World Championship Wrestling: The Ted Turner Era

sportsfanmas · August 29, 2017

I have been watching old Clash of the Champions and Saturday Night's Main Event and had the itch to get back into TEW. Not that I have time with work, school, coaching, and etc etc, but I downloaded the Mod Squads Rising Storms mod from 1991.

I'm going to start a dynasty report, but I'll be brutally blunt, my time is very limited, and I will be rushing through this. No backstory, no graphics, just text. Show previews, show results, key news, stuff like that. Probably not going to get a lot of hits on this dynasty because it will be very plain, but that's the best I can offer at this point.

I am not actively going to take predictions, as when I do have time, I'm probably going to run through a week or 2 at a time, but what I am hoping for is feedback on how I'm running my shows, my decisions, etc. I hope some of the loyal dynasty readers will chime in from time to time, I'll do my best to spice it up here and there, but get ready for a bland, text dynasty report for the most part.

I'll have rosters and first show cards out tonight. Please, if possible, give feedback. Thanks.

sportsfanmas · August 30, 2017

Here's a look at the roster that I'll be starting with. This might get cut down at some point, but for now it's staying as is.

Main Eventers

Faces - Rick Steiner, JYD, Sting, Lex Luger

Heels - Michael Hayes, Larry Zbyszko, Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Barry Windham, Sid Vicious, Butch Reed, Stan Hansen

Upper Midcarders

Faces - Brian Pillman, Tommy Rich, Tracy Smothers, Scott Steiner, Ricky Morton, Terry Taylor.

Heels - Kevin Sullivan, Jimmy Garvin, Bobby Eaton, Big Van Vader, Dan Spivey, Ron Simmons.

Midcarders

Faces - Ranger Ross, El Gigante, Z-Man, Owen Hart, Dustin Rhodes, Tim Horner, Brad Armstrong, Norman The Lunatic, Pez Whatley.

Heels - Moondog Rex, Big Cat, Master Blaster Blade, Dutch Mantell, Michael Wallstreet, Buddy Landel, Rip Rogers.

Lower Midcarders

Faces - Mark Youngblood, Chris Youngblood, Steve Armstrong.

Heels - Rip Morgan, Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker, Master Blaster Sttel, Lethal Larry, Jack Victory, Pat Rose.

Openers

Heels - Motor City Madman, George South, Lt. James Earl Wright, Scott Armstrong.

Enhancement Talent

Faces - The Italian Stallion, Keith Hart.

Heel - Mark Kyle

Managers

Heels - Teddy Long, Diamond Dallas Page, Alexandra York, Paul E. Dangerously.

WCW Staff

Announcers - Lance Russell, Tony Schiavone, Jim Ross, Gordon Solie.

Color Commentator - Magnum T.A.

Referees - Nick Patrick, Mike Atkins, Randy Anderson, Jimmy Jett.

Road Agents - Dick the Bruiser, Mike Graham, David Crockett, Jody Hamilton.

Personalities - Grizzly Smith, Harley Race, Jim Crockett Jr., Ole Anderson, Dusty Rhodes, Ted Turner, Missy Hyatt, Jim Herd.

Not Assigned Yet - Robert Gibson

Expect several cuts in the next few days, as I see a lot of dead weight that is going to be dealt with.

sportsfanmas · August 30, 2017

Tag Teams

Doom (Ron Simmons and Butch Reed)

Ricky Morton & Tommy Rich

Sting & Lex Luger

The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin)

The Lightning Express (Brad Armstrong and Tim Horner)

The Renegade Warriors (Mark and Chris Youngblood)

The Royal Family (Jack Victory and Rip Morgan)

The State Patrol (Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker and Lt. James Earl Wright)

The Steiner Brothers (Rick and Scott Steiner)

The Young Pistols (Steve Armstrong and Tracy Smothers)

Stables

Four Horsemen (Arn Anderson, Barry Windham, Ric Flair, Sid Vicious)

Diamond Exchange (DDP, Jimmy Garvin, Michael Hayes)

The York Foundation (Alexandra York, Big Cat, Michael Wallstreet, Terry Taylor)

*I've already started the process to turn Taylor heel, not sure why he wasn't already).

Current Titles and Champions

WCW World Heavyweight- Vacant, will be starting tournament soon.

NWA United States Heavyweight- Lex Luger

NWA World Televison- The Z-Man

NWA World Tag Team- Doom

NWA U.S. Tag Team- The Steiner Brothers

WCW Six Man Tag- New Belt, will be starting tournament soon.

I will be releasing people from the roster tomorrow, setting up tournament brackets for the WCW World Heavyweight and Six Man Tag, and setting the cards for this weeks shows.

Speaking of which, there are 3 current shows that WCW is televising:

World Championship Wrestling- Taped on Wednesday (Shown on Saturdays)

WCW Power Hour- Taped on Thursday (Shown on Fridays)

WCW Main Event- Taped on Thursday (Shown on Sundays)

* I didn't want all 3 shows to be taped on Wednesday, so I moved the 'B' Shows to be taped on Thursday.

sportsfanmas · August 30, 2017

A few announcements, as I've actually made some changes in the editor and gotten rid of a few contracts, a few broadcasting deals, a B show (I had 2, only wanted 1 so that I can tape 2 shows on the same day), and then restarted. Here are the changes that were made.

Following contracts are gone:

Personalities Jim Herd, Jim Crockett Jr., David Crockett (didn't see the need for them as I'm moving on with Ted Turner running the show).

Announcers Gordon Solie and Lance Russell (I love Gordon, one of my favorite announcers ever, but I have wayyy too many announcers and not enough shows. I could add some of the other shows like WCW Pro and a couple others, but just don't have enough time, 2 shows is enough).

WCW Power Hour is no more. We'll have 2 shows: WCW Saturday Night and WCW Main Event, both of which will tape on Wednesday. WCW Saturday night will be 1 hour long and be shown on Saturday on both TBS and TSN (Canada). WCW Main Event will be shown on Sunday, also both on TBS and TSN.

The WCW World Heavyweight Title Tournament Bracket has been announced. 12 of the best WCW wrestlers are in. Lex Luger, Ric Flair, Big Van Vader, and Sting have received quarterfinal byes. First round match-ups are as follows:

Ron Simmons vs. JYD (Winner faces Flair)

Barry Windham vs. Larry Zbyszko (Winner faces Luger)

Sid Vicious vs. Stan Hansen (Winner faces Vader)

Arn Anderson vs. Butch Reed (Winner faces Sting)

Match-ups will be shown weekly on WCW Saturday Night and WCW Main Event, and the Semifinals and Championship will be shown live on Clash of the Champions, airing on Sunday night during week 4 in January.

The Six Man Title Tournament will be announced at a later date.

sportsfanmas · August 30, 2017

Breaking News

Ted Turner has opened a development company for WCW. It will be known as Georgia Championship Wrestling.

Bill Behrens has been hired as the owner, and Greg Gagne will be the head booker.

Dusty Rhodes and Dick the Bruiser have been sent down to GCW to help train and be road agents.

Of wrestlers on the current WCW roster, Dustin Rhodes, El Gigante, Master Blaster Steel (Kevin Nash), Norman the Lunatic, and Pat Rose have been sent to GCW to develop their overall skills. Ted Turner will look to hire 7-10 more workers, as well as a couple officials and an announcing team to send to GCW.

This does it for now, I'll have Week 1 cards up for WCW Saturday Night and WCW Main Event tonight, if you guys want to make predictions or give feedback you're more than welcome to. I hope to run both shows either tomorrow or Friday, but it may not be until Saturday.

sportsfanmas · September 1, 2017

WCW Saturday Night Preview

All 4 First Round Matches of the WCW World Title Tournament will take place this week. Those include:

Ron Simmons vs. Junkyard Dog

Barry Windham vs. Larry Zbyszko

Sid Vicious vs. Stan Hansen

Arn Anderson vs. Butch Reed

Other matches include:

Terry Taylor vs. Owen Hart

The Young Pistols vs. The State Patrol

WCW Main Event Preview

WCW Television Title Match- The Z-Man © vs. Tim Horner

Ricky Morton & Tommy Rich vs. The Royal Family

The Fabulous Freebirds vs. The Renegade Warriors

I am just listing the matches for each show right now, so if you guys want to predict, you can. If not, that's totally fine. I will plan on running each show the next day after I list the card for it, so I will run these shows tomorrow.

If anybody has any ideas or feedback they want to present, please do so. Again, I know not having graphics will probably turn a lot of people off, but my time is really limited, and I've never been great with graphics anyways. But I wanted to do a dynasty report because I've always been a WCW fan and the early 90's was when I really got involved, so I wanted to put my work out there. Hope to hear from some of you.

sportsfanmas · September 2, 2017

WCW Saturday Night

Saturday, Week 1- January 1998

UTC Arena- Chattanooga, TN

Show Attendance- 10,928

Show Rating- 68

Show Recap

Match- Terry Taylor vs. Owen Hart

A decent match between an up and comer and a savvy veteran, as Taylor got the win after using the ropes.

Winner: Terry Taylor

Match Rating: 55

Angle- The Horsemen Attack

Lex Luger is being interviewed by Magnum T.A. when he is jumped by all 4 of the horsemen. They brutally assault him and leave him laying.

Rating: 80

Match- WCW World Title Tournament First Round- Ron Simmons w/ Teddy Long vs. Junkyard Dog

A pretty even match on paper, and it played out that way in the ring, as Simmons took advantage of a couple JYD mistakes to advance in the tournament.

Winner: Ron Simmons

Rating: 51

Interview with Larry Zbyszko

Zbyszko hyped up his upcoming World Title tournament match against Barry Windham, saying that after tonight, the Horsemen would have 1 less participant in the tournament.

Rating: 73

Angle- Luger in ambulance

A quick video is shown of Lex Luger being strapped onto a stretcher and hauled into the ambulance.

Rating: 73

Match- WCW World Title Tournament First Round- Barry Windham vs. Larry Zbyszko

Another solid and even match, as the 2 seemed to work well together. The bout had great heat and good wrestling, but in the end, Windham hit his famed superplex to advance.

Winner: Barry Windham

Rating: 61

Angle- Postmatch Handshake

After the match, Windham offered his hand to Zbyszko as a sign of respect. The Living Legend paused at first, but eventually shook Windham's hand.

Rating: 66

Angle- Missy works out

A montage of clips is shown, set to some inspirational 1980's power ballad, which are of Missy Hyatt training for a fight against Paul E. Dangerously.

Rating: 58

Match- WCW World Title Tournament First Round- Arn Anderson vs. Butch Reed w/Teddy Long

Another match that had great heat and good wrestling, but in the end, it was the enforcer getting a quick, surprise roll-up to advance.

Winner: Arn Anderson

Rating: 66

Angle- Sting has a message for the Horsemen

Tony Schiavone interviewed Sting about the attack on his friend Lex Luger earlier. Sting had some very unflattering words to say about Ric Flair in particular, telling him that he had better keep one eye open at all times. The crowd cheers as the show fades to black.

Popularity increased in 8 regions, decreased in 6 regions.

WCW Main Event

Sunday, Week 1- January 1991

UTC Arena- Chattanooga, TN

Show Attendance- 10,928

Show Rating- 58

Fabulous Freebirds vs. The Lightning Express

The Freebirds won this one easily, dominating the match.

Rating: 69

A video is shown of Paul E. Dangerously at the gym working out, badmouthing Missy Hyatt and challenging her to a match.

Rating: 59

Magnum T.A. interviewed Alexandra York about a possible new member to the York Foundation, and she said she has her eye on someone, and that the computer says he is definitely a good fit.

Rating: 54

Ricky Morton & Tommy Rich vs. The Royal Family

Tommy Rich pinned Rip Morgan at the 9:29 mark to get the win for his team.

Rating: 60

Arn Anderson vs. Pez Whatley

With The Z-Man being unavailable due to a prior commitment (oops, I'll do better about that before I preview the cards), this impromptu match became the main event. Wasn't really a match though, as Anderson dominated, finishing off Pistol Pez in just 4 minutes to end the show.

Rating: 55

sportsfanmas · September 2, 2017

January 1991, Week 1 News and Notes

(Just as a writers note, while the official owner of WCW in this dynasty is Ted Turner, the news and notes come from my POV personally. I've tried to do other peoples POV's in the past (Tazz, Jonathan Coachman) and it never works out the way I like. So, Ted Turner is the owner, a WCW commish will be named soon, and all news and notes come from my POV.

-- The biggest news so far is Tommy Rich. He was wasted on drugs during his match on WCW Main Event this week. Unfortunately since he's not on a written contract, I can't send him to rehab or suspend him, and I don't want him off the roster yet, so I'll do the next best thing, fine him and keep him off tv for a while.

-- Rip Morgan and Jack Victory are both annoyed and think they should be mid-carders. The way I plan on booking, that really doesn't matter anyways, so to get them off my back, I elevated them to midcard status.

-- Ricky Morton was also annoyed at having to team up with an impaired Tommy Rich. I sympathized, gave him a $1,000 bonus, and told him he wouldn't have to do it again. That made him happy.

-- I have moved both shows to tape on Monday night. WCW Saturday night will still air on Saturday, and WCW Main Event will still air on Sunday. The reason behind this change is that everyone on the current roster is available on Monday nights, so this way I can advertise matches and won't have to change them due to someone working elsewhere.

-- I signed Marcus Bagwell to a written deal, and sent him down to work in GCW. He didn't want to sign a developmental deal, thinking he didn't need development, but I got news for him: He's only 20, and he's got a long road ahead, so he'll be in development for a while.

-- Mike Rotundo (Mr. Wallstreet) resigned with us on a written deal, $4,800 a month. He'll be featured weekly on one of the shows. At least bi-weekly.

-- The following signed developmental deals to work in GCW: Barry Horowitz, Booker T, Vito LoGrasso, Ice Train, and Steven Regal. GCW owner Bill Behrens has also hired a few guys. I'm looking to get a tv deal for GCW in the next couple weeks, but they will host their first show next Sunday night.

-- WCW Saturday night drew a 2.09 rating and WCW Main Event drew a 0.21 rating. Not bad I guess.

sportsfanmas · September 4, 2017

Jan. 1991, Week 2 Preview

WCW Saturday Night Preview

WCW World Title Tournament First Round Match- Sid Vicious vs. Stan Hansen

WCW World Title Tournament Quarterfinal Match- Ric Flair vs. Ron Simmons

WCW World Title Tournament Quarterfinal Match- Sting vs. Arn Anderson

WCW World Television Title Match- The Z-Man © vs.

Brian Pillman vs. The Motor City Madman

NWA U.S. Tag Title Match- The Steiner Brothers vs. George South and Mark Kyle

Kevin Sullivan vs. Ranger Ross

Also, we'll hear from WCW Owner Ted Turner, who will have an update on Lex Luger and his status in the WCW World Title Tournament.

Tony Schiavone will be interviewing both Missy Hyatt and Paul E. Dangerously.. in the same room.. together. Fireworks might explode there.

All this and more on WCW Saturday Night!

WCW Main Event Preview

Terry Taylor vs. Ricky Morton

Dan Spivey vs. The Italian Stallion

Buddy Landel and Rip Rogers vs. Keith and Owen Hart

The Renegade Warriors vs. The State Patrol

sportsfanmas · September 6, 2017

WCW Saturday Night

Saturday, Week 2- January 1991

Lawrence Joel Coliseum- Winston-Salem, NC

Announcers- Jim Ross and Magnum T.A.

Show Attendance: 14,407

Show Recap

Angle - An Update on Luger, and Windham wants answers

The show started with a brief look at the Horsemen's attack on Lex Luger. Ted Turner made a special appearance to inform everybody that Luger will be out indefinitely, and will not be able to participate in the WCW World Title Tournament. Barry Windham came out with a huge smirk, announcing that means he'll get a bye into the Semifinals, and that a Horseman member was guaranteed to be there. "Not so fast, my friend," says Ted Turner. He said that Windham WILL wrestle in the Quarterfinals next week, and he'll have a mystery opinion. This enraged Windham, who wanted to know who. Turner said he'll find out next week with everybody else, but that he will give Windham 2 hints: It is someone not currently on WCW's roster, but it is someone that has worked in NWA/WCW before, and someone that the Horsemen are familiar with. Windham sneered as he walked off, saying this won't be the end of it.

Rating: 71

Match- NWA United States Tag Team Title Match- The Steiner Brothers vs. George South and Mark Kyle

No surprise here, as this was a glorified squash match. Decent wrestling, but not much heat. In the end, it was all Steiner Brothers, who defend their titles easily.

Winners: The Steiner Brothers

Rating: 52

Match- Brian Pillman vs. Motor City Madman w/ Paul E. Dangerously

A decent match, as the Motor City Madman greatly benefited from Paul E. being out there, but in the end, Flyin' Brian prevailed.

Winner: Brian Pillman

Rating: 57

Angle- Taylor beats down Pillman post-match

After the match, Terry Taylor completed his official heel turn by attacking Pillman from behind, telling the fans that the computer predicted this would happen.

Rating: 57

Angle- York wants the Z-Man

While Tony Schiavone was interviewing the Z-Man regarding his upcoming NWA Television Title defense, they were interrupted by Alexandra York, who said the computer shows that the Z-Man would make a great addition to the York Foundation. The Z-Man laughed when walking away, saying no way in hell. This angle benefited from me letting the Z-Man improvise during his interview, instead of making him use a script.

Rating: 48

Match- NWA World Television Title Match- The Z-Man vs. Lethal Larry w/ Teddy Long

A very poor match to say the least (I may have to rethink my plans with the Z-Man here), but Mr. Zenk does defend his title successfully.

Winner: The Z-Man

Rating: 46

Angle- Sting and Flair brawl backstage

In what might be the segment of the night by far, both officials and road agents had to rush backstage to break up a brawl between Sting and Ric Flair. Sting still wants a piece of the Horsemen for what they did to Luger, and he doesn't care that both he and Flair have matches later in the show. A great segment, but Magnum T.A. on color brought it down.

Rating: 86

Match- Kevin Sullivan vs. Ranger Ross

Sullivan dominated the match, but couldn't keep Ross down. This infuriated him, and he finally snapped, choking out Ross despite referee Mike Atkins' order to let go. Atkins disqualified Sullivan, and Ross got the win, but he sure didn't look like a winner. These 2 didn't click in the ring at all, so probably won't be having them go 1 on 1 again anytime soon.

Winner: Ranger Ross by DQ

Rating: 47

Match- WCW World Title Tournament First Round Match- Sid Vicious vs. Stan Hansen

A good match between to big brawlers, but in the end, the Lariat was too much for Big Sid to overcome. Hansen gets the win and advances to a showdown in the Quarterfinals with Big Van Vader, as they'll renew their rivalry from Japan.

Winner: Stan Hansen

Rating: 60

Angle- The showdown with Paul E. and Missy

Tony Schiavone sat down to interview both Paul E. Dangerously and Missy Hyatt, knowing he would have to stay in-between them. Missy tried to use her sex appeal to win over the crowd, but Paul E. stole the show, as he worked very well without a script. In the end, Paul E. made a few sexist comments which infuriated Missy, who slapped the taste out of Paul E.'s mouth. Tony quickly shut the interview down and once against WCW staff had to get in-between 2 people, as the showdown between the 2 continues to heat up.

Rating: 65

Match- WCW World Title Tournament Quarterfinal- Sting vs. Arn Anderson

An exceptional match between 2 great competitors, but in the end it was Ric Flair's attempted interference that made the difference. Ric ran in to try to continue the brawl from earlier, but accidentally hit his best friend Arn. This allowed Sting to slap on the Scorpion Deathlock and advance to the Semifinals!

Winner: Sting

Rating: 71

Match- WCW World Title Tournament Quarterfinal- Ric Flair vs. Ron Simmons w/ Teddy Long

Flair would have to regroup quickly after costing Arn Anderson in the previous match, and this match provided fantastic heat and great wrestling. In the end, the Nature Boy proved why he is one of the best ever, as he got Simmons in the Figure Four and got the win, also advancing to the Semifinals.

Winner: Ric Flair

Rating: 69

Final Show Rating- 72

This show increased popularity in 12 regions, but lost us popularity in 5 regions. You know what, screw it. I could care less if WCW remains a cult company and #2. I'm happy to be booking WCW in a time where I really started getting into pro wrestling. If I butcher the company, so what, at least I'll have fun doing it. I am definitely not a master at TEW, but I'll continue to learn as much as time allows me to.

WCW Main Event

Sunday, Week 2, Jan. 1991

Lawrence Joel Coliseum- Winston-Salem, NC

Show Attendance: 14,407

Match- The Renegade Warriors vs. The State Patrol

In a bout that had sub-par wrestling and little heat, The Renegade Warriors defeated The State Patrol in 9:08 when Mark Youngblood defeated Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker by pinfall with a Diving Tomahawk.

Rating: 44

Interview- York and Taylor

Alexandra York had an interview hyping the upcoming singles match between her client Terry Taylor and Ricky Morton.

Rating: 54

Match- Buddy Landel and Rip Rogers vs. Keith & Owen Hart

In a poor match, Keith Hart and Owen Hart defeated Buddy Landel and Rip Rogers in 8:52 when Owen Hart defeated Rip Rogers by pinfall with a Missile Dropkick.

Rating: 51

Angle- Barry Windham Stalked!

Barry Windham is walking backstage when he stops, almost as if he feels someone watching him. He looks around, doesn't see anyone, and so continues walking. Seconds later, a shadowy figure emerges from hiding, having been there the whole time, and runs off. Could it be Windham's mystery opponent for next week's match on WCW Saturday Night?

Rating: 76

Match- Dan Spivey vs. The Italian Stallion

In a bout that had sub-par wrestling and little heat, Dan Spivey defeated The Italian Stallion in 3:07 by pinfall with a Spivey Spike.

Rating: 44

Angle- Spivey Postmatch Beatdown

The match is over and The Italian Stallion is left down. Dan Spivey is celebrating, but then stops and sees his opponent still on the ground. He attacks, and beats him into the canvas.

Rating: 29

Angle- New Client for Long

Teddy Long comes out and announces that he has signed a new client and will be debuting them soon.

Rating: 53

Match- Ricky Morton vs. Terry Taylor

In a decent match, Terry Taylor defeated Ricky Morton in 11:35 by pinfall while using the ropes for leverage.

Rating: 53

Final Show Rating: 57

sportsfanmas · September 6, 2017

January 1991, Week 2 News and Notes

I had a couple backstage incidents to deal with before the shows this week.

-- The big one was Jimmy Garvin showing up completely wasted. He had to be sent home as he was in know condition to be anywhere near the ring (or anywhere else for that matter). I fined him an undisclosed amount, and told him if it happened again, there would be major consequences. He left very unhappy. His contract is up in 2 and a half months, I might not renew it.

-- Also, Scott Steiner and Mark Kyle got into a little scuffle when Scott was ribbing Kyle about being young and a rookie. I had a nice long talk with Scott, and hopefully everything is squashed, his attitude should change.

-- Ric Flair has taken Chris Youngblood under his wing and agreed to be Chris' protégé. This will do nothing but help the Youngbloods out.

-- Dan Spivey doesn't feel that the Italian Stallion connects with the fans. He's right, but then again, neither does Spivey really.

-- I have signed Bill Alfonso to a development contract, he will be a referee in GCW. Also, I have resigned Sid Vicious to a written contract, making him available for house shows.

-- WCW Saturday Night scored a 2.14 TV rating, while WCW Main Event got a 0.21 TV Rating.

-- The first GCW show took place on Sunday night, and I gotta say, I'm less than impressed with the booking (I know many have said the AI booking on this game can be head scratching, and I believe it.) Anyways, here are the results:

Barry Horowitz defeated Booker T

Vito LoGrasso defeated Norman the Lunatic by DQ

Angle: Brawl involving Dusty Rhodes, Demolition Ax, and Chris Adams

The Killer Bee defeated Steven Regal

Chris Adams and Dustin Rhodes defeated Dusty Rhodes and Ice Train (there's a head scratcher right there)

Demolition Ax defeated El Gigante for the GCW Title.

The overall show rating got a 39, and I'm going to post a question in the small questions thread about what the heck I can do to take control of the hiring within the company. I wanted it to be a development company with guys from WCW.

sportsfanmas · September 13, 2017

Sorry for the lack of posts in the past few days, the college life has been kicking my ever-loving ass and I haven't had time to do any of my gaming projects. I still want to squeeze in as much as I can, so let me get to the Jan. 1991, Week 3 Preview now:

Jan. 1991, Week 3 Preview

WCW Saturday Night Preview

WCW World Title Tournament Quarterfinal Match- Big Van Vader vs. Stan Hansen

WCW World Title Tournament Quarterfinal Match- Barry Windham vs. ?????

WCW Television Title Match- The Z-Man © vs. Bobby Eaton

JYD and Ranger Ross vs. Doom w/ Teddy Long

Dan Spivey vs. Steve Armstrong

The Fabulous Freebirds w/ DDP vs. Keith and Owen Hart

Also, Alexandra York will announce the newest member of the York Foundation, who will team with Michael Wallstreet in a tag team match.

We will also have the announcement of the brackets for the WCW World Six Man Tag Tournament, which will start in Week 4.

All that and more on another exciting edition of WCW Saturday Night.

WCW Main Event Preview

WCW World Tag Title Match- The Steiner Brothers © vs. Buddy Landel and Rip Rogers

Ricky Morton vs. Kevin Sullivan

The Royal Family vs. The Lightning Express

Brian Pillman vs. Mark Kyle

Again, all cards are subject to change, but I try to keep the card I announce, but things do happen. Bear with me, I'm still trying to squeeze all this in and give a half decent dynasty report while I try to learn how to be more effective in TEW. Thanks for the patience and for all that are reading.

sportsfanmas · September 13, 2017

1 final thing, I want to try to get reader involvement so every now and then I'll be doing fan polls, questions, votes, predictions, etc. It's time for the first one: Barry Windham's mystery opponent. Who could it be?

Anybody is welcome to guess, and if you guess right, you'll get a booking decision. Could be a wrestler to push, a wrestler to try and hire, a specific match you want to see, doesn't matter (I'll keep it as simple as possible though). So if 10 people guess right, that means I'll have 10 booking decisions to hand out. It's a way to get involvement and also help me out a bit, as hopefully some of the more loyal and better players of TEW will offer some guesses.

Again, these are the only clues that I will give:

The mystery wrestler has a history with the Four Horsemen

The mystery wrestler has wrestled in NWA/WCW before, but is not currently on the roster.

That's it. Get those guesses in, because if all goes well, I'll be running the Week 3 shows tomorrow night.

The Final Countdown · September 13, 2017

My immediate thought when I first saw the announcement was Tully Blanchard, so that's my guess.

sportsfanmas · September 13, 2017

We have 1 guess, and it's not a bad guess at all.

Something to remember, I just said this mystery wrestler has a history with the Horsemen. Could be anything from a former member to a sworn enemy, or anything in between. That might open up the guesses a little bit.

sportsfanmas · September 14, 2017

Anybody else care to make a prediction on Barry Windham's mystery opponent? Get them in now, as I plan on running the next set of shows tonight. Remember, if you guess right, you get to make a booking decision within my game. Can be a worker to hire, a worker to push, something along that line. Get em in folks!

lnic · September 16, 2017

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="sportsfanmas" data-cite="sportsfanmas" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44161" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Anybody else care to make a prediction on Barry Windham's mystery opponent? Get them in now, as I plan on running the next set of shows tonight. Remember, if you guess right, you get to make a booking decision within my game. Can be a worker to hire, a worker to push, something along that line. Get em in folks!</div></blockquote> Well my prediction is Nikita Kolloff because the clue was Horsemen are familliar with but that doesn't have to mean a part of Horsemen and Nikita was an opponent of the Horsemen

sportsfanmas · September 18, 2017

2 guesses so far, and both very good guesses.

I had a crazy weekend, and the aftermath will be today and possibly tomorrow, so for those that want to harbor a late guess, go for it.

I'll be running the next shows tomorrow night at the earliest, but maybe not until Wednesday. Get those guesses in!

sportsfanmas · September 20, 2017

Final chance guys. Get your predictions in now, as I will be running the Jan. Week 3 shows today.

sportsfanmas · September 21, 2017

WCW Saturday Night

Saturday, Week 2- Jan. 1991

Center Stage Theater- Atlanta, GA

Show Attendance- 1,050

Announcers: Jim Ross and Magnum T.A.

Angle- Paul E. and Missy Meet in the Ring

Paul E. comes down to the ring to insult Missy Hyatt, eventually being interrupted by Missy Hyatt, who challenges him to prove himself in the ring.

Rating: 62

Match- The Fabulous Freebirds w/ DDP vs. The Hart Brothers

The crowd was into this match, but unfortunately the wrestling was unspectacular. The Freebirds got the win thanks to interference from DDP.

Rating: 45

Angle- World Six Man Tag Brackets Announced

Jim Ross announced the 4 team brackets for the upcoming WCW Six Man Tag Team Tournament, with both Semifinals to be held next week on WCW Saturday Night, and the Championship to be crowned the following night at Clash of the Champions. The Semifinal matches are:

The York Foundation (Mr. Wallstreet, Terrence Taylor, and the Big Cat) vs. The Young Pistols and Brad Armstrong

Brian Pillman and the Hart Brothers vs. The State Patrol and Master Blaster Blade

Match- NWA Television Title Match- The Z-Man © vs. Bobby Eaton

A great match, as the Z-Man and Eaton showed great chemistry in the ring. Eaton dominated the in-ring performance, but couldn't win the title as the match went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Rating: 68

Angle- Highlight Package from Last Week

Highlights of last weeks Quarterfinal matches between Ric Flair and Ron Simmons and Sting and Arn Anderson were shown, as Jim Ross and Magnum T.A. hyped up tonights quarterfinal matches.

Rating: 70

Match- Dan Spivey vs. Steve Armstrong

Spivey dominated this match, tossing Armstrong around like it was nothing, getting the victory in under 5 minutes.

Rating: 47

Angle- Sting and Spivey Clash

Jim Ross interviewed Sting about his thoughts on the Vader/Stan Hansen match tonight, when he was interrupted by Dan Spivey. Spivey demanded that Sting pay attention to him, and then gave him a cheap shot on the way out.

Rating: 64

Match- NWA World Tag Team Title Match- Doom © w/ Teddy Long vs. JYD and Ranger Ross

A decent match, but in the end it was too much Doom, as they got the win in just under 9 minutes, making defense #6 of their titles.

Rating: 57

Angle- York Introduces Taylor

Alexandra York officially announced Terrence Taylor as the newest member of the York Foundation, saying that he would team with Mr. Wallstreet tonight, and the computer predicted a win in under 10 minutes.

Rating: 50

Match- The Renegade Warriors vs. Mr. Wallstreet and Terrence Taylor

Another decent match, as the computer proved to be right, as Mr. Wallstreet got the Stock Market Crash on Mark Youngblood in just a couple seconds over the 7 minute mark.

Rating: 60

Angle- Interview with Vader

Vader came out to talk about his history in NJPW with Stan Hansen, saying he was looking forward to renewing their rivalry, stating that it was "Vader Time!"

Rating: 66

Match- WCW World Title Tournament Semifinal- Big Van Vader vs. Stan Hansen

In a match that was much shorter than it should have been, the 2 brutes went at it, and when the battled spilled outside the ring, Vader was able to get back in the ring before the count of 10. Vader wins the match by countout, of all methods, and advances to the Semifinals of the WCW World Title Tournament.

Rating: 69

Angle- Who is Windham's Opponent?

Barry Windham came to the ring for his main event match against an unknown opponent, furious about not being able to adequately prepare. He demanded that his opponent show his face, right now! Suddenly, the lights went out, and the all too familiar music hit. When the lights came back on, who was making his way to the ring? None other than the legend from Japan.... The GREAT MUTA!!

Rating: 62

Match- WCW World Title Tournament Quarterfinal- Barry Windham vs. The Great Muta

A chaotic match to say the least. Great heat, good wrestling, nothing but controversy at the end. Referee Jimmy Jett was knocked out by a flying lariat from Windham. Arn Anderson came down to ringside to try to help Windham, but was met by the mist of Muta. Windham also fell victim to the mist, and a moonsault, as replacement referee Nick Patrick counted the 1..2..3! Muta, in his WCW return, advanced to the Semifinals of the WCW Title Tournament with a crazy win.

Rating: 62

Final Show Rating: 64

A dismal show, in my opinion. Not sure why it only drew 1,050 people when we drew over 14,000 last week. I'm sure the venue I chose seated 14,000, but maybe not. A learning experience for sure. Too many mistakes this show, as the Vader/Hansen match was way too short, I limited Jimmy Garvins involvement in the Freebirds/Harts match due to him being wasted last time he was on tv. More on him later. I have to do better if I want WCW to maintain its national popularity.

WCW Main Event

Sunday, Week 3, Jan. 1991

Center Stage Theater- Atlanta, GA

Announcers: Jim Ross and Ole Anderson

Match- Brian Pillman vs. Mark Kyle

Nothing but a squash match here, as Flyin' Brian won easily in a match that had subpar wrestling, at best, as these two did not click in the ring.

Rating: 41

Angle- Match Announcement for Clash of the Champions

Jim Ross made the official announcement that Missy Hyatt will take on Paul E. Dangerously in a man vs. woman match, the first official match signed for the Clash.

Rating: 65

Angle- Interview with Sullivan

Magnum T.A. Interviewed Kevin Sullivan to get his thoughts on tonights match against Ricky Morton. After uttering a few non-sensical lines, Sullivan announced it would be doomsday for Mr. Morton tonight.

Rating: 63

Match- The Royal Family vs. The Lightning Express

A decent tag team match, but in a bit of a shocker, the Royal Family pick up the victory when Jack Victory pinned Tim Horner.

Rating: 60

Angle- The York Foundation Continues to Grow

Magnum T.A. Interviewed Alexandra York, who welcomed the edition of Terrence Taylor to the organization, and advised that there would be more members to come. When pressed, York admitted she had been keeping a close eye on the World Television Champion, Tom Zenk.

Rating: 57

Match- NWA United States Tag Team Title Match- The Steiner Brothers © vs. Buddy Landel and Rip Rogers

Another decent match, but the Steiner Brothers were able to wear down Landel and Rogers, and Scott pinned Landel as the Steiners make defense #6 of the NWA U.S. Tag Team Titles.

Rating: 64

Angle- Postmatch Interview with the Steiners

Magnum T.A. interviewed the Steiners after the match, and Scott dictated most of the conversation. He talked about how he and his brother Rick would take on all comers, anytime, and sent a special challenge to some old rivals, the Fabulous Freebirds.

Rating: 53

Match- Ricky Morton vs. Kevin Sullivan

A match that really sent the crowd home on a good note, as Sullivan did what he said, pinning Morton in another match with decent wrestling.

Rating: 60

Final Show Rating- 61

sportsfanmas · September 21, 2017

Jan. 1991, Week 3 News and Notes

-- Well, Jimmy Garvin is at it again. He wrestled drunk again this week. Michael Hayes and the Hart Brothers both came to me visibly upset after the match. Fortunately, I have Jimmy on a written contract, so I'm sending him to rehab. He can be valuable to the roster.. when he's sober. He claims that he will come back with a better attitude. We'll see.

-- Both Kevin Sullivan and Brian Pillman have complained about Rip Morgan, saying he refuses to sell and that he doesn't deserve a push. I really like Jack Victory on the roster, but I think I'm going to send the team of the Royal Family down to GCW for a while.

-- Keith Hart came to me again, this time wanting a bigger push. You know what, I have big plans for Owen, and Keith is a Hart. So if he wants a bigger push, I'll bump him up to a lower midcarder.

-- WCW Saturday Night this week got a 2.10 rating, while WCW Main Event got a 0.23 rating.

-- I officially changed GCW to a development territory, released some of the wrestlers that Bill Behrens and Greg Gagne hired, and vacated the GCW title which was previously held by Bill Eadle (otherwise known as Demoltion Ax).

-- GCW Private World quick results:

Master Blaster Steel defeated Steven Regal

Norman the Lunatic defeated Jack Victory

Chris Adams defeated Fatu

Dustin Rhodes defeated El Gigante

-- Hmm, no title match? I was hoping they would put the title on someone. If they don't during next weeks show, I'll see if I can award someone the title.

-- And last but not least, any plans I had for Dan Spivey are on hold. He suffered a Grade II AC Joint Separation (whatever the heck that is), during an AJPW match on Sunday night. He'll be out about a month.

sportsfanmas · September 21, 2017

While neither of them guessed right, both The Final Countdown and Inic will be rewarded for offering their predictions, as they are the only 2 that did.

I will be PMing them soon, as they'll be able to make a booking decision, which can include a wrestler to push, a match to sign, a storyline, a wrestler to potentially hire, or anything else they think is fair. I'm counting on at least 1 of them to give me a good decision, as I'm already getting bummed out with how my cards are going. So, The Final Countdown, be my savior lol

sportsfanmas · September 27, 2017

I will be running the shows up until Clash of the Champions today, and then I will be booking the Clash of the Champions. I'd like to have a prediction contest. I have an idea for rewards. A little bit of a bite off The Final Countdown's ideas, but I'm thinking of having a team challenge series like the AWA had, where the top 6 or 8 in the prediction contest every year get to pick 3 or 4 wrestlers, and then have random matches among all the teams. But.. before I do that, I need people that I can count on to make predictions for all my major shows and PPVs. I'd certainly appreciate it, as I plan on going places with this dynasty, even if I don't get to do as much per week as I'd like.

If you want to throw your name into the hat of the prediction contest, let me know. I'd definitely appreciate it, thanks.

lnic · September 27, 2017

I would like to participate

sportsfanmas · September 27, 2017

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="lnic" data-cite="lnic" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="44161" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I would like to participate</div></blockquote> Great, I'd love to have you. Now if I can just find a lot more lol. I also need to find a new way to post graphics as I want my big shows and PPVs to have the wrestler logos and such. I used to use photobucket, but apparently they've went rogue, and I have no clue what to use now, or how to use it. So.. this Clash of the Champions event coming up may be text only, like everything else has been.

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