TERRY FRAZIER vs. JOEL REDMAN
– FWA World Heavyweight Championship Tournament Match
Some of the matches scheduled for New Frontiers involve the re-eruption of rivalries that have laid dormant for years. Others see the UK’s most sensational new stars in contests that have never been seen before. But when Terry Frazier and Joel Redman look across the ring at the opening bell of their match in Broxbourne, the site that greets both men will be all too familiar. These two incredible young athletes have spent much of the past year locked in battle as their respective teams waged one of the most bitter gang wars in recent memory.
It does not take much digging to discover the roots of the intense personal hatred that exists between Frazier and Redman – although both are hugely gifted technical wrestlers, they are the antithesis of each other in most other ways. Frazier is the happy-go-lucky people’s champion from London’s vibrant East End, while Redman is the aloof loner who grew up on an isolated Devon farm. Frazier wears his heart on his sleeve every time he enters the ring, while Redman seems devoid of emotion as he callously dismantles opponent’s one limb at a time. Frazier embraces the fans and feeds off the energy of the crowd, while Redman looks at the public with an arrogant disdain that endears him to nobody. The list of differences goes on and on.
These two have now fought in almost every region in the country - both in singles action and alongside their partners in the Kartel and the Thrillers – but neither man has been able to consistently defeat the other. It is therefore impossible to predict which of them will have the satisfaction of knocking the other out of contention for the FWA World Heavyweight Championship on 2nd August. It is, however, a safe bet that these two fierce enemies will both step it up a notch as they attempt to be victorious in their most high-profile showdown to date.
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DAVE MORALEZ vs. BUBBLEGUM
– FWA World Heavyweight Championship Tournament Match
When this match is shown on TV or released on DVD it may have to carry a warning that viewers may find some of the images distressing. Dave Moralez has become one of the UK’s most feared wrestlers in recent times, using his massive frame as a weapon to brutally batter his opponents in a way that the more faint-hearted observer might find difficult to watch. But unfortunately for the “Human Hate Machine”, his opponent at New Frontiers has built his career on toughing it out against some of the country’s meanest fighters.
Bubblegum is a hugely popular youngster whose never-say-die spirit has seen him outlast hundreds of opponents and enjoy great success in both singles and tag team competition. There are few more likeable competitors than this acrobatic flyweight, whose colourful outfits and moral integrity have made him a hit throughout the UK and abroad. He will undoubtedly have the support of the Broxbourne crowd as he tries to defy the odds at the new FWA’s first show by advancing to the World Heavyweight Championship tournament.
To many, Moralez’s win-loss record during the past year makes him a major contender for the title and the favourite in this match. But Bubblegum has enjoyed as many upset wins in his career as his opponent has enjoyed hot dinners. The tenacious fan favourite will be looking at this fight as a chance to prove once and for all that size need not be a barrier to success, meaning that the big man from Birmingham may have to knock him unconscious before he can pin his shoulders to the mat for the 1-2-3.
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FWA NEW FRONTIERS
Sunday 2nd August 2009
Broxbourne Civic Centre
5.30pm (doors 5pm)
Current Announced Card
- DOUG WILLIAMS vs. MARTIN STONE
(FWA World Heavyweight Championship Tournament Match)
- PAC vs. LEROY KINCAIDE
(FWA World Heavyweight Championship Tournament Match)
- TERRY FRAZIER vs. JOEL REDMAN
(FWA World Heavyweight Championship Tournament Match)
- DAVE MORALEZ vs. BUBBLEGUM
(FWA World Heavyweight Championship Tournament Match)
- LEADERS OF THE NEW SCHOOL vs. JOEY HAYES AND CJ BANKS
(The FWA Tag Team Division Begins)
- JODY FLEISCH vs. JONNY STORM vs. ROCKSTAR SPUD vs. MARK HASKINS
(Qualifier for the FWA Flyweight Championship Round-Robin Tournament)
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