Full Card for AWL 267

                With two title matches already announced, here is the full card for AWL 277:

AWL 267:

MAIN EVENT

Kid Canada (C) vs. Ganba Hisshi Dark (#1)

AWL Grand Championship Match

2^nd Title Defense

Frederick Victor (C) vs. Shynron

British Openweight Championship Match

World of Sport Rules

Scheduled for 10 rounds.

Dragoness vs. Betty Bubbles

Modern Day Warriors (2) vs. Monster Union Presents: The Unholy Alliance (1)

Points in Play

Hassan vs. Project Tetsu 2.0

Fight for 4

                Two titles on the line, a former Grand Champion returning to the Best 4, possible #1 contenders for the AWL Joshi Tag Team Titles, and so much more this weekend at AWL 267: Kid vs. DARK.

Full Card..or as close as I can get.

                This is normally the time of the week where I promote the card for this weekend’s AWL episode…but I can’t really do that this week.  I have the names of the wrestlers aiming to become AWL Intercontinental Champion…but I don’t have the actual matchups those are being kept top secret until show time.  I’ll get to the full card in a minute, but it looks like there’s going to be the AWL vs. Dr. Jigoku.

AWL 252:

Dragoness vs. X

Dragoness Debut Series

6 Qualifing Matches for the AWL IC Championship:

Representing the AWL:

Matt Classic Sr., Hassan, Tiger Mask II, Sammy Nix, Titan Ant, & Erupcion Solar

Representing Dr. Jigoku:

W-01, BD-02, H-03, LJ-04, & Project-Z

Representing Nippon Yokkata: “Liger.”

MAIN EVENT:

6-Man Scramble Match for the AWL Intercontinental Championship.

Dragoness Debut Series to continue

                With the start of the Joshi Tag Team Tournament just over a week away, more and more teams are being revealed.  Already confirmed for the tournament are:

1. Queens of Wrestling.

2. Yin & Yang.

3. Ladies of Lucha.

4. Modern Day Warriors.

                There are rumors that Dr. Jigoku is building a new female Augment to team with KiroshiMACHINE to enter the tournament, but those are unconfirmed at this time.  However, one faction that WILL enter the tournament is the Purosentai Resurangers.  Obviously, only one of the rangers, Resu Pink, is a woman.  So, this weekend in the Dragoness Debut Series, the newest member of the Purosentai Resuranger will make her AWL Debut!  That will give us our 5^th official team for the Joshi Tag Team Tournament!

Full Card for AWL 247

MAIN EVENT:

THUGLIFE Tanaka Kenichi (C) vs. LJ-04

AWL Grand Championship Match

3^rd Title Defense

Athena Jane vs. Yin & Yang

Handicap Match

Rank on the Line.

Tiger Mask W (0) vs. Shin Tiger Bros. (0)

Points in Play

Dragoness vs. X

Dragoness Debut Series

Hebitsukai set for Action

Purosentai Resurangerrs (0) vs. F.I.S.T. (1)

Points in Play

First news about Golden War 2016.

More good news folks (though I doubt anything will beat the joy of getting rid of Bullet Club), the location for our next AWL Super Card Event has been announced:

AWL Super Card—Golden War 2016

Date: Wednesday May 4th

Location: Kyoto, Japan

That's right, we're returning to the ancient capital for our annual Golden Week Super Card. And what's more, the first match for this event has already been announced...kind of:

???? vs. ????

Special Guest Referee: Dragon!

Graduation Match

See what I mean by "kind of" now? OK, here's what this means. As you all know, after his forced retirement Dragon was made the head trainer of the AWL Dojo. He has informed the AWL Commissioner that two of his young prospects are ready to make their debut on the main roster. However, the Commissioner and Dragon have agreed that such a promotion must be earned, not given. So the top two students at the AWL Dojo will compete against each other with their sensei as special guest referee. The winner will be promoted to the main roster and the loser will be sent back down to the Dojo and will likely have to clean the toilets for a month or so.

AWL 138

AWL 138: HAKAISHA vs. Ganba and we mean it this... 投稿者 AWLBoss

AWL 137

AWL 137: HAKAISHA! vs. Ganba 投稿者 AWLBoss

OK, the video quality isn't very good.  I had to convert to an AVI file because for some reason Sony Vegas wasn't letting me use my usual MOV format.  I should have this fixed by next week but until then, please enjoy the show as best you can.

DDS Promos

It's interview time! First up is the newest member of the AWL Roster, George Fraiser. Mr. Fraiser competed in the Dragon Debut Series where he was defeated by Dragon following his Tail of the Dragon Armdrag after Dragon caught Mr. Fraiser while he was posing for the fans. I caught up to Mr. Fraiser and asked him about his AWL debut match:

TOTAL NONSENSE! I won that match!! Dragon was knocked completely out of the ring. Even if that isn't considered a win, I clearly won the round on points. I need to have a serious conversation with the judges around here. Where are they anyway?

You need to have a long conversation with somebody buddy. Preferably the trainers back at the AWL Dojo.

Speaking of the Dragon Debut Series, we have something unusual this week. We're actually going to find out the name of the debuting wrestler before the match starts. For more I turn it over to Sammy Nix of the New Classics:

“The New Classics" huh? That name has never been more appropriate. This day has been a long time coming. This weekend the Dragon Debut Series will feature.....Matt Classic Jr.!

Yeah, Matt's son is getting into wrestling. As a favor to Matt, Lee and I have been training him at the Dojo for about 6 months now. The kid's a natural and we think he's ready to play with the big boys. This Dragon Debut Series thing is a perfect chance.

And yes folks, that's official:

Dragon vs. Matt Classic Jr.

Dragon Debut Series Match

Tune in this weekend for all the action!

I screwed up.

First of all, I have to apologize. Last weekend I made an announcement at the end of AWL 135 that was incorrect. I announced a trios match between Bullet Club and the team of Dragon, Luke James, and Prince Puma. Well, I was wrong. Their WILL be a trios match at AWL 136, but Dragon will not be a part of it. Dragon will be in the second match in the all new Dragon Debut Series. In his place will be the third member of the AWL All Stars: Ganba.

AWL 136:

Prince Puma, Luke James, & Ganba vs. Bullet Club

Trios Match

Dragon vs. ????

Dragon Debut Series

Speaking of the DDS, we tried to get in contact with Captain AWL (or whomever is now using that identity) to get some comments on his debut match but he refused comment. In fact, he refused to say anything. It's all but unheard of that any AWL Wrestler refuses the spotlight, but his call I guess.

I'll be back tomorrow with the Commissioner's Weekly Address and hopefully we'll get the full card for AWL 136.

A message from Dragon.

Yesterday I reported that the Dragon Debut Series will be returning to the AWL this weekend, but why? Well, after I raised that question yesterday, Dragon sent in a message to explain that.

Why am I bringing the Dragon Debut Series back to the AWL? That's a fair question. Luke and I have defended our tag team titles twice in the last two weeks, but with no team having more than one point, we're not going to be wrestling for a while. Then last week I paid a visit to the AWL Dojo to give a seminar and I was blown away by some of these kids and I want to give them a chance to make an impact on the AWL roster. So why not kill two birds with one stone?

Preview of AWL 135.

Funny thing about Golden Week. The second you get the show posted, the entire staff and roster rush out of AWL HQ like frightened rabbits. I suppose I can't blame them for it, but I CAN blame them for us not having any bolg posts this week until now. The good news is that I can report that the AWL Commissioner himself has sent me the card for this weekend's AWL 135 event. And the show will be headlined by a HUGE Champion vs. Champion Match:

Prince Puma vs. A.J. Styles

Champion vs. Champion

Non-Title Match

After both Styles and Puma successfully retained their titles last week at Golden War 2015, the Commissioner decided that this would be a fun match to have, so we're having it.

What? Not every match has to have deep story line implications ya know. Sometimes it's just cool to see two great wrestlers go at it in the squared circle.

El Rudo Rojo vs. Tiger Mask II

Non-Title Match

I honestly can't believe I'm saying this, but thank goodness for El Rudo Rojo. Last week he took the AWL World Light Heavyweight Title away from Super Giant. This week, El Rudo Rojo has demanded a non-title match against the light heavyweight who recently challenged for the world title. Tiger Mask II! Even though the title is not on the line, a victory by the Heir to the Tiger Style would certainly catapult him to the top of the division.

The Augments (1) vs. Bullet Club (0)

Two weeks ago, Dr. Jigoku ordered the punishment of Yamada Jiro. Obviously, the team of Jiro and Tetsu has been dissolved. Yamada Jiro is going to be out for the rest of the season. Nobody misses him.

Meanwhile, the search for new tag team #1 contender's begins. The mad scientist of professional wrestling will be once again fielding his main team of Darkness Ryu and Project Tetsu, the "improved" versions of Dragon and Ganba respectfully.

Curry Man vs. Joe Obber

Danger Zone Match

Not much to explain about this one. Both of these men are in the bottom four of the AWL Win-Loss Rankings, which we call the Danger Zone. Every victory is a step toward escaping the Zone and avoiding Batsumania for another season.

Dragon vs. ????

Dragon Debut Series Match

This is interesting. We recently received a message from Dragon asking to reinstate the Dragon Debut Series. The DDS is a series of matches where debuting rookies get to have their first match with the original AWL Champion in order to give them a goal to aspire to. We haven't seen the DDS since Season 0 and I don't know why Dragon wants to restart the series now, but we have a handful of students in the AWL Dojo who the Commissioner thinks are ready to graduate to the main roster. So the Dragon Debut Series will begin again this Sunday at AWL 135.