On this page, you will find some strange, weird and unusual facts about the Total Wrestling Federation, it's superstars and it's history.
(last updated in January 2009)
The TWF
The TWF was formed on
February 7, 2000 and it's first TV show was 2 days later. (That's longer ago than you may think.)
TWF originally stood for
Tremains Wrestling Federation to reflect it's base, the TJS Centre, adjacent to the TWF Arena and TWF Towers.
On July 4 2002, the TWF Forums were hacked by Marz, The Shott and High Voltage. This was considered the turning point of the TWF as from then on in, it did not lose to TECW or the RWF in ratings or buyrates. TECW became NCW and went bust a year later, and the TWF bought out the RWF and under it's ownership, turned over more revenue in one house show than the RWF did for almost 2 years.
On March 16 2003, the initial
T was changed from
Tremains to
Total, which means the TWF then stood for
Total Wrestling Federation. And it has been like that ever since.
The TWF, along with it's great friends and partners at Xtreme Championship Wrestling were the co-founders of the xTreMe Wrestling Alliance, and ironically, were it's final two members after all other partners were founded.
Contrary to popular belief, there have only been 4 Official TWF Logos. The first two logos were the original using Times New Roman and the second using the Chello Playah font. A version using 'Rocket' was used during the ill-fated 2001 Invasion angle, but was never recognised as the offical logo. In 2005, a modified version of the Chello Playah logo replaced the original on television and is now widely recognised as the third logo. In 2007, upon the TWF's return, a new logo was revealed and has replaced the classic Chello Playah version.
The TWF is acknowledged as being at the forefront of technology. It was the first promotion to issue all of it's PPVs on DVD from the promotion's beginning. In 2005, it began a successful partnership with YouTube. Around the same time, it introduced it's first Podcasts.
The Venues
The TWF Arena held it's first show in December 2000. It was the first ever venue specifically built for wrestling. The basis of it's design was used when XCW decided to build the XCW Arena in 2002.
The TWF Towers were opened in October 2000 and remain the two tallest structures in Western Europe.
There were plans to make The Brynteg Arena the TWF's permanent home in September 2000 to cut costs but were scrapped in favour of continuing to tour South Wales. Many shows were advertised as being the TWF's last ever, and the TWF was to change it's name to
BCW - Brynteg Championship Wrestling. Mr. BIG has since revealed that he was the one who came up with the idea, but also decided against it.
Now, BCW stands for
Brutality Championship Wrestling. It is the Development Section of TWF. It is based at the Brynteg Arena and was fitted with a £1.1 million gym in 2003. The TWF's contract with BCW runs out in 2007, after which, the TWF will retire the BCW name and possibly move to a new multi-million pound complex in Swansea.
The Asylum is based on what was an old farm near Waterton, Bridgend and is within 5 mins drive of TWF Towers. The Asylum is a huge complex and was completed in 2001 and refurbished in early 2003. The head trainer is Wayne Morris, former TWF Chief Referee.
The Millennium Stadium was due to hold the most ill-fated TWF PPV of all time, Deadly MindGames 2002, but since the TWF was in such a dire financial status, the show was cancelled. Since then, the TWF has not held an event at the Stadium.
Mr. Edwards may claim to be behind the very first TWF Tour of South England in October 2002, but there was a House Show Tour in Summer 2000 prior to Summer Break 2000.
Summer Break 2002 (III) was originally slated to be held in the MGM Grande Garden for the 3rd year in a row, but record ticket demand saw the event moved to the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans instead. In 2005, the TWF returned to the Grande for Summer Break and despite a greater ticket demand, the event was not moved.
As well documented, the 150,000 seater NCW Dome was scheduled to be home to TWF Summer Break 2003. However, Marz said he was going to charge the TWF £2.2 million rent for the 4 days needed to set up and use the Dome. So the TWF decided to hold the event in The Bridgend Dome 2 miles away instead.
Another cursed venue is Birmingham's NEC Arena. It was planned to hold Halloween Hell in 2001 and 2006, but both events were cancelled for one reason or another. The curse was lifted in April 2007, when the TWF held a Grit BasH at the venue.
The Titles
The TWF Full House consisted of: TWF European, Intercontinental, Hardkore, Tag Team and World Championships. When the European Championship was merged with the TV Championship, the TV Championship became part of the Full House in the European Title's place. After the Hardkore Title was declared inactive, the Full House consisted of the Television, Intercontinental, Tag Team and World Championships.
Marz, High Voltage and NJS were the only TWF Full House Winners in history and in that order. After winning the TWF World Championship at Summer Break IX, Deadman became the fourth member of the club. JCVS only needs to win the IC Title as he is a former European Champion.
For Mr. BIG to join the club, he would need to win the Television Championship. The Assassin needs to become Television and Tag Team Championship reigns, Blade needs to become a Tag Team and World Champion.
Interestingly enough, Mr. BIG has never "lost" the Tag Team Championships. Both times he became champion, his reign ended with the titles being vacated and put up for grabs in a Square Ladder Match.
JT Money was the first man in history to win both the xWa Championship and xWa Tag Team titles in the Alliance's tenure. At Summer Break VI, Silver become the second man to achieve the feat.
As TWF World Champion, the unluckiest place in TWF history is Porthcawl's Grand Pavilion. The title has changed hands at every televised event held there.
When he became TWF World Champion, Mastermind was the first person to become a champion on his TWF in-ring debut. History repeated itself later on in 2005, when Chamera became TWF Women's Champion on her in-ring debut. Eric Herrera became the third person to become champion on their in-ring debut when he won the Hardkore Championship at One Night Only in 2006.
Total days as champion...
Champion
Title
Reigns
Total Length
Atomically Kool Kat
Women
4
989 days
Hades
Television
1
961 days
*
Mr. BIG
World
5
699 days
The Vamp
Hardkore
1
610 days
Chamera
Women
1
574 days
*
AJ Jeffers
World
2
506 days
*
Deadman
Tag Team
2
504 days
*
Blonde Man
UK Heavyweight
1
462 days
Jason Davies
Intercontinental
1
455 days
*
Eric Herrera
Hardkore
1
455 days
*
Mastermind
World
2
441 days
Future Generation-X
Tag Team
1
434 days
Brownie
Light Heavyweight
1
356 days
Dead Cool
(Marz)
European
1
318 days
The Shott
World
3
265 days
* - some of the title reign duration occurred during the TWF's extended hiatus.
The Shows
The origin of the name for the TWF's flagship TV Show, Grit BasH is partly unknown. The "Bash" part of the name is a homage to the old WCW Pay-Per-View event, The Great American Bash. But, no-one quite knows where Grit BasH came into it.
There has only ever been 1 Christmas Madness Pay-Per-View. After Mr. BIG became XWF owner, he purchased rights to the name PayBack from the company and PayBack has remained ever since.
In TWF PPV History, only the following Pay-Per-Views are where the TWF World Championship was not on the line in a Main Event match (xWa PPVs):
No Way Out 2000, UnCeNsOrEd 2000, New Year Partee 2001, Summer Break 2001, Dangerously Serious : 2001, New Year Partee 2002, Against All Odds 2002 and The End is Nigh, New Year Partee 2003, Against All Odds 2003, Deadly MindGames 2004, No Way BacK 2, Total Chaos 2004, Halloween Hell 2004, Deadly MindGames 2005, Easter HeAT 2005, No Way BacK 3.
The highest buyrate TWF Pay-Per-View of all time was Summer Break 2003 (IV). It drew a 1.88 Buyrate.
The lowest buyrate for a TWF Pay-Per-View was 0.36 back in June 2000 for the 'UnCeNsOrEd' PPV.
The biggest attendance for a TWF PPV was at Summer Break 2003, when 100,112 people watched inside The Bridgend Dome.
However, at Summer Break VIII in 2007, The Bridgend Dome beat it's own record when 100,225 people watched the event in The Bridgend Dome. This made it the highest attended wrestling event ever held.
The lowest attendance for a TWF PPV was No Mercy 2000, when just under 1,000 turned up at GCourt Green. This was seen as a turning point for the early days of the TWF as from there it only got better.
The TWF had it's lowest ever viewing figures in June 2002, in an episode of RAW headlined by Mr. BIG and High Voltage fighting at Bridgend Town Football Club. This drew less than 3 million viewers to RAW that night and was at the time TECW was beating the TWF in it's "War on a Friday Night" regime.
The highest viewing figures for a TWF Television Programme was the TWF RAW St. Valentines Day Special on February 14th 2003, which was the first night of the then xWa Network [now xWn]. Almost 8 million viewers tuned in to watch the show. The second highest viewing figures came in August 2002, when Mr. BIG and High Voltage fought TECW Wrestlers at the Ogmore Bridge in Bridgend Town Centre, and had a famous confrontation with Marz.
In the post 2005-era, the highest rated TWF broadcasts were the March 14 2007 episode of Grit BasH where Marz & Mr. BIG re-united (almost 8 million tuned in), and the May 23 2007 episode of Grit BasH which saw the TWF debut on Freeview, which saw a record 9 million viewers in the opening segment.
The People
The original TWF superstars met in the TJS Centre in 1998 when Mr. BIG had just joined the school after a transfer from a Welsh-speaking school. In 2000, when people suggested a name for the wrestling promotion, the TWF was the name almost everyone came up with.
On the first TWF TV Show, Wednesday Grit BasH, were; AJ Jeffers, Crazy Thunder, Marz, Mr. BIG, Sumo Samurai, NJS, Lance Thunder and Nutter Crazy [Crazy Thunder] and Matthew D. Jones. Of which, AJ Jeffers, Marz, Mr. BIG, NJS and Sumo Samurai are referred to as "The Original Five" as they have been the longest servants to the federation. As of 2007, only Marz, Mr. BIG and Owen Carl/Sumo Samurai remain from the original broadcast.
Frekishi (then known as The BIG Show), The AshTaker (then known as MetalMan), The Terminator (then known as JJJ) debuted on the following show, which was the Friday Nitro where Mr. BIG began his first TWF World Championship reign.
Team EV made their TWF debut on the very first TWF Monday Night RAW is WAR.
The moniker and nickname
Firebreathing Dragon and the move
The Firebreather, was meant to be used by The Red Dragon (a.k.a. Marz), but Mr. BIG used The Firebreather on the TWF's debut after Marz said he did not want to use it. Biggie did come up with the whole idea though.
Mr. BIG came up with and taught NJS the N-Factor.
Biggie also taught The Vamp his
Bloodsucker Submission.
Biggie also devised the Blazer with Blade.
Originally, the Z-Pack name was a piss-take of WWF Wrestler X-Pac. Marz came up with the name as Mr. BIG's alternatives were quickly forgotten. In fact, most of the TWF in 2000 was piss-taking the then WWF. Other prominent ideas included Future Generation-X, Triple J, A-Pac and the ludicrous matches that took place.
The reason the TWF's favoured speciality match became the Lumberjack Match in the early days was because many superstars would show up to shows but would not wrestle but yet require a pay-check. Therefore, Mr. BIG would sign lumberjack matches to keep superstars happy as they would be paid per appearance. Since then, fewer lumberjack matches have taken place because they are not needed to complete contractual obligations.
The Red Hoodie Crew gimmick and idea came about after the members of the group at the time (Adam Taylor, Stephen Dimmock, Joe Whelan and Tom Grubb) had to come up with a name for the group upon their debut. The TWF gave the group 2 hours to come up with a name and gimmick. Mr. BIG, a good friend of all 4 behind the scenes discussed a possible gimmick which involved them all being Metalheads and the four liked it, but they still lacked a name. They then twitched and to Biggie's surprise suggested
Red Hoodie Crew in honour of the Red Quiksilver Hoodie he was wearing at the time. The rest, as they say, is history.
Originally, Mr. BIG devised The Assassin persona so he could continue to be in NCW under a mask and continue to terrorise it. However, he quickly realised that NCW could do a lot with the persona and ruin it, so Biggie modified it so one of his latest trainees could use it. That trainee is the man known as The Assassin.
The Assassin has never been photographed without his mask and loves his mask design so much, his wife complains that he often sleeps with it.
The Shott didn't intend on being a part of the TWF. He only joined thanks to a chance meeting with his friend Marz back in September 2000. Mr. BIG met up with him and offered him a contract which he accepted a few days later.
Marz was also responsible for hiring Jean Claude Van Slam, The Vamp, Hawke, Falcon, Gareth Cole and partly High Voltage.
Mr. BIG was responsible for hiring NJS, The Bandit, Deadman, JT Money, Frekishi, Holly, 'Stone Kold' Karl Davies, Jason Davies, Team EV, The Assassin, Hades, Mastermind & AJ Jeffers.
Mastermind was living in a cardboard box outside a rundown pawn shop in the Bronx in New York for almost a year. Mr. BIG heard about this and flew over to find him. Luckily, Biggie found him and brought Mastermind to the TWF. Mastermind, who thanks Biggie for saving not only his career but his life, has swore that he will be the godparent to any potential children. During the TWF's time away, Mastermind did get married.
Marz holds another unusual record, for appearing on TWF TV under the most personas. Cobra, Red Dragon, Demon, The Black Demon, MikeA, Michael Alexander, Dead Cool and Marz Holly have all been his previous guises.
Mr. BIG and Marz have faced other twice one-on-one on Pay-Per-View. The first occasion was @ Easter HeAT 2000 in a 2-Falls Match, which saw Mr. BIG win 2-0 to retain his TWF World Championship and TWF CEO Position. Their second meeting was @ Against All Odds 2001 in a Steel Cage Match, where Mr. BIG executed The BIG Storm off the top of the cage and into the ring and scored a victory to retain the TWF World Championship. Both men have said that now their relationship has improved, they would like one more pay-per-view match.
Contrary to popular belief, Mr. BIG and NJS have met on Pay-Per-View. The match was a Last Man Standing match which saw Mr. BIG leave victorious. The two men refuse to talk about the match because both believe it was below par and was ordered by Marz.
To date, only two men hold winning records at Summer Break: Mr. BIG (5-0) and Blade (3-0).
Prior to Summer Break V, Deadman had gone 0-4 at Summer Break. Since then, he has gone 2-0.
What Could Have Been...
Under Marz's suggestion, the TWF began a working relationship with BCW, and WWC (the latter would rise out of the ashes a year later under the new name of XCW). Using the ongoing Invasion in the WWF as a template, the plan was for the three teams to wrestle at TWF events for almost 3 months, culminating in a combined title match at Dangerously Serious. Marz has since admitted that BCW would have won the final title match and the TWF would have been renamed at the time, but this was changed after Summer Break 2001 where Mr. BIG and NJS left the company to head to the United States.
The feud would have involved the second ever Rage in the Double Cage match between The Rogerz, Crazy Thunder and King Ass Nidian & Joey Davies. The second RIDC only took place in 2004.
Another one from the "bad ideas" folder was the supposed "Brand Extension", as Marz called it, in 2002 involving the RWF. High Voltage & The Shott had just co-founded the promotion and needed some airtime, so Marz, during his TWF ownership, gave over RAW to the RWF. This was panned by the fans and is largely regarded as the final straw and lead to Marz being booted off the TWF board. He then hacked the TWF Forums and destroyed offices in TWF Towers a few weeks later, and ironically, turned the tide in the TWF vs. TECW war.
The original plan for TWF Summer Break 2002 was for Mr. BIG, Marz and The Shott to contest a Triple Threat Match. However, Marz did not like this idea and it was changed a Suicide Six Man. Again, that was changed to allow a Marz injury angle so he can re-cooperate from his back injury. Hence the Fatal 5 Way.
Marz is only person who knows who his alleged attacker was. Mr. BIG had called it the "most well thought out storyline he had ever heard", down to the fact that Marz insisted he be powerbombed through the stage as it was a generic move and could be performed by most of the roster, making the list of suspects quite long. Mr. BIG's addition to the angle was that the TWF make two particular notes to the story...the first time the TWF returned to the arena, Marz should show up with detectives looking for theoretical clues and the second time be the reveal. Marz and Mr. BIG's falling out prevented the angle being concluded.
The original plan for TWF Summer Break 2003 involved Marz vs. Mr. BIG, but after Marz was fired, the plan never came to fruition and Mr. BIG then wrestled with his friend 'Stone Kold' Karl Davies in what was supposed to be Karl Davies's final match. The much-anticipated Marz-Mr. BIG match at Summer Break was planned in 2004 and the two men even filmed radio commercials to advertise the match until NJS casually mentioned that he'd love to be tag team champions with Mr. BIG someday. Unbeknownst to NJS, Mr. BIG changed his plans immediately and put aside a planned long World Championship run to team with NJS as the Z-Pack. BIG admitted that the first NJS would know of this fact would be when he reads his autobiography.
It was widely suggested that at Summer Break 2005, NJS was to face Marz in the Main Event in a final bloodied battle between the two long rivals. This was changed so that Frekishi would instead face Marz in the main event. The two men eventually had a final battle at Summer Break the following year.
Prior to retirement, Mr. BIG and Hawke's final matches together would have actually occured at Summer Break VI, rather than Cyberslam a few months prior. At that event, Frekishi was planned to face NJS, and Mastermind was to face The Bandit.
Had the TWF come to a close at Summer Break VI, the promotion would have wanted the card to resemble the first card they put on, meaning AJ Jeffers and Mr. BIG would face off for the TWF World Championship, NJS facing Marz and Team EV facing Joey Davies & Lover Boy Jon Bennetta, as a way of saying the company came "full circle".
Although Paul Heyman was the first choice to become the TWF's new Commissioner, other names mentioned as being possible were Captain Lou Albano, Eric Bischoff, Dusty Rhodes, Nick Bockwinkel, Bret Hart, Terry Funk, Chris Jericho and Paul Bowen.
In a move that would have forever altered the course of the TWF, Mr. BIG approached the Board of Directors with a controversial idea in July 2007. Biggie said that there were plenty of people turning away from the product because they do not see the technical wrestling that made British wrestling what it was in the 70s and 80s, where as others say that they see little of the big-move style that has dominated American wrestling. To set a trend, Biggie wanted to revolutionise the sport. The plan was to split the roster into two sections: The "Evolved" and "Extreme" Championships. A new "Total Wrestling Evolved World Championship" would be recognised as the world title for the wrestling brand of the roster, whilst the current TWF World Championship would be the new "Extreme World Championship". Although this was just an idea at the time, many eyebrows were raised and there was certainly some interest in the idea. The earliest it would have been adopted is 2008, but Biggie planned to introduce it in March 2009. At the next board of directors meeting, Biggie dropped the idea.
The dream Mr. BIG-NJS match has come close to happening at least twice in more recent memory. Mr. BIG wanted to get it out of the way early and intended to lose to NJS at Summer Break VII in the Millennium Stadium for the World Championship, but when NJS chose not to return in 2007, Mr. BIG wrestled The Assassin in the match of the decade instead. NJS's heel turn in 2008 was to setup a match with Mr. BIG at Summer Break X at Wembley Stadium. The TWF couldn't get Wembley Stadium to host due to football commitments so the venue was changed to the former Millennium Dome. Mr. BIG was always intended to be in Deadman's corner at No Way BacK in 2009 and it would later be revealed the brothers were working together all along to coax Mr. BIG into a match he wouldn't be able to win. Mr. BIG's collapse and heart issues meant that The AshTaker and Terminator were involved in the match instead.
Despite holding a farewell show in 2007 for the company, Mr. BIG had kept BCW open for one more year. BIG was seen entering BCW buildings in September 2007, in negociations to keep it open for one more year, but Mr. BIG walked out on the meetings before lunch and PWC would eventually open months later. In the meantime, the RWF would have been revived once more to be the development area for the TWF. In a similar strand, drawings exist of the planned xWa offices that would have been built in Swansea marina and opened at around the same time, had XCW stayed open.
In early 2008, there was a plan for the TWF to be bought out by a mysterious media conglomorate, with speculation of the person behind the company running rampant. The eventual reveal would have seen Paul Heyman attempt to be seen as the man behind the company, as a way of getting at Mr. BIG, only for Heyman to be outsmarted by Biggie and for the former TWF COO Tom Green to buy the company instead. Black Sunday and Biggie's departure, ironically as a result of Heyman getting the permission to be CEO, saw this one consigned to this here section.
Paul Heyman changed the name of Dangerously Serious in 2008 to "November Pain" and wanted to use "November Rain" by Guns 'n' Roses...without the band's explicit permission. When Heyman was ousted, DS was reintroduced and W. Axl Rose allowed the band to use the track for a reduced fee, admitting had Heyman used the song he would have sued the company.
And just think if Disturbed had been able to get to the TWF Arena for PayBack 2010, the memorable Mr. BIG/NJS exchange would never have aired.
The Music
The TWF has used the name of Metallica songs from their album "Kill 'Em All" twice for the names of stables. Seek & Destroy was a prominent stable in 2004 and used the song they were named after for their theme song. In 2006, Mr. BIG christened his band of anti-Jock crusaders "The Metal Militia", which was the final track from the album. However, they did not use the song for their theme.
Disturbed hold the record for the most times their music has been used as a theme. 4 PPV Themes and the themes of nWo Sickness and Mr. BIG.
The TWF has signed an exclusive deals with Warner Bros Records, Sony Music Entertainment, Wind-Up Records enabling use of tracks for artists such as Evanescence, Disturbed, Trapt and Drowning Pool as PPV, TV or BG Music.
In early 2006, the TWF agreed to distribute it's latest TWF Themes CD entitled "The Ultimate TWF Themes" 3-CD set on Century Media Records.
One of Us...
Marz is a huge circus freak and can juggle 3 balls in the air, use a diablo, spin plates and many other circus tricks.
Mr. BIG is a huge video game fan, owning a Sega Master System, Mega Drive II, PlayStation and PlayStation 2.
High Voltage shares Biggie's passion and on many occasions have held 'Video Game Balls' at each other's homes with many TWF Superstars attending. Adam Taylor, Stephen Dimmock, The Shott, Ryan Jenkins, JCVS, The Vamp, Blade, Frekishi, The Terminator, NJS and Big Martin are some of the names who have attended.
Mr. BIG is a big fan of Manchester United, whilst High Voltage is an Arsenal supporter and NJS is a huge fan of Newcastle United. Frekishi supports Burnley FC, Lover Boy Jon Bennetta is a Cardiff City fan. Joey Davies is a Swansea City fan...Aaron Hill & Mr. Edwards both support Liverpool...Marz is also a Man Utd fan, but has family ties to Reading FC.
High Voltage is a huge Rugby Union fan, his favourite player is Wales Outside Half, Stephen Jones.
Mr. BIG and Jason Davies were both regulars at Celtic Warriors home games at the Brewery Field.
Biggie and HV then became regulars at Cardiff Devils home games at the Wales National Ice Rink. Biggie now has a season ticket for the team.
Mr. BIG, NJS, Frekishi and Dougie Christian are all Motor Sport nuts. NJS and Biggie are both F1 fans, whilst Frekishi is a rallying fan. NJS also follows the German DTM. NJS also managed to convert Biggie into a DTM fan. Dougie Christian actually met Frekishi at a rally and became good friends.
Mr. BIG once famously owned a 2001 Ferrari 360 Spider and a 2002 Aston Martin DB7 Vantage. Biggie also races a 1998 Honda Accord which he has customised with the BTCC livery from that era. He also used to possess a Porsche 911, but sold it fairly recently to Big Martin.
Biggie now owns a 2006 Ferrari F430 Spider, 1985 Ferrari Testarossa and a 1969 Ford Mustang.
NJS now owns a 2007 Chevrolet Corvette. The Shott was in possession of a 2000 Lamborghini Diablo and High Voltage owns a Chevy TrailBlazer. AJ Jeffers owns a Subaru Imprezza, Frekishi previously owned a Mini Cooper but now drives two Nissan Micra rally cars. Big Martin owns Mr. BIG's old Porsche 911 Turbo and recently bought a Jaguar XK.
Biggie is also a huge Detroit Red Wings fan. When the TWF is in the US, Biggie has often attended Red Wings games.
NJS is a Carolina Hurricanes fan, High Voltage follows the San Jose Sharks and The Bandit enjoys watching the Chicago Wolves.
The Bandit was a noted Chicago Bears fan, and frequently would try and get references to "Da Bears" in promos during his TWF tenure.
Matthew Wright is a big New York Mets fan, and is a close friend of former Mets catcher, Mike Piazza.
Mr. BIG & The Bandit are both big Disturbed fans.
The Bandit introduced Mr. BIG to both Disturbed and Trapt.
In turn, Biggie introduced Libra to Disturbed and Trapt, whilst also introducing Megadeth to High Voltage and Jean Claude Van Slam.
NJS is also credited with introducing Biggie to his current favourite band, Savatage.
Mr. BIG took up the Bass Guitar in January 2004. Biggie's band have performed on his TV show "The Last Word" on numerous occasions.
Marz can play guitar and drums whilst High Voltage can play a bit of guitar and keyboards.
NJS has took up the guitar in January 2006 and is recieving tutition from the likes of The Terminator and Frekishi. Big Martin is also musically inclined, being a noted drummer who follows the line of Neil Peart, the famous drummer of Rush.
Mr. BIG listens to Megadeth, Disturbed, Anadivine, Iced Earth, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Pantera, Slayer, Testament (among others) outside of the ring.
The Bandit is also a huge fan of Linkin Park, and in 2003, got a chance to see Disturbed, Linkin Park and Trapt live.
Marz is a fan of Joe Satriani and Walter Trout. He had a chance to see Trout live back in 2001 at the Bridgend Recreation Centre. Marz also witnessed Rush on their 2005 UK Tour.
In February 2005, Mr. BIG, NJS and AJ Jeffers were all present as Megadeth rawked the Carling Academy in Birmingham.
Biggie, Terminator & Big Martin all witnessed Iron Maiden in Cardiff in December 2006.
Biggie and NJS were lucky enough to attend ProgPowerUK II in March 2007 and witnessed Jon Oliva's Pain and Kamelot.