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XIII
ExTha
Tom/Wigs
Ytter
Football
Sultan

Gotta respect the Yttershake. My first match and feud, which netted me my first title. It couldn't have been against a nicer guy. I still remember that series fondly, and even now is among the most fun I had in the UCA. I remember doing the "Lightweights are the exciting high-flyers, we're the real main event and match of the night" gimmick and starting off with high-votal ties and close losses + wins against Ytter really helped bring that to life (at least for a bit).

UCA has been such an amazing creative outlet for me over the last 5-6 years. I have so many memories of fun or exciting match-ups, promos and stories. For a long time I regretted never being popular enough to be "the guy" like other, more regular B8 users. I mean, it made sense, by 2014 I didn't even post on any non-UCA B8 topics anymore, no one knew me outside of here. But, thinking back, while I was never a consistent main eventer, I'm happy that I got to do so much in that span. I'm not one to stick to a gimmick for very long (I actually think my "King" run has by far been the longest I've stuck to a single character lol), and its insane to reflect on all the different personas I've been and all they've done (midcard or not). Just off the top of my head, I think of my time as the Lightweight Division advocate, The Young Guns run and gradual break-up, Master of Mayhem (which includes one of my favorite moments ever, straight up trapping Maniac in a building and blowing it up to build to Epopmania), Mr. Eruption, delusional heel Launching Pad host + occasional XIII lackey, this current run as The Eternal King.

Finally winning the Undisputed Championship felt amazing. I honestly thought it might never happen, I saw just about every contemporary of mine win it before I did, which was somewhat frustrating. I think that Summer Spectacular title match was legit only my SECOND title match in 5 years of UCA (and my first came way back in my 1st year. Side note--I have very fond memories of that because I absolutely finessed my way into that title shot by spewing some complete delusional heel BS. All I did was beat fellow lightweight wizardsfan, who I was already facing and beating every other week anyway for 0 stakes, because he had beaten Tom the week before he became champ).

I was distracted by real life at the time of my run and while reaching the top was awesome, I didn't really enjoy the actual run that much. I was kinda afraid of losing the title quickly after waiting so long to get it, so I took few risks and felt really bland. I mean, it DID work for a while, but honestly I had way more fun doing the more over-the-top characters. I'm still incredibly glad I was able to win it at least once though, it felt good to receive the validation after so many years. My peers finally deemed me good (likeable?) and creative enough to be THE top guy. I could finally look at my UCA career with no regrets after that.

I can go on and on, but I want to thank everyone who helped me out or played a part in these memories. Strife, for as much shit as he gets, I think is a good guy. His career path has been pretty intertwined with mine since almost the beginning, so I'd be remiss not to give him a shout out for always caring and being a source of creative inspiration. Whether it'd be for bouncing ideas or for just having memorable matches/feuds/partnerships, I'd also like to give props to XIII, Tom, eaed, Maniac, Sultan, Ytter, wizardsfan, Dr. Football, Solio, eddv (who I think was the first to book me as 'Mr. Eruption'), and Stifled. I feel like I definitely missed a few there, but if you feel like you've had a memorable moment with me, I sincerely thank you too.
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The King of the Board, whose name is Phoenix
Long May I Reign