GWF 2002 OFFICIAL HALL OF FAME BALLOT

To: All Promoters
From: Federation Headquarters
CC: Mark Ashby
Re: Hall of Fame ballot

MERCENARIES

A no-brainer is my tag-team choice for the Hall of Fame - The Mercenaries. Vigilante and the Soldier of Fortune had a long and storied career in the GWF. Both of these men began their wrestling careers with different names and personas.

Vigilante debuted in 2089 as the Galactic Punisher and embarked on a 20-year career. Teaming with Justice as the GalactiCops, he won the GWF tag-team titles twice. He also was a three-time Interplanetary tag-team champion, with one of those reigns with the Star Warrior as his partner. During his time as an intergalactic enforcer for the hero team, he did not actively seek out championships, and never held a singles belt. The Galactic Punisher did, however, win Battle Bowl: The Lethal Lottery. After winning a tag-team match with his randomly drawn partner Matador, he emerged victorious in a double-ring battle royal.

The Punisher changed his image and name to Vigilante when he joined forces with Krakan in the Hitmen for Hire. He started a team with the Soldier of Fortune, and the Mercenaries went on to a stellar career. The Mercenaries captured the Galaxian tag titles on five different occasions. Along with Splatter, they garnered the Six-Man belts once.

During the Mercenaries run at the top of the tag-team division, they came back after a first-round defeat at the 32-team Double Elimination Tag-Team Terror Tournament to win the trophy. They also won the Six-Man Seizure Tournament.

The Soldier of Fortune also has a lot of history in his career. He entered the GWF as Tongsoon in the same year as the Galactic Punisher. Tongsoon also went into tag-team competition, forming the Alien Corps with Dreadnaught, who was then known as Comrade Terror. Although known as a tag-team wrestler for his entire career, Tongsoon, ironically, tossed the Galactic Punisher to win the first ever Royal Rumble.

The Alien Corps would win the Interplanetary tag-team titles on two occasions, beating Titan Power both times for the belts. Tongsoon and Comrade Terror still hold the record for the longest I-P tag-title reign in GWF history.

After Tongsoon lost a Torture Chamber match to his former partner Dreadnaught at Galaxian Bash '92, he was forced to enter the Transevolver and be turned into a human. He then joined with Krakan in the Hitmen for Hire, and formed the Mercenaries with Vigilante.

Mercenaries: 5-time GWF Tag-Team Champions
1-time Six-Man Champions

Galactic Punisher: 2-time GWF Tag-Team Champion
3-time Interplanetary Tag-Team Champion

Tongsoon: 2-time Interplanetary Tag-Team Champion

MATADOR

A man I believe is a first-ballot Hall of Famer is the Matador of M83. After making his GWF debut in 2091, his first championship was the Interplanetary title, defeating Iron Mane. He went on to make 10 title defenses, the second longest I-P reign in history. He held on to the belt for 61 cards before losing to the Star Warrior at Wrestle War '92 in a 2/3 Falls match. He quickly won the title back before losing it to Wolf.

The Matador was a two-time Television champion. He defeated Battering Ram while I-P champion in a title for title contest to hold both belt simultaneously, before vacating the TV title. He added the Six-Man tag team title to his resume with partners Janus and Terminus.

2-time I-P champion
2-time TV champion
1-time Six-Man tag champion

HERACLES

The Olympian Heracles enjoyed a tremendous GWF career. He was two-time I-P champion and a former Galaxian title holder. During his second run as I-P champ, he defeated Pegasus in a Ladder Match at Galaxian Bash: War Games to win the GWF and CPC titles, and then vacated his I-P strap. At Clash of the Champions XIV, he defeated former tag-team partner Colossus for the Interplanetary title. He quickly lost it to Rising Sun at King of the Ring '98. At Wrestle War '98 Heracles beat Mandrill for the I-P belt. He then maintained it for the third longest reign in I-P history.

Heracles defeated Raven at Cosmic Cage Carnage for the Television title. He was already I-P champ, and then lost both titles to Rising Sun in the first round of the King of the Ring. Teaming with Chaos and Bishop Hell, the trio won a tournament for the vacant Six-Man tag-team titles. Later he won them again at Six-Man Seizure with Chaos and Skinhead.

Early in Heracles' career, he teamed with Colossus as Millenium and took the I-P belts from the Cosmic Forces in the final of a 16-team double elimination tournament. They went on to tie for the second longest run with the gold in GWF history.

GWF champion
2-time I-P champion
TV champion
I-P tag champion
2-time Six-Man tag champion

ALPHA FORCE

Alpha Force continued the legacy of his father and brother. In similar fashion to the Star Warrior, he was able to win championships but not hold on to them. He was the man that dethroned Thantos as heavyweight champion, ending the longest run with the belt in GWF history. He beat Thantos twice for gold, and Chaos for his third title reign. He never had a successful title defense though all three runs with it.

3-time GWF champion
2-time I-P champion
2-time Steel Cage champion
1-time GWF tag champion
2-time Six-Man tag champion (Pegasus & Colossus; Star Warrior & Thantos)

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