The Angle Invitational

This storyline leads to the Vengeance pay-per-view and will be encountered if you are eligible for a title shot. Kurt Angle, the current champion, is ready to take on any contender and you’re happy to oblige. Apparently nervous at your eagerness to pummel him, Kurt Angle plans a number one contender tournament leading up to the Vengeance pay-per-view.

The storyline begins with a tag team match; you’re teamed with Shelton Benjamin. This plays out like a standard tag team match. Shane-O Mac warns that any of these superstars may end up being your adversaries in your quest for the championship.

The following week the tournament officially begins. You face Carlito in a singles match. In the other tournament match, Chris Masters, with the assistance of Kurt Angle, eliminates your former tag team partner Shelton Benjamin. Looks like the fix might be in--Kurt Angle has chosen his horse in the race: the Masterpiece Chris Masters.

In the number one contender match, you battle Chris Masters in a singles match with managers-Shelton Benjamin in your corner and Kurt Angle in the Masterpiece’s corner.

After the match, the tables turn dramatically. It appears Kurt and Shelton were setting you and the Masterpiece up all along-while Kurt puts Masters in the Masterlock, Shelton Benjamin gives you a good old fashioned beatdown. Get your revenge in the next match, a no-disqualification match against Shelton Benjamin (Kurt Angle joins him as a manager). Without disqualifications, grab a weapon and exact your revenge.

Emerge victorious as the number one contender for the title and you battle Kurt Angle at Vengeance pay-per-view for the WWE Championship. This is a standard singles match. Kurt Angle is highly skilled in submission holds; keep Angle away with whips, big grapple moves, and aerial attacks. Defeat Angle and capture the WWE Championship. Winning this match unlocks the Vengeance trophy, Vengeance arena, and the D-X Package in the WWE Shop.

Uh Oh, It’s Magic

You encounter this storyline if you aren’t champion or eligible for a title shot; it leads up to the SummerSlam pay-per-view. You begin the storyline in a singles match against Edge; Candice manages him at ringside. It’s a no-disqualification match so don’t hesitate the bend the rules a bit! A cut scene interrupts the action as you go for the three-count-Candice enters the ring with...a magic wand. Candice hits you with the wand, which knocks you out and gives Edge an easy, and quite improbable, victory.

Next week backstage you meet up with Edge, Candice, and the magic wand again. Candice challenges you to a match, which certainly sounds absurd. Until she taps you with the magic wand and you transform into a buxom blonde. Okay, now that sounds absurd! You battle Candice in a singles match.

Now this really isn’t a fair fight, right? Anything to get rid of that magic wand!

Backstage Candice pulls off more magic wand shenanigans (much to the disappointment of Viscera). You battle Candice again in a singles match-this time as your normal manly self. Again backstage, Candice goes crazy with the wand and creates a one on tag handicap match for you against Boogeyman and Edge...who is also Boogeyman. Knock the non-legal opponent off the apron after pulling off a finisher on the legal man. You need to prevent the interference.

Candice promises a magical SummerSlam-it’s a ladder match against Edge with Candice serving as manager. Incapacitate your opponent as far away from the ring’s center as possible. Drag him outside and perform some environmental grapples, finishers, and weapon attacks to keep your opponent down. Grab the case over the ring to win the match. You break Candice’s pink wand after the victory. Winning at SummerSlam unlocks the SummerSlam trophy, SummerSlam arena, and the four Faces of Foley package in the WWE shop.

Elimination!

You encounter this storyline if you choose to challenge for the title after SummerSlam. It’s the return of the Elimination Chamber and it leads to the Unforgiven pay-per-view. John Cena is the current WWE Champion and he’s going to prove himself in a six-man over-the-top-rope battle royal. Think of this as a mini-Royal Rumble. The six competitors are already in the ring and must be eliminated over the rope. This means the ring-out meter will come into play. Check the Royal Rumble section of the match strategy for tips on completing an over-the-top-rope match.

The following week Shane-O-Mac gives you the chance to pick your partner in a tag team match against other competitors in the upcoming Elimination Chamber match. After the match, expect a Big Show and Snitsky ambush-double choke slam!

The next match is a triple threat tornado tag match-all six men in the ring at once and the first guy to gain a pinfall wins the match for his team. And it’s hardcore! It’s pure chaos. Grab weapon after weapon and dish out punishment against every opponent in the ring. Toss the weakest opponent out of the ring and try and get a pinfall far from the action to limit interference.

The main event of Unforgiven: an Elimination Chamber match for the WWE Championship.

Leading up to Unforgiven, Shane provides an option to determine your number for the Elimination Chamber. You can compete in a tag team match (winner gets five and six, loser gets one and two) or in a singles match (winner gets six, loser gets one). The singles match is likely the easier choice-plus it guarantees the best spot if you win.

The Unforgiven main event is a six-man Elimination Chamber. Hopefully you’re the sixth man to enter! The match begins with two superstars; remaining superstars enter one at a time. If you’re the sixth superstar, most of the damage should already be done. Just like a battle royal, sit back and watch the carnage. Go for pin opportunities and avoid high-flying computer-opponents diving off chambers. Winning the match unlocks the Unforgiven trophy, Unforgiven arena, and the Bam Bam Package in the WWE Shop.