Hidden 7 yrs ago 7 yrs ago Post by ZeusTheMoose
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THE UNREAL STORY OF GLOBAL PRO WRESTLING...


Global Pro Wrestling, GPW, was originally founded as a regional wrestling promotion based in northeastern United States. Throughout the 1960s and 70s the company rose to the top of the professional wrestling landscape, centering it's business around the world's most famous arena, Madison Square Garden in New York City. Under the leadership of promoter Jack Flanagan Jr., who inherited the company from his father, the territory rapidly grew in popularity. Flanagan aimed to expand the promotion's reach, and began to cross the wrestling industry's sacred territorial boundaries, competing with wrestling promotions in other markets.

At the time, the New York territory was still a member of the World Wrestling Alliance, a committee comprised of the top promoters from around the world, recognizing a single World Champion that traveled between the territories defending his title. By encroaching on neighboring territories, GPW had violated the terms and conditions of World Wrestling Alliance membership. This could not have come at a worse time, as the WWA World Heavyweight Title was scheduled to be defended in Madison Square Garden against New York's top contender. The Championship match would end in controversial fashion, ultimately leading to Global Pro Wrestling's seccession from the WWA and recognition of their own World Heavyweight Champion.

In 1985, Jack Flangan Jr. plans to fully transform GPW from a regional wrestling company to a national sports entertainment juggernaut. Next month, he will take a major step towards this goal with Global Pro Wreslting's first nationally televised event, in prime time! "GPW Showdown Saturday Night" live on NBC! Flanagan has scoured to world to find the absolute best wrestling talent available, and brought them in to Global Pro Wrestling. In order to realize his dream, Showdown Saturday Night MUST be a success.

Jack Flanagan has offered you a golden opportunity, an opportunity to make history, an opportunity to revolutionize the wrestling industry, an opportunity to garner national television exposure and compete against the very best in the business...

Welcome to Global Pro Wrestling!

STRUCTURE OF THE RP


This is old-fashioned RASSLIN' RP, set in the golden era of professional wrestling, the 1980s. The RP would be built around an 80s wrestling territory, Global Pro Wrestling, stepping up to the national stage, with the players as the stars of the promotion. The advantage of the 1980s time period is not only that it's awesome, it also allows for a more RP-friendly structure. 80s wrestling relied less on action-packed 2-hour episodes of weekly television, making big angles and matches more rare. So our focus in this RP will be on the major television specials and pay-per-view events.

The RP will follow a simple format:

1. I will give a run down of the card here in the OOC section, listing all the matches and segments, along with the finishes. In the case of major SWERVES I will PM the relevant parties involved, in order to maintain some secrecy. You'll also always be able to see the lineup for the current show in the top post of the IC section.

2. After the card is announced, players can then go off to work on their match/segment and post it in the IC section.

3. Once all the segments for the show are done, I'll compile them together into a single post. The completed show. The show will be added to the archive, again located in the top post of the IC section.

CHARACTER SHEETS


The CS template is provided below, post your completed CS here first for approval before moving it to the Characters tab. Please stick to the format provided by the CS template. If you wish to play as a dedicated tag team you can complete a single CS for the team and treat the team as one character.



Hidden 7 yrs ago 7 yrs ago Post by Deadlyrose9641
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so for the picture can it be a real wrestler, whos look we think fits?

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Silver Carrot Wow I've been here a while

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@Silver Carrot
Looks awesome, classic babyface. I've made a slight adjustment to the CS template to include the wrestler's age, so once your sheet has been updated with the changes you can post it in the Chars tab.

@Deadlyrose9641@JamesMuddy I realize your sheets are still works in progress, just be sure to stick to the same format as the template so we have some consistency. Also for the "gimmick" section, try to add in some more details, a few more sentences explaining the wrestler's character.
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@ZeusTheMoose How does it look now? I think I went a bit overboard on the gimmick section, kinda turning it into a backstory section :P
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@ZeusTheMoose How does it look now? I think I went a bit overboard on the gimmick section, kinda turning it into a backstory section :P


Looks good now man, and I wouldn't say you went overboard by any means. Have another look at the template and move some things around accordingly (age, hometown, etc.) then go ahead and post in the Chars tab.

I think Barry will be great as a monster heel starting out, but down the line I could also see him as a huge babyface. Maybe we can do an angle involving his old manager, there's a lot of potential there.
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Awesome! I think he'll be a lot of fun too.
Posted him in the characters tab.

And on that note, time to go to sleep, because my head says yes, even when my heart says no.
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And you believed you could start this again without me noticing. For shame Zeus!
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(Inspirations are The Hurricane, Crush, Surfer Sting, The Ultimate Warrior and Tugboat)
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Is that better
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Hope you don't mind me using Owen. I take inspirations from Karl Gotch, and this weird idea in my head of comparing a wrestling technician to a surgeon; I don't know where that came from, but I went with it.
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@Bright_Ops Lmao how could we NOT include the Masked Magician. Just update the CS to match the new template and welcome aboard. Also you'll probably have to chance your entrance msuci to something from the 80s.

@iGeorge Unreal gimmick. He's like the Aquaman of pro wrestling. Definitely accepted.

@Deadlyrose9641 Yeah, just double check you punctuation, spacing, and capitals. You might want to bold your name at the tope as well as the headings (gimmick, alignment, etc.) and use a colour on them like the others. The colour you use on your CS name/headings will be the same color of your dialogue text in the RP.

@S0up No I don't mind you using Owen, but I do mind you referring to yourself as the Doctor of Love. There's only ONE Love Doctor in GPW darlin' and he's Sexton P.S. Love (I'm kidding, but for sure they're having a feud now). Also I think this is a gimmick with potential as both a babyface and a heel so that's great. I could see him turning down the line. Definitely accepted.
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@Bright_Ops Lmao how could we NOT include the Masked Magician. Just update the CS to match the new template and welcome aboard. Also you'll probably have to chance your entrance msuci to something from the 80s.

@iGeorge Unreal gimmick. He's like the Aquaman of pro wrestling. Definitely accepted.

@Deadlyrose9641 Yeah, just double check you punctuation, spacing, and capitals. You might want to bold your name at the tope as well as the headings (gimmick, alignment, etc.) and use a colour on them like the others. The colour you use on your CS name/headings will be the same color of your dialogue text in the RP.

@S0up No I don't mind you using Owen, but I do mind you referring to yourself as the Doctor of Love. There's only ONE Love Doctor in GPW darlin' and he's Sexton P.S. Love (I'm kidding, but for sure they're having a feud now). Also I think this is a gimmick with potential as both a babyface and a heel so that's great. I could see him turning down the line. Definitely accepted.


Glad you think so. I knew when I saw this that I had to go for SOME outlandish gimmick, seeing as the 80s/early 90s were known for such things in wrestling. The other idea I had was for an undertaker style gimmick heel.

(Also to Bright_Ops, please consider using "A Kind of Magic" by Queen as a theme. ;) )
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Took me a while, but I found a replacement entrance theme.

Edit: @iGeorge Your suggestion was better. Thank you.
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Took me a while, but I found a replacement entrance theme.

Edit: @iGeorge Your suggestion was better. Thank you.


You're Welcome. And that goes to anyone who needs entrance theme suggestions. I'm here for ya. :)
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How is my entrance theme?

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How is my entrance theme?

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Perfect. You made a great choice. :)
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Glad you think so. I knew when I saw this that I had to go for SOME outlandish gimmick, seeing as the 80s/early 90s were known for such things in wrestling. The other idea I had was for an undertaker style gimmick heel.


If you want to add a second character that's fine too. We definitely want as many wrestlers as possible to pad out the roster.

The same goes for everyone else, if you want to play a second character feel free to post another CS.
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