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Post by TheWho87 on Apr 1, 2020 20:16:24 GMT 1
I think this might be the best place for this, basically looking for options on ideas and such I'm playing with for the mod.
The basic premise is that it's the start of 1990 and the history of the 80's has gone in a different direction, the key one being that the WWF / MTV rock and wrestling thing doesnt happen, Lauper and Albano dont connect and as such Mania is more of a financial loss than a popularity boost, this leads up to the start of the 90's has all those contracts running out and leaving because Vince is full force behind Hogan and no other face is likely to go anywhere, however they have kept the big heels in Piper, Savage & Roberts cause they know they will keep getting rotated in programs with the face of the company. However this has lead to their biggest problem, when you put all your money into one star, what do you do when he leaves for Hollywood?
That's the big one but I've also got a few other smaller ones down like David Von Erich not dying in Japan and getting his NWA run keeping World Class going and making them a good rival for Crockett. Also Brody doesn't die in Puerto Rico, he still gets stabbed but it leads to the NWA severing all ties with the the promotion and them becoming the ultimate outlaw promotion.
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Post by Asaemon on Apr 1, 2020 21:17:00 GMT 1
This sounds interesting and would give more of an challenge. So the powerhouses like Warrior, LoD, Powers of Pain, Demolition and Hercules have been phased out already? It should be super interesting to have the choice to elevate workers like Mr. Perfect and Bret Hart into main eventers this early.
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Post by TheWho87 on Apr 1, 2020 21:26:15 GMT 1
LOD didnt join till later on in the 90's so their still powering in Mid Atlantic and Japan, Warrior never got signed and is teamign with Sting in World Class, I don't have Perfect signing and he's staying with the AWA, the Hart Foundation and the Bulldogs left and went back to Stampede. My current set up for WWF has Hogan drop the title to Savage at WrestleMania V, all the while somebody else is getting groomed for that Ultimate Warrior push...
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Post by TheWho87 on Apr 1, 2020 21:47:33 GMT 1
These are the current promotions I've got penciled in to be active at the start of the mod
America - 50th State Wrestling - American Wrestling Association - Capitol Sports Promotions - Central States Wrestling - Championship Wrestling from Florida - Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling - Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling - Mid-Southern Wrestling - Pacific Northwest Wrestling - World Class Championship Wrestling - World Wrestling Association - World Wrestling Federation
Canada - All Star Wrestling - Lutte Internationale - Maple Leaf Wrestling - Stampede Wrestling
Mexico - Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre - Lucha Libre Internacional
British Isles - All Star Promotions - David Finlay Promotions - George de Relwyskow Promotions - Joint Promotions - Orig Williams Promotions
Japan - All Japan Pro Wrestling - All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling - Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling - New Japan Pro Wrestling - Universal Wrestling Federation
Europe - Catch Wrestling Association
Australia - World Championship Wrestling
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Post by TheWho87 on Apr 1, 2020 23:20:20 GMT 1
And this is what I've currently got down for the big World title, the highlighted reigns are historically accurate.
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Post by Warhawk8492 on Apr 1, 2020 23:56:28 GMT 1
This looks awesome
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Post by ScotKen on Apr 2, 2020 8:19:31 GMT 1
What's the reasoning behind George breaking away from Joint Promotions? Things in the UK could have been very different due to the WWF situation in this mod. ITV wouldn't have received any contact from the WWF, well maybe not as much. So the TV deal talks in 85/86 would have been Joint, ASW and I believe Jackie Pallo's WAW promotion (not the same WAW as later). Indeed I'd replace George with WAW and if you want a Scottish promotion then perhaps Spartan led by Dale Storm.
What would TV look like by 1990, well I suppose Greg Dyke would still have looked to dump wrestling from ITV. But you stiLL had some regional stuff. Pallo might even have gotten a full STV deal and based himself in Glasgow or Aberdeen. BSKYB would potentially still have their WCW and indeed would SKY have become so powerful with no WWF. Therefore I think SKY would have gone to Joint and/or ASW with an offer when building their programming...perhaps even have looked at a.n.other American promotion. Chances are the Crabtrees would still have deemed the fee received to be too low, which I've never understood as they went to then having no TV. Just imagine ASW or Joint getting the premier league style treatment though. I do think with ASW also at the table Joint would then have accepted any offer. So where would that leave ASW, perhaps back on Screensport or talking with Eurosport and being taken on there instead of EWF from France. Orig would of course still be on S4C, Finlay some Irish channel...ITV Regional one maybe.
ITV still had WCW in 1990, first being shown on Grampian in January. So again points to SKY looking at something else stateside, regional ITV channels even had bits and pieces here and there. For Screensport, AWA could have still been their flagship US promotion. A surviving WCCW could have found their way on to SKY's sights.
I don't think anything would have caused Joint to be much different up to 1988. American sport just didn't impact the UK as it does now. A flagging WWF could of course have seen the UK as a shot in the arm, but with things having failed probably wouldn't be on ITV from 87. Perhaps they'd have taken a slot on Eurosport, with the EWF still appearing around 1991.
As for the NWA, the UK hated them..."we have our own world champion".
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Post by Asaemon on Apr 2, 2020 16:10:20 GMT 1
Where is Ted DiBiase? Arn talked on his podcast that DiBiase would have been a perfect Horseman.
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Post by Asaemon on Apr 2, 2020 16:16:42 GMT 1
This is 1990 from the broadcaster masterfile I started working on when I created my Broadcaster DB. And since the WWF haven't been as successful it would make sense with some changes.
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Post by ScotKen on Apr 2, 2020 17:47:06 GMT 1
This is 1990 from the broadcaster masterfile I started working on when I created my Broadcaster DB. And since the WWF haven't been as successful it would make sense with some changes.
WCW was definitely on ITV in 1990, initially an International version of WCW Pro. May 92 for the switch to Worldwide and the Saturday afternoon slot. The Worldwide or whatever was on BSB, as they had regular TV on there too, actually moved to SKY after the merger and briefly lived alongside WWF for a short time. The UK satellite wars, haha. So, for this, I don't see why WCW wouldn't have pretty much followed the same pattern.
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