How are the Expansion Pack V Roster Managing For You?

[CanadianPitbull]

I enjoy seeing how wrestlers in new sets are doing for folks.

D'LO BROWN: Card switch and D'Lo has maintained a spot in the midcard but nothing spectacular as of late. Hoping with the new card we will see him move closer to the U.S. Title.

MR. HUGHES: Haven't pulled the trigger on him yet. Waiting for Shane Douglas to win a title to then employ him to have his back. So until that happens Mr. Hughes is on the sidelines.

DISCO INFERNO: He is making a hard and long climb from the bottom of the rankings. He had won his house show matches but has been struggling since making it to the TV Tapings. I also had him make a random appearance on my ROH Canada once in a backstage segment where he was having a chat with fellow podcaster Konnan about needing back up. And wondering if Konnan could or would do that? Konnan said he would see but he is busy in ROH with Kingston and Homicide against The Briscoes. Disco walks off just as The Briscoes attack Konnan. Disco returned to help Konnan. So it is up in the air is Konnan and/or Kingston and Homicide will help Disco in the future.

FIT FINLAY: Fit got the card switch and has not done much as of yet. Had a few successful matches but not striking out much just yet.

THE JAMES GANG/NEW AGE OUTLAWS: Card switch and they have been on the upswing and going towards facing off against the Heavenly Bodies for the International Tag Team titles. A couple more wins and that will earn them that title shot.

HUGH MORRIS: Have used him in house shows at first and he was very dominant. Since joining the main roster I have been making hints of him joining the Dungeon of Doom as Kevin Sullivan will make random appearances at ringside when he wrestles.

DAVEY BOY SMITH: I did a lot of promotional vignettes of him coming and did not debut him until the PPV as the challenger for The British Empire Championship that was held by "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers. I say held because Davey Boy Smith recently won said title from him recently and my debut paid off (there were a few times there I felt the dice were going to push Rogers as champion again). Rogers and Smith are now in a feud as Rogers demanded a rematch. So the build to the next PPV is on. Smith came in strong and hopefully he is able to run with the title for awhile. So far Lou Thez holds the record for longest title reign with that belt.

VAL VENIS: Card swap and nothing has changed. Still sits in the mid card hell. Maybe the colour card upgrade with make a difference.

BIG VAN VADER: Is a MONSTER! He had a helluva feud and battle with Harley Race before finally defeating him and injuring him to become the new Canadian Heavyweight Champion. As a powerful and dominant member of Jimmy Hart's First Family he has brought importance back to Jimmy's stock. The First Family has fell on tough times for the last couple of seasons and now with the acquisition of Vader. Jimmy is super happy. It will be interesting to see who is able to topple the Man They Call Vader.

PROMOTER PRIME:

MARCUS BAGWELL/2 COLD SCORPIO: Card swaps and then reintroduced as a tag team. So far they are making their way up through the rankings and doing well.

"THE PATRIOT" DEL WILKES: Card swapped and has been making an impact by aiding Hacksaw Jim Duggan and "Wild" Bill Curry against the evil terrorist faction known as The Triangle of Terror (Abdullah The Butcher, Killer Kowalski, The Sheik managed by The Grand Wizard along with his bodyguard "The Ox" Baker). The feud is getting hot and The Patriot is a super babyface with the crowd. I see title shots in his future.

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Good topic. I am just now starting to see some of the new cards making an impact.
D'Lo has been struggling. He loses the majority of his matches and I have yet to find a solid program or feud for him.

Disco Inferno is becoming somewhat of a lovable loser. He doesn't just get beat, he gets squashed a lot. That doesn't matter to me though because he is a fun character and easy to book stories for even if the outcome seem inevitable. His current one sided feud is with DDP.

Mr Hughes has been teamed up with Shane Douglas. He makes a good addition to the Franchise's matches at ringside but he has also been a very strong tag team partner for Shane. I was surprised by how well Hughes and Douglas work as a tag team.

New Age Outlaws are winning more than they are losing. They recently won out in a tag team feud over Harley Race & King Kong Bundy (managed by Heenan) but fell short in a title match against Heenan's other team of Bockwinkel & Stevens.

Davey Boy Smith is steadily working his way up the card. He is just below main event level right now. I expect him to settle into U.S. title contention status. He has been dominating a series against Curt Hennig.

Big Van Vader is the monster you would expect him to be. His only real competition has been Stan Hansen who managed to beat Vader two in a row before falling in a cage match. I have had some really good matches between Vader and The Crusher as well.

Val Venis is lower mid-card for me. I use him as a baby face. His first feud has been against Stevie Richards.

Hugh Morrus is a bit of an enigma. He can be a monster at times or he can lose convincingly. I have enjoyed pitting Morrus against Al Snow in a hardcore feud. They recently had a fun Falls Count Anywhere Match that Morrus won.

Fit Finlay is also just starting to get his footing. He had a mini feud with Adrian Street that was 50/50. Now I am using him in the hardcore division where his next feud will be with the Sandman.

Scorpio and Bagwell are rising steadily. They had a very good series against The Quebecers but lost out in the end. Now they are on to a feud against Dr Tom Prichard and Loverboy Dennis Condrey (the team of Dr Love). Very fun team to use.

The Patriot has been the shocker so far. He went 50/50 for a while in a feud with the Russians (Smirnoff, Zhukov and Volkoff) but finally won in the end. He was then entered into my King of the Ring tournament. He won his first round match over Barry Windham, then beat Rob Van Dam in the next round. Patriot upset Big Van Vader in the semi finals. He then faced Harley Race in the finals and won. This earned Patriot a shot at the World Title held by The Sandman (it's been a weird few months for my title).
In a wild match for the title, The Patriot pinned Sandman to become the champion.

This is a very fun set to use but the wrestlers have not made quite the initial impact on my fed that the guys in the hardcore set made. It's a slower build but I'm enjoying it.

[CanadianPitbull]

That is awesome Hawk!

[markyhitch]

I've barely played LOW in recent months but Vader looks unstoppable and Shane Douglas is strong too. I'm hoping Smith will do good.

[Vegas]

I will have to get back to you on this one.

I just got back to my LOW fed after playing COTG for about 3 months and thus I just started bringing in the wrestlers from this set.

So far though I have assigned the following wrestlers from LOW Quarter 4 to the following brands of my LOW fed:

RAW
Davey Boy Smith
Stars and Stripes
Mr. Hughes
Val Venis
D'Lo Brown

Smackdown
Teddy Long
James Gang
Fit Finlay
Disco Inferno
I also just brought in the Quebecers and assigned them to Smackdown

EAWA
Big Van Vader

not assigned yet: Hugh Morris

[Bazzy]

Amazingly the new names (Big Van Vader , Davey Boy Smith , Disco Inferno etc) I still HAVEN'T used one of them yet . They go to the bottom of the pile list and work their way up . Top name of list lose , you then go to the bottom etc .

[victoryroll84]

From the ones I've used so far, Vader, Bulldog are both tearing it up in my LWF Super World Tour fed here on the boards.
I've been super impressed by them and look forward to debuting Disco and Mr. Hughes

[Vegas]

Almost 1 year later, I have had more of an opportunity to assess how these wrestlers have done in my fed.

Big Van Vader- has been almost unstoppable on my EAWA brand where he has been my EAWA Champion for the past 5 months in terms of game time.

James Gang- they are on my Smackdown brand and they have been in the title picture but so far have not won either my World Tag Team Championship or my United States Tag Team Championship. They earned another shot at the Rock N' Roll Express for the World Tag Team Championship at my upcoming No Mercy PPV.

Davey Boy Smith- on my RAW brand, he has done good overall and recently won a spot in my RAW Money in the Bank match but he did not capture the briefcase.

Fit Finlay- on my Smackdown brand where he is paired with David Taylor. Finlay does so so and has a match against Stan Hansen at my upcoming No Mercy PPV.

Disco Inferno- on my Smackdown brand, he is a fun act mostly appearing in the opening match

Mr. Hughes- on my RAW brand where he is the bodyguard for Melina and the Midnight Express

D'Lo Brown- on my RAW brand, has not done much yet

Val Venis- same comments as above for D'Lo Brown

Hugh Morris- I have not used his card yet.

Promoter Prime Q4 2019: Stars and Stripes have won most of their matches against the Bolsheviks but failed to capture the VWF Tag Team Championship from the Road Warriors. I have not used 2 Cold Scorpio's card yet.

[Humanoids4eva]

I teamed the Patriot with British Bulldog as Allied Force and they won the tag title against the Quebecers. Smith struggled a bit as a single, losing to Finlay, Vader and a couple of others. Smith rebounded with this team as they make a solid team.

Vader is my resident monster and have not placed him in the title picture yet. He had some good fights with Abdullah, Hansen, Brody and Bundy. Even had him team the Lariat and Bundy at different times. Slowed his title shots as I figure if he wins he may sit atop the mountain for awhile.

James Gang had a few tag title shots but came up empty, even losing a tournament match where the winner got a title shot against Doc and Gordy, my then Champs. The Quebecers won that tournament and had a great title reign until the Allied Force unseated them.

D-Lo adds spice to my mid card and while gives a good match has not latched onto a feud yet. Expect him to face Dan Severn from the HOF set soon. Finlay has also served in a similar role by beating Bulldog and a few others. Love his card and he may team with Brown and Down (Dlo) and Dirty (Finlay). For some reason, I can see them teaming.

Disco has a fun card to play but has gotten beat by LHW contender Juvi Guerrera, eaten the Diamond Cutter from DDP and slapped around by Dlo. He is usually the first grappler on their first rung up the ladder. He has notched wins over Milliman and also Kenny Jay.

That covers the more active cards from this set.

[Swarm]

I’m teaming Davey Boy Smith with Pete Dunne as the British Bulldogs. They’re currently winning a feud w the Dream Team in the WWF.

In the NWA, Vader has been teaming with my Sid Vicious boot and they’re currently the no.1 contenders to the tag belts held by Brody & Hansen.

Mr. Hughes debuted as the bodyguard for Cornette and the Midnight Express, helping them defeat the RnR Express.