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I posted this in the previous topic and feels like a good one to bring up given recent events WWE April 2014 mod for TEW 13 by Fleisch A Career of Fear: The Bray Wyatt Story A career introspective documenting the accomplishments of this bizarre future Hall of Immortals inductee. Bray Wyatt has struck fear in the hearts of many superstars on his path to superstardom. Relive all of his classic encounters in this one of a kind DVD set. 1. Money in the Bank Contract Summerslam 2014 Bray Wyatt vs. Seth Rollins (c) After a re-ignition of the bitter rivalry between the Shield and the Wyatt Family, the Eater of Worlds scored a victory over Money in the Bank holder Seth Rollins on Raw. After careful manipulation, Bray convinced Seth to put his "golden ticket" on the line in a match against him. Rollins's stubborn pride proved to be his downfall as Bray captured the Money in the Bank contract after Seth's Shield brethren Roman Reigns speared him mid-match, allowing Bray to capture his guaranteed WWE Championship opportunity. 2. WrestleMania 31 Bray Wyatt vs. Sting These two strange, enigmatic characters confronted each other at the Royal Rumble. After weeks of mind games, Bray accepted Sting's proposal for a match at Sting's first WrestleMania. The two engaged in a grueling contest for the ages, but unfortunately for Sting, he failed to get the job done. After defeating the Undertaker at Survivor Series, Sting fell prey to Sister Abigail by a much younger foe. Sting, however, did earn himself a post-match standing ovation. As for Bray, this wasn't the last time he was seen in front of the sold out WrestleMania 31 crowd. 3. WWE Championship WrestleMania 31 Bray Wyatt vs. Seth Rollins (c) Royal Rumble winner Seth Rollins had finally accomplished his dream of both main eventing WrestleMania and winning his first WWE Championship. These accolades were certainly no easy feat as he had to go through a determined Brock Lesnar to do so. After being put through hell by Brock Lesnar for 30 minutes, Seth's WrestleMania night wasn't over as the very man whom defeated him for the Money in the Bank contract cashed in as Seth's night of glory turned into a nightmare as the Eater of Worlds won his first WWE Championship. 4. Triple Threat for the WWE Championship Battleground 2015 Seth Rollins vs. Brock Lesnar vs. Bray Wyatt (c) WrestleMania 31 proved to be a nightmare for both Brock Lesnar and Seth Rollins. The Beast returned with a vengeance in July, anxious to utilize his rematch clause. Seth Rollins, however, has been constantly screwed out of WWE Championship matches by members of the Authority in Triple H, Kane, and Roman Reigns. Seth once again earned a WWE Championship match in this hellacious contest. The Cult Leader proved to be a bigger obstacle than even Brock Lesnar and Seth Rollins could overcome as they both fell victim to interference by Erick Rowan and Luke Harper. In the end, Bray reigned supreme as both Seth and Brock were forced to relive the setbacks they experienced at WrestleMania 31. 5. WWE Championship Summerslam 2015 John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt (c) One short month after experience hell in the form of the Architect and the Beast, Bray was faced with yet another major obstacle. This came from the Face that Runs the Place, John Cena. Cena says it has been too long since he's held a championship and reminded Bray of their WrestleMania encounter. Bray reluctantly accepted. However, General Manager Shawn Michaels barred Rowan and Harper from ringside. This stipulation proved to be troublesome for Bray as Cena gave him the fight of his life. In the end, Bray utilized Sister Abigail to retain his throne. 6. Hell in a Cell Match for the WWE Championship Hell in a Cell 2015 The Undertaker vs. Bray Wyatt (c) The hits keep on coming for the Master of the Wyatt Family, with each challenger getting more legendary. This challenge came in the form of the 25 year veteran, the Undertaker inside his playpen, Hell in a Cell. Despite Undertaker's best attempts at mind games, perhaps the biggest mind game in this rivalry came from Bray introducing Undertaker to the newest member of his Family, the 6'8", 350 pound Braun Strowman. This revelation appeared to take its toll on the Deadman as Bray extended his WWE Championship reign. 7. WWE Championship Fast Lane 2016 Bray Wyatt vs. Seth Rollins (c) After losing his WWE Championship to his bitter rival, Seth Rollins, at Survivor Series 2015, Bray is finally getting his one on one rematch after being involved in a triple threat match also involving then WWE Champion Roman Reigns at Royal Rumble, but not taking the loss. Seth defended against each member of the Wyatt Family successfully before taking on Bray at Fast Lane. Bray was determined to walk into WrestleMania 32 as WWE Champion, but it was not meant to be as his long-time rival hit him with a Curb Stomp. Arguably, Bray had bigger plans at WrestleMania though. 8. No Holds Barred WrestleMania 32 Bray Wyatt vs. Brock Lesnar In order to provoke a reaction from the prize fighter, Bray began referring to himself as the Beastslayer. This didn't set well with Brock Lesnar as Bray lured him into several ambushed by his Family. The Conqueror vowed revenge. In this rare heel vs. heel match, these two held nothing back. These two men destroyed each other and the arena around them in an attempt to prove superiority. The two kicked out of each others finishers until the sun set on Brock's dominance as he fell victim to a Sister Abigail onto the stairs as Bray became one of the few to best Brock in a singles matchup. 9. WWE Championship Roadblock 2016 Bray Wyatt vs. AJ Styles (c) In October 2016, the Wyatt Family began feuding with the new top stable in WWE, the Club. The Club consisted of Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson, and their friend, WWE Champion AJ Styles. The Phenomenal One had burst onto the scene in January and already established himself as a top star, defeating John Cena at WrestleMania, winning the WWE Championship from Seth Rollins in July, defeating Cena two more times, including inside Hell in a Cell, and retiring Daniel Bryan. The Wyatt Family proved to be more problematic for AJ as Bray earned a WWE Championship match by proxy of the Wyatt Family winning an elimination match against the Club at Survivor Series. After competing in one of the WWE's legendary ranked matches, Bray wins his second WWE Championship after a hard-fought battle with AJ Styles. 10. Last Man Standing Match for the WWE Championship Royal Rumble 2017 AJ Styles vs. Bray Wyatt (c) The Club and the Wyatt Family would compete in 2 more elimination matches, with the Club ultimately winning the series. Things looked set for AJ to win back his WWE Championship, as he picked the stipulation for the WWE Championship match at the Royal Rumble. In yet another legendary heel vs. heel matchup, AJ once again came up just a bit short in this bout as he was counted out after suffering a Sister Abigail on the announce table. 11. WWE Championship WrestleMania 33 Braun Strowman vs. Bray Wyatt (c) In the summer of 2016, the Eater of Worlds ejected his mercenary Braun Strowman from the Family. Braun suffered his first pinfall loss in WWE to his former mentor at Summerslam 2016. The Wyatt Family then put their former brethren on the shelf for several months before Braun came back and won the 2017 Royal Rumble. Bray then tried to convince Braun that he was showing him tough love. Of course, Braun didn't feel up to the redemption talk and chose to face him instead of Kevin Owens at WrestleMania 33. The protege ended up defeating the teacher in the main event of WrestleMania 33 after a Running Powerslam to win his first WWE Championship Special Features: Bray manipulates Seth into putting his Money in the Bank contract on the line (Smackdown August 2014) Bray says he isn't entering the Royal Rumble because he isn't greedy (Royal Rumble 2015) Sting returns to challenge Bray at WrestleMania 31 (Royal Rumble 2015) Bray celebrates with the WWE Championship (Post WrestleMania 31 Raw) Promo inside the Elimination Chamber (Elimination Chamber 2015) Braun Strowman debuts and attacks the Undertaker (Raw September 2015) Braun Strowman is ejected from the Wyatt Family (Raw July 2016) Braun Strowman is injured by the Wyatt Family (Raw August 2016) Bray and AJ Styles contract signing (Raw December 2016) Bray tries to convince Braun to face Universal Champion Kevin Owens at WrestleMania 33 instead of him (Raw February 2017) Bray says that Braun is a quitter and that he'll force Braun to say I Quit at Extreme Rules (Raw May 2017) WarGames is brought back for Summerslam with the Shield, the Wyatt Family, and the Balor Club (Raw August 2017) Bray lays out his planning of stopping the old guard of wrestlers (Raw September 2017) Bray's emotional injury and retirement speech. He retires but vows that the wrestling world hasn't seen the last of him (Raw February 2019) The Fiend [Aleister Black] debuts with Bray at his side (Raw June 2019) The Fiend is unmasked by Rey Mysterio (Raw December 2019) The Fiend attacks Luke Harper and Erick Rowan (Raw April 2020) What is next for the Eater of Worlds? In his short 4 year career in WWE, he has won the WWE Championship twice, main evented the Grandest Stage of Them All twice, led the Wyatt Family to two Tag Team Championships, and defeated some of the biggest names in the game. The career of this charismatic figure in WWE has seen him do it all, but Bray says he isn't done yet. What challenges and accomplishments lay ahead for this future Hall of Famer?

So, I'm doing a Cobra Kai storyline in WWE with my Raw cruiserweights and women had a few concerns. Whether they are big enough concerns to not go forward with the story is another thing. Anyway, here is my cast. Characters: Mustafa Ali - Johnny Lawrence Neville - Daniel LaRusso Mickie James - Amanda LaRusso Daniel Bryan - John Kreese Akira Tozawa - Chozen Toguchi MVP - Terry Silver Santana Garrett - Carmen Diaz Io Shirai - Kim Da-Eun Tony Nese - Mike Barnes Cherry Bomb - Kumiko Elias - Stingray Buddy Murphy - Miguel Diaz James Ellsworth - Robby Keene (maybe a controversial choice, but Ellsworth is an established competent worker in my save, winning three tag team championships with former partner Mustafa Ali and that's the reason I put him in this role. That and Ali chose to align with Buddy and betrayed Ellsworth.) Bianca Belair - Samantha LaRusso Nikki Cross - Tory Nichols Adam Cole - Eli “Hawk” Muskovitz Roderick Strong - Demetri Alexopoulos Mandy Rose - Yasmine Sonya Deville - Moon Ember Moon - Aisha Ariya Daivari - Bert Mark Andrews - Nathaniel Kalisto - Mitch Sin Cara - Chris Riddick Moss - Abe Bo Dallas -Kyler Park Big Cass - Brucks Mansoor - Kenny Payne Austin Theory - Anthony LaRusso Tegan Nox - Piper Elswith Dakota Kai - Devon Lee Concerns: What happens after the Cobra Kai story ends? How often are the wrestlers’ individual stories referenced afterwards? Where are the alliances and rivalries at following the conclusion? Parental figure - child relationships are replaced with mentor - student relationships. Does this kill the story? I also feel like "they're student/mentor backstage, just trust us" may be doing a lot of heavy lifting. I think most, if not all, of the pre-established friendships in the show (Hawk/Demetri, Yasmine/Moon, Mitch/Chris, Kyler/Brucks, and Bert/Nathaniel) have their counterparts also having established friendships. No previous long-term history with Neville (Daniel) and Mustafa Ali (Johnny). The crux rivalry of the series. How will this impact the story? Should the Nikki Cross (Tory) vs Bianca Belair (Samantha) match in the “All-Valley final” analogue be for the Raw Women's Championship? Currently, neither are anywhere near championship level. What are the ramifications of locking a boat load of wrestlers into a multi-year long structured storyline? Heel and face and when to turn the wrestlers may be kind of blurry These concerns may or may not be able to be addressed and better context of my save may be needed for it, but I'd figure I'd throw it out there and if anyone has any suggestions.

So, I'm planning on doing a Cobra Kai inspired story with Mustafa Ali (well, just started). He opens a wrestling school with his first student, Buddy Murphy. Over time, he gets more heel students. Pretty much what I'm asking is would anyone have a good Cobra Kai-inspired nickname for his wrestling school? I have Ali Valley Wrestling right now which is fine, but I don't love it. It also leads to a problem if I follow the Cobra Kai plot out (and I do plan on it) and Ali is eventually usurped, the name doesn't really work. Anyway, if anyone's curious. Here are the analogues I have in my head right now (it's obviously not going to be a 1 to 1 recreation of Cobra Kai, but it's gonna be pretty obviously taking key elements from it.) Mustafa Ali - Johnny Neville - Daniel Buddy Murphy - Miguel Adam Cole (Possibly) - Hawk Daniel Bryan - Kreese James Ellsworth - Robby Roderick Strong - Dimitri Bianca Belair - Sam Mandy Rose or Sonya Deville - Tory Ariya Daivari and Mark Andrews as the side characters

Well, thank you

I'm doing a 2014 save in WWE. I'm currently in the final week of April 2020. In April 2019, I formed a heel stable of the Four Horsewomen (Bayley, Becky Lynch, Charlotte, and Sasha Banks), who have run roughshod over the Raw womens division. One of my goals for them was to help get Bilile Kay and Peyton Royce over. And it's worked to moderate success. They went from being in the 50s in pop to Peyton being, maybe capped at 70 (she's been at 70 for 5 months now), and Billie in the low 80s. I didn't expect Dana Brooke to come out of this as a true star though. I introduced her into the story in the buildup to a 6 woman tag between Bayley, Charlotte, and Sasha vs. Naomi, Alexa Bliss, and Billie. The Horsewoman took Alexa out of the match in a storyline injury a week or two before the match. Dana was announced as the replacement and took the fall. The next night, it was Charlotte vs. Dana in a singles match and the Horsewomen took verbal jabs at her all night about her being the replacement. Dana and Charlotte had a 99 rated match. The next week, Dana and Sasha had a 97 rated match. Both resulted in losses for Dana, but her popularity shot up. It's currently in the high 80s. I had her be in the final three in the Rumble, then she missed WrestleMania due to an injury that only keeps her from wrestling, not appearing on the show. I plan on having her win Money in the Bank announce her cash in ahead of time for the next PPV and defeating Becky Lynch for the Raw Womens Championship.

A few things to consistently get 90+ big match ratings in my WWE save: -I personally script all the matches. Not sure how big of a role this plays, but eh -I use regular match aim for high profile matches/main events that go over 20. Steal the show for under 20. It may be me just purposefully not learning how to properly do crowd management, but this is what I find gives me the best results. -More often than not, my main event goes 25+ minutes for PPVs, thus regular aim. -Make sure there is a story being advanced (or ended) that has high heat. It's really hard to get a really high rating in a storyline focused product without an accompanying storyline. -In a popularity over performance product, you're going to need really popular wrestlers to get a 90+ rating. -Don't expect big ratings for multiman matches such as battle royals and royal rumbles.

Finished my 6th WrestleMania, WrestleMania 36 Night 1 1: Dean Ambrose defeated Seth Rollins (91) 2: Sasha Banks and Bayley defeated Liv Morgan and Summer Rae, Nikki Cross and Kairi Sane, and Ashley Apex and Serena Sky [Madison Rayne and Velvet Sky respectively] to retain the Womens Tag Team Championship (89) 3: Sheamus defeated R-Truth, Adam Cole, Akira Tozawa, Drake Maverick, Chad Gable, Samoa Joe, Roderick Strong, Jason Jordan, and Mr. Kennedy in a Hardcore Battle Royal to retain the 24/7 Championship (82) 4: Tyler Breeze defeated Daniel Bryan to win the Cruiserweight Championship (100) 5: The Fiend Aleister Black defeated Neville to retain the United States Championship (82) 6: Edge and Christian defeated The Hardyz, The New Day, and The Revival in a TLC match to retain the Smackdown Tag Team Championship (93) 7: Dolph Ziggler won the 2020 Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal (75) 8: Becky Lynch defeated Peyton Royce to retain the Raw Womens Championship (89) 9: Baron Corbin and Kevin Owens defeated Johnny Gargano and Bobby Roode (80) 10: The Undertaker defeated Randy Orton in his retirement match (70) Night 2 1: Cesaro defeated Drew McIntyre to win the Intercontinental Championship (93) 2: Emma defeated Nia Jax to win the Smackdown Womens Championship (99) 3: Finn Balor defeated Nick Aldis (99) 4: Kalisto and Sin Cara defeated James Ellsworth and Mustafa Ali to win the Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship (76) 5: Brock Lesnar defeated Rusev (90) 6: The Usos defeated Erick Rowanand Luke Harper to win the Raw Tag Team Championship (90) 7: Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Sami Zayn to win the Universal Championship (96) 8: Charlotte won the 2020 Sensational Sherri Memorial Battle Royal (82) 9: AJ Styles defeated Roman Reigns to retain the WWE Championship (99)

WWE April 2014-April 2020 (Post WrestleMania 36) Raw: WWE Champion: AJ Styles (2) United States Champion: The Fiend Aleister Black (1) Raw Tag Team Champions: The Usos (3) Raw Womens Champion: Becky Lynch (1) Cruiserweight Champion (Interpromotional): Tyler Breeze (1) Cruiserweight Tag Team Champions (Interpromotional): Kalisto and Sin Cara [The Luchas Dragons] (1) Womens Tag Team Champions (Interpromotional): Sasha Banks and Bayley (1) Smackdown: Universal Champion: Shinsuke Nakamura (3) Intercontinental Champion: Cesaro (1) Smackdown Tag Team Champions: Edge and Christian (1) Smackdown Womens Champion: Emma (2) 24/7 Champion (Interpromotional): Sheamus (1) Womens Money in the Bank: Ruby Riott (1) Other Achievements 2020 Mens Royal Rumble: Roman Reigns 2020 Womens Royal Rumble: Emma 2020 Brian Pillman Classic winner: Tyler Breeze 2020 Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal Winner: Dolph Ziggler 2020 Sensational Sherri Memorial Battle Royal Winner: Charlotte NXT January 2019-February 2020 NXT Champion: Tommaso Ciampa (2) NXT North American Champion: Kyle O'Reilly (1) NXT Tag Team Champions: Nick Miller and Shane Thorne (3) NXT Womens Champion: Io Shirai (1)

Penciled WrestleMania 36 card: Night 1: -Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins -Womens Tag Team Championship: Nikki Cross and Kairi Sane vs. Liv Morgan and Summer Rae vs. Ashley Apex (aka Madison Rayne) and Serena Sky (aka Velvet Sky) vs. Sasha Banks and Bayley © -Cruiserweight Championship: Tyler Breeze vs. Daniel Bryan © -United States Championship: Neville vs. The Fiend Aleister Black © -TLC Match for the Smackdown Tag Team Championship: The Hardy Boyz vs. The New Day vs. The Revival vs. Edge and Christian © -Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal -Raw Womens Championship: Peyton Royce vs. Becky Lynch © -Johnny Gargano and Bobby Roode vs. Kevin Owens and Baron Corbin -The Undertaker's Final Match: The Undertaker vs. Randy Orton Night 2 -Intercontinental Championship: Cesaro vs. Drew McIntyre © -Smackdown Womens Championship: Emma vs. Nia Jax © -Finn Balor vs. Nick Aldis -Cruiserweight Tag Team Championship: Sin Cara and Kalisto vs. Mustafa Ali and James Ellsworth © -Rusev vs. Brock Lesnar -Raw Tag Team Championship: The Usos vs. Erick Rowan and Luke Harper © -Universal Championship: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Sami Zayn © -Sensational Sherri Memorial Battle Royal -WWE Championship: Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles ©

Just did Elimination Chamber 2020 (96) #1 Contender for the Raw Tag Team Championship at WrestleMania 36: The Usos defeated Jinder Mahal and Curtis Axel, and Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson (78) Royal Rumble winner Roman Reigns defeated Nick Aldis by countout after Gallows and Anderson attacked him at ringside (99) 2020 Brian Pillman Classic to win a Cruiserweight Championship match at WrestleMania 36: Tyler Breeze defeated TJ Perkins (77) Elimination Chamber to win a Raw Womens Championship match at WrestleMania 36: Peyton Royce defeated Naomi, Alexa Bliss, Dana Brooke, Bayley, Charlotte, Billie Kay, and Charlotte (81) United States Championship: The Fiend Aleister Black © defeated Drake Maverick (82) Raw Tag Team Championship: Erick Rowan and Luke Harper © defeated Chad Gable and Jason Jordan (83) Cruiserweight Championship: Daniel Bryan © defeated Harv Sihra (78) Raw Womens Championship: Becky Lynch © defeated Paige (89) Elimination Chamber for the WWE Championship: AJ Styles © defeated Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose, Randy Orton, Finn Balor, and Braun Strowman (97)

My current WWE save I started in TEW 2016 and copied to 2020 has been going from April 2014 to March 2020. I'm 4 weeks away from completing my 6th WrestleMania. I started in May 2017 in real life and have kept at it for 5 years. Every other save I have tried has been super short. I think I got one to 6 months in TEW 2005, but that's really it. I'm the type to initially plan out 2-3 years in advance, but never get anywhere. With my current save, I plan out roughly WrestleMania to WrestleMania. I'm currently right before Mania 36. I have a rough plan for 37, but not much afterwards.

I always, very stubbornly, book it as a match although doing it as an angle would most likely be better. My history and how I played around it (mostly not though). Apologies for writing a novel. So, there are a few ways to play around the traditional cash in, or just accept the blow to the rating.

WWE April 2014-March 2020 Raw: WWE Champion: AJ Styles (2) United States Champion: The Fiend Aleister Black (1) Raw Tag Team Champions: Erick Rowan and Luke Harper (4) Raw Womens Champion: Becky Lynch (1) Cruiserweight Tag Team Champions (Interpromotional): James Ellsworth and Mustafa Ali [Real Deal] (2) Womens Tag Team Champions (Interpromotional): Sasha Banks and Bayley (1) 24/7 Champion (Interpromotional): Curtis Axel (1) Mens Royal Rumble Winner: Roman Reigns Smackdown: Universal Champion: Sami Zayn (1) Intercontinental Champion: Drew McIntyre (2) Smackdown Tag Team Champions: Edge and Christian (1) Smackdown Womens Champion: Nia Jax (1) Cruiserweight Champion (Interpromotional): Daniel Bryan (1) Womens Money in the Bank: Ruby Riott Womens Royal Rumble Winner: Emma NXT January 2019-February 2020 NXT Champion: Tommaso Ciampa (2) NXT North American Champion: Kyle O'Reilly (1) NXT Tag Team Champions: Nick Miller and Shane Thorne (3) NXT Womens Champion: Io Shirai (1)

I usually have everyone on my roster involved in a storyline. The lower card storylines go past what would be reasonable and they don't usually have anything interesting going on.

Just finished the Royal Rumble 2020. I'm only doing a title listing if they won a major title during my game period April 2014 RWC by Fleisch Raw Womens Division Becky Lynch (3X SD Womens Champion, 1X and current Raw Womens Champion) defeated Alexa Bliss (1X Raw and SD Womens Champion) to retain the Raw Womens Championship in the Royal Rumble main event Becky is part of the heel Four Horsewomen stable with Sasha Banks (1X Divas Champion, 2X SD Womens Champion), Bayley (1X Raw Womens Champion), and Charlotte (3X Raw Womens Champion). They have been feuding with Dana Brooke, The Iconics, Alexa, Natalya, and Paige (2X Divas Champion, 1X SD Womens Champion). Dana, Billie, and Peyton have been building a lot of momentum from the Four Horsewomen angle. Naomi (1X Raw Womens Champion) had just returned after being powerbombed off the stage by the Four Horsewomen before Summerslam to turn on Alexa. Sasha and Bayley defeated Ashley Apex and Serena Sky (Madison Rayne and Velvet Sky respectively) to become the 2nd Womens Tag Team Champions at the Royal Rumble Smackdown Womens Division Ronda Rousey defeated Asuka (1X SD Womens Champion) at Evolution 2019 to win her first Smackdown Womens Title. She had to vacate it a month later in December due to being suspended for storyline purposes. In reality, she had an upcoming MMA fight. Nia Jax turned on Mickie James after failing to win the first ever Womens Tag Team Championship at Evolution. A tournament was set up and Nia and Mickie made it to the finals at the Royal Rumble and Nia won the SD Womens Title, her first title in WWE. Asuka was supposed to face Nia in the semi finals, but Nia jumped her before the match began. Emma (1X Raw and SD Womens Champion) returned to win the Royal Rumble after Ronda had injured her in September. She chose to challenge the SD Womens Champion at WrestleMania. Ruby Riott won the Womens Money in the Bank contract in May and has been holding onto it ever since. Ruby, along with Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan had a short feud with Ronda before moving onto a feud with Summer Rae (3X Divas Champion, 1X Raw and SD Womens Champion). Summer would pull out a victory at Evolution, to which Ruby shook her hand. They had a rematch on the final Smackdown of 2019, in which Summer had to join the Riott Squad as a result of losing to Ruby. Raw Mens Division AJ Styles (2X WWE Champion, 1X Universal Champion) defeated Finn Balor (!X WWE Champion) in October 2019, ending Finn's seven month WWE Championship reign. AJ then began a short feud with Braun Strowman (1X WWE Champion), concluding at the Royal Rumble in a last man standing match where AJ was victorious. Roman Reigns (2X WWE Champion), who had turned on the Shield again in July 2019, won the Royal Rumble and vows to win the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 36. He has allied with his family, the Usos (2X SD Tag Team Champions, 2X Raw Tag Team Champions) Randy Orton began a feud with the Undertaker on the final Raw of 2019 and hopes to be the third man to defeat the Undertaker at WrestleMania, following Brock Lesnar (4X WWE Champion) and Chris Jericho (2X WWE Champion) Nick Aldis debuted in WWE at Summerslam 2019, saving AJ Styles from a post match attack by Finn Balor, Luke Gallows, and Karl Anderson. Aldis and Finn have been at each other's throats since then and it escalated when Gallows and Anderson (who weren't in the Rumble) helped Finn eliminate Aldis from the Rumble. Seth Rollins (4X WWE Champion) and Dean Ambrose (1X Universal Champion and 1X WWE Champion) have remained good friends following the Shield break ups in 2014 and 2019. Samoa Joe returned from rehab at Survivor Series to attack Dean, eliminating him from a classic elimination match. Seth had his brother's back through his feud with Joe and now Dean has challenged Seth at WrestleMania in a friendly contest. Rusev began a feud with Shelton Benjamin in late 2019. On the final Raw, they were supposed to have a match, but Shelton said that he brought a friend. Brock Lesnar came out and hit an F5 on Rusev and the two are set to clash at WrestleMania 36. Dolph Ziggler (2X World Heavyweight Champion, 2X Universal Champion) recently turned heel and showcased a more vicious side of himself. This included "retiring" Tye Dillinger and injuring Neville and Rey Mysterio. All after zigzags to the steel steps. Bray Wyatt (2X WWE Champion) retired after being injured in February 2018. He returned as host of the Firefly Funhouse and manager of the Fiend, Aleister Black. The Fiend won the United States Championship from Tyler Breeze in July and has been champion and undefeated since. His latest challenge was from Rey Mysterio, whom he defeated in a match won when you unmask your opponent. Erick Rowan and Luke Harper (4X Raw Tag Team and 2X SD Tag Team Champions) recently lost a Hell in a Cell match to the Revival where the losers would leave Smackdown. They returned to Raw and won the Cyber Sunday vote to face American Alpha (2X Raw Tag Team Champions) to win the Raw Tag Team Championship. Mustafa Ali and James Ellsworth who were Cruiserwieght Tag Team Champions since July just lost the titles to TJ Perkins and Noam Dar at the Royal Rumble. During the match, Ali hit a 450 Splash to Dar, knocking him out. Ellsworth went to check on Dar, but Ali started yelling at him, then attacked Perkins. Perkins said that Dar suffered a (worked) concussion at the hands of Ali and that he will get payback. Buddy Murphy has been trying to ally himself with Ali and Ellsworth for the last few months. -I had an accidental booking here. I meant for Ali and Ellsworth to go over at the Rumble and didn't even notice I made a mistake until a week later. But, it works in with future plans I have for the storyline. Smackdown Mens Division Shinsuke Nakamura (2X Universal Champion) had finally overcome his rival, Daniel Bryan (4X WWE Champion, 1X Universal Champion) at Hell in a Cell to win the Universal Championship. Sami Zayn then cashed in his Money in the Bank contract to win the title. Sami and his friends Kevin Owens and The Brian Kendrick have done everything in their power to make Nakamura's life hell, including Sami helping Owens eliminate Nakamura from the Royal Rumble. Edge returned to the ring at the Royal Rumble as a surprise entrant. Christian (2X World Heavyweight Champion, 1X WWE Champion) welcomed him back, as did his old rivals and current Smackdown Tag Team Champions the Hardy Boyz. (1X Raw Tag Team and !X SD Tag Team Champions). They won the titles off the Revival (2X SD Tag Team Champions) on the final Smackdown of 2019. The 2/3rds of the classic TLC trio face off for the Smackdown Tag Team Championship at Fast Lane. The New Day (2X Raw Tag Team Champions and 2X SD Tag Team Champions) join the storyline as the four teams look to create another classic WrestleMania TLC match. Drew McIntyre defeated his rival Bobby Roode on the final Smackdown of 2019 to win his second Intercontinental Championship. He looks to face Cesaro at WrestleMania with the title on the line. Baron Corbin has recently started hitting on Johnny Gargano's wife Candice LeRae and getting in his head. Johnny has obviously not taken too well to this. Corbin has used Gargano's anger against him to his advantage and has called him a hothead for it. After losing the Universal Championship to Shinsuke Nakamura, Daniel Bryan began a crusade to erase that loss and it happened by taking Akira Tozawa's Cruiserweight Championship on the final 205 Live of 2019. He looks to face the winner of the 5th Brian Pillman Classic at WrestleMania 36.

Not too out there as Magnus/Nick Aldis is great, but TNA gave him three world title reigns lasting over a year. Reign 1: December 2013-February 2015 (granted, my game started in April 2014, so this was an in-game reign of ten months) Reign 2: October 2015-March 2017 Reign 3: March 2018-July 2019 Then, he signed with me while he was TNA World Champion

Bray got injured in January 2018 and had to retire. I was trying to figure out what to do with Fiend and the Funhouse cause I still wanted to do that. So, I recasted the Fiend to Aleister (my best other choices were Harper, Rowan, Strowman, Samoa Joe, and Balor. I ultimately wanted it to be someone not previously associated with Bray, eliminating the first three, and someone relatively unknown, eliminating Joe and Balor) and have Bray doing the Funhouse and as a manager to Aleister. I was tempted to edit out his injury, but that felt cheap. I do plan on having his injury edited out a la Daniel Bryan, but I want to give him 3 or 4 years so it feels more natural and not like I want out of the consequences of the injury. From May 2019 to December 2019, his identity was unknown to the in-game audience. Rey unmasked him on the final show of 2019 and his identity as Aleister Black was officially revealed.

WWE April 2014-February 2020 Raw: WWE Champion: AJ Styles (2) United States Champion: The Fiend Aleister Black (1) Raw Tag Team Champions: Erick Rowan and Luke Harper (4) Raw Womens Champion: Becky Lynch (1) Cruiserweight Tag Team Champions (Interpromotional): James Ellsworth and Mustafa Ali [Real Deal] (1) Womens Tag Team Champions (Interpromotional): Sasha Banks and Bayley (1) 24/7 Champion (Interpromotional): Curtis Axel (1) Mens Royal Rumble Winner: Roman Reigns Smackdown: Universal Champion: Sami Zayn (1) Intercontinental Champion: Drew McIntyre (2) Smackdown Tag Team Champions: The Hardy Boyz (1) Smackdown Womens Champion: Nia Jax (1) Cruiserweight Champion (Interpromotional): Daniel Bryan (1) Womens Money in the Bank: Ruby Riott Womens Royal Rumble Winner: Emma NXT January 2019-February 2020 NXT Champion: Tommaso Ciampa (2) NXT North American Champion: Kyle O'Reilly (1) NXT Tag Team Champions: Nick Miller and Shane Thorne (3) NXT Womens Champion: Io Shirai (1)

One of my future plans for my cruiserweight division is a heel Mustafa Ali opening a training academy in the same vein as Cobra Kai, with his first protegee being Buddy Murphy. I was wondering about names for the academy/dojo/whatever. I was wanting it to be like a clear call to Cobra Kai, but obviously not the same name. Only thing I have able to come up with is Ali Valley Academy.

WWE April 2014-January 2020 Raw: WWE Champion: AJ Styles (2) United States Champion: The Fiend Aleister Black (1) Raw Tag Team Champions: Erick Rowan and Luke Harper (4) Raw Womens Champion: Becky Lynch (1) Cruiserweight Tag Team Champions (Interpromotional): James Ellsworth and Mustafa Ali [Real Deal] (1) 24/7 Champion (Interpromotional): Kalisto (1) Smackdown: Universal Champion: Sami Zayn (1) Intercontinental Champion: Drew McIntyre (2) Smackdown Tag Team Champions: The Hardy Boyz (1) Smackdown Womens Champion: Vacant Cruiserweight Champion (Interpromotional): Daniel Bryan (1) Womens Tag Team Champions (Interpromotional): Ashley Apex and Serena Sky [Madison Rayne and Velvet Sky respectively] (1) Womens Money in the Bank: Ruby Riott

WWE April 2014-October 2019 Raw WWE Champion: AJ Styles (2) United States Champion: The Fiend Aleister Black (1) Raw Tag Team Champions: Chad Gable and Jason Jordan (2) Raw Womens Champion: Alexa Bliss (1) Cruiserweight Tag Team Champions (Interpromotional): James Ellsworth and Mustafa Ali (1) 24/7 Champion (Interpromotional): Eric Young (2) Smackdown: Universal Champion: Sami Zayn (1) Intercontinental Champion: Bobby Roode (1) Smackdown Tag Team Champions: Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder (2) Smackdown Womens Champion: Asuka Cruiserweight Champion (Interpromotional): Akira Tozawa Womens Money in the Bank: Ruby Riott

I do a lot of long term storytelling, so I'm not sure I should count those as a continuous feud or not. For example, I had Seth Rollins win Money in the Bank as part of the Shield. The Shield reignited their feud with the Wyatt Family, leading to Roman turning on the Shield at Summerslam 2014 by allowing Bray to beat Seth for the briefcase (82). Roman and Seth feuded until Survivor Series and then did their separate things. Seth then won the Rumble and defeated Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 31 (99), only for Wyatt to cash in (84). The following night in the rematch between Bray and Seth, Roman cost Seth the match and their feud got reignited. They each participated in Bray's multiman WWE Championship matches (an elimination chamber and a triple threat with Bray/Seth/Brock). Roman won Money in the Bank and defeated Seth at Summerslam to reinstate the Authority. Seth won an armageddon cell to face Bray at Survivor Series 2015, which Seth won (93) and got cashed in on by Roman (58). Seth went into the Royal Rumble 2016 WWE Championship match facing the two biggest thorns in his side, Bray and the defending champion Roman in a triple threat, in which Seth won the title (97). Seth capped off his feud with Bray at Fast Lane 2016, in which he retained (96). Seth then defended the WWE Championship against Royal Rumble winner Dean Ambrose and, using his rematch clause, Roman Reigns in the main event of WrestleMania 32, resulting in Seth winning (94). The Seth/Roman final chapter took place at Extreme Rules 2016 in a no holds barred 60 minute ironman match, which Seth won (100). So, both the Seth/Bray and Seth/Roman feuds had roughly two years of history. But, I don't know if I want to include it since they were all doing their own things for significant parts of 2014-2016. So, I'll use Sasha Banks/Becky Lynch Note: They only had 1 match before this feud on a random Raw in 2015. Unfortunately, I found out they had poor chemistry half way through the storyline, but I'm stubborn as hell and wanted to see my story through. The feud started in mid 2017 when reigning Smackdown Womens Champion welcomed one of her best friends to Smackdown as a result of the draft, Becky Lynch. Sasha retained her championship throughout the summer while Becky lost the Money in the Bank ladder match to Alexa Bliss. Becky won the title in a fatal four way with Paige, Summer Rae, and the champion Sasha (94. Alexa then cashed in after the match to become champion (59) Sasha then began complaining that she lost the title without being pinned and not getting a rematch. Becky got her rematch with Alexa in hell in a cell to win the title back (89). The next Smackdown, both Alexa and Sasha demand a title match, and Becky accepts a triple threat. During the match, Mickie James and Nia Jax interfered on behalf of Alexa and Summer Rae, Madison Rayne, and Velvet Sky ran down to neutralize the interference. As Becky was focused on this, Sasha hit her in the back of the head with brass knuckles to win the title back, officially turning heel (91). Becky was supposed to get her rematch at Clash of Champions in December, but Alexa, Mickie, and Nia attacked her before the match, causing Sasha to gloat and ended up facing Madison Rayne instead, which Sasha retained (97). Sasha defeated Alexa to retain at the Royal Rumble (88) and Becky won the first womens Royal Rumble (81). Alexa convinced Becky to put her title opportunity on the line at Fast Lane in an ironman match, which Becky won (92). Becky would finally get Sasha one on one in the main event of WrestleMania 34. Leading into the match, all eight titles that were on the line on the rest of the card switched hands. Sasha looked to be the only champion to walk into WrestleMania as champion and walk out as champion. Unfortunately, Becky made her submit to win the championship (90). Sasha didn't get a rematch as she was drafted to Raw, but she did get a bit of revenge as she attacked Becky from behind on the next Smackdown, allowing Ronda Rousey to debut and make the save. Yes, I'm aware of both of these examples extreme similarity, but I love the basic story idea. Also, I'm really guilty of having my lower midcarders in aimless feuds with each other for ages.

I'm in a bit of a creative dilemma. So, I'm running WWE. On Raw, I have the Four Horsewomen (Charlotte, Becky Lynch, Bayley, and Sasha Banks) as heels and they've been the focal point of the Raw womens division since April 2019. It's currently October 2019 and one of them are slated to win the Raw title in December. They don't have a clear leader. On Smackdown, I have a newly turned heel Ronda Rousey slated to win the Smackdown Womens Championship later this month. I had thought of calling up Shayna Baszler, Jessamyn Duke, and Marina Shaffir from NXT for Ronda as backup. I would like to have a Four Horsewomen vs. Four Horsewomen match, not at the upcoming Mania, but probably the following Mania. Ronda would be clear leader of the MMA Horsewomen. My question is, if you would be part of my in-game audience, would it be boring to have two 4 person heel stables in the womens division on both shows, especially for at least 1.5 years?

<p>Do social media storms give you a toxic worker wherein you really need to fire them, or will it blow over? </p><p> </p><p> It just happened to me with someone I was making a storyline injury with anyway, so the plan was to keep them off of TV for 3-4 months anyway.</p>

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