The BHOTWG Thread

Bigpapa42 · September 2, 2018

I wouldn't say they are common. Just that they have happened. Not a frequent thing in New Japan from what I know.

Jon is Jon the Goat. He's been posting in here pretty regularly and he has a BHOTWG diary going. has a great handle on the company and its a fun read.

KnowYourEnemy · September 2, 2018

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Bigpapa42 · September 2, 2018

Pretty good result off the start. Just hitting 80 on the first shows was a challenge. That can change pretty quickly, though. It might worth taking the time to go back through the last few pages on this thread. Derek, Jon, myself and some others talk a bit about what we've done, what's worked, etc.

I've been running quite a few angles. I use Entertainment based promos with main eventers, talking about other main eventers (off-screen, rated on Overness) to simulate post-match interviews. These not only have been grading strong (Kikkawa and Sakai regularly hit 100 grades on them) but its been popping up the popularity of the workers involved. I have 8 workers currently at 90 or above, and 3 more between 87 and 89.

KnowYourEnemy · September 2, 2018

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Bigpapa42" data-cite="Bigpapa42" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41359" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Pretty good result off the start. Just hitting 80 on the first shows was a challenge. That can change pretty quickly, though. It might worth taking the time to go back through the last few pages on this thread. Derek, Jon, myself and some others talk a bit about what we've done, what's worked, etc. I've been running quite a few angles. I use Entertainment based promos with main eventers, talking about other main eventers (off-screen, rated on Overness) to simulate post-match interviews. These not only have been grading strong (Kikkawa and Sakai regularly hit 100 grades on them) but its been popping up the popularity of the workers involved. I have 8 workers currently at 90 or above, and 3 more between 87 and 89.</div></blockquote> I've run them before in '16 but not with the touring schedule. Obviously, you're going to burn through matchups much quicker to produce on tour. I had a B- on the second show and a B on the first. I can get the main event grades fine (82, 81, 80, 80, 67) but I'm struggling with the overall grade (79, 77, 73, 76, 71). I'm really struggling with the semi-main. The obvious answer would be to go with a high-spot match, but either a) I'd have to work in two angles and/or b) I'd have to a burn two ME vs. ME matches on the main show. The last show, a tour date, should've scored well: I had "The Big Fight Player" go up against Masuno, but something went wrong. Konda wasn't on my time decline, but he only had a 52 in the match. Masuno actually carried "The Big Fight Player". He could still be in deep decline -- as Iesada, fifth farthest down the list, is five years into his.

KnowYourEnemy · September 2, 2018

A quick tip since people are going over announce teams: make it a habit to pick up Naizen Uboshita on game start. You can sign him to a PPA, but offer him a contract first, because EX2010 will try to snap him up, and he'll become loyal to them first. The 18-year old broadcaster starts with C+ in color commentary and will only improve from here.

soxfan93 · September 2, 2018

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="KnowYourEnemy" data-cite="KnowYourEnemy" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41359" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Out of interest, would a lucha de apuestas match be unheard of in puro heavyweights and/or juniors? Say: title vs. career hair vs. title title vs. mask NJPW seems to occasionally have them recently, but that may be more due to their partnership with CMLL. I almost always book one at some point if I can, regardless of product. I don't know if winning one gets a guy any more over, but it justifies a rematch and shakes up the losing character's gimmick.</div></blockquote> Regarding luchas de apuestas in puro, I know Minoru and Goto had a hair vs. hair match for the NEVER Openweight Championship at WK12 a few months back, so while I wouldn't abuse them, I wouldn't totally steer clear of them, either. I started up a save last night. Nothing too in-depth, no booking, just looking around, trying to familiarize myself with the C-Verse. We'll see how this goes, but it certainly seems like something I could have fun with. I'll have to look into Naizen Uboshita, as my announce teams always end up leaving much to be desired.

Bigpapa42 · September 2, 2018

The match-ups issue isn't as bad if you go heavy with multi-tats, like NJ does on tours. Also ran a G1-like Grand Prix on the first tour, which took up a ton of matches.

I would definitely check for who is on decline. Easy way to do it so to change the push of the five you are listed to non-wrestlers, then check the Creative Meeting to see the next 5. I learned the hard way that you wanna leave those on Time Decline out of a Grand Prix where possible.

Uboshita is in development for me. I hope he gets a bit better and he'll get a chance. Another tip - check for new workers. Even with new worker generation set to low, the game does seem to toss out Japanese-based announcers quite often at the start. And sometimes you luck out. My save generated Wobber Surprise, who started at 88 Announcing and is now 95. Solved an issue before it became an issue.

KnowYourEnemy · September 3, 2018

Regarding luchas de apuestas in puro, I know Minoru and Goto had a hair vs. hair match for the NEVER Openweight Championship at WK12 a few months back, so while I wouldn't abuse them, I wouldn't totally steer clear of them, either.

I started up a save last night. Nothing too in-depth, no booking, just looking around, trying to familiarize myself with the C-Verse. We'll see how this goes, but it certainly seems like something I could have fun with. I'll have to look into Naizen Uboshita, as my announce teams always end up leaving much to be desired.

I actually though that might have been the only one, but it seems to happen more often then I originally thought. Tanahashi, for example, has won two lucha de apuestas matches in his career.

I really want to cement Tadayuki Toshusai as "the guy". Even with his poor top row stats, he's on par with my other main eventers, and will only grow from here. So, an apuestas stip makes some sense in this scenario. It actually works better that this is rare, but not unheard of, because I want this match to feel special.

Bigpapa42 · September 3, 2018

I actually though that might have been the only one, but it seems to happen more often then I originally thought. Tanahashi, for example, has won two lucha de apuestas matches in his career.

I really want to cement Tadayuki Toshusai as "the guy". Even with his poor top row stats, he's on par with my other main eventers, and will only grow from here. So, an apuestas stip makes some sense in this scenario. It actually works better that this is rare, but not unheard of, because I want this match to feel special.

My simple suggestion to making him a mega-star.... just put Toshusai on the mic. He is one of the best talkers in Japan. I have barely pushed him and just from regular mic-time, he is around 90 popularity.

KnowYourEnemy · September 3, 2018

My simple suggestion to making him a mega-star.... just put Toshusai on the mic. He is one of the best talkers in Japan. I have barely pushed him and just from regular mic-time, he is around 90 popularity.

I definitely get what you're saying here. Right now, he's getting dinged because he's in the middle of a weight change. Good news is that he should be able to pull pretty competent grades after he sizes down.

Important note: About 10 guys on the starting roster on time decline. Ino's on time decline, and while he's only 3-4 years in, this probably means his run with the title will be fairly short. May have Ino drop the title to Nagasawa and in a three-match series, regain it, and then lose it later on.

Good news is that several guys [Kikkawa] managed to avoid it. Not among those is Iesada, who starts pretty deep.

Still averaging around a B- for T.V. Admittedly there have been some "storyline sacrifices" but several guys are underachieving. I'll be relying heavily on Nagasawa and Kikkawa in the coming months to carry guys -- the guys I expected on the undercard (Miyame, Konda, Iesada) to help have disappointed, and I can't figure out why.

Hopefully, Ino vs. Kikkawa will live up to the hype.

KnowYourEnemy · September 3, 2018

BHOTWG Inferno of Purity Card

So, I'm posting the full PPV card here for my first PPV. It's about a half-week out at this point.

Burning World Championship: Kikkawa © [iNSPIRE] vs. Ino [NEO]

Burning Junior Championship: Sensational Dragon © vs. Elemental III

Burning World Cup Preview: Nagasawa & Hoshino vs. Horri & Toshusai

Burning Junior Tag Championship: Kokan & Konda © vs. Shinomi & Venom [iNSPIRE]

Sakai & Okazaki [iNSPIRE] vs. Hamacho & Sanda

Burning World Tag Championship: Shibanumo & Yuasa © vs. Masuno & Taira [NEO]

I do want Sensational Dragon to compete in the Best of the Super Juniors, so he has to drop the strap at some point, but it may not happen right now to Elemental III.

All other titles will change hands here. I know that Dragon/Elemental will outperform Kikkawa/Ino, but I'm not sure by how much. I just got a B+ with Elemental vs. Mystic Dragon. I probably need to put the major angle between the two title matches-- the crowd should still be hot from the World Cup preview.

KnowYourEnemy · September 4, 2018

Ran Inferno of Purity today. Things went well enough, I guess.

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The good news: we scored a solid B and Ino vs. Kikkawa scored a 77. Considering the match took two morale penalties and Kikkawa had to be kept strong, this isn't a bad grade. I also ran the match for 25 instead of the usual 20.

The bad news: Despite scoring a B, we still lost popularity in eight regions.

I probably should've put some money into the set. This would've put me close to a B+.

The Burning World Cup is next month. Here are the blocks:

Block A:

Heihachiro Sakai [iNSPIRE]

Tadayuki Toshusai

Yoshihiko Taira [NEO]

Yasunobu Masuno [NEO]

Block B:

Eiji Hamacho

Eisaku Hoshino

Hiroaki Nakasawa

Kinnojo Horri

Bigpapa42 · September 5, 2018

Looking good, Enemy.

I'm finding that show grades slide up as the popularity of the main event scene goes up. I am now easily hitting 85 or over on shows without really trying for a strong grade, whereas a similar show was a struggle to hit 80 on the first tour. And that's with a main event 6-man tag or something similar, not a major singles match.

So a bit into the tour with the HammerCast showing stuff around the globe, minus Japan and the US. Company popularity is moving up in those regions, but a point or so per show. Worker popularity is also moving up, but in slightly weird ways. I did some looking at the Lord of the Rings show in Week 2 of the tour and a few midcard and lower card workers who were on the show saw MAJOR jumps in popularity abroad, whereas most saw more gradual gains. So a main eventer with 90 or high popularity has gone up 5 or 8 points of popularity in those outside areas, most of which were very very low. And then someone like Razan Okamoto, who is in the mid-40s in Japan, has gone up everywhere else (except the US) to be almost level with his Japan popularity. Strange. Nice, but strange.

Figured on getting further over the weekend since I had some extra days off but didn't get to spend much time with it. Still really enjoying the save, but also eyeballing a real world save on a mod I've been tweaking for a long time.

KnowYourEnemy · September 5, 2018

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Bigpapa42" data-cite="Bigpapa42" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41359" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Looking good, Enemy. I'm finding that show grades slide up as the popularity of the main event scene goes up. I am now easily hitting 85 or over on shows without really trying for a strong grade, whereas a similar show was a struggle to hit 80 on the first tour. And that's with a main event 6-man tag or something similar, not a major singles match. So a bit into the tour with the HammerCast showing stuff around the globe, minus Japan and the US. Company popularity is moving up in those regions, but a point or so per show. Worker popularity is also moving up, but in slightly weird ways. I did some looking at the Lord of the Rings show in Week 2 of the tour and a few midcard and lower card workers who were on the show saw MAJOR jumps in popularity abroad, whereas most saw more gradual gains. So a main eventer with 90 or high popularity has gone up 5 or 8 points of popularity in those outside areas, most of which were very very low. And then someone like Razan Okamoto, who is in the mid-40s in Japan, has gone up everywhere else (except the US) to be almost level with his Japan popularity. Strange. Nice, but strange. Figured on getting further over the weekend since I had some extra days off but didn't get to spend much time with it. Still really enjoying the save, but also eyeballing a real world save on a mod I've been tweaking for a long time.</div></blockquote> I'm trying not to hire obvious guys [Okamoto] and seeing what else is out there, particularly in Europe and Australia. I've had a lot of success with Thunderbolt [usually do] for example. In game, got a fairly bad RNG roll with Toshusai, and didn't gain any Star Quality when he moved down. Not sure how workers learn/gain SQ, but he's still two or three off where he needs to be if I want him as a figurehead. It's always a bummer when nothing happens after a guy changes size -- I'd honestly rather see a guy lose star quality than get nothing at all. Momentum seems to really help pull Burning Hammer over the hump in the first month. I think you could probably get close to a B+ every show by putting a marquee Junior or Junior Tag match in the main event with high spots. In this case, go for the full fifteen minutes. Put Toshusai, Kikkawa or Nagasawa on the microphone for a promo, they'll heat the crowd up. American Panther are perfect for this role. They start with good pop, are very flashy, and have decent basics to boot. Elemental III, Masuko, Mystic Dragon and Sensational Dragon are all great opponents. Nagasawa and Kikkawa early on are money. I'd actually consider taking the title off Kikkawa if he's not [fairly deep] in decline -- he's too good a worker to be confined to PPVs. I'd take the title off Sensational Dragon ASAP for the same reason. There are four or more guys who can be relied on for a B grade or higher in a championship match. I know many mod-makers add 1 vs. 1 matches with a high spot focus into the data. I'd consider making a "match type" that has High Spots focus. This theoretically would get guys into the B+ range. It's important to note (and I believe this is confirmed) that you can still get dinged for match length, it just doesn't show up on the dirt sheet -- ideally you want 25 minutes in your Main Event -- this isn't going to help, of course, if you are running high spots.

KnowYourEnemy · September 9, 2018

BHOTWG Fire Dream of the Immortals

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And with that, Nagasawa takes the reigns from INSPIRE and leader Kikkawa. I'm seriously thinking about disbanding INSPIRE entirely, if only because it has been gone as an entity for so long. Both Kikkawa and Nagasawa scored a 97, so if I'd drawn out the feud with a 30-minute tie, it would have been MOTN.

Nagasawa vs. Ino will headline our next show, Sword of Destiny, in May. There will also be a multi-man Junior Tag Match and a NEO vs. INSPIRE match in some form.

Overall, the show went well. I could have easily had a regular match between Kikkawa and Nagasawa, but I really wanted to use "Once in a Lifetime" match aim and the result wasn't bad... but it also wasn't great. Toshusai proved in his match against Ino that he's ready for primetime with an 85 performance.

Optimus II did well enough in the opener. Red Panther didn't want to take the fall for his team, but, well, he's just going to have to deal with it.

American Optimus, Red Panther and Optimus II are all in NEO now, giving the stable every title in the company but the Junior Tag Team titles. Nihon no Panther is Optimus II & Red Panther.

Anyway, the goal was to set up several confrontations between INSPIRE and NEO. At some point soon, I'm going to have Shinomi & Venom drop the titles, but I'm not sure to who -- probably Panther & Optimus II in a rematch.

Poet Justice · September 14, 2018

Anyone sign PPV contracts with some of GCG’s top talent? I’ve noticed BHOTWG’s weakest part of the card is a lack of talented upper midcard heavyweights. i think they’re perfect for rebuilding the tag division, and Gakusha is still young enough to make a serious run (although you may be aiding GCG)

Derek B · September 23, 2018

I love to sign guys from other companies to PPA deals... I have no issues hiring people that would help others, as long as I get to benefit too. <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> But best of all, I lilke to be able to bring in guys from other companies to make my events feel more special. So here are some results, featuring some talent from elsewhere though I need to do more PGHW loans in future to make the most of that baby. <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

BLOCK A

1st, 12 - Heihchiro Sakai,

2nd,12 - Hiroyasu Gakusha, Yasuhiko Taira, Yasunobu Masuno (tied)

5th: 10 – Razan Okamoto

6th, 8 – Tatsuya Toshitala

7th, 8 – Kirk Jameson

8th, 6 – Greg Gauge

9th, 6 – Raymond Diaz

10, 4 – Hitomaro Suzuki

Sakai's result were inconsistent as he managed to get big wins over everyone else at 12, but dropped matches to a lot of the younger talents. The final match of Block A saw Taira just needing to beat his close friend and tag partner to win the block... but Masuno was determined to win and managed to do exactly that, matching size and managing to last longer until he put the former champion away.

BLOCK B

1st, 13 – Hiroaki Nakasawa

2nd, 12 – Matthew Keith

3rd, 11 – Funakoshi

4th, 10 – Kinnojo Horri

5th, 8 – Angry Gilmore, Atsumori Takemura, TANK Fugunaga (tied)

8th, 8 – Mabuchi Furusawa

9th, 6 – SUKI

10th, 6 – Edward Cornell

The final night of Block B saw a bunch of men in contention to win the block, with the draw between reigning Burning champion Nakasawa drawing with reigning GCG champion Funakoshi seeing them leading the block with no tie breaker to split them. A coin flip situation was avoided as Funakoshi lost his final match, following Matthew Keith's win to put him on top with a 1 point lead and a tie breaker over Nakasawa. Horri vs Nakasawa was the dramatic final... if either man won, they won the block.. a draw would see Keith win the block. With the time limit nearing, Nakasawa managed to put Horri down with a Super H Bomb.

The finals saw two battle weary warriors give it all they had as Nakasawa and Sakai fought with all they had for almost 35 minutes, but in the end Sakai defeated the reigning Burning champion by pinfall following a Sakai Suplex. With the champion's momentum damaged leading into his bout with the Kitozon Cup winner Tommy Cornell and Sakai watching on with great interest, the title bout between Cornell and Nakasawa at our second biggest PPV of the year Fire Dream Of The Immortals was hyped. Cornell was unstoppable, putting Nakasawa away with the Rough Ride. BHOTWG has a new champion! Immediately after Cornell's title win he welcomed year lond tag champsThe Melbourne Blondes into the Cornell Dynasty... with the stable now in control of the Burning World and Burning World Tag Team titles along with former IC champ Edward Cornell and perhaps the best young talent in the world, Leigh Burton. At Inferno of Purity following his first title defence against Matthew Keith, Cornell extended an open invitation for the winner of the upcoming Best Of Super Juniors to join the group. Cornell wants all the major gold in the company and his invitation goes to people in any stable... who will win? And will they take Cornell up on his offer?

Also, during this time Tommy Cornell took it upon himself to cause a lot of locker room rifts against Raymond Diaz (the GCG Openweight champion), which was pretty inconvenient... once I could handle, but 3 ties was just too much and now Diaz has so many bad relationships which was unfortunate for me. He had to lose the title as quickly as possible, with me planning to send him off to PGHW to finish off his career where he found the most glory. As I also like to reward my tournament MVPs with a title match I decided to put the belt on the tournament MVP... yup, Tatsuya Toshitala. Yup, Toshitala. Out of nowhere really, he got the highest tournament rating I've had so far with a match AVERAGE of 99.33. With six matches rated 99 and three 100s, he had the tournament of his life and he has brought ore gold to Rebellion-Gun, who are perhaps my weakest unit despite having the tournament MVP and someone who almost won their block in there.

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The Junior Tag League was held in April, with the champions KC Glenn and Roderick Remus having won the last two years being told by Tadiyuki Kikkawa that they were not entering this year. With KC also the reigning Junior champion, Kikkawa wanted him to defend both titles more as pulling double duty has been limited some of his opportunities. With the champions out, the field opened up as a lot of men were looking to put in good performances leading up to the Best Of Super Juniors. Ten teams challenged with the teams lining up as follows...

American Panther: The veterans were looking to prove themselves, but with American Optimus on Time Decline and actively looking for someone to pass his legacy on to, the team narrowly missed out on a spot in the finals with a last block match victory.. . Tied with two other teams on 14 points, they had unfortunately lost the tie breakers to both the other finalists. (14 points, 3rd)

Elemental/Kamikaze (Battle Forged): Block winners thanks to their tie breaker wins, block defeats to the American Cobras and FreeFORM (Edd Stone/Masa Kurata) early on almost stopped them from progressing. Looking to dethrone KC and Rod after failed challenges for the titles, this was their chance to get back up to title contention. Incidentally, their tag experience led them to become the tournament MVPs. (14 points, 1st)

La Nueva Era: Angel De Mexico and Hijo Del Relampago have been looking to boost their reputation, with their regular work alongside Marihito Masuko helping to elevate them... but they keep taking the falls in multiman Junior division exhibitions and then almost all the tournament matches. (2 points, 9th)

Los Americanas: American Elemental and his protege American Elemental II (working as Americana Uno and Dos) have been on the rise as a team for a while... Uno looks lke he's on the verge of time decline while Dos has not long graduated from Young Lion status and has developed into a very good performer. Dos was visibly frustrated throughout whenever the team lost, with a defeat to American Panther being particular bad. (10 points, 6th)

OMG! Pretty Stars! (Pretty Okakura and La Estrella): The OMG representatives looked good (as the group always does) and were determined to get more eyes on them than ever before. Estrella in particular picked up all of the groups wins, but took an equal share of the defeats too. While not even considered contenders they did build theur reputation somewhat and La Estrella made his case for a position in BOSJ. (6 points, 8th)

Show Stealers (Adam Matravers/Petey Barnes): Once hyped as one of the biggest young teams in the UK, Adam Matravers went on to become a big deal while Petey... did not. The team picked up wins over the lesser teams but flopped against the bigger teams, with Petey in particular struggling to keep up with pretty much anyone. (6 points, 7th)

Missionaries Of Truth (Crimson Ghost/Stealth Z): The Truth... led by Truth Elemental, the team have only been back from excursion for less than a year but have been rapidly developed into a fine team. Their wins were unfortunately less than clean as frequent distractions and interference from their allies (Truth Elemental, Samael The Accuser and Jonathan Faust)... their block match with Elemental and Kamikaze saw a wild clash between all members of both stables... and was won by Elemental and Kamikaze. The rematch in the finals... well, see below... (14 points, 2nd)

American Cobras: Following their double steroid bust after Kanuke Konda's whistleblower scandal, no-one thought the Cobras would ever make it to BHOTWG... but they made their way to the roster for this tournament adnd looked like they could go all the way, winning many of their early matches and leading the tournament for a while. But vital losses to American Panther and The Truth ruined their chances, and shortly after the tournament Storm Spillane got hurt and the team are back out the door... will they ever return? (12 points, 4th)

Chimera & Salamander: Two young high flying prospects were put together to see how ready there were for the main roster. Despite showing some impressive skills the two youngsters failed to win any matches but are likely to star in the future of the company's Junior division. Whether they have the same characters is another matter.... (0 points, 10th)

FreeFORM (Edd Stone and Masa Kurata): Two men with a lot of cockiness and ego... but not a lot of success. Tensions have been rising between them for a while and after winning their first 3 matches and still in control of their own destiny at 7, the relative failure of this tournament has seen their tension rise higher. With neither man guaranteed a spot in the BOSJ, the collapse of this campaign may be just the motivation both need to step up their game. (12 points, 5th)

The finals saw a rematch of the most heated bout in the tournament, as Elemental III/Kamikaze take on Truth Elemental's underlings, Crimson Ghost and Stealth Z. Once again there was outside shenanigans from both sides but with Nakasawa wrestling later in the main event the numbers were even... and with Truth Elemental's scheming, The Truth managed to take the huge win and pick up the Junior Tag League Trophy.

One month later, The Missionairies clashed with KC Glenn and Roderick Remus to have a rare Truth vs Tempest Society clash, with gold on the line. And once again, outside shenanigans stopped the match from being a pure contest as both teams brought allies along with them into the clash. In the end, it was an errant blow from Jack Marlowe on Rod that sabotaged the lengthy reign of KC and Rod, giving Crimson Ghost and Stealth Z the Burning Junior Tag Team titles. Truth Elemental took to the mic and hyped up the upcoming BOSJ tournament, saying that it is FINALLY his time to win the BOSJ and get his hands on the Junior title.

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There is a lot more hype for the BOSJ coming up. This year we've been running shows on Reverie which has massively accelerated our growth, leading us up to Global size during this tour. USPW are also growing big time now that Reverie covers the entire world.... the increased revenue I've been getting has been going straight into expanding our own network, which is now up to Big size in Japan ad Tiny everywhere else. This has been a deliberate move to help my child companies develop more popularity before I call people up. The Best Of Super Juniors will be the first tournament where I actively bring in people from child companies to compete.... I have child companies in many parts of the world, most with Junior titles too. So the field will be a little more diverse and well qualified. I've got it set already (I've played a little ahead) and it's going to be an exciting tournament. I'm going to write up a little round of hype for the blocks just as I did for the Summit Chalenge too, so hopefully some of you look forward to that. And after that I'll expand on the other storylines running through the company too. <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

Teh_Showtime · September 23, 2018

On the subject of other companies, I use outsiders quite a bit in PGHW. In BHOTWG outside of maybe for a junior tournament, I’m not sure how it’d fit in their canon. I’ve always hesitated with them specifically to play the isolationist role.

GCG has so many good wrestlers that it seems like a no brainer though. You can bring them in for tournaments or as regulars and they’ll always deliver. It also already establishes them to your audience in the case of the company going belly up (which is inevitable for like half of Japan because the tsunami is brutal). The last part isn’t really a gameplay advantage, but it’s a lot easier as a booker to gradually bring an entire roster of guys in as opposed to dumping them all on the card at once.

Derek B · September 24, 2018

A bit of hype for the upcoming Best Of Super Juniors 2019... with my network now covering Japan and all of my child companies being on it I now have a lot of workers gaining a decent amount of Japanese popularity even before they come over to the main roster. It hasn't been a long time but as I said in a previous post, this is the start of me trying to use them as a way to diversify the field for my future tournaments. It's also a way to turn BHOTWG into a kind of alliance figurehead company... The Burning World encompasses PGHW, BCG and BG (Japanese women's company) in Japan alone... with regional presences in UK, USA, Mexico and Australia too that I hope will all grow into more. Champions and strong chalengers from around the alliance are invited, with details below where relevant.

BLOCK A

American Optimus – Defeated Americana to qualify. Won the BOSJ 8 years ago but failed to even qualify for the BOSJ last year when he shockingly lost a qualifying match to Motoyuki Miyake. Since then he has made something of a comeback with Red Panther by his side and recently announced the addition of his protege American Optimus II.... the man formerly known as Americana Dos (American Elemental II). His clash with Americana, the former mentor of his new protege, was heated and the notable deliberate distraction from AO2 allowed AO to pick up the win. While not expected to win, his recent 3rd place finish in the Junior Tag League alongside Red Panther has proven that he still has plenty left in the tank. (Popularity 85, World Rank #88)

Damian Dastardly – Reigning TPW Australian Junior champion. Defeated Apollo Prince, the BH:UK Junior champion to qualify. Working in Australia for Thunder Pro Wrestling, Dastardly has been working as part of the Burning World for almost a year and has shown himself to be a potential star. A rulebreaker to his core, he has never seen a shortcut he won't take and his low blow/cradle victory over Apollo Prince has been the only match the main BHOTWG fans may have seen of his. Definitely viewed as a longshot to win, he will nevertheless be a thorn in the side of all who face him. (Popularity 50, Unranked)

Elemental III (Battle Forged) – Automatic qualifier. Considered to be the greatest Junior in the world in his own right, the fact that he is the third of a masked dynasty to have that said of him puts him in elite company. Whether champion or chasing, he is never far from the title scene and yet despite this has not challenged since February 2018. His 4 BOSJ victories is the most by anyone since the tournament began in 2000 and he will be looking to earn his 5th to put him further ahead of his greatest rival, Sensational Dragon. His blood feud with Truth Elemental is also set to come to a boil during their block bout, especially following the controversy in the Battle Forged vs The Truth matches in the Junior Tag League. (Popularity 90, World Rank #34)

Jared Johnson – Defeated Konrad Makinen, the Campeonato De Internet LLF to qualify. Spending the first decade of his career in Canada with NOTBPW, when the company shockingly disbanded in February 2019 he decided to take the plunge on the advice of Duane Stone and head to Japan. Immediately finding a home in PGHW where he could work to perfect the technical aspects of his game in a similar fashion to his idol Jeremy Stone and mentor Johnny Bloodstone, he has quickly forged a strong reputation that led him all the way to the BOSJ. He submitted Konrad Makinen to qualify and may be a real dark horse for success in this tournament as none of the field have never faced him before. (Popularity 70, World Rank #129)

Kamikaze (Battle Forged) – Defeated Stealth Z to qualify. The mindblowingly innovative flyer Kamikaze has been a sensation in BHOTWG, regularly inventing new aerial offence and proving to be so good that he was recruited to Battle Forged by both Nakasawa and Elemental III. Deceptively skilled as a technician too, Kamikaze's biggest weakness seems to be that he is always looking for a new, more exciting way to win a match... if he can temper those instincts and focus on winning then there is no reason that he can't win the championship or the BOSJ on his way to potentially becoming the face of the division. (Popularity 85, World Rank #31)

KC Glenn (Tempest Society) – Burning Junior champion. Automatic qualifier. Until recently he was dual holding the Junior title and Junior Tag titles (with Roderick Remus), having just won the 201 BOSJ too. 2018 was his year and few could argue that he has become the face of the division in recent years. Learning from veteran legend Angry Gilmore has only helped his success and the recent loss of the tag titles can only serve to refocus him to singles action. Looking to become the first person to win back to back BOSJ titles since The Awesome Kiyaru's legendary 2001-2003 trifecta, KC Glenn only need to keep doing what he has been doing. (Popularity 90, World Rank #5)

Masa Kurata – Defeated Edd Stone to qualify. After coming so close to reaching the finals of the Junior Tag League with Edd Stone, the collapse in their final matches saw both men becoming increasingly frustrated with each other, which only became worse when they discovered that only one of them could make the BOSJ. An initially friendly bout degenerated into an ugly brawl filled with every underhanded tactic both men could think of... but in the end it was a simple schoolboy that won the match for Masa, beating the son of a legendary wrestling family with a wrestling move. Edd's notorious temper got the better of him as he stormed off and he hasn't been heard from since. Fans expected both to do well in the BOSJ... now only Masa has the chance to shine. (Popularity 85, World Rank #48)

Simon Flemmingway – Defeated Pretty Okakura to qualify. A shocking return from injury just in time for the BOSJ saw Flemmingway tap out Pretty Okakura in under 10 minutes. Flemmingway has been rebuilding his reputation since being caught out as a steroid user, and when he was injured just a few months later he disapeared from public eye completely. With an arsenal of submission moves too numerous to name, Flemmingway will be out to prove himself to the world and to show that he continues to be a submissioin magician. (Popularity 90, World Rank #26)

Truth Elemental (The Truth) – Automatic qualifier. They say The Truth hurts... and they are not wrong. Truth's journey is well documented as the youngest son of the original Elemental wa refused the mask, refused entry to the Hinote Dojo, rejected from the Four Pillars even after becoming champion and lost his place among BHOTWG to Sensational Dragon. He travelled to LLF in Mexico and rebuilt himself with a new attitude before taking the company by storm. Surrounding himself with allies, Truth looks to achieve the one thing that has eluded him.... victory in the BOSJ so that he can take his place among the elite. (Popularity 90, World Rank #74)

Velocidad – Automatic qualifier. Bursting into BHOTWG in early 2017, Velocidad took the Junior division by storm as he won the BOSJ on his first attempt and the became Junior champion on his first challenge at Night Of the Burning Hammer, holding the title for a full year before losing to 2018 BOSJ winner KC Glenn. Having won every SOTBPW title except the main one, he was certainly well qualified but his success has been incredible and his matches have been astounding for their pace, athleticism and excellence. With several mouth watering matches in the block, it would be a shock if he weren't at least close to the top come the end of block action. (Popularity 90, World Rank #30)

BLOCK B

Adam Matravers – Defeated Kansuke Konda to qualify. With many wrestling fans believing Adam had peaked back in 2015 when he last held the 21CW World title and before Tommy Cornell joined the company, many were surprised to see him make his way to BHOTWG in 2018, aged 38, along with former tag partner Petey Barnes and his girl Phoebe Plumridge. A slow start saw the fans convinced they were right but Adam has stepped up his technical game to compete with the younger and better flyers, sseeing him become even better as a result. The only British athlete in the field, Adam looks to do his country (and Phoebe) proud and is a dark horse for success in the BOSJ. (Popularity 80, World Rank #153)

Extraordinario Jr – Defeated Jacob Jett to qualify. One of the newest signings to BHOTWG, the Mexican star has worked for almost every major Mexican company to strong reviews and has been receiving a massive amount of hype in the lead up to the BOSJ. With many comparisons being made to Velocidad's explosive arrival two years ago, Extraordinario will have a lot to do to live up to the hype but seems to have all the tools to so so including his inhuman ability to take a beating and keep on going. He has taken no falls in his matches so far with BHOTWG, and this tournament will show just how good he really is. (Popularity 60, World Rank #148)

Guererro Muerto – EMLL champion. Defeated Aldous Blackfriar, the FPW Junior and IPW champion to qualify. Perhaps the best kept secret in the world of pro wrestling, Muerto has been quietly building a portfolio of accolades in recent years both in and out of the Burning World. Winning EMLL titles, the LLF Internet title (twice) , LLF tag titles and the Burning Territorial title (only contested in my child companies/rest of alliance), Muerto has more than earned his way to the main BHOTWG roster and yet finds himelf here without an official BHOTWG contract. With a lot of hype around him coming into the tournament, he is sure to turn some heads as he cements his reputation as one of the best independent wrestlers in the world today. (Popularity 55, World Rank #382)

La Estrella – Defeated Hijo Del Relampago to qualify. The man who claims to be so pretty he has to wear a mask to protect everyone else from going crazy for him, La Estrella is the sole representative of OMG after Pretty Okakura's shock exit. Vowing to ensure that the group is taken seriously (Kirk Jameson's Summit Challenge was marred on controversy), Estrella brings a lot more than his allegedly pretty face to the ring. A world class flyer with the ability to manipulate anyone to the point o distraction, Estrella may be the tournament's unlikely Cinderella story, whether you like it or not. (Popularity 70, World Rank #152)

Marihito Masuko – Automatic qualifier. Two time BOSJ winner who was a losing finalist in 2016 and 2017, he nearly made the final in 2018 but lost on a tie breaker. Masuko is one of the most consistent and marketable aerial artists in the world. Influenced more by lucha libre than the other Pillars, he has spent much of the last few years trying and failing to win the big one as every champion has managed to successully defend the Junior title against him. He has come into this tournament on a hot streak, winning several big matches and now looks to end his streak of being the bridesmaid and to take one more step towards being the elite. (Popularity 90, World Rank #29)

Razan Okamoto – Automatic qualifier. Many assumed that Tadiyuki Kikkawa disliked Okamoto based on his words about how Juniors shouldn't be in the Summit Challenge... but Razan's status as an automatic qualifier was an odd one. This is mostly due to Razan's successes coming in the heavyweight division where he was the Burning Intercontinental champion and competed in the Summit Challege as such, though he recently lost the title to Kevin Jones in the UK... and then the triple threat return with Hiroyas Gakusha pinning Jones for the belt. Razan's approach to wrestling seems to mimic Kansuke Konda's... not the best flyer not the purest technical wrestler, Razan can brawl better than any other competitior in the field and has huge fan support for his incredible heart. Fans want to see him do well and he has the skills. All he needs now are the results to match. (Popularity 90, World Rank #6)

Red Panther – Defeated Petey Barnes to qualify. When peope think of great Junior wrestlers, Red Panther/Phenomenal E/Ed Larkins never seems to get mentioned... and yet when you see a highlight video featuring the best moves in the world, you will undoubtedly see him in action or some of his innovated moves being done by someone else. One of the most criminally under rated wresrtlers in the world, his alliance with American Optimus and AO2 gives him the support that makes his experience and considerable talent even more dangerous. (Popularity 90, World Rank #44)

Roderick Remus (Tempest Society) – Automatic qualifier. Five years ago if you had asked anyone about future stars, Roderick Remus would be unlikely to be mentioned. And yet over the last five years he has travelled the world as the MAW champion, the undisputed greatest COTT champion, Sam Keith Classic winner (along with another twin, Greg Gauge), Burning Jr Tag champion, two time Junior Tag League winner and part of the most marketable stable in the world, The Tempest Society. The next step for this 30 year old is to get singles success in the Burning World and his automatic qualifier spot shows just how much respect he has earned. (Popularity 85, World Rank #20)

Sensational Dragon – Automatic qualifier. Three time winner of the BOSJ, SenDrag is considered by many to be the best Junior in the world. But without any championship gold to back that up in almost 3 years, the always outspoken SenDrag is hungry to right that wrong. The strongest field in BOSJ history stands between him and that goal though, but the aerial ace has overcame these odds before and tantalising clashes with old rivals like Marihito Masuko and new rivals like his former Junior Tag League partner Tsuneyo Yanagimoto will no doubt excite and wow the fans. (Popularity 90, World Rank #41)

Tsuneyo Yanagimoto – Defeated Motoyuki Miyake to qualify. Considered to be the biggest underachiever in the company right now, Tsuneyo brings elite flying skills and puts them together with elite grappling skills to form a potent package. But for some reason, his only successes have come in tag action with MYSTIC Dragon in their 2016 Junior Tag League victory and subsequent reign as Junior tag champions. Since then Tsuneyo has failed to add to his accolades depite finishing runner-up last year, and a relative lack of fire seems to be holding him back. Will this year's BOSJ be the spark he needs to help him reach his unlimited potential? (Popularity 90, World Rank #28)

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So, that's the blocks. The final night of block action will see both blocks competing on the same ngiht, while the rest of the tour will see alternating nights for each block. The winner of the tourament (which runs through most of June and into July) will face the Burning Junior champion at Night of the Burning Hammer in October. In the event that KC Glenn wins the tournament (or somehow whoever else wins becomes champion before then, I guess) then the champion will get to pick his own challenger for the event. This applies to any tournament victor in the lead up to NotBH, except the Junior Tag titles which I like to have challennged for shortly after the Junior Tag League and has already passed. In addition to winnig the Best Of Super Juniors, Tommy Cornell ha personally extended an offer to the winner to join the Cornell Dynasty. With Tommy Cornell as the world champion and the Melbourne Blondes as tag champions, this group already has a lot of power within the company and are looking to completely takeover. Who would accept his offer? Who would reject it? And what fall out will there be from this potentially career changing decision?

While I'm mostly writing this up for myself, I always welcome any thought predictions and input. You nevr know when something amazing might come up and totally change whatever plans I have. I think I know who I'm going to have win this, but nothing is quite set in stone yet and you ever know when injurie or booking errors can throw plans into disarray! Like last year... when I intended Marihito Masuko to win his block tied on points with others but I booked the tie breakers wrong and got to the last night before realising he couldn't win!

KnowYourEnemy · September 25, 2018

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41359" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div> While I'm mostly writing this up for myself, I always welcome any thought predictions and input. You nevr know when something amazing might come up and totally change whatever plans I have. </div></blockquote> Going with Kamikaze over Sensational Dragon here to establish him in the loyalist ranks. I think that a Tempest Society-Battle Forged matchup makes the most sense right now. Dragon has history with Elemental, so his stablemate should take out the rival in the final match. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41359" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>So, that's the blocks. The final night of block action will see both blocks competing on the same ngiht, while the rest of the tour will see alternating nights for each block. </div></blockquote> You can really stretch things with the junior division. I've had a lot of luck working in the ME with a high spots aim -- particularly in tag matches. I've found a lot of guys can pull off a solid match. I'm not sure if Kamikaze starts out able to work in Japan, but he's always worth a solid look due to his aerial alone. A lot of good signings here. I highly recommend bringing in La Estrella and giving him a solid push. He's less obvious than some of the other names, but he's really good. Velocidad is always worth splurging on if and when his contract comes up for negotiation. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41359" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>KC Glenn (Tempest Society) – Burning Junior champion. Automatic qualifier. Until recently he was dual holding the Junior title and Junior Tag titles (with Roderick Remus), having just won the 201 BOSJ too. 2018 was his year and few could argue that he has become the face of the division in recent years. Learning from veteran legend Angry Gilmore has only helped his success and the recent loss of the tag titles can only serve to refocus him to singles action. Looking to become the first person to win back to back BOSJ titles since The Awesome Kiyaru's legendary 2001-2003 trifecta, KC Glenn only need to keep doing what he has been doing. (Popularity 90, World Rank #5)</div></blockquote> I've always had difficulty booking Glenn. He's such a "sure thing" character but seems bland -- in Burning Hammer, I usually stick him under a mask. He's like Jerry Lynn with a generic look. I like the paper lantern character, Chochin, I've got going in the save now -- something that has a "Junior feel" to it, but isn't quite corny. But I feel bad giving it to a gaijin worker. Maybe a John Rambo survivalist/vigilante? Mix in some [solid] Snake special ops?

soxfan93 · September 25, 2018

I have some more general questions for my game that I'm hoping will receive more product-specific answers here than I have been able to find elsewhere.

1. Can you forge a mentor/protege relationship through meddling? Is there anything that I can do to generate more of these relationships?

2. For our round-robin tournaments, not everybody can be booked strong. When filling your blocks, what percentage of workers get labeled as jobbers, i.e. YOSHI-HASHI? Do you establish goals ahead of time, such as get x, y, and z over or protect a, b, and c?

3. Is there any reason not to game the 6-man system for tour shows? Why do 10-man tags if I can build tag experience with a 6?

4. Regarding time decline, even those listed as "recently" appear to have their skills dipping. I've never played a game long enough to where time decline really matters, especially with a puro product, making it probably the most important part of the game that I don't understand. How soon after hitting that list do I need to start phasing people out?

Sorry everyone, just stuck in planning stages and really want to burst through so I can continue. Unfortunately, I psychoanalyze every aspect of each tour to the point where I've set blocks for my G1 eight separate times - and I'm still dissatisfied with it.

Bigpapa42 · September 25, 2018

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="soxfan93" data-cite="soxfan93" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41359" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I have some more general questions for my game that I'm hoping will receive more product-specific answers here than I have been able to find elsewhere. 1. Can you forge a mentor/protege relationship through meddling? Is there anything that I can do to generate more of these relationships? 2. For our round-robin tournaments, not everybody can be booked strong. When filling your blocks, what percentage of workers get labeled as jobbers, i.e. YOSHI-HASHI? Do you establish goals ahead of time, such as get x, y, and z over or protect a, b, and c? 3. Is there any reason not to game the 6-man system for tour shows? Why do 10-man tags if I can build tag experience with a 6? 4. Regarding time decline, even those listed as "recently" appear to have their skills dipping. I've never played a game long enough to where time decline really matters, especially with a puro product, making it probably the most important part of the game that I don't understand. How soon after hitting that list do I need to start phasing people out? Sorry everyone, just stuck in planning stages and really want to burst through so I can continue. Unfortunately, I psychoanalyze every aspect of each tour to the point where I've set blocks for my G1 eight separate times - and I'm still dissatisfied with it.</div></blockquote> I'm similar when it comes to planning, so I feel ya. 1. Nope, just friendships. Which is unfortunate - I've had a high Psychology raise their protégé's Psychology from high 60s to almost 90 with constant tips. 2. I have done two grand prix style tournaments but I didn't pre-plan to a significant extent. I didn't even plan out making the ending dramatic - it just worked out well without. I mostly had the more popular guy go over, with just a few moderate upsets. If I had a bigger roster with more "top guys" participating that were all similar in popularity, it might get tougher and require more specific planning. 3. Variety. I try to mix it up so I'm not doing the same robo-booking over and over again. 3v3 is nice for the reason you mentioned, but sometimes I just want to include an extra worker or two. 4. I could be off-base here, but I feel like there is some level of disconnect between Time Decline (which impacts match rating) and skill erosion. They are linked, but not always explicitly directly. As in, some workers who are far into decline (and therefore having their match ratings hit hard) don't seem to lose a lot of skills, and some workers lose skill even when they are just into Time Decline. And my approach is to look at them on a case by case basis. If they are just starting into Decline, it generally won't impact their match ratings much and they are still relatively push-able. After a bit, you start to get a feel for what kind of match ratings you expect out of a product, worker, and popularity level. And if they are under-performing that on a consistent basis, they start to get used more carefully.

Jaded · October 5, 2018

Great thread; thanks to all who’ve contributed!

I don’t follow puro much - wondering what kind of matches I could get away with in BHOTWG? Obviously I know there’s lots of six man tags and stuff. How about battle royals? Gauntlet matches? Would either of those seem to fit the company?

Derek B · November 26, 2018

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So, it's been a long time since I had a game update but that's been because I've been pretty busy for the last few months, and likely still will be for a while yet too. Buuuuuuuut... I just finished 2019 with the company voted as the best in the world and swept every award except Manager (Jennifer Heat of SOTBPW) and Indy (Gentleman Jim King). I like to track the awards at mid year too, so here are all the awards from Mid 2019 and End 2019, with any differences noted.

Wrestler: Tatsuya Toshitala (MID: Razan Okamoto)

Company: BHOTWG

Team: Melbourne Blondes (2nd year in a row)

Match: Razan Okamoto defeated Tatsuya Toshitala in a Summit Challenge match, rated 100. (Funakoshi defeats Kinnojo Horri in an Summit Challenge match, rated 100)

Show: World War: BHOTWG vs USA (one of my international shows, which uses 21CW's old World War event for prestige)

Young: Motoyuki Miyake (3rd year in a row, I think he is now too old to win again)

Veteran: Jack Marlowe

Female: Alicia Strong (working for my women's company Burning Goddesses) (MID:Sara Marie York, also working for BG)

Indy: Harrison Hash (not working for anyone since NOTBPW's death)

A large chunk of my own success has been because I've been using Reverie as my main broadcaster.... once I started doing that the popularity growth for me around the world was insane and now we're standing at 90+ pop in most of the world, with only Mexico and Australia lagging a little behind in the mid 80s. My child companies are all on my own network which I pmp more cash into after every PPV as we are making a LOT of money now. I plan to ditch Reverie in around a year once I've grown my own network enough, at which point our money will probably just grow forever. <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

Last time I posted we were about to run the Best Of Super Juniors event, so here is a quick breakdown of how that went....

BLOCK A

1st, 13 - Truth Elemental

2nd, 12 – Simon Flemmingway

3rd, 12 – Masa Kurata

4th, 12 – Elemental III

5th, 11 – Velocidad

6th, 10 – KC Glenn

7th, 8 – Jared Johnson

8th, 6 – American Optimus

9th, 4, Damian Dastardly

10th, 2 – Kamikaze

The story of this block was centered around two key stories... the neverending rivalry between Elemental III and Truth Elemental (MYSTIC Dragon)... and the coming out party of Simon Flemmingway and his dangerous submission game. From the very outset Simon was out to hurt people and ruin their tournament, with the damage he inflicted directly or indirectly costing Truth, E3 and KC Glenn in particular some of their matches. Kamikaze started the tournament hot with a win over reigning Junior champion KC Glenn, but his tournament was ended (in kayfabe terms) by Simon Flemmingway. With shocking results coming all over the place thanks to Simon's damage, the final night had a bunch of possible winners with Masa Kurata losing his chance to win as Damian Dastardly picked up his only pinfall win of the tournament with a shocking roll up. The chaotic night continued as we saw KC Glenn lose his block lead and the resulting tiebreaker with E3 in the second to last match of the block. Velocidad was close to adding himself to the mix in the night's main event as he took on Truth Elemental, himself with a chance to outrght win the block with a win or a draw... the 2017 winner Velocidad gave it everything he could to win in an electrifying bout, whlie Truth drew the ire of many fans by bein evasive... in the end, the match finished with a 30 minute time limit draw as Truth walked on the floor while the referee impotently counted... Truth Elemental advances to the final, looking to win the BOSJ and cement hsi position as the best Junior in the world in the face of years of collective criticism from others.

BLOCK B

1st, 13 – Sensational Dragon

2nd, 12 – Roderick Remus

3rd, 11 – Razan Okamoto

4th=, 10 – Adam Matravers, Marihito Masuko, Tsuneyo Yanagimoto

7th, 8 – La Estrella

8th, 8 – Extraordinario Jr

9th, 6 – Red Panther

10th, 2 – Guerro Muerto

Until the last 2 nights of this block it was impossible to tell who would win it, with almost everyone still eligible to win mathematically. In the end, an early round draw between tournament MVP Razan Okamoto and 3 time former winner Sensational Dragon proved to be hugely important as the great COTT champion of all time came so close to adding more singles success to a BHOTWG resume that has seen him mostly succeed int he Junior Tag ranks. The key matches of the final night saw Remus defeat Razan to temporarily top the block and end Razan's hopes of earning his first major tournament victory. The finale of the block saw two of the 4 Pillars of Junior Wrestling clash in yet another high stakes bout... while Marihito was mathematically out due to a tiebreak loss to Rod, he fought for pride and came close before SenDrag showed why he is perhaps the greatest Junior wrestler since the days of Elementals and Optimus... SenDrag advances to the final.

The storied rivalry between Sensational Dragon and Truth Elemental continued in the main event, with Dragon driving home the point that whenever the stakes are the highest, only one of these two men has ever managed to rise to the occasion. Truth's allies in The Truth tried to play into the match but a variety of Junior talents intercepted to ensure that the tournament final wouldn't be sullied. For over 30 minutes, one of the longer finals in tournament history, the two men stole the show (99 rated) before the collective damage of Simon Flemmingway's attacks, a 30 minute match just days ago and SenDrag's almost peerless technical skills brought SenDrag to his fourth Best Of Super Juniors title, equalling the man he feels is his closest rival, Elemental III. After the match, Burning World champion Tommy Cornell was true to his word... he offered Sensational Dragon the opportunity to join the Cornell Dynasty. Over the next 2 months Dragon pondered his decision, honoured at the opportunity but unsure of whether to give up his independent status on the roster... he watched the group closely and when he was ultimately pressed for a decision he only had one condition for Tommy. He had to kick Edward Cornell, his own cousin out of the group. Cornell responded in three seconds... "Done".

Less than a month later, Sensational Dragon defeated KC Glenn, his former tag team partner, for the Burning Junior title to cement his position atop the Junior division and bring more championship success to The Cornell Dynasty.

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Since debuting in BHOTWG in July 2018, Tommy Cornell hasn't been pinned or submitted by ANYONE. Winning dream matche against the likes of Yoshimi Mushashibo and Sean McFly, he also won the 2018 Kitozon Cup against Velocidad and then the Burning World title from Hiroaki Nakasawa in April 2019 at Fire Dream Of The Immortals. Successful defences against other faction leaders Matthew Keith (Rebellion Gun), Angry Gilmore (Tempest Society) and Kinnojo Horri (Grasp Creation) saw him then lined up to face a man who has grown into one of the aces of the company, two time champion and 2019 Summit Challenge winner Heihachiro Sakai. The two men had met many times in multiman tag action and the hype for this match was huge as two of the finest technicians and hardest hitters vied for the grandest prize in wrestling. The house of 100,000 fans was rocking from bell to bell as Night Of The Burning Hammer also drew record PPV numbers of more than 1.5 million buys around the world. The main event delievered to much critical acclaim as "The Ultimate Ring General" Tommy Cornell retained the Burning World title with a clean pinfall victory in the middle of the ring. The aftermath saw him challenged to a match by his cousin Edward Cornell, making his first appearance since being kicked from the group... in tears he watched his cousin lifted onto the shoulders of the rest of the Cornell Dynasty to accept. Weeks later at "World War: BHOTWG vs UK" Tommy defeated Edward in their first official singles match in what has so far been Edward's last BHOTWG appearance.

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The Melbourne Blondes (Rick Stantz and Blake Belushi) won the Burning World Tag titles in April 2018 and as of the end of 2019, they are now 2 time winners of Tag Team Of The Year, have unified the Burning titles with the GCG tag titles and have made a staggering 15 defences of the titles with one 96 rated match, ten 99 rated matches and four 100 rated matches defending those titles. They have also won and currently hold the Burning Trios titles alongside stablemale Leigh Burton, which pretty much makes them undoubtedly the greatest tag team in recent history and in the conversation for the greatest team of all time. The only accolade that has so far escaped their grasp has been the Ultimate Tag League, which was won in 2019 by the reigning GCG Tag Team champion, ROAR2000 (SUKI and Takayuki 2000). This set the stage for a tag title unification bout betwee the two teams which the Blondes won in an amazing night for all of the Cornell Dynasty, sending them home with every championship that they challenged for. Mere weeks later, the Blondes added the Trios titles to their resume, defeating the NEO trio of Koshiro Ino, Yasunobu Masuno and Kazunori Yamura , a reward Leigh Burton had earned from winning a pre show batte royale at Night Of The Burning Hammer.

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Elsewhere on the NotBH card, Junior wrestling saw a lot of success. As well as the title match, Truth Elemental defeated Tatsuya Toshitala for the GCG Openweight title and immediatelly rubbed it in the face of Tadiyuki Kikkawa, who had believed that his policy of "heavyweights would also beat juniors" would see Toshitala retain. In the build up to the show, Hiroyasu Gakusha was scheduled to defend the Burning Intercontinental title against Razan Okamoto in a rematch of the title switch the two had had montha ago... but days before the big event Gakusha lost the title in Mexico to Blue Phantom At NotBH, Razan avenge his loss but would leave without the title he had planned to regain, proving once more that Juniors can compete and defeat heavyweights. And in a continuation of the Elemental III vs Truth rivalry, E3 and Kamikaze won the Burning Junior Tag titles from Truth representatives Crimson Ghost and Stealth Z. The other match at Night Of The Burning Hammer was the first ever 20 Man Starmageddon match, a Juniors only battle royal where competitors can only be eliinated by pinfall or submission, with only 4 men allowed in the match at any time. Won by Marihito Masuko, this match saw notable Junior stars from around the Burning Alliance enter and make an impact, with BOSJ competitors and main roster members clashing in unique fashion. All in all, this was a huge night for Junior wrestling and has helped to kickstart some major moves for the division.

Other matches on NotBH saw the Tempest Society split into two parts as 21CW champion Greg Gauge grew tired of following a leader who kept failing to win titles and whose leadership he questioned. Seemingly unable to persuade anyone else in the group to follow him, he directly challenged for leadership, putting his title on the line. With the entire Tempest Society at ringside, the match was essentially a lumberjack match but things were kept civil until the finish... when suddenly a distraction from Ariel Breaks (Greg's "girlfriend"), Lance and Kelly Martin, The DuPont twins (Pierre wearing a cast on his left arm, recently broken) and then crucially when the numbers mattered... Roderick Remus. Greg retained his championship and announced the formation of a group that had a unique and special bond.... worth more than money, fame or friendship.... the bonds known only be twins that will always see them be closer, more in sync, and that only they could know.. The Doppelgang were born.

The GCG World title also switched hands... while GCG have been dead as a wrestling promotion for more than a year, their championships have carried on. Haruki retains booking power over these belts as part of the deal BHOTWG agreed for their tape libary, and is very selective on who is allowed title shots. With the Golden Lions (Hiroyasu Gakusha, Toshiharu Hyobanshi, SUKI, Takayuki 2000, Mabuchi Furusawa) dominating the challengers, the Lions themselves were starting to fall apart. Losing more matches, Toshiharu was attacked by Mabuchi... with only room for one, Mabuchi defeated Toshiharu and sent him packing to BCG to be with his mentor... at BHOTWG Parade of Champion (the last major PPV before NotBH and GCG's signature event) Mabuchi lost to Funakoshi, as ROAR2000 won the Ultimate Tag League and Gakusha retained the IC title. Kudo saw there were no challengers there and then Funakoshi issued the challenge to Hiroaki Nakaawa last year's Wrestler of the Year and former Burning champion. The two men put on a hard hitting showcase that built on their Summit Challenge time limit draw earlier in the year, but this time Nakasawa came out victorious and the new GCG champion.

The last remaining match on the card had ramifications that would go beyond the match itself. For more than a year, the members of Grasp-Creation had been struggling to get a foothold on the company. Both Kinnojo Horri and Tadakuni Toshusai struggled in the Summit Challenge, and having made the Tag League final the previous three years they weren't even close to it this year and feel short. A brief Trios title reign with Nissho Yuasa momentarily averted the groups downward trajectory but their defeat to NEO for the gold and then defeat in the rematch at NotBH saw the group dace their terminal decline in the only way they knew how. Together with their Junior members Kansuke Konda and Motoyuki Miyake, the group soon announced that they were departing the company for a while to find their spark and to reshape the group into something that could again challenge the best of BHOTWG. Soon after, the entire stable showed up in PGHW, who would also finally debut a Junior championship, which Kansuke Konda quickly laid claim to as the group begin their rebuilding process.

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Phew! Following the incredible success of Night Of The Burning Hammer 2019 (100 rated, almost all my major events are due to paying for extras) we head into the Kitozon Cup, which features 64 men competing in a colossal tournament to honour the legendary Master Kitozon, concluding in December. Meanwhile the Young Lions Cup takes place through November and features 16 men looking to move up from Young Lion status and perhaps earn a spot on the main roster. Previous winners were Motoyuki Miyake in 2017 and Primus Allen in 2018.... though with Miyake now in PGHW with Grasp-Creation and Primus currently off training for an MMA fight (while being part of Tempest Society) the rewards for the winners may be mixed... this year saw prospects like 17 year old giant Gorilla Lee from the UK, Samael The Accuser of The Truth, FPW Junior tag champions/excursion stars Chimera and Salamander, PGHW's freak athlere Assassin and PGHW's reigning International champion Boriken Love Machine Jr put in great performances... but having beaten an array of stars on the way to the final, tournament favourite Boriken lost to Agustin Perez (a super charistmatc, awesome flyer, genned worker) from Mexico who has been plying his trade in Lucha Libre en Fuego where he is half of their tag champions. Clearly impressed by the youngster even before the final, American Optimus presented him with a new mask and the name of Optimex, welcoming him into the group known as Optimus Worldwide alongside the original Optimus, Red Panther and American Optimus II (actually American Elemental II, but he betrayed his mentor a while back). A new threat is rising in the Junior division.

As for the Kitozon Cup... Kikkawa announced that the first two rounds of the cup would see all champions defend their championships if their randomly drawn opponents were eligible for their titles. This led to some unlikely but amazing bouts, the picks of which would see Tommy Cornell successfully defend his title against PRIDE Koiso from PGHW ub the furst round and then Yasuhiko Taira in the second. Nakasawa would defeat Simon Flemmingway in the first to retain his GCG title, then Hiroyasu Gakusha in the second round in a match that definitely saw the blood pressure of Mabuchi Furusawa rise as his stable leader failed to honour GCG's legacy and bring the title home. Truth Elemental would shockingly defend the GCG Openweight title against Heihachiro Sakai, a man who had challenged for the World title just weeks earlier to set up a title vs title match with Sensational Dragon.... this match saw a rare Junior vs Junior match headline a show and also saw Sensational Dragon lose the Junior title after making just two successful defences (against Masa Kurata and Extraordinario Jr). Truth Elemental once again seized on the opportunity to rub Kikkawa's face in it, immediately showing disinterest in the Junior title for being "below him" and that the Openweight title is the only belt that matter to him because heavyweights can compete for it too... his loss in the following round to Greg Gauge may have hurt his feelings (the match was unique in featuring the holders of three singles titles... Junior, GCG Open and 21CW with none on the line) but his later defence against Tatsuya Toshitala saw Truth vow to only defend the Openweight title against Juniors for as long a he was champion, again trying to get under the skin of management.

Having advanced to the final eight by beating TANK Fugunaga (back for this tournament from PGHW) and KC Glenn respectively, World champion Cornell would then face off against GCG champion Nakasawa, the man he beat for the title in the first place. The Burning and GCG champions have faced before in time limit draws in the Summit Challenge, but this time there were no time limits and the two champions would square off in a heated bout. After nearly 40 minutes of action (the longest match of the tournament, Nakasawa pinned Tommy Cornell following a Super H Bomb to hand the Burning champion his first singles defeat in BHOTWG. With a rematch already hotly anticipated, and now with a victory to back it up, the two men seem fated to cross paths again! On the same side of the bracket, Angry Gilmore was looking to raise his reputation as leader of the Tempest Society and made it to the final eight before falling to Funakoshi, setting up a mouth watering NotBH rematch in the semi finals

In the past 3 years the finals of the event have seen a heavyweight defeat a Junior but when Razan Okamoto lost to Matthew Keith in the final eight, there were no Juniors left in this year's tournament. But even though Razan has been a crowd favourite for a long time and still has an IC title match to fight in the near future, fans were drooling over the prospec of finally getting to see Matthe Keith take on his twin brother Greg Gauge.... standing in Greg's way was Yasunobu Masuno of NEO, the biggest underachiever (literally and figureatively) in BHOTWG. With NEO and the Doppelgang battling earlier in the night, there was no interference to be had and many fans believed that Greg's recent cowardly actions as leader of his own group would see him fall... but when Masuno tapped out to the Proton Lock, just as Razan had to Keith's Proton Lock earlier that night, the singles match that had been building for years was finally becoming a reality.

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GREG: "Matthew Keith... brother. It's been two months since I formally extended to you the offer to become my second in command in the Doppelgang. I know you can feel the bond this group has, because I know how you feel and how you think, the way that only a twin brother can. We came into this world together, we've fought together, we've played together, we trained together and for a while... we travelled together. Our paths may have taken us on different journeys, but we've ended up at the same destination. We've both wrestled in Japan, paying our dues. We're both here in Burning Hammer. We both lead our own groups of men. We're both in the Kitozon Cup semi finals and we both got here by tapping out whoever was unlucky enough to get drawn against us. Brother, we have both achieved a level of greatness that most could only dream of. We did this alone, apart, divided. But together.... nothing in the world could stop us from achieving our dreams. Brother... join me, join the Doppelgang. The Rebellion is over."

Surrounded by his allies in The Doppelgang, Greg motions to the stage for his brother to come out. His music starts to play and Matthew steps out, alone.

MATTHEW: "Brother. You're right about so many things. We are twins and we have both come so far from our home. We've both achieved so much, we've both been champions in Burning Hammer and weare both leaders of men. When anyone looks at our careers it's impossible not to see our dad's fingerprints all over it. We look like him, we move like him, we've travelled like him, we were trained by him, we even make people tap out like him. We both even kept his name going. Well, one of us did...."

Greg suddenly looks uncomfortable

GREG: "This again? You know I changed my name so that I could create my own path..."

MATTHEW: "Straight to the company our dad owns. Like me, you had all the potential in the world and could write a ticket to any wrestling company you wanted. Dad was out winning championships in Mexico by age we debuted, but you had to spend your early years in his backyard and touring with the 4th best Japanese company when it suited you so that you could tell the boys you were off touring Japan. Meanwhile, I was over here in Burning Hammer training in the dojos and earning my way onto the main roster. Black trunks, black boots, sleeping on floors, cleaning the wrestling gear of veterans, cooking for them and learning from them while you toyed with the likes of Keith Vegas for fun and learned nothing."

GREG: "I earned every bit of my success in MAW! I beat everyone there, I won the Rip Chord Invitiational, I was the Mid Atlantic champion and with Roderick Remus right here, I won the Sam Keith Classic! I'm the reigning 21st Century Wrestling champion in case you hadn't noticed, and I'm in the semi finals of the biggest tournament of the year. So don't you go preaching to me about success, because I'm a star the likes of which has rarely been seen."

MATTHEW: "And yet... you're not the star you could be. We may be twins, but I'm years ahead of you. I'm a two time Intercontinental champion, I've challenged for the World title and hey... I'm in the semi finals of the Kitozon Cup too. The difference is...."

Quietly and seemingly without any kind of prompt, the rest of Rebellion-Gun emerge from the back. First KAZ... then Eien Miyamoto and lastly the man who would be named wrestler of the year for 2019, Tatsuya Toshitala.

MATTHEW: "This is what a real team looks like. We travel together, we've wrestled together. We came up through the dojo system together, we are Burning Hammer through and through. This is Rebellion-Gun, mentored by the greatest tag team of all time to be the best alliance of all time. And brother, I've got some news for you. I'm not going to be joining your gang..."

The crowd roars their approval, the rumours of their favourite non-native wrestler joining his brother had been circulating since Night Of The Burning Hammer two months ago

MATTHEW: "And not only am I going to be staying with Rebellion-Gun, we're going to be expanding in 2019. I'll see you in three nights..... brother."

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After being on the same roster for more than 3 years with only a handful of tag bouts between the two teams making for any meaingful interactions, the crowd were super hot for this match. Their 2v2 encounter in the Ultinate Tag League went to a 30 minute time limit draw and the fans truly view Matthew as a home grown talent given the way he has worked up the ranks, while Greg was allied with the outsiders Tempest Society and has turned his back on them to promote himself in a way antithetical to Japanese culture. Their match was definitely going to headline over the blockbuster Nakasawa vs Funakoshi match, which once again tore the roof off the building as the two men exchanged brutal hard hitting strikes and seemingly tore each other apart. However, Nakasawa once again picked up the win here, vanquishing another challenger even in a non-title match before the big twin clash. Greg and Matthew, for all their similarities worked to emphasise their differences. Matthew carrying perhaps 20 pounds more muscle than his brother, while Greg was more evasive and verbal than his brother, showing some classics North American heel tactics vs Keith's direct wrestling style. Ultimately though, both men had the same game plan... wear each other down for the Proton Lock and force their brother to admit defeat. Sam Keith clearly trained them well and anyone wishing to scout either should watch this match for how to escape the Proton Lock as both men showed new ways to do exactly that with amazing mat and chain wrestling. As the match wore on it seemed that Greg was starting to lose his discipline, resorting to a closed fist that earned a stern rebuke from the referee and later showing extra aggression from some less than clean rope breaks... with both men visibly limping their knees and backs both giving out and both having escaped lengthy spells in the Proton Lock, the match spilled to the floor where they exchcanged Neutron-Plexes.... and while many fans in attendance will debate the finish, Matthew made it back into the ring while Greg fell back to the floor at the 19 count and was unable to recover. Matthew advances to the finals, but nothing was truly settled in this epic match.

The reigning GCG World Heavyweight champion Hiraoki Nakasawa takes on Matthew Keith in the final of the 2019 Kitozon Cup, BHOTWG's final event of the year. The night saw a few title matches and all the champions were successful in retaining their belts, even Blue Phantom as he got a shock win over Atsumori Takemura who many had fancied to win the IC title. Razan Okamoto competed in what would turn out to be his final match in the Junior division, winning in 6 man action with Velocidad and Extraordinario Jr over the Optimus WORLD trio of American Optimus, American Optimus II and Optimex. Razan formally announced to Tadiyuki Kikkawa that he would be competing in the heavyweight division in 2020, citing his career highlight win over Yoshimi Musashibo in the Kitozon Cup as the motivation he needed to work even harder to compete as a heavyweight. Masa Kurata settled a running rivalry with former partner Edd Stone, forcing the 24 Hour Party Animal to tap out an perhaps rethink his new year's resolutions folowing another personal and crushing defeat. Greg Gauge, noticably in pain managed to overcome his former team mate in Tempest Society, Shooter Sean Deeley, to retain his title again. But even with the card stacked with great matches, the main event was what the 82,000 fans were here to see. In what many consider to be a perfect match that told a story of fire, desire, pain, suffering and an unquenchable will to win from both men we had one of the most intense bouts of the year. But the last month of big matches take a toll and in the end, the damage done by Greg to Matthew as enough to give Nakasawa what he needed to find an opening and put him away for a decisive pinfall victory. Nakasawa stands by the trophy that is as tall as he is and holds the GCG title over one shoulder as he is given a microphone.

He says that he will challenge Tommy Cornell for the Burning World title at Fire Dream Of The Immortals in April. If both men are still champion by then... then they will unify the Burning World title with the GCG World title. Champion vs champion!!

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So, that is what has been happening. Going into the new year I've got some plans. January is a month off, during which I will see who is champion in my various child companies to help me put together the 20 man field for the Summit Challenge in February/March. Obviously Cornell vs Nakasawa is going to be a huge focal point and I'm planning on having both compete in the SC, though I might have Cornell abstain again as he did last year in order to keep him especially strong going into that bout. I've not decided who would win that match yet either, though both will definitely still be champion at tbat point assuming nothing derails those plans.

The top off the heavyweight division is getting pretty old... and the heavyweight field is pretty large so I'm looking at ways to narrow it down. The remaining members of Tempest Society (except KC Glenn) are all on the chopping block and may get shipped off to my American child company. Meanwhile, I'm looking to build Greg Gauge, Matthew Keith, Tatsuya Toshitala (#1 in the world?) and Razan Okamoto as a new generation of top guys so they will all feature heavily this year. If Razan's weight gain goes well, he might even be made figurehead as he could reach 100 star quality and he has fantastic performance skills. Pretty much only behind Tommy Cornelll (who is on the verge of time decline I believe, but still has 100 star quality thanks to getting more muscular last year).

The Junior division is set to get a bit more focus if I can too, which is one of the reasons I'm looking to trim back the heavyweight division. By using more of my child companies to home workers I care a bit less about, I can give more focus to workers I want to build. The BOSJ event in 2020 could be amazing as a result and perhaps rival the Summit Challenge for match grades. This Junior focus may mean new Junior members for most stables, which isn't a bad thing but I really only want people who will properly fit the groups. Masa Kurata or Tsuneyo may fit into NEO.... Edd Stone might slide into Tempest Society... Rebellion-Gun's new members may be all three of the promising young lions I have, though mostly I just want KAZ to get a junior tag partner because he's lost in the shufflt just now. I've also not got a timescale for Grasp-Creation's "excursion" but I'm planning to change their line up a lot... Kinnojo Horri is their forever leader and Motoyuki Miyake is probably there forever too... Tadakuni Toshusai might be safe as cofounder too... which leaves a core of three people to build around and maybe 4 new people to add.

<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ph8cdAKGHqUBtIlckzNPeYKGkaw1pFpn/view?usp=sharing" rel="external nofollow">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ph8cdAKGHqUBtIlckzNPeYKGkaw1pFpn/view?usp=sharing</a>

Here's the link to the save data. If you have any suggestions, questions or observations I'm happy to hear them. I love this save and it's given me lots of ideas for future similar style games... with the UK being so empty I feel like that could be a great area to try to start a new company that would operate similar to this. Maybe have a bunch of regional championships, build it up to cult to unify the belts and grow the company into a powerhouse that way. No idea if it could work there or not, but I am looking forward to trying it some day.

Derek B · November 26, 2018

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Jaded" data-cite="Jaded" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="41359" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Great thread; thanks to all who’ve contributed! I don’t follow puro much - wondering what kind of matches I could get away with in BHOTWG? Obviously I know there’s lots of six man tags and stuff. How about battle royals? Gauntlet matches? Would either of those seem to fit the company?</div></blockquote> In NJPW I've seen them use matches like that a few times, but generally as a way to try and get as many people as possible onto the big shows rather than as any way to do much. If you play BHOTWG as a mirror of NJPW, then it should generally be matches where there are two sides of equal number against each other with a handful of gimmick matches a year. Of course... you are free to evolve the BHOTWG product as you see fit. I forget what early changes I made but I think I moved them to have more mainstream as a way to make things move more towards an equal performance vs popularity product AND to lower the intensity/danger of the matches so that I'd get fewer injuries. I run battle royales on the pre show of most PPVs and recently had a Starmageddon match which was 20 juniors competing in a pinfall/submission only battle royale so that it was still kind of like a real match and also still something of a high flying clusterfudge that could get people on the show. <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> But other than that.. I think I've run 1 cage match and that's been about it for gimmicks in 4 years. And even that was because we needed to keep Angry Gilmore's lackey's out of a match, so it was more narratively driven than anything else. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> PS: Sorry for the very slow reply!

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