XBA Xtreme Backyard Assault

XBA Xtreme Backyard Assault was an Australian media entertainment company that is primarily known for Backyard Wrestling, based in Adelaide, South Australia founded in 2001 by Shawn Montague and had its last show in 2005. However returned in 2021 briefly as a web series, opening the vault of old matches with new commentary and featuring new virtual title matches. 
They are well known by their "Death Death Documentary" DVDs which were distributed with licensed soundtracks by Industrial Strength Records featuring; Lenny Dee, The Berzerker, Delta 9, Moshpit and more.
All though the company and match types are mainly inspired by WWE and CZW, they perform minimal professional wrestling manoeuvres and focus more on hardcore violence with weapons and perform jackass style stunts and comedy skits."They cover the grass in glass and bloody bodies on the floor, somebody lock these guys up!"
== History ==
XBA was first established in 2001 by Shawn Montague, however ownership roleplaying was done by the anonymous Malakian. Two shows occurred each month, one was a house show event entitled "Darkness" followed by a pay-per-view. Most wrestlers were personally trained by Montague, some of which have never wrestled before. 
They had several unique violent match types, most notable from ReVolution 3; The Drunken Death Match, which 3 individuals were filmed drinking throughout the night and then thrown into a ring together. Another included being Buried Alive In Hell's Pit, which the object was to throw your opponent into an 6 foot grave full of glass to win."Don't try this at home, Try it at ours!"Their obscure insanity captured audiences mainly throughout their website clips and VHS/DVDs sold locally, as the live events were closed to the public. However the group gained some publicity by featuring on Russel Gilberts "Wild Wacky Sports". Witnesses to the live events and recordings critic how violent and shocking some matches become, while others are just fun to watch.
Filming locations were various backyards based in South Australia including; Elizabeth, Salisbury, Pooraka, Golden Grove, Gawler and had one event in Sydney, NSW.
The group narrowed down in size by its last year standing, however they were hitting harder than ever. In 2006, two new arena's were under construction with their own full size professional ring. However the owner put the group on hiatus to focus on a musical career. 
A reunion show has been discussed since 2012 with Bitch vs. Shawn Montague being pitched as the main event, however due to unforeseen circumstances the event was cancelled. A series of "Death Death Documentaries" were released throughout the years and served as "The Greatest Hits" of XBA matches. The first 3 volumes were released on VHS rental at local Blockbuster Video stores in South Australia but are now extremely rare, however a new DVD version was remastered and re-released in 2007 with distribution by Victim Gear and a licensed soundtrack, and it is still available today. 
In 2021, Montague announced the XBA Championship will be defended for the first time in 15 years on The Drain Podcast on Australia Day during a segment called "Digital Darkness" which could lead to more events in the future. The event featured a guest appearance by JCW wrestling legend Mad Man Pondo as well as highlights from the Death Death Documentary. Malakian said during commentary that this event is a trail run and could break off into its own bigger show, to open the vault of videos from XBA and run more title matches. B.I.T.C.H won the title against Shawn Montague in a virtual title match. A follow up Australian Day event occurred in 2022, with Bitch defending the XBA title in a rematch against Montague, Malakian also created his own title "The Butterfly Championship" for himself as he couldn't win the main title. As of 2024, It was reported the web series was cancelled with no plans for future events.
== Show List ==
* January - Hatchet Rumble
* February - Slaughterhouse
* March - ReVolution
* April - Creep Show
* May - Baddass Of The Backyard
* June - Forsaken
* July - Resurrection
* August - Hell-bound
* September - Backstab
* October - Confliction
* November - Longtime Dead
* December - Meltdown
== Filmography ==
Year	Title 	Type	Notes
2002	XBA: Vol.1 	VHS 	Blockbuster Video Release
2002	XBA: Vol.2 	VHS 	Blockbuster Video Release
2002	XBA: Vol.3 	VHS 	Blockbuster Video Release
2003	XBA: Forsaken 	VHS 	Blockbuster Video Release
2003	XBA: Death Death Documentary	DVD 	
2004	XBA: Death Death Documentary
(Volume 2)	DVD 	
2004	XBA: BEST of BITCH:
Chronicles of Pain	DVD 	
2007	Death Death Documentary 	DVD 	
2021	The Drain 	WEB 	Virtual XBA: Digital Darkness
2021	XBA: Digital Darkness 	WEB 	Aus Day Special
2022	XBA: Digital Darkness 	WEB 	Aus Day Special
== Champions ==
XBA Championship
YEAR	WRESTLER 	EVENT 	NOTES
2001	WishMaster 	In Your House 	Battle Royal
2001	Fearce 	Rumble 	
2002	Shawn Montague 	ReVolution 	
2002	WishMaster 	Vaporize 	
2002	StashMan 	Forsaken 	
2002	Shawn Montague 	Confliction 	
2002	StashMan 	Long Time Dead 	
2003	Foreskin 	Rumble 	
2003	Webbdogg 	BackStab 	
2003	Ripper 	Forsaken II 	
2003	Loki 	Hellbound 	
2003	Shawn Montague 	BackStab 	
2003	Ripper 	Trick Or Treat 	Vacated
2003	Shawn Montague 	Meltdown 	
2004	The Desercrator	ReVolution 3 	
2004	BITCH 	Creep Show 	
2004	The Desercrator	Forsaken 3 	
2004	Drunkie 	Darkness 	
2004	The Desercrator	Darkness 	
2004	Shawn Montague 	Resurrection 	
2004	The Desercrator	BackStab 	
2004	StashMan 	Long Time Dead 	
2004	The Desercrator	Meltdown 	
2005	Skitz 	Creep Show 	
2005	The Desercrator	Forsaken 	
2005	Shawn Montague 	Resurrection 	
2005	The Desercrator	Darkness 	
2005	Skits 	Forsaken 	
2005	Hatchet Hustler	Darkness 	
2005	The Desercrator	Darkness 10 	
2005	Skitz 	Hell-bound 	*Vacated
2021	B.I.T.C.H 	Digital Darkness	
*title history to be updated.
Hatchet Rumble:
* 2002 - Shawn Montague
* 2003 - Stash
* 2004 - The Desercrator
* 2005 - Skits
Baddass Of The Backyard
* 2004 - Bitch
* 2005 - The Desercrator
== XBA Links ==
Watch The Death Death Documentary on YouTube
Buy The Death Death Documentary DVD
Death Death Documentary on IMDB
Watch the XBA Playlist on The Drain
Category:South Australia
Category:Adelaide
Category:Backyard wrestling