Effganic, from the beginning

Zergon · July 15, 2020

Roster Moves:

New Signings:

Larue Bouthillette

Age: 22

Face, Biker

Urgh, what it is with these generated names? Bouthillette will be another one that I´m going to get wrong all the time. Anyway, Larue is impactful wrestler and has professional attribute so shouldn´t cause backstage problems. He also looks at least half decent with puroresu on 26 - 71 and technician on 35 - 80 (when ever I see generated guy with two primary skills with low end of the range above 20, I pretty much automatically seem to assume that they would be at least half good, lets just see how often I find myself being wrong on that during this diary). Other than that he´s fundamental skills range from 25 - 70 (consistency) to 39 - 84 (basics) while his stamina is 28 - 73 so hopefully that´s on the higher part from that scale. He also looks to be somewhat solid in the mic but has poor star quality with just 19. He´s also smoker, better as babyface and amazing babyface so I put him on face side even though I kind of wish him to be heel as that´s were I feel I need more help at the moment. Still, I do feel that Amazing babyface is attribute that should not be ignored so face he is.

Marcus Gruver

Age: 21

Heel, Alpha Male

Gruver is another impactful wrestler with Puroresu (19 - 64) and technical (22 - 67) looking bit worse than with Bouthillette. Gruver is also better babyface than heel but he´s playing heel for now since I need new ones more than faces. Grover is very consistent (55 - 100) and has a solid stamina (45 - 90) with decent star quality (61) and at least some mic skills so he at least looks half decent and as lively personality which always help when I´m booking. He also becomes another person who I would consider to add into Monaghan´s Marvels.

RJ Price

Age: 18

Heel, Rebel

Price is insecure and don´t seem to have much upside in terms of stats outside of physical abilities and brawling looking decent with 23 - 68. Initially I´m penciling him as jobber but as is the case with anyone, put up enough good ratings and I´m sure to change my opinion.

Guys leaving:

Friedrich Herzog

Age: 35

Match history: 3 - 0 - 1

Average match rating: 23

Yep, he walked away from SPW so that just happened. In terms of in-ring skills, losing Herzog was a big hit for me but in terms of backstage, him leaving is kind of a relief and his poor stamina would have hindered him in the future even without his backstage attitude. Not much to say here honestly, I would have expected to be more shocked to lose one from the seven this early but I can´t really muster any kind of sense of loss after his behavior regardless of how badly this could affect my ratings on short term (reading this later, looks like I was really frustrated back when this happened. This is bit worse loss than what I was willing to admit here but it wasn´t end of the world by any means). This obviously means I have to reshuffle my plans now (like not having that tag titles match I just promoted last month, nor the Heavyweight title match since Herzog was 1st contender), I was planning to add a guy into Monaghan´s Marvels anyway (that was kind of what I had planned for Daigneault although his poor performance in his first match made me rethink that) but now I definitely need to do that. Right now, I feel that two out from the four of Daigneault, Marcou, Gruver and Sites could be added to the group but think I wait for a bit and see if any other options come forward and give those four chance to prove themselves. As for the other heels, I don´t want to add Suarez or Andrews to the group while Jorgenson and Price are bad backstage attitudes and London can´t go over six minutes in ring so those three don´t fit my long term plans at the moment.

Zergon · July 19, 2020

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SPW One Wild Night

July 1920 Friday week 4

The Loomis Plantation (South East)

Attendance: 148

1 vs. 1

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Saita Kuroki vs. Montaine Marcou

In a decent match, Saita Kuroki defeated Montaine Marcou in 6:30 by submission.

Notes: -

Ratings: Kuroki: 34, Marcou: 10

WINNER: Saita Kuroki by submission in 6:30 Rating: 23

ANGLE:

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After his match, Kuroki cuts a short promo stating that he have heard Andrews insults about him and the sport he represent but he´s not one to go into war of words over ignorant people, instead, he´s going to show he´s skills in-ring and if Levi thinks he´s better fighter, perhaps he cares to join into ring with Kuroki a second time as Kuroki would be happy to make Andrews tap just like he did in their last match. Rating: 18

Notes: Kuroki doesn´t have microphone skills to talk this long (6 minutes)

1 vs. 1

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Mayne Certain vs. Emilio Suarez

In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Emilio Suarez defeated Mayne Certain in 8:20 by pinfall.

Notes: -

Ratings: Certain: 8, Suarez: 30

WINNER: Emilio Suarez by pinfall in 8:20 Rating: 20

2 vs. 2

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Tadgh Hallam & Norman Redwine vs. Lonnie London & RJ Price

In a poor match, Tadhg Hallam and Norman Redwine defeated Lonnie London and RJ Price in 6:12 when Tadhg Hallam pinned Lonnie London with a Flying Tackle.

Norman Redwine was the weak link, struggling to keep up with everyone else's in-ring performance.

Notes: Redwine sustained broken wrist Hallam and Redwine had zero chemistry as partners. Hallam was really off his game. Price debuted his rebel gimmick with very good rating.

Ratings: Hallam: 23, Redwine: 6, RJ Price: 19, London: 15

WINNERS : Tadgh Hallam & Norman Redwine by pinfall in 6:12 Rating: 13

1 vs. 1

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Joe Boone vs. Ray Jorgenson

In a decent match, Joe Boone defeated Ray Jorgenson in 10:07 by submission.

Notes:

Ratings: Boone: 23, Jorgenson: 21

WINNER: Joe Boone by submission in 10:07 Rating: 21

2 vs. 2

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Larue Bouthillette & Laurence Durban vs. Marcus Gruver & Diandre Daigneault

In a bout that had terrible wrestling and non-existent crowd heat, Diandre Daigneault and Marcus Gruver defeated Larue Bouthillette and Laurence Durban in 7:48 when Diandre Daigneault pinned Laurence Durban with a Side Suplex.

Notes: Bouthillette debuted Biker gimmick with very good rating. Gruver debuted Alpha Male gimmick with adequate rating.

Ratings: Durban: 7, Bouthillette: 17, Gruver: 14, Daigneault: 10

WINNER: Marcus Gruver & Diandre Daigneault by pinfall in 7:48 Rating: 13

1 vs. 1 SPW Southeastern tournament 1st round

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Camden Bhakta vs. Levi Andrews

In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but terrible wrestling, Levi Andrews defeated Camden Bhakta in 5:53 by pinfall.

Notes: Bhakha and Andrews just don´t click at all.

Ratings: Bhakta: 15, Andrews: 13

WINNER: Levi Andrews by pinfall in 5:53 Rating: 14

1 vs. 1 SPW Southeastern tournament 1st round

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Ricky Summers vs. Craig Sites

In a decent match, Craig Sites defeated Ricky Summers in 7:44 by pinfall with a Bulldog.

Notes: Bout dragged in the middle with lack of flow being noticeable.

Ratings: Summers: 22, Sites: 18

WINNER: Craig Sites by pinfall in 7:44 Rating: 15

1 vs. 1 for SPW Heavyweight belt

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Daniel Loiselle vs. Sir Anthony Henry /w. Sorley Monaghan

In a decent match, Daniel Loiselle defeated Sir Anthony Henry in 15:54 by disqualification. Daniel Loiselle makes defence number one of the SPW Heavyweight title.

Notes: Monaghan (despite having hungover) did some good work at ringside

Ratings: Loiselle: 30, Henry: 26

WINNER: Daniel Loiselle by DQ in 15:54 Rating: 28

Show Rating: 26

Comments: Show started with usual backstage antics as there were three incidents this time around. First, Norman Redwine annoyed and eventually beat up Jorgenson after fight broke out. I gave Redwine a fine for his troubles and he was very unhappy about it (he´s actually angry now so we see if he makes a record of shortest run in SPW after the show). Monaghan on the other hand came up with hungover so I fined him as well so he now has simmering tension with me. Ricky Summers came out late, that´s not enough for me to give him a fine on the first offense so he received a stern warning which he actually was happy about. On the booking front, the main event was originally supposed to be Boone & Loiselle vs. Herzog & Henry with heels winning via interference from their third member (who would have been either Sites or Daigneaul at that point) but that did change for obvious reasons and I decided to to wait a bit before figuring who will join Henry and Monaghan. I also made the finish DQ finish just to keep the story going since those two area likely going to face each other´s again during this story. Souteastern tournament continued as planned with Sites and Andrews going forward after having two faces go into semi-finals last month. Nasty Boys unfortunately took another loss which won´t help their already bad momentum. Same goes to Henry but I felt like this was the most logical way to continue the feud after Herzog walked away and gave me another month to decided to eventual stable mates. Hopefully I can build Henry back up in coming months. Speaking of Henry´s potential stable mates, I decided to put Daigneault and Gruver into tag match to check their chemistry as I would like the two new guys on that stable to form a tag team while Henry concentrates on singles gold and Daigneault and Gruver are the two I consider for that spot the most at the moment. I decided to put Bouthillette & Durban together to check their chemistry as well since they both have biker gimmicks. Now, I´m not certain I would make them a team anyway as Durban is top of my list on guys likely being cut with bad backstage attitude, poor match ratings and simmering tension with Henry after almost injuring him few shows back. That said, I don´t see reason not to check and loss here shouldn´t hurt them too badly considering their low popularity. Other than that, it was case of giving bit of momentum to Kuroki, Boone and Suarez and then the last four guys were thrown into random tag match and with Hallam being far the best talent out there, he´s team picked the win.

Overall, OK show, it´s quite clear we are still carried by starting seven (minus Andrews and Herzog) but that is to be expected and there is some promise on the computer generated guys already. Hallam is the obvious top performer out from the rest, scoring better in-ring rating than anyone outside big 5 (Suarez, Loiselle, Boone, Henry and Kuroki) even when being way off his game and I should probably already consider him as equal for the big 5. Should, being the key word as I just played with the starting seven too much not to take liking into them and they can ride decently far with their past accomplisments with me as looks to be the case with Levi Andrews here who apparently ain´t going to be much of a factor rating wise in this save but who you can still expect to get upper midcard status mainly thansk to his "veteran" status he has with me. And yes,I know the starting seven are technically rookies as well but I see them as veterans and handle them as such. Anyway, looks like I kind of gone offroad (happens with me all the time in case you haven´t noticed <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/redface.png.900245280682ef18c5d82399a93c5827.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />) as I was talking about generated guys. Other than Hallam, there were few more with somewhat promising ratings. Jorgenson and Price being two of them but their backstage attitude might hold them back so I´m not willing to push them, at least not yet. Summers and Sites had OK personal ratings, sadly, that lack of flow seemed to hurt the match rating but looks like they could become decent midcard guys at the very least. The more I´m thinking about who to add into Monaghan´s Marvels, the less I want to put Sites on there, mainly because I think he´s best of the options and thus least likely to need to be in that group to get over and with Herzog gone and Andrews not delivering, it´s Sites who I look to become number three heel at the moment and I would rather not have him tied with Henry on that case mainly to give more feud options without needing to start to worry about repeating feuds because someone from same stable has already feuded with the guy recently. Bouthillette and Gruver both had somewhat promising debuts as well (ratings tend to get better match by match at the beginning with popularity rising so I´d assume they would be on lower 20´s before long). On the minus side, Redwine got himself injured and with him already being angry, I´d assume he leaves, not that I care enough to try and stop him. I complimented Henry and Loiselle for the good main event as well as Kuroki for his good match that started the show. After the show, I decided to give Henry and Boone a 1000$ bonus as both of them were unhappy at the time being. Henry is now happy but Boone is still annoyed. Jorgenson (annoyed) and Redine (angry), didn´t receive anything as I don´t really care if they would leave but I just couldn´t affort to lose Henry or Boone right now so decided to play safe even if I hate to reward bad behavior.

Here´s how popularities are looking after this show:

Star: Suarez: 15, Boone: 17

Well Known: Sites: 13, Loiselle: 17, Andrews: 13, Jorgenson: 14, Kuroki: 15, Henry: 14, Hallam: 13

Recognisable: Bhakta: 11, Daigneault: 9, London:10, Certain: 10, Marcou: 9, Redwine: 9, Summers: 11

Unimportant: Bouthillette: 5, Durban: 6, Gruver: 5, Price: 5

So, Suarez and Boone are now seen as stars, while Loiselle is just well known. I guess that´s because of momentum (Loiselle is still chilly) but still slighly annoyed at that one since I have no idea what caused his momentum to drop in the first place. Other curious note is that Jorgenson has lost his way to well known status while losses dropped Bhakta and Summers from Well known to Recognisable. Other than that, not much to report, kind of big gains again (even 5 points) but we are getting close to that 17 mark and that´s were the stone wall at least used to hit</div>

Zergon · July 22, 2020

News around the world: July 1920

World:

Joshua Johannes (USA) debuted Saturday week 1

Tadeu Dejesus (Mexico) debuted Wednesday week 2

RJ Price (USA) debuted Thursday week 2

Benedito Cardona (Mexico) debuted Friday week 2

Marcus Gruver (USA) debuted Sunday week 2

Anjelo Brune (Canada) debuted Sunday week 3

Bailey Rue (USA) debuted Wednesday week 4

Delaine Hébert (Canada) debuted Thursday week 4

Got few people debuting on my area but unfortunately, half of them were negative backstage presences by default and now that I am on a position were I don´t absolutely need to sign anyone I see, it´s time to think if I want to add these guys or not. Gruver was a no-brainer, being lively and I do want to have around 20 -24 guys at the minimum (I had 18 writing this with Bouthillette being already signed) so he is added. Out from the other three (Rue and Hébert debuted too late for me to sign them for last show so they weren´t an option at the time I made this decision) Johannes is troublemaker, Price is insecure and Brune is agitator and none of them don´t look to have particularly good stats outside of physical (and Johannes not even there). At the end, I decided to sign Price (as you already know, order is a bit weird here) to get me to 20 guys and pass on Johannes and Brune. As for Rue and Hébert, Rue is stalwart but looks to have poor stats and is hardcore wrestler so not a great fit. I might still sign him just to help backstage but will wait a bit to see how my current roster looks like (and how backstage will shape since there´s not that many penalties right now as it´s actually 61% before July´s show so it changes fast) and wait to see who else might debut in next month or two before making final decision on that. Hébert has driven personality and is 100% heel so one dimensional with neutral backstage presence. He does have 87 star quality and 53 - 98 on basics and 49 - 94 on selling plus at least some skills on brawling (10 - 55), puroresu (23 - 68) and technical (15 - 60) so looks to have some upside. His consistency (0 - 45) and stamina (4 - 49) are suspects but he looks likely to get into the roster when I decide to expand it next time.

Zergon · July 26, 2020

SPW Pay The Piper

August 1920 Friday week 3

The Loomis Plantation (South East)

Attendance: 150

2 vs. 2 for SPW Tag Team belts

& vs. &

Nasty Boys (Ricky Summers & Camden Bhakta) vs. Ray Jorgenson & RJ Price

In a decent match, Nasty Boys defeated Ray Jorgenson and RJ Price in 8:28 when Camden Bhakta pinned RJ Price with a Fallaway Slam. Nasty Boys win the SPW Tag Team titles.

Notes: Jorgenson was off his game, Price was really off his game, bout dragged in the middle with lack of flow being noticiable.

Ratings: Summers: 25, Bhakta: 21, Price: 18, Jorgenson: 21

WINNERS: Nasty Boys by pinfall in 8:28 rating: 17

1 vs. 1

vs.

Laurence Durban vs. Lonnie London

In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but terrible wrestling, Lonnie London defeated Laurence Durban in 5:39 by pinfall with a Martial Arts Kick.

Notes: -

Ratings: Durban: 8, London: 15

WINNER: Lonnie London by pinfall in 5:39 Rating: 11

1 vs. 1

vs.

Norman Redwine vs. Montaine Marcou

In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but terrible wrestling, Montaine Marcou defeated Norman Redwine in 8:16 by pinfall with an Axe Bomber.

Notes: Lack of flow during the match, Marcou was really off his game

Ratings: Redwine: 8, Marcou: 9

WINNER: Montaine Marcou by pinfall in 8:16 Rating: 6

1 vs. 1

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Larue Bouthillette vs. Emilio Suarez

In a decent match, Emilio Suarez defeated Larue Bouthillette in 6:26 by pinfall.

Notes: Match was way too short for an important match

Ratings: Bouthillette: 15, Suarez: 29

WINNER: Emilio Suarez by pinfall in 6:26 Rating: 21

ANGLE:

Monaghan and Henry comes into ring next but they aren´t alone as Marcus Gruver and Diandre Daigneault follow them into the ring. As usual, Monaghan does bulk of the talking hyping Henry up and telling audience that he has found new marvels to join his group, with alpha male Marcus Gruver and monstrous Diandre Daigneault collectively known now as World Wonders. He puts Daignault over as real monster who´s almost unstoppable while Gruver will swoon the ladies and beat up their men as he is an alpha male of highest order (according to Monaghan at least). And with these two additions, Monaghan´s Marvels are better than ever and will soon rule SPW. Rating: 24

1 vs. 1

vs. /w.

Mayne Certain vs. Sir Anthony Henry /w. Sorley Monaghan

In a bout that had a decent reaction from the crowd but sub-par wrestling, Sir Anthony Henry defeated Mayne Certain in 7:36 by pinfall.

Notes: Certain and Henry had great chemistry

Ratings: Certain: 10, Henry: 27

WINNER: Sir Anthony Henry by pinfall in 7:36 Rating: 19

1 vs. 1 SPW Southeastern tournament semi-final

vs.

Saita Kuroki vs. Craig Sites

In a decent match, Saita Kuroki defeated Craig Sites in 5:46 by submission.

Notes: The match was way too short for an important match.

Ratings: Kuroki: 34. Sites: 20

WINNER: Saita Kuroki by submission in 6:46 Rating: 22

1 vs. 1 SPW Southeastern tournament semi-final

vs.

Tadgh Hallam vs. Levi Andrews

In a decent match, Levi Andrews defeated Tadhg Hallam in 5:49 by pinfall.

Notes: -

Ratings: Hallam: 28, Andrews: 17

WINNER: Levi Andrews by pinfall in 5:49 Rating: 22

ANGLE:

After his match, Andrews cut a short promo on Kuroki, telling him that he ain´t ignorant, just telling the honest truth and the truth is that someone like Kuroki ain´t fit to share a ring with talent like Andrews and next month he will show that by not only beating Kuroki but also getting the SPW Southeastern belt to his waist as it wouldn´t fit to Kuroki anyway. Rating: 37

2 vs. 2

& vs. &

Daniel Loiselle & Joe Boone vs. World Wonders (Marcus Gruver & Diandre Daigneault )

In a decent match, Daniel Loiselle and Joe Boone defeated World Wonders in 9:43 when Daniel Loiselle pinned Marcus Gruver.

Notes: The match was too short for an important match.

Ratings: Loiselle: 28, Boone: 26, Gruver: 15, Daigneault: 12

WINNERS: Daniel Loiselle & Joe Boone by pinfall in 9:43 Rating: 18

Show Rating: 19

Comments: Yet another three backstage happenings this month (they really seem to bile up when your rating ain´t good enough). On first, Henry was openly critical on Summers in-ring style and got some heat from it. I gave Henry stern warning as I felt that wasn´t worth a fine and he was actually happy for once while Summers was indifferent (as of there weren´t any info if he had negative or positive reaction). Monaghan got into fight with a fan this time around (his 4th backstage incident already). I fined him again and he was unhappy about it. The third incident was RJ Price annoying and eventually beating Craig Sites up. Again, I gave him a fine and Sites called it too soft while I got no reaction out from Price. On booking front, the two semi-final matches were the first ones booked on this show and while I could see any from the four to hold this belt in the future, right now I still go with Kuroki and Andrews thanks to their "veteran status" even if Hallam would probably had been the best option in terms of ratings. Next to be booked were the two angles, Levi´s one were there just to continue his feud with Kuroki since they didn´t face each other´s this week while Monagha´s Marvels introduced their new members. I decided to go with Marcus Gruver and Diandre Daigneault over Sites and Marcou as I felt they were slightly better fit to how I picture that stable to be. Main event was the next one to be booked, not the best debut for World Wonders to have them lose but this way I could keep the story going while hopefully rebuild Henry´s momentum a bit plus Gruver and Daigneault weren´t really over enough to win there at any rate (and both Loiselle and Boone have negative momentum right now so not a good time to have them put someone else over either). Oh, and if you wonder why Monaghan didn´t manage them even if they joined his stable... well, errr... I forgot to put Monaghan as their manager and only realized that out before December´s show so for the rest of the year, World Wonders are without manager. It mistakes like these that make me kind of happy I´m not doing backstage segments, brain farts like these would be kind of hard to explain. Me screwing up aside, I also knew I wanted Nasty Boys to win as their record haven´t been great so far and decided to make that a tag title match as they pretty much get the belts by default now with World Wonders being the only other team and they will be tied else were (mainly to play support for Henry on his quest for gold) at the time being. Not the most exiting way to randomly throw tag belts into pretty much the only active team but I do think it´s better than just have the belts be vacant so guess it´s an upgrade. Building tag division takes some time and it ain´t top on my priority list at the moment with some roster changes still likely to happen in near future but hopefully I eventually got one build and give proper showcase for tag belts as well. Meanwhile, Suarez continues to get wins on the under card as he´s bit of an odd position right now, being my number one heel but not being in any storylines and thus being bit buried on the midcard matches at the time being. He will have his chance to shine after current feuds have run their course and meanwhile he will hopefully build some momentum while teaching some skills to under card guys. Also, when booking this match I learned that Bouthillette apparently can´t go over 6 minutes which is a decently big hit against him. Last two matches were the usual "Oh, I have these guys still left" situation. Marcou is the one I rate highest out from the four guys left and Redwhine is still expected to leave so no way I give him wins right now so that match was set. London vs. Durban was bit of a coin flip but I did go with London as I pick no stamina guy over bad backstage influence anytime, but to be honest, neither one ain´t currently expected to stay in the long run. I did consider rewarding Jorgenson for his good mach ratings by giving him a win over Durban and put London into tag title match instead but decided against it, partly because I felt having Jorgenson in that tag title match would slightly elevate Nasty Boys, perhaps not on your eyes since Jorgenson has lost all his matches so far but in game terms as Jorgenson is the most popular guy in that match. Other reason why I decided to leave Jorgenson get another loss is his backstage influence as it has gone from mildly negative to negative and I don´t tolerate bad backstage persons unless I really have to and while Jorgenson is one of the more skilled rookies, he´s not that much better than some of the other´s that it would justify his negative backstage presence in my eyes.

Hmm, so now that short match times start to hit me hard. Wonder what caused it now as I don´t recall seeing that penalty earlier? Don´t think it´s card placement with Suarez getting that in undercard match (against guy who was seen as unimportant) so thinking it has to be because one of the guys in a match were over certain threshold, at first I though that it was about one of the guys being a star (since Boone and Suarez were both seen as ones) but that wouldn´t explain Kuroki vs. Sites getting that penalty so I think it happens when one of the guys have 15 or more popularity as that would include Loiselle and Kuroki but exclude everyone else with Henry and Jorgenson being at 14 popularity and not getting the same message. I would assume that threshold would depend on company size and perhaps overall popularity of the roster as well so I will keep an eye open for that but right now, looks like 15 is the magic number for that penalty. Which means we are going to see that penalty a lot as very few guys could go that long without either stamina or psychology (or in most cases both) coming into way. Other than those extra penalties, things did go about as planned, I praised Boone (mostly in hopes to get him out from annoyed morale), Hallam (carried Andrews to great match) and Suarez (is doing great job even without getting a spotlight).

Here´s how polarities are looking after this one:

Star: Sites: 17, Suarez: 17, Boone: 17, Andrews: 17, Kuroki: 17, Hallam: 17

Well Known: Bhakta: 13, Loiselle: 17, Daigneault: 13, Certain: 14, Jorgenson: 16, Summers: 13, Henry: 16

Recognisable: Bouthillette: 9, Durban: 8, London:12, Gruver: 9, Marcou: 12, Redwine: 8, Price: 9

Well, I did hit that 17 threshold, now we just need to see how long I stay stuck on that one. Loiselle still has chilly momentum (as does Henry) which explains why he ain´t seen as a star. Oddly enough London is having warm momentum after his win despite losing four previous matches on a row while Loiselle is now 6-0 and holds my main belt and still has chilly momentum... Oh well, it is what it is, hopefully Loiselle manages to dig himself out from that hole or otherwise I might need to think about him dropping that belt soon to someone else.

Zergon · August 1, 2020

News around the world: August 1920

World:

Green Machine (Mexico) debuted Saturday week 1

Rikyu Takeda (Japan) deputed Monday week 2

Vernon Leon (Oceania) debuted Thursday Week 4

Captain Badger (Japan) debuted Friday week 4

Franklin Adams (USA) debuted Friday week 4

Zergon · August 1, 2020

Roster Moves:

Redwine decided to walk out from SPW and with my backstage rating being at 48% (and that´s after Redwine walked out, was 45% before that), I decided to see what I could do with that rating. First of all, I checked how many guys there were that could work in SPW. Answer was 7, two who were Herzog and Redwine so they obviously out, leaving 5. Two of them, Anjelo Brune (Agitator) and Joshua Johannes (Troublemaker) had negative attributes for backstage so they out since the goal is to make backstage better not worse. The other three Bailey Rue (stalwart), Delaine Hébert (driven) and Franklin Adams (lively) got signed. On of the three will replace Redwine but I decided to use the other two to replace some bad backstage influence guys in order to get the rating as good as I could. The guys currently causing troubles were Sites, Boone, Durban, Jorgenson, Price, Henry and Monaghan with Sites, Boone and Jorgenson being negative presences and the other four being slightly negative. Henry and Durban and Monaghan and me also had negative relationships. Now, Henry and Boone were safe as they are some of my top guys and I didn´t want to cut Sites either. Monaghan was someone who I considered as managers are always expendable in my books but SPW should have some and there´s no one else so I decided to keep him as well. Of the three left, Price has been here the shortest time and cutting Jorgenson (negative vs. mildly negative) and Durban (has tension with Henry) netted more positive effects so they ended up being cut instead and Price gets to keep his spot at least for now. Hopefully adding three neutral/positive backstage presences and firing two negative ones will help me to get the backstage rating back into neutral territory, there also currently are five other events (backstage happenings in previous two shows, all negative) that affect the morale and with those being short term, if I manage to get into spot were there won´t be 3 - 4 negative events per show I believe things would quickly become more harmonious.

New Signings:

Bailey Rue

Age: 23

Face, Rebel

I already talked about Rue a bit when he deputed so won´t go into details here. Basically he´s on of those guys who have most stats at 0 - 45 so don´t look to be anything but a jobber unless proven otherwise.

Delaine Hébert

Age: 20

Heel, Outbacker

Hébert is 100% heel so he gets to be the heel out from these three as I needed two faces to keep sides even. I also wrote about Hébert earlier and this is what I said him back when he debuted: He does have 87 star quality and 53 - 98 on basics and 49 - 94 on selling plus at least some skills on brawling (10 - 55), puroresu (23 - 68) and technical (15 - 60) so looks to have some upside. His consistency (0 - 45) and stamina (4 - 49) are suspects. Time will tell how he does here but starting stats look OK if stamina and consistency have higher end ratings on their scale. There is more space to rise on ranks on my heel side than face so if Hébert perform well he might raise to midcard status quite quickly as my current top six of Suarez, Henry, Andrews, Sites, Grover and Daigneault (last two getting top six spots mainly thanks to their association with Henry and Monaghan at the moment) feels bit weaker than what my top six is on face side and I wouldn´t mind having another reliable performer there.

Franklin Adams

Age: 19

Face, Dude

Adams would be amazing heel (and better heel) but I need a face right now so that what he will be. Looks to have good consistency (55 - 100) and stamina (41 - 86) with technical, aerial and flashiness getting low ends of 31 - 39 and high end being between 76 - 84 with decent mic skills as well. Sadly, star quality is only 24 with psychology and more importantly other fundamental skills all being 0 - 45 which overall makes him bit of a mixed back. Still, if fundamental skills develop nicely I could certainly see him getting higher on ladders but right now he looks to be quite low on pecking order with Boone, Loiselle, Kuroki, Hallam, Summers and Bhakta taking the top six spots leaving pretty much just jobber roles left for rest of the faces.

Guys Leaving:

Norman Redwine

Age: 20

Record: 1 - 0 - 2

Average Match Rating: 12

Unsurprisingly, Redwine decided to walk out after me doing nothing on him being angry. Not a big loss as I didn´t have plans for him but bit of a shame regardless as there were other´s I would rather had cut first.

Ray Jorgenson

Age: 22

Record: 0 - 0 - 5

Average Match Rating: 17

I kind of hate firing workers this early (especially with not much pool of unsigned workers to fall back in case something goes wrong) but it start to become obvious that I need my backstage rating to get better and Jorgenson was an easy cut to make despite his decent performance. So basically Jorgenson was victim of bad backstage attribute, something that will no doubt be a running theme for me this save.

Laurence Durban

Age: 23

Record: 0 - 0 - 4

Average Match Rating: 11

Another bad backstage guy gone, bit earlier than I would have liked as I would have preferred to keep Durban eating pins for a while but hopefully this helps my backstage enough to get into territory were I could hold shows without backstage incidents messing rosters morale up. Overall, Durban didn´t seem to have much upside as far as I could see and is unlikely to be seen again unless I pick a company that has signed him before I take the book (in which case he would be likely cut again).

Zergon · August 1, 2020

Well, loooks like my desktop were the game and diary were just broke up and I haven´t been able to get i back up. So unfortunalely, unless I can figure someway to recover both the diary and the game file, this diary will be cut short.

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