LowBlowPodcast Posted December 7, 2015 Report Posted December 7, 2015 I hope people don't view you as the humbug in any way. You liked your roster and you built it the way you wanted. No harm in that at all in my book. I think for the rest of us we were just looking for different pieces to the puzzle. If anything you have the step ahead by still getting some great talent out of the draft but still holding on to what brought you to this point with little to no change.
Boon Posted December 9, 2015 Report Posted December 9, 2015 I hope people don't view you as the humbug in any way. You liked your roster and you built it the way you wanted. No harm in that at all in my book. I think for the rest of us we were just looking for different pieces to the puzzle. If anything you have the step ahead by still getting some great talent out of the draft but still holding on to what brought you to this point with little to no change. This was my whole point about avoiding it, plus when I absorbed Georgia I got a lot talent and brought some big players in (Landell & Fabs). But the draft has been very good, just hope everyone have got enough guys to get over there new talent..
LowBlowPodcast Posted December 9, 2015 Report Posted December 9, 2015 I think we are at a point in the draft now where we will start to see some of those extra pieces come into play and people are going to start filling out their rosters with their enhancement and lower card talent. I know that I have roughly 20 people on my roster right now as active wrestlers so I only have 16 more spots to fill and put some extra pieces into place
dexstar Posted December 9, 2015 Report Posted December 9, 2015 Are we gonna have 1984 Japan dates up sometime? Or am I just looking in the wrong place?
LowBlowPodcast Posted December 9, 2015 Report Posted December 9, 2015 I will update that in the coming days. I have a link out there but I want to make it more clear for everyone. Â I am also working on the fresh face list which I am going to post for us to edit and change so we know who is coming out when. Â All those things will be updated tonight hopefully.
rainmakerrtv Posted December 9, 2015 Author Report Posted December 9, 2015 I know you asked for help with the fresh face list, it's been a bit frantic on my side, working a weird shift, but I will lend a hand once it settles.
LowBlowPodcast Posted December 9, 2015 Report Posted December 9, 2015 Can anyone confirm if the Sheik retired in 1984? I've been looking everywhere and he is barely active from 1984 - 1991. Should we still use him as a freelancer?
kevinmcfl Posted December 9, 2015 Report Posted December 9, 2015 I looked and also saw very little. I do not think we should use him as a freelancer
dexstar Posted December 9, 2015 Report Posted December 9, 2015 Does anyone realllllly want to book the sheik anyway? Â He is blackballed from Big Time due to his attempt at killing Detroit earlier this decade
LowBlowPodcast Posted December 9, 2015 Report Posted December 9, 2015 Does anyone realllllly want to book the sheik anyway?  He is blackballed from Big Time due to his attempt at killing Detroit earlier this decade  I guess you could inherit him as a figure head. That would be an interesting turn of the tide lol.
dexstar Posted December 9, 2015 Report Posted December 9, 2015  Does anyone realllllly want to book the sheik anyway?  He is blackballed from Big Time due to his attempt at killing Detroit earlier this decade  I guess you could inherit him as a figure head. That would be an interesting turn of the tide lol.   We're having a hard enough time drawing a nice house after his reign of terror
dexstar Posted December 10, 2015 Report Posted December 10, 2015 For everyone - Â I'm going to try and do monthly PWI style mag covers (not the stories, just the cover) and am going to do the first one when the draft is over. Should be able to work everyone in to it in some form, so if you have a story headline or specific angle you want to push through that, PM me and let me know.
LowBlowPodcast Posted December 10, 2015 Report Posted December 10, 2015 This may be a formality but I wanted to address it to the population here. I know that there was a lot of resistance by others to have our rosters grow to the lengths that they have along with getting some bigger named talent like we have. I want to stress what our product is and how you have to take things into account when bringing in some of these new people. It may be difficult to just jump in and try and have a brand new roster for all intensive purposes but I want to give some help with it. Â For me... I have got three more shows before I go on "break" for December to the new year. I looked back at results from Mid South in real life. Most of you should have access to some kind of results from your various territories. I then looked at the people I have picked and decided which of them could jump into the promotion with little to no need of development. Guys like Duggan, Magnum TA, and Bundy are known in Mid South so they can be introduced a little easier than someone like John Studd. John Studd has up to this point in "real life" never wrestled in the Mid South area outside of the small stint that WCCW had. This is going to be an opportunity to try and build him as a character and spend time on it. Â My biggest fear for everyone is that you try to do too much too quick. We have already seen a ton of burnout for one reason or another. Long story short, this isn't an overly easy thing to do and to commit to and to be good at. The biggest thing to look at over the next three months is to look at all the individual with whom you have drafted and spend time bringing them in. I know for Mid South, I am going to have 2-3 months of television and house shows to start to get guys like the Moondogs and Zhukov introduced in Mid South at this point in their careers. Remember that this is a marathon and work well on the development of these characters and invest time in them to make them special. Â This is an AWESOME shot in the arm for the project to have this talent influx on our rosters... like I said, I just want to make sure everyone takes the time to build these characters and build your promotions. If all else fails... cut down on some of the "main" people and slow down with your roster and then build back up. Remember this is a territory system and utilizing new talent and developing talent is the key to success.
Boon Posted December 10, 2015 Report Posted December 10, 2015 I know you guys are still completing the redraft, but we will need to do the January draft soon aswell...
LowBlowPodcast Posted December 10, 2015 Report Posted December 10, 2015 This one should be done by the end of the weekend... Sunday that is. Then we can set up the January draft upon its completion... that one should go quicker. I will work on getting it set up as soon as this one concludes.
Boon Posted December 10, 2015 Report Posted December 10, 2015 I think we need a dreaded vote, but putting it out there, is it just worth doing one draft for the whole year? Instead of just one every month?
Boon Posted December 10, 2015 Report Posted December 10, 2015 Especially as most people just pass and we wait around for someone to pass?
LowBlowPodcast Posted December 10, 2015 Report Posted December 10, 2015 I think if we did the draft it would have to be mid year though right? To kind of play off the ones who have started and the one who will start? Â I am game for either... I'd hope we'd keep the fresh face order that we just agreed upon as I just need to add MACW then Stampede to the list.
LowBlowPodcast Posted December 10, 2015 Report Posted December 10, 2015 Mid-South - AWA - Southeastern - Big Time - Memphis - WWA - Florida – MACW - Stampede -
Boon Posted December 10, 2015 Report Posted December 10, 2015 I don't think it would need to be, just do it and get it out the way, is my thinking?
LowBlowPodcast Posted December 10, 2015 Report Posted December 10, 2015 http://prowrestlingonly.com/index.php?/topic/32526-discussion-3-fresh-face-monthly-drafts/ Â I put it out for discussion. It was a way of removing the defunct promotions and moving people upwards.
LowBlowPodcast Posted December 10, 2015 Report Posted December 10, 2015 The only addendum would be for Stampede to move up, but with the way we put it, he would go to the back since he is the "newest" but he also got the first pick in the big draft so it kind of cancels it out.
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