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The SWF World Title- Story of 2004

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This year has been a turbulent one for the World Heavyweight Championship belt. Ten different champions, twelve title changes and a heel of a lot of grapplin'. It was a year where one man achieve his World Title dreams...three times over. A year where men shocked the world. A year where one man finally threatened to rival ELM's epic title reign. And a year, you'll want to preserve forever with this 'DVD'. 24 great matches on far too many discs, for you to relive the ups and downs of 2004 at the top.

 

 

SWF Lockdown, 1/7/04- Ejiro Fasaki © vs. Danny Williams

 

The first show of the SWF year, headlined by a battle anticipated for some time. The New Year's champion Ejiro Fasaki had finally broken from his tag team mould so to speak, to become the premier performer. But his opponent would be the formidable Danny Williams...on a night that would set the tone for the coming year.

 

SWF Smarkdown, 1/12/04- Danny Williams © vs. Ejiro Fasaki

 

From the anticipated battle to the anticipated rematch. Less than a week into Danny Williams' first title reign, he would put the World Title on the line against the former champion, who was looking desperately to set the record straight and recover from his disheartening title loss.

 

SWF Clusterfuck 2004, 2/1/04- Danny Williams © vs. Va'aiga

 

Two behemoths of the SWF, one on one. Danny Williams, master of the elbow. Va'aiga, master of the LARIATO~!, in all it's zany descriptions. Seemingly something HAD to give in this war, and boy did it! For those of a nervous disposition...well, you might as well get ready to turn into a quivering wreck.

 

SWF From The Fire 2004, 3/8/04- Va'aiga © vs. Charlie 'Grappler' Matthews

 

Former Unnamed allies torn apart, after Grappler's titanic victory in the Clusterfuck the previous month. After ridding Grappler of 'his' Unnamed, The Maori Badass set himself ready for this sure-fire battle. A match that could have been fought under mutual respect would now be fought out of pure hatred...in a special "Two Straight Falls" Match that was one not to be forgotten.

 

SWF Battleground 2004, 4/25/04- Charlie 'Grappler' Matthews © vs. 'The Notorious' John Duran

 

Two more of the SWF's premier big-men took the headline spot at the P P V, with Charlie Matthews facing the new leader of The Unnamed, "The Notorious" John Duran. Duran came in knowing he'd be up against the most successful champion of the year thus far, but any fear he may have had certainly did not show in another hard hitting war over the gold.

 

SWF Storm, 5/5/04- 'The Notorious' John Duran © vs. Danny Williams

 

John Duran's World Title reign could hardly have hit tougher opposition so early in the form of Danny Williams. The former World Champion had recovered from his match with Va'aiga and was ready to try and make himself a 2 time Champ, whilst Duran was looking to keep his title reign going.

 

SWF Storm, 5/14/04- Danny Williams © vs. Nathaniel Kibagami

 

Two times the champ, Danny Williams' fledgling World Title reign reached 9 days before this encounter with the veteran 'Silent'. An unpredictable man at the best of times, it's only fitting that 'Silent' was involved in one of the most unpredictable World Title matches of the year. After all, who could have expected this?

 

SWF Smarkdown, 5/24/04- Nathaniel Kibagami © vs. Danny Williams

 

Finally a World Champion as many will say he should have been, at some point, Kibagami learned of the perils of the rematch clause. A pissed off Danny Williams recieves his rematch just ten days after becoming a two-time ex-champion and this match promised to be just as hard hitting and upredictable as the original was.

 

SWF 13th Hour 2004, 6/13/04- Danny Williams © vs. 'The Hell Machine' Janus

 

In his longest of 3 World Title reigns, Danny walked into 13th Hour with another huge challenge to face. Janus. Or, is that Terrence Bailey? Whatever the name, the mixed-up ex-Unholy Trinity member provided a great opponent for Danny. Hard hitting? This is the match for you my strong style loving friends.

 

SWF Ground Zero 2004, 8/1/04- 'The Hell Machine' Janus © vs. Tom Flesher vs. Toxxic

 

For the past 8 months, the SWF's upper echelon had been dominated by the bigmen. But finally, the tide was set to change in this Two Out Of Three Falls Triple Threat Match, as finally two cruiserweight challengers stepped up to the plate. The greatest champion of 2003 Tom Flesher had been here before. But for Toxxic, this would be his first step up to the very big time, after a crazy half year. Janus had meanwhile crushed all opposition ahead of this match. But, this would be his greatest challenge.

 

SWF Lockdown, 8/11/04- Toxxic © vs. Dace Night

 

Toxxic. The rookie turned champion had proven himself to the world in his 6 months in the business. But here, he faced his first real challenge. Could he prove his title victory was not a fluke and prove he belonged in the main event, but defeating the dominant Dace Night?

 

SWF Storm, 8/20/04- Toxxic © vs. Johnny Dangerous

 

When you think of Johnny Dangerous, it's not unfair to think of the word 'Wildchild'. And why not? Wild and Dangerous were one hell of a tag team. But as this match drew around, Johnny was out to prove himself in the dog eat dog singles division. Answering Toxxic's open challenge, Johnny got a title shot that few expected him to make good of. Then again, people have been wrong before...

 

SWF Smarkdown, 8/30/04- Johnny Dangerous © vs. Jamie Drazon

 

The SWF's two JDs do battle, inside of a Hell In A Cell! Why? Who cares!?! This one needs little explanation but deserves to be contested over the World Heavyweight Championship.

 

SWF Genesis V, 9/19/04- Johnny Dangerous © vs. Toxxic

 

Rematches have proven dangerous things for World Champions in 2004. At the biggest show of the year, these two men headlined Genesis V in their rematch...something which would have been unthinkable in the first quarter of the year. And as a result, these two men both had something to prove as they did battle on the biggest stage for the biggest prize.

 

SWF Storm, 10/8/04- Toxxic © vs. Mike Van Siclen

 

As important as the SWF World Title is, this match took on extra importance at the time. Mike Van Siclen, SWF favourite and mains tay had never been World Heavyweight Champion in his SWF career. This would be his last chance, in this epic Career vs. Title Match. Toxxic's belt versus MVS's career, this match was one to remember.

 

SWF Lockdown, 10/13/04- Toxxic © vs. Andrea Montgomery

 

As far as World Champions go, Toxxic seemed to go against the grain of those previous. Perhaps not since ELM himself had there been a more light-heavyweight styled World Champion. As high-flying goes, Andrea Montgomery has to be considered in every arguement. The notorious speedster got her World Championship rematch after the controversial ending to these two's first meeting, in perhaps the most aerial World Title match of the year.

 

SWF Ashes To Ashes 2004, 11/7/04- Toxxic © vs. Annie Eclectic

 

Hated at the best of times, despised for the rest, this was an odd night for Toxxic. He returned home, to a positive reaction. This match against the SWF's most memorable female athlete Annie Eclectic, fought under hardcore rules, will no doubt live long in these two athletes memories...for different reasons. And will doubt live in the fans' memories as one hell of a battle.

 

SWF Slay Ride 2004, 12/21/04- Toxxic © vs. Landon 'La Cucaracha' Maddix

 

The last match of 2004. Toxxic, longest reigning champion since Tom Flesher, looked to end the year with the gold. His opponent, Landon Maddix, had spent the last half year establishing himself in the singles ranks. These two young stars, touted as the future of the SWF by many pundits, did battle for the first time EVER at the SWF's Christmas show, showing how much the company had evolved over the year in this historic match.

 

 

EXTRAS:

 

SWF Storm, 1/16/04- Danny Williams © vs. Michael Craven

 

World champion Danny Williams defended his championship for the second time here against the 'memorable' Michael Craven. For Danny, a chance to prove himself worthy of the gold. For Craven, a chance to prove himself worthy of being higher up the card.

 

SWF Storm, 2/6/04- The Night After The 'Fuck

 

It was all change with Va'aiga's first World Championship reign underway. But Va'aiga was not in the moodd to celebrate. He had important, Unnamed business to take care of. But...he wasn't the only one who was 'all business'.

 

SWF Smarkdown, 2/16/04- Va'aiga lures in Dace

 

The infamous, Barbed Wire Cell Timebomb Deathmatch that never happened. See the controversy in it's entirety.

 

SWF Lockdown, 3/21/04- Charlie 'Grappler' Matthews © vs. Landon Maddix

 

A No Disqualification match featuring former Unnamed member 'Grappler' and current Unnamed member Maddix. Maddix had picked up pinfall victories over Grappler in tag matches over previous shows, but would this first title shot come to soon for La Cucaracha?

 

SWF Storm, 6/18/04- Janus spits on the ICTV Title

 

New World Champion Janus came into the post-13th Hour edition of Storm as a double champion. He left rather unceremoniously, after much controversy.

 

SWF Storm, 7/17/04- Toxxic vs. Tom Flesher

 

With the triple threat match featuring Flesher, Toxxic and Janus on the horizon, the two challengers went one on one to try and gain some momentum ahead of the big show. However, the presence of Janus at ringside would surely play it's part.

 

SWF Storm, 9/29/04- Toxxic © vs. Andrea Montgomery

 

The original match between these two high-fliers didn't quite go according to plan, courtesy of a certain former tag team champion...

 

SWF Smarkdown, 11/27/04- Toxxic © vs. Carnage

 

The crazy newcomer Carnage recieved his first World Title shot early in his career, facing off against Toxxic in a match many believed may provide the upset of the year. Then again, Toxxic has been counted out before...

 

SWF Storm, 12//04- Landon Maddix vs. Sacred

 

The finals of the first ever Cold Front Classic Tournament, fought under 2 out of 3 Falls, would determine the number one contender to Toxxic's World Title at the Christmas extravaganza. Former World Champion Sacred held a victory over his opponent earlier in the year, while Maddix was the #1 seed in the tournament...and only one man could get the all important title shot.

 

SWF Lockdown, 12/15/04- Maddix experiences a Toxxic Cold Front

 

The Cold Front Classic trophy presentation ceremony was the perfect chance for Toxxic to confront the new number one contender, ahead of the upcoming title battle.

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I love it. That DVD would be so great to 'see'. This reminds me, I must do another 'internet rumours' newsletter.

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