Regarding the actual announcement. I'd like to tell everyone that with the LAW Apex event wrapping up, I've chosen a character to be crowned our Inaugural World Openweight Champion. I plan to update the front page after we launch the upcoming We Are LAW 6 PPV. And it is at that PPV that a new champion will be crowned.
I've had some users express concern to me over the nature of Apex, with it coming down to a selection made by myself. But one aspect of the event that I don't think gets enough focus is that I have next to nothing to do with the pool of characters that can be selected as our Inaugural Champion. And I believe that's well worth looking at and discussing.
Below is the list of characters/Apex matches that, to the best of my ability, were all completed within the designated timeframe for the event. I know it's probably late to say this, but please let me know if I've missed anyone. People have generally pinged me and let me know when they've finished.
Please note that at this point in time, I have made a decision and chosen a user from this pool. I have reached out to them and confirmed their willingness to have their character be crowned Inaugural World Openweight Champion, as well as their PPV plans concerning the belt for We Are LAW 6.
But I still think it's important and fun to consider the eligible characters from this group and speculate on the character that will be awarded the World Openweight Championship in a thread at the upcoming We Are LAW.
Pool of Possible Inaugural Champs from Apex
Piper Sherwood by defeating "Galaxy Cat" Aurora Estrella |
Vanessa I. Price by defeating Amber Skye |
Korra the Enforcer by defeating Amy "The Lion" Evans |
Gil by defeating Karen Starring |
Astrid Arvidsson by defeating Diana Accera |
Clara GASTER by defeating "The Baroness" Stephanie Renaud |
Doctor Fabulous by defeating Vera Sapphire |
Charlotte Ravel by defeating Grace Kenning |
Sophia Wolfe by defeating Brynhild Ederne |
Eileen Sommers by defeating Selket |
Nerissa Labong by defeating Alice GASTER |
Akari Ito by defeating Wisteria Khan |
Alizeh Midori by defeating Mindy Midnight |
Yukino Fuyumi by defeating Nashi Dragneel |
Sanae Saitou by defeating Toshimi Minami |
Lyra Heartfield by defeating Peggy McIntyre |
Antonia A. Aunt by defeating Cassandra Selinofoto |
Tiki Lowell by defeating Raina Jaeger |
Kira Kusanagi by defeating Hikaru Sawazaki |
Additionally, even though not all the matches finished before the end of June, I still think it's worthwhile for the community to be aware of the other matches that are taking place/finishing at the LAW Apex Event. The goal with Apex was not just to crown an inaugural world champion, but also to provide an event in which we could build out a proper world title scene for LAW together as a community through storytelling and writing, and I feel we've done an amazing job of doing that together. I've said it many times now, but there are very many characters that participated in Apex that can and will serve as credible, believable, and quite frankly awesome future contenders and champions as a result of Apex. And we see many more of them in the table below.
Matches still in progress at Apex
Eirina Makishima vs Miranda Tomi |
Misaki Toyoda vs. Cheryl Williams |
Arachne W. Spyder vs Amano Jaku |
"The Smiling Demon" Dana Ashford vs "Super Kitty" Kat Hart |
"Amazon" Alaina Sanders vs "LAW's Greatest E-Girl" Jem Holland |
Angelina Tarrant vs Shimmerlace |
Eve Summers vs. Raquel Masters |
Honie B. Bea vs. Anastasia Akira |
Ana Akira vs Lauren Fredericks |
Skylar Jones vs. Cecilia Lombard |
If you have feedback for how the event, if you would like to see more things like this, fewer things like this, etc. Please let me know.