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<blockquote style="border: 4px solid #000000; background: #C72727; width: 425px; padding: 10px"> Monday, August, Week 3, 2020 Portland Exposition Building (Portland, ME) </blockquote> <blockquote style="border: 4px solid #C72727; background: #DADADA; width: 650px; padding: 10px"> Pre-Show Matches Matt Riddle defeated Robert Roode in 10:14 via pinfall (Bro Derek) 40% Shayna Baszler defeated Natalya in 10:15 via submission (Karifuda Clutch). 39% Montel Vontavious Porter defeated Kalisto in 9:32 via pinfall (The 305). 27% Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Chad Gable in 10:17 via pinfall (Kinsasha). 46% </blockquote> <blockquote style="border: 4px solid #FFFFFF; background: #FFFFFF; width: 900px; padding: 10px"> RAW opens with C.E.O. Triple H standing in the ring. Beside him there is a rolling cage commonly used in random bingo draws. In this case it is filled with balls containing the names of every male WWE superstar on the roster. Triple H: "Ladies and gentlemen ... Welcome to Monday Night RAW! Tonight we begin the drawing to determine which superstars are going to be randomly put together and given an opportunity to win a tournament to become the first WWE World Tag Team Champions of this new era. Additionally tonight we will have two matches where current teams can fight for the right to remain a unit going into the tourney. These matches will be The Viking Raiders stepping into the ring against Heavy Machinery, and The Street Profits will step into the ring with Paul Heyman's clients KUSHIDA and Brock Lesnar! Now, without further ado lets draw our first team..." Hunter turned his attention to the rolling cage and spin it around a few times before reaching in and removing two of the balls which he soon cracked open, and glanced at the names before he continued. Triple H: "Our first team to enter the Lethal Lottery Tag Team Championship is as follows ... First we have MATT RIDDLE! And his tag team partner will be none other than ... AELISTER BLACK! An impressive team to be sure. The next team will be drawn on SmackDown. Good luck to the teams fighting to survive tonight." Triple H's music hit the speakers, leading to the man dropping down to slide out of the ring. We cut backstage to where a room full of superstars were talking about what happened with Black, and Riddle nodding respectfully at one another. Segment Rating: 93% </blockquote> <blockquote style="border: 4px solid #C72727; background: #DADADA; width: 900px; padding: 10px"> Vs. The Viking Raiders Vs. Heavy Machinery The Winning Team Remains As A Unit In The Lethal Lottery In a relatively quick match considering the current popularity of both teams compared to the rest of the roster, The Viking Raiders managed to dismantle the team of Otis and Tucker when Otis was isolated and taken out with the Viking Experience. Viking Raiders have entered the Lethal Lottery as a unit officially. Winner: The Viking Raiders in 8:09 via pinfall (The Viking Experience) 30% </blockquote> <blockquote style="border: 4px solid #FFFFFF; background: #FFFFFF; width: 900px; padding: 10px"> As The Viking Warriors head backstage victorious, a distraught Otis was pacing back and forth outside with Tucker seemingly trying to talk him out of something. Otis shakes his head in response to his friend and grabs the microphone. Otis: "Tuckie, I'm sorry. I dropped the ball tonight, and I know it. I've been distracted with my peach Mandy, and I haven't been pulling my weight in this team. I can't drag you down like this. You deserve better. So listen. Triple H? We don't have a champion right now for me to cash in my Money in the Bank briefcase on, so if you're willing I want to cash in my briefcase on a spot in this Lethal Lottery Championship Tournament to ensure myself, and Tuckie get an opportunity." Otis held up his MITB briefcase and stared up at the Titan Tron waiting. Eventually HHH appeared looking as if he was slightly confused by the sudden decision. Triple H: "Otis, once you cash that briefcase in on something it's gone. So if you end up losing in the first round that's it. Your guaranteed championship opportunity is gone. Are you sure about this? Well, if this is what you want - considering you don't qualify for the women's, or junior heavyweight divisions - and I'm not going to expect you to cash in on a championship you can just come out and accept an open challenge on, such as the TV Championship ... I will grant your request. As of right now Heavy Machinery will be entered into the Lethal Lottery officially as a unit, and your Money in the Bank briefcase will officially become null and void. I wish you both luck in the tournament." Otis let out an audible cheer and soon rushed backstage looking like a poor boy who just found Uncle Scrooge's Money Bin. Tucker followed behind him looking somewhat upset, like he just cost his best friend his one opportunity to be a star. Segment Rating: 33% </blockquote> <blockquote style="border: 4px solid #FFFFFF; background: #FFFFFF; width: 900px; padding: 10px"> We cut backstage to where Randy Orton is standing alone in a dim room, with a hoodie over his head looking like some kind of casual dressed Sith Lord. Randy Orton: "The A Block wrestlers have had a bit of a mini vacation for the past two weeks, but next week, Bray Wyatt, you are I are soon to step into the ring. The rest of this roster fears you because you wear that ridiculous Halloween mask, but I know you better than that. You and I are close Wyatt. And I've beaten you before. So you can do all the red lighting you want. You can project worms on the ring all you want. You can bring your stupid puppets. Mark my words when it's all said and done I'm gonna put the monster down with three simple letters - R K O." Orton smirked, as the camera once more faded back to ringside. Segment Rating: 59% </blockquote> <blockquote style="border: 4px solid #C72727; background: #DADADA; width: 900px; padding: 10px"> Vs. Rey Mysterio Vs. Bobby Fish Bobby Fish entered to somewhat generic sounding music, with the implication being that he is a solo entity on this newfound debut on the main roster. This match was a showcase of his technical prowess ending with him forcing the legendary masked superstar to tap out to the Fish Hook. Winner: Bobby Fish in 8:29 via submission (Fish Hook Deluxe) 43% </blockquote> <blockquote style="border: 4px solid #C72727; background: #DADADA; width: 900px; padding: 10px"> Vs. The Street Profits Vs. The Heyman Guys The Winning Team Remains As A Unit In The Lethal Lottery In the second match to determine which team was going to enter the Lethal Lottery as a duo, The Street Profits managed to pull off a spectacular upset thanks in part to the arrival of Ricochet, and John Cena with Cena taking Lesnar out with an Attitude Adjustment, and Ricochet distracting KUSHIDA long enough for the Street Profits to nail him with their Spinebuster and Frog Splash combo for the three. The Street Profits have entered the Lethal Lottery as a unit officially. Winner: The Street Profits in 14:51 via pinfall (Spinebuster and Frog Splash Combo) 30% </blockquote> <blockquote style="border: 4px solid #C72727; background: #DADADA; width: 900px; padding: 10px"> Vs. Roman Reigns & Daniel Bryan Vs. Kevin Owens & Drew McIntyre In a preview match leading to A-Block singles matches between Roman Reigns and Kevin Owens, as well as Daniel Bryan and Drew McIntyre, we saw Roman Reigns manage to get the upper hand on his future opponent and take out Owens with a spear, allowing him to get the three count. Roman and Bryan have some momentum going into SmackDown. Winner: Roman Reigns & Daniel Bryan in 10:25 via pinfall (Spear) 69% </blockquote> <blockquote style="border: 4px solid #C72727; background: #DADADA; width: 900px; padding: 10px"> Vs. Big E (10) Vs. Jey Uso (0) B-Block Wrestling Classic Match Our first B-Block match pitted the completely eliminated Jey Uso against the rising star of the New Day, Big E. Unfortunately for Uso tonight was not destined to be the night he got back to a winning path, as he fell to the Big Ending, bringing Big E to 12 points on the B-Block scoreboard. Winner: Big E in 10:02 via pinfall (Big Ending) 46% </blockquote> <blockquote style="border: 4px solid #FFFFFF; background: #FFFFFF; width: 900px; padding: 10px"> Cutting backstage to the promo room, we see Andrade laying on the floor looking like he was completely relaxed, and laid back. He teased not even noticing the camera for a moment before he began to speak. Andrade: "I admit my progress in the Wrestling Classic has not been ideal. The ... removal of Zelina Vega by my side has shaken up my game plan, and I have been foolish to not revise that plan. That stops now. People in the WWE have forgotten than I am el idolo. They have forgotten what I'm capable of, and this Friday on SmackDown I'm gonna make everybody remember starting with Braun Strowman." Andrade slid his hand through his hair, and winked at the camera before it faded to black. Segment Rating: 57% </blockquote> <blockquote style="border: 4px solid #FFFFFF; background: #FFFFFF; width: 900px; padding: 10px"> Before we could return to ringside, however, we were treated to footage of AJ Styles walking backstage to an unknown destination. Suddenly, however Seth Rollins and Murphy appeared from a room and began to jump the Phenomenal One! Seth and his henchman left AJ clutching his ribs and coughing in the corner. Clearly the strategy was to weaken the man before Seth and AJ could compete on SmackDown. But would it be enough to get Seth higher on the scoreboard?[/left] Segment Rating: 53% </blockquote> <blockquote style="border: 4px solid #C72727; background: #DADADA; width: 900px; padding: 10px"> Vs. Sami Zayn (6) Vs. Dolph Ziggler (6) B-Block Wrestling Classic Match In our second B-Block match we had a battle of equal scoring opponents. The finish came when Sami managed to stun Dolph long enough near the corner to follow up with the Helluva Kick, bringing Sami Zayn to 8 points on the B-Block scoreboard. Winner: Sami Zayn in 10:12 via pinfall (Helluva Kick) 54% </blockquote> <blockquote style="border: 4px solid #FFFFFF; background: #FFFFFF; width: 900px; padding: 10px"> Returning to the promo area, we see Daniel Bryan shaking off some of the soreness related to his earlier tag contest. He soon glanced up at the camera and began to speak. Daniel Bryan: "There was a time where I stood tall as the main event of this company, with the overwhelming support of the WWE Universe by my side. I admit I let that popularity get to me, and I ruined it by turning away from the light for a time - and I'll admit it, I'm still recovering from that. I'm still finding my place back on the mountain. Maybe it's too late for me to win this tournament, but I will be back with a vengeance. Friday I step into the ring with Drew McIntyre, the former WWE Champion. Drew I respect you quite a bit, and you're gonna be a challenge - but I'm going to make you tap out." Bryan nodded firmly to the camera, before it faded back to ringside for our next B-Block match. Segment Rating: 59% </blockquote> <blockquote style="border: 4px solid #C72727; background: #DADADA; width: 900px; padding: 10px"> Vs. Cesaro (6) Vs. John Morrison (4) B-Block Wrestling Classic Match Our third B-Block match pitted Cesaro against John Morrison, with Cesaro leading in points. Morrison attempted to get the upper hand on Cesaro, but a low blow stunned Morrison long enough for Cesaro to deliver the Neutralizer and get the pin to push him to 8 points. Winner: Cesaro in 10:12 via pinfall (Neutralizer) 54% </blockquote> <blockquote style="border: 4px solid #FFFFFF; background: #FFFFFF; width: 900px; padding: 10px"> We return to the promo room one last time for the evening where "the Big Dog" Roman Reigns is waiting to speak his mind about his upcoming match with Kevin Owens. Roman Reigns: "Kevin Owens, you've done damn well in the A-Block so far. Hell, you're almost caught up to me, and Wyatt. But earlier tonight I speared you, and pinned you. The same thing is gonna happen on SmackDown. I know you're gonna make it a fight, and I'm looking forward to that. But nothing is stopping me from claiming the gold. Nobody. Believe that." Roman cocked his arm like a gun, and we soon faded to ringside for the next match. Segment Rating: 59% </blockquote> <blockquote style="border: 4px solid #C72727; background: #DADADA; width: 900px; padding: 10px"> Vs. King Corbin (6) Vs. Bobby Lashley (10) B-Block Wrestling Classic Match If there was a word to aptly describe our fourth B-Block match it would be "massacre". Bobby Lashley, clearly still pissed off about his loss to Kofi Kingston earlier in the tournament just brutalized Corbin for ten minutes, with Corbin struggling to fight the bigger man off. Eventually Lashley mercifully ended it with a running powerslam to tie Big E at 12 points. Winner: Bobby Lashley in 10:04 via pinfall (Running Powerslam) 54% </blockquote> <blockquote style="border: 4px solid #FFFFFF; background: #FFFFFF; width: 900px; padding: 10px"> The theme song of "The Undertaker" began to play as the ring introductions for the triple threat WWE Television Championship match began. Moments passed with no sign of Undertaker. Soon we cut backstage to where Taker was frantically looking for his motorcycle which seemingly was no longer where it was meant to be parked. Frustrated, Taker turned around to begin walking to the ring when he found himself face to face with Bobby Fish who debuted earlier tonight. Fish had a smirk on his face, and Taker looked at him confused. Suddenly unknown to Undertaker, three more men began to approach behind him: Roderick Strong, Kyle O'Reilly, and Adam Cole! It seemed as if Fish's generic music earlier in the night was meant to throw the WWE off from what was coming. The four circled around Undertaker before lunging into an attack. Taker tried to fight the four off, but the superior numbers soon got the better of him and they left Taker down and out. Pushing some production crates away it was revealed the bike was simply hidden from view. Cole grabbed the keys to the bike from Taker's pocket and climbed on, with Roddy sitting behind him and the two drove off while Fish, and O'Reilly held Taker down to force him to watch. The former ReDragon once more laid the boots to Taker until several referees arrived to get between them and Taker. Fish, and O'Reilly slowly walked away with smug satisfied grins on their face. A referee held up an X hand sign and mentioned that Undertaker was not fit to compete and was hereby eliminated from the triple threat match. The Undisputed ERA had arrived ... but why The Undertaker? Segment Rating: 45% </blockquote> <blockquote style="border: 4px solid #C72727; background: #DADADA; width: 900px; padding: 10px"> Vs. Samoa Joe © Vs. Aelister Black WWE Television Championship Despite the fact one of their opponents was suddenly, and viciously removed from the match - neither Samoa Joe, nor his challenger Aelister Black seemed phased by it. They were simply too focused on each other, and after a long back and forth drag out brawl, it was the defending champion that managed to lock in the Coquina Clutch and get his fourth title defense down. Winner: Samoa Joe in 14:42 via pinfall (Coquina Clutch) 51% </blockquote> <blockquote style="border: 4px solid #C72727; background: #DADADA; width: 900px; padding: 10px"> Vs. Kofi Kingston (6) Vs. Jeff Hardy (6) B-Block Wrestling Classic Match Our main event pitted the equally matched Kofi Kingston, hot off the momentum of ending the undefeated streak of Bobby Lashley, against the colorful and charismatic Jeff Hardy. The two engaged in a fairly even contest until Kofi managed to keep up his momentum via nailing Trouble In Paradise to bring himself up to 8 points. Winner: Kofi Kingston in 14:03 via pinfall (Trouble In Paradise) 47% </blockquote> Overall Show Rating: 56% <blockquote style="border: 4px solid #000000; background: #c0c0c0; width: 301px; padding: 5px"> <table width="300px" align="center" cellpadding="5px"><tr> </tr> Current Wrestling Classic Standings <tr><td> Bray Wyatt - 12 Roman Reigns - 12 Kevin Owens - 10 Drew McIntyre - 8 AJ Styles - 6 Randy Orton - 4 Daniel Bryan - 4 Andrade - 4 Seth Rollins - 4 Braun Strowman - 2 </td> <td> Bobby Lashley - 12 Big E - 12 Cesaro - 8 Kofi Kingston - 8 Sami Zayn - 8 King Corbin - 6 Dolph Ziggler - 6 Jeff Hardy - 6 John Morrison - 4 Jey Uso - 0 </td></tr></table> </blockquote>

Just a quick note: This dynasty isn't dead. I've been having some issues with my internet for the past week or two. Lots of drop outs, and many … many phone conversations with my ISP.

"Hey Steve. You have TEW 2020 right. You want to be a tester for me?"

I just figured Ric Flair REALLY didn't like El Gigante.

Ric Flair & Sid Vicious vs. Sting & Lex Luger "Nature Boy" Ric Flair vs. El Gigante Larry Zbyszko © vs. Bobby Eaton The Steiner Brothers © vs. The Hardliners "Stunning" Steve Austin w/ Madusa vs. Ron Garvin Big Van Vader vs. ?????????? Brian Pillman vs. Diamond Dallas Page Dustin Rhodes vs. Buddy Landel Ricky Morton & Jeff Jarrett vs. The Minnesota Wrecking Crew Who is the mystery opponent supplied to Big Van Vader by Dustin Rhodes?: "Mean" Mark Callous/The Undertaker One of the matches was missing from the simpler: Terrance Taylor vs Tommy Rich

I think considering the whole COVID deal, and the fact we don't know how that is, or is not effecting the dev of this - perhaps a bit of patience is in order.

Hopefully Finn gets a stronger showing as NXT champion, since it felt like the company all but gave up on him after he got injured winning the Universal Championship.

I mean, I've heard Jim Cornette tell stories about how he agreed to do his one appearance for ECW in exchange for Heyman apologizing to somebody but otherwise for free (and it true Heyman fashion he gave Cornette money and then buried the other guy the next day). So I wouldn't say nobody works for free, but if they were going to allow it, you'd basically need some sort of mitigating factor. "I'll work your show and job out, but in exchange you have to agree to one of your stars working my indy promotion" or "I'll do this show for free, in exchange for three paid appearances after" etc.

I'm not certain, but I vaguely recall the days of NWATNA having the weekly PPVs being relatively fine. Granted that was a few versions of the sim ago.

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Turkeyninja" data-cite="Turkeyninja" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="51787" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I don't book wrestlers the same they are in real life, but I don't do off the wall things such as giving Kevin Nash the Kane gimmick.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> What about giving Kane the Diesel gimmick? That'd be crazy huh? Could you imagine some company actually doing that?</p>

Jay White could be interesting. He could use AEW to build up his fan following while he's unable to return to Japan. Possibly even have him beat Moxley for the belt so when he can return you can run almost a sort of "I didn't agree to EVIL joining Bullet Club, so now you have to deal with my Bullet Club" situation where Jay and a few AEW guys "invade" NJPW for a bit a'la the NWA invasion storyline they had with Satoshi Kojima a while back.

Yeah, you'll see that. Everybody has a bias. Like one of my favorites are Hirooki Goto in NJPW. But I'm not gonna give the guy 100 in any stat. It's why I feel a committee kinda mod works better for real life, because if you've got ten people developing it at least half of them are going to go "Uh, excuse me why does Sin Cara have 100 microphone?"

For what it's worth, Miro (Rusev) did state on his Twitch stream that he's effectively retired from the business. Which I mean, yeah it's not exactly Wrestling Observer over here, but it is words directly from the man's mouth. Why break your back when you can just play FIFA, y'know? So I think for him it's a hope he's working you, but don't hold your breath situation. As for Lesnar? I feel he's a bit more passionate than people give him credit for. He just is like Kevin Nash where money is important. But you also see him doing stuff like emoting majorly for Keith Lee's Rumble debut basically putting the guy over without having to even take a bump. The Khan's can certainly pay off his wages, but I feel like Brock will have some loyalty to Vince. I'd go as far as to assume him being a free agent is just pee-cocking just to see if he can get Vince to pay him slightly more, but he intends to resign anyway. I could be wrong, but I don't see Brock going where Paul Heyman isn't. I'd love to see the big surprise to be that NJPW and AEW finally worked out their differences and, to quote Tanahashi - they've opened the "forbidden door".

This can also be a big factor. I use one database now where honestly, while overall the job done was good everybody seems exceptionally low. Like I understand wrestling is in a bit of a slump right now, but it seems weird that the WWE of all places is pulling like indy numbers considering they're still a massively televised product. It can make it difficult to book because the crowd considers the majority of your roster jobbers and unless you're always booking them against huge stars it'll actively bury your show to use them. And yes, one could argue right now nobody in WWE is truly a house hold name ...but I mean I barely even watch anymore and I know who the people on 205 Live are. So I feel like sometimes people get majorly undercutted. I remember a few years ago I was looking at one mod when Tyler Breeze was one of the main stays on NXT and his stats were absolute garbage. Meanwhile I'm watching him every week and feeling like I'm watching a completely different person. But again - it's personal preference, even when it comes down to stats and all.