[HYPE] CV97 for TEW2020 (input wanted)

[brat99]

I should probably check out that and the India mod, though I'll obviouslyhave to make sure I have permissions to use them. HAven't had time to do much of anything with the game yet due to how much time I'm putting into this, so I've not been investigating mods yet.

 

Derek, you can absolutely include anything from my mod if you would like (you might want to give me just a few days as I am working on what is a pretty large update that will bring it to around 100 workers).

[praguepride]

@AMW: Herbert "The Hunk" Henley - A super old guy, we're talking late 50s or something. Give him the attribute that tries to keep him in the ring and give him good in-ring skills but very poor stamina/athleticism. He's a 30+ year veteran and wrestles a very old old style. He can be one of the few guys on the roster with decent psychology but his in-ring performances are going to suffer terribly and there is a good chance he's going to retire very very quickly. Have him packaged as a Sex Machine or sexy gimmick that is performing poorly

 

Dusty "Storm" McArvel - basically a zombie boy clone but worse. High flashiness, high charisma and SQ but very low safety, consistency and if you want to be very mean, the scatterbrained trait.

 

Denzel Jefferson - a young rookie who is very green but shows actual promise in the ring. However he needs proper training and guidance and, most importantly, has low resilience meaning he is probably just going to get killed by BSS in the ring.

 

 

@Derek - last time I played them they suffered horribly from lack of tag teams. Do they have enough now

 

Also why can't you just have them hire other existing workers? There are plenty in the C-verse working 2 or 3 jobs...

[Self]

I know you said you'd choose pictures, but I'm a visual thinker, and a Canadian scene lacking tag teams makes me sad.

 

ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE

Brys Turcotte (39) Middleweight -Gloomy, Marketing Nightmare, Passes on Knowledge

Nelson Blais (37) Lightweight - Quiet, Smoker, Giving Performer

All of CGC's heel teams seem to be heavyweight monsters, so here's a pair of drab-but-solid technicians, ideal to be bumped around by the DeColt Boys. Or if their CGC days are behind them 4C would appreciate a team with low star quality but good experience to calm the youngsters down. I'd expect them to run out of utility in a few years.

 

THE PYROTECHNICS

Firestarter Rush (32) Heavyweight - People Person, Better As Babyface, Horndog, Unfaithful

Firefighter Jane (33) Small - Grifter, Homebody, Modelling Experience

Jackson Rush (27) Muscular Lightweight - Prickly, Better As Heel, Poor comedy Matches

 

Two brothers who have only recently started teaming. Firestarter is a charismatic but limited worker with an entertainingly fiery entrance.He maybe had a short spell in a name company before fans caught on that the fun stopped when the wrestling started. His ultra serious little brother Jackson is much more talented, but was turned down from the DeColt Power House for being too small, a chip he carries on his shoulder to this day. Enemies made and options dwindling, he has reluctantly accepted his brother's offer to form a tag team. Firefighter Jane is the most recent girlfriend Firestarter has brought into the business, putting out the fires he starts. What began as a health and safety requirement has turned into an entertaining part of the act, especially when she turns the hose on herself. The idea would be that backstage politics would be their undoing. Firestarter could potentially be a DeColt graduate, if the years line up.

 

 

EDMONTON OUTLAWS

Vigilante Hawk (37) Light Heavyweight - Troublesome Neck, Drinker, Dynamo

Tavare Loring (37) Middleweight - Has a Temper, Troublesome Shoulder, Bad at Gimmicky Gimmicks

 

Two lifelong friends who formed a talented tag team that always gives 110%, much to the detriment of their careers and bodies. Determined to be celebrated as a serious wrestler, Tavare has repeatedly refused to play into Native American stereotypes, costing him opportunities and leading to more years tearing up his body on the indies search of the 'right' break. At Hawk seems to be having fun with the rise of deathmatches, but with time ticking on and injuries piling up, how much longer are they going to last? (Not very, would be the idea)

 

G-FORCE

Michel LeHaste (32) Ripped Light Heavyweight - 100% Babyface, Steroid User, Outside Interests

Fabien Fournier (31) Muscular Middleweight - Insecure, Bodybuilder, Selfish Performer

Two bodybuilders trained relatively late in life at the DeColt Power House. Picked out of a gym purely based on looks, they are slow, clumsy, generally untalented, and their hearts aren't in it. Muscular and blonde, they appear on first glance to be ideal for CGC, but were deemed surplus to requirements when compared to the younger, vastly more talented DeColt Brothers. They returned to Quebec, wondering if Racecar Driver gimmicks will earn them the vast riches George DeColt lured them into the business with.

[Blake Trask]

Indy Booster is by Blake so you have permission there

 

Haha, yeah. XD

 

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The two pre-1997 workers from the mod, I'll put their biographies below and you can decide if a youthened version would fit, Derek:

 

Keoni Kahale was one of the better known names on the Hawaiian wrestling circuit during the 90s and 00s (granted that's not saying a whole lot), fondly regarded for his funny promos, amazing facial expressions, and over the top selling of moves. He retired in 2010, deciding to focus on his work as a journalist, though he happily continued to make appearances on shows as a commentator. To the surprise of all, he came out of retirement in 2018 in order to team with his son Kai and help kickstart his career. However, while Keoni still retains his trademark charisma, age, rust, and a sendantry lifestyle have done a major number on his abilities; low impact tag team work is about the extent of his powers now.

 

He debuts in 1992. In 1997 he would have been just about coming into his own as a decently charismatic talker and a good seller (but not precisely an athletic beast). He can do comedy.

 

The attributes I gave him are kind of focused on an elder statesman who doesn't really mind putting folks over and is super chilled out since he's just wrestling to help out his son, so in 1997 wouldn't necessarily have the full suite, but he's always been a good dude.

 

 

Practically a part of the furniture on the Puerto Rican indy scene, Tía Mari (who worked under her real name Maria Rivera when she was younger) started wrestling in her teens (and the 80s) and pretty much refuses to stop, regardless of the amount of injuries she receives and how much wear she accumulates. She's almost a mom figure to many of the young guns in Puerto Rico, and has helped show more than her fair share the ropes of both wrestling and adulthood. A consummate ring general there's little doubt that Rivera could have carved out a real name for herself had she ever chosen to spread her wings, but she chose to remain home and so that chance has passed her by. These days she helps promote the shows as often as she wrestles on them, and though she still steps between the ropes, age and a dodgy knee have long since eroded the abilities of her prime.

 

Mari still would be Maria Rivera (could be a later alter-ego or even a narrative to change name) at this stage, since she debuts in 1988 and would still only be 25! Great ring general with average to poor entertainment and decent brawling and hardcore. At this stage of her career she'd be a 'deep roots' worker in Puerto Rico who'd be considered to be a very solid hand for her age but who'll probably struggle to go big time if she doesn't try to extend her borders, since larger scale women's wrestling is so nascent.

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NYCW plus one of the younger, more hip promotions - I just had this idea for a curmudgeonly older tag team, perhaps in their forties who have been around for aaaaages but have never really accomplished much, which I figure could be that early in their careers they struggled to put all the pieces together, fell out, had substance problems (insert out of ring issues here). Reconciled in their mid thirties and for the first time actually got somewhere when they became 'no fun allowed' old dudes and showed decent microphone skills. Overall a highly experienced team that probably doesn't have the top rows/SQ to hit that top level but have surprisingly decent entertainment.

 

In NYCW, of course, they are faces. Damn youths.

 

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4C - Space theme team (Moonwalker and Orbit?). Both tiny dudes. Super flippy, super bumpy. There is low gravity on the moon, that's why they fly and get sent flying. A fun loving pair in their mid twenties who don't take things too seriously but accordingly don't have high-end skills or fundamentals, it's all selling and flashiness. Could be they had a cup of coffee in CGC a couple times to make their beefy men look great.

 

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DaVE - 'The Neighborhood Council Welcoming Committee'. So this could be either more hard nosed or more comedy, depending on your preference, (though comedy probably works better since they get clowned on a lot) but essentially a duo/trio who operate, well, as the Neighborhood Council Welcoming Committee, trying to 'introduce' newcomers to DaVE. If done comedically, you have them trying to throw these dumb parades for people and do grand unveilings of pointless accolades/announcements only to be beaten the snot out of/put through tables etc. If less comic, it's more a gang trying to show people 'how things work around here' and beat them up on the way in.

 

They'd consist of the muscle ('The democratically elected head of neighborhood security'. Elected by whom? Why, the rest of the council of course), who would be a safe but limited big man who doesn't have the raw menace or power to be a monster.

 

Then the mouthpiece ('The chairman'), a good talker but one who just doesn't get the crowd invested long term (so high mic but average to below average charisma) and kind of just has a style mishmash where he's okayish at everything but great at nothing because he kept trying to reinvent himself earlier in his career.

 

And then the unappreciated workhorse ('Neighborhood gardening supervisor') who is solid as heck but just... never managed to come up with a character and as a result has nothing to latch onto to get people interested, in spite of willingly working bloody hardcore matches, just showing no flair or spark to invest into. Part of the welcoming committee because well, it's a gimmick and having a straight man helps? (are his one-liners incredible dry humour or just him not committing to the bit, who knows!)

 

Any or all combinations could be tag teams.

[The Celt]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Self" data-cite="Self" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47387" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I know you said you'd choose pictures, but I'm a visual thinker, and a Canadian scene lacking tag teams makes me sad.<p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE</p><p> <img alt="uhHtnSc.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/uhHtnSc.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="itRX6X2.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/itRX6X2.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p></div><p></p><p></p><p> Brys Turcotte (39) Middleweight -Gloomy, Marketing Nightmare, Passes on Knowledge</p><p> Nelson Blais (37) Lightweight - Quiet, Smoker, Giving Performer</p><p> All of CGC's heel teams seem to be heavyweight monsters, so here's a pair of drab-but-solid technicians, ideal to be bumped around by the DeColt Boys. Or if their CGC days are behind them 4C would appreciate a team with low star quality but good experience to calm the youngsters down. I'd expect them to run out of utility in a few years. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>EDMONTON OUTLAWS</p><p> <img alt="54Jj1GD.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/54Jj1GD.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="sJxJABL.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/sJxJABL.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> Vigilante Hawk (37) Light Heavyweight - Troublesome Neck, Drinker, Dynamo</p><p> Tavare Loring (37) Middleweight - Has a Temper, Troublesome Shoulder, Bad at Gimmicky Gimmicks</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> Two lifelong friends who formed a talented tag team that always gives 110%, much to the detriment of their careers and bodies. Determined to be celebrated as a serious wrestler, Tavare has repeatedly refused to play into Native American stereotypes, costing him opportunities and leading to more years tearing up his body on the indies search of the 'right' break. At Hawk seems to be having fun with the rise of deathmatches, but with time ticking on and injuries piling up, how much longer are they going to last? (Not very, would be the idea)</p><p> </p><p> </p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> I really like all the suggestions you made, just one thing: You guys might want to converse with Mr T Jobs to Me who is putting out CV77 at the moment if you're adding characters coming up to theirs 40s or over, as 1997 minus 20 is 1977, so anyone with a 20+ year career would have started right around the time of CV77</p><p> </p><p> Also just in regards to the Edmonton Outlaws: There's a veteran tag team in CV77 called the Canadian Outlaws who were winding up their career by the late 70s, but had been very influential in Canadian Wrestling. If the Edmonton Outlaws are starting around that time, and you wanted to build up the lore/interweave the C-Verse history, you could suggest that the Edmonton Outlaws were inspired by them.</p>

[Self]

<p>I trust Derek knows what he's doing, and will take/change/ignore whatever he wants to make things work.</p><p> </p><p>

(I'm terrible with tag team names. I always use the Suggest feature in game)</p>

[Howie041]

I love the renders Self

[praguepride]

<p>I don't know where they'd fit but I'd like to propose:</p><p> </p><p>

<img alt="AddedImage367.jpg" data-src="https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/697462367730139186/718568119659921493/AddedImage367.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="AddedImage367_alt.jpg" data-src="https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/697462367730139186/718568115738247168/AddedImage367_alt.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p>

Ground Control & Major Tonya </p><p> </p><p>

Two sisters tag team. Ground control is a technician that ties up the opponent in knots while Major Tonya takes to the air.</p><p> </p><p>

Their finisher is called "I'm Coming Home" where Ground Control puts the opponent on her knee and Tonya hits a top rope flipping leg drop.</p>

[SilentDeath]

AMW is by far my favorite company in CV97 so I have to go ahead and put my bid in for a character to be made.

 

Kenneth Evenrud

 

He's 20yr old rookie that knows absolutely nothing about wrestling. He was forced into the business by his prick of a dad and neighborhood crap owner, Trenton Evenrud. Although he doesn't know the first thing about wrestling he has the body of a greek god and oozes charisma and those are his only redeeming qualities. He is being primed to be pushed down the throats of the AMW fans(if there are any) and this is rubbing the roster the wrong way and Ken already has heat on him. Nice kid, crap dad, undeserved push, and is hated by all except Rev. What could possibly go wrong?

 

I was originally gonna make him an A hole like his did, but I though it'd be more interesting if he was a good kid reaping the consequences of being Trenton's kid.

[Blackman]

I honestly have trouble believing that the game suddenly demands more workers. What changed? The db was near perfect as it was. The shows aren't suddenly expanding with 5+ workers and it will mainly result in the lower end workers being used a couple of times a year. Might be realistic

 

It's bad enough we STILL can't turn off graduations (neither in-game nor in the editor) so I've held off from playing the game for weeks now as I just care about this timeslot.

 

@praguepride: I like the idea, but that's supposed to be an alternate of the other render. Maybe they could be twins (are there even twins in the C-verse?), as otherwise that would break immersion quite a bit as even the expression is exactly the same.

[Teh_Showtime]

I don’t think the game demands more workers as much as roster sizes changed which means to get to 2016 sizes everyone has to have their preferred roster size turned down one or most likely two levels. Minimum roster requirements are still really low, for instance.

[praguepride]

AMW is by far my favorite company in CV97 so I have to go ahead and put my bid in for a character to be made.

 

Kenneth Evenrud

 

There is no way Trenton would take care of a child. He's the kind of guy that would cheat on the paternity test just to get out of child support.

 

He would have the paternity test (that he cheated on) framed in his office next to his "diploma" from Harvurd University.

 

On a more serious note I'd be hesitant to put more family into AMW. You already have BSS's little brother and having it full of brothesr/sisters/kids is a little hokey to me.

 

I'd rather it be just a couple more unexciting local veteran jobbers. Making them have their own negative quirks like being too old or scatterbrained or what not helps but I think AMW has enough crap on the roster already. Between the Sinclairs, Chris Gordon and Thomas Goddard you have plenty of garbage on the roster. I think what they need is either a broken down good performer or some young future prospects being badly managed.

 

Looking at my old AMW diary I don't know if Roman Heidenseik is canon or not but if not we should make a Heidenreich challenge cannon in AMW.

 

Another idea is to give them a "The Hype" style guy. One who is actually really good and Trenton will allow to be pushed but has a bad personality, selfish performer, and Outside Interest or Most Wanted etc. that would explain why he doesn't make it to canon TEW because before he got big he either became a movie star or was arrested.

 

 

NEW IDEA: Trenton's Enforcers: Add in a couple of big menacing bruisers with high menace and toughness that have Most Wanted and other criminal activities (heavy hard drug users) that are loyal to Trenton. Shady bruisers he uses to keep control of the backroom and enforce his craziness. They should be terrible in the ring because they're not really wrestlers, they're criminals in hiding!

[The Celt]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Derek B" data-cite="Derek B" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47387" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div><p> --------------------</p><p> <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">DAVE</span></strong>: They could use between 2 and 5 wrestlers. Given the future canon of DAVE winning the east coast war, and Nemesis' debut being the major event that turns the tide in DAVE's favour along with Phil Vibert being the new owner at the start of 1997, DAVE are kinda in a rebranding phase. Any additions to their roster would be mostly low level guys who would be cut when DAVE cherry picked the warring rosters, with tag teams and locally based wrestlers being particulary welcome here.</p><p> </p><p> <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">SWF</span></strong>: They need about 2 wrestlers, and probably some more non-wrestlers for fun. Having picked up a bunch of workers when I removed their former child company NEW, the SWF roster had a big of an influx of young, low level talent. The SWF Training Facilities could do with a couple of graduates from the class of 94 (set to December, like the 05 class was in canon) so that would be ideal. But really, if you have a fun idea for a character at any level below the main event I'd be happy to hear about them, the SWF could do with some fun new blood.</p><p> </p><p> </p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> ...</p><p> </p><p> <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">DAVE</span></strong>: </p><p> During the 90s, one of the biggest underground cultural things happening in New York was the "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_Kids" rel="external nofollow">Club Kids</a>"; a group of mostly gay men who became notorious personalities in NYC's club scene due to their ultra-flamboyant persona they would adopt on nights out. However by 1996 as the group descended into heavy drug use their behaviour became unhinged, eventually culminating in one of the leaders, Michael Alig, of the group/scene murdering another, pretty much signalling the demise of the Club Kids. IRL it spawned two documentaries <em>Party Monster: The Shockumentary</em> (1998) and <em>Glory Daze: The Life and Times of Michael Alig</em> (2015) as well as a feature film <em>Party Monster</em> (2003) that starred Macaulay Culkin and Seth Green. Supposedly SNL character Stefan was directly inspired by Party Monster. </p><p> </p><p> IRL In wrestling rave/club stuff was influential as well. ECW tried to tap into a bit, with both Tajiri and Al Snow coming out to the sounds of the Prodigy, with Al Snow's entrance famously becoming an entire mini-rave filled with thumping music, wild camera zooms, dancing and of course headbanging. The Ring of Honor Stable <em>Special K</em>, which operated around 2002, was a club/raver gimmick stable inspired by what was going on in the late 90s/early 00s. In the C-Verse, Rave/club culture is canonically influential, with DAVE itself hosting an "Annual WrestleRave" and the wrestlers Rave and Trance showing up in the UK in the mid-00s.</p><p> </p><p> Based on the above, a rave character might be an idea for the DAVE roster: Either a fun, bubbly, a little bit out of their mind babyface that's easy to get behind, or a sinister face painted "Party Monster" if you want to go down the heel route.</p><p> </p><p> ...</p><p> </p><p> <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">SWF</span></strong>: In my old 2001 data released in 2010, I added a character called Darius Carter to the SWF roster. A young black journeyman brawler, last time I had him debuting in 1998, but that could be retconned to 1996 if needed. I probably overdid his stats the last time.</p>

[praguepride]

<p>I was rewatching ECW 1995 and they still had a “job gimmick. Sufer Ray was a jobber who would wrestle in a wetsuit and a dab of sunscreen on his nose. Grab some generic gimmicks like that and throw them in SWF or DAVE or any other promotion.</p><p> </p><p>

Surfer Finn, the Surfer</p><p>

Skater Klay, the Skateboarder</p><p>

Later Skater, same</p><p>

Sheen the Dancing Machine, dance club guy</p><p>

Garbage Man Stan, garbage man</p><p>

Dumpster Dan, same</p><p>

Mad Monk Morty, monk</p><p>

Big Pimpin’ Pete, pimp</p><p>

Papa Piper, the plumber</p><p>

Crazy Carl, postman</p><p>

Big Dick Rodriguez, pornstar</p><p>

Hot Frank, firefighter</p><p>

Barnaby Piper, inept deputy</p><p>

Max Steel, private eye</p><p>

MacFiver, bomb defusal expert</p><p> </p><p>

etc. etc.</p><p> </p><p>

Characters whose only thing is dressing up in costume and pretending they just got off of work from their day iob.</p>

[Derek B]

I was rewatching ECW 1995 and they still had a “job gimmick. Sufer Ray was a jobber who would wrestle in a wetsuit and a dab of sunscreen on his nose. Grab some generic gimmicks like that and throw them in SWF or DAVE or any other promotion.

 

Entirely speculation from me on this, but wouldn't this character be a reference to Sandman's early gimmick as a surfer dude? And given that it's into the Extreme period rather than Eastern, I could very much see ECW using their own old gimmicks as jobbers to highlight just how dumb some of that stuff (which WWF was still doing) really is. Purely speculation on my side of things of course, but I could see it explaining why that kind of gimmick was there.

 

......

 

As for more important stuff, I've finally gone through everyone that CV20 had that CV16 didn't, and scaled them all appropriately. Current worker count is sitting at 3098 for the dataset overall, of which 1143 are currently active at the start of CV97 (some of those are avatars).

 

I'm going to be adding stuff from the thread here next and some more ideas I've had myself, hopefully that'll get the rosters pretty stable for the start of new games and make my sim tests pretty reliable baselines for how the data will play out. There's still lots of work to do on yet to debut workers, companies and other things but the data is shaping up nicely. No timeframe for release yet, but soon I'm heading back to work properly so the amount of time I have to put into this will be cut back a lot. Don't hold off playing TEW waiting for the mod, it's going to be a while yet before it'll be complete.

 

It's getting there though! And once it's all done it'll be so much easier to use as a baseline for other things in future too, which is exciting for me.

 

EDIT: Meant to say that I love the picture submissions too. Bonus points to anyone who has pictures for workers, though if you have ideas and no pictures to go with them, no worries.

[praguepride]

Entirely speculation from me on this, but wouldn't this character be a reference to Sandman's early gimmick as a surfer dude? And given that it's into the Extreme period rather than Eastern, I could very much see ECW using their own old gimmicks as jobbers to highlight just how dumb some of that stuff (which WWF was still doing) really is. Purely speculation on my side of things of course, but I could see it explaining why that kind of gimmick was there.

 

Surfer Ray Odyssey is a journeyman jobber from the looks of it

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Odyssey

 

He's worked a ton of territories, picked up the odd belt here or there but nothing long term or specific and in 1995 he is still wrestling in a wetsuit and sun screen on the nose.

 

From the matches I've seen Joey Styles just doesn't comment on the whole "job gimmick" thing. They're not making fun of him, but they're also not leaning into the whole "This guy's a surfer! Let's here him do surfer lingo!" either. To me it seems very much a time of transition from 70's and 80's style gimmicks to more realistic attitude era gimmicks like the Sandman or Tommy Dreamer.

 

I would imagine in 1997 you're seeing them pop up in smaller feds but they're definitely on their way out. Territory veterans with weak characters struggling to adapt to the changing style and audience interests.

[Derek B]

He was only 27 (I think) at that point in time too going by the age listed on that wiki page ! I hope Sandman got to beat him up at the very least, even if it wasn't a joke based on his old character.

 

EDIT: Trenton's Enforcers may get saddled with the silly gimmicks.... the mental image of some big angry body builder dressed as a postal worker and "trying" to play it in a gimmicky way amuses me.

[praguepride]

EDIT: Trenton's Enforcers may get saddled with the silly gimmicks.... the mental image of some big angry body builder dressed as a postal worker and "trying" to play it in a gimmicky way amuses me.

 

Or maybe they need masks given they are wanted in three states for armed robbery...

[hailthebulldog]

Something you may want to look at. I know there are a few workers debuting pre 96 in the yet to debut add on.

[Self]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Derek B" data-cite="Derek B" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47387" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>EDIT: Meant to say that I love the picture submissions too. Bonus points to anyone who has pictures for workers, though if you have ideas and no pictures to go with them, no worries. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Probably shouldn't encourage me like that. I downloaded my old photobucket the other day and wasn't sure what to do with the pics. I liked making tag teams.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>THE BOYS IN BLUE</p><p> <img alt="TLafU2r.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/TLafU2r.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="71BrXBh.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/71BrXBh.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> Officer Easyway (39) Heavyweight - People Person, Better as Babyface. Plays Gimmicky Well</p><p> Officer Hardway (42) Heavyweight - Prickly, Better as Heel, Plays Bad Ass Well</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> Officers Easyway & Hardway (aka Sgt Goodison & Lieutenant B. Badd) are two muscular, old school heavyweights who have been laying down the law to the crowd's delight/fury (depending on the city they're in) for over a decade. Not particularly talented, they get by on their size, years of experience as partners, and the gimmick. I figure Easyway's better at selling, while Hardway rocks a terrific comeback. Could be fun to have them in two different promotions. Heroic figures in a more family friendly company, villains in a more rebellious one. Experience for PPPW? Gym buddies of Sam Strong? Local SoCal guys who haven't figured out they don't fit CZCW? I think I like them as NYCW cops. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>THE FLOCK</p><p> <img alt="5CYzbRM.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/5CYzbRM.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="GIFKMpF.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/GIFKMpF.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> Black Sheep (32, New Zealander) Lightweight - Plays Cartoonish Well, Notorious Ribber, Noted Comedy Match Performer</p><p> Battering Lamb (25, Welsh) Muscular Light Heavyweight - Quiet, Stud Athlete, Straight Edge</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> Good wrestler. Baaaaad role model. Black Sheep is a drinking, smoking, lying, cheating scoundrel... but because he's dressed as a sheep, fans can't help but cheer for the rascal. Decent charisma but not much of a talker. Solid enough basics but few movez. After years of struggling to make a name for himself under his real name, he's found his niche as this local favourite comedy act. His partner, still considered a 'lamb' even after a few years in the business, is an explosive powerhouse with far more upside and potential for growth. Let's hope this fun-for-now comedy act doesn't ruin his chances for a bigger career. If CZCW has comedy, they could fit on the undercard (Lamb might need to slim down). Otherwise, anywhere that allows Comedy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>CAT E TUDE</p><p> <img alt="BLVQcZG.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/BLVQcZG.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> Cat E Tude (30) Free Spirit, Scatterbrained, Unmarketable</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> Last time someone asked, she owned 6 cats, but no one has asked for a while because if you do, you'll have to listen to her talk about at least 6 cats.A little weird, but nice enough and a solid worker who can show the rookies a thing or two. If there are too many cat gimmicks in AAA, then PDW might work for her.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div style="text-align:center;"><p>AAA GRADUATES</p><p> <img alt="CgXvtpf.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/CgXvtpf.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><img alt="vOHFVRu.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/vOHFVRu.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> Summer Bouffant (22) Agitator, Political Player, Very Creative, Hates Fawn Keyes</p><p> Fawn Keyes (19) Grifter, Selfish Performer, Hot New Move, Hates Summer Bouffant</p></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> Two AAA graduates who began their training on the same day. What started as a friendly rivalry soon erupted into name-calling, backstabbing, and boyfriend-stealing. While Summer thought she had the last laugh, politicking Faye onto the pre-show when both were making their debut, Faye got back at her by stealing Summer's super-secret, months-in-the-making, awesome-for-'97 finishing move, wowing the crowd. And causing a fist fight backstage. It's a shame. They have talent, and if they can squash these beefs could go somewhere. (These pics might be too good for a team to have them as enemies). Or maybe a low experience tag team with simmering tension after the move stealing incident.</p>

[praguepride]

Icing on the cake, pre-set Summer and Fawn to have great chemistry tagging together or wrestling one another.

[Theheel]

When this is ready I’m dropping everything!

[Self]

Just gonna keep pitching.

 

HANG TEN

Bodhi Sleek (39) Light Heavyweight ~ Wild, Horndog, Soft Drug User, History of Concussions

Gnarly (39) Muscular Middleweight ~ Relaxed, Often in Trouble, Drinker

 

An older, experienced tag team who probably could have made names for themselves if they'd stayed in any promotion outside of Southern California for more than a few months. Alas, their hard partying lifestyle always caught up with them. Now pushing 40, they seem content to enjoy the sun, surf, and nightlife as local kinda-celebrities. Which is good, because the combination of injuries, addictions and laziness means they probably won't be getting any more chances in the big leagues.

 

ZERO G

Sam Aero (23) Lightweight ~ Fame Hungry, Daredevil, Selfish Performer,

Drake Hollander (22) Lightweight ~ Money Motivated, No Stunts. Giving Performer

 

Two young prospects who compliment each other well. Sam has a couple of flashy moves. Drake has grasped basic psychology. Sam is more interesting than watching paint dry, but Drake can at least form a coherent sentence. Whether that makes them a good team, or just two halves of a kinda-okay wrestler, remains to be seen.

 

Badger Mask (25) Small ~ Driven, Thin Skinned, Fearless

 

Potential RPW graduate, small and scrappy, given a gimmick custom built to take on Black Sheep. Has potential, but at only 5'4 will struggle to be taken seriously. Left (whichever company Black Sheep is in) for a real career, but has been disappointed to find the mask is his most marketable feature.

 

 

Purple Yokosuka (24) Japanese ~ Party Animal, Soft Drug User (hidden?) Better as a Babyface

A 5SSW graduate sent on an excursion to AAA, where she's been enjoying America a little too much. A good little plucky babyface, she's a little rough around the edges, and lacks focus to improve.

 

Charlene Moore (31) American ~ Professional, Troublesome Shoulder, Easy To Do Business With

Broke into the business when she met Hang Ten in a nightclub in SoCal, but begging, paying, and briefly dating both of them only earned her bare-basic training and zero prospects for advancement. Since moved to Seattle, Charlene has worked hard to improve, and has grown into a solid-if-unspectacular part of the AAA roster.

 

Little Bo Peep (22) American ~ Quiet, Scatterbrained, Highly Moral

A cute manager, tasked with shepherding The Flock to the ring. Slightly more than eye candy, in that Black Sheep can only cheat behind the referee and his manager's back, lest she be disappointed in him. It's fun, although hard work given how clueless Bo is to the business. Unaccustomed to sleaze, she has already turned down an opportunity to do a "Little Bo's Peep Show" segment.

 

"Stun Gun" Claire Rogers (29) American ~ Stalwart, Business Mindset, Bad Ass Reputation

Potential Manager of the Boys in Blue, when they're heels. Maybe a worker in her own right. Father & Brother are all cops, none too pleased with her aggressive portrayal of a police officer.

[seminoledozer]

<p><p>NYCW:</p><p></p><p>

Bonesaw McGraw - obvious ripoff of of Macho Man's performance in the early 2000s Spiderman. Character background is that he's an aging vet(40+) who after years of being the main event of much smaller promotion, Extreme Cage Fighting Championship, has signed with NYCW for one last money grab. </p><p></p><p>

Traits:</p><p></p><p>

Stats & personality I was thinking would be similar to Kurt Laramee from the default data.</p><p></p><p>

Picture Ideas:</p><p></p><p>

Use Blaze Maximums picture or maybe a render of a nwo macho man.</p></p>

[shamelessposer]

NYCW:

Bonesaw McGraw - obvious ripoff of of Macho Man's performance in the early 2000s Spiderman. Character background is that he's an aging vet(40+) who after years of being the main event of much smaller promotion, Extreme Cage Fighting Championship, has signed with NYCW for one last money grab.

Traits:

Stats & personality I was thinking would be similar to Kurt Laramee from the default data.

Picture Ideas:

Use Blaze Maximums picture or maybe a render of a nwo macho man.

 

Also he's gay, so we maintain the canon of this meme: