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Cult, I've found the WWE rosters for 2008:

RAW Roster
John Cena
Triple H
Shawn Michaels
C.M. Punk
Evan Bourne
Bobby Lashley
Ric Flair
Jeff Hardy
Hornswoggle
Hardcore Holly
Cody Rhodes
Paul London
Brian Kendrick
Val Venis
Charlie Haas
Super Crazy
Jim Duggan
D-Lo Brown
Ron Simmons
D.H. Smith
Randy Orton
Chris Jericho
John Bradshaw Layfield
Umaga
Mr. Kennedy
Carlito Cool
Santino Marella
Trevor Murdoch
Lance Cade
William Regal
Robbie McAllister
Rory McAllister
Drew McIntyre
Paul Burchill
Gene Snitsky
Ted DiBiase Jr.
Deuce
Manu

SMACKDOWN ROSTER:
Batista
The Undertaker
Kane
Fit Finlay
Hornswoggle
Carlito Colon
Primo Colon
R-Truth
Jimmy Wang-Yang
Shannon Moore
Sho Funaki
Jamie Noble
Scotty Goldman
Edge
Vladimir Kozlov
Montel Vontavious Porter
The Great Khali
Shelton Benjamin
Curt Hawkins
Zack Ryder
Gregory Helms
Chavo Guerrero
Brian Kendrick
Ezekiel Jackson
David Taylor
Kenny Dykstra
Domino
Ryan Braddock

Divas:
Ashley Massaro
Michelle McCool
The Bella Twins
Eve Torres
Victoria
Natalya Neidhart
Maryse Ouellet
Cherry
Mickie James
Candice Michelle
Maria Kanellis
Torrie Wilson
Kelly Kelly
Lilian Garcia
Beth Phoenix
Melina Perez
Jillian Hall
Katie Lea
Layla El
 
He wants the specific roster though mate.

You either have to find a BT from around that time or use Wiki to whittle down the list from the site HN gave you.
 
Cult, I've found the WWE rosters for 2008:

RAW Roster
John Cena
Triple H
Shawn Michaels
C.M. Punk
Evan Bourne
Bobby Lashley
Ric Flair
Jeff Hardy
Hornswoggle
Hardcore Holly
Cody Rhodes
Paul London
Brian Kendrick
Val Venis
Charlie Haas
Super Crazy
Jim Duggan
D-Lo Brown
Ron Simmons
D.H. Smith
Randy Orton
Chris Jericho
John Bradshaw Layfield
Umaga
Mr. Kennedy
Carlito Cool
Santino Marella
Trevor Murdoch
Lance Cade
William Regal
Robbie McAllister
Rory McAllister
Drew McIntyre
Paul Burchill
Gene Snitsky
Ted DiBiase Jr.
Deuce
Manu

SMACKDOWN ROSTER:
Batista
The Undertaker
Kane
Fit Finlay
Hornswoggle
Carlito Colon
Primo Colon
R-Truth
Jimmy Wang-Yang
Shannon Moore
Sho Funaki
Jamie Noble
Scotty Goldman
Edge
Vladimir Kozlov
Montel Vontavious Porter
The Great Khali
Shelton Benjamin
Curt Hawkins
Zack Ryder
Gregory Helms
Chavo Guerrero
Brian Kendrick
Ezekiel Jackson
David Taylor
Kenny Dykstra
Domino
Ryan Braddock

Divas:
Ashley Massaro
Michelle McCool
The Bella Twins
Eve Torres
Victoria
Natalya Neidhart
Maryse Ouellet
Cherry
Mickie James
Candice Michelle
Maria Kanellis
Torrie Wilson
Kelly Kelly
Lilian Garcia
Beth Phoenix
Melina Perez
Jillian Hall
Katie Lea
Layla El

WWE Champion was Randy Orton.
World Champion was Edge
Intercontinental was Santino Marella :/
Divas Champion was Beth Phoenix.
United States Champion was Shelton Benjamin.
Tag Team Champions were Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder.

Mike Adamle was the RAW General Manager and Theodore Long was the SmackDown general manager, RAW announcers were Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler, SmackDown commentators were Michael Cole and JBL, Lillian Garcia did the ring introductions for RAW, Tony Chimel for SmackDown.
 
Cheers for that George mate, I'm going to do what Nightmare suggested and whittle it down, I'll figure out who left when and I'll do the draft update as a draft took place just before the starting point in my thread. Cheers for the help everyone :)
 
***Sorry for the double post***

Question for everyone, what are your thoughts on bringing a character that WWE used in real life into your BT but at an earlier date, for example making Cody Rhodes 'Dashing' Cody Rhodes in a 2007 thread?
 
***Sorry for the double post***

Question for everyone, what are your thoughts on bringing a character that WWE used in real life into your BT but at an earlier date, for example making Cody Rhodes 'Dashing' Cody Rhodes in a 2007 thread?

I think it could work if you put guys around that time that work with his gimmick for example, you could team him with Chris Masters and then his gimmick would work because those are both two self-admiring heels.
 
***Sorry for the double post***

Question for everyone, what are your thoughts on bringing a character that WWE used in real life into your BT but at an earlier date, for example making Cody Rhodes 'Dashing' Cody Rhodes in a 2007 thread?

I think it could work just fine. But I think something needs to happen to cause the gimmick. For example dashing Cody Rhodes started because the divas voted him the most attractive superstar.
 
It would work, Cult, but in 2007, Cody had just joined. And to be honest, it might get him over more, debuting with a 'Dashing' gimmick than just changing.
 
And just a question for people who've already entered and submitted their BT Factor entries, did you actually write a full-blown match, or a brief summary on what caused the feud to take place and how the match went about?
 
And just a question for people who've already entered and submitted their BT Factor entries, did you actually write a full-blown match, or a brief summary on what caused the feud to take place and how the match went about?

I don't think he (GCB) is expecting you to write 8-9 full matches. A breif summary should be fine.
 
And just a question for people who've already entered and submitted their BT Factor entries, did you actually write a full-blown match, or a brief summary on what caused the feud to take place and how the match went about?

Yeah just a paragraph of how the match came about and another one for what happened in the match.
 
And just a question for people who've already entered and submitted their BT Factor entries, did you actually write a full-blown match, or a brief summary on what caused the feud to take place and how the match went about?

The audition round is simply to determine that you have what it takes to compete in this competition. It's not testing your match writing skills (although a later round may do that). Just a paragraph that tells us how the match came about and a brief outline of how the match goes at WrestleMania.

e.g.

WRESTLEMANIA IX - WWF CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:
Bret "The Hitman" Hart (c) vs. Yokozuna (w/Mr. Fuji)

After joining the WWF back in the late 1992, the Japanese sumo wrestler appears to be on a complete tear as he utterly dominates the WWF. Many undercard wrestlers try - and fail miserably - to beat Yokozuna, in fact, nobody can even get him off his feet. However, he does use the odd dastardly trick - manager Mr. Fuji speaks for him and tells the various cities around the USA that they should be respecting and fearing the mighty Yokozuna. At the Rumble in early 1993, Yokozuna completely dominates the latter stages of the main event and there isn't a superstar comes close to eliminating him, not even the great Macho Man Randy Savage. Meanwhile, with Yokozuna heading to WM9 as a dominant heel, the WWF Champion Bret Hart continues to fight against the odds as he defends his prized possession. After beating Ric Flair in the fall of 1992, Hart has defended the title with pride and honour and is managing to overcome the challenges of larger, more powerful opponents as well as those with dirty tricks too. However, his victory via C/O over Razor Ramon at the Rumble does little to make people believe that he can be the one to defeat Yokozuna at the big event. Weeks before WrestleMania, Yokozuna drops Hart with not one but two Banzai Drops to weaken his ribs. And then, on the morning of WrestleMania 9, Hart is attacked at a 'brunch' and knocked out cold by Lex Luger. It's a classic underdog vs. unbeatable opponent - but the underdog is the champion for a twist. At WrestleMania, Hart tries valiantly and becomes the first man to knock Yokozuna down. He even manages to lock in the Sharpshooter against all odds and there is a flicker of hope for the thousands of fans cheering him on. Enter Fuji, he throws salt in the eyes of the gutsy champion and Yokozuna sneaks out the win to become the new WWF Champion.

Do this kind of thing for each match, maybe with less detail for the undercard matches, and then you have a WrestleMania 29.

Personally, I will be looking for somebody who gives me something fresh and entertaining. CM Punk vs. Cena I've seen too often - either don't use it OR give it a new twist, something to interest me. I'm also looking for realism - I don't want to see eight TNA wrestlers dropping by for WrestleMania - so I'm thinking that legends need restricting to people like Rock, HHH, Undertaker, HBK and Brock Lesnar. Anybody else would need a damn good reason to make it realistic enough to me.
 
The audition round is simply to determine that you have what it takes to compete in this competition. It's not testing your match writing skills (although a later round may do that). Just a paragraph that tells us how the match came about and a brief outline of how the match goes at WrestleMania.

e.g.

WRESTLEMANIA IX - WWF CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:
Bret "The Hitman" Hart (c) vs. Yokozuna (w/Mr. Fuji)

After joining the WWF back in the late 1992, the Japanese sumo wrestler appears to be on a complete tear as he utterly dominates the WWF. Many undercard wrestlers try - and fail miserably - to beat Yokozuna, in fact, nobody can even get him off his feet. However, he does use the odd dastardly trick - manager Mr. Fuji speaks for him and tells the various cities around the USA that they should be respecting and fearing the mighty Yokozuna. At the Rumble in early 1993, Yokozuna completely dominates the latter stages of the main event and there isn't a superstar comes close to eliminating him, not even the great Macho Man Randy Savage. Meanwhile, with Yokozuna heading to WM9 as a dominant heel, the WWF Champion Bret Hart continues to fight against the odds as he defends his prized possession. After beating Ric Flair in the fall of 1992, Hart has defended the title with pride and honour and is managing to overcome the challenges of larger, more powerful opponents as well as those with dirty tricks too. However, his victory via C/O over Razor Ramon at the Rumble does little to make people believe that he can be the one to defeat Yokozuna at the big event. Weeks before WrestleMania, Yokozuna drops Hart with not one but two Banzai Drops to weaken his ribs. And then, on the morning of WrestleMania 9, Hart is attacked at a 'brunch' and knocked out cold by Lex Luger. It's a classic underdog vs. unbeatable opponent - but the underdog is the champion for a twist. At WrestleMania, Hart tries valiantly and becomes the first man to knock Yokozuna down. He even manages to lock in the Sharpshooter against all odds and there is a flicker of hope for the thousands of fans cheering him on. Enter Fuji, he throws salt in the eyes of the gutsy champion and Yokozuna sneaks out the win to become the new WWF Champion.

Do this kind of thing for each match, maybe with less detail for the undercard matches, and then you have a WrestleMania 29.

Personally, I will be looking for somebody who gives me something fresh and entertaining. CM Punk vs. Cena I've seen too often - either don't use it OR give it a new twist, something to interest me. I'm also looking for realism - I don't want to see eight TNA wrestlers dropping by for WrestleMania - so I'm thinking that legends need restricting to people like Rock, HHH, Undertaker, HBK and Brock Lesnar. Anybody else would need a damn good reason to make it realistic enough to me.

You'll have mine in a couple of hours. It'll probably be the best one you've got so far.
 
Well that and Wikipedia you can figure out who left before then and who was on what brand.
That would take too long.

***Sorry for the double post***

Question for everyone, what are your thoughts on bringing a character that WWE used in real life into your BT but at an earlier date, for example making Cody Rhodes 'Dashing' Cody Rhodes in a 2007 thread?
Might Work

And just a question for people who've already entered and submitted their BT Factor entries, did you actually write a full-blown match, or a brief summary on what caused the feud to take place and how the match went about?
I tryed to add this
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1. Match/Title
2. Why the match is happening
3. Who wins the match
(Some occasions I think I wrote why)
 
Great. 3 Hours on that stupid show and my computer crashes and I lose everything... FLIPPING GREAT.

What I do is type things up on word then save them there and copy and paste to facebook and save under a note. Just in case something like that happens
 
Currently working on my BT factor which has cut time into my book this. I always forget how time consuming these dang things are. I just have a divas match to type out and I'm done. That'll be up the Monday to Tuesday time frame. Pretty excited about my WM29 card for the BTF. Different than my planned card for my BT and I feel I got some good backstories developed. Have most of them done, just need to get the match summaries out of the way.
 

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