2023 Independent Wrestling thread

[alkeiper]

*shakes head*

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1669346716167061504

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

The Patriot gimmick should have died with Del Wilkes.


It’s not like One Warrior Nation continued doing shows after Ultimate Warrior died.


Granted that might be because One Warrior Nation died before Jim Hellwig but still.

Edit- One Warrior Nation is still alive but retired. I am confusing him with the ECW Zombie who I also think did a Warrior clone gimmick.

 

[alkeiper]

At least that's an original gimmick. Brandi started doing the Patriot gimmick before Wilkes even passed and apparently without his approval.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

He bought rights for the gimmick from Honky Tonk Man who says he bought it from Del Wilkes lol.

Now I am trying to imagine HTM squeezing into The Patriot gear and trying to cut a patriotic babyface promo.

 

[Valeyard]

Honky as a MAGA heel Patriot character would rule pretty hard though.

 

[alkeiper]

Honky looking at fake Diesel and Razor Ramon, seeing nothing but dollar signs and buying up wrestling gimmicks like they're song rights. Want to be New Jack? Meet the Honky Tonk Man in the alley behind that weird bodega and he'll get you hooked up.

And to think all this because no one gives a damn about Salvatore Sincere in Slatington, PA.

 

[Valeyard]

Honky or any old timer no one likes buying dead or public domain gimmicks is brilliant. YouTube gold.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1669448093182435328

Tbh it kind of did…

 

[alkeiper]

Last night’s show was literally in a microbrewery in Pottstown. They threw a mat on the floor and technically not a “wrestling” show. Tony Deppen co-owns the place. Speedball Bailey and mostly his students along with Jimmy Lloyd and Joey Janela worked a tournament. Got to see Speedball work three times and really a hell of a good time.

The remnants of Chikara have given us Bailey, Cheeseburger’s school and a couple other pop ups and as a result there’s a lot of wrestlers working the mid Atlantic right now.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

AC Mack Announces He Is Stepping Away From Wrestling | Fightful News

AC Mack will be leaving wrestling soon.

www.fightful.com

Good on him for recognizing that he has hit a wall and stepping away. Indie wrestling doesn’t need any more burnt out, almost but never weres looking for that one break hogging spots

 

[alkeiper]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1669903676884787200

 

[Valeyard]

Money and health are making me miss too much shit. I just wanted to meet CanadianChick man

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1672054873829810176

*Sighs*

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

ROH is not an indie

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1675068922859606017

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1675617763996598272

Ooh baby.

 

[alkeiper]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1678217415044354048

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

“Mom, can we have MJF/Tanahashi again?”
“We already have MJF/Tanahashi at home.”
The MJF/Tanahashi at home:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1679292110766317568

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1685699661133201409

Future Matches You Didn’t Think Existed thread candidate.

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

Not only am I surprised that JT Dunn is still working, but I'm surprised he hasn't been called up to Impact or AEW.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

I’ve gotten the impression that he is something of a habitual bridge burner. It’s basically an educated guess on my end but he was a top guy in Limitless and Beyond for years before they decided to stop using him suddenly and the only notable promotion that uses him is Sami Callihan’s (Who is no stranger to rubbing people that wrong way)

 

[Valeyard]

Prestige waited until it sold out to announce Shelley vs Sabin as the main event of the show this weekend. What the fuck. They were promoted as being there but no match announcement, and I was kinda holding off to see what they'd be doing. But they could announce Cardona/Breeze as soon as they could, though.

Fenix/Horus is gonna rule too and I should've bought when that was announced.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1688232356904095744

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Me in six months: why are Crucifixo Jones, NorCalMike and KOAB all back posting at CXF?

https://x.com/wrestlingnewsco/status/1691315954523811840?s=46&t=gb4yPUPRHiWQCHuwXgXLUQ

 

[alkeiper]

At this point the over/under on onlyfans creators on a typical Indy card is four.

 

[Valeyard]

There is at least three in any given super market. Five if it's a Trader Joe's.

 

[Valeyard]

NoCalMike and I had a beer once years ago because we had mutual friends. Did not introduce myself.

 

[Big Papa Paegan]

But did you make eye contact?

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Did he talk about nips?

 

[Valeyard]

It was at a cult movie show at the art theater downtown so there's probably a decent chance.