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Oh, man. In my long-term save that I posted about recently in the "What's Going On..." thread, I've had loads of awesome tag teams. It's a Modern Puro company with heavy emphasis on factions, much like NJPW. Some of my best teams in the ten+ game years of this save include: Frankie Perez & Nelson Calum as B.E.S.T. George Wolfe & Ricky DeColt as FUSE Generation Kip Keenan & Riley McManus as Stretch Bosses Chris Flynn & Michael "Leftie" Wilkes as Lightning Bolt Bandits Boom-Boom Jamaica & Rob Reynolds as FUSE Decimation Logan Wolfsbaine & Xavi Ferrera as Hunters Five-Star Kip Keenan & Nelson Callum as Forever Strong Analog Arlington "Freedom Eagle" Jones & Donte Dunn as ARTILLERY George Wolfe & Greg Gauge as FUSE Forever Ranger & Superestrella a.k.a. La Estrella as Quick Change Marshall Dillon & Wes Revell as Heavy Renegades Jared Johnson & Tommy Cornell Jr as Lightning Bolt Wizards Gidayu Katou & Marcel LeFleur as Strong Style Clutch Christian Price & James Diaz as Heavy Bruisers And those are just the teams I ended up creating. There are others that already exist in the game that did huge for me like The American Cobras, KitoGuchi/PRIDE Japan, and - briefly - The Puerto Rican Boys.

I had wanted to push him to the moon so many times and there was always someone else who had a little more momentum or a slightly better story or more over, etc. And now he's in a tag team helping a new Japanese signing get over. I don't think he'll ever get the big push that I want him to have. Even newer PRIDE Japan members like Kawagishi and Masao Tsubouchi have a better claim to a push at this point. It's like he's damaged goods in my mind. In other news, Ernest Youngman requested his release despite getting a renewed push. So...yeah... Also, a rash of injuries plagued my 2028 Global Tag League including ruining the Hector Galindo/Rudy Velasquez reunion that would've resulted in their taking the tournament. I gave it to ARTILLERY (Arlington Jones/Freedom Eagle & Donte Dunn) instead. Logan Wolfsbaine's Global Championship reign isn't setting the world on fire either. So, I'm pulling a Vinnie Mac and hitting the panic button. I'll be dropping the U.S. title to the Jordan Garrido rando and then taking the Global title the following month. Although, I may try to recapture Logan's momentum by having him take the REVOLT Series again and take the title back at the end of the year. I'm not convinced that he simply didn't cool off a bit before he won the title.

It's been pretty awesome. The roster is huge, but it works with the amount of shows I run and how I run them. I did forget my big tag league, though! Global Tag League: My answer to the real World Tag League from NJPW. Ten teams in a round robin, but the twist is that the top five seeds then enter into a single-elimination-style final stage. Obviously, the top team in points gets a bye right to the final with the remaining four duking it out for the honor to face them. 2016: Hector Galindo & Rudy Velasquez (def. George Wolfe & Ricky DeColt) 2017: Hector Galindo & Rudy Velasquez (def. Ernest Youngman & Jonathan Lenhardt) 2018: George Wolfe & Ricky DeColt (def. Aldous Blackfriar & Eric Blackley) 2019: Andrew Harper & Findlay O'Farraday (def. Marvel Malloy & Storm Spillane) 2020: Austin Smooth & Ernest Youngman (def. George Wolfe & Ricky DeColt) 2021: Marvel Malloy & Storm Spillane (def. Logan Wolfsbaine & Xavi Ferrera) 2022: Bulldozer Brandon Smith & Donte Dunn (def. Chris Flynn & Michael Wilkes) 2023: Chris Flynn & Michael Wilkes (def. Marvel Malloy & Storm Spillane) 2024: Bussho Makiguchi & Chojiro Kitoaji (def. Boom-Boom Jamaica & Rob Reynolds) 2025: Boom-Boom Jamaica & Rob Reynolds (def. Marvel Malloy & Storm Spillane) 2026: Kip Keenan & Riley McManus (def. Marshall Dillon & Wes Revell) 2027: California Love Machine & Frankie-Boy Fernandes (def. Marshall Dillon & Wes Revell)

<p>Man, heck of a long one here, but...here goes. (Like, seriously, I never post here and I'm about to cover over ten years of game time. Strap in!)</p><p> </p><p> So, I started a game with the company MAX Pro Wrestling. Now, full disclosure, I cheated a bit by putting myself in the game as my company's ace. Why? Because I'm fundamentally lazy.</p><p> </p><p> It's now March, 2028, putting me over twelve years into this game and I have some history. Two brands, the main MAX brand and a women's brand, suitably dubbed SHIMMER. The way I run the company is heavily influenced by NJPW and ROH. I suppose you can add AEW to the mix, but I started this save long before they were a thing.</p><p> </p><p> I'm a touring company, but SHIMMER has been given its own two-hour, weekly program with <em>some</em> more dramatic storylines. The MAX roster is massive, twelve factions of six members each (in fantasy land, the company is run somewhat similar to a sporting league, but not quite) and each group has an "official" tag team who primarily participates in the that division, though unofficial (Individual-based) teams can also challenge. Here is each faction:</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">1FlyCrew</span></p><p> This group started life as two separate factions. The first was 1GrimCrew which was a collection of GSW and IPW alumni and the second was an alliance of SoCal-based high-flyers whose name I can't remember. Now, this group has fallen on some hard times. They're really like the expansion-era Cleveland Browns: a few highs, mostly lows. In fact, they're probably my sole "bottom tier" faction, which is a shame given the talent involved.</p><p> </p><p> <em>Current members</em>: <strong>Blades (Guillotine)</strong>, <strong>Going Coastal</strong> (who just reunited as the group's official team and finally enjoyed a Tag Team Championship reign), <strong>Frantic Ali</strong>, <strong>Hustle Muvva</strong> (one of the "always a bridesmaid, never a bride" champions of this promotion, only holding one singles title: the now-retired Iron Man Championship), and <strong>Simon Waves</strong> (once a top-tier talent and FreeStyle Champion, a title I'll get to later).</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Alpha Brigade</span></p><p> Once called "Ace Brigade" and the group led by yours truly, I was cast out in favor of new leadership in the form of then-newly-signed Andy Hawkins. However, age has caught up with some of the top talents of this team with the aforementioned Hawkins, Aaron Andrews, and Tommy Cornell all retiring from this group and joining the "MAX Pro Wrestling Dads" faction, a group that largely just puts over name talent, but gets wins over jobbers and young lions. That being said, there's some talent here.</p><p> </p><p> <em>Current members</em>: <strong>Archie Keith (The Architect)</strong>, <strong>Edward Cornell</strong>, <strong>Eric Blackley</strong> (four-time FreeStyle Champion, a Global Tag Team Championship reign, and two Global Trios Tag Team Champion reigns to his name, plus an alliance title and tournament title I'll touch on later), <strong>Quentin Queen</strong>, and the duo of <strong>Ranger Maverick</strong> and <strong>Superestrella (La Estrella)</strong>, who team as <strong>Quick Change</strong>.</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">B.E.S.T.</span></p><p> Man, oh man... B.E.S.T. was once a powerhouse faction. They played host to top talents like Frankie Perez and Nelson Callum, up-and-coming talent like Kip Keenan and Syd Collier, and dependable hands like Amazing Fire Fly, Riley McManus, and Syd Collier. Now...well...they're mostly the same, but they're getting older. Perez has now joined the Dads, Fire Fly and McManus have been sent to development to help the young talent there, and they've got a couple of fresh faces, to boot. Perez & Callum held my company's tag titles as well as my alliance's, they've had a few Trios titles, and Callum is a former Global Champion, and Keenan & McManus held company/alliance tag titles as Stretch Bosses. A super successful group that deserve their upcoming resurgence.</p><p> </p><p> <em>Current members</em>: <strong>Jordan Garrido</strong> (a random-gen with an MMA background, called him up just as he left to train for a fight, but I saw it coming, he's getting a solid push upon his return), <strong>Forever Strong Analog</strong> (<strong>Kip Keenan</strong> & <strong>Nelson Callum</strong>, joining forces as the dominant veteran tag team), <strong>Midnight Eagle</strong> (in-game youngster, signed him to development and called him up soon after, super talented, might have him go over me for the company's secondary title soon), <strong>Nicholas Hume</strong> (another rando, also super-talented, but I have to work on his stamina before I push him too hard), and <strong>Syd Collier</strong>.</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Bomb Revolution</span></p><p> For the life of me, I can't remember how this team started, but I don't mind it. I'll explain the membership below, but there are at least three former/future Global Champions in this group, one or two future FreeStyle Champions, and someone who has long deserved a secondary title reign. Logan Wolfsbaine & Xavi Ferrera used to team as Hunters Five-Star and have held tag gold on more than one occasion.</p><p> </p><p> <em>Current members</em>: <strong>Arlington Jones (Freedom Eagle</strong> - another "bridesmaid", but just reached ME for the first time ever), <strong>Donte Dunn</strong> (only just recently lost the Global Championship after a year-plus reign loaded with awesome main events), <strong>Logan Wolfsbaine</strong> (my on- and off-screen protege, future Global Champion), <strong>Marco (Shooting Star Perez</strong> - a solid hand who will get a FreeStyle title run), and <strong>Ty-G (Tyrone Gray)</strong> & <strong>Xavi Ferrera</strong> who team as <strong>Flyers Five-Star</strong>.</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Clutch Faction</span></p><p> Born from the ashes of an Alpha Brigade civil war (after the Ace Brigade civil war, no less), Aaron Andrews started this group with up-and-coming talents that he wanted to bend to his view of pro-wrestling. Then...get this...there was a Clutch Faction civil war when Casey Valentine joined the group, ripped it from Andrews, and sent him to the Dads. A group with some championship success, but they've yet to truly make their mark.</p><p> </p><p> <em>Current members</em>: <strong>Adrian Paradigm (Ade Nelson)</strong>, <strong>Casey Valentine</strong>, <strong>Fernando Flow (Fernando Fernandez)</strong>, <strong>Gidayu Katou</strong>, <strong>Jeremie Courtney</strong> (former U.S. Champion), and <strong>Marcel LeFleur</strong>. Katou & LeFleur team as <strong>Strong Style Clutch</strong>.</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">FUSE Genesis</span></p><p> One of my most storied factions. They began early on as FUSE Generation and consisted of names like Ash Campbell, George Wolfe, Ricky DeColt, Greg Gauge, Christian Price, Jacob Jett, and Logan Wolfsbaine. Wolfe & DeColt have held the secondary title and tag team titles together, Gauge is a multi-time Global Champion and alliance champion, and Wolfsbaine hasn't found his success quite yet, but it hunting it down as a member of Bomb Revolution. Campbell left long ago and I also lost DeColt several years back. Since then, Eisaku Kunomasu became the leader, renaming the group FUSE Genesis and adding names like Boom-Boom Jamaica and Elliot Thomas. In fact, they also have me in their ranks as I joined up with them after being ousted from Ace/Alpha Brigade.</p><p> </p><p> <em>Current members</em>: <strong>Boom-Boom Jamaica</strong> & <strong>Rob Reynolds</strong> (a.k.a. <strong>FUSE Decimation</strong>, Jamaica is a former Global Champion, as well), <strong>George Wolfe</strong>, <strong>Greg Gauge</strong>, <strong>Jonathan Lenhardt</strong> (ME!!!!!!), and <strong>Seb Benny</strong> (a rando, named Sebastien Bernard - yes, Sebastien with an 'e' - with solid skills, a member of the FreeStyle division)</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">G-Force Club</span></p><p> A group founded by now-development trainer Steven Parker, formerly called GrimNow and G-Now. They feature one of the winningest FreeStyle division members, one of the most legendary teams in my company's history, and a huge, main event-level talent who just returned to my company.</p><p> </p><p> <em>Current members</em>: <strong>Acid King (Acid II</strong> - four-time FreeStyle Champion, almost-champion in several other areas), <strong>Andrew Harper</strong>, <strong>Lenny Brown</strong> (who just returned after previously walking out; but, no tension/dislike/hatred relationship between us, so I stole him from USPW, former Global Champion), <strong>the American Cobras</strong> (whose feud with a team I'll get to soon enough is the stuff of match quality legend, and, of course, they've held tag team gold), and <strong>Nick Booth</strong> (who just debuted from development and is catching on with my fanbase pretty quick.</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Heavy Machinery</span></p><p> Founded by Bulldozer Brandon Smith who left a while back for USPW when I just couldn't justify the money he wanted. Since then, they've been joined by some big names, literally and metaphorically. When he left, Donte Dunn left the group and joined Bomb Revolution as they were the official tag team and, in fact, had just won the Global Tag League and were headed for a Global Tag Team Championship showdown with the American Cobras. Sad. Marshall Dillon & Wes Revell then carried the tag torch as Heavy Renegades until I decided to push Dillon as a main event talent again - his being a former Global and secondary champion, and the first ever Iron Man Champion when I had that title.</p><p> </p><p> <em>Current members</em>: <strong>James Diaz</strong> (bad attitude, but solid talent; still, won't ever push him unless he shapes up), <strong>Marshall Dillon</strong>, the team of <strong>Robin DaLay</strong> & an aging <strong>Steve Frehley</strong> (a.k.a. <strong>Strong Dogs</strong>), <strong>Wade Orson</strong>, and <strong>Wes Revell</strong>.</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Latino Kings</span></p><p> Of course, Hector Galindo, Jesus Chavez, and Rudy Velasquez were founding members with a revolving door of cohorts. Chavez left for a while and returned about a year ago as a development trainer. Galindo & Velasquez won the first two Global Tag Leagues I ever held and once held tag gold. La Sombra Jr and Amazing Fire Fly were once members. Jonnie Perez joined upon his signing and has stayed on ever since. Tigre Salvaje Jr joined once his former group, Lucha House Party (yeah, I stole it from WWE), disbanded. Since then, Galindo & Velasquez have gone into singles competition with El Mitico Jr & Jonnie Perez carrying the tag team torch and Rudy winning his first Global title after an impressive secondary title reign late in his career.</p><p> </p><p> <em>Current members</em>: <strong>El Mitico Jr</strong> & <strong>Jonnie Perez</strong>, a.k.a. <strong>El Coronado</strong>, <strong>Gino Montero</strong> (yet another bridesmaid), <strong>Hector Galindo</strong>, <strong>Rudy Velasquez</strong> (currently my top champion, though his reign is doomed to be cut short by Logan Wolfsbaine in a couple of months), and <strong>Tigre Salvaje Jr</strong> (record-setting five-time FreeStyle Champion, on his way down the pecking order, though; aging sucks).</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Lightning Bolt Bandits</span></p><p> Remember when I said that the American Cobras had a legendary feud with another team? That team was Chris Flynn & Michael "Leftie" Wilkes. They recently went into singles with a new team taking over. Jared Johnson and Rico Apollo are also founding members, Apollo being a former member of Lucha House Party with Kid San Juan (who is now a jobber on a PPA deal). And then they entered into a heated feud with Alpha Brigade...when Tommy Cornell Jr joined the group, refusing to join his father and uncle.</p><p> </p><p> <em>Current members</em>: <strong>Chris Flynn</strong>, <strong>Lightning Bolt Wizards</strong> (<strong>Jared Johnson</strong> & <strong>Tommy Cornell Jr</strong>), <strong>Michael Wilkes</strong>, <strong>Rico Apollo</strong>, and <strong>Stunt Ice</strong> (unmasked <strong>Stuntman</strong>).</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">PRIDE Japan</span></p><p> Wow. This group. Originally founded as PRIDE-19 by Akinori Kwakami, Bussho Makiguchi, and Chojiro Kitoaji when PGHW went under in 2019 and I signed them. Later on, they were joined by Bunrukaken "Machine Gun" Torii. And then, after that, I signed "Commander" Kawagishi and Masao Tsubouchi. Unfortunately, after years together, several Tag Team Championships, a legendary Global title reign from Kwakami, and record-setting five Trios titles, Kwakami & Kitoaji went the way of the Dads. Thankfully, I was able to sign top-talents Akira Arato and Yoshinaka Taku. Working on getting them over under the leadership of Makiguchi and guidance of Torii (himself a "bridesmaid").</p><p> </p><p> <em>Current members</em>: <strong>Bussho Makiguchi</strong> (had a short, transitional reign with the Global title, but wrecked shop as the official tag with Kitoaji for a while), <strong>METAL</strong> (<strong>Iron Pitbull Akira</strong> & <strong>Machine Gun Torii</strong>), <strong>Masao Tsubouchi</strong>, and <strong>Yoshinaka Taku</strong>.</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Smooth Operation</span></p><p> Founded by Jefferson Stardust after a feud with fellow GrimNow member/founder Steven Parker, he immediately recruited Austin Smooth and Ernest Youngman to his side as the tag duo, the latter cutting his teeth as a member of Ace Brigade. Later on, Roderick Remus joined them as their FreeStyle rep. To really hammer home how serious he was, though, Stardust took the opportunity after each team was expanded to six members to get...REMO RICHARDSON. A team that hasn't really ever left fourth-gear, they nonetheless have Stardust's Global title reign, Remo's alliance title reign, and Remus' FreeStyle title reign to hang their collective hat on.</p><p> </p><p> <em>Current members</em>: <strong>Austin Smooth</strong>, <strong>Smooth Criminalz</strong> (<strong>David Stone</strong> & <strong>Jefferson Stardust</strong> - just replaced Smooth & Youngman as the official tag), <strong>Ernest Youngman</strong>, <strong>Remo Richardson</strong>, and <strong>Roderick Remus</strong>.</p><p> </p><p> Then, there's the <span style="text-decoration:underline;">MAX Pro Wrestling Dads</span>. Former hot-shots, sure. But, they're on their way down. We have <strong>Aaron Andrews</strong> (Ace/Alpha Brigade, Clutch Faction), <strong>Akinori Kwakami</strong> (PRIDE Japan), <strong>Andy Hawkins</strong> (Alpha Brigade), <strong>Christian Price</strong> (Heavy Machinery/FUSE Genesis), <strong>Chojiro Kitoaji</strong> (PRIDE Japan), <strong>Frankie Perez</strong> (B.E.S.T.), <strong>Jacob Jett</strong> (that flyer faction I can't remember/FUSE Genesis), and <strong>Tommy Cornell</strong> (Alpha Brigade). Plus, some jobbers on PPA deals.</p><p> </p><p> Now, I'll hold off getting into SHIMMER since this post is running kinda' sorta' long and just head into my MAX brand titles. If you'd like to hear about SHIMMER, then let me know. At any rate, for titles, there's the...</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>MAX Global Championship</strong></span>: Our top prize. Being the no-good cheat I am, I was the first champion, defeating Frankie Perez in a tournament final. I've also held it a record six times, the longest being my second reign at exactly two years. The man I lost it to, Akinori Kwakami, defeated me at our biggest event two years in a row (for the title and to defend it) before dropping it to Lenny Brown early into his second year as champion.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Current champion</strong>: Rudy Velasquez (1x)</p><p> <strong>Next likely champion</strong>: Logan Wolfsbaine</p><p> </p><p> <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">MAX United States Championship</span></strong>: Our secondary title. Originally known as the Regional Championship, it was upgraded when it merged with the Iron Man title. How did this happen? Machine Gun Torii successfully defended the Regional title against Hustle Muvva's Iron Man title.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Current champion</strong>: Jonathan Lenhardt (2x)</p><p> <strong>Next likely champion</strong>: Midnight Eagle</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>MAX Global Tag Team Championship</strong></span>: Responsible for so many of my top matches, including the legendary feud between Lightning Bolt Bandits and the American Cobras. Bonafide legendary duos have held these straps including Latino Kings, Frankie Perez & Nelson Callum, Kip Keenan & Riley McManus, and Edward & Tommy Cornell.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Current champions</strong>: Kip Keenan (2x) & Nelson Callum (3x)</p><p> <strong>Next likely champions</strong>: Haven't quite decided and don't have any readily available challengers. They honestly may languish as champions until my big tag league so I can build a proper team to take them on.</p><p> </p><p> <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">MAX FreeStyle Championship</span></strong>: The high-flying, hard-hitting title. Spot Monkeys, Cruiserweight, Luchadores, Japanese Juniors, and Psychopaths (if I ever hire even one) go here. <em>The legend</em> of this division is Tigre Salvaje Jr, though his title-winning days are behind him. He's a great Dad for this division, though, even before he's an official MAX Pro Wrestling Dad.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Current champion</strong>: Kawagishi (1x)</p><p> <strong>Next likely champion</strong>: I've been eyeing Gino Montero for his second run with the title, defeating Kawagishi's faction-mate, Masao Tsubouchi, in the final of my upcoming FreeStyle tournament (poetic justice, as Kawagishi beat Montero in the final of the tournament's last iteration to win the opportunity that got him the title; two birds with one stone, you might say).</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>MAX Global Trios Tag Team Championship</strong></span>: Originally the Global Six-Man Tag Team Championship until that name finally annoyed me enough to change it. B.E.S.T. and PRIDE Japan were regular holders of this title, with the latter setting the record at five reigns. The first champions were B.E.S.T. (Fox Mask, Masked Cougar, and Roderick Remus as part of the group's first lineup). Regrettably, Cougar passed away shortly before my promotion's first anniversary; he earned the right to be called the first inductee to my Hall of Fame the following year (the second being announcer Peter Michaels, who also died after being my company's voice for its first three years).</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Current champions</strong>: Gino Montero (2x), Hector Galindo (2x), and Tigre Salvaje Jr (3x)</p><p> <strong>Next likely champions</strong>: I'm thinking I might give Iron Pitbull & Yoshinaka Taku their first taste of gold in my company when they win the titles alongside trios veteran Bussho Makiguchi.</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>REVOLT Series</strong></span>: My answer to the real world's G1 Climax. Two blocks of ten competitors. Winners from each block face-off in the final. The winner gets a shot at the Global Championship two months later at my biggest event: WrestleKingdom (I know! But the name is so awesome!). All champions are entered, including tag team champions; sometimes the Global Champion is excluded if they have a challenger ready. Wanna' know the most hurtful part of this tournament? I put Machine Gun Torii in the final four times - three in the last four years - and he's never won! Bridesmaid, indeed...</p><p> </p><p> <strong>2016</strong>: Bulldozer Brandon Smith (def. Greg Gauge)</p><p> <strong>2017</strong>: Findlay O'Farraday (def. Bulldozer Brandon Smith)</p><p> <strong>2018</strong>: Jonathan Lenhardt (def. Bulldozer Brandon Smith)</p><p> <strong>2019</strong>: Boom-Boom Jamaica (def. Eric Blackley)</p><p> <strong>2020</strong>: Steve DeColt (def. Lenny Brown)</p><p> <strong>2021</strong>: Jonathan Lenhardt (def. Bussho Makiguchi)</p><p> <strong>2022</strong>: Jonathan Lenhardt (def. Machine Gun Torii)</p><p> <strong>2023</strong>: Bussho Makiguchi (def. Chojiro Kitoaji)</p><p> <strong>2024</strong>: Greg Gauge (def. Machine Gun Torii)</p><p> <strong>2025</strong>: Jonathan Lenhardt (def. Remo Richardson)</p><p> <strong>2026</strong>: Donte Dunn (def. Machine Gun Torii)</p><p> <strong>2027</strong>: Logan Wolfsbaine (def. Machine Gun Torii)</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>REVOLT Cup</strong></span>: Formerly known as the SuperCup Tournament and then the Opportunity Knocks Tournament. The first tournament of the year. Unlike the REVOLT <em>Series</em>, the REVOLT <em>Cup</em> is a single-elimination tournament rather than round-robin, the Global Champion never participates, and only singles competitors are allowed. The winner gets a title shot of their choosing (usually the Global title).</p><p> </p><p> <strong>2024</strong>: Donte Dunn (def. Arlington Jones)</p><p> <strong>2025</strong>: Jared Johnson (def. Frantic Ali)</p><p> <strong>2026</strong>: Ranger Maverick (def. Jeremie Courtney)</p><p> <strong>2027</strong>: Gino Montero (def. James Diaz)</p><p> <strong>2028</strong>: Logan Wolfsbaine (def. Bussho Makiguchi)</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>VELOCITY Cup</strong></span>: For a couple of years, I ran the VELOCITY Series; it was the FreeStyle division's REVOLT Series, essentially. However, I briefly retired the FreeStyle Championship and the VELOCITY Series went with it. When I brought the title back - mainly to give Tigre Salvaje Jr some gold since he didn't fit my Global or U.S. title plans - I didn't bring the VELOCITY Series with it. Last year, I started the VELOCITY Cup in its place. Just like the REVOLT Cup, this tournament is single-elimination, all FreeStyle division members enter including the champion, winner gets either a FreeStyle title shot or, if the current champion wins, a title shot of his choosing.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>2027</strong>: Kawagishi (def. Gino Montero)</p><p> <strong>2028</strong>*: Gino Montero (def. Masao Tsubouchi)</p><p> * = in progress</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Salt City Invitational Rumble</strong>: I only started this last year as a filler match for my Syracuse, NY-centric tour late in the year. It's really just for bragging rights, but the winner will typically be a big enough name to garner a shot at the main alliance title. Unless you're Donte Dunn, in which case you win purely for those precious bragging rights.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>2027</strong>: Donte Dunn (as Global Champion, no less!)</p><p> -----------------------------------</p><p> The National Wrestling Alliance! I formed the NWA with TCW, NOTBPW, SOTBPW, and PGHW almost immediately. I may have fudged the stats a bit so the latter two would join, but that's just because I'm a slippery snake of a man. Sadly, NOTBPW and PGHW have gone under since the start of this save and they've been replaced with 21CW, BHOTWG and WLW. I'm shocked that the Japanese companies both joined, largely because I thought the BH owner was isolationist, that WLW was in the MJM, and that they were competitors. Not that I'm complaining.</p><p> </p><p> <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">NWA World Heavyweight Championship</span></strong>: So many top guys have held this title including Akinori Kwakami, Tetsunori Yasuda, Tommy Cornell, Andy Hawkins, Mighty Mo, Nelson Callum, and Kozue Kawashima to name a few. However, the MVP of this division has to be Greg Gauge who's won it a record <em>six times</em>. Admittedly, I've used this title as a sort of secondary ME belt for my company in the past, but I've largely resisted. In fact, the current champion only has the title now, because the prior champion - a depleted-as-hell Mexican Beast - was destroying its prestige and I <em>had</em> to intervene.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Current champion</strong>: Remo Richardson (2x)</p><p> <strong>Next likely champion</strong>: Don't know. The alliance will decide, I guess.</p><p> </p><p> <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">NWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship</span></strong>: The alliance's secondary title. I felt that there was so many awesome talents between the members that a secondary title was necessary. I've mostly let this one fly on its own, but have given it to some of my guys in the past like George Wolfe, Greg Gauge, Bussho Makiguchi, Donte Dunn, and El Mitico Jr. The latter two as a test to see if they can properly hold a title. Dunn proved he could and got the Global Championship as a result. Mitico has exploded since winning the title, so he may be on his way...</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Current champion</strong>: El Mitico Jr (1x)</p><p> <strong>Next likely champion</strong>: I'll let the alliance decide, unless I want to give Mitico a MAX title. Then I'll take it off him manually and give it to an outside-MAX talent.</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>NWA World Tag Team Championship</strong></span>: Again, legends have held this title. MAX legends like Frankie Perez & Nelson Callum, the American Cobras, Lightning Bolt Bandits, and Kip Keenan & Riley McManus and outside-MAX legends like the Canadian Animals, Crouching Storm/Hidden Sifu, and KitoGuchi (who are also MAX legends as PRIDE-19/PRIDE Japan, to be fair). I did put these titles on Going Coastal, but a California Love Machine injury meant that I vacated these titles as an excuse to bring in two awesome outside teams and give one of them the honors.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Current champions</strong>: Cameron Vessey (1x) & Murai Enomoto (1x)</p><p> <strong>Next likely champions</strong>: Again, it's up to the alliance.</p><p> </p><p> <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>NWA World Cruiserweight Championship</strong></span>: I noticed that it was mostly middleweights or above getting the big strap, so decided to introduce this one, because I felt bad. That's about it. That being said, Frankie Perez, Jacob Jett, and Rudy Velasquez have all held this title.</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Current champion</strong>: Billy Robinson (1x)</p><p> <strong>Next likely champion</strong>: I almost want to give it to Boom-Boom Jamaica, because BBJ has been such a great talent for me and only ever got a shoddy United States title run and a transitional Global title run to his name. He doesn't figure into my big plans in the future since I'm overflowing with great talent - both young and old.</p>