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FIT Challenge Slag People
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Wrestling Revolution Project
I don't know if anyone else has been following this, but Jeff Katz (the guy behind Geek Week) has started a new promotion via Kickstarter. He's been releasing the roster one name a day. He's going to do one per weekday until the whole roster has been named. Monday 8/22 - Colt Cabana Tuesday 8/23 - Dr. Luther Wednesday 8/24 - Ken Doane Thursday 8/25 - Alex Reynolds Friday 8/26 - Kenny Omega Monday 8/29 - MVP Tuesday 8/30 - Sami Callihan Wednesday 8/31 - Daivari Thursday 9/1 - Emil Sitoci Friday 9/2 - Luke Gallows Monday 9/5 - Prince Devitt Tuesday 9/6 - Ben Muth Wednesday 9/7 - Amazing Red Thursday 9/8 - "Psycho" Mike Rollins Friday 9/9 - Lance Storm (producer) Monday 9/12 - Karl "Machine Gun" Anderson Tuesday 9/13 - Joey Ryan Wednesday 9/14 - Shawn Spears Thursday 9/15 - Pat Buck Friday 9/16 - Trisha LaFache Monday 9/17 - Adam Pearce Tuesday 9/18 - Tim Thatcher Wednesday 9/19 - Kevin Matthews Thursday 9/20 - Shaun Ricker Friday 9/21 - Tommy Dreamer (producer) Katz is hyping that WRP will have a more traditional 3-act story structure and is being planned in seasons like a regular scripted TV show. There's a lot more info on geekweek.com, but I think this is an interesting concept. I hope it turns out to be good. Thoughts? Last edited by loopydate; 09-23-2011 at 06:22 PM. |
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I read about this recently and it does sound interesting. I'll probably try to watch the first 'season'. I didn't know he was releasing the roster one name at a time though, I'll have to keep checking back.
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Hockey Superstar
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He's got my attention, that's for sure. I'm intrigued as to how the format will make the stories more interesting. He also says that every character/wrestler will have a story arc and a purpose. I want to see if he keeps up with that promise, because that would make the show packed as hell.
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Guest
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Just another indy fed.
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Formerly Fausto Carmona
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I heard he's releasing it in seasons on Netflix.
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FIT Challenge Slag People
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Kenny Omega announced today.
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Needs to be 20% cooler
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Quote:
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Over Like Rover
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Ken Doane and Kenny Omega are pretty good. I'm guessing Dr. Luther isn't the Canadian trained by the Harts/worked in Japan a lot/big friend of Jericho Dr. Luther?
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Over Like Rover
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apparently it is the same Dr. Luther. Huh.
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FIT Challenge Slag People
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MVP announced today. This is a hell of a "get" for WRP.
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Last of a Dying Forum
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Looking forward to this.
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Tag Team Wrestling Mark!
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Announcement of MVP made me sit up.
Intrigued now. |
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FIT Challenge Slag People
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Sami Callihan announced today.
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I really don't like the idea of doing wrestling as a TV season.
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Feeling Oof-y
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Dunno, I kinda like it in theory. Knowing what you want to do with a character, having a goal for the end of the season for each character is interesting.
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FIT Challenge Slag People
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Daivari is announcement #8.
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BAY BAY
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Sweet, Daivari and MVP have gotten me pumped.
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ummmmm |
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Last of a Dying Forum
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Gets Hardcore in the gym
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Sounds like an interesting concept. Chikara sort of have "seasons" and in the past have had arching storylines with plot twists and hammy internet promo segments, not sure if they still do that since I haven't been keeping up with it the past year.
If they get Chuck Taylor and Jimmy Jacobs on board I would be inclined to watch. |
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Ninja Mod, Esquire
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Yeah, Jacobs would make this very interesting, since he's always been character driven.
Either way, this will be different. I'm curious. Different isn't always good though. |
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BOOM BOOM
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Guess that tells us enough about their wellness policy.
Or lack thereof. |
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FIT Challenge Slag People
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No idea who Emil Sitoci is, but he's the latest addition.
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Over Like Rover
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dutch guy, great look, he's legit 6'5/6'6, had a tryout for Vinceland on one of the recent European tours, would be surprised if doesn't have more in the future, works all over Europe, he's not bad at all
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#29 |
FIT Challenge Slag People
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Luke Gallows brings the roster to ten.
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Last of a Dying Forum
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Gallows. Neat.
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President of Freedonia
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This looks awesome.
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Yeah, Emil Sitoci looks like a star. Here's his blurb from the Geek Week website:
"The son of a Turkish national champion boxer and a Dutch national gymnastics champion (and Olympic competitor) mother, Emil Sitoci has athletics in his blood. Trained as a child in both judo and gymnastics, Sitoci quickly combined his athletic skills with a love of professional wrestling and set off on a career inside the squared circle. Debuting for Netherlands-based FCW at only 17 years old, Sitoci quickly found himself rising through the ranks of the European wrestling scene. He would soon come to America, where he would study under the tutelage of Chris Hero who would go on to dub Sitoci, "The Tremendous One." He would then return to Europe, capturing championship gold for the WXW promotion. While battling opponents in the ring, Sitoci continued to educate himself earning a Masters degree in Film & Television Sciences. Competing in locales ranging from Africa to France to Germany on down, Sitoci continues to display the in-ring intellectual curiousity that has made him one of the most diverse wrestling talents in the world. He now stands poised to return to America and make his biggest mark yet as a member of the WRP cast." Sounds like a promising talent to me. I also like the bits written on MVP and Daivari. It sounds like it will be a wrestling promotion aimed at a "geekier" audience, capable of handling more human and interesting storylines. For those wondering, they aren't presenting Daivari as an Iranian heel -- but rather an American of Iranian decent who grew up watching Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels perform, was inspired to follow his dreams, and ended up even defeating his hero at one point. I'm also curious to see what they do with Dr. Luther. |
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I'm Mr. White Christmas
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hope they get Cliff Compton
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Actually, I don't mind me some Domino.
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I don't know what Johnny Jeter is doing these days, but I hope they sign him.
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President of Freedonia
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My only concern about this is that, no matter how much they say otherwise...with so many WWE alumni I feel that there are bound to be a bunch of bullshit digs at WWE thrown in, which will make the whole thing feel a bit TNA-ish.
Still extremely intrigued. And I agree, Cliff Compton being in here would be amazing. Not sure how big the roster will be though. |
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In The Shadows
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No one will watch this.
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The thing is, the roster can change pretty easily. The idea of doing "seasons" is one that sets this company apart. If there's no room for Cliff Compton, you can always bring him in for season two, and give someone like Sami Callihan a break. They'll be finer storyline arcs, in my opinion.
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His name is Jeff Harvey
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Prince Devitt just got announced. Hell yeah.
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So, according to MVP, the wrestlers are NOT going to be the characters we're familiar with - they'll be all new inventions for this program.
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