Pro Wrestling Superstar, also known as PWS, is a professional wrestling simulation inspired by the Superstar Pro Wrestling Card and Dice game from the 1980's. PWS provides all of the tools needed to run a wrestling promotion the way you want to run it. There are a wide variety of match types and options for running matches. PWS also has a wrestler repository with thousands of wrestlers from different eras. If you've always wanted to run your own wrestling promotion, Pro Wrestling Superstar is for you!
The A-Show is the preferred place to get technical support and congregate with other promoters! It is a private group hosted on Facebook and is only available to folks who have purchased a full copy of PWS.
I have a question that isn't answered here. How do I get help?
There are several options for help if you've purchased a full copy of PWS:
Join the PWS A-show on Facebook and post your question
Click the "Send Email" button on the PWS Facebook Page which will send an email directly to me
Why does my Antivirus Software or Windows Defender prevent me from installing or running PWS?
If you run into errors like "CreateFile/MoveFile failed..." when installing PWS, it's recommended that you whitelist the PWS installer and/or the PWS executable (pws.exe) in your antivirus/security programs. You can also temporarily disable your antivirus/security programs before installation and re-enable after installing PWS. If your antivirus is interfering with PWS, this is a false positive being reported by your antivirus/security program. PWS does NOT have a virus or trojan. Please reach out if you need additional assistance with this.
How do I run a match?
In the "Run" menu, click the "Run Match" menu item. After clicking the menu item, the Match Setup window should be displayed.
How do I run a Triple Threat/Fatal Four-Way Match?
Click the Run -> Run Match menu item
In the Match Setup Window check the "Triple Threat/Fatal Four-Way" checkbox
For a Triple Threat match there must be two wrestlers in one "team" box and one wrestler in the other "team" box. For a Fatal Four-Way match there can be two wrestlers in each "team" box or three wrestlers in one "team" box and one wrestler in the other "team" box.
Click "Start Match" to run the match.
How do I run a CPU controlled match?
In the Match Setup window, each wrestler in the match has a checkbox next to their name. Clicking the checkbox next to a wrestler's name will make that wrestler CPU controlled. Clicking all of the checkboxes next to the wrestlers in the match will make the match run "hands off".
How do I create a new wrestler?
In the "File" menu, click the "New Wrestler" menu item. After clicking the menu item, the Wrestler Builder should be displayed and awaiting input for a new wrestler.
How do I edit a wrestler?
In the "File" menu, click the "New Wrestler" menu item. After clicking the menu item, the Wrestler Builder should be displayed.
Click the "Load" button. After clicking the button a list of wrestlers should be displayed.
Select the wrestler you would like to edit and click "OK". The wrestler editor should be filled with the data for the wrestler you've selected. The wrestler is now ready for editing.
How do I view a wrestler's ActionCard?
In the "View" menu, click the "View Wrestler" menu item.
Select the wrestler you want to view and then click "OK". The wrestler's ActionCard should be displayed
What is the wrestler repository?
The wrestler repository is an online database of over 5000 wrestlers from different eras and promotions. You can choose to download wrestlers individually or you can download the entire repository. Wrestlers are categorized by different sets. In the "Repositories" menu, click the "Wrestler Repository" menu item to access the wrestler repository in PWS.
How do I create a new manager or valet?
In the "File" menu, click the "Open Manager Editor" menu item. The Manager Editor will be opened and awaiting input.
How do I edit a manager or valet?
In the "File" menu, click the "Open Manager Editor" menu item. The Manager Editor will be opened.
In the "File" menu of the Manager Editor, click the "Load Manager..." button
Select the manager you would like to edit and then click "OK". The Manager Editor should be filled with the data from the manager you've selected.
How do I view match results?
In the "File" menu, click the "Open Results Database" menu item
Select the results database you would like to view and then click "OK". This will open the results database.
In the "View" menu for the results database, choose "View Singles Win/Loss Records", "View Tag Team Win/Loss Records", or "View Six Man Win/Loss Records"
Select the wrestlers or teams you would like to view (holding down the CTRL key while selecting wrestlers or teams will select multiple wrestlers or teams) and click the "OK" button. The win/loss records for the wrestlers or teams selected will be displayed.
How do I create a results database?
In the "File" menu, click the "New Results Database" menu item
Enter a name for the results database and click "OK". A results database with the name you've entered will be created
How do I delete a results database?
In the "File" menu, click the "Delete Results Database" menu item
Select the results database you want to delete and click "OK". You should receive a message stating that the results database was deleted.
How do I edit match results?
In the "File" menu, click the "Open Results Database" menu item
Select the results database you want to view and click "OK". This will open the results database.
In the "Edit" menu, click the Edit Singles | Tag Team | Six Man Results menu item. This will open the results editor.
In the results editor you can edit any of the fields with the exception of the opponent and the result of the match (Win, Loss, Draw). At the bottom of the results editor are the following buttons:
Save: Save any edits to the results database.
Add New Result: Add a new match result to the results database. This is convenient for adding match results without running a match.
Delete Selected: Delete the selected results from the results database.
View: Display a nicely formatted view of the results currently displayed in the editor in another tab.
Refresh Results: Reload and reorder the results in the editor.
How do I add a wrestler or team record to the results database without running a match?
In the "File" menu of the results database, click the "Add Wrestler/Team Record" menu item
Select the wrestler or team you would like to create a record for and click "Ok".
You should receive a message stating that the wrestler or team's record was added.
What is the Promotion Manager?
The Promotion Manager is a tool for creating and running your own promotion. You can manage the roster of wrestlers in the promotion, a registry of champions, and title histories.
How do I create a promotion?
In the "Promotion" menu, click "New Promotion" menu item.
Enter a long name and a short name for the promotion and click "OK"
The roster window will be displayed and now you can add and remove wrestlers from the promotion's roster
How do I add multiple wrestlers to a tag-team title?
When editing a title, hold down the CTRL key to select multiple wrestlers to add to a tag-team title.
What does "Set Promotion" do?
Clicking the "Promotion" -> "Set Promotion" menu item sets the current promotion for PWS. This means that only wrestlers from the promotion will be available for matches, tournaments, battle royals, etc.
What does "Unset Promotion" do?
Clicking the "Promotion" -> "Unset Promotion" menu item removes the currently set promotion for PWS. This means that all wrestlers you have installed will be available for matches, tournaments, battle royals, etc.
Do title changes happen automatically?
In order for a title change to occur a promotion must be set in PWS. If a champion loses a match you will be asked whether the match was a title match and what championship was being defended. If the match was a title match then the champions registry and title history will be automatically updated.
How do I set up a tournament?
In the "Run" menu, click the "Run New Tournament" menu item. The tournament configuration will be displayed.
Enter the number of competitors or teams (must be at least three), the team size (1 for singles, 2 for tag team, 3 for six man tag), and the name of the tournament (optional) and click "OK". The tournament selection screen will be displayed.
Select a seed slot and then click the checkbox next to a wrestler to assign that wrestler to the selected seed
After the seeds have been selected click the "Start Tournament" button to begin the tournament
How do I edit PWS preferences?
In the "File" menu click the "Edit Preferences..." menu item
What is the "Match Output Delay" preference?
This preference speeds up or slows down the match output when a match is running.
What is the "Wrestlers are CPU controlled by default" preference?
This preference causes a wrestler to be CPU controlled by default when the wrestler is added to the match
I'm getting a "-30974, 'DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery -- PANIC: Invalid argument'" error, What do I do?
Fixing this requires removing files from your PWS installation. Proceed with caution! If you need help fixing this issue feel free to ask for support.
Naviagate to your PWS "Wrestlers" folder.
In the "Wrestlers" folder there is a file named "wrestlers.db". Locate this file.
Delete the "wrestlers.db" file from the "Wrestlers" folder
PWS will automatically re-generate this file when needed.
I'm getting an "invalid page index in wxBookCtrlBase::DoRemovePage()" error, what do I do?
Fixing this requires removing files from your PWS installation. Proceed with caution! If you need help fixing this issue feel free to ask for support.
Naviagate to your PWS "Wrestlers" folder.
In the "Wrestlers" folder there is a file named "wrestlers.db". Locate this file.
Delete the "wrestlers.db" file from the "Wrestlers" folder
PWS will automatically re-generate this file when needed.