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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Apr 15, 2020 17:07:50 GMT -5
I have been collecting PWI Magazines again for the past five years or so. It started by accident again because my local pharmacy sold them after the WWE Magazine died out. In the PWI Magazines they still have the Results section of shows that have taken place in the past month that the magazine is set for. A lot of WWE, NXT, ROH and stuff, but there are indy feds. But the weird thing is, I never see any ex WWE stars who left the company there over the years wrestling in them.
For example, in the 90s, when guys like Tito Santana, Rick Martel, Greg Valentine, Koko B. Ware, Bam Bam Bigelow and others would get released or leave the WWE, they would end up wrestling for an indy fed in New York, or Chicago, or Philadelphia, and other cities as well.
Why do you think that the wrestlers of then would go work indy feds, where as in the past ten years the wrestlers who get released like Alex Riley, Paul Burchill, Gene Snitsky, Heidenreich, Vito, Johnny The Bull, and others never work an indy fed it seems?? Or if they do, they did it once or twice and that's it.
Do the wrestlers from the 10 years ago just don't have the passion to continue wrestling in smaller venues like the wrestlers from the 80s, 90s and early 2000s had??
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Post by jking1979 on Apr 15, 2020 19:44:49 GMT -5
Those were the good old days of pro wrestling.
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Post by LA Times on Apr 15, 2020 19:55:16 GMT -5
I have been collecting PWI Magazines again for the past five years or so. It started by accident again because my local pharmacy sold them after the WWE Magazine died out. In the PWI Magazines they still have the Results section of shows that have taken place in the past month that the magazine is set for. A lot of WWE, NXT, ROH and stuff, but there are indy feds. But the weird thing is, I never see any ex WWE stars who left the company there over the years wrestling in them. For example, in the 90s, when guys like Tito Santana, Rick Martel, Greg Valentine, Koko B. Ware, Bam Bam Bigelow and others would get released or leave the WWE, they would end up wrestling for an indy fed in New York, or Chicago, or Philadelphia, and other cities as well. Why do you think that the wrestlers of then would go work indy feds, where as in the past ten years the wrestlers who get released like Alex Riley, Paul Burchill, Gene Snitsky, Heidenreich, Vito, Johnny The Bull, and others never work an indy fed it seems?? Or if they do, they did it once or twice and that's it. Do the wrestlers from the 10 years ago just don't have the passion to continue wrestling in smaller venues like the wrestlers from the 80s, 90s and early 2000s had?? Possibly as some of them moved on to other careers, but a lot of them are not big enough names to generate the interest of indy promoters. |
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Post by JokerFC on Apr 16, 2020 6:28:26 GMT -5
Name value in this day and age would have to be a huge part of it....
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Post by Mongo Bears on Apr 16, 2020 6:53:36 GMT -5
Before wwf took over the television wrestlers had much shorter terms with their promotions so things weren’t stale and they could generate interest and ticket sales for newer names and gimmicks. Once a character started jobbing after feuds/title runs ran their course it was better for him to get a fresh start somewhere new and that was pretty much the normal cycle of a contract. Wrestlers already had relationships with promoters all over and it was a cooperative venture between territories as well.
Some of the 90’s and early 2000s wrestlers perhaps were familiar with this from watching wrestling at a younger age or being part of it growing up in a wrestling family.
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Post by HandsomeHollywood on Apr 16, 2020 21:48:00 GMT -5
Since the 2010s WWE has shifted to promote the brand over the individual wrestlers. It's why when someone does get over like say, Lynch, you can expect them to almost never be released by WWE unless she somehow flames out overnight.
Wrestlers since 2010 who've left don't have the name or star power to light up the indie world. That's especially true when you remember the modern class of wrestlers have very limited options of where they can go. Fewer people than ever travel the globe learning things. Eventually you get "ex WWE guys" and not just wrestlers. Swagger in AEW is a prime example. He can still only work that same WWE style they drill into you. There's much less options for anyone these days really.
Cody Rhodes still very much feels like a WWE guy in disguise to me than he does an AEW or Indy talent.
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