It all seemed to be a bit of fun at the time, there was Dillon Slade trying to win over Lord Steven Farrell in their match at Beach Ball Mania, when he slipped to the outside and put on a shark costume.  The costume was in line with the show theme and casually lay in wait under the ring until Slade slipped it on.  It is pretty obvious by now that Dillon Slade is just a fun loving guy, someone who could be described as similar to an excited puppy.  This was just an attempt at a bit of fun but it did not go down well with Lord Steven who labelled him an 'embarrassment'. 

Since back in May, Dillon Slade has been attempting to impress Farrell and the Family in hope of being the new member.  Each attempt seemed to be in vein though and something always seemed to go wrong which resulted in the Family stringing Slade along and offering second, third and fourth chances to prove himself.  The victory over Farrell himself should have been the moment where Slade had finally proven himself 'worthy' but the shark costume proved to be another excuse for the Family to reject Slade.  

However, not one to give up, Dillon Slade had another plan up his sleeve to try and win his place in the group.  He was handed a shot at the Pandemonium championship against Jack E Hyde - a title previously held by Lord Farrell.  Slade saw this as a perfect opportunity to win the title and impress the Family by bringing it back to them.  As with any Pandemonium championship match, as the challenger, Slade was able to choose the match stipulation.  In what was one of the most bizarre match stipulations in DOA history, Dillon chose that the loser must where a shark costume for the rest of the year - the very same shark costume Slade wore at Beach Ball Mania.  When explaining his reason for choosing this, Slade stated that this was his chance to embarrass someone - Jack E Hyde.  

Ahead of the match at Fury Road two weeks ago, Slade was beaming with confidence as he informed Steven Farrell and Brad O'Brien he was going to bring the belt back to the family.  Farrell seemed disgusted and O'Brien simply told him to 'shut up'.  Regardless, Slade went out for the match and equaled Hyde step by step.  Things took a dramatic turn though when Jack E Hyde used the middle rope to low blow Slade and then hit a stunner before placing his feet on the ropes for leverage and scored a pinfall victory.  Dillon Slade had lost and Lord Steven Farrell ensured he was there to hand Slade the shark costume and tell him he was cutting him loose as there must be better options.  The normally excitable Slade looked lost and broken as he left the ring and headed backstage.  As it turned out, the Family recruited Sir Ryan Matthews later that night showing they were done and dusted with Dillon Slade once and for all.  

Many would question what Dillon Slade's mindset would be following that big moment, but to everyone's surprise, there appeared to be a new lease of life as we later found out.  At the end of Fury Road, Dillon Slade complete with shark costume was one of the wrestlers that followed Banker Marc Lloyd out to the ring to save Ben Jones.  During the Banker's speech where he made several matches for the upcoming 10 year anniversary show - he announced that tag team champions The Wylde Kings would defend against Danny Darko and none other than Dillon Slade!  With that news, Slade was back to his normal self and unable to contain his excitement as he celebrated by jumping on Darko's back. 

The tables have turned and now Dillon Slade has a huge opportunity to not only get one over on the Family who rejected him, but also to become a tag team champion.  What better person to have by his side - Danny Darko, a man who has pretty much seen and done it all in DOA.  Whilst he came up short in his most recent tag team match with the Wylde Kings, he did defeat Rexx Wylde in a singles match at Beach Ball Mania.  The beer downing former champion now has a different kind of partner by his side though in the form of a man dressed as a shark.  Dillon Slade his shown us all he is loyal, he has heart and he has guts, combine that with someone like Darko and we have a great tag team match on our hands.  

The Wylde Kings, now in their second reign as tag team champions cannot be under estimated though - they are simply two brutes, they have the power and they have the experience of working as a tag team.  But just imagine, the beer drinker and the man in a shark costume winning the belts? That surely without any doubt would be another DOA first right there!  

In a change to the advertised main event of the big 10 year anniversary show in Great Yarmouth on 7th October - Brad O'Brien will take on 'The Banker' Marc Lloyd who makes his long awaited return to the ring.  It was announced back in August at Beach Ball Mania that Big Joe would defend the DOA Heavyweight Championship against Brett Semtex in their third big encounter.  However, Big Joe made an announcement earlier this week that he would no longer be at the show. 

Big Joe was scheduled to fly out to the States last week take take part in the tournament of death, but it was postponed due to weather conditions.  The rescheduled show has clashed with the DOA show and DOA management have given Joe their blessings to attend.  This means his scheduled match with Semtex will no longer headline the anniversary.  However, the Big Joe and Semtex match will still take place at a upcoming DOA show - we will keep you posted on when this is rescheduled for.  

The new main event signed of O'Brien and Lloyd is also a huge match for so many reasons.  Brad O'Brien is now the go 4 glory briefcase holder and the Banker just two weeks ago reinstated himself to the active roster.  There is no love loss between these two and it all stems back to the last Ipswich show when O'Brien made his return from injury and brutally assaulted The Banker with the social media championship.  Marc Lloyd has clearly had enough of the Farrell family and this is his chance to even the score after nearly two years away from the ring.  This is not one to be missed.  

Meanwhile, as some people may be aware, DOA's shows on Fite TV this month switched to Fite Plus.  We would appreciate our fans signing up to a subscription with Fite to view our new and improved shows.  There is currently a back log of the shows with May's Yarmagedon show broadcasting last week.  More will follow as we bring our fans up to date.    

At Beach Ball Mania last month, Jack E Hyde was crowned the new Pandemonium champion, a championship which I think suits Hyde perfectly.  Lets not forget that this is a championship that is unpredictable and unique, the same words that you could use to describe Jack E Hyde.  I think it would be very fitting to look more in to this title belt and indeed Jack E Hyde ahead of Fury Road in Bury St Edmunds.  

The Pandamoium title was introduced into DOA at the third annual Beach Ball Mania back in 2021, in the first show back after the initial lockdown period.  The first champion was decided in a 10 man battle royal, which obviously had a beach party theme.  The era of pandamonium got off to a thrilling start when it seemed that Banker Marc Lloyd had won only for Xander to come out of nowhere and throw him over the top rope to become the first champion.  The new division had been born and for anyone who does not know what makes this championship so unique, let me explain.  Anyone who is challenging the champion gets to choose the match stipulation, so as you can imagine, the past three years really have offered a range of match types within DOA.  

With challangers setting the stipulation, the DOA fans have had their eyes opened to all sorts of matches.  From a highway to hell match, to a saved by the bell match, all the way to a 'call me daddy match'.  So essentially, you will see matches from traditional rules all the way through to the damn well strange - and at Fury Road the loser is going to dress as a shark for the rest of the year.  You did not read that wrong, I did indeed say the loser will dress as a shark, but more on that later.  

You only need to read the list of people who have held this championship over the past two years to see how open it is to anyone.  Two former heavyweight champions Damien and Danny Darko have held it, our current Heavyweight champion Big Joe has held it, Xander, The Banker, Ali-OK, Lord Steven Farrell and most recently Hex have all etched their names in the title history, and now Jack E Hyde joins that list. 

Jack E Hyde did not win the title in a traditional way though and this will make him even more determind to prove himself and show everyone why he deserves to be champion.  Despite being part of DOA for nearly ten years, this is his first singles title (he has held the tag team gold).  This all came about after his best friend and long time tag team partner Hex won the belt but then was struck down with a devastating knee injury.  Last month at Beach Ball Mania, Hex came to the ring and informed the audience that he was out injured and therefore was unable to defend the championship.  He called out Forgotten partner Jack E Hyde and mentioned how they were scheduled for an over the top rope match.  Hex proceeded to step over the top rope so that Jack E Hyde was crowned the new champion.  In a touching moment, the Yarmouth faithful all chanted "you deserve it", and just like that the new era of Pandamoium was upon us all. 

This was a big moment for Hyde and maybe made all the years of turmoil he has been through worth it.  There has never been a dull moment when he has been around in DOA and the fans never know what to expect.  This man changes his appearance more than most normal people change their socks - he seems to have a different mask for every day of the week, some arty and some damn well freaky and scary, I guess it just depends on how he is feeling that day.  It is no secret that Hyde has had battles with mental health and this even resulted in Director of Authority Banker sending him for help last year.  Regardless, the fans love him, they can somehow relate to his struggles but at the same time there is still an air of mystery as to what he is all about. I have no doubt there is a lot more to this man for us all to find out. 

There is also something endearing about his friendship and loyalty to Hex - a man who was once simply known as Ben Hull until he was cursed by a Voodoo Queen and became the monster we now all know as Hex.  The pair were once part of the Purge along with Damien and helped him become the champion then also helped that very Voodoo Queen Amara become the womens champion.  However, amongst all of the success, the pair seemed to get forgotten by Damien and his queen, so Hyde and Hex broke away and appropriatley became known as the Forgotten.  Mind, the Purge did not let that go and Hyde went to hell and back when he was kidnapped and paraded around in a straight jacket, something many would say was the best place for him at times.  

The Forgotten went on to achieve tag team success when they defeated The Rebellion to become the DOA tag team champions, they also hold the record of being DOA's longest serving tag team.  The foundations are as solid as ever it seems and they have an unbreakable bond, so I see them being 'forgotten' for many more years.  In 2021 they joined forces with Rexx Wylde to form a group known as 'No Remorse' - three long time members of DOA who set out to treat people the way they had been treated.  It started to crumble though when The Banker made them see the error of their ways and sent Jack for treatment.  Rexx went in a different direction though and went on to achieve tag team success with Sullivan King as the Wylde Kings whilst Hex and Hyde once again became Forgotten.  

Well that is until now, because with Hex out injured it is all eyes on Jack E Hyde as he gets set to make his first title defense at Fury Road against Dillon Slade.  Despite scoring a pinfall over Farrell Family leader Lord Steven Farrell last month, it seems Slade still has not been accepted into the Family, something he has been trying to do since back in May.  He thinks that winning the title might just be enough because this is the same title Lord Steven lost to Hex in comical fashion last time out at Bury St Edmunds.  He will be doing his best to get a second victory in a row but Jack E Hyde can never be under estimated and as I have stated, he is also on a mission - a mission to prove he is a worthy champion.  Slade has described him on social media as a 'gimp' this week and Hyde has responded with a very creepy video with no words - after all, words don't win matches, actions do. There is so much more than just a championship on the line in this match.  

Oh what about the shark costume? Well, Dillon Slade had the option to choose any match stipulation and he chose that the loser must wear a shark costume for the rest of 2023 (I did say this pandemonium title business was random). This is the same costume that Slade wore in his match with Farrell at Beach Ball Mania which led to him later being branded an 'embarrassment', so it seems Slade wants to be the one embarrassing Jack E Hyde.  Lets be honest though, with some of the stuff Hyde has worn in the past, would dressing as a shark really bother him? This is going to be interesting for sure.