Happiness is finding your old copy of the 2002 cd-rom Archive of the original WRESTLECRAP website, and getting it to…
Happiness is finding your old copy of the 2002 cd-rom Archive of the original WRESTLECRAP website, and getting it to work on your computer again.
Good times. Good memories.
Greetings, o’ spandex acolytes of the Squared Circle.
Greetings, o’ spandex acolytes of the Squared Circle.
This weekend, whilst at the monthly London Indie RPG Meetup (http://www.londonindierpg.com) I was kindly gifted a pristine hardcopy of World Wide Wrestling on the proviso that I learn the game and offer to run it for interested gamers at a future IndieMeet.
I’m reading through the game right now (and also listening to Nathan Paoletta’s Journeyman Cup AP series on Youtube) and I’m already really excited to run it. Although I consider myself a very casual wrestling fan, my favourite aspect of wrestling is the inherent dramatic conflict between a wrestler’s in-ring persona and their real life (highlighted in movies such as Beyond The Mat and Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler), and I love how World Wide Wrestling facilitates this kind of drama at the table.
I’ll probably be running this game as a one-shot for experienced storygamers who have no more than a passing familiarity with the world of Professional Wrestling. Does anyone have any advice on how to bring out the backstage real-life pathos & drama in a one-shot game?
Cheers,
Paul.
Hey, all.
Hey, all. I came to WWWRPG late, and backed International Incident. I see a reference to limited edition gimmicks, and I am wondering if they are still available anywhere?
No Mercy was SO. MUCH. FUN.
No Mercy was SO. MUCH. FUN.
AJ wins! Alpha wins! Ziggler wins! Bray wins! Who could have asked for a more entertaining show? If Becky isn’t injured, easily a 9 or 10 out of 10, but gotta go solid 8/10!
We talk a little about WWW on The Gauntlet Podcast this week and plans for a Gauntlet Promotion/League in 2017.
We talk a little about WWW on The Gauntlet Podcast this week and plans for a Gauntlet Promotion/League in 2017.
Went to my local super-indie (AAW) for the second night of a tournament event they had.
Went to my local super-indie (AAW) for the second night of a tournament event they had. It was a fun time overall, but I was particularly struck by a very WWWRPG-feeling sequence of events:
Background: The AAW title picture right now revolves around Pentagon Jr and Sami Callihan – Pentagon won the belt from Sami a couple of months ago in one of the most legitimately shocking wins I’ve ever been present for, and since then Sami has been building a little stable of fellow miscontents and aiming to get it back. Sami has targeted Fenix and stolen at least one of his masks. (Pentagon and Fenix are brothers) – Pentagon beat Sami last night in a deathmatch to retain the belt, as well.
Tournament match: Rey Fenix vs. Mustafa Ali. Good lucha-style match (not just flips, like very lucha-resonant submission and counter sequences, etc) – but who runs in to interfere at the end but Sami Callihan, costing Fenix the win (and eliminating him from the tournament).
Callihan and Dave Crist (one of his stable) come in to beat up on Fenix, then Pentagon runs out to make the save (with a goddam huge metal post, btw). Ok ok, normal enough stuff. Callihan and Crist retreat, Pentagon takes the mic and cuts a promo in spanish (with much cursing), and then Fenix translates – a challenge, two brothers vs two “brothers”
Cool Cool. We’re not sure if that’s going to happen later tonight or on the next show, but seems like a fun match for sure.
After intermission, the ring announcer announces that they are going to have that tag match tonight, but it’s with special stipulations – whoever gets pinned has something to lose.
– If Dave Crist gets pinned, he leaves AAW forever
– If Sami Callihan gets pinned, he loses his hair
– If Fenix gets pinned, he loses his mask
– If Pentagon Jr gets pinned, he loses his championship
Oh shit! Of course, smarky smarks that we are, we start trying to figure out the end. Maybe this is a sendoff for Crist for some reason. Fenix definitely isn’t losing his mask over this, right? And they wouldn’t move the title in an un-announced tag match, obviously. Callihan could take it, it wouldn’t really change him much to shave his head. Seems like a safe bet that team bad guys are losing.
Well guess fucking what but Sami Goddam Callihan kicked Pentagon Jr twice in the dick and then hit him with his own package piledriver to regain the AAW Heavyweight Championship.
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So to recap:
– Run-In builds heat
– Cut a Promo to make a match later
– some backstage Moves to add some stipulations (or Creative is following up on some stuff they have On Deck that hasn’t come up yet)
– after some real hot in-ring action, Sami Callihan with the Heel Move to win the match – and we’ll never know if that was what Creative had planned 🙂
Ready for RAW, Smackdown, and No Mercy!
Ready for RAW, Smackdown, and No Mercy!
Wrestling-themed TMNT figures. I really want the Donatello-Undertaker one. 🙂
Wrestling-themed TMNT figures. I really want the Donatello-Undertaker one. 🙂
http://stillrealtous.com/wwe-teams-tmnt-new-crossover-action-figures/
The Four Horsewomen are The Beatles of wrestling right now.
The Four Horsewomen are The Beatles of wrestling right now.
Charlotte is Paul. The dynamic frontwoman who grabs the early attention, and has serious skill combined with an intriguing sense of vulnerability and nervousness when not on stage. If she plays her cards right, she could well have the most career longevity of the four.
Sasha Banks is John. The sly stylish one, the one with the most “mystique”. The favorite of many, she’s the one most likely to have been successful even without the rest of the group — but people are afraid that she’s going to die or get crippled young, cut off in her prime.
Becky Lynch is George. There’s a sense that she’s somehow the “least” of the four, not quite as showy or glamorous in some way — but those in the know can attest to her skill, dedication, and fully deserving of her spot in this pantheon.
Bayley is Ringo. The one who sometimes seems a little out of place, a little zany, a little awkward, and definitely the most outlandishly garbed of the four. But the crowds LOVE her, and even if she isn’t the most suave speaker, you can tell that she’s just having so much damn fun on stage that you can’t help but smile.
Sound about right?
International Incident just showed up Australia-side for me today.
International Incident just showed up Australia-side for me today. Great effort, Nathan Paoletta. The books, the cards, the box the cards came in, all top notch. Goddamn, even the shirt is comfortable and nice to wear.