The Bearded One

I'm less than a month into my save with 1991 WWF in the Rising Storms mod and I've already had to call some audibles that have me excited for the save. I lost a bidding war to WCW for Rick Martel, leaving the story line with Jake Roberts unresolved. This has left Roberts a bit directionless until after the Royal Rumble, but he hasn't been getting good ratings at all. In entertainment based promos he's only been getting in the 60s despite having 80s entertainment skills. I don't know what's going on, but if this keeps up he will be sliding down the card. But the main thing that changed is Ted DiBiase taking Shane McMahon, who is working as referee Shane Stevens, under his wing as a protege. I'm going to run the pairing and have Shane work as a crooked ref for DiBiase. I'm also thinking of adding Big Boss Man and the Mountie as security guard's for DiBiase, and maybe sign someone to be the Million Dollar Champion and do DiBiase's grunt work.

I'm planning on having Cody Rhodes and Stu Bennett wrestle each other with their respective allies handcuffed to the ring post. How would I go about booking that in the game? Set their allies as managers and just pretend?

I'm playing as TNA and I have Rusev coming in to debut at Lockdown. What is a good TNA-esque name to give him?

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Nossair" data-cite="Nossair" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41263" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I'm looking for a name for an Evolution-esque stable going on in 2020, Cody Rhodes (the leader and the figure head of ROH), Colby Corino (Cody's protege in my save, 24 years old, the future of ROH if I manage to extend his contract next month), Dean Brady (the young guy, the Randy Orton of the stable, same as Colby, 24 and a lot of potential), Zack Gibson (kind of the wildcard of the group, I book him as the devoted lackey who's willing to take on anyone to protect the stable), and Paul Heyman (the Ric Flair I guess). <p> </p><p> That basically consists of Cody and Paul leading the next generation of ROH superstars to the top, so I guess something about that would be good.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I was thinking something like Evolution of Honor, but that could be too on the nose. Maybe since Paul Heyman is involved it could be The Next Big Things. Or maybe Honor Rising to take a page out of their current show names.</p><p> </p><p> I'm planning a TNA stable involving Cody Rhodes, Ross and Marshall Von Erich, Cody Hall and either Tessa Blanchard or Shaul Guerrero. They'll be a heel stable boasting about being second generation wrestlers. I was thinking something like The Bloodline or The Family Tradition for their names, but does anyone have anything else better?</p>

<p>I've been playing Fleisch's real world mod from December 2016 as TNA as Jeremy Borash. I decided to have six PPVs per year, starting with Against All Odds in February, which sets up Lockdown in April. At AAO, I have an Elimination Chamber match to crown the No. 1 contender for the heavyweight title to go on to Lockdown.</p><p> </p><p> Here's the results of Against All Odds, which got one of my highest ratings so far at a 75.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Cody © defends TNA World Heavyweight Title vs James Storm - 73</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> One of the first things I did was unify the World Heavyweight and Grand Championship with Eddie Edwards doing the honors. Cody Rhodes won the belt in a triple threat with Edwards and Lashley, who Rhodes had been feuding with since Lashley blindsided Rhodes during an open challenge. Storm recently returned from injury, blasting Rhodes with a beer bottle after Rhodes successfully defended his title on Impact, setting up this match.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Against All Odds Elimination Chamber</strong></p><p><strong> Stu Bennett defeats Drew Galloway, Ethan Carter III, Eddie Edwards, Lashley and Bram - 68</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> Stu Bennett is going on to Lockdown after I brought him in early in 2017 to have a credible heel. I'm currently overrun with babyfaces, so having him solidify the top of the card on the heel side, and be No. 2 on my franchise players list, means big things in his future. He has been feuding with Drew Galloway in a filler feud for both.</p><p> </p><p> ECIII was in a great feud with Abyss that wrapped up a couple weeks prior in a last man standing match for a spot in the elimination chamber. It started with ECIII beating Abyss in a TV Title tournament, and then Abyss making his life hell afterward. Eddie Edwards and Lashley earned their spots as a last chance to get back to Cody Rhodes. Bram was just a sixth guy I needed in there, and he brought the match down. Oh well.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>The Briscoes defeat the Hardys for the TNA World Tag Team Titles - 67 </strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> This was supposed to be a ladder match, but Brother Nero refused to do it because he would get injured, so I had to opt with a normal match. The Briscoes were among my first outside hires, and they've been getting built up since early December. Hopefully I can have the ladder match in the future. I plan on splitting the Hardys with Brother Nero going back to Jeff, and Matt Hardy going even crazier, leading to Lethal Lockdown. The Briscoes will eventually move on to feud with the Wolves.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Mike Bennett defends the TNA TV Title against Aron Rex - 65</strong></p></div><p></p><p> Despite getting rid of the Grand Championship, I still wanted a midcard non-X Division Title, so I held an eight-man TV Title Tournament, and Mike Bennett won it over Davey Richards in the finals. He's defended it several times in a decent feud with Moose. Rex had been piling up wins, and requested a title shot at the Against All Odds. I'm not sure where Rex goes from here. Maybe a heel turn since I'm still lacking in that department.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Rey Mysterio defeats DJ Z for the TNA X Division Title - 64</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> I'm trying to build up the X Division and needed an established star to carry the load while the other wrestlers gained popularity, so enter Rey Mysterio. He debuted to big fanfare, much to the chagrin of DJ Z, who as X Division champ thought the spotlight should have been on him. Basic feud, but I needed to get the belt on Rey to boost the prestige.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>Will Ospreay defeats Tigre Uno, Mandrews, Trevor Lee and Andrew Everrett - 44</strong></p></div><p></p><p> This was an X Division showcase match and Ospreays debut. He got the big win and will transition into a feud with DJ Z to get more overness. No story to this match other than getting some guys together to do flippy moves.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p><strong>TNA TV Title No. 1 Contedership Battle Royal</strong></p><p><strong> Roderick Strong defeats Caleb Konley, Moose, Davey Richards, Tyrus, Eli Drake, Braxton Sutter, Jessie Godderz, Robbie E and Aiden O'Shea</strong></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> I signed Roddy away from NXT about a month before AAO and I've been giving him wins on the B show since. This was just a way to get him more overness and onto the A show, where I think he'll capture the TV Title sooner than later. </p><p> Caleb Konley was the last wrestler eliminated. I paired him with Scarlett Bordeaux and they've got great chemistry and a good thing going. Moose had the most eliminations.</p><p> </p><p> This has been a fun save so far. I'm excited to get on the road to Lockdown, which will be main evented by Cody Rhodes vs Stu Bennett.</p>