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<p>Since <a href="http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2298727&postcount=3401" rel="external nofollow">my last update</a> things have been rough. Jack Bruce got busted with a scandal and I fired him immediately to save face. Problem was, even at 44, he was still my figurehead. </p><p> </p><p> I've signed Wolf Hawkins and despite keeping him heel I was planning on turning him face and having him face Jack Bruce again in a passing-of-the-torch type match and thereby making Wolf Hawkins my new figurehead, but now that can't happen.</p><p> </p><p> I pulled the trigger on making Hawkins face, and I did it by aligning him with Mikey Lau and (newly-signed) Joshua Taylor. I've got them pitted against a faction called Dominion, which is led by John Greed and also features Lenny Brown and Dominic Cain (Dominic Desousa.) They're owning pretty much all the competition now.</p>

<p><img alt="eZV8WDy.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/eZV8WDy.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> So this happened a few months ago in-game. Playing as SWF. He was still my figurehead and it's been a huge booking obstacle. Slowly recovering, but it couldn't have come at a worse time as I was about to enter him into a passing-of-the-torch storyline.</p>

<p>Almost a year and a half into my first SWF game. Really enjoying it so far. My main event scene is incredible. I signed Wolf Hawkins and Marat Khoklov and currently just had Khoklov win the world championship in a triple threat against Wolf Hawkins and Mikey Lau. I'm eventually setting up for Hawkins to take Jack Bruce's spot as figurehead. Dude is like my AJ Styles, he steals every show.</p><p> </p><p> I split the Bumfholes and reintroduced them as Zim Barna and Randy Flash, with Randy having turned on Zimmy. They've had on-again off-again feuds since the split and both are established upper midcard talents.</p><p> </p><p> Unfortunately I've also lost my fair share of talent to the competition. I've seen Angry Gilmore, Joey Morgan, and Brandon James all turn down generous offers and jump ship. Gilmore hurt the most as I was planning on getting him involved in a title feud.</p>

<p>The game I'm running has been the longest I've ever ran. Just hit the 2 year mark. I started as WWE in January of 2016. Here's a recap of the major storylines that took effect in 2016. I'll dedicate a separate post to 2017.</p><p> </p><p> The rise of <strong>Dean Ambrose</strong> was a focal point of early 2016. He lost a triple threat match at the Royal Rumble against Roman Reigns & Triple H (Triple H won), only to bounce back and win the rumble itself. Reigns had a rematch against Triple H at Fastlane where he failed to secure the title, so the Wrestlemania 32 main event was set: Dean Ambrose vs. Triple H. Ambrose successfully defeated Triple H and ascended to the top of WWE at Wrestlemania 32.</p><p> </p><p> Another major event at the start of the year was <strong>Kurt Angle's</strong> return to in-ring action. Angle was a heel and immediately established himself in the title hunt, but Dolph Ziggler put himself in the way of the returning legend. Ziggler couldn't hold off Angle, though, and Angle secured the victory at the Royal Rumble. Angle unsuccessfully fought for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Elimination Chamber (I ran a Fastlane and an Elimination Chamber) but Triple H retained against Angle, Reigns, Big Show, Dolph Ziggler, & Finn Balor. The Ziggler/Angle feud would continue through Wrestlemania with Angle picking up the victory in an ultimate submission match. </p><p> </p><p> Wrestlemania 32 itself was a pretty great event overall. It got a B rating. I had a lot of fun feuds. One was <strong>John Cena</strong> successfully challenging <strong>Chris Jericho</strong> for the Intercontinental Championship (chasing the only title to elude him for his career.) Another was <strong>Undertaker</strong> defeating <strong>Kevin Owens</strong> after a vicious match that tied <strong>Ziggler/Angle</strong> for match of the night. And in what was a really surprisingly good match, <strong>Brock Lesnar</strong> defeated <strong>The Rock </strong>in the co-headlining match. Overall, it was a really solid Wrestlemania that gave me a lot of options moving forward.</p><p> </p><p> The night after Wrestlemania, I had the <strong>American Wolves</strong> debut on Raw. I combed these guys to be the next great team. </p><p> </p><p> Extreme Rules was the first post-WM PPV I had, and I really wanted to start laying out the backbone of my roster. In keeping true with WWE, guys like Undertaker, Lesnar, & Rock don't typically work these lesser PPV's, so I was limited in their appearances. <strong>AJ Styles</strong> returned from injury and I had him immediately capture the US Championship. <strong>Big E </strong>turned on <strong>Kingston & Woods</strong>, turning heel in the process. <strong>Sting</strong> returned to in-ring action but came up short against<strong> Randy Orton</strong>. I had <strong>Chris Jericho</strong> form a stable with<strong> Eddie Edwards & Davey Richards</strong>, dubbed "The Wolves Of Jericho" that would become my favorite stabled that I booked. And the new #1 contender<strong> Kurt Angle</strong> fell to <strong>Dean Ambrose</strong> in the main event. This Extreme Rules was possibly one of the most important PPV's in 2016 because I laid down my booking to give myself options, but I had specific paths I wanted guys to follow.</p><p> </p><p> The next PPV was Judgment Day. Not a terribly eventful PPV, save for me forming the faction of <strong>The Usos, Rikishi, & Roman Reigns</strong> to fight the <strong>Wyatts</strong>, and the main event of <strong>Dean Ambrose</strong> defending the WWE title against <strong>Cesaro </strong>and <strong>Kurt Angle</strong>. I was cautious about pushing Cesaro because the main event was crowded, so I had Ambrose retain. I also booked <strong>Jericho</strong> to pick up his IC title back from <strong>John Cena</strong>, further cementing his legacy and to give some legitimacy to the "Wolves Of Jericho". </p><p> </p><p> Payback came at the end of May. The American Wolves were booked strongly with a victory over the Usos, but I had Jericho drop the IC title to Reigns just a month after winning in both to plant some seeds and also get the focus back on Richards/Edwards. Randy Orton captured the US title from Sami Zayn. Cesaro and Angle had an absolute clinic in wrestling where Angle just edged out Cesaro, and Ambrose defeated Sheamus in the main event. </p><p> </p><p> Money In The Bank was my next big PPV. I tried to book it on the scale of the Big Four.<strong> Big E</strong> defeated both<strong> Kingston & Woods </strong>to get his singles career off to a bang. <strong>Samoa Joe</strong> defeated a returning <strong>Goldberg</strong>. <strong>Cesaro</strong> went the distance and defeated <strong>Kurt Angle</strong> in an iron man match, scoring just as high as their last bout. I booked<strong> Orton</strong> to retain the US Championship against <strong>Cena </strong>and <strong>The Miz</strong> to bring some legitimacy to the title. <strong>The American Wolves</strong> assaulted the WWE Tag Team Champions (<strong>The Dudleyz</strong>). <strong>Luke Harper </strong>won the MITB briefcase. <strong>Ziggler</strong> turned heel earlier in the month, joining the Authority, and unsuccessfully challenged <strong>Ambrose</strong> for the WWE title. Post-match, <strong>Undertaker</strong> returned and took Ambrose out, making his own challenge for the title apparent.</p><p> </p><p> And this is going a lot longer than I expected, so I'll make another post covering the back-half of 2016. There's some pretty surprising twists and turns! Thanks if you read this!</p>

<p>As WWE modern-day I was riding high with Ambrose as THE guy, he won the title, I just brought back the brand split, Ambrose has been on an absolute tear...and his contract is up for renewal. So I give him a good deal. TNA ups the ante. I beat the TNA deal, but Ambrose STILL choses to jump ship and sign with them. </p><p> </p><p> So I'm losing my top guy. He pissed me off so badly with that move. He was set to face The Undertaker at the next PPV for the title, I was naturally going to put Ambrose over, he was going to be a long-term champion. Well, luckily for me Seth Rollins had just come back from injury, so I had the Authority make it a triple threat match, and put Rollins over. I had Ambrose eat another loss in the rematch as well. The whole situation was crazy.</p><p> </p><p> I really enjoyed it though, I'm currently at war with TNA so them stealing my top star is a huge blow. Hopefully I can bounce back from it. Should I ever sign Ambrose again though, he's probably not getting a main event run. He's with them for the next 4 years though.</p>

Got a current WWE game going as we approach Wrestlemania. Put Ambrose over in the rumble, setting him up to take on Triple H. I put the US Title on AJ Styles and after a couple good defences on Raw, I had him defend it against Miz. Well Styles got a broken neck and they called an audible to have Miz go over and win the title. So now Styles is gonna miss Wrestlemania and I have to somehow make Miz work as champion. Styles was feuding with Zayn, Kalisto, & Stardust, so I'll probably end up just swapping Styles' spot for Miz and putting Zayn over at Wrestlemania. Still need to figure out the rest of the main eventer's roles, though. I'm debating whether to do Brock/Reigns II, or Rock vs. Brock.