HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES -- engraved plaque

Taylor Gearsbeck of New York

Dangerous: The Murderer (FSL) 1,015-365-79, $3,326,400 *29

George Erlewein, Jr. of Indiana

King George (MML) 1,239-240-22, $2,315,600 *3

WORLD, U.S., KING OF THE RING

World Champion

Senor Lucha (TDL)
Matt Riley of Massachusetts; 501; $300,000 + 100 free matches or a real wrestling belt & 50 free matches

(The arena lights go out and a spotlight whirls through the arena as Wall of Voodoo's "Mexican Radio" plays. The beam finally stops in the upper deck, where cheering fans surround Senor Lucha as he shakes hands with IWA President Johnny B, who holds the IWA championship belt.)

Senor Lucha: "Hola, amigos! Before I accept the IWA championship, I need to thank Johnny B for founding the IWA in 1985 and giving us a place to compete for almost thirty years. Muchas gracias! A few years ago, Senor Lucha debuted een the BBL as an unknown rookie who dared to battle the sinister Arsenal, and went on to earn the 2012 IWAR Wrestler of the Year. I was on top of the world, when a devastating back injury at the hands of Power House forced me to retire and call the action alongside Jim Bossy. In 2014, the controversial Johnny Revolution revealed his IWAR, or IWA Revolution, and ordered me to return to the ring to test the NWL's rookies, despite that fact that one bad bump could put me een a wheelchair.

"Si, I could have sulked, but the cheers of the fans fueled Senor Lucha. My body was revitalized, thanks to IWA Hall-of-Famer Rick Challenger's Mexican Yoga, and mi soul, thanks to my thirst for competition. While some flee from tougher leagues, Senor Lucha seeks them out and chose to compete een the toughest collection of leagues een the IWA, the IWAR Alliance (ASL, BBL, BRL, CWL, IWL, MML, NWL, and TDL). Commissioner Will Wizdom's offer to join his revamped TDL meant renewing my feud with Arsenal, and een our first match een over a year, I knocked him out of the Johnny B Cup! If the fates and my Million Peso Knee Lift are willing, Johnny B, choo will hand me the Cup named een your honor this fall. How good ez the talent in the IWAR? Just this cycle, the IWAR Champion, Sasha, captured the Metropolitan title, Funky Fresco took the National title, and four others took IWA-wide regional belts. With an interactive message board, podcasts, YouTube videos, Twitter, Facebook, the IWA Revolution Magazine, and a group of commissioners who work together to give you more, if choo are serious about being the best een the IWA and want to get the most out of your IWA career, then there ez a clear choice, zee IWAR Alliance."

(Johnny B hands the belt to Senor Lucha and hugs the luchador as the fans rise to give an emotional standing ovation to the embrace.)

SL: "Muchas gracias, Juanny B. Before I go, I want to thank the man who always believed een me -- my manager. For 27 years, the IWA championship eluded him, but he knew I had it een me to win it. In the past year he has come under fire by some who dislike him for what he has done, but there are many more who believe een him. I thank them for their support. Some are so devoted they name their wrestlers after him, post about him daily on message boards, and now they have formed a stable named after him called FMR, A.K.A. Fans of Matt Riley. Whenever you see FMR across the IWA, you will know how much they support my manager. It is pretty special to know that one man can mean so much to so many. I know that I am a FMR and choo should be too, for I... am Senor Lucha!"

U.S. Champion

OMEGA: Cool Hand Luke (WEL)
Solomon Shaw of Maine; 501; $60,000 + a plaque or 25 free matches; edged "Pretty" Dan Prescott (IWL), AI: Terrible Terry Phoenix (TDL)

King of the Ring

Preacher's Poison (APL)
Robert Oglesby, Jr. of Texas; a plaque or 25 free matches; 273 KotR total; hold positions were 1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15; battle royal hold positions were 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12

SPECIALTY TITLES -- $25,000 + 10 free matches

American Champion

EDGE: Ken'ichi Hasegawa (XPL)
Rob Bream of Pennsylvania; 500; edged Maddog Dick Jackson (BRL)

Asiatic Champion

EDGE: Masked Grappler (CSL)
Rob Bream; manager retained title; 500; edged OMEGA: "Daring" Dax Janus (JDL), TREE HOUSE: Kevin Elrod's America (NDL)

Hardcore Champion

Senor Lucha (TDL)
Matt Riley of Massachusetts; 501

Metropolitan Champion

Sasha (IWL)
Samuel Cooke of Washington; 501; 25 free matches

FEDERATION PLAY-OFFS -- $40,000 + 25 free matches

Iron Federation Champion

EDGE: Masked Grappler (CSL)
Rob Bream of Pennsylvania; 500; edged EDGE: Ken'ichi Hasegawa (XPL), TSD: Mobster Rocky Tartaglia (MIL)

Steel Federation Champion

EDGE: Taco Ortiz (IIL)
Garett Guzman of Nevada; 499; edged OMEGA: Ultra Mantaur (KKL), KDSN: Kim's Baby Nori West (NBL)

Gold Federation Champion

Senor Lucha (TDL)
Matt Riley of Massachusetts; 501; edged SHIELD: Damem Dream (NWL), Sasha (IWL)

Diamond Federation Champion

OMEGA: The Man Who Never Was (RCL)
Solomon Shaw of Maine; 500

Bronze Federation Champion

BLOOD: "NY's Hardest" Eric Dudick (HSL)
Anthony Dudick of New York; 501; edged EDGE: Amnesiac (EHL)

Jade Federation Champion

OMEGA: "Daring" Dax Janus (JDL)
Ben West of Georgia; 500

NATIONAL, IWA-WIDE REGIONALS -- $20,000

National Champion

Funky Fresco (BRL)
Bob Rodgers of Indiana; 501; a plaque or 25 free matches; Dixie region

Atlantic Champion

Backcountry (IWL)
Samuel Cooke of Washington; 501

Central Champion

VIRUS: The Smog (GRL)
Frank Jay Belcher III of Michigan; 501

Eastern Champion

"Rodeo Clown" Sonny Puckett (IWL)
Bob Rodgers; 501

Mountain Champion

Cyrus (NWL)
Sean Nolan of West Virginia; 501

Northern Champion

BLDMNY: Scotty Flash (IWL)
David Lewis of New York; 499; edged EDGE/JERKSS: The Cook (CSL), Agua Caliente (BRL)

Pacific Champion

VIRUS: Mumps (SHL)
Frank Jay Belcher III; 499; edged The Gambler Barry Magnum (AOL), FMR: "Midnight Diesel" Maurice Darnell (NDL)

Prairie Champion

EVOLUTION: "Pain's Pleasure" Passion Karolina (XPL)
Cevon Whitehead of North Carolina; 499

Southern Champion

CHAOS: "The Project" Sam McMillan (XPL)
Cevon Whitehead; 499; edged EDGE/JERKS: Evil Eli Manning (ASL), Stacked Deck (TDL), The Golden Glove Vinny Magnum (AOL)

Western Champion

OMEGA: Super Sapphire (AOL)
Ben West of Georgia; 500

LADIES' TITLES

Ladies' World Champion

KDSN: Lilith the Satanic Princess (MDL)
Matt Yunick of New York; 499; $40,000 + a plaque or 15 free matches; edged EDGE/JERKSS: Little Lady (LLL), EDGE: Melodious Mariah Carey (VVL), OMEGA: Monika Kharisma (FFL)

Ladies' U.S. Champion

WC: Knockout Kelly Bundy (MDL)
Michael D. Pepple of Massachusetts; 501; $20,000

Queen of the Ring

Vikki Shadowstar
271 QotR total

Ladies' National Champion

Knight of the Queensguard #1
499; edged Knight of the Queensguard #2, LPPF: Knockout Specialist Rebecca Streets (LLL)

Ladies' Tag-team Champions

MWC: Women of the Knight #1 & #2 (FFL)
Steven M. Shotliff of Minnesota; missed titles by point flow last time; 516

Ladies' U.S. Tag-team Champions

OMEGA: Vikki Shadowstar & "Classy" Candace Caminiti (FFL)
Ben West of Georgia; 516

World Six-woman Champions

FMR: Knights of the Queensguard #1, #2, #3 (MDL)
Anthony Fazio from Parts Unknown

U.S. Six-woman Champions

EDGE: The Hulkster Heather Hogan, Georgette the Animal Steele, Macho Woman Ryan Savage (MDL)
"The Immortal" Shareef Johnson of New Jersey; edged LPPF: The Beautiful Ones (Jamie Szantyr, Lauren Williams, Ashley Cabot; LLL)

TAG-TEAM TITLES

World Tag-team Champions

OMEGA: Ultraviolent Ray Raines & Superhuman Nick Strong (JDL)
Ben West of Georgia & Solomon Shaw of Maine; $50,000 + 15 free matches

Top Contenders

2. BLOOD: "The Tattooist" Tony Sleeves & "The Piercer" Peter Hurt (NFL)

3. Outlaw Wyatt & The Creation Chris Magnum (BRL)

4. OMEGA/MVP: El Hijo del Padre & Superbizmark the Third (NAL)

5. OMEGA: The Red Tornado & Super Sapphire (AOL)

6. CTI/MOH: Plague Dogs Filth & Skumm (ECL)

7. MWC: Smasher & Basher (GRL)
previous champions
OMEGA: Twisted & Mr. Money Bags (SAL)

9. BLOOD: Paul "The Butcher" & "Mad Dog" Maurice Duchaine (MRL)
ranked #9 last time; last of the teams with 516

10. FMR: Corporal Damon Baird & Private Augustus Cole (TCL)

U.S. Tag-team Champions

BLOOD: "Pig-Faced Killer" Robert Porkchop & "The Orphan Killer" Marcus Miller (HSL)
Anthony Dudick of New York; 516; $20,000; edged Bunkhouse Stan & Regulator Rex Magnum (BRL), MRL-10: Kenzaki Suzuki & Hero Hase (NDL), EDGE: Patriot Pat Buchanan & Loverboy Lou Dobbs (IGL), EDGE: Cousin Larry & Wise Guy Moe Dickstein (NSL), EDGE: Bikol & Cebuano (EHL)

SIX-MAN TITLES

World Six-man Champions

BLOOD: "The Brute" Brock Rampage, Fedor, VIRUS: The Big Nasty (HWL)
Michael Drake of New Jersey & Frank Jay Belcher III of Michigan (Nasty); Belcher held titles 13 cycles in a row; share of $50,000 + 15 free matches

BLOOD: Hardriders I, II, III (NFL)
BLOOD/MARAUDER: Hangman, Bull Rope, Cow Skull (XWL)
Anthony Dudick of New York; manager retained titles

OMEGA: Cardiac Arrest, The War Machine, Prehistoric Beast (RCL)
Solomon Shaw of Maine; ranked #7 last time

OMEGA: Shades of Daddy, The Human Buzzsaw, Self-Destructive Connor O'Reilly (JDL)
Ben West of Georgia (Daddy) & Solomon Shaw

EDGE: Neil Patrick Swayze, John Wayne Gretzky, George Michael Jackson (NSL)
Garett Guzman of Nevada

MWC: Minnesota Madman, Legendary Spoiler #25, "Sultan of Ice" Herb Brooks (NAL)
Steven M. Shotliff of Minnesota

Top Contenders

8. SA: Tigre Enmascarado, Mister Chad Champion, Johnny "2 Kold" Koolakowski (IGL)

9. LPPF: Arrogance Rising, Demonic Dudes Lucifer Ace, Samhain Douglas (GRL)

10. FMR: Dastardly Dean Corso, 9th Gate of the Kingdom of Shadows, Aristide Torchia (TCL)
FMR: KRS-Faz, Big Daddy Faz, The Notorious F.A.Z (SAL)

12. OMEGA: OMERTA, The Prime Mover, Vicer Exciser (KKL)
last of the teams with 521

U.S. Six-man Champions

EDGE: Monsieur Au Jus, Senor Huevos, El Mas Macho (IGL)
Garett Guzman; 521; $20,000

TOP 10 LEAGUES -- veteran leagues only

1. IWL (942 matches) 489.980

2. NBL (824 matches) 484.160

3. LWL (813 matches) 492.115

4. NAL (800 matches) 491.557

5. UWL (750 matches) 491.491

6. BRL (688 matches) 491.338

7. MML (454 matches) 491.100

8. AWL (445 matches) 476.391

9. GRL (404 matches) 493.127
won the two matches for $1 cycle for having the highest average strategy total (counting only active wrestlers)
NDL (404 matches) 491.342

TOP 20 STARS -- active wrestlers only

1. BLOOD: Wonderful Wally Brown (GRL) 111

2. BLOOD: Sinister Steve Stryker (PKL) 94

3. BLOOD: Sir Gunther Kinderwacht (BRL) 93

4. BLOOD: Diesel Duddick (NFL)
LPPF: Innovator of Arrogance Keith A. Maple (GRL) 88

6. BLOOD: Nightmare Sam Hell (BRL) 87

7. LPPF: Bloody Assault Jessica Lee Richards (LLL)
LPPF: Medieval Tymes (NAL) 86

9. EDGE/DT: Mike White Lightning Moore (QPL) 83

10. BLOOD: Lord of Illusions (BRL) 82

11. BLOOD: "The Big Mofo" Anthony Dudick (HSL)
Steve "The Sandman" Sands (KKL) 81

13. BLOOD: Buda von Blitzen (XPL) 76

14. BLOOD: Mark the Master Duchaine (GRL) 75

15. EDGE: Black Knight (IML)
EDGE: Mike White Lightning Moore (MML)
SA: Mister Chad Champion (IGL) 74

18. LPPF: Alpha Male (NBL)
Executioner (LBL) 73

20. Johnny "2 Kold" Koolakowski (IGL)
EDGE: Warchild (EHL) 72

LIST OF LEAGUES

Iron Federation

Center Stage, Elite Action, Extreme Existence, Hardcore Wrestling, Iron Man, Main Event, Next Generation, Quantum Pro, Wrestling Superstars, Xtreme Poison

Steel Federation

Absolute Pain, American Wrestling, Eastern States Wrestling, Fighting Legends, Intense Impact, King of Kings, Last Man Standing, Mid-Atlantic Wrestling Legacy, New Blood, Old School, Unknown Wrestler, Vicious Valkyries

Gold Federation

All Star, Battle Royal, Blood Bath, Caliente Lucha, Continental Wrestling, Fighting Superstars, Independent Wrestling, Mexican Mayhem, Mystic Diva, National Wrestling, Ninja Dojo, Texas Death

Diamond Federation

American Bodyslam, Evil Clown, Femme Fatale, Fractured Jaw, Lethal Brawling, Lights Out, Night Falcon, Noble Savage, Non-stop Action, Rajun Cajun, Xtreme Wrestling, Young Guns

Bronze Federation

American Empire, American Outlaw, Extreme Hardcore, Grim Reaper, Hot Streak, Iron Glove, Raging Bull, Soul Asylum, Total Chaos, World Championship

Jade Federation

Atomic Age, Jade Dragon, Lone Wolf, Lovely Ladies, Primal Rage, Psychotic Killer, Pure Adrenaline, Smoking Gun, Super Hero, World Wrestling, Wrestlers Elite