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    The Official ICW Discussion Thread

    in UK Wrestling Events

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    Calling NWE an American promotion is like calling Preston City Wrestling an American promotion. Whilst a lot of Americans were used, the risk lay with the Europeans.

     

    Along the same lines, did the American Wrestling Rampage touring guys ever attract such large crowds?

     

     

    Not strictly a wrestling show, but I remember a few years ago Matt Cross wrestling in a massive French stadium. Was during a footie halftime show I think. Crazy amount of fans there.

     

    But when it comes to bums in seats for a predominantly British show I'd guess ICW have nailed it, unless a 1PW or Alex Shane show can lay claim to the title.

    I don't know, take the Warrior return show they had in Spain as an example. Other than 2 Brits and 1 Italian girl - the entire card was with Americans (and some Mexicans). Kinda hard to call it a European show (+ I think Rikishi did more than just book talent for that promotion...).

    On the other hand, I think the last time they ran a show they mostly had a local based roster and had about 3,000 fans which shows they could draw large numbers without having a roster that was based on 90% American imports...

     

    American Wrestling Rampage did great numbers in France, but I don't think they ever got over the 5,000 mark.

    The Official ICW Discussion Thread

    in UK Wrestling Events

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    ...and European-wise there was that Italian indie that did some massive crowds in the 00s.

    I'm guessing you are talking about NWE which in fact was more of an American promotion running shows in Italy since most of the talent was yanks :)

    On the other hand, there was another (smaller) promotion based in Italy called EWF that managed to bring close to 11,000 fans in June 2005 with a roster of pretty much just European workers.

    Also, I'm quite sure that the French promotion WS sold out venues that had a capacity of over 6,000.

    *Official* Youtube.com cool finds thread

    in UK Fan Forum

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    I loved the maniacal laugh at the end of your promo, good stuff, reminded me a little of Zoltar from Battle of the planets

     

    Thanks, just so ya'll understand the main gag - the Hebrew subtitles in the part when I talk in Japanese says "Something in Japanese" and later I explain that I don't understand Japanese but I can take a wild guess what that Liger meant.

     

    I can barely remember Battle of the Planets, but I know I did something right if I made you think of an over the top Japanese anime because that was my direction.

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