Radical Movement

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Radical Movement
Stable
Current members	Johnny Light Bonecrusher
Former members	Focalin Rad Hazard Chris Dickens Tim Sanders
Name	Radical Movement
Debut	2009
Promotion	Varies

Radical Movement was a backyard wrestling neutral alliance consisting of lastly Johnny Light, Bonecrusher and Mike Creston. The group was formed in 2009 by leader Rad Hazard as an opposing unit with the farfetched quest to terminate all of backyard wrestling in avenging the loss of his girlfriend.

The rivalry between the Radical Movement and the opposition or "backyard wrestling movement" became quite the interactive online storyline which involved many from different promotions and at the forefront, Rad Hazard's own Battle Born Wrestling body of federations alliance. In October 2009, Hazard was evicted from the group at ICW Midwest Extravaganza and the Movement and storyline dissolved.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Establishment of Radical Movement (2009) 1.2 Progress and end of the Movement (2009) 2 Championships and accomplishments 3 References 4 External links

History

Establishment of Radical Movement (2009)

In legitimate distress over the real separation with real-life girlfriend, Terra Calaway (then Ria Calaway) in June 2009, Rad Hazard expressed his unrelenting drive towards the agenda of taking down backyard wrestling for its culpability of the situation, which was pinned to him prioritizing it over his girlfriend. After what appeared to be a shoot monologue he submitted online that garnered attention, it was soon cleared up to be understood as a storyline.

Hazard sought retribution against a practice he reflects is a "curse", "a greed for glory" and "self-respect" that deprived him livelihood, favoring to avoid the same results for others by destructing it. The group officially stemmed at Hazard's offer to conpensate anyone from any federation with $5000 if they were to vacate their own or cause alternatives to vacate their championships, a utilized ploy in his way of convincing those to create chaos in their federation. Hazard later declared "my movement is small, but it's got the right people in it", signifying he had formed a resistance.

Progress and end of the Movement (2009)

Starting July, the Radical Movement took its course online receiving approval and disapprovals from people of different federations via a series of videos and promos most of which opposed the Movement and its cause with some claiming they had endured worse because of backyard wrestling. However, acquisitions were successful in Zaq Cass, Mike Creston, Primetime Tim Sanders, Grizzly Grief and eventually the fabric of the entire situation, Terra Calaway, who Hazard offscreen convinced to join as co-leader. In such case, the Movement stumbled across oppositions that included members of Darkstar, CJ Lennon, Ryan Ragnarok (the first member of opposition), Stunt, California Kid, Trent Mattson, Focalin, Mike Faucher, Insaniac, Shawn Selby, King BW, Chris Dickens, Bsnow, Chongo, and the like. Hazard's confidence grew watching the expansion of his movement, so far that GBYWN World Heavyweight Champion and Darkstar member FX had to respond to claims Hazard made towards ability in defeating him in a match, prompting FX to say he would "kill" him. Following mutual words, and Hazard sporting an anti-FX shirt and being a cocky gentlemen, the feud had entered into West Fest.

Adrenaline Wrestling Foundation's Chris Dickens and Primetime Tim Sanders entered themselves into the battle for backyard wrestling and while so, Tim Sanders joined up with the Radical Movement going against backyard wrestling and AWF and gained the rights over a whole promotion called EGW, and changed the name to the Radical Wrestling Alliance. Chris Dickens was against everything the Radical Movement stood for and proclaimed himself the General of the "backyard wrestling movement". It would later be revealed that Dickens and Sanders, along with Rad Hazard, were all on the same page, and in fact both Dickens and Sanders were now the Generals of the Radical Movement, and were planning on taking over backyard wrestling one promotion at a time.

At West Fest in August 2009, Hazard beated out decorated champions Nails and Rich Cross in a Triple Threat match to crown the inaugural BBW United States Heavyweight Champion. After signing wavers he would compete with FX to a 3-3 draw in a "Title for title" 15 Minute Ironman match (originally scheduled for 30 minutes) when the referee halted the match in concern for Hazard after having taken multiple drops on his neck. After the match, Calaway executed her betrayal on Hazard with an assault with her GBYWN World Women's Championship to align with the Darkstar faction. Still with some confidence despite signs of hesitation for the "cause" of the Radical Movement, Hazard stirred the Movement momentum to a supershow being hosted in Indiana, ICW Midwest Extravaganza, where he claimed Movement members already surfaced around.

At ICW Midwest Extravaganza, it became known that the newest members were Bonecrusher and Johnny Light and also the surprising addition of Focalin, who had first unceremoniously declined to join in. The Radical Movement picked up another stroke of progress during a high profile match at the event between Focalin and The Pen Name, with intervention by Hazard causing the eventual results of Focalin being victorious. In a turn of events, however, Hazard physically eliminated Focalin from the group, drawing citations back to Focalin's first offer to join the Movement. Hazard stated about Bonecrusher and Light, "these guys never betrayed me, these guys never put their personal issues in front of the Movement and they never will because their true leaders... and when I'm gone they will take over for me". Following that, Bonecrusher said in a witty sequence, "that's about right", and proceeded to boot Hazard out of the group for aiding a Darkstar member in his ex Calaway earlier in the show and kicking Focalin out the group for doing the same thing of placing personal issue before cause, claiming the Radical Movement was now the "Dangerous Movement".

Shortly after Bonecrusher and Johnny Light took over the Radical Movement, Mike Creston proclaimed himself the Commander and Chief of the Movement. This statement got an immediate answer from the Generals Chris Dickens and Primetime Tim Sanders, as they stood their grounds against the new faces of the movement and dropped their roles as the Generals of the Radical Movement, and stood behind Rad Hazard. After this, the Radical Movement and the entire storyline phased out and Hazard went on to redeem himself by bringing back Backyard Wrestling Weekly.

Championships and accomplishments

• Battle Born Wrestling
  • BBW United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time) - Rad Hazard
• Global Backyard Wrestling News
  • GBYWN World Womens Championship (1 time) - Terra Calaway
• Absolute Wrestling Excellence
  • AWE Womens Championship (1 time) - Terra Calaway
• Collision Championship Wrestling
  • BBW CCW Mid West Heavyweight Championship (1 time) - Mike Creston
• Sin City Wrestling
  • SCW Nevada State Heavyweight Championship (1 time) - Mike Da Lite
• New Generation Wrestling
  • NGW Championship (1 time) - Brad Landen
• Attitude Championship Wrestling
  • ACW Big XII Championship (1 time) - Grizzly Greif
  • ACW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - The Sinners
• FHWF
  • FHWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time) - Justin Henry
• Indiana Championship Wrestling
  • BBW United States Tag Team Championship (1 time) - Johnny Light & Bonecrusher
• SWC
  • SWC Championship (1 time) - Focalin
• Adrenaline Wrestling Foundation
  • BBW Six Man Tag Team Championship - Chris Dickens, Primetime Tim Sanders, James Houston

References