Mayham Mania 2020: Round 1

This. Is. Mayhem Mania!

This is the ultimate fantasy booking game. The goal is to create the best WrestleMania card possible – not necessarily to predict what WWE will do. That means we must play by the rules of our current reality. Everyone comes in their current (physical, emotional, psychological, etc.) state. Bottom line, if Vince McMahon can do it, we can do it.

It’s Round 1 of Mayhem Mania 2020. We have 8 matches on our card and it’s time to let our players start making some improvements (we hope) to it. Each of them get to make one change. That can be as simple as swapping out one match for another with entirely new personnel. Or, our players can get a little more creative and swap just one person or team out and into the existing matches. They can also add a person or team to an existing match. The only real limit is the imagination of our players. (more…)

Mayhem Mania 2018: Week 8

This. is. Mayhem Mania!

Not quite a game. Not really a contest. More like a competitive thought experiment. The object is to create the best WrestleMania card possible – NOT necessarily to predict what WWE will do.

This is not fantasy booking. It’s more like reality booking. Any match created must have at least a chance of happening in this year’s WrestleMania. That means all wrestlers come in their current physical, emotional and contractual state. Anyone selected for a match must have a reasonable chance of being hired by WWE to appear on the real-life WrestleMania card. 

Simply put, you’re Vince McMahon with infinite cash and no self-control.

Catch up with Mayhem Mania 2018: Week 1 – Week 2 – Week 3 – Week 4 – Week 5 – Week 6 – Week 7

Remember, any match that survives three consecutive weeks without being altered in any way GRADUATES to our SUPERCARD. So far, that’s happened only once during this year’s Mayhem Mania.

TREVOR “RICOCHET” MANN VS. PETE DUNNE
(CREATED BY @MADMIKE4883)
week2-2

We’ve got some work to do. We need to GRADUATE some more matches and we only have a couple more weeks to fill out our SUPERCARD. Let’s see if this week’s players can get us on the right track.

All of our players can each make a single change to the card. They have three options.

1. SWAP a wrestler/tag team for one already on the card, or bring for a name not currently on the card.
2. ADD an unused wrestler/tag team to an existing match.
3. KILL a match AND CREATE an entirely new match with wrestlers not currently on the card.

Here’s how things shook out on Episode 612 of the Wrestling Mayhem Show.

Mayhem Mania 2018: Week 8

Move 1: @MutilatorLarry
SWAP Adam Cole for Tommaso Ciampa

Move 2: @Sorgatron
SWAP Bobby Lashley for Daniel Bryan

Move 3: @Bobbyfjtown
SWAP Bayley & Sasha Banks for Kairi Sane & Ember Moon

Move 4: @TheeRizz
KILL Honky Tonk Man & Rockabilly vs. Jeff Jarrett & The Roadie vs. Rusve & Aiden English and CREATE Bray Wyatt vs. Bo Dallas

Move 5: @jworth
SWAP Samoa Joe and Batista

With the Week 8 moves in the books, let’s take a look at our newly created matches.

Bray Wyatt vs. Bo Dallas
(Created by @TheeRizz)
week8-1

Batista vs. AJ Styles vs. Tommaso Ciampa vs. Johnny Gargano
(Created by @jworth)
week8-2

Asuka vs. Braun Strowman vs. Daniel Bryan vs. Drake Maverick
(Created by @Sorgatron)
week8-3

Billie Kay & Peyton Royce vs. Kairi Sane & Ember Moon
(Created by @Bobbyfjtown)
week4-4

Samoa Joe vs. Brock Lesnar
(Created by @jworth)
week8-4

And here are the three matches that survived Week 7 without being altered in any way.

ELIAS VS. THE ROCK
(CREATED BY @MUTILATORLARRY)
week6-3

 FINN BALOR VS. ALEISTER BLACK
(CREATED BY @BOBBYFJTOWN)
week1-1

JOHN CENA & BELLA TWINS VS. UNDERTAKER & LAYCOOL
(CREATED BY @CHADTHESHAD)
week6-1

Larry’s match didn’t survive the round. So, he is invited back for the next round to try again under the “Alex Kahrs Rule”.

The Patreon In The Bank round is coming up on Tuesday, April 3. Only Patreon supporters of the Wrestling Mayhem Show will be invited to take part, and they’ll be granted incredible, far-reaching that will grant them almost godlike powers over our precious card. There’s still time for you to become a Patreon supporter of the Wrestling Mayhem Show and join in on the fun!

Mayhem Mania 2017: Round 8

This. is. Mayhem Mania!

Not quite a game. Not really a contest. More like a competitive thought experiment. The object is to create the best WrestleMania card possible – NOT necessarily to predict what WWE will do.

This is not fantasy booking (even though it kind of is). Any match created must be possible in real life. That means all wrestlers come in their current physical, emotional and contractual state. Anyone selected for a match must have a reasonable chance of being hired by WWE to appear on the real-life WrestleMania card. Simply put, you’re Vince McMahon with infinite cash and no self-control. (more…)

Mid Week War 8/11/16: WWE NXT

Mad Mike goes solo this week to talk about WWE NXT as we build up the card to TakeOver Brooklyn. He talk about probably the best match Mojo Rawley has ever had on NXT against Samoa Joe, and the interaction with Shinsuke Nakamura that happened afterwards. He talks about the rest of the card filling out as Bobby Roode and Ember Moon are both going to make their debuts. And also Tomasso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano seem just fine.

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Mid Week War 8/4/16: Cruiserweight Classic: First Round

Mad Mike and Eamon Paton talk about the end of the first round of the Cruiserweight Classic. We talk about Noam Dar, Jason Lee, Rich Swann, Gurv Shira, Jack Gallagher, Fabian Aichner, and of course the awesome main event between Tomasso Ciampa and friend of the show Johnny Gargano.

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Mid Week War 6/30/16: WWE NXT

Mad Mike and Eamon Paton talk about this week’s NXT. We hear from Finn Balor and Shinsuke Nakamura about their epic match in two weeks, the Women’s division is heating up around Bayley and Alexa Bliss, as is the tag team division with The Revival trying todecide who is worthy of a title shot: American Alpha or Johnny Gargano and Tomasso Ciampa.

 

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Mid Week War 6/2/16: WWE NXT

Mad Mike and Eamon Paton talk about WWE NXT this week and the go-home show to Takeover: The End. We talk about the contract signing with Asuka and Nia Jax, the conversation with Finn Balor and Samoa Joe, and also the surprising upset of Tomasso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano.

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Mid Week War 1/14/16: WWE NXT

Mad Mike, Tonio Garza, and Eamon Paton talk about the WWE NXT Year End Awards and how we felt about them! We also talk about the new Number One Contender to Bayley and Finn Balor’s championships. Also welcome to 2016 Tomasso Ciampa, he’s got stiff shots for all of us!

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Mid Week War 10/29/15: WWE NXT

Mad Mike and Eamon Paton talk about the continuing influx of new divas in NXT as Nia Jax and Emma both had tough challenges this week. We also talk about the awesome tag team match between Chad Gable and Jason Jordan going against Tomasso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano. Finally, is this the last we’ve seen of Tyler Breeze on NXT?

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