User:Crisis/XEW

Xtreme Endorphin Wrestling (commonly abbreviated as XEW) is a wrestling animation team. The group exclusively uses the free edition of endorphin to make their animations.

History
The group was initially formed in November 2006 by Core Harris (better known as lashley4eva or EndorphinMaster) stemming from a video he made. The group posted another 2 videos to YouTube between then and March 2007.

In April 2007, Harris introduced 6 championships to XEW. These would be contested in tests of animating skill between members. However, 2 of the championships were never awarded due to a no-show in the match. In addition, none of the championships were ever actually defended.

The group was at its peak during June 2007, at one point reaching 80 active members. However the group almost immediately imploded after this. Several key members left for various reasons such as computer problems. Then Harris left after an argument with Sweeney, naming him the Chairman in the process.

In August 2007, the group released Reckless Reunion, which would turn out to be the final video. All the members save for Sweeney and Jordan Payne would leave. After a discussion in February 2008, Sweeney stopped making animations altogether. One week later Payne, the last member, declared the group dead.

EPW
In July 2007, while XEW was falling apart, key members Pete and Chipz split off to form EPW with other break away members. This put Chipz at odds with Doicestar because the two were friends in XEW. After 5 largely successful videos, EPW disbanded in February 2008, both Pete and Chipz soon quit.

Seconds City Saints
In September 2007, after refusing an offer to join EPW out of loyalty to Doicestar, The Payne Killer created the Second City Saints (named after the real life stable. The initial intention was for this to be XEW's training space but after he realized XEW was beyond saving Payne made it into a seperate group.

The Saints (as they later became known, because the acronym SCS is also the name of a sofa company) would release 3 videos of mixed popularity before disbanding on good terms at the end of January 2008. They would reunite in June that year for a side project called XEWE and later again in September for another video which was released after some delay on February 02, 2009 (Payne's 16th birthday). The intention of the reunion was another trilogy of videos but in July 2009 with only one video released, Payne killed the project because he couldn't be bothered to continue if it was going to take so long to make a new video.

Revival
After the demise of Second City Saints, Payne changed his signature picture on the endorphin forums to one saying "XEW New Breed", indicating the group's return. He then reactivated the Xtreme Championship.

Current Roster

 * Payne Killer
 * AznBoiJustin
 * Crob300
 * ChocolateStarfish
 * Bordaras
 * Ashtre

Alumni

 * Core Harris
 * Darcy Sweeney
 * Chipz
 * Pete
 * Ian Stone
 * SlimD
 * Dman
 * Conor Murphy
 * Ziggy
 * Nail in the Coffin (discussion only member)
 * Chrisieboi (group folded before participation)

Championships
There are currently two championships in XEW, they are treaded the same as Professional wrestling championships, but are competed for in tests of animating skill between members. Usually, this involves making an aerial move and a grapple, then others voting on them.

X-Treme Championship
The X-Treme Championship is the current main championship in XEW. It was originally a secondary championship to the Heavyweight Championship before Core Harris left, making said title defunct.

The first X-Treme champion was Doicestar, beating The Payne Killer and Grox (though Grox no-showed) in a standard contest.

The title was revived in 2009 when The Payne Killer set out an open invitation on the endorphin forums.

Endorphiner of Death Championship
The Endorphiner of Death Championship is the secondary Endorphin wrestling championship in XEW. The championship was created by XEW in June 2007 by then-Chairman Darcy Sweeney as an alternative to the XEW Heavyweight Championship. The Payne Killer became the inaugural champion on June 21, 2008 when he defeated Doicestar (Sweeney) in a tournament final.

When XEW fell apart in November 2007, then champion The Payne Killer transferred the title (and all other XEW assets) over to his own federation, the Second City Saints (SCS). In July 2009, when XEW was revived, the title was moved back.

Title reigns are determined either by competitions with different animators or are awarded the title due to special circumstances.