What's Going on in Your Game?

[Peria]

Tag League 1997 is finished. 16 teams entered. 2 blocks. Will give a quick rundown on the performances. Remember, unlike the G1, there is only 8 participants in each block, as opposed to 10!

 

A Block:

Kazuo Yamazaki & Dan Severn - 8 points: A good showing for the reigning champions. Well on their way to winning the block until a double count out in the finals to The Rascalz ruined both teams chances of winning.

 

Steve Austin & Sukejuro Kuroki (regen) - 8 points: First representatives of NWO Japan. Would lose to Wild Justice (Nagata & Nakanishi) on the final day to find themselves short of winning their block.

 

Wild Justice (Nagata & Nakanishi - 8 points: A very rough start saw them rapidly advance and improve with big wins over NWO Japan and former champions Bobby Eaton & Steve Williams saw them finish strongly.

 

Koshi-Yama (Shiro Koshinaka & Yoshihiro Takayama)- 4 points: Since returning from a major injury, Shiro Koshinaka has struggled. A bit of a comedy wrestler now as he inches toward his 40s, Koshinaka let his protégé Takayama down this tournament. Though they did acquire a major upset victory against NWO Japan!

 

The Rascalz (Dean Malenko & Chris Jericho) - 8 points: A shockingly strong showing by the two who both had fantastic BOSJ runs as well. A double countout on the last night of competition saw them come up short. Despite that, they proved they can contend with some of the best Heavyweight teams.

 

Steve Williams & Bobby Eaton - 8 points: The former champions did well. With Eaton losing a step (time decline) it was up for debate whether Dr. Death can carry his team. Turns out, he can, and he did. Despite that, they entered the final day with just 6 points and were mathematically eliminated.

 

The Takano Brothers (Shunji & George Takano) - 0 points: Okay, this was an experiment well before Tag League, I couldn't get them over. I was going to fire them but was short a team, they got the spot. Have no real plans for them. Don't even want to kayfabe it. Shunji Takano is at least decent and might salvage him. Sucks but sometimes you take gambles and they don't pay off. This was one of 'em. Stop injuring my young lions George!!!

 

Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki - 10 points: A Block Winners! Fitting. Dominant throughout the 90s, Sasaki and Hase continue their rise to the top of the food chain in both singles and tag action. Defeating the easiest team on the final day securing them a ride to the finals. Do both men have another tag league victory left in them? Or are they too focused on their singles work? With 10 points, and only two losses - both to the champions and former champions, they look just as dominant as ever.

 

B Block:

 

Minoru Suzuki & Masashi Gannosuke - 4 points: Not the best of performances. But once again, similar to the G1, Minoru Suzuki continues to impress in the ring. Feeling ready for bigger things, many have to wonder if he will leave Gannosuke behind and pursue a singles career. But is he good enough to roll solo? Gannosuke held his own as well, perhaps it was just a bad tournament.

 

Eddie Guerrero & Masahiro Chono - 7 points: The second NWO Japan team. 7 points. A final day draw with Misawa & Akira Taue (100 rated match!) saw both teams eliminate one another, thankfully the three way tie for B Block was VERY messy. (I made a mistake so had to force a draw here lmao) Losing to their stablemates Ten-Koji made a world of difference. As well as underestimating the unlikely team of Ron Simmons & Masakatsu Funaki.

 

Misawa & Taue - 7 points: A great team that many expected to dominate. Ten-Koji proved to be outright better, picking them apart. Other than that, they destroyed most other teams, only dropping 2 other matches to the Hart Family, and Keiji Mutoh & Koji Kanemoto. The draw on the final day is what really obviously eliminated them.

 

Gedo & Jado - 8 points: Jado had zero points in this years BOSJ. It goes to show a good tag team can beat many thrown together singles wrestlers. Both Junior Heavyweight teams (Jericho & Malenko being the other) came to play, and they proved they're elite. Gedo & Jado also have a huge win over Keiji Mutoh on the final day! Stopping his team from reaching the finals!

 

Ten-Koji - 8 points: A team that many feel are the next Hase & Sasaki. But.. if that was the case, why haven't they advanced? They lost to Gedo & Jado, which isn't a match-up they've struggled with before. Suzuki & Gannosuke also defeated them. Lastly, they lost to Ron Simmons & Funaki. Despite defeating every main event level team in their block, they lost to every easy win. A team that could have gone undefeated, were eliminated before the final day.

 

Mutoh & Kanemoto - 8 points: A solid team that has chemistry and worked together well in the past. They looked well on their way to the finals until Gedo & Jado ended their streak. Nothing to say here. Mutoh defeated G1 Climax Winner Misawa in tag action, which definitely felt great as Mutoh looks to battle Misawa at Wrestle Kingdom.

 

Masakatsu Funaki & Ron Simmons - 4 points: I.. needed another team, and this was the best I had. Unlike the Takano Brothers, Simmons is a former IWGP Heavyweight champion, and Funaki rules (both Funaki's but I mean the MMA guy this time) They only got 4 points because they are a thrown together team that won't be competing next year. Just how it goes with so little good teams in Japan.

 

The Hart Family - 10 points: B Block Winners! A scary final day for both blocks, but The Hart Family wins thanks to the draw between NWO Japan (Chono & Eddie) vs. Akira Taue and Misawa! Which is good because on the final day the Canadians actually lost! Ten-Koji managed to defeat them. Of course Ten-Koji entered the final day at 6 points, so while the Hart Family wasn't eliminated, they still had to watch the main event intently. Now they face off against Sasaki & Hase. Will family reign supreme? Or will the dominant streak continue?

 

 

 

 

Things to Note:

 

This wasn't as "big" as my BOSJ or G1, largely because I sort of always didn't care much for Tag League. Even during this tournament for myself to book, I put less thought/effort into making things smooth and easy for myself. I forgot I only had 7 days to book instead of 9 for one. Had to make a bunch of draws/weird stuff happen. But still I had fun booking it. I just wish I had better tag teams, as even Dan Severn & Kazuo Yamazaki were difficult for me to book because they only JUST became popular enough to even hold the tag titles. Sasaki & Hase winning A block was also an accident. Wanted the Tag champs to win A Block but since I forgot it was 8 team blocks, the tourney ended sooner. Lmao. Lots of oopsies basically. But ah well. Also, I forgot to set the draws = 1 point. As both The Rascalz and Severn & Yamazaki should be at 9 points. Hehe.

[CQI13]

From the Booking thread, at my first event I have my Tag Titles on the line between Those Matthews Boys, Rock City Stars, The McWade Brothers and Savage Fury. I didn't choose the winner because in all my restarts I tend to choose the same people, so I keep booking the same things. I was fully expecting the AI to choose either Savage Fury or The McWade Brothers.

 

To my surprise they went with Rock City Stars. So I was excited. Month 2, my title matches are usually 1 v 1 between champ and the person who didn't eat the pin the previous month. Well, both teams refused to lose clean to the champs this time around.

 

So I figured I could either tick them off, or find a way around it. I went with the latter. Have Rock City Stars win against Savage Fury, but have the McWades coat them the match, spin off the two older teams to fight each other in who has been the most decorated team, and in the meantime build up Rock City Stars to where these teams don't mind losing to them. No complaints from Java or Tribal Warrior. Great!

 

The match runs...Java suffered a broken neck! Out for 11 months, no option for surgery. What makes me laugh is that up until just before the show ran I was planning on Savage Fury winning, and running the rest of the above plan (build up Rock City, have the two older teams feud for most decorated team while fighting for the belt). That is to say I didn't have that particular feud fleshed out, but now I have had to scrap plans that could have gone into the summer (or until a retirement, whichever came first).

 

Lastly, my backstage interviewer is off to do a cameo in a popular show in a few months. Hopefully that increases her skills or pop so that she doesn't drag segments down. Not huge right now since I am at tiny, but going to play with my match and angle focus to see if I can get higher ratings. If I was involved in a battle I would lose each month, even if just barely.

[Money Mac]

Tag League 1997 is finished. 16 teams entered. 2 blocks. Will give a quick rundown on the performances. Remember, unlike the G1, there is only 8 participants in each block, as opposed to 10!

 

A Block:

Kazuo Yamazaki & Dan Severn - 8 points: A good showing for the reigning champions. Well on their way to winning the block until a double count out in the finals to The Rascalz ruined both teams chances of winning.

 

Steve Austin & Sukejuro Kuroki (regen) - 8 points: First representatives of NWO Japan. Would lose to Wild Justice (Nagata & Nakanishi) on the final day to find themselves short of winning their block.

 

Wild Justice (Nagata & Nakanishi - 8 points: A very rough start saw them rapidly advance and improve with big wins over NWO Japan and former champions Bobby Eaton & Steve Williams saw them finish strongly.

 

Koshi-Yama (Shiro Koshinaka & Yoshihiro Takayama)- 4 points: Since returning from a major injury, Shiro Koshinaka has struggled. A bit of a comedy wrestler now as he inches toward his 40s, Koshinaka let his protégé Takayama down this tournament. Though they did acquire a major upset victory against NWO Japan!

 

The Rascalz (Dean Malenko & Chris Jericho) - 8 points: A shockingly strong showing by the two who both had fantastic BOSJ runs as well. A double countout on the last night of competition saw them come up short. Despite that, they proved they can contend with some of the best Heavyweight teams.

 

Steve Williams & Bobby Eaton - 8 points: The former champions did well. With Eaton losing a step (time decline) it was up for debate whether Dr. Death can carry his team. Turns out, he can, and he did. Despite that, they entered the final day with just 6 points and were mathematically eliminated.

 

The Takano Brothers (Shunji & George Takano) - 0 points: Okay, this was an experiment well before Tag League, I couldn't get them over. I was going to fire them but was short a team, they got the spot. Have no real plans for them. Don't even want to kayfabe it. Shunji Takano is at least decent and might salvage him. Sucks but sometimes you take gambles and they don't pay off. This was one of 'em. Stop injuring my young lions George!!!

 

Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki - 10 points: A Block Winners! Fitting. Dominant throughout the 90s, Sasaki and Hase continue their rise to the top of the food chain in both singles and tag action. Defeating the easiest team on the final day securing them a ride to the finals. Do both men have another tag league victory left in them? Or are they too focused on their singles work? With 10 points, and only two losses - both to the champions and former champions, they look just as dominant as ever.

 

B Block:

 

Minoru Suzuki & Masashi Gannosuke - 4 points: Not the best of performances. But once again, similar to the G1, Minoru Suzuki continues to impress in the ring. Feeling ready for bigger things, many have to wonder if he will leave Gannosuke behind and pursue a singles career. But is he good enough to roll solo? Gannosuke held his own as well, perhaps it was just a bad tournament.

 

Eddie Guerrero & Masahiro Chono - 7 points: The second NWO Japan team. 7 points. A final day draw with Misawa & Akira Taue (100 rated match!) saw both teams eliminate one another, thankfully the three way tie for B Block was VERY messy. (I made a mistake so had to force a draw here lmao) Losing to their stablemates Ten-Koji made a world of difference. As well as underestimating the unlikely team of Ron Simmons & Masakatsu Funaki.

 

Misawa & Taue - 7 points: A great team that many expected to dominate. Ten-Koji proved to be outright better, picking them apart. Other than that, they destroyed most other teams, only dropping 2 other matches to the Hart Family, and Keiji Mutoh & Koji Kanemoto. The draw on the final day is what really obviously eliminated them.

 

Gedo & Jado - 8 points: Jado had zero points in this years BOSJ. It goes to show a good tag team can beat many thrown together singles wrestlers. Both Junior Heavyweight teams (Jericho & Malenko being the other) came to play, and they proved they're elite. Gedo & Jado also have a huge win over Keiji Mutoh on the final day! Stopping his team from reaching the finals!

 

Ten-Koji - 8 points: A team that many feel are the next Hase & Sasaki. But.. if that was the case, why haven't they advanced? They lost to Gedo & Jado, which isn't a match-up they've struggled with before. Suzuki & Gannosuke also defeated them. Lastly, they lost to Ron Simmons & Funaki. Despite defeating every main event level team in their block, they lost to every easy win. A team that could have gone undefeated, were eliminated before the final day.

 

Mutoh & Kanemoto - 8 points: A solid team that has chemistry and worked together well in the past. They looked well on their way to the finals until Gedo & Jado ended their streak. Nothing to say here. Mutoh defeated G1 Climax Winner Misawa in tag action, which definitely felt great as Mutoh looks to battle Misawa at Wrestle Kingdom.

 

Masakatsu Funaki & Ron Simmons - 4 points: I.. needed another team, and this was the best I had. Unlike the Takano Brothers, Simmons is a former IWGP Heavyweight champion, and Funaki rules (both Funaki's but I mean the MMA guy this time) They only got 4 points because they are a thrown together team that won't be competing next year. Just how it goes with so little good teams in Japan.

 

The Hart Family - 10 points: B Block Winners! A scary final day for both blocks, but The Hart Family wins thanks to the draw between NWO Japan (Chono & Eddie) vs. Akira Taue and Misawa! Which is good because on the final day the Canadians actually lost! Ten-Koji managed to defeat them. Of course Ten-Koji entered the final day at 6 points, so while the Hart Family wasn't eliminated, they still had to watch the main event intently. Now they face off against Sasaki & Hase. Will family reign supreme? Or will the dominant streak continue?

 

 

 

 

Things to Note:

 

This wasn't as "big" as my BOSJ or G1, largely because I sort of always didn't care much for Tag League. Even during this tournament for myself to book, I put less thought/effort into making things smooth and easy for myself. I forgot I only had 7 days to book instead of 9 for one. Had to make a bunch of draws/weird stuff happen. But still I had fun booking it. I just wish I had better tag teams, as even Dan Severn & Kazuo Yamazaki were difficult for me to book because they only JUST became popular enough to even hold the tag titles. Sasaki & Hase winning A block was also an accident. Wanted the Tag champs to win A Block but since I forgot it was 8 team blocks, the tourney ended sooner. Lmao. Lots of oopsies basically. But ah well. Also, I forgot to set the draws = 1 point. As both The Rascalz and Severn & Yamazaki should be at 9 points. Hehe.

 

Would love to hear more about your stables and hierarchy of the divisions, Looks like an interesting and fun New Japan save

[dbritton987]

At TCW's Where Angels Fear To Tread 2020, with help from his Syndicate brethren, Wolf Hawkins was finally able to pry the TCW World Heavyweight Title away from Aaron Andrews, thus becoming a 4-Time Champion.

 

On that same card, a 6-Way Ladder Match called The Ticket To Mayhem Match would also take place. The winner of the Ladder Match would earn the right to challenge the World Champion on the biggest show of the year, TCW Total Mayhem. Jay Chord would rise to the occasion and retrieve the contract, earning the gigantic opportunity.

 

On the following episode of TCW Presents Total Wrestling, Commissioner Ricky Dale Johnson would host the contract signing for the World Title Match between Wolf Hawkins & Jay Chord. The Main Event of Total Mayhem! Before Jay Chord could sign the contract, the former champion Aaron Andrews would hit the ring and plead with Chord to step aside and allow him to have his rematch with Hawkins at Total Mayhem. If he did so, Andrews promised that he would give Chord his promised title match whenever, wherever. "Just let me get my rematch first!" Chord seemed to be sympathetic at first, but it was all a ploy. Chord laughed in Aaron's face and told the former champion to "get to the back of the line."

 

Chaos Ensues! Wolf Hawkins would attack Aaron Andrews from behind, leading to a three way brawl. In the end, Andrews would lay out both Chord and Hawkins, going so far as to plant Wolf through the contract table! Andrews would then grab the contract and sign it, right where Chord is supposed to sign as the challenger!

 

Next week on Total Wrestling, Ricky Dale Johnson would have to reveal his decision. Per contract mumbo jumbo, RDJ had no choice but to insert Andrews in the Total Mayhem World Title Match.

 

So, the stage is set! In the Main Event of Total Mayhem XXIV, Wolf Hawkins will now defend the TCW World Heavyweight Championship against Jay Chord AND Aaron Andrews in a Triple Threat Match!

 

Results to come soon!

[Peria]

Would love to hear more about your stables and hierarchy of the divisions, Looks like an interesting and fun New Japan save

 

Certainly. I'm unsure how I'd break this down easily, but I can try. For starters, all of my initial stables actually bombed quite hard for various reasons beyond my control. So for starters, this is the failures.

 

The Radicalz (I just called them The Rasicals in this game/save): They sort of just fell apart. Benoit and Perry Saturn got poached by WCW. Eddie was constantly in rehab. It just never panned out. Wanted to give them all a decent upper midcard push, very similar to an early Bullet Club. Had to throw Chris Jericho into the faction to bolster the ranks and then by 1996 it was just him and Malenko teaming up.

 

UWFI: Is still around but isn't the invasive force I wanted it to be. Nobuhiko Takada, Kiyoshi Tamura, Kazuo Yamazaki, and Dan Severn were to invade NJPW, with Takada holding on to the IWGP Heavyweight title. Sadly, he refuses to prioritize me over his own company. So I can never have him long enough. Kiyoshi Tamura legitimately took so many fights he has wrestled like under 30 matches with me in the 4 years I had him, and Severn and Yamazaki are actually IWGP Tag Team champs so they did okay.

 

TOWER: Consisted of Glenn Jacobs, Bam Bam Bigelow, Ken Shamrock, and Vader. This was before The Radicalz joined NJPW. 1992 type stuff. Sadly, like all gaijin, WCW came knocking for Bam Bam and Vader. Ken Shamrock wanted to do every MMA fight similar to UWFI's Kiyoshi Tamura, and Glenn Jacobs has now moved on.

 

Soldados Calaveros: With El Canek, Blue Panther, Dos Caras, Mil Muertes, I mean this was the Lucha lineup. Had them all locked down to for me as well. What went wrong? El Canek broke his neck. Dos Caras and Mil Muertes were both in deep decline the same year I got them. Blue Panther broke his leg or something I forget, but basically the 5 guys that I brought in only El Hijo del Santo did anything. And as I was about to push him for the Junior Heavyweight title, CMLL took him and I wasn't about to fight for him.

 

 

 

...With that out of the way... other than UWFI which is barely a faction, NWO Japan is the only REAL stable right now. I plan on ushering in a stable-war centric NJPW within the next 2 years though. For now, the only real faction is...

 

NWO Japan - Led by Masahiro Chono and is quite honestly an extremely stacked roster. Ten-Koji are the tag team. Eddie Guerrero betrayed a leaving Perry Saturn/Chris Jericho to join them. Stone Cold joined because WCW/WWF never wanted him idk why. Shinjiro Otani is becoming great. And Sukejuro Kuroki is a great regen that I picked up. Stone Cold is actually the #2 guy here but he isn't meant to really last, I plan on using him as a catalyst in breaking NWO Japan up and Chono going on to form Team 2000 or something or another... but for now, this is THE #1 faction by far.

 

Note: I do plan on giving Misawa and Keiji Mutoh his own stable in the coming year, so... right now it's not the most interesting!

 

 

With 1997 almost over, the power shift is changing more and more rapidly. Tenryu is now in deep decline at 47, and getting ready to join Riki Choshu in "NJPW grandpa" status. You know, fighting young lions and losing to up and comers. Fujinami is where Hiroshi Tanahashi is now. "The Ace" but clearly not anymore. Fantastic but lost a step. That vibe.

 

Shinya Hashimoto, Keiji Mutoh (current IWGP Heavyweight champ) and Masahiro Chono are basically the top dogs. They don't lose often in singles matches and if they do it is a big deal. Below that is Kensuke Sasaki and Mitsuharu Misawa. Misawa was doing nothing with AJPW and kept making movies, finally have him long enough to push him to win the G1. I'd put Tatsumi Fujinami in this bracket alongside Sasaki and Misawa. Stone Cold probably as well. Below that is Hiroshi Hase, Akira Taue, Steve Williams, and Glenn Jacobs. Guys that could realistically win the title based on their skills and matches but just are very unlikely to do so. Satoshi Kojima and Tenzan would be here currently too, but they're not really doing much singles work outside of G1, so... not really going to put them anywhere. Though Kojima and Tenzan both will likely win the title when they're older.

 

That is basically my main event scene. My junior division is stacked, and my heavyweight undercard is finally fixed from the games abysmal starting roster. I'd love to go into those as well but I'm afraid I'd just write way too much at this point so I will cut it short. I'll write more about it another time! Thanks for showing interest in my save, gives me motivation to keep it running further.

[The Nickman]

And here are the results for WrestleMania X8!!

 

 

Following WrestleMania X8, WWF now has full control of the company and WCW ceases to exist

So it's the first Raw after WrestleMania X8 and the landscape of the WWF is about to change forever! As there's never enough characters available to flesh out angles as much as I want, here are some of the cliff notes to explain my head canon:

 

- At the start of the show, Vince comes out, rebrands from WWF to WWE and announces a new brand split.

 

- He appoints his daughter Stephanie to take over the Smackdown brand, but in the interests of competition, he appoints his old foe Eric Bischoff to take the reins of Raw.

 

- The major titles will be decided by a "coin flip", essentially the WWE Title and World Heavyweight, US & Intercontinental, both sets of Tag Titles and the Womens/Cruiserweight divisions will be on separate brands.

 

- All other workers will be drafted as usual over the next few weeks.

 

So without further ado, welcome to the first Monday Night Raw of the "brand split era"...

 

 

I have to admit I've made a big mistake here, I forgot Triple H was the US Champion and he's been drafted to Raw already. He was supposed to be drafted as part of the coin flip for US vs Intercontinental titles, so that's something I'll have to rectify somehow in the near future.

[Woodsmeister]

How long are you matches and angles nickman?

[The Dynamite Sid]

100 rated segments for entrances? Damn, that must have been some entrance. Who played them to the ring, The Beatles and Elvis?

[The Nickman]

How long are you matches and angles nickman?

My angles are almost always six minutes, unless I get to the end of the show and have to cut time, then I cut the lesser workers’ angles down to five or four minutes until everything fits on the show.

 

Same with matches, most matches are five to eight minutes, main event is usually twelve minutes or so.

 

On PPV’s the good matches are 16 minutes so I can use the Slow Build note, other matches are 8 to 12 depending on who’s involved.

 

100 rated segments for entrances? Damn, that must have been some entrance. Who played them to the ring, The Beatles and Elvis?

It’s Sting and Undertaker, man. I assume Sting flew in from the roof to a tremendous applause and Undertaker straight up walked out and murdered somebody.

[Zero]

My angles are almost always six minutes, unless I get to the end of the show and have to cut time, then I cut the lesser workers’ angles down to five or four minutes until everything fits on the show.

 

Same with matches, most matches are five to eight minutes, main event is usually twelve minutes or so.

 

On PPV’s the good matches are 16 minutes so I can use the Slow Build note, other matches are 8 to 12 depending on who’s involved.

 

 

It’s Sting and Undertaker, man. I assume Sting flew in from the roof to a tremendous applause and Undertaker straight up walked out and murdered somebody.

 

Loving the updates

[mmaaddict]

Playing a WCW game that starts in August '96 just as the nWo is launching. Hoping to make this my first long term game, my attention span is short though so we'll see what happens.

 

I am currently at the end of 1996 now, just having completed Starrcade and the follow up Nitro.

 

Obviously the big story is nWo vs. WCW. I have kept a lot of the same members of the nWo, while not adding some, but also adding in others just for fun. Currently the nWo has the following members with them:

 

Eric Bischoff, Hollywood Hogan, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Syxx, Randy Savage (joined in September after turning on team WCW during Fall Brawl), Chris Benoit (joined in October by turning on the Horsemen), Buff Bagwell, and Stevie Ray w/Sister Sherri (joined at Starrcade turning on Booker T in their Tag Title Match).

 

I did sign Curt Henning with the idea of him joining the nWo as well, though he is out with back problems until mid-1997, so we'll see what I end up doing with him.

 

I am wanting to go all in and go hard with nWo vs. WCW storyline from the start of the game through the end of this year, with the demise of the nWo coming early in 1998, this was something I was determined to decide on before starting the game as I didn't want to be the real WCW and beat this to death for lack of any better ideas.

 

The big players on team WCW currently are The Giant, I have no intention of him joining nWo, Lex Luger, Roddy Piper, DDP, Sting and Booker T. Sting is currently on hiatus after losing his title match at Halloween Havoc against Hogan when Luger accidentally hit him while trying to assist with the nWo interfering. He'll return in another couple months as the Crow character.

 

I also just signed Mankind who has brought along Raven and Saturn with him to start a stable of misfits who will help battle against the nWo. I intend to have Mankind be a significant piece of taking out the nWo and a building block of the company as he is a personal favorite of mine and I feel like WWF never gave him the top guy push he had earned.

 

Konnan did not join the nWo in my game, but rather is working alongside Eddy Guerrero and Rey Mysterio Jr. in a small faction called Latino Heat. They are currently battling "The Royalty" which is Steven Regal, David Taylor and Bobby Eaton. I intended to have Eddy go heel soon in my game as he is just such a great heel, but he and Mysterio have great chemistry teaming together and so I think I will run with that and soon incorporate them into the nWo vs. WCW story as well. Eventually Eddy will turn on Rey and go heel to create a massive feud that I can't wait to put together, but not as soon as I thought.

 

One guy I am working on building up right now is Mike Awesome, just because I always liked him for whatever reason. I signed him and had Ted Debiase bring him as his new client. I am treating him as a heel pre-Goldberg, Goldberg Lite, running through people and building up his name. Debiase has recreated Money Inc with Awesome, Scott Norton and VK Wallstreet.

 

The nWo currently holds all of the titles except for Cruiserweight. Syxx is the TV Champ and Benoit is US Champ and both have already jumped all the way to Major Stars for me. Benoit's feud with Ric Flair has gotten me some massive match and segment ratings and just been a ton of fun to work on.

 

The cruiserweight division is a project for me. I put the belt on Dean Malenko because I want to work with Rey Mysterio Jr. outside of just the cruiserweight division, though he'll certainly return there at times. The problem is no one else is even recognizable in the division outside of Malenko, Mysterio and Eddy. I have built Chris Jericho up to recognizable by having him beat Malenko at Starrcade and now will have him beat Malenko one more time in a rubber match to hopefully keep the rub going. Meanwhile I am working on trying to get guys like Chavo, Juvi, Taka, Dragon, Kidman, Super Crazy, and Jerry Lynn some popularity without absolutely sinking my shows by having guys no one knows fighting each other. I'm determined to make it happen though because the cruiserweight division was always one of the best parts of WCW.

 

I opened my own feeder company called Rise Wrestling League. I signed some young guys like the Hardy's, Edge and Christian, Shane Helms, Lance Storm, and Christopher Daniels, while also sending down some of the lesser guys in WCW such as Glacier, Public Enemy, etc. I will also be moving most Power Plant grads here initially. I want to build up my women's division in RWL and then start transitioning that to the WCW, but there aren't a ton of available women wrestlers at this point to sign. Medusa and Jacqueline have put on some good matches for me there, but Medusa wants to be brought back up and I don't want to lose her in the long run.

 

Would love to hear any feedback you all might have on the setup I have going in the game right now, or suggestions you may have for me moving forward with this. Also, feel free to ask about any other guys I didn't bring up in this writeup and I can tell you what they have been doing.

[The Nickman]

Loving the updates

Cheers man. As with most converted mods, I’m having quite a few problems with steroids and drugs in my workers, and it’s belting around my backstage rating a bit, particularly now that I’ve split the roster back into Raw and Smackdown. For some reason Smackdown has a much lower backstage than Raw which is 100%, even though I’ve tried to balance the personalities.

 

And then literally yesterday, after reading a comment on this very forum I realised I could try and talk people out of doing drugs. So I worked through the whole roster talking everyone out of every drug that was an option. I reckon I got about a 50% success rate, so that’s hopefully going to help quite a bit.

 

The big one that refused to change was Triple H with steroids and I’ve already fined him several times. I suspect a suspension is coming up next, so plan on getting the US belt off him next Raw (Plus I stuffed up the draft and that title’s meant to be decided by “coin flip”).

 

I plan to be pretty heavy handed with anyone who refuses to quit drugs moving forward... I’ll make sure they don’t have any belts so I can suspend them/send to rehab next time they test positive.

[merrykieran2]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="merrykieran2" data-cite="merrykieran2" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47520" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Right so I got a bit carried away since my last update on this save and it's been about 9 months as I am now in the middle of June in 2030 </div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Well, it happened again, I'm now in February 2031. I'm flying through this save literally faster than I keep updating which is cool because I love being this invested in the save 11 years in but also I love writing about the save and trying to concise an entire year into as short as possible an update proves fairly difficult. This is also my 2nd time writing this as I lost my earlier draft so if it's more rushed thats the issue. Here is the entirety of 2030 in review.</p><p> </p><p> The new decade kicked off in the same way that all Mid Atlantic years do with the Rip Chord Invitational and it very much centered around the two former allies in Bret Heartbreak and Original Sinner. The former MAW and COTT Tag team champions broke up at the Night of the Champions when Sinner hit his tag partner with a lariat. Starting on the opposite sides of the 16 man bracket they battled through everyone in their way to contest each other in the finals of the tournament. After Sinner dispatched of and Bret Heartbreak made it past the two met in the final and despite the best efforts of newfound fan favourite Bret Heartbreak, it was the dominant Original Sinner that won the first Rip Chord Invitational of the new decade.</p><p> </p><p> The main MAW Championship scene was an ever-changing one as the year progressed. As I made a rule that I could only keep Tommy Cornell Jr for the extent of his 3 year contract I had 10 months to tell the stories I wanted to tell with him and to use him to elevate my roster. After winning the title at Where it All Begins Again he once again found himself embroiled in a rivalry with Matt Blackburn, the former champion and a man he had met many times prior, and despite Blackburn having the edge in previous encounters he managed to retain the title at the Wrestling Classic. Now equal in times the two had won against each other Blackburn proposed that the next month the two have a final match once again for the title to which TCJ agreed. However this match would not take place as originally planned when the Rip Chord Invitational winner Original Sinner made his way to ringside before the match and announced he was cashing in his earned title opportunity to make it a triple threat match. In an incredible triple threat match it would be the Original Sinner that shocked the MAW World when he became the new champion. If many were worried that the dominant destroyer was going to run roughshod over the company they were surprisingly mistaken when in his 2nd defence (1st was against Stuntman) against Tommy Cornell Jr, Bret Heartbreak made his first appearance since the Rip Chord Invitational to distract sinner and TCJ took advantage to become a 2 time MAW Champion. Sinner made it his goal to end the career of Bret Heartbreak while TCJ walked into Where it All Begins Again as a departing MAW Champion.</p><p> </p><p> The main story this year revolved around one Christopher Ball. Following the departure of Motoyuki Miyake two years ago, Ball had taken on the leadership of The Knockout Project from his former tag partner but this year was the year that it all began to bubble over into almost a disaster. The year started with tension immediately as newest member War Piece clearly took umbrage to the leadership style of the former boxer. The two came to blows multiple times over the year starting at the Rip Chord Invitational when Ball tried to console War Piece following his loss to Original Sinner only for Piece to tell him that he didnt want to be part of his stupid group. He attempted to reconcile the next month and it looked to be working when the two defeated the Streetz Inc. duo of Paul DeVille and Scott "The Hammer" Hadley but after a tag title loss to The Masters of Money the duo got in a full on brawl and had to be seperated by the other members of The Knockout Project. In an attempt to blow off steam the two wrestled each other the next month with War Piece picking up the victory. It was around this time Chris Ball made it known that he and his wife Lucinda Lush were expecting and with him not getting any younger he was doing anything possible to secure the future for himself and his family. He also started doubting his own abilities and said he doesn't know if he fits with the younger attitude of MAW at the ripe age of 37. The month before the Sam Keith Classic, Chris Ball held a KO Project meeting and everyone laid out there issues and the group came together and all prior issues seemed to be resolved. However, the Sam Keith Classic blew everything up in the air once again. The KO Project entered two teams into the tournament (Edmund/Stuntman and Ball/Piece) and it just so happened that both teams made it too the finals and ended up facing off against each other with Edmund and Stuntman ending up victorious after Stuntman rolled up Chris Ball. Luckily all sides seemed to laugh it off together and raised the trophy as a unit but you could tell how much it hurt Ball. Also, this was Stuntman's third Sam Keith Classic win in 4 years and all with different tag partners (Kamikaze/Ball/Edmund). At the final show before Where it all begins again, there was a The Battle of the Mid Atlantic Battle Royal with the winner going to WIABA to face TCJ and after eliminating half the men in the 10 man match and eventually his alliance partner Stuntman it would be Christopher Ball that picked up the shocking win. At Where it all begins again it's fair to say we saw the cocky side of TCJ with him respecting Ball but saying that it was going to be a customary defence for him whereas Christopher was dedicating the match to his family and also to former Mid Atlantic Champion and his former tag partner Motoyuki Miyake. In further shocking fashion, Chris Ball put up one of the greatest performances in a MAW ring and defeated 'The Future King' to become the MAW Champion for the first time in his career.</p><p> </p><p> Luckily the situations with the American and Tag Team Titles is far less complex. We came into 2030 with Quentin Queen as the American Champion with Streetz as his manager and with Scott "The Hammer" Hadley and Paul DeVille as his bodyguards and he started the year off how he left the last: retaining his title by any means necessary. He defeated Spencer Edmund and Drew Danson in successful defences thanks to Streetz Inc. but Edmund was insistent on getting that title and after defeating Streetz Inc. in a tag match with Stuntman he had them banned from ringside for his rematch and The KO Artists youngest member became the new American Champion. Edmund quickly solidified his position as a future star for this company with the title reign which would continue throughout the entirety of 2030 and saw him successfully defend against the likes of Quentin Queen, Eureka LaBelle and Barron Royal. By the end of 2030 he had 5 successful defences and was heading into 2031 on a high. However, at Night of Champions he was laid out by a mystery assailant who wouldn't be revealed until the next month.</p><p> </p><p> The Tag Titles were in a similar situation where for the majority of the year there weren't any title changes with The Masters of Money (Eureka LaBelle and Nehemiah Loynes) coming into the year as champions and very nearly leaving it as well. They had a solid run throughout the year with defences against D.I.B., Chris Ball and War Piece and Stuntman/Spencer Edmund but their main storyline came against Notorious. Carlos Barrera and Miguel Rivera were released in the middle of the year by CZCW and turned out solid pickups for our tag division but they immediately gunned for the tag titles only for MoM to reject their challenges time and time again. First they asked Notorious to win the Sam Keith Classic before costing them the match with a DQ then they pulled them out of the ring for a number one contendership match until Comissioner Westybrook had to step in and make it official that at WIABA it would be Notorious vs Masters of Money for the titles but in surprising fashion it would be the tag champs that retained. On the same show, one Robin DaLay had a fantastic victory over Matt Blackburn after having a face turn a few months prior alongside his tag partner Ralph Liotta when The Wild West had enough of Blackburn's antics. Eureka LaBelle on the November show made the mistake of antagonizing the wrong man in Robin DaLay and on our final show of the year we would have new tag champions crowned and it would be The Wild West themselves.</p><p> </p><p> Finally, We established a women's division this year with the Breakout Tournament in March being used to introduce 8 women to the MAW Roster. That tournament was won by Talia Quinzel and the veteran proved her worth in the company with a dominant reign over all the lesser experienced women until she came face to face with the woman she met in the first final, Nami Genda, at Where it all begins again. Nami had been on a progression since the tournament with Streetz recruiting her and having her cheat to defeat the majority of the division before finally facing and defeating the champion. Now aligned with Streetz she is looking to rule over the women's division in a similar vein to how Talia Quinzel was able too. Building a womens division from scratch when 90% of the good talent is hard but I've dedicated myself too it now and I believe we'll get there.</p><p> </p><p> It was a pretty decent year for not losing half the roster tbf. The main losses were people we released ourselves (Nelson Callum, Fuego Fantastico and Jackpot Jordan) and we only lost a few names on written deals that I wasn't too annoyed to lose. Tommy Cornell Jr ended up in SWF with his dad and he was joined there by Taylor Norton. Bret Heartbreak signed with USPW and Quentin Queen left us to sign exclusively with NYCW. The only slight dissappointment was that a year ago I brought back Trix Triumph and was hoping to do something with him and make him a decent midcarder but as I started to push him he was signed by ACPW where he's mostly lost.</p>

[The Nickman]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="The Nickman" data-cite="The Nickman" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47520" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>So it's the first Raw after WrestleMania X8 and the landscape of the WWF is about to change forever! As there's never enough characters available to flesh out angles as much as I want, here are some of the cliff notes to explain my head canon:<p> </p><p> - At the start of the show, Vince comes out, rebrands from WWF to WWE and announces a new brand split.</p><p> </p><p> - He appoints his daughter Stephanie to take over the Smackdown brand, but in the interests of competition, he appoints his old foe Eric Bischoff to take the reins of Raw.</p><p> </p><p> - The major titles will be decided by a "coin flip", essentially the WWE Title and World Heavyweight, US & Intercontinental, both sets of Tag Titles and the Womens/Cruiserweight divisions will be on separate brands.</p><p> </p><p> - All other workers will be drafted as usual over the next few weeks.</p><p> </p><p> So without further ado, welcome to the first Monday Night Raw of the "brand split era"...</p><p> </p><p> <img alt="20020401.png" data-src="https://i.ibb.co/rmLX9Ht/20020401.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> I have to admit I've made a big mistake here, I forgot Triple H was the US Champion and he's been drafted to Raw already. He was supposed to be drafted as part of the coin flip for US vs Intercontinental titles, so that's something I'll have to rectify somehow in the near future.</p></div></blockquote><p> So the draft and the brand split continues as we have Stephanie McMahon's first ever Friday Night Smackdown and the draft centers around the tag division...</p><p> </p><p> Once again I've made another minor mistake here (I was drinking heavily back when I booked these shows a few weeks ago), instead of it being the Outsiders drafted to Raw (they were already drafted on Monday Night), it's meant to read as KroniK.</p><p> </p><p> The recurring storyline throughout this show is Mike Awesome being taken out (I had to send him to rehab), so I had to find a way to deal with that and take the tag titles from him in a realistic fashion.</p><p> </p><p> <img alt="20020405.png" data-src="https://i.ibb.co/SPCbJC5/20020405.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

[merrykieran2]

Well, it happened again, I'm now in February 2031.

 

I forgot to even mention the most important part of the year end. On the Night of the Champions show the main event was Christopher Ball retaining his MAW Title against Original Sinner. There was a running theme throughout the show with Commissioner Westybrook's opening promo being interrupted by a debuting Dawn Gemmell. She put the roster on notice and told everyone that this was the beginning of a new "Dawn" for MAW and that this show was where all the change began. She then proceeded to laud it around backstage, first confronting Emma Chase with D.I.B. and mocking them before later approaching Joyce Shearer and inviting her to join her. However, it was the end of the show that really shaped the new era. Following Chris Ball's victory he was joined in the ring by War Piece and Stuntman much in the similar vein to what happened at the end of Where it All Begins Again and they raised him up on their shoulders. However, the MAW Zone was shocked as the two quickly launched Ball across the ring and delivered a beatdown to the leader of their group. Dawn Gemmell made her way down to the ring to join them as the show went off air and the year ended in ultimate chaos...

[TJ94]

Triple H just avoided dropping the belt to Booker T at Mania by breaking his ankle a few weeks out.

[Self]

 

As the year 2000 began I made the difficult decision to move the colourful, kid-friendly 'CGC Title Bout Wrestling' from an Afternoon timeslot to Late Night. Within TEW, this is an objectively positive no-brainer move, increasing ratings and revenue with no downside, but this was hard for me. My CGC had always been for the children. Abandoning them felt wrong, yet I decided it might be fun to see CGC try to 'grow up'. No more comedy matches! More valets! More innuendo! Mild swearing! Goofier characters rebranded or replaced by darker monsters! And while I did put a new 30 minute B-show (CGC WrestleCarnival) in the old afternoon timeslot to give the kids something to watch, my flagship show was about to enter its awkward edgy 'teenage' years.

 

 

When we last left our heroes, the DeColts were kicking off a Best-of-13 war with Womaniser Robbie Gordon's villainous gang of pick-up artists; The Player's Club. And the heroes had a new member. Damian Carvill claimed to be the product of one of Gorgeous George's infamous (pre-marriage) one-night-stands, and while the timing seemed suspicious, George took him in with open arms and even let him use the DeColt name. He seemed friendly enough, bonding with Alex over academics and Jack over high school athletics glory. Yet something felt... 'off'. A little condescending? A little smug? Many feared, including Steve, that he was a Player's Club mole, and when the two stables met to finish things once and for all at WrestleFestival, Damian... was completely loyal to his newfound family. In fact, it was the Player's Club that imploded. CGC Champion Rocky Psycho was becoming increasingly paranoid about team mate Seth Storm, and when Storm 'called dibs' on Rocky's little sister Bo (a Player's Club prisoner, because wrestling stipulations) Psycho snapped! Damian's loyalty and Rocky's betrayal gave the DeColts the win, and the Player's Club were destroyed forever.

 

I believe all of these renders are from King Bison, although none intended for the characters I used them for.

 

As one villainous faction ended, another began. Wannabe super-villain Lobster Warrior made a pact with the sea gods to raise two terrifying monsters from the deeps; Lusca & Morgawr (soaking wet Larry Wood & absolutely drenched Alysian Scotsfield). This backfired. The demons immediately turned on him and joined forces with evil vampire Archangel to form the Sea of Monsters, and together they cut a bloody path through the CGC midcard before taking the fight to the DeColt Family... where they kind of crashed and burned. In reality, it was a giant mess. First Lobby got hurt (hence having to replace him as leader) then Morgawr got hurt, and while Lusca is popular in the East, it took a while for Western Canada to take him seriously. The DeColts beat them handily, and now they're regrouping, adding Purge (T-Rex painted blue) and Narcisse (they drowned Louis Figo Manico, turning him into a vampire thrall because magic) and hoping to rise once more in 2001.

 

 

So who ended 2000 as CGC World Champion? Dan DaLay, that's who! Up until this point in my game, DaLay has been little more than an undercard bully. No one was betting on him in this year's Ultimate Showdown Series (CGC's G-1 ripoff) but then on the final day Alex was DQ'd against Archangel... and Jack & Maverick went to a time limit draw... and then Dan DaLay busted out his old teacher Eric Tyler's Tradition Lift to earn his first submission victory ever to win the bonus points and the Series and the Three Wishes. Previous winners used the Wishes for either good deeds or Machiavellian schemes, but DaLay went instead for blunt, simple, and brutal. First Wish? A title match against Steve DeColt moments after he survived a brutal war with Archangel. Second Wish? One free chair shot before defending his title against the 64mb RAM. Third Wish? Banning challenger Dusty Streets from the building the day before the legend's retirement. Out of Wishes, it seemed like DaLay was finally vulnerable to Steve DeColt's attempts to retain the title...

 

... and that's when Damian turned on the DeColt family. It was a ruse all along! He was never a real DeColt, he was just using them! George even let him legally change his name! The fool! Quickly hiring the Soldiers of Fortune as protection, Damian goes into 2001 as the most hated man in CGC.

 

A Shot At Canon

How Did I Do?

 

• Rocky Psycho's reign as CGC World Champion isn't canon, but Steve beating him at Chaos in the Cage got things back on track, and Dan DaLay won exactly when he was supposed to. It was a fun switch to be forced into, because he isn't ready and hasn't been built up.
  
• The CGC Tag Team Titles were almost perfect (Steve/Jack > Soldiers of Fortune) until The Specialists were supposed to win them in December. The problem? Bobby Thomas & Nate Johnson don't debut in this data until 2001, likely due to contradictions with Bobby's graduation from the House of Stone. Their history is a little muddied.
  
• I could have sworn the CGC Canadian Title didn't debut until 2005-ish, but I just checked and it should have started in 1999. Oops. Instead, we have the CGC McDaniel's Hotdog Title, sponsored by a popular/fictional western Canadian restaurant chain. The belt can only be one in 5-way over-the-top-rope matches, and the champion gets all-you-can-eat hotdogs. Eddie Chandler was the first champion (continuing the trend of folks questioning his sexuality) before switching to Dirty Frank (construction worker gimmick) and finally Lusca (of the Sea of Monsters... to promote the new McDaniel's Sea-Dog, I guess).
  
• In hiring and firing canon, Mammoth was let go in June, and 'Squeaky' John McClean followed in August. It sucks to see him go, but I had used him purely as a comedy joke and there was no place for that on Late Night. He came in last in the Ultimate Showdown Series (so many DQ's) and kicked of the new tradition of the loser getting banished from CGC. Mario Heroic was actually supposed to leave in January 2001, but I jumped the gun and released him early. He'd been pushed well since the destruction of the Player's Club, but I had waaaaay too many midcard heels.
  

 

2001 should be a fun year. Bobby Thomas & Nate Johnson will make their belated appearance, along with CGC mainstays Lee Rivera, Shane Nelson, Ryan Powell and most excitingly of all, Adrian Garcia; Agent to the Stars. What terrible early attempts at gimmicks will I give them in their rookie years? Only time will tell.

[CGN91]

 

I finished up my first year with the resurrected INSPIRE promotion (old fart Sarumara as the owner) and had a lot of fun tho! You can't emulate a shoot style UWF like promotion that much in TEW, but I tried my best to have match endings in my head and on my word document lol

 

I did fifteen shows in the first year with nine "King Of Fighters" shows, which was just a branding I liked for the shows, three "Combat In.." shows, which were smaller shows in different cities like Aichi, Osaka and Sendai with some local talent and in October my first tournament "World Mega Battle" started with sixteen participants from all over the world. Eight fighter from Japan and eight from outside of Japan (England, Wales, Poland, USA, Sweden and yea Puerto Rico). The tournament concluded in January 2021 with the final between former INSPIRE guys Morimasa Kato, which is one of my go2 home grown guys, and Billy Russell who only worked the tourney so far. The latter won with an arm lock to crown himself as the winner of the grand final.

 

In addition I had luck when several guys and gals walked out of their promotions like Mokuami Maita (WLW), Reijiro Hiraki (Burning Hammer), Motoyuki Miyake (SAISHO) and Jotaro Tanaka (EXODUS). I tried to rely most on freelancing talent which can call INSPIRE as their home.

 

A cool story came in when Thoki Shinozuka enters the wrestling world as a famous former kick boxer who I snapped up immediatly. He started with a 39 pop but without any good wrestling skills yet.

[The Dynamite Sid]

 

I finished up my first year with the resurrected INSPIRE promotion (old fart Sarumara as the owner) and had a lot of fun tho! You can't emulate a shoot style UWF like promotion that much in TEW, but I tried my best to have match endings in my head and on my word document lol

 

I did fifteen shows in the first year with nine "King Of Fighters" shows, which was just a branding I liked for the shows, three "Combat In.." shows, which were smaller shows in different cities like Aichi, Osaka and Sendai with some local talent and in October my first tournament "World Mega Battle" started with sixteen participants from all over the world. Eight fighter from Japan and eight from outside of Japan (England, Wales, Poland, USA, Sweden and yea Puerto Rico). The tournament concluded in January 2021 with the final between former INSPIRE guys Morimasa Kato, which is one of my go2 home grown guys, and Billy Russell who only worked the tourney so far. The latter won with an arm lock to crown himself as the winner of the grand final.

 

In addition I had luck when several guys and gals walked out of their promotions like Mokuami Maita (WLW), Reijiro Hiraki (Burning Hammer), Motoyuki Miyake (SAISHO) and Jotaro Tanaka (EXODUS). I tried to rely most on freelancing talent which can call INSPIRE as their home.

 

A cool story came in when Thoki Shinozuka enters the wrestling world as a famous former kick boxer who I snapped up immediatly. He started with a 39 pop but without any good wrestling skills yet.

 

This is really cool! I've always loved the idea of doing a shoot style promotion but I've never really been able to make it work.

 

How's old man Billy doing time decline wise? I've been considering bringing him for some shots with PGHW but I wasn't sure if it would even be worth it

[CGN91]

This is really cool! I've always loved the idea of doing a shoot style promotion but I've never really been able to make it work.

 

How's old man Billy doing time decline wise? I've been considering bringing him for some shots with PGHW but I wasn't sure if it would even be worth it

 

Thanks man! I think it will work more as a diary when you can write out some more stuff than in TEW itself. I don't think it's particular interesting to have extended writing for the matches tho. Maybe I'll consider a diary with INSPIRE in the near future.

 

Billy is already in time decline but he's still one of my best worker. In the top match list he is in with three matches in the top six, which is really good. I think he's still good enough to have some special attraction matches for you.

[Peria]

Not going to post too much until I finish WK. But the 1997 Survivor Series main event for WWF was The Mountie defeating Virgil for the WWF Heavyweight title, which got a 97. Best on the card.

[TomKat]

This is my favourite storyline I have ever booked in the CVerse. The story of Faith. It's not all the way through yet either, but I know where I want it to go.

 

Christian Faith. Matty Faith. The Faith name. It means a lot to SWF, wrestling as a whole. One person who doesn't like it is Scythe though. Christian returned in 2020 to help Jack Bruce lead some young guns, you might call them Generational Stars (becauuse that's the name of the faction). Matthew Keith, Matty Faith, Jack Bruce Jr (played by thje young Jack Avatar), Ranger (Yes he isn't a generational star but we're going along with it). These are the core members of the faction. Gino Montero was once in the faction too, but then he went and founded another called WORLDWIDE.

 

The opposing faction? The League Of Villains (yes inspired by them). Scythe needed the SWF World Title so desperately that he created a group, or a cult if you will, designed to keep the World title around his waist. In said cult? Hellion & Jormungand. There is another new member but we'll get to that later on.

 

The Generational Stars started out really well, with Jack Bruce Jr and Matty Faith having excellent chemistry and putting on very good matches, leading up to an eventual Tag title reign that lasted all of 3 months. After the title loss, they started going on a losing streak, with Matty being the one to take the pin most of the time. You could tell he was taking it really badly, over time he started to isolate himself away from his family and friends as he believed he was the problem. Why would he want people that once believed in him to suffer right?

 

Right around this time, Scythe and the L.O.V were in a full on war with the Generational Stars, with them trading wins here and there in big PPV and TV matches. Scythe started out with the upper hand, but then GS started coming back and getting more of the wins, so Scythe hatched a plan.

 

Scythes plan? He needed a 4th member of the L.O.V, someone who knew the GS well and could help him out, someone like ... I don't know ... Matty? Operation brainwash Matty was underway, with Scythe slowly creeping into his mind, playing games with him but also coming off as if he cared for Matty. Matty was a bit sceptical, but over time he came around to the idea of accepting Scythes help since at that time he was in the worst part of his life. He was addicted to drugs, booze and women, just wanting that quick fix that he couldn't get from wrestling since he lost all the time. He decided to tag with Hellion and Scythe because why the hell not?

 

Then he experienced something he hadn't in quite some time ... a win! Not just a single win, but many many wins, over and over again. He started teaming regularly with Scythe and Scythes brainwashing plan seemed to have worked because Matty believed that he owed his wins entirely to Scythe and to Matty it definitely looked that way! He wasn't the only one who saw it though, as his dad also saw his own son join the faction he loathed so much for making his life hell. He confronted him about it, with Matty leaving in a fit of rage. To Matty it felt like a betrayal, how could his own father, his own flesh and blood, not see that for once he was actually happy and doing well. Was he jealous of him? From then on out, he refused to use the Faith name, infact Scythe christened him ..Faithless.

 

Faithless is now a fully fledged cult member and believes everything that Scythe tells him, just like all the other members. Since this is where the story is at right now, who knows what will happen in the future? (I mean I do because I've planned it)

 

The Future:

The war between Generational Stars and League Of Villains will rage ever on, with Matthew Keith losing his title to Scythe, who became a three time champion. In the end I want this story to have a fulfilling ending, one that is befitting of an anime rags to riches story. Over time the same thing that happened with Matty will happen to Faithless, he will eventually start losing again and go on a losing streak. With Scythe not being as nice as his father, he will eventually lose his temper and kick him out of the L.O.V, leading to a face turn as his own dad picks him up and tells him he forgives him. Mattywillthen realise that he wasn't as bad as he once thought, and that he was gerat allalong, he just had to believe in himself! The Supreme Challenge will be host to a one on one match between Scythe and the newly returned Matty Faith to end this once and for all!

 

After that, who knows? Perhaps Matty will reignite that team with Jack Bruce Jr? Maybe he teams up with his dad and tried to go for tag gold that way? Or maybe he wants to take away the one thing Scythe loves above all else, the SWF World Heavyweight title!

[Woodsmeister]

This is my favourite storyline I have ever booked in the CVerse. The story of Faith. It's not all the way through yet either, but I know where I want it to go.

 

Christian Faith. Matty Faith. The Faith name. It means a lot to SWF, wrestling as a whole. One person who doesn't like it is Scythe though. Christian returned in 2020 to help Jack Bruce lead some young guns, you might call them Generational Stars (becauuse that's the name of the faction). Matthew Keith, Matty Faith, Jack Bruce Jr (played by thje young Jack Avatar), Ranger (Yes he isn't a generational star but we're going along with it). These are the core members of the faction. Gino Montero was once in the faction too, but then he went and founded another called WORLDWIDE.

 

The opposing faction? The League Of Villains (yes inspired by them). Scythe needed the SWF World Title so desperately that he created a group, or a cult if you will, designed to keep the World title around his waist. In said cult? Hellion & Jormungand. There is another new member but we'll get to that later on.

 

The Generational Stars started out really well, with Jack Bruce Jr and Matty Faith having excellent chemistry and putting on very good matches, leading up to an eventual Tag title reign that lasted all of 3 months. After the title loss, they started going on a losing streak, with Matty being the one to take the pin most of the time. You could tell he was taking it really badly, over time he started to isolate himself away from his family and friends as he believed he was the problem. Why would he want people that once believed in him to suffer right?

 

Right around this time, Scythe and the L.O.V were in a full on war with the Generational Stars, with them trading wins here and there in big PPV and TV matches. Scythe started out with the upper hand, but then GS started coming back and getting more of the wins, so Scythe hatched a plan.

 

Scythes plan? He needed a 4th member of the L.O.V, someone who knew the GS well and could help him out, someone like ... I don't know ... Matty? Operation brainwash Matty was underway, with Scythe slowly creeping into his mind, playing games with him but also coming off as if he cared for Matty. Matty was a bit sceptical, but over time he came around to the idea of accepting Scythes help since at that time he was in the worst part of his life. He was addicted to drugs, booze and women, just wanting that quick fix that he couldn't get from wrestling since he lost all the time. He decided to tag with Hellion and Scythe because why the hell not?

 

Then he experienced something he hadn't in quite some time ... a win! Not just a single win, but many many wins, over and over again. He started teaming regularly with Scythe and Scythes brainwashing plan seemed to have worked because Matty believed that he owed his wins entirely to Scythe and to Matty it definitely looked that way! He wasn't the only one who saw it though, as his dad also saw his own son join the faction he loathed so much for making his life hell. He confronted him about it, with Matty leaving in a fit of rage. To Matty it felt like a betrayal, how could his own father, his own flesh and blood, not see that for once he was actually happy and doing well. Was he jealous of him? From then on out, he refused to use the Faith name, infact Scythe christened him ..Faithless.

 

Faithless is now a fully fledged cult member and believes everything that Scythe tells him, just like all the other members. Since this is where the story is at right now, who knows what will happen in the future? (I mean I do because I've planned it)

 

The Future:

The war between Generational Stars and League Of Villains will rage ever on, with Matthew Keith losing his title to Scythe, who became a three time champion. In the end I want this story to have a fulfilling ending, one that is befitting of an anime rags to riches story. Over time the same thing that happened with Matty will happen to Faithless, he will eventually start losing again and go on a losing streak. With Scythe not being as nice as his father, he will eventually lose his temper and kick him out of the L.O.V, leading to a face turn as his own dad picks him up and tells him he forgives him. Mattywillthen realise that he wasn't as bad as he once thought, and that he was gerat allalong, he just had to believe in himself! The Supreme Challenge will be host to a one on one match between Scythe and the newly returned Matty Faith to end this once and for all!

 

After that, who knows? Perhaps Matty will reignite that team with Jack Bruce Jr? Maybe he teams up with his dad and tried to go for tag gold that way? Or maybe he wants to take away the one thing Scythe loves above all else, the SWF World Heavyweight title!

 

Like it, gives Hangman Page vibes

[Blake Trask]

 

 

I believe all of these renders are from King Bison, although none intended for the characters I used them for.

 

As one villainous faction ended, another began. Wannabe super-villain Lobster Warrior made a pact with the sea gods to raise two terrifying monsters from the deeps; Lusca & Morgawr (soaking wet Larry Wood & absolutely drenched Alysian Scotsfield). This backfired. The demons immediately turned on him and joined forces with evil vampire Archangel to form the Sea of Monsters, and together they cut a bloody path through the CGC midcard before taking the fight to the DeColt Family... where they kind of crashed and burned. In reality, it was a giant mess. First Lobby got hurt (hence having to replace him as leader) then Morgawr got hurt, and while Lusca is popular in the East, it took a while for Western Canada to take him seriously. The DeColts beat them handily, and now they're regrouping, adding Purge (T-Rex painted blue) and Narcisse (they drowned Louis Figo Manico, turning him into a vampire thrall because magic) and hoping to rise once more in 2001.

 

 

I enjoy the tale of soggy Larry.

 

sounds like a blast though! 'this is objectively a bad idea, dan's not ready... but it's canon!'

[Peria]

Post Wrestle Kingdom 5 and now into 1998. 1992-1998 NJPW.

 

Before I get into how WK 5 went. I'll do End of the Year Awards!

 

Wrestler of the Year 1997: Bret Hart (NJPW)

Dude leaves WWF and suddenly is WOTY again. Hmm! Dude competed in both G1 and Tag League and that alone was definitely going to help him. Masahiro Chono once again is at the #2 spot. Three years in a row.

 

Company of the Year 1997: NJPW

Obviously, right? I play it! I have the absolutely most stacked roster right now. I run the most events. It's pretty easy to cheese this one, but still cool nonetheless.

 

Tag Team of the Year: Brian Pillman & Ultimate Warrior (WCW)

I'm actually really upset this isn't Bret & Owen Hart. I feel a little cheated damn it!

 

Match of the Year: G1 Climax Night 4 A Block - Bret Hart vs Masahiro Chono

Ah yes. Both #1 and #2 guys in Power 500 having MOTY. Perfectly logical here.

 

Show of the Year: Super Tag League 1997 (NJPW)

Huh, I'm shocked. Until I checked. It is actually my best overall event at 97. And only one other event ties it which was WK3. Interesting. Main event was a 99 match between Bret & Owen Hart vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Hiroshi Hase.

 

Young Wrestler of the Year: Gennai Kajiyama (Regen) (NJPW)

Pretty interesting. He had the luxury of teaming with Liger throughout most of the year and he competed in BOSJ, which I'd imagine helped him win this one. Shocked it was him though.

 

Veteran Wrestler of the Year: Ricky Steamboat (WCW)

Love to see it!

 

Female Wrestler of the Year: Manami Toyota

I mean... yeah. I can believe this in any real world mod. Twice in a row for her, and she wrestles in AAA btw.

 

Independent Wrestler of the Year: Tatsumi Fujinami

I mean... lol, he ONLY wrestles for me. But he isn't exclusive so that qualifies him. Bit wonky but sure.

 

Most Improved Company: Pro Wrestling America

Don't care!

 

Manager/Commentator/Announcer/Referee: Paul Heyman, Paul Heyman, Jim Ross, Tommy Young.

Now onto Wrestle Kingdom 5!

 

Some matches were filler, aka Young Lions. So I'll only be going over the major parts of the card!

 

 

1st Match: Chris Jericho & Dean Malenko def. Gedo & Jado to become the first ever IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions!

 

I, really wanted Gedo & Jado to win but last year alone Jericho went from 45 popularity to 85. Malenko is at 83. Gedo is at 76 and Jado at 74. Gedo & Jado will be constantly featured in this division, so... for now.

 

Masakatsu Funaki def. Sukejuro Kuroki (regen) for the IWGP U-30 Title

 

Love Funaki! He is slowly being built up for a main event push, if he can just get a little better and more over. Kuroki held the title almost a year, so... time to move on. He seems popularity locked at 80 so... still no Main Event regens! Oh well. I enjoy booking real life characters anyway.

 

The Hart Family def. Kazuo Yamazaki & Dan Severn for the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Titles

 

Of course I was giving the Wrestler of the Year his reward. Dude deserves it! Though I admit Yamazaki and Severn won the titles as a reward for just outright becoming so good. They'll be a fixture in this scene as Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki are done carrying it.

 

Shinjiro Otani def. Rysuhi Kai and Jinsei Shinzaki to retain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight title.

 

A title retained! Otani was forced to defend this title against both men because the two had a singles match to determine the #1 contender and it ended a 20m no contest. Bit sports entertainment of me, but it is what it is. Otani will move on to better opponents as both Shinzaki and Kai aren't the elite that awaits him.

 

Hiroshi Hase def. Tatsumi Fujinami

A simple storyline. Both men struggled in singles matches at different times last year. Fujinami during G1, Hase before.. and after. Hase wanted to prove he can consistently get it done, and he challenged one of the greatest NJPW has ever seen. Fujinami's descent continues as he doubts himself more and more due to his age.

 

Shinya Hashimoto def. Masahiro Chono

Ah, such a classic feud for me. The record of singles matches is now around 11-9 for Chono, though this might be slightly inaccurate as there is no way of seeing singles matches alone in the match history. But nonetheless, this was months in the making, with Hashimoto and Chono drawing in G1 and eliminating themselves, and with Hashimoto taking the NWA Six Man titles off of NWO Japan alongside Yoshihiro Takayama and Shiro Koshinaka. Nonetheless, Hashimoto continues his ride back to the top of NJPW!

 

Mitsuharu Misawa def. Keiji Mutoh for the IWGP Heavyweight title.

 

Yes, Misawa was winning. I have no idea when he'll leave me for a movie, so I acted quickly. G1 winner converting. A rarity today! So its a big deal. Mutoh was beginning to turn heel, after betraying Liger (a feud we will revisit later) and beginning to use the mist to win matches illegally, including when he won the title against Kensuke Sasaki. Misawa challenged him honorably and Mutoh, desperate and hungry to stay on top did everything he could until the bitter end, which was unfortunately against the legendary Misawa. Great title reign by Mutoh. Match of the night was this one at 98.

 

 

Overall, kind of an average WK match rating wise. Averages out to a 95/100 show. Which is good, but 1 point lower than both WK 4 and 3. Where both 1 & 2 were a 92/100. Oh well! This year will be fun, as stables and factions will begin to form and dominate the landscape.