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<p>How about have a heel authority figure treat him badly, and also maybe 3/4 other guys. One by one, have him approach the guys to band together to overthrow the authority. As the revolution builds, the authority figure starts acting harsher to anybody who associates with him, putting them in handicap matches, gauntlets, etc. just making their lives miserable. Maybe have it culminate in a 5 on 5 match elimination match, the rebels taking on a team the authority has assembled. The rebels win and the authority figure is gone.</p><p> </p><p> There is a few things you could do afterwards, personally I think an "Animal Farm" esque route could be fun. Having the rebels overthrow the authority and taking power, then having Bastille one by one turn on the people that helped him, out of paranoia and fear that they will turn on him, and he ultimately becomes just as tyrannic as the former authority. Also, maybe have him keep 1 or 2 peopld around as lackeys who are just afraid of stepping out of line.</p><p> </p><p> I think something like that could work, there are a few ways you could go from there</p>

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="NeddyHernandez" data-cite="NeddyHernandez" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41174" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>"Bae" won't be a thing until about 20 years later.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Be a trendsetter, gotta be ahead of the game!</p>

Call him Baewatch, a gimmick where he hits on other people's girlfriends and wives in front of them. If you want to use the lifeguard thing, have him "save" girls from their ugly partners

<p>So Samoa Joe was hired by OVW for one night only and was booked to drop the Global title to Chris Kanyon, worst part is, because Kanyon is under a developmental deal, I cant loan him to take the title off of him. The title has already dropped from A prestige to B+ after 2 weeks, so that sucks. Anyway just finished my anniversary show.</p><p> </p><p> ROH Tag Team Titles:</p><p> KENTA & Steve Corino defeated the Second City Saints to win the ROH Tag Team Titles. After CM Punk turned on Cabana, blaming him for the loss</p><p> </p><p> Samoa Joe defeated Jushin Thunder Liger</p><p> </p><p> Londrick defeated Team Friendship (Chris Sabin & El Generico)</p><p> </p><p> AJ Styles defeated Jerry Lynn & Kaz Hayashi, and was then destroyed by Samoa Joe</p><p> </p><p> Homicide defeated Cheerleader Melissa</p><p> </p><p> The S.A.T defeated the F.B.I to earn a tag title shot in the future</p><p> </p><p> Nigel McGuinness defeated Alex Wright</p><p> </p><p> Prince Devitt defeated Bryan Danielson to win the ROH World title</p><p> </p><p> Devitt vs Bryan was the highest rated match I have had in the save (B+) and the show was also the highest rated show I've had in the save (B+). Also Scott Hall vs Ric Flair is the Wrestlemania main event, 2003 Scott Hall in the Mania main event surely cant a great idea</p>

<p>Someone needs to meddle in this clique to bring an end to all this simmering of tension. I guess I'm like Vince McMahon, only guys who's reputation I built make it to the top dammit! If Jushin Liger thinks he can come into my company with his own fanbase, he's got another thing coming! <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> As for Evan Karagis, that question is better asked to Jeff Jarrett and the wonderful folks at Total Nonstop Action. Seriously, I got the news notification and my jaw almost hit the floor. Evan's been doing jobs ever since as a punishment and TNA was expelled from the Alliance. Anytime I see that a company has loaned the title I get a little nervous incase some jobber beats one of my top guys.</p>

Year One at Ring of Honor is Complete and we are in to 2003. Bryan Danielson has managed to keep a hold of his Ring of Honor World title through some tough challenges from the likes of Samoa Joe, Joel Maximo, AJ Styles and Steve Corino in recent months, meanwhile the Second City Saints, CM Punk and Colt Cabana, have maintained their position atop the Tag Team division for the better part of 6 months now. In February, we will have our first anniversary show where we will see Bryan Danielson defend his Ring of Honor World Championship against Prince Devitt, who has been unbeaten since his debut in ROH. In addition to that, the team of Steve Corino and KENTA have been on a roll since joining forces and they will go to war with the Second City Saints in New York on ROH's first birthday! I formed an alliance with every indy company around the world and Pro Wrestling NOAH called the World Wrestling Network and it has been great so far. Our title, the WWN Global Championship has an A* prestige and has really elevated some guys to the top of my roster. It's went from Steve Corino who was averaging B's every show, to Jushin Thunder Liger, back to Corino, to Evan Karagis (Don't ask), and now Samoa Joe has it. Since Joe won the title, he has had a meteoric rise. His pop is at C+ in every region of the States, which can only be matched by Devitt, and he has been putting on the best matches on the card every show. What is great to see for me is the new generation of talent is finally overtaking the old guard as the most valuable guys on the roster. I hated seeing my franchise players being Jerry Lynn, Jushin Liger, Curt Hennig, etc. Now it is: - Prince Devitt - Samoa Joe (WWN Global Champion) - Homicide - Bryan Danielson (ROH Champion) - Joel Maximo The future is looking bright for ROH, with AJ Styles, CM Punk, Colt Cabana, Brian Kendrick, Steve Corino, KENTA, etc. all on the cusp of stardom, hopefully we can keep this momentum going strong in 2003.

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="niall2015" data-cite="niall2015" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41174" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Doing a Ring of Honor 2002 game. Held a one night 12 man tournament to determine my first ever ROH World Champion and after defeating Christopher Daniels, Curt Hennig, Steve Corino and Bryan Danielson in one night, AJ Styles was declared the winner and the first ever ROH World Champion. 4 days later, he breaks his leg and is out for 6 months</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Goes from bad to worse, I had Homicide and Low Ki (The Cop Killas) become the first ever ROH Tag Team champions. A week later, Low Ki signs a developmental deal with WWE. I'm afraid to put a belt on somebody incase I lose them haha</p>

Can I get rules for a 2002 ROH save

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="The_Bullard" data-cite="The_Bullard" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41174" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Gutted. Plenty of storyline potential though!</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> He beat Bryan in the final so gonna give the title to him at Death Before Dishonor against CM Punk. Thinking of having Bryan defend the title against everybody, Cabana, Low Ki, Homicide, Jerry Lynn, etc. Maybe even bring guys in just to challenge him. As time goes by, he starts using questionable methods to win, just doing anything to keep the title. Have AJ return in October and get a shot at the title that he never lost. Then have Bryan go full heel, trying to break his leg again and retain after losing by DQ. Should start up a good 4 month storyline there with the pay off being AJ finally dethroning Bryan at the Anniversary show in February and winning his title back. Maybe using Samoa Joe or signing Abyss to be Bryan's bodyguard could be a good idea too</p>

Doing a Ring of Honor 2002 game. Held a one night 12 man tournament to determine my first ever ROH World Champion and after defeating Christopher Daniels, Curt Hennig, Steve Corino and Bryan Danielson in one night, AJ Styles was declared the winner and the first ever ROH World Champion. 4 days later, he breaks his leg and is out for 6 months

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="edenborn" data-cite="edenborn" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41193" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Playing a WWF Golden Age game, I'm building up to WrestleMania III, playing out the various historical feuds when Billy Jack Haynes gets busted for steroids. Love it. I didn't suspend or fire him, not with this Full Nelson Challenge coming up, so the press got wind of the story and my prestige took a hit. Now... what do I do? Or, realistically speaking, how might Vince McMahon of 1987 have attempted to make lemonade out of this steroidy lemon?<p> </p><p> The natural thing to do: turn Billy Jack heel, right? Maybe you could push a steroid abuser as a tweener face in the Attitude Era, but this is the Golden Age. So I'll turn him heel, and probably change his gimmick from Bad Ass to Man Beast, playing the notion that steroids have unhinged him to the point where he'll periodically fly into animalistic rages. </p><p> </p><p> When? I could turn him on the very next TV show, having him lose it on Mean Gene during at an interview, manhandling him when the question of steroids comes up. But then I have a heel vs. heel match at WrestleMania, which doesn't seem so fun.</p><p> </p><p> Instead, I'm thinking of having Billy Jack apologize to the fans for his bad judgment and humbly ask for their forgiveness going forward. Meanwhile, Bobby Heenan starts cutting obnoxiously self-righteous counter promos about "Billy Jerk" being a cheater and a coward, so in fear of Hercules, he's willing to take any shortcut he can. Then, in their Full Nelson Challenge at WrestleMania, we pull off the double turn, Bobby Heenan suddenly betraying Hercules, turning him face. In a later interview, Heenan gloats about his new acquisition, praising Billy Jack as "a man with a killer instinct, he'll do <strong>anything</strong> to win." </p><p> </p><p> From there, I push Billy Jack as a monster heel and potential Hogan-killer. Hercules gets to spend the rest of the year feuding with Heenan and various members of the Heenan Family.</p><p> </p><p> Plausible? Fun? Some better way to go?</p><p> </p><p> EDIT: This save is hilarious. Two days later, Hercules has also been busted for steroids! Now what do I do?! Half-inclined to just fire them both (probably what would have happened in real life.) Otherwise, what am I booking after WrestleMania? A steroidal monster heel tag team?</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Three Options:</p><p> 1) Heel tag team</p><p> 2) Needle on a pole match</p><p> 3) Storyline send them to rehab and have skits every week of the two on a road to redemption, eg, going to drug counselling, group work, etc. be creative. Could make them a tag team or just have Billy Jack pretend to get along with Hercules then turn on him as soon as they return to the ring</p>

Well that is a challenging one, but I guess I will give this a shot. Presuming you are beginning this now as we go in to Extreme Rules with an injured Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper. Wyatt is only a minor injury but I think Harper is out for a few months. So while Wyatt is injured have him cut promos, talking about how Luke Harper has been sacrificed, and that his family is immortal, when one brother falls, another takes his place. After weeks of build, we get to Money in the Bank and Bray is the surprise entrant in the match with Owens, Styles, Ambrose, Cesaro, Baron Corbin and Kofi Kingston. So the match goes on and it looks as if AJ is about to take the victory when the lights go out, and when they come up, Braun Strowman and Erick Rowan are below him. They start beating down AJ and Anderson and Gallows come to make the save. Lights out once again, and Viktor is standing in the ring alongside Bray Wyatt. Wyatt orders Viktor to attack and he picks apart Anderson and Gallows, with the reat of the Wyatts as Bray climbs the ladder and takes the briefcase. So the storyline continues, Bray loves his family but Viktor is his main man, just like Harper was. Its important to keep Viktor unbeatable for a while, just making him a bad ass who Bray calls upon to do his dirty work. So we have a Wyatt Family vs Bullet Club rivalry, 4-on-3 as the big Summer storyline, the Wyatts using the numbers game and the advantage of Viktor to always get the upper hand. We get to Summerslam and it's 4 vs 4, Wyatts vs Bullet Club and a surprise man, and the surprise - Luke Harper. Harper returns with a vengeance, not for Wyatt, but for the man who stole his spot. BC wins when Harper pins Rowan. So we have Harper vs Viktor as a priority storyline, but Wyatt does not want Harper to get his hands on Viktor, and so sticks Strowman and Rowan on him. In the meantime, Viktor earns a US Title shot against Kalisto for Night of Champions and completely obliterates him, wipes the floor with him, in a Ronda Rousey-esque dominant victory. On the same night, Luke Harper beats Erick Rowan very comfortably. Kalisto has his rematch at Hell in a Cell and meets the same fate and Harper beats Strowman in a more competitive contest than the Rowan match. Bray is angry that his brothers failed to stop Harper and once again, he turns to his right hand man, Viktor to get the job done. Harper and Viktor face each other at Survivor Series and the match ends in a no contest when the two battle around the arena and just beat the hell out of each other, ultimately ending when Viktor puts Harper through the commentary table. Harper comes out the next night on Raw and tells Viktor that he's only getting started, and challenges him to a TLC match at TLC, which he refuses. And so to get what he wants, Harper once again destroys Erick Rowan and Braun Strowman, forcing Bray to tell Viktor to finish Harper, before he has to do it himself. At TLC we get Luke Harper vs Viktor in a TLC Match for the US Title and Viktor ultimately comes out on top after putting Harper through double tables on the outside. It is at this point, Bray Wyatt cashes in his Money in the Bank on Roman Reigns after a gruelling Ladder match. Royal Rumble time and Dean Ambrose wins the Royal Rumble, throwing out Viktor last to win the match. Reigns also fails to regain his title after Viktor interfered to win the match for Bray. Reigns and Ambrose team up to take on the Wyatts on the Road to Wrestlemania and we end up with Viktor vs Roman and Bray vs Ambrose at Wrestlemania. In a shock, Viktor defeats Roman to retain his title which instantly makes him a top guy in the company and Bray manages to defeat Ambrose in the main event and Wrestlemania goes off the air with the Wyatts celebrating with their gold. Tough guy to legitimise but I think this storyline could work as it also establishes Bray Wyatt as a top guy and also gives Luke Harper a bigger platform to showcase himself because that guy definitely needs it. Im thinking keep Viktor with the Wyatts until you feel he is ready to challenge Bray for the World title, like when Batista turned on Evolution. Good luck with this one

Just had my Hardcore Heaven 1996 PPV for ECW and some big things happened. The Dudley Boyz regained the ECW World Tag Team Championships from the Steiner Brothers just one month after losing them. Rick's painkiller habit became too much of a hindrence and was making Scott incredibly unhappy every time he had to work with him. Unfortunately, Rick turned up high at Hardcore Heaven and pushed Scott over the edge, and handed in his notice to the company. So Scott left, and Rick was let go, the only reason I even kept Rick was because Scott would be pissed if I let him go. On to the TV title scene and we have a new champion in the form of Rocky, who has really taken off in the last few months. Rocky's win however came in controversial fashion as the Canadian Connection (Edge & Christian) interfered on Rocky's behalf to finally dethrone Rob Van Dam, who had held title for 7 months. Later on in the night, Rocky and the Canadian Connection would be known as the New Age. In the ECW World Heavyweight Championship picture, Steve Austin is still kicking ass, having been placed as the figurehead 4 months ago. Austin spent 3 months fueding with Tommy Dreamer, and really pulled Dreamer to the top, with Dreamer pulling out A rated performances both in the ring and on the microphone since his fued with Austin, becoming the number 3 franchise player, behind Austin and Chris Jericho. After defeating Dreamer, Austin moved on to Cactus Jack and Cactus is enjoying the same success that Tommy did, pulling out consistent A performances, and pushing through to that next level. Im not sure if the figurehead takes any effect immediately but since Austin became figurehead, our ratings have gone from 0.21 to hitting 0.34 on the Hardcore Heaven go home show. Exciting times ahead, currently on C- in tri-state and D- in New England, so really hoping to reach Cult soon to sign Austin to a written deal. He just hit A pop in New England and B+ in Tri-State, Great Lakes and South East so its only a matter of time before WWF and WCW come calling. Unfortunately, Austin, Jericho, RVD, and Rocky all were signed by AJPW so we had to move our taping day to Friday, however this means that Chris Jericho can not appear on our show as he is with CMLL on the same day. Raven's Nest is growing substancially, both Raven and Kurrgan are dominating every opponent they are being handed, and Kurrgan is unbeaten since his debut in February. Planning on pushing Kurrgan and Raven to become the next Tag Team Champions in a few months, Kurrgan's Giant gimmick has reached legendary status and the guy is improving at a very surprising rate. The loss of the Steiner Brothers means that we have to build up more tag teams as they both were in the top 5 Franchise Players. Sabu was resigned and the plan will be for him to come to Rob Van Dam's aid, alongside Tommy Dreamer, to take down the New Age

Need ideas to debut Chris Jericho in '96 ECW, I'm thinking of having Rob Van Dam dominate with the TV Title, before crossing Paul Heyman. Heyman tries to make RVD's life hell, but he keeps overcoming every challenger. Then Heyman signs Jericho to deal with RVD before kicking off a potentially 3-6 month long rivalry, with RVD getting ever so close before Jericho and Heyman screws him each time. Fued will most likely culminate in a Steel Cage where RVD will take the title back. Alternatively, I'm thinking Jericho could be good in an Anti-ECW character, taking out guys like Ballz Mahoney, Mikey Whipwreck, etc. before moving on to Sandman, Dreamer and then having his long rivalry with RVD for the TV title Anybody got any ideas?

ECW 1996 Sandman just lost the ECW title on the one year anniversary on the day he won it to Steve Austin, who has been pulling out A rated promos, and has a Legendary rated gimmick. Austin also put Woman out of action with a devastating chair shot, giving her a concussion and enraging the Sandman (She's on maternity leave) Austin is up to B pop in Tri-State, New England, South East and Great Lakes. I'm worried WWE will come calling soon, he's my figurehead and ratings and PPV buyrates have gone up since he became champion. RVD and 2 Cold Scorpio have been having a great series of matches over the TV titles, and the Dudley Boyz have just beaten Raven and Stevie for the titles after Tommy Dreamer interfered. Tommy finally got his hands on Raven, however the debuting Kurrgan destroyed Tommy to give Raven the victory. Rocky has been doing great since his debut as the plucky young rookie, however a loss to the TV Champion, Rob Van Dam, sent him off the rails and since then, we have seen a very different side of the rookie. He has picked on Dean Malenko, claiming that Malenko was an uncharismatic nobody who put the audience to sleep. Malenko's influence has saw Rocky's in ring performance go from a D- to C- within a few months. Elsewhere, the tag division is starting to shape up nicely, with the Hardy Boyz, the Pitbulls, the Canadian Connection (Edge & Christian), Whipwreck and Cactus, Stevie Richards & Kurrgan, the Steiners, and the cream of the crop, the Dudley Boyz. The Steiners are without a doubt the most over tag team, however, due to their contract with AJPW, they can not be booked on a consistent enough basis to earn the titles. They did however, put over the Dudleyz in a Cage match at Barely Legal, which Scott was not at all pleased with. Unfortunately, we have had 2 walkouts; Terry Funk and New Jack. Neither men liked the direction of the company and the new focus on young blood, and after both were being forced to put over talent more often than usual, they took their ball and went home We have gone up to C- importance in tri-state and are expanding over to New England, holding the Barely Legal PPV there and bringing in 2,300 fans, bringing us up to E+ importance in the area. We bought over the International World Class Championship Wrestling (IWCCW) and put it out of business at a cheap $47,000

1) You can't raid ROH, TNA or Lucha Underground for talent. You can only sign one of their workers if their contract is expiring or has expired 2) Fire one, push one, job one out: Curtis Axel, Heath Slater, Bo Dallas 3) No new signing can debut on the main roster, until they spend 6 months in NXT, unless they have B or above pop in the US 4) Bray Wyatt must find a new family member every 3 months, however he can never have more than 3 followers 5) A part time wrestler cannot lose, unless their opponent is more over than they are 6) You can only bring up one worker/tag team from NXT every 2 months 7) You must have atleast 2 womens storyline going at all times 8) You must crown the first black WWE Champion within 18 months 9) Roman Reigns must be in the main event or co-main event of every PPV for a year 10) Braun Strowman must receive a decent midcard title run (atleast 4 months) 11) Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins or Roman Reigns can only be in a match together at Summerslam or Wrestlemania, and Roman must always go over 12) Big Show and Kane must get a tag title run of atleast 2 months, to reward them for their loyalty to the company

Well Wyatt is a character with heavy religious undertones so; Oves (Sheep in Latin) Isaac (Sacrificed by Abraham in the Bible) Cain David (Religious figure from the Old Testament)

The British wrestling scene is booming right now and really has the potential to become bigger than the days of Haystacks. It has the talent, all it really needs is the money to grow. I think a British wrestling company could be a very interesting challenge, a lot of young top prospects around. I think you'd be going up against TNA in Britain as they have a show on Challenge TV

NXT did what they could with Apollo but at the end of the day, the guy is just one dimensional, I want to give him the benefit of the doubt, and say that he can do better with a different character but even then I'm not 100% sure. I remember before Crews had his title shot against Bálor though, he took 3 weeks off, and each week, we got 3 different video packages about Apollo's life and really gave people a reason to like him because he came off as a nice, genuinely friendly guy which made me like him for awhile. As for character development, the best case in recent memory is American Alpha. The development of Gable and Jordan has been phenomenal, from Jordan looking for a partner, but always rejecting Gable's offer. Then finally accepting Gable's offer but never saying the catchphrase, then after a few wins, the two were like brothers. Even in recent memory, their match with The Revival was all about the fact that Gable and Jordan had a shot at the big time and failed, and Takeover: Dallas was their chance to prove that they arent just choke artists. To be honest, Joe vs Bálor bored me towards the end, but their storyline atleast made sense on a week to week basis, unlike the WWE title storyline, where the Authority tried everything to get the title off of Roman Reigns at the Royal Rumble, then handed him a Number One Contenders match at Fastlane for absolutely no reason. There was no logic in that, and Joe vs Bálor atleast was a storyline that had little to no plotholes in it, which I've always hated about a lot of WWE storylines. Also, Alexa Bliss has been consistently great in NXT, from the smiling sweetheart to this complete bitch, and the transition was natural after she screwed Enzo & Cass out of the titles. Even a few months ago, her promo and match with Bayley really proved that Alexa will be a star in both NXT and WWE, so long as she can avoid any backstage politics that is. Even Bayley has been given some character development after she passed out instead of tapping to Asuka, the sound of the arena in Dallas was unforgettable, they were genuinely sad that Bayley had lost, and it was against Asuka, a woman who herself has been one of the best things about NXT (I can only imagine what it wouldve been like if Eva beat her instead, most likely riots). Now we get to see Bayley claw her way back up, which she is best at I've not really been impressed by Aries at all in NXT, but I've been able to get behind Bálor, although he is in need of a few tweaks to his character before he becomes boring, maybe a heel turn is in order. But I think, when you look at what NXT have with American Alpha, Asuka, Bayley, Alexa Bliss, Nakamura, etc. The future is bright for NXT, and specifically the womens division. P.S. Anybody else think that Eva Marie is just a female Tyler Breeze with less talent in the ring and on the microphone?

Ive began 1996 mod as ECW and need ideas for Dwayne Johnson, he'll be called Rocky. I'm thinking of teaming him with Mikey Whipwreck as an underdog tag team, but I'm not 100% sure about it. Anybody got any ideas?

http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2016/0428/611196/tna-makes-error-on-chyna-tribute/ This perfectly sums up TNA; great intentions, but just completely incompetent

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Bigpapa42" data-cite="Bigpapa42" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41193" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>A bit of a presumptuous question, but I figure it can't hurt to ask. <p> </p><p> So I've been messing around with Genadi's 2001 WCW Survives mod. Still a lot of work I want to do, but I'm starting to plan. The intent is obviously to run WCW, which will start at Cult, shorn of most of its top stars, and now owned by Shane McMahon. The intent is to build around some of the WCW youngsters, ECW leftovers, and the host of young talent on the indy scene by mid-2001. An idea I used with PWI in the ThunderVerse is to introduce an old school masked patriot wrestler, under an American mask. The main Patriot would be somebody relatively known but solid in the ring and obviously American. Ideally, they would become an upper midcard mainstay but not necessarily ever become a main eventer. The main role would be using the Patriot gimmick as a way to introduce new young talent, as the main Patriot would always have one or two young protégés, also working under similar mask. After a time, the youngsters would unmask and work under their own character. The youngster gets some help building popularity on the main roster and if the main Patriot is solid in the ring, some development from tagging with the boss. </p><p> </p><p> Asaemon provided me with some his great mask renders on a blank background, which I have converted to JPG (small black border, white background) and they actually look really solid in the game. Asaemon was even kind enough to create some really nice looking Patriot masks that I will use for this (they are in his thread, check them out). </p><p> </p><p> Now, I think I've settled on the main Patriot - Chris Harris. He was on the WCW roster at the end. He should have decent potential. He can play a babyface. He's fairly raw at this point, but I figured I would stash him in development until after September as the tragedy of 9/11 would make this kind of character impactful. By then, he could/should have in the ring skills to be pushable. </p><p> </p><p> What I'm still deciding on - and what I'd like some suggestions on - is who else would make good options to bring in as part of the Patriot stable and later on have unmask? They need to be American (though race doesn't matter), decently talented (or at least can be developed), moderately athletic, and available in the mid-2001 to 2003 range. A lot of available talent who are certain to be stars don't really need help being introduced (CM Punk, Samoa Joe, and the like). I considered using James Storm in this way (also on the WCW roster at the end) but I think his cowboy gimmick could have legs on its own. Bryan Danielson is also a maybe as, again, he can stand on his own. So suggestions on who I can use along with Harris?</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I think Punk could be a great fit for this and could be a great long term heel after. With his straight edge lifestyle, Punk could "Open his eyes" to the reality of America and become disenfranchised with the country. Turning on the stable and becoming the "Straight Edge Saviour", and can turn on Harris because he tried to pull the wool over his eyes. If you like you could have Punk become slowly disenfranchised and act heelish, maybe Harris finally gets a shot at the World Title and Punk screws him. Maybe bring in 2 more guys to act as Punk's goons to help him build a Straight Edge Society to ride to the top of the card.</p>

2008, is that you?

Anybody remember back in the Russo era when there would be random street fights, ladder matches, etc. on free tv like every single week? I remember heels used to distract the referee during steel cage matches so they could cheat without getting caught, so stupid. I'm pretty sure I saw people get DQ'd in a cage matches and street fights before. One of the last matches I saw was Tara lose her title after winning some Feast or Fired like match. There was like 4 different prizes for each winner of an 8 woman tag. One was the title, one was a spider, one was being forced to strip at the end of the show, forget the other prize. Tara got the spider, so lost her title to Angelina Love after she won f*cking won a match because she opened the wrong briefcase! Swerved bro

Roman's promos remind me of when I auditioned to be in my school play 'Oliver' when I was 11. So wooden. Actually, I wish I had've said "I'm not a good guy, I'm not a bad guy. I'm THE Artful Dodger".