What's going on in your game?

[nerodragomir1]

Just got through booking my first year of Shifting Sands 2006 mod. Nagata spent the year holding back the budding future. He beat Tanahashi in the New Japan Cup finals, then beat Nakamura to win the IWGP Heavyweight title. After that. he spent the rest of the year holding the title. Tanahashi managed to win the G1 Climax & finally beat him at Wrestlekingdom 2: Electric Boogaloo.

The upcoming year is going to see Nagata win the New Japan Cup a second time, get to the finals of the G1 where he will beat Tanahashi in the finals & then go off to lose to Tanahashi at Wrestlekingdom 3: The Revengance. Give Tanahashi a strong over 1 year reign.

[franticloser]

I prefer to imagine he starts every match with an elaborate curry ceremony that his opponents are too polite and respectful to refuse to take part in. The kicker is that the curry is spiked with some kind of laxative that Curry Man has built up a resistance to, so he claims that no one is able to handle his curry cos it's "Too hot, too spicy and tastes great!". So part way into the match, the laxatives kick in and people abandon ship to deal with the after effects.

 

And this is why I love you Derek haha. We need an outrageous gimmick idea thread. I have an idea for a stable of all heels, who have at one point or another turned on each other. So they constantly are paranoid when they are in matches together. Curry Man would fit in with this perfectly. "Nooo this isn't the tainted curry I SWEAR!"

[merrykieran2]

ROH Top Prospect tournament is in the books and the show was solid, with a fantastic main event dragging it up.

 

As expected, the ratings for our top prospect tournament weren't great but the tournament overall was fairly successful, in fact only two were not signed full time (AJ Istria and Chuck Mambo) but the belief is that they will likely make a return over the next year.

 

In the first round we had the battle of Team WhiteWolf as Carlos Romo just barely overcame A-Kid. Spike Trivet cheated to make his way past AJ Istria, the incredible Cara Noir defeated a very impressive Senza Volto and in the final first round match TK Cooper defeated longtime rival/friend Chuck Mambo.

 

As a filler match Villain Enterprises defeated The Tate Brothers and Maluta after The Tates got a surprise roll up victory over PCO and King.

 

straight into the semi finals Carlos Romo once again picked up a surprise victory, taking advantage of the overconfidence of TK Cooper to pick up the win and then in the other semi final the fans almost caused a riot when for the 2nd time tonight Spike Trivet cheated to win, this time eliminating new crowd favourite Cara Noir to make the final. While Cara did not win the tournament, he put in the best in ring performances and the future looks huge for him here in ROH.

 

Our next match was a TV title match which saw Bandido defeat Eli Drake. Drake then attacked Bandido after the match to continue this feud.

 

And then, the finals! the man nobody thought would make it this far, Carlos Romo against the outspoken, despicable Spike Trivet. To the delight of everyone in the arena, Carlos Romo capped of a great tournament when he rolled up Spike to become the 2019 top prospect. Spike would attack him following the match though, clearly furious his moment was ruined. Overall, I really enjoyed the tournament and while 7 of the 8 competitors are from Europe, I feel like it brings new blood into ROH that was massively needed. Everyone who has signed are great wrestlers and most of them follow that same ROH/Danielson inspired technical ability especially the winner Carlos Romo.

 

In the main event, it was an ROH Final Battle rematch as Zack Sabre Jr retained his newly won title against the former champion Alex Shelley but it was controversial as referee Todd Sinclair went down and Shelley had ZSJ pinned for 3 but the referee didnt see it. Following the match, Zack refused to release his submission when a music hit that we hadn't heard in a long time and Shelley's tag team partner Chris Sabin made his long awaited return from injury to make the save. The show ended with a staredown between ZSJ and Chris Sabin

[merrykieran2]

In a quick turnaround, we jump from one ROH tournament to another. This time up is ROH Tag Wars where we see 8 different teams battle for a chance to face Aussie Open for the ROH Tag Team titles. As well as this there was a blockbuster semi main event as the returning Motor City Machine Guns faced off against the ROH Champion Zack Sabre Jr and his tag team partner: MINORU SUZUKI!

 

In the first match of the first round, we had a fantastic bout as the experienced Briscoe Brothers defeated the thrown together team of Jeff Cobb and Flamita. Following the match, Eddie Kingston came out and mocked Cobb who he beat at Final Battle and he says that he has been promising a change, he has been promising something new and that change is here. Flamita and Cobb were then attacked by two unnamed men while King watched on. While it is still unknown to the audience, these two men are Terrence and Terell Dudley, the twin sons of D-Von Dudley and I am hoping King can help them be a solid team for us.

 

Next up we saw Team Whitewolf (Carlos Romo and A-Kid) face off against TK Cooper and Spike Trivet. These 4 all included in the Hot Prospect tournament last month and Romo looked to win two tournaments in as many months and we saw a mirror image of what happened in that tournament as he rolled up Spike Trivet to move into the next round. However, following the match TK and Spike would attack Whitewolf meaning they would be injured heading into their match with The Briscoes.

 

The 3rd first round match saw the former tag team champions Lifeblood (Haskins and Williams) battle the allies to the current tag champions Aussie Open, Schadenfreude (Chris Brookes and Jonathan Gresham). Brookes and Gresham looked to win this tournament so Aussie Open would have no opponents and here they beat the former champions following interference from Mark Davis.

 

The final first round match of this tournament saw last year's winners Villain Enterprises face off against former opponents, turned tag team partners Daisuke Sekimoto and Tomohiro Ishii. This was a wild brawl which saw Sekimoto and Ishii advance to the semis, much to the chagrin of V.E leader Flip Gordon.

 

In a filler match and an end to their feud, "Broken" Matt Hardy defeated Dalton Castle.

 

The first semi final match was not a fun watch as the crowd favourites Team Whitewolf were walking in already injured and they were completely schooled by former 10 time ROH tag champions The Briscoe Brothers. After about 10 minutes, Jay picked up the win and they advanced to the finals.

 

Their opponents were determined by our next match which saw Schadenfreude face off against Sekimoto and Ishii. Just like last time, Schadenfreude tried to use their numbers to their advantage and when the referee goes down, they all swarmed the duo in the ring when to the absolute shock of everyone, Jushin Thunder Liger's music would hit and the legend would come down to the ring to get revenge on Schadenfreude and mainly Jonathan Gresham. We all thought that Final Battle would be his last appearance but apparently not, maybe he has one more match still left in him. Due to this distraction, Sekimoto and Ishii were able to recover and pick up the victory and now they head to the finals where they will face The Briscoes.

 

The semi main event saw one of the greatest tag teams off all time make their return as Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin, Motor City Machine Guns went up against Zack Sabre Jr. and Minoru Suzuki, Suzuki-Gun. In shocking fashion MCMG picked up the victory as Chris Sabin made his in ring return by rolling up the current ROH Champion ZSJ to pick up the victory. Following the match, Suzuki and ZSJ were furious and they attacked referees and trainees at ringside.

 

And then, the main event. Another Wild Brawl, a hard hitting affair as the experienced team of The Briscoes went up against two of the hardest hitting men out there in Sekimoto and Ishii. In the end after an even contest, Sekimoto and Ishii would win tag wars when Ishii did something sensational, diving from the top rope onto Jay Briscoe on the outside which allowed Sekimoto to pin Mark Briscoe clean in the middle of the ring. Fantastic main event and a great win for Sekimoto and Ishii and they have their eyes set fully on Aussie Open and their ROH Tag Team titles

[Blake Trask]

In my 0/0/0/0 I just booked back-to-back A* graded PPVs, with the second scoring a 100 overall!

 

Really feels like we're starting to motor, just gotta maintain the momentum so we can start looking towards International.

[dbritton987]

I'm heading back to the Cornellverse once more, I just enjoy it more than the real world mods! But this time, I decided to do things a bit different than I have before.

 

I created a new Cult company, using my usual self-created company name, 5 Star Wrestling. It's depicted as early years Ring of Honor (ish). To go a step further and adding some Japan touch to it, 5SW is treated as a legit sports business. UFC, eat your heart out.

 

Both singles and tag matches are set by company rankings for both divisions. Every match matters, every win and loss matters! You beat the man or team, you keep your spot in the rankings, or you take their spot higher up in the rankings. You want a title shot? You get to the top of the rankings!

 

First step in my game was completing a 16 man tournament to crown the inaugural 5SW World Heavyweight Champion. That honor went to Roger Cage, one of my favorite wrestlers because of his solid in-ring skills and excellent entertainment qualities.

 

And what's better than a 16 Man Tournament? A 16 Tag Team Tournament! That's right, I'm in the midst of crowning my inaugural tag champs. Most likely, the first ever champs will be The Occult (Kill Switch & Hell's Bouncer). They have positive chemistry, and they're a fun combo, so it's a nice way to start the division.

[Juce]

I'm heading back to the Cornellverse once more, I just enjoy it more than the real world mods! But this time, I decided to do things a bit different than I have before.

 

I created a new Cult company, using my usual self-created company name, 5 Star Wrestling. It's depicted as early years Ring of Honor (ish). To go a step further and adding some Japan touch to it, 5SW is treated as a legit sports business. UFC, eat your heart out.

 

Both singles and tag matches are set by company rankings for both divisions. Every match matters, every win and loss matters! You beat the man or team, you keep your spot in the rankings, or you take their spot higher up in the rankings. You want a title shot? You get to the top of the rankings!

 

First step in my game was completing a 16 man tournament to crown the inaugural 5SW World Heavyweight Champion. That honor went to Roger Cage, one of my favorite wrestlers because of his solid in-ring skills and excellent entertainment qualities.

 

And what's better than a 16 Man Tournament? A 16 Tag Team Tournament! That's right, I'm in the midst of crowning my inaugural tag champs. Most likely, the first ever champs will be The Occult (Kill Switch & Hell's Bouncer). They have positive chemistry, and they're a fun combo, so it's a nice way to start the division.

 

That sounds like a fun game.

 

I too am about to go back to the Cornellverse.

 

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Going to play a game with my 4yo son who loves big wrestlers. His favorite wrestler is Andre the Giant because nobody is bigger than him. Others are Braun Strowman and Brock Lesnar to give you an idea.

 

Anyways we are going to each have our own company. His is going to be popularity over performance. Going to unretire guys like Bruce the Giant, Marat Khoklov, Sam Strong, Dread, and Nemesis. Going to put a lot of legends in it. Then put a lot of the legends relatives and then a lot of big men.

 

Should be fun to see how his promotion ends up shaking out. I wonder what new stars will be made. I have a feeling Bruce the Giant is going to win a lot of cage matches in his promotion.

 

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My promotion is going to be called Alternative Pro Wrestling and be performance over popularity. Going to be a more modern style product and going to just have fun booking how I enjoy booking.

[Guest Asaemon]

<p>Clash of the Titans [Rebooking WCW from 1994 until...]</p><p> </p><p>

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<strong>The Hulk Hogan vs. Vader rivalry is coming to a smashing conclusion!</strong></p><p><strong>

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<strong>The WCW World Heavyweight Championship is on the line in the Spin The Wheel Make The Deal Match!</strong></p><p> </p><p>

<span style="font-size:8px;"><strong>WCW Starrcade 1994</strong></span><span style="font-size:8px;">; Having picked up the victory against the Masked Assailant (Curt Hennig), Hulk Hogan celebrates in the ring with his friends. But before long, Vader and Harley Race runs in and confronts Hogan. Vader accuse Hogan and Flair on avoiding to face him! Says that Flair did owe him a rematch! Vader says that he sees fear in Hogan’s eyes and in his soul. Vader says that Hogan is afraid of him. Vader, the WCW United States champion, is also the No. 1 contender for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship and demands the match right now. Hogan decides that maybe it’s Vader time right now and then pushes Vader. We’ve got a pull apart brawl on our hands and Hogan’s friends force Vader to leave.</span></p><p> </p><p>

<span style="font-size:8px;"><strong>WCW SuperBrawl V (1995)</strong></span><span style="font-size:8px;">; Vader splashes Hogan, but the referee is down, so there’s nobody to count. Hogan jumps up and charges Vader with fists! Hogan Clotheslines Vader just as Harley Race attack Hogan from behind with the Stun Gun. The referee wakes up as Vader gives Hulk the Powerbomb. In an unbelievable match, Vader defeated Hulk Hogan in a Thundercage match in 16:24 by pinfall with a Triple Powerbomb after Harley Race interfered. Vader wins the WCW World Heavyweight Championship title. Post-match the unstoppable 450 pounds monster heel Vader continues his devastating attack on Hulk Hogan with those big fists. Vader splashes down onto Hogan a couple of times. When suddenly he is joined by “The Beast from the East” Bam Bam Bigelow. Vader and Bam Bam Bigelow double team Hogan with a devastating Aided Release Powerbomb.</span></p><p> </p><p>

<span style="font-size:8px;"><strong>WCW Fall Brawl 1995</strong></span><span style="font-size:8px;">; The Hulkamaniacs (Hulk Hogan, Sting, The Warrior and Ray Traylor) vs. The Stud Stable (Vader, Bam Bam Bigelow, Kurosawa and Meng). Dressed in black "Darkside" Hulk Hogan is utilising traditional heel tactics like low blows, eye pokes and back rakes. Low Blow to Meng and a Axe Bomber puts Meng down. Hogan finally takes us home by making Meng submit to a Camel Clutch as the crowd goes nuts.</span></p>

[RatedRKO16]

<p>I have more questions than answers!</p><p> </p><p>

Is Hogan a heel now?</p><p> </p><p>

What happened to Harley Race?</p><p> </p><p>

Why is Flair feuding with Savage and not Hogan/Vader?</p><p> </p><p>

Was Hogan kayfabe injured by Vader then returned as the Darkside Hogan?</p>

[Guest Asaemon]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="RatedRKO16" data-cite="RatedRKO16" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41174" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I have more questions than answers!</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> <em>Just fire away! These are just the short version below, the complete history is available in the Hogan Knows WCW Best diary blog.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="RatedRKO16" data-cite="RatedRKO16" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41174" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Is Hogan a heel now?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> It's still a mystery if he is a face, tweener or heel. He is dressed in black and is using heelish tactics to win his matches (since his return in September).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="RatedRKO16" data-cite="RatedRKO16" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41174" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>What happened to Harley Race?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Harley Race is still with Vader. The two former business partners behind the previous Masters of the Powerbomb tag team; Col. Parker and Harley Race decided to join forces again. Harley Race International and The Stud Stable merged after SuperBrawl to perform this badass stable that included Vader, Bam Bam Bigelow, Miracle Violence Connection, Meng and Kurosawa. The stable disbanded after losing the War Games match against (Hulk Hogan, Sting, The Warrior and Ray Traylor). Bam Bam is still managed by Col. Parker, while Vader is managed by Harley Race. MVC has left and rejoined All Japan. Meng is now part of Kevin Sullivan's House of Animal, while Kurosawa is a free agent.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="RatedRKO16" data-cite="RatedRKO16" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41174" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Why is Flair feuding with Savage and not Hogan/Vader?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Flair did feud with Hogan and Vader in 1994, the feud with Hogan ended at Starrcade when Hogan defeated the Masked Assailant (Curt Hennig and not Ed Leslie). So Hogan has already defeated the reformed Horsemen. The Flair vs. Savage feud really got hot when The Horsemen attacked Angelo Poffo at Slamboree and also injured Lanny Poffo. Flair has taken Savage's wife; crippled his brother; stolen his money; and beaten up Savage's father. Savage only have his pride left, but managed to end "Superstar" Steve Austin's career. It could possibly be a career ending injury for Austin, and that means that The Horsemen are currently The Three Horsemen (Flair, Arn and Hennig).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="RatedRKO16" data-cite="RatedRKO16" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41174" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Was Hogan kayfabe injured by Vader then returned as the Darkside Hogan?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Hogan was kayfabe injured at SuperBrawl in February so that he could film season 2 of Thunder in Paradise. He returned in early September. Hogan is still pursuing his acting career, so he is expected to go on hiatus again to film Super Agent Club and return in later in 1996.</p>

[merrykieran2]

So with TEW 2020 just around the corner I decided to once more just go for one more MAW save in the C-Verse but this time I wanted to push some guys who I never did last time and to maybe use some guys less than last time. In my first MAW save I went pretty generic with my main guys being pushed i.e Giant Brody, Fro Sure, George Wolfe, The Architect etc.

 

This time I immediately started off on a new foot as Acid II won the Rip Chord invitational 2016 when he defeated Gino Montero in the finals. Last time out, I only used Acid sparingly as a tag team guy and he had one reign as a tag team champion with Devil May Care. Acid is now my MAW champion as he won that title in December 2016, ending the reign of Greg Gauge following the interference of his new manager Brittney Hollywood. Since then he has retained that title against very big opponents in Gauge, El Mitico Jr, La Sombra Jr, Ernest Youngman at Where it all begins again and most recently he defeated the 2017 winner of the RCI Bulldozer Brandon Smith following interference from his debuting tag team partner Stuntman. The plan is for him to drop the title at Old School Rules to El Mitico Jr as all his help is banned from ringside.

 

Down in the tag team division, another immediate change was made as last time I went with an extremely long reign for The Dynamite Express before they lost those titles to the Puerto Rican boys. This time they lost those titles at American 2016 in shocking fashion when Nate DeMarcus and Tyrone Gray shocked them for a 3rd time and this time took their tag team titles. Months later The Dynamite Express cheated to win those titles back but not longer after that DeMarcus and Gray became two time champions and this time it was decisive, this time they didn't lose the titles in their first defense. I've been really enjoying using DeMarcus and Grey as now 2 and half years in they have developed into decent wrestlers and are having a really good feud with the team of Logan Wolfsbaine and George Wolfe. Now the tag titles are on The Ring Generals who where the team to end the reign of DeMarcus and Gray and are feuding with The Puerto Rican Boys.

 

Last time around I just completely scrapped the Mid Atlantic American title but I decided to keep it around this time although the ratings for it so far haven't been very good at all. Hal Harvard had a very strong run with that title as he used his lackey Jonah Pilgrim to help him retain that title against the likes of Bradley Blaze, Cheetah Boy, Copperhead and Miller Fforde before losing that title to Bradley Blaze at Super Showdown when Blaze had put his MAW career on the line. Blaze wouldn't hold that title for very long though as at The Battle of the Mid Atlantic to the surprise of everyone and Hal Harvard, Jonah Pilgrim defeated Blaze to become the champion. This then led to months of jealousy from Harvard before he eventually turned on Pilgrim and they faced off at Where it all begins again with Harvard losing and having to leave the company for good. Since then the title hasn't really been used much as Pilgrim has only made one more successful defense and that was against Cheetah Boy but the plan is for Bradley Blaze to turn heel on him and face him for that title down the line.

 

One of my big risks that I am taking is trying to make a main event star out of Cameron Jones. I don't know why I decided to do it because his stats are fairly unspectacular but I decided to give him a main event push. For most of 2017 he would have fairly short singles matches, crushing the lower card with ease. Then, in the 2018 Rip Chord Invitational he defeated 3 men to win the tournament. I am still yet to see if this experiment will work and I don't know if he will become MAW Champion but it has been interesting to do especially when last time I focused much more on his tag team partner, Syd Collier.

 

There's a few faces still around that last time I released and left to rot like Copperhead and Miller Fforde and maybe in a few years they will develop into something pretty useful for me. As well as that, I turned on New Worker Generation from the start and have had one really good one come through the MAW Dojo that is slowly being built up but he definitely looks like a future MAW Champion

[RatedRKO16]

WWF 1985, coming off Survivor Series 1985

 

Main Storylines

 

Hulk Hogan is still champion. He's knocked off Bob Backlund and Harley Race. The two along with King Kong Bundy attacked Hogan after Race was DQ'd at Survivor Series. Andre came to Hogan's aid which was no surprise, but Superstar Billy Graham and Bruno Sammartino for the save was. The 4 legends stood tall to end the show.

 

"The Real Dream Team" Macho Man & Piper have won the tag titles from The Dream Team. Dibiase and Lawler are coming after the titles.

 

Tito Santana lost the IC championship to Jake Roberts. After the match Jake gave him 5 DDT's onto a chair in the middle of the ring. Tito had to be put on a stretcher.

[Editor6]

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When I decided to give the survivors on the winning team of the Great American Grudge Match future World Title shots, I hadn't intended for anyone to Money In The Bank it.</p><p> </p><p>

But when Rich Money was the only winner last year... <em>of course</em> he would do it. And <em>of course</em> he would crash the other brand's PPV to do it.</p>

[AysoATX]

I just started my TEW game back up after a couple of years of not playing it. Now I'm addicted again lol.

 

Only 11 weeks in, playing CVerse as my own Regional Level fed CWA (Championship Wrestling Alliance)

 

So far I've had Jack Griffith win my Main Event title over Donnie J because I hate Donnie J and always get simpathetic with Jack Griffith when his career was held back by his lack of will power with alcohol. So I always give him a huge main event push before he declines terribly.

 

I had such a good Storyline with Going Coastal vs The McWade Brothers. It actually had more heat than my main storyline for the CWA Championship at the time, which I think was Jack Griffith vs Frankie Perez.

 

The story was lining up perfectly, we get to my first "PPV" I have Going Coastal going over for the tag titles and California Love Machine had a herniated spinal disc that was going to keep him out for 11 months and 25 days. I tried surgery on him and now he's out for a year and 5 days. I'm waiting patiently for him to come back so I can push him and Frankie-boy to the moon.

 

I had Jack Griffith drop the title to Greg Black and I'm considering either Greg Black or Greg Gauge as my figurehead. Greg Gauge is currently my IC Champion and he's been getting huge momentum.

 

My plan moving forward is to actually book Greg Gauge like a damn god. Put him into the Main Event after a short fued with Donnie J (because again, I hate Donnie J) have him go over, then go after Greg Black for the CWA Championship - win that and have 2 titles.

 

Eventually I want to push Logan Wolfsbaine and have some of my midcarders move up. I need to get a better tag team field, probably 8 tag teams or so.

 

But right now I'm just enjoying the hell out of this game once again

[BigINMoldova]

The last month in my TNA Save, Mike Tenay died which made me sad but I thought I had fired him already. Apparently I hadn't because I just noticed that his death is effecting my backstage rating and his employment history goes all the way up until last month.

 

I feel terrible that we didn't do a tribute show or a ten-bell salute at the very least. I had no idea he was still with the company.

 

 

Meltzer must've crapped on me so hard in the Observer. Everyone must be so furious with TNA right now. I got this company to number one in the world and I got 100 prestige but I just pulled the ultimate LOLTNA move by complete accident.

[StarsOverStalingrad]

Database: April 2019

 

The main big differences with IRL WWE is that I hired some indie women and called up some NXT women, I unified the brand-based titles with Curt Hawkins and Ryder as the Tag team champions, Ronda Rousey winning the main event of Wrestlemania, and replacing the Universal title with the big gold belt, and I brought back AJ Lee, and inspired by rumors of CM Punk working with Fox, I brought back Punk.

 

October 6th, 2019

Hell in a Cell

Commentary team: Paul Heyman, Jonathan Coachman, Renee Young

Presented: Exclusively on the WWE Network

 

On the preshow, Rosemary hypes the NXT Callup of Allie with Charly Caruso as the backstage interviewer, Allie is currently using her happy go luck babyface gimmick from TNA, and Rosemary is currently the leader of heel Decay with Leva Bates, and AJ Lee. Maybe this means a stable turn or a turn for Allie in the future, but for now, DemonXBunny is on the WWE main roster on Raw.

 

The show started with two last minute battle royales: Kofi Kingston who has been working as a upper midcarder since losing to Daniel Bryan at Wrestlemania defeated 19 midcarders to win a title shot, Kofi has just recently become a main eventer on Smackdown, and now he has the choice of going after US Champion AJ Styles on Smackdown or IC Champion Finn Balor on Raw.

 

Bayley who has dominating the Women's division along with Sasha Banks, and Ronda Rousey, is currently the Women's Money in the Bank Holder, despite trying to cash in Ronda a few times. She won a 20 woman battle royale to make herself the Number 1 contender, a position she was in before at Summerslam.

 

The Kabuki Warriors vs The IIconics, The Kabuki Warriors won a shot at the Women's tag titles when on the Smackdown before HIAC they defeated the Bella Twins, Taya Valkyrie, and Mia Yim by DQ after the IIconics interfered by Billie pushing Kairi off the top rope as she was about to drop a flying elbow on Brie Bella. The IIconics have been champions since Wrestlemania where they defeated Sasha and Bayley. Asuka picked up the win with Billie Kay tapping out to a abdominal stretch.

 

In a backstage segment, Bianca Belair accepted a invitation to join WWE's new mean girls stable "The Dollhouse" by telling Dana Brooke she is in. Prior to this Tarryn Terell had invited her to join on the last Raw of September, after Bianca beat Rosemary on the prior, and passed a main roster tryout on Smackdown winning a triple threat with Mandy Rose and Billie Kay.

 

In a 3 vs 3 tag team match Rosemary, Riho, and Allie defeated Natalya, Sexy Star, and Toni Storm. Natalya is the leader of a unnamed babyface stable with Veda Scott, and Toni Storm trying to uphold stop the corrupting influence of Decay and the Dollhouse, The Dollhouse has repeatedly tried to recruit Sexy Star but all attempts have failed so far.

 

In a match with the Intercontinental Champion on the line, Finn Balor defeated Rusev with a clean pin to retain his IC title. Finn is currently a anti-hero who is in a relationship with Lana.

 

In a match with the US championship on the line, AJ Styles and Samoa Joe faced off after Samoa Joe earned a title shot on the last Smackdown before HIAC, he and Shinsuke Nakamura defeated AJ Styles and Jeff Hardy. This was AJ Styles' first title match since getting the title back from Finn Balor at Clash of Champions, prior to that AJ was the champion until losing to Finn at Summerslam. Styles picked up the win here with a clean pin on Samoa Joe.

 

In a hard fought match, Sasha Banks and Ronda Rousey clashed over the WWE Women's title, Ronda had defeated many major women's competitors in her title run up to this, including beating Stephanie McMahon at Super ShowDown, Asuka at Stomping Grounds, and AJ Lee and Bayley at Summerslam 2019. Sasha won the contendership after defeating Dana Brooke with a clean pin on the final Raw of September. After a tough match, Sasha picked up the win after Ronda tapped out to the Bank statement.

 

In a major WWE Championship match, Bray Wyatt and Kevin Owens faced off, KO has been a major player on Raw as the WWE champion since winning the title from Daniel Bryan at Money in the Bank 2019. KO feuded with Roman Reigns, Undertaker and Daniel Bryan until Clash of Champions, where he faced off against Bray Wyatt, Bray has built up a impressive set of wins after Lashley, Daniel Bryan and Jinder Mahal but he was defeated at Clash of Champions. The night after Clash of Champions, Bray asked for one more match at HIAC and Kevin Owens being cocky agreed. Bray and Kevin Owens had a excellent Hell in a Cell match, and in the end Kevin Owens picked up the win again. Backstage rumors suggest current WWE booker and owner Shane McMahon plans on a Kevin Owens vs Lesnar feud for Survivor Series.

 

In the final match of the night, Seth Rollins and Brock Lesnar had a Hell in a Cell match for the World Heavyweight Championship. Rollins had a great title reign fighting Samoa Joe and Randy Orton but it was cut short when Brock Lesnar successfully cashed in on Rollins at Summerslam after Rollins retained against Rey Mysterio. Prior to this match, Lesnar successfully defended his title on Smackdown against Samoa Joe and Rey Mysterio, and Rollins at Clash of Champions. On the final Smackdown before HIAC, in a nearly five star segment, Paul Heyman claimed that Rollins had no-showed Smackdown, and Rollins nearly broke Heyman's arm backstage.

 

In the final match of the Rollins vs Lesnar feud, Lesnar picked up the clean win, pinning Rollins after a F5.

 

In the final segment of the night, Heyman revealed that Triple H will not be wrestling at Crown Jewel, in his place, Lesnar will be his team captain in ring. CM Punk came out to announce that "that's fine, because despite declining a certain offer weeks ago, I've decided to go ahead and agree to having John Cena on Team Punk!" The show ended with Cena joining Punk on the ramp and they stared down with Lesnar and Heyman who were in the ring. The final segment was nearly five stars.

 

(Note: I would have done Team Hogan vs Team Flair but unfortunately they didn't want to leave retirement, so I went with Team Triple H vs Team Punk.)

[RatedRKO16]

<p>I'm starting a "sandbox" style game in 1985 with the idea that a billionaire creates a wrestling business and poaches everyone. I'm going to use the name WCW and its going to have all the top stars of the time, Hogan, Andre, Flair, Rhodes, Savage, Piper, etc. I left WWF & JCP with everyone that I didn't want. It's the only style of game I could come up with that could hold me over until 2020.</p><p> </p><p>

There will be one weekly show done with auto booker and a monthly ppv that I will book. Title changes will be more frequent for the time and the wrestling is a pop=performance.</p><p> </p><p>

My thoughts are if this really happened I think Andre vs Hogan would be the match for first champion followed by Flair going for the title. Dusty, Savage & Piper won't be far behind.</p><p> </p><p>

At the moment I'm just going to use a main event title and tag titles, since kayfabe I always thought the US & IC championships didnt make sense. So much work for a less prestigious title. There should only be one champion. Tag titles make sense since they're a team title. I may do a 6 man championship later on.</p><p> </p><p>

I'm excited for this game because unlike booking a WWF or WCW game, I feel less restricted to stick to history. For example, I always feel I have to hold off on Hogan vs Andre until WM III. Now I'm going to do it while Andre is still putting on decent matches before he tanks. Hogan vs Flair dream match will also come earlier with the two in their prime.</p>

[RatedRKO16]

<p>Oct 1985 to JAN 1986</p><p> </p><p>

Just got to the end of the year. Coming off December PPV No Holds Barred</p><p> </p><p>

WWF Championship Steel Cage</p><p>

Dusty Rhodes def Hulk Hogan ( c ) (Bundy slammed the cage door on Hogan's face, Bob Backlund wouldn't let him climb over the cage) (76)</p><p> </p><p>

Once in a Lifetime</p><p>

Superstar Billy Graham def. Harley Race (81)</p><p> </p><p>

WWF Intercontinental NO DQ</p><p>

Jake Roberts ( c ) def Ricky Steamboat (82)</p><p> </p><p>

No DQ</p><p>

Andre the Giant def Bob Backlund (75)</p><p> </p><p>

WWF Tag Tornado Tag</p><p>

Randy Savage & Roddy Piper ( c ) def Ted DiBiase & Jerry Lawler (86)</p><p> </p><p>

Best 2 out of 3 Falls</p><p>

British Bulldogs def. Hart Foundation (79)</p><p> </p><p>

Overall Grade: 77</p><p>

Madison Square Garden</p><p>

20,000 (sell out!)</p><p>

5.38 (4,039,540 viewers)</p><p> </p><p>

1985</p><p>

Wrestler of the Year: Genichiro Tenryu</p><p>

Company: AJPW</p><p>

Team: Tsurata & Tenryu</p><p>

Match: Flair def Tenryu (AJPW Super Power Tour NOV)</p><p>

Show: Super Grade Tag League 1985 (NJPW)</p><p>

Young Wrestler: Misawa</p><p>

Veteran: Dory Funk Jr</p><p>

Female: Chigusa Nagayo</p><p>

Manager: Ernie Ladd</p><p>

Announcer: <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Jim Ross (WWF)</span></p><p>

Color Commentator: <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Bobby Heenan (WWF)</span></p><p>

Referee: <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Tommy Young (WWF)</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>

I took the title off Hogan because of his negative influences. Just had got Dusty and was going to hot shot the title to him and have him face off with Andre at WM. His performance was a lot worse than I expected. I'm thinking Andre/Hogan is the ticket at the moment.</p><p> </p><p>

Jake the Snake injured Tito. Ricky Steamboat came to his friend's defense but to no avail. Jake is still champion and seems unstoppable.</p><p> </p><p>

Piper and Savage are the most elite tag team in WWF history. Nobody seems to be able to touch them.</p><p> </p><p>

Bulldogs & Harts storyline came to an end with a best 2 out of 3 falls. They shook hands afterwards. The Hart Foundation are now face.</p><p> </p><p>

I called up some development wrestlers ahead of the Royal Rumble. Butch Reed, Bam Gordy, Rick Martel, Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard will be debuting in the next month.</p><p> </p><p>

My Top 10 Power Rankings</p><p>

1) Andre</p><p>

2) Hogan</p><p>

3) Piper (Tag)</p><p>

4) Savage (Tag)</p><p>

5) Dusty (WWF)</p><p>

6) Jake Roberts (I.C.)</p><p>

7) Ricky Steamboat</p><p>

8) Ted DiBiase (U.S.)</p><p>

9) King Kong Bundy</p><p>

10) Bob Backlund</p>

[JayR666]

<p>Started a Local to Global save a couple of weeks ago, got bored with my AEW save. Just started December 2023. I am safely at regional level now, with money in the bank. WWE didn't renew Jeff Hardy, Brock Lesnar or Buddy Murphy so I picked them up to add some star power to the roster, Lesnar may have been a mistake due to his massive downside. But I'll see how it works out. </p><p> </p><p>

World Champion is Tyler Bates. Juice Robinson had to vacate the belt due to injury. My first Champ was Marshe Rockett, who is still with me and is the first Great Lakes Champion, just my midcard title. </p><p> </p><p>

Alex Shelley was probably the best champion I had in terms of match quality and the companies growth during his reign. He then went on to sign an exclusive deal with ROH and the title was vacated. </p><p> </p><p>

Best match was Tyler Bate V Jimmy Yuta V Eddie Edwards 78 rated. </p><p>

I probably need a bigger venue because my last 7 shows have all sold at 2,200 people. It's been a fun, just starting to struggle with direction for the save now.</p>

[BigINMoldova]

I swear to god the NWA World Heavyweight Title is cursed in my TNA 2014 save. I brought it in as the intercontinental championship of TNA and in its three months of existence, Paul London and Andrade Almas have gotten hurt feuding for the thing.

 

 

Paul London tore his Bicep feuding with Cody (The Inaugural Winner of the belt) which led to him being replaced by Almas. Almas actually won the belt as a replacement only to then CRACK HIS SKULL OPEN against ADR and AJ Styles in a tag match.

 

 

Almas is going to miss Slammevirsy due to this which sucks. He would've been champion and defended it in the co-main if it hadn't been for freakin' ADR.

 

This sucks.

[merrykieran2]

El Mitico Jr has 36 of my top 50 matches in Mid Atlantic Wrestling in the year 2021. The dude is a god. He got a 78 B in the main event of Where it all begins again 2019 which to me is just absolutely insane

[Astyn]

WCW (Montreal Screwjob Mod) - January, 2000

 

Starrcade 1998

- WCW World Heavyweight Championship - Sting defeated. Chris Jericho (A)

- Scott Hall defeated. Kevin Nash (B-)

- WCW United States Heavyweight Championship - Eddie Guerrero defeated. Curt Hennig (A)

- WCW Cruiserweight Championship - Rey Mysterio © defeated. Chavo Guerrero (B)

- WCW World Tag Team Championship Four-Way Elimination - The United Kings (Fit Finlay & Steven Regal) defeated. Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko, The Steiner Brothers & Harlem Heat (A)

- The Giant defeated. Diamond Dallas Page (B)

- Ric Flair defeated. Lex Luger (B)

- Syxx defeated. Roddy Piper (C+)

 

Starrcade 1999

- WCW World Heavyweight Championship - Owen Hart defeated. Goldberg (A)

- WCW United States Heavyweight Championship - Eddie Guerrero defeated. Booker T (A)

- Chris Jericho defeated. Sting (A)

- WCW World Television Championship - Ken Shamrock defeated. Kurt Angle (B)

- WCW World Tag Team Championship - The Bad News Crew (Mike Awesome & Bam Bam Bigelow) defeated. The Outsiders (Kevin Nash & Scott Hall) (B)

- Ric Flair defeated. Steven Regal (B-)

- Hollywood Hulk Hogan defeated. Rey Mysterio (B-)

- Chavo Guerrero & Ahmed Johnson defeated. The Steiner Brothers (B)

- Tag Team Money In The Bank - The Suicide Blondes (Saxon Edge & Christian Cage) defeated. Sabu & Rob Van Dam, The Natural Born Thrillers (Chris Candido & Lance Storm) & The Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy) (B)

 

Top 10 Matches

#1 - WCW World Heavyweight Championship - Goldberg vs. Chris Jericho (WCW Road Wild Aug 1999)

#2 - WCW United States Heavyweight Championship - Eddie Guerrero vs. Curt Hening (WCW Starrcade, Dec 1998)

#3 - WCW World Heavyweight Championship - Sting vs. Ric Flair (WCW Nitro, Sep 1998)

#4 - Bret Hart vs. Randy Savage (WCW Nitro, Jan 1998)

#5 - Chris Jericho vs. Sting (WCW Starrcade, Dec 1999)

#6 - WCW World Heavyweight Championship Last Man Standing Match

- Goldberg vs. Chris Jericho (WCW Halloween Havoc, Oct 1999)

#7 - The United Kingdom (Fit Finlay & Steven Regal) vs. Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko vs. The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner) vs. Harlem Heat (Stevie Ray & Booker T)

#8 - The Thrillseekers (Chris Jericho & Lance Storm) vs. The Outsiders (Kevin Nash & Scott Hall) (WCW Nitro, May 1999)

#9 - Chris Jericho vs. Chris Benoi (WCW Nitro, April 1999)

#10 - The Outsiders (Kevin Nash & Scott Hall) vs. Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko (WCW Nitro, January 1998)

[DustyRhodesBlackSon]

<p>Hey guys it be great if you didn’t ignore me every time I ask for help lol</p><p> </p><p>

Hope I’m not sounding like a dick or anything because that’s not my intent at all</p><p>

It’s just I’ve been kinda stuck on my save and it be great if you guys could give me some ideas or some help with lol I have so much talent and no idea what to do!</p>

[YoungNoble]

I am playing RWC as Impact. I was really struggling to gain any popularity and offered Roman Reigns a contract when his WWE deal was up. We are currently regional and I was able to sign him (and Rollins a few months later) on a PPA deal with 30k per appearance with some perks. Due to them having multiple TV deals, I am still making money. Am I imagining that workers would always sign a written over a PPA? Maybe an update changed it? I get in bidding wars with WWE and AEW, but have gotten 3 guys from WWE with PPAs

[merrykieran2]

Today is a sad day. Just two weeks before Where it all begins again 2022 SOTBPW came calling and signed both El Mitico Jr and Roderick Remus to written deals and they were the two men putting up my best in ring performances. Luckily I had been prepared for this situation for a long time and neither men had big matches at Where it all begins again. Where it all begins again 2022 was a good show if a bit unspectacular compared to recent years as I try to build up the newer stars to replace the older ones. In the opener, Fro Sure and Travis Funk (A regen) defeated The Destroyers (Mutant and George Wolfe) to retain their MAW Tag Team Titles. The plan was for them to retain against El Mitico Jr and his protégé Bradley Blaze but plans had to be changed. James Diaz continued his dominant run as American champion by defeating Cali Slick and with a 67 C+ it ended up being the match of the night. James Diaz is really damn good. Next up, the 2022 Rip Chord Invitational winner Reilly Patton defeated The Architect after a month prior The Architect lost his MAW title in a triple threat involving Patton to Charger Siaki. Patton ended up being a meh winner but he is starting to show his talent now. Next up, The Caballeros (literally just a trio of Felipe, Marcos and Jose Caballero) defeated The Ring Generals and Anthony Smith (Regen). This was meant to be The Ring Generals and Roderick Remus but he left as well. Next up was a heartfelt encounter as Acid II defeated his mentor and the original Acid in a mask vs career match to end the career of Acid. The semi main event saw Bradford Peverell defeating Marvel Malloy to become a 2 time world champion. The main event wasn't great as we saw Charger Siaki lose his MAW Championship to Austin Smooth. This was kind of a panic decision as with losing my two top faces I had to build up more faces which is why Smooth and also Reilly Patton won tonight.