As a fan of pro wrestling in Southeast Asia and Pinoy Wrestling in the Philippines, I will quickly share my thoughts on all three wrestling promotions in the country.
The Manila Wrestling Federation has been tremendous in getting the word out throughout the Philippines, and for that matter, the world. This fan has seen it over the past year but the seeds were planted before this.
There are some Southeast Asia countries right now that are using streaming systems like the promotion's own, Premier Streaming Network and others. There is also You Tube that some promotions use as well. The tools are definitely there.
Not everyone is taking advantage of this though. Hopefully, one day, iy will change. It is up to the promotion to promote and communicate with its fans. This includes everything from promoting a show all the way through providing results (even if they are delayed due to promoting a show on television, You Tube and/or another streaming service). When there are no results at all, and no desire to share it to its fan base and wrestling fans what happened, then, in my opinion, the promotion is not successful to its wrestling fans! Just saying here.
Back to the Manila Wrestling Federation, ever since becoming a blogger, and more important, a fan of the promotion, they have been great. This fan abides by holding up results until all the shows are televised and wrestling fans get a chance to see the product. This has never been an issue. I see the bigger issue and that is more fans seeing something that they didn't know about.
Because of Rock Of Manila TV, I believe somewhere in the neighborhood of around 90 million or more people can see an MWF show that was live just within the last month. That is huge compared to the promotion's start in 2014 and relaunch in 2018.
This blogger believes that the last several shows were sellouts, if not close to it. The 2022 Noche Buena show was nearly a sellout, and the first show I saw outside of America.
Also, a shoutout to Filipino Pro Wrestling. They had a series of shows beginning in February called FPW: Astig. Going back about six weeks ago as of this post, the promotion began putting their shows on You Tube for fans to view. The product has been good. This fan has seen the numbers and is encouraged with their direction.
The wrestlers with FPW have, each week, encouraged fans to watch the upcoming show. Since this is a post, each new episode can be viewed every Thursday at 4pm Philippines time.
Each episode has two matches and they run approxiamtely 35-45 minutes in length. Definitely not too short and not too long.
When seeing the last FPW Astig show in August, the fans were boisterous as they are at an MWF and a WUW - Philippines show. Filipino Pro Wrestling believes that this is the correct way in going forward with their product. There is no reason to question the direction they are going.
I want to mention World Underground Wrestling - Philippines as well. WUW - Philippines is a small promotion that has the makings to rise. Though they are likely on a very small budget, the recent August show at the Brawl Pit Bulusan was definitely successful.
There were wrestlers, not from just the Philippines, but Singapore, and I believe Malaysia that were there.
The Meet And Greet, a sport collectors exhibit, a coffee shop named S. Brewed Cafe and a wrestling show, all in the same day last August was worth the price of admission to this fan. It was quite an experience and something that hopefully will happen again soon.
As 2023 closes and 2024 is on the horizon, Pinoy Wrestling is definitely on the rise. No question here!
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