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Post by henriquesser on Aug 21, 2024 11:31:25 GMT 1
So, recently I've been getting the itch to do a diary again and bought Pro Wrestling Sim. It's a challenging time for WWE. Still the top promotion in the world, but the Ruthless Aggression era has definetly lost some steam. A lot of names that had been important in the last few years have left, some for TNA, and the midcard is like... really bad. There's a shortage of high level heels and mid level babyfaces, the tag division is non existent. The shows are carried by the main event players while the rest just drags along. Also, Vince realized that nostalgia sells and decided to bring back ECW as a third brand... and then he did everything wrong and everybody hated it. So... let's change all the bad stuff and get them going, shall we? This diary will use the 2006 Extreme Revival Beyond world (by Jatavian15) where we start on June 11th, the day of ECW One Night Stand.
Roster
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| Wrestlers:
Al Snow
Ashley Massaro
Big Show
Candice Michelle
Carlito
Charlie Haas
Chris Masters
Cody Rhodes
Edge
Goldust
Hardcore Holly
Jeff Hardy
John Cena
Johnny Nitro
Kane
Lance Cade
Lita
Matt Striker
Melina
Mickie James
Primo
Randy Orton
Rob Conway
Rob Van Dam
Shawn Michaels
Shelton Benjamin
Torrie Wilson
Trevor Murdoch
Triple H
Trish Stratus
Umaga
Victoria
Viscera
William Regal
Non Wrestlers:
Armando Alejandro Estrada
Dusty Rhodes
Mr. McMahon
Sgt. Slaughter
Shane McMahon
Stephanie McMahon
Referees:
Chad Patton
Charles Robinson
Jack Doan
Justin King
Announcers:
Jerry Lawler
Jim Ross
Interviewers:
Lilian Garcia
Todd Grisham
General Manager:
Jonathan Coachman
| Wrestlers:
Batista
Billy Kidman
Bobby Lashley
Brian Kendrick
Chavo Guerrero
Chris Benoit
Daivari
Danny Basham
Doug Basham
Elijah Burke
Finlay
Funaki
Gregory Helms
Gunner Scott
JBL
JTG
Jamie Noble
Jillian Hall
Kid Kash
King Booker
Maria
Mark Henry
Matt Hardy
Michelle McCool
Mr. Kennedy
Paul London
Rey Mysterio
Scotty 2 Hotty
Shad Gaspard
Stacy Kiebler
Sylvain
Tatanka
The Boogeyman
The Great Khali
The Miz
The Undertaker
X-Pac
Non Wresters:
Queen Sharmell
Vickie Guerrero
Referees:
Jimmy Korderas
Mike Chioda
Nick Patrick
Tim White
Announcers:
Michael Cole
Roddy Piper
Interviewers:
Kristal
Josh Matthews
General Manager:
Teddy Long
| Wrestlers:
Balls Mahoney
Big Vito
CM Punk
Danny Doring
Homicide
Jerry Lynn
Joey Mercury
Justin Credible
Kurt Angle
Lance Storm
Little Guido
Mick Foley
Nigel McGuinness
Nova
Psicosis
Sabu
Shannon Moore
Stevie Richards
Super Crazy
Tajiri
The Sandman
Tommy Dreamer
Tony Mamaluke
Non Wrestlers:
Beulah McGillicutty
Referees:
John Cone
Mickie Henson
Rod Zapata
Scott Armstrong
Announcers:
Joey Styles
Tazz
Interviewers:
Scott Stanford
General Manager:
Paul Heyman
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Backstage Staff: Arn Anderson, Dean Malenko, Gerald Brisco, Harvey Whippleman, Jim Duggan, Michael Hayes, Mike Rotunda, Pat Patterson, Ricky Steamboat, Ron Simmons, Sgt. Slaughter, Steve Lombardi, Ted DiBiase and Tony Garea
 WWE Championship
Current Champion: Rob Van Dam - 1st reign - Won 11 Jun 2006 (ECW One Night Stand) - 22 days, 1 defence
Previous Champions: John Cena - 2nd reign - Won 29 Jan 2006 (Royal Rumble) - Lost 11 Jun 2006 (ECW One Night Stand) - 133 days WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Current Champion: Rey Mysterio - 1st reign - Won 2 Apr 2006 (Wrestlemania 22) - 92 days, 1 defence WWE Intercontinental Championship
Current Champion: Shelton Benjamin - 3rd reign - Won 15 May 2006 (Raw) - 49 days, 1 defence
WWE United States Championship
Current Champion: Bobby Lashley - 1st reign - Won 25 May 2006 (Smackdown) - 41 days, 0 defences
WWE World Tag Team Championship
Current Champions: Carlito and Primo - 1st reign - Won 25 Jun 2006 (Vengenance) - 8 days, 0 defences
Previous Champions: Spirit Squad - 1st reign - Won 3 Apr 2006 (Raw) - Lost 25 Jun 2006 (Vengeance) - 83 days
WWE Tag Team Championship
Current Champions: Paul London and Brian Kendrick - 1st reign (2,1) - Won 21 May 2006 (Judgement Day) - 43 days, 1 defence
WWE Women's Championship
Current Champion: Mickie James - 1st reign - Won 2 Apr 2006 (Wrestlemania 22) - 92 days, 1 defence
WWE Cruiserweight Championship
Current Champion: Gregory Helms - 3rd reign - Won 29 Jan 2006 (Royal Rumble) - 155 days. 1 defence
PPV Index
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Post by ph71 on Aug 21, 2024 13:00:10 GMT 1
Interested to see what you do with this. A cool time period with potential, for sure.
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Post by Moore on Aug 21, 2024 18:32:54 GMT 1
Alright! Every ECW relaunch is promising, so I'm following.
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Post by henriquesser on Aug 21, 2024 21:12:20 GMT 1
Sun 11 June 2006
Venue: Hammerstein Ballroom
Attendance: 2,500
Location: New York, United States
Total Viewers: 3,014,052
Paul Heyman opens the show
Heyman starts the show in the ring, welcoming everyone to ECW and a sold out Hammerstein Ballroom. Then, like WWE does better than just about anyone, a hype video plays of some memorable ECW moments, highlights of last year’s One Night Stand and hyping up some of the main matches of tonight's show.
Rating: 94
Jerry Lawler interrupts Joey Styles
Joey Styles starts the broadcast by himself, just like classic ECW. However, Jerry Lawler immediately comes out, gets in Joey's face and starts talking trash about ECW. The confrontation escalates and Lawler slaps Styles and is about to attack him... when Tazz appears from behind and german suplexes him! Tazz throws Lawler in the ring and locks in the Tazzmission to make the Raw announcer pass out. Tazz then joins Joey Styles on commentary.
Rating: 63
 
Randy Orton Vs. Kurt Angle
Not really gonna change what isn't broken here. The ECW crowd HATED Orton, and they loved wrestling machine Kurt Angle. This was a hot opener and they have pretty much the same match they had irl. They go almost 20 minutes and in an intense display, Kurt Angle taps out Orton clean and ECW fans love it.
Winner: Kurt Angle (Submission via Ankle Lock)
Rating: 81
Angle celebrates with the ECW fans
One cool thing about this show is that Kurt Angle was pretty much embraced by the ECW fans as one of their guys, since they respected him so much. So, he goes near the crowd and celebrates with them.
Rating: 74
   
Impact Players Vs. Stevie Richards & Nova
Surprise! Lance Storm returns to reunite the Impact Players with Credible and they have an impromptu match against Stevie and Nova, who isn't Simon Dean anymore. So technically it's two returns, I guess. They wrestle for a bit, use some weapons here and there, have some nice sequences, and Storm taps out Stevie after a solid 8 minute match.
Winner: Lance Storm (Submission via Maple Leaf)
Rating: 57
The F.B.I. return
Hey, Nunzio has his old name again! Little Guido, Tony Mamaluke and Big Vito come out together, Italian flag and all, to a sizeable pop from the crowd. But it quickly turns sour for them as they're interrupted by Tajiri's theme song! The Japanese Buzzsaw is back and comes through the crowd, kicks Mamakule and mists Big Vito. He gets in the ring with Little Guido and the bells rings for the start of a match!
Rating: 57
   
Little Guido (w/ F.B.I.) Vs. Tajiri
It's really just a showcase for the returning Tajiri, who hits is trademark moves in a pretty standard 6-minute match. A blided Vito and Mamaluke do interfere, but they are outsmarted by Tajiri and then he hits the Buzzsaw for the win.
Winner: Tajiri (Pinfall via Buzzsaw Kick)
Rating: 55
Rey Mysterio vs Sabu recap
We get a short video package detailing how we got to the match. Rey accepted to defend the title on the show. Heyman tried to get Mysterio to defect to ECW, he said no, Sabu attacked him last Friday on Smackdown.
Rating: 69
 
Rey Mysterio Vs. Sabu - WWE World Heavyweight Championship
It's more a Sabu style of match than a Rey match, but there is a focus in making the World Heavyweight Champion look good. Lots of chairs are used, and they try some innovative spots. Somehow Rey wins after hitting a 619 onto a chair (you imagine it in your own head, it's a cool finish).
Winner: Rey Mysterio (Pinfall via 619) - STILL WWE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION
Rating: 69
Rey and Sabu shake hands
After the match, a beat up Rey Mysterio and Sabu show eachother respect while the ECW crowd shows their appreciation for the luchador (or not, judging by that rating),
Rating: 39
   
London & Kendrick Vs. Mexicools - WWE Tag Team Championship
Goal here was to have a fast paced, competitive match to steal the show. Everyone loves good, high tempo tag wrestling. They go a good 16 minutes and after some near falls, Paul London catches Super Crazy in a cradle and the champs retain.
Winner: Paul London (Flash Pinfall) - STILL WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS
Rating: 64
ECW guys hang out backstage
I felt bad about not having anything for The Sandman to do so I got him drinking beers in a little backstage segment with some other ECW guys that didn't make the card like Balls or Danny Doring. It's better than having Eugene on the show.
Rating: 60
Edge & Foley vs Dreamer & Funk promo package
A video airs showing the history between Foley and Funk, and between Foley and Edge, and how we got to this match.
Rating: 96
     
Edge & Mick Foley (w/ Lita) Vs. Terry Funk & Tommy Dreamer (w/ Beulah McGillicutty)
Super chaotic match as the two teams just have a violent, bloody brawl. I actually just gave it the deathmatch gimmick in the game. Match doesn't go that long with only 12 minutes, but it's full of action all over the place. Beulah breaks up a pin on Dreamer, Lita goes after her and they fight. Edge spears Beulah, Dreamer does after him incensed. With the numbers advantage, Lita joins Edge and Foley in beating down Dreamer and Funk. Lita lights a table on fire on the outside (like at Wrestlemania), Foley spears Funk through the flaming table. Edge spears Dreamer through a barbed wire table set up on the corner for the win.
Winner: Edge (Pinfall via Spear)
Rating: 96
Paul Heyman promotes ECW on SciFi but Kennedy interrupts
Paul Heyman comes to the ring to hype up the upcoming debut of ECW on SciFi. He is then interrupted by Mr. Kennedy. Kennedy had returned from injury 2 days ago on Smackdown, but that didn't earn him a warm welcome from the ECW fans. Kennedy is doing his intro but Heyman interrupts him: "What the hell are you doing here?". Annoyed, Kennedy talks trash about ECW. "Paul, you wish your ECW had a major star like me, but I'll stick with the hellhole that is Smackdown rather than joining your bush league, backyard joke of a brand". Paul Heyman replies that "You might not want to be in ECW, but since you came here uninvited, I'm making you fight in ECW!" as out comes.... a returning Jerry Lynn!
Rating: 68
 
Mr. Kennedy Vs. Jerry Lynn
Heyman leaves the ring and joins Styles and Tazz on commentary for the rest of the show. Match goes 9 minutes, and Kennedy wrestles a bit like a cowardly heel, using cheap shots andcreating distance from Lynn any chance he gets, while Lynn used weapons and speed to keep attacking him. Eventually, Kennedy gets more sadistic and hits Lynn with a chair. He goes to get more chairs and tries to hit the Kenton Bomb onto them, but Jerry Lynn slips from it and hits a Cradle Piledriver onto the pile of chairs for the win! This is the first time Kennedy gets pinned on camera since coming to WWE.
Winner: Jerry Lynn (Pinfall via Cradle Piledriver)
Rating: 58
Cena vs RVD promo package
Rating: 100
 
John Cena Vs. Rob Van Dam - WWE Championship
Honestly this is another case where the match that happened on the real show was really good and there isn't a need to change that much. Van Dam comes to the ring with Pantera's "Walk" blasting, because that'd be fun. Cena is booed mercilessly and the crowd hates him even more than they hated Orton. They throw his shirt back, all that wonderful stuff. It's a pretty even match, Cena doesn't really back down, knows fully well he's the bad guy for this crowd and both guys are willing to go extreme. They absolutely love RVD (this was actually in the segment breakdown in game) and go crazy whenever he's in the lead. There's no ref bump here, no Edge interference and no Heyman counting the pin (he's just on commentary). Both guys hit eachother with everything they got, weapons and all. Cena kicks out of a 5-Star, Van Dam kicks out of the F-U. Cena has Van Dam on his shoulders for a second F-U, about to put him through a table, Van Dam slips out and lands a big kick, grabs a chair hits the Van Daminator to Cena. Cena lands on the table, RVD climbs the turnbuckles and delivers a huge 5-Star Frog Splash to Cena, through the table, halfway across the ring! 1!... 2!... 3!
Winner: Rob Van Dam (Pinfall via 5-Star Frog Splash) - NEW WWE CHAMPION
Rating: 88
Rob Van Dam is WWE Champion!
A raucous ECW crowd goes crazy as their guy RVD has finally won a world championship for the first time in his career! Cena lays next to a broken table as RVD celebrates, he jumps over the barricade and celebrates in the middle of his people, the ECW fans, as the show ends.
Rating: 83
TOTAL RATING: 75
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Post by ph71 on Aug 21, 2024 21:34:59 GMT 1
Good stuff, what a show One Night Stand 2006 was, that Van Dam/Cena main-event is one of the craziest matches I remember watching live on PPV. Looking forward to seeing where you go with this. Funny you mention Eugene, forgot that gimmick was even a thing until last week when I saw an article that was speculating that they had a few ideas to turn Eugene heel. One of which was that Nick Dinsmore would just turn up one day and admit the whole thing was a sham so he could get on TV and into WWE as they kept overlooking him in developmental without a crazy gimmick. Would have been nuts  |
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Post by Moore on Aug 21, 2024 21:36:35 GMT 1
Great ratings and a pretty strong PPV from my own perspective. I liked that you added the Tag Team Title match and I can see London and Kendrick being welcomed by the ECW crowd, to be honest, as I remember seeing Spanky all popped up to wrestle in the ECW Arena prior to the first ever ROH show.
I'd definitely change one thing: instead of having Jerry Lynn return right ahead, I'd have The Sandman cane the hell out of Kennedy. In a match or not. Having Lynn be the one to pin Kennedy for the first time would be mindblowing.
Overall, pretty good show that makes me interested in seeing what's next.
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Little opinion about Kurt Angle and his reception in ECW: I know, he was really embraced by the ECW fans... it's one of those cases where genuine behavior makes NO SENSE at all. The proudest fanbase ever basically showed love to the guy who spat on the promotion they love less than 10 years earlier because """he's offended to see a crucifixion angle""", even though he was backstage for dozens (exhageration) of them in the WWF/E. He thought he was bigger than ECW. That's his reason not to sign with them.
Note: I really like Kurt Angle, honestly.
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Post by henriquesser on Aug 21, 2024 23:23:18 GMT 1
Good stuff, what a show One Night Stand 2006 was, that Van Dam/Cena main-event is one of the craziest matches I remember watching live on PPV. Looking forward to seeing where you go with this. Funny you mention Eugene, forgot that gimmick was even a thing until last week when I saw an article that was speculating that they had a few ideas to turn Eugene heel. One of which was that Nick Dinsmore would just turn up one day and admit the whole thing was a sham so he could get on TV and into WWE as they kept overlooking him in developmental without a crazy gimmick. Would have been nuts -I actually watched RVD vs Cena back again before doing the show, just to be sure of what I really wanted to do. Great match, great crowd. -I'm still unsure what to do with Eugene. I definetly don't wanna do that gimmick at all, though. I remember a while ago reading another user here that was booking this time frame and they did a split personality thing with him, I really liked that take. Great ratings and a pretty strong PPV from my own perspective. I liked that you added the Tag Team Title match and I can see London and Kendrick being welcomed by the ECW crowd, to be honest, as I remember seeing Spanky all popped up to wrestle in the ECW Arena prior to the first ever ROH show. I'd definitely change one thing: instead of having Jerry Lynn return right ahead, I'd have The Sandman cane the hell out of Kennedy. In a match or not. Having Lynn be the one to pin Kennedy for the first time would be mindblowing. Overall, pretty good show that makes me interested in seeing what's next. --- Little opinion about Kurt Angle and his reception in ECW: I know, he was really embraced by the ECW fans... it's one of those cases where genuine behavior makes NO SENSE at all. The proudest fanbase ever basically showed love to the guy who spat on the promotion they love less than 10 years earlier because """he's offended to see a crucifixion angle""", even though he was backstage for dozens (exhageration) of them in the WWF/E. He thought he was bigger than ECW. That's his reason not to sign with them. Note: I really like Kurt Angle, honestly. - London and Kendrick just felt like they belong in this setting. It was a no brainer to use them, they personify the more pure wrestling part of ECW. I do wish the rating reflected that more, but most of the midcarders start with low pop and that hinders it a lot. - I get Lynn beating Kennedy being a weird decision, and it is. In context I should have probably given Sandman something better to do, but I just didn't figure out exactly what I wanted. but I'm banking on Lynn being an important cog for the near future in ECW, so I wanted to give him a good showcase. My first idea was actually to have JBL in this spot because of how funny that would be, but I changed my mind. Then I saw that Kennedy actually had his first loss 3 days after this to Matt Hardy so I got an evil idea. - Everyone likes Kurt Angle. Even if Kurt Angle was rumored to hate the idea of going to ECW even in 2006 and asked for his release  |
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Post by sonny912 on Aug 22, 2024 0:57:44 GMT 1
What's THE LEGENDARY PRICE?
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Post by henriquesser on Aug 22, 2024 1:49:18 GMT 1
What's THE LEGENDARY PRICE? go to the 56 minute mark (in my case the legendary price was 20k a month)
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Post by johnnyboombatz on Aug 22, 2024 16:09:12 GMT 1
Nice show where the title matches were booked way better than IRL.
I hated the Edge interference and felt that with the "home-field" advantage, RVD should have won clean over Cena. So that's the right call!
Also Mysterio/Sabu ending in a no-contest? In ECW? Nah...so good to see an actual conclusion here.
As you said, no reason to change Angle/Orton and Edge & Foley/Dreamer & Funk.
Londrick vs. Mexicools would have been a banger and I laughed at the "It's better than having Eugene on the show" comment. Although it was hilarious to see Sandman cane the bejeezus out of him.
Should be interesting to see where you take the fresh WWE-version of the ECW brand.
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