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Post by CJ on Feb 24, 2020 0:53:29 GMT 1
MONDAY NIGHT RAW
General Manager
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin
Active Roster
All American Perfection (Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger [w/ Vickie Guerrero]) - Brodus Clay - CM Punk - Drew McIntyre - John Cena - JTG - Kane (w/AJ Lee) - Kofi Kingston - Lord Tensai - Mark Henry - Mason Ryan - Michael McGillicutty - Rey Mysterio - R-Truth - Santino Marella - Seth Rollins - The Miz - Tyler Reks - Zack Ryder
Injured List
Evan Bourne
Departed Superstars
Hornswoggle, Sakamato - Released (July 2012) Abraham Washington - Released (September 2012) Alex Riley - Signed with TNA (September 2012)
FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN
General Manager: John Bradshaw Layfield
Active Roster
Alberto Del Rio (w/ Ricardo Rodriguez) - Antonio Cesaro - Chris Jericho - Christian - Cody Rhodes - Curt Hawkins - Daniel Bryan - Heath Slater - Hunico & Camacho - Intelligence (Damien Sandow & David Otunga) - Jinder Mahal - Justin Gabriel - Kassius Ohno - The Primetime Powerhouses (Ezekiel & Titus O'Neil) - Primo & Epico (w/ Rosa Mendes) - Randy Orton - Ryback - Sheamus - Sin Cara - The Big Show - The Great Khali - The Usos (Jimmy & Jey) - Trent Barretta - Tyson Kidd - Wade Barrett - Yoshi Tatsu
Injured List
Ted DiBiase
Departed Superstars:
Darren Young, Johnny Curtis - Developmental (August 2012)
Free Agents May appear on both brands
Brock Lesnar (w/ Paul Heyman)
WWE Divas
May appear on both brands
AJ Lee - Aksana - Eve - Kelly Kelly - Kharma - Layla - Maryse - Rosa Mendes - The Divas of Doom (Beth Phoenix & Natalya)
WWE Legends
May appear on both brands
Kevin Nash - Mick Foley - Stephanie McMahon - The Rock - The Undertaker - Triple H - Trish Stratus - Vince McMahon
Current Champions: As of October 2012
WWE Champion: CM Punk
World Heavyweight Champion: Sheamus
WWE Money in the Bank: Brock Lesnar
Intercontinental Champion: Christian
United States Champion: Drew McIntyre
Unified Tag Team Champions: All American Perfection
WWE Women's Champion: Kharma
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Post by CJ on Feb 24, 2020 1:28:14 GMT 1
So, here we are with Money in the Bank 2012! I'd say this show met my expectations. This is a top-heavy roster in my eyes. RAW has a loaded main event scene, Smackdown has a slim main event scene that has room to grow, and the midcard is pretty green. So, to have no matches touch below a B- is a pretty good start.
We start with some tag team turmoil (a gimmick match with a name that's cooler than it's content) for the vacant tag team titles. Former tag champ R-Truth starts this save with an ankle injury, so he's out for this show, and he and his partner Kofi Kingston were forced to vacate the gold. Raw's tag scene is very thin, so Dolph and Jack Swagger make it into this match with very little issue. Smackdown brings the remaining teams to this match. I'm booking a mini feud with The Usos, Primo & Epico, and Jinder Mahal & The Great Khali on Smackdown in the past few weeks, with the goal of getting The Usos a little less green. This is a pretty straightforward match - The Usos outwrestle Primo & Epico to start, outthink Mahal & Khali, and are too exhausted to deal with Dolph & Swagger. Dolph and Jack have pretty good chemistry, so we may have to hold off on any singles run for either men for the time being.
Oh no! No Sin Cara in the MITB match! Like I said, the midcard is green, and Sin Cara and Tyson Kidd were the only midcard babyfaces on Smackdown that I would consider for a MITB spot. Since I knew Sin Cara would get the backstage beating, I saved Tyson Kidd from looking like a chump.
Drew McIntyre completes his quest to win US gold, and I try to salvage the title after Santino made it a bit of a comedy belt with his reign IRL. Drew is a tremendous prospect, but his grades leave a little to be desired right now.
The Big Show is my number one heel right now on Smackdown, and a brawling feud with Sheamus seemed like the right decision for me at the moment. Since Summerslam is so close, I decided to call this one a draw to keep the feud moving.
Since we don't have too many women on the active roster currently, I removed the brand split for the girls for simplicity. The build up to this match saw the Divas of Doom target Layla's Divas championship, and Nattie win a four way (with Beth included) to gain a shot. Not a bad match. The big news comes with the post match attack from Kharma, who I have big plans for currently.
Kane's been in the background of this Daniel Bryan/CM Punk/AJ Lee love triangle/feud, with The Big Red Machine chokeslamming Punk to close Raw on the go-home show. Since I had more confidence in a Punk/Bryan singles match rather than a triple threat, we'll save Kane vs. Punk for later.
FEED ME MORE! FEED ME MORE! Ryback destroys developmental jobbers, who display great chemistry!
I don't really keep up with modern WWE, but I'm taking a page from them here and giving Brock Lesnar the MITB. I really like the idea of just never really knowing when, or where, Brock will show up with the briefcase (rather than giving it to a guy who will job every week before winning the championship [as the WWE was prone to do at this time]). Everyone performed great in this match, as expected. I kept John Cena strong here, and that might have been what stopped it from scoring as a 100.
CM Punk and Daniel Bryan crush it here too. Bryan's technically a Smackdown wrestler, so I was bending the rules a bit to have him work both shows. But, now, he's going to stick to Smackdown, where I think he'll benefit from their less crowded Main Event scene. Punk's lengthy reign continues, and we close the show.
Any thoughts on this show are welcome. Like I mentioned in my opening post, I plan post Raws and Smackdowns moving forward, so y'all can expect those when they're ready!
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Post by CJ on Feb 28, 2020 2:52:42 GMT 1
WWE - Week 4, July 2012
Wise 2012 fans will recognize that RAW 1000 came in July 2012. Since it didn't really work out like that in-game, we're celebrating in Week 1 of August.
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Post by CJ on Mar 2, 2020 1:06:56 GMT 1
WWE - Week 1, August 2012
I love to book a gimmick episode, so I had a lot of fun putting this one together. It's been about 5 years since his limo blew up, now Vince is left for dead in the parking lot! Who done it?
Even with The Great Khali in the main event, this Smackdown does ok.
I've kept these pretty short so far, so if y'all feel like you'd benefit from a little more detail, let me know! Obviously, I'm not planning to write anything huge any time soon, but I don't mind expanding on things if I cause any confusion.
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Post by CJ on Mar 7, 2020 0:38:01 GMT 1
WWE - Week 2, August 2012
Note that we're one in-game week away from Summerslam. I'll probably have a similar write-up as I did for MITB for that. I'll also post the finalized card after next week's set of shows and open it up for predictions, if anyone's interested.
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Post by DatIsraeliGuy on Mar 8, 2020 13:27:45 GMT 1
All American Perfection sound like the most white supremacist Tag Team I've seen, of course they insult Kofi.
Interesting to see where you're gonna take the Vince angle, hopefully the reason for doing it by whomever it was isn't "I did it for The Rock"
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Post by CJ on Mar 8, 2020 14:58:58 GMT 1
All American Perfection sound like the most white supremacist Tag Team I've seen, of course they insult Kofi. Interesting to see where you're gonna take the Vince angle, hopefully the reason for doing it by whomever it was isn't "I did it for The Rock" I promise AAP was already their given name in the save! I wouldn't expect any race-driven angles in this save anyways (it's 2020)
I guess I'll rescind my contract offer for Big Kish then, eh? I do have lengthy plans for the Vince angle, although it may not be always heavily featured on the shows.
WWE - Week 3, August 2012
I didn't mention this when I ran Kofi/Ziggler, but they have great chemistry. Something to keep in mind for the future I guess.
FYI - The Primetime Powerhouses are Big Zeke & Titus O'Neil. Darren Young is in developmental.
WWE Summerslam 2012
WWE Championship: CM Punk (c) vs. Kane
Last Man Standing for the World Heavyweight Championship: Sheamus (c) vs. The Big Show
Triple H vs. Chris Jericho
The Rock vs. Daniel Bryan
John Cena vs. The Miz
Triple Threat for the Intercontinental Championship: Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Christian vs. Wade Barrett
WWE Unified Tag Team Championships: All American Perfection(c) vs. Kofi Kingston & R-Truth
Divas Championship: Layla (c) vs. Kharma
United States Championship: Drew McIntyre(c) vs. Brodus Clay
Sin Cara vs. ???
Jinder Mahal's Bodyslam Challenge: Ryback vs. The Great Khali
Predictions are open! Summerslam will probably be posted next weekend.
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Post by Beejus on Mar 8, 2020 16:43:34 GMT 1
CM Punk
Sheamus
Triple H - of course
The Rock
John Cena
Way Barrah
AAP
Kharma
???
Rybax - GIVE ME S'MORES
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Post by Asaemon on Mar 8, 2020 19:16:54 GMT 1
WWE Championship: CM Punk (c) vs. Kane
Last Man Standing for the World Heavyweight Championship: Sheamus (c) vs. The Big Show
Triple H vs. Chris Jericho
The Rock vs. Daniel Bryan
John Cena vs. The Miz
Triple Threat for the Intercontinental Championship: Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Christian vs. Wade Barrett
WWE Unified Tag Team Championships: All American Perfection(c) vs. Kofi Kingston & R-Truth
Divas Championship: Layla (c) vs. Kharma
United States Championship: Drew McIntyre(c) vs. Brodus Clay
Sin Cara vs. ???
Jinder Mahal's Bodyslam Challenge: Ryback vs. The Great Khali
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Post by CJ on Mar 14, 2020 17:26:13 GMT 1
WWE Summerslam 2012
 
So here's Summerslam! Pretty good show to me, especially since I didn't feel too confident in CM Punk vs Kane walking into the show. I'm also going to throw in performance grades in this breakdown too to give y'all a better picture of progress.
Drew McIntyre (67) beats Brodus Clay (51) on the preshow. Not pleased that I had to give Brodus a mini-push here, since the two have bad chemistry and that he's a bit of shitty wrestler. I'm saving some more competent members of the Raw Roster for Drew when I can give him more of a spotlight.
Christian (90), Cody (90) and Wade (76) kick off the show to a good start with Christian winning IC gold. I was ok with giving Cody a longer run with IC gold, but Smackdown has more heel challengers than face challengers. Christian has performed well so far in this save, and Cody can move onto bigger things.
ADR (91) cost Sin Cara (72) his spot at MITB, and beats him here. Not much to mention with this match. ADR put up a great performance, ADR and Ricardo Rodriguez have pretty good chemistry, and I'll run with a stable of ADR, Hunico and Camacho for a bit.
Heyman and Brock interrupt Sheamus? Foreshadowing?
R-Truth (77) screws Kofi (75), allowing Swagger (88) and Ziggler (92) to keep their gold. Swagger and Ziggler have great chemistry and both have good chemistry with Vickie, so expect them to stick together for a bit longer. R-Truth's turn went pretty well, and we've got a midcard feud for RAW.
Sheamus (92) retains over Big Show (89) in a brawl that lacked psychology. No stunt bump note added for Big Show's fall - never really cared for using that note in-game. This will most likely be the end for this title feud, and leaves me to find something for Big Show to do next.
Rock and Cena having a staredown? Foreshadowing?
Kharma (67) dominates to win her first WWE gold. Layla (69) puts on a nice performance selling for Kharma, and Kharma crushes the Divas gold in victory. This will transition us from the Divas Championship to Women's Championship.
Miz (96) and Cena (100) knock it out of the park for a feud that was kinda just sitting there since MITB. Ideally we'd transition out of this for bigger things for Cena, but I'm considering keeping this one going for the time being.
This wasn't explicit at Raw 1000 (only so much I can put in the angle title), but I'm going with the idea that Vince was planning to preview the Network at Summerslam. It's not ready in-game yet, but I plan on investing in it by Mania next year.
HHH (96) and Jericho (97) put on another great match, showing pretty good chemistry. I'm not really interested in using HHH as a full time talent for the time being, and I've got to find out what's next for Jericho here. I'm confident he'll make the best of whatever I give him.
More footage of the attack? Foreshadowing?
Ryback can lift The Great Khali, and Jinder is in disbelief at ringside. Honestly, I was first planning a match here, but we'll table it for later on Smackdown.
Another part timer goes over here, as Rock (94) beats Bryan (92). Bryan's fall from grace continues, and Rock is back to Hollywood for a bit. At least Daniel Bryan getting hitched on Smackdown, right?
Punk (96) defeats Kane (84) in the main event to keep the WWE title. I didn't feel great about putting this as the main event, but I felt I was in position that 4 matches (Punk/Kane, Rock/Bryan, HHH/Y2J, or Sheamus/Big) could main event. Kane didn't really live up to the match, so I probably should have picked something else.
Our next PPV is Night of Champions, so expect title matches! I never really enjoyed this gimmick PPV, but I'm keeping up for now. In the meantime, I'll keep doing the week to week breakdown as usual.
Beejus - 9 Asaemon - 5
I'm planning to carry over these results until we get to Survivor Series, then I'll do a prize.
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