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Fellow promoters, it is time once again for us to jointly determine who shall be honored with induction into the GWF Hall of Fame. It is not a task to be taken lightly, as only the most deserving should be named.
On top of my personal ballot for the Hall of Fame is a man of tremendous power that dominated the GWF like no other. A rule-breaker for nearly his entire 18-year career, Chaos, the Indestructible, arrived from Dimension X and took over as leader of the villain team.
Chaos’ first championship in the GWF was the Interplanetary title. He held that belt three times before winning his first Galaxian Heavyweight title. Gold was around his waist more times than it was not during his career.
Chaos was a five-time GWF champion, five-time I-P champ, and three-time Television champion. His title resume doesn’t stop there, as he wore the Steel Cage title seven times. While he was able to keep partners around him, Chaos won the Six-Man tag-team title twice. When the GWF was at war with the CPC, he was able to take the CPC Heavyweight title on one occasion. The majority of his time spent as heavyweight champion, Chaos simultaneously held the Steel Cage title.
Among those to lose the most coveted prize in the sport to Chaos were legends like Thantos, Alpha Force and Spike. His dominance in the ring continued at his first Iron Man Tournament. He went through the other nine wrestlers with ease to win the trophy with a score of 160 points - the maximum being 180. Chaos placed first, third, third, fourth and a tie for first in his Iron Man Tournament career.
Chaos won the first ever 32-man, Double Elimination, King of the Ring Tournament. The next year, he won the 64-man KOTR, and due to tournament stipulations came away with the GWF, I-P, TV, and CPC titles.
Another 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.
My final vote was very tough to cast with several worthy candidates. I went back in time and decided on an overlooked star of the past. Ghengis Khan was one of the first tag-team specialists to enter a GWF ring.
Khan began his career as a member of Krakan’s Society of Death. He is a five-time GWF tag-team champion, with three different partners. Three times he joined with Krakan, and also won the belts with the Executioner and the Mutant.
Never one for singles action, he never the less won a 25-man battle royal at Galacticmania II to become the first ever Light-heavyweight champion. Ironically, he threw out another long time partner of his, Mitsuko, to win the new title.
Below is a quick listing of the titles held by my nominees for the GWF Hall of Fame.
CHAOS:
5-time GWF Heavyweight Champion
5-time Interplanetary Champion
3-time Television Champion
7-time Steel Cage Champion
2-time Six-Man Tag-Team Champion
1-time CPC Heavyweight Champion
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
GHENGIS KHAN:
5-time GWF Tag-Team Champion
1-time GWF Light-heavyweight Champion