AWL 340 Full Show

 

 

 

 

 

AWL 399 Full Show

AWL 399: Penultimate Puroresu

Double Dragons vs. Monster Union

#1 Contender's Match

Winners challenge House Classic at the Season 17 Finale

El Rudo Rojo vs. Hifumi Ryuji

Loser enters the Danger Zone

AWL Best 4 vs. The Danger Zone

4 on 4 Atomicos Match

Dragoness vs. Betty Bubbles

Sekai-Gun vs. The Augments

4 on 4 Atomicos Match

The Future of the AWL IC Championship

                 Good evening ladies and gentlemen, I am the AWL Commissioner.

As we approach the conclusion of the 17^th season of the Animated Wrestling League, we look forward to a main event where the Animated Wrestling League Intercontinental Championship will be cashed in for the right to challenge for the Grand Championship.  As exciting as this is for all of us here at Animated Wrestling League Headquarters, even more exciting is the prospect of crowning a new Intercontinental Champion after the title is cashed in.  It is for that reason that I have chosen to address you all today.

                First, the by then vacant Animated Wrestling League Intercontinental Championship will be awarded to the winner of a 6-Way Scramble Match that will take place during the pre-season to Season 18 of the Animated Wrestling League.  That means we will have a freshly minted Intercontinental Champion when Season 18 officially begins at AWL 341.

                Second, and I beg your forgiveness for burying the lead on this story, as of the conclusion of the cash in at AWL 340, THE ANIMATED WRESTLING LEAGUE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP SHALL BECOME THE EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY OF THE JOSHI DIVISION!

                I have amended the AWL Rule Book to reflect the following change: As long as the Animated Wrestling League Roster remains split into gendered divisions, the Intercontinental Championship shall switch divisions every time it is cashed in.  That means that the first woman to successfully defend the Animated Wrestling League Intercontinental Championship 5 times will become The Complete Intercontinental Champion and will earn the right to cash in for a shot at the Animated Wrestling League Joshi Championship under the stipulations of her choosing.  At which point the championship will revert to the men’s division.

                THIS!  I have COMMISSIONED!!  BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!

--XOXO AWL Commissioner

AWL 338 Full Show

 AWL 338: 5 days, 2 titles

Jigoku DESTROY vs. Sekai-Gun

1 on 2 Handicap Match

Joya (C) vs. Emily Nagasaki (#1)

AWL Joshi Championship Match

1st Title Defense

The Augments vs. UK Gen2

#1 Contender's Match for the AWL Joshi Tag Team Championships

Winners face Tiger & Bunny for the titles at the Season Finale

Akira Merune vs. Neko Musume

House Classic (C) vs. The Tiger Brothers (#1)

AWL World's Tag Team Championship Match

3rd Title Defense

Kid Canada announces stipulations for AWL 340.

 The day has finally come!  The Complete AWL Intercontinental Champion Kid Canada has the right to name the stipulations for his cash in match for the AWL Grand Championship at AWL 340.  He's taken his time to come up with something that will insure a fair fight for the biggest prize in the Animated Wrestling League.  This morning, the following message arrived in the inbox at AWL HQ (we've removed the several paragraphs of apologizing for the delay):

    Sorry, but I'm not going to play Jigoku's game and cheat in my favour, eh?  Sorry, I need this to be a fair fight, eh?  Sorry, but none of your friends...or mine...will be involved in this match because it's going to happen in a big old STEEL CAGE, eh?       

    Sorry, but it means a lot to me to know I'm a better professional wrestler than Hakaisha (or whatever Jigoku is calling him this week), eh?  Sorry, but I'm not going to beat you once, I'm going to do it twice, eh?  Sorry, this match is going to be 2 OUT OF 3 FALLS, eh?

--Kid Canada

    He really is the most Canadian man in the world, isn't he?  Ladies and gentlemen, we have a main event for AWL 340:

AWL 340: Season 17 Finale

MAIN EVENT

Jigoku DESTROY (Grand Champion) vs. Kid Canada (IC Champion)

AWL Grand Championship Match

11th Title Defense

Intercontinental Title Cash-In

2 Out of 3 Falls Steel Cage Match!

AWL 337 Full Show

 AWL 337.

Beautiful Muscle vs. Solar Wings

Tormenta Del Fuego vs. Emily Nagasaki

#1 Contender's Match for the AWL Joshi Championship

Queens of Wrestling vs. The Modern Day Warriors

Tiger Brothers vs. Monster Union

#1 Contender's Match for the AWL World's Tag Team Championships

Winners face House Classic for the titles next week.

Sekai-Gun vs. The Augments

Trios Match

AWL 336 Full Show

 AWL 336

Part 1: King Akira vs. Kyoujin Kobayashi

Winner advances to Main Event Friday

Part 2: Matt Classic Sr. vs. Ma-Ji-Ku

Winner advances to Main Event Friday

Part 3: Beautiful Muscle (Debut) vs. Danger 13

Part 4: Akira Merune vs. Betty Bubbles

Why is this match happening?

Part 5: Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2 

Fight for 4

AWL 335: Tag Matsuri 2020!!

 The AWL's annual celebration of tag team wrestling!

Part 1: Danger 13 vs. THUGLIFE Tanaka Kenichi & HASAIKI

Danger Zone Challenge

We start at the very bottom as the four worst wrestlers in the AWL face off in a match to salvage their careers.

Part 2: Purosentai Resurangers vs. Modern Day Warriors vs. Monster Union vs. Yin & Yang

Joshi Division 4-Way Elimination Match

Part 3: Tag Team Graduation Match!

4 students at the AWL Dojo fight for 2 AWL Roster contracts.

Part 4: Tiger & Bunny (C) vs. The Queens of Wrestling

AWL Joshi Tag Team Championship Match

2nd Title Defense

Part 5: 2020 AWL Tag Team Gauntlet Match for the AWL World's Tag Team Championships.

AWL 334 Full Show

 AWL 334: 5th & Final

With Kid Canada defending the AWL IC Championship in the main event, the rest of The Augments need to be kept busy.

Jigoku DESTROY vs. Hassan

Non-Title Match

If Hassan wins, he enters the AWL Best 4.

El Hijo del Majiku vs. Project Tetsu

The Flying Yukis vs. Tanaka Kenichi & Hasaiki

As Tanaka Kenichi and Hasaiki are not a registered tag team, the can't earn wins in the tag team division.  However, a win here will give them individual wins that might help them rise in the Win-Loss Rankings.

UK Gen2 vs. The Queens of Wrestling vs. The Augments

Reshuffle Match

Winners face Tiger & Bunny at the Tag Matsuri

Kid Canada (C) vs. Project-Z

AWL Intercontinental Championship Match

5th & FINAL Title Defense

AWL 333 Full Show

 This week on the Animated Wrestling League:

Starting off with tag team action, Double Dragon looks to earn their way into the title picture but they have to beat the first intergenerational tag team in AWL history.

A second Fight for 4, this time in the Joshi Division as the superheroes face the cute monster girls.

The top 4 men's tag teams in the AWL face off in an elimination match that will set the seeding for the AWL Tag Matsuri Gauntlet Match in 2 weeks!

One of the top wrestlers in the AWL Joshi Division faces an undefeated monster form the laboratory of Dr. Jigoku.

Main Event Friday!

For the 10th time, Jigoku DESTROY steps into the ring to defend the AWL Grand Championship.  On the other side of the ring, the submission expert who might just be able to find the chink in the armor of the champion.

The Final Challenge is Set!

Back at Obonnanza 2020, Kid Canada announced that he wanted to make the AWL Intercontinental Championship truly intercontinental by defending against wrestlers from 5 different nations.  Well, it looks like that was a mistake during a pandemic as we appear to have run out of countries from which to draw challengers.

OR SO WE THOUGHT!!

This past weekend, the following letter of challenge arrived at AWL HQ:

That Canadian clod has gotten my attention.  That was a serious miscalculation.  You seek competition based on arbitrary lines on a piece of paper?  Foolishness if you ask me, but so be it.  Despite its recent failures, my Project-Z is originally from Australia.  If you wish to prove that you deserve to face my Destroyer, prove it by beating one of my Augments this week at AWL 334.

--Dr. Jigoku

AWL 332 Full Show

 AWL 332: 世界のスポーツ World of Sport

3 wrestlers with equally terrible win loss records face each other to see who will fall to the DANGER ZONE!  By special order of the AWL Commissioner, this match is 1 fall to a finish!

After an unsuccessful singles match against Hifumi Ryuji last week, Shynron and the Double Dragons try to get things back on track in a tag team match with the #2 ranked team in the AWL Best 4.

Two of the best technical wrestlers in the AWL face off in a #1 Contender's Match with the winner set to face Jigoku DESTROY for the AWL Grand Championship next week!  By mutual agreement of both wrestlers, this match will be a Submission Match!!

Sekai-Gun vs. The Augments

Trios Match!

With Kid Canada one win away from earning the right to cash in the IC Title for a free shot at the Grand Championship, the international army must face the full force of Dr. Jigoku's Augments.

Joya vs. "Lady Smooth" Jessica Kidd

World of Sport Rules Match

2 Falls, 2 Submissions, or a KO in up to 5 rounds

Main Event Friday continues the feud between new AWL Joshi Champion Joya and former champion Jessica Kidd.  Kidd feels she was cheated out of the title when the referee stopped the title match at Champions' Week and challenged Joya to this World of Sport Rules Match.  While the AWL Joshi Championship is NOT on the line tonight, if Jessica Kidd can beat the champion not once but twice, she will have an excellent argument for reinstatement into the AWL Best 4.

AWL 331 Full Show!

 

Tag Matsuri Main Event Announced!

 Greetings Grapple Fans!

The AWL Commissioner has announced that AWL 335 will be this year's TAG MATSURI!  For those of you who are new to the Animated Wrestling League, the Ta Matsuri is our annual fall event where we celebrate the tradition and artistry of tag team wrestling.  Naturally, both AWL Tag Team Championships will be defended.

Additionally, AWL Head Trainer Dragon has announced that 4 wrestlers have made sufficient progress in their training that they are ready to advance to the main roster.  Therefore, there will be a Tag Team Graduation Match at the Tag Matsuri.  I should point out that the last team to win a Tag Team Graduation Match, the Flying Yukis are now former AWL World's Tag Team Champions.

In the past, the Tag Matsuri has always featured a tag team gauntlet contested to 3 points under our old 3 point system.  Since that system has fallen into the dustbin of history,the AWL Commissioner has come up with a new gauntlet that will take advantage of the tag team edition of the AWL Best 4:

2020 Tag Team Gauntlet:

Match 1: Best 4 #4 vs. Best 4 #3

Match 2: Winner of Match 1 vs. Best 4 #2

Match 3: Winner of Match 2 vs. Best 4 #1

Match 4: Winner of Match 3 vs. House Classic (C)

    AWL World's Tag Team Championship Match

    1st Title Defense

Format Notes

Ok, quick update to how things are going to work around here.  Once a week, either Saturday or Sunday Japan time, the full 5 video episode of the Animated Wrestling League for that week will be posted.  Additionally, each Monday there will be a preview for the following week’s AWL show.

 

If you wish to keep up day by day and match by match, the YouTube channel is probably your best bet.

 

This week on the Animated Wrestling League:

We have reached the half-way point of the season and that means the DANGER ZONE is once again in play.  Some familiar faces occupy the bottom of the AWL Win-Loss Rankings this season:

1. THUGLIFE Tanaka Kenichi 53-82 (-28)

2. Hasaiki 16-31 (-15)

3. Mr. Smiles 20-32 (-12)

4. Hifumi Ryuji 15-22 (-7)

All 4 members of the Danger Zone will be in action at AWL 331.  For some, this represents an honest chance to save themselves.  For the rest, it’s a chance to warm up for the career threatening Batsumania Match at AWL 340.

 

In addition, this week on Main Event Friday, a special 5-Way Scramble Match between 5 of the AWL’s top second generation wrestlers.  4 falls to a finish and this will be a Fight for 4!

AWL 330: CHAMPIONS' WEEK--Full Show

 

AWL 329 FULL SHOW

AWL 328 FULL SHOW

 It has been a crazy week here at AWL HQ, better known as my apartment.  So, I have failed you my blog exclusive viewers.  As penance, please enjoy a full week of the Animated Wrestling League in one mega post!

AWL By The Numbers

Ever since we started the match-a-day format here in the Animated Wrestling League, I know haven’t been getting the extra content that this blog is known for out there.  I’m sorry.  To hopefully help make it up to you, here’s a quick look at the Animated Wrestling League…by the numbers.

 

AWL Grand Championship:

AWL Grand Champion: Jigoku DESTROY

Champion since: AWL 305

Title Defenses: 7 (Current Record!)

 

BEST 4:

1. Matt Classic Sr.

2. Tiger Mask II

3. Lee Masters

4. Chiba Akagi

 

AWL Joshi Championship:

AWL Joshi Champion: “Lady Smooth” Jessica Kidd

Champion since: AWL 324

Title Defenses: 0

 

BEST 4:

1. Tormenta del Fuego

2. Joya

3. Emily Nagasaki

4. Akira Merune

 

AWL World’s Tag Team Championship:

AWL World’s Tag Team Champions: The Augments (Project Tetsu & Project-Z)

Champions since: Sakuramania Wrestlegenesis 2020

Title Defenses: 6

 

BEST 4:

1. House Classic

2. Tiger Brothers

3. Monster Union

4. The New Classics

 

AWL Joshi Tag Team Champions:

AWL Joshi Tag Team Champions: Tiger & Bunny

Champions since: AWL 326

Title Defenses: 0

 

BEST 4:

1. Yin & Yang

2. UK Gen 2

3. Queens of Wrestling

4. TBD

 

AWL Intercontinental Championship:

AWL Intercontinental Champion: Kid Canada.

Champion since: Obonnanza 2020

Title Defenses: 3 of 5. 

AWL 327 Pt. 5

 

AWL 327 Pt. 4

 

AWL 327 Pt. 3

 

AWL 327 Pt. 2

 

AWL 327 Pt. 1

 

AWL 326 Pt. 5

 

AWL 326 Pt. 4

 

AWL 326 Pt. 3

 

AWL 326 Pt. 2

 

AWL 326 Pt. 1

 

AWL 325 Pt. 5

 

AWL 325 Pt. 4

 

AWL 325 Pt. 3

 

AWL 325 Pt. 2

 

AWL 325 Pt. 1 Tag Team Insanity Week Begins!

 

EVERY TAG TEAM IN THE AWL WILL COMPETE THIS WEEK!

5 nights, 20 teams, elimination rules, wins galore on the line!

It's Tag Team Insanity Week!!

AWL 324 Pt. 5

 

AWL 324 Pt. 4

AWL 324 Pt. 3

 

AWL 324 Pt. 2

 

AWL 324 Pt. 1

 

Kid Canada contacted the AWL Commissioner's office after Obonnanza and made an unusual request that the AWL Commissioner found quite interesting.  To emphasize and justify the "Intercontinental" aspect of the AWL Intercontinental Championship, Kid Canada wants to defend the title against wrestlers from 5 different nations.  Up first, Mexico.

AWL Supercard Obonnanza 2020 Pt. 3

But I don't WANNA cheer the Augments!!
 

AWL Supercard Obonnanza 2020 Pt. 2

 

AWL Supercard Obonnanza 2020 Pt. 1

 

The rest of AWL 323.

 OK, I admit it.  I screwed up.  After getting the multi-upload feature on YouTube right for the first time ever I completely forgot to post them to the blog.  Here's the rest of AWL 323 just in time for Obonnanza.

AWL 323 Pt. 1

AWL 322 Pt. 5

AWL 322 Pt. 4

AWL 322 Pt. 3

AWL 322 Pt. 2

Yes, the Guard Dog Match is still a thing.  With Dr. Jigoku still controlling the Grand, World’s Tag Team, and New Year’s Tournament Championships, he has the power an influence to impose some of his own twisted rules around here.  Specifically, that any challenger to Jigoku DESTROY’s AWL Grand Championship has to defeat one of the other Augments first.

Personally, I think it’s dumb.  However the AWL Commissioner likes the idea of challengers having to continually prove themselves so it probably wasn’t hard for Jigoku to convince the boss to go along  with this.

AWL 322 Pt. 1

This Week’s Card:

Monday: Familia vs. Ganba’s Shadows—Light vs. Dark

Tuesday: Lee Masters (#1) vs. Project Tetsu—Guard Dog Match

Wednesday: K&K vs. The Flying Yukis

Thursday: Shin Jidai vs. Bullet Club—Trios Match

Friday: IC #1 Contender’s Battle Royal.  Winner challenges at AWL Supercard: Obonnanza 2020

That’s right wrestling fans, for the first time in over 2 years, Wyvern, Azteckaizer NEO, and the newly rechristened Matt Classic II will team up as Shin Jidai to take on Gedo, Ishimori, and Takahashi of Bullet Club.  This will be a one night only reunion so don’t miss it!

AWL 321 Pt. 5

AWL 321 Pt. 4

NEWS FLASH:

                AWL Wrestler Tiger Mask II has made the following announcement (Translated from the original Japanese by the AWL Translation Team):

                “Shin Tiger Jr. and I were entered into the Forge because we had a point in the old system.  That point was a relic from the time Tiger the Dark and I were training our students and it was a terrible idea.  The philosophy of the Unified School of the Tiger Style is that, while we wear the gold and black colors to remember our history, there is no Golden Tiger Style or Black Tiger Style, only THE Tiger Style.

                We should never have been in that tournament and we certainly should not be in the Best 4.  Therefore, I have requested that the AWL Commissioner remove my name from the rankings and insert Black Tiger Justice.  It’s time for the young generation to take the lead.”

                And the AWL Commissioner has granted this request.  Therefore, the AWL Best 4 for the Men’s Tag Team Division now looks like this:

1. Bullet Club

2. The New Classics

3. Monster Union

4. The Tiger Brothers

AWL 321 Pt. 3

AWL 321 Pt. 2

AWL 321 Pt. 1

                Welcome back to the Animated Wrestling League and our new match-a-day format!  Beginning this episode, all AWL programs will be transmitted as single episode batches.  Of course, you can check out the playlist on the YouTube channel if you want to watch an entire show all at once.

                Starting this week, the full card will be posted to this blog either on Monday when the first match of the week airs, or the Sunday before depending on how organized I get.

                This week’s card:

Monday: Dragoness vs. Jessica Kidd

Tuesday: Satoshi Tobu vs. THUGLIFE Tanaka Kenichi

Wednesday: Solar Wings vs. X & X—Tag Team Match

Thursday: Black Tiger Justice vs. Ishimori Taiji—Fight to the Finish

Friday: Jigoku DESTROY (C) vs. King Akira (#1)—AWL Grand Championship Match—6^th Title Defense

AWL Pre Season 17 Forge the 4 Pt 4

AWL Pre-Season 17: Forge the 4 Pt. 3

AWL Forge the 4 Pt. 2

AWL Forge the 4 Pt. 1

Pre-Season 17 Test Match: Sekai-Gun vs. The Unified School of the TIger Style

AWL News Flash!

AWL 320: Season 16 Finale

Finale Interview before the Season 16 Finale

                Last and far from least, earlier this week, I had the privilege of being teleported to The Secret Base in Parts unknown and sat down with the Purosentai Resurangers to discuss their upcoming title matches.

Ryusensei: Let’s get straight down to it.  You’ve held on to these Golden Opportunities for an entire season.  Why now?

ResuRED: Our job is to protect the Animated Wrestling League from the forces of evil.  Dr. Jigoku has become far too powerful.  We decided as soon as he formed his “Golden Quadrangle” that we needed to cash in our Golden Opportunities.  But there were some talented wrestlers in line to challenge for the various belts and we didn’t want to waste our resources if we didn’t need to.  For example, thanks to Hebitsukai and Monster Union, we get to keep Black’s Golden Opportunity in reserve for a rainy day if we need to.

Ryusensei: Pink, you don’t need a Golden Opportunity, you outlasted 3 of the best wrestlers in the Joshi Division and now you’re facing Akira Merune for the AWL Joshi Championship.  Anything you’d like to say to the champion going into the big match?

ResuPINK: I’m not Athena Jane.  I lift you up and drop you or squeeze you until you pass out.  I knock you out with the Pink Punch.  You can out wrestle a giant.  You can’t out wrestle a punch to the face.  Good luck on Sunday, you’re going to need it.

Ryusensei: Blue, at AWL 319 you tapped out Project Tetsu in an atomicos match.  Will you go for the same strategy at the finale or do you have a back up plan?

ResuBLUE: Heh.  If I see the chance to lock on the Ao Clutch, I’m going to take it.  However, that’s not the plan.  I’m not going to say exactly what the plan is, but let’s just say that The Augments have no idea what’s coming.

That’s all the time I have for now wrestling fans, we’ll see you soon at the AWL Season 16 Finale!

Interview with the New Classics

                Matt Classic Sr. has refused to take time from his private training (and considering the results we all saw at AWL 319, I don’t blame him) for an interview.  So, I sat down with the other three members of The New Classics to discuss the Lucha de Apuesta and their thoughts on Matt and his influence on their careers.

Ryusensei: Thank you for your time gentlemen.  We’re here to talk about Matt, but before we get to that, Lee, you are in the ladder match for the #1 contendership for the AWL Grand Championship.  What are you doing to prepare for this match and, as the #1 member of the Best 4, are you disappointed that you’re not in the main event of the Season Finale?

Lee Masters: Yeah, I’m pissed that I don’t get my title fight.  I think I could take Hakaisha or whatever he’s called these days, but Red has the Golden Opportunity an’ that gives him the right to challenge for the belt.  I’d be a real asshole if I got mad at Red or anyone else for following the rules.  I just don’t like waiting.

Ryusensei: And your preparations for the ladder match?

Lee Masters: Heh, I’ve been practicing climbing ladders like a human being rather than like a wrestler.  I know I can beat Akira, Wyvern, and even Tiger Mask one on one or even in a 4-way.  The ladder is the bit I’m not sure about.

Ryusensei: Best of luck.  Now, let’s get to the reason we’re all here.  Matt Classic shocked the wrestling world when he seemingly out of nowhere agreed to wager his mask to get a match with Ganba Hisshi Dark.  Did you know this was coming?  Or were you as surprised as  the rest of us?

Sammy Nix: Not really.  I think we all knew Matt was gettin’ desperate and he had some kinda plan, but wagering his mask?  Nah, I think that hit all of us out of the blue.

Chiba Akagi (speaking English): Yes.  We were very surprised.  But I have been wrestling in tag team matches with Classic-sensei more recently than either of you.  I think he is ready.  He can beat that monster.

Lee Masters: I hope you’re right.  I remember the first time Matt took off his mask in front of us. We’d been training and wrestling together more about 2 years at that point.  That mask means everything to him.  If he loses that mask, he’s done.  Career over.

Sammy Nix: Definitely.

Ryusensei: Nearly two weeks ago at AWL 319, Matt came out looking better than I’ve ever seen him and I think I’m the only person who’s worked here longer than you and Matt.  I’d hoped to ask him…well…what the hell happened?

All: HAHAHAHA!

Sammy Nix: We haven’t got a clue.  None of us have seen Matt other than at 319 since this match was booked.  If you figure out what he’s doing, please let us know.

Chiba Akagi: はい、教えてください！

Lee Masters: What he said.

Ryusensei: Thank you gentlemen.  Lee, best of luck this weekend and all of you please give Matt my best when you see him.

Let's get back to this.

                Welcome back wrestling fans.  It’s been a long and difficult week, but we’re on course to have the Season 16 Finale ready to post by this weekend, so we’re going to continue with our series of Finale Countdown interviews and promos right were we left off.  Today, the Joshi Division takes center stage.

                The Joshi Division will feature prominently at AWL 320 with three matches and two titles to be contested.  I spoke with all 10 Joshi Wrestlers who will compete at the Finale.  Here are the first 9.  The last, with ResuPINK, will be posted later this week as part of a series of interviews with the Purosentai Resurangers.

Akira Merune (Translated from the original Japanese by the AWL Translation Team): Everyone who becomes a professional wrestler dreams of building a legacy in this business.  I’m eternally grateful to the AWL Commissioner for allowing me that chance.  First Joshi Champion with a title reign that may never be equaled, first Joshi Tag Team Champion (Thanks Dragoness, love ya!), first two time Joshi Champion, and the list goes on.  ResuPINK is strong.  Stronger than me to tell the truth.  But just ask Athena Jane how I do against wrestlers stronger than me.

Wild Thing & Nekomusume:

Nekomusume: Nya!  We should be the ones wrestling for the tag team titles this weekend.  Whoever heard of a time limit draw in a gauntlet match-nya?  The whole point is to test the endurance of the wrestlers involved, so how come we have to stop after 15 minutes?  Hiss, that’s dumb.

                Wild Thing: Grrrr, none of that matters now kitty cat.  The only thing we have to deal with right now is beating the hell out of those two fossils and taking our two points.  We’ll take the tag team titles next season.  This weekend, we hunt…AWOOOOOOO!!

Yin & Yang:

                We respect Monster Union.  They are a perfect representation of this generation of wrestlers.  They are amazing athletes capable of doing things in that ring our generation could only dream of.  They are strong, fast, and skilled.  They’re also inpatient, undisciplined, and out of control.  This weekend, we will teach them the importance of balance.

Joya & Tormenta de Fuega (Translated from the original Spanish by the AWL Translation Team:

                Ever since we came to the AWL, we’ve been looked down on.  We aren’t the biggest, we aren’t the fastest, we aren’t superheroes or super villains, and we aren’t cute monster girls.  We’re just two lucharodas looking to make an impact in our sport.

                We FINALLY have a chance to fight for the AWL Joshi Tag Team Titles and we know these chances don’t come around everyday so we won’t waste our chance!               We’re going to show the world that L.O.L. is nothing to laugh at!

                (Yes, we’ve been saving that joke for some time.)

Jessica Kidd & Emily Nagasaki:

                We’re stuck in this country until this whole thing is over.  We have family in the UK that we can only see on a computer screen.  It sucks, but there are some bright spots worth focusing on.  We are the top female tag team in the world.  We are champions in a co-ed promotion that takes joshi wrestling seriously.  We’re not a joke, a time killer, or something for the make fans to have a wank over.

                We are the AWL Joshi Tag Team Champions.  That is the only thing we can control in our lives and we’re not letting that go without the fight of our lives!  So, bring it ladies, we’ll give you a warm British welcome.

That’s all for now.  Next, we take a look at the Lucha de Apesta at AWL 320!

Goodbye Chikara

AWL 320 postponed

I'm postponing the Season 16 Finale by 1 week.  There's a more important video I need to make between now and then that is going to take time and emotional energy that will not leave me with the resources to finish AWL 320 in time.  I'm sorry and I will post that video to this blog so that you can all see what I mean and hopefully why this is so important to me.

Thank you for your patience. 

Season 16 Finale Countdown part 2

      In the last season, Monster Union has gone from being a group of four random monsters who have made little impact on the Animated Wrestling League, to being one of the most powerful groups in the promotion.  Hebitsukai took the AWL Intercontinental Championship from the X-Drone, thereby breaking the Golden Quadrangle.  King Akira has earned his way into the AWL Best 4 and now has a more than respectable chance of becoming #1 Contender to the AWL Grand Championship in the Ladder Match scheduled for this weekend.  Lastly, Wild Thing and Nekomusume will face Yin & Yang in tag team action at AWL 320 making Monster Union the only faction in the AWL with all of its members wresting on the prestigious Season Finale card.

      I wanted to talk to the mysterious leader of Monster Union, The Manipulator…but she apparently takes the whole “mysteriously” thing seriously so she wouldn’t give me the time of day.  Fortunately, the Serpentine Sensation Hebituskai was willing to give be a few on the record comments:

Ryusensei (ME!): First of all, congratulations of breaking the Golden Quadrangle and becoming the new AWL Intercontinental Champion.

Hebitsukai: Thank you Ryussssenssssei.  But it wassss no big deal.  Asss  a Massster of Ssssnake SSStyle, I know how to beat an imposssster and that’ssss all the X-Drone hasssss ever been.  Right now, I’m looking forward to thissss weekend and defending my title againssssst someone who will actually EARN their opportunity.

Ryusensei: That was going to be my next question.  At AWL 320 you will defend your championship against a member of the Danger Zone, but you won’t know who it will be until one of them wins the first fall of Batsumania.  Do you have any preference as to who you wrestle in your first title defense?

Hebitsukai:  I’d like to facccce Mr. SSSSSmilesssss.  I’ve alwayssss liked that guy.  But in the end, they’re all in batsssssumania for a reassson.  I’m quite confident againssssst any of them.  Thissss belt isssn’t going anywhere.  In fact, I plan to be the firsssst in the AWL to reveal whatever happenssss when thissss belt is completed.

Ryusensei: I think we’re all looking forward to that.  Moving on to other members of your group.  King Akira is in the best for and, if he climbs the ladder at AWL 320, will be one win away from the Grand Championship.  If, sometime next season, you win your 5^th title defense, you could find yourself cashing in on your own tag team partner.  Any thoughts about that?

Hebitsukai: That will be an incredible match.  I trained Akira to wresssstle.  I know jusssst how good he isssss.  If he climbsssss that ladder, he’sssss assss good asss Grand Champion.

Ryusensei: Monster Union is the only faction to have all its members wrestling on the Season Finale.  Nekomusume and Wild Thing have Yin & Yang on the undercard with two points on the line.  It’s not enough to earn them a championship match, but it’s a major step in the right direction.  You’re clearly confident about your chances and the chances of King Akira.  Do you think Monster Union can make it 3 for 3 at 320?

Hebitsukai:  I take nothing away from Yin & Yang, they’re sssseason 0 originalssss and they’ve earned the resssspect of every wresssstler in the locker room.  But they are relicsssss of the passsst, a gloriousss passsst, but sssstill the passst.  My comradessss are the future of the AWL.  If the match issss short, I think Yin & Yang have a good chanccccce.  But the longer it goesssss, the more likely we will be victorioussssss.  Can Monsssster Union go 3 for 3?  Abssssolutely!!

Ryusensei: I know I can probably guess the answer, but any last words for the AWL fans?

Hebitsukai: VIVA!  Monssssster Union!!

Season 16 Finale Countdown part 1

                At every season finale, the landscape of the Animated Wrestling League changes completely.  Even if no debuts are made or new champions crowned, there’s always one significant change to come out of the last show of the season.  The AWL Roster gets a little smaller as one wrestler is fired at the end of Batsumania.  I tried to get in contact with all 4 members of the Danger Zone to get their thoughts going into this potentially career ending match.  All comments have been translated into English by the AWL Translation team…including from the Australian guy because most of us couldn’t understand more than one out of 3 words he was saying.

“THUGLIFE” Tanaka Kenichi: I am Money!  I am jiyannto!  Beat 1 resura, no 3 resura.  TOO EASY!  I are next IC champion because I am cool, you am F***!

Mr. Smiles: Hi Ryusensei!  Great to see you, how are you doing?  Holding in there?  Great!  Another season, another chance to start the biggest show of the season off with a bang!  Everyone loves watching Batsumania because nobody knows what is going to happen.  The excitement is thick in the air every time.  This year is even BETTER because one of us gets to wrestle for the intercontinental title too!  Can you believe it?  This is going the be the BEST…FINALE…EVER!!!

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“Australian Dynamite” Michael Dunne:  OK, I’ll admit it.  This whole pro wrestling thing hasn’t worked out that well for me.  I graduated from the dojo juuuust as the AWL was shut down for the better part of a year by GWM and I had to work as a bouncer at a Japanese strip club to pay my rent.  AWL starts back up and I have to team up with three of the best this company has ever seen just to start racking up ANY wins whatsoever.  Now, I’m in Batsumania and I have no idea how I get out of this.  Tanaka is the best cheater in the AWL.  Hasaiki is a hardcore lunatic.  Mr.  Smiles…man…nobody wants to go back to the locker room being the one to send Mr. Smiles out of the AWL.  There’s just no good answer here.

4 will enter the ring.  One will walk away with a title shot.  One will go home unemployed.  It all goes down at the very START of AWL 320: The Season 16 Finale!

Full Card for AWL 320!

                It’s been a chaotic season for everyone on planet earth.  The card for our Season 16 Finale has been no different with matches changing and being added as late as this morning, 6 days from the show.  However, with the usual caveat of “card subject to change” due to injuries or other unforeseen circumstances, the AWL Commissioner says this will be the final card for AWL 320:

AWL 320: Season 16 Finale!

MAIN EVENT

Jigoku DESTROY (C) vs. ResuRED (GO)

AWL Grand Championship Match

5^th Title Defense

Golden Opportunity Cash-In!

The Augments (C) vs. Purosentai Resuranger (GO)

AWL World’s Tag Team Championship Match

4^th Title Defense

Golden Opportunity Cash-In!

Matt Classics Sr. vs. Ganba Hisshi DARK

Lucha de Apuesta

Matt Classic’s Mask on The Line!

Akira Merune (C) vs. ResuPINK

AWL Joshi Championship Match

2^nd Title Defense

Hebitsukai (C) vs. Winner of the First Fall of Batsumania

AWL Intercontinental Championship Match

1^st Title Defense

UK Gen2 (C) vs. The Ladies of Lucha (3)

AWL Joshi Tag Team Championship Match

2^nd Title Defense

Lee Masters vs. King Akira vs. Wyvern vs. Tiger Mask II

AWL Grand Championship #1 Contenders LADDER MATCH!

“THUGLIFE” Tanaka Kenichi vs. Mr. Smiles vs. Hasaiki vs. “Australian Dynamite” Michael Dunne

BATSUMANIA!

And this match just added this morning:

Yin & Yang (1) vs. Monster Union: Unholy Alliance (0)

2 Point/20 Minute Match

Points in Play

                Every AWL Championship will be on the line, two Golden Opportunities will be cashed in, a man’s very identity will be cashed in.  Careers will end, careers will advance, and destinies will be determined at Animated Wrestling League 320: The Season 16 Finale!

AWL 319: Atomicos War

Full Card for AWL 319

                Nothing as long or complex as the updated season final card I posted yesterday, but here’s what you can look forward to this weekend on the Animated Wrestling League:

AWL 319:

The New Classics vs. The Pit

Atomicos Match

Dragoness vs. Yang vs. ResuPINK vs. Nekomusume

Joshi #1 Contender’s Scramble Match

Purosentai Resurangers vs. The Augments

Atomicos Match

The Best 4 vs. The Danger Zone

Atomicos Match

AWL 320 Card So Far

                The finale card is almost complete!  This weekend at AWL 319, we’ll learn who will challenge for the AWL Joshi Championship.  While there might be room for one or two more matches, this is what we know so far:

AWL 320: Season 16 Finale!

MAIN EVENT

Jigoku DESTROY (C) vs. ResuRED (GO)

AWL Grand Championship Match

5^th Title Defense

Golden Opportunity Cash-In!

The Augments (C) vs. ResuBLUE (GO)

AWL World’s Tag Team Championship Match

4^th Title Defense

Golden Opportunity Cash-In!

Matt Classic Sr. vs. Ganba Hisshi DARK

Lucha de Auesta

Matt Classic’s Mask on the Line!

Akira Merune (C) vs. TBD

AWL Joshi Championship Match

2^nd Title Defense

UK Gen2 (C) vs. The Ladies of Lucha (3)

AWL Joshi Tag Team Championship Match

2^nd Title Defense

Hebitsukai (C) vs. TBD

AWL Intercontinental Championship Match

1^st Title Defense

Lee Masters vs. King Akira vs. Wyvern vs. Tiger Mask II

LADDER MATCH

Winner earns a title shot at AWL 321

“Thuglife” Tanaka Kenichi vs. Mr. Smiles vs Hasaiki vs. “Australian Dynamite” Michael Dunne

BATSUMANIA!

Throw Them Together and See What Happens!

                It’s the show before the big show, so we all knew this was coming.  PREVIEW MATCH WEEK!

The New Classics vs. The Pit

Atomicos Match

                Ganba Hisshi DARK will step into the ring for the first time in months as he and his minions face the man who will wager his mask at the Season Finale.

Purosentai Resuranger vs. The Augments

Another Atomicos Match

                Champions vs. Challengers.  Sometimes it really is that easy!  The Purosentai Resurangers will cash in two of their Golden Opportunities at AWL 320 to try and stop the Augments once and for all.  The heroes came up short in a trios match last weekend, will they have better luck when it’s 4 on 4?

The AWL Best 4 vs. The Danger Zone

You Guessed It, An Atomicos Match

                There will be two 4-way matches at AWL 320.  The traditional Batsumania Match where one of the 4 worst wrestlers in the AWL will lose their job (and, as announced yesterday, another will earn an IC title shot and the chance to wrestle twice for no additional money).  On the other side of both the ring and the card, the 4 men in the AWL Best 4 will face off in a Ladder Match for the #1 Contendership and a title match at next season’s premier!  That they’re both 4-way matches is all the flimsy excuse the AWL Commissioner needs to make this match.