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Gets Hardcore in the gym
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The "Harvard of Pro Wrestling"
I was just on yahoo and it has an article calling OVW the "Harvard of pro wrestling". I know that it was a development territory for WWE for a long time, but would you call it the best wrestling school in America? Considering the caliber of schools out there FCW, PWA, TWA, ROH how would you rate it?
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Over Like Rover
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They have TV, a great setup, 'invite only' stuff, connections to WWE still, guys like Nick Dinsmore, Danny Davis and Rip Rogers who have 'been there, done that'/can teach you more than you'll ever need to know etc. It's definitely 'up there'.
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TPWW's #3 Peep
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Texas Wrestling Federation.
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Narc stole my star
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The guys that have come through there suggest OVW.
Some huge names. |
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FIT Challenge Slag People
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Granted, some of those guys had some experience before OVW, but that place made pretty much this entire generation Tv-ready. |
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Samurai Rocker
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I agree. It was also one of the main territories of the NWA starting out, before becoming a WWE Developmental territory, until recently.
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It's a blood match!
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I would think that they should bill themselves as such but in truth the Julliard of Wrestling Schools would be FCW, as FCW is now what OVW used to be.
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Samurai Rocker
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Don't forget HWA out of Cincinnati.
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He's Here
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Taller than Adam Cole
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Is Harley's school still going? WLW?
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Isn't OVW and FCW basically like the minors of wrestling? Like FCW is Triple A, whereas OVW is Double A.
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It's a blood match!
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FCW is WWE's developmental territory. But before WWE was there it was in existance. Same with OVW, now if you get trained at OVW and you don't look like a wet noodle, you have a good shot of getting on the radar for FCW. I looked on the website once out of curiosity, OVW has a three step training program, and three of the trainers include Nick Ninsmore for beginners, Rip Rodgers on an invited bases, and Al Snow for advanced. If your on Al Snow's radar, you got a shot at getting on WWE's radar or TNA's radar one would think. But come on don't look like a jobber and think your gonna be on WWE TV.
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Quark is Less Impressed.
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The WCW PowerPlant was also called the Harvard of professional wrestling training and got a rave review.
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Ballsy Badass
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don't make me laugh....that school was ran by Buddy Lee Parker, a nobody and the only real name to come out of the WCW Power Plant, was Goldberg and that was cause Finlay was there running shit at the time along with Paul Orndorff, otherwise that school was a joke
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Over Like Rover
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Any credibility they had ended with DeWayne Bruce.
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Samurai Rocker
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Harley Race's school and promotion is still going.
Don't forget wrestling schools and promotions ran by George South, Booker T, and Lance Storm. |
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Spammy Certified
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FCW is Yale
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