Hogan vs. Flair (HVF)

Hogan vs. Flair (HVF) is a comedy based fantasy/CAW league that began in January 2010. It is produced by the same owner as EFW and is considered a “brother” league. The league mainly uses Smackdown: Shut Your Mouth for the PS2 and borrows heavily from the game’s provided roster. mDickie’s mPire Wrestling 2008 is used on all special shows such as Empty Arena. Raw 2 is used for nL vs HvF streams with newLEGACY Inc. These are non-canon.

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History
The league formed under 3 main influences:

In the Fall of 2009 EFW created a series of “Apple Pie” remixes based from a Botchamania ending where Hulk Hogan saying “yappa pie” is repeated in succession. The videos received excellent feedback and eventually became the most watched videos on EFW’s channel. The HVF channel feature remixes of promos from the Hulkamania Australia tour in addition to additional Apple Pie remixes.

EFW from the start has been a serious original CAW league but with a comedic edge to some parts. Ideas were formed in Fall 2009 for a 100% comedy league using Smackdown SYM and were planned on going into motion after EFW’s Urban Warfare event in March 2010. Some EFW wrestlers have appeared during streamed events but are not members of the official roster.

Around the same time that the HVF YouTube account was created was also when Hogan and Flair jumped back into the spotlight in TNA. The league would be molded into a battle between teams of Hogan’s wrestlers vs. Flair’s wrestlers with comedic surprises thrown in. Interestingly enough in TNA the Lethal Lockdown match in 2010 was Team Hogan vs. Team Flair.

Shows
HVF produces a show usually anywhere in 1-3 month spans. It does not follow a sequential episodic “TV” style format, but rather a series of shows with connected storylines.

To date, 18 shows have aired:

Season 1:

1) Pilot Match

2) Axshiboomba!!!

3) Final Fantasy Football

4) Good MILF Hunting

5) Empty Arena

Season 2:

6) $1 million Dollars

7) Bride of Frankensteiner

8) Do it For America

9) Go Outside Nerd

10) Empty Arena II

Season 3:

11) The Rough Draft

12) Cirqus Deliqious

13) She's Hot (But Then She Talked)

14) White Text on a Blue Background

15) Very Large Wrestling Event XXXVIII

16) Empty Arena III

Season 4:

17) Drunk! With Power

18) Looks Good on Paper

Production
HVF was originally billed as “The show recorded on a $2 VCR and edited on a $100 editing program” because the video was recorded on tape separately from the commentary. This process changed when said $2 VCR broke and was replaced by a $13 VCR. As commentary was no longer two people in the same room, from EP4 onward the production was done all digital.

Commentary
Commentary is recorded with the match not being viewed beforehand as to add the surprise element to it.

Lead Commentator – Joe Lexington, or “Joe Lex” for short. Lexington is considered as the st raight face commentator.

Color Commentator – “Caveman” Carl Touretta. Caveman is portrayed as a rough, vulgar commentator that pokes fun at the wrestlers. He has been described as “every pro wrestling guest commentator at once.”

Caveman’s commentary is considered as one of the popular points of HVF.

Caveman has been known for his catchphrases including:

“BOTCH!” – One of the ideas of the show was to blatantly and obviously point out gaffs by the game’s AI instead of trying to cover it up on commentary or ignore it. This is emphasized by Caveman shouting BOTCH with text flashing on the screen. There are multiple variations of this, the most common being errors on commentary (COMMENTARY BOTCH!) or a miss from a high spot (ATOMIC BOTCH!)

'''“ANYONE! EVEN YOU! CAN DO A RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP!”''' – Slowly built up gradually in Pilot Match and first mentioned in Pilot Match’s main event. This was due to a large portion of the game roster performing the Russian leg sweep in the show. Since then the phrase usually relates to the wrestler that performed the Russian leg sweep. As a standard rule, all CAW wrestlers have the Russian leg sweep in their move set.

Various one-word commentaries – “SUPLEX!” for every time Steiner/Midget Steiner does a belly-to-belly suplex in a match, “DEATH!” when someone uses a release German suplex, and “SLAP!” when Torrie Wilson does her women’s special slap finisher. Those are some examples of Caveman’s insightful commentary.

Caveman is also acknowledged by his character name on streams though he does not use the Caveman character voice.

newLEGACY Inc - During nL vs HvF streams along with Caveman and, sometimes, Joe Lex

Rules
1) Title Belts - In Seasons 1 and 2 any title belts that were awarded in any other company were not recognized in HVF. In addition HVF did not have title belts until The Federation's 95% acquisition at the end of Season 2. Five titles were introduced at Cirqus Deliqious with an additional three added at She's Hot (But Then She Talked). Starting with Very Large Wrestling Event XXXVIII and ending with Empty Arena III, the titles were merged in a tournament. They were as follows:

1) The Campeon Porundia (Champion For a Day) - A new champion is crowned at each show and can be defended throughout the same show. At the next show the title is vacated and the cycle repeats.

2) The Big Shiny Thing - Considered the top prize by The Federation's title system. Contenders to the belt had to be a former WWF or WCW world champion.

3) Tivo Champ - HVF's TV title that was never once defended on a television.

4) Open the Bathroom Gate Champion - Awarded to the best non-American wrestler in HVF.

5) Incontinental Champion - The top champion who isn't ready, brother. Contenders were determined by best HVF win-loss record.

6) The Bam Bam Title - This was not an actual belt but a legal name change. The winner would have "Bam Bam" as their nickname as long as they were champion.

7) Best Friends Forever - The tag team titles of HVF.

8) $1.99 Champion - The women's title of HVF.

2) Win/Loss record counts – the number of wins and losses coupled with their entertainment value determines a person’s spot on the card.

3) Hogan and/or Flair are in the Main Event at all times, as either managers, referees or wrestlers.

4) All matches are CPU controlled to provide an unbiased outcome to the match. The only exceptions to this rule were the Kevin Nash Burial Gauntlet Match and special referee matches at Empty Arena shows.

5) Popcorn Match – The match before the main event is booked as a throwaway match with jobbers, typically Hardcore Holly and other undercard talent not assigned to a team. The match is normally interrupted with other matches or footage, or has been ignored on commentary and fast forwarded in the past. Past game footage that has interrupted popcorn matches have included “Saturday Afternoon Bowling” (Ten Pin Alley) and “The Mid-South Implosion” (Legends of Wrestling II)

6) HVF JTV stream matches do not count towards a person’s win/loss record. JTV matches are considered house show/test matches used for experimenting with combinations and wrestlers.

Spin-Offs
MEAT Stasiak’s Seasoned Mode – A non-canon JTV stream that followed the game’s season mode with running commentary. Caveman plays through as MEAT Stasiak through 2 years of Smackdown Shut Your Mouth’s season mode. The non-canon mode saw a number of created wrestlers that either were not designated to debut in HVF or have not yet appeared either.

Dumb Enough - A wrestling and TV reality series that aired on HVF's Twitch.tv account. The show used The Sims 2 for the house challenges and living space with mDickie's Wrestling mPire 2008 for the wrestling portion of the show. The success of the show led to a match at Empty Arena II. A second season was aired for only two episodes before being cancelled due to the cast dying.

Florida Federation Wrestling - The southern training grounds of The Federation. The show uses Smackdown 2: Know Your Role and is aired only on HVF's Twitch.tv account by The Federation Sports Network. The roster consists of various HVF stars and developmental talents. The show features a unique ranking system where the loser of a title match is sent back to the bottom of the rankings to allow for more opportunities for other talent. They contest over the two top belts in FFW: the Florida Incontinental Championship and the top title, the Florida Federation Championship.

Championsips
The Hall of Fame Ring of Questionable Power - Kluh Nagoh (Hulk Hogan)

All titles were unified in a tournament starting at Very Large Wrestling Event XXXVIII and finishing at Empty Arena III, with Hogan emerging as Overall Champ. Below are the final champions before Unification.

Campeon Porundia - H3

BFF Titles - The Cover Band (Bubba The DJ and WhackySting)

Tivo Title - Fistpasta

Bam Bam Title - Rob Bam Bam Van Dam

Open the Bathroom Gate - Beard Samulson

Incontinental Title - Val Venis

$1.99 Title - Linda Hogan

The Big Shiny Thing - Hulk Hogan

In the first round of Unifications starting at Very Large Wrestling Event XXXVIII, Beard Samulson defeated Val Venis to unify the Open the Bathroom Gate and Incontinental titles, H3 defeated Fistpasta to unify the Campeon Porundia and Tivo titles, RVD defeated WhackySting to unify the BFF and Bam Bam Titles, and Hulk Hogan defeated Linda Hogan to unify the Big Shiny Thing and $1.99 titles

In the 2nd round at Empty Arena III, H3 defeated Beard Samulson to advance to the Main Event. RVD defeated Hogan but was attacked and injured backstage, so Hogan advanced instead. Finally, Hogan defeated H3 and was awarded the Hall of Fame Ring of Questionable Power.

Team Hogan
Hogan’s team was considered as the primary face team until Hogan won the Hall of Fame Ring of Questionable Power which has since corrupted him. Colors are light blue.

Leader:  Hulk Hogan (a.k.a Kluh Nagoh) - Perenial main eventer and current holder of the Hall of Fame Ring of Questionable Power after pinning H3 in the title unification finals at Empty Arena III.

 Jenna Morasca- One time TNA wrestler and Survivor contestant. Known for being in one of the worst wrestling matches ever. Was originally part of Team Flair before Rough Draft.

Midget Steiner – A smaller scale version of Steiner that uses a similar move set but uses stiffer finishing moves. Has only been seen so far in HVF house shows.

Devon Intervention - Formerly known as Camo Pants, part of Team 3rd Dimension along with Bowling Shirt. Was injured  after suffering third degree burns at Empty Arena I. Made his return at Rough Draft to assist Bowling Shirt in his match against Bubba the DJ. Turned on Bowling Shirt at Drunk! With Power.

The Dyrty Boys - Ben and Jerry, Hogan's friends. First seen on Drunk! With Power along with Camo Pants attacking Bowling Shirt, who continuously no sold finishers and chair shots during the assault.

Pepto Abysmol - Parody of Abyss. Wears a Pink Jumpsuit and will upset everyone.

Personal Demons - Jeff Hardy's personal demons finally caught up with him.

Stone Cold - Debuted at Go Outside Nerd! as part of Hogan's team against the Federation. Last seen at Empty Arena II. More of a sherriff/enforcer who gets involved when things get out of hand than an actual HvF competitor.

Team Flair
Flair’s team was the main heel team. Now they are more just the guys not in Team Hogan or other teams. Has incurred the most losses of any other team in HVF. Colors are blue and white.

Leader: Ric Flair – Portrayed as a heavily medicated version of his actual self, sometimes dancing and jumping to the ring. Currently inactive after being stabbed in the eye by WhackySting at Empty Arena III

Miss Handcock – WWE’s Stacy Keibler. Currently carries David Flair’s miscarriaged love child. Known for her frequent feud with Torrie Wilson. Currently inactive due to pregnancy complications and modeling gigs.

Linda “Troll” Hogan – Hulk Hogan’s CAW ex-wife that is known for her brutish looks and power wrestling moves. Possibly the ugliest CAW wrestler ever created.

Rookie Orton – Randy Orton’s rookie year. Known for having an incorrect entrance video and unfitting piano music as his intro. The unfitting piano music was changed at Bride of Frankensteiner, but the incorrect entrance video remains.

Bowling Shirt - The fat one. Formerly part of Team 3rd Demention along with Camo Pants.

Meat Stasiak – Known for his spastic running and making his entrance in a shopping trolley/cart. Was originally part of Team Hogan, but was drafted to Team Flair at The Rough Draft, blind-siding Steiner alongside Kurt Angle. Embarked on a feud with Steiner which culminated at Empty Arena III, at which he was brutally defeated.

Val Venis - Originally a jobber. Was drafted to team Flair at the Rough Draft, after scoring the pinfall for his team in a basement tornado tag match (alongside Fistpasta) against the debuting Kendrick and Team Weed's Jeff Hardy.

King of Hotsoup - A master in martial arts and groin kicks. Originally part of the Cover band after Sean Pac was injured at Axshiboomba. From Final Fantasy Football to Rough Draft, he became a member of The Cover Band. Was drafted to Team Flair at The Rough Draft.

The Federation (Disbanded)
A group of investors wanting to take over Hogan vs Flair and make it PG only. Made its debut at One Million Dollars where Vince won his own rumble for $1 million. They want to be the new faces of Hogan vs Flair and books themselves to be invincible no matter what the match is. Disbanded at Empty Arena III when Hogan won the Hall of Fame Ring of Questionable Power. Team colors are black and red.

Leader: Greenich Vince - Angry at the world from when Stone Cold Steve Austin stunned him and signed with Hogan vs Flair. Has a group of investors, a list of advisors and family backing his every move, word, and action. His faction was no more when H3 lost the unification finals at Empty Arena III.

H3 - "Invincible" competitor who claims to be undefeated. He buries anyone who mentions otherwise. Jobbed to Kevin Nash in the pilot episode, but no one can prove it before H3 gives them the ultimate insult. Former Campeon Poriunda Champion before losing the title unification finals vs Hogan at Empty Arena III.

Tits McGee - H3's husband. Known for her tits and nothing else.

TF British (former member) - British rookie. Known for his huge shoulders and terrible teeth. Big guy with no charisma. Won the rookie battle royal to join the Federation and not become a jobber. Formed GTS (see below) with Fistpasta after the disbanding of the Federation.

Beard Samulson (former member) - Winner of the first season of Dumb Enough. Known for his beard and old age, as well as his ability to take a serious beating and keep fighting back. One of HvF's most popular and sucessful competitors. Joined the Raftpac at Looks Good on Paper.

Team Weed
They are a two-person team consisting of Rob Van Dam and Jeff Hardy that were originally considered for Team Hogan. RVD and Hardy missed the captain’s draft because they got high and instead formed their own team. During their matches they have been known to randomly pull out a ladder (The Ladder of Weed) and jump off for no apperent reason. The status of the team is in question since RVD was injured at Empty Arena III and Personal Demons (Hardy) is now part of Team Hogan. Colors are green and white.

Leader: RVD - Unofficially holds the record for largest botch-to-move ratio. Became the first person to "Atomic Botch" in HVF by missing a frog splash from atop a ladder during Axshiboomba!!!. Was injured at Empty Arena III after a match with Hogan who took his place in the title unification finals vs H3.

Jeff Hardy (former member) - Commentary is again critical of his sloppy wrestling style, teen fan base, and drug usage. No showed a FE club match against Stiener, but was suplexed off a ladder into the arena floor afterwards. Teamed with Angle and Rookie Orton in a inter-promotional victory over NL's ¡ Dios Mio! team (Vince Lombardo, Checo Blanco, and El Hijo de Rambo). Has since been renamed Personal Demons and joined Team Hogan.

The Cover Band
Originally Nash was an individual member of Team Hogan but broke off to form his own group after Hogan’s roster grew too large. They are known for their theme song and quick replacement of roster members due to outside forces. They are a parody of “The Band” from TNA and of the NWO from WCW/WWE. Colors are black and white.

Leader: Kevin “Lucha” Nash – Kevin Nash portrayed as having lucha libre skills. This joke was formed in Pilot Match during the Gauntlet Burial match when he backflipped out of a suplex. Since then, he has done the 450 Splash in matches. Inactive since he tore his quad at Cirqus Deliqius.

Bubba the DJ – CAW parody on Bubba the Love Sponge. Usually serves as an outside manager of the group and advertises his radio station Y93 “The Wolf” on his shirt. Normally gets into matches against other wrestlers of lesser or equal quality. Suprisingly successful, so much he remained undefeated until Rough Draft.

Sean-Pac (inactive) – Sean Waltman as a combination of his real name and X-Pac. Won the Money in the Botch Ladder Match at Axshiboomba but landed on his neck. Was out until Empty Arena II when he returned for the Feast or Futured Battle Royal and was subsequently injured again. Still yet to return.

Scott Hall – Considered an unofficial member of the Cover Band. After being released from rehab, Hall watched Final Fantasy Football to find that King of HotSoup was named the new Cover Band member. He fought HotSoup at Empty Arena I in a 99 Bottles of Beer Deathmatch but lost. At the next Empty Arena, he was scheduled to take on Buttebean in an MMA Superfight, only to no-show and be replaced by Mongo. Has since fought as Soda Popinski, DiamondStudd 5000, and Soviet Disco Robot due to him being so drunk.

The Raftpac
Formed at ''Drunk! With Power'' by Steiner and Whackysting to take on Team Hogan. Colors are red and black.

-Scott Steiner – A CAW recreation of Scott Steiner that frequently uses suplex variations.

Whackysting – Formerly known as The Wedding Stinger (Sting dressed up as a lounge singer) and The Man They Call Steve (an old dude with facepaint). Also formerly part of the Cover Band. Wears Joker facepaint and has weird standing and running animations. After injuring Flair at Empty Arena III, he would later join the Raftpac.

Kurt Angle - With a broken freakin' neck. Revealed to be a Raftpac member at Looks Good on Paper.

Beard Samulson - Winner of the first season of Dumb Enough. Known for his beard and old age, as well as his ability to take a serious beating and keep fighting back. One of HvF's most popular and sucessful competitors. Former Federation member before joining the Raftpac at Looks Good on Paper.

The GTS (Gym, Tan, Sweaters)
Known for their big muscles, hair, tan and sweaters. Because chicks in night clubs dig really big sweaters.

TF British - British rookie. Known for his huge shoulders and terrible teeth. Big Guy with No Charisma. Won the rookie battle royal to join the Federation and not become a jobber. Formed GTS with Fistpasta after the disbanding of the Federation (see above).

FistPasta - Italian jobber that looks like Chad Hotti. He has a fist on his ass. Lost Federation tryout match. Joined Team Flair due to losing to Jomo Nixon at Go Outside Nerd. Won TiVo title and never defended it before losing it to H3 in the unification match.

Torrie Wilson – Her intro borrows from her ''“Corpsing? Send for the man!”'' gimmick from Botchamania. Commentary has been critical of her lack of wrestling skill and intelligence. Forced to join GTS at Looks Good on Paper when TF British defeated Rookie Orton.

Lucha GP
New for Season 4. Each show two luchadores or luchadoras will compete with the winner advancing to the next show. At the end of the year the last mask standing will win a HVF contract.

 El Macho Lobsto - Popular anthromorphic lobster from EFW.

Comfyseto - Undersized furniture salesman.

Ranchito Jr - Farmer who wears a tomato mask

Chica del Tiempo - Channel 8 weather girl, wearing her formal attire apparently.

In the first round, El Macho Lobsto defeated Comfyseto in a match filled with botches and few moves that connected properly.

In the second round, Ranchito Jr defeated Chica del Tiempo in a match that wasn't much better than the first, but did feature good sportsmanship - plenty of pandering to the crowd and no rest holds.

Others
These are HVF competitors who are not jobbers but are not currently members of any team.

The Great Power Uti - Has come to America to defend his World Action Wrestling Alliance (WAWA) World Heavyweight World Championship.

Steve "Mongo" McMichael - Former member of the Four Horsemen in WCW. Was the Special Guest Referee for the 99 Bottles of Beer Deathmatch between Scott Hall and King of Hotsoup at Empty Arena and slow counted throughout the whole match. Replaced the No-Showing Scott Hall at Empty Arena II to take on Butterbean in a losing effort.

Jobbers
They are a group of wrestlers that are used for Popcorn Matches (see above) and minor roles in HVF. Mostly their matches do not get a lot of attention. Val Venis was the only jobber to date to be offered a tryout spot with one of the teams, but did not win. He later advanced to Team Flair at the Rough Draft.

Kendrick – Made his debut at Rough Draft in a losing effort teaming with Jeff Hardy against Fistpasta and Val Venis. Known for wrestling in jeans, barefoot, and under the influence of a substance of some kind.

Scotty 2 Hotty – He dances. That’s about it.

Vance Archer - INTENSE (ly boring). Since repackaged as Super Dallas.

Raja Lion - Indian Film star known for his shiny pants and tall size.

Renah Doopwah - French wrestler similar to Rene Dupree. Was part of Team Hogan but saw very little action. Forced to leave after losing to The Great Power Uti. Unlikely to see much more action in the future.

Brutus Briefcase – Brutus Beefcake portrayed as Hogan’s defense attorney in Good MILF Hunting. Wears blue tights and boots with a business suit at the top. Shares an identical moveset and intro to Hogan. Winless in HvF. Forced to leave Team Hogan after losing to Beard Samulson at Looks Good on Paper.

Future Endeavored Club
Losers that have sucked so much that they lost their job and now likely work at Denny's.

DEFAULT – The default CAW selection and moveset from the game.

DDP – Described as an old, single jobber that performs a “self low-five.” Part-time yoga instructor as well before becoming full-time recently.

Maven – Flair’s rookie that did frequent dropkicks and diving headbutts, sometimes unintentionally onto an opponent’s anus. Sells mochas now.

Jay Leno - Late-night talk show host that served as DDP's tag team partner and manager. Had a brief run in Good MILF Hunting and Empty Arena I as a singles wrestler but was released, citing creative issues.

Jomo Nixon - Known for his flippy-shit wrestling style and incredible slow-motion during entrances. Was killed by Hardcore Holly in HVF Dumb Enough Season 1, Episode 5.

Hardcore “Bubba” Holly – Known for having no entrance graphics or music. His matches get interrupted with much more entertaining stuff. Was released when he got eliminated last in the Feast or Futured Battle Royal in Empty Arena II.

The Federation - Disbanded at Empty Arena III (see above) after H3's title unification loss to Hogan.

Awards Received
Something Cawful 2010 Awards

Won:

Best Production Value

Match of the Year: Scotty 2 Hotty vs Val Venis (HVF Axshibooomba)

Best Commentators: Joe Lexington and Carl "Caveman" Touretta

Best CPV: Empty Arena

Funniest CAW Show

CAW League to watch out for in 2011

Nominated:

Best CPV: HVF Final Fantasy Football, HVF Axshibooomba

Most Underrated CAW Show

Best CAW Theme: 2001 A Space Odessey Metal Theme (Ric Flair) (from HVF Empty Arena)

Something Cawful Awards 2011

Won:

Funniest CAW show

Best CPV : Empty Arena 2

Nominated:

CAW show of the year

Best storyline feud: The Federation

Best Production value

Something Cawful CAW Show of the Week - Final Fantasy Football (Week of September 4th)