I. In-Character Guidelines
II. Out-of-Character Guidelines
III. Specialty Matches
1) Ricochet Wrestling was originally owned by wrestling superstar Trent Shanahan. However, the venture soon became too much for him, and he quickly sold it. The new owners consisted of a group of business men and women that would eventually make-up the Board of Directors. The Board has final say so on things such as the Ricochet budget, most hirings and firings, scheduling, and other business decisions regarding Ricochet. They have designated a Commissioner position, in order to handle the day to day operation of Ricochet and report back to the board. The Commissioner's position travels to the shows and has more one on one time with the wrestlers and employees.
2) Ricochet's home is a small office building outside of London, England. The building is where the offices of the Board of Directors and Commissioner each have an office. It also has two conference rooms and a storage facilty where the wrestling equipment and sets are stored when not in use. Despite their headquarters location, Ricochet tours the entire United Kingdom, including England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and Ireland.
3) Ricochet has a one hour television show, Crossfire. It airs Sundays on a bi-weekly period at 10:00PM on the Wrestling Network, which can be viewed in all of the United Kingdom and most of Europe. The show is taped the Friday before it airs. Every other month, they hold a special supercard, a special two hour broadcast running from 10:00-12:00PM. Supercards can also be ordered on pay per view in the United States and are shown on the Fight Network in Canada. Supercards air live in Europe, however, suffer a tape delay outside of Europe.
4) Ricochet has two championship belts. They are the World Heavyweight Championship and Trans-Atlantic Championship. While the World Championship is certainly the most coveted title in Ricochet, both titles have their moments in glory and will often be the Main Event match, even over a Heavyweight Championship match. Anyone can contend for either of the two championships. There are no weight limits on any title. The only way someone can win a championship is by pinfall or submission. No championships will change hands via count-out or disqualification.
5) Ricochet was once part of the National Wrestling Alliance, however, when the Chairman of the NWA and the Board of Directors came into conflict on something, which has still not been made public, the Board felt it was time to leave the NeWA. This had been something brewing for awhile, as there was resentment on both sides for several issues. Ricochet would then be courted by newly reformed World Wrestling Association and would eventually join that. The WWA is a larger conglomerate of regional feds with their own titles that are defended on bi-monthly pay per views where the different feds will compete with each other in a wide variety of matches on neutral territory. When Ricochet left the NWA, they took with them, three of their championships (World Championship, X-Division, and 1/2 of the World Tag Team). With the creation of the new WWA, the titles were transferred to WWA titles, the World staying like it is, the X-Division becoming the Atlantic Championship, and the Tag Championship becoming the Cannibal Championship. For the time being, all of the WeWA Titles have been merged with the Ricochet championships until a time where more regions are added to the WeWA.
1) Have fun! This is the ultimate guideline. An e-fed is just a game. Games are to be played for the fun of it. Therefore, you should be in an e-fed for the fun of it. Many people forget this and begin to take things way too seriously. If you ever start to get upset by something, please calm down and remember that this is only a game. If something starts to bother you, I have an open door policy. E-mail me, hit me up on MSN, or PM me, and let's talk about it. Don't vent problems in public. It's rude and takes away from the fun from others.
2) Absolutely no in-ring roleplays. This is any roleplay that takes place inside the ring where you are talking to the crowd. This is almost all promos done by WWE wrestlers. Don't do them. I honestly prefer "story" roleplays, however, I'm not opposed to "promo" roleplays. I've seen both kinds that have been awesome, and on the same note, both kinds that have been crap.
3) Don't use anyone else in your roleplay without permission, and what I mean about this is that you can't have the actual character in your roleplays without permission. Talk about them all you want, just don't use them. This is one of the few insta-firing things that you can do. Dream sequences or hallucinations are ok, as long as it's clear that that's what they are and not completely over-used. Although even with these, the safe bet is just to drop a line to the person you are using and ask for permission. Feel free to use some of the staff characters without permission, including Mark Foster, Buzz Stone, and Kelly Brae. However, don't injure or harm them in anyway, or add personal stuff for them (like start dating them). These characters have their own storylines for them, so please don't mess them up. For more information about them, feel free to check out the Staff page for more info.
4) How do you win? Plain and simple, the person who roleplays the overall best, will win the match. By overall best, I mean overall best quality. Quality will always win over quantity. Now, winning a match does not mean necessarily by pinfall or submission. It could also mean by DQ or Count-out.
5) Strats are used to improve match quality. They are essential to help start or continue feuds, however, are not needed for every single match. Supercards are where strats are most essential and are mandatory. Crossfire cards they are not mandatory so submit at your descretion.
6) I only take original wrestlers only. No real wrestlers and no rip-offs of real wrestlers. In other words, don't try something like "Rock Hard" Mike Dallas who's a bad ass that takes nothing from nobody and drinks bear all day long.
7) When it comes to roleplays, there are only a few things you can't do. Roleplays are rooted in the real world, so roleplay like you are in the real world. Basically if you beat the hell out of a cop or murder someone, there's going to be repercussions, and it may result in your character disappearing for 10-20 years. Also, there will be no derogatory comments concerning sex, race, religion, sexual orientation, or nationality. I don't tolerate prejudice of any kind, whether it be in-character or out-of-character. This is another one of those insta-firing type deals.
8) We run a light schedule, with one show every two weeks. The show is called Crossfire and is held usually on Sunday's. In storylines it is taped on Friday and airs on Sunday night. About every other month, we run supercards. Supercards are our version of a pay per view.
9) Ricochet Wrestling is a middle sized independent fed. In real world terms, it's basically the size of Ring of Honor. We are also a part of the WeWA, which is a network of other similar feds. Our territory for the WeWA is the United Kingdom, which means for the most part, our matches will be held in the areas of Great Britain, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland. We will occassionally venture outside those regions for special occassions like tours or supercards. Get to know the area. Every card has the exact stadium and location we will be at. It's great to see people actually write about the places we are visiting, because it shows they are truely dedicated, because most of the time, they probably had to look up the places to find out info about them.
10) Have fun! Didn't I mention this already? Of course I did. It's the most important thing when it comes to an e-fed, so it bares repeating. Have fun! That is all!
Ricochet has their own special twists on several wrestling staples in professional wrestling. These are steel cage matches, battle royals, hardcore matches, and fatal fourways.
1) A Ricochet Cage Match consists of a cage surrounding the ring, however, the cage itself is different from all professional wrestling federations. Originally constructed for an MMA Rules Match and standing six foot tall, unlike most cage matches, the cage is not constructed to keep people in or others out, but it is constructed to be used as a weapon itself. The cage surrounds the ring and wrestlers can easily climb out if they are so inclined. The winner is decided under normal rules, pinfall or submission. Escaping the cage is not the goal of this match.
2) An Irish Battle Royal is similar to a royal rumble. Starting off with two competitors, every two minutes, a new wrestler joins the match. Eliminations are made by throwing someone over the top rope. However, when the last person enters, usually the Heavyweight Champion, eliminations can then only be made via pinfall and submissions. Also, if the champion is involved, they cannot be pinned until there is only one other opponent, however, they can eliminate others. When it comes down to the final two, the champion and the challenger, winner takes all, via pinfall or submission. The Irish Battle Royal is displayed during the Irish Wake supercard.
3) The Chaos Match is Ricochet's answer to the hardcore match. Created specifically for the now retired Chaos Championship, it allows for no count-outs or disqualifications. Virtually anything goes, however, to win, the pinfall or submission must take place in the ring. While the referee cannot count the wrestlers out, if both wrestlers do not return to the ring or have exited to an area where a return is unlikely, referees have at their discretion to call a No Contest, if they feel that a proper winner will not be decided. Adjustments can be made to Chaos Matches in order to allow specific goals or allowances according to each match. However, must be agreed upon by the Commissioner.
4) The Fatal Fourway still consists of four wrestlers, however, in Ricochet's version of it, Fatal Fourways are double elimination, but only allows for two wrestlers in the ring at a time. The other two must wait outside, until one of the wrestlers is either eliminated or leaves the ring (by choice or force). If a wrestler on the outside enters the ring when both wrestlers are still in there, they will suffer a disqualification and cost them one of their eliminations. Standard wrestling rules apply during the actual match.
5) The Shoot Fight consists of three five minute rounds of wrestling between two competitors. It can be won by pinfall or submission, however, if at the end of the third round, no winner has been decided, the match will then go to three independent judges that will vote on who performed the best in the match.
6) The Vicious Cycle Match (info coming soon)