Barry Windham on The West Texas Rednecks!

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Published on Mar 3, 2018

Barry Windham on The West Texas Rednecks!

"WWE Hall of Famer" and former WCW & NWA Star Barry Windham discusses the famous "West Texas Rednecks" group in WCW that consisted of Curt Hennig, Kendal & Barry Windham, Bobby Duncam Jr and for some reason Virgil in the forgettable role of Curly Bill. Despite the groups popularity WCW failed to capabilities on the groups success and unfortunately didn't last.

( updated)Beating PWInsider, Observer and Torch with.. NWA Worlds Champion Nick Aldis on Fox 46 Good Day Charlotte | 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aUQZ8uMm6Q

Published on Mar 5, 2018

Nick Aldis joined Fox 46's Good Day Charlotte on Sunday to talk about the NWA Worlds Champion's Aldis Crusade with Ten Pounds of Gold. The night before, Nick Aldis successfully defended the famous Ten Pounds of Gold and was up at 8am to talk with Fox 46's Howard Monroe.

The Aldis Crusade with Ten Pounds of Gold continues this coming weekend at Tried N True Pro Wrestling in Clarksville, TN, later this month with Tommy Dreamer's House of Hardcore and then in China.

Indy stuff and Jake Roberts doing a voice over.

Revolution Pro Wrestling results from Sunday in London at the Cockpit: Legion of Lords b Never Say Die, Adam Brooks b Dan Magee, Zack Gibson & Josh Bodom b Team WhiteWolf, Kurtis Chapman b No Fun Dunne, CCK b Aussie Open, David Starr b Jody Fleisch, Phantasmo b Zack Sabre Jr. in a non-title match, Zack Sabre Jr. b Phantasmo in a British heavyweight title match.

Northeast Wrestling runs its arena in Bethany, CT on 3/18 using Darby Allin for the first time. The main event will be Flip Gordon vs. Joey Mercury coming off the match where Gordon got his head busted and needed stitches. They also run 4/20 and 4/21 in Waterbury, CT and Bethany, CT with Penta 0M & Rey Fenix.

Pro Wrestling Phoenix on 3/7 in Omaha at the Waiting Room Lounge.

Acclaim Pro Wrestling on 3/31 in Ottawa at the Dom Polski Hall.

Jake Roberts will be doing a voiceover role in Richard Chandler's horror movie "Parts Unknown." Chandler does low budget B horror movies the likes of which used to air on USA's Up All Night and Cinemax

Say goodbye to his WWE job. Jonathan Coachman named in ESPN sexual harassment lawsuit

Jonathan Coachman was one of several ESPN employees named in a sexual discrimination and harassment lawsuit filed against the company Monday.
Former ESPN employee Adrienne Lawrence filed the suit in Connecticut's United States District Court, but damages were not specified.
Coachman, now with WWE, was named on page 36 of the lawsuit in the section "Men Preyed on Ms. Lawrence Under the Guise of Being Collegial or Providing Mentorship".
From the suit:
"On or around January 18, 2016, SportsCenter anchor Jonathan Coachman (“Coachman”) emailed Ms. Lawrence offering to provide her with mentorship and providing his cellphone number. When he contacted her via text, he quickly turned a professional conversation into a personal matter, asking her about her musical interests. He was employing the ESPN predators’ playbook. Colleagues then cautioned Ms. Lawrence that Coachman was notorious for sexually harassing female employees. After learning that, Ms. Lawrence made an effort to communicate to Coachman that she had a boyfriend, after which she did not hear from him again and he made no offers of mentorship.
Coachman’s reputation for making unwelcome sexual advances to ward women and engaging in other sexually harassing behavior was not a secret. Cary Chow had warned Ms. Lawrence about him when he gave the short list of men at ESPN who were notorious for sexual harassment. Coachman had sent Walsh inappropriate photos of himself and text messages, falsely telling her colleagues that they were romantically involved and that she “wanted” him – another common practice of men at ESPN.
At least one young production assistant who joined ESPN just out of college had complained to Ms. Lawrence about Coachman making her feel uncomfortable by complimenting her physical appearance and making passes at her."
In the footnotes:
"As explained below, when Ms. Lawrence complained to Jack Obringer, Senior Coordinating Producer, StudioProduction of ESPN, Inc. that she was being sexually harassed (by another individual), Obringer guessed that the harasser was “Coachman” and indicated that his inappropriate behavior toward women was well-known to management. Nevertheless, Coachman continued to appear in ESPN commercials and on SportsCenter  without discipline or accountability until he was quietly dismissed on or around April 26, 2017 via layoff."
Coachman hasn't made any statement about being named as of this writing. Also as of this writing, WWE has not responded to a request for comment. He rejoined the company in late-January as a replacement for Booker T on the Raw announce desk.
This Lawrence story initially came to light during a Boston Globe feature that named ESPN anchor John Buccigross as a chief protagonist of Lawrence's after text messages between the two were released. The suit also claims that former ESPN personality Chris Berman left a racially charged voicemail for ESPN personality Jemele Hill, something Hill denied on Twitter while expressing disappointment at a private matter made public.
ESPN released a statement that they conducted a thorough investigation and that the claims "are entirely without merit" and "the company will vigorously defend its position and we are confident we will prevail in court.”
The lawsuit document, and some additional insight into the background of Lawrence's claims, can be found on Deadspin.

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Jimmy Jacobs Says Impact Wrestling Has Advantage Over WWE Regarding Storylines

Former WWE writer Jimmy Jacobs was recently a part of an Impact Wrestling media conference call, and discussed a number of topics regarding Impact, WWE, and Ring of Honor. Jacobs became popular during his time in the independent circuit, as well as his years of competing for Ring of Honor. Jacobs was also one of the founding members of ROH's S.C.U.M. faction, which was a villainous group which included Kevin Owens (Steen), Steve Corino, Matt Hardy, and others, from 2012 to 2013.

 

Jacobs can now be seen as a manager of Kongo Kong in Impact Wrestling, as both have been challenging Abyss for the past several weeks to see who the real monster of Impact Wrestling is. He was reportedly released from WWE after posting a picture with Bullet Club members Young Bucks, Marty Scurll, and Adam Page, but he discussed during his interview on Talk Is Jericho that there was a compilation of things which led to his release.
Shortly after his WWE release, Jacobs appeared in Impact Wrestling, showing up on their annual Bound for Glory pay-per-view. Although Jacobs was offered to return to ROH, he explained that he was looking to try something different.

"I wanted to do something new, I had a conversation with Scott D'Amore and Sonjay Dutt on the phone about different things at Impact and it just seemed like a nice fit," said Jacobs. "So my first time in Ottawa [at Bound for Glory] was a test run to see how the fit was. We are in a rebuilding phase and they needed somebody who could wear a lot of hats and do a lot of different things and I had experience in all those things. It was a nice week in Ottawa and solidified that Impact was the direction that I wanted to go. I also felt valued and that might seem like a small thing, but it was a big deal. I felt valued and not just by the boys and locker room."

Regarding his contract status with Impact, Jacobs stated that he is on a handshake deal with the company, which is something he wants. He also stated that he has much more freedom at Impact than he did with WWE.

"I felt so restricted for two and a half years [in WWE] and so coming in now with the freedom to grow where I want to and do what I am best suited for," said Jacobs. "I feel like that wasn't an opportunity I had at the last company I worked for."

"When I got fired from the WWE, I was in the WWE bubble. So when I got fired people kept telling me that the independents was booming, but I didn't know about it," Jacobs explained. "Sami Callihan called me up straight away and introduced me to promoters and stuff and it's brilliant. There is more awesome wrestling going on now than ever before. So much great talent and it's great to still wrestle on independents and work at Impact as well and there are some guys I get to work with that I would love to bring to Impact. I'm making more money than I ever have before in my life so I am not mad at it."

According to Jacobs, Impact has an advantage over WWE regarding storylines.

"One of [the] advantages we have here is that we are taping a lot of weeks of TV in a row. What's cool about that is that we can tell a story long term and in WWE there is not a lot of that. Whilst it's similar in some ways, it's nice that we can tell long-term stories. And we have more freedom to try new things and experiment. It's a time to try something that may fail. Lot of times in WWE you tread water to get to the next week. I feel like at Impact we can do a little more. But it's still crazy busy. The last tapings we did in January was like nothing I have done in my life."

Although Impact Wrestling has a series of tapings at once, Jacobs explained the grueling schedule he experienced.

"It was six days of taping two shows a day then afterwards going back to the hotel and staying up until 6 am and looking at the next day's tapings," said Jacobs. "We were working 18-20 hour days, six days in a row and I remember me and Scott taking the brunt of the work. After one night I remember I looked at Scott and said to him 'I worked with Vince McMahon for over two years but this is the hardest thing in my life'."

Regarding how Impact Wrestling can get back to where it once was, Jacobs said that it is about gaining the trust from the fans again. The company has asked for the fans' trust so many times, only to break it and "screw them over." The key, according to Jacobs, is to bring a unique element to the product in order to regain the trust of the fans.
Source: The Mirror

WWC HOLDS FIRST EVENT SINCE HURRICANE MARIA

World Wrestling Council (WWC) finally, finally, finally returned to action on Saturday night 3/2 with the first event the promotion has presented September 2017 when Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. 

WWC are billing this as the beginning of their 2018 season. The event took place at the Angel “Musico” Hernandez Amphitheater in Dorado, PR. The fans packed the venue, which is not a big one and were ready to see some action after the long hiatus.

Quick results from the matches presented last night:

-          Bellito defeated “El Comandante.”

-          OT Fernandez defeated Anthony Roberts.

-          “El Hombre Bestia” Angel defeated Ray Gonzalez Jr.

-          Xix Xavant defeated Peter “The Bad” Romance.

-          “La Revolucion” retained the WWC World Tag Team titles by defeating Khaos & Abaddon with interference from their manager Orlando Toledo.

-          “The Precious One” Gilbert retained the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight title when he faced “El Chico Ilegal” Chicano. There was no winner in this match after they went to the time limit of 20 minutes.

-          In the main event, Mighty Ursus defeated Ray Gonzalez Sr. via DQ, after Ray Jr. interfered in the match, nailing Juan Manuel Ortega with a “kendo stick” in back. This allowed Ray Sr. to grab a chain and use it to blast Ursus with it. This caused the DQ. Ray Jr. joined his dad in beating Ursus in the ring, but not for long, as Ortega came in, chair in hand and the heels quickly slid out of the ring.

There were some challenges made during the show and they also filmed promos in the back for next week’s TV show to help set up the card for their return to the same venue in Dorado next Saturday night. On the Sunday edition of their TV earlier today, WWC announced the card for that house show next week, which will feature:

WWC Universal Title  with Juan Manuel Ortega and Ray Gonzalez Jr. will be handcuffed to each other: Mighty Ursus vs. “Mr. Raytings” Ray Gonzalez (c)

WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Title, No time limit & No DQ: “El Chico Ilegal” Chicano vs. “The Precious One” Gilbert (c)

WWC World Tag Team Titles, Juan Manuel Ortega and Orlando Toledo are not allowed to be in the respective corners: Khaos & Abaddon vs. “La Revolucion” (c)

Xix Xavant vs. Ray Gonzalez Jr.

“El Hombre Bestia” Angel vs. Peter “The Bad” Romance

Otis Fernandez vs. “El Comandante”

Bellito vs. “El Diabolico”

CWA announcced they would be "coming back to their roots” next Saturday 3/10 at the Santa Clara Arena in Aguas Buenas, PR with their Accion Vibrante (Vibrant Action.)  They announced the following talents will be appearing CWA Heavyweight champion “El Sensacional” Star Roger, CWA Puerto Rico champion “El Magnate Cubano” Rodrigo Garcia, CWA’s Tag Team champions “Los Fugitivos”, Edwin Garcia, Derek Shadow with “Las Bestias” and many more.  The official card will be announced over the course of the week.

NEW JAPAN NEWS

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced last night that Katsuyori Shibata will be the head coach of the Los Angeles dojo beginning next week, so that will be Shibata’s new role for the company after injuries forced him out of the ring last year.   It was also announced that Scorpio Sky will be working as assistant head coach.  This is the company's second outing with a Los Angeles dojo as they had one in the early 2000s that featured Shinsuke Nakamura, Bryan Danielson, Rocky Romero, Ricky Reyes and Samoa Joe, among others, training there regularly back when the Inokis had their relationship with Dave Marquez. 

Chris Jericho, in responding to a fan on Twitter about whether he was still working with New Japan, responded, “Unfortunately, no.”  Jericho attacked Tetsuya Naito in an angle to set up a future match between them after the Wrestle Kingdom classic with Kenny Omega, but hasn’t been announced for anything since.   Of course, with Jericho, there’s always a lot of sleight of hand where he says one thing publicly to lead the audience one way to maximize the surprise effect if/when he has his next major angle or return, so we will see what happens.

There’s no timeline yet for how long Trent Beretta will be out of action after tearing his bicep and pec last week.

AXS TV is replaying all four hours of Wrestle Kingdom 12 tomorrow starting at 9 PM Eastern.

The announced lineup for the 3/25 New Japan Strong Style Evolved event in Long Beach, California features:

*The Golden Lovers, Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi vs The Young Bucks.

*Rey Mysterio vs. Jushin Liger (This would be dependent on how bad Mysterio was injured over weekend)

*IWGP United States champion Jay White vs. Adam “Hangman” Page.

Jushin Liger will be doing a seminar with Las Vegas’ Future Stars of Wrestling on 3/11 with one participant being picked by Liger and Rocky Romero to compete at FSW’s next Mecca event.

Speaking of Romero, the following press release was issued:

CHICO EL LUCHADOR FEATURED IN DOCUMENTARY

Story of pro wrestling legend is finally told

Chico El Luchador, the greatest professional wrestler of all time, is finally featured in a documentary about his epic rise and tragic fall from grace.

Following in the tradition of “Wrestling with Shadows” and “ESPN’s 30 for 30: Ric Flair”, “Chico El Luchador: Scuffling with Shade” is the 99.7% true story of Chico’s decades long career.

While some might view this as more of a comedy mockumentary, Chico’s story is still real to him, dammit! It’s told by Chico along with pro wrestling stars Sean Waltman (X-pac), IWGP Champion Kazuchika Okada, tag team champions The Young Bucks, Bullet Club’s villain Marty Scurll, Former WWE Superstar John Morrison, “The King of Dong Style” Joey Ryan, New Japan Pro Wrestling's Juice Robinson, NJPW announcer Kevin Kelly, and many more.

Sponsored by “DDT Yoga”, “Chico El Luchador: Scuffling with Shade” reveals the truth Chico losing his mask in a “screwjob” to his jealous arch-rival Juanito El Malo.

“Chico El Luchador” is Executive Produced by pro wrestling superstar Rocky Romero, who says that Chico has always been inspiration for him. “Chico” is directed and co-written by Marc Warzecha (Comedy Central, The Second City.)

“Chico El Luchador: Scuffling with Shade” Part 1 can be seen here: ChicoElLuchador.com

Impact Wrestling Stuff

This Thursday's Impact Wrestling episode on Pop has been titled "Crossroads" and will feature:

*Impact champion Austin Aries vs. Johnny Impact.
*Impact champion Laurel Van Ness vs. Allie.
*Title vs. Title: Grand champion Matt Sydal vs. X-Division champion Taiji Ishimori.
*Impact Tag Team champions LAX vs. Trevor Lee & Caleb Konley.

Impact Wrestling held two tapings over the weekend in Canada, a One Night Only PPV taping in Windsor, Ontario co-promoted by Scott D'Amore's Border City Wrestling and a Twitch taping in with Santino Marella's Destiny Wrestling in Mississauga, Ontario.    The show in Windsor was beyond sold out.  D'Amore has been running Windsor forever, so if that building wasn't sold out, I'd have been shocked.  Marella made an appearance before the crowd but will not appear on the Twitch special.  The Destiny building was said to be really cool and intimate.

A big priority over the weekend was locking in talents to new deals.  We've heard management sat down with Alberto el Patron and Eli Drake about new deals.  It's possible others were spoken to as well, but sources indicated that the talks with the aforementioned were all positive and that it was believed as of this morning that they would be staying with the company.  One source noted that locking Matt Sydal in was seen as a priority.

The company brought in a lot of their regular production team and referees as well as Josh Mathews for the events. 

Cody Deaner and Tyson Dux were used as agents over the weekend.  Jimmy Jacobs and Scott D'Amore were working as agents as well.

The Desi Hit Squad, Gursinder Singh & Rohit Raju, worked over the weekend prior to their official TV debut.

There was a funny moment before the doors opened before the Destiny Wrestling event last night where Impact management realized that all the ringside seats were actually WWE PPV commemorative chairs as apparently WWE gifted them to Santino's school.  Once Impact voiced realized the set-up and voiced it could cause an obviously embarassing issue if WWE-related content appeared on the Twitch broadcast, even in passing, the chairs were all swapped out before doors opened.

Rey Fenix is confirmed to be working the 4/6 Impact Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground event at Wrestlecon, which will air live on Twitch.

Impact's Twitch special this Friday 3/9 will feature:

*Impact champion Austin Aries vs. Kongo Kong vs. Matt Sydal.
*Knockouts champion Allie vs. KC Spinelli.
*Moose vs. Alberto el Patron.
*Eli Drake vs. Marcus Burke.
*Trevor Lee vs. Josh Alexander.
*Idris Abraham vs. Petey Williams vs. Phil Atlas.
*Desi Hitsquad vs. Cody Deaner Jake Something.
*Braxton Sutter vs. Tyson Dux.

Taped for the "March Breakdown" One Night Only PPV on Saturday in Windsor:

*Austin Aries and Alberto El Patrón vs. Kongo Kong and RJ City.
*Moose vs. Joe Doering
*Matt Sydal vs. Petey Williams vs. Trevor Lee
*Eli Drake vs. Cody Deaner
*BCW Tag Team champions Jake Something and Phil Atlas vs. Aiden Prince and Brent Banks
*A-1 and Allie vs. Braxton Sutter and KC Spinelli
*Desi Hit Squad vs. Sheldon Dean and Stone Rockwell
*Idris Abraham vs. El Reverso