PWA: THE EPILOGUE



After the PWA closed its doors, JUSTIN SCHENCK got right to work in building a successor organization to take PWA's place. He partnered with BRYAN CONROY to launch Universal Championship Wrestling (UCW), trying to symbolically build something even bigger than PWA. They succeeded. It took years, and both men were nearly bankrupted by the effort, but owner Conroy and CEO Schenck made sure the millions of displaced PWA fans had a thriving wrestling home for decades to come.

In an attempt to tie UCW to the PWA, EVAN BLACK was named the first UCW Champion. He went on to have a long, fruitful career in the organization, winning the UCW Championship a record seven times before retiring in 2025. He was inducted into the UCW Hall of Fame the following year.

CHASE STONE joined UCW and became one of its biggest stars. Stone feuded with Evan Black on and off for the next decade and a half, and their rivalry transformed them both into legends. By the time he retired in 2033, a mature Stone had become an eight-time UCW Champion and a beloved figure. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2034 by Evan Black.

ANTHONY FAILLA made the jump to UCW and defeated Evan Black to become the second UCW Champion. By the time he retired in 2017, he had added two more UCW titles to his PWA Hall of Fame resume, which became a UCW entity when the entire PWA archive was purchased by UCW in 2015. A PWA wing was created in the UCW Hall of Fame, but Failla became the first man inducted outright into both halls in 2018.

DAN CROWLEY made the move to UCW, where he finished his career, winning the UCW Championship three times before retiring in 2018. The championship loss he was least upset about came in 2015, when he was defeated by longtime friend RICH REVIS, who won his first of two UCW Championships before joining Crowley in retirement in 2020.

MARKUS KRIEG emerged in UCW shortly after its debut, and soon lived up to his potential. Krieg won the UCW Championship twice before disappearing from the promotion in 2019.

BISHOP CROSS, however, was never seen again.

SHOWTIME DAMON SAVAGE capped off his career with a four-year run in UCW that resulted in two UCW Championships. He then returned to his roots, buying Steele's gym in Pomona, where he trained prospective boxers and wrestlers.

After Everlasting Epic, ROMEO resumed his retirement in Georgia and, though he was tempted, opted not to disrupt it again for UCW.

SCYTHE passed on UCW in favor of Japan, spending the last five years of his career as one of the country's top stars, cementing his status as an Asian cultural icon.

SOLOMON opted to follow Scythe to Japan, where he dominated much as he did in PWA. In 2018, a 42-year-old Alaskan Monster shockingly emerged in UCW for one final battle with Evan Black. He was defeated, and quietly left the business for good.

Plagued by nagging injuries, GI JEW's match at EE8 was his last.

THE MIRACLE MIKE TROHA left the wrestling business and became an attorney.

HOLLYWOOD MIKE GRIFFIN returned to Hollywood to make movies.

THE STANDARD SLEAZE DON CERRONE wrote more self-help books.

All three were convinced they were at the apex of their fields. They were not.

MATTHEW MAGELLAN joined UCW, where he emerged as one of the organization's most popular stars. After years and years of trying, he finally won the UCW Championship in 2019. 

JADE retired from in-ring competition after EE8, but remained at Magellan's side, on screen and off, until his 2023 retirement. The two then opened up -- what else? -- a bakery.

BRIGGS and his fedora left the wrestling business and became bouncers after EE8.

ZINA joined UCW and spent two years competing with men and dominating women before retiring.

KEIKO ISHIDA followed Zina to UCW and also dominated its women's division in her own right before retiring in 2016.

JON DULBERG finally gained the world title that eluded him his entire career, winning the UCW Championship briefly in 2014. He retired soon after.

KERRY COX competed in his final match at EE8, finally truly enjoying retirement.

ASAI MOON went back to Japan, where he established himself as the country's greatest cruiserweight over the next 20 years.

SAIF AL ABBAD wrestled all over the world for the next 10 years. After retirement, he used his wealth to open a chain of wrestling schools across the globe.

DEXTER P. WELLINGTON left the wrestling business. He was arrested for tax evasion in 2015.

FENIX CLARKE returned to Australia to do some soul searching. He finally emerged in UCW in 2014, beginning a long, successful run.

PAUL EPTON & EMILY WALKER returned to the England independent scene. Emily eventually inherited her father's wrestling school, which she co-ran with Epton. The pair married, divorced, and re-married three times.

JUAN PABLO ALVAREZ & ANA MARIA LINARES returned to the Mexican wrestling scene, where they dominated for years.

MICHAEL GRIECO left the business to join the NYC Fire Department.

MADDOX TATE & PITBULL returned to the independent scene, where they feuded and eventually reunited before calling it quits.

PAUL DAWKINS & KEMI OKORO bonded after the conclusion of EE8, ultimately ending up together. RENEGADE was best man. All three had brief but successful stops in UCW.

The PWA's announcing odd couple, VICTOR TROY and RANDALL BUCKINGHAM, took their act to UCW for many years.

TRACI REED and SCOTT CORNELIUS were also brought on board.

LEE PALMER retired to Italy, where he sold paintings in Piazza Navona.

JACKIE BACCARO resumed his career in UCW and returned to prominence. He won the UCW Championship four times and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2021.

JAMES BIAMONTE & DEE LICIOUS left the business. James made money in sales. Dee found her way back to New York and soulmate Michael Grieco.

CHRIS DUVAL became one of UCW's top stars within five years, and won his first of four UCW Championships in 2018.

He had competition from JOHN WOLFE, who himself won that title three times.

ALEXIS DUVAL married Wolfe in 2014, before embarking on five reigns as UCW Women's Champion.

MORGAN DAY opted to resume her career alone in UCW and reclaimed her place at the top of the women's division. Two years later, Morgan retired happy and fulfilled, and she and Vulture had a second child.

After suffering yet another concussion at EE8, LAUREN TANTALUS never competed again.

Neither did her brother GREG TANTALUS, who suffered career-ending injuries in EE8's Hell in a Cell match.

Finally vindicated after ending Tantalus' career and triumphing in Hell in a Cell, VULTURE left the wrestling business behind, turning his full attention to raising a family. Years later, Vulture joined UCW as head writer.

JASON CALYSTO also resumed his retirement after EE8 and enjoyed a lengthy vacation from the business, before being hired by UCW as lead instructor for its developmental organization.

JAGUAR, too, competed in his final match at EE8, but continued to make sporadic appearances for UCW as a goodwill ambassador. Eventually, Jaguar was hired by the company as lead producer, reuniting the PWA's three biggest names under the UCW umbrella as resources for wrestling's next generation.

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PWA & CAW created, written & filmed by Mike Scarchilli between 1998 and 2012.

Special thanks to:
JAMES CARR
GREG TARASCIO
ABBY SCARCHILLI
MIKE PANTOZZI
DAN SPITALIERE
JASON CARNEVALE

And a heartfelt thank you to everyone else who has created characters, pitched storylines, read the shows, attended screenings, watched at home, or helped out in any way. This wouldn't have been possible without all of you.


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