Midterm Mania (2015)

Midterm Mania (2015) was a fictional professional wrestling Internet pay-per-view (iPPV) event produced by the American Wrestling Federation. It took place on August 30, 2015, at Bender Arena in Washington, D.C. The event aired live on Twitch and YouTube. It was the first event in the Midterm Mania chronology.

The event had five matches and ran for two hours. The main event saw The Lexbot defeat James Duffy Esquire in a rematch for the AWF World Heavyweight Championship with Jon Silver as the specially appointed referee. In the show's penultimate match, Ben the Unhinged defeated M.C. Jeff Patz in the AWF's first No Holds Barred match. On the undercard, Ellie Anne successfully defended the AWF Women's Championship against Dashing Daniela with Lee and Abbigail Tyler in their respective corners, El Flying Diablo defeated Trevor Gruen and J.T. Flairs defeated Chris Pyle.

Background
The success of the AWF's previous show School of Pain led to Neil Kerwin approving monthly AWF shows to be run in Bender Arena. After the show, The Lexbot posted a video to social media. In an emotional address, he apologized to the fans in attendance for letting them all down when he lost to James Duffy Esquire and promised them that, to make it up to them, he would not lose another match. The video went viral and the rumblings on social media resulted in booking more shows to continue the storyline. Most of these shows would be pre-taped under the name AWF Main Event.

Storylines
The card consisted of professional wrestling matches which resulted from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that played out on episodes of AWF Main Event and had results predetermined by the AWF. Wrestlers portray heroes or villains as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.

After James Duffy Esquire beat him for the AWF World Heavyweight Championship by hitting him in the back of the head with a sledgehammer, The Lexbot had a non-title rematch against Duffy for a second chance at the championship, but Duffy purposefully got himself disqualified to prevent Lex from getting another title shot. On the second show, Lex was given another chance in a match against Ben the Unhinged, but that match ended in another disqualification after M.C. Jeff Patz interfered. Finally, he was given one more shot in a handicap match against J.T. Flairs and Benjamin Cole, which Lex was able to win, earning himself a second chance at the title.