WWE '13 Universe Mode Thread - How's Your's Going?

[RyanLaFalce]

Re: WWE '13 Universe Mode Thread - How's Your's Going?

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[French Hollywood]

And the winner of the 2013 Royal Rumble match is...



As he will face this man in the main event of Wrestlemania 29 for the WWF Championship ...

[Rawdeal28]

Re: WWE '13 Universe Mode Thread - How's Your's Going?

I was really enjoying Universe Mode, but something was missing. Cutscences! I tried all the methods for getting more cutscenes to no avail. So I kept the match cards the same. I started getting more cutscenes, which was nice, but I wasn't seeing many new cutscenes or branching storylines. Well...
It was Monday Night Raw. Tonight's Highlight match: Kurt Angle (CAW) vs. Road Dogg. They hadn't been feuding so I thought the booking was a little random. Angle got attacked by Miz before the match (cutscene) and Road Dogg won. After the match, I notice that it's a cutscene. And...boom! Branching Storyline! Road Dogg extended his hand to Kurt after the match, and Kurt had the option to shake Dogg's hand, walk away, or attack. I couldn't decide, so I randomly scrolled between the 3, and landed on shake hands. Next week, Kurt Angle defeated by Miz. Miz got a chair to attack Angle, but Road Dogg chased Miz off. Finally! Branching storylines! Only took about 4 Universe months.

Also having a sick Brock Lesnar storyline. He's my WWE champion. He's defeated former champ Triple H multiple times when the title's on the line. So after Summerslam, number one contenders match, Dolph Ziggler vs. Chris Jericho. Brock attacks Jericho before the match and Dolph wins. I thought this meant that Brock and Ziggler were allies. Next week, Dolph vs. CM Punk. Lesnar comes down mid match, looks like he's going to attack Punk but attacks Dolph, and Punk wins. Lesnar's an uncontrollable beast! Finally, my Universe is complete. The CPU booking, I must say is much more logical than last year.

so do you or anyone else think the matches that have "Tonight's Highlighted Match" are the ones with the branching storylines that gives you a choice?

and if so u have to play those to get the choice right? u cant just watch it and still get the choice?

[Novicain13]

So honestly you really don't have full control over things like they claim.

[woody2goody]

RAW, May, week 3:

The Rock (me) def. The Miz - Nice 10 minute match here, good offense by both men before I hit a quick spinebuster and People's Elbow! Miz kicked out at 1, naturally, and we brawl outside for a bit with him hitting the Skull Crushing Finale on the outside. I got back in the ring at 8, and after a couple of counters, surprised Miz with a Rock Bottom for the victory.

State of Play: Rock was defeated by Lesnar at Extreme Rules so picked up some momentum here leading to the next PPV. Still undecided about where I want to fit him in on that card.

John Cena (me) def. Jinder Mahal: Regulation win for Cena with the STF. Not sure what to do with him PPV or title-wise yet.

David Otunga def. Rey Mysterio, Roman Reigns and Kofi Kingston (Simmed)

Wade Barrett def. Chris Jericho (me) - Really good match on Epic settings. After nearly 10 mins, I hit the Walls and a Codebreaker, but Barrett kicked out at 2. I later hit another Codebreaker and the Liontamer, but to no avail. Barrett landed the Winds of Change to pick up the win. Really nice match, I think Barrett could be in line for a title shot soon.

Road Dogg (me) def. R- Truth: Strange main event on such a strong card but it was a Highlight Match so I thought 'what the heck'. It was a good match and their history created some back story in my head. I might take this forward to PPV.

[woodjer]

Re: WWE '13 Universe Mode Thread - How's Your's Going?

So I finally finished Attitude Era mode and I think I have my Universe all set. I'll wait until tomorrow's DLC to round out the titles but hopefully the setup is good for now. I may get rid of ECW since it only has 15 guys (enough to make it major) but I'll see how it goes for the first few months. Here is what I have:

3 brands: ECW, WCW, WWF
Each brand has their own PPV each month.

Weekly schedule:
Monday-Raw Is War
Tuesday-Monday Nitro
Wednesday-ECW
Thursday-Smackdown
Friday-WCW Thunder

Champs:
WWF: Dude Love/Mankind
WWF IC: Shamrock
WWF Tag: New Age Outlaws
Women's: Sable
WCW: Hogan
WCW US Title: Bret Hart
ECW: Tazz

I've also assigned European, Cruiserweight, Light Heavyweight, and Hardcore champs but will just have to manage them manually.

It will end up being a fictional universe but is loosely based on rosters from early 1999. I've mixed in a few current roster guys but it's almost solely based on Attitude Era guys and CAWs.

A few notes/questions though:
- Once I have tomorrow's DLC, I'll assign some of the other champs for WCW/ECW.
- Has anyone found a way to have a tag team that is also part of a stable? D-X and the Outlaws are the prime examples. I can have HHH & Michaels as D-X and Road Dogg & Gunn as the NAO but I can't do HHH, RD, Gunn, Stephanie, and X-Pac as the McMahon-Helmsley regime. I've run into the same issue with Nash & Hall being The Outsiders but I can't also have them & Hogan as the nWo.
- Something weird happened after I had everything set up and was editing the rankings. I clicked on Stone Cold to change where he was...and everything got jacked up and reset with all of my CAWs at the top. I went through and re-ranked EVERYONE but want to know what I did and/or how to avoid that in the future. Thoughts?
- If I have Cactus Jack/Mankind/Dude Love all active on the same roster, will they ever be booked in the same match? In previous years, if you used one version of a wrestler, the other one was disabled...I only have Dude Love active for now but might make them all active if I know it won't make any Foley-Foley matches.
- Any suggestions for realistic ways to move guys between brands? I don't want to make it exactly like reality but I would like to throw in some movement. Ideally, it would be something fairly random so I can let the CPU run with things more.

If anyone is curious about what my rosters look like, let me know. Otherwise, I tried to get an entire spectrum of CAWs from main eventers down to jobbers and divas.

[nymets31]

Re: WWE '13 Universe Mode Thread - How's Your's Going?

So I finally finished Attitude Era mode and I think I have my Universe all set. I'll wait until tomorrow's DLC to round out the titles but hopefully the setup is good for now. I may get rid of ECW since it only has 15 guys (enough to make it major) but I'll see how it goes for the first few months. Here is what I have:

3 brands: ECW, WCW, WWF
Each brand has their own PPV each month.

Weekly schedule:
Monday-Raw Is War
Tuesday-Monday Nitro
Wednesday-ECW
Thursday-Smackdown
Friday-WCW Thunder

Champs:
WWF: Dude Love/Mankind
WWF IC: Shamrock
WWF Tag: New Age Outlaws
Women's: Sable
WCW: Hogan
WCW US Title: Bret Hart
ECW: Tazz

I've also assigned European, Cruiserweight, Light Heavyweight, and Hardcore champs but will just have to manage them manually.

It will end up being a fictional universe but is loosely based on rosters from early 1999. I've mixed in a few current roster guys but it's almost solely based on Attitude Era guys and CAWs.

A few notes/questions though:
- Once I have tomorrow's DLC, I'll assign some of the other champs for WCW/ECW.
- Has anyone found a way to have a tag team that is also part of a stable? D-X and the Outlaws are the prime examples. I can have HHH & Michaels as D-X and Road Dogg & Gunn as the NAO but I can't do HHH, RD, Gunn, Stephanie, and X-Pac as the McMahon-Helmsley regime. I've run into the same issue with Nash & Hall being The Outsiders but I can't also have them & Hogan as the nWo.
- Something weird happened after I had everything set up and was editing the rankings. I clicked on Stone Cold to change where he was...and everything got jacked up and reset with all of my CAWs at the top. I went through and re-ranked EVERYONE but want to know what I did and/or how to avoid that in the future. Thoughts?
- If I have Cactus Jack/Mankind/Dude Love all active on the same roster, will they ever be booked in the same match? In previous years, if you used one version of a wrestler, the other one was disabled...I only have Dude Love active for now but might make them all active if I know it won't make any Foley-Foley matches.
- Any suggestions for realistic ways to move guys between brands? I don't want to make it exactly like reality but I would like to throw in some movement. Ideally, it would be something fairly random so I can let the CPU run with things more.

If anyone is curious about what my rosters look like, let me know. Otherwise, I tried to get an entire spectrum of CAWs from main eventers down to jobbers and divas.

This is what I would like to do also. I haven't bought the game yet, (waiting on it as my "Christmas Present"). I was wondering if this was possible, last year I had Raw, Nitro, and ECW and manually booked the ECW matches. Since I don't have the game yet, and have been reading to plot out my Universe, Did you make WWE Raw and WCW Nitro Major shows and Smackdown and Thunder minor shows using their respective rosters and ECW a minor show manually using its own roster?

[nate1986]

Re: WWE '13 Universe Mode Thread - How's Your's Going?

Rite now i am working towards mitb, im workin on a cena heel turn, and planning punk vs ziggler, my mitb match will have kane, sin cara and gaberiel, i cant think of three raw guys to use

[joe6913]

Re: WWE '13 Universe Mode Thread - How's Your's Going?

Starting my Universe here is how it looks.

Monday - Raw (Major)
Tuesday - Nitro (WCW) (Major)
Wendsday - Impact (Raw and WCW)(minor)
Thursday - ECW (Major)
Friday -Smackdown (Major)
Saturday -Heat(ECW and Smackdown)(Minor)
Sunday -PPV
First Sunday WCW PPV
Second Sunday ECW PPV
Third Sunday Smackdown PPV
Fourth Sunday Raw PPV

WCW PPV
April-Spring Stampede
May -Slamboree
June-The Great American Bash
July-Bash At The Beach
August- Hog Wild
September- Fall Brawl
October-Halloween Havoc
November-World War 3
December-Souled Out
January-Royal Rumble
February- Uncensored
March-Wrestlmania

ECW PPV
April - Barely Legal
May-Hardcore Heaven
June- Living dangerously
July-One Night Stand
August-Heatwave
September-Anarchy Rulz
October-Bad Blood
November-November To Remember
December-December To Dismember
January-Royal Rumble
February-Guilty As Charged
March-Wrestlmania

Smackdown And Raw PPV
(for now there own versions of current ppv's)


Rosters (35 Wrestlers each)
RAW

AJ Lee
Angelina Love
Billy Gunn
Bret Hart
British Bulldog
Brock Lesnar
Chris Jericho
CM Punk
Cody Rhodes
Daffney
Damian Sandow
Daniel Bryan
Dolph Ziggler
Gail Kim
Jack Swagger
John Cena
Kane
Madison Rayne
Mark Henry
Mr.Mcmahon
Road Dogg
Ryback
Santino Marella
Shawn Michaels
Stone Cold Steve Austin
Tara
Ted Dibiase
The Miz
The Rock
Triple H
Val Venis
Velvet Sky
Winter
X-Pac
Zack Ryder

Tag Teams
Hell No
Ziggler And Swagger
Team Cobra
New Age Outlaws
DX
Mark Henry and CM Punk
Rhodes Scholars(after Damien sandow is released)
Hart Foundation(Bret hart and Bulldog)

Champions
WWE Championship-CM Punk
WWE United States-Santini Marella
WWE Tag Team Championship(02-10 version) Hell No
WWe Womens Championship-Tara


WCW

Alicia Fox
Animal
Arn Anderson
Beth Phoenix
Bobby Roode
Booker T
Chris Benoit
Diamond Dallas Page
Eddie Guerrero
Goldberg
Goldust
Hawk
Hollywood Hulk Hogan
James Storm
Jeff Hardy
Jeff Jarrett
Kevin Nash
Kharma
Konnan
Kurt Angle
Lex Luger
Melina
Michael Hayes
Mickie James
Natalya
Randy Savage
Ric Flair
Scott Hall
Scott Steiner
Stephanie McMahon
Sting
Tensai
Terry Gordy
The Great Khali
Vader
Yoshi Tatsu

Tag Teams
Road warriors
Los Guerreros(Eddie Guerrero and Konnan)
NWO
Main Event Mafia(Booker T and Scott Steiner)
Sting and Luger
Beer Money
Fabulous freebirds
Four Horseman(Arn Anderson,Ric Flair and Chris Benoit and ?)


Championships

WCW World Heavyweight-Hollywood Hulk Hogan
WCW United States Championship-Chris Benoit
WCW World tag Team-Road Warriors
WCW Womens-Beth Pheonix


ECW

Abdullah The Butcher
Abyss
AJ Styles
Al Snow
Balls Mahoney
Big Boss Man
Brian Pillman
Bubba Ray Dudley
Cactus Jack
Chainsaw Charlie(Terry Funk)
Christopher Daniels
Devon Dudley
Gangrel
Godfather
Hardcore Holly
Jey Uso
Jimmy Uso
Ken Shamrock
Mike Tyson
Mikey Whipreck
Mr. Anderson
Raven
Rey Mysterio
Rhino
Rob Van Dam
Sabu
Samoa Joe
Shane Douglas
Shane McMahon
Sin Cara
Steve Blackman
Tajiri
Tazz
The Sandman
Tommy Dreamer

Tag Teams
Dudley Boys
Sin Cara and Rey Mysterio
Shamrock and Blackman
RVD and Sabu
Sandman and Tommy Dreamer
Tajir and Mikey Whipreck
Uso's(after release)
Cactus Jack and Terry Funk(after release)

Championships

ECW Heavyweight Championship-Tazz
ECW World Television Championship-RVD
ECW World Tag Team Championship-Dudleys


Smackdown

Alberto del Rio
Antonio Cesario
Batista
Big Show
Bradshaw
Brie Bella
Brodus Clay
Christian
David Otunga
Drew McIntyre
Edge
Epico
Eve
Farooq
Grand Master Sexay
Heath Slater
Hunico
Jinder Mahal
John Laurinaitus
Justin Gabriel
Kelly Kelly
Kofi Kingston
Layla
Lita
Nikki Bella
Primo
R-Truth
Randy Orton
Rikishi
Scotty 2 Hotty
Sheamus
Trish Stratus
Undertaker
Wade Barret
Yoshi Tatsu

Tag Teams
Kofi and Rtruth
Acolytes
Primo and Epico
3MB
Edge and Christian
Too Cool

Champions

World Heavyweight-Sheamus
WWE Intercontinental-Christian
WWe Tag Team Championship-Kofi and R-Truth
WWE Divas-Eve

Hopefully will update as it goes ..

[NICK261]

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Hey guys ive been on and off my universe for a while now but i finally like where im going, ive played the first episode of Raw is War my only weekly show, my next ppv is Bad Blood. WWF Champ is Shawn michaels. Tag Champs are Billy gunn and Road dogg (DX) ic champ rock and womens champ trish stratus.


Match 1- Shane McMahon vs Christiancutscene- Shane McMahon and Christian stare each other down, Shane went for the clothesline but it connects with the ref. McMahons tag partner the big show comes running down to the ring and knocks out christian. Shaen goes for the pin while show wakes the ref up. 1....2....3 WINNER- Shane McMahon.

Match 2- Road Dogg & Billy Gunn vs Brothers of Destruction highlights- Kane and billy gun started us off. As kane walked to gunn, he quickly ran out of the ring, when Kane came out he ran back into the ring. When Kane followed Billy Gun kicked him repeatedly. It was all DX until road dogg tagged in. He ran to Kane but Kane flipped him over his head. 1 clothesline to road dogg. 2 clotheslines to road dogg, and finally 1 more clothesline. Kane ran to billy gun and big booted him off the apron. When kane payed attention to gunn, road dogg attacked him from behind to dominate the match again. the match flipped around however when kane got the hot tag to Taker. now Taker dominated the match. The match ended in a massive series of events. Billy gunn was eventually tagged in but got clotheslines by Kane, Kane used his wake up taunt, once he went fore the chokeslam Gunn revearsed into a ddt. Road dogg grabbed the ref and revearse suplexed him outside the ring. Billy gun grabbed a hold of a chair and smashed it over both Taker and Kanes heads. He tagged in road dogg and road dogg hit his finisher, the ref went for the count but he put his foots on the rope just befor the count. 1...2...3 kane kicked out right after but he was too late. WINNERS- D-Generation X what a way to end a match with 2 heels

Match 3- Trish Stratus vs Stephaine McMahon highlights- simmed

Match 4- Ken Shamrock vs Godfather cutscene- Ken Shamrock clotheslined the referee by accident and here comes big boss man. Ken SHamrocks newly formed tag partner hits Godfather and woke up the ref when shamrock went for the pin. 1...2...3 WINNER- Ken Shamrock

Main Event- Shawn Michaels & Triple H vs Aust"Stone Cold" Steve Austin & The Rock cutscene- As Rock and Austin were entering the ring, Jericho and McMahon attacked them from behind, Da HELL. highlights- Triple H cleared the ring as Michaels went in his corner. Rock came back in the ring and the match started, or has it. Cutscene- Shawn Michaels comes in the ring and attacks his tag partner and walks back to the locker rooms. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON. It was now 2 on 1 and triple H was actually fighting back. Rock got in the tag and Austin went crazy, bulldog after bulldog, spine buster after suplex everything. Trips couldnt fight back and was Stunnered, Rock Botomed, Spine bustered and could not kick out. 1...2...3 WINNERS- Rock & Austin cutscene- After the match rock and Austin were argueing and I heard michael cole said, loosing is never fun, I understand there situation. THEY ONE THE BLOODY MATCH THEY DIDNT LOSE, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON (stu from Hangover style)

Feuds I want heading into Badd Blood
Jericho, rock, Austin IC Title
Shawn Michaels and Trips WWF Title
DX and BOD tag titles
Nation of Domination (Godfather & Faaroq) and Ken Shamrock & Big Boss Man
X-Pac vs Bret Hart Hardcore title
others..

[Franchise408]

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I'd like this... but you had Miz drop the belt, so I can't like it.

Matter of principal.

[woodjer]

Re: WWE '13 Universe Mode Thread - How's Your's Going?

This is what I would like to do also. I haven't bought the game yet, (waiting on it as my "Christmas Present"). I was wondering if this was possible, last year I had Raw, Nitro, and ECW and manually booked the ECW matches. Since I don't have the game yet, and have been reading to plot out my Universe, Did you make WWE Raw and WCW Nitro Major shows and Smackdown and Thunder minor shows using their respective rosters and ECW a minor show manually using its own roster?

Almost exactly what I did except ECW is also a major show so I can use the ECW belts. I haven't actually done anything with the universe yet but I'm kinda excited for where it can go. I think once I develop a method for moving people between shows and for tracking the non-recognized belts (Hardcore, Cruiserweight, etc.) I'll be golden. My only problem will be actually going through everything.

[nymets31]

Re: WWE '13 Universe Mode Thread - How's Your's Going?

Almost exactly what I did except ECW is also a major show so I can use the ECW belts. I haven't actually done anything with the universe yet but I'm kinda excited for where it can go. I think once I develop a method for moving people between shows and for tracking the non-recognized belts (Hardcore, Cruiserweight, etc.) I'll be golden. My only problem will be actually going through everything.

Cool, thanks for the info. My plan is to start out with the Monday Night Wars between WCW and WWE with ECW also in the Mix having two shows per brand per week and a PPV per month for WCW and WWE and one every two months for ECW. Eventually, having an "invasion" later down the line with all three brands. But I want to start out with the three seperate.

[woodjer]

Re: WWE '13 Universe Mode Thread - How's Your's Going?

Cool, thanks for the info. My plan is to start out with the Monday Night Wars between WCW and WWE with ECW also in the Mix having two shows per brand per week and a PPV per month for WCW and WWE and one every two months for ECW. Eventually, having an "invasion" later down the line with all three brands. But I want to start out with the three seperate.

Nice...I got back into wrestling around that time but figure this can be my "what-if" universe when I want to do the booking. Otherwise, I kinda want to see what develops on its own. My biggest problem in setting things up was figuring out WCW and ECW tag teams/stables. What must-haves are you planning on there? So far, I just have the Dudleys and nWo...I think I made a Raven/Dreamer team and RVD/Sabu team too. WCW is decidedly lacking though...surprising considering I have a lot more WCW people. I know I need to bump a CAW for Stevie Ray already though.

[Pezell04x]

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Chris Jericho vs Ken Shamrock
Jericho took care of Shamrock pretty handily. Shamrock couldn't amount any offense against the aggressive nature of Jericho, who slapped on the Walls of Jericho after his triple powerbomb signature.

Pizz vs Eddie Guerrero (Ladder Match)
Best match of the night. Guerrero started the match off with a bang. He was all over the rookie wrestler and Pizz couldn't amount any type of offense. Guerrero hit a fisherman suplex on Pizz and while the young guy was trying to recover, Guerrero hopped out of the ring to grab a ladder. Pizz slid out of the ring and hit Guerrero, who dropped the ladder.

While on the floor, Pizz picked up the ring bell and used it on Guerrero, knocking him out in the process. While Guerrero was out, Pizz grabbed the ladder and slid it into the ring. Guerrero stumbled to his feet, slid into the ring and pulled Pizz off of the ladder.

Guerrero then climbed the ladder himself and his opponent met him at the top. They exchanged a few blows until Pizz grabbed Guerrero and powerbombed him off of the ladder. Guerrero was able to collect himself and the two battled again at the top of the ladder, this time Guerrero hitting a suplex off of the ladder.

With both men battered and beaten, they stumbled to their feet. Guerrero went to throw a haymaker at Pizz, who blocked it and hit his finisher. He grabbed the suitcase for the win.

Kelly Kelly vs Brie Bella
I didn't really want to play this match, so I grabbed a hammer and Kelly Kelly was DQ'd

Sting vs. Ric Flair vs. Hollywood Hulk Hogan
Another good match. The match started with Hogan and Sting teaming up to take on Flair. They pulled off a couple of double team moves before the champion (Hogan) made his move on Sting. Sting got the upperhand, throwing Flair out of the ring. Hogan allowed them to fight on the outside.

Sting hit his finisher through the Nitro announce table on Flair. Hogan came out and tried to take advantage of the situation, but Sting fought the champion off.

Hogan and Sting enter the ring. Hogan hits his leg drop and goes for the cover. Flair breaks it up at two. Flair and Hogan go at it. Sting recovers, throws Hogan out of the ring. Sting hits his finisher on Flair. Hogan gets up and doesn't make an attempt to break up the pin. Sting wins.

nWo (Nash/Hall) vs The Luchadors (Sin Cara and Rey Mysterio): #1 tag team contenders match

Cara/Mysterio are the #1 contenders to the tag titles. Nash and Mysetrio start the match. Immediately, Sin Cara leaves the ring. Nash and Hall destroy Mysterio with Hall hitting a Razor's Edge.

One last show (Starrcade) before WCW Uncensored