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Will You Miss Indie Wrestling?
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MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

Benne posted:

How the gently caress did Zandig end up being the less scummy promoter

Of the early 2000s Philly indies Zandig is a less scummy promoter than Rob Black (and beat him in the war for the arena) and Rob Feinstein. Bigger draw too.

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GEORGE W BUSHI
Jul 1, 2012

Lamuella posted:

I was seriously just saying that the only thing I felt IWTV was lacking was a Japanese men's promotion.

They've added Dove Pro too now

https://twitter.com/IWTV_JP/status/1263304817092386816?s=19

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS


if they get subtitled Makai shows, the war is over, IWTV wins. I want Dave Meltzer star ratings on the guitar duels.

Ganso Bomb
Oct 24, 2005

turn it all around

This week in Texas wrestling drama: Mr B of Total Championship Wrestling has been exposed as a predator with a history of targeting underage kids. Can't find anything on Twitter to embed, just this Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/john.s.brazier/posts/10157053468876536

Ganso Bomb fucked around with this message at 16:23 on May 28, 2020

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

Ganso Bomb posted:

This week in Texas wrestling drama: Mr B of Total Championship Wrestling has been exposed as a predator with a history of targeting underage kids. Can't find anything on Twitter to embed, just this Facebook link: https://m.facebook.com/?_rdr#!/story.php?story_fbid=10157053468876536&id=692496535

wasn't that the same promotion that had a wrestler get arrest for prostitution?

El Gallinero Gros
Mar 17, 2010

coconono posted:

wasn't that the same promotion that had a wrestler get arrest for prostitution?

That was in NC, I believe

Huntman
Apr 22, 2010


https://twitter.com/GCWrestling_/status/1267150613135097856

https://twitter.com/GCWrestling_/status/1267150982007439360

Next month will mark GCW's first show in a few months. Happy to see them back, buttttt I guess this is just how things are gonna go moving forward until the 2nd wave hits.

Lead Pipe Cinch
Mar 10, 2003

Heavy Metal Bakesale


If the last week of mass protests end up also being super spreader events, I wouldn’t be surprised if we end up getting hit with the 2nd wave in the next week or so, unfortunately.

TTBF
Sep 14, 2005



Something like 10% of the NYPD tested positive for COVID and those guys ain't wearing masks. They're then arresting people by the hundreds and throwing them into overcrowded holding facilities. Wave 2 is gonna be huge.

Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


Was Wave 1 even done?

NienNunb
Feb 15, 2012

I don't believe the toothpaste is ever gonna go back in the bottle, so once things open up there's less than 0% chance of it closing again. So this might just be a vision of what wrestling shows are gonna be like for a while, second wave or not.

Lead Pipe Cinch
Mar 10, 2003

Heavy Metal Bakesale


Chris James 2 posted:

Was Wave 1 even done?

No, we’re doing pandemic waves like Avengers sequels and just making them at the same time.

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

gently caress it I’m going to GCW

Big Dave
Nov 6, 2009

Friends don't shake hands, friends gotta hug!


giving up, figuring everyone's gonna die from this plague anyway, and going to watch some deathmatch guys bleed is extremely understandable at this point tbqh. not my thought process personally but understandable.

Akileese
Feb 6, 2005

Big Dave posted:

giving up, figuring everyone's gonna die from this plague anyway, and going to watch some deathmatch guys bleed is extremely understandable at this point tbqh. not my thought process personally but understandable.

I completely understand the mindset at this point. With all the protests and huge crowds, we're going to see a monstrous surge in cases. With everyone going on in the last few days, for a few hours I actually kind of forgot there was a pandemic going on.

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

Big Dave posted:

giving up, figuring everyone's gonna die from this plague anyway, and going to watch some deathmatch guys bleed is extremely understandable at this point tbqh. not my thought process personally but understandable.

seeing Nick Gage live is a bucket list thing

Vellius
Sep 22, 2007

coconono posted:

seeing Nick Gage live is a bucket list thing

i had tix for the show in vegas :rip:

some day!!!

LanceBurrito
Jan 6, 2013
Danny Havoc was a goddamn legend. Any time I had the chance to see him in CZW I got more than my money's worth. I am saddened to learn of his passing. RIP Danny.

blast0rama
Aug 13, 2003

Tingly.


Years ago, Danny was a part of a Chikara Young Lions Cup.

I think he was against Arik Cannon in the first round. He came out to a weird hymn, shook the hands of all 50 people in the crowd, myself included, and proceeded to get absolutely demolished by Cannon.

It was crazy, violent, and unlike anything I’d experienced before. His charisma wasn’t what you’d expect from standard pro wrestling, but you had to see what he’d do next.

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008
https://twitter.com/GCWrestling_/status/1267254574122967040

STAC Goat
Mar 12, 2008

Watching you sleep.

Butt first, let's
check the feeds.

Not that it makes his death any more or less tragic but Havoc was one of the handful of deathmatch guys when I was watching CZW that I actually enjoyed. Again, his death wouldn't be any sadder if I thought he sucked but thinking of him for the first time in years does give me a little smile in the sadness.

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008
its absolutely awful because i believe his wife died suddenly earlier in may or april and he was too devastated by it

RealFoxy
May 11, 2011

I'm not making a fucking QCS thread for this but seriously can we take a harder stance on Kiwifarms freaks like this guy, Jesus Christ seriously, you used to be better at knocking these creeps down. I guess ADTRW mods aren't responsible like GBS mods are.
My favorite Danny Havok memory was a Masters of Pain tournament in West Virginia, where he comes running out of the "entrance area" and just slips and falls on his rear end, he was laughing with everyone else there too, and was a really funny dude to hang around.

davidbix
Jun 14, 2016

Wow, Bix. First K.Rool, then Steve and now SEPHIROTH? Your dream game is real!
I really, really, really do not like seeing so many of my friends so sad right now.

stab
Feb 12, 2003

To you from failing hands we throw the torch, be yours to hold it high

KungFu Grip posted:

its absolutely awful because i believe his wife died suddenly earlier in may or april and he was too devastated by it

She died on her birthday a month ago


This sucks.

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

In an effort to bring joy, I present to you Graham Bell

https://twitter.com/MercWithAMane/status/1267468997538299907

davidbix
Jun 14, 2016

Wow, Bix. First K.Rool, then Steve and now SEPHIROTH? Your dream game is real!

coconono posted:

In an effort to bring joy, I present to you Graham Bell

https://twitter.com/MercWithAMane/status/1267468997538299907
Graham is awesome and I hope that he breaks out the way he should have this year whenever things get less weird. Talented and nice guy who kept nailing tryout camps for international promotions.

Germansimp
May 28, 2013



Couple of days ago OTT Wrestling uploaded a 'best of' of sorts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bBQ9F0C00I
First match is Timothy Thatcher vs Minoru Suzuki, so if you feel like KAZE NI NARE'ing, give it a watch.

blast0rama
Aug 13, 2003

Tingly.


Devlin looks like Hornswaggle in the thumbnail there.

Did they give him a giant head?

Germansimp
May 28, 2013



blast0rama posted:

Devlin looks like Hornswaggle in the thumbnail there.

Did they give him a giant head?

Probably a trick of perspective due to his forward-leaning pose.

Also, the main event of this video, The Elite vs The Uptown Funkers (Will Ospreay, Ryan Smile and Lio Rush) is just enormous fun to watch. If you want to see Will Ospreay dance to Bruno Mars' Uptown Funk, this is your match.

Lumbermouth
Mar 6, 2008

GREG IS BIG NOW


blast0rama posted:

Devlin looks like Hornswaggle in the thumbnail there.

Did they give him a giant head?

Nah, Devlin just genuinely has a massive head. So much so that crowds would taunt him with “maaaasiiiive/ maaaasive heeeeeead” when he was a heel.

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

GCW's first live date back sold out everything but GA in under an hour.

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!
https://twitter.com/GCWrestling_/status/1270130158410911744

Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 2 hours!
Yesssssss

RealFoxy
May 11, 2011

I'm not making a fucking QCS thread for this but seriously can we take a harder stance on Kiwifarms freaks like this guy, Jesus Christ seriously, you used to be better at knocking these creeps down. I guess ADTRW mods aren't responsible like GBS mods are.
Hell yeah, that show last year was so much fun. Literally a backyard show with a bunch of indie guys doing their old backyard gimmicks.

Pinwiz11
Jan 26, 2009

I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.



Between GCW and NJPW (and ongoing AEW)... :woop:

Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


https://twitter.com/indiewrestling/status/1270417731553243136?s=21

blast0rama
Aug 13, 2003

Tingly.


drat, an IWTV sub is looking nicer and nicer.

Slothass
Mar 6, 2004
Signing up for IWTV for the first time. What are 3 or 4 cards I should watch first?

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Deathlove
Feb 20, 2003

Pillbug
The last few Freelance and Black Label Pros so you're caught up when they restart.

GCW/BLP 2 Cups Stuffed.

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