WWE 2010 Diary - Post-SummerSlam Mayhem (TEW2013)

[lordryu]

This game will be taking place in August, starting with SummerSlam.

STORYLINES
Heyman Enterprises (Bad Bones/Brock Lesnar) vs. The Raw Main Event Faces - WWE Championship Feud
The European rookie Bad Bones is a Frankenstein's Monster project gone right for the sinister Paul Heyman, who had built up the brute for years as a backup plan in case that his other client Brock Lesnar was being brought down a notch. It is up to Edge and WWE Champion Randy Orton to stop Heyman from beginning a reign of terror.

Stone Cold Steve Austin the Second?
The backstage area is startled by the sudden appearance by Stone Cold's jumping between being the General Manager of Raw, and bashing in skulls everywhere else. Turns out, he isn't exactly multitasking. As crazy as it seems, there are two Stone Colds at the same time running about, with one being the retired Stone Cold Steve Austin in charge of Raw, and the other being an in-his-prime Stone Cold stomping mudholes like the good old days, which the fans enjoy. However, as the new and improved Stone Cold clone marks CM Punk and Chris Jericho as his first major targets, there seems to be something suspicious going on behind this sudden development that may shape the wasteland of WWE even further, as WWE Chairman Vince McMahon is acting a bit guilty around needing to explain this impossibility. Are the McMahons behind this insanity that may tear apart the WWE if it worsens?

World Heavyweight Championship Feud
The major title hunt on SmackDown between current World Heavyweight Champion and former Money in the Bank winner John Morrison and challengers Shawn Michaels, Triple H, The Undertaker, CM Punk and Chris Jericho. Nothing much said, except for HHH and HBK having another memorable feud, flipped around from what it would usually be, with a heel Shawn Michaels and a heroic face Triple H instead of the other way around.

WWE SummerSlam card (subject to have additions)

Special Guest Referee: Raw GM Steve Austin
Stone Cold Steve Austin II vs. CM Punk

WWE Championship - No Disqualification
Randy Orton (c) vs. Bad Bones

Hell in a Cell
Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker

Falls Count Anywhere
Brock Lesnar vs. Edge

World Heavyweight Championship
John Morrison (c) vs. Chris Jericho vs. Triple H

United States Championship
John Cena (c) vs. Batista

Unified Tag Team Championship - TLC
The Hardyz (c) vs. Motor City Machine Guns vs. Kings of the Ring vs. Legacy

MVP and Mark Henry vs. Big Show and Jack Swagger

Intercontinental Championship
Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. Colt Cabana

Television Championship
Rob Van Dam (c) vs. X-Pac

Shelton Benjamin vs. Charlie Haas

Divas Champion vs. Women's Champion
Trish Stratus vs. Lita

This thread might be subject to being moved to another site in case something comes up.

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Roster:

RAW
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SmackDown
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Free Agent/Brandless

Main Eventers:
Bad Bones (Heel)
Batista (Heel)
Brock Lesnar (Heel)
Christian (Face)
Edge (Face)
John Cena (Face)
MVP (Face)
Randy Orton (Face)
Ted DiBiase (Heel)
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CM Punk (Heel)
John Morrison (Face)
Kane (Face)
Matt Hardy (Face)
Shawn Michaels (Heel)
Triple H (Face)
Undertaker (Face)
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Alberto Del Rio (Face)
Big Show (Heel)
Chris Jericho (Heel)
Rey Mysterio (Face)
Stone Cold Steve Austin (Face)


Upper Midcard:
Afa Anoai Jr. (Heel)
Cody Rhodes (Heel)
Jack Swagger (Heel)
Mark Henry (Face)
Santino Marella (Face)
Sheamus (Heel)
Vladimir Kozlov (Face)
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Daniel Bryan (Heel)
Dolph Ziggler (Heel)
Drew McIntyre (Heel)
Jeff Hardy (Face)
JTG (Face)
Luke Gallows (Heel)
R-Truth (Face)
Shad Gaspard (Face)
Shelton Benjamin (Heel)
The Great Khali (Face)
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Booker T (Face)
Finlay (Face)
Rob Van Dam (Face)
The Miz (Heel)
X-Pac (Heel)

Midcard:
Carlito (Heel)
Chavo Guerrero (Heel)
Chris Masters (Face)
Epico (Heel)
Evan Bourne (Face)
Goldust (Face)
Kofi Kingston (Face)
Lance Cade (Heel)
Leo Kruger (Heel)
Primo (Face)
Shawn Spears (Heel)
Wade Barrett (Heel)
Yoshi Tatsu (Face)
Zack Ryder (Heel)
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Austin Aries (Heel)
Charlie Haas (Face)
Colt Cabana (Face)
Dr. Wagner Jr. (Face)
Jimmy Jacobs (Face)
Jimmy Wang Yang (Face)
Kaval (Face)
Kung Fu Naki (Face)
Matt James Michaels (Matt Bentley) (Heel)
Mike Knox (Heel)
Seth Rollins (Face)
The Hurricane (Face)
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Alex Shelley (Face)
Bo Rotondo (Dallas) (Heel)
Chris Sabin (Face)
David Hart Smith (Heel)
Duke Rotondo (Bray Wyatt/Husky Harris) (Heel)
Mascarita Sagrada (Face)
The Shadow (La Sombra) (Heel)
Tyson Kidd (Heel)

Low Midcard:
Curt Hawkins (Heel)
Heath Slater (Face)
Johnny Swinger (Heel)
Justin Gabriel (Face)
Michael Tarver (Heel)
Mike Mondo (Heel)
Richie Steamboat (Face
Vance Archer (Heel)
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Caylen Croft (Heel)
Darren Young (Heel)
El Hijo de Rey Misterio (Face)
Espiral (Face)
Jesse Ray (Terry Gordy Jr./Slam Master J) (Face)
Mistico (Face)
Trent Barreta (Heel)
Tyler Reks (Face)
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Incognito (Face)
Joe Hennig (Tweener)
Ultimo Dragon (Face)

Openers:
RAW has no exclusive openers.
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Extreme Tiger
Jinder Mahal-Singh
Shinjiro Otani
Zack Sabre Jr.
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Brett DiBiase (Tweener)
Dave Crist (Face)
Flare (Thunder) (Heel)
Inferno (Lightning) (Heel)
Jake Crist (Face)
Reid Flair (Face)
Wes Brisco (Face)

Enhancement Talents (Jobbers):
Alex Koslov (Heel)
Ambrose Katsouranis (GameGen) (Face)
Johnny Curtis (Face)
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Alex Riley (Heel)
Mana the Polynesian Warrior (Heel)
Shockwave The Robot (Face)

Divas Division:
AJ Lee (Heel)
Angel Williams (Face)
Brie Bella (Face)
Eve (Face)
Gail Kim (Face)
Katie Lea (Heel)
Kelly Kelly (Face)
Maryse (Heel)
Melina (Face)
Nikki Bella (Face)
Rosa Mendes (Heel)
Sara Del Rey (Heel)
Trish Stratus (Face)
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Beth Phoenix (Face)
Layla (Heel)
Lita (Face)
Michelle McCool (Heel)
Mickie James (Face)
Natalya (Heel)
Serena (Heel)
Tenille Tayla (Emma) (Heel)
The Alpha Female (Heel)
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Jillian (Heel)

I have a couple other people signed too, but they aren't going to be revealed until their debuts.

Titles
WWE Champion: Randy Orton
World Heavyweight Champion: John Morrison
United States Champion: John Cena (plans to raise the prestige due to Batista winning it from Christian in the past and then losing it to Cena)
Intercontinental Champion: Dolph Ziggler
Tag Team Champions: The Hardyz (Jeff/Matt)
Divas Champion: Trish Stratus
Women's Champion: Lita
Face of No Mercy Champion (a title for masked/face-painted wrestlers like Rey Mysterio, Goldust and The Hurricane): Rey Mysterio
Television Champion (defended weekly): Rob Van Dam

[lordryu]

Pre-SummerSlam episode of WWE Superstars (as an extra)

X-Pac and The Miz defeated Charlie Haas and Dr. Wagner Jr. (B-)
X-Pac and The Miz don't work as a team, but Haas and Wagner do.

Lita (c) defeated Layla to retain the Women's Championship. (C+)
Lita performed well out there.

Rey Mysterio (c) defeated The Shadow and Mascarita Sagrada to retain the Face of No Mercy Championship. (B)

Afa Jr., Luke Gallows and Jack Swagger defeated Joe Hennig, Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel. (C+)
CM Punk did well managing Luke Gallows at ringside.

Daniel Bryan defeated Santino Marella. (C+)
Daniel Bryan was off his game tonight.

Overall: C+ (due to being a B-Show, Superstars doesn't make a dent in the popularity of WWE when hitting the C's and low B's.)

[lordryu]

Developmental Updates:
Mike DiBiase and Donny Marlow want to be called up. The callups have been granted. Mike became an opening heel, while Donny became an enhancement talent, both without brands.

[lordryu]

Recent Retirements in the month of August:
Diamond Dallas Page
Ivory
Bob Holly
Al Snow
Honky Tonk Man (opened a Dojo as well)

Relationship updates:
Trinity McCray and Big E. Langston have started dating while in FCW. Might debut them both as a couple if they both get good enough to be called up.

Event announcers:
Monday Night Raw: Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler, Jim Ross
Friday Night SmackDown: Joey Styles, Todd Grisham, Matt Striker
Superstars: Dino Winwood, Josh Matthews, Byron Saxton (line-up changed after the previously-posted episode of Superstars)
PPV announcers change, currently Joey Styles, JR, and Lawler

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Before The Show:
Angel Williams and Katie Lea got in a fight after a rental car-involved incident. Angel shrugged off a fatherly approach.
Rey Mysterio is now mentoring Jake Crist.
The entire roster is ready to give it their all after a motivational speech from Mr. McMahon (who is the user owner I control, in case I forgot to tell you).

WWE Presents SummerSlam 2010!


Pre-Show 60-Man Battle Royal
Alberto Del Rio wins, last eliminating Rey Mysterio, in a final four also involving Santino Marella and Kane. Rey Mysterio made the most eliminations.
Rating: B-

Battle of Diva Champions
Lita vs. Trish Stratus
In a fast-paced Divas match, Trish went over Lita with a clean pinfall after the Stratusfaction. The two champions shook hands afterwards.
Rating: B

Shelton Benjamin vs. Charlie Haas
Shelton floored Charlie Haas with the Paydirt in a good match.
Rating: B

Television Championship - Extreme Rules
Rob Van Dam (c) vs. X-Pac
Rob Van Dam retained after a Five Star Frog Splash through a table on X-Pac.
Rating: B

Hype for Brock Lesnar is played.
Rating: B

Paul Heyman, in an interview, promises that Bad Bones and Brock Lesnar will crush Rated RKO in their matches.
Rating: B

Chris Jericho brags about his imminent victory over not one, but two people to become the World Heavyweight Champion again, to the already six-time former World Heavyweight Champion Booker T, who disagrees with him. However, the small argument between the two is cut when they notice the tassel-laced arm bands and wild hair of a yet-to-be-revealed person. Booker T quips, to close off the segment, "Tell me... I did not just see that!"
Rating: B-

Intercontinental Championship
Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. Colt Cabana
To retain the title, Ziggler choked out Cabana with the sleeper-hold, to win via submission.
Rating: B-

MVP and Mark Henry vs. Big Show and Jack Swagger
Mark Henry pinned Big Show after the World's Strongest Slam, as Swagger was knocked away from the ring at ringside by MVP and his Playmaker finisher.
Rating: C+

Unified Tag Team Championship - Tables, Ladders and Chairs
The Hardyz (Jeff/Matt) (c) vs. Motor City Machine Guns (Shelley/Sabin) vs. Kings of the Ring (Regal/D. Bryan) vs. Legacy (Cody Rhodes/Ted DiBiase)
To celebrate ten years since the invention of this match type, the top four of the tag teams in the division are set to compete for the tag team titles in the life-risking match type of Tables, Ladders and Chairs. In the end, The Hardyz claim victory, mainly due to being tag team veterans, bigger vets than their opponents, and therefore being much more smarter and harder to bring down.
Rating: B-

John Cena says he's ready to beat Batista again in a backstage interview.
Rating: B-

United States Championship
John Cena (c) vs. Batista
Cena won by disqualification after Batista swung him down with a steel chair, and continued to beat down on Cena after the match. Batista then performed the Batista Bomb onto the steel steps on Cena to finish up the after-match assault.
Rating: (Match) B-, (Beatdown) B

World Heavyweight Championship - Falls Count Anywhere
John Morrison (c) vs. Chris Jericho vs. Triple H
Morrison pinned Jericho with the Starship Pain to retain, as Triple H was left to deal with an interfering Shawn Michaels.
Rating: B

First Blood
Brock Lesnar vs. Edge
Lesnar beat Edge after a brutal clobbering with an F5 onto a steel chair, busting Edge open. However, as Lesnar prepared to slam Edge with the F5 once again, fog surrounded the ring, and out of the clear came the surprise return of a rejuvenated Ultimate Warrior who looked like he came straight out of the 80's, as if he went forward in time, which wasn't out of the ordinary for him. He beats down Lesnar and then tossed him out of the ring. Edge is in surprise, but is grateful for the rescue.
Rating: (Match) A, (Ultimate Warrior Return) B

Hell in a Cell
Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker
After a bit of a bloody battle, Triple H came out and Pedigree'd Shawn Michaels through the announcer table, then dragging the Heartbreak Kid into the Cell for Undertaker to pin him after The Last Ride.
Rating: B

WWE Championship - No Disqualification
Randy Orton (c) vs. Bad Bones
Bad Bones defeated Orton with a low blow and a Kimura Lock after interference from Heyman in a rough battle that involved chairs and kendo sticks.
Rating: B-

Stone Cold Steve Austin II vs. CM Punk (with guest referee Steve Austin I)
CM Punk and Stone Cold had back and forth action all the way, but Stone Cold II had the victory after The Rock made a surprise return, looking as good as ever, and delivered the Rock Bottom on CM Punk, with Stone Cold I out cold and being unable to notice.
Rating: A

The Rock then delivered The People's Elbow on Punk after the match.
Rating: B

Overall Rating: B+ (popularity raised in 4 regions, beating out TNA Hard Justice by one grade higher.)
Attendance: 70,000
Buy Rate: 8.06

[lordryu]

Future Endavored after SummerSlam
The Great Khali, Ranjin Singh, Hornswoggle

[lordryu]

I'm okay with the category change, as this seems a bit more fitting than where I started off with the topic on this forum.

[lordryu]

WWE Monday Night Raw - September Week 1

- With two more famed legends in the Ultimate Warrior and The Rock returning, what exactly brought them to come back, and in this great in shape?
- What does the future have in store for the new WWE Champion Bad Bones?
- How will John Cena and Batista out-do themselves again in the next chapter of their feud over the increasingly-prestigious United States Championship?

Before The Show:
* Joey Styles performed spot-on impressions of several workers during his visit, which lightened up the whole backstage area.
* Vladimir Kozlov celebrated the success of SummerSlam by bringing alcohol.

Pre-Show
Carlito, Chavo Guerrero and Michael Tarver vs. The Fortunate Sons and Tyler Reks
Winners: Chavo, Carlito, Tarver
Rating: D+

Vladimir Kozlov and Santino Marella vs. Shelton Benjamin and X-Pac
Winners: Shelton and X-Pac
Rating: B

Randy Orton vs. Afa Anoa'i Jr.
Winner: Randy Orton
Rating: B

Main Show
Before the intro and fireworks, Stone Cold II arrives on the scene.
Rating: B-

The Rock's return to Raw is hyped with a short vignette, along with clips of his return at SummerSlam last night.
Rating: B

Motor City Machine Guns vs. The Shadow and Shawn Spears
Winners: Motor City Machine Guns
Rating: C+

Kofi Kingston vs. Tyson Kidd
Winner: Kofi Kingston
Rating: B-

Stone Cold II is greeted by several people backstage, including the original Steve Austin from which he was somehow duplicated from, the Raw General Manager, and Vince McMahon, who is looking a bit more nervous, as he scratches his ear. Maybe it was because of The Rock and Ultimate Warrior making appearances at SummerSlam.
Rating: B

Divas Championship
Trish Stratus (c) vs. Angel Williams vs. Maryse
Winner: Trish Stratus
Rating: B-

Finlay vs. The Miz
Winner: Finlay
Rating: B

In the official revival of the VIP Lounge, Montel Vontavious Porter hypes up the fans for a couple of minutes, before introducing his guest... The Rock! The fans pop hard as The People's Champ makes his appearance, still looking as great as he did at SummerSlam. The Rock begins his promo, keeping the fans alive by announcing that he "has come back... home. The electrifying legend went through several of his Rock-isms in this promo, including how he took CM Punk's "crappy Straight Edge lifestyle" and shoved it up his candy-ass at SummerSlam, and hyped former rival Stone Cold to the moon, and ending his promo with his famed line "If you smellll...! What The Rock! Is cookin'!"
Rating: A
MVP under-performed somehow, even though the rating was high.

SummerSlam Rematch
John Cena vs. Batista
Winner: None, as Brock Lesnar appeared at the end of the match and caused it to be a no-contest after attacking both Batista and Cena.
Rating: B

Immediately after the match, Paul Heyman cut a rough promo on Edge and the Ultimate Warrior. Edge then came out and berated Lesnar as a response, saying that "The Ultimate Warrior could wreck through Lesnar like a tornado out of control." The face-off is forced into separation by several lower-card workers, referees and road agents.
Rating: B+ (Part 1), B+(Part 2)

Legacy vs. Christian and Alberto Del Rio
Winners: Legacy
Rating: C+

The matches of Edge and Lesnar in a SummerSlam rematch, and Stone Cold II against the new WWE Champion Bad Bones, are hyped.
Ratings: B- (Edge/Lesnar), B- (Stone Cold II/Bad Bones)

Stone Cold Steve Austin II vs. Bad Bones
Winner: Draw, double countout
Rating: B

Bad Bones and Stone Cold II continue their brawl up the ramp, with Orton joining in the fray on Stone Cold's behalf, and CM Punk also making an appearance.
Rating: B-

Mark Henry, MVP and Rey Mysterio vs. Big Show, Chris Jericho and Sheamus
Winners: Mark Henry, MVP and Rey Mysterio
Rating: B

Edge vs. Brock Lesnar
Winner: Edge after Lesnar was attacked by The Ultimate Warrior.
Rating: A
Edge and Lesnar have amazing chemistry, so they basically steal the show with this performance.

Post-Show
The Rock vs. Jack Swagger
Winner: The Rock
Rating: C

Overall: B+ (popularity increased in 12 regions)

[lordryu]

I might begin to release several people to shrink my roster size at one point or another.

[suave]

Who is Bad Bones? Seems kinda weird to have someone new be WWE Champ even among guys like The Rock, Lesnar, Warrior, etc.

[lordryu]

WWE Friday Night SmackDown - September Week 1

- What happens next with the World Heavyweight Championship title picture, between Undertaker, Triple H, Chris Jericho, Shawn Michaels and current champion John Morrison?
- The Intercontinental Championship is given a spotlight tonight, with a 15-Man Intercontinental Rumble to determine the next number one contender to Dolph Ziggler's title!
- The tag team division spices up, as teams such as the Hart Dynasty, Legacy, the Motor City Machine Guns, Cryme Tyme, Irish Airbourne, and the Kings of the Ring continue to cling onto contendership over the titles of Jeff and Matt Hardy.
- With the boomer of new and old superstars coming to play here on SmackDown, who will come out on top above others?
- A 4-man elimination bout will determine the next opponent for Rey Mysterio and his Face of No Mercy Championship, on the way to Night of Champions.
- The fallout of the match between CM Punk and the duplicate of Stone Cold Steve Austin is seen.

Pre-Show
10-Man Battle Royal
Winner: Tyson Kidd
C+

Brothers of Destruction vs. Legacy vs. Motor City Machine Guns
Winners: Brothers of Destruction
B-

Main Show
#1 Contendership Match for Rey Mysterio's Face of No Mercy Championship
The Hurricane vs. Mascarita Sagrada vs. The Shadow vs. Dr. Wagner Jr.
Winner: The Hurricane
B-

A recap of The Rock's SummerSlam return to WWE is played, identical to the one played on Raw.
B-

Television Championship
Rob Van Dam (c) vs. The Miz
Winner: Rob Van Dam
B-

Women's Championship
Lita (c) vs. Michelle McCool vs. Mickie James vs. Natalya
Winner: Lita
B-

As Lita celebrates in the ring, she is suddenly cut off-guard by a mysterious man's maniacal laughter, which is quickly revealed to be coming from the TitanTron, in which, in an unknown part of the backstage area (or what could be presumed to be backstage), as the laughing psycho is revealed to be none other than a fictional villain come to life in The Joker. Everybody is either in shock or absolutely estatic over what this could lead to, as the workers and staff in and around the ring are frozen in surprise. The Joker tells the Women's Champion that her time as champion is going to come to its end, but not entirely because of himself, but of a Diva who happens to be with him, who has the unusual hair color of... just about every color in the rainbow, it seems. The commentators don't know what to say about this development in the Divas Division.
B-

In an odd change of mood, the eerie situation beginning was pushed aside, as in an interview backstage, Booker T says he is dead set on winning a title in order to prove he can still win championship gold, no matter how major or minor.
B-

Intercontinental Rumble to determine the #1 Contender to the Intercontinental Championship
#1: Booker T
#2: Matt James Michaels
#3: Alberto Del Rio
#4: Mike Knox
#5: Jimmy Jacobs
#6: R-Truth
#7: Austin Aries
#8: Colt Cabana
#9: Shad Gaspard
#10: X-Pac
#11: JTG
#12: Seth Rollins
#13: Kaval
#14: Drew McIntyre
#15: ...The Ultimate Warrior!
Winner: The Ultimate Warrior
B

After the Rumble, The Ultimate Warrior decides that he wants his Intercontinental Championship match against Dolph Ziggler... RIGHT NOW! Teddy Long comes out and grants the Warrior his match for right now. Dolph Ziggler comes out, a bit annoyed but ready, knowing the Warrior may not be 100% right now.
B-

Intercontinental Championship
Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. The Ultimate Warrior
Winner: The Ultimate Warrior in a quick but fast-paced match.
C

Daniel Bryan, William Regal and Shelton Benjamin vs. John Morrison and The Hardyz
Winners: Morrison and The Hardyz
B

Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels
Winner: Triple H
A

Chris Jericho hosts a special Highlight Reel with The Rock and CM Punk to close off SmackDown, but the interview soon goes awry, as The Rock and CM Punk argued with each other, leading to a brawl.
A

Post-Show
Croft and Barreta vs. Ultimo Dragon and Mistico
Winners: Dragon and Mistico
D

Rey Mysterio vs. Chris Jericho
Winner: Chris Jericho
C

Overall: B+ (popularity increased in 4 regions)

So, Ultimate Warrior winning the Intercontinental title didn't do a great match, probably due to being in two matches in a row.

So... it begins even further.

EDIT: Fixed the formatting, because it got messed up somehow coming out.

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Apr 14, 2014 22:08:57 GMT -5 suave said:

Who is Bad Bones? Seems kinda weird to have someone new be WWE Champ even among guys like The Rock, Lesnar, Warrior, etc.

Bad Bones is some German wrestler who I think was recently on TNA once, in that segment where Samuel Shaw attacked Mr. Anderson, which triggered their feud. I don't think Bones appeared after that, but he was in the wrestling business for a while.

It's just, for some reason, I wanted to book him as WWE Champion at one point, sorta like when Sheamus suddenly became WWE Champion over John freakin' Cena in months since debuting in ECW in 2009. That's part of the point of this playthrough; to tear apart reality with fantasy storylines such as Stone Cold vs. CM Punk and The Rock/The Ultimate Warrior being at their prime right now.

[lordryu]

Since it doesn't seem like the low-card gets enough screen time, I think I'll make WWE Superstars 1 1/2 hours long, 2 hours if I wanted to wing it, even though it's just a B show.

Plus, I might not have Bad Bones as WWE Champion for more than 3 months, sorta like Sheamus's reigns. He might drop the title to either Orton, Edge, Jericho, Lesnar or The Rock.

[lordryu]

Updated my pics with new pictures for some of the champions with titles.



WWE Superstars - September Week 1

I have also upped WWE Superstars's air time to 1 and a half hours, to give a few more low-to-midcarders time to show what they got. And I'm starting off with THREE title matches!

Unified Tag Team Championship
The Hardyz (c) vs. The Hart Dynasty

Television Championship
Rob Van Dam (c) vs. Matt James Michaels vs. Kung Fu Naki vs. Jack Swagger

And our main event!
Intercontinental Championship
The Ultimate Warrior (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler

Pre-Show
Cryme Tyme vs. The Rotunda Brothers
Winners: Cryme Tyme
C+

Johnny Curtis vs. Charlie Haas vs. Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. Afa Anoa'i Jr.
Winner: Afa Anoa'i Jr.
C-

Main Show
After the Superstars intro, accompanied by Adelita's Way's Invincible, we are welcomed to the show by the commentating team of play-by-play commentator Josh Matthews, Byron Saxton from FCW and former Pro Wrestling Guerrila Commissioner Dino Winwood, who is the newest color commentator of WWE. They hype up the Tag Team and Intercontinental Championship title matches tonight, excited to see the star power come to play tonight on the new, extended show of WWE Superstars!
C-
Dino and Josh struggled terribly.

Richie Steamboat vs. Carlito
Winner: Carlito
C

In the backstage area, Brock Lesnar talks about his partner Bad Bones' WWE Championship victory at SummerSlam.
B

Unified Tag Team Championship
The Hardyz (c) vs. The Hart Dynasty
Winner: The Hardyz (defense 3)
B

Hype on the Ultimate Warrior is played, mainly focusing on his Intercontinental title win on SmackDown over Dolph Ziggler.
B-

The video package is followed by Matt Striker backstage preparing to interview The Ultimate Warrior, but the Warrior cuts him off, as if Striker wasn't there, and begins a promo on Ziggler in the old-school over-the-top fashion he performs in, talking about "holding Ziggler above the Earth, and dropping him into the volcano of Hell", along with something about fueling the spaceship or something. Hard to follow, but great to enjoy, especially from a legend like The Ultimate Warrior.
B-

Michelle McCool and Sara Del Rey vs. Trish Stratus and Lita
Winners: Lita and Trish
B

Kaval vs. Wade Barrett vs. Seth Rollins
Winner: Seth Rollins
B-

Backstage, Triple H hypes his feud with Shawn Michaels, saying that the tables have turned between them; this time, Shawn is the reckless bastard trying to take over WWE, and it's up to The Game who has to save everyone from his reign of terror.
B-

Television Championship
Rob Van Dam (c) vs. Matt James Michaels vs. Kung Fu Naki vs. Jack Swagger
Winner: Rob Van Dam (defense 7)
B-

Intercontinental Championship
The Ultimate Warrior (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler
Winner: The Ultimate Warrior (defense 1)
C+

After the match, The Ultimate Warrior celebrates his victory.
B-

Overall Rating: B- (For B-Shows for promotions in International size, this doesn't affect anything)

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Monday Night Raw - September Week 2

- Bad Bones and Brock Lesnar set to assume their dominance over the rest of the main event picture on Raw.
- Stone Cold Steve Austin II and The Rock continue to go after CM Punk, but Punk is not going to stand for it.

Before the show, X-Pac boosted the morale with some road stories of his past run with WWE, to the rookies and newcomers of WWE who had showed up in the past five years.

Pre-Show
Alberto Del Rio, Richie Steamboat and Wes Brisco vs. Zack Ryder, Curt Hawkins and Mike DiBiase
Winners: Del Rio, Steamboat and Brisco in a match that they dominated mostly, with Del Rio putting Zack Ryder in the cross armbreaker.
Rating: C+

Wade Barrett vs. Reid Flair
Winner: Barrett, in a squash, via submission.
Rating: D+

At the start of Raw, The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin II both hit the ring, and they both call out CM Punk on his "Jesus wannabe bullcrap", as The Rock puts it. CM Punk comes out, adding a few choice words of his own, and then hitting the ring with his bodyguard Luke Gallows, where a brawl occurs.
Rating: B

Legacy vs. The Motor City Machine Guns
Winners: Legacy
Rating: C+

Santino Marella vs. The Shadow
Winner: The Shadow, with a school-boy pinfall.
Rating: C-

In a continuation of a debuting worker's storyline, The Joker is once again backstage, not wanting to wait to make an impact as he reveals that he managed to get himself a match against the Television Champion Rob Van Dam tonight, and that his female protege, the rainbow-haired Diva who appeared with him the first time, will put the rest of the Divas Division on notice tonight as well. The "dark comedy" psychotic jokes of the meaningfully named The Joker, and the contrast between him and the leather clad Divas Division newcomer, who has barely any kind of facial or body paint on her unlike the Gotham criminal freak, seems to be something of an interesting beginning to the careers of two new stars in the WWE.
Jim Ross, trying to stay focused on commentating, said that the Television Championship match is up next, on Monday Night Raw.
Rating: B-

Television Championship
Rob Van Dam (c) vs. The Joker
Winner: The Joker won in an unclean way, as a brass-knuckled punch to the face from The Joker's rainbow-haired partner left Rob Van Dam staggered long enough for Joker to perform his finisher, a suplex-into-powerbomb manuever known as The Last Laugh.
Rating: B
The Joker and RVD have great chemistry.

After a commercial break which, before the break, revealed Stone Cold II vs. CM Punk and The Rock vs. Luke Gallows as matches for tonight, The Rock had an encounter with Paul Heyman, who bragged about his two unstoppable forces in Bad Bones and Brock Lesnar.
Rating: B

Rey Mysterio and Mascarita Sagrada vs. The Hart Dynasty
Winners: Mysterio and Sagrada, with Mysterio pinning with the 619.
Rating: B

Shawn Michaels cuts a promo backstage about Triple H and Undertaker, insulting them and calling them last causes.
Rating: B-

The Rock vs. Luke Gallows
Winner: The Rock
Rating: B-

Trish Stratus, the Divas Champion, comes out, saying she is counting on the fans to help her stay champion. However, she is interrupted by The Joker's soon-to-be-named valet who helped him win the Television title eariler. The rookie soon reveals her name to be Rainbow Dash, and that her reason for showing up to the WWE, and with The Joker, is to teach the Divas a lesson about "ruthless aggression", before walloping the Divas Champion with her microphone, in both an ironic echo, and a comparison, to John Cena's debut 8 years before.
Rating: B

Trish Stratus vs. Rainbow Dash
Winner: Rainbow Dash, with a swanton bomb similar to Jeff Hardy's, following a UFC-style superman punch.
Rating: B

Batista, Bad Bones, Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Orton, John Cena and Edge
Winners: Orton, Edge and Cena via pinfall.
Rating: B

Montel Vontavious Porter hosts another edition of the VIP Lounge, this time with the new Intercontinental Champion, The Ultimate Warrior! Much like the previous VIP Lounge with The Rock, Ultimate Warrior took over the mic and cut a promo in which he thanked his followers for bringing him into the future (being 2010).
Rating: B

Stone Cold Steve Austin II vs. CM Punk
Winner: CM Punk by DQ
Rating: B+

As Stone Cold Steve Austin II and CM Punk brawl all the way to the parking lot, Stone Cold II sees a car incoming, but is pushed out of the way by The Rock, who breaks the window and reveals the driver to be Luke Gallows, trying to get revenge on The Rock for earlier. Rock and Gallows brawl for a moment, before The Rock slams Luke through the car with a Rock Bottom on top of the car.
Rating: A

Post-Show
The Joker and Rainbow Dash vs. Christian and Angel Williams
Winner: Joker and Dash
Rating: C-

The Ultimate Warrior vs. Afa Anoa'i Jr.
Winner: The Ultimate Warrior
Rating: C-

Overall Rating: B+ (popularity once again increased in 4 regions)

[lordryu]

Friday Night SmackDown - September Week 2


The Night of Champions card so far:

WWE Championship
Bad Bones (c) vs. Randy Orton vs. Edge (announced on WWE.com after Raw last week)

Stone Cold II and The Rock vs. CM Punk and Luke Gallows (announced on WWE.com after Raw yesterday)

Unified Tag Team Championship
The Hardyz (c) vs. Legacy (confirmed during week 1 of September)

On this date was when WWE confirmed the premiering of pre-shows and post-shows for WWE TV shows and PPVs on WWE.com, YouTube, Hulu, etc.

Pre-Show on WWE.com and YouTube
The Alpha Female vs. Beth Phoenix
Winner: Beth Phoenix
Rating: C+

Shinjiro Otani and Jinder Mahal-Singh vs. Ultimo Dragon and Kaval
Winners: Dragon and Kaval
Rating: C

Mana the Polynesian Warrior vs. R-Truth
Winner: R-Truth
Rating: B-

Byron Saxton starts an interview with another newcomer to the Divas division, a fashonista from England known by the name Rarity. Rarity says that even though she doesn't like it, she agrees with Rainbow Dash about ruthless aggression, and also agrees that the Divas in control of the division in Lita and Trish should at least step aside and let the new blood of women's wrestling stand tall.
Rating: B-

Alberto Del Rio, Reid Flair and Wes Brisco vs. Flare, Inferno and Donny Marlow
Winners: Del Rio, Reid and Brisco squash the other team.
Rating: C-

Motor City Machine Guns vs. The Rotunda Brothers vs. Kung Fu Naki and Jimmy Wang Yang
Winners: Motor City Machine Guns
Rating: B-

Main Show
Brock Lesnar and Ultimate Warrior have an encounter backstage, but separately by themselves without any violent altercations. Vince McMahon sees this from the background, worried over his company's locker room potentially descending into madness.
Rating: B-

Rarity (making her debut) and Natalya vs. Lita and Mickie James
Winners: Rarity and Natalya, after Rarity got the pin unclean, with Natalya distracting the referee.
Rating: B

The Hardyz vs. Cryme Tyme
Winners: The Hardyz
Rating: B-

CM Punk stands in the middle of the ring after a SmackDown commercial break, saying that he is not afraid of The Rock OR Stone Cold. Luke Gallows is standing beside Punk, with his ribs taped from the car-involved assault he was given by The Rock on Raw, which was shown as a Slam of the Week before Punk's promo.
Rating: B-

The Straight Edge Society (CM Punk/Luke Gallows) vs. Seth Rollins and Colt Cabana
Winners: CM Punk and Luke Gallows in a short match
Rating: C+

John Morrison vs. Mike Knox
Winner: John Morrison in a warm-up match for him to keep his momentum up.
Rating: B

The Rock cuts a promo on CM Punk during an interview backstage.
Rating: B

The Rock vs. Rey Mysterio vs. William Regal
Winner: The Rock
Rating: B-

Television Championship
The Joker (c) vs. Booker T
Winner: The Joker
Rating: C+

The Undertaker vs. Triple H vs. Big Show
Winner: The Undertaker
Rating: B-

Shawn Michaels has a sit-down interview with Vince McMahon about the World Heavyweight Championship title feuds he is getting into. In the interview, HBK reveals that Teddy Long is intending to have a Championship Scramble between himself, HHH, Undertaker, Big Show, Jericho and Morrison.
Rating: A

Chris Jericho and Dolph Ziggler vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin II and The Ultimate Warrior
Winners: Warrior and Steve Austin II
Rating: B
Both teams had excellent chemistry. Good for them.

Post Show on WWE.com and YouTube
Brock Lesnar vs. Kane
Winner: Brock Lesnar
Rating: C-

10-Man Battle Royal featuring Austin Aries, Charlie Haas, Jimmy Jacobs, Dr. Wagner Jr., The Hurricane, The Shadow, The Hart Dynasty, Mascarita Sagrada and Matt James Michaels
Winner: Charlie Haas
Rating: C-

Overall Rating: B+ (with the usual 4-region pop increase)

[lordryu]

Important News
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