What's going on in your game?

[FankuKaibutsu]

WWF 1987-1991 game.

 

Start:

 

 

I do this after every Wrestlemania since I started in 1987 just before Wrestlemania 3.

Man, I wish I woulda've thought to do this in my JCP/WCW game that also started in 87 and is currently in the second half of 1990.

[HRTVAndrew]

On to April 2017, and with it, the conclusion of SFW Spring Stampede. At the top of the show, Marat Khoklov retained his SFW World Championship cleanly over Joshua Taylor, setting up Khoklov-Peak 2 at SFW Summer Festival (my biggest show). Taylor got shoehorned in, but the dude's been on fire, producing some killer matches. He and Peak, in fact, teamed up for a 94-rated tag match with Kirk Jameson and Greg Gauge that's easily the best match I've had in this save so far. In fact, just for kicks, I brought Bruce the Giant in on a one-shot deal and had Taylor face him in a TV main event. Well, it turns out Taylor and Bruce have excellent chemistry, and despite Bruce being pretty much immobile and unable to work longer than eight minutes without getting gassed, the match got a respectable 78 rating.

 

Joshua Taylor = miracle worker.

 

Other title feuds: Melody and Sara worked a 20-minute time limit draw at Spring Stampede, setting up a blowoff match at Summer Festival. Silver Tiger became my new Cruiserweight champion a few weeks before Spring Stampede, but he and Super Ninja lost the tag titles to High Concept (Elmo Benson and Greg Black) in a ladder match that night. I probably have to find a way to get the Cruiserweight title off Tiger, as I've got he and Ninja programmed with Edd Stone and Koshiro Ino (who I only recently found had excellent chemistry as partners) leading up to Summer Festival. My cruiserweight division is suddenly swimming with promising midcard guys (Aldous Blackfriar, Roderick Remus, Kip Keenan, and Fox Mask, to name four), so it shouldn't be too hard to pick one and see how they do when handed the ball.

 

The latest TCW poaching report: Before Spring Stampede, I snagged Jay Chord, who became a logical fit in The Uprising with Jameson, Gauge, and Ernest Youngman. I gave him a six-year deal, and while he's a horrible influence backstage, he's got "future star" written all over him in big, bold letters (and I've got a ton of locker room leaders to keep him in line, too!). In lesser news, I've also poached Killer Shark and Floyd Goldworthy. I'm not quite sure if I'm going to put Goldworthy as Shark's manager, but the timing is perfect and the fit should be OK (since Shark can't talk). Meanwhile, SWF poached Rocky Golden and Eddie Chandler, leaving TCW with Wolf Hawkins, Sammy Bach, 47-year-old Ricky Dale Johnson, 45-year-old Bryan Vessey, and not much else. Someone sound the freaking alarms over there!

 

Other signings/missed signings/notes: Alicia Strong is being allowed to leave USPW, which stuns me since she's one of the top female wrestlers in the world. Given my women's division, and the chances of matchups between her and Sara Marie York/Melody, I want her, and I want her badly. I also wanted Boom-Boom Jamaica, who would've been a perfect fit for my cruiserweight division and a strong long-term prospect, but he re-upped with SOTBPW for considerably less than I was offering. On the plus side, I did sign Lassana Makutsi and Scythe from SWF for very cheap, and given their levels of potential, they're low-risk, high-reward investments. Finally, Sean McFly turned down a VERY lucrative offer from USPW to stay with NOTBPW, and that's very good news for me. I've got a working agreement with NOTBPW, and the first thing I did after Spring Stampede was arrange a talent trade so McFly could come in for a program culminating in a Summer Festival match with Jay Chord!

 

I just ran SFW Summer Festival, my company's flagship event, and it was a heck of a show. I made the decision to change ALL of my titles at the show, and that seemed to go over well. Eddie Peak beat Marat Khoklov in the main event to start his third World title reign, Ernest Youngman and Greg Gauge beat Elmo Benson and Greg Black for the tag titles, Sara Marie York beat Melody for the women's title, and Aldous Blackfriar (who's quickly getting over and just became "ripped," increasing his SQ to the mid-70's) won the cruiserweight title in a six-way ladder match (Fox Mask won it from Silver Tiger after my last big event).

 

The show-stealing performances, though, belonged to a few guys in non-title matches. Match of the Night went to Edd Stone and Koshiro Ino vs. Super Ninja and Silver Tiger, which got a 91 as Stone and Ino emerged victorious. Additionally, Jay Chord got a huge rub from Sean McFly, beating him in an 89-rated match that went on just before the main event. Obviously, Chord is a guy I'm going to build around long-term, and I've programmed him in a post-Summer Festival feud with Joshua Taylor. Those matches should tear the house down and get Chord ready for a title feud with Peak, at which point I've got a difficult decision to make. Peak is one of my two biggest stars right now (the other being Khoklov), but he's just turned 40, and while he can have a very good match with pretty much anyone, his matches are starting to get the "drifted a bit due to lack of psychology" note, which troubles me. Meanwhile, Chord has literally every single thing one would want in a long-term champion, but his backstage behavior is a big problem.

 

For the time being, Peak will feud with Super Ninja going into the next big event in two months. Ninja's matches are still very good despite his age, and that should kill some time while Chord feuds with Taylor and takes the next step towards being a legitimate main-event guy.

 

My other title feuds are as follows: Sara Marie York will feud with the freshly-signed Alicia Strong (my women's division really COULD be its own show), Youngman and Gauge will feud with Stone and Ino, and Blackfriar will feud with Fox Mask (on the grounds that FM wasn't pinned or submitted when losing the title). Former World champ Marat Khoklov, meanwhile, will feud with Gino Montero, who beat Guide at Summer Festival and is absolutely ready for a major run. I already know those two have good chemistry, so that should go well.

 

Other happenings: TCW has somehow improved to National size, and was able to fend off several suitors in keeping Ricky Dale Johnson and Bryan Vessey (while also signing Jackpot Jordan and Donte Dunn). I did offer Vessey because his ringwork was perfect for our product, but I wasn't willing to give him more than a two-year contract, and TCW apparently was. There's also a bidding war going on for Nicky Champion that I wasn't able to get involved in; he thinks my Cult-sized company is too small. On the plus side, I DID sign Casey Valentine, who's going to be a strong upper-midcard hand for us for a while (maybe more, since he's only 28!).

 

I've recalled Masked Patriot, Masked Stranger, Brodie Lachlan, and Pavel Vanzycha from developmental. Lachlan is probably the strongest long-term prospect of the group; I don't really see the others elevating much beyond the lower midcard (hopefully I'm wrong). Elemental IV has just spawned in my game, too, and the first thing I did when the calendar rolled over to June of 2017 was sign him to a developmental deal. Some of the young guys are also getting taken under the wing of the veterans; Jack Avatar is Guide's protege, while Lenny Brown has Joshua Taylor in his ear.

[mikemajestic33]

PWG 2017 Start

 

Starting a PWG save in January 2017 as we head towards DDT4 2017 I am signing up big name talent and trying to push forward the PWG product. Some notable signings are Kota Ibushi, KAZMA, and KUSHIDA. Kenny Omega joined the company again along with Tama Tonga and Tonga Roa. While I know most will expect a big Bullet Club run PWG, I have other plans that include splitting the Bullet Club at the very first pass. So along with signing those men I also brought in some tag teams just for the tournament as I look to make this the best DDT4 ever!

[HarryFandango86]

Fired stone cold for prostitute scandal.

[Poputt]

Dragon Assassin just shoot broke Yu Hashimoto's leg in an 'I Quit' match to end a feud at JoshiMania 21. Yu Hashimoto still won the match and they got an 81 rating to set up the main event. I'm not even mad. <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/cool.png.f00d2562b2c1d873a09323753efdb041.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

[HRTVAndrew]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="HRTVAndrew" data-cite="HRTVAndrew" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41174" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I just ran SFW Summer Festival, my company's flagship event, and it was a heck of a show. I made the decision to change ALL of my titles at the show, and that seemed to go over well. Eddie Peak beat Marat Khoklov in the main event to start his third World title reign, Ernest Youngman and Greg Gauge beat Elmo Benson and Greg Black for the tag titles, Sara Marie York beat Melody for the women's title, and Aldous Blackfriar (who's quickly getting over and just became "ripped," increasing his SQ to the mid-70's) won the cruiserweight title in a six-way ladder match (Fox Mask won it from Silver Tiger after my last big event).<p> </p><p> The show-stealing performances, though, belonged to a few guys in non-title matches. Match of the Night went to Edd Stone and Koshiro Ino vs. Super Ninja and Silver Tiger, which got a 91 as Stone and Ino emerged victorious. Additionally, Jay Chord got a huge rub from Sean McFly, beating him in an 89-rated match that went on just before the main event. Obviously, Chord is a guy I'm going to build around long-term, and I've programmed him in a post-Summer Festival feud with Joshua Taylor. Those matches should tear the house down and get Chord ready for a title feud with Peak, at which point I've got a difficult decision to make. Peak is one of my two biggest stars right now (the other being Khoklov), but he's just turned 40, and while he can have a very good match with pretty much anyone, his matches are starting to get the "drifted a bit due to lack of psychology" note, which troubles me. Meanwhile, Chord has literally every single thing one would want in a long-term champion, but his backstage behavior is a big problem.</p><p> </p><p> For the time being, Peak will feud with Super Ninja going into the next big event in two months. Ninja's matches are still very good despite his age, and that should kill some time while Chord feuds with Taylor and takes the next step towards being a legitimate main-event guy.</p><p> </p><p> My other title feuds are as follows: Sara Marie York will feud with the freshly-signed Alicia Strong (my women's division really COULD be its own show), Youngman and Gauge will feud with Stone and Ino, and Blackfriar will feud with Fox Mask (on the grounds that FM wasn't pinned or submitted when losing the title). Former World champ Marat Khoklov, meanwhile, will feud with Gino Montero, who beat Guide at Summer Festival and is absolutely ready for a major run. I already know those two have good chemistry, so that should go well.</p><p> </p><p> Other happenings: TCW has somehow improved to National size, and was able to fend off several suitors in keeping Ricky Dale Johnson and Bryan Vessey (while also signing Jackpot Jordan and Donte Dunn). I did offer Vessey because his ringwork was perfect for our product, but I wasn't willing to give him more than a two-year contract, and TCW apparently was. There's also a bidding war going on for Nicky Champion that I wasn't able to get involved in; he thinks my Cult-sized company is too small. <img alt=":mad:" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/mad.png.69834f23b9a8bf290d98375f56f1c794.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> On the plus side, I DID sign Casey Valentine, who's going to be a strong upper-midcard hand for us for a while (maybe more, since he's only 28!).</p><p> </p><p> I've recalled Masked Patriot, Masked Stranger, Brodie Lachlan, and Pavel Vanzycha from developmental. Lachlan is probably the strongest long-term prospect of the group; I don't really see the others elevating much beyond the lower midcard (hopefully I'm wrong). Elemental IV has just spawned in my game, too, and the first thing I did when the calendar rolled over to June of 2017 was sign him to a developmental deal. Some of the young guys are also getting taken under the wing of the veterans; Jack Avatar is Guide's protege, while Lenny Brown has Joshua Taylor in his ear.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> One fairly-major edit early in June 2017, since this just happened: It turned out that Black Canvas Grappling had a lot of debts and was very close to going under. I took over the week after Summer Festival (just a few in-game days after I posted that update), and began using it as a second developmental territory. My logic is that BCG and my ringwork-heavy product are a fair match for one another, and I had several Japanese guys in my developmental system I could send over right away (plus I sent Totoya Munakata and Tanyu Toshusai over there as well since they're MUCH more popular in Japan and I have no immediate plans for them!). All Canada Pro Wrestling is in a similar predicament, but I opted to take over BCG instead.</p>

[The Dynamite Sid]

<p>Just started playing 2016 and jumped into a quick tester with the SWF, which has actually developed into quite the fun game. I've got a lot of ideas moving forward and I might even turn this into a diary (only 1 month in so not much catch-up to do)</p><p> </p><p>

I've seen a few guys on here decry the starting SWF storylines as difficult to maintain the heat but I'm having no issues. The only kicker is that The Crippler and Jack Bruce have turned out to have poor chemistry together (didn't stop them turning in a B+ performance at When Hell Freezes Over)</p><p> </p><p>

I previously had no real plans to use Valiant in any meaningful way but his performances through the first month have seen him become established as a proper main event calibre talent and I'm now thinking he could be one of the major players, as my long term goal is to revitalise the SWF's ageing main event scene over the next couple of years</p><p> </p><p>

My biggest headache early on has been finding a role for Eric Eisen. He's undoubtedly one of the most useful talents at my disposal but I'm afraid creative just had nothing for him! I've begun a programme with he and Jerry Eisen but I'm only just now figuring out some cool ways to have that translate into actual matches</p>

[pantaloons]

<p>I book Eric Eisen as a cross between The Miz and The Million Dollar Man. He isn't the biggest guy, or the best athelete, but he is the most arrogant. He cheats all the time, and takes every shortcut possible. He usually has a female manager with high sex appeal and a bodyguard high in menace. If I need to make a face turn, an alliance with Eric Eisen that goes sour is a great way to do it. He is almost like a reverse Sting, his allies are always turning face on him.</p><p> </p><p>

I also have a plan, I haven't done yet. In my Royal Rumble match Eric Eisen gets number 30. Except the last two people in the match eliminate each other before number 30 even gets in the match. Eric Eisen wins by default as soon as he gets in the ring (which he milks like mad) and draws nuclear heat from the crowd. Now he gets a title shot he earned by dumb luck.</p>

[njmcfreak]

I'm playing as ecw in a 2001 mod, I gave them an extra 50 thousand to start, as I "invested" into them, so they are "only" 200k in debt. I changed the product to try and get a little more sponsorship money, but keep the vibe. I'm 9 months in and I'm losing popularity in most places but, between the southeast, tri-state, and new england, I'm just starting to make money. Only a few grand a month, but it's something.

[dbritton987]

<p><em>The first PPV from 1987 – The Golden Age Game</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>

History takes a brand new twist! Haha</em></p><p> </p><p>

<strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Wrestlemania III</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">

March, Week 4, 1987</span></strong></p><p> </p><p>

The unique tandem of <strong>Sgt. Slaughter & Michael Hayes</strong> (Excellent Chemistry!) defeat the colorful team of <strong>Adrian Adonis & The Honky Tonk Man</strong>.</p><p> </p><p>

<em>Junkyard Dog was slated to team with the debuting Hayes, making a groovy, fun loving tag team. Unfortunately, JYD showed up and wrestled on a show completed drugged out. As a result, I sent JYD to rehab. Slaughter substituted into the storyline, and turns out he and Hayes make a good tandem.</em></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Roddy Piper</strong> defeats <strong>Ted Dibiase</strong> by Disqualification when Dibiase’s Million Dollar Corporation interfered. <strong>Match of the Night!</strong></p><p> </p><p>

<em>Post-Match, Piper cleans house of Dibiase’s MDC goons (Bob Orton Jr. & Magnificent Muraco). Dibiase uses this opportunity to flee from the arena.</em></p><p> </p><p>

WWF Tag Team Champions <strong>The Hart Foundation</strong> & <strong>The British Bulldogs</strong> battled to a Double Count-Out after an all out brawl fell to ringside.</p><p> </p><p>

<em>Davey Boy Smith takes to the mic and tells the world that he refuses to let this match as a Count Out. He challenges The Hart Foundation to come back to the ring and restart the match! The crowd loves the idea, while Bret & Anvil start heading back to the ring. Sadly, it’s just a trick, and the Hart Foundation laugh at the Bulldogs and take their exit with the Tag Titles.</em></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>King Kong Bundy</strong> wins a 20 Man Battle Royal. Greg Valentine is the final participant eliminated, while also having the most eliminations.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Harley Race</strong> defeats <strong>Jake Roberts</strong> with underhanded tactics. Roberts nearly hits the DDT, but Race shoves himself free and nearly pushes Roberts right into the referee! Roberts is able to put on the brakes before he runs over the ref, but Race sneaks up behind Jake and rolls him up! Race gets the 3 count with a handful of tights! The referee never sees it! </p><p> </p><p>

The hated team of <strong>Bob Orton Jr. & Magnificent Muraco</strong> defeat the energetic duo of <strong>Jim Duggan & Billy Jack Haynes</strong>. Orton clobbers Haynes with his cast, allowing Muraco to make the 3 count.</p><p> </p><p>

WWF Intercontinental Champion <strong>Macho Man Randy Savage</strong> defeats <strong>Ricky Steamboat</strong> to successfully retain his championship. Yes, history is rewritten, as Savage manages to kick out of the small package this time. Steamboat survives not one, but two Flying Elbows. But after Savage hits the third, Savage finally gets the victory.</p><p> </p><p>

<em>Apparently TEW2016 didn’t like me rewriting history, because Savage-Steamboat received a sad, sad 76. This comes after they were apart of a 99 rated tag team match earlier in the week.</em></p><p> </p><p>

The powerhouse team of <strong>Paul Orndoff & Dino Bravo</strong> defeat <strong>Strike Force</strong>. Mr. Wonderful hits the classic Piledriver for the win.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">The Main Event!</span></strong></p><p> </p><p>

WWF World Heavyweight Champion <strong>Hulk Hogan</strong> defeats <strong>Andre The Giant</strong> to retain his championship. Yes, sometimes history remains the same. Some things will never change. Hogan hits his trademark Shooting Star Press onto Andre for the win. Yup… <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />:D:D:D</p><p> </p><p>

<em>So, yeah, I kept the two major matches for my first PPV, but that won’t be happening again. Not on purpose, that is. Time for a new change to history. </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>

Next major PPV will be King of the Ring, which will be introduced a whole lot sooner. Summerslam will also debut one year earlier in 1987. Otherwise, that’s it with the PPV events for now. I’m not introducing In Your House a decade early, that’s going too far. I still want to treat 1987 like it’s…well…1987. I think 5 PPVs per year is a fair compromise to play the game. </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>

Until next time!</em></p>

[HarryFandango86]

My summerslam 97 is taking shape now.. one more raw to book, looks like it'll be Bret hart vs mr.perfect for the world heavyweight title, and DDP vs undertaker for the IC title, and Shawn Michaels vs Hulk Hogan. Also the tag belts are on the line in a triple threat tag team match between the current champs road dogg n billy gunn vs booker t + Chris Jericho ( this team I've named JeriT) vs bulldog and Eddie Guerrero.

[The Dynamite Sid]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="pantaloons" data-cite="pantaloons" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41174" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I also have a plan, I haven't done yet. In my Royal Rumble match Eric Eisen gets number 30. Except the last two people in the match eliminate each other before number 30 even gets in the match. Eric Eisen wins by default as soon as he gets in the ring (which he milks like mad) and draws nuclear heat from the crowd. Now he gets a title shot he earned by dumb luck.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I've always thought this would be a great piece of booking for either a weasely heel or a comedy act (IRL I always wanted to see Eddie Guerrero or Santino win a match this way) and it's something I've been keeping up my sleeve for someone in my SWF game</p>

[Dave_Scott]

I've always thought this would be a great piece of booking for either a weasely heel or a comedy act (IRL I always wanted to see Eddie Guerrero or Santino win a match this way) and it's something I've been keeping up my sleeve for someone in my SWF game

 

Dunno if you're still looking for suggestions, but I've basically paired him with Brandon and have the two running a big money team, in somewhat cahoots(?) with The Crippler.

[michael20001]

In what was originally going to be a mini feud lasting a month in my 2012 save between CM Punk and Miz for the world title, they've now been feuding very succesfully for 3 months now with 3 months still planned to go. Their promos are always amazing, with both men coming up with new catchphrases and the matches never disappointing. So despite me bringing Lesner in as a full time star and the Undertaker for a longer run these two will keep battling over the belt until Punk ends it at Survivor Series.

 

He will then turn heel in the same night, teaming with Lesner to attack Undertaker. Depending on how Taker performs in January 2013 i may have him win the Rumble and lose to Punk in the Main Event of Wrestlemania, im hoping his insane overness and still very decent stats can hold up during the next 9 months of time decline.

 

Over on SmackDown the Main event was relatively weak with Only Daniel Bryan, Sheamus, Mark Henry and Big Show as Legit main eventers. Show and Henry can barely go 10 minutes so i was left with only one top level match up. in the Last month however The Rock has returned as a full timer, along with Del Rio and Wade Barrett coming back from Injury. Christian is also making the jump to a top singles star as Matt Hardy failed miserably as his tag partner (he preferred attacking road agents over winning tag team gold). The man to watch however is Cody Rhodes, the current IC champion and MITB holder , backed up by a red hot heel Ryback, Rhodes is poised to jump straight to the head of the pack, hopefully ready to win the world title not long after next years Wrestlemania.

[mikemajestic33]

ELITE Pro Wrestling

 

So started a save with JAN2017 Real World Data. Using Jim Cornette as my Avatar I had him start his own company called ELITE Pro Wrestling. Hired a lot of talented wrestlers.

 

Adam Cole

Alex Shelley

Bobby Fish

Chris Hero

Chris Sabin

Davey Boy Smith Jr.

Jim Cornette

Justin King - Ref

Kenny Omega

Kota Ibushi

Kyle O'Reilly

Lance Hoyt

Lio Rush

Marty Scurll

Mike Tenay -Announcer

Pentagon Jr.

Petey Williams - Road Agent

Rey Horus

Ric Manning - Ref

Ricochet

Rocky Romero

Sami Callihan

Takaaki Watanabe (Also known as EVIL in NJPW)

Trevor Lee

Will Ospreay

Zack Sabre Jr.

 

Opening the first episode of ELITE Thunder, Jim Cornette announced that the BULLET CLUB name and likeness will not be used on his show. Adam Cole and Kenny Omega came out and said that was fine they had other plans in mind. So we then took off on a three month round robin, two block, tournament known as the ELITE Grand Prix. Cole and Omega led their respective Blocks through most of the tournament while antagonizing and attacking people after matches. Eventually in March about two weeks before the ELITE Grand Prix Finals they announced themselves as the Uprising likening themselves to Hall and Nash, with their secret third member just waiting to reveal himself. The team of Sabre Jr, Scurll, and Ospreay stood up to them trying to keep the intergrity of the tournament. They did so very well showing up ringside at any match Omega or Cole were in.

 

I just finished booking and simming ELITE Grand Prix Finals 2017 which was not our best show but did set up some big things. We saw Cornette open the show saying he will be stepping down from his on screen authority position and sitting behind the announce booth with Mike Tenay permanently, but announcing the new General Manager of ELITE Pro Wrestling, Diamond Dallas Page! This got the crowd off to a hot start.

 

In the BLOCK A Semi-Finals match Adam Cole defeated Chris Hero, Marty Scurll and Sami Callihan after pinning Callihan in 19:26.

In the BLOCK B Semi-Finals match Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Kyle O'Reilly, Will Ospreay and Kenny Omega in 14:33 after Ospreay stopped Omega from breaking up Sabre's pin on O'Reilly.

Third match of the night saw Diamon Dallas Page put a special stipulation to the match. Two wrestlers from Block A and Two from Block B would face off with the winner becoming the first ever ELITE North American Champion, while the person who took the fall would be fired!

Lio Rush defeated Ricochet, Kota Ibushi, and Pentagon Jr to win the ELITE North American Championship after pinning Ricochet.

(For all those wondering why I would get rid of Ricochet it was a money and Locker Room morale thing. He had just asked for a raise of about 400 something dollars, but had become a negative influence after I made him lose to a debuting Lio Rush in a Elite Grand Prix match. He was dragging down the backstage so it just wasn't worth having him back there as a primadonna and ruining what was a pretty solid backstage morale.)

The next match saw The Motor City Machine Guns unite to take on the Killer Elite Squad (Lance Hoyt and Davey Boy Smith Jr.) with the ELITE World Tag Team championships on the line. MCMG took home the win after 30 minutes of all out war.

We saw a small cool down match between Trevor Lee and Takaaki Watanabe that was a hard hitting affair with Trevor Lee pulling out the win.

In the Main Event we saw Adam Cole defeat Zack Sabre Jr. in the ELITE Grand Prix Finals becoming the first ever ELITE Grand Prix Champion and first ever ELITE World Heavyweight Champion!

After the Match Cole and Omega put the boots to Sabre Jr, until Scurll and Ospreay came down for the save. Cole and Omega exited the ring as Cole grabbed his trophy and World Title and started back up the ramp, when suddenlyl Ospreay hit a big enziguri on Scurll taking him out and then dropping Sabre Jr with a brainbuster! Omega and Cole went back in to the ring to stand tall with Ospreay. Cole had his arms raised by Ospreay and Omega as Cornette was heard over commentary saying "The Uprising is complete" to close out the show.

 

I've set myself up with some pretty solid storylines, to include a possible Cole and Omega feud down the line, a Cole/Sabre Jr feud now, along with an Ospreay/Scurll feud. Also through the tournament Sami Callihan was increasingly aggressive locking in his stretch muffler finisher and holding it well after the bell rang only letting go so that he could keep his points. It could be argued that Sami was the most dominant wrestler in the tournament as he never suffered a loss until the Semi-Finals.

 

Been thinking about doing a diary from this point forward because I am throughly enjoying playing this game and I am busting through like a month of in game time in about three hours. So I may just start to put it out as a diary, not sure.

[Rone Rivendale]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="pantaloons" data-cite="pantaloons" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41174" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I book Eric Eisen as a cross between The Miz and The Million Dollar Man. He isn't the biggest guy, or the best athelete, but he is the most arrogant. He cheats all the time, and takes every shortcut possible. He usually has a female manager with high sex appeal and a bodyguard high in menace. If I need to make a face turn, an alliance with Eric Eisen that goes sour is a great way to do it. He is almost like a reverse Sting, his allies are always turning face on him.<p> </p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I always saw Eric as what Shane McMahon would have been if he had been a full timer for WWE.</p>

[Poputt]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Rone Rivendale" data-cite="Rone Rivendale" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41174" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I always saw Eric as what Shane McMahon would have been if he had been a full timer for WWE.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> He seems to be Shane McMahon with Stephanie's personality.</p>

[marsupial311]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="The Dynamite Sid" data-cite="The Dynamite Sid" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41174" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Just started playing 2016 and jumped into a quick tester with the SWF, which has actually developed into quite the fun game. I've got a lot of ideas moving forward and I might even turn this into a diary (only 1 month in so not much catch-up to do)<p> </p><p> I've seen a few guys on here decry the starting SWF storylines as difficult to maintain the heat but I'm having no issues. The only kicker is that The Crippler and Jack Bruce have turned out to have poor chemistry together (didn't stop them turning in a B+ performance at When Hell Freezes Over)</p><p> </p><p> I previously had no real plans to use Valiant in any meaningful way but his performances through the first month have seen him become established as a proper main event calibre talent and I'm now thinking he could be one of the major players, as my long term goal is to revitalise the SWF's ageing main event scene over the next couple of years</p><p> </p><p> My biggest headache early on has been finding a role for Eric Eisen. He's undoubtedly one of the most useful talents at my disposal but I'm afraid creative just had nothing for him! I've begun a programme with he and Jerry Eisen but I'm only just now figuring out some cool ways to have that translate into actual matches</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Eisen is always a good mini faction leader too. Spencer Spade as a heel protege when he comes up is a good way to have Spade move up the card.</p>

[steesh07]

<p>Currently on a hiatus from my ROH 2018 game as I've hit a wall booking wise, I've well and truely jumped on the hot UK scene with three of my four world champions being Brits; Marty Scurll (current champ 0 defences, Zack Sabre Jr. 12 defences and Will Ospreay 1 defence). Also my Women of Honor champion is; Kay Lee Ray with 3 defences and my Tag Team champs are Havoc and BT Gunn and [sabre and Ospreay] and [Joe Coffey and Marty Scurll] have been champs.</p><p> </p><p>

So the Brits are pretty much carrying the promotion and putting on some stellar matches, but to balance that I have brought in some big names from TNA and WWE, these include:</p><p> </p><p>

Drew Galloway</p><p>

Ethan Carter 3 (now Ethan Hunter)</p><p>

Cody Rhodes (soon to be ROH Champ when he is cleared of injuries)</p><p>

Jason Jordan (came in as a future tag champ if I can steal Chad Gable)</p><p> </p><p>

Anyway here is my save game if anyone wants to have a look or play it:</p><p> </p><p>

<a href="https://www.mediafire.com/?4c7l3qlkjo094mv" rel="external nofollow">https://www.mediafire.com/?4c7l3qlkjo094mv</a></p>

[Eidenhoek]

<p>I just dropped USPW down to Cult due to their poor shows and my pwning them in National Battles. I learned this due to the only email being the National Battle in Canada; no News Story about it.</p><p> </p><p>

/shrug</p><p> </p><p>

/gimme Nicky Champion dammit</p><p> </p><p>

/Darn you Joss Thompson for re-signing!</p>

[Winter8905]

<p>Yea on my CZCW game, it's 2020 and TCW has been Cult for 3 years, not looking like moving up with there franchise players all in there 40's and all hitting time decline. </p><p> </p><p>

USPW are cult but yo-yoing up and down between national and cult. </p><p> </p><p>

MAW and GSW are now cult thanks to being my devs and having network TV time. Although i'm tempted to sack off GSW ,i'm seeing a lot less development and usage with my guys I send them compared to MAW. </p><p> </p><p>

SOTBW is no 1 in American beating SWF by 500 points thanks to Jack Bruce and Marat still being mega over . they poached a lot of great over talent from the American companies.</p><p> </p><p>

My pop and importance is going nicely. I haven't set up a weekly show for my network yet for CZCW as I like doing 2 or 3 events a month and getting through the months. The speed i'm progressing is nice and I should be national within 2 years. At National I'll have my own TV show.</p><p> </p><p>

MAW and GSW have a weekly show on my network and were overtaking me in terms of pop in America but that is stalling and levelling off due to them not having the star power, they don't win bidding wars for the top guys, so they only have the couple of guys they got over themselves and half of the roster they have are who I send down there to develop and grow pop. Both companies should stay where they are with me Taking National in 2 years and battling with SOTPW and SWF. going to need to poach a star from SOTBW and SWF in order to compete properly and i'm sure one from each will come available in the next couple of years.</p><p> </p><p>

edit: Looking at it i allready have more star power than SWF, but less than SOTBW. SWF have Gilmore and Vengeance as two of there top 5 guys and at least Vengeance shouldn't be too far away from retirement. SOTBW has Marat and Bruce who are both well into there 40's and there time should be coming to a close, they alos have Sammy Bach as one of there top guys and he too is no youngster.</p><p> </p><p>

I'll win simply by playing the waiting game, aside from Tommy Cornell all my guys are early 30's and below</p><p> </p><p>

I may have to let a couple of my midcarders go as they have potential to lead a company however they may not get a look in at the top spots for me,. I took the guys that were stagnating in SWF and USPW. half of my recent signings were guys like Spencer spade that had been stuck as SWF midcarder for 3 years, the other companies had their shot and missed the boat with them. SWF lost Spade, Hernandez and Mikey James in the past year to me, all midcarders for them but all at uppermidcard/ Main event level for me now.</p>

[The Dynamite Sid]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="marsupial311" data-cite="marsupial311" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41174" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Eisen is always a good mini faction leader too. Spencer Spade as a heel protege when he comes up is a good way to have Spade move up the card.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I already have plans for spade. I've thought about putting Bret Starr with Eric in that role though</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Dave_Scott" data-cite="Dave_Scott" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41174" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Dunno if you're still looking for suggestions, but I've basically paired him with Brandon and have the two running a big money team, in somewhat cahoots(?) with The Crippler.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><p> The rich guy alliance did occur to me, oddly, but I think I've found a good spot for Eric. </p><p> </p><p> I'll always find something for him. He's one of my favourites dating back to a save on TEW 2010 when I took over the reins of the failing SWF in 2020. By that time they were solidly at Cult level and with very few genuine stars left (IIRC only Geidroyc, Brandon, Remo and Eric were B- or above) Eric became one of my stalwarts. Could always be relied on to carry a feud while I tried to build new headliners. It was actually pretty neat seeing him sort of reinvented in that role as the cornerstone of the company. I hope to play this save long enough to transition him into a similar role</p>

[sabataged]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="The Dynamite Sid" data-cite="The Dynamite Sid" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41174" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I already have plans for spade. I've thought about putting Bret Starr with Eric in that role though<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> The rich guy alliance did occur to me, oddly, but I think I've found a good spot for Eric. </p><p> </p><p> I'll always find something for him. He's one of my favourites dating back to a save on TEW 2010 when I took over the reins of the failing SWF in 2020. By that time they were solidly at Cult level and with very few genuine stars left (IIRC only Geidroyc, Brandon, Remo and Eric were B- or above) Eric became one of my stalwarts. Could always be relied on to carry a feud while I tried to build new headliners. It was actually pretty neat seeing him sort of reinvented in that role as the cornerstone of the company. I hope to play this save long enough to transition him into a similar role</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I am running a 3 man stable with Eric Eisen, Spencer Wade Spade and Davis Wayne Diamond. Spence and DWN had excellent chemistry in a throw away dark tag match so I threw them together as a tag.</p>

[Wayne28]

<p>Picked back up with my NJPW save. </p><p> </p><p>

Cliffs up until now (June 2017)</p><p> </p><p>

- Had Omega go on to defeat Okada for the IWGP title at WK11.</p><p>

- Got rid of all the titles except, IWGP, Tag, Int and Junior</p><p>

- Had Shibata win the New Japan Cup and unsuccessfully challenge Omega at the next show for the title. </p><p>

- Formed a new stable called "The Uprising" consisting of Cody Rhodes, Drew Galloway, Lance Archer, Davey Smith, Marty Scrull and Gunner Wolf (Braun Strowman)</p><p>

- Put the tag titles on Rhodes/Galloway </p><p>

- Approaching the Battle of the Super Juniors; finals will be Scrull vs. Sanada. I am going to put Scrull over and have him go on to beat O'Reilly for the Junior title.</p><p>

- Omega's next defense will be against Tanahashi at Dominion. </p><p>

- Not sure what I am going to do with the G1 Climax yet or who I want to win, but it will be fun to book.</p>

[Fenrise]

<p>In my game the Top 2 wrestlers in the world are out for more than a year.</p><p> </p><p>

First Champagne Lover the #1 in the Top 500 pulled a Hulk Hogan and got caught with racial slurs on camera. He is deemed toxic now got fired and lost about 15 pop in every region except for mexico where he dropped from a solid 100 to 90-92.</p><p> </p><p>

For New Year we got the #2 in the Top 500 El Leon injured and out of action for more than a year (if he ever comes back)</p>