What's going on in your game?

[merrykieran2]

Well Wrestlemania 35 is in the books and for the second year in a row it gets a 100 A* which means I've now had 2 100 A* in 1 month.

 

To start off on the pre show Adam Cole won the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal with the finalists being Jack Swagger, Elgin and Solomon Crowe.

 

I always like to start off with a killer of a match so we had the 6 woman ladder match for the Women's Championship between Peyton Royce, Naomi ©, Alexa Bliss, Charlotte, Nia Jax and Katarina Waters which scored us an 87. Peyton Royce may have been submitted on Raw a week before by Nia Jax for her first time pinned/submitted but post match her attack on Nia with a chair cae into her favour here as she and Nia were the last two in the ring and Peyton targeted the ribs before climbing the ladder and grabbing the championship.

 

We then followed that up with a 79 as The Bloodline defeated The Revival and retained their titles. Simple match not much to talk about.

 

Neville pushed on towards being the longest reigning US Champion after he easily dispatched of 50 year old William Regal in an 82 before they shook hands at the end of the match.

 

I'm really struggling booking the Light Heavyweight division on SD right now with them really not getting higher on the card and not getting the rating with this triple threat between Akira Tozawa, Jack Gallagher and Tony Nese only scoring a 68 as Tozawa picked up the title with a german suplex.

 

I said that I was thinking that No Way Jose was going to drop the title but after he defeated Berg for the 2nd time he was pushed as a main eventer so I decided to keep it on him for now as he defeated Berg for the 3rd and final time in an 80.

 

The punishment of Brock Lesnar for botching a move and injuring Kurt Angle continued as he lost to Undertaker Jr. (yes that's a thing in my game, don't judge ok) in The Undertaker Memorial match. The match surprisingly got a 95 rating and with Brock's contract up in a month and the fact he drove 95 popularity Tanahashi out of the company by turning everyone against him means that this was his last ever match in the WWE.

 

Whereas I struggle booking the Light Heavyweight Division, the Cruiserweight division is on fire and Johnny Gargano vs defeated Kenneth (Will) Ospreay in a 93 to retain his title. Ziima Xion and Tomasso Ciampa will debut on Raw tomorrow and immediately challenge Gargano for the title.

 

Next up Eric Price defeated Triple H in a 79 rated match in Hell in a Cell and they ended up on top of the cage where Eric proceeded to Gutwrench Powerbomb Hunter through the top of the cage into the ring and picked up the victory.

 

That was followed by another 79 rated match where Goldberg defeated Rhyno in an 8 minute match which showed that I shouldn't have brought Goldberg back lol.

 

After that Luke Harper defeated King Wyatt in an 89 rated match which continues Harper's great push while now Wyatt will head into the title picture soon I think.

 

Then in the middle of the card we had the joint match of the night when CM Punk defeated Chris Jericho in a 99 rated match due to them having great chemistry and therefore due to the stipulations Chris had a teary farewell with the crowd before in 20 days time he is going on another tour with Fozzy just this time he isn't coming back.

 

Apollo Crews 97 match and 3 year unbeaten streak is finally over after he was defeated by Damien Sandow in an 89 where Sandow picked up the victory with Apollo's own Spin out Powerbomb. Post match Apollo went mad and put Sandow through the German Announce and Spanish announce table writing Sandow off screen until MITB.

 

That was followed by my highest ever Women's match where Emma defeated Bayley and Queen Sasha in a freaking 98 A* rated match to become a 2 time Women's United States Champion. Sadly during the match Emma botched a move and Bayley suffered a Torn Trapezius which will keep her out for 3 months

 

With Jericho already retiring the fans would go through more heartbreak after Roman Reigns defeated The Rock in a 95 rated match meaning that The Rock's career was finally over. This was followed up with a really emotional family moment with The Rock, Roman and all of the family embracing Rock in the ring as the fans screamed THANK YOU ROCK!

 

It seemed to be the night of 95 rated matches as the next match between AJ and Finn got a 95 with Finn picking up the victory following interference from Andre the Giant Memorial winner Adam Cole who officially joined Balor Club. This now means AJ is 0-4 at Wrestlemania after losses against Chris Jericho, Nakamura ina triple threat with Punk, The Shield with Bulletproof and now Finn.

 

As I said it was the night of 95 rated matches with The Ultimate Connection (Rey and Dolph) picking up the IC Tag Titles in a fatal 4 way tag match against The Wolf Pack, The DMG and American Alpha.

 

Sadly we were one rating lower next when Kofi Kingston won the Global Championship in a triple threat with Shinsuke Nakamura and Noam Dar in a 94 rated match when he defeated Nakamura with a trouble in paradise.

 

Next up Enzo Amore defeated Big Cass in a 99 A* rated match to retain his IC Title which really surprised me as they didn't even have a good or great chemistry it was just an exceptional match where Enzo stole the show with a 98 in ring performance.

 

We followed that up with another 99 A* rated match where Cody Rhodes finally won the WWE Title when he defeated former Legacy Partner Randy Orton to pick up the belt. Good to know they have good chemistry as opponents so this rivalry is definitely not over but with Orton currently being a 14 time champ and Cena the 16 time champ still level with Flair I'm reluctant to give Randy any more world title runs. Actually I've had a great thought and in the next year Randy wins the title twice putting him on 16 and then at Wrestlemania next year we have Cena vs Orton, the winner gets the record but the loser has to retire. I actually might just do that

 

Then the main event of Kevin Owens vs Sami Zayn, the 15 year rivalry and they finally get a WM main event and they delivered with a 97 A* rated match where Kevin Owens defeated Sami for the World Heavyweight Championship. However the major twist happened post match where we had a double turn, yes, a double turn where Owens offer Sami a handshake but Sami just low blowed him and left with the title to close Wrestlemania. Owens went in the much hated heel and Sami the much loved champion but they left in the others role. This will be interesting to book moving forwards.

 

Anyway it was an extremely good show and I' already planning next year's event but I just can't top this one ratings wise so it'll be tough.

[Silent_Thunder]

Might be forming a new NWA soon. Right now, in mid 91' using the Rising Storm db, me (The TWA, precursor to ECW), All-Star Wrestling, and Texas Wrestling Federation have working agreements, and there are a few more I might do. If it all works out might try to bring them into something to replace the dying NWA with.

 

Not sure on the name yet, might just re-use the C-Verse COTT name and belts for simplicites sake, dunno.

[FankuKaibutsu]

Jim: Welcome back fans, and thanks for joining us as we take a look back at 1988's Jim Crockett Cup

 

Jim Crockett Memorial Cup 1988 Preliminary Round

The Rock N' Roll Express(Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) vs The New Breed(Chris Champion and Sean Royal) - The Rock N' Roll Express came into this years tournament with something to prove, having recently lost the NWA World Tag Team Titles.

Paul: Y'know, if they really are from the future, you'd think they would've knew they were going to lose in the first round, and not even bothered to enter.

 

The Brainbusters(Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard) vs The Fabulous Freebirds(Buddy Roberts and Terry Gordy) - The Horsemen, Arn and Tully, were the team to beat this year, entering the tournament as World Tag Team Champions. They were also the most hated team as The Road Warriors, The Rock N' Roll Express, and Lex Luger and Sting had all publicly declared their desire to be the ones to take the Horsemen out of the tournament. The Fabulous Freebirds made a quite a splash after making the jump to the big leagues, but not big enough of a splash to overcome the reigning champions.

Paul: In with a splash, out with a ripple, as injuries plagued this team throughout their run.

 

The Road Warriors(Hawk and Animal) vs Los Guerreros(Eddy and Chavo Guerrero) - After being sidelined for a little over a year, like we said earlier in the program, Road Warrior Animal made his triumphant return in the 1988 Jim Crockett Cup.

Paul: Now, I liked the Guerreros, they lied, they cheated, they stole... Men after my own heart. But this was plain and simply a massacre.

 

The Midnight Express(Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) vs The Dudes With Attitudes(Terry Taylor and Shane Douglas) - Even though they weren't champions, the Midnight Express was one of the hottest tag teams coming into this tournament, with a string of high-profile victories, and many observers at the time favored them to win the whole tournament. On the other hand, the fresh faced Dudes With Attitudes had only debuted as a team earlier that month, and couldn't quite overcome the exprience of the Midnight Express

Paul: Y'know, I like Shane Douglas. Once he gets past all the smiling, and the neon shorts, I think he could be someone you can really build a franchise around.

 

The Steiner Brothers(Rick and Scott Stiner) vs The Thunderfoots - Rick's younger brother Scott began competing for WCW in the fall of 1987. Rick and Scott didn't really see eye to eye at the time as Scott felt like Rick's compatriots in the Varsity Squad were taking advantage of him. Their disagreement never really went anywhere as Scott left for a winter tour of Japan. When Scott returned, the Varsity Club had dissolved, and Rick and Scott made amends and took the tag division by storm.

Paul: It doesn't say much for the Steiner family gene pool when Scott Steiner is the smart one of the family.

 

Lex Luger and Sting vs Ron and Jimmy Garvin - The story of WCW in 1988 is the story of Lex Luger, kicked out of the Four Horsemen early in the year, he made it his mission to take revenge on each of the Horsemen in turn and he wanted to start in the Jim Crockett Cup.

Paul: And the Garvins were there too.

 

The Samoan Swat Team(Fatu and Samu) vs The MOD Squad(Spike and Basher) - Much like The Sheepherders last year, The Samoan Swat Team, and their manager Sherri Martel, were brought in specifically to compete in the tournament.

Paul: Interesting fact, even though they come from the Pacific Isle of Samoa, our talent scouts actually found them in Puerto Rico.

 

Death and Destruction(Johnny Ace and The Barbarian) vs The Mulkey Brothers(Bill and Randy Mulkey) - After The Powers of Pain didn't live up to expectation, Paul Jones paired The Barbarian with the then-unknown Johnny Ace, and since then they'd been terrorizing the tag team circuit, even finding success as far as Mexico and Japan.

Paul: He'll never admit it in public, but a little bird told me that Ric Flair himself thinks Johnny Ace has huge potential.

 

Jim Crockett Memorial Cup Quarter Final Round

Lex Luger and Sting vs The Samoan Swat Team - They're bad, they're tough, but weren't quite tough enough to beat Lex Luger and The Man Called Sting.

Paul: It's pathetic that their manager, Scary Sherri, has been more successful than them. She's won the NWA Women's Championship, and I hear if they don't start picking up some wins, they won't even be invited to this year's tournament.

 

The Midnight Express vs The Steiner Brothers - Fans, if ever there was a reason to buy the home video of the 1988 Jim Crockett Cup, this match is it. This was an all-time classic, and even though they didn't win, definitely made stars out of The Steiner Brothers. Mark my words, folks, they're going to be talking about this match for years to come as the beginning of The Steiner's legacy.

Paul: I just think it's a great tragedy that Jim Cornette ducked out of the way of that Steinerline.

 

The Road Warriors vs Death And Destruction - This match was, to put it bluntly, a slobber-knocker if ever there was one, with The Road Warriors continuing their march to victory.

Paul: After this match, President Reagan himself declared Greensboro a disaster area. They still haven't fully recovered.

Jim: For pity's sake, Paul, this is cable TV, show some decorum.

 

The Brainbusters vs The Rock N' Roll Express - This was a rematch from 1987's Starrcade, and even though it was a little bit more interesting, with both teams having learned from their first encounter, it played out much the same way, with the Horsemen getting the win.

 

Jim Crockett Cup Semi Final Round

The Brainbusters vs Lex Luger and Sting - Vengeance would be denied as Arn Anderson ended this match though duplicitous means early on in what could have been an epic encounter.

Paul: Don't feel bad for Lex Luger, though. He'd make both Arn and Tully submit to The Torture Rack later in the year.

 

The Road Warriors vs The Midnight Express - Once again, Jim Cornette's over ambitious attempts to assist his clients leads to a disqualification in the Jim Crockett Cup.

Paul: <laughs gleefully>

 

Jim Crockett Cup Final Round

The Brainbusters vs The Road Warriors - This was the match the fans were hoping to see when the tournament brackets were announced, and lemme tell ya fans, it delivered. Another all-time classic and voted #8 in the top-ten WCW matches of 1988. Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard further cemented their dominance of the tag team division.

Paul: The Road Warriors would get the last laugh though, beating the Horsmen in June when it really mattered, when gold was on the line.

 

 

Jim: Well, fans, that about wraps it up for our retrospective on the Jim Crockett Memorial Cup. While nothing's been made official yet, I can tell you The World Tag Summit is shaping up to be even greater.

Paul: We've sent talent scouts all around the world, from the smokiest bars of Puerto Rico, to the top of Mount Fuji. From Arena Mexico, to Calgary, Alberta Canada.

Jim: And you can catch the first night of action right here, at 8:05, 7:05 eastern, on TBS The Superstation, and then the semi final and final matches live on Pay-Per-View

Paul: Call your cable, or satellite providers!

[FankuKaibutsu]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="jordanmason17" data-cite="jordanmason17" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41174" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I recently brought Ray Traylor back for his second stint in AWA. I debuted him in a new character on my B-Show, everyone meet... Detective Mike Buentello!<p> </p><p> <a href="https://gyazo.com/51d0f8ecfd0f1a2c846a742c7d8dc364" rel="external nofollow">https://gyazo.com/51d0f8ecfd0f1a2c846a742c7d8dc364</a></p><p> </p><p> His new character is a corrupt detective who arrests his opponent after each match, I will allow him to crush through much smaller wrestlers and local talent before I involve him in something big. I will always be putting him in funny and random skits too to make his character seem realistic. His debut started with a skit of him sitting in his office eating donuts before getting a call that a little cowboy is running around the ring, so Detective Buentello gets off his ass and storms to the ring and deals with the problem! </p><p> </p><p> I'll later be debuting a new partner for him soon but not sure who his partner will be yet:confused: Sort of want to sign a face however to do a 'Good cop/Bad cop' scenario:)</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I dunno if he's available, but in my 87 game, One Man Gang never became Akeem the African Dream. Instead, he reformed his lawbreaking ways and became Officer Mike Grey, teaming with fellow law-enforcment officer Big Boss Rogers to form The Twin Towers.</p>

[jordanmason17]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="FankuKaibutsu" data-cite="FankuKaibutsu" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41174" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I dunno if he's available, but in my 87 game, One Man Gang never became Akeem the African Dream. Instead, he reformed his lawbreaking ways and became Officer Mike Grey, teaming with fellow law-enforcment officer Big Boss Rogers to form The Twin Towers.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I'll bring One Man Gang in then and re-name him "Detective Mike Grey" Thank you for the suggestion <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

[jordanmason17]

<p>Just booked my March PPV. The winner of the battle royal on this PPV earns themselves a title shot in May at the biggest show of the year, SuperClash. This is how the PPV went:</p><p> </p><p>

<a href="https://gyazo.com/68ca6781d425785462b34cada96f4249" rel="external nofollow">https://gyazo.com/68ca6781d425785462b34cada96f4249</a></p><p> </p><p>

The Wrestling industry recently fell to 0 so I didn't earn any new popularity on the PPV however <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/frown.png.e6b571745a30fe6a6f2e918994141a47.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> but I'm still happy with how it went <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p>

The Ultimate Warrior was recently named the new Figurehead of the company so The Warrior won this to earn a title shot against The Studd at superclash which will be a champion vs champion match with The Warrior coming out on top.</p>

[Alan James]

<p>Wrestling industry fell to 0. Wow. I've had mine go into the 20s, but it is back up to 78 now. Summerslam 1994 got 0.63 and Summerslam 1995 got 1.13.</p><p> </p><p>

First signs that I could be jumping the shark. Extra ppv added in September. The matches planned are too good to give them all away for free. I have problems giving more than one of them away for free. Feels like a conclusion to the Summerslam angles. </p><p> </p><p>

Scott Steiner gets the rematch against Bret Hart. Bret is all weak going in after the attack from Scott at the end of Summerslam. This could be the moment. </p><p> </p><p>

Fatal Four way number one contender match for Survivor Series world title shot: The Undertaker vs Mankind vs Raven vs Owen Hart</p><p> </p><p>

Austin vs Triple H</p><p>

Cage match for the IC title. Think this could be the early introduction of the sledgehammer. The way things are going, there will never be a dx in my world, but Triple H is starting to become more credible and he might just pull it off. Planned to give Austin a long run here. Plans change. Triple is the next leader of the Kliq, you hear those Kevin Nash interviews about Triple not drinking and so on. The man is a sold B+ leader. Austin will regroup by destroying this vintage car Triple H got for winning the ic title. Triple will see Owen laughing as he walks by the car while Austin is killing it. Starts up a Owen vs Triple feud over the IC title. </p><p> </p><p>

Looks like I just gave a spoiler that says Owen Hart has no chance in the number one contender match. <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p>

Brian Pillman vs Shawn Michaels </p><p>

Ever have a match you just want to do now before you have any real buildup? This would be that match for me. Pillman became babyface and loose cannon at Summerslam. He was the mystery partner for Austin. Disappointing match rating of 79 against The Outsider and Triple H. </p><p> </p><p>

Rob Van Dam vs Sugar Shane Helms. </p><p>

Junior heavyweight title on the line and Helms is just a slight underdog. His first run as champion only had one successful defense. With Warrior creeping about, there might be time for a title change and then RVD can beat Warrior later. </p><p> </p><p>

The Outsiders and Kid Waltman vs Juventud, Rey and Neo. </p><p>

Seems pretty random. Neo defeated Waltman at Summerslam and Razor makes an off color remark about Rey. </p><p> </p><p>

TV title: Frank Castle vs 2 cold Scorpio</p><p>

*Frank Castle and Shawn Michaels have a strong dislike relationship. This concerns me. Takes me back to Bulldog and Jacques. At the end, Bulldog had turned a good 2/3 of the roster against Jacques. </p><p> </p><p>

Tag team titles: Harlem Heat vs The Headshrinkers </p><p>

Looks like the tag team division is starting to suffer. Edge&Christian and Too Cool are not ready yet. The Hardyz realized they still have to make a lot of improvement after 2 successive losses to Harlem Heat. </p><p> </p><p>

Not sure about the pre show yet.</p>

[monele]

<p>A disaster happened in Japan and it's wrecked the whole country. Economy and Wrestling are at an all time low. I really wonder how it will affect the landscape in the coming months, and also, if things just explode, if/how they'll get back up.</p><p>

Could that also mean a massive exodus of Japanese wrestlers?</p>

[jordanmason17]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="FankuKaibutsu" data-cite="FankuKaibutsu" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41174" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Jim: Welcome back fans, and thanks for joining us as we take a look back at 1988's Jim Crockett Cup<p> </p><p> <strong>Jim Crockett Memorial Cup 1988 Preliminary Round</strong></p><p> <strong>The Rock N' Roll Express(Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson) vs The New Breed(Chris Champion and Sean Royal)</strong> - The Rock N' Roll Express came into this years tournament with something to prove, having recently lost the NWA World Tag Team Titles.</p><p> Paul: Y'know, if they really are from the future, you'd think they would've knew they were going to lose in the first round, and not even bothered to enter.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>The Brainbusters(Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard) vs The Fabulous Freebirds(Buddy Roberts and Terry Gordy)</strong> - The Horsemen, Arn and Tully, were the team to beat this year, entering the tournament as World Tag Team Champions. They were also the most hated team as The Road Warriors, The Rock N' Roll Express, and Lex Luger and Sting had all publicly declared their desire to be the ones to take the Horsemen out of the tournament. The Fabulous Freebirds made a quite a splash after making the jump to the big leagues, but not big enough of a splash to overcome the reigning champions.</p><p> Paul: In with a splash, out with a ripple, as injuries plagued this team throughout their run.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>The Road Warriors(Hawk and Animal) vs Los Guerreros(Eddy and Chavo Guerrero)</strong> - After being sidelined for a little over a year, like we said earlier in the program, Road Warrior Animal made his triumphant return in the 1988 Jim Crockett Cup.</p><p> Paul: Now, I liked the Guerreros, they lied, they cheated, they stole... Men after my own heart. But this was plain and simply a massacre.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>The Midnight Express(Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane) vs The Dudes With Attitudes(Terry Taylor and Shane Douglas)</strong> - Even though they weren't champions, the Midnight Express was one of the hottest tag teams coming into this tournament, with a string of high-profile victories, and many observers at the time favored them to win the whole tournament. On the other hand, the fresh faced Dudes With Attitudes had only debuted as a team earlier that month, and couldn't quite overcome the exprience of the Midnight Express</p><p> Paul: Y'know, I like Shane Douglas. Once he gets past all the smiling, and the neon shorts, I think he could be someone you can really build a franchise around.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>The Steiner Brothers(Rick and Scott Stiner) vs The Thunderfoots</strong> - Rick's younger brother Scott began competing for WCW in the fall of 1987. Rick and Scott didn't really see eye to eye at the time as Scott felt like Rick's compatriots in the Varsity Squad were taking advantage of him. Their disagreement never really went anywhere as Scott left for a winter tour of Japan. When Scott returned, the Varsity Club had dissolved, and Rick and Scott made amends and took the tag division by storm.</p><p> Paul: It doesn't say much for the Steiner family gene pool when Scott Steiner is the smart one of the family.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Lex Luger and Sting vs Ron and Jimmy Garvin</strong> - The story of WCW in 1988 is the story of Lex Luger, kicked out of the Four Horsemen early in the year, he made it his mission to take revenge on each of the Horsemen in turn and he wanted to start in the Jim Crockett Cup.</p><p> Paul: And the Garvins were there too.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>The Samoan Swat Team(Fatu and Samu) vs The MOD Squad(Spike and Basher)</strong> - Much like The Sheepherders last year, The Samoan Swat Team, and their manager Sherri Martel, were brought in specifically to compete in the tournament.</p><p> Paul: Interesting fact, even though they come from the Pacific Isle of Samoa, our talent scouts actually found them in Puerto Rico.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Death and Destruction(Johnny Ace and The Barbarian) vs The Mulkey Brothers(Bill and Randy Mulkey)</strong> - After The Powers of Pain didn't live up to expectation, Paul Jones paired The Barbarian with the then-unknown Johnny Ace, and since then they'd been terrorizing the tag team circuit, even finding success as far as Mexico and Japan.</p><p> Paul: He'll never admit it in public, but a little bird told me that Ric Flair himself thinks Johnny Ace has huge potential.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Jim Crockett Memorial Cup Quarter Final Round</strong></p><p> <strong>Lex Luger and Sting vs The Samoan Swat Team</strong> - They're bad, they're tough, but weren't quite tough enough to beat Lex Luger and The Man Called Sting.</p><p> Paul: It's pathetic that their manager, Scary Sherri, has been more successful than them. She's won the NWA Women's Championship, and I hear if they don't start picking up some wins, they won't even be invited to this year's tournament.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>The Midnight Express vs The Steiner Brothers</strong> - Fans, if ever there was a reason to buy the home video of the 1988 Jim Crockett Cup, this match is it. This was an all-time classic, and even though they didn't win, definitely made stars out of The Steiner Brothers. Mark my words, folks, they're going to be talking about this match for years to come as the beginning of The Steiner's legacy.</p><p> Paul: I just think it's a great tragedy that Jim Cornette ducked out of the way of that Steinerline.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>The Road Warriors vs Death And Destruction</strong> - This match was, to put it bluntly, a slobber-knocker if ever there was one, with The Road Warriors continuing their march to victory.</p><p> Paul: After this match, President Reagan himself declared Greensboro a disaster area. They still haven't fully recovered.</p><p> Jim: For pity's sake, Paul, this is cable TV, show some decorum.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>The Brainbusters vs The Rock N' Roll Express</strong> - This was a rematch from 1987's Starrcade, and even though it was a little bit more interesting, with both teams having learned from their first encounter, it played out much the same way, with the Horsemen getting the win.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Jim Crockett Cup Semi Final Round</strong></p><p> <strong>The Brainbusters vs Lex Luger and Sting</strong> - Vengeance would be denied as Arn Anderson ended this match though duplicitous means early on in what could have been an epic encounter.</p><p> Paul: Don't feel bad for Lex Luger, though. He'd make both Arn and Tully submit to The Torture Rack later in the year.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>The Road Warriors vs The Midnight Express</strong> - Once again, Jim Cornette's over ambitious attempts to assist his clients leads to a disqualification in the Jim Crockett Cup.</p><p> Paul: <laughs gleefully></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Jim Crockett Cup Final Round</strong></p><p> <strong>The Brainbusters vs The Road Warriors</strong> - This was the match the fans were hoping to see when the tournament brackets were announced, and lemme tell ya fans, it delivered. Another all-time classic and voted #8 in the top-ten WCW matches of 1988. Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard further cemented their dominance of the tag team division.</p><p> Paul: The Road Warriors would get the last laugh though, beating the Horsmen in June when it <em>really</em> mattered, when gold was on the line.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Jim: Well, fans, that about wraps it up for our retrospective on the Jim Crockett Memorial Cup. While nothing's been made official yet, I can tell you The World Tag Summit is shaping up to be even greater.</p><p> Paul: We've sent talent scouts all around the world, from the smokiest bars of Puerto Rico, to the top of Mount Fuji. From Arena Mexico, to Calgary, Alberta Canada.</p><p> Jim: And you can catch the first night of action right here, at 8:05, 7:05 eastern, on TBS The Superstation, and then the semi final and final matches live on Pay-Per-View</p><p> Paul: Call your cable, or satellite providers!</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Truly loved reading this, it was amazing!</p>

[lois lily]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="merrykieran2" data-cite="merrykieran2" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41174" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Well Wrestlemania 35 is in the books and for the second year in a row it gets a 100 A* which means I've now had 2 100 A* in 1 month.<p> </p><p> To start off on the pre show Adam Cole won the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal with the finalists being Jack Swagger, Elgin and Solomon Crowe.</p><p> </p><p> I always like to start off with a killer of a match so we had the 6 woman ladder match for the Women's Championship between Peyton Royce, Naomi ©, Alexa Bliss, Charlotte, Nia Jax and Katarina Waters which scored us an 87. Peyton Royce may have been submitted on Raw a week before by Nia Jax for her first time pinned/submitted but post match her attack on Nia with a chair cae into her favour here as she and Nia were the last two in the ring and Peyton targeted the ribs before climbing the ladder and grabbing the championship.</p><p> </p><p> We then followed that up with a 79 as The Bloodline defeated The Revival and retained their titles. Simple match not much to talk about.</p><p> </p><p> Neville pushed on towards being the longest reigning US Champion after he easily dispatched of 50 year old William Regal in an 82 before they shook hands at the end of the match.</p><p> </p><p> I'm really struggling booking the Light Heavyweight division on SD right now with them really not getting higher on the card and not getting the rating with this triple threat between Akira Tozawa, Jack Gallagher and Tony Nese only scoring a 68 as Tozawa picked up the title with a german suplex.</p><p> </p><p> I said that I was thinking that No Way Jose was going to drop the title but after he defeated Berg for the 2nd time he was pushed as a main eventer so I decided to keep it on him for now as he defeated Berg for the 3rd and final time in an 80.</p><p> </p><p> The punishment of Brock Lesnar for botching a move and injuring Kurt Angle continued as he lost to Undertaker Jr. (yes that's a thing in my game, don't judge ok) in The Undertaker Memorial match. The match surprisingly got a 95 rating and with Brock's contract up in a month and the fact he drove 95 popularity Tanahashi out of the company by turning everyone against him means that this was his last ever match in the WWE.</p><p> </p><p> Whereas I struggle booking the Light Heavyweight Division, the Cruiserweight division is on fire and Johnny Gargano vs defeated Kenneth (Will) Ospreay in a 93 to retain his title. Ziima Xion and Tomasso Ciampa will debut on Raw tomorrow and immediately challenge Gargano for the title.</p><p> </p><p> Next up Eric Price defeated Triple H in a 79 rated match in Hell in a Cell and they ended up on top of the cage where Eric proceeded to Gutwrench Powerbomb Hunter through the top of the cage into the ring and picked up the victory.</p><p> </p><p> That was followed by another 79 rated match where Goldberg defeated Rhyno in an 8 minute match which showed that I shouldn't have brought Goldberg back lol.</p><p> </p><p> After that Luke Harper defeated King Wyatt in an 89 rated match which continues Harper's great push while now Wyatt will head into the title picture soon I think.</p><p> </p><p> Then in the middle of the card we had the joint match of the night when CM Punk defeated Chris Jericho in a 99 rated match due to them having great chemistry and therefore due to the stipulations Chris had a teary farewell with the crowd before in 20 days time he is going on another tour with Fozzy just this time he isn't coming back.</p><p> </p><p> Apollo Crews 97 match and 3 year unbeaten streak is finally over after he was defeated by Damien Sandow in an 89 where Sandow picked up the victory with Apollo's own Spin out Powerbomb. Post match Apollo went mad and put Sandow through the German Announce and Spanish announce table writing Sandow off screen until MITB.</p><p> </p><p> That was followed by my highest ever Women's match where Emma defeated Bayley and Queen Sasha in a freaking 98 A* rated match to become a 2 time Women's United States Champion. Sadly during the match Emma botched a move and Bayley suffered a Torn Trapezius which will keep her out for 3 months <img alt=":(" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/frown.png.e6b571745a30fe6a6f2e918994141a47.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> With Jericho already retiring the fans would go through more heartbreak after Roman Reigns defeated The Rock in a 95 rated match meaning that The Rock's career was finally over. This was followed up with a really emotional family moment with The Rock, Roman and all of the family embracing Rock in the ring as the fans screamed THANK YOU ROCK!</p><p> </p><p> It seemed to be the night of 95 rated matches as the next match between AJ and Finn got a 95 with Finn picking up the victory following interference from Andre the Giant Memorial winner Adam Cole who officially joined Balor Club. This now means AJ is 0-4 at Wrestlemania after losses against Chris Jericho, Nakamura ina triple threat with Punk, The Shield with Bulletproof and now Finn.</p><p> </p><p> As I said it was the night of 95 rated matches with The Ultimate Connection (Rey and Dolph) picking up the IC Tag Titles in a fatal 4 way tag match against The Wolf Pack, The DMG and American Alpha.</p><p> </p><p> Sadly we were one rating lower next when Kofi Kingston won the Global Championship in a triple threat with Shinsuke Nakamura and Noam Dar in a 94 rated match when he defeated Nakamura with a trouble in paradise.</p><p> </p><p> Next up Enzo Amore defeated Big Cass in a 99 A* rated match to retain his IC Title which really surprised me as they didn't even have a good or great chemistry it was just an exceptional match where Enzo stole the show with a 98 in ring performance.</p><p> </p><p> We followed that up with another 99 A* rated match where Cody Rhodes finally won the WWE Title when he defeated former Legacy Partner Randy Orton to pick up the belt. Good to know they have good chemistry as opponents so this rivalry is definitely not over but with Orton currently being a 14 time champ and Cena the 16 time champ still level with Flair I'm reluctant to give Randy any more world title runs. Actually I've had a great thought and in the next year Randy wins the title twice putting him on 16 and then at Wrestlemania next year we have Cena vs Orton, the winner gets the record but the loser has to retire. I actually might just do that <img alt=":cool:" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/cool.png.f00d2562b2c1d873a09323753efdb041.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> Then the main event of Kevin Owens vs Sami Zayn, the 15 year rivalry and they finally get a WM main event and they delivered with a 97 A* rated match where Kevin Owens defeated Sami for the World Heavyweight Championship. However the major twist happened post match where we had a double turn, yes, a double turn where Owens offer Sami a handshake but Sami just low blowed him and left with the title to close Wrestlemania. Owens went in the much hated heel and Sami the much loved champion but they left in the others role. This will be interesting to book moving forwards.</p><p> </p><p> Anyway it was an extremely good show and I' already planning next year's event but I just can't top this one ratings wise so it'll be tough.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Just out of interest as you're running a brand split what does your PPV schedule look like as I'm looking to change mine and after inspiration.</p>

[merrykieran2]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="lois lily" data-cite="lois lily" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41174" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Just out of interest as you're running a brand split what does your PPV schedule look like as I'm looking to change mine and after inspiration.</div></blockquote><p> I have 2 ppv's a month, every month. On the month where I have a dual brand ppv (Royal Rumble, Wrestlemania, Money In The Bank, Summerslam and Survivor Series) I have a PPV special like beast in the east in various countries. Most PPV's are either old WWE or WCW event names. Hope this helps <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

[Bucky Sinister]

<p>I'm running a present-day real-world game as WWE. I immediately brought Samoa Joe up to the main roster and had him work his way up the card with a month of brutal squash victories over opponents of ever-increasing popularity, culminating in a PPV bout against Roman Reigns to establish Joe as a legit Main Eventer. I booked Joe to win, and it went over great. Except...</p><p> </p><p>

Joe essentially broke Reigns' back on a botched move. Now Reigns is pissed about doing the job, and about getting hurt. Joe's got heat in the locker room over it, and he feels so bad about hurting Reigns that his morale's in the crapper. </p><p> </p><p>

Sometimes, you just can't win for losing.</p>

[FankuKaibutsu]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="jordanmason17" data-cite="jordanmason17" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41174" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Truly loved reading this, it was amazing!</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Thanks. I'm glad people are enjoying them. I know I don't have the time or creative energy to do a full-time diary, but its fun to do little things like this.</p>

[Alan James]

WWF just became must see TV again.

 

Seems like quite a weird jump in TV ratings. Nothing was edited. Maybe the ratings changed format or maybe it was the industry and economy.

[Slim Jim]

In my WWE game, I have booked from the brand split to Summerslam and my next PPV is going to be the first WWE Tag Team Classic (I thought about taking the Dusty Rhodes Classic from NXT but decided not to), which will be a two-night tournament with two-night qualifying beforehand. The qualifying will have teams from other companies and a load of nostalgia acts from years gone by and will be a light-hearted sort of affair. The main shows will be more like proper PPVs with the teams I want to spotlight and will be much more serious.

 

The current line-up is:

 

Main Roster:

1. American Alpha

2. Anderson & Gallows

3. Ascension

4. Breezango

5. Dudley Boyz

6. Enzo & Cass

7. Golden Truth

8. Kane & Big Show

9. Lucha Dragons

10. New Day

11. Prime Time Players

12. Shining Stars

13. Social Outcasts

14. Usos

15. Vaudevillains

16. Wyatts

 

NXT:

17. Blake & Murphy

18. Bourne & Puma

19. Briscoe Brothers

20. Gargano & Ciampa

21. Hype Bros

22. Motor City Machine Guns

23. Rising Sun (Hiroshi Tanahashi & Seiya Sanada)

24. The Addiction (Daniels & Kazarian)

25. The Revival

26. Young Bucks

 

Nostalgia Acts:

27. Boogie Knights (Disco Inferno & Alex Wright)

28. Cryme Tyme

29. D’Lo & Mark Henry

30. Demolition

31. Deuce & Domino

32. FBI (Nunzio & Johnny Stamboli)

33. Hardy Boyz

34. Hart Dynasty (Kidd should be back from neck surgery in my game)

35. Hawkins & Reks

36. Headbangers

37. Headshrinkers

38. Hurricane & Rosey

39. La Resistance

40. Legacy

41. Londrick

42. Kaientai

43. Mexicools

44. MNM

45. New Age Outlaws

46. Outsiders (Nash & Cody Hall w/Scott as manager)

47. Powers of Pain

48. Rock ‘N’ Roll Express

49. Steiners

50. Too Cool

51. World's Greatest Tag Team

 

Indy Inactive:

52. America’s Most Wanted

53. Doug Williams & Nick Aldis

54. Generation Next (Evans & Strong)

55. Kings of Wrestling (Cesaro is still on my main roster but Hero/Ohno is only back for the tournament for now)

56. LAX

 

Indy Active:

57. American Wolves

58. Bollywood Boyz

59. Drew Gulak & Tracy Williams (Evolve Tag Champs)

60. Kenny King & Rhett Titus

61. reDRagon

62. Roppongi Vice

63. Tiger Mask & Liger

64. Von Erichs (Ross & Marshall)

 

I am currently thinking I'll have two "qualifying nights" with 8 Fourway Tags on each, then Night 1 has all the Last 16 matches, with the Quarters/Semis/Final on Night 2.

 

In future years I am just going to have the final two nights but I got carried away for the inaugural edition

 

Now I just have to draw up brackets... the first two nights are going to be an absolute cluster.

[jordanmason17]

SuperClash VIII is in the books and it done great! Here is the full show, Would any of you pay to watch this lol?

 

https://gyazo.com/948be15380a10f586b3b7283b1514529

 

The Ultimate Warrior now holds both the AWA International Heavyweight championship and the AWA World Heavyweight championship but Eric Bischoff will inform The Warrior he needs to vacant the International championship now, for which I will then run a tournament for.

 

In the Ebony Experience vs. Albanos Army storyline I will not be ending it yet. The June PPV of course is the Tag Team Challenge series where the winner earns themselves a shot at the World tag team titles. The Ebony Experience will win it this year then finally take on Albanos Army again-- but this time they will be taking the belts from them.

 

The AWA Southern Heavyweight champion, Michael P.S. Hayes has found himself on an unbeaten run in singles action so far since joining AWA and no one can seem to do it, however Steve Austin sure came close at SuperClash! The two will continue to feud for a few more months, but the question is. Can Austin defeat the cocky P.S. Hayes and take the Southern Heavyweight championship from him?

 

Savio Vega winning the AWA Television championship may not come to surprise to many as he as proved he can hang with the best of em. Tom Prichard, the longest reigning International Heavyweight champion in AWA history so far is now gunning for this new belt; Can he defeat Vega and add another belt to his case?

 

Shawn Michaels will now feud with Rob Van Dam for the Light Heavyweight Championship after Eric Bischoff and the rest of the AWA boardroom was impressed with the talent of Rob Van Dam and believed he has earned himself a title bout, one on one with the Heartbreak Kid.

[Millsybeast]

I also have a Tag Team Classic on my game, the first year only featured 8 teams but I think I will be doing 16 teams next year

 

I just got to January 2018 and we got most of the Awards, Reigns won Wrestler of the year, Seth & Swagger won team of the year, Heyman won manager of the year, Sasha won Female of the year, NXT's David Finlay Jr won youngster of the year and we won promotion of the year among others.

 

The two PPV's in December, TLC and Judgement Day, went along well with the Roode v Reigns v Rollins feud just about to end at the Royal Rumble. Also Booker T turned heel and joined Xavier Woods New Nation as the manager, mainly because he was clashing with Corey Graves so I scoured for a new Announcer and I found this gem: https://gyazo.com/a69cbc8a9713bedee9b062061d733975

 

This will be the first time Graves and Amori team up, for the next PPV, so hopefully they don't clash otherwise I'm ****ed.

 

 

So I decided to have the Cruiserweight Classic on WWE TV, and it starts the year off in the 2nd week of January, leading up hype for the Royal Rumble. I have 32 people lined up and this is how it went

 

First Round:

Zack Sabre Jr beat Will Ospreay (50)

Enzo Amore beat Lince Dorado (62)

Ryan Ricochet beat Hideo Itami (62)

Sasha Banks beat Eddie Colon (62)

Finn Balor beat Fenix (61)

Chad Gable beat Billie Kay (61)

Neville beat Adrade 'Cien' Almas (62)

Adam Cole beat Watanabe (52)

Bayley beat Akira Tozawa (61)

Charlotte beat Adam Chandler (ACH) (61)

Alex Shelley beat Chris Sabin (62)

Sami Zayn beat Roderick Strong (61)

Adam Bridle beat Zack Ryder (61)

Austin Aries beat Solomon Crowe (61)

Kofi Kingston beat Tyson Kidd (62)

Kalisto beat Jonathan Busick (61)

 

- Dean Ambrose v Bray Wyatt Feud Hype -

 

Final 16:

Enzo Amore beat Zack Sabre Jr (62)

Chad Gable beat Finn Balor (62)

Adam Cole beat Neville (62)

Charlotte beat Bayley (50)

Sami Zayn beat Alex Shelley (61)

Austin Aries beat Adam Bridle (62)

Kalisto beat Kofi Kingston (51)

 

- AJ Styles v Antonio Cesaro Feud Hype -

 

Quarter Finals:

Sasha Banks beat Enzo Amore (61)

Adam Cole beat Chad Gable (63)

Sami Zayn beat Charlotte (62)

Kalisto beat Austin Aries (61)

 

- Robert Roode v Seth Rollins v Roman Reigns Feud Hype -

 

Semi-Finals:

Adam Cole beat Sasha Banks (62)

Sami Zayn beat Kalisto (50)

 

Finals:

Adam Cole beat Sami Zayn (82)

 

Final Show Rating: 77

 

I wasn't expecting anything amazing because half of the people in the tournament were barely used on my shows, but maybe this will help them get more match time on Raw.

 

The Royal Rumble is up next and whoever wins will face off against Robert Roode for the WWE Title. I'm thinking the main choices will be Seth Rollins, John Cena, Dean Ambrose & possibly Sasha Banks. Rollins will have just come out of the feud looking like a million bucks, and Roode v Rollins got a 98 rated match last time they faced each other one on one. Cena is the safe option, Ambrose will have just come from a winning 5 month feud with Bray Wyatt and I'm always thinking of when I can have the Sasha Banks as WWE Champion scenario, although we might wait until next year for that.

 

Royal Rumble card looks like this:

Royal Rumble Match

Robert Roode © v Roman Reigns v Seth Rollins - WWE Title

Antonio Cesaro © v AJ Styles - WWE IC Title

Sami Zayn © v Rusev - WWE US TItle

Kota Ibushi © v Kalisto - WWE CW Title - Adam Cole faces winner at WM

The Briscoe Brothers © v Young Bucks - WWE World Tag

The United Kingdoms (Barrett/Sheamus)© v Wolves - WWE US Tag

-

Bray Wyatt v Dean Ambrose

John Cena v Randy Orton

 

 

Hopefully the build to Wrestlemania will be exciting!

[meedraco]

<p>Just held my first WrestleMania in with the MA mod. My first 100 rated show ever.</p><p> </p><p>

WWF Light-Heavyweight Championship</p><p>

Jushin "Thunder" Liger w/Essa Rios & Super Crazy defeated Taka Michinoku© w/Kaz Hayashi & Sho Funaki</p><p>

Rating: 63</p><p> </p><p>

WWF Intercontinental Championship - Nation Barred From Ringside</p><p>

The Rock© defeated Faarooq</p><p>

Rating: 82</p><p> </p><p>

#1 Contender Tag Team Battle Royal</p><p>

Kama Mustafa & D'Lo Brown defeated Legion of Doom, The Headbangers, Too Much, The Godwinns, Disciples of Apocalypse, Savio Vega & Miguel Perez Jr, The Hardy Brothers, essa Rios & Super Crazy, Kaz Hayashi & Sho Funaki, 69th Street Crew, Chainz & Kurrgan, Sid Vicious</p><p>

Note: Sid Vicious didn't understand the principle of this match and entered in it alone</p><p>

Rating: 64</p><p> </p><p>

WWF World Tag Team Championships - No Disqualification</p><p>

Cactus Jack & Vader defeated The New Age Outlaws©</p><p>

Rating: 82</p><p> </p><p>

Val Venis w/Sable defeated Marc Mero w/Sensational Sherri</p><p>

Rating: 54</p><p> </p><p>

WWF European Championship - Ladder Match</p><p>

Triple H© defeated Owen Hart</p><p>

Rating: 99</p><p> </p><p>

The n.W.a w/Dawn Marie defeated Bradshaw, Steve Blackman and Tatanka</p><p>

Rating: 69</p><p> </p><p>

The Undertaker defeated Kane w/Paul Bearer</p><p>

Rating: 93</p><p> </p><p>

WWF World Championship - Mike Tyson as Special Enforcer</p><p>

'Stone Cold' Steve Austin defeated Shawn Michaels w/Mike Tyson</p><p>

Rating: 98</p>

[Dr_Avalanche]

<p>I just had Danielle Sweetheart do the most satisfying gimmick change I've ever done. Her former gimmick was one of those fairly generic wholesome babyface gimmicks (I think it was "bubbly babyface", but I forget), but the rating of it had dropped to Poor, so I decided it was time to change things up. I decided to go with the "cute nerdgirl" gimmick. Now, it should be said that Danielle already is the QAW World Champion, so it's not just any character on the midcard we're changing up.</p><p> </p><p>

First angle I do is a cold open of the show. Camera 1 is in someone's POV on a city bus, playing Pokemon - not Pokemon Go, but real Pokemon, on a blinged up DS - we don't see who it is, but already, we've established we're looking at a gamer. We hear the venue's bus stop being called out, but no reaction from our protagonist who is engrossed in the game. As the bus leaves the stop and heads out into traffic again, we change to camera 2 which reveals it's Danielle Sweetheart, who just now realizes she has missed her stop. She's dressed tomboyish, with an anime t-shirt, a ballcap with the Halflife symbol, and a backpack in the shape of a penguin. At the next stop, she gets off the bus and start running back towards the venue.</p><p> </p><p>

Mid show, new promo, Danielle rushes in backstage asking a ring worker if she's late, she's informed that she's up next. Running into the locker room, she empties her bag on the floor, looks at all the parts that constitutes her "normal" ring gear. Realizing it would take too long to put it on, she shrugs, leave on her street clothes and laces on the wrestling boots.</p><p> </p><p>

Next, she makes her entrance, slightly embarrassed, to a standing ovation (Great, in game terms). </p><p> </p><p>

Normally, I introduce gimmick changes with basically no explanation - someone goes on a string of losses and decides to change it up, or come back from an injury with a new style, so I was so stoked that a gimmick change that actually had an explanation got such a good reaction. <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

[monele]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Dr_Avalanche" data-cite="Dr_Avalanche" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41174" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I just had Danielle Sweetheart do the most satisfying gimmick change I've ever done.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Love it! It's like the most unexpected random "oops" gimmick change ever. But yes, reading it, it rather works <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

[Dr_Avalanche]

<p>Yeah, was chuffed about that. And then, two weeks later, USPW discovers her and signs her to a written contract I can't compete with and now I have to let her drop the title the next show. Being regional size has its distinct disadvantages. <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/frown.png.e6b571745a30fe6a6f2e918994141a47.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p>

Edit: While Danielle signed a written contract with USPW, it doesn't seem to be exclusive - she's now working for USPW on a written contract, for us in QAW on a PPA, and AAA as well on a PPA. She's gonna be busy, but it appears we can still build some storylines around her.</p><p> </p><p>

Edit 2: Nope, it was just a temporary thing, like giving two weeks notice or so. Now she's gone for good.</p>

[monele]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Dr_Avalanche" data-cite="Dr_Avalanche" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41174" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>two weeks later, USPW discovers her and signs her to a written contract I can't compete with and now I have to let her drop the title the next show.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Argh! And I bet they're stealing the gimmick too! That's just too low...</p>

[Temes1066]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Dr_Avalanche" data-cite="Dr_Avalanche" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41174" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I just had Danielle Sweetheart do the most satisfying gimmick change I've ever done. Her former gimmick was one of those fairly generic wholesome babyface gimmicks (I think it was "bubbly babyface", but I forget), but the rating of it had dropped to Poor, so I decided it was time to change things up. I decided to go with the "cute nerdgirl" gimmick. Now, it should be said that Danielle already is the QAW World Champion, so it's not just any character on the midcard we're changing up.<p> </p><p> First angle I do is a cold open of the show. Camera 1 is in someone's POV on a city bus, playing Pokemon - not Pokemon Go, but real Pokemon, on a blinged up DS - we don't see who it is, but already, we've established we're looking at a gamer. We hear the venue's bus stop being called out, but no reaction from our protagonist who is engrossed in the game. As the bus leaves the stop and heads out into traffic again, we change to camera 2 which reveals it's Danielle Sweetheart, who just now realizes she has missed her stop. She's dressed tomboyish, with an anime t-shirt, a ballcap with the Halflife symbol, and a backpack in the shape of a penguin. At the next stop, she gets off the bus and start running back towards the venue.</p><p> </p><p> Mid show, new promo, Danielle rushes in backstage asking a ring worker if she's late, she's informed that she's up next. Running into the locker room, she empties her bag on the floor, looks at all the parts that constitutes her "normal" ring gear. Realizing it would take too long to put it on, she shrugs, leave on her street clothes and laces on the wrestling boots.</p><p> </p><p> Next, she makes her entrance, slightly embarrassed, to a standing ovation (Great, in game terms). </p><p> </p><p> Normally, I introduce gimmick changes with basically no explanation - someone goes on a string of losses and decides to change it up, or come back from an injury with a new style, so I was so stoked that a gimmick change that actually had an explanation got such a good reaction. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> This is great idea, I'll have to steal it for Raven Robinson in my USPW file, here is my general plans for the rest of the USPW Women's Division in terms of Gimmicks. I'm having: </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Sara Marie York (aka Miss Sara) as Rich Money's secretary/valet<br /></li><li>Danielle Sweetheart as a ginormous bitch<br /></li><li>Tiffany Jade as cheating toerag, that claims to be a great wrestler (and the rightful Women's champ [as I plan for her to win the title in January in a three-way match but then to lose it again February, in a three-way match, where she isn't pinned])<br /></li><li>Joanne Rodriguez as actual great wrestler, who no one can beat cleanly in a 1vs.1 match<br /></li><li>Gorgon, Killer Kass & Melody Cuthill will keep their usual gimmicks<br /></li><li>and finally, there is Alicia Strong, who is going to start out, her return from injury, as the new face commissioner for USPW (Captain USA, the previous Commissioner, will be removed for his post, by Allen Packer, for failing to keep Rich Money's society from running roughshod over USPW) but after months of being unable to beat Joanne, she will snap, go heel & align herself with Rich Money (who by this time be the World Champ), she will also take out Allen Packer, so she can stay on as Commissioner. Her heel gimmick will be a strange mix between Loose Cannon, Turncoat, Disgruntled Employee, Prima Donna, Daddy's Little Girl, Bitter Veteran and (Wo)man on a Mission.<br /></li></ul><p></p>

[Alan James]

<p>One night after the September ppv, I get the dreaded Shawn Michaels causing conflicts. About 10 people now have simmering tension with Frank Castle. I then do the most stupid thing ever, I try to make peace with them. Now they hate each other. I'd have no problem if Frank was a low level street thug, but he is a big part of my plans and a protege of Vince. Damn it. It will only get worse. </p><p> </p><p>

Roster down to 54. I like to keep it in the 60 range.</p><p> </p><p>

Scott Steiner is the new WWF champion. Bret put up a superb fight, Scott was off his game, but we still got 95. Bret is now on the decline list. <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/frown.png.e6b571745a30fe6a6f2e918994141a47.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p>

Still not sure what my Wrestlemania 12 main event will be. </p><p> </p><p>

Frank Castle retained the TV title. He defeated 2 cold Scorpio, Don King came out after it and said that Mike Tyson wants to fight Frank Castle. This could happen at Survivor Series. I'm not sure, though. I'll make it unsanctioned and all that carry on. If it does happen. </p><p> </p><p>

The Undertaker won the number one contender match. He better not walk out this time. He seems to be in good form, morale wise. Looking forward to putting Steiner and Taker together. All this before I get a negative chemistry ding. I hope not. </p><p> </p><p>

Match of the night was Triple H defeating Austin to win the IC title. 96 Sledgehammer introduction. </p><p> </p><p>

Pillman and Michaels had a disappointing 87. I didn't do this match justice. No negative chemistry. I was expecting in the 90s. </p><p> </p><p>

The Kliq had a good night, everybody apart from Shawn. His slow building face turn starts now and it will probably happen at Survivor Series.</p>

[FankuKaibutsu]

<p>Don't feel like going through the hassle of taking and posting a screenshot, but I just got notification that Lex Luger has changed body types to "Flabby"(it's 1989 in my game, BTW).</p><p> </p><p>

I'm not mad, just disappointed.</p>