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They say old habits die hard.
These two first locked horns in EPW’s first year in existence.
Then rookie, Freeman, found himself sticking up for Anda Nothica
who was being bullied by Azazal after a match. That
confrontation led to a match at Collision Course in July 2002,
which was one of the matches of that year. Freeman won a
tremendous match but over the course of EPW’s feud with
Uprising, Brock would take a back seat as Azazal’s rage was
redirected at others in EPW.
A lot happened between July 2002 and the beginning of this year.
Azazal won and lost the chairmanship of EPW, had a brutal year
long feud with Mikey and then won the first ever EPW steel cage
match at Re-Awakening last year.
Freeman became a hated maniacal madman, was the leader of the
short lived Freemanism sect and then became a fan favourite
crazy, dancing, rolling luchadore.
These two changed men did battle at our first event for 2006,
Settling the Score. By this stage noone expected Freeman to be
competitive. Los Freemanos was a lot of fun but he was rarely
successful where as Azazal had been one of the top wrestlers in
EPW for over four years.
Freemanos put up an unexpected fight before Azazal won in
convincing fashion. But after the match, Azazal made a mistake
that has haunted him ever since. He ripped Freemanos’ mask off
and left him in a beaten heap. He taunted Freemanos for being a
loser and asked where the proud warrior who went toe to toe with
him in 2002 had gone.
At the following event, while wrestling Shane Haste, the Fallen
Angel would get his answer. Just as Azazal seemed to have the
match under control, Freemanos appeared and helped Haste to a
victory. Azazal was livid and wanted to tear Freemanos apart but
was instead confronted by the mad man who had been missing in
action for over two years.
As he removed his mask, the crowd erupted as they realised that
the ‘American Nightmare’ has returned to Explosive Pro
Wrestling. And life has not been the same for Azazal since.
One of his main strengths has always been the fact that Azazal
was able to intimidate his opponents and play mind games with
them. But now the shoe is on the other foot. Freeman has been
able to keep Azazal on the back foot for the entirety of their
feud thus far.
These two will lock horns once again at Hell or Highwater but it
will be the first time that Azazal has gone one on one with the
American Nightmare. Can the Fallen Angel find a way to combat
the rejuvenated Freeman or will this be a Nightmare that he
never wakes up from?
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