First-to-a-Finish Tag Team Match (RLS Custom Match)

In UNION Wrestling, a First-to-a-Finish Tag Team Match is a one-fall, standard tag team match introduced by Eddie Hamer as a more traditional alternative to the To-The-Finish matches.1
==Rules==
The FTAF Tag Team Match has almost always taken place under standard tag team rules, with count-outs, DQs and one active wrestler at a time being the usual setup. In official matches (those which have taken place on UNION programming or at Live Events), there has never been more than two to a team.
==History==
The first FTAF match took place on a February 2017 episode of UNION Unleashed, where the at-the-time Tag Champions The Coalition defeating Los Luchadores. For logistic and show timing reasons, the match became more popular over time, with it's first Live Event use coming at PWU (as UNION was known at the time) Money in the Bank.
When the To-The-Finish match-type was phased out during Season Two of the original run, the branding for this match was dropped and the standard "Tag Team Match" terminology was used instead. With TTF's return in the reboot in 2021, however, FTAF was also brought back by Eddie Hamer.
==Trivia==
*Another name considered for the match-type was the "First-Fall-Wins Tag Match", though Hamer decided, in the end, that it should be thematically consistent with the TTF.2
==Behind-the-Scenes/Notes==
#In truth, I needed normal tag matches for timing reasons in the episodes, as I was playing through a lot of Universe back then... but I wanted it to sound as unique as the other match did.
#This is true, that was the original name, but I came to same conclusion in reality that Eddie did narratively.
Category:Custom Matches