The Renegades
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| Members | Ace Reed Shawn Matthews Danny Madness Nick Adams Aaron Foley PJ Matthews |
| Name | The Renegades |
| Debut | 2008 |
| Promotion(s) | Kick Ass Wrestling Northeast Championship Wrestling |
The Renegades is a backyard wrestling tweener stable that originally wrestled in Kick Ass Wrestling just shortly before Northeast Championship Wrestling, which initially consisted of PJ Matthews, Ace Reed, Nick Adams, Danny Madness, and Aaron Foley and currently, Ace Reed, Shawn Matthews, (despite his departure from NECW) and Danny Madness. The group was consolidated in 2008 after The Four Aces fused with PJ Matthews and Aaron Foley, going on to NECW with the merger of KAW, BCW and EWA, where Shawn Matthews joined the group.
Their gimmick concentrated on taking a less serious tone backstage and sparking humor amongst themselves to entertain the online audience, displaying self-humorous, and sometimes unpredictable behavior. All members, however, have their own philosophies. Within competition, they are a strung together unit coming together for the common cause of victory without resorting to blatant tactics.
History
Origination (2008)
PJ Matthews and KAW Championship Ace Reed feuded over the duration of the first half of 2008 and at KAW Blackout 96, both were strung together to compete for the KAW Championship. Near the conclusion of the bout, in a comical tone, Reed executed a flying fingerpoke to Matthews and shockingly prevailed while Matthews playfully overdramatized the effect. Following this incident, Matthews and Reed consolidated to form an apparent tag team called the Renegades, and in that process, spectators (or the KAW wrestlers) conveyed their frustrations by hurling water bottles at the both of them. At the end of the event, a message displayed on the screen stating "The Renegades, Are here...".
Height of Period (2008)
The merger between KAW, BCW and EWA occured during June that same month and brought forth Northeast Championship Wrestling, where The Renegades amassed their alliance grouping Nick Adams and Danny Madness (Reed's prior partners in The Four Aces) as they began appearing on episode 1 NECW Shockwave. On the next episode, EWA Champion Shawn Matthews and The Crippler received booking to confront Ace Reed and Danny Madness in a Tag Team match, but before the match was ended, Shawn Matthews turned on the Crippler and connected with his Gin N' Chronic signature move eventually aligning with the group.
The faction carried their antics out backstage and emphasized a less serious tone out of competition. Reed and PJ Matthews remained the primary enforcers of the group. They had even been favored in the GBYWN Power 25 and created their own YouTube account "TheRenegadesTV" and commenced to broadcast their united socialism and random hilarities, most of which were aimed to entertain the online community. Shawn Matthews, however, was less seen amongst them due to travel reasons to attend NECW events.
Shawn Matthews kept feuding with The Crippler over the EWA Championship and at EWA's Last Show, was dethroned of the championship, but went on to victor the Money in the Bank match at NECW Union 2008, the particular event where Ace Reed bested BCW Champion Murph and EWA Champion Crippler in a Title Unification match to become the NECW Champion.
