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No Hot Dogs, No Handshakes, No Point? 2022 Independent Wrestling Thread

Cackling Co Pilot Kamala

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Oh yeah! That's my local indie promotion. I've followed them since day one and attended dozens of their shows (sadly though, none since they returned from COVID shutdowns).

Biases aside, I do genuinely think they're at or near the top of best indies going today.
 

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Oh, the indie nerds take a real liking to you and now you wanna indie nerd with us?!

...okay, that's cool. Pluto has some good options, even some classic footage now and then. I also recommend checking in with MLW Fusion and DPW on YouTube now and then.
 

Cackling Co Pilot Kamala

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@Epic for the Summer and @Big Beard Booty Daddy , Big Time Wrestling is doing a show at some rooftop bar in Sunset Park with FTR (with Bret Hart managing them) headlining on October 22nd.

If I wasn't already planning on going to NYC a few weeks later for my brother's birthday, I'd be there.

Also guess they're counting on global warming if they're doing an outdoor show in late October?
 

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"You know growing up in Calgary, I thought I was pretty good at keeping people warm."

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All three are in business. Beyond Wrestling is running their flagship show Americanrana tomorrow night and Limitless Wrestling is running their 2nd biggest show of the year the Vacationland Cup next Saturday.


You can find Beyond and Limitless’ current shows on IWTV.
 

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Are Limitless Wrestling, Beyond Wrestling, & PCW still in business or did they close down because of the pandemic?

Not only are Beyond and Limitless still going, but they were 2 companies that killed it during the pandemic (along with GCW). Drew (owner of Beyond) even started a new company (Wrestle Open) and restarted WWR+. He did tease a few weeks back that the end might be near for Beyond, though. He's putting much more behind Wrestle Open and Beyond has only had their "main" shows in recent months.

IWTV is THE BEST money you can spend on a pro wrestling streaming app, unless you watch a lot of NJPW. I've been doing the yearly $100 rate for about 5 years now. They have between 3 and 10 lives shows every week, depending how busy indie companies are. That alone makes it worth the price. Wrestle Open airs every week, live, on Thursday from 8-10pm. They have their weekly show, Uncharted Territory, which has a 13-week run multiple times a year. This year was from the Southeast region, and it was fantastic. Then you have Friday-Sunday shows, and there can up to 9+ of those.

Then you add on the massive library with thousands of shows from companies all over the world. As a bonus for most, any time you watch a show on demand from the library, the wrestling company gets paid per stream.

PCW started running shows again earlier this year. They have their own streaming service. I haven't used it, but it's not bad from what I hear, and is a better deal at about the same $9.99/month, I believe. Defy, I'd love to get their streaming service since their shows are outstanding, but they charge $16.99, and there's no way, no matter how much I love Swerve, Chris Daniels, Nick Wayne, and their local talent, that I'd pay that much for any streaming service.
 

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Yeah, for further context, the promoter is a right wing antivaxxer doof that still wears Marty Scurll shirts. No Way Jose was also a last minute replacement for Dexter Lumis after Lumis rejoined WWE.

I'm not saying anyone deserves to get ripped off of thousands of dollars but---
 
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