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FROM BRAND SPLITS TO RETRIBUTION

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2006 marked a time when the UWE e-fed had enough roster members to create two separate shows. The general managers in the definitive brand split were the kayfabe characters “Dirty” Drew Reynolds and Dez Taylor* (names have been retconned as of 2025).

The storyline went as follows… The UWE shows (formerly Friday Night Fear and Monday Night Mayhem!) came to fruition in early 2006 via announcement of a brand extension and a move from one show per week to two shows per week. AFTER HOURS debuted in January of ’06 before ECW on Sci-Fi (we were aiming and going for less Sci and more Fi without Kelly Kelly’s expose and sadly no Balls Mahoney).

Soon after the brand split and brand extension a live draft commenced. Members of the UWE community were welcome in a live group chat and Drew and Nate made picks in front of everyone. It was exciting! Well, it was exciting for Nate (me – the author of this story blog) because we kicked everyone from the group chat then I pondered… Did they really exclude me? So, we added everyone back and proceeded to do the draft picks where some out of character banter and deals were made in real time. Everyone who was an active member and contributer enjoyed it.

AFTER HOURS had “Dirty” Drew Reynolds at the helm and RAPTURE was Dez Taylor’s stomping grounds. Drew was a grunge era punk-rock-rap music fan who was essentially the loveable hobo that early 2000’s depicted as an ode to 1970’s to 1990’s punk rockers and grunge era legends like Kurt Cobain. Drew had the Vines look going for him and his gimmick was essentially he showed up in jeans, tee’s, whatever appeared to be footwear (whether or not it was his wasn’t clear) and a jacket a woman he had enjoyed a weekend or week of binge drinks and party time with had given him. Yes, this is from my memory and it made him an icon and a writer who provided great promos and hilarious interactions with roster mates and interviewers.

Dez Taylor was the retconned remnants of the late 2000’s emo writers not-so-sordid affair with portrayals of women in power as respectable, possibly misunderstood like Amy Lee’s, Gwen Stefani’s and in my mind Courtney Love (hey, I like her!). She was a fractional glimmer of Billion Dollar Princess, if you know who I am referring to, and the patriarchal figures lil’ gal and heir to his throne. But, this new rendition became a babyface under-dog in her own right, but… she was a throwback to soap opera stars and glamourous women who had to face twist and turn for her shot at being a leader.

These character arcs are important and I will explain after I dive into the rosters of the time and explain the iconic feuds we wrote eighteen years ago. What a hobby indeed.

Drew had the red show and Dez has the dark purple brand colour in lieu of dark green. RAPTURE was akin to WWE’s Smackdown! (it aired on Thursday’s until a move to Friday’s in 2006) while AFTER HOURS was the flagship show that aired live *fake cough* on Friday nights. Yes, RAPTURE was taped and aired Monday and AFTER HOURS was the live flagship show. But, the first RAPTURE is dated September 18, 2006 and the first AFTER HOURS is dated January 12. 2006. Why?

The first AFTER HOURS show was on January 12, 2006 while RAPTURE had the first showing later in the year due to the creation of the brand split. AFTER HOURS hallmarked a weekly schedule with one show and a roster of forty, yes forty, and more writers vying for a spot. There were plenty of names and characters with writers behind them hoping for championship gold and a main event spot.

Remember those WWE Diva battle royals that ended in mere minutes. Yes minutes, like 2-3 minutes… Well, Ultimate Wrestling Entertainment had a swath of those and the members weren’t too thrilled about being in opening matches because their written promos didn’t give them the creative freedom they wanted. Picture this; a show opener competitor doesn’t have the creative freedom to cut a promo later in the show like midcard and uppercard competitors do. So, it was important to get the chance to compete in the main event and booked later in the show because show openers weren’t reserved to Triple H or Paul Heyman like they were on real WWE programming of the ruthless aggression era.

September 2006 was an exciting time with the brand split and seperate rosters within a single community was meaningful. E-feds aka e-wrestling writing communities weren’t all that prosperous or long for the interwebs.

Ultimate Wrestling Entertainment began on Proboards, then switched to Invision, Zetaboards, Live then the smart phone app Tapatalk from 2004 to 2025.

Crossover shows existed for UWE and believe you me there were more supershows than you think! AFTER THE RAPTURE was chosen by my colleague and fellow writer Drew and to this day I am impressed with the branding of the shows and subsequent talent pools we each had to direct. UWE began on Proboards, then switched to Invision… then [later] the smart phone app Tapatalk [between the years 2004 to 2025].

RAPTURE’s theme song was chosen by Brandon or Danger (oop I can’t remember everything, guys…) and Brandon made us a music video intro and posted it to YouTube. Yes, in 2006. “Outta control” by Hoobastank was the theme song and it was hella good. On YouTube!

AFTER HOURS theme song was “All of my friends are dead” by Turbonegro and was selected by showrunner Drew. I still listen to both of these songs to this day, they’re catchy alternative rock tunes with punk edge. To me these songs are perfect for the vibe of the shows captured by the previous photos of the logos in this blog (generated by WordPress AI image tool, thanks WordPress.com!).

RAPTURE ROSTER AND AFTER HOURS LINE-UP

What were the rosters like for each show during the first and penulimate brand split? I did the math and with some omissions were made, because some roster members were as lame as our overuse of the figure of speech girl pants. There were 60 or so characters that belonged to 30+ active members booked over consecutive weeks.

AFTER HOURS ROSTER

Amy Starr (Diva Champion), Dante Nathaniel, David Stone, Donovan Carmichael, Henry Sydal Denson, JTX, Joker, Maddogg, Martin Adler, Melody Von Dutch, Natasha Lynx, Neveah Starr, Nikki DeVille, Rhys Jenkins, Ryan Starr (Hardcore Champion pre-24/7 rules), Skilgannon, Slade, Steel, Steve Norton, Styx, Tempest and Viper.

The roster was fleshed out with Drew Reynolds who double upped as General Manager and wrestler, ring-side announcer Danger who occasionally competed, 3 announcers and 1 ring announcer. The grand total was 28 roster members.

RAPTURE ROSTER

Brandon Sorrow (Tag team champion), Chrystie, Cthuhlu (Tag team champion and not to be mistaken for monster streaming service Hulu), Daisy, Darren Matthews, Donna Mari, Drake Hahn, Hermanni Linstrom, Jake Rifle, Jamie Lynn, Latin X Tim, Ronnie Cage (International champion), Sephiroth du Lac, The Shadow Warrior, Smoke, StoneRoc, The Deadman (Word heavyweight champion), Vicky and Warren Peace.

8 people were inactive or storyline injured (they were automatically RAPTURE purple until they returned… most defected to AFTER HOURS because they were scared of the Ministry. Or maybe the wanted to be team red). 6 people comprised the announcers and managers including Dez Taylor who was known as Ms. Manning the General Manager. All together there were 33 roster members.

**If you can remember what roster Ghostrain was on I will retcon Steel out of the universe**

Notable characters like Rikter Caine, before Chaz Penderton and the era of Se7en. sat on the RAPTURE inactive and injured list for weeks until joining the AFTER HOURS brand. Other infamous characters, who were basically talent enhancement to make other writers look good, like Chaos were apart of the RAPTURE brand.

Although the above roster lists from 2006/2007 list the titles on their respective shows the titles could switch brands. Pay-per views and supershow AFTER THE RAPTURE was the arena for cross-over booking and interbrand matches. The writers were competitve and sought retribution, redemption and further opportunity to advance in power rankings for the sake of championship gold and success. Duskey, Rikter Caine, Ryan Starr and Danger traded the World title and it was like a game of pass that dutch or hot rutabaga.

The paramount cross-over feud was The Underdogs versus the Ministry of Darkness.

The paramount cross-over feud was The Underdogs versus The Ministry of Darkness. The Underdogs belonged to and made their home show AFTER HOURS while The Ministry sat on RAPTURE. The general managers Drew and Dez were the faction leaders of the Underdogs and Ministry respectively. However, between these warring and feuding wrestling factions existed a pletora of talent in the talent pool vying for their own victories and gold.

Dante Nathaniel became the choice candidate to compete on AFTER HOURS and represent red. He became the main event talent “Dirty” Drew Reynolds aligned with after Drew and Skilgannon formed the Underdogs stable. Dante Nathaniel won the UWE World title at November 2 Remember 2006 on November 29.

…some even left the federation because of it.

Dante Nathaniel lost the title to “Dirty” Drew on Feburary 21, 2007 in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match. This was Drews third World title run. Drew became distant from his stable mate and became infuriated; he used his booking powers to book himself in a title match against Dante Nathaniel.

“This caused uproar in the uWe locker room with people citing power abuse, some even left the federation because of it.” (http://ewrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Dirty_Drew).

Ryan Starr, the Straight Edge superstar, was the first to overthrow the Deadman for the World Championship. The Deadman won the title back due to a similar infuriating thirst and quest for power under the control of Paul Heyman. This was before the retconning and phasing out of real names due to copyright claim, but nobody replaced Heyman. However, at Christmassacre on December 28, 2007 David Stone won the World Heavyweight Championship putting an end to the Deadman’s title run.

The Underdogs and The Ministry of Darkness had crumbled much like the leaders of the rosters. The power and authority figure characters succumbed to storyline twists like Drew turning villain and being sidelined and Dez secretly being power hungry and a product of a male dominated sports entertainment industry. The Deadman put one through a table and the other was levelled out with their devestating piledriver attack making the Deadman good again until David Stone, former New Found Glory tag member and member of Bad Attitude with Joker, Maddogg and Caroline Cage’s southern guitar waving friend.

The end of an era.

The roster split eventually ended in 2008/2009. The end of an era. The brand split was huge for creative writing realms of professional wrestling hobby fandom.

However, the fall of some meant the rise of others as talent rose to prominent positions and eventually championship accolades. But that’s a blog for another time (you write it though).

Inspiration from PWI 500 Magazines iconic influence

News & Rumors, Power Rankings, Spotlight

Cody Rhodes graces this years PWI 500 November 2024 edition as the complete 500 showcases the wrestler who appears on multiple promotions throughout his stories career. Winning back to back Royal Rumbles (2024 and 2023), World title reigns, AEW and WWE appearances and now — Cody Rhodes graces the cover of PWI November 2024 while ranking in at #1. Newer wrestlers like Dominic Mysterio rank in at #69 and Logan Paul at #37 respectively and veterran alumni/current superstars & athletes like Randy Orton own their spot at #55 after sitting out of the PWI 500 criteria the previous year.

Ultimate Wrestling Entertainment has had power rankings. Weekly rankings of the weeks superstars. These rankings determined contenders, championship opportunities and contributed to bouts booked on weekly shows. Furthermore, UWE has it’s own hall of fame; a special occasional induction ceremony and honoruing of writers characters inducted into the hall of fame. Only the best have been inducted and only the best have etched a name for themselves. Or have they?

Arguably not all of the best or greats have ranked in weekly rankings or have joined the “pantheon of greatness” as Sash (the creator and handler of superstar Styx and the Death Trance Slayers) would put it.

UWE Wrestler Chaos aka Navid Bolton

What if UWELegacy aka Ultimate Wrestling Entertainment had a Top 20, Top 50 or a Top 100 of the greatest competitors to have ever stepped into the Ultimate Wrestling Entertainment E-Fed cirtcuit? Many and plenty have shone bright like diamonds in the rough. Just as many have gained recognition or arguaby faltered to make a splash much due to the staff and likely Nate (editor note; yours truly!) failing to sanction power rankings or that years hall of fame.

UWE diva and sensation Donna Mary who reigned the womens division from 2004 to 2006.

WWE Alumnus and athlete/legend Trish Stratus spoke this past year 2024 and reasoned “Why not induct Lilian Garcia in the hall of fame?” Her notion begs the question of rankings and hall of fame inductees stretching beyond the in-ring competitor/wrestler aspect of PWI’s 500. The notoriety and prestige of said rankings carries great weight in the world of wrestling and many superstars have their careers recognized by PWI whose judges have hall marked careers of those who may have made their splash in indy circuits. Mostly , wrestlers who dominate the rankings hail from Japan, NJPW, Shimmer, ROH, WWE, AEW, TNA and thus statistically the indy’s might not be seen as the place to garner a PWI top ranking, right? You would thinkl so, but false, the PWI rankings specifically the TOP 500 and the FEMALE TOP 250 recognize the careers of all wrestlers. My Canadian mind thinks of Nicole Matthews who ranked #32. Nicole Matthews competed in Canada’s west coast and has forged the name for herself and in my opinion PWI 500 and PWI 250 gives her additional recognition and accolades. The applause she and many who worked hard, and continue to work hard, deserve so much!

UWE valet and 2024 competitor Demoana.

We can be inspired by the hard work and talent of sports entertainment and furthermore find inspiration in the hard work of athletes.

So, what if Ultimate Wrestling Entertainment had a list that nods to the PWI 500 and pays homage to the plethora and pool of talent/writers and contributers? I leave you with that final thought! Take care.

UWE Owner and Head-Adminsitrator Nate aka Chaos

UWE diva and backstage announcer Serah Feena aka Angela Icke.

Happy 20th Birthday Ultimate Wrestling Entertainment…!

News & Rumors

What kind of e-federation lasts for a 12 month calendar run of events let alone 20 years?

Hello and welcome to UWELegacy.ca home page! The community, as per usual, can be found in the menu bar link that says community. But heyyy, heyyy guyssss, obviously this is Nathan also known as yours truly the one and only Nate. Yes, Nate! No — not ToughEnough Winner who shall remain nameless – Nate or the first four letters of her name – Nate, but Nate who was obsessed with nobody. Except for Nidia.

Anyways, thought you guys would like that, especially those of you who remember the good ol’days of the message boards featuring activity among the roleplaying section of UWE. We had World champions, International champions, Diva champions, Tag team champions and Hardcore, X-Cruiser and renditions of pre-International titles like USA, Intercontinental and a Canadian championship that has been a staple since 2014 era. I think? If one of the members signs up and corrects me I will edit this blog.

Also, Nidia playing BIG BROTHER USA when we hosted our own version of the game using our wrestlers as players. Chaos was headed to the final 3 with Chrystie, Neveah Starr and Dirty Drew. Warren Peace was ousted and it appeared to be Chaos or Drew leaving, but I had it out for these writers I was gaming with. Yes, they were my members and user base of the e-fed, but I had my chance to vote their asses out and send them out of a pretend game we played in the fall throughout the winter, but the game stayed behind that year. The do-over saw Chaos return as a host for season 2 and a redux of the series; we popularized apples and keys in the Big Brother digital world and digital series of online games, for real, because we did it first and we did so as our characters.

Characters were just that. Characters. Extentions of ourselves. We had faced the real world and decided to turn to the internet and writing as a hobby and back in the 2000’s internet communities didn’t last. We faced barrages of spam and graphic images posted to our website — 17 year old Nate would cringe and shriek like a bitch at the images of grossness. Thank God The Bman and Danger were employed, or rather their handler/writers were, and they would have the website cleaned up before I logged on. I thanked them to the end of the digital world and back. Bman stayed loyal to the website and UWELEGACY — just read the blog below this one and check out the Over the top shows the team put together, they are fascinating.

Chaos, as host, fascinated nobody with his rendition of Big Brother UWE because that show too plundered itself into obscurity and was tossed into the “dump” or “archive” with a banner featuring Sable and Stephanie McMahon in all their beauty.

2012 was a great time to segue into a new era. Post-brand split and post-After the Rapture; After Hours and Rapture had culminated in a flurry of wrestling fandom and glory. We had endured amazing and no less than stellar programming that witnessed the rise of WWE’s the Shield and TNA’s women’s wrestling revolution (Taylor Wilde 25,000 winner anyone and her overthrow of Awesome Kong??? Not to forget mentioning Gail Kim and her amazing feuds with Kong and re-emerging in WWE as enhancement talent that walked out mid-battle royal…).

Now, it is 2024 and UWE is 20. Yes, twenty years old. And in typical Nate fashion it is 12:54 AM and the FOURTH OF JULY in America. I am a Canadian. Had I been a lil’wiser we would have posted something Great American-Bash-ish and I would have celebrated the birthday when it actually was. Yeah, I’m bad, but the birthday was back in April or sometimes celebrated it in May. OOP! But we had our lives ousside of this place, so cash me somewhere else, preferably somewhere I have spent for an enduring length of time like the real original Nate’s (2004-2005) resting place and grave, because as you all probably forgot my name is Green Bean.

Cheers and have an amazing summer! Let’s all regroup sometime for a show, shall we?

– Nate who is back from the dead (Green Bean has took his place in a shallow grave of original Nate’s debt for being charged with faking his death, kthxbyeee).

Exclusive: Carston Blake Interviews Lucilla Pegorino

Interviews & Questionnaires, Spotlight

UWE.com recently had the pleasure of interviewing Lucilla Pegorino, a former UWE tag team champion and arguably one of the most dangerous, and unpredictable, superstars on the UWE roster in recent memory.

There is no better way of blooding some of the new backstage personnel than by having them conduct an interview with Lucilla. We sat none other than Carston Blake down with the younger of the Pegorino sisters, and let him do his thing. You can read the transcript of the interview below.

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Carston Blake Lucilla, welcome.

Lucilla: That’s not a question.

Carston Blake Right. I’m sorry. Let me get right down to it. As you know, UWE is hosting the Kyle Stone Memorial Cup soon, in remembrance of the valiant UWE alumnus who passed away. There was heavy speculation over who would participate, and many were expecting to see you among the participants. However, you are a noticeable absentee from the pool of Superstars that will be competing for the Cup.

Lucilla: Still not a question. 

Carston Blake Right again. Would you care to elaborate on your absence from the Cup?

Lucilla: I might.

Carston Blake And will you?

Lucilla: Perhaps if you stopped asking me inane questions.

Carston Blake Okay, I apologize. Let’s try again. Why are you absent from the Memorial Cup? 

Lucilla: That’s slightly better. Let me answer that question with another question. Why should I give a damn about Kyle Stone? Why should I risk life and limb to honor the memory of someone I’ve barely even heard of? … It’s all right, you can make suggestions now.

Carston Blake The fame? The glory? Sending a message to the world? Other UWE greats will be competing in the Cup after all, like Asylum, Brandon Moore, Ronnie Cage, just to name a few. Beating them en route to winning the Cup would certainly be a massive statement, whether the name of Kyle Stone means something to you or not.

Lucilla: I don’t have anything to prove to anyone. I know what I can do, and I know I am better than any one of those guys you just mentioned. Let’em measure their dicks among themselves, I’ve no interest in that prawn cocktail of idiots. I’m going to do my own thing, and while beating up dudes is always satisfying, the Kyle Stone Cup just isn’t part of my plans.

Carston Blake There are some tongues who claim that you’re ducking them, though. That you’re afraid to get back into the ring because you might lose. Badly. And often. To everyone. That you’ve lost your ‘it factor’. Is there any truth to that?

Lucilla: What tongues? The only tongues I care about are the ones twirling about in my happy places. And they tell a different story. The story that Lucilla is by far and wide the greatest Superstar in UWE today. But of course, you wouldn’t know anything about that.

Carston Blake Greatest Superstar in UWE today, you say. Still, on UWE’s upcoming house show, you will be facing Angela Icke. On the undercard. Hardly a place for the greatest Superstar in UWE today, is it?

Lucilla: Are you trying to piss me off, boy? We were talking about tongues earlier; unless you want yours ripped out I suggest you try a different tone. And quickly.

Carston Blake Surely you wouldn’t break the non-violence clause towards reporters that is clearly embedded in your contract?

Lucilla: What, you think I’d do it myself? I’ve got plenty of people to do my dirty work for me, Carston. Still, I’ll gladly do the dirty work myself when I face Angela. People need to realize that we don’t belong in the same league. The beating I’m going to give her won’t be pretty. In fact, I don’t even care whether I win or lose. I am seriously thinking about just bashing her head in with the ring bell and get myself disqualified. Get it over with, you know? And then she can go back to where she belongs, backstage with all of you losers. She might have a little more difficulty controlling her salivary glands when asking questions, but the fans might find her drooling wreck quite entertaining to watch. 
She’ll be my first victim before I tear a hole through this place. I am going to decimate this roster, Cup or no Cup. Championships or no championships. I am here for the violence, and a former fitness model isn’t even going to be a bump in the road, believe you me. 


Carston Blake Harsh words. Do you consider things to be personal in this match between Angela and yourself?

Lucilla: This may surprise you, Carston, but with me, things are rarely ever personal. 

Carston Blake You’re right, that does surprise me. Care to elaborate?

Lucilla: Not really, but since we have two minutes left… Angela is simply someone who isn’t on my radar. She’s never beaten me, she’s too nice and hasn’t enough of a spine to take things to a personal level. If you beat me, if you talk trash about my family, if you get between me and my goals… Any combination of either of those things will make it personal. Very few people have ever done that.

Carston Blake Like who?

Lucilla: Well, I promised my sister I’d never speak her name again. So I’m not going to. And there have been others. But Angela isn’t one of them. Quite frankly, I just don’t give a damn about her, and never will. I mean, who did she ever beat?

Carston Blake Ruby. Mario Valentino. 

Lucilla: Ugh, Ruby… And that’s supposed to be some massive statement? Ruby isn’t on my level, and that crippled has-been she hangs around with isn’t much better. Ruby will get what’s coming to her soon enough, let me tell you that. But first, I’m gonna rip Angela a fourth hole. Just you watch.

UWE Dirt: Kyle Stone Memorial Cup

News & Rumors

Kyle Stone is a former Ultimate Wrestling Entertainment talent that rose to prominence posthumously. Due to unfortunate circumstance Kyle Stone passed away at a young age and thus never lived to his full potential. The late wrestlers impact is enough to warrant a memorial cup tournament.

The decision made by Lise Fortiér rocked the Canadian wrestling news world late last week, but rolls over into this week. Who will the company hire under new ownership?

Ronnie Cage and Chaos have officially re-signed with the company. But talents The Armenian Beast and Ruby have been spotted on the wresting circuit and rumors hint that both talents will probably sign.

Other stories say that Ultimate Wrestling Entertainment has hired other personalities to fill on-screen roles in the new Over The Top internet broadcasting format.

Former talent Serah Feena recently graced the cover of Yoga Health magazine. When asked about a return to the ring she said:

Never say never. Anything is possible.

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