Line #19 Wrestling/WAWWrestling


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:[[RefugeInAudacity Yeah, it's that kind of promotion]]]]
3	WAW Wrestling was a independent promotion hailing out of Manchester, New Hampshire. A non-profit organization that donates to charity, WAW Wrestling offered a weekly show called 'Aftermath' that airs on Website/YouTube as well as its own website.
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5	Unfortunately, the promotion went under during the summer of 2019 following irreconcilable disagreements between part-owner Nicholas Parks and the rest of WAW staff, in addition to a state investigation into WAW's operations. The company lost its primary venue, Murphy's Bareknuckle Boxing Gym, and was forced to close. Though it's gone, WAW Wrestling's Youtube channel is still up and contains archives of nearly all of its matches.
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7	No relation to the similarly named independent British wrestling promotion, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Association_of_Wrestling World Association of Wrestling]].
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9	!!WAW Wrestling contains examples of...
10	* TheAce: Whoever the current champion is at the time, especially if they're face.
11	* ActionGirl: Just about every female in the promotion, actually. It would be easier to list the ones that ''don't'' qualify.
12	* CaptainErsatz: Jonny Psycho, in particular, should have people thinking of Wrestling/CMPunk.
13	** Kevin Gyles, a bulky wrestler with a shirt that reads 'Chop, Gyles, Chop' should seem [[Wrestling/KevinSteen somewhat familiar.]]
14	%%* CoolOldGuy: Nachos Bell Grande is billed as having been born in 1969. Arguably even cooler is Peter Labrie, ring announcer.
15	* EvilForeigner: WAW has featured villains billed from other countries:
16	** Grimm is from Germany.
17	** Ecuador is from... Ecuador.
18	** MKK is from Canada.
19	* FunWithAcronyms: The Inner City Posse, the resident UsefulNotes/{{Juggalo}} stable, has the initials 'ICP'. Of course, the name is also a reference to [[Music/InsaneClownPosse ICP's]] (the musicians) original name.
20	* TheGiant: Most of the wrestlers are rather small, but there are a few big guys peppered here and there. Special mention goes to the 6′5″, 350-pound Kevin Gyles.
21	** Draven Filth is even taller than Gyles, though he is not quite as heavy.
22	* GimmickMatches: Hoo boy, there are a lot of these. For the full list, see ''[[http://www.wawwrestling.com/matchtypes.html this page]]''. In general, though, the more gimmicky matches tend to be rare and seldom get in the way of the actual wrestling.
23	* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: WAW commentator Chad Epik used to be stuck in one of these, saying nasty things about crowd favorites like Nachos Bell Grande while praising other faces like Johnny Psycho. Nowadays, he's a solid face.
24	* HellBentForLeather: Grimm. He's a scary, scary gimp covered head-to-toe in black leather.
25	* JokeCharacter: Most masked characters hold this distinction, hardly ever scoring a win over anybody but at least manage to be somewhat entertaining in the process.
26	** LethalJokeCharacter: [[FunnyForeigner Nachos Bell Grande]], on the other hand...
27	* PartsUnknown: Of the 'from wherever he/she feels like' variety.
28	* PowerStable: Any established team of three or more performers tends to be this, especially if they're heel. The 3 Kings and the Flaxion are two notable examples.
29	* TrademarkFavoriteFood:
30	** Rocko may be an AxCrazy king of violence, but everybody knows he's infatuated with Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.
31	** [[ForeignWrestlingHeel Morgan Kennedy Kilmarnock]] has a trademark favorite ''drink'' in Moxie, a beverage mostly sold in certain parts of New England (even though he purports to be from Canada).

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