The Great Khali hasn't graced a WWE ring in a few years now - not since Jinder Mahal was the WWE Champion, but after the revelation that All Elite Wrestling is working with IMPACT Wrestling in some capacity, I thought it would be a great idea to do an article highlighting some other promotions (at least stateside anyway) that have some easy to access content, especially when you're looking for wrestling alternatives outside of WWE and AEW.
National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) Shockwave
This new show, taking place of their beloved NWA Powerrr series, premiered this week. It only clocked in at a little over 30 minutes, so it made for a nice short, sweet, digestible chuck of wrestling when there's so much out there to check out in any given week. I hope they bring back the "Into The Fire" intro whenever they are able to do Powerrr again regularly. For now, this is a nice substitute. I know things can't be easy right now with the laundry list of departures lately from that company.
Ring of Honor Wrestling
2020 Pure Championship Tournament
I'm not sure that many people are aware, but ROH TV episodes are available for FREE via the FITE TV app/website. The 2020 Pure Championship Tournament starts on Episode #469 and ends on Episode #476. I haven't kept up with their product as closely as I should have, but props should be given to ROH on how well this tournament was presented and the authentic feel to the action to make it feel like a serious, legitimate sport - something that seems to be a foreign concept more often than not in modern day wrestling. Even if you're new to ROH's product, there's something for everyone here as they take the time to introduce each entrant into the tournament individually, while providing time to have them talk about their motivations and why they are here. These sit-down interviews were really good stuff and I was disappointed that more wrestling outlets weren't covering this tournament. That being said, even though the tournament is over and a new champion has been crowned (who you don't have to look too far to find out with a simple Google search), this tournament is worth a look, especially with the talents involved.
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| All 16 entrants for the 2020 Pure Tournament |
Current episodes of ROH can be found on both the Ring of Honor Wrestling website (mainly the past week/current week) and the FITE TV app/website as previously mentioned.
Major League Wrestling (MLW) #TheReStart
They have only started over since shutting down for the last few months due to COVID-19 concerns as of a week in and new episodes of their weekly MLW Fusion series premieres at 7PM EST on Wednesdays. You can watch the episodes on demand on their YouTube channel. I have linked the first two episodes as of this posting below.
MLW's main draw with their "restart" of sorts is the 2020 Opera Cup Tournament.
IMPACT Wrestling
If you don't have AXS TV via your satellite/cable provider, then look no further than IMPACT Wrestling's Twitch channel. They broadcast the show live via their channel at 8PM EST on Tuesdays with a repeat on Fridays weekly, free of charge.
You can also fire up their IMPACT Plus app and watch their One Night Only iPPV events without even having to register for an account.
I feel that a lot of people have been sleeping on IMPACT as of late, especially when they have one of (if not the best to me personally) the best women's divisions from top to bottom in wrestling here in the United States in terms of booking and diversity of talents involved. With AEW dropping the bombshell that they will be working with IMPACT in some capacity in the near-future, I hope more wrestling fans will be willing to give them a fair chance again. The Dixie Carter/Vince Russo regime has been dead and buried ages ago.
Besides, if you want to know where to watch IMPACT Wrestling after that cliffhanger that AEW Dynamite left everyone with on Wednesday night, then look no farther than the link below if your cable/satellite provider doesn't carry AXS TV.
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