Talk:Professional wrestling in Australia

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Penni lane and Rick X info is easily verified by checking www.eccw.com User didn't sign

Third party source is required - that is an original source. Also please provide sources for the other fact tags that you removed, and proof of notability of the wrestlers concerned. !! Justa Punk !! 07:36, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Notability

This page contains a lot of material with questionable notability. It may be required to redo the page and remove the majority of Australian material if the citation tags aren't properly responded to. !! Justa Punk !! 23:37, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I can't find sources to prove it! 203.26.123.147 02:51, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

for a page that concerns professional wrestling in australia the failure to cover barely any of the local scene is rather poor. perhaps a list of local promotionsat least? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.77.69.170 (talk) 21:31, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, because none of them are notable, and it would therefore amount to advertising which is against WP rules. !! Justa Punk !! 03:05, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

TV Programming Section is Wrong, Incomplete and Misleading

I am inclined to remove anything relating to dates from this section, as there is a lot or incorrect stuff there.

Some points:

Why no mention of the weekly Australian shows broadcast in the 60s/70s? (There is a very brief allusion to it earlier in the article). If I remember correctly it was also sometimes shown on Channel 7's 'World of Sport' during the 70s.
Why no mention of the WWF programming shown during the mid-80s? (Again there's a brief allusion to it earlier in the article). It was also a regular feature on Nine's 'Wide World of Sport' program in the early 80s.
To the best of my knowledge neither Raw or Nitro were on Free to Air in Australia. A program I think called Superstars of Wrestling (a one hour WWF highlight type show) was on for a while on free to air in the late 90s; this was also on PayTV. I can't recall a WCW one on free-to-air, though there may have been.
The article suggests programming on PayTV only started in 2000. I got Optus PayTV for a very short period around 1996 and Nitro was on it then.
I got Austar PayTV in 1998 and both Nitro and Raw were on it then; so the section saying "WWE programming returned in 2000...on Fox Sports" is blatantly wrong (and it was still WWF in 2000 anyway).

If I had any refs I would fix it all up; atm I'll leave it, but will probably come back after I've thought about what to do. --jjron (talk) 12:19, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The tv section is totally wrong. As someone who had Optus in the 90's, WCW Monday Nitro was shown on TNT now TCM, every Saturday night at 11 pm. I started watching in late 1996, so i don't if it was shown in Australia from the begining. Also the only time WCW was on free tv, was on channel 9 on Mondays at 1 am. The show was edited down to a hour and was about 6 months behind. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.107.194.157 (talk) 04:48, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Foxtel

is it true that the deal between WWE and Foxtel is that they have an exclusive agreement that only WWE is able to telecast and no other wrestling products (but mainevent) is that ture --124.181.81.170 (talk) 09:14, 23 November 2007 (UTC)--124.181.81.170 (talk) 09:14, 23 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

TNA iMPACT! on Fox8

Okay, I know it's blatantly obvious that TNA is now coming to Fox8. I've seen the ads. I've read about a dozen different forum discussions regarding it. However, until somebody finds a reliable source such as Fox8 or Foxtel's site we can't put that in there. I suspect something may be on Fox8's TV guide tomorrow night as the EPG normally lasts about a week in advance. Thanks. Normy 01:39, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What ads? I watch Fox8 and I haven't seen a thing. !! Justa Punk !! 04:52, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

One of them aired during Total Football last night on Fox Sports. Anyway, doesn't matter, got a third party source for it. Normy 09:19, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promotions in Australia

Ive included links and names of CURRENT/ACTIVE promotions in Australia. Hopefully people wont tear it to shreds and delete promotions because they do not like them.

Whoever 203.38.151.209 is needs to stop deleting promotions on the fly.

No

None of the promotions are notable. At all. If you want these promotions included you must establish why they should be included consistent with WP:N and respect the rules of WP:OR and other appropriate Wikipedia rules. Promotions pages have been removed in the past for failing the notability test. Wikipedia is not a place to advertise - which is what you are doing unless you prove notability. Thank you. !! Justa Punk !! 11:34, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Primary Sources

So what is there to be said for primary sources in regards to this page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.49.248.70 (talk) 10:54, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Both fail WP:RS. Linking to just results on OWW is a major fail and the other one is simply a dirtsheet that relies on unreliable forums for it's news. If the ROH PPV hasn't been shown yet you'd better wait until it is. Then you won't have so much of a problem finding a reliable source. Look at the sources for previous ROH PPV's for a guide. !! Justa Punk !! 22:45, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dingo

What's the point of putting Australian gimmicks here? He doesn't have an article so he's not notable and I don't think there's ever been a notable gimmick wrestler except with genuine Aussies like Heffernan and Costello. Mal Case (talk) 02:36, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]