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I could see idol working the crowd into a frenzy for this one… plus having a pose off… then maybe arm wrestle… then they’d have tests of strength… 15 min in they’d start the match lol great stuff

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Havoc was a lot of fun - what a way to bring everything together. This was always one of my favorite events IRL and you definitely brought out the big guns for this one.

Here comes the money.... Shane McMahon is set to follow in the family business!

BWO is heading to ECW for Godfather - Konnan - and the draft pick which will be used on MARK HENRY!

It's True... It's True - Kurt Angle will make his debut in the WWF in 1998 - late 1998 after spending some time in developmental.

Marc Mero to the Wwf and then we drop

WWF is going to draft Buff Bagwell @spaldoni before you pick - check your messages.

I’m gonna draft Kevin Nash and then hold, I have a message drafted to @kevinmcfl this evening before moving forward

You've got quite a few big angles going on and everyone has a nice role in your reboot. I think the biggest ones that jump out to me are Benoit and the tv title and then the situation with the Hart Foundation and Jericho. I could see this being a great jumping point for him. It could be, in this world, the thing that keeps him in WCW. Now we've got battlebowl coming up - so much on the line - my money is on Sting but don't think Bret won't be there at the end... but also Randy Savage. Oh yeah... Goldberg is around too... and don't forget about DDP... that's the best part is that there isn't one clear this person should win because there's options out there .

Oct 28 WWF Raw Fast a furious after SNME Raw was pretty level tonight with some decent matchups… we saw Jim Neidhart & Owen Hart defeated Michael Rotundo & Curtis Hughes… Hughes seemed to be in a bad way and that brought out Zeus. He hammered down on the Foundation but then the Bossman came out… and we got a nice showdown of these two. Zeus wants the Bossman but Slick, OMG, and Martel back him off! The NEW US Tag Team Champion Steiner Brothers defeatedThe Godwins who make their official debut. Dino, Earthquake, and the Rougeaus cut a promo on winning back the US tag titles and putting an end to the Americana that is running wild! In an absolutely stellar match… Rick Rude defeated Shawn Michaels. Rude used is power to finish things off. Michaels really puts his name on the marquee with this one. We get a special Brother Love segment with Randy Savage and Tito who have to eat their loss the other night and then Brother Love goes to town on how they won’t have two more people show up to help them… then we get a HUGE eruption from the crowd when Brother Love turns around and he sees… Ax and Smash… DEMOLITION! They are here and they shake hands with Savage and Tito. They talk about being the original destruction crew of the WWF and one thing they are great at is DEMOLISHING SKYSCRAPERS! The Samoan Swat Team defeated The Bushwhackers when Jake Roberts got involved. We see Dusty and Snuka try to make the save but Jake pulls out Damien. He ends up DDTing Luke and Butch… Jake says that his last partner will be here next week and he challenges Rhodes and Snuka to a tag team match!

October 28 - Raw The New Age Outlaws defeat Too Cool but then have to run for the hills when the Barbarian and Haku show up. As they head up the aisle - here come the Godwins! We’ve got a nice brawl as officials come out. The Outlaws have to try and get free but this one is far from over. The Rock w/ The Harlem Heat defeated Duke Droese. The Rock cuts a nice promo on Steve Austin - he let’s him know that the New Nation has their eyes on him and they will soon come to make some snake skin boots and a new briefcase for the Rock’s Intercontinental Championship. Savio Vega w/ Boricuas defeated Tatanka - Just as the Boricuas start to celebrate - the lights go out and a loud bang is heard… here comes KANE! Bearer leads him down to the ring… Savio sends his troops out… Kane with a huge boot to Castillo! Kane throws Perez into the ringsteps! Kane then throws Estrada over the guardrail! Savio comes to throw hands but Kane with a huge CHOKESLAM! Bearer looks to the camera… and says this is the beginning and the Undertaker is the one who needs to answer for Kane! The moment we’ve all been waiting for… here comes Vince McMahon and he wants to bring out Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, and Sean Waltman… they come through the crowd and have an aura on them right now. There are no smiles… no special signs… they just get in the ring and they’re face to face with Vince McMahon now… The promo does the best it can to shoot from the hip while keep the show moving. The crux of the discussion is that Hall and Nash call out Vince for being the boss and how he is the one who sent them packing when they started to become real stars. They talk about how he favored Shawn and did everything he could to build Shawn up while bringing Hall and Nash and Waltman down. They talk about how their contracts weren’t worth renewing but Bret Hart’s was… so much so that they were sent packing and he was given a huge deal… only to be screwed out of it a year later. They put over how Hunter is the one who fell on the sword and someday… somehow… Vince is going to have to answer for that crime. He is going to have to answer for what he did to Hunter… but they don’t care about Bret. They don’t care about Hogan. They don’t care about Bichoff. They are here to do one thing and that is reclaim their spot at the top of the WWF! They say that they aren’t the NWO… they aren’t WCW… they don’t even consider themself the WWF… their the Wolfpac and their here to cause mass destruction because they are the bad boys of wrestling! They drop the mics and push Vince out of the way and he gets right up there… Hall tuns back around and Vince looks like he might get frisky… Patterson and Brisco are down here… they are with officials…. The Wolfpac backs off…. They exit through the fans… Rikishi defeated Bob Holly - Nothing offensive, just cooling the crowd off. William Regal defends the European Championship against Bart Gunn - Fit Finlay then comes back out and he tries to get his hands on Regal who escapes by the skin of his teeth! HBK cuts a promo on Mankind, Cactus Jack, Dude Love… he doesn’t even know. He does let the Wolfpack know that times have changed but they’ve also stayed the same. HBK is on top and everyone is looking up to him… if they think they’ve got what it takes step in the ring! Ken Shamrock defeated Steve Blackman… Lawler comes out and chastises Shamrock who says he still couldn’t pin him 1…2…3! Shamrock asks him to come out next week and see what happens… Lawler says he’ll be here! The Main Event for Raw tonight is a falls count anywhere match between Farooq and Bradshaw. They take the fight all over the ringside area and then back into the locker room. We see officials getting involved to keep things safe but Farooq and Bradshaw once again beat the hell out of them! We then see the two of them come crashing through a door… but it is the door of the Nation… Bradshaw gets up…. He backs off and now the Harlem Heat are stomping away at Farooq… Bradshaw then turns back around and goes in there to pull them off of him! Farooq and Bradshaw are now teaming up against the Harlem Heat and here comes the Rock! The Rock comes in and he leads the way as the New Nation take Farooq and Bradshaw out into the parking lot! Bradshaw with a clothesline from hell on Stevie Ray out of nowhere and then Farooq with a huge shoulder block sending Booker flying… wait a second… the Rock turns around…. STONE COLD! STONE COLD! Steve Austin with a couple of piston like right hands and then he slams the Rock’s head on the trunk of his car…the keys fall down… Austin tosses the Rock in the trunk and then closes it! You hear Austin lock the door and then he puts the keys in his pocket and jumps in his truck and speeds off as Raw fades to black!

October 26 - SNME Dusty Rhodes vs Jake Roberts Big time match to kick us off and these two give us a glimpse of the good stuff to come with these matches. Amazingly enough - first time we’ve seen them take on each other one on one since the beginning of their feud. The match is all psychology with Jake playing cat and mouse with Rhodes and then Rhodes playing the mind games to try and bring Roberts back into the fold. We get about 12-minutes of good action. The big moment happens when Gary Hart comes out and he speaks to Roberts. The two of them work together and we see Rhodes falling to the numbers game… wait a second… here come the Samoans and Fuji. Now things are really getting out of hand… but the tide turns when the Bushwhackers show up and even the odds. The finish sees Dusty with a couple of huge elbows and then we see Jake pull him out of the ring. The Samoans and Bushwhackers get into it… but Jake hits a DDT outside the ring on the floor and Dusty sells like crazy. Jake rolls in for the 10-count. Roberts with the win and he goes down to lay the boots into Roberts until we see Snuka come out and Roberts backs off with the Samoans. We get a special Brother Love show with Rick Rude, Haku, Barb, Warlord, and Heenan. They put over the big event of Survivor Series and how they plan to take out Warrior, Giant, and the Rockers. Nothing too big here but a lot of talk. That is until we hear Rude start running down the Giant for breaking his nose. Rude says he’s calling out andre and he wants him in the ring to even the odds! Randy Savage & Tito Santana vs The Great Muta & Terry Funk w/ Paul E Dangerously A good showcase - these four know what is going on. We finally get Funk and Savage in a one on one kind of… but the real highlight is Muta and Savage. They completly blow off the roof. Funk and Santana actually give quite the showcase and work the fans. The finish sees Muta get the green myst right into Savage’s eyes… with the beard… the visual is something. Tito is then hit with a nasty spinning heel kick… and Funk gets the PILEDRIVER on Santana for the 3-count! Elizabeth tries to help Savage and we see the imprint of his face on her dress. The British Bulldog vs Michael Rotundo w/ Slick A fun little match to show off the Bulldog who looks awesome. We hear about the injury to Curtish Hughes. Bulldog is able to make work of Rotundo after a nice 10-minute contest but then we see the Human Wrecking Machine - Zeus come out and he won’t be stopped. He hammers down on Bulldog something awful. We’ve got Martel and the Gang out here. The Enforcers are really beating down on Bulldog until Owen and Neidhart run out but nothing doing until the Bossman comes out with the Night Stick and the Enforcers back off. Steiners vs Rougeaus US Tag Titles A main event for some intents and purposes. This one goes about 17-mintues and we gets some great tag team action. Ray Rougeau seems ot have some nagging injuries or something going on here but Jacques keeps the pace. The finish sees Rick Steiner hit a twilt-a-whirl slam on Jacques and then a Frankensteiner on Raymond for the 1…2…3!! The Steiners have won the US tag titles!

Shamrock may have to come and see what is up

Havoc 1997 - what it was known for and what you've created are two different things... I can't say that Edge and Christian, in 1997 are at the level of the NAO in regard to beating the Road Warriors - but to each their own in that right - gotta crack the eggs to make dinner - Benoit getting the tv title is right and he could bring some real prestige to that title with the crew you've got - Rey gets the win and goes to a new height... I like this move and Eddy isn't hurt - Steiners win and get some antics from Doink which causes intrigue - Hart Foundation and Horsemen is a match made in heaven or hell depending - Owen Hart sets the stage though with the US title win - Luger, Savage, Hogan, & Triple H - the NWO - all strong pieces and no weak link - wonder how the Harts and Horsemen will match up

October 21 - Raw Raw opens up this week with Vince and Lawler putting over a huge night of action… tonight we’ll see the showdown between Jerry Lawler and Ken Shamrock… plus the New Age Outlaws take on the Barbarian and Haku… plus who will Shawn Michaels choose to take on Cactus Jack?!? Wait just a moment… here comes STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN! Austin comes out and he cuts a promo on the Rock and the New Nation. He tells them that they are nothing but trash and he’s going to take them out one at a time! He says he has his eyes on the Intercontinental Championship and that means the Rock is in his sights and he’s closing in! This brings out the Rock and Harlem Heat… Rock says that contrary to popular belief… it isn’t Rock season but Steve Austin season and they’ve got hunting passes and they are ready to make Snakeskin boots out of his rattlesnake ass! Austin tells them that he doesn’t mind the odds and if the Rock is feeling frisky… he should bring his ass down to the ring and see what happens! European Champion, William Regal defeated Duke Droese… Fit Finlay showed up out of nowhere to attack him. Fit looks pissed about something… Regal escapes with his title in hand. The Rock & the new Nation cut a promo on Steve Austin along with Farooq. They put over how the New Nation is a stronger nation that Farooq could have ever put together and he’s going to feel the ramification of that when they get their hands on him. Bradshaw vs Farooq - Round II - went to a double DQ outside the ring. These guys beat the living shit out of one another and man did they lay into each other. Officials try to break this up but Farooq and Bradshaw end up beating the hell out of them instead. Savio Vega is shown and he’s got some buddies behind him… Castillo, Perez, & Estrada he let’s everyone know that he’s got the backup now and he’s going to show the world why Puerto Rico creates the best and toughest wrestlers in the world. The WWF is about to find that out the hard way! Ken Shamrock vs Jerry Lawler ended up being a no-contest due to Shamrock going absolutely Ape-Shit. He beat the hell out of Lawler in the corner and then we locked him up in the ankle lock and he will not let go! We even go to a commercial break and come back with Shamrock being dragged off of Lawler. Lawler is writhing in pain as Vince puts it over in a big way. So now things pick up a little bit… once again… the security is pulling Shamrock to the back… from behind Vince… Kevin Nash and Sean Waltman show up and this time Kevin Nash pulls on Vince to get his attention and Vince stands up with a look in his eyes. Kevin is heard saying “Give me a live Mic and let’s get this figured out!” Waltman “Come on Boss Man… write us a check like the old days!” Nash “Come on Mr. McMahon… you sent Bret away… see if you can send us away!” We then see officials come down and back them off… Nash yells “see us next week in the ring!” The New Age Outlaws vs The Barbarian and Haku ended up being quite the shit show with the Outlaws doing everything they could to get away from Barb and Haku. Barb and Haku finally get a hold of them and the Outlaws have got to prove themselves quickly. This one ends up in a count out victory when the Outlaws run into the crowd. Sgt. Slaughter comes out and then he makes an announcement… next week… on Raw… a 4 corners tag team match for the WWF tag team titles… the Headbangers… the Godwins… Haku and Barbarian… and the New Age Outlaws! Cactus Jack makes his way down to the ring and he looks ready for a fight… whomever Michaels picks… if Jack wins… he gets the one on one match for the title! Michaels then pops out and he looks irate. He whispers something to Rude and then to Chyna. Michaels says he wanted to send Rude but he didn’t want to get his hands dirty… he wanted to send Chyna but the WWF wouldn’t sign off… so instead… he found someone… 600 pounds… 6’8”.... A former King of the Ring… MABLE! Cactus Jack vs Mable ended up being somewhat entertaining for what its worth. Jack took some serious blows and even a ring step spot where Mable fell backwards with Jack on his back onto the steps. The finish saw Jack go up top and Mable catches him… Jack somehow breaks his grip… Mable runs for a splash in the corner but Jack moves… Jack then rears back and cracks Mable’s head on the ringpost and he comes tumbling down and then we get the 3-count! Jack has won it and he has his shot against HBK… when will he cash it in? Tune in next week to find out!

Oct 21 WWF Raw Jake Roberts is in the back and he’s talking to someone… he turns around… it is Gary Hart! They shake hands and we hear Hart say something along the lines of… I have got just the guy to help you out with Rhodes! We then see Mr. Fuji walk up… he shakes hands with Gary Hart and announces that the Samoans will be excited to join the team! Raw opens with Gorilla and Jesse putting over SNME this weekend and then the Survivor Series in one month’s time. This weekend, we’ll see the US tag titles on the line when the Steiners look to get the gold back from the Rougeau Brothers… plus Randy Savage and Tito Santana team up against Terry Funk and the Great Muta! Don’t forget… we’ll see Dusty Rhodes against Jake Roberts and then the British Bulldog taking on Michael Rotundo. Tonight we see the Bossman taking on Curtis Hughes… so much action… let’s go to the ring! Big Bossman vs Curtis Hughes w/ Slick -This is a fun one for the Bossman who has come into his own. He looks great. He’s getting some love from the fan. Everything is clicking. Bossman even triggers that mean streak and he rams Hughes’ arm into the ringpost… once…. Twice… and then a third time and the crowd is going wild! Slick is trying to help his man but Bossman brings him back in and hits a couple of body slams on the arm and Hughes is writhing in pain! Slick is trying to call the match off and here comes the Bossman Slam! 1….2…..3! Bossman then grabs the night stick and CRACKS Hughes in the arm! He cracks him again! Hughes runs off to the back and he’s in a bad way! Randy Savage is in the back with Tito Santana and Mean Gene… they put over the Survivor Series and this weekend’s big tag team match… Savage is asked who is last two teammates will be and Savage announces that they won’t be here tonight… but they will this weekend… in fact they are going to put the spook in a spectacular win for the Macho Men this weekend! Funk and Muta may have tricks up their sleeves but they don’t have what Macho and Tito have… Heart… and that’s what counts the most! The Skyscrapers w/ Paul E destroyed a couple of dudes…Paul E chimes in during the match to let us know that the Skyscrapers are towering over the competition and come the Survivor Series… they are going to destroy anyone that Savage brings to the fight! We get a follow up from earlier… Slick is shown sending Curtis Hughes off in the ambulance… he has his arm heavily taped up… he says the Bossman done made the biggest mistake of his whole damn life! Dino Bravo defeated Paul Blake -We get a Hacksaw promo during the contest… he’s got the Steiners and Koko already to go with their 2x4s and Flags. He says he can’t wait for the Steiners to bring home the US tag titles this weekend! We get another follow up with Slick who is arguing with Rick Martel… he tells him he has got a plan… a plan that is going to tear the heart and soul from the Bossman’s team! Mean Gene is on the other side and he’s got Terry Funk with him… Funk puts over his issue with Randy Savage and talks about the SNME this weekend and what it is going to mean to him to get rid of Savage before Survivor Series. He says he has known Tito Santana for years and he’s nothing but a yellow belly and he will show his true colors! Owen Hart & Jim Neidhart defeated the Shadows - The Rocket and the Anvil make a nice debut as a team here… but then the unthinkable happens… after the match… we see Slick walk down to the ring and he’s got the Human Wrecking Machine with him… Zeus… he tells Zeus to take them out and we see Zeus get in the ring and beat the living hell out of both of these guys. The fans are almost shocked at what is going on. Officials and agents come down and try to stop this until Slick pulls him back and walks off the the back… Slick seems to have gone an eye for an eye here! Mean Gene is with Dusty Rhodes and asks him his thoughts on Jake Roberts and Gary Hart… Rhodes brings in Snuka and the Bushwhackers… he talks about how he has got men whom he can trust and he will go to war with. IT doesn’t matter who he brings Jake Roberts is nothing but a snake in the grass and it is time he paid his dues if you will! The Ultimate Warrior vs The Barbarian w/ Bobby Heenan - Main Event time… Warrior is such a wild animal out there… even Barb is able to slam him down enough to have a decent match. Heenan is so key outside the ring… Jesse and Gorilla put it over in a big way… we then see Rude come out to try and distract Warrior by posing with the title and showing off his body but Warrior no sells it before hitting the ropes and nails Barb with a big shoulder block! Rude turns around to find ANDRE THE GIANT there… Andre with a nasty headbutt and Rude’s nose is busted wide open! Inside the ring… Warrior with a big splash and the 1….2….3!! Warrior and Andre celebrate… while Rude… bleeding profusely from the nose… is ushered to the back with Barb and Heenan… we’ll see you this weekend for SNME!

Glad I was able to get Smokey Mountain on my Satellite dish... Even at this point ... in 1997... I could see this being a big deal for the territory. This is a solid mix of old school talent and some young fresh faces... with Cornette at the helm there's a lot of the horizon for these guys. My money is on Terry Gordy coming in and being a huge deal from the get go!

As a heads up ECW and WWF has swapped first round picks.

Looks good to me.

Can I pick up Honky Tonk Man as a part time wrestler? I think I have one more open spot.

One more - drop Ernest "The Cat" Miller and pick up Rick Martel

WWF Drops: Glacier & Prince Iaukea WWF Picks up: Miguel Pérez José Estrada Jr. Jesús Castillo

Noticed I have Dave Taylor and ECW has David Taylor... so he needs to be off my list. Also - could I swap Buff Bagwell for Rikishi?