The Awakening
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| The Awakening | |
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| Stable | |
| Members | Focalin Sic Ric Bsnow Devin Bliss Shooter |
| Name(s) | The Awakening The -\wakening |
| Debut | October 31, 2010 |
| Federation(s) | REVIVAL |
| Former member(s) | The Pen Name |
The Awakening is a backyard wrestling heel alliance in REVIVAL, consisting of leader, Focalin and members, Sic Ric, Bsnow, Devin Bliss, and Shooter. Mysterious and cryptic, The Awakening invokes a mistrust among the backyard wrestling world, with no one knowing who might "awake" and join them. It was formed under Focalin and his spiritual transformation into a newborn demon, and in assembling a clique, is uniting with his "awakened" demon companions. The group revealed themselves during the Devil's weekend in October 2010.
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History
Formation
Over the course of weeks leading up to the formation, Focalin began posting strange and subliminal messages on the GBYWN forum, and one in particularly provocative was, "help me I'm in hell", that baffled and concerned everyone in regards to his well-being, as it was unlike his characteristics to behave in that matter, which led to a ban to his board membership due to spam. Many continued their worries upon hearing Focalin had altered into a different personality, filled with hostility and anger when Shooter contacted him over the phone.
Focalin aired a dark promo, apologizing for his actions and emotionally imploring for forgiveness. Planning to reveal his mystery, it became evident that the incident was a "work", or in other terms, a storyline angle that depicted his evil, demonic transformation, which was all explained through a series of subsequent promos. Struggling through fears and insanity, Focalin claimed the Devil reached out to him while in hell, "burned" him painfully for why he had been saying, "help me I'm in hell" and, in his "Awakening", was reincarnated to adapt to the "flames of the sin", as a newborn demon, declaring that on Devil's weekend, his demons will "Awaken" with him.
In one promo Focalin stated, "There comes a time in your life when you finally get it. When in the midst of all your fears and insanity, you stop dead in your tracks and somewhere, the voice inside your head cries out, enough! Enough fighting...and crying...of struggling to hold on. And like a child quieting...quieting down after a blind tantrum, your softs begin to subside, you shuttle once or twice, you blink back your tears and...the rue mantle of a wet lashes, you begin to look at the world from a new perspective. This is your awakening!"
Inching closer to Devil's weekend, Focalin unveiled that his demons were going to awaken at the Revival supershow, Just Another Supershow 6, though promoted as Just Another Supershow 666 taking place on October 30 and 31, 2010, Devil's Night, and the day of Halloween respectively.
At the event on the first day, Sic Ric competed against DC Doom in a competitive match. However, Ric tuned up his violent ways towards his opponent to ensure he secured the victory. After the match, Doom displayed his sportsmanship by extending his hand out of respect, and Ric seeing him as "good enough", allowed him to join his alliance with Bsnow in Day One. During Ric's handshake with Doom, Ric shockingly followed up, "good enough for me to take my f*cking crashes out on", before executing a devastating forearm smash.
Day One continued to pummel Doom until Shooter made the save to question their actions. Shooter assisted Doom to his feet to commend him on the match, but only shortly to much surprise, turned on Doom and embraced with Day One, leaving behind confusion. In the aftermath of a match between Bsnow and Focalin, Day One expressed their respect for Focalin by shaking his hand, but Focalin distanced himself from the crew.
During the second day, and prior to a match, Ric and Bsnow attacked Hack Edjamin and Super Phoenix, who were scheduled to face off. Focalin, trying to break up the brawl that ensued, almost immediately attacked Edjamin and Phoenix, eventually causing Chris Castle to arrive at their aide. Devin Bliss rushed out to halt the interference of his tag partner in the Young Gunz, Castle, telling him he was "not apart of it". In the final piece of the puzzle, Bliss betrayed his partner and joined Focalin, Bsnow, Sic Ric, and Shooter with Focalin declaring that "we are The Awakening...my demons are with me".
Voice of Reason
In dark promo conducted 4 months after the debut of The Awakening, each of its members provided an explanation for why they joined the group.
- Focalin - Not fond of a one demon dynasty, Focalin explained that he wanted an equal group to exist to share in on the evil agenda.
- Devin Bliss - Explained that he thought Focalin took his best friend The Pen Name away when The Pen Name turned on him and their alliance known as OutShined in April 2010, to begin a partnership with Focalin as the tag team, Zebracakez. Bliss claims after a long talk with Focalin, he was helped to realize The Pen Name actually turned on him for his own selfish reasons, thinking he was the better partner and friend. Worried, Bliss thought people began to see it that way, considering himself the better talent, which all led him into a breakdown of sadness and anger. Bliss continued to state that Focalin taught him to embrace his feelings and apply them to his abilities and that was when he "awakened".
- Shooter - Explained that he felt his appearance at Just Another Supershow 6, despite a surprise showing when he could have been elsewhere, was not appreciated nor cared about after all his success in the sport. Shooter says that Focalin was the only one that cared and promised to take him back to prominence. He goes on to inform that people may think The Awakening are wrong, crazy or extremists, and that their minds are not clouded, but says they are not distracted by championships, friends, or enemies but only exist to eliminate.
- The Pen Name - Explained that he awakened and betrayed everyone that did the same to him, for refusing to acknowledge the feats he accomplished by starting anew in SWC during his relocation to Pittsburgh, and traveling to various supershows in different states. He claims only one individual cared and it was Focalin, who also recruited him into SWC.
