Sky High
The birth of Produce Wrestling in Brooklyn.
Produce Vol. 1 - The Octopus
June 29 • Pioneer Works • Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY
Show #81
It's not every day that a new super indie debuts – but Monday was one of those days.
Adam Abdalla - he of Orange Crush, and Jersey Championship Wrestling, and Cultural Counsel, and plenty more - decided it was time for something new, and has poured his energy into Produce, a new promotion that feels familiar (all but one of the 42 wrestlers on the card I had seen before) but has that new crackle of energy.
Adam talked at length about his motivations in this great interview with R. Emmet Sweeney:
R. Emmet Sweeney
This first volume's co-producer was "The Octopus" Jonathan Gresham, who suffered two strokes last fall and thought that maybe this was going to be the end.
The whole thing was a great first taste. The matches were solid, with ZSJ vs. Darian Bengston an easy favorite given my love for both guys. The crowd was surprisingly energetic for a debut, though I suspect at least half the crowd had been up past midnight the night before for the AEW show. And the venue, while a little more out of the way in Red Hook for a Monday night than most people would want, really pulled everything together well.
Abel Ferrera was there too, playing music to break up the card. Just one of those Brooklyn things.
Produce already has a hefty schedule charted out - bouncing between Jersey City and Brooklyn, with a trip to Montreal and Los Angeles now in the plans as well. They've set a pretty high bar for the first show - here's to hoping they sustain it.
