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Fiction Wrestling Entertainment's logo (2018 - Present)

Federation's name Fiction Wrestling Entertainment
Abbreviation FWE

Weekly shows

Wednesday Night Blitzkrieg

Friday Night RiseUp!

Major event CrashDay (July)
Founder Olimpio Valant
Pay-Per-Views Monthly
Headquarters Pescara, Italy (main)

Miami, Florida (American)

Channels

Public Broadcasting Corporation from 8:00 p.m to 10:30 p.m (Blitzkrieg)

Vice Broadcastign Service from 7:00 p.m to 9:30 p.m (RiseUp!)

Time open 1983 - Present
Current president Gear Valant
Current vice-president Silvio Valant
Current General Managers

Gear Valant (Blitzkrieg)

James May (RiseUp!)

Fiction Wrestling Entertainment, or FWE for short, is a fiction wrestling federation. Started in 1983, the federation was founded by Olimpio Valant, before being taken over by his son, Silvio Valant, in 1994. FWE moved from Europe to the United States in the very same year, where it is currently based to this day. Originally based in Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy upon its' birth, the federation moved its' headquarters to Rome, Lazio, Italy, in 1984. Their main headquarters -- which largely handle bureaucracy and exist to serve as a base in Italy for legal reasons -- are located in Pescara, Abruzzo, whilst their American counterparts, which many consider to be the true core of FWE operations, are currently located in the neighborhood of Coconut Grove, in the city of Miami, Florida, where they've been since 1994.

FWE is the third-longest standing fiction wrestling promotion still active, behind the Cartoon Wrestling Federation and World Wrestling Entertainment: Animated. Long considered by the wrestling community and practically recognized as one of the biggest and most important promotions, FWE was only formally recognized as such at the beginning of the New 20s, when it formally entered the "Big 6", the six largest fiction wrestling promotions by a combined score of audience, quality, monetary value, history and global reach.

FWE currently promotes three brands: two "main roster" ones, Blitzkrieg and RiseUp!, and a developmental one, FTR. The federation holds live events and pay-per-views through-out the world, although it mostly holds them in the Northern American continent and Western Europe.

The promotion's sole owners are the descendants of Olimpio Valant, the Valant family. The acting president is Gear Valant, who has been bestowed the position in 2008, while his vice-president is his father, Silvio Valant.

The federation, formerly referred to as a "company", was listed on the NYSE beginning in 2002. This development reached a peak in 2015, when fifty percent minus one of the shares were put on the market.

However, following an attempted hostile take-over by various shareholders in 2017, Fiction Wrestling Entertainment was frozen on stocks worldwide, with the Valant family buying back one-hundred percent of the shares shortly afterwards and permanently pulling it off of the NYSE. Ever since, FWE returned to its' original designation of federation. A side effect of these events was the "decorporatization" of FWE, with various position removed from the managing pyramid, and the role of CEO replaced by the one of "President".

History[]

Beginnings, expansion across Italy, and rivalry with European Wrestling All-Stars (1983 - 1992)[]

FWE's origins lie within Bruno Sammartino's legendary ten year reign with the WWWF Heavyweight Championship. A native of Pizzoferrato, Sammartino's achievements hadn't reached his homeland until the beginning of the 1980s, when they caught the attention of Olimpio Valant.

The federation was founded as Fiction Wrestling Europe in the April of 1983 using the combined money of a lottery win and a loan from the Bank of Italy. With the declared intent of "being a way to bring the same sports entertainment that could be found in the United States to Europe", expectations and interest were low. However, what started as a local promotion located in the Abruzzese Peligna Valley soon grew massively in popularity alongside wrestling. After the first few months, important fictional wrestlers of the era signed with the federation, most notable Lupin The III, and by the following year, the federation had started touring the region.

In July of 1985, FWE's first major event, Live From Abruzzo: First Day, was hosted at FWE's largest venue at that point, the Stadio Adriatico "Giovanni Cornacchia" in Pescara. With the success of the show, the federation's schedule changed, now holding shows all around Italy to draw interest towards the major shows, which would see the title belts defended and storylines either conclude or hit a turning point. In the aftermath of First Day, the tournament to crown the first-ever FWE Champion was also held, with the finals being held in December of that same year in Rome, during what would become the first-ever annual World at War, FWE's first ever staple event. Mr. Dream would defeat Rocco Parondi and become the first-ever FWE Champion.

1986, instead, saw Silvio Valant crowned the first-ever FWE European Champion through a similar tournament format and controversial fashion, edging out Ugo Fantozzi in the finals at the second-annual World at War thanks to interference. In order to avoid becoming stale, FWE often looked across the Atlantic for inspiration through scouts, which is how, in 1987, the High Noon Rumble was created off of the first ever experimental Royal Rumble held by the WWF. Showcased to Europe during the major show labeled "Battle Royale", Ugo Fantozzi would go on to become the first-ever winner of what is nowadays known as the Showdown at Sundown.

Deal with Mediaset, end of the European War of Pro Wrestling (1992 - 1993)[]

Silvio Valant's ascension to the role of President and move to the United States (1994)[]

Long after, in 1994, a few weeks after FWE's ten-year anniversay, Olimpio Valant passed away, leaving FWE to his only male son, Silvio Valant. In a move that proved to be history-changing,

Silvio went against the opinion of his father's most trusted men, which included most members of the creative team, and moved the federation's headquarters from their old location of Rome, Italy, to their new and current location of Miami, Florida, bringing his employees with him. As a further step in the evolution of wrestling, FWE changed its' name to Fiction Wrestling Elite, and begun to publicly refer to itself as a "company". Valant will recall, many years later, that they were "seen with hostility by most of Miami... most of Florida, actually, [...] with WCW around, they did not trust an Italian guy and his band of European wrestlers." Nonetheless, FWE's first show on USA soil, Wednesday Night: American Dream, was held and dedicated to the memory of Olimpio.

After taking a few months to settle into the new context, FWE resumed its' normal operation, quickly growing in popularity in the wrestling-hungry Southern states, who were curious to see "European wrestling" up close once the initial diffidence was passed. Despite this, FWE found itself in troubled waters, alongside the entire wrestling business, in that period, due to the crisis the entire business was facing. What further went against FWE was the lack of talent to recruit, as all major, interesting, or potentially important names had been quickly scooped up by the American-based companies, forcing what would quickly become one of FWE's key philosophies: launching obscure, unproven, niche characters into stardom, taking risks other companies did not dare to do. A strategy that, with a few hiccups, ended up paying off.

Partnership with The Weather Channel, Monday Night Cyclone, return to European airwaves (1995 - 1996)[]

In that same period, Fiction Wrestling Elite obtained its' first broadcasting deals with various local television networks through-out the East and Southern Coasts, most famously with Springfield-based KBBL-TV. In this time period, FWE would air two shows: Wrestling Across The Atlantic on Saturday nights, and Rewind on Sunday afternoons.

Later that year, Valant would begin, on behalf of his federation, one of Fiction Wrestling's most unexpected, yet lasting partnership with The Weather Channel. The channel, barely 12 years old at the time, but slowly becoming a cornerstone of the decade, publicized FWE shows for people to buy tickets for and tune in to, while FWE had them as their main sponsor.

The year of 1995 saw a very important event take place: the creation of the first-ever weekly FWE television show, in order to not lag behind other wrestling companies. Famously, FWE's creative could not democratically decide on a name, as every proposal failed to gather the necessary majority. Silvio Valant grew increasingly frustrated as the hours passed, and once 8:00 PM rolled around, the CEO, as told by former FWE booker Louise Rodriguez, "punched the table, exclaimed that he wanted to go home to his family, and covered his eyes with his right hand, whilst exclaiming that the first thing he would've pointed at would've named the show. [...] That finger ended up pointed at a TV broadcasting The Weather Channel, which Silvio kept turned on as background noise, and then we ended up settling on the name after a lightning fast brainstorming process."

That moment was the birth of Monday Night Cyclone, which aired from 7 PM to 8 PM in order to not lose ratings to WCW or WWE.

The Monday Night Wars (1997 - 1999)[]

In 1997, Cyclone's time slot expanded by one hour, officially putting the latter half of the show on air at the same time of RAW, Nitro, and Flame, leading to the Monday Night Wars.

In order to prepare a return to the Old World, and especially to have a more favorable legal framework, FWE opened a new office in Italy in 1998, with several cities along the Central-Southern Italian belt proposing themselves. With the need of sea, air, and land connections, FWE returned to old stomping grounds in Pescara, Abruzzo, where their "main" offices are to this day. The core of the operations, however, remained in Coconut Grove, as demonstrated by presidents and comissioners alike having their offices there in the following years. FWE would follow up on this show of intentions by finally returning to European air-waves through deals with various networks in 1998.

Famously, FWE was originally denied a return to Rai's networks in Italy, making Valant turn to Tele Montecarlo, otherwise known as TMC, to air his shows. The partnership proved beneficial, giving TMC some of its' highest ratings ever. Cyclone would air two times, once live on Monday nights at 8 PM EST, and then as a re-run on European Tuesday nights, edited and subtitled, at 8 PM CST. A "first" in fiction wrestling that allowed FWE to recover its' European fans whilst gaining more in the Americas.

Return to Rai, Friday Night LevelUp! (1999 - 2000)[]

By 1999, the federation had created a planned agenda of its' events, in order to make the various arrangements for the future shows easier and to give all workers an official schedule, so that if they had to take time off, it could be better discussed and organized. FWE programming also made a "triumphant" return to Rai channels, airing on Rai International (later known as Rai Italy) and Rai Sports, properly cementifying its' status in its' homeland of Italy, as well as various other European countries and even the Maghreb.

2000 also saw the creation of Friday Night LevelUp!, a show that, at first, was supposed to give the federation's blossoming mid-card and low-card (mostly composed of video game characters) a space to exhibit their talent and later break out in the higher parts of the card, but quickly evolved into a second show that continued the stories started on Cyclone.

9/11 and its' consequences on the federation (2001)[]

Largely untied to events outside its' sphere, the events of September 11, 2001, touched FWE in a somewhat more direct way than other companies and caused it to begin looking to the outside world more. Renaming its' pay-per-views to have less "edgy" names, FWE also gradually scaled its' product, which approached the TV-M rating at times, back. This meant ceasing the use of overly heavy themes in storyline, as well as putting down limits on what and was not acceptable of talent behaviour, both inside and outside the ring, but especially in No Disqualification matches, which had been completely left up to the talent. To do so, some former employees of the federation were brought back, famously including FWE legend Ugo Fantozzi, who, alongside Silvio, would revolutionize the federation. While most wrestlers quickly adapted, some were "victims" of this process, unable to hide their blatant weaknesses as wrestlers anymore, and either asked for their release or were directly released by the management.

Post-Monday Night Wars, Roster Split, CrashDay (2002 - 2004)[]

Its' newfound exposure to the outside led, however, to a massive upswing in 2002, tied to the events of the last year. World Championship Wrestling's collapse, the World Wrestling Federation victory in the Monday Night Wars, and several behind the scenes events caused several talents to contact FWE. In order to not waste an opportunity, Silvio Valant once again went against the advice of his most trusted men and proceeded to sign a great amount of wrestlers. However, it would have been impossible to feature all of them across four hours of air time without pushing aside the carefully created narrative that had been built over the years.

The solution came, once again, from the WWF, which had tried to turn Friday Night SmackDown! in a show for former WCW stars: Inspired by this idea, Valant created two separated rosters, named after the weekly shows: these two rosters existed within the same "universe", but told different "stories", with different "characters". This not only allowed the federation to create a bigger interest in watching LevelUp!, but also gave space to already-signed wrestlers who were struggling to create space for themselves.

The results of this decision also impacted the belts: Cyclone retained three of the four historical belts (FWE Championship, World Tag Team Championship, FWE European Championship), while LevelUp! would receive two new belts, equivalent to the ones on Cyclone (FWE Tag Team Championship, FWE World Heavyweight Championship), and the other historical belt (FWE Intercontinental Championship), in order to maintain some form of connection to the past. Roughly around the same period the World Wrestling Federation became the World Wrestling Entertainment, Silvio decided to rename his federation for a second and final time, becoming what it is today known as: Fiction Wrestling Entertainment.

May 7th, 2004 was the beginning of a new phase for the federation, as it saw the "official entrance" in the professional wrestling business of Gear Valant, son of Silvio. A still young Gear, a few weeks from finishing high school, made a proposal to his father, the board of directors, and the creative team: a big, WrestleMania-like show with up to 12 weeks of build-up for the biggest rivalries and the greatest matches.

The idea was greenlit on May 15th, 2004, the same day Silvio Valant's rented car was involved in an accident from which he walked away without a single wound. As a joke, then head booker Ugo Fantozzi codenamed the event "Crash Day". Valant, despite a well-known dislikes of jokes at his expenses, actually enjoyed the name and, removing the spaces, officially dubbed the event "CrashDay". In the historical press conference where the idea was first introduced, Valant explained that the name meant "day of the crash, [...] because that's when the biggest rivals, the past, present and future legends of the business, crash into each other in history-making moments."

The "Golden Parenthesis" (2005 - 2008)[]

Hall Of Fame, passing of the torch: Gear Valant becomes CEO (2008)[]

In 2008, in order to celebrate the federation’s twenty-fifth anniversary, the the Fiction Wrestling Entertainment's head-quarters were expanded with an "Hall of Fame" wing, open to the public. The first batch of Hall of Famers was revealed at a ceremony the night before CrashDay V, headlined by Ugo Fantozzi. On the same night, in a shocking turn of events of which no one was informed of, Silvio Valant announced he would've left the role of CEO to Gear Valant with immediate effect, claiming the ones of COO and Senior Advisor instead.

Creation of FTR, Internet Era, end of partnership with The Weather Channel (2008 - 2013)[]

FTR Era and further international expansion (2013 - 2017)[]

By the end of 2016, with new talent arriving from its' developmental program, FTR, Gear Valant triumphantly announced 2017 as not only "the year the transition to a new generation begins", but also "the year FWE establishes itself to the top, alongside companies such as WWE and CCW." However, behind the scenes, the federation was beginning to accumulate debt, a result of past loans whose payment was constantly pushed back and, as a result of interest, became heavier with each passing month on the federation's finances.

Combined with a general downswing in the business around this time, the expenses, combined with the debt, finally surpassed the net gain at the end of the 2016 fiscal year. Not willing to cut losses, Gear Valant announced that up to forty-nine percent of the federation would have been put up for sale on international stock markets, up from the original twenty-nine percent Silvio had put up for sale in 2002.

Near bankruptcy, reboot, and second wind (2017)[]

Because of the events that took place in Januay 2017, FWE was forced to cancel its' shows for the foreseeable future, refunding tickets as per policy. In this situation, payments were frozen, including wrestlers' pay-checks. Numerous members of both the developmental roster and the two main rosters rescinded their contracts as a result and left, including those who had been tipped to be future stars, former world champions, and numerous main event-caliber wrestlers. Forced to undergo a shutdown, the federation's future was more uncertain than ever.

After more than a month of silence, a special Fiction Wrestling Entertainment show was held on February 15th, 2017, in its' home city of Miami, Florida. In front of a sold-out crowd of 7,500 fans, and with a near-record shattering 7,7 Nielsen rating (A near twenty-six million people are estimated to have tuned in worldwide over twenty-four hours), Gear Valant announced the beginning of a new era, with two new shows: Wednesday Night Blitzkrieg (Replacing Monday Night Cyclone) and Friday Night RiseUp! (Replacing Friday Night LevelUp!).

Moreso, due to the numerous walk-outs, changes in plans, and new rosters, the belts would have had to be vacated in order to create a level playing field. In particular, in an emotional moment, the FWE European Championship was retired and replaced with the FWE Television Championship.

To end his announcement and officially begin the special, Valant announced that there would have been several call-ups from FTR, as well as unexpected returns to the federation in order to "ferry" it out of danger, before allowing Silvio Valant to come out to a loud ovation. The special, called "FWE: The Gathering", was enough of a success and brough in enough money for FWE to pay most of the paychecks that were still owed. The federation quickly picked up the pace from there, succesfully heading back to Italy for Springtime for Italy 2017 and confirming the Road to CrashDay XIV would have taken place as planned, and there would have been no downgrade to the "Grandest Stage In European Pro Wrestling". Through various sponsorship deals, which FWE had almost completely phased out since the early 2000s, the budget had been found to "put on a show worth CrashDay's legacy".

Following the thirtieth annual High Noon, Fiction Wrestling Entertainment and the Valant family paid back all of their remaining debts in full, and the federation was officially considered out of danger. Starting from July 2017, FWE has started to try and distance itself from other promotions, both to avoid paying royalties over copyrighted terms that weren't free domain, and to further craft a more distinct identity for itself. In particular, the High Noon Rumble was retroactively renamed "Showdown at Sundown", while the federation created its' own Elimination Chamber-like structure, baptising it "Heart of Darkness".

Big 6, deals with independent companies, and faction wars (???)[]

Following CrashDay XIV, Fiction Wrestling Entertainment was officially, and "surprisingly", according to the federation's brass, finally formally recognized amongst the six biggest fiction wrestling federations. Following Ultimate Wrestling Entertainment's folding in 2020, FWE was "promoted" to the fourth-biggest fiction wrestling federation, joining WWE: Animated and UCA in the "long-standing promotions" bloc against the newer XCW, FWF and CCW.

Terminology[]

FWE has been often noted to avoid forcing wrestling terminology, using common terms such as "fans", "wrestlers", "veterans", "belts" and "stipulation". Ironically, however, FWE has both used shared terminology with other companies, as well as made its' own. Examples of this are calling its' Royal Rumble matches "High Noon Rumble matches", before switching to "Showdown at Sundown matches" in 2017 to further distance itself from its' competitors.

More recently, FWE has refused to define itself as "sports entertainment", and insists of calling itself a "wrestling federation", a term that had been shelved in 2003 with the entry on the stock market and that is believed to bring more legitimacy. The "Entertainment" in its' name has thus been justified as "possible ventures that go beyond wrestling in the upcoming future". This was later proven true when FWE revealed to be working on a series of in-house documentaries detailing the behind-the-scenes to celebrate the federation's thirty-fifth anniversary.

Distribution deals[]

FWE has always preferred airing its' product on free-to-air television, believing it to bring a lower financial gain on the short term but a larger fanbase and overall gain over time. It first started doing so in 1984 on Rai's channels. Beginning on Rai 3 on varying time slots per region, a quick expansion saw regular FWE shows moved to Rai 2, whilst major shows would air on first channel Rai 1. The deal was not renovated in 1992, and starting in 1993, FWE moved to Mediaset-owned channels Italia Uno, where both regular and main shows would air live, and Canale 5, where re-runs and highlight reels would air live. The deal, a source of tension between the two parties, came to a premature end in 1994 upon the announcement of FWE's move to the United States, as the federation bought out the contract binding them to the Milan-based media company.

Upon officially receiving its' license to operate from the state of Florida and being recognized by the United States as operating out of its' territory, FWE struck a deal to air on local television stations, some affiliated to larger networks and some independent, with the most famous being KBBL-TV, based in Springfield. The following year, in 1995, FWE would move on and begun airing on San Andreas-based nation-wide network FCX, where the federation's original flagship show, Monday Night Cyclone. made its' debut. Friday Night LevelUp!, instead, begun airing on MyTV Sports in 2000, and moved to FCX in 2002 after the brand split whilst Cyclone moved to CNT.

In January 2009, upon the switch to high definition broadcasting, FWE and the Public Broadcast Corporation came to an agreement that would see Monday Night Cyclone, air on its' channels. The agreement was at a condition; unless Cyclone pulled in a sufficient audience to help refinance the struggling public broadcaster, FWE would have to deposit 15% of the revenue each edition of Cyclone generated. The deal, in the end, proved to be incredibly beneficiary to both parties, as it almost single-handedly brought back enough of an audience to PBC-owned stations to save the broadcaster from bankruptcy. Over the years, this resulted in PBC gradually upgrading every single one of its' stations to an high-definition format.

As a result of this success, the deal was enthusiastically renovated on longer terms, and then carried through when, in 2017, Monday Night Cyclone was replaced by Wednesday Night Blitzkrieg. In the same  year, FWE inked a deal with VBS to air Friday Night LevelUp! on its' epynonimous network. The deal was regenotiated in 2017 upon LevelUp!'s replacement by RiseUp!.

Over the years, FWE has been particularly focused on expanding its' reach across the globe, signing numerous agreements and contracts to air its' shows in multiple countries; the federation currently airs in its' native Italy (Rai Sport, Rai Italy), France (France 2), Germany (kabel eins), Spain (La 1), Portugal (SIC), the Netherlands (RTL 7), Poland (TVP Sport HD), Russia (REN TV), Brazil (Rede Brasil), Romania (TVTV), United Kingdom (Paramount Network), and numerous more.

FWE stock, corporate governance, and stock exchange withdrawal[]

In January of 2017, Silvio Valant ended up hospitalized following a heart attack. As news broke out, the share holders attempted an hostile take over of the federation, pushing and slandering the Valant family in order to make them sell their majority stake. The two events, combined with the revelation of FWE's financial status, caused the stock's value to plummet, futher pushing the federation into debt and causing the title to be frozen in stocks.

Gear Valant, after Silvio underwent surgery and was officially out of danger and healthy again, immediately took the matter into his hands. By January's end, the Valant family had bought one-hundred percent of the federation's shares back, recovering its' full ownership. Several lawsuits for slander, breach of contract, and even attempted manslaughter were pursued towards the beginning of February 2017, with most deciding to settle out of court. The more important cases, between Fiction Wrestling Entertainment and its' former biggest shareholders, are still pending judgement.

Contracts[]

FWE used to sign its' talent to exclusive contracts up until 2013, upon which it switched on a case-by-case base. Nevertheless, very few talents currently under FWE's employ happen to work on a constant base with other promotions: notable examples would be Tommy Vercetti, Carl Johnson, and Pierce Washington. Essential details about the contract are kept private, whilst non-essential and accessory details are more open to be revealed.

The state of FWE talent was rather vague until 1989, when Luciano Calboni, using a loophole, left the federation for the European Wrestling All-Stars. Afterwards, per Olimpio Valant's decision, not just every FWE talent, but every person employed by the federation is considered an employees, not independent contractors, as is common practice within the wrestling world.

Expansions beyond wrestling[]

In addition to its' standard operations, FWE has gradually branched out into other areas to market its' product.

  • FWE Archives: Open-to-the-public museum and archives where classic wrestling gear, belts, props, photos, footage and such are held and displayed. It is currently hosted by a building right next to FWE's Coconut Grove's headquarters, and is linked to the latter's Hall of Fame wing.
  • FTR Workshop: Inaugurated in July 2017, it serves as the training center for future and current employees of all types. Located in Paradise, Nevada.
  • The Tripolitan: sports bar-restaurant where clients could watch pay-per-view shows and events for free, with particular emphasis on fiction wrestling. Originally opened and co-owned by Silvio Valant in Little Havana in 1995, Valant became the sole owner and personally ran it from 1997 to 2000, until he resumed touring semi-actively with FWE. It closed in January 2017 upon the sale of the building and terrain to a construction firm, then reopened in August 2017 in Downtown Miami.
  • FWEShop.com: a website established to sell official FWE merchandise and memorabilia, as well as pre-order tickets to events.
  • R-ING: a planned English-language radio station, in collaboration with several other wrestling promotions, that features shows that would speak about the wrestling world by large, from the indies to the bigger companies, from the shows to the events happening backstage, as well as play music related to the wrestling world.

Partnerships[]

Fiction Wrestling Entertainment's attitude towards partnering with other promotions and federations has been defined as "schizophrenic", and caused frequent internal squibbles through-out the years. Its' first-ever form of partnership came with Golden Canvas Grappling during the mid-80s, with the Japanese and European federations loaning talent to the other. Beyond this, however, FWE has always closed itself off to outsiders, an isolationism brought on by the hostility of the original incarnation of the EWA. This would continue into the following decade, only for the two federations to finally collaborate (leading to Live From Berlin: One Night Only) when both found themselves reeling from the crisis of the wrestling world in the early 1990s brought on by the product's decadence and the WWF's Steroid Trial.

This behaviour would continue into FWE's American spell, with a downright aggressive, yet self-defensive approach towards smaller local promotions on the East Coast, uncerimoniously absorbing the smaller ones who were neutral or willing to co-operate whilst pushing the ones who were against the European federation out of business and seizing their resources. The sole collaboration between FWE and another promotion came in 1996, when Danger And Violence Extreme decided to ask Silvio Valant help. In exchange of giving some greener and lesser used FWE talent some room to develop and improve, DAVE received various types of assistance during the Atlantic Coast Wars, ultimately coming out victorious. However, DAVE's unsafe, reckless wrestling style, as well as their unsustainable business managament and one-sided attempts at furthering the partnership quickly caused FWE to turn sour on the endeavor. With the beginning of the Monday Night Wars, FWE declared all collaborations with DAVE over, and by 1998, DAVE swiftly went out of business.

The lack of partners and protectionism of FWE would continue into the new millenium. with very rare moments of talent sharing in-between. This attitude would slowly start changing under Gear Valant's leadership, but change wouldn't come fast enough to FWE, as the federation found itself completely cut out of the first fiction wrestling cross-over events (most notably Four Crests of Destiny, which would come to define the "original" Big 4 in a way that Silvio Valant felt "personally insulted" by). After missing out on the first three editions of the Fiction Wrestling Awards by choice, FWE would finally cave in and participate in the fourth-annual FWAs. This would be the turning point, as the federation would begin seeking out partnerships and collaborations more actively, as well as sharing talent on a reciprocal, individual basis. This newfound propension would prove beneficial, as it allowed participation to several high-profile cross-over shows, as well as Jack Cayman's return in 2017 (first splitting his dates between FWE and XWF, then returning to being an FWE exclusive upon XWF's third ownership change).

FWE currently has close ties to WWE: Animated and the UCA (with whom it forms the "long-standing promotions" bloc within the Big 6), as well as XCW (sharing the likes of "Herr" Frederick von Twirlenkiller, Tommy Vercetti and Carl Johnson). There are reported tensions between FWE's and FWF's respective ownerships, whilst there is a "cyclical" back-and-forth from the Italian-based federation between refusing to recognize CCW as a legitimate promotion and repeatedly urging from condemnation on them from the rest of the fiction wrestling world. It used to have a fledgling partnership with SWR (then known as SWF) in the first few months of 2017, only for it to end prematurely due to disagreements between the promotions.

Trans Wrestling Alliance[]

Championships and accomplishments[]

Current Championships[]

Blitzkrieg[]

Title Current holder/s Previous holder/s First holder/s
FWE Championship "The Angry Video Game Nerd" James Rolfe Vacant Mr. Dream
FWE World Tag Team Championship

Smosh

(Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla)

Vacant Bud Spencer and Terence Hill
FWE European Championship El Presidente Vacant Silvio Valant

RiseUp![]

Title Current holder/s Previous holder/s First holder/s
FWE World Heavyweight Championship Flash Man Capricorn Bruce Cochrane
FWE Tag Team Championship

The Trinity

(Emao III, Vlad and Lish)*

The Creatures

(James "Nova" Wilson, Aleks "Immortal" Marchan and Dexter Manning)*

Pretty and The Bomb

(Pretty Bomber and Golem Bomber)

FWE Intercontinental Championship Black Mage Twilight Sparkle Ristar

FTR[]

Title Current holder/s Previous holder/s First holder/s
FTR Championship Vacant Slick Billy Gilbert
FTR Tag Team Championship

Vacant

Guns n' Bombs

(Daxen and Remi)

The Wily Numbers

(Metal Man and Flash Man)

FTR Silver State Championship Vacant N/A N/A

 *The belts are currently defended under Freebird Rules

Deactivated championships[]

Title Date of introduction First holder/s Date of retirement Final holder/s Notes
FWE Interregional Championship July 19th, 1986 Lucifero Mastro Malevolo June 7th, 1993 Grant Danasty Unified into the FWE European Championship
FWE Television Championship February 22nd, 2017 Jimmy Hopkins May 28th, 2017 El Presidente Replaced by the FWE European Championship

Other accomplishments[]

Accomplishment Latest winner Previous winner
Showdown at Sundown Wildcard (2017) Brick (2016)
Golden Chance (Blitzkrieg) Doji (2016) Rainbow Dash (2015)
Golden Chance (RiseUp!) Julian Konzern (2016) Schuyler Tate (2015)

Pay-Per-View Agenda[]

Note: the following applies to the period between March of 2017 and February of 2018.

Legend
Marigold Blitzkrieg
African Purple RiseUp!
Forest Green Both brands
Month Name
January New Year's Revolution
February Countdown To Infinity
March Re:connect
April Springtime for Italy
May High Noon
June No Way Out
July CrashDay
August City Of Vices
September Golden Chance
October Full Moon Rising
November Clash Of Hearts
December World At War

Current Rosters[]

Blitzkrieg[]

RiseUp![]

  • Capricorn
  • Black Mage
  • Vlad
  • Emao III
  • Lish
  • Skull Man
  • Dead Sea
  • Saxton Hale
  • Big Bandit
  • Trixie
  • Demyx
  • James Wilson
  • Aleks Merchant
  • Dexter Manning
  • Homer Simpson
  • Carl Johnson
  • Bender
  • Twilight Sparkle
  • Italy
  • Flash Man
  • Bit
  • Jack Cayman
  • Alex Taylor
  • Nathan Cross
  • Wolf
  • Neville
  • Sal Mustella
  • Rarity
  • Cuba
  • Camper
  • A-Mach
  • "Herr" Frederick von Twirlenkiller
  • Zebulon
  • Lamar Davis
  • PFS Venom
  • Magic Man
  • Steve
  • Killbane
  • Mira
  • Lil' Hunter

Tag Teams and Stable[]

  • Smosh (Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla)
  • The I.D.P.D (Shielder and Inspector)
  • The Counter-Strike (Freekill and Psycho)
  • Gas Monkey Garage (Richard Rawlings and Aaron Kaufman)
  • Guns n' Bombs (Daxen and Remi)
  • The Lodge Survivors (Chris and Matt)
  • The Trinity (Vlad, Emao III and Lish)
  • Team Detrix (Demyx and Trixie)
  • The Crew (Neville and Sal Mustella)
  • Los UnCensurados (Cuba and PFS Venom)
  • The Gold Aces (Black Mage, Big Bandit, Diablo and EOW: BLADE-7)

Other On-Screen Personnel[]

  • Gear Valant (CEO and General Manager of Wednesday Night Blitzkrieg)
  • Jim Ross (Play-by-Play Commentator of Wednesday Night Blitzkrieg)
  • Michael Jones (Color Commentator of Wednesday Night Blitzkrieg)
  • Portugal (Backstage Interviewer of Wedensday Night Blitzkrieg)
  • Magnolia (Ring Announcer of Wednesday Night Blitzkrieg)
  • James May (General Manager of Friday Night RiseUp!)
  • "Admiral" Bahroo (Play-by-Play Commentator of Wednesday Night Blitzkrieg)
  • Mr. Monogon (Color Commentator of Wednesday Night Blitzkrieg)
  • Lotus (Backstage Interviewer of Friday Night RiseUp!)
  • Xander Mobus (Ring Announcer of Friday Night RiseUp!)

Trivia[]

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