What I'd do if I was running...

[Boltinho]

Thought it would be an interesting thing to do to think about what feuds I’d look at for some companies I don’t intend to take over any time soon.

 

For example I’m likely never, ever going to run a TCW game but it’s fun to think what I would do.

 

And of course with threads like the one at the moment about how to run MAW it might help give some ideas up for others.

 

Anyway to get the ball rolling:

 

ZEN

 

Master (Main event)

This one is obvious really. Halloween Knight is the owner, champ and best worker so he’s going to hold the belt for a while.

 

Devilfish is would organise a resistance based in the local aquarium with Lone Shark and Man o War. The three of them would desperately try to get the rest of the roster to stand up to Knight but fail.

F.E.A.R (Cyanide, Eraser, Massacre, Necromancer) would of course be revealed as Knight’s personal cult and ultimately the rebellion would end in tears awaiting a new, lone challenger to stand up and take on the axis of F.E.AR (i.e. whoever I could sign from another Oz company in 6 months’ time)

 

Conceptual (midcard)

 

Shaolin is a solid but unspectacular worker. I’d focus on his sometime partnership with X-Calibre whom I love. X-Calibre would be all hype and confidence with Shaolin appearing out of the shadows to help him out of scrapes.

 

CWA (taking a break from his rivalry with vertigo) would take exception at the silliness of all this and state his desire to win the Conceptual championship. He wouldn’t be able to win on his own of course so another heel would get involved to even things out; the notorious Mirror Universe John Gordon. All of that would lead to a 4way match where I could put the strap on whoever is performing best.

 

Harmony (tag)

 

The Sky Kings (Super Zero and Vertigo) are the face champs. In my ZEN they’d be classic faces showing off flying skills. The obvious challengers would be Bile and The Anarchist (The Inmates) who would of course be escapees from the local prison/asylum. Those two have got enough menace to deliver scary promos and beat-downs whilst being DQed and botching their attempts to win the actual title matches.

 

That would tide me over nicely as a lower-card feud until I could sign a new team and get them to challenger status.

 

Singings:

 

A ring general. New Zealand Pitbull or Harry Simonsen would be great.

 

An over M.E challenger to go up against Halloween Knight. Kerry Wayne or Loxley Robbins would be top of my list.

 

A new tag-team. Probably Blood brother (a Kiwi) and someone else unemployed. Cody Cook, Donovan Boone or Nicky Gilbert.

 

Maurice Jackson. In the Pharoah mask f course.

 

Firings:

 

None immediately. You need jobbers to be dominated down in NZ! However top of my list would be:

 

The Horror Show. Uninspiring lumps. Can be replaced very easily.

 

Quicksilver. Doesn’t have the skills to do the roles his gimmick requires.

[Occasional_Z]

This thread's a good idea. I'll have a go at NYCW. I tend to run British companies, but I've ran NYCW a lot on/off. I'm basing this off my last game, if I was to play it seriously.

 

NYCW

 

Empire

 

I always get the Empire title off Black Hat Bailey asap - his stamina is awful and he can retire at any moment. Flash would be my choice, but he can't talk so he's always going to be a transitional champion. So Bailey v Flash is my first feud, with Flash winning then moving on.

 

I would then have would have Flash lose to a big new heel (Daryl Devine or Bullbozer Brandon Smith would be my picks) and have him chase unsuccessfully for a few months while I build up the next challenger.

 

I distrust Honest Frank as he always lets me down in the main events and Whistler is too old to push, so I would just have them feud with each other. One of them usually retires in the first year anyway, giving you an excellent authority figure should you want one.

 

Tri State

 

I dislike Sammy The Shark intensely - I've never had him get over D+ in all the years I've played TEW. I would hire Jared Johnson and have him hold the belt for aeons as he can talk and wrestle. A southern faction comprising of a heel DDD, Johnson, Kentucky Bill and Marshall Dillion would be fun; one of their goals would be to keep the Tri State belt on Johnson at all costs.

 

Tag Title

 

I would have the Old School Principals win them and then defend them against a 'who's who' of tag teams each show (i.e big names in other feds, like Chance/Fate, Nelson/Rivera, Perez/James) before finally losing them back to the Ring Generals. Then start the process over but with heel teams (Grunt/Stink, Keith brothers if possible). Generally, make them important titles but not important to my storylines. Sanders and Staler out grow their teams eventually - great for putting the Empire champion over on smaller shows between feuds.

 

Signings

 

1 - Young charismatic wrestlers as NYCW doesn't have too many of them! The usual names really - Perez, Keith, Devine. Joss Thompson is a good shout too .Built properly, they are your future main eventers and can replace the original bunch.

 

2 - Older, useful wrestlers - guys that fit in with NYCW. Wiley Steinway is a great midcarder (good psyc skills for the money), Freddie Datsun is superb considering his age (and would be my first choice to dethrone Devine/Bulldozer).

 

Firings

 

Sammy The Shark

 

Animal Harker is useless. I don't have the patience to develop him. I'd replace him with Thomas Morgan, similar price but more talented.

 

Cheerleader Nicki and Fern Hathaway aren't worth the money either.There are better managers out there. Fern is a negative personality too, so it's best to get rid.

[Bigpapa42]

Nice idea....

 

United States Pro Wrestling

 

I like the idea of USPW. I like some of their talent. Yet whenever I try to start a game with them, it just doesn't work for me. Maybe its the women's division (typically not a fan of runing one), the problems (I hate you, Peter Valentine) or just the throwback product. Yet that throwback product and the overt patriotism are the elments I would most want to keep (despite not being American). Part of the issue I always have is that I tend to be tempted to sign the same standard group of available workers, which makes it feel like every other game.

 

So the goal would be try to mainta a "USPW feel"... whatever that might be. Its a land of waving flags, unrepentant patriotism, and lumbering giants who like to randomly smash things. I would also end up stealing liberally from some of the great USPW projects we've had around here, epecially J Silver's (if you've never read it, stop reading this and go. NOW!).

 

The main event scene is relatively settled for the time being, I think. You have three lumbering giants (aka Gods of Easy Overness Gains) in Bruce, Baine, and T-Rex. You have three really solid workers in Caufield, Justice, and Enygma. That takes care of the world title scene for the next while. The biggest risk is any of them getting too popular and not being resignable.

 

The real focus would be on building the next generation of USPW stars. Nicky Champion is a key, in my opinion. So is Alicia Strong. And Darryl Devine. DD is a guy I always struggle with, because I always want to use him as the hateable "Divinity" that J Silver made him to be. Easy to work him into a feud with Champion and include Alicia in some manner. Maybe eventually have Alicia turn on Nicky. Of course Big Sam would be involved, helping all of them with the overness. The kind of feud that should see both guys into the main event scene.

 

Dealing with Valentine is one of the aspects that I suspect most dislike about USPW. He's talentless, he's a dickbag, and he's connected. The one I idea I've had for him that I actually liked (and this might be lifted from somewhere) was to give him a JBL style gimmick of someone who struck it rich (and there is a great render for that, which is why I think I read this idea elsewhere). Now fabulously wealthy, he hires a bunch of young guys to do "the heavy lifting" - they go from tagging with him to actually just wrestling in his stead. So he becomes a manager. Still on-screen and hopefully happy but leaving his steaming piles of awfullness in my ring. Eventually he ends up going broke and its revealed that he had been betting on USPW matches... and losing the bets. Ah, the cute irony of someone making huge bets on a fixed sport. That could also possibly tie in to the Sam Strong story, with him potentially being being saved from having to sell USPW... by winning a ton of money off of Valentine.

 

Another story I wanted to run is a slight variation on one I've tried to run a few times. Basically using the masked version of Bulldozer Brandon Smith in some kind of patriotic tag team. Have tagged him with someone else patriotic and masked - Masked Patriot, American Elemental, or similar. Have them excel as a tandem, leading into a feud that has Dozer turn on his partner. It would basically follow the El Generico vs Kevin Steen formula to some extent. Could also follow the more long-term layout of LoganRodzen of having the patriotic masked Dozer (using whatever) name built into the beloved babyface star, only to build toward a tragic and horrifying turn toward evilness.

 

I would try to avoid signing many of the other prototypical names. So no Champagne Lover, no Swoop McCarthy (obviously), and maybe no Davis Wayne. Torn on the Keith boys, as I love putting them together as a tag team that becomes dominant. I would try to build up the likes of Running Roger, Roger Monteiro, and a few other lesser-used lights to make the game a bit more interesting.

[CamillePunk]

@Bigpapa

 

With USPW I like to bring in Matthew Keith and team him up with Darryl Devine. Kind of a Hollywood Blonds type of deal. Really with Chris Caulfield's psychology, assuming you have him locked down for at least a year/year and a half you can do really well with USPW by pushing him as your top guy. Caulfield/Enygma is a program that can heat up very fast and give tremendous match ratings and help you reach Global in 18 months like I did. It was easy for me to envision Caulfield as a top guy in USPW due to his patriotism and the idea of him being an underdog in a land of giants. With Peter V you can always open a dev fed and send him down there.

 

Total Championship Wrestling

 

I never get far with TCW for some reason, but my inspiration for starting TCW games is always the same. I am a mark for Troy Tornado for some reason and always want to push him as my Stone Cold Steve Austin-type guy.

 

So yeah, I'd reform the Syndicate with Cornell, Hawkins, Law, Brent Hill, and John Anderson, and have them win the world and tag titles. Then after they've destroyed the Freedom Fighters, The New Wave, Golden, and Vessey, I'd have Troy Tornado turn face and run through all of them and win the world title. That would set up a great world title feud between Tornado and my second-favorite TCW star, Sammy Bach!

 

I've also always wanted to have Sam Keith win the International title and have a lengthy reign while helping to elevate the young guys in the midcard and improve their skills. Then when it's time for him to step away he can put over a talented young star (maybe one of his sons?) and ride off into the sunset leaving a great legacy behind him.

[Boltinho]

Another story I wanted to run is a slight variation on one I've tried to run a few times. Basically using the masked version of Bulldozer Brandon Smith in some kind of patriotic tag team. Have tagged him with someone else patriotic and masked - Masked Patriot, American Elemental, or similar. Have them excel as a tandem, leading into a feud that has Dozer turn on his partner. It would basically follow the El Generico vs Kevin Steen formula to some extent. Could also follow the more long-term layout of LoganRodzen of having the patriotic masked Dozer (using whatever) name built into the beloved babyface star, only to build toward a tragic and horrifying turn toward evilness.

 

Yes.

 

 

I found great chem between him and Fox Mask and turned into uber patriots. Brilliant team.

[Hashasheen]

Yes.

 

I found great chem between him and Fox Mask and turned into uber patriots. Brilliant team.

 

I never feel comfortable signing Chord's guys if I'm NYCW or USPW, moreso in USPW because you run 5 times a month and seriously damage his guys. I tend to await a change in management (to Chord junior or else-wise), before beginning to pick up guys. But as CZCW rarely has my kind of guys when running USPW, I sign a working agreement and bring their top guys over to job to my champions.

[Blake Trask]

...Hasn't USPW got the most creampuff of products known to man?

[Eidenhoek]

...Hasn't USPW got the most creampuff of products known to man?

 

Intensity/Danger

 

10/5

 

BSC beats them with 5/0, but hell, didn't think USPW would STOOP DAT LOW.

[Hashasheen]

...Hasn't USPW got the most creampuff of products known to man?

 

Well yeah, but it builds up, especially if the guys you're sharing work elsewhere as well (tours or ppa). I'm just sentimental, I guess.

[Blake Trask]

To harm people using that product, I think you'd need to be working them multiple shows a week for MANY years. I've been using a 40/40 product for eight years, in game, the only reason anybody is yellow condition is because they started a little banged up. Trust me, you're fine. xD

[Hashasheen]

To harm people using that product, I think you'd need to be working them multiple shows a week for MANY years. I've been using a 40/40 product for eight years, in game, the only reason anybody is yellow condition is because they started a little banged up. Trust me, you're fine. xD

 

Hm... Maybe I will end up doing the "Captain USA introduces his successor in American Patriot" angle someday.

[Bigpapa42]

@Bigpapa

 

With USPW I like to bring in Matthew Keith and team him up with Darryl Devine. Kind of a Hollywood Blonds type of deal. Really with Chris Caulfield's psychology, assuming you have him locked down for at least a year/year and a half you can do really well with USPW by pushing him as your top guy. Caulfield/Enygma is a program that can heat up very fast and give tremendous match ratings and help you reach Global in 18 months like I did. It was easy for me to envision Caulfield as a top guy in USPW due to his patriotism and the idea of him being an underdog in a land of giants. With Peter V you can always open a dev fed and send him down there.

 

Caufield is a guy I've always liked, back to where you would could steal him from USPW in 2008 if you were running SWF. I've always just expected that you could ride him, Enygma, Liberty, and those lumbering giants to a pretty solid main event scene for a good long while. Bruce the Part-Time Giant would be gone before too long but you'd still have T-Rex and Tyson B.

 

Global in 18 months. Nice.

 

This is turning into a game I want to try. Again.

 

Yes.

 

I found great chem between him and Fox Mask and turned into uber patriots. Brilliant team.

 

Fox Mask is a good shout. Really, there are endless options of guys who could be given a semi-patriotic slant and work as Dozers partner. This is becoming a storyline I need to run.

 

I never feel comfortable signing Chord's guys if I'm NYCW or USPW, moreso in USPW because you run 5 times a month and seriously damage his guys. I tend to await a change in management (to Chord junior or else-wise), before beginning to pick up guys. But as CZCW rarely has my kind of guys when running USPW, I sign a working agreement and bring their top guys over to job to my champions.

 

Interesting approach with the MAW guys. But like Blake points out, I can't imagine the USPW product doing much long-term damage to those guys. And since Chord's intent is to build new stars then have them move on, I feel like stealing his talented workers fits with the way he intends to run his promotion. He's already sent a number of workers out to promotions around NA to gain more experience... I figure picking some of those talents up with the #3 US promotion is better than the ones who ended up in FCW or 4C.

[Teh_Showtime]

I've been riding Caulfield after a double turn with him and Bruce due to Caulfield coming back from 3 months away after a loss in a table match. He got his revenge and then brutally stepped on Bruce, Justice, and Enygma to win the title in August. Soon after he brought in Acid and Bryan Holmes (who got dismissed by PGHW) as protection.

 

Tyson Bainey turned face to fight the DaVE stable (like he did in TCW). Bane went for the title while Enygma, Justice, and Bruce fight T-Rex, Acid, and Holmes. Baine's contract came up near the start of 2011 and he got let go in February.

 

I hit National on the back of a 96 rated MEa title defense against the aforementioned 3 babyfaces. I picked up Vibert in Jan after he left CGC as a ploy to keep Caulfield but didn't need him with Carl Bach talking for the stable.

 

On my first show as National Phil Vibert was announced as half owner of USPW with Strong wanting to end the brutality so he brought in the man they all had respect for.

 

Vibert will soon be influenced by Caulfield

[Zergon]

I have planned to start USPW game for some time, maybe even make a diary on it, but that´s unlikely to happen so I figured that I share my plans here.

 

Enygma would win his feud against Baine and then move on to face Bruce The Giant (who would win his feud with Caulfield) and beat him too. After that Enygma would drop his title to which ever guy happens to me my top heel, most likely I would turn one from the trio of Caulfied, Justice and Champion unless I manage to sign some SWF or TCW guy who couls carry the company. Justice would win his feud against T-Rex. Haven´t though much else on main event scene but feud between two or more from the group of Baine, T-Rex, Jumbo Jackson, Justice, Champion and Caulfield would be on the card while Enygma and Bruce fight on the main prize.

 

Even though I would play as owner I would likely have Valentine to hold his belt for some time defending it against midcarders and lower tier guys. Jones would also hold his belt for some time until dropping it to someone, likely Devine unless I signed someone else who deserves it more.

 

People´s team would defend their titles succesfully against either Nation Of Filth or Savege Fury (who would be turned heel) or both, before losing their titles to Towers Of Power who would likely feud with Champion Force until People´s Team had deal with Filth/Fury.

 

I have no plans for Women title but looking at the title holder list I´d probably put the title on Cherry Bomb next while hiring 2 - 3 new girls.

 

Hires:

Nation of Filth: I always wanted to try them but they just never seem to be good enough to justify their pay demands. USPW looks like natural home to them.

 

2 - 3 new women to help the women division.

 

Some younger guys to fill lower card until it´s time for them to get a push.

 

Some former SWF and TCW guys that would come available once the game goes on.

 

Firings:

I wouldn´t fire anyone but few guys wouldn´t get their contracts renewed.

 

Hillbillys: They just plain horrible and not over enough to justify having them with all the other old has-beens.

 

Anger: I like him but he´s just too old.

 

Captain USA: Same than Anger though I like him less.

 

Giant Redwood: USPW have enough big dudes so he isn´t needed.

 

Seduction and Sheik Musfata: Bad backstage presense so I rather have some other guys/girls as managers.

[Hashasheen]

Interesting approach with the MAW guys. But like Blake points out, I can't imagine the USPW product doing much long-term damage to those guys. And since Chord's intent is to build new stars then have them move on, I feel like stealing his talented workers fits with the way he intends to run his promotion. He's already sent a number of workers out to promotions around NA to gain more experience... I figure picking some of those talents up with the #3 US promotion is better than the ones who ended up in FCW or 4C.

 

Oh sure, they'd be better off if I picked them up. But the guys I want to pick up (American Patriot, Mean Jean Cattley, Jay Chord) are guys who either won't be there when Chord shuffles off (Patriot), won't sign with me because they're owners (Jean/Jay) or are cornerstones of the company (Mean Jean). The rest need a lot more seasoning before I'd bring them in to work USPW, so I'd let Chord while I do the USP-Dub staple and go after ex-big time veterans.

[Self]

TCW

 

Started a TCW game the other day, but it was too soon after my last game, so I've given up after 3 weeks with no desire to continue. Here's what I planned.

 

League Structures. Ripping off all of those 'Summer Tag Leagues' and other round robin tournaments they have in Japan. Sometimes I don't want to 'think' about matches. A rigid structure helps me with that. Probably 3 leagues/tournaments per year. Tag Team. Main Event singles. Either a hardcore or a cruiserweight or a women's. Depends on my mood.

 

Stable Warfare. I'm a big fan of Dragon Gate's setup, where the bulk of the roster are divided into stables, with seemingly constant switching between ranks, and annual massive shifts in power. I've never really had a game where I've utilized stables properly. Time to rectify. I aimed for 8 stables initially, and every 2-4 months I would kill one off to end a big feud, with it's members flocking to other stables, creating off-shoots, or disappearing to development. Initial set up was to be...

 

The Syndicate (suit themed, black gear) Tommy Cornell, Wolf Hawkins

Freedom Fighters (cowboy themed, brown) Ricky Dale Johnson, Joey Minnesota, Harry Allen, Koshiro Ino

Party Animals (college douchebag themed, pink) Edd Stone, Freddy Huggins

The Family Keith (no theme, yellow) Sam Keith, Matthew Keith, Gregory Keith

The Royal Army (military themed, green & gold) Rocky Golden, Guide, Scout

The Storm Front (rock star themed, purple) Troy Tornado, Sammy Bach

Hellfire Club (evil themed, red & black) Genghis Rahn, Eddie Peak, American Buffalo, Texas Pete

The Lawbringers (police themed, blue) Rick Law, Brent Hill, John Anderson

 

The number of stables would decrease as contracts run out and the roster got to my kinda size. Eventually I'd want 4-5 stables with 5-6 members apiece. The Syndicate would be first to die, taken out at the first PPV. Directionless, Wolf Hawkins would be on the search for a new mentor, but eventually he'd give in to Edd Stone's constant begging and join the Party Animals. Tommy Cornell, searching for a new student to train/bully, would join The Family Keith. Tommy & Sam would clash over how best to train the twins, leading to the stable shattering in two. Probably Sam & Greg (great chemistry) against Tommy & Matt.

 

I figure I'd pit The Lawbringers against The Royal Army around April, killing one of them. I lean towards Lawbringers. Rick Law going vampiric with Hellfire Club. John Anderson working security for Storm Front. Brent Hill training in developmental, or maybe putting on camo and being welcomed in the very stable that defeated him.

 

Rocky Golden would get a long reign with the World Title. First few challengers would be Sam Keith, Troy Tornado, Rick Law. Wolf Hawkins. No plans on who he'd drop it to. Depends on contract lengths and who I'm enjoying.

 

The tag belts would be immediately boosted to Main Event status. I'd give them to The Freedom Fighters (RDJ & Minnesota) pretty quick. Each stable pretty much had a team to challenge them. I was gonna play it by ear. The Party Animals would be most likely to dethrone them. Eventually. Might be Edd & Wolf instead of Edd & Freddy.

 

Copying my last SWF game, I was going to rename The International title to the Chaos Title, and have it only held on PPV's in 5-way Scramble matches. Enjoyed the way it got directionless folks on the card. Eddie Peak would take it quickly, and his feud with Bryan Vessey would turn into a Vessey vs The Entire Hellfire club deal. Until Vessey found some help by joining a stable. Hadn't decided which.

 

I also thought the promotion needed some hot chicks to stand around and look pretty. I was gonna raid BSC. Dharma Gregg would probably go with Tommy Cornell (he'd get her over). The Neptune Twins would go with the Party Animals (double dates with Edd & Wolf... hilarity ensues). Honey Golightly on commentary. Alexis Littlefeather... with the cowboys? I dunno. Maybe.

 

 

Had some fun ideas, but... booking matches, man. Hard to get into it after playing so long.

[Blake Trask]

Being that Rick Law is one of my favourite workers, I think I would die to see vampire Rick Law. Sounds really neat, Self.

[Self]

I've done it before. Loooong time ago. I'd mined all the fun from the cop thing, and for some reasons "Vampire" stuck out in the gimmick list. I renamed him 'Lawbringer' and made him this cerebral, almost cult leader-esque bad ass surrounded by a coven of goth girls. He pretty much single handedly got the fledgling Women's Division over. The soap opera between Joanne Rodriguez, Raven Robinson, and some other girl I can't remember, battling to be Rick's favourite, then J-Ro trying to break free of his hypnotic grasp. Some of my favourite angles I've ever done. If Law didn't end up with the World Title in the game I'm an idiot.

 

In real life, terrible heel though. Far too cool.

[Self]

Came up with an idea for an SWF game the other day, but couldn’t bring myself to play past the second show. Love the ideas, but not in the mood for TEW right now.

 

SWF‘s first PPV of 2010; “When Hell Freezes Over” would be headlined by Eric Eisen vs. Jack Bruce vs. Rich Money, in a continuation of their pre-existing feud. The match would completely break down, erupting into a roster-wide brawl. In the midst of the carnage, Eric Eisen would wield the SWF Heavyweight Title and charge towards Bruce. Meanwhile, Vengeance would swing for Steve Frehely with his Magic Staff. Bruce and Frehely would duck, the two impromptu weapons would collide and- EXPLOSION! The ring would collapse, and when the smoke cleared the SWF World Heavyweight Title would be in the middle of the ring, shattered into 7 separate pieces.

 

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Essentially, the game would revolve around the 7 fragments of the SWF World Heavyweight Title (now 7 floating titles) and the roster’s quest to reunite them and crown the true champion. It would initially be centred around Eric Eisen, Rich Money and Jack Bruce, as a continuation of their feud, but would quickly expand to involve most of the roster. However, it’s not so simple as that. For not only did Vengeance’s Magic Staff shatter the belt, it also inflicted each fragment with a terrible curse.

 

 

After coming within an eyelash of taking home the SWF Heavyweight Title, Rich Money had to settle for a single fragment of the belt. While on his quest to collect the other 6, he changes. He begins to charge kids of autographs. Comes to the ring pimping merchandise. Appears in adverts for crappy products. Rich Money will do anything for money. Is he reverting back to his old ways? Or is he victim of the curse of the Greed Fragment? As time goes on, things get worse and worse, throwing matches, selling out his friends. Greed is a terrible thing.

 

Having also recovered a fragment of the SWF Heavyweight Title in the brawl, Jack Bruce would find himself surrounded by groupies, all eager to please. Little does he know that they‘re under the thrall of the Lust Fragment. Initially, it would largely be used to set up a women’s division, the groupies infighting for Jack‘s affections, but eventually things would get darker. More psychosexual. I’d likely switch the fragment to someone else before that, the groupies abandoning Jack for a new holder. One less capable of handling the curse with willpower and responsibility.

 

Escaping with only the smallest fragment of the SWF World Heavyweight title, Eric Eisen would surround himself with a stable to help him gather the fragments before his rivals. Weaker minded than Bruce and Money, he’s quickly overwhelmed with jealously due to the effects of the Envy Fragment. He even grows jealous of his stablemates, turning on them one by one as soon as they show any traits or objects he desires. Unlike the previous fragments, I see Eisen holding this one for a long time.

 

The Wrath Fragment would turn the holder into a raging psychopath, either a monster heel or instrument of unstoppable babyface fury. I’d use a random number generator to decide who picked it up in the brawl. I like the idea of casting against type, making the holder surprisingly and visibly more aggressive than before. Initially to positive effect. Eventually leading him to ruin, in a fight pure rage can’t win.

 

The Pride Fragment would be fairly innocuous, leading to self-satisfied promos, uber-fashionable ring gear, and extra glances in the mirror. A special mask to protect the face. Could be the lowest fragment on the card. Could give it to the Women. Could be paired with another fragment rather quick.

 

The Gluttony Fragment would make the holder victim to addiction, which differs depending on who holds it. Food. Drugs. Wrestling. I’d use a random number generator to find the first holder, re-rolling until inspiration hits.

 

The Sloth Fragment makes the holder a victim of laziness. Walking out on matches. Not turning up. Letting your tag partner do all the working. The holder becomes out of shape and rusty. I can see this one bouncing around a lot.

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The idea would be that the curses aren’t explicit. The holders of the fragments would act strangely and differently, but no one would know why. Eventually it would become clear. One baby face would figure it out. Once the problems are identified, other baby faces would struggle against the thrall. Some might willingly lose their fragments to save their souls. Others might think reuniting the World Title is too important, and be brought to ruin. Some fragments would be specifically chased for (Wrath, Lust) while others heavily avoided (Sloth).

 

I wonder how long the gimmick could go. The North American Title could rise up to fill much of the void of a ‘real’ belt, pulling Brandon James up the card with it, but eventually I guess you’d have to reunite the 7 fragments. Maybe 2 years, if the stories are good.

[pauls07]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Self" data-cite="Self" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="33624" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Came up with an idea for an SWF game the other day, but couldn’t bring myself to play past the second show. Love the ideas, but not in the mood for TEW right now.<p> </p><p> SWF‘s first PPV of 2010; “When Hell Freezes Over” would be headlined by Eric Eisen vs. Jack Bruce vs. Rich Money, in a continuation of their pre-existing feud. The match would completely break down, erupting into a roster-wide brawl. In the midst of the carnage, Eric Eisen would wield the SWF Heavyweight Title and charge towards Bruce. Meanwhile, Vengeance would swing for Steve Frehely with his Magic Staff. Bruce and Frehely would duck, the two impromptu weapons would collide and- EXPLOSION! The ring would collapse, and when the smoke cleared the SWF World Heavyweight Title would be in the middle of the ring, shattered into 7 separate pieces.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>---------------------------------</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> Essentially, the game would revolve around the 7 fragments of the SWF World Heavyweight Title (now 7 floating titles) and the roster’s quest to reunite them and crown the true champion. It would initially be centred around Eric Eisen, Rich Money and Jack Bruce, as a continuation of their feud, but would quickly expand to involve most of the roster. However, it’s not so simple as that. For not only did Vengeance’s Magic Staff shatter the belt, it also inflicted each fragment with a terrible curse.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> After coming within an eyelash of taking home the SWF Heavyweight Title, Rich Money had to settle for a single fragment of the belt. While on his quest to collect the other 6, he changes. He begins to charge kids of autographs. Comes to the ring pimping merchandise. Appears in adverts for crappy products. Rich Money will do anything for money. Is he reverting back to his old ways? Or is he victim of the curse of the Greed Fragment? As time goes on, things get worse and worse, throwing matches, selling out his friends. Greed is a terrible thing.</p><p> </p><p> Having also recovered a fragment of the SWF Heavyweight Title in the brawl, Jack Bruce would find himself surrounded by groupies, all eager to please. Little does he know that they‘re under the thrall of the Lust Fragment. Initially, it would largely be used to set up a women’s division, the groupies infighting for Jack‘s affections, but eventually things would get darker. More psychosexual. I’d likely switch the fragment to someone else before that, the groupies abandoning Jack for a new holder. One less capable of handling the curse with willpower and responsibility. </p><p> </p><p> Escaping with only the smallest fragment of the SWF World Heavyweight title, Eric Eisen would surround himself with a stable to help him gather the fragments before his rivals. Weaker minded than Bruce and Money, he’s quickly overwhelmed with jealously due to the effects of the Envy Fragment. He even grows jealous of his stablemates, turning on them one by one as soon as they show any traits or objects he desires. Unlike the previous fragments, I see Eisen holding this one for a long time.</p><p> </p><p> The Wrath Fragment would turn the holder into a raging psychopath, either a monster heel or instrument of unstoppable babyface fury. I’d use a random number generator to decide who picked it up in the brawl. I like the idea of casting against type, making the holder surprisingly and visibly more aggressive than before. Initially to positive effect. Eventually leading him to ruin, in a fight pure rage can’t win.</p><p> </p><p> The Pride Fragment would be fairly innocuous, leading to self-satisfied promos, uber-fashionable ring gear, and extra glances in the mirror. A special mask to protect the face. Could be the lowest fragment on the card. Could give it to the Women. Could be paired with another fragment rather quick.</p><p> </p><p> The Gluttony Fragment would make the holder victim to addiction, which differs depending on who holds it. Food. Drugs. Wrestling. I’d use a random number generator to find the first holder, re-rolling until inspiration hits. </p><p> </p><p> The Sloth Fragment makes the holder a victim of laziness. Walking out on matches. Not turning up. Letting your tag partner do all the working. The holder becomes out of shape and rusty. I can see this one bouncing around a lot. </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p> ---------------------------</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> The idea would be that the curses aren’t explicit. The holders of the fragments would act strangely and differently, but no one would know why. Eventually it would become clear. One baby face would figure it out. Once the problems are identified, other baby faces would struggle against the thrall. Some might willingly lose their fragments to save their souls. Others might think reuniting the World Title is too important, and be brought to ruin. Some fragments would be specifically chased for (Wrath, Lust) while others heavily avoided (Sloth).</p><p> </p><p> I wonder how long the gimmick could go. The North American Title could rise up to fill much of the void of a ‘real’ belt, pulling Brandon James up the card with it, but eventually I guess you’d have to reunite the 7 fragments. Maybe 2 years, if the stories are good.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><p> finally im inspired to play SWF again, i hope im not the only one who thinks this is pure gold <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Angry Gilmore with the Sloth fragment, Squeeky McClean with the Gluttony, Valiant with the Pride, Jack G with the Wraith, i see so much goodness</p>

[Eidenhoek]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="pauls07" data-cite="pauls07" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="33624" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>finally im inspired to play SWF again, i hope im not the only one who thinks this is pure gold <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Angry Gilmore with the Sloth fragment, Squeeky McClean with the Gluttony, Valiant with the Pride, Jack G with the Wraith, i see so much goodness</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Well yeah, Giedroyc aka The Wrath of God fits for Wrath. But shouldn't John <em>Greed</em> end up with the Greed segment? It'd jump him into the upper-midcard or whatever, where his exceptional performance skills would help.</p><p> </p><p> Sloth should totally go to a debuting Lazy Joe >_______________> Or Marc DuBois. LOOK AT THAT FACE!</p><p> </p><p> Gluttony goes to Mammoth <em>cough</em> or...hrm. Who eats? Who is excessive? Runaway Train, sure. Excessive...trains. CHOO CHOO HAT GIVE HIM A CHOO CHOO HAT!</p><p> </p><p> Emma Chase gets the Lust fragment. I don't care how. But seriously, let's take the Joe Sexy storyline to a whole new level! Or give it to Sexy as a catalyst for hawt Chase action. Bonus points if you can snag Bach for some blurring-the-line kayfabe-licious action.</p><p> </p><p> Pride comes before the fall, which means Vengeance gets it. He's kinda a fallen angel. Dark Angel would be more appropriate, of course, but I doubt he's going to be available.</p><p> </p><p> Envy...wants things of others...Lobster Warrior. Because you need some comedy in your SWF. Warrior turns into a hermit crab (shut up) and creeps up on people, trying to steal things.</p><p> </p><p> With a huge shell over him.</p><p> </p><p> Triple bonus points if you bring in Haiti Voodude. A bajillion points if you bring in Dr. Insane, who is a great manager.</p><p> </p><p> ~~~</p><p> </p><p> What I'd do if I was running...<strong>WEXXV.</strong></p><p> </p><p> ...</p><p> </p><p> Yeah, no, someone else go. I don't want to punch my already-broken laptop screen.</p>