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MAIN EVENT

Listen To My Story
We have spent most of our lives here in UCA. Now, we say farewell to our most cherished moments, for good or bad. All members are encouraged to speak openly about what defined their UCA careers and react to others as well. This may be our last chance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0x1Rr6fxvQ

UNDERCARD

BRO-DOWN: MELEE MAYHEM Champion SoliBro v. DPBrobliVion
SoliBro and DPB have a storied rivalry, stretching back years. SoliBro wanted one more match against DPB, but just between BROS.

Rages in Cages
XIII v. Steiner HELL IN A CELL
Eddv v. ExThaNemesis CAGE
Fallout from the final UCA Rumble pits four competitors in two separate cage matches. Which two will get the last laughs?
RULES for HIAC: votes on :X0 count triple
RULES for CAGE: votes on :x0 count double. Once during the match, a competitor may ask to open the door; if that competitor earns 3 votes immediately after this, they win. If not, those votes do not count.

Silence in Motion: The Empire of Silence (Shad and Stifled) v. No Lynch Kru (B8UCA Undisputed Champion Tom/2018 UCA Rumble Winner & LW Champion Wigs)
Stifled requested facing off against a tag team that will end UCA on top as opponents in the final main event.

The Eternal Yttershake: B8UCA Tag Team Champion The Eternal King Apollo v. Ytter
Apollos ascent began against the paragon of sportsmanship: Ytter. What will happen when these two collide once more?

Thank God for the (Amnesia) Bomb: Dr. Football v. Dante
Long-time administrator Dr. Football has promised bombs, DANT-A-METERS, and who knows what else in his return to in-ring action.

Sultan Is Just Getting Tight Man: Sultan v. GTM
Sultan has a penchant for high-quality matches. Most of these came against Gnarly Toasted Mittensor was it Genuine Tasty Meatballs? Does anyone know what GTM stands for? I spent all career trying to guess. Will Sultan beat the answer out of him?

Hardcore Match: B8UCA Tag Team Champion The Last King Strife2 v. Eaedwards
The most infamous match in UCA history comes full circle. At least this time, everyone knew it was coming.

NOSTALGIA DONE RIGHT VOTE FORM
SoliBro v. DPBrobliVion
XIII v. Steiner
Eddv v. ExTha
Shad/Stifled v. Tom/Wigs
Apollo v. Ytter
Football v. Dante
Sultan v. GTM
VOTE HERE FOR HARDCORE: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/76295259
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Steiner
Tom/Wigs
Apollo
Football
Sultan

I have my stories ready. I'll focus on the Hardcore match before posting some.
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Top 5 Worst

5. Votals I Dont Got Them
I used to be one of the main votal guys before Emerald was kind enough to take the responsibility. The problem was any stipulation that was not, SIMPLE VOTE HERE DUMBASS, was too much. The notorious examples were confusing timestamps with message IDs practically every time.

4. Competition Breeds Contempt
UCA is a legitimate competition. I got VERY angry when I lost. On occasion, I even went to bat for people who werent involved in my shit. My temper got me in so much trouble. I also became protective of title reigns for some reason, which is pretty dumb.

3. I Got XIII Problems, But A Bitch Aint One
You wanna know where this all started? Just read the next two entries. Between this, tons of in-topic BS on my part, and some seriously disgusting PMs, things just went to hell.

2. Anime Chicks
Just because you have an idea, that doesnt make it a good one. Some of my biggest hobbies are based out of Japan, which include a ton of games and anime. I pulled from them all the time for UCA inspiration, but in this case, I didnt just pull character ideas and imagery, I pulled the CHARACTERS themselves into the story. I think the idea I was going for was Strife is possessed by evil, dark shit, and wants to take his anger out on everyone. But I think I could have done that without saying, This character from this show NO ONES SEEN BUT ME was hanging around me all the time.

I mean, Rozen Maiden is pretty fucking dumb, but the character Suigintou I liked wasnt. Persona was awesome, and Mitsuru is #1 waifu (all others are wrong)but they had no business being my story, getting in other userss ways, and being NPCs I made out to be actual characters feuding towards a PPV. I remember someone telling me, It sounds like some Touhou shit youre doing. Ironically, I had no idea what Touhou was (still kinda dont). UCA can make NPCs work. But it has to be the right NPCs. That was one of the many learning experiences I had to go through. Long story short, UCA was no place for waifu.

1. The Infamous Hardcore Match and the Strife Rule
It makes sense to end the worst category with undoubtedly THE nadir of UCA history. It changed the face of the brand, turned me from a nuisance to a detriment to the product, and actually forced me to take breaks, and rethink everything that led up to that point, and define me after the fact.

Modern Warfare was a great opportunity for the Knights of the Night (Sir Chris, myself in my Shoe of Darkness persona and others) were riding high as DARKNESS was the in thing. We beat some guys on the show and got booking rights.

Instead of seeing the writing on the wall (Chris as the leader and obvious #1 Contender), I decided, You know what, I do all this shit for UCA and dont get credit. Ill show them. I announced I would face Eaed in a title match the next night. What I didnt tell anyone was the stipulation I planned. I used both my accounts to run up votes, and I got what I wanted. But when Apollo PMs me saying, Do you really want it this way, Eaed breaking the topic in half, and XIII calling a Wrestlers Court situation to determine if the title match even counted, my only response was, Fuck you guys.

Next PPV, the title was quickly taken off me, Eaed got his win back at Summer Spectacular, the Strife Rule was put in place to never see another world title switch that way again, and I couldnt book shows unless I was HEAVILY monitored. I wasnt seen again for about 4-6 months, which made me realize that I wanted nothing more than to just be a part again. Trust me, absence made the heart grow fonder.
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Heres a story starring me, maniac, and Chronic1000.

King of the Board is one of the few accolades i have never won here in the UCA and I am now going to reveal what happened as only I, Maniac and Tom know it.

I lobbied Tom to let Maniac be the special Guest Referee, only his vote would matter in order to super hype up me and Maniacs feud heading into Summer Spectacular. I knew Chronic could use being King way more than myself and that I would climb the mountain on my own anyway.

Sure enough I would have won the match had I not interceded and Maniac and I proceeded to have an amazing feud over his MW title that culminated at Summer Spectacular. I think Maniac always regretted his role in it - it was far too heel for him and he remained face the entire rest of his career but I just want him to know it was one of my favorite parts of this project.
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DPBrobliVion
Steiner
Tom/Wigs
Ytter
Dante
Sultan
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The first show I was on was a PPV and it defined my entire time here, or at least began what led to where I am now.

XIII PM'd me and tried to pitch the UCA to me. I had seen the topics, as anyone on B8 surely has, but I don't think I ever entered one, and certainly didn't know what the UCA was. I was a wrestling fan, so I guess XIII saw me as a good fit, especially at a time when interest was low (the story of my career). I was super hesitant to join, for a variety of reasons.

Funnily enough, the #1 reason, though, was that I didn't believe I'd be able to promo or play a character, and because of that it wouldn't make sense for me to join. XIII assured me that I could take it slow and see how everything ran. Honestly, I only said yes because it seemed like XIII genuinely wanted people to get in. I briefly introduced myself in the main topic, and then when the PPV was posted, seen that I was in a battle royal for the LW title.

I'd learn later that all you had to do to win the LW title was show up, but at the time, I thought I had no chance. I believed UCA to be like every other board project (and I wasn't necessarily wrong): a popularity contest. I figured that me, a relatively obscure board member, would have no chance at any success because I wasn't popular enough.

That first night was pretty magical. I kept refreshing the topic to see that I actually had a shot of winning, and couldn't believe it when I actually did. At that point I said screw it, dug in, and started cutting promos. They probably weren't very good, and I'm not really sure how I went on that crazy streak that I did, going undefeated for a couple months, but I don't think I'd have taken this as serious as I have if all of that didn't happen.
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SoliBro
XIII
Eddv
Tom/Wigs
Apollo
Football
Sultan
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I definitely recall coming back during a promo hyping up Apollo/Sultan (It was a one-off for Summer Spectacular I think) and noticing something about David. It was one of those "Taker/Jeff Hardy" respect kind of things.
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Yo, Dp, while we're reminiscing
I'm bringing back rap cause I know you missed it
Solio, SoliBro, best beats in town
Solio's got this, you're going down

I'm the only pro-Epopper to speak like Jay-Z
The only one to make beating you look easy
I'm about to end your whole career, you'll be through
4/22, you'll be as dead as your crew

Now take notes, bro, or else you'll be a melvin
Write down the temperature, almost 6000 Kelvin
The way I'm gonna beat you, it should be illegal
Now bow to your King, call me Mr. Regal

This rapping thing is fun!, I hope I don't blunder
I'm chill now bro, so don't steal my thunder
I'm chill now, crow, but my flow so fly
I'm simply the greatest champion of all time

Grand Team Mayhem, we were the best
We beat other teams and we did it with zest
But that's all in the past, bro, so listen up Dp
End of UCA10, I'mma hit you with that 1-2-3
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SoliBro
XIII
ExTha
Tom/Wigs
Apollo
Football
GTM
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OPEN THE DOOR REF!

Eddv
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SoliBro
XIII
ExTha
Shad/Stifled
Apollo v.
Football v.
Sultan
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Solio
XIII
Eddv
Tom/Wigs
Apollo
Football
Sultan
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TRIFECTA- wait what the hell Sultan you betrayed us!
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Eddv posted...

TRIFECTA- wait what the hell Sultan you betrayed us!

You just now figured that out?
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*hits eddv with a chair as he tried to exit the cage*
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No....why! We were so great...
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*has a blank look on his face as Sultan attacks Eddv*

http://the-void.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dean-ambrose-shield-shock.png
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*hits eaed with a Sultan slam*

*Smirks as he walks away*
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I still have an extha to deal with.... Fuck.

THIS ISNT OVER SULTAN!
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DPBrobliVion
XIII
Eddv
Tom/Wigs
Apollo
Football
GTM
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I kinda talked about this before, but Solio was such a hugely important chapter in my career. My lack of success against him in championship matches was my defining characteristic. I just kept trying to get over the hump against him, and I couldn't do it.

Eventually I even ended up emulating him. Solio had vacated the IM title for an Undisputed Heavyweight Title match, which he won. Shortly afterwards, with him out of the picture, I was able to capture the IM title and go on a long reign. When I received a shot at the Undisputed Heavyweight Title, I figured vacating the IM title like he did would give me my best shot at winning.

And I won. And that set me on a run of success that I never imagined. I do owe a lot of that success to the drive and determination I found in that rivalry against Solio. Even if I couldn't beat him, that chase catapulted me to the top. So, it is an honor to face him again here at UCA10, and by the look of things, I'll have to take it as an honor to get my ass handed to me by him yet again.

It's all good, bro. It's been fun.
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So being the newest guy on the roster I believe, I don't have the wealth of experiences that everyone else here has. Stuff I could share would just be a drop in the bucket compared to "legendary feuds" back in the day. I'll share something instead that doesn't have to do with in-ring performance, but more behind the scenes interaction. Outside of kayfabe.

When I first started, I was way out of my comfort zone. Much like David, I didn't think I could cut a promo, or feud with people, or fit in really. I started just playfully jabbing at random people trying to start something up, trying to fit in. The first guy I went for was Apollo, and not long after, Strife messaged me just letting me know that Apollo was in the middle of something and that I probably shouldn't do that right away. Strife then went on to answer any questions I had about what to do, how things go, tips on how to succeed, stuff like that.

I know there are probably many people here that have beef with Strife because of his past "crimes" so-to-speak, but for the time I've known him, which was after all that, he's always been kind and helpful to me, even messaging me a compliment a time or two after cutting a promo (against him, no less. This was when we fought in the semis for the KotB tournament.) He did his best to make sure that I learned from his experiences, and even shared what happened of his own accord, even though it's obviously not something you'd want people to know. So I would just like to extend my thanks to Strife for being especially welcoming and supportive as I found my footing.

And lastly, a thank you to everyone I've interacted with in this. Everyone has been awesome. I tried to be sure not to rub anyone the wrong way out of kayfabe, but even so, everyone I've talked with has been kind and understanding, even when I went through a streak of 2 or 3 shows where I would get counts for votals wrong (thanks eaed especially for being patient.)

I'm pretty happy with what I accomplished in my short time here. I of course would have liked to clinch that undisputed once, but there were 2 far more deserving people in that match. It's not the end that matters, it's the journey you took to get there. I'm glad I took this journey.
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so unfortunately the official DANT-A-METER is lost to time and previous laptops but

https://youtu.be/ZcPyzfD2hLY?t=58

The DANT-A-METER chronicled my pursuit of at the time Dante's record Middleweight title reign, and is by far my most successful gimmick of all time. Every other time I tried something it had a bit of success but nothing close to that.

I would eventually tie the record but lose to Tom, and would take back the title at EPOPMANIA 2 against sbp.

I miss sbp and Semi
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Oh and since im not 100% on how the cage match gets counted....

Eddv
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This time it's personal

[Attempts to tayble very large salmon]
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Nooooo. DAMN YOU SALMON!
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Speaking of legendary feuds, the web that got weaved by me/Haguile/XIII/Tom at Epopmania IV is still one of my favoritr things that happened.

For those who dont know the story, Haguile had a pretty boss run at the top of this company with two very memorable runs at the top. During the second of which I was very hot on his tail pursuing my first world title as was XIII. And then...he suddenly disappeared.

He was gone. XIII managed to win the vacant title off of Ayvuir and Boko made his climb back to the top unexpectedly trampling everyone.

That year at the Rumble, despite game efforts by myself, Tom and XIII, JONA ended up winning but new jobber and presumed NPC Luchador Potter came out and revealed himself to have been Haguile all along and showed he still had his own world title. I was incensed because I was the challenger for his title that he disappeared before taking on, Tom was incensed because he so clearly broke the rules and couldnt be allowed his own title. XIII, ever the opportunist saw a way back to the top and to execute an ambitious idea: Brand Separation.

Boko would remain champion and take on JONA (who with the help of Extha put on a game challenge, but Boko is still the GOAT and crushed him anyway). Haguile would be champion retroactive to his disappearance and be the Inaugural champ of Combat - if he could defend his title against the winner of me vs XIII. The match ended up a tie under shady circumstances and after Tom declared that he was tired of XIIIs shenanigans decided that the only way to get a fair match out of this was for him to enter the fray too!

Outside of kayfabe XIII pretty much had to insert himself because Haguile had clearly lost a step popularitywise and him getting destroyed by me wasnt going to be a good main event.

The end result was what I believe REMAINS the highest votaled Epopmania main event with our sub-main greatly overshadowing the clash between Boko and JONA which technically ended the event.

But my dealings with Boko and Nee and the UCA title werent over yet.... My next story has to do with the end of brand separation.
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[Comes back from hardcore topic feeling accomplished]

Aw yeah, tabled that salmon. It didn't even TRY to put me through a table. Didn't stand a chance.

I declare myself the Poseidon of Tables!

Much better than some plain old Master of Taybles. I get a trident. Not just the gum either.
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SoliBro
Steiner
Eddv
Tom/Wigs
Ytter
Dante
Sultan
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Hi! Let's talk UCA memories! These will be some of the greatest memories of the UCA that fans have, of course.

There's two real defining points for me in the UCA. The first is 2012. It was at that point I finally hit the main event status after being around from the beginning. But I did it in style, going on a 9-0 run across 7 PPVs, and grabbing both heavyweight titles. My feud with Nick then followed, which was a series of incredibly intense and close matches.

The other main point for me is the tron video. I was doing the VGMusic of the Day videos at the time, and had been using avisynth to make the videos despite not really knowing anything about the program. I was experimenting one night to sync up images to music, trying to learn some new stuff with the program. I was also chatting with voltch about something wrestling related at the same time, and something magically clicked at that moment. I then mspainted a bunch of images and put together a video for the next hour, laughing to myself the whole time. I then wasn't sure if it was the dumbest thing ever, or the greatest thing ever, so I asked voltch to watch it. Lucky for all you, he had a positive reaction and I didn't scrap the whole thing.

Also, because I don't know if it was ever revealed, I had used an album release of a song that appeared in the Beatmania IIDX games for my theme, "Watch Out Pt. 2" by DJ Mass Mad Izm and DJ Yoshitaka.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFdfwIpdcWc
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I remember finally getting a shot at the Undisputed Title, which of course was against Dp, and not being able to take advantage of it. After that, I'd say I was at the "low-point" of my career. No one was really interested in feuding with me, or they were busy doing their own things, and I ended up promoing at people, which ended up being pretty common over the course of my time here.

After a pretty bad Rumble, I wasn't really sure where to go. We had that mini-crisis before Epopmania IX, which should have been a sign of things to come, and I knew that I wanted to get back to being relevant. After winning there, I slowly started having fun again.

I had a decent run with Sultan as tag champs, and I feel like the only reason we lost there was because I was working my way back up to an Undisputed Title shot.

This time though, I did it. Obviously I can't speak about the past, but Dp had been on a legendary run ever since I showed up. He freaking put the title on the line at the Rumble and STILL managed to retain. To beat him meant that I really made it. I couldn't believe I had finally got to the point I had worked so hard to get to.

I've got this sort of chip on my shoulder where I perceive my run as Undisputed Champion to not be a meaningful one despite the fact that no one has actually said that, but that was the most fun I had here. I really felt like I was on top of this project.

I somehow beat Dp again, and then spent the next multiple months essentially being unstoppable. There were a lot more of those promoing at people moments due to there only being a handful of us truly active, but it still felt pretty great.

I'm still kind of embarrassed about how I lost that title. I worked nights and so I often wouldn't see shows posted until hours later, unless they were linked in the discussion topic. This PPV hadn't been. I somehow misread the time when I got home and thought I had another 12 hours, and because I didn't' vote, the match ended in a draw. At that point I knew I had no chance in the rematch. I'm really glad it was Strife who got the opportunity to be champion, though. He was right up there with me during those months, keeping this thing afloat.

It would end up being the last time I was Undisputed champ, but it was a hell of a time.
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One last thing before I go to bed because I likely won't get a chance to post again before the 24 hours pass:

I was absolutely gutted when XIII came out and said this was ending (I still am). This had been the most fun I ever had on the board, and the news came at a time where I was hotter than ever. I felt like I had so much more to give, and knew that I'd probably get lost in the shuffle as we rightfully celebrated the past of this project.

I can't remember the specific conversation we were having, but the thing that stood out to me was XIII coming out and saying that I was one of the main reasons why they didn't just end it right then. I don't know if he remembers saying that, or if it was just said to appease my anger, but it's something that I really took in and made me more willing to say goodbye to this thing.

My time here has been great, and I'm really going to miss it.
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I didnt know at the time that my final UCA title run was going to be that 9 day run where I took the title from Zsig and then gave it right back but that was an amazing feud too. We really built that thing forever.
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DPBrobliVion
XIII
ExTha
Tom/Wigs
Ytter
Football
Sultan

Gotta respect the Yttershake. My first match and feud, which netted me my first title. It couldn't have been against a nicer guy. I still remember that series fondly, and even now is among the most fun I had in the UCA. I remember doing the "Lightweights are the exciting high-flyers, we're the real main event and match of the night" gimmick and starting off with high-votal ties and close losses + wins against Ytter really helped bring that to life (at least for a bit).

UCA has been such an amazing creative outlet for me over the last 5-6 years. I have so many memories of fun or exciting match-ups, promos and stories. For a long time I regretted never being popular enough to be "the guy" like other, more regular B8 users. I mean, it made sense, by 2014 I didn't even post on any non-UCA B8 topics anymore, no one knew me outside of here. But, thinking back, while I was never a consistent main eventer, I'm happy that I got to do so much in that span. I'm not one to stick to a gimmick for very long (I actually think my "King" run has by far been the longest I've stuck to a single character lol), and its insane to reflect on all the different personas I've been and all they've done (midcard or not). Just off the top of my head, I think of my time as the Lightweight Division advocate, The Young Guns run and gradual break-up, Master of Mayhem (which includes one of my favorite moments ever, straight up trapping Maniac in a building and blowing it up to build to Epopmania), Mr. Eruption, delusional heel Launching Pad host + occasional XIII lackey, this current run as The Eternal King.

Finally winning the Undisputed Championship felt amazing. I honestly thought it might never happen, I saw just about every contemporary of mine win it before I did, which was somewhat frustrating. I think that Summer Spectacular title match was legit only my SECOND title match in 5 years of UCA (and my first came way back in my 1st year. Side note--I have very fond memories of that because I absolutely finessed my way into that title shot by spewing some complete delusional heel BS. All I did was beat fellow lightweight wizardsfan, who I was already facing and beating every other week anyway for 0 stakes, because he had beaten Tom the week before he became champ).

I was distracted by real life at the time of my run and while reaching the top was awesome, I didn't really enjoy the actual run that much. I was kinda afraid of losing the title quickly after waiting so long to get it, so I took few risks and felt really bland. I mean, it DID work for a while, but honestly I had way more fun doing the more over-the-top characters. I'm still incredibly glad I was able to win it at least once though, it felt good to receive the validation after so many years. My peers finally deemed me good (likeable?) and creative enough to be THE top guy. I could finally look at my UCA career with no regrets after that.

I can go on and on, but I want to thank everyone who helped me out or played a part in these memories. Strife, for as much shit as he gets, I think is a good guy. His career path has been pretty intertwined with mine since almost the beginning, so I'd be remiss not to give him a shout out for always caring and being a source of creative inspiration. Whether it'd be for bouncing ideas or for just having memorable matches/feuds/partnerships, I'd also like to give props to XIII, Tom, eaed, Maniac, Sultan, Ytter, wizardsfan, Dr. Football, Solio, eddv (who I think was the first to book me as 'Mr. Eruption'), and Stifled. I feel like I definitely missed a few there, but if you feel like you've had a memorable moment with me, I sincerely thank you too.
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oh and--not related to my career, but I'd like to add I really considered voting for Emerald in his title shot. I think timing is the only reason he won't be UCA champion. I decided not to because of kayfabe but I just wanted to mention him too, he's cool.
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Yeah I booked you as Mr. Eruption at first just because tou were just generally always ledr unbooked until Eruption happened but then it kinda became a Thing.
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*wakes up from hardcore ass kicking*

I want to thank Emerald and Apollo for the shoutouts. I know in Apollo's case, it seems kinda like fate now that everything worked out as it did. He was definitely the first new guy (i.e. 2013-2014 like when I started) I saw, "He gives a shit about making something of his UCA run from a creative mindset." Not saying others don't, but it just felt like for him, it was more about the story and building his character than winning. Contrast that with Sultan, who is just sheer force of will, and was awesome by existing as "Sultan," and trying in like half his matches, and winning nearly everything else. I developed a "PM to create feuds" mentality because he always thought through feuds as contingency plans rather than "Throw shit still it sticks." Made things easy to work with.

As for Emerald, I can't find a guy who just was a good guy through and through. I think UCA has a lived in problem where like WWE, everyone is some shade of heel trying to outdo each other in that facet. Even people who start face and were really good at it (David and Stifled for example) switched for a time. Emerald never did, and just grew into a comfortable babyface over time.
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davidponte posted...

That first night was pretty magical. I kept refreshing the topic to see that I actually had a shot of winning, and couldn't believe it when I actually did. At that point I said screw it, dug in, and started cutting promos. They probably weren't very good, and I'm not really sure how I went on that crazy streak that I did, going undefeated for a couple months, but I don't think I'd have taken this as serious as I have if all of that didn't happen.

It's funny you say this. Because nearly 6 years ago we had a new debutant in UCA fighting for the LW title in a Battle Royal. The brand split had just started so the more activity we had, the better. This guy gets to the final 2 then loses to War. I was GM but openly biased in favour of the new guy, partly because of the fun and whimsical time travel gimmick and also because we'd have more chance of keeping him around with that big opening win - much like you did @davidponte.

I was still learning as an admin figure at that time and didn't think my bias was a big problem, but when this new guy fucked up his counting in a vote once per hour match of some kind, and half his votes were ruled out, I counted it anyway. So he won the LW title officially, but not really. War was pissed off with me, rightly, and left the UCA - but I negotiated his return. He had an immediate rematch, won the title back (with me and Nick banned from voting), then retained the title at the next PPV in a triple-threat match, all the while under this toxic cloud of controversy.

All this built to Lethal Lottery, where the newbie earned ONE MORE MATCH for the title. It was the first ever LETHAL IRONMAN MATCH, lasting over all 3 days of Lethal Lottery. And the newbie won in an epic, finally overcoming War once and for all in a controversy-free match. He went on to have the longest ever LW title reign at the time.

The controversy and the rematch and my bias and everything played into what ended up accidentally being the hottest and most compelling feud in the company. It wasn't planned that way, but it worked. It taught me a lot about the value of the chase, and heavily influenced what is in my view the UCA's greatest title chase, possibly greatest feud, Me vs. @Solioxrz362

Of course, if I'd known that said debutant would be one of the UCA's most loyal users, I might not have worried so much about him winning in that first match.

That user ended up being a Hall of Famer, Rumble winner and multi-time HW Champion. It was @eaedwards6400

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8UERqyQCmg

So long ago that I actually did that hype package myself. It predates the outsourcing of them to Hype Guy!
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More later, I just had to tell that story because it mirrors david in an interesting way
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Everyone is walking down memory lane for event. I plan on keeping my thing a little short because usually you guys get sick of by super long promos that apparently sometimes go nowhere but that happens when you are building your character. I was just coming to the highlight a few things that I really enjoyed on my stay here in the UCA. When I first came to the UCA I took off like a rocket I did very well my first year. I wanted to do this match with GTM because at that point is where I thought my career really took off I gained major of momentum following beating GTM might be one of the best feuds in UCA history it took pretty much to pay per view cycles for this Feud to end where we finally had a winner for the middleweight championship. My gimmicks here where a typical crazy guy based off of WWE Kane, a superhero, a wrestling god, savior of the UCA, a literal sultan, and the lost Ed. My favorite moment and you see a even though there were so many like teaming with Young Guns and David would be when I felt like I finally made it on my own my second UCA Title reign during my savior of the UC a gimmick and the rebirth.

Their are so many of you guys if like to thank for making UCA my home on B8 for the last 6 or 7 years (I made a b8 account just to do uca if you didn't know) but just to name a few Scare, DP, Apollo and Strife, 13, Zsig (my favorite announcer and one of my favorite opponents), eaed and Eddv the TRIFECTA, Sir Chris, and Good ol Tom

I hope you all remember me as that crazy son of a bitch from UCA
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I never imagined to win the Heavyweight title once, let alone six times. The highlights of my career include the following...

1) My feuds with DP, XIII, Nee, Sultan, Eddv, and many more
2) Winning the tag titles with 4 different competitors
3) The Raphael Raven custom title
4) Winning Ultimatum and Bound for Whiskey within the last 2 years, and the first Money in the Bank match in 2009

DPBrobliVion
XIII
Eddv
Tom/Wigs
Apollo
Football
Sultan
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*Throws down in the Bro-Down, lays down to chill and trips Dp*
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Oh, yeah, bro. XIII vs. Solio is totally the most radical feud to ever take place in the UCA. You simply can't top it bro! I remember when I tied XIII, I was like, "Yo WTF bros how you gonna do me like that and totally steal my thunder..." but then eventually it was all like, SIKE! I'm stealing my thunder right back! You know what I'm saying?

Oh man. Too sweet man. Good times.
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Hype Guy's best work imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckjdzrZcadg
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SoliBro
Steiner
Eddv
yay
Apollo
Football
Sultan

I'll reminisce over my lunch break
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Random musings:

-Probably my favorite match I had was a Submission match with Semi at Mania. We were ETERNAL RIVALS and he usually got the better of me in multiple things across the board. The stip IIRC was tap out or be out of action on a loss for a few months. I was determined to not tap, regardless of the score. It was a back and forth match, and I had a slight lead coming up on the deadline. Our mutual friend kenrmcha came in with an obviously rallied vote for Semi...but he was just a few seconds late, and Semi tapped out. For many years, I would consider that my biggest singles accomplishment.

-My first HW Title win was a complete accident, and I still feel a bit bad about it. I had come back for the guest booking period at some point where I was barely participating. I went with the character of an over-the-top egomaniac, stuck in the glory days of my being admin. I booked myself against Kora for the title for no reason in a random undercard match, and did lots of pre-celebrating my victory. Then I actually won for some reason. Wouldn't have booked the match if I'd expected I had a chance! And that was my only HW Title win until this one. I'd always wanted the big one, but kinda given up on ever getting there, so it was a weird feeling to accidentally get it in a shady manner. I wasn't really specifically gunning for the title when I won it this time, but at least I earned it!

-I had a few ideas for Mania before I got the title. An early concept of the card had NLK in a multi-tag match for the belts, but I didn't really feel like that and might've fought back. I was planning on hitting up Semi on Discord and seeing if I could talk him into one more match. I've tried a few times to bring him in, and gotten no every time, but I think it's conceivable he could've come back to put the final nail in the coffin. Maybe another sub match where if I lose the UCA can never be brought back in any form, or something. Other things I was considering were NLK/WotR (but I figured there were fifty other people who'd want XIII), going for the MM Title, or teaming up with Boko again.

-When I retained at the Rumble, my plan shifted briefly to being some sorta JRPG big bad, and that's why I was getting weird and nihilistic on commentary. I WILL PURGE THIS FALLEN WORLD EVEN IN VICTORY YOU CANNOT STOP ME HERO and all that. Was gonna start calling myself "The Final Boss of UCA" even. Then Wigs won (getting to hammer was probably my biggest markout moment in UCA ever) and that plan went out the window.

-One of my favorite booking things was when Haguile came back as LuchadorPotter at the Rumble, leading into the whole two-title thing. It was just fun to visualize in an actual wrestling setting! He left UCA as champ, IIRC, and a new champ was crowned. After a while, Potter had started participating, obviously as somebody's alt but it wasn't known whose. Right as the Rumble ended, I did another countdown, and played Potter's theme again, and then he came out with the belt and unmasked.

-It was a pain remembering to insert trons every card, but now that we only get them at the Rumble, I kinda miss them. Hype videos are cool too. I wanted video promos to take off, but they never did. :(

-The Rumble is simultaneously my favorite and least favorite event to run. It's super hype staying around for hours and getting surprise returns and posting trons and coming up with commentary and stratvoting. It's also a huge time commitment, lol. I think this might've been the first time it's gone without some sorta weird drama over lawyering or rallying or such! Thanks for that, everybody. I fully support the idea of having some sorta non-UCA Rumble every year. Also, shoutout to Dp for keeping tallies going a lot of the time.

-I also really like Ultimatum, and am kinda bummed that we couldn't anybody to take cases this year. It's fun coming up with them and one of these days I'm gonna use it in TEW
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Of course, in talking about best times in the UCA, it comes back to Royal Rumbles. I talk about my accomplishments in them from time to time in promos to toot my own horn, but I really wouldn't be here without them. I had a very unmemorable first stint in the UCA. I remember teaming up with ZeroSignal (The Raven 2), but we failed to win the tag titles. I think I won the Middleweight title once, but I don't even remember that. I grew disinterested and became inactive, eventually purging from the roster.

Then in 2014, the Rumble was coming around, and I was excited for the opportunity to participate. I don't even remember if it was me who went to XIII or XIII who came to me, but I think it was probably me who went to him. I would be a surprise guest entrant in the Rumble. That's really all it was meant to be. I would pop in for the Rumble, have some fun, probably perform poorly because I'd been inactive, and then be done with it. I didn't see myself returning to full, active duty.

But I had a lot of fun. And I did way better than I expected. I was the Iron Man. I felt compelled to fully return to the UCA after that. The Rumble had awakened me from the grave, and the rest, as they say, is history. The following year at the Rumble, I won the Undisputed Heavyweight Title for the first time. The only downside to that was missing out on the Rumble itself, although it was an interesting different kind of experience. But above all, I wanted the chance to win the Rumble.

So, last year, as we approached the Rumble, and I was the reigning Undisputed champ, I made an unprecedented decision to enter the Rumble with the title. It was certainly a risk, but it was one I was willing to take. The Rumble is just too much fun to miss out on for the second time in three years, and I figured it would be fun for the rest of the UCA as well. But mainly, I had one goal in mind. And I accomplished it. The crown jewel of my UCA career:

I won the Royal Rumble while successfully defending my Undisputed Heavyweight Title. It was such an awesome moment. I say it all the time, but the Rumble is absolutely my favorite part of the UCA, so to win it, and in such fashion, was easily the highlight of my career.
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-Random people I really miss in UCA: Haguile, sbp, Semi, Tecknic, Dante, Alec, FFD, Chris, Drak

-I tried several times to talk Ulti into participating because I really wanted to see him heel it up, especially in like the 2013-2015 era when he was more liked. Best I ever got was a brief Rumble appearance.

-I really like all our different stips, and am STILL in love with MELEE MAYHEM years after it started being a thing. I kinda wanna use it somewhere else. I used it in my short-lived "book WWE like it is UCA" TEW game, and ran like half a round of a tournament with it here.

-Speaking of TEW, the mod is still a thing, and UCA is still in it! It's currently kinda sorta playable (including UCA) and is progressing at a rapid pace. Stop by the 1006-verse topic if you wanna.

-The crossover storyline with that mod went waaaayyyyy longer than we were really expecting! I think we were as sick of it as everybody else but results never really supported ending it. For those wondering, I did a sim with the mod, and filled CPU in on everything his virtual counterpart had done. He happened to wind up in the Sonic fed, and that's why it was Sonic characters (plus or minus some other random folks that they'd hired or let go) showing up.

-Have I mentioned that I'm pretty hyped that it's me and Wigs at Mania? It's still very surprising to me that either of us got this far, but I ain't complaining! WGSIWGSIWGSIGISWGIWSGSIGWSIGWS

-that said I feel kinda bad because boko wanted to do stuff with me and now we can't :\
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I tried to make an effort to get into that Sonic mod when it was clear that no one else really cared about it.

I could never tell if CPU was genuinely upset about it or if it was all in character, so I took it upon myself to kind of focus on it. I messaged one of the admins about potentially not defending the Undisputed title for a cycle so that I could focus on it, especially at a time where I had already beaten every feasible contender, but that ended up not working out and so I could never put all of my energy into it.

I'm also unsure if CPU was just really great at playing his character or if he really did hate me, so that made things difficult.
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