Something's Gonna Happen

Hook | he/him | Sideblog for the rasslin | Follows from @ambienthook

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JAKE SOMETHING IN AEW BABBBYYYYYYYYY

FUCKING LIFE IS GOOD AGAIN

[gardengnosticator-deactivated20]

merry christmas

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your tumblr avatar is who you are on the outside, and your discord avatar is your true self

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My discord avatar is chibi Stan Hansen from an obscure All Japan Super Famicom game.

And I do feel this way on the inside.

[heelchiara]

Life fucking sucks, but professional wrestling doesn't.

[joearlikelikeswrestling]

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The closing of Deadlock Pro Wrestling has got me thinking about indie wrestling in general, specifically the number of people I've seen say something along the lines of "I wish I'd gone when I had the chance."

This isn't to denigrate those people, I wish I'd gone to DPW too, but it does lay bare some of the problems plaguing the indies. If the company that came in with a large pre-established fanbase, that quickly became the hottest name on the scene, that was regularly booking big-name talent, still couldn't make it last... What does that mean for your average company?

Indie wrestling is vital, without it wrestling as a whole becomes sterile and boring. But it's not in a good place right now. Everything's expensive and everyone's broke. I don't know how to fix that but I know The Big Two will not save it. Wishing you could buy a ticket to a super-indie in another country will not save it.

The lesson I've learned from Deadlock Pro Wrestling is not to wait. Support the wrestling you want to see today because there's no guarantee it'll be around tomorrow. I'm fortunate enough that there's several indie feds in my local area. I found one with a vibe I like and I've started going to their shows. It's been fucking great.

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Should probably have mentioned the name of that indie, Atomic Pro Wrestling.

They have a real live t-rex on the roster!

I BLEED ATOMIC

I LOVE YOU "THE RAT KING" TEDDY REAY

[menlikeboxes]

The closing of Deadlock Pro Wrestling has got me thinking about indie wrestling in general, specifically the number of people I've seen say something along the lines of "I wish I'd gone when I had the chance."

This isn't to denigrate those people, I wish I'd gone to DPW too, but it does lay bare some of the problems plaguing the indies. If the company that came in with a large pre-established fanbase, that quickly became the hottest name on the scene, that was regularly booking big-name talent, still couldn't make it last... What does that mean for your average company?

Indie wrestling is vital, without it wrestling as a whole becomes sterile and boring. But it's not in a good place right now. Everything's expensive and everyone's broke. I don't know how to fix that but I know The Big Two will not save it. Wishing you could buy a ticket to a super-indie in another country will not save it.

The lesson I've learned from Deadlock Pro Wrestling is not to wait. Support the wrestling you want to see today because there's no guarantee it'll be around tomorrow. I'm fortunate enough that there's several indie feds in my local area. I found one with a vibe I like and I've started going to their shows. It's been fucking great.

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I get occasional moments of wrestling derealisation, little things that make me sit back and realise I could never explain them to a non-wrestling fan without sounding insane.

The most recent of these is Mox having a fork phase.

Everyone here knows why a fork is a standard hardcore wrestling weapon and why Mox would use it.

But imagine if you didn't know that and you saw a grown man rush over to his statuesque Moldovan consigliere mid-battle for a weapon... And she hands him a straight-up fucking dinner fork.

[junglemax]

who is puma king. i feel like it’s a wrestler i know. please someone tell me

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This guyyyyyyyy

He's a AAA dude. Absolutely wild look on him.

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Photo dump of RevPro x CMLL Fantastica Mania UK 2025

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[allelitewrestlings]

“In my time off, I ended up discovering what Tumblr was. I saw all this art and great stuff, and people who wanted to create things. There was a time where I think everyone was more obsessed, but I’d always look on Twitter and it was like half the people loved it and half the people, if not more, were just telling me how horrible all this was. I would rather wrestle for the people on Tumblr than the people on Twitter. I just want to do what I want to do and entertain people. There are people who appreciate it and take it and are inspired by it. And then, to me, if you’re a grown adult who wants to sit at home and just talk s**t about wrestling — you know, you can do whatever you want, but it doesn’t seem like the most productive thing to me.”

– Jack Perry on discovering Wrestleblr (for Vice by Haley Miller)

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I don't want to see Mox go to court.

But I do want to see him do the full Death Riders entrance into a courtroom.

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you have to get into indie wrestling and you have to make some of those guys your blorbos and whole hearts and not just the guys you’ll see every week on tv.

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ESPECIALLY if you’re in a position to actually attend indie shows. do you think seeing a dude on tv compares even remotely to seeing them wrestle in front of you. absolutely fucking not. nothing is as good as falling ass over teakettle for some indie wrestler putting on a ppv-level match in front of 400 people

[caranoirs]

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Everyone remembers what they were doing the moment they found out Konosuke Takeshita and Yuka Sakazaki are married.

It's like JFK but happy.