The Cornellverse - A Beginner's Guide

[Jaded]

Have seen a few people asking for something like this and I know that with no real-world mods likely to be out for a while this is probably a time people are more receptive than normal to trying the base database if they wouldn't normally, so figured I'd write something up. I've done America but will aim to do the rest of the world over the next few days if possible.

 

This is a mixture of stuff in the new game (particularly products, which I've tried to be accurate describing) and my own knowledge of the CVerse as a massive mark for the last 16 years. If it inspires anyone to give it a go, I'm very happy. (Also, if anyone's reading it and disagrees with anything, feel free to point it out!)

 

USA

 

The Big Three

 

For decades, to the majority of wrestling fans, American wrestling meant one fed above all others - the SWF. Ruthless businessmen Richard Eisen clawed his way to the top of the world leaving the destruction of the territories in his wake. The most promising attempt to challenge him, Hollyweird Grappling Company, tried playing him at his own sports entertainment game - but even with two of the biggest stars in the world, Sam Strong and Rip Chord, joining them when they started in 1996, weren't able to do so. Shifting more towards in-ring action, they rebranded themselves as Total Championship Wrestling and built around Tommy Cornell, the greatest wrestler of his generation - but the Eisens were untouchable.

 

Until they weren't.

 

When they were founded by Danny Jillefski in 2001, United States Pro Wrestling were seen as a joke. A retirement home for washed up stars. Yes, nobody was claiming Eisen's workers were the most gifted in the ring, but USPW made them look like indy darlings in comparison. Backstage politicians like the notorious Giant Redwood (a three time world champion despite being abysmal) thrived. In 2006, the federation got a boost when wrestling legend Sam Strong, still one of the world's most entertaining men, bought the company. He would make some good decisions - building a women's division around his incredibly talented daughter Alicia - and some bad ones - hiring his best friend Peter Valentine, close to Redwood's level both in terms of abrasive attitude and lack of talent. Fans talked about a 'Big Three' of wrestling now rather than the 'Big Two' of the SWF and TCW. But, realistically, for many there was a 'Big One', with Eisen's company still significantly ahead.

 

Then Allen Packer happened. While Strong buying USPW was widely seen as a huge move, few could have expected search engine billionaire Allen Packer's acquisition of the company to change things the way they did. Desperate for content for Reverie, the first major subscription based entertainment channel, he hit on wrestling, and - knowing his limitations - threw a bunch of money at the federation and employed people who knew what they were doing to spend that money.

 

If anyone thought things would ever be the same again, November 2014, and the Black Wednesday Betrayal, disillusioned them quickly. Steve Frehley, the unstoppable force, and Rich Money, the former World champion, along with popular manager Dawn The Cheerleader, all jumped ship to USPW on the same day. It was a huge statement of intent and from there the fed would never look back. Riding the Reverie juggernaut, they blazed past the SWF, although their regular poaching of talent from smaller feds has made them just as unpopular amongst many fans as Eisen's company ever have been.

 

 

Developing Talent For The Big Time

 

In 2005, Rip Chord - father of the aforementioned Jay - set up MAW in his home town of Baltimore. Under Chord, the fed became successful at training up youngsters - the perfect way for a superstar who'd had major issues in his career of giving back to the business. Stepping away from the sport in 2011, Chord handed the fed over to the just-retired Sam Keith, who immediately started the Confederation of the Territories alliance as a way of sharing talent with other indies to help them develop further. While the plan for MAW has always been for people to go there, get better, then leave - with a general policy of signing unemployed guys and an expectation that once you'd got to the top of the card you'd move on relatively quickly - this philosophy solidified into a working relationship with TCW, who help the federation out financially in exchange for sending their future stars there to train.

 

Back in 2006, Eisen responded to Chord's creation of MAW by setting up his own old-style territory, RIPW. Unlike Mid-Atlantic, right from the start Rhode Island was a conveyor belt for the big time, with first Professor Nero as head booker and then Mean Jean Cattley (who himself made his name as MAW's head booker and star guy) testing out people to see if they were ready to be Supreme.

 

 

The Best of the Indies

 

While there's a thriving small-time scene with lots of one-off cards featuring some great wrestlers, most of these are represented by the independent shows in the game. However, there are 7 other federations in the US which run regular shows.

 

The two biggest are very different - Coastal Zone Championship Wrestling (founded as Coastal Zone Combat Wrestling) is approaching its 30th anniversary. The physically intense style doesn't do anything to prolong wrestlers' careers, but it definitely has the wow factor. Based around smaller workers, the Zone is a super-progressive company, being an original member of the Confederation of the Territories, and were the first in the States to move to an integrated roster in 2018. Unlike the bigger feds, there are no faces or heels here, and few storylines or angles - just great matches Popular in the South West and with a fair amount of fans in the Mid South and North West, they've always seemed content where they were but expansion could work for them.

 

While I said the two biggest indies were different, Pittsburgh Steel Wrestling has one thing in common with CZCW - its style certainly doesn't help wrestler's health. In their case, it's because they use a hardcore style, as the spiritual successor to cult favourites DAVE. Long time DAVE announcer Mitch Naess had seen the writing on the wall for years and while he was saddened by the fed's closure in April 2007, it took him just 3 months to launch PSW. Since then its become popular amongst Tri-State fans who enjoy a wide variety of matches - although they aren't shy about letting workers know if they don't feel they're good enough to be there. With a loose face/heel divide, PSW run storylines and a few angles, often sneak attacks or wild brawls.

 

For many years the only options for women's wrestling in the USA were AAA, the Angel Athletic Association, or the women's division of a few other feds. That changed in 2010 when former AAA star Farrah Hesketh opened up her own promotion, Queens of American Wrestling. Based in the Mid-South, there was something of an agreement between the two feds that the country was big enough for the pair of them, and Farrah looked south to Mexico for many of her workers to continue to help differentiate between the two promotions. With AAA now dead, and some very talented women around, this could be a great time for the Queens to expand. They use a tecnico/rudo split which is relatively meaningless - it's far more important what stable you're in than what side of that divide you're on, with groups becoming an integral part of the promotion. They work a fairly easy style which doesn't hurt the wrestlers much and include lots of ongoing storylines. They're beloved by sponsors, partly because in Alina America and Foxxy LaRue they have two incredibly marketable stars who have been billed as great role models for young girls (although Foxxy turning heel to join the hated Ronin 3 may have made parents less keen on their kids emulating her!)

 

New York City Wrestling, created by the Stomper in 1988, looked out of date even then and has barely modernised since, with current owner Larry Vessey keeping things firmly old school. Like MAW, this is all about in-ring competition, of the kind you'd see in the 1960s, with storylines but few angles. Retirement of top star Steve Flash - who even aged 50 was putting on great performances, but eventually decided to hang the boots up and concentrate on booking full-time - has hurt them, but the massively successful heel turn of babyface Tennessee William has given them a star with a lot of momentum while the tag division has some gems, including the vastly experienced Boys From The Yukon and masked babyface pairing of Brooklyn's Finest.

 

Invincible Pro Wrestling was founded by the trio of rapper Brother Grimm, businessman Gil Thomas, and former DAVE head booker Nemesis, back in 2011. The LA-based organisation suffered a bump in the road when Grimm fell out with his partners and formed rival fed Grimm SoCal Wrestling, stealing several roster members, in 2011, and another when head booker Nemesis tragically passed away in 2017. With another former DAVE star, 'V-Man' Vin Tanner, now booking, they're regrouping. Under Tanner, they're less extreme than GSW or PSW, although their style still takes its toll on wrestler's bodies. With ongoing storylines, and a demanding crowd who want to see a variety of matches and will turn on fans they're unimpressed by, they're a popular underground alternative to the big feds, and have benefitted from the quick rise of cult leader Aldous Blackfriar, now indisputably their biggest star.

 

Grimm SoCal Wrestling, Brother Grimm's rival organisation to IPW, take an even more extreme hardcore approach to the sport. Purists aren't generally thrilled by the fed although the fans who turn up are generally happy to see a variety of action, not just wild hardcore, and flyers can certainly do well here - especially those with a disregard for their own safety and the willingness to take huge bumps. While they're unlikely to make it to the big time run as they are currently - which TV network would touch them? - fans at Grimm's club The Warehouse, where they run all their events, know what they want and he definitely provides it to them, with head booker CJ Weston doing a great job.

 

The US's smallest company is the only one not based on the mainland. Puerto Rico's Freedom Championship Wrestling has suffered its fair share of tragedy, with cofounder Shawn Gonzalez dying at a young age in 2011 and owner Puerto Rican Power forced into retirement in 2017 from a heart attack. The national hero is as big a name in his homeland as guys like Sam Strong or Rip Chord and even in retirement plays a huge part in their shows as the respected Commissioner. Based on the type of wrestling popular in Texas in the 1980s, fans love wild brawls and strong storylines. The heel/face divide here is another loose one, with most people happy to fight anyone they can get their hands on to show how tough they are. There's a good mix of big monsters and smaller guys, with head booker Handsome Stranger's House Handsome and their ongoing feud with Mutant, the massive King Of The Wasteland, being a major storyline.

[Jaded]

Canada

 

For many years two federations, run by two families, dominated Canada. First, there was North of the Border Pro Wrestling. Based in the Maritimes and launched by Dan Stone in the 1980s, the company was either an incredible place where a roster of the most gifted athletes in the world put on technical masterclasses, or a boring promotion full of soulless wrestling machines, depending who you asked. Built mainly around Dan's sons Dan Jr, Jeremy and Duane, and the heels they feuded with, the federation didn't do the greatest job of building new stars and as the three Stone boys and their major nemeses grew older, things started to go downhill.

 

Over in British Columbia, another patriach, George DeColt, set up a more sports entertainment based company, again starring his sons and various heels. Things looked good until the first cracks began to show when George retired in 2009, passing control to his oldest son Alex. Alex quickly got into a row with his brother Steve, who would head to North of the Border and become a star heel there, and it became apparent that the pressures of running a federation weren't something that Alex was suited for. Eventually, younger brothers Jack and Ricky took the difficult decision to oust the increasingly paranoid Alex from the company - a move that was followed later in 2017 by the death of their father. An eventful funeral saw Alex's last public appearance to date, while George's long-term respectful rival Dan Stone Sr tragically died while paying his respects. With the two families reeling, and a soap opera type happening which involved Steve DeColt meeting Dan Stone Sr's previously unknown daughter Sarah and going on to marry her, the remaining Stones and DeColts pooled their resources to form the Canadian Wrestling Alliance.

 

CWA aims to take the best qualities of the two feds it succeeded, putting on a balanced product with ongoing storylines and traditional wrestling - nothing too dangerous, controversial, or bloody, but a variety of styles. After years of the two families being criticised for failing to build up enough other babyfaces, they've done a decent job of doing so - Jack and Ricky have stepped into the tag ranks, Sean McFly (husband of Dan Sr's daughter Victoria, and a main star for many years) is looking like retiring fairly soon, and winding down, and they've been replaced at the top of the card by guys like Aaron Knight, a former white meat CGC babyface under the name Intrepid Ian Identity who received a new lease of life with a heel turn and then a phenomenal boost when Steve DeColt put him over strongly and he turned back face. TV champion Skip Beau, the man Knight betrayed, is another top face at the moment while former CGC midcard stalwart Christian Price was reinvigorated by a heel turn and a hot feud with Knight. There's also a women's division low on numbers but high on talent, including second generation superstar Brooke Tyler, daughter of DAVE legend Eric, Nadia Snow, leader of The Queen's Court, and Snow's Royal Executioner Deborah Young.

 

Canadian Charisma Championship Combat was the underground alternative to the two bigger feds for years, creating a small but loyal fan base. With the merger, they thought they saw room for a second big federation as well as the CWA and splashed out on some big name stars. Sadly, the gamble failed badly and they overspent, driving themselves to bankruptcy, leaving All Canada Pro Wrestling as the only other fed of any real size in Canada.

 

Founded in 2009, ACPW were for years a distant 4th in Canada but are now the de facto alternative to the CWA. Focusing solely on wrestlers weighing 230 lbs or less, which now includes women - like the Zone, they've gone integrated - they don't care about faces, heels, storylines or angles, just great high-flying action. With a vocal crowd demanding aerial excellence, they're a tough promotion to work for but many people thrive there, with the incredibly flashy Kamikaze, former CGC star Kenny Callaway, Belfast's muscular bruiser Gram Gorman and Brazilian submissions specialist Mario Da Silva just a few people who've found huge success in the fed.

[Dalton]

Thank you for doing this! I definitely needed a refresher on the C-Verse

[NinjaBadger4k]

As a complete newbie to the C-Verse, this is a massive help!

[Andy_Kobain]

Thank you for this! Very nice explanation on everything.

[PFElton]

Terrific writeup.

[Historian]

Jaded, you are *killing* it

[w4lru5]

Jaded, this is awesome.

[lr10540]

Hopefully this gets more people interested. As a long time since CVerse player (since 2014 or so) this is literally just scratching the surface. Anyone who wants more background on the CVerse, I'd recommend choosing a company and reading every bio associated with it. From the company's bio, to the worker's bios and then go through the title histories and read the bios of their former champions. Branch out where necessary. This world is so rich and diverse with stories and characters. I love the CVerse so much.

[Jaded]

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="lr10540" data-cite="lr10540" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47953" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Hopefully this gets more people interested. As a long time since CVerse player (since 2014 or so) this is literally just scratching the surface. Anyone who wants more background on the CVerse, I'd recommend choosing a company and reading every bio associated with it. From the company's bio, to the worker's bios and then go through the title histories and read the bios of their former champions. Branch out where necessary. This world is so rich and diverse with stories and characters. I love the CVerse so much.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Thanks, guys! But yes, totally agree with this. This is DEFINITELY only a beginner's guide intended to pique people's interest - reading bios is hugely entertaining and there's so many amazing characters to discover.</p>

[Jaded]

Mexico

 

South of the Border Pro Wrestling dominated Mexican lucha libre for years, and while the name may have changed - to Empresa Internacional de Lucha Libre - they're still the undoubted top dogs in the country. That said, they suffered a double setback two years ago - not only did Jorge Ibanez, who'd plunged massive amounts of money into the company, sadly pass away, but Champagne Lover, their major star - and one of the most famous wrestlers in the world - decided his talents were better suited to Hollywood than the squared circle. Running a slightly Americanised version of traditional lucha libre, they're big on storylines, especially for main events, they have a fairly easy wrestling style which doesn't drain the wrestlers too much, and they don't go overboard with gimmick matches, although things like ladders and cages can make an appearance. And, of course, the lucha de apuesta, in which wrestlers bet their hair or mask, is a huge deal here. With Lover retired, El Leon, formerly the OLLIE figurehead but established as an EILL star for nearly a decade now, has tried to fill the lead tecnico role, but they're massive shoes to step into. The other big crowd favourite is Rock God Alvarez, who's improved immeasurably since his days of relying on his charisma to get past his poor in-ring skills, while lead rudos include Dr Rudo - as evil as his name suggests - and high spender Multimillionario. And rising fast is second generation superstar Gino Montero, following in the footsteps of his legendary father Luis and with the potential to perhaps be even better than his dad - he's been in the company for an entire year and is yet to eat a pinfall or submission.

 

Original Lucha Libre Is Eternal turn 65 this year, but they are a shadow of their former self. The oldest fed in the world and at one point the most popular promotion in the country, there seems little chance of them ever regaining that status. However, they still have fans - mostly because of Nicolas Lopez, a former SOTBPW competitor who even at the age of 44 would be welcomed back with open arms to EILL. Instead, he's a major player for OLLIE (his current title reign is his 8th run with the Campeonato de Universal belt) and for the Confederation of the Territories, where he's a two-time champion. Style-wise, they're similar to EILL although less Americanised, while perhaps their biggest pro at the moment is a hot women's division, based mostly around the incredibly marketable and super-charismatic Electric Dreamer, who the fans love and who is a fabulous flyer. While women currently wrestle each other exclusively, there have been intergender matches in the past, most shockingly when current star Mystery Pink became the first luchadora ever to defeat a luchador for a belt with a stunning flash cradle win over Amo Del Gato to take the Campeonato del Mexico.

 

The newest federation in Mexico is perhaps the most bizarre company in the world, with their recent turn of direction making them a stranger prospect even than New Zealand's ZEN. Abandoning tag team wrestling recently, they've reinvented themselves as part wrestling fed, part comic book, and part horror movie, with the legendary Luis Montero showing a bizarre skill at booking something about as far away from classic wrestling storylines as you can get. Since the timelines splintered, where does the Snake King, servant of the Immortal Snake God, fit in? Why did Samael The Accuser travel here from the Dark Universe? Can Tarantula capture the Ring of Chaos for the Spider God? What the heck is generic-looking babyface La Estrella doing getting involved in a fed like this? All these questions will be answered. Maybe. At the moment, it seems like things just get weirder every show, but it's never less than entertaining! With a massively vocal fan base here to see dark and strange storylines and great matches of any type, EMLL truly stands out, although many people will debate whether that's for good or bad reasons.

 

Comite Internacional de Lucha Libre, the smallest of Mexico's 'name' 4 feds, is perhaps the most traditional of them all, although they do dispense with much of the usual strictness when it comes to tecnicos and rudos, letting anyone fight anyone else. With big characters, easy to follow storylines, over the top gimmicks and masks, and a wrestling style which will pop the fans without taking too much out of the luchadors and luchadoras, they're proud to be a fun destination for all the family. Stars include El Pavo Real, whose peacock-inspired mask is spectacular, and who has achieved more fame than most of the fed as he also works for OLLIE, the furry-masked Monkey Man whose King of the Swingers is one of the most devastating moves in lucha history, and popular tecnico luchadoras Estrella Blanca and Pinky Perez, leading the charge for Mexican fans to take women's wrestling seriously. While they're not a member of the COTT, CILL are well-known for cooperation with other companies, talent trading frequently with OLLIE and with the USA's CZCW and QAW, as well as taking wrestlers on excursion from Japan's famous Burning Hammer of the Wrestling Gods.

[lr10540]

Thanks, guys! But yes, totally agree with this. This is DEFINITELY only a beginner's guide intended to pique people's interest - reading bios is hugely entertaining and there's so many amazing characters to discover.

 

I'm to the point I can't even play real world mods anymore. I've done countless RtG games, as that's probably my favorite way to play the game.

 

Another super underrated thing... while these characters have rich backgrounds and a ton of history within the CornellVerse, it still feels like a blank canvas with which I can paint my masterpiece. When using real world mods, if I want to have Brock Lesnar run a gimmick where he's a pimp, I can't do it because I've always only seen him as a monster. In the CVerse, if I want Remo to play a pimp, I can do that, even if he looks like a bad ass. I love the freedom.

[Kitarzu]

First of all, thank you for wrapping up the current C-Verse for those, like me, cannot use the beta and see the database.

 

Second, I'm very curious about Japan, especially with the aftermath of tsunami.

[Jaded]

British Isles

 

Just as Sam Strong bought USPW and started the process of turning them into a major contender, in the British Isles another famous celebrity took over a struggling fed and took them to the big time. 21st Century Wrestling were producing cutting edge entertainment which drew critical acclaim but tiny crowds. Former World's Strongest Man presenter Jeff Nova, who got into wrestling via a couple of guest appearances in the now defunct MOSC, bought the federation, changed to a sports entertainment product, raised the production values massively and led them to a TV contract on Britain's biggest channel and to a place as a national institution. They received a huge boost in 2015 when Tommy Cornell, one of the world's most famous wrestlers and a part-owner of TCW, sold his stake in the American fed and shockingly made his 21CW live on TV to a stunned audience. Joining his younger cousin Edward there, an established star, the pair would run roughshod over the faces for four years - only for Tommy to renounce his heelish ways in December 2019, giving fans the Christmas present they'd dreamed of with a new top face to cheer. The ensuing feud with Edward is likely to run all year. The classic sports entertainment style they use, full of angles and storylines, is reminiscent of the US's SWF. They benefit not just from a big media presence and a large bank balance, but also from owning the UK's National School of Wrestling, which churns out some impressive talent.

 

While Jeff Nova took years to earn his money, firstly by competing in Britain's Strongest Man, then hosting the World's Strongest Man, then investing wisely in 21CW and making them a massive success, Scottish National Promotions owner Mark Carnie simply asked for $5,000,000 - and got it. The notorious scumbag, one of the sleaziest personalities in a business renowned for terrible people, claimed that he wanted a grant for a 'choreographed art piece examining interpersonal conflict' and being handed the huge sum of money. While the grifter has scared off a few of his workers - and would definitely feature top of a "most likely to be arrested for harrassing an employee" list if one was made - SNP are somehow rising fast. Their anti-establishment hardcore style has always been considered a poke in the eye to the English by loyal Scotsmen, and they pulled off a huge shock in 2017 when they brought back former MOSC owner The Highland Warrior and his son Jeffrey McPeterson, neither of whom had been seen for seven years. The following year, they would add 3-time 21CW tag champions The Ivanoff Brothers, one of the most experienced and menacing tag teams in the world, to their roster after they quit due to the English fed's head booker wanting to split them up. With a massive bank balance and four men who are significantly bigger stars than they could even dreamed of getting just a couple of years ago, there's a much brighter future ahead for them than anyone would have thought possible.

 

The newest fed on the scene in the UK is Championship Wrestling From Wigan, headed up by veteran Curtis Jenkins. A former MAW star, Jenkins was deported from the US due to Visa issues and surprisingly failed to find a home in 21CW. Responding by setting up his own fed, he brought in a legend of the country, British Samurai, as road agent. Samurai's own fed, Ring of Fire, had been a similar idea to CWW in many ways but had been crushed by the juggernaut that 21CW became. With his incredible psychology guiding youngsters through, and some very promising stars - notably technician Lenny Mochin, submission specialist JK Lee - a student of Samurai's at the Ring of Fire dojo - and Jon Michael Sharp and Martin Heath, an experienced duo who are the rock of the tag division. With an intense Japanese style based solely on superb matches, they pride themselves on guaranteeing both technical excellence and high-flying action on every show. No angles, no storylines, no faces and heels. Just great wrestlers (well, in theory - fairly good wrestlers may be more accurate in practice) treating it as a legit competition.

 

 

Thanks Kitarzu - Europe, Japan, and Australia should be done in 24 hours latest. Hopefully sooner!

[Jaysin]

What a great thread. I haven't dove into the new cverse all that much so this is how I found out Nemesis died. Sad news

[lr10540]

First of all, thank you for wrapping up the current C-Verse for those, like me, cannot use the beta and see the database.

 

Second, I'm very curious about Japan, especially with the aftermath of tsunami.

 

Companies have died, and at least one will never be the same again. KOBE and Angel are no longer with WLW. GCG and WEXXV are closed.

[Kitarzu]

Please don't spoiler! I'm joking.

 

Thanks lr10540, I'll wait for Jaded recaps!

[Skallux]

<p>hey I really want to thank you as I'm right now getting into the C-verse, but I have one little question if somebody and I hope somebody got an advise for me.</p><p> </p><p>

I personally have a CZCW game going on right now and I read through every wrestler I have and my company information, but does somebody have a tip how I can keep certain information for myself ? I made a grid but it doesn't really help me, maybe I should work more on it but I also really would love to start booking. Does somebody maybe have a tip for a grid or how to remember some things about wrestlers better ? </p><p> </p><p>

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[James Casey]

I've successfully run feds with only the vaguest idea of how 'good' my workers are before - your fans will tell you who they want to see by responding positively (or negatively) to worker performances.

 

For example, if you have two guys deliver a hot match in the midcard, book them separately next time and see if one of them was responsible and deserves a push, or if they have chemistry and a longer feud between them could benefit them both in the long run.

 

While it's certainly worth taking time at game start to get to know your workers, you quickly get a feel for your company, especially if you avoid the temptation to sign new talent all the time. Keep a strong core of long-term talent to build around, I suggest, and you should also benefit from their ongoing exposure keeping the crowds interested.

[Von Dozier]

Love this with my PSW and my Adam Ryland. Good shit!

[lr10540]

hey I really want to thank you as I'm right now getting into the C-verse, but I have one little question if somebody and I hope somebody got an advise for me.

 

I personally have a CZCW game going on right now and I read through every wrestler I have and my company information, but does somebody have a tip how I can keep certain information for myself ? I made a grid but it doesn't really help me, maybe I should work more on it but I also really would love to start booking. Does somebody maybe have a tip for a grid or how to remember some things about wrestlers better ?

 

greetings

 

What are you trying to remember exactly? Bios, gimmicks, ability?

[Skallux]

I've successfully run feds with only the vaguest idea of how 'good' my workers are before - your fans will tell you who they want to see by responding positively (or negatively) to worker performances.

 

For example, if you have two guys deliver a hot match in the midcard, book them separately next time and see if one of them was responsible and deserves a push, or if they have chemistry and a longer feud between them could benefit them both in the long run.

 

While it's certainly worth taking time at game start to get to know your workers, you quickly get a feel for your company, especially if you avoid the temptation to sign new talent all the time. Keep a strong core of long-term talent to build around, I suggest, and you should also benefit from their ongoing exposure keeping the crowds interested.

 

thank you for that

I dont want to add many workers but after not even 1 week 2 decided to call it a goodbye for my company so maybe I have to do some hirings, I just hope that it stops with those two at first Otherwise I thank you for your answer

[consortium11]

British IslesA former MAW star, Jenkins was deported from the US due to Visa issues and surprisingly failed to find a home in 21CW.

 

I wouldn't say that surprising; Jenkins was and is a solid and reliable technical worker but not outstanding in the ring (one of the reasons he never really stood out in MAW), in any way charismatic nor does he come across as a star. 21CW in contrast are a sports entertainment company who focus on larger-than-life characters, connecting with the crowd and soap-opera style storylines; while good wrestling (and Jenkins is at best good) is appreciated it's not the focus. He's just not the sort of worker 21CW would be interested in (they've turned down a number of National School of Wrestling graduates with a similar style) and his time in MAW didn't give him any real name value with the sort of fans 21CW really cares about.

[Skallux]

What are you trying to remember exactly? Bios, gimmicks, ability?

 

at best all of them but unfortunatly most of the times I completly forget about the Gimmicks so I rarely book around those. But especially abilities and Bios I'd say because e.g. I got Matt Sparrow and his bio says that he seemed to have a nice career but never really got over with the crowd, for that reason I'm kinda using him to put other people over right now. as you can see I can remember him already but most of my other guys I can't really and I wonder if there's something that could help me to remember them by heart better, or something like that ^^

[LaEstrella]

Mexico

 

What the heck is generic-looking babyface La Estrella doing getting involved in a fed like this?

 

Nice writeups, but found this funny as Estrella is definitely better as a heel, but can work as a babyface if you lack anyone better at the top of the card.