Global Division of Wrestling

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Global Division of Wrestling
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Abbreviation GDW
Weekly shows Friday Night Fever
Previous Shows
Time open January 2003 -
Owner(s) Matt Alan
Based in Raleigh, NC
Federation type Roleplay based
Pay-per-views 6 a Year
Website GDW

Contents

Behind The Scenes

Style

GDW runs 98% results based on Roleplay and about 2% on predetermined angles that are always agreed on by all parties involved. GDW tends to favor longer, novel style stories over short "Attack Threads". It is somewhat Soap Opera-ish. The characters usually have very full personal lives. Humor is also extremely important in this fed. Laughter as they say is the best medicine.

The role play deadline is 9:00 pm eastern time on the night before any event. Any role plays received after the deadline may have there scores reduced, unless previously arranged with the staff.

Roleplay Grading System

We grade based on 3 catagories (Relevancy-20, Entertainment-20, Flow-10).

Relevancy-- Given a rank from 1-20. relevancy is simple. Did you talk about your match or storyline or successfully advance your character in a meaningful way. That's all there is to it. You should all be doing this anyway, so this shouldn't be a problem. Right?

Entertainment-- Given a rank from 1-20. Content/Enjoyment is simple. Is it enjoyable and interesting? The more graders enjoy your role play, the higher the score.

Flow-- Does it flow well? Do you lose us when we read your roleplay? If yes, you might get docked some points by our graders. Spelling and grammar fall under this catagory.

You have a maximum of 3 roleplays you can post. Roleplay scores are AVERAGED in GDW, therefore if you think your first roleplay was the best thing written in the history of literature, then you might be better served not to post again, for your one will probably beat your opponents average score of his three roleplays. However, if you don't think the score of your one roleplay is enough to beat the average of your opponent's 2 or 3 roleplays, then you might want to consider posting again. An example is below.

On Camera

Staff

  • Mike Michaels (Owner, CEO): When Angelica Jones decided to wrestle again, she knew she would have to give up her spot as co-owner of GDW. In a shocking turn of events, she sold her stock to former GDW Co-Owner Mike Michaels. Many do not trust him but this devious man is trying to redeem himself.
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Mike Michaels
  • Andre "Old School" Owens (Executive Assistant): This is one slippery guy. He's only out for himself, don't trust him.
  • Kayla Jones (Assistant Vice President): She is the younger sister of Angelica Jones. Kayla Jones is a member of the GDW Hall of Fame and a tremendous athlete. Her wrestling career is over and she is now working her magic as the GDW Assistant Vice-President. Kayla is stubborn, strong willed, pigheaded, and very independent. She’s also very loyal and trustworthy. She is definitely the kind of person you want as a friend but you do not want to be her enemy.
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Kayla Jones
  • Mr. Money Michael Collins (Diretor of Talent Relations): Michael Collins is a former GDW International Champion and the husband of GDW Hall of Fame member and former world champion Meagan Collins. Michael is filthy rich. He is a walking piggy bank. Michael helped GDW out of a financial crisis and in return he got to be GDW’s new Director of Talent Relations. Michael’s world revolves around money and making money. He cannot be trusted.
  • Ms. Mellons (Assistant Director of Talent Relations): Michael's assistant with an overactive libido.
  • Karen Spade (Director of Finance): Karen has been involved with professional wrestling for almost two years. She started out as a color commentator for the Southeastern Wrestling Conference before it was bought out by the Global Division of Wrestling. Karen then went to GDW where she used to be a manager. She managed Steve Powers when he was a member of the Syndicate. She managed Joey Michaels and led him to a GDW International Championship. Now she is the Director of Finance for GDW. Karen looks out for number one but she is honest and open about it, which is a good thing at least.
  • Teeny (Director of Security): His real name is Bob Brooks. He's seven feet tall. He has a beer belly. He is inhumanly strong. And he is stupid as hell.
  • Dr. Jennifer Warren (Director of Psychology): Dr. Warren is here to ensure all GDW employees are mentally stable!
  • Jim Bishop (Ring Announcer): Jim Bishop has been with the GDW since it's humble beginnings. His on stage presence and his ability to hype the crowd before any match have drawn him rave reviews. His most praised review has compared him to the likes of one Micheal Buffer. Jim is a GDW icon, and and icon of his position.
  • Marty McMahon (Play by Play Analyst, Vice President): Marty has been doing his job for a very long time even before joining up with the GDW. He is a expert on many wrestling techniques and always seems to know what the name of the move being performed is called. Go ahead test him, he's only been wrong, well never. He is also the assistant director of finance.
  • Jack Griffith (Color Commentary): Jack Griffith has been known around the wrestling loops as a coniver and snake. But he is also known as a friend to all whom when you are able to trust him is a friend till the end. Jack has a rude comment about everything, and usually has no reservations on sharing them, but there are those times when his softer side shines through. It looks alot like Rhino skin.
  • Ricky Smith (Play by Play Analyst): Ricky is the third man on the Tuesday Terror announce team. He calls it straight, just as he sees it, unlike Jack Griffith.
  • Ben Kramer (Interviewer): "Old" Ben Kramer was brought to the GDW from another federation. He was the head interviewer there before he was offered more money by Dan Herrera. The wrestling world knows him as "Old Ben". His interviewing styles can be related to that of Jim Ross or Larry Zbyszko.
  • Jeremy Johnson (Interviewer, Fever Color Commentator): Jeremy Johnson is a longtime GDW employee who was a part of the IDW and the IWA before that. He has ALOT of interviewing skill but on top of that he has alot of wrestling skill. Jeremy is a former World Champion back before he blew out his knee. After blowing out his knee he wanted to stay in the wrestling business which is why he started to be an interviewer. He does not back down from any wrestle r trying to get in his face and would pick a fight in a heartbeat. This is what makes it so easy for him to ask the fearless questions. He is also best friends with GDW Hall of Famer "Howlin Mad" Murdock. He is also the Color Commentator for Friday Night Fever.
  • Janelle St. Claire (Interviewer, Fever Play by Play Analyst): Janelle is another GDW employee that has been here a long time and she has been known to be rather devious and deceptive. She did not start in the company from the beginning but she has been around a LONG time. She always used to be seen around Angelica "Firestar" Jones. Well we'll see where she latches on now. She is also the Friday Night Fever color commentator.
  • Dexter Russell (Interviewer): GDW's resident dweeb. Dexter knows how to get on EVERYONE'S nerves. He can get under your skin and bug you so much that you would rather knock him out than talk to him. He has been an interviewer since the beginning but it is a wonder that he hasn't been fired with all the times he has made wrestlers mad and gotten himself beat up. He is a good interviewer though, just a little bit a annoyance.
  • Mike Benson (Referee): Mike Benson is a businessman. He was brought in by Dan Herrera because he could trust Mike. Mike is relatively knew to refereeing but not new to business. He knows that it's bad business to not let a fight play out and he will do everything in his power to make sure his fights and his other referees fights turn out the same way.
  • Teddy Stenson (Referee): Teddy has always been known to be in the back pocket of Matt Alan. He was paid and did what he told. Kind of a bad rep to have, but he has earned it. He has cheated alot of wrestlers out of wins. You always gotta be careful when your match is being reffed by Teddy. But with Mike Benson's help Teddy looks to turn his rep around.
  • Shawn Pack (Senior Referee): The Oldest and most dependable GDW referee. Shawn shows up to work and works his ass off. He knows how to keep both face and heel wrestlers happy. He never picks a side and will always do what is needed to ensure that the fans get the best match possible. He is an A+ employee.

The Booking Committee

The Booking Committee determines what matches will be booked for each show. The booking committee consists of five individuals and currently those individuals are:

  • Marty McMahon
  • Karen Spade
  • Michael Collins
  • Kayla Jones
  • Shawn Pack


Those five individuals are the voting members of the booking committee. Mike Michaels, the owner of GDW, sits on the committee but only votes when a tie breaker is needed.

History of GDW

Pre-GDW: GCW and IDW

Before there was GDW there was GCW and IDW, or Global Championship Wrestling and International Division of Wrestling. Mike Michaels and Matt Alan co-owned GCW while Dan Herrera owned IDW. Both feds were in financial straights. Both feds needed each other to survive. Representatives of the two feds met and the deal was made and the historic merger took place, creating Global Division of Wrestling. Matt Alan stayed on for several months before quickly being ousted from ownership and eventually ownership was whittled down to Mike Michaels and Dan Herrera co-owning the fed. This was one of the few times a merger between two leagues took place, stuck, and actually turned out to be rather successful. GDW has thrived for five plus years since then.

GDW Version 1.0: January 2003 - September 2004

Immediately the two co-owners were at war. Dan Herrera was content with being a fair handed owner but Mike Michaels wanted to cheat his way to achieve maximum power.

Cuchulain and Lasiewicz were the dominant figures. The world heavyweight championship passed back and forth between the two of them. Until July of 2003 when Angelica Jones dethroned Cuchulain, put him on the shelf, and took the title. Then Angelica reigned atop GDW for the rest of 2003.

After losing the world title to Steve Powers Angelica would go back to dominating the women's division. Steve Powers lost the world title to Jake Storm who would lose it to Lasiewicz at Wrestlecade. Lasiewicz would remain on top again until Laivindil Rayne took the next step up, defeating Lasiewicz for the gold. Rayne would then seemingly kill Lasiewicz in a match but it turned out Lasiewicz faked his own death.

It was also during GDW version 1.0 that four major stables dominated the scene: The Revolution Entertainment Company, or REC, was the first major mainstay. It was led by Andreas Lasiewicz and included Silver, The GP, and later LJ Black. Its dominance would be challenged by The Outsiders, a group of ragtags led by Cuchulain and his drill sergeant of a trainer Master Chief Lawless. The Elite would have a short but dominant run at the top. The Elite was sponsored by Mike Michaels and Matt Alan both and at the helm was their figurehead champion Steve Powers. Jake Storm and others were also a part of that group. Finally there was the most dominant group of GDW history, Suffrage. It was the brainchild of Angelica Jones and Emma Frost at first as a way to push for "women's rights" and keep the world heavyweight title around Angelica's waist but later it went on to preach the superiority and dominance of women over men.

GDW Version 2.0: March 2005 - October 2006

Laivindil Rayne's dominance was challenged by the returning Angelica Jones. Rayne defeated Jones in a battle royal to win the vacated world title but Jones had already secured herself a shot at the world title at the next pay per view. Jones would go on to defeat Rayne in a one on one match for the title but Rayne then got his revenge to get the title back in a triple threat match.

The world tag team title picture became heated during GDW 2.0. The Rogue Saints were a dominant tag team but their reign was put to a stop at the hands of not two but just one person, Meagan Collins. Meagan defeated them in a handicap match to win the gold. She named Denika Simmons to be her tag team partner and together as Divine Intervention they went on to have the longest world tag team championship reign in GDW history at over 270 days.

Blayze Alexander joined GDW and feuded with Andreas Lasiewicz over the International Title. Blayze wouldn't stay there long. He quickly rose to the top and won the world heavyweight title and was in the main event of Wrestlecade. Blayze would get injured and Bryan Wylde would take the vacated gold but his reign would not last long before he ran into Laivindil Rayne. Rayne would retake the top spot only to get knocked off shortly thereafter by "Howlin Mad" Murdock in a brutal Tai Pei Death Match that is remembered to this day in GDW history. Murdock would be stripped due to lack of title defense and the belt was put up for grabs. One individual used this opportunity to her supreme advantage. Meagan Collins would then shock the world by winning the first ever GDW Night of Champions match and won the world heavyweight championship.

GDW Version 3.0: January 2007 - Present

Angelica Jones bought up all the stock of GDW in order to save it from bankruptcy. Angelica Jones ran GDW until the wrestling bug bit her again and she jumped back into the ring to wrestle for the world title after selling GDW back to Mike Michaels. Angelica dominated the main event scene for six months until she ran into Aurora De'Viant and the two had a massive rivalry.

Nate Washington burst onto the scene around this time. He had quite the undefeated streak and seemed unstoppable, beating even the great Angelica Jones. Nate would win the world heavyweight championship in a stunning upset over the legendary Sean McBride at Desperate Measures 2007. Nate's unbelievable streak would come to a crashing halt in an I Quit Match when he lost the world title to Meagan Collins under controversial circumstances: Sean McBride was guest referee and he called for the bell and Nate had never uttered the words "I Quit".

Angelica Jones' career was put on the line by a vengeful member of the booking committee. If Angelica could not win the Civil War match, she would have to quit GDW for good. Lucky for Jones, she managed to pull off the stunning victory. She would go on to Wrestlecade and defeat Jake Storm for the world heavyweight title in controversial fashion, using Matt Alan and athletes from IWL to help her cheat Jake Storm out of the title.

Amber St. Claire manipulated her way into the trust of several GDW wrestlers. This manipulation was a plot to murder Mike Michaels. Instead of getting Michaels Amber ended up killing Laivindil Rayne by accident. Amber St. Claire was caught and arrested but was able to convince the jury that she did because of her fragile mental state that she gained due to her many years of being picked on for her looks. Therefore she received life in prison with the possibility of parole.

Coral Marie reentered Mike Michaels' life and the two got back together as a couple. The bliss in GDW would not last long. Jason Redfield, Matt Alan, and Janelle St. Claire all agreed to vote together as a unit on the booking committee so that they and they alone could book the matches how they saw fit. This alliance was used in many ways, including to screw Glory Braddock out of the GDW International Title and to nearly force Angelica Jones into retirement. Mike Michaels took matters into his own hands by battling Matt Alan at Civil War 2008, beating him in the match.

Later on GDW seemed to be in some desperate financial straights and was considering a merger when Michael Collins, husband of former world champion Meagan Collins, bailed them out of their financial woes with a rather large, undisclosed sum of money. But Mike Michaels, after the two wars with Matt Alan and having to rescue GDW from financial woes, felt he needed a major break from the business. Therefore he has stepped aside, taking a vacation and leaving Kayla Jones in charge as the interim President of GDW. As interim President Kayla has already made waves by nearly beating Matt Alan to death in a street fight, bringing back five rebels calling themselves The Illuminati, and she has switched around the color commentary teams for the shows. Ricky Smith and Jeremy Johnson now color commentate for Tuesday Night Terror and Mary McMahon, Janelle St. Claire, and Jack Griffith color commentate for Friday Night Fever.

Television and Pay Per View

Television

  • Tuesday Night Terror: Airs on Tuesday nights
  • Friday Night Fever: Airs on Friday nights

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Pay Per View

Yearly Pay Per Views

Other Pay Per Views

Specialty Programs

  • GDW's Battle of the Sexes Special
  • GDW Night of Champions

Championships

Currently Inactive Championships

Retired Championships

Specialty Matches

The GDW Civil War Match is the first step on the road to Wrestlecade. This contest is composed of three battle royals occurring all at the same time in three separate rings. Once there is a winner from each battle royal the three face off in a triangle match with elimination rules. There are no breaks between the battle royal stage and the triangle match stage. So if you need to catch your breath you'll need to win your battle royal early. In the triangle match stage elimination occurs only by pin or submission. The winner earns a chance to wrestle for the world heavyweight title at Wrestlecade.

This is a special, brutal gauntlet match that is held inside of a steel cage. Four wrestlers start off the match and elimination occurs by pin or submission. Once someone is eliminated another person immediately comes down to take their place. Only four wrestlers can compete in the match at one time. Elimination continues as such until everyone has had a chance to enter. The last one left standing is the winner.

Take your standard hell in the cell match and multiply the brutality times three and you get this triple tiered Apocalypse cage structure. In the top cage there is usually some item, a briefcase or a title belt, that must be retrieved. Whoever climbs to the top and retrieves the item is the winner.

This is the same concept as the Apocalypse Match and the method of winning is the same only here you have two teams, one composed of all females and another composed of all males.

The Seven Stages of Hell Match is a best four out of seven falls match with one sadistic catch: each fall is contested under a different type of gimmick match. The two competitors competing in the match each pick three of the falls but the seventh and final fall, if necessary, is always an I Quit Match.

Every singles champion in the company plus one non-title holder competes in a match where there are no eliminations but multiple falls; one fall for each championship; all titles are on the line. This ensures that at least one person will leave empty handed.

Awards

Wrestler of the Year

  • 2003 - Cuchulain
  • 2004 - Angelica Jones
  • 2005 - Andreas Lasiewicz
  • 2006 - Meagan Collins
  • 2007 - Angelica Jones

Most Hated

  • 2003 - Christopher J
  • 2004 - Angelica Jones
  • 2005 - "Howlin Mad" Murdock
  • 2006 - Meagan Collins
  • 2007 - Jake "The Heartthrob" Storm & Aurora De'Viant

Most Loved

  • 2003 - Cuchulain
  • 2004 - Andreas Lasiewicz
  • 2005 - Laivindil Rayne
  • 2006 - Blayze Alexander
  • 2007 - Angelica Jones

Rivalry of the Year

  • 2005 - Andreas Lasiewicz vs. Laivindil Rayne
  • 2006 - Angelica Jones vs. Laivindil Rayne
  • 2007 - Angelica Jones vs. Aurora De'Viant

Tag Team of the Year

  • 2003 - The REC (Andreas Lasiewicz, The GP)
  • 2004 - Ice Storm (Jake Storm, Luis Malave)
  • 2006 - Divine Intervention (Meagan Collins, Denika Simmons)
  • 2007 - Fame & Fortune (Meagan Collins, Angelica Jones)

Newcomer of the Year

  • 2006 - Maddi "Skittles" Brooks
  • 2007 - Nate Washington

Best Finisher

  • 2003 - Cuchulain's GAE BOLG [high impact ddt]
  • 2004 - Angelica Jones' HOT SHOT [Pedigree]
  • 2005 - Andreas Lasiewicz's FOUR CARD TRICK [Figure Four]
  • 2006 - Blayze Alexander's ROYAL FLUSH [Canadian Destroyer]
  • 2007 - Meagan Collins' BITTER PILL [RKO]

Match of the Year

  • 2005 - Andreas Lasiewicz vs. Laivindil Rayne
  • 2006 - Angelica Jones vs. Laivindil Rayne
  • 2007 - Angelica Jones vs. Aurora De'Viant, Iron Man Match

Hall of Fame

Class of 2002

Class of 2003

Class of 2004

  • Boy Gorgeous
  • Steve Powers
  • Miss Fifi Mimosa
  • The GP
  • Aaron Hall

Class of 2007

Class of 2008

  • Meagan Collins
  • Coral Marie
  • Marty McMahon
  • Jack Griffith
  • Josh Johnson
  • Michael Collins
  • Emma Frost
  • Toya Winters
  • “The Inferno” Sean Williams

Affiliate Federations

The following list of e-wrestling leagues are e-feds that GDW has worked closely with in the past and that we still have friendly ties with. These are top notch, top quality e-feds and we value their partnership and their friendship. Together we have produced some amazing inter-promotional work.

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