Even the gods are mortal [TIER-1, CVerse]

Historian · October 19, 2019

The Nagoya sky was angry. As angry as Kanie Komine. For seventeen years, he had helmed Japan’s most successful professional wrestling organization. He had been a ruthless businessman. He had kept an iron grip on Burning Hammer of the Wrestling Gods. It had attracted criticism. He had not been a popular man, but he had been successful. He had turned Burning Hammer into a powerhouse of a company -- as financially successful as it had ever had. He had done that. He thought he had the loyalty of his people, but he had been wrong. Kikkawa had not been a loyal soldier. Hadn’t Komine given him everything? Provided him an opportunity to become a star? To become the most well regarded heavyweight in Japanese pro wrestling history? The West could have their Sam Strongs and Rocky Goldens and Nicky Champions and Jack Bruces. Komine had built Kikkawa into a mythic figure. A living embodiment of Hachiman. Talent be damned. It was Komine’s vision that had built Kikkawa into something out of Shinto. Kikkawa left him. Started a group to oppose him. His group had failed, but it had let Tetsuzan Kaneko betray him. Kaneko was supposed to be loyal. Komine had given him his start. He had given him an opportunity and then Kaneko turned into a Japanese Brutus. He had stabbed his Caesar in the back. He had organized a coup and left Komine a man on the outside.

Lightning flashed through the sky and was joined by a thunderclap that shook the skyscraper as Kaneie stared out at the Sea of Japan. The water was choppy. Only the bravest of fisherman would launch in these conditions. What a fitting metaphor for wrestling in Japan. Burning Hammer was still king. Pride Glory Honor Wrestling was firmly entrenched as the number two with its reliance on traditional style. World Level Wrestling was a surprising number three -- leading the charge of the Modern Japan Movement. Kaneie hated them all, but he knew they were all competing for what he wanted -- to be at the top again.

He had been out of wrestling since 2009 when Kaneko convinced the Burning Hammer board of directors to outst him. Kaneko had struck a deal with the traitor Kikkawa to return, but only if Kaneie was gone. The Board of Directors wanted the greatest heavyweight of all time back, so Komine Kaneie was shown the door. No one wanted to touch Kaneie. He had built an empire on the backs of the other companies and that had turned him into an enemy of all. Until July of 2015.

Komine took a slow sip of his sake. It was late and he could afford a private drink as he reflected on that first meeting. He was called to Tokyo by the NARUTO company -- one of the leading video game companies in the world. They had recently lost the Burning Hammer license to an upstart company and Komine had assumed they wanted to talk to him about creating a brand new intellectual property. He was mistaken. When he arrived, he realized his meeting was with Ietsuna Hisamatsu and Meiji Nishimura. The two executives behind the ultra-successful ALPHA-1 MMA group. A group that was consistently jockeying for supremacy in that world -- battling the US-based GAMMA. Komine was familiar with each man, but could not call either friends or allies, but they had a proposition.

They wanted to get into the wrestling business. They wanted a company that was inspired by MMA but that they could work to create stars -- all leading to wanting to be able to build a new property they could market in video games. They had a name -- and they had some people they had recruited to exclusive contracts. People that Komine knew. People that Kikkawa knew. People that had been with INSPIRE or had legit MMA backgrounds.

Arjen Van Den Leyne. Buddy Garner. Claudio Burdisso. Li Bingci. Mike Watson. Mohamed El Yaaggoudi. Oleg Dorosklov. Raul Hughes. Wael Hossam. Komine knew these men. He knew their names and their work. Most had worked for Kikkawa. Only Buddy had not. Most had not wrestled in years, but they had the legit background that ALPHA-1 wanted. Hisamatsu and Nishimura were clear. They did not want a product that felt like pro wrestling. They wanted a product that felt real, to the core. They didn’t want a bunch of interview segments or bad guys and good guys. They wanted men, grown men, simulating realistic combat. They wanted Komine to head the operation. They wanted him to be the brains.

Komine had smiled in that meeting. It was a way back into wrestling. It was a way to prove his skill once again. He could take the idea that Kikkawa couldn’t succeed with -- and he could slay the gods by taking their hammer from them. He could get his revenge and cement his place as the greatest leader in Japanese wrestling history. He took another sip from his sake. He had had one demand. He wanted Marat Khoklov. He wanted the giant that had knocked out Kikkawa. Hisamatsu and Nishimura agreed to fund Marat’s contract. Komine had a set of expectations. He needed to deliver, but he also had freedom to build his roster.

The project was called TIER-1. It would feature a hard weight split. The Heavyweight and Lightweight divisions. Middleweight and higher competed in heavyweight, lightweight and under in Lightweight. No tag team wrestling. No stupid gimmick matches. No weapons. No hardcore. Men competing to win. Komine was at the helm once again, steering a ship into the stormy waters. Only a fool would believe he could be successful in the landscape. Or a genius. Komine would prove he was the latter. He had to prove he was the later. Even the gods were mortal, and Kanie Komine was in the mood to slay some gods.

Historian · October 19, 2019

TIER 1 is a wrestling company that is actually an off-shoot of one of the most respected shoot-fight organisations in Japan, ALPHA-1, and offers a hybrid mix of wrestling and stiff MMA-style action. It's an unusual mix, seeing head-dropping suplexes, running dives to the outside, and violently stiff strikes all stuck together in one environment, but it's certainly watchable, and not without marketability.

Style: MMA Off Shoot

Based in: Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Chubu, Japan

CEO & Match Maker [user Character]: Kaneie Komine

World Heavyweight Champion

"The Last Czar" Marat Khoklov (1-0-0) [won at Fight Night 1: Dawn of an Era, Jan. 2016]

Previous Champions

Top Ten Heavyweight Rankings

1. "The Last Czar" Marat Khoklov (1-0-0)

2. "The Predator" Claudio Burdisso (1-0-0)

3. Buddy Garner (0-0-0)

4. "The Calgary Assassin" Mike Watson (1-0-0)

5. "The Dutch Master" Arjen Van Den Leyne (1-0-0)

6. Oleg Dorosklov (1-0-0)

7. "The Demolition Expert" Raul Hughes (0-1-0)

8. "The Master of the Armlock" Sotatsu Sarumara (0-0-0)

9. Roy Edison (0-1-0)

10. Greg Gauge (1-0-0)

World Lightweight Champion

"The Tap Out Artist" Billy Russell (1-0-0) [won at Fight Night 1: Dawn of an Era, Jan. 2016]

Previous Champions

Top Ten Lightweight Rankings

1. "The Tap Out Artist" Billy Russell (1-0-0)

2. "The Blood Fighter" Totoya Munakata (0-0-0)

3. Razan Okamoto (1-0-0)

4. Li Bingci (0-1-0)

5. Mohamed El Yaaggoudi (1-0-0)

6. Spyder Yakuta (1-0-0)

7. Kinji Akamatsu (1-0-0)

8. "So Solid" Billy Robinson (1-0-0)

9. Tsuneyo Yanagimoto (1-0-0)

10. Musashi (0-1-0)

World Openweight Grand Prix Champion

Razan Okamoto

Previous Tournament Winners

Event History

2016

Jan - Fight Night 1: Dawn of an Era

Feb - Fight Night 2: Van Den Leyne vs. Edison

Mar - Fight Night 3: Garner vs. Khoklov

Apr - Fight Night 4: El Yaaggoudi vs. Russell

May - Openweight Grand Prix

Historian · October 19, 2019

Official Roster

Heavyweight Division

[Middleweight & Higher]

"The Dutch Master" Arjen Van Den Leyne (1-0-0)| Buddy Garner (0-0-0) | "The Predator" Claudio Burdisso (1-0-0) | Danjuro Kikuchi (1-0-0)| Greg Gauge (1-0-0)

Hajime Sugisata (0-1-0) | Haruhiro Tsumemasa (0-0-0) | Hitomaro Suzuki (0-1-0) | Irwin Gutmann (0-1-0) | Kalu Owusu (0-0-0)

Kenichi Komagata (0-0-0) | "The Dog of War" Kimitada Yanagita (0-1-0) | "The Last Czar" Marat Khoklov (1-0-0) | "The Irish Stretching Machine" Merle O'Curle (0-1-0) | "The Calgary Assassin" Mike Watson (1-0-0)

Morimasa Kato (0-1-0) | Nigel Svensson (1-0-0)| Oda Yakuta (0-0-0)| Oleg Dorosklov (1-0-0) | Pavel Vanzycha (1-0-0)

"The Demolition Expert" Raul Hughes (0-1-0) | "The Rock" Roku Sotomura (0-0-0) | Roy Edison (0-1-0) | Sharaku Okimasa (0-0-0) | "The Master of the Armlock" Sotatsu Sarumara (0-0-0)

Tornado Nagi (0-0-0) | Wael Hossam (0-0-0) | "The Colorado Kid" Wille York (0-1-0) | "Glorious" Logan Diaz (0-0-0)

Lightweight Division

[Lightweight and Under]

"So Solid" Billy Robinson (1-0-0) | "The Tap Out Artist" Billy Russell (1-0-0) | Curtis Jenkins (0-1-0) | Gram Gorman (0-1-0) | Kinji Akamatsu (1-0-0)

"Stone Cold Killer" Konrad Mäkinen (1-0-0) | Li Bingci (0-1-0) | "Mad Dog" Masafumi Torii (0-1-0) | Mohamed El Yaaggoudi (1-0-0) | Musashi (0-1-0)

"Ice Cold" Ray Snow (0-1-0) | Razan Okamoto (1-0-0) | "The Real Deal" Rob Reynolds (0-1-0) | Spyder Yakuta (1-0-0) | "The Blood Fighter" Totoya Munakata (0-0-0)

Orange Tscuhie (0-0-0) | Tsuneyo Yanagimoto (1-0-0) | "French-Canadian MVP" Marcel LeFleur (0-1-0) | Motoyuki Miyake (0-0-0) | Edison Silva (0-0-0)

Licensed Officials

Doppo Ibu | Yoshitora Shigemitsu

Broadcast Team

Seiho Kuroda | Kaneie Komine

Fight Camps

American Ultra Team - Buddy Garner, Greg Gauge, Ray Snow, & Rob Reynolds

The Snake Pit - Billy Robinson, Nigel Svennson, Merle O'Curl, & Pavel Vanzycha

Red Bear Training- Marat Khoklov, Oleg Dorosklov, Mohamed El Yaaggoudi, & Konrad Mäkinen

Historian · October 19, 2019

For Immediate Release - The NARUTO Company is proud to announce the formation of TIER-1. TIER-1 is NARUTO's first foray into the professional wrestling space. Banking on years of experience promoting mixed martial arts through the ALPHA-1 organization, NARUTO hopes to become the world-wide leader in hard-hitting professional wrestling action. The organization will be helmed by Kaneie Komine, the former CEO of the Burning Hammer of the Wrestling Gods organization.

TIER-1 will present a product that is not found anywhere else in the world. With a strong emphasis on competition, matches will end via pinfall, submission, or knock out. They can also end in a time limit draw. Any use of an illegal object will result in an immediate suspension and investigation into potential termination. Any outside interference will result in the same. TIER-1 wants to build an atmosphere where professionals are allowed to prove who is the best.

TIER-1 will make it's debut Thursday, Week 3 of January 2016 with a lineup that promises to crown its two division champions in a double main event. The World Heavyweight Championship will be decided as two of the hardest hitting men in the heavyweight division go toe-to-toe for the first time in their careers. The number one ranked heavyweight, Marat Khoklov will go head to head with the number two ranked heavyweight, Raul Hughes!

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The Last Czar</td>

<td>Marat Khoklov

Age: 40 [11 years pro]

Size: Ripped Giant

Record: 0-0-0

Finishing moves:

Moscow Lariat

Russian Giant Bear Hug

Russian Legend Powerbomb<td></tr></table>

<div style="text-align:left;">Overview:

The Russian giant Marat Khoklov is undoubtedly the most physically intimidating wrestler of all time, a man whose size, freakish power, and ripped physique redefine the term "monster heel". He first became famous when he knocked out the legendary Tadiyuki Kikkawa in a star-making victory that made him an overnight cultural mega-star in Japan. From there he headed to SWF, snagging a massively lucrative contract, and had seven good years. He quit SWF in 2015 in order to sign a one-match deal with BHOTWG for an astronomical sum of money - the match saw him lose to Kikkawa but set a new attendance record for the promotion in the process. He hasn't been seen since that match and it was only with the formation of TIER-1 that the giant announced he would be returning to professional wrestling. With his massive hands, his knockout power is something to be feared.

Career Highlights:

King of Fighters</div>

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The Demolition Expert</td>

<td>Raul Hughes

Age: 50 [12 years pro]

Size: Ripped Heavyweight

Record: 0-0-0

Finishing moves:

Demolition Left Hook<td></tr></table>

<div style="text-align:left;">Overview:

"The Demolition Expert" Raul Hughes is a legend in MMA circles, a fighter whose incredible knock out punching power made him a star and championship-calibre competitor in both North America and Japan. After retiring from MMA he went ahead and made world news when he signed as a pro wrestler for BHOTWG in 2003. Hughes had a great career with BHOTWG, headlining many events and even winning the prestigious world title (a move that did not go down well with the more traditionally-minded wrestling observers). He was one of the founding members of INSPIRE in 2006 and had a great couple of years with them too. He retired in February 2009 immediately after losing the King Of Fighters title, citing a desire to have a final few MMA bouts. He was enticed into a return to professional wrestling with the formation of TIER-1. With his experience as both a dominate competitor in Mixed Martial Arts and Professional Wrestling, Raul Hughes could be a major force in the heavyweight division, even at his advanced age.

Career Highlights:

Burning World Championship

King of Fighters</div>

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Our second main event of the evening will determine who will be the first World Lightweight Champion and features two supremely talented, technically minded grapplers. The Puerto Rican "Tap Out Artist" Billy Russell makes his return to Japan as he goes head to head with the returning-to-wrestling Olympian Li Bingci.

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The Tap Out Artist</td>

<td>Billy Russell

Age: 41 [9 years pro]

Size: Toned Lightweight

Record: 0-0-0

Finishing moves:

Grounded Knee Fury

Twisting Arm Lock

Knee Bar

<div style="text-align:left;">Overview:

"The Tap Out Artist" Billy Russell is a talented grappler from Puerto Rico who has an extensive background in professional Mixed Martial Arts; the biggest fight of his MMA career was in 2001 when he reached the quarter finals of the major tournament of the year, losing to future wrestling star Buddy Garner. He joined the new Japanese promotion INSPIRE in 2006 and became one of the success stories of the company, rising up the card and winning several big matches. The promotion closed in 2009, and Russell went on to sign with his home-town promotion of FCW in late 2010; he became Puerto Rican champion in 2012 and is now one of the company's biggest draws. With the formation of TIER-1, Russell was eager to agree to a multi-fight deal to return to Japan. He will continue to wrestle for FCW in Puerto Rico.

Career Highlights:

FCW Puerto Rican Championship</div>

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</td>

<td>Li Bingci

Age: 35 [11 years pro]

Size: Toned Lightweight

Record: 0-0-0

Finishing moves:

Choke Hold

<div style="text-align:left;">Overview:

Li Bingci was an Olympic silver medal winner for China in freestyle wrestling at the 2004 Olympic Games. He trained, unsigned, with Japan's Burning Hammer Of The Wrestling Gods throughout 2005, but was snapped up by their rivals INSPIRE in 2006 to capitalise on his legitimate fighting background. He lasted just two years before quitting the sport, having never fully gotten to grips with how punishing the schedule could be. He competed again at the 2012 Games, but this time came home with a bronze. After an eight-year hiatus from the sport of professional wrestling, Bingci was enticed to return by TIER-1 and hopes to find the success he didn't find in his first go round.

Career Highlights:

Olympic Silver Medal -- Freestyle Wrestling

Olympic Bronze Medal -- Freestyle Wrestling</div>

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Two big main events that will shape the foundation of their respective divisions. The full card is included below.

<div style="text-align:center;">TIER-1 Presents: Fight Night 1

Dawn of an Era

Thursday, Week 3, January 2016

Live at: Toyama Hall

Main Card

Main Event

Sixty Minute Time Limit

World Heavyweight Championship

#2 "The Demolition Expert" Raul Hughes (0-0-0) versus #1 "The Last Czar" Marat Khoklov (0-0-0)

Co Main Event

Sixty Minute Time Limit

World Lightweight Championship

#2 "The Tap Out Artist" Billy Russell (0-0-0) versus #3 Li Bingci (0-0-0)

Heavyweight Division Bout

Thirty Minute Time Limit

#7 "The Predator" Claudio Burdisso (0-0-0) versus #8 "The Dog of War" Kimitada Yanagita (0-0-0)

Lightweight Division Bout

Thirty Minute Time Limit

#4 Razan Okamoto (0-0-0) versus #8 Musashi (0-0-0)

Heavyweight Division Bout

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Unranked Greg Gauge (0-0-0) versus Unranked Willie York (0-0-0)

Opening Bout

Lightweight Division Bout

Thirty Minute Time Limit

#9 "So Solid" Billy Robinson (0-0-0) versus unranked "Ice Cold" Ray Snow (0-0-0)

Prelims

Heavyweight Bout

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Unranked Danjuro Kikuchi (0-0-0) versus Unranked "The Irish Stretching Machine" Merle O'Curle (0-0-0)

Heavyweight Bout

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Unranked Irwin Gutmann (0-0-0) versus Unranked Pavel Vanzchya (0-0-0)

Lightweight Bout

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Unranked Gram Gorman (0-0-0) versus Unranked "Stone Cold Killer" Konrad Mäkinen (0-0-0)</div>

King Bison · October 20, 2019

TIER-1 Presents: Fight Night 1

Dawn of an Era

Thursday, Week 3, January 2016

Live at: Toyama Hall

Main Card

Main Event

Sixty Minute Time Limit

World Heavyweight Championship

#2 "The Demolition Expert" Raul Hughes (0-0-0) versus #1 "The Last Czar" Marat Khoklov (0-0-0)

Co Main Event

Sixty Minute Time Limit

World Lightweight Championship

#2 "The Tap Out Artist" Billy Russell (0-0-0) versus #3 Li Bingci (0-0-0)

Heavyweight Division Bout

Thirty Minute Time Limit

#7 "The Predator" Claudio Burdisso (0-0-0) versus #8 "The Dog of War" Kimitada Yanagita (0-0-0)

Lightweight Division Bout

Thirty Minute Time Limit

#4 Razan Okamoto (0-0-0) versus #8 Musashi (0-0-0)

Heavyweight Division Bout

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Unranked Greg Gauge (0-0-0) versus Unranked Willie York (0-0-0)

Opening Bout

Lightweight Division Bout

Thirty Minute Time Limit

#9 "So Solid" Billy Robinson (0-0-0) versus unranked "Ice Cold" Ray Snow (0-0-0)

Prelims

Heavyweight Bout

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Unranked Danjuro Kikuchi (0-0-0) versus Unranked "The Irish Stretching Machine" Merle O'Curle (0-0-0)

Heavyweight Bout

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Unranked Irwin Gutmann (0-0-0) versus Unranked Pavel Vanzchya (0-0-0)

Lightweight Bout

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Unranked Gram Gorman (0-0-0) versus Unranked "Stone Cold Killer" Konrad Mäkinen (0-0-0)

TLCJR4LIFE · October 20, 2019

TIER-1 Presents: Fight Night 1

Dawn of an Era

Thursday, Week 3, January 2016

Live at: Toyama Hall

Main Card

Main Event

Sixty Minute Time Limit

World Heavyweight Championship

#2 "The Demolition Expert" Raul Hughes (0-0-0) versus #1 "The Last Czar" Marat Khoklov (0-0-0)

Co Main Event

Sixty Minute Time Limit

World Lightweight Championship

#2 "The Tap Out Artist" Billy Russell (0-0-0) versus #3 Li Bingci (0-0-0)

Heavyweight Division Bout

Thirty Minute Time Limit

#7 "The Predator" Claudio Burdisso (0-0-0) versus #8 "The Dog of War" Kimitada Yanagita (0-0-0)

Lightweight Division Bout

Thirty Minute Time Limit

#4 Razan Okamoto (0-0-0) versus #8 Musashi(0-0-0)

Heavyweight Division Bout

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Unranked Greg Gauge (0-0-0) versus Unranked Willie York (0-0-0)

Opening Bout

Lightweight Division Bout

Thirty Minute Time Limit

#9 "So Solid" Billy Robinson (0-0-0) versus unranked "Ice Cold" Ray Snow (0-0-0)

Prelims

Heavyweight Bout

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Unranked Danjuro Kikuchi (0-0-0) versus Unranked "The Irish Stretching Machine" Merle O'Curle (0-0-0)

Heavyweight Bout

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Unranked Irwin Gutmann (0-0-0) versus Unranked Pavel Vanzchya (0-0-0)

Lightweight Bout

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Unranked Gram Gorman (0-0-0) versus Unranked "Stone Cold Killer" Konrad Mäkinen (0-0-0)

Jaded · October 20, 2019

Oh wow this looks AMAZING!

TIER-1 Presents: Fight Night 1

Dawn of an Era

Thursday, Week 3, January 2016

Live at: Toyama Hall

Main Card

Main Event

Sixty Minute Time Limit

World Heavyweight Championship

#2 "The Demolition Expert" Raul Hughes (0-0-0) versus #1 "The Last Czar" Marat Khoklov (0-0-0)

Co Main Event

Sixty Minute Time Limit

World Lightweight Championship

#2 "The Tap Out Artist" Billy Russell (0-0-0) versus #3 Li Bingci (0-0-0)

Heavyweight Division Bout

Thirty Minute Time Limit

#7 "The Predator" Claudio Burdisso (0-0-0) versus #8 "The Dog of War" Kimitada Yanagita (0-0-0)

Lightweight Division Bout

Thirty Minute Time Limit

#4 Razan Okamoto (0-0-0) versus #8 Musashi (0-0-0)

Heavyweight Division Bout

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Unranked Greg Gauge (0-0-0) versus Unranked Willie York (0-0-0)

Opening Bout

Lightweight Division Bout

Thirty Minute Time Limit

#9 ”So Solid” Billy Robinson (0-0-0) versus unranked “Ice Cold" Ray Snow (0-0-0)

Prelims

Heavyweight Bout

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Unranked Danjuro Kikuchi (0-0-0) versus Unranked "The Irish Stretching Machine" Merle O'Curle (0-0-0)

Heavyweight Bout

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Unranked Irwin Gutmann (0-0-0) versus Unranked Pavel Vanzchya (0-0-0)

Lightweight Bout

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Unranked Gram Gorman (0-0-0) versus Unranked "Stone Cold Killer" Konrad Mäkinen (0-0-0)

Historian · October 20, 2019

Fight Night 1: Dawn of an Era <div style="text-align:center;"><img alt="7iwxzTl.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/7iwxzTl.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Fight Night 1 Dawn of an Era Thursday, Week 3, January 2016 Live at: Toyama Hall In Attendance: 478 Prelims Heavyweight Bout Twenty Minute Time Limit <img alt="im9nkp5.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/im9nkp5.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="2rRLoHs.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/2rRLoHs.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="1kuf07O.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/1kuf07O.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Unranked Danjuro Kikuchi (0-0-0) versus Unranked "The Irish Stretching Machine" Merle O'Curle (0-0-0) In a pre-show bout that had decent wrestling but didn't have much heat, Danjuro Kikuchi defeated Merle O'Curle in 11:02 by pinfall. <img alt="vPM9lw6.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/vPM9lw6.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> <img alt="hkbeVwt.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/hkbeVwt.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47045" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div style="text-align:center;"><div>Heavyweight Bout Twenty Minute Time Limit <img alt="NPYfMCo.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/NPYfMCo.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="2rRLoHs.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/2rRLoHs.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="CVF6M0V.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/CVF6M0V.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Unranked Irwin Gutmann (0-0-0) versus Unranked Pavel Vanzchya (0-0-0) In a pre-show bout that had decent wrestling but non-existent crowd heat, Pavel Vanzycha defeated Irwin Gutmann in 8:44 by pinfall. <img alt="7EqFCw6.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/7EqFCw6.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></div></blockquote> <img alt="hkbeVwt.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/hkbeVwt.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Lightweight Bout Twenty Minute Time Limit <img alt="E74NHFk.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/E74NHFk.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="2rRLoHs.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/2rRLoHs.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="XqqKnaA.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/XqqKnaA.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Unranked Gram Gorman (0-0-0) versus Unranked "Stone Cold Killer" Konrad Mäkinen (0-0-0) In a pre-show bout that had decent wrestling but non-existent crowd heat, Konrad Mäkinen defeated Gram Gorman in 7:14 by pinfall. <img alt="gUMXSOo.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/gUMXSOo.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> <img alt="hkbeVwt.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/hkbeVwt.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Main Card <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47045" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"> Opening Bout</div> Lightweight Division Bout Thirty Minute Time Limit <img alt="R5wwgEB.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/R5wwgEB.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="2rRLoHs.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/2rRLoHs.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="gf3te2O.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/gf3te2O.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> #9 "So Solid" Billy Robinson (0-0-0) versus unranked "Ice Cold" Ray Snow (0-0-0) <div style="text-align:left;"></div><ul><li>The British Robinson and the American Snow are from two different training camps and this promised to be a very good contest between two bright prospects in the TIER-1 Lightweight Division. Robinson has been steadily employed by SAISHO in recent years and Snow and his hard hitting style are finally getting a break in Japan after failing to catch on in Los Angeles’ IPW </li><li>Robinson showcased his fluid technical wrestling, tying Snow up in knots. Snow was able to power out of many holds and toss Robinson around. </li><li>Snow hit a DDT that almost got him the victory. </li><li>Snow went for a Spinning Back Fist that Robinson ducked and then locked in the Capital City Crucifix and Snow was forced to submit.</li></ul> In a bout that had decent wrestling but little heat, Billy Robinson defeated Ray Snow in 15:35 by submission with a Capital City Crucifix. <img alt="7EqFCw6.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/7EqFCw6.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote> <img alt="hkbeVwt.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/hkbeVwt.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Heavyweight Division Bout Thirty Minute Time Limit <img alt="j3Mq0eH.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/j3Mq0eH.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="2rRLoHs.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/2rRLoHs.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="J0WSSNs.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/J0WSSNs.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Unranked Greg Gauge (0-0-0) versus Unranked “The Colorado Kid” Willie York (0-0-0) <div style="text-align:left;"><ul><li>The odds-makers put this in favor of “The Colorado Kid” and his twenty-three years as a professional wrestler. Gauge, the son of Sam Keith and currently the Mid Atlantic Champion and former GCG World Tag Team Champion is no slouch in the wrestling department. </li><li>York wanted to exchange strikes in this match, but Gauge smartly wanted to wrestle and go hold-for-hold where he is the superior wrestler. </li><li>Gauge was able to lock in the feared Proton Lock and York had to submit. </li></ul> </div> In a good match, Greg Gauge defeated Willie York in 13:27 by submission with a Proton Lock. <img alt="vPM9lw6.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/vPM9lw6.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> <img alt="hkbeVwt.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/hkbeVwt.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47045" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;"> Lightweight Division Bout</div> Thirty Minute Time Limit <img alt="DzVaEP5.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/DzVaEP5.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="2rRLoHs.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/2rRLoHs.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="VxyPcUH.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/VxyPcUH.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> #4 Razan Okamoto (0-0-0) versus #8 Musashi (0-0-0) <div style="text-align:left;"></div><ul><li>A first time match up between two of Japan’s brightest Junior Heavyweight prospects. Okamoto has been a star in Black Canvas Grappling where he won the Maeda Grand Prix in 2015, though he recently left BCG for GCG and T1. Musashi is one-half of EXODUS 2010’s World Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions, in his third reign with that belt. He’s also a former EXODUS All-Asian Junior Heavyweight Champion. </li><li>Okamoto is a true all-arounder and it showed in this contest. He was able to trade strikes with the small, incredibly fast Musashi -- who hit some devasating kicks in the contest and almost took Okamoto’s head off with a superkick that almost won the match. </li><li>Okamoto hit a beautiful springboard DDT that showcased the real difference from TIER-1 and ALPHA-1. In TIER-1, they were still going to wrestle. </li><li>A picture-perfect Brainbuster Suplex from Okamoto got him the victory. </li></ul> In a decent match, Razan Okamoto defeated Musashi in 14:01 by pinfall with a Brainbuster Suplex. <img alt="8x5Bau7.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/8x5Bau7.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote> <img alt="hkbeVwt.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/hkbeVwt.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Heavyweight Division Bout Thirty Minute Time Limit <img alt="1Lxv3ct.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/1Lxv3ct.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="2rRLoHs.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/2rRLoHs.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="Dr9rUd0.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Dr9rUd0.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> #7 "The Predator" Claudio Burdisso (0-0-0) versus #8 "The Dog of War" Kimitada Yanagita (0-0-0) <div style="text-align:left;"><ul><li>This was Burdisso’s return to professional wrestling after an extended absence. The Chilean fighter is not known for being the most skilled in any one discipline, but he’s as tough as nails and willing to throw hands with anyone. Yanagita has primarily been associated with tag team wrestling in his career, but at 46 years of age is hoping for one big singles run to hang his hat on. </li><li>This was a very physical match up. Neither man is the most technically sound wrestler in the world, but they hit each other with incredibly stiff forearms and blows that echoed off the walls of the building. </li><li>Yanagita went for his famous “Yanagita Crush” Back Drop Driver, but Burdisso threw an elbow to the jaw that staggered “The Dog of War” and allowed Burdisso to throw a headbutt that landed flush and dropped Yanagita and allowed Burdisso to score the pinfall victory. </li></ul></div> In a bout that had good heat and decent wrestling, Claudio Burdisso defeated Kimitada Yanagita in 7:06 by pinfall. <img alt="8x5Bau7.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/8x5Bau7.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> <img alt="hkbeVwt.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/hkbeVwt.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47045" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;">Co Main Event</div> Lightweight Bout Sixty Minute Time Limit <img alt="37DOuQM.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/37DOuQM.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> <img alt="Zk9UOdB.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Zk9UOdB.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="2rRLoHs.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/2rRLoHs.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="3KdZpkz.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/3KdZpkz.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> #2 "The Tap Out Artist" Billy Russell (0-0-0) versus #3 Li Bingci (0-0-0) <div style="text-align:left;"></div><ul><li>This was Bingci’s first match in years and Russell was clearly more comfortable in the ring. Bingci took awhile to get his footing. His Olympic background definitely helped him keep Russell at bay early on. </li><li>This was a real technical battle, with Russell and Bingci going hold-for-hold. Bingci hit a beautiful double leg and went for a front guilitone choke that Russell fought out of. </li><li>Russell kept trying to lock in the Twisting Arm Lock, but Bingci refused to let it get set in. </li><li>Russell hit a snap German Suplex that he followed up by rolling into the Twisting Arm Lock. Bingci tried to fight out of it, but he ended up succumbing and had to submit, giving Russell the victory and the World Lightweight Championship. </li></ul> In a bout that had fantastic heat and great wrestling, Billy Russell defeated Li Bingci in 22:54 by submission with a Twisting Arm Lock. Billy Russell wins the TIER-1 World Lightweight title. <img alt="vPM9lw6.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/vPM9lw6.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote> <img alt="hkbeVwt.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/hkbeVwt.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Main Event Heavyweight Bout Sixty Minute Time Limit <img alt="JPv3CAz.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/JPv3CAz.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> <img alt="ePzyudr.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ePzyudr.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="2rRLoHs.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/2rRLoHs.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="KWQpw66.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/KWQpw66.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> #2 "The Demolition Expert" Raul Hughes (0-0-0) versus #1 "The Last Czar" Marat Khoklov (0-0-0) <div style="text-align:left;"><ul><li>Khoklov towered over Hughes -- who is not a small man in the slightest. Hughes is a former GAMMA Heavyweight Champion -- being the man who ended James Foster’s run with a devastating knock out. Hughes is also a former INSPIRe King of Fighters Champion and a former BHOTWG Champion so despite the six inches in height he was giving up he had a reason to be confident. </li><li>Hughes threw several big shots early and was clearly looking for his devastating “Demolition Left Hook” to land. </li><li>The giant Khoklov seemed indestructible as he walked through everything Hughes threw at him and landed several big shots of his own. </li><li>The Moscow Lariat damn near took Hughes’ head off and Doppo Ibu had to call the fight and award Marat Khoklov the victory and the TIER-1 World Heavyweight Championship. </li></ul></div> In a bout that had fantastic heat and great wrestling, Marat Khoklov defeated Raul Hughes in 7:19 by stoppage when Raul Hughes could not continue. Marat Khoklov wins the TIER-1 World Heavyweight title. <img alt="sphQ2H2.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/sphQ2H2.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Overall <img alt="vPM9lw6.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/vPM9lw6.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div>

Historian · October 20, 2019

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Jaded" data-cite="Jaded" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47045" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Oh wow this looks AMAZING!</div></blockquote> Thank you! Hopefully it lives up to your expectations. I'm excited about this project and to see where it can go, plus to get the opportunity to use a bunch of talent that I've never really gotten the opportunity to use.

Historian · October 20, 2019

For Immediate Release. TIER-1's first Fight Night was so successful that grapplers from around the globe contacted the organization for an opportunity to fight on an upcoming show. TIER-1 extended multi-fight deals to several grapplers. First among them is the nephew of legendary wrestler Raymond Diaz, Logan Diaz. Diaz is a rookie grappler currently employed by America's Pittsburgh Steel Wrestling. A former two-time state wrestling champion in Florida, the 6'5" grappler brings a great amateur base with him and at only twenty years old has a bright future.

TIER-1 also signed standout lightweight grapplers Marcel LeFleur, Orange Tsuchie, & Tsuneyo Yanagimoto. All three men bolster a very competitive lightweight division. Yanagimoto in particular looks to make an immediate impact -- as he is the reigning EXODUS World Junior Heavyweight Champion.

TIER-1 will return to action on Thursday, Week 3 of February with Fight Night 2: Van Den Leyne vs. Edison. The winner will get a shot at Marat Khoklov at Fight Night 5 (with the Fight Night 3 Main Event already being set between Buddy Garner and Marat Khoklov.) See the full card below.

<div style="text-align:center;"><div style="text-align:center;">TIER-1 Presents: Fight Night 2

Van Den Leyne vs. Edison

Thursday, Week 3, February 2016

Live at: Gunma Hall

Main Card

Main Event

Heavyweight Bout

Forty-Five Minute Time Limit

#6 “The Dutch Master” Arjen Van Den Leyne (0-0-0) versus #5 Roy Edison (0-0-0)

Lightweight Bout

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Unranked “French-Canadian MVP” Marcel LeFleur (0-0-0) versus Unranked Tsuneyo Yanagimoto (0-0-0)

Heavyweight Bout

Thirty Minute Time Limit

#4 “The Calagary Assassin” Mike Watson (0-0-0) versus Hitomaro Suzuki (0-0-0)

Lightweight Bout

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Unranked Curtis Jenkins (0-0-0) versus #5 Mohamed El Yaaggoudi (0-0-0)

Heavyweight Bout

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Unranked Oleg Dorosklov (0-0-0) versus #9 Morimasa Kato (0-0-0)</div>

Lightweight Bout

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Unranked Spyder Yakuta (0-0-0) versus Unranked "The Real Deal" Rob Reynolds (0-0-0)

Opening Bout

Heavyweight Bout

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Unranked Hajime Sugisata (0-0-0) versus Unranked Nigel Svensson (0-0-0)

Prelim

Lightweight Bout

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Unranked Kinji Akamatsu (0-0-0) versus Unranked "Mad Dog" Masafumi Torii (0-0-0)</div>

Jaded · October 21, 2019

So excited to see Svennson, who should be perfect for this kind of fed!

Van der Leyne

LeFleur

Watson

Jenkins

Kato

Reynolds

Svennson

Torii

Hashasheen · October 21, 2019

Surprised you're making the matches have such long time limits. If we're comping to MMA, it'd be 15 or 30 minutes in 5 minute rounds.I think Boxing does 60 in 12 rounds.

DarK_RaideR · October 21, 2019

Good to see this idea turned into a diary. Missed predictions for the first show, but here goes

Arjen Van Den Leyne over Roy Edison

Tsuneyo Yanagimoto over Marcel LeFleur

Hitomaro Suzuki over Mike Watson

Mohamed El Yaaggoudi over Curtis Jenkins

Morimasa Kato over Oleg Dorosklov

Rob Reynolds over Spyder Yakuta

Nigel Svensson over Hajime Sugisata

Kinji Akamatsu over Masafumi Torii

Munit · October 21, 2019

Wow what a interesting concept to a wrestling company but I like it. Forgive me as I'm at work and not near my "play" computer but is this company one that you made up or already in the cverse?

Historian · October 21, 2019

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Hashasheen" data-cite="Hashasheen" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47045" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Surprised you're making the matches have such long time limits. If we're comping to MMA, it'd be 15 or 30 minutes in 5 minute rounds.I think Boxing does 60 in 12 rounds.</div></blockquote> I've been thinking about the time limits be shorter. I thought about doing 30 minutes for main events/championship bouts and 20 minutes for regular bouts. <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Munit" data-cite="Munit" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47045" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Wow what a interesting concept to a wrestling company but I like it. Forgive me as I'm at work and not near my "play" computer but is this company one that you made up or already in the cverse?</div></blockquote> TIER-1 exists in the database as a yet to debut company. They are supposed to be an off shoot of ALPHA-1 of WMMA fame, but aren't set up to try and take down BHOTWG -- that's my spin off of it after kicking the idea around with my good buddy DarK_RaideR.

Hashasheen · October 21, 2019

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Historian" data-cite="Historian" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47045" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I've been thinking about the time limits be shorter. I thought about doing 30 minutes for main events/championship bouts and 20 minutes for regular bouts.</div></blockquote> Part of what made shoot style so interesting to Japanese fans was that it shifted away from the mantra of long matches to short and exciting results. For example, Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling's first ever show lasted only 28 minutes, but the Japanese crowds loved it and coined the word "byosatsu" (秒殺, "instantly finished") to refer the experience.

DarK_RaideR · October 21, 2019

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Hashasheen" data-cite="Hashasheen" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47045" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Part of what made shoot style so interesting to Japanese fans was that it shifted away from the mantra of long matches to short and exciting results. For example, Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling's first ever show lasted only 28 minutes, but the Japanese crowds loved it and coined the word "byosatsu" (秒殺, "instantly finished") to refer the experience.</div></blockquote> I know shorter matches would be true to the above, but the way the TEW2016 engine works, not giving them enough time would probably hurt the maximum rating they can achieve. Hopefully this will change with TEW2020, Adam's latest update certainly gives me hope towards that with trait tags such as Explosive Style, where workers get greater bonuses in short, all out matches but penalties in long, slowly built bouts. P.S. To add to Historian's response to Munit, my idea began when I realized the dark spot on Komine's resume was Kikkawa walking out to start INSPIRE, then Komine was ousted when his successor was able to rope Kikkawa back in. I started a save where Komine bought the rights to INSPIRE and resurrected the promotion to get back at Burning Hammer with a side dose of irony, but it never went anywhere. Historian ran with the idea, switched INSPIRE with TIER-1 and began this wonderful diary. Given his track record, this should be really really good.

Historian · October 21, 2019

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Hashasheen" data-cite="Hashasheen" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47045" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Part of what made shoot style so interesting to Japanese fans was that it shifted away from the mantra of long matches to short and exciting results. For example, Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling's first ever show lasted only 28 minutes, but the Japanese crowds loved it and coined the word "byosatsu" (秒殺, "instantly finished") to refer the experience.</div></blockquote> In a perfect world, I would be able to emulate that perfectly, but the game engine does cap matches at minimum length requirements. Though I did not know byosatsu. The hope is to emulate the shorter matches/shows as best I can. I do appreciate the feedback and thoughts.

TLCJR4LIFE · October 22, 2019

A match is cappped to about an A rating roughly if its under 15 minutes.

At no point would any of your wrestlers this early in a save actually qualify for a match that gets penalized under 20 minutes, that’s reserved for two top flight main eventers like say, Angry Gilmore vs Remo.

Also even then there is no mechanical reason to ever use a match greater than 20 minutes other than booking an Ironman match or having a really top heavy card and trying to fill out card space in a compmany that doesn’t use angles for example.

Workers with greater than the low 80s in stamina can work a 20 minute match without the usage of slowbuild, while workers with greater than 70 can work a 20 minute match with the usage of Slow Build.

Anything after 20 is superfluous, as it adds nothing to the match and is likely to Tax even the most tireless workers in terms of stamina penalties.

Historian · October 22, 2019

A match is cappped to about an A rating roughly if its under 15 minutes.

Matches under 20 are specifically capped at 89. This much I know for certain.

TLCJR4LIFE · October 22, 2019

Matches under 20 are specifically capped at 89. This much I know for certain.

Again, this is only relative to the skill levels and particularly the popularity of the workers.

You shouldn’t have nearly anyone but Marat popular enough to trigger these penalties.

Also yes, the “in ring” rating is capped at 89, however this again barely matters, as no one in your starter company is going to product those sort of ratings in ring, secondly, it really doesn’t do much to impact the grade due to segment bonuses.

For example I just ran a 15 main event between Alicia Strong and a random upper midcarder that did a 97 overall grade.

The fact is, it’s way more likely you are hurting your grades more with the much harder stamina penalties than you are with match length.

For example, Billy Russell nor Li Bingcu have the skills or overness anywhere to work a 22 minute match.

Russell doesn’t have the stamina for it without a slow build and Bingcu doesn’t have the Psychology with one.

At that rate you are likely losing on average 1-2 points off the match grade from a strict mechanics standpoint.

TLCJR4LIFE · October 22, 2019

Also keep in mind, Tew2016 has weird, rubber band match ratings system, where the higher your in ring rating the more penalties you receive for things you wouldn’t normally recover penalties for.

One big one is selling, the other is commentary and announcing, these are also for some odd reason huge bumps unlike a lot of other ones, so you’ll get like Tommy Cornell vs Champagne Lover Dream matches do an 88.

Point being, sometimes you can actually get a higher grade depending on the external factors with a shorter match that’s capped in ring than with a long match that’s arbitrarily penalized into the dirt.

Historian · October 22, 2019

Also keep in mind, Tew2016 has weird, rubber band match ratings system, where the higher your in ring rating the more penalties you receive for things you wouldn’t normally recover penalties for.

One big one is selling, the other is commentary and announcing, these are also for some odd reason huge bumps unlike a lot of other ones, so you’ll get like Tommy Cornell vs Champagne Lover Dream matches do an 88.

Point being, sometimes you can actually get a higher grade depending on the external factors with a shorter match that’s capped in ring than with a long match that’s arbitrarily penalized into the dirt.

Well fair enough. I will keep that in mind when putting together shows for this.

Theheel · October 22, 2019

While I’m know practically nothing of cverse japan and also am not a big follower of mma, I’ll take a crack at this. Very different from your other projects with the lack of interviews and the emphasis on matches and ranking

Main Card

Main Event

Heavyweight Bout

Forty-Five Minute Time Limit

#6 “The Dutch Master” Arjen Van Den Leyne (0-0-0) versus #5 Roy Edison (0-0-0)

Lightweight Bout

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Unranked “French-Canadian MVP” Marcel LeFleur (0-0-0) versus Unranked Tsuneyo Yanagimoto (0-0-0)

Heavyweight Bout

Thirty Minute Time Limit

#4 “The Calagary Assassin” Mike Watson (0-0-0) versus Hitomaro Suzuki (0-0-0)

Lightweight Bout

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Unranked Curtis Jenkins (0-0-0) versus #5 Mohamed El Yaaggoudi (0-0-0)

Heavyweight Bout

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Unranked Oleg Dorosklov (0-0-0) versus #9 Morimasa Kato (0-0-0)

Lightweight Bout

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Unranked Spyder Yakuta (0-0-0) versus Unranked "The Real Deal" Rob Reynolds (0-0-0)

Opening Bout

Heavyweight Bout

Thirty Minute Time Limit

Unranked Hajime Sugisata (0-0-0) versus Unranked Nigel Svensson (0-0-0)

Prelim

Lightweight Bout

Twenty Minute Time Limit

Unranked Kinji Akamatsu (0-0-0) versus Unranked "Mad Dog" Masafumi Torii (0-0-0)

Historian · October 23, 2019

Fight Night 2: Van Den Leyne vs. Edison <div style="text-align:center;">TIER-1 Presents: Fight Night 2 Van Den Leyne vs. Edison Thursday, Week 3, February 2016 Live at: Gunma Hall In Attendance: 300 [sELL OUT] Prelim Lightweight Bout Twenty Minute Time Limit <img alt="rkY5klI.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/rkY5klI.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="2rRLoHs.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/2rRLoHs.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="s31W8fe.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/s31W8fe.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Unranked Kinji Akamatsu (0-0-0) versus Unranked "Mad Dog" Masafumi Torii (0-0-0) In a pre-show bout that didn't have much heat and terrible wrestling, Kinji Akamatsu defeated Masafumi Torii in 13:39 by submission. <img alt="GegwXV8.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/GegwXV8.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> <img alt="hkbeVwt.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/hkbeVwt.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Main Card <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47045" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div style="text-align:center;"><div>Heavyweight Bout Thirty Minute Time Limit <img alt="Yb0oVJa.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/Yb0oVJa.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="2rRLoHs.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/2rRLoHs.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="4gOBeGJ.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/4gOBeGJ.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Unranked Hajime Sugisata (0-0-0) versus Unranked Nigel Svensson (0-0-0) <div style="text-align:left;"></div><ul><li>The opening contest of the main card. Two Heavyweights attempting to earn a spot in the rankings, or a least a higher profile match up. Sugisata is a fifty year old fighter that has lots of miles on him and is looking for a shot of success in the twilight of his career. Svensson is the young Swede trying to prove himself and become a star. </li><li>It was clear that Sugisata is well past his prime, probably over a decade so and he cannot physically compete at the level he once could. </li><li>Svensson dominated this contest because of Sugisata no longer being up to snuff. </li><li>Mercifully, Svensson ended the match by locking in a Hyper Extension Arm Lock that Sugisata had to submit to. </li><li>In a poor match, Nigel Svensson defeated Hajime Sugisata in 12:04 by submission with a Hyper Extension Arm Lock. </li></ul> <img alt="EjdrcWN.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/EjdrcWN.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></div></blockquote> <img alt="hkbeVwt.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/hkbeVwt.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Lightweight Bout Thirty Minute Time Limit <img alt="hGuquzG.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/hGuquzG.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="2rRLoHs.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/2rRLoHs.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="YN2vZDg.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/YN2vZDg.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Unranked Spyder Yakuta (0-0-0) versus Unranked "The Real Deal" Rob Reynolds (0-0-0) <div style="text-align:left;"><ul><li>Spyder Yakuta is a technically minded junior heavyweight that is hoping to find the success he did not find in the BHOTWG junior division. At 36, time is not on his side. Reynolds is a twenty-six year old American of Asian heritage that is looking to translate his kickboxing background into success in Japan. </li><li>This was a faster-paced technical affair. Reynolds is primarily a striker and Yakuta tried to take that way with a series of snap suplexes, but Reynolds was able to counter with a knee to the head. </li><li>Reynolds hit a barrage of strikes, including a wicked rolling elbow strike that landed close to flush and got him a near fall. </li><li>Yakuta attempted to lock in his Spyder Lock, but Reynolds made it to the bottom rope and got a clean break. Yakuta hit a brainbuster and got the pinfall victory. </li></ul></div> In a decent match, Spyder Yakuta defeated Rob Reynolds in 10:18 by pinfall. <img alt="7EqFCw6.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/7EqFCw6.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> <img alt="hkbeVwt.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/hkbeVwt.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47045" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;">Heavyweight Bout</div> Thirty Minute Time Limit <img alt="cEhJXXh.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/cEhJXXh.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="2rRLoHs.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/2rRLoHs.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="48iAW4g.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/48iAW4g.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Unranked Oleg Dorosklov (0-0-0) versus #9 Morimasa Kato (0-0-0) <div style="text-align:left;"></div><ul><li>The return of Oleg Dorkslov to wrestling. The Gold-Medal holder is perhaps the greatest judoken in Ukrainian history. Morimasa Kato is a legit tough guy with a background in jiu-jitsu. </li><li>This was a very technical, hold for hold contest and would have fit right in with the clasic ‘Wigan’ or European technical style. Lots of time spent on the mat. </li><li>Kato went for the rear naked choke Sleeper that has become his trademark multiple times, but Dorosklov had a counter each time. </li><li>Dorosklov hit a big Ippon-seoi-nage that he immediately followed up with an Elbow Lock Twist that forced Kato to submit. </li></ul> In a good match, Oleg Dorosklov defeated Morimasa Kato in 17:58 by submission with an Elbow Lock Twist. <img alt="vPM9lw6.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/vPM9lw6.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote> <img alt="hkbeVwt.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/hkbeVwt.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Lightweight Bout Thirty Minute Time Limit <img alt="WBQsbGa.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/WBQsbGa.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="2rRLoHs.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/2rRLoHs.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="nCya7Td.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/nCya7Td.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Unranked Curtis Jenkins (0-0-0) versus #5 Mohamed El Yaaggoudi (0-0-0) <div style="text-align:left;"><ul><li>Mohammed El Yaaggoudi is a world renowned kickboxer that never quite caught on in wrestling. But against Curtis Jenkins he showed some skills that he had not shown previously. He really dominated this match and took his time. </li><li>Jenkins is known for his time in MAW but he’s not known for being a really feared grappler and it showed why in this contest. </li><li>Yaagoudi was supremely confident in the contest and took his time picking apart Jenkins. </li><li>Jenkins did get to show that he is incredibly tough and can absorb massive amounts of punishment before Yaaggoudi hit a spinning roundhouse kick that opened up for a pinfall victory. </li></ul></div> In a decent match, Mohamed El Yaaggoudi defeated Curtis Jenkins in 10:34 by pinfall. <img alt="7EqFCw6.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/7EqFCw6.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> <img alt="hkbeVwt.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/hkbeVwt.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47045" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;">Heavyweight Bout</div> Thirty Minute Time Limit <img alt="fmkqQsN.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/fmkqQsN.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="2rRLoHs.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/2rRLoHs.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="jA2S8Ky.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/jA2S8Ky.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> #4 “The Calagary Assassin” Mike Watson (0-0-0) versus Hitomaro Suzuki (0-0-0) <div style="text-align:left;"></div><ul><li>Mike Watson was making his return here. The Canadian is known for his knock-out power and the highlight reel that played before this contest really got the crowd buzzing. Suzuki was one of the young prospects of INSPIRE who is getting a second lease on life here. </li><li>This was a very physical pro wrestling match. Very Suzuki laid all his strikes in and Watson kept going for the knockout shot, but Suzuki kept avoiding it. </li><li>They told a story of Watson being rusty in the ring and Suzuki trying to exploit that. </li><li>After a while, Watson came unglued and he let off a flurry of offence that sent Suzuki reeling. Just before the fourteen-minute mark, Watson hit a left hand that landed flush on the jaw and Suzuki was out cold and the crowd went wild. </li></ul> In a bout that had fantastic heat and good wrestling, Mike Watson defeated Hitomaro Suzuki in 13:59 by stoppage when Hitomaro Suzuki could not continue. <img alt="vPM9lw6.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/vPM9lw6.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote> <img alt="hkbeVwt.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/hkbeVwt.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Lightweight Bout Thirty Minute Time Limit <img alt="IVbKfJ5.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/IVbKfJ5.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="2rRLoHs.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/2rRLoHs.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="m9CTUIa.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/m9CTUIa.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> Unranked “French-Canadian MVP” Marcel LeFleur (0-0-0) versus Unranked Tsuneyo Yanagimoto (0-0-0) <div style="text-align:left;"><ul><li>TIER-1 promised fast paced, modern wrestling to mix with its MMA influence and these two “Japanese Junior” style grapplers were the epitome of this. </li><li>Yanagimoto is the standout wrestler of EXODUS 2010 -- and is currently their World Junior Heavyweight Champion. LeFleur is a product of the House of Stone and reminds a lot of people of a young Duane Stone -- who did see lots of success in Japan. </li><li>This was a fast-paced, hard-hitting affair. LeFleur did hit a beautiful Slingshot DDT from the ring apron into the ring that wowed the audience. </li><li>Yanagimoto hit his Mikado Bomb at close to the nine-minute mark and got the pinfall victory. </li></ul></div> In a decent match, Tsuneyo Yanagimoto defeated Marcel LeFleur in 8:55 by pinfall with a Mikado Bomb. <img alt="vPM9lw6.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/vPM9lw6.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> <img alt="hkbeVwt.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/hkbeVwt.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47045" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><div style="text-align:center;">Main Event</div> Heavyweight Bout Forty-Five Minute Time Limit <img alt="AYoVAmN.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/AYoVAmN.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="2rRLoHs.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/2rRLoHs.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="4jYJuBm.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/4jYJuBm.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /> #6 “The Dutch Master” Arjen Van Den Leyne (0-0-0) versus #5 Roy Edison (0-0-0) <div style="text-align:left;"></div><ul><li>This was Van Den Leyne’s first match in years. He’s been working as an MMA broadcaster until he was lured back in by the big money and promises of glory. Edison is a world class judoken who formerly competed in Mixed Martial Arts before becoming a professional wrestler. </li><li>The crowd was really into this match. They were excited to see Roy Edison, who is a big deal in Japan in action plus Van Den Leyne -- whose career as a kickboxer made him a big deal to many fans. </li><li>They started off slow. Really hesitant while they felt each other out. Edison had the early offense with some great throws and grappling -- Edison is not a big time striker and really worked to keep the distance closed and to be inside of Van Den Leyne’s reach. </li><li>Van Den Leyne was able to create some separation and launched some devastating kicks to the body that looked like they did some real damage. Edison was able to fight through it -- catching a foot and hitting a version of the Tomoe Nage that got him a near fall. </li><li>Van Den Leyne hit a head kick that made Edison’s eyes roll back and the lights went out in Georgia and the match was called. </li></ul> In a bout that had fantastic heat and good wrestling, Arjen Van Den Leyne defeated Roy Edison in 11:45 by stoppage when Roy Edison could not continue. <img alt="8x5Bau7.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/8x5Bau7.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote> Overall <img alt="8x5Bau7.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/8x5Bau7.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div>

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