Lexy's Did You Know LAW? - PPV and Championship Edition

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The following article is written by Lexy Alan and published by LAW's social media and writing staff. It is targeted towards LAW wrestlers and staff, as well as fans.

The accuracy of all information included has been certified and vetted by editors on staff.

Did you know? The order of matches on the card for all official LAW events, including PPV's dictates their importance and weight for the event and for LAW as a whole! The further down the card you are, the more fans and management must have seen in you! The same way every wrestler wants to be a champion in this or any company, every wrestler wants to be in the main event! Main event girls headline the show, as they're the ones that sell tickets, move merchandise, and draw viewers. So how do you get closer to the main event, you ask? How do you become the main event attraction? Maybe by being the most successful/compelling champion or challenger. Maybe by somehow conjuring up the highest stakes.

Whatever the case, you have to imagine that any girl that's on the last three or four matches on the card are within striking range of becoming LAW's next cornerstone or the next big name in the company!


Did you know? Like many other fight sports, LAW divides it's PPV card into an undercard and the main/featured matches for the PPV, and this serves many purposes. The main card features established wrestlers that have more experience and starpower than those who can only compete in the undercard. The level and quality of matches on the main card is expected to be top-notch! Conversely, the girls on the undercard are engaged in fierce competition as they look to make a name for themselves and work their way up the card! Additionally, official LAW championships are always defended on the main card

But it's not all black and white! Main card doesn't always have to strictly upperclass. Sometimes established main card stars make an appearance in the undercard for their own reasons, but ideally, it's to have to match to help highlight a promising young star in the undercard that the business and other wrestlers see a future in! Additionally, unofficial "custom" accolades and championships that wrestlers give themselves are always defended in the undercard. Speaking of custom belts....


Did you know? Although it's trendy for wrestlers to ham up accolades that they give themselves, "achievements" like the million-dollar belt, legacy belt, belly belt, bedroom crown, and so on; while they do bear their own merit in their storied defenses/matches and titleholders (some more self-important than others), they remain entirely unofficial and are unrecognized by management. Unlike the main card/undercard dynamic, there's a strict hierarchy between official and unofficial championships. Unofficial belts have unregulated/unvetted challengers, and they don't come with a pay raise or notoriety. Their "ceiling" so to speak, is the PPV undercard.

Moreover, businesses aren't exactly in a rush to endorse or crown "champions" that break the law. When unofficial title holders resort to things like kidnapping to make a name for themselves (looking at you "former" belly champ. She tried to kidnap me to fulfill her own sick desires! True story!), it's no wonder management wants little to do with these self-proclaimed "champs".


Did you know? Traditionally in championship matches, the challengers usually make their entrance first and the champion is supposed to come out last. This is because the champion, having already established themselves, is supposed to be treated as a big deal. It's a "save the best for last" type deal. The champion has already proven themselves, they're coming into the match with the champion's advantage (they already have momentum going into the match, they can't lose the title via disqualification or count-out, etc). It's on the challenger to prove their worth and usurp the champion in the ring. Not every promotion stays consistent about saving the champion's entrance for last, but LAW does! If you're a champion and you've allowed anyone in the back to talk you into making your entrance first, you got gypped!


Did you know? The merit of a champion in LAW (and really anywhere else if we're being honest) is not decided by how long they've been champion. But by the number of successful defenses they're had, and by the caliber of their challengers. Of course, the champion is the favorite going into most of their defenses. But if they're the odds on favorite every time, or worse, if no one believes that there's even a chance that the challenger can win, that's not always indicative of a strong champion. More often than not, it's indicative of a weak one. If you go out of your way to beat people that everyone already thinks you can beat, can you really call yourself a champion? Maybe a paper champion...anyways


Lastly, did you know? LAW acknowledges what's called Freebird Rule. What is Freebird Rule, you ask? Well, I'll spare you the history lesson if you don't want to look it up. We all know that many of the best tag teams in professional wrestling history are dynamic duos. But there occasionally, tag champs are trios! That's right, there was once a trios team so influential that they were allowed the opportunity to hold tag titles with three members instead of the usual two. This is done under the condition that any two of the three members defend their tag team championships in championship matches. And LAW approves this on a case by case basis as long as all 3 members are eligible and have a history together!

Sometimes, when three tag team members are very deeply involved, an exception is made for them. In the same way that there are well-established Freebird teams like The Freebirds, The New Day, The Undisputed Era, The Midnight Express, LAW has its own stables/freebird-eligible teams here and there. Teams like The Heartbreakers, The Ashfords, The SWAT Cats, The Flying Cherrybombs, and so on.