Tew 2007 Diary: World War 3

[Kobe1724]

Okay, well me and three other users are playing a 4 player game (read more here: [url]http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22459[/url]) These are the rules: [COLOR="Red"]2-4 Companies all equal in popularity and money. Product, Promotion name and the rest is up to you 40 draft picks to kick it off, up to 48 hours after all drafts have been chosen you can swap and trade superstars. Then I will add them all to your brands and we can get started 3 championship belts. Also chose your starting champions 12 PPV’s 1 per month, 1 historic, 1 legendary, 2 highly regarded and 8 normal 1, one-hour TV show per week. In the USA only on the same size networks as every one else And a PPV deal with “IN Demand” Equal Skilled and Popularity user, when started you can chose 3 people to have any type of relationship, using the in game editor There will be no other promotions but there will be new promotions set for the coming months. All relationship data and tag team data is still in and has not been touched. It will be using the 2007 1RC mod.[/COLOR] And heres the story I've come up with for my diary and this new wrestlingverse. ^_^ Chapter 1: New Beginnings I don't think anyone saw it coming. Well... actually I'm sure some of the more visionary economist around the world anticipated it. But even then I don't think they predicted the effect that it would have on the wrestling industry, although of course when it happened no one cared all that much about things like that. They were too busy trying to keep their own lives from falling apart, or else putting back the pieces of what was left. I'm talking about the world market crash of 2002 of course. It left the economy in ruins and devastated everyone with anything and even those without. Fiscally, emotionally and in some cases physically people around the world found themselves drained of almost everything they had. Somewhat improbably, everything turned around a bit quicker than we'd thought it would (I won't get into how, it's neither the focus of this story nor is it relevant), and five years later the economy is moving up again and not down. Companies are rehiring, people are getting their old jobs back and families are reuniting... and slowly but surely, life is returning to normal. Of course everything won't ever be entirely the same again. Thousands of companies--both big and small--have gone under, and most of them aren't going to ever recover. Among those hit hardest are companies like the WWE, TNA, ROH--I'm talking the entire wrestling industry. When the economy crashed the entire wrestling industry went down with it. Not a single promotion of any prominence survived the crash, and now in a world that's struggling to return to normalcy a big part of what made it normal is gone. I suppose that's where this story--my story--really begins. After the economy began to turn around in mid 2006, everyone who'd ever been anyone in wrestling agreed to a meeting of sorts to discuss how to revitalize the industry. The McMahon's, Turner, Heyman, Trump, Jarrett, Feinstein and a host of other guys from Indy feds, overseas feds, and even guys just loosely related to the entertainment industry and not wrestling itself were there. It was a strange meeting. All of the men and women present had at one point been very rich individuals--affluent members of their community with bottomless resources--now they didn't have much more than anyone else. Everyone was eager to make things work--to get it all back, and suddenly men and women that had once been enemies were now allies. We were all bonded together in sharing one common goal--to revitalize wrestling. At the meeting a lot of things got done. First it was realized that even with all of the remaining assets of all those in the room--men once among the wealthiest in the world, mind you--it wouldn't be enough to successfully revive the wrestling industry. To succeed, we'd need to open up at least three big promotions (and ideally five) around the world that were diverse enough in product and talent to revive interest in wrestling. But to do that we'd need a platform to garner mass media attention--and deep pockets. VERY deep pockets. We needed to get someone who was very wealthy to become interested in the prospect of owning a wrestling promotion. Actually, we needed five of them. However, there weren't very many wealthy people on the planet left, and of them there were even fewer that had the financial breadth to fund an entire promotion. Whoever was willing to start a promotion would have to put up 150 million US dollars in cash... something few were optimistic we'd find. Still, eventually we [B]did[/B]find them. There was Carl Zilla, a man who'd actually trained at the NJPW dojo before the crash, and then made a fortune DURING the world market crash by buying up properties and other assets being sold at far reduced rates and then selling them once the economy picked up again. He'd had lifelong aspirations to become a wrestler, and now with the possibility of owning one on the horizon he jumped at the opportunity. There was Rhys Piper, an international star from the UK who'd become a focal point in the media during the crash thanks to his strong leadership during the worlds time of crisis. As the market began to turn around and people began to make their money back, he found himself on the receiving end of millions of dollars worth of grattitude. Our third promotion owner, a man named "Maximum The Ryo" was actually the electee of a group of businessmen who'd gotten together to fund the project after multi millionaire Tyler Gadzinski left for personal reasons. They decided to put him into the position of booker and head owner. Perhaps our most suprising owner however, was Keeley Cruise, the eldest daughter of multi-billionaire business mogul Darien Cruise (who held onto most of his money because his business dealings were so diverse) & the heiress to Cruise Hotels. She was also a former Miss Teen USA. After leaving the "Institut Villa Pierrefeu" charm school where she spent her childhood & then winning several pageants, Keeley spent a stint figure modeling before deciding to use her entire inheritance (150 million dollars, go figure) to fulfill her lifelong dream of owning a professional wrestling promotion. As if her background didn't make her an unlikely enough candidate, she was only 18 years old. Still, 150 million was 150 million, and there weren't exactly a long list of millionaires lining up to invest so much money into such a risky project. Even with the four investors/investment groups we had, we were still short of the five promotions we initially wanted to have. Still, the project went forward. To generate a lot of hype and interest for the upcoming new promotions, we decided to announce that there would be a live, worldwide draft of every wrestler who put there name "into the hat" so to speak. If a worker was interested in wrestling, all they needed to do was let it be known to our committee and they were eligible to be drafted into one of the new "big four" promotions, three in the United States and one based in Japan. If the notion of a draft with every active wrestler in the world eligible didn't generate hype, nothing would. Here's where I come in. After the draft, the owner of the fourth promotion (North American Pro Wrestling aka NAPW) realized that as enthused about wrestling as she was, she didn't know anything about running a promotion. So she brought me in to help her select a booking team, handle day to day operations and run shows. I was a behind the scenes guy--she would be considered the head booker and if the show succeeded she'd get the glory--but I didn't care. I just wanted to make sure that this thing worked (and besides, it paid well). That aside, I love wrestling and I would have probably done the job for free. My names Kobe Bloom by the way. I'm in my early 20's and I got this job from Kylie at the recomendation of several somebodies in the wrestling industry. I didn't want to let them down. I [I]wouldn't[/I] let them down...

[Kobe1724]

Chapter 2: Enter Keeley Cruise It was late November the night after the draft when I first came into her office, and the first thing that struck me about her was that she was drop dead gorgeous. People magazine had called her the most beautiful woman in the world, and FHM and Maxim had both called her "perfect". And to me she was the most beautiful thing I'd ever laid eyes on so maybe there was some truth to those statements. I mean she was flawed to be sure, like everything in this world. But she was full of charisma and a passion for life that she practically glowed from. It made the subjectivity that is traditionally assosciated with beauty a moot point when it came to her, and as I stood there in front of Keeley Cruise I found myself understanding why everyone that ever saw her couldn't help but stare. [URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/6033/keeleycruisekt2fb0.jpg[/IMG][/URL] She showed me the roster of the 4 promotions (of course I'd seen the draft the night before and I already knew them by heart), and we discussed game plans for the show. Some of our most promising future stars were Bob Sapp, Torrie Wilson, Apolo, Mark Copani, Daizee Haze, Randy Orton, Stacey Keibler, John Cena and maybe, just maybe Kevin Federline. The Rock, Jericho, Austin, Hogan, Ric Flair, Mick Foley, Goldberg, Batista and Sting would be our current main event stars until we got others over in the future (Scott Steiner, DDP, Sid Viscous, William Regal and the McMahon siblings would head the midcard), and Roddy Piper, Randy Savage, Ultimate Warrior and Bret Hart would step into the ring a few more times to get our younger guys over (Warrior and Bret Hart would never have done this years ago, but times had changed and we needed to revitalize the entire industry itself, which is something that was bigger than any one person). Donald Trump and Vince McMahon would make some appearances to get the show some big time ratings with their popularity, and we'd stick them into some angles with less over guys. Our Big Time Players The Rock: [URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/4272/therockfd6.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Jericho: [URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/3459/chrisjerichooc8.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Austin: [URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/6665/steveaustinlt8.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Hogan: [URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/3183/hulkhoganxn5.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Ric Flair: [URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/6703/ricflairde6.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Mick Foley: [URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/4239/mickfoleybr1.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Goldberg: [URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/4019/goldbergps5.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Batista: [URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/3890/batistaeh8.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Sting: [URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/5526/stingzn4.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Donald Trump: [URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/364/donaldtrumpqz0.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Vince McMahon: [URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/7213/vincemcmahonec9.jpg[/IMG][/URL] For our "future stars" (Torrie, Sapp, Apolo, Copani, Daizee, Stacey, Orton, Cena and K-Fed) we'd stick them into angles as secondary pieces and allow them to learn under our more established workers. All of those guys had great looks already, and paired with the likes of The Rock and Hogan they'd also develop great performance skills over time. Working dark matches with great all rounders like William Regal would turn them into legitamate in ring workers, and with any luck the in house talent we developed would be better than our current talent within a few years. The Up and Comers: Bob Sapp: [URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/9776/bobsappyx6.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Torrie Wilson: [URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/6758/torriewilsongd2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Apolo: [URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/397/apoloml2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Mark Copani: [URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/489/markcoponifs7.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Daizee Haze: [URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/2102/daizeehazebi3.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Randy Orton: [URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/7484/randyortonbm8.jpg[/IMG][/URL] John Cena: [URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/708/johncenalm6.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Stacy Keibler: [URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/5954/stacykeiblervt1.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Kevin Federline: [URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/6991/kevinfederlineak7.jpg[/IMG][/URL] We decided to have Randy Savage accompany Styles at ringside as the colour commentator for the promotion, albeit only over Paul Heyman at Keeley's insistence, and I found myself wondering why. Announcer and Color Commentator Joey Styles: [URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/8207/joeystylesjn3.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Rand Savage: [URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/5131/randysavageli3.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Until she dropped the mother of all bombs on me: She wanted to wrestle, using the gimmick of being Randy Savages daugher. (Having him as the colour commentator would give him the chance to talk about her). In fact, she wanted to be pushed as a legitamate threat in ring (she was integrating the mens and womens divisions, so she wasn't the only female worker who would be). Still, she wasn't a wrestler and probably had limited in ring abilities (despite her claims that she'd received training from Kurt Angle, AJ Styles and Tito Ortiz), she was barely 110 pounds (if that) and the only popularity/overness she'd accrued was from beauty pageants a few years ago and the recent celebrity that starting NAPW had afforded her (the magazine spreads and articles by People, FHM and the like wouldn't have become a reality without the public visibility founding NAPW created for her). Still, at best she belonged in the mid card, and that was if we could make an integrated mens and women's division work. "Push me then." she'd said, using a term I didn't reckon she'd even know. She'd already mapped it out in her head. Wins over Bret Hart, Federline and Orton in her first few weeks on the show followed by wins over Warrior, Trump and Hogan would net her loads of credibility by beating some of the legends of the sport like Hart and Hogan, and publicity by beating well know media figures like Trump and Federline. She even wanted up and coming stars like Orton to job to her though... I suddenly wondered if Keeley was a wrestling enthusiast living a dream or just using wrestling as a platform for media exposure. Hell, she was demanding more airtime than the McMahons used to take up in the Attitude era. Still... she had a lot of charisma, she was beautiful, and she'd spent the better part of her life living at a charm school. If we could make her into a decent in ring worker maybe we could make this work. She could very well end up destroying the promotion itself though. It was hers to destroy I guess, but with so many people counting on her and NAPW to succeed, I found myself wondering if maybe it would have been better off to start off with just three promotions afterall...

[Carlzilla]

I like your backstory...I'll make sure to stick to it in my diary from here on out, just to keep our universe consistant. Of course I'll be reading since I have some sort of mutual interest in this one.

[Kobe1724]

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