First time trying Pro Wrestling Sim, so this is a test game if anything, but I can see myself continuing it, although I don't really know much about Ring Of Honor, I just thought they were a good pick to try out the game. The event took place on the 9th of July and the game start date was the 1st of June, so I had just over a month for building.
The pre-show matches didn't really have a story, I just wanted to fill the card a bit. I couldn't see anywhere in the game that actually allows you to book the Pre-Show so I just put it in the match notes.
- Rush redebuts in ROH with a simple win against Lee Moriarty, although he is looking higher up the card, but I only got him a few days before this event. Along with someone else a few matches onwards.
- Miyu vs Momo Vs Rina, a three-way match with not much build, but I've decided that if I continue this save I might want to put more effort into women's wrestling, as I never book it. (Usually booking New Japan, or male only companies back in TEW), we'll see what happens. Miyu is on a strong streak and is 3-0-0 since the save started, alongside Chelsea Green. Momo and Rina were borrowed from Stardom as I have a working agreement with them in an effort to use women a bit more.
- Jay Lethal hadn't been booked for a match and was understandable annoyed, so a borrowed NJPW star Robbie Eagles comes by for a match for a simple fan liked face vs heel match, with Lethal coming away with a win. I'm not sure where BITW is on the ROH hierarchy, again not knowing much about the company, but I plan to use him higher up the card than this at bigger events, and overall really.
- Wheeler Yuta defends in the MOTN, a 4.5 star rated match by the game, seems the percentages and star ratings of the matches are different things. This was an open challenge, Dragon Lee debuted with Rush the night before on ROH TV. I may have have forgotten that the pure title has different rules booking this match.
- Women's world title, I bought the unemployed Candice in as I think she deserves a spot somewhere, she challenged Martinez after Martinez defended the title in the first return of ROH TV. Deonna debuted a week later and challenged Candice for a no.1 contenders match.* They went to a time limit draw and both got entered into the match against Martinez, with Candice picking up the win over the champion. Deonna Purrazzo will be justifiably looking for a rematch.
- The tag titles are a simple defence, no major build as in this mod ROH has an insanely weak tag division, (They only start with 20 signed wrestlers), with Moriarty/Sydal, Roppongi Vice, and FTR being the only teams. I have signed The Briscoes and will be attempting to get Motor City Machine Guns in an attempt to bolster the division a bit, aswell as some jobber teams.
- TV Title match was the now no.1 ranked wrestler, challenging Samoa Joe on his debut. Wasn't any attacks or brawls or beef between the two, until the week before the PPV they teamed up to face the heel team under Tully Blanchard Enterprises (I think it's called?) VS Brian Cage and Jasper Kaun. In which Joe and Kento win but eventually argue afterwards, almost coming to blows which allows Brian Cage to knock them both down from behind. I had promised Cage a match against Samoa Joe, so this is how I incorporated him in. (I forgot to add the next angle but..) After the TV title PPV match, Brian Cage comes out to try and take advantage and attack a tired Joe, but Kento and Joe band together to run him off, earning each others respect and shaking hands. This was the second best rated match according to the game at a 4.0 star rating.
- Lastly the world title match is just the same one as what happened in real life, where it was the battle for the true championship, with Gresham coming out on top.
*Candice asked for a match against Purrazzo so I accepted her promise, and made it happen.
All in all for my first major event booked on PWS it was a lot of fun, I'm enjoying the game so far and looking forward to where the updates bring the game. This save was very much a test game. I think I'm gonna start a full playthrough on the latest release of Herd85's PWS mod, as this was played on the June database. Not too sure what company i'll pick. Alternatively I could do something with a different mod based sometime in the 2010s, as I don't have much experience with the history of wrestling as I've mostly booked NJPW, AEW or a custom company on TEW in the past, since that's when I got into wrestling (Around G1 30 - WK12 time).
