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Absolute Championship Wrestling

AbsoluteJake — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 03:01:41 GMT

AbsoluteJake: /* Production */

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| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#EEEEEE" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | '''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' 
|-
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" | http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/banners/200x200.jpg
|-
| align="center" colspan="2" | '''Details'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Acronym'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | ACW
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Established'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 1997 - present
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Location'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America Castellon, Valencia, Spain
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Formerly'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | National Wrestling Federation Global Wrestling Federation
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Website'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ www.AbsoluteWrestling.net]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Video Pages'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling YouTube] [http://www.livevideo.com/acw LiveVideo] [http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling LiveStream] [http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw BYWTube] [http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ Blip.tv] [http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ Revver] [http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 Yahoo! Video] [http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling Veoh]
|- valign="top"
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'''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' (ACW) is a wrestling group founded in 1997. It is located in Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America and Castellon, Valencia, Spain. ACW is known for its character driven story-lines and attention to production values. The American side wrestles in an indoor custom-made ring, while the Spanish side makes use of various outdoor environments (such as playgrounds and parks).

==History==

Absolute Championship Wrestling can trace its roots back to an early federation in the mid-90's called Global Wrestling Federation (GWF). But ACW doesn't consider its birth until the summer of 1997 when GWF became known as the National Wrestling Federation (NWF). This is when their wrestling became more organized and they became more serious about their wrestling.

For many years NWF competed and existed with little to no communication with wrestling groups. A part of this was due to the lack of population in their home territory which is the upper peninsula of Michigan, so there were not any other competing wrestling groups in that part of the state. Also at that time the internet was not a big part the area as it is now. So this isolation is what essentially made the NWF, now ACW, develop its unique style of character driven storylines and production values.

As opposed to other wrestling groups, each NWF wrestler portrayed a cast of characters. This was done to establish a full roster that would allow for creativity in story line writing. But this also meant each wrestler could wrestle up to 5 times a night. That amount of wrestling seemed to establish dedication and pride in the wrestlers for what they are doing. So despite having at times a small roster, NWF, now ACW, has never called it quits.

A little less than a decade long as the NWF, it officially changed its name in the middle of 2006 to Absolute Championship Wrestling. They cited the name change due to multiple other National Wrestling Federations existing and wanting a unique name to match their unique wrestling. Soon after this name change, ACW began converting their old tapes of recorded material into digital format and established a YouTube account on September 1st of 2006. And soon after that ACW was contacted by Cam of [[Global Backyard Wrestling News]] (GBYWN) and became part of the restarting process of GBYWN.

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/Spain/thumb.jpg
ACW Spain Banner
|}

In February of 2009, ACW expanded in a way it had not predicted. Two brothers, Fernando and Francis Morante, of HWA Spain approached ACW with an offer of becoming ACW Spain and expanding ACW into Spain. The existing wrestlers of ACW watched the wrestling matches of HWA Spain and were immediately impressed with the heart and talent the Spanish wrestlers showed. So on the 21st of February, ACW made it official that it had expanded into Spain. Since the expansion ACW has made it a de-facto policy that the wrestlers in Spain should not be considered a separate group, despite being referred to at times as ACW Spain and having separate championships, but as part of the main group who happen to be in Spain. One effect of this policy is that wrestling matches coming from Spain aren't labeled as ACW Spain but simply ACW, and are uploaded on the same accounts as the American videos. It was the intention of ACW to keep its identity as a unified group, rather than separate groups that are only linked by a name.

{| border=1 align=right cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=200 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #EEEEEE; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/SLSBS/thumb.jpg
SLSBS Banner
|}

Then in March of 2009, ACW participated in its first supershow, Salt Lake Spring Break Showdown. It competed against other federations such as New Generation Wrestling (NGW), Lewiston Wrestling Federation (LWF), [[Battle Born Wrestling]] (BBW) and Championship Battleground Wrestling (CBW). The show was held in Salt Lake City, Utah then later in the week, Las Vegas, Nevada. It marked the first time ACW competed in two west coast states, Utah and Nevada. ACW showcased the characters of Jake Xinn, Houston, Glassier, Safety Guy and Nick Richards at SLSBS. A highlight of the show was when Jake Xinn won the LWF World Championship from LWF wrestler Nails.

And in June of 2009, ACW's very own [[Josh McMullin]] went to Chicago, Illinois to wrestle in the Global Domination supershow. There he joined [[Alex Ohlson]] of [[Bridgeview Wrestling Association]] to form the team of Agent Orange. This is the first time ACW wrestled in Illinois as well as the first time that an ACW wrestler teamed with a wrestler from another group. They went on to defeat future GBYWN World Champion, [[FX]], and an independent wrestler for his tag partner. Although not particularly large for an ACW wrestler, Josh McMullin was taller than the majority of the wrestlers who attended and thus earned the nickname "redwood".

In early 2010, ACW joined the [[Global Wrestling Circuit]] and the [[BYWRulz]] forums. ACW wrestler, Hung Lo, would join the Kayfabe Challenge, where contenders had to face off in promo challenges in tournament style competition. Hung Lo would make it to the finals, where he was defeated by the Rizz of the Lewiston Wrestling Federation. Cameras recorded Hung Lo's reaction to the defeat and the unexpected subsequent self-explosion. There are rumors that the Spain "faction" might purchase a ring and tour Spain under the ACW name. Also there is interest to start wrestling in Tucson, Arizona, which is normally known for being a wrestling wasteland.

==Production==

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/DoubleJ/thumb.jpg
Example of ACW graphics design
|}

One of the aspects that have allowed ACW, particularly the American side, to be unique is its production values. They have focused on producing wrestling for the general public rather than the BYW community itself. This is a by product of its long time isolated from other groups before entering the major BYW community.

As opposed to wrestling outside, ACW quickly moved indoors to wrestle to avoid the harsh northern Michigan winters (which are only made worse by the proximity of the Great Lakes). This has allowed ACW to decorate what they call their "arena" with logos and banners. Also indoors allows more usage of electronics. The primary benefit of this is their usage of entrance videos and event videos on multiple TV screens. And recently ACW has made use of strobe lights and a fog machine for entrances.

On the post production side of things, ACW produces its entire events straight to DVD or in a way that can be easily produced on DVD. They cite their main reason as creating a reliable archive of matches as their video tapes have been slowly degrading due to the humidity in Michigan. So there has been a recent emphasis to put old videos on DVD. Currently there is a project to put their old footage from 2001 onto DVDs.

On the Spanish side of things, members actively design their own costumes and title belts. This has yielded one a very unique black and silver world championship belt. Also ACW has contracted Dave Perez from [[New Generation Wrestling]] as an announcer for the Spanish matches. But post production is done on the American side with the intent on future DVD compilations.

With its emphasis on production, ACW has developed its own resources to produce graphics, websites, videos, and music. And since their integration into the BYW community they have produced graphics, logos, as well as the theme music for [[GBYWN]]. Also members of ACW do production work on occasion for other feds on an individual basis. A wrestling internet radio show which featured former pro wrestler and trainer Les Thatcher has used ACW music. Currently the professional wrestling group American Xtreme Wrestling uses a faded American flag logo designed by ACW. And the Lewiston Wrestling Federation has an outro video also designed by ACW. When ACW joined the BYWRulz community, it redesigned their logo and background.

==YouShoot==

ACW has made semi-regular contact with the world of professional wrestling through Kayfabe Commentary's YouShoot. YouShoot is a regular DVD series produced by Kayfabe Commentaries (KC) where they get people in wrestling to answer no-holds-barred questions about anything from questions submitted by the public. KC encourages the public to submit videos, but also accepts questions via e-mail. It is hosted by Sean Oliver and frequently has wrestling personalities that have worked for KC in the past.

===Honky Tonk Man===

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/news/general/2007/youshoot.jpg
"YouShoot: The Honky Tonk Man" which has Hypnosis and Loco imaged on the cover
|}

The first ever YouShoot featured former professional wrestler, and current trainer, the Honky Tonk Man (HTM). Two ACW characters, Hypnosis and Loco, are featured in the chapter "Pain & Fear" which is the longest chapter on the DVD.

In Loco's video, he criticized Honky Tonk Man's complaints about wrestlers who hurt him, and Loco boasted that he hurt many wrestlers himself. This is what the Honky Tonk Man had to say about Loco on the DVD: "You say you have injured a bunch of wrestlers. Well you have put them out of work...!", "You're bragging about [censored] wrestlers up, sounds like Bill Goldberg to me...", and "Loco you should be in matches with Bret Hart..." And since it has been posted on YouTube, fans of Honky Tonk Man have had worse to say about Loco. The general reception has been that Loco was making a legitimate shoot on HTM and has been so far the most heated contact ACW has had with the professional wrestling world. Despite some of the negative reaction, the Loco video has spawned some mimicry on YouTube in the form of a guy who calls himself Revelations. Revelations has been posting a series of videos challenging the Honky Tonk Man while using a laugh characteristic of Loco.

Hypnosis dug into Honky Tonk Man's past and criticized him for his praise of Hulk Hogan and his feud with Jerry Lawler in his video. Honky Tonk Man responded to Hypnosis's Hulk Hogan comments with this: "I have never stooged for Hulkamania. I am probably one of the foremost critics of Hulkamania. Not with Hulkamania's ability to change the business, the ability to sell tickets, or to be one of the most recognizable characters in the world." And then he tries explaining why his feud with Jerry Lawler was real by telling a lengthy story on how Jerry Lawler, and possibly Jim Ross, was jealous about his commentary skills. This video was much less controversial than Loco's and has received more positive comments on YouTube.

===Missy Hyatt===

The next YouShoot ACW took part in involved the former valet Missy Hyatt. This time Hung Lo and Valor Valancy sent in videos.

Hung Lo made an offer to Missy Hyatt to join "Team Hung Lo" in his video. Missy Hyatt's response didn't directly answer his question but included her feeling herself and the words "Hung Lo... Come on baby!", "Looks like he is in my basement...", and "If I get home tonight and that is in my basement, I'm going to be really upset, because I got my stripper-pole getting put in tonight." This video had the opposite reception of Loco's and has overwhelmingly positive responses on YouTube.

Valor Valancy in his video, warned Missy Hyatt against joining Team Hung Lo and that he had a "rat trap" to catch her if she joined with Hung Lo. But unfortunately it didn't meet the deadline to make the DVD. It can still be viewed on the ACW website as well as its video pages though.

===Kevin Sullivan===

A former character in ACW, the Lethal Licker, returned with his "woman" to participate in a YouShoot with a former wrestler, Kevin Sullivan. Leathal Licker commented Kevin Sullivan's retirement in Florida and Sullivan's departure from the "dark side" while making licking actions with his "woman". In response, Kevin Sullivan described his religions experiences and his philosophies on faith. After the DVD, the Leathal Licker thanked Kevin Sullivan for his in depth and respectful response.

==External links==
*[http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ Official ACW Website]
*[http://www.myspace.com/absolutewrestling ACW on MySpace]
*[http://absolutewrestling.deviantart.com/ ACW on deviantART]
*[http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling ACW on YouTube]
*[http://www.livevideo.com/acw ACW on LiveVideo]
*[http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling ACW on LiveStream]
*[http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw ACW on BYWTube]
*[http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ ACW on Blip.tv]
*[http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ ACW on Revver]
*[http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 ACW on Yahoo! Video]
*[http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling ACW on Veoh]

[[Category:Backyard federations]]
[[Category:American federations]]
[[Category:Active federations]]
[[Category:Federations established in 1997]]

Absolute Championship Wrestling

AbsoluteJake — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 02:59:48 GMT

AbsoluteJake: /* History */

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| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#EEEEEE" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | '''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' 
|-
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" | http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/banners/200x200.jpg
|-
| align="center" colspan="2" | '''Details'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Acronym'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | ACW
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Established'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 1997 - present
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Location'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America Castellon, Valencia, Spain
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Formerly'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | National Wrestling Federation Global Wrestling Federation
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Website'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ www.AbsoluteWrestling.net]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Video Pages'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling YouTube] [http://www.livevideo.com/acw LiveVideo] [http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling LiveStream] [http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw BYWTube] [http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ Blip.tv] [http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ Revver] [http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 Yahoo! Video] [http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling Veoh]
|- valign="top"
|}

'''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' (ACW) is a wrestling group founded in 1997. It is located in Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America and Castellon, Valencia, Spain. ACW is known for its character driven story-lines and attention to production values. The American side wrestles in an indoor custom-made ring, while the Spanish side makes use of various outdoor environments (such as playgrounds and parks).

==History==

Absolute Championship Wrestling can trace its roots back to an early federation in the mid-90's called Global Wrestling Federation (GWF). But ACW doesn't consider its birth until the summer of 1997 when GWF became known as the National Wrestling Federation (NWF). This is when their wrestling became more organized and they became more serious about their wrestling.

For many years NWF competed and existed with little to no communication with wrestling groups. A part of this was due to the lack of population in their home territory which is the upper peninsula of Michigan, so there were not any other competing wrestling groups in that part of the state. Also at that time the internet was not a big part the area as it is now. So this isolation is what essentially made the NWF, now ACW, develop its unique style of character driven storylines and production values.

As opposed to other wrestling groups, each NWF wrestler portrayed a cast of characters. This was done to establish a full roster that would allow for creativity in story line writing. But this also meant each wrestler could wrestle up to 5 times a night. That amount of wrestling seemed to establish dedication and pride in the wrestlers for what they are doing. So despite having at times a small roster, NWF, now ACW, has never called it quits.

A little less than a decade long as the NWF, it officially changed its name in the middle of 2006 to Absolute Championship Wrestling. They cited the name change due to multiple other National Wrestling Federations existing and wanting a unique name to match their unique wrestling. Soon after this name change, ACW began converting their old tapes of recorded material into digital format and established a YouTube account on September 1st of 2006. And soon after that ACW was contacted by Cam of [[Global Backyard Wrestling News]] (GBYWN) and became part of the restarting process of GBYWN.

{| border=1 align=left cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=200 style="margin: 0 1em 1em 0; background: #EEEEEE; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/Spain/thumb.jpg
ACW Spain Banner
|}

In February of 2009, ACW expanded in a way it had not predicted. Two brothers, Fernando and Francis Morante, of HWA Spain approached ACW with an offer of becoming ACW Spain and expanding ACW into Spain. The existing wrestlers of ACW watched the wrestling matches of HWA Spain and were immediately impressed with the heart and talent the Spanish wrestlers showed. So on the 21st of February, ACW made it official that it had expanded into Spain. Since the expansion ACW has made it a de-facto policy that the wrestlers in Spain should not be considered a separate group, despite being referred to at times as ACW Spain and having separate championships, but as part of the main group who happen to be in Spain. One effect of this policy is that wrestling matches coming from Spain aren't labeled as ACW Spain but simply ACW, and are uploaded on the same accounts as the American videos. It was the intention of ACW to keep its identity as a unified group, rather than separate groups that are only linked by a name.

{| border=1 align=right cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=200 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #EEEEEE; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/SLSBS/thumb.jpg
SLSBS Banner
|}

Then in March of 2009, ACW participated in its first supershow, Salt Lake Spring Break Showdown. It competed against other federations such as New Generation Wrestling (NGW), Lewiston Wrestling Federation (LWF), [[Battle Born Wrestling]] (BBW) and Championship Battleground Wrestling (CBW). The show was held in Salt Lake City, Utah then later in the week, Las Vegas, Nevada. It marked the first time ACW competed in two west coast states, Utah and Nevada. ACW showcased the characters of Jake Xinn, Houston, Glassier, Safety Guy and Nick Richards at SLSBS. A highlight of the show was when Jake Xinn won the LWF World Championship from LWF wrestler Nails.

And in June of 2009, ACW's very own [[Josh McMullin]] went to Chicago, Illinois to wrestle in the Global Domination supershow. There he joined [[Alex Ohlson]] of [[Bridgeview Wrestling Association]] to form the team of Agent Orange. This is the first time ACW wrestled in Illinois as well as the first time that an ACW wrestler teamed with a wrestler from another group. They went on to defeat future GBYWN World Champion, [[FX]], and an independent wrestler for his tag partner. Although not particularly large for an ACW wrestler, Josh McMullin was taller than the majority of the wrestlers who attended and thus earned the nickname "redwood".

In early 2010, ACW joined the [[Global Wrestling Circuit]] and the [[BYWRulz]] forums. ACW wrestler, Hung Lo, would join the Kayfabe Challenge, where contenders had to face off in promo challenges in tournament style competition. Hung Lo would make it to the finals, where he was defeated by the Rizz of the Lewiston Wrestling Federation. Cameras recorded Hung Lo's reaction to the defeat and the unexpected subsequent self-explosion. There are rumors that the Spain "faction" might purchase a ring and tour Spain under the ACW name. Also there is interest to start wrestling in Tucson, Arizona, which is normally known for being a wrestling wasteland.

==Production==

{| border=1 align=left cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=200 style="margin: 0 1em 1em 0; background: #EEEEEE; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/DoubleJ/thumb.jpg
Example of ACW graphics design
|}

One of the aspects that have allowed ACW, particularly the American side, to be unique is its production values. They have focused on producing wrestling for the general public rather than the BYW community itself. This is a by product of its long time isolated from other groups before entering the major BYW community.

As opposed to wrestling outside, ACW quickly moved indoors to wrestle to avoid the harsh northern Michigan winters (which are only made worse by the proximity of the Great Lakes). This has allowed ACW to decorate what they call their "arena" with logos and banners. Also indoors allows more usage of electronics. The primary benefit of this is their usage of entrance videos and event videos on multiple TV screens. And recently ACW has made use of strobe lights and a fog machine for entrances.

On the post production side of things, ACW produces its entire events straight to DVD or in a way that can be easily produced on DVD. They cite their main reason as creating a reliable archive of matches as their video tapes have been slowly degrading due to the humidity in Michigan. So there has been a recent emphasis to put old videos on DVD. Currently there is a project to put their old footage from 2001 onto DVDs.

On the Spanish side of things, members actively design their own costumes and title belts. This has yielded one a very unique black and silver world championship belt. Also ACW has contracted Dave Perez from [[New Generation Wrestling]] as an announcer for the Spanish matches. But post production is done on the American side with the intent on future DVD compilations.

With its emphasis on production, ACW has developed its own resources to produce graphics, websites, videos, and music. And since their integration into the BYW community they have produced graphics, logos, as well as the theme music for [[GBYWN]]. Also members of ACW do production work on occasion for other feds on an individual basis. A wrestling internet radio show which featured former pro wrestler and trainer Les Thatcher has used ACW music. Currently the professional wrestling group American Xtreme Wrestling uses a faded American flag logo designed by ACW. And the Lewiston Wrestling Federation has an outro video also designed by ACW.

==YouShoot==

ACW has made semi-regular contact with the world of professional wrestling through Kayfabe Commentary's YouShoot. YouShoot is a regular DVD series produced by Kayfabe Commentaries (KC) where they get people in wrestling to answer no-holds-barred questions about anything from questions submitted by the public. KC encourages the public to submit videos, but also accepts questions via e-mail. It is hosted by Sean Oliver and frequently has wrestling personalities that have worked for KC in the past.

===Honky Tonk Man===

{| border=1 align=right cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=200 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #EEEEEE; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/news/general/2007/youshoot.jpg
"YouShoot: The Honky Tonk Man" which has Hypnosis and Loco imaged on the cover
|}

The first ever YouShoot featured former professional wrestler, and current trainer, the Honky Tonk Man (HTM). Two ACW characters, Hypnosis and Loco, are featured in the chapter "Pain & Fear" which is the longest chapter on the DVD.

In Loco's video, he criticized Honky Tonk Man's complaints about wrestlers who hurt him, and Loco boasted that he hurt many wrestlers himself. This is what the Honky Tonk Man had to say about Loco on the DVD: "You say you have injured a bunch of wrestlers. Well you have put them out of work...!", "You're bragging about [censored] wrestlers up, sounds like Bill Goldberg to me...", and "Loco you should be in matches with Bret Hart..." And since it has been posted on YouTube, fans of Honky Tonk Man have had worse to say about Loco. The general reception has been that Loco was making a legitimate shoot on HTM and has been so far the most heated contact ACW has had with the professional wrestling world. Despite some of the negative reaction, the Loco video has spawned some mimicry on YouTube in the form of a guy who calls himself Revelations. Revelations has been posting a series of videos challenging the Honky Tonk Man while using a laugh characteristic of Loco.

Hypnosis dug into Honky Tonk Man's past and criticized him for his praise of Hulk Hogan and his feud with Jerry Lawler in his video. Honky Tonk Man responded to Hypnosis's Hulk Hogan comments with this: "I have never stooged for Hulkamania. I am probably one of the foremost critics of Hulkamania. Not with Hulkamania's ability to change the business, the ability to sell tickets, or to be one of the most recognizable characters in the world." And then he tries explaining why his feud with Jerry Lawler was real by telling a lengthy story on how Jerry Lawler, and possibly Jim Ross, was jealous about his commentary skills. This video was much less controversial than Loco's and has received more positive comments on YouTube.

===Missy Hyatt===

The next YouShoot ACW took part in involved the former valet Missy Hyatt. This time Hung Lo and Valor Valancy sent in videos.

Hung Lo made an offer to Missy Hyatt to join "Team Hung Lo" in his video. Missy Hyatt's response didn't directly answer his question but included her feeling herself and the words "Hung Lo... Come on baby!", "Looks like he is in my basement...", and "If I get home tonight and that is in my basement, I'm going to be really upset, because I got my stripper-pole getting put in tonight." This video had the opposite reception of Loco's and has overwhelmingly positive responses on YouTube.

Valor Valancy in his video, warned Missy Hyatt against joining Team Hung Lo and that he had a "rat trap" to catch her if she joined with Hung Lo. But unfortunately it didn't meet the deadline to make the DVD. It can still be viewed on the ACW website as well as its video pages though.

===Kevin Sullivan===

A former character in ACW, the Lethal Licker, returned with his "woman" to participate in a YouShoot with a former wrestler, Kevin Sullivan. Leathal Licker commented Kevin Sullivan's retirement in Florida and Sullivan's departure from the "dark side" while making licking actions with his "woman". In response, Kevin Sullivan described his religions experiences and his philosophies on faith. After the DVD, the Leathal Licker thanked Kevin Sullivan for his in depth and respectful response.

==External links==
*[http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ Official ACW Website]
*[http://www.myspace.com/absolutewrestling ACW on MySpace]
*[http://absolutewrestling.deviantart.com/ ACW on deviantART]
*[http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling ACW on YouTube]
*[http://www.livevideo.com/acw ACW on LiveVideo]
*[http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling ACW on LiveStream]
*[http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw ACW on BYWTube]
*[http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ ACW on Blip.tv]
*[http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ ACW on Revver]
*[http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 ACW on Yahoo! Video]
*[http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling ACW on Veoh]

[[Category:Backyard federations]]
[[Category:American federations]]
[[Category:Active federations]]
[[Category:Federations established in 1997]]

Talk:BBW World Heavyweight Championship

AbsoluteJake — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 02:15:52 GMT

AbsoluteJake: Created page with 'Not quite sure how this talk thing should work, but I know Adan Reyes had a ton of title defenses, probably more than all of the others combined. I know at SLSBS Jake Xinn faced …'

Not quite sure how this talk thing should work, but I know Adan Reyes had a ton of title defenses, probably more than all of the others combined. I know at SLSBS Jake Xinn faced him twice for the title.

Spot Monkey

AbsoluteJake — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 06:31:59 GMT

AbsoluteJake:

Spot Monkey

AbsoluteJake — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 06:31:23 GMT

AbsoluteJake: /* Federations */

Absolute Championship Wrestling

AbsoluteJake — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 06:18:14 GMT

AbsoluteJake: /* History */

{| border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=280 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #FFFFFF; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"

| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#EEEEEE" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | '''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' 
|-
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" | http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/banners/200x200.jpg
|-
| align="center" colspan="2" | '''Details'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Acronym'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | ACW
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Established'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 1997 - present
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Location'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America Castellon, Valencia, Spain
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Formerly'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | National Wrestling Federation Global Wrestling Federation
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Website'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ www.AbsoluteWrestling.net]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Video Pages'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling YouTube] [http://www.livevideo.com/acw LiveVideo] [http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling LiveStream] [http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw BYWTube] [http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ Blip.tv] [http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ Revver] [http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 Yahoo! Video] [http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling Veoh]
|- valign="top"
|}

'''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' (ACW) is a wrestling group founded in 1997. It is located in Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America and Castellon, Valencia, Spain. ACW is known for its character driven story-lines and attention to production values. The American side wrestles in an indoor custom-made ring, while the Spanish side makes use of various outdoor environments (such as playgrounds and parks).

==History==

Absolute Championship Wrestling can trace its roots back to an early federation in the mid-90's called Global Wrestling Federation (GWF). But ACW doesn't consider its birth until the summer of 1997 when GWF became known as the National Wrestling Federation (NWF). This is when their wrestling became more organized and they became more serious about their wrestling.

For many years NWF competed and existed with little to no communication with wrestling groups. A part of this was due to the lack of population in their home territory which is the upper peninsula of Michigan, so there were not any other competing wrestling groups in that part of the state. Also at that time the internet was not a big part the area as it is now. So this isolation is what essentially made the NWF, now ACW, develop its unique style of character driven storylines and production values.

As opposed to other wrestling groups, each NWF wrestler portrayed a cast of characters. This was done to establish a full roster that would allow for creativity in story line writing. But this also meant each wrestler could wrestle up to 5 times a night. That amount of wrestling seemed to establish dedication and pride in the wrestlers for what they are doing. So despite having at times a small roster, NWF, now ACW, has never called it quits.

A little less than a decade long as the NWF, it officially changed its name in the middle of 2006 to Absolute Championship Wrestling. They cited the name change due to multiple other National Wrestling Federations existing and wanting a unique name to match their unique wrestling. Soon after this name change, ACW began converting their old tapes of recorded material into digital format and established a YouTube account on September 1st of 2006. And soon after that ACW was contacted by Cam of [[Global Backyard Wrestling News]] (GBYWN) and became part of the restarting process of GBYWN.

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/Spain/thumb.jpg
ACW Spain Banner
|}

In February of 2009, ACW expanded in a way it had not predicted. Two brothers, Fernando and Francis Morante, of HWA Spain approached ACW with an offer of becoming ACW Spain and expanding ACW into Spain. The existing wrestlers of ACW watched the wrestling matches of HWA Spain and were immediately impressed with the heart and talent the Spanish wrestlers showed. So on the 21st of February, ACW made it official that it had expanded into Spain. Since the expansion ACW has made it a de-facto policy that the wrestlers in Spain should not be considered a separate group, despite being referred to at times as ACW Spain and having separate championships, but as part of the main group who happen to be in Spain. One effect of this policy is that wrestling matches coming from Spain aren't labeled as ACW Spain but simply ACW, and are uploaded on the same accounts as the American videos. It was the intention of ACW to keep its identity as a unified group, rather than separate groups that are only linked by a name.

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/SLSBS/thumb.jpg
SLSBS Banner
|}

Then in March of 2009, ACW participated in its first supershow, Salt Lake Spring Break Showdown. It competed against other federations such as New Generation Wrestling (NGW), Lewiston Wrestling Federation (LWF), [[Battle Born Wrestling]] (BBW) and Championship Battleground Wrestling (CBW). The show was held in Salt Lake City, Utah then later in the week, Las Vegas, Nevada. It marked the first time ACW competed in two west coast states, Utah and Nevada. ACW showcased the characters of Jake Xinn, Houston, Glassier, Safety Guy and Nick Richards at SLSBS. A highlight of the show was when Jake Xinn won the LWF World Championship from LWF wrestler Nails.

And in June of 2009, ACW's very own [[Josh McMullin]] went to Chicago, Illinois to wrestle in the Global Domination supershow. There he joined [[Alex Ohlson]] of [[Bridgeview Wrestling Association]] to form the team of Agent Orange. This is the first time ACW wrestled in Illinois as well as the first time that an ACW wrestler teamed with a wrestler from another group. They went on to defeat future GBYWN World Champion, [[FX]], and an independent wrestler for his tag partner. Although not particularly large for an ACW wrestler, Josh McMullin was taller than the majority of the wrestlers who attended and thus earned the nickname "redwood".

In early 2010, ACW joined the [[Global Wrestling Circuit]]. There are rumors that the Spain "faction" might purchase a ring and tour Spain under the ACW name. Also there is interest to start wrestling in Tucson, Arizona, which is normally known for being a wrestling wasteland.

==Production==

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/DoubleJ/thumb.jpg
Example of ACW graphics design
|}

One of the aspects that have allowed ACW, particularly the American side, to be unique is its production values. They have focused on producing wrestling for the general public rather than the BYW community itself. This is a by product of its long time isolated from other groups before entering the major BYW community.

As opposed to wrestling outside, ACW quickly moved indoors to wrestle to avoid the harsh northern Michigan winters (which are only made worse by the proximity of the Great Lakes). This has allowed ACW to decorate what they call their "arena" with logos and banners. Also indoors allows more usage of electronics. The primary benefit of this is their usage of entrance videos and event videos on multiple TV screens. And recently ACW has made use of strobe lights and a fog machine for entrances.

On the post production side of things, ACW produces its entire events straight to DVD or in a way that can be easily produced on DVD. They cite their main reason as creating a reliable archive of matches as their video tapes have been slowly degrading due to the humidity in Michigan. So there has been a recent emphasis to put old videos on DVD. Currently there is a project to put their old footage from 2001 onto DVDs.

On the Spanish side of things, members actively design their own costumes and title belts. This has yielded one a very unique black and silver world championship belt. Also ACW has contracted Dave Perez from [[New Generation Wrestling]] as an announcer for the Spanish matches. But post production is done on the American side with the intent on future DVD compilations.

With its emphasis on production, ACW has developed its own resources to produce graphics, websites, videos, and music. And since their integration into the BYW community they have produced graphics, logos, as well as the theme music for [[GBYWN]]. Also members of ACW do production work on occasion for other feds on an individual basis. A wrestling internet radio show which featured former pro wrestler and trainer Les Thatcher has used ACW music. Currently the professional wrestling group American Xtreme Wrestling uses a faded American flag logo designed by ACW. And the Lewiston Wrestling Federation has an outro video also designed by ACW.

==YouShoot==

ACW has made semi-regular contact with the world of professional wrestling through Kayfabe Commentary's YouShoot. YouShoot is a regular DVD series produced by Kayfabe Commentaries (KC) where they get people in wrestling to answer no-holds-barred questions about anything from questions submitted by the public. KC encourages the public to submit videos, but also accepts questions via e-mail. It is hosted by Sean Oliver and frequently has wrestling personalities that have worked for KC in the past.

===Honky Tonk Man===

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/news/general/2007/youshoot.jpg
"YouShoot: The Honky Tonk Man" which has Hypnosis and Loco imaged on the cover
|}

The first ever YouShoot featured former professional wrestler, and current trainer, the Honky Tonk Man (HTM). Two ACW characters, Hypnosis and Loco, are featured in the chapter "Pain & Fear" which is the longest chapter on the DVD.

In Loco's video, he criticized Honky Tonk Man's complaints about wrestlers who hurt him, and Loco boasted that he hurt many wrestlers himself. This is what the Honky Tonk Man had to say about Loco on the DVD: "You say you have injured a bunch of wrestlers. Well you have put them out of work...!", "You're bragging about [censored] wrestlers up, sounds like Bill Goldberg to me...", and "Loco you should be in matches with Bret Hart..." And since it has been posted on YouTube, fans of Honky Tonk Man have had worse to say about Loco. The general reception has been that Loco was making a legitimate shoot on HTM and has been so far the most heated contact ACW has had with the professional wrestling world. Despite some of the negative reaction, the Loco video has spawned some mimicry on YouTube in the form of a guy who calls himself Revelations. Revelations has been posting a series of videos challenging the Honky Tonk Man while using a laugh characteristic of Loco.

Hypnosis dug into Honky Tonk Man's past and criticized him for his praise of Hulk Hogan and his feud with Jerry Lawler in his video. Honky Tonk Man responded to Hypnosis's Hulk Hogan comments with this: "I have never stooged for Hulkamania. I am probably one of the foremost critics of Hulkamania. Not with Hulkamania's ability to change the business, the ability to sell tickets, or to be one of the most recognizable characters in the world." And then he tries explaining why his feud with Jerry Lawler was real by telling a lengthy story on how Jerry Lawler, and possibly Jim Ross, was jealous about his commentary skills. This video was much less controversial than Loco's and has received more positive comments on YouTube.

===Missy Hyatt===

The next YouShoot ACW took part in involved the former valet Missy Hyatt. This time Hung Lo and Valor Valancy sent in videos.

Hung Lo made an offer to Missy Hyatt to join "Team Hung Lo" in his video. Missy Hyatt's response didn't directly answer his question but included her feeling herself and the words "Hung Lo... Come on baby!", "Looks like he is in my basement...", and "If I get home tonight and that is in my basement, I'm going to be really upset, because I got my stripper-pole getting put in tonight." This video had the opposite reception of Loco's and has overwhelmingly positive responses on YouTube.

Valor Valancy in his video, warned Missy Hyatt against joining Team Hung Lo and that he had a "rat trap" to catch her if she joined with Hung Lo. But unfortunately it didn't meet the deadline to make the DVD. It can still be viewed on the ACW website as well as its video pages though.

===Kevin Sullivan===

A former character in ACW, the Lethal Licker, returned with his "woman" to participate in a YouShoot with a former wrestler, Kevin Sullivan. Leathal Licker commented Kevin Sullivan's retirement in Florida and Sullivan's departure from the "dark side" while making licking actions with his "woman". In response, Kevin Sullivan described his religions experiences and his philosophies on faith. After the DVD, the Leathal Licker thanked Kevin Sullivan for his in depth and respectful response.

==External links==
*[http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ Official ACW Website]
*[http://www.myspace.com/absolutewrestling ACW on MySpace]
*[http://absolutewrestling.deviantart.com/ ACW on deviantART]
*[http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling ACW on YouTube]
*[http://www.livevideo.com/acw ACW on LiveVideo]
*[http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling ACW on LiveStream]
*[http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw ACW on BYWTube]
*[http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ ACW on Blip.tv]
*[http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ ACW on Revver]
*[http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 ACW on Yahoo! Video]
*[http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling ACW on Veoh]

[[Category:Backyard federations]]
[[Category:American federations]]
[[Category:Active federations]]
[[Category:Federations established in 1997]]

BYW Rulz

AbsoluteJake — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 06:15:00 GMT

AbsoluteJake:

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| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | '''BYW Rulz''' 
|-
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" | http://i40.tinypic.com/11s0cuq.jpg
|-
| align="center" colspan="2" | '''Details'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Acronym'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | BYWR
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Established'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 2010
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Creator'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [[Shawn Selby]]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Type of site'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Forum
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Federations under banner'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 16
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Current status'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Active
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''External links'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://bywrulz.com BYWR Website]
|}

'''BYW Rulz''' or ('''BYWR''') is a [[backyard wrestling]] social, media-sharing online forum community that was created by [[Shawn Selby]] in January 2010. As a new social place, the community's main purpose is to gather those who share a strong interest and passion for backyard wrestling, and who involve themselves for the enjoyment.

==History==
===Establishment===
In January 2010, [[Ronus Championship Wrestling]] [[backyard wrestler]] [[Shawn Selby]] counter-acted against many getting harshly criticized for their backyard wrestling skill level including morely himself on the [[Global Backyard Wrestling News]] (GBYWN) site and opted to open up his own forum that was entitled Backyard Wrestling Rulz.

Selby preferred the convenience of a non-political at-ease forum where practitioners of the hobby could unite without drama and share their affection, passion and enjoyment for what they share doing on leisure time. The forum was created around the same time as [[Spot Monkey]] as GBYWN began a stand-still in activity and has collected a few members, however, no where on par with other communities.

==Challenges==
*BYWR Kayfabe Challenge - A shoot-on-shoot promo challenge.

*BYWR Spring Wrestling Challenge - A competition where the best match submitted by competitors is declared the winner of the contest.

==Federations==
*[[Lewiston Wrestling Federation]]
*[[Absolute Championship Wrestling]]
*Ronus' Championship Wrestling
*[[Indiana Championship Wrestling]]
*Collision Championship Wrestling
*Hybrid Championship Wrestling
*Kickass Wrestling Entertaiment
*Lancaster Championship Wrestling
*New Total Destruction Wrestling
*Norwegian Backyard Wrestling
*[[Non Stop Wrestling]]
*Neighborhood Wrestling Federation
*Oakdale Wrestling Federation
*Sudden Impact Wrestling
*Superspag Wrestling
*Temple Terrace Championship Wrestling

==Championships==

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!style="background: #e3e3e3;" width=11%|Championships
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" width=6%|Current champion(s)
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" width=4%|Date Won
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" width=6%|Event
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|-
|<center>[[BYWR Championship]]</center>
|<center>N/A </center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|<center>[[BYWR International Championship]]</center>
|<center>NA </center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|}

==External links==
*[http://bywrulz.com BYWR Forum]

[[Category:Backyard wrestling communities]]

Backyard Wrestling Talk

AbsoluteJake — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 06:06:57 GMT

AbsoluteJake:

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| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | '''Backyard Wrestling Talk''' 
|-
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" | http://i43.tinypic.com/2hgxsld.jpg
|-
| align="center" colspan="2" | '''Details'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Acronym'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | BYWT
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Established'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 2008
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Creator(s)'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [[Sic Ric]]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Type of site'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Free hosting forum
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Advertising'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Internet
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Federations under banner'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 16
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Current status'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Active
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''External links'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://bywt.clicboard.com/forum.htm BYWT Forum]
|}

'''Backyard Wrestling Talk''' was a backyard wrestling social, media-sharing online forum community that went short-lived and was created by [[Sic Ric]]. The forum was abandoned after a lack of activity. The graphics team of [[Absolute Championship Wrestling]] was used to design the logo. BYWT was one of the few forums to promote columns by backyard wrestlers which had contributions from [[Sic Ric]] and [[Jake Xinn]].

[[Category:Backyard wrestling communities]]

Absolute Championship Wrestling

AbsoluteJake — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:52:18 GMT

AbsoluteJake: /* Production */

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| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#EEEEEE" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | '''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' 
|-
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" | http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/banners/200x200.jpg
|-
| align="center" colspan="2" | '''Details'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Acronym'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | ACW
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Established'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 1997 - present
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Location'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America Castellon, Valencia, Spain
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Formerly'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | National Wrestling Federation Global Wrestling Federation
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Website'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ www.AbsoluteWrestling.net]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Video Pages'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling YouTube] [http://www.livevideo.com/acw LiveVideo] [http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling LiveStream] [http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw BYWTube] [http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ Blip.tv] [http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ Revver] [http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 Yahoo! Video] [http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling Veoh]
|- valign="top"
|}

'''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' (ACW) is a wrestling group founded in 1997. It is located in Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America and Castellon, Valencia, Spain. ACW is known for its character driven story-lines and attention to production values. The American side wrestles in an indoor custom-made ring, while the Spanish side makes use of various outdoor environments (such as playgrounds and parks).

==History==

Absolute Championship Wrestling can trace its roots back to an early federation in the mid-90's called Global Wrestling Federation (GWF). But ACW doesn't consider its birth until the summer of 1997 when GWF became known as the National Wrestling Federation (NWF). This is when their wrestling became more organized and they became more serious about their wrestling.

For many years NWF competed and existed with little to no communication with wrestling groups. A part of this was due to the lack of population in their home territory which is the upper peninsula of Michigan, so there were not any other competing wrestling groups in that part of the state. Also at that time the internet was not a big part the area as it is now. So this isolation is what essentially made the NWF, now ACW, develop its unique style of character driven storylines and production values.

As opposed to other wrestling groups, each NWF wrestler portrayed a cast of characters. This was done to establish a full roster that would allow for creativity in story line writing. But this also meant each wrestler could wrestle up to 5 times a night. That amount of wrestling seemed to establish dedication and pride in the wrestlers for what they are doing. So despite having at times a small roster, NWF, now ACW, has never called it quits.

A little less than a decade long as the NWF, it officially changed its name in the middle of 2006 to Absolute Championship Wrestling. They cited the name change due to multiple other National Wrestling Federations existing and wanting a unique name to match their unique wrestling. Soon after this name change, ACW began converting their old tapes of recorded material into digital format and established a YouTube account on September 1st of 2006. And soon after that ACW was contacted by Cam of [[Global Backyard Wrestling News]] (GBYWN) and became part of the restarting process of GBYWN.

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/Spain/thumb.jpg
ACW Spain Banner
|}

In February of 2009, ACW expanded in a way it had not predicted. Two brothers, Fernando and Francis Morante, of HWA Spain approached ACW with an offer of becoming ACW Spain and expanding ACW into Spain. The existing wrestlers of ACW watched the wrestling matches of HWA Spain and were immediately impressed with the heart and talent the Spanish wrestlers showed. So on the 21st of February, ACW made it official that it had expanded into Spain. Since the expansion ACW has made it a de-facto policy that the wrestlers in Spain should not be considered a separate group, despite being referred to at times as ACW Spain and having separate championships, but as part of the main group who happen to be in Spain. One effect of this policy is that wrestling matches coming from Spain aren't labeled as ACW Spain but simply ACW, and are uploaded on the same accounts as the American videos. It was the intention of ACW to keep its identity as a unified group, rather than separate groups that are only linked by a name.

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SLSBS Banner
|}

Then in March of 2009, ACW participated in its first supershow, Salt Lake Spring Break Showdown. It competed against other federations such as New Generation Wrestling (NGW), Lewiston Wrestling Federation (LWF), [[Battle Born Wrestling]] (BBW) and Championship Battleground Wrestling (CBW). The show was held in Salt Lake City, Utah then later in the week, Las Vegas, Nevada. It marked the first time ACW competed in two west coast states, Utah and Nevada. ACW showcased the characters of Jake Xinn, Houston, Glassier, Safety Guy and Nick Richards at SLSBS. A highlight of the show was when Jake Xinn won the LWF World Championship from LWF wrestler Nails.

And in June of 2009, ACW's very own [[Josh McMullin]] went to Chicago, Illinois to wrestle in the Global Domination supershow. There he joined [[Alex Ohlson]] of [[Bridgeview Wrestling Association]] to form the team of Agent Orange. This is the first time ACW wrestled in Illinois as well as the first time that an ACW wrestler teamed with a wrestler from another group. They went on to defeat future GBYWN World Champion, [[FX]], and an independent wrestler for his tag partner. Although not particularly large for an ACW wrestler, Josh McMullin was taller than the majority of the wrestlers who attended and thus earned the nickname "redwood".

In early 2010, ACW joined the [[Global Wrestling Circuit]]. Also there are rumors that the Spain "faction" might purchase a ring and tour Spain under the ACW name.

==Production==

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Example of ACW graphics design
|}

One of the aspects that have allowed ACW, particularly the American side, to be unique is its production values. They have focused on producing wrestling for the general public rather than the BYW community itself. This is a by product of its long time isolated from other groups before entering the major BYW community.

As opposed to wrestling outside, ACW quickly moved indoors to wrestle to avoid the harsh northern Michigan winters (which are only made worse by the proximity of the Great Lakes). This has allowed ACW to decorate what they call their "arena" with logos and banners. Also indoors allows more usage of electronics. The primary benefit of this is their usage of entrance videos and event videos on multiple TV screens. And recently ACW has made use of strobe lights and a fog machine for entrances.

On the post production side of things, ACW produces its entire events straight to DVD or in a way that can be easily produced on DVD. They cite their main reason as creating a reliable archive of matches as their video tapes have been slowly degrading due to the humidity in Michigan. So there has been a recent emphasis to put old videos on DVD. Currently there is a project to put their old footage from 2001 onto DVDs.

On the Spanish side of things, members actively design their own costumes and title belts. This has yielded one a very unique black and silver world championship belt. Also ACW has contracted Dave Perez from [[New Generation Wrestling]] as an announcer for the Spanish matches. But post production is done on the American side with the intent on future DVD compilations.

With its emphasis on production, ACW has developed its own resources to produce graphics, websites, videos, and music. And since their integration into the BYW community they have produced graphics, logos, as well as the theme music for [[GBYWN]]. Also members of ACW do production work on occasion for other feds on an individual basis. A wrestling internet radio show which featured former pro wrestler and trainer Les Thatcher has used ACW music. Currently the professional wrestling group American Xtreme Wrestling uses a faded American flag logo designed by ACW. And the Lewiston Wrestling Federation has an outro video also designed by ACW.

==YouShoot==

ACW has made semi-regular contact with the world of professional wrestling through Kayfabe Commentary's YouShoot. YouShoot is a regular DVD series produced by Kayfabe Commentaries (KC) where they get people in wrestling to answer no-holds-barred questions about anything from questions submitted by the public. KC encourages the public to submit videos, but also accepts questions via e-mail. It is hosted by Sean Oliver and frequently has wrestling personalities that have worked for KC in the past.

===Honky Tonk Man===

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"YouShoot: The Honky Tonk Man" which has Hypnosis and Loco imaged on the cover
|}

The first ever YouShoot featured former professional wrestler, and current trainer, the Honky Tonk Man (HTM). Two ACW characters, Hypnosis and Loco, are featured in the chapter "Pain & Fear" which is the longest chapter on the DVD.

In Loco's video, he criticized Honky Tonk Man's complaints about wrestlers who hurt him, and Loco boasted that he hurt many wrestlers himself. This is what the Honky Tonk Man had to say about Loco on the DVD: "You say you have injured a bunch of wrestlers. Well you have put them out of work...!", "You're bragging about [censored] wrestlers up, sounds like Bill Goldberg to me...", and "Loco you should be in matches with Bret Hart..." And since it has been posted on YouTube, fans of Honky Tonk Man have had worse to say about Loco. The general reception has been that Loco was making a legitimate shoot on HTM and has been so far the most heated contact ACW has had with the professional wrestling world. Despite some of the negative reaction, the Loco video has spawned some mimicry on YouTube in the form of a guy who calls himself Revelations. Revelations has been posting a series of videos challenging the Honky Tonk Man while using a laugh characteristic of Loco.

Hypnosis dug into Honky Tonk Man's past and criticized him for his praise of Hulk Hogan and his feud with Jerry Lawler in his video. Honky Tonk Man responded to Hypnosis's Hulk Hogan comments with this: "I have never stooged for Hulkamania. I am probably one of the foremost critics of Hulkamania. Not with Hulkamania's ability to change the business, the ability to sell tickets, or to be one of the most recognizable characters in the world." And then he tries explaining why his feud with Jerry Lawler was real by telling a lengthy story on how Jerry Lawler, and possibly Jim Ross, was jealous about his commentary skills. This video was much less controversial than Loco's and has received more positive comments on YouTube.

===Missy Hyatt===

The next YouShoot ACW took part in involved the former valet Missy Hyatt. This time Hung Lo and Valor Valancy sent in videos.

Hung Lo made an offer to Missy Hyatt to join "Team Hung Lo" in his video. Missy Hyatt's response didn't directly answer his question but included her feeling herself and the words "Hung Lo... Come on baby!", "Looks like he is in my basement...", and "If I get home tonight and that is in my basement, I'm going to be really upset, because I got my stripper-pole getting put in tonight." This video had the opposite reception of Loco's and has overwhelmingly positive responses on YouTube.

Valor Valancy in his video, warned Missy Hyatt against joining Team Hung Lo and that he had a "rat trap" to catch her if she joined with Hung Lo. But unfortunately it didn't meet the deadline to make the DVD. It can still be viewed on the ACW website as well as its video pages though.

===Kevin Sullivan===

A former character in ACW, the Lethal Licker, returned with his "woman" to participate in a YouShoot with a former wrestler, Kevin Sullivan. Leathal Licker commented Kevin Sullivan's retirement in Florida and Sullivan's departure from the "dark side" while making licking actions with his "woman". In response, Kevin Sullivan described his religions experiences and his philosophies on faith. After the DVD, the Leathal Licker thanked Kevin Sullivan for his in depth and respectful response.

==External links==
*[http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ Official ACW Website]
*[http://www.myspace.com/absolutewrestling ACW on MySpace]
*[http://absolutewrestling.deviantart.com/ ACW on deviantART]
*[http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling ACW on YouTube]
*[http://www.livevideo.com/acw ACW on LiveVideo]
*[http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling ACW on LiveStream]
*[http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw ACW on BYWTube]
*[http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ ACW on Blip.tv]
*[http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ ACW on Revver]
*[http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 ACW on Yahoo! Video]
*[http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling ACW on Veoh]

[[Category:Backyard federations]]
[[Category:American federations]]
[[Category:Active federations]]
[[Category:Federations established in 1997]]

Absolute Championship Wrestling

AbsoluteJake — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:51:10 GMT

AbsoluteJake: /* History */

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|-
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|-
| align="center" colspan="2" | '''Details'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Acronym'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | ACW
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Established'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 1997 - present
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Location'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America Castellon, Valencia, Spain
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Formerly'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | National Wrestling Federation Global Wrestling Federation
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Website'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ www.AbsoluteWrestling.net]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Video Pages'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling YouTube] [http://www.livevideo.com/acw LiveVideo] [http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling LiveStream] [http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw BYWTube] [http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ Blip.tv] [http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ Revver] [http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 Yahoo! Video] [http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling Veoh]
|- valign="top"
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'''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' (ACW) is a wrestling group founded in 1997. It is located in Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America and Castellon, Valencia, Spain. ACW is known for its character driven story-lines and attention to production values. The American side wrestles in an indoor custom-made ring, while the Spanish side makes use of various outdoor environments (such as playgrounds and parks).

==History==

Absolute Championship Wrestling can trace its roots back to an early federation in the mid-90's called Global Wrestling Federation (GWF). But ACW doesn't consider its birth until the summer of 1997 when GWF became known as the National Wrestling Federation (NWF). This is when their wrestling became more organized and they became more serious about their wrestling.

For many years NWF competed and existed with little to no communication with wrestling groups. A part of this was due to the lack of population in their home territory which is the upper peninsula of Michigan, so there were not any other competing wrestling groups in that part of the state. Also at that time the internet was not a big part the area as it is now. So this isolation is what essentially made the NWF, now ACW, develop its unique style of character driven storylines and production values.

As opposed to other wrestling groups, each NWF wrestler portrayed a cast of characters. This was done to establish a full roster that would allow for creativity in story line writing. But this also meant each wrestler could wrestle up to 5 times a night. That amount of wrestling seemed to establish dedication and pride in the wrestlers for what they are doing. So despite having at times a small roster, NWF, now ACW, has never called it quits.

A little less than a decade long as the NWF, it officially changed its name in the middle of 2006 to Absolute Championship Wrestling. They cited the name change due to multiple other National Wrestling Federations existing and wanting a unique name to match their unique wrestling. Soon after this name change, ACW began converting their old tapes of recorded material into digital format and established a YouTube account on September 1st of 2006. And soon after that ACW was contacted by Cam of [[Global Backyard Wrestling News]] (GBYWN) and became part of the restarting process of GBYWN.

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/Spain/thumb.jpg
ACW Spain Banner
|}

In February of 2009, ACW expanded in a way it had not predicted. Two brothers, Fernando and Francis Morante, of HWA Spain approached ACW with an offer of becoming ACW Spain and expanding ACW into Spain. The existing wrestlers of ACW watched the wrestling matches of HWA Spain and were immediately impressed with the heart and talent the Spanish wrestlers showed. So on the 21st of February, ACW made it official that it had expanded into Spain. Since the expansion ACW has made it a de-facto policy that the wrestlers in Spain should not be considered a separate group, despite being referred to at times as ACW Spain and having separate championships, but as part of the main group who happen to be in Spain. One effect of this policy is that wrestling matches coming from Spain aren't labeled as ACW Spain but simply ACW, and are uploaded on the same accounts as the American videos. It was the intention of ACW to keep its identity as a unified group, rather than separate groups that are only linked by a name.

{| border=1 align=right cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=200 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #EEEEEE; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/SLSBS/thumb.jpg
SLSBS Banner
|}

Then in March of 2009, ACW participated in its first supershow, Salt Lake Spring Break Showdown. It competed against other federations such as New Generation Wrestling (NGW), Lewiston Wrestling Federation (LWF), [[Battle Born Wrestling]] (BBW) and Championship Battleground Wrestling (CBW). The show was held in Salt Lake City, Utah then later in the week, Las Vegas, Nevada. It marked the first time ACW competed in two west coast states, Utah and Nevada. ACW showcased the characters of Jake Xinn, Houston, Glassier, Safety Guy and Nick Richards at SLSBS. A highlight of the show was when Jake Xinn won the LWF World Championship from LWF wrestler Nails.

And in June of 2009, ACW's very own [[Josh McMullin]] went to Chicago, Illinois to wrestle in the Global Domination supershow. There he joined [[Alex Ohlson]] of [[Bridgeview Wrestling Association]] to form the team of Agent Orange. This is the first time ACW wrestled in Illinois as well as the first time that an ACW wrestler teamed with a wrestler from another group. They went on to defeat future GBYWN World Champion, [[FX]], and an independent wrestler for his tag partner. Although not particularly large for an ACW wrestler, Josh McMullin was taller than the majority of the wrestlers who attended and thus earned the nickname "redwood".

In early 2010, ACW joined the [[Global Wrestling Circuit]]. Also there are rumors that the Spain "faction" might purchase a ring and tour Spain under the ACW name.

==Production==

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/World/thumb.jpg
Example of ACW graphics design
|}

One of the aspects that have allowed ACW, particularly the American side, to be unique is its production values. They have focused on producing wrestling for the general public rather than the BYW community itself. This is a by product of its long time isolated from other groups before entering the major BYW community.

As opposed to wrestling outside, ACW quickly moved indoors to wrestle to avoid the harsh northern Michigan winters (which are only made worse by the proximity of the Great Lakes). This has allowed ACW to decorate what they call their "arena" with logos and banners. Also indoors allows more usage of electronics. The primary benefit of this is their usage of entrance videos and event videos on multiple TV screens. And recently ACW has made use of strobe lights and a fog machine for entrances.

On the post production side of things, ACW produces its entire events straight to DVD or in a way that can be easily produced on DVD. They cite their main reason as creating a reliable archive of matches as their video tapes have been slowly degrading due to the humidity in Michigan. So there has been a recent emphasis to put old videos on DVD. Currently there is a project to put their old footage from 2001 onto DVDs.

On the Spanish side of things, members actively design their own costumes and title belts. This has yielded one a very unique black and silver world championship belt. Also ACW has contracted Dave Perez from [[New Generation Wrestling]] as an announcer for the Spanish matches. But post production is done on the American side with the intent on future DVD compilations.

With its emphasis on production, ACW has developed its own resources to produce graphics, websites, videos, and music. And since their integration into the BYW community they have produced graphics, logos, as well as the theme music for [[GBYWN]]. Also members of ACW do production work on occasion for other feds on an individual basis. A wrestling internet radio show which featured former pro wrestler and trainer Les Thatcher has used ACW music. Currently the professional wrestling group American Xtreme Wrestling uses a faded American flag logo designed by ACW. And the Lewiston Wrestling Federation has an outro video also designed by ACW.

==YouShoot==

ACW has made semi-regular contact with the world of professional wrestling through Kayfabe Commentary's YouShoot. YouShoot is a regular DVD series produced by Kayfabe Commentaries (KC) where they get people in wrestling to answer no-holds-barred questions about anything from questions submitted by the public. KC encourages the public to submit videos, but also accepts questions via e-mail. It is hosted by Sean Oliver and frequently has wrestling personalities that have worked for KC in the past.

===Honky Tonk Man===

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/news/general/2007/youshoot.jpg
"YouShoot: The Honky Tonk Man" which has Hypnosis and Loco imaged on the cover
|}

The first ever YouShoot featured former professional wrestler, and current trainer, the Honky Tonk Man (HTM). Two ACW characters, Hypnosis and Loco, are featured in the chapter "Pain & Fear" which is the longest chapter on the DVD.

In Loco's video, he criticized Honky Tonk Man's complaints about wrestlers who hurt him, and Loco boasted that he hurt many wrestlers himself. This is what the Honky Tonk Man had to say about Loco on the DVD: "You say you have injured a bunch of wrestlers. Well you have put them out of work...!", "You're bragging about [censored] wrestlers up, sounds like Bill Goldberg to me...", and "Loco you should be in matches with Bret Hart..." And since it has been posted on YouTube, fans of Honky Tonk Man have had worse to say about Loco. The general reception has been that Loco was making a legitimate shoot on HTM and has been so far the most heated contact ACW has had with the professional wrestling world. Despite some of the negative reaction, the Loco video has spawned some mimicry on YouTube in the form of a guy who calls himself Revelations. Revelations has been posting a series of videos challenging the Honky Tonk Man while using a laugh characteristic of Loco.

Hypnosis dug into Honky Tonk Man's past and criticized him for his praise of Hulk Hogan and his feud with Jerry Lawler in his video. Honky Tonk Man responded to Hypnosis's Hulk Hogan comments with this: "I have never stooged for Hulkamania. I am probably one of the foremost critics of Hulkamania. Not with Hulkamania's ability to change the business, the ability to sell tickets, or to be one of the most recognizable characters in the world." And then he tries explaining why his feud with Jerry Lawler was real by telling a lengthy story on how Jerry Lawler, and possibly Jim Ross, was jealous about his commentary skills. This video was much less controversial than Loco's and has received more positive comments on YouTube.

===Missy Hyatt===

The next YouShoot ACW took part in involved the former valet Missy Hyatt. This time Hung Lo and Valor Valancy sent in videos.

Hung Lo made an offer to Missy Hyatt to join "Team Hung Lo" in his video. Missy Hyatt's response didn't directly answer his question but included her feeling herself and the words "Hung Lo... Come on baby!", "Looks like he is in my basement...", and "If I get home tonight and that is in my basement, I'm going to be really upset, because I got my stripper-pole getting put in tonight." This video had the opposite reception of Loco's and has overwhelmingly positive responses on YouTube.

Valor Valancy in his video, warned Missy Hyatt against joining Team Hung Lo and that he had a "rat trap" to catch her if she joined with Hung Lo. But unfortunately it didn't meet the deadline to make the DVD. It can still be viewed on the ACW website as well as its video pages though.

===Kevin Sullivan===

A former character in ACW, the Lethal Licker, returned with his "woman" to participate in a YouShoot with a former wrestler, Kevin Sullivan. Leathal Licker commented Kevin Sullivan's retirement in Florida and Sullivan's departure from the "dark side" while making licking actions with his "woman". In response, Kevin Sullivan described his religions experiences and his philosophies on faith. After the DVD, the Leathal Licker thanked Kevin Sullivan for his in depth and respectful response.

==External links==
*[http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ Official ACW Website]
*[http://www.myspace.com/absolutewrestling ACW on MySpace]
*[http://absolutewrestling.deviantart.com/ ACW on deviantART]
*[http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling ACW on YouTube]
*[http://www.livevideo.com/acw ACW on LiveVideo]
*[http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling ACW on LiveStream]
*[http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw ACW on BYWTube]
*[http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ ACW on Blip.tv]
*[http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ ACW on Revver]
*[http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 ACW on Yahoo! Video]
*[http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling ACW on Veoh]

[[Category:Backyard federations]]
[[Category:American federations]]
[[Category:Active federations]]
[[Category:Federations established in 1997]]

Absolute Championship Wrestling

AbsoluteJake — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:46:21 GMT

AbsoluteJake: /* Production */

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| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#EEEEEE" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | '''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' 
|-
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" | http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/banners/200x200.jpg
|-
| align="center" colspan="2" | '''Details'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Acronym'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | ACW
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Established'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 1997 - present
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Location'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America Castellon, Valencia, Spain
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Formerly'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | National Wrestling Federation Global Wrestling Federation
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Website'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ www.AbsoluteWrestling.net]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Video Pages'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling YouTube] [http://www.livevideo.com/acw LiveVideo] [http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling LiveStream] [http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw BYWTube] [http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ Blip.tv] [http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ Revver] [http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 Yahoo! Video] [http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling Veoh]
|- valign="top"
|}

'''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' (ACW) is a wrestling group founded in 1997. It is located in Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America and Castellon, Valencia, Spain. ACW is known for its character driven story-lines and attention to production values. The American side wrestles in an indoor custom-made ring, while the Spanish side makes use of various outdoor environments (such as playgrounds and parks).

==History==

Absolute Championship Wrestling can trace its roots back to an early federation in the mid-90's called Global Wrestling Federation (GWF). But ACW doesn't consider its birth until the summer of 1997 when GWF became known as the National Wrestling Federation (NWF). This is when their wrestling became more organized and they became more serious about their wrestling.

For many years NWF competed and existed with little to no communication with wrestling groups. A part of this was due to the lack of population in their home territory which is the upper peninsula of Michigan, so there were not any other competing wrestling groups in that part of the state. Also at that time the internet was not a big part the area as it is now. So this isolation is what essentially made the NWF, now ACW, develop its unique style of character driven storylines and production values.

As opposed to other wrestling groups, each NWF wrestler portrayed a cast of characters. This was done to establish a full roster that would allow for creativity in story line writing. But this also meant each wrestler could wrestle up to 5 times a night. That amount of wrestling seemed to establish dedication and pride in the wrestlers for what they are doing. So despite having at times a small roster, NWF, now ACW, has never called it quits.

A little less than a decade long as the NWF, it officially changed its name in the middle of 2006 to Absolute Championship Wrestling. They cited the name change due to multiple other National Wrestling Federations existing and wanting a unique name to match their unique wrestling. Soon after this name change, ACW began converting their old tapes of recorded material into digital format and established a YouTube account on September 1st of 2006. And soon after that ACW was contacted by Cam of [[Global Backyard Wrestling News]] (GBYWN) and became part of the restarting process of GBYWN.

{| border=1 align=left cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=200 style="margin: 0 1em 1em 0; background: #EEEEEE; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/news/general/2009/spain.jpg
ACW Spain Logo
|}

In February of 2009, ACW expanded in a way it had not predicted. Two brothers, Fernando and Francis Morante, of HWA Spain approached ACW with an offer of becoming ACW Spain and expanding ACW into Spain. The existing wrestlers of ACW watched the wrestling matches of HWA Spain and were immediately impressed with the heart and talent the Spanish wrestlers showed. So on the 21st of February, ACW made it official that it had expanded into Spain. Since the expansion ACW has made it a de-facto policy that the wrestlers in Spain should not be considered a separate group, despite being referred to at times as ACW Spain and having separate championships, but as part of the main group who happen to be in Spain. One effect of this policy is that wrestling matches coming from Spain aren't labeled as ACW Spain but simply ACW, and are uploaded on the same accounts as the American videos. It was the intention of ACW to keep its identity as a unified group, rather than separate groups that are only linked by a name.

{| border=1 align=right cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=200 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #EEEEEE; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/SLSBS/thumb.jpg
SLSBS Banner
|}

Then in March of 2009, ACW participated in its first supershow, Salt Lake Spring Break Showdown. It competed against other federations such as New Generation Wrestling (NGW), Lewiston Wrestling Federation (LWF), [[Battle Born Wrestling]] (BBW) and Championship Battleground Wrestling (CBW). The show was held in Salt Lake City, Utah then later in the week, Las Vegas, Nevada. It marked the first time ACW competed in two west coast states, Utah and Nevada. ACW showcased the characters of Jake Xinn, Houston, Glassier, Safety Guy and Nick Richards at SLSBS. A highlight of the show was when Jake Xinn won the LWF World Championship from LWF wrestler Nails.

And in June of 2009, ACW's very own [[Josh McMullin]] went to Chicago, Illinois to wrestle in the Global Domination supershow. There he joined [[Alex Ohlson]] of [[Bridgeview Wrestling Association]] to form the team of Agent Orange. This is the first time ACW wrestled in Illinois as well as the first time that an ACW wrestler teamed with a wrestler from another group. They went on to defeat future GBYWN World Champion, [[FX]], and an independent wrestler for his tag partner. Although not particularly large for an ACW wrestler, Josh McMullin was taller than the majority of the wrestlers who attended and thus earned the nickname "redwood".

In early 2010, ACW joined the [[Global Wrestling Circuit]]. Also there are rumors that the Spain "faction" might purchase a ring and tour Spain under the ACW name.

==Production==

{| border=1 align=left cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=200 style="margin: 0 1em 1em 0; background: #EEEEEE; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/World/thumb.jpg
Example of ACW graphics design
|}

One of the aspects that have allowed ACW, particularly the American side, to be unique is its production values. They have focused on producing wrestling for the general public rather than the BYW community itself. This is a by product of its long time isolated from other groups before entering the major BYW community.

As opposed to wrestling outside, ACW quickly moved indoors to wrestle to avoid the harsh northern Michigan winters (which are only made worse by the proximity of the Great Lakes). This has allowed ACW to decorate what they call their "arena" with logos and banners. Also indoors allows more usage of electronics. The primary benefit of this is their usage of entrance videos and event videos on multiple TV screens. And recently ACW has made use of strobe lights and a fog machine for entrances.

On the post production side of things, ACW produces its entire events straight to DVD or in a way that can be easily produced on DVD. They cite their main reason as creating a reliable archive of matches as their video tapes have been slowly degrading due to the humidity in Michigan. So there has been a recent emphasis to put old videos on DVD. Currently there is a project to put their old footage from 2001 onto DVDs.

On the Spanish side of things, members actively design their own costumes and title belts. This has yielded one a very unique black and silver world championship belt. Also ACW has contracted Dave Perez from [[New Generation Wrestling]] as an announcer for the Spanish matches. But post production is done on the American side with the intent on future DVD compilations.

With its emphasis on production, ACW has developed its own resources to produce graphics, websites, videos, and music. And since their integration into the BYW community they have produced graphics, logos, as well as the theme music for [[GBYWN]]. Also members of ACW do production work on occasion for other feds on an individual basis. A wrestling internet radio show which featured former pro wrestler and trainer Les Thatcher has used ACW music. Currently the professional wrestling group American Xtreme Wrestling uses a faded American flag logo designed by ACW. And the Lewiston Wrestling Federation has an outro video also designed by ACW.

==YouShoot==

ACW has made semi-regular contact with the world of professional wrestling through Kayfabe Commentary's YouShoot. YouShoot is a regular DVD series produced by Kayfabe Commentaries (KC) where they get people in wrestling to answer no-holds-barred questions about anything from questions submitted by the public. KC encourages the public to submit videos, but also accepts questions via e-mail. It is hosted by Sean Oliver and frequently has wrestling personalities that have worked for KC in the past.

===Honky Tonk Man===

{| border=1 align=right cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=200 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #EEEEEE; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/news/general/2007/youshoot.jpg
"YouShoot: The Honky Tonk Man" which has Hypnosis and Loco imaged on the cover
|}

The first ever YouShoot featured former professional wrestler, and current trainer, the Honky Tonk Man (HTM). Two ACW characters, Hypnosis and Loco, are featured in the chapter "Pain & Fear" which is the longest chapter on the DVD.

In Loco's video, he criticized Honky Tonk Man's complaints about wrestlers who hurt him, and Loco boasted that he hurt many wrestlers himself. This is what the Honky Tonk Man had to say about Loco on the DVD: "You say you have injured a bunch of wrestlers. Well you have put them out of work...!", "You're bragging about [censored] wrestlers up, sounds like Bill Goldberg to me...", and "Loco you should be in matches with Bret Hart..." And since it has been posted on YouTube, fans of Honky Tonk Man have had worse to say about Loco. The general reception has been that Loco was making a legitimate shoot on HTM and has been so far the most heated contact ACW has had with the professional wrestling world. Despite some of the negative reaction, the Loco video has spawned some mimicry on YouTube in the form of a guy who calls himself Revelations. Revelations has been posting a series of videos challenging the Honky Tonk Man while using a laugh characteristic of Loco.

Hypnosis dug into Honky Tonk Man's past and criticized him for his praise of Hulk Hogan and his feud with Jerry Lawler in his video. Honky Tonk Man responded to Hypnosis's Hulk Hogan comments with this: "I have never stooged for Hulkamania. I am probably one of the foremost critics of Hulkamania. Not with Hulkamania's ability to change the business, the ability to sell tickets, or to be one of the most recognizable characters in the world." And then he tries explaining why his feud with Jerry Lawler was real by telling a lengthy story on how Jerry Lawler, and possibly Jim Ross, was jealous about his commentary skills. This video was much less controversial than Loco's and has received more positive comments on YouTube.

===Missy Hyatt===

The next YouShoot ACW took part in involved the former valet Missy Hyatt. This time Hung Lo and Valor Valancy sent in videos.

Hung Lo made an offer to Missy Hyatt to join "Team Hung Lo" in his video. Missy Hyatt's response didn't directly answer his question but included her feeling herself and the words "Hung Lo... Come on baby!", "Looks like he is in my basement...", and "If I get home tonight and that is in my basement, I'm going to be really upset, because I got my stripper-pole getting put in tonight." This video had the opposite reception of Loco's and has overwhelmingly positive responses on YouTube.

Valor Valancy in his video, warned Missy Hyatt against joining Team Hung Lo and that he had a "rat trap" to catch her if she joined with Hung Lo. But unfortunately it didn't meet the deadline to make the DVD. It can still be viewed on the ACW website as well as its video pages though.

===Kevin Sullivan===

A former character in ACW, the Lethal Licker, returned with his "woman" to participate in a YouShoot with a former wrestler, Kevin Sullivan. Leathal Licker commented Kevin Sullivan's retirement in Florida and Sullivan's departure from the "dark side" while making licking actions with his "woman". In response, Kevin Sullivan described his religions experiences and his philosophies on faith. After the DVD, the Leathal Licker thanked Kevin Sullivan for his in depth and respectful response.

==External links==
*[http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ Official ACW Website]
*[http://www.myspace.com/absolutewrestling ACW on MySpace]
*[http://absolutewrestling.deviantart.com/ ACW on deviantART]
*[http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling ACW on YouTube]
*[http://www.livevideo.com/acw ACW on LiveVideo]
*[http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling ACW on LiveStream]
*[http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw ACW on BYWTube]
*[http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ ACW on Blip.tv]
*[http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ ACW on Revver]
*[http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 ACW on Yahoo! Video]
*[http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling ACW on Veoh]

[[Category:Backyard federations]]
[[Category:American federations]]
[[Category:Active federations]]
[[Category:Federations established in 1997]]

Absolute Championship Wrestling

AbsoluteJake — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:36:40 GMT

AbsoluteJake: /* History */

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| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#EEEEEE" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | '''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' 
|-
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" | http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/banners/200x200.jpg
|-
| align="center" colspan="2" | '''Details'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Acronym'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | ACW
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Established'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 1997 - present
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Location'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America Castellon, Valencia, Spain
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Formerly'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | National Wrestling Federation Global Wrestling Federation
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Website'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ www.AbsoluteWrestling.net]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Video Pages'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling YouTube] [http://www.livevideo.com/acw LiveVideo] [http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling LiveStream] [http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw BYWTube] [http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ Blip.tv] [http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ Revver] [http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 Yahoo! Video] [http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling Veoh]
|- valign="top"
|}

'''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' (ACW) is a wrestling group founded in 1997. It is located in Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America and Castellon, Valencia, Spain. ACW is known for its character driven story-lines and attention to production values. The American side wrestles in an indoor custom-made ring, while the Spanish side makes use of various outdoor environments (such as playgrounds and parks).

==History==

Absolute Championship Wrestling can trace its roots back to an early federation in the mid-90's called Global Wrestling Federation (GWF). But ACW doesn't consider its birth until the summer of 1997 when GWF became known as the National Wrestling Federation (NWF). This is when their wrestling became more organized and they became more serious about their wrestling.

For many years NWF competed and existed with little to no communication with wrestling groups. A part of this was due to the lack of population in their home territory which is the upper peninsula of Michigan, so there were not any other competing wrestling groups in that part of the state. Also at that time the internet was not a big part the area as it is now. So this isolation is what essentially made the NWF, now ACW, develop its unique style of character driven storylines and production values.

As opposed to other wrestling groups, each NWF wrestler portrayed a cast of characters. This was done to establish a full roster that would allow for creativity in story line writing. But this also meant each wrestler could wrestle up to 5 times a night. That amount of wrestling seemed to establish dedication and pride in the wrestlers for what they are doing. So despite having at times a small roster, NWF, now ACW, has never called it quits.

A little less than a decade long as the NWF, it officially changed its name in the middle of 2006 to Absolute Championship Wrestling. They cited the name change due to multiple other National Wrestling Federations existing and wanting a unique name to match their unique wrestling. Soon after this name change, ACW began converting their old tapes of recorded material into digital format and established a YouTube account on September 1st of 2006. And soon after that ACW was contacted by Cam of [[Global Backyard Wrestling News]] (GBYWN) and became part of the restarting process of GBYWN.

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/news/general/2009/spain.jpg
ACW Spain Logo
|}

In February of 2009, ACW expanded in a way it had not predicted. Two brothers, Fernando and Francis Morante, of HWA Spain approached ACW with an offer of becoming ACW Spain and expanding ACW into Spain. The existing wrestlers of ACW watched the wrestling matches of HWA Spain and were immediately impressed with the heart and talent the Spanish wrestlers showed. So on the 21st of February, ACW made it official that it had expanded into Spain. Since the expansion ACW has made it a de-facto policy that the wrestlers in Spain should not be considered a separate group, despite being referred to at times as ACW Spain and having separate championships, but as part of the main group who happen to be in Spain. One effect of this policy is that wrestling matches coming from Spain aren't labeled as ACW Spain but simply ACW, and are uploaded on the same accounts as the American videos. It was the intention of ACW to keep its identity as a unified group, rather than separate groups that are only linked by a name.

{| border=1 align=right cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=200 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #EEEEEE; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/SLSBS/thumb.jpg
SLSBS Banner
|}

Then in March of 2009, ACW participated in its first supershow, Salt Lake Spring Break Showdown. It competed against other federations such as New Generation Wrestling (NGW), Lewiston Wrestling Federation (LWF), [[Battle Born Wrestling]] (BBW) and Championship Battleground Wrestling (CBW). The show was held in Salt Lake City, Utah then later in the week, Las Vegas, Nevada. It marked the first time ACW competed in two west coast states, Utah and Nevada. ACW showcased the characters of Jake Xinn, Houston, Glassier, Safety Guy and Nick Richards at SLSBS. A highlight of the show was when Jake Xinn won the LWF World Championship from LWF wrestler Nails.

And in June of 2009, ACW's very own [[Josh McMullin]] went to Chicago, Illinois to wrestle in the Global Domination supershow. There he joined [[Alex Ohlson]] of [[Bridgeview Wrestling Association]] to form the team of Agent Orange. This is the first time ACW wrestled in Illinois as well as the first time that an ACW wrestler teamed with a wrestler from another group. They went on to defeat future GBYWN World Champion, [[FX]], and an independent wrestler for his tag partner. Although not particularly large for an ACW wrestler, Josh McMullin was taller than the majority of the wrestlers who attended and thus earned the nickname "redwood".

In early 2010, ACW joined the [[Global Wrestling Circuit]]. Also there are rumors that the Spain "faction" might purchase a ring and tour Spain under the ACW name.

==Production==

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/World/thumb.jpg
Example of ACW graphics design
|}

One of the aspects that have allowed ACW, particularly the American side, to be unique is its production values. They have focused on producing wrestling for the general public rather than the BYW community itself. This is a by product of its long time isolated from other groups before entering the major BYW community.

As opposed to wrestling outside, ACW quickly moved indoors to wrestle to avoid the harsh northern Michigan winters (which are only made worse by the proximity of the Great Lakes). This has allowed ACW to decorate what they call their "arena" with logos and banners. Also indoors allows more usage of electronics. The primary benefit of this is their usage of entrance videos and event videos on multiple TV screens. And recently ACW has made use of strobe lights and a fog machine for entrances.
On the post production side of things, ACW produces its entire events straight to DVD or in a way that can be easily produced on DVD. They cite their main reason as creating a reliable archive of matches as their video tapes have been slowly degrading due to the humidity in Michigan. So there has been a recent emphasis to put old videos on DVD. Currently there is a project to put their old footage from 2001 onto DVDs.

On the Spanish side of things, members actively design their own costumes and title belts. Also ACW has contracted Dave Perez from [[New Generation Wrestling]] as an announcer for the Spanish matches. But post production is done on the American side with the intent on future DVD compilations.

With its emphasis on production, ACW has developed its own resources to produce graphics, websites, videos, and music. And since their integration into the BYW community they have produced graphics, logos, as well as the theme music for [[GBYWN]]. Also members of ACW do production work on occasion for other feds on an individual basis.

==YouShoot==

ACW has made semi-regular contact with the world of professional wrestling through Kayfabe Commentary's YouShoot. YouShoot is a regular DVD series produced by Kayfabe Commentaries (KC) where they get people in wrestling to answer no-holds-barred questions about anything from questions submitted by the public. KC encourages the public to submit videos, but also accepts questions via e-mail. It is hosted by Sean Oliver and frequently has wrestling personalities that have worked for KC in the past.

===Honky Tonk Man===

{| border=1 align=right cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=200 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #EEEEEE; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/news/general/2007/youshoot.jpg
"YouShoot: The Honky Tonk Man" which has Hypnosis and Loco imaged on the cover
|}

The first ever YouShoot featured former professional wrestler, and current trainer, the Honky Tonk Man (HTM). Two ACW characters, Hypnosis and Loco, are featured in the chapter "Pain & Fear" which is the longest chapter on the DVD.

In Loco's video, he criticized Honky Tonk Man's complaints about wrestlers who hurt him, and Loco boasted that he hurt many wrestlers himself. This is what the Honky Tonk Man had to say about Loco on the DVD: "You say you have injured a bunch of wrestlers. Well you have put them out of work...!", "You're bragging about [censored] wrestlers up, sounds like Bill Goldberg to me...", and "Loco you should be in matches with Bret Hart..." And since it has been posted on YouTube, fans of Honky Tonk Man have had worse to say about Loco. The general reception has been that Loco was making a legitimate shoot on HTM and has been so far the most heated contact ACW has had with the professional wrestling world. Despite some of the negative reaction, the Loco video has spawned some mimicry on YouTube in the form of a guy who calls himself Revelations. Revelations has been posting a series of videos challenging the Honky Tonk Man while using a laugh characteristic of Loco.

Hypnosis dug into Honky Tonk Man's past and criticized him for his praise of Hulk Hogan and his feud with Jerry Lawler in his video. Honky Tonk Man responded to Hypnosis's Hulk Hogan comments with this: "I have never stooged for Hulkamania. I am probably one of the foremost critics of Hulkamania. Not with Hulkamania's ability to change the business, the ability to sell tickets, or to be one of the most recognizable characters in the world." And then he tries explaining why his feud with Jerry Lawler was real by telling a lengthy story on how Jerry Lawler, and possibly Jim Ross, was jealous about his commentary skills. This video was much less controversial than Loco's and has received more positive comments on YouTube.

===Missy Hyatt===

The next YouShoot ACW took part in involved the former valet Missy Hyatt. This time Hung Lo and Valor Valancy sent in videos.

Hung Lo made an offer to Missy Hyatt to join "Team Hung Lo" in his video. Missy Hyatt's response didn't directly answer his question but included her feeling herself and the words "Hung Lo... Come on baby!", "Looks like he is in my basement...", and "If I get home tonight and that is in my basement, I'm going to be really upset, because I got my stripper-pole getting put in tonight." This video had the opposite reception of Loco's and has overwhelmingly positive responses on YouTube.

Valor Valancy in his video, warned Missy Hyatt against joining Team Hung Lo and that he had a "rat trap" to catch her if she joined with Hung Lo. But unfortunately it didn't meet the deadline to make the DVD. It can still be viewed on the ACW website as well as its video pages though.

===Kevin Sullivan===

A former character in ACW, the Lethal Licker, returned with his "woman" to participate in a YouShoot with a former wrestler, Kevin Sullivan. Leathal Licker commented Kevin Sullivan's retirement in Florida and Sullivan's departure from the "dark side" while making licking actions with his "woman". In response, Kevin Sullivan described his religions experiences and his philosophies on faith. After the DVD, the Leathal Licker thanked Kevin Sullivan for his in depth and respectful response.

==External links==
*[http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ Official ACW Website]
*[http://www.myspace.com/absolutewrestling ACW on MySpace]
*[http://absolutewrestling.deviantart.com/ ACW on deviantART]
*[http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling ACW on YouTube]
*[http://www.livevideo.com/acw ACW on LiveVideo]
*[http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling ACW on LiveStream]
*[http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw ACW on BYWTube]
*[http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ ACW on Blip.tv]
*[http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ ACW on Revver]
*[http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 ACW on Yahoo! Video]
*[http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling ACW on Veoh]

[[Category:Backyard federations]]
[[Category:American federations]]
[[Category:Active federations]]
[[Category:Federations established in 1997]]

Absolute Championship Wrestling

AbsoluteJake — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:45:34 GMT

AbsoluteJake: /* History */

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| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#EEEEEE" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | '''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' 
|-
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" | http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/banners/200x200.jpg
|-
| align="center" colspan="2" | '''Details'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Acronym'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | ACW
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Established'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 1997 - present
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Location'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America Castellon, Valencia, Spain
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Formerly'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | National Wrestling Federation Global Wrestling Federation
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Website'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ www.AbsoluteWrestling.net]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Video Pages'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling YouTube] [http://www.livevideo.com/acw LiveVideo] [http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling LiveStream] [http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw BYWTube] [http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ Blip.tv] [http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ Revver] [http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 Yahoo! Video] [http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling Veoh]
|- valign="top"
|}

'''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' (ACW) is a wrestling group founded in 1997. It is located in Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America and Castellon, Valencia, Spain. ACW is known for its character driven story-lines and attention to production values. The American side wrestles in an indoor custom-made ring, while the Spanish side makes use of various outdoor environments (such as playgrounds and parks).

==History==

Absolute Championship Wrestling can trace its roots back to an early federation in the mid-90's called Global Wrestling Federation (GWF). But ACW doesn't consider its birth until the summer of 1997 when GWF became known as the National Wrestling Federation (NWF). This is when their wrestling became more organized and they became more serious about their wrestling.

For many years NWF competed and existed with little to no communication with wrestling groups. A part of this was due to the lack of population in their home territory which is the upper peninsula of Michigan, so there were not any other competing wrestling groups in that part of the state. Also at that time the internet was not a big part the area as it is now. So this isolation is what essentially made the NWF, now ACW, develop its unique style of character driven storylines and production values.

As opposed to other wrestling groups, each NWF wrestler portrayed a cast of characters. This was done to establish a full roster that would allow for creativity in story line writing. But this also meant each wrestler could wrestle up to 5 times a night. That amount of wrestling seemed to establish dedication and pride in the wrestlers for what they are doing. So despite having at times a small roster, NWF, now ACW, has never called it quits.

A little less than a decade long as the NWF, it officially changed its name in the middle of 2006 to Absolute Championship Wrestling. They cited the name change due to multiple other National Wrestling Federations existing and wanting a unique name to match their unique wrestling. Soon after this name change, ACW began converting their old tapes of recorded material into digital format and established a YouTube account on September 1st of 2006. And soon after that ACW was contacted by Cam of [[Global Backyard Wrestling News]] (GBYWN) and became part of the restarting process of GBYWN.

{| border=1 align=left cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=200 style="margin: 0 1em 1em 0; background: #EEEEEE; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/news/general/2009/spain.jpg
ACW Spain Logo
|}

In February of 2009, ACW expanded in a way it had not predicted. Two brothers, Fernando and Francis Morante, of HWA Spain approached ACW with an offer of becoming ACW Spain and expanding ACW into Spain. The existing wrestlers of ACW watched the wrestling matches of HWA Spain and were immediately impressed with the heart and talent the Spanish wrestlers showed. So on the 21st of February, ACW made it official that it had expanded into Spain. Since the expansion ACW has made it a de-facto policy that the wrestlers in Spain should not be considered a separate group, despite being referred to at times as ACW Spain and having separate championships, but as part of the main group who happen to be in Spain. One effect of this policy is that wrestling matches coming from Spain aren't labeled as ACW Spain but simply ACW, and are uploaded on the same accounts as the American videos. It was the intention of ACW to keep its identity as a unified group, rather than separate groups that are only linked by a name.

{| border=1 align=right cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=200 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #EEEEEE; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/SLSBS/thumb.jpg
SLSBS Banner
|}

Then in March of 2009, ACW participated in its first supershow, Salt Lake Spring Break Showdown. It competed against other federations such as New Generation Wrestling (NGW), Lewiston Wrestling Federation (LWF), [[Battle Born Wrestling]] (BBW) and Championship Battleground Wrestling (CBW). The show was held in Salt Lake City, Utah then later in the week, Las Vegas, Nevada. It marked the first time ACW competed in two west coast states, Utah and Nevada. ACW showcased the characters of Jake Xinn, Houston, Glassier, Safety Guy and Nick Richards at SLSBS.

And in June of 2009, ACW's very own [[Josh McMullin]] went to Chicago, Illinois to wrestle in the Global Domination supershow. There he joined [[Alex Ohlson]] of [[Bridgeview Wrestling Association]] to form the team of Agent Orange. This is the first time ACW wrestled in Illinois as well as the first time that an ACW wrestler teamed with a wrestler from another group.

Currently ACW is in talks to be a part of the Lewiston-Clark Spring Break Showdown in Lewiston, Idaho in 2010. This would be the first show ACW has done in Idaho. Also there are rumors that the Spain "faction" might purchase a ring and become professional under the ACW name.

==Production==

{| border=1 align=left cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=200 style="margin: 0 1em 1em 0; background: #EEEEEE; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/World/thumb.jpg
Example of ACW graphics design
|}

One of the aspects that have allowed ACW, particularly the American side, to be unique is its production values. They have focused on producing wrestling for the general public rather than the BYW community itself. This is a by product of its long time isolated from other groups before entering the major BYW community.

As opposed to wrestling outside, ACW quickly moved indoors to wrestle to avoid the harsh northern Michigan winters (which are only made worse by the proximity of the Great Lakes). This has allowed ACW to decorate what they call their "arena" with logos and banners. Also indoors allows more usage of electronics. The primary benefit of this is their usage of entrance videos and event videos on multiple TV screens. And recently ACW has made use of strobe lights and a fog machine for entrances.
On the post production side of things, ACW produces its entire events straight to DVD or in a way that can be easily produced on DVD. They cite their main reason as creating a reliable archive of matches as their video tapes have been slowly degrading due to the humidity in Michigan. So there has been a recent emphasis to put old videos on DVD. Currently there is a project to put their old footage from 2001 onto DVDs.

On the Spanish side of things, members actively design their own costumes and title belts. Also ACW has contracted Dave Perez from [[New Generation Wrestling]] as an announcer for the Spanish matches. But post production is done on the American side with the intent on future DVD compilations.

With its emphasis on production, ACW has developed its own resources to produce graphics, websites, videos, and music. And since their integration into the BYW community they have produced graphics, logos, as well as the theme music for [[GBYWN]]. Also members of ACW do production work on occasion for other feds on an individual basis.

==YouShoot==

ACW has made semi-regular contact with the world of professional wrestling through Kayfabe Commentary's YouShoot. YouShoot is a regular DVD series produced by Kayfabe Commentaries (KC) where they get people in wrestling to answer no-holds-barred questions about anything from questions submitted by the public. KC encourages the public to submit videos, but also accepts questions via e-mail. It is hosted by Sean Oliver and frequently has wrestling personalities that have worked for KC in the past.

===Honky Tonk Man===

{| border=1 align=right cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=200 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #EEEEEE; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/news/general/2007/youshoot.jpg
"YouShoot: The Honky Tonk Man" which has Hypnosis and Loco imaged on the cover
|}

The first ever YouShoot featured former professional wrestler, and current trainer, the Honky Tonk Man (HTM). Two ACW characters, Hypnosis and Loco, are featured in the chapter "Pain & Fear" which is the longest chapter on the DVD.

In Loco's video, he criticized Honky Tonk Man's complaints about wrestlers who hurt him, and Loco boasted that he hurt many wrestlers himself. This is what the Honky Tonk Man had to say about Loco on the DVD: "You say you have injured a bunch of wrestlers. Well you have put them out of work...!", "You're bragging about [censored] wrestlers up, sounds like Bill Goldberg to me...", and "Loco you should be in matches with Bret Hart..." And since it has been posted on YouTube, fans of Honky Tonk Man have had worse to say about Loco. The general reception has been that Loco was making a legitimate shoot on HTM and has been so far the most heated contact ACW has had with the professional wrestling world. Despite some of the negative reaction, the Loco video has spawned some mimicry on YouTube in the form of a guy who calls himself Revelations. Revelations has been posting a series of videos challenging the Honky Tonk Man while using a laugh characteristic of Loco.

Hypnosis dug into Honky Tonk Man's past and criticized him for his praise of Hulk Hogan and his feud with Jerry Lawler in his video. Honky Tonk Man responded to Hypnosis's Hulk Hogan comments with this: "I have never stooged for Hulkamania. I am probably one of the foremost critics of Hulkamania. Not with Hulkamania's ability to change the business, the ability to sell tickets, or to be one of the most recognizable characters in the world." And then he tries explaining why his feud with Jerry Lawler was real by telling a lengthy story on how Jerry Lawler, and possibly Jim Ross, was jealous about his commentary skills. This video was much less controversial than Loco's and has received more positive comments on YouTube.

===Missy Hyatt===

The next YouShoot ACW took part in involved the former valet Missy Hyatt. This time Hung Lo and Valor Valancy sent in videos.

Hung Lo made an offer to Missy Hyatt to join "Team Hung Lo" in his video. Missy Hyatt's response didn't directly answer his question but included her feeling herself and the words "Hung Lo... Come on baby!", "Looks like he is in my basement...", and "If I get home tonight and that is in my basement, I'm going to be really upset, because I got my stripper-pole getting put in tonight." This video had the opposite reception of Loco's and has overwhelmingly positive responses on YouTube.

Valor Valancy in his video, warned Missy Hyatt against joining Team Hung Lo and that he had a "rat trap" to catch her if she joined with Hung Lo. But unfortunately it didn't meet the deadline to make the DVD. It can still be viewed on the ACW website as well as its video pages though.

===Kevin Sullivan===

A former character in ACW, the Lethal Licker, returned with his "woman" to participate in a YouShoot with a former wrestler, Kevin Sullivan. Leathal Licker commented Kevin Sullivan's retirement in Florida and Sullivan's departure from the "dark side" while making licking actions with his "woman". In response, Kevin Sullivan described his religions experiences and his philosophies on faith. After the DVD, the Leathal Licker thanked Kevin Sullivan for his in depth and respectful response.

==External links==
*[http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ Official ACW Website]
*[http://www.myspace.com/absolutewrestling ACW on MySpace]
*[http://absolutewrestling.deviantart.com/ ACW on deviantART]
*[http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling ACW on YouTube]
*[http://www.livevideo.com/acw ACW on LiveVideo]
*[http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling ACW on LiveStream]
*[http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw ACW on BYWTube]
*[http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ ACW on Blip.tv]
*[http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ ACW on Revver]
*[http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 ACW on Yahoo! Video]
*[http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling ACW on Veoh]

[[Category:Backyard federations]]
[[Category:American federations]]
[[Category:Active federations]]
[[Category:Federations established in 1997]]

Absolute Championship Wrestling

AbsoluteJake — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:40:25 GMT

AbsoluteJake: /* History */

{| border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=280 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #FFFFFF; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"

| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#EEEEEE" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | '''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' 
|-
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" | http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/banners/200x200.jpg
|-
| align="center" colspan="2" | '''Details'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Acronym'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | ACW
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Established'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 1997 - present
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Location'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America Castellon, Valencia, Spain
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Formerly'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | National Wrestling Federation Global Wrestling Federation
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Website'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ www.AbsoluteWrestling.net]
|- valign="top"
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'''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' (ACW) is a wrestling group founded in 1997. It is located in Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America and Castellon, Valencia, Spain. ACW is known for its character driven story-lines and attention to production values. The American side wrestles in an indoor custom-made ring, while the Spanish side makes use of various outdoor environments (such as playgrounds and parks).

==History==

Absolute Championship Wrestling can trace its roots back to an early federation in the mid-90's called Global Wrestling Federation (GWF). But ACW doesn't consider its birth until the summer of 1997 when GWF became known as the National Wrestling Federation (NWF). This is when their wrestling became more organized and they became more serious about their wrestling.

For many years NWF competed and existed with little to no communication with wrestling groups. A part of this was due to the lack of population in their home territory which is the upper peninsula of Michigan, so there were not any other competing wrestling groups in that part of the state. Also at that time the internet was not a big part the area as it is now. So this isolation is what essentially made the NWF, now ACW, develop its unique style of character driven storylines and production values.

As opposed to other wrestling groups, each NWF wrestler portrayed a cast of characters. This was done to establish a full roster that would allow for creativity in story line writing. But this also meant each wrestler could wrestle up to 5 times a night. That amount of wrestling seemed to establish dedication and pride in the wrestlers for what they are doing. So despite having at times a small roster, NWF, now ACW, has never called it quits.

A little less than a decade long as the NWF, it officially changed its name in the middle of 2006 to Absolute Championship Wrestling. They cited the name change due to multiple other National Wrestling Federations existing and wanting a unique name to match their unique wrestling. Soon after this name change, ACW began converting their old tapes of recorded material into digital format and established a YouTube account on September 1st of 2006. And soon after that ACW was contacted by Cam of [[Global Backyard Wrestling News]] (GBYWN) and became part of the restarting process of GBYWN.

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ACW Spain Logo
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In February of 2009, ACW expanded in a way it had not predicted. Two brothers, Fernando and Francis Morante, of HWA Spain approached ACW with an offer of becoming ACW Spain and expanding ACW into Spain. The existing wrestlers of ACW watched the wrestling matches of HWA Spain and were immediately impressed with the heart and talent the Spanish wrestlers showed. So on the 21st of February, ACW made it official that it had expanded into Spain. Since the expansion ACW has made it a de-facto policy that the wrestlers in Spain should not be considered a separate group, despite being referred to at times as ACW Spain and having separate championships, but as part of the main group who happen to be in Spain. One effect of this policy is that wrestling matches coming from Spain aren't labeled as ACW Spain but simply ACW, and are uploaded on the same accounts as the American videos. It was the intention of ACW to keep its identity as a unified group, rather than separate groups that are only linked by a name.

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SLSBS Banner
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Then in March of 2009, ACW participated in its first supershow, Salt Lake Spring Break Showdown. It competed against other federations such as New Generation Wrestling (NGW), Lewiston Wrestling Federation (LWF), [[Battle Born Wrestling]] (BBW) and Championship Battleground Wrestling (CBW). The show was held in Salt Lake City, Utah then later in the week, Las Vegas, Nevada. It marked the first time ACW competed in two west coast states, Utah and Nevada. ACW showcased the characters of Jake Xinn, Houston, Glassier, Safety Guy and Nick Richards at SLSBS.

And in June of 2009, ACW's very own [[Josh McMullin]] went to Chicago, Illinois to wrestle in the Global Domination supershow. There he joined Alex Ohlson of [[Bridgeview Wrestling Association]] to form the team of Agent Orange. This is the first time ACW wrestled in Illinois as well as the first time that an ACW wrestler teamed with a wrestler from another group.

==Production==

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Example of ACW graphics design
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One of the aspects that have allowed ACW, particularly the American side, to be unique is its production values. They have focused on producing wrestling for the general public rather than the BYW community itself. This is a by product of its long time isolated from other groups before entering the major BYW community.

As opposed to wrestling outside, ACW quickly moved indoors to wrestle to avoid the harsh northern Michigan winters (which are only made worse by the proximity of the Great Lakes). This has allowed ACW to decorate what they call their "arena" with logos and banners. Also indoors allows more usage of electronics. The primary benefit of this is their usage of entrance videos and event videos on multiple TV screens. And recently ACW has made use of strobe lights and a fog machine for entrances.
On the post production side of things, ACW produces its entire events straight to DVD or in a way that can be easily produced on DVD. They cite their main reason as creating a reliable archive of matches as their video tapes have been slowly degrading due to the humidity in Michigan. So there has been a recent emphasis to put old videos on DVD. Currently there is a project to put their old footage from 2001 onto DVDs.

On the Spanish side of things, members actively design their own costumes and title belts. Also ACW has contracted Dave Perez from [[New Generation Wrestling]] as an announcer for the Spanish matches. But post production is done on the American side with the intent on future DVD compilations.

With its emphasis on production, ACW has developed its own resources to produce graphics, websites, videos, and music. And since their integration into the BYW community they have produced graphics, logos, as well as the theme music for [[GBYWN]]. Also members of ACW do production work on occasion for other feds on an individual basis.

==YouShoot==

ACW has made semi-regular contact with the world of professional wrestling through Kayfabe Commentary's YouShoot. YouShoot is a regular DVD series produced by Kayfabe Commentaries (KC) where they get people in wrestling to answer no-holds-barred questions about anything from questions submitted by the public. KC encourages the public to submit videos, but also accepts questions via e-mail. It is hosted by Sean Oliver and frequently has wrestling personalities that have worked for KC in the past.

===Honky Tonk Man===

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"YouShoot: The Honky Tonk Man" which has Hypnosis and Loco imaged on the cover
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The first ever YouShoot featured former professional wrestler, and current trainer, the Honky Tonk Man (HTM). Two ACW characters, Hypnosis and Loco, are featured in the chapter "Pain & Fear" which is the longest chapter on the DVD.

In Loco's video, he criticized Honky Tonk Man's complaints about wrestlers who hurt him, and Loco boasted that he hurt many wrestlers himself. This is what the Honky Tonk Man had to say about Loco on the DVD: "You say you have injured a bunch of wrestlers. Well you have put them out of work...!", "You're bragging about [censored] wrestlers up, sounds like Bill Goldberg to me...", and "Loco you should be in matches with Bret Hart..." And since it has been posted on YouTube, fans of Honky Tonk Man have had worse to say about Loco. The general reception has been that Loco was making a legitimate shoot on HTM and has been so far the most heated contact ACW has had with the professional wrestling world. Despite some of the negative reaction, the Loco video has spawned some mimicry on YouTube in the form of a guy who calls himself Revelations. Revelations has been posting a series of videos challenging the Honky Tonk Man while using a laugh characteristic of Loco.

Hypnosis dug into Honky Tonk Man's past and criticized him for his praise of Hulk Hogan and his feud with Jerry Lawler in his video. Honky Tonk Man responded to Hypnosis's Hulk Hogan comments with this: "I have never stooged for Hulkamania. I am probably one of the foremost critics of Hulkamania. Not with Hulkamania's ability to change the business, the ability to sell tickets, or to be one of the most recognizable characters in the world." And then he tries explaining why his feud with Jerry Lawler was real by telling a lengthy story on how Jerry Lawler, and possibly Jim Ross, was jealous about his commentary skills. This video was much less controversial than Loco's and has received more positive comments on YouTube.

===Missy Hyatt===

The next YouShoot ACW took part in involved the former valet Missy Hyatt. This time Hung Lo and Valor Valancy sent in videos.

Hung Lo made an offer to Missy Hyatt to join "Team Hung Lo" in his video. Missy Hyatt's response didn't directly answer his question but included her feeling herself and the words "Hung Lo... Come on baby!", "Looks like he is in my basement...", and "If I get home tonight and that is in my basement, I'm going to be really upset, because I got my stripper-pole getting put in tonight." This video had the opposite reception of Loco's and has overwhelmingly positive responses on YouTube.

Valor Valancy in his video, warned Missy Hyatt against joining Team Hung Lo and that he had a "rat trap" to catch her if she joined with Hung Lo. But unfortunately it didn't meet the deadline to make the DVD. It can still be viewed on the ACW website as well as its video pages though.

===Kevin Sullivan===

A former character in ACW, the Lethal Licker, returned with his "woman" to participate in a YouShoot with a former wrestler, Kevin Sullivan. Leathal Licker commented Kevin Sullivan's retirement in Florida and Sullivan's departure from the "dark side" while making licking actions with his "woman". In response, Kevin Sullivan described his religions experiences and his philosophies on faith. After the DVD, the Leathal Licker thanked Kevin Sullivan for his in depth and respectful response.

==External links==
*[http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ Official ACW Website]
*[http://www.myspace.com/absolutewrestling ACW on MySpace]
*[http://absolutewrestling.deviantart.com/ ACW on deviantART]
*[http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling ACW on YouTube]
*[http://www.livevideo.com/acw ACW on LiveVideo]
*[http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling ACW on LiveStream]
*[http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw ACW on BYWTube]
*[http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ ACW on Blip.tv]
*[http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ ACW on Revver]
*[http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 ACW on Yahoo! Video]
*[http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling ACW on Veoh]

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Global Backyard Wrestling News

AbsoluteJake — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:15:43 GMT

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| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | '''Global Backyard Wrestling News''' 
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| align="center" colspan="2" | '''Details'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Acronym'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | GBYWN
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Established'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 2006
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Creator'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [[Cam]]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Key People'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Cam (Owner) [[D.Miller]] (Scout Chief)
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Type of site'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Forum
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Formerly'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Backyard Wrestling News
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Advertising'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | {{Wikipedia|YouTube}} [http://bywtube.ning.com BYWTube]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Federations under banner'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 200+
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Current status'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Very Active
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''External links'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://gbywn.top-talk.net GBYWN Website]
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'''Global Backyard Wrestling News''' ('''GBYWN''') formerly known as '''Backyard Wrestling News''' ('''BYWN''') is a globally outreaching, [[backyard wrestling]] social, media-sharing online forum community devised and owned by [[Cam]] (also known as Shawn Kozone) in 2006, who ran his own federation [[Carolina Xtreme Wrestling]] that folded in October 2008.

Cam socially impacted the backyard wrestling community despite critics, incorporating game and competitive features such as the GBYWN Backyard Simulation Game and the GBYWN Spring Challenge with assistance from voluntary creative staff, and integrating numerous backyard wrestling promotions varying in style and quality that apply their federation and share media, a privilege previously earned through a "GBYWN Dollars" money system.

As a consistently altering project since its initial stage, it took vast promotion and development to garner wide recognition on a once low-visited site. But after increasingly growing with well over 900+ registered members, it is generally seen by a handful to be the preeminent backyard wrestling social online territory today.

==History==
===Origin===

In early 2006, [[Shawn Kozone]] (only known by that name then) opened a wrestling site called Wrestlezone 4000 in which did news coverage on professional wrestling companies such as World Wrestling Entertainment and Total Non-stop Action Wrestling before hacked, whilst acknowledging backyard wrestling with no initial interest until Dreadvenom (The Frank) of [[Backyard Wrestling Association]] lured his preoccupation into the practice as Kozone only knew of BWA.

In March 2006, after creating a freewebs wrestling site entitled 321wrestling under the slogan "we got two words for you, suck it" borrowing a catchphrase from World Wrestling Entertainment's D-Generation X, while in competition with two of his friends' more successful 365wrestling site on freewebs, Kozone closed his site going on hiatus from freewebs, testing Tripod that met his disapproval, sending him back to freewebs in June to create new wrestling site, 500wresting to allegedly overthrow 365wrestling.

His interest furthered in backyard wrestling at the discovery of backyard wrestling site [[National New Age Alliance]] (NNAA) operated by The Frank, that promoted several heard-of internet promotions, inspiring Kozone to form his own federation alongside his brother [[City Boy]] and friend, Wild Wyatt known as Brutal Backyard Wrestling (later turning into Carolina Xtreme Wrestling). In September, following the folding of 500wrestling, Kozone was prompted to adopt a nickname - Cam (later notorious in the backyard wrestling community), going under ownership of said biggest WWE and TNA news site ever on freewebs, 123pin.

Shortly, Cam formed a backyard wrestling-oriented freewebs subsite, Backyard Wrestling News (BYWN), incorporated to 123pin without expectation of exceeding. When the subsite began surpassing the status of his most successful wrestling site, he immediately terminated it for BYWN.

===Backyard Wrestling News===

Initially a small known site that had not received much visitation, Cam worked to develop it by providing constant updates and promoting it across countless freeweb wrestling sites, significantly ones based on backyard wrestling appealing to many mixed-aged personnels and practitioners of the underground sport, who used the Freewebs-feature guestbook for means of communication. Interviews, ranking and competitive community features including "Federation of the Week" and "Federation of the Month" took implementation which assisted to grow interest in BYWN.

Not easily succeeding with a plain, non-professional website receiving some accusations and criticism of being of "bland and unprofessional nature", BYWN underwent outlook modification for further attractiveness as changes to BYWN were made giving it a vivid, virtual home-like tailor-made feeling, offering a guestbook, forums (that were initially barely visited), and additional rap music themed in the background for a brief point.

The site comprised of ads supporting then-presidential candidate, Barack Obama, embedded videos of backyard wrestling content and other pictures. The regulation then was to join the community and stay participated for promotional advantages as opposed to just only visit to promote, where applicants were granted full accessibility to promotional rights which once was earned through a money system called "GBYWN Dollars" and federation qualifications. Subsequently, Cam realized the world-wide outreach to few general wrestling fans and backyard wrestlers of the community and renamed Backyard Wrestling News as Global Backyard Wrestling News.

===Global Backyard Wrestling News===
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With such alteration, GBYWN began blossoming with its multiple assembled federations under banner, gaining fandom and favoritism and becoming a household name among all backyard wrestling communities including a community once at its highest popularity, [[Backyard Wrestling Link]]. Within the process, Cam acquired a website creative team out of active members and short URL address using bigbig.com in 2007.

In that same year, [[World Backyard Wrestling]] arrived as a community to attempt to rival and desparage GBYWN, but had shortly fell through the cracks. In July, [[Breakfall.net]] premiered online primarily focused with Australian backyard wrestling federations as GBYWN accomplished a rival relationship with them overtime, who criticized GBYWN's talent level as opposed to their own and once proceeded to write gossip columns to ridicule their operation, most notiably, the "GBYWN Dollars" feature.

Moreover, Breakfall.net ceased to be as commercialized and interactive with special features and competitions, a fact that remained additional to other communities including Backyard Wrestling Link which is scarcely heard of today, ultimately making for the preeminence of GBYWN that persisted on presenting system rankings, games and competitive competitions throughout its activity. To even heighten the conversing experience, the "GBYWN Shoutbox" (chatbox) came into play after a consensus to have the site solely on its forum, which gradually turned into a portal-site forum.

At a time, the community endured denigrating issues when members (which few had "mod powers") felt unjust and cheated out of the ''GBYWN Power 25'' feature managed by Cam, which led to premature action taken at the perpetual deletion and sometimes offensively profane abuse of the boards that looked to tarnish its reputation and drive Cam at the brink of discarding the site. Moreover, the problem was resolved between Cam and the members in which personal conflicts had also lain between. Following renewals and a redesign to the forums, Cam discontinued most of all features that arose problems helpfully alleviating his work and now adheres to the forums continuously introducing new ideas with the help of creative.

==Features and Challenges==
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| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:90%;" | http://i41.tinypic.com/2nrlipu.jpg The [[GBYWN Spring Challenge 2009]] banner. 
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GBYWN has utilized a number of features and challenges in maintaining a socially-attractive, virtually home-appealing mixed-age-group community filled with mostly backyard wrestlers allowing members to converse, share media and promote themselves. A chat box entitled the “GBYWN Shoutbox”, one of many other features formerly used on its website, is an applied addition to the forums which gives all personnel, interactive conversing privileges within the forum community.

Many of other competitive features incorporated into the community had only precipitated disputes between the backyard wrestlers, who cited some decisions as “unjust” and “inaccurate” leading to its disuse, coupled with the fact that it weighed in heavy on the hands of community owner, Cam, who was generally responsible for its updates that required to be alleviated to bring equilibrium between his life responsibilties.

With that, GBYWN retired features such as the GBYWN Power 25 which was a ranking board accused as being a biase system that rewarded backyard wrestlers for victories rather than skill. “GBYWN Dollars” which stood for a money system, that was once temporarily implemented to give those representing their federations who partook in community games, contests and activities such as the fantasy wrestling "GBYWN Backyard Simulation Game", unofficial dollars eligible for purchasing promotion for their federation, however, is now used as forum reward points that can be used towards things such as graphics. Cam had also retired "GBYWN Weekly" and "Monthly Awards", prior to abandoning in the use of the main site, now only serving as a redirect link.

=====Site features=====
*'''GBYWN Backyard Simulation Wrestling Game:''' A fantasy wrestling game which allows one to become a GM and manage bookings of events in their fantasy league that appear in typewritten results involving backyard wrestlers from various real-life backyard wrestling federations.
*'''GBYWN Dollars:''' Stands for a money system, which was once implemented to reward unofficial dollars to those representing their federations who partook in community games, contests and activities eligibility to purchase promotion or a right. It has recently been brought back and is being used as a reputation scale, whereas, posts made by all in the community are approved or disapproved on a "+" or "-" vote that arise and decrease reputation within.
*'''GBYWN Music:''' An archive of free music for backyard wrestlers run by [[Jake Xinn]] and Fatality.
*'''GBYWN Pro Wrestling Game:''' A game that rewards points for casting predictions on pro wrestling bookings.
*'''GBYWN Cribz:''' A feature that allows members to record videos based on their personal living.
*'''GBYWN Columns:''' A blogging feature used for members to advertise and discuss feelings.
*'''GBYWN Power 25:''' Was a ranking system that promoted ascension on grounds of victories and popularity more than ability and eventually stirred controversy in the community leading to its discontinuation.

=====Challenges=====
*'''GBYWN Spring Challenge:''' This is the biggest aunnual competition in GBYWN occuring around spring, permitting any and everyone involved within to partake. The concept behind the competitive feature is that participants record and submit a match of any kind that must be full-length, which will be judged by special personnel of the community known as "Big Bros" upon review based on varying factors such as wrestling ability, psychology, match flow, and overall entertainment value. Previously, decisions were only made solely by [[Cam]].
*'''GBYWN Tag Team Challenge:''' An annual challenge which bases on Tag team matches. The best tag match is rewarded.
*'''GBYWN Promo Challenge:''' An annual challenge that emphasizes competition on promo skills. The best promo is rewarded.
*'''GBYWN Talent Show:''' A contest that allows participants to showcase any ability in or outside of backyard wrestling.

===BYWTube===
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| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:90%;" | http://i42.tinypic.com/25ai74m.jpg BYWTube Logo. 
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In recent wake of copyright owner's over-effective action of requesting mutation and removal of videos containing infringement on YouTube, [[backyard wrestling]] videos have become victimized as a result for possessing unpermitted borrowed material from various bands and music artists. As a back-up source, [[Cam]] created Backyard Wrestling Tube (BYWTube) on a custom social media-sharing network, Ning, that is steadily gaining more members.

==Federations==
{{main|GBYWN Federations}}
Over 100 distinctive backyard wrestling federations have aligned themselves with GBYWN since 2006. With the fact that several promotions have closed up shop, there are still a very abundant amount of organizations still existing today with GBYWN including [[2KW]], [[Round Lake Syndicate Wrestling]], [[2 Xtreme Wrestling]], [[Northeast Championship Wrestling]], [[Bridgeview Wrestling Association]] and several more.

==Championships==
{{small|These GBYWN championships are assigned to different geographical territories hosting backyard wrestling federations and must be also regionally contested and defended within assigned location.}}

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!style="background: #e3e3e3;" width=6%|Current champion(s)
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" width=4%|Date Won
!style="background: #e3e3e3;" width=6%|Event
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
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|<center>[[GBYWN World Heavyweight Championship]]</center>
|<center>[[FX]] </center>
|<center>June 6th, 2009</center>
|<center>[[ICW: This Is Our House]]</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|<center>[[GBYWN World Tag Team Championship]]</center>
|<center>Outshined ([[Devin Bliss]] & [[The Pen Name]]) </center>
|<center>June 6th, 2009</center>
|<center>BWA 4th Anniversary: Global Domination</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|<center>[[GBYWN Deathmatch Championship]]</center>
|<center>Twisted Outkast</center>
|<center>July 18, 2009</center>
|<center>X2X's Wrestlegasim</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|<center>[[GBYWN Women's World Championship]]</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|<center>[[GBYWN United Kingdom Championship]]</center>
|<center>[[Alex Arik]]</center>
|<center>June 13, 2009</center>
|<center>SSPW When It All Goes Wrong</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|<center>[[GBYWN Canadian Championship]]</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|<center>[[GBYWN Spain Championship]]</center>
|<center>[[Francis Morante]]</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|<center>[[GBYWN New England Championship]]</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|<center>[[GBYWN Northeast Championship]]</center>
|<center>N/A </center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|<center>[[GBYWN Mid-Atlantic Championship]]</center>
|<center>[[Sic Ric]]</center>
|<center>[[SWC Lenny Budd Memorial (2009)|SWC Lenny Budd Memorial 2009]]</center>
|<center>April 25, 2009</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|<center>[[GBYWN Great Lakes Championship]]</center>
|<center>[[Anthony Lee]]</center>
|<center>June 25, 2009</center>
|<center>[[Collision Championship Wrestling | CCW]] Forsaken</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|<center>[[GBYWN Mid South Atlantic Championship]]</center>
|<center>N/A </center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|<center>[[GBYWN South Atlantic Championship]]</center>
|<center>Inactive</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|<center>[[GBYWN Gulf Coast Championship]]</center>
|<center>Vacant</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|<center>[[GBYWN Mid-West Championship]]</center>
|<center>[[Alex Ohlson]] </center>
|<center>June 5th, 2009</center>
|<center>BWA 4th Anniversary: Global Domination</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|<center>[[GBYWN Great Plains Championship]]</center>
|<center>N/A </center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|<center>[[GBYWN Midlands Championship]]</center>
|<center>N/A </center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|<center>[[GBYWN Mountain West Championship]]</center>
|<center>N/A </center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|<center>[[GBYWN Mid-South Championship]]</center>
|<center>[[The Kid]] </center>
|<center>September 6, 2009</center>
|<center>A 3 way Ladder match</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|<center>[[GBYWN Southwest Championship]]</center>
|<center>N/A </center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|<center>[[GBYWN Pacific Northwest Championship]]</center>
|<center>[[Nails]]</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|<center>[[GBYWN West Coast Championship]]</center>
|<center>[[Jerry Chaos]] </center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|<center>N/A</center>
|-style="background: #ffffff;"
|}

==Awards==
{{main|Global Backyard Wrestling News awards}}

==External links==
*[http://backyardwrestlingnews.webs.com/ Official GBYWN site]
*[http://gbywn.top-talk.net Official GBYWN Forum]
*[http://youtube.com/kozone5000 GBYWN YouTube Channel]
*[http://youtube.com/GBYWNTributeNation GBYWN Tribute Nation]
*[http://BYWTube.ning.com BYWTube]

[[Category:Backyard wrestling communities]]

NBYWA

AbsoluteJake — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:11:18 GMT

AbsoluteJake: /* History */

NBYWA (National Backyard Wrestling Alliance) is a small backyard wrestling community founded on January 22, 2009.

== History ==
NBYWA was founded on January 22, 2009 by Skull Jr. The reason for the creation the site was starting a community where smaller Federations and wrestlers could escape the pressure of being judged and ridiculed by the bigger ones. On January 24, 2009, Skull Jr. asked [[Jake Xinn]] of [[Absolute Championship Wrestling]] for help and was made the Assistant Manager of the site. They took back and revived the defunct GBYWN Michigan Heavyweight Championship and re-named it the NBYWA International Heavyweight Championship. So far the community has 10 Federations in 3 different countries.

== Federations ==
It currently has 10 Federations.

== Championships ==
NBYWA World Heavyweight Championship (Current Champion: None).
NBYWA World Tag Team Championship (Current Champions: None).
NBYWA International Heavyweight Championship (Current Champion: RPK. Since November 28, 2008).

== External Links ==
http://nbywa1.webs.com/index.htm (Main site).
http://www.youtube.com/user/nbywa1 (YouTube Profile).

GBYWN Spring Challenge 2009

AbsoluteJake — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:08:29 GMT

AbsoluteJake: /* Reception */

The '''GBYWN Spring Challenge 2009''' was an annual [[backyard wrestling]] community contest presented by [[Global Backyard Wrestling News]] (GBYWN). It was featured as the second annual contest of the community. Federations of the community were given up to three months until the deadline of originally June 1, 2009 to submit all match entries, however, the contest deadline closed on June 5.

==History==

===Rules and Regulations===
The concept behind the competitive feature is that participants record and submit one or two matches of any kind that must be full-length, which will be judged by special personnel or moderators of the community known as "Big Bros" upon review based on varying factors such as wrestling ability, psychology, match flow, and overall entertainment value. The best entry upon decision wins the contest.

===Participations===
*[[Absolute Championship Wrestling]] (ACW Spain)
*[[Altitude Backyard Wrestling]] (ABW)
*[[Bridgeview Wrestling Association]] (BWA)
*[[Calumet Wrestling Alliance]] (CWA)
*[[Candlewood BackYard Wrestling]] (CBYW)
*[[DUE]]
*[[ETTW]]
*[[Global Underground Wrestling]] (GUW)
*[[Lewiston Wrestling Federation]] (LWF)
*[[Suicidal Wrestling Clash]] (SWC)
*[[Suffolk Split-Personality Wrestling]] (SSPW)
*[[TNECWF]]
*[[Unbelievable Youth Wrestling]] (UYW)
*[[Waco Association of Wrestling]] (WAW)
*[[WWAJ]]
*[[Xtraordinary 2 Xtreme Wrestling]] (X2X)

===Winner===
*[[Waco Association of Wrestling]] (WAW)

'''Top 5'''
*Global Underground Wrestling (GUW) (# 2)
*ETTW (# 3)
*ACW Spain (# 4)
*Lewiston Wrestling Federation (LWF) (# 5)

===Reception===
General response out the outcome of the GBYWN Spring Challenge 2009 were not to the expectations of some of the members within. A very few feel the results were not precisely accurate while others claimed it was a good turnout and anticipates next year's contest. GBYWN Owner [[Cam]] seems pleasantly pleased himself with how results came out to be, thanking Big Brother Absolute Jake (aka [[Jake Xinn]]) for his predominant overall evauluation.

==External links==
*[http://www.thegbywn.com/gbywn-spring-challenge-2009-f18/the-winners-of-the-gbywn-spring-challenge-are-in-claim-yo-t5937.htm Official Winners of GBYWN Spring Challenge 2009 Thread]

GBYWN Spring Challenge 2009

AbsoluteJake — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:02:29 GMT

AbsoluteJake: /* Participations */

The '''GBYWN Spring Challenge 2009''' was an annual [[backyard wrestling]] community contest presented by [[Global Backyard Wrestling News]] (GBYWN). It was featured as the second annual contest of the community. Federations of the community were given up to three months until the deadline of originally June 1, 2009 to submit all match entries, however, the contest deadline closed on June 5.

==History==

===Rules and Regulations===
The concept behind the competitive feature is that participants record and submit one or two matches of any kind that must be full-length, which will be judged by special personnel or moderators of the community known as "Big Bros" upon review based on varying factors such as wrestling ability, psychology, match flow, and overall entertainment value. The best entry upon decision wins the contest.

===Participations===
*[[Absolute Championship Wrestling]] (ACW Spain)
*[[Altitude Backyard Wrestling]] (ABW)
*[[Bridgeview Wrestling Association]] (BWA)
*[[Calumet Wrestling Alliance]] (CWA)
*[[Candlewood BackYard Wrestling]] (CBYW)
*[[DUE]]
*[[ETTW]]
*[[Global Underground Wrestling]] (GUW)
*[[Lewiston Wrestling Federation]] (LWF)
*[[Suicidal Wrestling Clash]] (SWC)
*[[Suffolk Split-Personality Wrestling]] (SSPW)
*[[TNECWF]]
*[[Unbelievable Youth Wrestling]] (UYW)
*[[Waco Association of Wrestling]] (WAW)
*[[WWAJ]]
*[[Xtraordinary 2 Xtreme Wrestling]] (X2X)

===Winner===
*[[Waco Association of Wrestling]] (WAW)

'''Top 5'''
*Global Underground Wrestling (GUW) (# 2)
*ETTW (# 3)
*ACW Spain (# 4)
*Lewiston Wrestling Federation (LWF) (# 5)

===Reception===
General response out the outcome of the GBYWN Spring Challenge 2009 were not to the expectations of some of the members within. A very few feel the results were not precisely accurate while others claimed it was a good turnout and anticipates next year's contest. GBYWN Owner [[Cam]] seems pleasantly pleased himself with how results came out to be, thanking Big Brother Absolute Jake for his predominant overall evauluation.

==External links==
*[http://www.thegbywn.com/gbywn-spring-challenge-2009-f18/the-winners-of-the-gbywn-spring-challenge-are-in-claim-yo-t5937.htm Official Winners of GBYWN Spring Challenge 2009 Thread]

Absolute Championship Wrestling

AbsoluteJake — Thu, 28 May 2009 07:27:40 GMT

AbsoluteJake: /* Production */

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| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#EEEEEE" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | '''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' 
|-
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" | http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/banners/200x200.jpg
|-
| align="center" colspan="2" | '''Details'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Acronym'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | ACW
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Established'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 1997 - present
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Location'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America Castellon, Valencia, Spain
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Formerly'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | National Wrestling Federation Global Wrestling Federation
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Website'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ www.AbsoluteWrestling.net]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Video Pages'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling YouTube] [http://www.livevideo.com/acw LiveVideo] [http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling LiveStream] [http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw BYWTube] [http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ Blip.tv] [http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ Revver] [http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 Yahoo! Video] [http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling Veoh]
|- valign="top"
|}

'''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' (ACW) is a wrestling group founded in 1997. It is located in Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America and Castellon, Valencia, Spain. ACW is known for its character driven story-lines and attention to production values. The American side wrestles in an indoor custom-made ring, while the Spanish side makes use of various outdoor environments (such as playgrounds and parks).

==History==

Absolute Championship Wrestling can trace its roots back to an early federation in the mid-90's called Global Wrestling Federation (GWF). But ACW doesn't consider its birth until the summer of 1997 when GWF became known as the National Wrestling Federation (NWF). This is when their wrestling became more organized and they became more serious about their wrestling.

For many years NWF competed and existed with little to no communication with wrestling groups. A part of this was due to the lack of population in their home territory which is the upper peninsula of Michigan, so there were not any other competing wrestling groups in that part of the state. Also at that time the internet was not a big part the area as it is now. So this isolation is what essentially made the NWF, now ACW, develop its unique style of character driven storylines and production values.

As opposed to other wrestling groups, each NWF wrestler portrayed a cast of characters. This was done to establish a full roster that would allow for creativity in story line writing. But this also meant each wrestler could wrestle up to 5 times a night. That amount of wrestling seemed to establish dedication and pride in the wrestlers for what they are doing. So despite having at times a small roster, NWF, now ACW, has never called it quits.

A little less than a decade long as the NWF, it officially changed its name in the middle of 2006 to Absolute Championship Wrestling. They cited the name change due to multiple other National Wrestling Federations existing and wanting a unique name to match their unique wrestling. Soon after this name change, ACW began converting their old tapes of recorded material into digital format and established a YouTube account on September 1st of 2006. And soon after that ACW was contacted by Cam of [[Global Backyard Wrestling News]] (GBYWN) and became part of the restarting process of GBYWN.

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ACW Spain Logo
|}

In February of 2009, ACW expanded in a way it had not predicted. Two brothers, Fernando and Francis Morante, of HWA Spain approached ACW with an offer of becoming ACW Spain and expanding ACW into Spain. The existing wrestlers of ACW watched the wrestling matches of HWA Spain and were immediately impressed with the heart and talent the Spanish wrestlers showed. So on the 21st of February, ACW made it official that it had expanded into Spain. Since the expansion ACW has made it a de-facto policy that the wrestlers in Spain should not be considered a separate group, despite being referred to at times as ACW Spain and having separate championships, but as part of the main group who happen to be in Spain. One effect of this policy is that wrestling matches coming from Spain aren't labeled as ACW Spain but simply ACW, and are uploaded on the same accounts as the American videos. It was the intention of ACW to keep its identity as a unified group, rather than separate groups that are only linked by a name.

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/SLSBS/thumb.jpg
SLSBS Banner
|}

Then in March of 2009, ACW participated in its first supershow, Salt Lake Spring Break Showdown. It competed against other federations such as New Generation Wrestling (NGW), Lewiston Wrestling Federation (LWF), [[Battle Born Wrestling]] (BBW) and Championship Battleground Wrestling (CBW). The show was held in Salt Lake City, Utah then later in the week, Las Vegas, Nevada. It marked the first time ACW competed in two west coast states, Utah and Nevada. ACW showcased the characters of Jake Xinn, Houston, Glassier, Safety Guy and Nick Richards at SLSBS.

Currently, ACW has plans to attend the Global Domination supershow presented by [[Bridgeview Wrestling Association]] and possibly another supershow yet to be decided on in the summer of 2009.

==Production==

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/World/thumb.jpg
Example of ACW graphics design
|}

One of the aspects that have allowed ACW, particularly the American side, to be unique is its production values. They have focused on producing wrestling for the general public rather than the BYW community itself. This is a by product of its long time isolated from other groups before entering the major BYW community.

As opposed to wrestling outside, ACW quickly moved indoors to wrestle to avoid the harsh northern Michigan winters (which are only made worse by the proximity of the Great Lakes). This has allowed ACW to decorate what they call their "arena" with logos and banners. Also indoors allows more usage of electronics. The primary benefit of this is their usage of entrance videos and event videos on multiple TV screens. And recently ACW has made use of strobe lights and a fog machine for entrances.
On the post production side of things, ACW produces its entire events straight to DVD or in a way that can be easily produced on DVD. They cite their main reason as creating a reliable archive of matches as their video tapes have been slowly degrading due to the humidity in Michigan. So there has been a recent emphasis to put old videos on DVD. Currently there is a project to put their old footage from 2001 onto DVDs.

On the Spanish side of things, members actively design their own costumes and title belts. Also ACW has contracted Dave Perez from [[New Generation Wrestling]] as an announcer for the Spanish matches. But post production is done on the American side with the intent on future DVD compilations.

With its emphasis on production, ACW has developed its own resources to produce graphics, websites, videos, and music. And since their integration into the BYW community they have produced graphics, logos, as well as the theme music for [[GBYWN]]. Also members of ACW do production work on occasion for other feds on an individual basis.

==YouShoot==

ACW has made semi-regular contact with the world of professional wrestling through Kayfabe Commentary's YouShoot. YouShoot is a regular DVD series produced by Kayfabe Commentaries (KC) where they get people in wrestling to answer no-holds-barred questions about anything from questions submitted by the public. KC encourages the public to submit videos, but also accepts questions via e-mail. It is hosted by Sean Oliver and frequently has wrestling personalities that have worked for KC in the past.

===Honky Tonk Man===

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"YouShoot: The Honky Tonk Man" which has Hypnosis and Loco imaged on the cover
|}

The first ever YouShoot featured former professional wrestler, and current trainer, the Honky Tonk Man (HTM). Two ACW characters, Hypnosis and Loco, are featured in the chapter "Pain & Fear" which is the longest chapter on the DVD.

In Loco's video, he criticized Honky Tonk Man's complaints about wrestlers who hurt him, and Loco boasted that he hurt many wrestlers himself. This is what the Honky Tonk Man had to say about Loco on the DVD: "You say you have injured a bunch of wrestlers. Well you have put them out of work...!", "You're bragging about [censored] wrestlers up, sounds like Bill Goldberg to me...", and "Loco you should be in matches with Bret Hart..." And since it has been posted on YouTube, fans of Honky Tonk Man have had worse to say about Loco. The general reception has been that Loco was making a legitimate shoot on HTM and has been so far the most heated contact ACW has had with the professional wrestling world. Despite some of the negative reaction, the Loco video has spawned some mimicry on YouTube in the form of a guy who calls himself Revelations. Revelations has been posting a series of videos challenging the Honky Tonk Man while using a laugh characteristic of Loco.

Hypnosis dug into Honky Tonk Man's past and criticized him for his praise of Hulk Hogan and his feud with Jerry Lawler in his video. Honky Tonk Man responded to Hypnosis's Hulk Hogan comments with this: "I have never stooged for Hulkamania. I am probably one of the foremost critics of Hulkamania. Not with Hulkamania's ability to change the business, the ability to sell tickets, or to be one of the most recognizable characters in the world." And then he tries explaining why his feud with Jerry Lawler was real by telling a lengthy story on how Jerry Lawler, and possibly Jim Ross, was jealous about his commentary skills. This video was much less controversial than Loco's and has received more positive comments on YouTube.

===Missy Hyatt===

The next YouShoot ACW took part in involved the former valet Missy Hyatt. This time Hung Lo and Valor Valancy sent in videos.

Hung Lo made an offer to Missy Hyatt to join "Team Hung Lo" in his video. Missy Hyatt's response didn't directly answer his question but included her feeling herself and the words "Hung Lo... Come on baby!", "Looks like he is in my basement...", and "If I get home tonight and that is in my basement, I'm going to be really upset, because I got my stripper-pole getting put in tonight." This video had the opposite reception of Loco's and has overwhelmingly positive responses on YouTube.

Valor Valancy in his video, warned Missy Hyatt against joining Team Hung Lo and that he had a "rat trap" to catch her if she joined with Hung Lo. But unfortunately it didn't meet the deadline to make the DVD. It can still be viewed on the ACW website as well as its video pages though.

===Kevin Sullivan===

A former character in ACW, the Lethal Licker, returned with his "woman" to participate in a YouShoot with a former wrestler, Kevin Sullivan. Leathal Licker commented Kevin Sullivan's retirement in Florida and Sullivan's departure from the "dark side" while making licking actions with his "woman". In response, Kevin Sullivan described his religions experiences and his philosophies on faith. After the DVD, the Leathal Licker thanked Kevin Sullivan for his in depth and respectful response.

==External links==
*[http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ Official ACW Website]
*[http://www.myspace.com/absolutewrestling ACW on MySpace]
*[http://absolutewrestling.deviantart.com/ ACW on deviantART]
*[http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling ACW on YouTube]
*[http://www.livevideo.com/acw ACW on LiveVideo]
*[http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling ACW on LiveStream]
*[http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw ACW on BYWTube]
*[http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ ACW on Blip.tv]
*[http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ ACW on Revver]
*[http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 ACW on Yahoo! Video]
*[http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling ACW on Veoh]

[[Category:Backyard federations]]
[[Category:American federations]]
[[Category:Active federations]]
[[Category:Federations established in 1997]]

Absolute Championship Wrestling

AbsoluteJake — Thu, 28 May 2009 07:24:57 GMT

AbsoluteJake:

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| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#EEEEEE" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | '''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' 
|-
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" | http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/banners/200x200.jpg
|-
| align="center" colspan="2" | '''Details'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Acronym'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | ACW
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Established'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 1997 - present
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Location'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America Castellon, Valencia, Spain
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Formerly'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | National Wrestling Federation Global Wrestling Federation
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Website'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ www.AbsoluteWrestling.net]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Video Pages'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling YouTube] [http://www.livevideo.com/acw LiveVideo] [http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling LiveStream] [http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw BYWTube] [http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ Blip.tv] [http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ Revver] [http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 Yahoo! Video] [http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling Veoh]
|- valign="top"
|}

'''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' (ACW) is a wrestling group founded in 1997. It is located in Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America and Castellon, Valencia, Spain. ACW is known for its character driven story-lines and attention to production values. The American side wrestles in an indoor custom-made ring, while the Spanish side makes use of various outdoor environments (such as playgrounds and parks).

==History==

Absolute Championship Wrestling can trace its roots back to an early federation in the mid-90's called Global Wrestling Federation (GWF). But ACW doesn't consider its birth until the summer of 1997 when GWF became known as the National Wrestling Federation (NWF). This is when their wrestling became more organized and they became more serious about their wrestling.

For many years NWF competed and existed with little to no communication with wrestling groups. A part of this was due to the lack of population in their home territory which is the upper peninsula of Michigan, so there were not any other competing wrestling groups in that part of the state. Also at that time the internet was not a big part the area as it is now. So this isolation is what essentially made the NWF, now ACW, develop its unique style of character driven storylines and production values.

As opposed to other wrestling groups, each NWF wrestler portrayed a cast of characters. This was done to establish a full roster that would allow for creativity in story line writing. But this also meant each wrestler could wrestle up to 5 times a night. That amount of wrestling seemed to establish dedication and pride in the wrestlers for what they are doing. So despite having at times a small roster, NWF, now ACW, has never called it quits.

A little less than a decade long as the NWF, it officially changed its name in the middle of 2006 to Absolute Championship Wrestling. They cited the name change due to multiple other National Wrestling Federations existing and wanting a unique name to match their unique wrestling. Soon after this name change, ACW began converting their old tapes of recorded material into digital format and established a YouTube account on September 1st of 2006. And soon after that ACW was contacted by Cam of [[Global Backyard Wrestling News]] (GBYWN) and became part of the restarting process of GBYWN.

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/news/general/2009/spain.jpg
ACW Spain Logo
|}

In February of 2009, ACW expanded in a way it had not predicted. Two brothers, Fernando and Francis Morante, of HWA Spain approached ACW with an offer of becoming ACW Spain and expanding ACW into Spain. The existing wrestlers of ACW watched the wrestling matches of HWA Spain and were immediately impressed with the heart and talent the Spanish wrestlers showed. So on the 21st of February, ACW made it official that it had expanded into Spain. Since the expansion ACW has made it a de-facto policy that the wrestlers in Spain should not be considered a separate group, despite being referred to at times as ACW Spain and having separate championships, but as part of the main group who happen to be in Spain. One effect of this policy is that wrestling matches coming from Spain aren't labeled as ACW Spain but simply ACW, and are uploaded on the same accounts as the American videos. It was the intention of ACW to keep its identity as a unified group, rather than separate groups that are only linked by a name.

{| border=1 align=right cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=200 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #EEEEEE; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/SLSBS/thumb.jpg
SLSBS Banner
|}

Then in March of 2009, ACW participated in its first supershow, Salt Lake Spring Break Showdown. It competed against other federations such as New Generation Wrestling (NGW), Lewiston Wrestling Federation (LWF), [[Battle Born Wrestling]] (BBW) and Championship Battleground Wrestling (CBW). The show was held in Salt Lake City, Utah then later in the week, Las Vegas, Nevada. It marked the first time ACW competed in two west coast states, Utah and Nevada. ACW showcased the characters of Jake Xinn, Houston, Glassier, Safety Guy and Nick Richards at SLSBS.

Currently, ACW has plans to attend the Global Domination supershow presented by [[Bridgeview Wrestling Association]] and possibly another supershow yet to be decided on in the summer of 2009.

==Production==

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/World/thumb.jpg
Example of ACW graphics design
|}

One of the aspects that have allowed ACW, particularly the American side, to be unique is its production values. They have focused on producing wrestling for the general public rather than the BYW community itself. This is a by product of its long time isolated from other groups before entering the major BYW community.

As opposed to wrestling outside, ACW quickly moved indoors to wrestle to avoid the harsh northern Michigan winters (which are only made worse by the proximity of the Great Lakes). This has allowed ACW to decorate what they call their "arena" with logos and banners. Also indoors allows more usage of electronics. The primary benefit of this is their usage of entrance videos and event videos on multiple TV screens. And recently ACW has made use of strobe lights and a fog machine for entrances.
On the post production side of things, ACW produces its entire events straight to DVD or in a way that can be easily produced on DVD. They cite their main reason as creating a reliable archive of matches as their video tapes have been slowly degrading due to the humidity in Michigan. So there has been a recent emphasis to put old videos on DVD. Currently there is a project to put their old footage from 2001 onto DVDs.

With its emphasis on production, ACW has developed its own resources to produce graphics, websites, videos, and music. And since their integration into the BYW community they have produced graphics, logos, as well as the theme music for [[GBYWN]]. Also members of ACW do production work on occasion for other feds on an individual basis.

==YouShoot==

ACW has made semi-regular contact with the world of professional wrestling through Kayfabe Commentary's YouShoot. YouShoot is a regular DVD series produced by Kayfabe Commentaries (KC) where they get people in wrestling to answer no-holds-barred questions about anything from questions submitted by the public. KC encourages the public to submit videos, but also accepts questions via e-mail. It is hosted by Sean Oliver and frequently has wrestling personalities that have worked for KC in the past.

===Honky Tonk Man===

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/news/general/2007/youshoot.jpg
"YouShoot: The Honky Tonk Man" which has Hypnosis and Loco imaged on the cover
|}

The first ever YouShoot featured former professional wrestler, and current trainer, the Honky Tonk Man (HTM). Two ACW characters, Hypnosis and Loco, are featured in the chapter "Pain & Fear" which is the longest chapter on the DVD.

In Loco's video, he criticized Honky Tonk Man's complaints about wrestlers who hurt him, and Loco boasted that he hurt many wrestlers himself. This is what the Honky Tonk Man had to say about Loco on the DVD: "You say you have injured a bunch of wrestlers. Well you have put them out of work...!", "You're bragging about [censored] wrestlers up, sounds like Bill Goldberg to me...", and "Loco you should be in matches with Bret Hart..." And since it has been posted on YouTube, fans of Honky Tonk Man have had worse to say about Loco. The general reception has been that Loco was making a legitimate shoot on HTM and has been so far the most heated contact ACW has had with the professional wrestling world. Despite some of the negative reaction, the Loco video has spawned some mimicry on YouTube in the form of a guy who calls himself Revelations. Revelations has been posting a series of videos challenging the Honky Tonk Man while using a laugh characteristic of Loco.

Hypnosis dug into Honky Tonk Man's past and criticized him for his praise of Hulk Hogan and his feud with Jerry Lawler in his video. Honky Tonk Man responded to Hypnosis's Hulk Hogan comments with this: "I have never stooged for Hulkamania. I am probably one of the foremost critics of Hulkamania. Not with Hulkamania's ability to change the business, the ability to sell tickets, or to be one of the most recognizable characters in the world." And then he tries explaining why his feud with Jerry Lawler was real by telling a lengthy story on how Jerry Lawler, and possibly Jim Ross, was jealous about his commentary skills. This video was much less controversial than Loco's and has received more positive comments on YouTube.

===Missy Hyatt===

The next YouShoot ACW took part in involved the former valet Missy Hyatt. This time Hung Lo and Valor Valancy sent in videos.

Hung Lo made an offer to Missy Hyatt to join "Team Hung Lo" in his video. Missy Hyatt's response didn't directly answer his question but included her feeling herself and the words "Hung Lo... Come on baby!", "Looks like he is in my basement...", and "If I get home tonight and that is in my basement, I'm going to be really upset, because I got my stripper-pole getting put in tonight." This video had the opposite reception of Loco's and has overwhelmingly positive responses on YouTube.

Valor Valancy in his video, warned Missy Hyatt against joining Team Hung Lo and that he had a "rat trap" to catch her if she joined with Hung Lo. But unfortunately it didn't meet the deadline to make the DVD. It can still be viewed on the ACW website as well as its video pages though.

===Kevin Sullivan===

A former character in ACW, the Lethal Licker, returned with his "woman" to participate in a YouShoot with a former wrestler, Kevin Sullivan. Leathal Licker commented Kevin Sullivan's retirement in Florida and Sullivan's departure from the "dark side" while making licking actions with his "woman". In response, Kevin Sullivan described his religions experiences and his philosophies on faith. After the DVD, the Leathal Licker thanked Kevin Sullivan for his in depth and respectful response.

==External links==
*[http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ Official ACW Website]
*[http://www.myspace.com/absolutewrestling ACW on MySpace]
*[http://absolutewrestling.deviantart.com/ ACW on deviantART]
*[http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling ACW on YouTube]
*[http://www.livevideo.com/acw ACW on LiveVideo]
*[http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling ACW on LiveStream]
*[http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw ACW on BYWTube]
*[http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ ACW on Blip.tv]
*[http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ ACW on Revver]
*[http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 ACW on Yahoo! Video]
*[http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling ACW on Veoh]

[[Category:Backyard federations]]
[[Category:American federations]]
[[Category:Active federations]]
[[Category:Federations established in 1997]]

Absolute Championship Wrestling

AbsoluteJake — Thu, 28 May 2009 07:15:28 GMT

AbsoluteJake: /* Production */

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| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#EEEEEE" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | '''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' 
|-
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" | http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/banners/200x200.jpg
|-
| align="center" colspan="2" | '''Details'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Acronym'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | ACW
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Established'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 1997 - present
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Location'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America Castellon, Valencia, Spain
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Formerly'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | National Wrestling Federation Global Wrestling Federation
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Website'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ www.AbsoluteWrestling.net]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Video Pages'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling YouTube] [http://www.livevideo.com/acw LiveVideo] [http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling LiveStream] [http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw BYWTube] [http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ Blip.tv] [http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ Revver] [http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 Yahoo! Video] [http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling Veoh]
|- valign="top"
|}

'''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' is a wrestling group founded in 1997. It is located in Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America and Castellon, Valencia, Spain.

==History==

Absolute Championship Wrestling (ACW) can trace its roots back to an early federation in the mid-90's called Global Wrestling Federation (GWF). But ACW doesn't consider its birth until the summer of 1997 when GWF became known as the National Wrestling Federation (NWF). This is when their wrestling became more organized and they became more serious about their wrestling.

For many years NWF competed and existed with little to no communication with wrestling groups. A part of this was due to the lack of population in their home territory which is the upper peninsula of Michigan, so there were not any other competing wrestling groups in that part of the state. Also at that time the internet was not a big part the area as it is now. So this isolation is what essentially made the NWF, now ACW, develop its unique style of character driven storylines and production values.

As opposed to other wrestling groups, each NWF wrestler portrayed a cast of characters. This was done to establish a full roster that would allow for creativity in story line writing. But this also meant each wrestler could wrestle up to 5 times a night. That amount of wrestling seemed to establish dedication and pride in the wrestlers for what they are doing. So despite having at times a small roster, NWF, now ACW, has never called it quits.

A little less than a decade long as the NWF, it officially changed its name in the middle of 2006 to Absolute Championship Wrestling. They cited the name change due to multiple other National Wrestling Federations existing and wanting a unique name to match their unique wrestling. Soon after this name change, ACW began converting their old tapes of recorded material into digital format and established a YouTube account on September 1st of 2006. And soon after that ACW was contacted by Cam of [[Global Backyard Wrestling News]] (GBYWN) and became part of the restarting process of GBYWN.

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/news/general/2009/spain.jpg
ACW Spain Logo
|}

In February of 2009, ACW expanded in a way it had not predicted. Two brothers, Fernando and Francis Morante, of HWA Spain approached ACW with an offer of becoming ACW Spain and expanding ACW into Spain. The existing wrestlers of ACW watched the wrestling matches of HWA Spain and were immediately impressed with the heart and talent the Spanish wrestlers showed. So on the 21st of February, ACW made it official that it had expanded into Spain. Since the expansion ACW has made it a de-facto policy that the wrestlers in Spain should not be considered a separate group, despite being referred to at times as ACW Spain and having separate championships, but as part of the main group who happen to be in Spain. One effect of this policy is that wrestling matches coming from Spain aren't labeled as ACW Spain but simply ACW, and are uploaded on the same accounts as the American videos. It was the intention of ACW to keep its identity as a unified group, rather than separate groups that are only linked by a name.

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/SLSBS/thumb.jpg
SLSBS Banner
|}

Then in March of 2009, ACW participated in its first supershow, Salt Lake Spring Break Showdown. It competed against other federations such as New Generation Wrestling (NGW), Lewiston Wrestling Federation (LWF), [[Battle Born Wrestling]] (BBW) and Championship Battleground Wrestling (CBW). The show was held in Salt Lake City, Utah then later in the week, Las Vegas, Nevada. It marked the first time ACW competed in two west coast states, Utah and Nevada. ACW showcased the characters of Jake Xinn, Houston, Glassier, Safety Guy and Nick Richards at SLSBS.

Currently, ACW has plans to attend the Global Domination supershow presented by [[Bridgeview Wrestling Association]] and possibly another supershow yet to be decided on in the summer of 2009.

==Production==

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/World/thumb.jpg
Example of ACW graphics design
|}

One of the aspects that have allowed ACW, particularly the American side, to be unique is its production values. They have focused on producing wrestling for the general public rather than the BYW community itself. This is a by product of its long time isolated from other groups before entering the major BYW community.

As opposed to wrestling outside, ACW quickly moved indoors to wrestle to avoid the harsh northern Michigan winters (which are only made worse by the proximity of the Great Lakes). This has allowed ACW to decorate what they call their "arena" with logos and banners. Also indoors allows more usage of electronics. The primary benefit of this is their usage of entrance videos and event videos on multiple TV screens. And recently ACW has made use of strobe lights and a fog machine for entrances.
On the post production side of things, ACW produces its entire events straight to DVD or in a way that can be easily produced on DVD. They cite their main reason as creating a reliable archive of matches as their video tapes have been slowly degrading due to the humidity in Michigan. So there has been a recent emphasis to put old videos on DVD. Currently there is a project to put their old footage from 2001 onto DVDs.

With its emphasis on production, ACW has developed its own resources to produce graphics, websites, videos, and music. And since their integration into the BYW community they have produced graphics, logos, as well as the theme music for [[GBYWN]]. Also members of ACW do production work on occasion for other feds on an individual basis.

==YouShoot==

ACW has made semi-regular contact with the world of professional wrestling through Kayfabe Commentary's YouShoot. YouShoot is a regular DVD series produced by Kayfabe Commentaries (KC) where they get people in wrestling to answer no-holds-barred questions about anything from questions submitted by the public. KC encourages the public to submit videos, but also accepts questions via e-mail. It is hosted by Sean Oliver and frequently has wrestling personalities that have worked for KC in the past.

===Honky Tonk Man===

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/news/general/2007/youshoot.jpg
"YouShoot: The Honky Tonk Man" which has Hypnosis and Loco imaged on the cover
|}

The first ever YouShoot featured former professional wrestler, and current trainer, the Honky Tonk Man (HTM). Two ACW characters, Hypnosis and Loco, are featured in the chapter "Pain & Fear" which is the longest chapter on the DVD.

In Loco's video, he criticized Honky Tonk Man's complaints about wrestlers who hurt him, and Loco boasted that he hurt many wrestlers himself. This is what the Honky Tonk Man had to say about Loco on the DVD: "You say you have injured a bunch of wrestlers. Well you have put them out of work...!", "You're bragging about [censored] wrestlers up, sounds like Bill Goldberg to me...", and "Loco you should be in matches with Bret Hart..." And since it has been posted on YouTube, fans of Honky Tonk Man have had worse to say about Loco. The general reception has been that Loco was making a legitimate shoot on HTM and has been so far the most heated contact ACW has had with the professional wrestling world. Despite some of the negative reaction, the Loco video has spawned some mimicry on YouTube in the form of a guy who calls himself Revelations. Revelations has been posting a series of videos challenging the Honky Tonk Man while using a laugh characteristic of Loco.

Hypnosis dug into Honky Tonk Man's past and criticized him for his praise of Hulk Hogan and his feud with Jerry Lawler in his video. Honky Tonk Man responded to Hypnosis's Hulk Hogan comments with this: "I have never stooged for Hulkamania. I am probably one of the foremost critics of Hulkamania. Not with Hulkamania's ability to change the business, the ability to sell tickets, or to be one of the most recognizable characters in the world." And then he tries explaining why his feud with Jerry Lawler was real by telling a lengthy story on how Jerry Lawler, and possibly Jim Ross, was jealous about his commentary skills. This video was much less controversial than Loco's and has received more positive comments on YouTube.

===Missy Hyatt===

The next YouShoot ACW took part in involved the former valet Missy Hyatt. This time Hung Lo and Valor Valancy sent in videos.

Hung Lo made an offer to Missy Hyatt to join "Team Hung Lo" in his video. Missy Hyatt's response didn't directly answer his question but included her feeling herself and the words "Hung Lo... Come on baby!", "Looks like he is in my basement...", and "If I get home tonight and that is in my basement, I'm going to be really upset, because I got my stripper-pole getting put in tonight." This video had the opposite reception of Loco's and has overwhelmingly positive responses on YouTube.

Valor Valancy in his video, warned Missy Hyatt against joining Team Hung Lo and that he had a "rat trap" to catch her if she joined with Hung Lo. But unfortunately it didn't meet the deadline to make the DVD. It can still be viewed on the ACW website as well as its video pages though.

===Kevin Sullivan===

A former character in ACW, the Lethal Licker, returned with his "woman" to participate in a YouShoot with a former wrestler, Kevin Sullivan. Leathal Licker commented Kevin Sullivan's retirement in Florida and Sullivan's departure from the "dark side" while making licking actions with his "woman". In response, Kevin Sullivan described his religions experiences and his philosophies on faith. After the DVD, the Leathal Licker thanked Kevin Sullivan for his in depth and respectful response.

==External links==
*[http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ Official ACW Website]
*[http://www.myspace.com/absolutewrestling ACW on MySpace]
*[http://absolutewrestling.deviantart.com/ ACW on deviantART]
*[http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling ACW on YouTube]
*[http://www.livevideo.com/acw ACW on LiveVideo]
*[http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling ACW on LiveStream]
*[http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw ACW on BYWTube]
*[http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ ACW on Blip.tv]
*[http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ ACW on Revver]
*[http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 ACW on Yahoo! Video]
*[http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling ACW on Veoh]

[[Category:Backyard federations]]
[[Category:American federations]]
[[Category:Active federations]]
[[Category:Federations established in 1997]]

Absolute Championship Wrestling

AbsoluteJake — Thu, 28 May 2009 07:14:51 GMT

AbsoluteJake:

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| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#EEEEEE" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | '''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' 
|-
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" | http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/banners/200x200.jpg
|-
| align="center" colspan="2" | '''Details'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Acronym'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | ACW
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Established'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 1997 - present
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Location'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America Castellon, Valencia, Spain
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Formerly'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | National Wrestling Federation Global Wrestling Federation
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Website'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ www.AbsoluteWrestling.net]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Video Pages'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling YouTube] [http://www.livevideo.com/acw LiveVideo] [http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling LiveStream] [http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw BYWTube] [http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ Blip.tv] [http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ Revver] [http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 Yahoo! Video] [http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling Veoh]
|- valign="top"
|}

'''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' is a wrestling group founded in 1997. It is located in Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America and Castellon, Valencia, Spain.

==History==

Absolute Championship Wrestling (ACW) can trace its roots back to an early federation in the mid-90's called Global Wrestling Federation (GWF). But ACW doesn't consider its birth until the summer of 1997 when GWF became known as the National Wrestling Federation (NWF). This is when their wrestling became more organized and they became more serious about their wrestling.

For many years NWF competed and existed with little to no communication with wrestling groups. A part of this was due to the lack of population in their home territory which is the upper peninsula of Michigan, so there were not any other competing wrestling groups in that part of the state. Also at that time the internet was not a big part the area as it is now. So this isolation is what essentially made the NWF, now ACW, develop its unique style of character driven storylines and production values.

As opposed to other wrestling groups, each NWF wrestler portrayed a cast of characters. This was done to establish a full roster that would allow for creativity in story line writing. But this also meant each wrestler could wrestle up to 5 times a night. That amount of wrestling seemed to establish dedication and pride in the wrestlers for what they are doing. So despite having at times a small roster, NWF, now ACW, has never called it quits.

A little less than a decade long as the NWF, it officially changed its name in the middle of 2006 to Absolute Championship Wrestling. They cited the name change due to multiple other National Wrestling Federations existing and wanting a unique name to match their unique wrestling. Soon after this name change, ACW began converting their old tapes of recorded material into digital format and established a YouTube account on September 1st of 2006. And soon after that ACW was contacted by Cam of [[Global Backyard Wrestling News]] (GBYWN) and became part of the restarting process of GBYWN.

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/news/general/2009/spain.jpg
ACW Spain Logo
|}

In February of 2009, ACW expanded in a way it had not predicted. Two brothers, Fernando and Francis Morante, of HWA Spain approached ACW with an offer of becoming ACW Spain and expanding ACW into Spain. The existing wrestlers of ACW watched the wrestling matches of HWA Spain and were immediately impressed with the heart and talent the Spanish wrestlers showed. So on the 21st of February, ACW made it official that it had expanded into Spain. Since the expansion ACW has made it a de-facto policy that the wrestlers in Spain should not be considered a separate group, despite being referred to at times as ACW Spain and having separate championships, but as part of the main group who happen to be in Spain. One effect of this policy is that wrestling matches coming from Spain aren't labeled as ACW Spain but simply ACW, and are uploaded on the same accounts as the American videos. It was the intention of ACW to keep its identity as a unified group, rather than separate groups that are only linked by a name.

{| border=1 align=right cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=200 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #EEEEEE; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/SLSBS/thumb.jpg
SLSBS Banner
|}

Then in March of 2009, ACW participated in its first supershow, Salt Lake Spring Break Showdown. It competed against other federations such as New Generation Wrestling (NGW), Lewiston Wrestling Federation (LWF), [[Battle Born Wrestling]] (BBW) and Championship Battleground Wrestling (CBW). The show was held in Salt Lake City, Utah then later in the week, Las Vegas, Nevada. It marked the first time ACW competed in two west coast states, Utah and Nevada. ACW showcased the characters of Jake Xinn, Houston, Glassier, Safety Guy and Nick Richards at SLSBS.

Currently, ACW has plans to attend the Global Domination supershow presented by [[Bridgeview Wrestling Association]] and possibly another supershow yet to be decided on in the summer of 2009.

==Production==

{| border=1 align=left cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=200 style="margin: 0 1em 1em 0; background: #EEEEEE; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/World/thumb.jpg
Example of ACW graphics design
|}

One of the aspects that have allowed ACW, particularly the American side, to be unique is its production values. They have focused on producing wrestling for the general public rather than the BYW community itself. This is a by product of its long time isolated from other groups before entering the major BYW community.

As opposed to wrestling outside, ACW quickly moved indoors to wrestle to avoid the harsh northern Michigan winters (which are only made worse by the proximity of the Great Lakes). This has allowed ACW to decorate what they call their â��arenaâ�� with logos and banners. Also indoors allows more usage of electronics. The primary benefit of this is their usage of entrance videos and event videos on multiple TV screens. And recently ACW has made use of strobe lights and a fog machine for entrances.
On the post production side of things, ACW produces its entire events straight to DVD or in a way that can be easily produced on DVD. They cite their main reason as creating a reliable archive of matches as their video tapes have been slowly degrading due to the humidity in Michigan. So there has been a recent emphasis to put old videos on DVD. Currently there is a project to put their old footage from 2001 onto DVDs.

With its emphasis on production, ACW has developed its own resources to produce graphics, websites, videos, and music. And since their integration into the BYW community they have produced graphics, logos, as well as the theme music for [[GBYWN]]. Also members of ACW do production work on occasion for other feds on an individual basis.

==YouShoot==

ACW has made semi-regular contact with the world of professional wrestling through Kayfabe Commentary's YouShoot. YouShoot is a regular DVD series produced by Kayfabe Commentaries (KC) where they get people in wrestling to answer no-holds-barred questions about anything from questions submitted by the public. KC encourages the public to submit videos, but also accepts questions via e-mail. It is hosted by Sean Oliver and frequently has wrestling personalities that have worked for KC in the past.

===Honky Tonk Man===

{| border=1 align=right cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=200 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #EEEEEE; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/news/general/2007/youshoot.jpg
"YouShoot: The Honky Tonk Man" which has Hypnosis and Loco imaged on the cover
|}

The first ever YouShoot featured former professional wrestler, and current trainer, the Honky Tonk Man (HTM). Two ACW characters, Hypnosis and Loco, are featured in the chapter "Pain & Fear" which is the longest chapter on the DVD.

In Loco's video, he criticized Honky Tonk Man's complaints about wrestlers who hurt him, and Loco boasted that he hurt many wrestlers himself. This is what the Honky Tonk Man had to say about Loco on the DVD: "You say you have injured a bunch of wrestlers. Well you have put them out of work...!", "You're bragging about [censored] wrestlers up, sounds like Bill Goldberg to me...", and "Loco you should be in matches with Bret Hart..." And since it has been posted on YouTube, fans of Honky Tonk Man have had worse to say about Loco. The general reception has been that Loco was making a legitimate shoot on HTM and has been so far the most heated contact ACW has had with the professional wrestling world. Despite some of the negative reaction, the Loco video has spawned some mimicry on YouTube in the form of a guy who calls himself Revelations. Revelations has been posting a series of videos challenging the Honky Tonk Man while using a laugh characteristic of Loco.

Hypnosis dug into Honky Tonk Man's past and criticized him for his praise of Hulk Hogan and his feud with Jerry Lawler in his video. Honky Tonk Man responded to Hypnosis's Hulk Hogan comments with this: "I have never stooged for Hulkamania. I am probably one of the foremost critics of Hulkamania. Not with Hulkamania's ability to change the business, the ability to sell tickets, or to be one of the most recognizable characters in the world." And then he tries explaining why his feud with Jerry Lawler was real by telling a lengthy story on how Jerry Lawler, and possibly Jim Ross, was jealous about his commentary skills. This video was much less controversial than Loco's and has received more positive comments on YouTube.

===Missy Hyatt===

The next YouShoot ACW took part in involved the former valet Missy Hyatt. This time Hung Lo and Valor Valancy sent in videos.

Hung Lo made an offer to Missy Hyatt to join "Team Hung Lo" in his video. Missy Hyatt's response didn't directly answer his question but included her feeling herself and the words "Hung Lo... Come on baby!", "Looks like he is in my basement...", and "If I get home tonight and that is in my basement, I'm going to be really upset, because I got my stripper-pole getting put in tonight." This video had the opposite reception of Loco's and has overwhelmingly positive responses on YouTube.

Valor Valancy in his video, warned Missy Hyatt against joining Team Hung Lo and that he had a "rat trap" to catch her if she joined with Hung Lo. But unfortunately it didn't meet the deadline to make the DVD. It can still be viewed on the ACW website as well as its video pages though.

===Kevin Sullivan===

A former character in ACW, the Lethal Licker, returned with his "woman" to participate in a YouShoot with a former wrestler, Kevin Sullivan. Leathal Licker commented Kevin Sullivan's retirement in Florida and Sullivan's departure from the "dark side" while making licking actions with his "woman". In response, Kevin Sullivan described his religions experiences and his philosophies on faith. After the DVD, the Leathal Licker thanked Kevin Sullivan for his in depth and respectful response.

==External links==
*[http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ Official ACW Website]
*[http://www.myspace.com/absolutewrestling ACW on MySpace]
*[http://absolutewrestling.deviantart.com/ ACW on deviantART]
*[http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling ACW on YouTube]
*[http://www.livevideo.com/acw ACW on LiveVideo]
*[http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling ACW on LiveStream]
*[http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw ACW on BYWTube]
*[http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ ACW on Blip.tv]
*[http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ ACW on Revver]
*[http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 ACW on Yahoo! Video]
*[http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling ACW on Veoh]

[[Category:Backyard federations]]
[[Category:American federations]]
[[Category:Active federations]]
[[Category:Federations established in 1997]]

Absolute Championship Wrestling

AbsoluteJake — Thu, 28 May 2009 06:45:02 GMT

AbsoluteJake: /* Honky Tonk Man */

{| border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=280 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #FFFFFF; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"

| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#EEEEEE" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | '''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' 
|-
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" | http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/banners/200x200.jpg
|-
| align="center" colspan="2" | '''Details'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Acronym'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | ACW
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Established'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 1997 - present
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Location'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America Castellon, Valencia, Spain
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Formerly'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | National Wrestling Federation Global Wrestling Federation
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Website'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ www.AbsoluteWrestling.net]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Video Pages'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling YouTube] [http://www.livevideo.com/acw LiveVideo] [http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling LiveStream] [http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw BYWTube] [http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ Blip.tv] [http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ Revver] [http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 Yahoo! Video] [http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling Veoh]
|- valign="top"
|}

'''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' is a wrestling group founded in 1997. It is located in Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America and Castellon, Valencia, Spain.

==History==

Absolute Championship Wrestling (ACW) can trace its roots back to an early federation in the mid-90's called Global Wrestling Federation (GWF). But ACW doesn't consider its birth until the summer of 1997 when GWF became known as the National Wrestling Federation (NWF). This is when their wrestling became more organized and they became more serious about their wrestling.

For many years NWF competed and existed with little to no communication with wrestling groups. A part of this was due to the lack of population in their home territory which is the upper peninsula of Michigan, so there were not any other competing wrestling groups in that part of the state. Also at that time the internet was not a big part the area as it is now. So this isolation is what essentially made the NWF, now ACW, develop its unique style of character driven storylines and production values.

As opposed to other wrestling groups, each NWF wrestler portrayed a cast of characters. This was done to establish a full roster that would allow for creativity in story line writing. But this also meant each wrestler could wrestle up to 5 times a night. That amount of wrestling seemed to establish dedication and pride in the wrestlers for what they are doing. So despite having at times a small roster, NWF, now ACW, has never called it quits.

A little less than a decade long as the NWF, it officially changed its name in the middle of 2006 to Absolute Championship Wrestling. They cited the name change due to multiple other National Wrestling Federations existing and wanting a unique name to match their unique wrestling. Soon after this name change, ACW began converting their old tapes of recorded material into digital format and established a YouTube account on September 1st of 2006. And soon after that ACW was contacted by Cam of [[Global Backyard Wrestling News]] (GBYWN) and became part of the restarting process of GBYWN.

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/news/general/2009/spain.jpg
ACW Spain Logo
|}

In February of 2009, ACW expanded in a way it had not predicted. Two brothers, Fernando and Francis Morante, of HWA Spain approached ACW with an offer of becoming ACW Spain and expanding ACW into Spain. The existing wrestlers of ACW watched the wrestling matches of HWA Spain and were immediately impressed with the heart and talent the Spanish wrestlers showed. So on the 21st of February, ACW made it official that it had expanded into Spain. Since the expansion ACW has made it a de-facto policy that the wrestlers in Spain should not be considered a separate group, despite being referred to at times as ACW Spain and having separate championships, but as part of the main group who happen to be in Spain. One effect of this policy is that wrestling matches coming from Spain aren't labeled as ACW Spain but simply ACW, and are uploaded on the same accounts as the American videos. It was the intention of ACW to keep its identity as a unified group, rather than separate groups that are only linked by a name.

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/SLSBS/thumb.jpg
SLSBS Banner
|}

Then in March of 2009, ACW participated in its first supershow, Salt Lake Spring Break Showdown. It competed against other federations such as New Generation Wrestling (NGW), Lewiston Wrestling Federation (LWF), [[Battle Born Wrestling]] (BBW) and Championship Battleground Wrestling (CBW). The show was held in Salt Lake City, Utah then later in the week, Las Vegas, Nevada. It marked the first time ACW competed in two west coast states, Utah and Nevada. ACW showcased the characters of Jake Xinn, Houston, Glassier, Safety Guy and Nick Richards at SLSBS.

Currently, ACW has plans to attend the Global Domination supershow presented by [[Bridgeview Wrestling Association]] and possibly another supershow yet to be decided on in the summer of 2009.

==YouShoot==

ACW has made semi-regular contact with the world of professional wrestling through Kayfabe Commentary's YouShoot. YouShoot is a regular DVD series produced by Kayfabe Commentaries (KC) where they get people in wrestling to answer no-holds-barred questions about anything from questions submitted by the public. KC encourages the public to submit videos, but also accepts questions via e-mail. It is hosted by Sean Oliver and frequently has wrestling personalities that have worked for KC in the past.

===Honky Tonk Man===

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/news/general/2007/youshoot.jpg
"YouShoot: The Honky Tonk Man" which has Hypnosis and Loco imaged on the cover
|}

The first ever YouShoot featured former professional wrestler, and current trainer, the Honky Tonk Man (HTM). Two ACW characters, Hypnosis and Loco, are featured in the chapter "Pain & Fear" which is the longest chapter on the DVD.

In Loco's video, he criticized Honky Tonk Man's complaints about wrestlers who hurt him, and Loco boasted that he hurt many wrestlers himself. This is what the Honky Tonk Man had to say about Loco on the DVD: "You say you have injured a bunch of wrestlers. Well you have put them out of work...!", "You're bragging about [censored] wrestlers up, sounds like Bill Goldberg to me...", and "Loco you should be in matches with Bret Hart..." And since it has been posted on YouTube, fans of Honky Tonk Man have had worse to say about Loco. The general reception has been that Loco was making a legitimate shoot on HTM and has been so far the most heated contact ACW has had with the professional wrestling world. Despite some of the negative reaction, the Loco video has spawned some mimicry on YouTube in the form of a guy who calls himself Revelations. Revelations has been posting a series of videos challenging the Honky Tonk Man while using a laugh characteristic of Loco.

Hypnosis dug into Honky Tonk Man's past and criticized him for his praise of Hulk Hogan and his feud with Jerry Lawler in his video. Honky Tonk Man responded to Hypnosis's Hulk Hogan comments with this: "I have never stooged for Hulkamania. I am probably one of the foremost critics of Hulkamania. Not with Hulkamania's ability to change the business, the ability to sell tickets, or to be one of the most recognizable characters in the world." And then he tries explaining why his feud with Jerry Lawler was real by telling a lengthy story on how Jerry Lawler, and possibly Jim Ross, was jealous about his commentary skills. This video was much less controversial than Loco's and has received more positive comments on YouTube.

===Missy Hyatt===

The next YouShoot ACW took part in involved the former valet Missy Hyatt. This time Hung Lo and Valor Valancy sent in videos.

Hung Lo made an offer to Missy Hyatt to join "Team Hung Lo" in his video. Missy Hyatt's response didn't directly answer his question but included her feeling herself and the words "Hung Lo... Come on baby!", "Looks like he is in my basement...", and "If I get home tonight and that is in my basement, I'm going to be really upset, because I got my stripper-pole getting put in tonight." This video had the opposite reception of Loco's and has overwhelmingly positive responses on YouTube.

Valor Valancy in his video, warned Missy Hyatt against joining Team Hung Lo and that he had a "rat trap" to catch her if she joined with Hung Lo. But unfortunately it didn't meet the deadline to make the DVD. It can still be viewed on the ACW website as well as its video pages though.

===Kevin Sullivan===

A former character in ACW, the Lethal Licker, returned with his "woman" to participate in a YouShoot with a former wrestler, Kevin Sullivan. Leathal Licker commented Kevin Sullivan's retirement in Florida and Sullivan's departure from the "dark side" while making licking actions with his "woman". In response, Kevin Sullivan described his religions experiences and his philosophies on faith. After the DVD, the Leathal Licker thanked Kevin Sullivan for his in depth and respectful response.

==External links==
*[http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ Official ACW Website]
*[http://www.myspace.com/absolutewrestling ACW on MySpace]
*[http://absolutewrestling.deviantart.com/ ACW on deviantART]
*[http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling ACW on YouTube]
*[http://www.livevideo.com/acw ACW on LiveVideo]
*[http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling ACW on LiveStream]
*[http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw ACW on BYWTube]
*[http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ ACW on Blip.tv]
*[http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ ACW on Revver]
*[http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 ACW on Yahoo! Video]
*[http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling ACW on Veoh]

[[Category:Backyard federations]]
[[Category:American federations]]
[[Category:Active federations]]
[[Category:Federations established in 1997]]

Absolute Championship Wrestling

AbsoluteJake — Thu, 28 May 2009 06:41:45 GMT

AbsoluteJake: /* History */

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| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#EEEEEE" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | '''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' 
|-
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" | http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/banners/200x200.jpg
|-
| align="center" colspan="2" | '''Details'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Acronym'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | ACW
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Established'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 1997 - present
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Location'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America Castellon, Valencia, Spain
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Formerly'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | National Wrestling Federation Global Wrestling Federation
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Website'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ www.AbsoluteWrestling.net]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Video Pages'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling YouTube] [http://www.livevideo.com/acw LiveVideo] [http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling LiveStream] [http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw BYWTube] [http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ Blip.tv] [http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ Revver] [http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 Yahoo! Video] [http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling Veoh]
|- valign="top"
|}

'''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' is a wrestling group founded in 1997. It is located in Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America and Castellon, Valencia, Spain.

==History==

Absolute Championship Wrestling (ACW) can trace its roots back to an early federation in the mid-90's called Global Wrestling Federation (GWF). But ACW doesn't consider its birth until the summer of 1997 when GWF became known as the National Wrestling Federation (NWF). This is when their wrestling became more organized and they became more serious about their wrestling.

For many years NWF competed and existed with little to no communication with wrestling groups. A part of this was due to the lack of population in their home territory which is the upper peninsula of Michigan, so there were not any other competing wrestling groups in that part of the state. Also at that time the internet was not a big part the area as it is now. So this isolation is what essentially made the NWF, now ACW, develop its unique style of character driven storylines and production values.

As opposed to other wrestling groups, each NWF wrestler portrayed a cast of characters. This was done to establish a full roster that would allow for creativity in story line writing. But this also meant each wrestler could wrestle up to 5 times a night. That amount of wrestling seemed to establish dedication and pride in the wrestlers for what they are doing. So despite having at times a small roster, NWF, now ACW, has never called it quits.

A little less than a decade long as the NWF, it officially changed its name in the middle of 2006 to Absolute Championship Wrestling. They cited the name change due to multiple other National Wrestling Federations existing and wanting a unique name to match their unique wrestling. Soon after this name change, ACW began converting their old tapes of recorded material into digital format and established a YouTube account on September 1st of 2006. And soon after that ACW was contacted by Cam of [[Global Backyard Wrestling News]] (GBYWN) and became part of the restarting process of GBYWN.

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/news/general/2009/spain.jpg
ACW Spain Logo
|}

In February of 2009, ACW expanded in a way it had not predicted. Two brothers, Fernando and Francis Morante, of HWA Spain approached ACW with an offer of becoming ACW Spain and expanding ACW into Spain. The existing wrestlers of ACW watched the wrestling matches of HWA Spain and were immediately impressed with the heart and talent the Spanish wrestlers showed. So on the 21st of February, ACW made it official that it had expanded into Spain. Since the expansion ACW has made it a de-facto policy that the wrestlers in Spain should not be considered a separate group, despite being referred to at times as ACW Spain and having separate championships, but as part of the main group who happen to be in Spain. One effect of this policy is that wrestling matches coming from Spain aren't labeled as ACW Spain but simply ACW, and are uploaded on the same accounts as the American videos. It was the intention of ACW to keep its identity as a unified group, rather than separate groups that are only linked by a name.

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/SLSBS/thumb.jpg
SLSBS Banner
|}

Then in March of 2009, ACW participated in its first supershow, Salt Lake Spring Break Showdown. It competed against other federations such as New Generation Wrestling (NGW), Lewiston Wrestling Federation (LWF), [[Battle Born Wrestling]] (BBW) and Championship Battleground Wrestling (CBW). The show was held in Salt Lake City, Utah then later in the week, Las Vegas, Nevada. It marked the first time ACW competed in two west coast states, Utah and Nevada. ACW showcased the characters of Jake Xinn, Houston, Glassier, Safety Guy and Nick Richards at SLSBS.

Currently, ACW has plans to attend the Global Domination supershow presented by [[Bridgeview Wrestling Association]] and possibly another supershow yet to be decided on in the summer of 2009.

==YouShoot==

ACW has made semi-regular contact with the world of professional wrestling through Kayfabe Commentary's YouShoot. YouShoot is a regular DVD series produced by Kayfabe Commentaries (KC) where they get people in wrestling to answer no-holds-barred questions about anything from questions submitted by the public. KC encourages the public to submit videos, but also accepts questions via e-mail. It is hosted by Sean Oliver and frequently has wrestling personalities that have worked for KC in the past.

===Honky Tonk Man===

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/news/general/2007/youshoot.jpg
"YouShoot: The Honky Tonk Man" which has Hypnosis and Loco imaged on the cover
|}

The first ever YouShoot featured former professional wrestler, and current trainer, the Honky Tonk Man (HTM). Two ACW characters, Hypnosis and Loco, are featured in the chapter "Pain & Fear" which is the longest chapter on the DVD.

In Loco's video, he criticized Honky Tonk Man's complaints about wrestlers who hurt him, and Loco boasted that he hurt many wrestlers himself. This is what the Honky Tonk Man had to say about Loco on the DVD: "You say you have injured a bunch of wrestlers. Well you have put them out of work...!", "You're bragging about [censored] wrestlers up, sounds like Bill Goldberg to me...", and "Loco you should be in matches with Bret Hart..." And since it has been posted on YouTube, fans of Honky Tonk Man have had worse to say about Loco. The general reception has been that Loco was making a legitimate shoot on HTM and has been so far the most heated contact ACW has had with the professional wrestling world.

Hypnosis dug into Honky Tonk Man's past and criticized him for his praise of Hulk Hogan and his feud with Jerry Lawler in his video. Honky Tonk Man responded to Hypnosis's Hulk Hogan comments with this: "I have never stooged for Hulkamania. I am probably one of the foremost critics of Hulkamania. Not with Hulkamania's ability to change the business, the ability to sell tickets, or to be one of the most recognizable characters in the world." And then he tries explaining why his feud with Jerry Lawler was real by telling a lengthy story on how Jerry Lawler, and possibly Jim Ross, was jealous about his commentary skills. This video was much less controversial than Loco's and has received some positive comments on YouTube.

===Missy Hyatt===

The next YouShoot ACW took part in involved the former valet Missy Hyatt. This time Hung Lo and Valor Valancy sent in videos.

Hung Lo made an offer to Missy Hyatt to join "Team Hung Lo" in his video. Missy Hyatt's response didn't directly answer his question but included her feeling herself and the words "Hung Lo... Come on baby!", "Looks like he is in my basement...", and "If I get home tonight and that is in my basement, I'm going to be really upset, because I got my stripper-pole getting put in tonight." This video had the opposite reception of Loco's and has overwhelmingly positive responses on YouTube.

Valor Valancy in his video, warned Missy Hyatt against joining Team Hung Lo and that he had a "rat trap" to catch her if she joined with Hung Lo. But unfortunately it didn't meet the deadline to make the DVD. It can still be viewed on the ACW website as well as its video pages though.

===Kevin Sullivan===

A former character in ACW, the Lethal Licker, returned with his "woman" to participate in a YouShoot with a former wrestler, Kevin Sullivan. Leathal Licker commented Kevin Sullivan's retirement in Florida and Sullivan's departure from the "dark side" while making licking actions with his "woman". In response, Kevin Sullivan described his religions experiences and his philosophies on faith. After the DVD, the Leathal Licker thanked Kevin Sullivan for his in depth and respectful response.

==External links==
*[http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ Official ACW Website]
*[http://www.myspace.com/absolutewrestling ACW on MySpace]
*[http://absolutewrestling.deviantart.com/ ACW on deviantART]
*[http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling ACW on YouTube]
*[http://www.livevideo.com/acw ACW on LiveVideo]
*[http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling ACW on LiveStream]
*[http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw ACW on BYWTube]
*[http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ ACW on Blip.tv]
*[http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ ACW on Revver]
*[http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 ACW on Yahoo! Video]
*[http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling ACW on Veoh]

[[Category:Backyard federations]]
[[Category:American federations]]
[[Category:Active federations]]
[[Category:Federations established in 1997]]

Portal:Backyard wrestlers

AbsoluteJake — Thu, 28 May 2009 06:38:21 GMT

AbsoluteJake:

'''A'''
*[[Aaron Foley]] ([[NECW]])
*[[Ace Reed]] ([[NECW]])
*[[Adam Owens]] ([[NECW]])
*[[Adan Reyes]] ([[NGW]])
*[[Adrian Blaqueheart]] ([[ABW]])
*[[AJ Badd]] ([[Round Lake Syndicate Wrestling|RLSW]])
*[[Alex Cross]] ([[UCW]])
*[[Alex LeMay]] ([[KHW]])
*[[Alex Ohlson]] ([[BWA]])
*[[Angel Ortiz]] ([[2KW]])
*[[Assassin]] ([[NJXWF]])

'''B'''
*[[Bless]] ([[SDW]])
*[[Brad Dominion]] ([[Championship Wrestling Association|CWA]])
*[[Brad Landen]] ([[NGW]])
*[[BSnow]] ([[CBYW]])
*[[Buck Buckworth]] ([[AGW]])

'''C'''
*[[Caution]] ([[XSW]]) ([[WFA]])
*[['Crucible' Chris Ambros]] ([[UCW]])
*[[The Chad]] ([[ACW]])
*[[CJ Cross]] ([[Championship Wrestling Association|CWA]])
*[[Clayton Cross]] ([[FIWA]])
*[[Colin Cage]] ([[POW]])
*[[Cozz]] ([[XSW]])
*[[Crimson OG]] ([[NJXWF]])

'''D'''
*[[Danny Draiman]] ([[XSW]]) ([[WFA]])
*[[Danny Madness]] ([[NECW]])
*[[Damien Linville]] ([[KHW]])
*[[Dark Jesus]] ([[LHW]])([[QBWC]]) canada
*[[DC Doom]] ([[CBYW]])
*[[Denim Dave]] ([[KKW]])
*[[Derek Keith]] ([[2XW]])
*[[Devin Bliss]] ([[Indiana Championship Wrestling|ICW]])
*[[Dmac]] ([[Bethlehem Xtreme Wrestling]])
*[[Drake Cannon]] ([[Round Lake Syndicate Wrestling|RLSW]])
*[[Draven]] ([[XSW]]) ([[WFA]])
*[[Dublin]] ([[Round Lake Syndicate Wrestling|RLSW]])

'''E'''
*[[El Dorito]] ([[AGW]])
*[[Enforcer]] ([[WFA]])
*[[Eruption]] ([[Championship Wrestling Association|CWA]])

'''F'''
*[[Fat Nasty Bastard]] ([[2KW]])
*[[Fernando Morante]] ([[ACW]])
*[[Francis Morante]] ([[ACW]])
*[[FX]] ([[JWA]])

'''G'''
*[[Genocide]] ([[Round Lake Syndicate Wrestling|RLSW]])
*[[Glenn Evans]] ([[ETTW]])([[JWA]])
*[[Great Styles]] ([[2KW]])
*[[Green Dragon]] ([[AGW]])

'''H'''

'''I'''
*[[Ian Finnegan]] ([[FSW]])([[UCW]])([[WZW]])
*[[Impact]] ([[WFA]])

'''J'''
*[[J Fatal]] ([[NECW]])
*[[J2-Step]] ([[WZW]])
*[[Jaime Anderson]] ([[ETTW]])
*[[Jake Xinn]] ([[ACW]])
*[[James Lyght]] ([[ACW]])
*[[Jaymz Bruce]] ([[KHW]])
*[[Jason Fierce]] ([[MSW]])
*[[Jay Metal]] ([[ITW]])
*[[JC Penny]] ([[FSW]])
*[[JD Static]] ([[Round Lake Syndicate Wrestling|RLSW]])
*[[Jesse West]] ([[WFA]])
*[[Jew]] ([[XSW]]) ([[WFA]])
*[[John Leo Valentine]] ([[LWF]])
*[[Josh Dreamer]] ([[BEWA]])
*[[Josh McMullin]] ([[ACW]])
*[[John Crosby]] ([[NECW]])
*[[Jonathan Johnson]] ([[KHW]])
*[[Joe Randa]] ([[Championship Wrestling Association|CWA]])
*[[Joey Adams]] ([[TAW]])
*[[Joey Spade]] ([[XSW]]) ([[WFA]])
*[[Justin Blayze]] ([[Championship Wrestling Association|CWA]])

'''K'''
*[[Kamikaze]] ([[Championship Wrestling Association|CWA]])
*[[Kenny Storm]] ([[FIWA]])
*[[Kevin Porter]] ([[Championship Wrestling Association|CWA]])
*[[Kris Kage]] ([[2KW]])

'''L'''
*[[Leed]] ([[Trailor Hood Wrestling Federation |THWF]])
*[[Lil A]] ([[Trailor Hood Wrestling Federation |THWF]])
*[[Luke Street]] ([[AGW]])

'''M'''
*[[Marcus Centofante]] ([[UCW]])
*[[Mark felation]] ([[LHW]]) canada
*[[Mark Martel]] ([[WZW]])
*[[Matt Demorest]] ([[ETTW]])
*[[MC]] ([[KHW]])
*[[Matt Knicks]] ([[BWA]])
*[[Max Vender]] ([[Championship Wrestling Association|CWA]])
*[[Maximum]] ([[NJXWF]])
*[[Mike Creston]] ([[BCWO]])
*[[Murph]] ([[NECW]])

'''N'''
*[[Nails]] ([[LWF]])
*[[Nate Johnson]] ([[TWC]])
*[[Next Big Thing]] ([[KKW]])
*[[Nick Sturgill]] ([[XSW]])
*[[Nyne]] ([[SDW]])

'''O'''
*[[Odditie]] ([[Championship Wrestling Association|CWA]])

'''P'''
*[[Patrick Blade]] ([[XSW]]) ([[WFA]])
*[[Patrick Poison]] ([[UYW]])
*[[The Pen Name]] ([[Indiana Championship Wrestling|ICW]])
*[[Perfection]] ([[BKW]])
*[[PJ Matthews]] ([[NECW]])
*[[The_Prodigy_(CWA)|The Prodigy]] ([[Championship Wrestling Association|CWA]])

'''Q'''
*[[Quarterz]] ([[XSW]]) ([[WFA]])

'''R'''
*[[Rad Hazard]] ([[BBW]])
*[[Rednecro]] ([[AGW]])
[[Ria Calaway]] ([[BBW]])
*[[Rob Hazard]] ([[XSW]])
*[[Ryan Harris]] ([[AGW]])
*[[Robby Roberts]] ([[UCW]])
*[[Ryan Black]]([[UYW, NWC]])
*[[Ryan Rage]] ([[JWA]])
*[[Ryan Stevens]] ([[XBW Wrestling]])

'''S'''
*[[Samoan Silverback]] ([[KKW]])
*[[SD3]] ([[XSW]])
*[[Sean O'Mora]] ([[UCW]])
*[[Shawn Kozone]] ([[CXW]])
*[[Shawn Matthews]] ([[2KW]])
*[[Sic Ric]] ([[SWC]])
*[[Sid Blade]] ([[UCW]])
*[[Silent Enemy]] ([[JWA]])
*[[Sinister]] ([[WFA]])
*[[Slobberknocker Sellers]] ([[KKW]])
*[[Steven Jeffries]] ([[KHW]])
*[[Sir Hornsalot]] ([[AGW]])
*[[Speed]]([[Trailor Hood Wrestling Federation |THWF]])
*[[SyNN]] ([[2KW]])

'''T'''
*[[Tek]] ([[2KW]])
*[[Thomas Bruce]] ([[KHW]])
*[[Thor]] ([[Round Lake Syndicate Wrestling|RLSW]])
*[[TKO]] ([[ETTW]])
*[[Twist]] ([[UYW]])
*[[Twisted Outkast]] ([[FWA]])
*[[Twizted]] ([[WFA]])

'''U'''

'''V'''

'''W'''
*[[Wade Villier]] ([[Championship Wrestling Association|CWA]])

'''X'''
*[[Xcal]] ([[Indiana Championship Wrestling|ICW]])

'''Y'''

'''Z'''

Absolute Championship Wrestling

AbsoluteJake — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:41:20 GMT

AbsoluteJake:

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| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#EEEEEE" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | '''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' 
|-
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" | http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/banners/200x200.jpg
|-
| align="center" colspan="2" | '''Details'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Acronym'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | ACW
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Established'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 1997 - present
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Location'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America Castellon, Valencia, Spain
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Formerly'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | National Wrestling Federation Global Wrestling Federation
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Website'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ www.AbsoluteWrestling.net]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Video Pages'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling YouTube] [http://www.livevideo.com/acw LiveVideo] [http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling LiveStream] [http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw BYWTube] [http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ Blip.tv] [http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ Revver] [http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 Yahoo! Video] [http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling Veoh]
|- valign="top"
|}

'''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' is a wrestling group founded in 1997. It is located in Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America and Castellon, Valencia, Spain.

==History==

Absolute Championship Wrestling (ACW) can trace its roots back to an early federation in the mid-90's called Global Wrestling Federation (GWF). But ACW doesn't consider its birth until the summer of 1997 when GWF became known as the National Wrestling Federation (NWF). This is when their wrestling became more organized and they became more serious about their wrestling.

For many years NWF competed and existed with little to no communication with wrestling groups. A part of this was due to the lack of population in their home territory which is the upper peninsula of Michigan, so there were not any other competing wrestling groups in that part of the state. Also at that time the internet was not a big part the area as it is now. So this isolation is what essentially made the NWF, now ACW, develop its unique style of character driven storylines and production values.

As opposed to other wrestling groups, each NWF wrestler portrayed a cast of characters. This was done to establish a full roster that would allow for creativity in story line writing. But this also meant each wrestler could wrestle up to 5 times a night. That amount of wrestling seemed to establish dedication and pride in the wrestlers for what they are doing. So despite having at times a small roster, NWF, now ACW, has never called it quits.

A little less than a decade long as the NWF, it officially changed its name in the middle of 2006 to Absolute Championship Wrestling. They cited the name change due to multiple other National Wrestling Federations existing and wanting a unique name to match their unique wrestling. Soon after this name change, ACW began converting their old tapes of recorded material into digital format and established a YouTube account on September 1st of 2006. And soon after that ACW was contacted by Cam of [[Global Backyard Wrestling News]] (GBYWN) and became part of the restarting process of GBYWN.

{| border=1 align=left cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=200 style="margin: 0 1em 1em 0; background: #EEEEEE; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/news/general/2009/spain.jpg
ACW Spain Logo
|}

In February of 2009, ACW expanded in a way it had not predicted. Two brothers, Fernando and Francis Morante, of HWA Spain approached ACW with an offer of becoming ACW Spain and expanding ACW into Spain. The existing wrestlers of ACW watched the wrestling matches of HWA Spain and were immediately impressed with the heart and talent the Spanish wrestlers showed. So on the 21st of February, ACW made it official that it had expanded into Spain. Since the expansion ACW has made it a de-facto policy that the wrestlers in Spain should not be considered a separate group, despite being referred to at times as ACW Spain and having separate championships, but as part of the main group who happen to be in Spain. One effect of this policy is that wrestling matches coming from Spain aren't labeled as ACW Spain but simply ACW, and are uploaded on the same accounts as the American videos. It was the intention of ACW to keep its identity as a unified group, rather than separate groups that are only linked by a name.

{| border=1 align=right cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=200 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #EEEEEE; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/SLSBS/thumb.jpg
SLSBS Banner
|}

Then in March of 2009, ACW participated in its first supershow, Salt Lake Spring Break Showdown. It competed against other federations such as New Generation Wrestling (NGW), Lewiston Wrestling Federation (LWF), [[Battle Born Wrestling]] (BBW) and Championship Battleground Wrestling (CBW). The show was held in Salt Lake City, Utah then later in the week, Las Vegas, Nevada. It marked the first time ACW competed in two west coast states, Utah and Nevada. ACW showcased the characters of Jake Xinn, Houston, Glassier, and Nick Richards at SLSBS.

Currently, ACW has plans to attend the Global Domination supershow presented by [[Bridgeview Wrestling Association]] and possibly another supershow yet to be decided on in the summer of 2009.

==YouShoot==

ACW has made semi-regular contact with the world of professional wrestling through Kayfabe Commentary's YouShoot. YouShoot is a regular DVD series produced by Kayfabe Commentaries (KC) where they get people in wrestling to answer no-holds-barred questions about anything from questions submitted by the public. KC encourages the public to submit videos, but also accepts questions via e-mail. It is hosted by Sean Oliver and frequently has wrestling personalities that have worked for KC in the past.

===Honky Tonk Man===

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/news/general/2007/youshoot.jpg
"YouShoot: The Honky Tonk Man" which has Hypnosis and Loco imaged on the cover
|}

The first ever YouShoot featured former professional wrestler, and current trainer, the Honky Tonk Man (HTM). Two ACW characters, Hypnosis and Loco, are featured in the chapter "Pain & Fear" which is the longest chapter on the DVD.

In Loco's video, he criticized Honky Tonk Man's complaints about wrestlers who hurt him, and Loco boasted that he hurt many wrestlers himself. This is what the Honky Tonk Man had to say about Loco on the DVD: "You say you have injured a bunch of wrestlers. Well you have put them out of work...!", "You're bragging about [censored] wrestlers up, sounds like Bill Goldberg to me...", and "Loco you should be in matches with Bret Hart..." And since it has been posted on YouTube, fans of Honky Tonk Man have had worse to say about Loco. The general reception has been that Loco was making a legitimate shoot on HTM and has been so far the most heated contact ACW has had with the professional wrestling world.

Hypnosis dug into Honky Tonk Man's past and criticized him for his praise of Hulk Hogan and his feud with Jerry Lawler in his video. Honky Tonk Man responded to Hypnosis's Hulk Hogan comments with this: "I have never stooged for Hulkamania. I am probably one of the foremost critics of Hulkamania. Not with Hulkamania's ability to change the business, the ability to sell tickets, or to be one of the most recognizable characters in the world." And then he tries explaining why his feud with Jerry Lawler was real by telling a lengthy story on how Jerry Lawler, and possibly Jim Ross, was jealous about his commentary skills. This video was much less controversial than Loco's and has received some positive comments on YouTube.

===Missy Hyatt===

The next YouShoot ACW took part in involved the former valet Missy Hyatt. This time Hung Lo and Valor Valancy sent in videos.

Hung Lo made an offer to Missy Hyatt to join "Team Hung Lo" in his video. Missy Hyatt's response didn't directly answer his question but included her feeling herself and the words "Hung Lo... Come on baby!", "Looks like he is in my basement...", and "If I get home tonight and that is in my basement, I'm going to be really upset, because I got my stripper-pole getting put in tonight." This video had the opposite reception of Loco's and has overwhelmingly positive responses on YouTube.

Valor Valancy in his video, warned Missy Hyatt against joining Team Hung Lo and that he had a "rat trap" to catch her if she joined with Hung Lo. But unfortunately it didn't meet the deadline to make the DVD. It can still be viewed on the ACW website as well as its video pages though.

===Kevin Sullivan===

A former character in ACW, the Lethal Licker, returned with his "woman" to participate in a YouShoot with a former wrestler, Kevin Sullivan. Leathal Licker commented Kevin Sullivan's retirement in Florida and Sullivan's departure from the "dark side" while making licking actions with his "woman". In response, Kevin Sullivan described his religions experiences and his philosophies on faith. After the DVD, the Leathal Licker thanked Kevin Sullivan for his in depth and respectful response.

==External links==
*[http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ Official ACW Website]
*[http://www.myspace.com/absolutewrestling ACW on MySpace]
*[http://absolutewrestling.deviantart.com/ ACW on deviantART]
*[http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling ACW on YouTube]
*[http://www.livevideo.com/acw ACW on LiveVideo]
*[http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling ACW on LiveStream]
*[http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw ACW on BYWTube]
*[http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ ACW on Blip.tv]
*[http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ ACW on Revver]
*[http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 ACW on Yahoo! Video]
*[http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling ACW on Veoh]

[[Category:Backyard federations]]
[[Category:American federations]]
[[Category:Active federations]]
[[Category:Federations established in 1997]]

Absolute Championship Wrestling

AbsoluteJake — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:18:26 GMT

AbsoluteJake: /* Missy Hyatt */

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|-
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|-
| align="center" colspan="2" | '''Details'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Acronym'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | ACW
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Established'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 1997 - present
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Location'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America Castellon, Valencia, Spain
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Website'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ www.AbsoluteWrestling.net]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Video Pages'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling YouTube] [http://www.livevideo.com/acw LiveVideo] [http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling LiveStream] [http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw BYWTube] [http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ Blip.tv] [http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ Revver] [http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 Yahoo! Video] [http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling Veoh]
|- valign="top"
|}

'''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' is a wrestling group founded in 1997. It is located in Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America and Castellon, Valencia, Spain.

==History==

Absolute Championship Wrestling (ACW) can trace its roots back to an early federation in the mid-90's called Global Wrestling Federation (GWF). But ACW doesn't consider its birth until the summer of 1997 when GWF became known as the National Wrestling Federation (NWF). This is when their wrestling became more organized and they became more serious about their wrestling.

For many years NWF competed and existed with little to no communication with wrestling groups. A part of this was due to the lack of population in their home territory which is the upper peninsula of Michigan, so there were not any other competing wrestling groups in that part of the state. Also at that time the internet was not a big part the area as it is now. So this isolation is what essentially made the NWF, now ACW, develop its unique style of character driven storylines and production values.

As opposed to other wrestling groups, each NWF wrestler portrayed a cast of characters. This was done to establish a full roster that would allow for creativity in story line writing. But this also meant each wrestler could wrestle up to 5 times a night. That amount of wrestling seemed to establish dedication and pride in the wrestlers for what they are doing. So despite having at times a small roster, NWF, now ACW, has never called it quits.

A little less than a decade long as the NWF, it officially changed its name in the middle of 2006 to Absolute Championship Wrestling. They cited the name change due to multiple other National Wrestling Federations existing and wanting a unique name to match their unique wrestling. Soon after this name change, ACW began converting their old tapes of recorded material into digital format and established a YouTube account on September 1st of 2006. And soon after that ACW was contacted by Cam of [[Global Backyard Wrestling News]] (GBYWN) and became part of the restarting process of GBYWN.

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/news/general/2009/spain.jpg
ACW Spain Logo
|}

In February of 2009, ACW expanded in a way it had not predicted. Two brothers, Fernando and Francis Morante, of HWA Spain approached ACW with an offer of becoming ACW Spain and expanding ACW into Spain. The existing wrestlers of ACW watched the wrestling matches of HWA Spain and were immediately impressed with the heart and talent the Spanish wrestlers showed. So on the 21st of February, ACW made it official that it had expanded into Spain. Since the expansion ACW has made it a de-facto policy that the wrestlers in Spain should not be considered a separate group, despite being referred to at times as ACW Spain and having separate championships, but as part of the main group who happen to be in Spain. One effect of this policy is that wrestling matches coming from Spain aren't labeled as ACW Spain but simply ACW, and are uploaded on the same accounts as the American videos. It was the intention of ACW to keep its identity as a unified group, rather than separate groups that are only linked by a name.

{| border=1 align=right cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=200 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #EEEEEE; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/SLSBS/thumb.jpg
SLSBS Banner
|}

Then in March of 2009, ACW participated in its first supershow, Salt Lake Spring Break Showdown. It competed against other federations such as New Generation Wrestling (NGW), Lewiston Wrestling Federation (LWF), [[Battle Born Wrestling]] (BBW) and Championship Battleground Wrestling (CBW). The show was held in Salt Lake City, Utah then later in the week, Las Vegas, Nevada. It marked the first time ACW competed in two west coast states, Utah and Nevada. ACW showcased the characters of Jake Xinn, Houston, Glassier, and Nick Richards at SLSBS.

Currently, ACW has plans to attend the Global Domination supershow presented by [[Bridgeview Wrestling Association]] and possibly another supershow yet to be decided on in the summer of 2009.

==YouShoot==

ACW has made semi-regular contact with the world of professional wrestling through Kayfabe Commentary's YouShoot. YouShoot is a regular DVD series produced by Kayfabe Commentaries (KC) where they get people in wrestling to answer no-holds-barred questions about anything from questions submitted by the public. KC encourages the public to submit videos, but also accepts questions via e-mail. It is hosted by Sean Oliver and frequently has wrestling personalities that have worked for KC in the past.

===Honky Tonk Man===

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/news/general/2007/youshoot.jpg
"YouShoot: The Honky Tonk Man" which has Hypnosis and Loco imaged on the cover
|}

The first ever YouShoot featured former professional wrestler, and current trainer, the Honky Tonk Man (HTM). Two ACW characters, Hypnosis and Loco, are featured in the chapter "Pain & Fear" which is the longest chapter on the DVD.

In Loco's video, he criticized Honky Tonk Man's complaints about wrestlers who hurt him, and Loco boasted that he hurt many wrestlers himself. This is what the Honky Tonk Man had to say about Loco on the DVD: "You say you have injured a bunch of wrestlers. Well you have put them out of work...!", "You're bragging about [censored] wrestlers up, sounds like Bill Goldberg to me...", and "Loco you should be in matches with Bret Hart..." And since it has been posted on YouTube, fans of Honky Tonk Man have had worse to say about Loco. The general reception has been that Loco was making a legitimate shoot on HTM and has been so far the most heated contact ACW has had with the professional wrestling world.

Hypnosis dug into Honky Tonk Man's past and criticized him for his praise of Hulk Hogan and his feud with Jerry Lawler in his video. Honky Tonk Man responded to Hypnosis's Hulk Hogan comments with this: "I have never stooged for Hulkamania. I am probably one of the foremost critics of Hulkamania. Not with Hulkamania's ability to change the business, the ability to sell tickets, or to be one of the most recognizable characters in the world." And then he tries explaining why his feud with Jerry Lawler was real by telling a lengthy story on how Jerry Lawler, and possibly Jim Ross, was jealous about his commentary skills. This video was much less controversial than Loco's and has received some positive comments on YouTube.

===Missy Hyatt===

The next YouShoot ACW took part in involved the former valet Missy Hyatt. This time Hung Lo and Valor Valancy sent in videos.

Hung Lo made an offer to Missy Hyatt to join "Team Hung Lo" in his video. Missy Hyatt's response didn't directly answer his question but included her feeling herself and the words "Hung Lo... Come on baby!", "Looks like he is in my basement...", and "If I get home tonight and that is in my basement, I'm going to be really upset, because I got my stripper-pole getting put in tonight." This video had the opposite reception of Loco's and has overwhelmingly positive responses on YouTube.

Valor Valancy in his video, warned Missy Hyatt against joining Team Hung Lo and that he had a "rat trap" to catch her if she joined with Hung Lo. But unfortunately it didn't meet the deadline to make the DVD. It can still be viewed on the ACW website as well as its video pages though.

===Kevin Sullivan===

A former character in ACW, the Lethal Licker, returned with his "woman" to participate in a YouShoot with a former wrestler, Kevin Sullivan. Leathal Licker commented Kevin Sullivan's retirement in Florida and Sullivan's departure from the "dark side" while making licking actions with his "woman". In response, Kevin Sullivan described his religions experiences and his philosophies on faith. After the DVD, the Leathal Licker thanked Kevin Sullivan for his in depth and respectful response.

==External links==
*[http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ Official ACW Website]
*[http://www.myspace.com/absolutewrestling ACW on MySpace]
*[http://absolutewrestling.deviantart.com/ ACW on deviantART]
*[http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling ACW on YouTube]
*[http://www.livevideo.com/acw ACW on LiveVideo]
*[http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling ACW on LiveStream]
*[http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw ACW on BYWTube]
*[http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ ACW on Blip.tv]
*[http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ ACW on Revver]
*[http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 ACW on Yahoo! Video]
*[http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling ACW on Veoh]

[[Category:Backyard federations]]
[[Category:American federations]]
[[Category:Active federations]]
[[Category:Federations established in 1997]]

Absolute Championship Wrestling

AbsoluteJake — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:17:55 GMT

AbsoluteJake: /* Honky Tonk Man */

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| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#EEEEEE" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | '''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' 
|-
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" | http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/banners/200x200.jpg
|-
| align="center" colspan="2" | '''Details'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Acronym'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | ACW
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Established'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 1997 - present
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Location'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America Castellon, Valencia, Spain
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Website'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ www.AbsoluteWrestling.net]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Video Pages'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling YouTube] [http://www.livevideo.com/acw LiveVideo] [http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling LiveStream] [http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw BYWTube] [http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ Blip.tv] [http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ Revver] [http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 Yahoo! Video] [http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling Veoh]
|- valign="top"
|}

'''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' is a wrestling group founded in 1997. It is located in Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America and Castellon, Valencia, Spain.

==History==

Absolute Championship Wrestling (ACW) can trace its roots back to an early federation in the mid-90's called Global Wrestling Federation (GWF). But ACW doesn't consider its birth until the summer of 1997 when GWF became known as the National Wrestling Federation (NWF). This is when their wrestling became more organized and they became more serious about their wrestling.

For many years NWF competed and existed with little to no communication with wrestling groups. A part of this was due to the lack of population in their home territory which is the upper peninsula of Michigan, so there were not any other competing wrestling groups in that part of the state. Also at that time the internet was not a big part the area as it is now. So this isolation is what essentially made the NWF, now ACW, develop its unique style of character driven storylines and production values.

As opposed to other wrestling groups, each NWF wrestler portrayed a cast of characters. This was done to establish a full roster that would allow for creativity in story line writing. But this also meant each wrestler could wrestle up to 5 times a night. That amount of wrestling seemed to establish dedication and pride in the wrestlers for what they are doing. So despite having at times a small roster, NWF, now ACW, has never called it quits.

A little less than a decade long as the NWF, it officially changed its name in the middle of 2006 to Absolute Championship Wrestling. They cited the name change due to multiple other National Wrestling Federations existing and wanting a unique name to match their unique wrestling. Soon after this name change, ACW began converting their old tapes of recorded material into digital format and established a YouTube account on September 1st of 2006. And soon after that ACW was contacted by Cam of [[Global Backyard Wrestling News]] (GBYWN) and became part of the restarting process of GBYWN.

{| border=1 align=left cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=200 style="margin: 0 1em 1em 0; background: #EEEEEE; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/news/general/2009/spain.jpg
ACW Spain Logo
|}

In February of 2009, ACW expanded in a way it had not predicted. Two brothers, Fernando and Francis Morante, of HWA Spain approached ACW with an offer of becoming ACW Spain and expanding ACW into Spain. The existing wrestlers of ACW watched the wrestling matches of HWA Spain and were immediately impressed with the heart and talent the Spanish wrestlers showed. So on the 21st of February, ACW made it official that it had expanded into Spain. Since the expansion ACW has made it a de-facto policy that the wrestlers in Spain should not be considered a separate group, despite being referred to at times as ACW Spain and having separate championships, but as part of the main group who happen to be in Spain. One effect of this policy is that wrestling matches coming from Spain aren't labeled as ACW Spain but simply ACW, and are uploaded on the same accounts as the American videos. It was the intention of ACW to keep its identity as a unified group, rather than separate groups that are only linked by a name.

{| border=1 align=right cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=200 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #EEEEEE; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/SLSBS/thumb.jpg
SLSBS Banner
|}

Then in March of 2009, ACW participated in its first supershow, Salt Lake Spring Break Showdown. It competed against other federations such as New Generation Wrestling (NGW), Lewiston Wrestling Federation (LWF), [[Battle Born Wrestling]] (BBW) and Championship Battleground Wrestling (CBW). The show was held in Salt Lake City, Utah then later in the week, Las Vegas, Nevada. It marked the first time ACW competed in two west coast states, Utah and Nevada. ACW showcased the characters of Jake Xinn, Houston, Glassier, and Nick Richards at SLSBS.

Currently, ACW has plans to attend the Global Domination supershow presented by [[Bridgeview Wrestling Association]] and possibly another supershow yet to be decided on in the summer of 2009.

==YouShoot==

ACW has made semi-regular contact with the world of professional wrestling through Kayfabe Commentary's YouShoot. YouShoot is a regular DVD series produced by Kayfabe Commentaries (KC) where they get people in wrestling to answer no-holds-barred questions about anything from questions submitted by the public. KC encourages the public to submit videos, but also accepts questions via e-mail. It is hosted by Sean Oliver and frequently has wrestling personalities that have worked for KC in the past.

===Honky Tonk Man===

{| border=1 align=right cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=200 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #EEEEEE; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/news/general/2007/youshoot.jpg
"YouShoot: The Honky Tonk Man" which has Hypnosis and Loco imaged on the cover
|}

The first ever YouShoot featured former professional wrestler, and current trainer, the Honky Tonk Man (HTM). Two ACW characters, Hypnosis and Loco, are featured in the chapter "Pain & Fear" which is the longest chapter on the DVD.

In Loco's video, he criticized Honky Tonk Man's complaints about wrestlers who hurt him, and Loco boasted that he hurt many wrestlers himself. This is what the Honky Tonk Man had to say about Loco on the DVD: "You say you have injured a bunch of wrestlers. Well you have put them out of work...!", "You're bragging about [censored] wrestlers up, sounds like Bill Goldberg to me...", and "Loco you should be in matches with Bret Hart..." And since it has been posted on YouTube, fans of Honky Tonk Man have had worse to say about Loco. The general reception has been that Loco was making a legitimate shoot on HTM and has been so far the most heated contact ACW has had with the professional wrestling world.

Hypnosis dug into Honky Tonk Man's past and criticized him for his praise of Hulk Hogan and his feud with Jerry Lawler in his video. Honky Tonk Man responded to Hypnosis's Hulk Hogan comments with this: "I have never stooged for Hulkamania. I am probably one of the foremost critics of Hulkamania. Not with Hulkamania's ability to change the business, the ability to sell tickets, or to be one of the most recognizable characters in the world." And then he tries explaining why his feud with Jerry Lawler was real by telling a lengthy story on how Jerry Lawler, and possibly Jim Ross, was jealous about his commentary skills. This video was much less controversial than Loco's and has received some positive comments on YouTube.

===Missy Hyatt===

The next YouShoot ACW took part in involved the former valet Missy Hyatt. This time Hung Lo and Valor Valancy sent in videos.

Hung Lo made an offer to Missy Hyatt to join "Team Hung Lo" in his video. Missy Hyatt's response didn't directly answer his question but included her feeling herself and the words "Hung Loâ�¦ Come on baby!", "Looks like he is in my basementâ�¦", and "If I get home tonight and that is in my basement, I'm going to be really upset, because I got my stripper-pole getting put in tonight." This video had the opposite reception of Loco's and has overwhelmingly positive responses on YouTube.

Valor Valancy in his video, warned Missy Hyatt against joining Team Hung Lo and that he had a "rat trap" to catch her if she joined with Hung Lo. But unfortunately it didn't meet the deadline to make the DVD. It can still be viewed on the ACW website as well as its video pages though.

===Kevin Sullivan===

A former character in ACW, the Lethal Licker, returned with his "woman" to participate in a YouShoot with a former wrestler, Kevin Sullivan. Leathal Licker commented Kevin Sullivan's retirement in Florida and Sullivan's departure from the "dark side" while making licking actions with his "woman". In response, Kevin Sullivan described his religions experiences and his philosophies on faith. After the DVD, the Leathal Licker thanked Kevin Sullivan for his in depth and respectful response.

==External links==
*[http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ Official ACW Website]
*[http://www.myspace.com/absolutewrestling ACW on MySpace]
*[http://absolutewrestling.deviantart.com/ ACW on deviantART]
*[http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling ACW on YouTube]
*[http://www.livevideo.com/acw ACW on LiveVideo]
*[http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling ACW on LiveStream]
*[http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw ACW on BYWTube]
*[http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ ACW on Blip.tv]
*[http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ ACW on Revver]
*[http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 ACW on Yahoo! Video]
*[http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling ACW on Veoh]

[[Category:Backyard federations]]
[[Category:American federations]]
[[Category:Active federations]]
[[Category:Federations established in 1997]]

Absolute Championship Wrestling

AbsoluteJake — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:16:41 GMT

AbsoluteJake:

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| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#EEEEEE" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | '''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' 
|-
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" | http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/banners/200x200.jpg
|-
| align="center" colspan="2" | '''Details'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Acronym'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | ACW
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Established'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 1997 - present
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Location'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America Castellon, Valencia, Spain
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Website'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ www.AbsoluteWrestling.net]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Video Pages'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling YouTube] [http://www.livevideo.com/acw LiveVideo] [http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling LiveStream] [http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw BYWTube] [http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ Blip.tv] [http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ Revver] [http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 Yahoo! Video] [http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling Veoh]
|- valign="top"
|}

'''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' is a wrestling group founded in 1997. It is located in Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America and Castellon, Valencia, Spain.

==History==

Absolute Championship Wrestling (ACW) can trace its roots back to an early federation in the mid-90's called Global Wrestling Federation (GWF). But ACW doesn't consider its birth until the summer of 1997 when GWF became known as the National Wrestling Federation (NWF). This is when their wrestling became more organized and they became more serious about their wrestling.

For many years NWF competed and existed with little to no communication with wrestling groups. A part of this was due to the lack of population in their home territory which is the upper peninsula of Michigan, so there were not any other competing wrestling groups in that part of the state. Also at that time the internet was not a big part the area as it is now. So this isolation is what essentially made the NWF, now ACW, develop its unique style of character driven storylines and production values.

As opposed to other wrestling groups, each NWF wrestler portrayed a cast of characters. This was done to establish a full roster that would allow for creativity in story line writing. But this also meant each wrestler could wrestle up to 5 times a night. That amount of wrestling seemed to establish dedication and pride in the wrestlers for what they are doing. So despite having at times a small roster, NWF, now ACW, has never called it quits.

A little less than a decade long as the NWF, it officially changed its name in the middle of 2006 to Absolute Championship Wrestling. They cited the name change due to multiple other National Wrestling Federations existing and wanting a unique name to match their unique wrestling. Soon after this name change, ACW began converting their old tapes of recorded material into digital format and established a YouTube account on September 1st of 2006. And soon after that ACW was contacted by Cam of [[Global Backyard Wrestling News]] (GBYWN) and became part of the restarting process of GBYWN.

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|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/news/general/2009/spain.jpg
ACW Spain Logo
|}

In February of 2009, ACW expanded in a way it had not predicted. Two brothers, Fernando and Francis Morante, of HWA Spain approached ACW with an offer of becoming ACW Spain and expanding ACW into Spain. The existing wrestlers of ACW watched the wrestling matches of HWA Spain and were immediately impressed with the heart and talent the Spanish wrestlers showed. So on the 21st of February, ACW made it official that it had expanded into Spain. Since the expansion ACW has made it a de-facto policy that the wrestlers in Spain should not be considered a separate group, despite being referred to at times as ACW Spain and having separate championships, but as part of the main group who happen to be in Spain. One effect of this policy is that wrestling matches coming from Spain aren't labeled as ACW Spain but simply ACW, and are uploaded on the same accounts as the American videos. It was the intention of ACW to keep its identity as a unified group, rather than separate groups that are only linked by a name.

{| border=1 align=right cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=200 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #EEEEEE; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/dbackgrounds/SLSBS/thumb.jpg
SLSBS Banner
|}

Then in March of 2009, ACW participated in its first supershow, Salt Lake Spring Break Showdown. It competed against other federations such as New Generation Wrestling (NGW), Lewiston Wrestling Federation (LWF), [[Battle Born Wrestling]] (BBW) and Championship Battleground Wrestling (CBW). The show was held in Salt Lake City, Utah then later in the week, Las Vegas, Nevada. It marked the first time ACW competed in two west coast states, Utah and Nevada. ACW showcased the characters of Jake Xinn, Houston, Glassier, and Nick Richards at SLSBS.

Currently, ACW has plans to attend the Global Domination supershow presented by [[Bridgeview Wrestling Association]] and possibly another supershow yet to be decided on in the summer of 2009.

==YouShoot==

ACW has made semi-regular contact with the world of professional wrestling through Kayfabe Commentary's YouShoot. YouShoot is a regular DVD series produced by Kayfabe Commentaries (KC) where they get people in wrestling to answer no-holds-barred questions about anything from questions submitted by the public. KC encourages the public to submit videos, but also accepts questions via e-mail. It is hosted by Sean Oliver and frequently has wrestling personalities that have worked for KC in the past.

===Honky Tonk Man===

{| border=1 align=right cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=200 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #EEEEEE; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|http://www.absolutewrestling.net/news/general/2007/youshoot.jpg
"YouShoot: The Honky Tonk Man" which has Hypnosis and Loco imaged on the cover
|}

The first ever YouShoot featured former professional wrestler, and current trainer, the Honky Tonk Man (HTM). Two ACW characters, Hypnosis and Loco, are featured in the chapter "Pain & Fear" which is the longest chapter on the DVD.

In Loco's video, he criticized Honky Tonk Man's complaints about wrestlers who hurt him, and Loco boasted that he hurt many wrestlers himself. This is what the Honky Tonk Man had to say about Loco on the DVD: "You say you have injured a bunch of wrestlers. Well you have put them out of workâ�¦!", "You're bragging about [censored] wrestlers up, sounds like Bill Goldberg to meâ�¦", and "Loco you should be in matches with Bret Hartâ�¦" And since it has been posted on YouTube, fans of Honky Tonk Man have had worse to say about Loco. The general reception has been that Loco was making a legitimate shoot on HTM and has been so far the most heated contact ACW has had with the professional wrestling world.

Hypnosis dug into Honky Tonk Man's past and criticized him for his praise of Hulk Hogan and his feud with Jerry Lawler in his video. Honky Tonk Man responded to Hypnosis's Hulk Hogan comments with this: "I have never stooged for Hulkamania. I am probably one of the foremost critics of Hulkamania. Not with Hulkamania's ability to change the business, the ability to sell tickets, or to be one of the most recognizable characters in the world." And then he tries explaining why his feud with Jerry Lawler was real by telling a lengthy story on how Jerry Lawler, and possibly Jim Ross, was jealous about his commentary skills. This video was much less controversial than Loco's and has received some positive comments on YouTube.

===Missy Hyatt===

The next YouShoot ACW took part in involved the former valet Missy Hyatt. This time Hung Lo and Valor Valancy sent in videos.

Hung Lo made an offer to Missy Hyatt to join "Team Hung Lo" in his video. Missy Hyatt's response didn't directly answer his question but included her feeling herself and the words "Hung Loâ�¦ Come on baby!", "Looks like he is in my basementâ�¦", and "If I get home tonight and that is in my basement, I'm going to be really upset, because I got my stripper-pole getting put in tonight." This video had the opposite reception of Loco's and has overwhelmingly positive responses on YouTube.

Valor Valancy in his video, warned Missy Hyatt against joining Team Hung Lo and that he had a "rat trap" to catch her if she joined with Hung Lo. But unfortunately it didn't meet the deadline to make the DVD. It can still be viewed on the ACW website as well as its video pages though.

===Kevin Sullivan===

A former character in ACW, the Lethal Licker, returned with his "woman" to participate in a YouShoot with a former wrestler, Kevin Sullivan. Leathal Licker commented Kevin Sullivan's retirement in Florida and Sullivan's departure from the "dark side" while making licking actions with his "woman". In response, Kevin Sullivan described his religions experiences and his philosophies on faith. After the DVD, the Leathal Licker thanked Kevin Sullivan for his in depth and respectful response.

==External links==
*[http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ Official ACW Website]
*[http://www.myspace.com/absolutewrestling ACW on MySpace]
*[http://absolutewrestling.deviantart.com/ ACW on deviantART]
*[http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling ACW on YouTube]
*[http://www.livevideo.com/acw ACW on LiveVideo]
*[http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling ACW on LiveStream]
*[http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw ACW on BYWTube]
*[http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ ACW on Blip.tv]
*[http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ ACW on Revver]
*[http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 ACW on Yahoo! Video]
*[http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling ACW on Veoh]

[[Category:Backyard federations]]
[[Category:American federations]]
[[Category:Active federations]]
[[Category:Federations established in 1997]]

Absolute Championship Wrestling

AbsoluteJake — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:58:25 GMT

AbsoluteJake:

Absolute Championship Wrestling

AbsoluteJake — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:54:36 GMT

AbsoluteJake:

Absolute Championship Wrestling

AbsoluteJake — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:37:48 GMT

AbsoluteJake:

{| border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=280 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #ffffff; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"

| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | '''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' 
|-
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" | http://www.absolutewrestling.net/media/banners/200x200.jpg
|-
| align="center" colspan="2" | '''Details'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Acronym'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | ACW
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Established'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 1997 - present
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Location'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America Castellon, Valencia, Spain
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Website'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ www.AbsoluteWrestling.net]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Video Pages'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling YouTube] [http://www.livevideo.com/acw LiveVideo] [http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling LiveStream] [http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw BYWTube] [http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ Blip.tv] [http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ Revver] [http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 Yahoo! Video] [http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling Veoh]
|- valign="top"
|}

'''Absolute Championship Wrestling''' is a wrestling group founded in 1997. It is located in Painesdale, Michigan, United States of America and Castellon, Valencia, Spain.

==History==

Absolute Championship Wrestling (ACW) can trace its roots back to an early federation in the mid-90's called Global Wrestling Federation (GWF). But ACW doesn't consider its birth until the summer of 1997 when GWF became known as the National Wrestling Federation (NWF). This is when their wrestling became more organized and they became more serious about their wrestling.

For many years NWF competed and existed with little to no communication with wrestling groups. A part of this was due to the lack of population in their home territory which is the upper peninsula of Michigan, so there were not any other competing wrestling groups in that part of the state. Also at that time the internet was not a big part the area as it is now. So this isolation is what essentially made the NWF, now ACW, develop its unique style of character driven storylines and production values.

As opposed to other wrestling groups, each NWF wrestler portrayed a cast of characters. This was done to establish a full roster that would allow for creativity in story line writing. But this also meant each wrestler could wrestle up to 5 times a night. That amount of wrestling seemed to establish dedication and pride in the wrestlers for what they are doing. So despite having at times a small roster, NWF, now ACW, has never called it quits.

A little less than a decade long as the NWF, it officially changed its name in the middle of 2006 to Absolute Championship Wrestling. They cited the name change due to multiple other National Wrestling Federations existing and wanting a unique name to match their unique wrestling. Soon after this name change, ACW began converting their old tapes of recorded material into digital format and established a YouTube account on September 1st of 2006. And soon after that ACW was contacted by Cam of [[Global Backyard Wrestling News]] (GBYWN) and became part of the restarting process of GBYWN.

In February of 2009, ACW expanded in a way it had not predicted. Two brothers, Fernando and Francis Morante, of HWA Spain approached ACW with an offer of becoming ACW Spain and expanding ACW into Spain. The existing wrestlers of ACW watched the wrestling matches of HWA Spain and were immediately impressed with the heart and talent the Spanish wrestlers showed. So on the 21st of February, ACW made it official that it had expanded into Spain. Since the expansion ACW has made it a de-facto policy that the wrestlers in Spain should not be considered a separate group, despite being referred to at times as ACW Spain and having separate championships, but as part of the main group who happen to be in Spain. One effect of this policy is that wrestling matches coming from Spain aren't labeled as ACW Spain but simply ACW, and are uploaded on the same accounts as the American videos. It was the intention of ACW to keep its identity as a unified group, rather than separate groups that are only linked by a name.

Then in March of 2009, ACW participated in its first supershow, Salt Lake Spring Break Showdown. It competed against other federations such as New Generation Wrestling (NGW), Lewiston Wrestling Federation (LWF), [[Battle Born Wrestling]] (BBW) and Championship Battleground Wrestling (CBW). The show was held in Salt Lake City, Utah then later in the week, Las Vegas, Nevada. It marked the first time ACW competed in two west coast states, Utah and Nevada.

==YouShoot==

ACW has made semi-regular contact with the world of professional wrestling through Kayfabe Commentary’s YouShoot. YouShoot is a regular DVD series produced by Kayfabe Commentaries (KC) where they get people in wrestling to answer no-holds-barred questions about anything from questions submitted by the public. KC encourages the public to submit videos, but also accepts questions via e-mail. It is hosted by Sean Oliver and frequently has wrestling personalities that have worked for KC in the past.

===Honky Tonk Man===

The first ever YouShoot featured former professional wrestler, and current trainer, the Honky Tonk Man (HTM). Two ACW characters, Hypnosis and Loco, are featured in the chapter “Pain & Fear” which is the longest chapter on the DVD.

In Loco’s video, he criticized Honky Tonk Man’s complaints about wrestlers who hurt him, and Loco boasted that he hurt many wrestlers himself. This is what the Honky Tonk Man had to say about Loco on the DVD: “You say you have injured a bunch of wrestlers. Well you have put them out of work…!”, “You’re bragging about [censored] wrestlers up, sounds like Bill Goldberg to me…”, and “Loco you should be in matches with Bret Hart…” And since it has been posted on YouTube, fans of Honky Tonk Man have had worse to say about Loco. The general reception has been that Loco was making a legitimate shoot on HTM and has been so far the most heated contact ACW has had with the professional wrestling world.

Hypnosis dug into Honky Tonk Man’s past and criticized him for his praise of Hulk Hogan and his feud with Jerry Lawler in his video. Honky Tonk Man responded to Hypnosis’s Hulk Hogan comments with this: “I have never stooged for Hulkamania. I am probably one of the foremost critics of Hulkamania. Not with Hulkamania’s ability to change the business, the ability to sell tickets, or to be one of the most recognizable characters in the world.” And then he tries explaining why his feud with Jerry Lawler was real by telling a lengthy story on how Jerry Lawler, and possibly Jim Ross, was jealous about his commentary skills. This video was much less controversial than Loco’s and has received some positive comments on YouTube.

===Missy Hyatt===

The next YouShoot ACW took part in involved the former valet Missy Hyatt. This time Hung Lo and Valor Valancy sent in videos.

Hung Lo made an offer to Missy Hyatt to join “Team Hung Lo” in his video. Missy Hyatt’s response didn’t directly answer his question but included her feeling herself and the words “Hung Lo… Come on baby!”, “Looks like he is in my basement…”, and “If I get home tonight and that is in my basement, I’m going to be really upset, because I got my stripper-pole getting put in tonight.” This video had the opposite reception of Loco’s and has overwhelmingly positive responses on YouTube.

Valor Valancy in his video, warned Missy Hyatt against joining Team Hung Lo and that he had a “rat trap” to catch her if she joined with Hung Lo. But unfortunately it didn’t meet the deadline to make the DVD. It can still be viewed on the ACW website as well as its video pages though.

===Kevin Sullivan===

A former character in ACW, the Lethal Licker, returned with his “woman” to participate in a YouShoot with a former wrestler, Kevin Sullivan. Leathal Licker commented Kevin Sullivan’s retirement in Florida and Sullivan’s departure from the “dark side” while making licking actions with his “woman”. In response, Kevin Sullivan described his religions experiences and his philosophies on faith. After the DVD, the Leathal Licker thanked Kevin Sullivan for his in depth and respectful response.

==External links==
*[http://www.absolutewrestling.net/ Official ACW Website]
*[http://www.myspace.com/absolutewrestling ACW on MySpace]
*[http://absolutewrestling.deviantart.com/ ACW on deviantART]
*[http://www.youtube.com/absolutewrestling ACW on YouTube]
*[http://www.livevideo.com/acw ACW on LiveVideo]
*[http://www.livestream.com/acw_wrestling ACW on LiveStream]
*[http://bywtube.ning.com/profile/acw ACW on BYWTube]
*[http://acwwrestling.blip.tv/ ACW on Blip.tv]
*[http://revver.com/u/acwwrestling/ ACW on Revver]
*[http://video.yahoo.com/people/76812 ACW on Yahoo! Video]
*[http://www.veoh.com/collection/absolutewrestling ACW on Veoh]

[[Category:Backyard federations]]
[[Category:American federations]]
[[Category:Active federations]]
[[Category:Federations established in 1997]]

ACW

AbsoluteJake — Thu, 28 May 2009 01:59:59 GMT

AbsoluteJake:

#REDIRECT [[Absolute Championship Wrestling]]

Portal:Backyard wrestlers

AbsoluteJake — Thu, 28 May 2009 01:57:54 GMT

AbsoluteJake:

'''A'''
*[[Aaron Foley]] ([[NECW]])
*[[Ace Reed]] ([[NECW]])
*[[Adam Owens]] ([[NECW]])
*[[Adan Reyes]] ([[NGW]])
*[[Adrian Blaqueheart]] ([[ABW]])
*[[AJ Badd]] ([[Round Lake Syndicate Wrestling|RLSW]])
*[[Alex Cross]] ([[UCW]])
*[[Alex LeMay]] ([[KHW]])
*[[Alex Ohlson]] ([[BWA]])
*[[Angel Ortiz]] ([[2KW]])
*[[Assassin]] ([[NJXWF]])

'''B'''
*[[Bless]] ([[SDW]])
*[[Brad Dominion]] ([[Championship Wrestling Association|CWA]])
*[[Brad Landen]] ([[NGW]])
*[[BSnow]] ([[CBYW]])
*[[Buck Buckworth]] ([[AGW]])

'''C'''
*[[Caution]] ([[XSW]]) ([[WFA]])
*[['Crucible' Chris Ambros]] ([[UCW]])
*[[The Chad]] ([[ACW]])
*[[CJ Cross]] ([[Championship Wrestling Association|CWA]])
*[[Clayton Cross]] ([[FIWA]])
*[[Colin Cage]] ([[POW]])
*[[Cozz]] ([[XSW]])
*[[Crimson OG]] ([[NJXWF]])

'''D'''
*[[Danny Draiman]] ([[XSW]]) ([[WFA]])
*[[Danny Madness]] ([[NECW]])
*[[Damien Linville]] ([[KHW]])
*[[Dark Jesus]] ([[LHW]])([[QBWC]]) canada
*[[DC Doom]] ([[CBYW]])
*[[Denim Dave]] ([[KKW]])
*[[Derek Keith]] ([[2XW]])
*[[Devin Bliss]] ([[Indiana Championship Wrestling|ICW]])
*[[Dmac]] ([[Bethlehem Xtreme Wrestling]])
*[[Drake Cannon]] ([[Round Lake Syndicate Wrestling|RLSW]])
*[[Draven]] ([[XSW]]) ([[WFA]])
*[[Dublin]] ([[Round Lake Syndicate Wrestling|RLSW]])

'''E'''
*[[El Dorito]] ([[AGW]])
*[[Enforcer]] ([[WFA]])
*[[Eruption]] ([[Championship Wrestling Association|CWA]])

'''F'''
*[[Fat Nasty Bastard]] ([[2KW]])
*[[FX]] ([[JWA]])

'''G'''
*[[Genocide]] ([[Round Lake Syndicate Wrestling|RLSW]])
*[[Glenn Evans]] ([[ETTW]])([[JWA]])
*[[Great Styles]] ([[2KW]])
*[[Green Dragon]] ([[AGW]])

'''H'''

'''I'''
*[[Ian Finnegan]] ([[FSW]])([[UCW]])([[WZW]])
*[[Impact]] ([[WFA]])

'''J'''
*[[J Fatal]] ([[NECW]])
*[[J2-Step]] ([[WZW]])
*[[Jaime Anderson]] ([[ETTW]])
*[[Jake Xinn]] ([[ACW]])
*[[Jaymz Bruce]] ([[KHW]])
*[[Jason Fierce]] ([[MSW]])
*[[Jay Metal]] ([[ITW]])
*[[JC Penny]] ([[FSW]])
*[[JD Static]] ([[Round Lake Syndicate Wrestling|RLSW]])
*[[Jesse West]] ([[WFA]])
*[[Jew]] ([[XSW]]) ([[WFA]])
*[[John Leo Valentine]] ([[LWF]])
*[[Josh Dreamer]] ([[BEWA]])
*[[Josh McMullin]] ([[ACW]])
*[[John Crosby]] ([[NECW]])
*[[Jonathan Johnson]] ([[KHW]])
*[[Joe Randa]] ([[Championship Wrestling Association|CWA]])
*[[Joey Adams]] ([[TAW]])
*[[Joey Spade]] ([[XSW]]) ([[WFA]])
*[[Justin Blayze]] ([[Championship Wrestling Association|CWA]])

'''K'''
*[[Kamikaze]] ([[Championship Wrestling Association|CWA]])
*[[Kenny Storm]] ([[FIWA]])
*[[Kevin Porter]] ([[Championship Wrestling Association|CWA]])
*[[Kris Kage]] ([[2KW]])

'''L'''
*[[Leed]] ([[Trailor Hood Wrestling Federation |THWF]])
*[[Lil A]] ([[Trailor Hood Wrestling Federation |THWF]])
*[[Luke Street]] ([[AGW]])

'''M'''
*[[Marcus Centofante]] ([[UCW]])
*[[Mark felation]] ([[LHW]]) canada
*[[Mark Martel]] ([[WZW]])
*[[Matt Demorest]] ([[ETTW]])
*[[MC]] ([[KHW]])
*[[Matt Knicks]] ([[BWA]])
*[[Max Vender]] ([[Championship Wrestling Association|CWA]])
*[[Maximum]] ([[NJXWF]])
*[[Mike Creston]] ([[BCWO]])
*[[Murph]] ([[NECW]])

'''N'''
*[[Nails]] ([[LWF]])
*[[Nate Johnson]] ([[TWC]])
*[[Next Big Thing]] ([[KKW]])
*[[Nick Sturgill]] ([[XSW]])
*[[Nyne]] ([[SDW]])

'''O'''
*[[Odditie]] ([[Championship Wrestling Association|CWA]])

'''P'''
*[[Patrick Blade]] ([[XSW]]) ([[WFA]])
*[[Patrick Poison]] ([[UYW]])
*[[The Pen Name]] ([[Indiana Championship Wrestling|ICW]])
*[[Perfection]] ([[BKW]])
*[[PJ Matthews]] ([[NECW]])
*[[The_Prodigy_(CWA)|The Prodigy]] ([[Championship Wrestling Association|CWA]])

'''Q'''
*[[Quarterz]] ([[XSW]]) ([[WFA]])

'''R'''
*[[Rad Hazard]] ([[BBW]])
*[[Rednecro]] ([[AGW]])
[[Ria Calaway]] ([[BBW]])
*[[Rob Hazard]] ([[XSW]])
*[[Ryan Harris]] ([[AGW]])
*[[Robby Roberts]] ([[UCW]])
*[[Ryan Black]]([[UYW, NWC]])
*[[Ryan Rage]] ([[JWA]])
*[[Ryan Stevens]] ([[XBW Wrestling]])

'''S'''
*[[Samoan Silverback]] ([[KKW]])
*[[SD3]] ([[XSW]])
*[[Sean O'Mora]] ([[UCW]])
*[[Shawn Kozone]] ([[CXW]])
*[[Shawn Matthews]] ([[2KW]])
*[[Sic Ric]] ([[SWC]])
*[[Sid Blade]] ([[UCW]])
*[[Silent Enemy]] ([[JWA]])
*[[Sinister]] ([[WFA]])
*[[Slobberknocker Sellers]] ([[KKW]])
*[[Steven Jeffries]] ([[KHW]])
*[[Sir Hornsalot]] ([[AGW]])
*[[Speed]]([[Trailor Hood Wrestling Federation |THWF]])
*[[SyNN]] ([[2KW]])

'''T'''
*[[Tek]] ([[2KW]])
*[[Thomas Bruce]] ([[KHW]])
*[[Thor]] ([[Round Lake Syndicate Wrestling|RLSW]])
*[[TKO]] ([[ETTW]])
*[[Twist]] ([[UYW]])
*[[Twisted Outkast]] ([[FWA]])
*[[Twizted]] ([[WFA]])

'''U'''

'''V'''

'''W'''
*[[Wade Villier]] ([[Championship Wrestling Association|CWA]])

'''X'''
*[[Xcal]] ([[Indiana Championship Wrestling|ICW]])

'''Y'''

'''Z'''

Absolute Championship Wrestling

AbsoluteJake — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:58:51 GMT

AbsoluteJake:

Absolute Championship Wrestling

AbsoluteJake — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:47:27 GMT

AbsoluteJake:

Battle Born Wrestling

AbsoluteJake — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:33:01 GMT

AbsoluteJake:

{| border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=348 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #ffffff; border: 2px #000000 solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"

| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | '''Battle Born Wrestling''' 
|-
| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" | http://i44.tinypic.com/dzavrt.jpg
|-
| align="center" colspan="2" | '''Details'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Acronym'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | BBW
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Established'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | 2008
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Organizer'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [[Rad Hazard]]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Style'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Athletic and technical wrestling
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Wrestling base'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Mostly Ground (also varies by territorial federations)
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Territories'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [[BBW#External_links|See Federations]]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Associations'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [[Global Backyard Wrestling News]] [[Georgia Wrestling Circuit]]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''Location'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | Las Vegas, Nevada
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: right;" | '''External links'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [http://battlebornwrestling.weebly.com Website] [http://youtube.com/VisualDevastation YouTube]
|}

'''Battle Born Wrestling''' ('''BBW''') is a [[backyard wrestling]] group of territorial organizations formed in 2008 by host of [[Backyard Wrestling Weekly]], [[Rad Hazard]], who wrestles as an Independent. The idea of the interfederation is that organizations present matches on separate location compiled all into one event while some travel to the actual BBW area.

BBW first began assembling backyard wrestling federations in the Vegas area until Rad Hazard envisaged towards broadening by gaining further backyard wrestling territories in the North America, Europe, and Australia, a process alike {{Wikipedia|National Wrestling Alliance}}.

The federation is also aligned with [[Global Backyard Wrestling News]] and the [[Georgia Wrestling Circuit]], gaining extra publicity on backyard wrestling channel created on {{Wikipedia|YouTube}} called the Action 10 Network.

==History==
===Formation===
During his broadcasts of [[Backyard Wrestling Weekly]], [[Rad Hazard]] had it in mind to unify backyard wrestling federations in the Vegas area, who were known as [[Generation X Wrestling]], [[Sin City Wrestling]] (formerly Lost Souls Division), [[Top Dawg Championship Wrestling]], and [[Loco Lucha Council]].

On December 5, 2008, BBW taped the inaugural episode [[BBW 1: Battle Born]] and subsequently premiered it online. Hazard, however, looked to expand joining the [[Georgia Wrestling Circuit]] and gathered more territories including New Generation Wrestling and [[Altitude Backyard Wrestling|BBW Altitude Backyard Wrestling]], [[New World of Disorder]], [[Ultimate British Wrestling]] and [[2 Xtreme Wrestling Syndicate]] outside Vegas and the U.S, producing matches on different location, much inspired by the world renowned National Wrestling Alliance. In turn as a repercussion, the BBW Heavyweight Championship has been rendered into a backyard wrestling world title.

===Territories===
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;'''North American Territories'''
*BBW Prime - '''Nevada'''
*[[Generation X Wrestling]] - '''Nevada'''
*[[Sin City Wrestling]] - '''Nevada'''
*[[Loco Lucha Council]] - '''Nevada'''
*[[New Generation Wrestling]] - '''Utah'''
*[[BBW Altitude Backyard Wrestling]] - '''Colorado'''
*[[Lewiston Wrestling Federation]] - '''Idaho'''
*[[Absolute Wrestling Excellence]] - '''New York'''
*[[Fite Nite Wrestling]] - '''New Jersey'''
*[[2 Xtreme Wrestling Syndicate]] - '''Canada'''
*[[Xtreme Infinite Wrestling]] - '''New Jersey'''
*[[Candlewood BackYard Wrestling]] - '''Ohio'''
*[[Absolute Championship Wrestling]] - '''Michigan'''
*[[East Coast Backyard Wrestling]] - '''New Jersey'''
*[[Vancouver Wrestling League]] - '''Canada'''
*[[Attitude Championship Wresting]] - '''Louisiana'''
*[[Adrenaline Wrestling Foundation]] - '''Georgia'''
*[[Northern Illinois Wrestling Alliance]] - '''Illinois'''

| valign="top" |
;'''European Territories'''
*[[Ultimate British Wrestling]] - '''United Kingdom'''
*[[Absolute Championship Wrestling]] (ACW Spain) - '''Spain'''
*[[BBW UK]] - '''England'''

| valign="top" |
;'''Australian Territories'''
*[[New World of Disorder]] - '''Australia'''
*[[Australian Trampoline Wrestling]] - '''Australia'''
|}

==Champions==
{{BBW Champions}}

==External links==
*[http://battlebornwrestling.com The Official BBW Website]
*[http://youtube.com/VisualDevastation BBW Wrestling on YouTube]

{{BBW Wrestling}}

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[[Category:American federations]]
[[Category:Federations based in Vegas]]
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[[Category:Federations established in 2008]]

Category:Federations established in 1997

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This is a collective list of [[backyard wrestling]] federations established in 1997:

Absolute Championship Wrestling

AbsoluteJake — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:28:08 GMT

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NBYWA

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NBYWA (National Backyard Wrestling Alliance) is a small backyard wrestling community founded by Skull Jr. on January 22, 2009.

== History ==
NBYWA was founded on January 22, 2009 by Skull Jr. after he quit [[Global Backyard Wrestling News]] due to him believeing the rules of the site were not being fairly enforced. The reason for him creating the site was creating a community where smaller Federations and wrestlers could escape the pressure of being judged and ridiculed by the bigger ones. On January 24, 2009, Skull Jr. made Jake Xinn of [[Absolute Championship Wrestling]] the Assistant Manager of the site. They took back and revived the defunct GBYWN Michigan Heavyweight Championship and re-named it the NBYWA International Heavyweight Championship. The first World Heavyweight and World Tag Team Champions will be crowned at the HCW/VFV sanctioned Supershow "When Worlds Collide" on August 13 and 14, 2009 respectively. So far the community has 5 Federations in 2 different countries.

== Federations ==
Hardcore Championship Wrestling (Joined January 22, 2009).
[[Absolute Championship Wrestling]] (Joined January 24, 2009).
V For Victory (Joined February 9, 2009).
Indiana Championship Wrestling (Joined February 9, 2009).
[[Ultimate British Wrestling]] (Joined March 16, 2009).

== Championships ==
NBYWA World Heavyweight Championship (Current Champion: None).
NBYWA World Tag Team Championship (Current Champions: None).
NBYWA International Heavyweight Championship (Current Champion: RPK. Since November 28, 2008).

== External Links ==
http://nbywa1.webs.com/index.htm (Main site).
http://www.youtube.com/user/nbywa1 (YouTube Profile).

Absolute Championship Wrestling

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Absolute Championship Wrestling

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Absolute Championship Wrestling

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