I'd like Thank Davidhawk for taking his time i am sure alot of you will find this interesting! ;) once again thank you david :)
give us a small introduction about yourself
- Born in Boise, Idaho and was raised in a small town outside Boise called Kuna. I first became a fan of wrestling in 1990 about the time Undertaker first appeared in the WWF. I started Kickboxing when I was 7, started doing Tae Kwon Do when I was 13, did Karate, Ko Kon Do and Jukido for a year each. I joined the Navy after I graduated High School at 17, did that for eight years and thats where I first got into Backyard Wrestling. Got into SL in 2009 because of Star Trek Roleplay, and got into Wrestling on March 13, 2010.
IF you have a Stage/nickname: How did you get it?
- I started out as The Renegade in my Backyard Fed in Virginia because my dad is a truck driver who's handle is The Wyoming Renegade. So in SL it was just natural for me to stay as my normal character and be The Renegade. Then it was clear the people wanted me as a face so I became a tribute character to Sting circa early 90's and changed to The Stinger. Once I was transfered to AWF, I lost the facepaint and got back to The Renegade but now as a character I'm taking my rightful place as The Icon.
How did you Find Second Life and what made you join?
- As I said earlier, I got into Second Life because I was doing play by email Star Trek roleplay and someone suggested checking out SL. I got into it and immediately found the UFS, a Federation Star Trek group. Soon after, I found superhero roleplay and as a writer my creative juices just kicked into overdrive.
How did you get into SL wrestling?
- On March 13, 2010, Lex Umaga told me about his friend Derrick Zane and how they were talking to Savannah Mohegan about joining a wrestling organization, the SWF. As a huge fan myself, I immediately said I was interested. Met Savannah, joined SWF and then went looking for a trainer. I found Morpheus Shelman of BPW and got trained rather quickly. That same day, SWF had a free per view and prior to the show I was at the arena and Wither Winogrod needed a rookie as an opponent. I stepped up and had my very first match that night. Unfortunately, the future Icon lost.
What Made you decide to get into SL Wrestling?
- When I got into SL I didnt even know wrestling existed here. So when I found out, I immediately jumped on board and started doing everything I could to learn more and help out as much as possible.
do you have a Dream achievement to accomplish in SL wrestling?
- I live my dream every week. As a writer, I love seeing my stories played out and after we fo
unded the OEW, that let me live my dream out and also entertain people with the voice acting of DavidHawk Actor. If we're talking about in the ring, my dream achievement is to one day face Seth Cameron.
What do you think makes Your Character Special?
- As a face my character never stayed down. He took beatings all over the place and kept getting up. It was a way to get people on my side. Back as my normal self now, I get to let my passion, my agression out and those emotions come through in my voice acting. The goal of everyone is to make their character believable and in my case, I'm just letting my real self out so that helps the people watching take hold of everything I say. When I say I'm doing this to show my brother who the biggest legend of the OEW is, they believe it.
what is the name of your finishers and what are they?
- I've had a couple. When I was the Stinger, of course I had the Stinger Splash, which was a corner splash. The Scorpion Deathlock which is just the Sharpshooter and the Scorpion Death Drop which is an inverted DDT. But the move that I love more than any other is the NMP (Not My Problem), which is my catchphrase and its a transition from a Fireman Carry swinging them back off your shoulder into a Cutter.
how long have you been in SL wrestling?
- Just over a year and a half, since March of 2010.
do you have any Dream Matches?
- Like I said, I would love to face Seth Cameron. Other people I'd like to face is Drewski Hoxley, Loody Graves, Derrick Cult and would love another match against Derrick Zane, who I started with and had most of my best matches with.
if you could pick 5 Matches in any Federation which has been your favorites?
- Derrick Zane vs Francis Constantine (Buried Alive Match)
- Nina Prater vs Shelly The Bod (HAWX)
- Loody Graves vs Hulk Parkin (VWE Championship Match)
- Drewski Hoxley vs Vince Easterwood (DCWF Championship Match)
- DavidHawk Actor vs Vince Aftermath (Loser Leaves OEW Match)
How long have you been in your current Fed?
- With AWF, since July 7th, 2011. Before that I was with OEW since Derrick Zane, Lex Umaga, Jedrek Leodhais and I founded the company in mid March 2010.
what have you accomplished in SL wrestling?
- Besides founding arguably the largest wrestling company in SL Wrestling? (laughs). I've been the OEW Champion four times, AWF Champion currently. OEW Tag Team Champion with my brother, Jedrek Leodhais. SWF United States Champion, NWE Intercontinental Champion, OEW Cruiserweight Champion and OEW Intercontinental Champion.
do you have a Dream Tag team PArtner/Stable members?
- I got to have a stable with my brother, Jedrek. So I would enjoy teaming with him again as well as Bannock Ogg and Bryce Ketterley as a new type of The Outlaws.
if you could be the booker for 1 day and you could pick Any wrestler male or female from any fed who would you pick for the Mainevent?
- The easy answer is picking Seth Cameron vs DavidHawk Actor, but I'll go the other route and chose the alts. I'd like to see "The Immortal" Hulk Parkin vs "Superstar" BJ OHare!
who trained you?
Morpheus Shelman at the BPW training center.
if you have a top 1 moment since the beginning of your Carrer to now can you tell us about that and why?
- I'd have to say it was the first OEW fpv-style Adrenaline where I was honored enough to face Derrick Zane in a Cage Match for the OEW Championship. Thanks to some timely interference I took the win to become the first OEW Champion.
is there anyone you'd like to thank for being there since you began your adventure in SL wrestling?
- How do I list everyone? Definately Lex Umaga and Derrick Zane who helped me found the OEW. Zorina Koray for giving us land to do it. Willow Halfpint who helped build the first arena and a few since. Every person who's ever been in the staff or on the roster or even in the audience. I have no misconceptions. Without OEW, DavidHawk Actor as a character wouldn't be as big as he is, so I have to thank each of those people who helped make OEW as big as it is.
If you have been in more then One Federation how many have you been in and what was the names?
- I started in SWF (Showdown Wrestling Federation) and during that same time joined BPW (Birthright Pro Wrestling) and AHWF (All Hardcore Wrestling Federation). Then OEW (Over the Edge Wrestling) got started. So I was working four at the same time, AHWF shut down and NWE (New Wrestling Entertainment) and ASW (All Star Wrestling) started up, so then I'm working five at a time. SWF ended up with a huge walkout and shut down. BPW didn't last much longer after that, although they're now back. NWE didn't last but a few weeks and ASW only lasted one show. Then I started the ICW (Impact Championship Wrestling) project as Bruce Dashuria, worked in VWE (Virtual Wrestling Entertainment) as "Superstar" BJ OHare and currently work in AWF (Assault Wrestling Federation). Then of course there is my newest project the DWA (Digital Wrestling Alliance) which started with OEW, XLW and CWW. But then CWW got thrown out for behavior issues, we added ICW and AWF to the Alliance and unfortunately XLW then left. But with the beginning of WMW (Wonderful Maidens of Wrestling) and the return of EVW (Extreme Virtual Wrestling), DWA is doing well.
do you have anyone that inspires you in SL wrestling? and why?
- I like to say no specific person inspires me. What I try to do is take the best of everyone I know and blend it into something that resembles what you see every week. I've learned alot from Derrick Zane, Zorina Koray, Tiesa Piers, Nina Prater, Catalina Luckstone, Vince Aftermath, Stuart Warf, Loody Graves, etc... Almost each person that comes into the community has a special skill that they can do better than anyone else. I never knew how to film, learned how to do that. Profile pictures, didn't know until I had someone show me. Same with clothing. So everything I can do I owe to other people except for my storyline writing ability.
Do you have anyone that inspires you in RL wrestling and why?
- Guys like Shawn Michaels and Chris Jericho are who I pattern myself off of. Technical ability with the willingness to put your body on the line when a high spot is called for.
If you have your custom Attire what is the colors?
- I keep my attire tintable and like to change my colors. My three favorites are blue, red and green. But mostly its one of those colors with my logos in white.
FED OWNERS questions:
what made you decide to start your own Federation?
- Once we got into the wrestling world, Derrick Zane started thinking about doing his own company, but wanted to wait a few months. Lex Umaga and I were talking and got too excited, basically convincing Derrick to do it alot sooner. Thanks to Zorina Koray who owned The Streets where I was running a DC Superhero rp for letting us hold OEW there on her land, we had experienced builders and a DJ. Right off the bat what made us unique was we didn't do videos we streamed music to reduce lag. It was a great beginning.
has there been any regrets?
- In any choice there are pros and cons. I have always done what I thought was best for the group and unfortunately that has cost me friendships, co-workers, etc... I always live in the moment. I chose what I think is best. Sometimes it turns out that it wasn't the right choice but I think more times than not I've been right.
can you name your top 5 Favorite matches in Your Federation?
- My top five matches in OEW would have to be...
- Derrick Zane vs DavidHawk Actor
- Nina Prater vs Tiesa Piers
- Vince Aftermath vs The Feral Wolf
- Jedrek Leodhais vs Ungangi
- Derrick Zane vs Curt Bombastic
can you name your top 5 Feuds in any Fed of SL wrestling?
- Seth Cameron vs Benbe Kirax
- Vince Easterwood vs Big E
- Derrick Zane vs DavidHawk Actor
- Nina Prater vs Tiesa Piers
- Nanny Gothly vs Akasha Faulkes
Any Special Match you'd like to see? if so between who?
- I'm waiting for Nanny Gothly vs Nina Prater. These two are two of the most iconic women in the community and eventually it has to happen with both of them working in HAWX.
has it been easy being the owner of a federation?
- Not at all. Its a constant challenge, but one that I have risen up to. I have, thankfully, had people I could share the responsibility with. There was a three month stint where I was booking and running all three shows each and every week. That got rough but then I opened up and trusted new people, created a new staff.
as we know theres alot of rumors in SL wrestling some are bad some are good
what do you think causes these rumors?
- I think most rumors come from not understanding. When DCWF and OEW began working together, everyone thought DCWF would take over the OEW, but that was never in danger of happening. Another cause is spite when people leave the company they just start throwing out what they can cause they are hurt just as much as the people still in the group.
is there any certain Federation you would love to work with your federation?
- We have worked with PRWW, HAWX, DCWF, XLW and VWE. At this time, we've shown we'll work with anyone and we'd be happy to work with everyone. Thats the goal of the Digital Wrestling Alliance is to pull companies together in a non-competitive way. Yes, I founded AWF, OEW and ICW. WMW is Nina Prater's company, EVW is Maven Gothly's company. This Alliance isn't just OEW projects, its a place where we help people who want to run their own companies. If everyone wanted to be in the DWA, we'd love it cause then we could work more interpromotional stuff. So there isn't any certain promotion, cause we'd like to work with everyone.
if you could name top 3 Feds which would they be and why?
- VWE - their production value is far and away the best thing out there.
- DCWF - gotta give love to the longest running federation because they've got talent to spare and are clearly doing something right.
- OEW - came out of no where with a fresh way of running the shows and blew up. We dont do booking boards, we give you as a player as much freedom as we can to create whatever story you want to do.
what is your opinion on the "SL Wrestling Community"
- There is a lot of hurt out there. Some companies started because of people leaving another company and that hurt is still there. I want people to remember that the community is constantly evolving and if you dont help it change for the better then you are the problem. By working with almost everyone, OEW has shown that its possible to work well together, all the others have to do is be open to the idea. I'm glad to see HAWX working with so many, but of course thats only for the ladies. So for the men in the community, we have to work better together. I'd be for a meeting of the fed owners to try to work something huge out. Eric Stuart tried to get a huge convention together, something for everyone. Great idea, but I'd love to see interpromotional matches at something like that.
any last words?
- To those of you who ever thought you could do it better, dont put that thought out of your head cause OEW showed you could have a different way and make it work. Also remember that not everyone is their character, not everyone is who others make them out to be. I've found out that even the most "vile" of people are easy to work with when you have a good idea. A last thankyou to everyone that has ever helped OEW backstage, in the ring or in the audience. We couldn't do this without you, period.
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