Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pro Wrestling Unplugged

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was DELETE. ChrisO 22:53, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pro Wrestling Unplugged

Wrestling promotion with no assertion with notability and seems like an advertisement for the promotion. Also nominated are the related sub-pages:

• PWU Heavyweight Championship
• PWU Junior Heavyweight Championship
• PWU Tag Team Championship
• PWU Women's Championship
• CRAZY 8 (wrestling event) Lid 08:12, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Only bit of notability is that the claim PWU is promoted by ECW founder Tod Gordon; aside from that, nothing that seems to make them stand out from any other indy fed. –NeoChaosX (talk | contribs) 00:42, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Several wrestling promotions are listed in Wikipedia. PWU has hosted matches unique to the pro wrestling industry & uses many names recognizable throughout the world & currently has more attendance than any promotion currently in the region. PSPhenom 03:19, 22 August 2006

Yes several other promotions are, and those have ascertained notability to their subjects. Your claim it has more attendence is flawed considering Combat Zone Wrestling does the most shows out of the ECW arena as well as being one of the top independent promotions in America. If you can provide evidence that it's name itself is known throughout the world and not simply the wrestlers in it then it will attain notability. --- Lid 07:41, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Except you forget that it's PWU running the most shows out of the Arena currently, as well as multiple other venues. CZW WAS one of the top. Now they hardly rank. They draw 150 people where PWU draws 500 SOLID every time they run, even before they were in the arena. --- unsigned 10:52 pm, 22 August 2006 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.111.68.105 (talk • contribs)

Can I see a source on these claims? Also considering the recent ROH vs CZW invasion angle it's pretty hard to argue CZW has disappeared. In fact it plain doesn't make sense. --- Lid 02:58, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

PWU was featured in Mexican wrestling press because of their working relationship with the native promotion XLAW. PWU also was featured in overseas press when they recently ran a show featuring Japan's Dragon's Gate wrestlers. Most recently they hosted a rare stateside appearence of Hayabusa and several Japanese fans attended as well as Japanese press. They are also worth noting because of their Crazy 10 match which was a first in Pro Wrestling history, not an easy thing to do. The Crazy 10 match featured 10 men, a steel cage arena, rope swings and more. This year's version featured even more elements like chain ladders, tables and ladders. -Asher Katz. 8.22.06 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.62.235.130 (talk • contribs)

Verify these claims with reliable sources. Claiming that "X wrestler appeared for PWU and PWU is more popular than promotion Y" is pretty empty if you can't back it up. –NeoChaosX (talk | contribs) 05:52, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete All per nom. —Preceding unsigned comment added by TJ Spyke (talk • contribs)
• Keep all except CRAZY 8; Delete CRAZY 8 - my views on wrestling as a 'sport' are quite unprintable. However, whatever its merits, it does seem to be very popular. These articles are mostly factual and verifiable. Also, there is reasonable coverage in the wrestling press. I think that a consultation on these wrestling promotions to determine some notability criteria would be a good idea. Pending that, I see no particular reason to delete except CRAZY 8 which has little encyclopaedic material. BlueValour 18:25, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete All per nom. -- bulletproof ^3:16 21:20, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

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