Post by Drakz on Oct 11, 2016 1:18:26 GMT -5
LIVE from The Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California!
Theme: Low Roar - "I'll Keep Coming"
The Main Event!
WFWF World Heavyweight Championship Match
Elimination Chamber
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Drakz (c) vs. Samael Ahriman vs. Cameron Stone vs. Joshua Dean vs. Yukio Blaze vs. Trace Demon
Samael Ahriman, the ronin. At one time, he was one of the most highly touted young competitors in the WFWF; knocking off the likes of Yukio Blaze and Thunder in his first two matches. But duty of another kind called, and he retired from in ring competition to become a commentator with friend Cameron Stone and fellow employee Alecia Matthews. Three years later, however, he got an itch to return to the ring. The itch he just couldn't scratch from a bug in his ear. That bug was Donnie Monte Kent who offered him a position in the KoKain Konspiracy. Once again, Samael was back in the ring and ready to fight, but this time he was playing by his own rules.
Samael, Tugarin and Ante ran roughshod throughout the WFWF, causing havoc at every turn and at one point holding almost every title the WFWF had to offer. After it's disintegratation, Samael decided he would take a page out of his former friend's playback and atone for his sins by becoming the quickest Grand Slam Champion in history. He met fierce competition along the way but he persevered, taking all Trace Demon and Drakz could throw at him and took out Joe Bishop and Lucas Crowe. And just when it seemed he was poised to get that final notch in his belt, Drakz and Trace pulled a shady move to cost Sam his coveted world championship. And now he has one last chance. SuperBrawl is his final match in the WFWF, and he has a golden opportunity to take what he believes is his. All he has to do is take down the champ, a Demon, a former friend, a former ally and his first ever opponent in the WFWF in an Elimination Chamber.
He's beaten the establishment at every turn, can he pull off one last miracle like Malakai and ride off into the sunset as a Grand Slam Champion?
Yukio Blaze has done just about everything in WFWF there is to do. He's held just about every championship known to the modern era, he's won WFWFs only Money in the Bank match in history, he is a Hall of Famer, he's been a general manager, main evented SuperBrawl and won over the hearts of every single WFWF fan who roots for the good guy. But the one thing this good guy, thought of by many as a random hero, is hold the WFWF Championship. He had an exhaustive feud with fellow WFWF Hall of Famer Thunder in the earlier part of this decade for the championship but constantly came up short. So when Yukio announced he would soon be retiring, he said it would be on his terms as he had three wishes. His first wish was to compete in a Triple Threat match (as Yukio once heralded himself the Triple Thread Messiah), a match against a former star of the now defunct Development Center he once trained new talent in (facing Josh Dean in a losing effort) and...well that was it.
He never cashed in his third wish. Until two weeks ago when Trace Demon was unceremoniously disposed of in Yukio's return when Lila Sleater announced Blaze would be cashing in his third wish and join the rest of the raggedy batch of violent misfits in the Elimination Chamber for the WFWF Championship at SuperBrawl. This. Is. It. One last chance for one of the longest running and most beloved superstars in WFWF history to achieve his life long dream of becoming champion and becoming a Grand Slam champion and Triple Crown champion at the same time, and he has to go against five of the greatest wrestlers in the history of WFWF in its most destructive environment to achieve that dream. But if anyone can do it, it'll be the Hero of WFWF.
If there's one guy that feels the SuperBrawl main event should look a little different, look no further than the Architect. At SuperBrawl's previous installment, Josh Dean was a last minute addition to the card, signing his contract and ending his retirement just days before the event. Fast forward to the present and not only has Josh moved from the opening match to the main event, he's responsible for creating numerous magical moments along the way.
A large portion of the audience would even argue that Josh should be the champion going in, having defeated Drakz at Show Time back in January for the World Heavyweight Title, only for the Drakz/Demon alliance to steal the title from him. Finally, on the biggest stage of them all, the biggest SuperBrawl main event of all time, "The Franchise" has been granted his rematch. The timing is a bit auspicious however, considering the past few months have been very trying for the former champ. At Black Hole Sun, Trace Demon very narrowly escaped his grasp and recently at Horizon Josh and Drakz's nearly year long Tag Title reign (we forgot to mention that) came to an end when special referee Cameron Stone missed a crucial moment, allowing Samael Ahriman and David Brennan to pick up the win. After confronting Stone in an attempt to reason with him, Josh was defeated in an impromptu match with the help of a steel chair and a low blow, giving his momentum going in a huge blow.
At SuperBrawl, the man who has been on a mission to bring honor and prestige back to WFWF must fend off five others in the most historically brutal match in WFWF to reclaim his championship. The question is not whether he will unleash all of his disdain, but whether it's enough to overcome the biggest obstacle of his career? We will find out in Pasadena!
Two years ago at the last Superbrawl, Cameron Stone came out of retirement, and defeated Penny Shannon in what was at the time the biggest match of his career. Since then, he has reached new heights in his career, as he's taken Drakz to the limit, won the International Championship, and beaten such names as Ace Bennett and Josh Dean. Referred to by some as a man who steps up in big match situations like few others, Stone looks to achieve the two greatest feats that a WFWF superstar can achieve; becoming the WFWF Champion, and winning the main event of Superbrawl. After losing the International Championship in a Match of the Year candidate, Stone demanded a World Championship opportunity, pointing out that the man he had defeated, Samael Ahriman, had gotten a title opportunity after losing the International Gold. Believing himself worthy of an opportunity at the big one, Cameron would do some questionable things for Trace Demon in order to prove that he was willing to do whatever it took to win. After doing what Trace wanted, and given his personal history with the other superstars in the mix, he got what he wanted.
Looked at as the underdog, he still comes in having stepped up considerably in the last two years. There is no doubt that Stone can hang with the best of them, and in something as chaotic as an Elimination Chamber, there is no doubt that he is a dangerous individual, who is clearly willing to do anything to win this match. Can Cameron Stone pull off what could be considered the biggest upset in Superbrawl history?
Trace Demon has been called many things. Champion, owner, leader, face, heel, good, bad (and a bunch of things that we just can't repeat). But the one name that Trace Demon has embraced in recent months more than any other? The Villain. Trace Demon has finally stopped acting like he's doing things for the greater good and is finally accepting who he is, which has proved to be less than ideal for everyone around him. After all we're talking about a man who has done almost everything there is to do in the WFWF.
A former WFWF World Champion, International Champion, Tag Team Champion, National Champion, Hardcore X Champion, triple crown AND grand slam champion and a member of the hall of fame. And now that he's finally letting himself cut loose? Yeah, that's a problem. The one thing that goes against him however is that he has a lot of enemies, and almost all of them are standing in his way as he attempts to become a three time world champion. From recent enemies Shawn Malakai and Josh Dean to long time nemesis Yukio Blaze as well as the manipulated Cameron Stone and the tenuous-at-best ally Drakz, Trace Demon's actions may come back to haunt him in his quest for the gold, but if there's one man smart enough to face all of that and still get away with it? It's probably the King of Demons himself.
The greatest champion of all time? The greatest wrestler of all time? Certainly the greatest of his generation as the last 2 year’s Superstar of the Year awards attest to. If we’re going to be listing accolades, the man in question has more than anyone in the history of the sport:
2 Tag Team Championships, one spanning more time than any other in company history.
1 National and 1 TV Championship reign a piece.
2 International Championships
2 Hall of Fame spots
1 Scars & Stripes Battle Royal victory
1 Triple Crown
2 Grand Slams, something no one else has ever achieved.
2 WFWF World Heavyweight Championships (Yes 2, not 3, because he never lost it right?) The second reign of which on this day is at a mind blowing 777 days long.
Now this man faces his biggest test perhaps so far? 5 others are squirming after his title and they’re finally getting their opportunity to get their hooks in. It wouldn’t be such a big deal if he didn’t have such a storied past with all of them. His apparent ally and former enemy, the sole owner of the very business he “works” for, Trace Demon. A man who has secured the final pod release for himself and put this man in the position of starting things off. Who else will be ready at the bell? His most recent folly, Samael Ahriman. Ahriman fell in their cage match but under rather dubious circumstances and for his sins Ahriman is probably the one gunning the hardest for this man right now. On the other side of the spectrum Cameron Stone has the least to settle with the hero of this story, besides proving he can topple him. Stone for the longest time was the only man with a pin fall over the current champ in their infamous 2 out of 3 falls match and, although he lost on the 3rd fall, thinks he can do it again. Who knows why the f*ck Yukio Blaze stuck his oar in, but he has. Last but not least leaves Joshua Dean, this man’s last tag team buddy and the man with the strongest claim to the throne. Dean believes he actually beat the champ for the WFWF World Heavyweight Championship and now his delusions are put to the test as his first chance at redemption finally arrives, 10 months later.
Who the f*ck is this guy? There can only be one Streak Destroyer, Destroyer, Destroyer. Only one man known as “The God” Slayer and retirement officer to the late, great Phillip Schneider. Only one man capable of having his d*ck in this many mouths at once!
Your reigning, defending WFWF World Heavyweight Champion and the man you will all pay to f*cking see headline the biggest show in WFWF’s long history.
Drakz.
9 iterations of our biggest show from the first, spanning 14 years, the current era of WFWF culminates in a match to end all others. Relationships covering years, rivalries the same, and now they surround the grandest prize there is, the WFWF World Heavyweight Championship in the main event of Superbrawl. It may have been contained in an Elimination Chamber but there is nothing that can stop the war on the horizon.
WFWF International Championship Match
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Lucas Crowe (c) vs. David Brennan
Some might argue that to say Lucas Crowe’s past year and a half has been dominant is something of an understatement. The 2015 WFWF Rookie of The Year, Crowe has amassed gold around his waist whilst piling up bodies all around him. The Motor City Mercenary, the hired gun of former WFWF International and WFWF Tag Team Champion Justin Tyme, has run completely roughshod over the competition, first capturing the WFWF National Championship before unifying it with the WFWF International Championship.
He accomplished this all while aligning himself with some of the scuzziest scumbags to ever grace a WFWF ring, not just siding with the aforementioned Tyme but forming a coalition of sorts with WFWF Owner Trace Demon and WFWF World Heavyweight Champion Drakz. More recently, however, Lucas Crowe suffered a series of setbacks that eventually cost him thirty days of his career to a suspension after attacking a WFWF official before finally getting things back on track over the course of the last two events prior to Superbrawl.
With rumors now swirling that Crowe and Tyme’s once mutually beneficial relationship may potentially be on the rocks and his other coalition mates at each other’s throats vying for the WFWF World Heavyweight Championship in the main event, Crowe finds himself walking into the biggest match of his life on the biggest night on the WFWF’s calendar completely on his own for the first time ever in his WFWF career. It’s not yet known whether it will be to his detriment or to the detriment of others when a completely uninhibited Motor City Mercenary enters the arena to defend his WFWF International Champion.
David Brennan is a right piece of sh*t.
What?
Go on - find me someone who disagrees. I'll wait.
You're gonna be hard pressed to find any love for that man, and really, it shouldn't come as any surprise. The evidence speaks for itself. David may have come to the WFWF with the noblest, or at the very least, most unstated intentions, but his true flag began vividly flying the day he aligned himself with Drakz and Michael Kyzer, the three of them becoming the foundation of what would come to be known as The New Epoch, a name which still serves to conjure up the true character of each man involved whenever it is inevitably uttered. It's not generally considered "fair play" to cast guilt by association, but in dealing with The New Epoch and those who allowed themselves to become brandished with that mark in their history, we'll assume forgiveness in advance if it's all the same to you and keep on with the show.
Throughout the years, the WFWF has been there to bear witness to the comings and goings of David Brennan, who seems to venture in and out as he pleases, when the mood suits him, or when the situations serves to advance his own purposes, and while often times departures and returns serve to allow a man to grow and demonstrate lessons learned from his past, David's revolving door to and from the WFWF has only strengthened the resolve that he is, without case for argument, one of, if not the biggest piece of sh*t the WFWF current has to offer.
Found anyone yet?
Didn't think so.
If we're to disregard the past, let bygones be bygones, and take the present as our sole judgement of character, could anyone even try making the argument in the case for David Brennan? Since returning, by consequence of no discernible purpose short of the the WFWF just happening to be in town, he's robbed rightful contenders of their title shot, left a path of scorched earth in his wake, littered with the names of fallen competitors both new and old, and has shown not even the slightest bit of circumstantial evidence of any sort of maturity, growth, or acknowledgement of what it means to be, at the barest degree, a decent human being.
That man? He now stands at the cusp of being YOUR next WFWF International Champion.
The thought hardly bears considering.
It would stand to reason that one could expect David Brennan to walk into SuperBrawl poised to strike, c*cked to the gills, and ready to do whatever it takes, regardless of the toll taken, to walk out of Pasadena with the WFWF International Championship in his hands. We've seen this game at play - Penny Shannon, Maxwell Dachs, Drakz - each of them knows what it's like to be on the wrong side of whatever hurdle stands in the way of what Brennan is looking to achieve.
We can only imagine that even the WFWF's grandest stage of them all couldn't possibly serve as the detriment to Brennan's approach. He's shown not so much as he slightest iota of regard, respect, or care for the WFWF, its rules, its authority figures, or its competitors.
Why would SuperBrawl be any different?
Hardcore Match
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Dex vs. Penny Shannon
Dexter Brett Kingsley, Dex, is the WFWF's chosen one. He has proven to be the Alexander, the Augustus of the WFWF. In his short tenure, he has not only retired ZMaster at the biggest stage in the history of the WFWF - but he also became the youngest WFWF champion at the discretion of Shawn Malakai. Dex only seeks the expansion of his empire and the amount of success that he can garner in the shortest amount of time - while being laden in money and the adventurous pursuit of exotic women.
Penny Shannon could not be further apart from Dex. Penny Shannon is the hardcore connoisseur of the WFWF - the womanly spawn of Trace Demon in every way possible. She is not the face placed upon every child's T-Shirt, nor is she the smiley grin on the programs given at the start of the show. Penny was never the one chosen to be the leader of the WFWF, despite all her hard-work and dedication to the company, she was never given the opportunity she feels that she deserved. Her service in the WFWF ring has led her to brutally mutilate not only parts of herself - but the bodies of all of her competitors. She is out for the blood of corporates, and will not stop until heads roll along the aisle way.
Dex is the manifestation of everything that Penny has learned to hate. He was chosen by the WFWF brass, in ways that Penny never was. He was marketed, programmed to be the champion, while Penny fought tooth and nail for scraps, in every match she'd ever been in. She wants the opportunity to prove herself to the doubters that never let her leap beyond the middle-card. To her, she is deserving of everything she never had, and everything Dex was granted instead.
Both competitors are fired up to be competing in the biggest wrestling event in the history of the sport. Penny Shannon will be in her element, a hardcore match in which everything and anything imaginable is legal. The thought of baseball bats, machetes, and the occasional lawn-mower has Penny Shannon in near asphyxiation. Dex has never competed in a hardcore match, and the thought of facing Penny Shannon with a bat in her hand awakes him to a cold sweat - not to mention the amount of times the two have sparred in the ring one on one with weapons, but never in a formal match. This will be the very first time that the two have formally competed, although the informal spontaneity only strengthens the unpredictable being that is Penny Shannon.
If Penny Shannon is to lose this match, this will be the last match of her career. She will depart from the WFWF that night, and will just be a memory in the minds of fans. If Dex loses, he must submit to Penny Shannon the following night, stating that Penny Shannon is superior to him, and granting her the opportunity to disfigure him in the middle of the ring - as the WFWF brass watches in angst. But the thought of expanding his record to 2-0 at SuperBrawl, and two straight retirements has left Dex willing to risk it all - even at the loss of his health.
This match is uncertain as ever. The only thing that is certain, is that there will be blood, there will be bodies, and there will be a winner at the biggest stage in history.
The Golden Opportunity Match
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Leeroy Jenkins vs. Warren Goodwin vs. Frank Lynn vs. Maxwell Dachs vs. Ante Whitner vs. ?
At Superbrawl WFWF introduces a brand new title, but this isn’t like any other title. The Golden Opportunity will grant the holder a shot at the WFWF International Championship any time they want it, as long as they announce it at least one show in advance. When someone cashes in a new champion will be crowned, and while holding the Golden Opportunity that title shot must be defended against any and all challengers. Here we have the five competitors in the running to become the first WFWF Golden Opportunity champion. Ante Whitner has the most experience in the WFWF but he’s not quite smashed through the glass ceiling despite his potential. Then there’s Frank Lynn, a man who was flying high and challenging for the WFWF World Tag Team Championships not that long ago. Both of them want to prove that they can be more. Leeroy Jenkins and Maxwell Dachs both had an interesting route getting here, as while Jenkins won his second opportunity match to qualify Dachs actually qualified in the exact same match when he stole a double pinfall. And then there’s Warren Goodwin, a man who we know little about but proved himself capable by qualifying in his debut match. All five of these men have plenty to prove, and that’s before you factor in the unknown factor of the sixth entrant, the winner of the pre-show open invitational battle royal. Five of these men will fail, but one will guarantee themselves a Golden Opportunity, all he has to do is climb a big f*cking ladder and grab that briefcase!
Who Will Step Up?
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John O'Deeves vs. ?
Jon O'Deeves has always been known for making an impact. From his debut in 2010 as a member of Shawn Malakai's Revelation alongside Aaron Ashton and Ace Bennett; defeating WFWF legend David Williams soon after his debut to be crowned the brand new WFWF National Champion after the championship was brought out of retirement by King Kraig. Every so often since then, O'Deeves has popped up at very opportune, or inopportune depending on your viewpoint, and made statements in every return. One message left in a return for Malakai was a gunned up car. Most recently, a man in a black trench coat returned and beat the holy hell out of Trevor Wolf, the up and coming WFWF star that the fans absolutely adored using an animal style shock baton to demolish Wolf week after week. The challenge was made, O'Deeves versus Wolf for SuperBrawl, but circumstances have changed. Trevor Wolf was involved in a violent car accident, his body was never recovered. But O'Deeves has been contractually signed for a match at SuperBrawl, so he is offering someone the once in a lifetime opportunity: an open challenge to anyone who wants to step into the ring with a WFWF legend. Who will have the guts to answer this open call? Will O'Deeves regret his open call decision? Time will tell...
A Fork in the Road
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Joe Bishop vs. The Future
The Future is now. That’s what we were told and, in his triumphant return to WFWF programming he’s looked good in singles competition. 2 and 0 against Vass “The Slayer”. The question remains though, has the old hand, one of the company’s founding fathers, still got what it takes to step up to the plate when the heat is on? It’s one thing to beat a fairly inexperienced member of the roster on a live TV broadcast, it’s another thing entirely to take on a former International Champion on the biggest show in the WFWF’s 14 year history.
He and Joe Bishop have had little in the way of one to one interaction but it has to be said that Future has decided to reinstate himself in the upper reaches o the card by picking out Bishop as a target. What better way to turn heads and remind the world, than by beating the one man more ready to spill into the main event now than ever before in his career.
A strange sense of Déjà vu hangs over Joe Bishop going into the biggest show of the year. At SuperBrawl VIII, Joe Bishop took on a WFWF Hall of Famer, a former World Champion and a beloved fan favourite in the form of Yukio Blaze. At SuperBrawl IX, Joe Bishop will once again take on a WFWF Hall of Famer, a former World Champion and a beloved fan favourite, when he goes head to head with one of the very first stars of the WFWF, The Future. One could be fooled into thinking that Bishop faces a pretty familiar challenge, but that couldn't be further from the truth.
Last time SuperBrawl rolled around Joe Bishop was concerned with one thing and one thing only, winning. The ends justified the means, as they say. In many respects it was this attitude, coupled with a refusal to show Yukio Blaze too much respect that saw him become International Champion in 2014. Now the would-be revolutionary goes into every contest with a whole host of self-imposed constraints, every match must be contested in a sporting manner. For Joe Bishop, in 2016, an underhand victory is a defeat, a betrayal of what professional wrestling should be. It's too early to tell whether that approach will take something away from the Englishman's game - defeat alongside Ante Whitner last time out has certainly cast doubt – but SupreBrawl should give us a good indication of how much Joe Bishop's new approach to professional wrestling will effect him.
When Bishop called The Future out at Horizon, he was clearly feeling confident. On the back of three impressive victories, his return was looking like a major success story and the Englishman seemed pretty comfortable calling out one of the most respected men in WFWF history. In his eyes it was a chance to eradicate a derogative style of wrestling, ahead of bigger battles that must be fought against the WFWF establishment. Now on the back of defeat to his arch rival Trace Demon and International Champion Lucas Crowe, there is an element of doubt hanging over Joe Bishop and his attempts to build a better WFWF, making this match even more important.
'The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.'
If Joe Bishop is to have his revolution, it is of paramount importance that he responds positively to his latest setback and achieves what he hoped to achieve when he called out The Future. A victory, and the discrediting of what he supposedly represents.
Egg vs. Moustache Match
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Dr. Mantis Toboggan vs. Stan McMann
Over the years the WFWF has bared witness to a number of shall we say larger than life characters. From would-be movie characters to food mascots to a literal Rocky character the WFWF has never shied away from the weird and wonderful side of wrestling. Well now we get even weirder. Dr. Mantis Toboggan might be slightly older than the rest of the WFWF roster, and we’re definitely not entirely sure that his medical certificates are legitimate, but he’s left quite the impression in the minds of the WFWF fans since debuting. Now who in the world do you get to face a crazy psychopathic doctor at the biggest show in WFWF history? Well, only the manliest man in the history of the sport, that’s who. Stan McMann, a man so manly it’s literally in his name. A man so manly he makes girls cry (and not just from where you’re thinking) the moment he walks in a room. A man so manly he could solve world hunger in a second but doesn’t just because he’s too busy being manly to do so. A man so… actually, you know what, we could do this all day but there’s other matches to write so we’ll leave it there. It’s the manliest man vs. the crazy doctor, how’s that for Superbrawl eh?!
Turf War
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Cam Nitta vs. Quenton Alexander
Chicago, Illinois. One of the great cities of America (we think, we’re not actually American). But being from the same city doesn’t mean you grow up the same. Take Cam Nitta and Quenton Alexander for example. Both men grew up in Chicago but insist that they couldn’t be more different. Alexander grew up in a rough part of town and considers himself fortunate to have gotten where he is today, but that comes down just as much to a will to fight and never quit as it does to fortune. Then there’s Cam Nitta who had a better upbringing, someone who grew up in the suburbs, a prodigy, someone who had everything that Quenton Alexander did not. But Cam Nitta fought to, he fought his way to the WFWF and he’s never stopped, proving numerous times that it doesn’t matter how he grew up, the man you see before you today is a fighter. Two men from the same city but very different backgrounds, they have one very important thing in common. They’re both fighters, and at Superbrawl they clash to prove which of them can fight the hardest.
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