7/19 IMPACT WRESTLING RESULTS: McMahon’s report on the final hype for Slammiversay, including Killer Kross, Sami Callihan in action and Moose-Aries faceoff

https://www.pwtorch.com/site/2018/07/19/7-19-impact-wrestling-results-mcmahons-report-on-the-final-hype-for-slammiversay-including-killer-kross-sami-callihan-in-action-and-moose-aries-faceoff/

Tommy Dreamer On What Item Shouldn't Be Used In Hardcore Matches

Tommy Dreamer will celebrate his 30th anniversary in the pro wrestling business in ten short months. He was a part of ECW since the birth of the extreme movement and is now using everything he learned through his career to lead the House Of Hardcore today.

"People think about blood, or tables, or chairs but to me, hardcore is a work ethic," Dreamer explained during a recent media call. He is set to battle Eddie Edwards at Slammiversary on July 22nd in a House Of Hardcore Rules Match where anything will be legal.

I asked The Innovator Of Violence what the line of danger should be in a hardcore wrestling match. Dreamer admitted he would be a hypocrite if he said someone has gone too far. Living in the age we do, plenty of things have changed since the days of the original ECW. Dreamer discussed how medical testing should be a part of preparing for any match to really ensure the safety of everyone involved.

"I would be a hypocrite to say, 'oh you can go too far.' Cause I was the guy who would walk into a building and go, 'I'm either gonna get thrown off that or I'm gonna throw somebody off of that.'

"But we've learned different things. Chair shots to the head should never happen in professional wrestling again. No one should be having hardcore matches unless the other person that you know has a blood test. You know what I love about wrestling in Louisiana? They have a blood test. If there's going to be a commission, you should have a blood test. Because guys are bleeding."

He then discussed some weaponry that should never be used in a pro wrestling match. Glass light tubes shouldn't be broken over anyone's head, but it happens all the time on the modern-day battlefield of hardcore pro wrestling. Dreamer strongly advised against this practice. It had little to do with the actual glass, but what is in those fluorescent lights.

He then painted a metaphor of the hardcore pro wrestling scene, but stressed that medical testing should always be part of the procedure.

"Light tubes are ridiculous. Here's why: inside there is cancer carcinogens inside it. So when you breathe that in, you're breathing in cancer. So that's stupid.

"You know what? If you look at it from a horror film [perspective]. There are people who like scary movies, there are people who like super scary movies, and there are people who like gore movies which are just out there for blood, guts and all that stuff. It's to each their own, but there have to be certain precautions because you have heard of -- 'oh, by the way, there's something called hepatitis.'

"Because you've heard of a wrestler who's doing hardcore matches when he knew he had HIV and that should never have happened. So there you go."

Dreamer opened up about the current trend of various pro wrestling companies working together. He said it is vital in order to survive with WWE alone at the top. Impact Wrestling is joining forces with other companies which is essential. The ECW Original continued to discuss how he hated the neverending presence of backstage politicking. He also discussed how the new regime in Impact Wrestling is doing their best to get rid of the negative stereotype previously associated with the product.

"All of these companies are working together. If you don't work together you will not survive in today's climate. WWE leads the way, cool. They have their own vision. Impact Wrestling, they have their own vision. They have their own fans, they have their own different match style. So does House Of Hardcore. All of these people are working together for the betterment of professional wrestling so how can I not get behind these guys?

"Something that's worse is the BS and the politics. I know that's my company's mantra, and I know because I've talked to them, Scott D'Amore and Don Callis. Don Callis works for New Japan Pro Wrestling. They are trying to get rid -- and they're doing a great job -- to get rid of that negative funk that has been through Impact Wrestling and try to get from the BS of it.

"A lot of people wanna deal with the behind the scenes crap and the internet wants to jump on that. Well you know they're putting on a really good product today. I know this because -- they let Bobby Lashley out of his contract. Look at what Bobby Lashley's doing in WWE. Great for Bobby Lashley and also great for Impact because it opened up a spot a spot for someone like a Pentagon to come in or debut in Impact Wrestling.

"It opened up a spot for Tessa Blanchard. She turned down a spot to go to WWE to work in Impact Wrestling. So stuff like that is what I love about wrestling. The BS and the politics is what I do not love. Because there is a bunch of men and women in WWE that are being wasted, they could make a huge difference in Impact Wrestling, in House Of Hardcore, and throughout the wrestling industry."

Tully Blanchard Reveals Why He Had Past Heat With Arn Anderson After WWE Firing

Former NWA United States, Television, and Tag Team Champion Tully Blanchard was a recent guest on Robbie E's Why It Ended podcast. Blanchard went into detail regarding why his relationship with NWA ended while he was wrestling under Jim Crockett Promotions, why his WWE stint was short, and how all of this led to his current role as a minister.

Blanchard revealed why his successful stint for JCP ended.

"It was not the fact of getting paid, it was signing contracts," said Blanchard. "When [Ted] Turner was hiring and buying the company, he was signing people to big contracts and other people had got the contracts, and they didn't sign Arn and I to a contract. So, it was job security as well as money. When you're the people who are selling tickets, when it's a sellout when the Road Warriors are beating you up, and it's not a sellout when they're beating somebody else up.

"[Jim] Crockett was negotiating with Turner to sell his company to Turner, and Turner was doing interviews with the key players, which I was one of, and we were instructed to be honest with everything. And I said, 'ok, I will.' So they asked me some questions, and I was honest with the answers, and Crockett didn't like my answers because the people at Turner asked him some questions that I guess were uncomfortable to be answered. And I wasn't smart enough to just sashay around the questions. I answered them. I'm just a plain old simple guy. So they politely kicked me off the plane, and told me I wasn't loyal, and so I said that I don't need to work here. And Arn and I dropped the titles the next night in Philadelphia."

Blanchard also revealed that he and Arn had a secret meeting in his house while they were with Crockett, and Vince stated that they had a job anytime they wanted. Blanchard stated that he was going to quit and go up to WWE alone, but he was pleasantly surprised that Arn went up with him. He and Arn dropped the titles to the Midnight Express, and he said goodbye to everyone. Blanchard added that the locker room was cold when he walked in after the dissension with the executives.

Thankfully, Blanchard and Arn as the Brainbusters achieved success in the WWE, winning the tag team championship and being asked by Dick Ebersol to compete at Saturday Night's Main Eventdue to being two of only a few other heels to be able to opposite Hogan on a big stage.

Although Blanchard did state that moving to WWE was a lateral move, he made a request to Jim Barnett to resurrect the original Four Horsemen. They made a request to leave WWE at Survivor Series 1989, and Arn made it but Blanchard did not due to admittedly failing a drug test for "licking the bag" of cocaine to "look like a party animal" after buying it for the women. However, they planned on heading to WCW to reform the Horsemen, and now was offered $750,000 to compete there. At the time, WCW did not have a drug policy, so he "did not see anything coming down the road that would be harmful."

WCW pulled out of the $750,000 deal for Tully, after Ric Flair called him on November 13, 1989, at 1:00 in the morning, due to WCW finding out that he was popped for a drug policy in WWE. Unfortunately, Blanchard stated that Arn Anderson's salary was reduced as well, which he had some heat with Arn for a while following this.

Now unemployed because of his decisions, Blanchard felt like everything was crashing in his life. At a state of rock bottom, Blanchard stated that he surrendered to God and felt an indescribable calmness. Since his conversion in 1989, Blanchard has mainly devoted himself to ministry, and still finds time to appear at conventions. Blanchard also had a brief stint in ECW in 1995, as well as competed on the Heroes of Wrestling debacle in 1999.

Impact Star Reportedly Taken To Hospital After MLW Match, Slammiversary Match In Question

At last night's Major League Wrestling Battleriot event, Rich Swann was taken to the hospital by ambulance after his match. Early word was Swann had a bad concussion that he sustained towards the end of his tag match (Swann and ACH vs. Teddy Hart and Davey Boy Smith Jr.).

Swann was scheduled to be involved in this Sunday's Impact Slammiversary XVI PPV in a Four-Way Match against Johnny Impact, Rey Fenix, and Taiji Ishimori. As of this writing Impact is watching the situation and working on a replacement if Swann isn't able to compete this weekend.

Brian Cage On What WWE Had Planned For Him Before He Was Released

Impact Wrestling star Brian Cage was recently interviewed by the The Roman Show to promote his upcoming match for the X Division championship against Matt Sydal at Slammiversary. In 2008, Cage made his debut in FCW. After seeing his look and athleticism, Dusty Rhodes pulled him aside and told him that he needs a character change.

"I am out there having awesome matches with Justin Gabriel, Tyson Kidd, Trent Barreta, and Dusty Rhodes pulls me to the office and goes, 'Let me tell you something baby. You are a phenomenal worker. You got to have something else. You can't be that. Hey Matt, what's that guy called the Honey Badger The Wolverine yeah. But you can't be the Wolverine because that's a trademark, so give me something else.'"

Cage became Kris Logan, and gained a short run with Justin Angel (Gabriel) as the FCW Tag Team Champions. Being impressive to the FCW staff, Cage was being groomed to move up to the main roster. Cage explained what WWE had planned for him before being released from the company.

"I went back, and I was looking through my trading cards and comics, and I said, 'I'll be like the Dark Claw which is Batman and Wolverine,'" Cage explained. "I made my attire off that, and they were going to bring me up, and then Hurricane came up and Dusty said, 'OK, we are thinking of feuding or teaming you with Hurricane.' So I started doing a bunch of heel promos but I got released."

Regarding his upcoming match at Slammiversary, Cage explained that he plans on calling it a different name when he wins it.

"He will lose the title, and I'll change it to the Weapon X Division title," said Cage. "It's a play on Wolverine, and I'll remain supreme, until I move over to another title."

Slammiversary will be held at the Rebel Entertainment Complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. We will have live coverage of the show this Sunday.

Tommy Dreamer Says WWE Offered Him 'A Lot Of Money To Close House Of Hardcore'

Tommy Dreamer recently took part in a media call to help promote his upcoming match against Eddie Edwards at Impact Wrestling's Slammiversary event on July 22nd. He was asked about balancing all of the various promotions he works for and whether he has signed a contract with anyone. Dreamer revealed he hasn't signed a deal even though WWE offered him one in 2015 when he returned to team with The Dudley Boyz in a six-man tag match against The Wyatt Family.

"I learned a lot of lessons in my life. Everyone talks about ECW and the greatness that was ECW and it was. But none of us ever knew that Paul Heyman was in bed with WWE the entire time. I had to live with those effects for a long, long time. I would not sign a contract with anyone. WWE asked me to sign a contract when I went back with The Wyatts and they offered me a lot of money to close House Of Hardcore and I refused."

Dreamer was asked if ECW would be even more successful if they existed today and had social media as a tool. He didn't seem too hopeful that a promotion like theirs would be able to survive in today's world. Several things have changed that would make it extremely difficult to remain the extreme rebels they used to be in today's litigious culture.

"Honestly, I think we'd be out of business and here's why," Dreamer explained. "Everything we did in ECW, most of it was illegal. Music, which was such a huge part of ECW we wouldn't be able to use. If you want to talk about conflicts and drama -- I mean we would have riots all the time.

"Now think of the era of the cell phone camera. Now think of we would after shows party with fans. Or have fights in bars. Or think about if stuff went down with the owner not paying people or even writing bad checks -- that's illegal. I said it on the WWE Network, most people want to b---h about Paul Heyman but most of them chose to stay."

WWA (Kentucky) Hysteria 69 - The Final Countdown 2018

-CCW is supposed to be the special guest referee in the National Championship match between Tyler Hawkins and Josiah. Will CCW be able to even officiate less than 24 hours after surgery? Will his personal feelings toward Josiah and Tyler Hawkins play a role?
-Stonewall gets his WWA Championship rematch in a Last Man Standing match at Independence Day. Tonight, Stonewall takes on "Superstar" Ray Waddell. Also, Dakota France holds an open challenge for the WWA Championship. -The Perfect Pair are the new WWA Tag Team Champions, but tonight they are in singles action. Alexander Knight faces Myron Reed, while Vanderpool goes one on one with Jordan Whittaker. Can Jordan defeat Vanderpool, or is his mind clouded by Teddy King and their Number One Contenders match scheduled for Independence Day? Plus Logan Abell, Controlled Chaos, Cortland Moore, Andrew Hunter, the WWA Hardcore Champion Brenton Wood, and more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irdGpmtJ_Qg

Jake Roberts On Problems With Today's Pro Wrestling, Why His Feud With Hulk Hogan Was Nixed, More

WWE Hall of Famer Jake "The Snake" Roberts recently spoke with Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated. The full interview is at this link and below are highlights:

Frustration with the lack of originality in today's matches:

"That's what I don't get about the young talent today,. So many matches are the same. Don't they get bored? It's ridiculous what they waste, and they don't even know they're wasting it. I blame that on the new way of wrestling; if you come up now, you can be in the main event within a year. In my day, you had to learn. We had the territories that forced us to constantly grow and change.

"Another problem is this, everybody wants to get to the top and they have no problem sacrificing their life to do it. It doesn't take a great wrestler to jump off the top of a cage. How many times can you do that before you miss? How many times can you do that before you're crippled? Longevity is a key to success."

Matches being defined by effectiveness of moves used, not by a certain number of moves:

"I had six moves. I knew when to do them and I did them absolutely perfectly, and people believed them. Teaching this class, I'm going to make people think differently. The truth is in what you've done and where you've been, and there are not many people who have done more than I have."

Briefly feuding with WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan in 1986:

"Vince had spent millions and millions of dollars to make this animal and have all this product ready to sell on Hogan. They weren't going to waste money. So when the people started cheering me over Hogan, they said, 'Oh hell no, we can't have that.' They turned me babyface and started beating me every night, and that didn't matter to me because winning and losing don't mean a damn thing. It's a damn phony business, for crying out loud. You've got to entice the people and get over with your character. If this all depends on wins and losses, then only the Samoans will be left because they'll beat everyone and everybody else will quit the business."

Something Stupid Mikey WhipWreck said In Interview With Wrestlinginc That I Posted.

In the Mickey Whipwreck interview with Wrestling that I posted was this quote.

"Whipwreck said Since WWE owns the rights to ECW and former ECW owner Paul Heyman still being with the company, Whipwreck believes only WWE can authentically put on a hardcore wrestling event".

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Yeah ok, Mikey. WWE proved they couldn't. but nice try anyway, hahahahahahaha..

You just can't make this kind of lame shit up, you just can't, lol.

Mikey Whipwreck Talks Declining WWE NXT Trainer Job, Why He Turned Down TNA Hardcore Justice PPV

Click the link, this interview was done by someone at Wrestlinginc.

http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2018/0719/642932/mikey-whipwreck-talks-declining-wwe-nxt-trainer-job/

Bert Prentice's company. USA Championship Wrestling. I know the manager in first segment.

Kevin Zion takes on Bam Bam Bundy Matt Starr is in action Matt Riviera showcases his talents against Brandon White A new force debuts alongside Starr Power claiming territory

"Bam Bam Bundy'? Really? uugghbn how to ripoff off two names of two great wrestlers and throw it into one. aaayyy yyaayy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf8dYTEE2jA

Sienna Departs IMPACT Wrestling

Over the week IMPACT Wrestling Knockout, Sienna was removed from the official IMPACT website and placed under the alumni section.

Back in January of 2018 at a set of IMPACT tapings, she was hospitalized due to experiencing short and labored breathing, along with severe back spasms/sharp pains at the top of her inhale. She expected that she had a displaced rib or a collapsed lung but found out that she has a blood clot in each of her lungs. At the set of tapings, she wrestled Allie and Kiera Hogan in matches, which would end up being her last matches with the company.

In April of 2016, it was reported that Kay had signed with the company. She made her debut by attacking Jade. She then engaged in a feud with both Gail Kim and Jade by joining an alliance with Maria and Allie. On the May 17 episode of Impact Wrestling, Sienna defeated Velvet Sky with Sky’s job on the line. At Slammiversary, Sienna captured the TNA Knockouts Championship defeating Jade and Gail Kim after Marti Bell returned and attacked Jade. On August 25, 2016, in Turning Point Sienna lost the TNA Knockouts Championship against Allie in a Five–Way Match, also involving Madison Rayne, Marti Bell, and Jade.

On April 21, 2017, she defeated Christina Von Eerie to win the GFW Women’s Championship, making her the first woman to have held the Impact Wrestling Knockouts Championship and the GFW Women’s Championship. At Slammiversary, the GFW Women’s Champion defeated Impact Knockouts Champion Rosemary to unify the titles, entering her second reign as the new Unified GFW Knockouts Champion. At the Destination X, Sienna retained her Knockouts Championship against Gail Kim due to interference from the returning Taryn Terrell. Following this, at Bound For Glory 2017, Sienna lost the Knockouts Championship to Gail Kim.

Squared Circle Sirens, who broke this story were told her contract with IMPACT came to an end whilst she was injured and she did not re-sign with the company.

This validates what I wrote about Michael's Johnson's Story on Hogan

If your scroll down my blog you'll find a rebuttal i wrote to Michael Johnson at PWInsider (a rebuttal he has since been ignoring because the truth hurt). In it I said if Hogan was truly serious then you didn't need any cameras when making an amends.

WELL.. As you can see by the pic here.. THIS validates everything I said in the article and further proves that I was right in what I wrote in my rebuttal to what Mr. Johnson wrote. Proof is, a mother fucker, LOL. Of Course Johnson won't acknowledge that or what I wrote, God forbid he acknowledges what I wrote was more on spot than his opinions or "Throwing around money' ideas. :)

Not like she had much choice in the matter. AYAKO HAMADA RETIRES FROM WRESTLING FOLLOWING DRUG SENTENCE

Ayako Hamada has been placed under probation following her arrest for possession of methamphetamines.

Initially, outlets in Japan and the US reported that Hamada had been sentenced to eighteen months in prison. Sister Xochitl Hamada, however, told Mediotiempo in Mexico that Hamada had been sentenced to three years probation, and that if she were to violate her probation she could face eighteen months in prison.

In a statement to media in Japan, Hamada announced that she is retiring from pro wrestling due to the situation. She stated that she hopes to find work as a interpreter since she is fluent in both Japanese and Spanish.

Hamada, 37, was arrested back on May 13 for possession of a banned stimulant, in this case meth. Pro Wrestling Wave, who she was working for at the time, immediately terminated her contract. Sendai Girls also stripped her of their world title, which she had just won a few weeks before her arrest. 

The daughter of Gran Hamada, Ayako Hamada started her career in 1998, initially working for the Arison promiton. She would later go on to wrestle mainly in Japan and Mexico, though she did have a run in Impact Wrestling and has also wrestled for SHIMMER. Before her arrest, she had been mainly working for Seadlinnng and Sendai Girls, along with Pro Wrestling Wave.

Ed Whalen, funny as hell here. Old Stampede Wrestling clip

Ed Whalen stirs up trouble in Stampede Wrestling between Steve Disalvo and Makhan Singh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d22ybZpsF2I

Jim Cornette on What Caused the AWA's Downfall

From Corny's Drive-Thru #61 - Jimmy looks back at all the reasons that collectively caused the AWA to go under.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yi0cx8GEdU

FLIP BEFORE CODY | NWA Ten Pounds of Gold 27 (2018)

Flip Gordon vs. Nick Aldis for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship happens this Friday Night at Ring of Wrestling Honor for All in Nashville, TN. The story the conflict between Cody not wanting Flip Gordon being booked for ALL IN has occurred on the Young Bucks Youtube Show "Being the Elite". Now, with this match at ROH's Honor For All Event, Flip Gordon can no only be booked for ALL IN but he could win the NWA Worlds Championship before Cody. With the idea of Nick Aldis vs. Cody at ALL IN currently in the air, the entire landscape fo the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship can shift. What could happen to the Ten Pounds of Gold? The intrigue of this has caused rampant speculation from various corners of professional wrestling including Dave Meltzer, Ryan Satin, Jason Called and more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt57c9TlUGg

WRITTEN PODCAST RECAP: Killing The Town – Cyrus and Sonjay Dutt on the benefit of being a manager, Impact stability, Josh Matthews, Matt Sydal, Indian fans

https://www.pwpodcasts.com/2018/07/18/written-podcast-recap-killing-the-town-cyrus-and-sonjay-dutt-on-the-benefit-of-being-a-manager-impact-stability-josh-matthews-matt-sydal-indian-fans/

Former TNA Knockout Sentenced To Prison

Former two-time TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion Ayako Hamada has been sentenced to 18 months in prison over drug charges, according to Yahoo Japan.

Hamada, the 37 year old daughter of the legendary Gran Hamada, was arrested at home in Tokyo back on May 13th. This led to her Pro Wrestling Wave departure and Sendai Girls Pro Wrestling stripping her of their world title.

Police were called to Hamada's home back in May after she told a promoter that she would miss their event because she was being held at knifepoint by someone. Police found Hamada acting strange and that led to her testing positive for drugs. She admitted taking drugs through her nose

For Once WWE Does Something Right.

Update on Impact Wrestling on tv in the UK

• The FIght Network, which Anthem Sports & Entertainment (the parent company of Impact Wrestling) owns, will have a daily block of programming on Showcase TV in the UK starting at 9 p.m. every night. That will include Impact airing on the channel at the same time as it does on Pop TV in the United States, along with replays on Friday and Saturday at 9 p.m. Impact’s UK and Ireland Twitter account tweeted that the show will still be airing on 5Spike as well.

Michael Hayes Tweets about Terry Gordy passing away 17 years ago today.

USA Championship Wrestling Eposide 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWLLH43KAcI

7/15 ROH HITS & MISSES: The Kingdom Opening Promo, The Dawgs interrupt Cody, Six-Man Gauntlet match

https://www.pwtorch.com/site/2018/07/17/7-15-roh-hits-misses-the-kingdom-opening-promo-the-dawgs-interrupt-cody-six-man-gauntlet-match/

Rebuttal To Something Michael Johnson At PWInsider Wrote About Hulk Hogan.

By all means let Michael Johnson know i wrote this, please do. I encourage it.

I'm reading this thing that Michael Johnson at PWInsider wrote about “Hogan Shouldn't Be Left Off The Hook Yet". (link provided below), so since I know he won't have the guts to post my rebuttal to him disagreeing with a lot of what he said, I'll just do it here (and the other places where I post stuff, including my blog as well).

According to Mr. Johnson he thinks if Hogan is truly sorry for the things he said then he should take 10% of the Gawker Settlement money (roughly around three million dollars and donate it to charities and create scholarships and programs in inner cities. This is Mr. Johnson's own words that you'll see when you click the link.

I definitely disagree and call bullshit on these ideas. MONEY, doesn't 'buy' forgiveness, no matter how much is donated, where. Here's a direct quote. “If it wasn’t about the money, he can live with making a major donation by creating something that can legitimately change the lives of those who desperately need a hero to help them by making their lives better”. But it ISN't about money even though Mr. Johnson seems to WANT IT to be about money.

There's a simple solution. Yes he apologized to the locker room at the PPV, good deal. But why not just go and apologize to the very guy he was talking about? (His daughter's then boyfriend)? If the situation is OK to where those two can meet and things won't escalate, THAT, is what should be done. No need to make it a public display with a camera, just two people meeting somewhere privately and talking it out. That's all that needs to be done. Actions like that speak louder than donating money here, there and everywhere.

I know a lot about making those kind of hard face to face amends but in the end if Hogan wants to really clean up his side of the fence so to speak, there's the simple yet effective way to do it. Whether the guy accepts it or not, doesn't matter. Just make THAT KIND of effort will count a lot more in the long run.

Bottom line? REAL MEN make the apologies to the people they offended face to face, and don't just throw money around and hope for the best.

Mark Henry On How African American WWE Talents Are Reacting To Hulk Hogan's Return

WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry was in attendance for Hulk Hogan's backstage meeting with the roster before Sunday's WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view, according to PWInsider. Henry has been one of the few WWE employees to condemn Hogan's racist comments that were leaked a few years back, leading to his release from the company in 2015. Above is new video of The World's Strongest Man talking to TMZ Sports about The Hulkster being back with the company.

As noted, Hogan was officially reinstated into the WWE Hall of Fame on Sunday and the feeling is that he's back with the company but no new deal had been signed as of yesterday. Hogan was said to be well-received by the talents after the meeting backstage, which was reportedly filmed for a WWE Network special. Hogan formally apologized to the talents for his racist comments, for hurting others and for embarrassing the company. He reportedly spent a long time apologizing and was very emotional when shaking hands & hugging the Superstars at the end of the meeting. Hogan reminded everyone to remember to think about what they are saying as there are cameras everywhere these days, and pointed out how they could be recorded without realizing they are being recorded.

Henry said Hogan coming back to the company is a good idea in a low of ways because we can learn from what happened.

"I think it's good in a lot of ways because it's always a learn-able moment, a teachable moment," Henry said. "It teaches forgiveness, it teaches that we can step up from adversity. It also shows, in a time where there's so much racial dive with the government, and different things, different social groups, that there are some people that actually have affinity, and care, and want to redeem themselves. I hope that he can do that."

Henry was also asked if he feels like Hogan is genuine. Henry believe Hogan and commented on critics who say Hogan is in it for the money.

"I do. I do feel like he genuinely wants to clear his name. He sees people that used to respect him, they look at him differently and that hurts," Henry said. "He brought that on himself and he's trying his best to clear that up. I don't know if it's from... you know, some people are going to say he's missing those big checks and he wants to rectify that situation. That's always a factor, we always want to keep our buying power up but I don't think that's the case with him. I think, if he did some appearances where he helped raise money to go to these organizations that need help, in the inner cities and urban sectors, then I think people would be less likely to think it's all just a ploy for him to make more money."

Henry was then asked how the other African American talents in WWE are reacting to the return. He said, "No, it's 50/50. I've talked to guys that are like, 'To hell with him.' And I've had guys that were like, "You know what? If you're willing to make the change and try to help out, and go and speak up, be a part of the answer rather than a part of the problem, then it's all good.'"

Acouple more indy show dates for you.

<sup>Real Shoot Wrestling w/ Matt Riddle 7/20; Fairmont, WV on 8/4

Real Shoot Wrestling continues its hot summer with several events over the next month, including this Friday, July 20 with Matt Riddle at the Brook Park Recreation Center, 17400 Holland RD in Brook Park, OH at 6 pm.

- International star and former UFC competitor Matt Riddle takes on "The Heir Apparent" Chris LeRusso.

- Sharkboy, Jeff Razor Sharpe, and Adam Parsons vs. Funky White Boy, JD Smooth, and Chase Winters.

- RSW Ohio Grand champion Tim Horner, Jr. vs. Jock Samson vs. Bruce Grey.

- RSW West Virginia Grand champion Zac Vincent vs. Mickey Fulp.

- RSW Tag Team champions 2Kings (TL Andrews and Tyler Voxx) vs. The Millenials (Chance Rizer and Garrett Coleman) vs. Jack and Dustin.

- #1 contendership match: Andrew Palace vs. Matt Conard.

- "The Siren" Laura Loveless vs. Ray Lyn B</sup>

<sup>Pro Wrestling in Red Bank, TN on Sat, July 28!

TWE Pro Wrestling returns with live action on Saturday, July 28 to 4825 Dayton Blvd. in Red Bank, TN with an 8 pm bell time.

So far announced:
- Menace vs. Joey Sparx
- Jason Collins vs. Ethan Cage
- Jaden Newman and J-Rock vs. Ray Fury and Akle
- Chase Jordan vs. James Anthony
- Damion Black vs. Donnie Uptown

Tickets available, day of, at the door.

TWE runs the second and fourth Saturday of every month and is celebrating its five year anniversary this August.</sup>

^{K.S.W.A. Wrestling}  

Brawl Under the Bridge 4  

7:00pm Saturday, July 21, 2018 

Under the Homestead Grays Bridge

West 7th Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15120 

 Tickets $5

 Event Information

Please Call 412-726-1762

 * Card Subject to Change * 

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K.S.W.A. Brawl Under the Bridge Title Ladder Match

Kris Kash

vs.

“Flyin” Ryan Burke

vs.

Lucio Deveer

vs.

Harley T. Morris

vs.

Zak Hunter

vs.

Bro Hemoth

vs.

Sly Scarpone 

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K.S.W.A. Heavyweight Title Match

K.S.W.A. Heavyweight Champion

Mitch Napier

vs.

Shane Starr 

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K.S.W.A. Golden Triangle Title Match

K.S.W.A. Golden Triangle Champion

Anthony Alexander

vs.

Mike Malachi 

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K.S.W.A. Five Star Title Match

K.S.W.A. Five Star Champion

The Jester

vs.

Bubba the Bulldog 

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 The Rock n Roll Express

vs.

Shawn Blanchard & “Dr. Devastation” Lou Martin 

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 Jay Flash & “The Gavel” David Lawless, esq

vs.

T-Rantula & Sam Adonis 

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 Tommy Faime & “The King” Del Douglas

vs.

YINZA & “Big Country” Matt McGraw 

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 Jack Massacre

vs.

Trick McSorley & Joey Quervo