WF Pic Fed Magazine - September 2013 Edition *Top 10 added*

The Shocking Five!

- by RCW


5) GWV - Asparagus - X-Division & Intercontinental Championship set to be unified!
On GWV X-Plosion Episode 3, it was announced that Evan Bourne's X-Divison title will be unified with Nacho Man, Randy Savage's Intercontinental Championship at GWVs first ever iPPV Battle of Hamilton. Evan Bourne went on to say he was certain he will become GWVs first ever Pure Champion. In the last ever X-Division championship match, Bourne defeated Mistico in a cracking match up between two talented individuals. Savage came out post-match but was taken out by Bourne, setting up for a heated match at GWV Battle of Hamilton.

4) WWEAFS - Takerfan - CM Punk is the new WWE Champion!
At WWEAFS' first pay-per-view CM Punk was victorious in an incredible fatal 4 way match involving Edge, Punk, Cena & The Rock. Different men had different spells of dominance during the closely contested match. At the end of the exciting match, Edge delivered a spear to the Rock, before Cena hit the AA on Edge and then CM Punk finished it off with a GTS to Cena, pinning him to be crowned WWE Champion. The night ended with Undertaker eliminating #1 Chris Jericho to win the Royal Rumble.

3) BWR - Titch - Captain Charisma's Legends Challenge stalls!
Christian's legend challenge has been a great watch, the creativity behind the way Christian sneaks different wins against the likes of Bret Hart. However, Undertaker wanted to meet him at Infiltration, but Christian high-tailed it from the ring and managed to get away from Taker unscaved. Christian on BWR #5 dismissed Undertaker as a legend, "he's a veteran"! Christian is on the road to proving he is anything but scared by challenging The Undertaker on the 6th edition of BWR.

2) CWF - BigevilJohn - President Ronald Reagan to help out!
Firstly, the return of a classic fed from BigEvilJohn is huge, but also after a few financial hiccups president Ronald Reagan declared his love for Classic Wrestling and vowed to help the Classic Wrestling Federation out. CWF are currently in talks with the McMahons and the network are still very skeptical on how the shows may do!

1) BWR - Titch - Edge cheated out of the World Heavyweight Championship!
Edge has hit the BWR scene, firstly on BWR Shatter #4 when he speared Jericho and Orton into the guardrail, and then at Infiltration, we saw the Spear, RKO and Jericho's splash from the top rope all come together! He was officially revealed by Mr Williamson on Shatter #5. Where he demanded his title shot. After an intense 1v1 battle with the Englishman, Wade Barrett Edge hit the spear! He was set for the victory before Mr Williams interfered. Saying, Edge could not become BWR Champion and that if the ref even counted to one he would be sacked and blacklisted. What's next to come from BWR and Edge?

Match of the Moment!

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The Match of the Moment for this issue of the acclaimed Wfigs Pic Fed Board's, "Pic Fed Magazine" was a match that was on the Federation Independent Wrestling March 2013, Episode 18 "Title Picture" show made by the great pic fedder of brm. The spotlighted match is the great match that featured Brain Damage vs. "Sick" Nick Mondo vs. the "FIW Hardcore Champion" Abyss. This three way dance match was in the colossal structure known as the Cage of Death! The Cage of Death is a Cage structure that has one side of the cage off and it also has a top on half of the cage structure. Inside and outside of the ring are weapons of mass destruction. Some of these weapons include barbed wired turnbuckles, panes of glass, turnbuckles with light tubes, chairs, a pallet with barbed wire on it, tables covered in light tubes, a wonderful shopping cart full of light tubes, a barbed wire baseball bat, chairs, the cage itself, testicular fortitude, and a lot of bad intentions. Lets just say this match had many well utilised, and creative weapons, and spots. This match had so many great spots. The special effects/photo editing was very superb. The poses that were done in this match made it look as if it were a real match. They were so good, they were so realistic. Fantastic! I think brm may be the king of poses. He is certainly up there with the best posers. The drama to this match was great as well. I really dig the abusive relationship with Abyss and his hardcore valet Dafney. I really thought how she got involved in the match was great. Also Brain Damage & "Sick" Nick Mondo breaking there pact to never face each other again after there best of three brutal bouts to battle the undeserving hardcore champion Abyss. This match started very fast with all three men hitting each other with anything that isn't nailed down. They didn't just hit each other with weapons, brm made this match have a great deal of psychology in it. Ever spots/ move/ weapon used meant something. As the men were battling, Abyss was through a table with light tubes on it by Brain Damage. Abyss fell with a great deal of pain but more pain was going to happen to Abyss. When "Sick" Nick hit Brain Damage out of the ring onto Abyss with the shopping cart of light tubes. With Brain Damage, and Abyss on the floor this left Mondo to leave the cage and grab his secret weapon. Seconds after Mondo leaves both the monster & Brain Damage make there way back into the ring. Then Mondo comes out of the entrance way with a double deckered table with light tubes on it. As Mondo was setting up the table the Champion's valet Daphne attacked Mondo with Abyss's chain. She choked the life out of Mondo until Brain Damage kicked the door into Daphne's face, knocking her to the ground and possibly out. Brain Damage then attacked Mondo and Nick then made his way up the cage and Brain Damage put the double light tube table closer to the cage. When Mondo and Brain Damage were climbing up the cage Abyss threw two chairs up to the top of the cage.

Abyss then climbed up the cage to join the two men. As Abyss was making his way up the cage "Sick" Nick gave Brain Damage a devastating Assault Driver onto the two chairs. Abyss then battled with Mondo and then in a very climactic moment the Monster of a hardcore champion threw Brain Damage off the top of the structure with a devastating powerbomb. As the crowd, the pic fed viewers, and even the colour commentator Excalibur sit in a state of shock and awe, Nick Mondo makes his move on this monster. Abyss caught Nick in mid air and gave him a black hole slam out of now were that sent both men threw the cage of death onto a bed of light tubes on a pane glass window. If the last moment was a climactic moment then this was as well! Then Abyss covered Mondo to get the 1...2...3.. Daphne climbed into the ring to give Abyss his title. To quote the FIW announcer Excalibur "Abyss proving he is worthy of the title. Man, after that, I don't know what it's going to take to finish off Abyss!". That was just some great Ultraviolet Action. What a great match from a great show. This was an altogether Fantastic match. Great job! Big Up's to brm! If you haven't already seen this classic Cage of Death match watch it here.

Link: brm4life.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=fiw&thread=81&page=1

Thanks for reading the Match of the Moment!
-asparagus4

How did you get into Pic Fedding?

bigeviljohn - When I first discovered Wfigs in 2002 I just lurked for several years never really joining. Forums and stuff seemed silly as I was a bit older than most people on the site. I first noticed Titan Wrestling All Stars and I believe P.W.F Mr Nrggs fed and was blown away. Then I discovered Warsmans Wrestlefest and that was so fantastic because it was the era of wrestling that I grew up in. Once the T.W.A was initially announced I jumped on the bandwagon and the rest is history. I guess I always had a play/pic fed from about 1985 or so when wrestling figures first debuted. It has always been a passion of mind as I am a HUGE toy collector and love building dioramas and such so pic fedding was a natural progression.
The Warsman - To be honest, my initial thoughts on fedding were quite negative. When I first noticed it around 2003-04, most feds looked very poorly put together, and seemed to follow the "Attitude Era" style "crash and burn" booking philosophy. Then one day STOMWJF posted a fun little Royal Rumble match using the new (at the time) Classic Superstars figures, which were from my favorite era, the 80's. It was great! After seeing that, I looked at the Pic Fed board again, and noticed a ton of views for "Mr. Nrrg" and his PWF (I think!). It was awesome! Great look, great stories, accessories, backgrounds, etc. you name it, he had it all...almost. I didn't quite like the mixing of the eras he used, I thought it'd be cooler to just have a "Classic 80's Fed." So I used my backgrounds and Classic Superstars (and customs!) and tried to make my own show centered around the mid-80's WWF.

Can you tell us all about your new venture?

bigeviljohn - The relaunch of the T.W.A will be a monthly joint show with all members making matches instead of us having our own individual shows. Look for maybe four to five matches per show and we feel that this will add a new level of professionalism to our product with intersecting storylines and such just like it was back then.
The Warsman - The TWA was always meant to be a collaborative project with others who enjoyed the territory days. A couple years ago it was a loose collection of fedders who ran their own shows. These days we came up with an idea to post joint shows, with each person contributing 1-3 matches for the card, or rather "Supercard!" As most fedders know, cranking out shows can get tedious at times, so a match or two a month for a joint show is MUCH easier than whole shows.

How did you create your awesome arenas?

bigeviljohn - I have always been into making dioramas and I had always wanted a arena fro my wrestling feds. I built a half assed one when I bought my first building and I had a two table arena for a wwf attitude fed for my TTL figs. When I bought my new house I used the metal vengeance arena and once the classic superstars came about and I saw Warsmans arena I got some ideas and just ran with it. Worked out well so far but I am always trying new and different things to get it better.
The Warsman - I have been a long time "background provider" here on WFigs. Once I knew I wanted to make a show, I created a Madison Square Garden looking background and got it printed out postersize. Then I ordered two more, lol. From there it was easy to use the Jakkks made items to populate my arena. The only pieces I needed to hunt down were the crowd barricades made by Wrestling Super Store, everything else was easy to find, make or purchase locally. My current background is supposed to look like the WrestleMania IV setting of Trump Plaza and Casino.

Who is your favourite character from your fed?

bigeviljohn - So far I have a few but one of my all time favorites is Nick Bockwinkel. A classy, arrogant heel who always seems to be a champion or in the title hunt.
The Warsman - Looking back, I have always enjoyed using the commentators the most. I do feel like my heel commentators (Jesse Ventura and Bobby Heenan) have stayed true to their personalities and provided the comedy we have come to expect from them. So they are my favorites, but wrestlerwise I gotta go with the Hulkster. He's just taylor-made for storylines and angles set in this era. He really could do little wrong.

Which modern day wrestler do you wish was around in the 80s, so that he could fit into your fed?

bigeviljohn - I'd have to say Kurt Angle. I know he's getting older now but what a great wrestler and athlete. Good as both a heel and a face you can use him in so many different ways.
The Warsman - THE ROCK!! Wow, he'd have been another 80's household name and a great foil for Hogan, Savage and Warrior!

What's your opinion on the state of pic fedding at the moment?

bigeviljohn - I think pic fedding could use a shot in the arm so to speak right now. I wish we had a few more high production feds at the moment, but I think we are going in the right direction. Most of the fedders that were active in the mid 2000's grew up and got girlfriends and jobs and such and have lost interest with fedding and that's only natural. I think the true people with passion stay and try to get a fed going but sometimes its hard as life and responsibilities get in the way. I think we need a few more unique feds and get away from some of similar themed feds. I always had a vision of a completely made up fed with all original characters and such set in a alternate timeline to real life wrestling. Far too much work would be involved in making all the characters but maybe someday I will take the time to do it.
The Warsman - Since you asked, I think it stinks. The quality and quantity are both at an all time low. Most of the time it just looks and feels like a kid playing with his figures and a camera on the floor of his bedroom closet. Where's the pizazz? Where's the effort? There are a few people who do one thing or another very well, but there are MANY aspects of fedding. Compelling storylines, posing, your arena setup, customs, string-use and EDITING, unique rosters, memorable characters, etc. ALL make a good product. Only one component does not.

How long does it take for you to produce a show, taken into account writing, filming and editing?

bigeviljohn - Man it sure seems like forever to me. Actual shooting is usually fast paced and fun I came up with a mechanism for holding the figures in the air instead of suspending them with string while in your hand. It makes for a more sturdier pic of high flying moves. The uploading and commentary is tough. I use Freewebs and it takes a long time to load pics sometimes.
The Warsman - All told to make a complete show, it would take around 3 weeks. Anything faster is just a killer when you factor in family and work commitments.

Which is your favorite wrestling figure ever?

bigeviljohn - Tully Blanchard is my favorite fig bar none.
The Warsman - The Hasbro Honkytonk Man! Bought one the first time I saw it (big fan back in the day) and it made me collect Hasbros...which led to Jakks collecting...which led to...

Anything else you'd like to add?
bigeviljohn - I am really excited for our relaunch I hope it will be entertaining and fun to watch. Thank you.
The Warsman - I know I sounded harsh answering the "state of fedding" question, but I do think its a hobby that deserves more from the people who claim to love it.

Great work everyone on the contribution to the magazine. It's good to see that alot of people pulled together and did their part.

Great work everyone involved.

You could just include my match of the moment though. I finished that and sent it to you.

Thank you so much.

Each time an issue comes out someone has a gripe because they weren't included and I understand that. The T.W.A has always been big news on the board bad or good. I think these issues are meant to highlight what is going on currently not a year on the past. Hopefully more issues come out and you will have something going on at the time so the magazine can focus on that. Also you cant blame the writers of the article for focusing on feds that they are fans of or interested in. Hopefully this issue sparks interest in getting people off their buts to put out a show instead of talking about how its too hard to make one.

This was great,it was great to see ROP featured possibly the greatest fed this board has seen right up there wit FIW and PWF. I feel like the board has never truly recovered from his retirement. I thought it was great for what's currently active on the board, seeing stuff like this really inspires me to stop putting out random ppv matches and finally crank out that first show

EDIT: While warsmans words were a bit harsh they were also very true. He has a great pic-fedding mind set

I chose to write about ROP, because it is the pic fed that has truly inspired me, and I really wanted the new generations to check out Mikeys great work. I chose FIW because honestly I think the Cage of Death has been maybe the best match of the current shows that have been produced.

Thanks for the kind words Titch. I try to post on every show that has been produced, or any messages or updates posted. I have been lurking on WFigs since about 2006 btw Titch. I have had a couple of accounts before this one. But because of age requirements I had to wait for this account.

I also agree with what Warsman said. I know everyone is busy but lets try to get more feds on this board, or lets just try to get more activity going on this board. I commend deskjet for making the "What's Up" thread, but more people need to reply to it to get more activity going.


Thats what I think.....
-asparagus4


EDIT: 

      I think I may write a top 10 list of wrestlers in the pic fed scene today, just like deskjet did a top 5 list in the "TOP 5 PIC FED CHARACTERS-Feb/March" in 2012. 
I might do it next week. I am almost finished filming GWV episode 4. It will be released sooner than later.