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Click above to purchase or try Grey Dog Software's TEW 2020

Here is where you can download the free 1933 Real Life Mod for the game.

Click above to purchase or try Grey Dog Software's TEW 2016

Here is where you can download the free 1933 Real Life Mod for the game.

This is the awesome picture pack that goes along with the Mod.  

And here is a Skin for the 2016 game that makes it more retro.

The Promoters

A New Trust:  Dec 1933

Background


By the mid 1920s, fans grew tired of the pro-wrestling that had been popular for the past 15 years. Matches were multi-hour ordeals with less than flashy catch athletes. In response, promoters joined forces with the Gold Dust Trio alliance to maximize profit. The style evolved to the rougher "Slam Bang Western" style that introduced longer programs and shorter more exciting matches.

The late 20's saw the introduction of more appealing (though less legitimate) wrestling stars. Gus Sonnenberg was a football star with a super popular tackle finish that started the wrestling resurgence. With the higher gates, came greed and The Gold Dust Trio alliance dissolved. New alliances were formed and broken and it was every promotion for themselves.

By the 1930s, the world had fallen into a Great Depression and looking for an outlet. Professional Wrestling was at it greatest peak its ever been. Within a few years, nearly every American and Canadian town had its own promotion. It spread across Western Europe and the UK to the east and New Zealand and Australia to the west. 

The year 1930 was also the high point of arguably wrestling's biggest draw of all time; Jim Londos. What The Golden Greek lacked in mat bona fides, he made up for ten fold in sex appeal. This was the age of record setting attendance and money all around. A bubble was forming.

It was November 1933 when Jack Curley convened a secret meeting among the world's most powerful promoters. He saw the writing on the wall, the bubble was about to burst. Much like the last wrestling recession, an alliance was formed to maximize profits. Some wrestling wars were ended and some promoters were left in the cold. A new landscape was formed with the creation of the New Trust. 

This New Trust was a consortium of Regional Alliances mostly in the Eastern US. It joined together the NWA (Association not Alliance), AWA (Out of Boston), Philadelphia, Chicago and Tom Packs in the Midwest. Additionally, It had connections across North America and talent sharing agreements with England and France. Up at this point, the New Trust was the most powerful alliance the industry had ever seen. 

December 1933

The game starts Week 1 of January 1934. The secret meeting has just created the New Trust in hopes of staving off the wrestling bubble popping. What could possibly work against them? 

Here are just a few:

Greed
- The green monster had broken up previous alliances such as The Gold Dust Trio, The Original Trust and The Syndicate. Does this New Trust stand a chance?

Revenge 
- Some promoters have been left out in the cold with this new alliance, most notably was Jack Pfefer. Pfefer had a great mind for promoting and a black heart for vengeance. He would sell his own credibility if it meant destroying his enemies.

Envy 
- With winners came losers. Al Haft's Midwest Wrestling Association found themselves on the outside with most Heavyweights blacklisted from non Trust groups. So along with some smaller feds, formed their own consortium; The Little Trust.

War
- The Civil War raging in Spain had already broken up an alliance in the Iberian Peninsula. Now that the National Socialist German Workers' Party has taken power in Central Europe, what lies ahead for the Über-competitive wrestling scene?

The Future
- What lies ahead for the industry? Could it be the re-emergence of women's wrestling? The return to long and dry catch matches or will it go the other way. West Coast promoters that weren't interested in the Trusts have some wacky ideas about what the fans want. Would fans really show up for such outrageous gimmicks as a pampered Adonis or an evil Dentist? 
And then there is Mexico. Just a few weeks ago, Salvador Lutteroth founded Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre, a wrestling federation south of the border.

Death
- The Grim Reaper's shadow hangs over the industry. And with just one death, the landscape could dramatically change again.

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And here is a Skin for the 2016 game that makes it more retro.

Somehow its an even bigger picture pack.

Brand New for 2020

"A New Trust" Real Life Mod has been updated and released for Grey Dog's Total Extreme Wrestling 2020.  Click to the left to get the game, the mod data, the picture pack and the retro skin.  It includes all the classic information from before plus more.  It has also been reformulated to model the parameters of the game for better and longer gameplay.  If you think those new fangled wrestlers like Bruno Sammatino and Harley Race are killing the business, this is the MOD for you.  Check out the information below to see why the early 1930's were the Golden Age of Wrestling.

The Stars

The Future

The Promotions

The Legends

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