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SHOW #37

-Joshua Bright welcomes us to the show, but he's in edgy mode and questions @MajinZidane 's ability to hack it in this company. Also, B8WL should fire Russo.

-Match: Boko v. Bryan
Boko turns some heads by going blow for blow with the former #1 Contender, but Bryan eventually gets the Yes Lock applied. Boko gets the ropes, but Bryan drags him back to the middle and reapplies it.....Boko hangs on.....but eventually taps!
Winner: Bryan

-Bryan admits that he lost some focus when going after Cena, but now he's back on the right track.

-Scare is watching old sitcoms backstage on Netflix with Sakura Sojirou, and almost misses his match!

-Match: Scare v. Flair
Flair takes the offensive early on, but Scare is able to no-sell a lot of it with his sheer size advantage. (I have no idea what Scare is like IRL but we rarely use the HEAVY attribute in this fed so for our purposes he's a super fat stereotypical nerd build >_>) Flair starts to put some momentum together, as Cena comes out to observe. Flair lands a brass knuckles shot! He hits a big elbow drop, but is starting to gas. Scare hits Days Like These, but fails to cover. A series of near falls ensues, with Scare narrowly missing The Strangest Thing....twice. Cena's interjecting himself some too, but Flair gets a low blow into the Figure Four, and holds on through a reversal sequence! Scare taps! WOOOOO ensues.
Winner: Flair

-The Randomaniacs are here to talk to Flair, even though he is busy elbow dropping the ring. Maniac has a box with him, but Flair spends some time whining about Cena's involvement in the match first. Flair beat Scare anyway because he's the best in the business! Eaed wants to get to the box. It's from Daniel Bryan, and addressed to Flair. It's....a shredded Flair robe! While Flair freaks out, Eaed also finds a letter and starts reading it. Bryan thinks Flair is too wrapped up in his own ego, like Bryan used to be! Bryan's turning over a new leaf and getting back in touch with the fans, and Flair should too! ...But Bryan knows he needs a reality check first, so he's getting in Flair's head. And indeed Flair is quite upset. ...He takes it out on the still semi-injured Eaed! Flair hits a sucker punch and some slight offense before slapping on the Figure Four! Maniac won't let that happen to his good friend! Maniac comes over....and scrapes his boot across Eaed's face! Maniac gets a dark look, and abandons Eaed....

-Eddv is backstage hyping up how bad MLMF are gonna wreck Mario and Strife....when they show up! They pummel Eddv all over the backstage area, with his stablemates stuck in the ring unable to help!

-Match: Mario and Strife v. MLMF (ECHO and Truth)
....Unfortunately, without Sonic to be the glue, the pairing of Mario and Strife just doesn't gel in actual matches. Even with a "hot" tag, the faces are unable to keep up their momentum against the well-oiled MLMF machine, and ECHO puts it away with the Spike Piledriver.
Winner: MLMF

-Peach bails on Mario....

-Zangief comments that there is a lot of chaos in B8WL tonight....but beards are forever. Rock doesn't even have hair at all- is he even a real man? He's certainly not a master of taybles, or a king.
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-MASTERY OF TAYBLES: Champion The Rock v. Korayashi
Rock takes Kora down, but Kora ties him up into a Sharpshooter! Won't help him too much in a Taybles match, though. Rock fires off some right hands after Kora lets him go, then staggers him with a gutbuster! Rock sets up for the Rock Bottom into a corner table....but Kora blocks it, and reverses it into a suplex t'rew it!
Winner and NEW Master of Taybles: Kora

-Falsetto from Eternal Sonata comes out to console Rock and praise him for his commitment to the people.

-Eaed bumps into Bison on the latter's way to the ring. Eaed won't forget Bison's actions, but he has bigger fish to fry right now. Bison is also willing to let Eaed go for now.

-Match: Panth v. Bison
Panth is NOT HAVING ANY CRAP TODAY. He hits all of his spots right out of the gate, and although Bison is able to battle back for a bit, Panth stays on him like a RABID DOG and locks in a sleeper! ....Bison's out!
Winner: Panth

-Bison wakes up and complains to the ref, but Panth runs him off!

-GRUDGE: Undertaker and davidponte v. Hardcore Champ Bowser and Ludwig von Koopa
The crowd is firmly behind the faces, but Bowser opens up with a big kneebuster on Taker, and tags out. .....Except Taker sure is selling that knee. Like a lot. Referee Sam Calhoun throws up the X!
NO CONTEST

-ECHO comes charging out, not particularly staying in character, and helps get Taker on a stretcher to be carried out of the arena.

The Undertaker would later announce on Twitter that he has taken medical advice to retire.
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((I'm kinda amused because ECHO was in the "hot box" in order to raise the odds of a teamup with Bowser but instead he wound up turning face >_>))

((seriously what was up with the dice this episode I rolled so many doubles, and doubles usually means something screwy happens))

((like three turns, a career-ending injury, and Peach leaving Mario))
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Dang. Stupid Mario
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SHOW 38
David hosts ECHO
UCA: Bang (c) v. Boko
Cena+Bryan v. Flair+???
Strife v. Eddv
Mario v. Truth
ECHO v. Bowser
Eaed v. Zangief

SHOW 39: NORMAL PPV
Bryan v. Flair
Eaed v. Maniac

FUTURE

@davidponte
@IhatethisCPU
either of you interested in writing (or collabing) the script for your segment? It's more open-ended than usual
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Ooh. Myself v. Eddv. Been a while.

*Sharpens several things in advance*
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We seem to be tenuously heading for some combination of Zangief/Kora/Maniac teamup if anybody has any name suggestions or strong feelings about it

Like dang I was hoping to generate some new directions but this feels like a whole new fed
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(I don't feel comfortable writing for another human being, so collabing feels better for me, just lemme know what's needed from me. ...And hecking hell, yeah, dice tend to mess with plans. ^_^' ._.' ....And gonna be honest I'm a mite lost at the whole face thing, but will do what I can. hecking dice)
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David's call then!

heck while I'm taking input @Eddv do you want to carry on with Truth or is that the end of the MLMF?
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shoot i'm jobbin'
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Eaed you were an inadequate knight, not fit to serve the King. I can do better
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I'd probably feel more comfortable letting CPU loosely interpret my character than to write my own promo at this point.

Especially because I keep jobbing out to giant turtle lizards.
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....you have entirely too much faith in my writing ability david ^_^'
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The TRUTH shall set us free.

Yeah lets keep it going.
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Yo so what can I do here
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you can SIGN UP

or follow along
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I sign
What I do
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Wait to debut! as luck would have it a spot just opened up so you'll get that one instead of Hollywood Hogan

and let me know if there's anything funky you want for your character otherwise I'm just gonna play you like...you :P

Other than that it's mostly just observing although sometimes I'll ask for your input on your stories or other stuff

You can also nominate folks to the celebrity pool (for eventual cameos) every PPV cycle- it changes with demand but this time it's four.
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*bumping to be safe*
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I dreamed last night that I tried to actually use the game to book an actual fed. Even I wasn't sure how I got Cena to show up, but I got Omega and Marty Scrull too.

Anyway I predict Friday but definitely over the weekend at the latest

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(Somewhat pertinent remix for thing for once: https://rave.dj/px0folaIwwMorg)
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I thought i signed before but i guess not
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I think you just asked what it was so I had you kinda tentatively on the list >_> You're on there for real now though! Tends to be a bit of a wait but the more enthusiastic you are the more likely I am to let you cut in line <_<

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Show #38

-We open up with david in the ring in a hastily put together set, and a microphone in his hand. He greets the audience with a wave and a look of solemness on his face, as he informs the crowd of the aftermath of Show 37 and The Undertaker's medicinally required retirement, and introduces his guest for the current segment, ECHO.

The mechnical creature looks.... dejected... as they come out to the ring and sits in the seat across from david, like they're musing something over, before looking up and trying to do the interview as planned, with david pressing for a comment on the future of MLMF. This goes on for a few minutes, and the segment is an awkward mess for a few minutes, as ECHO has clearly forgotten how the interview was supposed to go. Then there's a pause, the two in the ring glance at each other, and adjust on the fly, switching topics from getting an explanation of ECHO's plan to get rid of Cueto as the head booker- to a heartfelt discussion of what 'Taker meant to the locker room and to the wrestling industry as a whole. ECHO recounts how Taker professionally handled transferring his gimmick to them, and david appreciates the rub he was willing to give him.

ECHO then turns to the topic of the turtle that ended the Dead Man's career. They don't blame Bowser for the Undertaker's injury, it was an accident that could've happened in any match, especially in *this* wrestling federation. They don't fault him for his actions after the match and backstage. They *do*, however, fault him for injuring people *twice* in three shows. They dismiss Zangief's part in eaed's injury because it's Zangief and that's to be expected, but they expect better of the King of the Koopas, noting how the children in the arenas they've been to appearing to really like and look up to him (for lack of better role models in this hellhole), and that he needs to serve as a *positive* example, and will assist him with that with beating that example into him. They challenges the King to a match later in the night, and, finally noticing the assistant screaming that they've gone over time, hands the mic back to david. As david does his part, they finally realize how sweaty they've gotten with the gas mask on, and removes it, taking a breath, and emptying the gas mask briefly revealing : https://i.pinimg.com/564x/b6/ae/93/b6ae932dd5d866e89c5ed2132cf9cfe8.jpg underneath, before starting, panicking, and melting into a puddle of circuitry and fleeing the area, as david ignores what's happening and ends the segment on his own.

@MajinZidane comes out for a UCA Title shot! He cuts a short promo, thanking Cueto for the opportunity, while Bang runs the ropes out of boredom...Bang "accidentally" runs into Boko, knocking him down! The champ puts the boots to him as the bell rings.

-UCA Title: Champion Bangladesh DuPree v. @MajinZidane
Panthera comes running out in ref stripes- looks like he's in charge here! He and Bison haven't been getting along, so that might be bad news for Bang. Bison quibbles with Panth while Bang gets in more cheap shots of dubious legality. Bang eventually decides to let up and ALSO quibble with Panth, and Boko gets up and suplexes her! Bang ducks a clothesline, but Boko gets her with the second one. Bang cuts off the challenger's momentum with a thumb to the eye and a kick to the gut, but Boko just tackles her. Bang slips in a quick choke as they get up, but Boko just suplexes her again. Bang comes back with an elbow shot, but fails to lift Boko for a slam....until she softens Boko up with a low blow. She gives him the ol' ground and pound for a bit...cover! 1...2....3! Panth made zero difference!
Winner and STILL champ: Bang

-Louis Armstrong (the FMA) is at ringside, and attempts to cheer Boko up with some flexing. It has been passed down for generations.

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-The freshly face-turned Bryan is teaming up with former enemy Cena to take on Flair and a mystery partner...but who could it be? Flair comes out alone, and talks about how he's brought in somebody who is best known for his work in another fed. Somebody who's a real student of the game. Somebody who has proven himself both in the ring and in upper management. Cena cuts him off and tells him to just bring HHH out already. Cena's beaten him enough times that Flair's little mind games aren't gonna change anything! And that's about the point where Cena gets clobbered from behind by a sack full of rocks! 13 of them, to be precise, because @XIII_rocks is the mystery partner!

-Match: B8WL Champion Cena and Bryan v. Flair and XIII
Cena immediately hulks up and beats the snot out of Flair. Bryan tags in and gets the Yes Lock for a near submission, but Flair makes it over to tag XIII. Bryan rolls out and YESses up. XIII charges, but falls prey to the dreaded SMALL PACKAGE. 1....2....3!
Winners: Bryan and Cena

-Cueto comes out to put XIII over as a great acquisition and the preceding match as a masterpiece. He may have fallen victim to the dreaded New Guy RNG, but we'll see great things from him in the future once he gets to actually wrestle!

-Eddv comes out with a mic to announce that MLMF is alive and well, even if Kora hecked off, even if ECHO got all soft, even if it's just him and Truth (and Caelus)! He launches into a rally of sorts, but is cut off by Strife's entrance music, to his chagrin.

-Match: Strife v. Eddv
This one's quite a brawl, with Strife seeming to enjoy the opportunity to avenge Sonic without having to coordinate with Mario, and giving his tweener side some freedom. A fan even gets in on the action, bonking Eddv with a chair as they brawl around ringside. Eddv retaliates by spitting beer in Strife's face. The fight continues, more so a brawl than a match, and that's not really how you wanna try to deal with Strife. Eddv shows some ability to hang, but Strife has a lot of steam to blow off, and Eddv winds up going down to a Buckle Bomb.
Winner: Strife

-Mario comes out to shake Strife's hand. They may not be great partners, or even particularly friends, but he's proud to have him by his side to bring MLMF down a peg! He's gonna follow that momentum right now.

-Truth enters with a rap about how much the Sonic movie is gonna suck.

-Match: Mario v. Truth
...Wait a sec, that masked ref looks suspiciously like Eddv! We're doing this angle twice in one show? Maybe Truth will at least benefit from the big mechanical advantage. ...lol no, Truth hits his spinny tackle thing, but then Mario DDTs him, critical hitting so hard that even Eddv is forced to count three. Dude's out like a lightbulb.
Winner: Mario

-Truth doesn't know where he is when he wakes up, but he knows he's mad about it.

-Non (Hardcore) Title: Champion Bowser v. ECHO
It looks like the fans haven't really forgiven Bowser for the Undertaker incident, as his music is inaudible over his heat. Bowser soaks it in, maaaan, as ECHO just waits, their gas mask unreadable. Bowser goes on the offensive, hitting a lot of power offense on ECHO, but....ECHO just keeps tanking it and coming back for more. ECHO gets fired up and knocks Bowser all the way to ringside with a series of flashy strikes! They have Bowser on the run....Ludvig appears from under the ring, and tackles ECHO into the crowd! ECHO fights back, but as a result doesn't make the 20 count!
Winner by countout: Bowser

-Vampiro shows up (didn't Taker Tombstone him early on? continuity!) to escort Bowser to the back, reminding us that he loves violence, especially against Taker.

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-Match: Eaed v. Zangief
Eaed's back in action! ....Maybe he shouldn't be, because he taps out to a bear hug in about two minutes. another quality main event! but man Zangief was actually moving like not a heavy
Winner: Zangief

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SHOW 39: Redemption
@ScareChan hosts Bang (lmk if you wanna guest write)
MoT: Kora (c) v. Mario
HC: Bowser (c) v. david
Eaed v. Maniac
ECHO v. Ludwig
Bryan v. Flair
B8WL: Cena (c) v. XIII

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Nice. I needed a win.
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Fucking small package

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*gets to Luster's bio in the TEW mod*
*resists urge to force him into B8WL for an ECHO feud*

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@MajinZidane comes out for a UCA Title shot! He cuts a short promo, thanking Cueto for the opportunity, while Bang runs the ropes out of boredom...Bang "accidentally" runs into Boko, knocking him down! The champ puts the boots to him as the bell rings.

-UCA Title: Champion Bangladesh DuPree v. @MajinZidane
Panthera comes running out in ref stripes- looks like he's in charge here! He and Bison haven't been getting along, so that might be bad news for Bang. Bison quibbles with Panth while Bang gets in more cheap shots of dubious legality. Bang eventually decides to let up and ALSO quibble with Panth, and Boko gets up and suplexes her! Bang ducks a clothesline, but Boko gets her with the second one. Bang cuts off the challenger's momentum with a thumb to the eye and a kick to the gut, but Boko just tackles her. Bang slips in a quick choke as they get up, but Boko just suplexes her again. Bang comes back with an elbow shot, but fails to lift Boko for a slam....until she softens Boko up with a low blow. She gives him the ol' ground and pound for a bit...cover! 1...2....3! Panth made zero difference!

Come on, Panth!!
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Panth being the guest referee was a pretty big mechanical advantage, it just....never triggered for you :\

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UGH!
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https://rave.dj/OPBmYWlhO-b6eA
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Eaed has not be doing so hot

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(https://rave.dj/qPgsE4dVlbCJLw

....think I might finally have further character-work in mind now. ....will get back to dis tomorrow ic prolly)
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Tom I'm pretty pissed off that I'm not fighting anybody. Where is my opponent

I can't see him

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Okay so I am thinking I'd like to have a regular PPV schedule instead of rolling for it every cycle. Know what's coming up and have time to book bigger tournaments, guarantee we get to all my gimmicks eventually, have more a sense of the passage of time long-term, all that stuff. I kinda like the rhythm of 2 TV shows and then a PPV, so I think we'll keep that. Was considering adding a TV but that might get a bit draggy for those cycles where you have multiple established feuds ahead of time. I think what we'll do is go 45-show "seasons" (I wanted a round number but the math didn't cooperate) of 15 cycles, which dovetails nicely with where we are right now- I'll do a Rumble and a Mania, probably, and then it'll be "Season 2."

INPUT OPPORTUNITY/TL;DR
All that to say, I have here a list of 15 PPVs, and now would be a fantastic time to offer input if you have opinions on any of these or others. It is a lot of tournaments but I <3 tournaments so y'all can deal :P This isn't the order- once the list is finalized I'll put them in an order that makes some sort of sense (ie, space out similar things, end with Rumble>Mania, that kinda thing)

Royal Rumble (wouldn't have more than a couple matches on the card outside of that)
PLAAYMania (big show at the end, no gimmicks except maybe a "get everybody on the card" battle royal)
Lethal Lottery (2v2 tournament with random teams)
King of the Ring (regular ol' tournament)
Survivor Series (probably 1 5v5 match)
Feast or Fired (Lockbox challenge with a title shot, a pink slip, and other prizes)
Exile (If you challenge for a belt and lose, you're fired)
Bound for RNG (round-robin series...with not many people)
Torneo Cibernetico (Survivor Series on steroids and the winners fight each other)
Extreme Rules (all matches are at least Hardcore)
Elimination Chamber (not sure how well EC will work but I can try)
Triangle Trouble (all triple threats)
Cyber Sunday (you get to vote on stuff)
King of Trios (3v3 tournament with guest teams)
Tag World Grand Prix (2v2 tournament with guest teams)

Other ideas that currently haven't made the cut: A battle royal that's NOT a Rumble, more no-gimmick PPVs, that large team league thing CHIKARA does, "cross-promotion" PPVs with other feds, G-1 Climax, Night of Champions, a show where alumni can come back, the pyramid battle royal from Tiger Mask W

I would like to but I don't think they'd work well with this system: Ultimatum, MitB

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Clash of the Immortals (team league) was a one time CHIKARA thing because it kind of limited the season a lot and injuries/signings could be a big issue. May want to avoid that one.
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I don't know if this would work becaiuse it kinda mixes KotR and MITB, but Lucha Underground's Gift of the Gods thing was pretty cool. A series of matches of all types to obtain contenders, then a final match for said title.

The winner would then choose the day of said title match in advance, like the RVD cash-in.

May not make a full PPV concept, but something to add to the pile. The benefit is it can pull double duty as a show build or just a multi-week storyline hook.
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Maniac64 posted...

May want to avoid that one.

Roger!

Strife2 posted...

Lucha Underground's Gift of the Gods thing

Sounds cool, will research

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....Not going to lie, I like the idea of the pyramid battle royale from TMW, but that has the same issue as EC in I have *no* idea how that'd work. ....And honestly we probably need a larger 'permanent' roster if Feast or Fired and Exile are gonna be in the rotation, especially with our already sizable injury and employment rate issues.

the G1 Climax and Bound for RNG have the have number of employees problem, but hiring more leads to screentime issues. Unless we go full factions/Freebird rule and give humans here the ability to pick people they wanna have for back-ups, but obvious issues there.

....And going to be honest, Triangle Trouble just seems underwhelming, somehow.

Do like the Gift of the Gods thing too, heaven knows LU isn't using it anymore.
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IhatethisCPU posted...

Not going to lie, I like the idea of the pyramid battle royale from TMW, but that has the same issue as EC in I have *no* idea how that'd work

I think it'd be easier to pull off than EC actually- we have pretty robust fanmade battle royal rules, so just add the tier system on and we're set.

IhatethisCPU posted...

...And honestly we probably need a larger 'permanent' roster if Feast or Fired and Exile are gonna be in the rotation, especially with our already sizable injury and employment rate issues.

Possibly! Part of the reason they're in the rotation in the first place is to keep the roster from getting too stale and to give me more excuses to start working through the waiting list....although that hasn't been a huge problem so far I suppose. Personal taste thing maybe? Anybody have opinions?

IhatethisCPU posted...

the G1 Climax and Bound for RNG have the have number of employees problem

Yeah it would be a small league (like a 5-man would be pretty easy) which would be weird but maybe okay in its own right? Maybe not?

IhatethisCPU posted...

Triangle Trouble just seems underwhelming, somehow.

yeah fair that is one of the ones I am most likely to cut

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Also theoretically the exile challengers wouldn't go 0 for 4 every time lol

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I don't trust dice/rng on general principle although I do adore it, and dice/random shaming doesn't work. ^_^' they've shown they'll do it once before, wouldn't put it past them to do it again. ^__^''

....I don't wholly see the point of a round robin with a roster this small, unless it's done directly after an Exile/FoF PPV to give a higher chance of fresh match-ups. Otherwise it just ends with a bunch of matches that've already happened several times before. We don't have the history to make long-running rivalries a focal point for that. I will legitmately set myself on fire AGAIN, on PURPOSE this time if a certain one you might've considered after that sentence ever happens, as a note.

....If the TMW would actually be easier than EC than yeah okay ^_^
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Current leaning:
Cut: FoF, EC, Triangle, BFG
Add: Pyramid Thingy, NoC, Gift of the Gods, Summerslam equivalent

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Summer Spectacular, obv

Rest looks good

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Tentative PPV schedule: (it will be a while before this is even relevant, so there's still time for input, I just like planning >_>)
1: Exile
2: Lethal Lottery
3: Extreme Rules
4: King of Trios
5: Torneo Cibernetico
6: Pyramid Thingy (I will look up what the actual name was at some point)
7: Summer Spectacular
8: Night of Champions
9: Tag World Grand Prix
10: Cyber Sunday
11: Gift of the Gods
12: Survivor Series
13: King of the Ring
14: Royal Rumble (we will start here after next show)
15: PLAAYMania

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