ArcheoOutOfNowhere

As said in a post a few days ago, I'm trying to replace some people in a shortlist of workers I need to hire for a challenge, and yet again I need someone's help. For obvious reasons, I've decided to replace El Ligero in the shortlist, but I'm not convinced by any of the choices I've thought of to replace him: Kid Lykos is going to be an injury machine due to his attributes, Lion Kid is according to the mod the exact opposite of a star, Hallowicked is way too old at 40yo, and while I've thought of a few other ex-Chikara guys that would fit (Desean Pratt, Frightmare, Razerwyng) as well as Space Monkey, I'm not familiar enough with their work to pick one over the others. So yeah, if anyone has any suggestion/opinion, it'd be much appreciated !

A second chance at Glory: Every former ROH member under the age of 35 gets a 6 month contract (not necessarily at the same time) and a second chance at becoming a main eventer in their division, with a title win at, you guessed it, Glory By Honor. In other words, one man and one woman (you can add a tag team if you want) not currently in the roster but who was in the past must become one of your stars. Honor-able people: You can't hire anyone caught in a scandal ever again. Starr in their eyes: For absolutely no reason other than I had her in my roster during a Worldwide Wrestling Dojo save, hire Vita Von Starr and push her as high as she can organically grows. Broken future: Whenever suitable, try to hire former ROH dojo trainees over people that would fit the same role but weren't. So, if for instance you need a woman that will essentially be the jobber to your women division, hire someone like Stella Grey or Gia Scott over someone like Brooke Havok.

Cesar Duran it is then ! It'll even add some justification to the vast amount of luchadors I'll have in the different rosters, so it all works out in the end haha

Since you intend to go with a satanic theme that will trigger reactions from your bible-loving fans, maybe you could go for the obvious, and take a look at names from famous occultists (after all, Alistair Black was more than likely a nod to Alistair Crowley), satanists, or hell, even demon names that sound plausible as "human" names ? I'm sure you could also take a look at names from Death-Eaters in the Harry Potter universe, some would probably fit well enough and there is no need to make things more difficult than they need to be: Antonin, Corban, Augustus, Rabastan, Rodolphus, etc.

That's a good call ! I thought about hiring him (and Catrina) unrelated to the shortlist of workers I have to get, but I wasn't sure how well their character work would fit in a company with a much less cinematic product. Has he been as great in MLW as he was in Lucha Underground ?

Guys, I have a question for those of you who would be the most familiar with what we could call "latin" wrestling. Basically, for my current save, I was given the challenge to push Lucha House Party as high as I can in WWE, with other conditions: hire or keep (and use as best as I can) every people they had a match against during their stay in WWE, hire or keep everyone named on their cagematch article (comments included) and hire or keep everyone who held a WWE title while LHP were there. If for some reasons some workers aren't in the January 2022 mod I'm using, or if I don't find them "palatable" (for ethical reasons, like "hey, this dude has harassed many women" or "she's openly racist", etc), or if they are the owner/booker of another company, I'm also allowed to (or in the last case, have to) replace them with someone who would fill a similar role, and preferably with a similar gimmick. For instance, as there was no way I'd consider using Velveteen Dream, I was allowed to replace him with Dalton Castle, while I had to replace Turbo Floyd (that wasn't in the mod I'm using nor in others mods I have) with Anthony Greene. With that being said, who should I use to replace Konnan ? As he's the booker of AAA in the mod, I can't sign him, but I don't really know who would fit as a replacement on-screen. Like, yes, Chavo and Vickie Guerrero could fill the bill of "Latin legend managers", but obviously gimmick wise they aren't even remotely close. Rey Mysterio, him being a wrestler notwithstanding, is in the "shortlist" of people on his own merit so can't serve as a replacement too (and again, his gimmick doesn't fit at all). So far, my best bet would be either Vampiro or Homicide, but they're practically unknown to the WWE fans as far as I know, so I was wondering if someone had a better suggestion for "latin wrestling legend with a street gimmick that could work as a manager". Thanks !

In theory, how fast can a worker's popularity grow ? Like, say for instance I want to bring one or more indy workers with 0 pop in the US and have them make their debut right away in WWE's main roster: how long approximatively could/would it take for their popularity to reach midcard level, both being paired with popular workers or on their own ? Obviously, the most ideal way would be to first have them in NXT so they can grow naturally, but sometimes the storyline requires a debut straight in the middle of the big league.

These might not all fit the bill right away, but would do so with a bit of a rework on their character/look, although it'd also depend on the size of your company as some would fit only if you don't need popular and/or talented people but can go for people who are a bit more on the "indy" side of wrestling: Abaddon Atticus Cogar Caveman Ugg Baby Allison Nikki Cross Karen Q/Wendy Choo Rosemary Ender Kara Penta El Zero M Jayde Su Yung Axel Tischer/Alexander Wolfe Bestia 666 Big Damo Blaxstrom Harlow O'Hara Jack Jester Joe Gacy Parker Boudreaux Jurn Simmons KTB Marty the Moth Mecha Wolf Obariyon Raven Creed Vita VonStarr

While on paper it does sound bad, I think a "These Two X Guys" could work if brought for a short-to-middle-lived tag team with a storyline that explains the name. For instance, I could very well see it work if the team debuted in a tag team tournament as the "created on the spot so there are enough teams" team that decides that since the GM forced them together simply on the basis of their nationality, they'll call themselves "These Two X Guys" as a form of protest. Something with backstage interviews where they reply that "since apparently we're just those two japanese guys to the GM, that's what we'll be called" when asked by the interviewer what they want to be called, them interrupting the ring announcer with a "No no no no, friend, we're not "the team of Takenori Doi and Yuta Isono", we"re juste "those two Japanese guys", we don't matter", etc. And then either the fans love it and boo the GM, or consider them as crybabies and they can turn heel that complain all the time.

Theorically, you could simulate it by having two matches that, in game, would be one after the other, but in kayfabe would be simultaneous. However, that'd mean you'd need to cut the starpower by two for matches that already aren't always giving great results in the first place, if I remember correctly.

For the Nintendo Top Ten, you could theorically pick the 10 men who had the most victories since the last Top Ten, then a 5v5 elimination match where the winning team then is qualified for a ladder match with a champion of your choice, or a "Money in the Bank" kind of thing maybe ? The other option would be a Gauntlet-like tournament, where each show the current "holder" of something (a briefcase, a ring, a clock, whatever) has to defend it against one of the 9 other men: whoever holds the thingy in the end gets a World title shot. For Revolution Rumble, it would depend on who you want to use in it: if they're only midcarders or at most Upper Midcarders, then yes maybe a match for the TV Title. If you intend to also use top guys in it, I'd say a shot for the title of their choices, with maybe picking the match type as well ? You could also use the "Gauntlet" type of tournament for this, I suppose. I'd also go with an Elimination Chamber type of match for Bunkhouse Stampede, although "Bunkhouse" doesn't sound as ominous as you'd want for that type of match. The other option, because bunkhouses make me think of summer camps, would be a Mixed Match Challenge type of thing, but I don't know if you have a women division worth the gimmick or if you intend to use it.

If I wanted to simulate in the game the kind of angles (promos, skits, etc) companies will put on their Youtube channel, how would I do that ? Create a weekly "Throwaway" 30 min show and put it on Youtube (if they are in the broadcaster list) or a "Tiny" broadcaster ? Basically, I want to be able to do what big companies do (like for instance the "Making it Maximum" angles for Maximum Male Models that are put on WWE's Youtube channels), but also what smaller companies will sometimes do by putting promos of workers challenging another for a future show, etc. The actual pop gains are minimal at best most of the time, but I'd like to use those to give some screen time to people who could use it without always relying on the pre/post show, as well as (when playing WWE) some 24/7 title angles that would be the equivalent of what people wanted for the title when it was created, with random defenses outside of shows to enhance the "24/7" aspect of the title.

Maybe this could also need two precisions in the editor: one would be "is eligible for" so that we can decide when setting up a mod whether we want that company to be able to change its name at any point, or whether we want it to keep it forever regardless of the circumstances, and one "will keep the same initials" so that you can decide whether the game will need to generate a new name with those initials (so if for instance you had a fictional company called Wisconsin Wrestling Pro, it'll know that it needs to go more for "World Wrestling Pro" and not "International Wrestling Pro"). Perhaps also the ability to set a list of potential names the game will pick from, and have some names only be able to be used by one company ? So you could avoid a company having a name that doesn't fit it at all, or simply so that companies that, in real life, had multiple names depending on the owner, etc can pick from a list of names they actually used, but also so you could avoid a company suddenly using initials and preventing another company to open because of that.

Honestly, the round robin idea is usually what I'd go for as well: not only is it an easy way to power through a couple of months without needing too much thought, but it also allows you to find new chemistries, realise who work well with who, and it often creates storylines because you end up booking matches you never thought of before. And since (if I remember correctly, as I never play the CVerse) you're booking a Japanese company, nobody would blink an eye if non-Junior wrestlers have tag matches or something "meaningless" so that they're still being used. Basically, sometimes keeping it simple and close to what would happen in real life is the best way to go.

An eye for an eye: For every wrestler that, in real life, has left WWE for another company, you decide to keep, you have to fire one that, in real life, has never left before 2023. Obviously, you can also just decide to let their contract end if it's not too long left. The wrestler you'll fire/let go will depend on who you keep: if you keep Adam Cole, for instance, you'll have to fire another NXT Main Eventer instead. If you want to keep Rusev, who at that time was more or less in the midcard of Smackdown, then you'll have to fire another SD midcarder. Etc etc. That's some serious Lucha things: Turn Lucha House Party into a serious, lucha stable that is seen as a legitimate threat for any heel (or faces if you turn them). You can add any luchador to it, as well as managers, but not have any of the original members leave. The force is strong in this one: Using a randomizer, pick any wrestler from NXT/NXT UK and have them join the main roster, pushing them as high as you can organically (so you don't have to put the Universal title on them if they're really only ever going to be a decent midcarder at best). If the worker selected would be affected by the "An eye for an eye" rule, you don't have to fire someone to keep them. Mr. Clean: Anyone considered toxic is fired automatically due to a brand new "Wellness Policy". Whether you decide to drug test everyone day 1 to avoid that kind of scandal is up to you. A brand new toy: You know how you get a portrait for one worker whenever you click on "Advance one day" ? The first one you'll see has to be hired and used to the best of their abilities. A logical evolution: In the next two years, someone who, in the save, won the top NXT/NXT UK title, a team who won the NXT Tag or NXT Uk Tag title, a guy who won the NXT North Am/Cruserweight title or NXT UK Heritage Cup, and a woman who won the NXT/NXT UK Women Championship must win their equivalent in the main roster. So either the champions on day 1, or those who'll win those title in the future (selected by yourself or the AI) must then do the same in the following two years in the main roster, but former champions do not count (so for instance, you can't cheese it and have Charlotte win a women title and consider it done for the women division since she's a former NXT champion). Belt of Randomness (Luck +2): Create a new intergender belt with this rule: at every show of the champion's brand (and on PPVs), the title will be defended against someone randomly picked. You can decide if the champion keep its title or lose it, or for more randomness decide to let the Fates decide. The initial match must be Xavier Woods vs Tyler Breeze, with Woods winning it.

Most of those are incredible, and I'm definitely going to be using them in the future whenever I have generated workers and no pictures that'd really fit them already ! I was wondering one thing, though: could this also be used to add/change aspects of existing people (something like "Sheamus but blond", "Sami Zayn but with tribal face tattoos", "Sanga with a superhero mask", "Baron Corbin but fatter", etc) ? Because if yes, it'd have an even greater potential for people who want to give a gimmick to workers that never used those, or like to have the picture reflect physical changes after a match (like, say, a Hair vs Hair match) !

I'm using a January 2022 mod, so Axiom doesn't exist and A-Kid probably will stay in NXT UK for now, as that roster is gutted and will need talented names with enough pop to let me build up new names. As for Fortaleza, they'll probably be heels for now as I have enough face teams already, but since Roxanne Perez doesn't have the title yet, she doesn't need protection as of yet. I like the idea for Jiro, though ! I was considering pairing him with Session Moth Martina, but having him with Nakamura might work better, although it might be a bit early to call him up.

He isn't, no, but since as far as I know he hasn't been active for a good 20 years, I'd have absolutely no idea whatsoever on the pop I should give him. Current plans has me giving Alundra Blayze (who apparently speaks a bit of Japanese according to the mod) to a stable of four joshi (VENY, RIsa Sera, Suzu Suzuki and Maya Yukihi), with the storyline of Regal hiring Blayze as an assistant for the Women Division and her bringing the four to NXT. While this happens, Natsu Tsumire is going to join Toxic Attraction as a "cousin" of Mandy Rose, and I'll probably have the two stables in a WarGames, with Tsumire being absolutely terrified of the idea since she's well aware how violent those four can become. Naoya Nomura will get Taka Michinoku as a manager, who'll eventually betray him, frustrated that Nomura isn't using all the ropes he can and is way too honourable for Taka's liking. For Natsumi Apache, I'll use the fact she's also fluent in Spanish to pair her with El Santo Jr. and have either Hector Guerrero manage the both of them, or someone like Principe Orion (Jose the Assistant) or Sam Leterna playing a "management hired them to help this new stars" gimmick. I might even have Dominik go back to NXT and create a "heir to legendary lucha families" stable since I won't have Judgement Day for a while in this save anyway. So now, for non-English speaking workers, I only have to think about who could speak for Estrella Divina (who I randomly picked since I was challenged to hire a luchadora), and maybe someone for "Fortaleza" (the team name I'll give to Feroz and Leon), Katrina Cortez and Ikemen Jiro if I decide not to use Jacket in Time.

That could be a good solution indeed ! At least on the Spanish side, it would be easy enough: if I decide to keep Melissa Santos as Dralistico's manager, I can always hire Charly Caruso, or if I want to also use the opportunity to give a chance to lesser known workers, Sam Leterna. For Japanese workers, however, I'm probably screwed as there are no bilingual Japanese-English workers that could fit the role... well, I guess apart from Miho Abe (who's unavailable for a year since she's under an exclusive written contract) and Funaki for a rerun of "Smackdown N#1 Announcer".

If it was just a couple of people, I wouldn't even think of doing anything else than managers, but in this case, and considering I also have other wrestlers with managers, that'd make a lot of those going on in NXT, not counting those in the main roster or NXT UK. Hence the question, since it'd mean I'd have something like 12 managers in NXT only: granted, I'm probably going to need 2 brands anyway, but is there such a thing as "too many managers" ?

Considering that in the hiring spree I was "forced" to do for NXT due to a challenge, I have 8 wrestlers that exclusively speak Japanese, 5 that exclusively speak Spanish, and one that speaks both but not English, would it be more interesting in kayfabe to have a manager/interpreter (that would either speak the language or pretend they understand it and speak for their clients), or to hire a Japanese/English and a Spanish/English interviewer that would ask the questions then translate the answers to the fans ? Like, in real life, which would you prefer to see ? A manager for each individual/team/stable (for however long they'd need them if they are otherwise great enough with a mic), or have them on their own but the promos are indirectly done by a backstage interviewer ?

Glad to be of help ! Since French is my native language, feel free to ask if you want more themed ones in French !

If I have a wrestler who doesn't speak the language of the company I book, would giving them a manager that speaks both their and the local language influence in any way the speed of them learning the language ? Like, say I've hired a Japanese promising guy to WWE, would he learn English faster when paired with someone who speaks both English and Japanese, or would it only help with the angle penalties (as would a manager who simply speaks English) but have no influence whatsoever on the learning speed ? How about just having bilingual people around ? Does it change anything on how fast your foreign workers will learn the language ?

In this case, here are a few suggestions, with their meanings in English if you need them: La Confrérie ("The Brotherhood"/"The Society"/"The Fraternity") L'Union ("The Union", and Duprée would get annoyed at announcers pronouncing it the English way) La Compagnie ("The Company", as in a group of mercenaries) La Cohorte ("The Cohort", obviously) Le Groupuscule (literally "Small Group", but you mostly use that for a small group of fighters, whether they're on the good side or seen as terrorists)

Do they have a specific gimmick, or is it just "Random French-speaking wrestlers bundled together because it'd look cool" ?