Today we head back to Petersberg to check out more matches from the Menard County Fair at what was formerly known as Proving Ground Pro. In action, the debut of Derek Teter to take on the Dad Danny Adams. And singles competition between two men who have only faced off in tag matches over their careers, Blake Steel taking on CJ Esparza.
PCW ULTRA Returns!
“All Systems Go”, Fri. October 22, 2021. Wilmington, CA.
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MATCH: No Holds Barred: Ace Romero vs. Eric Johnson
EVENT: Limitless Dojo Student Showcase 3 (4/30/21)
WLW Sunday Night Showdown is back and its a HUGE episode tonight! The WLW Tag-Team Championships are on the line in the opening match, and the main event will feature a champion versus champion match! Superstar Steve and Brandon Espinosa will kick off tonight's episode taking on Colton Theron Vaught and Kyle Roberts with the WLW Tag-Team Championships on the line. In the main event, champion versus champion will be taking place as Moses “The Deliverer” will be squaring off against Jayden Dominic Rose. The #WLW Heavyweight #Champion versus the WLW Jr. Heavyweight Champion respectively. Be sure to join us at the next live event on Saturday, October 9 - WLW Brawl in the Fall! | Live Pro-Wrestling!. Tickets are on sale right now! The main event will feature another first-round quarter final match as Ring of Honor Wrestling Superstars The Bouncers (The Beer City Bruiser and Brawler Milonas) will face off against World League Wrestling's Jon Webb and Jayden Dominic Rose. Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.harleyrace.com/brawlinthef... Tune in every Sunday at 7 PM for the newest episode of WLW #Showdown right here on all of WLW's social media pages!
Our big return to action this week as Anton Voorhees takes on a man who was once his student, Alpha Zo. Then, Timeless Levi Shapiro battles Marcus Eriks for a shot at the Best Of The West West Coast Title.
As you can see in the above screen shot, Mike Johnson of PWInsider tried to make it 'appear', that Tommy Dreamer's statement was just issued to "PWInsider".
WELL if that's the case "Mikeypoo" then how do you explain, THIS?
The EXACT same statement you 'allege' was 'issued' to you, is ALL OVER social media thanks to Dreamer putting that same statement on Twitter.
BOOM, looks like 'someone' just got busted for lying.
Nice try Mike Johnson, you should've known better nthan to try and make something like that 'exclusive' when it really isn't.
So you can thank the people here at WP&P. for telling the truth, sin ce it's obvious Mike Johnson apparently want to.
By all means, please show Mikey how he just got 'checked'. And how easy it was for that to happen.
NOW let's see if he'll go retract it, or if he'll be like Meltzer and his staff who think correcting themselves when they get busted is something that's "beneath them".
Again, nice try Mikey, nice try, LOL. But BOY is this an epic fail on your part, dumb ass.
The U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois (East St. Louis) has set a new date for the trial in the lawsuit brought by tattoo artist Catherine Alexander against World Wrestling Entertainment, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., 2K Games, Inc., 2K Sports, Inc., Visual Concepts Entertainment, Yuke’s Co., Ltd. and Yuke’s LA Inc will be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The trial was slated to begin on 9/20 and is now reset for 1/31/22.
As it's been covered by many over the last several years, the lawsuit, initially filed in April 2018, alleges that all of Alexander's tattoo work on WWE star Randy Orton are her original designs that she owns and that she has never given any of the defendants permission to recreate them in the WWE videogames, therefore they and other defendants have infringed on her copyrights.
In the suit, Anderson stated that she performed the tattoo work on Orton between 2003 and 2008 and that "are easily recognized by his fans and members of the public." She also noted that, in advance of the lawsuit obviously, she "submitted applications to register copyrights on each of the aforementioned works on March 15, 2018." She also alleged that she has previously contacted WWE regarding material featuring Orton's tattoos being sold by the company in 2009 and at that time, they offered her a $450 fee for the rights to the designs. Alexander claimed she turned that offer down and at the time, "told WWE that Plaintiff did not grant any permission to WWE to copy, duplicate or otherwise use or reproduce any of Plaintiff’s designs."
Alexander has alleged that by recreating the tattoos in the WWE videogames, the rights to her designs are being infringed upon. She also alleges in the lawsuit that "Mr. Orton does not have ownership in the copyrights asserted herein and has no authority to and did not grant permission for Defendants to commit the acts complained of in this Complaint." Orton has not been named as a defendant in the lawsuit and has never commented publicly on the situation.
In a ruling issued on 9/26/20, Judge Staci M. Yandle ruled that WWE and Take-Two had indeed copied five tattoos that were Alexander's original work that were tattooed on Orton and that she holds valid trademarks on. Judge Yandle did deny Alexander's request for a summary judgment (which would have been a knockout blow for her legally, setting up definite damages) citing that some of the tribal tattoos Orton has inked would not allow for a judgment, sending it on for a jury to decide. It also noted that while there is no question that WWE copied Alexander's works, they have laid out three potential defenses that the jury can decide for itself whether to agree with or not.
With the Judge siding with Alexander, there are several issues that a jury will decide, including whether Orton was automatically granted an implied license to have his tattoos recreated via WWE's licensed products, if they would be considered copyright infringement if Orton did not have that license, whether the tattoos would fall under "fair use" (brief excerpts of copyright material may, under certain circumstances, be quoted verbatim for purposes such as criticism, news reporting, teaching, and research, without the need for permission from or payment to the copyright holder), whether the tattoos are de minmis (too trivial or minor to merit consideration legally) and whether there would be damages due to Alexander.
There are a lot of eyes on the case given that scores of videogames that feature professional athletes recreate their tattoos in the games, and this case could set a legal precedent for other tattoo artists to follow.
The case has been pushed back numerous times before. Originally, it was pushed back as the original presiding Judge retired from the bench, requiring Judge Yandle to take over the proceedings. The trial was then pushed back again to June 2020 at the request of 2K and several other plaintiffs then again to February of this year and will was to finally take place this January.
Tommy Dreamer issued the following statement to this afternoon:
"Regarding my comments made on Dark Side of the Ring
It was never my intention to offend, hurt or victim shame anyone
I understand my comments were insensitive and could trigger emotions in someone's own personal past.
I do not condone sexual misconduct of any kind.
I apologize to anyone I offended.
From the bottom of my heart
I am so sorry."
During the Dark Side of the Ring episode, Dreamer defended Ric Flair, who was accused by flight attendant Heidi Doyle of exposing himself and forcing her to touch his genitals. Flair has denied these claims.
Dreamer said that Flair is "not going to impose, by force, any sexual stuff onto anybody. He's just flaunting...stylin' and profilin'...like the Ric Flair stuff where everybody's going to laugh about it. Obviously, somebody took offense to it."
“It's a joke,” he later added. “It's a gag. Today? 1000% inappropriate. I have hung out with Ric Flair and have never seen him force his will against anybody.”
Regarding the WWE settlement with Doyle following the incident, Dreamer said "If that’s how she felt, maybe she should have not taken a payout and went to the fullest extent of the law to put this heinous person in jail. My opinion."
Impact Wrestling suspended Dreamer on Friday, saying “We are aware of Mr. Laughlin’s (Tommy Dreamer) comments on “Dark Side of the Ring”. The views expressed by him in the interview are completely unacceptable. We can confirm Mr. Laughlin was suspended this morning with immediate effect, pending further action.”
And now the fans of ECW who used to chant "you fucked up, you fucked up, you fucked up" should now chant that at Dreamer wherever he appears next.
But you know, they won't have the balls, to do that.
ACW Live! Episode 21: Facade vs Jayce Karr The Neon Ninja Facade has a target on his back as Jayce Karr attempts to move up the ladder of ACW Championship contention.
