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MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!
Stinks I missed VENY but tuned in just in time to see the SAT be very bad in TYOOL 2023.

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SalTheBard
Jan 26, 2005

I forgot to post my food for USPOL Thanksgiving but that's okay too!

Fallen Rib
Maki, Maki, Maki loving Itoh!

achillesforever6
Apr 23, 2012

psst you wanna do a communism?

achillesforever6 posted:

https://twitter.com/EnjoyWrestle/status/1632032169198514184?t=rZqVrTxWKu6l92yCnBw1FA&s=19
I know I bring it up a lot but if you are a Pitt goon you should go to this since Enjoy has been trying to sell out Mr Smalls for the past year and is nearly getting there
Trip report: they had their first sell out and I will say if anything watch the main event of this show; crowd was molten hot throughout and told a great story; next show is June 17th and they already got Speedball back but also Miyu Yamashita!

HamburgerTownUSA
Aug 7, 2022

SalTheBard posted:

This is the first time I've seen VENY and holy poo poo they are awesome!

VENY loving rules.

If you'd like a little insight on her, you can check out her interview with Mr. Hakusan/Kotatsu Studios from a few months ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG7NPaWO2y0

HamburgerTownUSA fucked around with this message at 10:01 on Mar 5, 2023

achillesforever6
Apr 23, 2012

psst you wanna do a communism?
https://twitter.com/EnjoyWrestle/status/1632431901280464896?t=4wL1bkSLFeLN0taWwSr7HQ&s=19

Kvlt!
May 19, 2012



GCW Holy Smokes was an absolute banger last night. Check out this spot:

https://twitter.com/PuroresuFlow/status/1632375998325850112?t=TjFuM1iEHKCg5yQkTrNk0A&s=19

Also was Drew Parker's final deathmatch (against JWM), which was a great and emotional sendoff. Great show overall.

stab
Feb 12, 2003

To you from failing hands we throw the torch, be yours to hold it high
So heard some of my boys took a trip down south

SG Bamboo
Aug 21, 2013

Smile. Win. Yay!

Never seen these two before, are they good?

https://twitter.com/ganpro0417/status/1632577742553137159

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

Dan The Dad is a treat. I remember Kody Lane being batshit.

SG Bamboo
Aug 21, 2013

Smile. Win. Yay!

How fun, hopefully the GanPro crowd treats them as well as the DDT crowd does their imports

Pinche Rudo
Feb 8, 2005

Nick Wayne and Titus Alexander had a great match at West Coast Pro last night. They did some crazy poo poo

https://twitter.com/aregularindyfan/status/1632272585256755200

Lamuella
Jun 26, 2003

It's like goldy or bronzy, but made of iron.


Dan The Dad is good, but he works kind of stiff sometimes https://twitter.com/AEW/status/1599928357155651584?t=2hc6dHdfHWUjTqdG85QXrQ&s=19

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


Kvlt! posted:

GCW Holy Smokes was an absolute banger last night. Check out this spot:

https://twitter.com/PuroresuFlow/status/1632375998325850112?t=TjFuM1iEHKCg5yQkTrNk0A&s=19

Also was Drew Parker's final deathmatch (against JWM), which was a great and emotional sendoff. Great show overall.

Final North American deathmatch. Drew's final deathmatch is due to come in FREEDOMS later this month, in a tag match against Jun Kasai & Masashi Takeda.

achillesforever6
Apr 23, 2012

psst you wanna do a communism?

achillesforever6 posted:

Trip report: they had their first sell out and I will say if anything watch the main event of this show; crowd was molten hot throughout and told a great story; next show is June 17th and they already got Speedball back but also Miyu Yamashita!
Thinking about it more to be schmaltzy about it; I came into this show with a new mindset since before hand anytime I go to a wrestling show live I can be a very analytical, "know how the sausage is made" smark that talks to the people near me about the mechanics of the show. This time I went in going "I'm going to play along and be a fan/mark" and it turns out that felt 100% better. The show is going to come off amazing on youtube when it airs, but like for the main I came in thinking I was so sure who was going over and by the end I was on the edge biting all false finishes and not knowing who was going to win. It's a testament to the product and I just want them to keep getting bigger have more than 4 shows a year and be able to sustain since I genuinely think outside like DPW, GCW, and like Prestige, there is no one doing it like Enjoy.

A Real Horse
Oct 26, 2013


So a friend and I went to our local indie (Wrestle Club in southern Idaho) Saturday for their annual Potato Bowl (again, Idaho) tournament. It was the first time going to a show for either of us, and we almost gave up on even going when we couldn’t find the place (an old lumber storage building).

Glad we didn’t, because it was an absolute blast. We had the first two seats right by the ring and locker room, so every wrestler came right by us and almost all of them interacted with us in some way. Highlights included:

-The evil wrestling doctor getting in the top rope, tapping the light right next to his head and yelling “I’ve got a bright idea!” and then missing a frog splash.
-A masked man wrestling as three slight variations on the same gimmick in a row doing some pretty good comedy spots. Did my favorite where he got the other guy running the ropes repeatedly, then the ref doing it, then had the ref clothesline his opponent and go for the pin with the wrestler counting the 2 count
-In the semi-finals, the two biggest babyfaces were matched up against each other and had a great match. Eventually they fought their way to the bathroom where the heel champion and his underling (who were the other half of the bracket at this point; the underling took a dive) locked them in with a chair for a double count out.
-In the championship match (the heel current heavyweight champion against last year’s potato bowl champion), the heel did the usual stalling and sat down right next to my buddy and asked him “Hey what should I do here?” My friend said he should just stay sitting and take the loss and the guy yelled at him “That’s a terrible idea! You’re an idiot!” And got back in the ring where he proceeded to throw his elbow pads at us a minute later.

It was a great experience, and we plan on going to their next event in a couple weeks.

Edit to add: Also during the final match when the heel had the current champ hanging by the ring post my friend yelled to give him a pink belly and he did. The guy hanging did a great job of not corpsing at hearing that.

A Real Horse fucked around with this message at 01:57 on Mar 7, 2023

SalTheBard
Jan 26, 2005

I forgot to post my food for USPOL Thanksgiving but that's okay too!

Fallen Rib
This kind of stuff is why I loving love indie wrestling so much

SG Bamboo
Aug 21, 2013

Smile. Win. Yay!

Jealous Melbourne is getting this, Untouchables are fantastic and The Parea were really impressive when I saw them in NHPW last year

https://twitter.com/mcitywrestling/status/1632932253994221571

the escape goat
Apr 16, 2008

A Real Horse posted:

Highlights included:

-The evil wrestling doctor getting in the top rope, tapping the light right next to his head and yelling “I’ve got a bright idea!” and then missing a frog splash.


this is delightful

I love corny goofy indie stuff so much

and it is weirdly charming how low lights are in some places that the wrestlers have to work to avoid them. really adds to the vibe of “wrestling can happen anywhere we want it to, gently caress a fancy setup”. comedy clubs especially.

hell, don’t even need a ring. one of my favorite matches ever right here-

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XGen3BaM13k

Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


https://twitter.com/Indie_Mittens/status/1632937938928431107?s=20

syzpid
Aug 9, 2014

The Berzerker posted:

I haven't seen GCW announce a single match yet, but it's the show on the 19th at the Opera House

This would be enough to get me to go by itself:

https://twitter.com/mashaslamovich/status/1632983276909412352

The Berzerker
Feb 24, 2006

treat me like a dog


Yeah, if you're only going to have one match announced, it's a hell of a match. I'm stoked.
I guess there was no real pressure on them to do it since the show sold out super fast and they likely had to deal with visa complications. Glad they're announcing stuff now!

stab
Feb 12, 2003

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

The Berzerker posted:

Yeah, if you're only going to have one match announced, it's a hell of a match. I'm stoked.
I guess there was no real pressure on them to do it since the show sold out super fast and they likely had to deal with visa complications. Glad they're announcing stuff now!

There's no visa complications.

An american wrestler doesn't need a Visa to wrestle in Canada.


Yet canadian wrestlers need one to wrestle in the states.



It's so super hosed up.

Oil!
Nov 5, 2008

Der's e'rl in dem der hills!


Ham Wrangler

The Berzerker posted:

Yeah, if you're only going to have one match announced, it's a hell of a match. I'm stoked.
I guess there was no real pressure on them to do it since the show sold out super fast and they likely had to deal with visa complications. Glad they're announcing stuff now!

I think they didn't announce anything prior because there was a big angle at last weekend's show and announcing the matches would expose it.

stab
Feb 12, 2003

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

Oil! posted:

I think they didn't announce anything prior because there was a big angle at last weekend's show and announcing the matches would expose it.

Bingo

The Berzerker
Feb 24, 2006

treat me like a dog


Oil! posted:

I think they didn't announce anything prior because there was a big angle at last weekend's show and announcing the matches would expose it.

I was confused because they have announced matches for shows happening after the Toronto one but yeah this makes sense.

stab posted:

An american wrestler doesn't need a Visa to wrestle in Canada.
Yet canadian wrestlers need one to wrestle in the states.

I did not know this, and it is really stupid.

Suplex Liberace
Jan 18, 2012



stab posted:

There's no visa complications.

An american wrestler doesn't need a Visa to wrestle in Canada.


Yet canadian wrestlers need one to wrestle in the states.



It's so super hosed up.

thats NAFTA for you

Suplex Liberace
Jan 18, 2012



edit: stupid work wifi

The Berzerker
Feb 24, 2006

treat me like a dog


https://twitter.com/GCWrestling_/status/1633630659875880960?t=UglpUSjda75C-b7oWYUvHw&s=19

:getin:

Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003



Indie wrestling in DC is FUCKIN' DEAD

https://twitter.com/TheBillyDixon/status/1634219514249224192?s=20

Ganso Bomb
Oct 24, 2005

turn it all around

I guess Raven is managing a group in MLW with Rickey Shane Page and some other guy(s)?

https://twitter.com/MLW/status/1634045504974729224

I'd almost be willing to try and figure out how to watch this show to give it a shot if they weren't actively paying loving Enzo.

History Comes Inside!
Nov 20, 2004




I love RSP but I’m not gonna watch MLW ever so that’s a shame

Ganso Bomb
Oct 24, 2005

turn it all around

History Comes Inside! posted:

I love RSP but I’m not gonna watch MLW ever so that’s a shame

I haven't watched it in a few years, but I did write-ups on MLW for a while and it was always one of the most painfully unexciting wrestling shows to watch. They had a bunch of cool wrestlers (and some lovely ones) yet somehow everything was just pretty boring.

duckdealer
Feb 28, 2011

Ganso Bomb posted:

I haven't watched it in a few years, but I did write-ups on MLW for a while and it was always one of the most painfully unexciting wrestling shows to watch. They had a bunch of cool wrestlers (and some lovely ones) yet somehow everything was just pretty boring.

Yeah agreed.

I never did figure out how they managed to make everything so dull. Haven't tried watching any of their stuff in years though.

CombineThresher
Apr 10, 2006

GIT R DONNE

duckdealer posted:

Yeah agreed.

I never did figure out how they managed to make everything so dull. Haven't tried watching any of their stuff in years though.

Court pays like poo poo, for one thing. He also used to pride himself on booking guys no one else would work with, so I imagine the locker room atmosphere wasn't the best.

Lumbermouth
Mar 6, 2008

GREG IS BIG NOW


CombineThresher posted:

Court pays like poo poo, for one thing. He also used to pride himself on booking guys no one else would work with, so I imagine the locker room atmosphere wasn't the best.

And no one’s going to go 100% and maybe get injured on a show that pays poo poo.

It’s a bummer because MLW is like the only indie that regularly runs Philadelphia anymore. Just gotta sit through Enzo and DBS Jr segments to get to the lucha factory.

Pinche Rudo
Feb 8, 2005

The only hot angle I can remember is Court building to a Rush-LA Park blood feud match at a mania weekend show but ROH signed Rush a month before it was supposed to happen

Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


They just brought Raven back and paired him with RSP and AKIRA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOOOzb_ABgw

Bonk
Aug 4, 2002

Douche Baggins

Ganso Bomb posted:

I'd almost be willing to try and figure out how to watch this show to give it a shot if they weren't actively paying loving Enzo.
Literally just the MLW Youtube channel if you want to watch anything. Their streaming deal airs the same episodes one week earlier, which are pre-taped anyway, so there's really no point in watching the 'live' stream.

The bonus there is that on Youtube, you can skip over any Enzo content and they'll notice it in the analytics. :v:

Ganso Bomb
Oct 24, 2005

turn it all around

Bonk posted:

Literally just the MLW Youtube channel if you want to watch anything. Their streaming deal airs the same episodes one week earlier, which are pre-taped anyway, so there's really no point in watching the 'live' stream.

The bonus there is that on Youtube, you can skip over any Enzo content and they'll notice it in the analytics. :v:

Ahh from a quick search of their website and socials I didn’t see them mentioning the shows going up on YouTube and I didn’t dig any deeper than that. Thanks!

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Bonk
Aug 4, 2002

Douche Baggins
Yeah, they're not very good at this.

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