{"id":31936,"date":"2018-12-08T11:42:03","date_gmt":"2018-12-08T16:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=31936"},"modified":"2021-12-23T13:41:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T18:41:25","slug":"indies-not-dead-part-2-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/12\/08\/indies-not-dead-part-2-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Indies Not Dead, Part 2: The World"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to reports of the new NXT UK deals that restrict performances in the UK indie scene for many of its top stars and the reports than European megastar WALTER<\/strong> is WWE bound in January, a lot of fans are panicking about the end of the UK indie scene. When NXT UK stars like WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne<\/strong> tried to suppress the mob<\/a>, he was met with scorn. But like we mentioned in Part 1 of Indies Not Dead<\/a>, the indies are far deeper than people give it credit for. There are literally over 130 indie promotions in the UK alone right now – each of varying degrees, from developing rookies to nurturing sophomores, to giving platforms for potential global stars. And that’s just the British Isles. So like we did in Part 1, looking at over 140 of the top indie promotions the Americas, now we turn our focus on the rest of the world and it’s established or emerging indie scenes.<\/p>\n