Post by Ramos on May 12, 2007 12:02:57 GMT -5
November 13, 2005 - The death of Eddie Guerrero shocks the nation when he is found dead in his hotel room the morning of a RAW/Smackdown! supershow.
November 14, 2005 - The edition of "RAW is Eddie" is broadcasted.
November 15, 2005 - The cause of Guerrero's death is determined as acute heart failure caused by an undiagnosed heart disease and stain placed on his heart from overworking himself.
November 17, 2005 - The funeral of Eddie Guerrero takes place. A special tribute edition of "Smackdown!" is broadcasted.
November 18, 2005 - Nick "Eugene" Dinsmore is found passed out in a hotel lobby after overdosing on Somas. Dinsmore is then indefinitely suspended from WWE.
November 21, 2005 - Vince McMahon announces a new drug testing policy for WWE.
November 25, 2005 - Vicki Guerrero is approached by a civil rights group known as the WDPA (Wrongful Deaths of Professional Athletes) about a possible lawsuit against WWE.
November 26, 2005 - After discussion between Vicki and the rest of the Guerrero family, an agreement to go forward with the lawsuit, which claimed that WWE knew of Eddie Guerrero's past abuse and health condition yet continued to work him anyway. The claim also is made that WWE could have prevented Guerrero's death. Meanwhile, an anonymous senator catches the news of the death of Guerrero, the story of Dinsmore, and the new WWE drug testing policy during a sports talk show and pushes to get Congress and the Federal Government involved in the situations.
November 27, 2005 - WWE settles with Vicki Guerrero for $15 million dollars and a written contract for Eddie Guerrero's royalties. WWE also settles with the rest of the Guerrero family for another $15 million split amongst the remainer of the family and agrees to Chavo Guerrero's release from his contract. WDPA refuses the out of court settlement and is determined to shut down WWE. The Federal Government notifies WWE of an investigation that will take place in the near future.
November 28, 2005 - (Morning) Vince McMahon contacts a group of representatives of the Federal Government investigation and attempts to bribe them to call off the investigation. The representatives reject his bribe offer and inform McMahon that they will continue. (Night) Vince McMahon decides to go on RAW, in a 20+ minute segment, and blast the Federal Government, and a new stable that are dub "The Representatives" made of Scott Taylor, Sylvain Greiner, and Tyson Tomko, debut, playing a "Right To Censor" type gimmick.
November 29, 2005 - "The Representatives" invade Smackdown! and cut a dreadfully long 20+ minute promo making several homosexual comments toward each other.
November 30, 2005 - The story of Vince McMahon's attempted pay off of the Federal Government and short clips of "The Representatives" air on all national news channels.
December 2005 - WWE suffers from a drastic drop in popularity all over the world. In some parts of the United States, there were actual boycotts of the WWE product, with ever free tickets failing to help attendance. In an attempt to hold its dropping fanbase, WWE creative decide to go with a very edgy type product, more than it ever has been, and hotshotting big matches on free television such as Stephanie McMahon being stripped topless live on RAW, Hulk Hogan returning and defeating John Cena for the WWE World Title, an overuse of gimmick matches (Hell In The Cell, TLC, Hardcore) on free television, an incident where Kane (the character) was "killed" by getting thrown into a flaming garbage dumpster by "The Representatives", a rape angle where Trish Stratus is raped by Edge and Kurt Angle, Trish refuses to press charges and reveals she is pregnant, and then Edge and Angle feud over who the father is, and in one of the most edgy segments ever, Randy Orton defeats The Undertaker in a Hell In The Cell match on Smackdown! and proceeds to crucify him on a cross, complete the the thorn crown, and then whips him repeatedly with a whip as he is risen up above the Smackdown! fist stage. UPN refused to play the segment, so it was aired, without USA's approval, live on RAW.
January 2006 - UPN drops their deal with WWE and buys out their contract with them. WWE's stock falls almost 75%, with WWE RAW only pulling a 1.2 rating. The USA Network is forced to move RAW to a 11PM time slot due to its risky nature. Chris Benoit's contract ends with WWE and he leaves the company. With UPN cancelling SD!, WWE has no choice but to end the brand extension, and due to its falling popularity, WWE releases a lot of unused talent, cancels their developmental deals with OVW and DSW, and releases a large group of talent to make up for the lose of revenue. Shawn Michaels and Mick Foley do a shoot promo on RAW, without creative's approval, and quit the company because it's "against [their] morals". Meanwhile, TNA gains its largest amount of momentum by getting WWE RAW's former 8PM-10PM timeslot on Spike TV.
February 2006 - WWE RAW drops below a 0.7 rating and the majority of the WWE stockholders sale their stock back to Vince McMahon. Going into a massive debt, McMahon decides to sell the video library and trademarks that WWE owns. Vince McMahon sells the WCW library, rights, and trademarks to Eric Bischoff, and the ECW library, rights, and trademarks to Paul Heyman. The remaining libraries are sold to various independent companies. Eric Bischoff begins talks with Ted Turner to attempt to get WCW back in business, while Paul Heyman, along with Tommy Dreamer, use their own funds to get ECW back in business. Shawn Michaels announces that he is taking a break from the business. WWE releases even more talent as their popularity continues to go downward. TNA's Impact becomes the number one rated show on Monday Nights, pulling a 4.1 rating, with the debut of Chris Jericho.
March 2006 - After five years since its destruction, WCW is reborn when AOL/Time Warner agrees to give a Monday Night time slot for WCW Monday Night Nitro starting in April 2006. Heyman and Dreamer have been having success, building ECW's reputation up with weekly live shows with a lot of the former ECW talent. The Federal Government ceases their investigation after four months and notifies WWE that they will be motioning their roster regularly. TNA makes huge signings such as Chris Benoit, Mick Foley, Rey Mysterio Jr., Nicho El Millionario, Juventud Guerrea, Super Crazy, Shane Helms, Shelton Benjamin, and Jim Ross. Eric Bischoff announces that Sting and Ric Flair have signed written deals with the company as well as a series of former WCW superstars under pay-per-appearance deals.
I AM TAKING CONTROL OF TNA[/size] Roster and champs will be posted later
November 14, 2005 - The edition of "RAW is Eddie" is broadcasted.
November 15, 2005 - The cause of Guerrero's death is determined as acute heart failure caused by an undiagnosed heart disease and stain placed on his heart from overworking himself.
November 17, 2005 - The funeral of Eddie Guerrero takes place. A special tribute edition of "Smackdown!" is broadcasted.
November 18, 2005 - Nick "Eugene" Dinsmore is found passed out in a hotel lobby after overdosing on Somas. Dinsmore is then indefinitely suspended from WWE.
November 21, 2005 - Vince McMahon announces a new drug testing policy for WWE.
November 25, 2005 - Vicki Guerrero is approached by a civil rights group known as the WDPA (Wrongful Deaths of Professional Athletes) about a possible lawsuit against WWE.
November 26, 2005 - After discussion between Vicki and the rest of the Guerrero family, an agreement to go forward with the lawsuit, which claimed that WWE knew of Eddie Guerrero's past abuse and health condition yet continued to work him anyway. The claim also is made that WWE could have prevented Guerrero's death. Meanwhile, an anonymous senator catches the news of the death of Guerrero, the story of Dinsmore, and the new WWE drug testing policy during a sports talk show and pushes to get Congress and the Federal Government involved in the situations.
November 27, 2005 - WWE settles with Vicki Guerrero for $15 million dollars and a written contract for Eddie Guerrero's royalties. WWE also settles with the rest of the Guerrero family for another $15 million split amongst the remainer of the family and agrees to Chavo Guerrero's release from his contract. WDPA refuses the out of court settlement and is determined to shut down WWE. The Federal Government notifies WWE of an investigation that will take place in the near future.
November 28, 2005 - (Morning) Vince McMahon contacts a group of representatives of the Federal Government investigation and attempts to bribe them to call off the investigation. The representatives reject his bribe offer and inform McMahon that they will continue. (Night) Vince McMahon decides to go on RAW, in a 20+ minute segment, and blast the Federal Government, and a new stable that are dub "The Representatives" made of Scott Taylor, Sylvain Greiner, and Tyson Tomko, debut, playing a "Right To Censor" type gimmick.
November 29, 2005 - "The Representatives" invade Smackdown! and cut a dreadfully long 20+ minute promo making several homosexual comments toward each other.
November 30, 2005 - The story of Vince McMahon's attempted pay off of the Federal Government and short clips of "The Representatives" air on all national news channels.
December 2005 - WWE suffers from a drastic drop in popularity all over the world. In some parts of the United States, there were actual boycotts of the WWE product, with ever free tickets failing to help attendance. In an attempt to hold its dropping fanbase, WWE creative decide to go with a very edgy type product, more than it ever has been, and hotshotting big matches on free television such as Stephanie McMahon being stripped topless live on RAW, Hulk Hogan returning and defeating John Cena for the WWE World Title, an overuse of gimmick matches (Hell In The Cell, TLC, Hardcore) on free television, an incident where Kane (the character) was "killed" by getting thrown into a flaming garbage dumpster by "The Representatives", a rape angle where Trish Stratus is raped by Edge and Kurt Angle, Trish refuses to press charges and reveals she is pregnant, and then Edge and Angle feud over who the father is, and in one of the most edgy segments ever, Randy Orton defeats The Undertaker in a Hell In The Cell match on Smackdown! and proceeds to crucify him on a cross, complete the the thorn crown, and then whips him repeatedly with a whip as he is risen up above the Smackdown! fist stage. UPN refused to play the segment, so it was aired, without USA's approval, live on RAW.
January 2006 - UPN drops their deal with WWE and buys out their contract with them. WWE's stock falls almost 75%, with WWE RAW only pulling a 1.2 rating. The USA Network is forced to move RAW to a 11PM time slot due to its risky nature. Chris Benoit's contract ends with WWE and he leaves the company. With UPN cancelling SD!, WWE has no choice but to end the brand extension, and due to its falling popularity, WWE releases a lot of unused talent, cancels their developmental deals with OVW and DSW, and releases a large group of talent to make up for the lose of revenue. Shawn Michaels and Mick Foley do a shoot promo on RAW, without creative's approval, and quit the company because it's "against [their] morals". Meanwhile, TNA gains its largest amount of momentum by getting WWE RAW's former 8PM-10PM timeslot on Spike TV.
February 2006 - WWE RAW drops below a 0.7 rating and the majority of the WWE stockholders sale their stock back to Vince McMahon. Going into a massive debt, McMahon decides to sell the video library and trademarks that WWE owns. Vince McMahon sells the WCW library, rights, and trademarks to Eric Bischoff, and the ECW library, rights, and trademarks to Paul Heyman. The remaining libraries are sold to various independent companies. Eric Bischoff begins talks with Ted Turner to attempt to get WCW back in business, while Paul Heyman, along with Tommy Dreamer, use their own funds to get ECW back in business. Shawn Michaels announces that he is taking a break from the business. WWE releases even more talent as their popularity continues to go downward. TNA's Impact becomes the number one rated show on Monday Nights, pulling a 4.1 rating, with the debut of Chris Jericho.
March 2006 - After five years since its destruction, WCW is reborn when AOL/Time Warner agrees to give a Monday Night time slot for WCW Monday Night Nitro starting in April 2006. Heyman and Dreamer have been having success, building ECW's reputation up with weekly live shows with a lot of the former ECW talent. The Federal Government ceases their investigation after four months and notifies WWE that they will be motioning their roster regularly. TNA makes huge signings such as Chris Benoit, Mick Foley, Rey Mysterio Jr., Nicho El Millionario, Juventud Guerrea, Super Crazy, Shane Helms, Shelton Benjamin, and Jim Ross. Eric Bischoff announces that Sting and Ric Flair have signed written deals with the company as well as a series of former WCW superstars under pay-per-appearance deals.
I AM TAKING CONTROL OF TNA[/size] Roster and champs will be posted later
