10 Live Observations From ICW's Fear And Loathing VIII
10. Scale Of The SECC And Layout
Most children that grew up in Glasgow as wrestling fans in the 1990s would beg their parents to drag them along to the SECC to see the WWF when theyd come to town once a year. I was one of those kids and my Mum dragged me to a lot of WWF shows back in the mid-90s and early 2000s.
So, with that history in mind, walking into the building to see the ICW logos and the arena selling official merchandise for the show gave the event a big time feel. There was even a titantron which owner Mark Dallas would refer to as The Big Telly in the show opening promo.
There were fans dressed as ICW stars, hundreds of people donned in Grado shirts, one woman who had made her own Jack Jester plush doll and a lot of other small details that made me really stop and take in what a huge phenomenon this company has become.
Walking past the venue at showtime, youd be mistaken for thinking a TV comedian or a popular US rock band were playing at the arena. Of course, it was actually a bunch of British wrestling talent and crew who worked from the ground up and packed the house. It gave me a goose bump type feeling seeing it before my eyes.