"Welcome back to AWE After Hours, your number one source for updates, news, and summaries on the AWE’s weekly ventures. I’m your host, and the voice of the AWE, Wade Palmer.” The consummate professional, the always present Wade Palmer smiled warmly into the camera. This time a few years ago, his claim at being ‘the voice of the AWE’ may have been scoffed at by the wrestling company’s more hardcore, dedicated fan base, but nowadays, Wade was the premiere play-by-play announcer, and the cornerstone of the desk at every single event the company produced. One of the few men who could claim that he had called their biggest yearly show, Starrcade alone; this was largely the catalyst in Wade’s gaining of respect and appreciation from the snooty hardcore, somewhat elitist, fans. Now, though, he called the shows with Marcus Granger and Kane Zimmerman, two people who had joined the team to take some of the pressure off of him and ultimately to help him ease into a backstage role.
"As everyone knows, this Sunday was AWE’s Judgement Day. The main event was a match that had been building up for months on end, with the AWE World Title on the line as reigning champion Drayden defended against Caiden Winters, clinching the victory after a devastating powerbomb, for the one, two, three dead center in the middle of the ring. The match itself is one that will certainly be talked about for years, both challenger and champion fought their hearts out and put it all on the line, going at it for almost twenty-eight minutes. At the end, Drayden’s hand was held high above his head — like it always is. For almost eight years, he’s been at the top of the game, and the man in the AWE. Since the match, Drayden has posted on social media about a big announcement that he’ll have this Wednesday at the AWE weekly show. To find out what it is… tune in then. Until next time, I’m Wade Palmer, signing off.”
"As everyone knows, this Sunday was AWE’s Judgement Day. The main event was a match that had been building up for months on end, with the AWE World Title on the line as reigning champion Drayden defended against Caiden Winters, clinching the victory after a devastating powerbomb, for the one, two, three dead center in the middle of the ring. The match itself is one that will certainly be talked about for years, both challenger and champion fought their hearts out and put it all on the line, going at it for almost twenty-eight minutes. At the end, Drayden’s hand was held high above his head — like it always is. For almost eight years, he’s been at the top of the game, and the man in the AWE. Since the match, Drayden has posted on social media about a big announcement that he’ll have this Wednesday at the AWE weekly show. To find out what it is… tune in then. Until next time, I’m Wade Palmer, signing off.”
What the fans don’t know, is that William Shepherd, the man behind the Drayden character, is about to be gone for a very long time. After nearly a decade of running at all cylinders go, full throttle, the man’s body has caught up to him. At the request of Roderick Quinn, Drayden has been working injured for almost seven months. Last night, in the match against Hunter Philips, who wrestles under the name Caiden Winters, Drayden’s knee blew out from the weight of carrying this company for the past four years, since the last remnants of the golden age of AWE retired, and Drayden became the last real household name that AWE had left. “I’ll owe you one.” Roddy said to him. Without Drayden, the company would have failed, but now their bluff is being called.
Already in pre-op for the surgery, he’s getting ready to be out for about six months. During this time, he’ll be doing a lot of physical therapy, though he intends to keep a presence backstage. On Wednesday, he’ll limp out to the ring and surrender the title and give the fans an explanation and a good bye. Roddy’s eyes are on his locker room and the still functional members of his roster, looking for a star who can fill the void until Drayden returns.
The same night that the title is surrendered, a tournament will be announced. The winner will be crowned the new AWE champion.
Good luck impressing the boss.
Already in pre-op for the surgery, he’s getting ready to be out for about six months. During this time, he’ll be doing a lot of physical therapy, though he intends to keep a presence backstage. On Wednesday, he’ll limp out to the ring and surrender the title and give the fans an explanation and a good bye. Roddy’s eyes are on his locker room and the still functional members of his roster, looking for a star who can fill the void until Drayden returns.
The same night that the title is surrendered, a tournament will be announced. The winner will be crowned the new AWE champion.
Good luck impressing the boss.
So, yeah. It’s a wrestling RP. I and the other GMs, you know the squadron, will be playing the booking/writing team, though you and your characters are more than welcome to suggest things. Now, I’m sure there’s a question of ‘who do I play?’
The answer to that is the SUP Productions standard: Whatever the fuck you want.
You can play a cameraman, you can play a member of the production team. You can play a wrestler, a member of the tournament. You can play a tag team, or work with another writer to do so. You can play women wrestlers. You can play a mouthpiece, someone who helps superstars who haven’t hit their stride as a talker quite yet. Not every wrestler is perfect, not everyone has the charisma, the athletic skill, and the ring psychology.
You don’t have to be perfect; your character can be a jobber, someone who goes out and loses almost every night to help up and comers look strong. Everyone serves a purpose; there’s a lot of freedom here. Once your characters are accepted and we’ve looked over them, we’ll decide who’s going to win the tournament, and the brackets.
Likely, how we’ll handle matches by having the two wrestlers report to people backstage who will give them a time slot and what they want to be the finish. From there, it’ll be up to the two writers. The focus will more likely be on the backstage antics and drama, rather than the in-ring competition; promos will have a huge part in things, though. Gotta get over and get the crowd to love you. Catch phrases are good.
This is a crazy idea, even for us kinda, so hopefully it garners some interest and we can drive it to success like we always do.
The answer to that is the SUP Productions standard: Whatever the fuck you want.
You can play a cameraman, you can play a member of the production team. You can play a wrestler, a member of the tournament. You can play a tag team, or work with another writer to do so. You can play women wrestlers. You can play a mouthpiece, someone who helps superstars who haven’t hit their stride as a talker quite yet. Not every wrestler is perfect, not everyone has the charisma, the athletic skill, and the ring psychology.
You don’t have to be perfect; your character can be a jobber, someone who goes out and loses almost every night to help up and comers look strong. Everyone serves a purpose; there’s a lot of freedom here. Once your characters are accepted and we’ve looked over them, we’ll decide who’s going to win the tournament, and the brackets.
Likely, how we’ll handle matches by having the two wrestlers report to people backstage who will give them a time slot and what they want to be the finish. From there, it’ll be up to the two writers. The focus will more likely be on the backstage antics and drama, rather than the in-ring competition; promos will have a huge part in things, though. Gotta get over and get the crowd to love you. Catch phrases are good.
This is a crazy idea, even for us kinda, so hopefully it garners some interest and we can drive it to success like we always do.
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