From the E-Feds to Reality: TEAM

For those who don't know, TH is an e-fed enthusiast. Even in years when he wasn't watching wrestling, he was still e-fedding. He ran several characters in several feds at a time at his peak, but now, he resides only in Empire Pro Wrestling with one character. Still, he's handled and seen a ton of characters and concepts. Some may work in the real world, some may not. This is one of those concepts from the former.

Name: TEAM

What's Its Deal: There were two incarnations of TEAM. The first one was an "ideal" form, a fed that was based on team sport. The second was an "interfed" of sorts that ran a bunch of tournaments. I'm going to focus on the former. Basically, you have teams of wrestlers representing a city or a club, and they compete against other teams in meets/games in a regular season format.

Was It Successful as an E-fed: Not necessarily. The thing was, it's very handler intensive. I made the mistake of starting it in a community that was dwindling and overstretched. The interfed variant of it was successful, but that required less commitment.

Could It Get Over in Reality: In the mainstream? Probably not. However, on the indie level, which is the best comparison to the e-fed scene that there is, I think this could work. I mean, you get a bunch of top stars from the indies, as well as up-and-comers and stars from other regions together. Tour around a region, preferably the Northeast, which has the biggest demand for high-visibility indie wrestling. Running shows one weekend a month or one weekend every three weeks, with a Championship super card at the end of the year. You could have a draft at the beginning of the first season, do trades, all the other kinds of stuff that regular team sports has to keep interest between cards. I think this is a winning idea, at least for the indie level.

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