Zed the 8th

Zed the 8th is a Northeastern Spotted Newt and wrestler in the Rat Rumble Championship, part of the WTF group of sports entertainment companies. His inaugural fight was the Rat Rumble match in the 3rd Rat Rumble event, wherein he immediately faced Tristan the Dinosaur, before being promptly yeeted by the next introduced fighter. He has not fared better in any subsequent RR match.

Career History:

Zed was a fan of the Rat Rumble since the first event which caught his immediate attention. In particular, he was inspired by the wrestler named Quent and his struggles and effort in the first and second event.

Shortly before the third Rat Rumble event, a dare prompted Zed the 8th to attempt to try out for the expanded roster of wrestlers. Unfortunately for Zed, he had no ride to the high school in the mid-afternoon when the try-outs were being held, and relied on poorly funded public transportation which arrived at the event's destination long after the official event began. The general lack of organization and security at these early events meant nobody prevented Zed from entering the gymnasium during the intermission and approaching the commentator's unattended desk. Despite the crowd present, Zed had no clue the show had already began and found a list of names on the commentator's desk which he signed without reading the header, presuming this list was the try-outs sign-up sheet. When approached by the local high-school football coach (working that night as backstage crew) he stated his name was on the list and was instructed to wait in the locker room for his name to be called. Minutes after arriving in the locker room, he was told to get ready for the main event and the crowd wants a really good entrance. At that moment Zed realized the reality of his situation and panic set in. He grabbed the only prop he saw in that second, a rusty pipe connected to the locker room's showers before being ushered out into the gymnasium. His iconic pipe was swung around to give a sense of wild feral energy simply because he had no other ideas for a professional identity in that moment. The pipe has become a fan-favourite part of Zed the 8th's professional identity [citation needed] . Zed's first match was the Rat Rumble match of the third Rat Rumble event. Since that introduction, it was assumed he was an official registered wrestler in the company and paperwork was filled out after the event under the assumption that the one-person HR department had misplaced the original copies.

Leading into the 4th Rat Rumble event, Zed entered into a tag team partnership with Gort, who often provided a ride to training facilities and event locations. The two wrestlers seemingly got along quite well and commiserated about each other's perceived role in the company. Gort and Zed were generally seen as an uncoordinated tag team but managed to effectively win their first match. They were eliminated from the tag team championship in the following Rat Rumble 4.5 in December. Though they allegedly remain on good terms, communication between Gort and Zed seems to be limited, as Zed has secured other means of transportation to event locations, and began training at a different facility.

In early 2023, Zed the 8th was approached by Lord Bumbo and signed a contract to purchase a year-round unit within the Del Boca Vista Phase 2 development, a private community of timeshare and single-owner condo-cabanas. This contract contained residency, access to transportation, and access to private training and exercise facilities and an allotted cost for personal management in exchange for promotion and advertising.

After repeated injuries from Quent, Just Jane, Quelp (Quent's "upgraded Jelp-assisted form), and in training, Zed the 8th had to be reluctantly hospitalized for recovery, and upon dismissal from the hospital he returned to the remote wilderness with his family, until he was reminded why he left that place to begin with.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wrasslin' Interrogated magazine, issue 204
2. ↑ Internal Personnel records, RR EC, LLC / R3 Rat Rumble registration form 3.2, WTF approval form 12.1
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sports Depicted: Annual Gossip Edition -Winter 2022-2023
4. ↑ Wrasslin' Interrogated magazine issue 206
5. ↑ Wrasslin' Interrogated magazine issue 209