 What's good George the Bull rocks back again with another video. So we're gonna check out the death of a scam Wrestling promotion by top 10 wrestling. This would be a very interesting one. There are some companies out there that would pretend to have Some major star on the card or a major guest appearance people pay the money Obviously to see said guest appearance only for them to probably get to the show and that said person doesn't show Up at all. So I'm willing. Well, I'm very interested to see what what up promotions out there doing these scummy scammy ass Tactics is there are promotions that will send you to you know, get as much money as possible knowing damn Well, they don't have said talent or wrestler or hall of fame or whatever at the event So we're gonna check this out. Appreciate our love and support man Let's get right into this woman happens when a shady wrestling promotion dies and then 10 years later is bought back Just to scam everyone all over again One pro wrestling ran their first-ever show live from the Doncaster Dome on the 1st of October 2005 And it was the first chapter of a very turbulent tale 1pw a cruel twist of fate their first-ever show featured names such as Chris Sabin Jerry Lynn the blue meanie Al Snow Dilo Brown Corey Graves Austin Ares Wow and the Sandman Tommy dreamer Abyss AJ Styles and more 1pw were bringing American talent to British soil and as a result their shows were stacked They ran the next set of shows in January of 2006 a two-tag show that featured matches like Abyss vs Sabu Samoa Joe vs. Masato Tanaka Oh, wow Versus Jeff Jarrett Jerry Lynn vs. PT Williams and the unbreakable triple threat But with Charlie Hass also in there 1pw were not slowing down with the amount of fly-ins and the amount of good talent They were booking they were essentially just TNA but on British soil They had all the foreign talents that they'd fly over and they mixed them in with a roster of numerous local and British talents And 1pw would continue in stride in 2006 They ran about a dozen shows in 2006 and kept up with the big names coming in names that wrestled and appeared for 1pw in 2006 that I haven't even mentioned yet include Brian Danielson Okay, Nigel McGinnis and Brett Hart. Yes, that's right One of the biggest names ever in wrestling Wow long retired was flown in by 1pw to give a five-minute speech And of course Teddy Hart made an appearance for them too because of course he did it's the mid-2000s It's an indie show in the mid-2000s. Of course Teddy Hart is Another inaugural champions that year with Jody Fleisch and Johnny Storm winning the tag titles pack winning the open weight title and Abyss winning the world title However, booking all these names and spending all this money to fly out talent and pay for their appearance was always gonna catch up to them and Unsurprisingly with the amount that 1pw were flying people in it came back to bite their ass very quickly and on January 5th 2007 at approximately 126 p.m. 1pw posted a statement on their website announcing they had gone into liquidation Oh, no reads as following it is with the deepest regret and sadness that 1pw promotions limited Announces today that the company has ceased trading effective today and has entered into liquidation The cease of trading is effective immediately and thus all future dates include in the January 13th No turning back show are sadly cancelled on behalf of 1pw promotions limited I want to extend our heartfelt apology to anyone inconvenienced or disappointed by the cancellation of upcoming shows They advertise where you can get refunds from and 1pw chairman Steven Gortley also left a personal statement in the note Saying that he was prepared for the backlash and to not listen to what the dirt sheets are gonna be saying about this Interesting Steven Gortley, by the way is a man who you will hear a lot more about in the next part of this video 1pw would actually run a show shortly after this a farewell show titled 1pw will not die a show that featured a much less Stacked card and was very very showing of the money. They had lost Went out on a whimper or did they because just three months later 1pw was back with another show titled 1pw resurrection and welcome to the trend of 1pw announcing that they were dead and then just coming back First of many 1pw return to running shows and flying in talents from the state Which where the money came from to do that who even knows But you had the likes of El Generico coming on to the show to defend the PWG world title How 1pw were getting stuff like this, but is still beyond me in 2008 though We would see what would be the first in many changes in ownership when Steven Gortley bailed out of the company in 2008 and it was taken over by 1pw wrestler Dragon Asu as well as other wrestlers on the roster and also that year in 2008 a man named Danny Rod would become owner and then in 2009 He would become the sole owner of the company and this would usher in an entirely new era for 1pw With the ownership of 1pw now in the hands of Danny Rod 1pw went back to doing 1pw things Booking talents from the state and flying people in with money Which nobody knows where they got it from and it was only about a year and a half before 1pw would get another death Announcement in August of 2010 another statement was posted by 1pw They announced they had to cancel all their upcoming shows due to outstanding depths from a show They ran in Liverpool with talent not getting paid However at the very end of the statement Danny says it's not the end of 1pw It's just see you down the road following this fans of 1pw would start a campaign to get new investors behind the company And well it seemingly worked because three months later the 1pw website was updated to say personally from Danny Rod 1pw is back and soon to be better than ever keep checking for updates 1pw had been bailed out Again and 1pw seemingly had big plans under these new investors as in February of 2011 It was announced that Shawn Michaels would be coming to 1pw to appear for them in October of 2011 That's a big name UK tour. This was huge Yeah Michaels had retired less than just a year prior Still a huge name and a name that a lot of people wanted to see it was announced the tour Shawn Michaels Will be doing in the UK would consist of him appearing at 1pw shows in Doncaster as well as doing a meet and greet in Oxford 1pw also announced a tour of the Middle East and a trip to Dubai of all places So seemingly a lot of money was being pumped into 1pw. But once again, this is 1pw And unfortunately nothing ever lasts in 1pw on July 2nd of 2011 a post was made to the UK fan forums That reads as followed just seen on Facebook Mark Sloan's meet and greet in Oxford in October with HPK has been cancelled I wonder what implications this could have for 1pw Oh, your first question based on this post is probably who is Mark Sloan? Mark Sloan is a wrestling promoter based in the UK and this post also mentions the meet and greet in Oxford Which is something I mentioned before was taken place with Shawn Michaels Essentially Mark Sloan was the promoter behind the meet and greet in Oxford Which was a completely separate thing to his 1pw appearances Mark Sloan though would actually respond to this post saying that he had received Information that caused them to pull the appearance of Shawn Michaels and that every single ticket had been refunded for the meet and greet Interestingly though, he also went on to say we felt it was best for the people who purchased tickets to have their money returned And for us to stop advertising the fact he would be in the UK on that date Almost implying that well Shawn Michaels wasn't gonna be in the UK on that date Despite this though 1pw continued to advertise that Shawn Michaels would be appearing for them I was waiting for it. I was waiting for it. Like I said at the beginning of the video It seems like this may be a situation where some people Said somebody was coming they didn't end up coming to the show or whatever and you know subsequently They know that person was gonna come but they still Pretend it and promote it like said wrestler was coming to the show is later WrestleZone posted an article that showed an email statement from Shawn Michaels agents and while the original article with the email It does not exist anymore due to Shawn Michaels agents asking to take it down I'm guessing that this statement was something to do with the fact that this appearance wasn't happening However following the posting of that article WrestleZone were contacted to say that 1pw and Shawn Michaels Was still negotiating. However after this 1pw Simply just went silent and they closed their doors once again Leaving the fans fuming as they didn't have a sure Michaels meeting greet nor did they have refunds Danny Rod finally came out in August of 2011 to release a statement in his statement Danny claims to be a victim of a scam and that the fall has been placed on him for HPK ultimately not making it to the UK saying that he is taking the heat away from the main culprits But regardless of who was to blame fans were left in the dark. Yeah, Michael's never came fans never got refunds Pw was finished or was it because somehow 11 years later 1pw returned with its original ownership and that is exactly what we're gonna be discussing in part 2 Yes. Yes. This is a two-parter been very rare been a very long time That's crazy man subscribe to be the first to see part 2 Yeah, that's um That's wild bro That's that's that's I can't I Can't imagine I'm pretty sure the tickets weren't that cheap but can't imagine around the time Shawn Michaels retired and You get a chance to meet the legend himself after just retiring recently At this, you know at this show Just to find out well, you don't even find out. They just go silent They close their doors and you don't get a refund. I Would be pissed bro because like I said, I'm willing to bet they paid some good money to have HPK out there They advertising this I'm sure you're gonna pay some good money to actually see the person the consumers That's fucked up That's scummy. That's trash I'm not a big fan of stuff like that man That that that sucks for all the individuals that paid their money that weren't able to get it back man That's why it's such it's a give-and-take. You don't know how things are going to go You can only hope for the best and someone takes advantage of it, man So comment down below let me know have y'all ever been to like a wrestling show in your lifetime whether it was WWE or whether it was some other promotion even if it was an indie promotion and They promised a certain wrestler to be there only for said wrestler not to be there How did it make you feel if you've ever been in that situation? But I appreciate all love support road to 150k and I'm still getting speedy to wrestling champion world I appreciate y'all kicking me. See y'all next week. Peace