For those who remember, who were the big names on the indy scene in the early 00's?

[Cartier Murphy]

There was Nick Mondo too, who was retired within like 4 years of debuting because wrestling in CZDub did that to people:

 

[Heelish]

man i remember when CZW hit local TV and was buzzin on some next-level chit.

i thought alot of those guys were the future. the only ones that really got somewhere were sonjay dutt & chris hero. and the SATs had their brief stint in TNA. they had the goat tag team finisher.

Dutt was the man... Young Briscoe Bros started in CZW, too.

Remember M-Dogg 20 eliminating himself from Tough Enough?

 

[Dog Based Gremlin]

Real nikkas remember downloading this illegally on "KaZaa" wondering who that blonde vanilla midget in the basketball shorts was

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

And TNA had damn near every one of them and still fukked it all up.

TNA was the chit.

how did they mess it up?

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

Dutt was the man... Young Briscoe Bros started in CZW, too.

Remember M-Dogg 20 eliminating himself from Tough Enough?

i didnt know the briscoes were in there.

i never really got into tough enough. i remember that name from the indies tho.

answer me this: who was trent acid's partner in the backseat boys? that team was excellent.

 

[Heelish]

i didnt know the briscoes were in there.

i never really got into tough enough. i remember that name from the indies tho.

answer me this: who was trent acid's partner in the backseat boys? that team was excellent.

The Briscoes were underage (17?) and to avoid getting in trouble, supposedly CZW had them wrestling under masks (different name/gimmick) until they were 18.

M-Dogg held back from his vanilla midget antics that got him famous and wouldn't let go of the TE belt when Austin tried to take it off him. He probably would've been Zack Ryder/Evan Bourne status if he won.

Johnny Kashmere. The Backseat Boyz were the best back then. Word is Kashmere made sure Acid was constantly drugged up and made all his business decisions for him.

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

Real nikkas remember downloading this illegally on "KaZaa" wondering who that blonde vanilla midget in the basketball shorts was

Kazaa, Audio Galaxy and Limewire once Napster went all to hell

 

[Mikael Blowpiff]

Yall really brought back Sick Nick Mondo lol

 

[TRIPLE M]

mike quakenbush was a big one
always in the apter mags, always touted on the web
than saw a match on youtube and wasnt impressed

 

[patscorpio]

Tony Jones
Reckless Youth

 

[Dog Based Gremlin]

 

[WOAHMYGOODNESS]

There was Nick Mondo too, who was retired within like 4 years of debuting because wrestling in CZDub did that to people:

He ended up at blockbuster which ended like a year or two right after he joined too

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

homicide

JAPW

 

[Heelish]

Super Dragon before he was an addict thief

 

[trick]

Super Dragon before he was an addict thief

Explain this

I thought he just retired because he had a back injury

homicide

JAPW

Homicide at least made it to national TV and made some decent money for 7-8 years

I thought Dan Maff was going to be big on the indies until dude slept with Homicide's underaged sister and got himself blackballed from every indy promotion during his prime