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Post by Viking Hall on Apr 6, 2019 19:53:06 GMT -5
With how well the two Bloodsport events have been received in the last two years and the amount of wrestlers that now train in 'legitimate' fighting disciplines alongside pro-wrestling is there room for a shoot style promotion in 2019? It certainly fills the void that exists somewhere in between pro-wrestling and MMA and clearly people enjoy that sort of style, but how well received would an entire promotion dedicated to that type of match be in this day and age? And while we're at it, purely for fantasy booking sake, who would you include that's currently outside of WWE?
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Apr 6, 2019 20:07:57 GMT -5
Bobby Heenan: Theres never been a shoot because this shit is fake.
There are already stiff as f*** wrestlers working around the indies and Japan, it wouldn’t be anything new.
And legit grappling competitions, would be boring for the average wrestling fan. Most of the time they just tie or lay on top of each other.
Evolve during its early days tried this route of mixing mma and wrestling and it went nowhere.
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Post by Square on Apr 6, 2019 21:14:13 GMT -5
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Apr 6, 2019 21:17:12 GMT -5
Bloodsport was a lot of fun, but it’s not a show I’d wanna watch regularly. I have MMA and wrestling the rest of the year. Once or twice a year is plenty for Bloodsport for me
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2019 21:17:22 GMT -5
I don’t think that it would work in the mainstream mainly because the UFC is pretty much what pro wrestling would be if it were real at this point.
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Apr 6, 2019 22:24:19 GMT -5
Bloodsport was a lot of fun, but it’s not a show I’d wanna watch regularly. I have MMA and wrestling the rest of the year. Once or twice a year is plenty for Bloodsport for me Ironically Low Ki asked the promoter more money to schedule a training camp for his match against Matt Riddle, a fake match I might add. Low Ki ended up no showing and stealing the money. A training camp for a fake wrestling match holy shit. |
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Apr 6, 2019 22:25:42 GMT -5
Bloodsport was a lot of fun, but it’s not a show I’d wanna watch regularly. I have MMA and wrestling the rest of the year. Once or twice a year is plenty for Bloodsport for me Ironically Low Ki asked the promoter more money to schedule a training camp for his match against Matt Riddle, a fake match I might add. Low Ki ended up no showing and stealing the money. A training camp for a fake wrestling match holy shit. Low Ki is such a f***ing chach. And Matt Riddle proved this weekend, he’s ready to be a star |
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Apr 6, 2019 22:29:11 GMT -5
F*** you Gedo is a great chant hahaha
EDIT: Whoops, wrong thread
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Post by honsou on Apr 7, 2019 4:31:41 GMT -5
I think it can work but couldn't run more than like 4 times a year. You'd also have to run it pretty seriously, especially since UFC and Bellator are basically just pro wrestling companies. There is an opening for a promotion like that. It would never be super big but its a niche that could be filled
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