soxfan93 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Okay good. I was afraid you released him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoganRodzen Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Remember when Hogan joined the NWO and the crowd was livid? Eventually the crowd was behind the NWO but at first they resented Hogan for turning his back on them (the crowd)... I've been building for this same exact moment in the CVerse for 13 years and it finally culminated at The Night Of The Champions (December 2022). The most-loved wrestler in modern wrestling became American Patriot after the massive rise of Mid Atlantic Wrestling in early 2015. A two-time Rip Chord Invitational winner, 5-time Traditional champion, 5-time World Tag Team champion, and 5-time World Heavyweight champion. American Patriot has won every major title from MAW's infancy. He's been the fan-favorite for over a decade. His rivalry with Jay Chord is legendary. Those two battled for ownership of the company without a championship being involved. They were able to carry a story while a few youngsters were getting there shot at the belt. Patriot has done it all in MAW/WCW. He's never left the promotion for a rival or refused to sign a new contract. He's been the ultimate team player on this roster of wrestlers. American Patriot earned his shot to regain the World Heavyweight title at The Night Of The Champions but he'd have to face-off against a youngster (current World Heavyweight champion) Sylvester (Rocky) Weatherfield. The 25-year old and veteran had been close from the day Weatherfield was brought in. In a way Patriot took him under his wing. It was both of them who celebrated Weatherfield's World Heavyweight championship win at Where It All Begins Again (October 2022) where he defeated Jay Chord, Troy Tornado, and Patriot himself in a four-way dance. Two months later the two would clash in the ultimate fan favorite vs. fan favorite match-up. Weatherfield won the match cleanly (flash pinfall/roll up) after a 30-minute match and surprised everybody by defeating the legendary American Patriot. He beat a veteran, his friend, the fans hero, and his mentor for the past year. Weatherfield stopped the veteran on his way out of the ring and offered a handshake but it was to no avail. By the time Patriot turned around Jay Chord had already appeared behind Weatherfield with the World Heavyweight title in hand. What happened next shocked the wrestling world and sent waves through World Championship Wrestling. American Patriot and Jay Chord (as I type this I cringe) layed an awful beating on Sylvester Weatherfield with absolutely nobody coming to help the retaining World Heavyweight champion. A hatred that brewed for so long comes to a halt in an instant? A new friendship between enemies? A turn so loud that the crowd was ready to jump the barricade. How could Patriot do this? How could he sink this low? ----- He's gone for another 22-days on vacation before he debuts his new mask and his new alliance with Jay Chord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigpapa42 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Haven't done too much with TEW for awhile. Between CBH, console games, and my WCW writing project, just haven't had a ton of time. But find myself missing it. I've toyed with a couple of CVerse games and messed around in the jhdverse, but nothing really tickles my fancy to take on as a long-term game. After someone mentioned Genadi's 2001 mod, I played around in it a bit and found myself inspired. Its a bit ironic, since the idea of "WCW is bought and survives" is the basis of my WCW writing project. So this game would likely follow a similar track, but not identical. Been doing some editing on the mod - since actually having to work to allow WCW surive is apparently too much work for me. Having Mark Cuban buy it out, pruning the roster a bit, etc. Still going to be a challenge to take on the WWE but there is so much young talent available in that mod. Just need to work to develop it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphadraighon Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 As of today, Friday, Week 4, 2015, it has been officially two full years since Jay Chord has caused any problems in my regional sized Florida territory. He has low moral, no positive relationships, but is not causing any actual problems whatsoever. That might have something to do with the fact that he's only lost four times in the past two years and currently holds the FWA X-Division championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juggaloninjalee Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Remember when Hogan joined the NWO and the crowd was livid? Eventually the crowd was behind the NWO but at first they resented Hogan for turning his back on them (the crowd)... I've been building for this same exact moment in the CVerse for 13 years and it finally culminated at The Night Of The Champions (December 2022). The most-loved wrestler in modern wrestling became American Patriot after the massive rise of Mid Atlantic Wrestling in early 2015. A two-time Rip Chord Invitational winner, 5-time Traditional champion, 5-time World Tag Team champion, and 5-time World Heavyweight champion. American Patriot has won every major title from MAW's infancy. He's been the fan-favorite for over a decade. His rivalry with Jay Chord is legendary. Those two battled for ownership of the company without a championship being involved. They were able to carry a story while a few youngsters were getting there shot at the belt. Patriot has done it all in MAW/WCW. He's never left the promotion for a rival or refused to sign a new contract. He's been the ultimate team player on this roster of wrestlers. American Patriot earned his shot to regain the World Heavyweight title at The Night Of The Champions but he'd have to face-off against a youngster (current World Heavyweight champion) Sylvester (Rocky) Weatherfield. The 25-year old and veteran had been close from the day Weatherfield was brought in. In a way Patriot took him under his wing. It was both of them who celebrated Weatherfield's World Heavyweight championship win at Where It All Begins Again (October 2022) where he defeated Jay Chord, Troy Tornado, and Patriot himself in a four-way dance. Two months later the two would clash in the ultimate fan favorite vs. fan favorite match-up. Weatherfield won the match cleanly (flash pinfall/roll up) after a 30-minute match and surprised everybody by defeating the legendary American Patriot. He beat a veteran, his friend, the fans hero, and his mentor for the past year. Weatherfield stopped the veteran on his way out of the ring and offered a handshake but it was to no avail. By the time Patriot turned around Jay Chord had already appeared behind Weatherfield with the World Heavyweight title in hand. What happened next shocked the wrestling world and sent waves through World Championship Wrestling. American Patriot and Jay Chord (as I type this I cringe) layed an awful beating on Sylvester Weatherfield with absolutely nobody coming to help the retaining World Heavyweight champion. A hatred that brewed for so long comes to a halt in an instant? A new friendship between enemies? A turn so loud that the crowd was ready to jump the barricade. How could Patriot do this? How could he sink this low? ----- He's gone for another 22-days on vacation before he debuts his new mask and his new alliance with Jay Chord. That sounds LEGENDARY! Bet you are enjoying that game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaysin Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I just started what is already one of my favorite games I've ever played. As TNA in 2006 I signed Kevin Thorn as Serpent and Shelly Martinez as Desire. First episode of Impact he debuts in a squash against Facade. AJ Styles and Daniels are in a number one contender's tag match against Team Canada(Eric Young & Bobby Roode). During the match Serpent comes out and destroys AJ and cuts a promo about sin in general and declares himself the First of the Fallen. I signed a few people to fill out the rest of the stable. Rellik as Amon(demon associated with wrath). Katie Lea as Winter, and eventually Daniels is betraying AJ to side with the Fallen and be "reborn" as Ankh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harmor Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Remember when Hogan joined the NWO and the crowd was livid? Eventually the crowd was behind the NWO but at first they resented Hogan for turning his back on them (the crowd)... I've been building for this same exact moment in the CVerse for 13 years and it finally culminated at The Night Of The Champions (December 2022). The most-loved wrestler in modern wrestling became American Patriot after the massive rise of Mid Atlantic Wrestling in early 2015. A two-time Rip Chord Invitational winner, 5-time Traditional champion, 5-time World Tag Team champion, and 5-time World Heavyweight champion. American Patriot has won every major title from MAW's infancy. He's been the fan-favorite for over a decade. His rivalry with Jay Chord is legendary. Those two battled for ownership of the company without a championship being involved. They were able to carry a story while a few youngsters were getting there shot at the belt. Patriot has done it all in MAW/WCW. He's never left the promotion for a rival or refused to sign a new contract. He's been the ultimate team player on this roster of wrestlers. American Patriot earned his shot to regain the World Heavyweight title at The Night Of The Champions but he'd have to face-off against a youngster (current World Heavyweight champion) Sylvester (Rocky) Weatherfield. The 25-year old and veteran had been close from the day Weatherfield was brought in. In a way Patriot took him under his wing. It was both of them who celebrated Weatherfield's World Heavyweight championship win at Where It All Begins Again (October 2022) where he defeated Jay Chord, Troy Tornado, and Patriot himself in a four-way dance. Two months later the two would clash in the ultimate fan favorite vs. fan favorite match-up. Weatherfield won the match cleanly (flash pinfall/roll up) after a 30-minute match and surprised everybody by defeating the legendary American Patriot. He beat a veteran, his friend, the fans hero, and his mentor for the past year. Weatherfield stopped the veteran on his way out of the ring and offered a handshake but it was to no avail. By the time Patriot turned around Jay Chord had already appeared behind Weatherfield with the World Heavyweight title in hand. What happened next shocked the wrestling world and sent waves through World Championship Wrestling. American Patriot and Jay Chord (as I type this I cringe) layed an awful beating on Sylvester Weatherfield with absolutely nobody coming to help the retaining World Heavyweight champion. A hatred that brewed for so long comes to a halt in an instant? A new friendship between enemies? A turn so loud that the crowd was ready to jump the barricade. How could Patriot do this? How could he sink this low? ----- He's gone for another 22-days on vacation before he debuts his new mask and his new alliance with Jay Chord. Absolutely great storyline you've got there, I thought this really deserves a special mention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoganRodzen Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 That sounds LEGENDARY! Bet you are enjoying that game. I'm loving this game. It's the very first save I started when I bought TEW2010 and I'm still playing it to this day. It's been a real challenge keeping myself interested in the game because it seems like I've done everything imaginable. I like to write-up brief history like this to keep myself interested in it. Glad a few of you get a kick out of reading stuff like this. Absolutely great storyline you've got there, I thought this really deserves a special mention. Thanks. It's something I've built towards for a long time. The big pay-out is still to come though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Jim Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Currently thinking over plans for a new WWF Invasion game and trying to figure out when to cash in on the dream matches. I COULD just load as many as possible onto the first Mania, and then the rest on Summerslam but I want to be a little more realistic and not just blow them all when each could give a massive payday. I don't plan on doing any major dream matches until the first Mania because most of the big name talent won't be coming in until Survivor Series anyway, so basically from Mania '02 onwards, I need to distribute the dream matches between my "Big Six" (Rumble/Jan, Mania/March, KOTR/May, Summerslam/July, Starrcade/Sept, SSeries/Nov). Order of importance is Mania, S'cade, S'Slam, Rumble, S'Series, KOTR. So I'm thinking the biggest matches are: The Rock vs Hogan Austin vs Hogan Austin vs Goldberg Undertaker vs Sting DX vs Outsiders The first three would certainly be reserved for Wrestlemania/Starrcade but I guess what I'm after is what would be other people's biggest dream matches after this batch? Because there are plenty of guys from either roster (and ECW too) that could be thrown together in "dream matches". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thilonash Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 So, super pissed right now haha. real world mod, 0/0/0/0 game with created promotion, PWE. when i got up to small, i was being crusehd with i think 7 other promotions in the regional battles (new england). so right now, its down to just 5 promotions including me, im still coming in last every month. Im running 2 shows a month, losing one to two thousand a month, but gaining a little popularity (net gain is small, losing alot because of regional battle), anyway, signed richie steamboat, built him up, gave him the title, def my #1 guy. So ok, i know hes gonna get stolen sooner or later, but he gets signed up with just 2 title defenses under his belt. I decide to have him drop the title to Darin Corbin whos been on my roster since day one (im 3+ years in), i create a stable with him as the entertainer, and 2 menacing random generated guys as the menacing muscle. start this whole storyline where they form a stable, corbin wins the title, puts steamboat out of action permanantly (i always like to have a storyline reason of why a major wrestler leaves). so, guess what message i get the next day. ROH have signed Corbin to a written deal....... So, the whole storyline/stable is ruined, corbin is either going to leave with the title (thereby vacating it), or even if i do scheudle another show real quick to have him drop the title, he will be a paper champion, and i never like to use paper champs, i feel it devalues the title. Corbin and ROH just f'ed up everything...... grrrrrr................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I just had an amazing main event in Japan, featuring Champagne Lover and Shingen Miyazaki, and was about ready to embark on a national stage. And when I opened the game this afternoon, I was fighting with Pandora (I like to have the music playing in the background), and accidentally hit the wrong button. Wiped the game from existence. Second time I've done that to myself, think I'd learn, but ... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayR666 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 After the Samoan Invasion fizzled out, Kishi left the the promotion, he's son Jon, semi-served he's spinal column, I ran with Amazing Red till I got him so over that "He was too big for the promotion." So I put the title on Johnny Curtis till I decided what too do. I thought about trying to bring back guys that I had when I started the 0/0/0/0 game now in March 2016. That had signed with other companies or felt that they were either to big or wanted to explore other options. I managed to bring back El Hijo De LA Park, and Johnny Kashmere. Both whom had title runs, as babyfaces during the early days. They are both heels and have aligned with my user character and their goal is to reclaim the promotion. Kashmere has the World Title again and their destroying everyone. Can't think of a name to call the Stable though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astil Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Can't think of a name to call the Stable though. Reclaim Nation (A play on reclamation)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steesh07 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Been playing a TNA game, it's probably my best game since I bought TEW. Only three months in but it's been eventful, from Vince retiring to Sid Vicious becoming head booker and raiding the ROH roster and the free agents list. WWE Hirings: Davey Richards Austin Aries Carlito Jeff Hardy Chris Sabin (from TNA) D'Angelo Dinero Chris Hero Paul London Rene Dupree Rhino Jeff Jarrett Monty Brown I've signed: Sara Del Rey Daizee Haze Britani Knight Sassy Stephie Bret Hart (Road Agent only) The Fallen Wolves: Daniels "Sterling One" James Keenan Kevin Thorn Shelley Martinez Also I've signed Brock Lesnar, purely because I had just been watching his matches before I started the game. He's been made the World Champion as soon as I signed Paul Heyman and he has been in a programme with Kurt Angle and Desmond Wolfe for the last few months. Soon though Wolfe is going to take the title off of him after Ric Flair comes out and announces himself as the new manager of Wolfe and the distraction allows Wolfe to use his beheading lariat and lock him into the Figure Four. Despite powering out, Wolfe manages to pin him after a thirty minute match. Then to start a new feud (hopefully a successful title reign) I've signed William Regal which should carry me through to Bound For Glory where either Brock or Kurt will get the belt back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellboy2 Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 C-Verse 1977 mod playing as AAFW, in April 1977 now at low end of cult Main Event Dick The Devastator The Masked Patriot George DeColt Crippler Ray Kingham - AAFW Champion The Brooklyn Punk Saionji Omura Upper Midcard Mitch Haggans Ernst Mason Mark Krogan Johnny Boy Tucker Kenzo Isozaki Jimmy Power Main Storylines Crippler has become paranoid that owner Dick the Devastator is trying to oust him out of AAFW and believes as long as he holds the title he will remain top of the company, he hired Saionji Omura as his "Agent" who destroys anyone who tries to compete for the belt George DeColt has not helped, who joined when AAFW went cult, now believing they are trying to take him off the top spot, he warns Dick and co that a new force is coming which started with Kenzo, Shigeta Takahashi, DEMON yutaka attackign The Masked Patriot, and injuring The Stomper to the point of retirement(his contact expired) Crippler led the stable called Servants of the Locust King, but has now become paranoid that The Locust King(whoever he is) wants his title, he is now playing a lone wolf, a submission specialist who has gone psycho, but is still deadly and can hold his own, Saionji his Agent still protects him from others but against the will of Cri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Trask Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 As ever, the previous year review of my 0/0/0/0 game In the land of ASCW, 2018 has landed! Disclaimer: Blake is not responsible for any trauma caused by the sheer size of her yearly round-up posts. No seriously, this is almost 8,500 words. As always, I'll begin by giving a rundown of the overall world of wrestling (as best I can). USA: TCW retain the number one spot with relative ease. The occasional month saw them slip in national battles… but only in Mexico, Canada and Japan. Their number 1 spot remains pretty much unassailable… which apparently Tommy and Joel set out to prove by making Danny Fonzarelli their world champion. I’ll let that sink in for a moment. Danny. Fonzarelli. He’s held the world title since the end of July 2017, is at A popularity across the US, and has managed a 98 title retention (against Angry ‘The Billion Dollar Man’ Gilmore, wrestler of the year for the fourth year running). But in terms of bizarre booking decisions, this is probably the biggest I’ve seen here (Well… other than Jim Force becoming SWF world champion). Fonzarelli’s psychology is 94… but that’s literally his only stat that clocks in at anything more than average. Basically the only logic I can see here is that the booking team have decided to troll the wrestling world by making somebody like Fonzarelli the face of their promotion. The rest of their main event is 40 or approaching it. John Anderson, RDJ, Bryan Vessey, Tom Gilmore, Troy Tornado, Tommy Cornell and incredibly, the 56 year old Sam Keith. From what I know, I can expect this cast of main eventers to stick around for quite some time… It kinda sucks to see how old so much of their card is. Wolf Hawkins is the only UMC+ worker under 35 years old. They’re loaded with ability, but to a large extent, it’s the ability of premade stars like Rich Money, Jack Bruce and Steve DeColt (2017 veteran wrestler of the year and freshly poached from me). Guide and Scout are both here, now four time tag team champions. Their Midcard isn’t a heck of a lot better, considering it’s pretty much an over 40s club. Again, talented older workers, but still old. Chris Morisette is 44, Dan Stone Jr is 45, Eddie Peak is 41, Koshiro Ino is 40. There are only two workers under thirty with a Midcard+ push (Ernest Youngman and the gen Mario Alessio, who are 24 and 25 respectively). Fumihiro Ota continues to boss the lower card. He’s now 6 time All-Action champion. There’s recently, for the first time in quite a while, been a little turnover down here; Elliot Thomas left and Mikey James is on his way out. I may look into picking them up in the future, since they’re both able performers with a reasonable amount of name value. They have a lot of guys with promise down here; trainers like Ota, American Elemental and Harry Allen, and potential stars like Quentin Queen, Blackfire and Harvey Robbenfield. Coupled with a few guys that I don’t know how still have jobs. I’m looking at you, Bubba West, Texas Pete and Lord of the Ring. If I had to earmark anyone at this level for success, it would be Blackfire. Although the 22 year old’s consistency seems to have capped at a C-, his other stats have grown quite considerably and I really wouldn’t be surprised to see him rise up the card. The women’s division is in pretty good nick too; they have Sara Marie York, Belle Bryden, Jaime Quine and a couple of good gens. Definitely some good grades waiting to happen there. World number two SWF were making all the right moves to combat TCW for nearly the ENTIRE year, allowing Marc DuBois a year+ reign with the big belt… only to put it on owner Eric Eisen on the last show of the year. Good job SWF. Good. Job. Eric, in truth isn’t the WORST worker to carry the belt, but he really doesn’t have a patch on the 30 year old (future member of the Hall of the Immortals!) DuBois. He could do with a touch more psychology, but him and Remo are basically carrying SWF’s grades on their backs. I mean… they still have a 53 year old Runaway Train in their main event. That should give you an idea of the state they’re in. The rest of the crew is rounded out by Joe Sexy, Kurt Laramee (STILL!), Paul Huntingdon, The Force and Valiant – certainly nothing to write home about. They could very much do with elevating some of their upper micard. Tag team champions Sammy Bach and James Prudence would make great main eventers (better than some of the rubbish in the headline spots anyway), as would Gregory Black, Freddy Huggins and Robbie Retro. Some of those are even shy of 35! Interesting to see that SWF have formed Champion Force, by the by… not sure that’s the best partner they could have hooked Nicky Champion up with. For some odd reason, they released Bart but not Brett, so they still have the worse Biggz brother… and I guess that’s pretty much demonstrative of their roster. SO much dead wood being carried. Talented wrestlers like Aaron Andrews, Darryl Devine and Greg Gauge rubbing shoulders with the mediocre (Jungle Lord, Lassana Makutsi, Akima Brave) and the downright terrible (Mick Muscles, Laramee)… though they at least wised up and got rid of Everest. This company feels like WCW. The good young talent is being held down by old men. They do have Alicia Strong and Lauren Easter in their women’s division though – it would be great if said division had any real meaning. In development they have Derek Ryker (brother to my own generated Ryker twins, a 24 year old with charisma and pretty good psychology), Garry the Entertainer (on his second RIPW stint – they released him very quickly after the first, then re-signed him), ASCW Foundry graduate Gavin Rude (very ticked off they poached him), Matty Faith (taken from me, and ironically developing less than he would’ve done had he stayed) and a random gen. Nobody that I’m exactly seeing as the future of the business, in any case. Though… I wouldn’t complain if they let Matty and Rude go. USPW, more than I was expecting, picked up an awful lot towards the end of the year. I suspect it’s because they’re riding the popularity of world champion Ross Henry, Bruce the Giant Chance Fortune and Matt Keith (the latter two of which is purely my doing). I’m somewhat amazed that Bruce, at 46, is both active and hasn’t quit USPW, considering Sam Strong retired years ago. It’ll be very interesting to see where they go if Henry outgrows them, Bruce retires, or Matt and Chance are signed away (something I’ll be looking to do in the near future). However… if they keep going how they’re going, USPW are on course to hit National… and then subsequently be dumped straight back down. Still, those four names are pretty much propping up the card on their own – if they lose them, I should be able to overtake them in America. They have so little strength in depth (and their women’s division is terrible). And somehow, someway… PETER VALENTINE STILL HAS A JOB. Otherwise, there isn’t a tremendous amount going on in the States. XWA impressed in their second full year, racking up C+ to B- rated cards for the entire year – I can only see their position growing stronger in times to come. They have a great mix of young and experienced talent – necessitated by getting last pickings (and so most of the popular independent choices being locked to three contracts already). I’ll be watching closely. PSW basically abused champion Atom Smasher’s popularity to cruise for the entire year. I’m consistently surprised at the level of talent they manage to draw. It’s a decent niche they’ve managed for themselves, though I wouldn’t complain to see them losing out. Oh… and copy and paste that for NYCW – down to Atom Smasher being their champion. That said, they are sticking true to the old school maxim… lots of big muscular guys; Hell’s Bouncer (as Colossus), Gargantuan, Giant Brody, Primus Allen and generated Japanese giant, Kakuzo Kajitani. It somewhat amuses me that they have a retired Tyson Baine as a manager… but as The Angel of Death. Oh, they also have Super Lucha Scott. It makes me smile to see the Smacker back in employment. On the Mid Atlantic front… Jean Cattley has won the Rip Chord invitational three years in a row. We’ll be seeing if he can make it four shortly. CZCW have broken Bs in the past year, thanks to the mighty talents of… Ash Campbell (no seriously). They’ve performed strongly with him in the driver’s seat. Too bad the AI never makes an effort to expand beyond Regional – I think the Zone could make a real run at Cult. BSC and AAA both suck. That’s basically it. Canada: The Stone family retains National this year, one of the few companies that can make a genuine claim to stability at this level. They’d been trading off the talents of Steve DeColt (shared with me, we have a working agreement) as their Canadian champion, so it’ll be interesting to see where they go with DeColt having left for TCW. They have a good roster – albeit with a main event even older than TCW’s, consisting of owner Jeremy Stone, Eddie Chandler, John Maverick, Nate Johnson and R.K Hayes, the youngest out of that bunch being the 41 year old Johnson. They have plenty of talent lower down too, including ‘Officer’ McFly (though strangely he hasn’t been doing well for quite a while, I’m starting to suspect he’s picked up personal issues as well as physical wear and tear), tag team champions Kirk Jameson and regen Dennis Rose, Spencer Spade, Jared Johnson, Frankie Perez, Ricky DeColt, Davis Wayne Newton and even Edd Stone. (though the latter two are undeservedly lower midcarders). A little American expansion will see NOTBPW hit International. I’m curious to see if they’ll chance it and if they do, how it’ll go. CGC are a steady Cult, their plans to hit National again probably not helped by putting the title on Gargantuan. Wonderful booking, Vibert. The only DeColt still at home is Alex, and along with the monster, Steve Frehley, Swoop McCarthy and Ryan Powell make up the main event. Vengeance/Skull Debones was there up until his recent retirement too. Overall, not greatly inspiring. They’ve more or less continued the ‘Good, not great’ theme of last year. You get the feeling they’ll need a big shake up to accomplish anything much anytime soon, and I just can’t see that happening. The four regional promotions (4C, ACPW, CWWF and UCW) are all doing okay without ever really making too much traction. UCW in particular has got the weirdest product I have ever seen, which is what you get when Gil Thomas is owner (Comedy Key Feature, Mainstream and Cult Heavy, bizarre and saddening for what’s supposed to be an edgy hardcore promotion). ACPW have been putting on B- shows all year off the back of Acid – he’s been throwing out great matches regardless of opponent, and he’s a worthy holder of the Junior Heavyweight title. I’m fairly impressed by the roster they’ve assembled. The likes of Benny Benson, Erik Strong, Josh Jones, Kashmir Singh, Sonny Wildside and Thrill Seeker wouldn’t go amiss in almost any locker room. …The 46 year old Wizard of Ottawa is two time and current 4C champion. That’s… good to know. Japan: Order of the day is instability. A lot of the Japanese promotion rose, fell, and rose back up again, making for an erratic year. With TCW muscling in on National battles and regularly slapping people down, I expect to see these trends continue. PHGW are the only promotion to have maintained National for the entire game so far (yet somehow, without ever growing…). They’re trucking along quite well, and have the bonus of always seeming to pick out the best talent to take on tour. That said… I’m still getting the feeling that in the future, they’re going to suffer from their intense style. Once the current batch of main eventers move along, they’re going to have to deal with most of their replacements ALREADY being quite damaged (instead of the status quo at game start, with most of them slightly worn down but not nearly as much as they SHOULD be, with PHGW’s intensity). Shuji Inukai is four-time Glory Crown holder, his first title since 2012 (though he has won Elite Tag series seven times with Yoshimi Mushashibo now) Mito Miwa had a good year, holding the Glory Crown until March and also winning the Elite Series for the fourth time. (he lost it to Masaru Ugaki, for his second reign). The Elite Tag series has been exclusive to Inukai & Mushashibo and Kozue Kawashima and PRIDE Koiso since the start of the game now… it’s insane. Seven wins each, fully eight of those fourteen coming since I started it up. Death Monkey and the half-dead, 47 year-old Nobuatsu Tatsuko are on their fourth reign as tag team champions. They bolstered their roster late in the year by signing 32 year-old Sean Deeley from WLW who, with only two body parts yellow, is practically healthy compared to the rest of their roster. They also picked up Shimedzu, former BHOTWG King of Fighters, a major steal. I think I’m just going to make the same summary as I always do and sort’ve paraphrased above; good to great roster, but ageing (they’ve got more over 40s than I think any other promotion) and heavily battered, which translates even to some workers shy of 30 years old. When the big names (Kunomasu, Inukai, Mushashibo, Miwa) start retiring, they’re going to be in deep trouble. Also Dread is somehow still wrestling. FREAKING DREAD. BHOTWG hit Cult early in the year, but regained National towards the end of it. I was really surprised when it happened, but ultimately the drop only really cost them Shimedzu and Chuichi Sanda, who were both popular, but not irreplaceable. In fact, it may have even helped them lose some of the deadweight they were carrying, since when the drop happened, it prompted a bunch of panic-releases of less-valuable talent. In any case this (sadly) led to ‘Sgt.’ Steve Flash losing the book. He’s still trucking at 51, pretty badass, I have to say. Naturally, their main eventers have only one person under 40 – Kinnojo Horri. The others are Burning World Champion Giant Khoklov (who is now almost half decent, and not declining at 42 years old), Harumi Okazawaya (uh… what?), King of Fighters Hiroaki Nakasawa, Masaaki Okazaki, Tadiyuki Kikkawa and Tasuka Iesada. …Actually looking at that I’m not tremendously surprised they dropped. Interestingly enough, Oleg Dorosklov was King of Fighters for all of one week. He’s still done pretty much nothing remarkable apart from winning match of the year in 2012 (beating Tadiyuki Kikkawa) Their lower card is pretty strong, with a balance of experienced talent (Black Cobra, Burning EXILE, Awesome Kiyaru) and up and comers like Omezo Shikitei, Jotaro Tanaka and a bunch of (re)gens, including Fujio ‘best gen ever’ Maehata – 100 brawling, B-range technical row, growing performance skills and an A* in menace. He’s going to be a force once he loses the Young Lion mantel. Amazing somebody trained by Ryu Kajahara has Bs in technical skills, though I guess his safety IS his worst stat. Also, Martin Heath is in their junior division. That never ceases to make me ridiculously happy. WLW are Cult, but set to rise back to National within the month. Dropping a size hurt them; they lost Sean Deeley, Gino Montero AND Champagne Lover – basically all of their best Gaijin. They regained National then dropped straight back down again, and in truth I’m not sure I can see there being much difference this time around – I just don’t see them having the talent to put on the shows needed to stay at that level, especially not with losing the aforementioned trio. That said… they’re one of the only companies in the world with a relatively young main event. The Great Hisato is 45, but Emerald Angel, Magnum Kobe, Nichiren Amagawa, Streetfighting champion The Tic and Universal Champion Tsuramatsu Yoshihara are all 32 or younger. Yoshihara is a gen and was last year’s young wrestler of the year in spite of not even really being all that good in the ring, though I guess he has charisma coming out of his ears. Lower on the card, they have the awesome veteran tag team – champions Marcos Flores and Buddy Garner (I’m glad to see Buddy doing well after he left me a few years ago). They also have some promising and over youngsters such as Snow Storm, Stealth Z, El Mitico Jr., Alex Braun regen Teddy Edwards and – you ARE reading this correctly – Hollywood Bret Starr. Masa Kurata is around, but kinda meh all over, he seems to have capped low for all the hype in his bio. GCG have done okay at Cult, but overall they just look like an inferior PHGW at the moment – they have pretty much the exact same problems without the benefits of them applying to really good/over workers. Hiroyasu Gakusha and current champion Toshiharu Hyobanshi are basically dead, and their other main eventers, Yasuhide Tayama, SUKI and Samoan Machine aren’t too far behind. They’re not likely to lose Cult at any point, but I can’t see them getting anywhere worthwhile in the near future. Also looking at their roster reminds me of Haranobu Kobayashi – specifically his good chemistry teaming with El Heroe Mexicano. I may just have to bring that team back… At a regional level, things are quite steady. All the little promotions (except maybe WEXXV) exchange Regional Battles on a semi-regular basis, none of them ever really making a run at Cult that I’ve been able to see. It’s a shame, I’d like to watch what happens if one of them tried to shake up the status quo a little. WJPW and 5SSW certainly get the grades to be able to make a decent go of it – though 5-star are pretty shaken up with the loss of their MVP DEVIL Karube to a rotator cuff tear. Not much else to say other than that it’s consistently amusing to see tag team wrestler Sukeyasu Hondo declared as EX2010’s best performer show after show. Give the man a push! Mexico: MPWF and SOTBPW are both National, and OLLIE will regain it inside of a month or so. SOTBPW surprised me by retaining the level throughout the year, and it’s looking like they might even hit International sometime in 2018, especially after they managed to lure Champagne Lover back from Japan – even though the rest of the main event is fairly uninspiring, only champion El Fuerza, El Demonio and Los Enfermos. None of them are BAD workers, but none of them are particularly great either. Still, what they’ve been doing so far is apparently working for them, so who am I to judge? They might have trouble if they don’t push anyone new, considering they have all of four guys under thirty on the roster, one of which is 29 and two of which are out and out jobbers. Not positive signs for the future… MPWF are doing pretty well, although with the National battles (featuring TCW and sometimes SWF), I wouldn’t be shocked to see them get dropped back to Cult, since their grades are basically bourn on the back of their champion, El Leon. I doubt they have enough quality elsewhere to hack it at this level. OLLIE are in a similar state, in all honesty… their roster is large, but short on quality, probably the weakest of the big three. I mean, El Hijo Del Zonk is their champion, that should give you an idea of who they have around. To round-off, the little promotions are MHW and brand new WAM. The former are doing okay – and are actually pulling surprisingly strong grades (B range) considering their product and what I can see on their roster. As I said, WAM just opened… they’re owned by Australian gen Carl Anderson and booked by Walter Morgan. Neither speaks Spanish. Elsewhere: As per usual, boring as hell. Let’s be honest, when does anything much EVER happen in the UK, Europe and Australia? Trance won a title, I guess? -- Back home in ASCW, we’ve officially hit the big time. That’s right, it’s CULT! We made the jump in April, WAY ahead of any predictions I had, owing to use managing to secure a TV deal on National Pride. It kinda sucked initially, considering it was a 100/100 split in the network’s favour, but we were making enough in terms of gate to be able to offset those losses and turn a major profit. It also boosted us enough to land a PPV deal that sees us air in both the US and Canada (yay spillover!), which will put us in good esteem for the distant lands of International. The economy and industry are sky high, and we’ve been reaping the benefits of that all year. Both will peak sometime during 2018, but they’re set to remain at strong levels for quite a while yet – basically the ideal time to be trying to blast through Cult. In any case, our expansion saw us pick up Most Improved Promotion for the second time! We had a reasonable amount of turnover throughout the year, but not as much as has happened in the past, and in these cases it’s largely been me letting people go rather than workers being stolen. It’s been quite a while since I’ve had to rewrite on the fly, although losing Steve DeColt does sort’ve derail a storyline. Even so, my major names have been largely secure for quite a while... but it’s only a matter of time before I’m going to have to start dishing out the lucrative written deals to avoid workers being stolen. For the first time I’m having to overness juggle in order to keep demands down – it’s a fun challenge. I AM having slight difficulties with the lower end of the roster though, the problem being that because of so long spent exclusively in my home area, I have quite a few people with popularity in my home area far exceeding their popularity anywhere else. Whilst this is a bit easier to balance at the top of the roster (it’s not such a big deal that Chance Fortune has an A in the Great Lakes when he’s B everywhere else anyway), it does lead to some really big disparities with people in the lower midcard and so on. (C+ versus D-). Now we’re in the TV era, it’s not going to happen with my new guys, but it’s an issue affecting 90% of my roster to some degree. The story of the year has remained faction warfare, with the groups themselves taking a greater or lesser spotlight defending on the phase of the story. Samson Barclay (my user character and for this part of the story, champion) stuck to his dastardly heelish form by manipulating matches in his favour, using some sort of blackmailing material over owner, announcer and authority figure Jordan Brigstock to control him and allow himself to keep the belt. (It turned out that Barclay knew that Brigstock was dating Ariel Breaks, and was threatening her to keep Brigstock sweet) However, Brigstock eventually found his way out of the predicament, giving the authority in ASCW to a mystery authority figure! Barclay was livid over this, but couldn’t do much as the mystery GM undermined his plots at every turn, putting Barclay’s stable Chain of Destiny on the back foot for the first time in a long while. At the same time, KC had been rising through the ranks of the promotion. Standing apart from both the Chain and babyface group All-Star Soul, Glenn announced that he wanted to end ALL of the groups in the promotion, not just the ‘bad’ ones, believing that wrestlers should stand on their own merits, not by having the most back up. Glenn’s conviction took him all the way to an All-Star tournament win and a number one contender’s spot. Things went from bad to worse for Barclay as, coupled with the news of Glenn’s imminent challenge, All-Star Soul (assisted by a reluctant Glenn) overcame four of the Chain’s best to force them to relinquish Ariel! Only in wrestling would ‘for the safety of this woman’ be a legitimate stipulation for a match… The following month, and the breaking of the Chain’s power was complete, with KC Glenn toppling Barclay to claim the United States title. This title switch also saw the death knell of Generation Now, the third stable in the faction warfare storyline that had been left looking decidedly shabby in the wake of the previous storyline. Steve DeColt attempted to cash in his totally-not-a-money-in-the-bank-ripoff Golden Opportunity briefcase on the new champion, only to be stabbed in the back mid-match by his second in command The Future (Steven Parker), killing the group once and for all, as it became clear that Future had been colluding with Chain of Destiny for a long time! At a similar time, the mystery GM had been revealed as altruistic newcomer Kid Canada, a masked wrestler with a lot of charisma. He was initially quite active in the ring, but as his motives and abilities (as general manager) were questioned, his involvement was scaled back. It’s difficult to trust an authority figure that is also an active wrestler, after all. Although the Kid was very active in the fight against the Chain, trying to keep everything thing as even as possible, he subsequently began to focus more and more on Erik Masterson (Strong), the Chain’s hired hitman – much to the irritation of him and another figure… Thompson Diaz. Kid had banned Diaz from interfering in any of The Solution’s (a tag team that had injured Diaz’s partner prior to turning face) matches, leading to the driven Diaz focusing his attentions on Kid… and finding out who the man behind the mask truly was. Glenn’s reign didn’t last long – he made only one defence before losing out to Chance Fortune, causing KC to go from top of the world to can’t-win in the blink of an eye. This period also saw Benson Crane (Elmo Benson) join the promotion and start a feud with the enigmatic Acid, a conflict that went on for months, seemingly put to rest when Benson claimed Acid’s vaunted mask. September came with an ultimatum by Chance Fortune: either you’re with All-Star Soul or Chain of Destiny – there was to be no middle ground. The next few months saw sides taken and a number of turns made both ways. As the new year approaches, the battle lines have been drawn, and the next few months will see one of the factions destroyed once and for all. All-Star Championship Wrestling Product: 'New School' Traditional: Key Feature Mainsteam: Heavy Modern: Medium Lucha Libre: Medium Performance = Popularity, simple, unsubtle and unrisky gimmicks preferred, very favourable towards sponsorship. Medium Face/Heel divide, Integrated women's wrestling and an 80% match/angle ratio. Match Lengths: 6/12/18 Based in the Great Lakes (B), $14,037,163 in the bank. Talent In: Kid Canada Noriyori Sanda (PHGW let him go after he was jailed for three years) Matthew Keith Dark Angel/Cliff Wilson (as road agent) Elmo Benson (as Benson Crane) Gavin Rude (dojo graduate) Swoop McCarthy Brent Allen (gen announcer) Haley Buck Darren Runnels (gen) Nathaniel Death (regen of Rick Sanders) Hallucinogen (gen) Christopher Oxford (regen of Robort Oxford) Chiyeko Kita (as Bishamonten) Maria Guest Amber Allen (as Uesugi) American Elemental II Royce Greig Darren Smith Talent Out: Richie Riggins (released for sucking) Rudy Velasquez Jack DeColt (allowed to leave after he became SWF head booker) Rayne Man (released as I had nothing for him to do) Teddy Edwards (WLW upped his deal to a written) Connie Morris (Retired, retained as road agent) Darren Runnels Hallucinogen (neither were good enough) Matty Faith (RIPW development) Gavin Rude (RIPW development) Fox Mask Heather Halo (SWF) Roster Review Main Event: Benson Crane(Elmo Benson) - Having been unemployed since the start of 2016 (TCW released him, but he was too popular to sign with anyone else), I picked him up in May and immediately set him to feud with Acid, a story which is going to evolve into the promotion’s next big storyline. Occasionally underperforms in matches and angles, but he’s very popular and quite talented (could do with more psychology), so he’s a great roster member. Chance Fortune (All-Star Soul) © – Leader of All-Star Soul and our current United States champion (our main belt). A great entertainer, but doesn’t quite have the psychology for the big one (76). He’s carryable, but that’s not where you want your champion. He’s currently suffering an ‘injury’ at the hands of the Chain, and I was intending for Steve DeColt to step into his position and defend the belt in his stead to introduce potential tension later on, but that’s scuppered with Steve leaving. 38 and still in his prime, I can see myself continuing to utilise his talents… just maybe not with the main title. Johnny Bloodstone (All-Star Soul) – Challenger for the title in the early running found himself a little lost in the shuffle later in the year. He’s very talented, and I could potentially see him slotting into the place vacated by Steve DeColt, as he deserves the focus. Perhaps with a little more entertainment… Kid Canada © – One half of the tag team champions, the Kid is currently in an uneasy alliance with Thompson Diaz, the very man who wants him to unmask. He’s been under fire as a General Manager for quite a while, and it’s likely he’ll lose that position and his mask fairly soon, which will finally reveal why he’s been out for Masterson for all this time. Outside the story stuff, he’s been putting in a good shift (mostly with angles, being an authority means his use in the ring has been sparing). Strong in the ring and seems to have potential to be very good, but he’s unfortunately declining at 33 years old. Matthew Keith (Chain of Destiny) – More or less the Chain’s second in command, he’s had a couple of quite convincing tilts at the United States strap without ever winning it. Being Matt Keith, he is of course, awesome, and I’m looking to lock him down to a written deal as soon as I can. Back in ‘story mode’, there have been signs of Matt’s confidence in the Chain failing, as the jovial Swoop McCarthy has pointed out a couple of times that the group is really just about Barclay. This’ll pay off within the next month or so. Samson Barclay (Chain of Destiny) – The avatar and the head of the big heel group. Has thusfar been unsuccessful in his attempts to reclaim the United States title, but outside of the ring, has directed his group into permanently eliminating All-Star Soul stalwart Fox Mask and their ace in the hole Steve DeColt. Pretty damn good in the ring and has come a long, long way from the early days when he was scared to even look at a microphone. Eight years in, a 42/64/49 entertainment row has blossomed into 84/92/76. Swoop McCarthy (All-Star Soul) – With his entertainment skills, a guy that I’m always more than happy to have on the roster. It would be nice if he could sell a little better, but he’s stepped nicely into the role of A*-S’s number two by dint of being a good mouthpiece who’s good in the ring. The Future (Chain of Destiny) (Steven Parker) – His feud with Steve DeColt was unfortunately cut short when DeColt left for TCW, as I was hoping to allow that to play out for a while. He’s probably set to keep his sneaky plotter role for the time being – he isn’t trusted too much even within the Chain, as well, that’s what you get for being a backstabber. He’s talented and locked down for quite a while, so he’ll be getting pushed sometime soon. Wade Orson (Chain of Destiny) – Truthfully I’m not sure how he’s in the main event. I hired him to help train top rows and he somehow just caught fire, even though he lost the vast majority of his matches. That means that he’s still more or less the Chain’s main event fall guy, but I guess it’s better than being lost in the pack. (If you look at last year’s round up, he was an opener. I got him here without ever intentionally pushing him) Upper Midcard Acid – Coming out on the losing side of his feud with Benson has dropped him a little. He's putting on good performances, but at 40, is unlikely to rise back into the main event spot, even with his upcoming association with my next big storyline. Now that he’s lost his mask, he’s set for a name change of some description too. Current holder of the Golden Opportunity, although he won’t necessarily be the man to cash it in… Brendan Idol (All-Star Soul) – The ASCW original had a good year, feuding with Matty Faith and eventually sending him packing from the promotion altogether. A very steady hand with great entertainment skills, he makes a convenient teacher for the young bucks – a feud with Lenny Brown may be on the cards. 37 years old and in terminal decline, he might be ticking towards retirement, though. Brooke Tyler (All-Star Soul) – Finally split from Remmy Honeyman, the formerly dominant champions went one each to A*-S and the Chain, and they’re still feuding as part of the bigger storyline. Has great promise – and was 2017’s young worker of the year, but really needs to develop some more psychology. Eddie Howard (Chain of Destiny) – Had a decent year, though he missed out on a fourth tag team title reign after I forgot to set the winner in a title match that I’d intended Natural Storm to take. Might claim the spoils when the current champions implode, but I’m undecided. Erik Masterson (Chain of Destiny) (Erik Strong) – After being quiet for a while, the sinister hitman of the Chain roared back into life at the end of the year, taking out both Fox Mask and Steve DeColt. He’s doing well, but not exceptionally so, and his insistence on fairly short contracts with guaranteed title reigns is making me wonder if I want to keep him. He’s a good worker and only 32 years old… but I can do without my booking being dictated to me. Julius Moor (All-Star Soul) – Is very lucky he has great chemistry teaming with Bloodstone, their Strength and Fury tandem now an official combination. It’s funny actually – I was on the brink of letting him go, and not only has he been retained, but he has a fairly prominent role in the second big storyline in the company, having been assigned as Kid Canada’s supervisor, assessing his performance as GM. Coming along decently in the ring – he’s never going to be Tommy Cornell, but is showing signs of developing into a good hand. Teaming with Bloodstone can only help him. KC Glenn (All-Star Soul) – Losing the United States title saw Glenn have a crisis of confidence and drop rapidly down the pecking order, racking up quite a number of losses. He even went back on his convictions and joined one of the promotion’s groups. Befriending Benson Crane, he regained some of his old fire, and as the main player in our upcoming big storyline, is going to be main eventing again in no time. Great talent, and now locked into a written deal. Noriyori Sanda (All-Star Soul) – Now here’s a worker I never thought I’d sign. As I stated previously, PHGW let him go a while back after his was jailed for three years. For a free agent, his talent was unmissable, and I leapt at the chance to sign him. He’s over the hill at 39, but a great worker in his own right, and a worthy addition to the roster. Thompson Diaz© – The time has been ticking on a heel turn for quite a while now, and he’s set to stab Kid Canada in the back in the next couple of weeks. The whole reason they’re teaming together is because he was allowed to have his pick of partner to take on The Solution (he never got the chance for a rematch after he lost the belts originally, owing to his partner, Nelson Callum getting taken out), and Diaz chose the Kid. He thinks he knows the Kid’s identity… but it remains to be seen if he’s right. As our flagship dojo graduate, he’s been performing well – above expectations, in fact. He’s an unusual one, entertainment based yet with a good performance row. His top rows are all in the D range though, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him become an entertainer in the future. Midcard: Acid II – Teaming with his mentor sporadically over the past year has done him the world of good as a worker. He still needs more psychology, but more development could see him grow into a real prospect, even though the vast majority of his wins have come whilst partnering Acid himself. American Elemental II © – Our current Young Lion champion, dethroning Lenny Brown after over a year with the strap. The time just felt right for a change, and Am-El was the lucky member of the undercard who didn’t have a strong storyline going already, didn’t suck and wasn’t in a tag team. His performance with the title will be monitored closely, but I’m not looking at this as a major push. He’s only 21, and has plenty of time to improve. Berik (All-Star Soul) – The Solution had a good year, crowned off by them offering ‘premium discount rates’ to A*-S and joining up to the cause. They saw their second and third tag team title reigns during the year (though the third was an accident, see Eddie Howard), and have delivered consistent results. Berik is developing into a fine brawler, and if his performance stats keep creeping up, he’ll end up being one of our most solid workers. Bernice Stevenson (Chain of Destiny) – With her problem always having been a lack of direction, I folded her into the Chain to see if it would help, and so far, she’s seen her stock rise a fair bit. Could do with some more wins, but she’s only 24, there’s no rush to push her. An 88 in brawling means that she’s very close to having all the tools to be a star – her psychology is superior to Chance Fortune’s. D.C Rayne (Chain of Destiny – See Eddie Howard, but slightly older. Dean Waldorf – Okay so I basically lied about the Ring Generals getting more attention. They’ve been treading water all year. This year, though, they’re set for involvement in our big storyline, and I have high hopes for their roles in it. Exceptional Joe (Chain of Destiny) – Turned heel to join the Chain in an attempt to get more opportunities. So far as helped him get a little more over, but only a little – I think caps may be at play here. Decent worker, but fairly low on the tag team pecking order because there are better wrestlers out there. Giant Brody (All-Star Soul) – Yup, I turned Giant ‘E+ good guy’ Brody face, and not only that, but it worked. After a feud with Lenny Brown that didn’t go so well because neither of them had enough psychology, he’s treaded water a little, but his menace, loyalty, and B in brawling make him worth keeping around, even if he’s yet to break 50 in psych. Javier Mereno – Finally has a clean bill of health once again, but has (deliberately) lacked for direction since his return. He’s grown envious of his friend Felipe’s success, and it seems like the pair are just no longer compatible as a team (they’ve lost every match together since Javier returned). He just plain feels left out in the cold, and that his girlfriend/manager is growing close to Felipe is hardly helping matters. It’s taken forever to build up his momentum. He started at 0 returning from his injury, and it’s been a long slog to build it to 60. A good all-rounder, he deserves the exposure this storyline is bringing him. Johnny Heizenger (Ant-Man) – He’s shorn the mask and hopefully shorn of the identity of a pure jobber. The Colony were a fun team, but they were never going to go anywhere fast. The redubbed Strictly Business are going to get a bit of a push, and we’ll see if they catch on. Lance (All-Star Soul) – See Berik. He’s seen development across the board, and his statline is beginning to look very promising indeed. He has good chemistry with his A*-S manager as well, which is a nice boost. Lenny Brown (Chain of Destiny) – Held the Young Lion title forever and a day without ever really getting embroiled in any big feuds over it. He’s locked to a long written now, but his current push is befitting of his skills. He’s showing promise, he just needs a little more touching up before the brushing main event spot he held through much of the year would be justified. Marv Statler – As Dean Remmy Honeyman – Brooke Tyler tells the story. As always, Remmy is a very capable and reliable performer. It sucks that Matty left, as not only did they have storyline association, they had great chemistry as a team. I’m still looking to ease him into that expert tag team worker role. Lower Midcard Ariel Breaks – The ‘Kidnapping of Ariel’ storyline boosted her overness to a reasonable level, and she’s now holding this spot down comfortably. I’m content to keep her here for the time being, given she’s only 22 years old. She’s improved a lot over the past year – with some more experience I can see her becoming a really useful roster member. Ashley Grover – (Chain of Destiny) – See Joe. In a similar position regarding overness caps, and has the additional drag of having one of the lowest psychology scores on the roster (50). She was with the company since day one and her tag team with Joe is A* experience, so her job is safe, but GroJo just don’t have the chops to be champions again anytime soon. Christopher Oxford – I did my occasional thing of altering a (re)gen into the child of an existing wrestler. In this case, I made Robert Oxford’s regen into his own kid. Basically, he’s a clone of Oxford Sr., so he’s a great performer with minimal charisma. Largely jobbing in the preshow to gain experience. Felipe Caballero © – Most obvious victim of the ‘popular at home but not elsewhere’ syndrome, our Next Big Thing and All-Regional champion had another strong year, but deserves to be higher. Unfortunately he has a high B- at home and Es everywhere else, so it’s tough to boost him, especially as whenever he loses, he inexplicably loses popularity everywhere else even though the person beating him would invariably be more popular already. Currently involved in this storyline with Mereno, which for his part has involved getting occasional ‘assistance’ to win matches from Haley Buck, something he seems blithely unaware of. Set to continue to feature as much as I can spare time for him. He’s the only NBT in this company’s history and is on a written deal, better believe I’m exploiting that. Also, the guy who is supposed to be poor on the microphone now has a 71/90/70 entertainment row. Take that, bio! Josh Jones – See Johnny. It’s a lot easier to take Jones seriously without the mask, though his lack of star quality makes accruing overness for him a right pain. From now on, though, I’m considering making a concerted effort to give him microphone practice, now that my previous projects (Felipe, Brooke, Matty Faith) have either got comfortably high grades or have moved on. Rubbing shoulders with the likes of Samson, Chance and Future will see him get boosted in a hurry. Maria Guest – Recent signing that I’d had my eye on for a little while. Currently enjoying a bit of a trial/feeling out period as I figure out where to slot her into and to gauge her skills. Steel – Still employed, still not working very much. Still not winning ever. That said, he’s cheap, undemanding, doesn’t cause trouble and is loyal to my user character, so he’s not bad padding to the roster. I have an idea for a repackaging, but if that doesn’t improve him much/get him over, I’ll probably thank him and wish him the best in his future endeavours. Opener Audrey Ryker – Will be allowed to leave when her current contract ends. She’s been a pure jobber for quite a while, and whilst there have been improvements; she’s just not really that great a worker. Basically I don’t need the tag team and was never all THAT hot on them, in spite of their experience. She works for CWWF and AAA too, so she should land on her feet. Harry Lawler – Big victim #2 of the popularity gap, which has doubled up because as a result of it, I’ve under-featured him. I’m looking to give him more inclusion in the new year, see if he catches on/improves. Jeremiah Moose – Lawler’s tag team partner though? He’s got one foot out of the door. He hasn’t improved in quite a while, doesn’t have the untapped charisma that Lawler does and I just plain don’t need their team. I have at least three face teams that, experience notwithstanding, are better choices to feature Pip Ryker – See his sister, with the addition that since his contract is longer, he’ll probably just be released once she leaves. Uesugi – AKA Amber Allen, 2017’s wrestler of the year and the only person to win it since the game’s beginning that wasn’t DEVIL Karube. She’s a great worker, coming with considerable pedigree in Japan (former 5SSW world champion and former tag team champion in custom promotion WJPW). Has main event level technical/performance stats, but is currently backing up the tag team division. Enhancement Talent Bishamonten – AKA Chiyeko Kita, Amber’s tag team partner (they came in with 99 experience). Not quite as good as Amber, but definitely more than serviceable as a worker. The two of them are known as Soul of Battle, and are a quirky team – heels, but very honourable and respectful for all that, basically being heels because they’re so unusual (and pretty brutal in the ring). Nathaniel Death – The Rick Sanders regen is an odd one. He’s teamed with Christopher Oxford (they have great chemistry) as a sort of teaching pairing. Nathaniel has B-s in brawling and technical skills, a 92 in basics and an 86 in star quality… but his psychology and selling are both in the D range (a 46 means it’s the worst on the entire roster). The basic idea is for Death to improve Oxford’s top rows whilst learning psychology from him. Tag Teams: Ariel & Maria – Ariel Breaks & Maria Guest - Regular – Experience: F Blitz Off! – Harry Lawler & Jeremiah Moose – Regular – Experience: A* Caballero & Ariel – Felipe Caballero & Ariel Breaks – Occasional – Experience: F+ Corrosion – Acid & Acid II – Occasional – Experience: D Grover & Joe – Ashley Grover & Exceptional Joe – Regular – Experience: A* La Alianza – Felipe Caballero & Javier Mereno – Occasional – Experience: D+ Natural Storm – Eddie Howard & D.C. Rayne – Regular – Experience: A* Soul of Battle – Uesugi & Bishamonten – Regular – Experience: A* Strength & Fury – Julius Moor & Johnny Bloodstone – Regular – Experience: E Strictly Business – Johnny Heizenger & Josh Jones – Regular – Experience: B The New Specialists – Nathaniel Death & Christopher Oxford – Regular – Experience: E The Ring Generals – Dean Waldorf & Marv Statler – Regular – Experience: A* The Seventh Ryke – Audrey & Pip Ryker – Regular – Experience: A* The Solution – Berik & Lance – Regular – Experience: A* Staff Brent Allen - A genned announcer who also occasionally sees work as a backstage interviewer. Something of a utility man, substituting for Jordan Brigstock when he’s away with SWF or managing Ariel. He’s 23 and has B-s in all his entertainment stats, so very promising. He does have trouble keeping up with main events though, unfortunately. Cliff Wilson - (Dark Angel) Brought in because he’s a 100-rated road agent and because he’s Steven Parker’s mentor, which allowed me to tie one of my best workers to a written contract before I hit my seventh point in negotiation (waiving the requirement for a positive relationship in the Cult written deal sneak) Connie Morris - Retired in the middle of the year and got a farewell tour tag team title reign for it (the only title she held in her entire career). Dating Parker, and good enough at her job she’s well worth keeping. Darren Smith - Brought in to replace Heather Halo, A-rated referee. Haley Buck - Debuted managing Javier Mereno after he returned from injury, working as his girlfriend. Also managing his friend Felipe Caballero, and tensions seem to be arising as a result of that. Hugo Makela (Chain of Destiny) - He’s had a bigger role this year, with more speaking parts. It’s really a natural extension of the fact he manages something like half the roster. Has a 90 in microphone. Jordan Brigstock - My owner made a nuisance of himself by deciding to sign for SWF in mid-year, forcing me to work around them (practically speaking that means he’s missing for our PPVs, which isn’t too horrible a loss). 78 rated announcer and has awesome charisma. He’s a great hand and comes cheap… I just wish he didn’t sign for fricking SWF of all people. Lew Rose - 99 rated referee, has improved a heck of a lot, and he’s now exclusive to me. Mr Smith (Steve Smith) - He has our first chair, bouncing between 83 and 84 announcing. The best available, unfortunately, but good chemistry with Sara Silver somewhat makes up for it. Original Lone Rider – He’s a road agent. He’s good at it. Nothing else to say. Richard Freebush (All-Star Soul) – The face equivalent of Hugo Makela, as he manages all of the guys in A*-S. Getting very entertaining. Royce Greig – Brought in as a potential future project. Rated only 62, but improving. Sara Silver – As you were for Silver. No improvement, but I’ve no inclination to go shopping for replacements for a commentator of her ability (and good chemistry). ASCW in the Power 100 97. Elmo Benson 92. Acid 79. Remmy Honeyman 76. Erik Strong 75. Thompson Diaz 70. Brooke Tyler 65. Julius Moor 62. Wade Orson 57. Swoop McCarthy 41. Johnny Bloodstone 27. KC Glenn 21. Steven Parker 20. Chance Fortune 16. Matthew Keith 5. Samson Barclay 2. Steve DeColt And... end. IF you got through that all I'm impressed! As always, if you have any questions, want to know how any given worker is getting along right now and so on, feel free to ask! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOmniWarrior Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 *Giant wall of text* And... end. IF you got through that all I'm impressed! As always, if you have any questions, want to know how any given worker is getting along right now and so on, feel free to ask! How has Findlay's career gone? Also lol @ "Exceptional Joe" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Trask Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 <p>I figure a heel would object to describing himself as 'Average', xD.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Findlay is never going to be more than an average worker, but what he might manage is to become a good businessman. He owns XWA, and like I mentioned above, they're doing really well.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlameSnoopy Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share Posted March 18, 2012 <p>19 months into my WWF (January) 2001 game (so I just completed July 2002) with 248 shows behind me currently. </p><p> </p><p> I split the whole promotion into two brands after WrestleMania 2002 and even though I struggled at first, now it's starting to run smoothly. Contemplating on whether or not end in after WM03 since I already have a storyline for that. Anyways, the WWF Heavyweight champion (Main Event, Raw) is Shawn Michaels who is leading 'The Brotherhood'. Brotherhood is a faction to help secure Michaels' Heavyweight title. Currently it includes only HBK himself (who made his return to the active biz in January 2002), The Undertaker and Big Show.</p><p> </p><p> SmackDown's main champion is the WWF World champion Eddie Guerrero currently on his first main event reign. Eddie's average match rating for 2002 so far is 87 which I would imagine is the highest in the promotion (and thus, undoubtedly, in the World as well). Of course he has nearly exclusively faced main event guys this year. The Brotherhood was also launched in SmackDown by Diamond Dallas Page to try and create a massive inter-branded faction. DDP has been simply on fire the whole July, for example, he fought Triple H to a 98 rating match in live Raw.</p><p> </p><p> I have planned the main matches for WrestleMania 2003 right about the time I completed the 2002 one. In SmackDown Eddie will first lose the World title to 'Stone Cold' in Survivor Series. That'll be Austin's last run as a World champion, I'm even thinking I might manually retire him after WM03 just for fun. Brock Lesnar will then win the Royal Rumble and defeat Austin in the co-main event of WrestleMania, starting his first reign as a World champion. Back in Raw The Rock is going to defeat his Brotherhood arch enemy since Michaels' comeback for the first title reign with the Heavyweight title and first in my time in the company. The submission machine that is Kurt Angle (who is standing currently at only three losses this year, which I'd imagine is a record for WWF this year, as well as the winner of Royal Rumble 2002) is then going to defeat him in the main event of Royal Rumble 2003. Rematch at the main event of WrestleMania where 'The People's Champion' captures the title once again. I haven't planned anything after WM03 yet, but plenty of time to get through there anyways.</p><p> </p><p> My '10 Year List' includes (that is wrestlers who would or will be hopefully main eventing and carrying the promotion in 10 yers) Colt Cabana (22 years old, extremely impressive performance skills for his age at 78, or B) AJ Styles (23 years old, slightly better performance skills as Cabana even). Maybe one of the Basham's who works under the moniker of 'The Machine' (but is currently injured) since he has something like 78 in psychology already. From wrestlers who are young but already main event status or caliber, TAKA Michinoku at 28 years old (80 psychology), Rey Misterio Jr. 27 years old (with 89 in psychology) and of course Brock Lesnar, 25 years old. And Edge, 28 years old, if he makes it there.</p><p> </p><p> Several of current WWE main eventers have already been labelled 'no-hopers' such names as Randy Orton and CM Punk, and unfortunately maybe even John Cena. They haven't improved quickly enough and seem that may already be capped in stats that are not even in the 60's.</p><p> </p><p> This game is so much fun to be honest. I have yet to get tired of it after those 248 shows. I'm positive I will make it to WrestleMania 2003 and hopefully forward from that as well. Can't wait to see what the future has in store for the World Wrestling Federation. Who will main event WrestleMania? Who will become a multiple time World champion and who will crumble just short of becoming a modern wrestling legend? Stay tuned!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOmniWarrior Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 <p>In my Kanzen 0000 game, I got to 2013. Im regional and because of the amount of talent I hoarde I did a brandsplit... and still managed to make 20k+ profits the last couple of months!</p><p> </p><p> Brand 1: Velocity</p><p> Main Eventers:</p><p> Apollo©, Death Monkey, Freddie Datsun, Jesse Christian (Face)</p><p> Fumihiro Ota, Kid Toma, Tribal Warrior (Heel)</p><p> </p><p> Uppermidcarders:</p><p> Brandon Smith, Mario Villainic(Heroic, black robe alt.), KC Glenn (Heel) </p><p> </p><p> Midcarders:</p><p> Angel Del Mexico, Jayson Van Pelt, Josh Jones, Matt Hocking, Spike, The Tic (Face). </p><p> Marv Statler and Dean Waldorf(Heel)</p><p> </p><p> Lower Midcarders:</p><p> Johnny DeVille (Random gen, face)</p><p> Antithesis, Jared Johnson, Richie Riggins, Sterling Whitlock (Heel)</p><p> Opener:</p><p> Edward Cornell (Heel)</p><p> </p><p> Enhancement:</p><p> (Nigel Svennson, face)</p><p> </p><p> Womens Division:</p><p> Alicia Strong, Sally Anne Christianson (Face)</p><p> Cherry Bomb, Delores Eaton(Regen of Helen Bach), Etsuko Arihyoshi, Lillith (Regen of Vixxen), Virginia Holmes (Regen of Devil's Daughter) (Heel)</p><p> </p><p> Brand 2: Tempest</p><p> </p><p> Main Eventers:</p><p> Anderson The Excellent ©, Ekuma (Face)</p><p> Ernest Youngman (Heel)</p><p> </p><p> Upper:</p><p> Cowboy Buck Winchester, El Mitico Jr, Lassana Makutsi, Rhino Umaga (Face)</p><p> Huey Cannonball, Jefferson Stardust, Samoan Machine(Heel)</p><p> </p><p> Midcarders:</p><p> Mr Amazing (Face)</p><p> Acid II, Atlas, Mario Da Silva, Roderick Remus, Roger Cage(Heel)</p><p> </p><p> Lower Midcarder:</p><p> Bradley Blaze (Face)</p><p> UK Dragon (Heel)</p><p> </p><p> Opener:</p><p> Wayne Andrade (Gen, Face)</p><p> Ant-Man, Canadian Crusher, Vernon Halliwell(Gen) (Face)</p><p> </p><p> Enhancement</p><p> El Ladron (Heel)</p><p> </p><p> Women:</p><p> Amber Allen, Neptune Twins, J-Ro (Face)</p><p> Edith Imes (Regen, carol singer) Roxy Kitten, Roz Larren© (Heel)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Things of note:</p><p> Roger Cage has formed a stable with The Awesomeness. </p><p> </p><p> When Champagne Lover left, Ernest Youngman swooped in to put the pieces of the Marquez Mafia back together. Now without a name the stable consists of: Youngman, Da Silva, Canadian Crusher, Roxy Kitten</p><p> </p><p> KC Glenn and Freddie Datsun are in a feud where they try to outdo eachother.</p><p> </p><p> KC Glenn wins three matches in one night, with one match being a tag... Datsun wins three singles match... "not even needing help in one match"</p><p> </p><p> Anderson The Excellent (my avatar) is currently feuding with uppermidcarders due to bad chem with Youngman. Hes also treating Lassana Makutsi as an apprentice for the moment (Lassana is like one point away from being able to call in ring)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Randall Hopkirk has been brought in to be a manager for possibly a stable with the likes of Mario Villainic, Antithesis(who DOES wrestle under the mask in KANZEN), and Lilith.</p><p> </p><p> All I got so far.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellboy2 Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 <p>C-Verse 1977 mod </p><p> </p><p> playing as AAFW very low end cult, May 1977</p><p> </p><p> just held AAFW American Glory which i hope to be my Wrestlemania</p><p> </p><p> Main Event</p><p> Crippler Ray Kingham© Defeated Dick the Devastator</p><p> Crippler is still playing his paranoid role, as the stable Disciples of the Locust Emperor, keep following him and protecting him, in this match Saionji Omura, made sure Crippler left champion, Crippler who believes that once he loses his belt, his top spot will disappear, has asked for meeting with The Locust Emperor, who will be revealed next month, on our new channel East Coast Cable t.v</p><p> </p><p> Sub -Main Event</p><p> Last Man Standing</p><p> George DeColt defeated Saionji Omura</p><p> DeColt has has enough of the brutal stable led by Omura, he accepted a challenge to take on Omura, with the stipulation that if he won, he will get to take on The Emperor at the next event </p><p> </p><p> The Masked Patriot Defeated The Brooklyn Punk</p><p> The Punk has had no direction since he joined AAFW, and got him into a storyline by wanting to become the next Masked Patriot, he lost and once again i have no idea what to do with him</p><p> </p><p> Master and Apprentice© Defeated Professor Nero and Cobra</p><p> Cobra was meant to be part of The Locust Stable but aligned himself with Nero, who has promised anyone who joins him that he will soon be taking over the company, they lost, when Nero left Cobra in the ring, leaving everyone wondering what Nero is up to </p><p> </p><p> Mitch Haggans Defeated Cheatin Mike Barstow</p><p> Filler match, just wanted to see how Barstow holds up against The Main Event scene</p><p> </p><p> American Giant Defeated The Russian Nightmare</p><p> Ginat Grimsly and Bill Popinski are going the USA vs Russia route, with still niether pinning the other this ended by DQ and will go on for a few more months</p><p> </p><p> Power and Kenzo Defeated Ramon De Los Santos and The Shaman</p><p> Filler </p><p> </p><p> Shigeta Takahashi and DEMON Yutaka Defeated The Party Animals</p><p> trying to push DEMON, but not too fast </p><p> </p><p> The next big event will be AAFW American Blessings, with the reveal of who The Locust Emperor is</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain2 Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 <p>I'm playing a game as the WWE that I started as a 1997 Montreal Screwjob scenario. I managed to sign Bret Hart in 2000 and used him as part of a WCW Invasion storyline, I also signed a lot of other WCW stars whose contracts were running out.</p><p> </p><p> Fast forward 3 years to 2003. Bret has been main eventing since his arrival in the WWE and he just had a huge match at Wrestlemania XIX, Hulk Hogan and Bret Hart Vs. Triple H and John Cena which went over extremely well. I'm thinking its time though for the Hitman to retire and let some new talent move up but first I want to give him an awesome sendoff storyline.</p><p> </p><p> Should I book him against a new up and comer like Cena or CM Punk so he can leave while elevating a new star or should he walk out after a massive dream match? HBK Vs. Hitman one last time?</p><p> </p><p> so many possibilities. I need input.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilb0y Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Captain2" data-cite="Captain2" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25963" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I'm playing a game as the WWE that I started as a 1997 Montreal Screwjob scenario. I managed to sign Bret Hart in 2000 and used him as part of a WCW Invasion storyline, I also signed a lot of other WCW stars whose contracts were running out.<p> </p><p> Fast forward 3 years to 2003. Bret has been main eventing since his arrival in the WWE and he just had a huge match at Wrestlemania XIX, Hulk Hogan and Bret Hart Vs. Triple H and John Cena which went over extremely well. I'm thinking its time though for the Hitman to retire and let some new talent move up but first I want to give him an awesome sendoff storyline.</p><p> </p><p> Should I book him against a new up and comer like Cena or CM Punk so he can leave while elevating a new star or should he walk out after a massive dream match? HBK Vs. Hitman one last time?</p><p> </p><p> so many possibilities. I need input.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> As a Hitman mark I don't think I could bear him putting over Shawn AGAIN.</p><p> </p><p> Better to give the rub to someone young who could actually use it in my oppinion.</p><p> </p><p> I'm 6 months into my new TCW game and SWF have broken up The Machines by signing John Anderson (grrrr) but have kind of made up for it by <em>releasing</em> Steve Frehley and Rich Money. Frehley I get (always happens) but <em>Rich Money</em>!? Anyway, USPW can have The Dark Destroyer and I'm locking Money into a BIG contract,</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nest Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 <p>For "old" wrestlers you don't want in the main event any more, I would advice you to use them to push rising stars.</p><p> </p><p> Either losing against them, or being a tag team partner (for example, once i made Shawn Michaels & Jay Lethal as a tag team).</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Trask Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Devilb0y" data-cite="Devilb0y" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25963" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>As a Hitman mark I don't think I could bear him putting over Shawn AGAIN.<p> </p><p> Better to give the rub to someone young who could actually use it in my oppinion.</p><p> </p><p> I'm 6 months into my new TCW game and SWF have broken up The Machines by signing John Anderson (grrrr) but have kind of made up for it by <em>releasing</em> Steve Frehley and Rich Money. Frehley I get (always happens) but <em>Rich Money</em>!? Anyway, USPW can have The Dark Destroyer and I'm locking Money into a BIG contract,</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Frehley and Rich Money are both strongly conservative. I think Frehley is at the extreme end, so he ALWAYS leaves, and Money might be a bit more mild... but there's a fairly good chance he'll leave every time his contract comes due. Same for Christian Faith and both Bumfholes (or Zimmy, at the very least). All of those guys left SWF in the save that I was talking about further up.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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