By d_henderson1810

1)Don't focus so much on beating GM Mode- I find that many people
complain that they can't beat the computer in GM Mode. Especially in
WWE SVR2006, when the computer opponent will book HIAC, 3 and 4 ways and other
matches, every week. People get frustrated trying to win, and miss the
actual fun that can be gained by going through and planning your own
feuds.

In WWE SVR2007 and WWE SVR2008, if you beat season, you then unlock, amongst other
things, turning off trades, injuries etc. So sim your first season, and
use other people's suggestions on how to beat season to unlock what you
want. Then start playing again, but now you can pick who you want on
your roster (as you can now turn "trades off" meaning that the computer
will accept any trade). Now with your favourite twenty superstars you
can proceed to plan storylines.



2)Planning storylines- This is one of the areas of GM Mode I enjoy
the most. I don't know if it is because I have a creative imagination
or what, but I seem to have no problem planning feuds and storyline
reasons for feuds. I believe that storytelling is an integral part to
any feud. You are getting fans excited about wanting to see two guys
square off, usually at PPV. Here are the steps I use to plan
storylines:-



(1)Think of who you want to see fight each other.I have never been
a fan of the brand extension. Mainly because I don't like how there
could be some great feuds between people which can't happen because
they are on seperate brands. I have often thought "Why can't I ever see
Wrestler A versus Wrestler B, just because they are on other brands?"
But now it doesn't bother me, because I just think "If they won't do
that feud I will". I have got a lot of ideas from this. Also, including
Legends opens up many possibilities. Now you can book Legends feuding
with today's stars. Instead of Hogan fighting Bob Orton, Andre The
Giant or Kamala, now you can book Hulk Hogan to fight Randy Orton, The
Great Khali or Umaga, and try to overcome these guys. Legends don't
wrestle on the game like they are fifty-year-olds, so you can create
many dream feuds.

Also, I have read of many potential feuds the WWE have planned that they have had to abort because one person won't do the job, or doesn't want the match. Politics has often stymied a feud, and certain superstars won't fight certain other superstars. Well, now they can, because GM Mode allows you to book Bret Hart vs Mr McMahon or Hulk Hogan vs "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, for example. You can book matches that the WWE couldn't, and no politics to consider. You can even switch off "morale" so that your potential feuds won't be spoilt by some upstart wanting a title shot.

2)Work "Backwards"- After deciding who I will have feud, I plan for what the payoff will be. So I look at what the next PPV will be, and decide to book the two feuders. I then decide what type of match to book them in. At some PPV's, you are offered the Elimination Chamber or a "Buried Alive" match. Unfortunately, you cannot decide which PPV 's these matches appear at, so you must work out who you want in these matches too.

Once you have worked out the PPV feud, you should then work back over the shows and decide how to build for the PPV match. You have to imagine that you need to get the fans to WANT to see the feud. This gets you more excited if you are planning an exciting match at PPV. I usually look at when that brand will have it's next PPV, and work out how many weeks there are before the PPV (you want to allow at least four weeks in most cases). You could then come up with match and promo ideas. I usually just plan it in my head, but you can also plan on paper what matches and promos will occur between the fueders leading up to their next PPV. Mix it up a bit, by planning tag-teams, handicap matches or whatever (make sure that both people are involved in the match, even as managers). You can also pit one guy from one feud against another from another feud, with their PPV opponents as managers. I would advise against giving away the PPV match on the show before they meet at PPV. Instead, make the PPV the first "proper" meeting between the two, and then plan subsequent meetings on shows or at other PPV's.

If you plan the feud for two or three PPV's, I would make sure that the third one is a stipulation match. This is like a "feud-ender" and generates more ratings.

I recommend that you plan six feuds at a time (since most PPV's have six slots). But because you have twenty on your roster, you can plan a Fatal-Four-Way or a 6-Man, but doing this restricts how many tag matches you can have, so be careful to not plan PPV matches which will require more than twenty people.