Remember the UKWA? I've Found the Pay-Per-View!

Those of you with long memories may remember that way back in 2000 I toyed with the idea of running a fantasy professional wrestling game, or E-Fed as they were known back then. I discussed the idea with a bloke I knew back then, Basil "Junkpile" Richards, and to see if I could actually write a weekly wrestling show I undertook a little personal project called the United Kingdom Wrestling Alliance (UKWA), which involved writing four weekly shows, "Wednesday Rampage", and the pay-per-view, "The New Age", held at Norwich City's football ground, Carrow Road.

The four weekly shows can be seen in the Fiction section of this blog, but for years, after various computer and website problems, that "The New Age" had been lost forever. That was until last night when, with the help of the wonderful Wayback Machine, when I found the complete show on an old version of my website.

I'm over the moon that I've been able to find this, because in my humble opinion it's one of the best things I've ever written.

So if you fancy going back to a time when professional wrestling had three major wrestling companies then you can finally read the complete UKWA series, with "The New Age" being posted later tonight.

You can read "Wednesday Rampage" shows 1-4 by clicking here, but just to wet your appetite, here's the card for "The New Age", sponsored by Bernard Matthews, and held at the Carrow Road football stadium in Norwich sometime in 2000.

World Title Tournament First Round Matches

"The Crippler" Chris Benoit vs. Goldberg

Triple H vs. "Y2J" Chris Jericho

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin vs. "Nature Boy" Ric Flair

Nobohiku Takada vs. Hulk Hogan

Vacant Hardcore Title Match

The Sandman vs. Hardcore Holly

Special Attraction Tag-Team Match

The Hardy Boyz (Matt & Jeff Hardy) vs. U.K. Pitbulls ("Big" Dave Waters & The Bulk)

World Title Tournament Semi-Finals

Vacant Tag-Team Title Match: Elimination Rules

The New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg & "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) vs. The Wolfpac (Scott Hall & Kevin Nash) vs. The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray & D-Von Dudley) vs. Paul Bearer's Dark Angels (Vampiro & Gangrel)

Vacant Cruiserweight Title Match

Dean Malenko vs. Jushin "Thunder" Liger

Vacant British Title Match

"British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith vs. Lord Steven Regal

World Title Tournament Final

Announcers: Jim Ross, Joey Styles & Jerry "The King" Lawler