Is TSC fukking with this GCW collective this weekend?

[8WON6]

For The Culture was the best show of yesterday, IMHO.

And holy shyt, Lee Moriarty is a revelation.

Lee Moriarty was dope and there was some other dude named Timmy Lou Retton (sp?) that was cold too.

 

[8WON6]

these walmart nikkas in this fukkin joey janela spring break rumble

 

[Mikael Blowpiff]

allie kat thicker than the walls of a panic room

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

"Lariat Tubman" is probably my new favorite move name

shyt's outstanding.

I just wish she had more of a set up for it - like The Rainmaker, JBL's Clothesline From Hell or Shingo's Pumping Bomber. As it is, it just kinda comes out of nowhere and looks like a regular clothesline.

If she threw up the Black Power fist before running the ropes and letting it go, shyt would be status.

 

[MightyHealthy]

Bloodsport starts in 20.

I genuinely had no idea DBS Jr. vs. Josh Alexander was on the card, now it's my most anticipated match.

 

[8WON6]

 

[MightyHealthy]

Tankman FTW

 

[MightyHealthy]

I've been having a great weekend with my son, still managed to check out great wrestling when I got the chance.

I barely got to catch Mox vs. dikkinson, it was incredible. They really made it look competitive.

 

[3Rivers]

AC Mack And Cabana Man Dan Reveal Positive COVID 19 Tests | Fightful Wrestling

Two more wrestlers who competed at The Collective this past week revealed they tested positive for COVID 19.

AC Mack and Cabana Man Dan took to social media to announce their respective results. Mack wrestled at three events at The Collective including Effy's Big Gay Brunch and For The Culture. Cabana Man Dan wrestled in the Clusterfukk Battle Royal at Joey Janela's Spring Break 4.

Dan The Dad, who also appeared at The Collective, previously announced he tested positive for COVID 19.

On Wednesday, St. Louis Anarchy announced they were postponing their October 16 event due to COVID 19 concerns as a great deal of the roster were around someone who tested positive for COVID at The Collective.

GCW is set to hold its Last Resort event on October 17 in California.

 

[3Rivers]

Concern grows about COVID spread from indie event The Collective

GCW was originally scheduled to run their second annual collection of independent wrestling cards in Tampa the week of WrestleMania 36, but pandemic lockdowns obviously prevented that. The event, dubbed The Collective, was set to include some of the most well known indie companies and brands in a 12 show line-up featuring the biggest names outside of WWE from all over the world. Losing those dates was a prime example of how devastating the coronavirus would be for pro wrestling.

So, with what they believed were adequate COVID-19 precautions in place, GCW moved the the event to Indianapolis and ran a scaled down version of it last weekend (Oct. 9 - 11). Unfortunately, despite social distancing measures and a mask requirement, it’s starting to look like the precautions weren’t enough.

First, wrestlers who worked The Collective like Dan the Dad, AC Mack, and Cabana Man Dan began to self-report positive COVID tests. St. Louis Anarchy canceled a show they had planned for tonight (Oct. 16):

Then Post Wrestling reported that Ring of Honor decided not to use any performers who worked The Collective on their television tapings this week. Wrestling Observer confirmed the story, and added that ROH was forced re-write shows after talent was sent home. One of those was apparently Danhausen, who tweeted that he was leaving the Baltimore tapings out of “an abundance of precaution” despite a negative test. The Sinclair Broadcasting-owned company has been running their empty arena shows under strict safety protocols in conjunction with the Maryland State Athletic Commission.

Most recently, GCW issued a statement late yesterday afternoon which indicates fans have tested positive, and encouraging everyone who attended to get checked out themselves:

Thank you to all the fans that attended #TheCollective in Indianapolis! On behalf of the 8 participating promotions, we thank you for your energy and enthusiasm at a time when we all needed this feeling of normalcy.

Not only did you attend but you followed guidelines and were respectful and mindful of the safety of not just yourselves, but also of those around you and for that we are grateful.

With that being said, over the last 24+ hours, we have learned of a handful of positive COVID tests from those who attended The Collective. We have been in contact with some of them and will continue to be and offer our support as they navigate through the coming days and weeks.

We encourage everyone who attended the events in any capacity to get a test as soon as possible and notify those they may have interacted with of their situation.

Sadly, it’s not surprising this is where we are given the decision to run an indoor venue - even a small one at limited capacity (GCW used 25% of the 2000 seats in The Coliseum at The Marion County Fairgrounds). That’s without even getting into the issue of pre-event testing, which appears to have been the responsibility of the wrestlers themselves.

Further compounding the potential problem is the fact ROH was not the only company whose regulars worked The Collective. AEW and Impact also had stars in Indy last weekend; the former’s World champ Jon Moxley worked Bloodsport last Sunday and Dynamite three days later. All Elite does have a stringent testing policy, and 48 - 72 hours after exposure should be enough time to greatly reduce the risk of a false negative on a PCR test. But if the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that we don’t know everything.

Here’s hoping the spread from The Collective is minimal, and that those it touches are able to make a full recovery.

 

[White City Black]

Yea I think GCW’s Twitter confimed at least 20 positives stemming from the event so far.

I was intrigued by The Collective, though it was a cool idea. Didn’t see any of it but For The Culture and Shimmer were the two I wanted to catch.