Indie Wrestling runs the business thread - Has PWG ever had a better weekend in its history than WM39 weekend?

[Cattle Mutilation]

All the below winners are PWG alumni

SteenGenerico win the WWE tag titles with the PWG logo on their gear for the WrestleMania main event
Claudio retains the ROH title at ROH Supercard of Honor
Samoa Joe retains ROH TV title ROH Supercard of Honor
Lucha Bros wins ROH tag titles ROH Supercard of Honor
Seth Rollins beats Logan Paul at WrestleMania
Wes Lee retains NXT North American title on NXT Stand and Deliver
Johnny Gargano beats Grayson Waller NXT Stand and Deliver

Gunter, Drew McIntyre, and Cody Rhodes can add to the list tomorrow

 

[Jmare007]

 

[MenacingMonk]

They’re not even homegrown talent, man.

If anything, you can just say Indy wrasslin runs the biz.

 

[Cattle Mutilation]

If anything, you can just say Indy wrasslin runs the biz.

Facts

 

[Starboy52]

Early RoH/PWG really set the template and helped cultivate the stars that would be moving the business forward for the next 15/20 years.

shyt is astounding when you think about it

 

[Cattle Mutilation]

Early RoH/PWG really set the template and helped cultivate the stars that would be moving the business forward for the next 15/20 years.

shyt is astounding when you think about it

Vince at one point said he didn't want to recruit anyone from the indies anymore, which was insane. WWE would be a shell of itself in the post-territory days if not for having a strong indie wrestling industry for them to recruit like 80% of their roster from. Or to be there to rehab promising talents they booked for shyt like what happened with Cody Rhodes, Bobby Lashley, Drew McIntyre, and Bryan Danielson to name a few examples. People forget that WWE fumbled the bag with Danielson from 2000-01 in developmental and then he proceeded to become an indie legend just about overnight.

 

[Neuromancer]

Pro wrestling chimpanzee

 

[Paper Boi]

5 star thread.....























in reseda

 

[AMcV'88]

I've been seeing pictures of young KO and Sami since last night

honestly, its amazing how those two of all people, especially KO became Vince's trusted guys to use in certain situations.

 

[Hey_zeus]

 

[Heelish]

KO/Zayn are IWS 4 Lyfe

 

[Cattle Mutilation]

KO/Zayn are IWS 4 Lyfe

IWS?

 

[MenacingMonk]

IWS?

The Canadian fed that gave them their push.

 

[Cattle Mutilation]

The Canadian fed that gave them their push.

I didn't see any IWS logos on their ring gear

 

[Cattle Mutilation]

And damn man Steen had 109 career PWG matches and Generico 125. Someone would have to be wrestling for them for 20+ years to get that many PWG matches with as infrequently as they run shows these days. Even before the pandemic hit they had started running considerably fewer shows. Brody King and Malakai Black have been the PWG tag champs for over 500 days and only made two defenses.

They could have picked up the mantle from ROH as the leading indie if they had ever joined the 21st century and started streaming and doing PPVs instead of sticking with being a DVD company so they could make more money to run more shows. Who the fukk even buys PWG DVDs anymore other than Dave Meltzer?