08-14-2005, 11:52 PM
This is a story based off a wrestling simulator I've been playing. Tap convinced me to bring it here to see the response. If you guys like it I'll continue posting it over on Chubbs
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We had been planning this for a long time. Ever since the three of us left high school, this had been our dream, to make a wrestling federation from the ground up.
Okay, okay, let me back up.
My name is Rebnik DesTerek. I'm a geek. My two best friends, Will and Tami, and myself had always wanted to run out own business. All of us being very involved in wrestling, this was what we decided to do. Tami and I got married at 19, so things were postponed, but now here at 21 we were ready to rock the town.
Thanks to some inheritance on my part, Will's already rich background, and Tami's insane business sense, we managed up enough money and contacts to get the ball rolling.
So with that said, I present to you Ground Zero Wrestling, the best fed you've never heard of.
September 2005
Okay, so maybe I wasn't quite ready for something like this. I mean, I knew it would require hard work, determination, and a strong business sense. But I thought I could make someone else do it.
So I sat playing my playstation 2 when an obviously annoyed Tami slammed the door open.
Tami: Get dressed
Reb: Eh, shit! Goddamnit, Tami, I was doing good!
Tami: You scheduled the staff interviews, right? Well you have to do them!
Reb: Uh...just sign them all?
Tami: No, you better do it. Most of them keep hitting on me. They arn't the most professional looking bunch.
Reb: *sigh* Okay, fine, whatever, I'll be out.
For the next hour I endured the most fucked up trial and error interviews I'd ever encountered. You name it, I got it. A prostitute for a medic, Shania Laurent. A bartender and a wanna-be comedian agreed to be our ring announcers(Mark Tegland and Laughing Larry). Our production manager was an ex-convict, Bruno Leclerc, who was only signed because I was scared out of mind of the guy. My road agent was Sarah Standish who was one of those sexy russian chicks you get in a bride order magazine. Tami didn't appreciate the fact I was drawn to the woman's chest, and I doubt she'll be happy to know the chest was an important factor in signing the woman.
There was good news, however. Jason McCord turned out to be a decent enough guy, a student at the college Tami went to. He agreed to be our referree. We ended up not hiring a writer, since I figured Will, my best friend, could handle shouting orders to six or seven wrestlers.
Speaking of wrestlers, the next day was the try out. We actually got more people then I expected, about twenty or so. We couldn't afford to get any more then eight, so I was going to have to do some cutting. To add onto my difficulties, because everyone would be staying at the house (it was big, but still, these are wrestlers), we had to make sure they weren't gonna kill us in our sleep.
I already promised a friend of mine a spot on the roster. He was the only person there that had never wrestled before, but thanks to some theatre classes, Jagged could pull off a success based solely on his charisma. He was pretty good at over dramatizing stuff, so I gave him a gothic gimmick and had him go buy a skull mask.
I hired a young black man named Kory Williams because he was decent in the ring and he gave me an idea for a gimmick. He used to be a football player, so he play a former football player. I know, doesn't sound as good as I hope it'll be, just bare with me. Because he has low charisma, I put a swimsuit model named Vanessa at his side, who would play a country gal from the mountains.
I didn't care much for Stevie Fabulous, but Will was absolutely thrilled with his performance. The guy was quick but he wasn't the best person for the job. Either way, Will is an owner too, so I hired him and called him Silly Stevie who would play a psycho with a split personality.
I scooped up Jeff Rocker since he played a decent heel and I needed one. Not to mention my dog liked him. Either way, he'll be the cocky heel, Jeff Flame.
Adam Polock I took because he was already very well known in my Tennessee area. His charisma isn't too good but hey, if he can wrestle then he's okay in my book. He'll be Tidal Wave the comic book hero!
To round up my random list of makeshift wrestlers, I found Hardcore Ninja #1. He's a 19 year old canadian who apparantly wanted to play a japanese ninja with his brother, Evil Ninja #2. But, unfortunetly, I couldn't afford both so I took him and dubbed him Hardcore Ninja.
I spent a shitload of money on fliers to up my advertising up to 1%. I probably will have to down it next month for the first ever event, I find it nessecary.
In similar news, I got some equipment via Will's attic. An old wrestling mat, ten porch chairs, a wrestling belt (completely fake and plastic), and a small ring bell.
To end the week, I looked online for sponsers. I found four sponsers, all pretty much from similar sites, who were just dumb enough to fund us. Two were $500 a show, and two were $1,000.
With all that done, I will close this entry with the flier to the next event.
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We had been planning this for a long time. Ever since the three of us left high school, this had been our dream, to make a wrestling federation from the ground up.
Okay, okay, let me back up.
My name is Rebnik DesTerek. I'm a geek. My two best friends, Will and Tami, and myself had always wanted to run out own business. All of us being very involved in wrestling, this was what we decided to do. Tami and I got married at 19, so things were postponed, but now here at 21 we were ready to rock the town.
Thanks to some inheritance on my part, Will's already rich background, and Tami's insane business sense, we managed up enough money and contacts to get the ball rolling.
So with that said, I present to you Ground Zero Wrestling, the best fed you've never heard of.
September 2005
Okay, so maybe I wasn't quite ready for something like this. I mean, I knew it would require hard work, determination, and a strong business sense. But I thought I could make someone else do it.
So I sat playing my playstation 2 when an obviously annoyed Tami slammed the door open.
Tami: Get dressed
Reb: Eh, shit! Goddamnit, Tami, I was doing good!
Tami: You scheduled the staff interviews, right? Well you have to do them!
Reb: Uh...just sign them all?
Tami: No, you better do it. Most of them keep hitting on me. They arn't the most professional looking bunch.
Reb: *sigh* Okay, fine, whatever, I'll be out.
For the next hour I endured the most fucked up trial and error interviews I'd ever encountered. You name it, I got it. A prostitute for a medic, Shania Laurent. A bartender and a wanna-be comedian agreed to be our ring announcers(Mark Tegland and Laughing Larry). Our production manager was an ex-convict, Bruno Leclerc, who was only signed because I was scared out of mind of the guy. My road agent was Sarah Standish who was one of those sexy russian chicks you get in a bride order magazine. Tami didn't appreciate the fact I was drawn to the woman's chest, and I doubt she'll be happy to know the chest was an important factor in signing the woman.
There was good news, however. Jason McCord turned out to be a decent enough guy, a student at the college Tami went to. He agreed to be our referree. We ended up not hiring a writer, since I figured Will, my best friend, could handle shouting orders to six or seven wrestlers.
Speaking of wrestlers, the next day was the try out. We actually got more people then I expected, about twenty or so. We couldn't afford to get any more then eight, so I was going to have to do some cutting. To add onto my difficulties, because everyone would be staying at the house (it was big, but still, these are wrestlers), we had to make sure they weren't gonna kill us in our sleep.
I already promised a friend of mine a spot on the roster. He was the only person there that had never wrestled before, but thanks to some theatre classes, Jagged could pull off a success based solely on his charisma. He was pretty good at over dramatizing stuff, so I gave him a gothic gimmick and had him go buy a skull mask.
I hired a young black man named Kory Williams because he was decent in the ring and he gave me an idea for a gimmick. He used to be a football player, so he play a former football player. I know, doesn't sound as good as I hope it'll be, just bare with me. Because he has low charisma, I put a swimsuit model named Vanessa at his side, who would play a country gal from the mountains.
I didn't care much for Stevie Fabulous, but Will was absolutely thrilled with his performance. The guy was quick but he wasn't the best person for the job. Either way, Will is an owner too, so I hired him and called him Silly Stevie who would play a psycho with a split personality.
I scooped up Jeff Rocker since he played a decent heel and I needed one. Not to mention my dog liked him. Either way, he'll be the cocky heel, Jeff Flame.
Adam Polock I took because he was already very well known in my Tennessee area. His charisma isn't too good but hey, if he can wrestle then he's okay in my book. He'll be Tidal Wave the comic book hero!
To round up my random list of makeshift wrestlers, I found Hardcore Ninja #1. He's a 19 year old canadian who apparantly wanted to play a japanese ninja with his brother, Evil Ninja #2. But, unfortunetly, I couldn't afford both so I took him and dubbed him Hardcore Ninja.
I spent a shitload of money on fliers to up my advertising up to 1%. I probably will have to down it next month for the first ever event, I find it nessecary.
In similar news, I got some equipment via Will's attic. An old wrestling mat, ten porch chairs, a wrestling belt (completely fake and plastic), and a small ring bell.
To end the week, I looked online for sponsers. I found four sponsers, all pretty much from similar sites, who were just dumb enough to fund us. Two were $500 a show, and two were $1,000.
With all that done, I will close this entry with the flier to the next event.
Quote:GZW Breakdown!
Be here for the first ever GZW Event, right there in your face! You'll never get as close to the action as here in GZW!
The GZW WorldTitle Tournament will see a winner that very night!
Kory Williams /w Vanessa vs Jagged
Silly Stevie vs Jeff Flame
Hardcore Ninja vs Tidal Wave
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