Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation

Infobox comics organization


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publisher=Marvel Comics
debut="Thing #28" (Oct 1985)
creators=Mike Carlin
Ron Wilson
type=Professional wrestling
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employees=Armadillo
Vance Astrovik
Blacksmith
Cataphrax
Demolition Man
Ikaris
Jersey Devil
Little John
She-Thing
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sortkey=PAGENAMEThe Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation (abbreviated UCWF) is a fictional organization in the Marvel Comics universe. It is an association for professional wrestlers who possess superhuman strength, endurance and resistance to injury.

Overview

The UCWF was founded by a promoter named Edward Garner after a wrestler who he managed was banned from several existing professional wrestling organizations because he possessed superhuman strength. The UCWF is organized into "weight divisions"... not based on the wrestler's body weight, but on how much tonnage he can lift. The lowest division (for those with the strength to lift (press) two to ten tons) was phased out early in the Federation's history as not being "spectacular" enough.

Numerous superhuman individuals have fought in the UCWF at one time or another, including both those recognized as superheroes and supervillains. Prominent members have included The Thing, Justice (then known as Marvel Boy), and Demolition Man. The ranks of the UCWF have also included mutants, aliens, members of the Eternals (like Ikaris) and the Deviants, and many of the other varieties of super-strong beings from throughout the Marvel Universe.

By far the most common participants, however, have been those who have undergone the strength-augmenting treatment of the Power Broker, a quasi-legal corporation run by Curtiss Jackson that uses the fruits of the many mad scientists populating the Marvel universe. The process is somewhat risky, however, and many wind up deformed or with severe health problems as a result. Also, the Power Broker organization is not without its corruption; at times, they not only augment their clients, but inject them with highly addictive drugs in order to control them. As a result, many of the Unlimited Class wrestlers also find themselves moonlighting as supervillains. The Power Broker has also played a significant role in the lives of other villains and heroes, particularly the U.S. Agent.

Members

*Edward Gardner (President)issue
*Armadillo (Antonio Rodriguez) ["Captain America #316" (Apr 1986)]
*Beyonder ["Thing #30" (Dec 1985)]
*Blacksmith (Winslow Smith) ["Thing #28" (Oct 1985)]
*Demolition Dunphy (Dennis Dunphy) ["Thing #28" (Oct 1985)]
*Enigmo (Cataphrax) ["Eternals" vol. 2 #1 (Oct 1985)] - The Eternal, Cataphrax, took on the wrestling identity of Enigmo.
*Edward Garner ["Thing #28" (Oct 1985)]
*Iceberg Ike (Ikaris) ["Eternals (vol. 2) #1" (Oct 1985)]
*Jersey Devil (Don Remming) ["Thing #29" (Nov 1985)]
*Vance Astrovik
*Little John (John Lewandow) ["Thing #34" (Apr 1986)]
*She-Thing (Sharon Ventura)
*Red Zeppelin
*Thing (Benjamin J Grimm) ["Thing #28" (Oct 1985)]
*Gator (Grant Houston) ["Thing" #29] - mutated into lizard-man by gypsies
*Icepick (Brendon Clark) ["Captain America" #328]
*Jerome Johnsonissue
*Kid Stuff (Kyle Arneson) ["Captain America" #316]
*Doc Hector Lennoxissue
*Sawbones (Jonothon Burrows) ["Captain America" #328] - debuted as Doc Sawbones ["Captain America" #316]
*Steamroller (Michael O'Toole) ["Captain America" #328]

Teams

=Grapplers=

The second incarnation of the all-girl group known as the Grapplers. This group is the female division of the Unlimited Class Wrestling. Most of them had their strength augmented by Power Broker ["Thing" #33]

*Auntie Freeze (Ann Fraley) ["Thing" #33] - leader; former professional wrestler in years past
*Battleaxe (Anita Ehren) ["Thing" #33] - later joined the Femizons
*Letha (Hellen Feliciano) ["Marvel Two-In-One" #54] - former protégé of Auntie Freeze; she was killed by the Scourge of the Underworld at A Bar With No Name ["Captain America" #319] .
*Poundcakes (Marian Pouncy) ["Marvel Two-In-One" #54] - later joined the Femizons.
*Screaming Mimi (Melissa Gold) ["Thing" #33] - went on to become Songbird of the Thunderbolts.
*Titania (Davida DeVito) ["Marvel Two-In-One" #54] - former protégé of Auntie Freeze; she was killed by the Scourge of the Underworld ["Thing" #33] .

Power Tools

They all had their strength-augmented by Dr Karl Malus and became his agents ["Avengers Spotlight" #29]

*Buzzsaw (Matt Edelsen) ["Captain America" #373]
*Drill (Joshua Broadbent) ["Captain America" #373] - he would later attend the AIM Weapon Expo.
*Handsaw (Louise Wilson) ["Avengers Spotlight" #29]
*Jackhammer (Matthew Banham) ["Captain America" #371] - currently a member of HYDRA and former member of Dr. Octopus’ Masters of Evil
*Pickaxe (Denver Collins) ["Avengers Spotlight" #29]
*Triphammer (Calvin Langham) ["Avengers Spotlight" #29]
*Vice (Justin Hudson) ["Avengers Spotlight" #29]

References

External links

* [http://www.marveldirectory.com/teams/ucwf.htm UCWF at MarvelDirectory.com]