I decided to sit down and do one more match...I said I would give the Undertaker one final shot at the Undisputed Heavyweight title but this would have to be contained within the confines of a steel cage. To make it all fair and square, Donnie B brought in the most honest ref on the planet - "Honest Abe". Abe stated that he would call this right down the middle - he cannot be swayed. Undertaker tried to get in Abe's face right off the bat but ended up backing down.
Both men are in the ring and the bell sounds. "The Original Big Daddy" Donnie B takes on the Undertaker for the Undisputed Heavyweight Championship. Taker immediately starts off by throwing Donnie B into the cage. Donnie B bounces right off. Donnie B gets Undertaker up for a Superplex but Taker tosses DB into the cage again. Taker picks up Donnie B and throws him into the cage again and now DB is bleeding. Donnie B manages an eye rake and Taker, yep you guessed it, throws DB into the cage. The blood is flowing a bit more faster now. Donnie B fights back and hits Undertaker with another Superplex. Donnie B follows it up with a flying dropkick and Taker goes flying into Abe knocking him out. Donnie B finds a chair and nails Undertaker with hit. He too is now bleeding. DB follows it up with another chair shot but Taker starts to shrug it off and nails a clothesline. Taker then picks up DB and drops him onto the corner turnbuckle. Abe is getting up now. Taker tries for another clothesline but it is reversed and DB nails another flying dropkick. Undertaker up and nails the Last Ride. He makes the cover but Donnie B kicks out at 2. DB reverses a suplex attempt and nails the Lights out Brainbuster for a 1 count. Taker hits another Last Ride but is unable to make the cover. Donnie B hits Taker with a chair but then grinds DB's face into the cage blinding him. Undertaker hits the Last Ride again but only gets a 2 count. Taker goes for a throat lift but DB manages to reverse it, knock Taker down, climb to the top of the turnbuckle and deliver a flying double loaded elbow to the groin. He goes for a pin attempt but Taker kicks out at 2. Taker goes for the throat coke but Donnie B nails a neckbreaker. He makes the cover and is able to get the 1-2-3. Now it is a race to see if he can get out of the cage in one piece. Undertaker follows him up and both trade some blows. DB slams Taker's head into the top of the cage and UT falls back to the mat. Donnie B goes over the top of cage and drops to the floor. Donnie B retains the Undisputed Heavyweight Championship. Holy Cow. What a match.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Year end review 2011
As I sit here contemplating whether or not to do bring back the wrestling game, I still have not decided on exactly what I'd want to accomplish with this going forward. I'm sitting back drinking a Mike's found through Yahoo Groups a group of people who do their own federations and even some cross-promoting. I was able to find some new wrestlers but still haven't paid that much attention to the current product so I may be missing some. I think I will do a tournament and even have some old and familiar faces resurface. Only time will tell if I can follow through on this.
I got a call the other day from the former "Super Warrior" Wayne Tuttle. He was trying to get the CSWA and HWF back on its feet. I spoke about time, dedication and money (someone's got to pay these guys). He told me that after I closed up shop back in 2010, he invested his money wisely and would not be opposed to taking over the CSWA ship as its owner and GM. I told him I would give it some thought.
As fate would have it, "MW3" Jeff Meyers then dropped me a line and basically said the same thing. "You know, I think with all the money I've made over the years, I could do something to help you get this back on. What do you think?" I told him I had to think it over.
I did exactly that and then went back to both SW and MW3. "I tell you what, I would allow both of you to fund and manage both federations. I will retain the HWF and CSWA as my intellectual property but would not partake in managing the federations." Both men liked this idea so the plan has started to take shape.
I asked Jeff to take over as owner and GM for the HWF. He reminded me about his history with the CSWA and was hoping to take that over. I explained that he did pretty much all he could with it and it was time to take on a new challenge with the HWF. He said he would. After a quick conversation with Wayne, he agreed to GM the CSWA.
At this point, I do ask for both Jeff and Wayne to provide to me their thoughts and plans and how they see this working out. Both said they would get back to me.
In the meantime, I am considering a new tournament. Not sure exactly what will be the payout to the wrestlers would be but I am sure we will work something out. Maybe Donnie B will come out of retirement and put that Undisputed Heavyweight Championship on the line....Nah. But he may consider it if the person who wins is the man he took it from...The Undertaker.
More to come.
I got a call the other day from the former "Super Warrior" Wayne Tuttle. He was trying to get the CSWA and HWF back on its feet. I spoke about time, dedication and money (someone's got to pay these guys). He told me that after I closed up shop back in 2010, he invested his money wisely and would not be opposed to taking over the CSWA ship as its owner and GM. I told him I would give it some thought.
As fate would have it, "MW3" Jeff Meyers then dropped me a line and basically said the same thing. "You know, I think with all the money I've made over the years, I could do something to help you get this back on. What do you think?" I told him I had to think it over.
I did exactly that and then went back to both SW and MW3. "I tell you what, I would allow both of you to fund and manage both federations. I will retain the HWF and CSWA as my intellectual property but would not partake in managing the federations." Both men liked this idea so the plan has started to take shape.
I asked Jeff to take over as owner and GM for the HWF. He reminded me about his history with the CSWA and was hoping to take that over. I explained that he did pretty much all he could with it and it was time to take on a new challenge with the HWF. He said he would. After a quick conversation with Wayne, he agreed to GM the CSWA.
At this point, I do ask for both Jeff and Wayne to provide to me their thoughts and plans and how they see this working out. Both said they would get back to me.
In the meantime, I am considering a new tournament. Not sure exactly what will be the payout to the wrestlers would be but I am sure we will work something out. Maybe Donnie B will come out of retirement and put that Undisputed Heavyweight Championship on the line....Nah. But he may consider it if the person who wins is the man he took it from...The Undertaker.
More to come.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Thoughts and more thoughts
Well, I'm sitting here re-reading stuff I've posted and am getting to thinking that a tournament may be forthcoming. I have to decide if I want to really do this and also see if I can do this on my HP Touchpad. Thinking about it. Waiting for the writing bug to bite me again.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Random thoughts
I'm sitting around thinking that I haven't watched wrestling lately because the show just wasn't worth watching. Then all of a sudden, the whole CM Punk thing goes off the charts. People will criticize me for this next comment but this just takes me back to the WWE Attitude Era and the one and only Stone Cold Steve Austin. He said what he wanted and didn't give a care to what anyone thought. I read the results weekly just in case I get the writing bug and want to jump back into this (as of now, still not ready yet). Punk has the same "IT" going for him that Austin and the Rock had back in the day.
Rock vs John Cena at Wrestlemania next year: I sure hope the title isn't on the line unless Rocky can make the commitment to come back to the square circle full time. This has the potential to be something great but the Rock should not win (if the title is on the line) as there would be no point. Just like letting Punk win the title and then (supposedly) leave the WWE with the title in tow.
Austin and one more match? If he has it at a Wrestlemania, I think I'd drop the $60 to get it. He was/is one of a kind.
There is also talk about next year's HOF. I read that someone asked good ol JR if he thought Chris Benoit would ever be inducted and in his opinion, it was no. Benoit's legacy (and an awesome one at that) was decimated by his final acts on this earth. For what was accomplished in the ring, does he deserve to be inducted? Hell Yes. Is the WWE (and current head honcho HHH) willing to take a risk to do this? Probably not. In all sports, there are HOF'ers that have done some horrible things (OJ) and was he kicked out of the Football HOF? I don't follow football enough to know for sure but somehow I doubt it. Time heals all wounds but will the one Benoit left behind ever fully heal?
Rock vs John Cena at Wrestlemania next year: I sure hope the title isn't on the line unless Rocky can make the commitment to come back to the square circle full time. This has the potential to be something great but the Rock should not win (if the title is on the line) as there would be no point. Just like letting Punk win the title and then (supposedly) leave the WWE with the title in tow.
Austin and one more match? If he has it at a Wrestlemania, I think I'd drop the $60 to get it. He was/is one of a kind.
There is also talk about next year's HOF. I read that someone asked good ol JR if he thought Chris Benoit would ever be inducted and in his opinion, it was no. Benoit's legacy (and an awesome one at that) was decimated by his final acts on this earth. For what was accomplished in the ring, does he deserve to be inducted? Hell Yes. Is the WWE (and current head honcho HHH) willing to take a risk to do this? Probably not. In all sports, there are HOF'ers that have done some horrible things (OJ) and was he kicked out of the Football HOF? I don't follow football enough to know for sure but somehow I doubt it. Time heals all wounds but will the one Benoit left behind ever fully heal?
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
More Recap of 2003
Hi there. As we continue with th news from 2003, September finally rolls around. Donnie B ends up putting Mr. Tuttle as the GM of ECW and Mr. Graham as the GM of WCW but left Mr. Meyers with some creative control over a few of the characters. Mr. Tuttle, thinking he bit off more than he could chew, brought in Jim Cornette as a co-GM to help with the daily running of the organization.
September also saw Sting hang up his boots (for the first of many retirements). His replacement is brought in and we see Bill Goldberg step up to the plate to fill the vacancy. Donnie B then shocks the world with the announcement of a new GM for the WWF…it was none other than STING!
The next PPV, First Blood, would encompass matches from all three federations but would also be extended to have “blast from the past” matches. Prior to event time, the following matches were made:
Road Warriors vs Sheik and Volkoff
Nikita Koloff vs Vader
Lex Luger vs Ken Shamrock
Rick Steiner vs Ricky Steamboat with special guest referee Magnum TA.
Just prior to the event beginning, we were told Nikita wouldn’t be able to make it in for the show so he was replaced by Ted Dibiasi. Additional matches were added which included King Kong Bundy vs. Rick Martel; Randy Savage vs. Dean Malenko; and DDP vs Abdullah the butcher in a barbwire steel cage.
The ECW IC title ended up being vacated so a mini tourny was held to see who would wrestle for that belt. After a hard fought battle, Undertaker ends up defeating HHH to win the coveted championship. Kane successfully defended his ECW World title against Bubba Ray Dudley. Brock Lesnar retained the WWF IC title against Farooq after Randy Orton was laid out prior to match time. The Hurricane defeats Rey Mysterio to win the WCW Cruiserweight title but Rey wins it back immediately after outside interference from Hurricane’s sidekick Rosey. Rosey turned on the Hurricane to help Mysterio. After a brief hiatus from the ring, the returning Edge defeats the Big Show. Angle retains the WWF world title against Brock Lesnar after Lesnar is DQ’d for attacking the ref (in a cage). Sting came out and called the decision. RVD defeated Ric Flair. Shiek and Volkoff are victorious over the LOD. WCW World champ Chris Benoit barely retained his title after a time limit draw against the Rock. Vader defeated Dibiasi in a very bad match. Lance Storm retains his title against the Super Warrior after SW got counted out. Luger walked out of his match against Ken Shamrock after chants of “You killed Liz” made him distraught. Rick Steiner and Ricky Steamboat was up next. After Steamboat was steamrolling his opponent, the lights go out and when they come back on, we see Magnum knocked out. Standing in the ring is Randy Savage and he viciously attacks Steamboat with the ringside bell. Magnum wakes up just in time to see Steiner superplex Ricky from the top rope and makes the count. Randy Savage defeats Dean Malenko but is attacked by Steamboat running in from the crowd. Steamboat got a bit of revenge before 8 refs hit the ring to break up the action. Tajiri defeated Chris Nowinski. Nash defeats Bradshaw via countout. Batista got to wrestle Stone Cold Steve Austin and found out what it felt like to be on the receiving end of a stunner. Austin gets the win and becomes the new WCW US champ. John Cena defeated Eddie Guerrero to retain the TV title.
The next match was the culmination of almost a year of hassle. At the beginning of the year, Undertaker and MW3 had a match which saw the Undertaker get injured. MW3 cut some great promos that included taking potshots at some of Undertaker’s famous sayings (This is MY yard). MW3 came back with “I just CRAPPED in your yard”. This went on for months. Each time the Undertaker came back, he and MW3 would wrestle and Taker would get injured AGAIN…and AGAIN…and AGAIN. Finally, at this PPV, the two of them had it out and finally saw Undertaker get the win. After the match, he raised MW3’s hand in a great show of respect.
Scott Steiner defeated Hulk Hogan; Steamboat and Savage met in an I Quit match. Steamboat had to call it quits after Savage broke his leg at the 3 minute mark. Chris Jericho defeated the Mexorcist (this was the character of that Jackass I won’t name. DDP came out unscathed in his match against the Butcher but Abby left a bloddy mess. Benoit ends up defeating Kurt Angle after outside interference from Brock Lesnar. Kane, the Undisputed Champion looses the belt to the rabid wolverine and Benoit wins the Undisputed Title for the first time.
In October, it was decided that a talent exchange would take place within all 3 federations. Only the title holders would be exempt from the draft. We also finally get a structure in place to determine proper top contenders (in the past, I just would draw a wrestler at random and they would receive a title shot).
There was no news for all of November due to this writer being without the internet. Once December rolled around, the final ppv of the year was held. In the WWF, after winning 2 of 3 falls, Chris Jericho ends up defeating world champ Kurt Angle to become the NEW champion. ECW IC champion Undertaker takes on WCW US champion for both titles. Undertaker ends up walking out with both titles. Somewhere in all that, Benoit ended up also winning the ECW world title. Angle, who lost out to Jericho, was offered a shot at the ECW title but Benoit was able to hang on and retain that title.
When I return, we will start looking at the happenings in 2004.
September also saw Sting hang up his boots (for the first of many retirements). His replacement is brought in and we see Bill Goldberg step up to the plate to fill the vacancy. Donnie B then shocks the world with the announcement of a new GM for the WWF…it was none other than STING!
The next PPV, First Blood, would encompass matches from all three federations but would also be extended to have “blast from the past” matches. Prior to event time, the following matches were made:
Road Warriors vs Sheik and Volkoff
Nikita Koloff vs Vader
Lex Luger vs Ken Shamrock
Rick Steiner vs Ricky Steamboat with special guest referee Magnum TA.
Just prior to the event beginning, we were told Nikita wouldn’t be able to make it in for the show so he was replaced by Ted Dibiasi. Additional matches were added which included King Kong Bundy vs. Rick Martel; Randy Savage vs. Dean Malenko; and DDP vs Abdullah the butcher in a barbwire steel cage.
The ECW IC title ended up being vacated so a mini tourny was held to see who would wrestle for that belt. After a hard fought battle, Undertaker ends up defeating HHH to win the coveted championship. Kane successfully defended his ECW World title against Bubba Ray Dudley. Brock Lesnar retained the WWF IC title against Farooq after Randy Orton was laid out prior to match time. The Hurricane defeats Rey Mysterio to win the WCW Cruiserweight title but Rey wins it back immediately after outside interference from Hurricane’s sidekick Rosey. Rosey turned on the Hurricane to help Mysterio. After a brief hiatus from the ring, the returning Edge defeats the Big Show. Angle retains the WWF world title against Brock Lesnar after Lesnar is DQ’d for attacking the ref (in a cage). Sting came out and called the decision. RVD defeated Ric Flair. Shiek and Volkoff are victorious over the LOD. WCW World champ Chris Benoit barely retained his title after a time limit draw against the Rock. Vader defeated Dibiasi in a very bad match. Lance Storm retains his title against the Super Warrior after SW got counted out. Luger walked out of his match against Ken Shamrock after chants of “You killed Liz” made him distraught. Rick Steiner and Ricky Steamboat was up next. After Steamboat was steamrolling his opponent, the lights go out and when they come back on, we see Magnum knocked out. Standing in the ring is Randy Savage and he viciously attacks Steamboat with the ringside bell. Magnum wakes up just in time to see Steiner superplex Ricky from the top rope and makes the count. Randy Savage defeats Dean Malenko but is attacked by Steamboat running in from the crowd. Steamboat got a bit of revenge before 8 refs hit the ring to break up the action. Tajiri defeated Chris Nowinski. Nash defeats Bradshaw via countout. Batista got to wrestle Stone Cold Steve Austin and found out what it felt like to be on the receiving end of a stunner. Austin gets the win and becomes the new WCW US champ. John Cena defeated Eddie Guerrero to retain the TV title.
The next match was the culmination of almost a year of hassle. At the beginning of the year, Undertaker and MW3 had a match which saw the Undertaker get injured. MW3 cut some great promos that included taking potshots at some of Undertaker’s famous sayings (This is MY yard). MW3 came back with “I just CRAPPED in your yard”. This went on for months. Each time the Undertaker came back, he and MW3 would wrestle and Taker would get injured AGAIN…and AGAIN…and AGAIN. Finally, at this PPV, the two of them had it out and finally saw Undertaker get the win. After the match, he raised MW3’s hand in a great show of respect.
Scott Steiner defeated Hulk Hogan; Steamboat and Savage met in an I Quit match. Steamboat had to call it quits after Savage broke his leg at the 3 minute mark. Chris Jericho defeated the Mexorcist (this was the character of that Jackass I won’t name. DDP came out unscathed in his match against the Butcher but Abby left a bloddy mess. Benoit ends up defeating Kurt Angle after outside interference from Brock Lesnar. Kane, the Undisputed Champion looses the belt to the rabid wolverine and Benoit wins the Undisputed Title for the first time.
In October, it was decided that a talent exchange would take place within all 3 federations. Only the title holders would be exempt from the draft. We also finally get a structure in place to determine proper top contenders (in the past, I just would draw a wrestler at random and they would receive a title shot).
There was no news for all of November due to this writer being without the internet. Once December rolled around, the final ppv of the year was held. In the WWF, after winning 2 of 3 falls, Chris Jericho ends up defeating world champ Kurt Angle to become the NEW champion. ECW IC champion Undertaker takes on WCW US champion for both titles. Undertaker ends up walking out with both titles. Somewhere in all that, Benoit ended up also winning the ECW world title. Angle, who lost out to Jericho, was offered a shot at the ECW title but Benoit was able to hang on and retain that title.
When I return, we will start looking at the happenings in 2004.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Recap 2003 continued
Hi and welcome back. Picking up where I left off yesterday, Kurt Angle, the WCW champion was turning and burning through his opponents until he came across Chris Benoit. Benoit took the fight to the Olympic Hero and captured the World title. Angle got a rematch but wasn’t able to win the title back. This would become the beginning of Benoit’s domination in the sport. At the Evolution PPV (the second of the year), Cena wins the TV title by defeating Eddie Guerrero and ended up shaving him bald too. MW3 and the Undertaker begin what was almost a year long feud. Booker T becomes the man-servant for Sting. Kurt Angle, who moved to the WWF in exchange for the Rock, takes the World title from Hogan. The PPV also saw a new Unified Champion crowned when the ECW world Champion Kane relieved Hogan of that title.
We then disappeared for 4 months. The reason given is that the jackass that was in charge of running ECW (in the game, not real life) filed an injunction to prevent any matches from happening. In reality, I just got so busy with life that I didn’t make time for the game. Just as that one was wrapping up, The Hawk decided he wanted control back of WCW (Jeff Meyers). He then filed an injunction (again, game related – Jeff would never have done this in “real” life) and that prevented any wrestlers under WCW from participating in any WWF angles. In both cases, Donnie B comes out on top (and why wouldn’t he – I created the darn game in its current form myself). In a shocking turn of events, the Hawk and the unmentioned jackass teamed up to take 51% of the WWF thereby forcing me out of the company. But before the ink could dry, I gave my shares to Wayne “Super Warrior” Tuttle and Anthony “Negronomicon” Graham. (editors note: Little did I know at the time that power would go to N’s head – but that’s a recap in a future update). A little wheeling and dealing on Donnie B’s part saw new lawsuits leveled against the WWF’s new leaders and not only did the Super Warrior and Negronomicon sue for misuse of their characters, so did most of the major names in all the federations. If Jackass and Meyers lost, they would be broke. Donnie B came back in with his proposal to nullify all the lawsuits, take back 52% controlling interest in all federations. Meyers and Jackass were left with 24% but little did I know (actually I did) that SW and N both had separate lawsuits against them and took their share. Eventually, Donnie B gets back everything but it was a long drawn out process.
Stay tuned….
We then disappeared for 4 months. The reason given is that the jackass that was in charge of running ECW (in the game, not real life) filed an injunction to prevent any matches from happening. In reality, I just got so busy with life that I didn’t make time for the game. Just as that one was wrapping up, The Hawk decided he wanted control back of WCW (Jeff Meyers). He then filed an injunction (again, game related – Jeff would never have done this in “real” life) and that prevented any wrestlers under WCW from participating in any WWF angles. In both cases, Donnie B comes out on top (and why wouldn’t he – I created the darn game in its current form myself). In a shocking turn of events, the Hawk and the unmentioned jackass teamed up to take 51% of the WWF thereby forcing me out of the company. But before the ink could dry, I gave my shares to Wayne “Super Warrior” Tuttle and Anthony “Negronomicon” Graham. (editors note: Little did I know at the time that power would go to N’s head – but that’s a recap in a future update). A little wheeling and dealing on Donnie B’s part saw new lawsuits leveled against the WWF’s new leaders and not only did the Super Warrior and Negronomicon sue for misuse of their characters, so did most of the major names in all the federations. If Jackass and Meyers lost, they would be broke. Donnie B came back in with his proposal to nullify all the lawsuits, take back 52% controlling interest in all federations. Meyers and Jackass were left with 24% but little did I know (actually I did) that SW and N both had separate lawsuits against them and took their share. Eventually, Donnie B gets back everything but it was a long drawn out process.
Stay tuned….
Monday, February 28, 2011
Recap 2003
Hello. As I mentioned in my last posting, I made mention of wanting to go back and recap the history of the game - from the totally absurd to the downright funny-falling-out-of-your-seat stuff. I don't have any notes (at least nothing I can find) from anything before 2003 except for one interview that was written back in my Best Buy days (1992-1997). It most likely happened towards the end of my run there. I had typed up an interview that Dusty Rhodes gave (that I made up) when he was challenging the Undertaker. We all know that Dusty talks with a lisp so when I wrote it, Dusty referred to the Undertaker as "Telly" and everything he said (to a certain degree) rhymed with that..Telly, felly, belly, etc. I just remember that interview (if I can ever find it again) was pretty darn funny.
Jumping forward to 2003. By this time, I had already created the HWF (Humble Wrestling Federation) and with the help of Jeff Meyers and a loser who I won't bother to name anymore, split the HWF into 3 smaller federations - The WWF was run by Donnie B, WCW was run by Jeff "The Hawk" Meyers and finally ECW. The ECW chapter didn't last long as the moron who was in charge of managing that couldn't get his fat ass out off his couch long enough to do anything. Jeff and I ended up running all three groups ourselves.
Battle royals were held and in the WWF, Edge came out as the IC champ and Hulk Hogan was its World Champion. At this time, Hogan was still continuing his feud with Ric Flair.
ECW crowned 3 champions after it's battle royal - Undertaker as the TV champ, IC champ is Booker T and the World Champion is Kane.
WCW, for some reason, had the most titles - 4. Lance Storm was crowned the first TV champion, Rey Mysterio took the Cruiserweight title,Big Show walked over everyone to take the US title and Kurt Angle wins the World title.
I do believe that 2003 was the first year we had an "Undisputed Heavyweight Champion". The belt could only be won and held by a federations World Champion. The rule was made that no one would get a shot at that title unless they held one of the 3 major World titles.
Back then, we would hold matches and based on how they did in their respective matches, they would be put into a Top 10 to wrestle for one of the championships. Before this, I would just mix up the characters, pull one out at a time and that person would get a title shot. With the introduction to the online version, it (ended up) made things a lot easier to run through matches and create top 10's by having people actually earn their shot.
2003 (at least on paper) also saw the beginning of the feud that would go on for years against the Negronomicon and Donnie B. Negronomicon started off with "holding the black man down/back"; this was a play on Farooq's role in the Nation of Domination as well as the JOB squad (pin me, pay me). Negronomicon would go on to attack the WWF's GM creating a feud that would last for a generation.
At our Wrestlemania, Mr. Wrestling 3 (who would eventually become MW3) took on the Super Warrior and after putting him to sleep, he cut his hair with clippers. Donnie B lost the first of many matches to the Negronomicon in a Lights Out match. The first Undisputed champion was crowned after Hulk Hogan squeeked out a win over Kurt Angle.
The night after Wrestlemania also saw Donnie B forced into retirement at the hands of the Negronomicon. DB would have to be content with just running the show and no longer an active participant.
Raven and William Regal had some interesting behind the scenes action going on. Raven, before being let go from the company, followed Regal back to his hotel and beat him from pillar to post. It took a comedic turn when Raven, after smashing Regal's face into his dinner, used carrots for eyes and peas for a smiley face. Good stuff.
As I mentioned earlier, it didn't take long but within just a few short months (maybe it was only one month), ECW folded. The loser running it was too much of an idiot and he couldn't figure out how to do anything. The ECW talent ends up remaining where they are but will be run by Donnie B and Jeff Meyers.
All this happened in one month. By February, Donnie B was back in the game but this time as a manager. He was only allowed one pic and for whatever reason, he chose none other than...The Negronomicon. February also saw Shawn Michaels lose an "I Quit" match against his homeboy Triple H. This month also saw Donnie B purchase back WCW. He now is the owner of all 3 federations but in the case of WCW, Meyers will retain some minimal control. Billy Gunn is forced into retirement after losing a match to Eddie Guerrero. In what was supposed to be a bit of humor, on the way to the Feb PPV, some of the wrestlers wrapped Teddy Long's head in a towel and jokingly referred to him as a terrorist. After all the heightened measures from 9/11, the plane was grounded and everyone was detained.
More to come.....
Jumping forward to 2003. By this time, I had already created the HWF (Humble Wrestling Federation) and with the help of Jeff Meyers and a loser who I won't bother to name anymore, split the HWF into 3 smaller federations - The WWF was run by Donnie B, WCW was run by Jeff "The Hawk" Meyers and finally ECW. The ECW chapter didn't last long as the moron who was in charge of managing that couldn't get his fat ass out off his couch long enough to do anything. Jeff and I ended up running all three groups ourselves.
Battle royals were held and in the WWF, Edge came out as the IC champ and Hulk Hogan was its World Champion. At this time, Hogan was still continuing his feud with Ric Flair.
ECW crowned 3 champions after it's battle royal - Undertaker as the TV champ, IC champ is Booker T and the World Champion is Kane.
WCW, for some reason, had the most titles - 4. Lance Storm was crowned the first TV champion, Rey Mysterio took the Cruiserweight title,Big Show walked over everyone to take the US title and Kurt Angle wins the World title.
I do believe that 2003 was the first year we had an "Undisputed Heavyweight Champion". The belt could only be won and held by a federations World Champion. The rule was made that no one would get a shot at that title unless they held one of the 3 major World titles.
Back then, we would hold matches and based on how they did in their respective matches, they would be put into a Top 10 to wrestle for one of the championships. Before this, I would just mix up the characters, pull one out at a time and that person would get a title shot. With the introduction to the online version, it (ended up) made things a lot easier to run through matches and create top 10's by having people actually earn their shot.
2003 (at least on paper) also saw the beginning of the feud that would go on for years against the Negronomicon and Donnie B. Negronomicon started off with "holding the black man down/back"; this was a play on Farooq's role in the Nation of Domination as well as the JOB squad (pin me, pay me). Negronomicon would go on to attack the WWF's GM creating a feud that would last for a generation.
At our Wrestlemania, Mr. Wrestling 3 (who would eventually become MW3) took on the Super Warrior and after putting him to sleep, he cut his hair with clippers. Donnie B lost the first of many matches to the Negronomicon in a Lights Out match. The first Undisputed champion was crowned after Hulk Hogan squeeked out a win over Kurt Angle.
The night after Wrestlemania also saw Donnie B forced into retirement at the hands of the Negronomicon. DB would have to be content with just running the show and no longer an active participant.
Raven and William Regal had some interesting behind the scenes action going on. Raven, before being let go from the company, followed Regal back to his hotel and beat him from pillar to post. It took a comedic turn when Raven, after smashing Regal's face into his dinner, used carrots for eyes and peas for a smiley face. Good stuff.
As I mentioned earlier, it didn't take long but within just a few short months (maybe it was only one month), ECW folded. The loser running it was too much of an idiot and he couldn't figure out how to do anything. The ECW talent ends up remaining where they are but will be run by Donnie B and Jeff Meyers.
All this happened in one month. By February, Donnie B was back in the game but this time as a manager. He was only allowed one pic and for whatever reason, he chose none other than...The Negronomicon. February also saw Shawn Michaels lose an "I Quit" match against his homeboy Triple H. This month also saw Donnie B purchase back WCW. He now is the owner of all 3 federations but in the case of WCW, Meyers will retain some minimal control. Billy Gunn is forced into retirement after losing a match to Eddie Guerrero. In what was supposed to be a bit of humor, on the way to the Feb PPV, some of the wrestlers wrapped Teddy Long's head in a towel and jokingly referred to him as a terrorist. After all the heightened measures from 9/11, the plane was grounded and everyone was detained.
More to come.....
Monday, February 21, 2011
News and fun stuff – 2011
Hey there everyone. Donnie B here breaking out the keyboard once again to jot some thoughts down and do some reminiscing. I was reading some wrestling dirt sheets the other day and noticed that the one and only ROCK is returning to the WWE. I also heard that Chris Jericho’s 2nd book has become a New York Times Best Seller. Congrats!!!
What is the point you ask? Well, it got me thinking. Do I want to start the game up again? Seeing the Rock back in the WWE has given the dying horse a good shot of adrenaline. Not sure if it was Mark Madden or someone that wrote that the Rock, on his return to the WWE, showed the wrestlers there what it means to cut a promo. Rocky back in the WWE; Steve Austin and now Trish Stratus are going to host the new Tough Enough show; Jericho and Booker T back in the wrestling scene….it all got me thinking. What if I could dedicate time to a new wrestling game? I’ve done it before but if I chose to get back into it, I would need to research and bring in new characters for the game. Sheamus was a world champion…how could I leave him out now? Daniel Bryan and Albert Del Rio…these two would be a good addition to the game but in order to create new cards for these guys, I’d have to start watching wrestling again – both TNA and WWE - to make sure all characters are updated as well as their moves. I’m not sure if I could get myself back into that. Heck, even the WWE was here in town and I easily could have gotten free tickets but I declined. Why you ask? The brands just are not interesting anymore. Do I really need to see Jeff Jarrett and Kurt Angle fight for custody of his real life children? No. That’s an easy one. See what happens when Bischoff and Hogan run the show? Rehashing old crap. I don’t need it anymore.
So you may be asking yourself, “Why come back now”? I got into re-reading some of the posts from 2010 and with the WWE’s Superbowl event Wrestlemania coming up in a few short weeks, I decided to go back and really think about what happened and how the game (Pro Wrestling Superstars) changed and evolved into what became the HWF and CSWA. I was thinking the other day about the longest reigning champion in my game. That was one I won’t forget. It was the Warlord (using the Iron Sheik card since I was too lazy to create new cards back then). He had about 120 title defenses (if the title was defended once a week, he would have held it for over 2 years). Now, I will admit that as his streak continued, I had to “pad” some of his matches; heck, even rig some so that his streak would be kept alive. Keep in mind, this was way before Goldberg. This was back in the day when Ted Dibiasi (with Maggie) took on Ric Flair much to the dismay of one Tricky Dick Murdock. I remember watching as Murdock took exception thinking he should have been the #1 contender and then promptly attacked Dibiasi and brainbusted him on the concrete. Now, back then, I’ll admit that I thought it was all real. Heck, if Pro Wrestling Illustrated said it was and even had an interview with Ted saying how he could have died, who wouldn’t have thought that? Ok, maybe those who understood the business would have known it was all planned but a gullible 15 year old kid didn’t.
I also remember hearing about the stabbing of Bruiser Brody; the deaths of the Von Erichs, Gino Hernandez, Eddie Gilbert, etc. Back then, it was really hard to separate truth from wrestling as those performers had to live their characters. When Gino Hernandez turned on Chris Adams and “blinded” him with the black liquid and then turned up dead less than a few weeks later, who wouldn’t have seen Adams as the #1 suspect in Gino’s death? I remember hearing when Mike Von Erich committed suicide.
I know it is still a very sore subject with plenty of people but I will say that Chris Benoit WAS my favorite wrestler of all time…yes, even more when I (stupidly) cheered on Hulk Hogan. Benoit was the man. Sure, he wasn’t a “Flair” or “Rock” on the mic but he had skills that spoke magic when he was in the ring. I do not condone what he did or the monster he became. I don’t know what was going on in his head and will never know. People will always condone him for being a murderer and I don’t stop them but where is the line drawn when it comes to people taking their own lives? Eddie Guerrero did drugs and even though he stopped, it did enough damage to end his life. What about all the other wrestlers who could no longer handle what life had laid out and decided to end it all? They killed themselves..in a sense, murder. I know the list is a lot more than this but what about Curt Hennig, Crash Holly, Bam Bam Bigelow, Sherri Martel and Miss Elizabeth. With that final one, I remember hearing that Lex Luger was somehow involved – brought in the drugs or something. Does killing oneself diminish the memories of what they gave to us every day of their lives? That is up to you to decide.
So, now on to the real reason I’m writing this today - I wanted to try to go back and reminisce some about matches and feuds that took place in the past (prior to 2003 when I started to put it down on paper and then save it) but I just don’t remember a whole lot. Some of the things I do remember were the Warlords World title reign; at Wrestlemania 6, when WC Hogan and IC champ UW squared off and Warrior won both titles, I was having my own Wrestlemania but had Hogan as the IC champ and Warrior as the WC. If I recall, Warrior still won but eventually Hogan took over the #1 spot. I remember that Sheik and Volkoff as well as White Ninja and Kendo Nagasaki were fantastic tag team champs. The team of Sgt Slaughter and Crusher Jerry Blackwell also dominated the scene. I made up some characters back then (Outback Elmer – a cross between Uncle Elmer and Outback Jack). Why? Who knows. My brother Mark who was the biggest Flair “mark” at the time always had Ric taking on Hogan and watching the Nature Boy come out victorious while I hollered and demanded a rematch for the “real” world champion (not the fake one who’s wrestling organization but mics under the mat to make sounds louder). Little did I know until later that all organizations did that. I even had the Mulkey Brothers in the game and they, like their flesh and blood counterparts lost every match (but one) they were in.
I have reached out to my siblings for help trying to remember what happened back in the day as my memories just aren’t what they used to be. Until I can gather more data, I’m going to fast forward to 2003 (the year I started writing and keeping “newsletters”).
But first, a little background. Starting in 2000, I was living in Colorado Springs and became roommates with Jeff “The Hawk” Meyers (aka MW3). Anytime I would go back to Houston to visit, I’d meet up with Wayne (aka Super Warrior) and we’d run through some matches. It was right around the end of 2002 when I found this guy on eBay selling custom made wrestling title belts. I decided to buy 4. I gave one to Wayne as a birthday gift (at least I think I did), had one created for the HWF World Champion, one for the CSWA World Champion and the 4th was for the winners of our (upcoming) Texas Holdem games. My thought on that last one was why bother with a ring or a bracelet when you can carry/wear a championship title on your shoulder or around your waist (this came a few years later).
It should be noted that before I had the titles created (back when I lived in Texas), we made up some crude cardboard titles – one for the world champion, one for the IC champ, the US champ, Western States Heritage Champ, and tag team titles. Not sure what happened to those but I think Mark and Steven have them stored safely away.
With new “real” titles, it was time to take the game to the next level. By this time, the characters of Donnie B, MW3, Super Warrior, Handsome G, Classy Travis Massie, the Negronomicon and others has been introduced to the game. On a side note, for those wondering where the name Negronomicon came from: Tony and his then girlfriend were watching I believe it was Army of Darkness and she mentioned the Necronomicon (book of the dead) and told Tony he should become the Negronomicon. That was all it took. As soon as Tony became involved in the game, he was the Negronomicon. My character was a cross between Mr. McMahon and well, me with more emphasis on Mr. McMahon. I tried to be the good guy but somehow always came out on the wrong end.
I’m going to stop here but when I start writing again, I’ll take us back to 2003 and recap all the happenings of that year and then the subsequent years. Who knows? If I get the writing bug and it sticks around, I may just brush off some cobwebs and have a Wrestlemania of my own…..
Thanks for reading.
Donnie B.
What is the point you ask? Well, it got me thinking. Do I want to start the game up again? Seeing the Rock back in the WWE has given the dying horse a good shot of adrenaline. Not sure if it was Mark Madden or someone that wrote that the Rock, on his return to the WWE, showed the wrestlers there what it means to cut a promo. Rocky back in the WWE; Steve Austin and now Trish Stratus are going to host the new Tough Enough show; Jericho and Booker T back in the wrestling scene….it all got me thinking. What if I could dedicate time to a new wrestling game? I’ve done it before but if I chose to get back into it, I would need to research and bring in new characters for the game. Sheamus was a world champion…how could I leave him out now? Daniel Bryan and Albert Del Rio…these two would be a good addition to the game but in order to create new cards for these guys, I’d have to start watching wrestling again – both TNA and WWE - to make sure all characters are updated as well as their moves. I’m not sure if I could get myself back into that. Heck, even the WWE was here in town and I easily could have gotten free tickets but I declined. Why you ask? The brands just are not interesting anymore. Do I really need to see Jeff Jarrett and Kurt Angle fight for custody of his real life children? No. That’s an easy one. See what happens when Bischoff and Hogan run the show? Rehashing old crap. I don’t need it anymore.
So you may be asking yourself, “Why come back now”? I got into re-reading some of the posts from 2010 and with the WWE’s Superbowl event Wrestlemania coming up in a few short weeks, I decided to go back and really think about what happened and how the game (Pro Wrestling Superstars) changed and evolved into what became the HWF and CSWA. I was thinking the other day about the longest reigning champion in my game. That was one I won’t forget. It was the Warlord (using the Iron Sheik card since I was too lazy to create new cards back then). He had about 120 title defenses (if the title was defended once a week, he would have held it for over 2 years). Now, I will admit that as his streak continued, I had to “pad” some of his matches; heck, even rig some so that his streak would be kept alive. Keep in mind, this was way before Goldberg. This was back in the day when Ted Dibiasi (with Maggie) took on Ric Flair much to the dismay of one Tricky Dick Murdock. I remember watching as Murdock took exception thinking he should have been the #1 contender and then promptly attacked Dibiasi and brainbusted him on the concrete. Now, back then, I’ll admit that I thought it was all real. Heck, if Pro Wrestling Illustrated said it was and even had an interview with Ted saying how he could have died, who wouldn’t have thought that? Ok, maybe those who understood the business would have known it was all planned but a gullible 15 year old kid didn’t.
I also remember hearing about the stabbing of Bruiser Brody; the deaths of the Von Erichs, Gino Hernandez, Eddie Gilbert, etc. Back then, it was really hard to separate truth from wrestling as those performers had to live their characters. When Gino Hernandez turned on Chris Adams and “blinded” him with the black liquid and then turned up dead less than a few weeks later, who wouldn’t have seen Adams as the #1 suspect in Gino’s death? I remember hearing when Mike Von Erich committed suicide.
I know it is still a very sore subject with plenty of people but I will say that Chris Benoit WAS my favorite wrestler of all time…yes, even more when I (stupidly) cheered on Hulk Hogan. Benoit was the man. Sure, he wasn’t a “Flair” or “Rock” on the mic but he had skills that spoke magic when he was in the ring. I do not condone what he did or the monster he became. I don’t know what was going on in his head and will never know. People will always condone him for being a murderer and I don’t stop them but where is the line drawn when it comes to people taking their own lives? Eddie Guerrero did drugs and even though he stopped, it did enough damage to end his life. What about all the other wrestlers who could no longer handle what life had laid out and decided to end it all? They killed themselves..in a sense, murder. I know the list is a lot more than this but what about Curt Hennig, Crash Holly, Bam Bam Bigelow, Sherri Martel and Miss Elizabeth. With that final one, I remember hearing that Lex Luger was somehow involved – brought in the drugs or something. Does killing oneself diminish the memories of what they gave to us every day of their lives? That is up to you to decide.
So, now on to the real reason I’m writing this today - I wanted to try to go back and reminisce some about matches and feuds that took place in the past (prior to 2003 when I started to put it down on paper and then save it) but I just don’t remember a whole lot. Some of the things I do remember were the Warlords World title reign; at Wrestlemania 6, when WC Hogan and IC champ UW squared off and Warrior won both titles, I was having my own Wrestlemania but had Hogan as the IC champ and Warrior as the WC. If I recall, Warrior still won but eventually Hogan took over the #1 spot. I remember that Sheik and Volkoff as well as White Ninja and Kendo Nagasaki were fantastic tag team champs. The team of Sgt Slaughter and Crusher Jerry Blackwell also dominated the scene. I made up some characters back then (Outback Elmer – a cross between Uncle Elmer and Outback Jack). Why? Who knows. My brother Mark who was the biggest Flair “mark” at the time always had Ric taking on Hogan and watching the Nature Boy come out victorious while I hollered and demanded a rematch for the “real” world champion (not the fake one who’s wrestling organization but mics under the mat to make sounds louder). Little did I know until later that all organizations did that. I even had the Mulkey Brothers in the game and they, like their flesh and blood counterparts lost every match (but one) they were in.
I have reached out to my siblings for help trying to remember what happened back in the day as my memories just aren’t what they used to be. Until I can gather more data, I’m going to fast forward to 2003 (the year I started writing and keeping “newsletters”).
But first, a little background. Starting in 2000, I was living in Colorado Springs and became roommates with Jeff “The Hawk” Meyers (aka MW3). Anytime I would go back to Houston to visit, I’d meet up with Wayne (aka Super Warrior) and we’d run through some matches. It was right around the end of 2002 when I found this guy on eBay selling custom made wrestling title belts. I decided to buy 4. I gave one to Wayne as a birthday gift (at least I think I did), had one created for the HWF World Champion, one for the CSWA World Champion and the 4th was for the winners of our (upcoming) Texas Holdem games. My thought on that last one was why bother with a ring or a bracelet when you can carry/wear a championship title on your shoulder or around your waist (this came a few years later).
It should be noted that before I had the titles created (back when I lived in Texas), we made up some crude cardboard titles – one for the world champion, one for the IC champ, the US champ, Western States Heritage Champ, and tag team titles. Not sure what happened to those but I think Mark and Steven have them stored safely away.
With new “real” titles, it was time to take the game to the next level. By this time, the characters of Donnie B, MW3, Super Warrior, Handsome G, Classy Travis Massie, the Negronomicon and others has been introduced to the game. On a side note, for those wondering where the name Negronomicon came from: Tony and his then girlfriend were watching I believe it was Army of Darkness and she mentioned the Necronomicon (book of the dead) and told Tony he should become the Negronomicon. That was all it took. As soon as Tony became involved in the game, he was the Negronomicon. My character was a cross between Mr. McMahon and well, me with more emphasis on Mr. McMahon. I tried to be the good guy but somehow always came out on the wrong end.
I’m going to stop here but when I start writing again, I’ll take us back to 2003 and recap all the happenings of that year and then the subsequent years. Who knows? If I get the writing bug and it sticks around, I may just brush off some cobwebs and have a Wrestlemania of my own…..
Thanks for reading.
Donnie B.
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