20/20 segment on local pro-wrestling scene

[buzzandhum]

Last night 20/20 showed a nice little segment on the local New Zealand pro-wrestling scene.  It's worth checking out.  Especially for those who say "it's all fake."

http://tvnz.co.nz/20-20-news/20-wrestler-2853611/video

Dal and Hollie, in particular, should be proud.  Such articulate, intelligent, aware people - who love to get out there and put on a

Comments

[buzzandhum]

Yeah, the inclusion of the footage "Lights Out Death Match" between Dal and Chuck for the IPW title certainly caused a bit of disquiet amongst the local scene. It's not all like that of course, and that match was the culmination of a long storyline. But, of course, 20/20 would choose footage like that, just like they'd chose to use that footage of Chris Masters walking out of the interview, even though he'd warned that he was not able to answer questions about his dismissal from the WWE.

But, still, I thought it was good to have that footage there, and the shot of Flag-Boy lying in the ring with blood pouring from his broken nose too. The "it's all fake" stuff is sometimes a huge hurdle to get some people to overcome, and a bit of that rough stuff convinces more than a hundred 'technical' matches that these guys and girls put a lot on the line just to put on a show for a few hundred people.

Still, just wish 20/20 had been a bit more professional and captioned who some of those interviewed were. From that segment, you would've thought there was only one promotion, Auckland's IPW. And even with the large amount of time given to Hollie, there was no mention she's part of Wellington's KPW. And you'd know the names of no-one apart from Hollie and Dal (and 'The Machine.' Introducing him as the guy who runs IPW, but not with his real name? Huh).