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    Chris Benoit dead

    in UKFF Gold

    Posted

    I woke up today expecting the news wasn't going to be good, but I never expected it to have gone this route. It's too early to take anything as fact, but it looks like the police have made some pretty hefty conclusions, given that this is apparently the statement from a press conference that we are hearing.I hold onto some kind of vain hope this isn't true and there was some other reason behind this-no matter how horrible the result still is, this would make it ten times worse.

    Chris Benoit dead

    in UKFF Gold

    Posted

    To my friend Chris Benoit R.I.P. I was sitting here at my computer when I got a call informing me of the death of Chris Benoit and his family. Other than saying that my thoughts go out to to his remaining family, I don't know what to say. Chris had just called me on Thursday to check on me as he has every week since my surgery and now days later I find out that he's gone. He was my friend. This hurts! This fucking sucks!!!! Rest in peace my friend! Love you!

    From Gregory Helms' Myspace page.

    Chris Benoit dead

    in UKFF Gold

    Posted

    Still thinking about the show tonight and how this plays into the WWE. Is it too early to be holding a tribute show? I know Eddie's death was known only the day before Raw, but the details on this are very sketchy, and scary and the thought of running a tribute show today may just be too soon, if that's possible.

    To be fair, given that there is a show scheduled that is far too late to outright cancel, a tribute show is the most appropriate thing they can do at this juncture.However, with what has happened, and the fact that such a tragedy has occurred, the 'what will happen on TV tonight' discussion really doesn't seem appropriate right now.

    Chris Benoit dead

    in UKFF Gold

    Posted

    I literally just finished watching the ECW title match from the PPV and as the next match was about to start, got a text from Dan Edler simply saying "Benoit dead".To say I was shocked to read that he, Nancy and son were all dead in such bizarre circumstances was an understatement. This is difficult news to take in!

    The UKFF [Nearly-Official] Questions Thread

    in UKFF Gold

    Posted

    Yep, the partners all came out to help him out one after the other when it was originally Mick v The Radicalz on what was the Radicalz second (or third) Raw appearance since they joined WWE (they turned on Mick the week after their debut, so depending on whether it happened on the same Raw as this depends on which appearance this was)

    1PW shuts up shop

    in UKFF Gold

    Posted

    If only 1PW listened to almost everyone on here when they first started up saying the model couldn't possibly work.....

    They were going to book Rick Martel too??? Damn...lolSorry, but seriously, I want to get this in before the vultures settle around here....thank you very much to Steve and Rosie for putting on some truly great shows, and providing us with the opportunity to witness some unique and tremendous matches. Please be aware when hitting the damnation button that without these shows, there were a lot of stars and matches you would never have seen (Doug v Lance Storm anyone). For every ounce of hatred you may have towards 1PW and Steve Gauntley, there also has to be an acknowledgement for how they have benefitted us as a UK fanbase.As bad as some of the business decisions may have been, they were all carried out in order to provide fans with top notch shows. And for that I give what may well be the final bit of credit seen in this thread if I have judged the UKFF correctly on this matter!
    Oh fuck off Phil! What you're basically saying is that money marks are okay and that it doesn't matter if they fuck people over so long as they book a few UK guys and spend ludicrous amounts of money giving you the matches that you want to see. "Hmmm, someone got fucked over for flights. But, sod that, I got to see Wrestler x vs Wrestler Y." I notice you haven't once actually thanked Steve & Rosie for the hardship they've obviously put themselves through, not that they deserve the thanks, or even made one comment about people who've lost out.As for credit within this thread, why? Credit to some idiot spending far too much fucking money on workers who obviously don't appreciate it. I'll give some credit here though. Credit to Ricky Knight for being a promoter who didn't and will never go down this route, credit to Gary Graham (yes, wow, imagine) for building up WZW and actually having a training school which I assume made WZW self sufficient at the time, credit to EWW and their return to the scene, credit to the SWA for taking on my work with SCW and eclipsing it and credit to every other promoter in the UK who puts on the sorts of shows UK fans should be happy with if it weren't for money marks and twats who support them. So, instead of hammering the people on here who saw it coming and discussed it (however they did it), why don't you stand in the next meeting you're in with guys who worked for 1PW and ask them why they were all so happy to just take a pay day and not seemingly give a shit. Everyone who worked for Gauntley must have known, from Spud to Doug to Dean and everybody else...far too keen to ride the gravy train, as there'll be another one along in no time I'll bet.Finally,"As bad as some of the business decisions may have been, they were all carried out in order to provide fans with top notch shows."Well, get your credit card out then Phil. Go on, give to the UK fan base, let's see some more of those matches. What? Oh, other people should spend ludicrous amounts and you'd rather others were fucked over in the process.
    Ok, some very fair points within that rant, and I cannot argue with you-in fact I would never have intended to. I am far from saying that 1PW had a tremendous business plan-clearly they did not-or that they don't deserve to be lambasted for the hardships they've given to fans who paid for the show, or to wrestlers who took the booking or to whomever else has been affected. Hell yes, this is indeed a black eye on the British wrestling industry. Hey, trust me, if you want me to run down all the things I think were bad about 1PW I could quite easily do so here-point I was making though is that there would be no point in doing so, because there are enough people here who can do that themselves, and far better than I could.I was merely figuring to get some positive slant out of a bad situation. It's not the people that never attended a 1PW show or bought a 1PW DVD that the comment was aimed at-I just feel there are some people who saw a 1PW show or DVD at some point, enjoyed it, then came home and went on the 'Gauntley is a cunt' rant along with everyone else, while forgetting that they had actually enjoyed the show.Fine to disagree with me, and believe me my credit card is worthless for booking imports-the only way I have managed to get the Shimmer girls here, which was only for the good of the UK girls and certainly not for me as a 'money mark', is by ensuring I find a way to make back at least the majority of the costs. I'm not here to lose money through the wrestling business-and I would never, EVER want to be a promoter.You see, the problem I have, and this is not to do with 1PW specifically as I know there are unique issues with them, is that every time someone has sought to do something of any scale in the wrestling industry, people come online and lambast them for it, which I think in some cases is wrong. Again, I am NOT defending 1PW to the extent of saying they are blameless-to do that I would have to be a blind idiot who knows nothing about wrestling (insert your jokes here now then!)-I just feel they at the very least managed to run shows and deliver at least the majority of what they promised. Believe me, having lived through Wrestlexpress that deserves a little bit of credit to me!!

    1PW shuts up shop

    in UKFF Gold

    Posted

    It was deffinately coming. I suppose we will get a trademark Gauntey rant on here at some point.

    Or a 'personal defence by Gauntley against his many detractors' if you want a more balanced view of it...?

    1PW shuts up shop

    in UKFF Gold

    Posted

    If only 1PW listened to almost everyone on here when they first started up saying the model couldn't possibly work.....

    They were going to book Rick Martel too??? Damn...lolSorry, but seriously, I want to get this in before the vultures settle around here....thank you very much to Steve and Rosie for putting on some truly great shows, and providing us with the opportunity to witness some unique and tremendous matches. Please be aware when hitting the damnation button that without these shows, there were a lot of stars and matches you would never have seen (Doug v Lance Storm anyone). For every ounce of hatred you may have towards 1PW and Steve Gauntley, there also has to be an acknowledgement for how they have benefitted us as a UK fanbase.As bad as some of the business decisions may have been, they were all carried out in order to provide fans with top notch shows. And for that I give what may well be the final bit of credit seen in this thread if I have judged the UKFF correctly on this matter!

    *Official* Youtube.com cool finds thread

    in UK Fan Forum

    Posted

    Its not YouTube but its still good and lasts an hour. Focuses on the main 2 promotions, the company/TV station is called Tac 2 but what is that guy wearing at the beginning:CILCK HERE FOR PLEASURE!!!

    I see Steve Anderson follows the pattern of looking like he could be related to Arn, Ole, CW etc...The opening dude looks a little 'special'. Actually, I can't say who he reminds me of for fear of offending someone who might read this!!!
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