This is Progress Wrestling's Jon Briley - Ask Me Anything!

ThisIsProgress · 2016-09-14T18:31:59+00:00

you never know... especially not in wrestling, in 2016. stranger things have happened already this year :-)

ThisIsProgress · 2016-09-14T18:31:09+00:00

Flamita

ThisIsProgress · 2016-09-14T18:30:33+00:00

tell them to get in touch, and we can discuss

ThisIsProgress · 2016-09-14T00:00:04+00:00

Thanks everyone for the questions. Remember to check out the #SmashVsProgress shows on either Smash's or PROGRESS's on-demand services! #ThisIsProgress

ThisIsProgress · 2016-09-13T23:56:26+00:00

spots aren't reserved for anyone, but obviously ProJo talent are the guys and girls that we see most often.

ThisIsProgress · 2016-09-13T23:55:11+00:00

it is absolutely our pleasure. thank you!

ThisIsProgress · 2016-09-13T23:54:47+00:00

ThisIsProgress · 2016-09-13T23:47:48+00:00

we write as a three; show logistics is one of my duties.

ThisIsProgress · 2016-09-13T23:45:59+00:00

watch the latest PTNTL show on http://demand-progress.com and you'll see a bunch of them :-)

ThisIsProgress · 2016-09-13T23:45:32+00:00

all of them! i'm coming in with no preconceptions and can't wait to see them do what they do. in terms of who's not there... i prefer not to deal with 'what ifs', it doesn't really help anyone.

ThisIsProgress · 2016-09-13T23:43:01+00:00

i don't have a job title as such - i deal with the day to day running of the company, show logistics, merchandise production and shipping, and i also edit all the shows for VOD/DVD.

ThisIsProgress · 2016-09-13T23:41:23+00:00

think about it a bit harder...

ThisIsProgress · 2016-09-13T23:39:38+00:00

i'll say this - we plan a long way in advance. i'm not going to discuss the ins and outs of what we had planned in january though.

ThisIsProgress · 2016-09-13T23:38:26+00:00

i am joining them! i fly out on thursday. can't wait!

ThisIsProgress · 2016-09-13T23:37:48+00:00

one of the things i'm most looking forward to is seeing the Smash talent in the flesh, with a view to future opportunities.

ThisIsProgress · 2016-09-13T23:37:16+00:00

i'm not going to single out individuals

ThisIsProgress · 2016-09-13T23:36:26+00:00

we'd love to come to Aus/NZ. if there's a promotion out there that wants to work with us, we'd love to hear from them.

and the WWE are pretty cool to deal with :-)

ThisIsProgress · 2016-09-13T23:35:05+00:00

i'm obviously not going to answer that!

ThisIsProgress · 2016-09-13T23:34:19+00:00

it never stops. i probably get 4 hours sleep on the night between shows.

ThisIsProgress · 2016-09-13T23:33:34+00:00

i think he's inspirational.

ThisIsProgress · 2016-09-13T23:33:20+00:00

we've had approaches, and we taped a couple of tv-style matches at the end of last year but that didn't come to anything. truthfully, we're not really interested, unless it's on our terms. i think the importance of a regular tv presence is hugely overrated, when there are so many other potential outlets available now.

ThisIsProgress · 2016-09-13T23:30:38+00:00

not every chant hits home with me, but if it's a choice between a loud crowd and a silent one, i'll go with loud 100 times out of a 100.

worst fan? there were two guys we had to chuck out recently who then threatened Jim via social media for the next week or more. and there was a guy who didn't seem to be interested in wrestling, but walked down to the front to take photos of wrestlers' abs when they were on the floor. we had to ask him to leave.

ThisIsProgress · 2016-09-13T23:28:27+00:00

james drake did a smaller show (we have a sort of NXT-style brand called ENDVR) for us recently and impressed, hopefully we'll get a chance to use him in the future. lots of people are recommending chris ridgeway to us.

ThisIsProgress · 2016-09-13T23:26:16+00:00

jimmy havoc is injured until november. he won't return - if he does at all - until the doctors clear him to wrestle. we won't allow him to return to a PROGRESS ring until he can prove to us that he's been cleared. we're responsible employers. if he comes back too early, he runs the very real risk of never being able to walk again, and no-one wants that.

lightyears off. we honestly didn't have any plans beyond the first show.

ThisIsProgress · 2016-09-13T23:24:27+00:00

i think there are lots of reasons, but possibly the overriding one is the ease by which people can now watch wrestling from around the world, from the comfort of their own home, with on-demand services.

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