Total Extreme Wrestling: WCCW 1983 [Archive] - Front Office Football Central

molson

04-23-2007, 12:17 AM

Total Extreme Wrestling - it's a clickfest, to be sure, but behind all that, it's a very deep, strong game with solid AI and attention to detail.

The Death of the Territories Mod, of course, takes things to a whole new level. The wrestling universe from April, 1983. 30 Promotions across the world, over 1200 workers - with their stats and characteristics refined over a period of months and months.

I'm taking over WCCW, home of the Von Erichs. WCCW was a regional promotion out of Texas in April 1983, but has all the tools in place to make a run at going national. Young talent all over the roster, a stranglehold on the wrestling business in Texas, and an owner willing to spend money to expand.

The Dynasty

This is my first time through the game outside of test runs, so I'll be learning as I go. So there's no house rules. I'll post the results of my cards, how they were rated, and once every game month take a look at the roster at a whole and how I'm doing business wise.

Along the way, I'll point out interesting happenings in the universe as a whole. Will Hogan still jump to the WWF, will some other promotion reach national dominance?

Unlike a FOF sim, I'll spend a little time explaining the mechanics and rules of the game here and there, just to help put the various goals in context with the game mechanics.

The Universe

World Dominance in the wrestling industry was very much there for the taking for a number of different promotions in April 1983.

There's a clear "big four" who have reached the level of "Cult" Status in the US. (Size of Promotions in TEW include Backyard, Small, Regional, Cult, National, and Global). A promotion's size depends on it's popularity in various regions, and each new level provides it's own unique benefits. Most relevant in DOTT is the race to National Status. Once there, workers will consider signing exclusive, "written" contracts you, a huge advantage.

Cult Promotions:
WWF
AWA
Mid-Atlantic
Georgia Championship Wrestling

There are 10 US regional promotions, including WCCW, trying to elevate to Cult Status.

Regional Promotions:
Mid-South
Championship Wrestling Association
WCCW
Championship Wrestling from Florida
Pacific Northwest
Central States
Southwest Championship Wrestling
World Wrestling Council
Houston Championship Wrestling
GLOW

The Universe also includes smaller promotions, as well as promotions in Japan Canada, Mexico, and the UK, but I'll be focusing on the above, for the most part.

The United States has an economy of "A" (and rising), and a wrestling industry rating of C- (and rising). Definitely favorable conditions for someone to try to go national, and then global.

WCCW

WCCW starts with $375,000 in the bank, and two demands from owner Fritz Von Erich. First, I can't drop below $225,000 at any time in the next year. Second, the promotion must not fall in size (to small) at any time in the next year. Von Erich has also will not tolerate the signing of any injury-prone wrestlers - only guys with at least a C- rating in Resilience are fair game.

WCCW currently has a "working relationship" with a number of promotions that allow for talent trading and shared workers. I can try to sign any of their guys, but can't sign them to exclusive contracts. I can also offer straight up talent "loan" trades. The agreement exists with: All Japan, Central States, Florida, Pacific Northwest, WWC, Mid-South, Houston, and Consejo Lucha Libre. Most everyone else I have a fairly hostile relationship with at this point.

All production and merchandising expenses are set at very conservative levels. One we make our national push, we'll revisit that.

WCCW presents two weekly shows. "The Stars of World Class on Tour" every Wednesday, and the "World Class Wrestling" television show, which tapes every Thursday night, and airs on Sundays on a local station in Texas. WCCW also runs a big arena show at the end of every month, starting with the last Saturday in April.

WCCW has it's biggest popularity in the mid-south (TX area) at a B-, with it's second highest region in terms of popularity is the midwest, at D-. To reach Cult status, we need at least C- popularity in two regions. So obviously, WCCW's big push in 1983 will be in the midwest. All new talent acquisitions will have to have to be known in that area.

WCCW, at this point, has a custom style the game calls "The Von Erich Shrine". That means approximately 70% of show time devoted to matches, and moderate tolerance of violence and intensity. There's a focus on traditional wrestling, but a fairly heavy dose of "sports entertainment" as well. Kaybe is still alive and well, but perhaps not at strict as other promotions of this era. "Hardcore" wrestling is expected only rarely, and "Daredevil" and "Lucha Libre" are completely abscent. I may tweak the product definition of WCCW down the road, but don't want to piss off Fritz or the loyal fan base right off the bat.

THE ROSTER

(Name, Age, Alignment, Days Left on Contract, Fee per apperance)

Main Eventers:
David Von Erich, 24, Face, 335, $1,000
Michael Hayes, 23, Heel, 503, $1,500
Kerry Von Erich, 23, Face, 69, $1,000
Terry Gordy, 21, Heel, 143, $1,000

Upper Midcarders:
Buddy Jack Robers, 31, Heel, 251, $800
Kevin Von Erich, 25, Face, 113, $1,000
Bill Irwin, 29, Heel, 251, $800
The Great Kabuki, 38, Heel, 203 $1,000

Midcarders:
Iceman Parsons, 26, Face, $500
Sweet Sugar Brown, 28, Face, 96, $500
King Kong Bundy, 25, Heel, 503, $500
Jim Garvin, 27, Heel, 335, $800
Chris Adams, 26, Face, 335, $500

Lower Midcarders:
Frank Dusek, 36, Heel, 251, $400
Mike Von Erich, 19, Face, 266, $500
Magic Dragon, 26, Heel, 92, $500

Openers:
Johnny Mantel, 26, Face, 221, $100
Brian Adidas, 25, Face, 251, $100

Occasional Wrestlers (These guys won't be mad if I don't book them regularly):
Black Gordman, 46, Heel, 106, $1,000
Checkmate, 31, Heel, 251, $350
Jose Lathario, 45, Face, 79, $1,000
Ken Mantel, 34, Face, 286, $1,000 Written Contract (not pay-per apperance, so I'll run this guy into the ground)

Managers:
Skandor Akbar, 44, Heel, 206, $600
Gary Hart, 36, Heel, 251, $600
Sunshine, 26, Heel, 335, $900
Precious, 24, Heel, 134, $900

Announcers:
Bill Mercer, 43, Face, 400, $1,100
Marc Lawrence, 37, 251, $900

Referees:
David Manning, 31, Face, 686, $3,000 Written Contract
James Beard, 28, Face, 215, $1,500

Road Agent:
Bronco Lubich, 45, Face, 189 $1,500 Written Contract

Authority Figure:
Fritz Von Erich, 53, Face, $7,000 Written Lifetime Contract

Personality
Arman Hussein, 41, Heel, 251, $600

WRESTLER CONFLICTS

Here's where it gets tricky. A number of my workers have contracts with other companies. A handful of them consider those other companies a higher priority than WCCW. So, if they're booked by that other company, they're not available to me that night, so I have to be careful not to advertise them. I have the ability to move my event schedule around if there are too many conflicts, but I have to limit that to avoid fan confusion.

-Bill Irwin: Central States

Central States runs a weekly show every Thursday, and a monthly "Wrestling at the Chase Event", starting the last Sunday in April. So I can't count on Irwin to be there at any of our TV tapings. Which means he'll probably be "designated Von Erich job boy" at our weekly house shows.

-Gary Hart, Magic Dragon, Sweet Brown Sugar, The Great Kabuki: Mid-Atlantic

Mid Atlantic runs weekly shows every Friday, and TV tapings every Wednesday. It also has monthly big events, next up is the Clash of the Champions the last Sunday in May. So I can't count on any of these guys for our weekly house show. Not as big a problem as Irwin presents, but Hart's absence may take some steam out of those shows, since he'll be part of a lot of storylines. Akbar will be given the opportunity to be the promotions top heel manager.

CHAMPIONSHIPS

WCCW is a promotion that has always loved its title belts. They currently have 5, which seems excessive for a promotion of this size, but I'll keep them all in place for now, with an eye towards unification down the road.

-WCCW Texas Heavyweight Championship. Main Event Title, 85% prestige. Current Holder: Jimmy Garvin (Since March 1983). This title will be defended only in Texas, to distinguish it as much as possible from the other singles titles.

-WCCW American Heavyweight Championship. Midcard Title, 65% prestige. Current Holder: Kevin Von Erich (Since March 1983). It's odd to see the "American" title with less prestige than the "Texas" title.

-WCCW Television Championship. Midcard Title, 50% prestige. Current Holder: Iceman Parsons (Since March 1983). This title will be defended only on television.

-WCCW American Tag Team Championship. Midcard Title, 70% prestige. Current Holders: Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy (Since December 1982).

-WCCW Six Man Tag Team Championship. Midcard Title, Main Event Title, 70% prestige. Current Holders: Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy, & Buddy Roberts.

INITIAL THOUGHTS

-Obviously, it's all about the Freebirds and Von Erichs at this point. The Von Erichs, Hayes, and Gordy are all 25 or younger, keeping them together will be a priority.

-Pushing the Von Erichs is a necessity in WCCW. You can trust their loyalty to the company over all others. I see David as the cornerstone of the company. He's not going anywhere, he's hugely over, and he's only getting better. He also seems the best equipped of the Von Erichs, from his stats, to play a heel. A David heel turn against the family somewhere down the road may the angel that propels us forward to a national level.

-Outside of the Freebirds and Von Erichs, things look a little thin. Though Gary Hart's H&H Limited Stable certainly has potential, and will be pushed right away (King Kong Bundy, The Great Kabuki, Magic Dragon, and Arman Hussein).

-Chris Adams and Iceman Parsons are the two top non Von Erich faces - I'll give them both plenty of TV time and hope at least one becomes a big star.

-Mike Von Erich is awful. I'll push him anyway, because he's another guy you can be sure won't be signed away.

-I'm going to book at least the first month or two with the roster I have before looking elsewhere, to get a better feel of who works well with who, who can deliver in storylines and who can't. Then we'll look for some big name guys who are over in the midwest, which should help us reach Cult status, and lead to a better TV deal on a bigger network.

-Not sure I need two refs, James Beard will be kept on as an emergency guy only, who we'll only call upon if David Manning misses a show for some reason.

-Fritiz Von Erich is going to get a ton of face time as a face authority figure. He's hugely popular, and can probably still get in the ring every so often.

April 1992, Week 1

First show is the weekly house show, for which I've advertised:

Freebirds v. Von Erichs for the 6-man Tag Championship. I'm pretty sure this match was run 15,000 times in WCCW, so might as well start out with it and draw a good crowd. It'll have to run 25-30 minutes to be able to fill out a 90 minute show with the rest of the roster.

Jimmy Garvin v. Chris Adams for the Texas Heavyweight Championship. This is a big "tryout" match for Adams to see if he's ready to take a step up.

Bill Irwin v. Iceman Parsons. If Irwin wins, he'll get a TV title shot at the next TV taping. Of course, anyone who knows of Irwin's other commitments to CSW knows the outcome of this match. It's important to get Iceman clean wins where I can, since he's sure to have his share of time limit draws on TV.

Mike Von Erich v. Checkmate. I'll give Mike every chance to improve by putting him in the ring with competent veterans.

It'll be an expensive show money wise, with all of the top guys in action, but you gotta make a good first impression.

condors

04-23-2007, 06:04 AM

good luck

Bee

04-23-2007, 11:28 AM

molson

04-23-2007, 11:41 AM

When I was in college one of my roommates had a poster of the Freebirds. For some reason I was thinking there were four of them. Anyway, looking forward to reading the dynasty. I enjoy dynasties that get into the guts of the game. Good luck.

There was 3 for the main run, but I think Jimmy Garvin was was considered a Freebird at some point, maybe later in WCW.

Bee

04-23-2007, 11:46 AM

There was 3 for the main run, but I think Jimmy Garvin was was considered a Freebird at some point, maybe later in WCW.

Well, it was 20 years ago so my memory of the poster could be faulty as well. :D

waynegomez

04-23-2007, 12:49 PM

I grew up with World Class so I'll be very interested to see how this dynasty plays out.

molson

04-23-2007, 05:04 PM

April 1983, Week 1

A couple of news notes before I post the first two shows later tonight

-the WWF has already come knocking on Michael Hayes' door looking to negotiate with him. This isn’t surprising in the least, Hayes exactly fits the WWF mold. Size, decent wrestling ability, but most importantly, over the top charisma and the WWF “look”.

I have no doubt they’ll sign him, and that the WWF will be his priority company. We still have him under a Pay-Per-Appearance Contract for another 17 months, so we’ll still have access to him on non-WWF dates. But there’s certainly a chance he ends his commitment to us after his contract is over, and when and if the WWF reaches a “national” size level (which could happen at any time), they could look him up exclusively.

So we’ll have to deal with him carefully from here on out. I’ve requested contract negotiations of my own with him, to see if I can extend the contract even further, maybe even give him a raise and a contractual promise of a single’s title reign. He’s too valuable to job out, but he won’t be the main guy in any angles. Worst case scenario, we replace him in the Firebirds with Jimmy Garvin, then re-group.

-Two small roster moves. My in-game advisor says I needed one more midcarder to get to my ideal roster size. So I’ve promoted Checkmate from “Occasional Wrestler” to Midcarder. Checkmate is a 31-year old British technical wrestler with above average ratings in the basics, toughness, and stamina. And he seems to be a good enough guy behind the scenes. We’ll let him slap around Mike Von Erich and Brian Adias to see if either of them can learn anything. Also, journeyman Ken Mantel was moved from “Occasional Wrestler” to Enhancement Talent. He’s on a written monthly contract, so he’ll job to someone on almost every show, mostly our young heels.

-Coming tonight, results of the first weekly house show, and the first tv show.

molson

04-23-2007, 07:47 PM

-One quick note about shows and what would be considered a "good result". My popularity in my home region (they call it "mid south", but it's the Texas area) is B-. Any shows I run it that region that have a lower overall rating will slightly hurt my popularity, and any shows I run there that have a higher rating will slightly increase my popularity (increases and decreases are in the .01% levels, so it takes a string of good or bad shows to increase your popularity a whole letter grade).

My popularity in the Mid-west is E-. Any show higher than that will increase my popularity a few fractions of a %. Again, I need two regions at C- or higher to become "cult" level. (E+ is my highest grade anywhere else). Also, if I run identical shows in the midwest and texas, the texas show would have a better rating, because they'd be more into it.

So the basic strategy is run my big shows and biggest angles in Texas, because that what they demand, and run more TV tapings and experimental angles/matches in the midwest.

Show rating isn't an average rating of matches/segments. Instead, longer segments/matches and those later on the card, particularly the main event, are weighted the most heavily

With that out of the way:

THE STARS OF WCCW ON TOUR
Wednesday, Week 1, April 1983
Dallas Arena; 5,000 - Sold Out.

-Pre-show Dark Match:
King Kong Bundy defeats Ken Mantel in 4:52 by pinfall (C-)
Pre-Match Bundy interview (E+), Pre-Match Match Mantel interview (D-). After the match, Bundy gives Mantel an extra splash because he's evil and badass (D)

-Pre-Show Dark Match:
Brian Adias defeats Johnny Mantel in 2:58 by pinfall (E+)

-Checkmate defeats Mike Von Erich in 7:45 by submission (D+)

-Fritz Von Erich announces an 8-man, one-night tournament to determine the "King of Texas Wrestling". The tournament will take place at WCCW "Star Wars" at the end of April. The winner will also have a title shot at the championship of his choice. (B). A video package hypes and announces the contestants: Kevin, Kerry, and David Von Erich, the Freebirds, Iceman Parsons, and Jimmy Garvin (C+). Fritz also announces the stipulation for the upcoming match, that Irwin gets a title shot if he wins (B-)

-Irwin gets TV title shot if he wins
Iceman Parsons defeats Bill Irwin in 8:01 by pinfall (D)
Iceman is interviewed after the match (D), before fending off an attack from Irwin's occasional tag-team partner, Frank Dusek (D-)

-Bikini Contest
Michael Hayes hosts a bikini contest between Sunshine and Precious. Sunshine wins, Precious is pissed. (B)

-Texas Heavyweight Championship Match
Jimmy Garvin defeats Chris Adams in 11:05 by pinfall (C+) to make his 1st defense of the title. This followed a Garvin pre-match interview (C). After the match, Garvin, Sunshine, and Precious all stomped down Adams (Sunshine and Precious are clearly competing for Garvin's affections) (C+)

-Six-Man Tag Team Championship
Von Erichs defeated Freebirds in 19:47 when David caused Roberts to submit. Von Erichs win 6-man tag team titles. (B) After the match, the Von Erichs celebrate (C+), until the Freebirds regroup and head back to the ring. A wild 6-man brawl closes the show (C+)

Overall Rating: C+

Thoughts:
-Not a bad debut, considering none of these matches were backed by storylines. Two storylines debuted tonight, which should add heat to future segments: 1. The King of Texas Wrestling tournament. 2. Sunshine/Precious fued.
-The fans loved the T&A. Expect Sunshine & Precious to degrade themselves further in the weeks to come. (Can't piss of the network though). Once Garvin is finished with the tournament, I'll run the DOTT "Battle of the Valets Angle". Until then, just random T&A and catfights.
-Fritz is going to have to have a huge on-screen presence. For now, that'll involve making announcements, and occasionally making Gary Hart's life miserable. A heel turn is also a possibility - Fritz rates an "A" in playing heel, the way he spent most of his wrestling career.
-Adams was more impressive than Iceman in the start of the competition to determine the "most pushed non-Von Erich face". Iceman's interview bombed.
-Ken Mantel carrying Bundy to a C- is impressive. He'll have some job security putting my heels over
-My main eventers will all be occupied with hyping the King of Texas Tournament over the next month, leaving an opportunity for the lower guys to get involved in some storylines. We'll see who drops the ball.
-Part of putting the 6-man titles on the Von Erichs is due to the uncertainty with Hayes's contract.

molson

04-23-2007, 08:11 PM

I advertised the following matches for my TV show (this is relevant because if someone doesn't show up for something, or if I advertise a show too far in advance and people get injured before it can happen, the fans get pissed. One the other hand, it builds heat for a match).

WCCW Texas Heavyweight Championship
Jimmy Garvin v. David Von Erich

WCCW Television Championship
Iceman Parsons v. Buddy Jack Roberts

Magic Dragon & The Great Kabuki v. Mike Von Erich & Brian Adias

molson

04-23-2007, 09:12 PM

-Bill Irwin wasn't booked by Central States, making him available tonight, unfortunately for him, he's sent home early.

WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING
Thursday, Week 1, April 1983
St. Louis, MO: 2,000

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Chris Adams defeats Frank Dusek in 6:50 by pinfall (D). After the match, Adams thanks the fans for their support in his goal to gain WCCW championship gold (D-)

-Marc Lawrence and Bill Mercer announce that at a WCCW event in Dallas, the Von Erichs won the 6-man tag team championship from the Freebirds (D+). The also announce that the main event of tonight's show, as ordered by Fritz Von Erich, is Jimmy Garvin defending the WCCW Texas Heavyweight Championship against David Von Erich. (C-)

-The Great Kabuki & Magic Dragon defeat Mike Von Erich and Brian Adias in 6:40 when Kabuki pinned Adias. (D+). Prior to the match, a short music video hypes the brutality of the Magic Dragon/Great Kabuki team (C-) and Bill Mercer interviews their opponents tonight: Mike Von Erich and Brian Adias (E). After the match, Gary Hart tells the crowd that Dragon/Kabuki's path of destruction through WCCW has only begun (D+)

-King Kong Bundy defeats Ken Mantel in 3:45 by pinfall (D). After the match, Bundy and his manager Gary Hart continue to verbally berate and kick Mantel. Fritz Von Erich comes to the ring to make an announcement, and barks at Bundy and Hart to stop (E+). Fritz and Hart get into a heated argument, but Bundy and Hart soon leave (D)

-Fritz announces the first two matches for the King of Texas Wrestling Tournament: Terry Gordy v. Kevin Von Erich (C-) and a rematch of the next match tonight, Iceman Parsons v. Buddy Jack Roberts (D+). The other two first round matches will be announced shortly.

-WCCW Television Championship
Iceman Parsons and Buddy Jack Roberts wrestle to a 10 minute draw. (C) Parsons makes his first title defense. Parsons looked "off his game", Roberts looked good.

-David Von Erich defeats Jimmy Garvin by DQ in 12:31 after interference from both Precious and Sunshine (B). Sunshine played her part well. This was a non-title match, since it took place in Missouri.

Show Rating: C+

Thoughts:
-A great show for WCCW in the Midwest, where our popularity increases to 40.6% (which I read using the in-game editor). I need to get to 53.1%

-A third "official" storyline/push was debuted tonight, Gary Hart and his Kabuki/Dragon team's quest for destruction in WCCW. I probably need to get the tag belts off Hayes/Gordy so Kabuki/Dragon can go through everyone on their way to a title shot with the Von Erichs. (Heel v. Heel/Face v. Face isn't overly accepted in my current "product type").

-Iceman looked bad again, but at least pulled out a C match. Adams couldn't step up, had a D- with Dusek in the pre-show. I'll need to give these guys a lot of different opponents to see if either of them is worth really pushing.

-You can definitly see how much less over Fritz is in the Midwest than he is in Texas. The St. Louis fans didn't care too much about him, but hopefully they'll come around. (Fritz has A+ popularity in Texas, and C in the Midwest, which is still better than most of my roster there). In fact, the only WCCW guys with at least a C- popularity in the midwest right now are Fritz, David, Kerry, Hayes, and Roberts. (14 guys have at least that level in Texas)

-David and Garvin had a great match that might have reached A territory in Texas, and with a DQ finish. These guys will be paired off a lot, with David chasing Garvin for the title. I might need to promote Garvin from his current "midcard" status.

-The King of Wrestling tournament shapes up like this so far

Kevin Von Erich v. Terry Gordy
Iceman Parsons v. Buddy Roberts

molson

04-23-2007, 09:53 PM

News

-Michael Hayes has indeed signed a PPA deal with the WWF. He refuses any further negotiations with me, and says his priority is now with the WWF. The WWF runs house shows every Thursday (the night of our TV taping), a TV taping every Sunday, and a big event the last Friday in April. Fortunately, there's no conflict with our King of Texas Wrestling Tournament Show. I decide to bite the bullet and move our TV taping to Saturday, a night where our entire roster is free (excluding big monthly events at the end of the month)

-My debut TV show draws a rating of 0.64. That's about 32,000 viewers on my local channel. We have the 5th highest rated wrestling show in America, and highest behind the "big 4" (AWA, Georgia, Mid-Atlantic, and WWF)

-Both AWA and WWF are rumored to be going after Ted Dibiase, but he's shunning them both, and staying exclusive to Mid-South, citing loyalty.

-Roddy Piper and Jesse Ventura sign PPA deals with the WWF.

-Hulk Hogan has signed a PPA deal with the WWF. He's continue to work for New Japan and AWA for now. He's received a shot at Bockwinkle's AWA title, but just like in real life, the AWA didn't put the strap on him. His WWF push will half to wait, as he's currently out for 2 months with some kind of spinal injury.

-Ricky Steamboat signs a PPA with Maple Leaf Wrestling (where the current champion is Angelo Mosca). He also wrestles for Mid-Atlantic. He and Younblood recently lost the NWA tag team championship to Ivan Koloff and Joe Leduc.

-Speaking of MACW, they just held the Crockett Cup, which was won by Ric Flair and Wahoo McDaniel (who defeated the team of Dusty Rhodes and my guy, Sweet Brown Sugar, who I haven't used yet).

-I've advertised three matches for the upcoming house show (for which we'll return to the midwest): Freebirds v. Von Erichs rematch for the 6-man tag championship, Roberts v. Parsons, and a 10-man Battle Royal.

molson

04-23-2007, 11:37 PM

THE STARS OF WCCW ON TOUR
Wednesday, Week 2, April 1983
Kansas City, MO: 1,000 SOLD OUT

-Fritz Von Erich Announces a Stipulation to the Upcoming Battle Royal, that the winner gets a title shot against Kevin Von Erich and the WCCW American Heavyweight Championship at the Saturday TV Taping (E+)

-King Kong Bundy wins a 10 man Battle Royal to win the title shot against Kevin Von Erich. (D+) Match also included: Bill Irwin, Black Gordman, Brian Adias, Mike Von Erich, Checkmate, Frank Dusek, Jose Lothario, Ken Mantel, Johnny Mantel.

-Checkmate defeated Johnny Mantel in 5:51 by pinfall. (D-) After the match, Checkmate goes overboard in his celebration (E). He then rants about wanting to face better competition (E+)

-As Marc Lowrence starts the introductions for the next match, Michael Hayes comes out and tells him he's doing a horrible job, and that Hayes himself should take over. They briefly argue off mic, before Hayes leaves the ring (D+)

-Iceman Parsons and Buddy Roberts drew to a DDQ in 5:11. This is their second straight draw (they will be first round tournament opponents at the end of the month) (C)

-Bill Mercer interviews Precious, who warns Sunshine to stay out of her business. (E). Sunshine then comes out to confront Precious, and a cat fight ensues. Bill Mercer gets right in the middle to break things up. (D-)

-The Von Erichs defeated the Freebirds in 22:31 when Kerry made Hayes submit. The Von Erichs make their first title defense. (C+). Before the match, The Feebirds cut a long promo, promising a victory tonight (C). The Freebirds knock Kevin unconscious outside the ring, and then use the numbers advantage to gang up on Kerry and David. Mike and Brian Adias run to the ring to make the save, and the Freebirds are driven off as the show ends (Adias looked "dreadful" in this segment, David looked great) (D+)

Overall Grade: C-

Thoughts:

-They didn't seem to like us as much in Kansas City as they did in St. Louis, but a good enough show to increase our popularity here. Popularity in the midwest rises from 40.6% to 41.0%.

-Iceman hasn't set WCCW on fire, but I'm starting to get comfortable with his ability to put on C matches in the middle of the card.

-The Battle Royal was an expensive match with lots of guys to pay for a D- result, but we'll have less complaints from guys at the end of the month the more everybody is used. It'll be a big test for Bundy to see if he can have an entertaining match with Kevin at the TV taping.

-Checkmate's antics were the debut of another angle involving a mask v. mask feud with Sweet Brown Sugar. I'm not expecting much, but the feud will stay on the undercard, with limited time.

molson

04-23-2007, 11:46 PM

NEWS

-The WWF is pushing Roddy Piper as an upper midcard face, teaming with Ivan Putski. I bet they do some fun interviews. Michael Hayes is being used as a Midcard heel - he made his WWF debut this week defeating S.D. Jones. Jesse Ventura debuted as a midcard heel, teaming with Invader I.

-Hulk Hogan as officially left the AWA to focus on New Japan and the WWF.

molson

04-24-2007, 07:54 PM

NEWS

-Before the TV taping started, I looked around to see if there was anyone sitting at home, out of the wrestling industry entirely, that had some popularity in the Midwest. Pickings were slim, but I did send feelers out to Haystacks Calhoun. Maybe he'll be willing to come in and take a beating from the Freebirds.

-I also sent out negotiation requests for the 4 guys whose contracts are ending the soonest Kerry Von Erich (58 days), Lose Lothario (68 days), Magic Dragon (81 days), and Sweet Brown Sugar (85 days). I don't want to be giving a bunch of guys raises, but I might as well see what they're willing to do. I won't pay Lothario a penny more than $1,000/event (the same as what Kerry's making), so he'll probably be gone after the 68 days. Maybe one of my heels will "retire" him in an injury angle.

-I've also requested negotiations with the current WWF champion Bob Backlund, just to see if he's willing to talk.

-I've also decided to make a heavy push in the midwest right now, taking a chance and neglecting Texas a bit (at least until our popularity in Texas falls to a C-). They'll still get the big tournament show at the end of the month, but until then, we'll stay in the midwest, and looking at making some big talent splashes in the meantime.

molson

04-24-2007, 09:00 PM

WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING
Saturday, Week 2, April 1983
Rochester, MN: 2,000 SELL OUT

-Dark Match:
Jose Lothario defeated Black Gordan in 9:37 by pinfall (C-) Before the match, Black Gordman was interviewed (D-). After the match, Lothario talks about how he feels he has one good run left in him (D)

-Pre-Show Segment
Checkmate presents a chess playing demonstration to the crowd to demonstrate his intelligence. He defeats who he calls a Grand Master in 3 minutes (E)

-The announcers bring up Bundy's Battle Royal win in Kansas City earlier in the week, and that he'll have a WCCW American Heavyweight Title Match against Kevin Von Erich. They point out Von Erich's first round match at the King of Texas Tournament is against another big man, Terry Gordy, and that Bundy should give him a strong test (D)

-Kerry Von Erich defeated Frank Dusek (w/Akbar) in 4:04 by submission (C-). Kerry "looked good".

-Kabuki/Dragon (w/ Hart) defeated Johnny and Ken Mantel in 7:32 when Magic Dragon made Johnny Mantel submit (D+)

-Fritz Von Erich announces the 3rd first round match at the King of Texas Tournament...David Von Erich v. Jimmy Garvin. The announcers talk about the great match they had on TV last week, and how Garvin would love the chance to win this tournament and unify his Texas Heavyweight Championship with one of the other singles titles. (C)

-Checkmate defeated Brian Adias in 3:33 by submission (D-). After the match, Checkmate once again celebrates as if he's won a title (E). He then offers an open challenge - if anyone on the roster can defeat him by pinfall or submission, he'll give them $5,000, and take his mask off on television (E).

-Fritz Von Erich announces the final match of the King of Texas tournament...Kerry Von Erich V. Michael Hayes. (C). The announcers hype the tournament as a whole, and discuss how we could conceivably see Freebird v. Freebird or Von Erich v. Von Erich

-Fritz Von Erich also announces that due to the time limit draw between Iceman Parsons and Buddy Roberts last week, and the Double DQ between them earlier in the week, Parsons will defend the TV title against Roberts again tonight, but it will be no DQ, no Countout. (D+)

-WCCW Television Championship Match - Hardcore rules
Iceman Parsons and Buddy Roberts drew after a violent brawl when the referee ruled neither man could continue. Parsons makes his second title defense. (D+) Before the match, a video highlight package shows the conclusion of the previous two patches between the two (D-)

-The announcers show a clip of video that they say was taken earlier tonight, which shows Skandor Akbar handing over a wad of cash to Gary Hart. (D-)

-WCCW American Heavyweight Championship Match
Kevin Von Erich defeats King Kong Bundy (w/ Hart) in 6:44 by count out to make his first title defense. The match included interference by Gary Hart. Despite the short length of the match, Bundy was said to be tiring badly by the end (C-)

Show Rating: D+

Thoughts:

-This was a show with an intentional lack of star power. Running so many shows in the midwest means smaller gates, so I wanted to save some money here, giving David, Gordy, and Hayes the night off, among others. Despite the D+ rating, by Midwest popularity still increases from 41.0% to 41.4%

-Checkmate's been given a chance to star in an angle, and he's bombing horribly. To be fair, he's more of a technical wrestler than an entertainer. On the other hand, he doesn't have a match rated higher than D+ yet. I think I'm going to give him a shot in the ring with David Von Erich, just to see he has an upside.

-I'm not sure where the Akbar/Hart money exchange is going yet, but they're definitely pissed that the main authority figure of their promotion is the father of their clients' most common opponents. They may be thinking big to shift the balance of power. Akbar's "Destruction Inc." stable is really sad at this point (Dusek and Irwin).

-I have four active storyline, which the game ranks in terms of overness as: 1. King of Texas tournament; 2. Precious/Sunshine 3. Magic Dragon/Great Kabuki 4. The Checkmate mask challenge

-I was pretty surprised to see the two old Mexicans pull out a C- match on the dark show. Lothario looks like he might have a little gas left in the tank. He still has above average ratings in the Basics, Psychology, Star Quality, Charisma, Respect, and Resilience. And he seems to be in decent shape physically. He'll get a small push for the rest of his contract before he rides into the sunset.

molson

04-24-2007, 09:22 PM

NEWS

-Buddy Roberts showed up late to the TV taping, but arrived in time for his match with Parsons. I gave him a warning to not let it happen again. If he shows up late again, I'll suspend him a week.

-The King of Texas Wrestling Tournament Bracket has been set. This will be our first will be our first "medium" sized event to date, which means more advertising, a bigger arena, and a longer show. As of right now, none of workers have a conflict on that date. Of course, there's a chance Hayes leaves before then to focus on the WwF. Tournament Bracket:

-Terry Gordy v. Kevin Von Erich
-Iceman Parsons v. Buddy Roberts
-David Von Erich v. Jimmy Garvin
-Kerry Von Erich v. Michael Hayes

-The TV Show gets a .58 rating. That's down .08 from last week.

-Maple Leaf Wrestling (Toronto) seems to be on a spending spree. In the last 2 1/2 weeks they've brought in Ricky Steamboat, Adrian Adonis (who already won their main single's title), Bad News Allen, and Sgt. Slaughter (Ted Dibiase turned them down, just like he did with the WWF and AWA), they also tried but failed to lure Jerry Lawler. They're Canada's most popular promotion right now.

molson

04-24-2007, 09:36 PM

News

-The AWA has made some type of offer to David Von Erich. I'm hopeful he'll stay loyal to me and just work AWA when he doesn't have a booking but they are a bigger promotion. I won't panic just yet, but AWA seems to be looking for some main-event level faces to replace Hogan.

-Piper and Ventura have left Mid-Atlantic and AWA, respectively, to focus on their WWF careers. Hopefully Hayes isn't next.

-Bob Backlund was willing to talk with me, but Fritz Von Erich put a prohibitive cap on what I could offer him, and offer wasn't big enough to tempt Bob.

-After the offer to David, Kerry seemed to have all the leverage in our talks. We extended him to 9 months total, at $1,500 a show (a raise from $1,000), and a $775 downside monthly guarantee. Magic Dragon wanted a $150 raise from $500 to extend his contract, which is up in about 3 months, but I won't bite.

-So far for the month, we're up $66,000. That includes only worker/show costs v. ticket revenue, I have no idea how things will look at the end of the month when other expenses/revenue is included.

molson

04-25-2007, 12:30 AM

THE STARS OF WCCW ON TOUR
Wednesday, Week 3, April 1983
Cedar Rapids, Iowa: 1,000 SOLD OUT

-Once again, Hart, Kabuki, Dragon, and Sweet Brown Sugar are booked elsewhere.

-Dark Match
Jose Lothario defeats Brian Adias in 8:49 by pinfall. (D) Adias was tiring towards the end of the match. Before the match, Brian Adias gave an interview, talking about how much he was looking forward to his match with Lothario. (E+) After the match, the two shake hands. (E)

-Fritz Von Erich comes to the ring to announce that a portion of tonight's proceeds will be donated to a local Cedar Rapids charity. Skandor Akbar runs out, incensed that money would be wasted in that manner, and demands a raise (C). The argument heats up with Fritz punching Akbar in the head, sending him out of running to the back (C). Fritz yells at Akbar, telling him he's tired of his antics, and that he's personally challenging to a match, tonight. (C). Akbar grabs a mic, and accepts (C).

-Frank Dusek & Bill Irwin (w/Akbar) defeat Ken and Johnny Mantel in 7:59 when Irwin pinned Johnny Mantel. This match "brought the crowd's mood down" (E+).

-Bill Mercer interviews Terry Gordy about Gordy's first round opponent in the King of Texas tournament, Kevin Von Erich (who is also Gordy's opponent tonight in a tag team title match). (D+)

-David Von Erich defeated Checkmate in 8:02 by pinfall (C-). "David looked good"

-Sunshine comes out and shoots t-shirts into the crows with a t-shirt gun (C). Precious comes out, and the two argue over who is the better valet (E). Precious and Sunshine eventually come to blows again, and Bill Mercer and Mark Lowrance are all too willing to get involved to break them up (F).

-Black Gordman upset Kerry Von Erich in 3:58 by pinfall. That finish may not have been planned, as Von Erich may have suffered some kind of injury (D+)

-Bill Mercer interviews Kevin Von Erich about Gordy's comments earlier regarding their first round tournament match. D+

-Fritz Von Erich defeated Skandor Akbar in 4:36 by submission (D+) After the match, Fritz is attacked by the other members of Destruction Inc. (Irwin and Dusek), until Kevin & Mike run in and make the save. (D)

-Chris Adams defeated Buddy Jack Roberts in 11:41 by pinfall (C-)

-WCCW American Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Kevin & Mike Von Erich defeated Terry Gordy and Michael Hayes to win the titles when Kevin made Hayes submit at 6:58. Mike was tiring towards the end. Gordy looked good. (C-) After the match, Kerry, Mike, Dave, and Kevin celebrate the Von Erich's victory. (C)

Overall Rating (D+)

Thoughts:

-My popularity in the midwest remains at 41.4%. A pretty disappointing show Definitely time to end to come back to Texas to be in front of some friendlier fans.

-Iowa hated the Sunshine/Precious stuff. Both rate fairly well and are two of the top "divas" of this era - I'll keep trying them in different things, but it seems like Garvin has to be more involved, or the fans won't care.

-Fritiz/Akbar was a just a chance to see if these guys can go at all, I'm contemplating a Hart/Akbar v. Fritz cage match at the King of Texas Show. The D+ here is somewhat encouraging, hopefully that would translate to at least a C+ in Texas.

-Black Gordman defeating Kerry was a total screw up, I just made a mistake in the booking screen. (That's the text sim equivalent of an unplanned finish). Kerry's momentum will take a hit, but at least we weren't on TV. We'll have to give him a couple of squashes to make up for it.

-Checkmate basically maxes out to a C- match apparently, as that's all he got against David Von Erich. I looked closer at Checkmate's physical stats and despite being only 31, he's pretty beat up. I'll finish up the angle I have him in, and then send him back to "occasional wrestler" hell.

-The Freebirds are in a definite losing streak, based in large part upon Hayes's uncertain status. So I took the belts off of them. Mike & Kevin is an odd combo, but the other Von Erichs really don't need the belts. Kevin is now is the holder of 3 title belts (tag team, 6-man tag, and American Heavyweight).

molson

04-25-2007, 01:00 AM

News

-Haystacks Calhoun has denied my request for negotiations, saying our company simply isn't big enough for him to come out of retirement for.

-Buddy Roberts has arrived late for his second show in a row. I can't really suspend him yet, because I've already advertised another Parsons/Roberts match with a new stipulation. But I do fine him. I hope he's not on drugs or something.

-Now Maple Leaf Wrestling continues to go nuts, now offering contracts to both David Von Erich and Jimmy Garvin. No response yet on either guy.

-With all of companies bringing in new talent, I figure I should at least ask around, maybe see if I can get a surprise big name or two in for the tournament show. I request negotiations with some guys who are well known in the midwest, and who work for promotions I have a decent relationship with : Dick Murdoch, Ted Dibiase, Jack Brisco, Stan Hanson, (I try for Jerry Blackwell and The Crusher, but Fritiz blocks that because he thinks both guys are injury-prone),

-There's a new WWF champion, as Bob Backlund was defeated by Ray Stevens.

-I extend Sweet Brown Sugar's contract to a total of 9 months, with a raise from $500/show to $675/show. I haven't gotten around to using him yet, but he might have left when his contract was up in 10 weeks, with his MACW responsibilities.

molson

04-25-2007, 01:05 AM

NEWS

-David Von Erich has told the AWA, WWF, and Maple Leaf wrestling all to shove it, because he's loyal to WCCW. The Von Erich super push will continue. Meanwhile, Jimmy Garvin's offer from Maple Leaf remains outstanding.

PilotMan

04-25-2007, 01:12 AM

molson

04-25-2007, 11:12 AM

Hey, wanted to let you know that I am reading along. I like the time period that you picked. I have tried the demo for TEW a number of times, and for some reason the UI was a real problem. I like the idea, but I guess I just don't know enough about the backround to really make it work. Seeing what you do gives me a better idea about where to go. I still may pick this up, but I need to mess around with the demo some more. Keep showing us the ideas for the stories so that I can see how they develop in ring.

Thanks-

I've tried 3-4 times to get into this game, running into the same UI issues as you. That's why I'm trying the dynasty route. Progress is obviously slower, but it's forcing me to think about what I'm doing, and immersion is increased 100X because you really know your roster when you force yourself to write about them.

molson

04-25-2007, 10:35 PM

WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING
Saturday, Week 3, April 1983
Dallas, TX; 5,000 - SOLD OUT

-We return to Dallas, hoping for a hot crowd and a decently rated show exactly 1 week before the big King of Texas Tournament Event.

-Dark Match
Jose Lothario defeats Black Gordman in 7:52 by pinfall (C+). After the match, Lothario grabs the mic and repeats his desire for "one last run". (C)

-Bill Mercer and Mark Lawrence announce that earlier in the week, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Mike and Kevin Von Erich defeated Terry Gordy and Michael Hayes to win the WCCW American Heavyweight Tag Team Championship. They hype the fact that Kevin is now a triple crown WCCW champion (D+)

-Terry Gordy defeated Mike Von Erich in 3:55 by pinfall (B-) Mike seemed off his game, Terry looked good. They showed good chemistry.

-The Great Kabuki & Magic Dragon (w/ Hart) defeated Ken and Johnny Mantel in 4:47 when Kabuki pinned Johnny. (C-) Kabuki looked great. After the match, Hart again rants about the viciousness of his team, and offered threats to the new tag champs, Mike and Kevin. (C)

-King Kong Bundy defeated Brian Adias in 3:16 by pinfall (D+)

-Fritiz Von Erich comes out and announces that since Iceman Parsons & Buddy Jack Roberts have now wrestled 3 consecutive draws, tonight's match will be a ladder match for the WCCW Television championship. (B-). After the announcement, an angry Skandor Akbar and Gary Hart come out to confront Fritz, complaining about the way he's running the company: particularly his bias towards his own sons, and his bias against their clients and the Freebirds. They challenge him to a steel cage match at the King of Texas Wrestling event next Saturday, Akbar/Hart v. Fritz/a partner of his choosing. Fritz' smile indicates his acceptance (B)

-WCCW Television Title Match: Ladder Match
Buddy Roberts defeats Iceman Parsons in 8:19 by retrieving the belt to win the WCCW television championship. (C). After the match, Iceman Parsons acknowledges that Roberts was the better man tonight, but that next week in the King of Texas wrestling event, it'll be a different story. (C). Buddy Roberts responds, gloating about his win, and pointing out that Iceman hasn't been able to beat Roberts once in their 4 matches together. (C-)

-Jimmy Garvin defeated David Von Erich in 12:30 by pinfall to retain the WCCW Texas Heavyweight Championship. Garvin struck Von Erich with the belt when the referee was distracted by Sunshine & Precious (both valets also interfered in the match on Garvins' behalf. (B-). After the match, Jimmy Garvin hypes their match next week in the 1st round of the tournament, saying that now that's he's gotten by the Von Erich hurdle, he should be able to dispatch David quickly next week. (B-). David responds, saying that while he's tired of the 3-1 odds, it won't make any difference next week. David says he'll win the tournament, and then take the Texas Title from Garvin. (C+)

-Overall Rating: C+

Thoughts:

-My popularity in Texas is now 74.0% (a slight increase after this show).

-Another good dark match between Gordman & Lothario. I can't wait to see what Lothario can do against younger/better competition

-Terry drags Mike to Mike's best match rating ever, by far, a B-. Terry may be the most talented guy on the roster.

-I've basically booked Fritz and a surprise partner v. Akbar/Hart in a cage for next week, with no idea who the surprise guy is (just like real wrestling bookers, I suppose). I have a bunch of negotiation requests out right now with some fairly big names, if that doesn't work, I guess we'll have to go with Chris Adams, as the biggest face not wrestling in the tournament that night. I'd love to debut a surprise new guy in that spot though (maybe to turn on Fritz in the match)

-Buddy's winning the television title was partly to give a little success back to the Freebirds (along with Gordy's squash of Mike), since they've been on a huge losing streak since I took over. Hopefully it'll also add heat to their match next week.

molson

04-25-2007, 11:19 PM

NEWS

-Jimmy Garvin signs a PPA deal with Maple Leaf Wrestling, who are assembling a pretty amazing roster. MLW has weekly events on Thursdays, and their next big event is late May, so fortunately, there's no immediate conflicts. This is a little less of a problem than the Hayes/WWF relationship, because Hayes is more likely to leave us altogether for the WWF than Garvin is for MLW (since MLW is smaller and much less prestigious - at least for now).

-Buddy Roberts has received an offer from AWA. AWA runs Fridays and Wednesdays with a monthly show on top of that, so that'll complicate booking even further. AWA's also big enough that there's a strong chance Roberts leaves us altogether at some point.

-This all just emphasizes how hugely important it is to get to Cult status, and then National. More guys will view me as their priority company, and of course at National, I can start locking up guys exclusively.

-Maple Leaf Wrestling incredibly signs another big name - Bob Backlund, just coming off his loss of the WWF Title.

-Our TV show earned a .66 rating - our highest rating to date, and an increase of .10 from last week.

-Ted Dibiase and Stan Hanson reject my negotiation requests, they're both incredibly loyal to their current promotions. Dick Murdoch rejects me too, because he thinks our promotion is too small for him. Fritz Von Erich has capped out what I can offer to Jack Brisco, so that won't work. So as of the Wednesday before the big Saturday show, I have no mystery partner for Fritz yet. Still waiting to hear back from Bruiser Brody, Terry Funk, The Junkyard Dog, Abdullah the Butcher, Dusty Rhodes, and the Spoiler. Out of some desperation, I send feelers out to some guys a notch or two lower in the popularity scale - Manny Fernandez, the Wild Samoans, Chavo Guerrero, and Kamala (though the fans won't buy Kamala as a Fritz partner since he has minuscule stats for ability to play a face - he would have to interject on behalf of the heels) If I can't get any of those guys, then we'll have to go with Chris Adams. (I guess Mike Von Erich would make sense too, buy I don't want him to drag the whole segment down)

-I've advertised two matches for our final house show before the Big Event:

An 8 man tag featuring the participants in the tournament:
Kerry/Kevin/David/Parsons v. Hayes/Gordy/Roberts/Garvin

Fritz v. Skandor Akbar

-Because of our big event, I'll have to reschedule Saturday's TV taping for Thursday (when Garvin, Hayes, and Irwin are all potentially unavailable). That show will tape before, but air after the big event. For the sake of realism, I'll book the show accordingly.

molson

04-25-2007, 11:26 PM

That's all until Monday, as I'm off for a long weekend.

Early next week will be the last house show and TV taping before the big event, the big event itself, and then the first end-of-month recap, where I can see where I stand financially (and particularly where I stand in relation to Fritz' mandates that I have, and take a look at who's improved their ratings over the month. I'll also look to tweak the roster placement some, bring in some new guys, and start new angles.

molson

04-26-2007, 12:01 AM

NEWS

Well, one more thing. I took advantage of my "working agreement" with Florida to engineer a 3-appearance talent trade: Bill Irwin for Jake Roberts. Jake isn't known at all in the midwest yet, but he does have C- popularity in Texas. Statwise, he's at least top 3 on my roster at the moment: A+ in Charisma, B+ in toughness, Psychology, and Star Quality. He's a definite candidate to be Fritz' mystery partner, only to turn on him in a scheme orchestrated from the start by Akbar and Hart.

Neon_Chaos

04-26-2007, 08:14 AM

Just wanted to say that I'm reading/lurking as well. The way the business is shaping up in your wrestling world is getting to be pretty interesting. :)

Bee

04-26-2007, 09:11 AM

I tried the demo but the navigation is so bad, I gave up. Looks like there's an interesting game under there someplace though. :D

Evil Afro

04-26-2007, 09:42 AM

Is Barry-O available? I loved that dude.

molson

04-26-2007, 05:55 PM

Is Barry-O available? I loved that dude.

It looks like he's working for International Championship Wrestling, which was Randy Savage's father's promotion in TN. Randy's actually the current champion there. I went ahead and requested negotiations with 'ole Barry, maybe I'll bring him in for one match to job to Mike Von Erich.

Evil Afro

04-26-2007, 06:32 PM

"BARRY...OOOOOOHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!"

Atocep

04-27-2007, 12:26 AM

I've been reading. Used to be a big wrestling fan, but not anymore. I tried out the TEW game that was made freeware back in '03 and enjoyed it. DL'd the demo for the new version a couple days ago and I actually don't mind the click-fest that much. My problem is the only OS I have in my house is Vista and its a pain in the ass to play the game on it.

Your dynasty is showing me some good ways to use angles and storylines for my promotion. I'm amazed at the depth of this game. Probably the deepest text sim outside of FM. I just wish I could run it better. :mad:

Icy

04-27-2007, 09:22 AM

I'm following too. I bought TEW05 as i liked the idea, but the interface and to need to write a lot of things in notepad to keep with my storylines, players ratings etc made me to lose the interest.

Tried the 07 demo and the interface looked similar, with a lot of clicks and not easy way to see wrestlers ratings from the screens where i needed them, forcing me again to keep writting stuff outside the game (notepad and excel) so i didin't purchase it. Now that i'm reading and following your dynasty i might give it a shoot again.

Hammer

04-27-2007, 12:35 PM

molson

04-30-2007, 12:04 PM

I am a big late 80's early 90's WCW fan. Still got the videos :)

Playing the demo, the game feels a bit tedious on first impressions? I'm really enjoying the read in this thread though. I presume you can't get into the WCW dynasty unless you buy the game?

The DOTT mod helps tremendously with the tediousness of the game, at least if you have some familiarity with that era. Booking and roster management are much improved in this version, the biggest remaning weakness, IMO, is access to worker stats. Fortunately, The DOTT mod is so well put together that you really don't need to check the stats too much - you already know what everyone can do, and it's way more fun anyway to book based on feel and how they've done in your own matches and segments. I'll probably just check individual stats once a game month, to see who's improving/regressing (the game does track monthly changes).

I hope to have the next update up tonight.

Hammer

04-30-2007, 12:15 PM

molson

04-30-2007, 12:27 PM

Look forward to that.

Can you control the winners and losers in this game? The other thing I was wondering, is do the audience get bored if you keep showing the same matches?

Looking on youtube, its shocking the amount of wrestlers that have died young.

I quite fancy the look of the MMA game coming out later this year.

1. Yes, absolutely you control the winners and losers. In addition to that, you can give a number of "instructions" to the road agents that plan out the match, like "X wrestler dominates", "work the crowd", "tainted victory", "decisive victory", "script the match", "call the match in-ring", interference from specific managers, etc. (I verbalize this in the dynasty with the commentary about people cheating, or winning in 3:00 as a "domination"). The outcome and manner of victory or defeat effect a guy's popularity and momentum.

2. There's some anecdotal evidence (from the TEW boards) that running a match too many times will make a crowd bored, at least if you run it too many times in one region. As a booker though, you can't run different matches every week, because you can quickly run out of fresh matches with a roster as small as WCCW's.

Hammer

04-30-2007, 04:36 PM

Thats pretty cool. So you can build up the unstoppable heel for the main event etc. Ensure losses to top faces are "acceptable" by manager interference.

I was reading that WCW was actually the dominant federation at one point, and actually lost out by copying the WWF's cartoon style. The WCW I liked was obviously rigged, but done so in a very serious manner. Guys like Arn Anderson, Barry Windham, Stan Hansen. No frills, solid wrestlers/brawlers. Even the likes of the Steiners, Luger or Sting were pretty serious compared to the tripe you see these days. The good old days...

molson

04-30-2007, 05:33 PM

Thats pretty cool. So you can build up the unstoppable heel for the main event etc. Ensure losses to top faces are "acceptable" by manager interference.

Yup, TEW completely assumes the fictionalized nature of wrestling as it's premise - you're the booker, trying to create stars, get people to come to your shows, and increase your popularity in various regions. And yes, a "tainted" victory doesn't hurt the momentum of a wrestler as much as a clean loss would.

And to be picky and clarify, this dynasty is about WCCW, not WCW. WCCW was a promotion based in Texas that seemed to be on the verge of national expanison (they had high production values, were one of the earliest promotions to use theme music, video packages, and pre-taped vignettes, and they had a ton of talent). Then everyone died, and the promotion went out of business (that's only a slight exageration). The goal of this game is to keep everyone alive and in fact, go national (it's still possible that wrestlers drop dead, and in fact, certain wrestlers have hidden stats for drug use - I'm sure David and Kerry do.) I can't have as much bad luck as they did though.

molson

04-30-2007, 07:25 PM

Here's what's up for the last three shows of the month of April:

Wednesday: House Show

-King of Texas Tournament Preview:
Kerry/David/Kevin/Parsons v. Hayes/Gordy/Roberts/Garvin

-Fritz Von Erich v. Skandor Akbar

Thursday: TV Taping
(to air Sunday, after big event)

-Kevin & Mike Von Erich to defend their Tag Team Titles.
-Buddy Roberts to defend his TV title

Saturday King of Texas Wrestling

-King of Texas Tournament
Terry Gordy v. Kevin Von Erich
Iceman Parsons v. Buddy Roberts
David Von Erich v. Jimmy Garvin
Kerry Von Erich v. Michael Hayes

-Steel Cage Match
Fritz Von Erich & a Mystery Partner v. Skandor Akbar & Gary Hart

Toddzilla

04-30-2007, 07:59 PM

molson

04-30-2007, 09:01 PM

THE STARS OF WORLD CLASS ON TOUR
Wednesday, Week 4, April 1983
Fort Worth, TX; 2,000 - SOLD OUT

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Skandor Akbar comes out and announces his displeasure with the recent performance of his client, Frank Dusek. He warns Dusek that if he can't win his pre-show match tonight against Adias, he'd likely drop him as a client. (D). Frank Dusek defeated Brian Adias in 5:52 by pinfall. (D-) Before the match, Bill Mercer interviewed Brian Adias about his upcoming match. (E)

-Chris Adams defeats Black Gordman in 8:32 by pinfall (C+)

-The Von Erichs come out as a unit and talk about their recent success, and how much they're looking forward to a Von-Erich dominated King of Wrestling tournament (C). Kerry then specifically hypes his first round match with Michael Hayes, and how he'll be keeping an eye on him tonight (C+)

-Jose Lothario defeats King Kong Bundy in 6:56 by countout, after Bundy misses a charge into the ringpost and knocks himself out. (D+). Bundy again was visibly tiring in a very short match, and the two were said to have very bad chemistry.

-Fritz Von Erich comes out and first announces that Bill Irwin has been indefinitely suspended due to drunken and rowdy behavior at recent shows (C). He then hypes his match coming up with Skandor Akbar (B)

-Checkmate defeats Ken Mantel by 9:27 by submission. (D-) He holds onto the hold several minutes before the ref forces him off (E) Before the match, Ken Mantel came out and says that he wanted to take on Checkmate and his "open challenge" he made two weeks ago regarding his mask and $5,000. (E)

-The Freebirds come out and discuss how even though they have lost a match or two recently, a new dawn is arriving for the them. Buddy Roberts is the new TV champion, and this Saturday at the King of Texas tournament, they promise an all-Freebird final, at which point they'd declare each other co-Kings, (C). Michael Hayes than specifically responds to Kerry's comments earlier, and hypes their first-round match (B).

-Fritz Von Erich defeats Skandor Akbar in 5:51 by submission. (C) Before the match, Skandor Akbar came out first and hyped his wrestling skills (B+). After the match, Frank Duskek (Akbar's client) and King Kong Bundy (Hart's client), attack Fritz before quickly running off - it's clear they know that the rest of the Von Erich's wouldn't be far behind (C)

-Kevin, Kerry, David, and Iceman Parsons defeated the Freebirds and Jimmy Garvin in 18:02 when David made Garvin submit. (C-) After the match ends, Michael Hayes and Buddy Jack Roberts are arguing in the ring, with Terry Gordy trying to play peacemaker. (C+)

-Overall rating: C- (The fans felt Fritz and Jimmy Garvin were used too much)

Thoughts:

-Pretty disappointing show leading up to our first big event. Popularity in the Texas area decreases from 74.0% to 73.2%.

-Lothario gets his first shot on the main part of show and his match with King Kong Bundy sucks. I blame Bundy more than Lothario. Bundy's very young at this point, but has an A rating in Looks, B in Star Quality, A in Menancing, B+ in power, and B in toughness. I think Bundy needs more "standing in the background while Gary Hart is yelling stuff" and more time playing the enforcer in non-wrestling roles. He doesn't have the stamina to comfortably get through a 6 minute match right now. He's wrestled 11 matches between us and Mid-South this month, and only two were rated C- or above - matches against Kevin Von Erich, and amazingly, Ken Mantel.

-The Bill Irwin "suspension" is just to cover his being gone via talent trade while I have Jake Roberts for 3 appearances.

-The 4X4 main event was disappointing at a C-, when previous Von Erich v. Freebirds matches have reached B and C+. Fortunately the King of Texas angle as a whole has reached C+, which should help the overall rating of the tournament show next week (the game's pre-programmed "angles" require you to do things in a certain order, the King of Texas angle involved the various announcements and hype interviews I've done this month). Any match that is part of an actual angle benefits.

NEWS

-We get 2 more rejections from big names - Abdullah the Butcher says we're not big enough, and Dusty Rhodes wants to focus on Mid-Atlantic. It looks like if we're going to get to cult status, we're going to have to go with the level of guys we have.

-The WWF wanted to talk to Randy Savage, but he's staying loyal to his dad for now. It'll be interesting to see how far loyalty goes in this game.

molson

04-30-2007, 10:31 PM

WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING (TV Taping)
Thursday, Week 4, April 1983
Wichita, KS: 2,000 SOLD OUT

-We return to the midwest for this show, which has to be somewhat low-key because it won't air until after the Big Event. So hopefully, we can do enough to pop our midwest popularity a tad (it currently stands at 41.4%), and rest some of the bigger names. Michael Hayes is wrestling for the WWF tonight, and is unavailable.

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Frank Dusek defeats Ken Mantel in 10:56 by pinfall. (D-) Dusek was tiring towards the end. After the match, Akbar comes out and hypes his client, stating that when Bill Irwin returns from his suspension, Destruction Inc. will be re-born (D+) Before the match, Ken Mantel gives an interview (F+).

-Sweet Brown Sugar defeats Black Gordman in 8:05 by pinfall. (C-)

-Gary Hart and King Kong Bundy come out, offering anyone who can body slam Bundy $5,000. (C-). Mike Von Erich comes out, but before he can even attempt to slam Bundy, Gary Hart orders Bundy to attack Mike (D-). Chris Adams comes out to stand up to Bundy with a steel chair, and Bundy and Hart leave the ring (E+)

-Terry Gordy defeats Jose Lothario in 8:48 by pinfall while using the ropes for leverage in a surprisingly competitive match (D+) The two had bad chemistry.

-A video highlight package is shown that covers the recent 4-match series between Iceman Parsons and Buddy Roberts. Iceman is utilizing his return match clause tonight. (D-)

-WCCW Television Title Match
Buddy Roberts defeats Iceman Parsons in 10:32 by DQ, after the ref is knocked out, Roberts introduces a chair, and Parsons wrestles it away and strikes Roberts, to make his 1st title defense (C). Parsons was tiring by the end of the match.

-WCCW American Heavyweight Tag Team Championship
Kevin and Mike Von Erich drew with The Great Kabuki & Magic Dragon via time limit draw in 10:00 to make their 1st title defense (C-). Kabuki looked off his game. After the match, Gary Hart rants about his team, saying the best the Von Erichs can do is hang with them for 10 minutes, but the titles will be theirs soon enough. (D+)

Overall Show Rating (C-).

Thoughts:

-I left a lot of expensive guys off the card tonight. So to still go into the midwest and get a C- is a respectable and inexpensive result. Last time in the region, I got a D+, and that was using David, Kerry, Hayes, Sunshine, Precious, all $1,000+ per show workers that weren't used here. Midwest popularity raises again from 41.4% to 42.2%

-I FINALLY get around to using Sweet Brown Sugar, and he wrestles an OK match with Black Gordman. I have a very quick angle scheduled for him and Checkmate, mask v. mask, which should end Checkmate's WCCW career and elevate Sweet Brown Sugar to...something. He, along with Kevin and and Brian Adias, are the top 3 athletes in the company, and he's been wrestling OK matches with guys like Greg Valentine in Mid-Atlantic. I think he's going to have to lose the mask himself though, because I personally can't deal with the name.

-So that's 5 Iceman/Roberts matches, with the last one for a while Saturday night. I just love that 10 minute guaranteed "C" match with two guys who don't cost too much.

NEWS

-Of course, next up is the King of Texas event. If it's anything less than our highest rated and best attended show, it'll be a big disappointment.

-I make my first splash in the talent acquisition department, acquiring The Spoiler. The fact that he's listed as having a "strong friendship" with Fritz Von Erich probably didn't hurt. Even at 43, he's arguably the top overall worker in our company at the moment (probably just behind David - his stats show at least a B in more than half of the 32 overall categories.) I've signed him for 9-month PPA contract at $1,750/show, with a $1,050 monthly downside, making him the highest paid PPA guy on the roster. The only potential issue is that he has a listed reputation of being selfish, and that he's also working for what he considers a "priority" company, Georgia Championship wrestling. I'll have to regroup after the month and lay out exactly who has potential conflicts which months.

-JYD, who just turned me down, signed a PPA deal with the WWF.

-The next three rejections I get are from Bruiser Brody, JYD, and Terry Funk Brody says he's stretched too thin at the moment, and JYD just thinks we're not big enough. Funk seems willing to talk about a short term-deal, but Fritz caps me at a number Funk finds unacceptable.

-Black Gordman is apparently a little worn out because of the schedule I've been giving him. He's a 46 year old "occasional wrestler", and has wrestled 5 matches in the last two weeks between us and HCW. I'd like to use him as much as he can, he has an "A" rating in the Basics, which means the young guys can learn from him in the ring.

DeToxRox

04-30-2007, 11:07 PM

Aweome read. Keep it up.

molson

05-01-2007, 12:39 AM

WCCW: KING OF TEXAS WRESTLING
Saturday, Week 4, April 1983
Dallas, TX: 6,041

-First bad news of the night is that BOTH of my potential surprise partners for Fritz - The Spoiler and Jake Roberts, were booked elsewhere tonight. I realized this was possible, but didn't want to move the event date. We'll keep the cage match short, throw Adams into the surprise slot, and hope the crowd doesn't totally crap on it. The emphasis will be on the tournament.

-Pre-Show Dark Match
The Great Kabuki & Magic Dragon defeat Mike Von Erich & Brian Adias in 9:38 when Kabuki pinned Adias. (D+) Before the match, Kabuki performs some type of bizarre salt ritual (C). Also before the match, Mike and Adias gave an interview. They discuss how they lost to Kabuki & Dragon earlier in the month, but now, Mike is a tag team champion (with Kevin), and he has something to prove tonight - being the only Von Erich left out of the tournament. (D-)

-A Video plays hyping the tournament and it's competitors. (C+)

-King of Texas Wrestling, 1st Round Match
Terry Gordy defeats Kevin Von Erich in 9:54 cleanly by pinfall to advance. (B-). After the match, Buddy Roberts come out, and he and Gordy proclaim that the Freebird rout is on, and that Gordy will be on hand for the next match to make sure Roberts advances as well (C+)

-King of Wrestling, 1st round match
Iceman Parsons defeated Buddy Roberts (for the 1st time in 5 tries) in 7:08 by DQ after Gordy was caught cheating on Parsons' behalf. (B-) After the match, Gordy and Roberts argue in the ring, before Roberts storms out. (C).

-Fritz Von Erich comes out an announces that in the upcoming Garvin/David 1st round match, both Precious and Sunshine will be banned from ringside, since they had interfered in both of the previous matches between the two. (B-) Before Fritz leaves the ring, an angry Gary Hart storms in, demanding to know what Fritz has done, and demanding that their cage match be canceled. It isn't clear, but something clearly hasn't gone as planned for Hart (B+)

-King of Wrestling, 1st round match
David Von Erich defeats Jimmy Garvin in 9:45 by submission. (C+)

-King of Wrestling, 1st-Round Match.
Kerry Von Erich defeats Michael Hayes in 7:04 by pinfall in a wild, overbooked brawl that featured both Gordy and Roberts interfering on behalf of Hayes, and David interfering on behalf of Kerry. (C+) Kerry advances to take on his brother Kerry in the semi-finals. After David leaves the ring, Kerry grabs a mic and tells the crowd he wishes David luck, but that he's wanted to prove himself against him for a long time. (B) (My road agent says Kerry's character could use some freshing up).

-King of Wresting, Semi-Final Match
Terry Gordy defeats Iceman Parsons decisively in 6:33 by pinfall to advance to the finals. (C+)

-King of Wrestling, Semi-Final Match
David Von Erich defeats Kerry Von Erich in 12:59 by pinfall. Terry Gordy interfered with both wrestlers during the match (trying to "soften" them up for the final), and David finally pinned Kerry after Terry struck Kerry with a chair (it isn't clear if David noticed the chairshot). David and Kerry worked awkwardly together (C).

-Steel Cage Match
Fritz Von Erich and his mystery partner, Chris Adams, defeat SKandor Akbar & Gary Hart in 5:36 when Fritiz made Hart submit with the Iron Claw (D+). After the match, Hart and Akbar, who have been pissed all night, argue and shove each other. Akbar is heard yelling, "This isn't what was supposed to happen - where is he!" (B).

-A video hypes the tournament up to now and hypes the final match (B)

-King of Texas, Finals
David Von Erich defeats Terry Gordy in 17:44 by submission to win the 1983 WCCW King of Texas Wrestling Trophy. (C+). After the match, a number of wrestlers come down to the ring to celebrate with David: Mike, Kevin, Adias, Parsons, Adams, Fritz, Sweet Sugar Brown. Notably absent is Kerry (B).

Overall Show Rating: C+
(Fans thought Adias and Fritz were used too much).

Thoughts;

-We seemed to be headed for our first B- or higher show, but instead we get our 4th C+ in 9 total shows. Our Texas popularity decreases from 73.2% to 72.6%.

-What kept us from a B- was largely the crappy Chris Adams surprise, and 3 largely disappointing matches from David (C+, C, and C+). After Gordy/Kevin and even Iceman/Roberts reached B- level, to see David not reach it once against 3 quality opponents is a bit of a mystery. (especially since he's wrestled 2 B matches with Garvin before)

-The theme of the show was dissension - Roberts pissed at Gordy for costing him the match, Akbar pissed at Hart for screwing up "something" (apparently they were expecting someone other than Chris Adams as the mystery partner), and Kerry apparently pissed at David for pinning him after a Gordy chairshot. Unfortunately, Kerry and David have bad chemistry, so even if I turned one of them and ran an angle behind it, the matches probably wouldn't be too great. On the other hand, my road agent did say that Kerry was getting stale in his current gimmick.

NEWS

-In tragic news, Jimmy Snuka has died at the age of 39, sometime the night after his final match, teaming with Sgt. Slaughter to defeat Tito Santana & Ivan Putski in the WWF.

-Our latest TV show got a .61 rating. That's a decrease of .05 from last week, but right around our average. The TV networks have announced that they're accepting requests for negotiations for shows in the summer season. I'm not totally sure how this dynamic works, but I'm pretty happy with our network, since it broadcasts to our two key areas - midwest and Texas. The next step up would be a national syndication deal, which I'm sure we can't get yet. Since I only have one "season" left on my current deal, and without TV, we're pretty much dead, I go ahead and request negotiations for a renewal. But I'll throw some negotiation requests out there with other networks just to get a feel for that aspect of the game.

-Right after the show, Buddy Roberts tells me that he has signed a PPA deal with AWA. Again, I'll have to review all of my conflicts and see where we stand, but it might be tough to find any nights that all 3 Freebirds are available, with Hayes being used pretty regularly by the WWF

-Not surprisingly, David and Terry come to me after the show and tell me they need a bit of a break after their exhausting 3-match night.

-Jake Roberts & The Spoiler are both irritated that I haven't assigned them a role on the roster yet, or told them what their gimmick or face/heel alignment will be. I'll do that before they debut on our next show or two.

-I make two new signings as April comes to a close. At the request of Evil Afro, Barry-O is in at the bargain price of $125 per show. More importantly, I reach an agreement with the "Raging Bull" Manny Fernandez, at a pricey $1,800/show (surpassing The Spoiler as our highest paid guy). I also had to contractually guarantee him a midcard title reign while he's around (either the American Heavyweight or TV Title - shouldn't be a problem). Manny is a huge pickup - he's well known in both the Texas area and the midwest, and he brings B+ ratings in Brawling, Hardcore, Toughness, Stamina, Selling, and Intensity. At this point, I have to consider breaking Terry Gordy off from the Freebirds and starting a Manny/Gordy program. The best part of the signing is that even though Manny works for both Central States & Southwest Championship wrestling, we'll be his priority company, he'll have no conflicts. That equals a HUGE push.

-So with the Spoiler and Manny onboard, my worker costs are going to go up. I'll review the roster at the end of the month and perhaps make a cut or two. We also might have a slight glut in the main event/upper midcarder scene - everybody may not be happy with how things shake out.

-We're rejected by Kamala and Chavo Guerrero. The Wild Samoans are interested in talking, but they want Spoiler/Manny Fernandez money, and I feel like I need to get through another month before we load up the payroll too much more.

-Next up will be the end-of-month recap. Early indications are that we had a great month financially.

molson

05-01-2007, 11:47 PM

WCCW MONTH IN REVIEW: APRIL 1983

Popularity in Texas: 72.6%
Popularity in Midwest: 42.2%
Population Goal to get to Cult (in both regions) 53%

Finances

Income:

Ticket Sales: $478,025
Sponsors: $15,096
Merchandise: $4,400

Expenses:

Workers: $132,975
Show Costs: $101,500
Marketing: $500
Merchandise: $4,511
Production: $800
Misc.: $1,000

Profit for Month: $256,275
Total Cash: $631,275

-We're in tremendous shape financially. I only held back stars on one or two shows, and still ended up clearing $250k. Fritiz' only two mandates for the next 12 months - that I always have at least $225k in the bank at all time, and that I not fall in size (my current "regional" size only requires 30% in 1 region), seem to be no problem at all

I'm not making any changes yet to our production values or merchandise production, as this month will already have it's share of new expenses. Guys like the Spoiler and Manny Fernandez will be used regularly, and we'll be focusing almost exclusively on the midwest to make the final push towards Cult status (which means a smaller gate from those midwest shows)

Roster

After cleaning up the roster, here's what we're left with. I haven't released anybody yet:

Main Eventers:

The Spoiler
David Von Erich
Manny Fernandez
Terry Gordy
Kerry Von Erich

-The Spoiler will be a heel, as he's much better suited to do. Manny, who can go either way, will be a face. Kerry's clinging to his main event spot after a less than spectacular month.

Upper Mid-Carders:

Michael Hayes
Buddy Jack Roberts
The Great Kabuki
Kevin Von Erich
Jake Roberts

-Jake will be a heel, like the Spoiler, he has a much higher rating for that role. Michael Hayes gets bumped down from main event status, primarily based on his uncertain contract situation (In addition to the fact that he can't work a match for more than 8 minutes).

Midcarders:

King Kong Bundy
Jose Lothario
Jim Garvin
Iceman Parsons
Sweet Brown Sugar
Bill Irwin
Chris Adams

-This is an interesting group that has a lot to prove. Checkmate has been bumped out to "occasional wrestler" status, to be replaced by Lothario, who has shown the ability for one more run. Bill Irwin moves down from upper midcarder, but he'll have his chances this month with a revitalized "Destruction Inc." stable. Chris Adams and Iceman did fine when they were used, both guys are on the verge of the upper midcard. Bundy is a big-time project - his matches are horrible, so he'll largely be relegated to "enforcer" status for Hart - hopefully he'll learn something along the way. Jim Garvin still owns the company's most prestigious title, but is stuck in the midcard due to a numbers game. He performed well in matches with David, and could be moving up the ladder shortly.

Lower Midcarders

Frank Dusek
Ken Mantel
Mike Von Erich
Magic Dragon

-Ken Mantel gets the promotion here, thanks to dragging Bundy to his best match, and also performing pretty well when teaming with Johnny Mantel against Dragon & Kabuki. Speaking of Dragon, he's getting a hell of an opportunity to team with Kabuki and gain some experience, but he's clearly holding Kabuki back at this point. We'll try him in some singles matches to see what happens if the team splits up. Mike actually hasn't been too bad for a 19-year old, and he wrestled a terrific match with Terry Gordy.

Openers:

Barry Orton
Brian Adias

-Both of these guys will lose and lose often, and neither has shown anything to anyone yet.

Enhancement Talent:

Johnny Mantel

-He's been OK when teaming with Ken, but it just looks like we don't have much to work with here

Occasional Wrestlers:

Checkmate
Black Gordman

-As I've stated, Checkmate is on the way out. It's likely close to the end of the line for Gordman as well, who is a little pricey at $1,000/show.

Wrestler Conflicts & Attitudes

Really for my own organization, here's the guys currently under contract who are also employed by companies they consider a higher priority, and what days they're potentially unavailable in May:

-Buddy Roberts, AWA (FRI, WED, last SUN in May)
-Gary Hart, MACW (FRI, WED, last SUN in May)
-Magic Dragon, MACW (FRI, WED, last SUN in May)
-Manny Fernandez, CSTATE (THU, FRI, 1st MON in May)
-Michael Hayes, WWF (THU, SUN, last FRI in May)
-Jake Roberts, GCW (THU, SAT, last FRI in May) Florida (TUE, WED, 3rd FRI in May)
-Sweet Brown Sugar, MACW (FRI, WED, last SUN in May)
-The Great Kabuki, MACW (FRI, WED, last SUN in May)
-The Spoiler, GCW (THU, SAT, last FRI in May)

And these guys have expressed frustration with the amount they've been used

-Bill Irwin
-James Beard
-Precious

Hammer

05-02-2007, 10:12 AM

Great start. With baby steps there appears to be no reason why you can't keep getting better stars in, and thus raising the profile of the organisation - which means more money and even bigger stars.

I was wondering, is it possible for the main man to be a heel. An unbeatable bad guy. Probably take away the feel good factor from the fans? I could see a guy like Van Vader perhaps pulling this off...

molson

05-02-2007, 12:41 PM

I was wondering, is it possible for the main man to be a heel. An unbeatable bad guy. Probably take away the feel good factor from the fans? I could see a guy like Van Vader perhaps pulling this off...

Sure, I can see the Von Erichs taking turns trying to beat a dominant champion. Like you said, you need a top guy to pull that off, because the most important factor in a show's overall rating is how good the main event is. Ferandez is the best candidate for that right now (The Spoiler's even better all around, but a little old to be buliding my company around)

One thing that's weird about WCCW right now is that they don't have one clear, top champion. The Texas Heavyweight title is technically the most prestigious, but the American Heaveyweight title isn't far off, and it's held by a guy who's more popular and higher up in the roster. I could unify them into the "WCCW World Heavyweight Championship", but Kevin v. Garvin isn't the matchup to do that with.

molson

05-02-2007, 07:38 PM

WCCW ROLL CALL OF CHAMPIONS (in order of prestige)

(This is basically so I can keep track of title prestige ratings)

Texas Heavyweight Championship
Champion: Jimmy Garvin (2 Title Defenses)
86.8% Prestige (Up 1.8% from the beginning of the month)

Six-Man Tag Team Championship
Champions: David, Kerry, and Kevin (1 Title Defense)
71.7% Prestige (Up 1.7% from the beginning of the month)

American Tag Team Championship
Champions: Kevin and Mike Von Erich (1 Title Defense)
70.0% Prestige (Same as beginning of month)

American Heavyweight Championship
Champion: Kevin Von Erich (1 Title Defense)
65.8% Prestige (Up 0.8% from beginning of month)

Television Championship
Champion: Buddy Roberts (1 Title Defense)
52.1% Prestige (Up 2.1% from beginning of month)

molson

05-03-2007, 06:33 PM

NEW SHOW SCHEDULE

As you can from the conflicts list above, nobody has any conflicts on Mondays or Tuesdays. So, I'm not completely sure how the game handles this, but starting now, I'll run my weekly house show on Monday, and my TV taping on Tuesday. The TV show will still run on Sunday. My end of month show in May is the "WCCW Parade of Champions", the last Saturday in May.

I just noticed that every recurring event in the game if given a level of "importance", which presumably can increase based on how successful your show is. Everything but the annual events seem to be rated "Normal". My King of Texas Tournament Event was also rated normal. My big event in May, however, The Parade of Champions, is my most important annual event, at "Historic". The order of importance seems to range from: Normal, Above Average, Highly Regarded, Historic to Legendary.

Saturday is the day with the least amount of remaining conflicts, unfortunately, the two guys who are potentially unavailable are the Spoiler, and Jake Roberts. I wish I could just put another guy in the mask and pretend it's The Spoiler.

I went ahead and looked through and renamed some of my annual events, to give everything a little more long-term context:

January: January Star Wars (Above Average)
February: Mexican Invasion (Normal)
March: Last Man Standing (Normal)
April: King of Texas Wrestling (Normal)
May: Parade of Champions (Historic)
June: June Star Wars (Above Average)
July: Independence Day Star Wars (Highly Regarded)
August: Cage Clash (Normal)
September: Labor Day Star Wars (Highly Regarded)
October: Texas Rumble (Normal)
November: Thanksgiving Star Wars (Highly Regarded)
December: Christmas Star Wars (Highly Regarded)

Neon_Chaos

05-03-2007, 07:51 PM

I would have gone the In Your House (insert number here) route. Just for the sake of monotony. :)

molson

05-03-2007, 09:08 PM

THE STARS OF WORLD CLASS ON TOUR
Monday, Week 1, May 1983
St. Louis, MO; 1,000 - SOLD OUT

(No Pre-Show Segments)

-Fritz Von Erich comes out and tells that crowd that a few days before his cage match with Akbar & Hart, someone had approached him and told him that they had been hired Akbar & Hart to trick Fritz into being his surprise partner, and then turn on him once the cage was locked. That man decided not to go through with it, and no-showed the event. Fritz then announces that that man is WCCW's latest signing - the current Central States Wrestling Heavyweight Champion - Manny Fernandez (C+)

-Fernandez comes out. Fritz states that he knows Manny is looking for WCCW gold, but he first must prove himself against the toughest WCCW has to offer. So he books a match for tonight between Manny Fernandez and The Great Kabuki. (D+)

-Jose Lothario defeats Barry Orton in 5:52 by pinfall. (D-)

-Gary Hart comes out with a microphone, asking Skandor Akbar to come to the ring. The two have a heated argument, with Akbar accusing Hart of betraying him at the cage match (D+) Hart tells him that it was Fernandez that betrayed both of them, but they'll deal with him soon enough. Hart offers a truce - he's been speaking with a long-time friend and world-renowned wrestling superstar who's making his way to WCCW. Hart will announce his identity at the TV tapings tomorrow tonight, and offer his services as a member of Akbar's Destruction, Inc. stable (D+)

-Ken Mantel, Johnny Mantel, and Sweet Brown Sugar defeat Checkmate, Frank Dusek, and Black Gordman in 8:15 when Sweet Brown Sugar pins Checkmate. (D-)

-The Freebirds come out and announce that Gordy and Roberts have put their differences behind them, and are completely focussed on their title shot tonight against the Von Erichs (C-)

-Manny Fernandez defeats The Great Kabuki in 11:45 by pinfall (C+) Before the match, the Great Kabuki performed his salt ritual (C-).

-The Von Erichs comes out and hype their title defense tonight against the Freebirds. They acknowledge the ongoing disagreement between David and Kerry, but say that at least for tonight, they all have a common enemy (C-)

-Jim Garvin defeats Brian Adias in 7:04 by pinfall. (D). Adias was tiring at the end, Garvin seemed off his game.

-Sunshine and Precious engage in a swimsuit competition. The crowd is clearly behind Sunshine, who wins via their applause (D)

-The Von Erichs defeat the Freebirds in 17:48 when David pinned Hayes to make their 2nd title defense of the 6-man tag championship (C)

Overall Show Rating: D+

Thoughts

-A pretty ugly show to start the month - popularity in the midwest remains 42.2%

-Part of the problem right now is that everyone is still a little fatigued from the King of Texas tournament. This especially brought the main event down just enough to hurt our overall rating. Tomorrow's TV rating will have to be angle-heavy, and then our guys will have almost a week to rest (except for the guys with other commitments).

-I'm at a loss with what to do with Sunshine/Precious. Statwise, they're two of the best "divas" in North American Wrestling, but they're just not clicking on anything. There's a DOTT angle that deals with the famous David/Garvin/Precious/Sunshine angle, but all of the possible supporting players are currently occupied in other angles.

NEWS

-David, Kabuki, and Manny have all asked for some time off. In the case of Kabuki & Manny, it's largely due to their heavy non-WCCW workload. All 3 will be given the tv taping tomorrow night off

molson

05-03-2007, 10:41 PM

WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING (TV Taping)
Tuesday, Week 1, May 1983
St. Paul, MN: 2,000 SOLD OUT

-We stay in the midwest for the TV taping, which is a little risky while I'm in the process of negotiating my TV deal (since my highest rating was the 1 taping I had the Texas crowd behind me).

-Jake Roberts is working elsewhere tonight (I either missed something or GCW just re-arranged their schedule). It would suck if I could never use him on TV.

-This is very much my "rest/saving money" show - anything over a D+ would be a huge success.

-Pre-Show Dark Match:
Frank Dusek defeated Johnny Mantel in 7:45 by pinfall. (D-) After the match, Skandor Akbar hyped his client, saying that since he gave Dusek an ultimatum to turn things around, he's 3-0. (D+) Before the match, Bill Mercer interviewed Johnny Mantel. (F+)

-Bill Mercer recaps the recent events in WCCW for the TV audience. He brings up the big questions: Is there dissension within the Freebirds and Von Erichs? Who is the mystery man Hart promised for Akbar's stable? What else do Akbar and Hart have planned for Fritz? Will David cash in his King of Texas title shot against Jimmy Garvin, as he promised, or will he go after his brother Kevin's American Heavyweight title? What will Manny Fernandez' role be in WCCW? (D-)

-Fritz comes out and introduces his newest signing to the TV audience, Manny Fernandez: (C+).

-After Fritz leaves, Manny says he's here to win WCCW gold. (C-). Suddenly, Gary Hart and his clients - King Kong Bundy, The Great Kabuki, and Magic Dragon surround the ring. They eventually enter, overwhelm Manny, and beat him severely (D-)

-Jose Lothario defeats Black Gordman in 6:31 by pinfall. (D+) Lothario looked off his game.

-Skandor Akbar comes out and states that Gary Hart has indeed delivered as promised. He states that Gary Hart has gone into his past, and brought one of his most prized former clients into WCCW, offering his services to Akbar. Akbar introduces The Spoiler (C).

-Checkmate defeated Ken Mantel in 6:41 by submission (D). Ken Mantel's arm seems seriously injured - the announcers hype that this is the same arm that Checkmate injured last week in Fort Worth when he wouldn't release the hold. As Mantel leaves favoring his arm, he's taunted by Checkmate (E+). Sweet Brown Sugar, entering the ring for his upcoming match, begins to argue with Checkmate - a brief shoving match results before refs can break it up (E)

-Sweet Brown Sugar defeated Barry Orton in 4:03 by pinfall (D-).

-A video recaps the attack by Hart & Co. on Manny earlier in the show (D).

-Kerry Von Erich comes out, hyping his match tonight for the TV title with Buddy Roberts. He specifically warns Gordy & Hayes to mind their own business, and notes that none of his brothers are in the arena tonight. (C)

-WCCW Television Title Match
Kerry Von Erich and Buddy Jack Roberts wrestle to a 10:00 time limit draw. Kerry is hampered by interference from Hayes and Gordy. Kerry and Roberts have good chemistry. This is Buddy's second title defense (C)

Overall Show Rating: D+

Thoughts:

-I can live with the D+ with the guys I held back here, but I have to turn it around starting next show. My midwest popularity remains 42.2%. (Again, Cult goal is to have 53% here)

-The deal with Jake Roberts is that somewhere in the last few days, he decided Florida, along with Georgia, were bigger priorities for him than us. Florida does a show on Tuesday, so I can't count on Roberts for any TV show tapings. I guess I'll just use the 3 appearances I have him for as a part of 2 house shows and then the Parade of Champions in some kind of "loser leaves WCCW match"

-I have Lothario in an angle where he wins 9 straight matches trying to prove himself (which works out great, because he tends to bitch whenever I ask him to lose). I was hoping he's be able to give me some safe "C" matches on the undercard, and he can't reach that level here with Gordman.

-Manny and Spoiler haven't exactly set WCCW on fire yet - but all I need from them is guaranteed "C" segments, with the occasional "B".

-I'm now up to 7 programmed storylines, occupying most of the roster, here there are, in order of heat & momentum

1. Freebirds v. Von Erichs (This technically started tonight, this should at least guarantee me some decently rated main events)
2. Akbar v. Fritz, with Jake Roberts & The Spoiler in support ("Unchained" storyline, with no segments pre-planned.) The idea is just Akbar trying to drive Fritz out with the help of the The Spoiler, and Roberts coming in on Fritz' behalf. The bigger picture is an all-out war between Fritz & Akbar/Hart for eventual control of WCCW.
3. Jose Lothario 9-match winning streak.
4. Manny Fernandez seeking revenge on Kabuki/Dragon for putting him out of commission. Iceman Parsons involved as support for Manny
5. Feuding Valets: Precious v. Sunshine
6. Mask v. Mask. Sweet Brown Sugar v. Checkmate
7. King Kong Bundy Body Slam Challenge - technically hasn't started yet, but Chris Adams and Mike Von Erich will be involved here as well

-The tricky part of angles is that you can't use one guy in more than one. This is why the Spoiler will be the support player in the Fritz/Akbar feud, since everyone else is currently occupied. This is also why Iceman & Manny are now friends somehow.

molson

05-03-2007, 11:42 PM

NEWS

A long week of news before the next show Monday Night:

-My TV show gets a 0.56 rating. That's our lowest rating yet. Next week I'll have to consider taping in Texas, just so this doesn't become a trend.

-We've lost $25k this month so far on our two shows in the midwest. It's a reminder that Texas is where the money is, and I can't neglect them entirely as I push towards Cult Status.

-After the TV taping, Gordy/Roberts/Gordman/Lothario/Spoiler all tell me they're exhautsed from their workload. I think Gordman might just be tired of losing (He's 1-8 for me so far - I love the TEW "match history" feature). Hopefully everyone will be ready to go by next Monday. I have to use Lothario pretty much every show anyway, because he's only under contract for 50 more days.

-Maple Leaf Wrestling signs Greg Valentine and Dick Slater. I'm following this company closely - they're currently at "Regional" status - if they can jump to Cult or higher, it'll be interesting to see their impact on the North American wrestling scene.

-The AWA has brought in the Iron Shiek and Paul Orndorff.

-Manny Fernandez has completely left Southwest Championship wrestling, which should ease his workload a bit for us (he is still the Central States Wrestling Heavyweight Champion).

-I sign a new personality, just out of wrestling school, named Harry Frehley. He comes in at a cheap $150 PPA deal, but he has some crazy skills: A in Mic work, A in Charisma, B in Acting, B in Star Quality. He could be the next Mean Gene Oakerland. He'll sit on the bench for now while I decide what to do with him. He could either be a backstage interviewer, a part of a 3-man booth, or I could kick either Marc Lowrence or Bill Mercer to the curb.

-I've re-upped with my current TV network for 2 more seasons, after being rejected by a syndication carrier that had stations across the country. I'm not sure exactly how long 2 seasons are, but at least I don't have to worry about losing TV anytime soon.

-Calgary Stampede has lost their TV slot, leaving them only with a weekly house show. I wonder if this means their talent starts to head elsewhere (And they're loaded at this point - Bad News Allen, Dynamite Kid, Bret Hart, Davey Boy Smith, etc.).

molson

05-04-2007, 01:10 AM

THE STARS OF WORLD CLASS ON TOUR
Monday, Week 2, May 1983
Cedar Rapids, Iowa; 1,000 - SOLD OUT

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Chris Adams defeats Black Gordman in 8:52 by pinfall. (C-). Before the match, Chris Adams gave an interview (D-)

-Jose Lothario defeats Brian Adias in 4:37 by pinfall (D).

-Gary Hart comes out with King Kong Bundy and renews his challenge - anyone who can slam Bundy will win $5k. (C-). Johnny Mantel comes out, attempts to slam Bundy, but fails miserably (C-)

-Precious defeats Sunshine in 4:22 by pinfall. (F-) "The crowd came to see real wrestlers" and were pissed off by this match, Sunshine was off her game. After the match, the two continue fighting, stripping off much of each other's clothes in the process (E-)

-Fritz comes out and announces that if Kerry can defeat Buddy Roberts tonight, he'll get another shot at the TV title. (D+) Skandor Akbar comes out, but before he can say anything, Fritz lays down the law - if Akbar can't play by the rules, he'll find his life becoming very difficult. Injuring Manny Fernandez was not acceptable (C-)

-Gary Hart stays out by the ringside area as his new client, The Spoiler, defeats Mike Von Erich in 7:37 by pinfall. Mike was tiring at the end. (C-) After the match, Akbar hands the Spoiler an expensive watch, stating "There's more where this came from if you get the job done". (C).

-Kerry Von Erich defeats Buddy Jack Roberts in 12:55 by pinfall, gaining another shot at the TV title down the road. Roberts and Kerry again showed good chemistry. (B). Before the match, Buddy Roberts hyped his championship belt (D).

-Before Kerry leaves the ring, David approaches for his next match. The two shake hands, apparently putting the King of Wrestling incident behind them (C-). David then makes an announcement. He knows there's been speculation that he'd use his guaranteed title shot to go after Kevin to prove he's the "Best of the Von Erichs", but David instead announces that he wants Jimmy Garvin's Texas Heavyweight Title, and he'll exercise his title shot at the Parade of Champions event. (C-)

-David Von Erich defeats Michael Hayes in 6:50 by DQ after Hayes became desperate and struck David with a chair. (B-) Before the match, Michael Hayes came out and stated how while he thought it was cute that David and Kerry were getting along again, he's there to ruin the family reunion. (C)

-WCCW American Heavyweight Title Match
Kevin Von Erich defeats Jimmy Garvin in 10:56 by submission to make his 2nd defense of the title. (Garvin's title is not on the line). The two show great chemistry (C+) After the match, Garvin tries to attack Kevin, but Kevin quickly drives him from the ring (C-). Precious, trying to prove her worthiness to Garvin, approaches Kevin from behind, but Kevin notices her, bends her over his knee, and spanks her to the delight of the crowd (C). Before the match, Jimmy Garvin cuts a promo with Sunshine & Precious by his side, claiming they're a unified front, all motivated by the advancement of Garvin's career. (E)

Overall Rating: C

Thoughts:

-Now that's a show. Our 2nd best effort in the midwest thus far, and our midwest popularity increases from 42.2% to 42.6%

-Chris Adams taking Black Gordman to a C- is very impressive. It wasn't as good as their C+ match two weeks ago in TX, but I'll take it. Adams has been waiting for his shot in the Bundy slam angle for weeks now, it'll be up to him to deliver.

-It's promising that Hart/Bundy can deliver "C" level angles even when Johny Mantel is the opposition. If Adams get a "B" segment with Bundy when his time comes in the next few weeks, I'll give him a huge push.

-Well, the Precious/Sunshine wrestling experiment is over - that was officially the worst WCCW match since I took over.

-Kerry & Buddy Roberts had an excellent match - it ties the first David/Garvin match from a month ago for our best ever match held in the midwest. It was also nice to see David step up after his disappointing tournament performance, dragging Michaels Hayes to a B-.

NEWS

-Terry Gordy shows up late to the show - of course, we didn't end up actually using him. I give him a warning.

molson

05-04-2007, 11:01 PM

WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING (TV Taping)
Tuesday, Week 2, May 1983
Dallas, TX: 5,000 SOLD OUT

-We return to Dallas, after hanging out in the midwest for the first 3 shows of the month.

-Jake Robert is once again unavailable.

-Pre-Show Segment
Sweet Brown Sugar defeated Black Gordman in 7:31 by pinfall (D). Before the Match, Sweet Brown Sugar gave an interview with new WCCW talent Harry Frehley (Harry needs a better name). (D) After the match, while Frehley tries to get a follow-up interview, Checkmate approaches and yells at Sweet Brown Sugar for sticking his nose in his match with Ken Mantel last week, before punching him in the face (D). After they're separated, Sugar challenges Checkmate to a match, mask v. mask (D+). Checkmate accepts (D). Checkmate then tells Sugar he has made a huge mistake, and Checkmate has a surprise up his sleeve (D).

-David Von Erich defeated Barry Orton in 6:54 by pinfall (C).

-Akbar & Hart cut a promo stating that the battle lines have now been drawn. Akbar's Destruction Inc. Stable (The Spoiler, Frank Dusek, and Bill Irwin) & Gary Hart's H&H Limited Stable (King Kong Bundy, Magic Dragon, and The Great Kabuki) will divide and conquer - their ultimate goal is to bring "class and dignity" back to WCCW and drive Fritz Von Erich out. In the meantime, they'll destroy anyone who crosses them, as Manny Fernandez has already found out. (B-)

-The Spoiler defeats Mike Von Erich in a rematch from last night's show in 6:38 by submission. (C-) Mike was tiring by the end, The Spoiler looked good.

-Gary Hart comes out with King Kong Bundy, and renews his 5,000 body slam challenge. Mike Von Erich, having just lost the previous match, stays at ringside and accepts the challenge. Two weeks ago at the tv taping, Bundy attacked Mike before he could attempt to slam Bundy, but this time, Mike tries and fails quickly. Hart than orders Bundy to splash Mike (C+) Bundy sets up to splash him again, but Chris Adams comes out with a steel chair to drive Bundy and Hart off. (D)

-Jose Lothario defeats Magic Dragon in 8:55 by DQ when The Great Kabuki interfered after Lothario had the match won. (C) Before the match, Hart comes out again with his team and the three laugh and boast about putting Manny Fernandez out of commission (C-). During the match, Iceman Parsons wanders out to the commentary position, telling Mercer and Lowerence that he's been friends with Manny for a long time, and he'll get revenge on his behalf (D+) While the match is still going on, Kabuki, Dragon & Hart direct their taunts to Parsons at ringside (C-) After the match ends by DQ, Iceman runs in and quickly drives off Dragon & Kabuki before they can continue their attack on Lothario. (C-)

-Precious comes out and tells everyone how tired she is of sharing valet duties with Sunshine. So, she challenges Sunshine to some type competition at the Parade of Champions, where the loser has to be the winner's valet for 24 hours (D-)

-WCCW Television Championship Match (earned by Kerry by his win over Roberts last night)
Buddy Roberts defeats Kerry Von Erich in 8:24 by pinfall following interference by Michael Hayes to make his 3rd defense of the TV Title (C-). Before the Match, Hayes comes down to the announce table as a guest commentator, claiming he's "scouting" Kerry, and telling Lowrence & Mercer that Kerry's win over him at the tournament was a fluke (C+) After the match, Hayes stands up with a mic and yells at Kerry, telling everyone that his brothers are crazy for trusting him after the crap he pulled at the King of Texas show (C+). When Kerry recovers, he gets in a shouting match with Hayes (C+). Suddenly, Kerry is attacked from behind by all 3 Freebirds, ending with a Terry Gordy pilediver outside the ring (C+)

-Overall Rating: C-

Thoughts:

-Our Texas popularity takes a hit since the end of last month, from 72.6% to 71.8%. (Part of that may be our recent inactivity there). And I should have realized this before, but a TV show will of course, effect the popularity of regions where it airs as well as where it tapes. Since my show does also air in the midwest, my popularity there increases from 42.6% to 43.0%.

-I've discovered a downside to running these conflict-free shows on Monday/Tuesday - Fatigue. Guys are wrestling on back to back nights for me, and many of them are wrestling 4-5 days a week with their other commitments. I'll keep the schedule in place for now, but try to give my top guys breathers where i can.

-Fatigue is the only way to explain Kerry/Roberts going from a B one night to a C- the next. I had high enough hopes for the rematch to make it my main event at the tv taping, and they couldn't bring it again. (Maybe the fans also didn't like the DQ finish)

-I hide the Checkmate/Sugar angle on the pre-show, and it draws decent "Ds." Better then I expected from them. I'll run their mask v. mask match at the Parade of Champions, largely because I'll have 2 hours to kill.

-The fans seemed fairly into the Bundy slam angle until Adams came out. Not a great start for his first angle.

-Our best match of the night was surprisingly, Jose Lothario v. Magic Dragon, despite the fact that the two showed poor chemistry. A good showing for both guys.

-The Feebirds v. Von Erich war is on - hopefully Hayes and/or Roberts don't leave the company to focus on WWF/AWA before its over. Jim Garvin is emergency Freebird in waiting.

molson

05-05-2007, 12:20 AM

NEWS

-Once again, a full week of news in the 5 days before my next show.

-Our latest TV rating is a 0,60, Slightly below our average.

-Kerry Von Erich has received an offer from Georgia Championship Wrestling. Hopefully he'll be as loyal as David was when the AWA came calling for him. Speaking of Kerry, he's now out with an "injury" at least past the Parade of Champions, so I start shopping him around my friendly promotions for a 3-apperance talent trade. Trying to learn my lesson from Jake Roberts, I try to find a guy with a workable schedule (but still has popularity in Texas). I offer him to WWC for Abdullah the Butcher, but WWC won't give him up because he holds half of their tag-team title. Then I try Dick Murdock with Mid-South, but they tell me he's on his way out of the company (which I didn't know, so I ask for separate negotiations to make our own pitch again - Murdoch would be huge for us). Then Consejo in Mexico rejects my pitch for Mil Mascaras, as they feel that's not an even trade. JYD, Ted Dibiase, Bruiser Brody, Harley Race, even Blackjack Mulligan all fail as well. So I sadly give up. The problem is, Kerry has almost no notoriety outside of Texas at this point, so he has very little value for these promotions.

-Michael Hayes has started a WWF tag team with Jesse Ventura. That actually sounds pretty awesome.

-One more note on Kerry, I've been getting messages from my road agents that his gimmick, "People's Champion" is getting stale. Since he's out with a worked "injury", this is a perfect time to bring him back with a subtly new gimmick. So we're going with "Rebel" - Kerry will be slightly Edgier. I make a few other gimmick changes. Our new talent, 19-year old announcer Harry Frehley is now a heel Sci-Fi nerd. Ken Mantel goes from an "Old School Face" to an "Underdog".

-After the TV taping, Roberts, Gordman, and the The Spoiler again seem to be exhausted. Gordman's just old, and Roberts & The Spoiler have other commitments. The Spoiler is the big concern here - at 43 years old, it doesn't look like he can handle the schedule he has. He's the Georgia Television Champion, and he's defending the title pretty much every week. He also wrestles for Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling (out of the Canadian Maritimes). I'm not sure I'll be able to get my money's worth out of him.

-I request negotiations with Waldo Von Erich, who has "C" popularity pretty much across the country. (I only have 3 guys who reach that popularity anywhere but Texas). At 49, he can't wrestle much anymore, but he might be willing to come in because of his friendship with Fritz and get involved somehow in the Fritz v. Akbar/Hart angle.

-Angelo Poffo's International Championship Wrestling has lost it's TV slot, leaving it with only a monthly event. Randy Savage has previously turned down negotiation requests due to loyalty to his father - it'll be interesting to see at what point he gets out. I go ahead and request negotiations.

molson

05-05-2007, 03:49 PM

THE STARS OF WORLD CLASS ON TOUR
Monday, Week 3, May 1983
Wichita, KS; 1,000 - SOLD OUT

-Back to the midwest for the last time this month, before he head back to Texas to focus on the Parade of Champions and make some money.

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Mike Von Erich defeats Arman Hussein in 5:57 by submission (D-). Before the match, Harry Frehley debuted his new sci-fi nerd gimmick and interviewed Mike (E). Harry also then interviewed Arman Hussein, who was with Gary Hart. Hussein said he has been away "raising money" for H&H Limited. (E+)

-Fritz comes out and announces that if Chris Adams can defeat Jimmy Garvin in the next match, he'll earn a Texas Heavyweight Title Shot tomorrow night at the TV taping. (C-)

-Chris Adams and Jimmy Garvin drew to a double countout in 9:40 following interference from both Precious and Sunshine. (C-)

-Though Jimmy seems excited about not having to defend his title, Fritz comes out and states that there will be a Texas Heavyweight Championship match tomorrow night. Standing behind Fritz are King Kong Bundy, Ken Mantel, and The Spoiler. Fritz states that the 3 men behind him don't have a match scheduled for tonight, so they'll compete in a triple threat match tonight for the title shot (D+).

-After Bundy, Mantel, and The Spoiler leave, Fritz starts to make another announcement, but he's interrupted by Akbar & Hart, who challenge him to another match at the Parade of Champions. This time, it will be Akbar, Hart, and a partner of their choosing v. Fritz, Manny Fernandez, and a partner of their choosing. They joke that Manny will have to wrestle from a wheelchair (D+). Suddenly, Manny Fernandez comes out wearing a neckbrace, and he and Fritz look ready to beat the crap out of Akbar & Hart (C-) Before they can, however, Frank Dusek of Destruction Inc. and Magic Dragon of H&H Limited come out and distract Fritz & Manny long enough for Hart & Akbar to slip away. (D)

-Fritz announces that before he was interrupted, he was about to bring out WCCW's newest signing, Jake Roberts, who comes out to the ring with Manny and Fritz. (C-) Roberts cuts a brief promo, saying how he's had his problems with Hart & Akbar in the past, and he's there to help keep them in line. (D+)

-Sweet Brown Sugar defeated Checkmate in 5:44 by DQ when Checkmate's new manager, Skandor Akbar, interfered. (D) Before the match Sweet Brown Sugar hyped the match (E+). Then Checkmate revealed his surprise - his new manager, Skandor Akbar (D-). Akbar hypes his new guy, saying that in a matter of time, Hart & Akbar will control the entire WCCW roster (C-) After the match, Akbar and Checkmate tried to take Sugar's mask off, but Sugar gained the upper hand and the two fled. (E+)

-Jose Lothario defeated Frank Dusek in 7:47 by pinfall (D+)

-Ken Mantel upset King Kong Bundy & The Spoiler in 6:49 by countout to win the title shot with Jimmy Garvin. Ken Mantel sneaked up behind Bundy and Spoiler who were wrestling near the ropes, and tossed them both over, causing the countout victory. (C) The Spoiler looked strong, despite the loss.

-Jake Roberts defeated Magic Dragon in 7:29 by pinfall (C+)

-Kevin & David Von Erich defeated Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy in 14:58 when David made Hayes submit. (C) David looked the best of the 4. Before the match, the Von Erichs hyped the match, and spoke about their injured brother Kerry (C). The Freebirds also hyped the match, stating "1 down, 3 to go". (C)

Overall Rating: C

THOUGHTS

-A "C" is always a good thing in the midwest, at least at our current popularity level. Our popularity continues it's slow and steady increases in the midwest from 43.0% to 43.4%.

-I'm a little stumped right now with the Fritz/Spoiler/Roberts/Manny/Hart thing, with the biggest issue being Robert's and Spoiler's potential unavailability at the Parade of Champions (and Roberts' potential unavailability at TV Tapings). The angle thus doesn't have much direction right now, and Roberts isn't that big a deal in 1983 to make to huge an impact.

-The Checkmate/Sugar angle continues to waste away on pre-show dark matches and house shows.

-Wow, the bizarre little 3-way match with Bundy/Spoiler/Ken Mantel somehow rates a "C". This was basically just a chance to give Garvin a title defense leading into the Parade of Champions.

-Jake Roberts has a nice in-ring debut, getting a C+ with Magic Dragon. This was the 15th match for Magic Dragon since the game began, and this was his highest rating.

NEWS

-Buddy Roberts arrives late for the show again - that's the 3rd time by my count. If he wasn't already advertised for a TV Title Defense tomorrow night, I'd suspend him, but instead, he gets another fine. I'm not quite sure how this dynamic works (if morale goes down in the locker room if I'm too easy on him, ect). .

Swaggs

05-05-2007, 04:34 PM

This is an fun dynasty to follow.

I know very little about wrestling nowadays, but recognize enough of these names from my childhood to be able to follow along without being overwhelmed and the business goals make it into a good challenge.

molson

05-05-2007, 08:51 PM

WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING (TV Taping)
Tuesday, Week 3, May 1983
Dallas, TX: 5,000 SOLD OUT

-Jake Roberts is again unavailable

-Tonight is our 3-man booth experiment, as Sci-Fi nerd heel Harry Frehely gets a chance to annoy Mercer and Lawrence.

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Sweet Brown Sugar defeats Barry Orton in 7:22 by pinfall. (D). After the match, Sugar talks about his match with Checkmate last night, where Checkmate revealed Akbar as his new manager got DQ'd, then tried to take off Sugar's match. Sugar than challenges Checkmate to 1 more match, mask v. mask, at the Parade of Champions (D)

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Brian Adias defeats Black Gordman in 5:40 by pinfall (D+). Gordman was a little pissed about jobbing to Adias, but there's only so many guys on the roster I can put Adias over at this point. After the match, Mercer interviews Adias about his win (E).

-As the show begins, the announcers talk about Kerry's neck injury last week at the hands of the Freebirds. They say he's going to be out "indefinitely". (B-). Kevin Von Erich then comes out to the announce position to swear revenge - he says that the Freebirds have now crossed the line. (C+)

-Jose Lothario defeats Frank Dusek in 7:46 by pinfall (C-). The announcers hype Lotahrio's winning streak.

-Gary Hart comes out with The Great Kabuki & Magic Dragon. Kabuki, in mangled English, warns Manny Fernandez never to come back to WCCW, and Iceman Parsons to mind his own business (Parsons, a long time friend of Manny, had sworn revenge and gotten involved in Magic Dragon's match last week). (C-). Iceman quickly comes out and confronts the trio, telling them that Manny WILL be back in the ring soon, and until then, they'd have to deal with him (C). Dragon & Kabuki attack Parsons, quickly gaining an advantage. He's dragged out to the parking lot, as cameras follow. The beating continues outside as Parsons is thrown into a car. He grabs his ribs, as the announcers wonder whether he'll be able to compete tonight in his scheduled TV title match with Buddy Roberts. (C-)

-Terry Gordy defeated Mike Von Erich in 5:32 by pinfall (B-). After the match, as Gordy taunts the fallen Mike, Kevin angrily runs out and attacks Gordy with a chair. (B-) From the entranceway, a shaken Gordy challenges Kevin to put his American Heavyweight title on the line against him at the Parade of Champions, so he can put him out of WCCW like he did Kerry (B-). Kevin accepts (B-)

-WCCW Texas Heavyweight Championship Match
Jimmy Garvin defeats Ken Mantel in in 9:05 by pinfall in a surprisingly competitive match to make his 3rd defense of the Texas Heavyweight Title. (C) (Mantel had earned the title shot with an upset victory in a triple threat match last night). During the match, a camera picks up David Von Erich intently watching the match backstage (B).

-The announcers hype up that Chris Adams is in the building, as he has some type of announcement to make (C-). He appears, and announces that after last week, he's sick of Bundy & Hart's bullying, and he's accepting the $5,000 Body Slam challenge. That challenge will occur at next week's house show in Fort Worth. (C-)

-WCCW Television Title match
Buddy Jack Roberts defeats Iceman Parsons in 8:42 to make his 4th defense of the TV title. (C+) Iceman was clearly working with some type of rib injury after the parking lot attack earlier.

Overall Show Rating: C

Thoughts:

-Midwest rating increases from 43.4% to 43.8%, Texas rating increases dips from 71.8% to 71.5%.

-The Freebird/Von Erich angle is clearly heating up - the angle had 4 "segments" tonight, and 3 rated a B- with the 4th a C+. I'm still amazed Terry Gordy can have a B- match with Mike Von Erich (for the 2nd time). Mike reward will be more frequent squashes from Terry in the future. This angle will carry us through the summer.

-Ken Mantel has earned a push - the next time I re-shuffle the roster at the end of the month, he's being promoted to midcarder. He scores back-to-back "C" ratings, and has been consistently solid. He's a great guy to score some wins over guys like Barry Orton and Black Gordman, and then lose to the main eventers in solid matches that mean just a little more because he's a "midcarder".

-We went with a relatively "soft" main event with Parsons v. Robert (for the 7th time), and they had their usual solid match. For the record, Parsons has one once in the series, Roberts three times, and there have been 3 draws. Parsons isn't really a major player in the Manny v. Kabuki & Dragon feud, he's just there so there's someone to beat up before Manny comes back to get his revenge.

molson

05-05-2007, 09:00 PM

NEWS

Here's the currently advertised Parade of Champion Card:

-WCCW Texas Heavyweight Championship Match
Jimmy Garvin v. David Von Erich

-WCCW American Heavyweight Championship Match
Kevin Von Erich v. Terry Gordy

-Mask v. Mask
Checkmate v. Sweet Brown Sugar

Fritz Von Erich, Manny Fernandez, and a 3rd partner v. Gary Hart, Skandor Akbar, and a 3rd partner

King Kong Bundy v. Chris Adams

Precious v. Sunshine in a bikini contest (or maybe mud wrestling) - loser is winner's valet for 24 hours.

A 15-man Battle Royal, with the winner receiving a title shot against any champion within the next two weeks (Featuring Manny Fernandez, Buddy Roberts, Magic Dragon, The Great Kabuki, Mike Von Erich, and 10 others)

-Winner gets a TV title shot against Buddy Roberts
Jose Lothario v. Ken Mantel

-I can't advertise Roberts or Spoiler since Georgia may book them that night, but hopefully I'll have at least one of them for the Battle Royal, or even the Fritz v. Hart&Akbar match.

molson

05-05-2007, 09:54 PM

NEWS

-My TV Show gets a 0.59 rating. Very slightly below our average.

-Brian Adias of all people arrived late for the latest TV taping - and he had a pre-show dark match. Since he's Brian Adias and I can make an example of him, I suspend him for 1 week.

-I sign Waldo Von Erich to a 9-month PPA contract, at $975 an apperance. His "strong friendship" with Fritz is surely what allowed me to bring him in. Waldo's biggest asset is his notoriety - he was a vicious heel who at this point, is still pretty well remembered around the country - "C" popularity in the Midwest and in Texas. To put that in perspective, he's now one of our 3 most known talents in the Midwest, along with Fritz and Manny Fernandez. He looks to be a decent on-air personality, with a B+ in Acting, a B- in Charisma and Psychology, and a C+ in respect. The problem of course, is that he's 49 years old, and can't bring much to the ring (though he's 4 years younger than Fritz, and in somewhat better physical condition). I'm the only company he's working for, so he'll be involved in the Parade of Champions, either as an ally or enemy of Fritz. If he's an ally, Fritz may hand him the reigns of "on-air commissioner", so Fritz can deal with Hart & Akbar as a competitor. Currently, his gimmick is set as "goose-stepping Nazi", so I'll have to remember to tweak that if I use him as a face. (And even if I use him as a heel, that gimmick has a high enough offensive rating in the game that the network might be really pissed off). However, the thought of Waldo & Fritz Von Erich reuniting in 1983 WCCW as Nazi sympathizers - bewildering the Von Erich sons - is certainly intriguing.

-Dick Murdoch again rejects my request for negotiations, still saying I'm not big enough, despite the fact that he's about to be unemployed. Dick Murdoch in WCCW is something I won't give up on. Tully Blanchard also rejects my requests to negotiate, saying he wants to focus on his current commitments. Bruno Samartino is willing to listen (he can still wrestle a little in 1983), but he wants more than Fritz is willing to pay. Randy Savage is still loyal to his dad despite his failing company, so he rejects me too.

-Somewhat more disappointingly, Gino Hernandez rejects negotiations as well, as he wants to focus on Houston Championship Wrestling, where he's the TV Champion. (He also wrestles for Southwest Championship Wrestling).

-I do manage to sign Scott Casey to a 9 month PPA agreement at $1,025 a month. I remember this guy as having a cup of coffee as a jobber with the WWF in the late 1980's, but before that, it looks like he was actually a WCCW Texas Heavyweight Champion in 1977. And he's only 26 years old, with a "C" popularity in Texas. His stats look marginal, with his only "B" rating being in "looks". I'm a little face-heavy on the undercard right now, and Casey can only play a face, so someone's likely to have a heel turn soon (Iceman Parsons seems to be a prime candidate).

-My roster's getting a little bloated - I have about 5 more guys than my road agents recommends as the "minimum level" considering our overall circumstances. So some guys may be getting pink slips at the end of the month.

-Kerry follows in the footsteps of his older brother and rejects Georgia out of loyalty to WCCW. I'm very curious to see how long loyalty lasts in this game, both in terms of my guys, and guys like Randy Savage.

-UWA in Mexico had a Luchador genocide, firing 9 guys. I request negotiations with the three that are willing to work in the US at this point: Villano V, Villano IV, and Super Kendo. Looking WAY ahead if the dynasty lasts this long, if I get to Cult, then National, International requires some popularity in foreign regions. WCCW already has E+ popularity in most of Mexico (more than almost any other North American company, due to our geography). It wouldn't hurt to do a show or two in Mexico every so often, so it might help to have these guys on the roster.

molson

05-05-2007, 10:06 PM

I appreciate very much both the posters and the lurkers. if anyone has any suggestions, etc., I'd love to hear them. And if anyone has ever considered writing a dynasty and never got around to it, I'd encourage them to give it shot - it's not as time consuming as you think, and it really adds to the text sim experience.

molson

05-06-2007, 12:34 AM

THE STARS OF WORLD CLASS ON TOUR
Monday, Week 4, May 1983
Fort Worth, TX 2,000 - SOLD OUT

-Pre-Show Segment
Bill Mercer interviews Mike Von ERich about Kerry's Status, and his own career goals (D).

-Pre-Show Dark match
Checkmate defeats Barry Orton in 8:37 by submission. (D+). After the match, Akbar accepts the mask v. mask challenge made by Sweet Brown Sugar last week before the TV taping (D+). Akbar hypes the match, saying that with Checkmate under his guidance, we'll all soon see how ugly Sweet Brown Sugar is under the mask (D+)

-The Great Kabuki & King Kong Bundy defeated Mike Von Erich & Johnny Mantel in 7:42 when Kabuki pinned Mike. (C-) Kabuki & Bundy looked good.

-Jose Lothario defeated Magic Dragon in 8:31 by pinfall (C-). The two again showed poor chemistry. After the match, Bill Mercer interviewed Jose about his Parade of Champions match against Ken Mercer, with the winner getting a TV Title Shot. Jose says he's proven himself during his current winning streak, and Ken Mantel will be tough, he's looking forward to having championship gold again (D-)

-The Spoiler defeated Ken Mantel in 7:36 by pinfall. (C) After the match, Akbar hypes Spoiler as the the best pure wrestler in WCCW. (C)

-Skandor Akbar defeated Fritz Von Erich in 5:38 by pinfall after using a foregin object behind the ref's back. (C+). Before the match, Fritz Von Erich cut a somewhat lengthy promo - talking about his upcoming matches tonight and at the Parade of Champions, and the fact that he's considering stepping down as WCCW commissioner. (B+) After the match, Hart and Akbar start to gang up on Fritz, before Manny Fernandez, still wearing a neckbrace, runs out to make the save. (B-)

-Sunshine comes out and hypes her apperance of the cover of a Texas newspaper (C+) Sunshine also hypes her upcoming competition with Precious at the Parade of Champions - she still doesn't know what precious has in mind, but points out that she's already beet Precious in a bikini contest (D+)

-Jim Garvin drew with Kevin Von Erich after the 10-minute time limit expired (B+). The two showed great chemistry. After the match, Precious and Sunshine argue about their role in Garvin's failure to win, and they quickly come to blows and roll around on the ring. The fight is broken up by Jimmy Garvin, Marc Lowrance, Bill Mercer, David Manning, and Harry Frehley (E+)

-David Von Erich defeated Michael Hayes in 8:31 by submission (B). Before the match, Michael Hayes hyped his chances (B+). David hyped the match as well (B) After the match, David celebrated the victory in the ring with Kevin & Mike (B). Soon later, Terry Gordy runs into the ring, and he, Michael Hayes & The Von Erichs brawl as the show comes to an end (B-).

-Overall Show Rating: C+

THOUGHTS:

-With so many segments rated "B-" or above, I thought I might break the elusive "B" barrier in this show, but alas, it was not to be. C+ is very solid though. Texas area popularity decreases slightly from 71.5% to 71.4%. More importantly is the money this show was sure to bring in - after being unprofitable through the beginning of the month, we're now $117k on the plus side, with a total of $748k in the bank. We're almost at the point where we can start considering buying out smaller, failing promotions.

-Holy crap, Jim Garvin and Kevin Von Erich wrestle a B+ match with no angle behind it. That is the highest rated match of my WCCW tenure. Maybe I just should have went with a Garvin v. Kevin title unification match at the Parade of Champions.

-Akbar has very subtly but noticeably improved the Checkmate v. Sugar feud. In this era, almost everyone seems to benefit from a manager.

-Only with that great match could Hayes v. David be over-shadowed. With a B rating, that's the highest rated match Hayes has been involved in since the 6-man tag that main evented my first show (and Hayes was only 1/6 of that). For David, it's is best match since my first week, when he was involved in that 6 man, and also wrestled Jimmy Garvin to a B. By the way, David's record now during my tenure is 13-1-0. That's a push.

-Speaking of records, The Spoiler's is pretty amazing, not so much in the pure success, but how many matches he's had in less than 2 months. He's 19-7-0 across all promotions he's worked for. No wonder he's so tired. (His best matches, by the way, have been against Stan Hanson, Paul Orndorff, and Tommy Rich)

molson

05-06-2007, 01:36 AM

WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING (TV Taping)
Tuesday, Week 4, May 1983
Dallas, TX: 5,000 SOLD OUT

-Jake Roberts is unavailable again - it looks like Georgia uses him every Tuesday.

-In what will become an end-of-month tradition, this is the show that tapes before the big event (in this case, the Parade of Champions), but airs after it. For the sake of realism, I'll book accordingly. The one pre-Parade angle I have to do though is the Adams/Bundy slam challenge. But, "Cameras will be rolling", and my announcers at the Parade of Champions will refer to what happened

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Ken Mantel defeats Barry Orton in 9:36 by pinfall. (D-). Before the match, Bill Mercer interviews Barry Orton (E-). After the match, Harry Frehley interviews Mantel, who says that after coming so close to shocking the world and winning the Texas Heavyweight Title, he can't wait for another shot at championship gold, and his match at the Parade of Champions with Jose Lothario is the only thing that stands between him and that shot. (D)

-As the show starts, a video is played highlighting the history of King Kong Bundy's slam challenge - The failures of Mike Von Erich and Ken Mantel, Bundy's attack on Mike, Chris Adams coming to Mike's rescue, and Chris Adams accepting Bundy's open challenge (C-). Gary Hart then hyped up the challenge, as well as the pair's match Saturday at the Parade of Champions (C-)

-Chris Adams slams King Kong Bundy to win the $5k body slam challenge. Right afterwards, however, Gary Hart grabs the money and runs to the back (C+) Adams calls Hart & Bundy cowards, and renews his challenge for a straight up match at the Parade of Champions (C-) Bundy and Hart accept, claiming anyone can get lucky, but that's there's no way Adams can beat Bundy 1 on 1 (C).

-The announcers tell the TV audience that Iceman Parsons suffered broken ribs as the result of the Parking Lot attack last week by The Great Kabuki and Magic Dragon. Tonight, he'll wrestle his last previously advertised match, against the Spoiler, before taking some time off (C-)

-The Spoiler defeated Iceman Parsons in 8:25 by pinfall. (C+). It was clear to the announcers that Parsons should never have even been competing, but they put over this toughness.

-Bill Mercer interviews Fritz Von Erich, who shares the same thoughts he did last night at the house show. He's overwhelmed - between the feud with Akbar & Hart, dealing with the injury to Kerry, and becoming more and more physically involved, he's wondering if he should step aside as WCCW commissioner. (B).

-Jose Lothario upset The Great Kabuki in 6:21 by pinfall by using the ropes for leverage (B-). Before the match, The Great Kabuki and Magic Dragon taunted Iceman Parsons and his recent injury (D).

-Michael Hayes, with the Freebirds by his side, comes out and taunts Kevin Von Erich's stupidity in letting his anger get to him, and putting the American Heavyweight Title on the line against Gordy at the Parade of Champions. Continuing to challenge the Freebirds, Hayes argues, will be Kevin's downfall. (B-)

-David Von Erich defeated Michael Hayes in 6:31 by pinfall (B+)

-Mike & Kevin Von Erich drew with Terry Gordy & Buddy Jack Roberts in when the 10:00 time limit expired to make their 2nd defense of the Tag Team Titles. (C+). Terry Gordy looked especially good. After the match, before any further physical altercations can break out, David runs to the ring, as the 3 celebrate Mike & Kevin retaining the titles after a tough match. (C)

-Overall Rating: B-

THOUGHTS

-After booking 16 shows, the 17th is my first to crack the B- barrier. My popularity in Texas STILL manages to decrease ever so slightly, from 71.4% to 71.3%. (No big deal, I'd be happy to settle around 70.0%). More importantly, my midwest popularity increases from 43.8% to 44.2%.

-Adams delivering C- segments in his angle with Bundy is a decent sign for him, after his slow start in the angle. If I can count on him to deliver C-level segments in midcard feuds, he'll have plenty of TV time.

-In Jose Lothario's 14th match of my tenure, and The Great Kabuki's 16th match (across 2 companies), they both deliver their highest respective match rating: a B-. Lothario's contract is up in 29 days, and while I had assumed I would let him go after that, he's simply performing too well, even at the age of 45.

-In David's 15th match of my tenure, and Michael Haye's 17th match between us and the WWF, both also deliver their best match rating, a B+. This is party luck, and partly due to the fact that I now have a very hot angle behind all these Von Erichs v. Freebirds matches. The inevitable Von Erich heel turn will have to wait.

-Mike continues to hold his own - he's a 19-year old with little skill at this point, but he's not embarrassing himself when I throw him into main event matches and angles. His current record for me is 2-9-2 (and yet he holds tag team championship gold)

molson

05-06-2007, 02:06 AM

NEWS

-It was bound to happen, the Spoiler has suffered a Elbow injury as the result of his ever-increasing workload. He expects to be out for about 3 weeks. He hasn't done too much for me yet - though he is undefeated for WCCW after 3 matches.

-The Luchador era has begun in WCCW, as I sign Villanos IV and V and Super Kendo to PPA deals. The Villanos come in at a $550 and $500/show, respectively, while Super Kendo is a bargain $150/show. Villano V has E- popularity all over the US, so at least some people have heard of him - I can't say the same for the other two (though it's kind of funny that someone could have heard of Villano V and not Villano IV) All of these guys are pure luchadors - not much for brawling, not much for technical wrestling, but fairly high ratings in athleticism and star quality. I'll decide what to do with these guys after the Parade of Champions, but Brian Adias should get fitted for a mask right away.

-With the new signings, my road agent tells me I now have 8 more wrestlers than I need. I'm going to cut at least 5 after the Parade show.

-UWA in Mexico, after unloading 9 luchadors, signed Arman Hussein to a PPA deal. I've managed to use Arman exactly once in almost 2 months. He just doesn't bring much to the table, either as a personality or a wrestler. With my recent signings, he's likely to go at the end of the month (even though he still considers us his priority company).

-I'm amused by a new team that has popped up in Maple Leaf Wrestling: The Original Shiek & Dennis Stamp (The latter of "I'm not booked" fame)

-Checking in quickly on the WWF, Hulk Hogan, who was signed a month or two ago but hasn't wrestled yet due to injury, will be ready to go next week. They're still pushing Ray Stevens as their world champion, it'll be interesting to see if hogan puts an end to that. Currently, the top pushed guys in the company are JYD, Sgt. Slaughter, Stevens, Bob Backlund, Pedro Morales, Andre the Giant, and Roddy Piper. None of the "big 4" (AWA, WWF, Georgia, Mid-Atlantic) have moved from Cult to National yet. The race is hugely important - National status lets a company sign exclusive talent contracts. I'm just a couple of months away from Cult if all goes well, perhaps I can be a factor in that race as well. Another pretty awesome thing I noticed from the WWF - they signed Larry Zbysko, who immediately formed a tag team with Bruno Sammartino.

-I make an offer to buy out Angelo Poffo's International Championship Wrestling. It might be premature in the game to do that, but they seem to be in pretty sad shape financially, and I have $750k in the bank. If I can actually pull this off now or later on, I'd probably just keep the contracts of Randy Savage and Lanny Poffo and dump everyone else.

-Next up - the Parade of Champions

Hammer

05-06-2007, 04:14 AM

Toddzilla

05-06-2007, 06:44 AM

Simply fantastic dynasty. I remember watching WCCW back in the day, so this is a nice nostalgia trip for me. Your recaps are very very good - it followsthe flow of the old shows perfectly, and the looks behind the curtain are well done. Please keep it up!

molson

05-06-2007, 03:38 PM

WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING: PARADE OF CHAMPIONS
Saturday, Week 4, May 1983
Dallas, TX: 6,271

-This is our most prestigious, and most hyped event of the year. It'll take place in a 10,000 seat arena in Dallas. I've optimistically scheduled it for 2 1/2 hours, which will also be my longest show ever.

-Jake Roberts is booked by Georgia again and unavailable. It looks like I'll just have to use his final 2 contractual appearances on house shows.

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Scott Casey defeated Super Kendo in 7:38 by pinfall (C-). After the match, Scott Casey cuts a promo hyping his return to WCCW, and points out he'll be involved in the Battle Royal later on (C-)

-Chris Adams defeats King Kong Bundy in 6:42 by pinfall (C+). Bundy was tiring towards the end of the match. Before the match, Chris Adams hyped his chances, pointing out that he slammed Bundy at the TV taping last week, and tonight he'll pin him. (C-) Bill Mercer also interviewed Bundy and Gary Hart before the match (D)

-Mask v. Mask
Sweet Brown Sugar defeated Checkmate in 11:27 by pinfall. (D-) Before the Match, Sugar cut a promo about the importance of his mask (D). and Bill Mercer interviewed Checkmate and Skandor Akbar (D). The announcers also hyped the mask v. mask stipulation, and recapped the events in this feud thus far (D+) After the match, Sugar makes a move to rip off Checkmate's mask. After a struggle, he succeeds, but Akbar covers Checkmate's face as the two retreat from the ringside area. (D). Sugar briefly celebrates in the crowd (D+)

-15-Man Battle Royal: Winner gets a title shot in the next 2 weeks.
Manny Fernandez wins the battle Royal over Arman Hussein, Barry Orton, Black Gordman, Brian Adias, Buddy Jack Roberts, Frank Dusek, Johnny Mantel, Ken Mantel, Magic Dragon, Mike Von Erich, Scott Casey, The Great Kabuki, Villano V, and Villano IV. Magic Dragon and The Great Kabuki are successful in avoiding Manny during the match. (C) After the match, Manny hypes himself up, saying he hasn't decided what title to go after yet. (C-)

-Winner receives TV Title Shot
Jose Lothario defeats Ken Mantel in 8:36 by pinfall. (D+). After the match, Lothario hypes up his earned title match with Buddy Roberts (C).

-WCCW American Heavyweight Championship Match
Terry Gordy defeated Kevin Von Erich in 22:45 by pinfall to win the WCCW American Heavyweight Championship. (C) Before the match, Kevin hyped his chances, dedicating his title defense to his injured brother Kerry (B-). Michael Hayes cut a promo with Terry Gordy standing by his side, saying Kevin simply is too weak to deal with Gordy - Gordy will squash him just like he did in the King of Texas Tournament. (B-). After the match, the Freebirds celebrate in the ring with the two singles titles their group now holds. (B-)

-Skandor Akbar, Gary Hart, and their mystery partner Waldo Von Erich, defeat Fritz Von Erich & Manny Fernandez in 6:32 when Waldo pinned Fritz. Everyone but Manny was exhausted by the end of the match. (C) Before the match, Fritz & Manny, and then Akbar & Hart come to the ring. Everyone waits for their respective mystery partners. Suddenly, Waldo Von Erich appears. Both teams great him, but then look confused. It is soon clear that both teams arranged for Waldo to be their mystery partner. Waldo then makes things clearer by punching Fritz in the face, and throwing him to the floor. Waldo, Hart, and Akbar are then able to use a numbers advantage to overwhelm Manny, before finally pinning Fritz (B). After the win, Akbar, Hart, and Waldo celebrate their victory (B-). Waldo goes a little nuts, smashing a glass bottle over his head (C+).

-Loser is Winner's Valet for 24 Hours - Bra & Panties Match
Sunshine defeated Precious in 3:53 when Sunshine stripped Precious, to win her services as a valet (E-)

-Jim Garvin comes to the ring while the two divas are still there, and hypes his title defense against David (B-). He then turns to Sunshine and verbally berates her for embarrassing Precious. He then grabs her by the hair and throws her to the ground. David Von Erich runs to the ring to Sunshine's aid, and the match is on (B-)

-WCCW Texas Heavyweight Championship Match
David Von Erich defeats Jimmy Garvin in 13:57 by submission to win the Texas Heavyweight Championship. Precious interferes during the match on behalf of Garvin, and Sunshine returns to even the odds for David. (B-) After the match, most of the faces from the locker room come down to celebrate with David (B-).

Overall Show Rating: C

THOUGHTS

-Disappointing overall show rating. Pretty disappointing attendance number also, though it is our best attended event during my tenure (just a few hundred people more than the King of Texas Event)

-The #1 problem with this show was Gordy v. Kevin. I gave them almost 23 minutes and they only deliver a "C" match. Their previous 1 on 1 match did a B- in the 1st round of the King of Texas Tournament. Even Terry's two matches with Mike were far better. Just one of those nights.

-Very nice debut by Scott Casey on the pre-show, getting a C- with Super Kendo, a guy who's only making $150/show and has very limited wrestling ability. Scott could be a solid midcard guy for us, and may take some time away from guys like Parsons and Adams.

-The Checkmate/Sugar storyline still has about a month's worth of segments and two matches left before it's considered "complete" (if the angle isn't finished, the participants get penalties to their momentum). It may however, just be time to pull the plug on both of these guys.

-Lothario v. Ken Mantel was also somewhat disappointing, since these are two guys who have overachieved for me to this point - I put them together, and it's a pretty bad match. Putting the TV title on Lothario had been somewhat tempting, since it seemed like he could put a safe "C" level match on every week with a variety of opponents. Now I'm not so sure. He may have lost his chance at the gold tonight.

-The Fritz/Waldo drama went pretty well, except for the match itself, which must have been absolutely painful to watch. I'll use Waldo as a grizzled, crazy old wrestler who has some kind of grudge against his "brother". That should be good enough for some B, B- segments.

-The fans liked the Sunshine face turn. The Sunshine/Precious feud is likely over, since nobody seems to want to see that, but Sunshine might be helpful for some of the faces on our roster in a valet role.

-It makes sense for David to have our #1 title at this point. David and Gordy are clearly the most two over guys in Texas, and now they hold the top two singles titles. They'll hold them for a while, and then we'll consider unification.

molson

05-06-2007, 04:01 PM

NEWS

-Our Sunday night show (taped Tuesday before the Parade of Champions) gets a 0.69 rating. That's our highest rating yet.

-Central States Wrestling is the latest promotion to lose their TV slot. It almost seems like the beginning of the "Death of the Territories" - the smaller promotions seem to be fading, and the bigger ones are making more and more money.

-There's one wrinkle with promotion relationships that I hadn't thought too much about. Promotions can have the defined relationship of being "at war", which means if you sign one of their guys to a PPA deal, they'll leave the old company (a worker can't work for two "warring" promotion). I remembered this after I signed Scott Casey, who then promptly left Southwest Championship Wrestling (the only company I'm currently "warring" with). SWC, like us, is regional in size, but we appear to have a higher prestige (and I'm guessing we're closer to Cult then they are). They're based in San Antonio, and so we probably share some kind of audience. So, one of the background business goals I'm going to work on is putting these guys out of business. They have a bunch of guys I'd love to get my hands on, but seem pretty loyal at the moment (Gino Hernandez, Tully Blanchard, Chavo Guerrero, Adrian Adonis). Once I get to Cult, there'll be a big time talent trade of these jerks.

-International Championship Wrestling has rejected my overtures of a buyout, basically claiming they're not dead yet. They'll be dead soon enough. Meanwhile, the game's "Internet Rumor Site" says that WWA has only a few months to turn things around before they go under - WWA is Dick the Bruiser's Company in the Great Lakes Region. Their roster isn't nearly as exciting as ICW's, but I go ahead and ask for buyout negotiations anyway.

-Next up, WCCW's month in review for May. First look - even though our worker costs went up about 20% for the month, we still increased our profit about 15% from last month. We're now sitting on $926,000 (Fritz only mandated that I stay above $225,000, and that I not drop from Regional size in 12 months to keep my job). Time to spend some cash. Hopefully Fritz will be a little more liberal with capping out my offers.

-Jose Lothario wants $1,500/show to sign after his contract is up in about a month. I'm not sure I can justify that. That would make him the 4th highest paid PPA guy on the roster. (Though it seems wrestling salaries are starting to skyrocket). He can consider his TV title shot against Roberts this week a tryout for a new deal.

molson

05-06-2007, 04:14 PM

Good read, hope you keep at it! I guess its a gamble to a certain degree to buy out other federations, but investing the gained capital has to be the way forward.

I would guess Randy Savage would be a huge player in the federation. Lanny Poffo was the "genius" wasn't he? Pretty damn awful in that guise I thought.

I'm not completely sure how the "buyout" dynamic works, but it looks like the the old company goes out of business, and you inherit all of their contracts and titles (along with their prestige ratings). Since these smaller companies are going to be mostly verbal PPA contracts, you can just keep who you want and dump everyone else (and only hold on to titles that have high prestige, or unify all the titles and then dump the ones with lower prestige). So I don't think there's a whole lot of risk, it's just a matter of having enough cash on hand. What I'm not sure of it was happens to guys like Angele Poffo or Dick the Brusier, who are on "lifetime" or "written" contracts. I wouldn't mind access to Dick the Bruiser to help to break into the midwest, since he's huge there.

Yup, Lanny Poffo was The Genuis (and Randy Savage's brother). He has pretty decent skill ratings too, he'd probably be an upper midcarder for us. And while I generally agree about the Genuis character, he was involved in one of the most bizarely entertaining Hulk Hogan matches I've ever seen. Jesse Ventura is especially tremendous on commentary ("What a message for the children - brain beats brawn!"):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itptw82EQ8k

Neon_Chaos

05-06-2007, 07:40 PM

Meanwhile, the game's "Internet Rumor Site" says that WWA has only a few months to turn things around before they go under

Must've been a high-tech 80's back then. :)

molson

05-06-2007, 08:29 PM

WCCW MONTH IN REVIEW: MAY, 1983

POPULARITY

-Popularity in Texas 71.0% (Down from 72.6% last month)
-Popularity in Midwest 44.2% (Up from 42.2% last month)
-Popularity goal to get to or maintain Cult Status (53%) (At a 2% increase in popularity/month in the midwest, it would take about 5 1/2 months to reach cult. But I'm hoping the increases start to accelerate as I have access to better and better talent)

FINANCES

Income (Last month in parenthesis):

Ticket Sales: 552,775 (478,025)
Sponsors: 15,280 (15,096)
Merchandise: 4,380 (4,440)

Expenses:

Worker Costs: 168,475 (132,975)
Show Costs: 101,500 (101,500)
Marketing: 500 (500)
Merchandise: 4,448 (4,511)
Production: 800 (800)
Misc: 1,000 (1,000)

Total Profit: $295,712 (256,375)
Cash in Bank: $926,987 (631,275)

-So we're still pretty much printing money for Fritz. It's time to put a little more money into the product.
-I increase our Video/DVD production values to "Above Average" up from "Standard". (There's only 3 levels, the next highest is excellent).
-Also, I'm going to start licensing music from bands for wrestler and tv show theme songs, as opposed to creating the music in house. (I'll again be using the middle level "Minor Licensed" - the highest level is "Major Licensed" which involves better-known bands.).
-It appears the music alone will cost me around $40k-$50k/month, but these increases will allow me to distinguish myself from all of the crappy promotions around the country that are fading.
-I also tweak my merchandise policies, since we're not quite breaking even in that area. Instead of having a "conservative" setting for how much we produce, we're going to a "Just In Time" setting, which means demand is monitored closely, and there will be little or no wasted product, and just enough to meet demands, at a greater overall expense of about 10%.

ROSTER

-As I stated, it's time to trim down the fat a little bit. Of course, it makes no sense firing anyone outright now before I job them out. With the exception of guys who provide no or little value in that regard: Arman Hussein is let go. I've only used him twice in my tenure, and I have enough 40 or 50-something guys hanging around as "personalities". James Beard, our "backup ref" is also fired. I haven't used him once, unless it was by accident. Our head ref, David Manning, is locked up long term to a written contract, and our road agent, Bronco Lubich, can certainly fill in if there's ever a problem.
-Sweet Brown Sugar will also be gone shortly. Perhaps it's unfair of me to can him after his angle with Checkmate didn't work out, but he really hasn't shown anything in the ring against anyone. He's wrestled 7 matches for me, and he's never gone higher than C-. And I don't think any of his segments, including solo interviews, have gone any higher than D+. To clinch his fate, he's also working for Mid-Atlantic. He'll be around for a day or two more though, because I realized that he actually has a record of 7-0 with us. He needs to be buried by someone on the way out.
-Checkmate will be kept on, albeit as a strictly "occasional wrestler". His body's shot, but he does have ratings of "B" in the Basics, and Safety, and he only costs $350/show, so he might have some use jobbing to Brian Adias and Mike Von Erich, mostly on pre-match dark shows. His days in angles however, are most definitely over.
-Jose Lothario will be gone at the end of his contract in 24 days unless he impresses beyond belief. Of course, he's currently on a 9-match winning streak, so this is the perfect time to start jobbing him out, since he actually has some momentum (he's actually a top 5 guy in the company for "momentum" which is a vague stat that basically measures recent kayfabe-defined success).
-Jake Roberts will be gone after he wrestles two more matches for me, which will be the next two shows he's available.
-So, not including those guys that are on their way out, here's how the roster shapes up after I've tweaked everyone's status:

Main Eventers:

Kerry Von Erich
Michael Hayes
Manny Fernandez
Terry Gordy
David Von Erich

-Michael Hayes gets promoted back to the main event scene largely because he's been involved in the highest rated match we've had - a B+ with David Von Erich. He wrestled David two other times in May and got a B and a B-. And that doesn't even reflect his real value, which is the mouthpiece of the Freebirds. He has had at least one B+ interview segment, and he's the one guy in the company most likely to break out our company's first A- or better segment (since he has "A" ratings in Mic Work and Charisma.) Since the Von Erichs v. Freebirds feud is starting to carry the company, it makes sense to push him. Kerry's still in the main event scene in hopes that he comes back energized with a new gimmick after his injury. He also had an excellent "B" rated match with Roberts this month. I considered flip-flopping him and Kevin, but Kerry still has a greater upside.

UPPER MIDCARDERS:

Kevin Von Erich
The Great Kabuki
Buddy Jack Roberts
Jim Garvin
Iceman Parsons
The Spoiler

-Jim Garvin gets his promised promotion after a solid run as Texas Heavyweight Champion. He'll stay high profile, so he can be ready to step in as a believable Freebird if Hayes or Roberts should take off. Iceman Parsons gets promoted as well - I wrote earlier about the unofficial competition between he and Adams to see who gets pushed. Iceman has clearly won that battle so far - he's wrestled in 11 matches for me, and only two were rated lower than a C. The Spoiler gets demoted down due to the uncertainty about his age, health, and his other commitments. But he'll have every chance to move back up.

MIDCARDERS:

Scott Casey
King Kong Bundy
Jose Lothario
Ken Mantel
Chris Adams
Bill Irwin

-Adams is still here because he hasn't stepped up. A heel turn could be in the cards. I'd love to bring in Gino Hernandez and re-create the dynamic duo, but we'll probably have to wait for SWC to go out of business. Ken Mantel gets promoted again - his D+ match with Lothario at the Parade of Champions was disappointing, but before that, he wrestled some very solid "C" matches. In addition, he's working under a $1,000/month written contract, so there's an incentive to use him every show. Irwin will return to action after his "suspension" - (I was under the mistaken belief that I couldn't use him until the loan agreement with Roberts was complete, but apparently I could have kept using him, as long as he didn't have a conflict.)

LOWER MIDCARD

Magic Dragon
Frank Dusek
Mike Von Erich

-Mike & Dragon are potential midcarders, but they'll stay lower on the card for now, doing jobs and getting better. At this point in Dusek's career, this is as high as he's going to get.

OPENERS:

Brian Adias
Villano IV
Villano V
Barry Orton

-The Villanos will be a jobber heel tag team in the tradition of the Conquistadors. Maybe they'll surprise me. But it doesn't look like our fan base is into the whole Luchador scene.

ENHANCEMENT TALENTS

Super Kendo
Johnny Mantel

-They're on the roster because they're very cheap. Keno actually has some charisma, I might give him some kind of comedy gimmick.

OCCASIONAL WRESTLERS

Checkmate
Black Gordman

-They're here to put over younger guys and help them improve. That's it.

MANAGERS

Skandor Akbar
Gary Hart
Sunshine
Precious

-I'm pretty lucky to have Akbar & Hart around - they add a little something to everything they're involved in. The big question is what to do with Sunshine - does she start some sort of face stable, or does she just tag along with David Von Erich.

ANNOUNCERS:

Bill Mercer
Marc Lowrance

-These guys are solid, it'll be a while and an increase to Cult Status before I even consider trying to bring in someone bigger.

REFEREES:

David Manning

-He has an A+ rating for referring. No need to look elsewhere.

ROAD AGENT

Bronco Lubich

-He's been successful in keeping everyone out of trouble for the most part, and he's well respected as a "Locker Room Leader". The TEW message boards suggest 1 road agent for every 10 wrestlers - I've gotten away with just Lubich because he's so well respected, I also have David Von Erich who is considered a Locker Room Leader, and I don't have too many troublemakers. Still, we'll be in the market for a second road agent.

PERSONALITIES

Harry Frehley
Waldo Von Erich

-There's really no need to hold back on Frehley, Michael Hayes is the only guy on the roster who compares to him in Mic Skills and Charisma. He also has star quality. It's only a matter of his overness increasing and the fans becoming used to him

molson

05-06-2007, 09:09 PM

Must've been a high-tech 80's back then. :)

Well, for every unrealistic element of the game, then I have something happen like Jimmy Snuka dying in 1983 - which I feel makes the game more realistic than real life. Snuka living until 2007 must be some type of real-life bug.

Swaggs

05-06-2007, 09:36 PM

molson

05-06-2007, 09:58 PM

I have been following this dynasty and kind of checking on some of the names on wikipedia. I never realized that Sweet Brown Sugar was also Koko B. Ware (who I recall having some success during the time I followed WWF).

Also, it is simply amazing how many "young" guys from this era are deceased. Pretty hard to believe how many died before the age of 50 or 55. Any idea what the average lifespan looks like in TEW or if steroids/HGH factor into the game in anyway.

Wow - I didn't make the connection that Sweet Brown Sugar was Koko. I feel a little worse about cutting him loose.

The number of early deaths people experience playing the DOTT seems to vary a ton - the average looks like about 3-4 throughout the wrestling universe every year. The odds I have to deal with even one are pretty slim, and there's no way I'll be hammered like the real WCCW was.

WCCW was just a really fascinating company - how high they were in '83-'84 and how quickly they crashed after David's death. There's an awesome documentary floating around - "The Heroes of World Class" covering their rise and fall.

molson

05-07-2007, 01:10 AM

NEWS

-Before the first show of June, I finally make a talent trade that makes some sense. A 3-apperance trade with Central States Wrestling, Kerry Von Erich for the Super Destroyer. Now that I understand the talent trade feature of the game, Central States seems to be my perfect partner. They're based in St. Louis, so most of their roster has some popularity in the midwest, which is of course important to me. Also, they're a less prestigious company than WCCW, so it seems most workers will consider us their priority over them. Both Kerry & Destroyer consider me their priority company even after the trade, so I can use either of them any time. So, the only downsides to talent exchanges with Central States is the fact that I'd be giving time or a push to a guy I only have a short-term deal with at the expense of my own roster, and the uncertainty and risk of my guys getting injured, fatigued, or jobbed out by other promoters. So while David and Kevin are lamenting Kerry's injury in say, Kansas City, discussing whether he'll ever wrestle again, Kerry could be wrestling at the same time in St. Louis for Central States. I guess that sort of thing wasn't uncommon back then.

-But to focus on Super Destroyer - under the mask, he's Scott Irwin, the brother of my own Bill Irwin. The two have teamed as both the Super Destroyers and the Long Riders. Scott is clearly superior to his brother - he has at least a B- rating in Brawling, Charisma, Acting, Basics, Stiffness, Toughness, Power, and Resilience. He also has solid C- popularity in both the midwest and Texas. Skandor Akbar is going to bring him in as part of his stable (which makes perfect sense because Bill Irwin is currently a client of his as well). If his short, high-profile run with us goes well, I'll try to bring him in full-time.

THE STARS OF WORLD CLASS ON TOUR
Monday, Week 1, June 1983
Kansas City, MO: 1,000: SOLD OUT

-Pre-Show Dark Match
-Triple Threat Tag Team Match
The Great Kabuki & Magic Dragon defeat the Mantel Brother and the Villanos in 8:36 by pinfall when Kabuki pins Villano V. Kabuki looked particularly good. (D+). After the match, Gary Hart hypes the devastation of team, and demands that Kevin & Mike stop whining about their crippled brother and give them a title shot (D+)

-King Kong Bundy defeats Sweet Brown Sugar in 4:39 by pinfall. Sugar got in very little offense at all, this was a pure squash (C-). Before the match, Sweet Brown Sugar tells the crowd that he was proud to defeat Checkmate, but he'll do his best to make sure the audience gets a better look at his ugly face before too long (D-) After the match, Gary Hart demands that Chris Adams give Bundy a rematch (D)

-Manny Fernandez defeated Frank Dusek in 7:31 by pinfall. (C-) Before the match, Manny Fernandez stated first that Magic Dragon and The Great Kabuki fled the arena right after their match - but he'll catch up to them soon enough. Second, he told everyone that he earned a title shot at the Parade of Champions Battle Royal, and he intends to use it against the meanest, toughest man in WCCW - Terry Gordy. That is, if Gordy can retain the title tonight. (C-)

-After Manny leaves the ring, but Dusek is still trying to get to his feet, Akbar comes to the ring. He tells Dusek that he has shamed him for the last time, and rips up his contract in front him - he's officially out of Destruction, Inc. (D-). Akbar announces that Destruction, Inc. is going elite. The Spoiler will be out of action for a few weeks, but Akbar has found another masked man that is just as mean, and just as talented. He announces his latest signing, The Super Destroyer (C-). Akbar then orders his newest client, the Super Destroyer, to "destroy" Frank Dusek, which he does (D).

-Super Destroyer defeats Jake Roberts in 8:57 by pinfall (B-).

-WCCW American Heavyweight Championship
Terry Gordy drew with Kevin Von Erich when the time limit expired in 15:00 to make his first title defense. (C+) Before the match, Kevin hyped up the match (C-). After the match, Kevin apologized to the fans, and Kerry, for losing the title at the Parade of Champions, and being unable to regain it tonight. (C-)

-Fritz Von Erich comes out, and says he has an important announcement. Effective immediately, he's stepping down as WCCW commissioner. He says with the injury to Kerry, the feud with Akbar & Hart, and now with the involvement of his own brother Waldo, he's decided to make one more run as an active competitor in WCCW. He's looking for a successor immediately, and will have more information at the TV taping tomorrow night. (C). As Fritz leaves, he's confronted by Skandor Akbar, who taunts Frtiz's decision to step down. The two brawl to the back (C-).

-Two out of Three Falls, Non-Title Match
David Von Erich defeats Jimmy Garvin in 14:52, 2 falls to 1. (B-). Before the match, Precious hyped that now she is Garvins one and only valet, Garvin will be better than ever. (D+) After the match, The Super Destroyer comes to the ring and stares down David Von Erich, and then points to his Texas Heavyweight Championship Belt (C-)

Overall Rating: C+

THOUGHTS

-I was pretty surprised at getting as high as a C+, the show seemed to be bombing, but was saved by a very solid main event. Midwest popularity rises from 44.2% to 44.8%.
-King Kong Bundy might actually be improving in the ring. He gets a C- against Sweet Brown Sugar, who is on his way out. Bundy has wrestled 10 matches for me. Of the first 6, 4 were in the D-range. The last 4 have all been at least C-. He'll have another couple of matches with Chris Adams in their feud, if they can break B-, it'll be a huge, huge success. (They had a C- at the Parade of Champions).
-This was Sweet Brown Sugar's final match for WCCW. He leaves with a record of 7-1 (but all crappy matches).
-So we're going to try Manny v. Gordy, probably off of TV, just to see if that matchup will click as much as I think it will. If it does, they'll stay away from each other until The Von Erich v. Freebirds are over, and then they'll have a brutal feud, probably with various gimmicked hardcore stipulations in place.
-Very nice match between Jake Roberts and the Super Destroyer - too bad both guys are only here temporarily.
-Gordy and Kevin's match was a little better than their Parade of Champions disappointment, both guys have done a lot better against other opponents. I'm still amazed that Gordy/Mike have a better match than Gordy/Kevin.
-So Fritz will now be an "active competitor" again, at least for a few months. In real life, Fritz retired in 1982, so this isn't too ridiculous. The idea here is that he can have 6 or 7 minute matches with guys like Akbar and Waldo that will be rated C or C+, based on his popularity alone. And the segments and angles surrounding those matches will break into B or even B+ territory. We just need a new on-air "commissioner". If we can't find anyone, perhaps Sunshine can fill the role temporarily.
--Garvin continues to impress and show he deserved the promotion I gave him. He's wrestled 12 matches for me, and 6 of them have been rated B- or above. Sure, many of those matches have been against our top talent, but they've also occurred without any angles behind them. Garvin could really delivery in a high-profile angle, but most of our top talent is currently occupied. The only possibility for him right now is Scott Casey.

molson

05-07-2007, 01:17 AM

NEWS

-The WWA, like ICW, has rejected my overtures of a buy-out. WWA sounded a little less optimistic in their email to me about their future though, so I'll keep an eye on them.

molson

05-07-2007, 02:04 AM

WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING (TV Taping)
Tuesday, Week 1, June 1983
St. Paul, MN: 2,000 SOLD OUT

-Pre-Show Dark Match
The Mantel Brothers defeat the Villanos in 8:29 when Ken pins Villano V. (D-)

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Bill Irwin defeats Brian Adias in 8:07 by pinfall. (D). Adias was tiring towards the end of match.

-Chris Adams defeats Super Kendo in 7:04 by pinfall. (D+). After the match, Adams accepts the challenge made by Gary Hart for a rematch with Bundy, and says they'll fight next week, on TV. (D-)

-Backstage, The Great Kabuki & Magic Dragon are seen talking. They're looking at their watches and seem to be planning some type of escape plan to avoid Manny Fernandez (D+)

-Fritz Von Erich comes out and cuts a fairly lengthy promo, repeating much of what he said last night about resigning as WCCW commissioner, about stepping back into the ring on a regular basis, about the stresses that he's dealt with in the last few weeks involving Skandor, Kerry, and Waldo. (C). He also announces that unfortunately, one of his last acts as commissioner was to strip Kerry, Kevin, and David of the 6-man tag team championship, since they have been unable to defend their title in the last 30 days because of Kerry's injury. (C-). He then announces that his last official action was a match he booked last night to take place next week - Mike, Kevin, and David v. The Feebirds for the now vacant 6-man tag team championship (C-).

-The cameras catch up with Magic Dragon back stage, who is getting read to leave, but looks as if he knows someone is following him. He ducks into a locker room, and a shadow is seen following him (E+)

-WCCW Television Championship Match
Jose Lothario defeats Buddy Jack Roberts in 7:25 by countout. (C+) Buddy seems content that he's retained the title, but after reviewing the contract Lothario earned at the Parade of Champions, the referee suddenly hands Lothario the title. Apparently, the contract read that the title could change hands on a countout.

-The cameras quickly cut to backstage, where Magic Dragon has been beaten badly in the locker room area. (E+). No culprit is seen, but the announcers assume that it must be Manny Fernandez.

-Two out of Three Falls, Non Title Match
David Von Erich defeated Jimmy Garvin in 12:56, 2 falls to 1, in a rematch from last night. (B)

-WCCW American Tag Team Championship Match.
Mike & Kevin Von Erich drew with Michael Hayes & Terry Gordy in 7:49 following a Double DQ, making their 3rd defense of the titles. (C) The ref lost control of the match, when both David Von Erich and Buddy Roberts interfered. Before the match, all 3 Freebirds openly mocked the Von Erichs about Kerry's Injury, their own father stripping the tag team titles from them, and Kevin's loss of the American Heavyweight Title to Gordy. (C-)

Overall Rating: C

-Kind of a strange show. Midwest popularity increases again from 44.8% to 45.2%. Texas popularity decreases again from 71.0% to 70.7%. At some point Texas popularity needs to level out or It'll start costing me money.
-Jose Lothario is the new TV champion, and it was completely by accident. I arranged a count-out finish, but apparently there's an additional road agent direction I need to give to make sure the title doesn't change hands. Fortunately, it was a pretty solid match, and I'll just tell myself this is Roberts' punishment for showing up late for 3 shows. Lothario now has only 22 days left on his contract, so this may be a short title reign. Or, I might just go back to my original plan, re-sign Lothario, and let him defend the title week after week in safe C-rated matches
-The 6-man titles are vacated due to Kerry's "injury". One of my realism "house rules" is that titles will be vacated if there is no defense in 30 days, for any reason.
-Garvin & David deliver yet again, in what will be their last match for at least a while. Hopefully I can find something productive for Garvin to do.

molson

05-07-2007, 02:39 AM

NEWS

-Booking the last couple of shows, the roster still seems a little bloated, and there's a lot of guys I'm leaving on the bench each show. I could expand our house shows to 2 hours (from 90 minutes), but it seems more fiscally responsible at this point to cut some more guys. But there's no easy cuts.

-And on top of that, I can't help myself, and I bring in Luke & Butch, the Bushwhackers (then known as the Sheepherders) the current Southwest Championship Wrestling Tag Team Champions. Since I'm at war with SWC, they'll leave them completely, and work soley for me. They come in at $1,200/$1,125 a show, respectively. This is purely a "sign away SWC's tag team champs to screw with them and figure out what I do with the talent later" kind of move. But these guys have some talent - they're a brutal, hardcore tag team at this point, who have decent C- level popularity in Texas.

-And what may turn out to be a hugely important signing for us, I also sign the SWC Heavyweight Champion, Adrian Adonis to a PPA deal at $1,325/show. Adrian is also has the top singles title of the red-hot Maple Leaf Wrestling promotion. Fortunately for me, he considers us his priority company. While Adrian is probably best remembered as the fat guy with boobs running around with a dress in the WWF, he was also an extremely talented wrestler. He has B+ ratings in Toughness, Stamina, The Basics, and Resilience. He also has very solid "C" popularity in the midwest, and C- in Texas. SWC will have their two championships vacated overnight.

-Considering my roster was getting fat even before I brought in The Bushwhackers and Adrian Adonis, my roster is completely out of control now. Before the next show, I'll have to force myself to make some cuts. Even though with the PPA deals, I'm not paying for the guys on the sidelines if they don't work, it hurts my wrestlers' popularity when I don't use them enough. My road agent now says I have 11 more guys than I need. So it'll have to be cutdown day soon

-I also add an additional road agent, Whipper Billy Watson, who is a locker room leader, and has a respect rating of "A". He's a little pricey at $1,650/show, but at this point, the money I'm making does no good collecting dust in Fritz's pockets. He's also a candidate to be an interim on-screen authority figure for WCCW, though his popularity in the midwest and Texas is only a D.

Ragone

05-07-2007, 06:07 AM

omg the bushwackers!

rjolley

05-07-2007, 04:12 PM

This is a great dynasty. Enjoying the read...

DataKing

05-07-2007, 04:26 PM

The Bushwackers! You're making me dig way back into the memory banks molson. :D

Hammer

05-07-2007, 04:57 PM

Ko Ko B Ware was that just about superstar type. Perhaps the only guy with a name he could beat would be the Brooklyn Brawler when I was watching. Ware just seemed to beat the odd no name guy to keep up his rep and then get battered by a heel building up his rep.

That Bushwakers finishing move, the human battering ram was it, was perhaps the worst I've seen. Grab your mate in a headlock and charge. Funny mind.

My favourite move was the frankensteiner. Can't help but feel Scott could have been the man in wrestling if he'd managed his career differently and held off the juice.

Who was this Adonis guy? Not that playboy buddy rose?

molson

05-07-2007, 06:54 PM

Who was this Adonis guy? Not that playboy buddy rose?

Not the same guy, but they had a similar body type. Adonis had a NYC biker character most of his career, the most success he had with that was in an AWA tag team with Jesse Ventura called the "East/West Connection".

But then he went to the WWF in around 1986 and soon became "Adorable" Adrian Adonis, a big flamboyant fat guy who dressed like a woman and tried to make his opponents uncomfortable. It may sound awful on paper but it was pretty edgy stuff for 1986 WWF - and like Buddy Rose, once you got past the terrible physique he was a very talented wrestler. He was definitly a top 5 heel for them at his peek, and his big feud involved Roddy Piper's original WWF face turn - they had a hair v. hair match at Wrestlemania III. That was pretty much the end of Adonis, and he died a couple of years later in a car accident.

DeToxRox

05-07-2007, 08:09 PM

Sheepherders fucking rule. They need a violent feud with Von Erichs as hired hands of the Freebirds.

molson

05-07-2007, 09:04 PM

NEWS

-I've reshaped the roster, made some cuts, and planned some new angles as the result of the recent acquisitions:

-The Spoiler's WCCW run ends before it ever had a chance to begin. He has a ton of talent, and is known all the country, but he simply has too many other commitments to make a huge impact with us. He's booked Saturdays (which is our best night to run our end-of-month events), and he clearly showed fatigue issues the brief time he was here. Add to all that, he's 43, currently out injured, and likely to be injured again in the future at inconvenient times. His brief run included 5 matches, and 4 victories.

-Bill Irwin is also gone. He's a good, solid, all around worker, but there's nothing exciting about him whatsoever, and he's another guy that works for 2 promotions other than ours. If I can ever manage to bring in his brother Scott full time, I'll give him a call again. But until then, he gives us no compelling reason to keep him on.

-Jose Lothario will not be re-signed. He'll be a purely transitional champion, with a one week title reign. I did appreciate his solid matches taking up time in the middle of the card, but at this point in WCCW's rise, having a 45-year old Jose Lothario in the middle of things doesn't make a lot of sense - we'll try younger guys in midcard angles and try to elevate people. I probably would have kept him around as an "occasional wrestler" if he didn't require apprx. $1400/show for a new deal. We'll keep him around for the final 3 weeks of his contract to do some jobs.

-Jake Roberts and Super Destroyer will both be gone after their loan agreements are up (1 more show for Jake, 2 for Super Destroyer). Before he leaves, Destroyer will challenge David for the Texas Heavyweight Championship at our June Star Wars Show. I wish I could have done more with Roberts, maybe we'll see him again somewhere down the road.

-The Freebirds v. Von Erich angle will continue and be our main program throughout the summer.

-Since Akbar's Destruction Inc. stable now includes only Super Destroyer, who's leaving at the end of the month, he'll retool in a big way and add hire The SWC Heavyweight Champion, Adrian Adonis, the SWC Tag Team Champions, The Sheepherders, and Waldo Von Erich. They'll make Fritz' life miserable for a while, and probably drive him back into retirement. Then at some point, they'll get involved in a "formal" storyline with the Freebirds and Von Erichs as well.

-Since Garvin and Scott Casey are the two biggest names not a part of an angle, they'll feud. It'll be a big chance for one or both of them to step up.

-Gimmick Update: Adrian Adonis will be basically using Buddy Roses's gimmick - the overweight, unattractive Playboy. Luke and Butch will be the Sheepherders, using a "maniac" gimmick. Scott Casey is the likable teen idol hearthrob who doesn't have much upstairs. Super Kendo, who will be on the VeRY bottom of the roster, thinks he's a Comic Book Villain.

-Whipper Billy Watson will be the new on-air commissioner, in addition to his road agent duties. He'll be used in a much more limited way than Fritz was though. He's still somewhat well known in wrestling at this time, as a 2-time former NWA World Heavyweight Champion, and he has decent mic skills.

-Sunshine will begin her face run as David Von Erich's valet, which makes sense after he saved her from a Jimmy Garvin beatdown. Down the road, perhaps Kerry takes a liking to her and all hell breaks loose.

-Our rating for our most recent TV show airing is 0.67. That's .02 off from last week's all-time high, but still represents our 2nd highest rating. It's possible that our investment in higher production values is paying off.

molson

05-08-2007, 12:43 AM

THE STARS OF WORLD CLASS ON TOUR
Monday, Week 2, June 1983
Joplin, MO: 1,000 SOLD OUT

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Scott Casey defeated Checkmate in 8:23 by pinfall (C-). After the match, Akbar entered the ring, and told Checkmate that like Frank Dusek, he's embarrassed him for the last time. He's dropping Checkmate as a client, ripping up his contract in front of him (D)

-Pre-Show Dark Match
The Mantel Brothers defeated the Villanos in 5:36 by pinfall when Ken pinned Villano V. (C-).

-Fritz Von Erich defeated Super Kendo in 5:55 by submission (C-). Before the match, Fritz came to the ring and discussed how tonight marks his return to action as an active competitor (C) After the match, Akbar comes to the ring and stares down Fritz, before the 2 are separated by several jobbers from the back (C-) Bill Mercer grabs Fritz for an interview, and Frtiz jokes about the barren state of Akbar's Destruction, Inc., stable, pointing out that even the Spoiler has run out of town (C-)

-Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts defeated Barry Orton & Brian Adias in 8:21 by pinfall when Hayes pinned Orton. (D) Orton & Adias showed good chemistry, though Adias was tiring towards the end of the match. After the match, Hayes & Gordy hyped themselves up (C)

-WCCW American Tag Team Championship Match
Kevin & Mike Von Erich defeated The Great Kabuki & Magic Dragon in 11:22 when Kevin pinned Dragon - The Von Erichs make their 4th title defense. (C) Before the match, Kabuki denounced the attack last week on Magic Dragon, calling Manny Fernandez a coward (C-) After the match, Kevin & Mike hyped themselves, calling themselves the best tag team in the world, willing to take on all comers. (C)

-Sunshine came to the ring and announced that video highlights of Precious' 24-hour stint as her valet will air on WCCW television this week (E). Precious then announces that she has officially left Jimmy Garvin for David Von Erich, and will serve as the latter's valet from now on (D+).

-David Von Erich defeats Frank Dusek in 8:14 by pinfall (C)

-WCCW American Heavyweight Championship Match (This is the title shot Manny earned in the Parade of Champions Battle Royal)
Terry Gordy and Manny Fernandez drew to a time limit draw in 20:00 (B-). Before the match, Gordy hyped his chances with Hayes by his side (C+). After the match, Fernandez & Gordy continued to stare each other down and argue as the show ended (C-)

Overall Rating: C+

THOUGHTS

-I'm pretty stunned with the C+ rating considering I only had one segment on the whole show that got higher than that - fortunately, that best segment was the 20:00 main event, so the fans seemed to go home happy. My midwest popularity takes it's largest ever jump after one show, from 45.2% to 45.8%

-The midwest crowd didn't seem to be to into the Fritz/Akbar stuff, but at least it didn't bomb, and it gave us a chance to have a solid overall rating. The deal with Fritz is simply that he's the most nationally recognized name on the roster, he gets paid the same whether he's participating on-air or not, so if he can pull some C-level segments in the midwest with the occasional B or B- in Texas in short segments, it's most definitely worth it.

-Orton & Adias, having shown good chemistry, are now a full-time jobber tag team. One of the ways I'll deal with the slightly bloated roster is more regular tag teams. Orton & Adias may not find their way out of the pre-show dark matches if they can't do better than a D rating against the Freebirds - what the hell can I expect against the Villanos?

-Kabuki & Dragon's once hot tag-team push has cooled - they've been somewhat disappointing overall. They'll finish the "revenge" angle with Manny Fernandez, but then it's time to regroup and decide if they should stay together.

-I'll have to go back through the rest of the dynasty and review this, but off the top of my head, I can't remember any well-received Precious or Sunshine Segments. The WCCW fans seem to want nothing to do with these broads. There's not much I can do about that, since I've learned that "Product Appeal" (the multi-layered customizable product type that the fans expect from a promotion) can't be tweaked at all if you work for someone else (Like I do for Fritz). So, I have to adopt Fritz' style. And apparently, the fans aren't going to accept the women in anything but a silent valet role.

-One of the reasons I brought in Manny was that I felt he could have a brutal long-term feud with Terry Gordy down the road (especially if the Freebirds break up). So tonight was something of a "teaser" match for the house show crowd, and they deliver a B- with absolutely no angle behind the match, and they single-handedly carried my show to a decent rating. They didn't blow anyone away, but they will face each other again.

molson

05-08-2007, 08:23 PM

WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING (TV Taping)
Tuesday, Week 2, June 1983
St. Joseph's, MO: 2,000 SOLD OUT

-Dark-Show Match
-8-Man Tag Team Match
The Mantel Brothers, Barry Orton & Brian Adias defeated the Villanos, Checkmate & Frank Dusek in 10:50 when Ken pinned Checkmate (D). Orton, Johnny Mantel, and Dusek were visibly tired towards the end of the match After the match, the winning team hyped their victory, and discussed how they hoped it would help them move up the tag team ranks (F+)

-Fritz Von Erich defeated Super Kendo in 4:57 by submission in Fritz's TV return to "active competition" (C-)

-Skandor Akbar is shown backstage, confidently lighting a cigar with a $100 bill. (D) He looks to the camera and delivers a dire warning to WCCW - he can burn his money like it's nothing because his big spending is over - no longer will his great talent be wasted on mediocrity - the new Destruction Inc. is on the way. He says they're champions where they come from, and soon they'll be champions here as well. (C-)

-A video is shown recapping Precious 24-hour stint as Sunshine's valet, following her defeat at the hands of Sunshine at the Parade of Champions (E).

-King Kong Bundy defeats Chris Adams in 5:59 by countout - Adams has been weakened by a pre-match assault, as well as interference from Hart during the match. (C) Before the match, Gary Hart hyped his client. He says that Adams' stretch of fluky success against Bundy ends tonight. (D). The camera stays on Hart and Bundy as they talk strategy, conspiring about how to get the upper hand on Adams (D) Also before the match, Adams hyped his recent success against Bundy: winning the $5,000 slam challenge, and then pinning him the middle of the ring last week. (D-) Before the interview was over, Hart orders Bundy to attack Adams from behind, beating him down for several minutes before the match officially begins (D)

-Jim Garvin defeats Jose Lothario in 7:43 by pinfall, to earn a TV title shot against Lothario next week (D+). After the match, Garvin guarantees victory next week. (C-)

-Six-Man Tag Team Championship Match (For the vacant titles)
The Freebirds defeat Mike, David, and Kevin Von Erich in 15:21 when Gordy pinned Mike after the Freebirds temporarily incapacitated David and Kevin by nefarious means to win the vacant Six-Man Tag Team Championship (C-) After the match, the Von Erichs cut the Freebirds celebration short by throwing them from the ring, looking all pissed off as the show ends. (D+)

-Overall Rating: D+

THOUGHTS:

-Wow, nothing clicked at all here, a crappy show. Our Texas popularity continues it's slide, from 70.7% to 70.4%. Even our midwest popularity decreases slightly (first time that's happened after a show) from 45.8% to 45.7%.

-Akbar's segments have been surprisingly poor lately. The fans don't find him compelling on his own, he needs some star quality with him. Fortunately, that's on the way.

-Yet another poorly received "diva" segment. That'll be the end of the those. From now on, Sunshine & Precious have to shut up and look pretty.

-The Adams/Bundy segment really sucked - five total segments for that angle tonight, and four of them were either D or D-. That's no better than the Checkmate/Sugar angle that got Sugar fired and Checkmate banned to obscurity. It was disappointing because they had delivered solid C's, and the occasional C+ in segments before tonight. I've definitly pushed Adams in the ring - he has a record of 7-2-1 since my tenure started. His stats indicate he should be doing a little better than he is in both his angles and matches. I'm a huge fan of Adams' WCCW run in real life, so it's tough to pull the plug on him. I'll definitely give him a chance with someone more talented than Bundy.

-Jim Garvin's 14th match for me is his very worst rated, at a D+. And that with a guy who's been giving me safe "C" rated matches for a while now. The outcome of the Garvin/Lothario title match next week won't be a surprise. The TV Title will give Garvin & Casey (my random throw-together feud) something to fight over.

-Good main event matches have saved crappy shows like this for me before, but then Freebirds v. Von Erichs amazingly rates a mediocre C-. This was the 4th time I ran Freebirds v. Von Erichs, and this was by far their worst match (of course, those had Kerry and this one had Mike)

molson

05-08-2007, 09:00 PM

NEWS

-As expected after that crappy show, our TV ratings dips from 0.67 last week to 0.62. We've had 10 shows so far, and this was pretty much right in the middle, as the 5th highest.

-Dick Murdoch's contract ended with Mid-South, and he he is now completely unemployed. For the 3rd time in the game, I request contract negotiations, hoping he'll be a little more flexible.

-Fritz Von Erich tells me he's not too psyched about being back in the ring on a regular basis. It can't be good for my career and game if I look into Fritz' "worker relations" and sees that he hates me, but as of now, his "general morale" is still good, so I'll keep him where he is for at least a few more weeks.

-Magic Dragon's contract is up in 3 weeks, and since he only wants a raise from $500 to $650 a show, I resign him for 9 months. He's right in the middle of an angle with Kabuki & Manny, and he's still a fairly good bargain for a lower midcard guy who can get C or C- level matches on his own.

-Hulk Hogan has finally debuted in the WWF, and his first four matches have all been as part of a team with Andre The Giant. Ray Stevens is still their world champ, and he's up to 9 successful title defenses. His most frequent challenger has been JYD.

Swaggs

05-08-2007, 11:02 PM

Has Fritz given you permission to open up his wallet on talent yet?

molson

05-08-2007, 11:18 PM

Has Fritz given you permission to open up his wallet on talent yet?

It's totally on a case-by-case basis. Like I'll request negotiations with say, Bob Backlund, who's willing to listen, but Fritz says I can only offer him X dollars, which isn't enough for Bob.

I'm not sure exactly what the game threshold is for when he changes his mind (which actually makes the game more interesting), but I'm guessing that when I get to Cult Popularity Status, he'll be a lot more flexible. So that's the #1 goal, and it's why I'm running so many shows in Missouri and Minnesota, even though those shows are WAY less profitable than my Dallas shows (to the point where I'm willing to sacrifice some of my popularity in Texas). It's also possible that if I have tons of money in the bank, he'd be more flexible as well, so I should really try to talk with all the huge names once every couple of months.

The tricky part is that in 1983 - who are the big names? I have a lot of them already, in the Von Erichs & and the Freebirds. After that, it's not so obvious - who are the HUGE names that would put me over the top? There's Hogan & Flair, but even they're not hugely over in Texas and the midwest at this point. To me, Dick Murdock is the ultimate free agent because of his popularity in Texas, and I'm pretty sure I won't get him until I get to cult status.

molson

05-08-2007, 11:56 PM

To follow up on the last post, I was curious who were considered the "top guys" in 1983, which was still very much the era of regional territories. So for my own reference, these are the game's top 15 guys in terms of USA popularity in June 1983, (with a capped age limit of 43). In no particular order:

-Buzz Sawyer
-Roddy Piper
-Stan Hansen
-Sgt. Slaughter
-Ric Flair
-Bruiser Brody
-Andre the Giant
-Dusty Rhodes
-Terry Funk
-Billy Graham
-Mil Mascaras
-Harley Race
-Antonio Inoki
-Ivan Koloff
-Jack Brisco

(The biggest omission there seems to be Hogan, but Hulk is a top 10 popularity guy in Japan in June 1983)

Of these guys, the most realistic target appears to be Bruiser Brody, who has a "strong friendship" with Fritz. I also think Stan Hanson in WCCW would be HUGE - but it'll take some time to get to the level where he's willing to sign with us.

Neon_Chaos

05-09-2007, 02:52 AM

The Sheepherders were one fo the best heel "we'll eat you alive boy!" tag teams in the 80's. The WWF turned them into cartoon characters.

Sheepherders vs. Von Erichs vs. Freebirds would be a great 3-way feud to watch. :)

Toddzilla

05-09-2007, 08:58 AM

The Sheepherders v the Fantastic Ones were some of the most insane brawls I ever saw. They wound up the feud with a series of cage matches - back in the days when a cage match was a big deal - and it was a bloodbath. Great stuff.

Bee

05-10-2007, 10:25 AM

This dynasty keeps nudging me closer and closer to buying the game. Does anyone know if there's a new version in the works? Maybe one where they streamline the UI?

molson

05-10-2007, 10:52 AM

This dynasty keeps nudging me closer and closer to buying the game. Does anyone know if there's a new version in the works? Maybe one where they streamline the UI?

The programmer for TEW (Adam Ryland) is working on a MMA sim, I'm guessing there'll be a new version of TEW after that (but we're probably 1-2 years away)

Adam's very active with patches, but he usually addresses the AI, rather than any broad UI changes. So I think this is what we're stuck with for the time being.

The UI was a roadblock for me until I came up with a "manner of playing" that I could live with without being tedious. (Every day I do X, X, and the X, and then I check Y, Y, and Y, and then I move ahead). One of the reasons people can't get into this game is if you just wander around it, like you can in say, FOF, you're going to get frustrated and give up.

molson

05-10-2007, 09:09 PM

THE STARS OF WORLD CLASS ON TOUR
Monday, Week 3, June 1983
Wichita, KN: 1,422

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Brian Adias defeats Checkmate in 5:48 by pinfall (C-). After the match, Mercer interviews Adias at ringside (E+)

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Ken Mantel defeats Villano V in 5:43 by pinfall (C-). The two showed good chemstry. After the match, Mercer interviews Mantel at ringside. (E+)

-Fritz Von Erich defeats Frank Dusek in 4:44 by submission (D+). Skandor Akbar comes out and says that as he stated on WCCW TV last week, Destruction, Inc. is back. Akbar says they will take championships, money, and eventually WCCW itself. He introduces his new client - Fritz' brother, Waldo Von Erich, who comes down to the ring, making his first apperance since the Parade of Champions. (C). Waldo and Akbar enter the ring and attack Fritz. Fritz is briefly able to hold his own, before becoming overwhelmed. (C-) Akbar again grabs the mic, saying only that Waldo is the first of many more. (C-).

-Black Gordman defeats Jose Lothario in 7:50 by pinfall. (C-) Before the match, as Lothario is walking to the ring, Gordman attacks him from behind - the attack weakened Jose and clearly contributed to his loss. (D-) Jose needs some assistance to get to the back. Gordman taunts his injury, saying he's clearly the top Mexican wrestler in WCCW, and demands a TV title shot (D-)

-Manny Fernandez defeated King Kong Bundy in 6:30 by DQ after Hart broke up Manny's pitfall attempt. (B-) Before the match, Hart taunted Chris Adams and bragged about Bundy's victory over Adams on WCCW TV last week. (D-)

-Chris Adams defeated Villano IV in 6:53 by pinfall (D-). The two had poor chemistry. After the match Mark Lowrance announces that he has just been informed that new WCCW commissioner Billy Watson has made a new match for WCCW June Star Wars - since Bundy and Adams have now traded victories, they'll face off again. (E+). Further, Lowrance announces, the winner will earn a WCCW Texas Heavyweight title shot against David Von Erich or whoever the WCCW Champion is after June Star Wars. (D-)

-WCCW American Heavyweight Championship Match
Terry Gordy defeats Jake Roberts in 17:57 by pinfall to make his 3rd defense of the American Heavyweight Championship. (B-) Before the match, Terry Gordy cut a promo hyping the match (C-) After the match, Roberts announces that his short-term contract with WCCW expired, and that he's headed back home to the southeast. He would have loved to win a championship and stick around longer, and he hopes to be back in the future (D+)

-WCCW American Tag Team Championship Match - Texas Tornado Rules (All 4 men in the ring at the same time)
Kevin & Mike Von Erich defeated Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts in 9:35 when Kevin pinned Hayes to make their 4th defense of the tag team titles. (C) Before the match, Mike & Kevin hyped their title defense (D+) Hayes & Roberts also delivered a pre-match promo (C-)

Overall Rating: C

THOUGHTS

-This was a nice comeback show for us, after the crappy tv show that delivered our worst rating in 10 events. Midwest popularity increases from 45.7% to 46.1%.

-The only big mistake in this show was I ran the wrong match for the main event. Terry Gordy's title defense against the departing Jake Roberts was terrific, at B-, where the tag title match only delivered a C.

-I'm not disappointed in the C main event, it was a better match then the six-man on the TV show, even though we took away the two biggest stars (Gordy and David)

-Speaking of Gordy, he's absolutely my MVP at this point. He's been involved in 6 matches rated B- or higher, which has to be highest of any guy on my roster. Just as importantly, he can go for a long time, he went 22 minutes with Kevin at the Parade of Champions, 20 with Manny Fernandez, and almost 18 tonight with Jake Roberts. He's one of the top 3 stamina guys in the promotion, along with David and Manny Fernandez (any combination of those 3 could go up to 45-50 minutes if well rested). A long match with a good rating at the top of the card pretty much guarantees a pretty good overall show rating. Gordy's the top candidate to unify some of the singles titles and be our first World Champion.

-Lower down in the card (and in fact, on the pre-show), Brian Adias wrestles his best ever match in my tenure, a C- vs. Checkmate. Maybe he's improving - I'll keep throwing him out there. Ken Mantel's dark match vs. Villano V wasn't too bad either.

-The Gordman/Lothario stuff was just for the purpose of wrapping up an angle that I set before I decided to let Jose go - Gordman was going to end Jose's winning streak my jumping him pre-match, leading to a mini-feud. Canceling angles before they're "finished" can create a momentum hit for everyone involved, and even though Jose's leaving, I figured it would just take a few minutes of a show to wrap up, and give a tad bit of credibility to Gordman before he starts jobbing again. And the match wasn't that bad (C-)

-The Adams/Bundy feud has another bad show. I won't blame Adams too much for his crappy match against Villano IV, since it was the latter's first single's match with us, and nobody's sure what he can do in front of a non-luchador audience. (And it seems clear from the stats and early results that Villano V is the superior Villano to IV).

NEWS

-After the show, Roberts appears to be exhausted. The only other company he's working for is AWA, but there's using him a ton. Since AWA's big monthly show was last week, he actually wrestled 5 total matches in 1 week between both companies. I haven't advertised him as being in any matches at the next tv show, so he'll get tomorrow's taping off. Roberts is a good wrestler with a bad record - 8-17-5 between the two companies.

-Iceman Parsons is apparently being hyped around the internet (it's 1983, so I'll just call them "dirt sheets" - I think those were already around then), as a huge star in the making. He hasn't been seen in WCCW since about a month ago when he stuck up for Manny, got beat up in a parking lot by Kabuki & Magic Dragon, and then lost a TV title match against Buddy Roberts.

molson

05-10-2007, 11:01 PM

WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING (TV Taping)
Tuesday, Week 3, June 1983
Dallas, TX: 5,000 SOLD OUT

-We head back home to make some money towards the end of the month.

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Brian Adias defeats Black Gordman in 7:44 by pinfall. (C-) Adias was tiring towards the end of the match. After the match, Adias gave an interview will Bill Mercer (D-)

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Ken Mantel defeats Villano V in 5:44 by pinfall (C)

-Mercer and Lawrence confirm the rumors that have been floating around: at the WCCW June Star Wars event, David Von Erich will defend the Texas Heavyweight Championship against The Super Destroyer. The Destroyer has been awarded the title shot, the announcers said, based primarily on his success and reputation in other territories. The announcers note that this is a controversial decision, and one that may may not sit will with some of the WCCW veterans. (C+)

-Fritz Von Erich defeats Frank Dusek in 5:01 by submission. (C-)

-Backstage, the Great Kabuki looks paranoid, just as Magic Dragon did several weeks ago. He looks around corners, seeming sure that someone is following him. The announcers mention that Manny Fernandez is not scheduled to be there tonight. (C).

-Waldo Von Erich defeats Barry Orton in 3:41 by pinfall. (D+). Fritz remained in the ringside area after his match to give guest color commentary - he denounces Waldo as a disgrace to the Von Erich name (B-). During the match, Skandor Akbar, at ringside with his new client Waldo, approaches the commentary team and starts arguing with Fritz (B). Fritz eventually has enough and delivers one punch to Akbar, sending him to the floor (B). He and Waldo start to leave, but from the end of the entrance-way, he gets on the mic again and warns Fritz - telling him he'll be in a nursing home by the end of the summer (B).

-The camera again heads backstage where a still-paranoid Great Kabuki is trying to gather his bags to leave the arena. He finds note taped to his locker. He reads it, and then quickly turns around, looking more paranoid than ever. (C)

-The cameraman wanders around a little more backstage and catches Skandor Akbar handing Michael Hayes several wads of cash. They don't seem to notice the camera. (B)

-WCCW Television Title Match (Garvin earned title shot by defeating Lothario last week)
Jimmy Garvin defeats Jose Lothario in 9:18 by pinfall to become the new WCCW Television Champion. Lothario loses the belt in his first title defense (C).

-An angry and flustered Kabuki & Gary Hart come out to the the ring and demand answers regarding the mystery note, and the attack on Magic Dragon two weeks ago. Kabuki looks especially nuts here. Hart blames Manny Fernandez, and challenges him to a match with Kabuki at the June Star Wars event. There, Hart says, Kabuki will finish the job he started when he put Manny in a neckbrace last month. (B-).

-The Super Destroyer defeats Kevin Von Erich in 11:35 in a match that featured interference by all 3 Freebirds - the announcers state that some type of financial arrangement between Akbar & The Freebirds has clearly been made. (B-). After the match, all 5 heels (The Freebirds, Akbar, Super Destroyer), beat down Kevin in the ring (C+). David runs out with a chair to make the save - he clears out Akbar and the Destroyer, but the Freebirds regroup and overwhelm him, 3-1. Then, a returning Kerry Von Erich, making his first apperance since he was hit with a Terry Gordy piledriver outside the ring 5 weeks ago, runs into the ring to help his brothers. The Von Erichs quickly drive the heels out of the ring (C+)

-Finally, David Von Erich takes a mic and says his brother is back at 100%, and he challenges the Freebirds to a 6-man tag match for the titles at the June Star Wars Event (and pointing out that David, Kevin, and Kerry never lost the titles in the ring before Kerry's injury). (B-)

OVERALL SHOW RATING: C+

Thoughts

-That was a pretty kick-ass show, and might have deserved a B-. Texas Popularity still drops a tiny amount, from 70.4% to 70.3%. Midwest popularity increases from 46.1% to 46.5%.

-Brian Adias shows his C- with Checkmate last night was no fluke, as he delivers a C- with Black Gordman on the pre-show. Those are his top 2 rated singles matches with me. I'll have to give him a shot sooner or later with one of the top heels, to see if he can reach C+ or even B- with the right guy. I have him locked up for 6 months at a cheap $100/show, so it would be great if he could give me some cheap yet decently rated matches on the main show.

-The Fritz/Akbar/Waldo segments absolutely killed, which kind of surprised me. After the Waldo match, the 4 segments that made up the angle tonight all rated B- or higher - I can't remember that ever happening before. The obvious factor in the angle's success was our return to Texas. The midwest fans are more or less indifferent to these two. (But continuing to run the angle there as well will help change that).

-I was also happy with the Hart/Kabuki segments - two C's and a B-. That sure as hell beats what Bundy/Adams are doing. Manny's revenge match vs. Kabuki could be a real sleeper match at June Star Wars.

-Jimmy Garvin is the new TV Champion - I have no idea what to expect in his upcoming feud with Scott Casey.

-Putting Super Destroyer over Kevin Von Erich when Destroyer's last match with us is at the Star Wars event next week only makes sense because we're trying David v. Super Destroyer at that event. I'm going to try to continue to bring in some random guys from other promotions to challenge for the Texas Heavyweight Title - it'll give me a sense of which guys from around the wrestling universe mesh well with David, and it will help increase the title's prestige rating to have as many quality challengers as possible. The win seemed to help Super Destroyer's momentum - he's currently tied with David & Gordy as having the highest current momentum in the company.

-Kerry's back, and the Freebirds/Von Erich angles were strong, if not great. (The Fritz/Akbar angle was more highly rated, overall).

-Terry Gordy showed up late for the 2nd time, so I fined him. I've read about these issues on the TEW boards - basically, if the wrestlers feel like they can get away with it, more and more of them will show up late, and eventually, they start skipping shows entirely, which can be a big problem. Morale may also be effected. You have the option to warn, fine, suspend a guy for a week or a month, or fire him.

molson

05-10-2007, 11:08 PM

NEWS

Current WCCW June Star Wars Card:

-WCCW Texas Heavyweight Championship Match
David Von Erich v. The Super Destroyer

-WCCW Six-Man Tag Team Championship Match
David, Kerry, & Kevin Von Erich v. The Freebirds

-Steel Cage Match
Manny Fernandez v. The Great Kabuki

-Fritz Von Erich v. Waldo Von Erich

-Chris Adams v. King Kong Bundy

-Jim Garvin v. Scott Casey

molson

05-10-2007, 11:48 PM

NEWS

-Our TV Show gets a 0.69, which ties our highest rating.

-One potential conflict issue has arisen for the June Star Wars event. WWF is running their big monthly event the same night, so Michael Hayes will possibly be unavailable. I don't want to move the event up to Friday at this point (especially because Gary Hart, the Great Kabuki, and Buddy Roberts all have conflicts that day). Hayes works about half of the WWF's regular shows, but he's worked both of their last two big monthly events, so I can't expect him to be there. The angle could be the Freebirds claiming they can't put the titles on the line without Hayes there, only to be forced to use a replacement partner or as 3-2. Or maybe since Akbar has a business relationship with the Freebirds now, he can loan out Adrian Adonis for the night.

-Dick Murdoch rejects me for a 3rd time, even though he's unemployed. Maybe he's pulling a Chris Jericho and just wants some time off.

-Southwest Championship Wrestling runs their first show since I stole their heavyweight champion away, and they put the belt on the owner's son, Tully Blanchard, a guy who has turned down all offers to go elsewhere. (Nice touch). They also brought in Ricky Steamboat to help fill the void, jobbing him to Gino Hernandez in his first match there. I'd steal Steamboat away too, be he also works for Mid-Atlantic and Maple Leaf Wrestling.

-The Hogan/Andre the Giant Tag Team in the WWF has turned heel. Meanwhile, Roddy Piper is a main event face there. That's an interesting alternative history.

Swaggs

05-11-2007, 12:13 AM

Molson, if this dynasty lasts long enough, will fictional wrestlers appear in the universe (I realize it is a looong time away, but theoretically?)?

molson

05-11-2007, 12:25 AM

Molson, if this dynasty lasts long enough, will fictional wrestlers appear in the universe (I realize it is a looong time away, but theoretically?)?

Yes, fictional wrestlers are generated. You can customize the pace at which they enter the game - I have it set to medium, which is giving the universe about 2-3 new guys a month (and I have all of the regions on - North America, Mexico, Japan, and the UK). In this dynasty, I hired a fictional rookie announcer with huge talent potential (Harry Frehely).

In addition to that, future real wrestlers will also appear in the year in which they started wrestling in real life. That's a new feature of this version that was basically created especially for this mod. And unlike other text sims, it isn't really a cheat to know which 18-year olds might be good. You could sign an 18-year old Curt Hennig, but he'll be pretty much worthless for a while, and if/when he gets good, he'll leave you for a bigger company. If you're already a big company, it's better to just let the guys with potential develop elsewhere, and take them when they're ready.

PilotMan

05-11-2007, 08:17 AM

I gotta say that looks like a pretty good card for the main show coming up. You have a number of main event potential matches. You are inching be closer to getting this game. I keep trying to play it, I think that the real guys would make things infinitely easier.

If you could say, what is the normal routine that you go through to get through the gameday? And what does your record keeping look like outside the game (i.e. notebook.)

General Mike

05-11-2007, 09:36 PM

Really good dynasty so far. Keep up the good work.

molson

05-12-2007, 07:27 PM

THE STARS OF WORLD CLASS ON TOUR
Monday, Week 4, June 1983
Dallas, TX: 2,000 - SOLD OUT

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Ken Mantel defeated Super Kendo in 6:30 by pinfall (C-)

Pre-Show Dark Match
-Black Gordman defeated Johnny Mantel in 7:54 by pinfall (D)

-Fritz Von Erich defeated Checkmate in in 4:42 by DQ when Waldo Von Erich ran in and attacked Fritz (C+). Waldo continues his wild attack, but Fritz blocks Waldo's iron claw, and goes on the offensive against Waldo, throwing him from the ring (B). Akbar comes out to check on Waldo, and Fritz grabs a mic and warns both of them from the ring – he says both of them will get what they deserve at the June Star Wars Event (B). Akbar gets on the apron and starts yelling at Fritz about his corruption, calling him a curse on Texas wresting. (C+). Before the attack can get too personal, Fritz grabs Akbar, throws him over the ropes into the ring, and puts the iron claw on him (B). Suddenly, the Sheepherders, making their WCCW debut, run to the ring and attack Fritz. Even after Akbar is out of danger, he orders the Sheepherders to continue the assault – Frtiz is left unconscious in the ring (C)

-Chris Adams defeats Magic Dragon in 8:53 by pinfall (C) . The two had akward chemistry. After the match, Adams hyped his match at the Star Wars Event against Bundy – they've both defeated each other once, and it's time to find out who the better man is. (C)

-The Great Kabuki defeated Brian Adias in 4:47 by pinfall (C-). After the match, Manny Fernandez enters the ring and angrily stares Kabuki down. This is the first time Manny and Kabuki have been in the same ring since Kabuki put Fernandez out of action about 6 weeks ago. (C-). Manny reveals, to nobody's surprise, that it was he laid out Magic Dragon several weeks ago in the locker room (D+). Manny & Kabuki then come to blows, but nobody gains an advantage before referees and road agents break the fight up (C)

-WCCW Texas Heavyweight Championship Match (TV Title not on the line).
-David Von Erich defeats WCCW Television Champion Jimmy Garvin in 13:55 by submission to make his 1st defense of his title. (B). Before the match, Jim Garvin cuts a promo hypes his skills, saying that after tonight, he'll wear the Texas Heavyweight Title, and Precious will carry his TV title, since that what valets are for. (C)

- Before the next match, David stays in the ring and is joined by Kerry and Kevin. The three talk about Kevin & Kerry tag match tonight against Gordy & Roberts, and note that the Freebirds still haven't responded to their challenge about a six-man tag title match at the June Star Wars. (B-)

-Kevin & Kerry Von Erich drew with Buddy Roberts & Terry Gordy in 17:52 after the referee lost control and both teams were disqualified. (B). After the match, Roberts & Gordy were joined in the ring by Michael Hayes, who finally accept the Von Erichs challenge for June Star Wars. (B-)

Overall Show Rating: B-

THOUGHTS

-We break the B- overall show rating for a second time (the previous time was the last TV taping in may). That show involved a similar main event – Kevin/Mike v. Gordy/Roberts. Popularity in Texas is 70.2%.

-This was our second to last event before the end-of-month June Star Wars show. We run a TV taping tomorrow night that won't air until after the Star Wars Show. We're going to run as inexpensive a show as possible for that taping, since the money situation looks a little soft at the end of the month. After running a profit of $250k the last to months, it looks like we'll just about break even this month with the additional production and worker expenses, and the increase of shows in the less profitable midwest. Breaking even at this point in the game isn't a problem – we're still $700k+ over Fritz' year-long bottom-line mandate (which has 9 months to go). I'd rather put the money into the business.

-The Fritz/Akbar angle is now officially our hottest angle of all time. It has 30 total segments, and we've gone through 17. After that (or before it's over), I can “evolve” the storyline into something different, with new characters, keeping the overness, as long as at least 2 characters stay with the new angle (which shouldn't be a problem, this angle features Fritz, Akbar, Waldo, The Sheepherders, and soon, Adrian Adonis). The angle was pre-programmed in the DOTT mod, and it's based on Paul Ellering's Legion of Doom Stable terrorizing Ole Anderson in Georgia Championship wrestling in 1983.

-Brian Adias is moved up to the main show after delivering a couple of C- matches on the pre-show, and he delivers the same C- with The Great Kabuki. Again, a C- Adias match is great for us since the guy only costs us $100/show. I might put him in a midcard angle of some type before long.

-Manny Fernandez' segment didn't go over too well – though he's one of my few guys that is actually more popular in the midwest than Texas. In my other ongoing midcard angle, Adams delivers a C for both his match and promo. The Bundy/Adams and Manny/Kabuki storylines now are tied in overall overness. But I think Manny/Kabuki will be the much better match at June Star Wars.

-Another excellent match between David & Garvin, rating a B. They've now wrestled in 7 singles matches with each other, and 6 of them were at least B-. David has won 6 of those 7 matches, but the 7th was David's only singles match defeat during my tenure. David's overall record is now 19-2-0, which includes one tag team loss.

-The main event tag match also delivers a solid B. There's a nearly infinite number of various combinations of Von Erich v. Freebirds matches, but this match-up of Kerry/Kevin v. Gordy/Roberts tied for the highest rated tag match involving these groups, and was the highest since the Six-Man Tag on my first show almost 3 months ago.

NEWS

-I'm betting that Michael Hayes will be unavailable for the June Star Wars show (since it's the night off a WWF end of month show, and he was used the previous two end of month shows), so I'm going to remove him from the advertising of the show, and replace him with Butch Miller of the Sheepherders. That will take some heat off of the match, and slows down my Freebirds v. Von Erichs angle. Butch is the obvious replacement since he's the best heel wrestler I have that isn't already booked that night, and Akbar's Destruction Inc. and the Freebirds have helped each other out before. I don't want to debut Adonis yet because he has a “surprise debut” scheduled later on in my Fritz/Akbar angle. Jimmy Garvin was considered, but he's already wrestling, and doesn't really have the stamina to go twice in one night, unlike David, who will be doing double-duty. It also will give the Sheepherders, who could be huge for WCCW, some early main event exposure.

-That is, if the six-man tag runs in the main event. I'll have to decide that day of show – either David v. Super Destroyer or the 6-man tag will get the main event slot. If Hayes is surprisingly available, that makes the decision easier. But Super Destroyer has already wrestled B- matches with Kevin and Jake Roberts – a B with David isn't out of the question. As I stated earlier, the main event rating is the #1 factor in overall show rating, so it's an important decision.

molson

05-12-2007, 08:56 PM

WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING (TV Taping)
Tuesday, Week 4, June 1983
Dallas, TX: 5,000 SOLD OUT

-Mid-Atlantic must have changed around their schedule, as Gary Hart, The Great Kabuki, and Magic Dragon are all booked elsewhere. Fortunately, I haven't advertised any of them for tonight.

-And once again, this is my monthly tv taping that won't air until my monthly big event. That limits a little of what I can do, so the show will be match-heavy

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Brian Adias defeated Checkmate in 5:42 by pinfall (C). Before the match, Adias gave an interview with Harry Frehley (D)

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Ken Mantel defeated Black Gordman in 6:28 by pinfall (C). Before the match, Mantel cut a brief promo (D-).

-WCCW Television Championship Match
Jimmy Garvin defeats Jose Lothario in 7:42 pinfall to make his 1st defense of the TV title. (C-)

-Skandor Akbar comes out to the ring with his new clients, the Sheepherders, who debuted at last night's show (C). He hypes them us as meanest, toughest, most brutal tag team in the entire world. (C). Akbar says his new Destruction, Inc. stable is now almost complete, and offers an open contract for anyone to face any his clients at any time (B-)

-A lengthy video recaps the Von Erich v. Freebirds feud to this point: The Gordy pile-driver to Kerry, Gordy's capture of the American Heavyweight Title from Kevin, Kerry's dramatic return, and highlights of all their matches (including, presumably, the one that will happen at Star Wars before this airs) (B-)

-WCCW American Tag Team Championship Match
Kevin & Mike Von Erich defeat The Villanos in 9:04 when Mike made Villano V submit. The Von Erichs make their 6th defense of the tag team titles. The performance of Kevin stood out. (C-). The match featured interference from the Sheepherders, who both attacked the Von Erichs when either of them were outside the ring. The interference allowed the Villanos to make the match competitive, and they nearly pulled the upset. After the match, the Von Erichs and Sheepherders brawled all over the ringside area. (C-)

-Texas Heavyweight Champion David Von Erich defeated Super Keno in 7:42 by submission in a non-title match (B-). The two showed good chemistry. David looked strong.

-WCCW American Heavyweight Championship Match
Terry Gordy defeats Chris Adams in 11:44 by pinfall to make his 4th defense of his title. (B)

Overal Rating: (C).

Thoughts:

-The mediocre rating doesn't tell the whole story here. Part of the "C" is due to the fact that I had advertised a match that didn't happen - David Von Erich v. Adrian Adonis - that pissed some fans off. Adonis' part in the Fritz/Akbar storyline didn't happen yet, so I didn't want to debut Adonis. Largely because of that, my Texas popularity dips below 70.0%, to 69.9%. My midwest popularity increases from 46.5% to 46.9%.

-The rating aside, there was some very good things on this show. Starting with that awesome, random pairing main event - Gordy v. Chris Adams, which scores a "B". It was by far Adams' best match (he's never even had a B-). It was also, amazingly, Terry Gordy's best single's match during my tenure. There's a few factors at play I think - my TV show match ratings could be improving because of the higher production values I've invested in. Gordy's momentum is also currently the highest in the company - he's been booked to look very, very, strong.

-Almost as surprising was the David v. Super Kendo match, which delivered a surprising B-. Before this, Kendo's highest match rating for WCCW has been a C-. Obviously, most of the credit here goes to David, but Super Kendo has earned his job as one of WCCW's most prominent jobbers.

-The Sheepherders have had a decent enough debut in WCCW, with consistent C segments. I don't know if they're a great matchup with the Von Erichs because of their different styles - Sheepherders are considered "Brawlers", who tend to do best against other Brawlers. My other brawlers are Gordy, Manny, Bundy, Kabuki, Parsons, Dusek, Frtiz, Gordman and Waldo.

-This was Lothario's last match with us, as his contract expires tomorrow. It'll be interesting to see if either Southwest Championship Wrestling or Houston Championship wrestling picks him up. He had a record of 14-6 with us during my tenure (mostly against the bottom of the roster), with a 1-week TV Title reign. His overall resume with WCCW over the years (which is a nice game feature) included 6 tag team championships, 2 TV championships, and 4 Texas Heavyweight Championships.

-Brian Adias continues to show improvement - his "C" rated match with Checkmate on the pre-show was his highest rated match since I took over. Ken Mantel's "C" match on the pre-show tied for his best match ever (he's had 4 other "C" rated matches). Neither guy can talk well yet though - that's why they're getting so much interview time on my pre-shows, so they can possibly develop skills in a way that doesn't effect my overall show rating.

NEWS

-Mid-Atlantic didn't change their schedule as I feared, they simply ran their big monthly show the day of my taping, and used Hart, Kabuki, and Dragon. So our Monday/Tuesday show schedule will continue for now, but I have to take a closer look at the beginning of the month where our potential conflicts are.

-Black Gordman tells me he's exhausted (I've used him on 4 straight shows, and he's 46 years old). He's also going into the last month of his contract with us. I'll have negotiations with him, but unless he's willing to take a paycut from his current $1,000/show deal, we'll let him go. He's a veteran who's likely been a help to guys like Adias, but that's just too much money to pay him. The highlight of his run (if not career) will be his shocking (and accidental) victory over Kerry Von Erich. I'll give him a couple of wins at the beginning of the month to slightly build up his momentum, then job him out.

-Abdullah the Butcher has left WWC in Puerto Rico, making New Japan the only place he's wrestling. He's the other guy, along with Dick Murdock, that I'll make an immediate offer for once I reach Cult level. He's very popular in Texas, and can see him being huge in World Class (but he's only willing to sign relatively short-term deals - a couple of months at a time with each territory). One of the things that makes him especially valuable is that he has a listed relationship of hating Vince McMahon, so he'll probably never leave anyone for the WWF.

molson

05-13-2007, 02:12 AM

WCCW June Star Wars
Saturday, Week 4, June 1983
Dallas, TX: 5,000 SOLD OUT

-As I expected, Michael Hayes was booked for the WWF tonight, and is unavailable.

-This event has a current historical significance of "Above Average", which puts it in the middle of the pack of our monthly events. It will be a 2-hour event, not including the pre-show

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Brian Adias & Barry Orton defeated The Villanos in 5:41 when Adias pinned Villano IV. (D). Villano V seemed off his game.

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Ken Mantel & Frank Dusek drew to a 10:00 time limit draw. (C)

-Buddy Roberts and Terry Gordy come out to the ring, and announce that Michael Hayes in unable to be at the arena tonight, since he's resting up in a hospital after saving several dozen children from a burning orphanage. They "apologize" to the fans about having to cancel their 6-man tag title match tonight against the Von Erichs (B-).

-Jim Garvin defeated Scott Casey in 8:40 by pinfall following interference from Precious. Garvin & Casey showed bad chemistry. (C) After the match, an angry Casey grabbed the mic and demanded a rematch against Garvin. (C)

-WCCW Commissioner Whipper Billy Watson came out to the ring and stated that while it's true Michael Hayes is not there, there will still be a six man tag team championship match tonight. The Freebirds must either use a replacement wrestler for Hayes, or take on the Von Erichs 3-2. (C).

-The Great Kabuki & Gary Hart then enter the ring and demand that Kabuki's match with Manny tonight be in a steel cage. Hart has arranged the cage to be here tonight, ready to setup, claiming that he's asking last minute so Manny can't back out. (C+) Watson says the match can take place in a cage only if Manny agrees. Fernandez comes out and accepts the challenge. (C) A giant video screen near the entranceway shows the highlights of the Manny/Kabuki feud to this point - Manny's house show debut victory over Kabuki, Manny's TV debut that led to a beatdown from Kabuki & Magic Dragon - putting him out of action for several weeks, Iceman Parsons sticking up for Manny - and then getting beaten up in the parking lot, Manny's return to the ring, the "mystery" attack on Magic Dragon, and Kabuki's subsequent paranoid behavior (C-)

-Chris Adams defeated King Kong Bundy in 6:37 by pinfall (C+). Before the match, Hart hyped his client (C). After the match, Adams celebrates with the fans, having decisively won his feud with Bundy. (D+)

-Bill Mercer interviews Manny Fernandez about tonight's cage match (C-). He then interviews The Great Kabuki & Gary Hart (C-)

-WCCW 6-man Tag Team Championship Match
Kevin, Kerry, & David Von Erich defeat Buddy Roberts, Terry Gordy, & the replacement partner for Hayes, Butch Miller of the Sheepherders in 12:40 when David caused Roberts to submit, apparently winning the 6-man tag team championships. (B-). Before the celebration can start however, Skandor Akbar comes out with Billy Watson. Akbar says that during the match, he referred Watson to a rule in the WCCW bylaws - Watson didn't have the authority to make this a championship match with Hayes not present. Watson concedes that this is correct.

-Fritz Von Erich comes out to the ring an references the "open challenge" made by Akbar last night at the TV taping. He said he's ready to take on Waldo tonight, and then he'll take on the rest of the Destruction Inc. crew, 1 at a time. (B). Akbar came out with his client, Waldo Von Erich, and hyped the upcoming match (B).

-The announcers briefly address the crowd, mention upcoming events, and hype up the upcoming Waldo/Fritz match as being historic (C+)

-Fritz Von Erich defeated Waldo Von Erich in 4:40 by pinfall by grabbing the ropes for leverage. The two showed good chemistry, Waldo looked off his game (C+). Before the match, Fritz cut a brief promo hyping his chances (B)

-Steel Cage Match
Manny Fernandez defeated The Great Kabuki in 17:47 by submission. (B) Before the match, as the cage was being constructed, a video highlights the dangerous nature of this type of match, showing clips of WCCW cage matches of the past (C). Also before the match, both Kabuki (C), and Manny Fernandez (C) cut very brief promos before entering the cage, both promising victory. After the match, Iceman Parsons comes out, making his first apperance since the Parking Lot beating 5 weeks ago. Manny and Persons celebrate in the ring (C).

-WCCW Texas Heavyweight Championship Match
David Von Erich defeats The Super Destroyer in 14:04 by pinfall to make his 2nd defense of his title. (B+). Before the match, Akbar hyped his client - and promised that the crown jewel of Texas Wrestling will be in Destruction Inc's stable shortly (C+). After the match, all 4 Von Erich brothers celebrate in the ring (C+)

Overall Rating: B

THOUGHTS

-WCCW reaches a new milestone - it's first "B" rated show. We've had 26 shows to this point, and only reached B- twice, so this is huge. And it comes as a surprise, I didn't think it was going so well when I was booking it. Texas popularity keeps steady at 69.9%. If it takes a "B" rating to stay at 70%, we've got a little further to slip in Texas, I think.

-Obviously, the main event was the most important factor - David and the Super Destroyer validate my decision to run their match as the main event, rating an excellent B+. 9 of the last 11 matches David has been involved in has reached B- or above. This appears to be the 3rd match in my tenure to reach B+. That's the end of the current loan agreement with the Destroyer - there may be more in the future.

-My road agent says Akbar's character needs "freshening up". I'll look into tweaking it, but I'd say a guy named "Skandor Akbar" only has so many options.

-The Manny/Kabuki angle was hyped throughout the show simply because I wanted to get through all the angle segments and complete the feud tonight. It may have helped give heat to the angle - the segments themselves were all pretty mediocre, but the cage match delivered a solid B, and took up almost 18 minutes. This was Kabuki's 13th match for me, and highest rated - before this, he only had one other match reach even B-. In Manny's 7th match for me, it is also his highest rated yet.

-The Fritz/Akbar angle also got a lot of time, and the segments were once again highly rated. The match (which at 5 minutes, took up much less time than the related interviews and promos) got a C+ even though Waldo was apparently "off his game".

-I didn't intend to have a "Dusty Finish" in the 6-man tag. I set the titles to change, the game gave he warning asking me if I was sure I wanted to do that without Hayes being involved. I either accidental said "no", or I discovered a bug, since the titles didn't change hands. So the Freebirds are still the champs - for now. .

-The Adams/Bundy angle mercifully comes to a close, with a pretty good C+ match. It may be time for an Adams heel turn.

-The Garvin/Casey feud is just getting started, but unfortunately, it's obvious the first time they wrestle that they don't have good chemistry. We'll go ahead with the angle, but it will stay at the bottom of the card. If Garvin can make this interesting, my opinion of him will go even higher.

molson

05-13-2007, 02:30 AM

NEWS

-Our TV Show, airing Sunday, gets a 0.58, which is quite a drop from the 0.69 I got the week before. In fact, that's our lowest rating in about 2 months. I'm guessing this is due to the "C" overall rating for that show.

-A number of guys ended their storylines at the Star Wars show: Bundy, Adams, Manny, Iceman, Kabuki, Dragon, Hart, and Mike Von Erich (who was involved in the early stages of the Bundy/Adams feud). So with the beginning of the new month upon us, I need new plans for all these guys.

-Michael Hayes has received an offer from Houston Championship Wrestling. I don't think Hayes would consider them a priority over us, since we have a higher prestige rating, but working for a 3rd company could just stretch him even further.

-Black Gordman indeed wants a raise to re-sign, so he'll be gone from WCCW in about 3 weeks.

molson

05-13-2007, 09:13 PM

WCCW MONTH IN REVIEW: JUNE, 1983

POPULARITY

-Popularity in Texas 69.9% (Down from 71.0% last month)
-Popularity in Midwest 46.9% (Up from 44.2% last month)
-Popularity goal to get to or maintain Cult Status (53%) After gaining 2% in popularity in the midwest last month, my increase this month accelerated to 2.7%, leaving me 6.1% away from cult status. I should be able to do that in less than 3 months. Popularity in Texas is continuing to decline, and it's starting to effect my bottom line. Hopefully we stabilize there soon.

FINANCES

Income (Last month in parenthesis):

Ticket Sales: 351,064 (552,775)
Sponsors: 15,194 (15,280)
Merchandise: 4,920 (4,380)

Expenses:

Worker Costs: 166,150 (168,475)
Show Costs: 86,500 (101,500)
Marketing: 500 (500)
Merchandise: 4,240 (4,448)
Production: 35,800 (800)
Misc: 1,000 (1,000)

Total Profit: $76,988 (295,712)
Cash in Bank: $1,003,975 (926,987)

-This is pretty much right where I want to be financially - turning a modest profit, investing in the product, and not simply hoarding money in the bank. My ticket sales took a pretty huge hit this month - that can largely be explained by running more shows in the midwest, my decreasing Texas popularity, and the fact that last month we ran our biggest show, the Parade of Champions, which bloated numbers a bit.
-I'm not going to make any changes this month to production values, merchandise, etc, we'll pretty much coast with this financial model into cult status and then re-address our situation.
-I'm pretty surprised our worker costs actually went down after all of the expensive new talent we brought in. My theory there is that I've been running longer matches, and thus fewer matches per show, which means less workers have been needed. Terry Gordy is the ultimate bargain when he can go 25 minutes at $1,000.

ROSTER

-After the major roster shake-ups last month, we're going to keep everything pretty much intact for a while. The roster is starting to gel, and we're putting on good shows. This is largely the group we'll take to cult status, with the occasional tweak here or there.

-Black Gordman indeed wanted a raise, so he'll be gone from WCCW in 3 weeks.

-Kevin Von Erich's contract is up in 3 weeks, so I request negotiations with him. We'll of course have to pay him pretty much anything he wants, which will certainly be a raise over his current bargain rate of $1,000/show.

-Speaking of bargains soon to be ending, Terry Gordy's $1,000/show deal ends in 60 days. He's also expressed his intentions to be a "freelance" employee, which means he'll only be interested in short-term deals, and he'll be much more likely to leave territories for greener pastures. I request negotiations with him as well. Even though it may be more financially responsible to get as much use out him at $1,000/show as I can, I need to know whether he'll be here past those 60 days if I'm going to continue his monster push.

MAIN EVENTERS

Kerry Von Erich
Terry Gordy
David Von Erich
Adrian Adonis
Michael Hayes
Manny Fernandez

-This is the same group as last month, with the addition of Adrian Adonis, who hasn't debuted yet. David and Terry have been awesome, and Manny delivered big time in the Star Wars Cage Match, and could be headed for a feud with Adonis. Hayes has been involved in some very good singles matches (though he can't go more than 8 or 9 minutes). I think I've underused Kerry to this point - he was out 5 or 6 weeks with an "injury", and he's only been in 7 singles matches total in 3 months.

UPPER MIDCARDERS

Buddy Jack Roberts
Butch Miller
Luke Williams
Jim Garvin
Kevin Von Erich

-The new addition here are the Sheepherders, who haven't been used much yet. Butch Miller is clearly the superior of the two - he has 9 categories rated B- or above, whereas Luke Williams only has 5. They may be a little too hardcore for WCCW, and I don't have a whole lot of babyface brawlers to take them on. It's very much an open question how useful they turn out.

MIDCARDERS

Iceman Parsons
Scott Casey
King Kong Bundy
Chris Adams
The Great Kabuki
Ken Mantel

-Some shakeups in this group. Iceman and Kabuki get demoted from the Upper Midcard. Kabuki isn't too happy about it, but he hasn't been too impressive outstide of the cage match with Manny, and his commitments with Mid-Atlantic have tired him out some. Iceman's been hyped as a "star in the making" by the dirt sheets, but I just don't see it in his stats or performances yet. Chris Adams and King Kong Bundy are both still here after their uninspiring feud. Ken Mantel is still here only because of his written contract

LOWER MIDCARDERS

Frank Dusek
Brian Adias
Magic Dragon
Mike Von Erich

-Brian Adias gets promoted to join the other 3. He's shown some good improvement in the last few months. He's delivered C- or better in 4 of his last 5 matches, when he didn't reach that level once for his first 14 matches of my tenure. Mike is getting a lot of exposure and momentum as 1/2 of the tag team champions. He's show modest improvement in 14 categories since the game began. Both Mike and Adias are on the brink of the midcard.

OPENERS

Super Kendo
Villano V
Villano IV

-Super Kendo gets a slight promotion up from Enhancement Level talent, largely based to his shockingly good match with David Von Erich, and solid performances against the rest of the roster. He still hasn't won a match (0-6), but giving me some bargain performances at $150/show. The Villanos haven't won a match either. I think I'll start a lower-card storyline about these guys forming a stable with the goal of winning a match.

ENHANCEMENT TALENT

Barry Orton
Johnny Mantel

-Orton gets demoted a notch because he's clearly below the Super Kendos and Brian Adias of our roster at this point

OCCASIONAL WRESTLERS

Fritz Von Erich
Checkmate

-Fritz Von Erich isn't happy about being back in the ring, but his matches have been OK (if short). Checkmate will spend the rest of his WCCW career putting young guys over. With his solid wrestling ability and cheap price-tag, it's the perfect role for him

MANAGERS

Skandor Akbar
Gary Hart
Precious
Sunshine

-Akbar has clearly surpassed Hart as the #1 manager in WCCW. Losing The Spoiler was a blow to Hart - but he still has Kabuki, and the Kabuki/Hart pairing seems to have the best chemistry of all manager/clients in the game. Sunshine is technically David's valet, but the audience won't hear much from her or Precious anymore.

ANNOUNCERS/COLOR COMMENTATORS

Marc Lowrance
Bill Mercer
Harry Frehley

-Frehley has joined Mercer & Lowrance has part of a 3-man booth, but I'm wondering if there's another role I should be using him in. He has the talent to be a great announcer or manager, but he just doesn't have the popularity yet.

REFEREE

David Manning

-He's one of the "big 4" officials in the U.S. with an A+ referee rating, along with Mid-Atlantic's Tommy Young, CWA's Jerry Calhoon, and the WWF's Dick Kroll

AUTHORITY FIGURE

Whipper Billy Watson

-We originally signed Watson to be a road agent, but that role doesn't allow hiim to be on TV, and we need a guy to come out and make decisions and whatnot. He's still considered a locker room leader, so he's been a factor in helping our roster say out of trouble.

ROAD AGENT

Bronco Lubich

-We're still working with only 1 Road Agent, albeit one who has Billy Watson and David and Fritz Von Erich as "Locker Room Leaders". And nobody's missed any shows yet, so we'll continue with this setup.

PERSONALITY

Waldo Von Erich

-He'll be the enforcer of Destruction, Inc., and will only wrestle Fritz and nobody else, so we'll keep him in the "Personality" Role.

molson

05-13-2007, 09:23 PM

WCCW CHAMPIONS

-Texas Heavyweight Champion - 88.7% Prestige
David Von Erich - 2 title defenses, 1 month reign

-American Heavyweight Champion - 70.0% Prestige
Terry Gordy - 4 title defenses, 1 month reign

-Television Champion - 57.1% Prestige
Jimmy Garvin - 1 title defense, 2 week reign

-American Tag Team Champions - 70.0% Prestige
Kevin & Mike Von Erich - 6 title defenses, 10 week reign

-Six-Man Tag Team Champions - 71.9% Prestige
Terry Gordy, Michael Hayes, & Buddy Roberts - 0 title defenses, 3 week reign.

molson

05-13-2007, 10:57 PM

WRESTLER CONFLICTS

-After a couple of misteps last month, I'm going to try to get more organized with who has conflicts when. So here are the guys who have other employers that they consider a priority over me, and when those companies have events in July:

Buddy Jack Roberts: AWA (Wed, Thu, 4th Sunday)
Gary Hart: Mid-Atlantic (Wed, Fri, 1st Sunday)
Magic Dragon: Mid-Atlantic (Wed, Fri, 1st Sunday)
Michael Hayes: WWF (Sun, Thu, 4th Mon)
The Great Kabuki: Mid-Atlantic (Wed, Fri, 1st Sunday)

So, under my current schedule, the only conflict we'll have all month is Michael Hayes at our Monday show week 4 of July. We'll keep the schedule in place, even though Roberts & Kabuki in particular will continue to be worn down.

WRESTLER COMPLAINTS

-Barry Orton feels he's underpushed
-Johnny Mantel feels he's underpushed
-Ken Mantel would rather be used as an "Occasional Wrestler"
-Scott Casey feels he's underpushed
-Fritz Von Erich doesn't like his push as "Occasional Wrestler"
-Iceman Parsons didn't like being out so long with an "injury"
-The Great Kabuki is unhappy with his push
-Villano V feels he's underpushed

Swaggs

05-13-2007, 11:11 PM

molson

05-13-2007, 11:19 PM

molson, can you change the names of the talent?

For example, could you turn Harry Frehley into Harold Von Errich and enter him into a storyline where he is another of one of Fritz's sons or find a talented female and make her into Fritz's daughter?

Yes, I could definitely change his name and make him a fake Von Erich son, and that isn't a bad idea at all. (Of course, Fritz tried this in real life with "Lance Von Erich", which didn't go over well) He could be the runt of the Von Erichs that's too small to wrestle so he becomes a heel announcer (or something). If I can build up his popularity just a little bit, that might be a good role for him. Or if I wanted to be really tasteless, perhaps Akbar reveals him as the 6th Von Erich brother that everyone thought was electrocuted to death as a child in real life - but Akbar reveals he actually kidnapped him and faked his death to raise him as his own.

Off course, he won't have any connection with the Von Erichs off-screen (unless I cheated and used the editor), so he won't have the same loyalty to Fritz and WCCW that the others have.

molson

05-14-2007, 08:17 PM

THE STARS OF WORLD CLASS ON TOUR
Monday, Week 1, July 1983
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 1,000. SOLD OUT

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Mike Von Erich defeated Checkmate in 5:52 by pinfall when he turned Checkmate's mask around, blinding him (D+). After the match, Bill Mercer conducted a brief interview with Mike (D-)

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Johnny Mantel defeated Super Kendo in 6:57 by pinfall. (E+) Mantel looked off his game, and the two showed poor chemistry. After the match, Bill Mercer conducted a brief interview with Mantel (E-)

-The Sheepherders defeated Brian Adias & Barry Orton in 8:14 when Luke pinned Orton. (D+) Adias was tiring towards the end of the match. After the match, Akbar puts over the destructive capabilities of his new team (D+)

-Akbar then turns his attention to Fritz, calling him a dirty cheater who could only beat Waldo at June Star Wars with the help of the ropes. He announces that a rematch has been arranged for tomorrow's TV taping (C-) Fritz comes out, and tells Akbar that if he has to beat Waldo twice to shut him up, he'll do it (C).

-Kerry Von Erich defeated King Kong Bundy in 6:02 by pinfall (D+) The two showed poor chemistry.

-After the match, Bill Mercer interviews Gary Hart. Hart concedes that his stable has been slumping lately: Both Bundy & Kabuki lost at June Star Wars, Bundy loses again tonight, Kabuki & Dragon have failed to win the tag team titles. Hart says he also knows that everyone wants to talk about Akbar's Destruction, Inc. Stable as the hottest thing in wrestling. Finally, Hart states that he's on the lookout for new talent. (C-)

-Scott Casey defeated TV Champion Jim Garvin in 8:33 by pinfall (C-). Casey seemed off his game, the two have poor chemistry. After the match, Casey celebrated his win against the TV champ (D).

-WCCW American Heavyweight Championship Match
Terry Gordy defeated Ken Mantel in 6:39 by pinfall to make his 5th defense of his title. (C+) Before the match, Terry Gordy hyped his match, saying that unlike David Von Erich, he's willing to put the title on the line against anyone, anywhere, at anytime. He considers himself the "WCCW Champion". (D+)

-Iceman Parsons & Chris Adams defeated The Great Kabuki & Magic Dragon in 12:31 when Adams pinned Kabuki (D+). Iceman & Parsons showed good chemistry as a team, but Iceman was tiring towards the end of the match. After the match, Iceman & Adams put over their new team (D)

-Whipper Billy Watson comes out and announces that by virtue of his victory over Garvin tonight, Scott Casey is now the #1 Contender to Garvin's Television Championship (C-). Watson also announced that he's adding a stipulation to tomorrow's Fritz v. Waldo rematch - the match will now take place under Hardcore rules. (C)

-David Von Erich defeated Buddy Jack Roberts in 11:47 by pinfall. (B-). The announcing wasn't up to the same quality as the match. After the match, David gave a brief promo putting over the Texas Heavyweight Championship as WCCW's true #1 title. (C+)

Overall Show Rating: C+

THOUGHTS

-That show was looking ugly for a while, but David & Roberts delivered a solid main event to give us a respectable rating. Midwest popularity increases from 46.9% to 47.3%.

-David has now been involved in 5 consecutive matches rated at least B-, and that isn't against all main eventers. Buddy Roberts is a solid veteran who I've been able to count on in a variety of situations.

-A pretty awful debut by the Sheepherders. It true they were just squashing Adias & Orton, but Adias has been pretty good lately. The bigger issue is that they're largely unknown in the midwest at this point. They have E+ popularity in the midwest, and C in Texas. They'll still get their tag team push through the ranks for now, but I'm not convinced they can feud with the Von Erichs or Freebirds. Their best asset is their ability in "hardcore". If I ever run a Japanese death match, The Sheepherders vs. Gordy & Manny is the only way to do it. (Kabuki gets an honorable mention as my 5th best hardcore brawler).

-I can't believe Kerry and Bundy sucked so bad. Bundy's been in 14 matches for me, reaching B- once, with Manny Fernandez. He may be a little fatigued, as he also works for Mid-South. Whatever's going on, he's nothing but a big fat jobber right now.

-I was glad to see that Iceman & Adams actually have good chemistry together, even though their match also sucked. With Gary Hart's announcement that he's looking for new talent, these guys should watch their backs in this team.

-It took more than 3 months, but Johnny Mantel won his first singles match during my tenure. What an awful match. He's worthless (but cheap).

molson

05-14-2007, 08:31 PM

NEWS

-I request negotiations with Gory Guerrero and Jose Lothario, whose contract just ended. I had this idea for an angle where an old Mexican veteran tries to mentor The Villanos & Super Kendo, who just can't win a match. Then later in the angle, I'd run a show in Mexico, looking ahead to eventual expansion there, and these guys would be prominently featured. Lothario & Guerrero seemed to be the best two candidates for such a role. Gory would be the preferred guy for a short-term run, because he's huge in Mexico.

-I renew my monthly requests for buyout negotiations with the three weakest promotions in North America: WWA, ASW, and ICW, but am rejected again on all three counts. WWA is clearly in the worst shape of the three.

-Bundy indeed tells me he's tired, so I'll have to give him the TV taping tomorrow off. Lazy fat bastard.

-Fritz arrives late for the show. I'm going to look the other way.

SnDvls

05-14-2007, 08:32 PM

molson - I really enjoy your fed and wanted to thank you it got me back into TEW and the current multi person dynasty DeTox and I are in. Thanks again and keep it up I'm enjoying it

molson

05-14-2007, 09:50 PM

WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING (TV Taping)
Tuesday, Week 1, July 1983
Dallas, TX: 5,000 SOLD OUT

-I run the show in Texas because I'm running a couple of big angles, and I want the friendly Texas crowd behind them. I've also figured out that it makes sense to run your tv show in your most popular region, since the lesser region's popularity in your broadcast area is effected by the show anyway.

-Pre-Show Dark Match
The Sheepherders defeat Barry Orton & Johnny Mantel in 4:03 when Miller pinned Mantel. (C) Miller looked particularly good. After the match, Akbar again hypes since team as the most brutal in the world. (C).

-Pre-Show Dark match
Ken Mantel drew with Checkmate in 10:00 when the time limit expired (C-).

-Manny Fernandez & Brian Adias defeated The Villanos in 6:58 when Manny pinned Villano V. (C-). Manny looked good, Adias was visibly tired towards the end of the match. Manny celebrated his victory with Adias (C). During the match, the announcers put over the fact that Adias has taken on Manny as a mentor. After the match, Manny grabbed a mic and put over Adias, saying he's impressed him the last few weeks, and he thinks he's ready to take the next step in his WCCW career - he just needs the right guidance. (C).

-Whipper Billy Watson comes to the ring and apologies to the fans for the mix- up involving in the 6-man tag titles at June Star Wars. He says that the Freebirds were correct in that he didn't have the authority to force them to defend the titles with Hayes absent. However, he DOES have the authority to strip the Freebirds of the titles due to Hayes' no-showing the title defense. For the 2nd time in 2 months, the six-man titles are vacant (C+). The Freebirds storm to the ring, obviously pissed off, arguing with Watson. Hayes calls him an idiot. (C+) Watson says they'll have a chance to get the titles back, as the Freebirds will be a part of a 4-team tournament to determine the new champions. The first match of that tournament will be tonight: The Freebirds v. Chris Adams, Iceman Parsons, & Mike Von Erich. (C)

-The Freebirds depart, but before Watson can leave, Garvin enters the ring with a complaint of his own. He argues with Watson about naming Scott Casey the #1 contender to Garvin's title. Garvin says he's already defeated Casey at June Star Wars, and Casey hasn't accomplished anything since he's been back in WCCW. Watson says Casey earned the match by defeating Garvin last night, and the title match will happen tonight. (C+)

-WCCW Television Championship Match
Jim Garvin and Scott Casey wrestled to a 10:00 time limit draw. Garvin makes his 2nd defense of the TV title. (C-) Before the match, Mercer interviewed Casey, who said it would be an honor to wear WCCW gold. (C+) Also before the match, Garvin loudly taunted Casey as a joke who hasn't accomplished anything (B-).

-WCCW 6-man Title Tournament Match
The Freebirds defeated Iceman Parsons, Chris Adams & Mike Von Erich in 7:31 when Gordy pinned Mike after Roberts struck him with a chair, behind the referees back, to advance to the finals of the 6-man title tournament (C+).

-Hardcore Rules Match
Fritz Von Erich defeated Waldo Von Erich in 5:24 by pinfall. (D+) Frtiz and Waldo showed good chemistry. After the match, Akbar immediately ordered his stable - The Sheepherders and Waldo Von Erich, to attack Fritz (C). After Fritz was layed out, he was stretchered out of the arena, while Destruction Inc. taunted him. Before Fritz can be stretched all the way out of the arena, he's attacked by a debuting Adrian Adonis, pummeling him off of the stretcher and on to the arena floor (C+).

Overal Show Rating: C-

THOUGHTS

-We got a lot accomplished in this show storyline-wise, but without the star power of the Von Erichs, the rating wasn't there. Popularity in Texas takes a pretty steep drop from 69.9% to to 69.4%. Midwest popularity increases from 47.3% to 47.7%.

-Adias gets his first big shot in an angle, as Manny Fernandez' protege. Pro wrestling's history of mentor/protege relationships is a little iffy, so Manny should watch his back. I'd be happy with C-segments in this angle. Manny will still get the chance to shine every now and then with a higher profile 1 on 1 match as well.

-The D+ main event really killed us - I guess I forgot for a moment that this wasn't 1998 WWF - I can't run the novelty match last. Lesson learned. It's a good sign that the best-rated segment of the angle was Adonis' debut. This angle's just about over, and the rest of our stars are tied up, so Adonis and the Sheepherders will be simply building up their momentum by beating up guys left and right before something frees up.

-The 6-man tournament may have a predictable finals match up, but I wanted to work some other teams in the mix. For the sake of kayfabe, it can't simply be Von Erichs v. Freebirds without them proving themselves against other teams.

molson

05-14-2007, 10:35 PM

NEWS

-Our TV show gets a .57 rating. That's a further dip of .01 from last show. Not time to panic yet, but we'll have to use some star power next week.

-Buddy Jack Roberts is exhausted. This will be an ongoing problem with his AWA commitments.

-Maple Leaf Wrestling humorously went after Hulk Hogan, but he declined. So they went after Michael Hayes. Hayes though, accepted the offer previously made by Houston Championship Wrestling - so he's now wrestling for us, them, and the WWF. HCW will only have access to him on the Mondays I don't book him, as Hayes considers us a priority over them.

-Moondog Spot, Scott Armstrong, and Ricky Mortion are being hyped as a "future stars". I'm keeping track of this kind of stuff in case the game is offering hints about future development.

-Manny Fernandez, who is still the Central States Wrestling Heavyweight Champion, just made some type of public proclamation that he's carrying that company on his back, and now everyone there is pissed off at him.

-Lothario rejects my negotiations to be a Mexican Mentor, citing the fact that he just left. (I though the fact that I let his contract run out rather than fire him might make a difference).

-On the other hand, I do sign the guy I really wanted instead, Gory Guerrero. Gory is 62 and retired from the ring, but he's one of the most popular figures in Mexico, and pretty well known in Texas as well. With an "A" respect rating, he's one of the more respected names in the wrestling universe, which would make him a great road agent. He's a locker room leader as well. I'll probably start him out as some type of mentor to my Mexican jobbers, but then he might be eased into a co-commissioner role with Watson (with Gory as commissioner in TX, where he's more popular, with Watson running things in the midwest, where Gory is relatively unknown.). If Gory sticks around, he may help us bring in some of the younger Guerreros at some point.

-I also resign Kevin Von Erich for 9 more months at a modest raise from $1,000/month to $1,325/month. He also gets a monthly downside guarantee of $675.

WVUFAN

05-15-2007, 10:52 PM

Molson, I've been reading along in this dynasty, and it's fantastic. Keep it up!

molson

05-16-2007, 09:14 PM

THE STARS OF WORLD CLASS ON TOUR
Monday, Week 2, July 1983
Kansas City, MO. 1,000. SOLD OUT

-Pre-show Dark Match
Mike Von Erich defeats Black Gordman in 7:40 by submission (D). Mike was tiring towards the end of match. After the match, Mike cuts a promo saying he's made it a goal to win his first singles title before the year's over, and also hold on to the tag titles with Mike for the rest of 1983. (D-)

-Manny Fernandez & Brian Adias defeated Checkmate and Frank Dusek (D+). Fernandez looked good, Checkmate and Dusek showed good chemistry as a team. After the match, Manny gave a promo with Adias by his side, again hyping Adias' potential. (C+). Before the match, Checkmate & Frank Dusek gave an interview with Bill Mercer, telling him that they've decided to form a tag team because they both have something to prove (they were both fired by Akbar's Destruction, Inc. stable). (E+)

-Chris Adams & Iceman Parsons defeated The Villanos in 6:46 when Chris Adams Villano IV by pinfall. (D+). A debuting Gory Guerrero was at ringside in support of the Villanos. After the match, Gory Guerrero grabbed a mic and stated that he's known all 5 Villano brothers for years, and that he's downright embarrassed by their winless record thus far in WCCW. He says he's come to WCCW to prove the superiority of Mexican wrestlers and the Luchadore style, and he'll start by taking the Villanos straight to the top. (E+)

-Jimmy Garvin comes to the ring to hype his upcoming match with Super Kendo. His attention, however, quickly turns to Scott Casey. He mocks Casey's inability to take advantage of his shot at the TV title last week - he says it was Casey's first and last shot (C). Whipper Billy Watson comes out and states that Garvin was clearly "wrestling not to lose" last week, and stalled until the 10 minute time limit was reached. As a result, Watson will give Casey another shot at the TV Title if he can beat Garvin tonight. (D+).

-Jimmy Garvin drew with Scott Casey in 7:54 by Double Countout. (C-). Casey appeared to have the match won when Garvin was incapacitated outside the ring, but Precious interfered with Casey, preventing him from getting back in the ring and breaking the 10-count. After the match, Whipper Billy Watson came back out, and told Garvin that he's tired of his shenanigans, and that Casey will remain the #1 contender until Garvin defeats him. He books a rematch for tomorrow night's TV taping, for the title. (C-)

-The Sheepherders defeat The Mantel Brothers in 5:48 when Miller pinned Johnny Mantel. (D+) Johnny Mantel seemed off his game. After the match, The Sheepherders continued their attack of the Mantels for several minutes (E+).

-Kevin Von Erich defeated Michael Hayes in 10:52 by submission, after Buddy Roberts' interference backfired. Kevin looked off his game. (C+) Before the match, Kevin gave a promo. He points out that even though Terry Gordy likes to consider himself a fighting champion, Kevin's only gotten one title shot since he lost the belt, and that match ended in a draw. Kevin says he realizes he's been focusing on his championship tag team with Mike, but says that he'll go through the Freebirds or anyone else 1-on-1 to get another title shot. (C). After the match, Kevin grabbed a mic, and challenged Gordy to put his title on the line against him. He said he and Mike would defend the tag titles against any combination of the Freebirds in exchange for a shot at Gordy (C).

-David Von Erich defeated Buddy Jack Roberts in 14:25 by submission in a rematch from last week's WCCW on tour show. (B-) Before the match, David Von Erich gave a promo, announcing that he'll put the Texas Heavyweight Title on the line at the July Star Wars show at the end of the month. He says the opponent has not been determined. (C+).

Overall Show Rating: C+

Thoughts

-We're another step closer to Cult Status, as midwest popularity increases from 47.7% to 48.3%.

-David main events against Buddy for the 2nd straight week, and once again, they send the fans home happy and we get a solid overall rating. I'm trying to show some restraint with David, and I'm keeping him away from Gordy and Hayes for now (but beating everyone else on the roster). At some point, he'll probably make a run at trying to collect another singles title.

-Kevin starts his push towards a Gordy rematch by beating Hayes in their first 1 on 1 match. I'm trying to keep some semblance of organization in the Freebird/Von Erich feud, and not simply throw out random combinations of matchups every week. Fortunately, the DOTT preset Freebird/Von Erich angle lends some guidance.

-The Sheepherders continue to disappoint. Still, their momentum is pretty low because they haven't beaten anyone of consequence, so all hope is not lost.

-Garvin/Casey won't be delivering any 5-star matches, but it should help the TV title's prestige, and it will deliver respectable C-level segments.

-We kick off another storyline tonight, with Gory Guerrero coming to WCCW to give guidance to our Mexican jobbers. Gory's technically a heel, but this will be more a tweener stable, wrestling everyone and anyone, trying to get a win.

-So we're up to 6 current storylines, which are, in order of current overness:

1. Freebirds v. Von Erichs
Akbar's Destruction Inc. v. Fritz
3. Manny/Adias' mentor/protege relationship
4. Gory mentors Mexican jobbers
Garvin v. Casey (TV Title)
6. Gary Hart looking for new talent/Iceman & Parsons new team

DeToxRox

05-16-2007, 09:16 PM

Always glad to see an update, keep it up.

molson

05-16-2007, 10:44 PM

WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING (TV Taping)
Tuesday, Week 2, July 1983
Houston, TX: 5,000 SOLD OUT

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Barry Orton defeats Black Gordman in 8:52 by pinfall (D+). Before the match, Bill Mercer interviewed Orton (E+)

-Mercer and Lowrance announce that as a result of last week's attack by Destruction Inc. on Fritz Von Erich, Fritz is out of action indefinitely with an injury (B+). After the announcement, Akbar comes out and gloats, and officially reveals the newest member of Destruction Inc, and the "man who ended Fritz Von Erich's Career" - Adrian Adonis, who comes out as well (C+). When the two leave, Mercer denounces last week's attack on Fritz. and then video of the attack is replayed to the TV audience (C)

-Chris Adams & Iceman Parsons defeat The Villanos in 6:54 when Parsons pinned Villano IV. (C-). During the match, Gary Hart is observed lurking around ringside, taking notes. The announcers mention Hart's recent comments about adding new talent, and speculate about who he's scouting (B-)

-Manny Fernandez & Brian Adias defeat Checkmate & Frank Dusek in 6:34 by DQ after Checkmate repeatedly broke up pin attempts on Dusek. (C-). Again, during this match, Gary Hart wandered down to the ringside area, taking notes. The announcers again speculate as to who he's scouting. (B)

-After the match, Bill Mercer announces that Manny Fernandez & Brian Adias will get their toughest tag team challenge to date at WCCW July Star Wars, where they will take on Fernandez' nemisis - The Great Kabuki & Magic Dragon (D).

-WCCW TV Title Match.
Jim Garvin and Scott Casey drew to a 10:00 time limit draw. Like last week, Garvin was clearly stalling to reach the time limit. Garvin makes his 3rd title defense. (C-). Before the match, Bill Mercer interviewed Scott Casey about his quest for the TV title. Casey reminds Garvin of what Billy Watson stated last night - Casey will be #1 contender until either Garvin pins him, or Casey wins the title. (C)

-WCCW Six-Man Tag Team Championship Tournament Match (Semi-Final)
David, Kevin, & Kerry Von Erich defeat King Kong Bundy, Magic Dragon, & The Great Kabuki in 10:47 when Kevin made Bundy submit. The Von Erichs advance to face the Freebirds for the titles at the July Star Wars event. (C+). After the match, the Freebirds come out to the entrance-way, and guarantee victory over the Von Erichs at Star Wars (B-)

Overall Show Rating: C

THOUGHTS

-I'm pretty surprised how low the overall rating was, considering the amount of B-level segments we had, and the fact that the main event did a C+. Midwest popularity increases from 48.2% to 48.7%. Texas popularity falls from 69.4% to 69.1%.

-We'll have to find something else for Fritz to do now that the Destruction Inc. has apparently run him back out of the ring. The injury announcement that opened the show rated a B+ - we've only had a handful of segments reach that.

-The Gary Hart scouting segments were very well rated also. (too bad they only got a minute of show time each - they apparently had minimal effect on my rating).

-We're running the Freebirds v. Von Erichs six-man tag again at Star Wars, and then we'll get into the individual matchups (particuararly Kevin v. Gordy). There will be some type of stipulation added to the six-man, either hardcore or survivor series rules. Star Wars will also feature Manny/Adias v. Kabuki/Dragon, David defending against the winner of a battle royal (winner to be determined), and probably Casey v. Garvin. Other matches to be determined. Adonis may be the right fit for the David title defense - he's already fairly well known in Texas (he was champion of the San Antonio-based SWC when I signed him - he could attempt to "unify" the Texas titles.)

-Casey and Garvin has wrestled 5 times already - the first one rated a C, everhthing since has been C-. If this angle adds ANYTHING to these matches, and they can eventually rate C+, it'll be a big victory.

molson

05-16-2007, 11:20 PM

NEWS

-Our TV show gets a 0.60 rating. That's a slight rebound from the low ratings of the last two weeks.

-Houston Championship Wrestling, who is something of a rival, has assembled a pretty impressive roster: Michael Hayes, The Masked Superstar, Junkyard Dog, Super Destroyer, Gino Hernandez, Jesse Ventura, Jim Duggan, Chavo Guerrero, Butch Reed, and Matt Borne. Of courrse, HCW's prestige level is low enough where a lot of those guys can only work limited dates. At this point, we have a working agreement with HCW, and it seems they would be a pretty good partner, since we're in the same region, so all guys involved would have overness in Texas.

-The most intruiging guy with HCW is the Junkyard Dog, who has A+ popularity in Texas - that's off the charts (even Fritz is only B+). Alas, they won't lend me JYD, even in exchange for David or Kerry. Jim Duggan appears to be available (he has B+ popularity in TX), so we may try him for a few shows soon.

PilotMan

05-17-2007, 02:25 PM

Well Molson, Adam Ryland should send you a nice thank you card for increasing his sales. Good Job. ;)

dfisher

05-17-2007, 02:46 PM

Tell me about it. I am hooked in this game. Anyone want to start up a multiplayer Death of the Territories game?

Atocep

05-18-2007, 02:38 PM

I have a question about the DOTT mod. Is it possible to update the storylines/angles as your game ages? I'd be nice to have access to some Undertaker casket-specific storylines/angles when the time comes.

NevStar

05-18-2007, 03:02 PM

You can import angles through the in-game editor. Create a new database & add the angles you want, then import from that database into your current game.

molson

05-18-2007, 05:40 PM

You can import angles through the in-game editor. Create a new database & add the angles you want, then import from that database into your current game.

I'm never played around with other mods or the mechanics of the game - is it possible to take more "modern" angles from other mods and import them into your current game is this manner?

You can also always write your own angles - detailing ever step and what type of segment is required to proceed in the angle. You can do that in your current game, no import necessary. It sounds pretty tedious, and there's plenty of angles in DOTT, so I've never gone that route.

General Mike

05-18-2007, 06:52 PM

I'm played around with other modds or the mechanics of the game - is it possible to take more "modern" angles from other mods and import them into your current game is this manner?

Yeah, you just have to have the other databases setup. For example, I have the DOTT database, Montreal's Aftermath, 2 different 2001 databases and a modern database, plus the default database, and I usually import all my angles into the other databases.

If you want to do it in a current game, after loading your game, go to Options on the top bar, then go to import data, and select whatever data you want to import.

molson

05-18-2007, 09:20 PM

THE STARS OF WORLD CLASS ON TOUR
Monday, Week 3, July 1983
St. Louis, MO. 1,000. SOLD OUT

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Brian Adias defeats Waldo Von Erich in 5:05 by pinfall. (D+). Waldo seemed off his game. After the match, Mercer interviewed Adias, who put over the job Manny Fernandez is doing as his mentor (D-)

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Johnny Mantel defeats Black Gordman in 7:29 by pinfall (D+). After the match, Mercer interviewed Mantel, who put over his two singles match victories this month (E-)

-Scott Casey defeated King Kong Bundy in 4:54 by pinfall (C-). Before the match, Gary Hart cut a promo hyping Bundy (C-). After the match, Casey hyped his TV Title match with Jimmy Garvin at tomorrow night's TV taping. Casey hyped Bill Watson's edict - Casey's the #1 contender until Garvin can pin him, or until he loses the title. (D+).

-Whipper Billy Watson comes out and announces that the winner of the previously advertised Battle Royal at the TV taping tomorrow night will take on David Von Erich at July Star Wars for the WCCW Texas Heavyweight Championship. (C)

-Jimmy Garvin defeated Ken Mantel in 10:10 by submission following interference from Precious. (C). After the match, Garvin, clearly irritated with how difficult it was to dispatch Mantel, continues his attack. Scott Casey quickly make the save, tossing Precious aside and throwing Garvin from the ring (D). As Garvin leaves the ringside area, he grabs a mic and yells at Casey, telling him he'll never see the TV title - the only thing he'll get from Garvin is misery. (C-)

-Adrian Adonis defeated Barry Orton in 5:56 by pinfall (C-). Adonis makes his WCCW in-ring debut.

-After the match, Akbar and Adonis are joined in the ring by the rest of Destruction Inc - The Sheepherders and Waldo Von Erich. Akbar hypes the group as the force that has ended Fritz Von Erich's career. He says their goal to the become the most dominant force in WCCW. Along the way, they'll win championships and make piles of money (D+).

-David Von Erich, Iceman Parsons, & Chris Adams defeated The Villanos & Super Kendo in 11:40 when David made Super Kendo submit. (C-). Before the match, Gory Guerrero hyped his new stable, saying the unsophisticated wrestling fans of Kansas City are in for a Luchador education tonight. (D) Also before the match, David, Iceman & Parsons put over their team (E+).

-WCCW Tag Team Championship Match
Mike & Kevin Von Erich drew with The Great Kabuki & Magic Dragon in a 15:00 time limit draw. Mike & Kevin make their 7th defense of the tag team titles. (C-) Before the match, Gary Hart hyped his team (D+) After the match, Kabuki blew green mist into Mike's face. King Kong Bundy came to the ring, and the 4 members of Hart Limited (including Hart himself), attacked Kevin 4-1. David, Iceman and Chris Adams make the save, setting off an 8-man brawl to end the show (D).

Overall Show Rating: C-

THOUGHTS

-It's a bad show, but it was a cheap show. All 3 Freebirds, and Kerry Von Erich got the night off. That'll help with the bottom line at the end of the month, but there's a slight hit to my midwest popularity, which decreases from 48.7% to 48.6%. So it would seem I'll need "C" level shows to keep my popularity growing here.

-My road agent says Waldo Von Erich, Super Kendo, Magic Dragon, and Barry Orton were used too much on the show. Orton was only used in a 7 minute match - I guess he needs to stay on the pre-show. Dragon was used in a 15-minute main event, so I understand that. But Waldo's usefulness might be just about over, now that the Fritz feud is done. I'll keep him for a while to be a Destruction, Inc. thug (as his non-wrestling segment ratings are still pretty good), and to put over younger talent.

-The Hart Limited v. David/Iceman/Adams stuff wasn't the start of any new storylines, I just wanted to give Kabuki & Dragon a break from jobbing, and give Iceman/Adams a chance for some main event exposure to help establish that team.

-That was a pretty good debut match for Adonis, considering that Orton has wrestled 9 singles matches for me, and only 2 have rated higher than D-. Those 2 matches were against David Von Erich, and now Adonis tonight.

NEWS

-My road agents tell me Jimmy Garvin, Chris Adams, and Mike Von Erich's characters could use freshening up. They're all in the middle of angles, but I'll re-vist that once those are over.

molson

05-18-2007, 10:27 PM

WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING (TV Taping)
Tuesday, Week 3, July 1983
Dallas, TX: 5,000 SOLD OUT

-Pre-Show Dark Match.
Ken and Johnny Mantel drew with Checkmate & Frank Dusek when the 10:00 time limit expired (C-). Mantel looked good. Before the match, Harry Frehley interviewed Checkmate & Frank Dusek about the upcoming match. (E+). After the match, Frehley interviewed the Mantels, who hyped their victory (D-).

-WCCW Television Championship Match
Scott Casey defeated Jimmy Garvin in 7:53 by countout, after Garvin fled the ringside area after things weren't going well. (C-). Before the match, Bill Mercer interviewed Scott Casey, who promised a victory (C+)

-Kevin Von Erich defeats Buddy Jack Roberts in 11:35 by pinfall. (B-). Kevin seemed off his game.

-After the match, Kevin once again challenged Terry Gordy to a American Heavyweight title match. He states that last week in Kansas City, he beat Michael Hayes, and tonight, he beat Buddy Roberts. He hypes himself as the clear #1 contender to Gordy's title, reminding Gordy that they've only wrestled once since he became champion, and the match was a draw. (B-). Gordy then comes out with Michael Hayes. Gordy reminds Kevin that last week in Kansas City, Kevin stated that he and Mike would put the tag titles on the line against any 2 of the Freebirds in order to get a American Heavyweight Title Match with Gordy. Gordy says he's taking Kevin up on that offer, and he and Hayes challenge Mike & Kevin to a title match at next week's tv taping. (C+)

-Bill Mercer interviews Gary Hart, who's still searching for new talent. Hart says there's some WCCW wrestlers he's very interested in, and he'll be watching tonight's Battle Royal closely. (B-) Ken Mantel then interrupts the interview, and says that he was disturbed to hear certain young wrestlers, who he will not name, speaking complementary about Hart backstage. Mantel says he's been around a long time, knows what Hart is all about, and he strongly discourages anyone from hiring Hart as a manager. (C-)

-Mike, Kevin, and Kerry Von Erich hype their participation in the upcoming battle royal. They say that the Texas Heavyweight Title is the ultimate goal of all WCCW wrestlers, and that even though they all look up to David, none of them would shy away from a title match with him, should one of them win the battle royal. Kerry points out that he's already faced David in once match this year, and he would love to test his skill against him again. (C)

-15-Man Battle Royal - Winner Receives Texas Heavyweight Title Shot
Adrian Adonis wins the battle royal, which also included: Iceman Parsons, The Sheepherders, Chris Adams, Ken Mantel, Kerry Von Erich, Kevin Von Erich, Mike Von Erich, Manny Fernandez, The Villanos, Super Kendo. Michael Hayes, and Waldo Von Erich (C-). After the match, Skandor Akbar celebrates by lighting a cigar (C+). The rest of Destruction Inc. return to the ring to celebrate with Adonis (C).

-Overall Show Rating: C

THOUGHTS

-Running a Battle Royal in the main event proves to be a failed experiment - I thought I might get away with a decent rating there since the match had so much star-power. But Kevin v. Buddy was the better rated match. Texas popularity decreases from 69.1% to 68.8%. Midwest popularity increases from 48.6% to 49.0%.

-I'm not thrilled about hot-shoting Adonis to a title match, but he seemed to be the best option. I didn't want to use a Freebird there, and Adrian's clearly the next best available heel. He's also the current NWA Canadian Heavyweight Champion (with MLW), and was the Southwest Heavyweight Champion until he was stripped last month for joining us. So he's certainly a credible contender.

-It's interesting that Kevin's match with Buddy was better than Kevin's match last week with Hayes. Sure, the Hayes match had the less-helpful Midwest crowd behind it, but Buddy continues to impress.

-That's 6-straight C- matches for Gavin/Casey. The wrestling world surely weights in anticipation for more. This is a good experiment to see if the fans eventually turn on a series like this, or if the angle behind the matches eventually improves the matches.

molson

05-18-2007, 11:04 PM

NEWS

The final advertised July Star Wars Card is in place:

-WCCW Texas Heavyweight Championship Match
David Von Erich v. Adrian Adonis

-WCCW Six-Man Tag Team Championship Match; Hardcore Rules
The Von Erichs v. The Freebirds

-2 v. 1 Inter-gender Handicap Match
Jimmy Garvin & Precious v. Scott Casey

-Manny Fernandez & Brian Adias v. The Great Kabuki & Magic Dragon

-Mike Von Erich v. King Kong Bundy

-Not as many high profile matches as previous end-of-month shows, but the top two matches will obviously carry the card. Adonis & David have the ability to go 50 minutes, and they just might go close to that. (David will be protected in the 6-man tag to save himself for his main event title defense)

-Kevin arrived late to our last show. This is his first such transgression, so he's warned.

-Our TV show gets a 0.60 rating. That's the same as last week.

-Bob Orton has left Mid-Atlantic, leaving him unemployed. I request negotiations, and am hoping that the fact that I currently employ his younger brother might encourage him to give us a look. But he quickly tells me that WCCW isn't big enough for him right now.

-CWA in Memphis lets about 9 or 10 guys go, and I request negotiations with two of them - Bobby Eaton and KoKo B. Ware, who happen to work occasionally as a tag team. (And I learned that I was previously mistaken - Koko was NOT former WCCW employee Sweet Brown Sugar).

Hammer

05-19-2007, 07:25 AM

Eaton was always a very good no nonsense wrestler. He ought to fit in well I'd have thought.

Swaggs

05-19-2007, 11:53 AM

molson

05-19-2007, 12:08 PM

Just did a bit of digging and found out that there were, in fact, two wrestlers that went by the name "Sweet Brown Sugar."

Skip Young is the one that was in the WCCW and NWA, so I presume he is the one that is currently in your fed.

James "Koko B." Ware was the more famous of the two and spent time in the WWF as Koko B. Ware and, later on, as the (masked) Blue Blazer.

That makes sense - Skip Young's stats didn't measure up to what I remembered about Koko. Fortunately, Young was cut lose a few months ago.

But the "Blue Blazer" was actually Owen Hart, who teamed with Koko for a while as "High Energy".

Izulde

05-19-2007, 12:24 PM

Just wanted to say really great dynasty. :) It inspired me to kick the tires again on a TEW 05 dynasty, but that died out because I know jack about creating an interesting wrestling product.

molson

05-19-2007, 02:16 PM

-This is the first show after I've installed the game's newest patch. The main tweaks appear to be earlier retirement ages, AI tag team usage, title defense AI, and a few other small tweaks. I've backed up the game from here in case things go horribly wrong.

-Michael Hayes has been advertised, but he's been booked by the WWF tonight and is unavailable. That will give the overall rating a hit, but hopefully we'll be good enough to creep the midwest popularity up a little higher.

THE STARS OF WORLD CLASS ON TOUR
Monday, Week 4, July 1983
Joplin, MO. 1,000. SOLD OUT

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Mike Von Erich defeats Black Gordman in 6:29 by submission (D). After the match, Bill Mercer interviews Mike. (D)

-Pre-Show Dark Match
The Sheepherders defeated Barry Orton & Johnny Mantel in 6:40 when Williams pinned Mantel. (D+). Miller looked particularly good.

-Manny Fernandez & Brian Adias defeated Checkmate & Frank Dusek in 8:33 when Adias pinned Checkmate. (D+). Manny's performance stood out. After the match, Manny & Adias hyped their July Star Wars match with Kabuki & Dragon. He says that because of Manny's history with Kabuki & Dragon, this will be the most dangerous match of Adias' career - but he's ready. (D)

-Whipper Billy Watson came out and announced that at tomorrow night's TV taping, Jimmy Garvin will once again defend the TV title against Scott Casey (since Garvin still hasn't pinned Casey). He says the match will run first, and have a one hour time limit - so Garvin won't be able to simply stall to the standard 10:00 limit limit to retain his title. (D+)

-Adrian Adonis defeats Johnny Mantel in 10:35 by pinfall. (C-). The two showed poor chemistry. After the match, the other members of Destruction, Inc. (The Sheepherders and Waldo Von Erich), came down to the ring and unleashed a 4-1 attack on Mantel (D-) Skandor Akbar then came to the ring and gave a promo about his the brutality of his stable. (D)

-Gary Hart comes out for an interview with Bill Mercer. Hart says Ken Mantel got what he deserved this week after he defamed Hart on television last week. Hart says that despite what Mantel said, Hart's been an respected and honored manager in wrestling for many years, and any young wrestler would greatly benefit from his leadership. He's continuing his scouting mission for new talent. (D).

-Jim Garvin defeated Super Kendo in 8:08 by pinfall. (D). After the match, Mercer interviews Garvin, who says that Scott Casey is a joke who's gotten way more chances at the TV title than he deserves. As a result, Garvin says, he's refusing to put the title on the line against him tomorrow night, or ever again. (C-).

-Buddy Roberts & Terry Gordy defeated Chris Adams & Iceman Parsons in 9:35 when Gordy pinned Parsons. The Freebirds utilized frequent double-team tactics behind the referee's back. (C) Before the match, Roberts & Gordy hyped the match. (D+)

-Kevin, Kerry, and David Von Erich defeat King Kong Bundy, Magic Dragon, and The Great Kabuki in 11:48 when David made Bundy submit (C). Before the match, The Von Erichs gave a promo, saying they're looking forward to the six-man tag title match with the Freebirds at Star Wars, but before then, they have some unfinished business with Gary Hart Limited after last week's brawl in St. Louis. (D+) Also before the match, Gary Hart put over his 3-man stable, saying they got the better of the Von Erichs last week. (D+). After the match, the Von Erichs celebrate in the ring. (C-)

Overall Show Rating: D+

THOUGHTS

-Ouch, a brutal rating caused in part by advertising Hayes and having him booked elsewhere. Midwest popularity falls slightly from 49.0% to 48.9%.

-Manny's really being underutilized right now stuck in this angle with Adias. It's a short-term sacrifice, trying to give Adias the chance to develop into something more.

-Everybody's just a little less over in the midwest (and in some cases, a lot less over). Manny & Adrian are actually my two most over guys in the midwest - once their current angles are over, I'll have them feud with each other, and those matches will likely main even when I'm in the midwest. Hopefully that'll be the feud that gives us the last push to cult status. The good news is that most of my guys have shown slight increases in midwest popularity since I started my expansion there. That's why it's important to keep my roster largely together - WCCW will be home of the majority of the nation's wrestlers who have overness in BOTH Texas and the midwest - that will be a tough combo to find anywhere else.

NEWS

-WWF has a new Intercontinental Champion, as Larry Zbyszko defeats Don Muraco. Hulk Hogan has made a face turn, and received his first WWF title shot against Ray Stevens. He lost, which was his first defeat in 12 total WWF matches.

molson

05-19-2007, 06:48 PM

WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING (TV Taping)
Tuesday, Week 4, July 1983
San Angelo, TX: 5,000 SOLD OUT

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Iceman Parsons & Chris Adams defeat The Villanos in 8:46 when Adams pinned Villano IV. (C). Sunshine appeared as the new valet for Parsons & Adams. After the match, Parsons & Adams gave a promo, hyping Sunshine as their new valet - Sunshine had offered her services after Parsons & Adams teamed with David Von Erich last week (C).

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Brian Adias defeated Black Gordman in 4:46 by pinfall (D+).

-Whipper Billy Watson comes out to the ring and repeats the decision he announced last night - Garvin will defend the TV title against Casey again to start off the show, and the match will have a 1-hour time limit, to prevent Garvin from stalling to the standard 10-limit time limit. Despite Garvin's refusal to take part in the match, Watson says the match is happening, or else Garvin will be stripped of the title and suspended (C+)

-Bill Mercer interviews Scott Casey, who stated that Garvin is all out of excuses, and tonight is his night (C). Jimmy Garvin then cuts a promo, stating that he doesn't know why Watson is out to get him, but if he has to defend the title against Casey yet again, he'll do it (C+).

-WCCW Television Championship Match
Scott Casey defeated Jim Garvin in 11:55 by pinfall to win the WCCW TV Title. After the referee was accidentally knocked unconscious, Garvin brought brass knuckles into the ring, but Casey recovered them and struck Garvin with them, and then gained the pinfall. (C-). After the match, a groggy David Manning found the brass knuckles in the ring, and took them to the back (F-).

-The Sheepherders & Adrian Adonis defeated The Mantel Brothers & Barry Orton in 7:51 when Adonis pinned Orton. (C-). Adonis and Miller looked particularly good.

-Backstage, the cameras pick up Scott Casey's victory celebration after winning the TV title - David Von Erich and Manny Fernandez offer their congratulations. (B-)

-A music video is shown hyping the serious injury suffered by Fritz Von Erich, at the hands of Destruction, Inc, and the rehabilitation he has undergone. (B+)

-WCCW American Tag Team Championship.
Kevin & Mike Von Erich defeated Terry Gordy & Michael Hayes in 12:52 when Kevin pinned Hayes after botched interference from Buddy Roberts (D+). Kevin & Mike make their 8th defense of the Tag Team Titles. Before the match, Kevin & Mike hyped their chances. Kevin says he's living up to his part of the deal tonight, and expects a American Heavyweight Championship match with Gordy soon, per their their agreement (C+).

-After the match, Kevin & Gordy continued arguing, and soon came to blows. This led to a wild, 7-man brawl, all over the ringside area, between all 4 Von Erich brothers and the Freebirds. (B-)

Overall Rating: C-

THOUGHTS

-The recent trend of disappointing shows continues. Midwest popularity holds steady at 48.9%, and Texas popularity decreases from 68.8% to to 68.3%.

-The show seemed to be going OK, but we were hindered by a bad main event between Mike/Kevin & Gordy/Hayes. That was a very surprisingly low-rated match at D+, considering that this was Mike & Kevin's 10th match as a team, and this was their lowest rated. They had better rated matches against teams like The Villanos, and Kabuki & Dragon. It's probably time to move the belts elsewhere soon.

-I have to remember to start including a Fritz segment on EVERY Texas show, even while he's out with his "injury". Fritz can do no wrong. He was unhappy with wrestling, so I wanted to give him a little break, but when he comes back, we might run a "one last run" angle towards one of the titles.

-The Garvin/Casey angle has one more blow-off match to their angle. The non-wrestling segments actually seem to be improving a little. Garvin's promo tonight delivered a solid C+ - which is fine for the undercard.

-Black Gordman's pre-show loss to Brian Adias marks his final match with WCCW, as his contract has now expired. During my tenure, he ends with a record of 3-18. His best matches were C+ efforts against Chris Adams and Jose Lothario.

molson

05-19-2007, 07:20 PM

NEWS

-I'm leaning towards running the end-of-month Star Wars show in the midwest. While this will hurt our show rating and bottom line, it'll boost midwest popularity, potentially a lot. We're currently 4.2% popularity in the midwest away from achieving cult stats, and if I can get that under 4% by the end of the month, we should be at Cult before the end of September.

-I've signed both Koko B. Ware and Bobby Eaton, who are both come at a pretty good bargain. Koko is $550/show, and Eaton is $650/show. Together they're an established tag team, so they'll start for me in that role, probably as faces. Eaton is pretty green at this point, 24 years old, only a E+ popularity in the midwest & Texas. But he does already have "A" level Consistency and Resilience, B+ athleticism, B Basics and Psychology, and B- Stamina. Of course, he's doesn't bring great charisma. Koko, at 29 years old, is a little farther along - a little more charisma than Eaton, and a pretty strong high-flyer (however, he's even less known that Eaton in the midwest and Texas).

-I also bring in Super Destroyer for 3 more appearances, loaning out Kevin Von Erich to Central States Wrestling in exchange. The last time I brought in the Destroyer it was in exchange for Kerry, who still hasn't completed his 3 contracted appearances with Central States yet (After losing their tv show, Central States only runs a monthly show). Both Von Erichs consider me a priority over Central States, so I can continue to use them whenever I want.

molson

05-20-2007, 12:08 AM

WCCW: JULY STAR WARS
Saturday, Week 4, July 1983
Fort Worth, TX: 2,000 SOLD OUT

-Pre-Show Dark Match
The Sheepherders defeat the Mantel Brothers in 7:47 when Miller pinned Johnny Mantel. (C). Miller looked particularly good. After the match, the Sheepherders continued the attack. (D-)

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Chris Adams & Iceman Parsons defeat The Villanos in 4:43 when Adams pinned Villano V. (C-) Adams looked good.

-King Kong Bundy defeated Mike Von Erich by pinfall in 5:57. (D+). Before the match, Harry Frehley interviewed Mike about the match. Mike pointed out that he was the first man to take Gary Hart's $5,000 slam challenge against Bundy, and he's wanted another shot at him ever since. (D+). After the match, Gary Hart hyped his client (C+).

-Jim Garvin and Precious defeated Scott Casey in 6:07 when Precious pinned Casey (after Garvin had hit Casey with the title belt behind the referees back). (D+). During the match, after Casey throws Garvin to the floor, he grabs a mic, and asks asks Precious out on a date. Precious slaps him in the face. (C+). After the match, Garvin stole Casey's newly won TV title belt, taking it with him back to the locker room. (C)

-The Von Erichs hyped their upcoming six-man tag championship match with the Freebirds, which will be contested under hardcore rules. David says that even though he has a Texas Heavyweight Title defense, he won't hold back in the six-man-tag. (C+)

-WCCW Six-Man Tag Team Championship Match; Hardcore Rules
The Von Erichs drew with The Freebirds after none of the competitors could answer the referee's ten count. This was a brutal, weapons-filled brawl, which left all six men unable to continue. The six-man tag titles remain vacant. (C-) After the match, the six men slowly got back to their feet, and continued brawling, all over the ringside area, and eventually back to the locker room. (C+)

-As the broken tables and chairs are being cleaned up, Whipper Billy Watson comes out and introduces WCCW's newest tag team: Koko B. Ware and Bobby Eaton. (D)

-The Great Kabuki & Magic Dragon defeated Manny Fernandez and Brian Adias when Kabuki pinned Adias (C). The strategy of the victors was to keep Manny out of the ring and beat down Adias. Before the match, Manny Fernandez hyped his team with Adias, and told Kabuki & Dragon that he hasn't forgotten them putting him out of comission two months ago (D+). Also before the match, The Great Kabuki performed a bizarre misting ritual (C). After the match, put over his tag team's dominance (C).

-Adrian Adonis hyped his upcoming match with David Von Erich. He says he watched the Freebirds v. Von Erich brawl, and there's no way David has anything left for WCCW's real street fighter - Adonis. (B-) David Von Erich gave a pre-match interview, admitting that he was a little beat-up from the six-man, but that he had "plenty" left for Adonis (C)

-WCCW Texas Heavyweight Championship Match
David Von Erich defeats Adrian Adonis in 35:49 by pinfall to make his 3rd defense of the title. (B+) After the match, David celebrated the hard fought victory in the ring with Kevin and Kerry (B-)

Overall Show Rating: C+

THOUGHTS

-A pretty good show, but my road agent tells me that the fans got a little tired of David - he was in the ring for almost an hour total, and he was a part of 2 interviewes and a celebration segment. Texas popularity decreases slightly from 68.3% to 68.2%.

-But, what an awesome main event, and David and Adonis joint the exclusive "B+" match club. It was our first B+ match since last month's Star Wars event (David v. Super Destroyer). The two others were David v. Hayes, and Kevin v. Garvin. Adonis makes it clear that he's a legitimate main eventer. And it goes 35 minutes with neither guy getting fatigued. I had "protected" David in the earlier six-man, to keep him as fresh as possible (that might have negatively effected that match's rating). David and Adonis are the two top "stamina" guys on the entire roster - both max out at about 50 minutes under normal conditions.

-Tonight was the best Manny/Adias tag team match yet, and only the 2nd Adias match to reach a "C" rating (the previous one was a 1 on 1 match with Checkmate).

-The Freebirds/Von Erich brawl sounds like a fun match to me, but the WCCW aren't really into the hardcore style. This was our 4th six-man tag with these six guys, and this was the lowest rated.

-My road agent also tells me the fans were tired of Johnny Mantel - and he only wrestled in an 8 minute match on the pre-show. It might be time to upgrade our "lowest babyface on the roster" position.

molson

05-20-2007, 12:34 AM

NEWS

-Big news and it's not good - Terry Gordy has rejected all negotiations, saying he wants to move on to bigger and better things. I have him under contract for 32 more days. I have a lot of decisions to make regarding the American Heavyweight Title, the Von Erichs v. Freebirds feud, and the Freebird group in general. This departure makes getting to Cult Status even more important, so I can replace him with some comparable big-name talent.

-David has received offers from both Houston Championship Wrestling and CWA in Memphis. We'll see if he's as loyal as his brothers - both Kerry and Kevin have turned down similar offers in the past. Worst case, we're certainly a higher priority company than those two.

-Magic Dragon has broke his wrist. He can work through it if necessary, but he's well under 100%. Could be time for a Kabuki single's run.

-Precious was entering the final month of her contract, so I resigned her for 9 more months, with a raise from $900/show to $1,250/show. That's a little pricey for how un-useful women are in Fritz' vision of wrestling, but she seems to be helping Garvin, and want to have at least two chicks around in case they're needed in angles.

-WWA appears to be even closer to going under, so I make yet another buy-out offer. I've read on the TEW boards that the biggest benefit of a buy-out is that you get a prestige jump - prestige of companies is what workers look to when they decide who should be their priority company. And I have a crapload of money in the bank, so hopefully they'll take me up on the offer this time. I also make buy-out offers to the other two "small" promotions in the game - ICW and All-Star Wrestling.

-Our TV show gets a 0.58 rating, That's about our average for the last 5 weeks - it was only 2 months ago that I was got a 0.69.

-So that's 4 months down in the dynasty - next up will be the month in review for July.

SnDvls

05-20-2007, 03:44 PM

Good luck with the Freebirds angle...Adonis might just be the right guy to "fill in" as Gordy is "beaten down and out for the spot"

molson

05-20-2007, 06:03 PM

WCCW MONTH IN REVIEW: JULY, 1983

POPULARITY

-Popularity in Texas 68.2% (Down from 69.9% last month)
-Popularity in Midwest 48.9% (Up from 46.9% last month)
-Popularity goal to get to or maintain Cult Status (53.1%) Another 2% gain in the midwest this month - that's lower than our 2.7% increase last month due to a couple of bad shows. So we're now 4.2% popularity in the midwest away from reaching Cult Status. Texas popularity drops another 1.7%, after dropping only 1.1% last month, and 1.6% the month before. So we still haven't stabilized our losses there.

FINANCES

Income (Last month in parenthesis):

Ticket Sales: 394,000 (351,064)
Sponsors: 15,523 (15,194)
Merchandise: 5,280 (4,920)

Expenses:

Worker Costs: 222,475 (166,150)
Show Costs: 79,500 (86,500)
Marketing: 500 (500)
Merchandise: 4,510 (4,240)
Production: 35,800 (35,800)
Misc: 1,000 (1,000)

Total Profit: $71,018 (76,988)
Cash in Bank: $1,074,993 (1,003,975)

-Another healthy profit this month, and we're still in an excellent financial position. We'll really benefit from all the cash on hand once we reach Cult Status, and once some of other companies start to go out of business. I won't make any dramatic financial changes this month, content to take make a $75k profit or so every month
-The biggest difference in the financial numbers from last month are the worker costs - up about 25%. Those costs are likely to keep going up, but one preventive measure I've considered is making the six-man tag title inactive. Those matches are never very highly rated, and they're damn expensive. Running one Freebirds v. Von Erichs match costs about $8,000. On the other hand, running a better-rated David v. Gordy match only costs $2,000. The other option is to keep the six-man tag title lower on the card, and give it to teams like Super Kendo & the Villanos.

molson

05-20-2007, 06:07 PM

WCCW CHAMPIONS - END OF JULY, 1983

-Texas Heavyweight Champion - 89.3% Prestige (up from 88.7% last mont0
David Von Erich - 3 title defenses, 2-month reign

-American Heavyweight Champion - 70.0% Prestige (same as last month)
Terry Gordy - 5 title defenses, 2-month reign

-Television Champion - 60.2% Prestige (up from 57.1% last month)
Scott Casey - 0 title defenses, 1-week reign

-American Tag Team Champions - 70.0% Prestige (same as last month)
Kevin & Mike Von Erich - 8 title defenses, 14-week reign

-Six-Man Tag Team Champions - 70.0% Prestige (Down from 71.9% last month)
Vacant

molson

05-20-2007, 07:05 PM

ROSTER - End of July, 1983

MAIN EVENTERS

Adrian Adonis
Michael Hayes
Super Destroyer
Terry Gordy
Manny Fernandez
David Von Erich
Kerry Von Erich

-Same group as last month, with the addition of Super Destroyer, who's only around for 3 appearances. I have thoughts again of demoting Kerry and Hayes, but there's no obvious names to step up, and neither guy has really gotten a "main event push" to this point.

UPPER MIDCARDERS

The Sheepherders
Kevin Von Erich
Buddy Jack Roberts
The Great Kabuki
Jim Garvin

-The Sheepherders haven't been overly impressive yet, but I'll continue to push them - they have the talent, they just aren't well known around Texas or the midwest yet. I've already seen modest popularity increases in the midwest for them. The Great Kabuki moves up this month - with Magic Dragon injured, it's the perfect chance for him to show me what he can do. Kabuki's cage match with Manny at the June Star Wars event was very good, they'll probably have a series of matches this month.

MIDCARDERS

Chris Adams
Ken Mantel
Brian Adias
Iceman Parsons
King Kong Bundy
Scott Casey

-The new addition here is Brian Adias - this is quite a bit higher than he should be if I was looking at just talent, but he has shown a whole letter grade improvement already in midwest popularity. His matches have been getting better as well. Iceman & Adams are still the two guys to watch here. Bundy's as likely to move down as he is to move up. Mantel will be here at least for the next 6 months while he's under his $1,000/month written contract. If I use him in all 9 shows in a month, he's a huge bargain at $111/show.

-LOWER MIDCARDERS

Magic Dragon
Koko B Ware
Bobby Eaton
Frank Dusek
Mike Von Erich

-Mike is still on the verge of the midcard, I'd just like to see his popularity increase a little more. Koko and Eaton are in the beginning of a long-term tag team run - whoever develops better over the next year or so will get the big singles push.

OPENERS

Super Kendo
The Villanos

-Kendo is now 0-10 for me, but he's a pretty consistent C- match guy (and then there was that B- shocker with David). He's already gone from F- to F+ in midwest popularity, so he may only be 6 months or so away from being an actual player on the roster. The Villanos have shown similar modest increases. Hopefully, Gory Guerrero will give them some kind of boost.

ENHANCEMENT TALENT

Barry Orton
Johnny Mantel

-Both of these guys have shown modest popularity improvements in the midwest and Texas, which isn't surprising considering they're used on almost every show.

OCCASIONAL WRESTLER

Checkmate

-I'm using him more than "occasionally", as him and Frank Dusek make a pretty good lower-midcard heel turn. He'll probably be around until the end of his contract in five months

OTHERS

Precious (Valet)
Sunshine (Valet)
Skandor Akbar (Manager)
Gary Hart (Manager)
Gory Guerrero (Manager)
Bill Mercer (Announcer)
Harry Frehley (Color Commentator)
Marc Lowrance (Color Commentator)
Whipper Billy Watson (Authority Figure)
David Manning (Referee)
Bronco Lubich (Road Agent)
Waldo Von Erich (Personality)
Fritz Von Erich (Personality)

-Fritz' injury will have a pretty miraculous turnaround - he'll be back on TV soon. He'll have one more "run" in the ring and then he'll kick Whipper Billy Watson to a road agent role.

WRESTLER CONFLICTS - AUGUST 1983

Wrestlers who consider other companies their priority, and their potential unavailability dates:

-Buddy Jack Roberts (AWA; Wed, Fri, last Tuesday)
-Gary Hart (MACW; Wed, Fri, last Sunday)
-Gory Guerrero (CMLL; Thursday)
-Magic Dragon (MACW; Wed, Fri, last Sunday)
-Michael Hayes (WWF; Sun, Thu)
-The Great Kabuki (MACW: Wed, Fri, last Sunday)

The only conflict is Buddy Roberts and our last TV taping of the month.

molson

05-20-2007, 09:04 PM

THE STARS OF WORLD CLASS ON TOUR
Monday, Week 1, August 1983
Chicago, IL. 1,000. SOLD OUT

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Bobby Eaton & Koko B. Ware drew with Frank Dusek & Checkmate when the 10:00 time limit expired (C+). Eaton looked good. Before the match, Bill Mercer interviewed Koko and Eaton about the upcoming match (E)

-Pre-Show Dark Match
King Kong Bundy defeated Johnny Mantel in 2:43 by pinfall (D+)

-Chris Adams & Iceman Parsons defeated the Villanos in 7:20 when Parsons pinned Villano IV. (C-) Adams looked good. Before the match, Gory Guerrero hyped his team. (D). After the match, Parsons & Adams cut a promo hyping their team (D+).

-Manny Fernandez came out to the ring and hyped his upcoming Texas Death Match with The Great Kabuki. Manny puts over the dangerous nature of this type of match, but says that it's necessary because Kabuki didn't learn his lesson from the Manny's Cage match victory at June Star Wars (C-)

-Texas Death Match
Manny Fernandez defeated The Great Kabuki in 13:55 when Kabuki couldn't answer the 10-count. The match featured interference from Magic Dragon, Gary Hart, and Brian Adias (B-). The two showed good chemistry. After the match, Manny celebrated his victory with Brian Adias (B-).

-Kevin Von Erich came to the ring, and stated that tonight was his night - as finally, he gets another shot at Terry Gordy's American Heavyweight Championship. Kevin notes that not only did he already live up to his end of the bargain by putting his tag team title (with Mike) on the line against Hayes and Gordy, but they won that match. After tonight, Kevin says, the Freebirds will be left with no titles. (C-)

-WCCW American Heavyweight Title Match
Terry Gordy defeats Kevin Von Erich in 9:21 by pinfall following interference from Michael Hayes to make his 6th defense of his title (B-). After the match, Hayes and Gordy attack Kevin, but Kerry makes the save for a visibly disappointed Kevin. (C-)

-Adrian Adonis comes with Skandor Akbar out to hype his main event match tonight with David Von Erich. He says he's been promised that if he can beat David tonight, he'll get another shot at the Texas Heavyweight Title. (D+)

-David Von Erich defeated Adrian Adonis in 27:53 by pinfall (B). As David is celebrating, Adonis climbs back in the ring with Butch Miller, and the two attack David (D). David, however, quickly dispatches the tired Adonis from the ring, and then quickly overwhelms Williams as well (D)

-David Von Erich then grabs the mic and states that he's tired of Terry Gordy prancing around like he's WCCW's #1 champion. He challenges Gordy to a title v. title match. (C). Gordy comes to the ring, and the two have a brief scuffle that is broken up by the referee and road agent. (C).

Overall Show Rating: B-

THOUGHTS

-The fans still thought there was a little too much David, but a B- is an excellent show for the midwest. In fact, this was our highest rated midwest show ever. It was largely booked as a "super-show", was very main event-talent heavy, and featured our top 2 midwest stars - Adonis and Manny. There was a ton of guys who weren't used at all, so I don't I can get away with booking that kind of show too often. Midwest popularity takes a pretty big jump from 48.9% to 49.5%.

-That was a better debut than I expected from Koko and Eaton. Can't wait to see how they do against other teams.

-Neither the Manny/Kabui nor David/Adonis matches were as good as their previous big-show efforts in Texas, but B and B- matches in the midwest have been pretty rare.

-The Freebird v. Von Erich angle has been officially evolved into a Gordy v. David unification angle. Kerry and Hayes will play supporting roles in that angle, and Kevin and Roberts will have their own 1 on 1 angle. Adonis and The Sheepherders will continue to do their "stable on a patch of destruction" thing for a while.

molson

05-20-2007, 09:24 PM

NEWS

-Terry Gordy and Barry Orton arrived late to the last show. The last thing I need is Gordy missing a show in his last month, so I skip the warning and fine him. As for Barry - well, it's not a good idea to ignore rules when you're a jobber - he gets suspended for a week.

-WWA accepts my negotiations for a buy-out, and is no more. Dick the Bruiser's Great Lakes Region promotion is the first casualty of the Death of the Territories mod. It only costs me the extent of WWA's current debts - $133,000, which I can easily cover. Presumably, there's some type of prestige boost here, but it's not a whole letter grade, as I'm still at D+ (or perhaps I don't see the boost until I click "next day"). I also now have ownership of the WWA Heavyweight and WWA Tag Team Title, which both have lineages back to 1964. The last WWA heavyweight champion was "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal, and the last tag team champions were Regal and Spike Huber. Not sure yet whether I'll do anything with these titles. I request negotiations with Regal and Hubert just in case.

Swaggs

05-20-2007, 10:10 PM

Any chance you can bring Dick the Bruiser on board in a personality role?

Did you "inherit" any of the WWA wrestlers? If so, anyone interesting?

DeToxRox

05-20-2007, 10:22 PM

I'd suggest unifying those titles, if for nothing more then to boost your title's credibility further. It could lead to an actual World Title after some more buyouts.

Senator

05-20-2007, 10:39 PM

Super dynasty. I grew up right in the middle of all this, went to many shows at the Sportatorium or in Fort Worth. It was a big part of my youth. Following this is fun. The WCCW is a big "what if" I always wondered about.

Johnny Mantel - Nicknamed the Pride of Montague County. We laughed at that more than anything. Who was his competition for being the pride, some goats?

molson

05-20-2007, 10:43 PM

Any chance you can bring Dick the Bruiser on board in a personality role?

Did you "inherit" any of the WWA wrestlers? If so, anyone interesting?

I tried to sign Dick the Bruiser, but he conflicts with Fritz' "block" for this year - no wrestlers with Resilience ratings less than C-. Dick still considers himself a wrestler, and his rating didn't make the grade, so it didn't work out.

And I wasn't allowed to inherit any of the WWA wrestlers - those contracts went away and they're just all unemployed now. So I guess the only guaranteed benefits to buying out a promotion are the prestige boost and the titles. I suppose in some cases, it gets rid of an actual competitor, and may free up guys to work for you (if I was able to buy out IWA, I'd be able to sign Randy Savage and Lanny Poffo - both are currently too loyal to their father to leave.)

WWA didn't have much talent left at this point anyway - they have this odd group of 40+ guys that stuck around WWA forever. Their main guys were Dick the Bruiser, Steve Regal, Chris Markoff, Rick Mcgraw, Paul Christy, Tom Jones, and an ancient Bobo Brazil (who has since retired).

molson

05-20-2007, 11:01 PM

I grew up right in the middle of all this, went to many shows at the Sportatorium or in Fort Worth.

I definitely envy that - those old-school Sporatorium shows looked like so much fun on TV.

I didn't discover WCCW until the ESPN re-runs years later. It was great stuff, even though the shows were 3-4 years old.

molson

05-20-2007, 11:55 PM

WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING (TV Taping)
Tuesday, Week 1, August 1983
Dallas, TX: 5,000 SOLD OUT

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Ken Mantel defeats Super Kendo in 7:46 by pinfall (C-)

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Frank Dusek drew with Brian Adias in 6:47 following a Double Countout. (D)

-Video highlights are shown of last week's TV title match, where Scott Casey manages to take brass knuckles away from Garvin, and then used them to knock out Garvin while the referee was unconscious. (C+)

-WCCW Television Title Match
Scott Casey defeats King Kong Bundy in 4:36 by pinfall to make his first defense of the TV title (C+).

-After the match, Whipper Billy Watson came down to the ring. He said part of him was hoping Bundy would win the title, so that he wouldn't have to do this. Watson said he has reviewed the video of last week's TV title match, and referee David Manning has brought the brass knuckles in question to his attention. Watson says that as long as he's running things, no WCCW titles will change hands in this manner - therefore, Scott Casey is stripped of the TV title. (C)

-Bobby Eaton & Koko B. Ware defeated the Villanos in 7:50 when Eaton pinned Villano V. (C+). Eaton looked strong.

-Backstage, cameras catch Gary Hart speaking with Iceman Parsons. The announcers speculate - is Parsons the "new talent" that Hart has been recruiting? (B).

-WCCW American Heavyweight Championship Match
Terry Gordy defeats Mike Von Erich in 6:45 by pinfall to make his 7th defense of his title. (C). Mike was visibly tiring towards the end of the match. Gordy looked strong. (C). After the match, Mercer interviews Gordy about David Von Erich's challenge last night in Chicago to a title v. title match. Gordy says there's plenty of challengers for his title, and there's no reason David should get to jump to the front of the line. (D+)

-Backstage, cameras again catch Gary Hart, this time talking with Chris Adams. (B)

-Bill Mercer conducts a telephone interview with Fritz Von Erich about his rehabilitation progress from the injury suffered at the hands of Destruction, Inc. (C).

-The Freebirds cut a promo hyping their stable as being "stronger than ever". They say that no Von Erich can beat any Freebird in a fair fight. Gordy proved it earlier against Mike, and Buddy will prove it against Kerry tonight (B-)

-Kerry Von Erich drew with Buddy Roberts in 10:39 following a Double DQ. The referee lost control of the match after interference from the rest of the Von Erichs and Freebirds. (B-)

-Billy Watson came out and told fans that David and Gordy have proven themselves to be the top two competitors in WCCW, and both have overcome all challenges. As a result, the two will face off at the end of a month in a title v. title match. Further, Watson states, due to rampant interference and lack of clear victors in recent Von Erich v. Freebirds matches, the Gordy v. David match will take place inside a steel cage, at WCCW's first annual "Cage Clash" event. (C+) David Von Erich seems happy with the news - he grabs a mic and tells Gordy to enjoy his last few weeks as American Heavyweight champion (B)

Overall Show Rating: C+

-This was a solid show that moved several storylines along. Texas popularity still drops from 68.2% to 68.1% Midwest popularity increases from 49.5% to 49.9%.

-The biggest storyline in the company right now is the march towards the Gordy v. David unification cage match. That match has a good shot at breaking the A- match rating barrier.

-The storyline with the 2nd best heat in the company is, surprisingly, the Mexican jobbers trying to get a win. This is odd, because the fans seem tired of Super Kendo and The Villanos - to the point where I might have to freshen up the bottom of the roster with some new heels. For whatever reason though, their alliance with Gory Guerrero is clicking.

-Another very strong tag team match for Koko and Eaton. I've matched the Villanos up with almost everyone - and this was their best-rated match (better than their many matches against Iceman/Adams, Manny/Adias, even Kevin/Mike). That's partially due to the fans being into the "Mexican Struggle" angle, but credit also has to be given to Koko and Eaton, who have exceeded expectations thus far.

-Scott Casey's 12th match for me is his best rated - against King Kong Bundy of all people. Of course, 8 of those other matches have been against Jimmy Garvin, who he has poor chemistry with. Fortunately, that angle is a blow-off cage match away from ending. If Casey can get C+ with Bundy, he can reach B- with any of the Freebirds, or Adrian Adonis.

-I dedicated 5 minutes to a Fritz Von Erich injury update, and the segment only got a "C". This was after a random Fritz segment did a B+ last week.

-Instead, the highest-rated random segments of the week were Gary Hart talking to Chris Adams and Iceman backstage. Hart is surely up to no good. For the record, Adams and Iceman have now wrestled 7 matches as a tag team - they've beaten the Villanos 5 times, beat Kabuki/Dragon, and lost to Roberts/Gordy.

-Whipper Billy Watson is sure into stripping people of their titles. This may be the beginning of a subtle heel turn, so that when Fritz is ready to take control again, he can kick Watson's ass out.

molson

05-21-2007, 12:44 AM

NEWS

-I've been getting a lot of road agent notes about certain workers needing their gimmicks to be "freshened up". The problem is, most gimmick changes require someone to be off TV for a month or longer, and all of my guys are currently involved in storylines. And the risk of any gimmick change is that it won't work. However, there's a few I'm able to tweak more slightly: Mike Von Erich goes from a "Home Town Hero" to a "Second Generation Gimmick" - so I guess he'll really be into the Von Erich name. Kevin goes from "Home Town Hero" to "People's Champion". Skandor Akbar goes from "Rich Shiek" to "Devious". Most of my current worker gimmicks have good ratings with the exception of Adrian Adonis, who nobody is buying as a "Ironic Playboy". I guess nobody gets the irony.

-I'm rejected by an un-employed Dino Bravo. He thinks he can make more money elsewhere. Ricky Steamboat also turns me down, saying he's already working for more companies than he can handle (even though one of them is our rival, SWC).

-GCW's Ole Anderson gets struck with repetitive concussion syndrome. He's out for at least a year.

-Maple Leaf Wrestling, who brought together a pretty awesome roster, finally gets a TV deal on local Toronto station. They currently employ a bunch of my guys, including Jimmy Garvin, Adrian Adonis, and Koko B. Ware.

-Meanwhile, in the WWF, Bob Backlund lost a tag team match with Hulk Hogan against Andre the Giant and Michael Hayes, and Bob Backlund then somehow turned heel.

-I make a negotiation request with one of the national syndication carriers, but they still say I'm not big enough. Once I get to cult, I'll have to figure out some way to extend my reach - either with national syndication or running a second show for the East Coast.

-Fritz won't let me talk to recently-unemployed Killer Khan because of his low resilience rating. I seem to remember him having some kind of run in the real WCCW, and he could have been a replacement for Gordy has a brawling, main event heel.

-I sign "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal for 9 months at $1,200/show. I also bring in WWA's Spike Huber, who brings even less to the table, at $900/show. Regal and Huber were WWA's last tag team champions, and Regal was the last WWA Heavyweight Champion. Those contracts are a little steep for both of them, but they'll only be in for a short time for some type of WWA angle. Maybe I'll run a WCCW/WWA show in the Great Lakes just to prepare that area for eventual continued expansion.

-All-Japan becomes the 7th promotion in the world to rise to "Cult Status". That should give it an advantage over New Japan, who is still at "Regional".

-Central States Wrestling signs a national syndication deal - their show will be shown across the US (This is the same syndication carrier that just rejected me). Of course, their big star is Manny Fernandez - this will give Manny some national exposure, which could help us, but may eventually cause CSW to become a bigger priority for Manny than we are. There are currently five American wrestling promotions with some kind of national syndication deal: WWF, Georgia, AWA, GLOW, and now Central States- that's a pretty huge score for them.

-David rejects the offer from HCW - this is why I push him so much.

-Our TV show gets a rating of 0.60. We've had the same rating 3 of the last 4 weeks.

molson

05-21-2007, 09:20 PM

THE STARS OF WORLD CLASS ON TOUR
Monday, Week 2, August 1983
Minneapolis, MN. 1,000. SOLD OUT

-Pre-Show Dark Match
-WWA Heavyweight Title Match
Steve Regal defeats Brian Adias to win the the (technically) vacant WWA Heavyweight Championship (C-). After the match, Bill Mercer interviews Steve Regal. Regal states that the rumors are true - WCCW has bought out the legendary WWA. He says that he is the last of the illustrious lineage of WWA Champions, which includes Harley Race, Dick the Bruiser, Ernie Ladd, and Bruiser Brody. It's a lineage, says Regal, that completely overshadows anything WCCW has to offer. (D)

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Ken Mantel defeats Villano IV in 6:39 by pinfall. Villano IV was off his game (C-)

-Chris Adams defeated Super Kendo in 7:58 by submission. (C-) Before the match, Gory Guerrero hyped the "potential" of his client. (D). After the match, Bill Mercer interviewed Chris Adams about his recent contacts with Gary Hart. Adams says that business is business, but he's still the same Chris Adams. (D-)

-Whipper Billy Watson announces that he has booked one final match between Scott Casey and Jim Garvin to take place in 2 weeks, winner take all, for the vacant TV title. He says this is final TV title shot for either man for at least one year. If the match ends in a draw, Watson says, the title will remain vacant, and the new TV champion will be decided via tournament. Neither Garvin nor Casey would participate in such a tournament. (D+)

-WCCW American Tag Team Championship Match
Kevin & Mike Von Erich defeated Checkmate & Frank Dusek in 8:01 when Mike made Checkmate submit to make their 9th defense of the tag team titles. (C-) Kevin looked good. Before the match, Kevin and Mike hyped the match, and put over their title reign as the longest current reign in WCCW. (C)

-Adrian Adonis defeated Iceman Parsons in 8:55 by pinfall. (C+) Before the match, Skandor Akbar and Adrian Adonis hyped the match with Iceman Parsons. Adonis says his title match loss to David was a fluke, and he is still the next WCCW Texas Heavyweight Champion. (D+) After the match, the Sheepherders hit the ring, and Destruction Inc. continued the attack on Parsons. Parsons' tag team partner Chris Adams makes the save with a steel chair, driving off Destruction, Inc. who were still satisfied about what they've done (D-)

-Sunshine shoots T-shirts into the crowd via T-shirt gun (C-)

-David Von Erich hypes his match tonight with Terry Gordy. He says that tonight, unlike at Cage Clash at the end of the month, it's not about titles. Tonight, it's about proving who is the better man (C). Terry Gordy cuts a similar promo with Michael Hayes by his side (with Hayes doing most of the talking) (C+)

-David Von Erich drew with Terry Gordy when the 30:00 time limit expired. (B). The match featured interference from both Michael Hayes and Kevin Von Erich. After the match, David and Gordy continued fighting, but the brawl was broken up by referees and road agents. (C)

OVERALL SHOW RATING: C+

THOUGHTS

-OK show with a strong main event. Midwest popularity increases from 49.9% to 50.3%. (Leaving us 2.6% away from cult status)

-Gordy v. David gave the Minnesota fans a little preview of the Cage Clash main event, but more importantly, it gave me a sense of how these guys will do in the ring with each other. Fortunately, there were no chemistry issues. I fully expect a B+ effort in Texas, with an outside chance of breaking the A- barrier. These guys can go 30 minutes in their sleep.

-That was pretty good debut on the pre-show for Steve Regal. I officially started a "WWA invasion" storyline. This "invasion" will be very low key, it will stay on the bottom of the card, and involve Regal and Huber making title defenses until those belts get unified with ours. But Regal might have a chance of sticking around, he's a pretty good wrestler.

-Adonis gets a win over Parsons partially to "rehabilitate" him after his two clean losses to David. They had a pretty good match. I don't think I want to throw him in the Freebirds to replace Gordy, he'll instead stay as the leader of Destruction Inc.

BYU 14

05-21-2007, 09:54 PM

Always love a good DOTT dynasty and this is first class, just finished catching up on it.

I also watched the WCCW shows every Saturday Morning. In addition to being one of the stiffer working promotions at the time, they always had big time Matches on TV as well....once again great stuff Molson.

SnDvls

05-21-2007, 09:57 PM

molson - what kind of record keeping/outside notes do you keep on your fed?
do you do strick storylines that are preprogream in TEW or more of an unchained one so you can book on the fly?

molson

05-21-2007, 10:47 PM

WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING (TV Taping)
Tuesday, Week 2, August 1983
Dallas, TX: 5,000 SOLD OUT

-Pre-Show Dark Match
-WWA Tag Team Championship Match
Spike Huber & Steve Regal defeat The Mantel Brothers to win the (technically) vacant WWA Tag Team Championship (C-). After the match, Harry Frehley interviews Huber & Regal, who say that they've come to WCCW to defend the lineage of the WWA Championship Titles, and prove their superiority over WCCW. (D-)

-Chris Adams defeats Waldo Von Erich in 5:57 by submission (C-). After the match Adams says he has an announcement to make. He says he realizes this decision will be controversial, but he wants to introduce his new manager - Gary Hart. (C+). Adams says he realizes fans will have mixed feelings about his decision, but he asks them to give Hart a chance. Iceman Parsons comes to the ring to argue with Adams about his choice of new manager. (D+). Adams says that he and Iceman's current manager, Sunshine, will continue to work with Iceman & Adams, but that Adams just felt he needed something extra to get to the next level.

-Backstage, the cameras catch Manny Fernandez frantically looking for his tag team partner, Brian Adias. The two have a tag team match scheduled with Magic Dragon & The Great Kabuki tonight. (D+). Meanwhile, Magic Dragon & The Great Kabuki, along with their manager, Gary Hart, hype tonight's tag team match with Marc Lowrence serving as interviewer. (D)

-Bobby Eaton & Koko B. Ware defeated the Sheepherders in 8:05 by DQ when the Sheepherders introduce weapons into the match. (C+).

-Manny Fernandez cuts a promo, saying he has no idea where Brian Adias is, but that Mike Von Erich has stepped up to take Adias' place tonight in the scheduled tag team match with Kabuki & Dragon (C-)

-Manny Fernandez & Mike Von Erich defeated The Great Kabuki & Magic Dragon in 8:21 by DQ after Kabuki sprayed green mist into Mike's eyes. (C+) . Mike was visibly tiring toward the end of the match, Dragon was clearly limited by his injury. After the match, Kabuki & Dragon continued the attack. (C-). Brian Adias makes the save, occupying Dragon & Kabuki long enough for Manny to regroup and clear them from the ring. (D+). After the match, a visibly angry Manny Fernandez confronts Adias about his absence, Adias is offering some type of excuse (D+)

-The announcers hype the announcement made by Billy Watson last night - Jimmy Garvin and Scott Casey will face off one more time, winner take all, in a TV title match next week. It will be the last TV title shot for both men for the next year, and if the match ends in a draw, both men will be out of the TV title picture for that year. A video is then played highlighting Casey's workout regiment (C+) Casey then cuts a promo, where he says he knows this is his last chance, so he's going to give it his all (C+).

-Kevin Von Erich defeated Buddy Jack Roberts in 12:56 by submission (B). Before the match, Kevin cut a hype promo (B-). Also before the match, Roberts cut a hype promo (C)

OVERALL SHOW RATING: B-

-A very solid effort - we've run 40 total shows to this point, and this is only the 5th to reach a B- overall rating. And that's with a relatively cheap show, where we didn't use Gordy, Hayes, David, Kerry, or Adonis. Midwest popularity increases from 50.3% to 50.7%. Texas popularity remains 68.1%.

-Spike Huber is definitely the weak link to the "WWA invasion" - the WWA tag team titles will be absorbed by WCCW fairly quickly. I'd love to run a WWA farewell show in Indianapolis, but without Dick the Bruiser, it just doesn't seem right.

-This Chris Adams/Gary Hart angle may sound familiar to old-school WCCW fans, this is exactly how he turned on Kevin. Here, Iceman is playing the Kevin role.

-The Koko/Eaton v. Sheepherders match was a pretty big test for both teams, since they've both mostly been wrestling jobbers until now. At a C+, I'm satisfied with the effort, considering this was the Sheepherders highest rated match with WCCW.

-Kevin and Buddy have kicked off their own little rivalry to complement David v. Gordy. Their match, as expected, was very solid.

molson

05-21-2007, 10:55 PM

molson - what kind of record keeping/outside notes do you keep on your fed?
do you do strick storylines that are preprogream in TEW or more of an unchained one so you can book on the fly?

The only outside notes I'm keeping is regional popularity - every month, I'm recording my workers' popularity in the midwest and Texas, to see who's getting over, and who's not (The game tracks national month-by-month popularity, but not by region). Otherwise, everything else is either recorded in this dynasty, or in the game itself.

I'm running 8 storylines, and 2 are unchained. For the most part, I want to stick with the DOTT storylines, just so I have a sense of structure. But I'm booking on the fly for the "Mexican jobber" storyline, and the "WWA invasion". Neither of those storyline are important enough to tie up anyone else, so I'm just running unchained storylines with the principle workers.

Swaggs

05-21-2007, 10:58 PM

I'm still enjoying this one, as well.

Any plans for further buyouts?

DeToxRox

05-21-2007, 11:00 PM

Keep it up Molson, absolutely love it.

Can you give us an update every month on the WWF if it's not too hard? Nothing too indepth, just who the top guys are and such.

molson

05-21-2007, 11:14 PM

NEWS

-Fritz Von Erich arrived late for the second time. I'm going to look the other way.

-Our TV show rating shoots up to a 0.70. That's are new all-time high rating, coming after a multi-week ratings slump.

molson

05-21-2007, 11:22 PM

Keep it up Molson, absolutely love it.

Can you give us an update every month on the WWF if it's not too hard? Nothing too indepth, just who the top guys are and such.

I think the WWF booking has been pretty awesome so far. Hulk Hogan came in as a heel, as part of a ridiculous heel tag team with Andre the Giant. Hogan has since turned face, and has challenged world champion Ray Stevens for the title (without success just yet). Stevens defeated Bob Backlund for the title. Bob teamed with a newly-turned face Hogan a couple of times, then turned heel.

So, the main event heels in WWF are currently Andre the Giant, Don Muraco, Ray Stevens, and Sgt. Slaughter. The main event faces are Hulk Hogan, Roddy Piper, and the Junkyard Dog, I've notice two very awesome new tag teams as well - Bruno Sammartino & Larry Zbyszko, and Michael Hayes & Jesse Ventura. Zbyszko also defeated Don Muraco for the Intercontinental Title. Jimmy Snuka seemed primed for a huge push, but he died of an overdose.

I'll definitely be keeping a close eye on the WWF - I grew up near Boston, so they were my wrestling influence in the 80s.

DeToxRox

05-21-2007, 11:25 PM

Awesome.

Side note: I am watching the Heroes of World Class right now and it's such an amazing documentary and definetly sheads light on how much loss that company truly suffered.

molson

05-21-2007, 11:26 PM

I'm still enjoying this one, as well.

Any plans for further buyouts?

My understanding is that almost all of the promotions will eventually collapse and be subject to buy-out (just like real life). Whoever survives will be the beneficiary of all that talent, and then the last remaining promotions essentially fight to the death.

ICW, Angelo Poffo's promotion out of Tennessee seems to be the next to go. Only then can Randy Savage's career truly take off (hopefully with WCCW).

molson

05-21-2007, 11:29 PM

Awesome.

Side note: I am watching the Heroes of World Class right now and it's such an amazing documentary and definetly sheads light on how much loss that company truly suffered.

i absolutely love that documentary, it's pretty much what inspired this dynasty - the most incredible thing about it is how horrific WCCW comes off even when painted in the best of lights (David's drug overdose is essentially denied, Kevin is basically portrayed as straight edge, etc.).

DeToxRox

05-21-2007, 11:30 PM

i absolutely love that documentary, it's pretty much what inspired this dynasty - the most incredible thing about it is how horrific WCCW comes off even when painted in the best of lights (David's drug overdose is essentially denied, Kevin is basically portrayed as straight edge, etc.).

Agreed. That is just a fascinating story, how the Von Erichs could be so volatile and beloved. And the tragedy they went through, just astounding.

PilotMan

05-21-2007, 11:35 PM

I have to admit that I am hitting this dynasty multiple times per day just to see what happens next. Keep the good stuff coming.

Hammer

05-22-2007, 09:50 AM

I was surprised David didn't beat Gordy, as he is leaving the federation. That always seemed to be the wrestling way.

Swaggs

05-22-2007, 10:20 AM

Not sure if you (or anyone know the answer to this), but do federation owners, like Fritz or Angel Poffo ever die in the game or do new owners come in and replace them ever? What happens if they do?

waynegomez

05-22-2007, 10:29 AM

This is one of my favorite dynasties on the board. As someone who grew up in Texas during the World Class era and even attended a few shows, this dynasty truly has special meaning for me. I find myself checking the board numerous times a day just to see if this thread has been updated. Wonderful job and thank you.

molson

05-22-2007, 11:05 AM

I was surprised David didn't beat Gordy, as he is leaving the federation. That always seemed to be the wrestling way.

He's around until the end of the month, and he's booked for the title v. title cage match with David at our end of month show. I want to keep his momentum up until then, which will improve the rating of that last match.

I could have kept them completely apart until that last match, but I wanted to see what kind of chemistry they had before I give them 45-50 minutes, so I put them together in a non-tv time limit draw.

molson

05-22-2007, 11:08 AM

Not sure if you (or anyone know the answer to this), but do federation owners, like Fritz or Angel Poffo ever die in the game or do new owners come in and replace them ever? What happens if they do?

Yes, owners (like everyone in the game), can die. If that happens, someone else takes over the company. I read one dynasty where Vince Mcmahon died, and Jerry Jarrett took over the WWF. And of course, Jerry brings his own booking and business philosphy to his new company.

Toddzilla

05-22-2007, 12:54 PM

I apologize if this is a threadjack, but do any of the mods have TNA included?

SnDvls

05-22-2007, 01:16 PM

I apologize if this is a threadjack, but do any of the mods have TNA included?

yes there is a current day mod bobinc.net has a lot of them

DeToxRox

05-22-2007, 01:17 PM

I apologize if this is a threadjack, but do any of the mods have TNA included?

There is updated real current time ones. www.bobinc.net. The most current one is far too expansive tho as it has like 40 promotions. Takes a lot of load time. Ask GeneralMike about it tho as he uses it for his own personal TNA game.

General Mike

05-22-2007, 01:28 PM

I apologize if this is a threadjack, but do any of the mods have TNA included?

I use TZone as a modern mod, but as Danny mentioned, it takes forever to load between days because of the ammount of feds/workers to process. The OneRingCircus is another current day mod that is available.

molson

05-22-2007, 10:06 PM

-My browser crashed after I written this up the first time, so I don't have all of the segment ratings or the match times. Stupid Firefox.

THE STARS OF WORLD CLASS ON TOUR
Monday, Week 3, August 1983
Rochester, MN. 1,000. SOLD OUT

-Pre-Show Dark Match
-WWA Tag Team Championship Match
Steve Regal & Spike Huber defeat Johnny Mantel & Barry Orton when Regal pinned Orton. Regal & Huber make their 1st defense of their titles. (D)

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Frank Dusek drew with Brian Adias by Double DQ after the referee lost control of the match. Adias showed his violent side, striking Dusek in the head with a steel chair. (D-)

-Bobby Eaton, Koko B. Ware, & Ken Mantel defeated The Villanos & Super Kendo when Eaton pinned Kendo. (C-). After the match, Bill Mercer interviewed the winning team, who stated that since the six-man tag titles are still vacant, and The Von Erichs and The Freebirds can't seem to have a conclusive finish to a match, Billy Watson should start looking towards other teams as contenders, namely, themselves.

-Bill Mercer interviewed Spike Huber and Steve Regal. They stated that it is an absolute disgrace that last proud champions of the legendary WWA title lineage are forced to defend their titles on a WCCW pre-show. They claim that WCCW and Billy Watson are clearly afraid that they'll overshadow the WCCW talent. They demand better competition, and state that their ultimate goal is to unify the WWA and WCCW championships, and then retire the WCCW belts into obscurity.

-Adrian Adonis defeated Mike Von Erich by pinfall. (C+). Before the match, Mercer interviewed Mike, who stated that he knew Adonis was tough, but that he was willing to take on anyone to move up the WCCW ladder. After the match, Akbar cut a promo putting over his client, Adonis. He said that Mike clearly wasn't even in Adonis' league.

-Chris Adams defeated Jimmy Garvin by pinfall. (C-) This was Adams' first match with Hart as his new manager. After the match, Hart grabbed a mic and said that he didn't expect to the WCCW fans to suddenly start liking him, but he asked them to continue to respect Adams. He's taking Adams as a client only because he believes he can take him to the top. He said he'll lead Adams into battle against anyone that will help prove that belongs at the top - including the Freebirds and Destruction, Inc.

-Whipper Billy Watson came out to announce two matches for next Saturday's WCCW Cage Clash. Along with the David/Gordy title v. title main event, Watson said, two other matches will take place inside of a steel cage. First, Manny Fernandez will take on The Great Kabuki in a rematch of their brutal June Star Wars cage match. Second, Kevin and Mike Von Erich will defend their tag team titles against Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts. Watson said he felt the cage was necessary in that match to prevent the constant outside interference in Freebird v. Von Erich matches.

-Kevin Von Erich defeats Buddy Roberts by countout when Roberts lost track of the referee's count and threw Kevin back into the ring from the outside as the ref counted 10. (B-) Before the match, Kevin gave a hype promo, saying that he beat Buddy on TV each of the last two weeks, and that he'd do it again tonight. After the match, an extremely frustrated Roberts attacked Kevin from behind, and threw him out of the ring.

-David & Kerry Von Erich come out to hype their upcoming tag team match with Terry Gordy & Michael Hayes. Hayes and Gordy than cut a similar promo.

-Terry Gordy & Michael Hayes defeat David & Kerry Von Erich when Gordy pinned David following a double-team behind the referee's back. (C+) After the match, the 4 men continue to brawl, and Terry Gordy sets up David for a concrete-floor piledriver (the same move that put Kerry out of action a few months ago). Kerry made the save, and the brawl continues. It is clear that Kerry & David's differences from a few months ago are behind them. When the 4 men are finally separated, Gordy grabs a mic and yells at David, saying he's now pinned David, and David has NEVER pinned him. He guarantees victory as Cage Clash.

OVERALL SHOW RATING: C+

THOUGHTS

-This was a pretty solid show top to bottom, with no big disappointments. Midwest popularity increases from 50.7% to 51.1%.

-I'm obviously not willing to job Gordy out in his final month with us - I want him booked as strongly as possible for his title v. title match with David. That's probably the biggest match so far in my tenure. And of course, there's always the chance that Gordy comes back somewhere down the line. The tag match tonight marks the first time David has been pinned in 4 months (only Garvin and Gordy have accomplished the feat since the dynasty started)

-Every match is a tryout at this point for the WWA guys, though it's tough to evaluate them against Johnny Mantel and Barry Orton. However, there's not many other people I'm willing to put them over against.

-Good match for Mike & Adrian, this was Mike's best 1-on-1 match against anyone other Terry Gordy. Mike's really getting an opportunity that most 19-year old wrestlers don't get. However that means, of course, that there's more pressure on him to show improvement sooner.

-Garvin/Adams was somewhat disappointing, I was hoping that might be a sleeper match on this card. Adams is getting his big chance with this angle, I better see stats improvement at the 6-month mark when I take a closer look at everyone.

-This developing Kevin/Buddy feud isn't going to make anyone forget David/Gordy at the moment, but those guys are putting on some very solid matches. Buddy was always considered the "3rd Freebird", but he's been very consistent. I have to try to get him some more wins though, to keep him credible - his record for me is 8-16-8 (and looking back, he hasn't won a single's match for me in 3 months)

NEWS

-I saw that Bruiser Brody might be leaving All-Japan, so I request negotiations. He rejects me yet again, and has decided to stay with All-Japan, along with the 2 other companies he works for.

-Buddy Roberts is exhausted again. Between us and the AWA, he's already wrestled 8 matches this month (in less than 2 1/2 weeks). I'll try to rest him for the TV taping tomorrow.

molson

05-23-2007, 12:48 AM

WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING (TV Taping)
Tuesday, Week 3, August 1983
Fort Worth, TX: 5,000 SOLD OUT

-Pre-Show Dark Match
-WWA Heavyweight Title Match
Steve Regal defeats Mike Von Erich in 7:25 by pinfall to make his 1st defense of the WWA title. (C). Mike was visibly tiring towards the end.

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Bobby Eaton defeated Checkmate in 8:41 by pinfall (D-). The two showed poor chemisry

-A music video is shown to the start the show, hyping Scott Casey's strict training regiment in preparation of his last shot at the TV title tonight. (C+) Scott Casey then cut a brief promo, and stated that after tonight, there's no regrets. No matter what happens, he'll give the match against Garvin his all. (C+). The announcers then put over the significance of this match - particularly the key stipulation - this is each man's last shot at the TV title for at least 1 year. If the matches ends in a draw, both men will be out of the title picture for that long (C)

-Adrian Adonis defeated Koko B. Ware in 7:28 by pinfall (B-).

-The cameras show a surprising sight - Fritz Von Erich is backstage. This is first apperance at a WCCW event since the attack by Destruction, Inc six weeks ago. (B)

-A video package highlights the events last week between Manny Fernandez, Brian Adias, The Great Kabuki, and Magic Dragon - particularly Adias' no-showing the tag team match, and then his subsequent rescue of Manny and Mike Von Erich from the attack by The Great Kabuki & Magic Dragon (D+). The announcers mention Billy Watsons' announcement last night - Manny will face Kabuki in a steel cage match at WCCW Cage Clash next week. Gary Hart then comes out with Kabuki & Dragon, mocking Manny's inability to control his young protege. Hart says that Manny's mind is occupied with trying to help young talent, while Kabuki only cares about one thing - hurting Manny badly next Saturday night. (D+)

-Jim Garvin confidently hyped his upcoming TV title match with Scott Casey (B-)

-Ken Mantel defeated Buddy Jack Roberts in 6:33 following interference by Kevin Von Erich. (C). The announcers mentioned Kevin's three straight victories over Buddy over the last few weeks, and Buddy's attack on Kevin last night. Once again, the announcers say, Kevin is one step ahead of Roberts

-Bill Mercer interviews Fritz Von Erich in the ring. Fritz admits that as much as he hates to say it, Destruction, Inc. is just too much for him to handle at this point in his career. However, he tells Mercer that the fans haven't seen the last of Fritz yet. He's been working hard to get back the ring, and he feels like he has one last run left in him. (B-)

-WCCW Television Championship Match
Jim Garvin defeated Scott Casey in 7:30 by pinfall to win the vacant WCCW TV title. (C-) Before the match, Jim Garvin gave once last confident promo (B-).

-Super Destroyer hyped his main event match tonight with David Von Erich. He said the last time he came through WCCW, he got mixed up in Skandor Akbar's business, and that lack of focus cost him the Texas Heavyweight Title. He says this time, he's going at it alone - he's a better wrestler than David, and he'll prove it tonight. He says that Billy Watson has promised him that once he wins the title tonight, the title v. title match at Cage Clash will be a triple threat match: David v. Gordy v. Super Destroyer for both titles. (B).

-WCCW Texas Heavyweight Championship Match
David Von Erich defeats The Super Destroyer in 11:45 by DQ after Terry Gordy ran into the ring and attacked David. (B-). David makes his 4th defense of the title. Super Destroyer looked extremely irritated with Gordy's actions. Terry and David continued to brawl at ringside until they were separated (B-)

OVERALL SHOW RATING: B-

THOUGHTS

-I really liked this show. Obviously, a B- rating is very solid for me at this point, but even more than that, top to bottom, I liked how this show turned out, and how it seemed to flow. Midwest popularity increases from 51.1% to 51.5%. Texas popularity increases dips slightly from 68.1% to 68.0%.

-I need to consider bringing in the Super Destroyer full-time. I've read that there may be an outstanding bug where someone you acquire via loan won't sign a longer contract with you later because he "just left" your company. I'm not sure if that's been fixed in the latest patch. As solid as Destroyer's match with David was, his interview segment may have been even more impressive - it rated a "B" - I can't remember too many B-rated interviews. Tonight, he got a little pissed at Gordy - those two may go at it at the house show next week.

-Speaking of good interview segments - Jimmy Garvin delivered two that were rated B-. I like him better than Casey right now, that's why he has the belt. Casey will get a shot against some other guys in the company, but unless he shows me a lot, he's heading WAY down the roster.

-Poor Buddy - I make a note to give him more victories and to give him a breather, then on the very next show he ends up losing to Ken Mantel. Roberts' fatigue surely hurt the match rating there.

-No one carried about the Manny/Kabuki stuff. I still think their cage match will be great though.

-Wow - I certainly wasn't expecting a B- out of Adrian and Koko. Excellent job by both guys. Koko has been impressive thus far.

molson

05-24-2007, 12:29 AM

NEWS

-Magic Dragon is back at 100%

-Our tv rating for the week is 0.74 - this is an all time ratings high for us.

-All-Japan has offered Terry Gordy a contract - apparently that'll be the next stop of his career. Fortunately, we have a working agreement with them, so we'll be able to bring Gordy in from time to time via talent trade, should he accept their offer.

-Taking a quick look at the world champions in the wrestling universe, Ric Flair is still NWA World Champion - he's 1 month away from a 2-year reign. Nick Bockwinkle is still the AWA World Champion - he needs two more months in with the belt to reach a 1-year reign.

DaddyTorgo

05-24-2007, 01:47 PM

if it was me i'd tweak it so the von erich boys all had lifetime written contracts

DeToxRox

05-24-2007, 01:58 PM

if it was me i'd tweak it so the von erich boys all had lifetime written contracts

So three year contracts?

Had to.

molson

05-24-2007, 02:04 PM

if it was me i'd tweak it so the von erich boys all had lifetime written contracts

I had assumed they would all be on lifetime contracts before I started the game - it's definitely kind of strange to negotiate with Kevin on a contract extension, etc.

And the biggest risk with playing as WCCW is that in the next game year, Fritz will institute the "can't sign anyone with a drug problem" block. Then you lose all the Von Erichs when their contracts come up. (Which obivously wouldn't happen if they were on lifetime deals).

DaddyTorgo

05-24-2007, 07:29 PM

So three year contracts?

Had to.

lol

seriously.

I think it'd make sense though...i mean from what I know they were fairly close as a family and I can't imagine any of them ever leaving, unless the promotion went under.

and as far as the 6-man tag titles...how about giving them to the villanos and having them fued with koko+his partner+a third jobber? lucha-tag-titles or whatever...

molson

05-24-2007, 07:59 PM

and as far as the 6-man tag titles...how about giving them to the villanos and having them fued with koko+his partner+a third jobber? lucha-tag-titles or whatever...

I'm definitely leaning towards making them lower card titles (hence the koko/eaton/mantel promo where they asked for a shot). Those titles are currently set as "main event" titles - technically it's WCCW's 2nd most prestigious championship. But I don't see any reason to not "demote" the belts when those lower card matches will be cheaper, and will give young guys more ring time.

I'll probably have one more show up tonight, and then I'm away for Memorial Day weekend.

Senator

05-24-2007, 11:41 PM

Agreed. That is just a fascinating story, how the Von Erichs could be so volatile and beloved. And the tragedy they went through, just astounding.

In 83 and 84 around here they were bigger than the Dallas Cowboys. It was red hot.

molson

05-24-2007, 11:50 PM

THE STARS OF WORLD CLASS ON TOUR
Monday, Week 4, August 1983
Cedar Rapids, IA. 1,000. SOLD OUT

-Pre-Show Dark Match
-WWA Heavyweight Championship Match
Steve Regal defeated Ken Mantel in 7:55 by pinfall to make his 2nd defense of the WWA title. Spike Huber interferred during the match on Regal's behalf. (C+)

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Mike Von Erich defeated Super Kendo in 5:33 by submission. (D). The two showed poor chemistry. After the match, Harry Frehley interviewed Mike Von Erich. (D+)

-Adrian Adonis defeated Bobby Eaton in 11:48 by pinfall. (C). After the match, Adonis gave a brief self-hype promo (C)

-Manny Fernandez comes out and hypes tonight's hardcore tag team match between himself/Adias & The Great Kabuki/Magic Dragon. He blames Kabuki & Dragon for Adias' erratic behavior as of late, but doesn't elaborate. He also hypes his Saturday night WCCW Cage Clash Match with Kabuki (D)

-Whipper Billy Watson comes out and states that in addition to the 3 cage matches that have already been announced for WCCW Cage Clash, the event will also feature the first round of a new six-man tag team tournament to award the vacant titles. He says that since all recent Freebird/Von Erich six-man tag matches have ended without a winner, and that since those matches have become dangerously violent, the tournament will include no Freebirds or Von Erichs. Watson goes on to state that the teams invited to take part have not been finalized, but that some interesting combinations of WCCW wrestlers have come forward to show interest. (C-)

-Buddy Jack Robers defeated Koko B. Ware in 11:46 by pinfall (B-). After the match, Buddy grabs a mic and berates Kevin Von Erich. He says it isn't enough that Kevin has cheated to beat him in 3 different matches recently, but last week, he has to interfere in Robert's match, causing him to lose to Ken Mantel. He challenges Kevin to come out to the ring, and settle this issue like a man. Kevin comes to the ring, ready to fight. Suddenly however, he is surrounded by all 3 Freebirds - it was a trap. The three beat down Kevin and throw him from the ring. (C-)

-After the match, the Freebirds stay in the ring, and cut a promo. They discuss the illustrious history of the Freebirds, who have been going strong for 4 years now. This Saturday, they claim, will be their greatest night. There will be Von Erich blood all over the steel cage, when Buddy and Hayes win the tag titles from Mike & Kevin, and when Terry Gordy then defeats David Von Erich to unify the Texas Heavyweight and American Heavyweight Championships. (C)

-Jim Garvin, the new TV champion, and Precious come to the ring, where Garvin has set up a championship celebration ceremony. He says as happy as he is about winning the title for a second time, the real winners are the WCCW fans, who will be able to observe his excellence on TV every week as he defends his title. (C-)

-Hardcore Tag Team Match
Manny Fernandez & Brian Adias defeated The Great Kabuki & Magic Dragon when Fernandez made Magic Dragon submit. (C-). Manny looked good. After the match, the other member of Hart Limited, King Kong Bundy, comes to the ring and a 3-2 attack ensues. (D)

-Fritz Von Erich comes to the ring and states he's getting close to 100%. He says that when he comes back, it won't be about revenge, and it won't be about settling old feuds. He's coming back for one reason - to make one last run at winning WCCW gold. (C)

-The Super Destroyer came out to the ring to hype his match tonight with Terry Gordy. He says he asked for the match after Gordy interfered in his match with David last week, costing him the Texas Heavyweight Title. He says that everyone in the arena knew that The Super Destroyer had the match with David won, and was just seconds away from winning the belt. Finally, he states that Billy Watson has offered the same stipulation as he did for last week's match - if Super Destroyer can beat Gordy for the American Heavyweight Title tonight, the Cage Clash main event will be a triple threat match, title v. title, between David, The Super Destroyer, and Terry Gordy (C+)

-WCCW American Heavyweight Championship Match
Terry Gordy defeated The Super Destroyer in 13:37 by pinfall to make his 8th defense of his title. (D+). The two showed poor chemistry. After the match, Terry Gordy hypes his Cage Clash Match with David, saying that he's on a roll, and can't be beaten. (C+)

Overall Show Rating: C-

THOUGHTS

-This has to be a first - the main event was the lowest rated show on the card. The WCCW "product type" has a strong face/heel divide, so the fans aren't really into these kind of matches. It was more of an experiment than anything else. Midwest popularity actually decreases slightly, from 51.5% to 51.4%.

-Another good match for Steve Regal on the pre-show - it's his highest rated match yet for me, a C+ with Ken Mantel. So he's probably already at the point where he could deliver B or B- main event matches with any of the Von Erichs. This WWA angle may have some legs after all. Speaking of Regal, his workload so far in this dynasty is pretty remarkable. Between WWA, AWA, and now WCCW, I haven't seen anyone who has wrestled as many matches as him - his record currently stands at 53-11. The one cool thing about having guys that also work for big companies elsewhere is that you get double the exposure for your workers - and Regal is getting a lot of exposure in the midwest with AWA.

-Koko impresses again - a B- with Buddy Roberts. Koko is WAY ahead of where I though he'd be. And he can play face or heel equally well. He could be a main eventer within months.

-The Freebirds essentially delivered their "Farewell promo" tonight, though only insiders would know that. The decision will be whether to keep them together (with Jimmy Garvin joining the group), or break them apart. Neither Hayes nor Roberts have particularly good ratings for playing a face.

molson

05-28-2007, 10:47 PM

WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING (TV Taping)
Tuesday, Week 4, August 1983
San Antonio, TX: 5,000 SOLD OUT

-Buddy Roberts and Steve Regal are booked elsewhere tonight. Once again, I completely forgot about our minimal monthly conflicts and have advertised a Kevin/Mike v. Hayes/Roberts match.

-This will be another tricky show to book, since we're taping before Cage Clash, but airing after it. Of course, Cage Clash which will have the huge David v.Gordy and Kevin/Mike v. Hayes/Roberts matches, and corresponding huge angle regarding the future of the Freebirds. I'm booking as close to "kayfabe" as possible, so everyone will act as if Cage Clash hasn't happened yet. When the show airs, presumably we're either upfront about the show being taped, or the announcers are dubbed-in post-clash.

-Pre-Show Dark Match
The Great Kabuki defeats Scott Casey in 8:37 by pinfall (C+).

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Brian Adias defeated Magic Dragon in 4:54 by pinfall (C-). After the match, Harry Frehley interviewed Brian Adais. (E+)

-A music video is showed showing the recent reign of Terror of the Destruction Inc - starting with Adrian Adonis' attack on Fritz Von Erich, and highlighting their other various attacks over the last few months. (C-)

-Adrian Adonis defeated Iceman Parsons in 6:45 by pinfall (C+).

-The Super Destroyer comes to the ring. He says tonight is the last night of his most recent short-term WCCW contract, and that he'll be returning to the Central States promotion in Missouri. He says he looks forward to coming back in the near future. He then states that while his relationship with the WCCW fans hasn't always been great, he's learned to appreciate them during this run, and puts them over as the best fans in wrestling. He said that all he needed was to rid himself of Skandor Akbar. (C+). The fans don't seem to be buying this "face turn".

-Gary Hart comes to the ring. He calls The Super Destroyer an idiot, and reveals that he himself had offered his services to Super Destroyer after Akbar was fired, only to be turned down. Hart said then says that the WCCW fans only care about the Von Erichs and no one else, and anyone else who tries to pander to them or get their support is just stupid. The Super Destroyer and Gary Hart then engage in a further heated argument, and Super Destroyer shoves Hart into the turnbuckle (C+). Suddenly, Chris Adams appears and Superkicks the Super Destroyer, before checking on weather Gary Hart is OK. (C)

-Chris Adams defeats Frank Dusek in 5:38 by submission. (C). Adams still has the crowd behind him despite the presence of Hart.

-After the match, Gary Hart returns to the ring and hypes Chris Adams as the next big thing in wrestling. He says that Adams and Iceman Parsons have been an OK team, with some success, and that may continue short-term. But Hart points out that Parsons lost his match tonight, whereas Adams decisively won his match. (C+). Before the show cuts to commercial break, Bill Mercer hypes the complicated Hart/Iceman/Adams relationship. (C)

-Fritz Von Erich comes to the ring. He says that after several months of recovering from his injury, he's ready to get back in the ring. He then points out that before his injury, he had won his last 7 matches, which he feels entitles him to a TV title match with Jimmy Garvin. (B). Whipper Billy Watson comes to the ring and says that while Fritz' in-ring record prior to the injury was impressive, he won't grant him a TV title match right off the bat. He will however, set up a #1 contender match for the TV title, to take place on World Class Wrestling TV in two weeks. He says that Fritz will take on the winner of a 15-man battle royal to take place next week, to determine the #1 contender for the TV title (B-)

-Terry Gordy defeated The Super Destroyer in 10:28 by pinfall. (C-). The two showed poor chemistry.

-Michael Hayes & Jimmy Garvin come out to the ring. Hayes says that Buddy Roberts is currently in Hollywood auditioning for a movie role, so he's enlisting the help of his good friend, and the "4th Freebird", Jimmy Garvin, to take the tag teams titles from Mike & Kevin Tonight. (C+)

-WCCW American Tag Team Title Match
Kevin & Mike Von Erich drew with Michael Hayes & Jim Garvin in 11:49 following a Double DQ. Kevin & Mike make their 10th defense of the titles. (C-).

Overall Rating: D+

THOUGHTS

-Ouch. Obviously, the combination of not delivering on the advertised Buddy/Hayes v. Mike/Kevin match, and the weak main event doomed our rating. Texas popularity takes a pretty steep drop from 68.0% to 67.2%. Midwest popularity decreases from 51.4% to 51.3%. This is the 2nd straight show our midwest popularity has decreased, which will slightly delay our rise to cult status.

-Super Destroyer's odd face turn was just to help out the Gordy v. Destroyer match, which was the last of Destroyer's current run. Since the match got a C+, compared to the D+ last night, is probably worked. It also gave as a chance to continue the slow burn on Adams' (possible) heel turn. Adams is still technically a face, and he's still wrestling heels, but tonight he got to superkick a guy who was basically a tweener.

-This was the first show we referenced the Garvin/Hayes friendship, which was in place to some extent before this dynasty started. (In the mod, they're also "best friends", and have a tag team history). I'm not 100% sure how the whole Freebirds mess will sort out, but Garvin may be a potential player.

-Speaking of the Freebirds, I just looked back at Gordy's history since the dynasty started - he has wrestled 33 matches for me, and he's only been pinned once - by David in the King of Texas Wrestling Finals. We'll bring him back the second we can. Gordy is signed for another 10 days - so he'll be around through Cage Clash, as well as the following week's shows. So the outcome of the Gordy/David match is still in doubt at this point. There's a number of ways we could go in terms of explaining his absence, what to do with the titles, etc.

-The storyline started with Fritz will be his very last in a wrestling ring.

-That was a pretty good dark show match between Kabuki/Casey, though for the time being, only one of them will be pushed, and it's not the goofy Texan.

molson

05-28-2007, 11:21 PM

NEWS

-WCCW makes a pretty huge splash in the new talent department, as we sign Bob Backlund to a PPA deal for $2,000/show. I had tried to sign him a few months ago, but Fritz capped out the offer at level that didn't work for Bob. Our financial success since then, as well as Backlund losing the WWF title probably budged us both a bit, to the point where we could get a deal done. This makes him our highest-paid PPA guy. The biggest upside of the signing is that Backlund comes in as our #1 most over guy in the midwest. He's also one of only a handful of guys in the current wrestling universe with an A+ rating for "wrestling basics" - this means he should be able to teach our younger guys a ton. He currently also works for the WWF and Maple Leaf Wrestling - we'll be his middle priority company between those two. Unlike say, Buddy Roberts, the extra work load shouldn't effect Bob a bit, since he has an A+ Resilience rating. I have absolutely no idea what to do with him at this point - but since this is 1983 and not 1995, his rating for playing a babyface is much higher than his heel rating. So with Gordy leaving and Backlund coming in, we may be a heel or two short. (Though it's extremely tempting to take our chances and run a Backlund v. David Von Erich storyline)

-Brian Adias arrived late to the last show. He's been fined.

-Terry Gordy has signed with All-Japan, who he'll wrestle exclusively with as soon as he's done with us. We also dodge a huge bullet here, as this signing doesn't create any conflicts with Cage Clash, or Gordy's last week with us. (If there had been a conflict, we'd be screwed, since they're now his priority).

-There's a new AWA champion, as Baron Von Raschke has defeated Nick Bockwinkle. So we haven't exactly had a "changing of the guard" yet in the pro wrestling world. The new AWA champ is 43 years old, and the WWF still has 47-year old Ray Stevens on top. The NWA champion (a title that is exclusive to Mid-Atlantic in the mod), is still 34-year old Ric Flair. The other "big 4" champion in North America is GCW's National Heavyweight Champion, 33-year old Stan Hanson. By comparison, our top guy, David, is only 25.

-The final Cage Clash Card is in place:

Title v. Title (WCCW Texas Heavyweight and American Heavyweight title both on the line)
Steel Cage Match
Terry Gordy v. David Von ERich

WCCW American Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match
Steel Cage Match
Kevin & Mike Von Erich v. Buddy Roberts & Michael Hayes

Steel Cage Rematch
The Great Kabuki v. Manny Fernandez

Also - two first-round matches in the 4-team six-man tag team championship tournament. Matchups won't be announced until night of event, but tournament will include no Von Erichs or Freebirds.

BYU 14

05-29-2007, 02:01 AM

You think you could draw running Backlund VS Von Erich with both being faces?

molson

05-29-2007, 09:24 AM

You think you could draw running Backlund VS Von Erich with both being faces?

WCCW's product type has a strong face/heel divide, and Backlund can't play a heel well, so there would be a penalty either way. I'm not sure which would be bigger though, so a face v. face deal could be an option.

Tellistto

05-29-2007, 03:40 PM

Enjoying this, molson. I grew up in Fort Worth, and went to many of the local shows there, along with watching this stuff on TV. As Senator said, this stuff was red hot back then. I'll be following along, enjoying the read and alternatives to what happened in RL.

Tell

molson

05-29-2007, 08:33 PM

WCCW: CAGE CLASH
Saturday, Week 4, August 1983
Dallas, TX: 5,000 SOLD OUT

-I had meant to set this event to 2 hours, from its default of 90 minutes, but forgot to do so before the show began. So the matches will be shorter than I had hoped

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Scott Casey drew with Frank Dusek in 10:00 when the time limit expired (C-)

-Pre-Show Dark Match
-WWA Tag Team Championship Match
Spike Huber & Steve Regal defeat Barry Orton & Johnny Mantel in 5:43 when Regal pinned Orton. Huber & Regal make their 2nd defense of the tag team titles (D)

-Six Man Tag Championship First Round Tournament Match
Adrian Adonis & The Sheepherders defeat Iceman Parsons, Chris Adams, and Brian Adias in 4:55 when Adonis made Parsons submit. Both Gary Hart and Sunshine were in the corner of the faces. (C-). Adonis stood out as being good. After the match, Parsons is surrounded by Hart, Adias, and Adams in the ring. Hart suddenly orders both his client, Adams and Adias to attack Parsons. Adias makes the first move towards Parsons (and even picks up a chair), but Adams flat out refuses, and leaves the ring. Adias then leaves the ring as well. Hart looks disappointed, but leaves with Adams. (C-)

-Six-Man Tag Championship First Round Tournament Match
Bobby Eaton, Koko B. Ware, and Ken Mantel defeated The Villanos & Super Kendo in 4:42 when Koko pinned Villano IV. (C). After the map, Adonis and Sheepherders hit the ring to attack their future opponents in the tournament finals. The faces however, hold their own and stand up to Destruction, Inc., and the two teams brawl to the back. (D)

-Michael Hayes and Buddy Roberts hype their upcoming steel cage tag team title match with Kevin & Mike. Hayes says he'll consider the night a failure unless all Freebirds are wearing gold by the end of the show. (C)

-WCCW American Tag Team Title Match
-Steel Cage Classic Rules (Pinfall or Submission only)
Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts defeat Kevin & Mike Von Erich in 8:55 when Hayes pinned Mike to win the WCCW American Tag Team Championship. Mike looked off his game. (C-)

-Manny Fernandez hypes his upcoming cage match with the Great Kabuki. Fernandez says he thought he had settled this issue when he beat Kabuki in a cage match back at June Star Wars, but if Kabuki wants more, Manny's glad to oblige. (C).

-Steel Cage Match: Pinfall or Submission Only
The Great Kabuki defeats Manny Fernandez in 8:32 when Kabuki pinned Manny. In the first few minutes of the match, Kabuki blinded Manny with his green mist. Manny fought bravely the rest of the match, and managed to lock on a submission move or two, but Kabuki eventually wore him down for the win. (B-) After the match, Gary Hart hyped Kabuki, noting that even though Chris Adams couldn't show a killer instinct earlier in the night, that wasn't a problem for Kabuki. (C+)

-Terry Gordy hypes his upcoming title v. title match with David. He states that he's glad the two are in the cage, because tonight, it's not about the Von Erichs, it's not about the Freebirds, it's about seeing who is the best in WCCW. Gordy doesn't want his inevitable victory tainted in the slightest way. (B). David then hyped the match as well. (B-)

-WCCW Title v. Title Match (American & Texas Heavyweight Championships)
-Steel Cage Match - pinfall or submission only.
David Von Erich defeats Terry Gordy in 20:38 by pinfall to win the American Heavyweight Title, and make his 5th defense of the Texas Heavyweight Title. (B+) During the match, when the referee had been knocked unconscious, Michael Hayes tried to interfere by throwing a steel cage into the ring at a time when Gordy had the advantage. Gordy looked angry, refused to use the chair, and threw it back outside the cage toward Hayes, who looked pissed.

-After the match, Hayes pulls an exhausted Gordy from the cage and starts yelling at him. Gordy quickly has enough and shoves Hayes to the ground before walking off. (B-)

-Meanwhile, in the ring, David is celebrating with his 2 title belts, as well as his brothers, Fritz, Ken Mantel, Sunshine, and Brian Adias. (C-)

OVERALL SHOW RATING: B-

THOUGHTS:

-Our big main event can't quite break the A- barrier, but it is still a very solid match, and positions Hayes as the new leader of the Freebirds. Everything will be sorted out in the next two shows. Texas Popularity dips slightly from 67.2% to 67.1%.

-I'm liking the Hart/Adams/Parsons/Adias angle, even though it isn't drawing huge ratings. Adias has shown to be slightly more evil than Adams to this point, though both are still faces.

-The Kabuki v. Manny cage match wasn't as good as their last cage match (B- v. B), and that might because of my time length screw up, and the fact that they only went 8 or 9 minutes. Still, I think I've been under-utilizing Kabuki somewhat. This will be the start of a new push for him. It's a big opportunity with Gordy heading out.

-Mike and Kevin ended up holding on to the tag team titles for a little over 4 months, making 10 title defenses. The best match of their reign was a C+ against Buddy and Gordy back in May. Otherwise, they've been mostly around C-. Hopefully the run helped out Mike's long-term development.

-As of now, the plan is not to unify the American and Texas Heavyweight Titles, but have David defend both for the near future, out of respect to lineage of each title. At the beginning of the next month, I'm going to try to clarify the whole WCCW title situation (the restrictions and prestige of each belt, and who gets title shots when and why).

molson

05-29-2007, 08:59 PM

NEWS

-TV rating for the latest show is 0.64. That's off from the last couple of weeks, but still a strong number.

-Kamala once again rejects negotiations for us. He's one of the real-life WCCW guys I check in with from time to time.

-WWF Champion Ray Stevens will be retiring soon - it will be interesting to see who gets the belt. I'm guessing Andre the Giant, since the old school owners seem so reluctant to put the top belt on the younger guys (Hogan, Piper, JYD)

-The new TV schedules are out, and WWA (Puerto Rico) has lost it's slot. Joint Promotions in the UK is having serious financial difficulties. While that might not seem like a big deal, they're one of the "Big 7" world promotions who has reached Cult Status. If they eventually go under, there may be an influx of British talent in the US, as well as an opportunity for eventual international expansion for WCCW.

-Our own TV show is entering it's last season under our current contract, which is set to end 3 months. I'm not to worried about re-signing with them, but if we can get to Cult status in 56 days, when networks start accepting negotiation requests, we might be able to either get on a new station with a broader reach, or get a second tv station to cover our show in a different region.

molson

05-31-2007, 07:30 PM

WCCW MONTH IN REVIEW: AUGUST, 1983

POPULARITY

-Popularity in Texas 67.1% (Down from 69.2% last month)
-Popularity in Midwest 51.3% (Up from 48.9% last month)
-Popularity goal to get to or maintain Cult Status (53.1%) A 2.4% jump in the midwest this month, which is about halfway between our jumps of the previous two months. That leaves us only 1.8% from achieving cult status. We should reach that this month, probably earlier than later now that Bob Backlund is onboard. Texas popularity drops another 2.1%, which is our largest monthly drop in Texas. This is still not a huge concern, and is expected since we're pushing the midwest so heavily.

FINANCES

Income (Last month in parenthesis):

Ticket Sales: 439,780 (394,000)
Sponsors: 15,938 (15,523)
Merchandise: 4,290 (5,280)

Expenses:

Worker Costs: 201,325 (222,475)
Show Costs: 86,500 (79,500)
Marketing: 500 (500)
Merchandise: 3,768 (4,510)
Production: 35,800 (35,800)
Misc: 131,000 (1,000)

Total Profit: $1,115 (71,018)
Cash in Bank: $1,076,108 (1,074,993)

-Obviously, the biggest expense this month was in the "Misc." category, where we spent $130,000 to buy out WWA. Even with that, we still turned a slight profit.
-I make one slight upgrade in our financial model - increasing the quality of our merchandise from "Standard" to "Above Average". Just another small step forward that our bottom line seems well-equipped to handle at this point.
-Worker costs went down, which was part of a conscious effort to run longer matches, use fewer guys per show, and give our main eventers the occasional night off.
-We're in a great position financially - turning a profit and having plenty of money in the bank for future buy-outs.

molson

05-31-2007, 07:43 PM

WCCW CHAMPIONS - END OF August, 1983

-Texas Heavyweight Champion - 90.9% Prestige (up from 89.3% last month)
Main Event Title
David Von Erich - 5 title defenses, 3-month reign

-American Heavyweight Champion - 71.0% Prestige (up from 70.0% last month)
Main Event Title
David Von Erich - 0 title defenses, 2-day regin

-Television Champion - 60.6% Prestige (up from 60.2% last month)
Midcard Title
Jimmy Garvin - 0 title defenses, 2-week reign

-American Tag Team Champions - 70.0% Prestige (same as last month)
Midcard Title
Buddy Roberts & Michael Hayes - 0 title defenses, 2-day reign

-Six-Man Tag Team Champions - 69.5% Prestige (Down from 70.0% last month)
Midcard Title
Vacant

-I made a few changes in the structure of the titles over the last few weeks. The American Heavyweight Title has been promoted to a "main event title". WCCW now has two main event titles, currently unified, but subject to being broken up again. Whenever they're broken up, there will be a tendency towards re-unification. The Texas Heavyweight Title will continue to be defended only in Texas, whereas the American Heavyweight Title can be defended anywhere. Perhaps the American title could be renamed the "Midwest" Title, and then when they're unified, they're referred to as the "American Heavyweight Title".
-The Six-Man Tag title has been demoted to "midcard title", so it can be feuded amongst the younger, cheaper guys who can use the exposure. The finals of the six-man tournament, featuring Koko/Eaton/Mantel v. Adonis/Sheepherders will be held in the next couple of weeks.
-The TV title still kind of bothers me, as does any title that seems to have a built-in assumed "lower prestige" where top guys don't go after it. I'd rather have lower titles have some type of restriction that has that effect in a more specific and defined way (the game allows restrictions via weight, age, etc.). We'll keep it around for now, as we just started a Fritz/Garvin program, but I'll try to come up with something better after that.
-I'm also considering some type of structured means by which title challengers are determined - maybe a monthly top 5 challengers list or something, combined with champions being able to defend against lower guys if they so choose (to boost up title defenses and momentum).

molson

05-31-2007, 08:42 PM

ROSTER: END OF AUGUST, 1983

-Other than Backlund, no huge changes in the roster this month. The end of next months will mark 6 months into the dynasty, at which time I take a closer look at the skill progress of some of the younger guys. So this may be the last chance for the lower guys of the roster to prove themselves.

MAIN EVENTERS

Bob Backlund
Adrian Adonis
David Von Erich
Manny Fernandez
Michael Hayes
Terry Gordy

-Gordy will be out next week. Backlund is the addition from last month. Kerry Von Erich has been bumped down. It's probably not permanent, but haven't been using him like a main eventer, so he's down a notch for now. I have made a decision on Bob Backlund - he'll come in as a heel, and feud with the Von Erichs. It's a bit risky, but with Gordy out, we really need a top heel. Hayes is fine, but he can't really work main-event caliber matches. Otherwise, we just have Adonis on the heel side. So Backlund will come in as an arrogant "mat technician", coming to Dallas to put the Von Erichs in their place. His gimmick is "wrestling machine", which he's terrifically suited for.

UPPER MIDCARDERS

Kevin Von Erich
Kerry Von Erich
Butch Miller
Luke Williams
The Great Kabuki
Jim Garvin
Buddy Jack Roberts

-Kerry is the addition here, otherwise, it's the same group as last month. My road agent actually thinks Kabuki should be a main eventer. I won't go that far with him yet, but it's time for a single's push. The Sheepherders have been disappointing thus far, they may just be better suited for a product type with a little more violence. I also don't have a whole lot of great matchups for them (they do best with "brawlers"). Buddy and Kevin are in the middle of their feud. Kevin & Kerry are essentially in a competition for the #2 Von Erich. Kerry's overall stats are a little better, but Kevin is more over in the midwest.

MIDCARDERS

Iceman Parsons
Chris Adams
King Kong Bundy
Bobby Eaton
Scott Casey
Steve Regal
Koko B. Ware
Spike Huber

-Ken Mantel and Brian Adias have been demoted from this group since last month, while Koko B. Ware and Bobby Eaton have moved up. Steve Regal and Spike Huber have also debuted since last month. Adams has certainly got a big opportunity with me so far, first by decisively winning his feud with Bundy, and then by getting the Gart Hart angle. It appears his popularity has increased slightly in both the midwest and Texas. Koko and Ware have been very good so far. Regal has earned the chance to stick around, though he and Huber will continue to defend the WWA titles on the pre-show for now. Iceman has very much been booked weakly thus far in this dynasty, he keeps losing and getting beatup. Casey and Bundy have been largely forgotten.

LOWER MIDCARDERS

Magic Dragon
Mike Von Erich
Brian Adias
Ken Mantel
Frank Dusek

-Mantel and Adias are demoted in favor of Ware and Eaton. That's not due to dissapointment with either guy - Adias has increased his popularity by a full letter grade in Texas, and even more than that in the midwest. He'll be a solid midcarder by the end of the year at least. Mantel might get swapped back up for Casey if he has a good month

OPENERS

Villano IV
Villano V
Super Kendo
Barry Orton

-Orton moves up to join the Mexicans, on the advice of my road agent. I still don't see any kind of future for him. Villano V has seen the greatest popularity increase of the Mexicans, and is clearly the best of the group. I don't know how much sense it makes to keep Gory Guerrero on for $1,875 just to manage these guys, but I am going to start to run shows in Mexico before to long, so I'd like to keep along. Once I get to Cult, I also might be able to get a bigger Mexican star for him to manage, like Mil Mascaras or Chavo Guerrero.

ENHANCEMENT TALENT

Johnny Mantel

-Now all alone at the bottom of the roster, Johnny is still damn cheap at $100/show. Even at E+ popularity in the midwest and E- in Texas, he's still better known than anyone else I could get at that value (he's actually increased his midwest popularity a full letter grade since I took over)

OCCASIONAL WRESTLER

Checkmate

He hasn't won a match in 3 months, but he'll continue to teach the young guys. He'll also have the chance to face off with Bob Backlund here and there, since those 2 are the only two guys on the roster with the wrestling style of "technician" - they should be able to have some good matches.

OTHERS

Sunshine
Skandor Akbar
Gory Guerrero
Precious
Gary Hart
Bill Mercer
Harry Frehley
Marc Lowrance
Whipper Billy Watson
David Manning
Bronco Lubich
Waldo Von Erich
Fritz Von Erich

-Waldo has clearly been pushed to the background in Destruction Inc. - it'll be job city for him and maybe a few more matches with Fritz before he's gone. Sunshine is technically managing David Von Erich, Iceman Parsons, and Chris Adams, but she hasn't done much of note recently (though she'll play a part in the Adams/Hart angle). Gory might be better served as a road agent than a manger - he's one of the most respected names in wrestling. If I can't land a top Mexican talent for him to manage when I reach Cult Status, that's where he'll go.

WRESTLER CONFLICTS - SEPTEMBER 1983

I seem to forget these every month, but I'll try to keep them organized once again. Wrestlers who consider other companies their priority, and their potential unavailability dates:

-Bob Backlund (WWF; Sun, Thu, last Sat)
-Buddy Jack Roberts (AWA; Wed, Fri, first Sat)
-Gory Guerrero (CMLL; Last Friday)
-Magic Dragon (MACW; Wed, Fri, last Sat)
-Gary Hart (MACW; Wed, Fri, last Sat)
-Michael Hayes (WWF; Sun, Thu, last Sat)
-Steve Regal (AWA; Wed, Fri, first Sat)
-Terry Gordy (All-Japan; Fri, second Sat)
-The Great Kabuki (MACW)

The big problem here is we have a handful of guys working the night of our scheduled "Labor Day Star Wars" event at the end of September. That's a 2 1/2 hour "highly regarded" event - one of our "Big 5". So i've moved it up to the 3rd week of Saturday, which doesn't give us much time to build heat for that event's matches.

WRESTLER COMPLAINTS

-Barry Orton (Unhappy with how he has been pushed)
-The Great Kabuki (Unhappy with how he has been pushed)
-Waldo Von Erich (Unhappy with how many shows he's been un-used)

So we've managed to keep almost everyone happy. The only concern there is Kabuki, who's contract is up in 2 months. He'll get a chance right away.

molson

05-31-2007, 08:49 PM

WCCW STORYLINES - END OF AUGUST, 1983

Storylines with participants, in order of current heat:

1. David v. Gordy; Title Unification (David, Gordy)
2. Fritz's last run (Fritz, Jimmy Garvin)
3. Destruction Inc., Reign of Terror (Adonis, Sheepherders)
4. Hart tries to turn Adams (Adams, Iceman, Hart, Sunshine, Mercer, Ken Mantel, Frank Dusek, Checkmate)
5. Gory mentors Mexicans (Gory Guerrero, Villanos, Super Kendo)
6. Kevin v. Buddy (Kevin, Roberts)
7. Manny/Adias team & their struggles (Manny, Adias, Kabuki, Dragon, Lowrance, Mike Von Erich).
8. WWA Invasion (Spike Huber, Steve Regal)

molson

05-31-2007, 10:29 PM

THE STARS OF WORLD CLASS ON TOUR
Monday, Week 1, September 1983
St. Louis, MO. 1,000. SOLD OUT

-Pre-Show Dark Match
-WWA Tag Team Championship Match
Steve Regal & Spike Huber defeat Mike Von Erich & Ken Mantel in 8:54 when Regal pins Mike. Regal & Huber make their 3rd defense of the tag team titles. Mike looked off his game (D). After the match, Regal & Huber grab their belts, and then strike the losers with them, sending them from the ring (D). After the match, the WWA tag champ cut a promo - they're still pissed that the relegated to the pre-show, and state that if WCCW won't respect their titles, they'll make sure that the losers who they beat up with the belts do. (D)

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Magic Dragon defeated Johnny Mantel in 2:58 by pinfall in a dominating victory (C-). The two showed good chemistry.

-As the show begins, David Von Erich comes to the ring, surrounded by WCCW faces and officials, to celebrate his first apperance as unified Texas/American Heavyweight Champion. He briefly thanks the fans. Suddenly, a man with a hooded sweatshirt concealing his identity enters the ring. He faces David, and congratulates him on his win. He then tells him that while holding the Texas & American Heavyweight tiles is impressive, he's still not a WORLD champion. The man then removes his hood to reveal himself as Bob Backlund. Everyone in the ring appears shocked. He puts down David and WCCW, telling him that he'd never even make it "up north". David then goes on the offensive, punching Backlund, before the two are quickly separated. (B-)

-Fritz Von Erich defeats Villano IV in 4:39 by submission in his first match since his injury two months ago. (C-)

-Checkmate & Frank Dusek defeat Manny Fernandez & Brian Adias in 8:57 when Brian Adias is DQ'd after losing his temper and striking Dusek with a chair. (C). Manny looked good. After the match, Manny cuts a promo with Adias by his side. He says he knows some are concerned about Adias' recent violent streak, but says that such toughness is necessary in WCCW when you're doing battle with the likes of The Great Kabuki. Manny says he'll be able to keep Adias under control (C).

-Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts come to the ring to celebrate their first apperance as new WCCW American Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Hayes said that Cage Clash should have been the Freebirds' greatest night. However, while Hayes & Buddy delivered, Hayes says, Gordy couldn't get the job done. Gordy has a rematch with David tonight, continued Hayes, but he'll probably blow that chance too. Hayes recaps how he did everything he could do to help Gordy win (including throwing a chair into the cage), but that Gordy refused Hayes' help. Hayes says Gordy has lost his edge, and that the Freebirds need a new leader - namely, Hayes himself. Hayes invites Gordy to stick around with the Freebirds, as long as he "knows his role". (C). Hayes then says that due to Gordy's failure, the Freebirds need some new blood - and some new championship gold. He then introduces the newest member of the Freebirds, the WCCW Television Champion, Jimmy Garvin, who comes to the ring with Precious. The three men (still no sign of Gordy) hype their new alliance (C)

-Iceman Pasons defeated King Kong Bundy in 6:37 by pinfall. (D+). Bundy was tiring towards the end of the match. After the match, Bill Mercer comes to the ring to interview Parsons and Sunshine. Mercer points out that the manager in the opposite corner tonight, Gary Hart, has recently been in Parsons' own corner as Chris Adams' "advisor" when Parsons teams with Adams. Parsons says he can't read Adams' mind, but Adams has to do what he thinks is best for his career. He then states that at Cage Clash, when Hart ordered Adams to attack Parsons, and Adams refused, it said a lot about the character of both Hart and Adams. Still, said Parsons, he doesn't trust Hart's influence over Adams, and he'll be watching his back. (D)

-WCCW American Heavyweight Championship Match
David Von Erich defeats Terry Gordy in 33:50 by pinfall to make his 1st defense of his title. (C+). After the match, a beaten Gordy goes over to David and offers a handshake, which David accepts. (C). Suddenly, Michael Hayes storms to the ring to confront Gordy, as David looks on. Hayes says that he WAS willing to let Gordy back into "HIS" Freebirds, but shaking hands with a Von Erich is the last straw - he's out of the group. He then challenges him to a match at tomorrow's TV taping. Gordy accepts, and but increases the stakes - the winner will have undisputed control of the Freebirds, since the loser must leave WCCW for 6 months. Hayes agrees. The two men leave the ringside area, leaving David alone in the ring. (C+).

-Right when David is about to leave, he is suddenly attacked from behind by Bob Backlund, who slaps a chicken wing on David for a few moments before leaving. (C+)

Overall Show Rating: C+

-That show was absolutely loaded from a storyline standpoint, and it happened in front of only 1,000 Missouri fans and it wasn't on TV. This is another part of my "kafaybe" style of booking, where "stuff" is as likely to happen off TV as it is on TV. Wrestlers and announcers will presumably make reference to important events on the TV show (with highlights) as necessary. Midwest popularity increases from 51.3% to 51.7%.

-I'm pretty sure the opening segment with Backlund was my first ever segment in the midwest that reached B- popularity. Backlund should be a big draw for us up there, but he does have limited overness in Texas.

-David & Gordy were a little disappointing at C+ after the B+ at Cage Clash, though this match of course didn't have our home fanbase behind it. The "New" Freebirds are an overall step down from the originals, but Hayes deserves a shot at a more prominent role.

-This was the 4th Tag team match between Dusek/Checkmate & Adias/Manny, and this was their highest rated. Adias is definitely improving.

-Iceman/Bundy was Iceman's worst single's match since our very first show. Bundy's just lost in the ring right now. I'll stick with him, if only because he has a full year left on his contract.

NEWS

-We tweaked a handful of gimmicks in this show, at the advice of my road agent. All of my options were limited because I didn't want to take any of these guys of camera for any period of time: Spiker Huber is now a "Sidekick" (for Steve Regal), Steve Regal is now "That 70s guy" - I'm picturing a subtle disco character which kind of fits the nickname "Mr. Electricity"; King Kong Bundy is now a "Silent Bodyguard", and Jim Garvin is now a "Rock Star".

Swaggs

05-31-2007, 10:43 PM

I liked that opening, with the hooded Backlund. :)

molson

06-01-2007, 01:33 AM

WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING (TV Taping)
Tuesday, Week 1, September 1983
Dallas, TX: 5,000 SOLD OUT

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Kerry Von Erich defeats Magic Dragon in 12:35 by pinfall (C+). The two showed poor chemistry. After the match, Kerry cut a promo, hyping his skills (C+)

-Mark Lowrence & Bill Mercer announce that David Von Erich is the new unified Texas/American Heavyweight Champion (D+). A video highlights the the Cage Clash Main Event, and the Gordy Hayes confrontation - Hayes throwing the chair into the cage, Gordy refusing to use it and throwing it back, Hayes calling out Gordy's toughness the next night, David's rematch victory against Gordy, Gordy shaking David's hands, and Hayes "taking control" of the Freebirds, and challenging Gordy to a "loser leaves WCCW" match tonight. (C+)

-Fritz Von Erich defeats Super Kendo in 5:33 by pinfall. (C-). After the match, Fritz grabbed a mic and told the crowd that he'll be watching the upcoming battle royal closely, since he'll be takin on the winner next week for the right to challenge for Jimmy Garvin's TV title. He points out that his own son Mike is in the Battle Royal. (B).

-15-Man Battle Royal
-Winner faces Fritz Von Erich next week in #1 Contender match for TV title
Steve Regal wins the Battle Royal, which also included the Villanos, King Kong Bundy, Brian Adias, Adrian Adonis, The Sheepherders, Mike Von Erich, Spike Huber, Barry Orton, Bobby Eaton, Koko B. Ware, and The Mantel Brothers. (C)

-Billy Watson comes out and announces what fans in St. Louis found out last night - the newest addition to the WCCW roster is the former WWF World Champion, Bob Backlund. (C). Backlund talks about how nice it is to visit some of the "minor" regional promotions across the country, like WCCW. He says his goal is to capture David Von Erich's belts, and then move on back to the "big time" (C+)

-Buddy Roberts and Jimmy Garvin come out to do an interview. Bill Mercer asks Buddy Roberts his opinion of tonight's Hayes/Gordy match for control of the Freebirds. Namely, Mercer wants to know what side Roberts is on. Roberts gives Mercer an irritated look, and starts to walk away. (C+). Before he can get too far, Kevin Von Erich appears and challenges Buddy to a 1 on 1 match next week at the TV taping. Kevin said he's been sick over losing the tag titles to Buddy, so he wants to do what always cheers him up - pinning Roberts in the center of the ring (C+)

-Checkmate & Frank Dusek defeated Manny Fernandez & Brian Adias in 7:39 when Dusek pinned Adias. Adias had the match won, but instead of trying for a cover or pinning Manny, he attempted a high-risk top rope move, missed, and allowed Dusek to get the pin. (D+). After the match, a visibly irritated Manny started yelling at Adias, who simply stared Manny down. (D).

-Michael Hayes cut a promo hyping his "loser leaves town" match tonight with Terry Gordy. He promises to lead the Freebirds to new heights once Gordy is out of the picture. (B)

-"Loser Leaves Town Match" - loser leaves for at least 6 months, and winner assumes control of the Freebirds.
Michael Hayes defeats Terry Gordy in 9:56 by pinfal. (B-). During the match, the referee was knocked unconscious, allowing Buddy Roberts to enter the ring with a steel chair. He seemed initially uncertain who to help, but ultimately hit Gordy with the chair, allowing Hayes to win the match.

-After the match, the "New" Freebirds: Hayes, Roberts, and Garvin, celebrated in the ring. (C+).

Overall Rating: C+

THOUGHTS;

-A solid show with a strong main event. Texas popularity dips slightly from 67.1% to 67.0%. Midwest popularity increases from 51.7% to 52.1%. leaving us just 1.0% from Cult Status.

-Gordy's last match for us was very solid, if not spectacular. It was promising that Hayes' promo matched Fritz' promo for the highest rated segment of the show - a "B". The new Freebirds will be a little more about style and a little less about substance.

-The Manny/Adias angle may be dying a slow death. I don't think anyone's dieing to see matches between the two, so we'll probably get this whole thing over with shortly, so Manny can move on to better things.

-Now that Gordy is gone, it'll be time to come up with a new storyline or storylines involving some combination of Kerry/David/Backlund/Hayes/Garvin/ Roberts.

-Steve Regal gets his first shot on the main show, and he wins a Battle Royal. I'll be curious to see how his interview segements and match with Fritz does next week.

molson

06-01-2007, 02:00 AM

NEWS

-Our TV show draws a 0.76 rating, our best yet. This increase, along with our imminent rise to cult status should help us secure a bigger tv network eventually. The question is, do we risk pulling the plug on the current network to search for a new one (networks may not negotiate with you if it feels you already have "enough" shows)

-Buddy Roberts is fined for arriving late at the TV taping.

-We are officially advertising Backlund v. David Von Erich at Labor Day Star Wars for the Texas/American Heavyweight Titles.

-Ray Stevens, who is about to retire, has lost the WWF World Title to....The Junkyard Dog. JYD is also owns the top singles title in Mid-South - the North American Heavyweight Championship. Stevens had held the title since defeating Bob Backlund almost 5 months ago. Elsewhere in the WWF, Michael Hayes has been a frequent challenger to Larry Zbysko's Intercontinental Title, but has not won it yet.

-Ricky Steamboat has won the NWA U.S. title from Greg Valentine, who had held the belt for 10 months.

-New Japan Wrestling has become the 8th wrestling promotion to reach Cult Status (joining All Japan). The immediately make a flurry of offers, including to Adrian Adonis and Magic Dragon. Adonis accepts their offer a few days later, and he considers them his priority company. Fortunately, there are no created conflicts for the time being - but Adonis' schedule now includes commitments to 3 different companies.

molson

06-02-2007, 02:07 AM

THE STARS OF WORLD CLASS ON TOUR
Monday, Week 2, September 1983
Kansas City, MO. 1,000. SOLD OUT

-Pre-Show Dark Match
-WWA Heavyweight Championship Match
Steve Regal defeats Barry Orton in 6:31 by pinfall to make his 3rd defense of the WWA title. (C-). After the match, Regal hyped his match tomorrow night with Fritz Von Erich to determine the #1 contender for the TV title. Regal states that WCCW has tried to bury him and WWA for weeks now, but he finally gets a shot on the main show last week, and he won a battle royal. He says Fritz is washed up, and that he'll unify the WCCW TV Title and WWA Heavyweight Title. (D+)

-Pre-Show Segment
Sunshine comes to the ring to shoot T-shirts into the crowd before the show starts (C-)

-King Kong Bundy defeats Johnny Mantel in 2:32 by pinfall in a dominating victory. (C). After the match, Gary Hart hypes his client, saying Bundy has been overshadowed in WCCW as of late, but he's now on his way to the top. (D+)

-Gory Guerrero comes out with his stable of Mexican wrestlers: The Villanos and Super Kendo. He states that while it is true that none of his wrestlers have yet won a single match in WCCW, he blames a WCCW, claiming that there is a conspiracy to hold down Mexican wrestlers. He says before long, he will bring a new Mexican star to WCCW - a star so big that WCCW fans will have no choice but to acknowledge the superiority of Mexican wrestlers. (D-).

-Bob Backlund defeated Mike Von Erich in 6:16 by submission to make his WCCW debut. (C). After the match, Backlund taunts David Von Erich about getting the better of him at the end of the tv taping last week. He calls himself "class amongst rednecks" in WCCW. (C+)

-Skandor Akbar comes to the ring with his Destruction, Inc. Stable: Adrian Adonis, The Sheepherders, and Waldo Von Erich, and cuts a promo hyping them, as well as the six-man tag team championship tournament final tonight. He says that Eaton, Koko, and Mantel are in for a severe beating (D+)

-WCCW Six-Man Tag Team Championship Match (Tournament Final).
Bobby Eaton, Koko B. Ware, and Ken Mantel defeat Adrian Adonis and The Sheepherders in 8:42 when Eaton pinned Miller to win the vacant Six-Man Tag Team Championship (C). The match featured interference from Waldo Von Erich, which backfired. The winners celebrate their upset win the ring. (D-).

-Street Fight (No DQ, No Countout)
The Great Kabuki defeated Manny Fernandez by pinfall in 19:31. The match featured interference by both Gary Hart and Brian Adias. Adias attempted to interfere on behalf of Manny, but carelessly ended up striking Manny with a chair. (C+)

-Buddy Jack Roberts and Michael Hayes come out for their first tag team title defense. Roberts says he accepts the challenge made by Kevin for a 1 on 1 match at the TV taping tomorrow night. (C)

-WCCW American Tag Team Championship
Buddy Roberts & Michael Hayes drew with Kevin & Kerry Von Erich by Double Countout in 14:23 to make their 1st defense of the titles. (C+). After the match, TV Champion Jim Garvin hit the ring to give the Freebirds a 3-2 advantage, as the battle continued. Before long, Mike and David ran to the ring to give the Von Erichs a numbers advantage, and the Freebirds were quickly overwhelmed. (C-)

Overall Rating (C)

THOUGHTS:

-An average show all around. Midwest popularity holds steady at 52.1%. So I guess we'll need C+ or higher shows to keep improving our popularity here.

-It seems difficult to get any tag team matches to reach B- or higher - I've only done it a couple of times.

-With Kabuki's Street Fight win, I bite the bullet and promote him to main eventer. He's a unique enough guy that I don't want to risk losing him when his contract is up. He'll get a big chance to shine in the last 2 months of his current contract. C+ is fine for these guys in the midwest, but Kabuki needs to break B again at some point to stay a main eventer.

-So Ken Mantel is actually now wearing WCCW gold. He's the beneficiary of Koko and Eaton's hot start in WCCW. Once Koko and Eaton are actually established in our region in terms of popularity, they should be our #1 tag team.

-I'm anxious to see how Bob Backlund does against our top competition, but I need to build up his momentum a bit with guys like Mike. The one concern with Bob is that as a "technician", he's not a great fit for either the rest of the workers, or our product type. But he'll be given every chance to succeed.

-Bundy v. Johnny Mantel only went 3 minutes, but it was Mantel's highest ever rated singles match. And it was Bundy's best single's match in 3 months. This is probably the best way to use Bundy for now - short squashes against lower-card guys. Look out Barry Orton.

molson

06-02-2007, 03:08 AM

WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING (TV Taping)
Tuesday, Week 2, September 1983
Dallas, TX: 5,000 SOLD OUT

-Pre-Show Dark Match
King Kong Bundy defeats Mike Von Erich in 5:29 by pinfall. (C+) Bundy looked good. After the match, Harry Frehley interviewed Gary Hart, who hyped his client (C+)

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Frank Dusek defeated Johnny Mantel in 5:42 by pinfall (D-)

-Bob Backlund defeated Checkmate in 6:47 by pinfall. (D+) The two showed bad chemistry. After the match, David Von Erich ran into the ring and attacked Bob Backlund - the announcers put over Backlund's end-of-show attack on David at a house show last week. (B-). Backlund flees the ring. David grabs a mic and says he's challenging Backlund to a match at Labor Day Star Wars, and that he's willing to put his belts on the line to get the match. (C+). Backlund accepts, and further trashes WCCW and its fans. (C+)

-Marc Lowrence interviews Brian Adias, who says he's been getting a lot of "crap" from people lately about his recent behavior. He says that it's clear people are starting to consider him a threat. He then says while Manny has done a great job training him, he's ready to test himself against his mentor, and challenges Manny to a match. He says he still wants to win the tag titles with Manny once this is all over, but in the meantime, he wants to prove to Manny and everyone else that Brian Adias has arrived to the big time. (D)

-Six-Man Tag Team Championship Match
Bobby Eaton, Koko B. Ware & Ken Mantel defeat Adrian Adonis & The Sheepherders in 7:32 when Williams was DQd after hitting Eaton with the ring bell. The winners make their 1st defense of the tag team titles. (C)

-WCCW TV Title #1 Contender Match
Fritz Von Erich defeated Steve Regal in 8:04 by submission to become the #1 Contender for the TV title. Fritz was exhausted by the end of the match. (D+). The match featured interference by Spike Huber on behalf of Regal. After the match, Fritz celebrated his victory, and his upcoming "last shot" and WCCW gold. (B+)

-Kevin Von Erich is just about to start an interview about his upcoming match tonight with Buddy Roberts, when he is attacked by Roberts from behind. Roberts is clearly trying to "soften up" Kevin, who has defeated him in 3 straight singles' matches. (C)

-Buddy Jack Roberts defeats Kevin Von Erich in 14:11 by pinfall. Kevin was clearly weakened from the previous attack by Roberts. (B-).

Overall Show Rating: C+

THOUGHTS;

-We're close enough to Cult Status where Midwest popularity increase is all that matters right now - and midwest popularity does increase from 52.1% to 52.5%, leaving us just 0.6% away from Cult Status. Texas popularity decreases slightly from 67.0% to 66.9%

-Buddy v. Kevin was a somewhat restrained main event (as neither guy are main eventers), but as expected, they delivered a very solid match. That was Buddy's first win over Kevin in 4 tries, so the feud continues.

-Nobody wants to see Fritz wrestle, but they do want to see him celebrate. If he wins the TV title, his celebration will be longer than the match.

-Two straight losses for Destruction Inc. certainly halts their momentum a bit. I'm not worried about Adrian, but the Sheepherders popularity hasn't budged in our region since they came in. Therefore, I'm very reluctant to bog down say, the Von Erichs is any kind of feud with them at this point.

-I haven't decided what the outcome of Adias' "friendly challenge" to Manny will be yet. The obvious thing to do is have Adias turn on Manny, but I really don't want Fernandez spending any time on an Adias feud, he needs to start working with bigger names. The other option is to involve Kerry Von Erich (who is currently without an angle), as Adias' childhood friend trying to straighten him out (only to have Manny get pissed and turn on Kerry, while taking Adias all the way to his "dark side")

-Backlund's match sucked, but this was just an experiment to put him in the ring with our only other "technician". It was a heel/heel match, AND the two had bad chemistry, so I won't worry about it. But the competition will step up for Backlund next week.

-It appears that either Bundy and/or Mike is improving - those two had a D+ match at July Star Wars in Dallas just 6 weeks ago, and suddenly they pull a C+ tonight.

molson

06-02-2007, 03:41 AM

NEWS

-Our TV show gets a 0.74 show rating - down .02 from last week, but still matching our 2nd highest ever rating.

-I've signed another Villano, Villano III to a PPA contract at $1,325/show - that's more than twice what his brothers make, but he's clearly the best in the family. He has at least a B- rating in 11 stat categories, compared with just two each for the other Villanos. Stat-wise, he's actually one of the best all-around talents in the company, though he's almost completely unknown in the US. This at least gives Gory someone worthwhile to manage. There may be a cut or two soon as our roster is getting a little bloated again.

-Buddy Roberts, Steve Regal, and Bob Backlund all were exhausted after the last show (not coincidently, they all work for AWA). I'm pretty surprised Backlund needs a breather, but I'll have to try harder to use all guys more efficiently. Roberts seemed to be especially in need of a break, as there was even a dirt sheet article about his exhaustion.

-Speaking of the dirtsheets, they once again hype iceman Parsons as a "future star".

-New Japan continues to reach out for talent after they reach Cult Status - they offer contracts to David, Kevin, and Chris Adams. I don't think David & Kevin will be tempted, but Adams will surly take the offer. I don't have a problem with that - he'll have a chance to improve against great competition.

-Mark Lewin (who is recently unemployed), has rejected negotiations with us, saying we're not big enough. He's a largely forgotten guy these days, but has pretty good Texas overness at this point.

-Dork Funk Jr. (working for New Japan and Mid-Atlantic) will be out 6 months with an injury. Maybe we'll have a shot at him after that - he's huge in Texas.

-Magic Dragon has signed with New Japan, and considers them a priority over us. That doesn't create any conflicts for us, but will increase fatigue issues and injury risks. On the other hand, he'll get more in-ring work with a top company, which should help him improve.

-Labor Day Star Wars, to be held a week early, next Saturday, has the following matches advertised:

WCCW Texas & American Heavyweight Title match
David Von Erich v. Bob Backlund

WCCW American Tag Team Title Match
Buddy Roberts & Michael Hayes v. Kerry & Kevin Von Erich

Texas Death Match
The Great Kabuki v. Manny Fernandez

Six-Man Tag Team Championship Match
Koko B. Ware, Bobby Eaton & Ken Mantel v. The Villanos & Super Kendo

Iceman Parsons & Chris Adams v. Frank Dusek & Checkmate

Adrian Adonis v. Scott Casey

molson

06-02-2007, 04:17 PM

THE STARS OF WORLD CLASS ON TOUR
Monday, Week 3, September 1983
Joplin, MO. 1,000. SOLD OUT

-Pre-show Dark Match
-WWA Heavyweight Title Match
Steve Regal defeats Scott Casey in 7:34 by pinfall to make his 4th defense of his title. (D+). Before the match, Scott Casey hyped himself with a promo (D). After the match, Steve Regal cuts a promo, stating that he has his eye on the the winner of tomorrow night's Fritz/Garvin match for the TV title, and that he'll unify the WWA belt with the TV title in due time. (D)

-Manny Fernandez defeats Magic Dragon in 6:34 by pinfall. (C+). The two showed poor chemistry. After the match, Manny acknowledged the challenge made on TV last week by Adias to face Manny in a match, but he says he's refusing the challenge. He says that while it's true that he hasn't been thrilled with some of Adias' actions as of late, he's not willing to wrestle him in a match. (C)

-Fritz Von Erich comes out and hypes his upcoming non-title match with Jim Garvin. He says that no matter the outcome tonight, he hopes he has enough left tomorrow night to win the belt. (C+).

-Jim Garvin defeats Fritz Von Erich in 5:51 by pinfall. (C-). The two showed poor chemistry. After the match, Garvin hyped his victory, saying that Fritz is washed up, and that he'll have no problem defending the TV title at the taping tomorrow night. (C)

-Adrian Adonis & The Sheepherders come out to taunt the six-man tag champions: Koko, Eaton, & Mantel. (D). They claim the champs got lucky last week in their two victories over Destruction, Inc.

-The Sheepherders & Adrian Adonis defeat Mike Von Erich, Johnny Mantel, and Barry Orton in 8:42 when Adonis pinned Mantel. (D+). Adonis looked good.

-Marc Lowrence is standing in the ring with Chris Adams and Gary Hart. Lowrence hypes this Saturday's Labor Day Star Wars Tag Team Match between Adams/Parsons & Checkmate/Dusek. (D). Gary Hart then hyped Adams' upcoming match tonight with Bob Backlund. He says that nights like tonight are exactly why Adams has employed Gary Hart - Hart got him this match with Backlund, and has prepared him to pull the upset (C).

-Bob Backlund defeated Chris Adams in 18:55 by pinfall. (C+). The two showed poor chemistry. After the match, Backlund hyped his championship match with David this Saturday (C+)

-WCCW American Heavyweight Championship Match
David Von Erich defeats Michael Hayes in 12:50 by submission to make his 2nd defense of the title. (C+). After the match, David hyped his match this Saturday with Backlund (B-)

Overall Show Rating: C

THOUGHTS

-The C rating is disappointing, considering our last two matches both rated C+. My road agent does say that I used Fritz and Barry Orton two much. I guess nobody wants to see Barry for more than 8 minutes. Midwest popularity remains at 52.5% - I'll need two C+ shows to get to Cult Status.

-Backlund and Adams got a ton of time (almost 20 minutes), and I'm pretty satisfied with a C+ considering the two had poor chemistry.

-Hayes/David at a C+ is somewhat disappointing, considering that their previous 3 1-on-1 matches generated B-, B, and B+ matches. (and the previous B- match happened in the midwest). I'm not totally sold on Hayes as a Main Eventer yet, but we don't have much choice but to give him a shot.

-The six man tag of Destruction Inc. v. The Jobbers went on too long, and gave me a dismal rating. Adonis needs something else to do in a hurry, but we'll continue with the "Destruction Inc. Reign of Terror" Storyline for now, because the Sheepherders need the push.

-It was an impressive night for Magic Dragon, who wrestles a C+ match with Manny, despite the fact that the two have poor chemistry - that's the same rating Manny got with Kabuki in their street fight last week.

molson

06-02-2007, 04:39 PM

I liked that opening, with the hooded Backlund. :)

Thanks - I'm sort of imagining him as a 1983 version of Kurt Angle.

molson

06-02-2007, 11:24 PM

WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING (TV Taping)
Tuesday, Week 3, September 1983
Fort Worth, TX: 5,000 SOLD OUT

This is our last show before Saturday's Labor Day Star Wars Event. Thus, the big David/Backlund main event tonight will air one night after their match at Star Wars.

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Adrian Adonis & Luke Williams defeat Bobby Eaton & Koko B. Ware in 10:37 when Adonis pinned Eaton. (C+). Eaton looked good. Before the match, Koko and Eaton gave a promo, stating that their next goal is the tag team championship - they know they'll have to beat teams like Adonis/Williams to get there. (D+). After the match, Butch Williams hits the ring, and the Sheepherders & Adonis continue the attack on Eaton and Koko. (D+).

-Chris Adams defeated Checkmate in 3:45 by pinfall. (D-) The two showed poor chemistry. After the match, Adams cuts a promo in the ring with Gary Hart by his side. Adams responds to comments made by Iceman Parsons a couple of weeks ago that Parsons "didn't trust Hart's influence on Adams", and that "he would be watching his back". Adams angrily defends Hart, saying that Parsons is probably jelous because Hart saw more potential in him then he did in Parsons. Adams than hyped he and Parsons' tag match this Saturday with Checkmate & Dusek, telling Parsons that if he didn't trust him, he might as well stay home and let Adams handle the match himself. (C)

-Marc Lowrence announces that despite initially rejecting Brian Adias' challenge for a match, Manny Fernandez has now accepted an "exhibition match" between the two to take place next week. (D). Manny & Adias came out to the hype the match, saying it will be a pure wrestling exhibition, and will give the fans a chance to see how much Adias has improved. (D+).

-Marc Lowrence then hypes the upcoming TV title match between Jim Garvin, and the #1 contender, Fritz Von Erich. (C)

-Backstage, Buddy Jack Roberts is seen celebrating his victory over Kevin last week with Michael Hayes. Roberts is celebrating like he won the world title. (C+).

-WCCW TV Title Match
Fritz Von Erich defeated Jimmy Garvin in 4:53 by DQ when Buddy Roberts ran in after Fritz had applied the Iron Claw to Garvin. Garvin remains champion. (C).

-Bob Backlund hypes his upcoming title match with David Von Erich. He says he'll win the titles, lock on the chicken wing, and not let go until David admits Backlund's the better man. (C+). David Von Erich hyped the match as well (B-)

-WCCW American & Texas Heavyweight Championship Match
David Von Erich and Bob Backlund wrestle to a 30:00 time limit draw. (B). David makes his 3rd Defense of the American Heavyweight Title, and 6th Defense of the Texas Heavyweight Title.

Overall Rating: C

THOUGHTS:

-I'm again disappointed with the overall show rating, considering we ran a 30:00 minute main event with a "B" rating. Then again, the show had some bad segments, and the fans saw a little too much Koko B. Ware and Bob Backlund (Backlund has limited overness in Texas, so 30:00 is a bit too long for him at this point). Texas popularity decreases slightly from 66.9% to 66.8%. Midwest popularity jumps form to 52.5% to 52.9%, leaving us just 0.2% away from Cult Status.

-Excellent match from Backlund and David, especially considering that Backlund isn't even one of my top 10 guys in terms of Texas popularity. Once he moves up (and he should, with main event matches like this), he's a great candidate to help us achieve our first elusive A- match rating.

-Fritz/Garvin won't go on as long as Garvin/Casey did, they'll probably have one more blowoff in a cage for Fritz' "retirement" match - retirement is quotes because this is pro wrestling.

-Our 2nd best match on the show was a dark match - the Adonis/Williams v. Koko/Eaton match. Destruction Inc. may see a shakeup soon - I've requested negotiations with recently unemployed George Steel to perhaps take Waldo Von Erich's place.

-The Manny/Adias and Iceman/Adams feuds are heading to a climax. Adams delivered an OK interview. Adias on the other hand, continues to drag down Manny. Adias has midcard-level wrestling skill at this point, but he still has a ton of improvement left to make in the charisma and mic work department. My road agent says he has potential in that area.

molson

06-03-2007, 12:03 AM

NEWS

-As expected, Adams signs with New Japan. He appears to have the resilience to handle an increased workload. Also as expected, Kevin and David turn New Japan down. (David also turned down All Japan the same day). Perhaps David has a premonition that going to Japan may be a bad idea.

-Ted Dibiase, a guy I'd love to get into World Class due to his "A" popularity in Texas, turned down New Japan, citing loyalty to Mid-South. It looks like the rest of the wrestling world will have to wait for either Bill Watts to die or retire, Dibiase and Watts to have a falling out, or Mid-South going under before Dibiase will consider working for anyone else.

-Scott Casey is being hyped on the dirt sheets as a future star. He'll have to wait his turn to get a push with us though.

-I've signed George "The Animal" Steel to an "Occasional Wrestler" role - he'll replace Waldo Von Erich in Destruction, Inc. He's way pricer than I'd like - at $2,050/show, he's even more expensive than Bob Backlund. But he'll be one of our top 4 guys in midwest popularity, and he has B- or higher ratings in Charisma, Acting, Toughness, Basics, Looks, Intensity, and Menace - all of which are important stats for my Product type.

-Paul Orndorf signs with the WWF - he might have the most exposure of any North American wrestler, as he now works for 3 of the "Big 4" North American promotions (Georgia, WWF, and AWA).

-Magic Dragon has won the Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship, along with Masa Fuchi. This is his first championship of any kind.

molson

06-03-2007, 02:21 AM

WCCW: LABOR DAY STAR WARS
Saturday, Week 3, September 1983
Kansas City, MO; 2,770

-This will be our first big monthly event in the midwest. It seems like the perfect time to do it, with Bob Backlund in the main event, and needing only a 0.02% increase in midwest popularity to reach Cult Status. The will be a 2 1/2 hour event.

-Pre-Show Dark Match
-WWA Tag Team Championship Match
Steve Regal & Spike Huber defeat Barry Orton & Johnny Mantel in 5:48 when Regal pinned Orton. (D) Regal & Huber make their 4th defense of their titles.

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Mike Von Erich defeats Magic Dragon in 6:12 by submission. (C) The two showed great chemistry. After the match, Harry Frehley interviewed Mike about the win. (D)

-Six Man Tag Team Championship Match
Bobby Eaton, Koko B. Ware, and Ken Mantel defeated The Villanos & Super Kendo in 5:38 when Koko pinned Super Kendo. The winners make their 2nd defense of the titles. (C-) Eaton's performance stood out.

-Checkmate & Frank Dusek, who were observing the match from the entrance-way, gave a brief promo, saying they're looking for a tag team partner with whom to challenge for the six-man titles. (D)

-Adrian Adonis defeats Scott Casey in 9:02 by pinfall. (C). Before the match, Adonis cut a promo (C-). After the match, the Sheepherders hit the ring, and Scott Casey was the victim of yet another Destruction, Inc. post-match attack. (D)

-Gary Hart cuts a promo with Iceman Parsons and Chris Adams about their tag team match tonight against Dusek and Checkmate. Hart says that the two are ready to put their recent differences aside tonight and get a win. (D+) He puts over tonight's match as hugely important for Adams & Parsons.

-Checkmate & Frank Dusek give a pre-match interview where they claim the difference in tonight's match is that they, unlike Adams & Parsons, can get along and trust each other.

-Checkmate & Frank Dusek defeated Chris Adams & Iceman Parsons in 6:38 by DQ when Sunshine interfered on behalf of Parsons (after Parsons had been subject to illegal double-team by Dusek & Checkmate). (C). After the match, an enraged Gary Hart enters the ring and starts yelling at Sunshine for costing his team the win, before shoving her to the the ground. Iceman goes to check on her, and then starts yelling at Hart. Just as he grabs Hart by the shirt, Parsons is superkicked by Adams. Adams & Hart leave together. (D+)

-Manny Fernandez comes out to hype his upcoming Texas Death Match with the Great Kabuki (C-)

-Texas Death Match
-The Great Kabuki defeats Manny Fernandez in 18:25 when Manny couldn't answer the 10-count following a power bomb through a table. (B-) The match featured interference by both Brian Adias (on behalf of Manny), and Gary Hart, before both were sent back to the dressing room by the referee. After the match, the rest of Hart Limited, (King Kong Bundy and Magic Dragon), hit the ring and continue the attack on Manny for several minutes, before a chair-wielding Brian Adias runs back out and makes the save. (D-) When Manny comes to, he and Adias have a brief heated argument in the ring - it is not clear what the argument is about. (D-)

-Kerry & Kevin Von Erich hype their upcoming tag team title shot against Buddy Roberts & Michael Hayes. Kevin is especially focussed on Roberts, after his loss to him on TV last week. (C)

-WCCW American Tag Team Championship Match
Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts defeat Kevin & Kerry Von Erich in 11:37 when Roberts pinned Kevin after outside interference from Jimmy Garvin. (C+). Hayes and Roberts make their 2nd defense of the tag team titles. After the match, Hayes & Roberts celebrate and cut a promo, saying that along with Garvin's "domination" of Fritz, the Freebirds are making the Von Erichs irrelevant. (C+)

-Bob Backlund hypes his upcoming title match with David Von Erich (C+) David Von Erich also gives a hype promo (B).

-WCCW American Heavyweight Title Match.
David Von Erich defeated Bob Backlund in 36:32 by DQ when Michael Hayes ran in and attacked David after David had applied the Iron Claw to Backlund. (B-). David makes his 4th defense of his title. Backlund seemed off his game, and the match "dragged during the middle". After the match, Backlund and Hayes attacked David. (C). Backlund then went to the ringside table, stole David's American & Texas Heavyweight Title Belts, and went back towards the dressing room. (B).

Overall Rating: C

THOUGHTS;

-I'm puzzled by the C rating - our last 3 matches all did better than that, and totaled over an hour of actual wrestling time. Almost all of the segments surrounding those 3 matches also scored better than a C. Still, it's enough to get the job done, as midwest popularity increases from 52.9% to 53.3%. Since we're now over 53.0% in two regions, WCCW has become the 5th North American Promotion to reach Cult Status, joining the WWF, AWA, Georgia, and Mid-Atlantic. This is big for a us for a number of reasons: We should be able to get a tv network which a broader reach before long, we're now in the race to become the first "national" promotion (which gives one the chance to sign exclusive, written contracts), we'll be able to run PPVs starting in 1985, we get a prestige boost - star wrestlers will be more likely to want to work for us and more likely to consider us their priority company. The immediate goal now is to give ourselves a little bit of a cushion above Regional Status, so we don't slip right back down.

-A good main event between Backlund and David, rated just slightly lower than their TV match last week in Texas. Hayes has now interjected himself into the feud (one possible Angle involves the fact that both Backlund and Hayes work for the WWF) This should all lead to some highly rated main event angles and segments.

-Hayes/Roberts v. Kerry/Kevin did their second straight C+ effort - both matches were in the midwest. Perhaps this is the matchup to break the B- tag team match barrier, if I run the match again in Texas.

-Kabuki's big push continues. He and Manny have now wrestled 6 times 1-on-1. Manny won the first 3 matches, and Kubuki has won the last 3. This was the second in the series to reach B-, though they weren't able to match their "B" rated Steel Cage match at June Star Wars.

-The Adams heel turn is complete, after a pretty good tag team match. If Iceman/Adams can deliver a few C+ matches, it's a good sign for both guys.

molson

06-03-2007, 02:46 AM

NEWS

-After the jump to Cult Status, we are now the #3 most prestigious company in North America, and #4 in the world - trailing only the WWF, Mid-Atlantic, and All-Japan. We've jumped ahead of AWA, Georgia, and New Japan, which means wrestlers now consider us a priority over everyone outside of the world's "big 3". We'll wait a couple of more shows to where we're safe from falling back down, and then it's time for some big-time talent raids and talent purges. We'll also increase the length of our weekly house show from 90 minutes to 2 hours, and start aggressively looking for a better TV network once they start accepting negotiations in about a month.

-Before the big push towards new talent, I request negotiations with Brad Rheingans, who has recently left the AWA. He'd be a great sidekick for Bob Backlund, which could eventually lead to a new heel stable of amateur-wrestling types (maybe Backlund, Rheingans, Ken Patera, even the Iron Shiek).

-I also request negotiations with Dick Murdoch, who has rejected me multiple times in the past. He'd be the #1 talent in the company if I could bring him in, and he's also known all over the world, which would make him a valuable addition to a national TV show, should I be able to get one.

-I also request negotiations with the WWF Champion, The Junkyard Dog, who has A+ popularity in Texas. (Even David Von Erich is only at B-, so JYD's popularity is somewhat surprising).

-And then, after I take a look at who may potentially be available, I figure "what the hell" and request negotiations with more of the big stars of the day who have particular popularity in either Texas or the midwest, just to get a sense of the asking price of the biggest stars. There's no way I could afford more than maybe a couple of these guys, but along with JYD and Dick Murdoch, I request negotiations with Bruiser Brody, Stan Hansen, Terry Funk, Mil Mascaras, Harley Race, Dusty Rhodes, Iron Mike Sharp (who actually has B+ popularity in Texas), and Hulk Hogan. Will Hulkamania run wild in Dallas?

-Our TV Show gets another 0.74 rating, the same as last week.

-By the way, the next big goal in terms of company status is "National", which requires 71.1% popularity in 8 of the 10 U.S. regions, and at least 30% in the other two. So that's a long way away, and requires national TV and some huge stars.

PilotMan

06-03-2007, 10:30 AM

Congrats!

rjolley

06-03-2007, 11:44 AM

Congrats on making it to Cult status. Still following along and enjoying the dynasty.

Wolfpack

06-03-2007, 01:54 PM

Well done! I'm not a big fan of wrestling, but I've definitely enjoyed how you've developed this world as it's taken on a life of its own.

SnDvls

06-03-2007, 02:47 PM

congrats on reaching cult status...I'm still following along even while doing my own dynasty.

molson

06-03-2007, 08:03 PM

THE STARS OF WORLD CLASS ON TOUR
Monday, Week 4, September 1983
Arlington, TX. 1,000. SOLD OUT

-Having reached Cult Status, I'll be running less weekly house shows in the midwest. Those shows are generally money-losers, and midwest popularity can continue to grow, albeit more slowly, with the TV show. Running more shows in Texas, at least until I get a national TV deal, will allow me to pad the bank account a little more before the drive to National status really kicks in.

-I've also targeted the Southeast as our next expansion target, based on our wrestlers' relative popularity there, and the fact they've already had some "spillover" effect from our popularity in TX. So we'll be running there at least periodically.

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Bobby Eaton, Koko B. Ware, and Mike Von Erich defeat The Villanos & Super Kendo in in 4:37 when Mike made Villano V submit. (C-) After the match Gory Guerrero chewed out his team after yet another loss. He says that since Villanos IV and V have been unable to get the job done, he has brought their older brother to WCCW as his newest client - Villano III. Villanos III comes to the ring, and Villanos IV and V seem somewhat irritated to see him. (D)

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Villano III defeated Scott Casey in 6:31 by pinfall. (C+). The two showed good chemistry. Casey seemed off his game.

-Adrian Adonis defeated Brian Adias in 6:02 by pinfall. (D+).

-Whipper Billy Watson comes to the ring and announces that a result of Jimmy Garvin's DQ loss to Fritz Von Erich on TV last week, Fritz is still the #1 Contender to the TV title. To avoid future interference in the title rematch in two weeks, the match will take place inside a steel cage. (B-). Fritz comes to the ring and thanks Watson for the opportunity. He then says that he doesn't intend to chase Garvin for the TV title indefinitely - he considers the Steel Cage match his last shot. After that match, says Fritz, he'll be hanging up the boots once again. (B-)

-WWA Heavyweight Championship Match
Steve Regal defeats Ken Mantel in 7:44 by pinfall to make his 5th defense of his title. The match featured interference by Spike Huber. After the match, Huber and Regal cut a promo, stating that all it took was "countless" title defenses and a Battle Royal victory, but Regal is finally off the pre-show onto the main show. (D)

-Kevin & Kerry Von Erich defeat Checkmate & Frank Dusek in 7:44 when Kerry pinned Checkmate. (D+) Kevin's performance stood out. After the match, Kevin cut a promo, saying he's tired of watching Buddy Roberts bragging the last few weeks about beating Kevin 1-on-1. He says he won't make excuses for the loss, but challenges Roberts to a rematch. (C+)

-Manny Fernandez & The Great Kabuki drew to a Double Countout in 11:42 after the battle spilled out of the ring. (B)

-Chris Adams comes out the ring with Gary Hart. Adams says after the attack on Iceman Parsons at Labor Day Star Wars, he has an apology to make. He then apologies to Gary Hart for waiting so long to rid himself of the no-talent Parsons and the "loose" Sunshine. He says the fans have only seen the beginning of the "new" Chris Adams. (C+)

-Bob Backlund hypes his upcoming title match with David Von Erich. He is wearing both title belts that he physically stole from David after their match at Labor Day Star Wars, and refers to the match as a "title defense" for him (C+) David Von Erich then gives a hype promo, telling the fans that he did not lose the belts at Labor Day Star Wars, Backlund simply took then from the ringside table and now appears delusional about being the champion. He says he'll retain the titles tonight, and then he'll get his belts back. (B-)

-WCCW American & Texas Heavyweight Championship Match
Bob Backlund defeated David Von Erich in 17:32 by DQ. David is still the champion (B-). The match featured interference from Jimmy Garvin, who had tried to hit David with a pair of brass knuckles. David repelled the attack, struck Garvin, then struck Backlund to get DQd.

-After the match, Michael Hayes runs to the ring and attacks a tired David, but David holds his own. As the two fight in the ring, Backlund sneaks down to the ringside table, and once again steals both title belts, before returning to the dressing room. (B-).

Overall Show Rating: B-

THOUGHTS

-An awesome show, our first to reach B- since Cage Clash about a month ago. Texas popularity holds stead at 66.8%. So it would appear that we'll need "B" rated shows to actually increase our popularity in Texas.

-Bob Backlund is slowly morphing into "crazy Bob Backlund". This was his 3rd match with David - all have reached at least B-. However, these long matches, and his WWF commitments are starting to take their toll. He is again exhausted after the show, and is becoming a definite injury risk.

-Manny & Kabuki had a great brawl, and it was the 2nd of their 8-match series to reach a "B" rating. They'll keep facing either other in various brutal gimmick matches for the next couple of weeks.

-Chris Adams' first heel promo went well - a C+ is all I ask for him while he's in the midcard. All the midcard and lower guys have to be worried about their jobs with the rise to Cult Status and the possibility of new workers coming in, so it was important for Adams to get off to a good start.

-The Von Erich v. Checkmate/Dusek match was really bad - Checkmate/Dusek have wrestled better matches with Manny/Adias, Parsons/Adams, Kevin/Mike, Eaton/Ware, even the Mantel Brothers. So I don't know what happened here. But Kevin and Kerry are both at a crossroads in their career - with new big-name talent potentially coming in, they both need to impress to keep their borderline main eventer spots.

-I certainly don't expect the "jelous Villano brothers" angle to change the face of wrestling or anything, but Villano III can definitely go - a nice debut for him with a C+ match with Casey.

molson

06-03-2007, 08:13 PM

NEWS

-Kevin and Kerry both arrive late to the last show. I don't think it's the first time for Kevin. Both get fined. Kevin expresses anger at the fining. Hopefully he's not about to become a bigger problem.

-Our road agent and backup referee, Bronco Lubbich, is entering the final 30 days of his contract. I'd like to get as much mileage out of his $1,500/month written contract as I can, so I'll take a risk and wait until closer to the end of the month to begin negotiations with him.

-All-Star Wrestling, the smaller of the two UK promotions, has increased in size from Small to Regional. With Joint Promotions (the UK's Cult-Sized company) is serious financial difficulty, All-Star Wrestling could be positioning itself to benefit. There is now only one "Small" sized promotion in the world - Angelo Poffo's ICW, which has apparently straightened out it's financial situation, at least temporarily.

molson

06-03-2007, 09:40 PM

WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING (TV Taping)
Tuesday, Week 4, September 1983
Dallas, TX: 5,000 SOLD OUT

-This is a very important show - if it sucks, we're right back down to Regional Status. If it delivers, then we start building ourselves a little cushion.

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Villano III drew with Ken Mantel when the 10:00 time limit expired. (B)

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Frank Dusek defeated Barry Orton in 6:20 by pinfall. (D)

-As the show opens, Bill Mercer denounces Chris Adams for his attack on Iceman Parsons at Labor Day Star Wars, and for Adams' subsequent comments about Adams and Sunshine at last night's show in Arlington. (C-) Video is then played highlighting the Adams/Hart/Parsons relationship to this point - Adams hiring Hart, Parsons voicing his suspicions, Adams' superkick to the Super Destroyer, Adams angrily defending Hart, and finally - Gary Hart shoving Sunshine to the ground at Star Wars, Iceman standing up to Hart, and then Adams superkicking Parsons. (C)

-Chris Adams defeated Mike Von Erich in 6:39 by pinfall. (C). The two showed great chemistry, though Adams and Hart seem to have zero chemistry from a manager/client standpoint. Mike was tiring towards the end of the match. The match would have been better if not for poor selling and bad psychology (I had instructed the two to "call the match in the ring", which Mike may be too young for).

-Brian Adias and his mentor, Manny Fernandez, are in the ring to prepare for their scheduled "friendly exhibition". The announcers state that Manny has been working with Adias on his mat-based attack, and the announcers expect that to be featured here. As Manny turns around to take off his ring jacket, he is suddenly attacked from behind by Brian Adias, who chokes Manny with the jacket. Adias then pulls a some type of foreign object from his trunks, and he repeatedly hits Manny with it, busting him open. Adias then backs off, and yells at the timekeeper to ring the bell to start the scheduled "match". (D+)

-Brian Adias defeats a battered Manny Fernandez in 4:55 by pinfall. (C). Adias arrogantly toys with Manny, until Manny actually stages a brief comeback. However, he can't overcome Adias.

-Fritz Von Erich comes to the ring and hypes his steel cage TV title match Jimmy Garvin to take place in 2 weeks. He then announces, however, he doesn't have the NEXT shot at the TV title, but in fact, Garvin will defend the TV title tonight against Kevin. Fritz says he pushed for his son to get the next shot, and that no matter what happens, he'll face Garvin in a cage match in 2 weeks. (B)

-Jim Garvin comes out and calls Fritz "washed up". He says only in professional wrestling can he beat up an elderly man and get away with it. Fritz' career will end, Garvin says, in a pool of his own blood after being pinned by Jimmy Garvin. And tonight, claims Garvin, he'll make quick work of Kevin, just like his Freebird brother Buddy Roberts did two weeks ago. (B)

-WCCW TV Title Match
Jim Garvin drew with Kevin Von Erich when the 10:00 time limit expired. (B-) Garvin makes his 1st defense of his TV title. The two showed good chemistry, but the match suffered from a lack of selling.

-Bob Backlund (still wearing David's stolen championship belts), and Michael Hayes cut a promo hyping their main event tag team match with David and Kerry Von Erich. Backlund continues to refer to himself as "WCCW Champion", but the announcers point out that he has not beaten David for either title. Hayes is going along with Backlund's "delusion", but it not clear what the connection between the two men is. (B-)

-Bob Backlund & Michael Hayes defeat David & Kerry Von Erich in 11:31 when Backlund pinned David clean in the middle of the ring, a result which stunned the announcers (B). Jimmy Garvin was at ringside guarding "Backlund's Belts". After the match, Backlund is celebrating his victory, when David lays him out with a steel chair. David then recovers the stolen title belts from Backlund before leaving the ring. (B-)

Overall Rating: B-

THOUGHTS;

Another solid show. It's the first time we've run back-to-back B- or higher shows. Texas popularity holds steady at 66.8%, and we get a little bit of a cushion on our Cult Status, as midwest popularity increases from 53.3% to 53.5%. So it would take two crappy shows to bring us back down to Regional.

-The main event was our best-ever rated tag team match - it was surprising that it happened there since Hayes/Backlund have no tag team history. But it was an awesome match, and Backlund becomes only the second man to pin David in the 6 months of this dynasty (joining Terry Gordy).

-Kevin/Garvin was thrown in because I knew they had good chemistry, and I wanted a safe match in the middle of the card to guarantee an OK rating on this show. So we went with Fritz "stepping aside" and giving his son the first shot. Since we're still in the kayfabe era, I suppose that the outcome wasn't obvious.

-Adias' and Adams' heel turns have mirrored each other, and are now both complete. The turns also intersected each other at one point a few weeks back when Hart ordered both Adias and Adams to attack Parsons - Adias showed Hart some deference and started to do it before Adams refused. So they'd make a pretty logical tag team, though it won't be a full time deal.

-Unbelievable - Villano III and Ken Mantel wrestle a "B" rated match on the pre-show. Villano III has had a great start with us - and he's still almost completely unknown in the US. This was Ken Mantel's 48th match of the dynasty, and this was by far his best (he's never even reached B-)

molson

06-03-2007, 10:46 PM

NEWS

-I'm loving that there's 4 active TEW dynasties going on.

-Bob Backlund & Villano III are still exhausted. Backlund is certainly understandable, Villano III is a bit of a surprise until I realized he's wrestling up to 3 times a week for UWA in Mexico.

-This last week of September before the next shows at the beginning of the month could be very interesting, since I'll hear back from all the huge names that I requested negotiations with. So the news recap below is in chronological order, from Wednesday to the end of the last week of September.

-Brad Rheingans is first up, and I sign him for 9 months for $1,850/show, with a $1,100 monthly downside guarantee. Brad isn't the most charismatic guy in the world, but he'll come in as one of our top-4 popular guys in the midwest. He's also an excellent wrestler, and would make great complement to Backlund, either as an opponent or an ally.

-The High Flyers (Greg Gagne and Jim Brunzell) have won their 4th AWA tag team title, defeating Curt Hennig and Paul Orndorff, ending their one-month reign.

-Next up for negotiation is Iron Mike Sharpe. I figured he would be a huge upgrade for us in the lower midcard, since he has B+ popularity in Texas (from his run with Houston Championship Wrestling). But he wants $1,475/show, so I'll stick with the cheaper guys I've been developing for now, and save the money for main event talent.

-Paul Ordnorff has left both AWA and Georgia, to focus on the WWF. This is the kind of thing that will always be in the back of my mind with Backlund and Hayes, who could leave at any time. David Schultz also leaves AWA to focus on the WWF.

-Dick Murdock rejects me once again, still saying I'm not big enough. I guess he's just going to stay out of the business until someone goes national. Dusty Rhodes and Stan Hansen also reject me, citing loyalty to their current companies. (Mid-Atlantic and All Japan)

-But Harley Race is willing to talk. He wants $3,550/show. That's $1,500/show higher than my current highest paid guys, Bob Backlund and yet-to-debut George Steele. He also works for All Japan and Central States. But even with all of that, he brings a ton to the table - A+ ratings in Respect in Toughness. "A" in Basics, Saftey, and Stamina. Even more importantly, he's known around the world. I consider low-balling him and putting off negotiations for a day or two, to see if Hulk Hogan has any interest in us, but then decide instead to pull the trigger - unfortunately, Fritz has capped out our offer at $3,320/show, which isn't enough, even when I throw in a main event title guarantee. A couple more months of solid profit and Fritz will probably let it happen, but for now, no deal.

-Mil Mascaras is also willing to talk and he wants similar money - $3,250/show. I'm willing to pull the trigger here too, because of Mascaras' national popularity (as well as the chance to expand into Mexico), but Fritz caps my offer here to $3,041/show - again, just short.

-Terry Funk, Hulk Hogan, and JYD all reject me - they're all focusing on their current employment, and don't want to talk to anyone else.

-That leaves only Bruiser Brody. The catch with him is that he's a "Freelancer", and won't commit to more than 3-months. But, everything else works out - he wants a huge $3,200/show, with a $2,250 monthly downside guarantee. Perhaps because he has a strong friendship with Fritz and Kevin, my offer isn't capped, and Brody is onboard. He also works for Central States and All Japan, so he probably can't go every night, since he's pushing 40. But he's a national star, with his biggest popularity in Texas and the Midwest, so he's a great fit for us. He can play a face or a heel, and his ratings are the best on on our roster: A+ in Intensity, Toughness, Menace, "A" in Brawling, Star Quality, Charisma, B+ in Hardcore, Acting, Looks, Power, and Stiffness. So he'll be a main eventer-right away.

-Just a week after winning the Mid-Atlantic tag titles, Magic Dragon has now also won the Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (which is actually a lower-rated tile, the 3rd singles title in that promotion). I'm not sure what they see in him, but the more exposure the better.

-Our TV show gets a 0.78 rating, our highest rating. With networks accepting applications for new shows starting next month, our show is getting hot at the right time.

-Bruno Sammartino and Bucher Vachon have announced that they will be retiring in the next few months. Ray Stevens makes his retirement official.

-GLOW has ended their 6-month "touring season", and cut about 5 or 6 women, including Luna Vachon, Judy Martin, and Rhonda Singh. Now would be the perfect time for us to start a women's division, except Fritz doesn't believe in such things.

-6 Months of the Dynasty are Complete. Next up in the next few days will be a detailed recap, where I'll check out who's improving and who isn't, and probably make some roster shakeups. I had hoped we would be able to bring in a few more big names, but Bruiser Brody is a great start.

DeToxRox

06-03-2007, 10:58 PM

Gotta love Brody. Just don't let him go to Puerto Rico.

molson

06-03-2007, 11:09 PM

Gotta love Brody. Just don't let him go to Puerto Rico.

Well, David's been smart enough not to go to Japan, so hopefully that'll rub off. I was also thinking about bringing in Invader #1 to feud with Brody in a series of "Puerto Rican Street Fights".

BYU 14

06-04-2007, 12:38 AM

NEWS

-I'm loving that there's 4 active TEW dynasties going on.

Make that 5 with Danny's latest, I am reading them all and they are all good. These dynasties finally pushed me to get the game and start my own. Playing around with it now, then I will be starting an AWA revival dynasty with the 97 DB.......Thanks guys, one more thing I don't have enough time to do :)

molson

06-05-2007, 07:46 PM

WCCW - END OF SEPTEMBER, 1983 - SIX-MONTH REVIEW

POPULARITY

-Popularity in Texas 66.8% (Down from 67.1% last month)
-Popularity in Midwest 53.5% (Up from 51.3% last month)

Midwest Popularity has increased about 14% since the game started, giving me cult status, and a clear #2 region in the US from which to build. Texas popularity started at about 74% six months ago, and has dropped about 7% in six months. I'll be running fewer shows in the midwest going forward, and starting to target the southeast. Soon however, I'll hopefully have a national TV show that will allow me raise all regions at once. The next status upgrade will take a significant popularity increase in all regions.

FINANCES

Income (Last month in parenthesis):

Ticket Sales: 420,780 (439,780)
Sponsors: 76,220 (15,938)
Merchandise: 14,924 (4,290)

Expenses:

Worker Costs: 221,725 (201,325)
Show Costs: 93,500 (86,500)
Marketing: 25,000 (500)
Merchandise: 38,693 (3,768)
Production: 75,000 (35,800)
Misc: 134,156 (131,000)

Total Profit: $-76,150 ($1,115)
Cash in Bank: $999,958 (1,076,108)

-Some big changes in the balance sheet this month with the jump to Cult. Marketing, Merchandise, and and Productions costs go way up, as does revenue from Sponsors and Merchandise. I'll have to get through one full month as Cult before I read into these numbers too much - in the meantime, I don't know why I'm spending more than twice as much on merchandise as I'm taking in. They bigger issue is the "misc expenses" that come with the jump to cult - a pretty hefty $134k/month to start, after which it will taper down somewhat. Fortunately, I have the cash reserves to deal with that.

molson

06-05-2007, 08:01 PM

WCCW CHAMPIONS - End Of September, 1983

-Texas Heavyweight Champion - 91.5% Prestige (up from 90.9% last month)
Main Event Title
David Von Erich - 6 title defenses, 4-month reign

-American Heavyweight Champion - 73.9% Prestige (up from 71.0% last month)
Main Event Title
David Von Erich - 4 title defenses, 1-month reign

-Television Champion - 62.1% Prestige (up from 60.6% last month)
Midcard Title
Jimmy Garvin - 1 title defenses, 6-week reign

-American Tag Team Champions - 70.0% Prestige (same as last month)
Midcard Title
Buddy Roberts & Michael Hayes - 2 title defenses, 1-month reign

-Six-Man Tag Team Champions - 70.0% Prestige (Up from 69.5% last month)
Midcard Title
Koko B. Ware, Bobby Eaton, & Ken Mantel - 2 title defenses, 2-week reign

-WWA Heavyweight Championship - 70.0% Prestige
Midcard Title
Steve Regal - 5 title defenses, 7 week reign

-WWA Tag Team Championship - 63.0% Prestige
Midcard Title
Spike Huber & Steve Regal - 4 title defenses, 7 week reign

-The WWA belts are still kicking around after 2 months, they probably have at least another month to go as I continue to try to build Huber & Regals overness in our home regions.
-There's a good chance the TV title might end up vacant soon. I'm considering a tournament for the vacant title, the winner of which would then challenge David (or whomever holds the top two belts) for a big unification match to crown the first WCCW World Heavyweight Champion. Then I'd probably introduce a new Cruiserweight championship, and maybe re-activate the Texas Heavyweight Title as the midcard/upper midcard belt. Subject to change.

BYU 14

06-05-2007, 08:06 PM

Amazing you took a small hit in popularity in Texas, especially with the Von Erichs still on top. Enjoy reading the summaries!

molson

06-05-2007, 08:42 PM

WCCW STORYLINES - END OF SEPTEMBER, 1983

Storylines with participants, in order of current heat and date of origin:

1. Backlund/Hayes v. David; Based on Slater/Orton v. Flair, MACW 1983 (David, Backlund, Hayes; September)
2. Fritz' last run (Fritz/Garvin; August)
3. Kevin v. Buddy (Kevin/Roberts; August)
4. Destruction, Inc. Reign of Terror (Sheepherders, Adonis; June)
5. The Turning of Chris Adams (Adams, Parsons, Hart, Sunshine, Mercer, Mantel, Checkmate, Dusek; July)
6. Adias turns on Manny (Adias, Manny, Kabuki, Dragon, Lowrence, Mike; July)
7. Gory mentors Mexicans (Gory, Villanos, Super Kendo; July)
8. WWA Invasion (Huber, Regal; August)

-The notable guys without angles are Kerry, Brody, Rheingans, Villano III, George Steele, Bundy, Eaton, Ware.
-Manny/Adias is just about done - I'll spin those guys (along with Kabuki, Dragon, and Mike) into something else rather than run a Manny v. Adias feud. Adams/Parsons on the other hand, will continue with those guys feuding.
-Brody will either feud with Destruction, Inc. or The Great Kabuki. Kerry will probably have a program with whoever Brody doesn't.

WRESTLER CONFLICTS

-Bob Backlund (WWF; Sun, Thu, 3rd Fri)
-Bruiser Brody (AJPW; Fri, 4th Sat)
-Gary Hart (MACW; Wed, Fri, 4th Thu)
-Magic Dragon (MACW; Wed, Fri, 4th Thu)
-Michael Hayes (WWF; Sun, Thu, 3rd Fri)
-Steve Regal (AWA; Wed, Fri, 4th Tue)
-The Great Kabuki (MACW; Wed, Fri, 4th Thu)

I've learned from this month's list that company prestige isn't the only thing that matters when it comes to wrestlers' placing their priorities. Steve Regal considers AWA a priority over us, while Buddy Roberts no longer does. The way our current show schedule is setup, the only conflict this month is Steve Regal for the last TV taping in October.

WRESTLER COMPLAINTS

-Manny Fernandez is unhappy with how many losses he's taken.
-Waldo Von Erich is unhappy with how man losses he's taken
-Whipper Billy Watson is unhappy with how many shows he hasn't been used on.

molson

06-05-2007, 09:22 PM

ROSTER: END OF SEPTEMBER, 1983: SIX MONTH REVIEW

-This is a pretty in-depth review, to meet the purpose of checking on the progress of everyone after six months. The wrestlers are in order from top to bottom on the WCCW Totem Pole. The skill and popularity increases shown are since the start of the dynasty. From first look, it appears skills can always increase with age, but physical condition worsens with age and overuse, which effects performance.

-I realize this is over the top, but I want to take a little break from booking shows, so I'll take my time running through the the roster.

MAIN EVENTERS

1. David Von Erich
25 years old, $1,000/show, 6 months remaining
WCCW Record: 34-5-3.
Skill Increases:
1/3 Letter Grade: Puroresu, Aerial, Flashiness, Mat, Chain, Submissions, Toughness, Basics, Safety, Selling,
2/3 Letter Grade: Respect
Full Letter Grade: None
More than 1 Full Letter Grade: None
Tex Popularity: Decreased from B- to C+
Midwest Popularity: Increased from C- to C+
-Not the most talented guy on the roster, nor the most popular. But he's the most loyal, and the best current value at $1,000/show. Bob Backlund however, may turn out to be more than he can handle.

2. Bruiser Brody
37 years old, $3,200/show, 3 months remaining
Newly Acquired
-He's an upgrade over Terry Gordy, but due to a shortage of faces, he'll take on Destruction Inc. and try to elevate the Sheepherders and Adrian Adonis.

3. Bob Backlund
34 years old, $2,000/show, 17 months remaining
WCCW Record: 5-1-1.
Skill Increases:
1/3 Letter Grade: Brawling, Aerial, Charisma, Stamina, Psychology, Safety, Respect,
2/3 Letter Grade: None
Full Letter Grade: None
More than 1 Full Letter Grade: None
Tex Popularity: Increased from D+ to C (in two months with WCCW)
Midwest Popularity: Decreased from B- to C+ (in two months with WCCW)
-Our top heel, and we have him signed up for a LONG time. He'll get the post WWF-title run that he never got in real life.

4. Michael Hayes
23 Years Old, $1,500/show, 12 months remaining
WCCW Record: 8-15-4
Skill Increases:
1/3 Letter Grade: Hardcore, Flashiness, Toughness, Stamina, Psychology, Safety, Respect,
2/3 Letter Grade: Puroresu, Aerial, Mat, Chain, Basics,
Full Letter Grade: Submissions,
More than 1 Full Letter Grade: None
Tex Popularity: Increased from C+ to B-
Midwest Popularity: Stayed at C-
-The new leader of the Freebirds has increased one of his weakest areas, stamina.

5. Manny Fernandez
29 Years Old, $1,800/show, 4 months remaining
WCCW Record: 13-9-2
Skill Increases:
1/3 Letter Grade: Puroresu, Aerial, Chain, Microphone, Charisma, Basics, Psychology, Respect
2/3 Letter Grade: NONE
Full Letter Grade: NONE
More than 1 Full Letter Grade: NONE
Tex Popularity: Increased from C- to C
Midwest Popularity: Decreased from C to D+
-He's delivered, event while taking more than his share of losses and a full program with a lower midcarder (Adias). It's time to reward him.

6. The Great Kabuki
38 years old, $1,000/show, 1 month remaining
WCCW Record: 12-11-3.
Skill Increases:
1/3 Letter Grade: Brawling, Puroresu, Mat, Chain, Charisma, Basics, Consistency, Selling, Respect,
2/3 Letter Grade: Aerial, Flashiness,
Full Letter Grade: Microphone,
More than 1 Full Letter Grade: None
Tex Popularity: Increased from C- to C
Midwest Popularity: Increased from D- to C-
-He had the best all-around skill increases of all the main eventers. He even learned English during the next 6 moths. I'm looking forward to seeing how he does with Bruiser Brody.

molson

06-07-2007, 08:04 PM

UPPER MIDCARDERS

7. Kerry Von Erich
23 Years Old, $1,525/show, 3 1/2 months remaining
WCCW Record: 13-7-5
Skill Increases:
1/3 Letter Grade: Puro, Aerial, Flashiness, Microphone, Acting, Basics, Psychology, Safety, Consistency,
2/3 Letter Grade: Respect
Full Letter Grade: None
More than 1 Full Letter Grade: None
Tex Popularity: Remains C+
Midwest Popularity: Remains C+
-I've definitely under-utilized Kerry over the last 6 months. At the very least, I want to give him more matches and angles the rest of the year.

8. Kevin Von Erich
26 Years Old, $1,325/show, 6 months remaining
WCCW Record: 21-9-11
Skill Increases:
1/3 Letter Grade: Brawling, Puro, Mat, Chain, Microphone, Acting, Basics, Safety, Consistency, Selling, Respect,
2/3 Letter Grade: Hardcore, Charisma,
Full Letter Grade:None
More than 1 Full Letter Grade: None
Tex Popularity: Remains C
Midwest Popularity: Decreased from C- to D+
-Kevin's been a workhorse for me, but he's a clear step below Kerry in popularity and talent.

9. Adrian Adonis
29 Years Old, $1,325/show, 5 months remaining
WCCW Record: 14-5-0
Skill Increases:
1/3 Letter Grade: Brawling, Hardcore, Flashiness, Submissions, Microphone, Charisma, Acting, Consistency,
2/3 Letter Grade: Respect
Full Letter Grade:None
More than 1 Full Letter Grade: None
Tex Popularity: Remains C- (in 5 months with WCCW)
Midwest Popularity: Decreased from C to C-
-Adonis' push as cooled since his debut program against David but I don't blame him - he's been in an angle with the underperforming Sheepherders. He'll get some shots against Brody, and I still view him as a guy I can throw into the main event at any time.

10. Chris Adams
26 Years Old, $500/show, 6 months remaining.
WCCW Record: 24-9-1
Skill Increases:
1/3 Letter Grade: Hardcore, Flashiness, Charisma, Psychology, Consistency, Respect,
2/3 Letter Grade: Microphone,
Full Letter Grade:None
More than 1 Full Letter Grade: None
Tex Popularity: Increased from C- to C.
Midwest Popularity: Increased from D- to D.
-Chris Adams is going to be a huge experiment for us going forward - he's in line for a potential monster push. Neither his skills or popularity is quite at that level, but if he's wrestling high profile matches against high profile opponents, he'll be given a huge opportunity to improve. In the meantime, he's a HUGE bargain at $500/show. If he drops the ball, it will be an ugly crash back to earth.

11. Brad Rheingans
30 Years Old, $1,850/show, 9 months remaining
Newly Acquired
-I'm very much intrigued by this guy's wrestling ability, but his dull personality will keep him from ever being a good star. He's a pure babyface so that'll be his role, and I foresee our first 60 minute match between him and Backlund sometime down the road.

12. Buddy Jack Roberts
31 Years Old, $800/show, 3 months remaining
WCCW Record: 12-17-9
Skill Increases:
1/3 Letter Grade: Hardcore, Mat, Chain, Submission, Charisma, Acting, Psychology,
2/3 Letter Grade: Aerial, Flashiness, Puro, Respect
Full Letter Grade: Microphone
More than 1 Full Letter Grade: None
Tex Popularity: Increased from C to C+
Midwest Popularity: Remains C-
-I've used this guy a ton, and I'm happy to see his mic skills have jumped a whole letter grade. My booking team actually thinks he should be a main eventer, but I'd rather have younger guys in those spots. This big concern is that he could age rather quickly with his heavy workload.

molson

06-07-2007, 09:03 PM

MIDCARDERS

13. Jim Garvin
27 Years Old, $800/show, 6 months remaining
WCCW Record: 13-13-7
Skill Increases:
1/3 Letter Grade: Brawling, Puro, Hardcore, Basics, Psychology, Safety,
2/3 Letter Grade: Respect,
Full Letter Grade:None
More than 1 Full Letter Grade: None
Tex Popularity: Increased from C to C+
Midwest Popularity: Increased from D+ to C-
-Garvin's been bumped down a notch from Upper Midcarder, just because he doesn't quite measure up after the new talent signings. But as a new Freebird, and at the bargain price of $800/show, he'll see plenty of TV time. He's a guy I've counted on again and again to put on relative inexpensive but solid matches, week after week.

14. Steve Regal
32 Years Old, $1,20/show, 7 months remaining.
WCCW Record: 12-1-0.
Skill Increases:
1/3 Letter Grade: Puro, Hardcore, Mat, Chain, Microphone, Basics, Psychology, Safety, Consistency,
2/3 Letter Grade: Brawling, Selling
Full Letter Grade: Submissions,
More than 1 Full Letter Grade: Respect
Tex Popularity: Increased from D+ to C- (in 2 months with WCCW)
Midwest Popularity: Increased from D to D+ (in 2 months with WCCW)
-The WWA champ has found a niche in WCCW, he's better than I thought he'd be. I'd be surprised if anyone in the wrestling universe had a bigger workload than him the last six months - he's wrestled 82 matches.

15. Bobby Eaton
25 Years Old, $650/show, 7 months remaining
WCCW Record: 9-3-1
Skill Increases:
1/3 Letter Grade: Flashiness, Submissions, Acting, Psychology, Selling, Respect,
2/3 Letter Grade: Puro,
Full Letter Grade:None
More than 1 Full Letter Grade: None
Tex Popularity: Increased from E+ to D (in 3 months with WCCW)
Midwest Popularity: Increased from E+ to D (in 3 months with WCCW)
-I figured Eaton and Koko would hang around as low-level jobbers for a few years, but the both impressed right away, and have become better known in our key regions. And they're both pretty cheap. They'll be a part of our tag team scene for a while.

16. Koko B. Ware
29 Years Old, $550/show, 7 months remaining
WCCW Record: 8-4-1
Skill Increases:
1/3 Letter Grade: Puro, Chain, Submissions, Consistency, Respect,
2/3 Letter Grade: Mat
Full Letter Grade:None
More than 1 Full Letter Grade: None
Tex Popularity: Increased from E to D (in 3 months with WCCW)
Midwest Popularity: Increased from E- to D- (in 3 months with WCCW)
-See Bobby Eaton comments above. The big difference between the two is that Koko is already 29, and a little further along than Eaton.

17. Butch Miller
38 Years Old, $1,200/show, 5 months remaining.
WCCW Record: 8-6-0
Skill Increases:
1/3 Letter Grade: Aerial, Flashiness, Chain, Microphone, Basics
2/3 Letter Grade:Respect,
Full Letter Grade:None
More than 1 Full Letter Grade: None
Tex Popularity: Decreased from C- to D+ (in 4 months with WCCW)
Midwest Popularity: Increased from E to E+
-I'm almost tempted to dump Luke and push Butch as a midcard singles heel. The team just hasen't clicked with the WCCW audience.

18. Luke Williams
36 Years Old, $1,125/show, 5 months remaining
WCCW Record: 9-5-0
Skill Increases:
1/3 Letter Grade: Puro, Flashiness, Mat, Submissions, CHarisma, Basics, Physchology, Safety
2/3 Letter Grade: Microphone, Respect,
Full Letter Grade:None
More than 1 Full Letter Grade: None
Tex Popularity: Decreased from C- to D+ (in 4 months with WCCW)
Midwest Popularity: Increased from E to E+ (in 4 months with WCCW)
-The weak half of a disappointing team. They better hope Bruiser Brody likes them, because the'll be subject to a lot of his punishment over the next few months.

19. Iceman Parsons
26 Years Old, $500/show, 3 months remaining
WCCW Record: 11-12-3
Skill Increases:
1/3 Letter Grade: Puro, Mat, Submissoins, Acting, Basics, Psychology, Safety, Consistency, Selling
2/3 Letter Grade: Microphone, Respect,
Full Letter Grade:None
More than 1 Full Letter Grade: None
Tex Popularity: Remains C-
Midwest Popularity: Increased from E to D-
-The dirt sheets love the guy, but I see him as a clear step below Adams. My road agents actually think he should be a lower midcarder.

20. Villano III
31 Years Old, $1,325/show, 8 1/2 months remaining
Newly Acquired
-This guys' off to an amazing start with us - A "B" rated match with Ken Mantel, are you kidding me? And this is with regional popularity levels still at E and E- levels.

21. King Kong Bundy
25 Years old, $500/show, 12 months remaining
WCCW Record: 11-13-0
Skill Increases:
1/3 Letter Grade: Hardcore, Acting, Basics, Psychology, Safety, Consistency, Selling
2/3 Letter Grade: Puro, Aerial, Flashiness, Mat, Chain, Submissions, Microphone, Charisma,
Full Letter Grade:None
More than 1 Full Letter Grade: Respect
Tex Popularity: Increased from D+ to C
Midwest Popularity: Increased from E- to D-
-He's shown some impressive improvements in the last 6 months, but unfortunately, not in stamina. Until he can work more than 6 minutes without getting exhausted, he's just a glorified bodyguard.

22. Ken Mantel
34 Years Old, $1,000/MONTH (written), 4 months remaining
WCCW Record: 18-26-4
Skill Increases:
1/3 Letter Grade: Brawling, Aerial, Mat, Chain, Submissions, Microphone, Charisma, Basics, Consistency, Selling, Respect
2/3 Letter Grade: Flashiness,
Full Letter Grade: None
More than 1 Full Letter Grade: None
Tex Popularity: Increased from E+ to D+
Midwest Popularity: Increased from E to D
-Mantel's monthly contract has another 4 months (as does his usefulness as a midcarder). He's an incredible value at that amount.

molson

06-07-2007, 09:52 PM

LOWER MIDCARDERS

23. Scott Casey
26 Years Old, $1,025/show, 4 1/2 months remaining
WCCW Record: 7-8-4
Skill Increases:
1/3 Letter Grade: Aerial, Flashiness, Mat, Microphone, Charisma, Acting, Toughness, Basics, Psychology, Selling, Star Quality,
2/3 Letter Grade: None
Full Letter Grade: Respect
More than 1 Full Letter Grade: None
Tex Popularity: Decreased from C to D+
Midwest Popularity: Increased from E+ to D
-He got off to a bad start with us with that fairly high profile feud with Garvin that didn't click. Now, there's a ton of guys more talented than him on the roster, and I don't see him moving back up.

24. Brian Adias
25 Years Old, $100/show, 3 months remaining
WCCW Record: 16-21-2
Skill Increases:
1/3 Letter Grade: Brawling, Puro, Hardcore, Flashiness, Mat, Chain, Acting, Basics, Psychology, Safety, Selling, Star Quality
2/3 Letter Grade: Submissions, Charisma,
Full Letter Grade: Microphone,
More than 1 Full Letter Grade: Respect
Tex Popularity: Increased from E+ to D
Midwest Popularity: Increased from E- to E+
-This guy got the biggest push beyond his skill level of anyone in the last 6 months. His skill and popularity increases are noticeable, yet hardly extraordinary. There's no super push in the cards for him, but he'll get a chance to improve.

25. Magic Dragon
27 years old, $650/show, 5 1/2 months remaining
WCCW Record: 7-15-2
Skill Increases:
1/3 Letter Grade: Brawling, Aerial, Submissions, Basics, Safety, Selling
2/3 Letter Grade: Flashiness, Charisma, Psychology
Full Letter Grade: Microphone, Respect
More than 1 Full Letter Grade: None
Tex Popularity: Decreased from D to D-
Midwest Popularity: Increased from E+ to D-
-Mid Atlantic loves this guy, and New Japan is pushing him as a midcarder. So he's very slowly developing a worldwide recognition. Therefore, he'll be a part of WCCW's national expansion.

26. Mike Von Erich
19 Years Old, $500/show, 3 1/2 months remaining
WCCW Record: 14-24-5
Skill Increases:
1/3 Letter Grade: Brawling, Hardcore, Ariel, Flashiness, Mat, Submissions, Charisma, Basics, Consistency, Star Quality
2/3 Letter Grade: Puro, Chain, Acting, Psychology, Safety, Selling
Full Letter Grade: Respect,
More than 1 Full Letter Grade: Microphone,
Tex Popularity: Decreased from D+ to D
Midwest Popularity: Increased from D- to D
-All around, Mike might be our most improved in the first 6 months. The guy's not even 20 yet. If this dynasty goes on forever, building Mike into a main eventer would be a pretty cool accomplishment.

26. Frank Dusek
36 Years Old, $400/show, 3 months remaining
WCCW Record: 9-18-6
Skill Increases:
1/3 Letter Grade: Puro, Hardcore, Aerial, Submissions, Microphone, Charisma
2/3 Letter Grade: Flashiness,
Full Letter Grade:None
More than 1 Full Letter Grade: None
Tex Popularity: Increased from E+ to D
Midwest Popularity: Increased from E- to D+
-Frank has clicked with the midwest fans for some reason, that's a pretty big popularity jump. He's fine as a lower midcard heel. He may even get a babyface run before we phase him out.

27. Spike Huber
27 Years Old, $900/show, 7 months remaining
WCCW Record: 5-1-0
Skill Increases:
1/3 Letter Grade: Brawling, Puro, Hardcore, Aerial, Flashiness, Mat, Submissions, Microphone, Charisma, Stamina, Basics, Safety, Consistency, Selling
2/3 Letter Grade: Chain
Full Letter Grade: None
More than 1 Full Letter Grade: Respect
Tex Popularity: Remains E+ (in two months with WCCW)
Midwest Popularity: Increases from D to D+ (in two months with WCCW)
-Unlike Regal, Huber's probably on borrowed time - he's lucky that we have heel tag team champs, otherwise, the tag belts would probably already be unified. He does show impressive improvement in the last 6 months, however.

molson

06-07-2007, 10:40 PM

OPENERS

28. Super Kendo
27 Years Old, $150/show, 5 months remaining
WCCW Record: 0-19-0
Skill Increases:
1/3 Letter Grade: Brawling, Puro, Hardcore, Submissions, Stamina,
2/3 Letter Grade: None
Full Letter Grade: Respect,
More than 1 Full Letter Grade: None
Tex Popularity: Increased from F- to F+
Midwest Popularity: Increased from F- to E-
-There was a time I was pretty high on this guy (i.e.after his B- match with David). But now, I see him as just a jobber. And a jobber who hasn't improved much in the last 6 months.

29. Villano V
21 years old, $550/show, 5 months remaining
WCCW Record: 0-23-0
Skill Increases:
1/3 Letter Grade: Puro, Aerial, Flashiness, Chain, Submissoins, Microphone, Stamina, Psychology, Safety, Consistency, Selling, Respect, Star Quality.
2/3 Letter Grade: Brawling, Basics, Selling, Respect, Star Quality,
Full Letter Grade:None
More than 1 Full Letter Grade: None
Tex Popularity: Increased from E- to D-
Midwest Popularity: Increased from E- to D-
-The "other" Villanos take a big step down with my signing of Villano III, but as far as jobbers go, Villano V isn't bad - and he has showed solid improvement since he's been with us.

30. Villano IV
18 Years Old, $500/month, 5 months remaining
WCCW record: 0-24-0
Skill Increases:
1/3 Letter Grade: Puro, Hardcore, Flashiness, Mat, Chain, Basics, Psychology, Safety, Consistency, Selling, Respect, Looks, Star Quality
2/3 Letter Grade: Brawling, Submissions,
Full Letter Grade:None
More than 1 Full Letter Grade: None
Tex Popularity: Increases from F- to E-
Midwest Popularity: Increases from F- to E.
-I didn't realize until now that this guy was only 18, making him our youngest worker. He's shown good improvement over the last 6 months, but he's no Villano III.

31. Barry Orton
25 Years Old, $125/show, 4 months remaining
WCCW Record: 3-22-0
Skill Increases:
1/3 Letter Grade: Brawling, Puro, Hardcore, Aerial, Flashiness, Mat, Chain, Submissions, Microphone, Charisma, Basics, Psychology, Safety, Consistency, Selling,
2/3 Letter Grade: NONE
Full Letter Grade: Respect
More than 1 Full Letter Grade: None
Tex Popularity: Increased from E- to E+
Midwest Popularity: Increased from F+ to E
-Barry's no Bob Orton (or Randy Orton), but he did show good improvement in his 6 months with us. He'll stick around until the end of his contract, but that's probably it.

molson

06-07-2007, 10:45 PM

ENHANCEMENT TALENT

32. Johnny Mantel
26 Years Old, $100/show, 54 Days remaining
WCCW Record: 6-27-1
Skill Increases:
1/3 Letter Grade: Brawling, Hardcore, Puro, Flashiness, Mat, Chain, Charisma, Toughness, Basics, Psychology, Consistency,
2/3 Letter Grade: Microphone,
Full Letter Grade: Respect
More than 1 Full Letter Grade: None
Tex Popularity: Increased from F+ to E
Midwest Popularity: Increased from F+ to E+
-The Pride of Montague County.

molson

06-07-2007, 11:17 PM

OCCASIONAL WRESTLERS (NOT RANKED)

Waldo Von Erich
49 Years Old, $975/show, 4 1/2 months remaining
WCCW Record: 2-5-0
-Soon to be let go. No stat review here because Waldo's old news. If he survives until the end of his contract, it'll just be doing jobs. He still has decent national popularity, so we'll probably keep him on for a little while after we (hopefully) get a national TV deal.

George Steele
46 Years Old, $2,050/show, 8 1/2 months remaining
-Recently acquired, yet to debut. He'll take Waldo's place in Destruction Inc. - though I didn't realize he was only 3 years younger than Waldo. He's a little pricey for what he can deliver at this point in his career - but he's pretty well known in the midwest, and he'll give us a few fresh matchups (i.e George Steele v. Bruiser Brody), until we cut him lose

Checkmate
31 Years Old, $350/show, 3 months remaining
WCCW Record: 9-19-3
Skill Increases:
1/3 Letter Grade: Brawling, Hardcore, Aerial, Acting, Psychology,
2/3 Letter Grade: Microphone, Charisma, Respect
Full Letter Grade: None
More than 1 Full Letter Grade: None
Tex Popularity: Decreased from D to D-
Midwest Popularity: Increased from E to D
-Checkmate's managed to stick around because of his skills, and the hope that he's helping out the younger guys.

molson

06-07-2007, 11:26 PM

OTHERS

Skandor Akbar, Manager, $600/show, 39 Days remaining
Gory Guerrero, Manager, $1,875/show, 6 months remaining
Precious, Manager, $1,250/show, 7 months remaining
Sunshine, Manager, $900/show, 6 months remaining
Gary Hart, Manager, $600/show, 3 months remaining
Bill Mercer, Announcer, $1,100/show, 8 months remaining
Harry Frehley, Color Commentator, $150/show, 4 months remaining
Marc Lowrance, Color Commentator, $900/show, 3 months remaining
Whipper Billy Watson, Authority Figure $1,650/show, 5 months remaining
David Manning, Referee, $3,000/month (WRITTEN), 18 months remaining
Bronco Lubich, Road Agent, $1,500/month (WRITTEN), 22 days remaining
Fritz Von Erich, Personality, $7,000/month (LIFETIME)

DaddyTorgo

06-08-2007, 03:25 PM

molson. looks like you're paying Gory pretty well. make sure you get something out of him.

molson

06-08-2007, 07:34 PM

molson. looks like you're paying Gory pretty well. make sure you get something out of him.

He's definitly overpaid, but I do think he's helping out the Mexican wrestlers he managers with their match ratings. I was also hoping that having him on the roster would make it more likely I could sign away Chavo, Mondo and Hector, but that hasn't happened yet (and I have no idea even if in-game relationships effect decisions like that).

molson

06-08-2007, 09:35 PM

THE STARS OF WORLD CLASS ON TOUR
Monday, Week 1, October 1983
Austin, TX. 2,000. SOLD OUT

Pre-Show Segment
-Gory Guerrero is in the ring with his stable of Mexican wrestlers: The Villanos (III, IV, and V), and Super Kendo. Gory says as much as the losing streak of Villanos IV, V, and Super Kendo has disappointed him, the performance of Villano III has made up for it. He orders the younger 3 members of his stable to study Villano III, so that some day they might actually win a match and temper the disappointment they've caused. (D)

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Villano III drew with Bobby Eaton in 12:48 by Double Countout after Villano took out Eaton (and himself) with a moonsault to the outside (B)

-Brian Adias defeated Scott Casey 6:50 by pinfall. (C). After the match, Bill Mercer interviewed Adias, asking him why he attacked his mentor, Manny Fernandez, on the tv show last week. Adias completely ignores the question, and instead recaps his match with Casey. (D+)

-The Sheepherders & Adrian Adonis defeat Mike Von Erich, Barry Orton, and Johnny Mantel in 4:51 when Adonis made Mantel submit. (C-). After the match, Destruction Inc. (joined by Waldo Von Erich), dished out yet another post-match beatdown, focusing on Mike after the others were tossed from the ring. Before long, however, the six-man tag team champions (Koko, Eaton, and Ken Mantel), run to the ring at make the save, driving off Destruction Inc. (D+)

-Ware, Eaton, and Mantel than cut a promo in the ring, saying they're tired of seeing Destruction Inc. attack people week after week, month after month. They said they decided they had to do something, since after all, they're the only team to have had success against Destruction Inc., beating them twice int he ring last month. They said they'll be watching Destruction Inc, and can't wait to face them in the ring again. (D+).

-Brad Rheingans defeated Magic Dragon in 10:16 by pinfall, making his WCCW debut (C). The two showed good chemistry.

-Jim Garvin hypes his TV title in a brief promo, and puts over his steel cage title match with Fritz scheduled to take place next week. (C+)

-Jim Garvin drew with Iceman Parsons in 10:00 when the time limit expired. (C-). The two showed poor chemistry. After the match, Parsons grabbed a mic and spoke for the first time since Adams turned on him, with Sunshine by his side. He says he should have seen that superkick coming, and that Gary Hart is a cancer. He challenges Adams to a match. (C+)

-David, Kerry, and Kevin hype their upcoming 6-man tag match with Buddy Roberts, Michael Hayes, and Bob Backlund. David is not wearing his title belts - he says that after he recovered them from Backlund at the TV show last week, they went missing yet again tonight. David calls Backlund a great wrestler and a top contender to any title in WCCW, but that's also turning into a lunatic. Kevin then brings up the challenge he made last week to Buddy Roberts for a 1-on-1 match, and says that he hasn't gotten any response (B-)

-Buddy Roberts, Michael Hayes, and Bob Backlund then come out to hype tonight's main event. Roberts says that the reason he hasn't responded to Kevin's challenge is that the answer his no - he beat Kevin 1-on-1 on TV, feels he has nothing left to prove to anyone. (C+). Bob Backlund was wearing David's championship belts, and he began ranting, still calling himself the "WCCW Champion". Michael Hayes was still vague about why the Freebirds have aligned themselves with Bob Backlund. (C-)

-Bob Backlund, Michael Hayes, and Buddy Roberts defeat David, Kerry, and Kevin Von Erich when Backlund made David submit in the middle of the ring. (B-) Buddy Roberts was off his game. After the match, Backlund grabbed both of David's title belts, and celebrated in the ring with them, as if he had retained the titles. (C+) After a few minutes, David attacks Backlund, and retrieves his belts for a second time. (C+)

Overall Rating: C-

-Our worst rating in about 5 weeks, partly due to the fact that made some last minute changes and didn't deliver an advertised Mike v. Garvin match. Buddy Roberts was also used too much. Texas popularity drops from 66.85 to 66.5%

-Backlund's big push continues - he defeats David clean in the middle of the ring for the second straight show. His momentum rating is #1 in the company. David will defend against Backlund at our end of month Texas Rumble event (which will also feature a "Royal Rumble" style match).

-Garvin and Iceman are two classic WCCW guys who I'd like to feature prominently - but what a crappy match the two had.

-Adias' debut match as a heel was OK. I'll be happy with "C" rated matches at the bottom of the card from him, he's a bargain in that role.

-Villano III continues to amaze - he delivers another "B" rated match on the pre-show, this time with Bobby Eaton. All this with E+ popularity in Texas. He's in line for a mega-push (but I might need to change the name).

molson

06-08-2007, 09:50 PM

NEWS

-Bob Backlund, Adrian Adonis, and Villano III are all exhausted. This will continue to be an issue with those 3, due to their increased workload.

-I've officially "declared war" on 3 other promotions, who will join Southwest Championship Wrestling in companies I'll to pick off talent with. (Anyone you sign from a promotion you're at war with will leave the other company). First is Angelo Poffo's ICW - they're close to the bring of bankruptcy as is, I'll try to accelerate that process by picking off some of their big stars (the ultimate goal there is still to put ICW out of business so we can make a run at Randy Savage). The others are Southeast Championship Wrestling and CWA. They were chosen basically because I don't have a working agreement with them, and they both have guys who will have popularity in the southeast, the next region I'm trying to break into. As I freshen up the roster over the next few weeks, I'll look first towards those 4 companies for talent.

-On the other end of the promotion relation department, I reached out to WWF, AWA, and Georgia in an attempt to resolve our hostilities, and perhaps eventually work out working agreements. All 3 reject me.

molson

06-08-2007, 10:45 PM

WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING (TV Taping)
Tuesday, Week 1, October 1983
Dallas, TX: 5,000 SOLD OUT

-Pre-Show Dark Match
-Lucha Libre Rules (2 out of 3 falls)
Villano III drew with Koko B. Ware after the 10:00 time limit expired. Both men had earned one fall. (B+)

-Pre-Show Darm Match
Brad Rheingans defeated Checkmate in 4:45 by submission. Rheingans dominated the match. (C+). The two showed good chemistry, but the match lacked psychology.

-The show opens with a lengthy highlight video recapping the career and recent comeback of the #1 contender to the TV Title, Fritz Von Erich. The video also hyped next week's scheduled TV Title Steel Cage Match (B+)

-Fritz Von Erich defeated Buddy Jack Roberts by DQ in 4:53 after Jimmy Garvin interferred, attacking Fritz. Fritz was able to hold his own against the two Freebirds until the referee and road agent broke the skirmish up. Afterwards however, Fritz is favoring his right knee - he appears to be injured. (C+)

-A video recaps the Manny/Adias relationship and subsequent fallout. Adias' violent progression towards the heel turn is highlighted (C) Marc Lowrence then interviews Brian Adias, asking him to explain his actions. Adias says only that he sensed Manny was getting jelous of him, and it was time to strike out on his own (C-)

-George Steele defeats Johnny Mantel in 4:27 by submission, making his WCCW debut. Skandor Akbar was at ringside supporting Steele (D+).

-Chris Adams defeated Scott Casey in 7:35 by pinfall. (D). After the match, Gary Hart grabs a mic and acknowledges the challenge made by Parsons last night for a match with Adams. Hart quickly accepts the challenge on Adams' behalf. (C)

-A video is played highlighting the recent events between Bob Backlund, David Von Erich, and Michael Hayes (The Labor Day Star Wars match when Hayes interferred, Backlund defeating David cleanly twice in tag team matches, the title belts being stolen back and forth between Backlund & David). (B-)

-Bob Backlund comes out wearing a new championship belt, which looks startingly like the WWF Heavyweight Championship Belt. He complains about David stealing "his belts", but then refers to himself the "WCCW World Champion". He calls David nothing but a pretender (B-)

-Bob Backlund defeated Kerry Von Erich in 16:44 by submission. (C+)

Overall Show Rating: C

-Our slump reaches a second show with a C rating. Midwest popularity remains 53.5%, so we're still maintaining a slight cushion in Cult Status. Texas popularity decreases from 66.5% to 66.2%.

-I was hoping for a little more from the Kerry/Backlund main event, but Backlund is completely exhausted, so the result there was understandable.

-I was doomed by a couple of bad matches in the middle of this card. Adams/Casey was dissapointing. That was Adams' worst singles match for us in about 3 1/2 months. He still has only reached B- or higher once for us (with Terry Gordy). His push may be cooled a bit unless he can impress soon.

-George Steele also was in a crappy match, albeit with Johnny Mantel. It's not surprising, Steele is basically unknown in Texas, he should give us a little bit of a boost in the midwest, where he's better known. But that might not be enough to warrant his big paycheck.

-On the other side of the spectrum, Villano III out-does himself yet again, delivering only the 5th or 6th B+ rated match since the dynasty started. If he can get a B+ on the pre-show with Koko B. Ware, it seems that he might actually be the guy to break the A- match barrier if he faced a David Von Erich or Bruiser Brody. He time on the dark show is now over, the push begins now.

DaddyTorgo

06-08-2007, 10:51 PM

molson

06-08-2007, 11:24 PM

NEWS

-There's dirt sheet reports about Villano III and Bob Backlund being overworked. I'm going to keep Backlund out of the ring next week. Villano III still has an advertised match with Kevin at our Monday event.

-My undercard is a little heel-heavy at the moment, so I setup negotiations which some potential lower card faces. Terry Taylor wants a little too much money ($1,200/show) for where he is at this point of his career, so he's rejected. Tommy Rogers is much more reasonable in his request, at $500/show, so we bring him in to be an "Opener" - slightly above Johnny Mantel.

-We spent in a little more to bring in the "Nature Boy" Buddy Landell, at $1,475/show. He's only 22 years old, and already a very solid all-around wrestler with decent popularity in Texas and the midwest. He's a step up from Scott Casey, and about the level at Iceman Parsons at this point.

-Porkchop Cash wants too much money to be the jobber he would be for us, so he's turned down. Same with Bobby Jaggers. Al Perez on the other hand, only wants $150/show, so he's in. We pass on Len Denton (The Grappler), because he wants too much money and is 30+ years old. And while Ricky Morton costs a little more than I'd like $1,350/show, he's working for 2 companies I'm at war with (SWCW and CWA), so I sign him up and he'll leave them, working exclusively for me. He's a younger version of Bobby Eaton/Koko B. Ware, and those two guys have been awesome for me.

-Hector Guerrero finally joins his father in WCCW, at $1325/show. Hector's probably a notch or two below Koko/Eaton at this point. He'll also leave SWCW to work for us. Unfortunately, the highest profile Guerrero, Chavo, rejects us, as he's already spread to thin.

-So to recap, we bring in: Al Perez, Tommy Rogers, Ricky Morton, Buddy Landell, and Hector Guerrero. Not a huge splash, but the bottom of our roster just received a huge talent upgrade. Our current lower card guys should be very nervous - we're likely to make some cuts before the next show.

-King Kong Bundy has signed with Georgia Championship Wrestling. Fortunately, he still considers us his priority company. Bundy how works for 3 companies, but i don't use him too much, so I don't see a fatigue issue - only a chance to improve faster.

-Our TV show gets a 0.64 rating - a predictable drop from recent weeks after we put on a crappy show.

molson

06-08-2007, 11:52 PM

any idea what you're doing for renaming/re-gimmicking villano? face? heel? might be cool to have him as a heel with his own lil "mexican stable" or floozies who get pounded on as openers or whatever when he isn't around, but come in to deliver heel-saves for him in his matches during his push...

I'm not sure yet - but the possibilities have been enhanced the addition of Hector Guerrero. So that's 3 brothers and a father/son combination - the right idea hasn't quite clicked for me yet, but i feel like it's there somewhere. There's a clear line between the veteran, solid Mexican wrestlers on the roster (Gory, Hector, Villano III) and the inexperienced, hapless Mexicans (Villano IV & V, Super Kendo). For now, I suppose the former group will utilize the latter group as much as they can, but then take matters into their own hand when things get serious.

As for a new name for Villano III - I can always unmask him (wikipedia tells me his real name is Arturo Mendoza, which is a pretty decent ring name). Or, I can go with a Luchador sounding name - everything sounds cool when you don't know Spanish - ex. "El Grand Latte", "El Calamar Colosal" (The Colossal Squid).

molson

06-09-2007, 07:19 PM

NEWS

-WCCW has begun termination preceding with the following talent:

Scott Casey
-Casey had a (very) brief run with the TV title, but only reached as high as C+ in 3 of his 21 matches with us. His WCCW run lasts about 3 1/2 months - he went the last two months without a victory as he fell out of favor.

Checkmate
-Probably a decent value at $350/show, but his contract his up in 2 months anyway, I wouldn't have paid him a penny more. So we're just getting him out the door earlier to make way for younger talent

Waldo Von Erich
-He had a nice little angle with Fritz a few months back, but with that over, there isn't anything for him to do - and he's way to pricey to job out for any length of time. He was with us for about 5 months

George Steele
-He was supposed to replace Fritz in Destruction Inc, but I've had a change of hart - he just isn't worth the $2k/show his contract calls for, especially with the younger talent we have. He's only made 1 apperance for us, a victory over Johnny Mantel

Johnny Mantel
-Like Checkmate, his cheap contract is coming to an end shortly (47 days). I'm sure he wouldn't ask for much more than his current $100/show, but the timing his right to kick him out and replace him with younger, more talented guys in the lower part of the roster.

-The last night for all of these guys will be tonight's WCCW on tour event, so some may have one last match. More cuts are expected.

molson

06-09-2007, 07:20 PM

NEWS

-WCCW has begun termination preceding with the following talent:

Scott Casey
-Casey had a (very) brief run with the TV title, but only reached as high as C+ in 3 of his 21 matches with us. His WCCW run lasts about 3 1/2 months - he went the last two months without a victory as he fell out of favor.

Checkmate
-Probably a decent value at $350/show, but his contract his up in 2 months anyway, I wouldn't have paid him a penny more. So we're just getting him out the door earlier to make way for younger talent

Waldo Von Erich
-He had a nice little angle with Fritz a few months back, but with that over, there isn't anything for him to do - and he's way to pricey to job out for any length of time. He was with us for about 5 months

George Steele
-He was supposed to replace Waldo in Destruction Inc, but I've had a change of heart - he just isn't worth the $2k/show his contract calls for, especially with the younger talent we have. He's only made 1 apperance for us, a victory over Johnny Mantel

Johnny Mantel
-Like Checkmate, his cheap contract is coming to an end shortly (47 days). I'm sure he wouldn't ask for much more than his current $100/show, but the timing is right to kick him out and replace him with younger, more talented guys in the lower part of the roster.

-The last night for all of these guys will be tonight's WCCW on tour event, so some may have one last match. More cuts are expected.

molson

06-09-2007, 10:47 PM

THE STARS OF WORLD CLASS ON TOUR
Monday, Week 2, October 1983
Atlanta, GA. 699

-This is our first ever WCCW show in the Southeast. So the segment and match ratings will be lower than usual, but we should be able to gain popularity here pretty quickly. Since this isn't our usual audience, this show will be not as storyline-driven as usual, though some storylines have to be referenced to avoid penalty.

-Pre-Show Dark Match
-WWA Tag Team Championship Match
Steve Regal & Spike Huber defeated Tommy Rogers and Mike Von Erich in 8:04 when Regal pinned Rogers. (E). The winners make their 5th defense of the tag team titles. Rogers makes his WCCW debut. After the match, Regal & Huber hyped their team and the WWA belts. (E+)

-Iceman Parsons defeats Brian Adias in 6:36 by pinfall. (D-). The two showed poor chemistry. After the match, Parsons grabbed a mic, saying he was pleased Adams and Hart accepted his challenge so quickly. He hypes their match scheduled for Texas Rumble at the end of the month. (D-)

-Ricky Morton defeats Frank Dusek in 8:05 by pinfall. (C-). Morton makes his WCCW debut. After the match, Morton cuts a brief promo, hyping his debut in WCCW. (C+)

-Kevin Von Erich defeats Villano III in 10:51 by submission (C+). Immediately after the match, Villano IV, V, and Super Kendo hit the ring and attack Kevin 4-1. Before long, David Von Erich hits the ring and manages to fight off all the heels, saving Kevin. (E)

-David remains in the ring and hypes his upcoming WCCW American Heavyweight Championship Match with Waldo Von Erich. David claims he's fine and ready to go with his title defense, even after what just happened. (C)

-WCCW American Heavyweight Championship Match
David Von Erich defeats Waldo Von Erich in 5:07 by pinfall to make his 5th defense of the American Heavyweight Title. David dominated the match from start to finish. (C-)

-Bruiser Brody defeats George Steele in 9:20 by pinfall. The match featured interference by Skandor Akbar, whom Brody was able to repel. (B-). Brody seemed off his game. The match suffered from a lack of selling. Brody makes his WCCW debut. After the match, Brody cuts a lengthy promo, hyping his return to WCCW. Without elaborating, he says there's a number of things going on WCCW which were making him angry, and he's come back to rectify those situations. (B-)

-Michael Hayes and Buddy Roberts hype their upcoming tag team title defense. Hayes says his few days back in Georgia have reminded him why he left in the first place (B-)

-WCCW American Tag Team Championship
Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts defeat Koko B. Ware and Bobby Eaton in 12:33 when Hayes pinned Eaton following outside interference from Jim Garvin. The champs make their 3rd defense of their titles. (B). Koko stood out as performing well. After the match, Hayes and Garvin continue the attack on Eaton, while Koko is recovering outside the ring. Fritz Von Erich, limping to the ring as a result of his injury last week, goes right after Garvin (which whom he has a steel cage match scheduled for tomorrow night). (C-). Unfortunately for Fritz, he forgets about Hayes, who attacks Fritz and the Freebirds regain the numbers advantage. Before long, however, David makes the save for the second time tonight, running to the ring and helping Fritz, Koko and Eaton repel the Freebird Attack. (C-) Fritz appears to have further aggravated his injury.

Overall Rating: C+

THOUGHTS

-Our debut in the Southeast is a huge success (in terms of show quality, not attendance). We specifically choose the Southeast as our next expansion point because we have a number of guys who have decent popularity there - those guys were highlighted tonight. Southeast popularity increases to 30.7% - it should jump very quickly if we run more shows like this there.

-Koko and Eaton get their first shot in a main event, and they deliver with a
"B" rated tag team match. It didn't hurt that the match included Hayes, who is currently our #1 worker in terms of Southeast popularity.

-Brody debuts and Steele has his final match at the same time, and the two have a good brawl. Brody is known all over the world, so he's a great guy to have to break into new markets. It's too bad I only have him for 3 months.

-Waldo also has his last match, putting David over and adding another title defense notch on David's belt. David needed a break from jobbing to Backlund, who got the night off tonight.

-Villano III gets his highest profile match yet, and it doesn't do quite as well as his previous few matches. Kevin has only D+ popularity in the southeast. Villano isn't higher than E+ anywhere in the US, but that hasn't stopped him from delivering B level matches.

-I was more impressed by Ricky Morton's promo than his match - but he's better known in the southeast than any other region, so it's not a huge surprise. Morton will play the role that I had though Koko and Eaton would play before they shot up the guard - "up and coming lower midcard face".

molson

06-09-2007, 11:00 PM

NEWS

Here's the push and disposition I've settled on for the new guys:

-Buddy Landell, Face, Upper Midcarder
-Hector Guerrero, Heel, Midcarder
-Ricky Morton, Face, Lower Midcarder
-Tommy Rogers, Face, Opener
-Al Perez, Heel, Enhancement Talent

-It looks like the 5 guys we cut aren't quite gone yet, we'll have access to them at tonight's TV taping.

-Buddy Roberts was late to the show. I'm tempted to suspend him a week, but I don't want to hold back the storyline with Kevin, which is progressing too slow as is. So he's fined.

Senator

06-10-2007, 12:32 AM

We hardly knew ye, Johnny Mantel.

/40

General Mike

06-10-2007, 10:25 AM

NEWS

-It looks like the 5 guys we cut aren't quite gone yet, we'll have access to them at tonight's TV taping.

Job 'em out!

molson

06-11-2007, 07:10 PM

WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING (TV Taping)
Tuesday, Week 1, October 1983
Amarillo, TX: 5,000 SOLD OUT

-Pre-Show Dark Match
Barry Orton defeats Al Perez in 5:46 by submission. Perez makes his WCCW debut. Orton looked off his game

-Pre-Show Dark Match
King Kong Bundy defeats Tommy Rogers in 6:11 by pinfall. Bundy looks good. After the match, Bundy cuts a promo, hyping himself. (B-)

-As the show begins, the announcers mention that Fritz Von Erich has suffered a knee injury as a result of Jimmy Garvin's attack last week. They state that tonight's scheduled TV title steel cage match between Fritz and Garvin has thus been postponed. (B+)

-Whipper Billy Watson comes out and states that even though the Fritz/Garvin cage match is temporarily postponed, Garvin will still defend his TV title tonight. Watson announces tonight's main event - Jimmy Garvin will defend the TV title against Kerry Von Erich. (C)

-The WWA Tag Team Champions, Steve Regal & Spike Huber come to the ring, again complaining about the lack of exposure WCCW has given them, and the WWA title belts. They say tonight, finally, they have a chance to defend their tag team titles on TV. Unfortunately, they say, their defense is against yet another "thrown-together" team that isn't in their league. They say that Mike Von Erich & Ricky Morton are in the wrong place at the wrong time, and they'll pay for Regal & Huber's frustrations. (D-)

-WWA Tag Team Championship Match
Mike Von Erich & Ricky Morton upset Spike Huber & Steve Regal to win the WWA Tag Team Championships in 4:50 when Mike pins Huber. (D). After the new champs leave the ring, an enraged Steve Regal begins verbally berating Spike Huber for his performance in the match. Huber shoves Regal, and Regal kicks Huber and throws him outside the ring. Regal follows Huber to the outside, and delivers a brutal DDT to the concrete. (D-)

-A video hypes the WCCW return of Bruiser Brody, showing highlights of Brody in action. (B)

-A video hypes the Iceman Parsons/Chris Adams storyline. (C)

-Chris Adams drew with Iceman Parsons in 7:35 by Double DQ when the referee lost control of a wild brawl between the two men that involved a variety of foreign objects. (C+). The match suffered from a lack of selling.

-Adrian Adonis and the Sheepherders hype their upcoming challenge to the six-man tag team titles. They put over Destruction, Inc as the most powerful force in wrestling today. (D+)

-WCCW Six-Man Tag Team Championship Match
Adrian Adonis & The Sheepherders defeat Koko B. Ware, Bobby Eaton, and Ken Mantel to win the WCCW Six-Man Tag Team Championship in 7:48 when Adonis pinned Mantel. (C). After the match, the new champs celebrate. (D+)

-David Von Erich comes out and mocks Bob Backlund for carrying around what Backlund claims is the "WCCW Title Belt", suggesting that there may be something in the water "up north". David says that the two belts he is wearing are the real thing. (B-)

-WCCW Television Championship Match
Jim Garvin drew with Kerry Von Erich via time limit draw in 10:00. Garvin makes his 2nd defense of the TV Title. (C)

Overall Show Rating: C

-A disappointing effort. Midwest popularity remains 53.5%. Texas popularity decreases from 66.2% to 65.9%.

-Garvin's first 1-on-1 match with Kerry was a pretty big disappointment, and highlights why neither guy is higher up in the card.

-Two pretty sudden title changes. Destruction, Inc needed to get the belts so they can continue their path of destruction towards a feud with Bruiser Brody. Spike Huber & Steve Regal's loss was even more shocking, as Mike Von Erich becomes a 2-time tag team champion (And Ricky Morton becomes a champion in his 2nd match with us). The decision for this match was simple - I've decided Spike Huber is done with WCCW, so I needed to get the belts of them, and give Huber a glorious send-off. The WWA tag title will likely be unified with the WCCW tag belts shortly.

-I was satisfied with the first Adams/Parsons match of their feud. C+ is fine for where they are on the card