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The indies are dead. The wrestlers all signed with AEW or are property of the WWE Performance Center. EVOLVE is now AA NXT. It is not an indie. People will probably try to talk about it in this thread but they should be banned for doing so. BEYOND is planning ritualistic suicide. They stopped running weekend events and in April will start running a weekly streaming show. It will air on https://independentwrestling.tv The first show features Masato Tanaka vs David Starr and SCU vs Team Pazuzu. Future episodes feature: quote:ORANGE CASSIDY & ??? VS. JORDYNNE GRACE & ??? PWG had trouble selling tickets to their last show. They are doomed. If you click on their roster page it takes you to merch because AEW and WWE signed everyone. So it goes. Their last show was 200 and I don't see any announcements of future shows on their twitter. NOVA Pro is legitimately dead because they stopped paying talent. They pulled out of their WM weekend date which will now be an Orange Cassidy show and then cancelled their March 30th show. RIP. Or maybe they are trying to move it and pretend they aren't dead. There is conflicting info out there. CZW CZW has been in a weird downward spiral the last few years. It's all karma for them cop calling on GCW. The Mancer Mance Warner won the CZW title in an uninspiring Cage of Death match, The Rep are the tag champions and Jordan Oliver is the Wired Champion. Their next show WrestlePro vs CZW on WM weekend but their next full CZW show is Best of the Best on 4/13. Mancer will defend against MJF who was forced to vacate before COD. quote:There can only be one! Join CZW as we determine who is truly the Best of the Best. This tournament has launched the careers of wrestling greats like Sonjay Dutt, Sami Callihan and Chris Hero. Who will walk away with the trophy and title ‘Best of the Best’? Here’s your competitors for this years tournament… AAW does not realize the indies are dead and are running shows and stuff. They just ran a week or so ago https://twitter.com/AAWPro/status/1107128993290088451 https://twitter.com/AAWPro/status/1108888038644596737 https://twitter.com/Beezzzzy/status/1108746030311448577 People in Chicago love em even though it's an indie so they are dead. Even though ISW MS died and came back from the dead again (and maybe have died again who knows) Black Label Pro has kind of taken over the mantle that IWA MS used to have in the midwest. They will also have a show on Mania weekend but their next regular show: https://twitter.com/BLabelPro/status/1108780168380907525 https://twitter.com/BLabelPro/status/1108495835631964161 If you are in the Northwest you've got DEFY https://www.defywrestling.com/ They bring in a lot of talent and I've heard the shows are good. But they are dead. Next full Defy show is April 13th in Portland. Only thing they announced on their site was Jimmy Havoc. Now indie wrestling might be dead but you know what's not dead? DEATH MATCHES AND PRODUCE SHOWS! That's right it's G C loving W! Game Changer Wrestling is changing the game! They've got a million Mania weekend shows from Spring Break to Bloodsport (should be illegal to call a show Bloodsport and not run a tournament) to the Orange Cassidy produce show which is replacing NOVA. GCW's champion is Nick Gage and their signature events are the Joey Janela shows and TOURNAMENT OF SURVIVAL! Hopefully once Mania Weekend is over we will get news about Tournament of Survival. Each one has been great and last year they drew 1,000+. They've run some really good shows lately and are worth checking out. If you want to watch a bunch of indie wrestling there is https://independentwrestling.tv/ But it's all dead. If you want to talk about the Mania weekend cards go here: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3882572 MassRafTer fucked around with this message at 02:00 on Mar 22, 2019 |
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Great OP as always MRT <3
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Write up the canadian indies next we are fun and rule and you can rarely see us Edit content here the IWS is having their 20th year anniversary show on Saturday.  Edit: not dead but WWE signs the guys so ok but rip stab fucked around with this message at 02:28 on Mar 22, 2019 |
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I am here to pay my respects for independent professional wrestling. Thank you for a good op and the opportunity, MRT.
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Also WrestleCircus is threatening to live again. I refuse to recognize Canadian indies until Giant Tiger is regularly tweeting again, which he doesn't because indie wrestling is dead.
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Excellent OP, it's just a shame the Indies are dead and can't enjoy it  Edit: Ian Rotten just PMed me asking for gas money to get home after paying for an account to read this thread.
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MassRafTer posted:Also WrestleCircus is threatening to live again. Thats because he lost the password in a drunken binge and doesnt know how to reset it
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Now that NOVA is dead the official promotion of the nation’s capital is FLYING V FIGHTS which has run one show, in a black box theatre with lasers
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Boco_T posted:Now that NOVA is dead the official promotion of the nation’s capital is FLYING V FIGHTS which has run one show, in a black box theatre with lasers If you're a Baltimoron there is MCW Pro Wrestling which is a ROH Dojo and seems to be doing well. Their shows are generally fun, and they are having a crab-eating benefit for their lead trainer who was just diagnosed with cancer. Velveteen Dream and Lio Rush both came out of there.
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The most important question, is NWA dead or alive?
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syzpid posted:The most important question, is NWA dead or alive? In The Kingdom Of Jocephus there is eternal life.
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DEFY is good and it’s fun seeing shows in a small theatre
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RIP indie wrestling, killed by WWE and some guys trying really hard to look like they're not WWE!
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bix put it best https://twitter.com/davidbix/status/1086317222748930048
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Sounds like a great time for everyone to start watching ATTACK! Pro Wrestling.
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Can add that CWF Mid-Atlantic is dead since the only heartbeat left after they fired their booker and the technical director quit was the never-ending title run of Trevor Lee who finally made it to NXT. I haven't been following PWX but they still seem to be doing well.
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so the British indies are dying as well, as Progress is p much a subsidiary of the WWE, and ICW is...well idk if it's monetarily linked to the Fed but it's not that good these days. I'd do an effortpost about Discovery Wrestling (my local indie in Scotland), but that's gone on hiatus until next October (b/c the Scottish indies are dying) and they only ever did, like, one show every 1.5 months before then tbh when I get more into the Berlin wrestling scene I might end up doing an effortpost about GWF since they kinda rule + have a lot of cool indie European talent, but for now I can only say: rip in peace Western indie wrestling, late capitalism was always doomed to catch up with you eventually Venomous fucked around with this message at 12:28 on Mar 22, 2019 |
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SMH that May can't come to a deal that saves the Scottish indies
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Beyond does have some non-Uncharted Territory shows coming up before we hit Americanara this summer. On 5/5 they are running a LETHAL LOTTERY from North Kingstown, MA. https://twitter.com/SEExperienceYT/status/1108124751912988672 On June 9th, they will be running a show at Faneuil Hall Marketplace https://twitter.com/beyondwrestling/status/1108043988538396679 Also Uncharted territory will be available for streaming and VOD through FITE if you're not an IW.TV guy https://twitter.com/FiteTV/status/1108714805744013313
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Oh great I just got into indie wrestling and now it’s dead, thanks a lot.
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Cage Kicker posted:At least we still have the backyard feds on YouTube Only the death match feds. All the work rate and dream match backyard feds are getting raided.
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AIW is still going perhaps too strongly for their own good. After losing their venue late last year they didn't do anything in January, but then came back with like ten shows announced from February and May to check out new venues and the audiences each can get. Huge numbers of people who are now in WWE spent a lot of time in AIW (Shayna Baszler is still women's champion somehow) but as they've all been getting signed the shows have started to focus more on the AIW students, who I think are all pretty good.
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ICW, OTT, The Nazi Bird Fed and WXW have all been co-opted by WWE and have their own thread: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3863610 But like real indies they will all be dead soon.
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PWG being dead would make me sadder if it weren't going on hiatus for a really positive reason. Excalibur 
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My local indie International Wrestling Cartel does pretty well and has a good mix of local and more well known workers that pop in and out. (Gresham vs David Starr from last year's Super Indy 16 tourney was my personal MOTY that few saw) Know the owner and he's a nice guy, shame he works for the MIC with his job that involves the Navy
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fadmonkey posted:What's this about PWG being on hiatus? Basically the indies being raided and Excalibur (who owns part of PWG) working for AEW and NJPW as a commentator have put their future in question El Gallinero Gros fucked around with this message at 19:39 on Mar 22, 2019 |
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Where is John “loving” Zandig when we need him the most?
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Broke his back with the burden of saving indie wrestling
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MassRafTer posted:ICW, OTT, The Nazi Bird Fed and WXW have all been co-opted by WWE and have their own thread: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3863610 I was about to radaradarada about the inclusion of RevPro in those WWE satellites, but then I remembered that it’s p much NJPW UK, so yeah, that’s fair lmao e: Riptide’s still a legit indie tho, right? Or wait, is that the one owned by Trent Seven? idk e2: no, wait, I’m thinking of Attack owned by Pete Dunne lmao. Anyway, British indies are dying so that’s kinda fair Venomous fucked around with this message at 22:46 on Mar 22, 2019 |
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If you regularly watch Progress (which isn’t an indie) you are a bad person.
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poo poo, I wish ISW Mid-South was a thing, I would love to go to scenic Midlothian for a good time. BaldipISW fucked around with this message at 00:24 on Mar 23, 2019 |
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exploded mummy posted:On June 9th, they will be running a show at Faneuil Hall Marketplace I'm going to this; spent probably way too much money on a hotel to avoid spending 8 hours on a Megabus in one day, but excited. I kept bitching at Drew to run more Megabus-able shows on Twitter, and he did it, and now I feel obliged to take the long trek up from NYC (which I really thought was an hour shorter when I was complaining, but oh well). Gonna go to a museum or the Pride parade or something Saturday and see Boston Common and poo poo Sunday morning, I reckon. NienNunb posted:If you regularly watch Progress (which isn’t an indie) you are a bad person. I dunno, I don't think supporting a fed-linked indie is inherently that awful at this point. Of course, the only decent indie that runs NYC is Evolve, so I sort of had to make my peace with it (and I certainly feel better supporting them than, like, ROH). Also RevPro seems to totally rule, though I guess their TV show wasn't very good. Hope they're doing alright, I know the NJPW shows sell out and the Cockpit shows I've been to were a blast. I wonder if they helped bring El Phantasmo to NJPW? abraham linksys fucked around with this message at 00:32 on Mar 23, 2019 |
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