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 consists of Ace Reed, Danny Madness and Shawn Matthews, despite his departure from the federation.
The group consolidated in 2008 after The Four Aces fused with additional members PJ Matthews and Aaron Foley, going on to NECW with the merger of Kick Ass Wrestling, Backyard Championship Wrestling and Extreme Wrestling Alliance.
Their gimmick is based on taking a less serious tone backstage and sparking humor amongst themselves to entertain the online audience, displaying sometimes unpredictable behavior, however, are a strung together unit that compete cleanly and omit villainous tactics.
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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 to officially kickstart the faction.
The faction carried out their antics backstage emphasizing a less serious tone outside the ring, but came together against their adversaries and also legitimately competed against one another if required. Reed and PJ Matthews remained the primary enforcers of the group. It was around such time that PJ Matthews started to develop his "I Am Better Than You" gimmick. The Renegades had amounted to being favored in the GBYWN Power 25, overtook the GBYWN website (organized chaos) for a week and created their own YouTube account "TheRenegadesTV" and commenced to broadcast their social gatherings with sparks of sexual themes, and comedic hilarities, the basis 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.
Nick Adams soon renounced his position in the group to join the Crossbreeds with a turn on PJ Matthews before he could capitalize during a tag match against each other. Aaron Foley was evicted for losing Reed's KAW Championship. At EWA's Last Show, Matthews was dethroned of the championship by The Crippler, but went on to victor the Money in the Bank Ladder 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.
Ongoing Complications (2008)
The Renegades took an effective wrong turn when off-screen owner of 2KW, SyNN, offered Shawn Matthews a full-time roster spot in his federation which Matthews accepted with a trailing reception of "sellout" claims from his peers and those aware of the incident. Subsequently, in a match versus the Crossbreeds, PJ Matthews teamed with Reed appearing as an old part of himself in his old pants, and after removing them, lashed out on his partner Reed with a lariat, resuming his crazed "Are You Alive" character. Futhermore, PJ Matthews declared that he no longer wanted to be crazy and instead entertain and maintain his legacy in backyard wrestling.
At NECW Adrenaline Rush 3, after Reed retained the NECW Title against Murph, fellow member Madness cashed in his Money in the Bank opportunity earned away from Shawn Matthews on day 1 of the event and defeated Reed for the title. After th match, PJ Matthews came out and consoled Reed in his loss.
Renegades TV
This was an online program set up by The Renegades on a YouTube account designed to entertain through their social antics. There were only two episodes that were filmed which include:
- Renegades TV Episode 1 - Featuring Ace Reed and PJ Matthews
- Renegades TV Episode 2 - Featuring Ace Reed, PJ Matthews, Nick Adams and Shawn Matthews
Championships and accomplishments
- Northeast Championship Wrestling
- NECW Championship (2 times) - Ace Reed (1), Danny Madness (1)
- NES Championship (1 time) - Danny Madness
References
- Renegades TV Episode 1. Released on June 17, 2008.
- Renegades TV Episode 2. Released on August 5, 2008
