The Lineage

**The Lineage** is a professional wrestling stable currently performing for WATW (Wrestling Around the World). Led by former WATW World Champion Prince Uno, the stable was initially created to "carry on the legacy of Prince Uno". Under Uno's leadership, the stable has held both the WATW Tag Team Championship and the WATW World Championship, as well as the Keys of Destiny.

## History

### Formation (2020)

In the weeks leading up to WATW Slamfest 2020, Prince Uno began managing a new prospect in the 6'10 340 lb Russell Carroway. Carroway would squash local competitors with Uno declaring that he would put together the greatest stable of monsters to enforce his will upon WATW. The night after Slamfest, Uno debuted a new tag team, whom he dubbed the Baker Island Assassins (Jon Quolin and Tino Rikka), who would also compete mainly in squashes and quick victories. As the weeks dragged on, however, Uno's vision began to shift. He began prophesizing that a young talent would soon join him to become the next top star in the company. Over the next few weeks, The Assassins and Carroway would interfere in matches and attack people backstage, oftentimes to the benefit of perennial babyface Acid Erics, leading many of Erics allies to assume that he was the new member of the stable. This turned out to be a ruse, as Andre Daniels would be revealed to be the new member. With the core group formed, the new mission statement was to obtain the WATW Tag Team Championship and the WATW Solid Steel Championship.

### Championship Pursuits (2020-2021)

Daniels would take the next few months to feud with Erics and Rob The 4th following his induction into The Lineage. Meanwhile, the Assassins would take up a TV feud with Faceless Killaz. When Rob won the Solid Steel Championship from Johnny Anderson in December, Daniels immediately declared himself as the #1 contender. At the same time, Gede turned heel on Chris Cadena, soon also joining The Lineage. This created tension between Gede and Daniels, as they began to argue over who was the leader of the group. At WATW Resurrection 2021, Daniels was defeated by Rob in a match for the Solid Steel Championship, while The Baker Island Assassins defeated D/L to win the Tag Championships. The following month, Gede challenged for the Solid Steel Championship, but was also defeated by Rob.

Both Gede and Daniels would compete in the Fight 4 Gold Tournament, with Gede in the A-Block and Daniels in the B-Block. Daniels would win his Block, but Gede would lose his block to Starsmile, who would defeat Daniels at Fight 4 Gold 2021 to win the whole tournament. At the same show, Gede would be defeated by The Best Ever, who challenged Gede after he was defeated by Gede in the tournament. Daniels, Gede and The Assassins would defeat Cadena, Erics and Tech Crew at WATW Pearly Gates 2021. At WATW Slamfest 2021, all four would compete on the main card. Daniels would be the only one to be defeated, as he was unsuccessful in beating Jesus Christ Jr. in a singles match. Meanwhile, the Assassins would defeat Tech Crew to retain the Tag Championships, while Gede won a fatal-four way against Cadena, Hollywood Rockstar and NDK.

### World Championship Win (2021-2022)

The night after Slamfest, Prince Uno confronted new WATW World Champion Starsmile, saying that he had a challenger ready to take the championship. Gede came out to confront Starsmile, but Uno said that he was actually talking about Daniels, which furthered the tension between the two. At WATW Hot as Hell 2021, Gede and Daniels challenged Starsmile in a triple threat, but would be unsuccessful in taking the World Championship as Gede was pinned by Starsmile. Daniels called out Starsmile, saying that since he didn't pin Daniels, he didn't truly beat him. Daniels would end up being defeated at WATW August Agony 2021. At the same show, The Assassins lost the Tag CHampionships to the team who they beat to win them, D/L. The Assassins would take a backseat in the months following due to Quolin suffering a back injury, and they would mainly appear during promos or backstage. Meanwhile, Uno was starting to give more opportunites to Gede as opposed to Daniels, leading to Daniels questioning Uno's loyalty. On an episode of WATW Mayhem, Daniels and Gede came to blows, forcing Uno to allow them to fight in a 1-1 match, which Gede won by holding the ropes during a pin. Daniels wasn't satisfied with this, but Uno repeatedly asked him to take a step back now that he had been beaten.

At WATW Livin' With the Ladders 2021, Daniels and Gede both competed in the Keys of Destiny match and when Gede seemingly had the match won, Daniels threw him off the ladder and won the prize for himself. Uno admonished Daniels, saying that the plan was supposed to be Gede winning and after a few weeks of arguing, Uno demanded that Daniels give him the Keys of Destiny. Daniels claimed that he left them at home, and would give them to Uno the following week. At WATW Yesteryear 2021 (the day before Daniels was supposed to give the Keys back), he cashed them in on Starsmile, becoming the new WATW World Champion. While Uno (who was on commentary at the time) was shocked, he ultimately embraced Daniels and the group sans Gede came together to celebebrate Daniels' win.

While Daniels often won matches through cheating and chicanery, he began to change his style after winning the championship. Claiming that nobidy respected him, he turned away offers of underhanded help and cheating, especially from Gede. Daniels would hold the title for four months, defeating the likes of The Best Ever, Acid Erics, Erik The Sword and D-Lion. At WATW Fight 4 Gold 2022, he would lose the championship to The Best Ever. Daniels demanded a rematch on the following night's Mayhem, but Uno insisted that he had a new plan. This would lead to Gede and Daniels being put together as a team to challenge for the WATW Tag Championships. Both men were opposed to this, but Uno eventually coerced them into being ob-board, saying it was all "part of the plan"

### Leadership Change, Split (2022-2023)

At WATW Slamfest 2022, Daniels and Gede would be unsuccessful in winning the WATW Tag Championships from MahrJar. The next night on Mayhem, the duo would be successful in defeating Faceless Killaz. While they were celebrating, Gede attacked Daniels from behind and used a chair to assault Daniels' neck. This put Daniels out of action for several months (in reality, he needed time to rehab a minor neck injury). This changed the dynamic of the stable. In the past, Uno was the group's official leader and he would guide the members of the stable. After this, Gede became the leader and would boss around Uno and the Assassins. At WATW/PCWA/RWF Crossfire 2022, Gede would win the WATW World Championship from the man who won the title from Daniels, The Best Ever. Gede would defend the title in the coming months against Starsmile, Grant Boyd and The Best Ever. The night after WATW Yesteryear 2022, Daniels returned as a babyface to confront Gede. Gede tried to rally the stable against Daniels but they all left the ring, allowing Daniels to stomp in Gede's head and hold up the World Championship. Uno declared that he was not the manager of Daniels or Gede at the moment and that he would make his final decision after WATW Resurrection 2023. At the event, Daniels defeated Gede to win the WATW World Championship. Afterwards, Uno and Daniels shook hands. This functioned as a parting of ways, as Uno would become a full time color commentator. The Baker Island Assassins would eventually return without Uno as their manager, while Gede and Daniels would compete for the World Championship in the months following.

## In Wrestling

### Championships and Accomplishments

* **WATW World Championship** (Gede 1x, Andre Daniels 2x)
* **WATW Tag Team Championship** (Baker Island Assassins 1x)
* **Keys of Destiny** (Andre Daniels 1x)
* **WATW Tag Team of the Year** (Baker Island Assasins, 2021)

### Theme Songs

* So Strange- CzarFace and MF DOOM (Gede)
* SPEEDBOAT- Denzel Curry
* BLACK METAL TERRORIST- Denzel Curry (Andre Daniels)
* Super Bug- King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard (Baker Island Assassins and Russell Carroway)