RICK'S RULES: YEAR 1, MONTH 3 (MARCH 2001) Overview for "The Rules" for the period of February 26 to March 25, 2001: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This month's theme is "Tournament Month". This month you will have one Pay Per View. It will occur on Sunday, March 25, 2001. On this card, your World Heavyweight Champion will have a PPV title defense against the winner of a 16 man tournament (the tournament's details will be outlined in week 1's rules). This gives you the entire month to prepare your champion for your pay per view's main event World Title match. "The Rules" for the week of February 26 - March 4, 2001: --------------------------------------------------------- 1. Your champion just had a tough battle at the PPV. Therefore, EVERYONE on your roster except your World Champion must wrestle on at least one television program this week. However, your World Champion must make an appearance on live TV in a non-wrestling capacity. 2. Your live TV show should feature at least 2 rematches from last week's PPV. 3. Now it is time to see what TNM's rankings look like for your fed. You should set up brackets using wrestlers 2 to 17 in the singles rankings for a tournament (See diagram below). The tournament should start on this week's live TV and conclude with the winner of the tournament getting a world title match at this month's PPV. 4. Your live TV show should feature round one tournament matches. The hour 1 main event is up to you to determine. However, the hour 2 main event for live TV should be one of the rematches from the PPV from rule #2. 5. On your taped television programs, you should be sure that all your "Top Star" talent wins their matches this week. Also, your World Champ should cut a promo about the upcoming tournament. 6. For your two house shows this week, your World Champ should wrestle in non-title rematches from the February PPV. DIAGRAM OF TOURNEMENT BRACKETS a) 2 vs 17 b) 9 vs 10 i) winner of a vs winner of b m) winner of i vs winner of j c) 6 vs 13 j) winner of c vs winner of d d) 5 vs 14 o) winner gets PPV match - winner of m vs winner of n e) 4 vs 15 f) 7 vs 12 k) winner of e vs winner of f n) winner of k vs winner of l g) 8 vs 11 l) winner of g vs winner of h h) 3 vs 16 The Rules" for the week of March 5 - March 11, 2001: ----------------------------------------------------- 1. Your live TV show hour 1 main event this week should feature a tag team match between your top two teams. There will also be a special referee for this match. It should be a wrestler not on the roster at the moment. 2. You were contacted by a former world champion wrestler recently released by a major US promotion. You have agreed to hire him and as part of the contract, he/she is required to have their first match with your company against the World Champion. Your live TV main event this week should feature your World Champion in a non-title match against this "mystery" opponent. 3. This week, bring in an "international" star and have them win at least one match on the taped programs. 4. For your two house shows this week, use "Top Star" talent that didn't work last week's house shows. Have one of the "Top Star" heels lose to a "Star" face on at least one house show. The Rules" for the week of March 12 - March 18, 2001: ------------------------------------------------------ 1. This week, you should air footage from the ongoing tournament as a highlight package for your pay per view on March 25. If you haven't named the PPV, give it a name this week. Use your World Champion to cut a promo about the tournament during your taped shows about the pay per view. Also during the promos, announce 3 additional matches on your pay per view (there will be 8 matches in all on this PPV). Announce that a "new" tag team will be making their debut at the PPV (details about this team will be given the week of the PPV). 2. On your live TV show this week, you should have 1 cage match, 1 anything goes match and the rest of the matches with normal rules. 3. Your live TV show hour 1 main event this week should feature the "international" star that you brought in for the taped shows last week. 4. Your live TV main event this week should feature a "dream partner" tag match with your World Champ against his "mystery" oppenent from last week. 5. Since St. Patrick's Day is this week, have one of your "Star Face"s turn heel. 6. This week, one of your "star heel" wrestlers came to the office and was totally unhappy with his current gimmick. Take him off all shows until after this month's PPV, so that his status with the company can be reviewuated. 7. For your two house shows this week, use "Top Star" talent that didn't work last week's house shows. Have one of the "Top Star" faces lose to a "Star" heel on at least one house show. The Rules" for the week of March 19 - March 25, 2001: ------------------------------------------------------ 1. This week, you will have your third pay per view on March 25. Last week during the promos, you announced 4 of the 8 matches on your pay per view. This week on live TV you will announce the rest of the pay per view card. At least one of these matches should be a rematch from the month long tournament. 2. Release one of your "star heel" wrestlers, but NOT the one being re-reviewuated. Rumor has it, he was exhibiting public behavior of conduct unbecoming of a wrestler for a promotion of your caliber. (So what if he was living in kayfabe?) 3. On your live TV show this week, you should have a variety of matches that will build up your pay per view card. You will want to build the heat for the matches at the PPV, so make sure that the tournament has ended by this week and that we know who has earned the title match. 4. Your live TV show hour 1 main event this week should feature the "star face" that turned heel last week. Start him in a short feud that will end at the PPV on Sunday. 5. Your live TV main event this week should feature the "mystery" man that faced your world champ on the last two shows against the champ's dream partner. This match should be a regular wrestling match. Have the "international" wrestler help the "mystery" man during the match. Your World Champ will be the guest referee for this match. 6. This week, have all your "Top Star" talent win on the taped programs to help build them for the PPV. This will help get them over further on the PPV. 7. For your two house shows this week, use only 2 "Top Star" talents from your roster. This is because the rest of your roster is preparing for the PPV. 8. PPV Notes: You should have eight matches on this card. All of these matches have already been announced on this week's live TV show. The "mystery" tag team that will be at the PPV, will be your "international" star and the "mystery" wrestler that fought your World Champ this month. Since you have one of your "star heel" wrestler's out being re-reviewuated, run a promo about him at the PPV. His return will be on a Live TV event in April as a "top face".