Janpei

The Next Generation of World Wrestling Entertainment

I absolutely enjoyed doing Next Generation Wrestling. I had such fun doing it, and I think those who read it really liked a lot if too. The fact is, despite all the writing and the entire story that went into it, it was no different than any of the other Diaries that consist of taking the high-stat indy workers and putting them in an WWE-style promotion.

I mainly owe this diary to bskiffington (gfaqs), because I read others Diaries here and there, but man, I really loved what he did with SmackDown!. The entire concept posed a question though. You see, I realized that those who do WWE Diaries, either do an entire Raw or an entire SmackDown!. If not one of these, then they do an era-based Diary. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve read some good ones and some bad ones, but the fact remains, they all seemed to follow the same trend.

I realize that maybe it wasn’t because they wanted to seem cool and follow suit, but that in many ways they kind of saw what I didn’t really see upon further inspection, the impossibility of doing a current era WWE Diary. The truth is, it’s nearly impossible to cohesively put together three different shows, with ~20 sets of different workers, and try to wrap it all up in time for Pay-Per-View.

However, I found myself playing a lot of Smackdown vs. Raw. I usually tire of those games fast, and when I do, that’s when I start running my fantasy promotions as a means to further the lifespan of an already uninteresting game. I came up with some pretty good stuff involving a couple of my CAWs, but the gameplay is so horrid in SvR ’08 that I honestly couldn’t push myself to continue.

Shortly after, I revitalized NGW and actually booked it all the way up until the eVilution Pay-Per-View; I enjoyed what I did, but again seeing the promotion for what it really was, I had no desire to really do much else with it. However, me doing the whole English thing as a major, feel the need to continue to push my writing talents (or lack thereof perhaps). I loved the stuff that I set up on SvR so much that with the latest EWR stat update, I had to open up the good old Diary Books again.

I did some brief surveys on both EWR Board and PWB to kind of get a feel for some ideas. A lot of people think that throwing a created wrestler immediately into your major story arcs is a pretty bad idea. If you know my writing, you know that I can throw you immediately into a point of action without you ever feeling like maybe things seem out of place. So despite the ideas thrown around, I ultimately went forth with the idea of using a created worker in a main spot on the roster. Trust me, you will NOT be disappointed.

I also asked about the idea of throwing indy workers into the mix and I got some pretty good responses. I believe I didn’t really pose that question as properly as it could have been. I’m not going to saturate the WWE roster with a bunch of guys from RoH, CHIKARA, etc. I did however use 2-3 guys that I already had a place for in my SvR ’08 story that they do have a place in the Diary accordingly.

I’m almost willing to bet that one of the new additions to the WWE roster will be the kind of surprise that will get lot’s of mixed reactions. Some will probably not like it initially but as time goes on will enjoy his work, others heads will turn. That’s all I can say about that.

Basic Diary Information

I’m going to try to stay dedicated to this Diary as much as I can. To do this, I’ve decided that it would be best if I set a goal. The Diary itself takes place in October of 2007. I want it to continue onto to Wrestlemania 24. That’s going to be the trial run where I’ll overall see how people like where it’s going. If it turns out to be somewhat successful, then the Diary will then ultimately come to an end at Wrestlemania 25. If I make it that far, which I’m hoping I do, I will then ask for overall input. If it’s pretty positive, I’ll try to go from 25 to 26 and so on and so forth.

I like a lot of the ideas the bs set in place. I think reader input is a must for a lot of these things. I want to do the same thing as well in certain areas. I’ll probably do Pay Per View prediction contests like bs with the winner getting some kind of grant to play around with a potential storyline.

I’ll try to post this on as many Diary Dome sites as possible. I think that’ll be beneficial because you’ll have one winner here who will decide to change something, and then you’ll have another winner over at this or that board changing something as well. Overall I think it’s going to provide me with some good ideas that will hopefully slow down any signs burning-out and I’ll be able to see things through with this Diary.

Brand-Split

This is one thing that I’m going to see through all the way. I know there have been who did attempt to do an entire WWE Diary that always came down to the brand-split no longer being in effect. I’m doing the exact opposite; in fact, I’m going to cut down on workers crossing brands to at least make interpromotional matches seem more valuable.

I want the brand split to resemble what it used to be back in 2002-2003 when you hardly ever had workers cross brands to work a match here and there, but at the same time, I want to allow the ability to have surprise appearances here and there for tentative purposes.

When it all comes down to it though, the brand-split will be seen through ONE-HUNDRED PERCENT.

Excess Pay-Per-Views

If there’s any reason that people tire of playing WWE EWR games, it’s the amount of Pay-Per-Views that take place. This isn’t even a EWR specific problem either, because as a WWE fan, I just can’t stand the amount of Pay-Per-Views they have on a yearly basis.

I didn’t do this as a means to make it easier on me, but as a way to kind of kill off the pointless Pay-Per-Views that serve as nothing more than a way to make a few extra bucks. My WWE is reverting back to a regular 12-month PPV schedule with one additional unannounced Pay-Per-View taking place as well.

So the Pay-Per-View line-up looks like this:

January - Royal Rumble

February - No Way Out

March - Wrestlemania

April - Backlash

May - Judgment Day

June - *TBA*

July - Great American Bash

August - SummerSlam

September - Unforgiven

October - No Mercy

November - Survivor Series

December - Armageddon

Inconsistencies and Continuity Errors

I’m going to do MAJOR reworking of storylines up to the October 2007 period. At the same I like some of the things that WWE has recently come up with in their product. So, if you see something that took place at a later date in current WWE that’s taking place earlier in my scenario, it has nothing to do with me not being aware of the timeframe. I’m going to borrow elements I like in the current product and throw in my own flair.

So if you see something like a Kofi Kingston match happening in October. It's because I took the April Data, pushed it back to when I wanted my Diary to start, took the ideas that WWE has currently implemented that I do like and employ them in my Diary. I know a lot of people are adamant about keeping consistent with the timeline, but screw that. I already put enough re-work into the stories and if I see a good thing going, I'm going to throw it in there as a sign of my own laziness .

To keep things simple though, this Diary will take place on the Monday immediately after No Mercy 2007.