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WCW Nitro (Week 2, June 2001) Tony Schiavonne, Jerry Lawler and Mike Tenay welcome us to Nitro when they're interrupted by the music of the NWO! As the music plays, Eric Bischoff walks out and gets on the mic and informs the crowd that unless certain ego-maniacs change their mind, that's the last time you'll be hearing that music on WCW programming. He bashes the guys who decided to sit out their contract and then moves on to shooting on Vince McMahon for trying to buy out WCW and kill it... possibly with a shitty invasion angle or something... He then tells us he is the new President of WCW and unlike when Ted Turner was controlling things, he isn't interested in taking the company down. He's interested in making the best wrestling company of all time. With that he announces a tournament for the WCW United States Title with qualifying matches to begin tonight. There is a catch though. Only guys who have never held the World Title are eligible. He wants the title to showcase the next crop of legends. Bischoff then calls out Billy Kidman and Rey Misterio Jr. He tells them that he made a business decision to retire the WCW Cruiserweight Tag Titles but they won't go empty handed. He announces BOTH men as number one contenders to the Cruiserweight Title and next week they will face "Sugar" Shane Helms for it. As they leave the ring, Jeff Jarrett comes out to buddy up to Eric Bischoff and remind him of their friendship and ask for a World Title shot. Bischoff smiles before telling Jarrett he'll have to earn it tonight in a number one contender's match. Bischoff leaves without revealing his opponent. Kanyon comes out and gets on the mic to hype himself up as the leader of the new generation and the beginning of his journey is tonight. WCW United States Title Tournament Qualifying Match: Kanyon vs Jason Jett Kanyon makes relatively short work of Jason Jett, winning the match with a flatliner. Winner: Kanyon in 4:17 When we come back from commercial, Shannon Moore and Evan Karagias are in the ring where they perform a quick dance signifying 3 Count is back! Jerry Lawler raves excitedly for their return. 3 Count (Shannon Moore and Evan Karagias) vs Jamie Noble and Lash Leroux 3 Count wins a semi-competetive match when Karagias pins Leroux. Winners: 3 Count in 8:00 "Mean" Gene Okerlund is backstage with Lex Luger and Buff Bagwell. Lex says he isn't sure about Midajah and feels they could have won the titles last week without her. Buff argues a little before Midajah walks into frame and both men awkwardly get quiet. Team Canada, Lance Storm and Mike Awesome are out to talk about how they've been granted their US Title tournament entries and tonight is the beginning of the US Title becoming the single greatest title in wrestling. WCW United States Title Tournament Qualifying Match: Mike Awesome vs James Allen (formerly James Storm) Mike Awesome wins a squash after an Awesome Bomb Winner: Mike Awesome in 1:45 "Mean" Gene Okerlund is backstage with Eric Bischoff and asks him who Jeff Jarrett will be facing tonight. Bischoff's only hint is that it's someone who bleeds WCW. Stacy Keibler comes out to introduce Shawn Stasiak and hypes him up for the US Title tournament. WCW United States Title Tournament Qualifying Match: Shawn Stasiak vs Norman Smiley Smiley gets a couple near falls in before finally succumbing to a fisherman's suplex. Winner: Shawn Stasiak in 4:16 Backstage, Gene Okerlund is with Mike Sanders, asking him about Disqo walking out on him last week. Sanders shrugs it off with a smile and tells Gene that tonight, Disqo is taking the fall. WCW United States Title Tournament Qualifying Match: Mike Sanders vs Disqo Mike Sanders gets the win after a semi-competetive match with a springboard moonsault. Winner: Mike Sanders in 7:41 We see a pre-taped promo where Jim Duggan discusses his US Title tournament qualifying match next week against Lance Storm. At the end, he announces that he will have a friend in his corner just in case. Rick Steiner walks from the darkness in his Michigan jacket and grins at the camera. Shane Douglas comes out before the main event to tell us he has been entered into the US Title tournament and that his plan doesn't stop there. He knows that with the US Title comes the World Title shot that higher-ups usually wouldn't want him to have. Jeff Jarrett comes out and awaits his opponent for the main event. After a little bit of silence... Self high five... WCW World Title #1 Contenders Match: Jeff Jarrett vs Diamond Dallas Page After a long back-and-forth main event, the referee is knocked out. Jarrett takes the opportunity to go out and grab his guitar. He pulls it back, ready to hit DDP with it before Dusty Rhodes runs out to pull it out of his hands. Jarrett turns around with a "What the hell are you doing, old man!?" before turning around into a diamond cutter. The ref comes to in time to count the 1-2-3. Winner: Diamond Dallas Page in 17:56 |
WWF Raw 9/22/2003
It's the last Raw before Unforgiven, and it's the first Raw without competition from Nitro in eight years. The announcers talk about the two six-man tag matches coming up as well as a collision between two former best friends. The WWF kicks the show off right with the introduction of the People's Champ and his seventh stop on the Road To Redemption. He's a perfect 6-0 so far, can he maintain his momentum against Bradshaw? Ha. Of course he can. This guy's never going to be a singles star. Raven is six days away from his match with Scotty 2 Hotty. On SmackDown, Raven beat the towering Canadian T-Money and tonight, he faces T-Money's T&A tag team partner, A-Train. Similar result as last time with Raven hitting the Raven Effect for the clean victory. He puts the boots to Train after the match to demonstrate his dominance. Trish Stratus and Lita are shown backstage. They don't really do much, but does it matter? On Thursday, Team BRECK-J's Chris Benoit was defeated cheaply by the Dirty Dozen's Kane. Tonight, he looks for revenge against Kane's stablemate Hardcore Holly (who, himself, lost to Benoit's stablemate Rhyno). Benoit gets his revenge. Holly attacks him after the bell, they brawl to the back. T his is definitely not over. The aforementioned Kane hopes to keep his momentum alive as he faces off against the man who defeated his stablemate Big Show on Thursday, Chris Jericho. Kane doesn't need to cheat tonight as he plants Jericho with a chokeslam for the victory. Eddie Guerrero is backstage. He talks about his match this Sunday against Triple H. Hopefully the match gets over, since EWR really doesn't like heel/heel matches. Maybe it's time to turn one of them. Completing our weird BRECK-J/Dirty Dozen round robin for the evening is Rhyno vs. Big Show. Rhyno continues to look like a monster as he Gores Big Show in half (not literally, that would be gross) for the victory. We've already seen B, R, and J in action tonight. The "ECK" in BRECK-J are out next for a big six-man tag team match as the #1 contender for the World Title teams with the #1 contenders for the Tag Team Titles. It's Kurt Angle, Edge, and Christian against Dirty Dozen members Undertaker, Road Dogg, and K-Kwik. The match is, as expected, kind of a clusterfuck. Eventually, The Rock takes advantage of a distraction to plant Undertaker with a Rock Bottom, allowing Angle to pick up the victory. Matt Hardy is backstage, seething after what happened to his brother on SmackDown. He says that he will never forgive Randy Orton for what he did, so it's all that much more appropriate that they meet one-on-one at Unforgiven. Last week, Shawn Michaels and Triple H, the founding fathers of DX lost to Edge & Christian. They each blame the other for the loss and now, one more time, they butt heads in the ring. It's a good technical match that eventually degenerates (ah? Ah? See what I did there?) into a brawl. The referee has no choice but to disqualify them both. Our main event of the evening pits the Wrecking Crew (World Champion Brock Lesnar and the Tag Team Champions Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) against the unlikely trio of John Cena and 2 Cool. Cena in particular looks really strong, but eventually Grand Master Sexay takes an F-5 and the champions stand tall as Raw goes off the air. Quick Results (Final Rating 5.28)
Unforgiven 2003 Card so far (9/28)
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lol Love the shameless "I did this segment because it was easy ratings" descriptions.
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Diva matches are very rarely any good in EWR, but some of them are super over, so I need to work them in somehow.
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TEW has angles where the ratings are based solely on sex appeal. So I usually have a diva just come out and shoot t-shirts to warm up the crowd.
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Come to think of it, doesn't EWR have an "eye candy" option where the match is rated on how hot the divas are and not on wrestling skill?
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<font color=goldenrod>Not really, the match quality rating is always there. There is a "looks" attribute so if you were to book an ugly diva to lose in a buck naked match, for instance, the rating would be far worse.
M-A-G had to have the best usage of divas ever on the old version of EWR. Just signed loads of young unknown indy divas right at the start and left them in training camp for several years. Rinse, lather, repeat and suddenly the divas are constantly churning out 4 star matches.</font> |
TEW Demo is 140mb and says it'll take an hour to download? Wtf?
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I don't remember it taking that long. It's been a while though.
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WCW Nitro (Week 3, June 2001) WCW United States Title Tournament Qualifying Match: Dustin Rhodes vs Mark Jindrak Jeff Jarrett makes his way out, getting on the apron, only to be knocked down by Dustin. Jindrak tries to take advantage of the distraction but ends up taking a tornado DDT as Rhodes gets to 1-2-3 and advances to the tournament. Winner: Dustin Rhodes in 8:04 After the match, Jarrett gets back in the ring and double teams Dustin only for Dusty to come out at make the save, bullrope in hand. He hits Jarrett and Jindrak over the head with the bell, sending them to the outside. Jarrett grabs the mic and tells Dusty he wants him one-on-one. Not in a match though. He wants to fight the old man and put him out to pasture once and for all. Dusty accepts and Eric Bischoff comes out and gets in the ring, asking Dusty if he's sure he wants to do that. Dustin wants to take the fight for him but Dusty says "no" and Bischoff tells him he'll give him a week to think it over. Air Raid (Air Styles and Air Paris) vs Elix Skipper and Kid Romeo Air Raid wins a somwhat back and forth match when Styles pins Romeo. Kimona comes out halfway through to watch the match. Winners: Air Raid in 6:49 Kimona gets in the ring, applauding them as they look on puzzled. Suddenly, she takes out a bag from her cleavage, pouring a white powder in her hands and blowing it in their faces which allows The Jung Dragons to come out and attack, finishing them off with dual top rope legdrops and leaving them laying. Gene Okerlund is backstage with Rey Misterio Jr. and Billy Kidman to discuss their triple threat match with Shane Helms for the Cruiserweight Title tonight. Playful arguing turns to slight tension and Konnan comes into the picture telling them to stay calm. All that matters is the Cruiserweight Title is coming to The Filthy Animals tonight. WCW United States Title Tournament Qualifying Match: Lance Storm vs Jim Duggan In a relatively short match, Duggan and Storm end up outside the ring. As the ref's count gets to 8, Storm goes to slam Duggan's head into the ring post only for Duggan to reverse it and slide in just as the ref counts to 10. Winner by countout: Jim Duggan in 5:31 Storm recovers and looks on in shock as he has been eliminated from the tournament! His face goes red and Mike Awesome comes out to double team Duggan. Rick Steiner comes out to make the save only to be tied in the ropes and forced to watch as Storm brings a chair in the ring and Awesome delivers 4 powerbombs on Duggan onto it. Officials are finally able to get Awesome and Storm out of the ring and free Steiner as Duggan gets carted off. Gene Okerlund is in the ring for a special interview with Booker T. Booker says it will be an honor to make his first title defense against DDP. With that, DDP comes out and talks about how the two of them are a dying breed. They could have taken a lot of money to sit home but they still believe in WCW and when they face for the title, may the best man win. They shake hands to end the segment. WCW United States Title Tournament Qualifying Match: Shane Douglas vs Hugh Morris Douglas accidentally knocks the referee out of place and takes advantage of it by hitting a low blow followed by a Pittsburgh plunge on Morris for the win. Winner: Shane Douglas in 6:02 Gene Okerlund catches up with Team Canada backstage to ask about their actions against Jim Duggan. Rick Steiner rushes them before they can speak and security swarms to break things up. WCW United States Title Tournament Qualifying Match: Konnan vs Johnny Swinger Konnan wins it cleanly by submission with a tequila sunrise. Winner: Konnan in 4:44 Tony Schiavonne tells us of something going on backstage. We see Midajah pulling a cameraman down the hall and then making him hide behind a doorway where we watch her approach WCW World Tag Team champions Palumbo and O'Haire. She flirts a little, allowing Buff Bagwell and Lex Luger to attack from behind, leaving them down and out. Midajah looks in the camera and says "That's for anyone who doubts what an asset I can be. Whether it's you..." She then turns and stares down Luger. "... or you." WCW Cruiserweight Title Triple Threat Match: "Sugar" Shane Helms vs Rey Misterio Jr. vs Billy Kidman A long, action-packed back and forth match ends when Rey Misterio hits a hurricanrana on Kidman. Before Misterio can reach back and grab Kidman's legs for the three, Helms dropkicks Rey in the back of the head and takes the pin, retaining the title. Winner: "Sugar" Shane Helms in 15:21 After the match, Helms helps Misterio up and the two of them look at each other. Helms shrugs and he and Misterio shake hands and hug. They help Kidman up, too and both men raise Helms' arms. Konnan comes out, gets in the ring and gets in Rey and Kidman's faces before yelling "That was cheap!" at Helms as Rey and Kidman try to calm things down as the show goes off the air. |
WCW.com post-show news The Clash of the Champions returns! In just 4 weeks on Thursday, July 19th live on FX, WCW Clash of the Champions returns. Matches will be announced over the next few weeks. Official bracket for the WCW United States Title Tournament Shane Douglas vs Jim Duggan Kanyon vs Mike Sanders Konnan vs Mike Awesome Dustin Rhodes vs Shawn Stasiak Announced for next week on Nitro *Jeff Jarrett will call out Dusty Rhodes for a fight *The Natural Born Thrillers will defend the WCW World Tag Team titles against Totally Buffed *All four quarterfinal US Title tournament matches will take place |
Fan with a cruiserweight title match main event? Probably would have been booted off the air if the game wasn't made by people who probably jerk off to Billy Kidman matches.
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<font color=goldenrod>"Sugar" Shane Helms was the goddamn man.</font>
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I tried to be realistic with the roster so the guys who sat out their contract still sat out their contract leaving me thin in the main event department. Trying to build up some new stars while not desperately shoving my handful of main eventers down people's throats. Doesn't hurt that I've got a late night time slot that gives me some breathing room for ratings early on.
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Also, the cruiserweight title and cruiserweight matches that weren't for the title have main evented Smackdown before. And it's still on the air. So suck it.
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WCW Nitro (Week 4, June 2001) After the pyro, Tony Schiavonne and Jerry Lawler welcome us to Nitro and run down the lineup for tonight as Kanyon's music hits. He comes out to hype himself as the next US Champion. WCW United States Title Tournament Quarterfinal Match: Kanyon vs Mike Sanders Mike Sanders appears to injure his leg coming off the rope and Kanyon swarms, taking advantage. He takes a moment to taunt the crowd before reaching down to pick up Sanders and getting caught in an inside cradle for the three. Sanders slides out and Kanyon looks on shocked. Winner: Mike Sanders in 8:48 Gene Okerlund is backstage with Totally Buffed to get their thoughts on their tag title match tonight. Luger tells Buff and Midajah that she was useful in helping them soften up the champs last week... but given what happened last time, he thinks it's best for them to finish the job without her at ringside tonight. She starts to yell at Luger but Buff stops her, looks at Luger for a second and then tells him he's gonna have a talk with Midajah as they leave Luger standing with a hopeful look on his face. When we come back from commercial, we see a video of earlier today where DDP and Booker T sit at a table with Eric Bischoff between them. Bischoff hypes them as the last of a dying breed in wrestling. The two men who stayed loyal to WCW through it all. With that, he announces WCW will return to Pay-Per-View on Sunday, August 19th for The Great American Bash. The main event will pit Booker T and DDP for the World Heavyweight Title. Both men say a few words about how the title is the reason they are here and not sitting at home collecting a paycheck right now and they don't plan on leaving The Bash without it before signing the contract. WCW United States Title Tournament Quarterfinal Match: Konnan vs Mike Awesome A stiff, back and forth match ends when Lance Storm gets on the apron, distracting the referee. Mike Awesome gets a chair and prepares to powerbomb Konnan onto it only for Rick Steiner to run out and grab Awesome's leg, allowing Konnan to hit a hurricanrana on the chair, slide it out and get the pinfall. Winner: Konnan in 9:14 Steiner laughs outside as Team Canada stand in the ring furious. They want Steiner to get in the ring. He gets a mic and tells them he's not stupid. They got Duggan two on one last week. He's found someone else to take on Team Canada though. And like him, he knows a thing or two about tag team wrestling. With that, Road Warrior Animal makes his entrance, standing next to Steiner as Team Canada suddenly looks a little concerned. Steiner and Animal rush the ring and trade fists with Storm and Awesome before sending them retreating. Gene Okerlund is backstage with Konnan who is nursing his back still and tells Gene all that matters is that he's moving on in the tournament. Billy and Rey come to check on him and he tells them he's gonna get revenge on Helms for what he did last week. Rey and Billy look at him and try to explain to him it's alright but Konnan cuts them off telling them he's the leader of The Filthy Animals and he'll take care of the dirty work. He walks away leaving Rey and Billy to look at each other flustered and just shake their heads. When we come back from commercial, Gene is with The Natural Born Thrillers who discuss tonights tag title defense. They make it clear that with or without Midajah at ringside, they're focused on retaining. WCW World Tag Team Title Match: Natural Born Thrillers (Chuck Palumbo and Sean O'Haire) vs. Totally Buffed (Lex Luger and Buff Bagwell) Midajah doesn't come out with Buff and Luger. The Thrillers do a good job of keeping Luger away from his corner for much of the match. After another failed tag, Buff suddenly steps down from the apron and grabs a seat to sit at ringside. Palumbo and O'Haire yell at him to get in the match every once in a while while still fighting Luger. Eventually they hit a double superkick and get the pin. They shake their head, take the titles and leave the ring. Winners: Natural Born Thrillers in 10:08 After the match, Midajah comes out and gets in the ring with Buff. Luger starts to get up but Midajah orders an attack and he immediately gets hit with a blockbuster. A few more kicks and Bagwell spits on Luger before leaving with Midajah. KroniK (Brian Adams and Bryan Clark) vs The Mamalukes (Big Vito and Reno) A virtual squash match that ends with Clark hitting a meltdown on Vito for the pin. Winners: Kronik in 3:48 After the match, Mean Gene gets in the ring to interview KroniK and they make it clear that they want the next shot at the tag titles. Shane Douglas comes out and rants about how he revolutionized pro wrestling 8 years ago when he won a tournament and forced a fledgling company to take notice. He condemns WCW for giving an old man like DDP another shot but he says just like 8 years ago, he's gonna win this US Title tournament and force WCW to recognize him as the franchise. He then informs everyone that another old man, Jim Duggan, is in a hospital somewhere right now and cannot compete. He calls out Eric Bischoff and wants him to announce Douglas as the winner via forfeit. After some tension between the two, Bischoff tells Douglas that the "franchise" isn't a man who gloats over winning a match like this. He then begrudgingly declares that Douglas will be moving on in the tournament. Gene Okerlund is with Dusty Rhodes backstage, asking him if he's reconsidered accepting Jarrett's challenge to a fight tonight. Dusty replies "hell no" as his son, Dustin comes into view. He tells his dad he's got a big match coming up but he wants to have his back tonight. Dusty tells Dustin not to help. He's gonna kick ass or get his ass kicked all on his own. WCW United States Title Tournament Quarterfinal Match: Dustin Rhodes vs Shawn Stasiak w/ Stacy Keibler A good back and forth match that ends with Stasiak's former partner Mark Jindrak coming out to help. He gets on the apron and distracts the ref long enough for Stacy to hand what appears to be a can of hairspray to Stasiak. Dusty runs out and pulls Jindrak off the apron which allows the ref to turn around just in time to catch Stasiak spraying Dustin in the eyes and he immediately calls for the bell. Winner by DQ: Dustin Rhodes in 6:36 Dustin rolls outside to recover while Dusty hits some elbows on Jindrak before Stasiak comes out to help, attacking Dusty from behind. They throw him in the ring and take turns kicking him before Dustin slides back in to even the odds and send Stasiak and Jindrak outside. Jeff Jarrett's music hits and he comes out, mic in hand, to tell Dustin to leav so he can go one on one with Dusty. Dusty tells him to get out of the ring and he reluctantly does. Jarrett steps into the ring and after a brief staredown, the two of them start trading blows. Dusty eventually goes out, reaches under the ring and gets a bullrope. He comes in and Jarrett begs off before hitting a low blow and taking control. He starts hitting Dusty over the head with the bell, busting him open. Dustin paces outside and starts to come in for the save but Dusty yells at him not to as he tries and fails to fight back. Eventually, Jindrak and Stasiak run back out, attacking Dustin from behind and then getting in the ring. They each old one of Dusty's arms while Jarrett goes for his guitar. Dusty curses Jarrett weakly through the crimson mask and pulls back the guitar when suddenly Diamond Dallas Page and Booker T run out to make the save! As Dustin recovers, he joins Page and Booker to clear Jarrett, Stasiak and Jindrak from the ring before they all check on a bloody Dusty as the show fades to black. |
WCW.com post-show news First match announced for Clash of the Champions Eric Bischoff has officially announced that in 3 weeks at Clash of the Champions, The Natural Born Thrillers will defend their tag team titles against KroniK. Announced for next week on Nitro *Booker T and Diamond Dallas Page vs Shawn Stasiak and Mark Jindrak *WCW US Title Semifinal: Konnan vs Dustin Rhodes *WCW US Title Semifinal: Shane Douglas vs Mike Sanders Business news WCW Nitro ratings for the month of June Week 1: .71 Week 2: .75 Week 3: .68 Week 4: .69 WWF Raw ratings for the month of June Week 1: 5.45 Week 2: 5.28 Week 3: 5.50 Week 4: 5.24 WWF News *Big Show won the 2001 King of the Ring tournament defeating Kurt Angle in the finals. All hail King Big Show! *WWF King of the Ring 2001 got 480,000 buys on PPV. |
WCW Nitro (Week 1, July 2001) 2 and a half weeks from Clash of the Champions, Schiavonne and Lawler welcome us to Nitro and run down Booker and DDP vs Jindrak and Stasiak and the semi-final matches for the US Title tournament. The first of which is happening now but... there's some commotion backstage. The camera catches up with Kanyon who is kicking Mike Sanders in the ribs as he's down on the ground. Shane Douglas walks by casually, looking at his opponent being attacked. He shrugs and heads to the ring. WCW United States Title Tournament Semi-Final Match: Shane Douglas vs Mike Sanders Douglas comes out, sits in the corner and smiles. Mike Sanders' music hits and he doesn't come out. Douglas grabs the mic and tells the ref to declare him the winner by forfeit. Suddenly, Sanders comes out holding his ribs and grabs the ref, telling him to ring the bell. Sanders fights all he can, making the match competitive for a moment but eventually Douglas gets the pin, moving him into the finals. Winner: Shane Douglas in 4:31 Gene Okerlund is in the ring and brings out his guest Lex Luger. Luger bashes Bagwell and Midajah and tells him he wants a match with him. This prompts Bagwell and Midajah to come out. Bagwell tells Luger he should have been a team player but just because he got his ass kicked last week doesn't free him. When they signed on to be part of the new WCW, Bagwell took it upon himself to add a managerial clause to both contracts before they were signed that gave their services Midajah. Midajah then gets on the mic with an evil grin and informs Luger that her clients will not be facing each other any time soon. A video is aired hyping the return of "The Belfast Bruiser" Fit Finlay where he stands in the shadows talking about being the most feared man in Northern Ireland... and soon WCW. "Sugar" Shane Helms vs Shannon Moore In a non-title match between the two former 3 count partners, Helms gets the win despite interference from Evan Karagias after a vertebreaker. Winner: "Sugar" Shane Helms in 7:31 After the match, Gene Okerlund gets in the ring to ask Helms about Konnan's comments from last week. Helms explains that he did nothing illegal and did what he could to beat Rey and Kidman to retain his title. Konnan comes out and gets on the mic, telling Helms that Rey and Kidman are too nice to tell him he's a cheap shot artist. He says he's got more to say to him but for now... he's got a match to worry about. Helms shakes his head and walks out. WCW United States Title Tournament Semi-Final Match: Dustin Rhodes vs Konnan A good back and forth match with a lot of near falls. The end sees the referee get knocked down, allowing Jeff Jarrett to hit the ring and land a stroke on Dustin. Konnan watches it go down and looks around, wondering what to do. Jarrett wakes up the referee and after some hesitation, Konnan crawls over and hooks the leg for the 1-2... NO! Dustin kicks out. Konnan stands up, puts his hands on his head and looks conflicted again as he goes to pick Dustin up but gets caught with an inside cradle for the 1-2-3! Dustin rolls out of the ring and Konnan looks upset with himself. Rhodes vs Douglas is set for the US Title tournament finals Winner: Dustin Rhodes in 12:40 After the match, Konnan paces for a bit before climbing outside and starting to throw chairs, the ring bell and anything he can get his hands on. Rey and Kidman come out to calm him down and he yells at them, telling them he's sick of the three of them being taken advantage of. Gene Okerlund is in the ring with Animal and Rick Steiner. They hype themselves up as a combination of the two greatest tag teams of all time and Animal dares Team Canada to come out and try to do to him what they did to Jim Duggan. Team Canada comes out and stands at the end of the isle. Lance Storm tells Animal that he's a wrestler, not a fighter. But if he wants to fight, Mike Awesome is more than willing to take him on at his own game and prove that the mean streets of Chicago are an amusement park compared to the mean streets of Canada... just not tonight. The Jung Dragons vs Jamie Noble and Lash Leroux In a good high-flying match, The Jung Dragons win when Yang pinned Leroux after a distraction by Kimona. Winners: The Jung Dragons in 7:16 After the match, Air Raid attacks from out of nowhere and sends Kimona and the Dragons running. Styles gets on the mic and informs them that after a talk with Bischoff, they've got a match next week. And considering Kimona's actions two weeks ago, Bischoff agreed that it's best that she manage them from the confines of a cage at ringside. Kimona throws a tantrum. When we return from commercial, Gene Okerlund is in the ring with The Natural Born Thrillers. They discuss their title defense in two weeks at Clash of the Champions against KroniK. Their opponents for tonight, Elix Skipper and Kid Romeo make their way out but halfway down the aisle, KroniK comes out and attacks, powerbombing them both before officials come out to pull them away. The Thrillers head down the isle but are also separated from KroniK by officals. We see a recap of last week's contract signing between Diamond Dallas Page and Booker T for their World Title match that will take place in a month and a half when WCW returns to PPV for The Great American Bash. Booker T and Diamond Dallas Page vs Mark Jindrak and Shawn Stasiak w/ Stacy Keibler A good back and forth match ends in chaos after Jeff Jarrett comes out to get involved only for Dustin Rhodes to attack. They trade punches, leading Jindrak to join in and then DDP to even the score. Eventually, the legal men, Booker T and Shawn Stasiak join in the fight and the referee calls for the bell, declaring a draw. Winners: Double Disqualification in 10:53 As all six men continue fighting at ringside, Eric Bischoff comes out, calling on security to break things up. Bischoff gets on the mic and says all this chaos gives him an idea. He doesn't like not having control over things. So if they want chaos, it's gonna be organized chaos. He wants DDP, Booker and Dustin to find a partner and Jarrett, Stasiak and Jindrak to do the same. Because in 2 and a half weeks at Clash of the Champions... it will be the return of War Games! |
WCW.com post-show news Next Week on Nitro WCW United States Title Tournament Finals: Dustin Rhodes vs Shane Douglas Air Raid vs Jung Dragons (Kimona is locked in a cage at ringside) Clash of the Champions card War Games: Booker T, Diamond Dallas Page, Dustin Rhodes & ??? vs Jeff Jarrett, Shawn Stasiak, Mark Jindrak & ??? WCW World Tag Team Title Match: KroniK vs The Natural Born Thrillers Street Fight: Road Warrior Animal vs Mike Awesome Great American Bash card WCW World Heavyweight Title Match: Diamond Dallas Page vs Booker T Ratings Nitro: .66 (Down from .69) Raw: 5.26 (Up from 5.24) |
Totally forgot loopy ran a War Games angle with his WCW game. Totally looks like I TNA'd him and stole the idea. I promise it was not intentional. lol
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<font color=goldenrod>Clash of the Champions is shaping up nicely. I'm always a sucker for War Games. I'll predict The Franchise grabs the US Title against Rhodes via underhanded help from Jarrett or something, leading to him joining the heel side at War Games. No idea who the faces will bring in. Looking forward to seeing it unfold.</font>
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My hunch is the faces add one of the guys sitting out their Time-Warner contracts.
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WCW Nitro (Week 2, July 2001) 10 days from Clash of the Champions live on FX, Tony Shciavone and Jerry Lawler welcome us to Nitro as Team Canada's music starts... Lance Storm and Mike Awesome stand in the ring. Storm talks about Mike Awesome's street fight with Road Warrior Animal in 11 days and hypes Awesome up as a future legend when it comes to the extreme. With that, he says tonight Mike Awesome will be giving Animal something to think about by beating a hardcore legend. And that hardcore legend is on his way out right now... Mike Awesome vs Norman Smiley Smiley plays to the crowd a little and actually starts the match with a little offense, giving him time to give the crowd a quick big wiggle. This only serves to piss Awesome off who takes complete control of the match, powerbombing Smiley multiple times but refusing to go for the pin. Eventually, the referee is forced to call the match. Winner via ref stoppage: Mike Awesome in 4:57 After the match, Awesome threatens another powerbomb but Animal and Rick Steiner run out. Storm holds Awesome back as they get in the ring and gets out with him, backing away from the confrontation as Animal and Steiner check on Smiley. Shane Douglas is backstage with Gene Okerlund where he hypes his US Title match with Dustin Rhodes tonight and declares his title win tonight as the first step toward him ushering in yet another new era in wrestling. Konnan makes his way to the ring and grabs a mic. He says he always got along with Dustin Rhodes but last week he was trying to do the right thing and help Dustin up only to be taken advantage of. And it wasn't the first time the Filthy Animals have been taken advantage of by a "friend". He calls out Shane Helms and gets in his face. He tells him what he did by taking advantage of Rey hitting his finisher to get the pin on Kidman last month was cheap. Helms defends his actions saying he didn't break any rules. He just took advantage of the situation. Rey and Kidman come out and get between the two before it comes to blows. Rey tells Konnan to calm down and sides with Helms. Kidman seems to agree. Konnan argues and finally tells Rey it's alright. He knows Rey and Kidman are too nice to say or do anything about it. So he is. He wants Shane Helms in 11 days at Clash of the Champions... and he wants Rey to be the special referee. Rey declines. Konnan doesn't let up and eventually Helms cuts Konnan off and tells Rey he trusts him to call it right down the middle so there's no controversy when he shuts Konnan up. Rey tells Konnan "If I do this, this thing is over..." before accepting the offer. A video airs hyping the return of Fit Finlay Backstage, Mean Gene is with Diamond Dallas Page and Booker T. They discuss their title match at The Great American Bash next month but first... they're focused on War Games. They plan on choosing a 4th man by the end of the night. They'll also be at ringside tonight to be in Dustin Rhodes' corner for his title match tonight. Kanyon vs Lash Leroux Leroux keeps it somewhat competitive but eventually Kanyon finishes him off with a flatliner. Winner: Kanyon in 7:12 After the match, Kanyon gets on the mic. He has some quick words for Mike Sanders. He tells him the new era is the Kanyon era. And Mike Sanders made an enemy for life by stalling his progress on the way to the top. He put Sanders on the shelf last week and every time he tries to come back, he's going to do the same. The Jung Dragons and Kimona come out for the next match but before it starts, Kimona gets on the mic. She calls out Eric Bischoff and tells him she's claustrophobic and refuses to be put in the cage at ringside for the upcoming match. Bischoff tells her she doesn't have to... but it's the only way she'll be allowed at ringside. And if she willingly declines to be at ringside for the match, as the contracted manager for The Jung Dragons, she will be fired. Kimona throws a tantrum and reluctantly gets in the cage before it is locked by the referee. The Jung Dragons vs Air Raid (Kimona locked in a cage at ringside) A quick-paced back and forth match. About 10 minutes in, Kimona suddenly passes out inside the cage. This causes the referee to run out and unlock the cage as EMTs rush to ringside to help Kimona. They put her on a stretcher and start to wheel her back. With the referee and Air Raid still distracted as the match is seemingly on hold, the Dragons attack Air Raid behind the ref's back and Yang slams Styles' head in the open cage door. He rolls him into the ring while the other two fight outside, gets the ref's attention and goes to the top for a leg drop and the 1-2-3. Winners: The Jung Dragons in 13:40 Paris checks on an unconscious Styles in the ring as the Dragons back down the ramp, smiling and seemingly unconcerned as they celebrate their win. After the break, we see Kimona dramatically over-selling being disoriented as she's loaded into an ambulance. Gene Okerlund welcomes Lex Luger to the ring. Luger talks about his issues with Midajah and Buff Bagwell and how he wants to get his hands on Buff. He explains his contract situation meaning Midajah has managerial rights and won't allow it. But it's time for a fresh start. He says he wants to be the fourth member of DDP, Booker and Dustin's team at the Clash. With that, out comes Midajah and Buff. Buff reminds Luger he doesn't make those decisions... His manager does. Midajah takes the mic and tells Luger that since he's been so disappointing lately, he won't be embarassing himself in such a high profile match. Instead, she thinks it's best he prove himself by starting from the bottom tonight. And with that, here is his opponent... Lex Luger vs Kwee Wee Midajah and Buff are at ringside. A short match that is controlled by Luger for the most part. At one point Kwee Wee actually gets an advantage for about 10 seconds and this is enough for Midajah to send Buff into the ring to hit a blockbuster on Kwee Wee, causing the ref to call for the bell. Winner by DQ: Kwee Wee in 3:37 Midajah gets the mic and bashes Luger, telling her she had to send in her A client to show him how it's done before her B client suffered an embarrassing pinfall loss. Gene Okerlund is backstage with Dustin Rhodes who hypes up the upcoming US Title match and warns Douglas that he's got backup and it's gonna be one on one. Suddenly Dusty comes into view and tells his son he's got his back tonight, too. Dustin says he let him fight without getting involved a couple weeks ago. He's got DDP and Booker in his corner and he wants Dusty to do him the same favor and stay in the back and out of harm's way. James Allen and Chris Harris are in the ring for the next match. KroniK comes out and doesn't even wait for the bell to ring before attacking. They destroy Allen and Harris until officials come out to break it up. Chuck Palumbo and Sean O'Haire run out and KroniK stands their ground. Both teams get a couple shots in while tons of officals stands between the two teams to break it up. KroniK eventually leaves the ring and The Thrillers get on the mic. They tell KroniK they won't take the titles by intimidation. They're gonna have to man up at Clash of the Champions. WCW United States Title Tournament Finals: Shane Douglas vs Dustin Rhodes DDP and Booker T are at ringside for the match. A great back and forth match with plenty of near falls. Dustin has control when suddenly we hear Jeff Jarrett's voice and he appears on the big screen standing by the production truck outside. "Hey, Dustin! What's more important to you? That US Title... or your old, washed-up daddy?" Suddenly the camera pans back to show Dusty Rhodes lying face down on the ground with Jindrak and Stasiak standing over him and Jarrett holding a baseball bat, positioning it over Dusty's head. DDP and Booker quickly run up the ramp as Dustin freezes watching them for a moment before starting to leave the ring himself. Just as he does, Douglas kicks the middle rope up between his legs, pulls him back in and delivers a Pittsburgh plunge for the 1-2-3. Winner and NEW WCW United States Champion: Shane Douglas in 15:26 Douglas takes the title and celebrates with a huge smile over Dustin as we see DDP and Booker arrive outside the arena but Jarrett, Stasiak and Jindrak are gone. They kneel down to help Dusty but when they turn him face up, they realize it's a dummy. Dustin looks up to see this just as Jarrett, Stasiak and Jindrak come out to attack him along with Shane Douglas. They beat him down until DDP and Booker run out to make things a little more even. Finally, Dusty Rhodes comes out to help clean house, sending the heels running. Dusty grabs a mic and tells Jarrett that in 10 days he's gonna have to fight him like a man. No escape. No numbers game. No weapons. Just bare fists until someone can't take anymore. He's the 4th man on DDP, Booker and Dustin's team for War Games. |
(I actually thought both 4th guys would be kinda predictable. That's why I tried not to stretch out the announcements for more than a week as to make them seem like a huge deal. lol)
WCW.com post-show news Clash of the Champions card War Games: Booker T, Diamond Dallas Page, Dustin Rhodes & Dusty Rhodes vs Jeff Jarrett, Shawn Stasiak, Mark Jindrak & Shane Douglas WCW World Tag Team Title Match: KroniK vs The Natural Born Thrillers Street Fight: Road Warrior Animal vs Mike Awesome Special Referee: Rey Misterio Jr. Konnan vs "Sugar" Shane Helms Great American Bash card WCW World Heavyweight Title Match: Diamond Dallas Page vs Booker T Ratings Nitro: .63 (Down from .66) Raw: 5.31 (Up from 5.26) |
WCW Nitro (Week 3, July 2001) Live from New Jersey, Tony Shciavonne and Jerry Lawler welcome us to the last Nitro before Clash of the Champions. 4 on 2 Handicap Match: KroniK vs Elix Skipper, Kid Romeo, James Allen and Chris Harris KroniK faces the two teams they attacked in recent weeks. Skipper and Romeo walk out before ever getting in the ring leaving KroniK to make relatively short work of Allen and Harris. Winners: KroniK in 3:56 After the match KroniK gets on the mic and tells us that Eric Bischoff has implemented a "no contact" rule between themselves and The Natural Born Thrillers to protect the tag title match. The Thrillers come out and face off with KroniK as KroniK calls them cowards, accusing them of asking Bischoff for protection. As tensions rise, The Harris Brothers come out of the crowd and attack The Thrillers from behind, leaving them beaten down. KroniK laughs and shakes hands with them. We come back from break and The Rhodes', DDP and Booker T come out. Dustin explains that he was hesitant to accept Dusty as his partner but he knows he's the toughest man he's ever known and this Thursday night, Jarrett's team is gonna have to kill him to win War Games. This brings out Jarrett, Douglas, Jindrak and Stasiak with Stacy Keibler. After Jarrett, Jindrak and Douglas run down the Rhodes' family and tell them they're gonna put the old man out of his misery, Stacy grabs the mic to hype Shawn Stasiak and compare him to the old, out of shape fossil in the ring. Dusty has had enough and makes some vaguely sexual comments toward Stacy before telling her a set of muscles don't make him a real man and he challenges Stasiak to a match tonight. Stacy laughs it off and accepts. Backstage, Gene Okerlund is with a special guest in Mike Sanders. Sanders discusses Kanyon's threats last week and then holds up a baseball bat and tells Kanyon he's gonna get his payback right in front of Kanyon's hometown crowd in Jersey. Eric Bischoff suddenly comes on screen to tell Sanders he's not cleared to compete and for the sake of Kanyon's protection, Sanders' protection and WCW's protection, he asks him to leave. Sanders looks angry before security comes in and he begrudgingly leaves the arena. Kanyon vs Johnny Swinger Kanyon controls the match for the most part until suddenly Mike Sanders' voice comes over the speakers. Kanyon looks over at the big screen to see Sanders standing outside calling for him. "Isn't it great to be performing in your hometown? Not having to stay in a hotel. Not having to rent a car..." As the camera zooms out we see that Sanders is standing on the roof of a car with the baseball bat. Kanyon freaks out as Sanders starts laying into the car, smashing the windows out. The distraction allows Swinger to roll Kanyon up and pick up the win. Winner: Johnny Swinger in 7:12 Kanyon throws a tantrum and races out to find Sanders gone and his car totaled. Suddenly Sanders runs out from a corner, chasing Kanyon around the car with the bat until security comes out to take Sanders away while he yells with a maniacal grin that he's gonna make Kanyon's life a living hell. Kimona comes out with The Jung Dragons and she speaks very dramatically about her ordeal last week. She says she's planning legal action against Eric Bischoff. Bischoff comes out and says she's a bad actress but if she is planning legal action, he thinks it's best that she not be at ringside for the upcoming match. The Filthy Animals' music hits and out come Rey Misterio Jr. and Billy Kidman as Kimona throws a fit while Bischoff orders her away from ringside. Billy Kidman and Rey Mysterio vs The Jung Dragons A good back and forth, fast-paced match ends with Kidman getting the pin on Kaz after a shooting star press. Winners: The Filthy Animals in 11:00 After the match, The Jung Dragons attack from behind, beating down Kidman and Rey until Shane Helms runs out to help, taking it to both Jung Dragons before accidentally clotheslining Kidman when Yang ducks. Konnan runs out and beats down Helms until Rey pulls him off, telling him to calm down. Buff Bagwell vs Kwee Wee Lex Luger and Midajah are at ringside. Midajah gets on commentary to explain that she asked for this match so her star client could teach her B-level talent how it's done. After a referee bump, Midajah tells Luger to hand Bagwell a chair. Luger is reluctant but eventually gets the chair. After some hesitation, he suddenly goes to hit Bagwell with it as he leans over the ropes reaching for it but Kwee Wee rolls him up, incidentally taking him out of harms way. The ref comes to in time to count a 2 before Bagwell hits a blockbuster and gets the 3 count anyway as Midajah screams at Luger. Winner: Buff Bagwell in 4:45 After the match, Midajah keeps the two of them apart and reminds Luger she controls him. He's either gonna be a team player or he'll be working the undercard for the rest of his career. Road Warrior Animal vs Johnny the Bull A relatively quick match that sees Animal win with a powerslam. Winner: Road Warrior Animal in 4:17 After the match, Reno and Big Vito attack only to be fought off by Animal and Steiner. The distraction allows Lance Storm and Mike Awesome to run in and attack though. Storm brings in two tables and Awesome ends up powerbombing both men through one. Gene Okerlund is backstage with an irate Chris Kanyon who tells Eric Bischoff as soon as Sanders is healthy, he wants him in the ring. Dusty Rhodes vs Shawn Stasiak Stasiak controls most of the match with Dusty getting some good licks in here and there. Eventually Dusty fights back and gets the upperhand with a flurry of offense. Stacy gets on the apron to distract him, unbuttoning and flirting with Dusty as he zones in on her. This allows Stasiak to run after him but he moves and Stasiak knocks Stacy off the apron and Dusty rolls him up for the 1-2-3 before sliding out of the ring and celebrating. Winner: Dusty Rhodes in 9:16 Jarrett, Douglas and Jindrak rush out but Dusty escapes through the crowd. He works his way around to the top of the ramp where DDP, Booker and Dustin come out to join in on the celebration while Team Jarrett stands in the ring seething as the show goes off the air. |
WCW.com post-show news Clash of the Champions card War Games: Booker T, Diamond Dallas Page, Dustin Rhodes & Dusty Rhodes vs Jeff Jarrett, Shawn Stasiak, Mark Jindrak & Shane Douglas WCW World Tag Team Title Match: KroniK vs The Natural Born Thrillers Street Fight: Road Warrior Animal vs Mike Awesome Special Referee: Rey Misterio Jr. Konnan vs "Sugar" Shane Helms Great American Bash card WCW World Heavyweight Title Match: Diamond Dallas Page vs Booker T Ratings Nitro: .64 (Up from .63) Raw: 5.17 (Down from 5.31) |
<font color=goldenrod>Good show. Every match on Nitro seemed to have some actual meaning to build towards Clash of the Champions. A novel concept that WWE seems to have forgotten about.</font>
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Thanks, Vito. And yes, WWE really should try to focus on putting meaning behind all their segments.
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<font color=goldenrod>Had some downtime tonight so I downloaded a new EWR stat update and set the clock back a month so I could get to June. Auto-booked the first two weeks to get right to Sunday’s MITB PPV.
I’m not saying I’ll stick with this game long-term (my track record, of course, suggests I won’t) but I did go out of my way to dump Main Event and replace it with NXT so I can actually book that as a show, and I created all of the NXT titles, too. So I’ve set my game “universe” the way I’d want to if I were going to do a long-term game. I’ve also said numerous times in the wrestling forum that I miss the roster split when it was done properly so I’ll probably re-institute that not too far in the future if I do wind up starting with this game. Also, I’d only be doing occasional monthly recaps and fairly brief PPV results. Writing out 2-3 TV shows a week always wound up draining me to the point where I lost interest and then forgot all of my storylines when I chose to dive back in. Anyway, here’s MITB, run with the scheduled card for Monday. I accidentally left CRZ in for recaps instead of Scott Keith, but based on some of the numbers I’d have to say Keith would have given it a huge thumbs up. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...2015poster.png Pre-Show: R-Truth vs. King Barrett R-Truth started the match off like a house of fire, but Barrett was eventually able to outmuscle him and win in convincing fashion with the Bullhammer. A clean win for Barrett? Wow, it’s almost as if the booker feels that the King of the Ring should actually come across as a credible performer, even if it is just the pre-show. Winner: King Barrett 84% Match Quality, 78% Crowd Reaction, 81% Overall Rating WWE Tag Team Championships: The New Day (C) vs. The Prime Time Players Big E and Xavier Woods had to go it alone tonight with Kofi Kingston busy preparing for Money in the Bank later on. Late in the contest Big E and Darren Young the legal men as Big E blatantly attacks Titus O’Neil, sending him off the apron. The referee admonishes E in the corner as Woods sneaks in with a title belt shot on Young. Big Ending on Young and that is that. New Day rocks! Winners and STILL WWE Tag Team Champions: The New Day 77% Match Quality, 73% Crowd Reaction, 75% Overall Rating WWE Divas Championship: Paige vs. Nikki Bella (C) Divas almost never have high-quality matches in EWR unless you have them racking up points in developmental, so this wasn’t bad all things considered. Nikki and Brie attempt a Twin Magic switch-off but Paige halts it. Paige rolls off of Nikki during a Rack Attack attempt and hits her with a German suplex. Paige locks in the PTO and Nikki taps out to end her 7 month reign. New champion! Winner and NEW WWE Divas Champion: Paige 71% Match Quality, 74% Crowd Reaction, 73% Overall Rating Money in the Bank Ladder Match All 7 man flirted with victory at different points in the match and the fans were treated to a flurry of crazy spots that you can only see at MITB. Neville with the Red Arrow to Sheamus from off a ladder. Orton with a RKO to Ziggler off a ladder that Ziggler sells like death. All kinds of hijinx with Kofi and the other members of New Day who ran in on his behalf. But in the end, when the Director of Operations, Kane, appeared primed to win the briefcase for the second time in his career, Reigns came flying in with a Superman Punch from another ladder, sending Kane crashing down to the mat. Reigns maintained his grasp on Kane’s ladder and reached up to grab the briefcase and become Mr. Money in the Bank 2015! Reigns continues his monster 2015 and has a title match at any time in the next year. Winner: Roman Reigns 92% Match Quality, 90% Crowd Reaction, 91% Overall Rating Kevin Owens vs. John Cena I bet nobody saw the MITB ladder match being that good, so Owens/Cena had an incredibly hard act to follow. They had themselves another excellent match, showcasing much of the same drama seen at Elimination Chamber. Cena somehow seemed even harder to put down than last time. The brawl reaches the outside of the ring. Cena charges and ends up being Pop Up Powerbombed on the ring apron! Shades of Sami Zayn several times at NXT. With Cena out cold Owens slid back into the ring for the countout victory! Owens has defeated John Cena again! Winner (via countout): Kevin Owens 81% Match Quality, 87% Crowd Reaction, 85% Overall Rating Kevin Owens gained overness from this segment Kevin Owens’ actions speak louder than words A winded Owens grabbed the mic and prepared to tell the crowd about how he always keeps his promises – until he looked outside the ring and seeing Cena, against all odds, ignoring attention from the referees and getting back to his feet. Owens drops the mic and Powerbombs Cena on the apron again. The announcers are appalled, even JBL is willing to concede that he went too far. Cena does a stretcher job as a smug and confident Owens leaves with the NXT Title in tow. 81% Overall Rating John Cena lost overness from this segment, apparently EWR feels Cena actually getting stretchered out is unrealistic WWE Intercontinental Championship: Big Show vs. Ryback (C) These two big strong men slug it out in, well, sluggish fashion. In fairness, the match quality still wound up being better than expected as both guys have decent brawl numbers. Anyway, the entire match builds to the big moment at the end with Ryback showing off his brute strength: hoisting Big Show for the Shellsock. 3 seconds later and Ryback has retained his title. Winner and STILL WWE Intercontinental Champion: Ryback 74% Match Quality, 81% Crowd Reaction, 78% Overall Rating Ladder Match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship: Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins (C) Both men did absolutely inhumane things to each other with a ladder in what was these bitter rivals’ most vicious match to date. Plenty of near-victories on both sides. As expected though, chicanery occurred near the end. Out comes Kane, who sicks J&J Security on Ambrose. Rollins ended up throwing J&J out of the ring, insisting on winning it on his own and that he doesn’t need any help. Kane enters the ring and he and Rollins get into a shouting match. They throw haymakers at one another and end up brawling on the outside. Chokeslam to Rollins through the announce table! BUT WAIT…Ambrose has regained his composure in the ring…and he grabs the belt! Winner and NEW WWE World Heavyweight Champion: Dean Ambrose 91% Match Quality, 98% Crowd Reaction, 95% Overall Rating Kane looks gob-smacked as a maniacal Ambrose celebrates atop the ladder, his dream finally accomplished. The celebration doesn’t last long, as J&J recover and pull him back down. The new champion falls victim to a 3-on-1 beatdown until Reigns’ music hits. Reigns rushes down, briefcase in hand and he uses it as a weapon to knock J&J out. He tosses the case to Kane and then Superman Punches it in right into his face. Reigns pulls his former Shield brother Ambrose to his feet and offers him an embrace. He raises the champ’s hand as the crowd loses their shit. They pose in the corners for the fans. Ambrose jumps down off a corner, turns around, and HOLY CHRIST – SPEAR TO AMBROSE! Reigns summons the referee to get back into the ring and hands over his newly won briefcase, which can only mean one thing… WWE World Heavyweight Championship: Roman Reigns vs. Dean Ambrose (C) Reigns simply pins the already downed Ambrose to win the title. The arena is shocked that Reigns betrayed his “brother” and the announcers are at a complete loss for words. If JR were here he’d close the show with BAH GAWD THE LANDSCAPE OF WWE HAS CHANGED! This wasn’t really a match, but EWR has to treat it as one in order to change the belts accurately…so it gets good ratings, dammit! 88% Match Quality, 88% Crowd Reaction, 87% Overall Rating Roman Reigns gained overness from this turn (technically the heel turn was tacked onto the end of the title match but whatever) 83% Overall Rating for Money in the Bank 1.89 Buy Rate</font> |
How the fuck did you squeeze a 70+ rating out of a Nikki Bella match?? lol
I'm one of the few people who are totally cool with the idea of a Reigns title reign heel or face at the moment so thumbs up for the end. You should stick with this. It will help motivate me to stick with mine, too. |
<font color=goldenrod>Yeah, the diva's match was a bit surprising. Paige's stats are pretty good, but Nikki's aren't horrible either. They might be a bit generous, but in fairness she does seem to have gotten a bit better recently. Also she gets pretty big reactions because all of the male fans in the audience want to motorboat her fake breasts, so that adds to the overall match rating.
I had a lot of different ideas for the main event. I tried to keep things somewhat realistic in that I can totally see Reigns walking out of MITB as champion. I think the more realistic scenario would be Rollins winning and Reigns cashing in after (possibly setting up Ambrose to turn on Reigns instead out of jealousy). I know people like Austin have advocated a Reigns heel turn but I'm not sure Vince is going to be willing to do that yet. I considered doing that with the idea that Rollins would earn the fans' respect by shrugging off the Authority and winning on his own, therefore sorta turning face and making Reigns' cash in seem like a dick move. But it would have flopped in EWR since I needed Reigns to screw over a legit face, Rollins' disposition is still heel. My idea is pretty much what I said I'd like to see happen in the Elimination Chamber thread. As a result I also already know my Battleground and SummerSlam main events plus I've planned an admittedly lame angle that will at least give me a kayfabe reason to bring back the split soon. Gives me reason to keep playing to see it through. Also it's kinda funny seeing the 3 Shield members having all held the belt on the same day in my title history.</font> |
I keep wanting to play more of my game, but with Nitro and Thunder both canceled, it's way less fun. Still trying to get WCW a TV deal, but it's not as interesting to me to book WWF and ECW without WCW in the mix.
Came up with an idea for something involving the three remaining active TPWW simmers, but I'm still trying to figure out logistics. Would you guys be up to, in theory, doing an Amrchair Warfare type game where we pick rosters draft-style based on the next stat update and book entirely new promotions from scratch? |
Possibly. I'd have to try out EWR a little and see if I can get into it again. I feel spoiled by TEW.
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<font color=goldenrod>I'd definitely be interested in giving it a try. It's not a major time commitment or anything.</font>
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It would be however much of a commitment you wanted to make it. I'm basically envisioning us each creating a "draft board," then I'd go through and allocate people to the different Feds based on how they ranked on each board. Figure out the minimum number of guys you need to run a Global promotion and start the rosters with that many. Then you can sign whatever "free agents" are left on a first-come first-served basis. Do however many shows you want, have however many titles you want, etc. etc.
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I've never done an "armchair warfare" thing before. Would we have to trade the files back and forth after each booked show or just book our shows without using the other guys' talent or... how exactly does it work?
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I was thinking the latter. Maybe when the file is created, we make the other two promotions with their rosters. If somebody gets released in-game they're fair game to sign? Could create some fun situations where all of a sudden somebody jumps ship mid-story.
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So say if the AI drops a guy in my game who is on yours or Vito's roster, he'd be free to sign and you'd have to release him in your game? Seems like it would be a bit of a mess.
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You're probably right. Was thinking it could be a fun way to create surprise jumps, but it definitely opens the door for some craziness.
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<font color=goldenrod>I've continued plugging along booking television in the build up to Battleground. Admittedly though, with the exception of my top few stories my booking is pretty much unfocused for everyone in the undercard (lol at least I'm being realistic :lol: ). There are just so many people I'm trying to fit onto television. It's pretty much the reason why I always wind up bringing back the split in my game and this will be no exception. Trying to get through SummerSlam and then bring it back sometime soon after so I can actually try to develop some proper stories.
Anyway, Battleground is more or less being built around 2 matches anyway as sort of a filler PPV before the SummerSlam build begins in earnest. The main event is the sensible one: a triple threat match for the World Heavyweight Title between the 3 former members of the Shield. Rollins and Ambrose both have valid claims to the title having both lost it at MITB. Ambrose is his usual maniacal self and is even more unhinged now after being betrayed by his other "brother". Rollins has slowly become more sympathetic - pissed off that the Authority interfered in his MITB match when he didn't need the help and Kane basically screwed him over outright. And Reigns is being booked as a badass heel champ, polar opposite to what Rollins had been doing up until MITB. In a perfect world, I'd have loved to have somehow held off on this triple threat until WM 32 but I have no idea if I'll play long enough to see it through, and with the split soon to come back it might be tough to get them all in the same angle again. I'd rather just get it out of my system now, just over a year since the faction split - and then let each man go into their own stories for the time being. I also have Cena actually staying offscreen, selling the injuries sustained from Owens from the apron powerbomb. Owens has been committing gimmick infringement, doing his own Open Challenges on Raw for the NXT Title and he's also issuing an open challenge for the NXT Title at Battleground. I know who I will pick for it and I'm sure it'll be a really good match to help generate interest in NXT moving forward. Speaking of NXT, I've actually been borrowing some of the lower card guys from the main roster (such as what Zack Ryder is doing in real life) as the actual NXT roster I have to work with right now is pretty small. I have a ton of people in the actual in-game development system because their ratings are just way too low to use in televised matches and therefore can't use those people on my NXT TV show. Even some of the ones I'm using like Blake & Murphy are horribly unready and might get "demoted" so I can build their stats. I had them drop the tag belts to Enzo & Cass who at least have some charisma to get by on. May sign a few more former WWE guys to beef up the NXT roster a la Rhyno and The Brian Kendrick.</font> |
I have the same problem when I'm playing a WWE game as far as the roster being too full to focus on everyone. And that's with TEW where I can book way more than just 11 segments and include way more guys. I usually try to roll with kind of an unofficaly semi-roster split. Having the main guys rarely show up on Smackdown while the upper-midcar/IC Title scene regularly main events Smackdown making it seem like a bigger deal. Kinda like what WCW did with WCW Saturday Night when Nitro started.
With the network, I'd definitely take advantage of Superstars and Main Event, too. Let them actually have storylines focused on lower card guys kinda like NXT was before it became developmental. I'm not sure how any of this would translate to be useful in EWR though. |
WCW Clash of the Champions XXXVI (July 19th 2001) The opening video airs focusing on the War Games main event, the pyro goes off and Tony Schiavonne, Jerry "The King" Lawler and Mike Tenay welcome us to the show. WCW World Tag Team Title Match: KroniK vs Natural Born Thrillers We get a ref bump late in the match. This allows The Harris Brothers to come out and attempt to interfere. One of them attempts to hit Palumbo with one of the tag title belts before getting knocked off the apron. Palumbo picks up the title and turns around, hitting Clarke with it as the ref comes to and calls for the bell. Winners by DQ: KroniK in 11:23 After the match, KroniK and the Harris Brothers beat down The Thrillers as road agents and referees come out to stop them only to get beaten down themselves. After the damage is done, KroniK stands over the Thrillers, posing with the title as we go backstage. Gene Okerlund is backstage with Road Warrior Animal and Rick Steiner. Steiner makes it clear he won't let Lance Storm be a factor in the upcoming match. Hardcore Match: Road Warrior Animal vs Mike Awesome It doesn't take long for Storm to try to get involved and Steiner goes on the attack, chasing Steiner down the ramp and out of harm's way. The match continues one on one until the camera catches Steiner backstage looking for Storm. Suddenly Storm comes up from behind, knocking Steiner into a room and propping a chair under the door handle. He then heads to the ring, pushing Animal off the top rope as he has Awesome laid out on a table. The two of them double team Animal for a bit and after an Awesome Bomb through a table, the match is over. Winner: Mike Awesome in 9:56 After the brutal 2-on-1 beatdown, shades of what Team Canada did to Jim Duggan just a month ago, Storm and Awesome taunt the crowd as EMTs come out to help a motionless Animal. We get a backstage interview with Jeff Jarrett, Shane Douglas, Shawn Stasiak and Mark Jindrak as they prepare for war. Midajah comes out with Buff and Luger, again hyping Buff as the star of the team while Luger stands by seething. Buff Bagwell vs Hugh Morris Luger begrudgingly helps Bagwell midway through the match by tripping Morris as he runs the ropes. Torrie Wilson is seen coming out and watching the end of the match from the top of the entrance ramp much to the confusion of everyone. The match ends with Buff hitting a blockbuster for the 1-2-3. Winner: Buff Bagwell in 5:33 Rey Mysterio Jr., decked out in his referee shirt is backstage with Gene Okerlund, telling him how conflicted he is about reffing this match. When Gene asks him if he'll show favoritism he simply shakes his head and responds "I don't know". "Sugar" Shane Helms vs Konnan (Special Referee: Rey Mysterio Jr.) A hard-hitting back and forth match sees both men questioning Rey about the speed of his count at different times. Konnan gets the upper hand but can't put Helms away. This frustration leads to Konnan choking Helms out in the corner as Rey tries to pull him off. Konan then trades the choke for kicks as Helms sits in the corner and Konnan ignore's Rey. Finally Rey calls for the bell to DQ Konnan and Konnan looks on in anger. Winner by DQ: "Sugar" Shane Helms in 11:30 After the match, Konnan continues his attack and when Rey tries to pull him off again, Konnan blasts him with a punch, knocking him down. Billy Kidman runs out and a frustrated Konnan just stands there, hands on his head as Rey and Konnan watch him walk out of the ring. Booker T, DDP and the Rhodes' are backstage with Mean Gene and we are just moments from War Games. After a quick video recapping what's led us here, the cage comes down and David Penzer announces the rules. War Games: Booker T, Diamond Dallas Page, Dustin Rhodes and Dusty Rhodes vs Jeff Jarrett, Shane Douglas, Shawn Stasiak and Mark Jindrak The two men to start the match are chosen. It will be Diamond Dallas Page and Mark Jindrak start the match. Some slow build for 5 minutes as Jindrak holds his own quite well and the first advantage goes to... Team Jarrett. Shawn Stasiak enters the ring and Stacy looks on in approval as her men spend 2 minutes beating down page before... Booker T enters to even things up again. He cleans house and allows DDP to make a comeback. Next in to give team the face team their first advantage is Dustin Rhodes. He gets in and as soon as the ref closes the cage, Stacy walks around to distract Dusty. Suddenly, Douglas attacks him from behind as Jarrett throws the referee responsible for the door out of the way. Before anyone in the ring knows what's happening, Douglas places Dusty's head between the door and the cage and slams it, knocking him out cold. Dustin immediately looks out and rushes to the cage door only to have Jarrett hold it shut and taunt him while Douglas kicks and unconscious Dusty. EMTs run out to help and finally Jarrett and Douglas back off, allowing Dustin to come out as they run through the crowd and stand back laughing while Dustin opts to check on his father as opposed to chasing them. As the EMTs load him on the stretcher, Dustin seemingly forgets about the match and leaves with him. This allows Jarrett and Douglas to enter the match with a 4 on 2 advantage. Booker and DDP fight valiantly before DDP ends up getting busted open and passing out while in a figure four forcing the ref to call for the bell. Winners: Jeff Jarrett, Shane Douglas, Mark Jindrak and Shawn Stasiak in 20:12 |
WCW Nitro (Week 4, July 2001) As Schiavonne and Lawler discuss the events of Thursday night and the hideous actions of Shane Douglas and Jeff Jarrett, Kanyon makes his way to the ring. He calls out Mike Sanders only for Johnny Swinger to come out and taunt Kanyon about his loss last week. As Kanyon fumes, Mike Sanders' voice is heard and he comes on telling Kanyon he's not in the arena. He loved Kanyon's hometown so much last week, he decided to come back. He's even got a date tonight. The camera pans back and Sanders is standing in front of a limo and an older woman comes into view and Sanders kisses her hand, opening the limo door for her. Kanyon looks on shocked and yells "MOM!?!" Sanders gets in the limo with a smile as the feed cuts. Swinger is laughing hysterically at Kanyon and Kanyon rushes him only to get thrown out of the ring and throw a tantrum. We come back from break and Midajah is out with Buff and Luger. She tells Luger she's going to let Luger sit back and watch how a winner performs. She issues an open challenge for Buff and out comes a returning Fit Finlay! Buff Bagwell vs Fit Finlay Torrie Wilson makes another surprise appearance, this time actually coming down the ramp. Bagwell takes control of the match but is distracted when he sees Torrie making eyes at him. Midajah walks around to Torrie and the two get in a screaming match but the distraction is enough for Buff to turn around into a kneeling reverse piledriver by Finlay for the win. Winner: Fit Finlay in 9:17 Torrie leaves with a smile as Midajah turns around and chews out Luger for allowing Bagwell to lose as we head to break. America's Most Wanted vs Elix Skipper and Kid Romeo We get a quick recap during the entrances of Skipper and Romeo walking out on AMW last week. A fast paced tag match ends with AMW hitting a death sentence bearhug/top rope leg drop combo for the upset win. Winners: America's Most Wanted in 8:42 Backstage we see Konnan with Gene Okerlund. He asks Konan to explain his actions from the Clash of the Champions. Konnan says he'll do it face to face in the ring... We come back from break with Konnan calling out his fellow Filthy Animals stable mates Rey Mysterio and Billy Kidman. He apologizes for how things got out of hand last Thursday night and how his love for his brothers makes him go a little crazy when he thinks they've been wronged. Eventually he hugs both men. Suddenly Chavo Guererro runs out, grabbing Billy Kidman's leg and pulling out from the ring. Mysterio turns around to help but is quickly spun around by Konnan who throws a fireball in Rey's face! Rey immediately falls to the ground, writhing in pain as an expressionless Konnan slowly backs away and out of the ring while Chavo runs away from Kidman and through the crowd. Kidman rushes to Rey's aid as Konnan backs down the ramp staring at the scene showing no emotion. We come back to EMTs helping Rey into an ambulance as his face is being covered with a towel and Kidman and "Sugar" Shane Helms leave to the hospital with him. Rick Steiner vs Lance Storm Just a few minutes into a match that mostly sees Storm using his speed advantage to avoid Steiner and get in some offense, Steiner grabs Storm and begins to strike only for Mike Awesome to interfere and cause the DQ. Winner by DQ: Rick Steiner in 3:07 The two start a double team and Awesome holds Steiner's arms behind his back. Storm gets on the mic and taunts Steiner, reminding him that every time he tries to get a partner, they get taken out. Road Warrior Animal then rushes the ring to even the sides but it sends Awesome and Storm retreating. Animal then gets on the mic to tell Team Canada "Don't hunt what you can't kill." He says there's not gonna be any surprises and no numbers game next time. Because at The Great American Bash it's Team Canada vs Steiner and Animal. Falls Count Anywhere. The Jung Dragons come out with Kimona for the next match when Eric Bischoff makes his way out. He talks to Kimona and asks her how the lawsuit is going. He then orders a video to play. It's a video Bischoff says was sent to him by a fan. It shows Kimona at a club dancing in a stripper cage. After showing it, Bischoff questions Kimona's dramatic response to being in that cage two weeks ago. Kimona stumbles over her words before Bischoff eventually tells her she's fired! She gets escorted out by security leaving The Jung Dragons all alone. The Jung Dragons vs Jamie Noble and Lash LeRoux In another tag team upset after a good fast paced match, Jamie Noble rolls up Kaz for the 3 to pick up the win over his former teammates. Winners: Jamie Noble and Lash LeRoux in 5:19 KroniK is backstage with The Harris Brothers talking to Mean Gene. KroniK says The Harris Brothers were meant to stop NBT from weaseling their way to keeping the titles and they failed. But tonight, The Harris Brothers are gonna earn their paycheck by softening NBT up. Eric Bischoff comes on screen and tells KroniK he's in a firing mood. And if they lay their hands on Palumbo or O'Haire tonight, they'll be fired too. Natural Born Thrillers vs The Harris Brothers The Harris Brothers get the advantage early on but it slowly turns into a Thrillers offenseive onslaught finally finishing with a double superkick on Ron for the pinfall. Winners: Natural Born Thrillers in 7:36 After the match, The Thrillers look into the camera to tell KroniK with their "protection" dealt with... they're next. Jeff Jarrett, Shane Douglas, Shawn Stasiak and Mark Jindrak come out to the ring and call out Eric Bischoff. He comes out and Jarrett tells him now that they've gone to war and dominated the "faces of the company" ruined the GAB main event, they all have demands. And those demands include gold. Bischoff gets on the mic and tells Jindrak and Stasiak he's willing to give them a shot at the tag titles for their performance in War Games. He then tells Shane Douglas and Jeff Jarrett that he's not as impressed with what they did to Dusty. He denies either of them a shot at the World Title and says they'll have to earn it the right way. There's a commotion outside and Dustin Rhodes is heading into the arena baseball bat in hand and and look on his face that says he's out for blood. Diamond Dallas Page and Booker T make their entrance too and surround the ring. The three of them jump in the ring to attack only for Jarrett and Douglas to push Jindrak and Stasiak into harms way and quickly slide out the bottom rope to escape. After Rhodes lands a couple bat shots, DDP and Booker trade finishing moves on Jindrak and Stasiak as Jarrett and Douglas back down the aisle having escaped harm. Bischoff tells Jarrett and Douglas that if they wanna be part of the Great American Bash main event and have their shot at the world title, they'll have their chance to prove it next week... when they team up to face Booker T and Diamond Dallas Page. |
WCW.com post-show news Next Week on Nitro Jeff Jarrett and Shane Douglas vs Booker T and Diamond Dallas Page. If Jarrett and Douglas win, they are inserted into the World Title match at The Great American Bash. Great American Bash card WCW World Heavyweight Title Match: Diamond Dallas Page vs Booker T Falls Count Anywhere: Rick Steiner and Road Warrior Animal vs Team Canada WCW World Tag Team Title Triple Threat Match: The Natural Born Thrillers vs KroniK vs Jindrak and Stasiak Ratings Nitro: .63 (Down from .64) Raw: 5.35 (Up from 5.17) |
<font color=goldenrod>Good shows, fan. I like Jarrett and Douglas attempting to force their way into the main event. I imagine a 4-way works out a lot better than a face vs. face DDP and Booker match given that neither DDP nor Booker seem to show any animosity towards one another.
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I do think there's a chance that my lower card guys will wind up losing morale due to never being booked. I'll probably cheat and just convert them from wrestlers to managers. EWR is not designed for a brand split so it's very easy for people to drop in morale due to a perceived lack of use. But if they're managers they don't give a shit. In my "world" Main Event and Superstars are still around as the B-shows, I just don't book them. I already had to do that with guys like Bryan (who I'm treating as injured). Otherwise he'd be a main eventer never getting booked and he'd threaten to quit sooner rather than later.</font> |
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<font color=goldenrod>Alright, scoured the market for some former WWE guys and I signed up a few to help beef up NXT while I try to up the stats for the actual "prospects" in development.
Brought in Kaval given that he just left TNA in real life. I'm not sure he'd have any desire to actually go back to WWE given how he was treated after winning NXT Season 2, but whatever. NXT is its own animal really...and seeing as I could have hired real-life blackballed guys like Colt Cabana I'd say Kaval is at least somewhat more realistic. John Morrison has also returned. He's said he couldn't deal with the grind of a WWE schedule...but I'd assume he wouldn't be averse to doing a NXT taping every so often. I also signed up Carlito as well and am waiting to re-debut him. He's a guy who reportedly has an open door if he ever wanted to make a comeback down the road, so he'll work some good matches against guys like Balor. I'm also planning on a couple more signings for down the road. All of the veteran signings I do are likely to be short-term type deals to help supplant the barren NXT roster. Once I have Zayn and Itami return from "injury" and I get a few more people ready for television I'll have more options.</font> |
WWE is weird right now as far as making an EWR game in that your "developmental" is much higher profile than your B shows. Normally I'd say make "NXT" your developmental and worry more about your lower card main roster guys but it makes sense that you wanna actually book NXT.
I also love the idea of bringing in some older guys. Loved it when Rhino and Kendrick came in to NXT. Made it seem more like a legit brand. Morrison is a perfect candidate for that role. There's 4 or 5 feuds I can think of just using the guys who are in NXT now that you can put him in that would be amazing. Already picturing some sort of interaction with him and Tyler Breeze. |
<font color=goldenrod>Yep, Morrison's return was him making the save against Breeze. That was a lock for his first feud back.
But yeah, NXT is my favorite thing about WWE in real life so that's why I wanted to book it. But while I want to book it, the actual stats of most of the roster are so low. My male NXT roster that I can count on for good matches is pretty much Joe, Balor, Breeze, Rhyno, Kendrick, the women, and the older guys I signed. Owens is still the champ but about to move to the main roster outright and Zayn/Itami are hurt. I still have a few more on the "active" roster (Enzo, Cass, Corbin, etc) but they really aren't any good from a ring work standpoint. I signed the veterans to 6 month deals. I may keep them longer but if nothing else it should bide time for me to replenish the roster.</font> |
(Gonna start just copying and pasting the weake descriptions for some of the less eventful matches to save time and hopefully encourage me to keep going with this. lol) WCW Nitro (Week 1, August 2001) 3 weeks away from The Great American Bash, the show starts with Mean Gene in the ring and he introduces Diamond Dallas Page followed by WCW World Heavyweight Champion Booker T. They take turns talking about how ready they are for revenge tonight after what happened just 11 days ago at War Games. They turn their attention to each other and their desire to go one-on-one and prove who the better man is. Page refers to the potential match as "The people's champion vs The world champion" and Booker half-heartedly takes offense, telling Page that he considers himself both. As the two of them playfully play to the crowd and banter back and forth, we get a hint of tension before they shake hands, hug and play to the crowd. Natural Born Thrillers vs The Mamalukes (Vito and Reno) In a bout that had solid in-ring action but not much in the way of heat, Natural Born Thrillers defeated The Mamalukes when Sean O'Haire defeated Reno by pinfall with a Double Superkick. Winners: Natural Born Thrillers in 5:34 Mean Gene with Midajah and Lex Luger. She cuts off Gene's introduction, frantically yelling that she can't find Buff. She warns Luger that if he's done something to him, she will make him pay as Luger feigns innocence. Suddenly Buff comes into the shot in street clothes apologizing to Midajah. "I'm sorry. I had a date last night, I had a bit much to drink and I woke up late..." Midajah doesn't seem happy with this excuse. His match is next... Buff Bagwell vs Fit Finlay Buff comes out in his street clothes and barely gets any offense in as his complete lack of preparation leads to Finlay picking up the relatively easy win. Winner: Fit Finlay in 5:18 After the match, Midajah gets in the ring to yell at Buff but out comes Torrie Wilson who makes a b line for her and flirts with Buff a little before taking Midajah down! A catfight ensues and Buff pulls Midajah off and separates the two as Lex Luger stands in a corner of the ring trying to contain his laughter. Midajah gets on the mic and demands Buff stop seeing Torrie but Buff simply stares awkwardly unable to agree. Torrie suggests they fight for him. Next week. Winner gets Buff all to herself. Personally and professionally and the other walks away for good. Midajah shakes her head at Buff's lack of willpower and accepts. Kanyon vs Johnny Swinger Kanyon comes out, clearly still visibly angry over the events of last week with Mike Sanders and his mother. The match starts and it's only a few minutes in before Sanders' music hits and out he comes with a smile on his face. He informs Kanyon that he's just a couple weeks from being cleared for action again after Kanyon injured him over a month ago. He says out of respect to his mother, he's decided to forgive him though. "And by the way. Just in case there was any question. Your mom can officially confirm. Mike Sanders is definitely above average." Sanders gives Kanyon a taunting wink as Kanyon goes apeshit before getting rolled up by Johnny Swinger and upset for the second time in three weeks. Winner: Johnny Swinger in 4:44 After the match, Kanyon goes ballistic, tearing apart everything at ringside he can get his hands on. Konnan heads to the ring with Chavo Guerrero following behind. He gets a chair and sits in the middle of the ring with Guerrero at his side and speaks on what happened last week... "A lot of people were shocked at my actions. It had to be done though. I came to realize it a couple months ago. Shane Helms was an outsider. He wasn't part of our family. He showed his true colors. And when I tried to make it right, I realized my brothers had gone soft. They forgave him. They treated HIM like family. And I was treated like the bad guy. And then the ultimate betrayal. At Clash of the Champions... Rey chose him over me. And that's when it dawned on me. This was years in the making. 2 years to be exact. 2 years ago... Rey allowed this company to rob him of his heritage and take the mask off his face. He laid down and accepted it and I stood behind him. Just like he accepted it when Shane Helms took money from his pocket in that match. And I stood behind him again. And I was paid back with betrayal. So call it tough love. But today Rey is wearing a mask again. One that is scarred on his face." The crowd starts to get loud as Billy Kidman and Shane Helms rush the ring, sending Konnan and Chavo retreating and looking on from down the aisle. Konnan tells Kidman he had Chavo protect him last week because he still thinks he can be saved. He'll give him a week to think about it and choose between himself and Helms. The Harris Brothers are about to be interviewed backstage when KroniK interrupts and tells them they paid them a lot of money to ensure the Thrillers couldn't escape with the titles and they've failed. Now tonight, they want them to take out the newest team standing in their way. The Harris Brothers vs Mark Jindrak and Shawn Stasiak In a bout that had solid in-ring action but not much in the way of heat, Jindrak and Stasiak defeated Harris Brothers when Shawn Stasiak defeated Don Harris by pinfall. Winners: Jindrak and Stasiak in 5:41 After the match, KroniK comes out and Jindrak and Stasiak escape the ring. KroniK turns to the Harris Brothers and absolutely destroy them leaving them down and out in the middle of the ring. Rick Steiner and Road Warrior Animal vs Elix Skipper and Kid Romeo In an extremely short match, Rick Steiner and Animal defeated Skipper and Romeo when Rick Steiner defeated Kid Romeo by pinfall with a Flying Bulldog. Winners: Steiner and Animal in 3:49 After the match, Team Canada shows up on the screen standing somewhere outside. Awesome stands behind Storm as he talks about Steiner and Animal being the last two pieces of the two greatest tag teams of all time trying to regain the glory. And at the Bash, they will kill two birds with one stone. The camera backs up and shows a pair of spiked shoulder pads and a Michigan letterman jacket laying on the ground as Awesome lights a match and symbolically sets them on fire. Jarrett and Douglas are interviewed backstage and explain their plan. How after they win tonight, they'll take out both men first at the Bash and then it's one on one between them for the world title. Jeff Jarrett and Shane Douglas vs Booker T and Diamond Dallas Page A back and forth main event with good action and heat comes to a climax when the match breaks down with all four men in the ring. Page's scar from being busted open at War Games opens up again leaving him bleeding by the end. The finish comes when Douglas avoids a missile dropkick and Booker accidentally knocks DDP into a rollup by Jarrett for the 1-2-3. Winners: Jarrett and Douglas in 17:39 After the match, Jarrett and Douglas celebrate at ringside as Booker checks on DDP inside the ring. Suddenly Eric Bischoff's music hits... "Congrats. I told you I wasn't pleased with your actions at War Games but you did earn the chance to get into the title match at the Bash and you succeeded. I'm not so sure why you're celebrating though, Shane. Maybe I didn't make it clear last week. If you won the match... you get your title shot. And I didn't see you WIN the match for your team. So unfortunately at The Great American Bash, Jeff will be in the ring with Booker T and Diamond Dallas Page alone. But don't worry, Shane. You'll be in a title match too. In honor of the man you so viciously attacked 8 days ago, you'll be defending the US Title in a Texas Bullrope Match against..." Bischoff gives a smile and out comes Dustin Rhodes with a bullrope over his shoulders staring down Douglas as he looks on with an angry expression while the show fades to black. |
WCW.com post-show news Next Week on Nitro Shane Douglas vs Diamond Dallas Page Torrie Wilson vs Midajah (Loser leaves Buff Bagwell alone for good) Konnan makes Billy Kidman choose between himself and Shane Helms Great American Bash card WCW World Heavyweight Title Match: Booker T (c) vs Diamond Dallas Page vs Jeff Jarrett WCW United States Title Texas Bullrope Match: Shane Douglas (c) vs Dustin Rhodes Falls Count Anywhere: Rick Steiner and Road Warrior Animal vs Team Canada WCW World Tag Team Title Triple Threat Match: The Natural Born Thrillers vs KroniK vs Jindrak and Stasiak Kanyon vs Mike Sanders Ratings Nitro: .65 (Up from .63) Raw: 5.46 (Up from 5.35) |
<font color=goldenrod>Nice twist at the end there. So weird to imagine Bischoff actually being a proper face authority figure, but I dig it.</font>
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WCW Nitro (Week 2, August 2001) Schiavonne and Lawler welcome us to Nitro 13 days away from The Great American Bash... Dustin Rhodes opens the show in the ring, bullrope in hand, cutting an emotional promo about Shane Douglas. He points out some blood on the bullrope. It's the same bullrope Jarrett used on his father weeks ago and that blood is just a reminder. He promised Bischoff he'd wait until The Bash to take his aggression out on Douglas legally in the middle of the ring but he makes it clear that he hasn't forgotten about Jeff Jarrett. Air Raid vs Mark Jindrak and Shawn Stasiak (w/ Stacy Keibler) In a bout that had solid in-ring action but not much in the way of heat, Jindrak and Stasiak defeated Air Raid when Shawn Stasiak defeated Air Styles by pinfall. Winners: Stasiak and Jindrak in 8:50 After the match, Stacy gets on the mic to hype her men as the "reflections of perfection". She mentions their history as original members of The Natural Born Thrillers and that in 13 days they will become champions. Gene Okerlund is backstage with Midajah, Buff Bagwell and Lex Luger. Midajah berates Buff for putting her in the situation of having to beat his "girlfriend" in order to save his career while Lex holds back laughter and Buff tries to talk her out of the match, saying he can handle both of them but to no avail. Midajah vs Torrie Wilson In what basically amounts to a 3 minute catfight, a conflicted Buff Bagwell stands at ringside pacing. Eventually, Torrie goes for a pin and Buff subtly grabs Midajah's foot preventing the kickout and giving Torrie the win! Winner: Torrie Wilson in 2:38 After the match, Midajah throws a tantrum. Buff gets in the ring with a smile and shrugs at Midajah as he walks over to Torrie. He leans in for a kiss and suddenly Torrie slaps Buff! He looks at her shocked as she grabs the mic. She tells Midajah she can keep him... under two conditions. #1... Lex Luger is set free. And #2... It's Buff vs Luger at The Great American Bash. Buff looks at Midajah and suddenly begins to stroke her hair and sweet talk her. Midajah just gives him an evil look and yells "I accept!" as Buff turns around, Lex Luger nails him with a right hand, knocking him to the ground and sending him running as Luger and Torrie hug and Midajah screams her lungs out at the situation she's found herself in. Gene Okerlund is backstage with Booker T. He asks him about accidentally hitting DDP last week and costing themselves the one-on-one match for the title. DDP comes into frame and Booker apologizes. DDP says that he understands how getting Jarrett in the match might have actually Booker if he didn't think he could beat DDP by giving him someone else he could pin. Booker takes it as an insult and the exchange ends with DDP apologizing for questioning him and extending his hand. Booker rejects the handshake and just says "Good luck tonight" before leaving DDP hanging. Team Canada vs America's Most Wanted In a bout that had solid in-ring action but not much in the way of heat, Team Canada defeated America's Most Wanted when Lance Storm defeated James Allen by pinfall with a Flying Spinning Leg Lariat. Winners: Team Canada in in 7:54 After the match, Road Warrior Animal comes out to the stage. He tells Storm and Awesome they can burn all the symbols they want but they can't burn the legacy he and Steiner have created in tag team wrestling. And when they go to war with them in 13 days, they won't be facing two incomplete parts. They'll be facing two warriors. He then introduces... Road Warrior Gremlin. Out comes Rick Steiner in face paint and the spiked pads to stand next to Animal and stare down their foes in the ring. Gene Okerlund is backstage with Jeff Jarrett. He says plans may not have gone perfectly last week thanks to the corrupt president of WCW but he's still defied all odds and forced Bischoff to give him the title shot he deserves. He then says Shane Douglas will right one wrong tonight when he takes out DDP and leaves Booker T all alone for Jarrett to take the title from. Konnan comes out with havo by his side and calls out Billy Kidman. He re-iterates that what he did to Rey 2 weeks ago needed to be done to make him a man. And he spared Billy Kidman because he knows he has the sense to understand that. He wants Billy to join himself and Chavo to run roughshod over this company like it's tried to do to them and Rey. Konnan extends his hand as Kidman looks down with a tortured expression on his face and suddenly attacks, taking Konnan down and pounding away before Chavo intervenes and starts kicking Kidman. Konnan rolls out of the ring and gets a chair. He makes Chavo hold Kidman with his head on the mat as Konnan shakes his head, lifting the chair and preparing to slam it into Kidman's head before "Sugar" Shane Helms runs out, tackling Chavo and allowing Kidman to get up and send Konnan retreating. Konnan and Chavo back down the aisle as Konnan yells at Kidman that he made the wrong choice. KroniK vs The Harris Brothers In an extremely short match, KroniK defeated Harris Brothers when Bryan Clark defeated Don Harris by pinfall with a Power Bomb. Winners: KroniK in 5:03 KroniK continues the attack before throwing The Harris Brothers from the ring and welcoming The Natural Born Thrillers to step in and fight them. Out come The Thrillers and they start to head down the ramp when suddenly they're attacked by Jindrak and Stasiak who proceed to pick up and drop both men directly on their ribs on the steel railing. As KroniK looks on and applauds, Tony Schiavonne and Jerry Lawler are left wondering if Jindrak and Stasiak simply picked their spot or if they're in cahoots with KroniK. Back from break and Kanyon comes out. He gets on the mic and says he hasn't been able to talk to his mother lately and vows to cripple Mike Sanders once and for all so he can never do... whatever he did to her again. Sanders shows up on the screen and tells Kanyon says that he'll have his return match next week, 6 days before they face at The Great American Bash. And because he believes in the power of love, he's invited his girlfriend to come be at ringside for support. Kanyon just stands in the ring fuming at this news. Sanders finishes up by telling Kanyon he's not there tonight but he's got some friends there. Suddenly four guys stand up in the front row and hold up four signs that make up "Sanders banged your mom". Kanyon stares at them with anger before stepping outside, repeating "You think that's funny!?!?" He proceeds to grab one of the men and pull them over the barricade, punching and kicking him as the others try to stop it but get beaten down too before security is able to get there and pull Kanyon away, dragging him backstage as he screams like a lunatic. Gene Okerlund is backstage with Shane Douglas who hypes his upcoming match with DDP after calling for Eric Bischoff to be fired after his unprofessional "swerve" last week. "The Franchise" Shane Douglas vs Diamond Dallas Page Dustin Rhodes sits in a chair at ringside with the bullrope over his shoulders staring at Shane Douglas blankly the entire time. In a match that had some good action and heat, Douglas focuses on Page's leg, eventually using a figure four on him. Jeff Jarrett comes out and pulls Douglas' hands out of the ref's view during the hold. This prompts Booker T to come out and chase Jarrett away. Booker looks up at the ref and yells at him for not catching Jarrett. While Booker argues with the ref, Page rolls up Douglas but by the time the ref finally turns around, Douglas has kicked out. Page starts yelling at Booker and suddenly Jeff Jarrett returns, nailing Booker in the back of the head with a guitar shot while he argues with Page. That distraction allows Douglas to get the upper hand again. Out comes Dustin Rhodes, chasing Jarrett to the back, bullrope in hand. Shane Douglas watches the scene before turning around into a diamond cutter as Page gets the 1-2-3. Winner: Diamond Dallas Page in 17:01 Page celebrates in the ring as Douglas rolls out and Booker T holds the back of his head outside, staring up at Page as the two lock eyes. We go backstage and see Jarrett looking around the backstage area. He grabs a crew member and frantically asks "Where did he go!? Did you see him!?" The guy just shrugs cluelessly before Jarrett throws him to the side. Jarrett slowly walks in front of a row of metal crates on high alert, looking all around him before we hear screeching tires and Jarrett jumps out of the way as a speeding car crashes right through the crates. Jarrett keeps running straight out of the arena as we fade to black. |
WCW.com post-show news Next Week on Nitro Dustin Rhodes vs Jeff Jarrett Mike Sanders returns to action with Kanyon's mother at ringside Great American Bash card WCW World Heavyweight Title Match: Booker T (c) vs Diamond Dallas Page vs Jeff Jarrett WCW United States Title Texas Bullrope Match: Shane Douglas (c) vs Dustin Rhodes Falls Count Anywhere: The Road Warriors (Gremlin and Animal) vs Team Canada WCW World Tag Team Title Triple Threat Match: The Natural Born Thrillers (c) vs KroniK vs Jindrak and Stasiak Kanyon vs Mike Sanders Lex Luger vs Buff Bagwell Konnan vs Billy Kidman WCW Cruiserweight Title Match: "Sugar" Shane Helms (c) vs Chavo Guererro Ratings Nitro: .63 (Down from .65) Raw: 5.40 (Down from 5.46) |
<font color=goldenrod>I’ve finally made it to Battleground…which is not at all a mostly thrown-together show to serve as a vehicle to build for my more interesting SummerSlam card. :shifty:
Also I remembered to activate Scott Keith’s commentary for star ratings purposes, so there’s that. http://tvnewsroom.org/wp-content/upl...round-2015.jpg Pre-Show: The Miz vs. Jack Swagger The Miz ran down Swagger on the mic, and when Swagger’s theme eventually hit, the crowd were greeted with a nice surprise as he was accompanied by the returning ZEB COLTER! He gives a spiel about how the American media gives way too much credence to loudmouthed movie stars like The Miz and wraps the whole thing up with a good ‘ol fashioned “WE. THE PEOPLE!” Oh, right…the match. And like the Miz, it was AWESOME. Seriously, what the hell? A 93% match quality rating for a Miz/Jack Swagger pre-show match? I hope that’s a sign of things to come for this PPV, holy shit. Anyway, Swagger grabs the win with the Patriot Lock. Winner: Jack Swagger ****, 93% Match Quality, 79% Crowd Reaction, 86% Overall Rating WWE Intercontinental Championship: Big Show vs. Ryback (C) In real life the thought of a second straight month of Show and Ryback would sound awful, but hey…they actually had a good showing at MITB. And this match is more of the same. Show overpowered Ryback through most of this build and said he could never be Shell Shocked again. Sure enough, after attempting it several times to no success, Ryback eventually got the big man up again. As he marched around the ring, he was met with a BROGUE KICK! Ryback collapses in a heap with Show falling on top of him for good measure. Ryback wins the match by DQ but hardly looks like a winner here as Sheamus plants him with the White Noise for good measure. It appears that somebody new is gunning for a title shot. Winner (by DQ) and STILL WWE Intercontinental Champion: Ryback ***, 78% Match Quality, 84% Crowd Reaction, 82% Overall Rating King Barrett vs. Neville Barrett has been picking up some serious momentum over the past few weeks, and he challenged his foe Neville to another clash, having lost to him in 2 of the last 3 PPVs. Both guys are good workers, so a good match between them isn’t a surprise – but sorta like my pre-show match I wasn’t expecting it to be THIS good. My undercard is busting their ass on this show. Barrett takes a spinning kick to the gut, sells it. Neville climbs up top, leaps, but Barrett was playing possum. Bullhammer! Barrett gets the win over one of his top foes. All hail Barrett! Winner: King Barrett ****1/4, 94% Match Quality, 79% Crowd Reaction, 86% Overall Rating WWE Divas Championship: Nikki Bella vs. Paige (C) Much like my IC Title match, I re-booked another MITB match because the rating was better than I expected. Also because I’m killing time until I can replenish the divas roster as they did in real life. Brie banned from ringside for this one after being a thorn in Paige’s side during the build-up (even though she was part of the reason Nikki lost last time). But it doesn’t matter here as Paige locks in the PTO for the successful title defense. Winner and STILL WWE Divas Champion: Paige **3/4, 74% Match Quality, 76% Crowd Reaction, 75% Overall Rating Kane vs. Randy Orton Orton continues to be a pain in the side of The Authority, so The Authority sends the Devil’s Favorite <s>Jobber</s> Demon Kane after him. Simple enough build. Anyway, they have a decent enough brawl between them and the crowd is into it but it really picked up near the end. Kane down, Orton pounding the mat getting ready for the RKO. But then the lights went out and the all too familiar sound effect played. Lights come back on and Orton, still on his hands and knees, comes face to face with BRAY WYATT in the upside down crab walk. Orton raises to his feet, looking confused. Kane spins him around with a Chokeslame. Corporate Kane actually wins! After the match is over, Wyatt hits Orton with Sister Abigail. What is the meaning of all of this??? Winner: Kane ***1/4, 79% Match Quality, 90% Crowd Reaction, 86% Overall Rating Next up, Kevin Owens comes out and continues to talk shit about how he’s the one who put John Cena out of commission. He’s been running through the competition in his NXT Title Open Challenge week in and week out, and tonight will be no exception. And holy dogshit, SAMOA JOE answers the call! NXT Championship: Samoa Joe vs. Kevin Owens (C) This PPV is absolutely killing it, as we have our third amazing match of the evening here. Announcers play up both guys being familiar with each other with prior battles on NXT and elsewhere. Ref bump at one point, Joe down too. Owens says fuck it and grabs the title to use as a weapon. And then, go figure, John Cena’s feud hits as the kids in the audience lose their shit. Cena and Owens have a fistfight and Cena hits the AA before leaving having made his point. Joe and the ref come to. Match continues for a couple more minutes but it’s clear Owens has been taken off his game. Joe locks in the Coquina Clutch and Owens, being the tough bastard he is, doesn’t tap out. But he does pass out for the count of three as Joe is declared new NXT Champion! Incredible match, a IWC’s wet dream. Winner and NEW NXT Champion: Samoa Joe ****1/2, Match Quality: 100%, Crowd Reaction: 79%, 89% Overall Rating WWE Tag Team Championships: Tyson Kidd & Cesaro vs. The New Day (C) Kidd & Cesaro never did get their proper rematch against The New Day, having last had a shot at the gold in the crowded Elimination Chamber. They had a really tough match to follow, but the guys involved here did a nice job to keep the crowd into it and put together a solid showing. The match degenerates as tag matches often times do. Woods gets involved illegally at ringside and in the midst of the chaos Kidd experiences some Trouble in Paradise as the New Day retain. Winners and STILL WWE Tag Team Champions: The New Day ***1/4, 84% Match Quality, 80% Crowd Reaction, 82% Overall Rating Time for the main event triple threat match, and before it happens we get a nicely put together compilation package. The match is said to be 2 and a half years in the making as it shows clips from The Shield’s WWE debut. Survivor Series debut right up to Reigns winning the belt off of Ambrose at MITB and the 3 of them brawling on Raw. Nice package to get the crowd a little extra amped up. 84% Overall Rating WWE World Heavyweight Championship: Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Roman Reigns (C) Extremely fun main event, all three guys get their own individual moments to shine and of course in big WWE PPV main event fashion there was also a heaping helping of drama and near-falls. Since there is, by definition, no disqualification in a triple threat match, all three guys felt comfortable taking the fight outside for a while as well, including teasing a spot with the announce table that didn’t quite come to fruition. As most expected, out came The Authority and just like at MITB and through the build, Seth Rollins wasn’t happy about this as he truly feels he can do it on his own. Triple H gets in the ring to direct traffic as Kane and J&J channel The Shield with a triple powerbomb to Ambrose through the announce table. Rollins gets in HHH’s face, screaming that he doesn’t need the help. HHH tells him to stand down, and Rollins shoves down HHH to a pop from the crowd. But it also becomes a “don’t look behind you moment”, as he turns right into a Spear from Reigns. Reigns gets the victory and retains the belt amidst all the chaos. Winner and STILL WWE World Heavyweight Champion: Roman Reigns ***1/2, 85% Match Quality, 91% Crowd Reaction, 89% Overall Rating 84% Overall Rating for Battleground 1.89 Buy Rate Holy shit, what a great show considering my main focus is on SummerSlam. Not a single bad match in the bunch and I’ve set myself up nicely for the next month of storylines. Really happy with how this played out.</font> |
Jesus, that is some mod you must have. lol
I like Barrett actually having momentum. Also, Wyatt vs Orton has been something I've been calling for for a while. Still hate Owens losing clean multiple times against Balor while feuding with Cena. The "refusing to tap out and passing out" option is a much better way to get the title off of him. Instantly sets up a potentially hot feud with Joe if/when you move him to the main roster too by leaving that doubt about who is the better man. |
<font color=goldenrod>Yeah, I'm fine with Owens losing but I want to save that first legitimate "losing 1-2-3" moment for the right time.
I'm using the EW Battleground mod for May 2015, which is generally regarded as the best mod out there as they come out with a new one every month. EWR is funny in that you'll get some surprises on who gels. Generally it's based on similar ratings...I knew Joe/Owens would be an awesome match for that reason. Paige/Nikki and Show/Ryback are not matches I ever would have run on my own but since I had to do them at MITB to stay true to the real card, and I was able to find that they have passable chemistry in the game. I was absolutely floored with Swagger/Miz. Comparing their ratings none of them are stellar at any one thing (save Swagger having a higher than average technical side) but because their overall numbers are so similar apparently it makes them have the ability to really put together something good. Neville/Barrett was even more of a shocker. Neville's top rating is speed (93) but Barrett's is only 20. No idea how on earth the game decided they'd work well together. I saw something similar happen with a Harper/Rowan vs. Lucha Dragons match I had booked on television. I guess maybe brawl-heavy vs. speed-heavy works? I kinda like the randomness to it as it encourages me to go outside the box and book guys together that I normally wouldn't based on ratings. Speaking of Barrett...yeah, I love the guy so I'm gonna push him. Sadly I'm not sure I really have anything for SummerSlam for him just because I've got a really packed card coming up, but he should get a lot more exposure once I formally split the rosters.</font> |
WCW Nitro (Week 3, August 2001) It's the "go home" show to 15th annual Great American Bash. Jeff Jarrett is already in the ring as the show starts. Jarrett calls out Eric Bischoff who makes his way out. He tells Bischoff what Rhodes did at the end of Nitro last week was attempted murder and he wants him banned from this company for life. Bischoff breaks into laughter as he responds. "What I saw was you having plenty of time to get away. I think whoever was behind that wanted to strike fear into you. And that's exactly what they did. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy." With that, Shane Douglas come out and repeats Jarrett's demands, wanting Dustin out of the company and the US Title match for the Bash cancelled. Bischoff says the first thing he needs to do is prove it was Dustin. Dustin Rhodes comes out, standing down the aisle and denies being behind the wheel. He tells Jarrett "My dad made a lot of friends in the business. And you've made a lot of enemies. Now, I'm smart enough to get my revenge in the ring and not put my career in jeopardy. But it sounds to me like there's someone else who doesn't have as much to lose. I'll see you on Sunday, Shane Douglas. And I'll see you tonight, Jeff Jarrett. And until then... you just worry about who's lurking around every corner you walk by." When we return from break, we see Kanyon's mom sitting in the front row as Mike Sanders is introduced for his match. He gives her a kiss before getting in the ring. Mike Sanders vs Johnny The Bull In his first match since returning from injury Mike Sanders defeated Johnny the Bull by pinfall with a 3.0. Winner: Mike Sanders in 6:24 After the match, Sanders goes out to kiss Kanyon's mom again as she raises his hand. A younger kid in a hood next to her suddenly stand up and throws powder in Sanders' face! He takes the hood of. It's Kanyon. As his mom yells at him, he jumps the barricade and attacks Sanders before throwing him in the ring and grabbing a chair while yelling "I told you I'd finish you off for good!" He puts the chair around a blinded Sanders' ankle and steps out to climb the turnbuckle. His mom climbs in the ring and tries to take the chair off before just laying over Sanders' leg, protecting it. After Kanyon yells at her to move for a bit, he starts to climb the turnbuckle anyway just as referees and road agents come out to stop him. Schiavonne and Lawler curse Kanyon, questioning whether he was just about to hit his mother. Lex Luger (w/ Torrie Wilson) vs Disqo Lex Luger makes somewhat short work of Disqo in his first match since being freed from Midajah with Torrie in his corner. He makes Disqo submit to the torture rack. Winner: Lex Luger in 4:28 After the match, Luger gets on the mic and tells us how it feels so good to be a free man and to have outsmarted his ex partner and manager with the help of the beautiful Torrie Wilson. Midajah comes out pulling Bagwell behind her by his hair. She tells Luger that he didn't outsmart her. He simply outsmarted Buff by taking advantage of a... weakness he has. But she'll make sure he is prepared to make Luger pay this Sunday and show him who the real star of her clientele always was. "Tonight, Buff will show the world what he can do when he beats Fit Finlay." Buff doesn't look pleased about the match that's been set up for him. Billy Kidman and "Sugar" Shane Helms vs The Jung Dragons Kidman and Helms defeated Jung Dragons in a competitive match when Billy Kidman defeated Yun Yang by pinfall with a Shooting Star Press. Winners: Kidman and Helms in 11:02 Konnan and Chavo come out post-match. Konnan tells Kidman he made the wrong move. Helms has him brainwashed into thinking he's a friend to protect that title. But not only will Konnan show Kidman some tough love and beat sense into him on Sunday... but his true family, Chavo will make Helms pay by taking the Cruiserweight Title from him. Gene Okerlund is in the ring and introduces Diamond Dallas Page. Page talks about the triple threat this Sunday and his issues with Booker T, whom he calls out. Booker and Page exchange words over the issue of Page accusing Booker of being afraid to face Page alone last week. Page says he's thought about it and while he stands by what he said. He shows the clip of Booker kicking Page and costing them the match two weeks ago. Booker tells Page he doesn't have any doubts he can beat Page and in fact, he might just take Jarrett out of the equation so he can pin Page and prove his point. Page welcomes it and tells Booker he plans on leaving no doubt by pinning Booker for the title. The two men shake hands while staring each other down to end the segment. The Road Warriors vs Elix Skipper and Kid Romeo Animal and Steiner (in Road Warrior makeup and spikes under his "Road Warrior Gremlin" name) fight as The Road Warriors for the first time. In a quick match, Skipper and Romeo get disqualified after Skipper, while retreating to the outside and begging off, takes a pair of handcuffs out of his tights and suddenly cuffs Gremlin to the ring post. As Animal comes out for the save, Lance Storm and Mike Awesome attack. Winners by DQ: The Road Warriors in 1:59 Awesome, Storm, Skipper and Romeo beat down Animal in the ring as Gremlin watches on helpless. Storm shakes Skipper and Romeo's hand, thanking them for the help. Storm goes out to get a table and sets it up in the ring as Awesome goes to the top and Storm picks up Animal to put him in position for an Awesome bomb from the top through the table. Suddenly Gremlin is able to summon the strength to snap the chain of the cuffs and break free! He gets in the ring and makes a b line for Storm and Awesome but they drop Animal and run from the ring. This leaves Skipper and Romeo to get destroyed by both Road Warriors and both men end up getting slammed through a table as Awesome and Storm look on. The Natural Born Thrillers make their way out and to the announce table where they'll be for the following match. KroniK, Shawn Stasiak and Mark Jindrak vs America's Most Wanted, Norman Smiley and Kwee Wee The Thrillers discuss the rumors after last week that KroniK and Stacy's team have formed a union to take out NBT and then fight for the titles themselves. Those rumors gain more credibility after the teams work together to destroy their opponents with KroniK hitting a double chokeslam on Smiley to finish them off. Winners: KroniK, Shawn Stasiak and Mark Jindrak in 4:03 All four men stand together and look down on the Thrillers, having sent a clear message. The Thrillers acknowledge what this means but make it clear they have every intention of overcoming the odds. As we come back for our next match, Fit Finlay is making his entrance but is attacked from behind by Buff Bagwell. Bagwell uses the barricade as a weapon to choke Finlay, tosses him head first into the ring post and simply lays waste to him while Midajah coaches him on before Luger can run out to make the save and chase him off. Gene Okerlund is backstage with Dustin Rhodes where he asks him about his upcoming match with Jeff Jarrett and his US Title Texas Bullrope match with Shane Douglas in 6 days. Rhodes says he's been talking to his dad every day throughout his recovery and he knows he's gonna make him proud on Sunday when he takes the US title from Shane Douglas. But tonight isn't about a title. Tonight is about revenge. He holds the blood-stained bullrope up for the camera to see and tells us his goal tonight is to have Jarrett's blood on his hands. Jeff Jarrett vs Dustin Rhodes Before the match starts, a car similar to the one from last week backs into the arena and stops next to the stage. After a staredown from across the ring, the ref rings the bell. Dustin runs for Jarrett and Jarrett jumps out of the ring, doing everything he can to escape the rage Dustin has had bottled up for weeks now. He tries to run down the aisle only for DDP to come out and stop him. He turns back and Dustin is there to meet him with right hands. Jarrett gets thrown back into the ring and Dustin unloads an offensive flurry as Jarrett seems content to just try to find a way to escape as opposed to fighting back. Eventually, Dustin gets the bullrope and, ignoring the referee, chokes Jarrett with it until the ref has to call for the bell. Winner by DQ: Jeff Jarrett in 6:18 Shane Douglas makes his way out from the crowd with a steel pipe and goes to hit Dustin with it but Dustin sees him and grabs it just as he swings, pulling it away from him. Douglas looks on frozen for a second before he ducks out of the ring as the distraction allows Jarrett to stumble away as well. Both men back down the aisle, having forgotten what's waiting for them at the top of the ramp. Jarrett suddenly pushes Douglas into Page and tries to run past him only for Rhodes to catch him. Douglas escapes Page and runs through the crowd, watching the scene from afar as Jarrett tries to beg off Dustin before being thrown off the stage and through the back window of the car! The car slowly pulls forward, allowing Jarrett to slide off in a motionless heap and drives away. Rhodes looks down at the scene with a smile and then looks over to Shane Douglas, pointing to him and giving the throat slash gesture as he clutches his US Title. Jerry Lawler and Tony Schiavonne wonder out loud who car and if Jarrett will even make it to the Bash this Sunday now as the show goes off the air. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________ Show Rating: 50 (Lost popularity in 10 regions. Not enough interesting storylines going on. The lack of starpower is hurting but I've got a lot of guys who have been gaining popularity steadily over the past two months so the future looks promising.) |
WCW.com post-show news Great American Bash card WCW World Heavyweight Title Match: Booker T (c) vs Diamond Dallas Page vs Jeff Jarrett WCW United States Title Texas Bullrope Match: Shane Douglas (c) vs Dustin Rhodes WCW World Tag Team Title Triple Threat Match: The Natural Born Thrillers (c) vs KroniK vs Jindrak and Stasiak WCW Cruiserweight Title Match: "Sugar" Shane Helms (c) vs Chavo Guererro Falls Count Anywhere: The Road Warriors (Gremlin and Animal) vs Team Canada Kanyon vs Mike Sanders Lex Luger vs Buff Bagwell Konnan vs Billy Kidman Ratings Nitro: .65 (Up from .63) Raw: 5.45 (Up from 5.40) |
<font color=goldenrod>I like Midajah of all people having an actual character in this instead of her real life role which pretty much amounted to "LOOK AT MY BOOBS".</font>
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Are any of these sims free? Where can I find them?
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<font color=goldenrod>EWR is free, not sure about TEW.
The latest EWR can be downloaded here: http://www.ewwarehouse.info/mod-index/ew-mod-index/ Game was created way back in 2003, so you'll need to download a new data pack. I usually get them off of www.ewbattleground.com as there's a new one uploaded each month.</font> |
TEW2005 is free now.
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http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...14-212-170.jpg WCW Great American Bash (Sunday August 26th, 2001) The show starts with a 2 minute hype video focusing on the battles for the World and US Titles. WCW World Tag Team Title Match: KroniK vs Mark Jindrak and Shawn Stasiak vs The Natural Born Thrillers In a match that had an average crowd reaction and some decent in-ring action, KroniK and Jindrak and Stasiak's coalition breaks down when Stasiak tries to roll up Clark for a surprise win but only gets 2. This leads to The Thrillers eventually taking advantage of the situation and Palumbo pinning Stasiak for the 3. Winners and still WCW World Tag Team Champions: The Natural Born Thrillers in 14:48 Gene Okerlund is backstage with Jeff Jarrett. Jarrett's rubs are taped up and he speculates on a conspiracy to keep him out of tonight's match. He says he'll be out there though and calls his future World Title victory the most heroic win in wrestling history. Kanyon vs Mike Sanders Sanders makes his entrance with Kanyon's mom by his side which infuriates Kanyon. Before the match begins, Sanders gets the crowd to start a "Kanyon's daddy" chant which only makes it worse. In a match that had an average crowd reaction and some decent in-ring action, after some good back and forth action, Kanyon takes complete control leading Lawler and Schiavonne to wonder if Sanders was really completely healed. As the ref checks on Sanders on one side of the ring, Kanyon goes to the other to taunt his mother. As she gets on the apron, he yells at her to get down before getting slapped. Kanyon looks on in shock as his lip quivers. He turns around as Sanders gets up and hits a 3.0 for the 3 count. Winner: Mike Sanders in 10:25 Shane Helms and Billy Kidman are interviewed backstage. Kidman tells Konnan he's dedicating their match tonight to Rey. WCW Cruiserweight Title Match: Shane Helms vs Chavo Guererro In a match that had some good action but not much in the way of heat, Helms and Guererro go back and forth in a high-paced affair. The match ends with Guererro locking in an STF but Helms refusing to tap. After a good minute in the hold, the bell rings. Chavo gets up to celebrate as the ref talks to the time keeper and we get the official announcement. The 20 minute time limit has expired. Winner: Time Limit Draw in 20:00 Guererro grabs the Cruiserweight title as the ref goes to give it to Helms and blasts Helms in the face with it, knocking him out cold before dropping the title and leaving the ring. Midajah is backstage being interviewed with Buff Bagwell. She warns Luger his plan is going to fall apart tonight when he gets the match he's wanted for so long... and fails. Buff Bagwell vs Lex Luger In a match that had some good action and average heat, Bagwell gets the upperhand momentarily but is unable to get a pin after a blockbuster. He goed outside, gets a steel chair and delivers a piledriver on Luger onto it as the ref calls for the bell. Winner by DQ: Lex Luger in 9:38 Bagwell continues the attack with another couple piledrivers onto the chair. Torrie gets in the ring to protect him only to get attacked by Midajah, leaving her down as well. Midajah raises Bagwells hand as they stand over their foes. World Champion Booker T is interviewed backstage. Okerlund questions where Booker was when DDP helped Dustin Rhodes on Nitro and why he wasn't there to do the same. Booker takes offense to Gene stirring the pot before telling him he's focused on tonight. Falls Count Anywhere: The Road Warriors vs Team Canada In a match that had some good action and average heat, the four men work their way back into the dressing room and out to the back of the arena. Storm ends up being press slamed into a dumpster as The Warriors double team Mike Awesome. Awesome is able to power out of the double team and powerbomb Steiner into the same dumpster Storm was in before Animal comes back on the attack. As the two of them fight, the ref heads over to the dumpster and counts the 1-2-3. The camera runs over to show Storm with his arm over Steiner. Awesome and Animal keep brawling until officials separate them. Winners: Team Canada in 13:40 Shane Douglas is interviewed backstage and tells Dustin Rhodes he's not scared one bit after what Rhodes did on Nitro because after tonight, he'll be sharing a hospital bed with his daddy. We get a video recapping the events leading up to Douglas-Rhodes. WCW United States Title Texas Bullrope Match: Dustin Rhodes vs Shane Douglas Rhodes makes his entrance and stops to wave someone out. A bandaged up Dusty Rhodes steps out to be in his corner and Douglas yells at the ref in protest. In a match that had some good action and average heat, Douglas and Rhodes battle back and forth in a violent, stiff encoounter. The match ends with Douglas trying to stop Rhodes from hitting the 4th corner but missing a clothesline. Rhodes uses the rope to pull Douglas in for a lariat of his own but Douglas ducks and Rhodes lets his momentum take him into the 4th corner behind Douglas and win the match! Winner and NEW WCW United States Champion: Dustin Rhodes Douglas flips out and goes on the attack after the bell rings. He takes the bullrope off his wrist and chokes Dustin with it until Dusty comes in and hits a series of elbows to send him out of the ring. Dusty and Dustin hug and celebrate with the US Title. Konnan is interviewed backstage where he counters Kidman's dedication earlier by dedicating the match to Rey himself. He says he still has hope that Rey understands why he had to do what he did and that Kidman will be understanding after the tough love he shows him tonight. Konnan vs Billy Kidman In a match that had some good action and average heat, Konnan works on Kidman's back for most of the match. Eventually, Kidman gets the advntage and goes to the top for a shooting star press but jumps off, nursing his back. Konnan immediately gets up, takes Kidman down and locks in Tequila Sunrise. Kidman is showing serious pain and has to tap out. Winner: Konnan in 14:06 Konnan give a few parting kicks to Kidman's injured back before kneeling down and looking down with a look of sadness before walking out as officials check on Kidman. Diamond Dallas Page is interviewed backstage where he stands by his promise to take Jarrett out and take the title from Booker himself. A video recaps the lead up to the upcoming championship match. In a bout that featured great action and a good crowd, Page takes a big bump outside when Jarrett throws Booker into the ropes and knocks Page off the apron and through the announce table. This distraction allows Jarrett to clip Booker's knee and lock in the figure four. Booker is able to withstand the figure four for a good 2-3 minutes before Page starts to stir and climbs into the ring to break it up. Jarrett turns his attention to a hurt Page as Booker lays in the corner, grabbing his knee. Jarrett pounds away on Page before climbing to the top. Page slowly gets up and then with a sudden burst, pulls Jarrett off the top rope with a diamond cutter out of nowhere! Page slowly gets up and looks down at a motionless Jarrett and then turns to Booker who is still nursing his knee on the ground. Page gives the crowd the signal and stumbles over to pick up Booker but gets rolled up for the 1-2-3! Winner and still WCW World Heavyweight Champion: Booker T in 24:40 Page puts his head in his hands distraught. He looks at Booker shaking his head as Booker sits staring back in the corner. Booker stands and extends his hand... but Page just walks out. Booker watches as Page walks down the aisle and Jarrett gets up to attack, clipping Booker's knee again and starts stomping. Page turns and stares but doesn't budge. Eventually as the crowd's reaction picks up, Page does the right thing, rushing to the ring to run off Jarrett, take the title and after a short hesitation, hand it to Booker. He raises Booker's hand in victory as the show ends. ________________________________________ Show rating: 59 (Gained popularity in 8 regions, lost popularity in 2 regions) Match of the night: Booker T vs Jeff Jarrett vs Diamond Dallas Page Buyrate: .08 |
<font color=goldenrod>Good show there. I find myself being interested in some characters I didn't really care about in WCW. Dustin Rhodes was bland and boring as all hell in WCW but here he actually comes across as badass especially with his story being a believable one.
Konnan is quickly becoming one of the best heels in the company, which is cool to think about since he got stuck in such a boring routine in WCW where he'd just do the same speech to pop the crowd every week while doing nothing new or interesting. He was like the Road Dogg of WCW.</font> |
The irony of what you just said is pretty crazy considering what I've been planning for the next Nitro.
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WCW Nitro (Week 4, August 2001) One night removed from The Great American Bash, Tony Schiavonne and Jerry Lawler welcome us to what should be an eventful Nitro. We start with Jeff Jarrett coming out to complain about the outcome of last night's match. "Even with the world against me and cracked ribs, I still should be champion right now..." He's cut off by the cameras catching the same car that has been after him for two weeks pulling up backstage, cracked back window and all. Jarrett yells "We're not going through this again. If you wanna screw with me, get the hell out here and do it face to face, whoever you are!" With that, the door opens... we get a bit of a dramatic pause and out steps... "The Road Dogg" Jesse James! The crowd pops huge as he starts walking. Jarrett is losing his shit in the ring as he finally comes through the entrance and makes his way to the arena. Eric Bischoff is quick to follow along with security before he's able to get in the ring. Bischoff does however let him have a mic. He does a little crowd pandering. "The outlaw has arrived in WCW!" He eventually turns his attention to Jarrett, reminding him of their sordid history before telling him of the respect he has for Dusty Rhodes. How it shows when he's in the ring just how much he idolized The Dream. And after watching his old buddy Jeff's actions over the past couple months, he decided it was time to come say hi." Jarrett speculates that Jesse James idolizes Dusty because they're both out of shape disappointments. He says after the last two weeks, he wants him not just banned from WCW... but arrested. Bischoff gets on the mic and tells Jarrett "As deplorable as you are as a human being... you're right in this instance." He turns to Jesse James. "I'm gonna have to ask security to see you out." The crowd does not approve but security does its job and Jesse taunts Jarrett as he's escorted back to his car and told to leave the building. With that, Jarrett calls Bischoff in the ring and congratulates him on making a good call. He tells him to make another one. If it wasn't for DDP, he would have made Booker T tap out last night and taken the WCW title. So how about making a one-on-one match so he can conclude his heroic "Cinderella story" the right way. Shane Douglas now comes to the ring and interrupts, telling Bischoff how unfair it was to put him in a Texas Bullrope match with a Rhodes boy, citing favoritism. He wants a rematch, too. Jarrett cuts Douglas off, reminding him of how he left him hanging last week and he's partly responsible for the cracked ribs he's suffering from. The two get into a shouting match before Bischoff cuts them off. He makes two announcements. The first: In just 6 weeks time, on Sunday, October 14th WCW will return to PPV. And it will be the return... of War Games! 60 men. One match. The winner will earn a shot at the WCW World Heavyweight Title at the 19th annual Starrcade PPV on December 16th. And the second announcement is that Booker T has suffered a slight fracture in his ankle that will put him on the shelf for a few weeks. If Jeff Jarrett wants a title match at that time, he'll have to wins his match tonight. And if Shane Douglas wants his rematch against Dustin Rhodes for the US Title, he'll have to win HIS match tonight. And their opponents... will be each other. Jarrett and Douglas look at each other with determination as we go to break. Jindrak and Stasiak (w/ Stacy Keibler) vs KroniK In a bout that had solid in-ring action and average heat, Jindrak gets knocked off the apron and Stacy runs over to check on him. Stasiak finds himself distracted by this scene and it's enough for KroniK to pull him in for a "total meltdown" and get the pin. Winners: KroniK in 11:34 After the match, Stacy continues to check on Jindrak outside while Stasiak is out cold in the ring. Lance Storm and Mike Awesome make their way out. Storm hypes Awesome's performance from last night reminding everyone how after Storm was taken out, he survived two tag team legends by himself. He says if there's anyone who should be calling themselves an animal, it's the beast standing next to him. He issues an open challenge on behalf of Awesome and out comes... a returning "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan! Mike Awesome vs "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan After the surprise wears off, reality sets in. Awesome makes relatively short work of Duggan and finishes him off with an awesome bomb and a foot on the chest for the pin. Winner: Mike Awesome in 2:51 Backstage, Gene Okerlund is with "Sugar" Shane Helms. Helms wishes Kidman a speedy recovery and tells Chavo he's not satisfied retaining his title on a draw and he'll do it again any time, any place. He also says that after he's done with him, he wants Konnan. "Sugar" Shane Helms vs Elix Skipper In a bout that had solid in-ring action but not much in the way of heat, Shane Helms defeated Elix Skipper by pinfall with a Vertebreaker. Winner: "Sugar" Shane Helms in 6:45 After the match, Chavo comes out and attacks Helms from behind and Konnan follows. Chavo grapevines Helms' leg and puts him in an ankle lock as Konnan gets a mic, gets on his hands and knees, and gets face-to-face with Helms. "The only reason we aren't finishing your career right now like we did to Rey and Billy... is because we wanna make you suffer more. This was all your fault. Next week, you're gonna be nice and healthy so you can defend that Cruiserweight title against Chavo. After that... it's you and me. And that's when I make you pay for taking my family away from me." He drops the mic, tells Chavo to break the hold and walks out as Helms looks down the aisle seething. America's Most Wanted vs The Jung Dragons In an awful match that was completely devoid of heat, America's Most Wanted defeated Jung Dragons when James Allen defeated Kaz Hayashi by pinfall with an 8-Second Ride. Winners: America's Most Wanted in 7:46 As AMW celebrate their victory, out of nowhere, Buff Bagwell comes out and attacks them both from behind with Midajah behind him directing the attack. He eventually throws them out of the ring and Midajah gets on the mic. She says that last night, she made Lex Luger and Torrie Wilson regret ever thinking they could get one up on her. "But I have to thank Torrie. She exposed a weakness in Buff. A weakness... that will never be exposed again, isn't that right?" Buff shakes his head in agreement. She then explains how The Jung Dragons are a team that have been lost since Kimona's firing. And she sees that as an opportunity for her to show the world what kind of power she wields. She vows to make them champions if they join herself and Buff. They shake her hand and she raises their hand as Buff stands next to them looking... buff. Johnny Swinger is out for the next match but Kanyon attacks, laying him and continuing the attack until Mike Sanders runs out to chase him off. Kanyon gets on the mic. He says if Sanders' mission was to make him snap, he's done it. He wants to confront Sanders and his mother in the ring next week and he plans to end this rivalry one way or another. Booker T makes his way out on a crutch, nursing his injured ankle. He'll be on commentary for the main event. Jeff Jarrett vs Shane Douglas In a match that had some good action and average heat, Jarrett decides to take some time out of the match to taunt Booker at ringside. As he does this, there's a commotion in the crowd. The camera pans to see "Road Dogg" Jesse James coming through the crowd, holding a ticket in his hand. He comes all the way to the front row and smiles at Jarrett who yells at him while he stands calmly. The referee's count gets to 9 and James points to the ring as Jarrett turns just in time to hear the "10"! Winner by countout: Shane Douglas in 13:30 Just then, Jesse James jumps the railing and attacks Jarrett for only a couple seconds before security swarms and pulls him away. Jarrett takes the opportunity to get in a few cheap shots as he's taken from the arena. An irate Jarrett walks around the ring and suddenly attacks an injured Booker T as he sits next to Lawler. Jarrett throws Booker in the ring and proceeds to stomp on his injured ankle. As Douglas comes to, he and Jarrett stare each other down before Douglas joins in on the attack! Jarrett goes out to get a chair and as he does, out comes Dustin Rhodes who gets cut off by Shane Douglas and the two brawl to the outside and continue trading punches all the way to the backstage area. This leaves Jarrett with Booker and a group of officials trying to stop him. He steps on the ankle and lifts the chair before Diamond Dallas Page runs out for the, save chasing Jarrett out of the ring. Page stands in the ring for a second, looking down at Booker and grabs a mic. He takes the chair and sits down in front of a fallen Booker T who is unable to stand. "We had a little talk a few weeks ago about who the real people's champ is, Book. It was all in good fun. But we know I started using that name for a reason. Me and these people have a connection. Just like they do with you now. Last night, I decided proving a point was more important than winning that World title. And it cost me. Normally I'd have their support in a situation like that. Instead... I heard mostly cheers at my misfortune. So I guess it's time to admit. You're the people's champ, Booker." Page stands up and folds the chair he was sitting in back up. "You're the people's champ... Let the people save your ass from now on." Page rolls out of the ring and hands the chair to a confused looking Jeff Jarrett as he walks down the aisle, never looking back. Jarrett gets back in the ring and attacks a fallen Booker again before driving the chair multiple times into his ankle, leaving him laying there being attended to by referees and backstage officials as the show ends. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Show rating: 51 (Lost popularity in 10 regions) |
Post Show News
Next Week on Nitro WCW Cruiserweight Title Match: "Sugar" Shane Helms vs Chavo Guererro World War 3 Card World War 3 60 Man Battle Royal for the opportunity to challenge for the WCW World Heavyweight Title at Starrcade. Ratings Nitro: .63 (Down from .65) Raw: 5.29 (Down from 5.45) |
<font color=goldenrod>Hah, pretty hilarious seeing Road Dogg show up after my comments. Makes sense to bring him in really, seems exactly like the type of person WCW would have brought in had they continued on into the summer of 2001.
Really like the twist with DDP. I figure something had to give between them and one of them would have needed to turn in order to keep the feud going past one show. WORLD WAR 3 :love: I've always been a battle royal mark so I loved World War 3 despite it being completely impossible to tell what is going on.</font> |
Yeah. That Road Dogg comment was pretty crazy. Signed him like a week before you randomly brought him up. As for DDP, I wanted to do a more "cerebral" turn as opposed to just having him attack. Seems like there's more emotion involved in just having him abandon him like that.
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When you take over a company, it takes a while to build up stars and get the company to look like you want it to. I'm thinking it's gonna take about 2 years game time. Makes it tough to stick with.
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<font color=goldenrod>Yep, I could never have the patience for TEW. I've booked what I thought were great shows on there only for it to go over like a fart in church.
At least in EWR it's fairly easy to elevate guys, especially with the feuds feature. Although running 3 shows I can't really do any "Major" feuds as they lose steam if not mentioned enough. Minor feuds work well, though.</font> |
<font color=goldenrod>I still have quite a bit of TV to book before I get there but, assuming no injuries or suspensions pop up here's what I've got mapped out for SummerSlam:
Triple H vs. Rollins (if Rollins wins, The Authority is out of power for good) This isn't the main event but it was the focal part of the Raw right after Battleground. 2 PPVs in a row Rollins had a great showing and was insistent he could win on his own only for Triple H to insist on Authority involvement. Triple H finally had Rollins kicked out of the now dwindling group and Rollins' face turn was now complete. A match is set and after a few weeks Vince resurfaces to tell Triple H that his leadership of Raw and SD is on the line. BUT FOR REALSIES THIS TIME! No take-backs like Survivor Series. Obviously this is the angle I'm using to justify bringing back the brand split soon. Kane vs. Ambrose (if Ambrose wins, Kane is fired as Director of Operations) Sort of an extension of the other match. But Kane is looking somewhat relevant after his win over Orton and Ambrose still has issues with The Authority. Pretty much just sticking these guys together because it should be a good brawl and another nice way to wrap up The Authority angle for good. I envisioned Rollins and Ambrose being unwittingly forced to team up a few times in the build (yes WWE, you can actually have two faces team up and play off that they hate each other rather than them automatically forgiving each other for a year's long blood feud). World Heavyweight Title: Reigns vs. Lesnar The real main event. Reigns, as mentioned, is a badass heel now. Bragged about defeating his two face former Shield brothers and got heat for it. Says he can take on all comers. Cue the reinstatement of Lesnar, still owed a rematch for the World Title since WM...and a huge locker room emptying brawl ensued. I'm normally against the idea of a WM main event being immediately rehashed at SummerSlam, but it makes sense here and has a different dynamic with heel Reigns. US Title: Cena vs. Owens The logical conclusion to their feud, which to this point has seen Owens win twice (once by countout) and put Cena out of commission for a while. Cena made his return at the last PPV and played a part in Owens dropping the NXT Title. This rivalry got personal with Owens reminding the fans that he had supposedly ended Cena's career every week, and now things will come to a head with the US Title on the line. Wyatt vs. Orton Too lazy to do any detailed writeups but this one was basically confirmed based on what happened at Battleground. Wyatt just being a creep as usual in the build. Would love to see this feud in real life. IC Title: Ryback vs. Sheamus Another obvious match based on what happened at Battleground. Ziggler vs. Rusev One of the few feuds I'm shamelessly borrowing from real life. Tag Titles: New Day issue an Open Challenge I'm probably overdoing it with Open Challenges but whatever, I already have the team planned out and I think it'd be a cool moment if what I have planned were to happen in real life. Divas Title: Paige vs. Nikki vs. Brie Likely the pre-show match. Just total filler and unimaginative booking on my part, admittedly. Can't wait to call up some gals from NXT once I have the draft and more structure to my shows. Felt bad not having room for Barrett on the show at the moment given I'm trying to push him, but he'll be fine.</font> |
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Your SummerSlam card I'm pretty sure is gonna be miles better than what they end up going with, by the way. I'd have no problem with Reigns vs Lesnar happening again with the new dynamic. It's not like it's the same tired, worn-out "rematch for the sake of having a rematch" thing they usually do. It fits in with the story.
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Anyone here interested in doing an EWR split game? It's where we each take a brand and draft our own rosters and play the same set of data, sending it to the other person once you've booked your show.
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So TEW 2016 has been announced. Just looked through the new features and one of them is an actual auto-book ingoption ala EWR. I know the time consuming booking is one of the main gripes about TEW.
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TEW 2016 is gonna be nuts with the new features, many hours spent into these games myself.....can't wait for the release.
Here is the journal featuring all of the new additions to the game http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum...d.php?t=532912 |
LONG LIVE THE WRESTLING SIM TOPIC!
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lol the second to last post in here over 3 years ago was a breakdown of TEW 2016...….and now here's TEW 2020
http://www.greydogsoftware.com/forum...d.php?t=542407 I don't expect this to lead to any active discussion since so few people sim here any more, but holy shit this game sounds immersive |
I actually just played 2016 a few weeks ago. Not sure about 2020. Nothing I read in the developers journal really put it over the top for me.
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I don't think I ever tried 2016 as I remember feeling overwhelmed with TEW when it first came out.
But I'd be down to try this. Much as I love EWR, I do get bored fast in part because of the limitations. Of course this contradicts things I said on this very page (albeit from 4 years ago and now I'm jonesing to final dive back in, lol) |
Sad I only booked my 2015 game for about two months before I once again forgot about it, funny how I brought up bringing back the roster split a year before it actually happened.
Also booking all three members of the Shield to hold the title on the same night at MITB in 2015 and that also happened a year later at MITB, just with the roles switched. |
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I might get around to posting my roster later if I remember. It's safe to say a lot has happened in the last few years. Plus I just barely learned how to get people to become managers. :mad:
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Haha, just realizing it's been over 5 years since I've run a game I was posting here. I change my mind so rapidly.
Shame too as I really think some of the ideas would've been great to keep up with, like running NXT in 2002 with that loaded development class. |
With me not watching any wrestling for almost five years straight and being so far into the future that anything in the present doesn't exist in my universe, it's nice to have a game essentially untainted by anything WWE.
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In a move that is certain proof that this pandemic is sucking all of the joy out of my life, here is my current roster and their status as of WrestleMania 56 in March of 2040. First a summary of the most recent events. Starting in August of the previous year, the roster was split three ways amongst the shows, each with their own authority figure with the goal of producing the best show culminating in a 4-on-4 match at WrestleMania between the two top shows to determine who remains in charge. Darren Caine, who was in charge of Raw, lost out and was fired, thus leaving Vanessa (Superstars) and Lisa Benton (SmackDown!) to battle it out via proxy. Benton's team won. There will be more details in the roster list. Speaking of which:
Aaron Ramsey: Heel manager. Until about a month ago he was still a cruiserweight competitor but getting up there in years. Charismatic though so I decided to make the move to get him to be the mouthpiece for some of the stiffs. Adrian Gallagher: Face. One half of the team The British Infection. Managed by Fantasee Aphrodite: Face manager. Just like Aaron Ramsey, getting up there in years but great on the mic so I turned her. Arianna: Heel. One of the top heel female stars I have. Azazel: Monster heel, not even four months in. Coming off a loss for his team at WrestleMania, managed by Vivian Merrick Beckie Demira: Face. I haven't had her do anything of note. On the post-WM chopping block Ben Dillinger: Face. One half of the top face tag team, the Dillingers. Coming off an unsuccessful challenge to the tag team titles at WrestleMania. 4-time tag team champion Billie Padgett: Female monster heel. Former leader of the Brooklyn Sisterhood stable. Getting up there in years but I think I've got a feud for her. Multiple time Women's champion Blaine Bellamey: Face. One half of the pretty boy tag team, the Wyldhearts. Coming off a loss in an 8-man tag at WrestleMania. Feuding with The Agents of Change. Bobbi Jo: Female heel lackey to Hannah McCormick, Bobby Whitlock: Face. One half of the Can-Am Connection. 2-time tag team champion. Coming off a win in a 6-man tag at WM. On the post-WM chopping block. Bonnie Beckham: Heel. Haven't really done anything of note with her. On the post-WM chopping block. Brandon Reigns: Face. One the rise, recent Money in the Bank winner at WM. 3-time Intercontinental Champion. Starting an angle involving being mentored by another veteran I'll be phasing out of active competition. Brody Lee: Heel. One half of the Southern Gentleman. Brooke: Heel manager. Same story as Aphrodite. Butch Fleming: Top heel in the company. Currently serving a one year suspension for an anti-BLM tweet ( :shifty: ). 3-time Unified World champion. Former leader of the City Slickers stable. Back-to-back King of the Ring winner. C.J.: Heel. Another one of my top female stars. Caleb Greene: Face. One half of Mean & Greene. Former cruiserweight champion and tag team champion. Managed by Aphrodite. Cameron Harper: Face. Blue chipper rookie. Carl Deveroux: Face. One half of the Ragin' Cajuns. On the post-WM chopping block Carmella Costello: Heel. Still working through the ranks. Managed by Brooke. Chet Morris: Heel. Former one half of the Morris cousins. Coming off a loss in a 6-man tag at WM. Multiple time tag team champion. Chris Carville: Face. One half of MC Enterprises. On the post-WM chopping block. Chris Collins: Heel. Second generation star. Multiple time Unified World and tag team champion. Coming off a loss in an 8-person tag match at WM. Clayton North: Heel. One half of the Agents of Change. Coming off a win in an 8-man tag at WM. Feuding with the Wyldhearts. Clubber Harris: Heel. 4-time Unified World champion, 3-time Intercontinental champion. Unsuccessful bid to win Money in the Bank at WM. Conner Buchanan: Face. Other half of the Can-Am connection. 2-time tag team champion, 2-time Intercontinental champion. Coming off a win in a 6-man tag at WM. Managed by Paul Andrews. Cordelia: Heel. Nothing of note. Corey Mattis: Heel. Other half of the Agents of Change Daniel St. Croix: Face. Other half of the Ragin' Cajuns. On the post-WM chopping block. DJ Stokes: Face. Cruiserweight. Nothing of note. On the post-WM chopping block. Doug Michaels: Heel. Cruiserweight. Nothing of note. Doyle Hughes: Heel. One half of the Wolves of Wall Street. Drakken: Face. One half of the Wasteland. Duke: Face. Other half of the Wasteland Eclypse: Heel. Weirdo monster chick. 3-time Women's champion Eddy Malone: Face. Other half of MC Enterprises. On the post-WM chopping block. Emilio London: Heel. Other half of the Wolves of Wall Street. Emma Edwards: Heel. Another monster chick. Former member of the Brooklyn Sisterhood. On the post-WM chopping block Faith Connors: Face. Yeah, I stole the name. Who cares? :mad: She's the number one face in the women's division although not the champion at this time. Got the win for her team in the 8-person tag for control of the company. First Queen of the Ring winner, 5-time Women's champion. Went undefeated her first year. Fantasee: Face manager. Frankie: Face. Rookie women's wrestler. Managed by Fantasee Freddie Galino: Heel. One half of Galino & Farnes Gavin Jones: Face. Member of the Hunters. One half of the Play Pals. 3-time tag team champion. 2-time Cruiserweight champion. Coming off a win in the 8-person tag match for control of the company. Hannah McCormick: Heel. Cocky wannabe music star. The 4th Queen of the Ring. Haven: Face. Former leader of the Order stable. The most recent King of the Ring winner. Ian Moore: Face. Non-wrestler. Only keeping him to make sure he doesn't sign for another company. I've actually lost track of how many accomplishments he's had in his career. Isaac Wolff: Face. Cruiserweight. Nothing of note. Jake Connelly: Face. Looking to phase him into managing Brandon Reigns as he's getting up there in age. This is another guy where I've lost track of how many accomplishments he's had but it's been a hell of a career. Jamie Roderick: Face. Second generation women's wrestler. 3-time Women's champion Jason Sorola: Heel. Former member of the Hunters. 1-time Intercontinental champion, 3-time cruiserweight champion. Failed to win Money in the Bank at WM Jenna Kyle: Heel. Former friend of Faith Connors. 2-time Queen of the Ring winner in back-to-back years. 3-time Women's Champion. Lost the fall for her team in the 8-person tag match at WM for control of the company Jerome McDougal: Heel. Cruiserweight. Nothing of note. Jesse Capalbo: Face. Cruiserweight. Nothing of note. Jimmy Farnes: Heel. Other half of Galino & Farnes. Joey Dillinger: Face. Other half of the Dillingers. 4-time tag champion, 2-time cruiserweight champion. Failed to win the tag team titles at WM. Joey Osbourne: Heel. Cruiserweight. Nothing of note. Johnny Dangerson: Heel. One half of the Millennium Rebels. 2-time Cruiserweight champion. Managed by Aaron Ramsey Jordan Demiras: Face. Current Cruiserweight champion in his first reign. Coming off a successful title defense in a triple threat at WM. Josh Turmell: Face. Cruiserweight. Nothing of note. Julian Merrick: Heel. One half of the Future Foundation and current tag team champion in his second reign. Brother to and managed by Vivian Merrick. Successfully defended title at WM against the Dillingers. Justin Mitchell: Heel. One half of the Academy. 2-time tag team champion. Coming off loss in the 8-person tag match for control of the company at WM. Kelley Hayes: Heel. Nothing of note. She's on the post-WM chopping block. Kerry Cemenko: Face. 1-time Unified World champion, 3-time Intercontinental champion. Failed to win Money in the Bank at WM. King Kavovit: Heel. Failed to win Money in the Bank at WM Kyle Jacobs: Face. Second generation star. Current Intercontinental champion after winning it at WM for his first reign. L.A. Xander: Heel. Nothing of note Lauren Franklyn: Face. Nothing of note Lisa Benton: Face. Non-wrestler. Current boss. 6-time Women's champion Lonny Richards: Face. Other half of Mean & Greene with Caleb Greene. Coming off a loss in an 8-man tag match at WM. Former tag team champion. Managed by Aphrodite. Luis Ortega: Heel. One half of the Sin City Rollers. Lyle Morris: Heel. Former half of the Morris Cousins and former member of the Order. Failed to win the cruiserweight title at WM. Multiple time tag team champion Lzzy Ryd: Face. I want to try pushing her but it's a crowded women's division as it is. Madison: Face. Nothing of note. I'll probably turn her into a manager as well. Marc Fury: Face. Cruiserweight. Nothing of note. Martyn LaSalle: Face. 3-time Cruiserweight champion. Failed to win Money in the Bank at WM Mathias: Face. Coming off a win in a 6-man tag match at WM. Managed by Paul Andrews. Matt Riley: Heel. One half of the Young Bloods. Managed by Stephen Q. Sterling Maya: Heel. Nothing of note. Michael Haywood: Face. Member of the Hunters. Other half of the Play Pals. 3-time tag team champion. Coming off a win in the 8-person tag match for control of the company at WM. Michael Hotbody: Heel. Debuted this year for the cruiserweight division. Led his team to victory at WM in an 8-man tag match. Miles Shawcross: Heel. Failed to win the Cruiserweight Title at WM in a triple threat match. Missy Brantley: Face. Nothing of note. Moses McKay: Heel. 2-time Intercontinental champion. Failed to win Money in the Bank at WM. Naomi Bailley: Heel. This year's Queen of the Ring winner. Failed to win the Women's title at WM. Nate Exley: Face. Other half of the British Infection with Adrian Gallagher. Managed by Fantasee. Nathan Quinn: Heel. Another grizzled veteran that might be outlasting his usefulness. Not sure if I want to make him a manager. Like Connelly and Moore he's got a laundry list of achievements. Noah Carmichael: Face. The top face and current Unified World champion in his third reign. Former member of the City Slickers. 4-time tag team champion. Successfully defended the Unified World title at WM. Orlando Kincaid: Heel. Former member of the Order. 3-time tag team champion, 1-time Intercontinental champion. Coming off a loss in a 6-man tag match at WM. Ozzy Mandias: Face. Rookie cruiserweight. Nothing of note Patrick Dean Quartermaine: Face. Veteran cruiserweight. Former tag team champion. He's been around for a long time and I might have to give him the manager treatment. Paul Andrews: Face manager. Like Connelly, Moore, and Quinn, he's got a lot of accolades under his belt but it was time for him to transition. Phoebe Hanson: Face. Probably the top name to take over the spot as main female face down the road. Quentin McDaniels: Heel. De facto top heel in the absence of Butch Fleming. Former member of the City Slickers and partner to Noah Carmichael. 2-time Intercontinental champion, 4-time tag team champion. This year's Royal Rumble winner. Failed to win the Unified World title at WM. Randy Ellis: Heel. Other half of the Academy with Justin Mitchell. 2-time tag team champion. Coming off a loss in the 8-person tag match for control of the company at WM. Raymond Delaney: Face. Nothing of note. Rick Hilton: Heel. Other half of the Future Foundation with Julian Merrick and current tag team champion in his second reign. Boyfriend of and managed by Vivian Merrick. Successfully defended the tag team titles at WM against the Dillingers. Riott: Face. Retired....ish. I have no more plans to use her as an active competitor anymore but she hasn't gone Non-wrestler yet and I don't see her as a manager. 8-time Women's champion, 16-0 at WM. Robbie Greer: Face. Other half of the Wyldhearts with Blaine Bellamey. 1-time Cruiserweight champion. Coming off a loss in an 8-man tag at WM. Romeo Valiente. Heel. 3-time Cruiserweight champion. On the post-WM chopping block. Ronnie Costello: Heel. Rookie. Brother to Carmella Costello. Managed by Brooke. Ryan Pattillo: Face. Leader of the Hunters. 3-time Unified World champion, 2-time Intercontinental champion. Coming off a win in the 8-person tag for control of the company at WM. Salvatore Scabbia: Heel. Remained undefeated from his debut going 26+ months straight. Previous Intercontinental champion. Had both his streak and title reign ended at WM by Kyle Jacobs. Managed by Brooke. Sammy Brady: Heel. Other half of the Millennium Rebels with Johnny Dangerson. Sarah Moore: Face. On the post-WM chopping block. Seth Von Kamp: Face. Former tag team champion with Chris Collins, 2036 King of the Ring. Failed to win Money in the Bank at WM. Shawn Dangerson: Face. Brother to Johnny Dangerson Sonya Braddock: Face. Current Women's champion in her 5th reign. In universe she transitioned from MMA. Only competes on PPVs a la Brock Lesnar. Successfully defended the Women's title against Naomi Bailley at WM. Sophie Waters: Face. Another veteran that might have to transition to manager. 6-time Women's champion Stanley Coleman: Face. Rookie cruiserweight. Managed by Aphrodite. Stephen Q. Sterling: Heel manager. Steve Hayes: Heel. Nothing of note Stone Walsh: Face. Nothing of note Sully Lane: Heel. Other half of the Young Bloods with Matt Riley. Managed by Stephen Q. Sterling. Tania: Face. Nothing of note Tokyo Kid: Face. One half of the Tokyo Titans. Tom Foley: Heel. Cruiserweight. Nothing of note. Vivian Merrick: Heel. Competes and also manages the Future Foundation. Whiskey Murdock: Heel. Other half of the Southern Gentleman with Brody Lee. Wrakk: Heel. Currently serving a one-year suspension for retweeting Candace Owens. Was in the middle of his first Unified World title reign when hit the suspension. 2034 King of the Ring. Wu: Face. Other half of the Tokyo Titans with the Tokyo Kid. Xavier Cross: Heel. 3-time Unified World champion, 1-time Intercontinental champion. Failed to win Money in the Bank at WM. Feuding with Haven. Zachary Vale: Heel. Cruiserweight. Nothing of note. Aaaaand that's that. I don't know how soon I'll get back to the game. :o |
Some of these names are a blast in the past, I immediately remembered Ian Moore for example. But also the surnames of many of the 2nd generation stars. When you're far enough into the future that your game-generated training camp recruits' kids are now in the business!!! Excellent.
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One-year suspension for retweeting Candace Owens. :lol:
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Kudos to you for trying to run three brands. I always had a hard time trying to run Raw, NXT, and SmackDown concurrently. In part because I also wanted to run a Superstars-esque B show since there was such a bloated roster and I'd have no way to feature the low card talent and build their overness on the main shows.
A little EWR hack I exploited in the later versions which allow anyone to be converted to managers - I'd move the upper midcard/main event guys to managers because that way they don't get pissed if they are only appearing on 1 of your promotions' 4 shows. Modern day AEW might be totally EWR-friendly though. You have the main show Dynamite, and secondary show Dark. They routinely run 10+ match cards on Dark so you can just book wall to wall matches and use everyone that didn't work Dynamite that week. Might have to play around with it. |
It was driving me crazy not being able to get charismatic, older wrestlers to become managers because I was slowly losing the few that I had. It wasn't until, in a rage, I offered one of the candidates a significant pay bump that I discovered that was the way to do it. Now I don't have to immediately dismiss a new talent just because they can't talk for shit. Wish I'd known that years ago. :mad:
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And, yes, I modeled my Faith Connors after this Faith Connors....
https://www.writeups.org/wp-content/...video-game.jpg Even gave her the Daredevil gimmick. I can't really name anyone who ever integrated parkour into their wrestling style. I mean, Jeff Hardy tried sometimes but, you know, the drugs were like, "LOL". |
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Well, yeah, but has he brought down a corrupt police force and leaped off a building onto a helicopter? :shifty:
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Lol when I first saw the roster write up I forgot to ask if Brody Lee was the same guy as Brodie Lee/Luke Harper and that it would be crazy to see this bearded wild man still wrestling at 60 years old.
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Yeah, no, it's definitely not the same dude. There are virtually zero traces of modern era WWE left in my game as far as workers are concerned. I think the last one was Miz but I'm pretty sure I'm wrong.
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