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| XPW |
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11 | 18.97% |
| Hardcore Homecoming |
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1 | 1.72% |
| Extreme Reunion/Rising |
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2 | 3.45% |
| This New One (because it won't happen) |
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44 | 75.86% |
| Total: | 58 votes | ||
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WrestleCon kinda fizzled out, didn't it? I mean, I'm sure it'll be fun for those in New Orleans, but it doesn't quite have the hype it did last year. Indy wrestling in general doesn't seem to.
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Mar 30, 2014 08:46
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Ah memories of reading Gabe's twitter while they frantically tried to get EVOLVE streams to work. Literally asking the whole audience "how is it now?"
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Mar 30, 2014 10:24
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Any perspective on why, in this day and age, these guys aren't getting at least a portion of their payment up front? I can understand being a rookie and paying dues and all, but when you're a decent name, or even a "legend," why take the risk? I guess there are as many no-shows as there are scummy promoters, but I think it's better to have one guy take the money and run rather than a whole locker room without payment. Just seems to happen way too often and always has.
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Apr 27, 2014 05:48
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Cory Lidle posted:This is where the promoters would disagree with you. Granted, but it seems like you hear about a promoter skipping town with the cash a lot more than a talent taking their money for zero work. Not that no-shows don't happen and promoters lose out on travel cash from time to time, but the last instance I recall wrestlers actively taking their payment and not working was the whole Team Ambition/Bandits thing. I guess there's no perfect system, since promoters don't necessarily want to front money in case they lose it with no work, and wrestlers don't want to get themselves to the show, much less work it, only to find out there's no money waiting. I'm just saying, it's one thing for a wrestler to be scummy and miss a date and ignore travel plans or what have you, but its another for a promoter to put on a show (or not,) and screw over all the talent, and the backstage people, and the fans and cost a lot of people a lot of money. Naturally it works on the flip side too, if you book an event centered around a wrestler's appearance and he doesn't show and then you're left holding the bag. It just surprises me that this is still so commonplace in the modern age when it seems like it should be easier to gauge the risk, reputation, etc. Then again, people know Taylor Wilde had to work at Sunglasses Hut and still choose to sign a contract with TNA, so I guess I can't really judge their personal reasoning.
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Apr 27, 2014 10:21
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coconono posted:Flameingblack probably remembers it better than I do but there was a promotion that got the cops called on them during a deathmatch tournament. It was the IWA Deep South King of the Deathmatch in 2005. A wrestler named Diehard suffered a deep cut after a light tube shot in the first match, and they rushed him to the hospital. After the cops found out how he got injured, they went to the tournament and shut it down before the first round was over.
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Jun 18, 2014 08:39
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Sounds like HUSTLE to me. Which, if done right, could be a ton of fun and have a lot of potential for touring. But if done wrong, it'll be a complete disaster and a huge waste of time, money, and potential. Either way, it sure doesn't sound like a AAA project.
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Aug 11, 2014 08:33
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Anybody know how House of Hardcore has been selling these days? Heard it dipped.
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Sep 22, 2014 06:04
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If nothing else, they've got a ton of attention they otherwise wouldn't have. It sounds crazy, but if they stick with it and perfect it in the coming months, it could be a real selling point.
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Sep 23, 2014 22:34
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rovert posted:Delirious dislikes PWG as ROH wrestlers seemingly go out of their way to have better matches in PWG and talk about it in such glowing terms. Not too over do it my description here but contrast same wrestlers working at an ROH event kind of glumly punch the clock despite ROH paying them more. Apparently ROH/Sinclair office shares or is beginning to share in that resentment. Also stuff like Trevor Lee going over then ROH Champion Michael Elgin in the second round of BOLA.
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Nov 10, 2014 10:34
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