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'''The JWL''' was a ProfessionalWrestling FanFiction series written by Tropers/{{JIKTV}}. It took existing wrestlers, in some cases with new [[TheGimmick gimmicks]], and set them in the eponymous promotion. It ran from 2001/2002-2014. It is available [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/fanfictions.html here]]. It has had 80 TV episodes and 6 [=PPV=]s. It was slightly AlternateUniverse because, while it focused on wrestlers/managers/valets from Wrestling/{{WWE}}, Wrestling/{{WCW}}, Wrestling/{{ECW}} and others, it featured in some cases gimmicks or alliances that do or did not exist.

''The JWL'' was a ScriptFic that presented itself as a regular wrestling show. There was no shipping, smut, or episodes without it. Often the content of the episodes reflected real life wrestling happenings. See the RealLifeWritesThePlot section for more.

''The JWL'' was shut down in January 2014 due to the author running out of ideas and having no audience.

Also, some rules:

* 1. Much like on PG/Reality Era WWE programming, '''NO MEN HITTING WOMEN.'''[[note]]The closest I have come to this was on [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwl8.html Episode 8]], during the Perfect Team ([[Wrestling/CurtHennig "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig]] and Wrestling/KurtAngle, w[=/=][[Wrestling/BobBacklund Mr. Bob Backlund]]) vs. the Misfits (Perry Saturn and Crowbar, w[=/=]Daffney Unger) match. Daffney had jumped onto Backlund's shoulders for the [=Frankenscreamer=], and Backlund had shoved her down to the mat. As this was purely ''defensive'' rather than a deliberate attack, it did not violate the rule.[[/note]]
* 2. '''NO''' [[Wrestling/DustyRhodes Dusty Finishes]], "Wrestling/MontrealScrewjob finishes," no ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} IX''[=/=][[Wrestling/MoneyInTheBank [=MITB=]]] run-in finishes, '''NO''' FingerpokeOfDoom finishes.
* 3.When a wrestler/manager/valet/etc. is released/fired, '''that's it.''' Said person can no longer return. If a character leaves of his/her own choosing, he/she could potentially return albeit in a different role. (See below under ScrewThisImOuttaHere for the one time that this has happened.)
* 4.'''NO''' pregnancy/wedding/etc. angles.
* 5.'''NO''' hotshotted title changes (i.e., someone winning a title on a [=PPV=] and losing it on the following TV show.)
* 6.'''NO''' restraining order angles or anything that might involve a lawyer.

Finally, a warning: [[WriterOnBoard JIKTV'S personal biases]] toward/against certain people may come through at times.
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!!Tropes Associated with ''The JWL'' (InUniverse):

* AbortedArc: The mysterious videos with anagrammed messages that began on [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwl68.html Episode 68]], inspired by the "SAVEUS.222" videos Wrestling/{{WWE}} aired in 2007 to hype the return of Wrestling/ChrisJericho, that would have led to the debut of the Kat. The full explanation can be found [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwllawler.html here]].
* ActionGirl: (Currently active): Wrestling/{{Jacqueline}}, [[Wrestling/{{Melina}} Melina Perez]], Wrestling/NatalyaNeidhart, [[Wrestling/LisaMarieVaron Victoria]], Wrestling/{{Aksana}}, Amber O'Neal
** There have also been [[AmazonBrigade the Revolution]] (Wrestling/{{Ivory}}, Wrestling/MollyHolly and 11 alumnae of Wrestling/WOWWomenOfWrestling), Harley's Angels (also [=WOW=] alumnae), plus various women in many of the other groups.
%% * {{Acrofatic}}: Wrestling/BamBamBigelow, [[Wrestling/{{Vader}} Big Van Vader]], Wrestling/TheBlueMeanie, [[Wrestling/BillDeMott Hugh Morrus]]
* AlliterativeName:
** '''A'''rn '''A'''nderson
** '''B'''am '''B'''am '''B'''igelow
** The '''F'''ranchise '''F'''oundation, which included Wrestling/ScottSteiner
%% * AnyoneCanDie: UrExample: [[Wrestling/CurtHennig "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig]]
%% ** TropeCodifier: [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwltitles.html JWL World Heavyweight Champion]] Wrestling/ChrisBenoit.
* AuthorAvatar: In the service of a TakeThat, [[Wrestling/PaulHeyman Paul E. Dangerously]], on [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwl64.html "Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still Feed Me, When I'm Episode 64?"]]. [[Wrestling/AlPoling 911]] had just {{Squash|Match}}ed Mr. [[UsefulNotes/TheWorldCup World Cup]] (Ken "Kenny Dykstra" Doane, aka Kenny from the Spirit Squad, in generic soccer gear with his face painted like a soccer ball). After the match, the fans chanted "One more time! One more time!"
-->'''PAUL E. DANGEROUSLY''': "Mr. World Cup, I am going to dedicate this next chokeslam to every American boy and girl who has ever had to play your [[SoccerHatingAmericans stupid, boring, uneventful, idiotic, and, in every sense of the word, POINTLESS so-called sport."]]
%% ** BaldOfEvil: Kurt Angle, Val Venis, Justin Credible
%% * BreakTheHaughty[=/=]HumiliationConga: Triple H
%% ** [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwl44.html Episode 44]]: Wrestling/NormanSmiley not only did his "Big Wiggle" dance to HHH, he made him ''submit'' to his FinishingMove, the Norman Conquest.
%% ** [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwl48.html Episode 48]]: Wrestling/AlSnow made HHH ''tap out'' to a '''''nose hold!'''''[[note]]If you've ever seen HHH's nose, you'll understand the significance.[[/note]]
%% ** [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwl64.html Episode 64]]:[[Wrestling/{{Boogeyman}} The Boogeyman]] pinned HHH and then tried shoving the worms down his throat.
%% ** [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwl71.html Episode 71]]: The Brooklyn Brawler (w/Barry Horowitz) pinned HHH. He was released shortly after this. By this time, everyone else in the Clique had either walked out (Stephanie), had been forced out (Chyna), had been forced into retirement (Shawn Michaels), or had been canned offscreen (Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, X-Pac and the New Age Outlaws.)
* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: The main event of the second PPV, ''[[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwlsuperbrawl1.html JWL [=SuperBrawl=] I]]'', was the 22-woman Royal Rumble to crown the inaugural [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwltitles.html JWL Women's Champion]], which was won by Molly Holly.
* BreatherEpisode: Being the first show after the Chris Benoit tragedy, [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwl54.html Episode 54]] was this, as all the {{Face}}s went over out of the need to send the crowd home happy.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Wrestling/ElijahBurke, who had a brief feud with Taz and then disappeared, never to be mentioned again.[[note]]The non-{{Kayfabe}} reason: Reading about an injury he had suffered that would have supposedly forced him to retire, followed by his debut in [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]] as "The Pope" D'Angelo Dinero. TruthInTelevision, since this tended to happen to people (Paul Varelans, Joel Hartgood) who faced [=Taz=] in [=ECW=] in RealLife.[[/note]]
** Many wrestlers were either retired or released but did not receive in-universe explanations for their departures. This was partially due to there being a large cast.
%% * CoolMask: Wrestling/{{Kane}}, [[Wrestling/GregoryHelms the Hurricane]], [[Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr Rey Misterio Jr.]]
* ForeignWrestlingHeel: [[Wrestling/ShawnDaivari Khosrow Daivari]], currently the manager of Daivari International, which includes [[Wrestling/VladimirKozlov "The Moscow Mauler" Vladimir Kozlov]] w[=/=]"The UsefulNotes/{{Lithuania}}n Sensation" [=Aksana=] and Trevor Murdoch, who was 1/2 of the JWL World Tag Team Champions with the late Lance Cade.
** Wrestling/LanceStorm (ret.)
%% * GarbageWrestler: (current) Wrestling/BallsMahoney, Wrestling/TheNastyBoys, Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys
%% ** (retired): New Jack, Wrestling/TommyDreamer, [[Wrestling/JimFullington the Sandman]]
%% * TheGiant: Yes, [[Wrestling/BigShow Paul Wight]] himself.
%% * GimmickMatches: Hell in a Cell, hardcore/street fights, casket matches, three-way-dances and a Royal Rumble have all been featured.
%% ** [[LoserLeavesTown Loser Leaves the JWL]]: Jacqueline d. Wrestling/{{Chyna}} in one of these at ''[[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwlwm1.html JWL [=WrestleMania=] I]]''.
%% ** MeleeATrois: [[Wrestling/CarleneMoore Jazz]] d. [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwltitles.html JWL Women's Champion]] Molly Holly and Jacqueline in one of these to win the title at ''[[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwlgab1.html JWL The Great American Bash I]]''.
%% * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Molly Holly, Beckie the Farmer's Daughter
%% * ImprobableWeaponUser: Al Snow, for his mannequin head
%% * LeaningOnTheFourthWall: The Clique segment on [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwl3.html Episode 3]].[[note]]TruthInTelevision, since various members of the group like doing this in RealLife, though not with this particular result.[[/note]]
* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: Twice on [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwl53.html Episode 53]].
** The show featured the debut of the Rock's "The Smackdown Hotel." The Rock ran down various RealLife [[TalkShowWithFists wrestler interview segments]], with the mention of Wrestling/MikeAwesome's [[note]]Who had committed suicide on February 17, 2007 and was memorialized at the start of the show[[/note]] Wrestling/{{WCW}} segment "The Lava Lamp Lounge" being deleted.
** Later that same night, there was a tag match that was originally scheduled as the Royal Assassins (Wrestling/RandyOrton and [[Wrestling/{{Batista}} Dave Batista]], w/manager Wrestling/JerryLawler) vs. Balls Mahoney and Mike Awesome. Before the match, Orton started cutting a promo about "killing legends"[[note]]Lawler's PowerStable the Royals were in a feud with the Hardcore Alliance, which included Mahoney and Awesome, and Batista had defeated Awesome at [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwlgab1.html JWL The Great American Bash I]][[/note]], and Orton's mic went out and a "WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties" message came up on the screen. When the show came back, Mahoney said that what Orton had said "was a load of crap." He then brought out his replacement partner, Masato Tanaka.
%% * OddballInTheSeries: Of the six [=PPVs=], ''Vengeance'' was the only one not to feature a women's match.
%% * PartsUnknown:
%% ** The Blue Meanie, from "[[WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine Pepperland]]"
%% ** The Boogeyman, from "The Bottomless Pit"
%% ** The Dudley Boys, from "Dudleyville"
%% ** The Hurricane, from [[WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}} "The Hall of Justice"]]
%% ** [[Wrestling/BigShow The Giant]] and the Stranger were billed from there, as is [=Kane=] today.
* PersonaNonGrata: The following have all been fired for different reasons: [[Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield Bradshaw]], Kurt Angle, Wrestling/RobVanDam, Wrestling/ScottHall, Wrestling/KevinNash, Wrestling/{{Chyna}}, Jeff Jarrett, Wrestling/ScottSteiner, Triple H, Wrestling/{{Lita}}, [[Wrestling/{{Rhyno}} Rhino]], [[Wrestling/DavidHeath Gangrel]] and X-Pac.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The deaths of Bam Bam Bigelow, Mike Awesome, Chris Benoit, Crush and Lance Cade.
** JWL Women's Champion "The Female Fighting Phenom" Jazz having to vacate the title because she was pregnant.
%% ** The long delays between shows at times.
** Scott Hudson replacing Wrestling/JimRoss as lead announcer after JR's last health issue.
** Jerry Lawler's heart attack led to the scrapping of an angle that would have involved his real-life ex-wife [[Wrestling/StacyCarter The Kat]] debuting and affiliating herself with the former Hardcore Alliance, Balls Mahoney, Masato Tanaka and [[Wrestling/TooColdScorpio 2 Cold Scorpio]], against Lawler's PowerStable the Royals (The Rock, [=Christian=], and the Royal Assassins [Randy Orton and Dave Batista]). See AbortedArc above.
** Jack Swagger being fired and stripped of the [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwltitles.html JWL World Heavyweight Title]] due to his pot/speeding/DUI arrest.
%% * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: JWL Commissioner Wrestling/MickFoley
%% * RingOldies: Lawler, Dusty Rhodes, Terry Funk, Ric Flair, the One Man Gang, Kamala...
%% * RockPaperScissors: Used by Leo Kruger and CJ Parker to determine which one would have to start against Festus Dalton on [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwl67.html Episode 67]].
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Stephanie [=McMahon=] walked out after the Clique segment (see LeaningOnTheFourthWall above) near the end of [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwl3.html Episode 3]]. She was later [[TheBusCameBack brought back]] as a masked {{Jobber}} named Miss X, though never identified as such.
* SeriousBusiness: Everything. The focus is ultimately on the matches, not about interfering officials, love affairs, social media or any of the other nonsense that drags down current RealLife wrestling shows.
%% * SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Mr. Bob Backlund, Wrestling/DamienSandow
* ShoutOut:
** The (non-existent) dark (non-televised) "match" before [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwl35.html Episode 35]] was [[Series/SaturdayNightLive the Festrunk Brothers defeating the Butabi Brothers]].
** [[Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand "Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still Feed Me, When I'm Episode 64?"]]
** [[Music/NatKingCole Get Your Kicks on Episode 66]]
** [[Music/BryanAdams It Was the Summer of Episode 69]]
** [[Music/MellonCollieAndTheInfiniteSadness Shakedown Episode 79]]
** [[Music/KillingJoke Episode 80s, I'm Living In The 80s]]
** The [[Music/KilroyWasHere "Mr. Roboto"]] and ''Film/TheatreOfBlood'' quotes at the beginning of ''[[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwlgab1.html JWL The Great American Bash I]]''.
** From the [=Stranger=]'s promo on Shawn Michaels on [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwl46.html Episode 46]]
-->'''STRANGER''': "As a [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin great man in this sport]] once said, you will have to kill me to be finished with me!"
** [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwl1.html Episode 1]] started with the entire roster coming out to the entranceway to Music/{{KISS}}'s "Rock N Roll All Nite," a reference to how [=IWA=] Japan would have their roster come out to Music/{{Survivor|Band}}'s "Eye of the Tiger." This intro was ultimately abandoned, and, ever since Episode 9, with the ten-bell count for [[Wrestling/CurtHennig "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig]], the only times the show opens with the entire roster on the stage is to honor someone in wrestling who had passed away. Unfortunately, this tends to happen a lot.
* SpanishAnnouncersTable: Meng put Bubba Ray Dudley through it during the Faces of Fear vs. the Dudley Boys [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwltitles.html JWL World Tag Team Titles]] Tables Match at ''[[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwlgab1.html JWL The Great American Bash I]]''.
%% * SquashMatch: These were featured a lot for a time, though they are used now for the purpose of introducing new characters.
* StrangerBehindTheMask: Literalized, as Shawn Michaels DID have a feud with a masked wrestler ''called'' the Stranger. While it wasn't someone who had previously been part of the JWL, it ''was'' someone with a connection to Michaels.
* TakeThat: Using Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon as "Aldo Montoya," Wrestling/EricBischoff as "Kwang",[[note]]a rip on Bischoff's alleged martial-arts expertise[[/note]] Wrestling/VinceRusso as "Doink the Clown",[[note]]a deliberately [[FlatCharacter flat, characterless]] version[[/note]] [[Characters/WWECommentators Jonathan Coachman]] as "Wrestling/TheGobbledyGooker", and Diva Search contestants Christy Hemme, Carmella [=DeCesare=], Joy Giovanni and Michelle [=McCool=] as total {{Jobber}}s.
%% * TalkShowWithFists: The Rock's "The Smackdown Hotel"
* TeamSwitzerland: [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwl38.html Episode 38]] started with Wrestling/LunaVachon and [[Wrestling/DavidHeath Gangrel]] chasing Wrestling/{{Sable}}, [[Wrestling/MarcMero Marc The Bodyguard (Marc Mero under a mask)]] and Wrestling/TorrieWilson through the arena. [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwltitles.html JWL Women's Champion]] Wrestling/MollyHolly successfully defended her title against [[http://wowe.com WOW Women Of Wrestling]] alumna Poison. As Molly was celebrating the win with the fans, Luna, Gangrel, Sable and her entourage suddenly barged into the scene. Poison woke up and joined her The Misfits stablemates Luna and Gangrel in the chase. Molly had no stake in the feud, and nobody asked her for help, so she could only stand and watch with a slight amusement.
%% * ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: The Boogeyman, of course.
* TournamentArc: The series was shut down during the third one. The first was the [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwltitles.html JWL World Tag Team Title Tournament]] which ran from [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwl24.html Episode 24]] through ''[[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwlwm1.html JWL [=WrestleMania=] I]]''. The second was the JWL World Heavyweight Title Tournament which ran from [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwl54.html Episode 54]] through ''[[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwlvengeance1.html JWL Vengeance I]]''. The JWL World Heavyweight Title Tournament that was created in response to Jack Swagger getting fired started on [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwl76.html Episode 76]].
* TranslatorBuddy: Bryan Knobbs of the Nasty Boys, for manager Dusty Rhodes, at the start of [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwl39.html Episode 39]].
%% * UnrelatedBrothers: The Undertaker and Kane, The Dudley Boys, the Dalton Brothers (Jesse and Festus)
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwl66.html Get Your Kicks on Episode 66]] featured HHH walking to the ring with his water bottle until he stopped and spat it out and started shouting "SALT! SALT!" He stormed to the back where he saw [[Characters/WWECommentators Jonathan Coachman]] with a salt shaker. HHH figured that Coachman must have been the one who put salt in his water bottle and started beating him up for it until Coach told him that he didn't do it. The question of who put the salt in HHH's water bottle was never resolved due to the total lack of response to it on [=WrestlingClassics.com=].
%% * WrestlingFamily: The Hart Dynasty, Wrestling/CodyRhodes as a member of Dusty's Dream Team
%% * WrestlingMonster: (current): Kane, the Burmese Python
* YouHaveFailedMe: A YoYoPlotPoint:
** [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwl45.html Episode 45]] started with Trish Stratus firing everyone from her PowerStable Stratusfaction Inc. (Wrestling/{{Test}}, Albert, Val Venis, Wrestling/{{Kanyon}} and Lance Storm) for their lack of success against the Four [=Horsemen=] (Wrestling/RicFlair, Wrestling/ArnAnderson, Chris Benoit, Wrestling/DeanMalenko and manager Wrestling/TerriRunnels).
** Francine fired Jeff Jarrett, Scott Steiner and Wrestling/{{Sid|Eudy}} from the Franchise Foundation (led by her and Shane Douglas and also including during its existence [[[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwl3.html Episode 3]] through [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwl49.html Episode 49]]] [=Tazz=], Kane, Justin Credible and Steiner's valet Midajah) for much the same reasons for their failure against [=Benoit=] and against the Dungeon of Doom ([=JWL=] version: Wrestling/{{Kamala}}, [[Wrestling/JohnTenta Earthquake]], [[Wrestling/BigShow The Giant]], the Yeti, "The Laughing Man" Hugh Morrus and the [[http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/jasonsite/jwltitles.html JWL World Tag Team Champions]] the Faces of Fear [Meng and the Barbarian], with managers Wrestling/KevinSullivan, Wrestling/JimmyHart and [[Wrestling/KingCurtisIaukea the Master]]).
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%% !!!Tropes Associated with ''The JWL'' (out of-universe):
%% * TookALevelInDumbass: Using Bret Hart, Arn Anderson, Wrestling/ChristopherNowinski and Earthquake as active competitors despite their career-ending injuries/health problems.
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