JOHNNY B SAYS

To increase the competition for the American title, the Evil Clown League in the Diamond Federation is now our newest American league. The ECL champion will be in the running for the belt starting at the end of this cycle.

Donald Henry of Illinois is retiring two of his accomplished ASL wrestlers. UKA: Masked Invader (1,308-297-48, $2,296,800 *9) debuted in the Punk Rock League in May of 1997. He fought many battles and shed much blood. Despite retiring, he will still dish out punishment on the mean streets of Chicago. UKA: Masked Warlord (1,251-134-19, $2,237,300 *13) is a former Rough House Champion who made his PRL debut in July of 1997. He was a living nightmare in the ring, and ended many careers with his Warhead Impact finisher. The epic battle of his two-year, three-way feud in the old XXL is still considered legendary. Congratulations go out to Donald for managing two very successful wrestlers all the way to the IWA Hall of Fame! He will receive an engraved plaque for each of them.

Chris Spellman of Illinois had two WWL tag-teams with perfect scores this cycle (Randy Orton and Shelton Benjamin, plus Marty Jannetty and Shawn Michaels). He added Matt Hardy to the first team and the Hurricane to the second and increased both team totals from 516 to 521. The in-league matches for those wrestlers were not played. Since only active wrestlers are eligible to compete for IWA-wide titles, he was left out this cycle. Thanks for bringing it to our attention, Chris. Please accept our sincerest apologies.

WORLD CHAMPION

After conquering the Diamond Federation a second straight cycle, BOC: Louisiana Wildfire (WKL) decided he was ready for the big time, and manager Henry Boegle of New York agreed. They used a 500-pointer to turn back the other federation winners and claim the $300,000 purse, plus the real-life prize of a wrestling belt and 50 free matches or 100 free matches for Henry!

U.S. CHAMPION

Gaining this large, engraved plaque or 25 free matches was Garett J. Guzman of Missouri, whose EDGE: Hydrocephaloid (LVL) beat BOC: Sugar Wolf Leroy Johnson (WKL) by point flow! Both wrestlers had 500 points.

KING OF THE RING

Ben Rogers of Nevada won his choice of a large, engraved plaque or 25 free matches after leading Freedom Fighter (TML) to victory over all other battle royal winners! IE/NMG: Texas Ranger Dan Bowdrie (KCL) had the same eight-hold King of the Ring total, but Freedom Fighter won by point flow since his 15 holds added up to 500.

AMERICAN CHAMPION

The IWA American title remained in the custody of Eric Dudick from New York. This cycle he won it with DC: Repercussion (ESL), so he gets another engraved plaque or 15 free matches!

HARDCORE CHAMPION

Eric Dudick of New York added another engraved plaque or 15 free matches to his collection by leading DC: Billy Club Sandwich (JWL) to the top of our Hardcore leagues. Well done!

URBAN LEGEND CHAMPION

With a 500-pointer, EDGE: Bloody Barrister (LVL) claimed this title's engraved plaque or 15 free matches for manager Garett J. Guzman of Missouri.

FEDERATION PLAY-OFFS

SHK: Honest Abe (MIL) won the Iron Federation title for Dave Nichols of Wisconsin, who can now enjoy 25 free matches! In the Steel Federation, WWW: The Mad Hornet (RHL) defeated GOTH: Body Snatcher Kano Yuichiro (HAL) by point flow, adding another title to manager Kevin Scott of California's resume. The Gold Federation champion was GOTH/DEATHKNIGHT: Zodiac Killer (LNL), managed by Mike Dorsett of New York. He had to edge out DC: Cornelius Curlymaplewood (SFL), EDGE: Pusherman (HML), EDGE/DR: Anthony S. Spivey (TDL), and MOR: Master of the Demon Axe (BRL). Before he became the IWA World Champion, Louisiana Wildfire wanted to impress everyone by repeating as the Diamond Federation champion. He accomplished this by edging WWW: Mike White Lightning Moore (ECL), EDGE: Bloody Barrister (LVL), and UKA: Jammin' James (LBL)! All four men had 500 points. Taking the Bronze prize was WWW: "Phage Ranger" Angus Lok (TML). He's managed by Kevin Araujo of Massachusetts. The Jade Federation saw CTI: Paindealer Demon (KCL) claim the free matches for "Ice Cold Enforcer" Alan Handley of North Carolina.

NATIONAL CHAMPION, IWA-WIDE REGIONALS

Sporting a 500 total and fresh off his victory in the Central region, UKA: Blaspheme (LBL) ended up with the National prize of a large, engraved plaque or 25 free matches for manager James Nichols of Florida. Nice job! The other regions were claimed by...

LADIES' TITLES

For the third time in the last four cycles, the CTI stable held the Ladies' World title! This time around it was Evil Erin (FFL) leading the charge. She's managed by Andre Sabucco of Texas, who will receive an engraved plaque or 15 free matches. Andre also won the Ladies' U.S. title, using CTI: Moody Maddie (FFL). Taking the Queen of the Ring glory was GOTH: Queen of GOTH (VVL), managed by our favorite player from Sweden, Mattias Karlsson! The Ladies' National Champion was NME: John Kerry "In a Dress" (FFL), managed by C.J. Frank of Texas. He--uh, she had to use point flow to beat CB: "Perfect Ten" Jen Carfagno (FFL). The Ladies' U.S. tag belts went to SC: Perfect Piper Perabo and Sadistic Sarah Lancaster (GDL), who are managed by Stephen Hite of Pennsylvania. Winning the Ladies' Tag-team straps were NME: Prison Decorator Martha Stewart and Scandalous Heidi Fleiss (WUL). Steven J. Deane of Nebraska led them to point flow victory over NVUS: Evil Edna Krabappel and Monstrous Maggie Simpson (FFL), but Steven Henkel of Maryland added Loathesome Lisa Simpson to his team and they were able to win the World Six-woman titles with a perfect 521. So everything was pretty much Even Steven, but then Mr. Henkel decided to go after the U.S. Six-woman championships. He won them with NVUS: Dangerous Daphne Blake, Vicious Velma Dinkley, and Malicious Marge Simpson (FFL).

WORLD TAG-TEAM CHAMPIONS

WC: Zeron "Spaceman" Johnson-WK and Chester "Coyote" Wright (HML), who manages himself and the Spaceman from his gym in Michigan, went home with these $50,000 titles and an engraved plaque or 15 free matches for Chester. Great teamwork, guys!

TOP 10 TAG-TEAMS

U.S. TAG-TEAM CHAMPIONS

Scott Bernes of Ohio managed his team of CTI: Prophet of Gifted Anger and Trapt (JWL) to these $20,000 purses, edging SS: Bone Crusher Smith and the Crazy Indian (ASL) by point flow along the way.

WORLD SIX-MAN CHAMPIONS

Chris Spellman of Illinois earned an engraved plaque or 15 free matches by coaching DC: Dizdane, Anguish, and Agony (BWL) to the top of the six-man action last time. The top five teams listed had 521 points.

TOP 10 SIX-MAN TEAMS

U.S. SIX-MAN CHAMPIONS

DC: Harley the Hammer Flanagan, Jumpin' Johnny Thunder, and Loverboy Lance Passion (LVL) were awarded $20,000 apiece after Anthony Dudick of New York armed them with a team strategy that was able to turn back CTI: Prophet of Gifted Anger, Prophet of Tormented Souls, and Trapt (JWL), plus CTI: Kouga, Demon Inuyasha, and Human Inuyasha (ABL). All three teams had a perfect 521 total.

TOP 10 MONEY HOLDERS

TOP 10 LEAGUES

Going by the number of matches, the most active leagues for the February cycle were: MRL (continuing to reach insane levels of activity, this time with 1,246 matches), YCL (leaping into second place with an astounding 813 matches), ASL (our oldest league not slowing a bit, home to 728 matches), HRL, TDL, PKL, LLL, LNL, GRL, and AAL.

The Texas Death League received another two matches for $1 cycle. It had an average strategy total of 489.571 points for all active wrestlers. The AAL moved up to second with 488.708, while the PKL, YCL, and LLL rounded out the top spots with their respective 487.787, 487.49, and 487.429-point averages.

TOP 10 VICTORIES

LIST OF LEAGUES

IRON FEDERATION: Brick Wall, Danger Zone, Heart Throb, Iron Man, Lethal Weapon, Mount Olympus, Murder Incorporated, Northern Lights, Quick Pin, Tampa Bay, Women Unite, Yankee Clipper

STEEL FEDERATION: Bone Crusher, Devil Inside, Fierce Warrior, Hired Assassin, Mid-Atlantic Region, Praying Mantis, Really Bloody, Red Hot, Ring Lord, Sterling Silver, Unknown Wrestler, Vicious Valkyries

GOLD FEDERATION: All Star, Battle Royal, Blood Bath, Eastern Stars, Gold Digger, Gold Nugget, Hit Man, Living Nightmare, Ninja Dojo, Olympic Gold, San Francisco, Texas Death, Torture Chamber

DIAMOND FEDERATION: Axe Blade, Evil Clown, Femme Fatale, Joker's Wild, Las Vegas, Last Breath, Lights Out, Night Falcon, Noble Savage, Saber Tooth, Wild Kingdom

BRONZE FEDERATION: Coffin Filler, Dark Days, Famous Talent, Glory Bound, Grim Reaper, Main Event, Mat Mayhem, New York, Odin's Beard, Southern Comfort, Trouble Maker, Wild America, World Championship

JADE FEDERATION: Atomic Age, Hard Hitting, High Rollers, Jade Dragon, Just Incredible, Kansas City, Lovely Ladies, Psychotic Killer, Super Hero, Tiger Hunt, Total Package, Western Trails, World Wrestling