I haven't checked anything, but he must've got a bunch of main event spots on house shows. Maybe there was a big babyface vs DX house show run?

Global Championship Wrestling

Gordon Solie solo to open the show. He explains in a way that I can’t match about recent headline news happenings in wrestling; including how long time world heavyweight champion Antonino Rocca has lost the belt to Nick Bockwinkel after a 60 minute match was allowed to go on an extra 10 minutes for an unknown reason. “I have been inundated with phone calls asking me if this decision is indeed permanent, and let me just say: A controversial finish, but one that is set in stone and finalized. Once again, the new world heavyweight champion, ending Rocca’s 2 year run with the belt, is Nick Bockwinkel.

Right now, GCW, being truly a global enterprise, has one of the top wrestlers in all of Mexico, Dr. Wagner Jr., facing off against Koji Kanemoto, one of the top young stars in Japan. Let’s see who can control the tempo, and exploit the style of the other, most effectively“:

http://www.veoh.com/watch/v1257340Dq...JPW+BOSJ+%2798

(I can’t imagine how amazing that would be with Solie calling it)

Jim Cornette comes out with a huge smile on his face. He just can’t stop glowing. Solie has a look at him and claims “I suppose you are pleased that Rocca has finally been defeated for the title”. Cornette goes on a long rant about how Rocca is just an acrobat that can’t wrestle who made fun of Cornette for no reason, while Nick Bockwinkel is a genius and master wrestler with real class. Solie replies: yes, but remember that the champion gets a rematch, a chance to win back that top prize in this sport that was once his. Let’s go to these pre-recorded from the former champion, Rocca.

Rocca cuts a classic good looking charismatic nice guy face promo, about how he will get back the title due to living right, hard work and determination. “There are two kinds of people in this world” says Rocca “those who do things the right way, and those who take every shortcut”. He claims that Bockwinkel is a “small time crook; a minor criminal”, and that a criminal that spends so much time in the mirror is twice as easy to catch.

Solie: And now, let’s take a look at the official GCW top ten list:

Checking in at 10, Dr. Wagner JR
Number 9, the wild devious youngster, the so called “Macho Man”, Randy Savage
Number 8, Eddie Graham
Number 7, one half of the World Tag Team champions, Bill Watts
Number 6, Riki Choshu
Number 5, the other half of the Tag champs, Verne Gagne
Number 4, the world television champ, Terry Gordy
At Number 3, his highest position in his brief career, Harley Race
Number 2, Antonino Rocca, the former heavyweight champion
Number 1 is the U.S. champion, Bill Longson

And of course, the undisputed world heavyweight champion is Nick Bockwinkel

Cornette again has a huge smile on his face. Cornette “I have a man who isn’t on that list, but will be at the very top of it very shortly. A man who knows how to wrestle, who doesn’t just have 2 moves, a very dangerous man. I have brought him in from Japan to conquer the bigoted, prejudiced GCW. Japan now owns a huge part of America, just like this man will soon own GCW. He is the most unique, the most devastating weapon I’ve had in my arsenal in a long time. Cars are not the greatest Japanese import, this man is. You will be in absolute awe later on in the show; watch it and believe it.”

Solie “Later on we will indeed see this man in action. We will return after this short break.”

Let’s get to the ring; the television championship on the line:

The following contest is set for one fall, with a ten minute time limit, and it is for World Television Championship.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TGgWKngEJg



Cornette: This man is appropriately called a doctor, because he is surgical in the ring.

Solie: He appears to need a doctor; namely a psychologist.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn7jjkPp4Gk#t=00m19s

The match is mat wrestling, with some power moves and big bumps from Gordy. It ends at the 10 minute time limit just as Gordy is hit with Graham’s finisher the diving knee drop. Graham thinks he has won after covering Gordy for a few seconds, and then with crazy rage in his eyes goes after the ref and starts choking him, but Gordy makes the save from behind! From the back comes Eddie Graham, and the Grahams pummel Gordy down for a significant time until it cuts to commercial

After a break, Cornette is nowhere to be seen and it’s Solie solo. “Let’s immediately go on to the next match; you have to see this man to believe him“:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV0lv...feature=relmfu

Cornette comes out with Muta to the ring. Solie is in some awe and explains it all with precision and grace.

Solie and Cornette sell Muta as awesome, but debate whether he truly has the experience to be a world champ yet.

“Our next guest is a rising star in GCW:”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opzkce5h0v4

Solie: “Harley Race, a man on quite a winning streak, perhaps soon in line for a title shot”.

Harley: “I am here today to deliver a challenge. There is a man running around with a hair full of product, who spends more time grooming then he does training, going around saying he is the greatest wrestler in the world. Nick Bockwinkel, you may have the title, but I’ve overcome every challenge I’ve faced. This, what is talking to you right now, is the Rolls Royce of wrestling. I am the best; I dare you to get off your backside and prove me wrong-hop in the ring with me anywhere in the world. Let’s see who the best man in professional wrestling is today”.

Solie: The Main Event this week is a masterpiece. One half of the tag champs, vs. one of the up and coming stars of wrestling.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9k1EvSX7W0

Savage comes out to the ring, grabs the mic from Cappetta and cuts a promo reminiscent of his style in the early 80s (think half WWF Savage, half Mankind).

Then:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AuxJH2Mj30

And now, his oppenent, hailing from Minneapolis, Minnesota, weighing 215 pounds, this is, the two time NCAA wrestling champion, and currently one half of the tag team champions, Verne Gagne!

The match is a ~15 minute one, carefully choreographed by Gagne and Savage beforehand. 13 minutes in, Gagne is on the floor, and Savage nails the double axe handle from the top knocking Gagne shoulder first into the table. Gagne somehow starts to struggle to make a comeback, but Savage wins with a handful of trunks. He immediately gets up and drills Gagne some more, then goes outside and grabs a monitor, and smashes it into the shoulder of Gagne. Bill Watts comes down and makes the save, grabs the monitor while it is down, and time runs out as Savage is outside the ring in the entrance way pointing at Watts and Gagne as "Born in the USA" plays.

You're probably not gonna like who I have pencilled in as my inaugural world champion, lol.

Don't you have Vader and Lesnar too? If you time your fed right and have Hogan and Vader both be heels at the same time, and give Lesnar the Goldberg push, then have Lesnar go over Vader, then go over Hogan at your biggest PPV your company could seriously run almost everyone out of business.

I haven't even considered where Vader or Brock will fit into my company's timeline yet. I'm still frantically trying to line the careers up of all my guys who will be around for the duration so I can start writing my first show. All I know is that I'm going to have a crap load of top tier main eventers around the middle of my 25 years.

Prediction: Frank Gotch will be as over as Dan Severn.

The 'timing' of usage of wrestlers aspect is odd. It's not like WCW had Goldberg since it's inception in the late 80s, waiting frozen in a vault, to be unfrozen whenever a trump card needed to be played. In the actual world, wrestlers come along when they come along; sometimes you get a lot of talent all at once, sometimes the well is dry for awhile.

However, there may not be a sensible alternative to doing it this way.

Probably less, Severn actually won a few real fights.

I'm not sure that being less over than Dan Severn is within the laws of physics.

Episode #4 of Texas Championship Wrestling:



Angle, Shane, and Stephanie all make their way out to the ring as the crowd boos extremely loudly.

Shane McMahon: They say you can't fool all the people all the time, but last night we fooled everyone. At the Deadly Games, TCW finally got the champion that it so longly deserved. A champion who will bring honor to TCW, a champion who we all can be proud of, our corporate champion.

As Shane hands the mic to Angle a chant of "You Sold Out" begins.

Kurt Angle: You people can chant that all you want, but anyone in my situation would have done the exact same thing, it's true, it's damn true. We can't risk the TCW title falling into the hands of a buffoon like the Big Show, or a degenerate like CM Punk.

A "CM Punk" echos through the arena.

Stephanie McMahon: Chant his name all you want, CM Punk will never ever be TCW champion again.

A "**** You Stephanie" chant begins.

Kurt Angle: You're right Steph, because I'm never going to lose this...



Mike Tenay: Punk! CM Punk is here!

Michael Cole:What's he doing here? He shouldn't show his face around here after last night...

The three in the ring look like someone just shot their dog, quickly Shane's frown turns back into a smile.

Shane McMahon: So Punk, are you here to congratulate the new champion?

CM Punk: Angle I'll get to you later, but first you and I have business to take care of Shane! Last night you screwed me Shane, and I'm not the type of man to take that lightly.

Shane McMahon: No Punk, I didn't screw you, you screwed yourself. You honestly think I would ever allow my company to have a champion like you?

CM Punk: Here's the deal Shane, you give me a match with you are I make your life a living hell.

Shane McMahon: Is that a threat?

CM Punk: No it's a promise.

Shane McMahon: Will my answer is no! You will not be having a match with me.

CM Punk: So be it, watch your back Steph...

The segment ends with Punk leaving the ring. When we get back from commercial Ben Dover is already in the ring as Evolutions music hits..

Randy Orton vs. Ben Dover: Orton dominates Dover through out the short match. It ends with Orton punting Dover for a knock out victory. After the match ends Orton grabs a mic.

Randy Orton: Goldberg you learned last night what happens when you mess with Evolution. I would understand if you never want to show your...



The crowd pops as Goldberg sprints to the ring. Goldberg quickly spears all three members of Evolution.

Goldberg: Evolution you're next!

The Goldberg chants continue as he exits the ring.

Mike Tenay: No one has been able to beat Goldberg in a match yet, but challenging the entire group of Evolution seems like suicide.

Michael Cole: Yeah but he doesn't seem worried in the least.

Kofi Kingston vs. Albert: Kofi comes out to a very positive crowd reaction, Albert then comes out to mostly boos. The match gets under way with Albert having the upper hand. Kofi counters a move and starts to get some offense in but it's short lived. Albert gets Kofi up for the Albert Bomb when...



Mike Tenay: What... what's going on?

Michael Cole: That's Paul Bearer, and he has that monster with him again.

Bearer and the monster enters the ring and flames come out of the ring posts. The monster then grabs both Albert and Kofi by the neck and hits them with a double chokeslam. He then kicks Albert out of the ring and throws Kofi out with ease.

Paul Bearer: I told all of you that I had a plan. I told all of you that I would be laughed at for the last time. I told all of you that I would destroy the Ultimate Warrior. Let me introduce to you the man who is responsible for all of this, KANE! You see Kane is going to destroy TCW from the inside out. He's going to rid it of fakes like the Ultimate Warrior until Kane and I are the only ones left standing. There will be a path of destruction everywhere we go. And there is no one who can stop us.



Out comes Matt Borne with a clown mask similar to Pennywise from the movie It.

Matt Borne: Bearer you say you're done being laughed at, well this is no laughing matter. See I've been laughed at my entire life, and now I'm the one doing the laughing hahaha. Do you know what happens to a kid who never had any friends growing up, a kid who's father would rather spend time at the bar than with his own son? Do you Kane? Well it's like that old saying... that that doesn't kill you simply makes you stranger.

Borne takes off the clown mask and reveals his face to be half painted in clown make-up.

Matt Borne: I've never been giving anything in my life. Growing up I was given nothing, and here I didn't even get a qualifying match in the tournament. But that's all fine, they make think it's a joke but the real joke is going to be the one that I play. See Kane you took out the Ultimate Warrior, you put yourself on the map, and for me to put myself on the map I must do the same. So I'm offering you a challenge, at the next PPV, me vs. you inside the place where we both feel the most at home, HELL IN A CELL!

Paul Bearer: Clown you may all think this is one big choke, but getting inside Hell In A Cell with my monster Kane is no laughing matter. We accept, but don't be surprised if the night ends with everyone seeing the tears of a clown.

Matt Borne: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Borne just laughs uncontrollable as he makes his way into the back.

When we return from commercial Big Show is standing in the ring.

Big Show: Stephanie, you screwed me last night. And I will not leave this ring until I get what I deserve, and that's my title shot against Angle! So you come out here right now and give me my title shot!

Instead of Stephanie coming out Shane and Angle do.

Shane McMahon: You're right about one thing Big Show, you were screwed last night, but it wasn't by us, it was by yourself.

Kurt Angle: You honestly think they would chose and over grown gorilla to be there champion instead of an Olympic hero?

Big Show: I don't no anything about that, but what I do know is that if I don't get my title shot in 10 seconds both of you are going to get the WMD.

Shan McMahon: Kurt is very tired still from his grueling battles, so he is not ready to compete tonight. But this is what I will do for you, if you can win this gauntlet match, I will give you a title shot against Kurt at the next PPV. And here's your first opponent.



As Rikishi makes his way to the ring Shane and Angle head to announce table and kick out Tenay and Cole.

Shane McMahon: Oh you are in for a treat ladies and gentleman, for tonights main event you will get to listen to the world class commentary of myself and the TCW champion, your olympic hero, Kurt Angle. Kurt how do you like the Big Show's chances in this match?

Kurt Angle: He can't really do much worse than he did last night, it doesn't matter either way, no one is taking the belt from me.

Rikishi enters the ring and Big Show quickly hits him with the WMD for the quick three count.

Shane McMahon: It's fine that's only one guy...



Viscera comes into the ring and the same thing happens, Big Show hits him with the WMD and gets the quick three count. The crowd is really hot at this point.

Kurt Angle: Shane I thought you hand picked these guys, what is going on? Please tell me this last guy will beat him.

Shane McMahon I... I didn't expect him to get through both Rikishi and Viscera...

Kurt Angle: Who's the last guy???



Kurt Angle: No, this most be some type of joke...

Bourne jumps from the top rope and Big Show catches him by the neck, he then hits him with the Show Stopper for the victory.

Jen Eric: Your winner and number one contender for the TCW title, the Big Show!

Kurt Angle: What.. what just happened? I have to face the Big Show?

Shane McMahon: How can this night get any worse?

The camera cuts to the back to show Punk and Stephanie in a room. Punk has her up on his shoulders preparing for a GTS.

CM Punk: My demands have changed Shane, I still want my match with you, but if I win I want a shot at the winner of Angle/Big Show. Or else Steph is going to sleep.

Shane McMahon: Fine Punk, fine you have your match, just don't hurt Stephanie.

CM Punk: Oh Stephanie is going to be fine, but they same can't be said for you and Kurt.

Shane and Kurt turn around and Big Show hits both of them with the WMD.

Predict whatever you want, I'm working off the cold hard facts which state that Gotch was not only the biggest star in wrestling, but in all of sports. According to the rules of the draft, that carries over.

I'm not sure what to say to this. Gotch has been known to win the occasional real fight too.

This is a decent point. Ok fair enough, I'll just have everyone debut at the start of my company. Brock was in developmental for a year and a half though so I can keep him there then have him make the big impactful debut a year in or whatever.

In other news, the April 23rd edition of my weekly show has been cancelled. The first episode will air April 30th.

You forgot to start the post with "Lmao."

Rofl.

Oh LKJ if you ever need to kill five minutes, here's Vader squashing Antonio Inoki in his debut.

My only problem with that is Gotch was competing in basically a completely different sport. Did they have promos back then? Can he work a modern style? I intentionally avoided everyone after the 1970s and even then put a lot more value on 1980s and beyond guys because I know they can work the modern style.

Anyways, since I know this isn't actually applicable, if this was real and you failed to make Hogan champ, I'm immediately calling him or his agent and promising him the belt almost on arrival. There isn't a company out there that didn't improve financially for at least four years with that strategy.

For whatever reason you seem to think that our companies will be operating in the present day. I was under the impression that we aren't operating in any specific time period and each guy just gets the drawing power and skillset (so if they were a great worker for their time, they're a great worker here) from their actual career and that we don't have to account for adapting to the times or whatever. I mean, if we were operating in the present day with a modern crowd then Hogan wouldn't get over nearly as much as he did either, but you seem to be championing him.

You raise a valid argument as to whether Frank Gotch would fit into the wrestling world of today, but it's beyond the scope of this draft. As for promos, he was one of the biggest stars in America; I'm sure he can mutter a few words about he's gonna kick the heel's ass and have the crowd eating out the palm of his hand.