Post by Drezzy on Sept 7, 2010 9:08:51 GMT -5
..::RULES::..
Every fed has them. Read these before you apply for a roster spot or in case you have any questions about what you can and cannot do. The rules may change over time, but fear not: I will, more often than not, make an announcement on the OOC board, or via mass PM, that a change in the rules has been made.
To ease these out, there are OOC rules and Kayfabe rules. OOC rules, obviously, are for the conduct overall of FLW and all who choose to be a part of it, whereas the Kayfabe rules explain how the world of FLW and all affiliated promotions work.
..::Kayfabe::..
1} Standard Matches
All standard matches in Frontline Wrestling, hereafter referred to as FLW, are contested under the follow rules:
2} Specialty Matches
Occasionally, standard FLW rules just won't suffice, either due to the heated nature of a rivalry or due to the situation at hand. In these rare cases (emphasis on the word rare), the FLW commissioner will allow specialty bouts to occur.
3} Bookings
As FLW is an independent promotion, it hosts events bi-weekly at its own training school, the Front Line Academy, located on the Boston Harbor near the New England Aquarium, which can hold roughly 1500 spectators. Once every two months, though, larger events are held, sometimes in different venues though usually still at the Front Line Academy, with the building converted to hold up to 2500 guests. To get booked for FLW, one needs to contact FLW owners Cliff Young and Jesse White, which can be done on these very forums.
In the case of its annual United Forces Tournament, however, the regular roster of trainees and local independent workers will merely serve as spectators for the more famous workers who grace the FLW locker room. The opening two rounds of the United Forces Tournament are held in the Front Line Academy, much as the regular FLW events are, but the major difference is that the semi-finals and finals are held at Boston University's Agganis Arena. All FLA students are required to attend these events unless otherwise permitted to miss them (solely due to familial or professional obligations) as a means of furthering their education on the sport of professional wrestling.
Every fed has them. Read these before you apply for a roster spot or in case you have any questions about what you can and cannot do. The rules may change over time, but fear not: I will, more often than not, make an announcement on the OOC board, or via mass PM, that a change in the rules has been made.
To ease these out, there are OOC rules and Kayfabe rules. OOC rules, obviously, are for the conduct overall of FLW and all who choose to be a part of it, whereas the Kayfabe rules explain how the world of FLW and all affiliated promotions work.
..::Kayfabe::..
1} Standard Matches
All standard matches in Frontline Wrestling, hereafter referred to as FLW, are contested under the follow rules:
- All ring announcements are to be made as each competitor makes their way from the locker room to the ring so as to cut down on any potentially wasted time.
- For title bouts, however, all ring announcements are done once every competitor has made their entrance, much as they are done in boxing and MMA.
- FLW referees are NOT to be harmed intentionally. This results in an immediate forfeiture of moneys earned per that event, a one-event suspension, and could result in a permanent ban from all FLW events, be it as a performer or even as a spectator.
- Should the action spill to the outside of the ring, the referees have been instructed to begin administering a 20-count, with the speed of the count entirely left up to them.
- FLW referees are instructed to be more laxed with disqualifications for weapon usage, illegal holds, refusal to acknowledge rope breaks, etc. This does not, however, mean that these are legal, in that doing what is deemed illegal in most promotions in excess will draw a disqualification from the referee assigned to that match.
- Should a title bout end in either a disqualification or a count-out, the referees are recommended to add another five (5) minutes to the match so as to try to decide a true winner, although this is up to each referee's individual discretion in regards to the nature of the disqualification or count-out.
- Unless otherwise specified, titles DO NOT change hands via disqualification or count-out losses by the champion, although frequent reliance on this loophole will result in said champion being stripped of their championship, which will then be contested for by the #1 and #2 contenders, respectively.
2} Specialty Matches
Occasionally, standard FLW rules just won't suffice, either due to the heated nature of a rivalry or due to the situation at hand. In these rare cases (emphasis on the word rare), the FLW commissioner will allow specialty bouts to occur.
3} Bookings
As FLW is an independent promotion, it hosts events bi-weekly at its own training school, the Front Line Academy, located on the Boston Harbor near the New England Aquarium, which can hold roughly 1500 spectators. Once every two months, though, larger events are held, sometimes in different venues though usually still at the Front Line Academy, with the building converted to hold up to 2500 guests. To get booked for FLW, one needs to contact FLW owners Cliff Young and Jesse White, which can be done on these very forums.
In the case of its annual United Forces Tournament, however, the regular roster of trainees and local independent workers will merely serve as spectators for the more famous workers who grace the FLW locker room. The opening two rounds of the United Forces Tournament are held in the Front Line Academy, much as the regular FLW events are, but the major difference is that the semi-finals and finals are held at Boston University's Agganis Arena. All FLA students are required to attend these events unless otherwise permitted to miss them (solely due to familial or professional obligations) as a means of furthering their education on the sport of professional wrestling.