Alas and behold, last night at Teatteri Forum in the middle of Helsinki, I claimed the DWA world heavyweight championship title, defeating former champ Rob Raw of Belgium in front of a rabid audience that hoped to see me lose.
All match photos by Marko Simonen – http://www.markosimonen.com
This championship win adds to my extensive list of title belt accolades over the course of my career, which read:
- PWF (Pro Wrestling Finlandia) championship 2005-2006
- IWS (Italian Wrestling Superstar) Intercontinental champion 2005
- Eurostars European championship 2006-2007
- IWS (Italian Wrestling Superstar) world heavyweight championship 2005-2008
- FCF (Fight Club Finland) championship 2007-2008, 2009, 2010, 2017-current
- EPW (European Pro Wrestling) tag team championship 2010
- TopCatch European championship 2011
- SMASH championship 2011
- BWA (British Wrestling Alliance) Catchweight championship 2013
- WNC (Wrestling New Classic) championship 2014
- Valhalla Nordic wrestling championship 2017-2018
…and now, as established already, the new DWA (Deutsche Wrestling Allianz) world heavyweight championship, following in the lineage of former champions such as Tatanka, Marty Jannetty and Joe E. Legend.
Rob Raw fought a game match, a hard fight, but in the end he overcome my moxy or the fact that, as FCF General Manager still last night, I had the power to restart the match after it seemed that Rob had gotten the duke. Notwithstanding, call it controversial if you will, but I told everyone that we’d have a new champ once the dust settled in Helsinki on September 1.
All that said, FCF Wrestling’s board of directors decided to eviscerate my standing as interim General Manager and appoint my old nemesis Juhana Karhula as the new GM, making the announcement at the Wrestling Show Live! event last night. I couldn’t be any less underwhelmed at this news, as it’s a definitive dig at me personally and a desperate attempt to try and topple me from my perch as FCF champion, also.
In addition, it looks like Karhula has made plans to reinstate Mikko Maestro, whom I fired from FCF back at the end of May this year. Maestro showed up out of the blue last night just as I was celebrating my big DWA title win, which was surprising to say the least. He’d finagled himself into the venue, probably kissing Karhula’s ass, as I’m sure Karhula let all of his buddies know in advance that he was taking over as GM.
Well, bring it on! I’m far from being finished and I’m not laying down for anybody. So Maestro, Karhula and company, load up your guns, ‘cos this means war!
A double champion yet again: the DWA and FCF title belts proudly displayed!
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