[HYPE] The GagneVerse: Battle of the Big 3 - (EWR Alternative Reality) [April 1997]

[Superstar Slim]

I've been a lurker on the forum for years and a consistent EWR player (TEW 2005 as well) as the newer gens are kinda too complicated for my taste lol. Anyways I've been working on an alternative reality scenario using MASTERS April 1997 mod with the biggest influence and inspiration coming from iDomination 2008 and the Wrestling at War 1996 scenerio. Set in 1997 there are 3 national promotions at war: WWF, AWA, and the NWA. In this reality Verne Gagne decides to give Hulkamania the strap and focus the company around him instead of allowing him to leave. WrestleMania still happens but not at the exact level that it did in real life. Throughout the course of the 80s the territories would slowly merge into the 3 promotions with UWF, GCW, and Mid Atlantic absorbed into the NWA and some of the regional promtions in the Midwest/North West/Central merging with the AWA and some of the smaller north eastern promitons being bought by the WWF. By the beginning of the 90s it would be 3 clear cut comapnies gunning for the top wrestling spot.

 

PROMOTIONS: 

1. National Wrestling Alliance (National, 31%)

2. American Wrestling Association (National, 25%)

3. World Wrestling Federation (National, 22%)

4. United States Wrestling Association (Cult, 42%)

5. Canadian Stampede Pro (Cult, 24%)

6. Universal de Lucha Libre (Cult, 7%)

7. Eastern Championship Wrestling (Regional, 81%)

8. Golden State Wrestling (Regional, 44%)

9. Legends of Pro Wrestling (Regional, 21%)

10. Championship Wrestling from Florida (Regional, 15%)

11. Xtreme Pro Wrestling (Small, 74%)

12. Ohio Valley Wrestling (Small, 51%)

13. Jersey All Pro Wrestling (Small, 34%)

14. OMEGA (Small, 15%)

Def need help with graphics in terms of logos if anybody could help. Will post backstories sometimeg this week and should have the scenerio out by the new year. Also if u guys had any suggestions or ideas as well on how it could be improved please lmk

Edited January 5, 2022 by Superstar Slim

[Superstar Slim]

Name: World Wrestling Federation 

Size: National (22%)

HQ: Stamford, CT

Risk: 70% (Crash TV, Sports Entertainment)

Ads: 80%

Production: 85%

Merch: 84%

Owner: Linda McMahon and Titan Sports Inc.

Head Booker: Shane McMahon

Booking Team: Shane McMahon, Vic Venom, Gorilla Moonson, Vince McMahon, Pat Patterson

Development: Titan Pro Wrestling (Providence, RI)

Training Camp: Titan Wrestling Acadamy (Providence, RI)

Figurehead: Shawn Michaels 

Alliances: ECW (Working Agreement), USWA (Working Agreement), OMEGA (Working Agreement)

Enemies: NWA (War), AWA (War), CSP (Non Aggression Pact), CWF (Hostility)

TV Shows: 

1. Thursday Night Attitude on USA Network (9PM - 11PM) [Michael Cole & Shane McMahon]
2. Sunday Night War on USA Network (10:30pm - 11:30pm) [Todd Pettengill & Jerry Lawler]

Backstory:
Despite his attemps, Vincent Kennedy Mcmahon was unable to monopolize wrestling the way that he wanted to. After Hulk Hogan decided to stay with the AWA instead of signing with the federation, McMahon was hungry to find a flagship star to take his company to the next level. He would end up finding his star in none other than "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. After turning face and defeating The Iron Sheik at the inaugural WrestleMania I, Piper along with Andre The Giant and Ted DiBiase would go on to establish the WWF as a national promotion, striking a late night tv deal with MTV. The deal would come to an end in 1987 after Piper would leave the company due to nagging injuries, dropping the WWF Title to the Million Dollar Man at WrestleMania III. This would open up the door for a new babyface to emerge, "The Macho Man" Randy Savage. Savage would jump ship from Mid South to the WWF due to the Mid South/WCCW merger. Randy Savage would win the title at Summerslam 87 from Ted DiBiase and have 3 different title reigns with the belt from 1988 -1991 making him the only 3 time WWF Champion to date. In 1991 Randy Savage accepts a big money deal from the NWA and passes the torch to The Ultimate Warrior in a Retirement Match at WM7 for the WWF Championship. Controversy would hit the WWF in 1992 when the United States Government indicted Vince McMahon for distributing steriods to wrestlers. Several wrestlers such as The Ultimate Warrior, Jake Roberts, and Davey Boy Smith would be released from their contracts and the WWF seeing a hard hit in popularity and star power. Desperate for anything, the WWF would sign Hulk Hogan to the biggest 1 year contract in pro wrestling history with a clause to add two more years and a 15% increase if Hogan wanted to stay and could terminate the contract at any given time. Hogan would debut and win the 1993 Royal Rumble and defeat WWF Champion Yokozuna at WM9. Despite this Hogan would be gome from the company by Survivior Series after Mcmahon was sentenced to 18 months in a federal prision. 

The company would then be transition to Linda McMahon who would run the business side and Kevin Dunn and Michael Hayes running the creative. McMahon would be released in February of 1995 and would resume duties as booker more in the shadow of things. The WWF at this point of time was at its worst point in popularity and prestige in its history. WWF Magazine writer Vic Venom approached McMahon with an idea to revive the product by making it more risque HBO/Jerry Springer like. Over the next year the WWF would go into more darker risque storylines instead of the dated cartoon product they've been putting on since the 80s. Perhaps the big storyline that really kicked off the Attitude era was Kevin Nash (former NWA World Champion) and Scott Hall (former AWA World Champion) jumping ship to the WWF and screwing Sycho Sid and helping HBK regain the WWF title at SS96, turning HBK heel in the process. Today the WWF is easily the most risque mainstream promotion out of the Big 3 with characters such as Raven (a jim jones like cult leader), Brian Pillman (a 4th wall breaking loose cannon constanty doing worked shoot promos), Chris Kanyon (A pornstar), & The Godfather (A Pimp). Despite all the outrageous storylines there are a few rising stars in the WWF that could potentially transcend the industry and take the WWF to the next level.

Top 5 Stars:

1. The Ultimate Warrior (92) [Face, Mysterious]
2. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (91) [Face, Rebel]
3. "HBK" Shawn Michaels (90) [Heel, Degenerate]
4. "Big Diesel" Kevin Nash (87) [Heel, Degenerate]
5. The Giant (85) [Face, Monster]

(Other notable pushed acts: Scott Hall, Hunter Helmsley, Brian Pillman, Sycho Sid, Syxx, Jerry Lawler, Ahmed Johnson, Bill Goldberg, Ken Shamrock, The Pitbulls, The Ministry of Raven, Rocky Johnson Jr, The Smoking Gunns & The Nation)

Champions:

WWF World Championship (86%) Shawn Michaels (2) (defeated Sycho Sid at Survivor Series 1996)

WWF Intercontinental Championship (69%) "Cocky" Rocky Johnson Jr. (1) (defeated Hunter Hemsley at WrestleMania 13)

WWF Tag Team Championships (61%) The Pitbulls (1) (defeated King's Court at WrestleMania 13)

Last Card:

WrestleMania 13:(Boston Massachusetts, March 23rd, 1997)

WWF Championship   
Shawn Michaels (c) w/Chyna def. Roddy Piper (1997 Royal Runble Winner)

The Ultimate Warrior def. Raven w/ Pastor Percy and The Ministry of Raven

Tag Team Street Fight 
Sycho Sid and The Giant def. The Outsiders w/Chyna

WWF Intercontinental Championship 

Rocky Johnson Jr. def. Hunter Hemsley(c) w/Chyna

Ken Shamrock def. Brian Pillman

WWF Tag Team Championships     The Pitbulls w/Sunny def. The King's Court (c)(Sir William and Sir David) w/Jerry Lawler 

Kane w/Pastor Percy and The Ministry of Raven def. Marc Mero w/ Rena Mero

6 Man Tag Team Grudge Match Ahmed Johnson & The Smoking Gunns def. The Nation (D'Lo Brown, Mark Henry, & Big Nelson)

Bill Goldberg def. Prince Fatu Alofa w/ The House of Samoa and Brother Love

Major Feuds/Storylines: The Kliq vs The WWF, Warrior vs The Ministry, Rise of Kane, Bill Goldberg undefeated streak, & Rise of Cocky Rocky

 

Edited December 16, 2021 by Superstar Slim

[Superstar Slim]

Name: National Wrestling Alliance

Size: National (31%)

HQ: Atlanta, GA

Risk: 66% (Southern Traditonal Mainstream, Brawl heavy)

Ads: 84%

Production: 87%

Merch: 80%

Owner: Ted Turner

Head Booker: Eric Bischoff

Booking Team: Eric Bischoff, Dusty Rhodes, Jim Ross, Michael Hayes

Development: Wildside Championship Wrestling (Tulsa, OK)

Training Camp: NWA Power Plant (Mobile, Al)

Figurehead: Hollywood Hogan

Alliances: CWF (Working Agreement), LPW (Working Agreement), OVW (Working Agreement), NJPW (Working Agreement)

Enemies: WWF (War), AWA (War), ECW (Hostility), USWA (Hostility), CSP (Non Agression Pact)

 

TV Shows:

1. NWA Monday Night Nitro on TNT (8:00pm-10:05pm) [Jim Ross and Bobby Heenan]
2. NWA Saturday Night on TBS (7pm-8pm) [Scott Hudson and Jimmy Hart]

 

 

Backstory:

After existing mostly as a governing body over a bunch of regional territories, a meeting was held after the WWF's failed attempted at signing Hulk Hogan over the growing threats of the WWF and WCW. It would be decided that in 1987 the territories of the Universal Wrestling Federation, Jim Crockett Promotions, & Georgia Championship Wrestling would be merged into one promtion promotiong the NWA brand as a single entity backed by new owner Ted Turner and Turner Media. Starrcade 87 would be the crowning point of the new era as Magnum TA would defeat Ric Flair to win the NWA title and become the face of the new era. Stars such as Ricky Steamboat, Dusty Rhodes, Terry Funk, The Horsemen, & Magnum T.A would carry the NWA through the 80s competing for that top spot. The 90s would see the NWA evolve into securing the top spot with new stars such as Sting, Lex Luger, and Mark Callous rising to the top of the card. In 1991, the NWA would make their biggest signing at the time, luring "Macho Man" Randy Savage away from the WWF signing a big 4 year contract. Savage would have many classics with top stars such as Terry Funk, Ricky Steamboat, & Arn Anderson and have his greatest match in his NWA run at Starrcade 91 defeating Ric Flair for the NWA Title in a 5 star classic. Savage would also make history as the only wrestler to main event WrestleMania and Starcade in the same year. Eric Bischoff would join the NWA and it's creative team in 1994, after losing the head booker position to Tony Schiavone. Bischoff would implement the glitz and glamour production that the NWA were lacking at the time and convinced Ted Turner to launch a 2 hour live primetime show on Monday Nights. With that idea, NWA Monday Night Nitro was born and set to debut on New Years 1995. The episode would reveal the shock debut of Hulk Hogan who agreed to a 3 year multi million dollar deal with the company leaving the WWF. The signing would polarize some including Randy Savage who would sit out his contract and join the AWA when it was up. Hogan would embark on a hear long feud culminating with a match against Ric Flair at Starrcade 95 for the NWA title. The match would fail to live to the hype with the two workers just not meshing well in the ring. Despite being heavily pushed, Hogan would consistently get mixed reactions due to the NWA fanbase not totally accepting the cartoon like Hogan. This would all change after Bischoff convinces Hogan to turn heel at SuperBrawl 1996 in a rematch aginst Ric Flair with Eric Bischoff at ringside.Hogan would put Flair in a figure four leg lock and Bischoff would call for the bell awarding Hogan the match without Flair ever truly submitting. The crowd would near a riot at the worked shoot finish and Hogan would turn into the industry's hottest heel and star. Today the NWA is the top national promotion in the world with the biggest names of the 80s such as Ric Flair, Hollywood Hogan, & The Road Warriors and some of the biggest rising stars of today such as Sting, Steve Austin, & Cactus Jack. Critics of the NWA say that the promotion has gone too brawl heavy since its national expansion with a Cactus Jack and Mean Mark Callous main event at the the beginning of the year that was so violent people called in to Turner HQ compaining about the violence. Depsite the exessive brawling and sometimes violent matches, for the most part the NWA storylines are more old school and arent as risque or over the top like the WWF. Now the question is can the NWA manage to hold onto their #1 spot or will the crash-tv WWF or the pure wrestling AWA take over ?

 

Top 5 Stars:

1. "The God of Wrestling" Hollywood Hogan (97) [Heel, Movie Star]
2. "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair (96) [Face, Unique]
3. "The Man" Sting (93) [Face, Hero]
4. "Superstar" Steve Austin (89) [Face, Man on a Mission]
5. "Mean" Mark Callous (86) [Heel, Bully]

(Other notable pushed acts: The Road Warriors, Eric Bischoff, Big Van Vader, Camp Cornette, Harlem Heat, Terry Funk, Cactus Jack, Arn Anderson, Eddy Guerrero, Ron Simmons, Tully Blanchard, The Great Muta & Dustin Rhodes)

Champions:

NWA World Championship (90%)

Hollywood Hogan (1) (defeated Ric Flair at Starrcade 95)

 

NWA Mid Atlantic Championship (73%)

Ron Simmons (2) (defeated Lex Luger at NWA The Carolina Clash 1997)

 

NWA World Tag Team Championships (64%)

Camp Cornette (1) (Barry and Bradshaw Windham) (defeated The Miracle Violence Crew on a November 1996 edition of NWA Nitro)

 

NWA World Television Championship (57%)

Eddy Guerrero (1) (defeated Michael Wallstreet on a December 1996 episode of NWA Saturday Night)

 

NWA Carolina Clash 1997 (Charlotte, NC)

2 on 3 Handicap Match

Ric Flair and Arn Anderson def Hollywood Hogan Enterprises (Hollywood Hogan , Big Bubba Rogers, & Michael Wallstreet)

Steel Cage Match

Sting def. Mean Mark Callous

NWA Mid-Atlantic Championship

Ron Simmons def. Lex Luger(c) w/ Camp Cornette

Big Van Vader w/ Jimmy Hart def. Cactus Jack Foley

Tag Team Match

Steve Austin & Dean Malenko w/ The Horsemen def. Harlem Heat w/Teddy Long

NWA Tag Team Championships

Camp Cornette (c) w/ Jim Cornette def. American Males

NWA TV Championship

Eddy Guerrero (c) def. Dustin Rhodes w/ Terri Rhodes 

The Great Muta def. Jushin Liger

The Road Warriors w/ Paul Ellering def. The Funk Brothers

 

Major Feuds/Storylines: The Horsemen vs Hollywood Hogan Enterprises , Sting vs Mean Mark, Rise of Superstar Steve Austin, Big Van Vader vs Cactus Jack Foley, NJPW/NWA talent exchange, Camp Cornette wants all the gold

Edited December 28, 2021 by Superstar Slim

[Superstar Slim]

Name: American Wrestling Association 

Size: National (23%)

HQ: Chicago, Il

Risk: 60% (Traditional, Pure Wrestling)

Ads: 77%

Production: 81%

Merch: 79%

Owner: Greg Gagne

Head Booker: Tony Schiavone

Booking Team: Greg Gagne, Tony Schiavone, Verne Gegne, Brian Gerwitz

Development: Great Lakes Wrestling  (Detroit, MI) 

Training Camp: American Wrestling Academy (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Figurehead: Bret Hart

Alliances: CSP (Working Agreement), UDLL (Working Agreement), AJPW (Working Agreement), LPW (Working Agreement)

Enemies: WWF (War), NWA (War), ECW (Hostlity), USWA (Hostility)

Backstory:

April 1983 would dawn a pivotal moment in wrestling history as the day Hulkamania was born. Defeating then AWA Champion Nick Bockinwinkel at the Super Sunday card, Hulk Hogan became the face of the AWA and the face of the wrestling industry of its own. The AWA under Hogan would sore to new heights with a strong TV deal in place on ESPN and other stars such as Sgt. Slaughter, Stan Hansen, Brusier Brody, and Larry Zybszko featuring heavily in the product. However, controversy would ensue in 1988 when Hulk Hogan would leave the AWA after disputes with the Gagnes about royalities from Hogan's new movie No Holds Barred. Hogan would be written out by getting viciously assaulted by Rick Rude and his hired gun Big John Tenta. The AWA Title would be vacated and a Gold Rush Tournament would be held and won by Rick Rude at WrestleRock'88  to crown a new AWA Champion. The beginning of the decade saw change, with Verne giving comete control over the comapny to his son Greg, who had already been booking the promotion with his father since 84. Gagne would try to incomporate more of a youth movement in the AWA. Gagne would appoint recently released NWA commentator, Tony Schiavone as head booker instead of the rumored Eric Bischoff. Over the years stars such as Curt Hennig, Scott Hall, and Rick Rude would carry the company into the new decade along with partnerships/talent exchanges with CSP and AJPW. In 1991, Bret Hart would ascend to the top of the card and capture the AWA champion, defeating Curt Hennig in an epic 5 star bout, at SuperClash 1991. Bret would go on to become the face of the AWA holding the belt a record 4 times, including losing the title to brother in law British Bulldog in August 1993 at the Wembley Arena in another 5 star classic. The AWA perharps recieved their biggest signing in the summer of 1995 when the Macho Man Randy Savage made his return to the company embarking in a feud with Bret over the belt which saw him become only thr 2nd man in wrestling history to hold the NWA, AWA, & WWF World titles (the other being Hulk Hogan). Today the AWA is still alive and well, producing the best in ring action out of the big 3, and some of the best matches on North American soil. Critics of the AWA, however, say that the product isnt as well produced and feels too old school for the time. Despite this the AWA still have plenty of young and promising talent such as Kurt Angle and The Hart Foundation as well as the firist national promotion to have a Junior Heavyweight Division showcasing international talents never seen on american tv such as Ultimo Dragon and Hakushi

 

Top 5 Stars:

1. "Macho Man" Randy Savage (95) [Heel, Unique]
2. Bret "The Hitman" Hart (92) [Face, Hero]
3. "Mr Perfect" Curt Hennig (86) [Face, Cocky]
4. "King of Harts" Owen Hart (85) [Heel, Family Guy]
5. "Ravishing" Rick Rude (83) [Heel, Ravishing]

 

 

(Other notable names: Diamond Dallas Page, The British Bulldog, The Hart Foundation, The Eliminators, The Steiners, Stan Hansen, Sgt. Slaughter, The DiBiase Corporation, Ultimo Dragon, Robbie V, The Patriot, & Mr. Wrestling III)

 

TV Shows:

1. AWA Wednesday Nite Rush on ESPN (7PM-9PM) [Tony Schiavone and Jesse Ventura]

 

Champions:

AWA World Championship (87%)

Bret Hart (4) (defeated Stan Hansen at AWA Parade of Champions'96)

 

AWA United States Championship (68%)

Chris Benoit (2) (defeated The British Bulldog at WrestleRock 97)

 

AWA Tag Team Championships (60%)

The Hart Foundation (Chris Jericho and Lance Storm) (1) (defeated The Eliminators at AWA Slamboree 1997)

 

AWA Junior Heavyweight Championship (46%)

Mr. JL (2) (defeated TAKA Michinoku on a October 1996 edition of AWA Wednesday Night Rush)

 

 

AWA WrestleRock 97 (Chicago, Il)

AWA Championship 

Bret Hart (c) def. Owen Hart w/ The Hart Foundation

Randy Savage w/ Miss Elizabeth def. Curt Hennig

Tag Team Dream Match

The Steiners def. Demolition

Chicago Street Fight

Diamond Dallas Page w/ Kimberly Page def. Rick Rude

AWA Junior Heavyweight Championship

Triple Threat Match

Mr. JL (c) def. Robbie V & Ultimo Dragon

8 Man Tag Team Match

The DiBase Corporation def. Team Slaughter (Sgt Slaughter, The Patriot, & The Young Stallions)

AWA United States Championship

Chris Benoit w/ The Hart Foundation def. The British Bulldog (c)

AWA Tag Team Championships

The Hart Foundation (c) w/ Jim Neidhart  def. Rising Sun Wrecking Crew w/ Mr. Fuji

 

Major Feuds/Storylines: Bret Hart and The Bulldog vs The Hart Foundation, Rick Rude vs DDP, Randy Savage wants a rematch against Bret Hart, The DiBiase Corporation and it's crown jewel Dan Severn, "Mr. Wrestling III" Kurt Angle undefeated streak, The Steiners have the AJPW Tag belts, Junior Heavyweight mayhem.

Edited December 28, 2021 by Superstar Slim

[Superstar Slim]

Just running thru some trial and error witht the scenario i'd say its about 60% done. Going to do 3 more backstories (CSP, USWA, and ECW) and sumnaries on the other smaller promotions. I've also added the big 3's developmental companies (TPW, WCW, and GLW) as playable promotions due to the AI's tendency to release everyone in development. Need a few testers in the coming days to play thru and let me know any glitches or things that may need to be fixed if interested please DM. Hope you guys are enjoying.

[Superstar Slim]

Name: United States Wrestling Association 

Size: Cult (40%)

HQ: Memphis, TN

Risk: 66% (Old school Memphis product)

Ads: 54%

Production: 59%

Merch: 30%

Owner: Jerry Jarrett

Head Booker: Jerry Lawler

Booking Team: Jerry Jarrett, Jerry Lawler, Bill Watts, Bob Armstrong

Development: Deep South Wrestling (Inactive)

Training Camp: The USWA Asylum 

Figurehead: Jeff Jarrett

Alliances: WWF (Working Agreement), ECW (Working Agreement), LPW (Working Agreement), GSW (Working Agreement)

Enemies: NWA (Hostility), AWA (Hostility)

 

Backstory:

When the merger of 87 went down and the UWF, WCCW, GCW, and JCP merged under the sole NWA umbrella, Mid South Wrestling and Central Wrestling Association decided not to join in on the venue but rather merge between the two and form the USWA. Owned by Jerry Jarrett and Jerry Lawler, the USWA has managed to still keep their foot hold on the memphis/mid south reigon. Despite this the company wouldnt be able to grow to a national stage due to so many top stars already leaving for one of the big 3s. Even today the company struggles for star power, relying on past their prime legends to help sell cards like Jake Roberts and Yokozuna. Despite the financial woes and waning popularity, the USWA have a few breakout talents such as Bam Bam Bigelow, Brian Christopher, & Brian Lee making waves in the upper card & also have been gaining interest with an interpromotion storyline war with ECW. Their two biggest young stars ,Jeff Jarrett and Jesse James Armstrong, are majority the reason the company is turning a real profit, but will they be able to lead USWA into the nation spotlight or will the big money deals from the AWA, NWA, & WWF be too much to turn down ?

 

Top 5 Stars:

1. Jake "The Snake" Roberts (80) [Face, Inspirational Leader]
2. "The Japanese Mamomth" Yokozuna (77) [Face, BFG]
3. Jerry "The King Lawler (76) [Face, Unique]
4. "The Chosen One" Jeff Jarrett (73) [Heel, Country Music Star]
5. "The Beast From The East" Bam Bam Bigelow (70) [Heel, Man Beast]

 

(Other notable pushed acts: Brian Lawler, Jim Duggan, Jesse James Armstrong, Brian Lee, The Harris Brothers, 911, The Rock n' Roll Express, Chris Adams, The Honky Tonk Man, Tommy Rich, Scotty Taylor)

 

TV Shows:

1. USWA Saturday Night Pro Wrestling on The TNN Network (10pm-11pm) [Lee Marshall and Harvey Wippleman]

 

Champions:

USWA World Championship (61%)

Jake "The Snake" Roberts (1) (defeated Jeff  Jarrett at USWA Turkey Bowl 96)

 

USWA Mid-South Championship (45%)

Brian Lawler (1) (defeated Jesse James Armstrong at USWA Scars and Stripes 96)

 

USWA World Tag Team Championship

PG-13 (2) (defeated The Headbangers on a September 1996 episode of WWF Sunday Night War)

Last Card:

USWA vs ECW: When World's Collide (Washington, D.C)

Clash of The Champions Tag Team Match

Jake Roberts and Taz defeated Jeff Jarrett and Sabu

Shane Douglas def Jerry Lawler

Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Tommy Dreamer

Tag Team Dream Match

The Dudley Boyz defeated The Rock n Roll Express

The Sandman def Brian Lawler

6 Man Tag Team Match

The Armstrongs def 2 Cold Scorpio and The Gangsta

Mexican Death Match 

Rey Misterio Jr def. Psychosis

The Rotten Bros def. The Headhunters

Yokozuna def the Blue Kliq

Major Feuds/Storylines: ECW vs USWA, rise of Jesse James Armstrong, Bam Bam vs Yokozuna, Lawler vs Lawler: Father vs Son, Jeff Jarrett vs Jake Roberts

[Superstar Slim]

Name: Eastern Championship Wrestling 

Size: Cult (25%)

HQ: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

Risk: 86% (Classic ECW, Hardcore heavy)

Ads: 35%

Production: 48%

Merch: 20%

Owner: Tod Gordon

Head Booker: Paul Heyman

Booking Team: Paul Heyman, Tod Gordon, Gabe Spalosky

Development: N/A

Training Camp: House of Hardcore (Poor)

Figurehead: Shane Douglas, Taz

Alliances: WWF (Working Agreement), USWA (Working Agreement), OMEGA (Working Agreement), UDLL (Working Agreement), ECWA (Working Agreement),

Enemies: NWA (Hostility), AWA (Hostility), XPW (War), CWF (Hostility) , WCW (Hostility)

 

Backstory:

From a developmental NWA territory to one of the most influential promotions in wrestling, Eastern Championship Wrestling is definitely the engima of the industry. Founded in November of 1991, ECW was born out of the ashes of Tri-State Wrestling, who were bought out by the NWA in the summer of 1991. Ran by Tod Gordan, the promotion was at first, an attempt to gain traction in the northeast, which was notoriously WWF territory. After the venture failed, ECW was turned into a soley developmental territory for wrestlers who were too green for tv or recovering from injury looking to shake off ring rust. In the Fall of 1992, Paul E. Dangerously was released from his contract after disputes with NWA management over creative differences. (Paul E. wanted to take over the book and JJ Dillion snubbed him.) He would then take up a booking job at ECW in January of 1993 and quickly began to change the promotion around. Convincing Gordan that they didn't need the NWA to be vital, the promotion would secede from the NWA in March of 1993, with then NWA Tri State Champion Shane Douglas (Dean Douglas in the NWA) would throw the belt down and recognize himself as the first ECW World Champion instead. The shoot promo would send shockwaves through the industry and the company would play on the outlaw image, instilling a NO DQ Anything Goes product and incorporating luchadors from mexico and junior heavyweights from Japan. Today, ECW is hotter than ever with stars such as Sabu, Shane Douglas, & Taz taking the popularity to new levels and acts you wouldnt be able to see anywhere in America like Rey Misterio Jr., The Sandman, & The Gangstas. Depsite the cult following and the popularity, many ECW critics believe the promotion is on borrowed time between the product being too extreme to be on mainstream television or the fact that ECW doesnt have the budget to retain their stars & compete with the big 3. Can the outlaw promotion prove the critics wrong or is ECW just another flash in the pan ?

 

Top 5 Stars:

1. "The Franchise Player" Shane Douglas (75) [Heel, Franchise Player]
2. "The Human Highlight Reel" Sabu (73) [Face, Crazy]
3. "The Human Suplex Machine" Taz (70) [Tweener, Machine]
4. "The Innovator of Violence" Tommy Dreamer (68) [Face, Extremist]
5. The Sandman (66) [Heel, Violent Drunk]

 

(Other notable pushed acts: The Dudley Boyz, Rey Misterio Jr, Psychosis, The Gangstas, The Great Sasuke, Stevie Richards, Abdullah the Butcher, Kensuke Sasaki, 2 Cold Scorpio, & No Respect)

 

TV Shows:

1. ECW Saturday Night House Party on America One (1:00AM - 2:00AM) [Joey Styles and Joel Gertner]

 

Champions:

ECW World Championship (60%)

"The Human Suplex Machine" Taz (2) (defeated Shane Douglas at ECW November 2 Remember 1996)

 

ECW East Coast Championship (53%)

Kensuke Sasaki (1) (defeated Stevie Richards at ECW Guilty as Charged 1996)

 

ECW World Tag Team Championships (40%)

The Dudley Boyz (3) (defeated The Rottens on a January 97 episode of ECW House Party)

 

ECW Barely Legal 1997

ECW World Championship  
3 Way Dance 
Taz (c) def. The Sandman and Tommy Dreamer

Barbed Wire Steel Cage Match 
Sabu def Shane Douglas

ECW World Tag Team Championships 
The Dudleys (c) def. Rey Misterio Jr. & Psychosis

Abdullah the Butcher def. Balls Mahoney

The Gangstas def The Rotten Bros

ECW East Coast Championship Kensuke Sasaki (c) def. 2 Cold Scorpio

FBI def The Hardy Boyz

Little Spike Dudley def. Big Dick Dudley

Yoshi Tajiri def. Mr. Agulia

Major Feuds/Storylines: ECW vs USWA, Taz vs Sabu, Shane Douglas teasing two new "friends" joininng him in ECW, Misterio/Psychosis love/hate relationship, Dreamer vs Sandman ECW/TPW talent exchange, 

Edited January 2, 2022 by Superstar Slim

[Superstar Slim]

(OOC: So thanks to anybody thats been viewing this or keeping tabs on this, scenario bout 75% done only thing i really gotta fix is the small stuff like wages, relationships and promotional money. I've finally got it to a point where companies arent just mass firing folks and shit seems kinda normal. Will be officially be naming this the GagneVerse and start a new thred with the release link and such. I didnt really feel like writing an in depth backstory for the smaller promotions so i just gave a little rundown of the rest of the promotions along with some in game rumors and shit giving u an idea of the state of the industry, thanks again and i hope you guys enjoy)

THE REST OF THE INDIES (13):

1. Canadian Stampede Pro (Cult)(rebranded Stampede Wrestling, never bought out by the WWF, talent exchange relationship with AWA, the "sweden promotion" of the industry, technical driven product)
2. Universal de Lucha Libre (Cult)(founded by Konnan out the ashes of CMLL and the collapse of the mexican wrestling market in the 80s, brought back a boom to mexico, negative relationship with the WWF, high flying driven product)
3. Championship Wrestling from Florida (Regional) (the biggest NWA affliated terriory, acts as faux development territory for the NWA, ran by Steve Keirn and Kevin Sullivan, old school kayfabe heavy product)
4. Legends of Pro Wrestling (Regional) (founded by Australian concert promoter and wrestling fan Andrew McMaums in January of 1997, uses past prime legends and lended talent from big 3 to sell tickets, does a touring schedule rather than week to week episodic booking, family friendly product)
5. Ohio Valley Wrestling (Regional) (2nd biggest NWA territory, acts in same vein as CWF, ran by Danny Davis, old school product)
6. Golden State Wrestling (Regional) (formed by Rick Bassman in November 1996, based in San Diego, youthful and cutting edge product)
7. Xtreme Pro Wrestling (Regional) (formed by Rob Black in August of 1996 in Los Angeles, extremely hostile relationship with ECW, ultraviolent product)
8. East Coast Wrestling Association (Small) (formed by Jim Ketter, super indy product, prototype ROH)
9. Jersey All Pro Wrestling (Small) (sister promotion of ECW, hardcore/strong style hybrid)
10. OMEGA (Small) (formed by The Hardy Boyz, loose affliation with the WWF, USWA, and ECW, high flying/sick bump product)
11. Wildside Championship Wrestling (Small) (NWA's owned development territory, booked by Jim Ross)
12. Titan Pro Wrestling (Small) (WWF's owned developmental, booked by Bruce Prichard)
13. Great Lakes Wrestling (Small)(AWA's owned developmental, booked by Tony Schiavone)

 

WHATS GOING ON IN THE INDUSTRY?

1. Hollywood Hogan is arguably the hottest heel in the business, with only the WWF's Shawn Michaels as a #2, despite this many people feel his time needs to come to an end and no one at this point in time is more worthy to do that than Superstar Steve Austin. The question is will Hogan ever do the right thing over try to use his political stroke to keep top position in the NWA. Some even feel that the NWA could really be alienating their audience for good if they dont capitalize while the iron is hot.
2. Speaking of Shawn Michaels, the Kliq storyline has singlehandly brought the WWF back from a really gloomy 18 months. However the same problems with Hogan exist with Michaels and the Kliq as a whole with stars such as Shane Douglas and Bam Bam Bigelow refusing to ever work in the same company as the Kliq. To say politics arent running rampant in the WWF is an understatement, with the Kliq refusing to work with top star The Ultimate Warrior. McMahon and Vic Venom belive that the future revovles around 3 stars, Bill Goldberg, Rocky Johnson Jr, & Hunter Helmsley but will the political battlefield be too much for the former two ?
3. Bret Hart's current run as AWA Champion is one for the ages, defending the belt in Mexico, Canada, and Japan, and the Hart Family Drama is one of the best storylines in AWA history. Despite this AWA is still trying to be hip with the times like the NWA and WWF have done without 100% comprimising the identity of the AWA. One person who is knocking on Bret Hart's door for the eventual rubber match is none other than the Macho Man Randy Savage. Not everything is all positive in the AWA though as top stars Rick Rude and Curt Hennig are dealing with nagging injuries and have both requested time off.
4. Despite being their world champion, Jake Roberts time in the USWA may be coming to an end after showing up visibly drunk at the USWA vs ECW Supershow last week. A few TNN executives were in attendance at the show and were appalled at the incident. Since then TNN has put the pressure on the USWA, either tighen up on find a new channel
5. ECW continues to get the highest ratings on America One despite no particular promotion or advertising from the network or the company itself. Despite the high ratings and attendance, ECW still are having their financial struggles with the big 3 throwing big contracts to some of their top talent
6. Rey Misterio Jr. and Jushin Liger had a MOTY canadiate in February 1997 at the UDLL Supershow. Churning out quality match after quality match, UDLL is trying to expand its reach into other markets.
7. Chris Jericho and Lance Storm finished up the last of their Canadian Stampede dates, wrestling a 30 minute epic at a CSP house show. The two recieved a standing ovation after the match ending a 6 year on and off run with the promotion. "No Gimmicks Needed" Chris Candido has been the king of Canada holding the Canadian Heavyweight Championship for the past 7 months after his rather nasty exit from the WWF.
8. XPW are making headlines for jusg the ultraviolent product they're putting out and promoting. From pornstars having mud fights to the grutesqe violence their first show "XPW First F*ckin Show 97" have been heavily negatively received by the industry. Perhaps the only shining moment of the show was the main event which saw Mike Awesome defeat Masota Tanaka to become the first ever XPW World Champion.

Edited January 4, 2022 by Superstar Slim

[Superstar Slim]

Scenario bout 75% done going to start an official thread sometime beginning of February and should be released by Valentines Day. Just need help with logos and banners if anyone would like to help or interested please PM me. Also need a few testers to play through 2 months times to let me know any errors they might see in the game. Cheers

[maurosdelca]

On 23/01/2022 at 00:20, Superstar Slim said:

Scenario bout 75% done going to start an official thread sometime beginning of February and should be released by Valentines Day. Just need help with logos and banners if anyone would like to help or interested please PM me. Also need a few testers to play through 2 months times to let me know any errors they might see in the game. Cheers

I can be a tester. Plus, if you don't mind some of the logos to be a little basic, I can help with that too.

[Superstar Slim]

3 hours ago, maurosdelca said:

I can be a tester. Plus, if you don't mind some of the logos to be a little basic, I can help with that too.

Thanks a lot ! going to PM u now

[Superstar Slim]

On 29/01/2022 at 06:17, maurosdelca said:

I can be a tester. Plus, if you don't mind some of the logos to be a little basic, I can help with that too.

Check PM

[moststay]

If you still need testers, I am just getting back into the game and I would love to try out a new scenario.

[Superstar Slim]

17 hours ago, moststay said:

If you still need testers, I am just getting back into the game and I would love to try out a new scenario.

Going to PM u now !

[moststay]

18 hours ago, Superstar Slim said:

Going to PM u now !

Ok.