by Halzikar
The last WBPLW broadcast in April was the second Slamhalla. That’s the year marker for this stream program.
When this started, I set out certain rules, because I wanted an even playing field. I wanted an Any Given Sunday feel to the matches. Every wrestler I make has 192 points and star power and charisma set to B ranking. I experimented with builds, with styles, with combinations to try and figure out how I can make every wrestler to be as good as I can manage and equitable with the others. I build movesets that are different so it’s not just different cosmetics on the same chassis.
So, after two years, let me confess something to you all: I feel like I only have a tenuous grasp on how Fire Pro Wrestling World works.
If you want proof, Slamhalla ’26 featured the three matches at the top of the card that didn’t go ten minutes. I had extended the time minutes out to thirty minutes to encourage longer run time. The wrestlers in the matches have builds that are carefully adjusted. And they had matches the same length as WrestleMania night one this year. (This is a derogatory comparison.)
Why is it that Victor Von Focht will not drop the Twitch title? I dunno. Why did Iden win so fast? I dunno. (Moonsaults, the answer is moonsaults.) Why does my build with the power stat turned up and a plethora of lariats not put people away? Hell if I know. After 700 hours on Fire Pro Wrestling World, I still don’t know.
And that got me thinking. There are so many times where we don’t want to get into something because we don’t understand every bit of it. I’m intimidated about learning a musical instrument because I can’t read music and don’t understand keys. I paint minis in short bursts of occasional motivation because I feel like I’m like a gorilla slapping a figure with a brush. I’m sure you can think of examples about yourself, but you’re not here to share so I can’t include them.
But the thing is, even admitting I don’t know as much as I want to, I’ve somehow found my way into a show that people seem to like. And what I’m taking away from that is perfect understanding isn’t necessary. I make people’s wrestlers the way they want to see them. I try and give them a cool signature move. I call their matches with enthusiasm. We have fun doing the show.
So, you know that thing you’ve been wanting to try? Go do it. Have fun with it. You’ll learn about it on the way.
– Halzikar
Halzikar, the self-declared Lariat King, hails from parts unknown and manages the WBPL wrestling league Sunday evenings on WBPL-76. Legend says he threw a car off Hell in a Cell and plunged sixteen feet through an announcer’s table.
