
The game was renamed to Total Extreme Wrestling 2004 to distinguish the old EWR series from the new TEW series. Cornell was based on a character Ryland had used in E-Feds. This world was named after Tommy Cornell, one of the best workers in the game.

Instead, a fictitious wrestling world known as the CornellVerse was created. Players could also create matches and gimmicks.ĭue to copyright issues by going commercial, the series could no longer use things from the real world. Booking was also improved, with the player now unable to book matches such as 11 hour long Iron Man matches on a 2 hour show. New contract clauses such as medical and travel coverage was included. Players could see what matches the AI had booked. Because of this, the overness feature was altered. Total Extreme Warfare added Mexico, the United Kingdom, Australia, and made Japan playable. In previous games, North America was the only playable area (Japan was included, but wasn't playable). On March 31, 2004, the new Total Extreme Warfare game was released. 400 Software Studios and began working on a new game. Turning his hobby into a commercial venture, he signed with. Contracts were changed so that workers could be put on PPA deals so they could work elsewhere, such as on Japanese cards on a touring contract.ĭue to the game's size, Ryland felt that in order to give it new features he'd have to make a new game from scratch. Relationships between workers were added. Three in-game websites were added: one focused on other promotions, one focused on backstage gossip, and one focused on the user-controlled promotion.

Until July 2003, new features were added through updates.

New features included the ability of the player to control events, a new feud system, the ability to book angles, and a promotion size feature. The new game took a new Windows style interface. However, Adam changed his mind and began working on Extreme Warfare Revenge. A match report screen was added as well.Įxtreme Warfare Deluxe was originally going to be the last game in the series. In Extreme War Deluxe, wrestlers could be hired by any promotion. As new games were release in the series, changes were made to improve the game. However, he switched the game to a computer format to solve the complex nature of the original version. Adam Ryland originally developed Extreme Warfare as a collectible card game.
