WCW: Heart and Soul

IronmanCampbell · April 5, 2020

Just wanted to say that I've been following along with this diary silently for ages- it's amazing.

I love the way you book your PPV's from a logistical standpoint- weaving feuds in and out of one another and avoiding the pitfalls of the repetitive '3 matches to a feud' rule which I personally struggle with in my saves.

Was nervous when I saw things slow down at times in the past, but am really glad you're back and the story is continuing, as you have said yourself, I think there is plenty of life in this yet.

The Final Countdown · April 5, 2020

March 14th, 2004: Slamboree <div style="text-align:center;"> <img alt="qCSftMd.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/qCSftMd.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> March 14th, 2004 From Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland Attendance: 45,000 (sell-out!) Announce Team: "The Professor" Mike Tenay and Bret "The Hitman" Hart <img alt="2nqjRO5.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/2nqjRO5.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="nG8aWZm.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/nG8aWZm.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> </div> Colt Cabana and Bobby Heenan said they would educate Bryan Danielson and prove to him that he should get thoughts of a US title rematch with Rob Van Dam out of his mind. They had a solid opening match, with Bryan clearly leading the way as the ring general and the standout performer. The match saw plenty of shenanigans from both Cabana and Heenan, but Bryan outwrestled him with his masterful technique and turned his Cattle Mutilation submission into a pinfall. We switched Bryan to a wholesome wrestling machine gimmick here, but the fans didn’t seem to enjoy it much to begin with. On the plus side, he introduced a new hope spot that got the fans behind him even more. He’s already a true ring general, and this will only enhance his match psychology. Becky Bayless interviewed President Dusty Rhodes about next month’s Clash of the Champions emanating from Australia, but Salvation interrupted. Unnatural handled all the talking for his group, saying that Dusty had himself to blame for what happened to Austin. “Another legend will fall tonight, and just like Austin, so too will Bill Goldberg’s blood be on your hands!” This angle got the crowd hotter, but Dusty didn’t hold up well this time, getting outtalked by his son. <img alt="rrRBDgP.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/rrRBDgP.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Chavo Guerrero Jr. and Brian Kendrick had a fun back and forth match, with Chavo not only showing up but giving his all now that there were stakes in his match. He tried his best, but Kendrick caught him with Sliced Bread #2 and made his fifth successful title defense, bringing him halfway to the total required to vacate the title and challenge for the US belt (or ten away from the World title, if he chooses to bypass the US shot.) Chavo threw a tantrum in the ring after the match, kicking the ropes and shaking the guard rail. While Chavo sulked, Kendrick celebrated—until he was cut off by Shane Helms and his manager Buff Bagwell on the video screen. They were surrounded by a couple of unnamed attractive ladies (local indie workers we hired for the night) and really enjoying themselves, but they said their party would be even better if they took Kendrick’s TV title away from him. “Ladies love Buff, they love Sugar, and they love gold!” The first of two UFS Semifinal matches saw Eddie Guerrero of the Dead Jesters take on Matt Hardy of Uncrewed’s Crew. This was a fantastic match, easily the best of the night to this point, with Eddie turning in an excellent performance. It was a back and forth with plenty of near-falls from both guys, but The Enigma’s appearance at ringside distracted his brother and allowed Enigma’s UFS teammate Guerrero to get the win and send their team to the finals. Backstage, UWA Welterweight champion Jamie Knoble and WCW Cruiserweight champion TAKA argued (well, manager Tammy Sytch argued on TAKA’s behalf) over whose title meant more during an interview with Becky Bayless. The second UFS match saw an old rivalry reignited as AJ Styles of the Rated R Superstars met Sean O’Haire of The Limitless. It was the classic big man vs. little man story, with both guys playing their roles well. The difference maker was Bobby Roode and Ric Flair, who came down and argued with Paul Heyman when he tried to help O’Haire. Styles hit a springboard forearm and then a Spiral Tap for the pin amidst the chaos, though he didn’t even seem to notice all the commotion on the floor. Regardless, the Rated R Superstars are on to the finals. Rey Mysterio Jr. was back on Piper’s Pit, and didn’t seem any more certain of his career direction than he’d been the last time they talked. This time Konnan came out to interrupt and coax Rey into coming to the back to talk, ending the segment. Roddy looked good here, but Konnan performed poorly. Maybe that’s to be expected with how little we’ve used him or let him talk, but he did show some improved acting chops. The Steenerico vs. Calgary Bulldogs match was a chance for both young teams to get some PPV time, and they had a nice little match. Steen got the submission win on TJ after about 7 and a half minutes, but they didn’t have long to celebrate their win. They were jumped after the match by Made in Italy, who tossed Steen to the floor and hit the Catwalk on Generico. As Dawn Marie cheered, Johnny Parisi grabbed the mic and said that after beating Steenerico last month at SuperBrawl, this spotlight should have been theirs. http://i.imgur.com/mitTbCm.jpg The US title match was always going to suffer for featuring two heels going at it, and neither RVD or Corino is enough of a ring general to put together and lead a match either. Despite those issues, this was still an excellent match just because both guys are so great. In the end the Five Star Frog Splash saw a successful title defense for RVD, and afterwards the rest of the DA came out to congratulate him. Heyman grabbed a mic and did an amazing job of cutting an unscripted promo that threw Dusty’s plans for Clash of the Champions into disarray. “Traditionally the US champion gets to challenge for the World title at the Clash. But RVD has no need for any other title, because the most prestigious belt in the world is whichever one Rob-Van-Dam happens to be holding at the time! So Mr. President, with all due respect: you’ll need to find a different challenger!” The Shooting Stars (with Torrie Wilson) did a backstage interview with Becky and said they hoped to challenge the winners of the upcoming tag title match. My nephew Teddy didn’t look too good here, unfortunately. http://i.imgur.com/S0cu0uO.jpg As expected any time the True Heroes are given a chance to shine in a big match, they delivered gold. It wasn’t all them though, because Hayashi and Yang were fantastic too. This was tag team wrestling at its finest, with great innovative double teams as well as sound tag team wrestling psychology in a match that started slowly and built higher and higher. A lot of fans believed that this was the time for the Dragons to finally get their big win, but it was not to be. Storm tapped out Yang with the Calgary Clutch a little past the 24 minute mark, and the Heroes emerged victorious in an epic. Stacy consoled the Dragons after the match, and on commentary Mike and I wondered how they would cope after another title match where they looked great but came up just short. http://i.imgur.com/haJKoFv.jpg The crowd was hot for this one for sure, and the work was really good too. The story here was that Unnatural stalled to break up Goldberg’s momentum and would then go on a vicious assault whenever the opportunity presented itself, but no matter what he did he couldn’t finish the challenger off. Goldberg even kicked out of Unnatural Selection, and then he started to roll. He shrugged off some more offensive attempts and started battering Unnatural. Father Isaac signaled for Mortis to run down after Goldberg hit the spear. Goldberg and ref Nick Patrick both saw him coming, but it was all a ruse so The Enigma could sneak in from the other side and lay Goldberg out with a title belt shot to the back of the head! A second Unnatural Selection followed, and this time Goldberg didn’t kick out. This match was held back from what it could have been by the need to protect Goldberg, both to keep him happy and to keep him looking like our top star. It was still an excellent match, but not quite in the running for match of the night. The entirety of Salvation came out after the match so they could try and make good on their threat to destroy Goldberg and drive him from WCW. They busted him open after a second belt shot to the head, but President Rhodes and some security and wrestlers came down just in time to prevent an Unnatural Selection on top of the ring steps. Dusty was very underwhelming here, but the principal stars (Goldberg and Unnatural) were both great. It isn’t often that you see Goldberg look so vulnerable, and it really worked. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43035" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Show Summary: <img alt="Il8lCox.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Il8lCox.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> <img alt="REPXMML.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/REPXMML.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Notes from this show: “I didn’t see much from Cash in the pre-show battle royal; the fans just don’t care. Might be time to cut bait.” –The Unnatural </div></blockquote> Sorry the summary screenshot(s) don't perfectly match up! DHK1989 has graciously offered to tally up the prediction scores from this show, so everyone give kudos to him!

Nobby_McDonald · April 6, 2020

Damn it, missed the predictions.

The Final Countdown · April 7, 2020

March 14th, 2004: Post-Slamboree News and Prediction Scores <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43035" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>March 14th, 2004 Baltimore, Maryland Post-Slamboree ”You guys have no idea how much I’ve enjoyed working here,” Ric Flair said, choking back tears. “WCW was in a bad place a few years ago, but now it’s bigger and stronger than ever, and I’m so happy about it! I might be leaving, but that doesn’t mean I’ll ever stop supporting you guys or wishing you well! Keep killing it down here, and keep growing this company that me, Double A, the Stinger and so many others built up!” The boys gave Ric a raucous round of applause, and I joined in. He was as respected as anyone in the business, and I knew a lot of people were sad to see him go. It felt weird to me too. Even though we haven’t always seen eye to eye, I know how synonymous he is with WCW. It’ll be weird to see him likely finish his career with Vince, but it is what it is. I’ve come up with a way to write him off of our TV that will both bring him out of his “retirement” and enhance our other storylines, and he’ll be finishing up imminently. He’ll be missed by many, but we’re looking to the future. That didn’t mean we couldn’t give him a nice send-off among the boys though. My nephew Teddy’s applause was half-hearted. He’d blown off Ric when he went around the locker room before the show to shake everybody’s hand and say a personal goodbye, and Ric had dressed him down for it. He’s a talented kid, but that talent and his last name will only get him so far. If he’s expecting me to hand him the world just because he’s my nephew he’s got other things coming. He’ll need to earn it, just like Nattie is over in Japan on Renaissance. Shinsuke Nakamura wasn’t clapping too hard either, but that’s because he broke a couple of fingers during his pre-show match. That’ll only keep him out for a week or so, thankfully. The recent bidding wars have given me a greater sense of urgency when it comes to building up new, marketable stars, and it’s unanimous among my staff at Wildside that Nakamura is a prospect with as high a ceiling as anyone they’ve seen in a long time, so I decided to call him up. Now we just need to figure out how we’ll debut him on TV. The dark match was a chance to test out his chemistry with Paul Heyman as a manager, but that pairing didn’t work out well at all, so he won’t be joining the Dangerous Alliance any time soon. Back to the drawing board. I led some applause for Yang and Kaz Hayashi too before turning things over to Ric, and the Dragons had appreciated it. They keep missing their ‘moment’ in storyline, but nobody back here has missed what they’ve done. They’re not going anywhere. Can I say the same about Goldberg? I honestly don’t know. We’ve offered him revised terms, but he’s got three huge, lucrative contract offers on the table, and I’m not sure which way he’s leaning right now. If he re-signs, great. If he doesn’t, we’ve set up an obvious path to write him off. We’re looking to the future. It’ll be a future without Ric Flair, and maybe one without Goldberg too, but it’s still looking bright to me. And speaking of brighter futures, I was hoping to hear back soon on the possibility of moving Nitro off of USA and onto an even bigger broadcaster…</div></blockquote> <hr noshade size=3> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43035" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Slamboree Prediction Scores: Kijar: 9 smw88: 7 HappyOwns: 7 odan: 7 Danny H22: 7 Bigelow Cartwheel: 7 Rateddc: 7 crackerjack: 7 JMike: 6 DHK1989: 6 Dead Jester: 6 evileddie10: 6 Satyr24: 6 The Lloyd: 6 Bagins: 6 GingeyOne: 6 Electric X: 6 franticloser: 6 The Lariat: 6 DGenerationMC: 5 SagaJoestar: 5 Moore: 5 Beejus: 4 Texasranger13: 3 Asaemon: 3</div></blockquote> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43035" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Final Standings in Prediction Contest: BHK6: 28 Rateddc: 27 (20:26) Dead_Jester: 27 (20:05) franticloser: 27 (17:30) JMike: 26 DHK1989: 26 Satyr24: 25 evileddie10: 25 GingeyOne: 25 DGenerationMC: 24 Kijar: 22 Happy0wns: 22 K-Nection: 21 Uncrewed: 21 SagaJoestar: 21 odan: 21 crackerjack: 21 WilburTrey: 20 James The Animator: 20 DavidCorperial: 20 ElectricX: 18 Danny_H22: 16 Nobby_McDonald: 15 Wolfman84: 14 Cro Cop Rules: 14 sportsfanmas: 14 CobheadJake: 14 bonnie: 13 deanohbk: 13 Forrest01: 12 Scarletspeed7: 7 XMultiGames: 7 kinnikuniverse: 7 smw88: 7 DannyH22: 7 Bigelow Cartwheel: 7 The Lloyd: 6 Bagins: 6 The Lariat: 6 Jaysin: 5 Moore: 5 Beejus: 4 Texasrangers13: 3 Asaemon: 3 </div></blockquote> So we’re in a bit of an odd spot here, thanks to my long sabbatical(s). BHK6 was so far ahead that he won the contest despite not predicting during the last show, so first right of refusal for booking Mania (or claiming a different prize) goes to him. He hasn’t logged into the forum since July though, so that seems like a long shot. Rateddc wins the 3-way tiebreaker among the people tied for second (by mere seconds over Dead_Jester!), so they’ll have the first shot should BHK not respond in time to book the show. Rateddc, I would appreciate you letting me know if you would be interested in booking Mania in TEW2016 if it falls to you, or if you would rather be given an alternative prize and I could move down and offer Mania to Dead_Jester. Again, major thanks to DHK1989 for adding these up for me! I had more notes written down for this news update, but my computer apparently didn’t save the document, so those are lost to the aether and I just had to go off of memory.

DHK1989 · April 7, 2020

Glad I could help. <img alt="

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Kijar · April 8, 2020

I did it! For once haha

The Final Countdown · April 10, 2020

Would you guys prefer it if I just started posting the show summaries at the end of each week, along with whatever news has popped up? That way you could kind of follow what's happening in a more natural way, even if the shows aren't really getting written up.

Hashasheen · April 10, 2020

Would you guys prefer it if I just started posting the show summaries at the end of each week, along with whatever news has popped up? That way you could kind of follow what's happening in a more natural way, even if the shows aren't really getting written up.

Yeah, I think that'd be cool, if it's not hard on you?

DHK1989 · April 11, 2020

Whichever makes things easier for you.

The Final Countdown · April 11, 2020

March 2004 Weeks 2 and 3 (Renaissance)

Show Summaries:

3/6:

Notes from this show:
-Chigusa Nagayo threw out some sort of new catchphrase that got a reaction from the Japanese fans. Something about ‘lighting up the darkness.’

3/13:

Notes from this show:
-Aja Kong was catching heat for her selfish behavior in the locker room, so I levied a fine against her. She did not appreciate that response.

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This isn't exactly how it's going to look going forward; these are just the two weeks of Renaissance posted between the last update at the end of February and Slamboree. I'll test out the new weekly format starting with March Week 3.

DHK1989 · April 11, 2020

Is that the first A grade for a Renaissance show?

The Final Countdown · April 13, 2020

March 2004 Week 3

March 2004, Week 3

March 15th, 2004

Show Notes:

-With Guerrero’s win over Knoble, the Dead Jesters jump out to a 1-0 lead over the Rated R Superstars in the UFS finals.

“Eric Young looks pretty good to me; might be worth signing full-time.” –CM Punk

March 20th, 2004

Upcoming WCW PPV Event(s):

April 4th, 2004

Etsuko Mita and Kaoru Ito vs. Our Generation for the World Tag Team Championship

Manami Toyota vs. Wesna Busic

Card subject to change. Please do not submit your predictions at this time.

April 11th, 2004

Card subject to change. Please do not submit your predictions at this time.

News Updates:

”Pleasure doing business with you, Bret.”

“Same, Bill. You’ve been an important part of this company, and we’re happy to have you sticking around.”

“I’m happy too. Thanks again, and I’ll see you on Monday.”

“Sounds good; see you then.”

Yes, it was now official that Bill Goldberg wouldn’t be going anywhere. We signed him to a new 4-year contract extension that made him far and away the highest paid person in the company. He’d been in second prior to this contract, narrowly behind Rey Mysterio Jr (who himself had been the beneficiary of a bidding war between us and Vince last year while he was our world champion), but now he had almost doubled the amount Rey was making. It was a massive financial commitment for us, especially since Bill was 37 years old, but I decided we couldn’t afford to lose him. Letting him go to New Japan would have been one thing, but when WWE got more aggressive in their negotiation and became the odds-on favorite to sign him away I felt I had to act. Losing him at all would have been a blow to our brand recognition, but losing him to Vince would have given him the upper hand in this war. Now I just had to hope that he could be a valuable contributor to the company not just in the immediate future, but for the duration of the four year big money contract.

My phone rang again, and I smiled when I saw the name on the screen. I’d reached out to this familiar face at first just for a one time appearance playing off of the big Ric Flair beatdown and stretcher job we ran as the Nature Boy’s WCW farewell, but I’d begun to think that there might be a place for him as a more regular character. I’m toying with the idea of creating a babyface stable to counteract the big two heel factions, and this legend could be an excellent figurehead/mouthpiece for any such group.

“Thanks for returning my call,” I said. “Let’s talk about the future, Randy.”

In less exciting contract extension news, Shinobu Kandori will be sticking around on Renaissance under a PPA deal.

Arn Anderson signed an extension and will be sticking around as our lead road agent on the Renaissance brand, where he moved after his role as on-screen President of WCW ended.

WWE tried to take some potshots at us during a recent episode of Heat by poking fun at ‘mid-card joke world champions’ (Unnatural), but based on the reactions I’ve seen online it seems like most fans thought the jokes were forced and tacky. Nice try; everyone knows how good Dustin is.

Elsewhere in the wrestling world:

Chris Sabin, a promising young talent who appears for both ROH and MLW, is headed to jail for a few months for stealing a car. Not too bright.

Jake Roberts re-signed with WWE. Kind of surprising since he almost never appears on TV and doesn’t do any backstage work for them from what I hear, but good for him to keep getting a steady paycheck.

Scoot Andrews won the annual Super 8 tournament held by ECWA.

Russ Haas has signed an extension of his developmental deal with WWE, and occasional job guy Ron Waterman’s staying too.

Is that the first A grade for a Renaissance show?

Nope. It's not common, but it's happened a couple of times before.

Bigelow Cartwheel · April 13, 2020

That’s pretty huge Goldberg re-signing. You’ve got to think even at 41 he’s still gonna be a massive draw. You did what it took.

Savage coming in would be pretty awesome too.

DHK1989 · April 13, 2020

WCW keeping both O'Haire and Goldberg is huge. Still a shame Flair is leaving. Surprised Arn didn't ask for his release just so he could follow Ric to WWE.

GingeyOne · April 15, 2020

Good to see Goldberg sticking around, certainly opens up the story possibilities and will keep the company strong against NJPW and WWE. Its a shame you cant transfer his current a little less mercenary personality over to his past self!

Hashasheen · April 15, 2020

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="GingeyOne" data-cite="GingeyOne" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43035" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Good to see Goldberg sticking around, certainly opens up the story possibilities and will keep the company strong against NJPW and WWE. Its a shame you cant transfer his current a little less mercenary personality over to his past self!</div></blockquote> One might argue Goldberg is a little less mercenary in the data than IRL! He's working more matches and has put over more people for less money! <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

The Final Countdown · April 19, 2020

March 2004 Week 4 March 2004, Week 4 <img alt="5syC0e6.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/5syC0e6.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> March 22nd, 2004 <img alt="REo9qmA.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/REo9qmA.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Show Notes: -From what I hear, Tony Mamaluke kept the atmosphere fun backstage during the show. -Randy Savage made a good first impression by ordering enough pizza for the entire roster. -Savage’s old school face character, coming in to fight back against the heel groups and look out for the good guys, got a very good initial response from the fans. -Teddy Hart looked to be favoring his leg for real during his match, but the trainer took a look at him and said it was just a strained muscle and he wouldn’t need to take any time off. -It seemed like TAKA’s gimmick is getting a little stale with the fans, so maybe we should switch things up there. Same thing with Sean O’Haire. -The main event suffered from issues with psychology and a lack of selling. As a result of Goldberg’s win, the UFS finals were evened at one win apiece. “James Storm seems like he has some potential.” –AJ Styles “AJ’s wrong. James Storm doesn’t have it.” –The Enigma “Harry Smith’s good in the ring. Chip off the old block.” –CM Punk “Punk’s right. If Harry’s this good at 18, think how good he’ll be in a few years.” –Jamie Knoble <img alt="JJBwRaP.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/JJBwRaP.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> March 27th, 2004 <img alt="9muVPHs.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/9muVPHs.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Show Notes: -Apparently Nattie broke some kind of locker room rule before the show, and Renaissance head ref Charles Robinson brought her before the wrestler’s court and sentenced her to buy drinks after the show. -After the 30 minute draw between Satomura and Hokuto, the UFS finals stood at 1-1-1. Upcoming WCW PPV Event(s): <img alt="hTAKLwJ.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/hTAKLwJ.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43035" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>April 4th, 2004 Chigusa Nagayo vs. Akira Hokuto for the World Championship Etsuko Mita and Kaoru Ito vs. Our Generation for the World Tag Team Championship Manami Toyota vs. Wesna Busic Kyoko Inoue vs. Toshiyo Yamada Momoe Nakanishi vs. The Beautiful Nightmare Card subject to change. Please do not submit your predictions at this time.</div></blockquote> <img alt="k7dcitf.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/k7dcitf.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43035" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>April 11th, 2004 The Destroyer vs. Rob Van Dam for the United States Championship Card subject to change. Please do not submit your predictions at this time.</div></blockquote> News Updates: Some of my developmental people have been telling me they think Johnny the Bull could be a big star when we eventually bring him back up. Elsewhere in the wrestling world: -WWE did some spring cleaning, letting go of Ron Simmons, Jerry Sags, Funaki and Viscera. They also called Randy Orton (son of Cowboy Bob), Nick Dinsmore, Rico Constantino and Ken Anderson up from developmental, and they’ve signed Simon Diamond to a developmental deal. -NOAH held their big event, Final Attack Due, headlined by a fantastic 99 rated main event where Jun Akiyama retained the GHC Heavyweight title over Yoshinari Ogawa by count out. Another really strong showing from them, with a 94 overall score. -NWATNA held their latest event, One Night Only. Marc Mero retained their world title over Matt Cross in a good main event, Kent Kohl won the NWA Junior Heavyweight title from Tatsuo Nakano, and BJ Whitmer won the X-Division title from Jimmy Rave. This was a decent show by their standards, but well below their Against All Odds show from last month. -In Zero-One, Shinjiro Otani won the International Junior Heavyweight title from Genki Horiguchi, and Tadao Yasuda was crowned the new Zero 1 World Heavyweight champion after beating Shinya Hashimoto (which sounds like a mistake to me.) -WWE contract extensions: Bossman -I’ve heard Kenta Kobayashi has some heat backstage in NOAH for his cocky attitude. -Apparently Rocco Rock from Public Enemy is going to retire as an active wrestler soon. Maybe I should bring him and Johnny Grunge back in for a short little farewell run. <hr noshade size=3> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Bigelow Cartwheel" data-cite="Bigelow Cartwheel" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43035" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>That’s pretty huge Goldberg re-signing. You’ve got to think even at 41 he’s still gonna be a massive draw. You did what it took. Savage coming in would be pretty awesome too.</div></blockquote> Yeah, as long as his star quality doesn’t start to dip before the contract ends he’ll be worth the massive amount I’m paying him. He’ll be a solid leader for the national battles, and then I need to get as much as I can out of the younger guys with big star quality. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Hashasheen" data-cite="Hashasheen" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43035" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>One might argue Goldberg is a little less mercenary in the data than IRL! He's working more matches and has put over more people for less money! <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote> Indeed! Not sure of its accuracy but I heard he made like $4 million just for that Saudi Arabia match with Bray. If that's true he made more for that one match than he will in an entire year of his contract with me!

DHK1989 · April 19, 2020

Ron Simmons was let go? I could see him being put in the WCW Hall of Fame. <img alt="

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Hashasheen · April 19, 2020

I was thinking more WCW Commissioner myself, DHK!

Kijar · April 19, 2020

I'm down for that Public Enemy run. They were so much effing fun in ECW. Every time they cut a promo or hit the ring and got the crowd in a frenzy. <img alt="

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The Final Countdown · April 19, 2020

Is GDS eating posts or something? I got an email notification earlier today about a new post in this thread from ComicFighter, but it's nowhere to be seen in the thread itself. The same thing happened a few days ago with Nobby. <img alt=":confused:" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/confused.png.d4a8e6b6eab0c67698b911fb041c0ed1.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="DHK1989" data-cite="DHK1989" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43035" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Ron Simmons was let go? I could see him being put in the WCW Hall of Fame. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote> I actually manually let him and all those other guys go when I hopped in to set things up for Rateddc to run Mania, and I made those developmental callups too. He'd be a worthy candidate for that, yeah. HOF SHOULD have happened at Slamboree but I decided to hold off since I was just getting back into the swing of things here. Maybe we'll move it to Starrcade? <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Hashasheen" data-cite="Hashasheen" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43035" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I was thinking more WCW Commissioner myself, DHK!</div></blockquote> Replacing a legendary talker like Dusty Rhodes with Ron Simmons doesn't sound like all that smart a move to me. <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> He would be good as some kind of enforcer authority figure though. Like maybe Dusty hires him as his "sherrif" to keep law and order. Hmm...that's actually interesting. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Kijar" data-cite="Kijar" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43035" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I'm down for that Public Enemy run. They were so much effing fun in ECW. Every time they cut a promo or hit the ring and got the crowd in a frenzy. <img alt=":D" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote> I've been rewatching the Monday Night War, and Public Enemy is fun in WCW. Their plunder matches with the Nastys, Harlem Heat etc. aren't classics or anything, but they're good mindless fun.

Hashasheen · April 19, 2020

I suppose he could be your Charlie Thatcher, to steal an angle from Phantom Stranger.

BHK6 · April 20, 2020

Yo. I'll take the chance to book Mania. I follow in the forums but missednthr predictions l. I never log in because I cant see pics that way. But I'm here!

The Final Countdown · April 20, 2020

Yo. I'll take the chance to book Mania. I follow in the forums but missednthr predictions l. I never log in because I cant see pics that way. But I'm here!

Oof; you're like one day too late. It's already been booked.

I'll definitely hook you up with something as a replacement prize though. If you want you could choose any two people in the game world and create any form of in-game relationship between them that you want; I'll probably offer that same thing to the two people who tied with Rateddc too. Or I can mark you down to book a different WWE PPV in the future if you'd rather do that. Summerslam is my normal prize for the April-June contest, but I could let you book that and assign a different prize for that contest. Or you could book King of the Ring, which I normally don't offer as a prize.

Heck, I was considering replacing KOTR with a Money in the Bank PPV starting in 2005 (assuming I make it to that point), but if you want I could bump that up a year early and give you first crack at it in a couple of in-game months. Or if you have a different idea you can suggest one.

DHK1989 · April 20, 2020

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="The Final Countdown" data-cite="The Final Countdown" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="43035" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>He'd be a worthy candidate for that, yeah. HOF SHOULD have happened at Slamboree but I decided to hold off since I was just getting back into the swing of things here. Maybe we'll move it to Starrcade?</div></blockquote> Would make sense since WWE does theirs at Mania. Does TEW normally do hall of fame inductions when it autobooks?

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