Next week's Warfare will follow a special format. There will be two ten-person gauntlet matches. The way gauntlets work is that the match starts out as a singles match and whenever someone loses by pinfall/DQ/submission, they head to the back, and a new participant comes out to face the winner. This keeps going until all ten participants have fought.

What makes this match different in XWF, is that the spot you drew in the gauntlet actually has an impact on your character's endurance in the overall match. Each participant will start with a full health bar.


This bar at 100% means your work is being counted at its fullest strength.

However, as the match goes on, your character can either lose strength or gain strength back. You lose strength by simply competing since fatigue will set in. Depending on how close your match was, you will lose a certain percentage on your health bar after each opponent you defeat. In order to gain energy on your health bar, you will need to squash a no-shower. So gaining energy will most likely be out of pure luck.

Obviously, the earlier you enter the match the harder you'll have to fight in order to progress.

For example, if Ricky Desmond and Jack Kronus turned out to be a close contest, then the next match-up might look something like:

Ricky Desmond
- vs -
Guy Toadie
Let's say that Toadie puts up the same quality as Kronus. Toadie would lose but he would knock off the same percentage that Kronus took off Desmond. This would result in the next match looking like:

Ricky Desmond
- vs -
Russelmania

Remember, this a rough example.

Obviously in this situation, Desmond would be put at a major disadvantage. His writing would need to the point where he could crush Russelmania's. Let's say Russelmania no-shows for some reason. Squashing a no-show would mean Desmond gains momentum. So the next match might look something like...

Ricky Desmond
- vs -
Christine Nash

This format creates a very unique, unpredictable match. The last time we did something like this was for Gauntlet City back in March.

The deadline for this show will be back to normal. 12:00 PM PST, on Wednesday.