My son Dexter playing some FPR.
Hey there. Either you're a fan of E3 Wrestling or you stumbled here accidentally probably thinking this had something to do with video games or the unveiling of Fallout 4. Well, you'd be right. Not 100% right, but this is all about video games. E3 is my Fire ProWrestling e-fed that I've been running for a little over a year now. I've created this website to house the fed, as it has gotten way to big to be run off the FPWArena.com forums. Things are starting to get very unorganized over there, so while I'll still be posting over there, this will be the main spot to get all your E3 info and to watch all the shows. For those of you who know me or have been following E3 Wrestling for a while now, there's not really much of a need to continue on reading this, unless you're interested. For those that don't know me or this fed, let me start by giving some background info. It all started with an overdrawn checking account...
The year was 2007. I was working at Target, doing some job I didn't care for too much, making what I could to get by. At that time, I didn't own any of the next gen consoles; didn't have any fancy things. Just enough money to pay my bills and continue living. I did have a DS though, which I got for Christmas the year prior. I had just moved to Redding (northern California) and decided to check out all the local game shops to see what they had in stock. I had been watching videos on Youtube about this game called Fire ProWrestling. You could create 2D versions of different wrestlers or pop culture figures and have them duke it out. My history in wrestling games had mainly been relegated to THQ's offerings, so although this game looked like it could be fun creatively, I was a little suspicious. Well, it just so happened that the first game shop I went to (Software, etc) had a used copy of Fire Pro Wrestling 2 for the Gameboy Advance. Now, I had playing games out of order. Even if you don't have to play the prior title to enjoy the sequel, it's just something that's always bugged me. But, I didn't know how rare this game was going to be, so I decided to snatch it up for the $7 they were asking. As it turned out, $7 was just $2 too many. I overdrew my bank account without knowing about it. I had been buying the regular stuff all day, not keeping track of how much I actually had in my account. I figured I had at least $7. After all was said and done, and all the fees were paid, FPW2 ended up costing me a couple hundred dollars.
Playing Fire ProWrestling is daunting at first, but I seemed to get the controls down pretty quick, thanks to a decent tutorial mode. But it wasn't the gameplay that got me excited. It was the feeling of being able to make anyone I pleased, due to the simple graphics and lack of detail in the characters. I started out making real life wrestlers. In fact, I found my GBA and cartridge recently and went through the roster, just to see everyone I had made. Booker T, Goldust, CM Punk, Kane... Running a Fire Pro version of the WWE was giving me plenty of enjoyment during my breaks at work, but then I started to get creative. I must admit, running through all those original edits I had made some 5 years back nearly brought a tear of joy to my eye. Seeing the original forms of guys I use to this day; guys like Max Imus, Sirpentine, Super Tiger, Amazing Gaijin, Surf King... Then seeing all of the guys that have never known any other save than the GBA cartridge they were made on kind of lit a fire under me. Bryan Bry, Omega ONE, Super Tiger II, Rez Nakamura... Ah, the memories.
I decided to check out the web for a place where people like me, who loved watching little men in their underwear wrestle around on a tiny screen. What I found was that and much, much more. There were people who loved watching little men in their underwear wrestle on big screens, too! Add to that that Agetec was translating the last Japanese console irritation of the series, and I yelled "TAKE MY MONEY!" Getting Fire ProWrestling Returns was probably one of the greatest days in my life. I didn't know it then, but after plugging in as many days I have with this game, it's truly paid for itself a thousand times over. This place I discovered, which I will now refer to as FPC, also housed a bunch of e-feds. I had run e-feds with Extreme Warfare Revenge before, so I figured it was only right for me to give a Fire Pro fed a shot. Fire Passion Wrestling was born, and luckily, I eventually got a lot more creative. See that crappy logo above? That was the pride of 2008 for me. I took a bunch of edits I made on my GBA Fire Pro and made them on my PS2 version. The technology to do what I do wasn't yet in my possession so taking pictures of my TV screen and writing up match reviews was norm. As was a short attention, apparently, as FPW didn't make if very long.
After FPW, I experimented with a "real life" fed called the PWA. I was planning on using the entire pool of default edits on FPR and drafting them to one of 5 different promotions. This would act like the NWA. It was a lot of fun to run, but too big of a task. PWA met it's demise by way of my PS3 taking a shit on me. All my data gone. All gone. This would happen about 3 more times, and it completely killed my will to run a fed for a very long time. When it was time to return to the e-fed game, I went with the same idea that the PWA stood for. Except this time, I was going to use all original edits. I went all in, creating enough wrestlers to sustain 4 promotions. The CWA was going strong, even having a draft and nearly making it a year when once again, my save data was erased. This time, it was erased by my 1 year old son. Yanked the PS2 Memory Card out of the PS2 when it was saving. Once again, I was crushed.
It turns out that that save being deleted was all for the best though. Out of the ashes of CWA rose Evolution Echelon Entertainment. I can say with full confidence that I am having the most fun with FPR that I've ever had. I don't want to speak too much about E3 right now, mainly because it's a LONG way from being over. There will be a time to reflect, but right now I'm focused on making E3 consistent and fun to watch. I'm not creating this website to distance myself from the rest of the e-fed community, but rather make everything more accessible for everyone, especially newcomers to the fed. I know this website isn't anything too special, but hopefully you'll enjoy the new things this site will add to E3 itself. Thanks for checking out E3, and I hope E3's something that grows on you as much as it's grown on me...
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