Mafiascum Wrestling Federation (The Road To ScummerSlam!)

[Haschel Cedricson]

Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the Mafiascum Wrestling Federation! I have purchased the game WWE 2K23 and have made a bunch of custom wrestlers based on the avatars of people on this website. I am then going to set the AI to control all of them, stream the matches, and we will see who wins. Our inaugural match was a face-off between T-Bone and McMenno, which I unfortunately was unable to record because it was sort of a testing thing. But now I have two shows set up which I will try to run semi-regularly! The first of these is coming up tomorrow at 5 PDT: it's our flagship show

Nightkill

. Join us in the MS Discord to catch it live, or I'll post it on Youtube afterwards.

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Finished Shows

Nightkill, Week 1
Clash At The Mash, Week 1
Nightkill, Week 2
Clash At The Mash, Week 2
Nightkill, Week 3

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Nightkill belts:

Paragon of Wrestlers: T-Bone
Donna Corleone: Lady Lambdadelta
Goodfellas Tag Team: The Den
Moment of Brilliance Tag Team: Turnabout Topaz
UPick Championship: AniX

Clash At The Mash belts:

Sole Survivor: Fenrir
Mashtermind: xofelf
Flim & Flam Memorial Tag Team Belt: Vacant
Black Widow Brigade: Skittle Squad

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Match 1: Lady Lambdadelta takes on xofelf in our opening match.

Match 2: Tris and Ametrine face off in a falls-count-anywhere bout.

Match 3: An extreme-rules Triple Threat between T-Bone, Porkins, and GeorgeBailey!

Match 4: Haschel Cedricson and Aristophanes challenge Mallowgeno and StrangerCoug to a tag team table match.

Match 5: Backstage, the mods Lilith2013 and Isis argue over who is Zor’s favorite.

Main Event: CaptainMeme and Majiffy will decide who gets to challenge T-Bone for the belt at the next Nightkill.



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FAQs

Q: Can you make me into a wrestler?
A: Probably! If you are 1) an established community member and 2) have an avatar that I can work with, then by all means let me know you want to be in here.

Q: I am non-binary or otherwise do not use traditional him/her pronouns. Can you make me into a wrestler?
A: Okay, the answer is still yes but the game forces all wrestlers to be either male or female and the two genders can never fight each other because the WWE doesn't want the optics of John Cena punching Liv Morgan in the face. If your avatar is a specific character, then I can use the character's gender instead (this is what I did with xof and their Roxy Lalonde avatar). Otherwise, you can just let me know which of the two you want to be in.

Q: Where's the music?
A:

I disabled entrance music because the WWE is very copyright-strike-happy. Maybe eventually I can dub in people's choice of entrance music, although I'm not going to do that right away because that's a ton of effort and I want to make sure the basics of this are running smoothly first.

Haha never mind I am a crazy person so I'm editing it in now.

Q: Can I cut a promo / call out another wrestler?
A:

Yes

. For the love of God, yes, please do. I want to hear friendly trash talk!

Q: Who is in the MWF so far?
A: Here is a spreadsheet with everybody in the Federation so far.

AND HERE IS A LINK TO A GALLERY THAT IS CURRENT AS OF 5/12!

Q: What about tag teams?
A: Yeah, we have some.
* Big Pink (Pink Ball and Porkens)
* The Den (Silverclaw, Leon, and Gregor)
* The F2 (Bellaphant and Klick)
* Granger Danger (Arlen and het)
* Johto League (Black and Not_Mafia, sometimes d3f3nd3r)
*

Malkmenno (Malkon and McMenno)

UPDATE: Malkmenno has fallen apart due to infighting.
* The Olympians (Haschel Cedricson and Aristophanes)
* Rirrir (Cephrir and Fenrir)
* Screaming Death Clan (T-Bone, Lady Lambdadelta, Majiffy, and Kuribo)
* Skittle Squad (Isis and Lilith2013)
* Sports! (ORAM and pickemgenius)
* Turnabout Topaz (Ametrine and DkKoba)
* The Webdip Boyz (Vash and CaptainMeme)

[Haschel Cedricson]

I am very ready to be demolished by LLD.

[Haschel Cedricson]

Hasch can we get OP edited with existing titles, who occupies them, and playerlist broken down by what divisions they fight in? Also maybe a demarcation for heel/face standings.

So right now I don't really have "divisions" per se; there are two shows but people can appear on both of them. T-Bone is the current beltholder for the Paragon of Wrestlers Nightkill Champion, but then I discovered that while creating the belt requires me to assign a champion there is nothing preventing me from immediately removing that champion so the rest are up for grabs. I can definitely put a list of the belts in the OP, though.

I have you/LLD/T-Bone as heels, as well as myself and Porkins. Everyone else is currently set to have the crowd cheer, I think, although as we start getting rivalries and storylines going I will tinker with those. So if people *want* to be a face or heel all you have to do is make a promo pushing you in that direction.

[Haschel Cedricson]

EDIT: Haha, quote is not edit.

[Haschel Cedricson]

The first show is done! You can see all of the matches here.

Apologies about the Isis/Lilith match; apparently there is a bug with the backstage brawl in Universe mode. Gonna tinker with a few things and then either tomorrow or Tuesday I'll announce the card for Clash At The Match.

[Haschel Cedricson]

Apparently when I set this up I accidentally told this show to have nine matches, which is too many. However, it won't let me reduce it down to six until the NEXT in-game week, so we'll get to see all but three people!

Match 1: Not_Mafia and Ametrine partner up to try and take down Shadoweh and Ythan.

Match 2: D3f3nd3r and Pink Ball go head to head!

Match 3: Ariel and xofelf celebrate the end of International Mish Mash Month by competing for the Mashtermind belt!

Match 4: Malkmenno takes on The Den in a 2-vs-3 handicap match.

Match 5: GeorgeBailey and Porkens each blame each other for letting T-Bone win at Nightkill, so this match is personal.

Match 6: The Olympians (Ari and Haschel) interrupt CaptainMeme and Racefan's date night.

Match 7: In our first mixed-gender tag team match, the menagerie of StrangerCoug and Chickadee have challenged two members of the Screaming Death Clan as they face off against LLD and Majiffy.

Match 8: Mallowgeno and T-Bone are both feeling good after Nightkill so they've agreed to a friendly exhibition match.

Main Event: With Radja not in the league and no pesky jury in the way, Vash and Fenrir are on their own to prove that they deserve to win the Sole Survivor belt.

[Haschel Cedricson]

Love to see that promo action.

Be there tonight at 5 PDT!

[Haschel Cedricson]

Clash At The Mash 1 is up!

[Haschel Cedricson]

Coming soon, it's the next episode of


Match 1: Gregor and Silverclaw challenge McMenno again. This time Menno has a new partner ready to help - Mitillos!

Match 2: Lilith takes on Ariel in a standard match.

Match 3: Tris and Lady Lambdadelta have shown they have what it takes to win the Donna Corleone belt, but only one can be victorious!

Match 4: Our first ladder match between the teams of Isis/Black and Klick/Bellaphant.

Match 5: Haschel can only watch from the sidelines as his partner Aristophanes faces a challenge from Anix.

Main Event: CaptainMeme challenges T-Bone to win the coveted Paragon of Wrestlers.

[Haschel Cedricson]

Nightkill Week 2 is up on Youtube!

[Haschel Cedricson]

Meanwhile, this happened backstage after the main event...

[Haschel Cedricson]

By popular request, here is a gallery of everybody in the federation so far:

[Haschel Cedricson]

when was Mr. Johnson put in there
also uh why is there a blank spot

If Ari and I ever disband then he will be my new partner.

The blank spot is my avatar from another forum/wrestling league I’m not running and I don’t want to delete it because I use it to make promos.

Edit: Also, you doesn’t has to call him Johnson.

[Haschel Cedricson]

Clash At The Mash week 2 is up on YouTube!

[Haschel Cedricson]

And then they come scurrying to me two at a time, not even brave enough to fight without the other to hold their hand. Twin cowards! This is the state of divinity? These are the so-called Gods? I say to you no!

A week later, backstage at Nightkill

Kison: So Haschel, Anix called you and your partner out last week.

Haschel: I will admit that Anix talks a good game...

Kison (interrupting): Anix backed it up, too. Ari was pretty handily defeated.

Haschel: Okay. Right. Okay. I know that on paper we Olympians looked pretty bad last week.

Kison: Not just on paper; you looked bad on film too.

Haschel: What the hell, man?

Kison: I'm just reporting it the way I see it.

Haschel: Then report this. Anix showed his hand last week. While he was fighting Ari, I was watching. I know his moves. I'm coming for him next and there's not a goddamn thing he can do about it. And I've got a secret weapon he doesn't have.

Kison: Those chairs aren't secret; everybody knows there's a big stockpile of them under th...

Haschel: I'm not talking about the goddamn chairs! I'm talking about friendship. Aristophanes and I have each other's backs. If anybody messes with one of us, they mess with both of us. And Anix can't understand that because he's never had anybody in his corner. He's a loner, a rebel. And that's gonna be his downfall.

Kison: No offense, but I don't think you can beat Anix using only the powers of friendship.

Haschel: Well we do have the chairs as Plan B.

[Haschel Cedricson]

The next episode of Nightkill is ready and will be airing either tomorrow or Friday depending on when more people can make it. It's a seven-match extravaganza and while I won't reveal the whole card I can promise that we will continue to see advancement of the following storylines:

* The Olympians vs Anix
* Shadoweh vs Ythan
* Mallowgeno and his quest to take down the Screaming Death Clan

Plus a special four-man Battle Royal as the main event!

[Haschel Cedricson]

[Haschel Cedricson]

And here are all the matches from Nightkill Week 3!

[Haschel Cedricson]

Bah nothing happened to Mallow what???

Majiffy prevented him from escaping and that should have led to an ass-kicking.

[Haschel Cedricson]

Showdown at the Speakeasy will be (finally) airing this Friday in the Discord at 4 PDT!

[Haschel Cedricson]

And with that, there is officially a new belt up for grabs! I present to you all the

UPick Champion Belt

.

This belt will always be defended under Extreme Rules, because U get to Pick any method to wear down your opponent! As per mith's decree, Anix will start off holding the belt. If you want to fight for it before the next Nightkill, make a promo calling Anix out! Anix will then Pick who the contender will be.

[Haschel Cedricson]

Watch Showdown At The Speakeasy here:

[Haschel Cedricson]

Here are the storylines going into the next Clash At The Mash:

* Both title belts are on the line, as d3f and Black earned their chance to challenge Fenrir and xofelf. Will the belts change hands, or will the champs prove why they won them in the first place?

* The Shield of the Screaming Death Clan has looked shaky recently. T-Bone has ordered Majiffy to get a win in his next match in order to stop making the SDC look bad. But who is the mystery opponent?

* The tag team division is in shambles right now. McMenno has made no secret of the fact that they are frustrated that they only seem to win singles matches, and behind the scenes Malkon and Menno are each blaming the other for MalkMenno's loss at Showdown at the Speakeasy. Meanwhile the other stables of Big Pink and the Webdip Boyz are also the holders of winless records. Something has to give, and it's probably not going to be pretty...

* At the last Clash Chickadee was supposed to face Ythan, but before the match started Bellaphant knocked out Ythan and took her place in the match. Then Bella used her trickery to get into the elimination chamber at the Speakeasy, just so she could take another shot at Chickadee. Chickadee better keep her head on a swivel, because Bella is determined to prove she's the better wrestler no matter what the cost.

* Speaking of Ythan, it was her spot in the elimination chamber that got usurped by Bella. MSWF management is very sorry about this and promised Ythan her choice of booking at this show. When faced with the opportunity to call out anybody in the company, she chose Isis. A table match has been scheduled.

* Finally, a lot of wrestlers found their personal items in the locker room vandalized; just about every flat surface has been covered in stamps. Who is doing this, and what could it mean?

Find out this Friday at 5:00 PDT at Clash At The Mash!

[Haschel Cedricson]

Am I obliged to call it "an opportunity to perform for the championship" or am I actually allowed to call it a title shot in this promotion

I don't get this reference. Is this WWE vs AEW drama? Either way, you can call it whatever you want!

[Haschel Cedricson]

One hour until Clash At The Mash! Join us in Discord!

[Haschel Cedricson]

Here's Clash At The Mash 3!



As for next week, it's a South Bend invasion on the next Nightkill! Het is making his debut, and Shea has volunteered himself as the welcome wagon in a Falls Count Anywhere match!

Up next, it's a triple threat match between Ariel, Invisibility, and *checks notes* the butterfly? That can't be right.

Our first title fight has the Moment Of Brilliance Tag Belt on the line, as The F2 of Bella and Klick face off against the newly-formed team of Turnabout Topaz.

The Screaming Death Clan is never content to sit idle. After a dominating performance by the Shield at Clash, rumor has it that the Sword wants in on the action and is looking to start a rivalry. Who will be unlucky enough to find herself in the sights of Lady Lambdadelta?

Mallowgeno has been very angry backstage about getting embarrassed by T-Bone. When he gets matched up against the red-hot ball of fury that is Kuribo, will he fight fire with fire or will he get burned?

The Den so far has an undefeated record. Silverclaw and Leon have earned their shot at the Goodfellas Tag Belt. Facing them will be a brand-new duo. Will ORAM and Peg, the founding members of the Sports! stable, be able to succeed against The Den when every other partnership has failed?

The Final Tribal Council of Survivormeet South Bend was intense, and this reunion looks to be even more intense! It's a triple threat match between the finalists of Arlen, Haschel, and Monty!

In the main event, AniX has promised to put his money where his mouth is and has picked Kdowns to be the first challenger for the UPick Championship. It's Extreme Rules with the belt on the line. Who will wear the metaphorical red crown? Find out next week on Nightkill!

[Haschel Cedricson]

Here's the latest Nightkill!

[Haschel Cedricson]

Clash of the Mash 5 is up!



Next week in the main event, Shea will take on Kuribo and Majiffy to prove he's worthy of challenging T-Bone for the title.

[Haschel Cedricson]

I made avatars for everyone so far:

https://imgur.com/a/uB0lyQe

[Haschel Cedricson]

Nightkill - Week 6!

Next week we'll have a #1 Contender Battle Royal at Clash At The Mash, all on the Road To ScummerSlam!

[Haschel Cedricson]

Next Friday is a special double-header of Nightkill and Clash At The Mash action! First on Nightkill, we will hear an inspiring speech from Donna Corleone Title Holder LLD, which surely will not get interrupted at all. Next it's a #1 Contender Triple Threat, as Gregor, GeorgeBailey, and Monty compete for the right to face T-Bone at ScummerSlam! And then finally, Mist will defend their new UPick Championship from the challenger Shea.

After that it's right into Clash At The Mash! Cook will participate in her second match ever, which will make her technically the crafty vet against newcomers Ausuka and Mystic Sailboat! Then Haschel and Aristophanes will be keeping an eye on the #1 Contender Tornado Tag Extravaganza. Will it be Granger Danger, Stomp And Stab Connection, Sports!, or Lee Radicals going to ScummerSlam? Finally, it's a Battle Royal for the right to face off against Fenrir. Vash, Mitillos, Bad Tom, Skelda, Charles510, McMenno, Kdowns, and PokerFace will all be entering the ring, but all but one is gonna be thrown out over the ropes. All that next Friday, on the MWF Double Feature!

[Haschel Cedricson]

Well well well, what do we have here, Ari?

Why, I think it's a foolish mortal who wants to take our titles!

It's somehow even dumber than that. It's

eight

foolish mortals.

Wait, I recognize some of them. Two of them have different partners than I've seen them with in the past. Not much of a chance to build team chemistry!

Well that should make things easier for the veteran team, right? Ari, how many victories does Sports! have?

I'd have to check my notes but I'm pretty sure it's zero!

Zero? That can't be right. Surely they won their last match, since there was nothing but sports equipment under the ring.

You'd think that would be like a golden elevator to the top... but for some reason they decided to take the stairs!

Well, even with no victories they still have more experience than Lee Radicals. It's a bold move to have their first match be in a #1 Contender bout.

Bold and stupid, I'd say!

Listen, mortals! We have conquered the summit of Olympus, and never shall we allow you lot into the Elysian Fields of Victory! So by all means, put on a good show for the fans. At ScummerSlam, Ari and I will give the fans an even better one - a show that ends once again with the Flim and Flam Memorial Belt around our waists.

[Haschel Cedricson]

Here's the Road To ScummerSlam!

[Haschel Cedricson]

[Haschel Cedricson]

ORAM has been replaced with Shea for the Battle Royal.

Black will definitely be in the first post-PPV show. The roster has grown since Showdown at the Speakeasy and doing another “everyone is here!” would make the show go on even more ridiculously long than it will be, especially with the number of 1-on-1 matches we have to have.

[Haschel Cedricson]

Work made me miss my own debut

If it makes you feel better, your debut was actually last week!

Anyway, ScummerSlam is up on YouTube!



A few notes:

1) Now that my summer vacation is over and I'm working again, I suspect that a full show every week is not going to be sustainable. Instead I am going to try for two-week blocks with Nightkill every other Friday and then Clash maybe every other Sunday or some point relatively close to the Nightkills. The point is I'll have two weeks instead of one.

2) I am going to let the computer suggest some storylines/rivalries/bookings. My plan is that each show will have one "storyline" that I curate, room for storylines that emerge from promos people do or lore that is suggested to me, and then let the computer do the rest so we can see what sort of dynamic wackiness the AI has in store.

[Haschel Cedricson]

Is that a built in game feature now? Last time I bought a wrestling game was No Mercy and before that Wrestlemania 2000.
(No mercy had better mechanics while WM2000 had better story mode)

If that's a feature now, that makes the create a character experience even better. Are any of the spirit mechanics from back then still around? Any story mode like the one in Wrestlemania 2000 where you rise through the ranks fighting on cards to get wins and belts as you build your career?

I have no idea what the spirit mechanics are so I'm going to say no.

As for story mode, there are actually three! One of them is a retrospective where John Cena reflects on some of his most iconic losses, and you play as his opponent in each one. During the match it will sometimes ask you to do specific moves, and then when you land it the game seamlessly transitions to the real TV footage for a cutscene. This is how you unlock Kurt Angle, Rob Van Dam, and retro versions of a whole bunch of other wrestlers.

The other two modes are called "The Lock" and "The Legacy" and are gated depending on your custom wrestler's gender. In The Lock, you play as a complete asshole who gets mad that WWE won't give him a title shot fast enough, gets fired, and then has to work his way back by dominating indie wrestling circuits until Shawn Michaels has no choice but to allow him back. In The Legacy, you play as a talented rookie wrestler who everybody assumes was a nepotism hire because your aunt is a retired women's champ.