History

Origins of the IFW
See Also: Origins of the IFW, AAWF

The IFW came into being as a Wrestling Federation in late-1995 under the guidance of Patrick Carter. It grew out the Amateur Atlantic Wrestling Federation, was based down the Eastern Sea Board of the United States. A large number of the wrestlers in this Amateur federation were tempted to turn pro by the IFW.

Classic Era
See Also: Classic Era

Rebirth
See Also: Rebirth

Signature Feud
See Also: Signature Feud

This commonly refers to the period in the IFW between 16th September 2001 at Anarchy to 17th July 2005 at Summer Heat..

The IFW quickly became known for a small handful of "Signature Feuds", chief among which was the feud between Travis Doomsday and Patrick Lewis. However, the feuds involving the Education Crew, Mr. Intelligent and The Educator as well as the aformentioned Educator against Travis Williams contributed to this period. For a while this also included the feud between The Despots and The Sentinels.

Hardcore Wars
See Also: Hardcore Wars

This commonly refers to the period between 7th July 2005 at Summer Heat and 24th May 2009 at Apocalypse in the IFW.

The Hardcore Wars era is typically distinguished by a series of Hardcore Oneupmanship between Sado Masochist, Extreme Warfare, Travis Doomsday, Max Powers, Damien Death and Ronnie Whiplash. These matches tended to dominate the period, but many other feuds still took place.

The Apocalypse
See Also: The Apocalypse

This era is commonly held to cover 24th May 2009 at Apocalypse til 7th October 2012 at Unleashed in the IFW.

This era emerged directly from the Hardcore Wars, when Devastation reunited, whilst Pig Demolition joined forces with Damien Death, Extreme Warfare and Sado Masochist to form Armageddon. The group tried to destroy all other competition during this period. In essence, this period became known as The Apocalypse because many IFW stalwarts left or retired, which would eventually allow for the intake of new talent.

New Blood
See Also: New Blood