FANS TO BATTLE THE HEAT OF THE RAIN.
RAIN. IT'S ALL TAKING PLACE IN TERRE
HAUTE.
HAUTE. ♪
♪ >> THE LATEST ENTERTAINMENT TO
HIT THE STREETS OF TERRE HAUTE
MAY NOT BE WHAT YOU EXPECT.
BUT IT'S QUICKLY BECOME A FAMILY
FAVORITE.
FAVORITE. >> NEW WAVE WAS JUST SOMETHING
THAT I HAVE ALWAYS KIND OF HAD
ON THE BACK BURNER BECAUSE I'M
ALWAYS SAYING, I WRESTLED BUT
NOW WHAT COULD I DO DIFFERENTLY?
AND IT WAS ACTUALLY PROMOTE AND
BOOK MY OWN COMPANY.
IT WAS BASICALLY ALL WITHIN A
STINT OF MAYBE FOUR MONTHS, FIVE
MONTHS PLANS THAT I SAID, YOU
KNOW, I'M GOING TO START LOOKING
FOR A RING.
I HAVE AN EMPTY BUILDING, AND WE
WENT FROM THERE, AND WE STARTED
OUR SHOWS IN JANUARY OF 2013.
USUALLY WHAT YOU ARE USED TO
SEEING IS MONDAY NIGHT'S WWE.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, INDEPENDENT
WRESTLING IS PRETTY MUCH WHERE
YOU START TO GET THERE.
YOU TRAVEL ANYWHERE YOU WRESTLE,
ANYWHERE YOU CAN, JUST TO GET
YOUR NAME OUT.
WE BRING IN A LOT OF NEW FACES
FROM THE INDEPENDENT SCENE.
OUR ROSTER IS AROUND 10 TO 12 OR
BASED IN TERRE HAUTE, WHO ARE
HOME BASE GUYS WOULD ACTUALLY
TRAIN WITH US AND BECAME A PART
OF NEW WAVE PRO.
WE HAD EX-WWE STARS COME IN.
WE TRY TO FIND PEOPLE THAT
WOULDN'T NORMALLY COME WRESTLE
IN TERRE HAUTE TO BRING THEM
INTO TERRE HAUTE.
[ CHEERS ]
♪ >> AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT
BRINGING WRESTLERS TO TERRE
HAUTE.
HAUTE. IT IS ABOUT TRAINING TERRE HAUTE
NATIVES TO BE THE NEXT
WRESTLERS.
WRESTLERS. >> I HATE TO USE THE WORD "FAKE"
BECAUSE IT'S NOT.
BASICALLY WE DO OFFER TRAINING.
WE HAVE A SCHOOL THAT WE
ACTUALLY DO IN THIS BUILDING AND
YOU CAN LEARN TO DO EXACTLY WHAT
THEY DO ON TV, AND I MEAN, WE
HAVE TRAINERS THAT HAVE BEEN IN
THIS BUSINESS FOR 15 TO 20 YEARS
THAT WILL TEACH AND DO
EVERYTHING THAT YOU WOULD NEED
TO KNOW TO PERFORM THE MOVES
SAFELY, SO TO SPEAK.
IT'S BASICALLY A SOAP OPERA.
I MEAN, HOW WE DO EVENTS HERE,
WE USUALLY RUN TWICE A MONTH,
BUT YOU'VE GOT TO COME BACK TO
SEE WHAT HAPPENED.
YOU CAN'T DO EVERYTHING IN A TWO
AND A HALF HOUR SPAN WITH, YOU
KNOW, WITH A 20-PERSON ROSTER.
SO SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN AT
THIS SHOW, THAT WILL COME BACK
TO FIND -- YOU KNOW, YOU WILL
COME BACK NEXT WEEK, AND WE'LL
BE LIKE, OH, THAT'S THE
FOLLOW-UP TO WHAT HAPPENED LAST
WEEK.
WEEK. IT'S DIFFERENT.
IT'S DIFFERENT. [ CHEERS ]
>> FOR NEW WAVE PRO WRESTLERS,
THEY DON'T JUST STRIVE TO BE
HEROES IN THE RING.
THEY STRIVE TO BE HEROES IN THE
COMMUNITY, RAISING MONEY FOR
SUCH CHARITIES AS THE HUMANE
SOCIETY, AND SHRINER'S HOSPITAL
FOR CHILDREN.
FOR CHILDREN. INSPIRED IN PART BY ONE OF THEIR
BIGGEST FANS.
BIGGEST FANS. >> OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH HAS
BEEN -- IT'S BEEN A ROLLER
COASTER.
COASTER. IT'S BEEN AWESOME.
I HAVE MET THROUGH ONE OF OUR
SECURITY GUARDS A LITTLE BOY BY
THE NAME OF P. J.
BASICALLY WHEN HE WAS BORN, HE
HAD A CLUB FOOT.
>> WELL, ONE WRESTLER TAUGHT ME
HOW TO WALK.
I WAS THERE LISTENING IN THE
RING, AND THE ONE THAT TAUGHT ME
WAS MIKEY.
WAS MIKEY. >> THEY TOLD ME WOULD NEVER
WALK.
WALK. HE WOULDN'T STAND UP.
HE HAD THE ABILITY, ALL OF THE
PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES WERE THERE.
COULD DO IT.
SO WHEN THESE WRESTLERS STOOD
HIM IN THAT RING THAT DAY, AND
SAID, COME ON, YOU CAN DO THIS.
YOU CAN WALK!
>> I THINK IT'S ALL ABOUT FAMILY
FUN ENTERTAINMENT IN 9 END.
I DON'T THINK IN TERRE HAUTE
THERE'S SOMETHING WHERE YOU CAN
GO AND GET INTERACTION AT A
WRESTLING SHOW ANYWHERE ELSE.
I THINK IT BRINGS THE FAMILY
CLOSER TOGETHER.
CLOSER TOGETHER. IT KIND OF FORMS A NEW BOND
SAYING, HEY, WE WILL SEE THAT
SHOW ON SATURDAY NIGHT AS A
FAMILY, CONNECTING TO THE FAMILY
IS A BIG PART OF WHAT WE DO
HERE.