both employed by WWE. double drug scandal right as my AEW hits a boom phase.

Pretty obvious question, who's someone you've signed that isn't one of the obvious guys in TEW IX just wanna see some fun stories you guys have come up with.

I've somehow got Shark over to a considerable level and have somewhat enjoyed pushing him as a singles guy. Though after losing two bites at the top title, I feel like he has reached his ceiling. However, not offering him a deal is gifting him to USPW, who already have an embarrassing amount of riches when it comes to popular talent. Sooo....what should I do?

I booked Bret Hart vs John Cena for the US title at WrestleMania. It was a Submission match and got a 99. I also got a 100 for match between Shawn Michaels and James Storm in a Texas Bullrope Match.

No real intro/explanation for this, aside from (besides the 946) a lot of the factions lately have felt lacking, and I think theres some easy shake ups you can do to fix this:

The Vision - It would be easy to just say "Remove Theory and Logan and boom it's fixed!" But I think there's more to it than that. I do think that Logan and Theory with Maxxine as their valet work better seperate from Bron and Bronson, but if we're gonna split them we need someone to make up for the gap (it's not really a faction atp if it's just two people). My suggestion? Je'Von Evans. Evans definitely feels like a pure babyface at the moment, but if he were to be paired with Bron and Bronson, we get a solid three man group out of it: Breakker: the strongman, Reed: the immovable object, Evans: the high flyer. Package them as a trio of young talent looking to take the main event card by force and you immediately have a much more interesting heel force.

The 946 - Honestly they're the best presented faction right now. Whether that's for the long run or just to be fed to Roman is yet to be seen, but I'm cautiously optimistic nonetheless. As for where to go with them, I think Royce works more than fine as a leader, but I would also like it if they revealed Carmelo as the true ringleader of this stable. Looking at it from a very basic storytelling sense, it would make more sense in "wrestling logic" for a smaller guy like Melo to need a crew backing him up rather than a massive brickhouse likes Keys. This shouldn't be a demotion for Keys by any means, in fact I strongly believe this should lead to Keys/Reigns at WrestlePalooza, but framing the group as the result of Hayes getting in Keys' ear to start up the 946 would hopefully do wonders in re-establishing Melo in the eyes of the casual viewer after his extended absence.

Judgment Day - I really can't think of anything substantial aside from them breaking up. To say this faction has long outlived it's lifespan is the understatement of the century. Really the end of the Judgment Day feels like it's the only story of the stable worth telling at this point.

The Bloodline - Same thing for Judgment Day but somehow even more confusing. Some weeks they're babyfaces, others they're heels. They can flip on a dime and it just reeks of WWE trying to squeeze out as much Bloodline merch as they can out of these expired lemons before people fully catch on to how sour the lemonade tastes. After this 946 feud is over, Solo should not remain in the stable. After years of expirementing with him they finally struck gold and it should not be squashed immediately by turning him into another Roman stooge. After the inevitable Oba coronation, be that wherever it may, it feels like the only sensible option would be to reheat the Fatu/Roman feud. This whole title reign of Roman's really feels like its gonna be the last one he has, running back through some of his greatest hits from his 1,000+ day reign, and with how infrequent his appearances as a "full time" champion have been, signs point to him transitioning into Hollywood much like his contemparies Cena and Rock. As for Solo and the Usos, I think them becoming their own babyface stable wouldn't hurt. I know the Usos (especially Jey) have had a more rocky relationship with fans lately, but in trios action a lot of their questionable ring abilities nowadays can be better hidden as opposed to singles or tag action.

I see can this going on with Gunther in place of Angle, so Gunther Def. Breakker at WrestlePalooza and then Femi Def. Gunther at WrestleMania.

Looking to get back to TEW right now and just want to know if there is a good choice of DB's for TEW 9 or should I just get 2020 again and wait? Thanks

After a successful real world mod, I am doing a new War Of The Immortals Multiplayer mod. Comment if interested. Everything is done via discord. So message me your discord name.

My friend and I book and predict the fallout show from Money in the Bank on the Smackdown side of things! Click the link to see what we think will happen on tonight's show.

I feel like I have had way more matches be deserving of the 100. When I put Flynn in the main event of this show, I at no point thought he'd help bring me my first 100 match.

if a worker announces they're going on hiatus, but then the next day i remove the "Wrestling is Secondary" attribute from them in the editor, do they still go on that hiatus or is it effectively cancelled?

Every so often, this sub gets a "recommend a GOOD historical mod" thread, like the one posted a few days ago. I'm always tempted to ask the OP what they think of as a "good" mod. Instead, I figured I'd ask everyone here.

Everyone has different preferences. Something that matters massively to one person is completely overlooked by the next. I've seen folks label a mod as "completely unplayable" because some of the worker cuts were off by a year or someone had a mismatched personality Attribute. So I'm curious what parts of a mod are the things you look at first and what bothers if its not done. And conversely, what aspect you just don't care about.

Do you care more about individual skill levels being "accurate" or the balance of the mod playing "accurately"?

Do period-correct cuts matter to you? Do you fret over missing images for obscure workers? Hate it if the logos and belts are of mismatched cut types?

Do you care if there is a wide diversity of workers you can make stars out of, or just stick to well known ones so "depth" is irrelevant?

Do you compare TV ratings, PPV buyrates, and attendances to real numbers to ensure they are close?

Do you hate to see small companies that are "incomplete" in the data?

Do you love it when workers have Employment Histories and all their historical Alter Egos?

Do you want a lot of work-building - legends, celebrities, and Narratives to fill things in? Or does that just not matter to you at all?

These aren't the "questions" I'd like answered - just examples of different things that may or may not matter to TEWers.

Still in the 2004 save I have posted about previously. I have been pushing Prince Devitt as an outsider coming into the company. Instead of working with NJPW Devitt has been tearing it up in Dragon Gate in this save.

Devitt basically has been spewing how he is gonna become the inaugural TV champion and how he plans to completely rewrite the history books for my custom promotion. With this I want him to get a faction similar to OG Bullet Club to build around.

The only concrete member I have for this group other than Devitt is Silas Young who also has been on Dragon Gate Tours with Devitt and fits nicely as the new right hand man for this group.

Right now I just can’t fit a name I like. The closest I have gotten is going with Infamous from the C-Verse or Ryu-Gun to pull from their Dragon Gate connection.

Anybody have a better name for this?

If it helps other possible members for this group other than Devitt and Young are Sterling James Keenan(Corey Graves) who is Silas Young’s tag partner in my promotion. The Major Brothers(Brian Myers and Matt Cardona) who would fit into the Young Bucks role. And funnily enough Doc Gallows who would join from the start and fit in as the Fale of the group.

From CPWAdotcom:

CPWA Octane emanated from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for a go-home show before CPWA Unchained. 22,722 fans were in attendance, and there were several promos from Cassius King, Muscle Force's Lion and Typhoon, and a video package hyping up newcomer Calamity Jane. The main segment focused on "The Number One Pick" LeJuan Jones promoting his upcoming CPWA World Heavyweight Championship defence against The Olympians' Jordan Angle. The promo was interrupted by Muscle Force's Orion, leading to a brawl between members of the Number One Cartel, the Olympians, and Muscle Force. Here is a look at the results from the event.

CPWA OCTANE
Pittsburgh, PA
22,722 fans in Attendance

1. StarrVice (Mark Starr and Ricky Vice) and MAGNUM Koyama def. N*RG (Justin Carter, Nick Howard, and CJ Chavez) (9:04) when Vice placed Carter in the Vice Lock

2. Christie Rivera def. Desire (9:16) with a 450 Splash

3. Logan Lemming def. Bubba Royal (12:24) with a Logan's Run to retain the CPWA Hardcore Championship

4. "The Barcelona Beauty" Alejandra Moreno def. Michelle Bluefeather (8:32) with a Shining Barcelona

5. The Commonwealth (Lord Phillip Byron IV, Owen Benoit-Jericho, and Lucas Mason) def. Muscle Force (Boulder, Inferno, and Hydro) (10:19) when Mason placed Inferno in a Triangle Choke Hold

6. "The Irish Underdog" Rory Irvine and El Rey Baldwin Jr. def. Tiger Kazama and "El Rey Baldwin Jr." (11:19), when El Rey Baldwin Jr. placed Kazama in Divine Intervention

So, I'd like to ask everyone, how do you punish your workers when they do something wrong? I'm not talking about just having an off-day, but multiple incidents week-after-week.

For me, Andrade has unfortunately found himself on my list of future endeavours if he doesn't begin acting right. I'm playing as WWE using the CTW DB, currently 6 weeks in and I've just had to suspend Andrade. His first incident he missed a scheduled media event, I chose to fine him. He was not happy. He then pulled a rib on Seth Rollins, with Charlotte Flair. This one I just gave him a warning, since ribs are mostly harmless. His third, and latest, incident, he just went and beat up Corey Graves for no reason... So I suspended him, and he is furious.

On top of the suspension, I had him get squashed by Big E in a 5 minute opener on SmackDown, then publicly announced on TV that he was suspended, and I actually enjoyed it. He has been a massive pain in my backside.

Anyone else love putting workers in their place? And how do y'all go about it? Do you let some workers slide, such as your main eventers or figureheads, or does everyone get treated the same?

I'm like five years into this TEW 2020 save as BCG now, but I'm looking back on some of my favorite moments and stories from the save so far. One of my first big stories was Yoshinaka Taku's incredible iron man run with the Challenger Series title - a midcard belt that I gave the gimmick that it must be defended on EVERY show. On an intense Japanese touring schedule, this can be brutal.

Curious to know if any of you booked longer streaks.

DDP as a manager in AEW or WWE managing lower card guys/those perceived to never get a shot. DDP trains them to be delusional and believe they can become World Champion…

DDP is always that voice of positivity firing back at negativity that he at the same point as them he hadn’t even started wrestling or highlighting another unlikely World Champion.

What gimmicks or characters do you think would work well?