(noun) Refers to an independent league In the United States, all promotions other than WCW and the WWF are indies Indies have smaller rosters, lesser known talent, significantly lower income, and they usually promote in only a few cities Prior to Vince McMahon taking the WWF national in 1984, there were literally hundreds of successful independent promotions across the country By the late eighties, most of the independents were unable to compete with McMahon'shuge empire and went out of business Today there are still plenty of indies, yet only a handful are able to maintain any sort of long term success