Extreme & Obscene: Rob Black's XPW (Dark Side of the Ring Review)

[@SirJoelsuf1]

Crazier thing about the New Jack vs Vic Grimes thing is that on the Forever Hardcore DVD, Jack did indeed want to kill Vic, but wanted to do it in an even more brutal way: Wanted to throw Vic onto the turnbuckle post from the scaffold, impaling Vic. I'm glad that the show covered the Messiah thing; I STILL believe Lizzy put him up to that and she seduced him. She probably sent the thugs and not Rob Black. And Rob Black should still be in prison; those Extreme Associates DVDs were GAWD AWFUL, even when it comes to pr0n. Anyone who goes to that alleged XPW 2.0 show should be ashamed of themselves.

[@michaelcharles0107]

Respect for referring to Supreme as a deathmatch legend and not just glossing over him as some others might

[@comixproviderftw_02]

Rob Black is like Vince Russo if he took over ECW

[@Lorenzo3K]

Vic Grimes: Jack i can't feel my legs NewJack: Don't worry you ain't gonna Need em bombs away Fucking hilarious 🤣 😆 😂

[@hdx4437]

Kris Kloss: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Larry Rivera: Chico, Chico,........ Chico.

[@JoeChillton]

my god still funny lol

[@jameslightsey1761]

​@@hdx4437 that's the icing on the fall 😂

[@GodlessScummer]

It was an interesting episode for me as I really didn't know a lot about XPW going in.

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

FMW comeback... XPW comeback... hell, MLW is running outta ECW arena and they just made Tajiri middleweight champ Fuck it, I could stand to have the late nineties back for a while 😂

[@thinktank0218]

Facts

[@chozahfearless7524]

As a kid who grew up in the east coast I always thought I missed out on xpw but then I realized as I got older I ain't miss nothing I liked hard-core wrestling when I was younger as I got older I realized It didn't age well.

[@nate_thegreat313]

This was the main episode I been waiting for. After watching this episode, I get goosebumps just thinking about the New Jack vs Vic Grimes match and the fall from that Scaffold match. XPW was just a backyard attempted version of ECW.

[@AndersonTenecela]

This episode was probably very new in terms of information about this company since I’m sure everyone has ONLY watch the scaffold match with New Jack and Vic Grimes and nothing else

[@AntonioScott-ic4uf]

I feel sick hearing about this!

[@JonesStreetTv]

New Jack said after this episode “xpw would be hot for a minute but won’t last long”

[@fernandoalmeida6205]

One time i went to a wwe show here in Mexico and at the end i went to buy a dvd which supposed to have the ppv Judgment Day 2001 and when i came home i put the dvd and what is my surprise, that dvd contained not the wwe ppv but the best of deathmatches by xpw (-_-)

[@marqueswilliams345]

New Jack driving a forklift with porn yea that does sounds like New Jack lol lol lol lol RIP New Jack

[@dvon1097]

At least ECW had talented workers and FMW made money and was a big deal in Japan. XPW was just pure garbage wrestling at its worst

[@hdx4437]

ECW and FMW were more of the classier hardcore promotions, compared to the bootleg that is XPW

[@Imhim247]

XPW is awful lol

[@HaraldSilvaOficial]

FMW had Hayabusa, just that make it worth of watching 🤘

[@thecharmcityplayerbrandona8827]

Rob Black is the type of person that really doesn't understand the wrestling business or not even caring about the safety of the wrestlers that work for him.

[@ryankeefe6222]

Even as crazy as ECW got Heyman knew when enough was enough with things like after the Sabu vs Terry Funk barbed wire match he said “never again”

[@sheets75]

My main memory of XPW was Black adopting a puppy and claiming that they were going to fatten him up and slaughter him live on PPV. As I recall, someone notified authorities and they took the dog away while Black claimed that he was just kidding and never intended to harm the dog.

[@phunnyphantom]

I knew a lot about xpw, I own a bunch of xpw dvds that I found (used) at places like FYE. Yes they did lots of deathmatches but there were a couple guys who were great wrestlers. The best interviewed for this (Messiah and Joey Kaos) if given the chance these guys could've been much bigger deals on the independents and could've made bigger names for themselves.....in non sleazy ways

[@IncredibleFulk1]

Everyone talks about all the ECW guys running out to fight the XPW guys at Heatwave 2000. Me? I still remember Justin Credible being the only one standing in the ring not doing a damn thing while that was going on.

[@deadpoolnerd]

Rob Black is essentially a overly edgy teenager stuck in the 90s.

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

So then it does make sense he tried to make money in the wrestling business

[@carybeweary7209]

I'd ask Jerry Lynn but he has me blocked on Twitter for some reason I don't know why I never even mentioned him except saying I like the RVD/Lynn LD match but I didn't @ him I think the Supreme chair shot when Luke was chained after is pretty good proof that it's a true story though Especially if The Messiah story about Rob loving his unprotected chair shot is to be believed

[@King4sshole89]

This episode reminded me of the Wonderland Murders. Unbelievable event, (not in a good way), after unbelievable event leads to a horrible crime, a "Porn King" at the center somehow, and nobody comes out of it look like a babyface. XPW is the Wonderland Murders of wrestling.

[@cctitansfan]

Rod Black seems like a a real winner of a person

[@carybeweary7209]

He's pretty rotten even by wrestling promoters standards

[@Hammerhead547]

Fun Fact: there is a legendary sports journalist and TV host up here in canada named Rod Black. He's worked for TSN since the network was founded almost 40 years ago.

[@Ian-Omega]

How is that interesting to anybody?

[@haiasieel6099]

This was a good episode.

[@therush757]

I used to get all the tapes from Suncoast back in like ‘01-‘02.

[@Nazzlover38]

Rob Black was full of crap!

[@thegodfatheroftoys3349]

I remember being at Heatwave when the fight broke out. I still have pics from the fight

[@bbones504]

Great episode and not much I didn’t already know from multiple different shoot interviews of talent who once worked for XPW

[@georgewilliams4258]

XPW was a low rate ECW.

[@187alan]

If people want to learn a little more about the wrestlers and incidents of XPW there is a KZbin channel by the name the Wrestling Chatter. It has interview with the Messiah which goes into a bit more detail of him losing his thumb.

[@PolarisCastillo]

I remember watching this show late at night in my teens! I loved the intro with Metallica's "I Disappear" playing

[@constablekennedy7705]

Rob Black might Hire the Velveteen Dream to XPW … 👀

[@addi543]

And Joey Ryan

[@ottagol1985]

I could've sworn that Rob's old partner Tom Byron founded that burger shop in New York?

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

No Tom was just working there as the manager.

[@tommymann69]

ROB BLACK CALLS HIMSELF BRINGING BACK XPW NOVEMBER 7 2021 . SHOULD JUST LEAVE THE COMPANY IN THE GRAVE.

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

Nah. The more promotions, the better

[@deondrecarter153]

This episode reminds me of UWF and Herb Abrams but more crazy to it

[@donypaddy6859]

Honestly hoping if there's a season 4 i could do without the deathmatch wrestling stuff i got nothing against people being a fan of that stuff if that's your thing more power to you but i feel this season had one too many.

[@mexiwolf009]

Yeah I agree. I love this show. I think these stories are fascinating, but im not a fan of seeing these guys completely destroy there bodies in such gruesome ways.

[@Ian-Omega]

They’re running out of good stories to tell

[@mexiwolf009]

Can’t someone just play there Nintendo GameCube in peace?

[@mrowley7300]

Haven't seen this episode yet but happy they got Messiah

[@RobertoTheOriginalManFromTheA]

I was a fan of xpw and extreme associates..Sometimes they did go too far..Many say they were trying to be ecw...Hell so was...3pw..MLW and CZW..There was a fan base for that stuff..I still have my xpw dvds..I even met Rob while I had a part time job at adult lollipop video store in buckhead.I guess they went out of business??.. But I didn't know about the Rob/Messiah thing..

[@jerranspearman3369]

good review

[@Hextech25]

"Hundreds of dollars for front row " lol

[@Nicbn1]

He told James Storm and Chris Harris?

[@tommymann69]

Xpw was a fn joke in the wrestling world

[@C0wboyzfan4life]

He was stupid for telling the government Come and get Me

[@mexiwolf009]

Another episode that gave me nightmares Because of the brutality. God I need to stop watching this show.

[@samanthasims7123]

I heard of rob black but his movies are blah way to much in the words of adult film star nina hartley dont force somebody to do something u wouldnt do why forced shhh for

[@jessicadarlin6893]

I worked for Extreme Associates as a contract girl and was on the Darkside of the ring. He pushed the envelope yes but one thing I wanna make clear he never forced anyone to do any scene they didn’t want to. I can’t speak for the wrestler. But I can speak for the adult film stars and that’s funny cause Nina Hartley worked for extreme a few times. Yes you just like vanilla porn it’s all good

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

@@jessicadarlin6893 I met you once at one of the porn conventions, you looked like you were doing well in the episode. Hope that's the case these days.

[@whipwreck69]

Despite it’s reputation, XPW did have some good matches over the years they were around

[@morganmcgovern3125]

Like what?

[@phunnyphantom]

Look up anything with Kaos and Chris Hammrick for starters

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

What makes a good match though? I don't like this hardcore stuff because they eliminate most of the psychology in favor of brutality. Great wrestling must have great psychology.

[@tyrelbass]

@@BigBadJerryRogers that’s why ECW was popular, it wasn’t about technical wrestling it was about being hardcore and edgy. People smoking , drinking beer , bleeding all of the place , giving girls piledrivers. It was something different than wwf and wcw