If you went and watched a lot of independent wrestling you would see why the "lots of various promotions" idea won't work.
Let's say we ignore the fact there will be 5 to 10 various shows, all which will unfortunately have the same stories. Wrestling promoters on independents tend to stick to basic stories, there is probably a reason for that, if they came up with amazing stories they probably wouldn't be working for an independent wrestling organization that runs 10-20 shows a year.
Guys tend to look the same on the indy's. Gear is similar, their bodies are similar, their movesets are similar. It's rare for someone to stand out. It's bad enough watching WWE/TNA/ROH and some NXT anymore. I can't imagine trying to watch more fed's.
The whole $$$ is also an issue. You'd need a weekly show for them, which means at least one event a week, which is 50+ events a year. That's a lot for an independent. They're going to need help booking.
Also, those events are going to be a lot of highschool/community center gyms. Not exactly what you want to see on a network, eh?
Assume you get the independent on board, get them the 50 bookings in decent places and help advertise so it's not 100 people in a 5000 seat arena, and even buy them some equipment and train their guys in operating it so it looks good on TV. How about training the talent? Most independent wrestlers I have met have 2-3 jobs, and can't train because there is no place to do it. So you rent them a building, get them a ring, and pay those guys some extra money so they can afford train 2-3x a week so their wrestling looks good.
$1000 a month for rent, $150 per week per person (10-15 people per fed). That's $7000 minimum. Heck on an investment.. Oh, but they'll draw a lot right? Pay off that debt? No. I'm sorry, but independent wrestling isn't a huge money maker or we wouldn't see so many fed's start and end within a year
Let's say we ignore the fact there will be 5 to 10 various shows, all which will unfortunately have the same stories. Wrestling promoters on independents tend to stick to basic stories, there is probably a reason for that, if they came up with amazing stories they probably wouldn't be working for an independent wrestling organization that runs 10-20 shows a year.
Guys tend to look the same on the indy's. Gear is similar, their bodies are similar, their movesets are similar. It's rare for someone to stand out. It's bad enough watching WWE/TNA/ROH and some NXT anymore. I can't imagine trying to watch more fed's.
The whole $$$ is also an issue. You'd need a weekly show for them, which means at least one event a week, which is 50+ events a year. That's a lot for an independent. They're going to need help booking.
Also, those events are going to be a lot of highschool/community center gyms. Not exactly what you want to see on a network, eh?
Assume you get the independent on board, get them the 50 bookings in decent places and help advertise so it's not 100 people in a 5000 seat arena, and even buy them some equipment and train their guys in operating it so it looks good on TV. How about training the talent? Most independent wrestlers I have met have 2-3 jobs, and can't train because there is no place to do it. So you rent them a building, get them a ring, and pay those guys some extra money so they can afford train 2-3x a week so their wrestling looks good.
$1000 a month for rent, $150 per week per person (10-15 people per fed). That's $7000 minimum. Heck on an investment.. Oh, but they'll draw a lot right? Pay off that debt? No. I'm sorry, but independent wrestling isn't a huge money maker or we wouldn't see so many fed's start and end within a year
