Post by Lord Hastings on Jul 9, 2014 22:18:51 GMT -5
Name: Alan Fernandez
Nicknames: The Talk of the Town, the Innovator of Offense
Year Inducted: 2014
Major Promotions: LWF, UGWC
Accomplishments:
Championships Held
EWA Tag Team Champion (w/ Fear)
LWF World Champion (x2)
LWF Cross-Hemisphere Champion
LWF Tag Team Champion (x5, w/ Fear x3, w/ Firestar, w/ Psiko)
LWF Havok Champion (x3)
LWF Technical Champion
LWF Acme Champion (Sponsor’s Title)
UGWC Cooperative Champion (w/ Phrixus Deimos)
UWF Tag Team Champion (w/ Fear)
XCW Hardcore Champion
Achievements
LWF Lord of the Ring 2002 Tournament Winner
LWF Outlast 2002 Champion
LWF Voted Best Character 2002
LWF Voted Best Face Promos 2003
LWF Voted Best Feud 2003 (vs Fear)
LWF Voted Favorite Character 2008
LWF Voted Best Feud 2009 (vs Phoenix)
LWF Voted Best Match 2009 (vs Phoenix, Vengeance)
LWF Voted Best Tag Team 2009 (w/ Psiko, Lunatic Fringe)
Career Notables:
Feuds
Robert Ooley (LWF, 2002)
Fear (LWF, 2003)
Phoenix (LWF, 2003, 2009)
Travis Pierce (LWF, 2008-2009)
Partnerships
Fear/Phrixus Deimos (2001-2003, 2009-2011) - Freak Show Central
Psiko (2004, 2008) - Lunatic Fringe
Matches
LWF Day of Reckoning 2002 - Robert Ooley vs Alan Fernandez, World Championship
LWF Maximum Carnage 2003 - Alan Fernandez vs Phoenix, Inferno Pit Match for the World Championship
EWA Collision 2003 - Alan Fernandez and Fear vs Doctor X and Assassin vs Lock and Robert Ooley, TLC Match for the Tag Team Championship
LWF Lockmania 2003 - Alan Fernandez vs Arelas vs Phoenix, Triple Threat Match for the World Championship
UWF Global Disaster 2003 - Alan Fernandez and Fear vs Ripsaw and Wicked Nick, Flaming Tables Match for the Tag Team Championship
LWF Betrayal 2003 - Fear vs Alan Fernandez, Iron Man Match for the Cross-Hemisphere Championship
LWF Maximum Carnage 2005 - Fear vs Alan Fernandez, World Championship
LWF Vengeance 2009 - Alan Fernandez vs Phoenix, Inferno Pit Match
LWF Day of Reckoning 2009 - Alan Fernandez vs Phoenix, Iron Man Match
UGWC Horizons 2011 - Chris Peterson and Calypso Desmona vs Alan Fernandez and Phrixus Deimos, Cooperative Championship
Induction:
The sounds of “Phucking Phreak” play through the festival grounds as Phrixus Deimos appears on the stage and approaches the Hall of Fame podium, settling behind it. It is several moments before he begins to speak.
“Today, UGWC opens the doors to its Hall of Fame for the very first time, to its inaugural class. Ten years ago, if you told Alan Fernandez that he would be in a Hall of Fame, he would have asked you how much he had to pay for the ticket. The man that we all knew as “The Talk of the Town” never thought much of himself, never truly recognized or understood the talent that he was.”
“I first met Alan in 2001, at the beginning of both of our careers, when both of us were just trying to find our place. I was little more than a paranoid sideshow, and Alan just a raw talent. Our first time in the ring together, we faced off in a Herring Match, perhaps best remembered for the use of an illegal striped bass. We recognized a kindred spirit in each other, we both did, and Freak Show Central was born.”
A chant of “F-S-C” breaks out in the crowd, and Phrixus nods his head and waits several moments before continuing.
“Alan had a knack for accomplishing things that nobody expected him to, for achieving things that were never meant to be within his reach. When he won the Lord of the Ring tournament, people looked at it and said, “that’s nice, good for him.” But then he went to Outlast, advanced to the finals, and won the World Title, and the self-proclaimed Freak had dethroned the mighty Robert Ooley.”
Director Ooley is shown in the crowd, and he actually appears to smile.
“When the Massive Melee came along and Arelas won it, and that same night Phoenix won the World Title from Alan when he beat us in a tag match, everybody knew that the main event of Lockmania that year was going to be Phoenix and Arelas. Everybody except Alan Fernandez. He got a rematch against Phoenix and beat him in his own match, beat him in the Inferno Pit, and forced his way into that Lockmania main event.”
Applause from the crowd.
“We were great friends, phenomenal teammates. FSC held championships as a team six different times, in four different promotions, including here in UGWC. As good of friends as we were, the truth is that we made even better enemies. When we faced off with the Cross-Hemisphere Title on the line, we both knew that one match simply wouldn’t be enough. Three matches wouldn’t be enough. No, we knew we needed a best of seven series of matches, a series in which every match would see the stakes rise higher and higher. Seven matches. Seven stipulations. Submission. Strap. Hamsterball. Hall of Mirrors. Weehawken Water Tower. Finally, an Iron Man Match, in which I didn’t really defeat the Innovator of Offense, so much as I survived him.”
“Two time World Champion. Lord of the Ring. Eight time tag team champion. Outlast Champion. Cross-Hemisphere Champion. Seventeen total championships across four promotions, but there is so much more to the legacy of the Talk of the Town. Brother. Partner. Friend. Lover of cookies. Freak.”
Phrixus lowers his head for a moment.
“Legend.”
“Alan Fernandez passed from this world nearly two and a half years ago. If he were here today, he would be sitting out there among you, staring up at me on this stage, and he would stand up and shout, “you’re talking...WHY ARE YOU TALKING!?!?!”
“I’m talking about you because you deserve it, because today you are the Talk of not only the Town, but of this entire Industry. Freaks are everywhere, freaks are nowhere, freaks are cool. I will never forget you, old friend. This...I vow.”
After this final words, the three words that ended many an Alan Fernandez promo, Phrixus steps back, and slowly produces the Talk’s infamous Mallet of Doom from behind the podium. He places it in front of the podium, and steps back and joins with the crowd in their applause.
Nicknames: The Talk of the Town, the Innovator of Offense
Year Inducted: 2014
Major Promotions: LWF, UGWC
Accomplishments:
Championships Held
EWA Tag Team Champion (w/ Fear)
LWF World Champion (x2)
LWF Cross-Hemisphere Champion
LWF Tag Team Champion (x5, w/ Fear x3, w/ Firestar, w/ Psiko)
LWF Havok Champion (x3)
LWF Technical Champion
LWF Acme Champion (Sponsor’s Title)
UGWC Cooperative Champion (w/ Phrixus Deimos)
UWF Tag Team Champion (w/ Fear)
XCW Hardcore Champion
Achievements
LWF Lord of the Ring 2002 Tournament Winner
LWF Outlast 2002 Champion
LWF Voted Best Character 2002
LWF Voted Best Face Promos 2003
LWF Voted Best Feud 2003 (vs Fear)
LWF Voted Favorite Character 2008
LWF Voted Best Feud 2009 (vs Phoenix)
LWF Voted Best Match 2009 (vs Phoenix, Vengeance)
LWF Voted Best Tag Team 2009 (w/ Psiko, Lunatic Fringe)
Career Notables:
Feuds
Robert Ooley (LWF, 2002)
Fear (LWF, 2003)
Phoenix (LWF, 2003, 2009)
Travis Pierce (LWF, 2008-2009)
Partnerships
Fear/Phrixus Deimos (2001-2003, 2009-2011) - Freak Show Central
Psiko (2004, 2008) - Lunatic Fringe
Matches
LWF Day of Reckoning 2002 - Robert Ooley vs Alan Fernandez, World Championship
LWF Maximum Carnage 2003 - Alan Fernandez vs Phoenix, Inferno Pit Match for the World Championship
EWA Collision 2003 - Alan Fernandez and Fear vs Doctor X and Assassin vs Lock and Robert Ooley, TLC Match for the Tag Team Championship
LWF Lockmania 2003 - Alan Fernandez vs Arelas vs Phoenix, Triple Threat Match for the World Championship
UWF Global Disaster 2003 - Alan Fernandez and Fear vs Ripsaw and Wicked Nick, Flaming Tables Match for the Tag Team Championship
LWF Betrayal 2003 - Fear vs Alan Fernandez, Iron Man Match for the Cross-Hemisphere Championship
LWF Maximum Carnage 2005 - Fear vs Alan Fernandez, World Championship
LWF Vengeance 2009 - Alan Fernandez vs Phoenix, Inferno Pit Match
LWF Day of Reckoning 2009 - Alan Fernandez vs Phoenix, Iron Man Match
UGWC Horizons 2011 - Chris Peterson and Calypso Desmona vs Alan Fernandez and Phrixus Deimos, Cooperative Championship
Induction:
The sounds of “Phucking Phreak” play through the festival grounds as Phrixus Deimos appears on the stage and approaches the Hall of Fame podium, settling behind it. It is several moments before he begins to speak.
“Today, UGWC opens the doors to its Hall of Fame for the very first time, to its inaugural class. Ten years ago, if you told Alan Fernandez that he would be in a Hall of Fame, he would have asked you how much he had to pay for the ticket. The man that we all knew as “The Talk of the Town” never thought much of himself, never truly recognized or understood the talent that he was.”
“I first met Alan in 2001, at the beginning of both of our careers, when both of us were just trying to find our place. I was little more than a paranoid sideshow, and Alan just a raw talent. Our first time in the ring together, we faced off in a Herring Match, perhaps best remembered for the use of an illegal striped bass. We recognized a kindred spirit in each other, we both did, and Freak Show Central was born.”
A chant of “F-S-C” breaks out in the crowd, and Phrixus nods his head and waits several moments before continuing.
“Alan had a knack for accomplishing things that nobody expected him to, for achieving things that were never meant to be within his reach. When he won the Lord of the Ring tournament, people looked at it and said, “that’s nice, good for him.” But then he went to Outlast, advanced to the finals, and won the World Title, and the self-proclaimed Freak had dethroned the mighty Robert Ooley.”
Director Ooley is shown in the crowd, and he actually appears to smile.
“When the Massive Melee came along and Arelas won it, and that same night Phoenix won the World Title from Alan when he beat us in a tag match, everybody knew that the main event of Lockmania that year was going to be Phoenix and Arelas. Everybody except Alan Fernandez. He got a rematch against Phoenix and beat him in his own match, beat him in the Inferno Pit, and forced his way into that Lockmania main event.”
Applause from the crowd.
“We were great friends, phenomenal teammates. FSC held championships as a team six different times, in four different promotions, including here in UGWC. As good of friends as we were, the truth is that we made even better enemies. When we faced off with the Cross-Hemisphere Title on the line, we both knew that one match simply wouldn’t be enough. Three matches wouldn’t be enough. No, we knew we needed a best of seven series of matches, a series in which every match would see the stakes rise higher and higher. Seven matches. Seven stipulations. Submission. Strap. Hamsterball. Hall of Mirrors. Weehawken Water Tower. Finally, an Iron Man Match, in which I didn’t really defeat the Innovator of Offense, so much as I survived him.”
“Two time World Champion. Lord of the Ring. Eight time tag team champion. Outlast Champion. Cross-Hemisphere Champion. Seventeen total championships across four promotions, but there is so much more to the legacy of the Talk of the Town. Brother. Partner. Friend. Lover of cookies. Freak.”
Phrixus lowers his head for a moment.
“Legend.”
“Alan Fernandez passed from this world nearly two and a half years ago. If he were here today, he would be sitting out there among you, staring up at me on this stage, and he would stand up and shout, “you’re talking...WHY ARE YOU TALKING!?!?!”
“I’m talking about you because you deserve it, because today you are the Talk of not only the Town, but of this entire Industry. Freaks are everywhere, freaks are nowhere, freaks are cool. I will never forget you, old friend. This...I vow.”
After this final words, the three words that ended many an Alan Fernandez promo, Phrixus steps back, and slowly produces the Talk’s infamous Mallet of Doom from behind the podium. He places it in front of the podium, and steps back and joins with the crowd in their applause.
