The Independent Wrestling Thread

[Warner2BruceTD]

WrestleCon is just three days of shit, plus one "Supershow", but aside from that Steen/Tanaka match, the names aren't that great at all.

I might go to ROH Friday, wwnlive Sat & Sun. I'll wait & see on the Mid South card. I like the main event because I like Hoyt & Masters. But I need more. If the "Supershow" is better than DGUSA, i'll go to that. Too early to tell. Might skip Sunday, that's a lot of driving.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

WrestleCon is just three days of shit, plus one "Supershow", but aside from that Steen/Tanaka match, the names aren't that great at all.

I might go to ROH Friday, wwnlive Sat & Sun. I'll wait & see on the Mid South card. I like the main event because I like Hoyt & Masters. But I need more. If the "Supershow" is better than DGUSA, i'll go to that. Too early to tell. Might skip Sunday, that's a lot of driving.

NOW Warner decides to go to WrestleMania Weekend.

Skips out on SHINGO v. Gargano 5-star classic...shows up for Steen v. Tanaka?

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

NOW Warner decides to go to WrestleMania Weekend.

Skips out on SHINGO v. Gargano 5-star classic...shows up for Steen v. Tanaka?

I've explained this 1,000 times, geek. I got called away for a work trip, and watched everything that weekend via sketchy hotel wifi. My feed dropped just as Okada hit the fucking Rainmaker.

I can drive to New Orleans. If nothing is happening at work and I can be sneaky, i'll grab a room to cut down on the miles and go all three days.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

So Meltzer mentioned in passing that a nervous gabe called him and was talking about how the WWE Network changes the game for him. I guess from the perspective of charging $9.99 per show, when WWE gives you not only an iPPV, but a boatload of other content as well for the same price.

Clearly wwnlive has to change the business model.

And to think they nearly beat WWE to the punch with the Roku channel that they've been promising for like two years.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

The VoW army coming out in full force to destroy WrestleCon's snark.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

I've explained this 1,000 times, geek. I got called away for a work trip, and watched everything that weekend via sketchy hotel wifi. My feed dropped just as Okada hit the fucking Rainmaker.

I can drive to New Orleans. If nothing is happening at work and I can be sneaky, i'll grab a room to cut down on the miles and go all three days.

You've got more excuses than a menstruating female.

#ELI4HOF

 

[BigBiss]

You guys are going to have to tell me were to go, I think they are putting on a showing of Meet Me There that weekend too

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Evolve 25 was great. Five matches, all five were great. 2 hours & 20 minutes, in and out.

 

[SuperKevin]

Hopefully Ebolve 26 is good as well. I'll be in the front row

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Evolve 25 was great. Five matches, all five were great. 2 hours & 20 minutes, in and out.

Review http://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2014/01/11/evolve-25-in-hd-review/

 

[SuperKevin]

How did the crowd look? The site advertised the first 2 rows were sold out in advance. Not the case for Orlando however. I'm expecting like 100 people tops at this thing

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

How did the crowd look? The site advertised the first 2 rows were sold out in advance. Not the case for Orlando however. I'm expecting like 100 people tops at this thing

It looked like the best Orpheum crowd they've had in a while, maybe ever. This could be because of the HD, because the place looked much bigger with the clear picture as dumb as that sounds. But it probably has more to do with Hero. Hero has popped crowds everywhere he's been booked, including in front of my own eyes at Inspire where I got there a half hour early and could barely park.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Review http://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2014/01/11/evolve-25-in-hd-review/

Gabe sent us some quotes on the status of the Roku channel. We added them to the article.

 

[SuperKevin]

The Evolve show was great tonight. Had a blast.

 

[MrBill]

The Samoan Beast Michael Faith is the new ROW Heavyweight Champion. He also took the RCW belt last weekend-

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

First they roll out seamless HD streams, and now tonight a two hour turn around of their VOD.

gabe isn't playing games. No more Larry Dallas forgetting the HDMI cord.

 

[SuperKevin]

Did you order the EVOLVE26 VOD?

 

[SuperKevin]

Here are my notes from last night's EVOLVE26 show.

-I would be willing to do anything to be with Su Yung. God damn she is attractive as hell.

-The local crowd really loved Lince Dorado. He does a ton of local shows with the C level indie in Orlando I Believe in Wrestling. I thought he was good but he wasn't anything I'd rant and rave about like most people were doing.

-Maxwell Chicago and Chuck Taylor was a great change of pace comedy match. I realize that a lot of wrestling fans won't like Maxwell Chicago but I loved him. I thought it was entertaining as hell especially since Chuck Taylor has the charisma necessary to make that kind of match work.

-I really don't like the Bravado Brothers. I find them bland and boring as fuck. I have no idea why they are the champions. I was very impressed with Dos Ben Dejos but Jay Rios got really fucked on a springboard spot because the ropes were loose as hell. I talked to him about it during intermission and he was heated about it.

-Trent and Ricochet had one of the best live matches I've ever seen. It was very crisp and entertaining throughout. Ricochet also showed a lot more charisma than I originally expected as he was interacting with the crowd the whole match, especially these two fat black chicks sitting next to me that were cheering for Trent the whole match. After the match he made a point of telling them that they must feel like idiots. He also flipped off the NXT guys who were in attendance.

-I find it obvious that someone in NXT creative watches indy wrestling because Bo Dallas seems to be doing a terrible WWE ripoff of Johnny Gargano. Gargano is great as the delusional heel champion.

-Jon Davis is bleh. Nothing more to say about that

-Uhaa Nation will be on Raw by 2015. It's a lock.

-The Chris Hero/Tony Nese match started off terribly slow. I nearly used it as a bathroom break time because the first 5 minutes was nothing but mat wrestling. It finally picked up the pace and I was very entertained. I don't know what it is but I don't like Nese much. It might be the fact that he's so small and bland. He's talented but I just don't care for him.

-I loved the fact that I got to see The Young Bucks live but I was a little disappointed as I feel they were kind of just skating through the match. It didn't seem as good as many of the matches I've seen online. I wonder if it's because of the last minute lineup change with Chuck Taylor being put in the match. I do love how cocky the Bucks were as one of them(the dark haired one) screamed at the ref "I just wrestled the Tokyo Dome Suck it!"

Overall I would definately pay to see another Evolve show the next time they come to Florida despite the fact that the Florida wrestling fans are still TNA mark scum.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Gabe misread the landscape on the Bravado's/Bucks double turn. Bucks are killing it as heels everywhere they work, and the Bravado's have never gotten over anywhere, not ROH, not NOAH, not here. They seem like good dudes but they just don't connect with the crowd.