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I loved the previous layout as it showed that you can still make a great diary without writing everything out in full, but this new layout was awesome as well, incredibly detailed. The downside is it will take you a lot longer to write each show, but I love getting to read the commentary, as it can really make a show great, and JR and King play the face and heel commentary roles perfectly.

In terms of the content, the push you are giving Graham is going well, and having his own weekly segment will continue to get him more over. Shame it came at the expense of McMahon, I am sure it was not your plan. It gets annoying on EWR when that kind of thing happens, I mean when Shelton came on Raw and beat Triple H, Triple H's overness wasn't really harmed, same as with HBK feuding with the debuting Spirit Squad, so I thought EWR was particularly hard on you there.

I don't really like Norton or Savio much, and having seen them too much, but I love Shamrock, and even if the wrestlers aren't that amazing, you use them very well, so it is easy to get into.

I know some people complained when the Quebecers got the titles, but when I briefly did a game based on this period in WWE, inspired by you, I found they put on consistently good matches, so I wouldn't mind them getting the titles.

Rocky and Mero's segment was a good way to buildup the tension before the PPV, I thought they would get it on, but they have fought quite a lot recently, just letting them talk saves something for the PPV.

The main event was a good booking choice for the readers, to witness more tension before the PPV, but if you have a feud between Double J and Triple H as one of your feuds in your game, I am guessing using these tag matches doesn't build the feuds up so well. However, I like the booking of having strange bedfellows, so I think it should work well.

My only minor gripe with the diary would perhaps be that too many of the characters you introduce get given different names and gimmicks, so it might eventually become hard to keep up with who is who, but right now it is not too much of a problem, and I can understand that you do it so that your game doesn't play out too similarly to the real WWF during this period. It is great however how you are managing to create stars, getting rid of Taker and Austin at the beginning so that the shows don't revolve around them, and making this diary different and challenging.

Anyway, I love this diary, in my opinion this is easily the most impressive diary on this board, I have read it since I signed up and finally decided to write some comments as I have started to become more active in the diary section. I read through the WCW thread you made as well, which was also great, although it was a shame you ended it just as it was getting so exciting, I really wanted to see what would happen onscreen and backstage. Anyway this great, as I say you make stars rather than make things easy for yourself, and I feel this diary is the best as it is retro, which is always good to read, and is a unique enough diary as it is, whilst other members seem to feel the need to overcomplicate things by trying to make their diary as unique as possible, when in fact you don't need to, as it just becomes too complicated, whilst this is easy to follow, yet detailed and unique enough compared to over diaries.

As for In Your House, I think Hunter will take the title, because if he goes down to Double J again he make look too weak, and with HBK surely due to return soon from rehab, it will prepare us for the feud I expect you to angle for between the two for the title. It is hard to call Mero/Rocky, because Mero is being pushed nicely in this thread, but the Rock is a future main eventer. Mero could win to allow Rocky to focus on the main event scene, but then if Rocky loses he might look too weak to move up a notch. I think Legion of Doom will retain, hopefully Shamrock will win. I guess Kane will do something in the next part of the show, I expect him to win his PPV match. A heel turn must be oncoming, as Rocky, Flair, Double J and Kane are all face and the only major heel is Hunter Hearst Helmsley. Anyway, I shall see in due course. Just wanted to give you kudos for a great diary. I kind of preferred the old font, but its your diary. Hopefully it will be updated more frequently from now on, but I don't blame you for having a life!