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Global Force Wrestling Thread: *All GFW info here*

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#3,826 ·
I don't understand so much of the criticism and jokes this company gets for their attendance numbers. Yes, it would look like there was more people if it was an indoor arena and if they weren't so spread out, but how many people do you expect them to draw when it's simply based on name value? They're a startup company with no prior storylines, no championships, no TV program, or no real way to this point of following their product. Do you expect them to draw 1,000 people because Scott Steiner is appearing? You get all these idiots on the internet saying "oh my local indy draws more than that" and I'm willing to bet your local indy has been around for a while and already has a following. I don't see anything wrong with 200-300 people who all enjoy the meet and greets until they can really get the ball rolling. The wrestling itself I hope will improve.

Rant over, I'm sorry. :lol
 
#3,833 ·
Your wrong you have NO NEED to say sorry about anything because what you said was 100% the TRUTH. People just hate GFW because it might replace TNA(I think TNA is terminal), and while people like Vic, thorm Yorke, and me want TNA to die now because it is in such BAD shape and that is terminal that way GFW can replace it, because they still have a shot(we are not happy that TNA is in the shape it is in). However a lot of the people who do this want TNA gone and NOTHING to replace it because they are as paranoid as a lot of TNA fans that if GFW succeeds and replaces, then no good wrestlers will go to NXT, or NJPW(this is one is even dumber because they work together), which is not an issue because trust me wwe and NJPW can get talent with something like GFW about. I hope GFW succeeds while other promotions like even my fav wwe, NJPW, ROH, PWG all at the same time.
 
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Re: Jeff Jarrett & Jim Ross involved with new wrestling promotion?

A massive :lmao @ anybody who thinks Jeff Jarrett only wanted to push himself. Face facts, he was the only guy with any name value in the promotion's early years. When TNA first started, they didn't have anybody locked down under contract so why would you risk putting the World Title on anybody else long-term incase they suddenly split? Especially when they were on weekly PPV and had a revolving door of talent. Who else could have carried the company at that time? AJ Styles was still just some flippy indy kid at that time so you couldn't say him, yet he still won the World Title within the first year anyway.

Think about it, as soon as guys like Christian, Sting and Kurt Angle joined the company, Jarrett was out of the picture. He came back in 2008 but was nowhere near the main event/World Title scene. He wasn't trying to play a Triple H on the promotion, he wasn't burying anybody, he was simply the only guy who he could 100% say wouldn't bail on the promotion that had any name value in the early years. So yeah, I'd say he has good judgment.
 
#186 ·
Re: Jeff Jarrett & Jim Ross involved with new wrestling promotion?

A massive :lmao @ anybody who thinks Jeff Jarrett only wanted to push himself. Face facts, he was the only guy with any name value in the promotion's early years. When TNA first started, they didn't have anybody locked down under contract so why would you risk putting the World Title on anybody else long-term incase they suddenly split? Especially when they were on weekly PPV and had a revolving door of talent. Who else could have carried the company at that time? AJ Styles was still just some flippy indy kid at that time so you couldn't say him, yet he still won the World Title within the first year anyway.

Think about it, as soon as guys like Christian, Sting and Kurt Angle joined the company, Jarrett was out of the picture. He came back in 2008 but was nowhere near the main event/World Title scene. He wasn't trying to play a Triple H on the promotion, he wasn't burying anybody, he was simply the only guy who he could 100% say wouldn't bail on the promotion that had any name value in the early years. So yeah, I'd say he has good judgment.
Yes, I agree with you. Every guy who was big enough to headline a national company won the NWA World Heavyweight Title from Jarrett at some point anyway so it wasn't a case of him wanting to bury everyone. The only guy who really should have won the belt but didn't is Monty Brown

As soon as Christian came along he was given the belt, Jarrett had I believe one reign after that and when Angle signed, Jarrett took a massive back seat and was never won a World Title again.
 
#4,259 ·
i was at the show last night. i dont think it was papered very much. i base this on two things. 1. i was waiting to go in for about 90 minutes. the crowd walking by looked like your stereotypical fans and not people going because it was free. 2. the crowd was really great. they were into it.


i spent the first show watching from the arena. the second show i was backstage visiting some friends on the card. i hope they do well. everyone likes to shit all over new feds, but it would be nice to have an alternative to wwe and those indy style promotions
 
#1,986 ·
Re: Jeff Jarrett's Promotion - Global Force Wrestling

i am rooting for JJ. Hope he stays away from the booking and let D'Amore have 100% control.

He better sign guys fast because NXT is making a move on everyone. They got Uhaa, almost got Joe and Court Bauer hinted Briscoes might go there.

My guess is that GFW will be HOH with better production.
 
#2,202 ·
Re: Jeff Jarrett's Promotion - Global Force Wrestling

I don't get what is so confusing about GFW. They haven't had a TV deal up until now, and GFW isn't going to do anything UNTIL THEY GET A TV DEAL. You're not going to have a roster a champion any shows or anything else anyone has been complaining about until you get a TV deal. This is not 1992 anymore, the main source of any nationally minded wrestling company is a proper TV deal. If GFW wanted to be an indie, it would've put out shows a year ago but they want to be a cable TV wrestling league. And you can't do that until the TV comes. Clearly they wanted a TV deal earlier and it looks like they thought they had it last year but it didn't happen. Guess what, it's not easy to get a TV deal. WWE signed a new deal for a fraction of what other live sports programming was getting, TNA was cancelled, Billy Corgan's wrestling reality show was signed then cancelled before it ever made it to air, WWE Main Event was cancelled, and NXT, everyone's favorite wrestling show could also not get a TV deal. Here's the breaking news folks, it's really fucking hard to get a TV deal for any kind of wrestling show in 2015!

You want to talk about Paragon? Like someone said, they are paying for that slot. They are not getting $175 million a year like Raw, or even $5 million like TNA. They will bleed money. New Japan? They are likely getting pennies from AXS, because New Japan is as dependent on a US TV deal for money as the WWE is dependent on a TV deal in Romania. GFW could have signed a deal like other companies, but GFW would likely have built up millions of debt in the process and been out of business in a year just like TNA did the first time. Isn't that what everyone says that they shouldn't be like TNA and make those mistakes? So GFW is doing exactly that and you people are still complaining?

Another business lesson for some of you, a movie, TV show, computer company, or basically any kind of business does not announce everything they just signed seconds after they sign a contract. You announce things when you want because you are marketing your business. Just because they didn't announce a TV deal with a network does not mean they don't have one. They announced the Las Vegas shows are "TV events", so it's going to be on TV, it has to be or it's false advertising. Which channel we'll have to BE PATIENT to find out.
 
#2,215 ·
Re: Jeff Jarrett's Promotion - Global Force Wrestling

I don't get what is so confusing about GFW. They haven't had a TV deal up until now, and GFW isn't going to do anything UNTIL THEY GET A TV DEAL. You're not going to have a roster a champion any shows or anything else anyone has been complaining about until you get a TV deal. This is not 1992 anymore, the main source of any nationally minded wrestling company is a proper TV deal. If GFW wanted to be an indie, it would've put out shows a year ago but they want to be a cable TV wrestling league. And you can't do that until the TV comes. Clearly they wanted a TV deal earlier and it looks like they thought they had it last year but it didn't happen. Guess what, it's not easy to get a TV deal. WWE signed a new deal for a fraction of what other live sports programming was getting, TNA was cancelled, Billy Corgan's wrestling reality show was signed then cancelled before it ever made it to air, WWE Main Event was cancelled, and NXT, everyone's favorite wrestling show could also not get a TV deal. Here's the breaking news folks, it's really fucking hard to get a TV deal for any kind of wrestling show in 2015!

You want to talk about Paragon? Like someone said, they are paying for that slot. They are not getting $175 million a year like Raw, or even $5 million like TNA. They will bleed money. New Japan? They are likely getting pennies from AXS, because New Japan is as dependent on a US TV deal for money as the WWE is dependent on a TV deal in Romania. GFW could have signed a deal like other companies, but GFW would likely have built up millions of debt in the process and been out of business in a year just like TNA did the first time. Isn't that what everyone says that they shouldn't be like TNA and make those mistakes? So GFW is doing exactly that and you people are still complaining?

Another business lesson for some of you, a movie, TV show, computer company, or basically any kind of business does not announce everything they just signed seconds after they sign a contract. You announce things when you want because you are marketing your business. Just because they didn't announce a TV deal with a network does not mean they don't have one. They announced the Las Vegas shows are "TV events", so it's going to be on TV, it has to be or it's false advertising. Which channel we'll have to BE PATIENT to find out.
Brillant post sir, brilliant post, just well said, well fucking said, what a GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT POST. I loved it, you should post more often. LOL
 
#3,777 ·
4-sided ring! Thank goodness. No bright green ropes! Fantastic. Do they set uo seats closer to the ring? Seems like even with front row you'd be pretty far away with that setup, although it looks like a beautiful evening for wrestling.

GFW Worldwide would've been a better name for the show, but idk if WWE has that under trademark or copyright or whatever.


That's because it pretty much is. :p

 
#4,395 ·
Someone filmed the show from 6/20 in Jackson, TN and uploaded it on Dailymotion. Haven't watched it yet myself, but they took the time to add commentary live at the show. Pretty cool.

http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x40zwk_steve-allen1_gfw/1#video=x2vqlod

Jimmy Rave vs. Sonjay Dutt
Chuck Taylor vs. Jigsaw
Lei'd Tapa vs. Thea Trinidad
The Hot Shots vs. PJ Black & Andrew Everett
Doc Gallows vs. Luke Hawx
Shelton Benjamin vs. Chris Masters

Someone also grouped the videos together and uploaded it on XWT, so you can also download there if you aren't a Dailymotion fan.
 
#8 ·
Re: Jeff Jarrett & Jim Ross involved with new wrestling promotion?

Considering most of the people who helped build TNA in the early days and were really the backbone of the company (X Division wrestlers especially), Jarrett has a chance to pretty much start over, except this time with the knowledge of what works and what doesn't and how TNA are operating right now, at least that's what I'd assume.

Also am I the only one who would mark out huge for a Jim Ross/Don West commentary team? :mark:
 
#34 ·
Re: Jeff Jarrett & Jim Ross involved with new wrestling promotion?

Considering most of the people who helped build TNA in the early days and were really the backbone of the company (X Division wrestlers especially), Jarrett has a chance to pretty much start over, except this time with the knowledge of what works and what doesn't and how TNA are operating right now, at least that's what I'd assume.

Also am I the only one who would mark out huge for a Jim Ross/Don West commentary team? :mark:
Why do you think JJ has learned what works and what doesn't? This is the dude that picked Russo over his own father.
 
#9 ·
Re: Jeff Jarrett & Jim Ross involved with new wrestling promotion?

As long as the matches don't involve the typical Jarrett fuckery, I'll be watching.
 
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Re: Jeff Jarrett & Jim Ross involved with new wrestling promotion?

TNA has TV deals in 180 countries and just sold out major arenas all throughout Europe for a tour. Whether WWE fans like it or not, they are a major company.
 
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