WWE '13: This is my last Diary, I swear!

[thatponyguy]

Mmkay, I'm gonna make this my primary focus for a while. My other diaries, other than the PCW one which is retired, will still get sporadic updates.

Backstory: WWE Raw gets cancelled by a new network exec who doesn't like wrestling. Main Event was an epic fail, causing Smackdown! to be the WWE's only TV show.

Starts on February 1st 2013, with a 2013 data pack.

I can't be effed writin' out the roster so we're gunna launch straight into our first show.

WWE Smackdown! 01/02/13

Location: Cleveland, Ohio

Segment 1: Static goes over the speakers and Living Color's Cult Of Personality plays as Smackdown! opens with the man who retained his WWE championship at Royal Rumble against The Rock: CM Punk, accompanied as always by Paul Heyman. "One would think," says Punk, "That having defeated a WWE Legend, cleanly I might add, at the Royal Rumble I would finally get some respect around here! But nooo, you idiotic people boo me, a man who has held the WWE championship for over a year! I've held this championship longer than The Rock ever did, longer than John Cena ever did, longer than Stone Cold ever did and longer than even Ric Flair ever did and ya know why? It's because I'm better than all of them. I am the best wrestler in the world and I deserve some friggin' respe-" Punk is cut off by a shout of "AAAWWWEEESSSOOOMMME!" as The Miz, who failed to win the US championship against Antonio Cesaro at the Royal Rumble, makes his way out to a huge hometown pop. "Did, did I just hear you say that you're better than Ric Flair?" Asks Miz.
"Yes, you did, and it's true dammit!" Replies Paul Heyman, who is now speaking for Punk.
"Really? Really? Rea-"
"Yes, really! Now, if you're done CM Punk would like to continue his goddamn promo!"
"Ok, first of all if you interupt me again, I'm gonna walk down there and rip what little hair there is on your head, off. Secondly, Punk I would be glad to prove to you that you're not the best wrestler in the world, and I would be glad to do it tonight in front of my friends and family right here in my hometown of Cleveland!" (Cheap pop~!)
"Yeah, no. I'm afraid that after my grueling match at Royal Rumble," says Punk speaking for himself again, "I'm gonna be taking the night off. Now, if you don't mind, I'd rather not spend another minute in this craphole ci-" Punk is once again cut off, this time by: "CAN YOU DIG IT, SUUUCCCKAAAA?!" as Smackdown GM Booker T's music plays as he walks through the curtain.
"Okay, what the Hell? What is this, interrupt CM Punk night?!" Asks Punk, clearly unhappy.
"Hold up just a minute champ, you won't be havin' a night off tonight Punk. In fact, you will be in a match against The Miz tonight!" The crowd pop hugely at this. "However, it won't be a singles match. I'll be borrowin' a lil somethin' from mah assistant, Teddy Long 'cuz tonight, in our Main Event The Miz will team up with John Cena to take on CM Punk and Dolph Ziggler in a tag team match! Now, can you dig dat SUCKA?!"
Punk is absolutely livid as Smackdown! goes to it's first commercial break.

Segment 2:

Adrian Neville vs. Hunico (W/ Camacho)

The debuting Adrian Neville, aka PAC, makes his way to the ring to Kick Ass by Egypt Central slapping hands with fans and overall being a nice dude. His opponent Hunico, however, comes out riding his shitty bike and overall being a complete cunt.
The match itself is a good, fast-paced high flying match, throughout the match though, it becomes quite clear that Neville is in a whole other league in the air than Hunico, so the Mexican tries to slow the match down with a bit of help from Camacho. He succeeds up until about seven minutes in when Adrian makes a comeback and plants Huni on his ass with an Enziguri. He follows this up with an Imploding 450 Splash that leaves the announcers, JR and JBL, as well as the crowd jumping out of their seats for the young British high flyer and leaves Hunico down for the count. After the match, Camacho tries to rush Neville but is hit with a swank Enziguri to the head. Overall a very impressive debut by Adrian Neville.

Segment 3: Follow (Instrumental) by Breaking Benjamin plays over the speakers as The Shield make their way to the ring through the crowd. They jump into the ring as Ambrose grabs a mic.
"It is my great... pleasure to announce that two more individuals have seen the light and devoted themselves to justice as we have, we are out here to introduce the first of these individuals... Derek Rian." Follow plays again as Derek Rian, better known to Indy fans as Davey Richards, comes to the ring to boos from the crowd. Ambrose and Rollins leave the ring and sit at ringside to watch the next match as Derek Rian makes his WWE debut teaming with Roman Reigns against two mystery competitors, after the commercial break!

Segment 4:

and vs. The Shield (Roman Reigns and Derek Rian)

Rian and Reigns are in the ring awaiting their opponents as the words; "OLE! OLE OLE OLE!" go over the speakers as El Generico makes his WWE debut! The generic luchadore is pretty well-known on the Indendent scene and gets a few cheers from the members of the audience that recognise him. After a few seconds Born To Win by Mutiny Within plays as Evan "Air" Bourne makes his return to the WWE!
Generico and Bourne rush the ring and nail dual Hurricanrana's on Reigns and Rian! After a great, fast-paced start some timely interference from Dean Ambrose allows The Shield to take control. After about five minutes of Reigns and Rian taking turns beating seven different shades of shit out of Generico, the generic luchadore starts a comeback, hitting a Tornado DDT on Reigns and a Hurricanrana on Derek Rian! He reaches his arm over to tag out to Evan Bourne but is surprised as he gets only air as Bourne has dropped off of the apron, smirking! Generico turns around and gets speared out of his tights, not literally, by Reigns, who then tags in Rian who drags Generico up to the top rope and hits an avalanche Tiger Driver! The three count is academic after that. Post-match, Bourne goes up to the top rope and hits an Air Bourne on the half-dead Generico. He then shakes hands with each member of The Shield as Dean Ambrose announces that Evan 'Air' Bourne is the other new member of The Shield.

Segment 5:

WWE Tag Team championship match International Airstrike (Gabriel and Kidd) vs. Team Hell No

In our second of three tag team bouts tonight, International Airstrike challenge Kane and Daniel Bryan for the WWE tag titles. Tyson Kidd and Justin Gabriel are played to the ring by My Chemical Romance's Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na). The match starts out with Kidd and Bryan trading holds until Kane gets into the ring after a tag and absolutely kicks Kidd's ass. After ten minutes of dominance by Team Hell No, D-Bryan gets a blind tag and the two argue as Kidd tags in Justin Gabriel! Gabriel flies half way across the ring and kicks Kane out of the ring. He then ducks a kick from Bryan and hits him with an STO! He then tags Kidd back in as he goes up and hits a 450 Splash on Daniel Bryan as Kidd springboards over the ropes with a Senton Bomb onto D-Bryan for the three! International Airstrike have upset the tag champs! As Bryan and Kane argue up the ramp, The Shield make an appearance and destroy the new tag champs!

Segment 6: We go backstage to Big Show, who won back the WHC at Royal Rumble from Alberto Del Rio. After the match he chokeslammed Del Rio from the top rope in the ring all the way out and throught the announce table, injuring him. As Show blabbers on about how he's a giant, etc. Randy Orton walks up and the two trade insults, leading to Orton challenging Show for the World championship! Big Show, of course, pussies out and walks off, leaving Orton death glaring him.

Segment 7:

Kassius Ohno vs. Mike Spillane

Both of these men are very well known Indy competitors and both are making their WWE debuts tonight. Marilyn Manson's (s)AINT plays Ohno to the ring as the rather unhinged former NXT competitor makes snarky comments towards the crowd. Spillane, better known as Mike Quackenbush, comes to the ring to Three Days Grace's Break, as he walks down slapping hands with fans. A good technical exchange starts the match as the two reach a stalemate. Spillane offers Ohno a handshake, and Ohno accepts, then predictably cheap shots Spillane. From there on, it's all KO as he dominates Spillane, showing off his impressive technical skills as well as a great deal of brutality. Eventually Mike Spillane starts a good ol' Babyface comeback, hitting some fast-paced offense on Ohno. This lasts for about two minutes as the WWE United States champion Antonio Cesaro, whacks Spillane in the face with his belts as Spillane went to springboard off of the ropes! Cesaro and Ohno, as Claudio Castagnoli and Chris Hero, were a tag team in several Indy promotions as the Kings of Wrestling, are the KoW in WWE?! Ohno picks Spillane up, pushes him into the ropes and nails the KO, a rolling elbow, as Mike rebounds off of the ropes. This nets KO his debut win. After the match, the KoW beat down Mike until William Regal, who feuded with Kassius and his then partner Leo Krueger in NXT, saves Spillane.

Segment 8: Wade Barrett is in the ring, gloating about being the best, etc. etc. He then puts out an open challenge for anyone in the back to challenge him. He waits for about a minute until he hears: "FEED! ME! MOOOOORE!" Barrett bolts from the ring as Ryback enters it, chasing off the man who eliminated him from the Rumble last night.

Segment 9: We get a Team Hell No segment in which they argue. Same old shit.

Segment 10: Randy Orton and Big Show are backstage brawling for some reason. This goes on for about five minutes 'til Show KO's Orton with a WMD, then chokeslams him onto the concrete.

Main Event:

John Cena and The Miz vs. CM Punk (W/ Paul Heyman) and Dolph Ziggler (W/ Big E Langston and AJ Lee)

It is worth noting that Cena, who won the Royal Rumble, and Miz are former WWE Tag Team champions whilst Ziggles and Punk don't really get along. Anyway, after a good main event that sees a LOT of interference from Big E, AJ and Paul E. Cena and Miz seem to be on their way to a win until a HUGE clothesline from Big E nearly beheads Cena as Paul Heyman and AJ Lee distract the ref. This allows Ziggles and Punk to hit their respective finishers on Cena for the win. After the match, Ziggler, Langston and Punk beat Cena and Miz down as Smackdown! goes off the air with a shot of CM Punk locking Miz in the Anaconda Vise as Ziggler locks Cena in the Sleeper Hold.


INCIDENT~!: Camacho suffered an injury, so *shrugs* I fired 'im.

INCIDENT~!: Curt Hawkins has announced that he has found religion, and is a changed man... Um, okay? Anyone wanna tell me what this means?

Ty Lovell
>A lot more detailed than my other diaries, eh?

[Dan O'Mac]

From what I can gather, when they find religion, they tend to be better behaved, more likely to put people over without bitching. Basically, HBK after he came back from his back injury compared to before.

As far as the diary goes... I think you've fallen into the trap many of us do, and bring in a bunch of people we like from the indies. I think it is taking away from the credibility of the rest of the roster you did have. Not seeing a Kofi or other midcarders, or even some of the "jobbers" such as 3MB, PTP. I think one or two (Davey in Shield makes sense, for example), but Generico and Quack coming in just to do the job seems like a waste when you could've had them replaced by some of the jobbers on the roster to accomplish the same goal, plus give them the cred of beating someone that the WWE only fan knows, since going in, neither Ohno or Quack were known by that status.

Love the writing style, however, and I'm looking forward to see where you go.

Dan O'Mac
>>> Are you planning on adding a "new Raw"?

[thatponyguy]

Jan 22, 2013 11:20:19 GMT -5 Dan O'Mac said:

From what I can gather, when they find religion, they tend to be better behaved, more likely to put people over without bitching. Basically, HBK after he came back from his back injury compared to before.

As far as the diary goes... I think you've fallen into the trap many of us do, and bring in a bunch of people we like from the indies. I think it is taking away from the credibility of the rest of the roster you did have. Not seeing a Kofi or other midcarders, or even some of the "jobbers" such as 3MB, PTP. I think one or two (Davey in Shield makes sense, for example), but Generico and Quack coming in just to do the job seems like a waste when you could've had them replaced by some of the jobbers on the roster to accomplish the same goal, plus give them the cred of beating someone that the WWE only fan knows, since going in, neither Ohno or Quack were known by that status.

Love the writing style, however, and I'm looking forward to see where you go.

Dan O'Mac
>>> Are you planning on adding a "new Raw"?

Ah. Thanks.

I actually only hired five guys from the Indies. Generico, Davey, Quack a.d two others who have yet to debut. Ohno and Neville were just called up. Generico was hired kn the basis that I read somewhere that apparently he's signing wigh WWE soon. I honestly have no idea why I hired Quack. Impulse decision and I have plans for him now, so I'm not firin' him. Really though, how much credibility would you gain from beating someone whom WWE fans watch get their ass kicked everytime they're on a show? I use quite a bit more of the original roster on my next show (3MB job to someone).

Thanks.

Ty Lovell
>Nope, Smackdown's gunna be my A-Show. I am trying to get a Superstars-esque show, however.

[thatponyguy]

Sorry if that doesn't actually answer your criticism, I'm tired dammit.

[thatponyguy]

WWE Smackdown! 08/02/13

Location: San Antonio, Texas (Yeah, I'm just pullin' these locations outta my ass, what of it?)

As Smackdown! opens with the normal pyro and generic as fuck Rock music, JBL and JR pimp our main event: Randy Orton vs. The Big Show, if Orton wins he becomes the #1 contender to the WHC! We then go to our opening Promo. Wait, what? There's a match to start the show?! Are you sure I'm watching WWE?!

Segment 1:

The Shield (Derek Rian and Evan Bourne) vs. El Generico and

Generico comes out, seemingly without a partner. He's ready to start the match as a Handicap match until... "Woo, Woo, Woo, You Know It!" Zack Ryder's music hits and he enters the ring as Generico just looks down, seeming as if he'd rather have a Handicap match than team with Ryder. Fortunately, he's saved(?) as The Shield attack Ryder and kill him. Well, he might be alive, but I doubt it. (Yep, that's how I'm writing Ryder off.) Once again, Generico seems resigned to having a Handicap match, but the match is once again stopped by music, this time belonging to CHRISTIAN! Christian runs down to the ring, apologising to Generico for being late as the bell rings! As soon as the match begins, The Shield (All of 'em) jump Generico and Christian, causing a DQ! International Airstrike, who were attacked by Ambrose and Rollins after winning the tag titles last week, run in to try and save Generico and Christian but fail and fall to a five-on-four beating.

Segment 2: "AAAAAWWWWWEEEESSSSOOOMMME~!" Downstait's I Came To Play hits as the most must-see WWE champ ever, The Miz, makes his way to the ring and he does not look happy. Unfortunately, he never makes it to the ring as Dolph Ziggler, CM Punk and Big E Langston jump him from behind! Why are Ziggles and Big E with Punk?! John Cena hits the ring to try and save The Miz. Using his SuperCena(C) abilities, he starts to fight back even against three other men! At least until a hooded man clips his knee from behind and hits him with a move that looks suspiciously similar to Colt Cabana's Colt .45. He then removes the hood, revealing that he is, in fact, Colt Cabana! Cabana, Ziggler, Langston and Punk destroy Cena and Miz some more and then literally kick 'em outta the ring as CM Punk grabs a mic.
"Shut up, all of you shut the hell up and show a little respect to the greatest collection of Wrestlers, in the world today. Look at us, we're the perfect faction, the Perfect Alliance, with capitalised letters, by the way. There's of course, me: The WWE champion, the best wrestler in the world, CM Punk, Mr. Money in The Bank, The Show Off, Dolph Ziggler, My good friend and a fantastic wrestler, 'Classic' Colt Cabana and of course this huge, monster of a man Big E Langston. The four of us, as well as AJ Lee and Paul Heyman... We are absolutely Perfect. We are the Perfect Alliance." And with that, Punk walks away with his new friends, The Perfect Alliance, following him. (For those of you that read my previous WWE Diary, you'll notice similarities between this group and The Code of Honor. That's intentional)

Segment 3:

Adrian Neville vs. Sin Cara

Last week, Neville made his impressive debut when he defeated Hunico, this week he faces a far bigger challenge against Sin Cara. The two shake hands before the match and put on a fucking aerial masterpiece. Seriously, MOTY candidate right here. After excellent back and forth action between arguably the two best high flyers in the world, Neville hits a Superkick on a springboarding Sin Cara, followed up by an awesome Imploding 450 Splash for the upset(?) three count! After the match, the two shake hands again but are interrupted when Hunico, who was apparantly under the ring, springboards off the top rope! Like Sin Cara, he was met with a Superkick from TAFKA PAC on the way down.
(My first 100% Match Rating~!)

Segment 4: William Regal is in the ring, mic in hand, ready to speak.
"Kassius Ohno," he says, "No, Chris Spradlin, twelve years now I've known you Chris. Twelve years. I trained you and, for about eleven years I thought I knew you quite well... I knew you weren't the nicest of blokes but well, neither was I. I paid a great deal of attention to your career because I knew that of all the people that I trained... You and one other surpassed them all. Hell, you both surpassed me. Anyway, I watched you throughout your career's in CZW, ROH, PWG... everywhere. ...I apologise for rambling and wasting everybodies time but I need to get this off of my chest... When I heard that you had been signed by the WWE, I was exstatic. I was exstatic because yet another of my students had made it. However, when you arrived in NXT... I saw something that... Well to be perfectly honest it bloody frightened me. What you had become... You weren't the wrestler I trained. You were a bloody monster. You weren't Chris Spradlin, or Chris Hero or any other bloody name you'd called yourself. You were Kassius Ohno. You were sadistic, you hurt people for fun.... You even teamed up with that psychotic beast Leo Krueger, and tore NXT apart. When you were called up... I hoped against everything that the wrestler I knew would be back but...-" Regal is then cut off as Marilyn Manson's (s)AINT plays as Kassius Ohno and Antonio Cesaro walk through the curtain laughing. "I-I'm sorry Regal, b-but this is just way too funny to laugh at backstage. You, the man who for years was one of the most despicable, vile pricks on the planet have the nerve-" Ohno is cut off by his own laughter, as Regal death glares he and Cesaro. "I'm sorry, as I was saying, you have the nerve to call me a monster? When I'm just doing the same damn thing you've been doing your entire career? You're a joke, old man. A pathetic, hypocritical, joke."
Regal goes to say something but is once again cut off by music, as Booker T comes out and books Antonio Cesaro and Kassius Ohno vs. Mike Spillane and William Regal at Road To WrestleMania (What I renamed Elimination Chamber) this Sunday! Tonight, however, William Regal will challenge Antonio Cesaro for the US championship!

Segment 5: A video plays, showing a rather big man demolishing random Jobbers with a unique mixture of high flying moves, technical wrestling and power. After about a minute a graphic comes up on the screen saying: "'MR. WRESTLING' KEVIN STEEN, IS COMING TO THE WWE!"
Segment 6:

Xavier Woods vs. Heath Slater

Woods, who is making his debut, makes his way to the ring to Limp Bizkit's My Generation. His opponent, Heath Slater, is already in the ring with his 3MB stablemates Jinder Mahal and Drew McIntyre mocking Woods. Woods enters the ring as the bell rings and he immediately launches into a fast paced flurry of moves onto Slater causing the One Man Band to roll out of the ring. Woods follows and is attack by Drew McIntyre whilst Jinder Mahal distracts the ref. After that, Slater dominates until Woods ducks a clothesline and hits a Superkick! Woods lifts Slater to his feet and hits a Codebreaker-like move and then another Superkick! Drew McIntyre then tries to inject himself into the match with a chair, with Mahal once again distracting the ref, he misses however and hits Slater, who only just stood back up. Drew's tossed out of the ring by Woods, who then lifts Slater up again and hits a Sliding reverse STO, that JR calls the Lost In The Woods, for the win. After the match Woods celebrates with some fans.

Segment 7:

William Regal vs. Antonio Cesaro(C) for the US championship

This match never really starts as Regal is jumped from behind by Ohno as he's walking to the ring! Ohno drags him into the ring, pushes him against the ropes and nails the KO on the rebound! At this point Cesaro hits the ring and nails the Neutralizer on Regal. They pick Regal up and hit their old tag team finisher as the KoW, the Royal Bomb! They continue to beat Regal down until Mike Spillane runs them off.

Segment 8:

Wade Barrett vs. Brodus Clay

The IC champ, Barrett, takes on the Funkasaurus in a singles match. Last week, Barrett was embarrassed by Ryback when he (Barrett) was run off by Ryback. He hopes to regain some momentum here tonight as he absolutely dominates the much larger Clay, with Clay only able to mount a small comeback before being put down with the Bullhammer. After the match Barrett is gloating and almost pisses himself when he hears the words: "FEED! ME! MOOOORE!" go over the speakers! Ryback hits the ring and clotheslines Barrett, before lifting him up and hitting the Shell Shocked! After tossing Barrett out of the ring, Booker T comes out and announces that Ryback will challenge Barrett at Road To WrestleMania for the IC title!

Segment 9: John Cena and The Miz are backstage and they give the normal "We'll get you back" babyface promo, before announcing that the two have a match against CM Punk and Dolph Ziggler at RtWM.

Segment 10:

Team Hell No vs. Team Rhodes Scholars

After losing their titles last week, Team Hell No asked for this match to try and get on the same page and it seems as if they've succeeded until, for some reason Daniel Bryan almost decapitates Kane with a kick after being tagged in! Bryan throws Kane out of the ring where he locks on a move he hasn't used in a few years: The Cattle Mutilation. The ref counts Team Hell No out so Team Rhodes Scholars win the match. Bryan keeps the Cattle Mutilation locked on for another three minutes before being dragged off by refs, trainers, etc.

Main Event:

Randy Orton vs. Big Show

Basic Orton match 'til the end. Show dominates, Orton does his comeback but can't drop Show! He runs at Show and tries to clothesline him but is instead goozled and dropped with a chokeslam! But Orton kicks out! Show lifts Orton and goes for another Chokeslam but Orton fights out of it and RKO's Show for the win! Orton vs. Show for the WHC this Sunday, can Orton do it again?! Well, Show tries to push the odds in his favour when he attacks Orton after the match and Chokeslams him through the announce table! Smackdown! goes off the air with the Big Show standing above a half dead Randy Orton.


OOC: Adrian Neville is getting over quickly as fuck! Seriously, in two shows he's gone from 50 something overness to 72!

WWE Releases official Road To WrestleMania PPV card:
Main Event: Randy Orton vs. Big Show(C) for the World Heavyweight Championship
The Miz and John Cena vs. The Perfect Alliance (Dolph Ziggler and CM Punk)
Ryback vs. Wade Barrett(C) for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
William Regal and Mike Spillane vs. The Kings of Wrestling (Kassius Ohno and Antonio Cesaro)
The Shield (Evan Bourne and Derek Rian) vs. El Generico and Christian
Kane vs. Daniel Bryan
Team Rhodes Scholars vs. The Shield (Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins) vs. International Airstrike(C) for the WWE Tag Team championships

Most of these matches were announced on WWE.com earlier today.

[thatponyguy]

WWE presents: Road To WrestleMania!

Before the show, we are treated to a triple threat dark match between Adrian Neville, Sin Cara and Hunico. Neville wins after an Imploding 450.

Pyro and A Breach Of Silence's There Will Blood, the official theme song of Road To WrestleMania, open the actual PPV as we head straight into our opening match.

Segment 1: Kane vs. Daniel Bryan
Kane's normal pyro and theme music hit as the Big Red Monster makes his way to the ring and he is PISSED~! Daniel Bryan's theme song plays but is cut off by a soft beat that switches into the extremely well-known beat of Europe's The Final Countdown! Bryan walks out, clean shaven and smirking as he enters the ring. Kane immediately jumps at him but Bryan gets away and hits a few kicks to Kane's legs and torso to take control. Bryan controls the match, wearing Kane's shoulders down to set up the Cattle Mutilation. Surprisingly, Kane never mounts a comeback as Bryan locks the Cattle Mutilation for the submission win about ten minutes in! After the match Bryan refuses to release the hold until he's dragged off, leaving Kane hurt on the ground.

Segment 2: We see The Miz and John Cena getting ready for their match later on when they're jumped by Colt Cabana and Big E Langston! Cabana and Langston beat them down a bit, leaving them out of it in their locker room.

Segment 3: The Kings of Wrestling vs. William Regal and Mike Spillane
The KoW make their way to the ring, mocking their opponents and the fans, whilst Regal and Spillane walk out all business for this match. And what a match it is, between four of the best technical wrestlers in the world. The KoW control Mike Spillane with their superior teamwork for most of the match until Spillane manages to tag in Regal who comes in a house of fire! He takes Cesaro and Ohno down quickly before throwing Cesaro out of the ring. He sets up to hit the Knee Trembler on Ohno but Ohno dodges and Regal is hotshotted on the top rope by Cesaro! Regal turns around and is KO'd by a KO from KO and just like that it's over. After the match, the KoW put Regal through the Spanish Announce table with a Royal Bomb after putting Spillane out with a KRS-ONE in the ring.

Segment 4: The Shield (Evan Bourne and Derek Rian) vs. El Generio and Christian
This is a rematch from Smackdown! and Generico jumps at Bourne straight away! The match is a good contest that surprisingly sees the Faces dominate until Roman Reigns gets involved, giving Generico and Christian a DQ win. The Shield beat Generico and Christian down, with Reigns hitting a Spear, Rian hitting an avalanche DR Driver and Bourne hitting an AirBourne.

Segment 5: Team Rhodes Scholars vs. The Shield (Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins) vs. International Airstrike(C) for the WWE Tag Team championships
A three way, elimination tag match that sees Team Rhodes Scholars eliminated first, after an Avada Kedavra Superkick on Rhodes, followed by a Knee Trembler from Ambrose. It then becomes a straight up tag match between the champs and the men who've attacked them two weeks in a row. And as impressive as The Shield are apart Kidd and Gabriel have been tagging together for about a year now and have far more experience. Fortunately for The Shield, however, they have friends that interject themselves into the match, allowing Ambrose to hit a Midnight Special (Kryptonite Krunch) on Gabriel for the win!

Segment 6: Ryback vs. Wade Barrett(C) for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
As soon as the bell rings, Barrett runs for it! Ryback chases him and the two brawl on the outside, ignoring the ref counting to ten and declaring the match a draw. Eventually, Barrett gets the better of Ryback with a kick between the legs and a Bullhammer Elbow. He then drags Ryback onto the apron and hits a Wasteland off of the apron onto the floor!

Segment 7: The Miz and John Cena vs. The Perfect Alliance (Dolph Ziggler and CM Punk)
Cena and Miz walk out, clearly still hurt from the sneak attack from Big E and Colt Cabana. The two are dominated by Punker and Ziggles the whole match 'til Cena uses his SuperCena powers(C) to mount a comeback! It is cut short by AJ Lee distracting the ref, Cabana pulling Miz off the apron and Big E taking Cena's head off with a clothesline allowing The Perfect Alliance to pick up the win! After the match Miz and Cena are beaten down further, ending with Big E putting Cena through the last remaining announcers table with a Big Ending.
(The Match Rating for this one surprised the fuck out of me... 92%)

Main Event: Randy Orton vs. Big Show(C) for the World Heavyweight Championship
Almost an exact copy of their match from Smackdown! except for the ending, which sees Orton go for an RKO but get pushed off by Big Show. Orton turns around and gets dropped with a WMD! Show picks Orton up and nails him with not one, not two but three Chokeslams for good measure, before locking on the seated Cobra Clutch for the submission win after a dominate display from the Big Show. The PPV goes off to an image of Show standing above Orton's KO'd body, raising his title high in the air...


OOC: Well that was heel heavy... Ah well, serves a purpose...

[thatponyguy]

Smackdown!
Pyro and shitty generic Rock opens Smackdown! this week as always and for the second week in a row, we open with a match!

Segment 1: Adrian Neville vs. Derek Rian
Two men who only recently made their WWE debuts square off here in a fast paced match to begin with until Rian's Shield buddies help him out in slowing the pace down.
Every time Neville begins to gain momentum, he's quickly shut down by Rian and The Shield until El Generico, Christian and the WWE tag champs, International Airstrike chase off the other members of the Shield, leaving Rian alone with Neville, who quickly drops him with a kick and nails that sweet Imploding 450 Splash for the win. After the match, Neville offers Rian a handshake and Rian just spits on his hand and walks off.

Segment 2: The camera goes to the back, where El Generico and Evan Bourne have been seperated from their respective groups and are brawling around, smashing eachother into shit etc. etc. At least until Generico hits a Yakuza Kick on Bourne whilst Bourne is against a crate! Generico then drags Bourne up onto the crate and hits a BRAINBUSTAAAH!!! off of the crate and onto the floor!

Segment 3: The Perfect Alliance are in the ring when we come back from our commercial break, with the crowd booing them as if they shat in every audience member's cereal. Punk has a mic. "Y'know, I just don't get it," he says, "I don't get how you idiotic people can cheer men like John Cena and The Miz, inferior wrestlers, but boo myself and my associates, the best wrestlers, take note of that by the way we're wrestlers not 'Superstars' Jim Ross, in the world. I just don't get it. Is it because we're not... entertaining? Do we fail to entertain you? Well, too fu[BLEEP]ing bad! We aren't here to entertain you mindless sheeple, we're wrestlers, we're here to wrestle. We're here to hurt people. But most of all... We're here to take down pathetic 'entertainers' and 'Superstars' like John Cena, The Miz, The Rock, hell, I could go on all day, but I don't think that you pathetic people deserve to hear my voice anymore. Let's go." At this point they are cut off by "AAAAAWWWWWEEEESSSSOMMMEEEE!!!" as The Miz and John Cena charge the ring carrying chairs! Big E eats a chair shot, Colt Cabana eats a chair shot! Punker and Ziggles have run for it now, but Cena and Miz caught Paul Heyman before he could run! Skull Crushing Finale from Miz and Cena locks Heyman in the STF as we go to a commercial break!

Segment 4: John Cena and The Miz vs. Prime Time Players
John Cena and Miz walk right through the ever so cocky PTP's right up until the Perfect Alliance rush the ring and beat 'em down, giving Cena and Miz the DQ win. TPA continue to destroy Miz and Cena afterwards, with Punk locking Miz in the Anaconda Vise and Ziggles locking Cena in the Sleeper Hold as we go to another commercial

Segment 5: Xavier Woods vs. Drew McIntyre
Little bit of background: Xavier debuted last week and defeated Heath Slater, McIntyre's stablemate in the 3MB, after botched interference from Drew-Drew and Jinder Mahal. McIntyre takes it to the rookie straight up with power moves and restholds 'til Woods begins to fight back as the crowd goes mild. No, that's not a typo. They didn't give two shits about this match. Anywho, Woods makes a comeback that's killed dead by a chair shot from Heath Slater, in plain view of the ref, giving Woods the DQ win. Wow, two DQs in a row due to interference. Anywhom, 3MB beat 738 different shades of shit out of Woods until Kofi Kingston makes the save, giving the crowd something to actually cheer for.

Segment 6: Another Kevin Steen vid plays, showing him fucking up several jobbers. I think I even saw Michael Tarver in there. Anyone remember that guy? Jesus, he sucked ass. Anyway, another graphic at the end saying: "'MR. WRESTLING' KEVIN STEEN, COMING TO SMACKDOWN! NEXT WEEK!"

Segment 7: Wade Barrett and Jack Swagger vs. Brodus Clay and Ryback
Tag team action next as the returning Jack Swagger teams up with WWE Intercontinental champ Wade Barrett against Brodus Clay, whom Barrett dominated last week, and Ryback who has had problems with Barrett for the last two weeks. The match is a straight up brawl that sees Swagger and Barrett control with some impressive teamwork, leading to Swagger hitting a Doctor Bomb on Clay that almost gets a three 'til Ryback breaks it up. Eventually Clay tags in Ryback and he comes in a HOUSE! EN! FUEGO~!!! Hitting Meathook clotheslines on Jack Swagger causing Swagger to try and tag Barrett, who's already dropped off of the apron and ran for the hills! Swagger turns around into a Shell Shocked from Ryback for the three. After the match, Clay Tries to get Ryback to dance with him to complete and utter failure.

Segment 8: The KoW are makin' their way down to the ring (s)AINT playing in the background and Ohno grabs a mic. "William Regal.... Did you really think you could beat us? Did you really think that you and your lowly peasant partner Spillane could defeat pro Wrestling royalty like the Kings of Wrestling?! You thought that your washed up old ass could beat the best tag team ever?! Heh, well you pathetic, washed up, neverwas... You, just like everyone else in the WWE will, know what it feels like... to be KO'd, by a KO... from KO." Ohno grins sadistically and awaits his vict- I mean opponent. Opponent's what I meant. Right guys? Guys?

Segment 9: Kassius Ohno vs. Ted DiBiase
Ohno dominates DiBiase completely, not even needing help from Cesaro (Though Cesaro takes a few cheap shots anyway) and finishing off the extended squash with a KO. Cesaro and Ohno beat DiBiase down post-match until William Regal runs down to save DiBiase.

Segment 10: International Airstrike are chillin' out backstage when they're attacked by The Shield! Ambrose, Rollins and Reigns throw Gabriel into a stack of crates with a Triple Powerbomb whilst Rian drops Kidd on his head with a DR Driver.

Main Event: Randy Orton and Kane vs. Big Show and Daniel Bryan
As Kane is walking to the ring, a big dude wearing a hood takes him out from behind! The man lifts Kane up and plants him with a Package Piledriver on the steel ramp! He then spits on Kane before revealing himself as KEVIN STEEN! D-Bryan has a mic. "Kane... meet my new friend, 'Mr. Wrestling' Kevin Steen." With Kane half dead, this becomes a handicap match and Show and Bryan dominate Orton finishing with Bryan locking in the Cattle Mutilation after a Big Show chokeslam for the win. Smackdown! goes off the air to an image of a half dead Randy Orton and an image of Kane being taken away in an ambulance.

OOC: Tired as fuck, and can't be effed formatting this shit. 'Night, folks.

[Brain Of J]

Jan 22, 2013 11:20:19 GMT -5 Dan O'Mac said:

From what I can gather, when they find religion, they tend to be better behaved, more likely to put people over without bitching. Basically, HBK after he came back from his back injury compared to before.

There's also a negative: they won't participate in high-risk, questionable content. This doesn't matter if your promotion's risk level is low, but ... well, for instance, a "born again" wrestler won't take part in stuff like the "dark wedding" angle or the "bloodbath" angle. Not sure if they limit match stips either.

Okay, now, thoughts on the diary ... first, I have to echo Dan O'Mac's thoughts in that there seems to be a massive in-flux of talent, either from NXT or the indies. One or two, introduced slowly, is one thing. But the sheer volume of new talent doesn't feel right. It's just too many people, too fast. If you had the roster split, it might work better, but with one show, it's crowding out existing talent that could be utilized in similar roles. I understand you had plans and roles in mind (except for Quack), but that's seven new faces, in the span of four shows. Plus, if you wanted all these people, why not just run an indie promotion?

Also ... is it meant to be an "internet write-up" diary style? For instance, from your latest show:

Woods begins to fight back as the crowd goes mild. No, that's not a typo. They didn't give two shits about this match.

If it is, fine. It's an easy style to read and write. But if you're trying to do a more straight-forward narrative, the casual tone and editorial comments are jarring and kick the reader out of the moment.

Also ... so, is the WWE suddenly not PG? Brainbusters off crates onto floors, F-bombs on network TV ... it's just a very sudden shift in direction and style, and without an explanation, it feels weird.

I think there's a good foundation here ... I'd just like to see some things clarified (like the style), and a freeze on new talent, either from the indies or NXT. Give the people there time to gel and get roles before indulging in more names.

Jed Shaffer
~And after two shows in a month ... I'm dragging my feet on the new show. Stupid life.

[thatponyguy]

Jan 24, 2013 17:51:14 GMT -5 Brain Of J said:

Jan 22, 2013 11:20:19 GMT -5 Dan O'Mac said:

From what I can gather, when they find religion, they tend to be better behaved, more likely to put people over without bitching. Basically, HBK after he came back from his back injury compared to before.

There's also a negative: they won't participate in high-risk, questionable content. This doesn't matter if your promotion's risk level is low, but ... well, for instance, a "born again" wrestler won't take part in stuff like the "dark wedding" angle or the "bloodbath" angle. Not sure if they limit match stips either.

Okay, now, thoughts on the diary ... first, I have to echo Dan O'Mac's thoughts in that there seems to be a massive in-flux of talent, either from NXT or the indies. One or two, introduced slowly, is one thing. But the sheer volume of new talent doesn't feel right. It's just too many people, too fast. If you had the roster split, it might work better, but with one show, it's crowding out existing talent that could be utilized in similar roles. I understand you had plans and roles in mind (except for Quack), but that's seven new faces, in the span of four shows. Plus, if you wanted all these people, why not just run an indie promotion?

Also ... is it meant to be an "internet write-up" diary style? For instance, from your latest show:

Woods begins to fight back as the crowd goes mild. No, that's not a typo. They didn't give two shits about this match.

If it is, fine. It's an easy style to read and write. But if you're trying to do a more straight-forward narrative, the casual tone and editorial comments are jarring and kick the reader out of the moment.

Also ... so, is the WWE suddenly not PG? Brainbusters off crates onto floors, F-bombs on network TV ... it's just a very sudden shift in direction and style, and without an explanation, it feels weird.

I think there's a good foundation here ... I'd just like to see some things clarified (like the style), and a freeze on new talent, either from the indies or NXT. Give the people there time to gel and get roles before indulging in more names.

Jed Shaffer
~And after two shows in a month ... I'm dragging my feet on the new show. Stupid life.

Doesn't bother me much.

There'll be no more people coming in for quite some time.

Yeah, it's internet write-up style.

Shit, I only just realised that. Uh... I actually have not got a reason at the moment...

Ty Lovell
~I find it hilarious that you complain more about your own lack of shows than anyone else

[thatponyguy]

I guess I should post a roster now
[Name (Disposition, Gimmick)]

Main Event: Big Show (Heel, Monster), CM Punk (Heel, Unique), Daniel Bryan (Heel, Legit Athlete), Dolph Ziggler (Heel, Egomaniac), John Cena (Face, Unique), Kane (Face, Monster), Randy Orton (Face, Ice Man), Rey Mysterio (Face, Old School Face), Sheamus (Face, Bad Ass) [Currently Kayfabe injured], The Miz (Face, Cocky).

Upper Midcard: Christian (Face, Cool), Cody Rhodes (Heel, Angry Young Man), Damien Sandow (Heel, Genius), Kofi Kingston (Face, Old School Face), Ryback (Face, Machine), Wade Barrett (Heel, Street Fighter)

Midcard: Adrian Neville (Face, Highlight Reel), Antonio Cesaro (Heel, Anti USA), Brodus Clay (Face, Fun Babyface), Colt Cabana (Heel, Lackey), Darren Young (Heel, Cocky), Dean Ambrose (Heel, Man On A Mission), Derek Rian (Heel, Man On A Mission), Drew McIntyre (Heel, Glam Rocker), El Generico (Face, Luchadore), Evan Bourne (Heel, Man On A Mission), Heath Slater (Heel, Glam Rocker), Hunico (Heel, Angry Minority), Jack Swagger (Heel, Cocky), Justin Gabriel (Face, Highlight Reel), Kassius Ohno (Heel, Arrogant), Kevin Steen (Heel, Machine), Michael McGillicutty (Heel, Old School Heel) [Funny, I thought he was a face... He is on NXT], Mike Spillane (Face, Old School Face), Roman Reigns (Heel, Man On A Mission), Seth Rollins (Heel, Man On A Mission), Sin Cara (Face, Luchadore), Ted DiBiase (Face, Family Guy), Titus O'Neil (Heel, Cocky), Tyson Kidd (Face, Highlight Reel) and William Regal (Face, Staff Member)

Lower Midcard: Big E Langston (Heel, Monster), Jinder Mahal (Heel, Glam Rocker) and Xavier Woods (Face, Blue Chipper)

Managers: AJ Lee (Heel, Crazy, Manages Dolph Ziggler and Big E Langston), Cameron Lynn (Face, Dancer, Manages Naomi Night), Naomi Night (Face, Dancer, Manages Brodus Clay) and Paul Heyman (Heel, Sports Agent, manages CM Punk and Colt Cabana).


Developmental Roster:
2-Face
Adam Pearce
Aiden English
Alexander Rusev
Becky Bayless
BJ Whitmer
Blade Mathews
Bo Dallas
Brandon Traven
Bray Wyatt
Briley Pierce
Byron Saxton
Caylen Croft
Chris Hybrid
CJ Parker
Conor O'Brian
Corey Graves
Dana Lee
Danny Burch
Dante Dash
Dean Draven
Derrick Bateman
Dingo
Emma
Enzo Amore
Erick Rowan
Frightmare
Hade Vansen
J Bronson
Jack Evans
Jake Carter
Jamin Olivencia
Jason Jordan
Jimmy Jacobs
Johnny Curtis
Kafu
Keven Martel
Kid Rageous
Knuckles Madsen
KrackerJak
Leo Krueger
Luke Harper
Mad Dog Mcrea
Madison Eagles
Mark Andrews
Memo Montenegro
Mike Dalton
Mikey Nicholls
Mojo Rawley
Nightmare Manson
Oliver Grey
Paige
Percy Watson
Richie Steamboat
Rick Victor
Ryan Eagles
Sakamoto
Sami Callihan
Sara Del Rey
Sawyer Fulton
Scott Dawson
Scott Parker
Shane Matthews
Sylvester LeFort
TAC
The Messiah
TJ Perkins
Travis Tyler
Trent Barreta
Val Kabious
Yoshi Tatsu




Tag Teams:
International Airstrike
Prime Time Players
Team Rhodes Scholars
Second City Saints
The Kings Of Wrestling
The Shield I (Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins)
The Shield II (Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns)
The Shield III (Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns)
The Shield IV (Derek Rian and Roman Reigns)
The Shield V (Derek Rian and Evan Bourne)
Generico and Christian


Ty Lovell
~I'm not calling anyone up from developmental for a looooooong time yet.

[Brain Of J]

Jan 24, 2013 23:18:39 GMT -5 thatponyguy said:

~I find it hilarious that you complain more about your own lack of shows than anyone else

I'm always my own worst critic. I wish I had the time to whip these things out, both for everybody else's amusement, and my own. I have some plans (like the course of the main championship) that stretch to 2012 ... and I'm still in 2009.

Jed Shaffer
~That is the HUGEST developmental roster I've ever seen. I think I have a dozen people.

[Dan O'Mac]

Jan 26, 2013 10:02:36 GMT -5 Brain Of J said:

Jan 24, 2013 23:18:39 GMT -5 thatponyguy said:

~That is the HUGEST developmental roster I've ever seen. I think I have a dozen people.

It's WWE... he has money to burn. Though, I'd cut a bunch of them if I were in charge. There's too much for the company to support with their current TV setup

[zackmalibu]

The developmental roster in my TNA 2004 game right now is pretty big, but that's because I have more of a long term goal with it. That diary is essentially being used to alter/rewrite history. I'm just stuck using some of the guys there that I don't particularly care for (Jarrett, Russo, AMW) in the interim. It's not to the level of Ponyguy's, but I have a good 20-25 right now in there (some will make it to the main roster, but I know a few that probably won't get as good as I'm hoping).


Regarding this diary, I like the idea of Bourne in the Shield. Kind of reminds me of how Justin Gabriel was the "aerial assassin" of the Nexus, laying people out with the 450. Bourne isn't as much of a "bruiser" as the others, so it's a nice mix.

[thatponyguy]

It would seem that this diary as well as my other diaries, are now on an indefinite hiatus, due to technical difficulties.

[thatponyguy]

Not sure if this is really the right thread for this but: Due to my fat ass falling on my laptop, I have no way to play EWR (School computers won't let me use oitside apps) so, if I were to start a Fantasy Booking thread, would any of y'all read it? And if I were to start it, whereabouts on the site should I post it?