Wrestling Culture Episode 13

[puropotsy]

On Episode 13 of the Wrestling Culture podcast, Dylan and I compare the old territorial system with today's wrestling scene regarding the chance to develop talent.

 

Wrestling Culture Episode 13

[JerryvonKramer]

Ep 13 has been really good so far.

[FLIK]

From the latest show, there's a few guys still who you could compare with Chris Jericho's world tour career progression

 

Jack Evans pops to mind as being pretty similar

 

PWG/ROH/Super Indys = SMW/ECW

Dragon Gate = WAR

AAA = CMLL

 

He'll prob never have anything that = WCW/WWF but still.

 

Also, pretty sure Kamala had been wrestling for a # of years before he got the Kamala gimmick. Wasn't particularly good but he'd been trained and had worked a bunch of places by that point.

[puropotsy]

Good call FLIK, I love Jack Evans and overlooked him.

[khawk20]

Also, pretty sure Kamala had been wrestling for a # of years before he got the Kamala gimmick. Wasn't particularly good but he'd been trained and had worked a bunch of places by that point.

He did.

[soup23]

Only thing I would add to the Territory discussion is how IWA-MS was very influential to Punk and Hero's development and how especially in 2001 and 2003 the promotion was run like a weekly territory and provided for growth of the workers and variety of opponents.

[Dylan Waco]

I fucked up in not mentioning IWA-MS

[GSR]

Also, pretty sure Kamala had been wrestling for a # of years before he got the Kamala gimmick. Wasn't particularly good but he'd been trained and had worked a bunch of places by that point.

He even had a stint over here in the UK wrestling as the Mississippi Mauler.

[khawk20]

He was "Sugar Bear" Harris at one time too, IIRC.