Idea For A Circuit

[KWOAOA]

I thought about doing this for my current circuit, perhaps it would make things a bit more interesting I don't know.. But the idea would be to abolish all titles. Just have fed with no titles.
Since then anyone could technically be the #1 wrestler it all comes down to your overall record.
It would eliminate the thought of who to name number one contender, since technically everyone is. As it's more of a standings based circuit rather than people wanting to be the champ, when the record shows who the real winners are.
I get it it means that the whole Goldberg thing would happen possibly more frequently.

But it was just a random thought I had while looking at making changes to my circuit's site...

Let me know your thoughts.

[LillaThrilla]

This might work, but you need something for them to fight over instead of championships.

The alternative that comes to mind is to do periodic tournaments with a trophy/medal and cash prize. The "regular season" matches would provide standings that determine who qualifies for each tournament and how they're ranked. There could be different styles of tournaments throughout the year.

Money In The Bank: winner can cash in the briefcase to enter one tournament during the next year that they didn't otherwise qualify for
King Of The Ring: straightforward single elimination tournament
Battle Bowl: random tag teams for the qualifying round; winners in a battle royal
Crockett Cup: regular tag team tournament (maybe you don't a regular tag team divsion so everyone has to find partner for this tournament each year)
World Cup: wrestlers representing different countries
US Cup: wrestlers representing different states
Extreme Rules, Rage in a Cage, etc: themed tournaments where all matches are of the same type
Royal Rumble: winner gets a spot in the Wrestlemania tournment
Wrestlemania: 8-man single elimination tournament featuring winners of the 6 most prestigious tournaments, the Royal Rumble winner, and the wrestler with the the best record for the year

You could still have feuds and non-tournament side matches.

[KWOAOA]

I suppose your right on that one, it's like any sport they all need that big prize to go after.

[jacklarkin]

Aug 19, 2020 11:26:53 GMT -5 LillaThrilla said:

This might work, but you need something for them to fight over instead of championships.

The alternative that comes to mind is to do periodic tournaments with a trophy/medal and cash prize. The "regular season" matches would provide standings that determine who qualifies for each tournament and how they're ranked. There could be different styles of tournaments throughout the year.

Money In The Bank: winner can cash in the briefcase to enter one tournament during the next year that they didn't otherwise qualify for
King Of The Ring: straightforward single elimination tournament
Battle Bowl: random tag teams for the qualifying round; winners in a battle royal
Crockett Cup: regular tag team tournament (maybe you don't a regular tag team divsion so everyone has to find partner for this tournament each year)
World Cup: wrestlers representing different countries
US Cup: wrestlers representing different states
Extreme Rules, Rage in a Cage, etc: themed tournaments where all matches are of the same type
Royal Rumble: winner gets a spot in the Wrestlemania tournment
Wrestlemania: 8-man single elimination tournament featuring winners of the 6 most prestigious tournaments, the Royal Rumble winner, and the wrestler with the the best record for the year

You could still have feuds and non-tournament side matches.

Agreed.

I think one way you could do it would be a money based system just like tennis and golf, along with rankings. Sure wrestlers care about rankings but that is more of an external thing, they care most about $$$.
So you could have a yearly schedule like those sports, have your big 4, and others. Different levels of prestige and different formats would have different total purses as well as different distributions (some more concentrated then others).
The results could also drive allegiances and feuds. IF the wrestlers care about the rankings and the $$$ then who they align with, who they help, who they turn on will be driven by that.
Another complication could be the location. i.e. a tournament style in Canada could push wrestlers different than a Royal Rumble in Texas. These are all factors that could shape the results, or vice versa if you go unbooked. Pushes would be adjusted based on location (Bret Hart gets pushed in Canada, Shawn Michaels in the U.S., Kobashi in Japan, etc).

[KWOAOA]

I get the concept of the $$$ and it made my brain start thinking about it but unfortunately TNM isn't that complex for my idea to do it realistically but I would have to do it fictionally.. My idea that came to me was give everyone contracts and start them at like $20 a show or something like that as treat everyone like they are all new as it's a new concept. Then do a tournament where winner would get $2,000 and whoever won the contract would then get bumped up to $2,000. At least that way the $$$ would actually mean something inside the gaming world.

[mkpunk]

Aug 17, 2020 14:32:21 GMT -5 KWOAOA said:

I thought about doing this for my current circuit, perhaps it would make things a bit more interesting I don't know.. But the idea would be to abolish all titles. Just have fed with no titles.
Since then anyone could technically be the #1 wrestler it all comes down to your overall record.
It would eliminate the thought of who to name number one contender, since technically everyone is. As it's more of a standings based circuit rather than people wanting to be the champ, when the record shows who the real winners are.
I get it it means that the whole Goldberg thing would happen possibly more frequently.

But it was just a random thought I had while looking at making changes to my circuit's site...

Let me know your thoughts.

Sounds like Japanese promotions prior to the creation of the IWGP title and the All Japan Triple Crown.

You can focus your promotion around tournaments both single elimination and round robins.