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Madison Eagles vs. Takako Inoue Alexis Laree and Allison Corino vs. Wesna Busic and The Beautiful Nightmare Chigusa Nagayo and Momoe Nakanishi vs. The Darkess (Daffney and LuFisto) The Women’s Revolution (Amy and Jacqueline) vs. Our Generation (©) for the Women’s World Tag Team Championship Manami Toyota vs. Trish Stratus Meiko Satomura vs. Akira Hokuto (©) for the Women’s World Championship What will be match of the night? The main event How many titles will change hands? 2

Did you know Rellik spelled backwards is “what a weird booking decision but I’m totally behind it”? Is Sting officially retired?

The Shooting Stars vs. Jung Dragons vs. Made in Italy AJ Styles vs. Prince Devitt Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Eddie Guerrero Shane Helms vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (©) for the World Television Championship Rey Mysterio Jr. and Konnan vs. The Dangerous Alliance (O’Haire and Douglas) Chris Jericho vs. Brian Kendrick Steenerico vs. True Heroes (©) for the World Tag Team Championship Steven Regal vs. Bryan Danielson (©) for the United States Heavyweight Championship Goldberg vs. The Unnatural King Corino vs. CM Punk (©) for the World Heavyweight Championship How many championships will change hands? 1 What will be the match of the night? The main event TIEBREAKER: What will be the match time for the main event (minutes and seconds)? 28:38 BONUS: Who will be the next World Heavyweight Champion? Lance Storm

I may have not picked him, but I’m just glad that the time has finally come for Corino. He truly is the king, both figuratively and literally. The wrestlers leaving, resigning or coming back is so weird and yet intriguing, it’s making the diary a lot more exciting in my eyes, especially when it’s people that were signed at the beginning and I thought would be there forever.

<p>Steenerico vs. <strong>Calgary Bulldogs</strong></p><p> </p><p> Volador Jr. vs. <strong>TAKA (©)</strong> for the World Cruiserweight Championship</p><p> </p><p> Christopher Daniels vs. <strong>Shinsuke Nakamura (©)</strong> for the World Television Championship</p><p> </p><p> The Destroyer vs. <strong>Bryan Danielson (©)</strong> for the United States Heavyweight Championship</p><p> </p><p> Mortis vs. <strong>CM Punk (©)</strong> for the World Heavyweight Championship </p><p> </p><p> The 30 Man Mayhem match, with the winner challenging for the World championship at the Great American Bash:</p><p> -Longest stay in match: <strong>AJ Styles</strong></p><p> -Most eliminations: <strong>The Unnatural</strong></p><p> -Runner up: <strong>Chris Jericho</strong></p><p> -Winner: <strong>Lance Storm</strong></p><p> </p><p> What will be match of the night? <strong>Punk vs Mortis</strong></p><p> </p><p> How many championships will change hands? <strong>Zero</strong></p><p> </p><p> General diary comments/questions/critiques: <strong>Lots of Japanese talent here in WCW now. Sick</strong></p>

Didn’t comment on the PPV but it’s super surreal that RVD, the guy who main evented the first starrcade, is gone. The Stephanie twist is crazy, too. I have a gut feeling who’s winning Mayhem, and it’s not an ex WWE guy. I sure am curious which current WCW star Petey Williams was doing an impression of...

<p>April 11th, 2004</p><p> </p><p> Prediction Key:</p><p> </p><p> CM Punk vs. <strong>The Unnatural (©)</strong> for the World Heavyweight Championship</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Bryan Danielson</strong> vs. Rob Van Dam (©) for the United States Championship</p><p> </p><p> Shinsuke Nakamura vs. <strong>Hayabusa (©)</strong> for the World Television Championship</p><p> </p><p> Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. <strong>Eddie Guerrero</strong> in a Two out of Three Falls match</p><p> </p><p> AJ Styles vs. <strong>The Enigma</strong> in the UFS Finals</p><p> </p><p> Title Unification match: UWA Welterweight Champion <strong>Jamie Knoble</strong> vs. WCW Cruiserweight Champion TAKA </p><p> </p><p> <strong>Matt Hardy</strong> vs. Mortis</p><p> </p><p> Tag title #1 contender’s match: Steenerico vs. Volador and Aguila vs. <strong>Calgary Bulldogs</strong> vs. Made in Italy </p><p> </p><p> How many championships will change hands? (the title unification match DOES count) <strong>2</strong></p><p> </p><p> What will be match of the night? <strong>The main</strong></p><p> </p><p> Are the Jung Dragons going to stay in WCW? <strong>It’s Yang time</strong></p>

Chigusa Nagayo vs. Akira Hokuto (©) for the World Championship Etsuko Mita and Kaoru Ito vs. Our Generation (©) for the World Tag Team Championship Manami Toyota vs. Wesna Busic Meiko Satomura vs. LuFisto Kyoko Inoue vs. Toshiyo Yamada Momoe Nakanishi vs. The Beautiful Nightmare How many championships will change hands? 0 What will be match of the night? The main event General comments: But there’s two canadian Chrises! By god, the suspense!

I’ve made a few posts on this in the general questions thread already with the 2001 mod, namely booking a real world company gives massively massively underrated results. For example, with NOAH I couldn’t get anything over a 55 while with WWF I got a show that got a 44. I also made a much longer post on there about AI behavior that I’ll copy paste over here. “The AI needs to be retooled. I've been messing around in the January 2001 mod and I did a little experiment. In three weeks, the WWF sign twenty eight people. In that same time frame, New Japan signed twenty. Even current day Vince McMahon is not that insane. Some of these workers I've noticed shouldn't be signed at all. Two workers WWF took were Scott Norton and Scott Hall from NJPW, two people that were under written contracts for NJPW and were not in the final month of their contracts, which as far as I know, doesn't even allow them to fight back. Another I noticed was New Japan taking Kawada from All Japan, who had the same contract issue as Hall and Norton combined with him being loyal to AJPW. I remember it being briefly mentioned that the AI was more competitive, but good lord. Playing as an indie must be hell in this mod. Combined with my previous issue of ratings being super wonky for the player and no one else makes the entire experience almost not worth it. I do believe most of these problems will be fixed in a patch and when mods are officially converted, but it's still something that should be considered.” I’m no mod maker but it’s already apparent that mods need a lot more editing than anyone could imagine, especially because I wasn’t getting weird show ratings with CVerse. I actually was going to do a diary where I used a modified version of a mod, several months later, and I believe that I may have to do that whole process again once the game comes out. I’m still optimistic, but it’s troubling.

I'm only going to put this here instead of suggestions because this is likely an issue with it being a converted mod, but it's still ridiculous. The AI needs to be retooled. I've been messing around in the January 2001 mod and I did a little experiment. In three weeks, the WWF sign twenty eight people. In that same time frame, New Japan signed twenty. Even current day Vince McMahon is not that insane. Some of these workers I've noticed shouldn't be signed at all. Two workers WWF took were Scott Norton and Scott Hall from NJPW, two people that were under written contracts for NJPW and were not in the final month of their contracts, which as far as I know, doesn't even allow them to fight back. Another I noticed was New Japan taking Kawada from All Japan, who had the same contract issue as Hall and Norton combined with him being loyal to AJPW. I remember it being briefly mentioned that the AI was more competitive, but good lord. Playing as an indie must be hell in this mod. Combined with my previous issue of ratings being super wonky for the player and no one else makes the entire experience almost not worth it. I do believe most of these problems will be fixed in a patch and when mods are officially converted, but it's still something that should be considered.

That would make a lot of sense if the AI wasn’t still getting the same ratings they would back in 2016. This game, I swear...

One issue I always had with 2016 is that, at the beginning of saves, ratings felt way too low. I think this problem is even worse in 2020. I’ve been messing around in the 2001 mod and as NOAH, a company that the AI often has spit out 90+ ratings, didn’t get a match above 55. Is anyone else experiencing this?

"It'll be dark times for a while, but I assure you, wrestling isn't dead."

World Heavyweight Championship: Goldberg vs. The Unnatural {©} World Tag Team Championship: Jung Dragons vs. True Heroes {©} United States Heavyweight Championship: King Corino vs. Rob Van Dam {©} World Television Championship: Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Brian Kendrick {©} Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: Eddie Guerrero vs. Matt Hardy Ultimate Fan Series Semifinal Round: AJ Styles vs. Sean O’Haire Bryan Danielson vs. Colt Cabana Steenerico vs. Calgary Bulldogs What will be match of the night? The main event How many championships will change hands? 2 TIEBREAKER: How long was the main event? 16:51 General diary comments/questions/critiques: we back boys

Asking this ahead of time because I actually plan on doing a long term diary for 2020. The company I want to play as was made a couple months after the start of a mod, and I’m wondering if I should edit the mod to make it more current for the events of the next few months (something I am 100 percent willing to do) or keep it in the same time as the mod. The advantages to not editing were that some cool guys who would sign to bigger companies within the next couple of months are still on the table, but some people who were big players for this company in real life are also still signed. What should I do?