Turning WWE Around - Rumble Match Posted! (EWR)

[The Spin]

01/01/07 - New England: WWE Chairman Vince McMahon today released a statement saying that 2006 had been the worst year in the history of WWE in terms of profit and it terms of ratings for TV shows and Pay-Per-Views. After stating this, he vowed to turn it around. He has put changes to carry this out into immediate effect.

The most significant of these changes being the firing of a large number of the booking staff, with McMahon blaming "old thinking" for a lot of the companies problems. He went on to announce that he had hired 2 unknown, but talented bookers from smaller promotions as the head bookers. The 2 men, Chez Spin and Connor Rawlings both booked for small federations before coming to WWE.

The second significant change announced was the end of WWE's ECW brand. The third brand had limited success and McMahon said that WWE needed to concentrate on making their flagship brands stronger before making ventures such as ECW. The former ECW stars will be staying on the WWE roster as part of either Smackdown! or Raw.

The final big change to WWE announced was the way in which the 2 brands would be made more balanced. All current workers on the roster who are not at WWE development camps at Ohio Valley or Deep South wrestling will be re-drafted to Smackdown! or Raw by the 2 new bookers. Chez Spin will take Smackdown!, drafting for it and becoming the new on-screen General Manager as well. Connor Rawlings will be in charge of Raw. This draft will take place in the immediate future according to WWE officials.

All these changes are taking place, but can they turn WWE around?


Head Booker Bios:

Head Booker 1:
Name: Chez Spin
aka: The Spin
Brand: Smackdown!
Previous Promotions: Ohio Valley Wrestling, NWA Anarchy, Ring of Honour
Style: Technical and high flying wrestling

Head Booker 2:
Name: Connor Rawlings
aka: GrayNicolls
Brand: Raw
Previous Promotions: Deep South Wrestling, IWA Puerto Rico, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Style: Charismatic and brawling wrestling


The draft and WWE details coming soon!

 

[plympilgrim]

lookin forward to this, is it a story spin??

 

[GrayNicolls]

Yeah it is, he just placed it in the wrong place.

 

[The Spin]

Yes, even I make mistakes! Thats a lesson to you kids, always check you are in the right forum before posting your thread

I have to wait for someone to move it now...

EDIT: Someone has

 

[The Spin]

At WWE Headquarters the new Head Bookers and General Managers, Connor Rawlings and Chez Spin conducted the draft of every wrestler on the roster. Below is the roster for each of the brands. As a result of the draft, all the titles have been vacated by champions and left at their original brand. Vince McMahon has given both GMs permission to speak to wrestlers and has allowed them to sign up to 3 new wrestlers for their respective brands. The next WWE show is on Friday with Smackdown!. WWE.com has started a poll asking fans which brand they think is better (see top of page to vote!)

WWE Draft 2007

Raw

General Manager:
Connor Rawlings (Face)

Main Eventers

Faces:
Batista
John Cena
Shawn Michaels
Triple H

Heels:
None

Upper Midcarders

Faces:
Chris Benoit
Rob Van Dam

Heels:
Big Show
Kane

Midcarders

Faces:
Jeff Hardy
Jim Duggan
Matt Hardy
Mickie James
Scotty 2 Hotty
The Boogeyman
The Sandman
Tommy Dreamer

Heels:
Charlie Haas
Danny Basham
Doug Basham
Finlay
Jamie Noble
Jazz
Johnny Nitro
Little Guido Maritato
Mark Henry
Rene Dupree
Shelton Benjamin
Test
The Great Khali
Victoria
Viscera
William Regal

Lower Midcarders

Faces:
Danny Doring
Jimmy Wang Yang
Robbie McAllister
Rory McAllister
Shannon Moore
Stevie Richards
Tatanka
Val Venis

Heel:
Big Guido
Mike Knox
Rodney Mack

Openers

Faces:
Beth Phoenix

Heels:
Kevin Thorn

Jobbers

Faces:
None

Heels:
Derrick Niedkirk

Managers

Faces:
Amy Zidan
Candice Michelle
Kelly Kelly
Layla El
Rebecca DiPietro

Heel:
Ariel
Daivari
Jillian Hall
Little *******
Melina
Trinity

Non Wrestlers

Faces:
Al Snow
Dusty Rhodes
Hulk Hogan
Theodore Long

Heels:
Eric Bischoff
Mike Rotundo
Simon Dean
Stephanie McMahon

Smackdown!

General Manager:
Chez Spin (Face)

Main Eventers

Faces:
Ric Flair
The Undertaker

Heels:
Edge
Randy Orton

Upper Midcarders

Faces:
Rey Mysterio
Sabu

Heels:
King Booker

Midcarders

Faces:
Bobby Lashley
Brian Kendrick
Carlito
CM Punk
Eugene
Funaki
Hardcore Holly
Paul London
Snitsky
Super Crazy
Vito

Heels:
Chavo Guerrero
Chris Masters
Dave Taylor
Flash Funk
Gregory Helms
Joey Mercury
Ken Kennedy
Kenny
Lance Cade
Rob Conway
Sylvan
Umaga

Lower Midcarders

Faces:
Ashley Massaro
Henry Godwinn
JTG
Maria
Shad

Heels:
Balls mahoney
Matt Striker
Sylvester Terkay
Trevor Murdoch

Openers

Faces:
Brad Armstrong

Heels:
Idol Stevens
KC James
Montel Vontavious Porter
The Miz
Tony Mamaluke

Jobbers

Faces:
None

Heels:
Dan Rodimer

Managers:

Faces:
Torrie Wilson

Heels:
Armando Alejandro Estrada
Elijah Burke
Kristal Marshall
Michelle McCool
Paul Heyman
Queen Sharmell
Vickie Guerrero

Non Wrestlers

Faces:
Jerry Lawler
Matt Cappotelli
Roddy Piper
Steve Austin

Heels:
Jonathan Coachman
Mick Foley
Shane McMahon
Vince McMahon

 

[treva]

can't wait for this guys both lineups look strong so the shows should be great

 

[The Spin]

1st January 2006, New York - The World's Top 100 Wrestlers list has today been published by grapplefanatics.net. The top 10 are:

1. Kurt Angle (TNA)
2. Chris Jericho (-)
3. Chris Benoit (WWE Raw)
4. Christian Cage (TNA)
5. Shawn Michaels (WWE Raw)
6. Rey Mysterio (WWE Smackdown!)
7. CM Punk (WWE Smackdown!)
8. Rob Van Dam (WWE Raw)
9. Edge (WWE Smackdown!)
10. AJ Styles (TNA/ROH/BOH)

WWE stars have not done well, here are the positions of some of the top wrestlers in WWE.

12. Triple H
18. Randy Orton
43. King Booker
81. The Undertaker
88. John Cena

And Batista was not on the Top 100 at all!

This list suggests that the Raw and Smackdown! brands are balanced evenly considering the number at placement of their stars.

 

[manee]

How are you conducting a two player game?

Looks great, keep it up.

 

[GrayNicolls]

We're just passing the save file on everytime we do our shows.

 

[manee]

OK, cool. Here the ratings will matter big time and I reckon that Raw will trounce smackdown with the stars they have.

 

[GrayNicolls]

You may think so, but Smackdown! have the best GM.

 

[manee]

I didn't think you'd be so modest.

I think the best two ways to check which is the better brand is to re-do the poll every two months and see who supports who.

 

[GrayNicolls]

That's what we're going to do, I think.

Also, the GMs have got to take advantage of their 3 signings which they're allowed.

 

[The Spin]

OK, cool. Here the ratings will matter big time and I reckon that Raw will trounce smackdown with the stars they have.

What are you on about??? :confused:

Really, being totally honest, I thought Smackdown had a very slightly better roster after my draft picks. You have to remember that people like Batista and Cena are awful on the game!

And Conor is right, our 3 signings each should come into play. Expect some big names!

 

[manee]

I mean the ratings you get in the game (sorry, I had just woken up, that post actually made no sense).

Smackdown has Ric Flair and Undertaker with a combined age of 98 as their main eventers while Raw has Triple H and Shawn Michaels who are quite good on the game. But remember, Triple H has creative control