I've never, ever heard the phrase "Sammy and friends"

good to see MVP still going

Vice I love what you're doing, stepping away from politics and just posting good old informative videos. Thank you for returning back to the real VICE.

As a huge wrestling fan i have never heard the term "Sami & Friends". Sounds like something Jim Cornette would say tough.

Camera footage of a indy show through Viceland seem better than the indy shows own footage. Guess we wont see MVP in the WWE Hall of Fame anytime soon...but then again, I dont think hes too worried about it. But imagjne seeing him at AEWs next PPV...

Watching MVP in this video reminds me of that promo he cut on TNA. Great wrestler even greater human being 💯💪🏾

And that's ("indie..." wrestlers & promotions) how it was in the 70s and early 80s before WWF/WWE took over as a big monopoly.... so it's coming full circle...

It's great to hear someone like MVP admit that even if he personally has that oldschool mentality, that he knows that's not how things work anymore and embraces it. It's ironic because for how prominently Jim Cornette gets featured in these Viceland documentaries recently, he's probably THE guy who most exemplifies the gatekeeping that MVP is disavowing here. The guy just can't be pleased unless it's 1969 or something.

Not a single person has said "Sami and friends".

This is good stuff. There is a big world of professional wrestling outside of the WWE walls. Now-a-days it is much more of a likelihood to make a decent living as an independent wrestler with the rise of KZfaq and social media to help promote an individuals personal brand. Also smaller promotions are getting more visibility because of this now more than ever all across the globe. Now with that said it doesn't mean that everyone is getting rich and as an independent you have to be a hustler because you are responsible for your own schedule. In the WWE things like that are already being taken care of for you. But as a independent you have control over your own likeness but you are paying all your costs to get to bookings. In WWE once you sign on the line, WWE can do whatever they please with your character unless you get special say so and only really a handful of guys can do that in the WWE. As a fan of professional wrestling I still know that being a wrestling fan and let a lone a fan of wrestling outside of the WWE is really still a niche thing in the grand scope of entertainment in general. If I were to bring up wrestling to a casual or someone who doesn't follow the business and I have done this numerous times because I try to find people who are fans as well they will all immediately think WWE. WWE absolutely drives the industry as a whole. Normally when WWE is doing well then that usually coincides with everything else as a whole. Traditionally that is how it works. But the world outside of WWE has never been healthier and proof of this is the spawning of other promotions popping up, the growth of Japanese wrestling and even Lucha in the U.S. as well as the newly minted AEW which is pretty much a by-product of the ground swell of support for independent wrestling over the last decade. Even though AEW is a baby it is already leading the growth of the sport and business that does not have the WWE brand.

Thanks for doing this. Especially with Sami. I love his work in Impact and MLW

Not hard to suceed outside WWE like it used to be considering WWE is killing its own shows and fans are going out and start to watch AEW, ROH, NJPW etc

MVP is seriously understated as he only had so much faith from WWE, fella was a star without the flips, could tell a story. Pleased to see he is still in the game.

Always bet on yourself

Yes it's called AEW & NJPW.

Dark Side of the Ring was AMAZING! Always been a fan of your wrestling videos / documentaries! Please do more in the future

Hassan Assad?? WTFF i thought Undertaker killed him

I love watching these episodes on Viceland.......Awesome stories!

The question is: Is wrestling experiencing a real revival or is WWE losing its fans to indie promotions? A little bit of both, maybe.

YOU GUYS DOING THESE VICELAND SHOWS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB JUST REALLY PROFESSIONAL. DONT CHANGE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A SHOW ON WHY THE WWE SHUNNED PEDRO MORALES OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS WHEN HE WAS A TRUE CLASSIC

Defy on viceland, hell yeah!

Love that this topic made it too Viceland..... Its about time the fans and Indie Wrestlers take ahold of the industry.

Sami is the mvp of Impact wrestling

Here we go what I was really waiting for

I spy Brody King in the background. I’ve seen him at a lot of Indy shows for the last 2 years. Definitely a talent to look forward too.

That kiss back was hilarious

Damn MVP still wrestling. 😱😱

Sammy's caracter in Lucha Underground was real good

Sami Callahan looks kind of like Solomon Crowe from NXT

And now MVP back in WWE!

Wow it’s crazy how successful Sami is. I can remember a clip I would watch like in 2013 of Jon Moxley, Drake Younger and Sami. Now Drake is a referee and Moxley is in AEW.

THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!

They shot this at Washington hall in Seattle! I live up the street lol. Littyyy

Calihan death machine! 2cw forever 💜

The mini draw is one of the best out there. He's loved and hated equally at the same time. That's a hard thing to do

in the Bay Area- I watch East Bay Pro wrestling in Pacheco Ca. ! not bad- great 4 the kids!

Never knew Triple H was interviewing

I went to an indi show with low expectations and Sami Callaghan really impressed me great wrestler better than what they have in WWE

I used to watch Sami Callihan at New Jersey indie shows back in his "New Horror" gimmick days. Dude always busted his ass. Great shows.

Lol what haven’t watched wrestling in years but it’s crazy seeing MVP

Are there full length episodes of this? Or do i have to sit around watching 3 minute clips?

Yes! Love it GO SAMI...his move being a pile driver is the statement to who he is as a wrestler if you know anything about how that move is outlawed

I'm glad to say I come from the same town as sami callihan in bellefontaine ohio

He's literally traveling around the world interviewing lots of wrestlers. How do I work here?

Success is a rim job in a seedy side public toilet with some random that you haven't seen. But fucking hell you can feel shit.

Where is the full show?

MVP is a wwe legend

Wrestling never before was so easy reachable and watchable for fans as actual and because of that, i`m sure that there never was a better chance for wrestlers to make a name for themself. Aah and i forgot to mention: Brody King, Brody King, Brody King!

Don't wait on others to give you the opportunity. CREATE the opportunity 💯 Gotta love MVP. He's still going strong 💪

All that footage and editing for 3 mins?!?!? Come on Vice

This is still better then WWE

Defy has cool lighting

This is a boxing hybrid thing

Hooray for Ravenous Randy!!!!!!

Smarks everywhere

1...2... you hear the clock tickin

I think it's interesting how these media outlets like Vice and John Oliver are criticizing WWE

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllll in Then proceeds to deliver a vicious elbow drop

WWE is your standard mainstream lager while outside promotions are craft beer.

The Indies are great...they only need further exposure.

Goddamn I love wrasslin so fn much! I tuned out for a few years but I see how the business is evolving and sprouting amazing talent. Now that Vince can't bury young talent the sky's the limit. Prince Puma aka King Ricochet needs a hard push or gtfo wwe and make his own destiny.

Sami Callahan is a legend

1...2...You here the clock ticking? Tick-tock, You about to stop living. Tick-tock, I want you to remember me. Tick-tock, but the day don't have no memory. I'm coming! Nobody could stop me, nobody could hold me, ain't nobody control me.

The Golden Age of Wrestling

WWE isn’t the end all be all anymore folks! It’s good to see other wrestling companies and wrestlers making a name for there selves. AEW AEW AEW

Yo! Ravenous Randy Myers!!

Wrestlers need to have a choice and the people watching need to have the same. like in the old days ..

so instead of sitting and being paid he left to work hard and get little money now that shows you how much he loves the sport rather than the cash that's what's up cuz that's real

MVP!!!

Mvp sounds like Kevin Hart

Support independent wrestling

NO... YOU'RE AN ENTERTAINER!!

MVP looks like a tanned Shane Mcmahon

Wonder if This series will touch on Ambrose/Moxley?

It's changing these guys are actually able to live. So they keep saying rich dota B is offering $80000 contracts only because of AEW look what they offer James storm I make more money than what they offered him. That's ridiculous. These guys are getting well off he just signed to a good company and there's like 10 and they will pay you well usually WB is failing and it's helping the industry as crazy as that is

How can you start

I hope to see Sami in AEW some day

I wanted to hear from Brody King =(

Holy shit it's MVP.

Indie wrestling will be the next wave

So, I was planning on joining a training facility in the Midwest, but the owner told me there is no money to be made in the independent circuit (like $0). To my knowledge you are far from the champagne lifestyle when your in the indys, I was guessing maybe $100 for a match. Promoters pay their wrestlers once they are a draw. What is this guys angle?

no mention of Ospreay cmon!

I agree that wwe misuses a lot of their talent, but you have to admit that there are a lot who are not that good to begin with.

Like Tropicana without the juice

MVP is the greatest US Champ of all time

A lot of them

Tought it was Taz at first

Personally I feel like Indy darling sounds more insulting

I would bet literally any person off the street would have a better than 50% chance of selling punches more realistically than randy myers

they all need to go to aew if they want that attitude/ruthless aggression era feeling again

Jonathan Moxlinson

Shout out to vice for not being about stupid politics.

I think MVP, Ron Simmons and Teddy Long should come together and form an all black Wrestling promotion, to give young upcoming black kids who want to persue a career in professional wrestling a chance to show their talent, especially kids that come from the hood, and dont have a any guidance. IJS.

I'm gald sami is in impact with the style of wrestling he does he would not have succeeded in WWE is too pg 13

MVP dubbed by Steve-O

how can you make a docu like this without getting the young bucks they made filthy money from merchandise way before aew

Impact wrestling rocks

Jon Moxley. Enough said.

Listen to smark to death podcast

Independent wrestling has probably never been hotter