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

AWL 260: Season 13 Finale!

Finale Countdown Part 4: Tag team division

                AWL 260 will be a landmark moment in tag team wrestling.  One that podcasters in the distent future will discuss and analyze endlessly.  The night that the first AWL Joshi Tag Team Championships will be awarded to the winners of the Joshi Tag Title Tournament.  Yes, we’re beating WWE to the punch by months and NJPW by probably 35 years.

                After over a month of competition, we are down to two tag teams set to fight for their place in history.  The first, the best of the best in the AWL Joshi Division.  Akira Merune, the undefeated Mistress of 1000 Holds and AWL Joshi Champion has the chance to be the first wrestler in years to be a double champion in the AWL and the first wrestler EVER to hold double gold with only AWL titles (past double champions have held AWL gold and belts from other wrestling organizations such as NJPW and Chikara).

                In her corner is the wrestler with the next best win loss record in the Joshi Division and genuine AWL royalty: Dragoness.  The Daughter of the Dragon has brought her father’s signature wrestling style forward to a new generation.  Can she do for the AWL Joshi Tag Team Titles what her father did for the original AWL Championship?

                Across the ring from the Queens of Wrestling will be two superheroes.  Resu Yellow and Resu Pink of the Puro Sentai Resurangers.  That means that there will be no traditional “bad guys” in this match.  Just two pairs of top-level athletes fighting to lay claim to the title of Champions.

                Over in the men’s division, it’s far less historical, but no less significant.  The New Classics make the second title defense of their record setting 6^th reign as champions.  But the interesting part (not to mention the biggest WTF story of Season 13), is who they’re defending against.

                El Rudo Rojo has been with the AWL since Season 2 when he and his brother El Santo Azul joined Team Mexico for the World Warrior Exhibition, or WWE for short (yeah, that’s what passed for clever back then).  He became the first wrestler in AWL history to lose his mask in Lucha de Apuestas.  Since then he’s been either the leader or a member of several teams and factions…to very little success.  He’s a grumpy, bitter, angry man with a chip on his shoulder the size of Mt. Fuji.

                Mister Smiles, on the other hand, is pretty much the EXACT opposite.  Joyful, outgoing, and a pleasure to have in any locker room.  How those two have managed to spend ten minutes in the same room, let alone the three matches it’s taken to earn their three point.

                This is never going to work, is it?

AWL 258: Finale Set Up

AWL 257: A New Challenger(s) Approaches

Time got away from me this week.  So, no news post.  But the show is up on time and contains some great professional wrestling action.  A reshuffle match in the Joshi singles division, the Joshi Tag Team Tournament enters the round of 4 (or is that 8?), and the little luchadore who could tries to secure his shot at AWL gold and vengeance for his idol.  Lastly, a CHAOTIC tag team bout between Big Time Thug S and The Colony including the former and current AWL Grand Champions.

AWL 256; The bad guy wins (probably)

Joshi Matches Announced for AWL 256

                This weekend’s AWL 256 will see action in both the tag team and singles domains of the Joshi Division.

                First, of course, is the continuation of the Joshi Tag Team Title Tournament.  This week will be the last quarter final match between the top two women in the AWL (Dragoness and Undefeated Joshi Champion Akira Merune) and two of the top Luchadoras in the world today (Joya and Tormenta Del Fuego).  It’s the Queens of Wrestling vs. the Ladies of Lucha.

                In the singles division, the AWL Best 4 has an open slot and that cannot stand:

Athena Jane vs. Wild Thing

Fight for 4

                While neither woman found success in the tag team tournament, their Win-Loss Records are impressive enough to justify an opportunity to challenge for the Joshi singles title.  Let’s just hope, if she wins, Athena Jane learns her lesson and doesn’t blow it like she did last time.

AWL 255: Better than Crown Jewel

AWL 254: Thief vs. Thug

Full Card for AWL 254

AWL 254: Thief vs. Thug

MAIN EVENT

THUGLIFE Tanaka Kenichi (C) vs. Thief Ant (#1)

AWL Grand Championship Match

6^th Title Defense

Purosentai Resuranger vs. Tiger & Bunny

AWL Joshi Tag Team Championship Tournament

Quarter Final Match #2

Danger 13 (2) vs. The Empire (0)

Points in Play

“Liger” (C) vs. Hassan

AWL Intercontinental Championship Match

1^st Title Defense

The New Classics vs. The Dorei Corps

Trios Match

Cage vs. Hebitsukai

AWL 253: Joshi Tag Team Tournament Begins!

Team #8 and Full Card

                The eighth and final team has been announced for the AWL Joshi Tag Team Championship Tournament…and it’s a strange one.

Team #8. Monster Union: Wild Thing has teamed up with…The Manipulator?  That weirdo in the plague doctor’s mask who manages Hebitsukai?  I didn’t even realize she was a wrestler!  I guess that makes her a wild card in this tournament because nobody has any idea what she is or isn’t capable of.  Paired up with the already unpredictable Wild Thing, this could get very interesting, very soon.

                And I mean that literally, because Monster Union will be in the first match of the tournament tomorrow at AWL 253.  Here now, the full card for that event:

The Augments vs. Monster Union

Joshi Tag Team Tournament Quarter Final #1

H-03 vs. Hassan

Fight for 3

Ganba Hisshi Dark vs. Tiger Mask II

Fight for 4

Purosentai Resurangers (0) vs. The Augments (鉄 & Z) (0)

Points in Play

W-01 (C) vs. “Liger”

AWL Intercontinental Championship Match

1^st Title Defense

Danger 13 (1) vs. Liga Cosmica (0)

Points in Play

                Just as a reminder, W-01 must defend his AWL Intercontinental Championship against everyone he didn’t eliminate in the Scramble Match last week.  (That literally nobody saw apparently.)  That means the Fake Liger, Hassan, and Project-Z currently have title matches in their future.  IF W-01 retains the title.  IF a new champion is crowned, all such promises are null and void.

                Join us tomorrow for AWL 253 and watch history be made as the AWL Joshi Tag Team Tournament begins!

Team #7 and Tag Team Action Announced

                Welcome back for more news of the Animated Wrestling League.  First, as with every day this week, it’s time to introduce a new team to the Joshi Tag Team Tournament.

Team #7.  Tiger & Bunny: No, I have no idea if the name was inspired by the Anime of if it’s simply descriptive.  Either way, the team of Spring Tiger and Usa-chan could very well be a dark horse candidate to win this whole thing.  Spring Tiger’s classical training allows her to pick apart any limb of the opponent’s body she chooses while Usa-chan’s deceptive quickness gives her the advantage over stronger opponents.  In both of their cases, their beauty and grace lead the enemy to underestimate them.  With the Joshi Tag Team Championships at stake, that could be a fatal error.

                But it’s not just the women who have tag team action this week.  Two matches have been signed for the men’s division and they are:

Danger 13 (1) vs. Liga Cosmica (0)

Points in Play

Purosentai Resuranger (0) vs. The Augments (鉄 & Z) (0)

Points in Play

Team #6 and Filling the Gaps

                Greetings wrestling fans, I hope you’re all having a fantastic week!  Before I get to today’s main news, let’s take a look at another team entering the Joshi Tag Team Tournament:

Team #6. The Augments: As expected, Dr. Jigoku has added a pair of his monsters to the tournament.  KiroshiMACHINE and a brand new Augment making her AWL Debut.  There’s no way of knowing the details of this mystery woman until she actually debuts, but one thing is certain, she won’t be human.

                Now for today’s news.  The AWL Commissioner has decided to dedicate two matches this weekend to filling in the gaps in the AWL Best 4 for the Grand Championship.  Currently, Thief Ant & M-05 hold the top two slots.  The following matches will determine numbers 3 and 4 respectively.

Fight for 3

H-03 vs. Hassan

Fight for 4

Ganba Hisshi Dark vs. Tiger Mask II

                If you’re wondering, those matches were determined by Win Loss Ratio.  HAKAISHA/H-03 and Hassan are fighting for the higher rank because they have the better ratios.

IT'S TIME!

At long last, the AWL Joshi Tag Team Championship Tournament will begin this weekend at AWL 253!  Every day this week, I’ll be revealing a new tag team that will be entering the tournament.  For today however, let’s quickly go over the format.

                8 teams will be competing in this tournament.  There will be 4 quarter final matches over the next 4 weeks at AWL 253-256.  The semifinals will be the following two weeks and the finals to crown the first ever AWL Joshi Tag Team Champions will take place at AWL 260, the Season 13 Finale!

The teams so far are:

Team #1. Yin & Yang: The first ever tag team of any gender in the Animated Wrestling League.  They’ve come out of retirement to join the Joshi Division.  They’re also the only team in the tournament who’ve held tag team gold in the past being the first ever AWL Tag Team Champions.

Team #2. Queens of Wrestling: If Yin & Yang represent the history of the AWL, these two are the present.  The undefeated Joshi Champion and the only woman to have challenged for the title twice.  Friends outside of the ring, they are a powerful combination inside it.

Team #3. Ladies of Lucha: Two of Mexico’s latest and greatest exports.  Lucha Libre is a style recognized around the world for its history and spectacular style.  While Joya and Tormenta de Fuego may be young both in terms of age and their pro wrestling careers, they have all the tools needed to become champions and this tournament is the perfect opportunity to put it all together.

Team #4. Modern Day Warriors: Power, power, and more power!  That’s what these women are all about.  Athena Jane, the final GWM Diva’s Champion and former member of the AWL Best 4, is the strongest woman in the Joshi Division by a mile.  The only person who comes close is her tag team partner, Jackie M.  With a century old chip on her shoulder, she will stop at nothing to become a champion.

Team #5. Purosentai Resurangers: As we learned last weekend, Resu Yellow has the power to jump across the gender line at will.  She will use this power to join Resu Pink in the tournament.  Resu Yellow’s athleticism and Resu Pink’s strength may prove the be the ultimate Resu Gattai.

Tune in tomorrow to learn the identity of team #6.

AWL 252: IC Title Tournament

AWL 225: New Champion Guaranteed