Shady Tree Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 On 12/12/2023 at 7:46 PM, Shady Tree said: WWF WrestleMania XV - Corestates Spectrum - Att: 18,000 / BR: 6.23 WWF Championship: Stone Cold Steve Austin def. The Rock(c) - 89 WWF World Triple Crown Heavyweight Title: Bret Hart def. Goldberg(c) - 98 No Disqualification: Shawn Michaels def. Triple H - 88 Hell In A Cell: The Undertaker def. Randy Savage - 83 WWF Tag Team Titles: The Minnesota Wrecking Crew (Rude & Hennig) def. The Outsiders(c), The Steiners & The New Age Outlaws - 84 WWF Intercontinental Title: Ken Shamrock(c) def. Taz - 82 Mankind def. Brian Pillman - 85 WWF United States Heavyweight Title: Owen Hart(c) def. Chris Benoit - 87 Diamond Dallas Page def. Raven - 78 Vacant WWF U.S Tag Team Titles - Ladder Match: Edge & Christian def. The Hardy Boyz - 76 The Giant def. Kane - 71 WWF Television Title: Eddie Guerrero def. Rey Mysterio Jr(c) & Chris Jericho - 87 WrestleMania XV Invitational Battle Royal Winner: Kurt Angle - 79 Show Rating - 96 WWF 1985 Save - WWF WrestleMania XVI - Marck Wk 4 2000 - Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim CA - Att: 19,4000 / BR: 16.43 WWF Championship: The Rock def. Steve Austin(c), Bret Hart & Shawn Michaels - 98 WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Title: Triple H def. Chris Benoit(c) & Owen Hart - 94 Kane & The Undertaker def. The Outsiders (Hall & Nash) - 86 WWF Tag Team Titles - Ladder Match: Edge & Christian def. The Dudley Boyz(c) & The Hardy Boyz - 80 WWF United States Heavyweight Title: Ken Shamrock def. Scott Steiner(c) & Diamond Dallas Page - 82 Taz def. Cactus Jack - 90 The Ministry (The Giant & The Acolytes) def. D-X (X-Pac & The New Age Outlaws) - 75 WWF Television Title: Rob Van Dam def. Kurt Angle(c) & Chris Jericho - 82 The Radicalz (Eddie Guerrero, Dean Malenko & Perry Saturn) def. Rey Mysterio Jr & Too Cool - 80 Wrestlemania XVI Invitational Battle Royal Winner: Rhyno - 78 Show Rating - 100 Overall pretty happy with how it went. Pleasantly surprised with how well The Outsiders v Taker & Kane went given how poorly rated a lot of the TV angles had started becoming, Hall & Nash's last night in the company too as some areas of the card are in need of freshening up going forward. Bit underwhelmed with Tag Title match but none of the 3 teams are quite over enough, hopefully sorted by the Summer. TV Title feud has got Angle over, will head toward U.S Title right away. Not a fan of multi-man Main Events but wanted to try something different, it may have been the easiest feud I've booked as all 4 guys are on fire and none have any issues putting the others over. The card came together just as I was heading into Survivor Series which is later than I usually have it, not something I want to repeat heading toward WrestleMania XVII (X-Seven pal!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisisobc Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 NJPW 1992-1994 Best of The Super Juniors Preview- 1st Time Sharing this save so will answer any questions Previous 2 tournaments have been 2 groups of 4 Block A Shoichi Hattori (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion) (Regen) The nephew of legendary referee Tiger Hattori (he had the same name I had to add it in) recently came back from an excursion in Europe for CWA shockingly beating Tiger Mask III for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight championship. As part of Seikigun he is a good guy, but management have ruled that he is not allowed to be in any matches refereed by Hattori Chris Jericho Making a Cameo appearance from our partnership with the West Four Wrestling Alliance, Chris Jericho has slimmed down to Junior for this tournament and is hoping that his lack of Tournament conditioning doesn’t hinder him in his NJPW debut Great Sasuke Made his NJPW debut last year in the BOSJ ending with a 2-1 record in his group losing out on a spot in the finals due to a final day loss to Jushin Thunder Liger, showing great promise he was recruited to join Nobuhiko Takada’s Takada-gun and hopes that the shoot-style training of that faction will help him get across the finish-line this year after a brief Junior and U-30 Openweight title reign towards the end of last year Tiger Mask III The name everyone expected to be top of group A as champion shockingly lost to Shoichi Hattori at the Battle Formation show. After failing to make the cut for the 8 tournament spots last year Koji Kanemoto took some time to look internally and ended up donning the Tiger Mask as its 3rd iteration. This led to him winning the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlekingdom II (I like the name, I bought it in early) El Samurai El Samurai has been a tale of two years in regards to the BOSJ- in 1992 he won his group ahead of Jushin Thunder Liger with a perfect 3-0 record, however in the year that followed he was only able to pick up a singlular point in a draw with Yoshinari Ogawa. Samurai is hoping to go one step further than his 1992 performance and win the entire tournament Tanaka Minoru Great Sasuke’s tag team partner in Tanaka-Gun was bought up alongside Shinjiro Otani as graduates from excursion to Mexico, before turning on Otani and taking the Tanaka-gun shirt that Otani had just refused seconds before. Had name flipped to avoid similarities with faction mate Minoru Suzuki- will eventually return to right way round. Making BOSJ debut Shinjiro Otani Big Rival to Tanaka Minoru, stuck out with Seikigun despite offers from multiple factions to join them, often tag team partner of Akira Nogami, making BOSJ debut Eddie Guerrero Debuted in NJPW as part of a luchador invasion storyline that spanned the tail end of 1993 as a tag team with Art Barr, looking to make a splash as a singles competitor during his debut tournament, but expected to be the wooden spoon, but with expectations for him so low, surely, he can only exceed them Block B Art Barr Eddie Guerrero’s tag team partner and the half that is connecting more with the Japanese crowds since the end of the University of Lucha Libre storyline. Known as a tag team guy but not able to fight with the heavyweights enough to go for the titles, is hoping this tournament can mark his arrival as a singles talent Black Tiger III Bought in to be the foil to Tiger Mask III, briefly held the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship before losing it to the Tiger Mask. Before he donned the mask, he was Silver King, and took part in the 1993 tournament finishing with a losing 1-2 record. He hopes the new character is more successful Chris Benoit Tag Team partner of Flying Scorpio has been in both BOSJ tournaments so far, finish both with a 2-1 record which in 1993 was enough to win his block, losing to Jushin Thunder Liger in the finals, Benoit is hoping this new expanded tournament gives him more chances to show himself off as a singles competitor and repeat his fortunes from last year Dean Malenko With his brother the forever tag team rivals of Benoit and Scorpio, post Wrestlekingdom got invited into Dan Severns Tekunikarugjin stable by Benoit but has made very clear that he still doesn’t trust them. Made BOSJ debut last year finishing with a 2-1 record losing out to Benoit on head to head. El Hijo Del Santo The son of the legendary El Santo led the University of Lucha Libre invasion of the junior division in late 1993 losing to Jushin Thunder Liger at Wrestlekingdom to end the feud. Went back to Mexico following the Tokyo Dome show but has come in to attempt to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship which he was never given a shot at in his first run- Debut Hayabusa FMW went under and was merged with SWS to form Pro Wrestling WAR as a Japanese developmental agency for NJPW, one of the biggest acquisitions was the contract of Eiji Ezaki, who unfortunately in the dying days of FMW Herniated his Spinal Cord. Made his return in late 1993 in a feud with Great Sasuke, winning the U-30 Openweight Championship in his first singles match for NJPW at Wrestlekingdom. Has since lost the Openweight to Steven Regal but is looking to claim the Junior title Jushin Thunder Liger The Ace of the Junior Heavyweight Division, Held the IWGP Junior Heavyweight title for a full year from Tokyo Dome 92- Wrestlekingdom 1 in 1993 and again after winning the Best Of the Super Juniors last year from Dontaku to the G1 Finals. Is looking to repeat his victory this year and regain the Junior Heavyweight Championship that feels at home around his waist Yoshinari Ogawa AJPW have been weird with their signings, but I’ll get into that more when I talk about our heavyweight tournaments but one of the many names, they let expire was Ogawa who I happily scooped up. His BOSJ debut last year was a disaster for him, but he was in a group with Liger, Sasuke and Samurai, only picking up a singular point in a draw with Samurai 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaiTyLer Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 (edited) On 3/18/2024 at 5:11 PM, MaiTyLer said: Super World of Sports (SWS) (1992) I'm now in April and ran our Biggest Supercard (according to the mod start atleast) Wrestledream, but before we get to that we cover over what happened at the Team Pool Grand Prix (featuring two tag tournaments featuring some random teams via drawings): The Junior Heavyweight Tag pool was basically washed from the start as with The Team of Ultimo Dragon and Tiger Mask getting created, beating La Pareja del Terror in the quarter finals, Gedo and Jado in the Semis, before becoming inaugural champs by besting Palaestra's Apollo Sugawara and Akira Katayama. its hard to imagine anyone else taking the belts off these two, but the junior division is heating up for sure. Speaking of Palaestra had horrid luck in this event except for the quarter stone of SWS Junior Heavyweight Champ Naoki Sano surviving Sabu...just barley...continuing their rivalry with Chicky Starr's Corporation. Speaking of, it was The Head Hunters who became the first ever J-1 Heavyweight Tag Team Champions (atleast in SWS) after beating the Takano Brothers in the finals, so Chicky Starr still left with some gold post show. The stable wars took an interesting turn as KY Wakamatsu brought out Big Van Vader to crush Crusher Takahashi (ironic)! The hiring of an infamous foreigner was seen as an outrage by 90% of Geki Dojo, who (now lead by veteran Goro Tsurumi) abandoned KY and Yoshiaki Yatsu post match. In the main event, we see Genichiro Tenryu struggled but eventually overcome weeks of attacks (physical and verbal) by Hercules Hernandez to retain the J-1 Heavyweight title. The celebration wasn't long as KY, Vader, STEVE WILLIAMS, and Yukimasa Watanabe (who seemed to side with the Dojo at first) beat down Tenryu as Yoshiaki Yatsu made the challenge, Wrestledream would see that belt come with him to the new KY Shogunate. This new stable would soon find itself in a two front war with both the Geki Dojo and Tenryu's Revolution. All leading up to: Wrestledream II: The biggest show of the year this early is a save always is hard, but I think I did good enough. The juniors were in good force, with bad chemistry unable to stop a good match coming from Sano retaining his title against 2 Cold Scorpio, who had been on an impressive win streak at the time. The real show stealer (and best match of the save so far) was Dean Malenko and Pegasus Kid trying and ultimately failing to dethrone jr tag champs Tiger Mask and Ultimo Dragon, now going by UltraMasks. A blind deaf goldfish could've told you the match would've been great, but when in Rome... Palaestra actually picked up a much needed win in three man action when The Takanos and Masashi Aoyagi (a newcomer to the stable) got the best of Chicky Starr and his unholy team of Leatherface & Jason the Terrible, Chicky isn't the best wrestler so no dissension yet, just a bruised ego after eating a pin. Another three man deal on the card (daring today aren't I...) saw The Shogunate's Vader, Williams, and Watanabe beat the Revolution team of Koji Kitao, The Great Kabuki and Tatsumi Kitahara. This was the third best match on the card, and most of these guys are really good so far (just keep Tenta away from Koji and we should be fine), but no one cares, because it was afterwards that a mysterious man started brawling with Steve Williams...quite viciously might I add. Who was it...why Terry Funk of course! He's not here to join the Shogunate, no amount of Yen will stop that crazy old man from wanting to slug it out with an Oklahoma All American like Williams! Funk's now made it his mission to take Steve down, along with his little group...oh those crazy gaijin... In the main event, Yoshiaki Yatsu was so close to beating Genichiro Tenryu (no help from the still recovering Shogunate) and winning the pride of Rikidozan, but he had one problem, he's not Genichiro Tenryu...After another great defense, Tenryu would be challenged by his own stablemate Takashi Ishikawa, who wanted a piece of the main event Tenryu was more then happy to oblige, but long after (post show) found him beaten and attacked by Doug Furnas and Phil LaFon (who had debuted just after the Team Grand Prix). What's next? Who'll Challenge for the J-1 title next? Does this booking make the average Puro crowd cry? We'll just have to see... Edited March 27 by MaiTyLer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbritton987 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 (edited) TCW Malice in Wonderland 2022 January 2022 - Attendance: 85,000 - Show Rating: 90 Sammy Bach defeated Aaron Andrews by Disqualification (88) This blood feud is derived from Andrews turning heel and costing Bach his "Final Chance" Match against Wolf Hawkins for the World Heavyweight Championship at TCW Threatening Behavior. It turned out to be a classic case of jealously. Previously considering Bach one of his best friends, Andrews blamed Bach and the fans for his descent as the top guy in TCW, claiming Sammy "took his spot." Finally, these two men would battle at MiW, but Andrews would blatantly get himself DQ'ed when the going got tough. Andrews would then attempt to put Bach through a table, much like he did when he cost Sammy his match with Wolf Hawkins. But, Bach would turn the tide, and...just like Aaron did to him...Sammy would spear Andrews through the table! Bach gets a taste of revenge at MiW, but this feud is clearly far from over! In a 6-Man Hardcore Tag Team Match, Mighty Mo, Garry The Entertainer, & Joffy Laine defeated Law & Order (Rick Law, Big Bruiser Findlay, & Marshall Dillon) (90) Representing TCW Executive Eddie Chandler & The "Powers That Be," Rick Law has declared himself the "Law & Order" of TCW, and has recruited Findlay & Dillon to be his deputies. Refusing to bow down to the authority, Mighty Mo has become a target of Chandler & Law. Luckily, Mo has found allies in Garry The Entertainer & Joffy Laine. Law & Order won the first 6-Man Encounter, thanks to Law's trusty nightstick. But, this time they battled under Hardcore rules, to which the good guys were able to prevail after Mighty Mo put Findlay down the Plunging Spinebuster. In a Strap Match, Mr. Lucha defeated Kill Switch to Successfully RETAIN the TCW International Championship (93) The feud between Team Lucha's Mr. Lucha & Sinner Society's Kill Switch has been on for awhile now. Lucha snuck away with a victory in their first encounter, but it was clearly not enough to end this feud. Sinner Society would eventually ambush Lucha, where in which Kill Switch would lash Lucha repeatedly with a belt. Thus, it would eventually lead to this Strap Match. Lucha would manage to defeat Kill Switch once more, but Kill Switch would assault Lucha post match, choking Lucha out cold with the leather strap. The rest of Sinner Society would prevent anyone from interfering with the assault, allowing Kill Switch to choke Lucha with the strap for a very long time. Finally, fellow Team Lucha members would manage to chase away Sinner Society after arming themselves with steel chairs. Lucha might have retained his championship, but he would have to be carried out of the arena by his friends. Fuyuko Higa defeated Sara Marie York to become the NEW TCW Women's World Champion (90) York and Higa have been heated rivals ever since York debuted in TCW in the Summer of 2021. At Psycho Circus 2021, Sara Marie York became the woman to dethrone Fuyuko Higa and become the new TCW Women's World Champion. After various encounters throughout the rest of 2021, the long awaited one-on-one rematch was set for MiW. After York managed to dodge Higa's first attempt of using her patented red mist, York was not ready for Fuyuko having a second capsule. Behind the referee's back, Higa would blind York with the red mist, then quickly cover York (and Sara's face from the ref) after a devastating kick to the face. Fuyuko Higa becomes the first ever 2-Time TCW Women's World Champion! Greg Keith defeated Matthew Keith in a I Quit Match (88) The Keith Family Drama has become a story in TCW for nearly a year now. Matthew Keith had declared war on his father Sam and brother Greg, claiming that they had disgraced the family name with their dastardly ways. Matthew wanted to bring respect back to the name, and the first step to doing so was by putting down his brother. After splitting matches, Greg Keith would assault his brother Matthew and deliberately break his arm (kayfabe). Matthew fought his way back and set the challenge for Greg. One more match, an I Quit Match. Both brothers agreed to the stipulations. If Matthew won, Greg and Sam could never use the Keith Name again. If Greg won, Matthew must join the Kings of Wrestling stable, and be faithful to the group. Matthew Keith did his damndest to defeat all the odds. It looked like Matthew might have survived interference from the rest of the Kings of Wrestling, an assist to other rivals of KoW helping in doing so. But, just when it looked like Matthew had Greg in trouble, Jay Chord would sneak attack Matthew, delivering several chair shots to that previously broken arm of Matthew. Greg Keith would lock Matthew into an Arm Bar. Eventually, Matthew would have no choice but scream the words "I Quit." Matthew Keith now must join the Kings of Wrestling, and he must abide by the instructions of his brother Greg and Jay Chord. (Definitely the biggest disappointment of my show. This was supposed to be huge. Matthew & Greg's last match was a 99 for me. The only negative booking note it received was "low storyline heat." The storyline was at a 90! Aw well! I tried!) TCW World Tag Team Champions The Aegis (Ernest Youngman & Xavi Ferrera) battled The Calgary Strike Force (Chris Flynn & Sterling Whitlock) to a Double Count Out (90) The Aegis narrowly escaped their first title defense against CSF, thanks to interference by fellow Syndicate member, Princeton Pryce. CSF would fight their way to earning this title match, including earning a win over the Aegis in 6-Man Tag Team Action. Princeton Pryce would interfere yet again, but this time would be caught red handed by the referee and tossed from the arena! Unfortunately for CSF, this match became all out chaos, as the battle spilled out to ringside and even into the crowd. Eventually, both teams would be counted out, forcing the referee to declare the match a draw. Chris Flynn would get on the mic and challenge Youngman & Ferrera to join them in restarting the match. But, The Aegis were more than happy to walk away and keep the Tag Team Titles in the camp of The Syndicate. Spencer Spade defeated Mainstream Hernandez (95) This feud started on Spade's own personal talk show, The Supreme Talk Show. Hernandez would drop Spade after various insults by Spencer. It would lead to Spade to costing Hernandez his match in the King of Kings Tournament, and later Hernandez returning the favor to Spade. After dancing around Hernandez's challenge for awhile, this match was finally booked for MiW. Winning their only encounter months prior, it looked like Hernandez might defeat Spade once more. But as Hernandez attempted an aerial attack, Spade would clock Mainstream right on the jaw in mid air with his patented brass knuckles! The referee clueless as to what happened, Spade would tuck the knucks back into his tight before covering Hernandez for the 1,2,3. Spade steals a big win! MATCH OF THE NIGHT! MAIN EVENT TIME! Wolf Hawkins defeated Randy Unleashed to Successfully RETAIN The TCW World Heavyweight Championship (90) Randy Unleashed was the winner of the 2021 King of Kings Tournament, outlasting 31 of the best that TCW had to offer. As a result of his tournament victory, Unleashed had earned the right to challenge for the TCW World Championship at Malice in Wonderland. This seem a long time coming, as Unleashed has been on the rise since debuting in TCW, bulking up into a Ripped Middleweight Wrestler and easily becoming one of the fan favorites (and top Merchandise seller). Unleashed and Hawkins have seemed to be on a collision course for a long time now. But, it would take a lot to dethrone the 5-Time World Champion, whom many consider the greatest TCW wrestler of all time. That all said, it appeared to be Unleashed's night. He managed to fight off interference by The Syndicate all on his own. Hawkins appeared to be in real trouble, but little did we know what Wolf had up his sleeve. With the referee down, Primus Allen would hit the ring and absolutely demolish a very surprised Unleashed! Donned in a sleek black suit, we haven't seen Primus since Scythe defeated him in a Casket Match at the King of Kings PPV. Primus would absolutely wreck Unleashed, making it easy for Hawkins to hit the Full Moon Rising for the successful title defense. A giant smile on his face, Wolf Hawkins would follow Primus Allen out of the arena, the World Title draped on Wolf's shoulder. The week following, we would find out what we had already assumed. Primus Allen has dropped his allegiances to the Sinner Society, the group which he has represented since joining TCW. Primus Allen is now the Enforcer for Wolf Hawkins and The Syndicate. In the other words, if you thought The Syndicate was trouble....it just got A LOT worse! Edited March 27 by dbritton987 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisisobc Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 On 3/26/2024 at 5:06 PM, thisisobc said: NJPW 1992-1994 Best of The Super Juniors Results Block A Shoichi Hattori (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion) (Regen)- (4-3)- 8 points A positive win record for the champion who is still very inexperienced- losses to the more experienced wrestlers was the plague of Hattori’s first BOSJ run Chris Jericho (3-4)- 6 Points Jericho suprised many in this tournament, picking up a massive win against Tiger Mask III early in the tournament, in the end fatigue kicked in and despite a 2-0 start Chris would fall to a losing record Great Sasuke- (4-2-1)- 9 Points- BLOCK WINNER Sasuke managed to come from behind to pick up a last day victory, however it is one of his losses that tells the biggest story of the tournament, as despite being able to win his group when he went one on one with Hattori it was the champion that still came out on top, will that play on Sasuke’s mind as he goes into the final Tiger Mask III- (4-3)- 8 Points Going into the final night with a .500 record was not what Tiger Mask expected having only been champion less than a month before the tournament started but the flying tiger was already ruled out of contention before the final day, a dissapointing tournament which did have a major possitive as he was able to pin Shoichi Hattori getting revenge for the rookies shock title victory. El Samurai- (3-4)- 6 Points The best thing that could be said about Samurai’s bosj performance was that it was better than last years, victories over Hattori, Jericho and Guerrero proved fruitful but silly mistakes in matches cost the Samurai the chance to break out of his tag team partners shadow Tanaka Minoru (3-3-1) - 7 Points The exact .500 record, Tanaka was already eliminated by the final night but still played a pivotal role in deciding the winner of block A. The Draw with Sasuke and victory over Tiger Mask would be the biggest moments usually... except Shinjiro Otani- (4-3)- 8 Points The out and out favorite going into the final night, having already made it to 8 points. The only person standing in his way, Tanaka Minoru. Who, With the assistance of Takada-gun beat down Otani before his final match, pinning him in the middle of the ring in a matter of seconds. Outside of Kayfabe, this will write Otani of screen as he has been picked up by AJPW, but I do plan on finishing this story Eddie Guerrero- (2-5)- 4 Points The weakest performance in the A Block but still had a massively memorable moment when he made Tiger Mask III pass out to the Gory Special, there is a lot of potential in Guerrero, but he isn’t there yet. Block B Art Barr- (3-3-1)- 7 Points A strong debut singles showing for Barr with a .500 record showing how much potential he has, although it could be said that he wasn’t able to beat any of the expected big hitters in the tournament. So maybe Barr is just in the middle of the pack Black Tiger III- (2-5)- 4 Points The weakest performance in the B Block with only victories against Benoit and Ogawa, in the mirror opposite of Barr, Tiger lost heavily to the lower ranked names in the block including a 4 minute defeat to Hayabusa, which somehow wasn’t the most embarrasing defeat in the block Chris Benoit- (3-3-1)- 7 Points Another .500 record as Benoit was considered an early favorite after a strong start, however, slip ups against Black Tiger and a tedious time limit draw against Malenko ended up costing him a second consecutive finals Dean Malenko- (2-3-2)- 6 Points Dean Malenko’s biggest issue this tournament was finishing his opponents off in time. Dean showed how good his stamina was with only one match going less than 25 minutes and two of them going the full 30 minutes. Draws against Benoit and Ogawa cost him what could have been a group victory El Hijo Del Santo- (4-3)- 8 Points The son of an icon had a strong debut performance, picking up victories over Benoit and Ogawa to highlight a strong cameo performance from the ULL member Hayabusa- (3-3-1)- 7 Points Hayabusa shocked everyone in round one by picking up a shocking pinfall victory over Jushin Thunder Liger, this momentum and everyone underestimating him led to him getting a .500 rating with the only losses coming from the more technical of the high flyers, using the combination of the two to target Hayabusa’s surgically repared neck Jushin Thunder Liger- (4-3)- 8 Points We were almost telling a very different story about Jushin Thunder Liger, who nearly half way through the tournament was rock bottom of his league. Losing to Hayabusa, Ogawa and Benoit in near half an hour classics. However the fear of having a losing record for the first time ever seemed to trigger something in liger cause he the went and beat Art Barr in less than 2 minutes. Dominating all the rest of his matches Liger’s first 3 losses too over an hour, his remaining four victories took less than 15 minutes Yoshinari Ogawa- (4-2-1)- 9 Points- BLOCK WINNER Capitalising on Liger’s misfortune in this block was Ogawa who managed to string together constant positive results throughout the entire tournament, the only losses came to Black Tiger and Santo. Although the biggest question mark around Ogawa coming out of the tournament is with his stamina, with none of his matching going about 15 minutes, win or lose. ------------------------------- Finals Yoshinari Ogawa proved that his stamina was not an issue beating Great Sasuke to ensure a title shot at Shoichi Hattori at Wrestling Dontaku and becoming the 5th Best of the Super Juniors, the first to not graduate from the NJPW Dojo 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peria Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 (edited) NJPW 1992-2012, June New Japan Pro-Wrestling continues to thrive as many stories litter the card as Invasion Attack comes to a conclusion! Before we talk about the Invasion Attack card, this title match took place on the build up show! NEVER Openweight: SUWAMA (c) def. Heimo the Wildman A surprise appearance by Heimo the Wildman, the former ECW and WWC Television champion, Heimo also won the WWC World Tag titles with Pete Dunne. Heimo answered Suwama's international call for the NEVER Openweight title. An excellent brawl that saw Heimo convincingly look capable of dethroning SUWAMA. Alas, the crafty SUWAMA managed to sneak a roll-up pinfall for the victory. Invasion Attack 2012 NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag: Bullet Club (Paul Wight + The Young Bucks) def. SkirMish (Goto/Kenso/Suwama) Right out the gate, a title change! The Young Bucks are new to NJPW but already have a Jr. Tag reign together. Now they can add another title. Paul Wight is a former IWGP United States champion and has been quite the late bloomer for NJPW. Regardless, despite two juniors taking on three heavyweights... Paul Wight more than made up the difference. Factor in the usual BC malarky that SkirMish had to deal with and you have a recipe for disaster. Chono's old faction is stale, and a few years ago they'd be the heels here. Though in their defense they've been an active stable with no new members since its inception in 2005. IWGP United States: Samoa Joe (c) def. Daisuke Sekimoto Daisuke Sekimoto has really come into his own since his NEVER Openweight title reign. His first title shot since then is against Samoa Joe, a fellow Sekigun member. Sekimoto put up a valiant effort and the two exchanged some heavy blows. Unfortunately, Samoa Joe's brutality and killing instinct was the difference maker. Sekimoto perhaps held back because he thinks Sekigun is a faction, when in reality it is not. Joe knew that and showed no mercy. #1 Contender for IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag: BxB Hulk & CIMA def. Rock Hard (Matt Sydal & Ricky Gibson) Matt Hardy is injured for 12 more days and instead of vacating the title, two teams vyed to compete and earn a title shot. The winner here is at a massive advantage, as Matt's injury could very well be the deciding factor. Rock Hard is a newly formed team of Matt Sydal and Ricky Gibson and have been making an impact, and for once, aren't gaijin heels. Unfortunately, the more experienced team of BxB Hulk & CIMA earn them the rights to face The Hardyz in 2 weeks. IWGP Intercontinental Title: Chris Jericho (c) def. Tomohiro Ishii The fans have been reallying behind the stalwart Tomohiro Ishii lately, who has had an excellent career in the midcard. Jericho promised to put down this fake hype of Ishii. That he isn't a main event star like he is. Jericho did just that, Ishii fell valiantly and the arena hushed followed by respectful clapping as Jericho gloated. IWGP Joshi: Nikki Bella (c) def. Amazing Kong Nikki Bella has been on a hotstreak lately and tonight she manages to survive an amazing onslaught from her opponent. Amazing Kong has managed to be an underdog despite her size advantage, but still she was unable to win the title she covets so badly. When Nikki gave her post match speech, it was instantly interrupted by a returning Meiko Satomura! IWGP Tag Team: The Briscoes def. Cibernetic Death Squad & CHAOS (Tanaka/Nakamura) (C) A three way for the IWGP Heavyweight titles concluded when The Briscoes booted Nakamura out of the ring and pinned Cibernetico. After the match Mil Muertes lost control of himself and beat down Cibernetico viciously, ending the team, as Nakamura and Tanaka stared down a retreating Jay and Mark. Bullet Club has once again laid claim to 3 titles in NJPW. A scary thought. Fun fact, CDS was actually meant to win this match as I was super high on them, especially because I wanted to give CMLL some love. Cibernetico signed to WWE a week before Invasion Attack. I leave the offers 50/50 90% of the time, and this time it went against me. Good for WWE, good for him, bad for me. The good news here is Mil is at 89 popularity and was always the star, though Cibernetico was at 85 so it wasn't that big of a disparity. I just need to do something with Mil now. IWGP Heavyweight: Naomichi Marufuji (c) def. Edge Edge and Marufuji draw a lot of similarities. Both were, and still are, reasonable choices to be main event stars, yet are also dark horses. Both were in the upper midcard and could seriously beat anyone on the roster but never managed to win the big one. For Marufuji, that stopped at 32 years old. For Edge? He is almost 40 (38). Of course Edge has had a HoF (HoI too) career, a 3x IWGP Tag Team champion, and 2x IWGP US champion, Edge wants so bad to not be another "could have been." When I think of "guys that could have been" in this save, I think of Osamu Nishimura, Chris Jericho, Minoru Tanaka, and maybe even Hirooki Goto. Marufuji manages to stomp on Edge's hopes, as he finally garners some fan sympathy, and as he was going to give his speech, another interruption? But by a nobody named Kazuchika Okada who has announced he is entering the G1 this year and plans to defeat Marufuji or whoever at Wrestle Kingdom. I admit this entry was mostly filler, injuries plaguing my roster at the worst times mixed with a stale main event scene has caused a few issues. I've been working on SkirMish disbanding, thus I want Edge to have a face run before he gets in time decline. Orton is going to be important in the future as well. Bullet Club isn't a one-note villain group like previous groups, much like real life, and are going to be having highs and lows. Tanahashi is being cooled down intentionally but on the card he actually wrestled against Suzuki-gun with Go Shiozaki and won. Just wasn't worth writing too much about. Thanks regardless for reading! And before I go, allow me to give you the G1 Climax blocks! A Block: Naomichi Marufuji (RED) - The IWGP Heavyweight champion could very well transcend beyond what many thought possible if he can achieve a G1 Climax tournament win while holding the title. It has yet to be done before. Shinsuke Nakamura (CHAOS) - The leader of CHAOS and as of Invasion Attack, a former tag team champion with Minoru Tanaka, and also last years G1 Climax winner. Nakamura is always a threat, and his descent into being the second fiddle to Hiroshi Tanahashi has definitely changed him. He feels unhinged and fans speculate what could become of Nakamura if he were to lose the G1, or worse, win the G1 and lose for a 3rd time at Wrestle Kingdom! Paul Wight (Bullet Club) - The first member of the BC announced. Paul Wight is never an easy opponent. His first G1 was last year and he acquired 10 points. Which does mean he can be beaten, but that doesn't mean he is a rest day or an easy break. Many dread the match up, and this time Wight is going to terrorize the A Block, and if he makes it to the finals? Well, the first gaijin winner might very well be decided. John Cena (Sekigun) - John Cena has been synonymous with the IWGP United States championship ever since he shed his evil persona and became more about hustle, loyalty, and respect. 35 years old, and Cena has expressed interest in holding the IWGP Heavyweight title. This is ideal for John, as he is in the same block as Marufuji, and also in the G1. This could very well be his big moment. Hirooki Goto (SkirMish) - Goto enters the G1 Climax on the A Block for the 4th time, this is his 5th appearance. Last year was Goto's first time being more even at 10 points. The last 3 years he was at 8. Goto has been learning, those New Japan Cup wins and subsequent title losses have helped shape Goto and the improvement is there. Is this his year? Or are the fans dosed up extra on copium? KENTA (Sekigun) - Kenta enters the G1 in the A Block for the first time in his 3 appearances. 6 points 2010, 8 points 2011. KENTA is a dark horse but his style and ruthless fighting spirit makes him exciting to watch regardless. If KENTA can at least get 10 points, he will have improved, and of course, KENTA finds himself in the same exact block once again as his rival, who is also the IWGP Heavyweight champion. Daisuke Sekimoto (Sekigun) - Sekimoto has finally managed to get back into a G1 Climax, his last being all the way back in 2004! He was still a young rookie on the rise then. He finished with 6 points. Sekimoto has been finding himself lately after a great NEVER Openweight title reign and the fans are behind him now more than ever. It is a stretch to think he could walk away with this tournament, but anything can happen. What is important for Sekimoto is he can finally prove that he can hang with the top of the top in NJPW. Osamu Nishimura (CHAOS) - Nishimura may not be retiring yet, as he continues to display technical prowess few can match, but he did announce that he very little G1s left in him, even alluding to this one potentially being his last. Although it is unlikely Nishimura will ever hold the IWGP Heavyweight title. Umaga (Samoan Dynasty) - Umaga has been a dominant force representing Pacific Islanders, namely Samoans. A former IWGP Intercontinental champion, NEVER Openweight, and New Japan RAMBO winner Umaga has had solid success in NJPW. He only has had a losing record once (2010) and perhaps this could be very well his year! Yuji Hino (RED) - Yuji Hino is the new comer, the odd one out. Many wrestlers have already voiced they do not feel Hino is spectacular enough to be in the G1. Already, Hino has a lot to worry about, let alone winning, Hino needs to do well. If he does poorly, perhaps it'll prove to NJPW management that the wrestlers know best of who belongs in the Grade-1 Climax. B Block: Chris Jericho (Bullet Club) - The IWGP Intercontinental champion has always been first slot in the B Block. The position doesn't really matter it just influences when you're announced, though for Jericho you know it strokes his ego. Jericho first entered the G1 in 2001, and in fact, is the oldest competitor in the tournament at 43! He has never made it to the finals. Could this be his year? Or is the clock running out on Y2J? Kota Ibushi (Sekigun) - Kota Ibushi has been a very busy man this year. He won the BOSJ and defeated KUSHIDA at Dontaku, and then announced his entry into the G1. Ibushi has flirted with the idea of being a full time Heavyweight before, when he and Tetsuya Naito entered the Tag League together last year. This is not the same, but many are wondering how well he can do in this setting. He also is the first ever Junior Heavyweight champion to enter the Round Robin format of the G1! Hiroshi Tanahashi (Unaffiliated) - The Ace has been less than stellar as of late. A rare loss to Naomichi Marufuji at Dontaku, after he lost his tag titles to his archrival Nakamura and Minoru Tanaka. Tanahashi knows better than anyone that he must earn his way back into the spotlight, and the Ace does not plan on waiting long. Tetsuya Naito (CHAOS) - Many believed Naito would usurp Tanahashi, so much was Naito's hype into NJPW. Perhaps it was that pressure that spiraled Naito to join CHAOS and to even have a bit of a struggle to the top. The fans seem apathetic towards his plight and his underdog storyline, and now Naito finds himself once again in a G1 Block with his "predecessor." This is more than a G1 to Naito. Randy Orton (SkirMish) - Orton is the sole entrant in the Rated RKO team to join the G1. Edge announced a short break after his crushing defeat at Invasion Attack, and will return in time for the Tag League in October. With Edge gone, Orton can focus firmly on his singles career, which has been a mixed bag. Orton has all the tools, and has been to the finals before. Mil Muertes (CMLL) - After decimating Cibernetico after their match, Muertes has had every fan wondering what he was planning on doing. At first, they assumed he would return to CMLL and continue his story there. Instead, he announces entry into the G1 Climax and will be working with NJPW full-time! His debut G1, many have struggled to make a name for themselves, but with Muertes size and agility, he might be an outlier. Samoa Joe (Sekigun) - The United States champion is in the B Block. This doesn't phase Joe, as Joe has been very no nonsense about things like popularity or deeper meanings in things. Joe has one directive, and that is to kick ass, and win titles. Many fans respect that about Joe, and he has become somewhat of the modern day Hansen or Vader. Jay Briscoe (Bullet Club) - Jay Briscoe enters the G1 Climax with a bit of hype. A tag wrestler who has spurts of singles action that showcased his skill. Jay Briscoe is now a 2x Heavyweight Tag Team champion as well, and is looking to maybe shock everybody and exceed expectations in his first ever G1 Climax. Hiroyoshi Tenzan (Unaffiliated) - Tenzan has been around for a longggg time, and he is only 41! His first G1 was in 1995! And he has sporadically appeared in G1s all throughout the last 2 decades. Tenzan has never been amazing at G1 Climax matches, let alone singles matches, but with Kojima officially slowing down Tenzan has had ample time to hone his skills. This could very well be his last shot at impressing the fans in singles action. As for tag action? Tenzan is widely regarded as one of the best tag team partners of all time, right next to Hiroshi Hase! Kazuchika Okada (Unaffiliated) - At Invasion Attack, a brash young man, at 24 years of age, interrupted Marufuji's speech and declared his entry into the G1 Climax. He promised to win the whole thing, and dethrone whoever was champion at Wrestle Kingdom. The crowd was stunned, some even laughed, as Okada made a grand total of zero appearances for NJPW. Just what is Okada planning? How big of a catastrophe could befall him should he end up underdelivering on his promises? Thoughts? Predictions? Thanks for reading I appreciate it all! Edit: Bonus Question - What skin do you guys use for TEW 2020? I use the Football Manager one, and as great as it is, I'm thinking of being experimental and trying a new one! Any reccomendations? Edited April 1 by Peria Forgot Yuji Hino in G1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisisobc Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 On 3/28/2024 at 12:31 PM, thisisobc said: NJPW 1992-1994 Wrestling Dontaku Important Storyline matches Steven Regal and Dan Severn def. Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko Severn set up an exhibition match with 3 of his best stablemates but also attempting to force Benoit and Malenko to get onto the same page. In the end, Malenko and Benoit started working together well, with great chemistry, only for a miscommunication to cost them, with both blaming the other Takada-gun (Nobuhiko Takada, Manubu Nakanishi & Masato Tanaka) def. The Titans (Kokina Maximus, Nelson Knight (Mabel) & Scott Norton) Having lost their leader Atsushi Onita to AJPW the Titans needed someone to step up and take over as the Ace of the faction, the issue comes that both Kokina and Knight want that role. As former tag team champions and back-to-back Tag league winners they’ve earnt their spot as a faction ace, but after Knight accidently trips Norton causing the loss he concedes and hands the leadership to Kokina IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship- Shoichi Hattori def. Yoshinari Ogawa Hattori once again shocks everyone by going into a title match as an underdog and managing to come out as the champion still. Ogawa, who had never wrestled Hattori before being in a different block had openly admitted that he hadn’t watch any of Block A’s matches except for the Sasuke ones, so the only time he saw Hattori was in his resounding defeat to Great Sasuke. But how long will opponents keep overlooking Hattori IWGP Heavyweight Championship- Keiji Mutoh def. Shinya Hashimoto A match built on respect between two of the three musketeers, and the two who are still in Seikigun. Hashimoto won this opportunity by winning the New Japan Cup. But he was not my originally planned winner. At Battle Formation during a six man tag Masahiro Chono turned on both Mutoh and Hashimoto and was supposed to set himself up to win the New Japan Cup but he also tore his pectoral muscle in that same match. Giving Hashimoto this title shot instead. After the match Chono made his return flanked by his new Faction mates, Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima- stolen from Hiroshi Hase’s faction. So upcoming tour plans is for Chono/Tenzan/Kojima to take on variations of Seiki-Gun plus Hase’s The Cabinet No Big Show during the next tour so straight onto G1 Climax preview ------------------------------------ G1 Climax Preview Block A Keiji Mutoh- IWGP Heavyweight Champion- Seikigun Converted his G1 Victory last year into an IWGP Heavyweight title reign that is still going on, recently been turned on by Masahiro Chono having previously been turned on by Hase during 1992. Forever being turned on the champions biggest worry is that there are multiple people in this block that he has never beaten in singles contests Kokina Maximus- The Titans The newest faction ACE in NJPW having taken over the reins to the titans from Atsushi Onita after his departure to AJPW. Making his G1 Debut but with good experience at winning tournaments as a back-to-back winner of the Super Tag League with Nelson Knight without dropping a single point either year. Looking to make a singles statement Kenta Kobashi- Holy Demon Army The first of the AJPW names on this list. Because All Japan have been stupid and went into massive financial issues. Which led to them refusing to renew many of their top stars. We have bailed out AJPW because I want competition but I’m not just going to give them back their top stars. Kobashi came in and joined up with Kawada, Misawa and Sasaki as they kicked Riki Choshu out of the faction he founded, the Demon’s Triad. With it no longer being a triad, the Holy Demon Army was formed Shinya Hashimoto- Seikigun Also recently been turned on my Masahiro Chono but unlike Mutoh is a lot more trusting of Hase meaning he is willing to work with the Cabinet despite his previous betrayals. Lost out in the semi-finals of both previous G1’s to the eventual winner. Is hoping the 20-Man format works in his favor more. Hiroshi Hase- The Cabinet Started the save as Tag Champ with Mutoh, before turning on him to become an inaugural member of the Demon’s Triad with Choshu and Kawada. They kicked him out in favor of Misawa after he lost to Mutoh at the first Wrestlekingdom, leading to him founding the Cabinet with Akitoshi Saito, Kojima and Tenzan. Tenkoji have recently deserted him to join Chono’s group causing Hase to have to try and make ammends with those he has betrayed in the past Minoru Suzuki- Tanaka-Gun The Herald of Tanaka-Gun. The second in command was sent into New Japan on a recruiting mission to find the toughest SOBs for Tanaka’s faction whilst he was away fighting in MMA. Shortly after Takada came in Suzuki himself went for an MMA fight which he lost so this tournament is the first real time we have both Suzuki and Tanaka on the roster at once Tatsumi Fujinami- Seikigun The Defacto Leader of Seikigun, former IWGP Champion who has spent the last two years floundering in the midcard. Is looking to climb back to the top of the mountain and win his first G1, and prove that despite being 40, he still isn’t declining. If anything like a fine wine he is getting betterl Masakatsu Funaki- Tanaka-Gun Suzuki’s prize recruit for Tanaka-Gun and the only one of our MMA fighters who has actually won a fight. Brings a sense of legitimacy to the roster, and only being 25yrs old has a bright future ahead of him Genichiro Tenryu- Shinrunyagun The leader of the first invasion storyline from our purchase of SWS. Won the IWGP Championship at Battle Formation 1993 and held it all the way to Wrestlekingdom 2. The longest reign of the save so far. His invading faction Shinrunyagun (or Invading Army) as morphed into a more traditional heel faction but the future isn’t looking great as a lot of the faction are failing to live up to their original invading hype Vader- Miracle Violence Connection One of the first factions set up was Vader being joined by Steve Williams, Terry Gordy and Bam Bam Bigelow to found the Miracle Violence Connection, in the first of AJPW’s weird refusals to resign. Vader has always struggled in the tournaments however, never leaving the G1 with a winning record. He is hoping to finally prove that he is still a main eventer Block B Dan Severn- Tekunikarugajin Made his G1 Debut last year in a disastrous performance, since then formed his own training gym with members on the roster often working out there and in return helping Severn when he needs it. Kensuke Sasaki- Holy Demon Army One of the founding members of The Demon’s Triad, and the only one still involved in the factions successor. Missed out on the G1 last year due to injury but is hoping to improve on his middling record from 1992 and to show he isn’t the weak link in his faction Nobuhiko Takada- Takada-Gun The Bringer of Pain, the leader of Takada making his first G1 appearance, the most recent quasi-invasion force to attack NJPW currently in a major feud with the Seikigun main unit and looking to show that shoot style is the way forward Akira Taue- Holy Demon Army The most recent addition to the Holy Demon Army ranks and the completion of the four pillars from heaven who once again wasn’t extended by AJPW, I think they’re trying to go under. Came in shortly after the transition from Triad to Army and is looking to use this tournament to break into the crowded Main event scene after failing to make the quarter finals of the New Japan Cup Steve Williams- Miracle Violence Connection The Original signing from AJPW, a former Two IWGP Tag Team champion with Terry Gordy and the current IWGP Tag Team Champion with Glenn Jacobs, Williams is entering his 3rd G1 which so far have been getting progressivly worse Ken Shamrock- Tekunikarugajin Making his G1 debut, the training partner of Dan Severn is looking to stand out amongst the crowd with the shoot heavy style in the B-Block. If Shamrock can pull together a strong tournament, then his stock could easily rise and he could end up with an invite to one of the actual factions within the company Masahiro Chono- Death Riders The Death Rider, fresh from turning on Keiji Mutoh and Shinya Hashimoto turns to the G1 to fufill his destily, so far Chono has already won the 1991 and 1992 G1 Climax tournaments however he is yet to convert tournament success to championship victory having never held a singles championship in New Japan. And his fellow musketeer Mutoh is the first of the three to hold it, well that just rubs salt in the wounds Steven Regal- Tekunikarugajin Another trainee at Severns Tekunikarugajin gym and the current U-30 openweight champion. Regal has been making the wednesday night tv show his own with constant title defences being broadcasted on the show, but now he is looking to prove that he isn’t just a face for the future. He is a force to be reckoned with now. Mitsuhara Misawa- Holy Demon Army Toshiaki Kawada- Holy Demon Army Two more of the four pillars, and I told you AJPW were being stupid. The two co-leaders of the Holy Demon Army are former tag team champions together and are now looking to get singles success, Kawada won the New Japan Cup in 1993 but Misawa has yet to achieve singles success in Puro. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Money Mac Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 4 hours ago, thisisobc said: Wrestling Dontaku Important Storyline matches Steven Regal and Dan Severn def. Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko Severn set up an exhibition match with 3 of his best stablemates but also attempting to force Benoit and Malenko to get onto the same page. In the end, Malenko and Benoit started working together well, with great chemistry, only for a miscommunication to cost them, with both blaming the other Takada-gun (Nobuhiko Takada, Manubu Nakanishi & Masato Tanaka) def. The Titans (Kokina Maximus, Nelson Knight (Mabel) & Scott Norton) Having lost their leader Atsushi Onita to AJPW the Titans needed someone to step up and take over as the Ace of the faction, the issue comes that both Kokina and Knight want that role. As former tag team champions and back-to-back Tag league winners they’ve earnt their spot as a faction ace, but after Knight accidently trips Norton causing the loss he concedes and hands the leadership to Kokina IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship- Shoichi Hattori def. Yoshinari Ogawa Hattori once again shocks everyone by going into a title match as an underdog and managing to come out as the champion still. Ogawa, who had never wrestled Hattori before being in a different block had openly admitted that he hadn’t watch any of Block A’s matches except for the Sasuke ones, so the only time he saw Hattori was in his resounding defeat to Great Sasuke. But how long will opponents keep overlooking Hattori IWGP Heavyweight Championship- Keiji Mutoh def. Shinya Hashimoto A match built on respect between two of the three musketeers, and the two who are still in Seikigun. Hashimoto won this opportunity by winning the New Japan Cup. But he was not my originally planned winner. At Battle Formation during a six man tag Masahiro Chono turned on both Mutoh and Hashimoto and was supposed to set himself up to win the New Japan Cup but he also tore his pectoral muscle in that same match. Giving Hashimoto this title shot instead. After the match Chono made his return flanked by his new Faction mates, Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima- stolen from Hiroshi Hase’s faction. So upcoming tour plans is for Chono/Tenzan/Kojima to take on variations of Seiki-Gun plus Hase’s The Cabinet No Big Show during the next tour so straight onto G1 Climax preview ------------------------------------ G1 Climax Preview Block A Keiji Mutoh- IWGP Heavyweight Champion- Seikigun Converted his G1 Victory last year into an IWGP Heavyweight title reign that is still going on, recently been turned on by Masahiro Chono having previously been turned on by Hase during 1992. Forever being turned on the champions biggest worry is that there are multiple people in this block that he has never beaten in singles contests Kokina Maximus- The Titans The newest faction ACE in NJPW having taken over the reins to the titans from Atsushi Onita after his departure to AJPW. Making his G1 Debut but with good experience at winning tournaments as a back-to-back winner of the Super Tag League with Nelson Knight without dropping a single point either year. Looking to make a singles statement Kenta Kobashi- Holy Demon Army The first of the AJPW names on this list. Because All Japan have been stupid and went into massive financial issues. Which led to them refusing to renew many of their top stars. We have bailed out AJPW because I want competition but I’m not just going to give them back their top stars. Kobashi came in and joined up with Kawada, Misawa and Sasaki as they kicked Riki Choshu out of the faction he founded, the Demon’s Triad. With it no longer being a triad, the Holy Demon Army was formed Shinya Hashimoto- Seikigun Also recently been turned on my Masahiro Chono but unlike Mutoh is a lot more trusting of Hase meaning he is willing to work with the Cabinet despite his previous betrayals. Lost out in the semi-finals of both previous G1’s to the eventual winner. Is hoping the 20-Man format works in his favor more. Hiroshi Hase- The Cabinet Started the save as Tag Champ with Mutoh, before turning on him to become an inaugural member of the Demon’s Triad with Choshu and Kawada. They kicked him out in favor of Misawa after he lost to Mutoh at the first Wrestlekingdom, leading to him founding the Cabinet with Akitoshi Saito, Kojima and Tenzan. Tenkoji have recently deserted him to join Chono’s group causing Hase to have to try and make ammends with those he has betrayed in the past Minoru Suzuki- Tanaka-Gun The Herald of Tanaka-Gun. The second in command was sent into New Japan on a recruiting mission to find the toughest SOBs for Tanaka’s faction whilst he was away fighting in MMA. Shortly after Takada came in Suzuki himself went for an MMA fight which he lost so this tournament is the first real time we have both Suzuki and Tanaka on the roster at once Tatsumi Fujinami- Seikigun The Defacto Leader of Seikigun, former IWGP Champion who has spent the last two years floundering in the midcard. Is looking to climb back to the top of the mountain and win his first G1, and prove that despite being 40, he still isn’t declining. If anything like a fine wine he is getting betterl Masakatsu Funaki- Tanaka-Gun Suzuki’s prize recruit for Tanaka-Gun and the only one of our MMA fighters who has actually won a fight. Brings a sense of legitimacy to the roster, and only being 25yrs old has a bright future ahead of him Genichiro Tenryu- Shinrunyagun The leader of the first invasion storyline from our purchase of SWS. Won the IWGP Championship at Battle Formation 1993 and held it all the way to Wrestlekingdom 2. The longest reign of the save so far. His invading faction Shinrunyagun (or Invading Army) as morphed into a more traditional heel faction but the future isn’t looking great as a lot of the faction are failing to live up to their original invading hype Vader- Miracle Violence Connection One of the first factions set up was Vader being joined by Steve Williams, Terry Gordy and Bam Bam Bigelow to found the Miracle Violence Connection, in the first of AJPW’s weird refusals to resign. Vader has always struggled in the tournaments however, never leaving the G1 with a winning record. He is hoping to finally prove that he is still a main eventer Block B Dan Severn- Tekunikarugajin Made his G1 Debut last year in a disastrous performance, since then formed his own training gym with members on the roster often working out there and in return helping Severn when he needs it. Kensuke Sasaki- Holy Demon Army One of the founding members of The Demon’s Triad, and the only one still involved in the factions successor. Missed out on the G1 last year due to injury but is hoping to improve on his middling record from 1992 and to show he isn’t the weak link in his faction Nobuhiko Takada- Takada-Gun The Bringer of Pain, the leader of Takada making his first G1 appearance, the most recent quasi-invasion force to attack NJPW currently in a major feud with the Seikigun main unit and looking to show that shoot style is the way forward Akira Taue- Holy Demon Army The most recent addition to the Holy Demon Army ranks and the completion of the four pillars from heaven who once again wasn’t extended by AJPW, I think they’re trying to go under. Came in shortly after the transition from Triad to Army and is looking to use this tournament to break into the crowded Main event scene after failing to make the quarter finals of the New Japan Cup Steve Williams- Miracle Violence Connection The Original signing from AJPW, a former Two IWGP Tag Team champion with Terry Gordy and the current IWGP Tag Team Champion with Glenn Jacobs, Williams is entering his 3rd G1 which so far have been getting progressivly worse Ken Shamrock- Tekunikarugajin Making his G1 debut, the training partner of Dan Severn is looking to stand out amongst the crowd with the shoot heavy style in the B-Block. If Shamrock can pull together a strong tournament, then his stock could easily rise and he could end up with an invite to one of the actual factions within the company Masahiro Chono- Death Riders The Death Rider, fresh from turning on Keiji Mutoh and Shinya Hashimoto turns to the G1 to fufill his destily, so far Chono has already won the 1991 and 1992 G1 Climax tournaments however he is yet to convert tournament success to championship victory having never held a singles championship in New Japan. And his fellow musketeer Mutoh is the first of the three to hold it, well that just rubs salt in the wounds Steven Regal- Tekunikarugajin Another trainee at Severns Tekunikarugajin gym and the current U-30 openweight champion. Regal has been making the wednesday night tv show his own with constant title defences being broadcasted on the show, but now he is looking to prove that he isn’t just a face for the future. He is a force to be reckoned with now. Mitsuhara Misawa- Holy Demon Army Toshiaki Kawada- Holy Demon Army Two more of the four pillars, and I told you AJPW were being stupid. The two co-leaders of the Holy Demon Army are former tag team champions together and are now looking to get singles success, Kawada won the New Japan Cup in 1993 but Misawa has yet to achieve singles success in Puro. Absolutely loving reading the write ups you have been delivering. Its so interesting reading your's and Peria's alternate timeline takes on New Japan. Can not wait to see where you take yours. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisisobc Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 1 hour ago, Money Mac said: Absolutely loving reading the write ups you have been delivering. Its so interesting reading your's and Peria's alternate timeline takes on New Japan. Can not wait to see where you take yours. I will fully admit, Peria's dynasty on this thread is the entire reason that I started this save, and I did the first 18 months of booking reading through the entire thread, then I realised, wait why don't I just post mine as well 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Money Mac Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 4 hours ago, thisisobc said: I will fully admit, Peria's dynasty on this thread is the entire reason that I started this save, and I did the first 18 months of booking reading through the entire thread, then I realised, wait why don't I just post mine as well Yeah I caught a few of his posts here and there, got inspired went through and read all his posts about his save and have started 'SEVERAL' start, stop, restart saves since then lol again and to everybody who posts in this thread, keep up the great work. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Zodiac Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Mark Carnie's just died here in the CVerse after being hit by a car? Somebody did it...for the Rock. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisisobc Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 On 4/1/2024 at 7:20 PM, thisisobc said: NJPW 1992-1994 Block A Keiji Mutoh- 8 Points- (4-5)- A disappointing tournament for the IWGP Heavyweight Champion with landmark losses against half the field. Setting up many people to claim to have earnt a championship shot in the build up to the Tokyo Dome Kokina Maximus- 10 Points- (5-4)- A Positive win record for Kokina’s first G1 and his arrival as a potential faction ace, victories against Mutoh and Kobashi were the highlights of a tournament that looked like he was a contender for the finals spot Kenta Kobashi- 9 Points- (4-4-1)- The .500 record saw a strong debut for Kobashi, Kobashi is looking like a strong hand but his biggest weakness seems to be the competitiveness in his own faction. When he is currently the number 3 in his faction how can he expect to blossom into a company ace if he can’t even be a faction ace Shinya Hashimoto- 10 Points- (5-4)- Getting a Bye on the last night of the tournament, Hashimoto was already mathematically eliminated, Hashimoto showed that while he is beatable in the tournaments, he isn’t one to take lightly and will still punish you even if someone can beat him. Hiroshi Hase- 6 Points- (3-4)- Hase’s tournament ended abruptly in his 7th Match tearing his rotator cuff against Tatsumi Fujinami. But if Hase was being honest he probably didn’t mind as he was already ruled out of contention. With his injury coming so late in the tournament he was not replaced by his match 8 & 9 opponents were given a bye 2 points Minoru Suzuki- 9 Points- (4-4-1)- Suzuki’s debut tournament ends with a .500 record, and the perfect way to describe his tournament was he beat who you would expect him to lose too and lost to those you would expect him to beat. Whether it's temperament or arrogance that is stopping Suzuki from making it to the next level we will have to find out. Tatsumi Fujinami- 13 Points- (6-2-1)- Block Winner- Fujinami won his first G1 block at age 40 proving to the young wippersnappers that he still has it. The most loyal NJPW defender gets his reward for sticking up for the company against the invading forces with a G1 Block victory and will go forward into the final Masakatsu Funaki- 6 Points- (3-6)- The Young trainee of Tanaka and Suzuki proved that he belonged in the conversation for the top prizes in the company with his gritty and strong performances throughout the tournament, whether he has done enough to justify a spot next year in the Climax is a different question though. Genichiro Tenryu- 12 Points- (5-2-2)- If Tenryu had managed to finish off his two time limit draws against Vader and Kenta Kobashi then I would be sat here telling you about G1 Block Winner Genichiro Tenryu. But being unable to finish off two people who had quite average G1’s posed questions about Tenryu. At 44 we don’t know how many more chances he is going to get. So every missed shot is a question mark against his record. Vader- 7 Points- (3-5-1)- A weak showing from the former 3 time IWGP Heavyweight Champion as he continues his record of being underwhelming in the league tournament feature. Although a big victory against IWGP Heavyweight Champion Keiji Mutoh has put his name into contention for a championship match during the Autumn months. Block B Dan Severn- 6 Points-(3-6)- An Improvement on his 1993 campaign but questions will be asked about his performance considering both of his younger training partners in the same block as him outperformed him. Kensuke Sasaki- 10 Points- (5-4)- Sasaki continues his record of only having winning records in the G1 following his 3-2 in 1992 and Injury hiatus in 1993, but is still not been able to make the jump from upper Mid-Card to the Main Event and a block victory Nobuhiko Takada- 6 Points- (2-5-2)- Just like Tenryu in the A Block the biggest flaw of Takada’s performance was draws against Steve Williams and Ken Shamrock. But even with those two draws he still would have had a losing performance Akira Taue- 8 Points- (4-5)- A steady first tournament for Taue as he solidifies himself into the main event singles scene, A lot of chatter surrounding Taue is whether the Holy Demon Army is the right faction for him to break through in considering the level of talent that would be considered ahead of him in the pecking order Steve Williams- 7 Points- (3-5-1)- Like his faction-mate Vader, Williams just can’t momentum going in a tournament fashion. His biggest run came when a WDW from match 4-6 but consistent mistakes cost Dr Death the chance of lifting the hallowed trophy Ken Shamrock- 9 Points- (4-4-1)- Outperforming his mentor in Dan Severn, Ken Shamrock was one of the suprises of the tournament, victories over Misawa, Taue and Williams caught everyone by suprise, and you can imagine if Shamrock gets in again next year then he won’t be taken as lightly Masahiro Chono- 13 Points- (6-2-1)- BLOCK WINNER- The favorite from the beginning had a slow start to the tournament, going 2-2 in his first four matches but in the final 5 the only dropped points he had was a draw with Misawa. Going into the finals with a roll of momentum and a point to prove regarding the IWGP Heavyweight Champion there is only one major thing acting against him. He has never beaten Tatsumi Fujinami in a singles match Steven Regal- 8 Points- (4-5)- Probably the biggest success story of this year's tournament, despite not having a winning record the U-30 Champion won all the matches against people that would be in his title class. Regal has shown that he has a massive future in wrestling, whether that is in NJPW or overseas Mitsuhara Misawa- 12 Points- (5-2-2)- Two draws, once again costing someone the G1 Block victory, but with Misawa its even more agonizingly close as the two people he drew against were Kawada and Block winner, Masahiro Chono- who finished a mere one point ahead of Misawa. If either of those results had been a victory then Misawa would have been champion, being so close however does present the Emerald star as a legitimate challenge to any Heavyweight Champion Toshiaki Kawada- 11 Points- (5-3-1)- But the same could easily be said about Kawada, his only draw against Misawa would also have won him the group if he had been victorious. If anything the two faction leaders taking each other to the limit and refusing to give up due to pride cost them both and their faction the glory. Kawada however unlike Misawa has a pinfall victory over Chono so also presents a massive threat in the future G1 Finals AJPW Triple Crown Champion Stan Hansen made a shock appearance at the G1- Challenging IWGP Heavyweight Champion Keiji Mutoh to an exhibition match at an upcoming Nippon Budokan show. Hansen (despite being the Triple Crown and Tag Team Champion) hasn’t been used by AJPW for over a year, so I bought him in on a handshake short term deal just to run this program Minoru Suzuki & Great Sasuke of Takada-Gun teamed up to beat Shinya Hashimoto and Shoichi Hattori of Seikigun with Sasuke pinning Hattori, leading to Sasuke challenging Hattori for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship G1 Climax Final- Masahiro Chono def. Tatsumi Fujinami Chono wins his 3rd G1 in 4 years and immediately lays out his challenge, whoever is IWGP Champion at the time of the January 4th Tokyo Dome show will be facing Chono, and he hopes it is still Mutoh 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peria Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 NJPW 1992-2012 October. First off, love seeing another NJPW player, love the company and actually learned a massive amount about Puro in general thanks to this save. The G1 Climax has been concluded, as well as Destruction! But before that, I lost some talent, as I always try and 50/50 the bidding war to make me kind of act on the fly. It can suck, but it does keep the game fresh. One that hurt was Cibernetico, he was actually meant to win the tag titles with Mil Muertes but well, that just didn't happen obviously. Sucks. I also lost Matt Sydal, which stinks as well because he had a solid showing in the BOSJ and reached pretty good pops in the mid 80s. He also formed a team with Ricky Gibson. With departures come new talent though! Kurt Angle announced his new protégé: Jake Hager. Hager has announced his independence from all NJPW factions as well, which is a huge risk, but one Angle himself did. Hager also debuted the same time a vignette aired where the "Last Outlaw" was coming. That man was revealed at G1 Climax 22, Dustin Rhodes. A man who has won every single title in WCW came out and challenged Kensuke Sasaki, citing their similar career paths, and how both men represent the last of their generations. East vs. West style! G1 Climax Results: A Block: Osamu Nishimura - 6 Pts: He declared this could be his last G1 and now it looks apparent it very well could be. Nishimura has been in NJPW since 1995, after his 3 year excursion to Europe was over. He has seen it all, and has done everything he feels he can achieve. A sad sendoff to a man who could have easily been IWGP Heavyweight champion. Nishimura bids farewell to the G1, outside of any shocking developments by next July. Yuji Hino - 6 Pts: Hino's debut G1 was... not ideal. He started off very strong though, defeating Hirooki Goto in Night 1. He also defeated Paul Wight, and Shinsuke Nakamura. Yuji Hino punched up hard and knocked some big names back a few steps. Sadly, he was unable to consistently take his momentum and ride that to the top. Daisuke Sekimoto - 8 Pts: Sekimoto's 2nd G1, and his first since 2004, ends a lot better than before. But... still not the best showing, especially since many thought Sekimoto would be a break out star come this G1. He did well, but he has a long way to go. Curiously enough, with Sasaki getting up in age, Sekimoto could be the next heir to Sekigun leadership... which could be a bad sign. Umaga - 8 Pts: Umaga started off hot, but fizzled out, as he is very much a one dimensional competitor, albeit a hard hitting and entertaining one. The matches with Umaga were short, fast, and brutal, and Umaga has never cared for winning or losing, just hurting and fighting. Ever since Dwayne left NJPW, the Samoan Dynasty stable has been ice cold, with only Umaga and Maluta representing the faction. That will change soon. KENTA - 8 Pts: A man who always struggles in the G1, and has always hovered around 8 points. This is no different. If he doesn't have a good performance soon, KENTA could very well be excluded from future G1s. If he isn't already. He might need to enter July as a champion of some kind to weasel his way back in. Hirooki Goto - 9 Pts: Goto has lost 4 out of his 5 Night 1 matches since entering NJPW. Much like Tetsuya Naito, Goto was expected to do big things. He won the New Japan Cup 3 times, and looked so great each time, but when the G1 comes around? He just... falls apart. His draw was against Shinsuke Nakamura who shook his hand and hinted at a future rematch, which is a strange display of sportsmanship for the CHAOS Leader. John Cena - 10 Pts: Cena, like Goto, never does well in these tournaments. Well, I guess they both have a winning record, they just aren't finalists. Cena never gives up in the face of adversity and he keeps his head down and does what he needs to do, and he excels. Since becoming a babyface Cena has become the de facto face of the United States title hunt. Naomichi Marufuji - 10 Pts: Marufuji did pretty well, as IWGP Heavyweight champion, it has become custom for fans to just know the champion isn't winning. He looked strong and only lost to Nakamura, Paul Wight, and Goto. Nothing else to say, good job Marufuji, who has slowly proved he wasn't just a transitional champion. Shinsuke Nakamura - 11 Pts: His 30 minute draw against Goto was a bit of a surprise and showcased Nakamura's eye for talent as he shook Goto's hand post match. A rarity since he has been heeling it up quite hard as of late. Nakamura took 2 bad losses vs Umaga and Yuji Hino, and that is probably why he isn't in the finals. Regardless, Nakamura seemed disinterested regardless, as he wasn't in the same block as Tanahashi. He was more focused on building CHAOS. A Block Winner: Paul Wight - 14 Pts: It was only a matter of time. Paul Wight was bound to go to the finals at least once given his massive size and agility for a big man. 14 points is nothing to scoff at either, as he only lost to Hirooki Goto, and Yuji Hino. Strangely enough, both matches many wrote off as a win for Paul Wight. He isn't unbeatable, evidently, but whoever faces this man in the finals has a massive disadvantage. B Block: Kota Ibushi - 4 Pts: Ibushi... is not afraid to push himself to his limits. He is a Junior Heavyweight competitor, moreso an Openweight, and is the current IWGP Jr. Heavyweight champion! After a BOSJ tournament, a hellacious Dontaku match with KUSHIDA, and a 30 minute draw vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima on his first defense, Ibushi entered the G1 Climax broken and battered. Nobody blames Ibushi for losing to some of the best Heavyweight talent in the World. Fans just.. wished he focused on his current successes instead of doing too much. Jay Briscoe - 8 Pts: Jay is a surprise success story, extremely talented in a tag team where both men are talented, Jay surpassed many expectations and earned a spot in the G1 Climax. Tag Team wrestlers rarely get that honor, TenKoji, and STOIC (Sasaki/Hase) were two notable examples. Rhino is another one, who is not in this G1 however. Regardless, Jay did well enough for his first time involved, and many expect to see him back sooner rather than later. Mil Muertes - 8 Pts: Mil entered the G1 Climax with the biggest "question mark." How good is Mil? He was only seen in multiman matches and while his strength and speed can match the fastest or the strongest, Mil was not used to the tournament structure, and he did lose to Kota Ibushi. At times Mil felt tired and overwhelmed, through that mask you saw the mortality of the man. He will only get fiercer with experience in NJPW, and fans really took to him. Tetsuya Naito - 8 Pts: Naito is a frustrating case. The man entered NJPW and by Tanahashi himself hailed Naito as a potential future ace. This put an immense pressure and strain on Naito. Since then, he has been struggling, for 3 years, Naito has tried to get to that level where Tanahashi is, and it has derailed him. The fans like Naito, but they aren't crazy for Naito. Everybody wants to be the Ace, of course, but when the Ace himself says you're next in line, and you're incapable of even coming close? Naito is likely not in the best headspace. Especially considering he is now 0-2 vs Tanahashi. Chris Jericho - 9 Pts: Jericho on night 1 drew with Hiroshi Tanahashi, both men actually started the first 3 night the same going 1-1-1. Jericho did not recover as well as Tanahashi did though, and like Samoa Joe, he now has a plethora of challengers waiting and ready to claim his title. The BC member isn't concerned however. Randy Orton - 10 Pts: Orton was the first to defeat Okada, Night 2 actually. Okada didn't respect the RKO or how quick Orton can be with it, and lost at the last moment. For Orton that was great, but in a twist of fate perhaps caused Orton himself to get a bit cocky. He began to over rely on the RKO and smarter and older opponents had it scouted. Tanahashi, and Jericho defeated Orton without issue, whereas he defeated Tenzan with a roll-up. Regardless, Orton is still one of the best gaijin talents, and one day maybe he will win the G1 Finals. Samoa Joe - 10 Pts: Joe has done well, he defeated Tanahashi, and the Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho, and that alone is worthy of a pat on the back. Despite that, Joe is the US Champion, and he didn't win the whole thing. This means one simple thing: There are a lot of new challengers knocking on the door for his title. Mil Muertes being the big one. Hiroyoshi Tenzan - 10 Pts: A great tournament, and Tenzan's best. Sadly, he was in the same block as Tanahashi and Okada, who he just was unable to defeat. Tenzan was the dark horse for the finals, and he didn't disappoint his fans, but at his age, and with his wear and tear, this might be the best Tenzan we'll get... it might also be short-lived. Hiroshi Tanahashi - 11 Pts: A shocking turnabout, as Tanahashi versus Okada on Night 9 looked like an easy 2 points at the start of the tournament... this was before of course Okada showcased a miracle-esque run, vanquishing nearly everybody in his block. Tanahashi had to take Okada seriously, and he did. Though he wasn't "the best" he could have been, the match itself was fantastic and an easy MOTY candidate. There isn't much to say, the Ace is in a slump, and even then he nearly excels. Also, side note: his contract just came up and he is now earning 700k a month lmao. B Block Winner Kazuchika Okada - 12 Pts: Okada has been a hot topic since debuting at Invasion Attack, where he interrupted Marufuji. He didn't look untouchable, but man he looked pretty damn close at times. He lost to Randy Orton, which was largely because he wasn't respecting the RKO. He lost to Chris Jericho thanks to Bullet Club interference, and he lost to Mil Muertes, who for all intents and purposes absolutely battered Okada and defeated him in less than 15 minutes. This doesn't matter though, as Okada is entering the G1 Climax grand final, after vanquishing Hiroshi Tanahashi on Night 9. His opponent is Paul Wight, and many Japanese fans almost seem forced to cheer for Okada, despite his overly cocky young persona. G1 Climax Special 22: Special Tag Match: CHAOS (Nakamura, Ishii, Nishimura, Naito) def. SkirMish (Goto, Shibata, Rated RKO) A returning Shibata gets a nice pop, as he had previously broken his neck last year. Sadly, the match falls in favor of Nakamura, who challenged Goto once more to a match. Goto would accept but would eat an RKO out of nowhere, and Shibata would get speared. CHAOS would leave SkirMish to dissolve when the leader Masahiro Chono tried to break it up, Chono would eat an RKO for his efforts, as Rated RKO have officially left the stable. IWGP United States: Samoa Joe (c) def. Mil Muertes Joe does not waste time. He lost to Mil in the G1? Well, he wanted his rematch ASAP. These two man slugged it out for close to 30 minutes before Samoa Joe hit a muscle buster on an exhausted Mil. We saw two men who had just been through a hellacious G1 give us one last gasp of life as if they were in the finals. Mil looks great as a singles guy, and is likely to hold gold sooner rather than later. G1 Climax 22: Kazuchika Okada def. Paul Wight Okay, nobody expected Okada to lose. I wanted to make Okada the goofy cocky heel that debuted, but didn't want to really make it about the Rainmaker shock, which was iconic of course, but didn't want to 1:1 history. I had Okada instead defeat Tanahashi on Night 9, which isn't as pivotal, but Okada's first matches in NJPW being a G1 Climax victory? I feel that's pretty significant as well. I also wanted it to be realistic, Okada going against a BC guy lets him play face and get crowd support for a more tweener role. Nobody would boo Okada over Paul Wight in 2012, especially after being in a heated and hated stable like BC. Anyways, I usually stick to the match but yeah. NJPW Destruction: IWGP Openweight: Rhino def. Suwama (c) This title has been a hot potato as of late. Makabe managed 0 defenses, Suwama only one, and now Rhino is champion. It is his 1st singles title, and truthfully Rhino is that guy that I can't realistically push as a top guy, despite reaching mid 90s popularity at times. No kidding, the guy is so over, that I use him as a guy to make my other guys look good. So this is his reward, with many more to come as he is only 36 and hopefully ways away from decline. I should note, that this match had Randy Orton come in and without Rhino knowing, hit Suwama with an RKO, furthering causing problems with SkirMish. IWGP Joshi: Meiko Satomura def. Nikki Bella (c) A predictable result, but Nikki Bella offered her best. I enjoyed booking Nikki far more than I thought I would, and almost had Nikki win. Satomura lost her title technically because of a knockout by Kana, but in reality it was her maternity leave.. I've been rebuilding (read: building, it was never great) this division, and now an influx of gaijin workers are talented/popular enough to actually do something, I feel motivated to finally book this title, largely thanks to Nikki/Kana/Satomura. The Joshi Cup is in November, and Nikki has one shot to get her rematch. Special Singles Match: "The Last Outlaw" Dustin Rhodes def. Kensuke Sasaki This was an interesting match. I had played it out in my head a few times. I know where to take Dustin's storyline, and Sasaki (like Dustin) is at the twilight of his career. Sasaki can't even wrestle at non-events anymore. He just does tours in multiman matches and the big match rarely. A lot of wrestlers in their 40s end up like that thanks to NJPW's rough toll on the body. Sasaki is 45. He isn't in decline. I'm enjoying his twilight years as a faithful and stalwart leader of Sekigun but now we need to transition this loss into a "successor" story for the one who will lead. As for Dustin Rhodes, well the Tag League is coming up, and he does have a brother, but I painted myself in a corner with the Last Outlaw moniker lmao. Either way, these two aren't done, and barring injuries or decline hitting hard, they'll see each other again. IWGP Intercontinental: Chris Jericho (c) def. Hiroyoshi Tenzan To be denied a chance at redemption, glory, greatness... who else but Bullet Club to once again dash the hopes of many? Tenzan knows this all too well. First a feud with the Briscoes alongside Kojima, followed by an unexpected defeat by Nakamura and Minoru Tanaka. Tenzan would trek the climb solo this time, and find himself against an always bitter Chris Jericho. After the match Bullet Club would attempt a beat down, but RED members Shingo Takagi & Zeus made a shocking save! The two men helped Tenzan to the back, implying Tenzan might have just become a member of RED!? Who knows! IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag: BxB Hulk & CIMA (c) def. OverCraze Mazada and Hooligan have not held tag team gold since 2009. The two were extremely successful before then but with the uprising of new teams and a more cohesive division... OverCraze has simply not evolved. But hasn't that been MAZADA to a tee? The man is excellent at what he does but what he doesn't do? Well. Neither CIMA nor BxB Hulk had to grapple with MAZADA and because of that, they won without much issue. This is their second attempt this year too. IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team: The Briscoes (c) def. RED Yuji Hino has been an interesting case, he had a pretty poor G1 showing but managed to defeat Nakamura and Paul Wight... it isn't to say this is all Hino's fault, but fans are frustrated at seeing a big man with potential come up short. In the end, RED has shown flashes of greatness as a team, but they've always been incapable of winning the gold. Placing them at 0-3 for the title... something has to change for them. Special Singles Match: Kazuchika Okada def. Mil Muertes A rematch from the G1 Climax, Okada looked pretty even against every single opponent at worst. He got obliterated by Mil. It was a 12 minute match, even. Mil just hammered Okada into oblivion and the cocky upstart never had a chance to showcase his overpowering fundamentals. At the end of it all, Okada managed to get redemption and showcased his insane resilience here, which bodes ill for the IWGP Heavyweight champion. He also was able to show his Rainmaker finisher here, something he had not done yet. IWGP Junior Heavyweight: Kota Ibushi (c) def. Jushin "Thunder" Liger Not many chances for Liger left, if any. Liger answered the open challenge from Kota Ibushi as he felt he needs to push himself further after his terrible G1 performance. He believed a surprise opponent would force him to work on adapting to any opponent on the fly. This was an interesting challenge as Liger has been done with singles matches and titles, so for him to come out was a huge surprise for NJPW fans new and old. Liger had barely missed a step and the match was fantastic. At the end, Liger shook Ibushi's hand. IWGP United States: John Cena def. Samoa Joe (c) The rivalry between Cena and Joe continues as John Cena has captured his third US title. Cena has become synonymous with the title and has expressed great interest in defending this title in the United States more. Cena once again being champion could very well showcase that more often. The two are now tied at 1-1 each for singles matches, but this is just the start. Cena is also a 3x champion! IWGP Heavyweight: Naomichi Marufuji (c) def. Paul Wight Paul Wight lowkey being my personal MVP for 2012 is fun. He made Okada look fantastic, and because he beat Marufuji, while remaining at 93+ overness, was able to make the main event of Destruction feel good to book. I can't just give anyone a world title reign, you know? It's why I can't just give Rhino a world title despite his 95+ overness at times, it just doesn't make sense to me. Paul Wight? 7'0"+ foot giant who can move and isn't marred by weight and health issues? Yeah that's alright with me. Of course I'm a hypocrite and also bend the rules to fit my own narrative as well, but that's just my thought processes on it all. It's not perfect, but I don't try to make it so. Regardless, this was the last great hurdle before Wrestle Kingdom, although Power Struggle is next, Marufuji doesn't have any opponents lined up yet, and will likely be in a tag match against Okada. The Tag League is next, which I'll refrain from making a massive wall of text. I'll be back once the new year (in-game) starts. Thank you for reading always! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbritton987 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 TCW The War To Settle The Score 2022 February 2022 - Attendance: 88,909 - Show Rating: 89 Long Beach Crew (Ali X & Mobstar) defeated Pocket Aces (Joshua Taylor & Roderick Remus) in a 2/3 Falls Match. (79) This lengthy tag team feud comes to a close thanks to interference by the leader of the LBC, Cali Slick. As a result of this match, Pocket Aces must disband as a tag team. Once consider the best tag team in world, former TCW World Tag Team Champions, now the Pocket Aces are no more. (OOC: This decision is based on the physical decline of Joshua Taylor, which has been fast and impactful. His stamina, for example, is in the dumps now. Meanwhile, Roderick Remus has developed in a very good midcarder, so I feel like it would be a waste to keep Pocket Aces together. After testing many tag teams through house show booking, I found out Remus & Chance Fortune have excellent tag team chemistry, so I'll be going that route soon.) Mr. Lucha defeated El Jaguar to Successfully Retain the TCW International Championship. (79) A former member of Team Lucha!, El Jaguar imploded the Wild Cats tag team by brutally assaulting his tag team partner, Tigre Salvaje Jr. after they lost their Tag Title rematch. When the former tag partners, finally faced off one on one, Jaguar would get himself Disqualified by attacking Salvaje with a steel chair, deliberately trying to break Tigre's leg with it. Afterwards, Jaguar turned his eyes towards his former friend and leader of Team Lucha!, Mr. Lucha. Lucha accepted Jaguar's challenge for his International Championship, happy to seek revenge for his friend, Salvaje Jr. In a final twist days before the PPV, Mr. Lucha would be ambushed by Sinner Society, as Jaguar would reveal he has joined Eddie Peak's heelish group! Team Lucha!, though, had a surprise for Jaguar at the PPV. When Jaguar attempted to attack Lucha with his own International Championship Belt, Tigre Salvaje Jr. would make his surprise return and rip the championship belt away from Jaguar! Distracted by his former tag team partner, Jaguar would walk right into Lucha's Third Strike finisher for the 1,2,3! WAR GAMES!!!!!!!!!!! In a 4 Vs. 4 War Games Match, The Kings of Wrestling (Jay Chord, Greg Keith, & C-V-2) defeated Club Booyah (Fro Sure, Robbie Retro, & The Canadianl Animals). (88) This has been a stable war that has been going on for a while now, primarily built around the heated rivalry of Jay Chord & Fro Sure. Also, Edd Stone was a former member of KoW that had been kicked out after a dispute with former partner, Casey Valentine. It was to (hopefully) bring his stable war to a close, and what better place to do it than in Wargames! Meanwhile, a month prior, Matthew Keith lost a I Quit Match to his brother Greg Keith, ending a lengthy sibling rivalry. Per rules of the match, Matthew Keith had no choice but to join the Kings of Wrestling. The weeks following, it was clear that Matthew was disgusted with the situation. For weeks, he was ridiculed by Jay Chord and his own brother, Greg. When Matthew Keith made his way to the ring with a steel chair during Wargames, nobody know what he would do. After teasing striking his own brother, Matthew would shock the world and begin to brutally attack Club Booyah with the steel chair! This would allow Greg Keith to apply the Proton Lock to Edd Stone, forcing him to tap out. Post-Match, Matthew Keith would embrace the rest of the Kings of Wrestling. Clearly, Keith has submitted to the ways of KoW and has reconciled with his brother Greg. The Keith Brothers have made their intentions clear, as they are turning their attention towards the TCW World Tag Team Championship! Fuyuko Higa defeated Alina America & Sara Marie York in a Triple Threat Match to Successfully Retain the TCW Women's World Championship. (90) After losing the Women's Title to Higa in tainted fashion, Sara Marie York was eyeing a rematch with Fuyuko. At the same time, the undefeated Alina America had grown tired waiting for her opportunity. A Contendership Match was set between America & York to decide Higa's next challenger. Higa, though, would interfere in the match, assaulting both women. As punishment for her interference, TCW General Manager Ricky Dale Johnson forced Higa to defend her Women's Title against both America & York! Little did anyone know what Higa had planned. One of TCW's newest signings, Miwako Katsukawa, would interfere on Higa's behalf, helping Fuyuko retain her Women's Championship. Katsukawa would later reveal her alliance to both Higa and the Sinner Society, as Miwako has one primary goal. Keep that Women's Championship around Fuyuko Higa's waist! Mighty Mo defeated Rick Law in a Dog Collar Match. (93, MOTN!) One of the more brutal rivalries in recent TCW memory comes to a close in what has become Mighty Mo's trademark gimmick match, the Dog Collar Match. Ever since Rick Law debuted in TCW, aligning himself with Eddie Chandler and "The Power That Be," Mighty Mo and his allies (Joffy Laine & Garry The Entertainer) have been targets of Law & Chandler. Needless to say, though, Mighty Mo isn't the type to back down from a fight. After a variety of brutal match ups, this rivalry finally came to a close with both Mo & Law connected via steel chain. The match was pure chaos with plenty of interference and plenty of blood spilled. In the end, Mighty Mo would put Rick Law through a table with a SUPER Plunging Spinebuster to get the victory, notching the key victory in this historic feud. Aaron Andrews defeated Sammy Bach in a Falls Count Anywhere Match. (88) This very heated feud continues, as Aaron Andrews turned heel months prior by costing Sammy Bach his final chance at Wolf Hawkins and regaining the TCW World Heavyweight Championship. Andrews had grown into a bitter man, blaming the crowd for turning on him, and blaming Bach for taking "his spot" at the top of the TCW roster. When Andrews refused to listen to reason, things got pretty ugly between Aaron & Bach. Bach won the first encounter when Andrews deliberately got himself DQ'ed with a low blow. Chaos has ensued ever since, leading to General Manager RDJ booking this Falls Count Anywhere Match. Bach was about to win the match, about to put Andrews away in big fashion. With Andrews laying on a table, Bach began to climb a ladder, with god knows what planned! In a shocking turn of events, Eddie Chandler would appear, trying to prevent Bach from climbing the ladder further. Bach would eventually kick Chandler off and deck him good, but the distraction allowed Andrews to recover and shove over the ladder, sending Bach crashing! Andrews would follow up by putting Bach through a table with patented Spear for the 1,2,3. Post-Match, Andrews would shake hands with Chandler, later revealing his alliance with Eddie and "The Power That Be." Needless to say, Bach is far from done with Andrews after what occurred! WAR GAMES!!!.......AGAIN!!!! In a 4 Vs. 4 War Games Match, Team Unleashed (Randy Unleashed, Scythe, & Calgary Strike Force) defeated The Syndicate (Primus Allen, TCW Television Champion Princeton Pryce, & TCW World Tag Team Champions The Aegis). (90) Randy Unleashed has declared war on The Syndicate after being robbed of his World Title Match against champion Wolf Hawkins. The newest member of the Syndicate, Primus Allen, would make the shocking reveal by interfering on Wolf's behalf, costing Unleashed his huge opportunity. Meanwhile, The Calgary Strike Force (Chris Flynn & Sterling Whitlock) have been close on two occasions to dethroning the World Tag Team Champions, The Aegis (Ernest Youngman & Xavi Ferrera). Just like Unleashed, it was the Syndicate's dirty tactics that kept CSF from becoming Tag Champions. All this chaos has led to Unleashed & CSF challenging The Syndicate to Wargames. Wolf Hawkins accepted the challenge, though deemed Unleashed & CSF "unworthy" to have the World Champion himself compete in the match. Unleashed & CSF were left to find a 4th partner. In a stunning surprise, just days before the PPV, the lights would go out in the arena, only for Scythe to be standing with Unleashed & CSF when the lights returned! Needless to say, Hawkins did not expect the Dark Reaper to be the 4th Competitor! After a brutal, Unleashed & CSF would get some satisfaction at least for one evening. With help from Scythe, Unleashed & CSF would stand victorious over The Syndicate after Unleashed forced Xavi Ferrera to tap out with a Crossface (done with use of a steel pipe). Wolf Hawkins had no choice but to watch in disgust as the good guys stood over his men at the end of Wargames. Hawkins can avoid it all he likes, but the Champ must know. Eventually, Hawkins will have to face Randy Unleashed once again, with the TCW World Heavyweight Championship on the line! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisisobc Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 NJPW Battle Autumn- Nippon Budokan Show On 4/2/2024 at 9:19 PM, thisisobc said: 1992-1994 Major Matches TenKoji def. Steve Williams & Glenn Jacobs (C)- IWGP Tag Team Championship Glenn Jacobs (having filled in for Terry Gordy who showed up drunk to a show so was sent to rehab), got a short reign as champion to say thanks for filling in and performing well in the role. But we gave the title to TenKoji to give the Death Riders some gold and continue the pressure on Mutoh to protect the IWGP World Title from Chono’s group El Samurai def. Jushin Thunder Liger- Number One Contenders for Tokyo Dome Jushin Liger came to me and offered to put over his tag partner so I thought it would be a good chance to finally tell the story of Samurai trying to break out from Liger’s shadow plus for the first time in the save Liger will not be in the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match at the Tokyo Dome. So what is the Junior Ace’s path to the Tokyo Dome Special Singles Match- IWGP Heavyweight Champion- Keiji Mutoh def. Stan Hansen- AJPW Triple Crown Champion A big showcase match to show off the top champions from both the major Japanese Companies. Mutoh picks up a big victory here as Hansen isn’t our guy and has loyalty to AJPW so will never be our guy. He is also in his mid 40s so a victory for Mutoh made the most sense We now go into the Super Grade Tag League Block A Riki Choshu & Kuniaki Kobayashi- Seikigun Animal and Kuniaki have been the two strongest backers of Choshu returning to the Seikigun fold, Kobayashi offered to team up with Choshu during the Battle Autumn team, hoping to find solance in each other and reassurance that their top-level careers aren’t over Japanese Jolly Jacks- Akira Nogami & Takashi Iizuka- Unaffiliated J-J-Jacks formed after both Nogami & Iizuka found themselves floundering without much forward direction as singles stars, so they’ve come together and are looking to use this tournament to boost their journey to the IWGP Tag Team Championships- Their biggest weakness is that they’re the only team to have a Junior as one of their members. The Takano Brothers- George & Shunji Takano- Shinyraku-Gun The Takano Brothers have a chip on their shoulder. They have had a poor year after a 2-2 Tag League last year. They will be the first to admit that they have benefited from the Tag Division as a whole by having a week year otherwise they probably wouldn’t have made the cut for the tournament. Nelson Knight & Scott Norton- The Titans The Titan’s have been the strongest tag team in the tournament since the save began with Kokina Maximus & Nelson Knight winning both of the previous tournaments without losing a single match. But with Maximus moving into the singles division in comes Scott Norton, the often-forgotten 3rd Member of the TItans. Will Knight and Norton have as much success as their predecessors Block B The Holy Demon Army- Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue Kawada went 2-2 last year in the Tag League with Misawa as his partner and since then has bought in Taue as his more familiar partner. They are under strict orders as part of a three-way factional war with the Seikigun Main Unit and Chono’s Death Riders who they consider representative of everything wrong with Puro Dan Severn & Ken Shamrock- Tekunikarugajin The two forefathers of American MMA teaming together in a Tag team tournament, after training together for almost a year with some of the best technicians that wrestling has to offer. Who will possibly be able to defeat them. Caused a big shock during the battle autumn tour beating Tatsumi Fujinami and Osamu Nishimura by knocking out Nishimura, a first ever finish in my New Japan Ring The Mad Dogs- Tatsutoshi Goto & Michiyoshi Ohara- Raging Staff Making their second appearance in the tag league after a 1-3 performance last year, Ohara was also in the 1992 tournament teaming with Super Strong Machine, after Goto had left for PWFG, and that was an even worse 0-4 performance. But with a really shallow tag team division this year, hence the move from 10 to 8 teams they were able to make the cut, but they cannot rely on that forever Steve Williams & Glenn Jacobs- Miracle Violence Connection The former tag team champions were hoping to be going into October for a rest before the build to wrestlekingdom but their defeat against TenKoji puts them into the tournament and being forced to go through at least 4 other teams to stand a chance of going back for their tag team championships. Williams was in the 1992 Tournament finishing 3-1 only missing out on the finals to eventual winners The Titans, missing out in 1993 due to injury Predictions welcomed!! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clairo Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 WWE 1985 - 2010 WrestleMania 26 The 26th WrestleMania is done and dusted, and I thought I'd celebrate the occasion with a quick write-up of the event. The WrestleMania pre-show saw Alyssa Flash (Cheerleader Melissa) win the Women's WrestleMania Battle Royal after last eliminating Natalya, and Drew McIntyre win the Men's WrestleMania Battle Royal after last eliminating Kofi Kingston. Daniel Bryan def. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn The opening contest of WrestleMania 26 saw two WrestleMania debuts, as Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn stepped onto the grandest stage for the first time. While Bryan is already a veteran, one gets a feeling Owens and Zayn are only getting started. Sarah Stock def. Gail Kim Tensions between the two women started coming to a head around the Elimination Chamber PPV, when it was Stock who retaliated and took out Kim after she eliminated her from the chamber match for the Women's Championship. Jeff Hardy def. Matt Hardy (c) in an I Quit Match for the WWE United States Championship The Hardys split amicably in 2008, but a spontaneous reunion during the 2010 Royal Rumble match was cut short when Jeff accidentally eliminated his brother. The vindictive United States Champion then took his revenge, assaulting Jeff with a steel chair and crushing his WrestleMania dreams. This lead us to this I Quit Match, where Jeff was able to capture the US Title for the first time. AJ Styles def. Batista When Batista snapped and attacked Rey Mysterio, who was "SUPPOSED TO BE HIS FRIEND!!!", AJ Styles came to the rescue of the man who he once held the Tag Team Championship with. 41 year old Batista is slowly on his way out of the WWE, and AJ Styles was able to secure a major WrestleMania victory after losing his world championship in the main event of last year's edition. The Young Bucks def. The Bar (c), The Elite (Kenny/Finn) & The Briscoes in a Ladder Match for the WWE Tag Team Championship Moving Money in the Bank to its own PPV left space for a massive spotfest on the WrestleMania card. But this one had a shocking twist: perhaps it was jealousy, or perhaps he had other motives, but Finn Bálor prevented his partner Kenny Omega from winning the gold for The Elite, instead flipping his ladder over and aligning himself with the Young Bucks to help them win the tag titles for the second time. This story is only just beginning and will be a massive part of the company going forward. Too Sweet. Dakota Kai def. Melina Unshaken by Melina's attempt to drive a wedge between the two, Dakota sought to prove she was every bit as capable of a singles wrestler as her friend and former tag partner, the WWE Women's Champion AJ Lee. In her first singles match at WrestleMania, Dakota was able to secure a massive upset victory over the former 3x Women's Champion. Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) def. Katsuyori Shibata to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship A bitter rivalry reheated. The two former tag team champions turned enemies were 1-1 before WrestleMania 26, with their last singles match taking place at Payback 2008, 1 1/2 years ago. This time Tanahashi was able to prevail once again, retaining his Intercontinental Championship that he has held since November. Edge def. Chris Jericho This very personal match was set to headline the event, but plans changed after Jericho sustained an injury before his planned world championship win in December. Edge & Jericho dominated the tag team scene over the summer of 2009, but when Edge (kayfabe) hurt his lef during a title defense, Jericho took out all his frustrations on his tag partner, further attacking his injured leg and breaking up their alliance. 3 months later, at the Royal Rumble, an enraged Edge returned to the shock of Chris Jericho. Eliminating himself and the man who put him on the shelf, the two entered a blood feud that culminated when Edge defeated his former tag team partner with a Spear. The Undertaker def. CM Punk For months CM Punk had been running his mouth about one thing and one thing only - The Streak. His calls were finally answered when The Undertaker struck him down with a thunderous chokeslam on the first RAW after the Elimination Chamber PPV. 5 weeks later, and The Undertaker vanquishes the Straight Edge Savior with a Tombstone Piledriver. 18-0. AJ Lee (c) def. Trish Stratus to retain the WWE Women's Championship Dubbed the "Generational Bout", this match saw Trish attempt to capture her 8th Women's Championship after winning the Women's Royal Rumble for the third time. Though competitive, the two never crossed the line during the build to this highly anticipated match. This trend continued when Trish raised AJ's hand after the match that saw AJ pass the one year mark of her reign with the women's title. Brock Lesnar def. Triple H in a No Holds Barred Match The Beast arrived in the WWE in the summer of 2009, targeting John Cena and defeating him in the main event of SummerSlam. The next night on RAW, he was confronted by The Game. After a huge brawl, Lesnar locked in the Kimura, breaking Triple H's arm and putting him out of commission for 2 months. When Triple H made his triumphant return, he captured the WWE World Heavyweight Championship for the 8th time. Lesnar re-emerged after the Royal Rumble, and was confronted by the reigning world champion. Another wild brawl ended with Triple H planting The Beast with a Pedigree on the announce table. This would prove costly for The Game, as Lesnar broke into the Elimination Chamber during Triple H's title defense, costing him the title. John Cena def. Randy Orton (c) for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship The beneficiary of the aforementioned Elimination Chamber incident was none other than The Viper, Randy Orton, who captured his fourth world championship at the February PPV. At the Royal Rumble, John Cena managed to outlast 29 other men, earning the right to face the world champion at WrestleMania. After scandals, getting removed as the figurehead, and crushing losses to Lesnar, McIntyre, and Batista over the last year, John Cena was able to overcome the odds and win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship for the first time since 2007 in the main event of WrestleMania 26. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 WWE 2004 Ruthless Aggression Mod Not long into the save heading into Backlash for Raw and Judgement Day for Smackdown at the moment these are the cards Backlash Eddie Guerrero (c) - Triple H - World Heavyweight Title Rematch from Mania where Eddie won title from HHH following on from his Royal Rumble win, usual between Rumble and Mania Triple H was cocky arrogant heel who underestimated Eddie, Mania to Backlash was different animal fuelled by jealoust and anger seeing not only Eddie with his belt but rest of Evolution still holding there Triple H was more aggressive than ever Randy Orton (c) vs The Rock - Intercontinental Title This match was made after Orton beat Mick Foley at Mania and was bragging about it following night on Raw where The Rock just so happened to be ... Shawn Michaels vs Christian Christian went over Jericho at Mania, with Jericho the face moving over to Smackdown after to start his run there - Christian was so happy after Mania and went to Bischoff expecting him to be the man but Bischoff tells him he has still got a long way to go he should know he was the one who picked the stars back in the way when never mind, later that night Christian attacks HBK after his match, quite violent - this was his way of showing hes ready Trish Stratus vs Mickie James If i'm being honest not much has happened in the womans picture so far, I have signed few young superstars and just in the process of trying to get them up POP wise etc this is basic Trish had a fan front row few weeks over enthusiastic that was off putting, one week the girl turns and attacks - revealed to be Raws newest womans superstar Mickie James Goldberg vs Mark Henry w/D'Lo & Teddy at ringside HBK beat Goldberg at Mania, renewed his contract to use him to build up stars - Goldberg bounced back from HBK next night on Raw with a big win, Henry comes out post match challenges to see who the real monster is - fight next week but goes to no contest, match made for Backlash usual back and forth here Umaga w/Jake Roberts vs RVD Umaga debuted attacking RVD, following week Jake was specal guest on Raw - Umaga comes out to attack, RVD tries to make save it was a trap - Jake is the manager and "controller" of Umaga - (Had to change his finisher to the Samoan Snake Bite) this will hopefully lift Umaga up the roster a bit as his Pop is still not as high as I'd like for the monster but with Roberts on the mic for him it'll fly up; Ric Flair and Batista vs Hurricane and Rosey Was a tag team title tournament Evolution "helped" Hurrican and Rosey win because they thought they were giving themselves a night off essentially but the Superhero and SHIT have been showing they have a little about them. Evolution barely left Mania with the Titles as AJ Styles and Jeff Hardy came close (didnt have any plans for the pair they wont stay a team long i dont think but Jeff got injury not sure what to do with AJ here) DDP vs Rene Dupree DDP returned signed him as a good working for my heels he wont just lose every fued but I will use him with the younger guys when the times right but Dupree now on his own interupts DDPs return says time for the old is not now, he is the now and the foreseeable for the WWE - DDP still got plenty fight left and both great charisma so could be fun not planned out the full plan for this yet but got few ideas. William Regal w/Paul Burchill vs Spike - European Title Brought Euro title back just for an extra belt for giving to guys, Regal won tournamnet at Mania against Booker (now at Smackdown for his fun time) Regal brought in a new assistant in Paul Burchill, backstage Spike was running as late for Dudley Family meeting bumps into Regals assistant who spills coffee on Regal, Birchill tries to swipe at Spike who dodges and keeps running but Burchill falls makes fool of himself, Bischoff makes match Burchill vs Spike but Austin makes it if Spike wins he gets title shot, flash pinfall victory gives Spike the title shot - I have to make Spike Euro Champ even if its just for 24 hours or maybe little bit longer? SMACKDOWN JUDGEMENT DAY Kurt Angle (c) vs Brock Lesnar Was 3 matches over 2 Smackdowns to determine number 1 contender Brock beating The Undertaker on Smackdown with some unexpected help - Lesnar lost to Cena at Mania and is a man on a mission getting himself back that WWE Title his mentor Paul Heyman who is also Smackdown GM has struggled "controlling" or keeping the Beast in line showing cracks between the 2. Booker T vs The Undertaker First match of the number 1 contender tournament was Booker T vs The Big Show vs The Undertaker, with the Undertaker picking up the victory over The Big Show, Booker T who earlier in the night admitted he wasnt happy he was moved to Smackdown but will show everyone that he should be the man taking the company forward not trying to be brushed aside - but after the loss the following week on Smackdown he refused interview and was not seen until later when he interfered costing Taker the match thus starting something he might be able to finish - I just have visions of Booker saying in a serious voice REST IN PEACE ..... SUCKA Chavo (c) vs Shannon Moore Shock win for Shannon Moore as he won due to other participants accidently eliminating themselves in a battle royale, Chavo was on commentary for the match and couldnt stop laughing and Shannon Moore during his celebrations noticed this and gave him the motivation to take this chance and give it his all Chris Jericho vs JBL (c) US Title Jericho debuts on Smackdown with the Highlight Reel - says Smackdown has now became the A Show now the A Star is here, JBL interupts alongside WGTT & Orlando Jordan, tells Jericho how things work around here boy and JBL is the one thats taking over Smackdown the projection he is on at the moment is almost God Like JBL claims, Chris Benoit vs Scott Hall Not got much written for this, Had signed Hall & Nash without real plans just purely because I like them I did give TNA £10m just to see if they'd grow quciker and left the pair for them but they took Warrior and Buff Bagwell so why not, Benoit lost at mania and now has lost in becoming number one contender need something for him to do not sure how but will start with Hall and then eventually like wcw Nash appears couple weeks later- Hogan is almost back from injury another NWO attempt is lame right ¬_¬ Rey Mystero & Billy Kidman w/Torrie Wilson vs Kane Kane lost to his brother Undertaker at Mania, Smackdown following he was seen backstage looking crazier than ever wrong place wrong time Billy Kidman gets attacked, Torrie screaming like its a horror film, Rey tries to avenge gets thrown about - The now reformed tag team go to Heyman saying what is he going to do, Heyman advises he does not control nor does he wish to even attempt to not for the likes of Rey/Kidman anyway - so the pair take it upon themselves, little guys vs the Monster London & Kendrick (c) vs WGTT - Tag Team Titles Now aligned with US Champ JBL the World's Greatest Tag Team has now seen a good bit of fortune and earned the number 1 contender shot, with JBL in their ear passing on advise and Orlando Jordon doing the running around for the rest of "The Cabinet" they have the numbers advantage Edge vs Samoa Joe w/X-Pac & Ted Di Biase Samoa Joe and X-Pac are former tag champs, their manager is The Million Dollar Man, not much thought has gone into this yet or the team really they were champs but not much really happened, so will need to sit and try plan this out I'm currently around May 99 in my Raw rewatch and seeing X-Pac and Kane team up gives me the idea of them returning again eventually as a Heel team rather than Face The Big Show vs Ken Shamrock (c) Big Show agreed to get into better shape never usually accepts so going to try get him involved in bigger plans moving forward but for now I needed something for both guys so here we are Carlito w/ Jesus vs John Cena Love Carlito and just wanted him on my roster ASAP, having him have couple videos each week then appear interupting Cena who is off the back of beating Lesnar at Mania, Cena isnt Cool etc etc Jesus will debut few weeks before Judgement day - not sure how the game will respond to a Carlito win at a PPV with difference in Pops etc but tempted to see 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisisobc Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 On 4/13/2024 at 12:33 PM, thisisobc said: 1992-1994 NJPW World Tag League On TV during Tag League- IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship- Shoichi Hattori def. Great Sasuke After holding two pinfall victories over the champion Sasuke, flanked by Takada-Gun, got his shot at the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, which he first won around this time last year. But lightning doesn’t strike the same spot twice as the champion once again shows up more in championship matches than he does during multi-man or tournament matches. Although he did break his ribs in this match IWGP Heavyweight- Keiji Mutoh def. Vader What has Vader done to earn this title shot? Despite a disastrous G1 tournament in his eyes, one of the shining lights was a victory over Keiji Mutoh, two people who have a lot of history during tournaments. In the first New Japan Cup final in 1992, Vader defeated Mutoh. During the 1993 G1, Vader once again defeated Mutoh and now this year. Vader was 3-0 against the champion going into this match. Which used the different pacing of the TV show to go nearly 40 Minutes before Mutoh finally hit a moonsault to hold on to his title Tag League Block A Riki Choshu & Kuniaki Kobayashi- Seiki-Gun- (1-2) A losing record for the two elder statesmen as their plan to prove they still gave it failed, although they did do something that nobody has been able to do in the save so far. They were the first team to ever beat Nelson Knight in a World Tag League match Akira Nogami & Takashi Iizuka- J-J-Jacks- (1-1-1) The pure .500 record after beating Choshu & Kobayashi but drawing to the Takano Brothers on the last night, which had either team of won they would have won their block. But a strong performance for the unifying team George & Shunji Takano (1-1-1) Identical record to J-J-Jacks winning against the old man legion, losing to the Titans but drawing on the last night against J-J-Jacks, although whilst the young team will be celebrating this performance, The Takano’s will not as on the last night Genichiro Tenryu came out and told them that their performances were not good enough and that he was kicking them out of Shinryaku-Gun Nelson Knight & Scott Norton- (2-1)- Block Winners The Titan’s continue their dominance over the tag league- making it to 10 matches over 3 years undefeated, before finally losing on the final night to Choshu & Kobayashi. I guess when you put two big guys together they just work as a tag team in a block which has a Junior in it. Block B Holy Demon Army (Kawada & Taue)- (3-0) - BLOCK WINNER The Only Undefeated team in the tournament will go on to face the famously tough to beat Titans at the finals, Taue and Kawada worked perfectly as a team with amazing chemistry and seem almost impossible to beat. But We thought that about the Titans too Dan Severn & Ken Shamrock- (2-1) A Good Tournament for the MMA Guys with the biggest moment being when Dan Severn choked out Steve Williams. If this was a longer tournament having only one loss would be a miraculous performance but with such a weak tag team division, they were probably the second best team in the tournament but due to the luck of the draw they won’t make it to the finals Michiyoshi Ohara & Tatsutoshi Goto- (0-3) The Weakest Team in the tournament, and its not a suprise. Beaten handedly in most of their matches and it does show the lack of depth in the tournament. This is my biggest goal over the next year, so if we get to this point next year and my tag division is still dreadful then please all shout at me!! Miracle Violence Connection (Williams & Jacobs)- (1-2) The Former Champions couldn’t get it together in this tournament, and at the end Glenn Jacobs said in a promo that he had proven he couldn’t replace Terry Gordy as Steve Williams’ tag team partner but is grateful for the chance that he has been given by the MVC. He feels like he hasn’t found his footing in NJPW yet and wonders whether he should make an excursion. He asks Williams to assist him and challenges him to a match at Wrestlekingdom, where the loser has to go on a foreign excursion. World Tag League Finals Jushin Thunder Liger came out to challenge Dean Malenko at Wrestlekingdom, he wants to prove that whilst he still isn’t the IWGP Junior Champion he is still the ace of this division, and he wants this match to prove it Minoru Suzuki & Nobuhiko Takada def. Dan Severn & Steven Regal Minoru Suzuki pins Steven Regal here to set up a u-30 championship match.... it feels weird to consider Suzuki as U-30 Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima draw with. Keiji Mutoh, Shinya Hashimoto & Tatsumi Fujinami- 30 Minute Time Limit Set up for Wrestlekingdom and attempting to present Tenkoji on the same level as Hashimoto & Fujinami when in multiman matches Genichiro Tenryu & Koji Kitao def. George & Shunji Takano Post match Kitao turns on Tenryu ending his two year leadership of Shinyaku-Gun, its Kitao’s time to lead now, but where does this leave Tenryu, he has spent two years targeting everything NJPW stands for, its not like Seikigun will take him in. NJPW World Tag League Final - Holy Demon Army (Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue) def. The Titans (Nelson Knight & Scott Norton) The reign of terror over the Tag League is over, The Titans have finally been vanquished!! The Holy Demon Army will go forward to Wrestlekingdom to face Death Riders (Tenkoji) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RatedRKO16 Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 I have a whole year to type out here, so I'm going to try to sum it up as quick as possible and post every month to 2 months so the write ups aren't as big. Started in 1992. I opened AWA back up with Paul Heyman running the show. AWA SuperClash (Week 4 Jan 1992) -Bob Backlund def Paul "Mr Wonderful" Orndorff for the AWA Heavyweight -Vader & Bam Bam Bigelow def Terry Funk & Cactus Jack Foley for the AWA Tag Titles -Wendi Richter def The Fabulous Moolah to win the AWA Women's -Butch Reed def Billy Jack Haynes -Honky Tonk Man def Kevin Von Erich -The Prototypes (Paul Roma & Shane Douglas) def Bad News Allen & Ice Train I started that first show and kind of launched from there with AWA Live! as my only TV show, which is basically just squash matches except for the main event, much like the shows in WWF in 1992. The idea for the promotion was to be a more edgy version of wrestling, but not ECW edgy. Maybe think more Ruthless Aggression era. Solid wrestling, good brawls, and entertaining characters with distinct gimmicks. Core Product - Three Ring Circus Current Product - Classic Balanced There are 3 things that are different from my bookings than other promotions in 1992: there are more multi man matches - triple threats, elimination matches, etc. I choose "wild brawl" more often than not. And my womens matches are "eye candy" matches. So, it's edgier than the other mainstream promotions at the time. After my first show, I quickly realized I was over paying for talent and there was a large turnover. Stables: Heyman's Horsemen - This was Paul Heyman's select 4 to carry the promotion and they were introduced as heels. Paul Roma led, Shane Douglas as the future star, Bam Bam Bigelow and Vader both as enforcers. -Backlash (Feb 1992), Funk & Foley def Vader & Bam Bam for the Tag Championships. Wendi Richter defended successfully against Bull Nakano. -March Madness (Mar 1992) (King of the Ring style PPV) - Backlund retains AWA Champioship over Orndorff again. Paul Roma def Jimmy Snuka in the finals of the March Madness tournament and earned himself (at the time) a #1 contenders match. This ends my "stacked" roster as I had to release a bunch of guys after this to stay in business. Shane Douglas, my future franchise player, is stolen from me by WCW. -AWA Live! (show post March Madness) - Heyman announced that Backlund, Orndorff, Snuka, Vader and others had been release from their contracts. He cuts a promo saying how they were in business for only themselves and holding back the real talent of AWA. He awards the AWA championship to none other than Paul Roma, who won the March Madness tournament. -AWA Legendary! (Apr 1992) - Paul Roma wins the first triple threat match in AWA defeating Bam Bam (who was only in the match to help Roma) and Cactus Jack Foley -AWA Night of Champions (May 1992) - In a Legendary! rematch, Roma retains again. American Heroes (Patriot & La Parka), who won the vacated tag titles on AWA Live!, retain against The Headshrinkers (Fatu & Samu). Al Snow wins the first Fatal 4 Way match against Scott Norton, Raven & Finlay for the newly created midcard TV Championship. -AWA CAGED (May 1992) - Roma def Greg "The Hammer" to retain the AWA Championship. Bam Bam def Cactus Jack Foley in the first AWA cage match. The newly signed tag team of Buddy Landel & Buddy Rose def Patriot & La Parka for the Tag Championships. The New Heyman's Horsemen are formed with Roma, Bam Bam, Buddy Landel & Buddy Rose. -AWA Iconic (July 1992) - Roma retains against Bad News Allen who had announced his retirement in 3 months and wanted a shot at the title. I accidentally had Greg The Hammer & The Killer Bee (Brian B Blair) def Heymans Horsemen on AWA Live! and they retain here. -AWA Victory! (Aug 1992) - Roma retains against Bad News again. -AWA Summer Fever (Sept 1992) - Roma retains in Cactus Jack Foley's first championship match. Bam Bam Bigelow is now the TV Champion and Headshrinkers win the Tag Titles. -AWA In Your House! (Oct 1992) - Nothing really to note of but this is where I start pushing my own talent. I have taken Brad Reignagans (sp?) and packaged him as Brad "The Suplex Machine" Reigns. Basically a no nonsene Kurt Angle style of wrestler. He defeats Butch Reed who is just hovering around upper midcard. The Killer Bee is also being pushed, with his gimmick being one of a super hero who just gets the crap beat out of him but keeps coming back and usually wins by roll up. Yokozuna has been squashing opponents being built up for the main event. Yoko, Fatu and Samu create the Samoan Swat Team. Harris Brothers, Chris Kanyon and Mike Awesome form a biker gang stable. Jimmy Del Ray debuts going by "Little Brother Jimmy Backlund" essentially getting by as the former AWA Champion Bob Backlund's little brother. I imagine him being what Spike Dudley was to the Dudley Boys, a glorified jobber, but adored by the fans. AWA Cyber Saturday (Nov 1992) - All matches are "voted on" by the fans. Loveable Cactus Jack Foley got a rematch against Roma here, but lost. Brad "The Suplex Machine" Reigns lost a TV Title match against Bam Bam. The Headshrinkers retain the Tag Titles against The Hammer & Killer Bee. Yokozuna def Al Snow, his first major opponent and this starts his first story line. AWA Soul Survivor (Dec 1992) - This is an original PPV in the sense that it is a gimmick PPV for the #1 contender for January's SuperClash (my WrestleMania). But, instead of the Royal Rumble, we have a 6 man elimination match for the #1 contender, dubbed the "Soul Survivor". Paul Roma successfully defended his title against Brad "The Suplex Machine". Bam Bam Bigelow wins the 6 way Soul Survivor Match against Cactus Jack Foley, Al Snow, Yokozuna, Greg The Hammer and The Killer Bee (so you know who I view as my main guys). AND FINALLY... THIS BRINGS US TO SUPERCLASH II!! -The show starts out with a face turn completed by Bam Bam Bigelow. Paul Heyman calls him out to open the show and says he must vacate the TV Title before he gets to face Paul Roma tonight. Bam Bam says on one condition: no member of the Horsemen can interfere. Heyman agrees. Bam Bam ensures victory much to the delight of the fans and is out of Heyman's Horsemen. -Brad The Suplex Machine def Kurrgan by DQ (Kurrgan debuted a couple months prior. All his matches have ended in DQ to keep him strong and have his gimmick be one where he is just a destroyer that doesn't care about the rules.) - Sabu squashes Little Brother Jimmy Backlund (Sabu debuted a couple months ago and has steadily been putting on great matches for his pop. He is playing a role of a modern Iron Sheik) - Eddie Guerrero def Yokozuna and La Parka in a triple threat match for the vacant TV Title. This match was set up for Yoko to win but Eddie pins La Parka instead. Eddie is a high flying face. La Parka has turned heel and has been feuding with Eddie. - The Harris Brothers defeat The Headshrinkers for the Tag Championships. (Samu got stolen from me by SWS, so I had to get the titles off them) - The Killer Bee def Greg The Hammer -Bull Nakano def Wendi Richter to finally dethrown the year long rein for the Womens Championship. (Storyline was boring so I didnt share to this point. Nobody could beat Wendi until it got back around to Nakano getting her 2nd shot.) - Paul Roma def Bam Bam to retain AWA World Heavyweight. To his word, Heyman has no (current) Horsemen interefere. But, with Samu leaving, Yoko and Fatu align with Heyman to help Roma retain. (This whole build up makes me sad, because the OG idea was for Bam Bam to win and have a nice face run with the title. SWS also steals him on a written contract, so I'm forced to have him lose and push Yoko a little earlier than I wanted as my main monster. Also, this gives the heel the win at the biggest event of the year. Roma's reign of terror continues...) So, now you're caught up. I'll leave with my current roster/story lines for the new season... -Cactus Jack Foley, Al Snow and Little Brother Jimmy Backlund have created the "Hardcore Legends" faction and are faces. Along with occassionally Eddie Guerrero (who refuses to join), they will be going up against Heyman's Horsemen. -Heyman's Horsemen now consists of Paul Roma, Buddy Landel, Yokozuna and Fatu and are heels. Yoko and Fatu are a tag team battling with Cactus Jack Foley & Little Brother Jimmy. Buddy Landel is feuding with Eddie Guerrero over the TV Champioship. And Paul Roma will be feuding with Al Snow for the AWA World Heavyweight. -James Mitchell created "The Underworld" (heel) which consists of Sabu, Phantom (Gangrel) and La Parka. They are being a plug and play faction, really just causing havoc. Sabu and La Parka will be battling over the TV Title with Eddie and Buddy. -Don Harris, Ron Harris, Chris Kanyon and Mike Awesome created "The Renegades" - a face biker faction that went no where the last 6 months. So, I had Kanyon and Awesome turn heel and signed Brian Lee. So now, we have the Harris Brothers & Brian Lee (face) vs Awesome/Kanyon/??? (heel) and am going to have a biker gang war storyline. -Al Snow has started one of those odd couple on screen relationships with Wendi Richter. The idea here was to build Snow up to face Bam Bam who was in a relationship with Luna Vachon and do some mixed tag matches. I'm going to have to find someone else to plug in here. Leaves a bunch of guys left out: Tag Teams: 2 Cold Scorpio/Tony Norris (f) Hunter Hearst Helmsley/Prince Lawler (Brian Lawler) (h) Raven and The Lucky Charm (Finlay) (h) Harlem Heat (h) Other singles: Brad "The Suplex Machine" Reigns (f) The Killer Bee (f) Greg "The Hammer" (h) Hardcore Holly (f) Rey Mysterio Jr (f) Kurrgan (h) Jakob (Kane) (h) Ludvig Borga (h) Michael P.S. Hayes (h), Junkyard Dog (f) and Demolition Ax (f) have been signed to help with roster depth after losing Samu and Bam Bam Bigelow. Women's Division: Wendi Richter (f) Misty Blue (f) Ivory (f) Luna Vachon (h) Bull Nakano (h) Reggie Bennett (h) Leilani Kai (h) Candi Devine (h) If you got this far, thanks for reading! Losing Bam Bam Bigelow really messed up my booking plans which I had laid out for the entire year. He was going to successfully defend the title against Roma in a series of matches until Yoko turned on Roma. Heyman was going to have Yoko be his new guy, beat Roma a couple times then dethrown Bam Bam. Plan scrapped. New plan: DiBiase and Piper are free agents! I figured I could sign them. Planned another year of story lines out. The jist: Piper would debut first to take on Roma. He would lose by intereference of DiBiase. DiBiase is here because he bought into AWA and joins Heyman's Horsemen. He would insert himself into a triple threat with Roma & Piper and pin Roma and win the title for himself. This would lead to Roma's face turn (as well as Heyman's, possibly). DiBiase would now be champion with Yoko as his body guard. Scribbled in plans, I wanted DiBiase vs Piper at SuperClash III but the title be Cactus Jack finally winning against Yokozuna in an ultimate underdog story. Welp, scrap that, too. The moment I tried to sign them both, NJPW gets them. Didn't know about the trigger. So, 3rd times a charm. Don't know what I'm going to do from here but if anyone has any ideas, please let me know! Thanks again for reading!! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbritton987 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 (edited) TCW Excessive Force 2022 March 2022 - Attendance: 81,000 - Show Rating: 99 The Keith Brothers defeated The Canadian Animals (89) After Matthew Keith reconciled with his brother Greg and joined the stable The Kings of Wrestling, the brothers made their plans clear. They were going to take over the TCW Tag Team Division and become the most dominant tag team in wrestling. Derived from the stable war between KoW and Club Booyah, in their way stood the Canadian Animals, Edd Stone & Freddy Huggins. Aside from the stable war, Edd Stone & Matthew Keith had become close friends behind the scenes before Matthew's betrayal and heel turn. Stone wanted vengeance for Keith's betrayal, and what better way than to halt the brothers' plans to become Tag Team Champions? On this night, Stone (and Huggins) were unable to achieve revenge. After a heated back and forth encounter, the KoW Manager Lisa Bowen would interfere, shoving Edd Stone off the top rope and sending him crashing to the floor. This would leave Huggins alone with the Keith Brothers, and Freddy would fall victim to their signature finisher, the Spiked Piledriver. Randy Unleashed defeated Primus Allen (86) At Malice in Wonderland, Primus Allen would shock the world and join The Syndicate. The reveal would be when Primus interfered in the World TItle Match between Wolf Hawkins & Randy Unleashed, where in which Primus would make sure the World TItle stayed around Wolf's waist. Ever since, Unleashed had waged war against The Syndicate, edging closer and closer towards earning another title shot against Hawkins. Hawkins finally laid the challenge down for Unleashed. He would grant Randy one more title match...IF he defeated Primus Allen one on one! Allen's downfall came as a result of his own pursuit of Mr. Lucha & the TCW International Championship (as instructed by Wolf Hawkins). After being brutally assaulted by Allen weeks earlier, Mr. Lucha would make his presence known and chase away fellow Syndicate member Princeton Pryce, who interfered in the match after the referee was knocked down. Lucha would then clobber Primus Allen with his International Championship, giving Randy Unleashed the chance to hit his patented Running Enziguri for the win! Unleashed will now receive his title rematch with Wolf Hawkins...IF Wolf can retain in the main event! Alina America defeated TCW Women's World Champion Fuyuko Higa by Disqualification (90) Fuyuko Higa has had two challengers on her tail for awhile. The former Women's Champion Sara Marie York, and the newest TCW star who has never been pinned in TCW, Alina America. In the hopes to turn them against each other, Fuyuko Higa and her running mate Miwako Katsukawa challenged York & America to a tag team match, offering a Women's Title Match to whoever could gain the fall for their team. While there were issues between York & America in the tag match, they worked together well enough for America to pick up the pinfall on Katsukawa and earn herself a one on one title match with Higa! America was primed to overcome all the odds, including interference from Katsukawa. Sensing her title reign coming to an end, Higa became desperate. Right in front of the referee, Higa blinded America with her patented Red Mist! The referee had no choice but to disqualifying Higa, meaning Fuyuko would retain! A beatdown on America would proceed, but Sara Marie York would hit the ring to chase away Higa & Katsukawa. Fuyuko Higa manages to keep her Women's World Championship...for now! The Aegis (The Syndicate's Ernest Youngman & Xavi Ferrera) defeated Team Lucha!'s Amazing Firefly & Masked Cougar to SUCCESSFULLY retain the TCW World Tag Team Championship (86) (OOC: This was originally supposed to be the title rematch between The Aegis & Calgary Strike Force (Chris Flynn & Sterling Whitlock). Unfortunately, Whitlock suffered a minor injury leading up to it. While Sterling could still compete, I decided to push off the final match of their feud in the hopes of a better finale score.) Amazing Firefly has been on fire since debuting in TCW. Despite issues with the likes of the Long Beach Crew, Firefly continues to impress every time he competes, which led to him receiving an invite to join Team Lucha!. Soon after Firefly joining the stable, Firefly & Masked Cougar would win a Fatal Four Way Tag Match to earn an opportunity to challenge the dominant Tag Team Champions, The Aegis. Unfortunately for Team Lucha!, a few miscues led to their demise against what many consider to be the Best Tag Team in Professional Wrestling. Youngman & Ferrera would hit Masked Cougar with their patented finisher, The Equalizer, thus making sure that the Tag Team Championship remains in the camp of The Syndicate. Donte Dunn defeated KC Glenn (99, MOTN!) It wasn't long ago when KC Glenn was the diamond within Brother Grimm's Grimm Enterprise. But, after Grimm accidentally cost Glenn his TCW International Title Reign in a 5 Way Ladder Match, their relationship began to diminish. It would finally implode when Glenn fired Brother Grimm as his manager, which would lead to a feud with another GE client, Davis Wayne Newton. As Glenn was determined to become World Champion, Brother Grimm wanted to destroy KC by any means necessary. Glenn would defeat Newton one on one, thus earning 5 Minutes Alone with Brother Grimm! Little did Glenn that Grimm had a backup plan. During those five minutes, newcomer Donte Dunn would reveal his allegiance to Brother Grimm by brutally attacking Glenn! Glenn would win their 1st Encounter by DQ after interference by Davis Wayne Newton. Finally, a rematch was set between two of the biggest rising stars in TCW, both men never pinned in their TCW careers. Glenn had the win in his grasp, but unfortunately would lose focus and become distracted by Brother Grimm. Donte Dunn would take full advantage and put KC Glenn down with his finisher, the Sunny Haze. After a year and half in TCW, KC Glenn finally suffers his first pinfall at the hands of Brother Grimm's newest diamond, Donte Dunn! Fro Sure defeated Jay Chord in a Steel Cage Match (92) The issues between Club Booyah & Kings of Wrestling were supposed to end in the Wargames Match at The War To Settle The Score. But after Matthew Keith's heel turn led to Club Booyah's demise, Fro Sure wasn't going to let it end there. Fro & Jay Chord had become bitter rivals in the midst of the stable war, as they are two men with vastly different personalities. Both men held a pinfall over the other in singles competition. Fro Sure challenged Jay Chord to one more war, this time one on one in a Steel Cage. Thankfully for our sakes, Chord accepted! Of course, there was interference by both Club Booyah & KoW members. But thankfully, eventually it came down to the two men locked inside the cage. Eventually, it came down to both men brawling at the top of the cage. In a scary moment, Chord attempted to Piledrive fifteen foot to the mat. But, Fro Sure would break free and back toss Chord off the top of the cage! There Chord went, crashing to the mat, BAM! With Chord down and out, Fro Sure would climb out of the cage to the floor and seal the biggest win in his TCW career! In a Six Man Tag Team Match, The Sinner Society (Scythe, El Jaguar, & Killer Shark) defeated Mighty Mo, Garry The Entertainer, & Joffy Laine (89) In a shocking turn of events, Scythe would take over the Sinner Society after feuding with the stable for much of 2021. Eddie Peak gave up the helm of his stable under one condition. He wanted Scythe to do the one thing he could never do. DESTROY MIGHTY MO! Scythe agreed to do so, revealing their alliance by setting up a trap for Mighty Mo and brutally beating Mo down. Scythe began to sculpt Sinner Society in his own vision. A former member of Team Lucha! and SS's newest member, El Jaguar began to wear more dark gear, his persona to follow. Scythe would kick out long term member Titan after The Behemoths suffered a tag team loss. In fact, Titan was kicked out of the group after a beatdown by his longtime partner, Killer Shark! Mighty Mo was ready to take the war to Sinner Society, and so were his longtime friends, Garry The Entertainer & Joffy Laine. This Six Man Tag was set, but little did Mighty Mo and Friends know that there was new member of Sinner Society lurking in the shadows. Ash Campbell would show up during the match after mysteriously disappearing from TCW TV a month prior. Now donning dark makeup, Campbell would interfere on behalf of Sinner Society, which led to Scythe hitting Joffy Laine with a big Chokeslam for the win. Scythe would reveal that Ash Campbell had been reborn under his new persona, and now will be known as...DARK NEMESIS! In a Triple Threat Match, Wolf Hawkins defeated Mainstream Hernandez & Spencer Spade to SUCCESSFULLY Retain The TCW World Heavyweight Championship (93) Hawkins found himself intertwined in the heated feud between Hernandez & Spade purely by bad luck. After feuding for a few months, a 2nd encounter was set between Hernandez & Spade (Spade won the 1st). Per TCW General Manager Ricky Dale Johnson, the winner would receive a TCW World Heavyweight Championship Match. Hernandez would win the rematch and the title shot. Unfortunately for Hernandez, Spade would interfere in that title match, clocking Mainstream with his trademark brass knuckles, and allowing Hawkins to retain the World Title. Post-Match, Spade would then attack Wolf Hawkins as well, before bailing through the crowd before the rest of The Syndicate could get their hands on him! Spencer Spade would invite Wolf Hawkins on his talk show, The Supreme Talk Show. Spade claimed he wanted to mend fences with Hawkins, but it only led to insults between the two. Eventually, it would lead to chaos between Hawkins, Spade, & eventually Hernandez. So, RDJ saw a great opportunity to book an exciting Triple Threat for TCW's Excessive Force. As frustrating as it had to be for Wolf to be involved in Hernandez & Spade's feud, their hatred for each other eventually led to both of their demise. After Hernandez dodged Spade's attempt to hit him with his Brass Knuckles, Mainstream put Spade down with the Apparition #14. Before Hernandez could take advantage, though, Hawkins came flying through the air, connecting with the Full Moon Rising on Mainstream! 1,2,3, Hawkins Retains! As Hawkins celebrated another successfully title defense, his attention was swayed towards the entrance way. There stood Randy Unleashed! Unleashed made it clear to Hawkins. Enjoy the moment. Because soon? They were going to do battle once again! Edited April 22 by dbritton987 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VPrime Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 AEW released 85 wrestlers. Is this normal? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokoa Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 8 hours ago, VPrime said: AEW released 85 wrestlers. Is this normal? Looks like Tony Khan has a huge announcement. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanX Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 12 hours ago, VPrime said: AEW released 85 wrestlers. Is this normal? Did they recently drop in size? Also check their finances as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 16 hours ago, VPrime said: AEW released 85 wrestlers. Is this normal? Dang! Good stuff though hah. Game world is going wild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestling Machine Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 On 4/23/2024 at 2:44 AM, VPrime said: AEW released 85 wrestlers. Is this normal? Well, they still have 132 more! 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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