The C/D Verse

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[I][U]background info:[/U][/I] [I](The "C/D" Verse is a fictional pro-wrestling entity similar to the Cornell Verse. I can't recall what year me and my co-creator developed it but it had to be sometime in the early to mid 1990's. It began as a fantasy-fed with the use of various video games and eventually a scripted format as we got older. We implemented the stories through games like Fire Pro Wrestling, WWF No Mercy, Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 and other games. We never got so far as an E-Fed only because we were the only two familiar with the histories and characters. We did most of our stories with the games TNM7 and EWR and eventually of course, TEW.) [/I] [B][U]A Brief History of Professional Wrestling[/U][/B] Professional Wrestling wasn't always perceived, presented and consumed as it is today. At one point, professional wrestling was as serious a sport as boxing, football, baseball and so on. There was no more a serious era for the industry than the turn of the 19th century into the 20th. By the early 1900's, pro wrestling in America was taken under the sanctioning of the NMA. The National Mat Association. The NMA was the sister committee of the NBA, the National Boxing Association. Both organizations fell under the umbrella of the Government supervised United States National Pugilistic Reform Association. Doctors, State Athletic Supervisors and very professional men would oversee the actions within a wrestling ring and the title of World Champion was more prestigious than possibly ever before or ever since. However, the promoters suffered greatly during this era. Bouts would take hours. Three matches into a card and the audience would be leaving well before the main event. Promoters in turn, decided to "fix" contests. Paying wrestlers to lose in favor of others and lose in a quicker, more dramatic, but unrealistic fashion. The obviousness of this debacle greatly upset the parent company of the NMA and furthermore, after World War II, The USNPRA ceased to exist. Wrestling and boxing went their separate ways. Of course, the ABA (American Boxing Alliance) was formed but wrestling went a different route. Looking to maintain that prestigious NMA banner, the top promoters of the highest grossing cities united to found the NMA, the National Mat [U]Alliance[/U] [B][U]The NMA's era[/U][/B] The NMA's primary operating area was Texas. Their main headquarters was there with territories in Minnesota, Georgia and countless smaller NMA sponsored allies in other cities. The first champion of the National Mat Alliance was the last champion of the National Mat Association, R.J. Fesz. Possibly the greatest technician ever, Fesz was wrestlings most popular athlete and maintained the same level of celebrity as most of the eras top sportsmen. He unified the old NMA title with the new one and set off touring the world as the banner bearer of the NMA. Fesz was a prosperous champion but despite his celebrity, many of the NMA's smaller promotions simply couldn't maintain their finances. Fesz could only appear at the smaller territories once or twice a year and though those times were prosperous for the small promotions, the times in between were not. Something needed to be done. Regional titles were worthless and achieved absolutely zero press coverage. NMA chairman of the board and owner of the Texas run NMA: America, Dick Crocker seemed complacent, albeit, he was dying and was more concerned with his health than the industry. By the late 1960's, wrestling had fallen into a steep depression. Fesz was getting older and was uninterested in passing the torch. On Crockers deathbed he named his son, the simple-minded and mis-guided Dick Crocker Jr. as his successor, leaving in the wind his long time protege Jack Carter. [B][U]The 70's: Rise of the Giant[/U][/B] The decision to name Crocker Jr. as head of the NMA upset many, including the man most felt most qualified for the job, Jack Carter. Carter immediately left the NMA and did what no man had done before. Go in business for himself. A native New Yorker, Carter set together plans to create a new wrestling organization. By 1969, funding was secure but a roster was not. Too many wrestlers were being paid by the NMA and therefore going to a new organization, especially one blacklisted by the NMA, was career suicide. Carter needed something else. He toured the world, literally. He searched high and low for not just wrestlers and athletes, but attractions. He went to Europe to scower the ranks of the European pro fighting and pro wrestling groups and was in the French Alps when he was approached by a circus ringmaster. The ringmaster told him of the existence of a man who could captivate the audience. One who made the ringmaster much money but would be more valuable now if the ringmaster would sell his rights to someone else. The ringmaster arranged for Carter to attend a circus festival where Carter found his solution. The circus strongman, a 7'4, 600 pound giant named Andre. Carter immediately bought the Frenchman from the ringmaster and brought him to America. Carter began heavily promoting the debut of his company, The World Championship Wrestling Federation, WCWF. It was promoted similarly to how King Kong was promoted in the film. The event was record shattering for wrestling. Andre was something no one had ever seen nor would they forget. The NMA began sweating as soon as the WCWF debuted in 1970. On that night, Andre the Giant won the WCWF championship and would never lose a match in his entire career, except ONCE, but that was much later. [B][U]The Roaring 80's[/U][/B] After 10 years as the WCWF's undefeated world champion, Andre the Giant had become bigger than wrestling. A celebrity who single-handedly helped cripple the NMA. The WCWF was synonymous with wrestling but still lacked a distinct main-stream appeal. Andre was tired. Burnt out and growing physically ill. The Giant retired in 1980 as the unbeaten champion and took time off. He went to Japan to wrestle under a mask as The Masked Giant and helped do what he did for the WCWF for a company called VIEW Japan Wrestling. An off-shoot organization that was born in a similar fashion as the WCWF. Back in the states, Jack Carter began plans for the next "Andre." Several champions took a turn with the WCWF belt in the wake of Andre's departure. Bruno Sammartino, Bob Backlund and a small set of others. It wasn't until 1983, on a day off, that Carter found his new gold-mine. He went to a movie. Rocky III. In the opening scenes he saw a man whom he knew he'd seen before. Terry Bollea. A pro wrestler. A big, muscle-bound man. Terrible in the ring but there was something about him. Bollea had tried out for the WCWF once and had a short term deal that saw him come and go. After the movie, Carter called around and found out that Bollea was working in Minnesota and it was at an event there that Sylvester Stallone had scouted him out and asked him to appear in the picture. Immediately after the call, Carter contacted Bollea. Bollea played hard ball with Carter but eventually agreed to come to New York. Bollea signed a contract with the company but was yet to be a star. That changed instantly. Riding off the success of the movie he was in, Bollea, billed as "Hulk Hogan" became an overnight sensation. He went on to win the WCWF world title and the rest was history. Hogans prescense brought wrestling to heights never before imagined. A multi-thousand dollar industry transformed to a multi-million dollar industry and eventually a multi-billion dollar industry. With Hogan's prescense, the WCWF became the first wrestling company to earn a national television deal since the handful of televised bouts during the NMA's heyday. Wrestling truly became among the mainstream in 1987 at WCWF WrestleFest III. The build up was simple. Charismatic and colorful millionaire Moneybaggs Sr. had been scouting the WCWF at ringside. Famous for his fortune in the entertainment business, the storyline was so that Moneybaggs was intent on buying the WCWF but had been refused so by it's owner, Jack Carter. Moneybaggs, with his son Moneybaggs Jr. and their ex navy seal bodyguard "Big" Reese, claimed that Carter would have no choice if they were to own the WCWF title. Moneybaggs offered Hogan an astronomical figure to hand over the title, but Hogan refused. Moneybaggs said it would be the biggest mistake of his life. One week later, Moneybaggs introduced his solution. Coming out of retirement after 7 years, Andre The Giant returned to challenge Hogan. The event is widely hailed as the greatest of all time, if not the most important. Hogan defeated Andre the Giant, handing the Giant the first and only loss of his career in front of 93,000 fans at WrestleFest 3. It was the crowning achievement of pro wrestling as a business. The industry had peaked, but with the 90's waiting in the wings....something else was about to happen. [B][U] to be continued......[/U][/B]

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[B][U] The Year That Was 1990[/U][/B] A year after the monumental success of WrestleFest 3, WCWF CEO and founder, Jack Carter was diagnosed with cancer but rather than devote himself to treatment, Carter insisted on concentrating on his work. A fatal mistake. Waiting in the wings of the WCWF headquarters were two men. Both with legitimate claim to the throne of the WCWF. Two men who hated eachother desperately but collaborated on some of the WCWF's most critical storylines. C.J. Gwar and Damon Giovanni. Carter had a long relationship with Gwar's father, a low level and over looked promoter with the old NMA territories. Giovanni was an upstart who rose through the ranks brilliantly. In 1990, on the eve of WrestleFest 6, Gwar and Giovanni both presented their cases to Jack Carter. Aside from the Andre The Giant/Hogan bout, this match was the most anticipated showdown in years. Hulk Hogan had been the champion since 1984 and six years later he now faced the Ultimate Challenge, literally. Hulk Hogans opponent was a muscle bound, face painted, mega face, The Ultimate Warrior. Gwar argued that The Warrior was the new blood of the business. Gwar argued that the Warrior symbolized the direction of popular culture, whereby Hogan was a symbol of the past. Giovanni countered that the Warrior was charismatic, sure, but unfit to wear the title. Giovanni also argued that Hogan still had plenty of years left to be the head of the WCWF. Carter, a man with a pulse for the future (as seen with his descent from overlooked successor to wrestling kingpin) decided with the former and not the latter. That night, in front of the fans in Toronto, WrestleFest 6 saw The Ultimate Warrior defeat Hogan cleanly for the title. The 6 year reign ended and the Warriors reign began. Or did it? It did not. The Ultimate Warrior shockingly retired the following night. The retirement brought the wrestling world into a frenzy. CJ Gwar was outraged and Giovanni laughed at him. The vacated title was then put up for grabs in a tournament, the winner was decided by Carter personally in his final decision as the CEO of the WCWF. Carter decided on the 6'10, 415 pound rookie, The Mangler. Shortly after The Mangler defeated Randy Savage in the tournament final, Carter died and in his will, he wrote CJ Gwar as his successor. The decision upset many within the company including countless wrestlers. As the change of power began taking place, Gwar systematically fired countless loyal front office employees. Employees that helped Gwar earn his way to the top. Furthermore, the programming for WCWF began to become something bizarre. Several curious wrestlers of the early Gwar era include: The Gobbledegooker, Giant Gonzalez, Mantaur, Doink The Clown (among others) As 1990 began to come to a close, Channel 13 (the loyal WCWF network) began negotiating secretly with Damon Giovanni to begin a new wrestling program. With the contract for WCWF Tuesday Night Prime Time set to expire in the summer of 1991, CJ Gwar found that C-13 never returned his calls. He later found out why. Also in 1990, a small, failing but regionally popular promotion based out of the south, the Florida Wrestling Federation made some news. Retired Channel 13 executive Egon Schpiegel, a man who was critical in orchestrating the original WCWF/C-13 contract, had moved to Florida in typical fashion. Millons of dollars, a big house. But retirement wasn't suiting well with the former deal maker. He needed something to keep himself occupied. He contacted the heads of the Florida Wrestling Federation and made them an offer. The company was bought out over the course of two months. With Egon Schpiegel at the helm and with a vision, Schpiegel decided the company needed a complete face-lift. He gave the company a more worldly title, the Florida Wrestling Federation became the Fighters Wrestling Foundation. Schpiegel then enlisted the help of his children, an event promoter named Ian Schpiegel and his talent agent daughter, Rebecca Schpiegel to become head members of the new wrestling promotion. Rebecca and Ian then began scouting the top talent in the nation. [B][U]The Soaring early 90's[/U][/B] The most shocking event of the early 90's was definitely the bizarre end of the WCWF's run on Channel 13 and the equally as shocking emergence of it's successor, the Extreme Wrestling Alliance (EWA). In the summer of 1991, WCWF's long time wrestling show, Tuesday Night Prime Time, came to an end and in it's place was the EWA's production, Friday Night Fights. It wasn't an overnight change, actually. The wrestling world had been subject to much hype of the new EWA. Giovanni was instantly cut from the WCWF when Gwar took over and the rest of the fired WCWF employees had followed Giovanni to the EWA. Gwar knew the WCWF was taking a major hit, but he banked on their history and the fact that the EWA was new, regardless of the veteran front office. The WCWF spent the summer and autum seasons off television, but debuted their latest show in the winter television season on Cable's Network America. The show was called Monday Night RAW Nitro. Gwar did not calculate, however, just how desperate wrestling fans had been for something new, something like the EWA and with the shift in television deals, the EWA was instantly the nations top promotion. The first showing of EWA Friday Night Fights was legendary. Nobody knew what to expect. At the Mall of America, the EWA's show began with the unannounced arrival of WCWF champion The Mangler. Among many of Gwar's miscalculations was the fact that The Mangler had been operating without a written contract, a fact that The Mangler did not try to hide as he'd come to an agreement with Giovanni (in principle, pending the EWA's television debut). Needless to say, when The Mangler showed up at the Mall of America he claimed he was an agent of the WCWF, set to stop the emergence of the EWA. The Mangler posted a challenge to any EWA wrestler, claiming that he didn't even know who the company had on their roster. Enter: Gavin Force. Gavin Force was a WCWF jobber whom debuted with the WCWF in the late 80's. He was one half of The Force Brothers tag team with his brother, Shuan "Strike" Force. The two were a typical All-American duo but simply never strung together any victories. Gavin Force accepted the Manglers challenge and the bout was set to be the first main event in EWA history. On that night, G-Force produced the mos shocking upset in wrestling history when he defeated The Mangler and took the WCWF title and claimed it for the EWA. Gavin Force then announced that he would be calling himself "G-Force" as the new era of wrestling was forced in. That small company in Florida, the Fighters Wrestling Foundation was preparing itself heavily in 1991. Due to Schpiegels contacts with Channel 13, he was able to make a connection with cable network Channel 21 Sports. C-21 was run by a man named Vincent Jacobs Sr. a man who was similar to Schpiegel in many ways. Jacobs was not a wrestling fan but a sports fan, however, he realized the potential money that could be made by investing television time in a wrestling product and gave the green light to the FWF for a television show. To sum it up: By 1995, the EWA was the nation, if not, the worlds top organization. The FWF was in second place and the WCWF had fallen dramatically to 3rd in ratings. Poor story lines and bizarre twists had brought the one time wrestling kingpin to its knees however, it did have two of the most marketable names in the business, Diesel and Razor Ramon. [B][U]The N.W.O and The Friday Night Wars:[/U][/B] In 1996 the WCWF lost two of it's biggest names to the EWA. Razor Ramon and Diesel. The combo claimed to have been sent by the WCWF to take over the EWA and later enlisted the help of former super-hero Hulk Hogan. The N.W.O became wrestlings hottest stable and further destroyed the reputation of the WCWF. The FWF, however, had begun to flex some star power as well. Using home grown talents like Red Terri Hooligan, The Real American Hero and countless others, the FWF had compiled remarkable television and was the EWA's top foe. The FWF and EWA reached a mutual agreement, with the FWF trying to capitalize on the strength of the N.W.O brand, the EWA extended the N.W.O trademark to the FWF and soon, N.W.O: FWF was born. The same faction in two different organizations. As apart of the deal, the FWF was forced to trade the contract of highly controversial heel, Nuke The **** to the EWA. This agreement was critical in paving the ground for further negotiations between both companies. [B][U] EWA vs FWF: The Pay-Per-View[/U][/B] The highest grossing event in wrestling history is arguably the most important. Traditionalists would say that WrestleFest 3 was the greatest event in history however, most fans would agree that when the FWF and EWA came together for a tournament event, there could be no greater event. The tournament consisted of 40 men. 20 FWF members and 20 EWA members. N.W.O members were barred from the arena and banned from the event. Most fans had predicted a showdown between the EWA and FWF's top stars in the tournament climax however, the fans were slightly shocked at the outcome. The final produced a cinderella story of sorts. The final competitors were the FWF's Red Terri Hooligan and the EWA's Motor Vehicle. Motor Vehicle was a burly, masked brawler from the WCWF days. A midcarder at best, he won an invitational battle royal to get the last EWA seeding in the event. Most predicted he'd be blown out in the first round but he put on the performance of a life time. Hooligan, albeit a bonefied FWF hall of famer, was much older now and considered to be well past his best. Both men put on a performance but Hooligan won the tournament and gave the FWF the glory. It didn't matter though because the results were still in the ratings. The EWA had consistently pummelled the FWF head-to-head. [B][U]The Fall of the FWF[/U][/B] A series of unfortunate events bombarded the FWF towards the late 90's. One gruesome event that was instrumental in the first blow was the on screen in ring death of one of its competitors. 7 foot tall, 500 pound FWF heel DEATH was facing ring veteran William Freeze in a typical filler match but something went terribly wrong. The awkward DEATH powerbombed Freeze but Freeze attempted to over sell the move, attempting to flip his burly frame in mid air but he landed awkwardly, decapitating himself in the ring. The event was instantly shut down and the FWF program pulled from television. The event drew international criticism, debates and wrestling as a whole was nearly black listed from most arenas in the country. The FWF, EWA and WCWF suffered greatly. The FWF ceased operations for a month, but then began touring off screen. In Rochester, New York, after an event, Egon Schpiegel elected to park in the arena parking lot only to be jumped by drunken fans following a show and was fatally killed in a mugging. After the mourning period was over, the Schpiegel children fought in court over the FWF assetts. On one side was Ian Schpiegel and Channel 21 Sports' Vincent Jacobs Jr. (son of Vincent Jacobs) on the other side, Rebecca Schpiegel and long time FWF head writer, Derek Fame. Meanwhile, the EWA had to suffer as well but their problems began to mount as well. Their top stars were suffering injuries at the same time and the backstage politics were at an all time high. In 1999, G-Force had suffered a career ending arm injury. Hulk Hogan had been sitting out his contract after a dispute over the World Championship and the star the EWA was grooming to take over the company, Mr. America, walked away from the company altogether, citing disatisfaction with the company, with the time away from home and other things. The WCWF was doing perhaps the best. Thriving in the controversy, they'd developed two big stars of their own, Stone Cold Steve Austin and Bill Goldberg. This was the last time the WCWF had any sort of financial growth. By 2000, Goldberg and Austin had moved on to the EWA and the WCWF had shut it's doors for good. [B][U]The New Millenium[/U][/B] Vincent Jacobs Sr. stepped into the FWF situation. With no FWF on his television, he began a new program, NWEW. He enlisted Ian Schpiegel and his son, Vincent Jacobs Jr. to head the organization. A majority of the FWF stars refused to appear with the NWEW, showing their loyalties to Rebecca Schpiegel and Derek Fame instead. The NWEW had a year long lifespan because in 2001 the FWF court case was settled and all rights were awarded to Rebecca Schpiegel and Derek Fame. By 2002 plans were set in motion for an FWF rebirth. In 2000, amidst great financial troubles, despite it's good ratings, the EWA was forced to sell to billionaire wrestling personality Moneybaggs. Moneybaggs closed the EWA down for some time and redebuted the organization as the fast paced WRESTLE-1. The WRESTLE-1 company had no TV deal, but rather a monthly Pay-Per-View format. After 2 years of promoting WRESTLE-1, Moneybaggs sold WRESTLE-1 and all of the EWA trademarks to controversial millionaire Joseph Kerr. [B][U] 2004: Today[/U][/B] The wrestling industry is FINALLY stable again. After half a decade of financial and legal troubles, the stage is set one more time for the EWA/FWF Friday Night Wars. Now backed by Joseph Kerr and J-TV, the EWA has been renamed to the Empire Wrestling Alliance. Now with stable finances and ownership, The Fighters Wrestling Foundation is once again on Channel 21 Sports this time under the eye of Rebecca Schpiegel and Derek Fame. With both companies set for an all out war, what does the future hold now for this industry?

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[B][U]Key Notes/Names:[/U][/B] [B][U]NMA:[/U][/B] Once government sanctioned organization that was later privately owned and funded. Based out of Texas, it was the only source of wrestling for the first part of the 20th century. When owner Dick Crocker died and his son was appointed as CEO, overlooked successor Jack Carter left the company and took much of the brains of the organization with him. The NMA is currently the name of several small independent promotions in the south and south west. [B][U]WCWF[/U][/B] The most important organization from a historical standpoint, the WCWF was founded by Jack Carter after his walkout. Based in New York, Carter and the WCWF made wrestling a billion dollar business with the help of their stars Andre The Giant and Hulk Hogan. Their demise came shortly after Jack Carters demise when Carter had written in his will that the company was to be headed by CJ Gwar over most peoples choice, Damon Giovanni. The WCWFs fall from grace was instantaneous. They had moderate success in the mid '90s but awful booking kept the company in third place behind the FWF and EWA. Their chances at success fell on the shoulders of men who left the organization at their peak in popularity with the company, men like Razor Ramon, Diesel, Steve Austin, Bill Goldberg and others. Their doors closed in 2000. [B][U]EWA[/U][/B] Originally known as Extreme Wrestling Alliance, the EWA was headed originally by Damon Giovanni and became the worlds most famous promotion. Headlined by the likes of G-Force, Sting, The Mangler, Kevin Nash (Diesel), Scott Hall (Razor Ramon), Hulk Hogan and dozens of others, the reprecussions from the in ring death of William Freeze in the late '90s greatly hurt the company. By 2000, with backstage politics at an all time high, the company was sold to Moneybaggs who transformed it into WRESTLE-1, an ill fated attempt at repackaging the EWA prodcut. WRESTLE-1 was sold to millionaire TV entrepeneur Joseph Kerr who restored the EWA moniker but renamed the company Empire Wrestling Association. They are currently poised to return to prime time. [B][U]FWF[/U][/B] A small promotion from Florida called the Florida Wrestling Federation, the company was bought by retired Channel 13 executive Egon Schpiegel who, in several years, turned the small company into a national powerhouse. Headlined by the likes of Real American Hero, Red Terri Hooligan, Destruction, Cain and many others, they were consistently the countries number 2 promotion. When one of their wrestlers was brutally killed on live television, the company began a spiral towards its end. When Egon Schpiegel died and his family fought over the rights, the company was put on hiatus but returned after a several year long lawsuit. Now fronted by Schpiegels daughter Rebecca and former FWF head booker Derek Fame, the organization is poised to return to prime time. [B][U]NWEW[/U][/B] Created by Channel 21 Sports' Vincent Jacobs Sr. and run by his son Vincent Jacobs Jr. as well as Egon Schpiegels son Ian Schpiegel. To some, this was the NWO's crowning moment. The company was based around the idea that the NWO had beaten the EWA and FWF and had formed its own promotion. The NWEW lasted only a year, however, as fans hardly tuned in and the company had almost no babyface to counter the fact that the NWO ran the company. Vincent Jacobs Sr. pulled the plug on the NWEW when Rebecca Schpiegel and Derek Fame beat his son Vincent Jr. and Ian Schpiegel and court. [B][U] Andre The Giant[/U][/B] The first ever WCWF champion. His reign lasted from 1970 to 1980 when he retired. He was wrestlings first universal star and helped make the industry what it is today. He returned in 1987 for WrestleFest 3 after taking a "bounty" posted by Moneybaggs to beat WCWF champion Hulk Hogan for the title and present Moneybaggs with the belt. The event WrestleFest 3 is considered as probably the most symbolic event ever as it marked wrestlings thrust into the mainstream, full force. Andre lost that match, his only known loss and retired permanently thereafter. He did return however, in 1996 as Hulk Hogans bodyguard in the N.W.O. He did not, however wrestle, and left wrestling altogether in 1997 and now lives part time in France and on his ranch in North Carolina. [B][U]Hulk Hogan[/U][/B] The most famous wrestler in history. His rise to dominance and fame came after appearing in the film Rocky III, a film that was watched by WCWF owner Jack Carter. Carter had known Hogan as a pro wrestler who'd aimlessly travelled the country looking for gigs. Hogan had a short, unnoticable hit in the WCWF in the early part of the '80s but after the film was released, Hogan was signed to a lucrative deal with the WCWF and proved to have the charisma and "stuff" to become wrestlings greatest icon. If Andre made wrestling a million dollar business, Hogan made it a billion dollar business. In 1990 he lost for the first time in 6 years, dropping his WCWF title to the Ultimate Warrior. It was a debacle, and big blow to the WCWF as The Warrior retired the day after the huge event. Hogan was upset as well and never held the WCWF title again. He was miserable for the rest of his WCWF stint. He retired from the WCWF in 1993 after a failed title challenge against Yokozuna. He bounced between wrestling in Japan and making movies until the summer of 1994 when he signed with the EWA, further establishing their dominance. He had limited success at first, playing second fiddle to G-Force and others in the company but burst back into the spotlight when he turned up as the leader of the rebel NWO stable in 1996. Hogan dominated wrestling again for several years untill 1999 when injuries and general unhappiness settled in. He worked a handful of dates for the EWA but left the company for Vincent Jacobs Sr's massive contract offer and the position as top star in the NWEW. When the NWEW collapsed, Hogan scoffed at an FWF offer and now sits, semi-retired. [B][U]G-Force[/U][/B] Gavin "G-" Force was a jobber with his brother Shuan "Strike" Force in the late '80s WCWF. He was more than happy to leave the company in the early '90s for the newly founded EWA. He was shocked when told by EWA founder Damon Giovanni that he'd be the companies top star. G-Force shocked the world when he defeated the seemingly unbeatable monster The Mangler at the EWA's first ever television show. He is an icon, although probably not the stature of Hulk Hogan, but one of wrestlings most famous faces. He was one of the N.W.O's main opponents but eventually turned heel and became Great Force. The heel run was a disaster and he returned to his former glory just in time for another run before an arm injury retired him in 1999. After the EWA was reborn from the ashes of WRESTLE-1, G-Force was rumoured to have been offered a monsterous deal by new EWA owner Joseph Kerr for a potential second run. [B][U]Real American Hero[/U][/B] The FWF's greatest star. R.A.H as he's called, was a former Navy-man turned pro wrestler. He came up the business the hard way, working the southern territories until landing a permanent gig in the Florida Wrestling Federation. Egon Schpiegel hand-picked the Hero to be the FWF's top star and the R.A.H proved to be able to take the mantle. Of all the top stars in the business, R.A.H is arguably the most gifted (in ring.) He never had any serious injuries and is one of the few men that stood up to the N.W.O and never joined them. He did have one heel run as the Real (Black) Irish Hero, however, that run was miserable and he was brought back to the red white and blue soon after. He is almost certainly on board for the return of the FWF. [B][U]The Mangler[/U][/B] The Mangler is a 6'10, 400 lb monster who was the last man scouted by the WCWF's Jack Carter. The Mangler, although American, became a big European wrestling star in Germany. He came stateside in the late '80s and by 1990 had won the WCWF title. He was the last WCWF champion of the Carter era and during the WCWF's troubles with Channel 13, The Mangler worked for the company as champion without a written deal. EWA founder Damon Giovanni signed him before anybody could do anything about it and The Mangler brought the WCWF title to the first episode of EWA Friday Night Fights. One of the sports best big men, he played a big role in the building of the EWA but became lost in the shuffle of the late 90s with the birth of the NWO. He was considered as a candidate to join the NWO but that never happened. He did face the NWO alongside G-Force, Sting and other EWA heroes but by 1999 he was a shadow of his former self and addicted to drugs. He is currently a free agent and estranged from the business. [B][U]The Ultimate Warrior[/U][/B] Muscle bound, face painted powerhouse who rose through the WCWF ranks in the late 80s due to heavy pushing from Jack Carter and CJ Gwar. He was chosen to succeed Hulk Hogan at WrestleFest 6 but mysteriously retired after the event. He never wrestled again and is now a crazed politician. [B][U]Moneybaggs[/U][/B] Colorful millionaire celebrity of the 80s. A casino owner among other things, he looked to gain press in the wrestling business by becoming a part of the late 80s WCWF boom. He was seen at ringside during events with his son Moneybaggs Jr. and bodyguard Big Reese. He was important in the Hogan/Andre storyline as he had threatened to buy the WCWF but first needed the WCWF title to help force the sale of the company. After the Hogan/Andre bout, Moneybaggs left the industry but left behind his bodyguard, Reese who became a prominent wrestler. He returned in 1996 as the financial backer of the NWO but due to his real life obligations he couldn't appear much. In 2000, he stepped in and bought the financially plagued EWA and turned it into WRESTLE-1. He did not fair well as an owner and booker and sold the EWA to Joseph Kerr. [B][U] Moneybaggs Jr.[/U][/B] Heir to the Moneybaggs throne. He became a pro wrestler in 1996 and was actually a talented cruiserweight. He formed a top tag team with his fathers bodyguard Big Reese and was his fathers prescense in the NWO. He had a good run in the late 90s but retired to help his dad run WRESTLE-1. He is no longer in the industry after the sale of WRESTLE-1 as he is now looking to take over his dads casino empire. [B][U]Red Terri Hooligan[/U][/B] The long time star of the FWF. He was the Florida Wrestling Fedartions top star and as such was one of the Fighters Wrestling Foundations top stars. He won the famous FWF vs EWA PPV tournament and was one of the co-leaders of the FWF's NWO (he lead there under the name Black Terri). In his late 40' now, he is still in remarkable shape and is almost certain of being apart of the new FWF. [B][U]Sting[/U][/B] A huge star of the WCWF in the 80s and early 90s he was the first huge name WCWF star to jump ship to the EWA. He has never turned heel although he did change from fun, face painted crowd favorite to dark, gothic defender. He is one of the business' most decorated and unselfish champions. He was possibly the EWA's best asset against the NWO throughout the late 90s. He retired when the EWA was sold to Moneybaggs and has been out of the business for years. [B][U]more to come......[/U][/B]