This is my new BTB. The backstory is that the 2008 draft was an initial success but ratings began to flounder after the first month and therefore WWE decided that they would respark the energy that the industry had back in the days of the Monday Night Wars, so the company goes on a talent hiring spree so that they can create 3 completely seperate rosters and give the appearance of 3 seperate companies, being WWE(Raw), WCW(Smackdown) and ECW(ECW). The shows will appear completely independent, with a different McMahon owning each and drafting seperate wrestlers to their show. All shows are now 2 hours with Raw and Smackdown going out live. It is also decided that as an experimental measure the PG rating will be dropped from WCW while the other two brands will keep it. I will only be writing WCW shows, but will keep you informed on the WWE and ECW happenings through quick results and joint pay per views.
WWE Raw
July 21, 2008
Uncasville, Connecticut
QUICK RESULTS
Highlights are shown of Vince McMahon’s tragic accident during his Million Dollar Mania segment on Raw from a few weeks ago as well as highlights of Shane and Stephanie McMahon’s pleas to the WWE roster.
Show kicks off with a shock as Vince McMahon’s music plays and the now wheelchair bound chairman is pushed to the ring by Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco. Vince is given a microphone and begins an attack on the state of modern wrestling, saying that he will hunt down whoever caused the set to fall on him, but that he can also see why they did it, because no-one is afraid of Vince McMahon anymore. He then announces that this will all change as we are going back to a time when he was feared because he is splitting WWE into 3 separate companies, WWE, WCW and ECW, each of which will take over a brand. He then announces the owners of the 3 companies as Stephanie McMahon (WWE), Shane McMahon (WCW) and himself (ECW). It is then announced that each company will take over a current WWE show with more shows coming as the company grows, WWE gets Raw on Mondays, WCW gets Smackdown on Fridays and ECW keeps its show but will be moved to a 2 hour show. He goes on to announce that tonight’s Raw will be a full roster draft with each company getting 10 picks each, some of which can be used on various surprise returning superstars which each owner has been given a list of, with the remaining superstars being drafted in a lottery on wwe.com following the show. He ends on the phrase “let the war begin!”
Number 1 draft picks:
• WWE chooses WWE Champion Triple H
• WCW chooses World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk
• ECW chooses ECW Champion Mark Henry
Number 2 draft picks:
• WWE chooses Batista
• WCW chooses The Undertaker
• ECW chooses John Cena
The main event for tonight is announced as a 30-man Battle Royal with all companies 10 picks being involved, it’s also stated that owners have been notified to find replacements for any female or injured draft picks.
Match 1: United States Championship: Matt Hardy def. Shelton Benjamin with a Twist of Fate (New Champion)
Number 3 draft picks:
• WWE chooses Edge
• WCW chooses Randy Orton
• ECW chooses Rey Mysterio
Number 4 draft picks:
• WWE chooses US Champion Matt Hardy
• WCW chooses Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston
• ECW chooses one half of the WWE Tag Team Champions Curt Hawkins
Match 2: World Tag Team Championships: Cody Rhodes & Ted Dibiase def. Cryme Tyme after Dibiase makes JTG tap to his Million Dollar Dream
Backstage an interview with CM Punk about his switch to WCW is interrupted by JBL who accuses Punk of having a lucky escape because JBL will never go to WCW.
Number 5 draft picks:
• WWE chooses Shawn Michaels
• WCW chooses Chris Jericho
• ECW chooses the other half of the WWE Tag Team Champions Zack Ryder
Number 6 draft picks:
• WWE chooses Women’s Champion Mickie James
• WCW chooses one half of the World Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes
• ECW chooses Jeff Hardy
It is announced that over the coming weeks each brand will have an influx of talent as well as new champions which will make the 3 companies completely independent from one another apart from the 4 joint PPV events, being Summerslam, Survivor Series, Royal Rumble and Wrestlemania.
Number 7 draft picks:
• WWE chooses JBL
• WCW chooses the other half of the World Tag Team Champions Ted Dibiase
• ECW chooses Kane
Number 8 draft picks:
• WWE chooses Divas Champion Michelle McCool
• WCW chooses Mr Kennedy
• ECW chooses the returning Rob Van Dam (to a huge pop from the shocked crowd)
Rob Van Dam comes to the ring and states his intentions to take the ECW Title away from the undeserving Mark Henry.
Match 3: Divas Championship: Beth Phoenix def. Michelle McCool with a Fisherman’s Suplex (New Champion)
Backstage Stephanie is shown fuming over Michelle’s loss of the title.
Number 9 draft picks:
• WWE chooses Big Show
• WCW chooses the new Diva’s Champion Beth Phoenix
• ECW chooses The Great Khali
Number 10 draft picks:
• WWE chooses the returning Bobby Lashley (getting a huge pop from the crowd)
• WCW chooses the returning Daniel Puder (gets heat from the crowd)
• ECW chooses Umaga
Backstage Shane McMahon rallies his draft picks for the main event and promises them that he has some guys ready to take the places of Beth, Orton and Undertaker, who are WCW through and through. He also announces that he is reinstating the cruiserweight championship to get a flavour of the old WCW in the new era.
Match 4: Grudge Match with winner choosing their future company: Brian Kendrick def. Paul London with The Kendrick, after the match Kendrick chooses WCW and enters himself into the main event tonight.
An interview with John Cena is shown backstage, he says he’s ready to go extreme.
Main Event: 30 Man Battle Royal: CM Punk def. Triple H, John Cena, Batista, Big Show, Kidman(replacement for Randy Orton), Shawn Michaels, Brian Kendrick(replacement for Beth Phoenix), Mark Henry, Chris Jericho, JBL, Edge, Rey Mysterio, Cody Rhodes, Zack Ryder, Billy Gunn(replacement for Michelle McCool), Ted Dibiase, Kane, Umaga, Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy, Buff Bagwell(replacement for Undertaker), Sean O'Haire(replacement for Mickie James), Rob Van Dam, Mr Kennedy, Curt Hawkins, Bobby Lashley, The Great Khali, Kofi Kingston and Daniel Puder, following interference by Edge who came back to the ring and eliminated Triple H.
WWE.COM DRAFT LOTTERY RESULTS: From Raw:
Candice Michelle to WCW, Charlie Haas to WCW, Chuck Palumbo to ECW, D'lo Brown to WWE, Deuce to ECW, Hacksaw Jim Duggan to WCW, Hardcore Holly to WWE, Jamie Noble to WCW, Jillian to WCW, JTG to ECW, Katie Lea to WCW, Kelly Kelly to WWE, Lance Cade to WWE, Layla to WCW, Matt Striker to ECW, Melina to WCW, Paul Birchill to ECW, Robbie McAllister to ECW, Ron Simmons to WWE, Rory McAllister to ECW, Santino Marella to WCW, Shad to ECW, Snitsky to WWE, Val Venis to WWE, William Regal to ECW
From Smackdown:
Big Daddy V to WWE, Carlito to ECW, Cherry to WWE, DH Smith to WCW, Domino to WWE, Eve Torres to ECW, Festus to ECW, Funaki to WWE, Gregory Helms to WWE, Jesse to WCW, Jimmy Wang Yang to ECW, Kenny Dykstra to WCW, Maria to WCW, Maryse to WCW, MVP to WWE, Natalya to WWE, Shannon Moore to ECW, Shelton Benjamin to WCW, The Brian Kendrick to WCW, Victoria to WWE, Vladimir Kozlov to WWE
From ECW:
Armando Estrada to ECW, Bam Neeley to WWE, Braden Walker to WCW, Boogeyman to ECW, Chavo Guerrero to WWE, Colin Delaney to WWE, Elijah Burke to WWE, Evan Bourne to WCW, Finlay to ECW, Hornswoggle to ECW, John Morrison to WWE, Lena Yada to ECW, Mike Knox to WWE, Nunzio to ECW, Ricky Ortiz to WWE, Stevie Richards to WWE, Super Crazy to ECW, The Miz to WCW, Tommy Dreamer to ECW
I was going to do something very similar to this if I hadn't started my other BTB. I'm excited to see how you play this out, and you have a reader in me!
Oooooh.... I... I LOVE THIS! This OWNS, TBH. The Roster is fantastic; though I'm not sure of The Undertaker and a few other WWE loyalists on a WCW brand, still, I like the Luchadores you signed and such, and the Champions are young and can carry this rather unique brand. Finally, a WWE/WCW thread to look forward to, IMO. The roster has all the potential in the world ad I hope you can succeed with this. Very intriguing, indeed. World Championship Wrestling, FTW!
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Re: WCW 2008: The Return
Well this certainly looks impressive to say the least. As Dubya mentioned, the rosters are great and you have a good bunch to lead the brand to success. I love the graphics too, nice job man. I'll keep an eye out for this.
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This looks good, I had one of these WCW returns threads a while back and it didn't go too hot. I hope you better luck and the graphics are a nice touch. I'm looking foward to the first show.
Man how do you do this headlines and stuff because I really think its very good. This is very good news indeed and good to see some good talents coming in.
WCW 2008: The Return
WCW 2008: The Return
