User talk:CeltBrowne

British wrestling post-TV

Sorry but as I said on my last edit note this notion of a "long decline" period is a MYTH and a self serving one put about by a string of promoters trying to put themselves over as the Great Revival of British Wrestling. (This was a step backwards from an earlier worse myth which claimed that the industry had actually died out in 1988 - á la WCW in March 2001 - and that such-and-such promotion was Bringing It Back.)

The industry had its ups and downs (like the wrestling industries in many other countries and like the UK business during and before the TV era) but largely found its level and has performed consistently comfortably at that level ever since. Indeed the immediate years after TV were a major box office boom period, specifically for All Star with Nagasaki as flagship talent. The "Traditional" and "Americanised" sectors kept themselves largely apart until the FWA's Old School vs New School storyline in 2001, after which there was some overlap but the sectors retained their distinct identities.

There are multiple sources for the history of British Wrestling in both sectors for the 1990s/2000s/2010s - with particular regard to the Traditional sector I could refer you to Daniel Bryan's autobiography "YES" which dedicates most of a chapter to his time in the UK - particulary with All Star - in the early 2000s as well as assorted interviews with talent from the time period for Fighting Spirit Magazine (some of which were compiled into J.N Lister's book "Have A Good Week Until Next Week") TV documentaries such as BBC2's "Masters of the Canvas" documentary focussing on Kendo Nagasaki and featuring highlights of his 1991 championship match with Giant Haystacks at the Fairfield Hall Croydon, Robbie Brookside's video diary and Michinoku Pro Wrestling's 1996 documentary of their visit to the same Croydon venue, articles in Sleazenation magazine 1998 and The Independent on Sunday colour supplement 1994 by Polly Borland (cover featuring Giant Haystacks). Even Simon Garfield's book which ends on a somewhat pessimistic note (which Brian Dixon later regretted going along with, as he stated in in his FSM interview) contans good source material for the post TV boom such as the Kendo-Rocco feud 1988-1991. Romomusicfan (talk) 11:44, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi Romomusicfan

I would prefer if we kept this discussion to Talk:Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom since we are discussing specific changes to that page, and if others want to join this discussion, it's better for the discussion to be held and later archived there.

Regards, CeltBrowne (talk) 17:15, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

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Frank Ryan

I see that in the past you have worked on the Frank Ryan page. Currently there is a anonymous person inserting the Nazi flag under Allegiance with no edit summary. Recently that same person has been blocked from five pages. I've asked that we discuss this on the Talk page but no response. When you have a chance can you take a look at the page and let me know what you think? Thanks, Palisades1 (talk) 16:29, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

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Quick question

Hello Celt. How are you. Thanks for your edition on the Kinishi and Garvin articles. Belive it or not, I was editing when I had a call from work, so I left the edition unfinished. However, you changed the source. As far as I know, Solowrestling is also listed as a reliable source. Why did you change it? HHH Pedrigree (talk) 19:27, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

I only realised after I changed it twice that actually Solo Wrestling is listed as a reliable source; I was previously unfamiliar with it as it's a Spanish language source. I incorrectly thought it was a random newz site, sorry about that. CeltBrowne (talk) 21:21, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

.Hello. Don't worry, Im used to see Solowrestling removed, usually for the Language. But the "reliable source" got my attention. --HHH Pedrigree (talk) 09:28, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

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National Party

With reference to your note about the party not appearing on the ballot, might it be that as the registrar didn't decide between them, both factions get to use the name without excluding the other? According to the County Galway Returning Officer, both Barrett and Reynolds are listed as National Party. Iveagh Gardens (talk) 13:12, 26 April 2024 (UTC)