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How the hell does Morrison drop from that?

Masters
Santino/Trish
Reks/Hawkins
Slater/ZigSwag
Sheffield
Nash
Del Rio
BONUS: Somebody's gonna turn tonight! Who? Kane

Survivors of Match 1: RVD, Jeff, Raven
Survivors of Match 2: Sting, Anderson
Surviving Winners: Raven

Bonus question: Angle

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Survivors of Match 1: Team 1 RVD/Robbie E
Survivors of Match 2: Team 4 AJ Styles/Sting

Surviving Winners: Robbie E (mmhm yup)

Bonus question: Who wins the match between AJ Styles and Kurt Angle at the PPV (2 points) Angle

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From: muddersmilk | #201
How the hell does Morrison drop from that?

Probably because he was overshadowed by his tag partners too much (since it was technically a tag match). If his overness was too far below and he didn't have good momentum and/or a good gimmick he might not come out of the segment looking good.

Speaking of momentum by the way Robbie E's momentum reset to "has not yet been created" again I dunno what's up with this. Hopefully it doesn't end up hurting my ability to push him. (He's at 15 over up from 4 now after winning that three way for those keeping score at home)

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Masters
X-Pac/Serena
Otunga/McGillicutty
Slater/ZigSwag
Sheffield
Nash
WWE Title: Del Rio (c)
BONUS: Somebody's gonna turn tonight! Who? (2 pts.) Vince McMahon

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Survivors of Match 1: Robbie E
Survivors of Match 2: Jarrett/Bully

Surviving Winners: Robbie E

Bonus question: Who wins the match between AJ Styles and Kurt Angle at the PPV (2 points) Kurt Angle

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Survivors of Match 1: Jeff Hardy
Survivors of Match 2: 2 AJ Styles/Ultramantis Black

Surviving Winners: UMB

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Survivors of Match 1: RVD Robbie E Jeff Hardy
Survivors of Match 2: Sting and Anderson

RVD and Robbie

Angle

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X-Pac/Serena
Otunga/McGillicutty
Slater/ZigSwag
Primo
Nash
WWE Title:Morrison
BONUS: Somebody's gonna turn tonight! Who? (2 pts.)

The Miz

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Survivors of Match 1: Jeff Hardy
Survivors of Match 2: 2 AJ Styles/Ultramantis Black

Surviving Winners: UMB

bonus question: AJ

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From: Lopen | #203
Probably because he was overshadowed by his tag partners too much (since it was technically a tag match). If his overness was too far below and he didn't have good momentum and/or a good gimmick he might not come out of the segment looking good.

Speaking of momentum by the way Robbie E's momentum reset to "has not yet been created" again I dunno what's up with this. Hopefully it doesn't end up hurting my ability to push him. (He's at 15 over up from 4 now after winning that three way for those keeping score at home)

Yesssss. Future World Champ right there.

And its funny Tom's Morrison fanboyness STILL cant get Morrison over, even with the greatest push he could possibly get.

Plus I just realized, if Morrison wasnt eliminated neither was Cena.

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I'm not even that much of a Morrison fanboy, it's just....there aren't many good face options on Raw at all, and I don't really feel like making it the Cena and HHH Happy Fun Time Jamboree. Cena's one, and Kane's maybe two. After that...you've got Morrison, Dreamer, and Kofi as your top faces, unless you count HHH and make him start wrestling a bunch. After THAT you've got Gabriel and Santino before delving into the Rileys and Ryans. SOMEBODY needs to be a new breakout face, and since I'm kinda bored of Kofi, Morrison is getting the nod for now.

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Well Morrison is no AJ Styles...!

Seriously though I kinda agree with the idea of pushing Morrison and it's kinda sad it bombed, though I think WWE actually generally has the right formula of "elevate lower guys as heel, turn face when their raw skill just makes the fans like them" so I would've probably turned Morrison heel and turned Swagger or Alberto face somehow to fill the role. (also cause I think Morrison is better as a heel and these two seem like they'd do better as faces no matter what the game stats say)

Not to say it would've worked better that way. I think the reason it didn't work in game terms is because it was a mostly left field performance in a multi-man match which means dude would need huge momentum (which I assume he didn't have hence mostly left field) and a great gimmick to really reap it. Maybe his starting momentum and gimmick were really good for whatever reason, though.

(For the record I didn't use the "build as heel then turn face" method on AJ Styles because AJ Styles was already legitimate by TNA canon so it was more of a reaffirmation than a breakout-- also heel AJ is only good as a goofy midcarder imhhho)

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Well, that kinda push doesn't really translate that well into mechanics, either. I'm told that "Keep Strong" doesn't really matter much for somebody who's already winning the match, so since I'm not willing to have Morrison SQUASH the heel team, all I could do was really bank on the exposure and the actual pinfall giving him a boost.

Autopush is just WEIRD all around this game. I'm currently on Wk 2 Raw and he's back in the ME, but now ORTON has dropped down to UMC, a push he shares with such prestigious, monster-pushed names as DH SMITH and TYLER REKS.

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It kinda does, because guys get bigger over/momentum bonuses from high rated segments if the game feels they're the star of it or at least looked better than was expected I'm pretty sure. Keep strong doesn't work so great as you said (in fact I think it hurts them if they're winning because my experience is that note almost always lowers the segment rating and lower segment ratings give you less popularity bonus) but if they've got a bunch of miscellaneous bonuses like morale, charisma/star quality, momentum, gimmick working heavily for them their "relative contribution" to the segment can catch them up to the other more over guys.

Of course it's probably easier if you're in a less over based fed too as the game will care more about their performance skills when determining the star (at least I'm pretty sure) but yeah.

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RAW Wk. 1 12/11

Pre-show: La Parka d. Raven (Hardcore, 41); AAE d. Curtis (60); Punk rallies the troops (88)

-HHH is out to open the show and celebrate his team's victory! He says as a thank you to Morrison, he gets a shot at Del Rio TONIGHT! He calls Punk out to the ring. Punk congratulates HHH on a job well done, and hopes they can get along together. HHH says bugger to that! All of Punk's cronies are in action tonight! He won't be taking a soft stance on the nWo at all. Punk is kinda mad.
Rating: 92

-Match: Dreamer v. Masters
Masters has lots of trouble with the wily vet, but manages to pull out a win.
Rating: 74

-Match: Santino and Trish v. X-Pac and Serena
The faces roll to a win, with Trish doing most of the heavy lifting.
Rating: 75

-Due to a misclick, Santino asks Beth Phoenix out on a date. He gets shot down.
Rating: 64

-Random-ass filler match: Reks/Hawkins d. Otungacutty, Ryan/Riley
Rating: 69

-ZigSwag and Vickie are out to the ring. Mr. Ziggles laughs at Dreamer, and promises to continue his reign of awesomeness!
Rating: 79

-Match: Gabriel/Air Boom v. Slater/ZigSwag
Back and forth match, with Swagger picking up the win.
Rating: 68

-Match: Primo v. Drew v. Sheffield
Primo and Drew fail to get revenge for last week. Yep yep yep.
Rating: 52

-Kane says he's not done with Del Rio. He may have gotten away last night, but he can't run forever! Kane will find him and destroy him sooner or later.
Rating: 84

-Match: Kane v. Nash
Nash holds his own, but ultimately gets out-monstered.
Rating: 72

-The nWo choose this time to make their statement for the evening. The entire faction swarms Kane in the ring and issue a beatdown! Punk busts out the spraypaint and tags Kane with the logo.
Rating: 82

-WWE Title: Del Rio (c) v. Morrison
.....Very open match. Morrison threatens on several occasions, but can't quite get the 3-count, especially since Del Rio pulls every low-level heel trick in the book. He jams his thumb into Morrison's eye! BRRRRRRRRRRAPPLEDOUUUUUUGHHHH! JOHN CENA comes barreling down the ramp for the save! Del Rio looks very confused, but takes a swing at Cena anyway, which Cena reverses into the 5MoD! That's, uh, that's an obvious DQ.
Rating: 75

-Cena poses with Morrison! ....Or rather, he poses next to Morrison, as the challenger looks none too appreciative of the help. Cena informs us that he was HAPPY to help his GOOD BUDDY MORRISON against the EVIL Del Rio! HUSTLE LOYALTY RESPECT! Morrison kindly inquires why Cena felt the need to cost him the title when he had a legit chance of winning it. Cena answers that he's RISING ABOVE HATE, and that Del Rio is just a HAM SAMMICH! Morrison is getting quite pissed at this point, and asks if Cena realizes that he cost him the title just now. Cena accuses Morrison of being ungrateful, and claims he CAN'T SEE HIM! THE WWE UNIVERSE was just begging for Cena to check Del Rio into the SMACKDOWN HOTEL! The WWE Universe seems unconvinced of this, which Morrison points out. Cena's grin starts to look incredibly forced, and he stands there for a long time....before clonking Morrison over the head with the mic! Morrison gets the AA! Cena stares down at him, and then at the crowd.
Rating: 92
Cena's turn was a complete success!

-Cena looks concerned, and asks the crowd what they want from him? He looks sad at the ensuing CENA SUCKS chant, and looks down. When he looks back up, he has a rather evil looking grin. He leaves, laughing to himself.
Rating: 83

Post-show: HHH calls out Cena on the ramp (100); Morrison/HHH/Kane d. Cena/Punk/Del Rio (65)

Overall: 78 SUCCESS ANGLES HELPED

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-....Man, I really need some faces who don’t suck on Raw. The correct response is OBVIOUSLY turning Cena heel. Obviously.

-The Cena turn is probably one of those angles that makes more sense in my brain than on paper, but I’m pretty excited about it. SOMEBODY needed to be heel in the Cena/Rock feud, and since I am indeed going to have WM be in Rockland (if I remember >_>) I settled on Cena.

-....Heck, I’d settle for midcard HEELS who don’t suck. I have some decent top draws but after that eeehhhhhhhh.

-Raven’s unhappy about putting La Parka over, but....he can deal. Raven has crappy over and doesn’t want to go to FCW, so I don’t really have anything for him to do anyway.

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War- 7/8
Maniac- 7/8
Dante- 5/8
Gr8 (hell with that)- 5/8
Lopen- 4/8
GTM- 4/8
eddv- 1/8

Surprised at how many people picked Drew Mac. Maybe that's a hint I should give him more of a chance. Lot of tossups this card, but folks did fairly okay anyway. Could this be War's month?

PREDICT IT
NXT Wk. 1, 12/11

Parka/Dutt v. Chavo/Washington
Rollins v. Daivari
Woods v. Williams
Show v. Mordecai/Edwards
Second City Saints v. Dreamer/Bryan (Guest Ref: Woods) (Whoever gets the win is Woods' official Pro. Colt counts as Punk.)
BONUS: Will the ME have a clean finish? (2)

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Rollins
Woods
Show
Second City Saints
BONUS: Will the ME have a clean finish? (2) No.

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Chavo/Washington
Rollins
Williams
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Second City Saints
BONUS: Yes

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Parka/Dutt
Rollins
Williams
Mordecai/Edwards
Second City Saints(Guest Ref: Woods) (Whoever gets the win is Woods' official Pro. Colt counts as Punk.)
BONUS: Will the ME have a clean finish? (2)

NO

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What a strange Cena turn. It's kinda hilarious though i he's going to continue INSANE CATCHPHRASE SPAM

Chavo/Washington
Rollins
Williams
Show
Second City Saints
BONUS: Will the ME have a clean finish? (2) No

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BONUS: ...Yes

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From: Lopen | Posted: 3/17/2012 2:29:39 PM | #228
What a strange Cena turn. It's kinda hilarious though i he's going to continue INSANE CATCHPHRASE SPAM

well hopefully it's fleshed out next week in the obligatory WHY FRESHLY TURNED HEEL WHY promo

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Chavo/Washington
Rollins
Williams
Show
Second City Saints
BONUS: Will the ME have a clean finish? No.

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Pretty decent pre PPV hype show even if I don't have much in the way of wonky debuts. (was trying to let Tom catch up but I'm kinda hype for the PPV so I'm going to put that off <_<)

Impact December Week 4 2011

SHOWTIME:

The show starts with Sting, Styles, Samoa Joe, and Kurt Angle in the ring with the token contract table to sign the match for the PPV. Kurt wants a match to work off ring rust, but he wants Styles banned from ringside. Sting grants him the match with AJ being banned from ringside, but says AJ can pick someone to face Angle. AJ picks his "good friends that also represent the good of old school TNA" the Motor City Machine Guns to face Joe and Angle tonight! (93)

Sting and Kendrick beat Anderson and X-Pac in a "Final Resolution preview" match that Sting made but that isn't really a preview at all (74)

Robbie E is backstage looking distraught, minus Big Robbie T. Wild Stevie Ray appears! Robbie E appeals to Stevie and says he needs a new guy to enforce THE LIST that Big Robbie T went to India. Stevie Ray says times have been hard lately so he'll consider it, but suckas gotta pay for his bouncer services. Robbie E says sure he'll pay, bro, and hands him THE LIST. (42)

Angelina Love and Winter d. Tara and Hamada (70) The Pope d. Robbie E in another "final resolution preview" match. Stevie Ray tries to slide Robbie E a slapjack during the match but Daffney slides in and takes it first and slapjacks Pope after the match (78)

Austin Aries d. Glacier and Douglas Williams to retain. Mid match the match the announcers argue whether Glacier or Douglas Williams meet the weight limits of the X-Division and Glacier leaves the match to go stop a Matt Morgan debut video. (65)

Beer Money is backstage talking, when UltraMantis Black approaches them and suggests that it must be insulting for AJ Styles to pick the MCMG to test Angle and Joe over Beer Money... they're not even the champs, after all. Roode says he's got a point, "thanks Daniels" as they head to the ring and UMB increduously denies being Daniels some more. Beer Money head to the ring and call AJ out! AJ responds to the call and says that while Sting may have banned him from facing Angle he can beat their ass. (71) AJ Styles d. Beer Money after the MCMG interfere, but is beaten down pretty badly during the match. (78)

Orlando Jordan d. The Lethal Warrior. He uses a lot of chops and finishes with the Figure 4 for some reason. After the match Voodoo Priest Hernandez rushes to the ring and shakes a staff while doing a dance sorta thing and shouting "whoo!" as Orlando heads to the back, ignoring him. (64)

RVD and Jeff Hardy are scheduled to face Team 3D in another inane "preview match." Jeff Hardy says the savior will not be lowered to teaming with RVD tonight. RVD starts a handicap match, but during the match Suicide swings down from the rafters and fills in as RVD's tag partner (72) RVD and Suicide d. Team 3D when Jeff Hardy gets Team 3D dqed by attacking RVD. (86)

Angle and Joe trash talk AJ and say they hope he enjoys helplessly watching them dismantle his buddies the MCMG from backstage (90)

Angle and Joe d. Motor City Machine Guns in an incredibly competitive match where the MCMG come up just short (99!) After the match Joe and Angle continue to beat the MCMG down. AJ Styles rushes out to help but is practically limping to the ring and is overwhelmed as well. Bah gawd can AJ overcome the odds at the PPV!? (82)

86 - Success! Lol angles.

Bah. Was expecting better after that 99 main event! I wonder if my PPV can actually follow this.

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Raw gets 84
Superstars gets 62
Smackdown gets 76

RVD and Suicide have good chemistry as a team. Kinda cool. Maybe I'll use them as a team more often.
Same with Team 3D and MCMG-- have a feeling those are probably programmed in though.
Robbie E's momentum has finally gotten out of the 'not created' zone... it's 8, now. I'm thinking maybe it was negative or 0, somehow <_< ROBBIE E! ROBBIE E!

Meanwhile teams are still finished, and you still have till the next show goes up to predict if you haven't yet:



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86 is the best ive ever seen an LOL angles show get!

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I don't think LOL angles actually means much for the rating for the record. I think it just says that if you had any angles that were significantly lower rated than the show.

And in fact I bet the show wouldn't have gotten it if I didn't have that Robbie E/Stevie Ray segment. Or my post-show "Alex Wright and Disco Inferno duel promos with Hogan and Bischoff to get better at color" segment.

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Quite a step up from the usual "lol angles"-esque shows we get.

From what I've read, it DOES ding your overall rating, I just don't know how much.

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Huh. I assumed it dinged it but not disproportionately to the bad segments do just by their scores dragging you down.

Does overusing people ding the rating too? Robbie E and UMB and Cliff Compton have been overused lately which could be tanking my rating more than usual.

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As I understand it, which I'm not sure is correct, the overall is actually calculated by taking the weighted average of the matches and bumping it up or down X points based on how the average of the major angles compares to it. But then I also heard that having just one bad angle (even pre- or post-show) will get you the lol angles note and a ding. So...I have no idea.

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Wk. 1, 12/11

Pre-show: Mordecai vows to show Edwards a thing or two in their match tonight (54); Barrett hypes his upcoming dark match win as well as Daivari’s upcoming continued dominance over Rollins (61); Barrett/Slater d. Santino/Yoshi (64)

-Match: Parka and Dutt v. Chavo and Abe
Abe is goofing around again, and his cockiness gets him in trouble again...but thanks to some shady tactics (and a lack of conveniently accessible chairs), Chavo’s able to save the day for the heels.
Rating: 50
Parka/Dutt terrible tag chemistry

-Washington celebrates the win, but Chavo slaps him upside the head. Abe has NOTHING to celebrate, and Chavo won’t let him turn this program into a farce. He has to take this MUCH more seriously.
Rating: 55

-Match: Rollins v. Daivari
In a bit of contrast to the previous match, Show keeps trying to get Rollins to lighten up and work the crowd, but Rollins is obviously focused on getting his win back from last week. Rollins appears to be going for a kind of Benoit-like character, as he quietly but furiously exacts his revenge on Daivari.
Rating: 49
Show/Rollins very poor chem
Rollins/Daivari good chem
Rollins wants to ditch Show :\

-Match: Woods v. Cap’n Petey
Woods comes out without Bryan OR Dreamer. Slater on the other hand is all over ringside, and his shenanigans help Williams pick up the win over an unfocused Woods.
Rating: 16

-Dreamer comes rushing out to ringside to apologize for missing the match. His shift at Sunglass Hut went over...Woods is rather disappointed, but more disappointed is Daniel Bryan. Bryan berates Dreamer for no-showing again after he was given a second chance! PUNK interrupts them both, and berates them both for treating their Rookie like some sort of burden. Why, he and Colt are best buddies, and Punk considers it an honor to mentor him! Perhaps Woods would be better off joining the nWo with them! They bicker back and forth for a while before settling on a TAG MATCH PLAYA. Whoever gets the pin will be Woods’ permanent Pro! (Unless Colt wins. Presumably he’d go to Punk.) ...And Woods will be the ref! What a convenient main event!
Rating: 66

-Mordecai hypes up himself and Eddie Edwards. Mordecai has the experience edge, but he senses great potential in this Rookie. Together, they can build on Mordecai’s knowledge and fell the behemoth that is Big Show!
Rating: 46

-Match: Show v. Edwards/Mordecai
Show vents some frustrations on the duo, and Mordecai’s “experience” leads to several miscues when he tries to dictate his Rookie’s strategy. Edwards nonetheless heeds his Pro’s every word. The match is almost saved by Edwards’ skills, but in the end neither one can handle the monster face.
Rating: 66

-Match: Second City Saints v. Dreamer/Bryan (Ref: Xavier Woods)
We’re reminded that Woods will essentially pick his Pro by his refereeing tonight. The Saints are a well-oiled machine despite the odd duality of Punk being the company’s top heel and Cabana being a lovable goof, and Cabana steps up and shows quite a bit of tenacity against such steep competition. Despite this, he’s clearly the odd man out here, and Punk can’t quite pick up his slack. Woods calls it down the middle right until the end....with Bryan getting the pin.
Rating: 67

Post-show: Punk calls in the nWo for a revenge strike, but Cabana talks them out of it (54); Gabriel d. Carlito for no real reason (50)

Overall: 61 LOL ANGLES
Mordecai and Edwards overused, Colt far overused.

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-...I say that’s a pretty dang good rating for a show built around jobbers! We’ll ignore that it was mostly due to the Pro saturation in the top two matches.

-Dutt and Parka having such bad chemistry makes me very sad. I was intending to keep them around as a tag team after NXT and maybe see about building them to a title run, even. It’s also I think my favorite NXT pairing as far as planned storyline, so....:(

-It’s...actually kinda tough to fit everything into an hour. I haven’t been able to go nearly as far into team dynamics or character development as I wanted to in the first two weeks, and Williams literally has no angle so far beyond “is a pirate.” I’m trying to do some complex and subtle (at least relative to general Tombooking) storytelling, and it’s hard when I can barely fit everybody into matches and only do three angles a card. The upside is that it’s fun, if a bit frustrating, to try!

-And Show/Rollins doing poorly...hmmmmm.

-I thought Punk and Bryan were buds to a degree? They aren’t in this mod, at least. Original ME was a Punk/Bryan/Dreamer triple threat with Bryan going over, but Punk griped about it. I almost did it anyway because holy crap I have three months until he’s theoretically in a title match at Mania aaaaaahhhhhhhh


NEWSWIRE

-Impact got a perfectly fine 76, with a solid 6-man tag and Anderson/Sabin as the top draws.

-I am entertained by any show that has Scott Hall being the performance of the night in 2011. He did so at a JCW show, with a downright decent match against Vito.

-AJPW have made an interesting move in bringing Chris Hero on board for a tour.

-Reports indicate that HHH got in an altercation with a fan outside before the Raw tapings. He seems to believe his position guarantees his safety. He’s probably right.

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Dante- 6/5
Gr8- 5/5
Maniac- 4/5
Lopen- 4/5
War- 2/5
GTM- 2/5
eddv- 2/5

Pretty rough show, with lots of tossups. Almost nobody saw the clean finish coming, lol. War slips pretty badly after an auspicious start, and poor eddv is just...yeah.

Maniac- 11/13
Dante- 11/13
Gr8- 10/13
War- 9/13
Lopen- 8/13
GTM- 6/13
eddv- 3/13


PREDICT IT!
SD Wk. 1, 12/11

Bryan v. Carlito
? v. Mordecai (Winner gets an immediate title shot)
AJ/Hart Dynasty v. Natalya/Husky/Young
Zeke v. Cara II
IC Title: Cody (c) v. Yoshi
Usos v. Haas/Dibiase
Sheamus v. Brodus
Taker/Orton/Show v. Awesome Truth/Christian
BONUS (3 pts.): Who's the new SD GM?

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Bryan
Mordecai (Winner gets an immediate title shot)
AJ/Hart Dynasty
Cara II
IC Title: Cody (c)
Haas/Dibiase
Sheamus
Awesome Truth/Christian
BONUS (3 pts.): Who's the new SD GM? The Rock

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Bryan
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Natalya/Husky/Young
Zeke
IC Title: Cody (c)
Haas/Dibiase
Sheamus
Awesome Truth/Christian
BONUS (3 pts.): Who's the new SD GM? I'm feeling Vickie. I don't know why and I hope I'm wrong. She might not even be on your roster, I don't feel like checking.

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Bryan
Mordecai (Winner gets an immediate title shot)
AJ/Hart Dynasty
Cara II
IC Title: Cody (c)
Usos
Sheamus
Awesome Truth/Christian
BONUS (3 pts.): Who's the new SD GM? HHH

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Carlito
Mordecai (Winner gets an immediate title shot)
AJ/Hart Dynasty v. Natalya/Husky/Young
Cara II
IC Title: Cody (c)
Usos
Sheamus
Taker/Orton/Show
BONUS (3 pts.): Who's the new SD GM? stephanie mcmahon

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The one and only Underdog Millionaire and UCA CORPORATE Champion

Bryan
?
Natalya/Husky/Young
Cara II
IC Title: Cody (c)
Haas/Dibiase
Sheamus
Taker/Orton/Show
BONUS (3 pts.): William Regal

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Not so Gr8 anymore.

Bryan
Mordecai
AJ/Hart Dynasty (Natalya vs the Hart Dynasty what is this)
Cara II
Cody (c)
Usos
Sheamus
Taker/Orton/Show
BONUS (3 pts.): Who's the new SD GM? Going left field with Bret Hart

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Oh and yeah I have pretty strong evidence that lol angles does in fact hurt your overall rating, just to confirm. I used Arnold Schwarzenegger's Running Man Pro Wrestling and held the exact same card 3 times in a row, the only difference being having a poorly rated angle in the postshow to get lol angles on the second one. Got 62, 58, 61 as the show ratings. The main event rated at 62 each time (Arnold d. Ron Simmons for everyone keeping score at home) and the undercard didn't vary all that much so yeah I'm pretty sure it knocks your show's rating down 3-4 points or so.

I also did a few similar cards and tried to get the Arnold overused note. Didn't seem to make much of a difference-- might have hurt his popularity slightly but I don't think so. However I would guess that might be the effect of that note and it's just not too harsh unless you get heavily overused. I know Arnold's pop has randomly dropped from 89 to 87 in the Tri-State area over the course of a month or so (started at 80 though) but I'm not sure if that's the accumulation of many "Arnold Overused" notes or just being in angles/matches that aren't high enough quality to maintain the pop.

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Rollins wants to ditch Show :\

Time for a pro swap challenge


Bryan
?
AJ/Hart Dynasty
Zeke
IC Title: Cody (c)
Usos
Sheamus
Taker/Orton/Show
BONUS (3 pts.): Who's the new SD GM? Regal.

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