[2] In May 2011, he began a fundraising drive via the crowdfunding website Kickstarter with a goal to raise $100,000 for an alternative wrestling venture.

In June 2013 an update was posted to the Kickstarter page, with a link to the video of their Champion's Grail battle royal.

[6] To date, the Kickstarter backers of the project have not received the end product which they funded, as Katz has not released the promised episodic footage.

On the Talk is Jericho podcast with Kenny Omega, Chris Jericho revealed that he helped fund the project but never saw the footage, and Omega told a story about how he broke a chandelier during filming when he performed an outside springboard moonsault to Karl Anderson and then was forced to work for free the rest of the tapings to pay for the damage.

[8] The cast of WRP was unveiled via Geekweek.com, and includes wrestlers with experience with both major promotions, as well as the independent circuit.