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Post by Shadow Master on Jun 17, 2021 8:09:47 GMT
I love the subtle nod to All Japan Pro-Wrestling. I have yet to fully embrace the mod suite as you have.
Have it installed, but need to figure out how to design arenas with PSD files in Photoshop.
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Post by OrochiGeese on Jun 21, 2021 7:29:12 GMT
Wow!! Absolutely love that outdoor, night arena!!!!! 🏆👏 OK so I had all these plans to start flooding this thread with bios of imaginary legends for my imaginary wrestling universe, and then I got side tracked because I finally (sorta) figured out the Arena Edit mod. Special thanks to Dakota and Lord2nz for helping show me how a save button works,,, Anyhoo so now I've got a couple cool arenas that I can fully feature cool camera angles with because the "black void" has been walled off. Side note, the fact that I was able to screen cap Vic Baron doing a dive, something I've never seen him do and didnt even remember I put in his move set, shows you just how excited my roster is to have a skyline to wrestle to...
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Post by LankyLefty17 on Jun 21, 2021 23:35:37 GMT
Looks like some promotional materials for Warrior Pro's third anniversary show got leaked earlier today, including Tshirts that are available in game (any similarities to Wrestlemania 3 are purely coincidental)...
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Post by LankyLefty17 on Jun 25, 2021 22:36:24 GMT
Who's ready for a whole lotta words explaining fake histories of fake wrestlers that I still haven't fully finished making in the game? Well strap in either way, cause here we go with Part Two of "The Vault".... a history lesson on some legends: The man, the myth, the legend. Tank sits atop many lists as the biggest star in the history of wrestling. For the better part of 30 years, Tank remained one of the top draws in the world and held a major promotions top belt. His prime probably sat somewhere in the mid 80's to late 90's when he was the face of World Federation of Wrestling- holding the belt 4 times, the second reign lasting almost 4 years. In an era where people were commonly bouncing between WFoW and the CWA, Tank remained loyal to The Fed- engaging in memorable fueds with Wild Bill Bronson, Duke Masters (sorta... more on that later), and his most common rival- Wrecking Ball Allen. He's the reason WFoW beat out CWA in the states, and his declining age and lack of a true successor is what eventually sunk WFoW. Where is he now:In 2018 he founded Warrior Pro Wrestling, and has been running the promotion as well as occasionally wrestling. Despite his age he still moves around well enough, and can still be lethal if he gets his hands on you... A legend of the Texas territories, Bronson first made national waves when, in a 1981 feud with Bay Area based Tank McDaniel, he broke Tank McDaniel's jaw with a vicious lariat. The Bronson Lariat would become one of the most famous finishing moves in wrestling, with Bronson getting steady work throughout the territories as a main event heel. In 1984, Bronson would join WFoW to rematch Tank in one of the biggest live gates of the time. The match culminated with Tank kicking out of not one, but two lariats- the second would legit break his jaw for the second time. Despite the massive gate, bad blood between Tank (who always insisted the broken jaws were intentional and malicious) and Bronson would mean he would never work with the promotion again. Wild Bill would go on to do sporadic dates for CWA, but his focus would shift to overseas in Japan- where he would have an extremely successful 10 year run as the top foreign heel. He would even win JAAPW's heavyweight championship twice, all while making occasional returns to the US for one off feuds and angles. He would continue to work mostly in Japan until his retirement in 2004. Where is he now:Still alive and kicking, getting ready to celebrate his 80th birthday later this year. After wrestling he moved back to Texas, and invested in local businesses- mainly a dealership, a car wash, and a couple of Arby's franchises (which weirdly became the best investment of the three). In 2015 he fully retired and moved to Japan, where he still makes occasional appearances at autograph signings or smaller shows. In a 2019 podcast he admitted he did in fact try to break Tank's jaw. One of the pioneer "flyers" in wrestling, Wrecking Ball Allen is probably best known for his almost decade long feud with Tank McDaniel over the WFoW World Title. Though what he probably should be more well known for is his much more under the radar feud with Jack Young. Both were gifted athletes and excellent talkers, they ruled the upper mid card in the early 80's in both WFoW and the CWA putting on some of the best matches of the era. It was that rivalry that catapulted Allen into a big contract with WFoW as the 1B for the promotion, shifting between ally and rival for Tank until 1998- when injuries and drug problems pulled him out of full time wrestling for good. Where is he now:Wrecking Ball sadly passed away in 2010 from an enlarged heart, likely due to steroids and other drugs. He had been wrestling indies off and on trying to make a comeback but it never really materialized. He did however make a brief return to the limelight in 2006 when he starred in a reality show that saw him taking odd jobs dressed in his full wrestling gear. The show lasted two seasons before getting canceled due to Allen showing up on set high as a kite (though to be fair, who could blame him). If there was ever a CWA counterpart to Tank McDaniel in the 80's and 90's, it would be "The Natural" Duke Masters. One of the very best promos ever, and one of the best workers the sport has ever seen, Duke rose to the top of the CWA rankings after just two years of professional wrestling experience. He was a major draw throughout his career, and a supremely popular World Champion who played the perfect cocky heel that became the archetype many in the industry followed even to this day. There was just one problem, Masters was a royal dick. Just an unholy piece of crap. Like if Doc Wyatt, President Evil, and Midas Mathews smushed into a single person, only worse. Wrestlers routinely refused to work with Duke- and Duke routinely used backstage politics to get his way. He would walk out on championship fights. He would intentionally injure opponents. He would routinely change finishes and fire wrestlers without authority and (sadly, because of his drawing power) without consequence. He literally stole the JAAPW belt for a month even though he didn't even have a match on the card (because he backed out of it at the last minute). Virgil Wyatt fired him twice. Virgil Wyatt. The first time, in 1988, he immediately signed with WFoW with the expectation of a mega fight with Tank McDaniel... only to back out and refuse the match a week before the show. After a year of dodging he went back to the CWA... where he was again fired in 1992 for basically refusing to do anything because his contract was guaranteed. He was eventually brought back in a last ditch effort to save the company (it didn't work) where he went down as the last CWA champion before the doors closed. He would continue wrestling off and on through the 90's and into the mid 2000's, both stateside as well as in Japan and Mexico. By 2008 his knees were shot and his goodwill with promoters had run out and he retired. Where is he now:Still semi-active, but mostly just retired. He has had some success in the independent scene as a manager/commentator, and he can still sell out when he does appearances, but Duke still remains... difficult. He was arrested in 2019 for taking a dump on the hood of a local Florida promoters car after he wouldn't re-negotiate his appearance fee, and a recent endorsement deal for an energy drink ended when he was kicked off a plane for being too drunk. He has claimed he's planning to run for mayor in his current home town of Memphis, though he has attempted a run for political office before and lost. One of the most famous tag teams in the country, the Midnight Riders were the dominant tag team of the 1980's. Billed out of Dallas Texas, Jimmy Jackson and Kerry Mashburn combined a good look with a fast athletic style that made them a legitimate draw in the Texas territories. They're most known for their feuds with the Heavy Metal Express and the Youngbloods that would headline tours all along the southern states. Those feuds ended in 1989 when the Riders signed an exclusive deal with WFoW, where they never saw the same level of success. They would stay with the company through the late 90s before being released- largely due to Kerry Mashburn's knee injuries preventing them from regularly working. They would continue to regularly wrestle in Mexico and Japan all the way till 2012, even holding tag titles in both Lucha POWER and JAAPW, before retiring. Where are they now:Still wrestling actually. The retirement lasted about two years before they started taking dates, partially due to poor investments, partially due to boredom. Now in their 60's the Rider's can't move like they use to but still surprisingly hold their own. There are rumors that Tank McDaniel, always a fan of them from their time together, has been bugging both men to sign with Warrior Pro as trainers that occasionally still get in the ring. |
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Post by LankyLefty17 on Aug 4, 2021 18:43:08 GMT
I'm bad at uploading moves as I go, but I've been making a bunch of them. I dumped all of them on the workshop yesterday, heres a preview of most of them:
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Post by OrochiGeese on Aug 5, 2021 6:47:02 GMT
Haha, I definitely noticed that huge Workshop upload yesterday! It was like two pages of moves 😄
Christmas in August from Lanky Claus 🎅
There were so many great punches in that batch, was a big fan of them. There are a lot of punches on the Workshop but you have a specific knack for creating great pro wrestling style punches.
Geese is using one of the punches from an earlier batch of yours, actually.
Strong Elbow Exchange is great too! As is the Jump Swing DDT. There are so many great moves here!
My favorite is definitely the Death Grip!!!!! 👏
I made a custom Anaconda Vice for Geese but the Death Grip went even further than I imagined. Love it!!!
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Post by LankyLefty17 on Aug 11, 2021 23:27:49 GMT
Made a new arena today. The Longhorn has technically been canon to Warrior Pro going back a few years, where Machine Gun cut a promo on Vic Baron. Its the original home of the Baron Wrestling School before it became exclusively tied to Warrior Pro and moved operations out west. Now its mostly a home for local indies and promotions who tour through San Antonio.... Real story is I was trying to fix up my Dragon Fire arena, found this wood wall texture and Dakota told me it looked like a saloon, so I sorta rolled with it from there. So now cowboys have a place to get drunk and watch wrestling, you're welcome. |
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Post by OrochiGeese on Aug 12, 2021 0:36:55 GMT
Wow, I love that!!!!
I wanna order a beer and a steak and watch some wrasslin' 🤠
The mural with the covered wagon on the top right of the wall is soo cool!
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Post by markrocker on Aug 13, 2021 18:45:21 GMT
Awesome looking venue.
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Post by Ramon on Aug 17, 2021 8:38:21 GMT
That Longhorn arena looks amazing!
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Post by LankyLefty17 on Feb 17, 2022 5:31:40 GMT
So while I slowly get my efedding act together, I figure I'll get some world building edits out of the way that have/will make there way into Lankyverse in the coming days/weeks months. Oh and yes, this whole effort was largely dictated around making more trading cards...    “The Hammer” Otto Alderson
Billed From: Memphis, TennesseeOne of the last graduates from the Baron Wrestling School before it moved operations west as a part of Warrior Pro Wrestling opening its doors, Otto has evolved into one of the premier tag team specialists in the world. His most successful run has been with Bo “The Animal” Leslie as The Music City Wrecking Crew, a team that began in Memphis indies before achieving massive success overseas in Japan as a part of Dragon Fire Japan. The team broke up in 2015 when Otto underwent neck surgery and Bo got a major singles push. Fully healthy and working indies, recent rumors are circulating that Warrior Pro has signed Otto with plans to reunite the Wrecking Crew for the big US run they never got when they were younger.   A true legend of the sport, Baron von Baron is one of the most decorated pro wrestlers in history. A 5 time CWA World Heavyweight Champion and a 2 time WfoW World Champ, Baron was one of the top stars in wrestling throughout the 70’s. While he never reached the popularity of a Tank McDaniel, his title numbers and reigns remain a record today and in many eyes he’s viewed as the standard bearer of the golden age of wrestling. By the mid 80’s Baron had transitioned to mostly a front office role, taking turns as both a lead booker and commissioner of the CWA (before being ousted from both by Virgil Wyatt). Universally respected by everyone in the industry, Baron officially retired from wrestling- both in the front office as well as active competition- In 2001. Despite spending time as both a wrestler and a booker, Baron also found time to build out the Baron Wrestling School- one of the premier wrestling academies in the world. Operating out of his hometown of San Antonio, Texas- the list of graduates is too long to call out one by one. Maybe more impressive is the lineage he started- both his son (Austin Baron) and grandson (Vic Baron) have gone on to be multi time World Champions in their own right. Where is he now:After turning the wrestling school over to his son Austin in 2010, the patriarch of the Baron Family mostly runs local shows out of The Longhorn, a venue he owns outright. There have been overtures over the years to try and get him back into the business but outside of some one off events and occasional appearances as a “guest trainer” he has largely seemed content to stay out of the limelight.   Arguably one the most famous Japanese wrestler of all time, Shintaro Ito was part of the “Big Three” during the hayday of Japan All Around Wrestling in the mid 80’s to mid 90’s. His five year feud with Jumbo Matsui produced some of the greatest matches of all time, and his run with “Wild” Bill Bronson as tag team champions turned rivals got worldwide coverage in pro wrestling circles. In 2003 Ito left JAAW to form Dragon Fire Japan- which banked most of its early success by centering its booking around Ito, before age took over and he was forced to pivot towards younger talent. Where is he now:Still owning and operating Dragon Fire Japan, Ito hasnt laced them up in almost a decade- mainly working with the talent behind the scenes and running the companies operations. Rumors always persist that the recently turned 70 year old could make a return to the ring but it seems the legend is content letting the next generation carry the flag.
And finally, some freelance jobbers that have already made some appearances in Warrior Pro and will likely continue that trend into the new year (holding off on trading cards till I have enough to make a limited edition jobber set... man I wish I was joking...)
 Dude Springfield may or may not be homeless, but his trend of swiping wrestling shirts from the merch stand and wrestling in them has annoyed locker rooms for years. Fast Food Malone swears he’s not wrestling in a diaper, and no one is brave enough to test that declaration. Giant Paul still lives at home with his mom and hates wrestling, but the paycheck covers his monthly World of Warcraft expenses so he tolerates it... |
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Post by TigerStripePro on Feb 17, 2022 15:38:40 GMT
Love the new edits and seeing you back! I personal would like to see an 70s/80s flashback show. I would love to see prime Bill Flippo take on prime Baron Von Baron.
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