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I'm going to the first night of the Toronto show :wow:

Should've bought first row tix instead of fourth :mjcry:
I wanted to go to all 4, but im gonna be in the middle of relocating :francis:
 

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I wanted to go to all 4, but im gonna be in the middle of relocating :francis:

That sucks. You could always catch one of those GFW shows if you're nearby, at least the Bullet Club will be a part of that. I'm sure Liger would be a part of it, he seems to work a lot of American indies these days
 

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That sucks. You could always catch one of those GFW shows if you're nearby, at least the Bullet Club will be a part of that. I'm sure Liger would be a part of it, he seems to work a lot of American indies these days
Yea, i should be settled by then. I definitely want to be at the first tv taping in july
 

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:gladbron::gladbron::gladbron::gladbron::gladbron:





That just leaves the Briscoes, the Bullet Club, Elgin, Lethal, Hanson, Tanahashi and Naito...the thought of Hanson or Elgin facing Tanahashi or Naito :scusthov:
 

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:gladbron::gladbron::gladbron::gladbron::gladbron:





That just leaves the Briscoes, the Bullet Club, Elgin, Lethal, Hanson, Tanahashi and Naito...the thought of Hanson or Elgin facing Tanahashi or Naito :scusthov:

And that's exactly what it is :heh: Naito v Lethal, and then BC v Briscoes, Hanson, Roddy, and other beard guy.

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Just look at him :scust:
Roddy has a few handfuls of classics to his name, even if when he's booked as a face he falls into super bland territory. Dude has been good for a few gems a year every year since 2004, and actually does have great character when booking allows (like in PWG right now, because PWG does everything better than every other indy).

Two of the people on his team don't even belong in ROH much less that match :francis:
 

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Roddy has a few handfuls of classics to his name, even if when he's booked as a face he falls into super bland territory. Dude has been good for a few gems a year every year since 2004, and actually does have great character when booking allows (like in PWG right now, because PWG does everything better than every other indy).

Two of the people on his team don't even belong in ROH much less that match :francis:

I'm way out of the ROH loop...I actually have no idea who that chest-tatted idiot is. And how the hell did Hanson make it into the company anyway?
 

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I'm way out of the ROH loop...I actually have no idea who that chest-tatted idiot is. And how the hell did Hanson make it into the company anyway?
Chest-Tats is Raymond Rowe. He and Hanson came in as a tag team, then they split up and ROH is seriously pushing both of them :francis:

How they got in? The fukking cold war between ROH and Gabe has them signing up talent to deals that basically mean you can't work for both ROH and any of the WWN companies (EVOLVE/DGUSA). So both of them have rosters that are half good and half utter trash.

ROH and Gabe are low key killing the indies. In the end it's all going to be for the better that NXT basically takes over "indy" wrestling. Aside from PWG now they're all a struggle.
 

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Chest-Tats is Raymond Rowe. He and Hanson came in as a tag team, then they split up and ROH is seriously pushing both of them :francis:

How they got in? The fukking cold war between ROH and Gabe has them signing up talent to deals that basically mean you can't work for both ROH and any of the WWN companies (EVOLVE/DGUSA). So both of them have rosters that are half good and half utter trash.

ROH and Gabe are low key killing the indies. In the end it's all going to be for the better that NXT basically takes over "indy" wrestling. Aside from PWG now they're all a struggle.

I really wish ROH and Gabe would get the hell over it already and make up. Talent moving back and forth between ROH, EVOLVE, DGUSA, PWG, etc. would be best for the indy talent and provide more opportunities for everyone to make a living and get exposure. But Gabe has to be butthurt about everything, and ROH isn't going to be the bigger company about it, soooo....

I actually disagree on the NXT thing: we've seen what monopoly does for wrestling on the major level. We don't need that replicated on a minor level. Honestly, do we really need WWE standards applied to the whole of the indy scene?
 

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Chest-Tats is Raymond Rowe. He and Hanson came in as a tag team, then they split up and ROH is seriously pushing both of them :francis:

How they got in? The fukking cold war between ROH and Gabe has them signing up talent to deals that basically mean you can't work for both ROH and any of the WWN companies (EVOLVE/DGUSA). So both of them have rosters that are half good and half utter trash.

ROH and Gabe are low key killing the indies. In the end it's all going to be for the better that NXT basically takes over "indy" wrestling. Aside from PWG now they're all a struggle.

It's pretty crazy, why do talent even agree to exclusive deals with WWN? How do they even make any money? I've seen 5-6 Evolve shows and the biggest crowd I've seen them drawn is 40-50 people. :dwillhuh:
 
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