Fall Fest

Fall Fest began back in 1998, and was the first event in the history of the GWA. The company, which was founded with this show as Rockvale Wide Wrestling, has maintained this show as its New Year celebration ever since, despite two name changes.


 * 1) Fall Fest 1998: Saw Jim "The Boulder" Ferguson become the first RWW World Heavyweight Champion. Also, Tony Rutherford would win the RWW Cruiserweight Title at the event. Rutherford, who would go on to become VT Tony Dickson and GWA President Amp Harrell, would lose the belt one month later and begin competing for the World Heavyweight Title; the Cruiserweight Title would later be merged with the Light-Heavyweight Title to form the Lightweight Title, now known as the X League Championship.
 * 2) Fall Fest 1999: Heavy influenced by Vice President Johnny Black.
 * 3) Fall Fest 2000
 * 4) Fall Fest 2001
 * 5) Fall Fest 2002
 * 6) Fall Fest 2003
 * 7) Fall Fest 2004
 * 8) Fall Fest 2005
 * 9) Fall Fest 2006
 * 10) Fall Fest 2007
 * 11) Fall Fest 2008
 * 12) Fall Fest 2009
 * 13) Fall Fest 2010
 * 14) Fall Fest 2011
 * 15) Fall Fest 2012
 * 16) Fall Fest 2013
 * 17) Fall Fest 2014: Saw Intercontinental Champion Lance Willoughby pin defending World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Freeman after a cradle piledriver to win the title in a Four Way Dance elimination match. By rule, the IC belt went to the number one contender which had been crowned earlier in the night, DJ Forrest. The rookie had shocked the world by surviving the IC Title Number One Contenders' Battle Royal until he was one of the last two standing; by rule the number one contendership would then be settled by pinfall or submission, and Forrest hit his opponent with "The Extacy," a corner shiranui/Sliced Bread #2. Forrest's biggest victory ever got even bigger, when he got the Intercontinental Championship without ever having to pin the champion.