WWE 2K15 Universe: Brand Wars

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YEAR 1

Spoiler

WWE Chairman Vince McMahon is always looking for ways to enhance his product, and he's at it again. Vince has made the groundbreaking decision to split the WWE roster into two brands via a fantasy draft. This effectively transforms the WWE into an all out war between RAW and SmackDown.

The RAW brand will go to Triple H, while the SmackDown brand will go to Hall of Famer Ric Flair. The GM's book all of their shows and PPV's, and they are in charge of trades and transactions in their brands. The NXT brand hosts a pool of young up and coming talent. Everyone in NXT is available for both RAW and Smackdown to sign. It's up to them what brand they they sign with.

It’s up to Hunter and Flair to lure in the hottest rookies, and to make their brand the best wrestling product in the world. Every decision that these men make is in an attempt to put their brand ahead. The WWE is officially a war zone.

YEAR 2

It's now the second year after the brand split. Smackdown has lost the war, and as a result Ric Flair has been fired. Coming in to take his place is Eric Bischoff. Bischoff is backing his newest project, Titus O'Neil. Will Eric Bischoff be able to anchor Smackdowns rise to prominence?

Meanwhile on Raw Triple H is still going strong after a successful first year. He lost to Seth Rollins at Wrestlemania where his brand put up an amazing show. Now he looks to use all of his young talent to keep Raw at the top of the food chain.

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THE FANTASY DRAFT

Before anything can officially start the rosters have to be made. This will be done by way of a roster wide draft. Everyone on the main roster is available to be drafted. Theres also a number of stars returning to the WWE and declaring for the draft. These talents are: Shelton Benjamin, Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy, D-Von Dudley, Bubba Ray Dudley, The Hurricane, William Regal, and John Morrison. Raw won the coin toss, so they get first pick.

There will be insight given on the top 10 picks. It will be interesting to see how it all goes down.

Spoiler

1. John Cena- The face of the company. He's number one in merchandise sales and is a household name. This pick was a no brainer for RAW.
2. Brock Lesnar- A bit of a surprise considering the limited schedule he works. It'll be interesting to see if Flair regrets this pick later on.
3. The Wyatt Family- With this pick Triple H gets himself a main event heel in Bray Wyatt along with two solid tag team stars. Not bad.
4. Randy Orton- This man can do it all in and out of the ring. An absolute steal at #4 for Ric Flairs SmackDown.
5. Roman Reigns- Roman Reigns may be the guy that carries the Raw brand for years to come. Still, this may have been a reach at pick #5.
6. Jeff Hardy- This return promises a huge ratings boost and opens some awesome possibilities as far as rivalries go. It's another steal for Ric Flair.
7. Seth Rollins- Triple H once again seems to be going young with his picks. Seth is another solid building piece for RAW.
8. Dean Ambrose- The final member of the Shield is picked at 8, and it's another great pick by Flair. Ambrose is a great face, and maybe an even better heel.
9. Sheamus- This is a shocker. Sheamus going top 10 is not something anyone expected.
10. Daniel Bryan- Wow. Finally Bryan is chosen. The reason he's fallen so far is due to his ongoing battle with injuries. If Bryan is able to return this could be yet another huge coo for Flair.
11. Chris Jericho
12. Dolph Ziggler
13. Rusev
14. Cesaro
15. Kane
16. John Morrison
17. Matt Hardy
18. Bad News Barrett
19. Cody Rhodes & Goldust
20. The Usos
21. Jack Swagger
22. Ryback
23. The Big Show
24. Rob Van Dam
25. Mark Henry
26. Miz
27. Bubba Ray
28. Rey Mysterio
29. D-Von
30. Kofi, Big E & Xavier Woods
31. Christian
32. Bo Dallas
33. Titus O’ Neil
34. Shelton Benjamin
35. Tyson Kidd
36. R-Truth
37. The Hurricane
38. Justin Gabriel
39. Adam Rose
40. Curtis Axel
41. Fandango
42. Damien Sandow
43. Heath Slater
44. Zack Ryder
45. Santino Marella
46. William Regal
47. Darren Young
48. The Great Khali

[Wahooworld15]

Good start, can't wait to see where this continued.

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PPV SCHEDULE

April- Backlash

May- Payback

June- Money in the Bank

July- Summerslam

August- Extreme Rules

September- Battleground

October- Hell in a Cell

November- Survivor Series

December- Royal Rumble

January- Armageddon

February- Bad Blood

March- Wrestlemania

Red= RAW PPV. Blue= SD PPV. No color/purple = Joint brand PPV.

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ROSTERS AND CHAMPIONS

RAW:

Spoiler

1. John Cena
2. Bray Wyatt
3. Luke Harper
4. Erick Rowan
5. Roman Reigns (WWE CHAMPION)
6. Seth Rollins
7. Sheamus
8. Rusev (U.S CHAMPION)
9. Rey Mysterio
10. Kofi Kingston
11. Big E
12. Jack Swagger
13. The Big Show
14. Bubba Ray Dudley
15. D-Von Dudley
16. Rob Van Dam
17. Dolph Ziggler
18. Tyson Kidd
19. Adam Rose
20. Fandango
21. Heath Slater
22. Santino Marella
23. Darren Young
24. Corey Graves
25. Enzo Amore (TAG CHAMPION)
26. Colin Cassady (TAG CHAMPION)
27. Viktor
28. Konnor
29. Neville

SmackDown:

Spoiler

1. Randy Orton (Tag Champ)
2. Jeff Hardy
3. Dean Ambrose (Tag Champ)
4. Daniel Bryan
5. Titus O'Neil (WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION)
6. Cesaro (INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION)
7. John Morrison
8. Bad News Barrett
9. Jimmy Uso
10. Jey Uso
11. Ryback
12. Chris Jericho
13. The Miz
14. Matt Hardy
15. Cody Rhodes
16. Goldust
17. Xavier Woods
18. Bo Dallas
19. Shelton Benjamin
20. R-Truth
21. Justin Gabriel
22. Curtis Axel
23. Damien Sandow
24. Zack Ryder
25. William Regal
26. Kane
27. Finn Balor
28. Simon Gotch
29. Aiden English
30. Sin Cara

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April Week 1

News and Rumors before RAW:

The WWE has just hit the reset button, so theres not much going on behind the scenes.

Raw is advertising the highlight reel with special guest: WWE Champion John Cena! They're also advertising a no DQ match between Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns.

Monday Night Raw:

The Show opens with General Manager Triple H's music making his way to the ring. He introduces the fans to a new era in The WWE, and thanks them for coming to the superior brand... Monday Night Raw.

Triple H announces that there will be a tournament for the vacant United States Championship starting tonight, and commencing at Backlash in three weeks. The bracket is shown on the titantron.

Spoiler

Rusev vs. Heath Slater

Titus O’Neil vs. Matt Hardy

Sheamus vs. Kane

Swagger vs. Tyson Kidd

Hunter tells us to enjoy the show, and we're starting off with the first match in the tournament.

Match #1 (US Championsip tournament): Rusev vs. Heath Slater

This match was a squash match from start to finish. Rusev ends up making Slater tap to the Accolade, and he continues to apply the hold until Lana stops him. Rusev moves on in the tournament.
Winner: Rusev

The commentators hype up the return of D-Von Dudley, coming up next. It'll be interesting to see what they do with him while Bubba is out injured.

Match #2: Santino Marella vs.... Reverend D-Von???

Thats right! D-Von is decked out in what looks like a priests outfit. He's back to his 2002 Reverend D-Von schtick, and the crowd couldn't be anymore confused. D-Von makes short work of Santino
Winner: Reverend D-Von

After the Match D-Von takes to the mic. He tells the crowd that he's back, and that he's ready to lend his hand out to them. D-Von says God has called his name, and he's ready to spread the good word. All in all an odd turn of events.

Backstage: Renee Young is with Roman Reigns. Renee asks Reigns how he feels about main eventing the first RAW of the new era. Reigns says that he's honored to have that opportunity, but he's even more honored to have a chance to bash Rollins head in.

Match #3: Bray Wyatt vs. The Hurricane

The Hurricane enters to a huge reaction from the crowd. Bray then comes down with his family in tow. The match isn't a squash, but instead a decent back and forth exchange. Bray puts The Hurricane down with the sister abigail.
Winner: Bray Wyatt

After the Match: Bray calls in Harper and Rowan to help him beat down Hurricane, which they do.

The Big Shows music hits, and out comes the worlds largest athlete! Show puts an end to the beatdown and sends the Wyatt Family running. Bray has a smile on his face while he retreats.

Match #4 (US Championship tournament): Titus O'Neil vs. Matt Hardy

Matt Hardy gets an amazing reaction for his return. He has a great back and forth match against Titus, but he manages to hit a twist of fate out of nowhere for the victory.
Winner: Matt Hardy

After the match: Matt Hardy pick up O'Neil and offers sticks his hand out for a handshake. O'Neil obliges, and this is a great showing of sportsmanship.

Backstage: Renee Young interviews Chris Jericho. She asks what to expect from the Highlight Reel. Jericho is vague, but wants to make sure we know it's something we don't wanna miss.

Match #5 (No DQ): Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins

Reigns and Rollins completely destroy each other here. Chairs and kendo sticks are swung left and right. Just when Reigns is about to put Rollins away, Rollins hits Reigns with a low blow. Rollins hits the curb stop and steals the victory.
Winner: Seth Rollins

After a commercial break: Chris Jericho is ready to host the Highlight Reel. He introduces his guest... WWE Champion John Cena!

Cena enters the ring and shakes Jerichos hand. Jericho asks Cena how he's feeling and some other pointless questions, and then says it's time to get down to business.

Jericho takes on a serious tone. He starts grilling Cena, asking him why he was the #1 pick, why he's the golden boy, why he's The WWE Champion. Cena is very confused. Jericho says Cena is nothing but scum. He's not a real man, he's an *** kisser that gets whatever he wants.

Cena and Jericho are head to head, and Jericho kicks Cena in the gut, and sends him into the Jeritron 5000. Cena falls to the floor bloodied. Jericho smirks and exits the ring, obviously very satisfied with his work. Raw ends with Cena squirming on the floor.
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News and rumors before Smackdown:

Jeff hardy is out for two months with an injury
Daniel Bryan is still out for the foreseeable future due to the neck injury.

Friday Night Smackdown!

Smackdown opens with the music of World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar, who is followed by Paul Heyman. Paul tells us that we've entered a dark, dark time in WWE history, because his client is World Champion, and theres not a man on this roster that can take it from him. This is the era of Lesnar.

WOOOOOO!

Out comes general manager Ric Flair. He tells Lesnar and Heyman that they're a bit too confident in themselves. Flair says that there are a number of men capable of taking that championship away from Lesnar. To decide who will face Lesnar next month at Payback theres going to be a #1 contenders match between Dean Ambrose and Rob Van Dam.

Flair lets out one more "Woooo!" and leaves the ring. Lesnar and Heyman don't look nervous about the number one contenders.

Match #1: Dolph Ziggler vs. Bo Dallas

This is a non title match, but Dallas knows a win over Ziggler makes him #1 contender for the IC title early on. Dallas brings his A game to this match, but it's not enough. Ziggler wins with the Zig Zag.
Winner: Dolph Ziggler

Backstage: Randy Orton enters Ric Flairs office. He is fuming. Orton asks Flair where he gets off putting Ambrose and Rob in the #1 contenders match instead of his number two pick. Flair just tells Orton it'll all come together soon.

Match #2: The New Day vs. Miz & Mizdow

A great display of Tag Team wrestling sees Miz and Mizdow win via Miz's Skull Crushing Finale on Kofi. This puts them ahead in the race to the Uso's gold.
Winners: Miz & Mizdow

Match #3: Ryback vs. Cesaro

Two powerhouses going at in what was an extremely fun match to watch. Ryback ends up avoiding the Cesaro Swing, hitting the Shellshock, and getting a big victory.
Winner: Ryback

As Ryback is walking back up the ramp Curtis Axels music hits. He makes his way down, but not before stopping to stare down his former partner Ryback.

Match #4: Curtis Axel vs. William Regal

This was a hard fought match for sure. Regal still has a lot of fight left in him, but Axel was very aggressive here and he beats Regal convincingly.
Winner: Curtis Axel

Backstage: Eden is with Dean Ambrose. She asks Ambrose what his plan is going into his match against RVD. Ambrose says that he has a lot of respect for Rob, but tonight he throws that respect out the window. He's gonna come at Rob like he hates him, and he's gonna leave as the #1 contender.

Match #5 (#1 contender for the WHC): Rob Van Dam vs. Dean Ambrose

This match is an instant classic. Ambrose and Rob throw everything at each other, and the match is back and forth with no one man emerging as the favorite at any point.

RVD goes to hit the Frog Splash, but Ambrose gets up and stops him. Ambrose goes on to hit a HUGE superplex to the outside!!!

Both men are on the floor, and the ref reaches the count of 10. Theres no winner.
Winner: DRAW

Randy Ortons music hits and he makes his way to the ring. He says that he's embarrassed to have just witnessed that, and that RVD and Ambrose should be embarrassed as well. They got one shot to become #1 contenders, and they both lose.

Ric Flairs music hits and he makes his way down to the ring. Flair says Orton is right, it's a damn shame that such a great match ended like that. Flair says that next week we'll have a rematch, but this time it'll be Ambrose vs. RVD vs. Randy Orton.

Orton is finally satisfied, and Smackdown goes off the air with Randy Orton smiling.

[Gronk4M13]

Following for sure, I plan on doing my own Universe dynasty.

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April Week 2

News and Rumors:

These next few week will decide the Backlash card. Tonight we get part two of the U.S title tournament.

Monday Night RAW

RAW is live from Montreal Quebec Canada. The show starts immediately with the next match in the U.S title tournament.

Match #1 (U.S Title Tournament): Kane vs. Sheamus

Talk about a couple of brutes. This match is a slug fest with a lot of hard hitting stiff action. A great exchange goes down where Sheamus goes to hit Kane with the Brogue Kick, Kane moves out of the way and catches Sheamus in position for a chokeslam, Sheamus then gets out of that.

Kane has to dig into the well and hit a tombstone, and that gets him the victory. Kane advances in the tournament.
Winner: Kane

Backstage: Triple H is in his office. He tells the crowd about the blockbuster main event he has planned.

Spoiler

It will be a 6 man tag:

John Cena, Matt Hardy, Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins, Chris Jericho, and Rusev.

Match #2: The Hurricane vs. Reverend D-Von

No one knows what to make of the odd return of Reverend D-Von, even a week after it happened. D-Von picks up a win here and he continues to look strong.
Winner: Reverend D-Von

Match #3: The Big Show vs. Erick Rowan

Show saved The Hurricane from a Wyatt family beatdown last week, and this match is the result. Show and Rowan are a Goliath vs. Goliath matchup, just two giants going at it.

Bray distracts the Big Show allowing Rowan to deck show and pick up the victory.
Winner: Erick Rowan

The Wyatt Family enters the ring and circles Show. Bray calls for Rowan and Harper to pick up Show for sister Abigail, and they oblige. Before anything can happen the music of The Brotherhood plays, and out comes Rhodes and Goldust! They fight off the Family, and for the second week in a row the Wyatts are sent running.

Match #4 (U.S title tournament): Tyson Kidd vs. Jack Swagger

Tyson Kidd is impressive as always, but the Real American is on a mission. He beats Tyson with the Gut-wrench Powerbomb and advances in the tournament
Winner: Jack Swagger

Match #5: John Cena, Matt Hardy, & Roman Reigns vs. Rusev, Chris Jericho, & Seth Rollins.

This match has a lot going one. John Cena is looking for retribution after Jericho drove his head into the Jeritron last week, Reigns is looking for retribution after Rollins picked up a cheap victory in the main event of last weeks RAW, and Matt Hardy and Rusev will meet next week in the U.S Title tournament.

Jericho avoids Cena the entire match, and Rollins avoids Reigns. This frustrates both Cena and Reigns who are dying to get their hands on their foes. Rusev ends up sending a message, he wins the match for his team by submitting Matt Hardy.
Winners: Rusev, Jericho, & Rollins

After the match: Cena chases Jericho out into the backstage area, Rusev and Hardy leave the ring. This leaves Rollins and Reigns alone.

Reigns begins to beat down Rollins. He hits the superman punch, and then a huge spear. RAW ends with Reigns standing over Rollins, finally getting some revenge.


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News and Rumors before Smackdown:

Tonight is the triple threat number one contenders match! This should be great.

Friday Night Smackdown!

Smackdown starts off immediately with the music of Dean Ambrose. The lunatic fringe has something to say. Ambrose wants to let everyone know that even though he's a fun guy who likes to joke around, he's not gonna be joking later tonight. As soon as he steps into the ring we're all gonna be seeing a different side of Dean Ambrose, and it's not gonna be pretty.

This promo was a warning to Orton and RVD.

Match #1: Ryback vs. Justin Gabriel

Gabriel gets in a few punches and kicks, but Ryback easily squashes him.
Winner: Ryback

As Ryback is exiting the ring Curtis Axels music hits, and he makes his way down. This is the second week in a row this has happened. Axel laughs at Ryback and awaits his opponent.

Match #2: Curtis Axel vs. Zack Ryder

The Long Island Iced Z manages to get some offense in, but this is a new Curtis Axel. Axel grows tired of the match, and he ends it with a Perfect Plex
Winner: Curtis Axel

Backstage: Eden is with RVD. She asks Rob how he feels about not getting the job done last week against Dean Ambrose now that he has to have this triple threat match tonight.

RVD answers that he's extremely upset that he's not the number one contender as we speak, but tonight is his second chance, and this time he's walking away with what he deserves.

Match #3: Bad News Barrett vs. Rey Mysterio

Rey gets a nice reaction from the crowd in this return match. Barrett gets worked by Mysterio all match, but manages to put away the luchadore with a big Bull Hammer Elbow.
Winner: Bad News Barrett

Match #4: Big E w/ Xavier vs. Miz w/ Mizdow

Last week Miz & Mizdow defeated The New Day, so a win here for Big E is crucial for evening things up. Big E gets it done as he beats the Miz with the Big Ending.
Winner: Big E

Somewhere The Usos are watching this closely.

Match #5: Dolph Ziggler vs. Cesaro

This is another non title match for Ziggler, but for Cesaro this could be a career changer. Both men are even matches, with no one gaining the upper hand. The match ends up spilling to the outside, and Cesaro hits a HUGE Neutralizer through the announce table.

Cesaro makes his way back into the ring, and Ziggler still unconscious gets counted out.
Winner: Cesaro

Match #6 (#1 contender match for the WHC): Rob Van Dam vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Randy Orton.

Talk about an amazing main event. These three men really put everything on the line here, and there were some amazing moments. Ambrose went on a rampage, DDT'ing both men on a steal chair. Orton hit the RKO on Ambrose, and Ambrose was able to kick out. Rob hit a few rolling thunders of his own.

The ending came when Orton RKO'd RVD. Ambrose would then come from behind, hit Dirty Deeds on Orton, and take the victory.
Winner and new #1 contender: Dean Ambrose

Ambrose is celebrating his hard fought victory, when all of the sudden the beasts music hits, and out comes Lesnar.

Ambrose tries to put up a fight, but he just went through a grueling match. Lesnar hits the F5 and marvels at his work.