You Should Try E-Fedding

You like wrestling right? I mean, I’m pretty sure you do. With wrestling come gimmicks and with gimmicks come people who are sure they know how much better those could go otherwise. Have you ever thought you might be better at putting together some gimmicks and characters than what you see when you watch wrestling? Well there’s a way to see how good you are.

If you’ve never heard of it, there’s a thing called e-fedding where a group of wrestling fans come together and write their own characters and promos. For each match, you put together a promo/segment built around your character and opponent (some people have stories that have gone on for months with each entry being a chapter) of about 1500-2000 words (an average Raw review from me is a little over 2000).

A group of judges then vote on whose was better while writing a match between the characters. This goes on at a regular cycle, with television shows, segments, and pay per view specials, all in text form with each character submitting 1-2 pieces a month with about ten days to prepare. It’s not even as complicated as it sounds. In short: come up with a character, get it approved (really not that hard), be put in a match, write your piece, wait for the show to come out and see how you did.

There are several of these around but the one you should try out is WrestleZone Championship Wrestling (WZCW). They’ve been around for over ten years (a long, long time for something like this) and aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. It’s also run by a group of people I know and respect who will treat you well and give you a fair shake.

There have been all kinds of characters involved over the years, ranging from maniacal cult leaders to aliens to gamers turned wrestlers to average guys trying their hand at what they love. You can go all over the place with stuff like this and it makes for a lot of fun. I even dabbled in it at one point and you would be surprised at what’s inside your own head that comes out when you get into it. There are currently about twenty characters so there is plenty of room to set up something cool.

Check out the application page right here:

https://forums.wrestlezone.com/threads/application-thread-updated-7-11-2018.342929

And check it out. Of course everything is free and it’s a lot of fun, especially if you’ve never tried this before and want to flex your creative muscles a bit.

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