Wednesday, February 17, 2021
NJPW CANCELS FEBRUARY 21 ROAD TO CASTLE ATTACK EVENT
The February 21 Road to Castle Attack event has been canceled due to earthquake damage.
NJPW announced on their website this evening that their February 21 show in Fukushima had been cancelled due to earthquake damage. The Toyota Crown Arena, which was scheduled to host the event, was damaged during a 7.1 earthquake that struck on February 12.
Ticket holders for the show will be refunded, with a refund procedure taking place soon. The event was to mostly consist of multi-man tag team matches, with a main event of Kota Ibushi & Tomoaki Honma vs. Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito.
The tour will continue on February 22, when the company returns to Korakuen Hall. The two Castle Attack shows will take place on February 27 and 28 at Osaka-jo Hall. Kazuchika Okada vs. EVIL headlines the first night, while Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP Intercontinental title headlines night two.
Paul Heyman, Shane McMahon and the relaunch of ECW: WWE Untold
Get behind the scenes details on the extreme highs and lows of ECW's shocking return as WWE's third brand from those who lived it, including Shane McMahon, Paul Heyman, Big Show and more.
Kay Lee Ray vs. Xia Brookside vs. Carmel - Women's Championship Match (ICW- UK)
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Teddy Hart Arrested Again In Texas
Pro wrestling veteran Teddy Hart (Edward Ellsworth Annis) is currently incarcerated in Fort Worth, Texas at the Tarrant County Corrections Center.
Records from Tarrant County shows that Hart was arrested on Wednesday, February 10.
The Arlington, Texas Police Department picked him up on one charge of Evading Arrest/Detention with a Vehicle, and one charge of Injury to a Child, Elderly Individual, or Disabled Individual. Records also show that the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office arrested Hart that same day on one charge of Possession of a Penalty Group 1 Controlled Substance, which usually covers cocaine, or heroin, or methamphetamine, or prescription narcotics. The records do not state which substance Hart was charged for.
Hart was jailed in Fort Worth last October on the same charges, which were related to a previous arrest in 2016. It looks like the Evading Arrest charge and the Injury to a Child, Elderly Individual, or Disabled Individual charge are from that previous arrest, which he initially did time for. It’s possible that the charges he is currently in jail for are due to a parole or probation violation.
Hart, who has had numerous legal issues in the past few years, is currently being held under no bond. Hart has no scheduled court dates in Tarrant County as of this writing.
Nothing Screams "Clueless Money Mark" More Than This
Yep, You guessed it. Tony Khan, owner and money mark of AEW. I mean look at that face, does that face scream 'brilliant wrestling mind' anywhere? Anywhere?
The answer is pretty obvious if you've seen recent shows of AEW Dynamite.. The answer is, no.
I mean seriously, the man has the final word on all, ahem.. "booking;' of AEW shows and even books things himself and in the end.. No matter what the AEW 'Marks' and fanboys claim, AEW is the drizzling shits at best.
He, as well as Cody, Omega and the Young Bucks shouldn't be booking a fucking thing, let alone a wrestling show. It plainly and clearly shows that they don't have the basic fundamentals of what basic booking 101 is. Logic in story lines? Barely there, angles and Story lines that are in some way, believable? Nope, not in AEW. And let's not forget how Khan allows all the no selling, flip flop acrobatic high spots that have no substance because all these improperly trained 'wrestlers' they have on the roster believe in the mentality of they have to get a dozen spots in, in less than three minutes.
But you know, ol money mark Khan thinks this is 'brilliant stuff' (rolls eyes) when he clearly has no idea what brilliant, really is.
I hope Tony isn't getting any booking ideas from Don Callis, because Callis is on the same level as Khan, Omega, etc when it comes to shitty ass booking, and Impact Wrestling's product for over the last year has proven that to be a fact.
Why not getting actual ideas on what works and will get over by some people on your payroll who know, what works and would get over.. Like Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, Jake Roberts, Dean Malenko? Oh wait, that would be way too logical and would make sense. God forbid you'd want THAT in AEW, eh?
But he sure likes to talk shit and make claims.. SSOO, since he recently on the Wrestling Fetish podcast claimed he knows what he's doing.. Let's call him out on that, shall we (and watch how he'll avoid answering, they always do when I call em out.. That's just the way the world is).
On that podcast, he said this..
“If I recall, the biggest money angle you [Konnan/AAA] had that entire year, I booked,” said Khan. “I put that entire Lucha Brothers / Young Bucks program together, and set the whole outline to you, which I still have on my phone".
Okay Tony boy.. PROV E IT! I call bullshit, you didn't lay shit out and if you say you did, PROVE IT! You 'still have it on your phone' so post it, let's see 'HOW' you allegedly 'set the whole outline out'. Put up or shut up Tonyboy and I bet all the silence that comes after you see this, will be the proof I'm right, that you're lying and full of shit.
No what happens when you have a clueless money mark thinking he can book a major wrestling federation? You end up with a shit show like AEW Dynamite and have the money mark owner making claims that, now that I called him out on, will now, most likely do what's smart and just shut the fuck up. Knowing Tonyboy doesn't like to be challenged, he most likely will do what others have done when I called them out, and that's shut the fuck up.. he knows it's in his best interests to do just that cause everyone knows now that I called him out, he'll just avoid or try and sidestep it, bitching up like everyone else does, that's just what happens and it happens, every time. Not my fault that's just the way, the world is. :)
SAMMY GUEVARA REPORTEDLY IN HOT WATER WITH AEW AFTER NIXING IMPACT STORYLINE
According to a source with knowledge of the situation, AEW star Sammy Guevara has landed in hot water with AEW over an Impact angle. AEW owner Tony Khan is not pleased with Guevara after he voiced complaints about a planned storyline which would have brought Guevara into the ongoing inter-promotional angle with Impact Wrestling.
The source reports to Slam Wrestling that after this Wednesday’s episode of AEW Dynamite, which saw Guevara quit the Inner Circle faction, Chris Jericho floated the idea of Guevara appearing on Impact. He pitched the idea to Khan who contacted Impact about writing Guevara into an angle at the last minute. Impact’s first take on things was rejected but a second idea was given the greenlight by Khan.
Plans were made to shoot the angle the next day but Impact received a message directly from Guevara complaining about the creative direction. Impact in turn contacted Khan and Jericho with this news. Jericho reached out to Impact Executive Vice-President Don Callis about banning Guevara from Impact’s premises.
By the time Guevara arrived in Nashville he received a message from Jericho advising him to return home and not to head to Impact’s shooting location.
After all is said and done and the smoke has cleared, AEW management is apparently concerned that Guevara’s actions may have possibly hurt their relationship with Impact Wrestling.