Last weekend at AWL 114, the devious Dr. Jigoku brought in a brand new Augment! We knew Darkness Ryu was only the first, but now this new creature has come among us. We received a message from Dr. Jigoku himself. It was a long rambling mess, but here are the cogent details:
1. The new Augment is called Project Tetsu.
2. It was built to be an "Improved" version of Ganba.
3. Project Tetsu is some kind of partially artificial life form (Dr. Jigoku's message included a LONG list of technical details that were quite frankly over my head).
4. This is in contrast to Darkness Ryu, who is apparently an altered clone of the original Dragon. Where he got the genetic material to make this work, I have no clue.
Now I have no idea how much of this is true, but as far as I know, Dr. Jigoku hasn't lied to us yet. But I have some extra information for you. By order of the AWL Commissioner, Project Tetsu WILL be in action this weekend at AWL 115.
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
AWL by the Numbers
The Animated Wrestling League is one of the
few (and perhaps only) professional wrestling organizations where wins and
losses matter above all else. We also
make the assumption that our viewers are both paying attention and capable of
holding various bits and pieces of data in their minds. But to make life a little easier on everyone,
the AWL is proud to present this handy dandy guide to all the facts and figures
that you need to know to keep up on the goings on in the Animated Wrestling
League.
Heavyweight Division:
Current Champion: Wonder Kid.
Length of Title Reign: 292 Days as of
27/09/2013
Number of Title Defenses: 7.
AWL Best 4: (The top 4 contenders to the
AWL World Heavyweight Championship)
1. Ma-Ji-Ku
2. Dragon
3. Ultramantis Black
4. ???? (Currently vacant)
Tag Team Division:
Current Champions: Crisis Gundan (Jack
Butcher & HAKAISHA)
Length of Title Reign: 138 Days as of
27/09/2013
Number of Title Defenses: 4.
3-Point System: (Borrowed from CHIKARA,
teams must earn 3 points to challenge for the AWL World Tag Team Titles. One Win = One Point. One Loss = Loss of All Points)
The Technicos (Lee Masters & Sammy
Nix): 2 Points.
Big & Spicy (Curry Man & Tiny): 1
Point.
The All Americans (American Beetle &
Hassan): 1 Point.
All Other Teams: 0 Points.
Light Heavyweight Division:
Current Champion: El Rudo Rojo.
Length of Title Reign: 2 Days.
Number of Title Defenses: 0
NOTE: The reign of former champion Ma-Ji-Ku
lasted for 682 days from Nov. 11th 2011 to Sept. 29th
2013.
Batsumania:
At the end of each season, the 4 AWL Wrestlers with the worst win-loss records
(Wins minus losses) must fight in a match where the loser
is fired.
Danger Zone as of AWL 70:
1. El Santo Azul 13-20
2. Tiger Mask 9-15
3. American Beetle 12-17
4. THUG LIFE Tanaka Kenichi 3-8
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
AWL Wrestler Profiles: YTM Inc.
Sorry this has taken a few days folks, but Yarina refused to "approve the language" of these profiles. But you know what? I don't care! The show must go on. So please enjoy the final AWL Wrestler Profiles:
Yarina
From:
Kyoto, Japan.
Finisher:
N/A
Affiliation:
Yarina Talent Management Inc.
Style:
N/A
Championships:
N/A
I’m not even sure if Yarina should even be
given a profile as she isn’t technically a wrestler. But if we are going to profile all of Yarina
Talent Management Inc. in one post, then it would be silly to leave out the president
of the company and woman with her name on the door and stationary.
Born in Osaka to a corporate tycoon
of a father and a trophy wife of a mother, Yarina learned quickly the ways of
business and of manipulation. Once she
hit puberty, she knew exactly what she wanted to do with her life: Control big
strong men like an organ grinder controls his little monkey.
Bursting on to the scene in Season
2 as manager for Wonder Kid, we all assumed she was just his girlfriend. But no, we quickly learned that Yarina fas
far more. In fact, she is now the most
powerful person in the AWL. She controls
the AWL World Heavyweight Title through Wonder Kid and the AWL World Tag Team
Titles through her more recent clients: Crisis Gundan.
No one knows where she found those
two monsters but the took the AWL tag team division by storm in Season 3 and
now stand tall as undefeated tag team champions.
Yarina has even forged a
professional and personal rivalry with the AWL Commissioner himself. Yarina has held the Commissioner up for ever
increasing “Appearance Fees” and regularly holds the AWL belts for ransom.
Speaking of holding the title
hostage, Yarina is the genius behind the 10-Minute Challenge that has allowed
Wonder Kid to go a full season while defending his title a grand total of 4
times.
There’s no telling what this
little witch will come up with next.
“The
Man Muscle Mountain” Wonder Kid.
From:
Spokane, Washington.
Record:
28-11
Finisher:
Kinniku Buster/Kid-A-Tonic (Former)
Affiliation:
Yarina/DA (Former)
Style:
Pick ‘em up/Put ‘em down/Make it hurt.
Championships:
AWL World Heavyweight Champion x3! (Current)
When people think of a professional
wrestler, they think of a man like Wonder Kid.
A towering giant of a man with more muscles than brains and a talent for
throwing people around like lawn darts.
Coming to the AWL from the Spokane
Washington, the origin point for all known forms of human misery, Wonder Kid
made what is probably the most impactful debut in AWL history. WK is the first man ever to debut in the New
Year’s Tournament and win the whole thing (He did this in Season 0, retroactively
established as 2009, though that could change due to the current instability of
the space time continuum). Wonder Kid
then embarked on a 27 match winning streak (a record unequaled in the AWL
before or since) before fulfilling The Prophecy and winning his first AWL World
Heavyweight Championship less than a year into his wrestling career.
He held that title for 364
days. His championship reign came to an
end at the hands of another wrestler backed by The Prophecy, Ganba (Winner of
the 2010 NYT). Wonder Kid has never
gotten over this loss. A few weeks
later, WK would regain the title before losing it back again to Ganba at the
end of Season 0.
Season 1 was not a good time for
the former champion. He was cursed by
the Angel of Death and forced to join the Dark Alliance as “Ubermensch” until
the DA was disbanded at the end of that season.
His fortunes turned around in
Season 2 with the debut of Yarina. At
first, everyone assumed Yarina was just Wonder Kid’s valet/casual sex
partner. But we all quickly learned that
she is a ruthless business woman who more than makes up for what Wonder Kid
lacks in the brains department.
At AWL 40, Wonder Kid once again
became the AWL World Heavyweight Champion.
He has held that title ever since.
In the ring, Wonder Kid is a
machine and the very definition of a power wrestler. While “Pick em up, put em down, and make it
hurt” may sound like a cheap way of hinting that he doesn’t know any actual
wrestling holds (which he doesn’t) it also accurately describes the obviously
effective wrestling style of the champ.
With an arsle of high impact slams throws and drops like the Kinniku
Buster, the Superplex, the and the Giant Swing.
Wonder Kid has amassed the best win loss record in the AWL today, many
of his wins coming by knock out.
Wonder Kid has reached the pinnacle
of the AWL, but his goal is something even greater. Beating his own record for the longest title
reign in AWL history. Unfortunately, in
order to go as long as possible without having to defend the title, Wonder Kid
has begun employing the 10 Minute Challenge as a way to not only stymie
potential challengers, but to scout those he eventually does have to defend the
gold against.
Will Wonder Kid be stopped before
the end of the year? There’s only one
way to find out. Stay tuned . . .
Jack
“Break Down” Butcher.
From:
Sidney, Australia.
Record:
8-0
Finisher:
Butcher Bomb (elevated power bomb)
Affiliations:
YTM Inc. /Crisis Gundan.
Style:
Pick ‘em up, put ‘em down, make it hurt.
Championships:
AWL World Tag Team Championship x1 (Current) w/Crisis Gundan.
Yarina has kept the personal life and past of Jack Butcher a “Closely
Guarded Company Secret.” All we know for
sure is that he was born and raised in Sidney.
Beyond all that, the rest is chemically infused supposition.
As
for Butcher’s AWL career, he is undefeated in all forms of competition and the
co-holder of AWL World Tag Team Championship.
Of the two members of Crisis Gundan, Jack is the most likely to resort
to needlessly dirty tactics. Judging solely
by their actions in-ring, this may not sit well with his more honorable
partner. Of course, that’s just a guess at this point.
HAKAISHA
From:
Tokyo Japan.
Record:
9-0
Finisher:
Tatsumaki (tornado)
Affiliations:
WTM Inc./Crisis Gundan.
Style:
Pick ‘em up, put ‘em down, make it hurt.
Championships:
AWL World Tag Team Championship x1 (Current) w/Crisis Gundan.
Known as “The Japanese Destroyer” for good reason, HAKAISHA is
responsible for ending the career of Striker and putting Wrestler X on the
injured list indefinitely. Possessed of
ungodly strength, his choke slam is deadly, to say nothing of his gravity
defying finishing move, the Tatsumaki.
What’s more, for a man his size, he has been gifted with tremendous
agility as seen by his habit of climbing to the top rope to deliver either an
elbow drop or a spear. HAKAISHA is
easily one of the most dominant wrestlers in the AWL today. The problem is that he knows it. If HAKAISHA has any weakness whatsoever, it
is his ego and tendency to showboat in the ring.
It
is likely that very same ego that Yarina appealed to when she recruited this genetically
unlikely man and his equally improbable partner into the AWL. Yarina promised Crisis Gundan the star
treatment and so far she has delivered.
I wonder what would happen if they weren’t undefeated tag team
champions?
As
with his tag team partner, much of HAKAISHA’s past is a closely guarded secret
of YTM Inc. All we know for sure is that
he is from Tokyo, but so is roughly 25% of the population of Japan so that
doesn’t exactly narrow it down much.
Perhaps someday more of this man’s true identity will be revealed, but
not if Yarina maintains her vice like grip on her talents’ lives and contracts. It’s a real shame because in this reporter’s
opinion, HAKAISH has the potential to be the greatest wrestler the AWL has ever
known.
Friday, July 12, 2013
AWL Wrestler Profile: Wolf
“The Lethal Lycanthrope” Wolf.
From:
Transylvania.
Record:
16-9
Finisher:
Lycanthro-Bomb.
Affiliation:
Wild Pack Returns/Team World (Former)/Dark Alliance (Former)/Wild Pack
(Former).
Style: None
Championships:
AWL World Heavyweight Champion x1/AWL Tag Team Champion x1/AWL Anarchy Champion
x2
The only werewolf in professional wrestling history! Wolf does indeed hail from Transylvania where
he and his pack once ate a family of peasants while they were at home watching
WCW (A mercy killing if you think about it).
Thus began Wolf’s interest in professional wrestling. As for training . . . What training? The AWL Commissioner just saw a real life
werewolf with an interest in wrestling and (with dollar signs in his eyes)
signed the guy. He figured the training
could come later.
During
Season 0, Wolf entered the AWL and immediately began feuding with Ganba, who
saw Wolf as an insult to scientific wrestlers everywhere.
Later,
Wolf teamed up with fellow violent nut bag Bubba Reese to form the original
Wild Pack tag team. This unstable
combination even managed to win the AWL World Tag Team Titles and held them
until the start of Season1. However,
Wolf fell under the influence of the Dark Alliance and split from his partner
while they were still champions. In
order to decide custody of the AWL World Tag Team Titles, the AWL Commissioner
booked the first ladder match in AWL history for AWL 1, Wolf lost.
After
the DA was disbanded, Wolf wandered the mid card for a while before lucking
into a match with Tiny for his AWL World Heavyweight Title. In a feat of strength still talked about
today, Wolf managed to lift Tiny over his head and deliver his finishing move,
the Lycanthro-Bomb! While Wolf only held
that title for a short time (the most famous moment of his reign was the AWL
Commissioner confiscating the physical belt because Wolf kept leaving teeth
marks in it), he is still a member of a very small and exclusive fraternity of
AWL World Champions.
Today,
Wolf has formed yet another tag team with yet another rubbish wrestler, THUG
LIFE Tanaka Kenichi, as “Wild Pack Returns.”
To say they have been a successful team . . . would be a lie. But with someone as insane and unpredictable
as Wolf, anything could happen.
Thursday, July 11, 2013
AWL Wrestler Profile: Tiny
Tiny
From:
Los Angeles, USA
Record:
7-8
Finisher:
Titan-o-slam/Murder Drop
Affiliation:
Big & Spicy
Style:
Sports Entertainment
Championships:
AWL World Heavyweight Champion x1/AWL Anarchy Champion x1
Following in the footsteps of everyone from
Vader, to The Big Show, to Andre, to . . . other large people, Tiny is the
Animated Wrestling League’s loveable giant.
Known as “The Largest Athlete on the Roster” for his deceptive agility
and wrestling skill, Tiny is one of the most accomplished veterans in the AWL
today.
After spending most of Season 0 as
the beleaguered employee of the now defunct tag team “Big Business” (Who gave
him the nickname Tiny as a cruel joke) he entered the modern era of the AWL as
a free agent and singles wrestler. Over
the course of Seasons 1 & 2, he obtained great and golden glory as the AWL
Anarchy Champion, and even climbed to the top of the mountain for a brief taste
of the Promised Land as AWL World Heavyweight Champion. He defeated none other than Matt Classic
himself for that title, a day Tiny still considers the finest of his career.
Tiny’s time at the pinnacle of
animated wrestling was short lived however as he lost the title in his first
defense against Wolf. More recently, he
has decided to go after the only AWL championship he qualifies for that he has
never held: The AWL World Tag Team Championship. To wit, he has joined forces with Curry Man
(The two originally bonded over their hared love of J-Rap) and formed “Big
& Spicy!” As of this writing, they
are jointly scheduled for a tag team #1 contender’s match at AWL 61.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
AWL Wrestler Profile: Tiger Mask
Tiger Mask
From:
The Tiger’s Cave.
Record:
4-14
Finisher:
Tiger Bomb
Affiliation:
Super Tiger Brothers/Team Japan (Former)
Style:
Tiger Style
Championships:
W.W.E. Tournament Winner (w/Team Japan)
Anyone who knows anything about Japanese
wrestling knows who Tiger Mask is. That’s
why we call him “The Japanese Legend.”
Our Tiger Mask is, in reality, Tiger Mask V. Raised and trained from childhood alongside
dozens of other children in the Tiger’s Cave Dojo to be a master of the Tiger
Style of professional wrestling.
When the AWL Commissioner
contacted the Tiger’s Cave searching for a Tiger Mask to add credibility to his
fledgling wrestling company the trials began to select a new man to shoulder
the mantle of Tiger Mask. Naturally, our
Tiger Mask was the victor and became a member of our roster. The boy he narrowly beat out would eventually
go on to become the man known as Black Tiger King. For more information on that, please see BTK’s
profile.
Tiger Mask was a bone fide star of
AWL Season 0, but shortly before the AWL’s jump to YouTube, Tiger Mask decided
to pass on what he knew to a young wrestler in whom he saw great potential. As you may have figures out by now, that was
Tiger Jr. Again, see that wrestler’s
profile for more information.
During Season 2’s W.W.E. Trios
Tournament, Tiger Mask was the leader of Team Japan and went on to lead his
team to VICTORY!! While he kept the gold
medal for himself, Tiger Mask donated his entire 3,000,000 yen prize fund to
several Japanese orphanages and other children’s charities.
Despite early success in Season 0,
Tiger Mask has had little luck in his matches as of late. In fact, he and Shin Tora were lucky to
escape Batsumania but they paid a heavy price in the form of a severe beating
at the hands of Crisis Gundan in the guise of an AWL Tag Team Title Match.
Thankfully, both members of the
Super Tiger Brothers escaped serious injury and the off season has proven more
than enough time for them to heal and they have both been cleared for action in
Season 4.
Monday, July 8, 2013
AWL Wrestler Profile: Wrestler X
Wrestler X:
From:
Parts Unknown.
Record:
6-4
Finisher:
Varies
Affiliation:
N.R.E.
Style:
Gimmick Infringement.
Championships:
None.
With a name like Wrestler X you expect a
full bio? We know almost nothing about
this guy. He showed up during Season 3
and competed as a singles wrestler for a while before joining up with the
N.R.E.
Wrestler X’s most notable trait is
that he always copies the move set of his opponent. And I’m not talking about the odd stolen
finisher here, I’m talking about every single move, hold, counter, and strategy. If you know how to do it, so does he.
In the latter half of Season 3, Crisis
Gundan was hired by the AWL Commissioner to eliminate the N.R.E. In the ensuing battle, Wrestler X suffered a
choke slam from HAKAISHA on the floor outside the ring. The resulting injuries put Wrestler X on the
injured list where he remains to this day.
When . . . or if . . . he will return to action is currently unknown.
Sunday, July 7, 2013
AWL Wrestler Profile: THUG LIFE Tanaka Kenichi
“THUG
LIFE” Tanaka Kenichi
From:
“The Mean Streets” of Niigata.
Record:
3-5
Finisher:
Niigata Street Cutter
Affiliation:
Wild Pack Returns/The Best (Former)
Style:
None
Championships:
None.
You’re kidding me! Do I really have to write a profile for this
yutz? OK, fine. Tanaka Kenichi was born and raised in the
northern Japan prefecture of Niigata. Contrary
to whatever he chooses to tell you, he comes from a rural village populated mainly by rice farmers.
A delinquent in school, he and his
friends adopted a “gangsta” persona copied from American movies, TV, and
music. They all came from middle class
families and were about as “gangsta” as Wesley Crusher.
After failing to get into high school (Japanese
compulsory education ends after middle school), Tanaka Kenichi moved to Tokyo
to try and live out his gangsta (or Thug Life) fantasy. Apparently, said fantasy mostly boiled down
to handing out packets of tissues outside a train station for minimum wage.
Outside that train station was exactly where he was
discovered by Bruce Hoyt and then AWL Wrestler Rick Flare. Flare and Hoyt (collectively known as “The
Best”) were in the midst of a feud with The Technicos and they needed a third
man for a trios match against Masters, Nix, and Matt Classic. They walked out of the train station and
grabbed the first guy they saw that looked kind of in shape and said “You wanna
be a wrestler?”
Seriously. That
was it.
As you might expect, The Technicos
won that particular feud and that should have been the end of “THUG LIFE”
Tanaka Kenichi’s wrestling career. But
the AWL claimed he saw some potential in this less than loveable loser and
decided to keep him around. To this day,
no one is quite sure why.
Recently, Tanaka has been tag
teaming with Wolf as “Wild Pack Returns” (a reimagining of the original Wild
Pack combination of Wolf and Bubba Reese).
However, Wolf’s lack of teamwork and Tanaka’s lack of skill have led to precious
few victories.
Will Season 4 be the season of
THUG LIFE?
.
.
.
No.
Saturday, July 6, 2013
AWL Wrestler Profile: Silver Potato
Silver Potato
From:
Boise Idaho
Record:
7-10
Finisher:
Au Gratin Kick.
Affiliation:
None
Style:
Sports Entertainment
Championships:
None
Much like American Beetle, Silver Potato
comes to the AWL from Kaiju Big Battel.
Formerly a member of the noble Team Hero, Silver Potato was once a mild
mannered factory worker for Shingles Potato Chips until one day he fell into a
vat of discarded radioactive potato peelings.
He gained super human strength, endurance, agility, and (somewhat surprisingly) , super human dancing skills and a knowledge of professional
wrestling holds. Because potatoes can
totally do that!
Those of you who follow Kaiju Big
Battel may be asking yourself “Didn’t Silver Potato get eaten by a zombie
plantain?” Yes. Yes he did.
But that was not OUR Silver Potato.
Ours was pulled out of an earlier
point in his timeline by the events of the movie Ghilli (which was so bad it
ripped the universe a new time hole). This
version of the Uber Tuber never went evil, never joined Dr. Cube’s Posse, and
never died in an off camera cut scene like a *****.
In the AWL, Silver Potato has
competed primarily as a singles wrestler and has had memorable matches with
everyone from Wonder Kid to Luke James.
But the thing that stands out the most is the fact that the AWL’s ring
announcer seems to have a massive crush on him, nearly having an orgasm every
time he introduces the Idaho Icon. Perhaps
one day our ring announcer will have the guts to actually talk to his hero, but
nobody really cares.
Silver Potato was the final man to
survive Batsumania at AWL 60 where he knocked out Maglubiyet Jr. with an Au
Gratin Kick to send the little creep back to the Infernal Plains of Hoboken New
Jersey for good.
Friday, July 5, 2013
AWL Wrestler Profile: Shin Tora
Shin
Tora:
From:
The Tiger’s Cave/Tokyo Japan.
Record:
7-15
Finisher:
Tora Bomb
Affiliation:
Super Tiger Brothers
Style:
Tiger Style.
Championships:
None
Oh man, where do we start with this guy? OK.
The man currently known as Shin Tora entered the AWL during Season 0 as “Tiger
Jr.” an apprentice to the Japanese Legend Tiger Mask. As the elder tiger taught his student the
Tiger Style of professional wrestling, they formed a tag team known as “The
Tigers Team” (They came up with that name and remember, English is not their
native language).
But over time, Tiger Jr. grew frustrated with his
training. He thought he was more than
ready to drop the junior from his name and become the AWL’s Tiger Mask II. His sensei disagreed. Eventually, Tiger Mask faced his student in a
“Graduation Match.” If Tiger Jr. won, he
would be acknowledged as a full Tiger Style Master.
He lost.
Enraged at his failure, Tiger Jr. rebelled against his
master and donned the mantle of the Tiger Mask Dynasty’s greatest enemy. He became . . . Black Tiger!
After months of tormenting his former friend, it came
to light that Black Tiger was the first man to fall under the influence of the
Angel of Death and the Dark Alliance.
That brings us to AWL Season 1, where Black Tiger was a loyal minion of
the DA . . . and their personal scapegoat.
Any failure was met with a severe beating from his teammates and when
you consider that his assignment was to wrest the AWL Light Heavyweight
Championship from Ma-Ji-Ku . . . that’s a lot of beatings.
Eventually, Black Tiger grew tired of the abuse and
rebelled against his masters. Since he
was a willing convert to the group and not under the magical effects of the
Angel of Death, this was possible.
Again, his treason only lead to severe beatings, but it was the first
crack in the DA’s armor and the first sign of hope for the AWL in those dark
days.
At AWL 21 (the Season 2 Premire), Black Tiger was
forced to challenge his erstwhile mentor to another one on one match with this
AWL contract on the line and this time was victorious! The very next week he debut a new mask,
costume, moveset, and name to become Shin Tora (Japanese for “New Tiger”) and
reformed his tag team with his former teacher and reconciled friend, this time
under the name “The Super Tiger Brothers.”
After both tigers avoided Batsumania by winning their
way into an AWL World Tag Team Title Match at AWL 60, the future looks bright
for these two young fighters.
Thursday, July 4, 2013
AWL Wrestler Profile: Sammy Nix
“Suplex
Master” Sammy Nix
From:
Brooklyn NY.
Record:
13-13
Finisher:
Capture Suplex.
Affiliation:
The Technicos.
Style:
Suplex Specialist.
Championships:
AWL World Tag Team Champions x2.
A man of few words, Sammy Nix’s primary
claim to fame in the AWL is as a member of The Technicos alongside Lee Masters
and under the tutelage of Matt Classic.
This partnership has led to two reigns as AWL World Tag Team Champions.
Like many of today’s generation of
wrestler, Sammy Nix wanted to get into pro wrestling from an early age. But, unlike many, he figured out quickly that he
would need something to help him stand out.
He (in addition to a ridiculous haircut) decided his best
chance to get noticed was to become the best in the world at a one category of
wrestling moves. He chose the ever
popular, and infinitely versatile, suplex.
After a few years of training, he caught the eye of the AWL Commissioner
and was offered a contract.
The Technicos came together during
the latter days of the AWL’s time on YouTube (henceforth referred to as Season
0). Matt Classic was looking for the
best young scientific wrestlers that he could mold and train into future stars. Sammy took to the training like a fish to
water and now has a relationship with Matt Classic that borders on father and
son rather than coach and athlete.
The birth of The Technicos was not
without labor pains however. In Season
1, Lee Masters’ ego manifested in severe teamwork issues that threatened to
destroy the team and forced Sammy into single combat with his friend and
partner. Nix was victorious in that rivalry
and as such has a much better win-loss record than his partner. This has led to Sammy Nix getting a lot more
in the way of singles division opportunities.
Sammy Nix has even challenged for the AWL World Heavyweight Championship
on a few occasions.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
AWL Wrestler Profile: Matt Classic
Matt Classic
From:
Parts Unknown/The Smoke Filled Arenas of Yesteryear.
Record:
16-5
Finisher:
The Classic Claw.
Affiliation:
The Technicos/Team World (Former).
Style:
American Rasselin.
Championships:
AWL World Heavyweight Champion x2/AWL Anarchy Champion x1.
The oldest wrestler still active today, Matt Classic began wrestling in
19 ought whatchamacallit and has been wrestling since the carnival days at the
turn of the 20th century. He
has been an active wrestler ever since (save for a few years of service in
World War II). Matt is called “The Inventor
of Professional Wrestling” because he was the man who either invented or first
used in a pro wrestling context most of the common moves that today’s young whippersnappers
take for granted. HE taught Fritz Von
Eric the Classic Claw. HE taught Lou
Thesz the Matt Classic Press. HE taught
Jake Roberts the DDT (Although he never told Jake what DDT really means).
Matt
has wrestled all over the world from the NWA, AWA, WCCW, Mid-South, WWWF, WSX,
ROH, CHIKARA, NJPW, NOAH, AJPW, various American independents, and now the AWL. Matt is still a much requested star around
the world including an annual appearance in Chikara’s King of Trios tournament.
Behind
the scenes, Matt is known as . . . well, a cantankerous old fart. But his knowledge of old school wrestling is
second to none and the younger men on the roster can and do learn a lot from
him (Though modern and foreign styles of wrestling like lucha and hardcore
confuse him).
Matt
Classic has held many titles around the world in his decades long career, but
his greatest championship victory came at AWL 20, the Season 1 Finale, when he
defeated the Angel of Death in a 2 out of 3 falls match including a final fall
that literally broke the steel cage. He
still dreams of climbing the mountain one last time, but knows there are fewer
days ahead then there are behind.
Now
in the twilight of his career, Matt Classic wrestles a part time schedule and
focuses his attention on training the next generation of scientific
wrestlers. To this end, he has found Lee
Masters and Sammy Nix and has coached them through trial and tribulation to multiple
AWL World Tag Team Championships. Matt
sees his students as his children and takes great pride in them and their
accomplishments. As long and storied as
Matt’s career has been, there is always some new trick, secret, or technique up
the sleeve of the Inventor of Professional Wrestling.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
AWL Wrestler Profile: Ma-Ji-Ku
Majiku
From:
Mexico City, Mexico.
Record:
25-7
Finishers:
Endless Light/Hikari no Spiral/STF.
Affiliation:
Masters of the Mask/Team Mexico (Former).
Style:
Lucha Libre
Championships:
AWL Light Heavyweight Champion x1 (Current) (Longest Champion in AWL
History)/AWL Anarchy Champion (Last)/AWL World Tag Team Champion x1 (w/ Masters
of the Mask).
The Man. Ma-Ji-Ku is quite
simply the man in the AWL. The Warrior
of Light has held the AWL Light Heavyweight Championship since November 17th,
2011! That’s 593 days!! 1 year, 7 months, and 15 days!!! He will be well over 600 days by the time
Season 4 begins. That is the longest
title reign in all of professional wrestling today.
Hands
down the best lucha libre practitioner in the AWL Ma-Ji-Ku is an artist in the
ring and his moves often appear to defy gravity. Ma-Ji-Ku is undefeated in his division, all 7
of his losses coming when he fought outside of his weight class.
When
he came into the AWL at the beginning of Season 1, he rose to the top of the
light heavyweight division winning the AWL Light Heavyweight Championship from “Boxing
Bastard” Bruce Hoyt at one of our last “Supercard” events Obonnanza III.
Later
in that season, Ma-Ji-Ku became the great silver hope of the AWL against the
Angel of Death and his Dark Alliance.
After being pinned in a world championship match after eating a
tombstone pile driver, Ma-Ji-Ku fell under the mystic influence of the DA and
became an evil shade known as “Necromancia” and giving the DA control over the
AWL Light Heavyweight Championship. Thankfully,
when Matt Classic defeated the Angel of Death for the AWL World Heavyweight
Championship, the spell was broken and Ma-Ji-Ku was returned to his heroic
self.
During
Season 2, Ma-Ji-Ku became the leader of Team Mexico. Sadly, the building tensions between Lucha
and Libre resulted in Team Mexico coming in dead last in the W.W.E. Trios
Tournament. But Ma-Ji-Ku would end
Season 2 on a high note as he became the last man ever to hold the AWL Anarchy
Championship before that title was discontinued between Seasons 2 & 3.
Season
3 saw Ma-Ji-Ku forge a tag team with Libre known as The Masters of the Mask. The MOTM formed both a professional
relationship and a personal friendship that helped propel them to the AWL World
Tag Team Championship making Ma-Ji-Ku one of only two Triple Crown Champions in
the AWL.
A
hero to the children of Mexico and to wrestling fans around the world. Ma-Ji-Ku enters Season 4 still champion and
with his sights set on regaining the AWL World Tag Team Titles and one day even
the highest goal of all wrestlers: The AWL World Heavyweight Championship
itself.
Monday, July 1, 2013
AWL Wrestler Profile: Luke James
“Peacemaker”
Luke James
From:
Nashville, Tennessee.
Record:
6-8
Finishers:
Spear/Jaw Breaker Clothesline.
Affiliation:
Team USA (Former).
Style:
American Southern.
Championships:
None
A son of a Christian pastor from Nashville,
Luke James was attending a wrestling training camp in the Memphis when he met
American Beetle and Hassan as they were searching for a third man to help them
compete in the W.W.E. Trios Tournament.
James jumped at the opportunity to not only be paid to be a professional
wrestler, but to travel the world.
While Team USA did not win the
tournament, Luke James impressed the AWL Commissioner enough to be signed to a
full time contract. Since then he has
become a respectable wrestler considering his lack of experience. In fact, he’s even caught the eye of Dragon,
the original AWL Champion, who has taken Luke James under his wing as a friend/mentor.
Sunday, June 30, 2013
AWL Wrestler Profile: Jose Huerta
Jose
Huerta (Formerly: Lucha)
From:
Guadalajara, Mexico.
Record:
11-12
Finishers:
Fighter’s Finale/Guillotine Leg Drop.
Affiliation:
N.R.E./The Free Fighters (Former)
Style:
Lucha Libre.
Championships:
None
The second youngest son of lucha libre
legend El Santo, Jose is the black sheep of the family. Sure, he shares his entire clan’s passion for
the wrestling industry, but his heart belongs to the devious and dastardly, the
despicable and dishonorable . . . the Rudos.
Taking the name Lucha, he traveled to Japan to escape the long shadow
cast by his father. Of course, his
little brother Libre wanted to earn a reputation all their own, but Lucha just
wanted to get the hell away from his home and family.
Upon his arrival in the AWL, Lucha
joined with his brother as “The Free Fighters” and tried to play the part of
the technico. But his true colors shone
through in their tag team matches as Lucha would frequently use dirty and
underhanded tactics to gain an unfair advantage behind the backs of both the
referee and his brother.
Eventually, the Free Fighters
broke up after Lucha nearly broke his brother’s skill with a steel chair. Finally “free” of his family, Lucha went
about forging a new family. A family of
evil composed of those in the AWL who are not only
heels/rudos/villains/whatever, but are PROUD of that fact. He found two new brothers in Bruce Hoyt and
Wrestler X, an excessively violent cheater and a shameless thief respectfully.
Together, the N.R.E. blazed a trail
of destruction through the AWL, eventually adding attempted murderer Bubba
Reese to their number, but Lucha’s march of madness was stopped by one man . .
. his baby brother.
Libre (occasionally aided by
Ma-Ji-Ku & Ganba) challenged Lucha to a Best of 7 Series. At first, Lucha assumed this was a joke and
didn’t take his brother seriously as an opponent. However, Lucha eventually found himself up
against the wall when the series was tied at 3-3 and Libre (Per the rules of
the contest) chose a Mask vs. Mask match as the stakes for their final
encounter. Jose was defeated in that
contest after AWL senior referee Joey Babaganoush declared him knocked out
after a Standing Star Press. Jose became
the first wrestler in this history of the AWL to be unmasked.
Only time will tell if Jose can
recover from the humiliation, but something tells me that we haven’t seen the
last of the Red Rudo.
Saturday, June 29, 2013
AWL Wrestler Profile: Libre
Libre
From:
Guadalajara, Mexico.
Record:
12-17
Finisher:
Freedom’s Wing/Final Flight/ Standing Star Splash.
Affiliation:
Masters of the Mask/The Free Fighters (Former)
Style:
Lucha Libre.
Championships:
AWL World Tag Team Title x1 (w/ Masters of the Mask)
A young practitioner of the Mexican wrestling
style known as Lucha Libre, this young man and his brother came to the AWL to
hone their craft and to “pay their dues” in professional wrestling. As a second generation wrestler, Libre deliberately
choose an obviously fake ring name so as to avoid any potential nepotism due to
his famous father.
Coming into the AWL as a tag team
wrestler, Libre and his brother also joined with Ma-Ji-Ku to form Team Mexico
in the 2012 W.W.E. Tournament. While
they were unsuccessful, Libre forged a friendship with Ma-Ji-Ku that planted
the seeds for their future as The Masters of the Mask. It was that pairing that won Libre his first
and so far only taste of AWL Gold as one half of the AWL World Tag Team
Champions.
During the 2012 New Year’s
Tournament, Libre made a name for himself as a singles star by defeating Curry
Man in an impressive first round match and holding his own against super
heavyweight Warrior in the second round.
This led to Libre being given a host of new opportunities as a singles
wrestler. Unfortunately, his brother
Lucha became jealous of his little brother and all of this culminated in Lucha
smashing his baby brother in the face with a steel chair while “Helping” him in
a match against Shin Tora.
Libre saw Lucha’s rudo-like
actions as an insult to the family honor.
After suffering a defeat at his brother’s hands at AWL 40, Libre challenged
his brother to a Best of Seven Series that concluded at AWL 60 in a Mask vs.
Mask match. Libre inflicted the ultimate
karmic justice upon his brother, but at the same time revealed one of his own
greatest secrets: He is the youngest son . . . of El Santo!
Friday, June 28, 2013
AWL Wrestler Profile: Lee Masters
“Penultimate
Fighter” Lee Masters
From:
Minneapolis, MN. Now living in Las
Vegas, NV.
Record:
12-14
Finisher:
Whatever Works.
Affiliation:
The Technicos.
Style:
MMA
Championships: AWL World Tag Team Titles x2
It seems like every wrestling company has
one of these nowadays. The failed (I’m
sorry, “up and coming”) MMA guy that decides for whatever reason to try his
hand at professional wrestling. Lee Masters
is ours. Having trained in Mixed Martial
Arts for about 2 years before coming to Japan to try and seek his fortune in
one of the many small time fighting organizations that exist in this country,
Lee soon discovered that he had spent $800 on a one way plane ticket for
nothing more than a slightly subsidized ass kicking.
Fortunately for Masters, the AWL
Commissioner was looking to expand his rapidly growing wrestling company and
its nascent tag team division. Fortunately,
this was long before the AWL was even on YouTube, much less in its current form
so the fast majority of you never saw such “Legendary” tag teams as Dan Dynamo
& Mr. Showtime, the Battle Brothers, or Drag & Dream (the only
combination of a pre and post op transsexual in pro wrestling history). But one team that stood out as having
potential to become future stars were The Young Lions, Lee Masters and his
partner (believe it or not) “Wild Card” Bubba Reese.
As you can imagine, The Young
Lions quickly broke up. Lee tried
bringing his brother Sam in as a new tag team partner but that didn’t work out
either. Lee Masters floundered around
the midcard for a while until Matt Classic began his quest to assemble the best
technical wrestlers in the AWL for his new stable, The Technicos. Lee was the first recruit.
During Season 1 of the AWL, the
Technicos suffered from some severe teamwork issues, mostly stemming from Lee’s
ego run amuck. Eventually, his partner
pounded some sense into him and The Technicos went on to become multi-time AWL
World Tag Team Champions.
Oh yes, and for the last time, Lee
Masters is NOT related to Chris Masters.
Thursday, June 27, 2013
AWL Wrestler Profile: Kid Canada
Kid Canada
From:
Calgary . . . Alberta, Canada.
Record:
2-3
Finisher:
Code Breaker aka Canadian Crunch.
Affiliation:
Team World (Former)
Style:
Hart Style Submissions.
Championships:
None.
Sorry.
We know almost nothing about this man other than the fact that he is Canadian. VERY Canadian. His wrestling style, especially his love of submission
holds, is somewhat similar of the style taught by the late, great, Stu
Hart. Kid Canada claims to be one of the
last students to come out of The Dungeon, but nobody has been able to
independently confirm that.
Since debuting in the AWL, Kid Canada’s
only claim to fame was a strong performance as part of Team World in the 2012
W.W.E. Trios Tournament.
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
AWL Wrestler Profile: Hassan
Hassan
From:
New York City, born Bagdad, Iraq.
Record:
16-13
Finisher:
Paradigm Shift.
Affiliation:
All Americans
Style:
American Pro Wrestling
Championships:
Tag Team x2 (w/ All Americans)/Anarchy Title x1
Most
AWL fans know Hassan’s story. He was
born in Bagdad during the reign of Saddam Husain. At great personal risk to life and liberty,
his parents managed to smuggle the family out of Iraq and to the land of opportunity,
the United States of America. After
arriving in New York City, the family lived the happy lives of hundreds of immigrant
families before them. Hard work,
struggles to adapt to their new home, but a fierce pride and sense of
patriotism that can only be found in those who became American by choice.
Young Hassan became a fan of the
American art form known as professional wrestling when he was still in grade
school. Upon reaching adult hood, he
enrolled in medical school as per his parents’ wishes, but took the “Living allowance”
granted to him by the student loan sharks and invested in wrestling
school. After a few years of bouncing
around the U.S. independent scene desperately looking for anyone who
would book him as anything other than an “Iron Sheik” type foreign heel he
started to become disillusioned with the business.
Eventually, he found himself attending a Kaiju Big
Battel show where he caught the eye of American Beetle. AmB was looking for a partner to bring to
Japan and go after the AWL World Tag Team Championship. Together as The All Americans, Hassan and
American Beetle have proven themselves MORE than worthy of being considered one
of the top tag teams in not only the AWL, but all of professional wrestling
today.
In addition to his two Tag Team titles and one Anarchy
title, Hassan has literally come within seconds of being AWL World Heavyweight
Champion on more than one occasion.
There is no telling what the future holds for this
young fighter, but one thing is certain.
Step into the ring with Hassan and you will face a Paradigm Shift.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
AWL Wrestler Profile: Ganba
Ganba
From:
Tokyo, Japan.
Record:
16-7
Finisher:
Ishokenmei/Ganba Kani.
Affiliation:
None.
Style:
Japanese Strong Style
Championships:
AWL World Title x2/AWL Anarchy Title x1/AWL World Tag Team x1.
The quintessential Japanese hero of the squared circle. Ganba (who takes his ring name from the ubiquitous
Japanese expression “ganbatte” or “Do your best”) is the personification of the
world famous Japanese work ethic. Deciding
at a young age that he wanted to be a professional wrestler, Ganba dove into
everything to do with the sport. He not
only studied tape of every wrestling match he could get his hands on, he made a
point of learning every mainstream fighting style he could.
When
he finally came of age, he left home and went to any Japanese pro wrestling
dojo that would take him. Modeling his
style on Japanese legends Antonio Inoki and the Original Tiger Mask, Ganba’s
wrestling style seamlessly blends high impact power wrestling and the high
speed junior heavyweight style.
When
he first came to the AWL, Ganba came into immediate conflict with those
wrestlers who had NO sense of style or technique, first with Wolf and then with
Wonder Kid. In fact, it was Ganba (after
winning that year’s New Year’s Tournament) that ended Wonder Kid’s first and so
far longest title reign. This sparked a
rivalry that continues to this day.
But
Ganba would meet his greatest enemy in an unexpected place: A parking lot miles
away from the AWL Arena. That is where “Wild
Card” Bubba Reese, enraged with jealousy at being leapfrogged by Ganba in the
AWL Best 4, would ambush Ganba mere hours before a scheduled title match with
then World Champion Matt Classic.
Injuries from that attack put Ganba on the shelf for half a season and
he has never fully recovered. Ganba and
Reese have been out for each other’s blood ever since.
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