Post by Dirty Don Matt di Capo on Jun 15, 2007 1:18:27 GMT -5
The mystery remains. Who is secretly negotiating to buyout the 51% controlling interest in Coliseum Championship Wrestling? The man (or woman) who does so will hold all the cards, while CCW as we currently know it, could fall like a house of cards.
Would CCW ever be the same? Would the Wednesday night wrestling cards be moved from the historic Evansville Veterans' Memorial Coliseum to another venue, or even another city? Would there be Wednesday night wrestling cards? Folks, would there even be a CCW if the controlling-interest purchase comes to fruition?
These are all questions that loom to which the answers are uncertain.
And who could the possible buyer be? The answer is anybody. Since the inception of Coliseum Championship Wrestling in 2002 many have inquired about its purchase. I would hesitate to guess how many times late-promoter Eric Acker was asked to sell his majority share in CCW. Yet, as easy as it would have been for Eric Acker to sell all of the headaches, all of the politics, all of the time put into the product, all of the low gates and small-to-nil paydays that resulted in running CCW, and all of the BS - Eric held firm to accomplish his goal. That goal was to bring Evansville wrestling back to its heyday, and more importantly, traditional wrestling back to the Evansville Coliseum for the wrestling fans in Evansville.
As we all know Evansville, Indiana, has been a hotbed for wrestling for decades - dating all the way back to the 1930s. In the 1970s-1980s-1990s, the Contiental Wrestling Association/Championship Wrestling Association (later merging with World Class Championship Wrestling to become the United States Wrestling Association) ran hot in Evansville every Wednesday night. Evansville was one of the cities in the CWA/USWA's weekly "loop." Furthermore, the promotion gained popularity with its weekly television show on WMC-5 in Memphis, which was broadcast in Evansville on WTVW Channel 7. As a result of great promotion and tv exposure, along with great personalities and compelling storylines, Memphis Wrestling and The Coliseum often sold-out every Wednesday night. That is until poor management/promotion slowly killed the town and ultimately killed the entire promotion in mid 90s.
So you can see the allure in purchasing a wrestling promotion headquartered at the Evansville Veterans' Memorial Coliseum in downtown Evansville. I have heard the rumors of who is purchasing CCW. It worries me because some of these "rumored buyers" could totally change the face of the promotion, and possibly wrestling as we know it today.
Next post I will address some of the rumors and the names that have been linked with CCW's purchase. Feel free to post what rumors you have heard, or who you think could be seeking to purchase CCW.
Until the Bell Rings,
Capo
Would CCW ever be the same? Would the Wednesday night wrestling cards be moved from the historic Evansville Veterans' Memorial Coliseum to another venue, or even another city? Would there be Wednesday night wrestling cards? Folks, would there even be a CCW if the controlling-interest purchase comes to fruition?
These are all questions that loom to which the answers are uncertain.And who could the possible buyer be? The answer is anybody. Since the inception of Coliseum Championship Wrestling in 2002 many have inquired about its purchase. I would hesitate to guess how many times late-promoter Eric Acker was asked to sell his majority share in CCW. Yet, as easy as it would have been for Eric Acker to sell all of the headaches, all of the politics, all of the time put into the product, all of the low gates and small-to-nil paydays that resulted in running CCW, and all of the BS - Eric held firm to accomplish his goal. That goal was to bring Evansville wrestling back to its heyday, and more importantly, traditional wrestling back to the Evansville Coliseum for the wrestling fans in Evansville.
As we all know Evansville, Indiana, has been a hotbed for wrestling for decades - dating all the way back to the 1930s. In the 1970s-1980s-1990s, the Contiental Wrestling Association/Championship Wrestling Association (later merging with World Class Championship Wrestling to become the United States Wrestling Association) ran hot in Evansville every Wednesday night. Evansville was one of the cities in the CWA/USWA's weekly "loop." Furthermore, the promotion gained popularity with its weekly television show on WMC-5 in Memphis, which was broadcast in Evansville on WTVW Channel 7. As a result of great promotion and tv exposure, along with great personalities and compelling storylines, Memphis Wrestling and The Coliseum often sold-out every Wednesday night. That is until poor management/promotion slowly killed the town and ultimately killed the entire promotion in mid 90s.
So you can see the allure in purchasing a wrestling promotion headquartered at the Evansville Veterans' Memorial Coliseum in downtown Evansville. I have heard the rumors of who is purchasing CCW. It worries me because some of these "rumored buyers" could totally change the face of the promotion, and possibly wrestling as we know it today.
Next post I will address some of the rumors and the names that have been linked with CCW's purchase. Feel free to post what rumors you have heard, or who you think could be seeking to purchase CCW.
Until the Bell Rings,
Capo