School of Pain (2018)

 is a fictional upcoming professional wrestling Internet pay-per-view (iPPV) event produced by the American Wrestling Federation. It will take place on September 30, 2018, at the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pennsylvania. It will be the fourth event in the School of Pain chronology.

Storylines
After defeating Mohawk Morgan in a no disqualification match as a part of his self-proclaimed Via Dolorosa, Ben the Unhinged challenged Dr. Disaster to a match at School of Pain with the same stipulation. On August 31, Ben revealed to Doc that he had in his possession an old picture of a mother and child, the sight of which enraged Doc.

On the Clash after Summer Breakdown, AWF commissioner Mr. McPatz held a celebration in honor of Chris Pyle's defense of the AWF World Heavyweight Championship over The Lexbot. However, Pyle did not show up to the celebration, causing McPatz to fly into a rage over Pyle's "ungratefulness" and "insubordination". Pyle later explained that he did not want to keep his championship through McPatz's favoritism. On August 24, McPatz announced that Pyle's opponent at School of Pain would be his appointed general manager, James Duffy Esquire.

On the pre-show of Summer Breakdown, M.C. Jeff Patz won a 15-man battle royal to become the #1 contender to the AWF Pan-American Championship after repeated complaints to Head of Talent Relations Ellie Lu. On the main show of Summer Breakdown, Patz attacked El Flying Diablo after his successful title defense over Jimmy Havoc. On August 31, Patz defeated Diablo for the championship after the latter suffered a legit concussion. The following week, Diablo challenged Patz to his contractual rematch. Patz lost the match via countout to retain the championship, causing Lu to put him in a title match at School of Pain against Diablo.

On the pre-show of Summer Breakdown, Kylie Rose defeated Christina and Sara Marie in a triple threat match. On August 17, Rose attacked AWF Women's Champion Dashing Daniela in the middle of a match and put her through the announce table with a spinebuster. On September 7, Daniela accepted Rose's challenge for a title match.

At Summer Breakdown, Keegan Stone defeated Trevor Gruen after Gruen's vice for beer caused him to pass out in Stone's submission hold. On the following show, Stone cost Gruen a match against Colin Cliff. Gruen then did the same to Stone three weeks later in a match against Snow Pea. The week after, Stone and the Conspiracy attacked Gruen in the ring, causing Ellie Lu to put Stone in an "I Quit" match against Gruen at School of Pain and banned the Conspiracy from ringside.

During the 15-man battle royal for the #1 contendership to the AWF Pan-American Championship on the pre-show of Summer Breakdown, Benjamin Cole hit his former tag team partner The Trash Man with a low blow before eliminating him from the match after Trash Man elected to show Cole mercy. On the following show, Cole beat Trash Man in a singles match after interference by The Conspiracy. On September 14, Trash Man teamed up with Dr. Disaster to take on Conspiracy members Big Ty and Sam Bates in a tag team match, which the latter team won after interference from Cole. Trash Man subsequently informed Cole that they would be settling their rivalry once and for all at School of Pain in a Steel Cage Trash match.