The following is a lesson in Pro Wrestling Sovranty (there are a few people who should listen up and take detail notes)
In my journey of planning Pro Wrestling Hybrid's debut show I have heard that line said by more people than I care to count. Being so young to the inner-workers of the business I have been exposed to the more ugly side of wrestling over these last couple months and the results are stomach turning. Sure, I've dealt with the politics before; rival promoters have gotten my shows cancelled, and people in the business fake posting have definitely nailed me on those all-important message boards—but this time is different.
Before I was a punk kid on the fringe of the business; on the outside looking in as the old cliché would say. But with Pro Wrestling Hybrid I have taken a hands on approach with a real sense of running a successful show with substantial (hopefully) money making result. Some people will always look at me as the kid that conducted a fake interview with Joel Maximo and then posted all over the interview as if I had just struck pro wrestling journalism gold. There was a time when I was naïve enough to believe anything in this business as long as it sounded somewhat accurate; making money did not matter, I just wanted to run a show . . . and I did not care how or with whom I did it.
On Friday the 13th of April, 2007 I will prove all the doubters wrong, I guarantee that to everyone reading this right now. Pro Wrestling Hybrid is not a solo mission, not a conjoined effort between my financial partners and some of the top professionals in the wrestling business today. I could not run this show by myself . . . and thinking I could of would have been not only foolish but also detrimental to the operations of Pro Wrestling Hybrid.
This show has not been without issue or a fair amount of stress. Dealing with the politics of the business is often a tedious practice that requires a certain amount of patience that a young man of my age needs to thoroughly work on to avoid an emotion-filled explosion. At times I've wanted to blow up and lash out at the people who have made this show difficult for me; I am very quick to react and my lack of thought about certain situations has gotten me in trouble at times. Pro Wrestling Hybrid has been an education in the business that I love, a valuable experience that will push me forward in my quest to become a prominent member of this wrestling fraternity we all pledge to be apart of.
Apart from making money, which is the ultimate goal of the wrestling business (despite what some people will tell you), my main goal in created Pro Wrestling Hybrid, was to have fun and create a product the fans will enjoy. I have been to so many shows in the Northeast that lack direction, good matches, and a creative theme that leaves the fans craving more. Pro Wrestling Hybrid will have all three of these elements and more. On 4/13 I promise a product that every single kind of wrestling fan will enjoy. The action will be fierce, in-your-face, and the drama will have a certain sense of creative controversy that will leave a lasting impression on ANY and ALL fans of professional wrestling.
I am in this business for the love of the game, there is no other way I can simply describe it. I could do without the politics and the in-fighting amongst promoters and wrestlers. It is a shame when a business like wrestling gets as much negative press as it does from the outside world, yet no one on the inside of the business is willing to ban together and do what is good for the business as a whole. Everyone in the business has a specific agenda, myself included, but it is what you as a promoter or worker does about the agenda that separates you from the best or just being all the rest. I am just not willing to step on other promoters or workers to get to the top; I will not act out against a competitor unless previous provoked or personally attacked. I personally feel sorry for the egos that run rampant in this business; promoters with little experience in the business acting like the promoters they see on TV by putting exclusive limits on independent talent, running down the competition by any means necessary, and acting like their show is the be all and end all of the wrestling industry. When people start to take the wrestling business that seriously all the fun is lost, drama is created, and the passion we all claim to have for the business comes off as fake as the outsiders say the business really is. We are a business of grown men and women; we should try to act that way at all times. There is no way certain promoters would act the way they do inside the business on the outside of the business; the real world does not under any circumstances work that way and the neither should the inside of the wrestling business.
From here on out, I'll do my show, and you do yours. As a supporting member of the industry I wish all of you the best of luck, but can I expect the same in return from you, a rival promoter? From that question in lies the answer to who is really helping the business and who is contributing to its downfall. The question remains, which side are you on?
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