The PGHW Thread

[moafnsteel]

Workers don't complain about being held off cards? I know when I run SWF shows all they do is complain about not being used, so I was wondering if that is the case for the workers of PGHW.

 

I will have to look into the PPV thing. Right now I am in the off month so I will have to wait.

 

Thank you for the advice. Prior to TEW16 I only tired the Japanese scene a couple of times and then I would give up and go back to America. Therefore, I really have very little knowledge on how to play as a Japanese company (especially a touring company).

 

I haven't had this problem too much, I just ensure that anybody I plan to push is on a written deal, and worse case scenario I will have an interview angle or something similar.

 

I also forgot the biggest culprit of losing money with PGHW and its their drug testing level. It is set to high and it costs a FORTUNE each show. I did a new save and ran one show and it cost me like $26,500. So I would recommend lowering that too.

[BHK1978]

<p>I dumped that after the second show.<img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> I dropped it down to the lowest it could possibly be.</p><p> </p><p>

I may just delete the save and start over using your tips. I mean I only booked one month so it is not that big of a loss.</p>

[Anderz]

<p>This is the second time that I’ve necrobumped this thread over the years..</p><p> </p><p>

Has anyone successfully launched a Junior Heavyweight division? And if so, when and who did you sign for it?</p><p> </p><p>

We’ve touched on in the past how a Women’s division is a no go - but Jr Heavy seems to be the one area that PGHW does fully capture.</p><p> </p><p>

Along with a Jr Heavy title id also have a Elite Junior Series as well, probably during the Summer Touring season.</p>

[Jon The GOAT]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Anderz" data-cite="Anderz" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41355" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>This is the second time that I’ve necrobumped this thread over the years..<p> </p><p> Has anyone successfully launched a Junior Heavyweight division? And if so, when and who did you sign for it?</p><p> </p><p> We’ve touched on in the past how a Women’s division is a no go - but Jr Heavy seems to be the one area that PGHW does fully capture.</p><p> </p><p> Along with a Jr Heavy title id also have a Elite Junior Series as well, probably during the Summer Touring season.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I'll let you know soon enough I'm sure. I'm obsessed with the NJPW schedule so I'm pretty much reflecting it (aside from cutting a bunch of shows to fit into the smaller TEW calendar). I'm still in the midst of getting all my juniors signed and seeing that it's a multiplayer game it'll be very slow going. I've got my BOSJ-esque tournament planned for end of December soon after the New Japan Cup, a tag tournament planned for July and a Super-J Cup-esque one planned for September to set up my title match at the moved to November Night of PRIDE. </p><p> </p><p> Btw, I disagree with the notions that a Women's division is a no go in PGHW. This is an alternate world, there isn't any need to stick with the idea that in this universe women's wrestling can't be found in the main roster/card's of a major men's puro company like PGHW. I think that's the beauty of a fictional verse, you can alter those real world expectations. I definitely do intend on starting a women's division down the line when I'm settled.</p>

[thecoolestjedi12]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Anderz" data-cite="Anderz" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41355" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>This is the second time that I’ve necrobumped this thread over the years..<p> </p><p> Has anyone successfully launched a Junior Heavyweight division? And if so, when and who did you sign for it?</p><p> </p><p> We’ve touched on in the past how a Women’s division is a no go - but Jr Heavy seems to be the one area that PGHW does fully capture.</p><p> </p><p> Along with a Jr Heavy title id also have a Elite Junior Series as well, probably during the Summer Touring season.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I've never launched a PGHW Junior division, but the Japanese indy scene has tons of gems for it. </p><p> </p><p> A few to sign would be</p><p> </p><p> Acid II</p><p> Amo Del Gato</p><p> Ant-Man</p><p> Austin Smooth</p><p> Commander kagawashi(loyalty to Ex2010)</p><p> Hugh de Aske</p><p> Masao Tsubouchi(Loyal to Ex2010)</p><p> Razan Okamoto</p><p> Tsuneyo Yanagimoto</p><p> </p><p> Are a few off the top of my head to really kickstart it</p>

[Azul]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Jon The GOAT" data-cite="Jon The GOAT" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41355" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I'll let you know soon enough I'm sure. I'm obsessed with the NJPW schedule so I'm pretty much reflecting it (aside from cutting a bunch of shows to fit into the smaller TEW calendar). I'm still in the midst of getting all my juniors signed and seeing that it's a multiplayer game it'll be very slow going. I've got my BOSJ-esque tournament planned for end of December soon after the New Japan Cup, a tag tournament planned for July and a Super-J Cup-esque one planned for September to set up my title match at the moved to November Night of PRIDE. <p> </p><p> Btw, I disagree with the notions that a Women's division is a no go in PGHW. This is an alternate world, there isn't any need to stick with the idea that in this universe women's wrestling can't be found in the main roster/card's of a major men's puro company like PGHW. I think that's the beauty of a fictional verse, you can alter those real world expectations. I definitely do intend on starting a women's division down the line when I'm settled.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> Personally, I picture PGHW as a company that doesn't have many juniors. I see PGHW as this company where big, tough, puro dudes have physically brutal matches that sometimes makes the viewer worry for the worker's health based on bow brutal the matches can be. PGHW is also known as the most injury prone company in TEW. I don't see it as a company where small guys are doing lots of flips. But as many have said before there is no correct way to play TEW. </p><p> </p><p> I base my schedule off of the NJPW schedule too. How many events do you run? I've noticed using a NJPW type schedule with PGHW's default product can cause a lot of wear and tear on workers with many not being able to compete at different periods of time. I had to lower the amount of events, I also decrease the intensity and danger on "road to" type shows.</p>

[Jon The GOAT]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Azul" data-cite="Azul" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41355" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Personally, I picture PGHW as a company that doesn't have many juniors. I see PGHW as this company where big, tough, puro dudes have physically brutal matches that sometimes makes the viewer worry for the worker's health based on bow brutal the matches can be. PGHW is also known as the most injury prone company in TEW. I don't see it as a company where small guys are doing lots of flips. But as many have said before there is no correct way to play TEW. <p> </p><p> I base my schedule off of the NJPW schedule too. How many events do you run? I've noticed using a NJPW type schedule with PGHW's default product can cause a lot of wear and tear on workers with many not being able to compete at different periods of time. I had to lower the amount of events, I also decrease the intensity and danger on "road to" type shows.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Juniors don't have to be doing flips tbh. You can have tough af juniors working really hard-hitting matches without having to go up, me thinks. I do think NJPW is definitely more BHOTWG than PGHW and I do picture PGHW matches more like BJW Strong Division matches. </p><p> </p><p> I haven't gotten far enough to decide whether the way I've planned things out will work. I don't mind workers getting tired since I've done a ridiculous amount of hirings (it's a multiplayer game so I wanted my guys secure). The way I see it, a guy gets tired than it's an excuse not to use him. It'll definitely be more worrisome when we get to the tournaments if a guy gets injured halfway through. </p><p> </p><p> I've got 4 touring shows (including the tv show) with periodic PPVs. So about 16 shows with 2-4 bigger events (sometimes its just a Lions Gate type show, and on G1 period we only have one big event and its the G1 finale night). Singles matches outside the big events are kept to a minimum.</p><p> </p><p> I may do a private game so I can actually get further and deeper into a PGHW file without feeling like I'm making too many changes to the company.</p>

[Azul]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41355" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Juniors don't have to be doing flips tbh. You can have tough af juniors working really hard-hitting matches without having to go up, me thinks.</div></blockquote><p> Touche I guess in my head I just picture big guys fitting into my presentation of PGHW better. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41355" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div> I do think NJPW is definitely more BHOTWG than PGHW and I do picture PGHW matches more like BJW Strong Division matches. <p> </p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I'm not familiar with BJW too much. I agree about the BHOTWG note. New Japan loves to use the term strong style but to me it is a lot like American wrestling now, not saying there is anything wrong with that. Obviously there are exceptions like Shibata, Ishii, Makabe, probably missing a few more.</p>

[Anderz]

<p>I know in the past I’ve been guilty of giving young lions wins when they shouldn’t be getting them.. but how do you go about booking a Young Lions Cup?</p><p> </p><p>

I’m planning one in the summer, to run on the same double header as the new PGHW Cup that I’ve got planned.</p><p> </p><p>

The PGHW Cup will be open to anyone who has never held the Glory Crown and garuntees the winner a title shot.</p><p> </p><p>

For the YLC I’m thinking about bringing in a few YLs on a three-month contract and having them job the rest of the time but give whoever out of my crop that performs best the prestige of winning the YLC. Obviously, none of them will be given wins over established wrestlers. But I’m just not sure how the “fans” would respond to a tournament consisting of just young lions (even though it isn’t the focus of the weekend). Basically, how does the real world equivalent go down?</p>

[Jon The GOAT]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Anderz" data-cite="Anderz" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41355" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I know in the past I’ve been guilty of giving young lions wins when they shouldn’t be getting them.. but how do you go about booking a Young Lions Cup?<p> </p><p> I’m planning one in the summer, to run on the same double header as the new PGHW Cup that I’ve got planned.</p><p> </p><p> The PGHW Cup will be open to anyone who has never held the Glory Crown and garuntees the winner a title shot.</p><p> </p><p> For the YLC I’m thinking about bringing in a few YLs on a three-month contract and having them job the rest of the time but give whoever out of my crop that performs best the prestige of winning the YLC. Obviously, none of them will be given wins over established wrestlers. But I’m just not sure how the “fans” would respond to a tournament consisting of just young lions (even though it isn’t the focus of the weekend). Basically, how does the real world equivalent go down?</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Check out the Lion's Gate Project wikipedia (namely 8 through 10):</p><p> </p><p> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion%27s_Gate_Project#Lion's_Gate_Project_8" rel="external nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion%27s_Gate_Project#Lion's_Gate_Project_8</a></p><p> </p><p> Looks like they have the first three matches be cup matches then the last three feature some of the veterans (guys in time decline). I'm not sure how to approach this in game since we've lot the mechanic to tell the game 'hey this is a small event so dont have high expectations, kthx". An option to make an event a B event or something to avoid pop penalties would be great. I guess I'd probably differ from irl by using my main eventers intermingling with young lions in the top three matches of the card to ensure I reached my grade.</p>

[Anderz]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Jon The GOAT" data-cite="Jon The GOAT" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41355" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Check out the Lion's Gate Project wikipedia (namely 8 through 10):<p> </p><p> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion%27s_Gate_Project#Lion's_Gate_Project_8" rel="external nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion%27s_Gate_Project#Lion's_Gate_Project_8</a></p><p> </p><p> Looks like they have the first three matches be cup matches then the last three feature some of the veterans (guys in time decline). I'm not sure how to approach this in game since we've lot the mechanic to tell the game 'hey this is a small event so dont have high expectations, kthx". An option to make an event a B event or something to avoid pop penalties would be great. I guess I'd probably differ from irl by using my main eventers intermingling with young lions in the top three matches of the card to ensure I reached my grade.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Originally I was planning for the YLC to be a single elimination; but with the PGHW Cup being single elimination as well I think I may have a single block round robin tournament instead that runs for the preceding two months on the undercard of Touring shows and have the final at the same weekend as the PGHW Cup. That way it really doesn’t matter what grades the matches get and I’d imagine the final will score quite well anyway by the end of it.</p><p> </p><p> With how my save has started and the plans I have I reckon this is going to get turned into another diary attempt!</p>

[Teh_Showtime]

<p>So I’m into my first PGHW game of TEW2016 which is shocking since they’ve been my #1 or 2 (TCW) for years now. I’m headed to the end of the first real tour (minus the one month at the start) and this game is looking particularly good for us.</p><p> </p><p>

Kikkawa got injured on the very first show with a herniated spinal disc which means we have won the national war in his absence and they just dropped to cult. TCW also dropped to cult so I was able to bring back Joshua Taylor on a PPA. Went with a working agreement with them too mostly for the occasional Vessey tour.</p><p> </p><p>

Here's how my units are shaking out right now</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Team Dynasty:</strong></p><p>

Yoshimi Mushashibo (Glory Crown)</p><p>

Masaru Ugaki</p><p>

Ryoma Muruyama</p><p>

SATO (Historical Japan)</p><p>

Haranobu Kobayashi</p><p> </p><p>

Seeing as how it is a Dynasty after all, starting with all but one of the default champions and a star prospect makes it clear that they are the top unit in the promotion. Everyone knows to become a true pillar of the generation, Ugaki needs to finally beat his mentor. It'll happen eventually, but until then, they wage war together.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Iron Express:</strong></p><p>

Kozue Kawashima (Elite Series)</p><p>

PRIDE Koiso</p><p>

Art Reed</p><p>

Razan Okamoto </p><p>

Omezo Shikitei</p><p> </p><p>

The future that became the present. Kozue and Koiso are probably the #2 and #3 guys in the company respectively. PRIDE caused us to delay the elite series by a couple weeks with his starting injury, and finished 2nd to Kozue in their block. Okamoto and Shikitei are both the product of getting the jump on BHOTWG, it turns out they also have great chemistry as a team. They make for a great undercard team (obviously) and can easily hold their own in major 6/8/10 man tag matches.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Camp Kunomasu:</strong></p><p>

Eisaku Kunomasu (Super terminal decline, I don't think he's had an individual performance over 60 thus far)</p><p>

Akinori Kwakami</p><p>

Noriyori Sanda</p><p>

Seiji Jimbo (International)</p><p>

Bryan Holmes</p><p>

Joshua Taylor</p><p> </p><p>

Eisaku is really not doing well at the moment, but on the other hand Seiji is doing better than ever, while Sanda and Kwakami are ever consistent. Getting to the semis of the Elite Series was probably the last true run for Kunomasu, but his team is still a force to be reckoned with. Seiji will probably remake the unit in his image before long.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Platinum Strong:</strong></p><p>

Tetsunori Yasuda</p><p>

Bussho Makiguchi (Tag)</p><p>

Chojiro Kitoaji (Tag)</p><p>

William Hayes</p><p>

Azumamaro Kita</p><p>

Fujio Narahashi</p><p> </p><p>

The young trio of KitoGuchi and Yasuda have all been rising. Hayes is an uber consistent gaijin who always seems to over-deliver. Yasuda is technically the "pushed" singles wrestler though he just laid an egg going over Bryan Vessey at one of the biggest shows of the year. KitoGuchi on the other hand, both had fantastic outings in the Elite Series.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Monster Kingdom:</strong></p><p>

Raymond Diaz</p><p>

Munemitsu Senmatsu</p><p>

Eiji Hamacho</p><p>

Brute Kikuchi</p><p>

BISON Yano</p><p>

Logan Wolfsbaine </p><p> </p><p>

Diaz and his collection of beefy dudes. Hamacho is being let go by BHOTWG so he's a perfect fit here. Senmatsu has been a pleasant surpise and is Diaz's tag partner. I figure WEXXV will die eventually so having him doesnt seem like a reach, he still represents the company in my kayfabe. Them plus Hamacho should produce some high quality tags very soon.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Knuckle Generation:</strong></p><p>

Kazushige Matsuki</p><p>

Eien Miyamoto</p><p>

Simon Flemmingway</p><p>

Tsurayuki Kamachi</p><p>

Totoya Munakata</p><p>

Motoyuki Miyake</p><p> </p><p>

Young set of midcarders meets owner wanting me to push Miyamoto and Munakata. Your average stable of hard nosed young kids (most were either in INSPIRE or have legit backgrounds). Miyamoto and Matsuki as a tandem have been killing it as of late. A very solid second tier team in the near future.</p>

[Yokai]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Teh_Showtime" data-cite="Teh_Showtime" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41355" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><strong>snip</strong></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I’ve been itching to get a PGHW game going for awhile but couldn’t come up with a group of stables I liked so just wanted to say thanks because these are basically perfect. I made some slight tweaks to names and a few members but other than that I essentially just cloned what you have. I plowed through two months of shows in one sitting last night. Furthest I’ve made it in a PGHW save yet. Really enjoying it.</p>

[Bigpapa42]

<p>Nice recap Showtime. I'm gonna have to check which of those Stable names are canon and which aren't, cuz a couple might need to be stolen. </p><p> </p><p>

I should have read this sooner, because I'm running Burning Hammer and just signed Kunomasu. The news story said PGHW weren't resigning him, so I presumed pretty good Time Decline. Only gave him a 2 year deal. When he finally arrived.... he's my most Time Decline-y worker, over some 50 year olds. 10 years Terminal. My plan is to use him as the multi-tag grumpy oldhead. He will probably join a "respect" stable that will include a bunch of workers trying to prove themselves in BH, including Angry Gilmore, Eisaku Hoshino (til he leaves), Eien Miyamoto, Shingen Miyazaki, William Hayes.... Kunomasu will just slot into the multi-man tags. I wasn't really intending him to do much singles work, but having read this, I will proactively avoid it lol</p>

[Teh_Showtime]

I wouldn’t advise anyone to steal my irrational names at all, I’m a terrible creative force. It’s why I stick to performance feds lol.

[Yokai]

<p>After being inspired by Showtime's excellent stable groupings I've finally gotten really into a PGHW game. Did a bunch of hiring/planning in January and just wrapped up my first pay per view show in February. I was going to move it to Week 4 for scheduling continuity but decided I'd rather have the extra two weeks in February to start the Elite Series and run it all the way through March. A little disappointed that nothing hit A but can't really complain about these grades with nobody having a ton of momentum built up. </p><p> </p><p>

Kawashima seems to have gotten an insane destiny roll. He's only gotten a couple of multi tag wins and then the win over Kunomasu at the PPV and he's already almost equal with Kikkawa when it comes to national battle point value. </p><p> </p><p>

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[Teh_Showtime]

<p>Finally made it through the first year and finished up the second Elite Series. Kikkawa was let go by BHOTWG during his injury so I snatched him up, Iesada left WLW in January but I had to wait to get him so his freelance contract could run through the Tag Series. Team INSPIRE in PGHW is most definitely something I didn't think would ever be feasible. </p><p> </p><p>

This has resulted in a change of plans where Kikkawa wins Elite Series over Mushashibo in a "Once in a Lifetime" match.</p><p> </p><p>

Here is my favorite of the Elite Series shows. The only way to survive the Japanese Tsunami has been to have EVERY tournament show on PPV, we dipped to only 600,000 in November before the tag tour, losing millions per month.</p><p> </p><p>

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[woody316]

<p>I've always found the Japanese promotions difficult to get into because of the difference in booking style between them and the more western style feds (especially SE feds). But I've looked through some dynasties (primarily NJPW) to really get a feel for the kind of booking styles in these promotions and want to start a game with PGHW. I want to check my understanding of some of the titles that they have though. So am i right in thinking:</p><p> </p><p>

PGHW Elite series = G1 or BOLA style tournament depending on whether you want round robin or straight knock out but should be one of the stronger guys winning?</p><p>

PGHW Elite Tag Team series = same as above but with tag teams. Do people book this with actual tag teams or a combination of teams and two wrestlers paired up similar to the Dusty Rhodes classic?</p><p>

PGHW Glory Crown = top singles title</p><p>

PGHW Glory Tag Crown = top tag title</p><p>

PGHW Historical Japan = I don't know what kind of title this is? Is it just a lower card thing or is there a specific theme to it?</p><p>

PGHW International = Is this the only title that foreigners can fight for? Or do you treat it similarly to the IC title in New Japan?</p><p> </p><p>

I know that I can book the titles however I choose to but I just wanted an idea of how people that have booked PGHW have used these titles as I like to stay close to canon when booking C-Verse companies</p>

[Teh_Showtime]

<p>The main guys of PGHW have also been in highly rated tag teams through the history of the promotion, and those are usually who win the tournament. Koiso and Kawashima are the two top singles stars of the promotion, but together have won it four times. Inuaki and Mushashibo would be their counterparts of the previous era, and they won it FIVE times! </p><p> </p><p>

It fits with the nature of Japanese wrestling in a way. Since singles matches are rare, it makes sense that the top wrestlers would settle into having regular partners to team with (which is mostly what stables become for the most part as opposed to stables in the west who often jump opponents or use the numbers advantage).</p><p> </p><p>

For the International championship it’s pretty much your standard midcard title. You’ll get your bunch of rising prospects as well as aging veterans or perhaps people who can’t quite crack the main event. If you would be classified as “Good but not great” you can probably fight for this title.</p><p> </p><p>

The Historical Japan is a low level title that seems like it should be used as the first step to a young wrestler emerging as more than a rookie who is there to learn while putting everyone over. You can put it on a mid level veteran who fends off rookies trying to come into their own. What I’ve done most recently is put it on a star prospect (Razan) and he defends it against his peers to establish himself as head of the class.</p>

[woody316]

The main guys of PGHW have also been in highly rated tag teams through the history of the promotion, and those are usually who win the tournament. Koiso and Kawashima are the two top singles stars of the promotion, but together have won it four times. Inuaki and Mushashibo would be their counterparts of the previous era, and they won it FIVE times!

 

It fits with the nature of Japanese wrestling in a way. Since singles matches are rare, it makes sense that the top wrestlers would settle into having regular partners to team with (which is mostly what stables become for the most part as opposed to stables in the west who often jump opponents or use the numbers advantage).

 

For the International championship it’s pretty much your standard midcard title. You’ll get your bunch of rising prospects as well as aging veterans or perhaps people who can’t quite crack the main event. If you would be classified as “Good but not great” you can probably fight for this title.

 

The Historical Japan is a low level title that seems like it should be used as the first step to a young wrestler emerging as more than a rookie who is there to learn while putting everyone over. You can put it on a mid level veteran who fends off rookies trying to come into their own. What I’ve done most recently is put it on a star prospect (Razan) and he defends it against his peers to establish himself as head of the class.

 

Thanks. Another question I have is with the use of stables. Do people look to have everyone on the roster affiliated to a stable or do you have a couple of people that are to one side and can team in multi-man matches with any of the stables?

 

And the second part is how do you deal with people leaving a stable? So for example with the stables that showtime posted he suggested that Ugaki will have to beat his mentor. Now one approach would be to have a respectful passing of the torch in which Ugaki beats Mushashibo and they just swap roles within the stable as Mushashibo settles into the veteran role. But what if Ugaki turns on his mentor leaving to one of them leaving the stable? Would you look to immediately get them into another stable or would they be on their own for a while? I know it's all subjective but I'm trying to get an understanding of how japanese feds book so that I can follow this to some extent.

[bookerman]

I think PGHW is closer to 90's AJPW than NJPW. High end Heavyweight scene. Super tag teams composed of high end workers. Not a huge amount of juniors.

 

That being said, it might be worthwhile to retire one of the mid-level singles titles and add tag team titles in their place. Similar to the All-Asia tag belts in AJPW. This would give the up and coming teams something to strive for and feud over without being fodder for the better teams. It's also a good spot for touring teams that maybe aren't at a high pop level in Japan to get some exposure. Tags are integral to success in PGHW with multi-man matches on every show. Having a way to build tag experience while also having lower card stories (Mentor/student, two young lions, two heelish US brutes, two time decline workers who can still train up younger talent, etc) could serve long term rewards.

[Luchador Canadiense]

I think PGHW is closer to 90's AJPW than NJPW.

 

That's certainly Adam's choice for comparison... http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=534455

[bookerman]

That's certainly Adam's choice for comparison... http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum/showthread.php?t=534455

 

Yup.

 

In that case, it might be helpful for newer players to check out

 

http://www.quebrada.net/columns/old/quebrada37carnybooking.html

 

Put Mushashibo in the Misawa role, Kouze and PRIDE in the Kawada/Kobashi/Taue slots, Diaz as Steve Williams, etc.

 

Puro storytelling is more based on wrestler growth than traditional Western wrestling. Each wrestler has hills and mountains to climb. Each wrestler has different hills/mountains. The stories also unfold over months and years. Wrestlers might not face each other in singles competitions more than once or twice each calendar year. You can also do a "trial series" of matches for newer wrestlers.

 

https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=1001&view=&page=4&gimmick=&year=1993&promotion=&region=&location=&arena=&showtype=&constellationType=Singles&worker=

[Teh_Showtime]

<p>Finally got to the end of 2017 in my game, which included buying out GCG and adding their big names to bolster my roster. KitoGuchi once again swept the Elite Tag Series for the back to back, and they haven't lost a 2v2 match since game start. The final went down with Makiguchi pinning Koiso which netted him a title shot against his mentor on the last show of the year</p><p> </p><p>

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and here is how the all time match ratings have shaken out...I guess KitoGuchi are pretty good right?</p><p> </p><p>

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[RingRider]

<p>Does anyone know/have a theory about the "in-cannon" backstory behind the Historical title?</p><p> </p><p>

The lineage predates the debut of the promotion. In Derek's classic 1997 mod, the lineage goes back even further...</p><p> </p><p>

Is the Historical title continuing a lineage from previously closed promotion?</p>