>>18856469you can literally trace the decline of the American indie boom with the rise of the Young Bucks
Pre-Bucks, we had
>Zandig's CZW>low rent PWG with Super Dragon, Human Tornado and Chris Bosh>Chikara - back when it was CZW guys playing lucha characters and before Quack screwed over Reckless Youth>MLW v1 trying to replace ECW>Jarrett's NWA TNA>IWA MS actually using real talents from WCW, ECW, TNA, and WWFThe moment things went to shit is when Gabe got fired from ROH, launched Dragon Gate USA/EVOLVE to fight back and signed indie talents to "exclusive contracts"
Johnny Gargano was such a faggot for being the first mark to sign an exclusivity deal for working indies.
Then battle lines started to get drawn on which shows you could work if they were Highspots or SmartMark or iPPVs.
Then the Bucks and Gargano and Ricochet became these overhyped "taste makers" thanks Voices of Wrestling.
DJ Hyde started to try to appeal to the smarks
Quack went into turb autism mode
PWG became a circle jerk
