mattdangerously Posted January 11, 2020 Posted January 11, 2020 Billy Corgan is one dude, not a multi-billion dollar company with a corporate infrastructure. So, yeah, they're an indy. If ROH is an indy, then so is the WWE. Sinclair and the WWE are both publicly traded companies. What's the difference? Was WCW an indy? 1
BrianS81177 Posted January 11, 2020 Posted January 11, 2020 Well, ROH is sort of an indy in that Sinclair doesn't seem to want to give them any money to boost production values, get a fixed time slot or promote their shows before going on tour. ROH is like on of the 50 or so cars Jay Leno owns, but it's one he forgot he owns so it just kind of sits in a dark corner of his garage undriven. 1
Nice Guy Eddie Posted January 11, 2020 Posted January 11, 2020 (edited) On the Marty Scurll front from the Observer: Marty Scurll has not signed a new contract but it is very close. The deal will include him wrestling in ROH, New Japan and NWA. There looks to be more than that as well as the door contractually would not be closed to AEW. Edited January 11, 2020 by Nice Guy Eddie
Archibald Posted January 11, 2020 Posted January 11, 2020 3 hours ago, BrianS81177 said: Well, ROH is sort of an indy in that Sinclair doesn't seem to want to give them any money to boost production values, get a fixed time slot or promote their shows before going on tour. ROH is like on of the 50 or so cars Jay Leno owns, but it's one he forgot he owns so it just kind of sits in a dark corner of his garage undriven. This is obviously true, but the fact that Sinclair owns it means that theoretically they can offer things that even big wrestling companies couldn't. Will they? Should they? Thats entirely different discussion. 1
Hail Sabin Posted January 11, 2020 Posted January 11, 2020 ROH TV this week features Eli Isom vs. Crowbar and Alex Shelley vs. Jonathan Gresham. The 2nd match features Knife edge chops to the injured Leg.
Ramo2653 Posted January 11, 2020 Posted January 11, 2020 I watched part of the Isom/Crowbar match after watching the Bucks game on the regional Fox Sports channel so I wasn't sure if this was a new episode or not. Crowbar looked so much bigger than Isom, but I shouldn't be suprised at old guys being way bigger than newer workers nowadays.
Nice Guy Eddie Posted January 11, 2020 Posted January 11, 2020 (edited) Wow, Devon Storm is working ROH now? How did he look in the ring? Respectable? Sad? Edited January 11, 2020 by Nice Guy Eddie
Peck Posted January 11, 2020 Posted January 11, 2020 57 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said: Wow, Devon Storm is working ROH now? How did he look in the ring? Respectable? Sad? Respectable. Had a strange entourage though consisting of his wife I think and a big dude.
DeadEffect Posted January 12, 2020 Posted January 12, 2020 Slex pretty much made his farewell from Australia last night, so i'm assuming his ROH debut is imminent. Will be very interesting to see how he goes, he's not the greatest talker, but "The Business" character works for him, he's not the tallest guy but he's built like a brick shithouse and looks the part and he can go. It's a weird situation, two of the major indies in Australia in MCW and PWA have New Japan connections through Fale, Robbie and Gino and they've been expanding into the Australia/NZ market, but ROH seems to be a target for some Australian talent and would probably help ROH out with new blood in return. Adam Brooks was mentioning having signed a contract late last year, but I don't see him in NXT or AEW, but MLW or ROH would be a fit.
Archibald Posted January 12, 2020 Posted January 12, 2020 NJPW can't sign everyone, I'm sure that they'll try to use Slex in their future AUS, or even USA, shows, but realistically I don't see where he'd fit in NJPW's overall program at the moment so signing with RoH and leaving that NJPW door moment makes sense to me.
RIPPA Posted January 12, 2020 Author Posted January 12, 2020 Per PWI - apparently not only did Marty re-sign but he has been named head booker
John from Cincinnati Posted January 12, 2020 Posted January 12, 2020 Very excited to see people immediately claim that the booking is better!
RIPPA Posted January 12, 2020 Author Posted January 12, 2020 Unfortunately for some (many?) Delirious will still have say
John from Cincinnati Posted January 12, 2020 Posted January 12, 2020 Anything we like is because of Marty. Bad things are the fault of Delirious. Easy. 5 1
Nice Guy Eddie Posted January 12, 2020 Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, West Newbury Bad Boy said: Anything we like is because of Marty. Bad things are the fault of Delirious. Easy. Pretty much. Delirious having the longest tenure of ROH head bookers is a god damn joke. Hopefully, Bully Ray will no longer have any say in the booking. ROH didn't need to become the bastard child of ECW and TNA. Edited January 12, 2020 by Nice Guy Eddie 1
Ziggy Posted January 12, 2020 Posted January 12, 2020 The ELITE really is the new Kliq.... I hope he does improve creative because they have a good roster. I can take out another 1 to watch ROH if its better.
Nice Guy Eddie Posted January 12, 2020 Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Ziggy said: The ELITE really is the new Kliq.... I hope he does improve creative because they have a good roster. I can take out another 1 to watch ROH if its better. The new Kliq minus the addictions and killing the push of other talent, so no they're not really the new Kliq.. Edited January 12, 2020 by Nice Guy Eddie 1 1
John from Cincinnati Posted January 12, 2020 Posted January 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said: The new Kliq minus the addictions and killing the push of other talent, so no they're not really the new Kliq.. General consensus is they'd be better off killing a few pushes. Also, a few of those guys have serious video game problems.
mattdangerously Posted January 12, 2020 Posted January 12, 2020 22 minutes ago, West Newbury Bad Boy said: Anything we like is because of Marty. Bad things are the fault of Delirious. Easy. Hey, I for one am willing to give Marty the benefit of a doubt that he's as bad a booker as he is a heel wrestler.
paintedbynumbers Posted January 12, 2020 Posted January 12, 2020 NWA-ROH invasion angle. I'd put $$$ on it.
Nice Guy Eddie Posted January 12, 2020 Posted January 12, 2020 Marty has been much more of a heel the past year with Villain Enterprises. From the reports from the Center Stage show, he was heeling it up a lot. Let's face it. The days of pure heels and pure babyfaces are over. Fans are going to cheer who they like regardless of heel/face alignment. Wrestlers and fans have to learn how to adapt to that. Everything changes over time, except Billy Corgan's NWA. 2
John from Cincinnati Posted January 12, 2020 Posted January 12, 2020 18 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said: Let's face it. The days of pure heels and pure babyfaces are over. King Corbin sends his regards.
John from Cincinnati Posted January 12, 2020 Posted January 12, 2020 Meltzer is saying this is the most lucrative deal in ROH history.
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