CFWA Timeline

December 14, 1998: Sweet Daddy O' Joe Perry defeats John Doe at Finals Free
For All in a 45 minute marathon match in the very first CFWA show.

December 15, 1998: Torturous Tony Sly makes his CFWA debut as a special
guest referee and assists Brian HavoK and John Doe in defeating Pugsly
Smirnoff in a tag team match.

March 27, 1999: John Doe defeats Brian HavoK to retain the CFWA Heavyweight
Title at Spring Slam in a match which saw Doe put HavoK through a table with
a back suplex.

May 3, 1999: May-Hem sees Torturous Tony Sly lose his in-ring debut against
Pugsly Smirnoff in the first ever "Wallet Chain" Match.... The "Drubber"
Johnny Clueless defeats John Doe to become the new CFWA Heavyweight Champion
after Clueless' new ally, Brian HavoK, powerbombed Doe through a table.

May 4, 1999: Sweet Daddy O' Joe Perry defeats The "Drubber" Johnny Clueless
to become the new CFWA Heavyweight Champion at the second night of
May-Hem.... John Doe defeated Pugsly Smirnoff in the most hardcore CFWA
matches to date.

October, 1999: The CFWA becomes an official student organization recognized
by the Northern Iowa Student Government.

November 19, 1999: Torturous Tony Sly single handedly defeats Top Notch (The
"Diabolical" Chuck Taylor and "Buck and Change" Ryan Perry) to win the newly
created CFWA Tag Team Titles.... Pugsly Smirnoff pins Sweet Daddy O' Joe
Perry to become the new CFWA Heavyweight Champion in a Four Corners Match
that also included former CFWA Champions Brian HavoK and John Doe.

November 20, 1999: "Beautiful" Brent Filmore and Ian McMurphy make their
respective CFWA debuts by wrestling each other to a time-limit draw.

December 11, 1999: The inaugural Hardcore Holi-Daze sees Pugsly Smirnoff
defend his CFWA Heavyweight Title against John Doe.... The newly formed Flex
Appeal ("Beautiful" Brent Filmore and Ian McMurphy) defeat Torturous Tony
Sly to become the new CFWA Tag Team Champions.

February 4, 2000: Y2Kaos sees Sweet Daddy O' Joe Perry defeat Pugsly
Smirnoff to become the CFWA's first two-time CFWA Heavyweight Champion.

February 5, 2000: John Doe's valet The Vixen defeats him in the CFWA's first
ever inter-gender match.

February 25, 2000: Insubordination (Torturous Tony Sly, The "Diabolical"
Chuck Taylor, and K-9) establish themselves as the dominant stable in the
CFWA as Citizen Pain defeats Flex Appeal to win the CFWA Tag Team Titles and
Torturous Tony Sly defeats Sweet Daddy O' Joe Perry to become the new CFWA
Heavyweight Champion at Extreme Retribution.

March 31, 2000: Ian McMurphy defeats his former tag team partner,
"Beautiful" Brent Filmore, in probably the best singles match of the year.

April 1, 2000: Tac Bradley defeats Squawking Fury, The Reverand Jake
Jiggler, and Willomite in a King of the Hill Match to become the CFWA's
inaugural Black Hawk County Champion.

April 28, 2000: Brian Ash (formerly Brian HavoK) and The "Avalanche" Mike
Frost defeat Lunatic Fringe (Yon Joseph Smasher of Ice Cubes and Simon E.
Xavier) to become the new CFWA Tag Team Champions, but after the match, the
new champions throw the belts in the garbage thus vacating the titles....
The "Firebird" Paul Phoenixx defeats Lil' Sexy Ace Saathof in a 2 out of 3
Falls Table Match to win the Clinton Wrestling Federation Heavyweight
Title.... Ian McMurphy defeats Torturous Tony Sly to become the new CFWA
Heavyweight Champion.

April 29, 2000: The "Diabolical" Chuck Taylor defeats his former tag team
partner K-9 in the first and only Loser Leaves Town Dog Collar Match....
Torturous Tony Sly defeats Yon Joseph Smasher of Ice Cubes (substituting for
Simon E. Xavier) in a Loser Leaves Town Match in which Simon E. Xavier had
to leave the CFWA for good.... The Blue Chippers (Brian Ash, "Beautiful"
Brent Filmore, and The "Firebird" Paul Phoenixx) defeat Sweet Daddy O' Joe
Perry, Ian McMurphy, and Lil' Sexy Ace Saathof in a 6 Man Tag Team Match
that may have been the match of the year.

October 7, 2000: New commissioner Chris Ryan is named in the CFWA�."Beautiful" Brent Filmore and The "Real Deal" Dean Collins defeat Torturous Tony Sly and The Apostle Isaiah Chambers and the team of Ian McMurphy and Yon Joseph Smasher of Ice Cubes in a Triple Threat Texas Tornado Tag Team Title Match to win the vacant CFWA Tag Team Titles.

October 27, 2000: The "Real Deal" Dean Collins scores an upset victory
against Torturous Tony Sly in the first ever # 1 Contender First Blood Match
after a masked man interferes (later revealed as Adam Kage).

October 28, 2000: Ian McMurphy defends the CFWA Heavyweight Title by
defeating The "Real Deal" Dean Collins, but after the match McMurphy punks
out special guest referee Torturous Tony Sly and renounces his allegiance to
the fans.

November 17, 2000: Yon Joseph Smasher of Ice Cubes pins The "Real Deal" Dean
Collins in a Four Corners Free For All to become the new CFWA Heavyweight
Champion in a match that also included CFWA Heavyweight Champion Ian
McMurphy and former champion Torturous Tony Sly.

November 18, 2000: Adam Kage makes his in-ring debut by defeating Nate
Escape and Torturous Tony Sly in a Handicap Match after Ian McMurphy
interferes and punks out Sly....A-Bomb makes his CFWA in-ring debut by
losing to Death Metal Ry....Torturous Tony Sly defeats Ian McMurphy in a 2
out of 3 Cedar "Falls Count Anywhere" Match.... The "Real Deal" Dean Collins
defeats CFWA Heavyweight Champion in a Ladder Match to become the new CFWA
Heavyweight Champion. After the match, The Real Deal, Adam Kage, and Ian
McMurphy reveal their alliance and dub their new stable as Flex Appeal 2001

December 8, 2000: Ian McMurphy and Adam Kage defeat Torturous Tony Sly and
Death Metal Ry (substituting for Nate Escape who was injured at the
beginning of the match) to become the new CFWA Tag Team Champions....
Commissioner "Attitude" Chris Ryan punks out Yon Joseph Smasher of Ice Cubes
after Yon seemingly defeated The "Real Deal" Dean Collins to recapture the
CFWA Heavyweight Title, but Ryan disqualifies The Real Deal, allowing him to
retain the title, and reveals his alliance with Flex Appeal 2001

December 9, 2000: Brick makes his in-ring debut by defeating former CFWA
Heayweight Champion in a Choke Slam Match...."Attitude" Chris Ryan defeats
Black Hawk County Champion The Apostle Isaiah Chambers with the assistance
of Flex Appeal 2001 to become the new Black Hawk County Champion.... The
"Diabolical" Chuck Taylor returns to the ring for the first time since
April and teams with Torturous Tony Sly in a loss to CFWA Tag Team
Champions, Adam Kage and Ian McMurpy.

January 19, 2001: New Year's Revolution see Torturous Tony Sly defeat
A-Bomb in a brutal match to determine the #1 Contender for the CFWA
Heavyweight Title.... The "Real Deal" Dean Collins defends his CFWA
Heavyweight Title against The Diabolical Chuck Taylor.

January 20, 2001: The second night of New Year's Revolution witnesses the
exit of three CFWA wrestlers when Captain Parrot defeats Willomite and
Squawking Fury in a Losers Leave Town Match....Flex Appeal 2001 (The "Real
Deal" Dean Collins, Brick, and Adam Kage) defeat Torturous Tony Sly and The
Diabolical Chuck Taylor in Final Jeopardy Match in which Sly or Taylor could
have become CFWA Heavyweight Champion had they pinned The Real Deal, but
because Sly got pinned, he was forced to leave the CFWA.

February 10, 2001: Extreme Retribution sees The Mysterious Agent M defeat
"Attitude" Chris Ryan to become the new Black Hawk County Champion....
"Attitude" Chris Ryan goes on to lose the CFWA Commissionership to Captain
Parrot in a match where the fired Torturous Tony Sly emerged from the crowd
to assist Parrot. Parrot immediately reinstates Tony Sly and gives him a
CFWA Heavyweight Title Match with The "Real Deal" Dean Collins later in the
night.... The Diabolical Chuck Taylor and K-9 reform Citizen Pain after
battling in a Waterloo Street Fight.... Torturous Tony Sly defeats The "Real
Deal" Dean Collins in a CFWA Heavyweight Title Ladder Match to become only
the second two-time CFWA Heavyweight Champion. After the match, the
original Insubordination (Sly, K-9, and Chuck Taylor) reform and vow to
destroy Flex Appeal 2001.

March 2, 2001: Spring Slam witnesses Citizen Pain (The Diabolical Chuck
Taylor) defeat Flex Appeal 2001 (Ian McMurphy and Brick) to become two-time
CFWA Tag Team Champions.

March 3, 2001: Adam Kage defeats Nate Escape in a Loser Leaves Town Table
Match.... Insubordination (Torturous Tony Sly, K-9, The Diabolical Chuck
Taylor, and Captain Parrot) defeat Flex Appeal 2001 ("Attitude" Chris Ryan,
The "Real Deal" Dean Collins, A-Bomb, and Ian McMurphy ) in a 8-Man Tag Team
Elimination Match in which Sly pins McMurphy to win the match.

April 6, 2001: Reckless Abandon sees "Attitude" Chris Ryan regain the CFWA
Commissionership by pinning Commissioner Captain Parrot in a Three Way Dance
which also saw Captain Parrot score the first pinfall over The Mysterious
Agent M to win the Black Hawk County Title.... The "Real Deal" Dean Collins
defeats Ian McMurphy to win the control of Flex Appeal 2001, but then The
Real Deal turns on Flex Appeal 2001.

April 7, 2001: The "Real Deal" Dean Collins defeats Adam Kage to become the
#1 Contender for the CFWA Heavyweight Title.... "Attitude" Chris Ryan helps
Ian McMurphy defeat "Beautiful" Brent Filmore in an Ultimate Grudge Match.

April 27, 2001: The final show of the year, Excessive Force saw Brick, Adam
Kage, K-9, and The Real Superstar Nick Best win their respective qualifying
matches and advance to the finals of the 1st Annual King of Hardcore
Invitational....Ian McMurphy pinned CFWA Heavyweight Champion Torturous Tony
Sly to become a two-time CFWA Heavyweight Champion in a Triple Threat Match
that also included The "Real Deal" Dean Collins.

April 28, 2001: "Attitude" Chris Ryan and Nick Best def. Captain Parrot and
The "Real Deal" to win the vacant CFWA Tag Team Titles....
K-9 put Nick Best through two table simultaneously en route to becoming the
Inaugural King of Hardcore Invitational Champion. After the match, K-9
retired from the CFWA...."Attitude" Chris Ryan def. The "Real Deal" Dean
Collins in an Ultimate Grudge Match....Torturous Tony Sly defeated CFWA
Heavyweight Champion Ian McMurphy in a Final Jeopardy Match to become the
federation's first three-time CFWA Heavyweight Champion. As a result of a
pre-match stipulation, Ian McMurphy had to leave the CFWA forever.

Sept 4, 2001: A prowrestling ring is put together in the East Arena for use.

September 21, 2001: The CFWA debuts its new wrestling ring at Guilty as Sin
and begins its third season in the East Arena��Torturous Tony Sly turns his
back on The "Real Deal" Dean Collins and joins forces with The Superstar
Nick Best and "Attitude" Chris Ryan to form the Dynasty.

September 22, 2001: CFWA Alumni Brent Filmore, Brian Ash, and Gage Octane
return to the East Arena. Filmore picks up his first singles victory in the
CFWA by defeating Ash and Octane defeats CFWA Heavyweight Champion Torturous
Tony Sly and exacts some retribution for the CFWA in a non-title match.

October 6, 2001: Captain Parrot makes CFWA history by teaming with The
"Real Deal" Dean Collins to defeat The Superstar Nick Best and "Attitude"
Chris Ryan to become one half of the CFWA Tag Team Champions before shocking
the CFWA by upsetting Torturous Tony Sly to become the new CFWA Heavyweight
Champion all in one night at Desperate Measures.

October 26, 2001: Halloween Hell sees CFWA Heavyweight Champion Captain
Parrot defend his title against arch rival and Black Hawk County Champion
"Attitude" Chris Ryan.

October 27, 2001: The "Real Deal" Dean Collins defeats rival Torturous Tony
Sly in one of the best matches of the year and shaves off Sly's sideburns
after the match�.CFWA Black Hawk County Champion "Attitude" Chris Ryan
defends his title and with help from Torturous Tony Sly finally ends the
undefeated streak of Brick.

November 16, 2001: The third annual No Remorse witnesses "Attitude" Chris
Ryan shock the CFWA and win his first CFWA Heavyweight Title by defeating
CFWA Heavyweight Champion Captain Parrot, The "Real Deal" Dean Collins, and
The Superstar Nick Best in Fatal Four Way Ladder Match for the CFWA
Heavyweight Title.

November, 17, 2001: Ian McMurphy makes an unexpected return to the East
Arena only to be defeated in the main event by The "Real Deal" Dean Collins.

December 15, 2001: The second night of Hardcore Holi-Daze brings us the
first ever Loser's Valet Leaves Town Mixed Tag Match, which sees Bambi
wrestle her first and last match in the CFWA as her and Matt McClaren are
defeated by "Shooter" Chet Hartwood and "Samone" (who is actually Axle "The
Grizzly" Bayre in drag).... Torturous Tony Sly defeats The Superstar Nick
Best in probably the most controversial match that the CFWA has ever seen.
After the match, a disgusted Nick Best cuts a "shoot" promo on Danny Wagener
(a.k.a. Torturous Tony Sly) before quitting the CFWA and walking out.... The
"Real Deal" Dean Collins finally defeats his arch rival CFWA Heavyweight
Champion "Attitude" Chris Ryan in a definite match of the year candidate and
becomes a two-time CFWA Heavyweight Champion.

February 1, 2002: CFWA Heavyweight Champion �The Real Deal� Dean Collins shocks everyone by turning on his tag team partner Captain Parrot and joins the Dynasty, thus causing them to lose their CFWA Tag Team Titles to Dynasty members �Attitude� Chris Ryan and Torturous Tony Sly, thus truly making it a New Year�s Revolution to remember.

February 2, 2002: The Superstar Nick Best makes a surprising return to the CFWA and defeats CFWA Heavyweight Champion �The Real Deal� Dean Collins by DQ, but as a result fails to win the title.

February 22, 2002: Extreme Retribution lives up to its name as Riff Harrison defeats arch-rival The Natural Steve Kincaid to win his second Black Hawk County Title��The Real Deal� Dean Collins defeats The DON Mike Michaels to retain his CFWA Heavyweight Title in one of the best Streetfights that the CFWA has ever seen.

March 8, 2002: Rampage sees Brick defeats �Attitude� Chris Ryan to become the new CFWA Commissioner�.. Sunny Truelove pulls the upset of the year when he defeats The Natural Steve Kincaid��Matt McClaren and The DON Mike Michaels win their first CFWA titles when they defeat CFWA Tag Team Champions Torturous Tony Sly and �Attitude� Chris Ryan�..Captain Parrots becomes only the fifth multiple CFWA Heavyweight Champion when he defeats �The Real Deal� Dean Collins to win his second CFWA Heavyweight Title.

March 9, 2002: Axle Bayre wins tastes CFWA gold for the first time when he defeats Riff Harrison to become the new CFWA Black Hawk Champion.

April 13, 2002: Torturous Tony Sly defeats CFWA Heavyweight Champion Captain Parrot in a California Death Match to win an unprecedented fourth CFWA Heavyweight Title.

May 3, 2002: The Natural Steve Kincaid defeats Matt McClaren in a great match that unofficially determined the CFWA Rookie of the Year�.. �Attitude� Chris Ryan defeats his arch-rival �The Real Deal� Dean Collins to become the #1 Contender for the CFWA Heavyweight Title which he forfeits after the match to spite a livid Torturous Tony Sly, thus making �The Real Deal� the new #1 Contender.

May 4, 2002:Thanos defeats Riff Harrison to become the 2002 King of Hardcore in a very brutal match�.. CFWA Commissioner Brick and MDW owner The Superstar Nick Best announce that the CFWA and MDW will be merging in the fall of 2002�..The DON Mike Michaels defeats The Natural Steve Kincaid in a TLC Match that ranked as one of the best matches of the year�.. �The Real Deal� Dean Collins defeats CFWA Heavyweight Champion Torturous Tony Sly in Sly�s last CFWA match to become a three-time CFWA Heavyweight Champion.

The CFWA was the brainchild of Gabe Thompson (a.k.a. John Doe and Gabriel
Octane), along with fellow University of Northern Iowa students and
residents of Bartlett Hall's Arapaho House Kyle Sellner (a.k.a. Sweet Daddy
O' Joe Perry) and Brian Dunn (a.k.a. Brian HavoK and Brian Ash). Initially,
the CFWA was not much more than glorified horseplay among friends. Soon
John Pauly (a.k.a. The Drubber Johnny Clueless), and Jermie Diekman (a.k.a.
Pugsly Smirnoff) joined the fray and by December, 1998, the members of the
CFWA were ready to hold their first event, Finals Free For All as a House Program
in the basement of Bartlett Hall. The "ring" for this show, and the subsequent shows
in March, 1999 and May-Hem in May, 1999, consisted of spare bed mattresses. Initial
crowds ranged from 30-40 people. The CFWA became an official UNI student
organization in October, 1999 and moved back into its current (and in some
ways former) home in Room 214 of the East Gym, which the members of the CFWA
have affectionately dubbed the "East Arena."