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Totally. There's no way Hogan isn't fudging those numbers to make himself look like a fucking rock star.

And I just noticed I left their title belts vacant! DOH~! I've noticed a bunch of mistakes already, but I'm glad you're enjoying it! As it comes to their TV deal, I guess I didn't think to match-up their risk levels, and I'll admit, the entire promotion was a little rushed.

Ill send you my wage scale and overseas scale via PM today. Keep in mind there is an overseas scale to go off of in the FAQ thread, which is the exact same as the overseas scale I used for my MASTERS and Wrestling at WAR mods. When you're having a hard time determining what push to give a wrestler, just look at how they were booked on cars in the months leading to the start of your mod. If they were mostly used in matches at the beginning of the show, they'd be lower midcarders right? And if they are always facing main eventers but lose a lot, they should probably still be upper midcarders. Use logic like that, it will help. Using this method and thought process Id say I came up with pretty accurate rosters for my MASTERS mod. I really like that you have a scale/table worked out, but keep in mind not everyone gets paid what they're "supposed to" on paper. For example, Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan were the two biggest icons of the 80s, and Hogan made WAY more. Pretty sure guys like The Rock, Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin, and possibly a few others, were making 8 digits at this point, though. I remember a shoot interview where Hogan said he was making 14 million a year in WCW around 2000. Well there's no way to simulate someone making 14-million a year considering the max is $300,000 x 12 = $3,600,000. And yes, you must always take into account the worker's situation. Like in my MASTERS scenario you'll notice friends of Hulk Hogan such as Brutus Beefcake and Brian Knobbs earning way more money than they deserve, just because of their relationship with Hogan, and because Hogan probably would have pulled some strings to have his friends get a bigger paycheck than others. And I mean in the case of Flair vs. Hogan, that's completely situational of the time period considering Hogan was working for a worldwide promotion and Flair was still trying to save the territories. Poor Jim Crockett is just trying to keep his territory afloat and certainly does not have the funds to pay Flair a wage similar to Hogan.

Ill send you my wage scale and overseas scale via PM today. Keep in mind there is an overseas scale to go off of in the FAQ thread, which is the exact same as the overseas scale I used for my MASTERS and Wrestling at WAR mods. When you're having a hard time determining what push to give a wrestler, just look at how they were booked on cars in the months leading to the start of your mod. If they were mostly used in matches at the beginning of the show, they'd be lower midcarders right? And if they are always facing main eventers but lose a lot, they should probably still be upper midcarders. Use logic like that, it will help. Using this method and thought process Id say I came up with pretty accurate rosters for my MASTERS mod.

I won't add a Mexican promotion because no one will play it and I have better things to do than waste my time looking up all that info for a fed no one will even touch. Treat WSW like that Canadian promotion you want. They are essentially Stampede Wrestling continued on after merging with the AWA to stay competitive. Paul Heyman is in the WWF and will be partially responsible for saving the WWF helping ignite the Attitude Era with his eventual booking in this alternate reality. One of my main focuses was to NOT have an ECW-esque promotion because its been beat to death and its much more interesting to have those guys spread out through the industry. The way I see it, none of those real big promotions would have wanted Tommy Dreamer by this point, although in my sims he's usually signed to a written contract after the first day. Thanks for your comments though I hope you're enjoying it!

I'd like to send you the scales I use for wages depending on their current contract situation(s), push, and overness. I think a solid base of wages for workers is essential to having a truly playable scenario that isn't wacked out with paying 8 overness wrestlers $40k per appearance. I think it will really enhance the playing experience instead of going off the wages that are already in the scenario you're working on.

My Wrestling at WAR mod for the EWR section.

I don't have a .zip program on my computer anymore. Maybe someone else can help you out. But ? I have WinRAR and I feel like that opens .zip files with no problem. If you download that you can unzip the .rar version I have originally posted. I'll probably do that, it is pretty silly the way it is now. I think I'll end up releasing an update at some point so expect that to be changed. And thanks for the feedback, I'm sure you'll really enjoy this I think it'll be a lot of fun for all of you! I'll still work on the backstory in the mean time, which I want to release in a little bit. I know it's kind of awkward without a backstory, but take a look at some of the stuff posted in the other thread for like HCW and a little bit of the general backstory in the first post.

Welcome to... Wrestling at WAR Wrestling at WAR is an alternate reality scenario pitting the entire wrestling industry nearly at war with one another. With six incredible promotions to choose from, it's your opportunity to grab the reigns of one of the nation's six largest promotions, and ride them towards global dominance! Throw yourself in the war commencing between the National Wrestling Alliance and World Star Wrestling! OR... take over Richard Branson's threatening Hollywood Championship Wrestling, which attempts to poise itself as the next big thing in professional wrestling! OR... save the World Wrestling Federation from absolute demise, and lead them into the Attitude Era and towards future prosperity! OR... try your hand at turning the Dallas-based United States Wrestling Association from a traditional territorial promotion, into the next nation-wide wrestling promotion! OR... take over the regional-sized East Coast Wrestling Association, and mold the ECWA into that talked about indy promotion, and perhaps into something more! It's your choice! Their destiny! It's January 1996, and the new year has come! Who's side are you on ? VERSION 1.0 ZIPPYSHARE DOWNLOAD

By the way, Pharrell is 40-YEARS OLD NOW. Dude's never gonna go out of style.

United States Wrestling Association Acronym: USWA Headquarters: Dallas, TX Cult Sized, 45% Image Product Information Risk: Southern Conservative (46%) Production Level: Acceptable (65%) Advertising: Acceptable (50%) Merchandising: Acceptable (15%) Development Territory: Non-Existent Training Camp: The Funkin' Dojo (Amarillo, TX) List of USWA Championships USWA Unified World Heavyweight Championship (Main Event / 80% Prestige) Jake Roberts [won at USWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (Midcard / 55% Prestige) Bodacious Bart [won at USWA Tag Team Championship (Midcard / 50% Prestige) The Harris Brothers [won at List of USWA Television Shows USWA Pro Wrestling (Saturdays, Late Night on TNN) List of USWA Contracted Workers Wrestler Name (Disposition / Gimmick / Contract / Overness) Main Eventers Jacques Rougeau Jr. (Heel / Anti-USA / $32,000 WC / 70 OVR) Jake Roberts (Face / Old School Face / $60,000 WC / 83 OVR) 'The King' Jerry Lawler (Face / Unique / $75,000 WC / 82 OVR) Kerry Von Erich (Face / Hero / $75,000 WC / 83 OVR) 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper (Face / Unique / $125,000 WC /89 OVR) Sid Vicious (Heel / Monster / $100,000 WC / 87 OVR) Terry Funk (Face / No Gimmick Needed / $27,000 OC / 75 OVR) The Patriot (Face / All- American / $25,000 WC / 68 OVR) Yokozuna (Heel / Sumo / $65,000 WC / 81 OVR) Upper Midcarders Bodacious Bart (Heel / Egomaniac / $35,000 WC / 55 OVR) Bob Holly (Heel / Old School Heel / $27,000 WC / 53 OVR) 'Gentleman' Chris Adams (Face / Old School Face / $35,000 WC / 61 OVR) Chris Von Erich (Face / Family Guy / $40,000 WC / 54 OVR) Dory Funk Jr. (Face / Old School Face / $30,000 WC / 56 OVR) Honky Tonk Man (Heel / Impressionist / $19,000 WC / 60 OVR) Jeff Jarrett (Heel / Arrogant / $35,000 WC / 63 OVR) Jesse James Armstrong (Face / Cool / $24,000 WC / 59 OVR) Konnan (Heel / Foreign Star / $45,000 OC / 60 OVR) Pierre Carl Oulette (Heel / Anti-USA / $32,000 WC / 52 OVR) Terry Gordy (Heel / Old School Face / $15,000 OC / 56 OVR) Midcarders Barry Horowitz (Face / No Gimmick Needed / $25,000 OC / 43 OVR) Don Harris (Heel / Old School Heel / $5000 OC / 42 OVR) Erik Watts (Heel / Family Guy / $25,000 WC / 44 OVR) Giant John (Heel / Old School Heel / $30,000 OC / 47 OVR) Henry Godwinn (Face / Hillbilly / $22,000 OC / 48 OVR) Fidel Sierra (Heel / Anti-USA / $27,000 OC / 44 OVR) Ron Harris (Heel / Old School Heel / $5000 OC / 42 OVR) Tatanka (Face / Native American / $14,000 OC / 45 OVR) Tito Santana (Face / Old School Face / $30,000 OC / 50 OVR) 'Wildfire' Tommy Rich (Heel / Old School Heel / $30,000 WC / 46 OVR) Lower Midcarders Alex Porteau (Heel / Legitimate Athlete / $13,000 OC / 33 OVR) Big Fred (Heel / Old School Heel / $15,000 OC / 31 OVR) Chris Hamrick (Heel / Old School Heel / $7000 OC / 17 OVR) El Texano (Heel / Old School Heel / $5000 OC / 26 OVR) Headhunter A (Heel / Crazy / $6000 OC / 23 OVR) Headhunter B (Heel / Crazy / $6000 OC / 23 OVR) Oly Olson (Heel / Old School Heel / $3000 OC / 23 OVR) Ricky Morton (Face / Old School Face / $13,000 OC / 38 OVR) Robert Gibson (Face / Old School Face / $13,000 OC / 38 OVR) Rockin' Rebel (Heel / Bad Ass / $4000 OC / 21 OVR) Scott Taylor (Face / Blue Chipper / $3000 OC / 22 OVR) Sgt. Craig Pittman (Heel / Armed Forces / $3000 OC / 25 OVR) The Colorado Kid (Face / Old School Face / $7000 OC / 27 OVR) Tommy Rogers (Face / Old School Face/ $10,000 OC / 38 OVR) Van Hammer (Face / Metalhead / $6000 OC / 36 OVR) Openers Big Ron Studd (Heel / Old School Heel / $5000 OC / 17 OVR) Bull Buchanan (Heel / Enforcer / $4000 OC / 14 OVR) Chad Fortune (Face / Old School Face / $5000 OC / 24 OVR) Jamie Noble (Face / Blue Chipper / $3000 OC / 13 OVR) Michael Modest (Face / Blue Chipper / $3000 OC / 16 OVR) The Navajo Warrior (Face / Native American / $3000 OC / 14 OVR) Jobbers Chris Harris (Face / None / $2000 OC / 6 OVR) Kevin Northcutt (Heel / None / $2000 OC / 2 OVR) Lash LeRoux (Face / Fun Babyface / $2000 OC / 1 OVR) Managers Col. Robert Parker (Heel / Redneck / $30,000 WC / 48 OVR) (Manages: The Harris Brothers) Harvey Wippleman (Heel / The Brain / $25,000 OC / 56 OVR) (Manages: John and Fred) Hillbilly Jim (Face / Hillbilly / $12,000 OC / 42 OVR) (Manages: Henry Godwinn) Raymond Rougeau (Heel / Anti-USA / $20,000 WC / 53 OVR) (Manages: The Amazing French Canadians) Non-Wrestlers Kevin Von Erich (Face / No Gimmick Needed / $70,000 WC / 75 OVR) Tag Teams Funk and Gordy (Terry Funk / Terry Gordy) John and Fred (Big Fred / Giant John) Southern Gentlemen (Bob Holly / Jeff Jarrett) Southern Rebels (Chris Hamrick / Rockin' Rebel) Tatanka and Navajo (Tatanka / The Navajo Warrior) The Amazing French Canadians (Jacques Rougeau Jr. / Pierre Carl Outlette) The Funks (Dory Funk Jr. / Terry Funk) The Harris Brothers (Don Harris / Ron Harris) The Headhunters (Headhunter A / Headhunter B) The Rock'N'Roll Express (Ricky Morten / Robert Gibson) Stables The Amazing French Canadians (Jacques Rougeau Jr. / Pierre Carl Outlette / Raymond Rougeau) Alter Egos Big Bubba Ottman (Tugboat / Fred Ottman) Bodacious Bart (Bart Gunn) Giant John (Earthquake / John Tenta)

Looking for Beta testers. PM if you're interested. You would be playing through with one specific company pointing out any flaws, problems, or things that just shouldn't be happening...

Here ya go. Figured I'd throw in the logo with a white stroke around it for good measure. That background is called the KyKy background. Just Google Image search "blank kyky bg" if you ever need it.

Prospective WSW roster Prospective WWF roster

I'm excited to see a team like the Blue Jays making moves to become contenders, but they really haven't looked good to start out with. Watching the Tigers here in Michigan is a blast because they usually always kick ass (Prince is a fucking boss, exclamation point) and I can't wait to go see them at Comercia once the weather cheers up. My Indians are looking like how they should at this point, but it's gonna be another tough year. One comment I really want to make is, what's with these scores so far this year. I swear every game is like an 11-2 box score. It's crazy.

I guess 'memorial' isn't an appropriate term to use. I think what I was aiming for was 'Commemorative', which is what I'm going to switch it to unless a better one can be suggested. I actually had a tough time thinking of a school name that sounds prestigious. Maybe something like the Cauliflower Wrestling Academy? Bob Star is supposed to be a parody of Hogan. And I like the idea of Bradshaw using his JBL gimmick from the get go. It was his most interesting and successful character, and I'm sick of Bradshaw being an ass-beating beer-drinking no-charisma big guy. It wasn't like Ric Flair was as rich as he became during the prime of his career when he started out. I just finished reading his book and he talked about how even though he talked the talk, he was hardly walking the walk.

Edit: Updated with essentially complete backstory. Presenting... Hollywood Championship Wrestling (HCW) Richard Branson had always been an interesting man. There is a short-supply of millionaires whom lack excitement and charisma, and almost none who aren't men of risk. Branson has always been a man of risk, investment ... adventure. He had always been a professional wrestling fan as well, with wonderful memories as a child going to Joint Promotions shows in and around London, where the allure of professional wrestling had never ceased to fascinate him. But, most of all, Branson was a driven man, and made his fortunes through a wide variety of business ventures, the most important being his launch and evolution of Virgin Records. However, there has always been, one area of industry which has always seem to allude him. The old-boys club of the professional wrestling industry was just as tough to break in to as hierarchies of worldwide corporations. He knew a professional wrestling promotion in Britain wasn't set-up for success without major struggles along the road. The way he saw it, an extremely fortunate opportunity which could be seized upon would be the only way he could stick his hand in the bucket of North American wrestling, and successfully come away with a handful of water. And if that opportunity would never come? So be it. There were plenty of more niches to jump on, much more money to make elsewhere. It wasn't too concerning... But my god pro wrestling... Branson had spent countless nights as a young adult dreaming of the scenario. Of the operations involved in running a professional wrestling promotion. The thrill unlike any other handle of business. But now it seemed like forever since he had thought about it, until the trail of Vince McMahon got underway. Branson stayed on top of the latest news concerning the situation, and soon enough began planning his approach; his strategy for successfully breaking into the industry... June 17th, 1993 Vince McMahon is convicted. And Branson sees his opening. The mass exodus of WWF wrestlers was ignited like a wildfire, and Branson was quick to act. The phone calls began, word swift around. Quickly the situation went from, "I have to get out of Stamford" to "I have to get my tape to Branson's people". Not to mention, the media professional wrestling was receiving was unlike never before. Although, none of it was good, there was a silent eye on professional wrestling, and Richard Branson's creation was truly beginning to unfold. Off the heels of McMahon's downfall, Branson scooped up considerable World Wrestling Federation talent. The industry was taken aback when Branson held a huge press conference announcing the debut of Hollywood Championship Wrestling, to be starring the likes of Shawn Michaels, his partner in crime Kevin Nash, and Lex Luger. His biggest signing, however, was bringing in Hulk Hogan, who was fed up with his time spent apart of World Star Wrestling (a company, he helped put on the map). And when Hogan jumped, it was truly a big deal, as he and Branson went on a primetime media tour to promote the new product, which they both described as the future of sports entertainment... Their first big pay-per-view was a major success in terms of sales, as HCW Big Bang set off the promotion in style on the third Sunday of July, 1994. A cocky, heel-oriented Shawn Michaels would become the first HCW World champion after defeating Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, and Lex Luger in a four-way main event hyped as 'The Showdown of Stars'. And while the ring-work was sloppy, things felt big. Things felt, really big. Debuting the next night on the USA Network, HCW Monday Night Heat was unlike any wrestling show the world had seen, with a major emphasis on the production quality, smooth flow of the show, and direction to keep the viewer glued to their television; not to mention the big matches on Monday nights. To the rest of the industry, things felt like a coup. The old-boys were a bit shaken, but certainly not defeated. The National Wrestling Alliance hadn't done much to acknowledge any threat or anything that has happened in or around Hollywood Championship Wrestling. On the other side of the street however, World Star Wrestling had taken their jabs at the new Branson-business venture, referring to it as a "joke of a wrestling promotion", with Bret Hart taking certain shots at Hulk Hogan who had ditched the company for it. But no matter what anybody said, or didn't say, Hollywood Championship Wrestling was catching on, and history may tell the old-boys club they should have perceived HCW as a threat from the beginning, possessing pockets of wealth greater than what the National Wrestling Alliance has to pool from. Not only that, but HCW presents a wide variety of wrestling matches and styles. From hardcore brawls, to fast-paced cruiserweight action, HCW had done well to provide it all. Along the way, however, HCW hit a rough-patch of the road, as several factors began to collide in extraordinary fashion. It was reported that Branson was getting sick of running the promotion by the means he was already attending to (which means by the use of plenty officers on the forefront). As the busy business mogul he truly became, it only took Branson a short few months for him to realize full-time operations of a wrestling promotion was too much to add into his current plethora of responsibilities. The rumors began to mill once more, was Branson to dump the promotion off? Sell it? Possibly even kill it? No, no, he has contracts in place... Merge it? Join another promotion? But that was none of it, as the situation wasn't as dire as first anticipated. Instead, Branson was on the hunt for an Executive Vice President of Hollywood Championship Wrestling, to run things, in complete control, in Branson's place. Every decision was to lay in the hands on one man. Who could turn Branson's investment into a profit. One man, with the same vision. Eric. Bischoff. The company's current lead announcer, Bischoff was named to the position after relentless pitching of his vision to Branson. Having previously worked for the NWA on a secondary level, Bischoff took a chance by accepting a contract offer from the yet to debut Hollywood Championship Wrestling. From day one, Eric has been the company's lead announcer, but now, he was its ultimate. Just for the record, Bischoff's reign seemed to have began around December of 1994. No immediate booking changes seemed to have take place, but his largest creation (or co-creation), certainly had to be the turn of Hulk Hogan from the childhood hero legend he had become known for, to one of the biggest heels in all of professional wrestling. At HCW's First Anniversary, Hogan successfully took the turn win he defeated Shawn Michaels to earn his first HCW World championship. But to Hogan, it wasn't about winning the title. He had held plenty of them. For him, it was the principal of the matter. Shawn Michaels had already been teasing a face turn, ever since he won the belt off Lex Luger, who had defeated him for it five months earlier in February. Michaels now had held the belt for another month, but the title would shift hands to Hogan, who many were thrilled to see begin his reign. But Hogan didn't begin it like any other reign. Instead, he refused his hand rose, and proceeded to spit, chuck, and stomp on the World championship. Taking the microphone, Hogan began ranting on about how much he had put into this business, and how little he had gotten out of it. How much his body had endured, the schedule he was forced to commit to, and how ungrateful all these fans were for it. How they all wanted the 'Sexy Boy' to keep the title. How Michaels had already begun referring to the World championship as his title. Well Hogan was going to one-up all of that, and soon enough everyone will be talking about the greatness of 'Hollywood' Hulk Hogan. And after all this, Hogan refused the World championship. Instead, he declared himself, the Hollywood Heavyweight champion, brother. Five months later, Hogan still holds his 'Hollywood' championship, and now has one man under his sleeve, Eric Bischoff. Revealed as the Executive Vice President of the organization just a month after his reign, Bischoff played mean towards Hogan, but in reality, slowly fell sway to one of the most capturing personalities in the industry. HCW's December pay-per-view, Mayhem on 34th Street, Bischoff officially revealed his alignment with Hogan, as the two successfully screwed Lex Luger out of his chance in taking the belt. Now the Bischoff/Hogan alliance has officially begun, and there may not be much the rest of the Hollywood roster can do about it...

Typing this from my phone forgive any errors. So TheWho your first part kind of ties in with the WSW logo I posted above. I really wanted to provide two national promotions at war with one another that weren't a McMahon promotion. 1987 is a very famous year in wrestling not just because of 'Macho Madness' sweeping the nation, but because of the formation of World Star Wrestling, a nationwide attempt based out of Chicago created out of the old AWA, Toronto, and Stampede Territories. I understand this is not very plausible, and that's why it didn't happen in real life. Sure, attempts like this were made down south, but what if these territories came together to save themselves after the success of Wrestlemania? Basing themselves out of Chicago with stars like the AWA's Hulk Hogan and Scott Hall as well as Stampede's Hart Family (including Bret and Owen), and other stars who would join the mix. By the turn of the decade, supercards/pay-per-views were the trend in pro wrestling. By 95 or 96 (whenever this takes place, probably January 1996), the WSW has stars like Curr Hennig and The Giant as well, and have a prime time show just like the NWA. They keep a traditional approach but provide in ring work a bit more fast-paced than NWA matches, as well as interesting storylines similar to the WWF Attitude Era, but not as risqué. I'll consider your comments on the Blue Bloods and Sammartino when I'm back in front of my computer, thanks for the interest! And yes, WCCW survives, but only thanks to merging with Memphis to form the USWA, who actually have a pretty stacked roster... I just haven't decided whether to put them at Cult level or keep them ate high regional... I mean, how much like the real (and crappy) USWA should they be? I do want to add the Von Erich's as well.