Brett Lauderdale discusses GCW's partnership with Triller/Fite TV.
Aside from a brief stints with FlowSlam and IWTV, Triller TV has been the home of the GCW product for years now. In late 2022, the promotion began putting their events on the company's streaming service, allowing fans to bypass the model of purchasing events individually.
While speaking to Fightful for a recent interview, Lauderdale talked about GCW's history with the service and FlowSlam.
"So our relationship with Triller actually goes back all the way, which was Fite, goes back to, I guess it would be as early as 2018 maybe. So before that, we were doing DVDs when we first started. We weren't doing live streaming, but off the heels of the first Spring Break and then the second Spring Break, our numbers were so good from [FlowSlam] and then I want to say the second Spring Break was on Fite. The first Spring Break, which was 2017, it was part of More than Mania, which was the EVOLVE weekend—EVOLVE, Progress, GCW Beyond, Chicago, maybe?—anyways, a lot of great companies and that the whole weekend was broadcast on [FlowSlam]." We got paid $1,000 for the first Spring Break. That's what they paid us for it. There wasn't even a negotiation. It was just, this is what they're paying for and at that time I was like, ‘Wow, $1,000, that sounds great!’ So anyways, we didn't stream again for the next year and then after Spring Break 2, which was in New Orleans, that was the blast off where it was like, ‘Listen, this is doing so well that we have to figure out how to do this for every show, because if we don't, we're foolish. We're leaving money on the table.’"
Lauderdale went on to state that he never wants GCW to leave Triller unless they absolutely have to.
"We were we were really the first wrestling company, indie wrestling company to stream regularly, again, on Fite and it really ushered in the era of everybody streaming again, live streaming. So our relationship with Fite goes back a long way—Fite, now Triller. We've always just done really great numbers. It's been a mutually beneficial relationship. My intention is to never leave Triller unless we have to. It's been that important to GCW success and they've been such good partners over the years that I'm proud to work with them through ups and downs for both of our companies. We're still here and it's still a great relationship and we still do great numbers. So I'm happy to continue that relationship."
Elsewhere in the interview, Lauderdale explained the process of putting together GCW's recent show in Hawaii. Learn more by clicking here.
Fans can check out Fightful's full interview with Lauderdale in the video linked at the top of this article.
All GCW events can be streamed live on Triller TV. Click here to learn more.
