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4/30 THE FORUM
It's the biggest night in the brief history of Top Professional Wrestling Warriors as we crown the first King Of The Forum champion! Plus, we will know how the top fifteen contenders for the gold will rank, meaning every match tonight is crucial in the championship standings! We kick things off with a three-way dance between three of the first four men out of the KotF tournament (Shane Douglas is still in rehab, otherwise this would be a four-corners match). It's El Hijo Del Santo vs. Road Warrior Animal vs. Shaggy 2 Dope. Shaggy is out pretty quickly after taking a flying knee from Santo, leaving Santo and Animal to go one-on-one. Big match between two international icons that Santo wins with his La De A Caballo submission hold. Two men who have to be disappointed in their runs through the KotF are Sean Morley and Sid Vicious. Two holdovers from the wrestling industry's '90s peak go toe-to-toe for a spot in the top ten contenders. Big Sid gets the win with a powerbomb, then lays into Morley with boots after the bell sounds, sending a message to whoever walks out of tonight with the gold! Stevie Richards and Sean Waltman have consistently put on the best matches in TPWW, and tonight they go at it in another exciting contest. Two men with educated feet put on a clinic until Waltman catches Richards unaware with the Buzzkill for the win. Two men who have made names for themselves in TPWW thus far are Monty Brown and Shad Gaspard. These two giant brawlers battle it out in our next match. Brown hits the ropes to prepare for the Pounce, but eats a big Brooklyn Boot, and Shad gets the win. Sabu and Scott Hall were both eliminated from title contention last week, so both are looking to bounce back and become the #4 contender for the KotF gold. These two grizzled veterans definitely bring their A game for this match that sees Sabu pick up the clean win with a triple jump moonsault. Low Ki and Raven have torn through the first four weeks of TPWW's existence. Tonight, the winner goes on to the finals of the King Of The Forum title tournament. The loser must defeat Fatu to earn a rematch in the main event! Another great match, and these two definitely look like they're ready to headline TPWW shows for years to come. Ki looks like he's about to pick up a big win when Scott Hall makes a surprise appearance, laying him out with the Outsider's Edge behind the referee's back. Raven covers the unconscious Ki for the win, then Raven and Hall put the boots to Ki afterwards. A promo plays for next week's show featuring a celebration ceremony for the first King Of The Forum champion as well as five TPWW debuts. When we come back to the arena, officials have managed to revive Low Ki and are trying to convince him to forfeit his match with Fatu, but the World Warrior refuses. Fatu comes out for the match, but Ki just doesn't have his usual magic in him, and he eats a Kishi Driver. After the match, Fatu and Ki shake hands showing that there was nothing personal to it. However, Fatu's victory celebration is cut short as Raven blindsides him and orders the referee to ring the bell to start their championship match! Raven starts off with strikes then a pair of big neckbreakers. Fatu fights back with a hip toss and a charge in the corner. Piledriver gets two, then Raven catches Fatu with a DDT, but doesn't have enough in him to get more than two. Raven hits a tornado punch for two more and is looking frustrated. He tries a legdrop but misses. Fatu hits a strike, but eats a flying shoulder tackle. While the ref checks on Raven, Sean Waltman blindsides Fatu with a chair, allowing Raven to hit the Raven Effect and pick up the win! The announcers hype Raven as the new King Of The Forum while Raven and Waltman stomp the hell out of Fatu as we fade to black. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Next Week's Card Raven is crowned King Of The Forum Non-Title Match - Sean Morley vs. Raven El Hijo Del Santo and Road Warrior Animal vs. Scott Hall and Sean Waltman Fatu vs. Sid Vicious Monty Brown vs. Mike Knox Low Ki and Sabu vs. Vicious & Delicious (Buff Bagwell and Scott Norton) Satoru Sayama vs. Shad Gaspard Stevie Richards vs. Tank Abbott Doug Basham vs. Shaggy 2 Dope Championship Rankings King Of The Forum Champion - Raven #1 Contender - Fatu #2 Contender - Low Ki #3 Contender - Mike Knox #4 Contender - Sabu #5 Contender - Scott Hall #6 Contender - Shad Gaspard #7 Contender - Monty Brown #8 Contender - Sean Waltman #9 Contender - Stevie Richards #10 Contender - Sid Vicious #11 Contender - Sean Morley #12 Contender - El Hijo Del Santo #13 Contender - Road Warrior Animal #14 Contender - Shaggy 2 Dope #15 Contender - Shane Douglas |
5/7 THE FORUM
The pre-show dark match saw a debuting Doug Basham beat Shaggy 2 Dope via submission with the Sharpshooter. The actual show opens with "Come Out And Play" hitting the speakers, and the first King of the Forum champion Raven coming to the ring with his title. He poses for a while, then motions to the back. From backstage come Scott Hall and Sean Waltman, the two men who helped him win the title last week. They're followed by the monstrous Sid Vicious and Scott Norton, and finally Buff Bagwell. Raven grabs a microphone from the timekeeper. "I guaranteed that I would be your King of the Forum. And I make good on my guarantees. I saw that there was a small chance that either Low Ki or Fatu could catch me off-guard and walk out with this championship, so I went out and got help. I found Hall and Waltman, two men who have changed every company they've ever worked for. They wanted to make an impact in TPWW, and what better way than to join me? So the first two pieces were in place. My next stop was Japan, where I found a man who is more feared there than Godzilla and Mothra combined. Scott Norton is one of the last remaining tough guys in professional wrestling and when I told him of my plan, the first thing he asked me was 'Do I get to hurt people?' Yes, Scott. Yes, you do. He asked me for one more thing. 'Raven, I want you to bring Marcus. He balances me out. I'm afraid of what I might do to the TPWW locker room without a compass.' And I agreed. So along comes Buff Bagwell. Which left me with one more spot to fill. And look at this guy. Sid Vicious. World Champion everywhere he's gone. The master, the ruler of the world. Given the choice between the two, wouldn't you want him with you rather than against you? So before you stands the most dominant force in TPWW. This is the Order Of Raven. And tonight, you'll see what we're capable of. I'm going to destroy Sean Morley tonight, and you'll see the rest of my boys take apart the rest of the roster. Quoth the Raven... Nevermore!" The Order clears the ring, except for Sid, who is in action in our first televised match against the #1 contender for Raven's title Fatu. They have a really good brawl, and Sid hits a spinning neckbreaker to win it with his feet on the ropes for extra leverage. After the bell, the two continue brawling, and this looks like the beginning of a feud! Former MMA star (and 3 Count bodyguard) Tank Abbott is out next for his debut mach against Stevie Richards. Stevie looks great again, carrying Tank to a good match, but Tank has to stoop to using brass knuckles. The ref sees it (as Tank isn't exactly stealthy), and disqualifies Abbott. Two bruisers who have been making a name for themselves in TPWW are Monty Brown and Mike Knox, so naturally they both leap at the chance to do so at the other's expense. Really good brawl that ends with Knox hitting the Knox Out for the win. Two of the top five contenders for the King of the Forum title Low Ki and Sabu team up in our next match to face the debuting Vicious & Delicious - Scott Norton and Buff Bagwell from the Order Of Raven. This is the best match in TPWW history up to this point, with V&D working over Ki early until he can hot-tag Sabu. Sabu uses his high-flying offense for a while, but eventually the power of "Flash" Norton is too much, finally hitting Ki with a Jackhammer for the victory. The non-title match between Raven and Sean Morley isn't quite as good as its predecessor, but the crowd is very much into these guys, meaning this is probably not the last we'll see of them against each other. Raven eventually gets the clean win to continue putting him over with the Raven Effect. Can anyone unseat Raven? Japanese superstar Satoru Sayama makes his debut in our next contest, taking on Shad Gaspard, who has been a man on a mission since the first episode of The Forum. Shad again looks like a million bucks, but he winds up falling victim to Sayama's diving headbutt finisher, giving the import a win in his debut. After the match, Shad hits his finisher on him to regain some heat. Tonight's main event is a tag-team encounter featuring Sean Waltman and Scott Hall from the Order Of Raven against El Hijo Del Santo and one of the greatest tag-team wrestlers of all time, Road Warrior Animal! The four veterans put on a very old-school match that Hall eventually wins by hitting the Outsider's Edge on Animal. After the match, Santo and Animal attack them, and they brawl into the crowd as we fade to black. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Next Week's Card Introduction of the TPWW Moderator Raven introduces a new member of the Order Non-Title - "Alpha Male" Monty Brown vs. Raven Ten Man Tag - El Hijo Del Santo/Fatu/Low Ki/Road Warrior Animal/Sabu vs. The Order Of Raven Stevie Richards vs. Mike Knox Sean Morley vs. Shad Gaspard Satoru Sayama vs. Shaggy 2 Dope Doug Basham vs. Tank Abbott Championship Rankings King Of The Forum Champion - Raven (remains champion) #1 Contender - Mike Knox (#3 last week) #2 Contender - Low Ki (#2 last week) #3 Contender - Scott Hall (#5 last week) #4 Contender - Fatu (#1 last week) #5 Contender - Sean Waltman (#8 last week) #6 Contender - Sabu (#4 last week) #7 Contender - Shad Gaspard (#6 last week) #8 Contender - Monty Brown (#7 last week) #9 Contender - Stevie Richards (#9 last week) #10 Contender - Sid Vicious (#10 last week) #11 Contender - Sean Morley (#11 last week) #12 Contender - El Hijo Del Santo (#12 last week) #13 Contender - Satoru Sayama (debut) #14 Contender - Scott Norton (debut) #15 Contender - Road Warrior Animal (#13 last week) #16 Contender - Buff Bagwell (debut) #17 Contender - Shaggy 2 Dope (#14 last week) #18 Contender - Doug Basham (debut) #19 Contender - Tank Abbott (debut) #20 Contender - Shane Douglas (#15 last week) |
Holy crap did I forget about this thread or what? I'll try to put up an update of my game. Right now I'm in December of 2015 building towards the Bragging Rights PPV. Here's the card at the very least (Raw superstars listed first):
20 Man Raw vs. SmackDown! Battle Royal - Winner headlines the Royal Rumble against the champion WWE Diva's Title: Melina vs. Mickie James (c) WWE U.S Champion vs. WWE Intercontinental Champion: Pete Shapiro vs. MVP WWE Cruiserweight Title: Matt Stryker vs. Sean Casey WWE Unified Tag Team Titles: Southern Spice (Rob Conway and Jamie Noble) vs. America's Most Wanted Diva's Challenge: Oracle and Kim Roderick vs. Sandy Rochet and Lisa Benton The Miz vs. Ian Moore The Status Quo (WWE Champion Chris Sylvain, Bret Banderas, and Brian York) and Mr. Kennedy vs. World Heavyweight Champion Kofi Kingston, Edge, Christian and Alex Furious |
5/14 THE FORUM
Last week, Doug Basham won the dark match. Tonight, he makes his on-screen debut beating former MMA star Tank Abbott. Abbott's strength plays a big factor, but eventually Basham catches him a surprise powerslam to set up for a sharpshooter and the win. Mike Knox and Stevie Richards have both been putting on exciting performances since the debut of TPWW, but tonight is their first time going one-on-one. Once again, they put on a tremendous show, but Knox (the #1 contender for King Of The Forum) picks up another big win with the Knox Out. After the match, "Come Out And Play" hits and Raven heads to the ring with the Order Of Raven (and, of course, his King Of The Forum title). Raven cuts right to the chase. "Mike, you and I have a lot in common. And the thought occurred to me that having another cerebral monster in the Order would be a recipe for an insurrection. But then I realized that we could rule this place with our combined intellect. I'm making you an offer that it would behoove you to take. Join the Order and be the dominant force I know you can be." Knox grabs a microphone and pauses for a moment. He then starts to chuckle, which quickly turns into a full-blown laugh. He steps back and continues to laugh at Raven, whose initial bemusement quickly turns to anger. Knox stops for a moment, but then laughs again, which leads to Raven siccing the Order on him, and the six of them leave the Mad Scientist Of Wrestling laying. Back from a promo video, Satoru Sayama and Shaggy 2 Dope are in the ring. It's a pretty quick match with Sayama getting a clean win with his diving headbutt finisher. A huge ten-man tag match is next as the Order Of Raven (Scott Hall, Sean Waltman, Sid Vicious, and the team of Vicious & Delicious) take on their opponents from last week - El Hijo Del Santo, Fatu, Low Ki, Road Warrior Animal, and Sabu. Norton carries the bulk of the match, showcasing his brutal offense against all five babyfaces. In the end, though, the Order isolates Animal and Hall hits him with the Outsider's Edge for the win. The lights in the arena go out and a countdown appears on the video screen. The crowd goes apeshit, because... well... what else could a countdown mean? When the countdown hits zero, "Evenflow" hits the PA and the Moderator of TPWW reveals himself to be... CHRIS FUCKING JERICHO! "So, The Order Of Raven, huh? This is what's supposed to be 'revolutionizing the industry?' Let's look in the ring, shall we? Is that... Scott Hall? The guy who had to get a custom low-rider wagon built so when he falls off again he doesn't get hurt? And Sean Waltman? The guy who might as well be an air conditioner for the way he sucks the heat out of the arena? Buff Bagwell? 'The Stuff,' huh? Not really sure what 'The Stuff' is, but it's clearly not anything that any fan has ever had any sort of reaction to. And his giant butt-buddy Scott Norton? Who's been thrilling Japan with the sort of bland dry stiff wrestling he bored the deep south with throughout the 1990s? How about Sid Vicious? I mean, the only way anybody ever gave a crap about him was when he literally gave a crap during the biggest match of his career! Look, I don't want to disparage the world-class talent we've got in the ring. And as soon as some shows up, I'll hold my tongue. Look, 'Order,' I was brought in as the Moderator of TPWW to provide order. And since this is my Forum, you'll play by my rules! Now, I'm not going to come out here and start laying down the law. I'm perfectly content to just lay back and watch the show. But if it turns out that all this Order is is beat-downs on anybody who doesn't follow Raven? We're going to have a problem. TPWW is about new beginnings. And this is the start of the Age Of Jericho. And TPWW will never eeeeeeeeeeeever be the same a-gain!" Back to the action, it's Sean Morley and Shad Gaspard one-on-one. Shad has proven that his misuse in the so-called "big leagues" was ridiculous, while Morley's career has been revitalized by new competition and renewed rivalries. Morley looks about ready to put the match away with a Money Shot, but Shad rolls out of the ring. Before Morley knows what hit him (it was the ring bell), he's laid out in the middle of the ring. The ref saw it, though, and calls for the DQ. Our main event is once again Raven in non-title action, tonight taking on the "Alpha Male" Monty Brown. Brown puts on a good show, but it's once again the King Of The Forum standing victorious with the Raven Effect. The champion poses as we fade to black. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Next Week's Card King Of The Forum - Mike Knox vs. Raven (c) Fatu and Low Ki vs. The Band Sabu vs. Sid Vicious Monty Brown and Sean Morley vs. Vicious & Delicious Stevie Richards vs. Shad Gaspard Satoru Sayama vs. Tank Abbott El Hijo Del Santo vs. Shaggy 2 Dope Doug Basham vs. Road Warrior Animal Championship Rankings King Of The Forum Champion - Raven (remains champion) #1 Contender - Mike Knox (#1 last week) #2 Contender - Scott Hall (#3 last week) #3 Contender - Sean Waltman (#5 last week) #4 Contender - Low Ki (#2 last week) #5 Contender - Fatu (#4 last week) #6 Contender - Sabu (#6 last week) #7 Contender - Sid Vicious (#10 last week) #8 Contender - Shad Gaspard (#7 last week) #9 Contender - Sean Morley (#11 last week) #10 Contender - Monty Brown (#8 last week) #11 Contender - Stevie Richards (#9 last week) #12 Contender - Satoru Sayama (#13 last week) #13 Contender - Scott Norton (#14 last week) #14 Contender - Buff Bagwell (#16 last week) #15 Contender - El Hijo Del Santo (#12 last week) #16 Contender - Doug Basham (#18 last week) #17 Contender - Road Warrior Animal (#15 last week) #18 Contender - Tank Abbott (#19 last week) #19 Contender - Shaggy 2 Dope (#17 last week) #20 Contender - Shane Douglas (0-1) |
Well both Bragging Rights and the Royal Rumble have been taken care of. Let's look at the results shall we?
Bragging Rights: Jason Collins won the Raw vs. SmackDown! battle royal. Mickie James retained the Diva's Title against Melina. Matt Stryker retained the Cruiserweight Title against Jason Cross. Sandy Rochet and Lisa Benton defeated Kim Roderick and Oracle. Southern Spice (Rob Conway and Jamie Noble) retained the Unified Tag Team Titles against America's Most Wanted. Ian Moore defeated the Miz. Pete Shapiro defeated MVP. Team Raw (WWE Champion Chris Sylvain, Brian York, Bret Banderas and Mr. Kennedy) defeated Team SmackDown! (World Heavyweight Champion Kofi Kingston, Edge, Christian, and Alex Furious) when Sylvain pinned Kingston. The stories coming out of Bragging Rights leading up to the Rumble: Jason Collins damn near mocks Kingston's inability to lead Team SmackDown! to victory. Collins has beaten Chris Sylvain twice and would've done it again had he been able to lead the team. Kingston counters that he wasn't there though since Collins isn't the World Heavyweight Champion. The Status Quo show no remorse over the beat down they put on Team SmackDown! post-match and they certainly feel justified in also destroying their 'teammate' Mr. Kennedy. They didn't want his help and they certainly didn't need his help. He had no business tagging himself into the match and no business slapping Sylvain across the face. If he had just minded his own business and left things up to the Status Quo, everything would've been gravy. Kennedy finally turns face by getting in their faces and is next in line to face Chris Sylvain for the WWE Title. The other members of the Status Quo, Brian York and Bret Banderas, feel they need gold back around their waists and since they've demonstrated tremendous success as a team along with aiding in the defeat of one of the best teams ever in the WWE (Edge & Christian) they deserve a shot at the Unified Tag Team Titles. Southern Spice agree to a title match at the Rumble. Jason Cross is angry over blowing his one chance to bring the Cruiserweight Title to SmackDown!. He declares that it isn't fair that Cruiserweight Title is essentially stuck on Raw and demands another opportunity at the title. Raw GM Steve Austin concedes that if Jason Cross can win a match on Raw then the Cruiserweight Title can be defended on both shows and Cross will be first in line at the Royal Rumble. Cross is successful in this challenge is prepped to face Matt Stryker again. Kim Roderick vows to make up for her team's loss at Bragging Rights by winning the Diva's Title from Mickie James. She wins a four-way elimination match to become number one contender to the belt at the Royal Rumble. Nothing has been resolved in the ongoing saga between HHH and Sean O'Haire and the duo's double elimination of each other during the 20 man battle royal at Bragging Rights which led to a massive brawl throughout the arena only intensified the drama. The two are set to battle in a street fight at the Royal Rumble. The remainder of the roster are all making their bids to enter the Royal Rumble match and emerge the winner. So here's the Royal Rumble card: The 30 man Royal Rumble WWE Title: Chris Sylvain (c) vs. Mr. Kennedy World Heavyweight Title: Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Jason Collins WWE Cruiserweight Title: Matt Stryker (c) vs. Jason Cross WWE Diva's Title: Mickie James (c) vs. Kim Roderick WWE Unified Tag Team Titles: Southern Spice (c) vs. The Status Quo Sean O'Haire vs. HHH |
Royal Rumble results:
Matt Stryker retained the Cruiserweight Title against Jason Cross. Mickie James retained the Diva's Title against Kim Roderick Southern Spice retained the Unified Tag Team Titles against the Status Quo when Edge and Christian returned and caused Conway to pin York. HHH defeated Sean O'Haire in a street fight. Both men are stretchered out. Jason Collins defeated Kofi Kingston to win the World Heavyweight Title for the fifth time. Chris Sylvain defeated Mr. Kennedy to retain the WWE Title. Ian Moore won the Royal Rumbe last eliminating Pete Shapiro. I've only got three matches set so far for No Way Out. Mr. Kennedy will get a rematch against Chris Sylvain for the title. Kofi Kingston has exercised his rematch clause and will face Jason Collins. Ian Moore and Jack Swagger will have a bit of a blow off to their mini-feud that will put Moore's title shot on the line. I've always had a cage match of some kind on the show and I might have HHH and O'Haire be the lucky duo this time around plus I'm building up some one-off challengers for the Intercontinental and U.S. titles. It's a show where I'm gambling alot on the top matches since I'm saving the big stuff for WrestleMania. There will likely be a tag title match and a cruiserweight title match as well. Again, it's just decent middle-of-the-road stuff to tide people over until the big one. |
I've played EWR off and on for about 8 years now. I'm 3 years into a TNA game and while checking out the EWR wikipedia page, I found out TEW 2005 is free. Downloaded. I've been waiting forever to play TEW. Needless to say, I am in heaven right now. Will I be let down?
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<font color=goldenrod>It's weird...I'm a detail freak but TEW just doesn't do it for me. It takes ages to book a show. You pretty much HAVE to switch WWE to a cutting edge promotion instead of sports entertainment because otherwise you need to book a ton of promos or else the fans will be pissed off.
Everytime I give it another chance I give up within a week's worth of shows.</font> |
After spending 30 or so years (in-game) with EWR, trying out a new simulator would feel so...wrong.
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<font color=goldenrod>Well, college is over and now I've got time to kill. Gonna start a new game with a twist.
I'll be taking the reigns the night after Extreme Rules...the first night the new brand rosters take effect. I'll do all 4 shows, and they will be in quick-result format to prevent me from getting lazy and burnt out as I normally do. But here's the catch. Every Monday morning in-game, (not counting the first night I'm starting on), I will head over to random.org and generate a number between 1 and however many workers I have employed. I then count down on my roster (eg Abraham Washington is #1, Zack Ryder is #164, etc.) and whoever's number is pulled is fired. It's a total crap shoot. Everybody is eligible. It could be somebody from development I'll never use (all of the Tough Enough contestants are there, too). It could be someone like Jericho, HBK, Austin, etc. who are on the roster for occasional appearances if I want to use them. It could be Cena or Rock and fuck up the WM 28 main event. Everyone is fair game. A release will occur every week until WrestleMania 28, which will be the game's ending point. Beyond that, people will only be released in accordance with the Wellness Policy (ie: Regal is on his last strike, etc.) Nobody will be hired. No doubt some releases will frustrate the shit out of me. But that's the fun of it. Hopefully will get started soon.</font> |
<font color=goldenrod>Booked through an entire week and made the first firing. HERE WE GO:
Monday Night Raw – 5/2/11 The Rock holds a birthday bash in the ring. Newly crowned WWE Champion John Cena interrupts and says his gift is that the title WILL be on the line at WM 28. The Raw GM announces that he’s selected 10 contenders for the title, and the #1 contender will be decided through a series of Beat the Clock matches TONIGHT! Alberto Del Rio defeats Evan Bourne via Armbreaker to set the opening pace. Don’t ask me what the pace is. CM Punk is flanked by Ryan, Otunga, McGillicutty, and a returning Husky Harris for his match against Big Show. The 4 surround the ring and make nuisances of themselves. Despite the distractions, Del Rio’s time is not broken, so Nexus hit the ring and swarm Show for the DQ ending. Kane rushes out to aid his partner, but the numbers game is just too great. The Nexus have made a statement tonight! Kelly Kelly pins Melina after a K-2. The loser is then fed to the wolves as Kharma comes out and kills Melina. Jerry Lawler grows tired of Michael Cole’s gloating. He challenges Cole to one final match at Over the Limit, and says that if he doesn’t beat Cole, he will leave the Raw announce table. Cole gladly accepts. Rey Mysterio pins Dolph Ziggler following a 6-1-9. Unfortunately for Rey, it was a mere few seconds shy of the record. Del Rio is still the number 1 contender. Del Rio’s time is finally broken as R-Truth puts away United States champion Kofi Kingston after an unexpected assist from Johnny Curtis, the NXT Season 4 winner who was mentored by Truth. Video package for The Rock. Why? Because it’s his birthday and I have an extra segment to fill. John Morrison vs. The Miz in the main event. Morrison appears to be close to winning, so Truth comes out for the distraction to protect his time. What he didn’t account for though was Miz capitalizing on it, getting the best time by a mere few seconds and becoming the new #1 contender. Truth is beside himself. Cena confronts Miz. The Raw GM closes the show by congratulating Miz and announcing Morrison/Truth for Over the Limit. Along with that, there will be a Cena/Morrison vs. Truth/Miz match next week with the winning team picking the stipulations for their respective PPV matches. NXT: Redemption – May 3, 2011 Lucky Cannon uses devious tactics to defeat Conor O’Brian. Maryse greets Lucky backstage and compliments him on doing whatever it takes to win. Could Maryse finally be warming up to Lucky? Hornswoggle and Titus O’Neil backstage silliness. O’Neil’s getting ready for his match later on. Jacob Novak and JTG defeat Byron Saxton and Yoshi Tatsu after a “Novak Attack” on Saxton. Maryse walked onstage on Lucky Cannon’s arm, which distracted Yoshi and prevented him from breaking up the pin. Saxton wasn’t happy about it. Novak taunts Regal about the win. Regal grabs a mic and rips into Novak verbally, promising he’ll get the last laugh in the end. Chavo Guerrero pins Titus O’Neil, O’Neil’s first defeat on NXT. Darren Young grabbed Hornswoggle on the outside, which sidetracked O’Neil and allowed Chavo to win with a roll-up and hook of the tights. WWE Superstars – May 5, 2011 William Regal blows off some steam over his issues with Jacob Novak on NXT. Regal takes on Jimmy Uso and is able to withstand Jey interference to grab the win. Video package is shown highlighting Christian winning the World Heavyweight Title at Extreme Rules. Chris Masters marks his return to the Raw roster with a win over Primo via the Masterlock. Raw Rebound shows the highlights from the Beat the Clock challenge matches on Monday. Zack Ryder grabs a mic and says he’s sick of being disrespected. He’s an internet sensation and it’s time to make an impact. Ryder grabs a huge win over Santino Marella thanks to interference from Curt Hawkins. Vladimir Kozlov runs out for the save, but the damage was done. Friday Night SmackDown – May 6, 2011 Christian holds a World Heavyweight Title celebration ceremony. During the segment, Edge comes out for a surprise appearance. He gives a speech and passes the torch onto Christian. Daniel Bryan has a successful SmackDown debut, taking down the much larger Ezekiel Jackson and making him submit to the LeBell Lock. The Corre jump Ezekiel Jackson in disgust. They leave him laying in the middle of the ring, essentially kicking him out of the group. Theodore Long announces that the #1 contender for the World Heavyweight Title will be determined tonight in a match featuring three of SmackDown’s newest acquisitions – Randy Orton, Sheamus, and Mark Henry. Alex Riley and Brodus Clay defeat Trent Barreta and Yoshi Tatsu after a TKO on Barreta. Riley and Clay grab mics. They talk about how the time to be a lackey is over. They are going to pool their strengths together and take the tag team division by storm. Layla defeats Rosa Mendes in a shitty match. Kharma comes out and massacres Mendes after. Cody Rhodes has a tall task ahead of him against the mammoth Great Khali. Rhodes holds his own, but as soon as Khali begins getting momentum – Rhodes walks off and takes the countout loss. Khali celebrates his win, and Jinder Mahal comes out and slaps him over it. Christian is backstage. In a nutshell, he says he doesn’t care who wins the main event – Captain Charisma finally has the gold and he will keep it for a long time. Sin Cara defeats Tyson Kidd in a fun high-flying bout via top-rope C4. In the main event triple threat match, Orton plants Henry with an RKO. However, Sheamus recovers on the outside and sneaks back in, throwing Orton over the top rope. Sheamus steals the cover and 3 seconds later is crowned the new number 1 contender. He may have lost the US Title on Sunday, but Sheamus is already moving on to bigger and better things. ----- And now the big moment – the weekly release! Number drawn: 28 Chris Masters has been released</font> |
YES, the Busch is back!!!
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I left off on No Way Out 2016 so the results are as follows:
Batista pinned AJ Styles. WWE Intercontinental Champion MVP pinned Mike Knox WWE Cruiserweight Champion Matt Stryker pinned SmackDown!'s Sean Casey. WWE Unified Tag Team Champions Souther Spice defeated SmackDown!'s Cash Inc. when Conway pinned Ryan Creed. Sean O'Haire defeated HHH in a cage match. Ian Moore pinned Jack Swagger. World Heavyweight Champion Jason Collins and Kofi Kingston entertained (see what I did there?) to a double countout. WWE Champion Chris Sylvain pinned Mr. Kennedy. Overall Rating: 91% |
Here's the build-up and card for WrestleMania 32.
<b>Raw vs. SmackDown! Cruiserweight Showcase: Cruiserweight Champion Matt Stryker, Evan Bourne, and Don Maiden vs. Jason Cross, Sean Casey, and Derek Standish</b> This match stems from Jason Cross' anger over the SmackDown!'s cruiserweights inability to get the title away from Raw's Matt Stryker. Stryker suggests that maybe Raw just has the superior cruiserweights. Cross takes offense to this as do some of the other SmackDown! guys and they punish Stryker with a beating. Stryker later challenges Cross to a 3-on-3 match with them as captains. The two select their teammates after a series of tryout matches and all six men look to deliver the goods at WrestleMania. Stryker even offers a title match to whoever manages to win. <b>Money In the Bank: Mr. Kennedy vs. Scott Blackmore vs. John Morrison vs. Bryan Danielson vs. The Miz vs. Jack Swagger vs. Rhyno vs. AJ Styles vs. Kane vs. Cody Rhodes</b> What may appear to be a standard race-for-the-briefcase Money in the Bank ladder match, this is actually a nexus of a few personal quarrels, most notably Kennedy & Blackmore, Rhodes & Kane, and Miz & Danielson. Who's snatching the coveted Money in the Bank briefcase this year? <b>Sean Criss vs. CM Punk</b> These two top Raw stars have been at each other's throats since Punk unwittingly cost Criss the WWE Title back in October after Criss had only briefly tasted the gold after a lengthy chase. Punk's self-centeredness and ego has only been fueled by the frustration over not being able to win the WWE Title since his arrival on Raw while Criss is motivated by delivering the beating Punk has had coming to him for years. Raw GM Steve Austin has sweetened the pot by making sure the winner of this match has a WWE Title on Raw in the coming month. <b>Sean O'Haire vs. Batista</b> This special Raw vs. SmackDown! match came to be after Sean O'Haire ran into Batista at No Way Out and bragged about the suffering HHH was put through. After a few taunts, Batista made his play and started a brawl which ended badly for the Animal. O'Haire suggested that perhaps Batista would fare better in a straight-up match and made his plans to reach the top known: he would go through all of the former Evolution members! Batista, never one to back down, has made his bid to put an end to the rise of O'Haire before it can even begin. Who will survive this battle of monsters? <b>WWE U.S. Heavyweight Title: Pete Shapiro (c) vs. R-Truth</b> The truth hurts....and never was it more apparent than when R-Truth showed his true colors and destroyed Shapiro after the two of them came up short in a triple threat Money in the Bank qualifying match. R-Truth now plans to rob Shapiro of his dreams and become the new U.S. Champion in the most humbling way imaginable. The grandest stage of them all will be the setting where this bitterness comes to a head. <b>WWE Intercontinental Title: MVP (c) vs. Mike Knox vs. Alex Furious vs. Cash Stevens</b> This fatal-four way brings together two very intense feuds with four men looking to stand out from the pack and take one more step towards the upper-echelon of superstars. Can Mike Knox win his first singles title in the WWE? Will Cash Stevens embark on another long run as champion? Is Alex Furious right when he claims he's one of the top young up-and-comers on SmackDown!? Or is WrestleMania yet another chance for MVP to defy the odds? <b>The Status Quo vs. Edge and Christian</b> This extremely intense blood feud began back at Bragging Rights when The Status Quo managed to defeat Team SmackDown! in the main event. Victory, however, wasn't enough for the vile group. Edge and Christian were among the victims of the post-match annihilation and that set in motion the trip to WrestleMania. After costing Bret Banderas and Brian York the Unified Tag Team Titles at the Royal Rumble, Edge and Christian were ready to face the two on an even playing field. The Status Quo, ever eager to prove their dominance, took up this chance to defeat and humiliate one of the most decorated teams in WWE history. Looking at the credentials of Edge and Christian, not just as a team, but as individuals, it may seem like the Status Quo have bitten off more than they can chew. But if history has shown one thing, the Status Quo always seem to be one step ahead of the competion. Will their path to dominance be cut off by two of the WWE's greatest? <b>WWE Title: Chris Sylvain (c) vs. Randy Orton</b> Chris Sylain should not be champion. 2015 was supposed to be the year of the Viper. At least that's the feeling that the WWE fans have expressed, a sentiment not shared by the leader of the Status Quo and one of the most dispicable men ever to grace a WWE ring, Chris Sylvain. Just a mere month after winning the title at last year's WrestleMania, Chris Sylvain, having stolen the Money in the Bank contract from Scott Blackmore, turned his back on his own team, allowing the then fledgling Status Quo to defeat Randy Orton and proceeded to cash in his shot all before ousting Blackmore from the group and then taking over. Orton spent the next 10 months recovering from the horrific beating he took but all the while, planning his revenge. The shows after No Way Out saw the Viper vandalize a poster commemorating Sylvain's acheivements over the last year, deliver an actual, live viper as a gift to the Status Quo, and finally appearing live in person to RKO the champion into oblivion. While Sylvain thought he was protected by the 'no rematch' clause of the Money in the Bank, Raw GM Steve Austin reminded the champion that it was voided when Sean Criss had won the title in the triple threat match back at Unforgiven. This epic rematch is sure to be packed with brutality and fury but will Orton's road to redemption be a dead end or will Sylvain's tyranny come to a destructive end? <b>World Heavyweight Title: Jason Collins (c) vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Ian Moore</b> After winning the Royal Rumble, Ian Moore's trip to the main event at WrestleMania was a lock. There was just one small problem: Kofi Kingston. Kofi Kingston, determined to win back the gold after his loss to Collins at the Royal Rumble, went into battle once more at No Way Out to regain his status at the top dog on SmackDown!. However, the double countout solved nothing and Kingston was resolute in his quest to get closure. SmackDown! GM the Rock had a solution: both Moore and Kingston would challenge for the title at WrestleMania! This battle of the three most popular SmackDown! stars has been analyzed by nearly everyone in the company but it's now up to them to show who wants it more. Who will receive their vindication in the main event of WrestleMania? Results later. |
WrestleMania 32 results:
Evan Bourne, Don Maiden, and WWE Cruiserweight Champion Matt Stryker defeated Jason Cross, Sean Casey, and Derek Standish when Bourne pinned Cross. Scott Blackmore won the Money in the Bank contract. Sean O'Haire pinned Batista. Sean Criss pinned CM Punk. Intercontinental Champion MVP retained the title against Mike Knox, Alex Furious, and Cash Stevens when he pinned Knox. U.S. Heavyweight Champion Pete Shapiro retained the title against R-Truth via pinfall. The Status Quo defeated Edge and Christian when Bret Banderas forced Edge to submit. Randy Orton pinned WWE Champion Chris Sylvain to win the title. That makes 11 world titles for Orton. World Heavyweight Champion Jason Collins retained the title against Kofi Kingston and Ian Moore when he pinned Kingston. Overall rating: 93% Match of the night: The Status Quo vs. Edge and Christian with a 96% overall rating. Onto the draft and Backlash! |
<font color=goldenrod>Another week done. Will probably update these whenever I book a full week so as to not totally spam the thread.
Monday Night Raw – May 9, 2011 R-Truth opens up the show by bringing out Johnny Curtis, who helped Truth win last week. He said that even though he got screwed out of a WWE Title match, gold would soon be around his waist anyway after his business with Morrison is done. He called Curtis the real deal and said that he will soon be cashing in his Tag Team Title shot that he earned by winning NXT Season 4. Johnny Curtis validated those claims in his match against JTG, looking much more ruthless than he was on NXT. Curtis gets the win after a slingshot legdrop. Backstage, CM Punk debriefed the Nexus on that night’s plans against Big Show and Kane. Tag team action is up next! In a match that was far better than I ever thought it would be (84% Match Quality), Big Show and Kane gained a measure of revenge against Husky Harris and Michael McGillicutty following a WMD punch to McGillicutty’s face. The rest of Nexus attacked after, picking their spots behind Mason Ryan’s brute strength. The tag team champions were left laying for a second straight week. Raw newcomer Drew McIntyre scored what many would deem a massive upset, pinning Rey Mysterio cleanly with the Future Shock after a lengthy bout. Could Raw be where we finally see The Chosen One step up? Jerry “The King” Lawler and Michael Cole held a contract signing. Cole signed the contract so hastily that he failed to notice that not only is Lawler’s Raw broadcast booth spot on the line, so is Cole’s. An angry Cole called for Jack Swagger, who proceeded to brawl with King. Eve grabs a win over Maryse following a Moonsault. However the real story is Kharma emerging from the back after, once again feasting upon the loser. Kharma’s now victimized 4 divas. Alberto Del Rio is out with a microphone. In his first of many promos on Raw, Del Rio hyped that Raw is where he will finally achieve his “destiny”. Del Rio and Kofi Kingston proceeded to have an awesome 4-star bout before Dolph Ziggler ran out and attacked Kingston for the DQ ending. Ziggler planted Kofi with the Zig Zag before admiring the United States title. Clearly Ziggler has his sight set on gold. The main event tag team bout of Cena/Morrison vs. Miz/Truth bout saw the face team win following a miscommunication from the heel side. Cena pins Truth following the Attitude Adjustment. Because of this, Cena may pick the stipulation at Over the Limit. Cena closes out the show by informing Miz that they will wrestle for the WWE Title at Over the Limit in an I QUIT MATCH! Never seen that one before, right? :shifty: NXT: Redemption – May 10, 2011 Rookie vs. Pro action starts us off as Tyson Kidd makes Byron Saxton tap out to the Sharpshooter. Neither Kidd’s rookie Lucky Cannon nor Saxton’s pro Yoshi Tatsu were at ringside, both were tending to Maryse backstage after her Kharma attack the night previous. A fed up Byron Saxton grabs a house mic and says he’s sick of Yoshi putting Maryse before him. He openly issues a challenge to Yoshi for a match next week. Titus O’Neil gets another victory over Darren Young after Chavo Guerrero’s attempts to interfere were thwarted by the pesky Hornswoggle. After Yoshi comes out of Maryse’s dressing room, Lucky Cannon jumps him from behind. He leaves Yoshi laying on the concrete before confidently walking into the room. Jacob Novak and JTG took on Conor O’Brian and Vladimir Kozlov. Novak put too much attention on William Regal at ringside. Novak slapped Regal, which prompted Regal to interfere later in the match to help O’Brian get a pinfall victory over Novak. Regal challenges Novak to a match for next week, which is accepted. With the first elimination looming next week, it will be an important night for everybody involved. WWE Superstars – May 12, 2011 “The Canadian Bulldog” David Hart Smith kicks off Superstars with a win over Tyler Reks via Running Powerslam. The Raw Rebound highlights the Cena/Miz feud. God it’s so easy to book Superstars realistically in this game. Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins come out to discuss their actions last week. They say that “The Major Broskis” have reunited and they will now fist pump Santino and Kozlov in the face. The Major Broskis lived up to their word, scoring a hard fought victory over Santino and Kozlov following a Rough Ryder on Kozlov. Woo woo woo, you know it. SmackDown rebound time to eat another segment. Sheamus sneakily becoming the number one contender is highlighted. William Regal faces the other Uso brother, Jey – this week in the final tune-up before his match with Novak next week. A Regal match shockingly pulls only a 56% rating thanks to Jey not selling. Regal wards off Jimmy before making Jey tap out to the Regal Stretch. Friday Night SmackDown – May 13, 2011 Intercontinental champion Wade Barrett opened the show against Trent Barreta. Barreta very nearly pulled off the upset, but Barrett reversed an attempted Dudebuster DDT into a Wasteland for the win. Barrett celebrated with The Corre and boasted on the mic about how they are better off without Ezekiel Jackson. Speaking of which, Gabriel and Slater want to face him in a tag match right now. Zeke selected his opponent from last week, Daniel Bryan, as his partner. After a fairly even tag bout, Zeke got the hot tag and was able to get a head of steam, pinning Slater after the Book of Ezekiel. Brodus Clay picked up a huge win over The Great Khali with some help from Alex Riley. Both men stomped a mudhole into Khali after. The new tag team have made another statement by taking out the biggest dog in the SmackDown yard. Christian was backstage for an interview. He discussed that night’s main event as well as his forthcoming Over the Limit match with Sheamus. Cody Rhodes came out and insulted the crowd as per usual, providing paper bags for everybody. He decided to sit in on commentary for the upcoming bout. Sin Cara once again thrilled the crowd with his dazzling high risk offense in a win over Ted DiBiase. Rhodes seemed particularly interested in Cara on commentary. Cara responded the only way he knows how – by pointing! A banged up Great Khali is once again confronted backstage by Jinder Mahal. Mahal yelled at him, presumably calling Khali weak. In a match between two of SmackDown’s newest divas, Natalya made Alicia Fox tap out to the Sharpshooter. As expected, Kharma made her frightening presence known afterwards – planting the losing Fox with an Implant Buster. Randy Orton expressed displeasure over not being the number one contender, but assured everybody that it would only be a matter of time before the Viper strikes gold again. The main event tag match pitted Christian and Randy Orton against Sheamus and Mark Henry (sound familiar?) Christian sets Henry up for the Killswitch, but Sheamus charges. Orton intercepts him and nails an RKO, allowing Christian to complete his move on Henry for the victory. Christian and Orton shook hands, although the tension was evident. ----- And now for this week’s elimination! Number drawn: 140 Stone Cold Steve Austin has been released Release Tally Week 1: Chris Masters Week 2: Stone Cold Steve Austin ----- Fuck. Not sure how often I would have used Austin, but he'd guarantee huge segment ratings whenever I used him. Also have plans for some Tough Enough guys that Austin could have helped get over. Ah well.</font> |
<font color=goldenrod>Big week here. 4 shows plus a PPV and an elimination.
Monday Night Raw – May 16, 2011 The Raw GM announces that tonight, Cena and Miz will pick each other’s opponents. Miz is up first. Cena decides to let Jerry “The King” Lawler get one last crack at him. Good match between the two. Cole signals for Jack Swagger to come out and wreak havoc on Cole’s Over the Limit opponent. The interference is botched, and King connects with the Fist Drop for the surprising win! Surely this is bad momentum for Miz going into Sunday! Michael Cole berates Jack Swagger for his screw up, and slaps him in the face. Swagger looks like he’s about to snap. How much more abuse at the hands of Cole can he take? Backstage, we see Mason Ryan and David Otunga laid out in the Nexus locker room, presumably by Kane and the Big Show. Punk is beside himself. Brie Bella defends the Divas title against Kelly Kelly. Shitty match that the crowd didn’t care about because of the good opener. Brie retains after a Switcheroo with Nikki. Kharma comes out and chases off everybody. Dolph Ziggler/Drew McIntyre vs. Rey Mysterio/Kofi Kingston. Really lengthy, awesome tag team bout – everybody clicked in this one. After the usual flurry of finishers towards the end, Ziggler comes out of nowhere with a Zig Zag to pin Kofi for the win. Bah gawd if that happens on Sunday we’ll have a new champion! John Morrison cuts a promo, hyping his street fight against R-Truth on Sunday. This got an 87% Overall rating. So much for him not having any charisma as a face. OMG it’s Zack Ryder on Raw!!! He faces Evan Bourne in a fast-paced encounter. Bourne eventually takes control and ascends to the top rope. As he attempts Air Bourne, Curt Hawkins reaches into the ring and pulls Ryder away. Ryder climbs on top of Bourne for the win. Has the Ryder Revolution begun? Since Show and Kane knocked out their planned opponents for the night, the Raw GM ordered them to put their Tag Titles on the line against R-Truth and Johnny Curtis (Curtis finally gets his NXT tag title shot!) Morrison comes out midway through to do commentary. Truth winds up ignoring the match and jawing at Morrison before brawling with him. Meanwhile, Curtis eats a WMD as Show and Kane retain. Punk crashes the celebration. He says the Nexus is stronger than Show and Kane will ever know – and as such he knows a mystery man who would gladly be his partner for a Tag Title Match at Over the Limit. Show and Kane accept. John Cena cuts a promo about Sunday’s match. Alberto Del Rio walks by and tells Cena he’s been hand-picked by Miz to be his opponent. That match is next! Fairly standard Raw main event quality-wise, but the crowd is red hot. As expected, Miz makes a nuisance of himself which allows Del Rio to lock on the Rolling Armbar. Since he’s Super Cena, the move is locked in for way longer than anybody else as he finally passes out from the pain and his arm is dropped three times for the loss. Miz pounds on him some more and promises Cena that on Sunday he’ll say something he didn’t say tonight – I quit! NXT: Redemption – May 17, 2011 On the night of the first elimination, Lucky Cannon grabs a huge win against a WWE Superstar – defeating Yoshi Tatsu via underhanded tactics. As Lucky celebrates his win, Maryse enters the ring and assists Yoshi. She helps Yoshi to his feet before promptly kicking him in the balls, sending him back to the mat in agony. Maryse leaves hand-in-hand with Lucky. Darren Young and Byron Saxton vs. Conor O’Brian and Titus O’Neil. Shitty match as Titus didn’t sell. Saxton looks impressive and gets Titus reeling before Young makes a blind tag. Young plants his finisher on Titus and gets the pin, basically stealing the win from Saxton. Saxton is not happy about it. William Regal cuts his standard awesome impassioned promo before his match against Jacob Novak. Try as he might, Novak couldn’t back up his talk. He was no match for the far more experienced Regal, taking a hard knee to the face before being locked into the Regal Stretch for the loss. Elimination time, and Jacob Novak is the first one out for the second season in a row. Matt Striker announces that the next elimination will be next week! WWE Superstars – May 19, 2011 Curt Hawkins enters first. Then comes Santino, who cuts a comedic promo on Hawkins on his way to the ring. After a fun match, Santino gets some revenge on Hawkins, pinning him following the Cobra. SmackDown Rebound. NEXT. Some divas tag team action next as Beth Phoenix and Gail Kim went up against Maryse and Melina. Pretty standard divas tag match. In the end, the power of the Glamazon was too much to overcome as she pinned Melina after a Glam Slam. Raw Rebound. NEXT. Superstars is usually good for matches of high quality. This night was no exception, as Trent Barreta and Chavo Guerrero went to war in a high octane battle. The young Barreta scored what some would consider an upset, pinning Guerrero following a brutal Dudebuster DDT. Friday Night SmackDown – May 20, 2011 Cody Rhodes opens up with a cryptic, disturbing promo. As per usual, he distributes paper bags to the fans and requests that they wear them. Rhodes vs. Sin Cara is next. The commentators reference Rhodes being on commentary for Cara’s match last week. Fantastic match with lots of high spots. Cara begins setting up for his finish before Rhodes slides out of the ring and walks off. The announcers get on Cody’s case for taking the easy way out. Daniel Bryan and Ezekiel Jackson team up once again to take on Brodus Clay and Alex Riley. Match is going all fine and dandy before The Corre interject and try distracting their rivals. The end result is Bryan taking a Riley TKO for the loss. The Corre beat down Bryan and Zeke before WILLIAM REGAL of all people comes to their rescue! Regal says that he’s sick of seeing the man he mentored being pushed around, and issues a challenge for Regal/Bryan/Zeke vs. the Corre at Over the Limit. Challenge accepted. Randy Orton interview, discussing his match against Sheamus tonight and his match against Mark Henry at Over the Limit. Blah. Orton and Sheamus have a long, awesome match. Mark Henry botches his attempted interference, which sees Sheamus eat an RKO for the loss. Henry and Sheamus beat down Orton until Christian runs out for the save. Tyson Kidd and The Great Khali met in a shit match that the crowd couldn’t have cared less about. Jinder Mahal is at ringside and Khali keeps worrying himself about what he’s saying/doing. Kidd keeps working the legs and eventually makes Khali tap to the Sharpshooter. Jinder Mahal slaps Khali before yelling at him some more. Khali still does nothing about it. All-face divas tag team action next as Natalya and Layla met up against Tamina and Kaitlyn. Standard short divas match that ends with Natalya making Tamina tap out to the Sharpshooter – 2 matches in a row with the Sharpshooter ending strangely. Kharma comes out and assaults Tamina after. Riley and Clay cut a good promo backstage, boasting their win – conveniently ignoring the interference. They promise that they will make another big statement next week. Christian and Mark Henry have a pretty bleh main event since their styles clash. Sheamus interferes this time, and decides not to be secretive about it. He jumps right into the ring and plants a Brogue Kick on Christian for the DQ ending. A beatdown ensues. Orton runs out and pulls Sheamus off of Christian but is then blindsided by Henry. The heels have the momentum heading into Over the Limit and stand tall to end the show. WWE Over the Limit – May 22, 2011 Dark Match: Sin Cara def. Jimmy Uso (no Jey, he got checked into rehab) with the Moonsault Slam. **1/4, 72% Overall The Corre def. Ezekiel Jackson, Daniel Bryan, and William Regal thanks to interference from a returning Skip Sheffield. When the invariable pier six brawl broke out, Sheffield came in through the crowd and gave Regal, his former NXT Pro, a lariat from hell. Barrett got the pin. **3/4, 78% Overall Kofi Kingston pinned Dolph Ziggler via Trouble in Paradise to retain the United States Title. ***3/4, 86% Overall Randy Orton pinned Mark Henry via RKO. **, 80% Overall R-Truth pinned John Morrison in a street fight via Lie Detector. Johnny Curtis made a nuisance of himself the whole time and certainly helped Truth grab the win. ***3/4, 86% Overall Christian pinned Sheamus via Killswitch to retain the World Heavyweight Title. ***, 84% Overall CM Punk promised his mystery partner would arrive, but he worked most of the match solo. Nexus interjected themselves, taking Kane out of the mix. Punk locked Show in a chokehold that got Show to his knees. Suddenly, Michael Tarver (bandana and all) emerged from the crowd and hopped onto the apron. Punk tagged him in, and Tarver leveled Show with the huge knockout punch he never got to showcase on NXT. Tarver and Punk win the belts! ***3/4, 84% Overall Jerry “The King” Lawler pinned Michael Cole via Royal Fist Drop. Cole kept trying to cheat and was finally thwarted by Jack Swagger, turning Swagger face. Swagger locked in an Ankle Lock on Cole for good measure post-match. 1/2*, 79% Overall John Cena made The Miz say “I Quit” via STF using the ring ropes. Cena retains the WWE Title. ***1/4, 88% Overall 83% Overall Rating for Over the Limit 1.89 Buy Rate ----- And now for this week’s elimination! Number drawn: 70 Jimmy Uso has been released Release Tally Week 1: Chris Masters Week 2: Stone Cold Steve Austin Week 3: Jimmy Uso ----- Phew. Dodged a bullet there, was only a couple of numbers away from Cena and Morrison. I wasn't going to do anything with The Usos, and Jey getting put in rehab this week made them even more expendable. Still, the SmackDown roster is far lighter than the Raw roster and I just lost a tag team when I was trying to build the division. May have to make some more call-ups soon.</font> |
<font color=goldenrod>Monday Night Raw – May 23, 2011
The show opens up in typical post-PPV fashion, with Cena celebrating his title win. It is announced that a brand new number one contender will be announced tonight in a match between longtime rivals Rey Mysterio and Alberto Del Rio. CM Punk leads a Nexus promo before formally reintroducing Michael Tarver to the group. Tarver says a few menacing words of his own. The Raw GM announces that Big Show and Kane will invoke their rematch clause next week. Until then, they have other opponents – Santino and Kozlov! The Nexus win the match, with Tarver laying out Santino with a huge right hand. That’s two knockout punches in two nights for Tarver. United States champion Kofi Kingston and Zack Ryder have a great non-title match. Curt Hawkins interferes, which leads to an enormous upset win for Ryder. The Ryder Revolution truly has begun, as in a matter of weeks he’s built himself into a title contender. The Miz promo. He promises he’ll be making an impact soon and that he’ll be back in the title contender before long, etc. 8-diva tag action. Kelly, Gail, Beth, and Eve vs. The Bellas, Melina, and Maryse. The face team wins after a Glam Slam on Melina. Kharma comes out after the bout as all 8 divas stand in the ring. Kharma DOESN’T break down and cry. Instead, she teases getting in the ring before jumping back off the apron and laughing maniacally. The divas appear to be unnerved. John Morrison and Drew McIntyre have a fantastic, nearly 4 star match. Morrison nearly has it won but R-Truth runs out for the DQ ending. Despite winning last night, Truth still continues to make Morrison’s life a living hell. Michael Cole is in the ring. He criticizes Jack Swagger for turning on him and accuses him of being pathetic and unloyal. Swagger shrugs off the insults before destroying Primo in a squash match. Primo taps to the Ankle Lock. Swagger points at Cole and celebrates, and when he turns around, Dolph Ziggler is charging at him. Swagger dugs and sends Ziggler flying over the top. What is the meaning of that? Alberto Del Rio and Rey Mysterio tear the house down with an excellent main event. Miz inexplicably runs out and trips up Rey, which leads to Del Rio capitalizing for the win to become the brand new number one contender. Miz and Del Rio continue the beat down on Rey before Cena runs out for the save. Miz and Del Rio smugly back their way up the ramp as Raw goes off the air. NXT: Redemption – May 24, 2011 Titus O’Neil and Conor O’Brian have a really terrible match to open the show. 52% Overall Rating. Yikes. Titus not selling didn’t help matters. Conor gets the big win following a full nelson slam. Backstage, Lucky Cannon and Maryse are plotting – clearly up to no good! Cannon had a huge task ahead of him with a bout against WWE Pro Vladimir Kozlov. Lucky did quite well for himself, controlling the pace most of the way. Eventually Vlad’s sambo expertise came to the forefront, causing Maryse to save her man with a well-placed shot to Vlad’s nuts for the DQ ending. Lucky then added on his finisher as the happy couple laughed at the damage they caused. Backstage, Chavo Guerrero and Darren Young were talking. Normally these two are friends – but tonight they are enemies in a Pros vs. Rookies tag team bout! The tag team match was anything but, as Chavo jumped off the apron from the get go – leaving Yoshi Tatsu to face Darren Young and Byron Saxton on his own. Yoshi got beaten down for much of the match before eventually making the face rally. Saxton went to tag in Young and Young jumped off the apron and angrily walked off, to the surprise of everybody including his pro Chavo Guerrero. Saxton eats a Buzzsaw Kick for the loss. Before the elimination is announced, Matt Striker asks Darren Young to explain his actions moments ago. Young trashes NXT, saying he was a Raw superstar and never should have been brought back. He said he received a phone call recently – and because of that call, he no longer needs to tolerate this crap. So don’t bother eliminating anybody – because he quits! Young storms off to the shock of everybody. What does next week have in store when yet another elimination will take place? WWE Superstars – May 26, 2011 Re-match of last week’s main event between Chavo Guerrero and Trent Barreta. After another good match, Chavo gets the better of the exchange this time and wins after a roll-up while hooking the tights. SmackDown Rebound. JTG pins Tyler Reks with whatever the fuck his finisher is. Raw Rebound. Dolph Ziggler is out to cut a promo before his main event match. Dolph Ziggler and Evan Bourne’s main event was disappointing. It was decent but I guess I expected it to be really good just based on who was involved. Ah well, guess their styles didn’t gel. Regardless, after the lengthy bout Ziggler grabs the win after a Zig Zag. Friday Night SmackDown – May 27, 2011 World Heavyweight champion Christian kicks off the show by discussing his triumph over Sheamus at Over the Limit. He says he looks forward to seeing who his next challenger will be. Theodore Long comes out and informs Christian that tonight there will be a rematch from Sunday – Orton vs. Henry, the winner will be the new number one contender. A battle of the big men up next as Kane faces off against Brodus Clay. Kane eventually takes control, leading to Alex Riley jumping in and causing a DQ. Kane eventually fights them off and bodypresses Riley over the top rope onto Clay. Kane looks ready for his tag title re-match on Monday! Backstage, Jinder Mahal is seen screaming at The Great Khali. Khali seems to take the abuse as he has in the past. The two will meet in the ring tonight. 6-diva tag team action. Natalya, Layla, and Kaitlyn defeat Alicia Fox, Rosa Mendes, and Tamina after a Sharpshooter on Fox. Kharma comes out and much like on Raw, the divas unite and Kharma backs off while laughing maniacally again. Christian is walking in the hallway and he encounters Sheamus. Sheamus promises Christian that it’s not over between the two of them. Jinder Mahal vs. The Great Khali was hardly a match. Mahal slapped Khali a few times and seemingly ordered Khali to lay on his back. Khali obliged, and Mahal had the easiest first win ever. What is this power that Mahal possess over Khali? Wade Barrett leads The Corre to the ring, and he officially welcomes Skip Sheffield into the group. Sheffield reminds everybody that he was a loyal member of Nexus back in the day and Wade never actually kicked him out. Now that his ankle has healed, the SmackDown roster is in for a world of hurt – especially his former WWE Pro, William Regal. Sheffield and Regal had a pretty good match, with a lot of stiff shots I imagine. The Corre cause trouble and distractions, which leads to Sheffield landing a huge lariat for the win over his former Pro. Daniel Bryan and Ezekiel Jackson run out, but the man advantage The Corre has proves to be too great. With Cody Rhodes watching from ringside, Sin Cara and Chavo Guerrero put on a fantastic 4-star clinic, probably better than the ones they had in real life. Cara stays undefeated following the Moonsault Slam. As he celebrates, Cody Rhodes jumps him from behind and plants him with the Cross Rhodes. Perhaps Cody would like a rematch from last week. Much like their match at Over the Limit, the Orton/Henry bout was nothing to write home about – but the crowd was into it so whatever. Sheamus runs out towards the end and attacks not just Orton, but Henry as well. This causes a no contest. What does this mean for the number one contendership? I don’t know! Tune in next week to find out! ----- And now for this week’s elimination! Number drawn: 77 Justin Gabriel has been released Release Tally Week 1: Chris Masters Week 2: Stone Cold Steve Austin Week 3: Jimmy Uso Week 4: Justin Gabriel ----- FUCK. Not happy about that at all. His stats made him one of the best all-around workers on the roster. Moreover, it's a huge dent in the Corre/Anti-Corre feud I had going. I had Darren Young "quit" NXT with the idea of having him join the Nexus and get them back to 7 members - but now I may add him to The Corre just so I can try to continue the storyline along the same path I was going.</font> |
Is it wrong that at times I would rather watch what is booked in this thread than what TNA churns out from time to time?
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<font color=goldenrod>Sounds perfectly logical. I don't even know who half the guys in your game are and it still sounds way better than TNA.
By the way, gonna have Darren Young re-join the Nexus as scheduled. Just realized I can use Gabriel's release as a chance to add a Corre member from out of left field. I can call up a certain uber-talented guy from FCW who should put on fucking fantastic matches with Daniel Bryan. I probably would have wasted this guy away on NXT Season 6 otherwise.</font> |
I totally need to post my entire roster with some background info on the 'game exclusive' guys and who's heel/face. It'd clarify a few things. In the meantime, the Rock is on Raw for his draft picks! Who's going to be first of seven that will leave with the Rock to SmackDown!?
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The Rock pushes the randomizer button....here's the screen to display the first draft pick.
And it's..... ....SEAN O'HAIRE!!! The star on the rise is heading for what may be greener pastures. He had plans to take out Randy Orton as his progression through the Evolution ranks would've ended up with a confrontation with the Viper. Those plans may be kaput if Orton remains on Raw. Of course, a rematch with Batista may also be inevitable when and if Batista recovers from being brutalized at WrestleMania. |
The Rock goes for the button again as it's time for draftee number 2....the computer makes its selection......
....NATALYA! The former Hart Dynasty member is on her way back to where she first debuted. How will she fare in possible matches against SmackDown! newcomers Kianna and Frost? |
<font color=goldenrod>Monday Night Raw – May 30, 2011
The Miz is in the ring, explaining his actions last week. Rey Mysterio comes out to confront him. Then Alberto Del Rio joins in. Finally, John Cena as well. Everybody argues before the Raw GM makes a main event tag team match for tonight. Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne face off against Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder. Excellent match, 90% quality. The United States champion grabs the win after pinning Hawkins via Trouble in Paradise. After the bout, Drew McIntyre hits the ring and plants Kofi with a Future Shock. Drew joins the list of men staking their claim at a title shot. Nikki Bella vs. Kelly Kelly. Nobody cares until Kharma hits the ring and flattens everybody, continuing her string of complete dominance that has lasted for a month now. Kharma actually grabs a microphone and tells a horrified Brie Bella that the destruction will not stop until she receives a shot at the Divas Title. John Morrison and Johnny Curtis meet in a match that’s about as mediocre as it gets. A Truth interference botch leads to a Morrison win via Starship Pain. Morrison fights off both after. It won’t be too much longer before Morrison and Truth meet mano-a-mano in the ring again. A video is played hyping the forthcoming return of…*inhales deeply* *quick exhale*…Gooooooldusssssst. Punk/Tarver vs. Show/Kane for the tag titles. The ref winds up banning the other members of Nexus midway through. However, that doesn’t stop DARREN YOUNG from jumping over the barrier and neutralizing Big Show, clipping his knees and knocking him off the apron while the ref didn’t see it. This distracted Kane, who walked into a huge GTS from Punk for the title retain. Punk brings out the other Nexus members to celebrate. He reminds everybody that he and Young go way back to the first season of NXT, when Young was his rookie and didn’t listen. Well after seeing him on NXT 5, he realized he finally changed and is ready to make an impact. As such, he officially re-inducted Young into the Nexus. Young slips on his armband and celebrates. The Nexus is now a huge force, back to 7 members. Jack Swagger vs. Dolph Ziggler. ANOTHER 90% quality match, this has been a quality episode of Raw. After a great back-and-forth bout, Swagger cinches in the Ankle Lock. Ziggler makes it to the ropes and rolls out, retreating to the back and living to fight another day. Ziggler doesn’t even make it up the ramp before the Raw GM chimes in. Michael Cole begrudgingly announces that Swagger will be granted another chance at Ziggler in a rematch next week. Shit hot crowd for the tag main event. The heel team act all chickenshit-like, trying to avoid making in-ring contact with their respective opponents. Del Rio and Miz have a miscommunication that leads to Miz being dropped onto the middle rope. 6-1-9, then Miz stumbles back into an Attitude Adjustment for the loss. Cena and Rey stand tall tonight, but will they be doing so at Capitol Punishment? NXT: Redemption – May 31, 2011 JTG and Chavo Guerrero meet in a battle of “hey, my rookie is no longer on NXT!” because I’m forced to have 3 matches. Chavo wins via Frog Splash. Lucky Cannon and Maryse plot backstage. This nets Lucky overness points. Guess being paired with a super hot blonde doesn’t work only if you’re Ted DiBiase. Lucky Cannon vs. Conor O’Brien. Maryse’s attempted interference goes slightly awry and allows O’Brian to plant his finisher for the win. As he celebrates, Maryse low-blows him, allowing Lucky to recover and hit a finisher of his own. Although he may have lost the match, Lucky has made an impact. Byron Saxton cuts a halfway decent promo, hyping his upcoming match. Titus O’Neil vs. Byron Saxton. Horrible match as Titus once again didn’t sell. Saxton picks up a huge, surprisingly clean, victory following his facebuster finisher thingy. And with the 3rd elimination of NXT, Titus O’Neil is going home. That’ll teach you to no-sell, you bastard! Matt Striker announces that there are 2 weeks left for rookies to get their redemption, and that another elimination will be next week. WWE Superstars – June 2, 2011 Drew McIntyre vs. David Hart Smith. Pretty solid opening contest that sees Drew get the win following a Future Shock. Raw Rebound. Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov vs. Husky Harris and Michael McGillicutty. Bog standard tag team bout, once the face team begins to get an advantage – Mason Ryan and David Otunga hop into the ring and join in on an attack. 4 on 2 beatdown ensues, the Nexus ends the Raw portion of the show standing tall. SmackDown Rebound. Trent Barreta vs. Tyson Kidd. Spectacular main event, 90% match quality. After a long match, Chavo Guerrero interjects and trips up Barreta. Kidd capitalizes with a huge DDT before locking in a Sharpshooter for the win. After the bout, Chavo gets on the mic. He tells Barreta he can beat him fair and square, and he plans on proving it next week! Friday Night SmackDown – June 3, 2011 Theodore Long announces that as a result of the no contest last week, Orton and Henry will BOTH be number one contenders. Triple threat match at Capitol Punishment for the belt. In addition, all three men will compete in special one-on-one matches tonight. Randy Orton vs. Cody Rhodes. Fantastic opener, surprised at how well these two guys gelled. Ted DiBiase runs out and tries to help Rhodes (Legacy represent!) but fails. Rhodes eats an RKO for the loss. Rhodes and DiBiase beat down Orton after until Sin Cara runs in for the save and lands a couple huge high-flying maneuvers. Alex Riley and Brodus Clay self promotion interview. No real reason for it, just keeping them on screen on a week I have nothing for them to do. Layla vs. Tamina. This predictably didn’t go well at all after the intense opener that sucked the energy out of the crowd. Anyway, Layla gets the win. Kharma comes out after and destroys both. Kharma reiterates her point from Monday. Until she gets her Divas Title match, the relentless destruction of the divas roster will continue. Daniel Bryan vs. Heath Slater. Decent enough match. Ezekiel Jackson and William Regal ensure Wade Barrett and Skip Sheffield stay neutralized at ringside long enough for Bryan to win via LeBell Lock. Bryan points at Barrett, and the announcers (correctly) speculate that he wants an Intercontinental Title match. Kane vs. Mark Henry. Holy hell, an 84% match quality out of Mark Henry. Back and forth hoss battle sees Henry win cleanly with the World’s Strongest Slam. Henry adds a few big splashes to Kane after, adding insult to injury. After the highlights are shown, Kane slowly gets to his feet. This doesn’t last long – as Sheamus sneaks into the ring and blindsides him with a Brogue Kick. Sheamus is clearly frustrated after being left out of the title picture, but why would he pick Kane of all people to vent his frustration on? Jinder Mahal vs. Yoshi Tatsu. Pretty basic match here, decent enough. Mahal grabs his first real WWE win with a move he calls the Sands of Time. After the match, The Great Khali comes out and stares down Mahal – only to pick up Tatsu and drop him with a Punjabi Plunge. Bah gawd has Mahal brainwashed Khali? Interview with The Corre, specifically Wade Barrett. Barrett addresses Bryan and infers that he hasn’t earned a title shot yet. But onto tonight, he’s been selected to face Christian – and that Champion vs. Champion match is up NEXT! Christian vs. Wade Barrett. Definitely a main event quality bout, need to file that information away for later. Unfortunately, it has a standard TV main event finish as Mark Henry comes in for the DQ ending. Randy Orton runs in before the beatdown can get too big, and he lands an RKO on Barrett. Henry escapes as Christian and Orton have an intense staredown to end the show. ----- And now for this week’s elimination! Number drawn: 146 Tito Colon has been released ----- Release Tally Week 1: Chris Masters Week 2: Stone Cold Steve Austin Week 3: Jimmy Uso Week 4: Justin Gabriel Week 5: Tito Colon --- Meh, no great loss. There's a chance he would have wound up on one of my NXT seasons, but I've got enough guys in development to plug into those spots.</font> |
Here's my updated roster after the draft and trades:
Raw Superstars: AJ Styles: Face Alicia: Face (manager) Batista: Face Beth Phoenix: Face Brad Tatum: Heel Brandon Jett: Heel Bret Banderas: Heel Brian York: Heel Cash Stevens: Heel Charlie Haas: Face Charlotte: Heel Chris Sylvain: Heel CM Punk: Heel Derrick King: Heel Don Maiden: Face Drew McIntyre: Heel Evan Bourne: Face Five Star Flash: Face Fortune: Heel Gail Kim: Face Garrett: Heel Jack Swagger: Heel Jamie Noble: Face Jason Lee: Heel Jeremy Lopez: Heel Jeremy Matthews: Face John Morrison: Face Jonny Storm: Face JTG: Heel Keith Jacobs: Face Kent Jacobs: Face Kevin Daniels: Heel Kim Roderick: Heel Kofi Kingston: Face M-A-G: Heel (manager) Melina: Heel Mr. Kennedy: Face Mourn: Heel Nicole Durgan: Face Oracle: Heel Paul London: Face Pete Shapiro: Face Rhyno: Heel Rick Bach: Heel Rob Conway: Face R-Truth: Heel Sandy Rochet: Face Scoot Andrews: Face Scott Blackmore: Heel Shad: Heel Shelton Benjamin: Face Steve Austin: Face Steven Richards: Heel (manager) The Miz: Heel Trinity: Heel Triple H: Face Vanessa: Heel (manager) Victoria: Heel SmackDown! Superstars: Adara James: Heel Alex Furious: Face Ash Parker: Heel Billy Kidman: Heel Bishop: Face Bryan Danielson: Face Chris Harris: Heel Chris Linares: Face Christian: Face Christopher Daniels: Face Cody Rhodes: Heel ‘Cowboy’ James Storm: Heel Daffney: Heel (manager) Damon: Heel Danny Murdoch: Heel Darren Caine: Heel (manager) Derek Standish: Heel Edge: Face EZ Money: Heel Fantasee: Face (manager) Finlay: Face Francine: Face (manager) Frost: Heel Gregory Helms: Face Ian Moore: Face J.R. Ryder: Face Jason Collins: Face Jayson Reign: Face Jerome: Face John Bradshaw Leyfield: Heel Jordan: Face Kane: Face Kanyon: Face Kaz Hayashi: Face Kianna: Face Lisa Benton: Face Luke Solomon: Heel Manu: Heel Mark Mason: Face Matrix: Face Matt Stryker: Heel Mickie James: Face Mike Knox: Heel Molly Holly: Heel Monique: Heel Montel Vontavious Porter: Face Natalya: Face Psicosis: Face Randy Orton: Face Sean Casey: Heel Sean Criss: Face Sean O’Haire: Heel Shawn Michaels: Face Sid Scorpio: Heel Slim J: Face Spike Scorpio: Heel Stacy Keibler: Face (manager) Super Crazy: Face Tajiri: Face Ted DiBiase, Jr.: Heel The Rock: Face Tony Maivia: Heel Veronica: Heel William Regal: Heel Championship roll call: WWE Cruiserweight Champion: Evan Bourne - won title after WrestleMania from Matt Stryker when Austin pointed out the contract stipulation that the winner in the cruiserweight six-man match would get a title shot. Stryker has since snapped and turned heel against Bourne. The two are scheduled for a match at Judgment Day. WWE Diva's Champion: Mickie James - won title from Melina back in November. Next scheduled defense is Judgment Day against Veronica. WWE Unified Tag Team Champions: The Status Quo (Bret Banderas and Brian York) - won titles after WrestleMania from Rob Conway and Jamie Noble. Next scheduled defense is Judgment Day against Edge & Christian who shockingly returned on a recent edition of Superstars to win a Tag Team Turmoil match to become number one contenders. WWE U.S. Heavyweight Champion: R-Truth - won title from Pete Shapiro in a rematch at Backlash. Has since formed the Posse with JTG and Shad. No upcoming title defenses at the moment. WWE Intercontinental Champion: MVP - won title from Rhyno at Survivor Series. Next scheduled defense at Judgment Day against William Regal. World Heavyweight Champion: Jason Collins - won title from Kofi Kingston at Royal Rumble. Next scheduled defense is at Judgment Day against Ted DiBiase, Jr. who has decided to cash in his floating title shot granted to him from his SummerSlam 2014 victory. Despite some legal issues, Collins, ever the fighter and pissed at Ted's rather aggressive debut against the champion on SmackDown!, has accepted the match. WWE Heavyweight Title: Scott Blackmore - was awarded title after Austin stripped Chris Sylvain after it was determined that Randy Orton had effectively brutalized him to the point where he could not defend the title within a 30 day period the night after Backlash. Scott Blackmore used his Money in the Bank contract to override Austin's attempt to hold a tournament to crown a new champion. Next scheduled defense is against Mr. Kennedy on the next edition of Raw. |
Finlay, Kane, Gregory Helms, and Shawn Michaels are all non-wrestlers. I don't want to let Finlay go just yet because he might be useful in some segments in order to get some people over plus I'm hoping he becomes a trainer. Kane will effectively be benched after his match with Cody Rhodes at Judgment Day. I don't want him getting snagged by the other promotions. Helms I might toss. Michaels will be used in a storyline that Ian Moore is currently involved in. Speaking of which, here's the Judgment Day card:
<b>Ian Moore vs. John 'Bradshaw' Layfield:</b> Moore made the edict the SmackDown! after WrestleMania; he would defeat every single wrestler on the SmackDown! roster which will give him the right to challenge the World Heavyweight Champion at the time when his quest is over. JBL made the bid to take Moore under his wing believing that Moore is on a dead-end path. Moore's refusal has rubbed JBL the wrong way leading the two to agree to a match at the PPV. If Moore fails to secure a victory, he will have no choice but to align with the self-made millionaire and help him on <i>his</i> quest to the World Heavyweight Title. <b>WWE Diva's Title: Mickie James (c) vs. Veronica</b> Already explained in the above roll call. <b>WWE Intercontinental Title: MVP (c) vs. William Regal</b> See above. <b>WWE Cruiserweight Title: Evan Bourne (c) vs. Matt Stryker</b> See above. <b>WWE Unified Tag Team Titles: The Status Quo vs. Edge and Christian</b> See above. <b>Kane vs. Cody Rhodes</b> Stemming from Kane's absolute disgust over Rhodes calling himself disfigured and grotesque from a simple nose injury, this has evolved into a blood feud of disastrous proportions. Made even worse by this match being an Inferno Match, this battle of the grotesques will not be for the faint of heart. Will Rhodes be able to finally quell the WWE of the monster Kane or will Kane show Rhodes what disfigurement really is? <b>Sean O'Haire vs. Randy Orton</b> In a stroke of serendipity, both Orton and O'Haire were drafted to SmackDown!, helping to fulfill O'Haire's plans to reach the top of the WWE by eliminating those who enjoyed the spotlight long before him. Orton is O'Haire's last target and after much prodding, Orton has agreed to take up the psychotic up-and-comer on his challenge but will it be a wasted effort in a last stand or will Orton prove to be too much? <b>World Heavyweight Title: Jason Collins (c) vs. Ted DiBiase, Jr.</b> See championship roll call above. Results later. |
And now, Judgment Day! Your hosts, Joey Styles and Matt Striker.
Ian Moore vs John Bradshaw Leyfield : Rude Awakening on Ian Moore by JBL. Full nelson slam on Moore. There's a two count on the pin. Moore blocks the suplex attempt. JBL gets caught with a belly to belly suplex from Moore. Flying elbow from Ian Moore. Cover for a two count. Back heel kick off the second rope, JBL goes flying. Cover, but there's a last second kick-out. Ian Moore hits a rolling kick on JBL. John Bradshaw Leyfield ducks a clothesline attempt. Moore walks into a spike slam. There's a two count on the pin. Lifting DDT by John Bradshaw Leyfield, looked good. Pinfall attempt gets a 2.9999. Big backdrop on Moore, executed well. Stiff chop lights up Moore. JBL drops an elbow...but misses. Fate can be so cruel. Big clothesline on JBL. Double Arm DDT by Moore, JBL got destroyed. John Bradshaw Leyfield can barely stand. Here it comes - Epiphany. 1....2...3, it's finished. That was good. **** rating. Winner: Ian Moore via pinfall after the Epiphany. Evan Bourne vs Matt Stryker (For The WWE Cruiserweight Title) : Flying elbow from Evan Bourne. Spinning bulldog in the corner, Stryker is down. Hooks the leg for a two count. Matt Stryker pulls a mule kick out of nowhere. Stiff high kick on Bourne by Matt Stryker who has evidently been watching some old AJPW tapes recently. Flying elbow from Matt Stryker. Cover for a two count. Vicious kick to the teeth from Matt Stryker. Cover, but there's a last second kick-out. Flying elbow from Matt Stryker. Bourne powers out of a headlock. Flying cross body off the top rope! Even Steamboat would have applauded the execution on that. Hooks the leg for a two count. Stryker walks into a face crusher variation. Hooks the leg for a close fall. Bourne hits a dropkick on Matt Stryker. Stiff high kick on Stryker by Evan Bourne who has evidently been watching some old AJPW tapes recently. Evan Bourne misses a clothesline. Driven DDT by Matt Stryker. The ring shook violently, instantly making it better at selling than some of the current roster. Bourne walks into a face crusher variation. The referee bumps after catching a wild right hand and is down. Evan Bourne knocks Stryker to the outside, then signals for the Airbourne. He reaches out of the ring for Matt Stryker...and gets clobbered with the ring bell! Right to the head! The referee wakes up to see Stryker sliding in and making the pinfall: 1....2....3! Forget about it. Matt Stryker leaves the ring and heads off down the aisle at speed. Stryker has the victory, and isn't hanging around for Evan Bourne to look for revenge. That was good. **** rating. Winner and new champion: Matt Stryker via cheating. Mickie James vs Veronica (For The WWE Diva's Title) : Mickie James snap suplexes Veronica. Veronica walks into a stiff lariat clothesline from Mickie. Hard impact russian legsweep by Mickie. If you're going to get impact, 'hard' is probably a good way to go. Veronica takes a butterfly suplex from Mickie. Mickie James gets taken down out of nowhere. Rude Awakening on Mickie James by Veronica. Mickie gets hit with a huge clothesline. Cover for a two count. Mickie reverses a Veronica hammerlock. Vicious snap suplex! Veronica got whipped over hard. There's a two count on the pin. Wicked Tiger Suplex by Mickie James on Veronica. Pin, but Veronica is out just before the three count. Veronica ducks a clothesline attempt. Mickie receives some punishment. Veronica gets taken down out of nowhere. Big dropkick by Mickie James, who got good elevation. Veronica can barely stand. DDT!!! That shook the ring. 1....2....3!! This was missing something, so it only gets a ****1\2 rating. Winner and still champion: Mickie James via pinfall after DDT. Montel Vontavious Porter vs William Regal (For The WWE Intercontinental Title) : Chanelling the spirit of Misawa, Montel Vontavious Porter uses a forearm to the face. Regal receives some punishment. Big backdrop on Regal, executed well. Bodyslam by MVP. Regal powers out of a headlock. Big dropkick by William Regal, who got good elevation. William Regal hits a bulldog off the ropes. Hooks the leg for a two count. MVP counters a sleeper hold by turning it into a jaw breaker. Driven full nelson slam on Regal. Hooks the leg for a two count. MVP pulls a jumping piledriver out! Hooks the leg for a close fall. Regal blocks a punch. MVP gets caught with a belly to belly suplex from Regal. MVP counters a backdrop attempt with a kick to the face. Big clothesline on Regal. Montel Vontavious Porter moves in for the kill. Playmaker! 1....2....3. I'm slapping a ****1\4 rating on this. Winner and still champion: MVP via pinfall after Playmaker Cody Rhodes vs Kane : Kane gets caught with a belly to belly suplex from Rhodes. Cody Rhodes throws Kane toward the flames, but Kane is able to put the brakes on in time. Big clothesline on Kane. Vertical suplex by Cody Rhodes. Kane ducks a clothesline attempt. Kane holds Rhodes near the flames. Spear by Kane. Rhodes blocks a kick from Kane. Spear by Cody Rhodes. Powerbomb on Kane. Cody Rhodes misses a big legdrop after stalling too long. Rhodes receives some punishment. Kane misses a clothesline. Back elbow connects, Kane staggers backward. Cody Rhodes moves in for the kill. Here it comes - CrossRhodes. 1....2...3, it's finished. That was good. **** rating. Winner: Cody Rhodes via....uh...pinfall?? The Status Quo vs Edge \ Christian (For The WWE Unified Tag Team Titles) : Stiff high kick on Edge by Brian York who has evidently been watching some old AJPW tapes recently. Flying elbow from Brian York. There's a two count on the pin. Tag between Brian York and Bret Banderas. The Status Quo whip Edge into the corner. Brian York whips Bret Banderas in for a hard clothesline to follow-up. Hooks the leg for a two count. Flying shoulder tackle by Banderas sends Edge to the mat. Edge reverses a waistlock. Edge hits a bulldog off the ropes. Hooks the leg for a two count. Tag between Edge and Christian. Flying cross body off the top rope! Even Steamboat would have applauded the execution on that. Cover, but there's a last second kick-out. Hard back suplex on Banderas. Anyone remember when that was Shawn Michaels's finisher? Banderas counters a sleeper hold by turning it into a jaw breaker. Rude Awakening on Christian by Banderas. Tag between Bret Banderas and Brian York. York hits a right hand. Tag to Edge. Flying elbow from Brian York. Edge has lost it! He floors Brian York and starts raining down punches like a psycho! The referee tries to break it up...and gets thrown to one side. The referee is calling for the DQ! Edge has caused a DQ through his hatred of Brian York. I don't think the fight has finished. The Status Quo and Edge \ Christian have begun brawling again! They wind up brawling all the way down the aisle and out of view. A ****1\2 rating for a great match. Winners and still champions: The Status Quo via DQ after Edge goes off the deep end. Randy Orton vs Sean O'Haire : Sean O'Haire fires off some right and left hands. Kick from Sean O'Haire to the leg. Big dropkick by Sean O'Haire, who got good elevation. Sean O'Haire hits a rolling kick on Orton. Sean O'Haire misses a clothesline. Big clothesline on O'Haire. Devastating face-first slam from Orton on O'Haire. Hooks the leg for a two count. O'Haire powers out of a headlock. Flying cross body off the top rope! Even Steamboat would have applauded the execution on that. Cover for a two count. Orton walks into a face crusher variation. Pin : 1 - 2 - 2.9999999. Orton kicks Sean O'Haire in the gut to reverse the momentum. Stiff chop lights up O'Haire. Sean O'Haire avoids a Randy Orton avalanche. Big clothesline on Orton. Sean O'Haire moves in for the kill. Cruel Intentions!!! That shook the ring. 1....2....3!! Great match, a ****1\4 rating i think. Wait a minute. Looking back at the replay, Orton was pretty close to the ropes. Orton had his foot on the bottom rope but O'Haire blocked the ref's view of it and he kicked it off after the referee counted the pin and called for the bell. Orton appears to have been screwed somewhat. Ted DiBiase, Jr. vs Jason Collins (For The World Heavyweight Title) : Double arm suplex by Jason Collins, DiBiase hits hard. DiBiase kicks Jason Collins in the gut to reverse the momentum. DiBiase slams Jason Collins. DiBiase whips Collins into the turnbuckles...and predictably, the referee gets sandwiched. Devastating Tiger Driver 91 very nearly crushes the neck of Collins. Misawa is probably laughing with glee at the moment. Cover, but there's no one to count for Ted DiBiase, Jr.. Here comes a second official. Jason Collins avoids a Ted DiBiase, Jr. avalanche. Hard impact russian legsweep by Collins. If you're going to get impact, 'hard' is probably a good way to go. Devastating face-first slam from Collins on DiBiase. Cover for a two count. Springboard dropkick from Jason Collins. Nicely done. Cover, but there's a last second kick-out. Ted DiBiase, Jr. elbows Jason Collins in the face to break a hammerlock. DiBiase looks for Dream Street but Collins pushes off the turnbuckle and it's Survivor Series 1996 all over again as the two fall back. The referee counts...1...2...3! Your winner....and new World Heavyweight Champion, Ted DiBiase? Wait, the original referee has come over to the timekeeper and announcer and discusses something. Your winner and still World Champion, Jason Collins!!! It appears we have conflicting reports over whose shoulders were down. DiBiase is adamant that he's won. IF YOU SMELL.....!!! Here comes the SmackDown! GM to try make sense of everything. The refs each plead their case. The Rock calls for the replay. It appears that DiBiase may have gotten a shoulder up but it's hard to tell. The Rock demands that the match be restarted!!! DiBiase is irate. Ted DiBiase, Jr. vs. Jason Collins: Round Two: DiBiase tries Dream Street agains but Collins falls forward causing DiBiase to fall into the turnbuckle. Jason Collins moves in for the kill. Here it comes - Fall From Heaven. 1....2...3, it's finished. Great match, a ****1\4 rating i think. Winner and still champion: Jason Collins via pinfall after restart. DiBiase isn't finished and proceeds to just destroy Collins after the bell. Dream Street through the announce table!!! We go off the air with DiBiase holding the World Heavyweight Title over his head. Overall rating: 92% |
End of the month proceedings:
Ivory has left TNA. I might snag her as a manager if I can convince her to become one. Otherwise, meh. William Regal has become a non-wrestler. Good thing I didn't book him to go over at Judgment Day. The Rock will retire at the end of the month. Well, we needed a new GM on SmackDown!. Regal might fit. Or HBK. We'll see how it goes. |
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I book EVERY little thing. Opening pyros, upcoming match graphics before commercials, workers walking to the ring before commercial, rundowns of the upcoming PPV by the announcers, etc. I'm running TNA as sports entertainment and I've yet to have a problem with not enough non-wrestling through 20 shows. |
Oh, hey, I still have this thing going...
MARCH 18, 2005 - SMACKDOWN!
The first show with the new SmackDown! roster kicks off with two guys looking to catch the eye of the WWE brass as Harlowe takes on Richard J. Criado. Unfortunately, the guy whose eye they caught was Randy Orton, who slides into the ring, hitting both men with an RKO and leaving them laying. The Cruiserweight Division is still going strong on Friday nights, and we have a ten-man tag match to prove it. Nova brings Air Paris, Derrick King, Spike Dudley, and the returning Grandmaster Sexay to take on The Miz, Matt Stryker, Pepper Parks, Avery Thompson, and the debut of... CHRIS FUCKING SABIN! (copyright TPWW 2005). Exciting match, but Sabin is the real star here, picking up the win by hitting King with the Future Shock. Just Joe returns to a "Who?" response, but that's okay because his match with the debuting Shark Boy wins them over by the end. One Deep Sea Drop later, and the skinny guy with a shark mask is 1-0! Nunzio and Chris Kanyon team with a debuting Michael Shane to take on the SAT (Joel and Jose Maximo) and the returning X-Pac, whose pop nearly blows the roof off the arena. Another exciting match showcasing the cruiserweights that former champion Pac wins with the X-Factor on Shane. Shelton Benjamin and Chavo Guerrero are out next, and they put on a solid match to show that there are some WWE mainstays that are hungry for an opportunity on the new-look Friday Night SmackDown! Shelton wins an excellent technical encounter with the Dragon Whip. He offers his hand to Chavo, but is shunned and Chavo walks to the back to a chorus of boos. United States Champion Damien teams with a debuting Steve Corino in our next contest as they take on Corino's fellow debuting ECW alumni Perry Saturn and Sandman in a tag match! Decent match that doesn't live up to the previous few. In the end, miscommunication between the heels allows Saturn to hit Corino with a Death Valley Driver. After the match, Damien chokeslams Corino and walks off angrily. Fortunately, after the disappointing match that preceded it, the Rey Mysterio/Randy Orton match is a masterpiece. The crowd is 100% into it as both men hit all of their signature high spots. Rey gets the clean win with the West Coast Pop, but Orton hits an RKO after the bell to get some of his heat back. This definitely looks like it could be the start of a huge program here on SmackDown! Due to Rene Dupree being future endeavored, the WWE Tag Team Titles are vacant and up-for-grabs in this four-team elimination match! It's the Dudley Boyz vs. M'n'M vs. the Hardy Boyz vs. the debuting team of Elix Skipper and Kid Romeo! The rookies are the first to go as "Primetime" Skipper eats a Twist of Fate from Cruiserweight Champion Matt Hardy Version 2.0. The Dudleyz put M'n'M away with the 3-D, only for Bubba to get taken out by a surprise Swanton from Jeff Hardy allowing the boys from Cameron to steal the match and the belts! Tajiri is backstage, being pumped up by Don Callis. The former Jackal is hyping up the Buzzsaw for his next match. And his hype must have worked, because the match between Tajiri and Rhyno is our second Match of the Year candidate! Absolutely brutal contest between the former Network partners ends with Callis distracting his former charge, allowing Tajiri to blast the Kick Of Death for the win. After the match, Callis eats a Gore and Tajiri cuts and runs. This is definitely not the last we've seen of these two! And in our main event, SmackDown!'s new top title is introduced when NWA World Champion Jeff Jarrett makes his return in a match against Eddie Guerrero. It's a good match, but Jarrett takes advantage of a ref bump to blast Eddie with his trademark guitar and pick up the cheap win. Once Eddie regains consciousness, he goes right after Jarrett, and the show fades to black with the two still brawling! |
WWE has come to terms with the following WWE Superstars on their releases from the company. We wish them all the best in their future endeavors:
Axl Rotten, Colt Cabana, Daffney, Derrick King, Fred Williams, Harlowe, Jay Briscoe, Jimmy Rave, Joey Matthews, Johnny Jeter, Mark Henry, Matt Stryker, Pepper Parks, Richard J. Criado, Shaniqua, Teddy Hart, The Miz, Tom Howard, and Zach Gowan. |
MARCH 21, 2005 - MONDAY NIGHT RAW
Raw kicks off with WWE Chairman Eric Bischoff makes his way to the ring, and he's smiling. Which can't POSSIBLY be a good thing. The announcers speculate on the identity of the third man on the RAW Authority Committee, hype a seven-man gauntlet for a Television Title shot at Backlash and the huge champion-vs-champion main event as he enters the ring. "Well, I'm sure you heard the news from this weekend. Nineteen Superstars getting their walking papers. What you probably missed was the thirty-seven developmental deals that were cut as well. Well, here's the deal. And this is not a knock on any of these fifty-six men and women, but I have a business to run. There were almost 200 people under my watch and - great as I am - there's just no way to get all of them into six hours of television a week. Which leads me to the point of this whole thing: competition. This whole business is about who wants it more. And we're going to find out. Starting Wednesday night on Superstars, we're going to have a series of battle royals. Ten men in each match. The winner will receive a title shot later in the night. And you want to survive as long as you can. Because I'm going to randomly pick a number while the match is going on. And whatever number I draw, I'm going to fire that many of the participants, in the order they were eliminated. I'm calling it Feast Or Famine. One man may win a title. Nine may lose their jobs. Let's get to competing!" Our opening match tonight pits Mickie James and newcomer Trinity against Jazz and Molly Holly. These four have to be considered among the top contenders for the Women's Title, which is up in the air due to Trish Stratus' injury. Solid match between the four Divas that Mickie is set to win with her tornado DDT on Molly. As she swings up into the air, Trinity snatches her out of midair and slams her down. Mickie is in shock and walks right into the Molly Go Round, giving the heels the win. After the match, Victoria and Gail Kim hit the ring to make the save, driving off the three heels. (80% overall for a divas' tag match?) The TV Title #1 Contender gauntlet kicks off as Erik Watts takes on the Disco Inferno. Pretty bland match that Disco wins with the Chartbuster. Disco recovers from the abuse he sustained at the larger man's hands. "Oh, you didn't know?!?" The crowd erupts as the D-O-Double-G makes his way to the ring. Slightly better match than its predecessor that Road Dogg wins with the Dogg Pound. As Dogg celebrates, he gets blindsided by Buff Bagwell. After a brief beatdown, Buff hits the Blockbuster for the win. The hour one main event is another gauntlet match as Bagwell takes on Rob Van Dam. Best match of the gauntlet so far, which isn't really saying much, but a solid match. RVD hits a Five-Star Frogsplash for the win to move on. It's a battle of the frogsplashes next as RVD battles D'Lo Brown, and they pick right up where they left off last week in a fantastic match. D'Lo grabs a handful of tights on a roll-up for the cheap win, knocking RVD out of contention. RVD walks off in anger as D'Lo celebrates being one win away from a TV Title shot. Taiyo Kea is D'Lo's last opponent in the series, and D'Lo definitely takes him lightly. However during a moment of distraction, RVD returns to the ring and takes D'Lo out with a big kick allowing Kea to hit the Hawaiian Smasher for the upset victory! Afterwards, RVD hits the Five-Star Frogsplash and plays to the crowd. He winds up hitting another and another, which pops the crowd huge before walking off, leaving D'Lo laying. Stephanie McMahon is backstage, and she congratulates Kea on his win and makes the Backlash match official - Brock Lesnar defending the Television Title against Taiyo Kea! And now for our huge main event as the WWE Champion The Rock takes on Television Champion Brock Lesnar. Neither title is on the line, but a ton of bragging rights are. These two continue to show that they have remarkable chemistry as they put on another great show. The end comes as Rock prepares to hit the Rock Bottom, only to get blindsided by a flying leg lariat from Sabu! The homicidal, genocidal, suicidal, death-defying maniac goes to work on Rock, picking up on what he did last week. "Pomp And Circumstance" hits the speakers, and the crowd erupts. The announcers lose their shit as "Macho Man" Randy Savage comes to the ring. He gets in Sabu's face and tells him that what he just did to Rock may have flown in those other places, but that's not the way we do things here. If Sabu wants his shot at The Rock, he'll get it. But he has to wait until Backlash! Rock and Sabu stare each other down as RAW fades to black. |
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MARCH 23, 2005 - SUPERSTARS
As Superstars kicks off, the ring is full of... well... superstars. The night is kicking off with the Feast Or Famine battle royal! The winner will challenge Dave Batista for the Intercontinental Title later tonight. And Eric Bischoff has said that any number of competitors in this match could wind up in the unemployment line. The longer you last, the better your chance of keeping your job! The match starts with the typical battle royal clusterfuck brawling as Akio, BJ Whitmer, Brian Kendrick, Christian York, Chuck Palumbo, Funaki, Johnny Stamboli, Julio Dinero, Payne, and Trent Acid go to work. Christian York ensures that Dinero is the first casualty and walks to the back dejected. Unless Eric Bischoff draws a zero tonight, Dinero knows he's gone! The rest of the ring watches him walk away, each man knowing that there's a distinct chance that their careers, too, may be over. York strikes again, breaking the silence by cheap-shotting Payne and dumping him to the floor. From there, the match returns to chaos. York's New Generation teammate Whitmer is the next one out, thanks to Chuck Palumbo. Meanwhile Palumbo's partner Johnny "The Bull" Stamboli makes quick work of Brian Kendrick, Akio, and Trent Acid, and there are four men remaining. The odds are in the favor of each man in the ring for keeping his job, but nobody wants to take the chance, and they all want the title opportunity. York's reign of terror comes to an end next as Funaki dumps him out. From there, Funaki realizes he's outnumbered by the Natural Born Thrillers. Stamboli and Palumbo take turns taking shots at Funaki, and - indeed - things don't look good. Palumbo winds up for a Jungle Kick, but Funaki ducks it, and Palumbo's momentum sends him over the top and to the floor! Funaki turns around in shock, only to get blasted by Fugettabout It and bundled out. Johnny The Bull wins the Feast Or Famine match! Vince Russo (?!?) appears on the TitanTron and announces that Eric Bischoff put him in charge of discipline for the Superstars roster, starting with Feast Or Famine. He has arrived to announce who is departing. "Julio Dinero? Gone. Payne? Fired. BJ Whitmer? Terminated. Brian Kendrick? Unemployed. Akio? ...safe. "Mister Bischoff drew the number four tonight, so Dinero, Payne, Whitmer, and Kendrick are off to the unemployment line. We wish them all the best in their future endeavors. And let that be a warning to the rest of the Superstars roster: Vince Russo is your new Director Of Authority, and you will respect me!" Back from break, Natural Born Thrillers Sean O'Haire and Mike Sanders are in the ring. Their stablemates Stamboli and Palumbo looked good in the battle royal, and they're looking for a similar showing in this non-title match against America's Most Wanted. Solid tag match between the two duos, but the rise of AMW continues as they hit Sanders with the Death Sentence for the win. Afterwards, O'Haire gets in Sanders' face, blaming him for the loss. A short video plays, hyping A-Train, trying to make him still look relevant. Another tag match follows with Rico Constantino and The Hurricane teaming up to take on the "Hip-Hop Heels" Konnan and Ron Killings. Decent match that doesn't live up to the one before it ends with Konnan getting Rico to tap out to the Tequila Sunrise. Backstage, Paul Heyman hypes up Shane Douglas, saying that the Franchise of Wednesday nights is here! The X Division is on display in our next match as Paul London takes on Kid Kash. The match would likely be better if Kash put more into it, but it's still pretty good. London misses a London Calling attempt, but lands on his feet, only to be rolled up by Kash, who gets his feet on the middle rope for leverage. Kash steals one! Afterwards, London and Kash brawl up the ramp and out of view. Backstage, Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho of the Nova Scotia Cosa Nostra talk some trash about John Cena and X Champion AJ Styles, hyping their six-man tag main event as well as continuing the feud that started last week. Our next match is for the Intercontinental Championship! "Nature Boy" Dave Batista has a distinct advantage, both as the defending champion, and the fact that Johnny "The Bull" Stamboli already had to fight nine men not only to earn this match but to keep his job! Stamboli is definitely feeling the effects of FoF early, as Batista pummels him with punches and clotheslines. Stamboli gets in some hope spots, but Batista works him up for a Batista Bomb only for The Bull to punch his way out of it and hit Fugettabout It out of nowhere for the surprise three-count. Batista is stunned, and - honestly - so is Stamboli as he lifts the Intercontinental Title in triumph! Back from commercial, the arena is in total darkness. A heavy metal riff hits and the same strobes we saw last week light up the crowd. When they come back up, the icon Sting is in the ring, baseball bat in hand. He points the bat at the ramp, then makes the "belty" motion. Sting wants Christian! Cena and Styles come to the ring, as they're Sting's partners for this match. "Just Close Your Eyes" hits, and the arena erupts in a chorus of boos as the World Champion Christian comes to the ring with Benoit and Jericho. It's Sting, Cena, and Styles versus the Nova Scotia Cosa Nostra! The crowd is hot for the match, and all six main-eventers play to them. Eventually the match breaks down into chaos, and Sting takes advantage by setting up for the Scorpion Death Drop. Christian wriggles his way out of it and twists his way into the Unprettier for the win! |
Updated Superstars Roster
World Champion - Christian Intercontinental Champion - Johnny Stamboli NWA Tag Team Champions - America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris & James Storm) X-Division Champion - AJ Styles Main Eventers - AJ Styles, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, Christian, John Cena, and Sting Upper Midcard - Kid Kash, Konnan, Paul London, Ron Killings, and The Hurricane Midcarders - Akio, A-Train, Carlito, Chris Harris, Christian York, Chuck Palumbo, Dave Batista, Frankie Kazarian, Funaki, James Storm, Johnny Stamboli, Mike Sanders, Norman Smiley, Rico Constantino, Sean O'Haire, Shane Douglas, Trent Acid, and William Regal Authority Figures - Hulk Hogan, Tazz, and Vince Russo Managers - James Mitchell and Paul Heyman |
I'm already heading into No Mercy 2016 (October) so I've got some stuff to post in order to catch everybody up. Here's Night of Champions, the PPV after Judgment Day:
Alex Furious vs Matt Stryker (For The WWE Cruiserweight Title) : Spin kick by Alex Furious to the face. Spine shattering vicious back suplex! Matt Stryker got absolutely creamed. There's a two count on the pin. Matt Stryker comes up with a right hand out of nowhere. Spinning back kick from Matt Stryker. Matt Stryker hits a rolling kick on Furious. Hooks the leg for a two count. DDT from the top rope by Matt Stryker. That looked brutal. Hooks the leg for a close fall. Driven DDT by Matt Stryker. The ring shook violently, instantly making it better at selling than some of the current roster. Stryker only gets knees on a splash. Furious crushes Stryker with a sweet running senton. There's a two count on the pin. Diamond Dust from Alex Furious, Stryker is out. Pin, but Stryker is out just before the three count. Furious hits a dropkick on Matt Stryker. Spinning back kick from Alex Furious. Stryker ducks a wild right hand. Stryker hits a dropkick on Alex Furious. Tornado DDT from Matt Stryker, Furious got planted. Matt Stryker floors Furious near the ropes and makes the pin. Stryker is using the ropes for leverage! The referee hasn't seen it: 1....2....3!! I'm slapping a ****1\4 rating on this. WINNER and STILL WWE Cruiserweight Champion: Matt Stryker Edge \ Christian vs The New Frontier vs The Status Quo (For The WWE Unified Tag Team Titles) : Slingshot senton by Matthews, crushing the chest of Banderas. Pumphandle slam using a singapore cane between the legs on Banderas. Emerald Fusion by Scoot Andrews on Edge. The New Frontier whip York into the corner. Jeremy Matthews whips Scoot Andrews in for a hard clothesline to follow-up. Stiff high kick on Matthews by Christian who has evidently been watching some old AJPW tapes recently. HBK-style splash from the top of the ladder! Face slam on the table by Christian. York pulls a picture perfect fallaway slam out of the bag, driving Christian down to the mat. The Status Quo hook up Edge, then hit a double suplex. Super frankensteiner on Banderas, who hit hard. CRYME TYME IS HERE!!! The New Frontier get obliterated by the combined efforts of Shad and JTG. Matthews gets slammed hard onto the ladder. DDT from the top rope by Christian. That looked brutal. Hip toss onto a chair by Christian. Christian goes to slam York through a table, but he manages to escape. Banderas blocks the suplex attempt. Bret Banderas throws Edge into a ladder in the corner. York pulls a jumping piledriver out! Bret Banderas and Brian York go up the ladder and grab the prize for the win. Excellent match, a ***** rating! WINNERS and STILL WWE Unified Tag Team Champions: The Status Quo Montel Vontavious Porter vs Cody Rhodes (For The WWE Intercontinental Title) : MVP gets slammed. Montel Vontavious Porter fights out of a grapple. Rhodes receives some punishment. MVP whips Rhodes into the turnbuckles...and predictably, the referee gets sandwiched. Lifting DDT by Montel Vontavious Porter, executed well. Pinfall attempt, but the ref is conveniently laid out. Rhodes counters an avalanche with a raised foot to the face. Cody Rhodes snap suplexes MVP...with authority! ('With authority', trademark G.Monsoon 1986.) Full nelson slam on MVP. Hooks the leg for a two count. Rhodes hits a great swinging DDT on Montel Vontavious Porter. Pin, but MVP is out just before the three count. Montel Vontavious Porter powers out of a Cody Rhodes headlock. Devastating face-first slam from MVP on Rhodes. Pin, but Rhodes is out just before the three count. Rhodes powers out of a headlock. Cody Rhodes gets whipped into the corner. MVP charges in, but into a pair of raised boots. Rhodes uses a roll up, with feet on the second rope! The referee hasn't seen it: 1....2....3!! Cody Rhodes leaves the ring and heads off down the aisle at speed. Rhodes has the victory, and isn't hanging around for Montel Vontavious Porter to look for revenge. Great match, a ****1\4 rating i think. WINNER and NEW WWE Intercontinental Champion: Cody Rhodes Mickie James vs Victoria vs Beth Phoenix (For The WWE Diva's Title) : Back suplex on Victoria, which is a backdrop to you NOAH fans. Mickie James uses move #193 (arm-BAR). Victoria reverses a Mickie James hammerlock. Victoria slams Mickie James down. Full nelson slam on Victoria. Pin : 1 - 2 - 2.9999999. Gut buster, Beth hits hard. Mickie James misses a big legdrop after stalling too long. Victoria \ Beth whip Mickie into the corner. Victoria whips Beth Phoenix in for a hard clothesline to follow-up. Victoria scores with a standing spinebuster. Victoria takes a headbutt from Beth Phoenix. Beth Phoenix gets taken down out of nowhere. Flying shoulder tackle by Victoria sends Mickie to the mat. Mickie James slams Victoria, who rolls onto her stomach. What is Victoria doing? Mickie James picks her up and signals for a powerbomb. She raises Victoria up...but then falls backward, getting crushed by her opponent in the process! Victoria is on top! 1....2....3! Looking at the replay, it appears that Victoria had taken a chain out of her tights and wrapped it around her fist! Mickie James must have been punched with that chain while in mid-powerbomb! What a cheap shot! A ****1\4 rating, great bout. WINNER and NEW WWE Diva's Champion: Victoria R-Truth vs Pete Shapiro (For The WWE U.S. Heavyweight Title) : Stiff high kick on Shapiro by R-Truth who has evidently been watching some old AJPW tapes recently. Truth hits a massive spinning kick to the jaw. R-Truth hits a rolling kick on Shapiro. R-Truth hits a rolling kick on Shapiro. Shapiro pushes out of a R-Truth hold. Pete Shapiro hits a rolling kick on Truth. Beautiful spinning arm drag out of the corner by Shapiro. Cover for a two count. R-Truth fights out of a grapple. Shapiro takes a hurrancarana from R-Truth. Hooks the leg for a two count. Vicious kick to the teeth from R-Truth. Pin : 1 - 2 - 2.9999999. Shapiro counters an avalanche with a raised foot to the face. Truth takes a headbutt from Pete Shapiro. R-Truth avoids a Pete Shapiro avalanche. Driven DDT by R-Truth. The ring shook violently, instantly making it better at selling than some of the current roster. Jeremy Lopez comes running down the aisle with a chair! Truth and Pete Shapiro continue fighting, unaware of the intrusion. Jeremy Lopez slides in and blasts Pete Shapiro with a chair to the head! Lopez climbs out of the ring, the damage done! Pete Shapiro can barely stand. Lie Detector!!! That shook the ring. 1....2....3!! Truth and Lopez beat away on Pete Shapiro, leaving him spread-eagled on the canvas. A ****1\4 rating, great bout. WINNER and STILL WWE U.S. Heavyweight Champion: R-Truth Mr. Kennedy vs Scott Blackmore (For The WWE Heavyweight Title) : Blackmore takes a back suplex. Blackmore kicks Mr. Kennedy in the gut to reverse the momentum. Scott Blackmore fires off some right and left hands. The referee bumps after catching a wild right hand and is down. Back heel kick off the second rope, Kennedy goes flying. Hooks the leg, but the referee is still out. Kennedy powers out of a headlock. Vertical suplex by Mr. Kennedy. Gutwrench into a stomach breaker, Blackmore may be winded. Hooks the leg for a two count. Devastating Tiger Driver 91 very nearly crushes the neck of Blackmore. Misawa is probably laughing with glee at the moment. Hooks the leg for a close fall. Mr. Kennedy misses a clothesline. Flying cross body off the top rope! Even Steamboat would have applauded the execution on that. Pinfall attempt gets a 2.9999. Mr. Kennedy powers out of a Scott Blackmore headlock. M-A-G has climbed up onto the apron! Kennedy turns...and falls for the distraction! Scott Blackmore runs at Kennedy from behind...but misses! Scott Blackmore collides with M-A-G! Scott Blackmore can barely stand. Here it comes - Mic Check. 1....2...3, it's finished. This was missing something, so it only gets a ****1\2 rating. WINNER and NEW WWE Champion: Mr. Kennedy Ted DiBiase, Jr. vs Sean O'Haire vs Randy Orton vs Jason Collins (For The World Heavyweight Title) : Collins uses a basement dropkick to the knee. Stiff high kick on Orton by Jason Collins who has evidently been watching some old AJPW tapes recently. Hooks the leg for a two count. Vicious lightning kick by Collins on Orton. Orton powers out of a headlock. Orton slams Jason Collins down. Hooks the leg for a two count. Driven full nelson slam on Collins. Cover for a two count. Collins counters an avalanche with a raised foot to the face. Stiff high kick on O'Haire by Jason Collins who has evidently been watching some old AJPW tapes recently. Collins tags out to Sean O'Haire. Second rope flying axe handle, Orton goes down. Spinebuster by Sean O'Haire, executed with Arn-esque perfection. Spin kick by Sean O'Haire to the face. Orton walks into a face crusher variation. Pin, but Orton is out just before the three count. Tag between Sean O'Haire and Ted DiBiase, Jr.. Fallaway slam by Ted DiBiase, Jr.. Flying spear out of the corner! Orton nearly got snapped in two. Cover for a two count. Rude Awakening on Randy Orton by DiBiase. Cover for a two count. Ring-shaking slam on Orton. Hooks the leg for a close fall. Orton tags out to Jason Collins. Super kick by Jason Collins. Second rope flying axe handle, DiBiase goes down. Ted DiBiase, Jr. walks into a stiff lariat clothesline from Collins. DiBiase counters an arm wringer with an elbow to the side of the head. Wicked Tiger Suplex by Ted DiBiase, Jr. on Collins. Someone's entered the ring with a chair. HOLY F*CK!!! HOLY F*CK!!! IT'S SHEAMUS!!! We haven't seen Sheamus in a WWE ring in almost 8 years!!! He just beats the piss out of everybody in the match. Brogue Kick to Collins! Everyone's down! DiBiase crawls over to the nearest body which is Collins. 1...2...3! It's over! Great match, a ****1\4 rating i think. WINNER and NEW World Heavyweight Champion: Ted DiBiase The Rock vs Shawn Michaels : The Rock fires off some right and left hands. The Rock gets taken down out of nowhere. Big forearm by Shawn Michaels, ripping a page from the NOAH playbook. The referee bumps after catching a wild right hand and is down. DDT from the top rope by Shawn Michaels. That looked brutal. Cover, but there's no one to count for Shawn Michaels. The Rock powers out of a Shawn Michaels headlock. Running knee lift from The Rock. HBK walks into a spike slam. Hooks the leg for a two count. Spear! HBK is down and hurt. Pin, but HBK is out just before the three count. Shawn Michaels reverses a hip toss. Rock gets rocked with a brutal elbow to the jaw by HBK. Hooks the leg for a close fall. HBK drops an elbow...but misses. Fate can be so cruel. The Rock moves in for the kill. Here it comes - Rock Bottom. 1....2...3, it's finished. The Rock extends his hand to HBK...and it is accepted! They shake! That was good. **** rating. Overall Rating: 92% |
King of the Ring 2016:
WWE Unified Tag Team Champions The Status Quo defeated The Jacobs to retain the titles. Alex Furious pinned WWE Cruiserweight Champion Matt Stryker to win the title for a second time. Ian Moore pinned Christian when Edge returned to seek revenge on Christian. Team William Regal (Sheamus, Cody Rhodes, John Bradshaw Layfield, Sean O'Haire) defeated Team HBK (Randy Orton, MVP, Sean Criss, Mike Sullivan) when Sheamus last eliminated MVP. As a result of the victory, William Regal is new SmackDown! General Manager. CM Punk pinned Kofi Kingston. The Miz pinned Bryan Danielson to win the King of the Ring tournament. World Heavyweight Champion Ted DiBiase retained the title against Jason Collins when Sheamus interfered. WWE Champion Mr. Kennedy defeated Scott Blackmore in a Last Man Standing match to retain the title. Overall rating: 93% |
SummerSlam 2016
Pete Shapiro, Brandon Jett, and The New Frontier defeated the Posse (R-Truth, Jeremy Lopez, and Cryme Tyme) Sean Criss pinned JBL. AJ Styles vs. Jack Swagger Christian and Edge battled to a draw. Kofi Kingston pinned CM Punk. Sheamus pinned Jason Collins. World Heavyweight Champion Ted DiBiase retained the title against Randy Orton when Chris Sylvain returned to cost Orton the match. The Miz pinned WWE Champion Mr. Kennedy to win the title for the first time. Overall rating: 89% Booo!!! |
Unforgiven 2016
Cash Stevens pinned Evan Bourne. WWE Diva's Champion Victoria pinned Beth Phoenix to retain the title. Jeremy Lopez pinned Brandon Jett. WWE Unified Tag Team Champions The Status Quo defeated The New Frontier, Cryme Tyme, and the Jacobs to retain the titles. Scott Blackmore pinned John Morrison Pete Shapiro pinned U.S. Heavyweight Champion R-Truth to win the title for the third time. Kofi Kingston pinned CM Punk in a feud ending Falls Count Anywhere match. WWE Champion The Miz pinned Mr. Kennedy to retain the title. Overall rating: 91% Yay!!! The upcoming card for No Mercy: World Heavyweight Title: Ted DiBiase vs. Randy Orton vs. Jason Collins (Collins was unfortunately shoehorned in after Sheamus got his ass suspended.) WWE Intercontinental Title: Cody Rhodes vs. Bryan Danielson WWE Unified Tag Team Titles: The Status Quo vs. The Thug Life Soldiers WWE Cruiserweight Title: Alex Furious vs. Derek Standish Ian Moore vs. MVP (a match made by Regal to f*ck with both men as MVP was re-hired for this one match where he must win if he wants to keep his job) Edge vs. Christian (number one contendership match) Sean O'Haire vs. Shelton Benjamin Sean Criss vs. JBL |
MARCH 25, 2005 - SMACKDOWN!
Two championship matches, plus the second Feast Or Famine battle royal and a huge tag-team main event headline tonight's edition of SmackDown! But first, it's tag team action as the Dudley Boyz take on the team of Just Joe and Michael Shane. Joe and Shane work pretty well together as a team, but the experience advantage of Bubba and D-Von proves to be too much and Shane falls to the 3-D. Back from commercial, ten superstars have filled the ring. Two nights ago, four Superstars superstars were given their pink slips. Eric Bischoff will be sending a representative to fire up to nine tonight, depending on the random number he draws. One man will face Damien for the United States Title tonight, everyone else is at risk! The match goes on for a while before the first elimination, but Avery Thompson is the first to go, courtesy of "Primetime" Elix Skipper. Thompson knows that unless Bischoff draws a zero, his WWE career has just come to an end. Shortly thereafter, Grandmaster Sexay dropkicks Spike Dudley over the top and to the floor. John Morrison sends Kid Romeo out next, followed by Air Paris taking out Chris FUCKING Sabin. Morrison gets his second elimination, sending Primetime out after Sabin, then quickly adds Joel Maximo to his hit list. But he takes a moment to celebrate, which allows Sexay to eliminate him as well. Then there were three, and one of them will face Damien for the United States Title tonight! Paris is the eighth man out, courtesy of Nova, leaving Nova and Grandmaster Sexay as the final two! The two friends put on a decent cruiserweight exhibition, but in the end it's Nova hitting the Spin Doctor allowing him to dump Sexay to the floor and earn the title shot. "Psycho" hits the speakers, and the crowd isn't quite sure what to make of it until Sid (?!?) appears on the ramp dressed in an impossibly big suit. He announces that he's Eric Bischoff's disciplinary representative on SmackDown! He requests that the ten participants in the battle royal re-enter the ring. He says that, unlike Vince Russo on Wednesday night, he's not going to just read names. Because he is the master (and ruler) on Friday nights, he's going to do things his own way. He enters the ring and stares down the the ten of them. He then quickly turns and blasts Avery Thompson with a big boot to the face. He grips Spike Dudley around the throat and chokeslams him! He then grabs Kid Romeo and plants him with a powerbomb! He wheels on Chris Sabin who strikes a fighting pose. Sid starts laughing, then walks off. "If you're still standing, Mister Bischoff will see you in the ring next week." Six-man cruiserweight action is next as X-Pac teams with Shark Boy and Jose Maximo to take on Chavo Guerrero, Nunzio, and one half of the WWE Tag Team Champions Jeff Hardy. Decent match, but disappointing considering some of the talents involved. The heels get the win after Hardy hits the Swanton Bomb on Shark Boy. Earlier tonight, Nova outlasted nine SmackDown superstars to earn this shot against the monstrous United States Champion Damien! Nova bumps like a madman for Damien, but he eventually catches the champion with a surprise high-flying move and takes advantage. Damien gets himself into a corner, and the referee pulls Nova off. As he turns to check on Damien, a mysterious masked man in green blasts Nova with a steel chair from behind! He slides out of the ring, allowing Damien to hit a Chokeslam for the win. After the match, Damien and his skull-masked associate put the boots to Nova. Damien gets Nova up on his shoulders for an electric chair while the man in green heads up to the top rope. He leaps off, then grabs the back of Nova's neck as Damien releases, turning the move into a modified Flatliner off his shoulders! Damien grabs a microphone after the beating. He introduces his new associate as former WCW star Mortis. Together, they are going to take over Friday nights. Because starting tonight, there is no stopping Darkness Rising! Three ECW alumni are out next for a three-way hardcore match as Perry Saturn, Sandman, and Steve Corino go toe-to-toe(-to-toe?). Terrible match that Corino puts to a merciful end by hitting the Old School Explosion on Sandman. Last week, Eddie Guerrero failed to win the NWA Title after getting blasted in the head by Jeff Jarrett's guitar. Tonight, he has another chance to walk away with gold as he faces Cruiserweight Champion Matt Hardy Version 2.0! At one point, Eddie hits the Three Amigos, then heads to the top rope. However, he is distracted by Jarrett, who walks out onto the ramp. The momentary distraction allows Matt to slam Eddie from the top and hit the Twist of Fate for the win. After the match, Jarrett again takes Eddie out with a guitar shot. The NWA Champion remains in the ring after the break, and he's got a match against Shelton Benjamin. Solid match that Jarrett wins with the Stroke. Afterwards, Eddie gets a measure of revenge, jumping Jarrett and hitting a Frogsplash! The camera catches a glimpse of Shelton Benjamin's bloody nose afterwards. Preliminary reports are that it's broken, but he shouldn't miss any time. Randy Orton is in the ring after the break, talking about his loss to Rey Mysterio last week. He says that actions always have consequences. And for what Rey did last week, there will most certainly be a Backlash. Tajiri comes to the ring next, as he's Orton's partner in tonight's main event against Mysterio and the manbeast Rhyno! Rey. Rey counters a sleeper hold by turning it into a jaw breaker. Rey hits a dropkick on Randy Orton. Tag between Rey Mysterio and Rhyno. Rhyno bodyslams Randy Orton. Tag to Tajiri. Flying shoulder tackle by Rhyno sends Tajiri to the mat. Tajiri is in trouble. Gore! GORE! GOOOOOOOORE!!! That shook the ring. 1....2....3!! The fight has started up again! Rey \ Rhyno attacks Orton \ Tajiri, and they brawl all around ringside, then into the crowd! They eventually disappear backstage, still fighting. A **** rating for a good contest. Very good tag match that ends with Rhyno hitting the Gore and the babyfaces stand tall as we fade to black. |
Updated SmackDown! Roster
NWA Champion - Jeff Jarrett United States Champion - Damien WWE Tag Team Champions - Hardy Boyz (Jeff and Matt Hardy) Cruiserweight Champion - Matt Hardy Version 2.0 Main Eventers - Eddie Guerrero, Jeff Jarrett, Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio, Rhyno, and Tajiri Upper Midcard - Damien, Matt Hardy Version 2.0, Perry Saturn, Sandman, Shelton Benjamin, and Steve Corino Midcarders - Air Paris, Bubba Ray Dudley, Chavo Guerrero, Chris Sabin, D-Von Dudley, Elix Skipper, Grandmaster Sexay, Jeff Hardy, Joel Maximo, John Morrison, Jose Maximo, Just Joe, Michael Shane, Mortis, Nova, Nunzio, Shark Boy, and X-Pac Authority Figures - Eric Bischoff, Shane McMahon, and Sid Managers - Bill Alfonso and Paul Heyman |
No Mercy results:
WWE Cruiserweight Champion Alex Furious pinned Derek Standish to retain the title. WWE Unified Tag Team Champions The Status Quo retained the titles against the Thug Life Soldiers (Jordan and Jerome) when Bret Banderas pinned Jordan. Sean Criss pinned JBL. Sean O'Haire pinned Shelton Benjamin. Ian Moore pinned MVP to continue his streak on his quest to a title shot. MVP is back in the unemployment line. Edge defeated Christian in a ladder match to earn number one contender status. Christian is out for 2 months as a result of an injury. Oops. Bryan Danielson defeated Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes by DQ when GM William Regal struck down his former student after Danielson got upset with Regal not letting the timekeeper ring the bell when Rhodes tried to submit. Rhodes and Regal beat the snot out of Danielson afterwards. Jason Collins defeated Randy Orton and World Heavyweight Champion Ted DiBiase to win the title for a sixth time when he pinned Orton. Overall Rating: 90% |
Survivor Series 2016
(In the time between the last show and this one, Sheamus returned from suspension and cost Jason Collins the World Heavyweight Title against Ted DiBiase in a rematch, Edge and Beth Phoenix both announced their retirement plans for the end of the month, and Ian Moore won an Intercontinental Title shot against Cody Rhodes when he pinned him on an edition of Superstars. Moore, however, undeterred from his goal to continue defeating every star on the SmackDown! roster and to stick it to Regal for making him face MVP, voluntarily surrendered his shot to Bryan Danielson.) The Thug Life Soldiers defeated Unified Tag Team Champions The Status Quo to win the titles when Jerome pinned Brian York. Pete Shapiro pinned U.S. Heavyweight Champion Cash Stevens to win the title for a fourth time. Bryan Danielson defeated Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes by submission. AJ Styles, John Morrison, Evan Bourne, and Mr. Kennedy defeated Jack Swagger, Drew McIntyre, Scott Blackmore, and CM Punk. Sole survivor: John Morrison last eliminating CM Punk Beth Phoenix pinned WWE Diva's Champion Victoria to win the title. Jason Collins, Randy Orton, Sean Criss, and Shelton Benjamin defeated Sheamus, JBL, Sean O'Haire, and Rhyno. Last survivors: Collins and Orton last eliminating Sheamus. WWE Champion The Miz pinned Kofi Kingston to retain the title. World Heavyweight Champion Ted DiBiase pinned Edge to retain the title. Overall rating: 91%. Next in line: BRAGGING RIGHTS!!! No more Edge! We need a new Diva's Champion! What will the two GMs do to gain the upper hand in the Raw vs. SmackDown! battle at the PPV? Stay tuned for more of the good stuff! |
Promotion Wars/EWR/TEW
I know this probably belongs in the video games or another forum, but it is primarily wrestling related so I figured it was a good place to get opinions, etc.
I was reminded earlier of my days playing Promotion Wars and Extreme Warfare. How many of you guys used to play or still play games like Promotion Wars, Extreme Warfare or Total Extreme Warfare? I always loved being head booker/creative. I haven't played any of these games in years and would love to possibly start playing again. Does anyone know if/how I can get these games on my Macbook without running an emulator like Windows Parallel? Also, feel free to share any of your best storylines/feuds if you used to or still play. I'd love to hear or get some ideas if I actually do get back into playing. |
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No, but my action figure promotion was great. Had a pretty large book full of all my "episode" cards and PPV cards. Shame I have no idea where that book is.
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The Biker Mice were a badass stable, until Vinnie and Throttle turned against Modo, leading to a main event push for Modo.
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Would probably be a lot easier to do the intros for my action figure promotion these days with being able to play their songs from a laptop/iPod/whatever, rather than having to keep changing CD's.
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yeahhh, that would have been amazing
closest I ever came to doing that was recording Ted DiBiase's music off the TV onto a cassette, making some variety of arena/entrance way from cereal/small cardboard boxes, decorating them with WWF stickers that I already had in my sticker book and making DiBiase vs. Virgil in my mini-arena the biggest match since Hogan/Andre |
Lol yeah I pushed Kurrgan to the main event because for a while him, Goldust and Al Snow were the only actual wrestling action figures I had. Also I didn't even have many CD's back then so pretty much everybodies entrance themes were off The Offspring's 'Americana' or Greenday's 'Nimrod'.
When I think back I was definitely a very solid booker considering my age, although the 12 man elimination match (in which you get eliminated by being both pinned AND submitted) for the world title may have been a bit much. |
<font color=goldenrod>For reasons I can't remember, I attempted to throw my friend's Chyna action figure over the roof of his house. Didn't make it. The Chyna figure remained on the roof in the same spot for years even after he had moved out. Would see it pretty much every day while coming home from school.</font>
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Used to play Promotion Wars back in the day. Lance Storm was always one of my main attractions.
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I have a pretty solid EWR game going right now as ROH. If you want details, I will give them. If not, let's not waste anyone's time here.
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Every match I ever made with my action figures ended with one of them going through tables stacked 5 high.
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I just wrapped up a successful Backlash 2017 and in the process of building towards Judgment Day. I have some new wrestlers fresh from developmental to help break up some of the monotony. I've got Kane retiring at the end of the month and I might as well use him to help put one of the new guys over. Here are some quick results from Backlash:
WWE Cruiserweight Champion Mark Mason defeated Don Maiden to retain the title. 93% Evan Bourne pinned Cash Stevens. 92% WWE U.S. Heavyweight Champion Pete Shapiro pinned Drew McIntyre to retain the title. 94% WWE Diva's Champion Natalya pinned Nicole Durgan to retain the title. 92% AJ Styles and newly turned CM Punk defeated The Status Quo to win the WWE Unified Tag Team Titles. 97% (!) Mr. Kennedy pinned Jack Swagger. 91% Chris Sylvain defeated Batista by DQ. 94% The Miz pinned Kofi Kingston in a triple threat match also involving WWE Champion John Morrison to win the title for a second time. 86% Overall rating: 93% For some reason, everything Kingston touches turns to crap despite some very impressive stats and wrestling guys who are also awesome. I'm thinking of just jobbing him out for a while to put over some new guys and just letting him go. Anywho, over on Raw, the Status Quo storyline is going to continue to evolve, Miz and Morrison have one more date with destiny, and Styles and Punk are going to try to make this tag title reign work. Over on SmackDown!, Rhodes and DiBiase are at odds, Ian Moore is taking his first steps towards being a successful World Heavyweight Champion, Sean Criss is eager to cash in his Money in the Bank contract but is apparently on the shelf, Sheamus and Rhyno seem to enjoy beating the hell out of each other, and newcomer Apocalypse has laid out the challenge to the Big Red Machine Kane! And best of all? No Mark Henry!!! Stay tuned!!! Championship roll call: World Heavyweight Champion: Ian Moore; won title at WrestleMania 33 from Jason Collins. Next scheduled defense: Judgment Day against Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase in a triple threat match WWE Champion: The Miz; won title at Backlash 2017 from John Morrison in a triple threat match also involving Kofi Kingston. Next scheduled defense: John Morrison in a ladder match in two weeks on Raw WWE U.S. Heavyweight Champion: Pete Shapiro; won title at Survivor Series 2016 from Cash Stevens. No upcoming defenses scheduled. WWE Intercontinental Champion: MVP; won title at WrestleMania 33 from Cody Rhodes in a triple threat match also involving Bryan Danielson. Next scheduled defense: Sean O'Haire at Judgment Day WWE Diva's Champion: Natalya; won title at Royal Rumble 2017 from Nicole Durgan. Next scheduled defense: Judgment Day against Lisa Benton WWE Cruiserweight Champion: Mark Mason; won title at Bragging Rights 2016 from Alex Furious. Next scheduled defense: Judgment Day against Matrix WWE Unified Tag Team Champions: AJ Styles and CM Punk; won titles from Bret Banderas and Brian York at Backlash 2017. Next scheduled defense: A rematch two weeks from now on Raw. |
I seriously haven't played this game in six months?!?
MARCH 28, 2005 - MONDAY NIGHT RAW
Tonight, the last Feast or Famine battle royal will result in at least one RAW Superstar losing his job while another will battle Brock Lesnar for the Television Title later on. A huge tag team main event will feature three men with Backlash in their sights, and Stephanie McMahon will have an announcement about the state of the Women's Title. But first, six of the more popular members of the RAW roster meet up in a tag match. In a twist, whoever takes the fall will be entered in the FoF battle royal and may lose his job or may earn a shot at Brock Lesnar's TV Title! New Jack teams with the New Age Outlaws to take on Erik Watts, Rick Steiner, and Sonny Siaki. Gunn plays the babyface in peril early until he manages to tag in New Jack, who goes to work on Siaki. In a smart move, the Outlaws, Steiner, and Siaki do most of the heavy lifting for the match, with Gunn finishing off Steiner with the Fame-Ass-Er. Rick Steiner now has to face nine other men to keep his job tonight. After the match, Watts is favoring his arm, and it looks to be a bicep injury. Two of the more gimmicky members of the RAW roster are up next as Val Venis takes on Disco Inferno. Solid match between the two veterans that ends with Val hitting the Money Shot. The ring is full as we come back from break as ten men enter the Feast or Famine battle royal. Remember, the winner will face Brock Lesnar later tonight for the Television Title. The first man eliiminated will lose his job, and anywhere from zero to eight more will join him in the unemployment line, thanks to a random draw from Eric Bischoff. The longer you last, the better your chance of survival! Unfortunately, we know Test is gone, as Sylvan Grenier takes him out early. Co-Tag Team Champion Ron Simmons is in danger as well as Grenier's former partner Rob Conway takes him out. Conway's current partner Nick Dinsmore takes out Tommy Dreamer, then Grenier gets a second elim by dumping Simon Diamond to the floor. In a surprise, Haas eliminates the man who turned him to the darkside, Undertaker, and the man in black is not happy. Grenier's run comes to an end at the hands of Dinsmore, while Haas continues to look good, taking out Conway. It's down to Dinsmore, Haas, and Steiner for a shot at Lesnar! Haas eliminates Steiner, then turns right into a big German suplex from Dinsmore that allows the Lord Of The Ring to win the battle royal and earn the title shot! Al Snow appears on the TitanTron and tells us what we already know, that Test has been fired. He then goes on to say that Mister Bischoff drew the number four earlier tonight, which means that Ron Simmons, Tommy Dreamer, and Simon Diamond will be joining him. With Ron Simmons fired, what does that mean for the World Tag Team Titles? Back from break, Stephanie McMahon is in the ring with the Women's Title. She announces that, due to the injury suffered by Trish Stratus, the title is now vacant and tonight, we will see the beginning of a seven-Diva tournament to crown a new champion. Former champion Mickie James has a first-round bye and will face the winner of our first match next week on RAW! The first two Divas to compete are former champions Gail Kim and Molly Holly. They put on a fantastic display of what the WWE Women's Division is all about with Molly picking up a clean win with the Molly Go Round to advance. The division's two best high-fliers are up next as Lita faces Trinity. At one point during the match, Trinity uncovers the top turnbuckle, which comes into play when she slingshots Lita face-first into it, then rolls her up with her feet on the ropes for the cheap win. Trinity hops the barrier and flees through the crowd to prevent Lita from getting her revenge. Our final first-round tournament match pits two of the division's mainstays Victoria and Jazz against each other one more time. Solid match, but not quite on par with the Molly/Gail masterpiece from earlier. In the end, it's Victoria hitting the Widow's Peak for the big win. Back from commercial, "Macho Man" Randy Savage is in the ring! He says that he personally banned Rob Van Dam and D'Lo Brown from the building tonight, since they can't seem to co-exist in the same arena. With that in mind, he's going to give them a chance to settle their differences at Backlash! Earlier tonight, Nick Dinsmore won the Feast or Famine battle royal to earn this next match. Brock Lesnar, the first-ever WWE Television Champion is eager to prove why he's still the best in the business, and he puts on a show tonight. Dinsmore looks like a million bucks by keeping up for the first part of the match, but Lesnar puts him away with the F-5 for the clean win. After the match, Lesnar continues to pummel Dinsmore with hard punches before walking off with the title. In our main event, the man who will challenge for the TV Title at Backlash, Taiyo Kea teams with WWE Champion The Rock to face Rock's Backlash opponent Sabu and co-Tag Team Champion (for how much longer?) John Layfield! Solid match between these four that ends with Lesnar making his presence felt again as he confronts Kea, allowing Sabu to take him out with an Arabian Facebuster. After the match, the three heels work over Rock and Kea as we fade to black. Sabu got planted. Cover, but there's a last second kick-out. Taiyo Kea uses move #193 (arm-BAR). Sabu comes up with a right hand out of nowhere. Sabu DDTs Kea, although it was hardly executed with pin-point precision. Brock Lesnar has climbed up onto the apron! Kea turns...and falls for the distraction! Sabu attacks Kea from behind! Sabu has Taiyo Kea down on the canvas and is ascending the corner. Arabian Facebuster!!! 1....2....3!! It's all over. Kea \ Rock are left down and out in the ring thanks to the attack of Layfield, Sabu and Lesnar. Worth a ** rating, but no more than that. |
Updated RAW Roster
WWE Champion - The Rock Television Champion - Brock Lesnar World Tag Team Champions - Unknown (APA were champs until Ron Simmons' firing) Women's Champion - Vacant (tournament ongoing) Main Eventers - Brock Lesnar, Goldust, Mickie James, Sabu, The Rock, and Trish Stratus Upper Midcard - Buff Bagwell, Disco Inferno, D'Lo Brown, Erik Watts, Road Dogg, Rob Van Dam, and Taiyo Kea Midcarders - Billy Gunn, Gail Kim, Haas, Jazz, John Layfield, Lita, Molly Holly, New Jack, Nick Dinsmore, Rick Steiner, Rob Conway, Sonny Siaki, Sylvan Grenier, Trinity, Undertaker, Val Venis, and Victoria Authority Figures - Al Snow, Randy Savage, and Stephanie McMahon Managers - Marlena and Theodore Long Note: On RAW, Erik Watts ripped his bicep and will be out for seven months. |
MARCH 23, 2005 - SUPERSTARS
Tonight promises to be a huge night for the newly-streamlined Superstars roster, as a huge triple main event has been booked! Sting will take on Chris Jericho, John Cena will take on Chris Benoit, and in our main event it's Champion vs. Champion as AJ Styles goes one-on-one with Christian! Plus, the NWA Tag Team Titles will be on the line, and we expect huge fall-out from Johnny "The Bull" Stamboli's improbable Intercontinental Title victory last week. But we kick things off with X-Division action as The Hurricane goes one-on-one with "Above Average" Mike Sanders! Exciting match that gets the crowd off to a red-hot start, and it goes back and forth several times. Eventually, though, Hurricane catches Sanders with the Eye of the Hurricane for the win. Sanders remains in the ring as the rest of the Natural Born Thrillers join him, finished off by the arrival of Intercontinental Champion Johnny Stamboli. It is announced that Stamboli will be facing off against Sean O'Haire in his first title defense, and O'Haire points to the mat, indicating that Stamboli should lay down for him. Stamboli looks at O'Haire like he's crazy. O'Haire gives him a look that shows he's serious. Sanders stands behind O'Haire with his arms crossed, nodding. Stamboli appeals to Chuck Palumbo who shakes his head. Stamboli nods and waves Palumbo and Sanders out of the ring. The bell sounds... and Stamboli nails O'Haire with a Mamaluke DDT! The ref counts the pin, but O'Haire pops up and blasts Stamboli with the Prophecy. After the match, Sanders and Palumbo join O'Haire in the ring and put the boots to Stamboli. O'Haire grabs a microphone and talks about how Stamboli had the opportunity to do the right thing by his oldest friends, but he just threw away five years of friendship for material gain. Well, the Thrillers have been needing a new target, and Stamboli just gave them one. But he's not telling us anything we didn't already know! In a match that Paul London asked for in a WWE.com exclusive, he attempts to show off his technical acumen against William Regal. It's a very good match, but Regal manages to keep London grounded for most of the action, putting him away with the Regal Stretch for what has to be considered a bit of an upset. The NWA Tag Team Titles are on the line in our next contest as America's Most Wanted take on the team of Konnan and Ron Killings. The champs look like they have the match in control when they're blindsided by the team of Christian York and Trent Acid! York clamps Storm in the Irish Cloverleaf, and the referee calls for the bell. The duo continue to work over the champs. Suddenly, the upstarts are joined in the ring by the "Sinister Minister" Jim Mitchell. He grabs a microphone and announces that what we're looking at is two of the hungriest young stars in WWE, and the next NWA Tag Team Champions. He says that Acid and Chris Reign (York's new name, apparently) are his newest proteges and will not rest until they are champions! More X Division action is next as Frankie Kazarian goes to war with Kid Kash. Decent match, but not as good as the Hurricane/Sanders match from earlier. Kash picks up the win with Cha Ching. The first of our three main events is a barn-burner as John Cena and Chris Benoit put on one of the best matches of the year thus far! The crowd is completely 100% into the action, hanging on every near-fall. AJ Styles makes his presence felt, distracting Benoit (who's been a thorn in his side since his WWE debut), allowing Cena to hit the F-U. After the match, Chris Jericho comes to the ring to even the sides. "Nature Boy" Dave Batista cuts a pre-taped promo about how his loss to Johnny Stamboli last week opened his eyes. He had grown complacent in his role, but no more. He's not going to let the lifestyle he's been running interfere with his career. He's going to be World Champion one day, and that journey begins tonight. No more wheeling and dealing. No more limousine-riding, jet-flying. It's time for this Leviathan to get back to his roots and destroy people! Our second main event begins after the break, pitting WCW alumni Sting and Chris Jericho against each other. Solid contest that is marred by the interference of Christian, who drags Sting out of the ring to result in a DQ. Christian and Jericho go to work on Sting until John Cena makes the save by running off Vitamin C. The final match of the evening is a non-title, champion-versus-champion encounter between World Champion Christian and X-Division Champion AJ Styles! The match is as exciting as you would expect with several near-falls. Just like the previous matches, though, this one is spoiled by interference. This time, it's Chris Benoit shouting threats at Styles that allows Christian to hit the Unprettier for the win. Sting makes the save, and the babyfaces stand tall as Superstars comes to an end. |
MARCH 2005 RECAP - WORK IN PROGRESS
RAW (Overall Won-Loss, Season 2 W-L) Main Event (Mar. W-L, Overness) (Matches) (68-44, 28-23) Brock Lesnar (1-1, 93) (W w/Tajiri vs Eddie/Rey, L Cena) (29-6, 15-3) Mickie James (0-1, 100) (L w/Trish vs Jazz/Molly) (0-0, 0-0) Sabu (, 92) () (67-39, 29-18) The Rock (1-1, 100) (W 8-man tag, L Xian) (Overall Won-Loss, Season 2 W-L) Upper Midcard (Mar. W-L, Overness) (Matches) (0-0, 0-0) Buff Bagwell (, 82) () (0-0, 0-0) Disco Inferno (, 81) () (0-0, 0-0) D'Lo Brown (, 86) () (0-0, 0-0) Road Dogg (, 82) () (41-45-1, 10-19) Rob Van Dam (0-1, 91) (L triple threat) (0-0, 0-0) Taiyo Kea (, 86) () (Overall Won-Loss, Season 2 W-L) Midcard (Mar. W-L, Overness) (Matches) (17-23-1, 4-2-1) Billy Gunn (1-0, 77) (W w/Rico vs Kanyon/Henry) (8-14-1, 2-3) Gail Kim (1-0, 75) (W w/Lita vs Daffney/Shaniqua) (26-46, 5-15) Haas (, 72) () (13-21, 1-11) Jazz (1-0, 78) (W w/Molly vs Mickie/Trish) (32-27, 11-8) John Layfield (1-0, 75) (W w/Simmons vs Paris/Kendrick) (9-17, 3-3) Lita (1-0, 77) (W w/Gail vs Daffney/Shaniqua) (8-17, 2-5) Molly Holly (1-0, 75) (W w/Jazz vs Mickie/Trish) (0-0, 0-0) New Jack (, 79) () (0-0, 0-0) Nick Dinsmore (, 72) () (0-0, 0-0) Rick Steiner (, 69) () (6-30, 1-5) Rob Conway (, 68) () (0-0, 0-0) Sonny Siaki (, 77) () (14-29, 4-3) Sylvan Grenier (, 70) () (0-0, 0-0) Trinity (, 74) () (31-44-1, 5-13) Undertaker (, 62) () (0-0, 0-0) Val Venis (, 74) () (13-11, 1-3) Victoria (, 72) () (Overall Won-Loss, Season 2 W-L) Injured Reserve (Mar. W-L, Overness) (Matches) (0-0, 0-0) Erik Watts (, 83) () (0-0, 0-0) Goldust (, 92) () (18-14-1, 4-2) Trish Stratus (0-1, 91) (L Mickie vs Jazz/Molly) (Overall Won-Loss, Season 2 W-L) Future Endeavors (Mar. W-L, Overness) (Matches) (0-1, 0-1) Axl Rotten () () (0-4, 0-4) Daffney (0-1) (L w/Shaniqua vs Gail/Lita) (2-10, 0-7) Fred Williams () () (7-20-1, 2-5) Mark Henry (0-1) (L w/Kanyon vs Gunnstantino) (4-3, 2-3) Ron Simmons (1-0) (W w/Layfield vs Paris/Kendrick) (1-8, 0-4) Shaniqua (0-1) (L w/Daffney vs Gail/Lita) (13-26, 4-9) Test (0-1) (L w/Acid vs Dudleyz) (20-39, 4-11) Tommy Dreamer (0-1) (L 6-man tag) Non-Wrestlers (Overness) Stephanie McMahon (96) Randy Savage (85) Al Snow (77) Managers (Clientele) Marlena (70) (Goldust) Theodore Long (66) (D'Lo Brown, Jazz, and John Layfield) RAW Title Changes WWE - The Rock beat Chris Benoit (3/13) Television - Brock Lesnar won a tournament to crown 1st champion (3/14) Women's - Vacant due to Trish Stratus' injury World Tag Team - Vacant due to Ron Simmons' release RAW Feuds The Rock vs. Sabu (100 Heat) Rob Van Dam vs. D'Lo Brown (93 Heat) Taiyo Kea vs. Brock Lesnar (92 Heat) |
MARCH 2005 RECAP - WORK IN PROGRESS
SUPERSTARS (Overall Won-Loss, Season 2 W-L) Main Event (Mar. W-L, Overness) (Matches) (0-0, 0-0) AJ Styles (, 96) () (62-44-3, 28-19) Chris Benoit (0-1-1, 100) (L 8-man tag, D w/Y2J vs Rey/Rhyno) (51-57-2, 23-27) Chris Jericho (0-1-1, 100) (L 8-man tag, D w/Benoit vs Rey/Rhyno) (47-54-1, 18-25-1) Christian (1-1, 97) (L 8-man tag, W Rock) (62-51, 25-26) John Cena (2-0, 98) (W 8-man tag, W Brock) (0-0, 0-0) Sting (, 89) () (Overall Won-Loss, Season 2 W-L) Upper Midcard (Mar. W-L, Overness) (Matches) (0-0, 0-0) Kid Kash (, 90) () (0-0, 0-0) Konnan (, 81) () (24-38-2, 16-16-1) Paul London (0-1, 82) (L w/Eddie vs Damien/Tajiri) (0-0, 0-0) Ron Killings (, 85) () (29-43, 10-14) The Hurricane (1-0, 92) (W 8-man tag) (Overall Won-Loss, Season 2 W-L) Midcard (Mar. W-L, Overness) (Matches) (8-22-1, 1-5) Akio (, 66) () (30-36, 16-12) A-Train (0-1, 78) (L 6-man tag) (10-32, 6-8) Carlito (, 76) () (5-7, 3-5) Chris Reign (0-1, 65) (L w/Whitmer vs MnM) (20-30, 1-6) Chuck Palumbo (1-0, 68) (W 6-man tag) (46-35, 13-11) Dave Batista (1-0, 79) (W Funaki) (0-0, 0-0) Frankie Kazarian (, 75) () (2-22, 1-11) Funaki (0-1, 68) (L Bats) (0-0, 0-0) James Storm (, 77) () (16-28, 1-8) Johnny Stamboli (1-0, 73) (W 6-man tag) (0-0, 0-0) Mike Sanders (, 80) () (0-0, 0-0) Norman Smiley (, 73) () (34-44, 12-18) Rico Constantino (1-0, 61) (W w/Gunn vs Kanyon/Henry) (49-36-1, 9-16) Sean O'Haire (1-0, 75) (W 6-man tag) (0-0, 0-0) Shane Douglas (, 71) () (3-12, 1-10) Trent Acid (0-1, 66) (L w/Test vs Dudleyz) (23-33, 5-6) William Regal (, 73) () (Overall Won-Loss, Season 2 W-L) In Rehab (Mar. W-L, Overness) (Matches) (0-0, 0-0) Chris Harris (, 77) () (Overall Won-Loss, Season 2 W-L) Future Endeavors (Mar. W-L, Overness) (Matches) (4-10, 2-8) BJ Whitmer (0-1) (L w/York vs MnM) (4-12, 3-9) Brian Kendrick (0-1) (L w/Paris vs APA) (2-3, 1-2) Colt Cabana () () (2-4, 1-3) Jay Briscoe () () (2-8, 0-3) Johnny Jeter () () (5-4, 5-4) Payne (0-1) (L 6-man tag) (1-1, 1-1) Teddy Hart () () (1-10, 0-4) Zach Gowan () () Non-Wrestlers (Overness) Hulk Hogan (95) Vince Russo (88) Tazz (75) Managers (Clientele) Paul Heyman (94) (Shane Douglas) James Mitchell (63) (Chris Reign and Trent Acid) Superstars Title Changes Intercontinental - Johnny Stamboli beat Dave Batista (3/23) World Heavyweight - Christian beat Rhyno (3/13) X Division - None (AJ Styles was champ at time of TNA purchase) NWA Tag Team - None (America's Most Wanted were champs at time of TNA purchase) Superstars Feuds AJ Styles and John Cena vs. Canadian Violence (99 Heat) Sting vs. Christian (96 Heat) |
MARCH 2005 RECAP - WORK IN PROGRESS
SmackDown! (Overall Won-Loss, Season 2 W-L) Main Event (Mar. W-L, Overness) (Matches) (57-54-1, 20-21) Eddie Guerrero (0-2, 100) (L w/Rey vs Brock/Tajiri, L w/London vs Damien/Tajiri) (0-0, 0-0) Jeff Jarrett (, 93) () (24-29, 13-19) Randy Orton (1-1, 100) (L 8-man tag, w triple threat) (46-47, 14-21) Rey Mysterio (0-1-1, 98) (L w/Eddie vs Brock/Tajiri, D w/Rhyno vs Canadian Violence) (57-36-3, 28-17-1) Rhyno (1-0-1, 100) (W 8-man tag, D w/Rey vs Canadian Violence) (47-49-1, 21-15) Tajiri (2-0, 98) (W w/Brock vs Eddie/Rey, W/Damien vs Eddie/London) (Overall Won-Loss, Season 2 W-L) Upper Midcard (Mar. W-L, Overness) (Matches) (31-15, 13-11) Damien (1-0, 91) (W w/Tajiri vs Eddie/London) (57-36, 20-16) Matt Hardy (1-0, 89) (W w/Jeff vs Nova/Spike) (0-0, 0-0) Perry Saturn (, 88) () (0-0, 0-0) Sandman (, 83) () (39-51, 11-23) Shelton Benjamin (0-1, 83) (L triple threat) (0-0, 0-0) Steve Corino (, 88) () (Overall Won-Loss, Season 2 W-L) Midcard (Mar. W-L, Overness) (Matches) (0-2, 0-2) Air Paris (0-1, 68) (L w/Kendrick vs APA) (37-31, 8-12) Bubba Ray Dudley (1-0, 75) (W w/D-Von vs Acid Test) (31-45-1, 9-13) Chavo Guerrero (, 84) () (0-0, 0-0) Chris Sabin (, 64) () (39-29, 8-11) D-Von Dudley (1-0, 77) (W w/Bubba vs Acid Test) (0-0, 0-0) Elix Skipper (, 68) () (0-0, 0-0) Grand Master Sexay (, 70) () (20-13, 10-8) Jeff Hardy (1-0, 79) (W w/Matt vs Nova/Spike) (0-0, 0-0) Joel Maximo (, 70) () (3-7, 3-7) John Morrison (1-0, 69) (W w/Matthews vs Generation) (0-0, 0-0) Jose Maximo (, 72) () (0-0, 0-0) Just Joe (, 77) () (0-0, 0-0) Michael Shane (, 71) () (18-24-1, 5-9-1) Mortis (0-1, 73) (L w/Henry vs Gunnstantino) (18-29, 5-12) Nova (0-1, 70) (L w/Spike vs Hardyz) (9-34, 3-10) Nunzio (, 72) () (0-0, 0-0) Shark Boy (, 77) () (0-0, 0-0) X-Pac (, 75) () (Overall Won-Loss, Season 2 W-L) Future Endeavors (Mar. W-L, Overness) (Matches) (2-5, 2-5) Avery Thompson () () (1-1, 1-1) Derrick King () () (1-3, 1-2) Joey Matthews (1-0) (W w/Morrison vs Generation) (1-4, 0-3) Matt Stryker () () (0-1, 0-1) Pepper Parks () () (0-3, 0-3) Richard J. Criado () () (9-27, 0-4) Spike Dudley (0-1) (L w/Nova vs Hardyz) Non-Wrestlers (Overness) Eric Bischoff (93) Shane McMahon (86) Sid (79) Managers (Overness) (Clientele) Don Callis (73) (Nunzio, Steve Corino, and Tajiri) Bill Alfonso (71) (Dudley Boyz, Nova, Rhyno, and Sandman) SmackDown! Title Changes WWE Tag - Hardy Boyz won the vacant titles in a four-team match (3/18) NWA - None (Jeff Jarrett was champ at time of TNA purchase) United States - None (Damien has been champ since 2/27) Cruiserweight - None (Matt Hardy has been champ since 1/9) SmackDown! Feuds Rhyno vs. Tajiri (99 Heat) Rey Mysterio vs. Randy Orton (99 Heat) Eddie Guerrero vs. Jeff Jarrett (94 Heat) |
Why did this stop?
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I just assumed M-A-G and I were the only ones who still cared about this. When I stopped caring about my game, I decided not to post about any subsequent games, since I didn't think anyone would notice.
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<font color=goldenrod>I turn on EWR and play every now and then, but I know myself well enough to know that I'll just stop again within a week...so posting my progress is kinda pointless.</font>
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I've been considering doing a new game under the premise that the Monday Night Wars never ended.
Bischoff was able to buy WCW from Turner through his production company, and moved Nitro and Thunder to USA, who wanted new wrestling programming after the WWF jumped to Spike TV. The WWF, not wanting to change their identity in the face of continued competition, settled out of court with the Fund to be allowed continued use of the initials for an annual donation. Paul Heyman goes into business with his friend Cary Silkin, who was considering starting his own promotion, but instead helps keep ECW afloat by bringing in a cadre of top independent stars. Basically, I'd play as all three promotions, posting results, ratings, and buyrates as I go. But, I don't know what kind of interest there is anymore. |
How would you play as all 3 promotions? I'm not sure that EWR allows that functionality.
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Three separate games, one with each roster.
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I miss this thread.
Think I will spend my day downloading EWR and find a scenario I like and give the thread a reboot. If anyone is interested. |
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Just downloaded EWR 4.2 and the December 2013 roster...Going to start a game tonight and see where my booking would go from there.
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Awesome. My game is ongoing. I installed it on my work laptop though and didn't bring home with me to do the write ups.
Keep minimising work and having a quick play on ewr. Quite fun (until I get caught) |
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I got TEW 2013. I haven't really started anything with it though.
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Hey, remember wrestling sims?
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Yes. I used TNM 6 and 7 in like high school but it doesn't work on this gen of computers without Dosbox and I couldn't get it to work. Used it for results when I ran a trivia/RP fed.
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I loved EWR, spent so much time on it. I remember one of my best fueds being Rhyno vs Kurt Angle for the WWE title, Rhyno became champ and his popularity sky rocketed.
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<font color=goldenrod>I still have EWR on my computer and every couple of months I'll download the latest roster update in case I want to start a new game. I don't think I can book more than a month though without losing steam even if I have a million ideas floating in my head. And then once I open EWR again I feel like I want to start over because I forgot what storylines I was going for.</font>
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I had the same issue with TEW. I'd spend a few sessions booking some shows and then when I take a month break I can't get a good idea of the storylines I had going on and it's tough to get back into it.
EWR is easier for casual booking because it requires less focus. Starting a local company and trying to build it up is WAY more fun with TEW though. I'm two years in and I'm still at local drawing a crowd of less than 100 people but I've gotten to the point where I can at least break even every month. It's a cool challenge. |
What's the best free wrestling SIM?
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Some people seem to like EWR the best because of it's simplicity but personally I would say TEW 2005. It takes longer but you control so many more aspects and the ratings and stuff are more precise and harder to bring up.
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If you can get DosBox to work TNM is the best pure wrestling sim. It's good program to see who would actually win with complete movesets and full match results. The others are "general manager" modes rather than a wrestling simulator.
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So it just runs matches as if they were real? You don't book anything?
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What does tnm stand for?
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Was playing tew 2013 just a few minutes ago, started a playing the 97 mod. As i took a break from playing the current (2014) mod
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A few months ago I started a completely new fed from local and am trying to bring it up. I'm a few years in now and I've risen to a small company drawing pretty decent crowds (over 500) in the south west.
There have been a few times where I've wanted to start a WWE game but I know I wouldn't have time to focus on both and I'd end up abandoning the other game like I always do. |
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I don't like the sound of that. I need some realism. And realistically, some wrestlers are gonna be cunts.
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Anyone still fantasy booking up in this b*tch?
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<font color=goldenrod>I think I'm going to give EWR a legitimate go again once I'm done with grad school in December. Right now I have very little free time so what time I do have I devote towards other games or the WWE Network (which can be purchased for just $9.99).
The good part about starting a game in December is that I can take it over right in time to book the road to WrestleMania. I'll invariably re-institute the brand split like I always do, as well. Just makes it was easier for me to book.</font> |
I'm thinking I'll give it a go in January. November's going to be tied up with work and NaNoWriMo, and December is just always busy, so I may finally revisit that WWF/WCW/ECW idea after the new year.
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I still do my local fed game on TEW2013. About 5 years in now and I'm just barely reaching regional level. It's tough because I'm running a fed that relies equally on star power and skill but I'm trying not to go all TNA and sign nothing but guys who have recognition from WWE. I've signed a few guys with star power but I haven't been giving them the titles or anything and I've been putting my top homegrown guys over them.
I was thinking of going back to my history and recapping the first 4 and a half years and then doing a journal but this topic seems to be relatively dead still. |
On another note: There should have an option to film multiple episodes of a TV show in one night. I've found ways to get around having to pay guys for multiple events while still keeping angles going but it would be easier and more realistic if I could just film four episodes of my show in one night and then air them throughout the month.
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The best place to post journals, diaries, etc. about EWR or TEW games is EW Battleground. As best I can tell it's the only place left on the internet where there's an active wrestling sim community, and it's pretty much where all of the Adam Ryland diehards wound up.</font> |
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