WingedEagle Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 Its rare to not only be interested in a new venture, but to actually want to succeed because of those behind it, but that's absolutely the case here. You always speak of wrestling with an insightful joy that somehow comes across as unique despite the ubiquity of voices found online. Hopefully you turn the right levers and it develops into a tremendous success. Looking forward to seeing what's next! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strummer Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 Exciting! It's going to rule! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Enthusiast Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 Awesome, Charles! So excited to see how this unfolds. I hope you’ll be podcasting, as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirEdger Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 This is awesome news and like everyone here, I'm fully rooting for this to succeed. Should you eventually reach the level of success allowing you to hire paid writers, this is something that I would definitely like to give a try at some point. But, baby steps first. I can't wait for the launch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted June 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 Thanks to everyone for the amazing early support! Best of luck on this new project, Loss. I read your comparison to sites like Spotify and Allmovie and it put some ideas in my head. So most of us are probably familiar with ProfightDB. It's a website with a database of wrestlers and cards that shows you a wrestler's entire history of matches. It's a pretty great resource. But what if there was a database for the matches themselves? Like, if you were looking at the card for Summerslam '92 and you clicked on the page for Bret Hart vs British Bulldog and it brought a wealth of content related to the match - Meltzer's star rating, user-submitted reviews, trivia ("According to Hart's autobiography Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling, Bulldog spent the weeks leading up to Summerslam smoking crack with Jim Neidhart"), where to stream the match and where to view it on DVD (for WWE this is easy, but for indies there might be a need for a feature like this). What if you could view a list of all Bret vs Bulldog matches - and narrow it down to singles or tags. What if you could sort certain matches by keyword or keyphrase - for instance if you were on the page for Bret vs Hakushi on Raw in July '95 and one of the keyphrases was "space flying tiger drop" and if you clicked it you saw a list of other matches with that keyphrase. (You know, for all those smarks who think a match isn't good unless it contains a space flying tiger drop.) This is all a bit pie-in-the-sky and it would take a lot of work (and I don't even know what kind of database software would be required to handle it). I don't know if any of these ideas match up to what you're planning but I think there's an opening in the market for a site like what I just described. That's EXACTLY where I hope this goes in the long run. I like how you think! The trivia was something I hadn't thought of, but that's a great idea. Labor intensive, but anything worth having generally is. As for this part with the board here having recently launched the general chat topic open to view for members only, with a possible large influx of new members will there be any sort of extra restriction added for that? I only mention this because while I feel comfortable sharing personal details with the small circle here who I've come to be comfortable with in my couple years here, I don't feel comfortable with a large influx of new members reading all of that. If not I can always remove my posts there but it was just something I was wondering about. That particular forum will remain for members only, but new members will continue to join the board. If there are privacy concerns, we might want to consider deleting the thread. I'll leave that to the community as a whole to decide. I hope you’ll be podcasting, as well. Stay tuned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 Fantastic news. This is a really exciting sounding project and I - like everyone here, I believe - really wish you the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanColes1987 Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 Best of luck, props on making the effort to pull this off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victory Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 Definitely sounds exciting. I hope all goes well, as you've always shown such a passion for wrestling that I've found inspiring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF3 Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 CLIMB THE LADDER, KID. MAKE YOURSELF FAMOUS! Glad to see this concept resurrected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoS Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 I think this is awesome and I will support you in any and every way I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 Awesome, man. Best of luck.👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCampbell Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 Best of luck, Loss! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 Way to grab that brass ring, brother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliott Posted June 7, 2018 Report Share Posted June 7, 2018 This is so cool! Best of luck! Like everyone else you've got my full support! Any help you need just let us know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstar Sleeze Posted June 8, 2018 Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 I'm All In! Excited beyond words at the prospect of this. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMPunk Posted June 8, 2018 Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 Like everyone else man I'm here to offer help/support in any way. Your writing and these boards have transformed my love of wrestling and I want this to be a huge success for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBadMick Posted June 8, 2018 Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 Best of luck with this, Loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted June 8, 2018 Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 Congrats at this super awesome, ballsy venture. I'm very excited to see where it takes you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted June 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 Thanks again to everyone! We're now on Instagram! instagram.com/prowrestlingonly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrike02 Posted June 8, 2018 Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 Best of luck with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted June 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 Please like us on Facebook and encourage others to do the same: https://www.facebook.com/ProWrestlingOnly/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted June 9, 2018 Report Share Posted June 9, 2018 I've followed Loss around various message boards for what seems like forever now just because he's the type of guy who would attempt something like this and knock it out of the park. I'd be down for helping in any manner that I could (maybe a wrestling video game section?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted June 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2018 If you'll all excuse me using this thread to diary ... I am so overwhelmed right now by how much work there is to do, but I'm encouraged that I've been sticking to my schedule, and that overwhelming feeling is a GREAT overwhelmed. My mind is racing constantly with new ideas and it's hard to temper them and just focus on what needs to be done, but I'm getting it done. The encouragement from all of you helps so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted June 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2018 If you would be willing to take a few minutes to answer some questions to help me better understand the PWO audience, that would be hugely appreciated! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfi0ckQZNnhLkHpWL_jgVt3qRZNU7jCTsqoomKEzDQg_He88w/viewform Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
...TG Posted June 9, 2018 Report Share Posted June 9, 2018 If you would be willing to take a few minutes to answer some questions to help me better understand the PWO audience, that would be hugely appreciated! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfi0ckQZNnhLkHpWL_jgVt3qRZNU7jCTsqoomKEzDQg_He88w/viewform The question "Which wrestling websites or blogs do you read regularly" should probably be a multiple selection/checkbox instead of a single selection/radio button. Don't know if you can change it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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