FAILED Wrestling Companies That Went Bankrupt

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FAILED Wrestling Companies That Went Bankrupt

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2 ай бұрын

We all know of WWE, AEW, TNA and other TV wrestling companies but outside of them exist a whole world of wrestling companies all over the globe. And many of them don’t last with some going bust due to a variety of reasons whether it be poor decision making, bad spending or finding themselves in controversy. So like the video and lets talk about it, lets talk about FAILED wrestling companies that went bust.
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@MoonlightStrider 2 ай бұрын

Fun Fact: Did you know, that the first three seasons of Lucha Underground were filmed in the same warehouse that was used for the Breaking The Magicians' Code: Magic's Greatest Secrets Finally Revealed

@kenchem9253 2 ай бұрын

That is a fun fact

@JustinGewdin 2 ай бұрын

Thats awesome

@la2beekay496 2 ай бұрын

They did a lot in that warehouse I think some filming or Hollywood studios owns it cause they did some inception scenes that I know and I think wrestling society x?

@ChristopherJohn4389 2 ай бұрын

Of course. Everyone knows that's lol. Jk. Cool fact.

@spartanisland9977 2 ай бұрын

I watched some of both that’s crazy lmao

@BiggieTrismegistus 2 ай бұрын

Control Your Narrative was essentially EC3 skimming the Wikipedia article on "Postmodernism" and deciding to make a wrestling promotion based on it.

@kidz4p509 2 ай бұрын

But even after CYN closed, he still acted like it was still a thing. From what I learned, he had some head problems or something at some point.

@planetschlock 2 ай бұрын

@@kidz4p509 He's had head problems at EVERY point lmao

@TheMattrking 2 ай бұрын

“What his spirit animal? That’s right; a jaguar!” - Konan, Lucha Underground Episode 1, while introducing Prince Puma

@SkyDog1972 2 ай бұрын

0:26 WrestleCircus 3:03 Chikara 6:01 Control Your Narrative 10:24 WhatCulture Pro Wrestling/Defiant 14:01 Hulkamania Let the Battle Begin Tour 17:18 Lucha Underground 20:54 Wrestling Society X 22:39 World of Sport Wrestling 25:08 Five Star Wrestling 32:55 Wrestling Entertainment Series

@jackmackakaheavyguyhaiku545 2 ай бұрын

Wrestling Society X is a dumpster fire in the best ways possible. So fast paced that you didn't know why opponents had beef, if there even was any animosity. "I'm mad at you!" "Well, I'm mad at you too (for reasons)" And then they fight. But it was fun. WCPW and Lucha Underground were badass in their days.

@TaylorGriffing-rj2on Ай бұрын

I was maybe 12 or 13 when it was in tv for that brief moment in time , it was pretty wild lol.

@impulse_xs 14 күн бұрын

I have a weird soft spot for WSX. “Dumpster fire in the best way possible” sums it up perfectly lol.

@jackmackakaheavyguyhaiku545 14 күн бұрын

@@impulse_xsI'd agree with "worst ways possible" if I didn't like it so much.

@impulse_xs 14 күн бұрын

@@jackmackakaheavyguyhaiku545 Oh that was a misquote I meant to say *best lmao. But Yeah I probably enjoyed WSX way more than I had a right to lol. It was so fast paced you didn’t have time to question the ridiculousness of it all and you’d just enjoy the circus. If nothing else it was definitely memorable. I still have the original DVD set somewhere…

@staple_gun6367 11 күн бұрын

WSX walked so Lucha Underground could run

@ryanwaslawski6088 2 ай бұрын

Wonder what would’ve happened to whatculture if the KZfaq ad revenue crap didn’t happen.

@oddishhonor 2 ай бұрын

The cultaholic crew would’ve still left, it was going to end one way or another

@greenkoopa 2 ай бұрын

@@oddishhonor also Ben and Peter at Triple Jump

@okyep 2 ай бұрын

Adam has a sex addiction and allegations that caused a rift between what culture.

@Showbiz_CH 2 ай бұрын

@@okyep huh, what

@zeldabombsquad1144 Ай бұрын

@@Showbiz_CHAdam Blampied is a confessed sexual predator

@perceivedvelocity9914 2 ай бұрын

Lucha Underground was special. I really miss that one.

@sampleoffers1978 2 ай бұрын

Some these shows need to make splash on tv when getting is good but plan on being cancelled from tv and work internet presence hard post tv, which remains history asset.

@TheWorldFromJ2Z 2 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed that company because they would lean into the gimmicks of having powers and being supernatural

@staple_gun6367 11 күн бұрын

There was a point where Lucha Underground was legitimately my favorite show on television.

@Bunbunfunfun 11 күн бұрын

Lucha underground ending was a sad day. My fave wrestling show of the last ten years.

@kadharefinley224 2 ай бұрын

WCPW and Lucha Underground are the only two companies that I really watched. Both companies had a great roster and amazing matches

@WWECodyEra 2 ай бұрын

Lucha underground still exists the call it cmll

@BiggieTrismegistus 2 ай бұрын

I was pumped when I pulled into a bank parking lot and saw someone with a Lucha Underground sticker on the back of the car. Unfortunately instead of talking to a fan it was a woman borrowing her son's car.

@perceivedvelocity9914 2 ай бұрын

@@WWECodyEraIn name only.

@emilianogarciacisneros2727 2 ай бұрын

@@WWECodyErait's not the same thing by any means

@thegreatestshowonearth7623 2 ай бұрын

I wonder is it awkward between Nia Jax and AOP now since they all have comeback to WWE now on the same show lol

@Ibmyselfman 2 ай бұрын

WCPW didn't go bankrupt, Defiant went bankrupt. There was a big difference in product, especially when the WhatCulture stars left to form Cultaholic.

@anthonymacgregor9790 2 ай бұрын

WCPW and Defiant ware the same promotion.

@Ibmyselfman 2 ай бұрын

@anthonymacgregor9790 I'm very well aware of that lol. Product/ratings went downhill after the Whatculture 6 left and the name changed.

@DbpLukcy 2 ай бұрын

I wanna watch both I keep hearing about them

@NormanHoward17 2 ай бұрын

@@Ibmyselfmandon’t forget that some left to form the WrestleTalk channel included Blampied before he had to leave again

@M.S.Fitness 2 ай бұрын

Stars? 😂😂😂😂

@anonluxor470 2 ай бұрын

I was really getting into lucha underground when watching clips and matches from it's KZfaq channel because I didn't have El rey network back then but when i did it was already dead

@BiggieTrismegistus 2 ай бұрын

I get the expanded DirecTV package just to get El Rey because I heard about Lucha Underground. I was very happy I did because Lucha Underground was absolutely amazing.

@sampleoffers1978 2 ай бұрын

I watched it a little, it was on my terrible cable system in city that was too expensive and channels disappeared rando lol

@kurtpaulsen6579 2 ай бұрын

I watched the first two seasons on Netflix back in the day... And then the next ones on various free sites online... Would've watched it on their network, but like you said, didn't have access to it

@danielcantu859 Ай бұрын

I know tubi has it all

@Noobie2k7 Ай бұрын

Lucha Underground was so good. Needs to be a new Wrestling Promotion like it. I loved the way it was filmed and how it was much more story focused. It wasn't just another indy promotion with good matches.

@greenkoopa 2 ай бұрын

WCPW was really great, when it swapped to Defiant and left youtube I did not care anymore. Same with NWA

@greenkoopa 2 ай бұрын

I watched aew Dark every week on here

@NoTengoDinero69 2 ай бұрын

I miss Chikara so much. So many special memories at their shows. Trios was my favorite PPV for years. Long live The Colony 🫡

@suoquainen Ай бұрын

Maybe you wanna take a look at Brian Kendrick's promotion WPW (Wrestling Pro Wrestling...i know it's a stupid name). It's not the same, but you may find some CHIKARA like gimmicks and maybe some similarities. There's also HTW (Hight Tension Wrestling...former known as Camp Leapfrog). I would say that's the closest to CHIKARA you can actually find and there are also a lot former CHIKARA wrestlers in the roster like Crummels & Defarge, King Crab and many more.

@speedlemon 2 ай бұрын

I miss Wrestlecircus. Got to see a few of their shows and it was always a good time.

@jetman80pops 2 ай бұрын

What really hurt WCPW was when the two Adam's and crew left What culture.

@KONSACZ 2 ай бұрын

They know they worth, and decide to bet on themselves. I would say it was worth it, Cultaholic doing great numbers, and WhatCulture is at this point a joke in wrestling community.

@Stizzfoshizz 2 ай бұрын

⁠@@KONSACZI don’t think Cultaholic is much better to be honest. It is all the same content it feels like

@jetman80pops 2 ай бұрын

@@KONSACZ oh I totally agree I love cultaholic and yes whatcultures quality has really dipped

@KONSACZ 2 ай бұрын

@@Stizzfoshizz Yeah obviously it's news + list videos, I was mostly talking about cast of characters, when you have good friends in Cultaholic, and this charisma vacuums in WC. Also Cultaholic have some great, long documentaries too.

@kaylalaufeyson8828 29 күн бұрын

@@KONSACZwhy is it a joke im the wrestling community??

@Lightman0359 2 ай бұрын

To be fair on Hogan's shenanigans, many of those guys were in TNA at some point.

@daksto 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this video alot of research has gone into this i can tell

@DiabolikalRA 2 ай бұрын

I can't stand ec3. He's way to confident in his shit abilities

@danielcantu859 Ай бұрын

I have never thought he was as good as people claimed

@Atomykpimp 2 ай бұрын

Herb Abrams UWF.

@babarazamsucks 2 ай бұрын

A storyline shutdown.😂

@radleybuttons7830 2 ай бұрын

God I miss CHIKARA so much. The formation of the BDK and the subsequent 2 years was the best wrestling storyline I've ever seen.

@kidz4p509 2 ай бұрын

I wish Mike Quackenbush can reopen it.

@mgunter 2 ай бұрын

5* Wrestling did have a unique feature in that if you cheated to much you lost by DQ, and you can turn that off.

@BlueOpinion 2 ай бұрын

2 of those 4 Hogan tour shows were actually given favorable reviews. Also the reason the company went bankrupt is Hogan's divorce was finalized.

@TimTE01 2 ай бұрын

The reason given.

@tafua_a 2 ай бұрын

5 Star Wrestling was released to critical acclaim! Sorry, I miswrote there: it was released to the same critical reaction as Acclaim.

@NEILAMALONE 2 ай бұрын

(feels like deja vu?) anyway, I was at the 5 Star Wrestling event in Edinburgh, not a bad show overall with some decent talent. Things were a little disorganised though, with members/associates of a (now probably defunct?) local wrestling company (Reckless Intent) stepping in to help organise queues and stuff for the meet and greet. The promotor of 5 Star had a really bad attitude though. I believe he lived in/near Dundee and was contacted by friends of mine (who also went to a local promotion at the time) interested in seeing if he wanted help promoting the likes of the Dundee show- posters, flyers etc handed out etc but the responses were just hateful, rude and aggressive. I think as said, a lot of people saw that the company was quickly falling apart when it ended.

@liamgillett9068 2 ай бұрын

I was at that show in Liverpool and they had literally segments like big segments of the echo arena curtained off if I had to hazard a guess I would say 200 people were there

@BlackslooklikeHarambe 13 күн бұрын

And you were one of the nerds to show up 😂😂

@soullessmin 2 ай бұрын

I watched all the WOS Wrestling at the time, and have recently rewatched then all with great joy, I was so disappointed that more wasn't made, it was great having some awesome wrestling on free TV here in the UK.

@Atomykpimp 2 ай бұрын

MLW 2003 on The Sunshine Network was the shit! You had Punk vs Raven Feud and the promo’s were amazing and the Extreme Horseman along with Fuego Guerrero aka Amazing Red. Joey Styles on Commentary.

@mikeawesome9212 2 ай бұрын

"Hogan was a wrestling promoter for a bit of time". Of course he was, we've all seen WCW.

@WWEDylanS 2 ай бұрын

Chikara is PG wrestling done right. Hilarious, but great wrestling. King of Trios is something AEW should do instead of trios titles. I’ll always love Chikara. So many great gimmicks and stories.

@neverangel24officialytchan87 2 ай бұрын

>PG Wrestling done right I wish it never was, along with pandering to Burgerland’s PC culture is one of its multiple COD of this company.

@edrayed 13 күн бұрын

Wow... Joe Coffey (now In NXT) score an unbelievable win during 5 Star Wrestling... Defeated Nick Aldis... Defeated Will Osprey... And Defeated Zack Sabre Jr. That's insane!

@councilbaker7972 2 ай бұрын

Regarding the FIVE STAR WRESTLING game, I am reminded a bit of the old arcade game THE MAIN EVENT, where all the wrestlers were knock-off parodies of mostly WWF stars (and El Canek/Mil Mascaras)...

@shanecaddell 2 ай бұрын

Those first 2 episodes of wcpw were unbelievably good

@brandonalloway7128 2 ай бұрын

EC3 just watched fight club then it became his personality

@planetschlock 2 ай бұрын

His original vision: "What if Project Mayhem...BUT WRESTLING?!" His vision in reality: A teenager from the early 2000's dressed as Neo and posing in his backyard with a katana sword purchased from the mall....but wrestling.

@kamiloalvarez5800 Ай бұрын

the most overrated wrestling channels are always from british dudes, except top10wrestling he is one of the few that are not annoying

@davidfitzpatrick6535 2 ай бұрын

13:51 Whatculture Wrestling has also said that the formation of NXT UK in 2018 also made a big difference as a TON of British talent that basically WWE were interested in but the wrestlers didn't want to move to the USA such as Tegan Knox Walter (now Gunther) Bea Priestley etc hurt them as they lost almost all of the British indie talent with name power.

@DeadKoby 2 ай бұрын

Running a wrestling promotion must be super tough. You need name talent to get an audience.... and you have to HOPE that said talent doesn't phone it in. Non-contracted wrestlers are often past their prime, or really green........ so it just makes it really darn tough.

@Hexx_Iztenze 2 ай бұрын

I quite liked Chikara. It was something very different. Wasn't the easiest to watch where I am, but I used to be able to get hold of some shows. Was rather into Ultramantis Black.

@bigtombowski 27 күн бұрын

World of Sport is nothing without Shirley Crabtree. Maybe a bit of Mick McManus lol

@TheNormalUnstable 3 күн бұрын

before i saw wack culture pro wrestling logo, i thought it was Kurt Angle on thumbnail

@jimmysdadgoingcrazy 2 ай бұрын

The AEW Anarchy in the Arena matches remind me of Wrestling Society X

@razorm4527 29 күн бұрын

I was a referee for World Gran Prix Wrestling ever hear of it? no not surprised

@jasonchesson1709 Ай бұрын

Lucha Underground is truly unique. It was the most fun I've ever had in 30+ years of watching wrasslin.

@XXV_Flea333 22 күн бұрын

0:48 "Biggest stars..." Shows Wes Brisco

@gabrielgray83 2 ай бұрын

I'd like to see the option to condense all the different personas of a wrestler into one character if you don't want multiples showing up on Universe mode (no matter your settings, they do sometimes show up in the Royal Rumble). You could also toggle on persona changes as storyline angles if you want it while still avoiding duplicates. I like to have mine a little bit more of a Sim, so that would add to the realism a bit.

@hellchrome01 2 ай бұрын

15:27 YOUMANGA!

@AlecMcphee 2 ай бұрын

Sorry 15:24 15:28- onwards. Umaga lol

@SpewChoob Ай бұрын

Briz Bain.

@manuelcastillotaylorsversi2551 26 күн бұрын

Lucha Underground was the true evolution of wrestling.

@Lightman0359 2 ай бұрын

As a Chicagoan, when I saw "WCPW" I thought you were gonna talk about the real WCPW: Windy City Pro Wrestling, but then again, they still exist

@Gofioneta 2 ай бұрын

I remember NWE, the only one who came to my city

@hishamulhadi17 Ай бұрын

chicara storylines pls 👇

@shopaccount8909 2 ай бұрын

MLW is still trying to get it over.

@babarazamsucks 2 ай бұрын

Last year. Geez. Time just flies. I knew it was a long time ago though.

@JUSLOFI 2 ай бұрын

FIVE STAR sounds like AEW! Yikes!

@glenharper3875 Күн бұрын

Wrestling society x that was when Jack Evans and mdogg 20/son of havok were in their prime

@CG_VON 3 күн бұрын

It would seem wrestlers will go to the bigger companies for more money and fame. The independent wrestling companies will have a hard time with more known wrestling companies unless they have a loyal fan base, successful media content, sponsors, etc. I think that wrestling has two segments: the business side and creative side. Some people are fans and not cut for owning a wrestling company. TNA making bad business decisions, AEW having issues with separation of talent and management, MLW not having enough revenue or ability to sign talent, among other issues. It seem the only company worth going is WWE for fame and money. However there are enough wrestling fans, sponsors, media rights, wrestlers, investors, to create a competitive market on both mainstream and independent wrestling.

@Kobra6510 11 күн бұрын

Of all of these companies, oh how i wish Lucha Underground would come back.

@babarazamsucks 2 ай бұрын

Pfft. Adam Pacitti.😅

@gordyhowitzer 22 күн бұрын

Hager's nickname should be the "Kiss of Death" and he should come to the ring with the 5* and Lucha Underground world titles

@nightwing1822 2 ай бұрын

Wonder if there will be a Fight Club Pro video as that was a very interesting company

@michaelcotton4853 14 күн бұрын

The problem with alot of the small English wrestling companies if you weren't from were the company was , you'd never heard of it. So when u saw a flyer /poster for the shows, with the big stars on it you'd laugh and say whatever they won't turn up , so must people never went.

@jayeckberg774 Ай бұрын

I don't know if it was the reason they changed their name to Defiant, but they were sued for using WCPW which had been trademarked by another wrestling promotion that had been around since the 1990's.

@galacticbreakdown2804 2 ай бұрын

quick fix: Wrestling Society X did not begin in 2003

@glenharper3875 Күн бұрын

Loved Lucha underground, that killshot vs Dante fox three stages of war match or whatever it was called was amazing and pentagon vs that Asian girl , Jesus she could take some stiff shots

@richardtherichard26 28 күн бұрын

This video actually made me gain a lot of respect for Tony khan. Any schmuck with money can promote a wrestling show and more often then not they’re dead before they even take off. Tony khan has started a company, created a working relationship with the biggest non American company in the world, and purchased another company. All while trying to promote Aew as his main brand. I’ll give him credit where it’s due. That’s not an easy task to accomplish, good for him.

@craigbiggam2111 2 ай бұрын

Grado was the first world of sport reboot champ. New year's episode Grado won it in a multi man ladder match 🤷

@RoyStantz Ай бұрын

"[WOS Wrestling] had very good production" No it fucking didn't. The constant camera cuts were annoying, as were the commentary team. I know WWE does a lot of camera cuts, but to me, they always feel like they are still on the action. But with WOS, it's like changing the angle completely, going from one side angle to a diagonal angle makes it hard to watch.

@shaneoleary9919 2 ай бұрын

Awesome video yay

@AdLamb 2 ай бұрын

It’s a shame AEW completely fucked over WOS, if only Sky had outbid ITV & we’d still have it.

@sheemnewera 5 күн бұрын

Lucha underground was so lit

@glenharper3875 Күн бұрын

Aah remember when ricochet/prince puma was having amazing matches at PWG, WCPW, lucha und, wrestle circus 🎪 now he’s happy to resign for another four years at wwe when he knows they’ll barely use him and he won’t get a sniff of a title , I really thought he’d leave and go to AEW when his contract ended but he resigned ?? He’s obviously happy just to get paid to not wrestle

@HalianTheProtogen 2 ай бұрын

I feel bad for only learning about WCPW and Lucha Underground after the fact. :(

@FretzlemaniaPod 28 күн бұрын

Huh I did not even know CHIKARA was gone.

@MichaelKrucinski-lm6zs 27 күн бұрын

Martin Kirby was brilliant in WCPW

@turtlehead2 20 күн бұрын

Wcpw got me back into wrestling. First time I saw Ospreay was there. That was a good show that could’ve been great.

@Beastthepoker Ай бұрын

Wrestling society x brought nostalgia to my life back in the days

@wweminehead5458 9 күн бұрын

Here we are 2 months on and WOS is back

@yeoedwin1619 Ай бұрын

Worth mentioning: AWF, FWE,

@steveirvinejr1672 Ай бұрын

Hulk was a tour only

@beastmodegaming1490 18 күн бұрын

Wrestling Society X I watched on MTV around 07 wasn’t bad at all, I miss it truly, XPac & Vampiro and Teddy Hart was the shittt.

@sampleoffers1978 2 ай бұрын

It's inspiring in that each promotion is like off Broadway show. You do notice lack of exclusively women promotions, though some are on internet and maybe dont fail...Probably these promotions fail because theyre infiltrated/undermined behind scenes, and or theyre tax write offs from start...Failure is still stories though, and stories are the commodity/value...Like any small business, the live audience is vulnerability in model due to overhead/liability...so work arounds that're innovative for live feel are very so impressive. Would have been nice if you sectioned off each company on the video timeline for chapter reference.

@Pumptutor 19 күн бұрын

Nah, the wcpw/defiant review was poor. KZfaq was the big issue with the company, and you didn't even mention that.

@suoquainen Ай бұрын

WOS was very strange. It looked like a british 1-on-1 copy of WWE, but in very small. Not sure what the intention of this copycat was. :)

@Omega5678 2 ай бұрын

I remember watching a random episode of WOS Wrestling it was gd

@StevenDaniels81 2 ай бұрын

I'm still sad about Chickara that was the most fun I've ever had at an Indy show

@bsc2005 19 күн бұрын

"Why did WCPW fail? Here's why"

@SpaceGhost92 27 күн бұрын

How did 5 star not do any better? Like even aew doesn’t bungle ticket sales that badly…

@matthewb4412 Ай бұрын

Hi i have the dvd from the Brisbane show of the hulk hogan australia tour in 2009

@kanoaikawach 2 ай бұрын

It didn't help that CYN was mostly a bunch of dudes who were fired for being knobs and/or racist.

@arunsingla3452 2 ай бұрын

One thing to learn from this video is when companies is going down, jack swagger would somehow always be crowned world champion

@MCPunk55 Ай бұрын

Well no one can say these people didn't at least give it a try, even if they were horribly misguided.

@Sxcheschka Ай бұрын

Weird music is good music.

@rickisgrate Ай бұрын

Destineeeeeeeeeeeeee this is my destineeeeeeeeeeeee lives in my head rent free from watching whatculture lists

@northleedspoppa 2 ай бұрын

Tbf wcpw was so predatorty in British indie scene it pretty much killed it NXT UK wasn't even close to whatculture when it came to stealing talent

@vongola11thboss67 2 ай бұрын

I never heard of WCPW being predatorial with talent. Could you elaborate?

@LordAndSavion 19 күн бұрын

11:27 I BELIEVE IN JOE HENDRY 👏👏

@onzasyne 2 ай бұрын

Moral of the story is never give Swagger a title

@kennethrodriguez5283 10 күн бұрын

Double negative over here with your title

@BullRonin 2 ай бұрын

Buddy of mine is a super fan of Braun Stroman. Control your narrative announced our city for that tour. I tagged the buddy on Facebook as a goof. Control your narrative started DMing him so he bought a ticket. My bad.