First of all, of course, I'm learning more now than ever, there is more than one "OWF" out there. So to linger away from offending anyone. Just because our name is "OWF" and yours are well, doesn't mean its a challenge. We mean no offense. OWF is for "Our Wrestling Federation." Here is a little run down.
First of all, of course, I'm learning more now than ever, there is more than one "OWF" out there. So to linger away from offending anyone. Just because our name is "OWF" and yours are well, doesn't mean its a challenge. We mean no offense. OWF is for "Our Wrestling Federation." Here is a little run down.
Host Brock Lee (OWF WRESTLER)
OWF (OUR WRESTLING FEDERATION) start in 1999 in the heat of the "backyard wrestling" craze, which was indirectly fueled by the Monday Night wars of WCW and WWE. OWF still performs to this day (2009.) 10 years and going OWF has evolved in its style and presentation. 1999-2003 OWF was mainly backyard, however it never really dove into the "ultra" hardcore scene. (Broken light bulbs, fire, jumping off roofs, ect.) The combatants were not that expressive with they're bodies. Instead OWF at its first stages was more "play fighting/wrestling." It had storylines, but the wrestling took place on the bare ground. The wrestling, wasn't wrestling, it hardly resembled it. The wrestlers didn't even "think" to work together to get a better match. When two wrestlers were put into front of a group of friends to have a "match" it really was a brawl. We didn't "fight", we were out there to hurt each other, but most of the time (without knowing what we were doing) we ruffed each other up. No working together, flinching at incoming moves, and having no real idea of how we looked. We all sucked in those first years, but since we all sucked...no one sucked....we were all on the same mind set. On the same skill level. So in the end it paid off in the long run. Looking back over the 10 years, I am very proud to see the distinct evolution of our mind sets and skill levels, and most of all, our honor of wrestling.
1999-2003 wasn't wrestling it was brawling but all the while we were learning lessons, and teaching ourselves concepts. We went from bare ground, to having carpet on the bare ground to "bed" mattresses. Yes. 2003-2004 we had 6 mattresses, 3 layers on top of and under layer of 3. It made a huge crash pad. On ground your "risk level" is low, and thing you do involving falling mean your going to get hurt. It was tough. So we didn't try or really experiment, and that unknowing to use didn't let us expand our mind sets, and didn't let us learn how to present a move that is "beautiful." So the mattresses allowed us to do things we never would of tried on ground due to getting hurt. This expanded our knowledge greatly. We developed "feel" "team work" "acrobats" and "balance" (It was hard to keep it on mattresses.) If it wasn't for the those key years (2003-2004) and the Summer CAMP of 2002 OWF would be now where near the way it is today.
Finally in late 2004, we got a wrestling ring. What a culture shock. It was the ultimate balance. On ground we couldn't take risk, on mattresses we were spoiled and lost a lot of "impact." The ring was the ultimate balance. We had gone from one side of the spectrum, to the other, and finally we now were in the middle. (The just right section) We could take risk and not instantly bust our heads open, and we could hold our balance that the mattresses constantly through off. We could hit the ring really hard and feel the results, get the impact (sound) take the determined amount of "real" damage. In 2003-2004 our team work skills went up. In 2005 we mastered them. One of our wrestlers, trained us the basics (for real) and we learned how to use the ring, how to use timing, how to perfect (All moves of interest) and how to work with an audience. 2005-2009 is a increasing state. Things keep getting better from the wrestling, experience, and storylines. The OWF over its ten years has era's. Which to think of is crazy.
1999 (Early Brawl Era)
2000 (Expanding Era)
2001-2002 (Golden Era)
2003-2004 (The Soft Impact Era)
2005-2007 (The Ring Era)
2008-Present (The Re-birth Era)
OWF has have 50+ wrestlers. In the backyard days, a lot of guys showed up once and were never saw again. There was over the 10 years of OWF a least 12 consistent wrestlers. These the Regulars
Brock Lee
Garrick (Hex, Draksh)
Sticks
Da Champ
Alan Idol
The Flying Flamingo
The Great Gouki
Draven Himself
Vlad
L.L. Cool James
So if you would like to check us out here is our unoffical, but still offical website: www.angelfire.com/mo3/owf.com
Our myspace:
www.myspace.com/owfonline
HERE IS OUR LATEST SHOW AS OF
(11/21/2009)http://blip.tv/file/2909169
Subject: (OWF) Our Wrestling Federation 
Mon Nov 30, 2009 12:44 am
