The Mania Week Indie Show Thread

[Olly1984]

13 hours ago, 2Xtreme_lives said:

Minoru Suzuki is having a mad week that week vs Butterbean and 'facing' Yoshihiko for the ddt title 

Im trying to capture as much indie stuff this week as I can I think 

Also to complete the trio of mad matches, he's got Matt Tremont at Spring Break 9!!

[Olly1984]

GCW Clusterfuck Forever(night after Spring Break 9). 

Changing up there usual Scramble match format, 1st time ever Scramble Cage. Think the old CZW Scramble Cage Melee, platforms in the corners for crazy dives etc!! 

[Olly1984]

Sabu looking to go into retirement with 1 last barb wire battle!!! 

What a mad week for Murder Grandpa!! Will be keeping an eye on how he does the mad twat. 

 

 

[JNLister]

This seems to be the most complete list of shows: https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/pro-wrestling-upcoming-schedules-event-pages/wrestlemania-weekend-2025-full-schedule-map/

[Olly1984]

On 4/14/2025 at 10:58 PM, JNLister said:

This seems to be the most complete list of shows: https://www.voicesofwrestling.com/pro-wrestling-upcoming-schedules-event-pages/wrestlemania-weekend-2025-full-schedule-map/

Fighting Evolution Wrestling: Sin City Burn
11:00 PM PT
FSW Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada

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• Zicky Dice vs. Elijah Burke
• Marty Scurll vs. Kenny King
• Jay Rios de la Sangre vs. Sydney Akeem
• Danny Limelight vs. JTG
• Leroy Jones vs. AJ Francis
• $500 Twerk Off contest

It's 2025 and somehow Scrull has slithered into the States, on a show with a fucking Twerk Off contest. Bet the cunts a judge as well!! 

[2Xtreme_lives]

How have the events been so far.

Any worth seeking out from yesterday 

[DEF]

Wrestlecon Supershow was good fun. Nothing great but fun.

Wrestlecon Supershow live last night with the Butterbean match. It was a good show. 

Suzuki Vs Butterbean was barely a match however I actually found it quite sweet and almost emotional. 

In the wrong hands it would have come across as exploitation but they played it very straight and everyone including the fans sold it as if it was legit. 

They did it in three barely structured 3 minute rounds. As if it was a shoot fight. UWF style.

If you know how bad a shape Butterbean was in before DDP did his magic it feels like a miracle he could get one last bit of glory.

Was it good? Fuck no, Butterbean is really in no condition to be in the ring however but I don't think it matters that it wasn't good or even close to good. He got a moment out of it.

The rest of the show had a bit of everything. Everything else was good solid wrastlin. Fun ten man tag with a bunch of mental Lucha at the start.

Maki Ito Vs Mickie James in her first match in at least a year was a surprise. Mickie really should still be on the roster for WWE or AEW. She's still in great ring shape.

Bloodsport 13 was great. I recognise it's not going to be for everyone but as a technical wrestling/grappling pervert I freaking loved it.

Thatcher Vs Pete Dunne, Zack Sabre Vs Jonathan Grisham and Gabe Kidd Vs Josh Barnett being the top matches honestly the whole three hours was a delight.

But the highlight for me was Nattie Neidhart Vs Miyu Yamashita. Seeing Nattie do something different was awesome. She went full ground and pound strong style. That's one of my issues with WWE. 

Their inflexibility of how they present wrestling. People like Nattie who clearly have talent not being able to evolve because the house style is all you are allowed to do.

Edited April 18, 2025 by DEF

[Kfogg1991]

I've watched quite a few shows so far and personally think it's been slightly underwhelming and under par compared to previous years however without question the best show so far is bloodsport which I'm shocked about because it's not been for me bar the odd bout here and there but this was fantastic.....

Apart from a unacceptable negative which is every WWE figure won their bout and it started to become obvious the outcome after a couple had finished and this is exactly why it's not a good thing to work together with the WWE and I don't believe the amount of new viewers outweighs your talent unanimously losing against the superstars because why would you get behind or continue watching afterwards and that hurt the standing of GCW personally but that's just my feelings I understand.

[DEF]

1 minute ago, Kfogg1991 said:

I've watched quite a few shows so far and personally think it's been slightly underwhelming and under par compared to previous years however without question the best show so far is bloodsport which I'm shocked about because it's not been for me bar the odd bout here and there but this was fantastic.....

Apart from a unacceptable negative which is every WWE figure won their bout and it started to become obvious the outcome after a couple had finished and this is exactly why it's not a good thing to work together with the WWE and I don't believe the amount of new viewers outweighs your talent unanimously losing against the superstars because why would you get behind or continue watching afterwards and that hurt the standing of GCW personally but that's just my feelings I understand.

The only solution I can think of is to book WWE folk against WWE ID talent. That way when win it's just hurting there own brand. Word is that WWE don't insist on WWE ID talent going over so also book them against your top guys to do the job.

[DavidB6937]

WWE talent have lost on previous Bloodsport shows though so that's not really a thing.

[The Dart]

Also, Karmen Petrovic did lose.

[RIDDUM_N_STYLE]

Bold move from Progress putting the Proteus title on Stingray from Cobra Kai, nice surprise to hear former NXT commentator Rich Bocchini doing PBP for the show as well

[LaGoosh]

I've never enjoyed a Natalya match before but that Bloodsport match was awesome. I'd love to see that version of Natalya in AEW.

[wandshogun09]

Just saw a clip of the Sabu thing. Granted I’m only going off a 5 second clip but, Christ, saddest shit I’ve seen in a while. He looks ancient, fat and he’s wearing these weird tight trousers and trainers which doesn’t look right. Oh and he’s falling backwards through barbed wire and a board, and landing straight on his head on the floor. Don’t think I’ll bother seeking out the rest of that match. 

[Egg Shen]

jaysus...