Universal Wrestling Syndicate

The **Universal Wrestling Syndicate** (**UWS**) is an American independent wrestling promotion based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The promotion is founded and owned in mid-2013 by professional wrestler Jacob Cass.

## Roster

### Men

* Antista
* Adam Black
* Aadrik Mahaan
* Ahmed the Great
* Daniel Moretta
* Billionaire Ted
* Jacob Cass
* Alfredo De Niro
* Cain Patrick
* Chuck Lester
* Big Joe
* Dan Aviary
* Karl Karsh
* Malus
* Mr. Amazing
* Jack Stryder
* Chris Clayton
* Chris Benoist
* Mark Samson
* Gerhard Schaden
* Ryberg
* Le Géant

### Women

* Christy Balboa
* Christy Avidan
* Eliza Strider
* Katrina Eddison
* Barbara Meade
* Tori Allison
* Nicola Cooke
* Kim Varney
* Marie Nicholas
* Anna Chaplin
* Gina Phelps
* Glenda Patrick

## Match types

### Singles match variations

**Singles match**

The singles match is the most common of all professional wrestling matches, which involves only two competitors competing for one fall. A victory is obtained by pinfall, submission, knockout, countout, or disqualification. Some of the most common variations on the singles match is to restrict the possible means for victory.

**Knockout match**

A Knockout match is a singles match where a wrestler must force his opponent to “pass out” to the other wrestler/wrestlers in a submission hold. To determine if a wrestler has passed out, the referee usually picks up and drops his hand. If it drops to the mat or floor three consecutive times without the wrestler having the strength to hold it up, the wrestler is considered to have passed out. If the wrestler has passed out, the opponent then has lost by knockout. A wrestler can also win by technical knockout if the competitor does not resort to submission holds, but stills pummels his opponent to the point that the competitor is completely out cold. To check for a knockout in this manner a referee would wave his/her hand in front of the wrestlers' face and, if the wrestler does not react in any way, the referee would award the victory to the other wrestler.

### Hardcore-based variations

**Hardcore match**

A standard hardcore match, also known as a **Devil's Playground match**, a **Belfast Brawl match** or a **Guerrilla Warfare match** is a no-disqualification, no-countout, falls count anywhere, one-fall match where the only rule (unless specifically noted) is to pin the opponent for a 3-count. Otherwise, anything goes: any weapon can be used, any amount of wrestlers who are not booked in the match can be involved and any move can be used (except moves banned by the promotion booking the match before-hand). Hardcore matches came to prominence in Japan in the 1970s, and then in the United States in the 1990s in promotions like ECW and later WWE. Blunt objects such as steel chairs, wooden event tables, ladders, wrestling ring stairs, kendo sticks, baseball bats, flour, metal cylindrical trashcans, trashcan lids and road signs are often featured in hardcore matches.

**First Blood match**

In a first blood match is a no-disqualification, no-fall, no-countout match in which the first wrestler to bleed anywhere loses the match. Depending on the nuance of the stipulation, this might include bleeding noses. Although there are no-disqualifications, outside interference cannot be seen causing the participant to bleed.

### Enclosure-based variations

**Steel cage match**

Steel cages are one of the oldest form of enclosures used in professional wrestling. The earliest known "steel cage matches" of any kind took place on January 9, 1936, in Caruthersville, Missouri, in a card that included two such "chicken wire fence" matches between Jez and Otto Ludwig, and Joe Dillman vs. Charles Sinkey. These matches took place in a ring surrounded by chicken wire, to keep the athletes inside, and prevent any potential interference. They have evolved a great deal over time, changing from chicken wire to steel bars to chain-link fencing (the latter is now the standard, due to it being cheaper to manufacture, lighter to transport, and more flexible and thus safer for the wrestlers).

A steel cage match is a match fought within a cage formed by placing sheets of mesh metal around, in, or against the edges of the wrestling ring. The most common way of winning is by simply escaping the cage, either over the top of the cage wall and having both feet touch the arena floor, or by escaping through the cage door with both feet touching the arena floor. The other occasional ways to win a steel cage match are by pinfall, by submission, though these are less common stipulations in the modern era, an even less likely stipulation is that weapons can be thrown into the ring by the wrestlers' managers.

**Dungeon of Doom match**

The Dungeon of Doom match is a professional wrestling steel cage-based match created by Jacob Cass. The match is named after a faction that was active in WCW and later, through experience, UWS president Jacob Cass cites the Hell in a Cell structure as a Dungeon of Doom after a brutal 12-man Hell in a Cell elimination match at Starrcade. The match was held within a steel cage, but with the Hell in a Cell structure also placed over the ring with hanging meat hooks attached to the ceiling of the cell to represent the horrors of the match itself. In this match, escaping the cage is not a means of victory, leaving only pinfall or submission. Rarely, a Dungeon of Doom match under Falls Count Anywhere rules happen during feuds that commonly involve heel authority figures and it has yet to be used to end a feud. While the Hell in a Cell and the steel cage structures are made to prevent outside interference, it didn't stop anyone from using their own tricks to go inside the cell-cage structures to interfere further.

### Substance-based matches

**The Floor is Lava match**

The Floor is Lava match is a no-disqualification match where the first to be submerged in the lava (bright red goop) loses.