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What have you watched lately? Seen any great matches? Have suggestions for things to watch? Anything not getting covered in other threads that ya wanna fill people in about? Questions about promotions, wrestlers, ‘the business’ or more?
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Yeah I was actually kinda thinking that while I was typing it. It’s probably going to be difficult finding a wrestling promotion where pieces of shit haven’t been involved in some way. It’s just that the TNA thing is fresh and blatant and the timing of them hiring Tessa Blanchard, right when a bunch of companies were bending over and removing diversity and fairness, was fucking awful.
But I agree, I have felt a bit like a hypocrite saying that I’m gonna drop TNA for NXT. I’m just not sure where else to go for good women’s wrestling from the USA. Maybe things have changed but I very much have the impression that it’s an afterthought in both AEW and ROH. And I’m not prepared to put up with people like the Young Bucks just for one women’s match in 3 hours lol.
But I’m hooked on Stardom right now anyway and haven’t even been in the mood for TNA or NXT. And I found a website that also has TJPW and a bunch of Japanese stuff. So it might be keeping me busy enough in the next few months to not even miss American pro wrestling.
Yeah I was actually kinda thinking that while I was typing it. It’s probably going to be difficult finding a wrestling promotion where pieces of shit haven’t been involved in some way. It’s just that the TNA thing is fresh and blatant and the timing of them hiring Tessa Blanchard, right when a bunch of companies were bending over and removing diversity and fairness, was fucking awful.
There’s no ethical consumption under capitalism! (outside of piracy lol). Try not to worry about it too much, all you can do is talk with your wallet, try to limit who you pay for and go from there.
As for US women’s: NXT/TNA have routinely been the best for a while stateside, I give em the edge cause they give them a decent chunk of airtime. AEW has 1 match a show frequently, but a lot of the women are cooking when they get a chance, ROH gets a lot more time for women’s matches so hopefully the network their TV deal ends up at enjoys women more than WB does. Can’t talk WWE main roster as I just watch clips on Bluesky and occasionally Reddit lol.
Japan wise, TJPW is another great option since ya found it. Neon and a few of the others here will have better knowledge regarding them than I do, but their shows are always awesome and TJPW is pretty much always the #2 to Stardom’s #1.
While I’m kinda between promotions and exploring my options, I might as well throw hearsay and assumptions out the window and give AEW and ROH a decent shot again. Probably gonna burn myself out in a few months time lol but it’s been a long time since I’ve made the effort to check out everything else and I’m enjoying it for now at least.
Oh and quick useful update as I just saw it, re: Stardom subs and their time frame, at least as of today I can say they seem to have about a 5 day turnaround when it comes to the backstage post-match interviews. This past Sunday was the Supreme Fight event, Stardom World just uploaded them with the full subs, so they seem to be fairly on the ball!
AEW’s women’s division has been on a steady upswing. It hasn’t had the kind of spotlight that WWE gives their women, but they have some great talent there and they’ve been telling some engaging stories.
I’m honestly not sure where else to go for American women’s wrestling these days. EVE has been putting on some amazing shows, but they’re UK based. Still very worth checking out.
I’ll get around to checking out AEW again. I’m going to be watching the crossovers while I’m catching up with Stardom here for a bit of variety, which gives me Forbidden Door 2024 to still get to.
And maybe I’ll check out EVE some time. UK wrestling in general seems to be rare to come across in the wild on the internet.
EVE does post their shows on YouTube, but some require a paid subscription. https://youtube.com/@prowrestlingeve
