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1. INTRODUCTION Welcome to the Central States Wrestling Alliance! The CSWA is a scripted, or booked e-fed. That means that Angles are planned out. That does not mean however that role-plays are not important. People will get pushed on the basis of their role-plays, who role-plays the best will generally be in the top story lines and be farther up on the cards. The
CSWA is currently a regional promotion based out of the Central United
States. During it's first run it was an affiliate fed under the umbrella
of the Coalition of Affiliated Leagues. Much like in the good old day's
before Vincent K. McMahon ruined everything, and the NWA was the top fed,
with lot's of strong regional territorial promotions a part of it, the
CSWA was a territorial affiliate of the Coalition of Affiliated Leagues
(the CAL) and based out of Lincoln, Nebraska. The focus in the CSWA is on the wrestlers and wrestling matches not on “evil bosses,” “homosexual tag team weddings,” “celebrity title holders,” "old female wrestlers giving birth to rubber hands" or any other stupid gimmick shoved down the throats of wrestling fans the past few years, by the major promotions. Match results for Central States Wrestling will be done via a simulator. We use TNM 7 created by Oliver Copp, This is done for two reasonsn1) producing a consistent weekly wrestling card is a pain in the ass and 2) with less time having to worry about who is going to write what, or waiting for match-writers to get their matches written more time is available to rp and to keep the ship running smoothly. Pay Per Views however will feature fully written out results instead of simmed ones. 2. WRESTLER CREATION A. You can have one wrestler and one wrestler only, upon entering the CSWA. An exception would be made in the case of a tag team, however a legitimate team that tags more than they do singles matches. Veterans that we trust can have more than wrestler, but only if they and we are sure they can handle it. B. Original wrestlers only. There are no exceptions. Only original wrestlers. No real wrestlers and no cheap rip-offs of wrestlers. There will be no exceptions. Hopefully this point has been made clear enough. C. Creation rules are on the application page. The sample role-play is what we look at first and if it isn't up to CSWA standards, you will be denied. You will receive an answer as soon as possible, if you were accepted. You may or may not receive notice if you were denied. No matter what DO NOT POST A ROLE-PLAY UNTIL YOU HAVE BEEN EMAILED! 3. ROLE-PLAYING A. All Role-plays are to be posted in the Role-Play Board, which can be found here. B. We expect one role-play from you each week in order to be thought of as active. There is no limit to the amount you can role-play, but remember that Quantity very rarely equals QUALITY. Also if you will not be able to role-play for a period extending past 2 weeks, please contact us, so we can make arrangements and not job out your wrestler. C. Any profanity that occurs "on camera" must be must be censored. The exception are words like damn and ass (along with its variations, like jackass, asshole, and etc..). These are fine and need not be censored, but it shouldn't be every other word. The CSWA is family entertainment suitable for ALL AGES. Any profanity that occurs "off camera" in a role-play, is all right as it is not televised. For more on this read below. D.
"The Camera Rule" - Just because a role-play is posted
on role-play board does not mean that it is on camera and available for
all to see. Sometimes a role-play, just does not make sense as a televised
promo, and can actually serve to hurt a storyline or an angle. We here
at the CSWA understand that some wrestling handlers like to post role-plays
that are not necessarily "on camera," and fully understand and
respect that. Here in the CSWA we look for good quality writers, who care
about working together with their fellow handlers to create a good story. E. Also it would be wise to use a spell check before you post, because constant grammatical errors will be frowned upon. F. Do not use insider terms like "jobber", "shoot", "angle", etc.. A wrestler should never talk about winners being known beforehand, he must always act like he is really fighting someone. The CSWA harkens back to the era before Vince McMahon admitted that his WWF is Sports Entertainment, so for all intent and purposes, the CSWA is REAL! Anything that says otherwise should be subtle. NEVER mention stuff like "role-plays", "handlers", or other terms of that nature. Never call wrestlers by their handler's real name. G. Do not use members of the front office or other handler's wrestlers, managers, valets, and characters without permission. H. There is to be NO, mention of WWE/NWATNA/RoH or any "real world" wrestling promotion past or present what-so-ever. In the world that the CSWA exists in, the "real" world wrestling does not. That is final and there shall be NO exceptions I. The CSWA does not hold house Shows. It is a small promotion mainly focused in the Central States. There are many alternatives to posting a role-play without doing an in ring promo. (Those are reserved for the televised cards) There is the CSWA video room in the basement of the complex, where you can use the age old method of standing in front of a backdrop of the company logo. Or you can use a number of alternatives to posting a role-play. J. IF YOU ARE NOT READY TO READ THE ROLE-PLAY BOARD AND READ THE RP's OF EVERY OTHER WRESTLER IN THE CSWA, EVEN AND ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE NOT INVOLVED WITH YOUR WRESTLER, YOU ARE PROBABLY NOT READY TO BE A MEMBER OF THE CSWA. Being aware of what is going on around you, and making sure you SELL every aspect of the CSWA is very important. One of my biggest pet peeves when it comes to e-wrestling is people who refuse to sell. 4. MORE ROLE-PLAY INFORMATION When I book the matches, and decide the pushes and title holders, I don't have a set "grading system". I try to run the CSWA as if it were a "real fed" that being said hot potato title changes, which is something that could happen a lot if you graded purely on the basis of quantity of rp's and smack talk, would happen a lot and that is something I defiantly don't like. I am not a big fan of the wait for your opponent to rp, and then rant on him and his "promo" when you post style of role-playing. I think it's lame, gets boring fast and turns into ooc battles way too often. So the basic criteria used in deciding matches is in no particular order of importance 1) Angle 2) Work Rate 3) Past History 4) Role-Plays for the week 5) Federation Participation. The exception to this would be the CSWA Television Title, which is strictly the weekly "rp battle" title. There is a school of thought in some ewrestling circles, that all role-plays are "televised promos" and everything in a role-play is open to attack. Some people go as far as to say, "if it's off-camera how come we can see it". That argument in my opinion is crap. First off, you are not "seeing" it, you are "reading it." Some handlers, myself included believe that this hobby of ours, is more then just a competition of who can do the better smack talk and rip up your opponent. Some people prefer to create a character, a character who while he is "on camera" or in the wrestling ring doing his job as a wrestler, lives his gimmick and acts a certain way and then when he is away from the "cameras" and the wrestling ring, he acts a completely different way. It is a way of fleshing out the characters we create, and breathing life into them, outside the confines of the pure "smack talk/rant" style of role-playing. Say you had a character that was like the old style Undertaker, a "man from the dark side". Having a role-play, where he is at home with his wife and kids playing scrabble would completely ruin the gimmick, if it were perceived as an "on camera promo". The style I have developed since the beginning in my involvement in ewrestling is a cross between the "novel" style and the "screenplay style". The way I write my role-plays anything that is written in the form of a screenplay, and with brackets is considered something that would appear on television and could be seen by the fictional fans of the fed, and the other wrestlers. Anything that is not in brackets and written like a book, is strictly off camera" Now I'm not saying that I want the handlers of the CSWA to adopt my style, I'm just saying that it is a method I find very useful. I do believe however that not everything in a role-play has to be considered "on camera" and I will defend my stance on that until there is nobody left around to hear me. In the CSWA rules I have it clearly listed that "quantity does not always mean quality." Sometimes the "real world" gets in the way and it's hard to be super active each and every week. I do not ask that everyone be active every week, but I do ask when there is a week or so where you can't rp, or have a match, sending in promos for the show are always much appreciated. I am a huge fan of having interviews and other segments on the cards. Also I like to have long term angles/storylines/feuds booked out, and this pertains directly to the way I grade. Because sometimes it is necessary for someone to lose, to further the angle. What I look for in the guys who generally get pushed the most and are the upper mid-carders to main event level guys is; quality writing in role-plays, good angles and storylines; and participation through role-playing, supplying interviews. segments for the cards, etc. 5. STRATS AND INSTRUCTIONS For fully written out pay per views, you are expected to send in strats and/or instructions. These strats will encompass how your wrestler will wrestle the match, counter moves, prepare for sneak attacks, etc. Good strats make for better matches, the better the match, and the better the card. It is quite simple, the more effort you put into it the more you will get out of it. Length is not the important factor in a strat, it is the content that counts. 6. MATCHES AND CHALLENGES A. When a challenge is made, it is given a deadline date of two weeks from when it was issued. If there is no response, the match is automatically made. If it was an open challenge, the bookers will try and give the challenger a match soon. However if Wrestler A challenges wrestler B and Wrestler B is currently in a long term angle with wrestler C, the match will be postponed indefinitely. B. Avoid challenging for gimmick matches. Most CSWA matches are normal ones, we only book gimmick ones with good reason. Usually because of an angle or a feud. C. If you plan on doing a run-in during a card, you most notify the staff at least 3 days before the card is to be posted. Sneak attacks must include a valid reason and may be denied at the discretion of the staff. We cannot promise we will use all run-ins, since there may be more than one angle involved in a match and only so much can happen. D. Expect if you cost someone a match, for them to be allowed to attack you during your next match in response. This is called the Equal Payback Rule. E. The invisible hand in booking is your PUSH. Upon starting out in the CSWA, everybodys push will be set at 50 in the TNM program. As the weeks go by, your push will be adjusted accordingly. Push consists of ranking, cooperation, and participation. Wrestlers who are ranked higher then their opponents will usually have a better chance of winning. Wrestlers who work well with others and are willing to put others over will have better chances of winning. Wrestlers who add things to the league (ideas, extras) will also receive a better PUSH. PUSH can mean everything to your chances of winning. Everyone will be treated fairly with their push, if you work hard and accept things, you will be pushed in accordance to what you have given. Its important to understand that you cannot win them all (no matter if you deserved it that week) because sometimes we have plans that expand more then one week. F. CSWA will sign any matches that we feel should take place and will do so for the most part. However, we also want the wrestlers themselves to get to pick who they would like to wrestle. Therefore, if you want to request a match, simply e-mail me your request and we'll see what we can do. If you are involved with a feud with someone then expect to be facing them more often than just regular people. This is wrestling people, and wrestling requires continuity. 7. CARDS A. CSWA WildlFire! is live wrestling show shown on various television markets throughout the Central States region. You can usually expect at least one if not more title matches every week on this show. B. The CSWA may have Pay Per View Events, but not monthly like the WWF. If we do have a Pay Per View event it will more then likely be kept to no more then about 3 a year, to have extended angles. C. Once in a very great while the CSWA may host a free TV Super card (such as the old WCW Clash of the Champions), where up to 9 matches can take place in two and a half hours. D. The PPV's and possible free TV super cards are, the end all cards. Feuds get settled, champions are made, and you can never predict what will happen. While some gimmicks might change the number of matches, most Super Cards have about 5-8 matches on them. 8. RANKINGS AND CHAMPIONSHIPS A. Rankings will be based on various different things, mostly on the basis of role-playing and over-all federation participation, with win/loss record being the last thing taken into account.. B. All titles can only change hands with a pin fall or submission unless otherwise noted. You cannot hand a title to someone else, if you do so, said title becomes vacant. Champions may grant shots to anyone (Even non-contenders), but the CSWA Front Office may force him to fight top contenders he may be avoiding. C. The Central States Heavyweight Championship is the top belt in the CSWA. The holder is almost always the best wrestler in the federation. Headliners & the top five Superstars are all contenders for this title. Must be defended at least once every month and at every Super Card. D. The Great Plains Championship is the second tier belt in the CSWA. The holder is almost always in the Superstar ranks. Headliners, Superstars and top five Midcarders are all contenders for this title. Must be defended every month and at every Super Card. E. The Television Title is the stepping stone Title in the CSWA, if you attain this title you are well on your way to the top. The Television title will be defended on every televised card. G. The Central States Tag-Team Championship is the main prize for all tag teams. It takes a great duo to win this gold. Must be defended once a month and at all Super Cards. 9. SUSPENSION / EXPULSION / JOBBING CSWA reserves the right to suspend or fire anyone at any given time for violating any of the rules stated on this page. Also, if you have a problem with how we use your character, come to us in a friendly manner about it. Don't bitch about it, or you will job, plain and simple. 10. GENERAL RULES A. The CSWA is a booked federation. Winners are decided by quality of role-plays, quality of angles/storylines and effort. A handler who role-plays even when he doesn't have a booked match coming up, is more likely to succeed than someone who only role-plays when he has a match booked for that week's show. THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF ROLE-PLAYING IS QUALITY OVER QUANTITY. B. The CSWA is a more old school federation. We try our best to mix decent storylines with great wrestling. We do have extreme matches, but we prefer they only be used for serious feuds and at Pay Per View Events. The rules are still enforced by our officials. A low blow seen by the ref is usually a DQ. You have to the count of ten to get back in the ring and most matches have time limits. The key word there is "Seen" as in most wrestling cases, the ref's rarely see anything, hehe. C.
The CSWA goes for realism, but keeps it family orientated. No guns or
knives. There is no rape, racism, or murder. Everyone lives to wrestle
the next day. The worst word you might hear on CSWA television is bitch.
Homosexuality may be hinted at, but very subtle. Women will not be taking
off their tops. Don't like this, tough! On the rare occasions that we
hold a PPV event, is when the CSWA gets a little racier and the matches
can get a little bloodier. E. Act your alignment. Heels do not suck up to the fans, faces do not randomly attack people. A face cares about the fans, while a heel hates them. A tweener usually does not care either way what the fans think of him. FACES vs. FACES and HEELS vs. HEELS is very, very frowned upon, unless certain situations (i.e. Hogan vs. Warrior Wrestlemania 6) F. All deadlines are Eastern Time zone, unless otherwise noted. G. All wrestlers upon contract acceptance become the intellectual property of Mid-South Wrestling. Whereas if your character leaves the federation, we observe the right to retain the character to be used to finish an angle and or a farewell match, if you will. In addition to this rule, there is something called the Showtime clause: Essentially, If you leave, these things happen, and good luck. But if you insist on making a pissy rant prior to your leaving, your character will be seized and paraded around like a complete moron. 11. FEDERATION PARTICIPATION The most important part of any federation is participation. Quite simply what you put into it, you get out of it. If you do not participate, you will not be the top dog. If you consistently assist with the federation by writing matches, segments, and things like that, you will be much more likely to succeed than someone who does not. |