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Call to Arms Pre Show Diablo Duvak, Skip Beau, Mabuchi Furusawa and Mr. Lucha III vs. Princeton Pryce, Chucky Dorrance, Antonio Del Veccio and Mountie Mann “Ice Cold” Claire Winters & Ariel Breaks vs. The Queen’s Guard Sally Anne Christianson vs. Natalie DiMarco vs. Nina Cacace vs. Demelza Wade vs. Sandra Shine vs. Zoe Ammis Main Show “Shooting Star” Erik Strong vs. “Shooter” Sean Deeley “The Boss” Lauren Easter vs. “The Franchise" Brooke Tyler Number One Contender to Tag Title: The Griffin Family vs. The Brothers Cain vs. The German Machine vs. Generation Z “The Natural” David Stone vs. Donte Dunn The DeColt Boys vs.The Montreal Mafia Number One Contender's Match: “A Game” Aaron Knight vs. “The Revolution” Cameron Vessey Women's Championship: Nadia Snow vs. Amber Allen© Tag Team Championship: Thunder & Lightning vs. The Dynamite Express © World Championship: Sean McFly vs. Christian Price©

<div style="padding: 10px; border: 2px solid #dcbc90; margin:10px; max-width:40%; ";"> Gold Class Wrestling: Gold Standard Week 3 February 2026 Video Preview </div> PREDICTIONS: 30 Minute Iron-Woman Match Black Diamond vs. Joy Ryder Singles Match Deacon Darkhold vs. California Love Machine Tag Team Match Atom Smasher & Wu Samoa vs. Wild Red Power & Wild Red Stallion Singles Match Jackson Jacques vs. Tommy Cornell Jr Nate DeMarcus Open Challenge Nate DeMarcus vs. ???

Thanks everyone. I paid £24,000 for 3 years of education in Graphic Design so I best use it right? I'll be having some predictions/a preview for the first GCW Gold Standard TV up soon but for now please enjoy the above introductory PPV.

<div style="padding: 10px; border: 2px solid #dcbc90; margin:10px; max-width:55%; ";"> Gold Class Wrestling: Rich & Famous 2026 Attendance: 50,000 (sellout) at Kentuck Centenary Arena Viewers: 2,527,466 on GCW Network February 2026, Week 2 Singles Match "Voice of Evil" Deacon Darkhold vs. "Double J" Jackson Jacques Deacon Darkhold's influence over Dark Master has decreased in recent months and the other members are claiming that his connection to "The Master" has become thin at best. In order, to increase his influence back to what it once was, Darkhold has taken to the idea of indoctrinating others to join his group of monsters. His first target was new GCW rookie and developmental graduate Jackson Jacques, however vulnerable Jacques may be, he has a strong sense of justice and purity which has made the indoctrination very difficult for Darkhold. After weeks of extending hands and guiding Jacques, Deacon has lost his patience and recently assaulted the rookie. Tonight Deacon has taken the stance of "join us or be destroyed" but can the rookie pull out a major upset over the former GCW Royal Heavyweight Champion? [The Match] Deacon Darkhold is gradually further enforcing his enormous will over Jacques. The kid takes a massive beating and finds himself being ragdolled all over the ring. He refuses to stay down though and fights back but just before he can instigate any major shift of momentum he gets cut off by the sinister Darkhold. The Voice of Evil can only keep the rookie down for a two count and after a chokeslam only garners a 2.5, some familiar faces make their way down to ringside, the rest of Dark Master that is. However, instead of looking to attack Jacques, they merely stand around the ring, making sure that the match stays inside and that if their leader is going to win, he will do it with dominance. Their presence causes a small distraction upon Darkhold and it's that small window that Jacques pounces on! German suplex! Lariat! Big corner splash! Just as it looks like Double J might have him, Darkhold no sells the splash and hits a lariat of his own that turns Jackson inside out. Looking furious that this mere pup could think to get one up on him, Darkhold quickly finishes the rookie off with a second and third chokeslam back to back for the three. He leaves the kid laid out on the mat and walks to the back, Dark Master follow, satisfied with their speaker's performance in the match and content with his leadership, for now. Deacon Darkhold defeats Jackson Jacques Match Rating: 70 Match Time: 5:42 Deacon Darkhold had an in-ring performance of 72 Jackson Jacques had an in-ring performance of 35 Tag Team Match Black Diamond & Modesty Pador vs. Houston Handley & Joy Ryder Black Diamond vs. Joy Ryder was a key feud to the growth of Gold Class Wrestling's Women's Division all the way back in 2020 however both ladies eventually left for (at the time) greener pastures in other companies. Finally, in 2026, the feud has re-ignited with both rejoining GCW with the hatred still there. Speaking of hatred, Modesty Pador despises Houston Handley for the belief that the latter cost her the GCW Ladies Championship in a triple threat match with Charity Sweet in which Handley broke an almost certain pinfall Pador had on Sweet not once but twice! So both Black Diamond and Modesty Pador have sworn enemies, looks like the only sensible thing to do is to team up to ensure that they come out on top over the suppossed goody-two-shoes Houston Handley and Joy Ryder. [The Match] All four of these ladies are very talented but it's the spite of Diamond and Pador that seems to be coming out on top as they execute several devastating duo moves on Ryder which causes Handley to have to exercise her expertise in breaking up pinfalls once more, only causing more hatred from Pador. Ryder finally makes the hot tag to Handley who runs wild with the best display of connecting moves in the match. Hurricanrana to Diamond, drop kick to Pador on the apron, Diamond recovers and tries to go for a lariat to stop Handley's momentum but the Punk Rock Princess counters with an arm capture neckbreaker before scaling and landing a top rope crossbody for a very close two. Modesty tries to get into the ring to get at Handley but it all descends into madness as Ryder intervenes. Joy Ryder and Modesty Pador's brawl spills to the outside which catches the attention of the referee. Handley goes to finish off Diamond with her brainbuster but the latter blatantly cheats out of view of the ref with an eye rake and then pulling Handley by her hair and slamming her into the top turnbuckle by the back of her head. Diamond screams for the referee's attention as she scales to the top rope and lands a perfect Diamond Dust on a dazed Handley. Ryder has finally become wise to what's going on in the ring but it's too late to stop it and Pador grasps her feet to make sure she can't break the pin. Black Diamond & Modesty Pador defeat Houston Handley & Joy Ryder Match Rating: 82 Match Time: 11:37 Black Diamond had an in-ring performance of 71 Houston Handley had an in-ring performance of 78 Joy Ryder had an in-ring performance of 73 Modesty Pador had an in-ring performance of 75 GCW World Tag Team Championship Match | Hardcore Tag Team Match Aristocrat Anders & Beautiful Bobby Brown © vs. Bryan Perez & Charlie Corner vs. Wild Red Power & Wild Red Stallion The Meeting of the Minds, Aristocrat Anders and Beautfiul Bobby Brown are two associates who have decided to bring refinement to the GCW tag team division and as champions they have been inflicting that desire rather painfully on everyone else, they have stayed strong and unified in the face of many challengers of which there are 2 challengers tonight. On one hand is the odd couple of Bryan Perez and Charlie Corner, two long time friends that are now questioning that very friendship, Perez has long since abandoned his pure ways he had when he first entered GCW and Corner does not approve of his recent tactics. However, on the look out for gold, they agreed to join forces. On the other hand is two friends almost certain to stick together forever. Wild Red Power, formerly Max Power has formed a very touching friendship with Wild Red Stallion and has been accepted as a guest into Stallion's Cherokee culture and allowed to don the ceremonial and traditional headwear of Stallion's people. They're legitmately best friends and they're trying to prove they can use that friendship to dominate the GCW Tag team division. [The Match] Even though the champions talked plenty of smack about being ready for this match, they're clearly out of their element in this unorganized chaos of a hardcore tag match. Anders and Brown find themselves bumping all over the place and Corner and Perez fair little better as they keep accidentally getting in each other's way which results in a few arguments. It's Stallion and Power that take initial control, including taking Corner out of the situation for a while about 5 minutes in when Stallion hits his Bison Stampede Pumphandle Powerslam off some steel steps and through the announcers table! Corner is completely out of it on the outside and seeing the dire situation, Anders and Brown try and get Perez to cooperate with them for a second. He does! Perez is helping to inflict the beat down and shift the tide against Stallion and Power. The power (pun intended) of the duo is too much for even three men though, Stallion nearly kills Anders with a biel toss over the top rope, causing the Aristocrat to flail wildly as he bounces all the way to the ground. Brown and Perez can hardly contend with the rampaging men in front of them and it's not long before Perez is sent packing to the outside too. They have Brown where they want him, powerslam and a big splash! The referee goes for the count but Perez drags the referee by the foot under the bottom rope and bumps him!? He's saved the match but he's angered Stallion and Power. That's not all though because guess who was coming to just in time to see that low play by Perez? That's right Corner finally recovered to see his friend assault an official. Corner drags himself over to Perez and engages in a shouting match, the two are interrupted by Stallion and Power who force them back into the ring but they cleverly use their anger with each other to fight back! Corner Cutter to Stallion and he's out of the ring! Duck a lariat from Power, superkick from Perez and a second Corner Cutter to get rid of the second Wild Red. Charlie Corner sizes up a coming to Beautiful Bobby Brown for what would be a third and final Corner Cutter! Perez cuts down his own team mate with a superkick! What the hell! Bryan Perez leaves the ring to a chorus of boos as Anders reappears with two chairs, with no one to help Corner he is on the recieving end of a conchairto and a double cover. The referee climbs back into the ring and makes a laboured three count. Aristocrat Anders & Beautiful Bobby Brown © defeat Bryan Perez & Charlie Corner vs. Wild Red Power & Wild Red Stallion Match Rating: 78 Match Time: 13:10 Aristocrat Anders had an in-ring performance of 70 Beautiful Bobby Brown had an in-ring performance of 78 Bryan Perez had an in-ring performance of 65 Charlie Corner had an in-ring performance of 70 Wild Red Power had an in-ring performance of 68 Wild Red Stallion had an in-ring performance of 66 GCW Ladies Choice Championship Match Charity Sweet © vs. Felicia Luck A very peculiar feud here. Charity Sweet has recently become GCW Ladies Choice champion with a very special victory over both Modesty Pador and Houston Handley and with a big win like that over two of Gold Class Wrestling's biggest female stars, you would think she would want to continue that momentum with another big victory over a big star, Erin Grey, former two time champion presented herself as a viable option for an opponent but Sweet chose Grey's number two, her protege, Felicia Luck instead. This infuriated Erin Grey and confounded Felicia Luck and much of the GCW fans. It seems that Sweet sees a significant amount of potential and Luck and wants to shine that diamond in the rough in the ring with the title on the line. So if Sweet is correct, then surely she is in significant danger but if she's wrong then she doesn't come across as a fighting champion for choosing an opponent blatantly lower than herself. One can only wonder what will happen here. The Match It seems that Charity Sweet's perception might of been off as she dominates the first minutes of the match, running rings around Luck whilst Erin Grey stands at ring side tutting and feeling the need to add her own running commentary of "I would have" or "She should have" whenever Felicia is caught by the champion. Though something odd happens as the match gets longer. Felicia Luck goes from being dominated to fighting evenly and the women exchange some nice sequences. Sweet is clearly one step ahead at all times but it is only one step and Felicia nearly matches exact pace once or twice. She even counters an o'connor roll into her sleeper but Sweet manage roll backwards before the legs can be grapevined for a two count and hold break. At the ten minute mark Luck's well...luck, seemingly runs out and Sweet lays on a heavy combo of strikes that rock the challenger. The champion sets the challenger up! Cherry Bomb (Dudebuster) from Charity Sweet and Luck only manages to roll the shoulder up at 2.9999, the end seems imminent right now and even Grey is now fully on Luck's side, screaming advice and motivation at her, the audience joins in too from being 100% on the side of the champion to asking Felicia Luck to fight back. Luck powers up with a scream and tries to strike back but she doesn't have half the technique Sweet does even if the fire is there. Spinning roundhouse kick to the head of Luck, aka The Sweet Tooth and this one is all over at a solid three count. Charity Sweet © defeats Felicia Luck Match Rating: 78 Match Time: 12:04 Charity Sweet had an in-ring performance of 82 Felicia Luck had an in-ring performance of 63 Singles Match "The Masterclass" Cameron Vessey vs. "Simply Superior" Regal Ronald Sampson Good Money have long been the dominant stable in Gold Class Wrestling and they got there through business acumen and ruthless tactics. However, perhaps beating half your stable to near death when removing them from the stable might be a bit too harsh. Such things as kindness don't come to Regal Ronald Sampson though and he made that more obvious than ever when he, Ratzloff and Cornell Jr kicked Vessey, King and Parker to the curb over "performance issues" the night after GCW Golden Hour 2026. King and Parker have found themselves on the injury list due to the ruthless assault so it's up to Cameron Vessey to get vengeance. Lucky for him, he's A: The best technical wrestler on the GCW roster and B: It's been decreed that if Parker and King can't be at ringside than neither can Cornell Jr and Ratzloff. Though he's still the underdog against the most successful man in Gold Class Wrestling history and a loss here would justify RRS' evil once more. [The Match] Bell rings and Regal Ronald Sampson immediately scarpers to the outside to a massive chorus of boos. Classic work from the scummiest scumbag to be in a Gold Class Wrestling ring. Though whilst RRS is working the crowd, he does not see Vessey making a very uncharacteristic dive over the ropes to flatten Sampson. It seems that the technician is abandoning his character and his cool to get his hands on the man who turned his back on him. Sampson has fists rained down on his skull and it's not long before he's bleeding. Back in the ring, Sampson gets on his hands and knees to plead with Vessey before going for the cheap eye poke but it's Vessey who is the wiser as he catches RRS' hand in mid-air! He know all of Sampson's tricks and he's letting Simply Superior know about it! Vessey is controlling the pace of the match and it seems for every one move that RRS lands, The Masterclass retaliates with two! Spinebuster from Sampson! Superplex with follow up sharpshooter from Vessey! Regal manages to make the rope break just about and retaliates with a pump kick when he gets to his feet, Vessey fakes RRS out with a punch and then plants him with the DDT! The match goes on and it seems Cameron Vessey has the better of his former stable leader. However, there is an issue and Vessey knows it well. RRS may be as slimy as a cockroach but he's that means he's as resilient as one too. Vessey can't put down RRS with anything permanent and his frustrations come out with a 20 punch count in the corner that the referee eventually drags Vessey away from for a word. As Cameron goes to re-engage with Sampson who counters with a tights grab and throw throat first into the exposed turnbuckle??? When did that get exposed? Vessey is spluttering from the damage and RRS instantly locks in the Million Dollar Dream which is followed with a grapvine as Vessey is brought to the mat. The crowd are screaming at a fading Vessey. Get up! Get to the ropes! Do something! But he's going, he can only flail trapped inside the Million Dollar Dream. Vessey is going...going... gone. Regal Ronald Sampson defeats Cameron Vessey Match Rating: 84 Match Time: 15:18 Cameron Vessey had an in-ring performance of 79 Regal Ronald Sampson had an in-ring performance of 81 GCW Royal Heavyweight Championship Match Xavi Ferrera © vs. Matty Faith Matty Faith was slightly overshadowed in his signing, by the simultaneous arrival of Tommy Cornell Jr. Whilst Faith was the bigger current star, no one could doubt the future ahead of Cornell and so Faith challenged Cornell Jr at GCW Golden Hour to prove who was the better current second generation wrestler. Matty Faith came out on top and his climb has been apparent ever since as tonight he steps forward as the first challenger to Xavi Ferrera's reign as Royal Heavyweight Champion. Ferrera ain't about to let this be a sweet victory for Faith though, he fought tooth and nail to win the Ruby Rumble and then vanquish RRS at Golden Hour so who the heck does this kid think he is to come and try and be the top champion of GCW? Second Generation Wrestler? Xavi Ferrera is a current generation wrestler! He is now and he is in and he is the reigning, defending GCW Royal Heavyweight Champion! [The Match] The two men square up and as the bell rings, they are already off to the races. Both men are young, fast and full of violent vigor. Faith almost decapitates Ferrera with a leaping forearm which is followed with a german suplex, Ferrera no sells and retaliates with a german suplex of his own and Faith finds he cannot negate damage the same way and the momentum changes. Big enziguri and fisherman buster from the champion! Dragon suplex and uranage! Matty Faith is being overwhelmed but he is the son of the legendary Christian Faith and everyone, Xavi Ferrera included, best remember the fire that runs in his blood. Ferrera is caught slacking for a second and huge out of the corner spear evens things up. The fans are buzzing at this neckbreaking pace that they excuse the fact somewhat that Faith seems to forget the importance of psychology. There is a huge exchange of signature moves and it looks like it's going to come down to who hits their finisher first. Faith could theoretically hit the Faith Eternal (Razor's Edge) in the ring at any time but his youthful hubris gets the best of him and he takes the time to set it up from the top rope. Giving Ferrera ample time to reverse into a falling frankensteiner, following by scaling the adjacent corner for his finishing All Star Frog Splash! Xavi Ferrera © defeats Matty Faith Match Rating: 81 Match Time: 13:58 Matty Faith had an in-ring performance of 78 Xavi Ferrera had an in-ring performance of 82 GCW American Atlas Championship Match | Steel Cage Match Prime Time Jack Pryde © vs. "The Dark Destroyer" Steve Frehley Steve Frehley has had many thorns in his side since the day he walked in GCW. As the first real big signing the company made, he dedicated himself to becoming the companies biggest and brightest star. It's being a road filled with equal amounts of gold and agony and it seems that the straw that broke the camel's back was a popularity poll that declared him the SECOND most popular star in Gold Class Wrestling behind Prime Time Jack Pryde! A man who wasn't even the main heavyweight champion! Frehley's vendetta started there but Prime Time didn't win that no.1 spot through pure charisma alone. This is his first singles championship and he fought tooth and nail for it. Like hell is going to let a sore loser come in and take what's rightfully his, what he's elevated to the next level. The two most popular wrestlers in Gold Class Wrestling clash inside a steel cage where they agreed that victory cannot be achieved by anything other than pinfall or submission. Will it being the rising superstar Prime Time Jack Pryde or the ever present super veteran Steve Frehley walking out with the GCW American Atlas Championship? [The Match] The cage descends down as the two men stare holes through one another. This is going to be a bloodbath. The bell sounds and it's a hail of fists from both. Lariat from Frehley. Dropkick from Pryde. Butterfly Suplex from Pryde. Backdrop from Frehley. DDT from Pryde. Big Boot from Frehley. Huge belly to belly from Frehley but Pryde gets up and hits a jumping clothesline. Both of these men are going for the big stuff from the get go and the crowd are eating it up. Frehley eventually takes control with multiple belly to belly suplexes into each side of the cage, cutting up Prime Time's back. He then reverses his position and does a combo of german suplexes. He's brought to his knees but Prime Time shouts defiantly. The match continues and there are several big bumps. Both men are bleeding by the 15 minute mark and Prime Time has just caught Frehley with a missile dropkick and looks to go for his Snapshot finish (Blade Runner) but Frehley picks up his opponent and charges both men through the cage as a wall collapses on the commentary table side. The match is almost called off as multiple referees attend to the men but they force off the help and crawl back into the ring and the now three sided cage. Frehley wants the Dark Destroyer (Jackknife Powerbomb) but Prime Time slips out...SNAPSHOT out of nowhere! Prime Time covers but somehow Frehley kicks out. Prime Time picks up Frehley again and from out of the blue, Steve Frehley grabs Prime Time and forces him down and then up for a quick Dark Destroyer but he's too exhaused to make the cover. Both men get to their feet slowly for what will be the last time and exchange punches, they go back and forth until Frehley can't continue and collapses onto Prime Time. Pryde picks his challenger up. Snapshot! The second time, it was a very tired one, will it be enough? He covers... Prime Time Jack Pryde © defeats Steve Frehley Match Rating: 93 Match Time: 18:42 Prime Time Jack Pryde had an in-ring performance of 91 Steve Frehley had an in-ring performance of 90 Overall Show Rating: 86 </div>

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<div style="padding: 10px; border: 2px solid #dcbc90; margin:10px; max-width:35%; ";"> GCW Royal Heavyweight Championship Xavi Ferrera [January 2026 -][2 Defences] History Regal Ronald Sampson (3) [september 2025 - January 2026][2 Defences] Forrest Ratzloff (2) [June 2025 - September 2025][1 Defence] Steve Frehley (2) [June 2025 - June 2025][0 Defences] Deacon Darkhold [January 2025 - June 2025][4 Defences] Steve Frehley [september 2024 - January 2025][2 Defences] Forrest Ratzloff [July 2023 - September 2024][8 Defences] Nate DeMarcus [November 2021 - July 2023][20 Defences] Regal Ronald Sampson (2)[October 2020 - November 2021][8 Defences] Ernest Youngman [september 2020 - October 2020 [2 Defences] Regal Ronald Sampson [January 2020 - September 2020][9 Defences] GCW Ladies Choice Championship Charity Sweet [January 2026 -][2 Defences] History Modesty Pador [August 2025 - January 2026][6 Defences] Queen Vice [June 2025 - August 2025][2 Defences] Erin Grey (2) [september 2024 - June 2025][6 Defences] Houston Handley (2) [April 2024 - September 2024][5 Defences] Ellie de Grazia [November 2023 - April 2024][5 Defences] VACATED due to Sabrina Wells leaving GCW Sabrina Wells (2) [June 2023 - November 2023][4 Defences] Erin Grey/The Woman in Black [July 2022 - June 2023][9 Defences] Houston Handley [February 2021 - July 2022 [11 Defences] Black Diamond (2) [October 2020 - February 2021][3 Defences] Joy Ryder [June 2020 - October 2020][4 Defences] Black Diamond [March 2020 - June 2020][7 Defences] Sabrina Wells [January 2020 - March 2020][2 Defences] GCW American Atlas Championship Prime Time Jack Pryde [August 2025 -][11 Defences] History Cameron Vessey [May 2025 - August 2025][2 Defences] Nate DeMarcus (2) [March 2024 - May 2025][13 Defences] Penfold Perdition [January 2024 - March 2024][1 Defence] Deacon Darkhold [september 2023 - January 2024][4 Defences] Texas Hangman [April 2023 - September 2023][5 Defences] Cip Conduit (2) [January 2023 - April 2023][3 Defences] Sandman Winks [October 2022 - January 2023][6 Defences] Cip Conduit [July 2022 - October 2022][5 Defences] Regal Ronald Sampson [May 2022 - July 2022 [1 Defence] Wild Red Stallion [February 2022 - May 2022][3 Defences] VACATED due to Nate DeMarcus winning the GCW Royal Heavyweight Championship Nate DeMarcus [January 2021 - January 2022][10 Defences] Martyr [August 2020 - January 2021][5 Defences] Justice Jolson [June 2020 - August 2020][3 Defences] Papa Swoll [May 2020 - June 2020][1 Defence] GCW World Tag Team Championships Aristocrat Anders & Beautiful Bobby Brown [september 2025 -][6 Defences] Recent History Wild Red Power & Wild Red Stallion [May 2025 - September 2025][4 Defences] Forrest Ratzloff & Regal Ronald Sampson [February 2025 - May 2025][4 Defence] Xavi Ferrera & Derrick Divo (2) [October 2024 - February 2025][3 Defences] Prime Time Jack Pryde & Regal Ronald Sampson [september 2024 - October 2024][1 Defence] Xavi Ferrera & Derrick Divo [August 2024 - September 2024][1 Defence] Papa Swoll & Penfold Perdition (5) [June 2024 - August 2024][2 Defences] Steven Parker & Prime Time Jack Pryde [February 2024 - June 2024][8 Defences] Papa Swoll & Penfold Perdition (4) [January 2024 - February 2024 [0 Defences] The Historian & The Destroyer[January 2024 - January 2024][0 Defences] The High Stakes Match History Forrest Ratzloff (2) [2025] Bryan Perez [2024] Forrest Ratzloff [2023] The Ruby Rumble Match History Xavi Ferrera [2025] Steve Frehley [2024] Charlie Corner [2023] Austin Smooth [2022] Papa Swoll [2021] Ernest Youngman [2020] </div>

Show History Pay-Per-View GCW Rich & Famous 2026 GCW Gold Standard GCW Wrestling Gods DISCLAIMER This is a save following under the rules set out in the Road to Glory challenge. Originally created by Kamchatka and continued on GDS by Bad Collin. If you'd like to undertake the challenge yourself, here is the thread link. Special Thanks - Bad Colin for carrying on the Road to Glory challenge in TEW 2020. -Eisen Verse for being the GOAT diary maker and a constant source of inspiration. - Kamchatka for creating my favourite challenge for TEW. - King Bison, Slipshirt, smw88, London and everyone else in the The C-Verse Re/Render Project: Episode IV: A New Hope thread for their excellent work.

Show History Pay-Per-View GCW Rich & Famous 2026 GCW Gold Standard GCW Wrestling Gods DISCLAIMER This is a save following under the rules set out in the Road to Glory challenge. Originally created by Kamchatka and continued on GDS by Bad Collin. If you'd like to undertake the challenge yourself, here is the thread link. Special Thanks - Bad Colin for carrying on the Road to Glory challenge in TEW 2020. -Eisen Verse for being the GOAT diary maker and a constant source of inspiration. - Kamchatka for creating my favourite challenge for TEW. - King Bison, Slipshirt, smw88, London and everyone else in the The C-Verse Re/Render Project: Episode IV: A New Hope thread for their excellent work.

Finally got around to making some graphics and filling out the flavour text of my stables in my Road 2 Glory save with Gold Class Wrestling. Only took me 6 in game years...

2025 was the year Gold Class Wrestling went BIG. I know I didn't do a re-cap but it was a boring year of grinding from medium to big. 2025 was a year of getting every achievement under the sun and well... [ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED] A True Alternative - Produce an Event Card of 75 Roll - 31. “Hit The Bricks” You live in the gym. +10 to spend on physical skills. (Athleticism, Toughness, Stamina, Power) [ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED] Legendary Angle - Be involved in a 100 Rated Angle Roll - 15. "Painkillers are mankind's way of saying 'just watch me'" Add "Pain Killer Abuser" to your character’s addictions. If you have this already then upgrade to "Heavy Pain Killer Abuser" or "Former Pain Killer Abuser" if previously a Heavy Pain Killer Abuser. [ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED] The Road To Glory - Work for a Big company Roll - 32. "Chance to Train" You have been offered the chance to train with a Wrestling Legend. Gain +20 points to spend on any Fundamental skill. (Basics, Selling, Consistency, Safety & Psychology) And this is the point I decided that if it's cool with the challenge, that I will be abstaining from future rolls. I feel like Regal Ronald Sampson was already becoming a bit overpowered considering my maturity age seemed to kick in and my entertainment stats went up massively to the point where I'm the best promo in the country and every segment with me talking gets at least a 99. I wanted to take this slowly deliberately, which is why I chose to do a popularity over performance company and I feel like these rolls would more likely make RRS outgrow GCW rather than alongside it. I considered just going with the negative rolls only but I don't think it'd be fair that my reward for achieving stuff would be a punishment. I will still talk about achievements in the end of year recaps but I won't be rolling on them anymore if that's cool. Anyways, onto something more fun... I decided to create this as a fun and quick way to sum up the year for the company. I have long considered making a diary with this save as this is the most invested I've been in one in my 9 years of playing. I was thinking of making this as an introduction graphic for the save and linking to this thread in the diary in the hopes of drawing a little traffic and eyes to the challenge other than myself, Colin and Chisoku I would love to know what you guys think of that idea and please give me an update on your saves soon if you can, I do actually read them

You do not know agony until you cverse as a medium size company and one of your star's contract is ending.

All these Lucha Ladies you're bringing out in style are adding life to a section of CVerse I always thought could need it. Great work and keep it up :D:D

I've always been slightly put off playing Japanese promotions in CVerse due to a lack of HQ re-renders I have for them so thanks for solving that issue. These are awesome Willrock

I watched from the sidelines on the fictional world season but this time I'm more than happy to say that I want in! (If you'll have me that is, please Mr Togg)

I've been trying to complete the challenge on my own time but damn is it difficult. Griding from a Medium to Big Company is a ludicrous amount of effort in this edition. I think the best tactic to complete the RTG would be to constantly jump ship until you can get to a top promotion but it's hardly a rewarding way of doing it.

So, this is something that really doesn't qualify as being an "issue" per say but is something that is defintely of note with the latest edition. Major Companies (Medium and above) are absolutely ruthless when it comes to signing regardless of data. This makes playing as a smaller promotion nigh impossible without editing the game data to force loyalty or other gimmick ways of cheating the AI. Now, this is actually reflective of our modern pro wrestling industry as WWE, AEW and just about every other semi-notable company, have gone an absolute signing frenzy, leaving the independent scene desperately trying to always catch up. However, it wasn't always like this. In the mid 2000s there was a definite lull where for years, some of the best indy wrestlers of all time were just free to lift up all the little indies around them, Impact was able to just freely have guys on handshake deals and not sweat about WWE trying to steal everyone as their hiring practice at the time was much more developmental focused rather than indy superstar focused it is as of today. The problem with TEW 2020 then is that it feels impossible to recreate a sort of "down period" in hiring. This really only came enlightened to me because yesterday Mammoth released his excellent Shifting Sands mod and despite his fantastic balancing and attempts to limit this hiring frenzy within the data, it still happens regardless. I wasn't two days into a TNA save before 14 wrestlers on my roster recieved exclusive written contract offers. I went into the data myself and edited Vince McMahon's business to try to limit him and it made little to no difference with 11 contracts being offered the second time. Cornellverse has somewhat always had this problem, the companies are set up to succeed so you always end up a few years in a CVerse save and the top 20 companies in the world all being at least medium sized and with international TV deals, so the signing frenzy begins. It just feels like regardless of all the little tweaks, the editable hiring rules and business stats of owners. The dip and dive of industry and economy in each region. The game almost seems incapable of actually simulating a down period in wrestling. It's always just titans battling it out with extortionate contracts. This is all very odd because I don't believe/remember TEW 2016 or even 2013 had this issue. Anyone got any tips or ideas about how to deal with the overzealous nature of the AI in the most recent edition?

Every day is a day closer to actually playing this. Legit looks like it'll be THE RW mod for TEW2020

Any newgens with strong star quality, menace or entertainment stats can be pretty easily built into a superstar.

Gold Class Wrestling Year in Review: 2023 One word. PAIN. Got to that point where all the other companies have pretty much got to medium or larger and I can't compete with their millions of dollars when it comes to trying to sign away my guys. So, here's a fun little list of everyone who got signed away from me in 2023. Star Black Diamond (QAW) Joy Ryder (QAW) LA Star #1 (NYCW) LA Star #2 (NYCW) Max Damage (A generated guy I made into a star)(USPW) Pepper Pelton (PSW) Texas Hangman (USPW) Major Star Kid Fantastic (CZCW) Sabrina Wells (USPW)(Literally my top female star) Sandman Winks (TCW) The Masked Mauler VII (NYCW) It got so bad to a point that Sabrina versus Black Diamond was on the books for a show for the women's title and both got signed before the show happened. However, I best not despair. We made massive leaps in signings and popularity this year. As I mentioned previously, the fools at SWF let Forrest Ratzloff go last year and in 2023 I turned him into the star he's meant to be. He defeated Nate DeMarcus and ended the legendary undefeated streak (67 - 0) to become GCW Royal Heavyweight and has been since. We're starting to bring in the dollar and as currently sitting at 52 popularity in our home region, we're only 7 pop away from hitting that all elusive medium which is where the real fun begins. Also... Best show of the year, as per usual, was High Stakes 2023 End of Year Roll 39. "The Real Rock n' Rolla" You've filled in for a band member one night, who now wants to you tour with them as a result. +5 points to spend across Charisma and Microphone. Also add Musician to Misc for your character. If rolled 3 times upgrade to Famous Musician. Does Regal Ronald Sampson strike you as a rock star? No, this man definitely just sings down at your local country club.

Regal Ronald Sampson and Gold Class Wrestling I am pushing through this gradually but it's very slow going rn as I ease my way through 2023, in July atm. 2022 came and passed with the slow growth but the match quality and my wrestler was much the same as the previous year. Here's some highlights from 2022. Best show of 2022 Milestones Not So Small After All - Work for a Small company 26. “If you smeeeeeeeeeeelll!!” That new catchphrase of yours has really caught on, you heard someone in the street say it! Add “Hot New Catchphrase” to your attributes. Already got this one before so I guess he just keeps coming up with catchphrases. 2022 End of Year Roll 45. “It’s Not Arrogance If You Can Back It Up” You've now got a bit of swagger in your step, add "Plays Swagger Well" and “Selfish Performer” to your attributes My man really turning into Triple H huh? I decided to give my self a limitation as "Selfish Performer" doesn't really come across when you're a user character, so Regal Ronald Sampson has decided he ain't putting anyone over if they way less than Middleweight and have a star quality of at least 60 brother. Mid 2023 Update Really starting to pull in the money now, a deal with WrestleWorld and actually drawing a crowd upwards of 1000 means that It's just about me increasing the company pop by doing a ton of shows. Currently pulling an AJPW and doing a Summer Series of events leading to a finale. Keep losing stars to the other American companies that are doing pretty damn well. Lost The Masked Mauler IV and Sandman Winks to NYCW, Austin Smooth to PSW and biggest hit, Papa Swoll to SWF. Charlie Corner and Forrest Ratzloff are currently recieving the two biggest upcoming pushes in the company but Nate DeMarcus is still GCW Royal Heavyweight Champion and has been for 549 Days and 20 defences.

Well I didn't want to be the fella to bump the thread but I will now I guess. After the spectacular failure of LWE!!! I decided to take my ventures to America with the new character of Double R to the S, Regal Ronald Sampson in a modern classical wrestling product with Gold Class Wrestling. The first year was spent doing what most do in their first year of booking RTG. Spamming events and relying on Ernest Youngman before he inevtiably gets signed. We came out of the year barely in the green but with a few good results and achievement gets! ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED First Step - Earn a Match Grade of 50 or More With Your Wrestler Mystery Box Roll 38. “Casting Call" You have been cast in a small TV show, next stop Hollywood! +5 points to spend across Charisma and Acting. Also add TV Actor to Misc for your character. If previously your character had "TV Actor" add "Movie Star" Pretty good little roll for the nice charisma and acting boost but I'm actually not that interested in the TV Actor attribute as I don't want RRS to go away any time soon when I'm building the company around him. ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED Fresh New Indie - Produce an Event Card of 50 Mystery Box Roll 3. "Trusted Companion" You gain the Loyalty of one of your roster (random roll from the list of your current roster). Well that's nice, I rolled Joanna Silver for this which is kinda unfortunate because I still haven't pushed her properly yet but she doesn't seem to be going anywhere so I have time. 2020 Year End Roll 17. “I Fought The Law And The Law Won”* Add "Chequered Past" to your character's personality. If you have this already upgrade to "Often in Trouble" and if needed, "Most Wanted" uh oh 2021 As we went into this year in high spirits we were instantly brought down by the crashing economy that crippled our sponsorship revenue. It recovered in October and is going up now but for a time there we almost went bankrupt. We had to stop running as many shows as we did which slowed our pop growth massively but we still managed to crawl into Tiny towards the middle of the year. ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED Hello World - Work for a Tiny company Mystery Box Roll 26. “If you smeeeeeeeeeeelll!!” That new catchphrase of yours has really caught on, you heard someone in the street say it! Add “Hot New Catchphrase” to your attributes That is, and excuse me for saying, a DAMN fine roll. Didn't get any other achievements throughout the year but the progress we're making is great and I'd love to share the best show of the save so far. My user character had held the GCW Royal Heavyweight Championship for exactly 364 days at the time of the show and it was about time he got his comeuppance as all heels should. He'd been dodging the undefeated Nate DeMarcus for the entire later half of the year but "The Great" finally got his hands on Double R to the S. Great match for such a tiny company and RRS has grown so well since the beginning of the save. Hoping to get that 75 rated match in 2022! 2020 Year End Roll 53. "Step Into The Light" You get your 15 minutes of fame. +5 Pop across entire base country. One of those things that would have been very useful at the start but doesn't really matter now. Sorry for the long post but It's a two year update so what can you do? I'll post another one at the end of 2022! Here's some stats for now.

Love Wrestling Explosion! Masaaki Ichikawa - Year One Conclusion Slowly crawling out of the first year pit, we should be at least a tiny company by this time next year as we've finally started to turn a profit under this brutal sponsorship drought. Got absolutely robbed twice from getting my first achievement but hey ho it's the end of the year now so it's time to roll! 11. “LEGEN… wait for it… DARY!” Gain a Best Friend relationship with someone on your roster whose picture is of them wearing a suit. If no-one on your roster is wearing a suit, you must hire someone who wears a suit and become their Best Friend anyway then add the Drinker attribute. Well, there is only one man on the roster with a suit, so I guess me and the boss are now drinking buddies.

<p><img alt="27Z23ur.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/27Z23ur.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> <img alt="WQdgHm4.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/WQdgHm4.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> Well this is probably going to be a disaster but this is my attempt at taking a Gatoh Move esque promotion from Zero to Hero. We're using Avantgarde Puroresu which immediately means we're in trouble with sponsors but I hope the low risk and intensity means we can pile on the shows.</p>