2025 Year in Review Part 5 - Feud of the Year

FEUD OF THE YEAR: JACK MASON vs. HIMSELF 

(The Misfits → Polly → Primal Horde → Independence)

I’m calling it straight: the best feud of 2025 wasn’t man vs man.

It was Jack Mason vs the forces trying to own him.

Why this wins:

• It unfolded in layers, not swerves: Flippers disappears → the search corrodes trust → Polly is revealed → Mason deteriorates → the Misfits fracture → the Primal Horde exploits him.

• Every match meant something: tag titles changed hands, Rudolph fell, Mason rose — and none of it felt cheap.

• The climax wasn’t redemption — it was refusal: when Mason was expected to throw the match to Yeti and deliver the North Pole Title, he chose autonomy instead.

This feud:

• Created the company’s top star

• Fueled Q3 and defined Q4

• Ended with a man still broken — but unowned

That’s rare. That’s adult wrestling.

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RUNNER-UP #1: SANTA vs. SINISTER KLAUS

This was myth vs anti-myth done correctly.

Why it lands here:

• NPCW dared to corrupt its most sacred symbol

• Sinister Klaus wasn’t a parody — he was ideological poison

• The Universal Title mattered immediately because of who carried it

• Career vs Career gave the feud a real ending, not a reset

This feud didn’t just headline shows.
It reframed what “good” and “evil” mean in NPCW.

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RUNNER-UP #2: ABADDON vs. THE NORTHERN LIGHTS DIVISION

Not a single opponent — an ecosystem.

Why it mattered:

• Abaddon crushed Robin Hood’s reign in a day

• He dominated through inevitability, not tricks

• Sandman beating him felt earned because the division had been terrorized first

This feud elevated a belt by turning it into a death sentence.

That’s how midcards become main events.

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RUNNER-UP #3: GOLDIE LOCKS vs. LILITH 

This feud doesn’t get enough credit — and that’s a mistake.

Why it belongs:

• Goldie represented honor under siege

• Lilith represented inevitability and manipulation

• Moonshadow’s rise and one-day reign intensified the stakes

• Selena Blackfang’s interference turned rivalry into fate

• The feud ended with Goldie’s career, not a rematch clause

This wasn’t about winning.

It was about what survives when winning stops being possible.

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DAVE’S FINAL WORD

Feud of the Year isn’t about hatred.

It’s about change that sticks.

Jack Mason didn’t just defeat opponents in 2025.
He outlasted manipulation, betrayal, and expectation — and walked out holding his own future.

That’s the feud that defined NPCW.

— Dave “The Brute” Kent