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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2020 16:13:31 GMT -5
Just kill it. Start something better. Progress was losing steam for years and is now thoroughly tainted
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Post by Square on Jun 21, 2020 17:24:23 GMT -5
The issue with Progress is that the heart of the company was Smallman and unless you can get someone that talented on the mic to be the host it's always going to feel wrong. Matt Richards is a talented dude but he was given a poison challice with that gig. No matter who is behind it, unless you got someone who the fans can connect to its DOA
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Post by ben:friendship frog on Jun 21, 2020 19:09:59 GMT -5
Nothing against those named, I'm actually friends with a couple of them, but this looks like damage control PR from progress. They've still not acknowledged their shortcomings and apologised.
Time will tell but they will have to earn trust back.
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Post by eJm on Jun 21, 2020 19:23:40 GMT -5
I’m willing to see at least what they try. I understand the need to scrap and start again but I also take into consideration we are in a different world in regards of starting again isn’t easy when you have no idea when you can have a show or it’s safe to do so with a pandemic still around (despite what the British government thinks).
Like, if they don’t come out with a statement putting out their intentions and reconciling with what happened in the past...yeah, won’t be a good start at all.
So I’m cautiously optimistic. There do seem to be enough promotions to try and fill the void so if this doesn’t work out, I won’t be as sad.
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Jun 21, 2020 20:11:38 GMT -5
twitter.com/AmyAllonsy/status/1274748441068015623?s=20Scotty Davis's accuser has given their actual ages to basically call him out for being manipulative with facts to paint her as the offender. Namely, there's only a 2 month point in their 18 month relationship that she was 17 and he was 15, but that's what he listed their ages as in his response. Mod Edit: Pretty sure you copied the wrong tweet so I thought I’d change it for you - eJm
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Jun 22, 2020 6:10:57 GMT -5
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Post by eJm on Jun 22, 2020 7:00:20 GMT -5
Debbie Keitel is now Fight Factory Pro Wrestling’s Talent/Fan Liason. She’ll advise on situations whether to speak to other coaches concerning matters that come up or to pass to the Garda Liason Officer to investigate.
I have to say, I hope other promotions are paying attention to what they’re doing.
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Post by eJm on Jun 22, 2020 8:13:31 GMT -5
Schadenfreude & Friends have added Aleah James to the organizational committee effective immediately.
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Post by Square on Jun 22, 2020 10:57:37 GMT -5
The overhaul of Progress took 12 hours to fall off the tracks.
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Post by Jaws the Shark on Jun 22, 2020 11:08:58 GMT -5
And in an unbelievably silly way.
They might as well pack it in now, this is beyond ridiculous.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Jun 22, 2020 11:09:10 GMT -5
The overhaul of Progress took 12 hours to fall off the tracks. What happened?
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Post by Jaws the Shark on Jun 22, 2020 11:18:04 GMT -5
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Post by ben:friendship frog on Jun 22, 2020 18:16:21 GMT -5
A wrestling promotion called "Progress" put a homophobe into power during pride month.
f***ing great work.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2020 18:54:25 GMT -5
Just kill it. Start something better. Progress was losing steam for years and is now thoroughly tainted Completely stand by this and now say it more
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Post by Jaws the Shark on Jun 23, 2020 9:03:54 GMT -5
Riptide has gone on an indefinite hiatus.
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Post by eJm on Jun 27, 2020 11:31:21 GMT -5
We have now come full circle.
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Post by eJm on Jul 2, 2020 5:15:12 GMT -5
In terms of promotions leading the way not just on putting new staff in positions of safeguarding and now this, who'd have thought TNT would be one of them?
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Post by eJm on Jul 7, 2020 7:14:29 GMT -5
A lot of news has come from OTT today which you can see here but I'm going to summerize it the best I can; - No performer accused via the #SpeakingOut movement will perform in an OTT ring until all allegations are investigated in full (no names mentioned but this likely involves Starr, Davis, Devlin etc) - Everyone involved with OTT, performer, staff and management, will undergo Garda (Police) vetting. - Anne O'Brien will be the new head of talent relations and also working with the School of Irish Wrestling - Safety protocals, code of conduct and disiplinary procedures will be updated to international best practice, a new email being set up for fans to submit any suggestions on how to improve safeguarding, all monitored by O'Brien - A board of members will meet monthly to discuss issues in Irish wrestling. This will for now consist of Joe Cabray, LJ Cleary, Katey Harvey, Debbie Keitel and Karen "Martina" Glennon but will grow in time. - OTT has acquired the assets of the Wrespect Wrestling School (and if you haven't seen what was going on up there...yeah, it got that bad) and as a result will be setting up the Northern Ireland branch of the School of Irish Wrestling in the next few months.
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Post by Viking Hall on Jul 7, 2020 9:42:13 GMT -5
I wonder what they mean by investigated in full.
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Post by eJm on Jul 7, 2020 9:47:46 GMT -5
I wonder what they mean by investigated in full. I hope they go more in depth down the line but there is that Yorkshire police investigation going on right now so that might factor into it?
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