Callous vs. "Superstar" Steve Austin

The semi-main event for the 2010 Von Erich Cup came down to a Texas favorite, a good ole' street fight between two WCCW legends, and two men whom have despised each other almost the entirety of their long, prestigious careers. Callous and Austin have somehow always been a the ying to one's yang, colliding over company-engulfing storylines, or meeting together out of their own choice, like in tonight's case. Another grudge developed between the two superstars which Austin was quick to try to settle, "I'll beat your ass, any day, any time, any where, just like I always have you stupid son-of-a-bitch!". So when these two came together, sparks flew as fists were flying left-and-right. A wonderful display to appeal to both sides of the audience, half which are die-hard Texas Red fans, the other half loyal to Steve Austin whether he is with you or against you, these two didn't hold back. But all said and done, Callous was able to wrap up this fight with a tombstone piledriver on the concrete floor, sending Austin packing for the night and Texas Red struggling to make his way to the back. Will this be the last we see of these two going at it for awhile? Likely not knowing how stubborn “Stunning” Steve Austin is, and always will be...

Winner: Mean Mark Callous via pinfall, Tombstone Piledriver

Match Rating: 4.5 stars

Mean Mark Callous +2% overness, +21 popularity (997), Steve Austin -7% overness, -14 popularity (991)

VS.

WCCW World Heavyweight

Even after two excellent matches the crowd, which seemed dead before both men had gotten to the ring, were re-ignited by the entrance of Rocky Johnson Jr., perhaps the greatest wrestler in WCCW history. He put his world title on the line once again against Sean O'Haire, the next title challenger determined to get his hands on the belt. Just how far O'Haire will go remains to be seen, but tonight he didn't go far enough as Rocky was able to get the people behind him once again and overcome all the challenges O'Haire would put in his way. An excellent display in both wrestling and showmanship, O'Haire nearly sealed the deal after a devastating powerbomb that seemed to dismantle the world champion, but after kicking out at the very last milli-second, Rocky was able to charge back up with a wonderful comeback, tacking on another impressive title defense with the classic Rock Bottom right in the middle of the ring. The fans erupted and celebrated with their champion, as O'Haire laid battered and bruised with a wicked look in his eye...

Winner: Rocky Johnson Jr. via pinfall, Rock Bottom

Match Rating: 4.75 stars

Rocky Johnson Jr. +5% overness, +8 popularity (1013), Sean O'Haire +5% overness, +11 popularity (997)

Other News

WCCW confirmed the call-up of The New Blackjacks: Taylor and Windham Rotunda. Son of wrestler Mike Rotunda, these two have been touted as dynamite future workers for the company, and will join a WCCW tag division that has seemed a bit stale as of late. In developmental, the Rotuna brothers really honed their skills and seem primed and ready to compete on the main roster. Only time will tell how long it will take before they get their hands on tag title gold.

The company has been recruiting former AWA and TWE star Scott Steiner to join their roster as a high-level contender. Steiner is reportedly in talks with the company but inside sources say he is not convinced WCCW is the appropriate next step for his career.

WCCW officials have also been in talks with Japanese star Minoru Suzuki. Tough to say if this will lead to anything, as some sources have indicated Suzuki is interested in "having a go" in the American wrestling scene while others say that is 100% false and he has zero interest in exporting his talents.

September 18, 2020

iDOMINATION mod?

Essentially yes, some modifications to rosters.

September 18, 2020

WCCW Event Schedule

WCCW Von Erich Cup

January, 2010

Home of the Von Erich Cup Finals!

WCCW on PPV: February

February, 2010

WCCW WrestleWar

March, 2010

Home of the Thunderdome match!

WCCW on PPV: April

April, 2010

WCCW Battle at the Alamo

May, 2010

Home of the War Games match!

WCCW Super Summer Bash

June, 2010

WCCW Vengeance

July, 2010

WCCW Cotton Bowl Extravaganza

August, 2010

WCCW's signature annual event!

WCCW on PPV: September

September, 2010

WCCW Halloween Havoc

October, 2010

Home of Hell in a Cell!

WCCW Parade of Champions

November, 2010

Home of the Battlebowl!

WCCW Judgment Day

December, 2010

September 18, 2020

WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING, 2010

WCCW World Heavyweight Champion

"The Great One" Rocky Johnson, Jr.

WCCW Texas Heritage Champion

"Wildcat" Chris Harris

WCCW World Tag Team Champions

The Brew Crew (James Storm & Trevor Murdoch)

WCCW World Television Champion

Terry Ray Gordy

WCCW Main Roster

Faces
Tweener
Heels

Main Eventers
Booker T
Dustin Rhodes
"The Sinister One" Sean O'Haire
"Texas Red" Mean Mark Callous
"Superstar" Steve Austin
"The Great One" Rocky Johnson, Jr.

Upper Midcarders
Adam Pearce
Bison Smith
Bob Holly
"Wildcat" Chris Harris
Cody Rhodes
El Hijo del Santo
Kasey James
Kip Winchester
"Lucious" Lance Cade
James Storm
Mr. Texas
Ryan Reeves
Terry Ray Gordy
Trevor Murdoch

Lower Midcarders
Evan Karagias
Heidenreich
JD Maverick
Michael Tarver
Pat Buck
Salem
Shadow
Terkay

Jabronis
Derrick Neikirk
Mike Kruel
Phoenix Star
Ryan Wilson
The Super Destroyer
Zokre

Tag Teams
The Brew Crew - James Storm & Trevor Murdoch
Demolition Men - Heidenreich & Terkay
The Gatekeepers - Bob Holly & Kip Winchester
Los Luchas - Phoenix Star & Zokre
The New Freebirds - Terry Ray Gordy, Ryan Reeves, Kasey James
The Rhodes Brothers - Cody Rhodes & Dustin Rhodes
Shadow & Salem - Shadow & Salem
Tex-Mex All-Stars - El Hijo del Santo & Mr. Texas
Too Kruel - Mike Kruel & Ryan Wilson
Top Shelf Talent - JD Maverick & Pat Buck

Developmental Roster
Brad Attitude
Brett DiBiase
Chase Stevens
Chris Dickison
Chris Rambo
Dakota Darsow
Eli Cottonwood
Eric Escobar
Heath Slater
Kafu
Jesse White
Lacey Von Erich
Mike DiBiase
Taylor Rotunda
The Problem Solver
Titus O'Neill
Windham Rotunda

September 17, 2020

Found it!

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0ByamGL9VUka_V01pemNhM01menc

September 17, 2020

No, sorry. I didn't know those things existed and simply used the 150x150 images that I linked you to.

They exist somewhere, I had access to a google drive with them over a year ago, can't remember if it's something I set up or someone uploaded them for me.

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