E-wrestling for Cagesiders: Revival Pro Wrestling

by Jon Knapik on Dec 26, 2011 3:49 PM EST

A few weeks ago I posted a call out to anyone who might be interested in joining an "e-wrestling league" for members of Cageside Seats. I received enough responses to decide that the fed is for sure going to happen! This post is designed to explain the game a bit more and hopefully attract a few new members before we get started.

E-Wrestling is a game where you design a wrestler with a gimmick, look, and attributes of your choosing, and then roleplaying as that character by cutting promos, starting feuds, planning sneak attacks, starting alliances, working angles... well, everything a wrestler does! Your wrestler's success in the ring and in the fed will be based on the quality of your promos, how you develop your character, and what works storyline-wise.

The fed will be called REVIVAL PRO WRESTLING, and it will be run via e-mail. Twice a week the "Revival Dirt Sheet" will 'air', and this will be your opportunity to speak your mind, talk some trash, and develop your character. This is done by writing Roleplays (or RPs). The tone, setting, and content of these RPs is up to you; but the intent of them should be to further angles, bring life to your character, and all-around entertain. You'll write out your RP, e-mail it to me, and I will collect them all and send them out for everyone to read! (For examples on how to write/structure your RP, check out the comment section of my earlier fanpost on e-wrestling).

Every week ‘Wednesday Night Revival’ will air and this is where the action happens! Matches will be written by the RPW staff, though for the weekly show the matches will be summarized. On ‘Revival’, you can email the commissioner to request any actions you feel like taking. Did someone cheat to win last week? Come out and challenge them to a rematch the following week! Are you a heel and just dislike a goody-goody face? Tell the commish you want to attack the do-gooder backstage! There are also slots for in-ring promos and backstage segments – though, these have to be approved by the staff first. Also, just because you try to Pearl Harbor someone, that doesn’t mean you will be successful…

There will be a list of rules sent out soon to everyone that has replied so far, but let me just say the #1 rule is - have a good time. Too many feds get bogged down with competition and people being jerks. This will be the anti-jerk fed!

If you haven't done so yet, email me at jonknapik@gmail.com and I'll put you on the list of people to contact when this thing gets started.

The FanPosts are solely the subjective opinions of Cageside Seats readers and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cageside Seats editors or staff.

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by Sergio Hernandez on Dec 26, 2011 3:53 PM EST reply actions

This is gonna be wicked exciting to follow

So go forth, my brethren, and proceed to mark the f*ck out

by C. J. Bradford on Dec 26, 2011 5:02 PM EST reply actions

I'm quite interested

Always wanted to be in an e-fed when I was younger and they were more popular. Now I’m older, probably better at writing, and one is back! You’ll be hearing from me shortly Jon.

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by Michael Jong on Dec 26, 2011 5:22 PM EST reply actions

I was pretty pumped for this idea.

But not getting to write the matches kinda defeats the purpose of it, professional wrestling imo should be about the wrestling, and while promos and stuff are good to develop a character, how that character translates into the ring is to me the beauty of this art form.

I don’t know if there’s the time for it but it would be a pretty good excersice for RPW to be run as close to a real promotion as posible, with the staff actually writing scripts and storylines and the players/writers executing.

by Dannie Ray on Dec 26, 2011 9:14 PM EST reply actions

I’ve never heard of a fed where a wrestler writes his own match. I would imagine this would lead to all sorts of issues – matches not being turned in on time (or at all), people getting burned out because of the amount in work involved, differences in quality of match writing, losing the excitement of seeing your match take place. How would one decide which of the two competitors writes their match?

That’s not to say you couldn’t help me write matches – I would say that’s the hardest thing for most ‘fed heads’ to keep people to help him with haha. Sorry you won’t be a part of things. This is going to be a traditional e-wrestling fed.

by Jon Knapik on Dec 26, 2011 9:39 PM EST up reply actions