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In this rewriting of professional wrestling history, the narrative embarks on a journey from September 1995, reimagining the trajectories of the world's most iconic wrestling promotions of the time: WCW, WWF, and ECW. At the heart of this story is the reimagining of these promotions from 1995 onward, delving into a world where the Monday Night Wars, the rise of the nWo, and the hardcore revolution of ECW are just the beginning. This tale captures the essence of an era where wrestling transcended its traditional confines, offering a glimpse into an infinite realm of possibilities where the drama, rivalries, and spectacles of WCW, WWF, and ECW are reborn and reshaped ‘til infinity
Hey BTB! I'm a retired e-fedder / fantasy booker of about maybe 10 years. Im not even sure exactly how I came upon the idea to return to this amazing space filled with some of the more creative people. Oh yea I know *insert CM Punk's First Dance promo*. Uhhh yea, so I am so excited to embark on this journey both with myself and all of y'all. I have rewatched this era of wrestling like genuinely more times than I am willing to admit, but it is no secret and awfully cliche to just admit that this was the golden era of professional wrestling (as far as the mainstream appeal goes).
Mission Statement:
The goal of this project will be to reimagine the wrestling landscape thru the mediums of the North American titans of ECW, WCW, and WWF. There will be things that happen that have happened, things that won't happen that have happened, and most importantly things that did not happen that will see the light thru a fictional rewrite. The story will begin on 9/4/1995, Monday Nitro's debut.
Style:
I love to write and write and write, so this will not be your conventional cagematch-like results page where you are allowed the creative freedom to assume and envision what had happened. I will write out complete promos including the third person happenings of those promos / backstage segments. I have yet to decide what I would like to do with matches. I will probably reserve that to a style in which I have a short narrative on what transpired with the important story beats as well as the incredible moves / moments that may have occurred. I will be utilizng the aMp jpeg folder for the images within the events. I also will be the omnipotent observer in this rewriting. Anyone of my posts that isn't a "kayfabe diary" will be done in complete third person and my self will not be a character within the story. With that being said I will also ensure the booking of each company has a unique style from one another. Despite these ideas coming from my brain solely as well as references of the source material, I will also be utilizing a sort of booker "lens" in which I will not enter the world of fantastical things such as Hulk Hogan getting booked as curtain jerker because I don't care for his wrestling. The booker lens being that of for WCW "would Bischoff book this". I will not be deviating in an extreme way, but I also will not be intentionally writing dogshit stories, so there obviously is a middle of it all. Aside from the Kayfabe Diaries I will also post a Wrestling Observer Newsletter every Sunday to document what has happened as a review in case anyone digests info better that way. As well as an insider view of contract news, important events, and maybe some additional company news. This will be a succinct overview of the week's happenings.
I also thought it important that aside from the Newsletters, the majority of the narrative of this story will be from that of the viewer and not of an insider. Picture it as an incredibly detailed viewer transcribing the events.
Other
For things like *sees my avi* Brian Pillman's death. I will take creative liberty in preventing these things. I'd like to view 95 til as an alternate reality. I actually am workshopping an idea where yearly I randomize potential events such as possible deaths, accidents, etc. Not in a grim way, but in a way that could lead to flexibility with storytelling.
Also contracts will not be made public unless addressed on the WON posts on Sunday. I will have a detailed view on that, that I will keep private because for me part of the magic of this time is not knowing who will show up when and where. Who knows WON might not catch something and someone who hasn't appeared on ECW for weeks may pop up in the WWF. They also will not follow real life lengths or um I won't be talking to a fictional Hogan to help me book Nitro.
Conclusion:
95 Til is a creative endeavor I've envisioned for a while and it feels so good to be taking steps towards this. Seeing as though we are close to the 30 year anniversary of this, I will be releasing the television shows and events on the corresponding days (i.e. Nitro Sept 4 1995 released on Sept 4 2025). I will be uploading rosters, events schedules in the coming days/weeks. And will be in the lab writing up the first batch of shows to start chugging along.
Champions 09/04/1995
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ECW World Heavyweight Championship
The Sandman - 142+ Days (Hostile City Showdown 1995)
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ECW World Television Championship
2 Cold Scorpio - 10+ Days (House Show)
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ECW World Tag Team Championships
Raven and Stevie Richards - 66+ Days (Mountain Top Madness 1995)
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Roster 09/04/1995 Face | Heel | Tweener
2 Cold Scorpio Axl Rotten Big Dick Dudley Cactus Jack Chris Benoit Hack Meyers JT Smith James Maritato Jason Knight Johnny Grunge
Mikey Whipwreck Mustafa
New Jack
Pitbull #1
Pitbull #2
Raven Rick Steiner
Rocco Rock
The Sandman
Scott Steiner Stevie Richards
Steve Austin
Taz Terry Funk
Tommy Dreamer _____________________________________________________________________________________________
Event Schedule 09/04/1995 TV | House Show / Taping | Special Event
08.26.1995 - ECW @ Philadelphia 09.05.1995 - Hardcore TV #124 (8.26 Phili - Part 1) 09.09.1995 - ECW @ Jim Thorpe 09.12.1995 - Hardcore TV #125 (8.26 Phili - Part 2) 09.16.1995 - Gangstas Paradise 09.19.1995 - Hardcore TV #126 (9.09 Jim Thorpe + GP Part 1) 09.26.1995 - Hardcore TV #127 (GP Part 2)
Champions 09/04/1995
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World Heavyweight Championship
Hulk Hogan - 414+ Days (Bash at the Beach 1994)
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WCW United States Championship
Sting - 78+ Days (Great American Bash 1995) _____________________________________________________________________________________
WCW World Television Championship
The Renegade - 78+ Days (Great American Bash 1995) _____________________________________________________________________________________
WCW World Tag Team Championships
Dick Slater and Bunkhouse Bunk - 44+ Days (WCW Saturday Night) _____________________________________________________________________________________
Roster 09/04/1995
Face | Heel | Tweener Alex Wright Arn Anderson
Big Bubba Rogers
Booker T
Brian Knobbs Brian Pillman Chris Kanyon Cobra Dean Malenko Diamond Dallas Page
Disco Inferno
Bobby Eaton Eddy Guerrero The Giant Hacksaw Jim Duggan
Hawk Hulk Hogan Jerry Sags Johnny B. Badd
Julio Sanchez
Jushin Thunder Liger Kamala
Kurasawa
Lord Steven Regal Randy Savage
Marcus Alexander Bagwell Meng
Michael Wallstreet
Paul Orndorff
Pez Whatley The Renegade Ric Flair
Sabu Scott Armstrong Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker
The Shark
Stevie Ray Sting The Taskmaster Terry Richards
Vader The Zodiac _____________________________________________________________________________________
Event Schedule 09/04/1995
TV | House Show / Taping | Special Event
09.04.1995 - Monday Nitro #1 09.07.1995 - WCW Taping @ Atlanta 09.09.1995 - The Main Event #1 (09.07 Atlanta - Part 1)
09.11.1995 - Monday Nitro #2 09.15.1995 - WCW Taping @ Charlotte 09.16.1995 - The Main Event #2 (09.07 Atlanta - Part 2) 09.17.1995 - Fall Brawl 1995 09.18.1995 - Monday Nitro #3
09.23.1995 - The Main Event #3 (09.15 Charlotte - Part 1)
09.25.1995 - Monday Nitro #4
09.30.1995 - The Main Event #4 (09.15 Charlotte - Part 2)
10.02.1995 - Monday Nitro #5
Champions 09/04/1995 _____________________________________________________________________________________
WWF Championship
Diesel - 218+ Days (House Show) _____________________________________________________________________________________
WWF Intercontinental Championship
Shawn Michaels - 43+ Days (In Your House 2: The Lumberjacks) _____________________________________________________________________________________
WWF Tag Team Championships
Owen Hart and Yokozuna - 155+ Days (Wrestlemania XI) _____________________________________________________________________________________
Roster 09/04/1995 Face | Heel | Tweener
The 1-2-3 Kid
Aldo Montoya
Bam Bam Bigelow
Barry Horowitz
Bart Gunn
Billy Gunn Bob Backlund Bob "Spark Plugg" Holly
Bret "The Hitman" Hart The British Bulldog Bushwhacker Butch
Bushwhacker Luke Dean Douglas Diesel Doink the Clown Duke "The Dumpster" Droese Eli Blu Fatu Goldust
Hakushi Henry O. Godwinn Hunter Hearst Helmsley
Isaac Yankem, DDS
Jacob Blu
Jean-Pierre Lafitte
Jeff Jarrett
Jerry "The King" Lawler
Kama
King Kong Bundy
King Mabel
"Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase
Mr. Fuji Mr. Perfect Owen Hart
Rad Radford
Raymond Rougeau Razor Ramon
Savio Vega
Scott Taylor
Shawn Michaels Sir Mo
Skip Sycho Sid Tatanka Tony Norris The Undertaker Waylon Mercy Yokozuna
Event Schedule 09/04/1995 TV | House Show / Taping | Special Event
08.28.1995 - TV Taping @ Canton 09.02.1995 - WWF Superstars (WWF @ Canton - Part 1)
09.09.1995 - WWF Superstars (WWF @ Canton - Part 2) 09.09.1995 - TV Taping @ Poughkeepsie 09.11.1995 - Monday Night Raw #125 (WWF @ Poughkeepsie - Part 1)
09.16.1995 - WWF Superstars (WWF @ Poughkeepsie - Part 2)
09.18.1995 - Monday Night Raw #126 (WWF @ Poughkeepsie - Part 3)
09.23.1995 - WWF Superstars (Recap Show) 09.24.1995 - WWF In Your House #3 09.25.1995 - Monday Night Raw #127 (Live) 09.29.1995 - TV Taping @ Kalamazoo 09.30.1995 - WWF Superstars (WWF @ Kalamazoo - Part 1)
Hey ! So I just wanted to discuss quickly today the scheduling and layout of how this diary will go. I will be strictly booking the TV Shows, Special Events (ECW), and Pay-Per-Views.
For WCW, it will be Monday Nitro and The Main Event. Nitro will be structured in a similar way as to what it was in real life. Main event will be a 3 match card (1 hour show) every Saturday. Nitro will be live, where Main Event will be stockpiled on tapings.
For WWF, it will be Monday Night Raw and Superstars. Monday Night Raw will be a mixture of live shows and tapings as it was in real life, it will be a 1 hour show to start. Raw will have big money matches in between the pay-per-views and will be utilized for wrestling. Superstars will also be a 1 hour show, however it will be utilized more as a promotional show for Pay-Per-Views and Raw. You will see a more promo-centric and squash match style to the Superstars cards.
For ECW, it will be Hardcore TV and Special Event cards. Hardcore TV will be a similar chaotic style in real life where it is one big compilation video of the craziness that has occurred in the Philadelphia area shows in ECW. It will have an incredibly loose structure in the sense that some HTVs may be only promos or recaps depending on the taping schedule and potential upcoming events. Special events for ECW will act as VHS release supercards. ECW has not received any rights towards PPVs yet, so these will act in their stead. As you can see in the newly updated database pages, there is a calendar for shows. I have listed "tv tapings and house shows (ECW)", but those shows will not be documented on this page in their full form. They are there simply to further contextualize the event schedule and showcase the proper chronology of things taking place.
I will be sticking to the paralleled release schedule that will begin 09/04 (i.e. 09/04/25 will see the release of all 09/04/95 shows). I may release and delete the first episode of Nitro in the next week just to get the general view and feel from you guys on my writing / formatting style. As you may already tell, I am a stickler for aesthetics and ensuring that my product is showcased in the most palatable and aesthetically pleasing ways is as important to me as the writing itself. I suspect that it will take a bit, but we will get there. I also will assure you that Nitro, Raw, and Hardcore TV will ALL have their own unique formatting. Can't wait !
