Danny_H22

Should I be focusing my shows on areas where my popularity is higher or lower? In theory, higher should give better ratings but obviously it’s importsnt to grow the lower areas

<p>Another great show and a brilliant write up. Well done!</p><p> </p><p> I do have some questions, so I’m sorry if they’ve been covered before </p><p> </p><p> - what are you backstage settings? Do you allow guests backstage etc.?</p><p> </p><p> - what do you use to plan? I use a google doc which I can update with ideas in work and I have a word doc which I update with some other stuff</p>

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="jeronullet" data-cite="jeronullet" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41193" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Have Jake Roberts as some sort of mystical male witch doctor and give him a maniacal "pet" to do his bidding (Sabu under a mask) and a monster to be his bodyguard(Mike Awesome probably would work)</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I’ve never thought about giving Jake Roberts his own stable, other then adding him into the Ministry mix, but I like this a lot. And Sabu and Awesome would fit the bill perfectly. I’d just need to make it different enough to not overlap or copy any of the Ministry storylines</p>

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Yokai" data-cite="Yokai" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41193" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Pretty solid group for a Hardcore title division if you don’t already have one.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> There isn't a hardcore title, yet. It was a personal favourite of mine when I was growing up and I have toyed with the idea of introducing it</p>

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Matt Shannon" data-cite="Matt Shannon" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41193" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Repackage Johnny Ace as one of McMahon's stooges. Now you officially have the Three Stooges. <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Just imagine the backstage vignettes... *in Bruce Prichard impersonating Johnny Ace's voice* "Hey guys, ever seen how Vince's muscles glisten under the lights? They look really good, don't they?" "So, uh, Sable... I just need to make sure there aren't any risque pictures out there of you. So do you have any risque pictures? And if so, can you give them to me so I can destroy them?"<p> </p><p> I apologize, that's the best I got. <img alt=":o" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/redface.png.900245280682ef18c5d82399a93c5827.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Now you mention it, I have paired Shane with Big Boss Man and billed him as "McMahon protection" but he isn't having much luck. I could get Ace involved with that, too</p>

<p>Currently towards the end of 1998 in my WWF Attitude Era save and I have a quite a few guys who I just use to put over more important wrestlers. I would like to rebrand/repackage a few or at least give them something to do. I'll list a few and welcome all suggestions</p><p> </p><ul><li>Al Snow<br /></li><li>Blackjacks<br /></li><li>D'Lo (currently paired with Godfather but they've done nothing of note)<br /></li><li>Finlay<br /></li><li>Jake Roberts (considered pairing him with my current Ministry stable but worried about his habits)<br /></li><li>Johnny Ace<br /></li><li>Lance Storm<br /></li><li>Mike Awesome<br /></li><li>Sabu<br /></li><li>Sean Morley<br /></li><li>Steve Blackman<br /></li><li>Steve WIlliams<br /></li><li>Tommy Dreamer<br /></li></ul><p></p><p> </p><p> Most of these are Lower Midcard-Midcard because I have never had any decent stories or feuds for them.</p>

Is there a mod which has all the top stars together and in their prime? So prime Cena, prime Hogan etc.? Could be interesting if not

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Defmall" data-cite="Defmall" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41193" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><< I need a storyline to write my Rumble winner out of the ME of WM. not currently sure who will win, but I was thinking about going down the Stone Cold being run over by Rikishi type route. >><p> </p><p> I've had this kind of situation before.</p><p> What I did was put the Champion in severe feud...something that would INSIST on being resolve at WM. At the same time, but the Rumble Winner in a feud as well. (Maybe the RR runner up attacks him? Maybe teh win is controversial?)</p><p> This way, it "makes sense" to have the Champion and the RR Winner so wrapped up in their own isht that you can 'delay' them facing off.</p><p> (OR, do like I did, and make it a triangle match so that the Rumble Winner has an excuse to petition for a single match vs. the champion later on)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> << Also, I’m losing Vader and LOD after WM as they are freelancers and want to move on. I was going to do a loser leaves town between LOD and NAO, but I’m stuck on what to do for Vader. >> </p><p> </p><p> I know it's anti-climatic, but sometimes a good, solid loss is all you need for a guy to go away. I had Luger setting off to make a movie, and needed to do SOMETHING with him before he left. So he won a few matches to get a World title match, lost the title match in a very competitive fashion, and then just...went away for a little while. </p><p> The other option is the "injury angle"...but it's hard to be big enough to hurt Vader enough to make him go away for a while...</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I made the WM ME a triple threat between Bret, Owen and HBK last year so I want to keep it as a straight 1v1 this year. In my game (currently around 1998/99), I’ve had Rock remain unbeaten since my first show. In the meantime, Austin has become champion. Rock and Austin haven’t stepped foot in the ring together, yet, because I’ve been saving the big match for WM. however, I booked myself into a corner a bit by having Rock win KOTR and earning a guaranteed title shot with it. It would have made more sense to have him win the Rumble and then go on to WM but I don’t want him to win KOTR and RR. So I definitely need my RR winner to have a storyline that’ll make him delay his title shot in favour of revenge. Annoyingly, I’ve already planned my storylines for everyone who could realistically win the Rumble. </p><p> </p><p> I guess I’ll just have Goldust beat Vader and Vader just leave. That should push Dust into a main event spot. I could combine the two storylines but Goldust is already my Euro champ</p>

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="shawn michaels" data-cite="shawn michaels" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41194" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Change the backstage rules to accommodate all the positive things and remove the bad ones (like no smoking, drinking, etc.). Hire not only positive influences and locker room leaders (which is a must) but people that get along with each other. Get rid of the drug testing completely until the situation is resolved. I know it sucks, but right now you can't afford negative incidents. Which also means slaps in the wrist if your major players mess up. Try to meddle. Out of the top of my head these are the primary things to do without firing them.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Would removing drug tests etc not potentially prove more risky than my current situation? Shall I just remove it until the locker room rating is back up?</p>

<p>My locker room rating has been stuck on 0 for a while now because HBK and HHH have been turning everyone against Owen, Bulldog and Vader. Naturally, I can’t afford to get rid of HBK and HHH and I’m not prepared to lose Owen just to stop it from happening, so what else can I do?</p><p> </p><p> I don’t have many negative influences and I’ve signed a load of positive locker room leaders. I’ve had quite a few drug failures recently so I’ve considered easing off on the testing but that just seems like a recipe for disaster. I pay for the travel and hotels and I give the guys a masseuse. I’ve just started letting them bring friends backstage to try and highten the mood but no luck.</p>

<p>I need a storyline to write my Rumble winner out of the ME of WM. not currently sure who will win, but I was thinking about going down the Stone Cold being run over by Rikishi type route. </p><p> </p><p> Also, I’m losing Vader and LOD after WM as they are freelancers and want to move on. I was going to do a loser leaves town between LOD and NAO, but I’m stuck on what to do for Vader. Makes sense to have a young up and comer take the rub from beating him, but I don’t really have anyone who isn’t in a storyline already that could do so. Maybe Euro champ Goldust. </p><p> </p><p> My initial plan was to have Warrior return for a short feud with Vader after eliminating him from the Rumble but I think I’ll put this storyline back until next year and substitute Vader with someone else</p>

<p>Am I able to import new arenas into a game that I’ve already started? </p><p> </p><p> A while back i imported new venues, wrestlers etc into a database that was already in use. Will those changes only come into effect when I start a new game?</p>

<p>World Heavyweight Championship: Eddie Guerrero vs. <strong>The Unnatural </strong>{©}</p><p> </p><p> "Big Poppa Pump" Scott Steiner vs. <strong>Goldberg</strong></p><p> </p><p> Sting vs. <strong>Rob Van Dam</strong></p><p> </p><p> "<strong>The Hellraiser" Steve Austin</strong> vs. Chuck Palumbo</p><p> </p><p> World Tag Team Championship: <strong>True Heroes</strong> vs. "Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels and Brian Adams {©}</p><p> </p><p> United States Heavyweight Championship: Alexander vs.<strong> "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p> World Television Championship: Mortis vs. <strong>Sean O'Haire</strong> {©}</p><p> </p><p> Cruiserweight Championship: Kaz Hayashi vs. "<strong>American Dragon" Bryan Danielson </strong>{©}</p><p> </p><p> Paul London vs. <strong>Brian Kendrick</strong></p><p> </p><p> Minoru Tanaka, Volador Jr. and Aguila vs. <strong>The Empire</strong></p><p> </p><p> What will be match of the night? Eddie v Unnatural</p><p> </p><p> How many championships will change hands? 1</p><p> </p><p> What will happen during the Hardys' announcement in Piper's Pit? Going their separate way for a while. I think one of them will probably win the TV title </p><p> </p><p> Who will be the next World Heavyweight Champion? (worth 3 points) Austin</p><p> </p><p> General diary comments/questions/critiques:</p>

<p>Block A Winner: (2 points) Meiko Satomura</p><p> Block B Winner: (2 points) Etsuko Mita</p><p> Grand Prix Winner: (3 points) Etsuko Mita</p>

<p>Fan Scorecard:</p><p> </p><p> Women's World Tag Team Championship Tournament Finals: Chigusa Nagayo and Meiko Satomura vs. <strong>Aja Kong and Devil Masami</strong></p><p> </p><p> Women's World Championship: Melissa Anderson vs. <strong>Manami Toyota</strong> {©}</p><p> </p><p> Kyoko Inoue vs. <strong>Akira Hokuto</strong></p><p> </p><p> Nattie Neidhart vs. <strong>Takako Inoue</strong></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Toshiyo Yamada</strong> vs. Sonoko Kato</p><p> </p><p> Alexis Laree and Allison Corino vs. <strong>Daffney and LuFisto</strong></p><p> </p><p> Momoe Nakanishi vs. <strong>Shinobu Kandori</strong></p><p> </p><p> What will be match of the night? Chigusa Nagayo and Meiko Satomura vs. Aja Kong and Devil Masami</p><p> </p><p> What is Eric Bischoff's 'surprise' for Etsuko Mita? Her time in the Empire is over</p>

Is it possible to get a TV deal for a child company? I’ve recently signed deals to show my events on commercial TV as opposed to PPV. Will the added visibility make up for the lost PPV money?

Looking for name ideas for a insider style wrestling website

What’s the best way to grow my child company? Can I get it a TV deal?

<p>LONG POST WARNING</p><p> </p><p> <em>And new! Just two months after beating Owen for the most prestigious title in the world, Undertaker lost it to WWF figurehead Steve Austin - who can know call himself world champion for the first time. Austin’s first task proved a relatively simple one, as he beat Ahmed Johnson who was owed a title shot after Owen put him on the shelf for a month. But who will the Rattlesnake have to square off against next?</em></p><p> </p><p> I have messed with the WWF title scene a bit too much recently and the prestige has dropped. In hindsight, Undertaker didn’t need the title and never should have had it, thus his reign ended far too quickly - further damaging the prestige. Austin will hold the title now until Mania, at least, giving him six months to raise the prestige and stake his claim as the biggest wrestler in the world. </p><p> </p><p> My Austin plans for Judgement Day is to have Vince announce a very special title main event, before being interrupted by Austin who will start the ball rolling on the Vince hates Austin thing. Vince will announce a six man elimination match for Austin’s title at Judgement Day, which of course Austin will win. </p><p> </p><p> <em>Rock has achieved a lot of the last 12 months, including the no easy feat of remaining unbeaten. On top of this, he has actually become the most over wrestler in the world. However, he is still yet to win a title - something William Regal and Jim Cornette have taken great delight in telling him. After overcoming the wily veteran at SummerSlam, Rock hoped to move on to bigger things, but Regal had other ideas and continued taunting him. This would lead to a No DQ match at Breakdown, which Rock eventually won, but not before he got his hands on Cornette!</em></p><p> </p><p> I decided to extend the Rock and Regal feud for one reason, I didn’t have anything else for the Rock to do that didn’t involve him squaring for against one of the top stars. My plan all along has been to bring Rock along slowly, beating midcarders and winning short feuds. I certainly didn’t expect him to overtake Austin et al in popularity so quickly. My long term plan is a Austin showdown at Mania, but for now he will keep going the way he has been. </p><p> </p><p> I had a debuting Big Boss Man attack Rock after a match a while back, so that’s who Rock will be setting his sights on next. </p><p> </p><p> As for Regal, he has failed three tests for hard drugs but I haven’t been able to send him to rehab because each time he has been busy in feuds. I’m going to ease off giving him anything else until he proves more reliable. </p><p> </p><p> <em>Since their inception last year, The Ministry has run roughshod over the whole WWF, but recently the first signs on cracks has formed. Sultan, desperate to prove himself, challenged and lost matches for both the IC and Euro belts. But the damage wasn’t confined to just himself as he accidentally cost Undertaker his WWF title. Luckily for Sultan, Taker believes he is bigger than titles and has forgiven him for his indiscretions - but not before punishing him 1-1 in the ring. </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> One group looking to further widen any cracks is the recently expanded DX. With the New Age Outlaws joining forces with HHH, HBK, X-Pac and Chyna, DX is looking as strong as they ever have. Both HHH and the New Age Outlaws have had their problems with the Ministry previously and both have come out on the losing end. But will the group be able to band together and rid the WWF of the dark forces once and for all?</em></p><p> </p><p> With Survivor Series right around the corner, the logical matchup was Ministry v DX. Although most of the guys in the groups have feuded a lot recently, the addition of HBK and Sultan should freshen it up slightly. Not sure if I should introduce a Lightweight to the Ministry ranks so it can be 5v5 or have it be 4v4 and find something else for X-Pac. </p><p> </p><p> Unsure who wins this or how. Ministry have had the upper hand a lot over the NAO and HHH recently and HBK won’t take kindly to losing at a PPV. Then there’s the issue of what the groups do afterwards because they can’t keep feuding. </p><p> </p><p> DX have only recently formed so they aren’t going to be breaking up yet and Ministry need to stay together until at least Mania season. I might play around with having DX antagonise Vince so Vince makes things difficult for them for a few months. This keeps them out the title pictures (world and tag) and gives them new feuds. </p><p> </p><p> As for Ministry, it comes down to what I do at Mania. My plan was to have DX challenge Kane and Mankind for the titles, as they are owed a shot, and have Taker face off with Sid. However, Sid informed me that he will be sitting out his contract so I’ve released him. I’ll now have to find a new matchup for Taker at Mania and Kane is an obvious choice. </p><p> </p><p> I’ve signed Jake Roberts to a nine month contract so I considered having him influence Kane behind the scenes before revealing himself and managing him in the build up to Taker v Kane. But this means Kane and Mankind will need to lose their titles soon and I don’t want that really. </p><p> </p><p> <em>With Austin preoccupied with his WWF title shot against Taker later in the night, number one contender for the Intercontinental title, Ken Shamrock, took advantage by making Austin submit to the feared ankle lock at SummerSlam, claiming the gold in the process. The following night his celebration was cut short by the rampaging Bam Bam Bigalow, fresh off of his best of seven feud with Faarooq. Will Bam be able to use his momentum to claim the coveted IC belt or will Shamrocks ankle lock prove too much?</em></p><p> </p><p> An easy short feud between two brawlers with momentum on their side. Bam spent a couple weeks threatening Shamrock before attacking him. Shamrock isn’t losing the title here, in fact he might hold the title for quite a while, but it’s a good short feud to keep a couple guys near the top occupied. </p><p> </p><p> In building up the ankle lock to be some monster submission as I think that can go a couple ways in the future. Once Bam is dispatched, I don’t know where Shamrock will turn his attention. I might introduce Dan Severn and have an MMA style feud for a couple months - further cementing the effectiveness of he ankle lock. </p><p> </p><p> As for Bam, I might pair him with recently defeated Faarooq and have them go after Kane and Mankind for a bit. Should make for some hard hitting matchups. </p><p> </p><p> <em>After a period of absence from the WWF, Big Boss Man returned in an impactful way - by attacking Rock. He would spend the next month randomly attacking various wrestlers, with no indication as to why. Could it be linked to the sudden introduction of Shane “son of the boss” McMahon?</em></p><p> </p><p> I was a big Boss Man fan in real life so when his contract came up for renewal with WCW, I wasn’t going to let him be wasted over there. I introduced him as someone who was seemingly attacking people at will, but I think I’m going to pair him up with a debuting Shane McMahon. Shane will try and convince Vince that he needs protection - an enforcer - and someone who can handle Vinces dirty work. This gives him a big role to play in a Vince v DX feud and means I can use someone like Steve Williams to bolster the enforcement. </p><p> </p><p> But first, Rock will get a chance to avenge him for the attack a month previously. Obviously, Rock won’t be losing to Boss Man so I need a way to make him look strong in losing. </p><p> </p><p> <em>After winning the European title and dedicating it to Stu Hart, Bulldog proved himself to be a fighting champion by dispatching Sultan. But the soon to be father Goldust wants to make Marlene proud by claiming some gold before she leaves. Will this newly motivated Goldust prove too strong for the Bulldog?</em></p><p> </p><p> When I got note that Marlene was pregnant, I decided to include this in a storyline. Goldust and Bulldog have been very congratulatory of one another during the build up and partnered successfully several times. During the title match, however, Bulldog pushed Goldust into Marlene before hitting a Powerbomb for the pin. Goldust, concerned for Marlene and his unborn child, carried Marlene to the back. My plan is to have Goldust return with vengeance, armed with a new mean streak, to take revenge on Bulldog for putting his woman at risk. </p><p> </p><p> I will probably give Bulldog another successful month long feud and let Goldust have a month off before revisiting this. Again, it’s probably too soon to pass the belt off to Goldust so I need to make him look strong in defeat. </p><p> </p><p> <em>Promising tag team The Hardy Boyz have been impressing a lot of people recently, but Kane and Mankind aren’t impressed. After winning a shock number one contender match, The Hardy Boyz were laid out by the tag champions who preceded to torment them for weeks. Eventually, The Hardy Boyz managed to gain the upper hand one week before their big opportunity. But will they be able to surprise everyone and claim an historic victory?</em></p><p> </p><p> Matt and Jeff have been putting in some solid performances and haven’t had a feud just yet, so why not throw them in at the deep end? Obviously, I wasn’t going to have the Hardys go over Kane and Mankind this early into their run, but I figured we could get a good underdog story going. </p><p> </p><p> Kane and Mankind win before moving on to their Survivor Series matchup against DX. I don’t have anything planned for the Hardys for now, so they will go back to winning midcard matches. I’m not planning on pushing them too much just yet, as they won’t sign an exclusive contract due to OMEGA commitments. Maybe I’ll pair them up with a woman and have them feud with another midcard team over her. </p><p> </p><p> <em>The Mastodon Vader is sick of being taken lightly, so what better way to prove you still have it than by destroying a former WWF champion in Owen Hart. Can Owen use his brilliant wrestling brain to overcome the threat of the monster?</em></p><p> </p><p> After a short Owen feud with Johnson over Owen costing him his title shot, I wanted to include Owen in a big time feud so I matched him off with main eventer Vader. I had Vader attack Owen after matches and squash jobbers along the way. During their PPV match, Vader resorted to a rage DQ after Owen started getting the upper hand. This allows me to stretch the feud out for another month - maybe with a stipulation based blow off match. </p><p> </p><p> Going forward, I have a plan involving a debuting Kurt Angle becoming a protege of Owen Hart. This can either end in a Mania 1v1 (but I think it’s too early to have Angle go over), a Mania tag team title shot against DX or Kane/Mankind or Owen win the IC and Angle win the Euro at Mania. </p><p> </p><p> Vader is showing on the time decline list but he’s still got a lot to offer. Maybe a passing of the torch feud with another monster, but I don’t have anyone lined up yet. </p><p> </p><p> <em>A returning X-Pac certainly made some noise by defeating Lightweight champion Jushin Liger to claim the belt. Will anyone be able to take the title off the DX member or will he reign for a long time?</em></p><p> </p><p> X-Pac has given me a problem as he’s far better than all my other lightweight wrestlers and there isn’t anyone he can believably feud with. With Ministry and DX feuding, I am considering introducing a lightweight to Ministry which will allow X-Pac to take part in the Survivor Series matchup, but I don’t know if there’s any lightweights available that fit the bill and have the talent to keep up. </p><p> </p><p> I did have X-Pac have a month long feud with Marty Jannetty where Jannetty accused him of being disrespectful, so I’ve already used that storyline. </p><p> </p><p> To further add to the problem, X-Pac just failed a drug test but I couldn’t rehab him due to having the title. </p><p> </p><p> So, any suggestions about where I can go with the above storylines? I’ll include a couple points below that I need advice on</p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>My locker room morale has really taken a hit recently. HHH and HBK have been turning everyone against Vader, Owen and Bulldog. Excluding releasing any of the above wrestlers, is there anything major I can do to improve it?<br /></li><li>WCW has started using dirty tricks on me. Is there a right time and situation to use the various tricks back?<br /></li><li>Shall I keep Ministry going or break them up towards Mania?<br /></li><li>Any ideas for how to use Jake Roberts?<br /></li><li>I tend to host my shows in different parts of USA each week, but should I be focusing on a certain area? One where I’m already most popular?<br /></li></ul><p></p>

<p><em>And new! Just two months after beating Owen for the most prestigious title in the world, Undertaker lost it to WWF figurehead Steve Austin - who can know call himself world champion for the first time. Austin’s first task proved a relatively simple one, as he beat Ahmed Johnson who was owed a title shot after Owen put him on the shelf for a month. But who will the Rattlesnake have to square off against next?</em></p><p> </p><p> I have messed with the WWF title scene a bit too much recently and the prestige has dropped. In hindsight, Undertaker didn’t need the title and never should have had it, thus his reign ended far too quickly - further damaging the prestige. Austin will hold the title now until Mania, at least, giving him six months to raise the prestige and stake his claim as the biggest wrestler in the world. </p><p> </p><p> My Austin plans for Judgement Day is to have Vince announce a very special title main event, before being interrupted by Austin who will start the ball rolling on the Vince hates Austin thing. Vince will announce a six man elimination match for Austin’s title at Judgement Day, which of course Austin will win. </p><p> </p><p> <em>Rock has achieved a lot of the last 12 months, including the no easy feat of remaining unbeaten. On top of this, he has actually become the most over wrestler in the world. However, he is still yet to win a title - something William Regal and Jim Cornette have taken great delight in telling him. After overcoming the wily veteran at SummerSlam, Rock hoped to move on to bigger things, but Regal had other ideas and continued taunting him. This would lead to a No DQ match at Breakdown, which Rock eventually won, but not before he got his hands on Cornette!</em></p><p> </p><p> I decided to extend the Rock and Regal feud for one reason, I didn’t have anything else for the Rock to do that didn’t involve him squaring for against one of the top stars. My plan all along has been to bring Rock along slowly, beating midcarders and winning short feuds. I certainly didn’t expect him to overtake Austin et al in popularity so quickly. My long term plan is a Austin showdown at Mania, but for now he will keep going the way he has been. </p><p> </p><p> I had a debuting Big Boss Man attack Rock after a match a while back, so that’s who Rock will be setting his sights on next. </p><p> </p><p> As for Regal, he has failed three tests for hard drugs but I haven’t been able to send him to rehab because each time he has been busy in feuds. I’m going to ease off giving him anything else until he proves more reliable. </p><p> </p><p> <em>Since their inception last year, The Ministry has run roughshod over the whole WWF, but recently the first signs on cracks has formed. Sultan, desperate to prove himself, challenged and lost matches for both the IC and Euro belts. But the damage wasn’t confined to just himself as he accidentally cost Undertaker his WWF title. Luckily for Sultan, Taker believes he is bigger than titles and has forgiven him for his indiscretions - but not before punishing him 1-1 in the ring. </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> One group looking to further widen any cracks is the recently expanded DX. With the New Age Outlaws joining forces with HHH, HBK, X-Pac and Chyna, DX is looking as strong as they ever have. Both HHH and the New Age Outlaws have had their problems with the Ministry previously and both have come out on the losing end. But will the group be able to band together and rid the WWF of the dark forces once and for all?</em></p><p> </p><p> With Survivor Series right around the corner, the logical matchup was Ministry v DX. Although most of the guys in the groups have feuded a lot recently, the addition of HBK and Sultan should freshen it up slightly. Not sure if I should introduce a Lightweight to the Ministry ranks so it can be 5v5 or have it be 4v4 and find something else for X-Pac. </p><p> </p><p> Unsure who wins this or how. Ministry have had the upper hand a lot over the NAO and HHH recently and HBK won’t take kindly to losing at a PPV. Then there’s the issue of what the groups do afterwards because they can’t keep feuding. </p><p> </p><p> DX have only recently formed so they aren’t going to be breaking up yet and Ministry need to stay together until at least Mania season. I might play around with having DX antagonise Vince so Vince makes things difficult for them for a few months. This keeps them out the title pictures (world and tag) and gives them new feuds. </p><p> </p><p> As for Ministry, it comes down to what I do at Mania. My plan was to have DX challenge Kane and Mankind for the titles, as they are owed a shot, and have Taker face off with Sid. However, Sid informed me that he will be sitting out his contract so I’ve released him. I’ll now have to find a new matchup for Taker at Mania and Kane is an obvious choice. </p><p> </p><p> I’ve signed Jake Roberts to a nine month contract so I considered having him influence Kane behind the scenes before revealing himself and managing him in the build up to Taker v Kane. But this means Kane and Mankind will need to lose their titles soon and I don’t want that really. </p><p> </p><p> <em>With Austin preoccupied with his WWF title shot against Taker later in the night, number one contender for the Intercontinental title, Ken Shamrock, took advantage by making Austin submit to the feared ankle lock at SummerSlam, claiming the gold in the process. The following night his celebration was cut short by the rampaging Bam Bam Bigalow, fresh off of his best of seven feud with Faarooq. Will Bam be able to use his momentum to claim the coveted IC belt or will Shamrocks ankle lock prove too much?</em></p><p> </p><p> An easy short feud between two brawlers with momentum on their side. Bam spent a couple weeks threatening Shamrock before attacking him. Shamrock isn’t losing the title here, in fact he might hold the title for quite a while, but it’s a good short feud to keep a couple guys near the top occupied. </p><p> </p><p> In building up the ankle lock to be some monster submission as I think that can go a couple ways in the future. Once Bam is dispatched, I don’t know where Shamrock will turn his attention. I might introduce Dan Severn and have an MMA style feud for a couple months - further cementing the effectiveness of he ankle lock. </p><p> </p><p> As for Bam, I might pair him with recently defeated Faarooq and have them go after Kane and Mankind for a bit. Should make for some hard hitting matchups. </p><p> </p><p> <em>After a period of absence from the WWF, Big Boss Man returned in an impactful way - by attacking Rock. He would spend the next month randomly attacking various wrestlers, with no indication as to why. Could it be linked to the sudden introduction of Shane “son of the boss” McMahon?</em></p><p> </p><p> I was a big Boss Man fan in real life so when his contract came up for renewal with WCW, I wasn’t going to let him be wasted over there. I introduced him as someone who was seemingly attacking people at will, but I think I’m going to pair him up with a debuting Shane McMahon. Shane will try and convince Vince that he needs protection - an enforcer - and someone who can handle Vinces dirty work. This gives him a big role to play in a Vince v DX feud and means I can use someone like Steve Williams to bolster the enforcement. </p><p> </p><p> But first, Rock will get a chance to avenge him for the attack a month previously. Obviously, Rock won’t be losing to Boss Man so I need a way to make him look strong in losing. </p><p> </p><p> <em>After winning the European title and dedicating it to Stu Hart, Bulldog proved himself to be a fighting champion by dispatching Sultan. But the soon to be father Goldust wants to make Marlene proud by claiming some gold before she leaves. Will this newly motivated Goldust prove too strong for the Bulldog?</em></p><p> </p><p> When I got note that Marlene was pregnant, I decided to include this in a storyline. Goldust and Bulldog have been very congratulatory of one another during the build up and partnered successfully several times. During the title match, however, Bulldog pushed Goldust into Marlene before hitting a Powerbomb for the pin. Goldust, concerned for Marlene and his unborn child, carried Marlene to the back. My plan is to have Goldust return with vengeance, armed with a new mean streak, to take revenge on Bulldog for putting his woman at risk. </p><p> </p><p> I will probably give Bulldog another successful month long feud and let Goldust have a month off before revisiting this. Again, it’s probably too soon to pass the belt off to Goldust so I need to make him look strong in defeat. </p><p> </p><p> <em>Promising tag team The Hardy Boyz have been impressing a lot of people recently, but Kane and Mankind aren’t impressed. After winning a shock number one contender match, The Hardy Boyz were laid out by the tag champions who preceded to torment them for weeks. Eventually, The Hardy Boyz managed to gain the upper hand one week before their big opportunity. But will they be able to surprise everyone and claim an historic victory?</em></p><p> </p><p> Matt and Jeff have been putting in some solid performances and haven’t had a feud just yet, so why not throw them in at the deep end? Obviously, I wasn’t going to have the Hardys go over Kane and Mankind this early into their run, but I figured we could get a good underdog story going. </p><p> </p><p> Kane and Mankind win before moving on to their Survivor Series matchup against DX. I don’t have anything planned for the Hardys for now, so they will go back to winning midcard matches. I’m not planning on pushing them too much just yet, as they won’t sign an exclusive contract due to OMEGA commitments. Maybe I’ll pair them up with a woman and have them feud with another midcard team over her. </p><p> </p><p> <em>The Mastodon Vader is sick of being taken lightly, so what better way to prove you still have it than by destroying a former WWF champion in Owen Hart. Can Owen use his brilliant wrestling brain to overcome the threat of the monster?</em></p><p> </p><p> After a short Owen feud with Johnson over Owen costing him his title shot, I wanted to include Owen in a big time feud so I matched him off with main eventer Vader. I had Vader attack Owen after matches and squash jobbers along the way. During their PPV match, Vader resorted to a rage DQ after Owen started getting the upper hand. This allows me to stretch the feud out for another month - maybe with a stipulation based blow off match. </p><p> </p><p> Going forward, I have a plan involving a debuting Kurt Angle becoming a protege of Owen Hart. This can either end in a Mania 1v1 (but I think it’s too early to have Angle go over), a Mania tag team title shot against DX or Kane/Mankind or Owen win the IC and Angle win the Euro at Mania. </p><p> </p><p> Vader is showing on the time decline list but he’s still got a lot to offer. Maybe a passing of the torch feud with another monster, but I don’t have anyone lined up yet. </p><p> </p><p> <em>A returning X-Pac certainly made some noise by defeating Lightweight champion Jushin Liger to claim the belt. Will anyone be able to take the title off the DX member or will he reign for a long time?</em></p><p> </p><p> X-Pac has given me a problem as he’s far better than all my other lightweight wrestlers and there isn’t anyone he can believably feud with. With Ministry and DX feuding, I am considering introducing a lightweight to Ministry which will allow X-Pac to take part in the Survivor Series matchup, but I don’t know if there’s any lightweights available that fit the bill and have the talent to keep up. </p><p> </p><p> I did have X-Pac have a month long feud with Marty Jannetty where Jannetty accused him of being disrespectful, so I’ve already used that storyline. </p><p> </p><p> To further add to the problem, X-Pac just failed a drug test but I couldn’t rehab him due to having the title. </p><p> </p><p> So, any suggestions about where I can go with the above storylines? I’ll include a couple points below that I need advice on</p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>My locker room morale has really taken a hit recently. HHH and HBK have been turning everyone against Vader, Owen and Bulldog. Excluding releasing any of the above wrestlers, is there anything major I can do to improve it?<br /></li><li>WCW has started using dirty tricks on me. Is there a right time and situation to use the various tricks back?<br /></li><li>Shall I keep Ministry going or break them up towards Mania?<br /></li><li>Any ideas for how to use Jake Roberts?<br /></li><li>I tend to host my shows in different parts of USA each week, but should I be focusing on a certain area? One where I’m already most popular?<br /></li></ul><p></p>

HBK and HHH are really destroying the morale in my locker room. I can’t afford to get rid of them, so what can I do? Locker room morale is down to 35%

<p>Just signed a rookie Kurt Angle to a contract in my Attitude Era WWF save. Not sure how to introduce him, though. His auto push is upper midcard, I guess as he’s coming off of the olympics. </p><p> </p><p> I was thinking about having Owen take him under his wing leading to a match at Wrestlemania. Not sure how I would go about introducing him and getting Owen and Kurt together. Maybe Kurt approaches Owen saying he’s a big fan etc.</p><p> </p><p> Then if they do face off at WM, it’ll be too soon to have Angle go over former WWF champion Owen.</p>

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="shawn michaels 82" data-cite="shawn michaels 82" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41194" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>As WWF and assuming you got broadcast deals everywhere, you can stick to doing shows on your best areas to increase grades. As long as they are being broadcasted somehow, the bigger the grades the better, as it will increase your pop in smaller areas, since it's being broadcasted.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Perfect, thank you. I’ll stick around the Tri-State area for a bit. </p><p> </p><p> Another question, is there a good time to use dirty tricks? Is the odds of it working random or should it only be used it certain scenarios?</p>

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="shawn michaels 82" data-cite="shawn michaels 82" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41194" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Depends, what size are you right now? Do you have a TV deal?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Yeah i do. I am WWF in 1999</p>

Which regions should I be targeting for my shows? Should i be hosting my shows in the regions where my popularity is lower? or spend more time in places I am popular in order to drive higher ratings?