r/SquaredCircle • u/El_Zombie I only like Survivor Series • Feb 25 '16
I am Director/Editor for Inspire Pro Wrestling in Austin Texas. AMA
Sup, I'm Ray Zombie.
I've been directing and editing for Inspire Pro Wrestling for about 8 months now. It looks like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFC5bWKiDo0
I got into it after working with DDT in Japan by accident while making a small video about Wrestling in Japan.
I also hung out with Teddy Harts cat for a long time.
This is my twitter.
This is my YouTube
Consider buying Ecstasy of Gold 3. From Smart Mark, our last show.
If you live in Austin, come to this Sundays show. You'll get to see awesome wrestling and some Lucha Underground stuff.
Edit: I love you guys. Thank you for asking questions and not having me look like a fool with my pants on the ground. I'm about to go have dinner, but keep asking questions and I'll answer them soon. Thanks a lot for your time. <3 <3 <3
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u/RFelixFinch Feb 25 '16
Alright, Guess I'll start then, mate!
So what is the best damn wrestling match you have ever watched, whether on the indies or the pros.
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u/El_Zombie Feb 25 '16
I don't know about live wrestling match. I think Undertaker vs Shawn at WM 25 in Houston.
But dude, seeing Yoshihiko live is crazy. He came out to undertakers music and killed like 4 dudes in the ring. It was crazy, it was awesome. The fans loved every second of it and it completely installed the notion that wrestling will forever be the coolest thing ever.
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u/El_Zombie Feb 25 '16
dat feel when u/killhimalready forgets about you :[
but then loves you hard
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u/UnlostHorizon Feb 25 '16
As someone who's a newcomer to Inspire and is coming to Sunday's Faces of Vengeance, do you have a primer for a new fan? Stuff like ongoing storylines, recurring jokes, traditions, etc? Looking forward to the show!
And what's this about LU stuff at Inspire?
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u/El_Zombie Feb 25 '16 edited Feb 25 '16
Storyline wise - Most of it is show by show, so if you watch/watched Last months show then you'll be 100% caught up.
Jokes/Tradition wise: Wait until JoJo Bravo comes out to the ring. 100 people sound like 1,000 when he's out there.
I'm glad you're coming man. I'll be the dude with the beard, come say hello.
Edit: We've also tried the whole streamers thing but I don't think Texas fans know how to do it very well. No one times streamers right.
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u/UnlostHorizon Feb 25 '16
Sounds great. What does LU have going on though? I know they're doing an Austin show during SXSW, but are they partnering with Inspire too this weekend?
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u/El_Zombie Feb 25 '16
They come out and promote, hang out with fans and throw shirts out. Ongoing working relationship with them. Someone special is supposed to be there this weekend. You'll know him.
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u/Go_Spurs_Go Feb 26 '16
A couple of things from a fan: Dirty Andy Dalton was a heel, but was too damn good, and now is basically a face. His rivalry with Matthew Palmer was amazing. Sammy Guevarra has mad heat. He destroyed the JCrown championship and is generally a piece of shit. Steve-O is a fan favorite, after his failed tag team where his partner got knocked out a lot, he went solo to win the J Crown until Sammy destroyed it. Tim Storm is old. You don't want to be like Davey Vega. JoJo will kick your child. Ricky Starks is the Champ and Ryback bullied him. Delilah Doom is from San Dimas and 1987. Chris Tru.biz runs the new Movement stable and Keith Lee likes Pokemon and spirit bombing people so hard it breaks the ring. The Rabid Empire adopted the orphans so they're no longer orphans. Thomas Shire trained under Dory Funk Jr. Cherry Ramons is equally as sleazy as Joey Ryan.
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u/dgener8puf Feb 26 '16
JoJo Bravo
<3 I love Jo Jo.
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u/El_Zombie Feb 26 '16
that dude fucked up the position of the hard cam one show.
I was dissapointed in him.
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u/Andre-Roussimoff Feb 25 '16
A simple one , What's your dream match ?
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u/El_Zombie Feb 25 '16
I live for fun wrestling. I'm not really into the technical stuff and what not, I'm here to be entertained. I've hung out with Chuck Taylor while he was at Inspire Pro for what I think was Battle Wars 2. He made me laugh so freaking hard.
Dream match would be Santino vs Chuck Taylor vs Russev. I just want it to happen because I know those three would make me laugh the hardest.
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Feb 26 '16
How long does it take to fully edit a show? Do you decide camera angles and whatnot?
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u/El_Zombie Feb 26 '16
Camera wise we're limited. We have about 3/4 cameras going at once, this includes HardCam, floor cams, and backstage cam.
Since I'm on the floor I handle that. I just give direction to the Kelly, the dude who works the backstage interview, and Rocky, the other camera dude.
Editing about 12 hours of footage takes roughly 20 to 30 hours. Put's a strain on my cpu that's for sure.
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u/dp517 Feb 26 '16
I might actually make the trip out from Houston for this man! It'd be awesome to support something a fellow Wredditor does!
Would you happen to know about any wrestling schools in Austin? I really want to go to one because i want to make it as a manager hopefully, but all my attempts to contact Booker T's school in houston have gotten no response unfortunately.
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u/killhimalready Feb 25 '16
Have you met Brandon Stroud? I can't tell if he's awesome or a jerk. Or maybe both.
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u/El_Zombie Feb 26 '16
Yeah we hang out. He used to be the ring announcer for Inspire.
I like him, he's a cool cat. I didn't realize how popular he was until we followed each other on Twitter and he re-tweeted me one day. My phone exploded.
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u/Go_Spurs_Go Feb 26 '16
How much direction do you get from Max and crew as to how they want the show to look etc.
Also do they go over specific spots etc. they want you to catch or do you just trust the camera guys to do their best?
Also why is Andy Dalton the greatest thing ever?
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u/PristineTX Feb 26 '16
Inspire Pro has some great women's matches. What's been your favorite XX Division match? Personally, I have a hard time picking between the San Dimas Street Fight w/ Angelus Layne vs. Delilah Doom, and Athena's last indy match, vs. Jessica James...
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u/El_Zombie Feb 26 '16
Here's the poster for our show on Sunday btw.
I think it looks pretty legit. Which is why I like Inspire.