The Iron Giant Mega Event is a special five-hour-long CAW wrestling event produced mainly by PCWL, although for the first two editions of said event, WWE superstars also competed. This event mainly takes place on the anniversary of the release of the critically-acclaimed Warner Bros. animated movie, The Iron Giant, which was originally released in theaters on August 6, 1999.
2010 Event[]
| The Iron Giant Mega Event 2010 | |
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Date |
August 6, 2010 |
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Theme song 1 |
"Crashed" by Daughtry |
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Theme song 2 |
"I Dare You" by Shinedown |
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Theme song 3 |
"I Made It (Cash Money Heroes)" by Kevin Rudolf |
The 2010 Iron Giant Mega Event featured professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that were played out on WWE and PCWL television programs. Wrestlers portrayed a villain or a hero as they followed a series of events that built tension, and culminated into a wrestling match or series of matches. Some WWE and PCWL superstars wore silver-colored attire during their respective matches.
The very first edition of The Iron Giant Mega Event was a cross-promotional event featuring superstars from WWE and PCWL, taking place on the 11th anniversary of The Iron Giant's original theatrical release on August 6, 2010. The event started at 1 PM Mountain Time and ended at 7 PM, one hour later than scheduled. This mega event was made possible with the video games "SmackDown vs. Raw 2007" for PCWL matches, and "SmackDown vs. Raw 2010" for WWE matches. On an unaired one-on-one segment that occurred on April 25, 2010, after WWE's pay-per-view event Extreme Rules went off the air, PCWL President Bill Engvall and WWE Chairman Vince McMahon shook hands and agreed to do the cross-promotion together.
The main rivalry on SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 was between The Iron Giant's main protragonist, Hogarth Hughes and Cale Tucker from another notable animated movie, Titan A.E. On an unaired segment of Monday Night Raw, Cale came down to the ring and challenged Hogarth to a one-on-one match at the Iron Giant Mega Event, which Hogarth accepted. A few weeks later, the match was made into a 30-minute-long Anything Goes Iron Man Match, in honor of The Iron Giant. A "Pick-Your-Poison" Night was scheduled to take place on the July 31st, 2010, edition of PCWL's Saturday Night Extravaganza, during which Cale and Hogarth would both pick the other's opponent. Hogarth chose The Great Khali as Cale's opponent, and in that match, Khali won by pinfall after a Punjabi Plunge. Cale chose Mark Henry as Hogarth's opponent, and Hogarth won by pinfall after a Rockwell Splash.
One notable rivalry on SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 was between John Cena and the Nexus group. On the June 7, 2010, edition of Monday Night Raw, the Nexus came down to the ring, interrupting John Cena's match with CM Punk. The Nexus then proceeded to assault Cena and destroy everything else in their way at ringside, including the ring. At Fatal Four-Way on June 20, the Nexus interfered in John Cena's WWE Championship defense in a fatal four-way match. The attack allowed Sheamus to pin Cena and win the title. One week after Fatal Four-Way, the anonymous general manager of Raw announced a Steel Cage Match between Sheamus and John Cena at the Money in the Bank pay-per-view. The steel cage was supposed to keep the Nexus out, yet at Money in the Bank, Nexus still got involved anyway and cost Cena the WWE Championship. After the match, Cena said (kayfabe) he had had enough of the Nexus and announced a Hell in a Cell match between Cena and the Nexus' leader, Wade Barrett, for the Iron Giant Mega Event.
The night after Money in the Bank, Cena revealed he was quietly forming a team of his own to take the Nexus out at SummerSlam. Cena's team consisted of Edge, John Morrison, R-Truth, The Great Khali, Chris Jericho, and WWE Hall of Famer Bret "The Hitman" Hart. Hart had just barely returned from an injury he suffered at the hands of the Nexus. Earlier that night, both Edge and Chris Jericho were victims of a Nexus attack, with Edge getting clotheslined by Skip Sheffield and Jericho on the recieving end of a one-handed spinebuster from David Otunga. Later that night, after Raw went off the air, a one-on-one match between Jericho and Otunga was booked for the Iron Giant Mega Event. On the August 2nd edition of Raw, Edge quit Cena's SummerSlam team and, later that same night, Jericho lost a "Loser Leaves SummerSlam Team" Match to Cena by submission to the STF. After the match, Cena asked Jericho not to leave the team, but Jericho left anyway. Despite Jericho no longer being on the SummerSlam team, his match with David Otunga would still occur at the Iron Giant Mega Event.
On SmackDown vs. Raw 2007, the quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals of the 3rd annual 16-man 2010 PCWL Tournament took place at the Iron Giant Mega Event. On July 26, 2010, PCWL President Bill Engvall announced that, to promote the upcoming theatrical release of The Expendables, the tournament final will be refereed by Stone Cold Steve Austin, who stars in the movie. The winner of the tournament final gets to challenge the current PCWL Champion, Spider-Man, for the title in a Ladder Match later that same night. The sixteen-man field was cut down to eight on the July 23rd, 2010, edition of "Friday Night Beatdown". Tommy Dreamer, Tony Hawk, LeBron James, Vin Diesel, Ichigo Kurosaki, Chuck Norris, Superman, and Prince of Persia all won their respective first-round matches that night.
| # | Match | Stipulations | Game Used |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kane defeated The Great Khali | SmackDown vs. Raw match | SvR 2010 |
| 2 | Kofi Kingston, Christian, and the Big Show
defeated CM Punk, Dolph Ziggler, and Jack Swagger |
Six-man tag team match | SvR 2010 |
| 3 | John Morrison and Randy Orton
defeated Ted DiBiase and Edge |
Tag team match | SvR 2010 |
| 4 | R-Truth defeated The Miz | Singles match | SvR 2010 |
| 5 | Tommy Dreamer defeated Tony Hawk | PCWL Tournament Quarterfinal | SvR 2007 |
| 6 | Vin Diesel defeated LeBron James | PCWL Tournament Quarterfinal | SvR 2007 |
| 7 | Ichigo Kurosaki defeated Chuck Norris | PCWL Tournament Quarterfinal | SvR 2007 |
| 8 | Superman defeated Prince of Persia | PCWL Tournament Quarterfinal | SvR 2007 |
| 9 | Jeff Hardy, Shawn Michaels, and The Rock
defeated Rey Mysterio, Evan Bourne, and MVP |
Legends vs. Superstars Six-Man
Elimination Tag Team Match |
SvR 2010 |
| 10 | Vin Diesel defeated Tommy Dreamer | PCWL Tournament Semifinal | SvR 2007 |
| 11 | Superman defeated Ichigo Kurosaki | PCWL Tournament Semifinal | SvR 2007 |
| 12 | David Otunga defeated Chris Jericho by disqualification | Singles match | SvR 2010 |
| 13 | Vin Diesel defeated Superman | PCWL Tournament Final
(with Stone Cold Steve Austin as special referee) |
SvR 2007 |
| 14 | John Cena defeated Wade Barrett by submission | Hell in a Cell Match | SvR 2010 |
| 15 | Spider-Man (c) defeated Vin Diesel | Ladder Match for the PCWL Championship | SvR 2007 |
| 16 | Hogarth Hughes defeated Cale Tucker 13-12
in sudden death |
30-Minute Anything Goes Iron Man Match | SvR 2010 |
- Harry Connick Jr. performed the National Anthem to start the event.
After John Cena's match with Wade Barrett at the Iron Giant Mega Event, Cena's team of experienced WWE superstars defeated the Nexus at SummerSlam in a seven-on-seven elimination tag team match. Ironically, Cena and Barrett were the last two men in the match before Cena eliminated him by submission to the STF.
After Jericho's match with Otunga, and his team's victory at SummerSlam, he eventually was named one of the six competitors in the Six-Pack Challenge for the WWE Championship at Night of Champions, along with the champion at the time, Sheamus, Wade Barrett, John Cena, Randy Orton, and Edge. Jericho was the first superstar to be eliminated. On the September 27, 2010, episode of Monday Night Raw, Jericho was punted in the head by the eventual champion, Randy Orton, and Jericho had not been seen in WWE until he returned 14 months later, on the January 2, 2012, edition of Raw.
After Vin Diesel won the PCWL Tournament, yet failed to defeat Spider-Man to win the PCWL Championship, Diesel was granted a rematch at PCWL August Assault, which Diesel won to become the new PCWL Champion.
On June 20th, 2011, a second Iron Giant Mega Event was announced for Saturday, August 6th, 2011, from 4 pm to 9 pm MT, although the actual encore screening of The Iron Giant was moved to Friday, August 26th, 2011. But on August 6th, the mega event was delayed to Wednesday, August 10th.
2011 Event[]
| The Iron Giant Mega Event 2011 | |
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Date |
August 10, 2011 |
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Theme song |
"Ignition" by TobyMac |
Just like the previous year, Harry Connick Jr. returned to perform the National Anthem to start the event.
| # | Match | Stipulations | Game Used |
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| 1 |
Astro Boy defeated Danny Phantom, Abraham Lincoln, The Gladiator, Harry Potter, and Casey Jones |
Six-Man Breakout Match (Whoever wins will be PCWL's newest Superstar) |
SvR 2011 |
| 2 |
Randy Orton, Evan Bourne, and Kofi Kingston defeated Christian, Sheamus and Dolph Ziggler |
Six-man tag-team match | SvR 2011 |
| 3 |
John Cena, Santino Marella, and Vladimir Kozlov defeated CM Punk, Cody Rhodes, and Ted DiBiase |
Six-man tag-team match | SvR 2011 |
| 4 | Triple H defeated Zack Ryder | One-on-one Match | SvR 2011 |
| 5 |
Hogarth Hughes, Hiccup, and Jake Long defeated Alvin and the Chipmunks |
Six-man elimination tag team match | SvR 2011 |
| 6 | InuYasha defeated Colonel Sanders | PCWL Tournament Quarterfinal | SvR 2007 |
| 7 | Chuck Norris defeated Vin Diesel | PCWL Tournament Quarterfinal | SvR 2007 |
| 8 | Steven Jackson defeated Mike Metzger | PCWL Tournament Quarterfinal | SvR 2007 |
| 9 | Andrew W.K. defeated Green Lantern | PCWL Tournament Quarterfinal | SvR 2007 |
| 10 | Kane and Big Show defeated Mark Henry | Two-on-one Extreme Rules Handicap Match | SvR 2011 |
| 11 | InuYasha defeated Chuck Norris | PCWL Tournament Semifinal | SvR 2007 |
| 12 | Steven Jackson defeated Andrew W.K. | PCWL Tournament Semifinal | SvR 2007 |
| 13 | John Morrison defeated R-Truth | Falls Count Anywhere Match | SvR 2011 |
| 14 | Steven Jackson defeated InuYasha |
PCWL Tournament Final (winner is the #1 Contender for the PCWL Championship at PCWL August Assault 2011) |
SvR 2007 |
2014 Event[]
On June 21st, 2014, a third Iron Giant Mega Event was announced by PCWL to take place on Wednesday, August 6th, 2014, to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the movie's original theatrical release. The only notable exception/difference from the past two Iron Giant Mega Events is that no WWE superstars were featured - instead, it was just PCWL superstars participating in the event. And also, unlike the 2010 and 2011 Iron Giant Mega Events, all five hours of action took place on one game - in this case, WWE '13. PCWL also confirmed that the quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals of the 2014 PCWL Tournament would take place at the event, with four matches in the first round (with 16 superstars) having taken place on July 29th, 2014, on a special edition of PCWL's Tuesday Night Heat, and the remaining four matches took place on SNE's PCWL Six-Year Celebration on Saturday, August 2nd, 2014. Nacho, Robin, Chuck Norris, Captain America, Optimus Prime, Takashi, Superman, and Bane won their first-round matches those two nights to earn their spots in the quarterfinals. On July 31st, 2014, it was officially announced that Harry Connick, Jr. would once again perform the National Anthem at the start of the event.
| The Iron Giant Mega Event 2014 | |
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Date |
August 6, 2014 |
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Theme song 1 |
"Larger Than Life" by Backstreet Boys |
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Theme song 2 |
"Higher" by Creed |
| # | Match | Stipulations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robin defeated Nacho | 2014 PCWL Tournament Quarterfinal |
| 2 | Chuck Norris defeated Captain America | 2014 PCWL Tournament Quarterfinal |
| 3 | Takashi defeated Optimus Prime | 2014 PCWL Tournament Quarterfinal |
| 4 | Superman defeated Bane | 2014 PCWL Tournament Quarterfinal |
| 5 | Danny Phantom, Eret, and Zuko defeated
Vlad Plasmius, Ichigo Kurosaki, and Ghost Rider |
Six-Man Tag Team Elimination Match |
| 6 | Robin defeated Chuck Norris | 2014 PCWL Tournament Semifinal |
| 7 | Superman defeated Takashi | 2014 PCWL Tournament Semifinal |
| 8 | Spider-Man and Homer Simpson defeated Ben 10 and Freakazoid (C) | PCWL Tag Team Championship Match |
| 9 | Superman defeated Robin | 2014 PCWL Tournament Final - Submission Match |
| 10 | Hogarth Hughes defeated Hiccup (C) 9-8 in sudden death overtime | 30-Minute Anything Goes Iron Man Match
for the PCWL Championship |
2015 Event[]
On June 29th, 2015, a fourth Iron Giant Mega Event was announced by PCWL to take place on Wednesday, August 5th, 2015, one day before the 16th anniversary of the movie's original theatrical release. PCWL also confirmed that the quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals of the 2015 PCWL Tournament would take place at the event, with all eight matches in the first round (with 16 superstars) having taken place on SNE's PCWL Seven-Year Celebration on Saturday, August 1st, 2015. Robin, Chuck Norris, Superman, Zlatan, Edward Elric, Homer Simpson, Ichigo Kurosaki, and InuYasha all won their first-round matches to advance to the quarterfinals. PCWL also officially announced that Harry Connick, Jr. would yet again return to perform the Star-Spangled Banner at the start of the event.
| The Iron Giant Mega Event 2015 | |
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Date |
August 5, 2015 |
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Theme song |
"Now or Never" by Outasight |
| # | Match | Stipulations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robin defeated Chuck Norris | 2015 PCWL Tournament Quarterfinal |
| 2 | Superman defeated Zlatan | 2015 PCWL Tournament Quarterfinal |
| 3 | Edward Elric defeated Homer Simpson | 2015 PCWL Tournament Quarterfinal |
| 4 | Ichigo Kurosaki defeated InuYasha | 2015 PCWL Tournament Quarterfinal |
| 5 | Danny Phantom (C) defeated Jake Long | Champion vs. Champion Match for the A113 Championship |
| 6 | Robin defeated Superman | 2015 PCWL Tournament Semifinal |
| 7 | Edward Elric defeated Ichigo Kurosaki | 2015 PCWL Tournament Semifinal |
| 8 | Hiccup and Hogarth defeated Anakin and Hellboy (C) | Tornado Tag Team TLC Match for the
PCWL Tag Team Championship |
| 9 | Edward Elric defeated Robin | 2015 PCWL Tournament Final |
- 5 - Hunter Cain made his return to PCWL by accompanying Danny Phantom to the ring. After the match, Ben 10 made his return to action by challenging Danny Phantom for the A113 Championship at August Assault. Backstage after the match, Hunter Cain announced a "resistance" against Vlad and his Syndicate and then nailed Vlad with an Attitude Adjustment.
- 8 - Anakin and Hellboy fought once again after the match, officially dissolving the tag team. Hellboy caught Anakin with a Doom-stone out of mid-air, after which Vlad Masters booked Anakin vs. Hellboy for August Assault.
- 9 - The match was turned into an Extreme Rules Match midway through.
- Guest appearances by Zlatan and Star-Lord, and also Captain America attacked Thor backstage.
2019 Event[]
| The Iron Giant Mega Event 2019 | |
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Date |
August 3, 2019 |
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Theme song |
"When We Come Alive" by Switchfoot |
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| 1 | Richie Rich defeated Black Panther | Richie Rich's PCWL In-Ring Debut |
| 2 | PCWL Champion Shazam and Wreck-It Ralph
defeated SCAW Tag Team Champions Optimus Prime & He-Man |
Tag Team Match |
| 3 | Icons Champion The Trollhunter and NXG Rookie Prince Krel
defeated The G.O.A.T.s (Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski) |
Tag Team Match |
| 4 | Superman (with Wonder Woman) defeated Robin | One-on-One Match |
| 5 | Hogarth Hughes defeated Danny Phantom | One-on-One Match |
- 1 - After the match, Richie Rich grabbed a dollar bill and thought about sticking it in Black Panther's mouth, a la "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, but decided against it just so he could show him respect instead.
- 2 - Due to their status as SCAW Tag Team Champions, Optimus and He-Man were given a one-night-only special invitation to the event by PCWL.
- 4 - With her appearance at the event, Wonder Woman became the first female CAW superstar ever to be featured at The Iron Giant Mega Event.
- BONUS FACT: This is so far the first Iron Giant Mega Event to not feature Harry Connick Jr.'s usual performance of the National Anthem, since it's being saved for the Big Birthday Bash several days later.
2020 Event[]
| The Iron Giant Mega Event 2020 | |
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Date |
August 6, 2020 |