NeWA Member Federations
NeWA-Hall Of Fame
HALL of FAMEWelcome to the National eWrestling Alliance Hall of Fame
Below you will find some of the greatest names to ever set foot in the NeWA. We are proud to honor these players, who through hard work, dedication and sprit, exemplify the true meaning of "Tradition."
Enjoy!
Heavyweights:
Adam Riggs
Inducted 2003
First NeWA title reign: 03/24/1998 (Tag Team)
Accomplishments
World Heavyweight Champion
United States Heavyweight Championship
Tag Team Champion (W / Fear)
Even though he has more failed comebacks under his belt than most put together, he's still Captain Crunch in our books. Maybe it was because he really didn't give a blank that made him as great as he was. Congrats Adam!
The Boog-Man
Inducted 2003
First NeWA title reign: 12/28/1998 (US Title)
Accomplishments
World Heavyweight Champion
International Heavyweight Championship
United States Heavyweight Championship
He entered with a whisper and went out like a shadow. We almost forgot to notice that he was gone, yet he made such a mark on many that there was no way he could be forgotten. It was a long time before he held a belt; even longer before he could be regarded as a true champion. Though betrayed at the hands of Stephen Greer, he was one of the few who called themselves a Misfit. It is a title as well as the name of a stable for the men that held it - most of them were to shape the destiny of the NeWA for the future. To beat him was a sign of good things to come; to lose was no disgrace.
There were definitely stronger, faster, more technically sound wrestlers in the federation. Few were as smart; fewer were more patient, both inside and outside the ring. To face him in the ring was to face two opponents - the World's Original and the man in the mirror. He had a way of making an opponent look at himself, of making a person search out his inner demons and walk to the ring a little unsure of what mattered, mostly because the person that Boog most dealt with was himself; and his only real defeat in the NeWA would be when he lost that internal battle.
To many winning the World Title is the greatest accomplishment of their careers; for The World's Original Boog-man, it was his greatest downfall. It was not that he did not deserve the title - ask anyone in the NeWA and they would tell you that he should have been champ - but it was the manner in which it was obtained. Pinning Mike Bell after a sneak attack by Adam Riggs would come naturally to most wrestlers...yet it did not to him. With the protests of the fans ringing in his ears, he took the belt and, for a time, sold his soul.
He was the worst champion the NeWA ever had. Maybe he was the greatest hero.
Byron Tanis
Inducted 2003
First NeWA title reign: 08/12/1999 (US Title)
Accomplishments
World Heavyweight Champion [2]
United States Heavyweight Championship
World Television Title
1999 Lou Thesz Annual Tournament Winner
Well, I mean, the NeWA made this guy relevant and it's a joke this guy made it in with all the out of character bullshit and petty arguments he started with over 60% of the members who walked through our doors. He is and always will be a cancer and let's face it, he couldn't wrestle his way out of hammerlock if his life depended on it. As far as tradition goes, this is a travesty of justice, and a crime against the real Hall of Famers mentioned here like Mike Sloan. But he earned the nomination and like him or not, I’m forced to keep record his work here in the name of tradition.
Christian Light
Inducted 2003
First NeWA title reign: 4/23/2000 (World Title)
Accomplishments
World Heavyweight Champion
World Hardcore Championship
Tag Team Champion (Controlled Chaos)
What can you say other than he maintained his respect throughout his career, and we loved him for it. We knew no better man in the NeWA except maybe Mike Bell.
Eric Dane
Inducted 2003
First NeWA title reign: 12/18/1999 (World Title)
Accomplishments
World Heavyweight Champion [2]
North American Heavyweight Championship
What do you say about the man who taught many the difference between and arm bar and a hip toss? Did he change wrestling as a whole? The answer is no, but what he did do was define how to be the bad guy. I didn’t say play a bad guy as a role, but Eric Dane is the Dr. Moriarty of professional wrestling.
Eric Dane will walk into an alliance, not a federation, take the World Title off of the current holder and then make it mean something. If you ask if he is the follower of the rules, I would have to tell you that the only rule he follows is by whatever means necessary.
As a teacher and a mentor there is no one else in wrestling that would serve a rookie better. In order to learn how to wrestle you need to understand the dirty, gritty side of the game. Eric Dane personifies that side of the game.
Kurt Swagger
Inducted 2003
First NeWA title reign: 05/28/2000 (TV Title)
Accomplishments
World Heavyweight Champion [2]
World Television Title
2000 Lou Thesz Annual Tournament Winner
He came in as many of the greats were going out, so for most of his career, some of the best were on the golf course. But he was good enough to win the world title twice, the Thesz, and the world tv title. Bottom line, just like Eli Manning - he deserves it!
Nightmare
Inducted 2003
First NeWA title reign: 11/02/1998 (NA Title)
Accomplishments
World Heavyweight Champion
North American Heavyweight Championship
International Heavyweight Championship
United States Heavyweight Championship
World Television Title
A couple hundred pounds of pure mean. He might not have been the best champion we ever had, but I doubt there was a meaner, more tenacious fighter in the ring. He meant a lot to the alliance and his victories marked a new era for all of us.
Steven Greer
Inducted 2003
First NeWA title reign: 08/22/1998 (TV Title)
Accomplishments
World Heavyweight Champion
United States Heavyweight Championship
World Television Title
World Hardcore Championship
Master planner supreme. Greer knew how to surround himself with the right people to win when he needed to. A hard man to know, and even a harder one to fight. Great thing about this guy is he still knows how to forget the bad and remember the good. First class!
Tyrone Walker
Inducted 2003
First NeWA title reign: 02/28/1999 (HC Title)
Accomplishments
World Heavyweight Champion
World Hardcore Championship
1999 King of the Death Match Tournament Winner
He was a tough wrestler, even if he always finished second. A real badass no joke.
The WidowMaker
Inducted 2003
First NeWA title reign: 05/22/2000 (World Title)
Accomplishments
World Heavyweight Championship
North American Heavyweight Championship
2002 King of the Death Match Tournament Winner
If evil in the NeWA had a pure form, then its name is Widowmaker. He may have been the greatest danger we ever knew, and the only thing that held him back was his failures to become the one person worse than he was - his brother, inhabited by the demon Venom.
NeWA Executive Selection
Heavyweights
[Members personally inducted by the National eWrestling Alliance Staff]
Mike Bell
Inducted 2003
First NeWA title reign: 04/23/1999 (United States Championship)
Accomplishments
World Heavyweight Championship x 3
United States Championship x 2
Six Man Tag Team Championship
If the NeWA were a color, then Mike Bell would bleed it. Throughout the history of the Alliance there has never been a more loyal, dedicated worker then Mike. The first multiple World title holder in NeWA history, his list of accomplishments speak for themselves. Ask anyone who has ever worked a program with "The Natural" and they will tell you that he truly is the last great gentleman to play the game. The NeWA is privileged to welcome Mike Bell to the Hall Of Fame.
Michael Lennox
Inducted 2003
First NeWA title reign: 01/22/2000 (World Television Title)
Accomplishments
World Heavyweight Championship x 4
North American Heavyweight Championship
Tag Team Championship x 2
World Hardcore Championship
World Television Title
One of the most determined players in NeWA history Lennox proved over and over again why he was called "The Wolverine." His drive and never-say-die attitude is the template of NeWA success that few, if any, can match. Many people play the game, Michael Lennox lived it.
Cruiserweights
Benoit Dreygon
Inducted 2003
First NeWA title reign: 05/01/2001 (CW Title)
Accomplishments
World Cruiserweight Championship
Tag Team Champion (The Advocates)
Ray Masters says: Benoit Dreygon? Probably one of the most tenacious men I have ever faced. Thank God he isn't still around, because he would probably be a champion somewhere and making other people look bad with his focus on the sport. Some people say that my first win over him was a fluke, and looking back at it, they might have been right. However, I knew I had him when we went into Thesz. Or at least I hoped I did.
Some people say that he was just like a shooting star. He made a big splash, and then burnt out quickly. However, I think that he could still come back and compete with the top people in the NWA today. That is how good he was.
Darnell Jenkins
Inducted 2003
First NeWA title reign: 09/12/1999 (TV Title)
Accomplishments
World Cruiserweight Championship
World Television Title
1999 Super J Tournament Winner
Darnell Jenkins had a lot of skill. He had speed, ability, and agility on his side. When he stepped into the ring, you knew that you were in for a fight. Some people say that he was conceited, and they may be right. However he is remembered, he was one of the better guys in the old NeWA. It is a matter of contention that he could fit into today's NeWA though, because the competition has stepped it up more than a notch. Let's just let his legacy live on when compared to the men he fought.
Jim Dalton
Inducted 2003
First NeWA title reign: 05/28/1999 (CW Title)
Accomplishments
World Cruiserweight Championship [2]
World Television Title
2000 Super J Tournament Winner
2001 Super J Tournament Winner
Tag Team Champion (Team Win)
If life was serious, ol' Jim didn't know it. Talented beyond anyone's recognition, it's a wonder he didn't compete more with the heavies.
Ray Masters
Inducted 2003
First NeWA title reign: 02/27/2000 (CW Title)
Accomplishments
World Cruiserweight Championship [2]
World Television Title
Ray got his start in the NeWA after he was granted a contract with Mike Vincent's IWA in late 1998. Ray had a couple of matches there, and then decided that the crowds were not warming up to him, so he moved to the IWF, which was based in Mexico. There he feuded with a young man named Diablo (who later became the NWA North American champion) and worked on his in ring performance ability. Ray also picked up a side job in the CSW (Central States Wrestling) where he defeated future NWA Cruiserweight champion Drew Jacobs for the CSW CW title. Both companies soon folded and Ray found himself without a job. He bounced around and soon found himself in the NeWA flagship, the PNW (Pacific Northwest championship Wrestling) in mid 1999, where he quickly found himself engaged in a short feud with then NeWA World champion Mike Bell.
This short feud with Mike Bell managed to bring Ray into the spotlight, and he quickly captured the PNW Oregon State and Television titles. Ray dropped the PNW Oregon State title to future hall of famer Jake Rockwell and began to feud with Neal Zane for the crown jewel of the PNW, the Heavyweight title. At the same time, Ray became involved in a short feud with the then NWA Cruiserweight champion Silverstrike and then made his NeWA PPV debut at When Worlds Collide against Darnell Jenkins. That match ended with Ray winning the match by count out. Ray was pushed to the back of the line for NeWA title shots and he finally got NeWA gold when he beat King Neptune for the vacant CW title in the PNW in early 2000.
Ray then defended the title against several top stars and injured himself in a match in the HCWF against Brian Hale. Ray then disappeared for several months.
When Ray returned to the NeWA in late 2000, he had become a very dark character and was involved with Black Zach Andrews and Dark Tara. They quickly ran throughout the NeWA, causing a small amount of chaos. At this time, Ray also became the NeWA TV champion after besting Bryan Sensation, Holocaust, and Lifeless Joe in qualifying rounds for the TV title tourney. Malcolm Aboud and Ray squared off at NeWA PPV Lord of The Ring for the vacant TV title and Ray won in a spectacular match which saw the ring collapse after Malcolm and Ray came off the top rope during a super DDT from Ray.
It was also at this time that Ray became engaged in what some people consider his greatest feud, against OWC legend Kestral Falcos. Ray and Falcos had several matches, to include two OCW PPVs, and an NeWA PPV match. Ray had found his alter ego in Kes, and he ended up losing this feud, but cementing himself in history with the quality of matches the two engaged in.
Unfortunately for Ray, he also found himself homeless after being fired by the OWC for his actions against Falcos and Ray went to Mike Vincent again for a job. Mike allowed Ray to join the IWA, but he showed resentment for Ray's earlier career choices and stuck him against Jason Jousma at the lower end of the card. Jousma and Ray battled across Canada for several months and stole the show with their ability to work off of each other, both in, and out of the ring. The IWA closed in December of 2000, as Ray and Jousma concluded their feud, and Ray took several months off again.
Several months later, a young enigma named Ozmodious entered the Massachusetts Wrestling League, where he quickly shot up the rankings and became the first man from the MWL to hold NeWA singles gold after he defeated Benoit Dreygon for the CW title on June 3, 2001. Ray was also given a spot in the prestigious Lou Thesz tourney, where he defeated both Dreygon and Lance Panzer before losing to the eventual winner, Outkast. Ray bounced back from that loss and and then took on fellow MWL member, Calib Wallace. The two of them went back and forth for several weeks, but Ray dropped the title to Blade. Ray then went on to face another future hall of famer Michael Lennox and suffered a career ending injury after several shoulderbreakers and then a long time in the Cajun Crossface.
Ray has now retired from the ring, has opened a school and is also managing a BWA cruiserweight named Ronin.
From the handler: Some of the most fun I have ever had in this game was not the winning and losing of the titles, it was the storylines that made it entertaining. If you are able to find a handler who can work with you and you with them, and make a feud something big, then you will find success. Remember that this is only a game, and everything else is secondary.
NeWA Executive Selection
Cruiserweight
(Members personally inducted by the National eWrestling Alliance Staff)
Kid Capricorn
Inducted 2003
First NeWA title reign: 11/26/1999 (North American Title)
Accomplishments
North American Heavyweight Championship
When most people reflect on Kid Cap they don't immediately think "Cruiserweight" the reason for that is simple, while he was small, he played the game larger then life by refusing to pigeonhole himself into the role of your typical cruiser. His run with the North American title is proof that you would be hard pressed to find a more entertaining and creative player.
Tag Teams
The Crazy Ones
Maniac Mike and the Missing Link
Inducted 2003
First NeWA title reign: 06/01/1998 (Tag Title)
Accomplishments
Tag Team Champions [5]
International Tag Team Champions
Maybe the greatest tag team ever. The name is an understatement...everything that you could throw at these guys had already been thrown at them before, so it didn't matter. They would have torn limbs off of people if they could have gotten away with it.
The Hired Guns
Magnum And Maverick
Inducted 2003
First NeWA title reign: 04/23/2000 (Tag Title)
Accomplishments
Tag Team Champions
They were a funny team, yeah. Things to Do While Watching a Knight Brothers Promo was grade “A” work, no joke. But all joking aside, they were a unit and that’s what made them great.
Team Win
Jim Dalton and Rob Bastard
Inducted 2003
First NeWA title reign: 12/30/1999 (Tag Title)
Rob and Jim had more chemistry going for them than any other tag team out there. They knew what each other was going to do. Their attitude completely reflected who they were, and it was near impossible to get into their heads.
Unbeatable
Slim Dragger and Tyrone Walker
Inducted 2003
First NeWA title reign: 06/24/1999 (Tag Title)
You weren't going to find much to beat these guys, because if they hadn't made up what you were planning a year before, they had been through it already. They WERE the book on tag wrestling.
Violence Inc.
Chris Havok and John Cole
Inducted 2003
First NeWA title reign: 06/24/1999 (Tag Title)
Accomplishments
Tag Team Champions [3]
Cole started his wrestling career in the now-defunct Limestone City Wrestling promotion. After capturing the Heavyweight Title and winning the Tag Team Titles on four different occasions, Cole and the LCW were looking for new challenges. Limestone City and the NeWA inked a deal which would make LCW the Ontario region of the famed alliance.
Limestone City hit the radar with what many called a great upset when "The Gator" defeated the legendary Adam Fierce for the Canadian Heavyweight Championship. Cole would lose the title back to Fierce two months later but he finally made a name for himself. After the great reduction of regions went through and Limestone City parted ways with the NeWA, Cole decided to wrestle in his home state of Florida where he would meet up with a young rookie by the name of Chris Havok.
Chris Havok started his wrestling career in the indy promotions as part of the tag team known as Hell's Enforcers along with his brothers. Havok took the name as a tribute to his late brother. He has battled throughout the regions, winning titles and trying to carve a niche for himself in singles wrestling but it would be in the tag team world where he would leave his legacy as a man who left it all in the ring for a victory for his team. As a member of Hell's Enforcers or Violence, Incorporated, Havok proved to be the heart of the team, time and time again. As Scott Logan, he has tried his best in the business of wrestling promotions with his successful takeovers of the Massachusetts Wrestling League and currently, the Bayou Wrestling Association
"The Gator" and Havok joined forces in the CeWF/Florida region of the NWA after competing against each other one week earlier. They ended up winning the Florida Tag Team Titles and holding on to them for a record length of time only to vacate them upon winning the NWA World Tag Team Championship for the first time.
They finally retired from active competition after capturing the NWA World Tag Team Championship on three different occasions and leaving their mark on the sport as one of the most violent, hardcore teams ever to step between the ropes.
Cole went back to a successful law practice before becoming Vice-President of the Bayou Wrestling Association. Havok took over the leadership role as President of the Bayou Wrestling Association.
Violence, Inc. decided to step into the ring for one final chance at tag team glory for the prestigious Jim Crockett, Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament. Battling all of the odds, they proved to be victorious and lay claim to the title of "Greatest Tag Team Ever"
2013 Hall of Fame Inductees
Mr. Batee
Michael "Snake Eyes" Cavenaugh"
Ulfric
* Write ups to come on all of 2013 winners.
NeWA Champions
Chris Xtreme (PRA)
Kai Kennedy (BACW)
Canadian Connection (ACW)
