[Official] Your Favorite Storyline Thread

Let me start this one, bro.

In my WCW Lives (get ready to hear about that one literally everywhere), I immediately started signing young prospects to Wildside (our Dev Company).
But there were two guys I simply could not wait to use: some jacked blonde dude called John Cena, and one indy sensation by the name of CM Punk.
In a few months they went from obscure openers into staples of my (bloated) midcard, and soon tensions began to rise as both wanted to make their presence felt so early on. With one midcard title in the company they were bound to meet very soon.
But there was this one man in the way, and his name was Jamie Knoble. Now you may know him as part of the J&J Security, but to me, he was one of the upcoming main eventers for the future. He was also the US Champion. On an episode of Nitro he came out to interrupt Cena and Punk who were talking smack to each other, and told them a simple thing: you two, one on one, for the number 1 contender spot.
And so, on that episode, Punk and Cena locked arms for the first of many times, and stole the show. Problem was, they drew. They were on par at such a level no one could break through and after 20 minutes the time limit were off, and Eric Bischoff announced that at the next PPV, it's a three way dance for the US Title.
At that PPV, the match went on for 25 minutes before Jamie pinned Cena after Colt Cabana, who was fed up of playing second fiddle to Punk, turned babyface and screwed him (to be fair Punk kicked Cena in the bollocks). And for the next couple of months, Punk fought his former best friend, and Cena was able to finally capture that title.

But this was far from over.
After Punk defeated Colt and proved he was the Shawn Michaels of those two Rockers, he wanted to get Cena back. They had unfinished business, and Punk had a legitimate reason to get a title match as he was never pinned by the last two champions. The match was set - CM Punk vs. John Cena for the United States Title.
Now, the PPV may have been stolen by the likes of Kanyon winning the World Heavyweight Championship and taking over the nWo, but these two put on a show, and when the bell rung, it was Punk who stood tall. That sparked a 3 months span in which Punk opened every Nitro second hour with an Open Challenge. He defeated workhorses like Dean Malenko and TAKA Michinoku, High Flyers like RVD and Rey Mysterio, brawlers like Mike Awesome and Sean O'Haire, and was beginning to call himself the Best In The World due to defeating opponents from several different continents and countries. But finally, Knoble has had enough. After a short stint as the Cruiserweight Tag Team champion, he wanted the title back, and in a big surprise, he defeated Punk on an episode of Nitro as part of that Open Challenge, but allowed Punk to challenge him again at any time.
Punk wasted no time and wanted a rematch at the next PPV, but he wanted it to be a submission match, to show off the critics that he was as good in the ring as he is on the mic.
Now, this is where I learned of an interesting feature in TEW. If you set a specific worker to win a match, but during it that worker gets severely injured, the wrestlers will pull an audible and switch the finish.
And this is exactly what happened after Knoble tore his ACL in the middle of this bout, resulting in Punk beating him, and Jamie going out of action for a whole year.

Let's speed things up a bit, this is getting near the end now.

Punk fended off a few opponents, but then lost the title to Cena, lost the rematch, and went on to feud with RVD trying to turn him into a straight edge. Cena kept the title for the rest of the year, until Punk won the number one contender match for the upcoming PPV.
That PPV was Starrcade 2002, and while it was not even the 4th best match, it was opened with CM Punk vs. John Cena.
Once again Punk got the upper hand, but right when he started celebrating, a familiar sound was heard around the arena, and the crowd went nuts. Jamie Knoble was back, slightly earlier than expected, to finally put an end to this 2 and a half years feud. And so he did, pinning Punk in a two out of three falls match at the next PPV.

My favorite storyline was in a Death of the Territories game that had a feud between Superstar Billy Graham and Don Muraco. Muraco and the Grand Wizard hired Graham as bodyguard and with Superstar's help defeated Bob Backlund for the WWF Heavyweight Championship. Graham was there to assist Muraco defend the title against all comers, usually with Graham's help resulting in Muraco's victory.

During an interview segment, Muraco started to boast how he single handily had secured the victories. This boast continued for a few weeks with Superstar growing visibly angry each time he heard Muraco's boast's. Finally Graham snapped and got in Muraco's face telling him that he was the reason Muraco was champion. A shoving match ensued and before they could come to blows officals broke it up.

A few weeks later Muraco and the Wizard called Graham out to the ring during an episode of WWF Championship Wrestling and offered apologies for the misunderstanding and the hatchet seemed to be buried when Muraco suddenly floored Graham with a short-arm clothesline and then proceeded to attack Superstar before piledriving him onto a steel chair. Graham was stretchered out of the building and not heard from for a few months. Muraco continued to defend his championsip while announcers speculated about Superstar's whereabouts and his health.

A few months later after a cheating victory over Andre the Giant, Muraco and the Wizard were celebrating in the ring when the arena was plunged into darkness. George Thorogood's Bad to the Bone started to play over the PA system and out walked Superstar back in his Tie-dye attire. Graham went after Muraco who promptly fled to the back, while being interviewed in the ring by Vince McMahon Graham challenged Muraco to a championship match at a new upcoming event called Wrestlemania.

After a few weeks of interviews and build up, the two squared off in the main event of Wrestlemania from Madison Square Garden and despite interference from the Grand Wizard's newest protege Paul Orndorff Superstar was victorious and recaptured the WWF Heavyweight Championship.