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Old School Rules Set Month 2

rgarrardPosted on 02/07/04 at 04:19:23

4. Month 2 - The crowning of a champion

4.1. Long-term planning

4.1.1. For week 8, you will be running a 1 night only tournament for your top singles title. This card will feature only 8 of your wrestlers. Which 8 will it be? Each week will have instructions on to do this.


4.2. Week 5

4.2.1. Start this week with qualifier matches for the month-end title tournament. Your qualifier matches can be in ANY format as long as the most wrestlers that you qualify this week is 3. (you may opt to have no one qualify this week as well)

4.2.2. The mystery tag team that you brought in last week should call out and confront one member of your tag team champions. This is to set up a match for week 6.

4.2.3. Your main event this week should feature the wrestler that scored the pin in last week's main event and the wrestler that was pinned. Give the other two wrestlers from last week's main event, the week off.


4.3. Week 6

4.3.1. In this week's main event, put the two guys that had the "hardcore" match in week 1 against each other in some type of gimmick match.

4.3.2. Have a semi-main event featuring your tag team champions answering the challenge from last week. This will be the mystery team's only match unless they win your tag team titles.

4.3.3. Continue your qualifier matches that you started last week. At the end of this week's card, you should have 7 wrestlers in all qualified for the tournament for the title in two weeks. Leave one spot empty, as we will fill it next week.


4.4. Week 7

4.4.1. This week, to open your card, have a non-title tag team match featuring your tag team champions against one of the top teams in your circuit.

4.4.2. Your main event match this week is going to determine your eighth and final spot in your tournament to crown a singles champion next week. This spot will be decided by putting everyone on your roster that has not already qualified into a battle royal. You can decide what type of battle royal you want to have.

4.4.3. In your semi-main event this week, have the top face in each half of your tournament bracket team to face the top heel in each half of the tournament bracket.

4.4.4. Round out the card with four other matches this week.


4.5. Week 8 - Major card!

4.5.1. This week your card will feature a total of ONLY 8 wrestlers.

4.5.2. These 8 wrestlers are the ones that have qualified during the month to earn a shot at your top singles title.

4.5.3. Set up your tournament so that all first round matches feature a heel versus a face as much as possible.
cerberosPosted on 02/07/04 at 07:12:55

When you wrote this were you thinking that it was a non-televised indy or a MLW/ECW type show?  Just wondering.

Geno
rgarrardPosted on 02/07/04 at 07:21:00

A non-televised indy.  I was doing based on my BCW circuit, which is loosely based on the early 90's NWA/WCW.

But the rules are geared more toward a mid-80s NWA or even a Von Erich World Class style IMO.  

The problem I find when doing a tv based fed, is that you are limited by trying to fit your matches into a time frame, a problem that the current real life WWE product is constantly struggling with.
cerberosPosted on 02/07/04 at 19:58:39

Have you posted your circuit online somewhere?
rgarrardPosted on 02/07/04 at 20:08:29

Yes it is online.  I've posted two cards here on the forums and the entire fed is online at this URL:

http://pub48.ezboard.com/fhardedgewrestlinguniversefrm60

Happy reading.
cotguy130Posted on 02/08/04 at 04:04:50

Hi rgarrard

  I'd like to get your opinion on something.  I'm up to week 3 (the one where the face team issues an open challenge).  My tag team final, and therefore the rematch, ended up being heel v. heel.  As a result of this, and a new team coming in to answer the open challenge, I end up with 2 faces "left over" (or 2 heels, but the questions the same).  Is it more important for everyone to fight on every card, or for 2 guys on the same side NOT to fight.  How would you interpret this based on your guidelines?  
rgarrardPosted on 02/08/04 at 04:12:35

Hi cotguy130

In my BCW circuit, which I based these rules on, it is more important to keep the tradition of heels vs faces and leaving the face vs face and heel vs heel matches for special occasions such as tournaments and mega-cards.  Thusly, if not everyone has a match on every card, it is okay.

So in your situation, I'd give the "leftovers" the week off, because as you get further into the rules, you will see that getting the week off plays into things such as cutting promos and interfering without actually wrestling on the card.

Hope this makes sense.  And good luck with your circuit.
cotguy130Posted on 02/08/04 at 17:50:25

Thanks.  That's the way that I was hoping you would answer.  I'm really enjoying these rules.  How often do you plan on releasing a month, and how many months/years does your rules set cover?  
rgarrardPosted on 02/08/04 at 18:49:19

Well, as of right now, I have written up through the end of month 4's rules, with the intent of making at least the first 6 months worth of rules (and based on recent feedback, there should easily be enough for a year's worth and maybe more as a lot of fun rules based stuff can happen once your fed has some history behind it!).  

And I plan on trying to do a new release hopefully every weekend as long as my free time permits.
JoshEnglemanPosted on 02/26/04 at 23:15:01

Well, this is jsut ridiculous. I just got through my tournament for the WWF Title. The final was Edge vs. The Undertaker. Undertaker captures the title.

After the match, I am asked if I want to renew Mosh's contract (Headbangers were my mystery team). I declined which lead to a popup asking if I wanted to vacate the WWF Title. As it turns out, The Undertaker, fresh off of his victory, resigned from my fed. The champion leaves instantly after he wins the title!

Instead of having the rematch the next week, I am having a Triangle match with the other 3 wrestlers from the semi-finals.
rgarrardPosted on 02/27/04 at 01:38:59

Might I point out... that the "I" key allows you to book champions that may have walked out of your circuit?

And yes, I've had to use it in BCW at least twice that I can recall in 29 cards so far.

But that really does suck when your top guy leaves like that.
JoshEnglemanPosted on 02/27/04 at 01:50:03

Yeah, I know that I could have used him like that, I just felt I would keep it realistic and book around it. The triangle match turned out to be pretty good. I also brought in Sid as The Undertaker's replacement.

I'll take Lesnar vs. Edge vs. HHH over The Undertaker vs. Edge anyday, so maybe it was for the best.  ;D
rgarrardPosted on 02/27/04 at 01:58:04

that does sound like a decent three way.  :)
rey619Posted on 03/19/04 at 14:24:13

Thanks for the tip, the exact same thing happened to me with La Parka (who beat Christian in the finals). Didn't know about the I button, though...