Here is the all too familiar home for everything GM Mode. The previous threads have been linked to as a reference, and so you can skim through them to increase your knowledge on GM Mode and pick up some tips. It also helps to read through the old threads to see whether or not your question has been answered before.

Feel free to discuss your current GM Mode progress, and if possible, take photos of your roster to show us exactly where you are at. If anyone can legitametely get a full roster with all 100 popularity, I'll use it as the thread header.

Recent Discussion -

quote THE619

So should I only do Hell in a Cell matches at PPVs such as upcoming Judgementday?

quote BullFish

Yeah. Even though the other computer always has Hell in a Cell matches every other week, you should only do them as big matches, such as feud enders.

Have fun.

w00t! New Thread!

I just did a normal RAW show, the main event being Benoit, Orton, Batista and RVD for the WWE Championship.

I was playing as Orton, and I needed to retain, but I accidentally lost to Batista, so I had to restart the game and do it again.

I hate it when that happens.

Guess what I gust did.......... I made 4.0 stars on my third show of the first year, I started over and I am so glad that I did. You're not gonna believe what I did on my third show, something so shocking that I can only tell the wised people who play video games. Anyways here's what I did, I made every single match a ...........Hell in the Cell Match!!!!! And ratings couldn't be better!! And I owe it all to this website!!! I learned alot from this site, and I'll tell you what I learned. I learned that I could have as many Hell in the Cell matches as I want. I had 6 HITC matches in one show and only one person got hurt, Batista and it was only a minor injery. You're probobly wondering why I did so many of these matches, it's because I learned that if someone get injured for a number of weeks, all you have to do is release that supperstar then turn him off, when I say that I mean make it so he doesn't even count as a supperstar, next WWEek turn him back on again and he'll be fine and he won't be hurt then hire him again and he's not hurt and you've got a good supperstar back. And there's many more I'll tell you later when my fingers stop hurting from all the typing.

Read that link. Very helpful with the diva section, but I prefer playing all my matches out and having dream feuds (right now I have HHH/HBK vs. Jericho/Benoit), and I use Smackdown for cruiserweight action. My only problem is money, but I'll have to deal with that myself.

I was hoping if someone can tell me some good feuds and how to make them develope because most of mine only get 1 thumb up!!

quote BullFish

w00t! New Thread!

I just did a normal RAW show, the main event being Benoit, Orton, Batista and RVD for the WWE Championship.

I was playing as Orton, and I needed to retain, but I accidentally lost to Batista, so I had to restart the game and do it again.

I hate it when that happens.

You could have quit the match before you lost. If you do so, you should be back on your match card.

Edit - That link is very good. It's quite helpful especially the John Cena tip. Now I know how to end matches Cena-like

This message was edited by Goth_Raider on Oct 07 2006.

Hmm i still have doubts about my feuds. I was planning on having Triple vs Benoit for the World title, but Benoit is still the US champion. Maybe i will make Benoit lose the title first. John Cena could be the new US champ and feud with Jericho.

So my ideas are :

Trips vs Benoit
Cena vs Jericho
Edge vs HBK
Christian vs RVD

and others but this ones are my first ideas. I have Orton, Batista, Big Show, Mankind, Ric etc but that is the easy part.

quote Goth_Raider

You could have quit the match before you lost. If you do so, you should be back on your match card.

I didn't think I would actually lose. I was only orange, so I thought I would kick out in the slo-mo thing, but I didn't.

The worst thing is when your doing a Battle Royal just to give some guys title shots and want to retain with your champion and things go wrong and they throw you out. Damn i hate when that happens because i have to restart all over again. Now i normally let them beat each others and then only help throwing to the outside.

i have tryed every thing to get mad money. can someone plz help me.

For money, try to get wrestlers to the next level range to get more money from merchandise (as in, get them to 70, 80, 90), give them a title if they're close enough to the next range without the current champion dropping below their range. Also make sure you keep doing advertising promos for $150,000 each.

Edit - I'm restarting GM Mode again, this time controlling both shows and playing out all matches, just for kicks. I got tired of not being able to afford my all-star lineup on Smackdown, so I'll draft evenly and give one show 4 of my CAW's (Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels, Austin Aries for Smackdown, another CAW and then 4 divas for RAW). I have a feeling RAW will be the show to win since I can use that diva trick, but Smackdown ought to be more entertaining to play the matches out with those CAW's I like, especially since three of them (not Joe) can vie for the cruiserweight title as well, along with other guys I'll put on there like Christian, Mysterio, and RVD.

Oddly enough, I've still never won a GM trophy since I never play a full year out, hahaha. It's not like I can't win, I know what I'm doing, it's just that I like starting with fresh rosters too much. I also won't run any promos to screw the other show, like sabotage or anything.

Edit #2 - Okay, drafting is complete. What I wound up doing was have Smackdown use the 4 CAW's from TNA/RoH, and RAW use 4 divas plus one CAW. I also paired my tag teams and stables together so that the first side to pick a wrestler in a team, they'd get the other member of the team later on. What follows is wrestlers according to their popularity plus the stable they're in, Smackdown receiving the first pick...

Smackdown
Hogan 80's - 90
The Rock - 88 - Rock n' Sock Connection
Steve Austin - 86 - ECW, Money Inc.
Mankind - 84 - ECW, Rock n' Sock Connection
Undertaker - 82 - Bros. of Destruction
John Cena - 81
Randy Orton - 74
Eddie Guerrero - 72 - The Radicalz
Ted DiBiase - 71 - Money Inc.
Chris Benoit - 70 - Highlight Reel, The Radicalz
Rey Mysterio - 69
Kane - 65 - Bros. of Destruction
Chris Jericho - 63 - ECW, Highlight Reel
Rob Van Dam - 58 - ECW
Christian - 57 - Highlight Reel
Tajiri - 35 - ECW
AJ Styles - 20
Austin Aries - 20
Christopher Daniels - 20
Samoa Joe - 20

Avg. Popularity - 61.25

RAW
Hollywood Hogan - 90
Bret Hart - 87 - Hart Foundation
Andre the Giant - 85
Triple H - 83 - DX
Batista - 80
Kurt Angle - 77
Shawn Michaels - 76 - DX
British Bulldog - 75 - Hart Foundation
JBL - 68 - JBL's Cabinet
Trish Stratus - 68
Big Show - 66
Stacy Kiebler - 64
Edge - 62 - DX
Booker T - 61
Ric Flair - 59
Carlito - 53 - DX
Lita - 53 - DX
Orlando Jordan - 50 - JBL's Cabinet
Christy Hemme - 45
CAW - 20

Avg. Popularity - 66.10


Smackdown has a lot of the stables, but RAW has the higher popularity due to the divas being higher than the CAW's. I have a feeling RAW will wipe the floor with Smackdown, but Smackdown will be more entertaining to play the matches out in, plus Smackdown has a good deal more money left than RAW (I signed everyone to 5 month contracts from the start). I didn't pick champions yet, but it'll likely be whomever needs the boost into the next level range for extra merchandise money (as in the +5 to world title goes to someone with 85-86 popularity, and seconday titles of +3 go to wrestlers with 77-78 and 67-68). Let my fun begin! It'll take forever to get through a year, hahaha.

This message was edited by Total Nonstop Action on Oct 07 2006.

I need help with money also, yestersay I posted the second reply to this thread and it told how I can have as many Hell in the Cell matches that I want, but the problam was that it costs alot of money and sometimes people get hurt, but all I have to do is realese them and turn them off then next week turn them on again and hire them back and they wont be hurt anymore. But what I forgot to say was that it costs to much money!! Now I have like 200,000$ just about and thats not enogh to keep my roster.NOTE:RAWs Kurt Angle is at 100 and He only has one week left and i want to hire him but it might cost too much.

Just saying is there anyway to get a legend on your brand, because every time I try to hulk hogan (RAW/Smackdown!) gets him before me.

After a show, edit the superstars put Hogan on free agent, just make sure the other brand has a full roster. Then take Hogan or whoever it maybe.

Go to the free agency list press start as soon as you get there it will show all the wwe superstars some people are off press circle to turn them on then they will be in free angency next week hire them and they will be on your brand.