Thursday, December 14, 2017
Since Meltzer can't post a link right, I'll do it for you. Morton to wrestle in LaFollette
Meltzer posted a link in his "daily update' today that was the wrong link. Maybe someone should email or 'tweet' him and tell him I have the correct link here. The irony is that Meltzer is quoted in this story. No you can't make this shit up, lol.
http://www.lafollettepress.com/content/morton-wrestle-lafollette
http://www.lafollettepress.com/content/morton-wrestle-lafollette
Tonite's Indy Wrestling feature will be, Rocky Mountain Pro Charged Season 3 Episode 5 - …Enemies Closer
Published on Dec 12, 2017
This week on CHARGED, we are just one week out from SHOCKTOBER! With many of the matches set, everyone is looking to get momentum. Tonight, Anaya and Mercury Yaden continue their issues. Tyler Stinson, Filter & Hunter Grey team up to take on Mario Vanjur, Humphrey Jacobs & a third partner in an elimination match. Two new Lockettes make their debut and much more this week on CHARGED! Visit http://therockymountainpro.com for more full episodes. Brought to you by http://RussosBrand.com This episode originally aired on Fite.tv on November 15, 2017.
WWE CANCELS RETURN TO EDMONTON AFTER BOXING DEATH LEADS TO BAN ON ALL COMBAT SPORTS
A scheduled World Wrestling Entertainment debut at the brand new Rogers Place
arena in Edmonton, Alberta Canada on 2/9/18 was canceled after new regulations
banning all forms of combat sports were enacted by the city's council following
the June death of a boxer following an Edmonton fight.
The Rogers Place website announced the cancellation with the following announcement "Following new guidelines established by Edmonton’s city council, WWE’s event on Friday, February 9 at Rogers Place has been postponed. The WWE is working closely with the local Commission, and hope to return with their sports entertainment events to Edmonton in the near future."
The Edmonton city council announced on 12/8 that they were placing a one year moratorium on new permits or licenses for anything that fell under the umbrella of combat sports, which for some reason, has included WWE, despite the fact that the company's product is anything but an actual, legitimate combat sports competition. The moratorium is scheduled to stand until December 2018.
The moratorium was enacted after the June death of boxer Tim Hauge following a fight card held in the city. There has been criticism of the city council for enacting the ban after UFC held an event in September, with critics believing they waited until after that event instead of just immediately issuing the ban.
The ban is up to 1 year. Council is awaiting a report into the death of boxer Tim Hague which is being released today Following its release and the recommendations in it, Edmonton council could lift the ban at any time in the new year.
The Rogers Place website announced the cancellation with the following announcement "Following new guidelines established by Edmonton’s city council, WWE’s event on Friday, February 9 at Rogers Place has been postponed. The WWE is working closely with the local Commission, and hope to return with their sports entertainment events to Edmonton in the near future."
The Edmonton city council announced on 12/8 that they were placing a one year moratorium on new permits or licenses for anything that fell under the umbrella of combat sports, which for some reason, has included WWE, despite the fact that the company's product is anything but an actual, legitimate combat sports competition. The moratorium is scheduled to stand until December 2018.
The moratorium was enacted after the June death of boxer Tim Hauge following a fight card held in the city. There has been criticism of the city council for enacting the ban after UFC held an event in September, with critics believing they waited until after that event instead of just immediately issuing the ban.
The ban is up to 1 year. Council is awaiting a report into the death of boxer Tim Hague which is being released today Following its release and the recommendations in it, Edmonton council could lift the ban at any time in the new year.
EVA MARIE DEFENDS PROFESIONAL WRESTLING
WATCH TODAY’S EPISODE OF COMPLEX’S ‘OUT OF
BOUNDS’
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Credit: Complex News
WATCH NOW
On today's episode of Complex’s “Out of Bounds,” actress and former WWE star Natalie Eva Marie returns to discuss her love for Bay Area sports, her transition from WWE to Hollywood, how it feels to be the "bad guy" in wrestling and why she thinks the NBA will not reach NFL's popularity any time soon. She also changes perspectives after confronting Mia Khalifa about her comment about wrestling not being a real sport.
“Out of Bounds” features former NBA star Gilbert Arenas, Internet personality Mia Khalifa, Complex News host Pierce Simpson and Complex Sports editor Adam Caparell. New episodes air on Complex News’ YouTube channel Monday through Thursday at 2 p.m. ET. Tweet the show @OutofBounds.
NOTABLE QUOTES:
On Brock Lesnar rumored to join Creed II (8:38):
“He’s a bad guy, he’s a beast, he literally will kill you in the octagon or take you to Suplex City in the ring. I think he’d be a fantastic addition to Creed II because he plays a heel so naturally.” — Natalie Eva Marie
On the difference between training for acting and wrestling (11:31):
“You have to put your body through a lot of physicality with wrestling. You’re saying you think it’s fake, however when you get in the ring, you’re really taking those bumps…Then when it comes to acting, you’re trying to get out of yourself and be a whole other person, which also helps with WWE, too, because you’re playing a character at the end of the day.” — Natalie Eva Marie
On challenging Mia Khalifa’s claims that wrestling isn’t a real sport (12:13):
“Some moves are [choreographed], so like you’ll go over your finish, whoever’s gonna win or lose because that’s predetermined. However, when you’re in there, usually you’re just going toe-to-toe. So like, if I have you in a headlock, then I’m telling you right then and there what we’re doing next.” — Natalie Eva Marie
“You have your producers in the back, adjusting to the crowd. ‘Hey, uh, actually we’re gonna go this way. Change the finish, change whatever you have going on.’ So you can’t really choreograph the dance because everything gets mixed up.” — Natalie Eva Marie
On comparing sports (14:44):
“NFL, NBA, they all have off-seasons. Wrestling doesn’t have an off-season. We’re on the road 209 days out of the year, performing in different cities every single night. Where you have your NBA, and NFL and major league and they’re taking charter flights going to the next city. We’re driving in rent-a-cars to the next city.” — Natalie Eva Marie
Credit: Complex News
WATCH NOW
On today's episode of Complex’s “Out of Bounds,” actress and former WWE star Natalie Eva Marie returns to discuss her love for Bay Area sports, her transition from WWE to Hollywood, how it feels to be the "bad guy" in wrestling and why she thinks the NBA will not reach NFL's popularity any time soon. She also changes perspectives after confronting Mia Khalifa about her comment about wrestling not being a real sport.
“Out of Bounds” features former NBA star Gilbert Arenas, Internet personality Mia Khalifa, Complex News host Pierce Simpson and Complex Sports editor Adam Caparell. New episodes air on Complex News’ YouTube channel Monday through Thursday at 2 p.m. ET. Tweet the show @OutofBounds.
NOTABLE QUOTES:
On Brock Lesnar rumored to join Creed II (8:38):
“He’s a bad guy, he’s a beast, he literally will kill you in the octagon or take you to Suplex City in the ring. I think he’d be a fantastic addition to Creed II because he plays a heel so naturally.” — Natalie Eva Marie
On the difference between training for acting and wrestling (11:31):
“You have to put your body through a lot of physicality with wrestling. You’re saying you think it’s fake, however when you get in the ring, you’re really taking those bumps…Then when it comes to acting, you’re trying to get out of yourself and be a whole other person, which also helps with WWE, too, because you’re playing a character at the end of the day.” — Natalie Eva Marie
On challenging Mia Khalifa’s claims that wrestling isn’t a real sport (12:13):
“Some moves are [choreographed], so like you’ll go over your finish, whoever’s gonna win or lose because that’s predetermined. However, when you’re in there, usually you’re just going toe-to-toe. So like, if I have you in a headlock, then I’m telling you right then and there what we’re doing next.” — Natalie Eva Marie
“You have your producers in the back, adjusting to the crowd. ‘Hey, uh, actually we’re gonna go this way. Change the finish, change whatever you have going on.’ So you can’t really choreograph the dance because everything gets mixed up.” — Natalie Eva Marie
On comparing sports (14:44):
“NFL, NBA, they all have off-seasons. Wrestling doesn’t have an off-season. We’re on the road 209 days out of the year, performing in different cities every single night. Where you have your NBA, and NFL and major league and they’re taking charter flights going to the next city. We’re driving in rent-a-cars to the next city.” — Natalie Eva Marie
SEAN WALTMAN DISCUSSES OMEGA VS. JERICHO, KONNAN TALKS LUCHA ON
SEAN ‘X-PAC’ WALTMAN TALKS ABOUT THE OMEGA AND JERICHO MATCH COMING
UP
X-PAC 12360
Pro Wrestler and LAX manager, Konnan is the special guest on X-Pac12360 and talks about how diverse Lucha is now.
Get it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/IoiqsB1MWE4 or download the podcast version on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/x-pac-1-2-360-afterbuzz-tv/id1150124693?mt=2&i=374822005, with highlights below:
Konnan Talks About Locker Room Life and the Difference Between the Women and Men: This is a true story, I am not a misogynist or anything like that, but if you have 50 guys in a dressing room and 5 girls, those 5 girls are a way bigger headache than those 50 guys. You have no idea what we have to work with. It just very difficult, because there is a lot jealousy between women, you don't see between guys. Add to that, that now a lot of those guys are dating the girls and if there is a problem they take it to the dressing room, or maybe one guy was messing with your girl and now you got the two wrestlers and the girl. So many things pop-off in the locker room.
Konnan Talks About Lucha Underground’s Low Offer to the Young Bucks :The reason I went to PWG the first time was because I took Dorian Roldan from AAA and Chris Joseph , who was the writer for Lucha Underground, cause originally I was suppose to write the show with Chris. And so, I was like, ‘ Bro, you need to go to PWG and I am going to show you some guys you're going to love.’ So you know I recommended Kevin Steen, The Young Bucks, Ricochet, Brian Cage, Willie Mack. They were like ‘Oh, the Young Bucks, they should get new gear…’ I'm like ‘No, they're making fun of it, that's the gimmick.’ I convinced the Young Bucks to call Lucha Underground because I could get them a contract and I was going to put them in a trio with John Morrison cause they're all from LA. And bro, they offered them $200 each. They [Young Bucks] were pissed, he wrote back, ‘Yeah now for them, for us to go there, they're going to have to pay us $1,500 each, non negotiable.’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, exactly.’
Sean “X-Pac” Waltman on the press helping build Omega and Jericho in NJPW: One of the things that I like about Japanese wrestling is the way they have their press conferences and the media involved. And how they treat it like a legitimate press conference because it is… And because of that you can go out there and shoot your own angles actually because you can’t really control somebody once they go out there and start talking to the press. If you’re smart you can really manipulate things during those press conferences. The press conference gives it such a legitimate feeling.
Konnan on how diverse Lucha Libre is:It’s a beautiful thing because what’s happened is when Lucha first started all the Luchadors were all Mexican right? Now they’re white, Filipino, black. It’s become a global thing just like Lucha Libre itself.
Konnan Talks About Shooting 3LiveKru Promo In The Hood: “We did this vignette that was hilarious, Ronny took us to the hood and it was funny because a kid rolled up on us on a bike and he had a gun in his waistband and he said: "What are you doing in my hood," and Rony said he used to do that. So, Bro, you haven't lived if you haven't seen Road Dogg in the middle of the hood dressed up like a PIMP, like an old-school PIMP Starsky-Hutch style like...with a rainbow wig dressed down in the hood and people were laughing.
Konnan on What’s The Mission for AroLoucha: We saw what happened at Lucha Underground. I was there for season 1 and I was there before the company started, but anyways, so, I kinda know what was going on over there. Something that was evident is they weren’t touring, and they weren’t making any money with no merchandise after such a hot product. This is how hot this product was, cause people are miss led by numbers sometimes. Usually they add hundred-thousands viewers right? From 80-125 or whatever, we go for that first number, “People aren’t watching the show.” I go that’s where you're wrong. This year I traveled mostly with Rey (Mysterio) but I went to Sudan, to Chile, like all over bro, everybody knew what Lucha Underground was and nobody had El Rey. - We saw Lucha Underground open the doors
Get it all on this week's brand new episode of AfterBuzz TV's X-Pac 12360. Two words for you...DOWNLOAD IT!
X-PAC 12360
Pro Wrestler and LAX manager, Konnan is the special guest on X-Pac12360 and talks about how diverse Lucha is now.
Get it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/IoiqsB1MWE4 or download the podcast version on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/x-pac-1-2-360-afterbuzz-tv/id1150124693?mt=2&i=374822005, with highlights below:
Konnan Talks About Locker Room Life and the Difference Between the Women and Men: This is a true story, I am not a misogynist or anything like that, but if you have 50 guys in a dressing room and 5 girls, those 5 girls are a way bigger headache than those 50 guys. You have no idea what we have to work with. It just very difficult, because there is a lot jealousy between women, you don't see between guys. Add to that, that now a lot of those guys are dating the girls and if there is a problem they take it to the dressing room, or maybe one guy was messing with your girl and now you got the two wrestlers and the girl. So many things pop-off in the locker room.
Konnan Talks About Lucha Underground’s Low Offer to the Young Bucks :The reason I went to PWG the first time was because I took Dorian Roldan from AAA and Chris Joseph , who was the writer for Lucha Underground, cause originally I was suppose to write the show with Chris. And so, I was like, ‘ Bro, you need to go to PWG and I am going to show you some guys you're going to love.’ So you know I recommended Kevin Steen, The Young Bucks, Ricochet, Brian Cage, Willie Mack. They were like ‘Oh, the Young Bucks, they should get new gear…’ I'm like ‘No, they're making fun of it, that's the gimmick.’ I convinced the Young Bucks to call Lucha Underground because I could get them a contract and I was going to put them in a trio with John Morrison cause they're all from LA. And bro, they offered them $200 each. They [Young Bucks] were pissed, he wrote back, ‘Yeah now for them, for us to go there, they're going to have to pay us $1,500 each, non negotiable.’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, exactly.’
Sean “X-Pac” Waltman on the press helping build Omega and Jericho in NJPW: One of the things that I like about Japanese wrestling is the way they have their press conferences and the media involved. And how they treat it like a legitimate press conference because it is… And because of that you can go out there and shoot your own angles actually because you can’t really control somebody once they go out there and start talking to the press. If you’re smart you can really manipulate things during those press conferences. The press conference gives it such a legitimate feeling.
Konnan on how diverse Lucha Libre is:It’s a beautiful thing because what’s happened is when Lucha first started all the Luchadors were all Mexican right? Now they’re white, Filipino, black. It’s become a global thing just like Lucha Libre itself.
Konnan Talks About Shooting 3LiveKru Promo In The Hood: “We did this vignette that was hilarious, Ronny took us to the hood and it was funny because a kid rolled up on us on a bike and he had a gun in his waistband and he said: "What are you doing in my hood," and Rony said he used to do that. So, Bro, you haven't lived if you haven't seen Road Dogg in the middle of the hood dressed up like a PIMP, like an old-school PIMP Starsky-Hutch style like...with a rainbow wig dressed down in the hood and people were laughing.
Konnan on What’s The Mission for AroLoucha: We saw what happened at Lucha Underground. I was there for season 1 and I was there before the company started, but anyways, so, I kinda know what was going on over there. Something that was evident is they weren’t touring, and they weren’t making any money with no merchandise after such a hot product. This is how hot this product was, cause people are miss led by numbers sometimes. Usually they add hundred-thousands viewers right? From 80-125 or whatever, we go for that first number, “People aren’t watching the show.” I go that’s where you're wrong. This year I traveled mostly with Rey (Mysterio) but I went to Sudan, to Chile, like all over bro, everybody knew what Lucha Underground was and nobody had El Rey. - We saw Lucha Underground open the doors
Get it all on this week's brand new episode of AfterBuzz TV's X-Pac 12360. Two words for you...DOWNLOAD IT!
WHAT HAPPENED AT THE END OF CAGE OF DEATH: CZW NEWS
As reported by several people, shortly after the Cage of Death event took place last week,
CZW (with the exception of one person) was not aware that Nick Gage and Brett
Lauderdale were going to enter the ring and the Cage after the show. There's
been some heat between the two companies for some time. Lauderdale had worked
the CZW in the past and was no longer welcome at their events after a falling
out. Gage had been one of the top CZW talents at one point and the two were now
doing their own rival promotion in Gamechanger doing their own Ultraviolent
style product using some former CZW names, including founder John Zandig.
So, why did the scene at the end of Cage of Death happen? We are told that the idea of doing an angle was pitched to DJ Hyde and the decision was made to turn it down. Giancarlo Dittamo, who worked on the booking of CZW with Sami Callihan and Hyde, had originally pitched the idea. As noted, it was shot down, but the word making the rounds is that Dittamo, feeling the show needed a big moment to close it, decided to do it anyway and not tell anyone. Gage and Lauderdale just walked into the building and hopped the rail. which is equally insane. That sort of thing never would have happened if Atlas Security was there.
With no real plan and CZW (beyond Dittamo) not in on what was going on, the show had an awkward ending where the ring mic was shut off on Gage and the ring sort of filled up with everyone waiting for something to happen. Hyde and Matt Tremont were shoving back and forth with Gage but beyond that, there was no physicality, although the scene could have gotten real ugly, obviously. At that moment in time, most in the cage weren't sure if what was happening was a work or not. We are told Dittamo left the building as soon as everything went down and is gone from the company. The word was that he was fired and a lot of people were really upset about the situation because Dittamo had been great at producing videos and in general, was a great hand and a good mind that helped the CZW product.
CZW has removed that footage from their Cage of Death video and requested that their staff and wrestlers do not speak about it publicly. Gage and Lauderdale's company Gamechanger Wrestling released a video made up of content shot from what appeared to be fans' phones of the incident but CZW immediately filed a copyright claim (since it was their show) and had the material yanked. We are told that the police were called to the building but by the time they arrived, Gage and Lauderdale had left the venue, as had Dittamo. The entire scenario and the aftermath (speaking to police, etc.) led to CZW post-show cleanup being delayed and the building was furious about that, especially since they needed to set up for the next day. DJ Hyde was beyond furious about the situation, believing it had ruined the show. Whether anything comes of this remains to be seen, but as of today it's not building to any sort of CZW storyline.
The weird irony in all of this is that Matt Tremont, who in CZW storylines owns 50% of the company, is wrestling Gage for Gamechanger this weekend in New Jersey.
MJF suffered a broken hand in his match against Joey Janela at the Cage of Death. He had been hoping it was just sprained but it was broken.
Everyone involved in the Cage of Death main event ended up going to the ER after the show.
CZW is taking January off as they are looking for a new venue after Rastelli Complex, despite coming to an agreement with the company to regularly host both their school and live events there, pulled out. The word making the rounds was that the facility, which was a cheerleading rehersal space and kids-oriented facility didn't really jibe with the CZW product. Who could have guessed that one??? CZW apparently has two potential venues in the Sewell, NJ area they are looking at. The plan is to run again in February, kicking off with the company's 19th anniversary event.
So, why did the scene at the end of Cage of Death happen? We are told that the idea of doing an angle was pitched to DJ Hyde and the decision was made to turn it down. Giancarlo Dittamo, who worked on the booking of CZW with Sami Callihan and Hyde, had originally pitched the idea. As noted, it was shot down, but the word making the rounds is that Dittamo, feeling the show needed a big moment to close it, decided to do it anyway and not tell anyone. Gage and Lauderdale just walked into the building and hopped the rail. which is equally insane. That sort of thing never would have happened if Atlas Security was there.
With no real plan and CZW (beyond Dittamo) not in on what was going on, the show had an awkward ending where the ring mic was shut off on Gage and the ring sort of filled up with everyone waiting for something to happen. Hyde and Matt Tremont were shoving back and forth with Gage but beyond that, there was no physicality, although the scene could have gotten real ugly, obviously. At that moment in time, most in the cage weren't sure if what was happening was a work or not. We are told Dittamo left the building as soon as everything went down and is gone from the company. The word was that he was fired and a lot of people were really upset about the situation because Dittamo had been great at producing videos and in general, was a great hand and a good mind that helped the CZW product.
CZW has removed that footage from their Cage of Death video and requested that their staff and wrestlers do not speak about it publicly. Gage and Lauderdale's company Gamechanger Wrestling released a video made up of content shot from what appeared to be fans' phones of the incident but CZW immediately filed a copyright claim (since it was their show) and had the material yanked. We are told that the police were called to the building but by the time they arrived, Gage and Lauderdale had left the venue, as had Dittamo. The entire scenario and the aftermath (speaking to police, etc.) led to CZW post-show cleanup being delayed and the building was furious about that, especially since they needed to set up for the next day. DJ Hyde was beyond furious about the situation, believing it had ruined the show. Whether anything comes of this remains to be seen, but as of today it's not building to any sort of CZW storyline.
The weird irony in all of this is that Matt Tremont, who in CZW storylines owns 50% of the company, is wrestling Gage for Gamechanger this weekend in New Jersey.
MJF suffered a broken hand in his match against Joey Janela at the Cage of Death. He had been hoping it was just sprained but it was broken.
Everyone involved in the Cage of Death main event ended up going to the ER after the show.
CZW is taking January off as they are looking for a new venue after Rastelli Complex, despite coming to an agreement with the company to regularly host both their school and live events there, pulled out. The word making the rounds was that the facility, which was a cheerleading rehersal space and kids-oriented facility didn't really jibe with the CZW product. Who could have guessed that one??? CZW apparently has two potential venues in the Sewell, NJ area they are looking at. The plan is to run again in February, kicking off with the company's 19th anniversary event.
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