Posted June 27, 201312 yr comment_5549095 For reasons I cannot completely explain, I have decided to watch as much wrestling as I can from 2013. Obviously I am primarily interested in good wrestling, but the point is that I am watching more current wrestling than any point in recent history as I watch tons of Lucha, random U.S. indies, stuff from Europe and of course WWE every week. I have even made an effort to watch a lot more Japan this year (I've probably watched more than any year since 06). Of course every year I do a WKO ballot, which is a top 100 for the calendar year. But this year I am seriously entertaining the idea of doing my own top five hundred. Why? Well largely because I'm a list obsessed dork, but I also like the idea of having some sort of archival reference I can go back to down the road and given everything I've watched the usual 100 seems limiting. 500 is of course a large number short for and perhaps excessive, but it's my tentative goal here at the half way point of the year. In any case despite my best efforts to watch damn near everything I realize I have some real blind spots. Obviously I can't keep up with every indie on the planet and there are other feds I really loathe but I don't want to completely ignore. So what I would like this thread to be is a place where people can suggest stuff to me that they think I may have missed or stuff I may like or stuff I should try and look out for. For the short term I need some suggestions from a few feds of note. I don't watch Dragon Gate, but want to give at least some of it a chance, though it goes against my better judgment. A short list of the most pimped stuff they've done this year or things people might think I would like would be appreciated. I also need a heads up on PWG, which I haven't seen at all this year. And then there is TNA, which I watch sporadically at best. If there have been any really good matches on Impact this year I'd like to know what they are so I can go back and give them a look. For the record here is a list of indie feds I follow regularly or as closely as I can through their youtube pages (or a youtube page that uploads some of their stuff) or through their websites. Traditional Championship Wrestling Rampage Pro Wrestling NWA Anarchy Empire Wrestling Entertainment Deep Southern Championship Wrestling Metro Pro Wrestling NWA Showtime All Star Wrestling NWA Smoky Mountain Ring of Honor House of Glory CWF Mid-Atlantic Wrestleforce Pro Wrestling Syndicate Combat Zone Wrestling All Star Wrestling (UK) World Wrestling Council (PR) Supreme Pro Wrestling All Pro Wrestling NWA Florida Underground Wrestling NWA Houston South Georgia Championship Wrestling Old School Championship Wrestling Pro Wrestling Rockstar Portland Wrestling Uncut WXW (Pretty sure this is Afa/Sika fed) Vintage Pro Wrestling So yeah if anyone wants to help me out with this vanity project, use this thread to do it.
June 28, 201312 yr comment_5549101 WWL out of Puerto Rico has a Youtube TV show. I think they've only done 1 show so far but have a big show in Monterrey on the 7th with AAA guys and US indy guys like Dreamer, Sabu, Colt Cabana and ACH.
June 28, 201312 yr comment_5549105 Dylan, god bless you bro, you are fuckin nuts, but I love it!!..I TRIED a few years ago to keep up with just the NWA indy's and couldnt do it.....having a kid kind of stopped it dead in its tracks! Good luck with this...would love to see what you find!
June 28, 201312 yr comment_5549107 is Insane Championship Wrestling in Scotland's "TV show" that isn't on TV. Think 1995 era ECW but utterly Scottish. The show I saw live in May is covered by the two most recent episodes (15 and 16) and pretty much has a bit of everything from comedy to death match to wonderfully overbooked run-ins to the title match being the big deal, with a bonus Prince Devitt match.
June 28, 201312 yr comment_5549115 Both of the PWG All Star Weekend shows from this year were pretty enjoyable.
June 28, 201312 yr comment_5549120 WXW (Pretty sure this is Afa/Sika fed)It's actually run largely by Samu now.
June 28, 201312 yr comment_5549125 Have you seen any of the Sami vs. Hollister stuff from AAW? I was looking at that tonight and wondering if Sami was able to get something good of Hollister.
June 28, 201312 yr Author comment_5549127 I haven't. Would not mind trying to get all of Sami's last indie run in, but I'm not sure what all I'm missing
June 28, 201312 yr comment_5549128 2CW ran a internet show in April for free that had Matt Hardy vs. Sami Callihan. Certainly worth a watch if you haven't seen it yet. If you can find Sami Callihan vs. John Morrison from the previous night you probably should watch that. Live I found it to be the better of their two matches.
June 28, 201312 yr comment_5549137 JNLister's already mentioned ICW for me but one match I think you might enjoy in particular is Mikey Whiplash vs Robbie Dynamite found here (29 mins in). Fantastic match with some nifty mat work.
June 28, 201312 yr comment_5549140 No input on current matches. Just best wishes for your health and your soul in this future endeavor.
June 28, 201312 yr Author comment_5549141 JNLister's already mentioned ICW for me but one match I think you might enjoy in particular is Mikey Whiplash vs Robbie Dynamite found here (29 mins in). Fantastic match with some nifty mat work. Thanks for the heads up here, I'm a big Dynamite fan
June 28, 201312 yr comment_5549145 The two UK promotions I've seen this year were Southside Wrestling and Revolution Pro Uk.
June 28, 201312 yr comment_5549153 I haven't. Would not mind trying to get all of Sami's last indie run in, but I'm not sure what all I'm missing I commend you for this type of stuff. Honestly even more than the Finlay stuff last year, the one match that may be appreciate you putting Callihan as #1 in the WKO was when I watched him vs. Drake iron man in CZW. That was a match that had every reason to fail and be a mess, and Sami was determined to make it watchable and kind of good.
June 28, 201312 yr Author comment_5549156 I don't know if I can call that Younger match good per se, but it was a watchable one hour long Drake Younger match and there really aren't many people in the world who he could have pulled that off with. I really liked Sami's matches with Dave Mastiff and Rhino a great deal as far as non-Finlay matches from last year go, but really I was high on his output, consistency and high end stuff against a large variety of opponents in general. One of the interesting things about this year is that I really do think it's wide open. At the moment I have a guy who I think is a pretty safe number one, but he's a guy who could easily disappear, get screwed by booking horribly, and is almost certainly not going to get the chances that some of the other stronger guys will get. Of course this project has the added benefit of being another elaborate anti-HHH troll
June 28, 201312 yr comment_5549161 2CW Fan Cam - Rob Van Dam VS Sami Callihan From last Monday. A curiosity more than anything else given both are WWE bound. Both do their signature stuff and that's it really.
June 28, 201312 yr comment_5549175 WXW (Pretty sure this is Afa/Sika fed)It's actually run largely by Samu now. It's actually two promotions now - Afa moved to Florida a few years back and still operates WXW there. Samu continues to run the Pennsylvania version as WXW C4.
June 28, 201312 yr Author comment_5549177 Had no clue. The promotion I've been watching has random as fuck shit like Dan Maff v. Outlaw Joe Gomez.
June 28, 201312 yr comment_5549178 In case you have a real need for some Rob Terry, OVW streams shows on their site, ovwrestling.com. It's really not too bad. They'd just be better off doing their own thing instead of having a TNA connection. I guess it pays the bills, though.
June 28, 201312 yr comment_5549181 SWA: ZERO 1 has their online show "Full On" at their Youtube page Here. I haven't started on it yet so can't speak to its quality though.
June 28, 201312 yr comment_5549187 Woo-hoo! A fellow Metro Pro watcher. I live in KC and have been to a few shows. Fun little fed.
June 28, 201312 yr comment_5549195 Metro Pro is great. I usually work as timekeeper on their shows. Other groups from the midwest worth following: 3XWrestling, Magnum Pro, AAW, Dreamwave, St. Louis Anarchy
June 28, 201312 yr comment_5549197 Metro Pro is great. I usually work as timekeeper on their shows. Other groups from the midwest worth following: 3XWrestling, Magnum Pro, AAW, Dreamwave, St. Louis Anarchy Thanks for the suggestions!
July 1, 201312 yr comment_5549594 Would be interested in hearing what you think of Alexander vs. Elgin. I can see it being a match you hate but it is starting to get that Richards vs. Elgin buzz from last year. I think this match was better especially when they worked over Alexander's ear but they really kicked out of a ton of stuff going towards the 30 minute draw.
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