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Cruiserweight World Cup Semi Final: Welsh Dragon vs Damian Dastardly ??? vs Stuart Wilson Darin Flynn vs Akihiro Hisato The Youth Bandits (Ian Vincible & Cannonball Logan) vs Lee & O'Hearne Cruiserweight World Cup Semi Final: Bali Daljit vs Edison Silva w/ Mo Adebola

Koryusai Kitoaji vs. Mamoru Nagahama Chuicha Sanda & Noriyori Sanda vs. Kumasaka-buntai (Tommy Cornell & Walter Morgan) Mito Miwa vs. Roka Furuhata Dino Maldini vs. Pistol Pete Hall Rebel Cell vs. Team STRENGTH RUSH Dread vs. Hito Ichihara Sean McFly vs. Shuji Inukai © for the Historical Japan title Team EXPLOSION © vs. Team MILLENIUM for the Glory Tag Crown titles Nobuatsu Tatsuko © vs. Yoshimi Mushashibo for the Glory Crown title

Prediction Key: NWA World Heavyweight Championship Match: Matt Cardona (C) vs Mustafa Ali Comments: Philly Street Fight: The Bro Squad (Matt Riddle, Alex Hammerstone, & Timothy Thatcher) vs The Samoan Dynasty (Jacob Fatu, Lance Anoa'i, & Zilla Fatu) Comments: Grudge Match: Nic Nemeth vs Shota Umino Comments: NWA World Women's Championship Match: Mercedes Mone (C) vs Megan Bayne vs Steph de Lander Comments: NWA World Tag Team Championship Match: MxM (C) vs The Dreadlock Demolition Machines Comments: Grudge Match: The Von Erichs vs Violence is Forever Comments:

If Leighton Buzzard wins he gets a shot at the Cruiserweight Title: Leighton Buzzard vs Padraig O'Hearne The Force vs ??? & ??? Future X vs XS & Bradley Astro vs Brilliant White Grace of Fire (Welsh Dragon & Bali Daljit) vs Edison Silva & Damian Dastardly

Non-Title Contest: Team Chaos (Neville Jones & Norman Gates) vs The Northern Lights (Alton Vicious & Riddick Jordan) Cruiserweight World Cup Quarter Final: Astro (Mexico) vs Damian Dastardly (New Zealand) The Foundation (Jon Michael Sharp & Martin Heath) w/ Mark Moore vs XS & Aurelian Bradley Cruiserweight World Cup Quarter Final: Welsh Dragon (Wales) vs Victor Jimenez (Spain) Evan Alpass vs 'The Celtic Hammer' Stuart Wilson

Winner Represents Wales at Cruiserweight World Cup: Welsh Dragon vs Neville Jones vs Aurelian Bradley vs Red Dragon Future X (Petey Barnes & Eric Future) vs State Of Mind (Brilliant White & Ultra Violence) Cruiserweight World Cup Quarter-Final: Bali Daljit (India) vs Davey Celtic (Scotland) Cruiserweight World Cup Quarter-Final: Edison Silva (England?) vs Akihiro Hisato (Japan)

Night of Pride Predictions Elite Series SEMI FINAL 1: Eisaku Kunomasu vs. Yoshimi Mushashibo Elite Series SEMI FINAL 2: Mito Miwa vs. Nobuatsu Tatsuko Chuichi Sanda and Team Millenium (Takeshi Umehara & Fukusaburu Inao) vs. Kumasaka-buntai (Danger Kumasaka, Tommy Cornell & Walter Morgan) Eisaku Hoshino vs. Sean McFly Hito Ichihara vs. Mamoru Nagahama DREAD Army (Dread & Raymond Diaz) vs. Strike Force (Dino Maldini & Pistol Pete Hall) Koryusai Kitoaji vs. Shuji Inukai © for the Historical Japan title Elite Series FINAL: Winner of semi final 1 vs. Winner of semi final 2

Winner Represents England at the Cruiserweight World Cup: Leighton Buzzard vs Edison Silva w/ Mo Adebola Dangermouth, Darin Flynn & Evan Alpass vs High Society (Byron, Dylan Drama & Joey Beauchamp) NWF Cruiserweight Title: Jase Cole vs JK Lee (C) NWF British Tag Team Titles: The Foundation vs The Northern Lights (C) NWF British Heavyweight Championship: 'The Springbok' Landon Mallory (C) vs 'Big Mac' Nathan McKenzie Bonus Questions: 1. What will the overall rating of the show be? (two points for spot on, one point for 2 either side) 65 2. How many titles will change hands at For Queen And Country? (maximum of 3) 0

Future X (Petey Barnes & Eric Future) vs Black Country Boys (Gazz Vedmore & Mickey Robson) Evan Alpass vs Byron Cruiserweight World Cup Semi Final: Leighton Buzzard vs Ultra Violence Cruiserweight World Cup Semi Final: Grant Taypen vs Brilliant White Grace Of Fire (Welsh Dragon & Bali Daljit) vs JK Lee & Padraig O'Hearne

Non Title Contest: Team Chaos (Neville Jones & Norman Gates) vs The Northern Lights (Alton Vicious & Riddick Jordan) Tournament Quarter Final: Leighton Buzzard vs Gavin Owen Tournament Quarter Final: Cain Carlile vs Ultra Violence Darin Flynn vs JK Lee

NWF British Tag Team Titles: Future X (C) vs Celtic Dragons vs The Northern Lights Darin Flynn w/ Mark Moore vs Stuart Wilson w/ Mo Adebola Dangermouth vs Bret Heartbreak w/ Holly Leves NWF Cruiserweight Title: Bali Daljit vs XS vs JK Lee (C) NWF British Heavyweight Title: Landon Mallory vs Nathan McKenzie w/ Frank Finkleton vs Edison Silva (C) w/ Mo Adebola Bonus: How many titles will change hands at 'Three Lions'? (max of 3) I'm going to bet on 2 Bonus #2: What will the Main Event rate in game? (closest prediction gets a bonus point) McKenzie makes this so uncertain for me, but I'm going with 65

Night of WRESTLING 1999 Match Card Chuichi Sanda, Noriyori Sanda and Yodo Nakane vs. Fukusaburu Inao, Kazuo Mitsushi and Takeshi Umehara Koryusai Kitoaji vs. Mamoru Nagahama Rebel Cell (Harumi Okazawaya & Sotatsu Sarumara) vs. Strike Force (Dino Maldini & Pistol Pete Hall) DREAD Army (Dread, Lee Wright & Raymond Diaz) vs. Kumasaka-buntai (Danger Kumasaka, Tommy Cornell & Walter Morgan) Shuji Inukai vs. Yoshimi Mushashibo © for the Historical Japan title Team EXPLOSION (Eisaku Hoshino & Eisaku Kunomasu) vs. Team MYTHOS (Mito Miwa & Sean McFly) © for the Glory Tag Crown titles Hito Ichihara vs. Nobuatsu Tatsuko © for the Glory Crown title

Match Card Mito Miwa vs. Nobuatsu Tatsuko in Semi Final 1 of the Elite Series Dread vs. Yoshimi Mushashibo in Semi Final 2 of the Elite Series Boundary 97 (Go Matsunaga & Takeshi Umehara) and Walter Morgan vs. Hayate Hasegawa, Fukusaburu Inao and Yodo Nakane Hito Ichihara, Mamoru Nagahama and Team STRENGTH RUSH (Lee Wright & Raymond Diaz) vs. Rebel Cell (Harumi Okazawaya & Sotatsu Sarumara) and Strike Force (Dino Maldini & Pistol Pete Hall) Eisaku Kunomasu © vs. Shuji Inukai for the Historical Japan title Danger Kumasaka, Eisaku Hoshino and Kazuo Mitsushi vs. Koryusai Kitoaji, Sean McFly and Tommy Cornell Winner of Semi Final 1 vs. Winner of Semi Final 2 for the Elite Series Trophy

WrestleX Presents: Memorial For The Victims Of Lobster Warrior Radioactive Bonka Stick On A Pole Match Behemoth vs Pinatadon Power Beetle Magma vs King Kongor Power Beetle Rose vs The Nightmare From The Lagoon Might Mutant Power Beetles (Aqua, Earth, Ghost) vs Aquasaur, Militant Centipede, & Nautilus The Venusian in a LAZER SHARK CAGE @ Ringside Big Al & The Visitor vs The Cosmic Cartel Boxing Exhibition Power Beetle Grass vs Yukito Air Chief Marshal Westminster vs Lobster Warrior

Night of PRIDE, 1998 Predictions SEMI FINAL 1: Eisaku Hoshino vs. Hito Ichihara SEMI FINAL 2: Mito Miwa vs. Nobuatsu Tatsuko Chuichi Sanda and Rebel Cell (Harumi Okazawaya & Sotatsu Sarumara) vs. Go Matsunaga, Hayate Hasegawa & Mamoru Nagahama Lee Wright vs. Luis Figo Manico © for the Historical Japan title Danger Kumasaka, Yodo Nakane and Team Dynasty (Shuji Inukai & Yoshimi Mushashibo) vs. Eisaku Kunomasu, Koryusai Kitoaji, Raymond Diaz & Shimi Komatsuzaki Winner of SEMI FINAL 1 vs. Winner of SEMI FINAL 2 for the Elite Series tournament title

I've always been a fan of these threads, and now that I've reached five years in my longest game to date, it seems like the perfect time to release "The Best of World Class Championship Wrestling: The 5th Anniversary Collection!" That being said, in order to present as much variety as possible, I'm omitting two or three matches in my actual Top 100's list that aren't really that important/have a good backstory, so as to prevent this list from turning into "The Eric Tyler Collection" just because of how damn good he is. 1) Eric Tyler vs Shawn Gonzalez - WCCW Ignition (February, WK 1 2001) - Rating: 88 The No. 1 match in World Class history is historical for more than just grade value alone as the Lone Wolf challenges the American Heavyweight Champion on the debut episode of WCCW's first weekly television program, Ignition, just one day after the Parade of Champions V with his best friend Louis Figo Manico watching on... 2) Raymond Diaz vs Captain Classic - WCCW Trailblaze (October 2000) - Rating: 87 Twenty-two years of battle experience is put to the test against the strength of a Monster in the prime of his life, all for the chance to achieve the one accolade that the Captain has been after since day one in World Class, the American Heavyweight Championship. 3) Freddie Datsun vs Eric Tyler - WCCW EpiCenter 2001 (July 2001) - Rating: 86 The rivalry that defined World Class over its first five years finally comes to an end in a match that will not just break their score of 2-2-2, but also determine which man becomes the first officially recognized World Heavyweight Champion. 4) Eric Tyler vs Dusty Streets - WCCW Parade of Champions V (January 2001) - Rating: 86 Tyler vs Streets. True Tradition vs Texas Tradition. Title vs Career in the main event of the biggest show of the year. 5) Shawn Gonzalez vs Edgar Frey - WCCW Shockwave (August, WK 4 2001) - Rating: 85 A No. 1 Contender's match that turns very personal, very fast, courtesy of a remorseless Gonzalez & a hellbent Frey both intent on tearing each other apart. 6) Cabrakan, Edgar Frey, Freddie Datsun & Louis Figo Manico vs Eric Tyler, Damian Carvill, Joel Kovach & Danny Rushmore - WCCW Shockwave (January, WK 4 2002) - Rating: 85 Ignition & Shockwave come together for a star-studded main event to cap off the go-home show before the Parade of Champions VI, followed by a confrontation between main event competitors Freddie Datsun & Louis Figo Manico! 7) Freddie Datsun vs Damian Carvill vs Edgar Frey vs Shawn Gonzalez - WCCW Red Sky Calling (August 2001) - Rating: 84 Freddie Datsun's first title defense as World Heavyweight Champion sees him caught in the middle of three determined challengers in a bout that can very easily cut off his title reign before it truly begins! 8) Louis Figo Manico vs Eric Tyler - WCCW World Class Grand Prix: Night 2 (October 2001) - Rating: 84 After coming in second place during last year's WCGP Finals, Louis Figo Manico is a man on a mission seeking to achieve the last accolade left to him in World Class. The only thing standing in his way is a man who has gotten the better of him time and time again throughout the year in Eric Tyler. 9) Louis Figo Manico vs Shawn Gonzalez - WCCW Ignition (June, WK 2 2001) - Rating: 83 The first official encounter between best friends turned bloody enemies sees Louis Figo Manico & Shawn Gonzalez go into this match with nothing but hatred in each other's hearts after weeks of constant fights. 10) Freddie Datsun vs Louis Figo Manico - WCCW Parade of Champions VI (January 2002) - Rating: 83 The heroes of World Class collide in a match five years in the making on the biggest stage possible for the greatest prize in the company, the World Heavyweight Championship.

I'm currently in a long-term game save with a brand split, so my actual number of overall wrestlers is stupidly high. That being said, I've found that having 25-35 wrestlers per brand does make things pretty smooth as a whole and next game I try, I might just work harder at keeping things to this size for a single promotion. I usually keep things structured so I have an even number of main eventers, whether that's 4, 6 or 8 depending on my company size, and this pattern follows with a select group of upper midcarders that can hang with the major stars, especially with whoever my top champion is. Below that is the rest of my card ranging from solid hands, developing future stars, and jobber to the stars/general lower midcard, taking up 10-14 spaces usually. My tag team scene tends to be counted outside of these groupings and numbers, but for the most part I try to stick with 6 teams at least to have a competitive division, and like their popularity to range from midcard to upper midcard usually for variety in matchups. Unofficially, there are also a rotating group of jobbers I keep around on 6 month deals, sometimes they have a future, sometimes they don't, but as long as they can take a beating I'll take em in.

Prediction Key Nirvana Moon vs Victoria Labelle Team 720 vs Hiroko Mori & Hotaru Goda Qualifier For Next-Gen Championship Ladder Match Dallas Fox vs Lexi Scott Qualifier For Next-Gen Championship Ladder Match Mischa Brooks vs Black Sheep Qualifier For Next-Gen Championship Ladder Match Whiskey Black vs Ella Frost Kelly Kanzaki & Krissy Kanzaki vs Dana Lynn & Deonna Deen The Damned vs BlackThorn Starlet Grand Championship Liberty Austin (c) vs Akikio Ishizaki

World Class Championship Wrestling - January 1997 to January 2002 I'm not gonna lie, writing out January 97-January 02 has led to this being the happiest I've ever been with these little recaps. It's a small thing, but reaching a milestone like five full in-game years is something I didn't think I'd really ever commit to doing with how often I went through saves over the few editions of TEW. The fact that it's led to such a storied history with callbacks, moments and plenty of future to look forward to is even sweeter whenever I think about it, especially with how motivated I am to keep things going in this save past this point. Normally I give a snippet of my favorite stories going on, but I think with January featuring World Class' season finale that it's fitting to give the whole event some detail from the opening match to the end. The Parade of Champions VI -LIVE from Dust Bowl Fields in the Mid South region, with an attendance of 47, 971- Damian Carvill wins the 30-Man Stampy Invitational Battle Royal The Stampy is probably the simplest match on the card that exists purely as a way to get as many guys on the card as possible and has been a staple of the Parade since our first edition in '97. Normally the winner is usually an upper midcarder who doesn't have a feud, someone who can win the match and use the resulting momentum for a match with the champion. This year however, the brand split has led to a lot less space than usual, so for the first time ever there's fully fledged main event stars in the mix of 30-men, all competing for a chance at adding to their legacies and gaining a guaranteed World title shot. After much deliberation, Damian Carvill (The Natural) is this year's winner to add another reason for his always on-going self-hype. Whether or not it results in him becoming World Champion for a second time however...well that remains to be seen. Crusher Ichihara (c) defeats Eileen Everheart to retain the WCCW World Women's Championship Despite the troubles I've had fitting the Women's Division into my roster, I felt obligated to give the champ a proper match and feud leading into the Parade. It just so happens that the match is between two of the best women's wrestlers in the world, though admittedly Eileen (my own created character made to fill the void of female talent in the 97 C-Verse) is still pretty young and developing. The feud between these two has been about Eileen stopping Crusher from throwing her weight around and bullying some of the less experienced roster members. Her actions led to both women getting a victory over the other (Crusher in a previous title match & Eileen in a non-title wager), with the Parade serving as a tiebreaker in a 2-3 Falls match that sees Crusher continuing to live up to her name. Miyuki Miharu wins a 20-Woman Battle Royal So this match was made purely to act as an introduction to several new talents being added to our evolving women's division just before they become their own separate brand. I explained more about this in the Post Your Champs thread, but the short of it is that I'm using the early TNA weekly PPV model to present the women's division as their own brand FEMME (Fierce Evolution of Mat Mistress/Maiden Empowerment). As a result, Crusher's title will be renamed the FEMME World Championship and her first official challenge under that name will be tonight's winner and her perpetual rival, Miyuki Miharu. The Rebellion (c) defeated The Hooligans to retain the WCCW Intercontinental Tag Team Championships The Rebellion are on a roll in the Shockwave tag team division, creating a legacy with the ICTT titles that just might see them establish a record for the longest title reign by a tag team...again. Unfortunately for them, the local lovable weirdos in the Hooligans (Benjamin Moore & Roy Stephens) are determined as hell to follow their idol's (Freddie Datsun) footsteps and become champions themselves! The Parade sees the Hooligans get knocked down, but no good delinquent redneck ever stays down for long, especially when they make for a damn fun feud character wise. Colossus (c) defeats Randall Hopkirk to retain the WCCW United States Championship It's big meaty men slapping meat time here in World Class, and these two are the perfect combination to use the Wild Brawl match aim on whenever they're in a ring together. The story of the bout is mostly about Hopkirk wanting to cap off his career with some sort of gold, but Colossus is a force of nature on his own and refuses to back down to the wicked roadie. It's a brutal, wild match with plenty of close calls for DQs and count-outs, but Colossus stomps on as champ at the Parade. Jack Griffith defeats Mordekaiser in a Falls Count Anywhere match This is one of the only non-title matches on the card, and honestly it's just a setup for Griffith to challenge the Intercontinental Champion and keep his momentum (and mouth) running. Meanwhile, Mordekaiser is a face painted, heavy metal obsessed Reece Clark that's basically just my version of the Ultimate Warrior (who needs Jim Force?), and his utterly insane personality means that a loss like this is something he can bounce back from by simply steamrolling some jobbers & locals and cutting insanely fun & plainly insane promos until his next storyline. Captain Classic (c) defeats Troy Tornado to retain the WCCW Intercontinental Championship At 44 years old, the Captain is my oldest active competitor, but you wouldn't know it from the scores he keeps pulling and the fact that he's still improving in several areas at once without a hint of time decline aside from his physical health. He's the Masked Avatar given a new face & name, and unashamedly he's always been a feature in every single one of my games because I love the character of a battle crazed, true grit havin', old maniac in a mask. This match is a bit of a favor to him, as he defends his title in an awesome match against his rapidly improving protege on the biggest show of the year. Rock & Rage (c) defeat Team Toronto in a Ladder match to retain the WCCW United States Tag Team Championships Out of all the matches to have changed between my first concepts of the PoC 6 and the event itself, this bout saw the most differences. Originally, it was going to be my very young, American duo of Archangel & Valiant (True Heart) winning the title from the dastardly Canadians in a Flag match over the then named CANADIAN Tag Team titles, but when a throwaway defense against Rock & Rage (Tom Gilmore & Johnny Stones) scored significantly higher than one with True Heart, I realized I could have the best tag team title match to date on the Parade if I planned it right. Unfortunately, in my eagerness I jumped the gun and crowned R&R as champions in December and looking back at it...it really didn't make sense for a Canadian & British pair to rename the belts back to the US Tag Titles...but...at least I was right and got an amazing score in their finale on this show! Eric Tyler defeats Edgar Frey Another one of the very few non-title matches on the card, but this one had plenty of hype as a special inter-promotional match between the Ignition & Shockwave brand sending their very best to battle with Tyler & Frey respectively. I've gushed enough about Tyler in these posts, so I'll save mentioning just how awesome he is to have in World Class and just explain who Edgar Frey is. For starters, Edgar is a Piledriver School of Wrestling graduate who just happened to debut with an amazing combo of psychology and entertainment stats. For a while, I kept him as a bodyguard to Joel Kovach to help out his mediocre everything else, but when he developed faster than expected I had no choice but to pull the trigger on a solo run. Since then, he's developed into a major star and even looks primed to become my future figurehead, but unfortunately for him, this story dictates that his first fight with the Traditionalist leads to a hard-fought, but heartbreaking loss on the biggest show of the year. Freddie Datsun (c) defeats Louis Figo Manico to retain the WCCW World Heavyweight Championship The original heroes of World Class collide in a first (and possibly last) time encounter that will finally answer a five year old question, who is the better man? Both men have reached the same heights and overcame the same enemies over the years, but at the Parade something has to finally give between two men who have made legacies out of fighting with heart, grit and legendary spirit. Similar to other Face vs Face feuds, there's not been a lot of bad blood between these two in their build up, mainly competitive fire that keeps getting stroked by outsiders, friends and rivals with their own observations & opinions. On one hand, Datsun's health is in question due to his grueling schedule and the string of vicious opponents he's faced, on the other, Louis is only just recovering from what has been an awful series of events dating back to 2000 where he lost his first World title reign to Raymond Diaz, followed by being harassed by an obsessive John Anderson to the subsequent fallout between himself & former best friend Shawn Gonzalez. Due to this mutual pressure, both Datsun & Manico spent the buildup defending and keeping up their respect for one another, but as the weeks go by it's clear that good sportsmanship is not going to prevent their match from being a fight for the ages as a brawl breaks out between them on the go-home show after Louis takes his sweet time handing Datsun the World title after a match against their biggest rivals. The match itself sees the best showing from both men as they each put in a performance grade of 96 & 98 respectively, though the grade doesn't really reflect that due to various penalties. Regardless, they were the best match of the night and helped put the Parade of Champions VI as my third best show ever on my Top 100's list and served as a fantastic swan song for a soon to be departing Louis. I know how good he is in the 97 mod, he's been great for five years, but with his body starting to decline after years of constant double duty between World Class and his own UCR promotion, it's time to let the Pain from Spain return home and wind out his career as a hometown hero. But before he can do that, there's still one more score to settle...🐺

Nobuatsu Tatsuko vs. Roka Furuhata Dino Maldini, Kazuo Mitsushi & Boundary 97 (Go Matsunaga & Takeshi Umehara) vs. Fukusaburu Inao, Hayate Hasegawa & Rebel Cell (Harumi Okazawaya & Sotatsu Sarumara) Dread vs. Mito Miwa Chuichi Sanda, Danger Kumasaka & Yodo Nakane vs. Walter Morgan & Team EXPLOSION (Eisaku Hoshino & Eisaku Kunomasu) Luis Figo Manico © vs. Mamoru Nagahama for the Historical Japan title Team Dynasty (Shuji Inukai & Yoshimi Mushashibo) vs. Team STRENGTH RUSH (Lee Wright & Raymond Diaz) © for the Glory Tag Crown titles Hito Ichihara vs. Koryusai Kitoaji © for the Glory Crown title

Oh he's amazing, that's why I didn't let him go until 2002 in my save! I've already gotten everything I could and then some out of him, now he's free to dedicate the rest of his career to dominating the European scene while I bring in some new stars

Mischa Brooks vs Lexi Scott Super Tiger w/Misty Lake vs Dana Lynn w/Deonna Deen Irish Blaze vs Hiroko Mori and Hotaru Goda Dallas Fox vs Paris Priest Team 720 vs BlackThorn Krissy Kanzaki vs GEISHA w/Killshot Ayama Starlet Tag Team Championship Imogen Adams & Minami Koi (c) vs Better Than You Starlet Grand Championship Liberty Austin (c) vs Charlize

As someone who just let Figo go in my long-term game, it feels somewhat like karma that his victory was the only match I predicted wrong here 😅. What a great surprise though, I'm excited to see what you do with his run.

Honestly I think the subconscious builds have been pretty fun so far and natural feeling. I didn't even notice the pattern myself until it was pointed out, and even then with how easy it is to get sucked in, I'm sure I'll probably forget about the pattern while reading anyways until the next one lol. Regarding the world around Starlet, I personally would love to see events from other promotions and some lore too if possible of said promotions and some of your stars as well if they've got enough history in them. Whenever I play mods within their own universes (Thunderverse, Cornellverse, etc) I always like seeing where in history promotions & their products seem to be. Like for example, there's usually a dedicated Sports Entertainment company in America, but different mods might have its product set in different places depending on time period, lore, or just function with the rest of the world.

I like how over the episodes you've started showing small details of everyone's personality in your dialogue, with this edition really giving me a sense of who folks are in a lot of fun ways. Keep up the good work friend!