Brucetosis' GWF (currently 2098)

[brucetosis]

Before we get into the first annual pay-per-view, there were a couple of title defenses that happened:

House Show Title Matches:
3/16--Slicer beats Exo-King by DQ (Champion)
3/17--Bishop Hell loses to Actagon by DQ (Interdimensional)

Now, proudly presenting my 16th birthday and:


Wrestlestar II      3/21/88

Match 1:  Mesmer vs. Executioner

Despite his early exit in the Invasion tournament, Mesmer had made quite the splash since joining the GWF.  Moving quickly up the ranks, he met up with Thantos' man who was hell-bent on getting his Championship title back.  Mesmer continued his winning ways in this match-up, frustrating both Executioner and Thantos.


Match 2:  Ghengis Khan & Creeper vs. Vanity & Beast Rider in an Elimination Match

These two teams met in a harmless match on 2/17 in which Vanity & Beast Rider emerged victorious. After Creeper's frustrating loss to Vanity on Saturday Night GWF 9 days ago, he wanted a tag rematch to end Vanity's surprising hot streak. Tonight belonged to the good guys again however, as neither GK nor Creeper were able to mount much offense.


Match 3:  Titanpower vs. Renegade & Pit Viper

Lord Nexus & Billy Joe Boxer had given themselves a name after their upset loss in their tag team debut, and it helped changed their mindset to make them into a formidable team.  Nexus and Viper still harbored ill will towards one another, and this match was no different.  Like most matches featuring Renegade & Pit Viper, the bad guys won, but Titanpower gave them a fight and proved they have some staying power.


Match 4:  Splatter vs. Massacre

Krakan's new recruit also had a great start to his GWF career, but was stopped short when matched up against the veteran Gladiator.


Match 5:  Greek Gods vs. Norse Gods

Making their first appearance together since Proteus left to go to the Society of Death back in February 1987, the Greek Gods faced off against the newcomers.  The rust on the Greek Gods showed, and the Norse Gods took advantage.  The Norse Gods won the match, and tried to end the careers of their opponents afterwards.  The Greek Gods were stopped, but vowed to make sure the Norse Gods would be the losers in the end.


Match 6:  Bishop Hell vs. Christian for the Interdimensional Championship

Now that he knew what HELLFIRE tasted like, Christian was determined to not let it stop him win back the IC.  In a match in which the ref let a LOT of things go, Christian was able to hit his CRUCIFIX, and win back the belt.


Match 7:  Ani-Men (Badger, Ram & Reptillo) vs. Comrade Terror & Gemini (Dark & Light)

In typical fashion for Gemini, they fumbled around yet were able to land some pretty devastating moves on the Ani-Men.  In typical fashion for Comrade Terror, he grew frustrated by the antics of his tag partners and tried to restore order when he could.  Terror constantly yelled at Krakan whenever Gemini did something stupid.  The Ani-Men eventually took Terror's attention away from the ring, and finished off Dark.  Comrade Terror was livid after the match and told Krakan that this type of match for him was unacceptable and he was done with the Society of Death.


Match 8:  Star Warrior vs. Thantos in a Titan Death Match

Yup, it's officially a pay-per-view.  SW wanted Thantos one-on-one for converting his friend Executioner back to the dark side. Thantos wanted revenge for being exiled for 90 days.  A brutal match ended with Star Warrior winning, as he seems to do in the big moments.


Match 9:  Brute vs. Exo-King in a Cosmic Cage

Cage time!  This feud finally reached its end point as neither contestant was going to be able to win by DQ in this one. Krakan's bad night continued as Brute annihilated the King in the cage.  


Match 10:  Massif & Cultist vs. Hitmen (Wolf & Slicer) for the Galaxian Tag Team Championship in a Cosmic Cage

There was a lot of back-and-forth over whether this main event would be for the tag titles or a Slicer-Massif Championship rematch bout.  The Hierarchy members decided the tag team might be better for them, since they would both be in the cage and could look out for another.  Their thought process failed though, as the Hitmen fought tirelessly and left both heels laid out in the cage as they walked out together.  The war may not be over, but the Hitmen now controlled three of the four belts, and looked unstoppable.

[brucetosis]

After Wrestlestar II, my game playing starts to decrease a bit.  House shows in general weren't played as much as they used to be, which were basically dates I sat down to play that I didn't have to catch up on TV cards or pay-per-views (although at this point I looked forward to playing the PPVs on the days they took place).  The game was still played, however, and didn't sit on the shelf for too long.  My next post will detail something else I used to keep things intact, but for now:

House Show Title Match:
3/31--Hitmen (Wolf & Slicer) beat Massif & Cultist (Tag Team)


Saturday Night GWF     4/16/88

Match 1:  Spike vs. Lord Nexus

Things continued to not go well for Spike.  He had only won one match since he appeared, and that was against Reptillo.  This match served as a push for Nexus.  Lord Nexus had some issues putting the new Gladiator away though, and while he came up with a victory, it happened on just beating the 10 count of the ref after action outside the ring.  Spike was furious that he lost on a count-out.  Afterwards, Spike was approached by Thantos, who offered to help guide him.  Spike was definitely interested as he could not figure out how to succeed in the GWF.


Match 2:  Massif & Bishop Hell vs. Asteroid & Massacre

With Cultist taking part in the main event, he decided to put together the other members of the Hierarchy to see if they could present a new challenge to the Tag Team Champions The Hitmen.  They looked fluid together and were pretty dominating.  Eventually, Massacre lost his cool and got his team disqualified.


Match 3:  Brute vs. Fin

Fresh off his Wrestlestar II victory, Brute continued to excel in singles action.  He easily defeated the shark-man.


Match 4:  Greek Gods vs. Gemini (Dark & Light)

A couple of weeks makes a huge difference.  With more practice time in, the Greek Gods looked like a much better team than they did against the Norse Gods at Wrestlestar II.  Being a fluid team is tough when facing an opponent that seems to luck into power-moves or can do just as much harm to themselves, but the Greek Gods looked to be back as they scored the pinfall.


Match 5:  Star Warrior vs. Thantos

In a Wrestlestar II rematch, these bitter enemies squared off yet again.  I see in a lot of feds that Thantos is truly dominating against all the other 2087 guys, but my Thantos just cannot beat Star Warrior. The same holds true in this match:  Star Warrior wins...again.


Match 6:  Christian vs. Cultist for the Interdimensional Championship

After Christian won back the IC from Bishop Hell, Cultist could not wait to get in the ring against his arch-enemy.  This match was nothing but a trap however, as Massif and Bishop Hell came to the ring to attack the champion.  The Hierarchy pulverized Christian, and then left, satisfied with their carnage.  Christian got the DQ victory, but this war does not seem to be close to over.


Champions List:
Champion--Slicer (2/10)
Interdimensional--Christian (3/21)
Tag Team--Hitmen (Wolf & Slicer) (3/21)
Six-Man Tag Team--Hitmen (Brute, Wolf & Slicer) (11/17/87)

Next time:  A weekly GWF TV show

[brucetosis]

Once again, the TV ratings for the GWF are through the roof, and network executives are anxious to get a weekly program going!

I figured I should have a show that mirrored the way wrestling was on TV--full of jobber matches, main events that are sometimes replays of PPV or Saturday Night matches, and a vehicle to promote upcoming events.  However, my main events are better than the normal main events of the time...lol.  I think I started to actually play these on the days they happen (Monday nights....hey, WWF stole this from me!), but that lasted about 2 weeks before I fell behind.  I never fell that behind at this point, though.  I'll give you all the goods on these weekly TV shows, but as they aren't great I'll combine everything into groupings so you don't fall asleep..lol.  


GWF Weekly     4/18 through 5/9/88

Main Events:

4/18--Billy Joe Boxer beats Renegade

4/25--Thantos beats Massacre by DQ

5/2--Gemini (Dark & Light) over the Hitmen (Wolf & Slicer) by DQ in a non-title match-up

5/9--Comrade Terror over Mesmer  (CT came out with Thantos as his manager!)


Pushes:

Good--Mesmer, Commander Sam, Proteus, Christian, Lord Nexus, Massacre

Bad--Executioner, Massif, Exo-King, Cultist, Spike, Thantos

Tag Team--Greek Gods (Proteus & Actagon), Gemini (Dark & Light), Titanpower (Lord Nexus & Billy Joe Boxer), Massif & Bishop Hell, Renegade & Pit Viper


Jobbers:

Deathknight, Creeper, Pulsar, Beast Rider, Ghengis Khan, Reptillo, Vanity, Adam Blast, Killer Queen


Upsets:

Pulsar & Beast Rider over Norse Gods (Lightening & Man-Mountain)



Saturday Night GWF     5/14/88

Match 1:  Massacre vs. Renegade

While the two former tag team champions had faced off with their partners (Asteroid and Pit Viper, respectively), this is the first time they met in singles competition.  The former friends acted like there was never any bond between them and were all business.  Massacre was the more accomplished solo wrestler, and won the match clean.


Match 2:  Pit Viper vs. Lord Nexus in a Titan Death Match

These two had been feuding since Pit Viper joined with Renegade about 6 months ago.  This was the first time they would meet one-on-one since the bad blood started.  Pit Viper was vicious throughout the match, but Nexus held back, thinking he could get through to his friend.  Eventually, Lord Nexus got tired of trying and put away Viper.


Match 3:  Ani-Men (Badger & Ram) vs. Norse Gods (Lightening & Man-Mountain)

What started out as just a match to advance up the tag team rankings turned into an ugly contest filled with outside the ring brawls.  The Ani-Men were able to win the match, but it was obvious these teams would meet again, perhaps for gold.


Match 4:  Actagon vs. Splatter

Krakan's men had not been on a great streak of late, and Splatter was looked at to rectify that situation.  Actagon was just as strong in singles wrestling as tag team and refused to relent to Splatter's viciousness.  Eventually, Splatter lost his head and got caught smashing Actagon's head into the steel post.  Actagon wins by DQ.


Match 5:  Star Warrior & Mesmer vs. Thantos & Comrade Terror

5 days prior, Comrade Terror shocked the world by reuniting with his former manager/feud partner Thantos.  Terror hadn't been seen up until that point since he walked out on Krakan at Wrestlestar II.  Star Warrior chose Mesmer to be his partner since he had become wrapped up in a feud with Thantos' men after beating Executioner at Wrestlestar II, and then losing Monday's main event against Terror.  Despite not doing so before, SW and Mesmer worked well as a tag team.  Unfortunately, the match ended in a draw, once again thanks to those shorter TV time limits.


Match 6:  Hitmen (Brute, Wolf & Slicer) vs. Hierarchy (Cultist, Massif & Bishop Hell) for the Six-Man Tag Team Championship in a Cosmic Cage

Most of the time, a cage match wraps up a feud and proves one side dominant over the other.  Between these two groups, a cage is just getting things warmed up!  Hoping to avenge the loss of the Tag Team Championship, Cultist tried to chip away at the Hitmen's strangehold on the GWF's belts.  The ring was red when this one ended, as both teams saw multiple heads meet the steel walls, and Bishop Hell had no problem making things worse with his HELLFIRE.  The champions would not be denied though, as they escaped the cage hurt but victorious.



Champions List:
Champion--Slicer (2/10)
Interdimensional--Christian (3/21)
Tag Team--Hitmen (Wolf & Slicer) (3/21)
Six-Man Tag Team (Brute, Wolf & Slicer) (11/17/87)

Next time:  The announcement of the teams in the 2nd Annual Tag Team Tournament

[brucetosis]

Things are going to get messy over the next few posts, so I'll break it down the least obnoxious way I can:


GWF Weekly     5/16-5/30/88

Main Events:

5/16--Brute over Splatter

5/23--Slicer defends Championship by beating Cultist

5/30--Star Warrior gets a DQ victory over Thantos


Pushes:

Good--Christian, Star Warrior, Actagon, Commander Sam

Bad--Cultist, Thantos, Spike, Massif

Tag Teams--TitanPower (Lord Nexus & Billy Joe Boxer), Henchmen (Comrade Terror & Executioner), Massif & Bishop Hell, Bomb Squad (Commander Sam & Adam Blast)


Jobbers:

Reptillo, Ghengis Khan, Killer Queen, Beast Rider, Deathknight, Pulsar, Adam Blast, Meteor, Creeper, Vanity


On May 30th, GWF Weekly did a promo piece highlighting the 2nd Annual Tag Team Tournament.  Last year, Star Warrior & Executioner beat Brute & Renegade to win the million dollar prize.  This year, the field will be expanded from 12 teams to 16, and will be a (sort of) triple elimination tournament.  Most of the matches will be held in house shows, but some will be shown live on both GWF Weekly and Saturday Night GWF.  During the promo piece, it was announced what the starting matches/tournament order would be via random draw.  The tournament will start out like this:

1. Gemini (Dark & Light) vs. Hitmen (Wolf & Slicer)
2. Massif & Bishop Hell vs. Brute & Massacre (the big news of the tournament is that the Gladiators are reunited!)
3. Ghengis Khan & Creeper vs. Norse Gods (Man-Mountain & Lightening)
4. Pulsar & Beast Rider vs. Ani-Men (Badger & Ram)
5. Bomb Squad (Commander Sam & Adam Blast) vs. Henchmen (Comrade Terror & Executioner)
6. TitanPower (Lord Nexus & Billy Joe Boxer) vs. Star Warrior & Mesmer
7. Renegade & Pit Viper vs. Greek Gods (Proteus & Actagon)
8. Exo-King & Krakan II vs. Deathknight & Killer Queen

It's a strong field--who will survive the gauntlet and win it all?  Place your bets!

[Pariah]

Really like some of the original pairings you've got going on... Especially Viper & Renegade... Would be great if they could manage to pull off the big upset, but I fear they don't get past the first round... If they can avoid getting DQ'd, I'm looking at the Hitmen to take it all... Wolf & Slicer seem unstoppable!

[brucetosis]

Jun 25, 2016 11:58:35 GMT -5 Pariah said:

Really like some of the original pairings you've got going on... Especially Viper & Renegade... Would be great if they could manage to pull off the big upset, but I fear they don't get past the first round... If they can avoid getting DQ'd, I'm looking at the Hitmen to take it all... Wolf & Slicer seem unstoppable!

It's funny...I went from "I hope they make more wrestlers" to "They made more, so they are going to FOREVER" and so I started to bring a lot of things back to canon. However, there were some pairs that really worked well together, like Renegade with Pit Viper, or Massif and Bishop Hell.  To this day I continue to find the fine line between the given teams, and finding my own pairs.  Maybe I wasn't so far off on that forever thing though.....lol

Interesting that you mentioned Renegade & Pit Viper and the Hitmen at this point.  Hmmmmmm.

Thanks for weighing in!  Much appreciated!

[TTX]

some interesting stuff. Fun to look back at the old days.

[wildfire]

Very cool stuff here... definitely reminds me of when I first played as a teenager... I never made bootlegs, but lots of face-heel turns and all kinds of crazy things. Thanks for sharing!

[brucetosis]

Jun 25, 2016 19:43:07 GMT -5 TTX said:

some interesting stuff. Fun to look back at the old days.

Thanks Troy!

It's actually been kind of addicting to look back and figure out what was going on.  Outside of the letter I wrote that I never finished or sent to Tom that I found which started this whole write-up, I only have a notebook filled which match results and my own memories.  I pore over the results months ahead to make sure I don't miss anything so I can do this as accurately as possible.  As time goes on, I get more and more intricate with notations.

Thanks for commenting!

[brucetosis]

Jun 25, 2016 22:45:12 GMT -5 wildfire said:

Very cool stuff here... definitely reminds me of when I first played as a teenager... I never made bootlegs, but lots of face-heel turns and all kinds of crazy things. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you Wildfire!

Yeah, my matches/fed had some pretty messed up stuff at times...lol.  Killing off Omega was probably my "low" point, and some of the matches played out in my imagination were so beyond the carnage that matches had at the time, up until ECW came around.  There's definitely more craziness to come.

Bootlegs originally came from not knowing if other characters would ever get made.  Most of my bootlegs eventually disappear, although a few of them still exist in my fed today (which is up to 2096 in fed time).  Reading over the course of my results, I'm pretty sure you could take some educated guesses on who.

I appreciate you taking the time to comment!