WCW: Heart and Soul

[K-Nection]

<p>World Heavyweight Championship: Kensuke Sasaki vs. <strong>Booker T {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

World Tag Team Championship: TenKoji vs. <strong>The Hardys {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

United States Heavyweight Championship: The Destroyer vs. <strong>Shane Douglas {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Three Way Match for the Cruiserweight Championship: American Dragon vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. <strong>AJ Styles {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

World Women's Championship: Akira Hokuto vs. <strong>Etsuko Mita {©}</strong></p><p>

</p><p><strong>

Rob Van Dam</strong> vs. Mortis</p><p> </p><p>

Natural Born Thrillers vs. <strong>The Empire (King Corino and TAKA)</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Wataru Inoue vs.<strong> "Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels</strong></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Manami Toyota</strong> vs. Shinobu Kandori</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>The Jung Dragons</strong> vs. ???</p><p> </p><p>

What will be match of the night? <strong>Ken vs. Book</strong></p><p> </p><p>

How many championships will change hands?<strong>0</strong></p><p> </p><p>

What team will the Jung Dragons face? (Hint: the team already existed in the database, and one of them is already part of WCW.) <strong>Road Warriors</strong> They are too over in Japan not to use them</p>

[Warhawk8492]

<p>World Heavyweight Championship: Kensuke Sasaki vs. <strong>Booker T {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

World Tag Team Championship: TenKoji vs. <strong>The Hardys {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

United States Heavyweight Championship: The Destroyer vs. <strong>Shane Douglas {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Three Way Match for the Cruiserweight Championship: American Dragon vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. <strong>AJ Styles {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

World Women's Championship: Akira Hokuto vs. <strong>Etsuko Mita {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Rob Van Dam</strong> vs. Mortis</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Natural Born Thrillers</strong> vs. The Empire (King Corino and TAKA)</p><p> </p><p>

Wataru Inoue vs. <strong>"Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels</strong></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Manami Toyota</strong> vs. Shinobu Kandori</p><p> </p><p>

The Jung Dragons vs. <strong>???</strong></p><p> </p><p>

What will be match of the night? Booker T Vs Kensuke Sasaki</p><p> </p><p>

How many championships will change hands? None</p><p> </p><p>

What team will the Jung Dragons face? (Hint: the team already existed in the database, and one of them is already part of WCW.) Road Warriors</p><p> </p><p>

General diary comments/questions/critiques: I like your booking, any chance we will see a program with Styles and Daniels?</p>

[evileddie10]

<p>World Heavyweight Championship: Kensuke Sasaki vs. <strong>Booker T {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

World Tag Team Championship: TenKoji vs. <strong>The Hardys {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

United States Heavyweight Championship: The Destroyer vs. <strong>Shane Douglas {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Three Way Match for the Cruiserweight Championship: American Dragon vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. <strong>AJ Styles {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

World Women's Championship: Akira Hokuto vs. <strong>Etsuko Mita {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Rob Van Dam</strong> vs. Mortis</p><p> </p><p>

Natural Born Thrillers vs. <strong>The Empire (King Corino and TAKA)</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Wataru Inoue vs. <strong>"Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels</strong></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Manami Toyota</strong> vs. Shinobu Kandori</p><p> </p><p>

The Jung Dragons vs. <strong>???</strong></p><p> </p><p>

What will be match of the night?</p><p>

Sasaki/Booker</p><p> </p><p>

How many championships will change hands?</p><p>

0</p><p> </p><p>

What team will the Jung Dragons face? (Hint: the team already existed in the database, and one of them is already part of WCW.)</p><p>

Psychosis and Halloween</p>

[Happy0wns]

<p>Fan Scorecard:</p><p> </p><p>

World Heavyweight Championship: Kensuke Sasaki vs. <strong>Booker T {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

World Tag Team Championship: TenKoji vs. <strong>The Hardys {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

United States Heavyweight Championship: <strong>The Destroyer</strong> vs. Shane Douglas {©}</p><p> </p><p>

Three Way Match for the Cruiserweight Championship: American Dragon vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. <strong>AJ Styles {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

World Women's Championship: <strong>Akira Hokuto</strong> vs. Etsuko Mita {©}</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Rob Van Dam</strong> vs. Mortis</p><p> </p><p>

Natural Born Thrillers vs. <strong>The Empire (King Corino and TAKA)</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Wataru Inoue vs. <strong>"Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels</strong></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Manami Toyota</strong> vs. Shinobu Kandori</p><p> </p><p>

The Jung Dragons vs. <strong>???</strong></p><p> </p><p>

What will be match of the night? <strong>T v Sasaki</strong></p><p> </p><p>

How many championships will change hands? <strong>2</strong></p><p> </p><p>

What team will the Jung Dragons face? (Hint: the team already existed in the database, and one of them is already part of WCW.) - Halloween & Psichosis</p>

[Dead_Jester]

<p>World Heavyweight Championship: Kensuke Sasaki vs. <strong>Booker T {©}</strong></p><p>

-Booker won't be dropping the Title to a non WCW Roster guy.</p><p> </p><p>

World Tag Team Championship: TenKoji vs. <strong>The Hardys {©}</strong></p><p>

-Same deal as Booker</p><p> </p><p>

United States Heavyweight Championship: The Destroyer vs. <strong>Shane Douglas {©}</strong></p><p>

-Still think Destroyer has a long way to go before he gets trusted to carry a Title after his failed drug tests.</p><p> </p><p>

Three Way Match for the Cruiserweight Championship: <strong>American Dragon</strong> vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. AJ Styles {©}</p><p>

-Expecting Dragon to steal some knowledge from Chavo and steal a sure victory from him to claim the Title.</p><p> </p><p>

World Women's Championship: Akira Hokuto vs. <strong>Etsuko Mita {©}</strong></p><p>

-Coin toss on this one.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Rob Van Dam</strong> vs. Mortis</p><p> </p><p>

Natural Born Thrillers vs. <strong>The Empire (King Corino and TAKA)</strong></p><p>

-Still expecting one of the Thrillers to turn on the other.</p><p> </p><p>

Wataru Inoue vs. <strong>"Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels</strong></p><p>

-Daniels is the future of the division.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Manami Toyota</strong> vs. Shinobu Kandori</p><p> </p><p>

The Jung Dragons vs. <strong>???</strong></p><p>

Never bet against the ???</p><p> </p><p>

What will be match of the night?</p><p>

-Booker vs. Sasaki</p><p> </p><p>

How many championships will change hands? </p><p>

-1</p><p> </p><p>

What team will the Jung Dragons face? (Hint: the team already existed in the database, and one of them is already part of WCW.)</p><p>

Hayabusa and Jinsei Shinzaki</p><p> </p><p>

General diary comments/questions/critiques:</p>

[Purotastic]

<p>World Heavyweight Championship: Kensuke Sasaki vs. <strong>Booker T {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

World Tag Team Championship: TenKoji vs. <strong>The Hardys {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

United States Heavyweight Championship: <strong>The Destroyer</strong> vs. Shane Douglas {©}</p><p> </p><p>

Three Way Match for the Cruiserweight Championship: American Dragon vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. <strong>AJ Styles {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

World Women's Championship: Akira Hokuto vs. <strong>Etsuko Mita {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Rob Van Dam</strong> vs. Mortis</p><p> </p><p>

Natural Born Thrillers vs. <strong>The Empire (King Corino and TAKA)</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Wataru Inoue vs. <strong>"Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels</strong></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Manami Toyota </strong>vs. Shinobu Kandori</p><p> </p><p>

The Jung Dragons vs. <strong>???</strong></p><p> </p><p>

What will be match of the night? <strong>Booker vs. Kensuke</strong></p><p> </p><p>

How many championships will change hands? <strong>1</strong></p><p> </p><p>

What team will the Jung Dragons face? (Hint: the team already existed in the database, and one of them is already part of WCW.) <strong>Hayabusa & Shinzaki</strong></p>

[SIser187]

<p>World Heavyweight Championship: Kensuke Sasaki vs. <strong>Booker T</strong> {©}</p><p>

I like Booker.</p><p> </p><p>

World Tag Team Championship: TenKoji vs. <strong>The Hardys</strong> {©}</p><p>

The Hardys continue.</p><p> </p><p>

United States Heavyweight Championship: The Destroyer vs. <strong>Shane Douglas</strong> {©}</p><p>

Shane continues his title reign.</p><p> </p><p>

Three Way Match for the Cruiserweight Championship: American Dragon vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. <strong>AJ Styles </strong>{©}</p><p>

I'm a fan of continuing with AJ Styles here.</p><p> </p><p>

World Women's Championship: Akira Hokuto vs. <strong>Etsuko Mita</strong> {©}</p><p>

When in doubt go with the champion retaining.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Rob Van Dam</strong> vs. Mortis</p><p>

RVD is one of your biggest stars.</p><p> </p><p>

Natural Born Thrillers vs. <strong>The Empire</strong> (King Corino and TAKA)</p><p>

Empire continues their push.</p><p> </p><p>

Wataru Inoue vs. <strong>"Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels</strong></p><p>

Christopher Daniels feels like the eventual foil for AJ Styles.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Manami Toyota</strong> vs. Shinobu Kandori</p><p>

I flipped a coin.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>The Jung Dragons</strong> vs. ???</p><p>

Sure.</p><p> </p><p>

What will be match of the night? I'll go with the tag title match.</p><p> </p><p>

How many championships will change hands? 0</p><p> </p><p>

What team will the Jung Dragons face? (Hint: the team already existed in the database, and one of them is already part of WCW.) Road Warriors.</p>

[Jackets]

<p>World Heavyweight Championship: Kensuke Sasaki vs. <strong>Booker T</strong> {©}</p><p> </p><p>

World Tag Team Championship: TenKoji vs. <strong>The Hardys</strong> {©}</p><p> </p><p>

United States Heavyweight Championship: <strong>The Destroyer</strong> vs. Shane Douglas {©}</p><p> </p><p>

Three Way Match for the Cruiserweight Championship: American Dragon vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. <strong>AJ Styles</strong> {©}</p><p> </p><p>

World Women's Championship: <strong>Akira Hokuto</strong> vs. Etsuko Mita {©}</p><p> </p><p>

Rob Van Dam vs. <strong>Mortis</strong></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Natural Born Thrillers</strong> vs. The Empire (King Corino and TAKA)</p><p> </p><p>

Wataru Inoue vs. <strong>"Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels</strong></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Manami Toyota</strong> vs. Shinobu Kandori</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>The Jung Dragons</strong> vs. ???</p><p> </p><p>

What will be match of the night? <strong>Booker T vs. Kensuke Sasaki </strong></p><p> </p><p>

How many championships will change hands? <strong>2</strong></p><p> </p><p>

What team will the Jung Dragons face? (Hint: the team already existed in the database, and one of them is already part of WCW.) <strong>Umm, the Road Warriors?</strong></p><p> </p><p>

General diary comments/questions/critiques:</p>

[odan]

<p>Fan Scorecard:</p><p> </p><p>

World Heavyweight Championship: Kensuke Sasaki vs. <strong>Booker T {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

World Tag Team Championship: TenKoji vs. <strong>The Hardys {©}</strong></p><p><strong>

</strong></p><p>

United States Heavyweight Championship: <strong>The Destroyer</strong> vs. Shane Douglas {©}</p><p> </p><p>

Three Way Match for the Cruiserweight Championship: American Dragon vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. <strong>AJ Styles</strong> {©}</p><p> </p><p>

World Women's Championship: Akira Hokuto vs.<strong> Etsuko Mita {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Rob Van Dam vs. <strong>Mortis</strong></p><p><strong>

</strong></p><p>

Natural Born Thrillers vs. <strong>The Empire </strong>(King Corino and TAKA)</p><p> </p><p>

Wataru Inoue vs. "<strong>Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels</strong></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Manami Toyota</strong> vs. Shinobu Kandori</p><p> </p><p>

The Jung Dragons vs. <strong>???</strong></p><p> </p><p>

What will be match of the night? <strong>World Tag Team Championship</strong></p><p> </p><p>

How many championships will change hands? <strong>1</strong></p><p> </p><p>

What team will the Jung Dragons face? (Hint: the team already existed in the database, and one of them is already part of WCW.) <strong>taking a wild swing at this one: </strong><strong><strong>The Filthy Animals</strong></strong></p>

[Ian carlisle]

<p>Fan Scorecard:</p><p> </p><p>

World Heavyweight Championship: Kensuke Sasaki vs. <strong>Booker T </strong>{©}</p><p> </p><p>

World Tag Team Championship: TenKoji vs. <strong>The Hardys</strong> {©}</p><p> </p><p>

United States Heavyweight Championship: <strong>The Destroyer</strong> vs. Shane Douglas {©}</p><p> </p><p>

Three Way Match for the Cruiserweight Championship: American Dragon vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. <strong>AJ Styles</strong> {©}</p><p> </p><p>

World Women's Championship: Akira Hokuto vs.<strong> Etsuko Mita</strong> {©}</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Rob Van Dam</strong> vs. Mortis</p><p> </p><p>

Natural Born Thrillers vs. <strong>The Empire (King Corino and TAKA)</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Wataru Inoue vs. "<strong>Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels</strong></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Manami Toyota</strong> vs. Shinobu Kandori</p><p> </p><p>

The Jung Dragons vs.<strong> ???</strong></p><p> </p><p>

What will be match of the night?</p><p>

TENKJOJI v The Hardys</p><p> </p><p>

How many championships will change hands?</p><p>

1</p><p> </p><p>

What team will the Jung Dragons face? (Hint: the team already existed in the database, and one of them is already part of WCW.)</p><p>

Road Warriors</p>

[cbacon87]

<p>World Heavyweight Championship: Kensuke Sasaki vs. <strong>Booker T {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

World Tag Team Championship: TenKoji vs. <strong>The Hardys {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

United States Heavyweight Championship: The Destroyer vs. <strong>Shane Douglas {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Three Way Match for the Cruiserweight Championship: American Dragon vs. <strong>Chavo Guerrero Jr.</strong> vs. AJ Styles {©}</p><p> </p><p>

World Women's Championship: Akira Hokuto <strong>vs.</strong> Etsuko Mita {©}</p><p>

Going with a draw to ensure both stay in the title picture.</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Rob Van Dam</strong> vs. Mortis</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Natural Born Thrillers</strong> vs. The Empire (King Corino and TAKA)</p><p> </p><p>

Wataru Inoue vs. <strong>"Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels</strong></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Manami Toyota</strong> vs. Shinobu Kandori</p><p> </p><p>

The Jung Dragons vs. <strong>???</strong></p><p> </p><p>

What will be match of the night? <strong>Noticed RVD and Mortis getting surprisingly good ratings for their angles, so I'll go with them having the best match</strong></p><p> </p><p>

How many championships will change hands? <strong>1</strong></p><p> </p><p>

What team will the Jung Dragons face? (Hint: the team already existed in the database, and one of them is already part of WCW.) <strong>Going with Hayabusa and Shinzaki as well</strong></p>

[shawn michaels]

<p>World Heavyweight Championship: Kensuke Sasaki vs. <strong>Booker T {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

World Tag Team Championship: TenKoji vs. <strong>The Hardys {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

United States Heavyweight Championship: The Destroyer vs. <strong>Shane Douglas {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Three Way Match for the Cruiserweight Championship: <strong>American Dragon</strong> vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. AJ Styles {©}</p><p> </p><p>

World Women's Championship: Akira Hokuto vs. <strong>Etsuko Mita {©}</strong></p><p>

</p><p><strong>

Rob Van Dam</strong> vs. Mortis</p><p> </p><p>

Natural Born Thrillers vs. <strong>The Empire (King Corino and TAKA)</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Wataru Inoue vs.<strong> "Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels</strong></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Manami Toyota</strong> vs. Shinobu Kandori</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>The Jung Dragons</strong> vs. ???</p><p> </p><p>

What will be match of the night? <strong>Kensuke vs. Booker</strong></p><p> </p><p>

How many championships will change hands?<strong>1</strong></p><p> </p><p>

What team will the Jung Dragons face? <strong>The Road Warriors.</strong></p>

[Crossface]

<p>Fan Scorecard:</p><p> </p><p>

World Heavyweight Championship: <strong>Kensuke Sasaki</strong> vs. Booker T {©}</p><p> </p><p>

-While I'm know everyone expects Booker here...I like the idea of a return bout in the States with Book winning it back. </p><p> </p><p>

World Tag Team Championship: TenKoji vs. <strong>The Hardys {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

-These guys are turning into your aces</p><p> </p><p>

United States Heavyweight Championship: <strong>The Destroyer</strong> vs. Shane Douglas {©}</p><p> </p><p>

Three Way Match for the Cruiserweight Championship: <strong>American Dragon</strong> vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. AJ Styles {©}</p><p> </p><p>

-AJ never gets pinned setting up a series of matches</p><p> </p><p>

World Women's Championship: Akira Hokuto vs. <strong>Etsuko Mita {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

-throwing darts here...</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Rob Van Dam</strong> vs. Mortis</p><p> </p><p>

Natural Born Thrillers vs. <strong>The Empire (King Corino and TAKA)</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Wataru Inoue vs. <strong>"Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels</strong></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Manami Toyota</strong> vs. Shinobu Kandori</p><p> </p><p>

The Jung Dragons vs. <strong>???</strong></p><p> </p><p>

-Hayabusa and Shinzaki</p><p> </p><p>

What will be match of the night? World Heavyweight Title</p><p> </p><p>

How many championships will change hands? 2</p><p> </p><p>

What team will the Jung Dragons face? (Hint: the team already existed in the database, and one of them is already part of WCW.)</p><p>

Hayabusa and Shinzaki</p><p> </p><p>

General diary comments/questions/critiques: Look admirer of your work TFC... but never loved this time period so I had a hard time investing in this diary early on. The adjustments to the product and presentation that you've made have led to me catching up and getting more and more interested lately however. This should be a cool show and I'm looking forward to it.</p>

[The Final Countdown]

<p>August 2002: Pre-Japan Supershow News and Notes</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43035" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I put down the latest copy of the Observer and took a sip of water, deep in thought.<p> </p><p> Reports are that despite consistently putting on quality shows, GAEA, the last major joshi promotion still standing in Japan, are in deep financial trouble. Barring a miracle, it's expected that they'll go out of business within the next few months. I was disappointed, though not necessarily surprised, to read this. I'd planned on rekindling a working arrangement with them down the road, but that seems like a pointless gesture at this point. It'll be a massive blow to the future of women's wrestling, particularly in Japan, but that's not something I have any control over. What I do have control over is what this means in the immediate future of WCW and our own women's division.</p><p> </p><p> If GAEA is really as bad off as these reports indicate, I have no doubt that Chigusa Nagayo will be willing to sell the company and its assets off to me. We'd have to cover their debts as well, but that's a minor thing for us with our profit margins. But is this in our best interest?</p><p> </p><p> On the surface it feels like a no brainer, especially since I'm hoping to give the women their own hourly TV show coming up in the fall. Said show would be held exclusively in Japan, at least to begin with, and buying GAEA would give our division a boost in both talent and star quality (especially in Japan.) Adding the likes of Aja Kong, Kyoko Inoue and Mariko Yoshida would be a major plus to our division as we make preparations for the new show. On the other hand, I worry that if I go through with this, our Western fanbase could be turned off by a women's division that is made up of 50% or more Japanese workers. But then again, maybe having a greater variety of talented workers to wrestle regularly will help the development of the likes of Alexis Laree, Melissa and Katarina.</p><p> </p><p> I have a lot to consider, and I'm not entirely decided on the best course of action. Whatever decision I make, I need to make it soon.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss322/FCDiary/WCW/WCW.jpg</span></div><p></p><p></p><p> <em>Very disappointing news, as Chris Candido failed a test for pain killers after the July 29th Nitro. This was his second issue with drugs (the first being a failure for hard drugs in November.) I was lenient on him before but this time I felt a message needed to be sent, so I suspended him for a month and replaced him with TAKA in the PPV tag match against Palumbo and O'Haire. I'm not sure how effective the message was though, because he and Tammy were both pretty upset when they left. That's just too bad. I've invested a lot in him, and he's more over now than he's ever been in his career. Stuff like this is just unacceptable.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> TAKA, Air Paris and Shannon Moore all approached me about pay raises. I like TAKA and am pleased with his performance so I agreed to give him 75% of what he asked for, which made him happy. Shannon has some value so I gave him 50% of what he asked for, which he took even if he was hoping for more. Air Paris is nothing but a jobber so I refused him outright. He's very upset about that. Oh well. Maybe I'll just fire him, because it's not like it'd be hard to find somebody else to fill that spot. </em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss322/FCDiary/WCW/WWE.jpg</span></div><p></p><p></p><p> <em>Stevie Richards broke his pelvis and will be out for a couple of months.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> Highly-touted prospect Brock Lesnar made his main roster debut on the episode of Heat taped on July 22nd. What did Vince do with this incredible athlete? He jobbed him to Crash Holly. No, I'm serious. The Hollys beat Lesnar and Juventud Guerrera in a tag match. Genius.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss322/FCDiary/WCW/NJPW.jpg</span></div><p></p><p></p><p> <em>NJPW held the conclusion of their annual G1 Climax tournament on August 6th. Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Riki Choshu in the finals to win the tournament for the first time, so we'll be sure to make mention of that during his match at our PPV. Choshu is a legend, but he's 50 years old and has definitely seen better days, so that match wasn't as good as a lot of others in the tournament. The best match of the entire tournament was Tenzan's win over his partner Satoshi Kojima, which was a great match. The tournament also featured Scott Steiner, who we sent over as part of an exchange for the NJPW guys we're using on our PPV.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss322/FCDiary/WCW/USA.jpg</span></div><p></p><p></p><p> <em>You could really put this in either the US or Japan sections. I put it in the US, but it actually happened in Japan. On a show on Zero-One's 'Circuit' tour on July 18th, Shinya Hashimoto won the NWA World title from Keiji Sakoda. I kind of figured they'd put the title on an American to go with the recent launch of the TNA group, but the move to Hashimoto is a good one. Sakoda's a good worker; Hashimoto's a great one. He's a much bigger star in Japan too, so it should make the belt feel like a bigger deal over there.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> Rick Bassman's UPW is the latest company to go out of business. They generally put on pretty good shows considering their size, but they just couldn't seem to grow their audience and draw a crowd to their product. At one point they served as a feeder promotion for Vince, but with both HWA and OVW filling that role, there wasn't any real need for a third child company. </em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss322/FCDiary/WCW/NOAH.jpg</span></div><p></p><p></p><p> <em>NOAH's big PPV of the month fell on July 27th. It was a pretty good show; about the median for them really, as it was better than some of their recent PPVs but not at the heights they routinely hit when Misawa was champion. No main event title defense this time; champion Akira Taue actually didn't even appear on the show, so I guess they wanted to give him a little rest. The main event was just fine without him though, as Mitsuharu Misawa and Yoshinari Ogawa beat Vader and Daisuke Ikeda in a very good main event tag match. Nothing else on the show was all that good, and this was very much a one match card.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss322/FCDiary/WCW/AJPW.jpg</span></div><p></p><p></p><p> <em>All Japan ran a PPV on July 25th, and it was their worst major show in a long time. That's mainly because their main event, in which Genichiro Tenryu fought to an unsatisfying double countout in a Triple Crown title defense against Mike Barton (the former Bart Gunn) was not nearly as good as the company's main events usually are. The semi main event of Shigeo Okumura over Taiyo Kea was much better.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em> They were right back in the saddle on August 4th with 'Impactful Warriors.' This was a much better show, more in line with the current quality their fans expect from them. It was also a very noteworthy show, as Tenryu lost the Triple Crown to Hiroshi Hase (interesting, because those two guys are the current co-holders of All Japan's Unified Tag Team titles.) This is Hase's first major heavyweight singles title in his career. He had success in his NJPW career, where he was a 4-time tag champ and also held the Junior Heavyweight title twice, but he was never pushed as THE guy. I sort of figured it would be Keiji Mutoh who took the title off of Tenryu, but I guess they wanted to reward Hase for giving up his NJPW commitments and signing with them exclusively. That was a very good main event, but the semi main of Jushin Liger over Takao Omori was just slightly better. It's interesting that Liger has continued to work for both All and New Japan even after the collapse of their working arrangement, but I have to think that he'll be forced to choose sooner or later.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><span>http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss322/FCDiary/WCW/TNA.jpg</span></div><p></p><p></p><p> <em>TNA presented 'Lashing Out' on August 4th, and it was a pretty solid step forward in quality compared to their first three shows. They brought in new NWA World champion Shinya Hashimoto for a successful defense over Ace Steel in the semi main event, but the main event and match of the night was a tag match in which X Division champion Frankie Kazarian and Sonjay Dutt defeated TNA World champion BJ Whitmer and Matt Sydal. This show wasn't great by any means; for example, it was not nearly as good as most of the shows that the now-defunct UPW put on. It was still an improvement for them though, so maybe they can build on it. </em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <hr noshade size=3></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> So yeah, I'm open to opinions/suggestions about whether or not I should buy GAEA. If I want to get any of those women, this is my only way to do it until and unless I hit International since none of them are active in America.</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Beejus" data-cite="Beejus" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43035" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>WAR! I'm assuming that the September PPV will be Fall Brawl again then? Or are you going to give it a different name? Either way, I'm excited.</div></blockquote><p> I haven't decided yet. I could call it Fall Brawl, or maybe Wrestle War to go a bit more old school. I kind of want to call it simply 'War Games', but I'm not aware of a logo I could use.</p><p> </p><p> I'm glad you're excited for War Games! It's an awesome match type, one I've never really been able to play with before. (I did have one in the very beginning of Let There Be War, but that was a match already in place when the game started, so I don't really count that. Plus it included Zodiac.)</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43035" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Also, I thought it awesome (pun intended) that Douglas attacked Desotroyah on Nitro after making a deal about no sneak attacks. That's our Franchise!<p> </p></div></blockquote><p> No honor amongst thieves (or heels.) <img alt=":cool:" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/cool.png.f00d2562b2c1d873a09323753efdb041.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Gravyb0y" data-cite="Gravyb0y" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43035" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I've caught up with this diary over the last few lunch breaks at work (Since Saturday to be exact) and I'm absolutely loving it. Excellent to see a young Punk and AJ proving their worth. I'll be keeping a close eye on this in future. Well done FNC!</div></blockquote><p> Happy I could provide some entertainment as you ate lunch! <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Gravyb0y" data-cite="Gravyb0y" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43035" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><p> General diary comments/questions/critiques:<strong> Amazing so far, love your writing style, and love the info given on what is going on around the rest of your save. It's a shame the WWE booking seems to be so </strong><strong><em><span style="color:#FF0000;">strange</span></em></strong></p></div></blockquote><p> Exactly why I'm turning control over to guest bookers for the big three PPVs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="KnowYourEnemy" data-cite="KnowYourEnemy" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43035" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><p> General diary comments/questions/critiques: Great work! I always like bringing in Sasaki as "Power Warrior" -- any chance we see the Hell Raisers at some point?</p></div></blockquote><p> They're both under contract with NJPW, plus Hawk is a drug addict and terrible backstage presence. If it happened, it'd probably only be a one-off.</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Warhawk8492" data-cite="Warhawk8492" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43035" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><p> General diary comments/questions/critiques: I like your booking, any chance we will see a program with Styles and Daniels?</p></div></blockquote><p> I'd definitely expect the likes of Styles, Daniels, Punk, Danielson, etc. to all have programs against each other eventually.</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="SIser187" data-cite="SIser187" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43035" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><p> <strong>Rob Van Dam</strong> vs. Mortis</p><p> RVD is one of your biggest stars.</p></div></blockquote><p> That goes double in Japan. Not only is he my biggest star in Japan, he's bigger there than any active wrestler in <em>New Japan!</em> (Inoki is slightly higher, but he's retired and is just a road agent now.)</p><p> </p><p> </p><blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Crossface" data-cite="Crossface" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43035" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><p> General diary comments/questions/critiques: Look admirer of your work TFC... but never loved this time period so I had a hard time investing in this diary early on. The adjustments to the product and presentation that you've made have led to me catching up and getting more and more interested lately however. This should be a cool show and I'm looking forward to it.</p></div></blockquote><p> I hear that. I'd probably have the same issue trying to follow a modern day WWE diary.</p><p> </p><p> (Semi-related note: I'm currently working my way through 'Jet Planes'; just finished with the Clash. Great stuff so far!)</p>

[Wolfman84]

<p>World Heavyweight Championship: Kensuke Sasaki vs. <strong>Booker T</strong> {©}</p><p> </p><p>

World Tag Team Championship: TenKoji vs. The <strong>Hardys</strong> {©}</p><p> </p><p>

United States Heavyweight Championship: The Destroyer vs. <strong>Shane Douglas</strong> {©}</p><p> </p><p>

Three Way Match for the Cruiserweight Championship: American Dragon vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. <strong>AJ Styles</strong> {©}</p><p> </p><p>

World Women's Championship: Akira Hokuto vs. <strong>Etsuko Mita</strong> {©}</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Rob Van Dam</strong> vs. Mortis</p><p> </p><p>

Natural Born Thrillers vs. <strong>The Empire (King Corino and TAKA)</strong></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Wataru Inoue</strong> vs. "Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Manami Toyota</strong> vs. Shinobu Kandori</p><p> </p><p>

The Jung Dragons vs. <strong>???</strong></p><p> </p><p>

What will be match of the night? <strong>TenKoji vs. The Hardys</strong></p><p> </p><p>

How many championships will change hands? <strong>0</strong></p><p> </p><p>

What team will the Jung Dragons face? (Hint: the team already existed in the database, and one of them is already part of WCW.) <strong>C.M. Punk & Colt Cabana</strong></p>

[franticloser]

<p>World Heavyweight Championship: Kensuke Sasaki vs. Booker T {©}</p><p> </p><p>

World Tag Team Championship: TenKoji vs.<strong> The Hardys</strong> {©}</p><p> </p><p>

United States Heavyweight Championship: The Destroyer vs. <strong>Shane Douglas</strong> {©}</p><p> </p><p>

Three Way Match for the Cruiserweight Championship: American Dragon vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. <strong>AJ Styles {©}</strong></p><p><strong>

</strong></p><p>

World Women's Championship: Akira Hokuto vs.<strong> Etsuko Mita</strong> {©}</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Rob Van Dam</strong> vs. Mortis</p><p> </p><p>

Natural Born Thrillers vs. <strong>The Empire (King Corino and TAKA)</strong></p><p><strong>

</strong></p><p>

Wataru Inoue vs. <strong>"Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels</strong></p><p><strong>

</strong></p><p>

<strong>Manami Toyota</strong> vs. Shinobu Kandori</p><p> </p><p>

<strong>The Jung Dragons</strong> vs. ???</p><p> </p><p>

What will be match of the night? <strong>Sasaki vs Booker T</strong></p><p> </p><p>

How many championships will change hands? <strong>0</strong></p><p> </p><p>

What team will the Jung Dragons face? (Hint: the team already existed in the database, and one of them is already part of WCW.) <strong>Hayabusa and Shinzaki</strong></p>

[K-Nection]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43035" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I haven't decided yet. I could call it Fall Brawl, or maybe Wrestle War to go a bit more old school. I kind of want to call it simply 'War Games', but I'm not aware of a logo I could use.<p> </p><p> I'm glad you're excited for War Games! It's an awesome match type, one I've never really been able to play with before. (I did have one in the very beginning of Let There Be War, but that was a match already in place when the game started, so I don't really count that. Plus it included Zodiac.)</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> A lazy first page google search came up with this</p><p> </p><p> <a href="http://www.wrestling101.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/wcw-wargames-logo.jpg" rel="external nofollow">http://www.wrestling101.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/wcw-wargames-logo.jpg</a></p>

[michgcs]

<p>Fan Scorecard:</p><p> </p><p>

World Heavyweight Championship: Kensuke Sasaki vs. <strong>Booker T {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

World Tag Team Championship: TenKoji vs. <strong>The Hardys {©}</strong></p><p>

<em>I don't think the Japanese challengers will be able to dethrone the top Champions</em></p><p> </p><p>

United States Heavyweight Championship: <strong>The Destroyer</strong> vs. Shane Douglas {©}</p><p>

<em>It feels wrong but I think Douglas will start a semi-face turn. Maybe Destroyer wins via DQ?</em></p><p> </p><p>

Three Way Match for the Cruiserweight Championship: American Dragon vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. <strong>AJ Styles {©}</strong></p><p>

<em>Styles wins and Chavo and AmDrag can start their feud</em></p><p> </p><p>

World Women's Championship: <strong>Akira Hokuto</strong> vs. Etsuko Mita {©}</p><p>

<em>TITLE CHANGE!</em></p><p> </p><p>

Rob Van Dam vs. <strong>Mortis</strong></p><p>

<em>Shot in the dark. Don't have high hopes for this as I think RVD won't be happy</em></p><p> </p><p>

Natural Born Thrillers vs. <strong>The Empire (King Corino and TAKA)</strong></p><p>

<em>We're getting the best Empire combo here</em></p><p> </p><p>

Wataru Inoue vs. <strong>"Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels</strong></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Manami Toyota</strong> vs. Shinobu Kandori</p><p> </p><p>

The Jung Dragons vs.<strong> ???</strong></p><p> </p><p>

What will be match of the night? <strong>Hardys-TenKoji</strong></p><p> </p><p>

How many championships will change hands? <strong>1</strong></p><p> </p><p>

What team will the Jung Dragons face? (Hint: the team already existed in the database, and one of them is already part of WCW.)</p><p>

<strong>Calgary Stampede/Hart Dynasty?</strong></p><p> </p><p>

General diary comments/questions/critiques:</p>

[crackerjack]

<p>World Heavyweight Championship: Kensuke Sasaki vs. <strong>Booker T {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

World Tag Team Championship: TenKoji vs. <strong>The Hardys {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

United States Heavyweight Championship: The Destroyer vs. <strong>Shane Douglas {©}</strong></p><p>

<em>Seems like it might be a good time, but I can't see you putting your trust in Awesome after all of that drug stuff. I smell a DQ</em></p><p> </p><p>

Three Way Match for the Cruiserweight Championship: American Dragon vs. <strong>Chavo Guerrero Jr.</strong> vs. AJ Styles {©}</p><p> </p><p>

World Women's Championship: Akira Hokuto vs. <strong>Etsuko Mita {©}</strong></p><p><strong>

</strong></p><p>

<strong>Rob Van Dam</strong> vs. Mortis</p><p> </p><p>

Natural Born Thrillers vs. <strong>The Empire (King Corino and TAKA)</strong></p><p><strong>

</strong></p><p>

Wataru Inoue vs.<strong> "Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels</strong></p><p><strong>

</strong></p><p>

<strong>Manami Toyota</strong> vs. Shinobu Kandori</p><p> </p><p>

The Jung Dragons vs. <strong>???</strong></p><p> </p><p>

What will be match of the night? <strong>World Title</strong></p><p> </p><p>

How many championships will change hands? <strong>1</strong></p><p> </p><p>

What team will the Jung Dragons face? (Hint: the team already existed in the database, and one of them is already part of WCW.) <strong>WHAT A RUSH</strong></p><p> </p><p>

General diary comments/questions/critiques:</p>

[Satyr24]

<p>World Heavyweight Championship: Kensuke Sasaki vs. <strong>Booker T {©}</strong></p><p><strong>

</strong></p><p>

World Tag Team Championship: TenKoji vs. <strong>The Hardys {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

United States Heavyweight Championship: The Destroyer vs. <strong>Shane Douglas {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Three Way Match for the Cruiserweight Championship: American Dragon vs. <strong>Chavo Guerrero Jr. </strong>vs. AJ Styles {©}</p><p> </p><p>

World Women's Championship: Akira Hokuto vs. <strong>Etsuko Mita {©}</strong></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Rob Van Dam</strong> vs. Mortis</p><p> </p><p>

Natural Born Thrillers vs. <strong>The Empire (King Corino and TAKA)</strong></p><p> </p><p>

Wataru Inoue vs. <strong>"Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels</strong></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>Manami Toyota</strong> vs. Shinobu Kandori</p><p> </p><p>

The Jung Dragons vs. <strong>???</strong></p><p><strong>

</strong></p><p>

What will be match of the night? <strong>Sasaki vs Booker T</strong></p><p> </p><p>

How many championships will change hands? <strong>1</strong></p><p> </p><p>

What team will the Jung Dragons face? (Hint: the team already existed in the database, and one of them is already part of WCW.) <strong>Hayabusa and Shinzaki</strong></p>

[cbacon87]

As far as GAEA goes, I think buying it makes sense. Using it as a second, female developmental could work, depending on how thin it stretches your current developmental's roster. That way you have access to any of their talent you want, but don't have to debut everyone in WCW at once.

[K-Nection]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="cbacon87" data-cite="cbacon87" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43035" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>As far as GAEA goes, I think buying it makes sense. Using it as a second, female developmental could work, depending on how thin it stretches your current developmental's roster. That way you have access to any of their talent you want, but don't have to debut everyone in WCW at once.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> This right here!</p><p> </p><p> I say you can use the one in the states to focus on the boys while you have GAEA in Japan to focus on the women.</p>

[BHK6]

<p>World Heavyweight Championship: Booker T {©}</p><p> </p><p>

World Tag Team Championship: The Hardys {©}</p><p> </p><p>

United States Heavyweight Championship: The Destroyer </p><p> </p><p>

Three Way Match for the Cruiserweight Championship: AJ Styles {©}</p><p> </p><p>

World Women's Championship: Etsuko Mita {©}</p><p> </p><p>

Rob Van Dam</p><p> </p><p>

Natural Born Thrillers</p><p> </p><p>

"Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels</p><p> </p><p>

Manami Toyota</p><p> </p><p>

???</p><p> </p><p>

What will be match of the night? Tag Titles</p><p> </p><p>

How many championships will change hands? 1</p><p> </p><p>

What team will the Jung Dragons face? (Hint: the team already existed in the database, and one of them is already part of WCW.) Hayabusa ando Shinzaki</p>

[The Final Countdown]

As far as GAEA goes, I think buying it makes sense. Using it as a second, female developmental could work, depending on how thin it stretches your current developmental's roster. That way you have access to any of their talent you want, but don't have to debut everyone in WCW at once.

 

This right here!

 

I say you can use the one in the states to focus on the boys while you have GAEA in Japan to focus on the women.

This was my first thought as well, but unfortunately I don't think it's going to be a viable option. I played around and tested a bit by actually buying out GAEA as a developmental territory and seeing what I could do with it, but as best I can tell, I can't use any of their workers on my main roster by doing this.

[Rateddc]

World Heavyweight Championship: Kensuke Sasaki vs. Booker T {©}

 

World Tag Team Championship: TenKoji vs. The Hardys {©}

 

United States Heavyweight Championship: The Destroyer vs. Shane Douglas {©}

 

Three Way Match for the Cruiserweight Championship: American Dragon vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. AJ Styles {©}

 

World Women's Championship: Akira Hokuto vs. Etsuko Mita {©}

 

Rob Van Dam vs. Mortis

 

Natural Born Thrillers vs. The Empire (King Corino and TAKA)

 

Wataru Inoue vs. "Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels

 

Manami Toyota vs. Shinobu Kandori

 

The Jung Dragons vs. ???

 

What will be match of the night? Booker vs. Sasaki

 

How many championships will change hands? 1

 

What team will the Jung Dragons face? (Hint: the team already existed in the database, and one of them is already part of WCW.) Road Warriors. Got to leech that popularity.