Post by tystates on Jul 6, 2018 20:19:54 GMT -5
In Memorium: Dreadnaught
The final match of the King of the Ring first round was TC Watson versus Dreadnaught. The match was all Watson as Dreadnaught was even more off his game than is usual, never once getting in an offensive move. Watson had applied the sleeper a number of times, as well as dropping the ring veteran over the ropes and slamming him hard to the mat. It was a spine buster that gave Watson the win.
His celebration was short-lived though, when he and everyone else realized that Dreadnaught was not getting up. The arena sat still and held its collective breath as medical attention was given to Dreadnaught. Nothing could help him, and the GWF lost one of its all-time greats on this night.
A look through the history of the I-P tag belts will show the team of Comrade Terror and Tongsoon, the Alien Corps, to be the duo to hold this title the longest in GWF history. They are 2-time holders of the I-P tag straps, and their record of 10 title defenses still stands today. The closest any team has come to breaking that mark is 7, with the Estorians, Millennium and the Ninja Assassins coming close but not quite. These two men have endured a lot in their great wrestling careers, no longer going by these names. They will always have their piece of GWF history.
Dreadnaught held the GWF Six-Man tag-team titles once with Monad and Prodigy. In a cruel twist of fate, Dreadnaught was a perennially ranked contender, yet never won a singles championship.
It was his choice to enter the Transevolver. He then did it a second time, and defied all the odds by surviving a full six years afterwards, never giving up his time in the ring that meant so much to him. Inside the squared circle is where Dreadnaught spent his last moment in this world.
I went through every GWF card in history and put a list together of important matches in Dreadnaught's career.
COMRADE TERROR
Match History
Card
#1 Galaxian Title Tournament: def. Star Warrior in the first round; lost to Exo-King in the quarterfinals.
#3 def. Commander Sam
#16 teamed with Thantos & Executioner to def. Star Warrior, Commander Sam & Wolf
#31 def. Commander Sam in a Steel Cage Match
#33 def. Commander Sam in a Titan Death Match
#36 lost to GWF champ Star Warrior in a Titan Death Match
#39 teamed with Executioner in a Steel Cage Match loss to GWF tag-team champions Greek Gods
#40 lost to Commander Sam in a Steel Cage Match
#47 teamed with Thantos & Executioner to def. Commander Sam, Massif & Omega
#48 GWF Title Tournament: def. Exo-King by DQ in the first round; lost to Killer Queen in the second round.
#49 teamed with Executioner in a loss to GWF tag-team champions Greek Gods
#56 def. GWF champion Star Warrior by DQ
#56A Interplanetary Title Tournament: def. Billy Jo Boxer by DQ in the first round; lost to Exo-King in the quarterfinals.
#57 Interplanetary Tag-Team Title Tournament: Alien Corps and Bomb Squad fought to a double DQ in the first round.
#59 Alien Corps lost by DQ in a non-title match against I-P tag champs the Ani-Men.
#61 Alien Corps lost to I-P tag champs the Ani-Men.
#65 Alien Corps lost to GWF tag champs the Greek Gods.
#71 Alien Corps lost to I-P tag champs the Ani-Men.
#72 GALACTICADE 1990: Iron Team Tournament - Alien Corps finished in fifth place with 20 points.
#78 def. Commander Sam
#82 lost to Commander Sam in a Steel Cage Match
#83 SURVIVOR SERIES: teamed with Thantos, Bishop Hell & the Mad Jester in a loss to Star Warrior, Galactic Punisher, Mesmer & Commander Sam.
#92 Alien Corps lost by DQ to I-P tag champs Star Warrior & Galactic Punisher
#93 Alien Corps lost to I-P tag champs Star Warrior & Galactic Punisher in a Titan Death Match.
#100 competed in the ROYAL RUMBLE
#103 Alien Corps def. GWF tag champs the Ani-Men by DQ
#104 Alien Corps lost to GWF tag champs the Ani-Men
#109 Alien Corps def. Powerhouse in a Steel Cage Match
#110 Interplanetary Tag-Team Title Tournament: Alien Corps def. Powerhouse in the first round; def. Society of Death in the semifinals; lost by DQ to Titan Power in the Final.
#111 Alien Corps def. Titan Power for the I-P tag-team titles. Comrade Terror & Tongsoon held the belts for 31 cards, making 10 title defenses - the most ever in GWF history.
#116 Alien Corps def. the New Headsmen in a Steel Cage Match.
#128 TAG-TEAM CHALLENGE: Alien Corps lost to Bomb Squad by DQ in the first round.
#133 Alien Corps def. Titan Power in a Titan Death Match
#134 Alien Corps lost to GWF tag champs Powerhouse
#139 CLASH OF THE CHAMPIONS I: Alien Corps lost by DQ to the Space Croppers.
#142 Alien Corps lost the I-P tag-team titles to Titan Power.
#154 WRESTLE WAR 1991: Alien Corps won the I-P tag-team titles from Titan Power in a 2/3 Falls Match, 2-0.
#168 Alien Corps lost the I-P tag-team titles to the Space Croppers.
#170-172 Comrade Terror ran the gauntlet by def. Executioner, Vanity & Adam Blast.
#178 Alien Corps lost to I-P tag champs the Space Croppers
#183 Interplanetary Title Tournament: lost to Wolf in the first round
#190 GWF Tag Team Title Tournament: Alien Corps def. Eastern Dynasty by DQ in the first round; lost to the Norse Gods in the second; Terror injured 5 cards.
#197 def. Lightening in a Titan Death Match
#202 GALAXIAN BASH 1991: Alien Corps lost by DQ to Powerhouse.
#208 teamed with Tongsoon & the Cosmic Forces to def. the Supreme Gods in War Games.
#211 CLASH OF THE CHAMPIONS II: Alien Corps def. Powerhouse by C.O.
#214 lost to Lightening in a Steel Cage Match
#219 def. Commander Sam
#224 def. Lightening in a Torture Chamber Match
#234 SIX-MAN IRON TEAM TOURNAMENT: Galactic Rebels finished in sixth place with 60 points.
#235 IRON TEAM TOURNAMENT: Alien Corps finished in ninth place with 45 points.
#245-247 Comrade Terror ran the gauntlet by def. Commander Sam by C.O., Exo-King & Man-Mountain.
#250 GALACTICMANIA I: lost to Mesmer by DQ
#251 Interplanetary Title Tournament: def. Massif in the first round; def. Exo-King by DQ in the quarterfinals; lost to Mesmer in the semifinals.
#264 GWF Tag-Team Title Tournament: teamed with Death Masque to def. the Eastern Dynasty in the first round; def. Western Powers in the quarterfinals; lost to Badger & Proteus in the semifinals.
#265 Interplanetary Tag-Team Title Tournament: teamed with Death Masque to def. Creature Feature in the first round; lost to Titan Power by DQ in the quarterfinals.
#271 CLASH OF THE CHAMPIONS III: teamed with Death Masque to def. GWF tag champs Badger & Proteus by DQ.
#275 SURVIVOR SERIES: teamed with Death Masque, the Royal Creeps, Cosmic Forces & Gladiators in a loss to Titan Power, Galaxian Gods, Star Fighters & Power & Glory.
#300 teamed with Death Masque to def. the Greek Gods.
#303 $1,000,000 LETHAL LOTTERY: teamed with Brute to def. Proteus & Lightening by DQ in the first round, Comrade Terror injured 5 cards; def. Billy Jo Boxer & Man-Mountain by C.O. in the semifinals; lost to Badger & Splatter in the final.
#310 def. Wolf
#312 def. Spike
#323 WRESTLING CLASSIC: def. Massif by DQ in the first round; lost to Lance At-Las in the quarterfinals.
#333 GALACTICADE 1991 - BATTLE BOWL: teamed with Brute in a loss to the Cosmic Forces.
#340 competed in the ROYAL RUMBLE
#350 SUPERBRAWL: lost a Torture Chamber Match to Lance At-Las.
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#353 TV Title Tournament: lost to Lance At-Las by DQ
#363 def. Star Warrior in a Steel Cage Match
#369 CLASH OF THE CHAMPIONS V: lost to Battering Ram by DQ
#375 WRESTLE WAR 1992: def. Mesmer
#378 IRON MAN TOURNAMENT: finished in eighth place with 50 points.
#388 teamed with Thantos in a Steel Cage Match loss to Chaos & Matador, Dreadnaught injured six cards.
#400 GALACTICMANIA II: def. Krakan
#404 def. Exo-King in a Titan Death Match
#412 def. former partner Tongsoon
#418 lost to Tongsoon by DQ
#423 def. Tongsoon
#424 GALAXIAN BASH 1992: def. Tongsoon in a Torture Chamber Match
#430 teamed with Tendron & Serpent Unman in a loss to Six-Man tag champs Lance At-Las, Lord Nexus & Proteus.
#432 def. TV champ Spike by DQ
#433 lost to TV champ Spike
#437 def. Alpha Force
#438 lost to Chaos
#445 GALACTICADE 1992: lost to Soldier of Fortune
#450 Steel Cage Title Tournament: def. Pulsar in the first round; lost to Lord Nexus in the second round.
#452 BATTLE BOWL THE LETHAL LOTTERY: teamed with Dragonmaster in a loss to Massif & Antimatter.
#455 GWF Tag-Team Title Tournament: teamed with Doomsday Creature in a loss against the Gladiators in the first round.
#460 lost a Steel Cage Match to Soldier of Fortune
#467 CLASH OF THE CHAMPIONS VII: lost by C.O. to King Lear
#471 lost to Chaos
#475 teamed with Doomsday Creature to def. GWF tag champs New Order by DQ
#480 SURVIVOR SERIES: the Galactic Rebels lost to the Ani-Men.
#481 teamed with Doomsday Creature in a Brass Knuckles Match loss to GWF tag champs New Order.
#483 lost to Soldier of Fortune in a Brass Knuckles Match
#487 TAG-TEAM CHALLENGE: teamed with Doomsday Creature in a first round loss to Animal Pack by DQ.
#488 PAIN & PUNISHMENT 1993: won a 20-man Power Battle Royal.
#489 def. Soldier of Fortune in a Chain Match
#491 lost to GWF/Cage champ Thantos in a Steel Cage Match
#492 lost to GWF/Cage champ Thantos in a Steel Cage Match
#500 competed in the ROYAL RUMBLE
#514 def. Soldier of Fortune, Dreadnaught injured for 6 cards
#530 SUPERBRAWL II: def. Iron Mane by DQ
#534 def. Thantos by DQ
#540 CLASH OF THE CHAMPIONS VIII: def. Holocaust
#546 def. I-P champ Star Warrior by DQ
#547 def. Bishop Hell
#550 WRESTLE WAR 1993: lost to Raven
#560 lost to Thantos by DQ
#565 GALAXIAN BASH 1993: def. Holocaust
#568 def. Vengeance
#574 def. Pegasus
#581 lost to Star Warrior
#586 lost to I-P champ King Lear by DQ
#600 GALACTICMANIA III: def. Sgt. Slaughter
#601 GWF STEEL CAGE TITLE TOURNAMENT: def. Death's Head in the first round; def. Pulsar in the second round; lost to Mangus in the third round.
#602 Interplanetary Tag-Team Title Tournament: teamed with Thantos to def. Chaos & Vengeance in the first round; def. Cosmic Forces in the second round; received a bye in the quarterfinals; lost to Raven & Holocaust in the semifinals.
#606 GALACTICADE 1993: teamed with Cosmic Forces in a loss to New Order & Lance At-Las
#616 BATTLE BOWL THE LETHAL LOTTERY: teamed with Holocaust to def. Cannibal & Vigilante
#618 def. Star Warrior in a Steel Cage Match
#622 TV Title Tournament: lost to Vengeance in the first round
#625 CLASH OF THE CHAMPIONS X: teamed with Exo-King to def. Ram & Gemini by DQ
#629 lost to Thantos
#638 lost to TV champ Doomsayer
#764 COSMIC CAGE CARNAGE: def. Splatter in the first round; lost to Janus in the second round; lost to Wraith in the loser's bracket
#766 SIX-MAN SEIZURE: teamed with Monad & Prodigy in a first round loss to Savage Kingdom; def. the Orientals by DQ in the loser's bracket; won the Six-Man belts from Brymstone Burning; def. Centaurians; lost the Six-Man titles to Theatre of Pain & Manslaughter.
#768 TAG-TEAM TERROR: teamed with Monad to def. Titan Fury in the first round; def. Titan Attack in the second round; lost to X-Termination; def. Watchmen in the loser's bracket; def. Champions of the Galaxy; lost to the Gladiators.
#815 GALAXIAN BASH WAR GAMES: lost to Mutant
#834 KING OF THE DEATHMATCH TOURNAMENT: lost to Greg Valentine in a Texas Bullrope Match in the first round.
#840 SURVIVOR SERIES: teamed with Splatter, Vyper, Draconian Sheik & Soldier of Fortune to def. Dark Justice, Greg Valentine, Mike Fortune, Mandrill & Painmaster. Dreadnaught was one of three sole survivors.
#844 def. Meteor
#858 def. Sir Ender
#880 SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST: teamed with Colossus to def. Bomb & Kati in the first round; lost to Brainstorm in the second round.
#884 GWFC Centra Title Tournament: lost to Tortured Soul in the first round.
#886 GWFC Deathmatch Title Tournament: lost to Splatter in the first round Ruins of Antila Match.
#908 teamed with Sir Ender to def. Son of Ram & Antak
#922 GWFC BATTLEZONE: lost a Tirion Triple Threat Match to Mutant & Grovel
#950 GALACTICMANIA V: lost to Grovel
#970 PAIN & PUNISHMENT: lost to Tortured Soul in a Lava Pit Match
#971 SIX MAN SEIZURE: teamed with Off the Wall in a loss to Apocalypse, Apostle & Suicide Kid
#974 KING OF THE RING: lost to TC Watson in the first round, and then died in the ring.
