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[FlammableD]

"– According to Pwinsider.com, FloSports (a tech company that is built around live, streaming subscription content) has been in contact with a number of top independent professional wrestling companies. The company has been streaming live sports over the last year; they have also been meeting with independent companies about bringing that content to their platform. Pwinsider.com says that announcements should be coming this week, in regards to companies announcing their shift over to FloSports for streaming events.

The site also adds that there has been some excitement regarding a new money player putting some money into an independent wrestling promotion. They expect more news over the next week or so.

In related news, WWE was part of an investor group for FloSports. The company announced the investor group for the Series B $21.2 million funding. It also includes Discovery Communications and Causeway Media Partners. It’s unknown how much WWE invested."

 

[klonere]

nobody knows

It's like 9am in Texas so we should find out soon-ish

"– According to Pwinsider.com, FloSports (a tech company that is built around live, streaming subscription content) has been in contact with a number of top independent professional wrestling companies. The company has been streaming live sports over the last year; they have also been meeting with independent companies about bringing that content to their platform. Pwinsider.com says that announcements should be coming this week, in regards to companies announcing their shift over to FloSports for streaming events.

The site also adds that there has been some excitement regarding a new money player putting some money into an independent wrestling promotion. They expect more news over the next week or so.

In related news, WWE was part of an investor group for FloSports. The company announced the investor group for the Series B $21.2 million funding. It also includes Discovery Communications and Causeway Media Partners. It’s unknown how much WWE invested."

Former investors? Is this a storyline?

 

[FlammableD]

Wrestle "scoops" twitter seems to me muttering that WWE is planning on muscling out their play.

 

[slightconfuse]

Hmmmmmm wonder what have is thinking

Guy is the Indy Don of ippv

Also I have never heard of flow sports

 

[klonere]

Wrestling twitter has been unbearable this morning. So much tip toeing not to shit over some underpaid marketing goons PR.

WWE out-muscling this whole deal seems likely but super lame as well.

 

[Browny]

nobody knows

It's like 9am in Texas so we should find out soon-ish



Former investors? Is this a storyline?

Please let it be a consortium - MVP, Ric Flair and Cyrus the Virus.

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Former investors? Is this a storyline?

They bet on a WINNER last night!

 

[slightconfuse]

Lol lol flo sports doesn't even have 2,000 Twitter followers

https://twitter.com/FloSports

 

[klonere]

Here we go boiz

https://twitter.com/FloSlam

Is that Cesaro in the header?

 

[FlammableD]

Apparently @FloSlam is the place

It does look more like an ESPN style news site though based on their webpage

 

[korly]

The WCW Saturday Night set is my favorite weekly TV wrestling set. Like people call it rinky dink or smalltime being in a studio but to me that made that shit look profesional, slick even. Plus they had that dope entrance which is still the coolest entrance in wrestling history barring some PPVs.

All iterations too. Set always looked good for Saturday Night.

What about the original WCW Thunder set that looked like wrestlers were coming out of a secret wall in Spelunky or something?

 

[slightconfuse]

So it's another wrestling vertical that will report on wwe got it

 

[klonere]

So it's another wrestling vertical that will report on wwe got it

Seems to be a bit more than that

https://www.floslam.tv/signup?next=/

"   Live Streamed Competitions
 Top pro wrestling events around the world   "

 

[Disagree Guy]

Wrestling twitter has been unbearable this morning. So much tip toeing not to shit over some underpaid marketing goons PR.

WWE out-muscling this whole deal seems likely but super lame as well.

I hope WWE just buy out this streaming service so I eventually get to watch every PPV ever on WWE network.

We are the nation, of domination

 

[slightconfuse]

Seems to be a bit more than that

https://www.floslam.tv/signup?next=/

"   Live Streamed Competitions
 Top pro wrestling events around the world   "

For 20.00 a month it better be TOP PRO WRESRLING EVENTS

 

[klonere]

Uh, did they get like, every indie or something?

 

[FlammableD]

DOA

 

[Anth0ny]

does anyone really give a fuck about an indie wrestling network unless it's wwe themselves selling it to you

 

[Disagree Guy]

So WWE Network is a tenner a month and covers me for sooooo much content and a streaming service for PPV's.....

Flosport is £20 a month and as of yet..... streaming only? Didn't announce a library?

Rest.....In........Peace

 

[FlammableD]

does anyone really give a fuck about an indie wrestling network unless it's wwe themselves selling it to you

if it's good yeah sure

indy wrasslin is a+

 

[klonere]

tbh if I got PROGRESS, Evolve, AAW, RPW and some other random indies I'd go in for it.

Hell I might go in for just Evolve and PROGRESS.

 

[Menome]

I spoke with Chris Benoit again today!

Still legit shook.

Oh, you're in contact with him? Need to ask him a question:

Chris, did you ruin the dreams of thousands of adults and children and nearly kill off the family-friendly veneer of professional wrestling?

 

[slightconfuse]

ROH??

 

[FlammableD]

I mean I'm happy giving my however many dollars straight to PROGRESS at the moment

 

[klonere]

does anyone really give a fuck about an indie wrestling network unless it's wwe themselves selling it to you

I mean in the grand scheme of things you are right but if done right it could be pretty cool for some of us

 

[FlammableD]

Highspots is a pretty decent OD indy network. I think i'm going to keep my sub, wXw, AAW, CZW, archive PWG is p good

 

[klonere]

Highspots is a pretty decent OD indy network. I think i'm going to keep my sub, wXw, AAW, CZW, archive PWG is p good

wXw is on highspots? do they upload as fast as I hear they do. May go in for that instead.

 

[slightconfuse]

From the sounds of it is lppls like that fite tv thing minus riff raff

 

[Anth0ny]

if it's good yeah sure

indy wrasslin is a+

I mean in the grand scheme of things you are right but if done right it could be pretty cool for some of us

yeah it's cool for hardcore fans, for sure

but I also picture hardcore indie wrestling fans as dudes who are savvy enough to find pirated streams/ppv torrents with no difficulty

without the wwe marketing machine behind it I just don't know

 

[klonere]

rovert is saying they have rights to ROH & Evolve which is an interesting pairing but the thought of giving ROH money in 2016 makes me feel ill

 

[Sweeney Tom]

Oh shit they have evolve and ROH https://t.co/CUHFJ99DdG

 

[Mahonay]

If this WWE Network indy content news doesn't drop today, Wade Keller is just another wiener who just enjoys making really fucking annoying cryptic Tweets.

 

[imBask]

why is it on another subscription thingy though? and why is it double the price of the network?

I don't get it

 

[slightconfuse]

 

[BronsonLee]

why is it on another subscription thingy though? and why is it double the price of the network?

I don't get it

Cause WWE is picking up indies too and FloSlam is a startup

 

[FlammableD]

wXw is on highspots? do they upload as fast as I hear they do. May go in for that instead.

pretty much, they've got the tag league up from couple weeks ago
https://www.highspotswrestlingnetwork.com/

 

[Bluekaveli]

If this WWE Network indy content news doesn't drop today, Wade Keller is just another wiener who just enjoys making really fucking annoying cryptic Tweets.

I mean this could be it entirely.

 

[Heroman]

why is it on another subscription thingy though? and why is it double the price of the network?

I don't get it

Cause it got double the flips.

 

[Sweeney Tom]

Cause WWE is picking up indies too and FloSlam is a startup

Also every indication WWE made that they were adding Indy stuff always came with the indication that it'd be more than $9.99 even if they were able to pull it off

Your dreams of killing the indies and doing it for under $10 were always just dreams

 

[Jamie OD]

wXw is on highspots? do they upload as fast as I hear they do. May go in for that instead.

They don't put up every show but the Tag League is already on it.

 

[imBask]

I mean from a marketing standpoint this makes no sense. Having the "inferior" content cost more than your premium content is real stupid

 

[FlammableD]

Seems that's the #BigNews

 

[BronsonLee]

Also every indication WWE made that they were adding Indy stuff always came with the indication that it'd be more than $9.99 even if they were able to pull it off

Your dreams of killing the indies and doing it for under $10 were always just dreams

It'll be 15-20 probably

 

[Mahonay]

I mean a streaming indy service is pretty cool I guess, especially if they manage to pull in more feds. Not willing to pay 20 a month though.

 

[FlammableD]

I mean from a marketing standpoint this makes no sense. Having the "inferior" content cost more than your premium content is real stupid

it's craft content m9


seriously though, it's not financially possible to undercut a monopoly. Wrasslin' costs money

 

[HazySaiyan]

Highspots is a pretty decent OD indy network. I think i'm going to keep my sub, wXw, AAW, CZW, archive PWG is p good

How far back does the PWG archive go? Was planning on watching last year's BOLA and this would save me buying the DVDs

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Seems that's the #BigNews

No wonder big dave refused to call it big news then

 

[klonere]

The moment WWE killed the indies

They don't put up every show but the Tag League is already on it.

pretty much, they've got the tag league up from couple weeks ago
https://www.highspotswrestlingnetwork.com/

Sounds gute, I'll check it out

 

[Disagree Guy]

Seems that's the #BigNews

Well that's a bigger let down than Royal Rumble 2015

 

[Anth0ny]

If this WWE Network indy content news doesn't drop today, Wade Keller is just another wiener who just enjoys making really fucking annoying cryptic Tweets.

for real, what a nothing announcement.

if the wwe talent don't make fuck all off the network I hate to imagine what indie performers would make off the entire 1000 man subscriber base that this will create