See also: 2009 season in 2KW
Origin
In 1999, 2KW initiated as an obscure federation in Manhattan, New York under the foundation of Vinny Mac, SyNN, and Kid Krazy in their youth. The federation streamed through alternate backyard wrestling leagues seeking potential for their roster. Presented inaugurally as a frivolous product, they featured regional programming on the New York non-profit public access station known as the Manhattan Neighborhood Network, fortunately garnering wide Manhattan viewership and abundant positive reviews via emails. Eventually they were prompted to switch direction of 2KW to take a rather serious tone, acquiring Jackal, Reaper, Grifter and Saylo in 2000 to enlarge the roster while many else followed.
They were, for a certain period, also associated with the Ghetto Wrestling Alliance (GWA) in 2001, sharing championships before splitting off into their own entity. The GWA Hardcore World Championship was created as an anti-championship to rival the GWA World Championship for those who storyline felt their talent was further prominent than that particular title. The belt, after won by SyNN, was renamed the 2KW World Championship in 2001 along with the GWA/2KW Television Championship.
They proceeded to receive countless publicity including two UPN news articles about the show with the first article trashing backyard wrestling, but due to positive reviews a follow-up story was conducted to report how contrasting 2KW was to the stereotypes of the practice. Footage of 2KW also appeared on the Best of Backyard Wrestling and even on Maxim Magazine's B-There Volume 2 DVDs.
Divided World Entertainment
Around 2003, 2KW came to the management of Divided World Entertainment, an off-screen operations department designed to refreshen the federation. The first scripted act of control was vacating the 2KW World Championship from Jae Peso and from there the management governed and came to conflict with those within. It was initially led by Grifter as the first representative in charge. Eventually 2KW owner SyNN, FNB, Scythe and Jamal Jackson became members to form a management team, who all work cohesively behind the scenes in planning events, concepts and scripted storylines with SyNN giving the final approval.
For on-screen purposes, Jamal Jackson was recognized as the Representative who was voted against Dubb C in an 2008 poll on 2KW's Myspace to become re-elected before a retired Grifter shortly took over in early 2009. The job requirements are to direct instructions and enforce management regulations.
Rising Popularity
2KW premiered on YouTube in 2006 picking up from their 2006 season and reached a significant height in their 2008 season as the federation began spreading and its name garnered more popularity among the wrestling community in contrast to previous years. Their subscriptions and channel views visibly and effectively escalated on YouTube, this, during the heated feud between FNB and William Black acquiring more notoriety for the federation. They had also repatched their alliance back with community Global Backyard Wrestling News (GBYWN) the same year after leaving it, which appeared to be of extra support and joined with the Georgia Wrestling Circuit (GWC), backyard wrestling's biggest federation alliance on YouTube.
Some regards for 2KW coming in claim that its a "spotty" league, and while this may hold some truth, there are workers which display their technical ingenuity. Others state that "their moves are inventive, and they are brilliantly entertaining", extending opinions as far as to bring comparisons to professional wrestling companies and calling it better.
2KW Saturday and other events
2KW Saturday is one of two different day taped shows that had alternated with 2KW Tuesday which was discontinued gradually leaving the saturday show as its sole event of the week if there isn't a supercard occuring. The show, including all other events, are taped in a Manhattan, New York neighborhood at a recreational use of a park in a neighborhood community who come out to observe known as the Little Flower Playground taking place around typically 2-8 pm provided there is no precipitation. 2KW also holds several members on a roster which constantly fluctuates against various programs, storyline wishes and organization of events.
Overview
Former and current roster flash photos.
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The potential level bodes essentially high as many radiate interesting characters all with distinctive styles, working fast pace, high impact matches. There are few workers, however, that borrow precise to similar postures from pro wrestling star notably Great Styles and V.i.P, who sport similar postures to Randy Orton and Rob Van Dam. In contrast however, innovation is consistently incorporated in their wrestling abilities.
Various parks have been used to host events permittedly in the neighborhood locality of Manhattan without any issues from local authorities for performing in a public area. It is allegedly claimed that occasionally police officers observe indisputably. With backyard wrestling a liable practice for injuries, it has been inevitable through careful, premediated executions and the least of injuries remain contusions.
Performers in 2KW are voluntary with a majority actually having received professional training and wrestle at choice between the age 15 and up, skillfully executing moves in a physical precautionary manner. Such impression is complementary to their often defiance of avoiding stereotypes in backyard wrestling as they implement a ruling system to allow performers to showcase their genuine talent in an extreme sports-like shoot wrestling style.
The federation has a small set of audience congregating around their location also referred as the "2KW Universe", a clear play on the "WWE Universe", that insert their frequent random hilarious banter and have tendencies to utter remarks that shatter kayfabe, adding interactively to the enjoyment of events along with the similarly tactical pro wrestling-like commentators I.P Freely and Jamal Jackson. The audience are also additionally an excited pair when given high profile matches. 2KW talent also travels to and hold events outside of the federation territory citing their supershow in Pennsylvania and joint partnership agreements and collaborations with Xtreme Street Wrestling, Insane Backyard Wrestling, 3 Count Wrestling and XWA.
Product style
2KW offers a consistently physically intense, technical and spot-oriented shoot wrestling style which combined with the talent provide unparallel and unrivalled, pure, risky, unadulterated wrestling action with innovative "spots" and moves becoming quite exceptional in the current era of backyard wrestling. Occassionally stepping out of the normal, 2KW will display a rare showcase of hardcore wrestling in a moderate fashion, quite seen in matches lately between FNB and William Black. Moreover, the federation focuses on a ruling system that morely emphasizes and permits talent to display their true wrestling ability.
Current champions
Defunct championships
Collaborations
The 2KW family in a group photo.
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2KW has been involved with wrestling events outside of 2KW and/or New York City.
- On June 30, 2007, 2KW held a supershow, Wrestlefezt, in Coal Township, Pennsylvania.
- On February 28, 2009, 2KW held a supershow with RWA and NAW in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
Trivia
- Despite that 2KW began in 1999, any video footage of the organization had been released online after their 2006 application for a YouTube account, which picked up production from its 2006 period. A compilation of clips featuring Reaper is the only evidential internet video material citing some of their past. Videos of the federation (some also made by fans) are available on other video-sharing websites and even streamed on Justin.tv as of 2008.
Special events
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