{"id":4704,"date":"2017-05-10T21:23:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T01:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=4704"},"modified":"2017-05-10T22:42:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T02:42:00","slug":"a-guerrilla-walks-into-a-bar-a-social-media-whodunnit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2017\/05\/10\/a-guerrilla-walks-into-a-bar-a-social-media-whodunnit\/","title":{"rendered":"A Guerrilla Walks Into A Bar: A Social Media Whodunnit"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday May 8, the wrestling world exploded in a series of rage, confusion and heartbreak. And no, it wasn’t because of the way\u00a0Monday Night Raw\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>was booked (this time). It was the seeming subterfuge going on concerning two wrestling promotions, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG)<\/strong> and a new upstart promotion, Bar Wrestling<\/strong>. Two days later and there are now more questions than answers. Even the most informed wrestling journalists, such as Dave Meltzer<\/strong>, Pro Wrestling Sheet<\/strong><\/a>‘s Ryan Satin<\/strong> and PWInsider<\/strong>‘s Mike Johnson<\/strong> remained quiet as an almost air tight secrecy of what actually transpired became increasingly serene.<\/p>\n

SO WHAT HAPPENED?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

On Monday night, roughly around 9:15pm, those who followed PWG’s Official Facebook page received this notification:<\/p>\n

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Photo: Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Naturally, fans of California’s premier indie promotion flocked to the page to see what was going on. What they saw was PWG’s information completely gone and replaced for info about a new promotion, Bar Wrestling, that was holding it’s inaugural event in June 8, exactly one month to the date of the Facebook page “takeover”. Twenty minutes later, it was reverted back to PWG but now was scheduled for deletion, with all posts and content entirely erased.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The internet went into full panic mode, with some wondering if PWG had been hacked or perhaps there was a full on name change coming for the promotion that has been an integral part of the indie wrestling surge since it opened it’s doors in 2003.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/Beezzzzy\/status\/861817164386455554<\/p>\n

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@OfficialPWG<\/a> there's a rumor going around you're changing the name to Bar Wrestling. Probably fake. Hope it's fake. Please be fake.<\/p>\n

— Fick Moley (@braycomplains) May 9, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n