YOU'RE in charge

[Iafeta]

What would you do in this situation.

Ted Turner comes to you with a wad of cash and says, to hell with Vince McMahon I want to beat him again. He tells you to get a roster of 30-40 going with the following provisos;

• You must have four legitimate tag teams
• You must have a legitimate cruiserweights division
• You must have a legitimate hardcore division

But there's another twist, you are able to get any superstar of the past 25 years in their prime, IE for example if you chose Jake Roberts you wouldn't be picking some out of shape, personal problems a-plenty, drug addict, you'd be picking 1988 Master of the DDT Jake Roberts.

Who would you choose? Hypothetical of course, but we all bemoan WWE or WCW at various points..

Coincidentally, for those who feel they can do a better job of booking an organisation, go to www.greydogsoftware.com ; there's a terrific new game out called "Total Extreme Wrestling 2005", which is in your International Cricket Captain/Championship Manager mould of managing the business (there's also one called WreSpi by the same developers where you build up yourself as a wrestler). Good games for the pro wrestling enthusiasts!

 

[Misanthrope]

I can certainly recommend TEW2005, although it does have a pricetag of some $45. If you want a free alternative, the same crew released a free program (less features, but still quite good) which is available at:
http://www.ewbattleground.com

I'll think on this and get back to ya'll

 

[PARANoIR]

My list will be made out of wrestlers that I've actually seen...All mine listed are from when they are in their prime.

4 Tag Teams:

Rock N Sock Connection
Road Warriors
The Dudleys
E & C

Cruiserweights

Rey Mysterio Jnr
Dean Malenko
Juvi
AJ Styles
Chris Jericho
Billy Kidman
Ultimo Dragon
Super Crazy
Psicosis
Kid Cash
Spike Dudley

Hardcore People

Mick Foley
Rob Van Dam
Sabu
The Sandman
Tommy Dreamer
Bubba Ray Dudley
D-Von Dudley
Lance Storm
Rey Mysterio
Eddie Guerrero
Chris Jericho
Raven
Chris Benoit
Super Crazy

FULL ROSTER

Rob Van Dam
Goldberg
HHH
Batista
HBK
Kurt Angle
Ultimate Warrior
Undertaker
The Rock
Steve Austin
Mick Foley
Rey Mysterio
Edge
Christian
Road Warrior Animal
Road Warrior Hawk
Sabu
Sting
The Sandman
Tommy Dreamer
Bubba Ray Dudley
D-Von Dudley
Lance Storm
Eddie Guerrero
Chris Jericho
Chris Benoit
Dean Malenko
Juvi
AJ Styles
Billy Kidman
Ultimo Dragon
Super Crazy
Psicosis
Kid Cash
Spike Dudley
Bret Hart
Scott Steiner
Kevin Nash
The Giant/Bigshow
Randy Savage
Ken Kennedy
Booker T
Scott Hall
Mike Awesome
Bobby Lashley
Shelton Benjamin
Raven

That'd probably be about 40 odd. I've most definitely forgotton some people.

 

[Iafeta]

I'll give mine a whirl:-

Tag Teams:

Road Warriors Animal and Hawk
Iron Shiek & Nikolai Volkoff
The Steiner Brothers
Harlem Heat

Cruiserweight Division:

Rey Mysterio Jr
Juventud Guerrera
Ultimo Dragon
Brian Pillman
Jushin Thunder Liger
Dynamite Kid

Hardcore Division:

Terry Funk
Mankind
Raven
Al Snow
Chris Kanyon

Rest of the Roster:-

Andre the Giant
Hulk Hogan
Dusty Rhodes
Ric Flair
Roddy Piper
Bret Hart
Sting
Steve Austin
Rock
Chris Jericho
Kurt Angle
Owen Hart
Scott Hall
Randy Savage
Bob Backlund
Jake Roberts
Sgt Slaughter
Ted Di Biasi
Eddie Guerrero
Mr Perfect
Rick Rude
Jimmy Snuka
Ricky Steamboat
Harley Race
Triple H

With mine, I've tried to for a lot of charismatic players who can go up and down the card as required. IE, Dusty Rhodes highlighted NWA but did move up and down the card also, Steamboat went from Upper Midcard value downwards, Eddie Guerrero can go from bottom to top, Jimmy Snuka is a midcarder etc. And I've tried to go with wrestlers I've seen more of than just guys who've been around the last year or two.

I've gone just over 40 though :-( Had to cut out a lot of people whom I originally had in (such as Mils Mascaras in cruisers, Sabu, Dory Funk, Shane Douglas, Edge, Christian, Paul Orndorff in rest of roster).

 

[thuganomics]

Tag Teams:

L.O.D - Animal and Hawk
Dudley Boyz
Hardy Boyz
Harlem Heat

Cruiserweight Division:

Rey Mysterio Jr
Juventud Guerrera
Ultimo Dragon
Jerry Lynn
Dean Malenko
Dynamite Kid

Hardcore Division:

Terry Funk
Mankind
Raven
Al Snow
Steve Blackman


Rest of the Roster:-

Stone Cold
The Rock
Triple H
Ric Flair
Hulk Hogan
AJ Styles
Chris Jericho
Chris Benoit
Kurt Angle
Brock Lesnar
Shawn Michaels
Sting
Bret Hart
Roddy Rowdy Piper
Jimmy Snuka
Harley Race
Owen Hart
Ric Flair
Eddie Guerrero
Goldberg
RVD
Shelton Benjamin
Sabu

 

[Big Pete]

I had an E-Fed of my own going once. Practically I did two shows at once Raw and Nitro, I'll write down the Nitro side of things...

Tag Teams:
Hardcore Flyers (RVD and D'Lo Brown)
Edge and Christian
Dudly Boyz
Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray)

Cruiser Division:
LWO: Eddie Guerrero, Juvi Guerrera, Rey Mysterio jr, La Parka, Psychosis, Essa Rios, Chavo Guerrero
Japan: Ultimo Dragon, Kaz Haiyoshi (spelling), Taka, Funaki, Tajiri
Rest of the World: Paul London, Billy Kidman, Hurricane Helms

Hardcore Division: Raven (c), Bam Bam Bigalow, Saturn, RVD, Tazz, Rhino, Hardcore Holly, Hugh Morrus

Rest of the Roster:
Sting (Champion)
Ric Flair
Kevin Nash
Kane
Diamond Dallas Page
Chris Jericho
Chris Benoit
Kurt Angle (US Champion)
Dean Malenko
Scott Hall

I had other wrestlers but they were used mainly for jobbing.

Just to explain how the company was going. Sting was champion after defeating Flair at Halloween Havoc after a feud which featured Flair turning his back on Sting. Stings challenger would go onto be Chris Jericho, who was the cocky heel and I gave him some credibility giving him wins over Benoit and Nash alike.

Kane was the monster heel no one can beat, I was planning to set him up against Goldberg.

Tag division was alright, I can't remember all the teams though.

Cruiser was mainly a big war between Japan and LWO, Rest of the World would come in and out of the feud occasionally.

Hardcore was pretty much non-existent after a failed fusion with it and Cruiser.

 

[Misanthrope]

Tag Teams
Chuck & Billy (Chuck Palumbo and Billy Gunn)
Too Cool (Scotty 2 Hotty & Grandmaster Sexay)
World's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin)
Team Canada (Petey Williams and Bobby Roode)
MNM (Joey Mercury and Jonny Nitro)

Cruiserweights
Scotty 2 Hotty
Billy Kidman
Juventudd Guerrera
James Yun (Akio)
Jamie Noble
AJ Styles
Psycosis
Super Crazy
Jushin Thunder Liger
Spanky
Paul London

Hardcore Division
Terry Funk
Bam Bam Biggelow
Al Snow
Justin Credible
Sabu
Vampiro

Remainder of the Roster
The Rock
Kurt Angle
Stone Cold Steve Austin
Triple H
Mankind
Eddie Guerrero
Chris Benoit
Christian
Edge
Chris Jericho
Goldberg
Shawn Michaels
Trish Stratus
Lita
Gail Kim
Victoria

My roster has a truly hardcore 'hardcore' division, made up of guys known for their ability to take bumps and work good bloody matches. My cruiserweights show off the best of the Indies, and I've also included the makings of what would be a competitive female division.

My main eventers are all charismatic, and can all work a good match.

 

[thuganomics]

Cruiserweights
James Yun (Akio)

Thats a good one. Boy was I pissed when he got let go.

 

[Bobby DIGital]

Sweet

Tag Teams
LOD
Demoiltion
Steiner Brothers
Strikeforce (Tito Santana & Rick Martel)

Taka Michinoku
Rey Mysterio Jr
Juventud Guerrera
Ultimo Dragon
Brian Pillman
Paul London
Great Sasuke
Spike Dudley
Brian Christopher
Tajiri

Hardcore
New Jack
Sabu
Al Snow
Justin Credible
Terry Funk
Hardcore Holly
Tommy Dreamer

Rest Of Roster
HBK
Bret Hart
The Rock
Austin
HHH
Hogan
Owen Hart
British Bulldog Davey Boy Smith
Kurt Angle
Jimmy Snuka
Roddy Piper
Andre the giant
Ken Shamrock
Chris Jericho
Undertaker
Kane
Eddie Guerrero
John Cena
Ken Kennedy
Tatanka

 

[CanadianSteve]

I'd take the WCW's great stable from the late 90s (even better because the older guys would be at their peak), throw in the the best from the WWF at the time - Austin, Taker, Kane, Rock - and then have Goldberg go on a long winning streak against all of them.

 

[Misanthrope]

Slightly off topic, but I'm starting a new WWE 'diary' over at Extreme Warfare Battleground. Bearing in mind I have to continue current WWE storylines, how do you like the following cards for Smackdown and Raw?

Smackdown

Randy Orton and JBL vs. Batista and Eddie Guerrero

Chris Benoit (c) vs. Booker T for the US Championship

Super Crazy and Psicosis vs. Chad & Tank Toland

Matt Hardy debuts on The Peep Show

Juventud (c) vs. Paul London vs. Nunzio vs. Joey Mercury for the Cruiserweight Title

LOD 2005 & Rey Mysterio vs. Paul Birchall, William Regal, and Ken Kennedy

CM Punk debuts

Raw

Hulk Hogan makes his return to Raw!

Big Show vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Edge vs. Kurt Angle for #1 Contendership

Kane vs. Eugene

Shelton Benjamin vs. Ric Flair (c) for the Intercontinental Title

Rob Conway vs. Marty Jannety in the Legends' Challenge

Lita vs. Trish Stratus (c) for the Women's Title

TNT (c) vs. Rosey & The Hurricane for the Tag Titles