Is there any talent like this left on the indies? Or does anyone even vaguely interesting get swallowed up and consumed by the NXT pipeline now?
Probably not. Those three were/are total wrestling autists as well, super fans and super marks. That level of dedication and fandom is what is needed for someone else like them to come along. Doesn't help that a lot of guys now emulate people who emulated them who paid homage to many others, so its like Chinese whispers of indie shitters, each generation getting worse.
>>20385441Even if NXT and AEW didn't exist, there wouldn't many traditional indie darlings in the 2020s because it's become prohibitively expensive to be a traveling independent performer in North America, same reason no one starts a touring band anymore unless they already have money.Also the super-indies trend toward pushing the kinds of wrestling that are underserved on TV, so the 2000s workrate style is less in vogue right now. Southern style indie shit and fat guy brawlers like Manders seem to be the current thing.
>>20385441>three shitters that ruined our once gpsacred sporti hope there isn't. and to think the next generation of wrestlers will be inspired by these three and females. grim
>>20385441turns out that every smark flippy faggot was swallowed by gayEW and now the style inspires literally nobody because they're all a bunch of fagsSimple aslolImagine an athletic kid these days, turns on their TV, watches gayEW and thinks "I want to be like that"Never gonna happenFlippy faggots tunred on their TVs, looked at genetic beasts on WWE and thought "I can do this but more gay"Nobody thinks anything when they watch them now, except "god this is gay"
>>20385441No, Tony raped the indies and the entire scene is dead. Now ROH is a shambling corpse of AEW jobbers that Tony can't find time for on TV. The once prestigious ROH World Championship is literally a consolation prize now.
>>20386270>Flippy faggots tunred on their TVs, looked at genetic beasts on WWE and thought "I can do this but more gay"Not even close you fucking retard. Flippy shit took off in America in 1994 because of the AAA/WCW crossover PPV, the ECW rebrand, and Super J-Cup VHS, then in 1995-1996 the Nitro cruiserweights made it mainstream. It had nothing to do with WWE.
>>20387056whatever nerd, point is, these guys are faggots, who grew up watching roided men, and nobody is growing up watching them because they suckergo, their bullshit is dying off, and I don't give a fuck that el hijo de pablo santino lopez jr. is the originator of flippy bullshit in the US
>>20386270>>20387431You're gayer than Seth Rollins
>>20385441Did Bryan wreck Kenny's shit in this match?
>2008this was like a decade before Omega became the GOAT. Nobody watching this at the time had any idea he would peak nearly as high as what he did.I'm sure there's plenty of wrestlers better than Blacketty out there now. Probably over a dozen just on Collision.
