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5* Wrestling Announces TV Deal With Spike TV UK
Drew Galloway just announced it on Facebook Live, not got a link yet. Kurt Angle will be colour commentary (and no doubt a match once he's rested up)
They've got Rey, Morrison & Carlito wrestling for them, scuttlebutt has it that they're also trying to sign Brit indie guys to contracts that would prevent them from working WWE, WoS or WCPW. UK scene is insane right now. First show January 28th. |
Kurt Angle? I am sold.
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The same company also does 5* wrestling for PS4 which has rip off WWE guys. Themes are kinda awesome though. Here's "Raging" Andy Organ
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I actually had a pipe-dream that Kurt Angle would actually do commentary with Jim Ross in 2017 and they would be brilliant together. I hope we get closer to that as a goal.
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With this being commissioned by Spike UK, is it likely that it will get on Spike TV in the United States? I haven't been following Lucha Underground and AAA, but aren't Johnny Mundo and Rey Mysterio signed to them? If some sort of deal is worked out between Viacom and AAA, is it possible that we see Lucha Underground moved to Spike TV in the United States and AAA/LU talent used for 5*? I'm thinking that Pentagon, Jr. vs. Fenix would be a hot way to open.
Or am I looking way too much into this? |
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I wonder if Jay Lethal's involvement has to stop. If I were ROH, I would let this go ahead. |
Johnny Mundo became the first-ever 5 Star Wrestling Champion when he defeated AJ Styles. Some relevant contemporary history there. Mundo has beaten PJ Black and Carlito to retain the belt and now it appears Rey Mysterio has answered the open challenge. Mundo vs. Mysterio as the main event of the first show? Um, yes please.
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WWE has been rumored to want Prince Puma for a while but he's basically locked from WWE shows till early 2018. |
It would really benefit some of these smaller companies to work together a lot more often.
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Especially given that LU is really struggling to gain that traction it really needs.
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To be fair, LU's main problem is a lack of a decent tv deal. They already have a good partnership with AAA for talent.
The tv deal they have with El Rey isn't close at all to solving their money woes while the Mexican tv deal they with AAA can't cover what they are losing. A potential partnership with 5* Wrestling would benefit 5* a lot more than LU unless they could convince Spike TV to agree to a tv deal with them as well. |
LU needs to get themselves on somewhere other than El Rey.
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5* Why not Five Dollar Wrestling? Freight Train! Choo Choo Time!
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LU just needs another stream of viewership. El Rey availability is spotty, and they need to get more eyes on the product. The Netflix or other streaming service idea that's been bandied about seems to be the best one.
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I found out about this yesterday when Galloway came here to announce all this.
I was always planning to go, but I still have to buy my ticket. I'm still recovering from my rib injury and I want to wait and see how I feel next week, as I don't want to buy a ticket now then not be able to use it because I'm still in pain when the day comes. I'm also still trying to convince a friend to part with his money and come along but if I can't manage it, I'll just go on my own. It's pretty crazy stuff though. I never thought Kurt Angle and Rey Mysterio would ever come here and that a wrestling event with such a good roster would ever be televised from here. |
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LU has been teasing a Netflix deal again. Hopefully they can lull it off.
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Damn, didn't realize this would be live too. On top of the guys mentioned, Jay Lethal, PJ Black and Jimmy Havok are going to be on the card as well. Judging by the videos on the site, the main event looks to be Morrison/Lethal/Galloway for the title.
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God dammit I'm in Sweden when it is on.
I know very little about them but more wrestling on TV is good news. If they're Scottish based then hopefully they'll tour as well so can get a bit more reach. Ultimately though, still not exactly on a widely watched channel. If any company manages to get on an ITV, BBC or Channel 4 channel then ultimately then that's going to have a much bigger impact. |
I honestly had never heard of Spike UK until this news, but it's on Freeview so that's something.
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This has all apparently kicked off a "turf war" though, with the other Dundee promotion (SWE) that operates in Tayside area.
SWE have a show on the same day and time as 5 Star Wrestling with their biggest name on the card being Grado and he's the only big name on the card too. Their location is a small gym hall in a community centre, whereas 5 Star have Kurt Angle & Co. and the location is a 2,300+ multi-purpose ice rink arena. 5 Star's event will also be televised live, while SWE's event is not televised at all. I have been to SWE events before and being honest, they're pretty shit. They must have a tiny budget as their locations are always small venues and they only seem to attract one big name at a time, however, they always seem to get Ted DiBiase to appear every August. I really can't see them being able to compete with 5 Star if 5 Star's event next week is a success, which I think it will be. I think 5 Star could possibly kill off SWE sometime in the future. |
Just bought my ticket.
I'll be going on my own, but I'm sure I'll still have a great time anyway. |
What is the obsession with Grado? He looks like shit and is an unfunny comedy dude in TNA. Is he super-serious and good in the UK or something?
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He was also one of the main focuses of the two BBC documentaries they did on ICW. I'm not a fan, but he has a place while it's growing. |
Exactly.
A friend of mind isn't really a wrestling fan but he knows who Grado is and he likes him. When ICW had their first show here in 2014, I asked my friend if he wanted to come along and he wasn't really that interested, but then he asked if Grado would be there because he had seen the documentary and had been seeing his stuff on the internet and when I said yes, he was all up for going. |
Weird.
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Kurt Angle got pulled out from 5* Wrestling shows and related to WWE's UK deals for talent and tv.
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Fuck.
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It's not been announced by the guys at 5 Star though.
They have just made an announcement about a replacement due to injury. Mark Haskins is out and his replacement is Moose. :| |
Also, in other news, I've managed to get two friends to come along after all.
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The show began being advertised on TV today.
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Angle being pulled out is not surprising in the slightest.
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I was a bit surprised.
Rumours of Angle being involved with the WWE in some way was making the rounds on the internet for a while before his Hall of Fame announcement was made, but before it was announced, he was announced as being part of the 5 Star show, so obviously Angle must have been told by the WWE around the time the rumours of his ties with WWE were making the rounds that he couldn't appear for anyone else but yet, he didn't tell the guys at 5 Star this until after he was announced for the show? I won't lie, I'm pretty disappointed that he won't be there. |
Anyway, I've just checked the usual Facebook and Twitter and so on and the 5 Star guys still haven't announced that Angle won't be there.
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Their video game was the liquid shits. So, you should have doubts about the promotion.
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