CornellVerse 2018 Mod RELEASED!!

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30 APRIL 2020 1.14 UPDATE TO PUT TEW2020 SCHEDULES IN THE MOD

 

 

This should be my final update of this mod for 2016, unless something major happens or I’ve made a big mistake!! Obviously if renders change I may add those too, but potentially not as I assume most will be on TEW2020, but could be wrong

 

 

The biggest update is that all the momentum for wrestlers under contract with someone has been looked and edited. This is based on what I think they’d have done over the two years, where the company is, bookers stats, if workers have left etc. It’s not just random, I promise thought has been put into it….that’s why it took bloody ages!!

 

 

All dojo’s I have created now have new workers up to 2022 (the year I plan to release the next version), the dojos already in the game don’t have that as I am assuming TEW2020 will have them. I have also added a couple of new managers and more importantly (for me) I have tried to build up the Hawaiian wrestling scene. I had an idea when I did this mod I wanted a few game areas to feel different and unique, and not just big ones like USA/Britain but individual areas. I am hoping Hawaii is starting to feel that way.

 

I have added lots more announcers, referees and a few road agents to fill gaps and this stops the computer adding a load of new ones in the first few months. On my test game the computer added 16 new announcers right away, creating that many was very, very boring.

 

 

Hope everyone enjoys, complete list of changes/new things/fixes are below. As always, picture folder has been updated too!

 

 

 

 

Notice any errors please let me know!

 

As always, enjoy!

 

 

 

 

The mod is finally complete!!

 

 

Set in 2018, this is a continuation of the C-Verse with every single aspect of the database looked at and taken forward two years. With everything edited it’s not just moving people into other promotions. Stats have been looked at, reputations, storylines, title and employment histories, individual company hall of fame’s etc. I have also added many renders and changed as many as I can, if there are some changes you don’t like don’t worry, the originals are in the database too. I have kept it realistic, but at the same time I have tried to do some pretty big changes to make the whole C-Verse feel fresh.

 

 

There are 47 new companies, with 28 more active promotions at the start of the game. On top of that there are 586 new workers. I will be doing individual posts about each promotion in their rank order. I have done the first eleven, and will keep updating until all promotions are covered. At some point I will be adding more workers to fill out dojo graduates, help with game balancing and to give more free agent options, but this mod was supposed to be a brief thing so I could start a new game, and honestly I just want to release it now to get playing it properly, and just add people casually whenever the moment takes me haha.

 

 

Hope people enjoy, please post any feedback, or any errors you find with things like spelling, grammar, any employment histories etc. no matter how small please let me know so I can fix it

 

 

THE LINKS

THE GAME https://www.mediafire.com/file/m0k16obqgz39fyi/TEW2016.mdb/file

THE PICTURES (ZIPPED) https://www.mediafire.com/file/ncf9ul3gm56n8ej/Edited2018.rar/file

 

The zipped file will require winrar, although other programs might work, sadly I'm not an expert so I wouldn't know! I can't upload an unzipped version of the picture file as it is too big for Media fire!

 

 

VERSION 1:01 RELEASED

Changes:

BOH alter ego's now looked at so they will only be used in BOH, and 100% of the time rather than default profiles

some bio's rewritten and minor spelling errors fixed

 

 

VERSION 1:02 RELEASED

Changes:

Danger Kumasaka/Yoshiteru Itami relationship added

PGHW Glory Crown title lineage error fixed

 

 

VERSION 1:03 RELEASED

Eric Eisen/Remo relationship added

Eric Eisen/Steve Frehley relationship added

Eric Eisen/Allan Packer relationship added

Jerry Eisen/Jack Bruce relationship added

Jerry Eisen/Remo relationship added

Jerry Eisen/Brandon James relationship added

Richard Eisen/Branon James relationship added

The Cali Dragons made active in SWF

RIPW title lineage added

Various tweaks to worker bio’s

 

 

Version 1.04 RELEASED 14 May 19

Busta Capp alter ego for SWF created (Busta Move)

Richard Eisen/Hannah Potter relationship added

Eric Eisen/Hannah Potter relationship added

Masked Patriots SWF gimmick “Vacant!” made an alter-ego with its own mask

Paul Huntington alter ego’s added

Remmy Skye and Big Smack Scott over SLIGHTLY altered (-1 in USA and -2 in USA respectively)

Lassana Makutsi alter-ego’s added

Miranda Breaks contract bio fixed

Halloween Knight III Mask added

Few minor tweaks of bio’s, grammar fixes and things like that

 

 

Version 1.05 RELEASED 12 JUNE 2019

 

 

BHOTWG Best Of The Super Juniors tournament wins now put in the right month (was June, should have been July, although not sure why the game has that event in July when every other tournament before 2016 was held in June!)

Gethin Jones name fixed

DJ Diamond now has the role of “wrestler”

Various bio edits, fixed bio mistakes, spelling etc.

 

 

Version 1.06 12 July 19

Various bio edits, fixed bio mistakes, spelling etc.

Cherry Bomb set as Harpy’s manager

Avery Goodlay now friends with Golden Goose, not Golden Delicious

Lots of default picture changes

A few guys been given different alter ego pictures too

 

 

Version 1.07 RELEASED 24 JULY 19 (Will require picture folder to be downloaded again as a few renders have been changed due to new ones made, and each new worker will need their picture)

Fizbo The Psycho Killer Klown name fixed

Joann Sheridan added

Martin McFly & Tamara McFly relationship added

Martin McFly & Sean McFly relationship added

The Fairy is now Asian

Erik Kim added

Giant Redwood Jr. added

Axxis The Third added

Champagne's Lovers Child added

Chocolate added

Vanilla added

J-Money added

Craig Little added

Princess Shufflebottom names changed to Princess Fluffybosom

Baby Dragon added

Chimera added

El Mayordomo added

El Héroe Encapuchado added

Gnasher added

Awesome Thunder II added

Insurgent added

Ninja Strike added

Raquel Rey added

La Mariposa added

Alicia Flores added

Kenti Santiago added

La Pelota De Goman added

Daisy Davis added

Kristin Crane added

Sylwia Kurek Added

Judith Long added

Deborah Tully added

Allison Rodriguez added

 

 

Version 1.08 RELEASED 11 AUGUST 19

 

 

General tweaks to stats to make the game better balanced (especially female workers)

Changed a lot of NOTBPW workers to now be based in Canada

Bumfholes now based in Mexico

Jeremie Courtney contract is now developmental

The Dragon’s Lair dojo now linked to PWW and focuses on high flying

Dev A. Station now based in Australia

Sammy The Sociopath added

Insane Ian added

Crazy Carl added

Jack Itin added

Face Rearranger added

Brain Damage added

Rob Bundy added

Father O'Malley added

Hardcore Harry Added

Retribution added

Pearl added

Kinzo Kaibara Added

The Webmaster added

Mike Funk added

Clifford Nash added

Iconic added

Lewis Frey added

The Lovely Lady Of Lucha added

Luchadora Felino Added

Angela Andres Added

Libertad Americana Added

Black Manta added

Kabuki added

 

 

 

1.09 RELEASED 28 SEPTEMBER 2019 (PICTURES ALSO UPDATED)

 

British Samurai contract made PPA

The Millennials given low tag experience

Various bio edits, fixed bio mistakes, spelling etc.

Updated a few guys pictures thanks to latest renders

 

 

 

 

1.10 RELEASED 27 JANUARY 2020 (PICTURES ALSO UPDATED)

Various bio edits, fixed bio mistakes, spelling etc.

Updated pictures thanks to latest renders

Nuzzle Bunny nickname fixed

Chav gimmick added

Sammy Bach/Enygma relationship changed to “strong dislike”

Willr0ck’s UCW logo’s and banner added

UCW titles added (championship, tag team, king of the north tournament)

African Earthquake given the role of manager

Some alter ego's added

 

 

 

1.11 RELEASED 16 FEBRUARY 2020 (PICTURES ALSO UPDATED)

 

 

LOL name changed back to Flying Jimmy Foxx, LOL made alter ego

HOPE relationship with Maximum Carnage changed to “protégé of”

Jaycee mask added

Miranda Breaks contract bio corrected

A few Agers added

All alter ego’s added for various extra gimmicks or render options (gone from 332 to 2023)

 

 

1.12 RELEASED 09 MARCH 2020 (PICTURES ALSO UPDATED)

 

 

1.12

Done some stats balancing, especially younger workers

Various worker pictures changed and latest pictures added

Gabriel Wozniak language spoken fixed

South Wales Sports Club added

Murderous Mikey made an active wrestler again

Des Truction based in fixed

Matthew Keith based in fixed

Marat Kholov now based in South West

Michael Gregory now based in British Isles

Outback Jack physical condition fixed

1,000 Islands Wrestling added as a future company added

Celeste Added

Jamie Vincent added

The Barge added

The Outrageous Arona added

ARNOLD added

Kron added

Guinevere added

Máquina De Lucha added

Battle Druid added

Mike King added

Christopher Storm added

Larry Patinkin added

Austin Cohen added

Facies Mortis added

Tyler Watson added

Scottish Avenger added

Juan added

Jamal added

Okami added

Inari added

Hairy Space Dog added

Stan Evans added

Charlie Homicide added

Lee Sherk added

Gianluca Zola added

Cheatin' Mike Barstow added

Kid Bo added

The Marksman added

Axel Cash added

Pesadilla added

Sin Emociones added

Torpedo added

Kristján Kristiansen added

El Hijo Del Zoinks added

Aguila Jr added

Cruzado Con Capa added

Diamante Arcoiris added

Lupe Izquierdo added

Heroína added

La Perra Oscura added

Guadalupe Vazquezis added

Zebra Girl added

Guepardo Rosado added

Belleza Azteca added

Debbie Terrell added

Christine Simon added

Mystic Mae added

Cathy Bradley added

Nicole Parsons added

Deborah Austin added

Grace Perry added

Velma Heuberger added

Clara Navarro added

Gloria Fernandez added

Elena Ferrari added

Clementine Cloutier added

Mojca Kwiatkowska added

Katrine Haugen added

Professor Max Hammer added

Kenneth Whitworth added

Capt. Marlon Johnson added

The Hanover Horror added

Joey Flame added

Edwin Van Der Vaart added

Teddy Flame added

Stockholm Syndrome added

Mateo Reyes added

 

 

 

 

1.13 RELEASED 12 APRIL 2020 (PICTURES ALSO UPDATED)

 

 

1.13

As always, lots of bio changes and render changes (spelling errors and grammar mistakes fixed)

All wrestlers under contract to someone have momentum set

Japanese economy and wrestling industry now start at “Low and falling” to make it a bigger challenge (and because I felt things recovered way too quickly when running a Japanese save)

Changed PGHW event “PGHW Night Of HONOUR” to PGHW Night Of HONOR (So the spelling of “honour” matches the way it is spelt in the company’s name)

Edwin Van Der Vaarts FOG stats fixed

Michael Tranter (Halloween Knight II) now starts with a mask in ZEN: Boston

Steven Perry now has a mask in KFW (as Chi Spurglar)

Sam Becker now based in Mid-West

Rodney Watson now based in Mid-West

Furious Frank Fury now based in Mid-West

Lou Tennant now based in Mid-West

Ron Peck now based in Mid-West

Human Hotdog now based in Mid-West

Greg Wright now has a mask in KFW

Gorgeous Wayne Cooper now based in Mid-West

Gorgeous Wayne Cooper (as Clam Strong) now has a mask in KFW

Frank Peterson now based in Mid-West

Cory Salmon now wears a mask in KFW

Charles Graham now based in Mid-West

Arthur Clavin now based in Mid-West

Canadian Patriot ZEN:S contract now PPA

Crash Lewis unretired

Virginia White BOH contract made a non-wrestler contract

Brute Kikuchi name changed to BRUTE Kikuchi

Noriyori Sanda bio fixed

The American Cobras made active in PGHW

Bryan Holmes now active in Japan

Stephen Fly now based in Britian

Where titles had to be vacated, instead of the title history just saying “Vacant” it now says “—Vacated Due To X” for example “—Vacated Due To Injury—”

TCW Tag Title history fixed (now includes where the title was vacated due to injury)

Return To The Islands product changed (more modern) and starting money changed from 100K to 250K

Battles Of Hell product changed (cult down to none)

All TV shows that had no TV show picture now have company logo

All dojo’s now have company logo’s

Grotesquerie now based in Mexico

Girls, Cars and Violence! Broadcaster added

Brother Grimm relationships edited (some shimmering tensions now strong dislike/hatred)

Shi Kage stable description added

Waynetta Wayne added to the “Wayne Family” stable in RAW

Washi Heat now wrestling as unmasked “Washi Tanaka” in INSPIRES

Masayuki Shiga now has GCG employment history, to match is default bio

Bobby Star now wears a mask, as Pumpkin Jack 6, in ZEN: London

Bobby Star and Joe Simpson relationship added

David Briscoe now has a mask in ZEN: London, as Halloween Knight 6

PGHW now has a broadcast deal showing tour highlights

INSPIRES now has a broadcast deal showing tour highlights

ZEN companies now only start with $100,000 money as the money they had before seemed very high considering they are opening dojo’s and companies all the time at the moment. Makes it slightly harder, but at the same time with the companies sharing profits testing says they should all survive no problem.

CEW, OLLIE & PWC TV shows are now an hour and a half long, instead of just an hour, so that if they reach cult they don’t just run two match shows/ignore 90% of their roster

ZEN: Andorra TV show (The Art Of The Tussle) now has announcers assigned

Athletic Empire money changed to $5,000,000 as Barry Fitzgerald is a millionaire so seems fair

Naozane Gota/Masayugi Shiga relationship added

Naozane Gota/Sanetomo Shiraishi relationship added

Sarah Allstar/Reese Paige relationship added

Blast Ikoma low starting moral added

Tanyu Toshusai low starting moral added

The Cannonball Kid now based in USA

The Boone Box dojo added

BOH Hades dojo added

Apollo added

Tom Shaw added

The Colony (Tag Team) added

Brad Stanley added

Aleksi Olsen added

Isamu Tai added

Russell Dan added

Bubbles The Clown added

Frederick Swick added

Acolyte #1 added

Acolyte #2 added

The Acolytes tag team added

Nellie Price added

Sophia Combs added

Kimberly Dale added

Li Hua Fu added

Annie Lambert added

Lizzie Spellman added

Horseshoe McGrew added

Danny LaRue added

Mana Mahoe added

Nuufolau Seanoa added

Jimmy Collins added

Savage Warrior added

HAKA added

Todd Winner added

Keanu Kahike added

Rylan Kaimana Mitsuharu added

Hau'oli'oli Kala added

Kilikikopa Nani added

Laura Sylvia added

N/A added

Vicki Kyle added

Clinton Jarrett added

Felony added

Penance added

Crime and Punishment tag team added

Jerome Young Added

Edgar added

Anthony Scott added

Leonardo Carmona added

Ulrika Fashanu added

Steven Cuthill added

Kan Umari added

Philip Clark added

Brian Gilbert added

Douglas Bassett added

Frederick Miller added

Jay-Jay Kanu added

Herman Vaughan added

Akiko Hirasi added

Bob Baker added

Yoshiaga Marusa added

Ricardo Campos added

Ayesha Wooloff added

Billy Joe Coe added

Scott Hollands added

Alex Frye added

Canute Haugen added

Clement Fah added

Quentin Pelletier added

Edmundo Martin added

Placido Rizzo added

Lukáš Arlovski added

Hansen Petersen added

Theodore Lyttle added

Oniji Togo added

Arlene Lawler added

The Big Easy added

Stereo added

Glitch added

Toyokazu Sugitani added

The Dao added

Meadow added

Flower Child added

The Groovy Chicks tag team added

Katy Karate added

Beatrice Schmit added

#HEEL added

Edward Runnels added

Dominykas Avetisyan added

Rhianather Hodgson added

Eddie Kingsley added

Pauline St.Hubbins added

Tanya Corbett added

The Critter added

ALPHA added as future a company

Back Garden Wrestling added as a future company

Beach Babes added as future company

Blackpool Glitz added as a future company

Calories 500 added as a future company

Canadian Ninja added as a future company

Chivas LA added as a future company

Desert Trios added as a future company (Title included)

Double Dragon added as a future company (titles included)

Euro Trash Combat added as a future company

Friday Night Cage Fights added as a future company (title included)

Guildford 6 added as a future company

Lone Star Wrestling added as a future company

Montreal Quebecois Revolutions added as a future company

Original Legends Deathmatches added as a future company

P.A.I.N. added as a future company

Phoenix Girls added as a future company

Quema de las Libelulas added as a future company

Runanga Aneatanga added as a future company

Spokane Suicide Society added as a future company

Überquerengeschlechtkuriositätenkabinett added as a future company

Youth Action added as a future company

P.I.C.T. added as a future company

Logan Wolfsbaine style changed to technician

Alt belt pictures for CGC and SOTBPW titles added to picture folder

WEXXV Strong Climb Tournament event added

WEXXV Strong Climb Tournament title added

TIER 1 Lightweight title added

TIER 1 Middleweight title added

TIER 1 Heavyweight title added

TIER 1 Openweight title added

JCW International tag team title added

JCW Heavyweight title added

ELITE National Hardcore title added

ELITE Tag Team Hardcore title added

ELITE West Coast Hardcore title added

 

 

 

1.14 RELEASED 30 APRIL 2020 (PICTURES ALSO UPDATED)

1.14

A few render/alter ego’s changed

A few minor details edited based on 2020 company products (no products changed, just things like ZEN no longer allowing spinal impact moves)

Reba Montana age fixed

Tormento now works for MHW instead of MAW

Héroe is now Yellowjacket

Héroe mask history added (Lost to Cerebro)

Cerebro bio updated

CILL events added (from TEW2020)

DIW events added (from TEW2020)

EMLL events added (from TEW2020)

BCG Events added (from TEW2020)

EX2010 events added (From TEW2020)

NYCW events added (From TEW2020 and some of my own to give NYCEW a unique schedule of a show every two weeks)

PSW events added (From TEW2020)

QAW events added (From TEW2020)

SAISHO events added (from TEW2020)

UEW events added (from TEW2020 but WrestleFestival is now two nights)

VWA events added (from TEW2020 and two of my own to give full schedule)

The PSW Arena added

Matthew Keith and Tatsuya Toshitara team now called Heavy Artillery

New chemistry from TEW2020 added

Wrestleworld Broadcasters and media group added (From TEW2020)

Raul Hughes now never wrestlers

Sprite now never wrestles

Roxy Kitten now never wrestles

Militia Sister now never wrestles

Jesse Christian now never wrestles

21CW Best Of British now on Euro Cable Sports 1

The Women's Network now big in USA and Medium in Canada

HPO now big

CWW Events added (from TEW2020)

ALF added

OCW added

LWW added

 

 

 

For version 1.14 the picture folder has also been updated, this will need to be downloaded if you get the latest game file or some pictures will be missing.

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United States Pro Wrestling

 

 

RANK: 1ST

 

 

 

 

Current Champions:

USPW World – Bryan Vessey

USPW National – KC Glenn

USPW Television – Danny Fonzarelli

USPW World Tag Team – Cameron Vessey and Casey Valentine

 

 

USPW have continued to go from strength to strength, becoming an international company and they are by far the biggest company in the world. They have signed up more top names, giving themselves a fantastic main event scene. However, they have neglected their lower card workers and most of them are suffering from a lack of momentum. There is also a party culture seeping in, with lots of drink, partying and ego in the USPW locker room. With the likes of 21CW, NOTBPW, SOTBPW and RAW starting to get noticed in America, as well as SWF and TCW still looking to get back on top, USPW are going to have to keep going all out to remain the top dogs in the wrestling world. They have added a second TV show, a “B” level show called USPW Flag, Eagle, Fight!

 

 

In 2016 they added ex-football players Ross Henry and T-Bone Bright, with Henry being positioned near the top of the card on his name value alone. T-Bone Bright has gone on to form a good tag team with another ex-footballer in Julius Moor, known as The Bone Crushers. However, all their other big signings that year came from their rivals. In March 2016 they signed Brandon James from the SWF and he is now one of USPW’s top heels, gong by the name Big Money Brandon. Two months later they would also sign American Machine and Kurt Laramee from rivals SWF. American Machine hasn’t really achieved too much, but Kurt Laramee is an ex Television champion, winning the title in early 2017. However, the biggest impact has been behind the scenes, becoming on one of the biggest backstage bullies in wrestling, taking a particularly dim view to anyone who want drink with the veterans.

 

 

In June 2016 USPEW also signed a top-level wrestler from their other rivals, TCW. Sammy Bach was hired on a lucrative contract and has become a former National title champion and a main event heel. He has started dating Dharma Gregg and the two of them have started seeing themselves as a power couple within wrestling, and apparently their egos are out of control. Despite Bach now being a top heel for the company he actually debuted as babyface. His signing ended up causing shockwaves throughout USPW as Rick Law v Steve Frehley was booked as the headline match at Independence Day Slam! The next month, with Rick Law set to finally win the world title. However, Frehley used the fact that Bach was debuting to convince USPW to change plans, having the heel Frehley go over in order to feud with Bach. This would be the start of a real-life Rick Law and Steve Frehley feud and the start of the end of Law in USPW. Frehley would turn multiple workers against Law, and in June 2017 Law would quit the company.

 

 

However, back to 2016, after already tempting the likes of Steve Frehley, Rich Money and Brandon James away from SWF USPW would finally get their holy grail in Remo Richardson, signing him in August. USPW would reignite the Remo v Frehley feud, with Remo beating a now babyface Frehley in the main event of Thanksgiving Thunder! for the world title, a match that would end up winning the match of the year award in the end of year awards. Their last two signings of 2016 would both be from TCW. First, Titan, who would be put back together with Atlas. Second, Danny Fonzarelli who chose USPW over SWF due to the amount of money they were offering. In July 2017 he would win the television title and become the first man to win titles in USPW, SWF, TCW and DAVE.

 

 

In 2017 USPW made a couple of controversial decisions. First, they scrapped their women’s division, releasing all their female in-ring talent. This would end up having huge ramifications in the wrestling world. Once the women’s division was scrapped and they turned their attention to another plan of theirs, having a development company. Instead of simple creating their own with the money they had they instead decided to go after CZCW and MAW talent, hoping to put either company into bankruptcy. In January alone they were sign Cheetah Boy and Roderick Remus from MAW and Masked Cougar, Donnie J and Britney Hollywood from CZCW. Over the next few months they would sign a total of five talents from CZCW and seven from MAW. CZCW would be able to withstand the offers, but MAW would be forced to sell up and now they are an USPW owned company.

 

To go with these MAW and CZCW signings USPW also continued to sign more SWF and TCW workers, first hiring Valiant in March. His gimmick has fit in perfectly in USPW and he became very popular very quickly, however when his time to win the World title came Remo would use his creative control to block the title change, the second time in a row a heel had the finish of Independence Day Slam! changed. Valiant and Remo now have a deep hatred of each other and Valiant has seen his motivation take a hit, getting a bit of a gut and his performances are suffering as a result. In June they would sign Bryon Vessey from TCW, and he would end up being the one booked to beat Remo for the title, winning it in the main event of Thanksgiving Thunder! Their third massive main event signing of 2017 was Joey Minnesota, a man who did everything he could to be fired by SWF so they he could jump ship. A terrible backstage influence, Minnesota has also been joined by his protégé KC Glenn and the two of them are said to be causing no end of trouble.

 

 

While they were USPW’s three biggest signings of the year they would also sign the likes of Joe Sexy from SWF, as well as five different NOTBPW wrestlers. With NOTBPW starting to get noticed in the USA USPW would start to target their workers too, signing Might Cavanagh and Camerson Vessey. However, the next three they hired despite the fact they had already quit the Canadian company. Omar Brown, Harlem Haynes and Derek Frost would join USPW and have all settled in well enough. Their last signing of 2017 would be a shock one, as they would poach Manhunter from Australian promotion RAW. This would cause a war between the two companies that are hoping to go global. USPW are the only international company in the world, but they are looking to prevent any other company reaching the same status.

 

 

Despite these positives there have been negatives in 2017 for USPW too. Rick Law wouldn’t be the only wrestler to quit the company that year, in fact he wouldn’t even be the first. The month before Law quit Running Wolf would after an incident where Cameron Vessey would spike his drink with alcohol after being pressured into it by Kurt Laramee. With Wolfs Dad being an alcoholic Wolf is dead set against drinking, so he was furious at this incident and left the promotion. There is an on-going lawsuit stemming from this incident. There have been more and more reports of USPW workers getting drunk and partying constantly, with a really bad culture setting into the company. There have been many reports of workers getting pushes based simple n the fact they are one of the boys and willing to party with the vets. With many rifts forming it was no surprise that people were unhappy, but no one expected there to be a mass walkout like there was in August 2017 when Chris Caulfield, Jumbo Jackson, T-Rex, Petr Novak and Tribal Warrior would all leave the company, with Freddie Datsun backing out on joining them at the last minute. There final casualty of the year was Rich Money, who chose not to renew his contract in December and instead moved on to Total Championship Wrestling. Despite being loading with talent USPW is also full of big ego’s and things are in danger of unravelling backstage.

 

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21st Century Wrestling

 

 

RANK: 2nd

 

 

 

 

Current Champions:

21st Century World – Jonathan Faust

21st Century United Kingdom – Beast Bantom

21st Century Catch As Catch Can – Darin Flynn

21st Century Tag Team – Mark Adonis and Mass Hulk

 

 

21CW have continued to grow over the years, and have become dominant in both the British Isles and Europe. When the new NetStream service opened in August 2017 they began airing 21CW shows and now the British company has good exposure in North America and are looking to break into that market too. They hope to become an international promotion, but perhaps lack the star power that the likes of USPW and RAW have.

 

 

In 2016 they had a few additions to their roster, signing the latest National School Of Wrestling dojo graduates, and signing some top talents from Europe. They have hired the Johansson Brothers, Landon Mallory, Konrad Makinen and Michel Gregory. They also picked up Padraig O'Hearne after he left SNP. They also lost a couple of workers, first Wade Orson after he had given both Rolling Johnny Stones and Luke Cool concussions over the last couple of years, which led to complaints of him being reckless. Then in December 2016 Phillip Cooper was found to be a regular user of prostitutes so found himself fired. In June 2016 Grave Digger shocked everyone by defeating Adam Matravers for the 21CW world title, a title he would hold for over a year and a reign that turned him into a huge star.

 

 

2017 didn’t get off to the best start as Dark Angel and brother Harry Wilson both left the company to try and help rebuild the British wrestling scene. A couple of months later 21CW hired the 2017 Nation School Of Wrestling Graduates, their only signings all year other than Menace, who was hired in September. They would freshen up the roster in other ways though, writing out Joe Simpson, BW Eddie and Michael X. They were wrote out after a new stable formed, the European Upper-Class. Founded by The Red Dragons and The Ivanoff Brothers, the EU are a group of European wrestlers who are fighting back against 21CW for their European invasion. The EU’s founding was the begging of a massive and ambitious company wide civil war storyline that 21CW would attempt.

 

 

Begging with The EU forming and taking out members of the roster, the EU would eventually be taken over by Buff Martinez who is their current leader. The EU stable would eventually be countered by the Nations united stable, led by Sebastian Koller. They are a stable of wrestlers from different nations who are happy that 21CW expanded and just want to be a part of it. With two fractions fighting it out, neither of which are dominated by British wrestlers, Jonathan Faust started blaming all the violence of Jeff Nova, saying it was his European expansion that went against traditional British Values. Faust would start his own group, The Conventialists, a group that wants out of Europe is dead set against the North American Expansion. While some believe it is just Faust finding henchmen to keep the 21st Century World title around his waist, many people have bought into his message, with both faces and heels joining him for their own reasons. One man who completely disagrees with Faust is Tommy Cornell, and he has created the National Pride movement, another group of wrestling who have a more modern view of wrestling and want to take the company global. The two groups have been at war for months and it shows no sign of slowing down. It has divided friendships and spit families, as is the case with Tommy and Edward, as Edward as taken Fausts side. With only four workers not affiliated with a stable, the whole company is fighting to come out on top. It has ended friendships and teams, with Buff Martinez turning on J-B-Cash, Stevie Stout going against Faust and siding with Cornell, Edward Cornell choosing Faust over his own brother etc it has created many twists and turns and no one can trust anyone else. It has also made stars out of the likes of War Machine and Daniel Black Francis, with War Machine playing the hired gun role for anyone that’ll pay, and DBF being a fantastic lone wolf, taking no sides and fighting everyone equally. Brickhouse Balder is another who has moved up the card, becoming Buff Martinez’s number two and a very protected worker.

 

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Revolution Australian Wrestling

 

 

RANK: 3rd

 

 

 

 

Current Champions:

RAW Television – Skyscraper

RAW Quest – Nicky Gilbert

RAW Tag Team – Big Rig & Diesel Dan

 

 

Another company looking to go international are the Australian company Revolution Australian Wrestling. Their expansion is helped by the mainstream appeal of their two biggest stars, Captain Wrestling II and Swoop McCarthy. In April 2016 Captain Wrestling II left to star in action film Maximum Madness, a film which received some praise from critics but was a massive hit with action fans. He got himself into amazing shape and has the look of a true action star, and that helped him land a second feature film in 2017 too. Swoop however broke into the mainstream in a different way, releasing a modern classic rap album Straight Outta Melbourne, under the name Swoop Dogg. Both Captains film and Swoops album had worldwide success, making them genuine celebrities. This helped the A.S.N. network break into new areas, expanding into North America and Britain.

 

 

As for RAW themselves they have gone through a few changes, in February 2016 they decided things needed to be freshened up, so they hired ZEN head booker Cyanide to be their new head booker. His first signing would be Buckminster Snark, who is the latest member of the Wayne family, going by the name Karl Wayne. A month later the company was dealt a cruel blow as Loxley Robbins was ruled out with torn rotator cuff, and some botched surgery meant he is still out to this day. RAW would let Horton & Heaths contracts run down that same month, March, and in June The Brat Pack would choose to leave too. To help bring some numbers back to the roster they would raid APW, bringing in Nathan McKenzie and the God’s Gift tag team of Spiffy Stan Standish and Alexander Banks. God’s Gift were initially bought in as a readymade replacement for the Brat Pack, which unfortunately backfired for them as the fans just saw them as a cheap knock-off. A few months later in November 2016 RAW also raided Deep Impact Wrestling, taking both their current singles champion Tombstone and tag champions The Bad Truckers, almost killing the promotion.

 

 

2017 was less eventful in terms of comings and goings, they did hire a few wrestlers with rookie Turner Crash making the biggest impact. With a gimmick of a “wrestler hunter” he hosts his own TV show on the TV show where he attacks or provokes other wrestlers. RAW did lose Manhunter to USPW towards the end of the year, but that has actually helped Skyscraper become a huge solo star. With Loxley Robbins still injured, The Captain off making movies and Swoop on tour it has allowed Kerry Wayne to spend a lot of time as their time babyface worker, and allowed the likes of Frogue Element and new tag partner SubUrban Legend step up. Recently Echo was turned face to help balance the roster, although it is an unnatural role for him and he is struggling slightly.

 

 

With two huge mainstream stars, a tonne of star power, two A shows and a network that now covers four different areas RAW are in with a great chance of becoming an international or global company. The only issue they have is how unimportant Australia is to the wrestling world and they often struggle to stay above cult in their homeland.

 

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Supreme Wrestling Federation

 

RANK: 2ND

 

 

 

 

Current Champions:

SWF World Heavyweight – Scotty Supreme

SWF North America – Reverend John Greed

SWF Shooting Star – Jimmy Hernandez

SWF World Tag Team – Scythe & Hellion

 

 

SWF have found themselves in a bit of a slump in recent years after the emergence of USPW. Losing so many top stars has left them a shell of what they once were, and in November 2016 the company had no choice but to give in to Jack Bruce's demands when his contract came up for renewal, as they knew losing Bruce could have been the final nail in the coffin. So that, my friends, is how Jack Bruce became the head booker of the SWF!

 

 

Now at cult level, the company is certainly in a transitional state right now. Over the last two years there has been no end of turnover on their roster, losing big names like Brandon James, Joey Morgan and Vengeance among many others, and they have signed or called up around 27 new workers. With a massive roster of 49 workers they have an active Shooting Star division, a thriving tag division and six active stables. Unfortunately, Bruce is still learning on the job so the company is lacking some direction, is it the land of the giants? Is it a place where high flyers can thrive? Is turning everyone heel really the answer to all their problems, or is it just creating extra problems? They have recently introduced a new “B” show, SWF Uprising, just to try and give everyone a bit of screen time.

 

 

There was also been a shift in focus towards more gimmicks, with the roster now including pirates (Hugh DeAske and Emmy) a rapper and his entourage (Lenny Brown, Cali Slick, Busta Capp and Lil Henry) Demons led by a cult leader (Rev. John Greed, Scythe, Hellion and Lassana Makutsi's new character "Effigy") and a terrible Live Action Role Play gimmick, Parker the LARPer, a gimmick that may be the worst in history and a potential career killer for Steven Parker. Oh, and the less said about the Unsafe Sad Pathetic Wrestlers (or USPW for short) stable the better.

 

 

So, while there is all change in the SWF midcard, the main event scene has changed too. In June 2016 Big Smack Scott turned down a huge, lucrative contract from USPW in order to stay with the SWF, and when the fans found out he began getting face pops no matter what he did. SWF went with this, eventually turning him face and changing his name to the one's the fans had started chanting "Scotty Supreme". Riding a huge wave of momentum Scotty Supreme rose up the card at lightning speed, and eventually captured the SWF World Heavyweight title in the main event of The Supreme Challenge, and is now one of the top babyfaces in North America. At the same event Skull DeBones had his last match in SWF, losing to Scythe in a passing of the torch moment.

 

 

Perhaps the most significant change in SWF has been the hiring of BHOTWG’s NEO stable, with Koshiro Ino, Yasuhiko Taira and Yasunobu Masuno becoming a hugely popular babyface trio. They not only add some much needed star power but they have put on some great matches too. With Angry Gilmore and the now Robert Retro locked in a fantastic heated feud Robert Retro is becoming a main event heel and putting on some great performances. With Des Davids playing a character that wants to leave for USPW, Eric Eisen playing the company’s defender, The Crippler and Rogue still going strong and Rev. John Greed breaking the main event scene things at the top of the company are looking good. If Jack Bruce can organise the roster, decide what he wants the company to be rather than a mix-match of clumsy big men and talented high flyers, and if he can resist turning the whole roster heel, things could begin to click as SWF plot their way back to the top.

 

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ZEN: Original

 

 

RANK: 5th

 

 

 

Current Champions:

ZEN:O Master – Kalliope Woodchuck

ZEN:O Conceptual – Killer B

ZEN:O Harmony – Super Zero and Vertigo

 

 

It has been an eventful few years for the small lucha promotion. In February 2016 the wacky ZEN promotion from New Zealand had their head booker, Cyanide, poached by Australian company RAW. Many felt that could have been the beginning of the end for them, but owner Halloween Knight took his time to interview multiple candidates to replace him, before decided on Pumpkin Jack. Jack stepped into the role flawlessly and managed to keep ZEN’s momentum going. A few months later ZEN received a sizeable donation to keep the company alive, and Halloween Knight came up with an ambitious plan. He created a tiny but global online subscription service called The ZEN Network. This gave ZEN worldwide exposure, and allowed ZEN to create new company’s in different areas of the world, that were all linked financially and could share talent.

 

 

The original ZEN itself has gone through some roster changes, they lost the aforementioned Cyanide, who took Buckminster Snark with him, and later in the year they lost SubUrban Legend too, again to RAW. They did brifly have The Brat Pack working for them, a tag team who instantly became their biggest stars, but they moved on January 2017. Perhaps their most successful new recruit has been Seeker, an Australian brawler who is also a good high flyer, his religious gimmick got him over, but a great run with the Conceptual title, where he claimed it was the word of god, but him on the map. ZEN have had some other unexpected issues though, with a hole in the space time continuum bringing through alternative universe versions of members of their roster, in a couple of cases female versions of their male workers, but also an evil version of Kalliope Woodchuck.

 

 

Speaking of Kalliope, she has become a top star for ZEN, after letting herself go slightly she developed a bit of a gut, but instead of being ashamed she acted proud, showing body confidence and showing that all people of all shapes and sizes are beautiful. Her feud with the body-shaming Damian Dastardly made her a star, and to his credit Dastardly sold her offence perfectly on his way to dropping the ZEN:O Master title to her. In December 2017 ZEN lost three of their top faces, Devilfish, Man O’War and Lone Shark, who had only returned in February, as they all joined the British version of Zen, ZEN: London.

 

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South Of The Border Pro Wrestling

 

 

RANK: 6TH

 

 

Current Champions:

Lucha Libre Brand

Campeónato del Mundo SOTBPW – Velocidad

Campeón de Junior SOTBPW – El Serpiente

Campeanatos de Parejas SOTBPW – Demon Seed and Snap Dragon

Campeanatos de Tríos SOTBPW – Aniquilación and Hijo Del Mephisto and Destrucción

 

Televisión Brand

Campeonato Mundial SOTBPW – El Leon

Campeónato de Menor SOTBPW – Chess Maniac

Campeonato de Equipo de Etiqueta SOTBPW - Rudy Valasquez and Hector Galindo

Campeón de Tres SOTBPW - Samael The Accuser and Phobia and Lunatic

 

 

South Of The Border Pro Wrestling continue to rule over Mexico, by far the biggest company in Mexico it looks unlikely that anyone will be able to challenge them for a long time to come. With two “A” shows and a 80 man strong roster, SOTBPW bought back their famous brand split at the begging of 2017.

 

 

Things didn’t get off to a great start for SOTBPW in 2016 though when figurehead, top star and Campeónato del Mundo Champagne Lover got injured in a match against El Alborotador Confiado. Lover would suffer a major concussion, forcing him to miss a year of action, and despite the fact it was a complete accident Confiado would end up taking the blame and would lose his job. With no champion SOTBPW came up with a historic solution. Using talent from across the globe they took the best wrestlers in the world and put them in a 128-man knockout tournament, although technically it was 127 when it turned out Scarlet Scarab had entered himself twice, once as himself and also under a different mask calling himself Alias. The tournament took place over two months, with the final match taking place between Axxis Jr and Pablo Rodriguez at Batalla Real. Axxis was supposed to go over and become the new face of the company, but tragedy would strike as he slipped performing a shooting star press and suffered a career ending injury. SOTBPW officials weren’t sure what to do and tried to give Pablo the belt by forfeit, but in a completely unscripted moment he refused to accept the title.

 

 

That act would turn Rodriguez tecnico, and the losing quarter and semi-finalists would fight each other for the chance to face Rodriguez for the title, with Soul Taker coming out on top. At SOTBPW Infierno Pablo Rodriguez would defeat Soul Taker in the main event to finally capture the Campeónato del Mundo, but it would be the shortest title reign in the company’s history when immediately after the match Referee Ramirez would announce that Multimillonario had a title shot, and he would quickly defeat a hurt Pablo Rodriguez to win the title. The next night SOTBPW management for sack Ramirez and were about to strip Multimillonario of the title, but he would bring out his lawyer Padre Carrasco who made sure that his client would keep the belt. Multimillonario would become the number one heel in all of Mexico, holding the title for 14 months, but also forming the The Golden Kings stable with Padre, Pharaoh King and El Rey. At one point Multimillonario was even a triple title holder, holding the Campeanatos de Parejas titles with Pharaoh King and the three of them held the Campeanatos de Tríos. The booking of the end of tournament made Pharaoh King and Multimillonario huge rudo stars, and Pablo Rodriguez one of the most popular tecinco’s, and when Velocidad would finally end Multimillonario Campeónato del Mundo run he was a made man too. The booking team have been hugely praised for taking what could have been a horrible situation and dealing with it, not only overcoming two shocking injuries but thriving through adversity.

 

 

Many of the 127 men hired to take part in the tournament were hired full-time at some point after, leading the brand split. With Champagne Lover injured and unsure if he would return El Leon was chosen to be the company’s new figurehead and the Televisión brands first ever Campeonato Mundial. His performances throughout the whole of 2017 would help him win the wrestler of the year award. There are lots of new names on the SOTBPW roster, but perhaps two of the most exciting are two Americans they took from the SWF, Randy and Zimmy Bumfhole. The duo are two of the most talented wrestlers in the world and hopefully they will finally be able to fulfil their potential. However, Axxis Jr and Champagne Lover wouldn’t be the only wrestlers to suffer horrible injuries, in August 2016 Xtinction would suffer a career ending broken neck when the ropes would snap during one of his matches.

 

 

Eventually Champagne Lover would return, and so too would Xtinction albeit retired from in-ring competition. Xtinction would talk about a curse in SOTBPW, something he felt was proven in April 2017 when Champagne Lover would suffer another injury, a broken ankle on the set of a TV show he was making a guest appearance on. Eventually the former Mystery Man, now Aniquilación, and Hijo Del Mephisto would attack Lover with Xtincsion acting as their ring leader and forming the La Maldición de México stable. El Héroe Mexicano would join his mentor in fighting them off, but they would lose a tag team match when the former Jormungand, now Destrucción, would join the group. Xtinction would continue to talk about a curse, and the next month we would find out he meant there was literally a curse in SOTBPW as El Héroe Mexicano would turn on Champagne Lover, injure him again, and change his mask behind a sheet and revealing himself to be El Curso. This new rudo character is far removed from his tecnico one and could be his ticket to the top. Lover would actually bring in the Bumfholes, now going by the tag name The Killer B’s, to be his backup and this is now one of the hottest feuds in lucha today.

 

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Total Championship Wrestling

 

 

RANK: 7TH

 

 

 

 

Current Champions:

TCW World Heavyweight – Wolf Hawkins

TCW International – Matthew Keith

TCW World Tag Team – Scout and Guide

Jason Azaria Trophy 2017 Winner – Wolf Hawkins

 

 

 

Total Championship Wrestling had a strong 2016 with Rocky Golden winning the world heavyweight title at their first event of the year, Malice In Wonderland. TCW’s tactic of making Golden the focal point of pretty much every TV show and event worked well and he is one of the main reasons that the company has been able to stay at national level. He held the championship until December of that year before dropping the title to Eddie Peak, who finally received a well deserved main event push. Despite a strong 2016 they did have some setbacks, the first one being Joel Bryant not renewing his contract as he was unhappy at losing the head booker role. Losing Sammy Bach to USPW a few months later was a big blow, and while Titan leaving for the same company was frustrating, it didn’t really have the same impact. In December 2016 Danny Fonzarelli would also leave to join the world’s number one promotion on a lucrative contract, although the joke was on USPW as they were planning on letting him go anyway to concentrate on youth. However, the biggest blow to TCW in 2016 was the sudden death of commentator Jason Azaria in August when he was involved in a car accident. A much-loved member of the roster, his death affected everyone and the company now hosts an annual tournament in his honour.

 

 

2017 did not start so well for TCW though, in January Ricky Dale Johnson called time on his in-ring career after never quite getting his passion back after Azaria’s death. He lost at Malice in Wonderland to Wolf Hawkins in a career v career match, however that wouldn’t be the only in-ring career to end that night. In tragic circumstances Troy Tornado would break his neck on the same PPV, cutting short his career. He now works backstage in TCW as a road agent. Brent Hill, who has retired the month before himself, was already planning a hiring spree of young talent, but was gifted some top workers from Japan too. In January 2017 Eisaku Kunomasu and Seiji Jimbo joined the company after leaving PGHW to help them deal with their financial issues the Japanese tsunami had caused. They have made an excellent addition to TCW and are settling in really well. However, it was the following month where TCW really shook things up, signing seven of the top young independent workers the country has to offer.

 

 

In February 2017 Davis Wayne Newton, Ernest Youngman, Jackpot Jordan, Jake Idol, Kirk Jameson, Nelson Callum and Roy Edison all began working for TCW. With Xavi Ferrara and Greg Gauge having already joined the company in 2016, and Hollywood Bret Starr, Logan Wolfspaine, Matthew Keith and Running Wolf joining later in 2017 TCW now has a roster full of young talents that couple develop into future stars. Despite losing the likes of Benny Benson and Edd Stone there is still enough veteran talent left in the company to help them along, and the signing of James Prudence in October 2017 could also end up being an important one as he works with the less experienced talent. At the moment it is Bret Starr, Jay Chord, Greg Gauge and Matthew Keith look the most likely to break into the main event scene and they are putting on some fantastic matches. However, there is also Roy Edison who could be a dark horse for future success. After a great spell in FCW he has become a technician, and his five-minute challenge segments, where opponents have five minutes to survive being in the ring with him, have been a big hit with fans.

 

 

While the midcard is dominated by young talents it is experienced veterans who have been able to break into the main event. In November 2016 Raymond Diaz signed with the company and began destroying everyone and his popularity exploding. In December 2017 he defeated Eddie Peak in an I Quit loser leaves TCW match and he is now one of TCW’s most popular babyfaces. However, nothing can compare to Rocky Golden and Wolf Hawkins. The two are the lead faces of the company and everything has been done to make sure they remain the most over workers in the company. The likes of Joshua Taylor and Human Arsenal have been turned heel just to give them fresh opponents and the formula has worked well. Another new face to the main event is American Buffalo, with TCW losing the likes of Troy Tornado, Ricky Dale Johnson, Joel Bryant and Brent Hill to retirement and Sammy Bach and Bryan Vessey to USPW Total Championship Wrestling were struggling to find fresh opponents for Golden and Hawkins, which led to Buffalo getting the biggest push of his career. Running a winning streak gimmick he was put into a feud with Rocky Golden, and while Golden would inevitably win the feud Buffalo was treated as a genuine threat and it made him a star in the eyes of the fans. The last and perhaps most important fresh face to TCW joined the company in November 2017. Tired of the politics and partying in USPW former USPW and SWF champion Rich Money decided to jump to TCW for a fresh start. He is apparently determined to become TCW champion too, feeling winning the top title in all three companies will cement him as a legend.

 

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North Of The Border Pro Wrestling

 

 

RANK: 8TH

 

 

 

Current Champions:

NOTBPW Canadian – Johnny Bloodstone

NOTBPW Mens – Harrison Hash

NOTBPW Womens - Killer Kass

NOTBPW Tag Team – Julian Watson and Jared Johnson

NOTBPW Ed Henson Memorial Tag Team Cup – Jack and Steve DeColt (2017 Winners)

 

 

 

In the last two years no company has gone through a bigger transformation than North Of The Border Pro Wrestling, or have been as influential. It all started in March 2016 when the forward thinking and innovative Victoria Stone-McFly hired Joanna Rodriguez to join the company, but came up with the unique idea of doing so with camera's rolling. J-Ro's medical, contract signing and first three months with the company was all filmed, 24/7, for a reality TV show called "Fighting In A Man's World". The show was a complete success and made Rodriguez an instant star and bought more eye's to NOTBPW than ever before. If the show made her a star, it was the follow up film a year later that made her an icon, the likes not seen in wrestling since Champagne Lover in Mexico, and the whole thing has changed the way women's wrestling is seen, with more female based companies opening up in both USA and America.

 

 

 

In 2016 they also signed Jaime Quinn and Sara Marie York from AAA, two of the best talents of any gender in North America and arguable NOTBPW was begging to build one of the best women’s divisions ever seen in a major company. However, it was in January 2017 USPW ended their women’s division and NOTBPW quickly swooped up Melody, Missy Masterson and Tiffany Jade, as well as Alicia Strong the next month, that for the first time it was the females that were arguably beginning to out-shine the male workers in the company. With the success of J-Ro and the level of performances the women were putting on, Victoria made the brave and risky step of making the NOTBPW divisions completely integrated with the men. With men and women fighting on equal settings for the first time in a major company there was a real chance it could alienate fans, and three workers even quit the company over the decision (Derek Frost, Omar Brown and Harlem Hayes). It has proven to be a HUGE success though, and for the first time the Canada company looks to be competing with the top American companies on a global scale. The whole thing has boosted the entire wrestling industry in Canada and gates and revenue are through the roof.

 

 

While there has been a lot of new women signed, the roster hasn’t become bloated due to the amount of workers that have left over the years. Flash, Kinuye Mushashibo and Lord James King were released when their contracts ran out, Alexander Robinson was released when Lee Bennett retired. They have also lost Mighty Cavanagh and Camerson Vessey to USPW once they began to feel threatened by NOTBPW. Owen Love and The Natural decided also decided to leave for CZCW after over a decade each in the promotion. However, they have also added more talent previously unmentioned to the company, the likes of Killer Kass, some House Of Stone graduates and Kid Fantastic have all been signed, as well as highly respected veterans Bryan Holmes and Squeaky McClean from SWF, as well as Japanese talents VENOM and Yoshii Shiomi. However, it is three other more familiar talents that have had the biggest impact.

 

 

Until Joanna Rodriguez exploded in popularity Steve DeColt was without a doubt the biggest star in Canada and one of the biggest heel draws in the countries history. In 2016 he continued to dominate, winning his forth Canadian title in April 2016 and outing on sensational performances almost on a weekly bases, leading to him winning 2016;s wrestler of the year. While it was odd having a DeColt dominate NOTBPW it became even weirded in November 2016 when he was joined by his Brother Jack, following Jack’s falling out with CGC owner and their other brother Alex. Just like Steve, Jack turned out to be a natural heel and was able to garner insane heat almost immediately and has also became a major star for what was his family’s rival company. Jack would become a Canadian champion too in January 2017, dethroning Duane Stone. The feud of Duane Stone and Sean McFly against both DeColts would dominate the promotion throughout 2017, and things took an interesting turn in September when the last active DeColt, Ricky, would also join NOTBPW. Whereas his brothers joined the company’s as hated heels, Ricky made his debut by saving Duane from having his ankle broken by his brothers and spent his first month in the promotion trying to bring peace to the company. However, in the build up to the Nirvana In November event the DeColt’s would challenge Duane and Sean McFly to a six man tag team match, claiming their brother was joining their side. For weeks Ricky denied this, and while Duane and Sean, with partner Tim Westybrook, would be ready for the six man tag Jack and Steve stated partnerless. The commentators kept speculating whether or not Ricky would join them, and eventually the DeColts would have a chair wrapped around Duane’s head and Ricky would come out to stop them breaking his neck. With Sean McFly then thinking it was Ricky who had introduced the chair the two would brawl, when out from the crowd came Edd Stone who would come off the top rope with legdrop onto the chair to take out his brother, pick up the win and align himself with the DeColts. Edd is back to get revenge on the family that he claims abandomned him, and now the DeColts and Stone feud with off the charts and is another reason why NOTBPW are continuing to expand and grow.

 

[Morti]

<p>Yes!!! Been waiting for something like this!</p><p> </p><p>

Looks amazingly done! Going to have to check it out, major props!</p>

[DatIsraeliGuy]

Happy to see this one is complete, I also have some morning read which is always nice

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<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="MortiSporti" data-cite="MortiSporti" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46596" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Yes!!! Been waiting for something like this!<p> </p><p> Looks amazingly done! Going to have to check it out, major props!</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> If you do let me know what you think!</p>

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<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="DatIsraeliGuy" data-cite="DatIsraeliGuy" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46596" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Happy to see this one is complete, I also have some morning read which is always nice</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I actually thought of you when I posted it haha</p>

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Inspire Diversity Group Strikes Back

 

 

RANK: 9TH

 

 

 

 

Current Champions:

INSPIRES World Heavyweight – PRIDE Koiso

INSPIRES World Heavyweight Tag Team – Hiroyasu Gakusha and Toshiharu Hyobanshi

INSPIRES All-Asia - Taheiji Konoe

INSPIRES Strong Style – Jimmy Cox

INSPIRES All-Asia Tag Team - Eiji Hamacho and Chuichi Sanda

INSPIRES Japanese - Morimasa Kato

INSPIRES Knockout - Gesshin Noro

INSPIRES Leader Of The Pride - Sotatsu Sarumara

INSPIRES Middleweight - Kuemon Hotta

 

 

In 1992 former journalist Kaneie Komine was appointed president of Burning Hammer Of The Wrestling Gods and would go on to become one of the most powerful figures in all of Japanese wrestling. His run at the top of BHOTWG was one of the most successful and profitable in the history of the company as the promotion reached new heights in terms of both quality but also revenue. However, it all fell apart in 2006 when BHOTWG had their famous “INSPIRE” crises, where Tadiyuki Kikkawa formed the MMA-influenced promotion, weakening BHOTWG and allowing Komines at the time close friend Tetsuzan Kaneko to stage a coup and seize power, leading to Komine not only leaving BHOTWG but the wrestling industry itself, leaving him with nothing to do but plot his revenge.

 

 

Fast forward to May 2016 and tragedy would strike as a massive tsunami hit Japan, crashing not just the economy to the lowest level in recent history, but almost completely destroying the wrestling industry too. With Japan in a rebuilding process wrestling just wasn’t people’s priority, and gates would instantly take a nose dive, leading to top Japanese companies losing money at an alarming rate. In some cases owners even lost their personal fortunes, meaning Japanese wrestling was in danger of collapsing all-together. Komine would form a plan that would take him back to the top of the wrestling world. After gathering some unknown silent partners Komine would quietly purchase the rights to the INSPIRE name and image rights, and begin to come up with an action plan that would instantly put this new version of the company on the map. He would contact the biggest companies in Japan, knowing they were struggling, and using his partners money he would offer to pay to have their promotions biggest stars be let out of their contracts, although they would only receive the money if those same workers agreed to sign with his promotion. Due to the loyalty of many of the Japanese wrestlers most would agree, even if they didn’t like the idea of working for Komine, as it meant they would save not only their old promotions but potentially Japanese wrestling itself. Komine has been called the saviour of Japanese wrestling thanks to these deals, which he loves, but truthfully the main reason he did it was so that his rivals would know it was thanks to him that they are still in business, something he loves even more.

 

 

In December 2016 Komine would officially announce his new promotion, renaming Inspire Diversity Group International and announcing they would now be called Inspire Diversity Group Strikes Back, more commonly known as INSPIRES. This announcement would come during an elaborate press conference in which Komine would be joined by the ex-figureheads of CGC (Hiroyasu Gakusha), PGHW (PRIDE Koiso), WEXXV (Munemitsu Senmatsu) and he old enemy and original INSPIRE owner Tadiyuki Kikkawa (BHOTWG). This press conference, and more important the talent on show, told the fans that there was one place to see the top talent in Japan, and that promotion was INSPIRES. They have since gone on to add other top names in wrestling, such as Masaru Ugaki, Buddy Garner, Toshiharu Hyobanshi, Tasuku Iesada and Akinori Kwakami. However, they have also picked up big names from other sports too, such as original INSPIRE members Li Binci and Oleg Dorosklov, both former Olympians in judo and freestyle wrestling respectively. INSPIRES now not only has the names to succeed, but they also have some of the top talents worldwide and are able to put on some sensational matches.

 

 

Part of the reason Komine chose to reopen INSPIRE rather than starting with a new, fresh company was to prove a point. Not only is he one of the best owners of al time, he is so good he could succeed where others have failed miserably. In order to help him achieve this he has hired young colour commentator Naizen Uboshita to be the head booker of the promotion. He has proven to be an excellent choice, and despite INSPIRES preferring to sign workers over 30 years of age Naizen has really shown that he is in touch with what the fans really want and Komine has allowed him to make changes that should allow INSPIRES to thrive where INSPIRE failed. One of the biggest changes has been to the in-ring style, while it still has a hyper-realistic focus the main focusses has been on normal realism, with pure wrestling too. That has allowed the promotion to make their matches still look legitimate, but they are also more exciting than in the original. One of the biggest criticisms of the original INSPIRE was the fact they didn’t have any title belts, with professional wrestling being built around belts and titles for as long as anyone can remember, so this confused fans of INSPIRE. Now, the INSPIRES promotion has gone the opposite way, they not only have a main title, but they have a main singles and tag team title. Below that they have a midcard tag team belt and two midcard singles titles. It doesn’t end there, as they also have four low-level singles titles which are usually only defending on tour shows. With nine titles the promotion has gone from no titles at all, to potentially having the most titles to defend than any other promotion in history. One final change was to the companies schedule, while they are still a touring promotion they now have a “two on, one off” schedule, where they tour for two months but then have a rest month. However, in a big change to the way touring companies work they still run a big monthly event every month, rather than just during active months.

 

 

Helped by the fact their events are being shown on during prime time on PPV Japan, INSPIRES have quickly become the countries number one promotion. They have the talent and the money to stay there, the only question is whether Komine can focus purely on success, rather than revenge. While the company is thriving, and many talents are very loyal to him for saving them from getting a regular job, others are not so happy or trusting of him. This is not helped by the fact he has been apparently manipulating talents against each other, causing rifts in the locked room, or more specifically causing issued between wrestlers who used to work for some companies against workers who used to work for a different company. There are CGC cliques, PGHW cliques and of course BHOTWG cliques, and Komine apparently loves this.

 

 

[a0161613]

So I've tried to download it and I'm getting a message saying that the files are corrupted and need repairing? Any ideas?

[lavelleuk]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="a0161613" data-cite="a0161613" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46596" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>So I've tried to download it and I'm getting a message saying that the files are corrupted and need repairing? Any ideas?</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I just downloaded it and it was fine, that is odd!! Is it before it even downloads it says that? Maybe try again and if it's still doing it let me know and I'll upload them again to another link for you to try <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

[a0161613]

<p>It's not a problem I've had before.</p><p> </p><p>

It says it's either in an unknown format or damaged,</p>

[lavelleuk]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="a0161613" data-cite="a0161613" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46596" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>It's not a problem I've had before.<p> </p><p> It says it's either in an unknown format or damaged,</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Do you have winrar? You'll need that to unzip it. If not then maybe download that and see if it works.</p><p> </p><p> <a href="https://www.mediafire.com/file/vd41dt9rn9v6nda/TEW2016.mdb/file" rel="external nofollow">https://www.mediafire.com/file/vd41dt9rn9v6nda/TEW2016.mdb/file</a></p><p> </p><p> If you already have it try that link, if it says the same thing then I don't really know what to do haha. I'm not that good with computers or technology!</p><p> </p><p> Again, let me know what happens please <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

[a0161613]

<p>I got the data (thank you), it came through as an mdb file rather than a rar file. I'm not sure I need Winrar. Usually when i download there's a message but you can get past it. I'm no expert either though.</p><p> </p><p>

The data looks fun though, I see what you meant about AAA being ready to get to National.</p><p> </p><p>

Edit: Could it be that the individual folders need to be uploaded rather than the overall rar file at your end?</p>

[lavelleuk]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="a0161613" data-cite="a0161613" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46596" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I got the data (thank you), it came through as an mdb file rather than a rar file. I'm not sure I need Winrar. Usually when i download there's a message but you can get past it. I'm no expert either though.<p> </p><p> The data looks fun though, I see what you meant about AAA being ready to get to National.</p><p> </p><p> Edit: Could it be that the individual folders need to be uploaded rather than the overall rar file at your end?</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> </p><p> Ah sorry that was me being stupid, second link was just the database not zipped! So no winrar needed for that!</p><p> </p><p> The pictures you'll need winrar though as the file is too big to upload without it</p><p> </p><p> Think you'll start as AAA then?</p>

[a0161613]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="lavelleuk" data-cite="lavelleuk" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46596" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Ah sorry that was me being stupid, second link was just the database not zipped! So no winrar needed for that!<p> </p><p> The pictures you'll need winrar though as the file is too big to upload without it</p><p> </p><p> Think you'll start as AAA then?</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Thinking about it, not sure how deep I'll go without the images. It'll be fun to read though, I'll let you know if I find any errors that stick out.</p><p> </p><p> Would the winrar trial be enough like it is for most other things?</p>

[lavelleuk]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="a0161613" data-cite="a0161613" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46596" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Thinking about it, not sure how deep I'll go without the images. It'll be fun to read though, I'll let you know if I find any errors that stick out.<p> </p><p> Would the winrar trial be enough like it is for most other things?</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Yeah trial is fine, I've only ever had the trial, or free version, never had to pay for it. </p><p> </p><p> If it can't work there is a mass edit option of restoring all worker pictures to their originals, would then only be the New workers I created that have no picture</p>

[Razor Sharp]

Looks great so far! Excellent work!

[lavelleuk]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Razor Sharp" data-cite="Razor Sharp" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="46596" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Looks great so far! Excellent work!</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I appreciate it!</p>

[SmartMark15]

Really excited about this mod. Lots of great stuff like the rise of Sayeed Ali/East Side Assassin, the complete shift in the Japanese landscape, and ZEN spreading the reach globally. Wow, very exciting times and this more than matches my excitement for the canonical changes awaiting us in 2020.