FWA Academy Frontier Wrestling Alliance ( FWA ) is a British professional wrestling promotion . Established in 1993 as the Fratton Wrestling Association it soon became the Frontier Wrestling Alliance six years later and until 2007 when it lost a scripted inter - promotional feud with . As a result of losing the promotion was forced to close and the company XWA was founded , largely based on the old FWA with some old staff and wrestlers as well as some championships . However , in 2009 the FWA brand was relaunched again as a separate promotion to the XWA . History . First run . The FWA initially started out as the Fratton Wrestling Association in 1993 by Mark Sloan in an attempt to create a forum for serious wrestling training and performance based in Portsmouth . Renaming the promotion to the Fratton Wrestling Alliance 1999 , it experienced a renovation that geared it towards national expansion and promoted its first show in February of that year , changing to Frontier Wrestling Alliance by the second show in June . The promotion soon produced a regional television programme in Portsmouth as well as founding a training academy to create its own talent . The emphasis on new wrestlers organically led to an early storyline of new , internationally influenced wrestling clashing with traditional British wrestling with some veterans brought in to help promote FWA ' s own performers . The company created a British championship later that year and in 2000 also crowned tag team champions as it continued to expand , performing across the south of the country . By August FWA began promoting shows with foreign talent , initially Sabu and Dan Severn , which it would continue to do so during its first run by cross promoting with other promotions . This eventually led to the British Heavyweight Championship being won by American wrestler Christopher Daniels , the belt being defended on international soil and a joint - promoted event with American independent promotion Ring of Honor in 2003 . The company used international stars to gain notoriety and were further aided in advertisement when Alex Shane became a regular presenter on national talk radio station Talksport , aiding the company ' s expansion into the north of England . The ties with Talksport became important when FWA promoted a show from the Crystal Palace Indoor Arena that was broadcast live on radio and later on national television , through Bravo . In late 2006 , FWA entered into a scripted feud with ( IPW : UK ) when FWA wrestlers invaded IPW : UK ' s annual Brawl At The Hall event and took some of the locker room hostage . In the elimination tag team contest , Team FWA beat Team IPW : UK and proclaimed war on the company . As the rivalry intensified over the next few months , wrestlers from both rosters had matches in both promotions and neutral ground with FWA gaining the early advantage . After months of clashes three events were held under joint banners with the final show , IPW : UK vs . FWA : Final Frontiers , booked for a match between IPW ' s Martin Stone and an unnamed FWA wrestler to with both companies ' future on the line . The show featured lots of in - fighting , including the two commentators breaking out into a brawl and ended with the mystery FWA wrestler being revealed as the retired former FWA British Heavyweight Champion Flash Barker who lost the match , resulting in FWA folding in March 2007 . Closure and XWA . After the FWA went out of business , Greg Lambert and Mark Kay held a press conference and formed a new promotion named XWA alluding to their former company but insisting the two had a different ethos , with the new company gearing its product towards family entertainment rather than being adult orientated . Despite only basing their promotion on the former company , XWA inherited the physical British Heavyweight and Flyweight Championship belts from FWA and continued to use them , promising to also resurrect the FWA Tag Team Championship , though they never would . However , in April 2009 at XWA ' s War On The Shore V , Lambert finally announced the creation of XWA ' s own British Heavyweight Championship belts and gave the FWA belt to Alex Shane , making his only appearance at an XWA event , while Shane presented the new physical title to the winner of the evening ' s championship match , Sam Slam . Rebirth . Despite being on the losing end of the battle with IPW : UK and the XWA promotion purportedly taking its lineage , in May 2009 , over two years after its original demise , Tony Simpson and Alex Shane announced their intention to revive the national promotion . They held their comeback show , New Frontiers , in early August with matches designed to crown a new FWA World Champion and FWA Flyweight Champion . On 13 February 2010 at the British Uproar event in Broxbourne , Martin Stone defeated Andy Simmonz in the tournament finals to become the first FWA World Heavyweight Champion . He subsequently turned heel and formed a faction called " The Agenda " , whose aims are to decimate the UK ' s top talent in order to showcase their skills to the large American wrestling companies and earn a lucrative contract as a result . At the European Uprising show in Birmingham on 20 November 2010 , Alex Shane turned heel and revealed it was he who was the real leader of the Agenda . Rules . The promotion follows the same rules as seen in most of professional wrestling but has adopted the penalty card system from football , with the yellow card serving as a warning , and any red card offence resulting in disqualification . Piledrivers are banned under FWA rules and can result in a fine as well as disqualification . Teams : Roster . The Agenda ( Greg Lambert , Alex Shane , Iestyn Rees , Dave Moralez , David Deville , Colossus ) The Resistance ( Leroy Kincaide , Jonny Storm , Sha Samuels , Terry Frazier , El Ligero , Nick Riley ) LDRS of The New School ( Zack Sabre Jr . and Marty Scurll ) The Kartel ( Sha Samuels , Terry Frazier ) Stixx and Malen ( Stixx , Paul Malen )