News dump.

I'm sorry for the lack of regular posts this week, but the real world has been making unusual demands of my time the last few weeks. Fortunately that should all clear itself up soon. Hopefully, I should be able to break some VERY big news for the AWL in the coming weeks.

We start off today with a brand new edition of AWL: By the Numbers.

AWL Grand Championship:

Champion: Wyvern

Length of Reign: 40 Days (Since 02/07/2016)

Title Defenses: 1

AWL Best 4:

1. Wolf

2. Wonder Kid

3. Project 鉄

4. HAKAISHA!

AWL World Tag Team Championship:

Champions: Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale & Karl Anderson)

Length of Reign: 208 Days (Since 08/23/2015)

Title Defenses: 5

Point System:

El Rudo Rojo & Jon Shina: 3 Points!

The New Classics: 2 Points

The All Americans: 1 Point

D.O.D: 1 Point

All other teams: 0 Points

AWL Intercontinental Championship:

Champion: Hassan (Since 12/06/2015)

Length of Reign: Days

Title Defenses: 3/5

Now for today's news. The AWL Commissioner has released the full card for this weekend's show.

AWL 166:

Main Event:

Bullet Club (C) vs. El Rudo Rojo and Jon Shina (3)

AWL World Tag Team Championship Match

6th Title Defense

Yes, you read that correctly. Two of the biggest losers in the AWL and regular features of Batsumania are the #1 contenders for the tag team titles and our current best hope to wrestle those belts away from Bullet Club. In related news, the devil is skating to work.

Chiba Akagi vs. Prince Puma

IC #1 Contender's Match

A clash of styles as the young submission's expert faced the future of lucha libre. The winner will face the seemingly insurmountable Hassan in the Arab American Dream's 4th title defense.

Wolf vs. E.N. Hance

What does the AWL Commissioner have against Mr. Hance? Does Hance owe him money or sleep with his sister or something?

The New Classics (2) vs. Mr. Smiles and George Fraser (0

Points in Play

The AWL Commissioner is...less than confident... in the ability of the challengers to get the job done in the main event. So the longest running and most decorated tag team in AWL history are facing two guys who not only have never teamed together before, neither of them have ever won a match! If I may be forgiven fore editorializing for a moment, I don't like that the AWL Commissioner (who is supposed to provide a fair and level playing field) is making obviously biased matches like this. But the tag team title situation is so severe that I can understand the application of the old cliche about desperate times calling for desperate measures.