Batsumania II

Hello wrestling fans (or is the "Sports Entertainment Universe?"),

RyuSensei here again with another AWL 80 Preview. Today we are taking a look at the match that will be the beginning of AWL 80 and the end of one man's career: Batsumania II.

Batsumania was born from the AWL Commissioner's belief that the AWL should be the home of only the best and brightest professional wrestlers in the world and that the status of "best and brightest" should be determined by wins and losses. I know, wins and losses, what a novel concept for a wrestling promoter!

Batsumania is the ultimate proving ground for the fallen fighter. Every season, the 4 AWL Wrestlers with the worst win loss records (Defined as number of wins minus number of losses so a record of 5-9 yields a result of -4) are forced into a grueling endurance match where the winners keep their jobs and the loser is fired. The rules of Batsumania are as follows:

1. 4 wrestlers begin in the ring.

2. 3 falls to a finish.

3. The WINNER of each fall leaves the match. They return to the locker room with their jobs intact.

4. The LOSER of the final fall is fired immediately.

And a new rule just announced for this season and all future seasons:

5. There are no count outs in the first two falls. However, the final fall CAN end by count out.

As a corollary:

6. In the event of a double count out in the final fall, BOTH men will be fired!

Last year, Maglubiyet Jr. lost the final fall of Batsumania and hasn't been seen since. Who will be the next victim of this beast? This season, the following men must face the challenge:

“Boxing Bastard" Bruce Hoyt, El Rudo Rojo, and THUGLIFE Tanaka Kenichi:

All three members of the N.R.E. are here for one and only one reason: They cheat! I ran the math last night, and if you discount all the times the N.R.E. have been disqualified due to deliberate cheating, NONE of them would be in Batsumania in the first place. Their own fault and no one else's.

El Santo Azul: The younger brother of El Rudo Rojo and youngest son of the original El Santo has a much simpler story. Not many matches this season, and he's lost most of them. Nothing illegal, nothing unprofessional, and (as far as the AWL Commissioner's concerned) nothing personal. But if you lose too often in the Animated Wrestling League, Batsumania is where you end up. The good news is that El Santo Azul is just barely in the Danger Zone. So, if he survives this next week, it's quite unlikely that he will ever be in this situation again.

Tomorrow, we take a look at the Inter-promotional Trios Match between Team AWL and Team CHIKARA.

                                                                                                --Ryu Sensei