Armbar Error Society
Armbar Error Society is the home base of operations for all kinds of eFeds and other projects, like the one you're on now! It was established in 2011, with Derry, ElBeardy, Girly, and Stardy all banding together to make a place for all eFeds to coexist under one roof.
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AES As A eFed Community
Before AES, members primarily used imageboards for eFeds. From 2008 to 2010, there were two notable imageboard eFeds. The first was /W/WF on 420chan's /wooo/ and the other ACW on Wrestlechan, which a wrestling focused imageboard and a alternative to /wooo/ at the time.
In 2011, Derry, ElBeardy, Girly, and Stardy banded together to create the Armbar Error Society forum. It was created with the intention to a forum to host and organize a variety of eFeds and provide an alternative to using imageboards and Skype for the projects.
The website started using the invisionfree domain up until 2012, where it became forums.armbarerrorsociety.eu
2013: Fed Drought [I AIN'T TOUCHIN' THIS - Joey]
2014 saw a revival of AES, with the fallout of supershow AES Renaissance and new federations joining the website. 2014 saw the start of many new media features being added to the website. Radio Armbar was introduced in May, a 24/7 radio station that played an archive of past and present of AES themes, as well as a platform to allow live podcasts.
2015: New forum
2015: Discord
2015: AES Network
2016: AES App
2017: Domain name change
AES As A Fictional Organization
Early Years (1973-2001)
AES began in 1973.
1997 saw the introduction of Black Mountain Wrestling Federation, which featured a combination of wrestlers who were making their start in the wrestling industry, many of which still compete to this day, as well as elder members of popular wrestling families.
Closure (2001)
In 2001, AES was on its last legs with the closure of BMWF. The sudden departure of Grover Tatum, one of the leading wrestlers at the time, put AES in a situation it could not climb out of. The knock-on effects of these two events, combined with a financial slump of the entertainment industry due to global events at the time, lead to the closure of AES at the end of 2001. Throughout the following 10 years, the popularity of wrestling declined with independent wrestling being the main source of the sport.
Rejuvenation (2011-Current)
In 2009, independent wrestling had a spike in popularity with the /W/WF, which was soon followed by ACW towards the end of the year and SCW the following year. The two companies had a new generation of talent which regained public interest. Laura Brennan, Lance Meszaros and Mick Spade emerged from /W/WF and moved to ACW, leading to an increase of new talent being trained at its developmental territory, which included the likes of Osakan Destroyer, Estramir Mastern and Skyler Altus.
With a new generation waiting in the wings and a new audience, wrestling became a large part of culture once again. The reinvigorated interest lead to the return of AES in early 2011 with World Wrestling Armbar being its flagship show. With the success of WWA, multiple new federations emerged over the following year.
With dozens of new wrestling shows and hundreds of new wrestling talent signing up, AES and wrestling rose the new heights, enabling the introduction of the AESPN television network.
