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#Post#: 32792--------------------------------------------------
GFW Recieves BAD Press
DIR By: ChrissiCalvert
Date: September 8, 2015, 3:24 pm
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Global Force Wrestling is receiving some bad publicity this week
as a blogger who purchased tickets to GFW live events in Texas
found out that the shows were canceled with no real
announcement, and getting a refund has been a hassle.
The following is the announcement GFW made on their website
three days ago, quietly revealing the fact that the shows in
Texas were being postponed:
Global Force Wrestling, the San Antonio Missions and the Round
Rock Express have decided to postpone the GFW Grand Slam Tour
events scheduled for later this month in Texas. Due to multiple
conflicts in scheduling plus announcements that will be revealed
over the next few weeks, GFW and the Texas clubs felt it was
best to reschedule the events for the 2016 Grand Slam Tour.
Ticket refunds can be obtained through the Missions’ and
Express’ box offices.
“Global Force Wrestling has made a promise to our fans to
present the highest quality wrestling action at all of our Grand
Slam events,” GFW founder and CEO Jeff Jarrett said. “As a new
brand in the entertainment marketplace, it is imperative not
only to deliver but to exceed customer expectations. We are
committed to our friends and fans in Texas, and we look forward
to scheduling San Antonio and Round Rock on next year’s Grand
Slam Tour.”
Here is part of the blog that “Skillcrane” wrote. It’s worth
noting that after posting the open letter to Jeff Jarrett, a GFW
representative contacted the man and the update he wrote
afterwards is also available below.
Fast forward to August of 2015, when tickets for the Texas
ballpark tour went on sale. Anyone (such as myself) who
purchased tickets to any of these events did so as a leap of
faith. With absolutely no information other than a time & a
place, purchasing a ticket was doing so out of the part of
themselves that wishes the best for the promotion & wants them
to succeed. I was able to go online, select my tickets, & within
a couple of minutes make my purchase. I felt good doing so,
knowing that I was contributing to the growth of the new
promotion & hopefully helping to inspire others who wanted to
bring their promotions to my city in the future.
Fast forward to last night. I was watching the Scenic City
Invitational & two of the announced GFW roster (Moose & Kongo
Kong) were facing each other, so I decided to check the website
to see if they finally got around to announcing the actual
wrestlers who would be appearing at the event, hoping Kong &
Moose were in that lineup.
Instead, what I saw was an announcement that the next shows were
in October, with not even a mention of the Texas dates on the
site. This was somewhat disconcerting considering I had
purchased tickets for an event in September. I looked through
the News link, the ticket link, etc, & saw no information at all
on these dates, making me wonder if I had imagined the whole
thing all along. A quick Google search (again, it is hard to
accept that I have to Google information that is buried
somewhere on the site) pointed me to an article that announced
that the Texas dates have been canceled under mysterious reasons
(“multiple scheduling conflicts & announcements that will be
revealed over the next few weeks”), & that GFW was “committed to
our friends and fans in Texas” & they look forward to seeing us
next year instead. No email saying “hey, we realize you already
threw down money for this show, so here is your refund” or
anything like that. The fact is that I had to dig for
information instead of having the company proactively come out &
contact any of us who bothered to support them in the first
place.
Now for the next source of contention, which is how the refunds
are being handled. As I mentioned, the actual purchase of the
tickets was done from the comfort of a computer terminal &
required little to no effort, taking only a couple of minutes to
complete. To get my money back, though, I am expected to drive 1
hour round trip (assuming there is absolutely no traffic) to the
South side of town & go to the Missions ballpark box office.
Keep in mind that the event itself was not even scheduled in
this location, but rather a different ballpark located much more
conveniently to my home. So the expectation from this promotion
that I supported is I make a 1 hour+ round trip drive, plus gas,
plus paying for parking to get into the parking lot of the box
office itself. I will actually lose money because I made the
mistake to support GFW. This is completely unacceptable in my
mind in 2015.
Beyond the inconvenience & expense of getting the refund, it
also leaves a very bad taste in my mouth that I tried to support
an upstart promotion & was burned by them as a payback for that
support. Of the 200 or so people who were going to show up the
first time around, how many of them do you expect will return
the second time after being burned, when we have the opportunity
to see this glorious non-promotion again? My guess would be much
less than the first go round. Now instead of fulfilling their
obligations, they are spinning things like they are doing us all
a favor by allowing us the opportunity to see them in 2016, but
what they don’t realize is if you burn someone once they won’t
get duped into trying to show support again.
Here is the update he posted:
EDITOR’S NOTE: After posting this, someone from GFW reached out
& asked me to call the box office for the refund. As I was going
on information posted by GFW themselves saying that I would have
to seek refunds in person, I assumed this information was
correct as it was in the press release. It turns out that unlike
GFW, the San Antonio Missions organization has their shit
together, as they have set up an auto refund for the event that
should start being credited some time next week. This does help
a bit, but my original feelings toward the promotion still
stand.
#Post#: 32801--------------------------------------------------
Re: GFW Recieves BAD Press
DIR By: sharkboy1200
Date: September 9, 2015, 2:53 pm
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Ouch, I hope the best for GFW, but things aren't looking good
for them. The shows with TNA have been good, but I'm not sure
this brand will take off.
#Post#: 32816--------------------------------------------------
Re: GFW Recieves BAD Press
DIR By: tnagirl
Date: September 9, 2015, 4:21 pm
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It takes money and time to take off . At the end of the day
there is so many brands out there and Jeff will not get any
where if he thinks his name will carry him
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