Archibald Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Yeah, he obviously is very green in the ring, but I'd argue that he has "IT" so I'm really interested to see how he'll look after 5 or so years. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RazorbladeKiss87 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 So what are my options for watching WXW? They have their own streaming service, right? Is it English friendly? I feel like at one point the Highspots Network got their shows. Do they still get the new ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 I think HS stopped getting new shows a while back. WXW Now is pretty expensive and the dubbed music all being one song for the entire show is hilarious for a bit but becomes a fucking pain in the ass after a while, HOWEVER, they have all or most of their new shows with English commentary, including many with (ex)DVDVR poster Alan4L. And the wrestling is generally good to great near the top of the card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Z Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 wXwNow is €9.99/month, which is somewhere around $11. It's worth it this month definitely in my opinion, because you get all the shows that happened over 16 Carat weekend. You can just cancel after that. This is the schedule for march: If you would subscribe now, you will also get the first two weeks or so of April, which should also include the wXw Wrestlemania weekend show. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RazorbladeKiss87 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Awesome! Thanks for the info. I wonder if it's time to get a thread going where all the streaming services are listed with prices, promotions offered, pros/cons, etc. @RIPPA would it be cool to start one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 At one point - someone had created a "Guide" to the streaming services. Granted I am sure it is out of date now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 A few other people are making the same comments about NOVA Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Oh my ............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 14, 2019 Author Share Posted March 14, 2019 13 hours ago, Casey said: A few other people are making the same comments about NOVA Pro. The irony being several of the wrestlers working for their own set of terrible bookers (like a bunch of people who work CZW or have worked for Ian Rotten) The owner tweeted out his side of the story (some of the folks saying that they didn't get paid knew ahead of time they weren't getting paid and agreed to it (because it was a try out show), some folks were paid late but everyone has been paid now, etc...) So I am sure the truth lies somewhere in the middle But it is very much the usual indie guys/owners taking sides and throwing stones at each other from their glass houses (and a lot of hearsay involved too) As Allen Iverson once said "No One's Squeaky Clean" 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Powerbomb.TV also removed their wXw content from their streaming service. It seems like wXw wants to keep their content exclusive to their service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 14, 2019 Author Share Posted March 14, 2019 14 minutes ago, Edwin said: Powerbomb.TV also removed their wXw content from their streaming service. It seems like wXw wants to keep their content exclusive to their service. Or could be a sign that them airing on the Network is closer to a reality (Most likely its the former but still) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Sugar Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 If indie wrestlers weren't talking shit about indie promoters (and each other), it wouldn't be indie wrestling. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 14, 2019 Author Share Posted March 14, 2019 Allie Kat pulled out of her match against Jordynne Grace on the March 30th NOVA Pro show just stating she won't be on the show or appearing for NOVA Pro for the "foreseeable future" So there will be some fallout from last night's drama On a selfish note - that is disappointing since that was the match I was looking forward to the most Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 14, 2019 Author Share Posted March 14, 2019 yup... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stefanie Without Stefanie Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 I remember seeing results from one of NOVA Pro's shows that had something like 50 wrestlers on it, but only about 200 people in the crowd, and wondering how on earth they were making payroll. Wonder no longer I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clintthecrippler Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 If the Nova Pro show falls apart I just hope that someone is able to salvage the Ohtani/Gresham match. Not just for selfish reasons as a fan but also because I am sure that's a match Gresham is looking forward to having also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 (edited) Now it seems like Sage Phillips and Logan Easton Laroux is gone. I have to ask but most of these people who are leaving have been on almost every show. if anyone should know if the issues with wrestlers not getting paid is true it would be them. At least they should unless they have their head really stuck in the ground. now they are all leaving. So either you knew it was bad and didn't really care until Twitter peer pressure got to you or it isn't as bad and you still had Twitter peer pressure get to you. it is a rather interesting time to suddenly get woke on workers pay And yes at this point we are going to need a GoFundme for this damn Ohtani vs Gresham match. Edited March 15, 2019 by hammerva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 If you've ever worked for someone who tends to be either late or very late with payoffs (nb: I have*) the line between getting paid late and not getting paid at all starts to get really faint and blurry. And if they're telling you they can't pay right now because they aren't taking enough money in, if it's a business you've invested time in, your first instinct is to try to work harder to make it more profitable. It does take a fellow employee doing something dramatic like going on strike or suing the owner for everyone there (usually there's some kind of divide and conquer thing going on, where the workers turn on each other because why's she getting paid promptly and I'm not, it must be her fault) to get their ducks in a row and realise you've been working for free that whole time. Besides which, it's not necessarily malicious mismanagement that financially turns a business upside down. It can be well intentioned incompetence as well. If your boss is a super nice guy, tries really hard, is being driven to his wit's end, a lot of people don't want to be the arsehole that tells him he can't feed his kids that week because I haven't had my Feb 5th wages yet and it's March 13th already. For example. * It was a while ago. Things are much better now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 15, 2019 Author Share Posted March 15, 2019 Following the whole thing is exhausting I don't know why @Marty Sugar puts up with any of this (meaning constantly dealing with what comes across as HS Drama) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 15, 2019 Author Share Posted March 15, 2019 Short version NOVA Pro is going on hiatus after the 3/30 Brewery show That show will be a "Fan Appreciation Night" GCW will be taking over the Mania time slot and will still run Gresham/Ohtani 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SorceressKnight Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Huzzah, glorious Ethan Page! Thank you for saving the era of the seminar show! Who cares that it was a tryout show, sold as a tryout show from the beginning, and the people on the show were told flat-out "you won't get paid for this show, but you'll have an opportunity to get eyes on you and get signed by the roster if you impress? Let's go back to the glorious "wrestling seminars" where we can force hopeful wrestlers to pay 50 bucks for the right to hear a shoot interview from an established name...and while we do this, we'll also sneak in one person we planned to sign already into the seminar and sell it as "they passed the test and got booked for the show" so these marks will keep throwing us 50 bucks a show! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Sugar Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, SorceressKnight said: Let's go back to the glorious "wrestling seminars" where we can force hopeful wrestlers to pay 50 bucks for the right to hear a shoot interview from an established name...and while we do this, we'll also sneak in one person we planned to sign already into the seminar and sell it as "they passed the test and got booked for the show" so these marks will keep throwing us 50 bucks a show! Jeff Jarrett tried that in Kelowna during the GFW era...but forgot to tell the kid they were going to sign and he didn't attend the seminar because the cost was $100 and he refused to pay it. As for @RIPPA's comment about why I put up with it as a promoter...I'm almost done, TBH. Too much hassle for too little reward. I've busted my ass for 16 years in the ring, and over 10 years as a promoter, for minimal thanks...quite the opposite, sometimes. There has to be an end in sight, I'm just not sure exactly when that is. As a performer, I'm already looking at taking the entire summer off. As a promoter, my venue shuts down next week (lease taken over by a grow-op), and I've made no effort to find a new one yet. Edited March 15, 2019 by Marty Sugar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomAct Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 I know Mike personally, and have worked a couple of shows for NOVA in the early days(yes, I got paid), and I feel really bad about the whole situation. Nah, he's not a squeaky clean guy, and the whole thing really sucks, but there are just as many people who will tell you that he did right by then as there are that say otherwise. I just wish the community would focus the same energy on the pedos, abusers, adulterers and Nazis in the business, but I guess that would cost them money to do so, and it's easy to dogpile someone who is already down. I had hoped that this would make Mike look into righting his wrongs, and build his brand to be better instead of shutting things down. Because that hurts a lot of people, and takes away a pretty popular platform to perform on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 15, 2019 Author Share Posted March 15, 2019 Yeah - one thing I learned in all this is supposedly the folks who run Capital Wrestling are horrible people too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Sugar Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 I have found that pretty much everyone in this business has two sides to them. A good chunk of people will swear that a person in the business is great and treats them well...and an equal chunk of people will say that person is the worst fucker they've ever met. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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