{"id":70235,"date":"2020-06-09T18:43:43","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T22:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=70235"},"modified":"2020-06-09T18:44:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T22:44:10","slug":"iwtv-announces-mixtape-special-best-of-black-independent-wrestling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/06\/09\/iwtv-announces-mixtape-special-best-of-black-independent-wrestling\/","title":{"rendered":"IWTV Announces Mixtape Special: Best of Black Independent Wrestling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the wrestling community, alongside communities around the world, continue to fight racism through their multiple platforms in light of the recent George Floyd incident that has spawned protests around the world, <strong>IndependentWrestling.tv (IWTV)<\/strong> is airing a special edition of their <em><strong>IWTV Mixtape<\/strong><\/em> specials that will focus on the best of Black independent wrestling. The special, <em><strong>IWTV Mixtape: The Best of Black Independent Wrestling<\/strong><\/em>, will be curated by IWTV personality <strong>J-Rose<\/strong> and feature some of the best content from throughout their vast catalog of amazing independent wrestling from around the world to the US indies. The special <a href=\"https:\/\/independentwrestling.tv\/schedule\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">will air on IWTV<\/a> on Thursday, June 11, 2020, at 8pm EST.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thursday, 06.11.2020<br \/>IWTV Mixtape: Special<br \/>The Best Of Black Independent Wrestling<\/p>\n<p>All proceeds from this stream will go to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MNFreedomFund?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@MNFreedomFund<\/a> and other Black Lives Matter organizations + special BLM apparel &amp; more<\/p>\n<p>Curated by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thisisjrose?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@thisisjrose<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BLMonIWTV?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#BLMonIWTV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wbFUE24AYK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/wbFUE24AYK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IWTV (@indiewrestling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indiewrestling\/status\/1270142802702282753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Apart from featuring some amazing matches featuring some of the best independent Black wrestlers in the world, they have announced that all proceeds from the streaming of the special will be donated to the <a href=\"https:\/\/minnesotafreedomfund.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Minnesota Freedom Fund<\/strong><\/a> and other Black Lives Matter organizations, as well as 100% of the profits from special apparel from many of the promotions under the network&#8217;s umbrella.<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a> for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. Catch IWTV Mixtape: The Best of Black Independent Wrestling on Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 8pm EST <a href=\"https:\/\/independentwrestling.tv\/schedule\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on IWTV<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the wrestling community, alongside communities around the world, continue to fight racism through their multiple platforms in light of the recent George Floyd incident that has spawned protests around the world, IndependentWrestling.tv (IWTV) is airing a special edition of their IWTV Mixtape specials that will focus on the best of Black independent wrestling. 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