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Monday, December 4, 2017
Indy things (with some remarks thrown in)
Hoosier Pro Wrestling from Saturday night in Columbus, IN before 180 fans: Ace Jackson d Tim Lutz, Echo the Clown b Scarecrow, Vic the Bruiser b Omega Pitbull-DQ Butcher Manson b Buck Sexton, Bambino Family b Fireball & Prime, Kenny Cage b Dynamite Dillen to win the HPW title. Next show is 1/6.
Smash Wrestling from yesterday in Toronto: Allie b Gail Kim(So much for her 'retirement', lol) , Rosemary b Mercedes Martinez, Cheerleader Melissa b Xandra Bale, Alexis Nicole b Jordynne Grace, Jewels Malone b Samantha Heights, Kaitlin Diemoind b Gisele Shaw, Veda Scott b Danyah. This was the annual USA vs. Canada show. It came down to Allie vs. Kim with Aliie winning. After Kim lost she asked Allie to represent Canada on the show next year. Grace was given an award for best breakout performer. Shaw looked like she had WWE potential. (Like that's something to brag about knowing how lame WWE has been).
ACPW from Saturday night in Wellington, NZ: Brook Duncan b Taylor Adams, Falcon Kid won four-way over T-Rex, Chad Howard and Liam Fury, Ashlee Spencer b Britanay, Jade Priest b Fury, Kane Kahn & JK Moody b Michael Richards & Mason Daniels, Marcus Kool b Shane Sinclair, Jonah Rock b Paul Sayres.
Cleveland Knights Pro Wrestling announced that their 2/9 show featuring Eric Bischoff will be live on FITE TV for $15. ($15.00 just for a show with Bischoff as a 'big name'? fuck that).
CZW on Saturday night at Rastelli's Complex in Sewell, NJ for the Cage of death show headlined by Rickey Shane Page vs. Shane Strickland vs. Joe Gacy in the cage of death, Zachary Wentz & Dezmond Xavier vs. Nate Carter & Dave McCall vs. Alex Reynolds & Matt Palmer vs. Dave & Jake Crist, Jimmy Havoc vs. Jimmy Jacobs, Matt Tremont vs. Jimmy Lloyd in a thumbtacks massacre match and David Starr vs. Ethan Page. NWA champion Tim Storm also appears and they are doing a Toys for Tots drive at the show.
Smash Wrestling from yesterday in Toronto: Allie b Gail Kim(So much for her 'retirement', lol) , Rosemary b Mercedes Martinez, Cheerleader Melissa b Xandra Bale, Alexis Nicole b Jordynne Grace, Jewels Malone b Samantha Heights, Kaitlin Diemoind b Gisele Shaw, Veda Scott b Danyah. This was the annual USA vs. Canada show. It came down to Allie vs. Kim with Aliie winning. After Kim lost she asked Allie to represent Canada on the show next year. Grace was given an award for best breakout performer. Shaw looked like she had WWE potential. (Like that's something to brag about knowing how lame WWE has been).
ACPW from Saturday night in Wellington, NZ: Brook Duncan b Taylor Adams, Falcon Kid won four-way over T-Rex, Chad Howard and Liam Fury, Ashlee Spencer b Britanay, Jade Priest b Fury, Kane Kahn & JK Moody b Michael Richards & Mason Daniels, Marcus Kool b Shane Sinclair, Jonah Rock b Paul Sayres.
Cleveland Knights Pro Wrestling announced that their 2/9 show featuring Eric Bischoff will be live on FITE TV for $15. ($15.00 just for a show with Bischoff as a 'big name'? fuck that).
CZW on Saturday night at Rastelli's Complex in Sewell, NJ for the Cage of death show headlined by Rickey Shane Page vs. Shane Strickland vs. Joe Gacy in the cage of death, Zachary Wentz & Dezmond Xavier vs. Nate Carter & Dave McCall vs. Alex Reynolds & Matt Palmer vs. Dave & Jake Crist, Jimmy Havoc vs. Jimmy Jacobs, Matt Tremont vs. Jimmy Lloyd in a thumbtacks massacre match and David Starr vs. Ethan Page. NWA champion Tim Storm also appears and they are doing a Toys for Tots drive at the show.
News On A Top Impact Star Asking For Their Release (Spoiler On Thursday's Impact Included
As I posted here, Squared Circle Sirens that Laurel Van Ness had reportedly requested her release from Impact. Van Ness was still under contract as of Friday morning but it was believed that officials would be granting the release soon.
The former WWE Tough Enough competitor, who dates Zack Ryder, will win the Knockouts title on the Impact Wrestling episode that airs this coming Thursday night.
Various sources reported that Van Ness requested her release on the same night that she won the title at the recent set of TV tapings. Van Ness agreed that she should have told them about wanting to leave earlier in the tapings, before they gave her the title. It's likely that the company wants her to drop the title before granting the release. It's believed the release will be granted once she drops the title.
Various sources reported that Van Ness requested her release on the same night that she won the title at the recent set of TV tapings. Van Ness agreed that she should have told them about wanting to leave earlier in the tapings, before they gave her the title. It's likely that the company wants her to drop the title before granting the release. It's believed the release will be granted once she drops the title.
EVOLVE VS. FLO UPDATE, FITE TV CARRYING EVOLVE iPPVS THIS WEEKEND AND MORE
Although this was expected as soon as Flosports filed their amended lawsuit
against WWNLive, WWN's attempts to have the lawsuit thrown out were rejected by
the court on 11/30. They will be able to argue their points again, once they
specifically respond to the amended version of the suit. WWN is expected to
file a counter-suit.
Interesting to note that despite being shut down, the Floslam website has not been updated to reflect that the service is done. In a podcast he recorded after being let go by the service, writer Brent Brookhouse admitted that he had tried in vain to get management to drop the price point of the service and attempted to find other promotions for the service to work with after they cut ties with WWNLive, but management would never sign off on anything. Brookhouse admitted that after the WWN lawsuit was filed by Flosports, there was nothing, from a fan's perspective, that he would have wanted to subscribe to the service for, gave management options to fix things and basically was hired to do one job and trapped doing another.
In a story that completely infuriated some people listening to the podcast, Brookhouse stated that he was preparing to drive three hours to EVOLVE's events to cover them for the service when he began getting messages from fans asking about the lawsuit Flosports had filed days before - so the service didn't even inform their point person in charge of creating content for the service about the lawsuit before it broke publicly. That basically meant Flosports would have been putting Brookhouse into a position to drive three hours and then walk into a show where he would have been seen as the "enemy" from the company that was now suing WWNLive, without any knowledge of the situation. In the end, Brookhouse was told not to attend the shows (as Flosports decided to pull EVOLVE's live streams hours before they went on the air) but the fact that no one thought to inform him privately is WCW-level ridiculousness.
What really angered some people, was hearing Brookhouse recount that he learned the platform was shut down when people began contacting after hearing the reports via Twitter. So, the guy (who has one young child and another baby on the way) found out he was fired from a job that sought him out from social media, well before he was able to actually get someone from the actual company to give him the respect of telling him what was going on. Actually, that sounds worse than even the worst WCW stupidity, but what should I expect from a company that responded to an email from me asking what they intended to do to replace WWNLive content so people didn't cancel their subs by actually CANCELING MY SUBSCRIPTION instead of responding to the question.
Gabe Sapolsky has continued to work backstage at WWE NXT TV tapings, so if anyone expected that lawsuit to have a ripple effect on WWN's relationship with WWE, that has not happened.
WWN's EVOLVE promotion has a pair of events this weekend, both of which will air on The Fite App, which you can download for free for your cell phone or mobile device by clicking here. Fite can be streamed from your phone to Samsung Smart TVs and recently debuted a Roku channel as well. The app is HIGHLY recommended by yours truly and is free to download as well with tons of weekly free programming, including ROH's weekly TV series, Booker T's Reality of Wrestling and more.
EVOLVE returns to Queens, NY this Friday 12/9 with WWNLive champion Keith Lee defending against WALTER, Matt Riddle vs. Fred Yehi in a bout where they can be no rope breaks, EVOLVE Tag Team champions Jaka & Tracy Williams vs. James Drake & Anthony Henry, EVOLVE champion Zack Sabre Jr. vs. DJZ, Darby Allin vs. Austin Theory, AR Fox vs. Jason Kincaid, plus Jarek 1:20, Shane Mercer, Stephen Wolf, Joey Lynch. William Regal will be signing at the event as he's in town to do a seminar the day before for the company.
Sunday's 12/10 Melrose, MA event will feature EVOLVE champion Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Jaka, Matt Riddle vs. WALTER, WWN Champion Keith Lee vs. Tracy Williams with Stokely Hathaway vs. Darby Allin in a non-title bout, FIP champion Fred Yehi vs. Austin Theory, AR Fox vs. DJ Z, Jason Kincaid vs. Jarek 1:20 plus James Drake, Anthony Henry, Shane Mercer, Stephen Wolf and Brandon Watts (who is awesome) appearing. The idea is that Watts is getting a tryout match, which I am actually offended hearing, even if it's a storyline as that guy is an asset to any promoter smart enough to book him.
Daisuke Sekimoto will be coming in from Japan to work for the WWNLive umbrella events in New Orleans. He's pretty awesome.
Interesting to note that despite being shut down, the Floslam website has not been updated to reflect that the service is done. In a podcast he recorded after being let go by the service, writer Brent Brookhouse admitted that he had tried in vain to get management to drop the price point of the service and attempted to find other promotions for the service to work with after they cut ties with WWNLive, but management would never sign off on anything. Brookhouse admitted that after the WWN lawsuit was filed by Flosports, there was nothing, from a fan's perspective, that he would have wanted to subscribe to the service for, gave management options to fix things and basically was hired to do one job and trapped doing another.
In a story that completely infuriated some people listening to the podcast, Brookhouse stated that he was preparing to drive three hours to EVOLVE's events to cover them for the service when he began getting messages from fans asking about the lawsuit Flosports had filed days before - so the service didn't even inform their point person in charge of creating content for the service about the lawsuit before it broke publicly. That basically meant Flosports would have been putting Brookhouse into a position to drive three hours and then walk into a show where he would have been seen as the "enemy" from the company that was now suing WWNLive, without any knowledge of the situation. In the end, Brookhouse was told not to attend the shows (as Flosports decided to pull EVOLVE's live streams hours before they went on the air) but the fact that no one thought to inform him privately is WCW-level ridiculousness.
What really angered some people, was hearing Brookhouse recount that he learned the platform was shut down when people began contacting after hearing the reports via Twitter. So, the guy (who has one young child and another baby on the way) found out he was fired from a job that sought him out from social media, well before he was able to actually get someone from the actual company to give him the respect of telling him what was going on. Actually, that sounds worse than even the worst WCW stupidity, but what should I expect from a company that responded to an email from me asking what they intended to do to replace WWNLive content so people didn't cancel their subs by actually CANCELING MY SUBSCRIPTION instead of responding to the question.
Gabe Sapolsky has continued to work backstage at WWE NXT TV tapings, so if anyone expected that lawsuit to have a ripple effect on WWN's relationship with WWE, that has not happened.
WWN's EVOLVE promotion has a pair of events this weekend, both of which will air on The Fite App, which you can download for free for your cell phone or mobile device by clicking here. Fite can be streamed from your phone to Samsung Smart TVs and recently debuted a Roku channel as well. The app is HIGHLY recommended by yours truly and is free to download as well with tons of weekly free programming, including ROH's weekly TV series, Booker T's Reality of Wrestling and more.
EVOLVE returns to Queens, NY this Friday 12/9 with WWNLive champion Keith Lee defending against WALTER, Matt Riddle vs. Fred Yehi in a bout where they can be no rope breaks, EVOLVE Tag Team champions Jaka & Tracy Williams vs. James Drake & Anthony Henry, EVOLVE champion Zack Sabre Jr. vs. DJZ, Darby Allin vs. Austin Theory, AR Fox vs. Jason Kincaid, plus Jarek 1:20, Shane Mercer, Stephen Wolf, Joey Lynch. William Regal will be signing at the event as he's in town to do a seminar the day before for the company.
Sunday's 12/10 Melrose, MA event will feature EVOLVE champion Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Jaka, Matt Riddle vs. WALTER, WWN Champion Keith Lee vs. Tracy Williams with Stokely Hathaway vs. Darby Allin in a non-title bout, FIP champion Fred Yehi vs. Austin Theory, AR Fox vs. DJ Z, Jason Kincaid vs. Jarek 1:20 plus James Drake, Anthony Henry, Shane Mercer, Stephen Wolf and Brandon Watts (who is awesome) appearing. The idea is that Watts is getting a tryout match, which I am actually offended hearing, even if it's a storyline as that guy is an asset to any promoter smart enough to book him.
Daisuke Sekimoto will be coming in from Japan to work for the WWNLive umbrella events in New Orleans. He's pretty awesome.
KONNAN GONE FROM CRASH LUCHA LIBRE
The Tijuana, Mexico-based Crash Lucha Libre promotion announced today that
Konnan, who had been working as a booker and head of creative for the company,
was gone from the company.
We are told that Konnan was let go this past Thursday following a locker room meeting and the decision to announce it today was to not distract from the promotion's events over this past weekend in Mexico. Konnan had joined the promotion after he and AAA fell out of favor, sparking a lot of talent to move to Crash and leading the promotion to running more events outside of Tijuana on a regular basis.
The promotion issued the following statement to PWInsider.com this morning after we requested comment in an attempt to confirm the story:
The Crash Lucha Libre brand is known for the way we treat people and value each and every single person that works in this company. Bettering the economical and habitual needs. Showing the support for each element and giving opportunity to new talent.
In this way, the value and professionalism shown between each of its partners.
Not being able to comply to the Crash Lucha Libre code of ethic, is something that we do not tolerate in this company.
With that being said, We not announce that Carlos Santiago Espada "Konnan", will no longer be working with The Crash.
We thank him for the time and support and wish him the best in his future endeavors.
We will be announcing the dates for 2018 with the best matches and our debut in the United States.
We are told a Spanish-language version of the statement was issued to media in Mexico this morning as well.
Politically, it should be interesting to see what this means for Crash Lucha Libre's working relationship with Impact Wrestling, especially since Konnan is a regular for Impact as part of the LAX faction.
Konnan was recently announced as the head writer for the Aro Lucha promotion out of Nashville, TN, a position we are told Impact Wrestling has given him permission to pursue. One would have expected that Konnan would have been the conduit to bring Crash talents in for that group, which is taping a TV pilot this Sunday 12/10 in Nashville, TN. Whether this exit changes that remains to be seen as well.
Crash Lucha Libre is slated to run New Orleans over Wrestlemania 34 weekend in April 2018 as part of Wrestlecon. It should be interesting to see how much of their plans going forward change with Konnan's dismissal.
Konnan has not, as of yet, commented on his departure and was retweeting fans' comments about Crash's weekend events as if he was still associated with the company
We are told that Konnan was let go this past Thursday following a locker room meeting and the decision to announce it today was to not distract from the promotion's events over this past weekend in Mexico. Konnan had joined the promotion after he and AAA fell out of favor, sparking a lot of talent to move to Crash and leading the promotion to running more events outside of Tijuana on a regular basis.
The promotion issued the following statement to PWInsider.com this morning after we requested comment in an attempt to confirm the story:
The Crash Lucha Libre brand is known for the way we treat people and value each and every single person that works in this company. Bettering the economical and habitual needs. Showing the support for each element and giving opportunity to new talent.
In this way, the value and professionalism shown between each of its partners.
Not being able to comply to the Crash Lucha Libre code of ethic, is something that we do not tolerate in this company.
With that being said, We not announce that Carlos Santiago Espada "Konnan", will no longer be working with The Crash.
We thank him for the time and support and wish him the best in his future endeavors.
We will be announcing the dates for 2018 with the best matches and our debut in the United States.
We are told a Spanish-language version of the statement was issued to media in Mexico this morning as well.
Politically, it should be interesting to see what this means for Crash Lucha Libre's working relationship with Impact Wrestling, especially since Konnan is a regular for Impact as part of the LAX faction.
Konnan was recently announced as the head writer for the Aro Lucha promotion out of Nashville, TN, a position we are told Impact Wrestling has given him permission to pursue. One would have expected that Konnan would have been the conduit to bring Crash talents in for that group, which is taping a TV pilot this Sunday 12/10 in Nashville, TN. Whether this exit changes that remains to be seen as well.
Crash Lucha Libre is slated to run New Orleans over Wrestlemania 34 weekend in April 2018 as part of Wrestlecon. It should be interesting to see how much of their plans going forward change with Konnan's dismissal.
Konnan has not, as of yet, commented on his departure and was retweeting fans' comments about Crash's weekend events as if he was still associated with the company
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