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Thu Wk 4 Mar 2020 - END! Seance (Go Home Show)

***Bookers Notes are delineated with italics

Champions: 

END! Gold Mens Champion: Samoa Joe

END! Gold Women’s Champion: Awesome Kong

END! Iron Mens Champion: Caristico

END! Iron Women’s Champion: Delphyne

END! Platinum Tag Champs: Kofi and Kenta

PPV: When Disaster Strikes is this Sunday!

Previously: I kept changing the product so the promotion lost a LOT of popularity. It was once a Cult promotion, but for the past year it has been Regional. As a result, I have lost a bunch talent, Ettore Ewen (Big E Langston), Brock Lesnar, Sheamus, Randy Orton, Cesaro... the list goes on. This past week Austin Creed (Xavier Woods) decided to put in notice and Kofi signed elsewhere. Kofi was the tag champion with Kenta so that leaves a big hole that I am going to address now... 

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Angle: KENTA! and Maria cut an especially emotional promo about friendship and the departure of their friend, Kofi! 

Kofi was using his contract ending as a reason to angle for a title shot vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi. The END! Council decided no, especially since he was already tag team champion. 

KENTA felt especially slighted by Kofi, but mostly he feels that the fans were left out of watching the best tag team that END! has to offer.

Enter AUSTIN CREED. 

Austin talks about how he used to have a lot of friends here. Kofi was his friend. Ettore Ewen was his friend, but now they are gone. There are NO FRIENDS in this business, every man for himself. 

“That’s why I am leaving TOO!” Austin Creed says. “And you know what, I’ll kick your ass on my way out the door, how does that feel, KENTA?”

Chris Jericho defeated Minoru Suzuki in a hardcore rules match 

Clips from the past angle air. Minoru entered END! to make a name for himself, by picking the biggest fight possible, Chris Jericho. But when you pick the biggest fight, that dog is going to fight back. And fight back Jericho did, all over the arena, many times. Minoru even beat up Chris Jericho’s tag team partner, Austin Creed.  

This is a blow off to match to a failed feud. Suzuki is not over at all in America. I need to spend some time building him up on the Pre-shows. Although, I am not sure it’s worth it given his age. 

After the match, Jericho announces that he’ll get a title shot if he beats a mystery opponent at the PPV... 

Caristico vs. JBL 

With KOFI leaving, I need something for KENTA to do, and it seems a feud with Caristico is better than old man JBL. JBL is not happy about losing here, by the way. 

Tag Team Madness Announced at the PPV 

This is for the titles that got vacated when Kofi left. The announced tag teams are: 

The Time Splitters

Brother Ray and Brother Devon 

The Fix (Christopher Daniels and Shelton Benjamin)

These should be half of the teams. I’ll throw some other guys in there as well. Of course, I am just going to throw them in a match next as a preview: 

Brother Ray and Brother Devon defeated The Time Splitters and The Fix in a TAG TEAM MADNESS Preview Match. 

These guys have all been portrayed as jobbers when my tag team division was more... vibrant. Now it’s time to do some rehab. Ray and Devon are the most over tag team, so I think they’ll get the strap here. 

KENTA defeated Austin Creed 

Austin Creed tries to attack KENTA after the match... but KENTA turns the table on him!

I wanted a way to kick Austin on his way out. Goodbye Austin! Go host those g4 shows!

Dual Contract Signings: Hiroshi Tanahashi and Samoa Joe/Vixen and Awesome Kong (w/ Ric Flair)

I figured it’d be a cool thing to have dual contract singings. The comedy would come from the Awesome Kong side, who is more preoccupied with Ric Flair than wrestling now.

Samoa Joe promises that if he wins, things will be VERY DIFFERENT in END! going forward and that Disaster will indeed strike! Strong words from the habitual linestepper. 

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Pre-show Matches: 

Ultimo Dragon defeated Silas Young - This was Ultimo’s debut. SIlas Young is a local hire. 

Angelina Love defeated Melina Perez - Melina Perez is a local hire. This match got a very bad rating with a 34. I’d like my women’s matches to be at least in the 40′s.

James Storm defeated Eugene Nicholas - James Storm has mostly been a jobber for me, it’d be nice to get him up to a positive rating on the undercard before I use him again. 

Delphyne defeated Mary Apache to retain the IRON! Women’s Title - Mary Apache has been the surprise signing of my tenure. Consistently puts on great matches. She’s older, but I should probably put her over with the Iron title at some point. 

[extremeconsumption]

Consumption

So I’m going to write about shit that i’m consuming here. Movies, music, video games, let’s get it. 

[mygameslounge]

Total Extreme Wrestling 2020 Interview - Grey Dog Software

A new TEW game is coming! And here in this Total Extreme Wrestling 2020 Interview we talk about the upcoming Wrestling Management game here on MGL.

We have a talk with indie developer Grey Dog Software on their upcoming Wrestling Manager game TEW 2020

Check it out here! 

[totalextremewrestling]

1992 WWF Walkthrough

First you need to choose what areas of the the world will be active. Because I like the idea of having my workers being in the running for the mid and end of year awards, I turn off Mexico and and Japan. Japan tends to win because of their scheduling. If Japan is out, Mexico tends to be the frontrunner. I don’t know much about the Japan and Mexico scene in 1992, which is the year I am running. To be clear, I don’t know much about the Mexico scene even today and only know New Japan as far as Japan goes.

Next is choosing your “avatar”. Rather than choosing one of the “user characters”, I like using someone who can participate in storylines.  I plan on running WWF so I choose the characters from that. Usually when the roster I am running with Hulk Hogan, I choose him because he is a pain in the ass who won’t lose. If you recall Hulk Hogan at this time in WWF, he was teasing retirement. I think I can make this interesting. So I will pick Hogan. Mostly because he is a pain in the ass though.

After you select who you will use, you must choose the talents they are gifted with. I just choose jack of all trades because I am not doing this competitively. As far as the user characters go, I keep all of the real people. In this scenario, that includes Donald Trump, Dave Meltzer, Larry Matysik and Arnold Schwarzenegger

Next you choose your company and role in the company. I am doing WWF and a booker. I like being given goals by the owner to subsequently forget about until I get an e-mail  complaining about my failures.

I don’t like running multiple shows in a week, so I got rid of All American and Wrestling Challenge. I left Superstars and decided to make it a 3 hour show. I’ll treat it like a marathon taping.

Starting off, I check out my active champions. I have Legion of Doom as Tag Champions. Bret Hart as Intercontinental Champion and a vacancy at WWF Championship. Next I check out my feuds. I have a Bushwhackers/Beverly Brothers feud, The WWF Title feud which has Flair, Hogan, Perfect, Savage, Roberts, Undertaker and Sid. Dibiase and IRS vs. Earthquake and Typhoon vs. Legion of Doom and Bret Hart vs. Piper vs. Mountie. All of the titles have feuds.

Now I will go through the roster and see who else I may want to put into feuds or storylines. I have Tito Santana, Jim Duggan, Big Bossman, Haku, Hercules, Greg Valentine, Jim Neidhart, Koko B. Ware, Marty Jannetty, Shawn Michaels, Rick Martel, Papa Shango, Sgt. Slaughter, Skinner, Tatanka, The Barbarian, The Nasty Boys, The Berzerker, Repo Man, Texas Tornado, Owen Hart, The British Bulldog, Ultimate Warrior, The Warlord and Virgil who I can all possibly make something with. We’ll return to that list in a moment. They aren’t the only ones on my roster. The remaining people are as far as I am concerned, expendable. They are Barry Hardy, Barry Horowitz, Bob Bradley, Jim Powers, Col. Mustafa, Brian Costello, Chris Walker,  Kato, Tanaka and Nikolai Volkoff

Its time for our first show: I want to sort out this WWF Title picture first. I’ll have Jack Tunney announce a rematch between Undertaker and Hulk Hogan for the Royal Rumble. I want to set up some momentum for guys on the way to the Royal Rumble. Earthquake and Typhoon win a squash, as do The Legion of Doom. Ric Flair defeats El Matador. Shawn Michaels defeats Jim Neidhart. Money Inc defeat The Bushwhackers via distraction from The Beverly Brothers. Bret Hart defeats Repo Man. Jake Roberts appears on the Funeral Parlor and defeats Sgt. Slaughter in the main event. Hogan did a promo about Undertaker. I think for the next week, I’ll want Undertaker to speak on Hulk Hogan and probably a Randy Savage match.

I signed Paul Ellering to manage Legion of Doom. WCW poached Rick Martel from me. I signed Robert Gibson to make up for that loss and have offers out to a few others

Week 2: I started out with a Sid squash over Barry Horowitz. The Bushwhackers cost the Beverly Brothers a match against High Energy. Jim Duggan defeated Hercules*. Marty Jannetty and Mountie fought to a double countout. I didn’t want to beat either one of them just yet. Barbarian defeats The Big Bossman*. Valentine and Volkoff defeat The Nasty Boys*. Randy Savage defeats Rick Martel. I don’t know when Martel’s final day with the promotion will be but this is probably his final match with us.

Paul Roma wins the ECW World Title. Rick Martel leaves WWF

Ricky Morton and Bam Bam Bigelow sign to join us. Just a day after getting pen to paper on Morton, I find out that he has suffered an elbow injury that will restrict him for a month. He can’t start with us for a week anyway but that is still almost 3 weeks without him at full power.

Weel 3: Kerry Von Erich shows up drunk. Jimmy Snuka defeats Brooklyn Brawler. Haku defeats Virgil, who suffers a finger injury during the match. Bret Hart defeats Bob Bradley. Big Bossman defeats Skinner. Money Inc defeats High Energy. British Bulldog defeats Hercules.  Hulk Hogan vs. Undertaker at the Royal Rumble is made a cage match. Roddy Piper defeats Mountie by intentional dq.

Windham and Zbyszko win the WCW World Tag Titles

Barry Horowitz suffers a throat injury somewhere

Week 4: I don’t think I have a deep enough roster to do a 3 hour show just yet. I ran a Rock and Roll Express hype video. Warlord won a squash. The Nasty Boys defeat The Youngbloods, who I brought in as enhancements. Legion of Doom is on the Funeral Parlor. Shawn Michaels defeats Sgt. Slaughter and is then chased out of the arena by Marty Jannetty. Texas Tornado defeats Repo Man. Sid defeats Col. Mustafa. Papa Shango defeats Jim Neidhart. Ultimate Warrior is announced to be in The Royal Rumble. The Berzerker defeats El Matador by countout. Randy Savage defeats Barbarian and is then attacked by Ric Flair.

Royal Rumble (week 4)

In a bout that had good wrestling and a decent reaction from the crowd, Roddy Piper defeated The Mountie in 18:18 by submission with The Sleeper. (75)

In an extremely short match, Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Jim Powers in 4:28 by pinfall with a Diving Headbutt. (53)

The Undertaker makes an elaborate entrance. (95)

Hulk Hogan makes a spectacular over-the-top entrance. (100)

In a bout that had fantastic heat and great wrestling, Hulk Hogan defeated The Undertaker in a Cage Escape match in 31:27 when Hulk Hogan escaped the cage. Hulk Hogan wins the WWF Heavyweight title. (76)

Having picked up the victory, Hulk Hogan celebrates in the ring. (89)

In a bout that had sub-par wrestling and little heat, The Beverly Brothers defeated The Bushwhackers in 9:45 when Blake Beverly defeated Bushwhacker Butch by pinfall with a Shaker Heights Spike. (51)

IIn a decent match, Ric Flair won a battle royal in 56:51. The other members of the 'final four' were The Ultimate Warrior, Mr. Perfect and Big Bossman, with The Ultimate Warrior being the final elimination. Mr. Perfect got the most eliminations over the course of the match. Ric Flair wins the WWF Royal Rumble title. (79)

Having picked up the victory, Ric Flair celebrates in the ring. (84)

Show got a 80

Reasoning behind the ppv: I had Bret Hart as ref for the Piper/Mountie match, with the winner earning a future IC Title shot. I wanted to debut Bam Bam with an easy win. I had neither Beverly Brothers or Bushwhackers in the Royal Rumble so I figured I’d pace the card out by putting that match in. This was Mr. Perfect’s first match back as well as Ultimate Warrior’s. I will start the tradition of the Royal Rumble winner challenging for the belt and though no better place to start is with Ric Flair. Undertaker losing in a cage match, without taking a fall is a way to keep him strong.

[ecfnw-tew2016-blog]

Welcome to ECW

The years is 1994, Eastern Championship Wrestling. Having just this year separated themselves from the National Wrestling Alliance and going off on their own. Paul Heyman looks to ECW from the rest of the big name promotions in the world. Focusing on the main stream success of hip-hop and grunge culture Heyman will be the different company looking to change the game. What once had turned in to a failure for ECW now sees Heyman trying to change history and advance to a National Promotion! Will he be able to compete much longer into the future?

[whosebookingisitanyways]

Day 14 - Sunday (Week 2 - July 2016)

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Day 13 - Saturday (Week 2 - July 2016)

Smackdown and Takeover Results from last night

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Day 12 - Friday (Week 2 - July 2016)

(EDITORS NOTE: Sorry been busy the past week but we are back now.)

Morale Issues

Some talent have been complaining lately about the way they have been booked and to that I say, SUCK IT UP.

Summerslam

Summerslam is around the corner and much of the booking is already set in place. All three brands will have a big presence on the show.

Big Night

There are two shows tonight, Smackdown and NXT Takeover. Big night for our new company.