I started a WWE EWR game. It began with the roster and champs from about May 2003 (I think...not much of a modern raslin' archivist). Right now I'm in April 04. I'm a complete rookie and didn't get the hang of the game until about six months into it. So I wasted alot of time doing Nitro/seat of the pants booking, with no angles and long feuds. Other big thigie: I reset the roster split, since I couldn't remember who was on which show. Here's a brief rundown of the "highlights".

Biggest divergence: Heat was cancelled in June 03 and Smackdown was cancelled in July 03. RAW was cancelled in September 03, so the Fed went from September 03 until January 04 without any TV exposure. ESPN2 stepped in and offered a primetime slot in the new year. The new Monday RAW debutted on ESPN2 in January and got the peak 1.00 rating. Thursday Night Thunder (TNT) was added on USA in February. In March, FOX stepped in and launched the new Saturday Night's Main Event (which I titled "Saturday Nitro" due to game restraints). RAW is hosted by Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler. TNT by Steve Austin and Michael Cole. Nitro by Michael Hayes and Jim Cornette. TNT and Nitro are the big shows, with RAW beginning to take a backseat due to its limited distribution.

World title:
Triple H fought wih Goldberg over the title from May until SummerSlam. I was building to Goldberg winning it in Hell in a Cell match at SummerSlam, but Trips whined about losing and creative control. He dropped it, cleanly to Undertaker at Fall Brawl. Company was going through huge financial problems at that time, so Undertaker walked out while he was the champ. Title was officially vacated and retired upon his departure. At the ensuing PPV, Vince and Ric Flair came out and announced the belt's retirement (in a perfect world, and since I'm in charge, it must be ... they would do a shoot interview and denounce the title as a prop, declaring the lineage of the WWE title as more significant). At the same PPV, Benoit beat reigning champ Angle for the slightly new and improved WWE title. The match was a 3-way and also involved Benoit's main rival, Eddie Guerrero.

US Title:
Reigning champ Eddie Guerrero was defeated by I-C Champ Booker T in July 03, merging the two belts.(Basically, I couldn't remember which belt was on which show...so I merged the two).

WWE Title:
Angle reigned from May 03 until October 03. Benoit beat him at the October re-launch and reigned until February 04, when Angle turned heel and took the title back (he had done the old tag-team screwjob heel turn on the debut episode of ESPN2's RAW). Angle was helped in his win by Eddie Guererro, who had just spent the previous six months feuding with Benoit in a well-received feud. Benoit v. Angle in an Iron Man match headlined WrestleMania. Benoit won and is still on top. His post-WM challenger is Chris Jericho. Plan was to build to a big gimicky SummerSlam blow-off, but Benoit's popularity is slowy declining right now.

World Tag title:
Champs La Resistance (Dupree and Grenier) threw an open challenge out in May 03. The challenge was answered by Kane and Kevin Nash, who became known as the Towers of Doom. ToD beat La Res for the belts in June 03. They reigned until February 04, when they dropped the belts in a 3-way match to John Cena and Brock Lesnar. The match also involved Hurricane and Typhoon, collectively known as StormWatch. Cena/Lesnar dropped the belts one week later to StormWatch. Currently, StormWatch is feuding with the World's Greatest Tag-team, who also hold the...

WWE Tag Title:
WGTT was defeated by the Brooklyn Mafia (Chuck Palumbo and Johnny Stamboli) in July 03. The Mafia reigined until Jan 04, when they were defeated on RAW by the Dudley Boyz. Earlier that night, the Dudz had ambushed Stamboli and Palumbo, sending Stamboli to the hospital. Stable member Nunzio was allowed in Stamboli's place. Palumbo didn't believe he was badly iinjured, but the Dudz went after him, cut the ring off and took the titles. The re-grouped Mafia won the titles back at the Royal Rumble. In February, the WGTT began to issue open challenges to prove that they were, in fact, the World's Greatest. After bludgeoning the Spectaculars (Tommy Rogers and Maven), they signed to face the Mafia at WM. WGTT won, cleanly, and is currently issuing more open challenges. A few famous teams will be brought in for one-shot appearances. They'll probably beat StormWatch to merge the two titles, soon. Or I might temporarily suspend one belt and then re-name it the Cruiserweight Tag Championship (with Kidman and Rey getting the first shot, naturally).

I-C Title
Booker T reigned until Dec 03 when Edge beat him for the title. Edge and Booker feuded to a big blow-off at WM. Two weeks before WM, Funaki wrestled Edge to a time limit draw on Nitro. The next week, Funaki's rematch with Edge ended in a DQ when Booker T ran-in. All 3 brawled and the WM IC title match was modified to become a 3-way elimination. Funaki won, cleanly, and is the current champ.

Cruiser title
Matt Hardy was defeated by Rey Mysterio in June 03. Mysterio feuded with Jamie Knoble, with Knoble winning the belt in August 03. Rey won it back at SummerSlam. Rey's been reigning ever since and is the #2 babyface. Currently being challenged by Shocker.

Chic Title
Molly Holly was defeated in May 03 by Gail Kim. Kim reigned until Nov 03, when Victoria beat her at the Survivor Series. Victoria was the champ until Feb 04, when the title was defended in a 10-woman battle royal. Stacy Keibler was the surprise winner, when Kim and Vic accidentally elimiated each other at same time. Keibler dropped the belt within two weeks to Trish Stratus.

Stables/teams:
Evolution
Dissolved when Flair and Batista split. Batista destroyed Flair at WM in a Texas Death Match to end the feud. Flair re-grouped after WM and recruited Christian, Sean O'Haire alng with worthless background player Randy Orton as the new Evolution. Christian and Orton are the tag-team and O'Haire is the singles guy. O'Haire had been "on strike" from Jan to Mar, complaining of mis-use. He crashed the WM dark match and soon got a better contract with Flair's help.

Damage, Inc was formed when Rhyno and Sable teamed up after SummerSlam (Sable ran-in and helped Rhyno win his SS match against John Cena). I know that stable name is included in the EWR game....but I had stolen it from the Metallica song and used it waaaaaay back when for my MUSCLE Wrestling Federation. A-Train and Nathan Jones were added the next week. Big Show flirted with joining, but eventually separated to do a stupid angle with Dawn Marie. The week after WM, Brock Lesnar turned on partner John Cena and joined the group. Kurt Angle isn't a member of the group, but they help each other out.

StormWatch
Hurricane and Typhoon (yes, THAT Typhoon). Their finisher is the rocket-launcher, dubbed "The Evacuation Siren".

Odd Squad
Rico and Rikisi. Basically cuz' I had nothing else to do with them. Low-level babyface tag-team.

Spectaculars
Tommy Rogers and Maven. Blatantly based on the old Fantastics. Just used another Marvel comics adjective for the name :) Other names considered were "Amazings", "Sensationals" and "Web of's"

NAACW
Controversial group led by Teddy Long. Orlando Jordan, Rodney Mack and Ron Simmons. Currently opposed by Ultimo Dragon, who disputes their claims of discrimination and Hater-ade.

Brooklyn Mafia
Palumbo, Stamboli, Nunzio and Matt Cappotelli. Their finisher has been re-named "the Exploding Mailbox".

Big feuds:
Lance Storm fought Steve Austin for the summer of 03, winning the feud. Storm and Jericho went at it for the end of 03, until a blow-off #1 contender ladder match at WM. After WM, Jericho went on to challenge Benoit and Storm was attacked by the debutting..Vampiro?!

Rhyno fought Brock Lesnar in an intense feud that ended at SummerSlam with Rhyno winning. Rhyno went on to feud with Cena afterwards, which led to the teaming of Cena and Lesnar. I imagine it was something like "yo, I needs help". Rhyno demolished Cena at WM. Rhyno is currently feuding with Batista...with the winner likely to square off with whoever wins Benoit/Jericho.

Batista/Flair. Began when Triple H left the company and the duo was unsuccesful in beating the Brooklyn Mafia. Batista turned at the Survivor Series and went on to win the Royal Rumble. He was guaranteed a title shot at WM, but Flair cited a previous managerial clause in Batista's contract and swindled it away from him. Flair used his shot, almost immediately, and was defeated easily by champ Chris Benoit. Batista beat Flair, convincingly at WM.

Kane/Kevin Nash. Tempers flared after they dropped the tag belts. Beating on each other, equally. Inferno Match is looming...as well as "dual mystery tag partners" as a result of their old tag team. Each partner MUST fulfill a tag booking. Nash brings in Scott Hall while Kane brings in...Abyss!

Other notes:
Survivor Series was ALL five-man elimination matches! WM opened with a 20-man Battle Royal! An ALL table match/3-way dance PPV is not of the question.
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Shane McMahon is a big babyface...despite that fact that I haven't used him ONCE since I've started the game.
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Goldberg left in late 03. Rob Van Dam was miserable and left after a clean job at WM. The Rock was around in Summer 03, fighting Kurt Angle and Rhyno. For a big tag-team mystery partner match, Rock brought in Hacksaw Jim Duggan. Claiming Hacksaw was a bigger American Hero than Angle. The angle and match were both flops, with both Rock and Duggan leaving soon afterwards.
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Triple H is currently appearing with TNA.

I'm up to early August 2004, now. Some new "highlights":

Chris Jericho defeated Chris Benoit for the WWE Title at the Great American Picnic. Shawn Michaels was supposed to be the new #1 contender, due to his unexplainable popularity...but he suffered an injury and is out for 6 months. Jericho's without an opponent for SummerSlam, but I've been meaning to turn Eddie Guererro face (#4 heel). Or else have Rey Mysterio (#2 face) challenge for it.

WGTT faced one-night challenges from the Rock n' Roll Express, the Bushwhackers, Dudley Boyz and did a two-week feud with the Outsiders. Outsiders stunk up the place at the Great American Picnic, so they were fired immediately after doing the job to WGTT. WGTT is now being opposed by the newly debutted "Annihilators"- Dr. Payne and Damien. I don't know who these guys are.. they were listed as "the Disciples of Synn" in OVW. Changed the name to Annihilators cuz' it sounded cool. Also made him "Dr. Payne", after my old MUSCLE things character, Dr. Pain (I also had an evil dentist with that name in my old comic strip, circa 1989...he was a deranged gopher who wore a big lab coat that was possessed by dental instruments).

Paul London won the IC title from Funaki in May 04. He was supposed to feud with Christian and Evolution...but Christian checked in rehab. New challenger: Rodney Mack and the NAACW.

Matt Hardy beat Rey Mysterio for the CW title in early May. They feuded over the belt, but eventually Rey moved up and out of the CW scene. Big blowoff had Hardy hire the One Man Gang to run-in and attack Rey. The next week, Rey did the old "giant killer" gimmick and beat OMG in a shitty match. Shocker beat Hardy for the CW belt in July.

Gail Kim regained the Womens' Title from Trish Startus in June. Kim suffered an arm injury and is out for 3 months. Title was vacated and will be filled in a goofy 10-person battle royale at SummerSlam. Will probably be won by Tracy Brooks.

Brookelyn Mafia kicked out Matt Capotelli. He now teams with John "Hangman" Hennigan.

I had to lower the "risk level" to get my network deals. I understand that if your risk level is high enough you can put on a WarGames match? Anybody know about that?

These results are fun to read, keep 'em coming!

Being playing the game more often, during my Recreational Vehicle Exile.

My SummerSlam stunk.

-Chris Benoit bludgeoned Chris Nowinski. Lame, one month feud to make Benoit happy.

-Ric Flair and Vince McMahon beat Steve Austin and Alex Shelley. Shelley's been asking for a fair shake for about six months, but the "authorities" keep screwing him, Steve Austin took him under his wing as his "new boy".

-Kurt Angle destroyed Chris Kanyon, capping their 3-month feud. Kanyon is now a "stoner" and hooked up with Torrie Wilson as his manager. To counter, Angle brought in indy worker "Cheerleader Melissa". Mixed tags and other dumb crap followed. Both Kanyon and Torrie received huge boosts in popularity. Sorta' led to...

-Torrie Wilson won a 10-broad battle royal for the vacant Women's Title

-Annihilators (Payne & Damien) beat WGTT to win the Tag Titles

-Paul London beat Rodney Mack to retain the IC title.

-Vampiro beat Lance Storm in a Falls Count Anywhere Match

-Rhyno returned from injury and beat Batista in a Hell in a Cell match

-Chris Jericho beat Eddie Guerrerro and Rey Mysterio in 3-way match.

After SummerSlam programs:
Jericho did a quick program against the debutting Apolo (ha!). After pinning Apolo, Jericho ran into Batista, who had managed to get back his Royal Rumble title shot.

Shocker is now opposed by Jamie Noble. Shocker is over, big time.

Big Show and Brock Lesnar are feuding, simply because both have low morale. Loser gets released or "fired" in storylines.

Sean O'Haire is after London for the IC title.

New tag team: Booker T and Scott Steiner. It was originally Bradshaw and Booker as "Houston Heat"...but Bradshaw was a nuisance and got himself fired. Steiner replaced him and they're now the lamely labelled "North/South Alliance". Or "old WCW guys".

NWA/TNA is "at war" with me. They have Triple H, Hogan, Sting, Undertaker and their usual iditos. I routinely sign their open contract guys and job them out on national TV.

September PPV is "Zero Hour". Headlined by Batista vs. Jericho, O'Haire vs. London and WGTT vs. Annihilators in a tables match. Either the October PPV or Survivor Series will be WARGAMES (increasing risk level to 75% for this event, only).

Jamie's new enthusiasm for the game has led me to go back and update this for the first time since...umm, September. Typing this off of memory while killing time at work on Friday PM.

Here's my World Title update (other titles will follow in successive posts).

Picking up from my fictional September 2004:
"Zero Hour" had Batista cash in on his long overdue title shot. Jericho has hooked up with Stephanie McMahon, who gives him all sorts of breaks. Jericho cheated to win at Zero Hour, but Batista did a post-match beatdown.

October 2004 had the WARGAMES PPV! Team Batista beat Team Jericho and Batista was the sole survivor.

November 2004 was Survivor Series, where Batista cleanly defeated Jericho and won the World Title, capping their feud. Balloons!!

December 2004 was Starcade. Batista succesfully defended the title against Eddie Guerrerro

January 2005 was the Royal Rumble, headlined by a return Batista vs. Guerrero match, only it was Hell in a Cell. Batista retained. Of note: Jericho won the Royal Rumble (he has whiny creative control and an unsackable contract now)

When you say above (an old post) that Big Show and Lesnar were feuding cause they both had low morale....was this like, overly low morale? Did they tell you this?

Or did you just observe it and try to curb it before it got out of hand.

In the "Meeting" option, they were both listed as unhappy workers. Like 28% and 11% moral, respectively. I didn't want either one to bring down the quality of other matches/feuds, so I thought ONE giant pile of suck would be better that TWO medium piles of suck.

Wise men always say "keep the sucking to a minimum."

Or was that some horrible line from a Porno?

So you don't bother doing individual shows? You just kind of book them, then move on? Cause I've seen any show write-ups from you. I thought that was kind of the "way" to go about it.

Only losers like me with no life do complete write-ups of shows (no offense... everyone else here?), but when you do it that way, you burn yourself out more.

I think I can stay rather fresh and interested doing write-ups the way I started them. Doesn't take too much work from me. There is no chance in hell I'm doing full play-by-play write up. First off, its just kind of pointless.

Hope this doesn't offend anyone. But I go into total skim-mode when I'm reading someone's diary and I hit an actual match play-by-play. I figured EWR pushed those out for you -- didn't know people actually wrote them out.

Scrooge, let me know what you think of the stuff I've tossed together so far. I'm sure you won't love the Kane-hate so far though.

I'm more focussed on the brief storyline overviews and progression of each title. Who rises to the top, who leaves, etc. I figure the rest of the stuff is entirely made-up and in my head and I have no desire to write fictional promos for Big Show or Paul London.

I feel ya on that one. I'm kind of torn. I want to make a realistic representation of a show that people will read and enjoy. But frankly, if no one replies to it with anything at all, then there is really no reason to write it up.

Cause much like you said -- I can put all that stuff right in my head for my own enjoyment. I think its more fun if others can get some enjoyment and critique it though.

KANE HATE?!?!

That does it... who's your favorite wrestler, so I can start a fantasy booking and bury him along with Rowe's boy.

I just tried EWR for the first time myself lately............and I'm fucking horribly addicted.

I first downloaded EWR on a nice summer day in 2002... and spent the entire freaking day glued to it. I ended up in big trouble with my parents for not doing any yard work that day :P

I'll be in big trouble with my wife. Cause I'm addicted as well. I was laying in bed planning out my post-King of the Ring plans. Thats fucked up yo.

Of course, I don't really wanna do another RAW till I get at least one comment on my current shows. hint hint.

My wife loves it because she gets to watch Desperate Housewives and Sex in the City without me complaining

I never see anything from you as far as Diary or EWR games go Swiggy. You not a publisher?

Jesus Christ, I'm REALLY addicted to this shit.

I'm doing a ROH AND TNA league.

I'm never getting anything accomplished ever again......

Finishing up the World Title (fictional) history

To refresh: Batista was the reigning champ after Royal Rumble 2005. He was asking for a mouthpiece or manager, so I hooked him up with Stacy Keibler. Since she couldn't wrestle and had an 89 "Over" number, it worked out well.

In Feburary 2005, at No Way Out, Batista succefully defended against Steve Austin. Austin did a heel turn against Batista, complaining of no respect, blah blah. Basically it was the old "My Name is Stone Cold Steve Austin and I do not deserve this" schtick.

WrestleMania 2005 had the big Batista/Austin rematch under Texas Death Rules. Batista retained.

Didn't have much for Batista to do after WM, so he did the "open contract" thing, but Jericho was pissed and cashed in his Royal Rumble title shot.

Backlash 2005 was headlined by Batista retaining over Chris Jericho. Jericho was still a top draw, so even though their last feud was less than 6 months ago, it did good bid-ness. The company had fallen behind TNA, but started to pass them in the spring.

Slamboreee in (May 2005) featured a Batista-Jericho-Rhyno 3-way dance for the title. Batista retained again. Rhyno had returned from injury and bounced up the card as he did a face turn against his old stable, Damage, Inc.

Great American Picnic (June 2005) had a big tag-team main event. Combining two of the to feuds, it featured Batista & IC Champ Monty Brown (oops, spoiler) taking on their top rivals: Chris Jericho & Homicide. The Jericho/Batista program was blown-off on Thursday Night Thunder on June 21.

Around this time, Vampiro had become a top contender for the title, after successful feuds against Lance Storm and Shelton Benjamin. He had formed a stable called "the Void", with Abyss and Christopher Nowinski. Vampiro and Nowinski worked well as a team and had won the tag titles in late 2004 (another spoiler). Vampiro challenged Batista for the title at Vengeance (July 2005). I like Vamp, but it was more of a "right place, right time" thing, since Batista had torn through all the other top contenders.

At Vengeance, Vampiro won the title when Stacy Keibler did a heel turn and blasted Batista in the Little Dave. Stacy joined the Void... both as a good way to screw someone of the title and because the idea of Stacy as an evil manager wearing black sounded hot to the pervert who books this crap. The turn boosted both guys' "over" numbers, too.

Heading into SummerSlam 2005 now.

Card is scheduled to include:
-Main Event: Some Gimmick I Haven't Decided on Yet: Vampiro © vs. Batista
-Iron Man Match: Rey Mysterio vs. Shocker
-Ladder Match for the IC Title: Monty Brown © vs. Eddie Guerrero
-Chris Jericho vs. Shelton Benjamin
-4 way Tag Team Title Clusterfuck: Annihilators © (Damien & Dr. Payne) vs. New Panthers (Salid Jihad & Raphael Muhammed), Brooklyn Mafia (Palumbo & Stamboli) & Integrity International (Kurt Angle & Sylvain Grenier)
-Abyss vs. Rhyno (hey...someone watched TNA recently!)
-Cruiserweight Title: Chris Sabin © vs. Jamie Noble
-Balloons!

-if there's interest, I'll go ahead with the SummerSlam report, and go forward from there in the future. I can fill you in brief title histories if you'd like (IC, Tag and Cruiser)

I published for a bit with a TNA diary, and I worked with the NWA we did, but I usually don't publish much.

Okay, blatantly stealing Jamie's format, here's my First Ever Commemorative EWR Event recap

SummerSlam 2005:-- scheduling screw up and the event was held on a Tuesday night!

Dark match:
4-way, 1 Fall for WWE Women's Championship:
Cheerleader Melissa © vs. Tawny Martin vs. Victoria vs. Tracy Brooks
-Melissa retains after a cheapshot on Tracy Brooks
-Overall rating: 63%

Last Man Standing for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship!
Chris Sabin © vs. Jamie Noble
-These guys have been feuding since June.
-Sabin retains after 3 straight CradleShock piledrivers on Noble.
-This ended their feud, and boosted both guys.
-Overall rating: 86%

Rhyno vs. Abyss
Falls Count Anywhere
-Wild brawl utilizing all the stage props.
-Rhyno pulls Abyss back into the ring and hits the GORE for the 3 count pin.
-Abyss threw a bucket of SAND at Rhyno..but Rhyno had the Ultimate Nullifier-- a poncho!
-Afterwards, Abyss does the "revenge attack", beats down Rhyno and Blackhole Slams him into the thumbtacks!
-Rhyno gained overness from the match
-Overall rating: 81%

Monty © vs. Eddie
1 Fall for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
-Not a good match, but the crowd was REALLY into it.
-Eddie "cheats to win" behind the ref's back and stealsl the title!
-Eddie hightails it out of the ring, stopping at the entranceway to taunt Monty.
-The WWE IC title has gained in image
-Overall rating: 85%

4-way EEEElimination Clusterfuck for the WWE World Tag Team Championship:
Annihilators (champs: Dr. Payne & Damein) vs.
New Panthers (Salid Jihand & Raphael Muhammed w/Teddy Long)vs.
Integrity International (Kurt Angle & Sylvain Grenier w/Cheerleader Melissa) vs.
Brooklyn Mafia (Chuck Palumbo & Johnny Stamboli)
-All four teams have been figthing each other over the summer, with no decisive victories.
-Grenier pinned Palumbo for the first fall.
-Muhammed pinned Grenier for the second fall
-Damien pinned Muhammed for the third and final fall.
-Bit of letdown, overll rating of only 69%. Only thing that kept the audience interested was the presense of the massively over Annihilators.
-WWE Tag Titles lost image, but that's okay...they were all the way up to 94!

Iron Man Match: Rey Mysterio vs. Shocker
-Shocker's been a bit of a "tweener", and feuding with Mysterio over the summer.
-Not a blood feud, Mysterio's been trying to help out Shocker, but miscommunication has caused Shocker not to trust him
-Shocker scores the victory, cleanly, by a 2-1 score.
-Afterwards, Rey offers a handshake. Shocker thinks about...but turns away and leaves. Rey looks dejected, pantomiming the "what?" motion
-Overall rating: 85%

Chris Jericho vs. Shelton Benjamin
-Shelton has been slowly climbing up the ranks since splitting from Charlie Haas, late last year.
-This match was set up after Jericho taunted and attacked Shelton on "the HIghlight Reel"
-Jericho hooks Shelton in the Walls of Jericho/Liontamer...but Shelton makes the ropes, signalling the break
-As soon Jericho turns around, Shelton blasts him with a super-kick, and scores the upset victory.
-Overall rating: 87%

Sean O' Haire (w/Ric Flair) vs. Lance Storm
-These guys are embroiled in a dispute over the #1 contender slot.
-O'Haire is the main guy in the new Evolution stable.
-Decent match, but the crowd was 100% into this.
-O'Haire picks up the victory after blasting Storm with a foreign object, tossed in by Naitch!
-Overall rating: 92%

Ladder Match for the WWE Championship
Vampiro ©(w/Stacy Keibler) vs. Batista
-With the help of a Stacy turn, Vampiro scored the cheating victory over Batista at the last PPV.
-Match featured a run-in by Vampiro's yes-man, Chris Nowinski. Who was quickly dispatched and sent into the corwd by Batista.
-Stacy tried to interfere again, but was sent to the back by the ref.
-Both guys were climbing up the ladder, but it began to waver. Vampiro made the lucky grab and snagged the belt on the way down.
-Vampiro scores his first victory over Batista, ending their feud and boosting both guys.
-Overall rating: 81%

Stats:
We got a 1.71 buy rate for 'SummerSlam'!
The attendance was 18469 people.
We made $4275000 from pay-per-view revenue.
We made $1108140 from ticket sales.
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SummerSlam fallout:

-Batista broke his leg in a tragic gardening incident the day after SummerSlam and is rumored to be on the shelf for 7 months! Batista was scheduled to be moved down the card, slightly, so the Big Dave Prozac Watch is on.

-Christian vs. Ultimo Dragon was left off the card, but the two are expected to have a match of some sorts on "Saturday Nitro!"

-Rick Steiner, currently touring in Japan, was contacted by WWE officials and is scheduled to debut soon. A Steiner Brothers reunion is the most likely scenario. Robin Green was unavailable for comment.

-Shawn Michaels, who has been busy jobbing over the summer, will wrestle his final match for the WWE this Thursday on "Thunder!". No word on the exact opponent, but any midcarder on the roster is a possibility. Michaels still has creative control, so the opponent choice should be interesting.

-Carltio Colon is scheduled to be the next opponent for Chris Sabin's CW strap.

-With the massive popularity of the Annihilators, a break-up seems inevitable. The question right now seems to be finding the most painless way to get the straps off of them.

-At press time, no fall opponent for Vampiro has been announced. Two names being considered are Ultimo Dragon or Chavo Guerrero.

Quick Thursday Night Thunder (TNT) results
Roderick Strong pinned Tajiri
-Tajiri's last match in the WWE, as he helped to put over Strong.

Chavo Guerrero came out and challenged Vampiro, in place of his injured pal, Batista.
-Vampiro's Void stable came out and circled the ring.
-Vampiro said that if Chavo can beat ABYSS, then he'll consider giving him a title shot.

Lance Storm beat Carlito Colon by DQ when Sean O'Haire ran in

Christian came out to babble.
-Ultimo Drgaon came out with a signed contract and gave it to Christian to sign.
-Announcer Dave Prazak then told everyone that the contract was for a match, later tonight.

Rob Conway pinned Shawn Michaels.
-The sound of crickets played Michaels out of the WWE

Eddie Guerrero came out in his low-rider to celebrate his SummerSlam title victory.
-Monty Brown came out in a drop-top 6-4, attacked Eddie and stole the belt.

Charlie Haas pinned Sonjay Dutt
-Time filler match

Christian vs. Ultimo Dragon
-Dragon hit a nasty spot,outside , on the RAIL OF PAIN and was counted out.
-The two fought all the way to the back.
-Once past the curtain, they hugged and went off to get a beer.

Theodore Long was backstage with the New Panthers.
-Babbled about how they were the last team to be eliminated in the 4-way Clusterfuck and that they deserve a striaght-up title shot.

Rey Mysterio pinned Jinsei Shinzaki
-As part of his effort to set an example for Shocker, Rey wrestled a good match and got a clean handshake from fellow babyface Shinzaki

Chavo Guerrrero pinned Abyss when Rhyno did a run-in
-Abyss stood on the turnbuckle and said "Hrrm!! Hrmm!!" as Rhyno escorted Chavo to the back

We got a 5.74 rating for 'Thursday Night Thund'!
The attendance level was 9042 people.
We made $361680 from ticket sales.

Checked in on my game last night. Now up to early November.

My company image is now up to 100% and finances are great.

Big feuds/title chases:

-World Title
Vampiro reigned until Halloween Havoc, when he lost the belt in a 4-way match to Sean O'Haire. Also involved in the match were Chavo Guererro and Lance Storm. It started out as two separate feuds, but both sides teamed up in a "PPV teaser tag team match". Storm and Guererro weren't on the same page, which allowed the arguing Vampiro/O'Haire team to win.

O'Haire vs Storm is now the top program.

Chavo beat Vampiro in a cage match to cap off their feud on "Monday Mayhem".

-IC Title
Monty Brown won the title back from Eddie Guererro at Halloween Havoc. Brown is now challenged by Abyss and the Void stable. The IC title is about neck-and-neck, image-wise with the World Title... so Brown will probably drop the belt in a screwy match sometime soon.

-Tag Titles
After SummerSlam, a 3-way tournament was held to determine new #1 contenders at Zero Hour (September PPV). The winners of the tournament were the newly formed buddy team of Rey Mysterio & Shocker, sometimes referred to as "Los Vengadores". The tournament final had Mysterio/Shocker, New Panthers and Integrity Int'l. Shocker pinned Kurt Angle to win the title... but the New Panthers were distracted by their arch rivals, Tag Team Champs, the Annihilators.

At Zero Hour, Los Vengadores beat the Annihilators when the New Panthers interferred. To settle things, Annihilators challenged the Panthers to a table/hardcore match series, culminating at Halloween Havoc. Annihilators won.

With Teddy Long's manuverings, the Panthers have finally gotten their one-on-one shot at the tag titles. Annihilators have dabbled in singles competition a bit, saying they could storm in and take back the titles whenever they feel like it. Basically, the Annihilators are being booked with a Road Warriors type of mystique. Usually fighting big guys and main eventing at least one show a week.

-Cruiserweight Title
Carlito Colon beat Chris Sabin for the title at Zero Hour. Big feud still going on.

-Chic Title
As a gift for his new main squeeze, Vampiro helped Stacy Keibler win the title in mid September. Title's basically being used as a prop until a new developmental chic can contend for it. Having Stacy hold the belt has increased its image a bit.

Recent developmental debuttee Erin Bray has gotten a big response with her "split personality" Tweener gimmick. She basically an opportunist who flirts with authority figures, makes promises, helps people at weird times, re-negs on deals, etc. When people call her on it, her catchphrase is "ohh...it must've slipped my mind".-- based on an old Kids in the Hall sketch.

Like: "tell you what..I'll make it up to you. Not only will I be in your corner for the match..I'll also make sure to give you a new ring jacket AND make you some lemonade in my hotel room".
"Really? You'll do that?"
"Will do..." Then of course, she screws over the wrestler.

Other Thingies of Note
-Chris Jericho and Eddie Guererro have formed a stable of sorts.
-Steiner Brothers were reunited in early November. Needed something interesting to do with Scottie and his fat contract.
-Randy Orton left the company and was replaced in Evolution with Charlie Haas.
-Homicide and Rhyno have started feuding.
-Shelton Benjamin and Jamie Noble have a high profile feud.
-Bobby Roode, Johnny Webb and Gail Kim have formed a new tag team called "the Northern Right". Buncha' Canadians.

-Long term plan is to push a new babyface World Title contender at the Royal Rumble. Rumble winner will face Sean O'Haire for the strap at WrestleMania. Top choices for winners are Monty Brown, Dr. Payne (of Annihilators) or Shelton Benjamin.