Independent Wrestling Thread

[nobbyiscool]

If I sign up for NJPW now, will I be able to watch it or not?

If you sign up to their online service?

Yes, it'll be on demand at some stage - I'm just not sure when. (If I were to hazard a guess I'd say tomorrow?)

I've just finished watching it on New Japan World half an hour ago.

 

[timtamWB]

If you sign up to their online service?

Yes, it'll be on demand at some stage - I'm just not sure when. (If I were to hazard a guess I'd say tomorrow?)

I've just finished watching it on New Japan World half an hour ago.

Damn I wanted to watch it now. I guess I'll just sign up and watch it tomorrow then, all I've heard was that it was one of the best wrestling shows people have seen for a while.

 

[Valentino Dmitri]

yes, really not good enough re: flipps.

$45 for a stream that was of a poor quality even when not crashing half a dozen times over a 3 and a half hour period. completely missed aj's match! will try for a refund.

show was good though, have next to no experience watching japanese wrestling - was underwhelmed by the first few tag matches but loved everything from those 2 veteran fighters onwards (sorry can't remember many names haha). Everything looks so friggen violent! not sure who my favourite was - knew kenny omega from his famous youtube of fighting the little girl and thought he was really charasmatic, also liked nakumara a great deal. will keep a closer eye on this stuff in the future.

was good to hear (jumpin') Jim Ross (the white meat babyface from Norman Oklahoma). As a layman I liked Stryker's helpful rainman facts he kept dropping, but hated his carrying on over embarrassing s**t (I'm a mark! Hey Jim, come on, say LARIATOOOOO! etc. jesus christ)

 

[nobbyiscool]

Damn I wanted to watch it now. I guess I'll just sign up and watch it tomorrow then, all I've heard was that it was one of the best wrestling shows people have seen for a while.

Good call man. As I said, I think this is the best top to bottom show I've seen in 20 years watching wrestling. I don't want to overhype it and set unrealistic expectations... but once you get to the last 2 matches I'm sure you'll agree with me.

If you're going to sign up anyway dude, there couldn't be any harm in seeing if it's available on demand now?

edit: I just checked for you - you can click on WK9 in the archive but I'm not able to play the video yet.

 

[nobbyiscool]

timtamWB I've just checked once more before going to bed - it's now available on demand. Although to be honest, from the random 2 minutes I skipped to (it's like the youtube player, not like WWE network player) the stream seems worse than when I watched it live at the moment... undoubtedly there's a hell of a lot of people on it!

I'll be watching it again when I get home from my first day back at work tomorrow.

I'd hoped tonight would be a great last night before going back to work - it so was, there's nothing I'd rather have done! I'm just bummed I can't watch it again when I get out of bed tomorrow.

I understand why Sunday night PPV was able to thrive for so long in North American wrestling. 5.20pm through to 10pm was just a brilliant time to be watching a live wrestling show. I'll be ditching the WWE Network after Wrestlemania, because this live Sunday night thing kicks arse.

 

[timtamWB]

timtamWB I've just checked once more before going to bed - it's now available on demand. Although to be honest, from the random 2 minutes I skipped to (it's like the youtube player, not like WWE network player) the stream seems worse than when I watched it live at the moment... undoubtedly there's a hell of a lot of people on it!

I'll be watching it again when I get home from my first day back at work tomorrow.

I'd hoped tonight would be a great last night before going back to work - it so was, there's nothing I'd rather have done! I'm just bummed I can't watch it again when I get out of bed tomorrow.

I understand why Sunday night PPV was able to thrive for so long in North American wrestling. 5.20pm through to 10pm was just a brilliant time to be watching a live wrestling show. I'll be ditching the WWE Network after Wrestlemania, because this live Sunday night thing kicks arse.

I'm not sure if you know, but is it possible to unsubscribe from NJW at any time, or is there a commitment?

I want to see the show, but at the same time I'm not interested in the rest of the network really, and I don't have the time to dedicate myself to it.

 

[nobbyiscool]

There's no commitment - it's month by month. The only thing is that, from what I could tell from the google translation (which Jericho would kindly refer to as "Japanglish"), it goes by calendar month ie. the first of the month until the last of the month.

And you might surprise yourself dude - I suspect a lot of people, including myself, bought NJPW World for WK9, and considered the archive content and smaller shows this month a bonus. But on the strength of that show, I'll definitely be keeping it at least one more month to see the next major show, which is in Osaka in 5 weeks. (Although there's at least 6 live "lesser" shows available on the service before then.) This is how you launch a friggen over the top streaming service!!!

It's just a shame you didn't watch it live. As I said, the ability to watch live, big-time shows on a Sunday night is magic, it might've convinced you even more.


Oh, and by the way, even if you do only watch WK9 then unsubscribe - don't forget the G1 Climax tournament in August. This is their tournament featuring their best 22 wrestlers in a 12 night round robin tournament that takes place over about 25 days. Last years was awesome, I can't believe it looks like we'll get the whole thing next year for 10 bucks.

 

[Cleavy]

I'll be ditching the WWE Network after Wrestlemania

I think quite a lot of people will be doing likewise.

 

[Maxwell110]

My favourite spot from WK9

WK9 was such a good show. I usually only watch a couple of NJPW matches a year, but after watching it I think I'm going to try harder to watch more and more of it

 

[timtamWB]

That last match... that may be the best match I've ever seen. Definitely the best match I've watched live/semi live.

That was a great show. Great show. Everything is just so... hard hitting. I guess that's why it's called strong style. I'm going to try and watch more of NJPW now, I doubt I'll get around to it.

EDIT: Ok turns out by last match I meant the Intercontinental title match. That last match may have been the second best match I've ever seen

 

[Maxwell110]

Now I've watched him, I wish I had of gone to Adelaide to see Shinsuke Nakamura last year!

 

[chook94]

Can watch it here...
http://watchwrestling.ch/watch-njpw-wrestle-kingdom-9-2015/

 

[TooUglyForFugly]

Gradually making my way through WK9. Watching Ishii vs Makabe. JR's descriptions are awesome. "That was a CAR CRASH disguised as a clothesline!"
I do have to be picky about the pronunciation of Maka'be', though. It's not Maka-bay, it's not Maka-bee, it's Maka-beh. As in, bet, met, let, net, pet.

Because I get annoyed by that ...

Oh, and ...

KAZE NI NARE~~~~~~~~!

 

[TooUglyForFugly]

That last match... that may be the best match I've ever seen. Definitely the best match I've watched live/semi live.

That was a great show. Great show. Everything is just so... hard hitting. I guess that's why it's called strong style. I'm going to try and watch more of NJPW now, I doubt I'll get around to it.

EDIT: Ok turns out by last match I meant the Intercontinental title match. That last match may have been the second best match I've ever seen

I found it a bit weird how Ibushi no-sold a few things but I got caught in the moment anyway.

Funny how Ibushi is a 'kid' but four years younger than Nakamura. In terms of combat sport experience or something similar, I guess?

I was so happy for Shibata and Goto, though.

 

[Maxwell110]

Here are Dave Meltzer's ratings for WK9 if anyone cares for them

• Yuji Nagata won the New Japan Rumble in 26:09. *1/2
  
  
• Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly retained the IWGP jr. tag team titles over Alex Shelley & Kushida, The Young Bucks and Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov in 13:01. ****
  
  
• Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Tomoaki Honma beat Yujiro Takahashi & Jeff Jarrett & Bad Luck Fale in 5:35. **1/4
  
  
• Toru Yano & Naomichi Marufuji & Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste beat Takashi Iizuka & Shelton Benjamin & Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Lance Archer in 5:15. **
  
  
• Minoru Suzuki beat Kazushi Sakuraba in 9:21 in a UWF rules match ***3/4
  
  
• Togi Makabe pinned Tomohiro Ishii in 12:23 to win the Never Open weight championship. ****1/2
  
  
• Kenny Omega pinned Ryusuke Taguchi to win the IWGP jr. heavyweight title in 13:20. *** 3/4
  
  
• Katsuyori Shibata & Hirooki Goto beat Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows in 9:00 to win the IWGP tag team titles. ***1/2
  
  
• A.J. Styles pinned Tetsuya Naito in 14:25. ****1/4
  
  
• Shinsuke Nakamura retained the IC title pinning Kota Ibushi in 20:12. *****
  
  
• Hiroshi Tanahashi pinned Kazuchika Okada in 30:57 to retain the IWGP heavyweight title. ****3/4
  

Absolutely agree with the IC match getting 5 stars, that was amazing.

 

[nobbyiscool]

Meltzer is such a blowhard for Japanese wrestling.

As you've seen in this thread, there was no bigger advocate for this show - but you could almost have stopped reading that when he gave the Junior tag match 4 stars.

I enjoyed the IC title match more, but I thought the Heavyweight title match probably had more features of a 5 star match.

 

[timtamWB]

Meltzer is such a blowhard for Japanese wrestling.

As you've seen in this thread, there was no bigger advocate for this show - but you could almost have stopped reading that when he gave the Junior tag match 4 stars.

I enjoyed the IC title match more, but I thought the Heavyweight title match probably had more features of a 5 star match.

From all reports, the Heavyweight title match was apparently a bit repetitive of matches they've had before. Still an amazing match.

Definitely agree with the IC title match getting 5 stars though. It was amazing. Although apart from the last two matches, some of the ratings are questionable.

 

[NitroFan]

very good show. the tag team match was a fun spotfest. i was really looking forward to sakuraba/suzuki while it was good i was a bit disappointed and think it need some more time. ishii may be my favourite nj guy and despite not being a fan of makabe i loved this match. like most people i thought the ic title match was motn. they really turned the brutality up a level towards the end which was awesome.

honma

 

[NarniMagic]

I thought both the last two matches were 5 stars to be honest. Off the top of my head, I can't think of an overall wrestling card that has had more quality across the board, and I then topping it off with two 5 star main events. Amazing. Who needs wwe

 

[The Casey Cat]

AXS TV have started running a New Japan Pro Wrestling show each week on Friday night in the US. Usually for 1 hour but this week will be 2 hours. Is old footage from previous bouts over the last few years. Has English commentary added.

I'd never watched anything from Japan until out of the blue I watched Wrestlekingdom 9 this year due to JR calling it and it was the best wrestling event I've watched possibly ever so pretty stoked with this new series.

 

[Cleavy]

I think this weeks is 2 eps back to back

 

[Maxwell110]

Here's a great post from /r/squaredcircle with details for many different wrestling promotions
http://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc...ing_for_an_alternative_heres_a_list_of_other/

NJPW:

New Japan Pro Wrestling is a Japanese promotion that is in a booming period in the United States. They recently broadcasted their first English Pay-Per-View, Wrestle Kingdom 9, with Jim Ross and Matt Striker as their announcing team to much fanfare. Their top three stars are Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada and Shinsuke Nakamura but they also have a lot of wrestler knocking on the door to get recognized as one of the top stars: Kota Ibushi, Tomohiro Ishii, Katsuyori Shibata, Hirooki Goto, Tetsuya Naito just to name a few.

http://www.njpwworld.com/[1] (Their version of the WWE Network)

http://www.njpw.co.jp/english/[2] (The English version of their official website)

https://www.youtube.com/user/NJPW[3] (Their Youtube page)

https://www.facebook.com/newjapaneng[4] (The English version of their Facebook page)

https://twitter.com/njpw1972[5] (Their Twitter account)

http://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/2nxb1q/how_to_sign_up_for_njpw_world_compliments_of/[6] (How to sign up to NJPW World)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZsZCBTpKjHzdbCpKZ1No1KAdpmOd2OcgSMfC1-oa7pI/edit#gid=0[7] (NJPW World Recommended viewing list by Senor Lariato)

http://www.puroresucentral.com/NewJapan.html[8] (Info by Puroresu Central)

A good way to look at those Japanese website is to use the Translation option using Chrome.

ROH:

Ring of Honor is an American promotion that was created in 2001 shortly after the closing of ECW. They always prided themselves in showing the best pure wrestling possible. A lot of ROH Alumni went on going to WWE, we even often see ROH reference on the WWE.com website. Some of the ROH Alumni that were seen in WWE are: Daniel Bryan, Seth Rollins, CM Punk, Cesaro, Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens.

http://www.rohwrestling.com/[9] (Their official website)

http://www.rohwrestling.com/tv/current[10] (Their weekly show on their website)

http://www.rohwrestling.com/content/ROHTVListings[11] (Their TV listing)

http://www.rohwrestling.com/ippv/my-ppv[12] (Their iPPV library)

http://www.rohwrestling.com/vod[13] (Their VOD library)

http://www.rohwrestling.com/shop[14] (Their merchandise store)

https://www.youtube.com/user/ringofhonor[15] (Their Youtube page)

https://www.facebook.com/ringofhonor[16] (Their Facebook page)

https://twitter.com/ringofhonor[17] (Their Twitter account)

TNA Wrestling:

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling has been the biggest “competitor” for WWE since the closure of WCW. We have all heard of TNA, some like them, some don’t like them. We can’t deny sometime their storylines are bad, but we can’t also deny that they have really good action inside the ring. They recently switched from Spike TV to Destination America, while they lost big exposure, they have been gaining viewership every weeks since the move to their new home. Some of the big names right now in TNA are: Kurt Angle, Lashley, Bobby Roode, The Hardys, Ethan Carter III, MVP and Samoa Joe to name a few.

http://www.impactwrestling.com/[18] (Their official website)

http://www.impactwrestling.com/TELEVISION[19] (Their TV listing)

http://shoptna.com/[20] (Their merchandise store)

https://www.youtube.com/user/TNAwrestling[21] (Their Youtube page)

https://www.facebook.com/ImpactWrestling[22] (Their Facebook page)

https://twitter.com/impactwrestling[23] (Their Twitter page)

PWG:

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla is an American promotion that started out in Southern California by a bunch of wrestlers. It is seen as one of the biggest indy promotion in the United States right now with some of the best fan interaction you will see anywhere in the world. Some people are arguing that PWG is at a point that ROH was in their hottest year. WWE apparently has them in their radar, William Regal has been seen scouting in their crowd sometime. Some of the big names in PWG right now are: Adam Cole, The Young Bucks, Roderick Strong, Kyle O’Reilly, Johnny Gargano, ACH, Ricochet, Chuck Taylor, Tommaso Ciampa.

http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/[24] (Their official website)

http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com/merch/[25] (Their merchandise store)

http://www.highspots.com/c/Pro-Wrestling-Guerrilla.html[26] (Their High Spots DVD store)

http://www.highspots.com/c/PWG-VOD.html[27] (Their High Spots VOD store)

https://www.youtube.com/user/PWGWrestling[28] (Their Youtube page)

https://www.facebook.com/ProWrestlingGuerrilla[29] (Their Facebook page)

https://twitter.com/officialpwg[30] (Their Twitter page)

Lucha Underground:

Lucha Underground is an American promotion in California that is heavily influence by Lucha Libre. It recently debuted on October 2014 and is a pretty unique looking wrestling show, reminding a lot of people of Wrestling Society X (with better production I would say.) People may be familiar with the likes of Johnny Mundo (John Morrison), Alberto el Patron (Alberto del Rio), Chavo Guerrero Jr., Prince Puma (Ricochet) and Big Ryck (Ezekiel Jackson). Their TV shows are on El Rey network in English and on UniMas in Spanish.

http://www.elreynetwork.com/originals/lucha/[31] (Their official website)

http://www.elreynetwork.com/schedule/lucha[32] (Their TV listing on El Rey network)

https://twitter.com/luchaelrey[33] (Their Twitter page)

https://www.facebook.com/LuchaUnderground[34] (Their Facebook page)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaVwpbqM8dkhQvbL8XileAA/playlists?shelf_id=1&view=50&sort=dd[35] (Their Youtube page)

Chikara:

After being gone for almost a year, Chikara came back from the dead and rose from their ashes at the end of 2014. This comic-book inspired American wrestling company was founded in 2002 and has captured the imagination of their fans all over the world. It features over the top comedy and characters, while the fans are also a part of the stories. It’s an unique combination that makes for an unique federation.

http://www.chikarapro.com/[36] (Their official website)

http://www.chikarapro.com/store/[37] (Their merchandise store)

http://www.smartmarkvideo.com/chikara[38] (Their Smart Mark DVD store)

https://www.facebook.com/CHIKARAPRO[39] (Their Facebook page)

https://twitter.com/chikarapro[40] (Their Twitter page)

https://www.youtube.com/user/CHIKARAoffice[41] (Their Youtube page)

Beyond Wrestling:

Beyond Wrestling is an American wrestling promotion that got a lot of buzz recently with their RAWlternative initiative. Beyond Wrestling has an amazing, original and unique concept of being wrestlers wrestling in front of other wrestlers. They will help a lot of young indies wrestlers getting better and I definitely recommend checking them out.

http://lookmanofans.com/[42] (Their official website)

http://lookmanofans.com/store/[43] (Their merchandise store)

http://www.smartmarkvideo.com/beyond-wrestling[44] (Their Smart Marks DVD Store)

https://www.facebook.com/beyondwrestling[45] (Their Facebook page)

https://twitter.com/beyondwrestling[46] (Their Twitter page)

https://www.youtube.com/user/BeyondWrestling[47] (Their Youtube page)

Smash Wrestling:

Smash Wrestling is a growing Canadian wrestling company founded in 2011 and they are arguably the fastest rising promotion in Canada. They offer an episodic weekly free TV internet show featuring some of the best talents in Canada and the USA.

http://smash-wrestling.com/[48] (Their official website)

http://smash-wrestling.com/shop/[49] (Their merchandise store)

http://smash-wrestling.com/smashtv/[50] (Smash-TV)

http://smash-wrestling.com/product-category/digitaldownloads/[51] (Their Digital Download Store)

https://www.facebook.com/SmashWrestling[52] (Their Facebook page)

https://twitter.com/smashwrestling[53] (Their Twitter page)

https://www.youtube.com/user/SmashWrestling1[54] (Their Facebook page)

http://c4wrestling.com/home/[56] (Their official website)

http://www.smartmarkvideo.com/c4[57] (Their Smart Mark DVD store)

https://www.facebook.com/C4Ottawa[58] (Their Facebook page)

https://twitter.com/c4wrestling[59] (Their Twitter page)

https://www.youtube.com/user/C4WrestlingdotCA[60] (Their Youtube page)

ISW:

Inter-Species Wrestling is a wrestling promotion that started out in Canada but is now doing shows in the United States. Their first show in Valleyfield in 2005 featured members of the Chikara roster and if I could make a comparison, they are like the Mature version of Chikara. Their shows are so crazy, you definitely won’t be bored and laugh your ass off.

http://interspecieswrestling.com/[61] (Their official website)

http://interspecieswrestling.com/shop/[62] (Their merchandise store)

http://www.smartmarkvideo.com/inter-species-wrestling[63] (Their Smart Mark DVD Store)

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Inter-Species-Wrestling/11406840993[64] (Their Facebook page)

https://twitter.com/isdub[65] (Their Twitter page)

https://www.youtube.com/user/interspecies[66] (Their Youtube page)

IWS:

Internet Wrestling Syndicate is a Canadian wrestling promotion based out of Quebec that was founded in 1999 and that recently came back to life. In the mid 00s, it was arguably the most popular promotion in Canada. El Generico and Kevin Steen both started getting recognized while being in that company. They usually run their shows in bar, so it also adds to the atmosphere.

http://iwswrestling.com/[67] (Their official website)

http://www.smartmarkvideo.com/iws-dvd[68] (Their Smart Mark DVD store)

https://www.facebook.com/IWSHardcore[69] (Their Facebook page)

https://twitter.com/IWSHardcore[70] (Their Twitter page)

https://www.youtube.com/user/TheWescrewedup[71] (Their Youtube page)

CZW:

Combat Zone Wrestling is an American wrestling promotion that was founded in 1999 at the height of the ECW popularity. It was originally an ultraviolent wrestling company, but with the years they have changed their model to incorporate more high-flying and technical wrestling. The biggest CZW alumni would be without a doubt Dean Ambrose, who used to wrestle there under the name of Jon Moxley. They still have hardcore matches, but it is not happening as often as it was in the past.

http://www.czwrestling.com/[72] (Their official website)

http://www.streamczw.com/[73] (Their streaming website)

http://www.smartmarkvideo.com/combat-zone-wrestling[74] (Their Smart Mark DVD store)

http://www.wwnlive.com/ondemand-czw.html[75] (Their WWN VOD store)

https://www.facebook.com/officialczw[76] (Their Facebook page)

https://twitter.com/combatzone[77] (Their Twitter page)

https://www.youtube.com/user/CZWNews[78] (Their Youtube page)

AIW:

Absolute Intense Wrestling is an American wrestling promotion that was founded in 2007.

http://www.aiwrestling.com/[79] (Their official website)

http://shop.aiwrestling.com/[80] (Their merchandise store)

http://www.smartmarkvideo.com/absolute-intense-wrestling[81] (Their Smart Mark DVD store)

https://www.facebook.com/Aiwrestling[82] (Their Facebook page)

https://twitter.com/aiwrestling[83] (Their Twitter page)

https://www.youtube.com/user/aiwrestling[84] (Their Youtube page)

AAW:

All American Wrestling is an American wrestling promotion that was founded in 2006.

http://www.aawrestling.com/[85] (Their official website)

http://www.smartmarkvideo.com/aaw-pro-wrestling-redefined[86] (Their Smart Mark DVD store)

https://www.facebook.com/AAWPro[87] (Their Facebook page)

https://twitter.com/aawpro[88] (Their Twitter page)

https://www.youtube.com/user/AAWPro[89] (Their Youtube page)

PROGRESS Wrestling:

(Credits to Sdub4 for the text)

PROGRESS Wrestling is a rapidly growing British wrestling promotion that sells out every show almost immediately; the likes of Colt Cobana, Adam Cole, Ricochet and Finn Bálor have all appeared on their shows. They also have an academy called ENDVR that puts on shows to introduce/give experience to new talent; these also sell well.

http://www.progresswrestling.com/[90] (Their official website)

http://www.progresswrestling.com/shop/[91] (Their merchandise store)

http://www.progresswrestling.com/downloads/[92] (Their videos store)

https://www.facebook.com/ProgressWrestling[93] (Their Facebook page)

https://twitter.com/thisis_progress[94] (Their Twitter page)

https://www.youtube.com/user/progresswrestling[95] (Their Youtube page)

http://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc..._an_alternative_heres_a_list_of_other/co3rkr5[96](Sdub4's post)

Hoodslam:

(Credits to Redditastrophe for the text.)

Hoodslam is an underground American wrestling company that is based in Oakland, California. They were recently featured on VICE which is kind of a big deal because indy wrestling company rarely get that kind of exposure. Hoodslam is professional wrestling with a knowing wink to the audience. Their shows regularly feature characters such as Drugs Bunny, a cocaine addled gangster in bunny ears, Pissed Off Nerdy Gamer, and Ken and Ryu from Street Fighter. They're a combination of nerd references, alcohol and pot fueled rampages, and occasionally some excellent wrestling.

http://www.birdswillfall.com/[97] (Their official website)

http://www.birdswillfall.com/store-front/[98] (Their merchandise store)

http://www.smartmarkvideo.com/hoodslam[99] (Their Smart Mark DVD store)

http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/hoodslams-drunk-and-bloody-pro-wrestling-isnt-for-kids-666[100] (The VICE article)

https://www.facebook.com/Hoodslam[101] (Their Facebook page)

https://twitter.com/hoodslam[102] (Their Twitter page)

https://www.youtube.com/user/hoodslam[103] (Their Youtube page)

ICW:

Insane Championship Wrestling is the biggest promotion in the UK and they are very close to landing a TV deal. You may already know one of their biggest star, Drew Gallowey (MacIntyre) who is their Heavyweight Champion.

http://insanewrestling.co.uk/index.php[104] (Their official website)

http://insanechampionshipwrestling.bigcartel.com/[105] (Their merchandise store)

https://icwondemand.pivotshare.com/[106] (Their VOD store)

http://www.wwnlive.com/ondemand-icw.html[107] (Their WWN VOD store)

http://insanewrestling.co.uk/worldwide.php[108] (ICW Worldwide show)

https://www.facebook.com/InsaneWrestling[109] (Their Facebook page)

https://twitter.com/InsaneChampWres[110] (Their Twitter page)

https://www.youtube.com/user/ICWOnline[111] (Their Youtube page)

http://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/2m12cq/thoughts_so_far_on_icw_on_demand/[112](pseudobrittany's Review of ICW On Demand)

PWX:

Premiere Wrestling Xperience is an American wrestling promotion based in the Southeast.

http://pwxpro.com/[1] (Their official website)

http://shop.pwxprowrestling.com/[2] (Their merchandise store)

http://pwxpro.com/ippv.html[3] (Their iPPV page)

http://pwxpro.com/vod.html[4] (Their VOD page)

http://www.highspots.com/c/Premiere-Wrestling-Xperience.html[5] (Their High Spots DVD store)

http://www.highspots.com/c/pwx-VOD.html[6] (Their High Spots VOD store)

https://www.facebook.com/pwxwrestling[7] (Their Facebook page)

https://twitter.com/pwxwrestling1[8] (Their Twitter page)

https://www.youtube.com/user/PWXProWrestling[9] (Their Youtube page)

2CW:

Squared Circle Wrestling is an American wrestling promotion based in Upstate. There is always WWE, TNA and ROH alumni at every shows.

http://www.2cwwrestling.com/[10] (Their official website)

http://store.2cw.com/[11] (Their merchandise store)

http://www.smartmarkvideo.com/miscellaneous-promotions/2cw[12] (Their Smart Mark DVD store)

https://www.facebook.com/2CWWrestling[13] (Their Facebook page)

https://twitter.com/2cw[14] (Their Twitter page)

Dragon Gate:

Look at this post from SPna15 for more detailshttp://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc..._an_alternative_heres_a_list_of_other/co3utkq[15]

http://www.gaora.co.jp/dragongate/[16] (Their official website)

https://www.youtube.com/user/dragongatestudio[17] (Their Youtube page)

http://www.openthedragongate.com/[18]

http://www.puroresucentral.com/DragonGate.html[19] (Info by Puroresu Central)

Reality of Wrestling:

Reality of Wrestling is an American wrestling promotion created by Booker T. It is probably the best and most consistent wrestling company in Texas right now. Great in ring action as well as solid story lines makes it a really fun watch. Lots of really great home grown talent as well. They have a partnership with Pro Wrestling Syndicate, and Wildkat Sports too. (Thanks to YoungLion24 for the text.)

http://www.realityofwrestling.com/[20] (Their official website)

http://www.realityofwrestling.com/store/[21] (Their merchandise store)

http://www.ssn.tv/shows/booker-ts-reality-of-wrestling/[22] (Their TV listings)

https://www.facebook.com/BookerTsRealityOfWrestling[23] (Their Facebook page)

https://twitter.com/theofficialrow[24] (Their Twitter page)

https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBookerTROW/[25] (Their Youtube page)

IPW:

Inspire Pro Wrestling is pretty young American wrestling promotion based out of Texas. They have a bunch of free shows on their Youtube page and their Women’s division is called the XX Division.

http://inspireprowrestling.com/[26] (Their official website)

http://inspireprowrestling.com/online-store/[27] (Their merchandise store)

https://www.facebook.com/inspireprowrestling[28] (Their Facebook page)

https://twitter.com/InspireProWres[29] (Their Twitter page)

https://www.youtube.com/user/InspireProVideo[30] (Their Youtube page)

Shimmer:

Shimmer is an American women’s wrestling promotion that was founded around 2005 by Dave Prazak. They revolutionized women wrestling in the United States and brought back respect to it. Sara Del Rey, who is now a head trainer at the WWE Performance Center, was part of the original roster.

http://shimmerwrestling.blogspot.ca/[31] (Their official website)

http://shimmerwrestling.blogspot.ca/p/dvds.html[32] (Their merchandise store)

http://www.highspots.com/c/SHIMMER.html[33] (Their High Spot DVD store)

http://www.wwnlive.com/ondemand-shimmer.html[34] (Their WWN VOD store)

https://www.facebook.com/shimmerwomen[35] (Their Facebook page)

https://twitter.com/shimmerwomen[36] (Their Twitter page)

https://www.youtube.com/user/DavePrazak[37] (Their Youtube page)

DDT:

Dramatic Dream Team is a Japanese wrestling promotion that put a lot of emphasis on the comedic aspect of professional wrestling. Have you ever seen the like of Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega and El Generico fighting in the woods? Well, that’s where it was coming from!

http://www.ddtpro.com/[38] (Their official website)

http://new.ivpvideos2.com/index.php?cPath=121[39] (Their IVP Videos DVD store , you must chose a date on the left)

https://www.facebook.com/ddtpro[40] (Their Facebook page)

https://twitter.com/ddtpro[41] (Their Twitter page)

https://www.youtube.com/user/ddtofficial[42] (Their Youtube page)

http://www.puroresucentral.com/DDT.html[43] (Info by Puroresu Central)

Lucha Libre AAA:

Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion is a lucha libre professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico. The promotion peaked in 1994 with the When Worlds Collide PPV that was broadcasted in America in conjuction with WCW. They are the one presenting the Lucha Underground show in the United States.

http://www.luchalibreaaa.com/[44] (Their official website)

http://www.slambamjam.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=SDC&Category_Code=AH[45] (Their SlamBamJam DVD store)

https://www.facebook.com/luchalibreaaa[46] (Their Facebook page)

https://twitter.com/luchalibreaaa[47] (Their Twitter page)

https://www.youtube.com/user/luchalibreaaatv[48] (Their Youtube page)

CMLL:

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre is the other major lucha libre professional wrestling promotion based in Mexico. It was founded in 1933 and is the world’s oldest professional wrestling promotion still in existence.

http://www.cmll.com/[49] (Their official website)

http://www.slambamjam.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=SDC&Category_Code=CE[50] (Their SlamBamJam DVD store)

https://www.facebook.com/cmll.oficial[51] (Their Facebook page)

https://twitter.com/CMLL_OFICIAL[52] (Their Twitter page)

https://www.youtube.com/user/VideosOficialesCMLL[53] (Their Youtube page)

NCW:

Northern Championship Wrestling is a Canadian wrestling promotion based in Montreal. It was founded in 1986 and is the oldest wrestling promotion in Quebec. They had a lot of WWE/WCW/TNA/ROH alumni that came to wrestle for them.

http://ncw.qc.ca/[54] (Their official website)

http://ncw.qc.ca/info_marchand.html[55] (Their merchandise store)

https://www.facebook.com/promotionsncw[56] (Their Facebook page)

https://twitter.com/promotionsncw[57] (Their Twitter page)

https://www.youtube.com/user/lutteNCW[58] (Their Youtube page)

IPW:UK :

(Credits to lawlore for the text.)

International Pro Wrestling: UK are a long-established promotion in the south of the UK, based in Kent. They generally run a show or two every month, with a current regular roster including Jody Fleisch and Jonny Storm (TNA, ROH). Former guests/alumni include Rockstar Spud, Nigel McGuinness and El Generico, while Vince Russo has also recently joined the company.

http://www.ipwuk.com/home[59] (Their official website)

http://www.ipwuk.com/shop[60] (Their merchandise/DVD shop)

https://www.facebook.com/IPWuk[61] (Their Facebook page)

https://twitter.com/ipwuk[62] (Their Twitter page)

https://www.youtube.com/user/ipwukmedia[63] (Their YouTube page)

OVW:

Ohio Valley Wrestling is an American wrestling promotion founded in 1997. It used to be the WWE and TNA farm system, but they are not affiliated with both anymore. The likes of Brock Lesnar, John Cena, Randy Orton, Batista, CM Punk, Shelton Benjamin and countless others went throught this promotion before going to WWE.

http://www.ovwrestling.com/[1] (Their official website)

http://www.ovwrestling.com/tv[2] (Their weekly TV show online)

http://www.ovwrestling.com/shop[3] (Their merchandise store)

http://www.wwnlive.com/ondemand-ovw.html[4] (Their WWN VOD store)

https://www.facebook.com/ovwrestling[5] (Their Facebook page)

https://twitter.com/ovwrestling[6] (Their Twitter page)

http://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCirc..._an_alternative_heres_a_list_of_other/co434ex[7](MMAPhreak21's post)

Evolve:

Evolve is an American wrestling promotion founded in 2010 by Gabe Sapolsky, Sal Hamaoui and Davey Richards based in the Northeast. This promotion is unique in that it use a win-loss records to determine the ranking of their wrestler.

http://www.dgusa.tv/[8] (Their official website is the same as Dragon Gate USA)

http://www.dgusa.tv/store/browse[9] (Their merchandise store)

http://www.highspots.com/c/Evolve.html[10] (Their High Spots DVD store)

http://www.wwnlive.com/ondemand-evolve.html[11] (Their WWN VOD store)

https://www.facebook.com/BookItGabe[12] (Their Facebook page)

https://twitter.com/BookItGabe[13] (Their Twitter page)

https://www.youtube.com/user/dgusadottv[14] (Their Youtube page)

NOAH:

Pro Wrestling Noah is a Japanese wrestling promotion founded by Mitsuharu Misawa in 2000 after his departure from All Japan Pro Wrestling. KENTA (Hideo Itami in WWE) used to wrestle there.

http://www.noah.co.jp/[15] (Their official website)

http://new.ivpvideos2.com/index.php?cPath=2&osCsid=b11f71cba80536ef00cef8bf61c2ad58[16] (Their IVP Videos DVD store , you must chose a date on the left)

https://www.facebook.com/pro.wrestling.noah.official[17] (Their Facebook page)

https://twitter.com/noah_ghc[18] (Their Twitter page)

https://www.youtube.com/user/ghcnoah[19] (Their Youtube page)

http://www.puroresucentral.com/NOAH.html[20] (Info on Puroresu Central)

CWF Hollywood:

Championship Wrestling from Hollywood is an American professional wrestling television program that airs on KDOC-TV Los Angeles and MAVTV in the United States. It used to be known as NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood.

http://www.hollywoodwrestling.com/[21] (Their official website)

http://www.hollywoodwrestling.com/index.php/shop[22] (Their merchandise store)

https://www.facebook.com/officialcwfhollywood[23] (Their Facebook page)

https://twitter.com/CWFHollywood[24] (Their Twitter page)

https://www.youtube.com/user/vipguide/featured[25] (Their Youtube page)

MCW:

Maryland Championship Wrestling is an American professional wrestling founded in 1998 based in the Mid-Atlantic region.

http://www.marylandwrestling.com/[26] (Their official website)

http://www.marylandwrestling.com/#!merchandise/cwnj[27] (Their merchandise store)

https://www.facebook.com/MarylandChampionshipWrestling[28] (Their Facebook page)

https://twitter.com/mcwwrestling[29] (Their Twitter page)

https://www.youtube.com/user/marylandwrestling[30] (Their Youtube page)

 

[Maxwell110]

NJPW and NOAH have started a working relationship and will be working pretty closely in the future.

 

[Maxwell110]

NJPW World is free for the month of February! You'll still need to sign up with a credit card, but won't be charged until March 1st.

 

[Cleavy]

I'm still plodding through WK9. Didn't think the Ishii match was anything special. Perhaps I have a disconnect with the NJPW product, since I'm not seeing these "holy poop" blowaway matches. Even when I watched the 3rd NJPW show on AXS, I didn't get the vibe of a 5 star match/best match I've ever seen.