The Sheepherders vs Buddy Moreno and Henry Garcia Ken Timbs vs El Tejano Exotic Adrian Street vs Relampico Leon Abdullah the Butcher vs Bruiser Brody (highlight) Scott Casey vs Gino Hernandez (highlight) Scott Casey and Manny Fernandez vs The Assassin and Dusty Woods
Tonight:
💥 Allysin Kay vs Nicole Savoy
💥 Da Pope & Watts vs Zicky Dice & A Mystery Partner
🏆 NWA National Champion Aron Stevens vs Trevor Murdoch
MATCH: Anthony Greene vs. Ace Romero vs. Kevin Blackwood vs. JT Dunn
EVENT: 2019 Vacationland Cup (7/12/19)
I guess when you look and sound like a fucking moron, you don't get the hint, you just do it again to show you are, a fucking moron. Congrats Tony Khan, mission accomplished, again.
Here's the link to the second weak, lame 'paid ad' that aired on Impact.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4f4yE15IA8
I'll also add this, since someone has to speak the truth, and n o other wrestling wrioter apparently, has the balls to do it? It'll be saddled on me to once again, do it.
EC3 has confirmed that he has tested positive for COVID-19.
He revealed his positive diagnosis to Chris Van Vliet. As a result, he will not be a part of Ring of Honor’s Final Battle event this Friday.
“I’ve been quarantined for a week to 10 days,” he told Villet. “At this point, I have covid, and I’m at the tail end of it. It sucked a little bit. Some of it wasn’t bad. I’m healthy so I was fortunate. It infected my parents who were visiting me, whoops, so they had to stay longer so I’ve had no alone time."
“I would say I’m at 90%,” he continued .”This is the tail end of it. I’ve had none of the respiratory issues. It felt like the flu and a moderately bad cold some of the time.”
But they won't, because most of this era's 'workers', either don't know how to 'sell', or don't WANT to. many of them don't have the basic fundamentals of what 'telling a story within a match' really is. And, they obviously don't want to know.
With veterans like Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, Dean Malenko and even Jericho working there. You'd think they'd be able to instill this into the younger guys on the roster.
Maybe they just want the paycheck and don't give a shit anymore too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4MbJNCD2Sk
Original Air Date - December 12th, 2020 This week on the AWF, tag team action heats up as NDS (Rylie Jackson & Levy Cruise) look to regain momentum in the tag division as they face off against the high flying duo The Bang Bros!! Plus, in our Main Event, AWF Television Champion "Downtown" Petey Brown wants to dance, and whom better to go from the dancefloor to the mat, than Mr. AGE "All Gold Everything" himself; TW3!!
Another random find; this time a random episode of Stampede Wrestling from the A Channel circa 2000 feat Bad News Allen; Mauro Raunallo and many more!!!
1) Chief Running Hill vs Butcher Branigan 2) Bengali vs John Tolos 3) Walter Johnson vs Great Goliath 4) Ron Starr/The Hood vs Mando Guerrero/Apollo Jalisco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxWalotHUxc
Cauliflower Alley Club award winning referee and SWE Fury Director of Talent Relations James Beard talks to Hannibal about refereeing in Japan, his friendship with Bruiser Brody, JBL, the Von Erichs, his work for a WWE related event in Japan, thoughts on Texas wrestling, what are the plans for SWE Fury moving into 2021, how he thought this weekends tapings went and more!
NWA United States Class Wrestling 1986 -CWF Florida- The Shock Troops attack The Fabulous Ones. The Fabulous Ones interview. Jimmy Backlund vs. The Masked Marauder. NWA World Champion Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger in a "Best Of Three Falls Match." Ric Flair interview. The Fabulous Ones vs. Mike Masters & Jack Towers. The Fabulous Ones interview. Oliver Humperdink & The Shock Troops interview. Ron Bass interview. Barry Windham interview. NWA Florida Champion Ron Bass vs. Chris Champion. Bob Roop interview. Jerry Grey vs. Mark Starr. The Fabulous Ones vs. The Shock Troops
Ricky Rice & John Paul v. The Beast & Terry Adonis Ron Garvin vs. Scott Steiner Kerry Von Erich vs. Gary Young Greg Gagne vs. Mike Enos Wendi Richter & Magnificent Mimi vs. Madusa Miceli & Sylvia Badd Company v. Nature’s Best (Bill & Darryl Justin) The Rock N Roll Express v. The Hangman & Terry Adonis World Class Texas title: Iceman Parsons v. Michael Hayes Terry Garvin v. Steve Cox Sgt. Slaughter v. Soldat Ustinov Sgt Slaughter & Keith Erick v. Teijo Khan & Soldat Ustinov Wahoo McDaniel v. Manny Fernandez Hector & Chavo & Mondo Guerrero v. The Rock N Roll RPMs & The Hangman Col. DeBeers v. Alan Reynolds The Samoan Swat Team v. Ray Odyssey & Sean Baxter Jerry Lawler v. Terry Adonis Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden v. Brickhouse Brown & Bill Dundee The Rock N Roll Express & The Top Guns & Jeff Jarrett v. Badd Company & The Rock N Roll RPMs & Cactus Jack Jimmy Valiant & Jerry Lawler v. Kerry Von Erich & Michael Hayes
South Philly's Finest vs Team CK (PPW May Day, May 24, 2014)
Adena Steele vs Edna Pinheart (PPW Aftermath, May 18, 2019)
Sam Adams vs Scott Steiner (PPW Respect, June 23, 2018)
Hosts Steve Johnson and Bryan Kennison chart the course that Brian Pillman, Jr. took to the OVW Heavyweight Championship. But how pleased will their other co-host be - OVW National Champion “Mr. PEC-Tacular” Jessie Godderz? Pillman and Godderz have their first words ahead of their clash at the Nightmare Rumble!
One half of the longest-reigning Impact Tag Team Champions may be done with the company in a few weeks.
Ethan Page's two year contract is up at the end of 2020 and in this week's Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer reported that the belief within the company and with his friends is that he is not going to re-sign.
On his YouTube channel last week, he posted a video from a set of recent tapings where in the end, he alluded to the fact he could be done, including a line asking his fans to wish him the best in his future endeavors because "I f**kin' need it."
In a singles match from Saturday's Final Resolution show, Page lost to Karl Anderson with a tag team title shot on the line for he and The North partner Josh Alexander. Meltzer said he was told Alexander has nine months remaining on his Impact deal so the team would be done for now. The duo are two-time Impact Tag Team Champions and held the titles for a record 380 days in their first reign with the second lasting 21 days.
Page started with the company with limited appearances in late-2017 and joined up with old partner Alexander as The North in April 2019.
Starting Tuesday, Impact has three TV shows left the rest of the year in which they could write Page off.
September 4th, 1979
@Fort Homer Hesterly Armory
Terry Funk provides commentary with Gordon Solie. Funk won the Florida Heavyweight Title in a tournament held on September 2nd at the Orlando Sports Stadium.
This match occurred seven weeks before Dusty's babyface turn.
North American Heavyweight Title Match
March 26th, 1974 @Fort Homer Hesterly Armory
October 22nd, 1974 @Fort Homer Hesterly Armory
Florida Heavyweight Title Match (DQ Rule Waived)
Champion vs Champion, as the Thunder Rosa takes on Allie Gato!
Live from Herman's Hideaway, on 02/02/20
David Von Erich Promo (On Ric Flair), David vs Missing Link (in progress), David, Kevin & Mike Von Erich promo, announcement of David's death.
Highflyers, Hulk Hogan w/ Johnny Valiant, Baron Von Rashke, and Tito Santana featured.
Cactus Jack (Mick Foley) takes on Terry Gordy in the first round of the King of the Death Match tournament! The original owner of this content was the late IWA owner Victor Quinnones. Prior to his untimely death, Victor had signed the rights for US market distribution of this content with Randal Ricci of Premier Pro Wrestling under a partnership agreement.
Ron Starr interview Ron Starr vs Rocky Johnson Ricky Santana interview Carlos Colon interveiw En Ruta Aniversario 88 El Profe vs Ricky Santana Clip of Bobby Jaggers & Dan Kroffat vs two masked wrestlers who turn out to be Miguelito & Huracan Castillo Jr Bobby Jaggers & Dan Kroffat interview Hercules Ayala interview Ron Starr interview Batten Twins vs Ninja Express (Kendo Nagasaki & Mr Pogo)
From Capital Wrestling Alliance: Debut Show in a Triple Threat Match Thunder Rosa vs Kylie Rae vs Lacey Lane
Deonna Purrazzo is the current 2 time Impact Wrestling Knockouts Champion. The lovely New Jersey born "Vurtuosa" joined us to discuss Impact Wrestling's recent incredible evening on Tuesday night, what a cross-over between AEW and Impact means to the Impact talent, Final Battle, body shaming, and more!
All Pro Wrestling: War At The Shore June 12, 2015 - Bayshore Center Daly City, CA
The second clash between Lizzy Evo (formerly Lizzy Styles) and Little Miss Roxxy. Filmed at Sheaf St, Leeds.
The Boys Cover Tommy Dreamer On LI # 1 Pro Wrestling Broadcast
ROH has pulled EC3, Kenny King, Flamita and Bandido from the upcoming Final Battle pay-per-view due to COVID-19 concerns.
It was announced today that as a result of pre-travel coronavirus testing, the four performers have been pulled from the December 18 pay-per-view. All four wrestlers are said to be doing well and are resting at home, and are expected to return some time in 2021 when ROH returns following the pay-per-view.
ROH will be announcing changes to the Final Battle card during Final Battle Hour One, which airs free from 8-9pm on the night of the show.
EC3 was scheduled for a Grudge Match with Jay Briscoe, while Flamita and Bandido were scheduled to team with Rey Horus to defend their ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Titles against Shane Taylor Promotions.
It's been reported that there are a number of WWE talents who have been ordered to work on refining and improving their in-ring skills at the request of WWE management, said to be a Vince McMahon edict.
Otis, Keith Lee, Dabbo Kato, Dio Maddin and AJ Styles' bodyguard Omos are among the contingent that the company has been working with on improving and refining their work inside the ring with those talents taking part in regular workouts at the WWE Performance Center on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
it's been previously reported that despite being drafted to Raw, Dabbo Kato and Artuo Ruas had been not yet been utilized as the belief is they needed additional seasoning. These workouts are part of that process and have been ongoing in recent months. Ruas has been out of action since injuring his arm while working a NXT bout against KUSHIDA.
Since McMahon is throwing 'edict's' around I guess it would be too much to ask for him to edict himself to refine his product since it sucks so much, and has sucked for years.
Yeah I know, too much to ask.
This is happening because Vince McMahon allegedly 'threw a fit' over the ability of these talents. Too bad nobody there has the balls to say "Hey Vince, why don't YOU, get in the ring and show us you can do better"?
Yeah I know.. Nobody there will ever, have them kind of balls.
TMZ reported Thursday that Tommy "Tiny" Lister, aka Zeus in WWF, was found dead in his Marina del Rey, CA, apartment at just 62 years old.
While the details are still sketchy as of this writing, friends of Lister asked the L.A. County Sheriff's Department to do a wellness check as they hadn't heard from him since Wednesday night. They reported the police believe it was due to natural causes, but won't know until an autopsy is done.
In a quote to Variety, Lister's manager said he had been displaying symptoms of COVID-19 in recent days and had to cancel shooting on a film after getting sick.
Lister appeared with Hulk Hogan in the 1989 film No Holds Barred as Zeus, a monster heel that Hogan (Rip Thomas) eventually beat. That was parlayed into an angle on WWF TV that resulted in Zeus teaming with Randy Savage against Hogan and Brutus Beefcake at the 1989 SummerSlam pay-per-view.
The Hogan/Zeus rivalry continued through Survivor Series where he was part of The Million Dollar Team and finally in a tag team steel cage match at a one-off December pay-per-view that included the movie and the match.
He left wrestling until he was booked for a 1990 event against Abdullah The Butcher in Puerto Rico. He then returned In 1996 for WCW as Z-Gangsta, wrestling just once in a "Doomsday Cage" match at Uncensored as part of The Alliance To End Hulkamania.
Lister, blind in one eye, was best known for his role in the movie Friday with appearances in The Dark Knight, Next Friday, The Fifth Element, Jackie Brown, Austin Powers: Goldmember, and more on his resume. He stayed busy with small roles and has parts in 11 projects that are in various stages of production.
Welcome back to World League Wrestling Thursday Night Showdown! On tonight's episode, you'll see the current WLW Jr. Heavyweight Champion Sean Patrick make his debut against former WLW Heavyweight Champion Jon Webb! Speaking of WLW Heavyweight Champions, Derek Stone will go one-on-one against Rahim De La Suede.
Las Vegas, Nevada. February 19, 1988
Midnight Rockers vs The Nasty Boys, Baron Von Rashke vs Sheik Adnan Al Kassie are the main events.
Bob Orton Jr. vs Bill Anderson, AWA World Champion Curt Hennig promo, International Television Champion Greg Gagne promo, and more.
NEW Fans, the Road to Wintercade on Dec 29th and 30th in Clarenville is underway. Today on NEW SuperBouts you will hear from NEW World Heavyweight Champion "Hellraiser" Justin Lock as well as the "Steel Panther" Cameron Stevens as they set their sights on Clarenville Newfoundland later this month. But that's not all, we also have in store for you, three major match announcements for the upcoming "Wintercade" events on December 29th and 30th.
August 6, 1989. Rochester, MN
AWA World Champion Larry Zybysko vs Sgt. Slaughter (in progress)
Promo w/ Slaughter holding AWA World title belt, then clip of Commissioner Joe Blanchard handing the belt back to Zybysko.
Destruction Crew vs prelim guys, Tommy Jammer vs Prelim guy.
Kokino Maximus vs Jerry Lynn
Slaughter and Zybysko promos about upcoming rematch.
Zybysko vs Slaughter (rematch)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-axi8czndgY
Kendall Windham, Jerry Grey, Ron Simmons vs. Shaska Whatley, The Mulkeys (starts in progress)
The Armstrongs vs. The MOD Squad Jimmy Garvin vs. Teijo Khan Dory Funk Jr. vs. Mike Graham Barry Windham, Ed Gantner vs. The Tahitian Prince, Dory Funk Jr. (sub for Humperdink) Mike Rotunda vs. Kevin Sullivan Rick Rude, Manny Fernandez vs. The Road Warriors Ric Flair vs. Dusty Rhodes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9lFJ-mPXg0
Promising an appearance from newly crowned AEW World Champion Kenny Omega, Impact Wrestling averaged 221,000 viewers on AXS TV on Tuesday night, up 33 percent from last week.
Impact drew a 0.08 rating in the 18-49 demo, finishing 96th on cable for the night in that category. The previous week's Impact episode drew a 0.05 rating in the 18-49 demo and was 121st for the night.
96th? BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Yeah, it sure helped Impact out that that appearance, NOT!
And yes, There were like 80,000 viewers on Twitch as well.
In the end, the appearance wasn't much to write home about and is considered a bomb.
In four weeks when the ratings for Impact are STILL the same? Remember me saying "I told you so", because I will indeed be saying... I told you so.
Is Vince Russo writing this stuff up? That's about how lame this was from Callis and Omega.
•World Tag Team Championship: Ross & Marshall Von Erich (c) vs. CONTRA Unit (Jacob Fatu & Simon Gotch)
•Opera Cup Semi-Final: Low Ki vs. Richard Holliday •Calvin Tankman vs. Zenshi •Violence is Forever (Dominic Garrini and Kevin Ku) debut! The 2020 Opera Cup semi-finals kick off, and a marquee World Tag Team Championship highlights this edition of MLW Fusion, presented by http://newlawoffice.com. The war between CONTRA and the VE Nation reignites as World Heavyweight Champion Jacob Fatu looks to become a double world champ when he and fellow CONTRA soldier Simon Gotch challenge Ross and Marshall Von Erich for the World Tag Team Championship! Can CONTRA gain control of another world title, or will the third generation sons of Texas fend off their toughest challenge to date? The Opera Cup semi-finals commence this week with a unique styles clash that sees self-proclaimed Caribbean Champion Richard Holliday put his size and strength advantage to the test against the world class striker, Low Ki. It’s a first-time ever encounter! Backstage correspondent Alicia Atout scores an exclusive with National Openweight Champion Alex Hammerstone about his return, CONTRA and more in this must-see interview. The Heavyweight Hustle continues to be televised as 355 pound super athlete Calvin Tankman challenges the fast-paced, high flying Zenshi! Team Filthy’s Dominic Garrini and Kevin Ku – collectively known as Violence Is Forever, make their official entry into the tag team debut! MLW cameras travel across the globe to find out just where in the world Salina de la Renta is this week. Join Rich Bocchini, Jared St. Laurent, and backstage correspondent Alicia Atout for a night of tournament action and world title fights!
Tony Khan had the nerve to say on this that Jon Moxley is the.. get this.. 'ahem'.. "Greatest champion in wrestling".
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
I bet NWA World Champion Nick Aldis cracked up laughing, much like man y other fans and marks.
Tony, don't appear on Tv again. You don't look god and you sound like a fucking moron.
WWE NXT UK's Kay Lee Ray Vs Viper (WWE NXT UK's Piper Niven) Vs Bacardi Vs Carmel Jacob (with Sarah Marie Taylor) Newbreed Banbury 28th April 2013.
This is from a recent interview Low Ki did with Wrestlinginc.
Impact Wrestling Co-Executive Vice President Scott D'Amore took to Twitter and fired a shot at WWE RAW this morning, while plugging the new working relationship between AEW and Impact.
But let's tell the truth here, since others like PWInsider, WrestlingInc and Meltzer won't do it. Shall we?
Mention the name "Impact Wrestling" and most fans start laughing. They know like I know, it's considered a 'joke' in wrestling when it comes to ahem, 'major wrestling companies'. Apparently the only person whom doesn't seem to realize this, or maybe doesn't WANT to realize it, is Mr. D'Amore.
"Back to back nights of great Pro Wrestling'? Where? I know there was a real solid wrestling show on Last night, and it sure as hell wasn't Impact, AEW or even WWE.. Oh that's right, it was the NWA's Shockwave show. Of course nobody wants to come out and admit THAT fact, right? Of course not. It's okay, I went ahead and did it for you.
Let's be serious, the only way Impact was able to secure a 'TV Deal' was having the owners of Impact, buy AXS TV, they had to BUY a network because no other network wanted them. Last week they barely had 150,000 people even watching them. And thaey rarely get that many. THAT, is how bad Impact's product is. And I've covered how bad it's been since D'Amore and Don Callis took over as bookers for Impact. Callis claimed that he was going to get rid of the 'silliness' that has plagued Impact Wrestling and doesn't Impact to be 'WWE Lite". But the fact is, He hasn't and every time he's been called out on how can he get rid of the 'silliness' if he's the one now writing and booking the silliness... Funny how he has no answer to that.
Examples? Proof? Besides the lame, weak "Murder investigation crap they recently did, I have plenty. Proof is, a motherfucker and I'm always the mother fucker that has proof, so here you go.
Here's the first one. https://billsbrandnewblog.blogspot.com/2018/11/article-i-just-wrote-ill-call-mind.html
Oh look, here's another one. https://billsbrandnewblog.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-silliness-that-don-callis-swore-hed.html
What? ANOTHER ONE? They just keep on coming, don't they. https://billsbrandnewblog.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-silliness-that-don-callis-claimed.html
Son of a bitch, here's yet another one.The most recent one actually. https://billsbrandnewblog.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-silliness-that-don-callis-claimed.html
So yeah why Impact is considered almost as much of a joke as Jeff Jarrett's Global Wrestling Federation was.. Oh wait, wasn't Impact part of THAT fiasco too? They sure were, LMAO!
Other than EC3 bouncing in and out "controlling his narrative", which actually seems to be getting over better, in Ring Of Honor mind you.. The only other talent they 'had', that had me kinda keeping track, is someone who isn't even there anymore and legitimately stole their world title and is living in Mexico- Tessa Blanchard.
But of course, the AEW fanboys, and the "Meltzer Marks" who think Kenny Omega is the be all and end all (when he really isn't) will be the only ones fawning over all this between AEW and Impact. I'm like most of the real fans out there, just yawning and waiting for some actual wrestling action to actually show up, on AEW or Impact.. or even WWE for that matter.
"Shift in power"? Yeah.. No.. Not really, nice try though Scottyboy, nice try.
Until AEW actually has some product that doesn't involve brawling all over the place in almost every match, that includes a very high level of 'no selling', and Impact actually stops with the well proven that the silliness is still plaguing them silliness, this 'working' agreement is gonna continue to be lame, and won't move the needle much in the long term.
The honest truth here, and no other wrestling writer has the balls to say it, so I will.. Is AEW and Impact, have people 'booking' their shows who have never booked a fucking thing in their life, and they actually think they're GOOD at it (which is laughable in so many ways, for so many reasons). It shows in the product and unfortunately marks today have no real clue on what IS good, and consider what Impact, AEW and WWE as 'good' when it's really? The shits.
So there's no 'shift in power' here, and four months from now when the product in both Impact and AEW still suck? You can go ahead and imagine me saying "I told you so", because I will indeed, be writing, that I told you so.
If you REALLY, want some great wrestling action, Reality Of Wrestling has been putting out a solid product for years, The recent United Wrestling Network stuff has been very good, Championship Wrestling From Hollywood, the last two NWA Shockwave shows.. Even Ring Of Honor's product, along with what I've already listed.. Has blown away anything and just about everything AEW, Impact and especially WWE have had to offer in months.
Truth hurts, especially when this writer has the balls to tell it. So you can thank me now, for telling it.
You're welcome :) .
Retired professional wrestler Killer Khan, who feuded with Andre the Giant in the WWF and had runs in Canada's Stampede Wrestling as well as World Class, Georgia Championship Wrestling and other promotions in the 1980s, has been accused of a hit and run this past October.
Khan, 73, allegedly struck a woman who was writing a bike in the Hyakunincho area of Tokyo, then allegedly fled the scene. Security cameras revealed it was Khan, who owns a nearby restaurant. Khan allegedly told investigators he left because he had to get to his restaurant.
The woman suffered a broken tooth in the accident and other injuries that took about a month to heal, according to the report.
Khan, who has apologized for the woman's injuries, has been charged "with suspicion of violating the Road Traffic Law regarding hit-and-run and negligence resulting in injury."
Khan last regularly wrestled in the late 1980s for the WWF, a heel run where he spewed green mist and was managed by Mr. Fuji. He departed the company in 1987.
A number of the lawsuits filed by Joseph R. Meehan, known professionally in the world of pro wrestling as Joey Ryan, have been all been referred to the Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald and Magistrate Judge, Charles F. Eick under the United States District Court, Central Division of California; Western Division, Los Angeles.
As previously reported by PWInsider.com, Meehan has filed numerous lawsuits in recent months, all denying any claims of sexual assault against him and alleging that the women who made the claims used social media postings to defame him, hurting his ability to make money as a professional wrestler through his performances, merchandise, Patreon account, the loss of his Bar Wrestling independent wrestling promotion, his Twitch channel and Cameo video messaging. In many of these lawsuits, Ryan is seeking sizable monetary damages.
On 12/7, the court ordered Meehan to show why the legal actions should be continued and not dismissed for "lack of prosecution", which basically means a lack of movement in the cases. In many of the cases, but not all (former ROH star Pelle Primeau being the exception), there has been no response from the defendants or even a court record that the defendants have been successfully served.
Meehan's attorneys have until 12/29 to file pleadings in an attempt to convince the court the lawsuits should continue. Should the defendants respond in court, that would also provide the court with a reason to allow the lawsuits to continue. Meehan could also file for a default judgment, which should the court grant it, could allow Meehan to legally go for whatever damages the court rules in favor of.
If none of that happens, Meehan's lawsuits before the court could be dismissed.
#NWAShockwave rolls on with even more matches produced in conjunction with the United Wrestling Network! Tonight: 💥 Kamille vs Simone Sherie 💥 Eli Drake vs Watts 🏆 NWA Women's World Champion Thunder Rosa vs Priscilla Kelly
Original Air Date - December 5th, 2020 This week on the AWF, the action continues from Ellsworth, WI with two big singles matches as 'The Young Gun" Rylie Jackson looks to slow down the momentum of "The Legitimate Athlete" Brandon Gore! Plus, in our Main Event, can AWF Champion JDX hold off the hard hitting fast paced offense of Kenny Alfonso?
All Pro Wrestling: #HalloweenHellXX October 14, 2016 - Pacelli Event Center Daly City, CA 20 Man Battle Royal Final Two Combatants to Challenge for Tag Team Championship • Boyce LeGrande • Synn • Papo Esco • Vinnie Massaro • Manny Mars • Johnny Dynamo • Berkeley Brawler • Amish Johnson • Will Hobbs • Chicano Flame • Bison Braddock • Jeff Cobb • Will Roberts • Karl Fredericks • Sir Samurai • Dalton Frost • Marcus Lewis • The Grappler • Levi Shapiro • Mike Matthews APW Tag Team Championship: Reno SCUM (c) vs Battle Royal Winners
WWE Raw star Matt Riddle filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit brought against him by Samantha Tavel (who wrestles as Candy Cartwright) before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division on 12/3.
Tavel filed a lawsuit in October against Riddle, World Wrestling Entertainment, the now-defunct EVOLVE promotion and Gabe Sapolsky, seeking $10 million from each defendant, stemming from Tavel's allegations, which initially became public during the Speaking Out movement online during the summer of 2020, claiming Riddle allegedly choked and forced her to perform oral sex on him in May 2018. Tavel's lawsuit stated the incident took place on a bus that was leaving EVOLVE 104 in Summit, Illinois, hence the lawsuit was being filed before Cook County Court. It also alleges that Riddle effectively prevented her from being able to be booked for WWE dates.
In the filing, Riddle stated that he and Tavel entered into an extra-marital affair in April 2017 after meeting while performing for EVOLVE at an event in New York City. They continued to maintain that relationship until Riddle's wife learned of it, at which point, Riddle claims he ended his relationship with Tavel. In his filing Riddle alleges, "Ms. Tavel had a hard time accepting the end of the relationship, and Mr. Riddle changed his telephone number more than once to avoid her calls. Mr. Riddle had no control over any employment relationship Ms. Tavel had with Evolve or WWE."
Tavel remained working for EVOLVE in some fashion until the promotion shut down in the wake of financial losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic leading to the cancellation of their Tampa, Florida events Wrestlemania 36 weekend. WWE purchased the assets of EVOLVE, Inc., including its tape library.
In regard to Tavel's accusations, Riddle's filing, as you might imagine, denied any wrongdoing on his part, stating, "Mr. Riddle emphatically denies Ms. Tavel’s torrid tale. He and Ms. Tavel had a nearly three-year affair during which they engaged only in consensual sexual activity. In July 2019, Mr. Riddle ended the affair after his wife learned of the relationship. In June 2020, Ms. Tavel tweeted an accusation that he sexually assaulted her in a van while other wrestlers were asleep."
Riddle's motion claims that Tavel's lawsuit should be dismissed because it fails to establish that the Circuit Court of Cook Count has jurisdiction over Riddle to begin with and that Tavel's specific allegations also fail to meet federal pleading requirements that bring them beyond speculation. Riddle's attorneys argue that the lawsuit fails to claim that Riddle's, "allegedly tortious activities were purposefully directed at residents of the forum" as Tavel is not and has never been a resident of Illinois. Riddle's attorneys also argued that since he does not live or own property in Illinois, he cannot fall under their jurisdiction.
The motion to dismiss also argues that while Riddle was in Illinois performing for EVOLVE and that the alleged incident happened "on a bus leaving" the venue, therefore those duties would have been completed by the time he was alleged to have assaulted Tavel, so any professional connection to the State of Illinois had been completed. It also claimed that Tavel cannnot claim any connection to her "alleged injuries" (from Riddle's alleged sexual assault against her) and the State of Illinois. For all those reasons, Riddle's attorneys are claiming the lawsuit against him should be thrown out, as they are not strong enough under Illinois law to move forward and that neither party should fall under Illinois jurisdiction in court.
The filing makes mention of two different alleged incidents:
"Ms. Tavel pleads two specific alleged assaults – one in April 2017 and one on May 19, 2018 – but no facts that tie these alleged injuries to Illinois."
The April 2017 alleged incident is referenced in Riddle's motion, noting, "Mr. Riddle believe t[The April 2017] allegation refers to a consensual sexual encounter the couple had in a car on or about April 23, 2017 in New York City after an Evolve event. Mr. Riddle was not in Illinois in April 2017 and did not purposefully direct his activities at any Illinois residents in April 2017."
Riddle also specifically responds to Tavel's allegations that he assaulted her on 5/19/18 in Illinois following the EVOLVE 104 event. In response, Riddle stated that he did perform that evening at EVOLVE 104 in Illinois and that Tavel was at the event as well. Riddle stated that a videographer named Joseph M. Ranta transported numerous performers from the venue to their hotel in Michigan in his van (Tavel's claims have made reference to a bus, but her initial Tweet referred to a van with sleeping EVOLVE wrestlers), as there was another EVOLVE event in Livonia, Michigan the next day.
Riddle's response featured an affidavit filed by Ranta as well as photos of the exterior and interior of his van.
Ranta's affidavit stated that on the evening in question, then-EVOLVE talents Keith Lee, Anthony Henry and JD Drake were also in the van with Drake sitting in the front passenger seat, Henry and Lee in the center seats and Riddle and Tavel in the back seats.
The records from Ranta's GPS on the evening in question were also filed as evidence, noting they left the Summit Park District in IL on 5/20/18 IL at 12:26 AM, They stopped for gas and left that gas station at 12:34 AM, then drove 33 miles to a Denny's Restaurant, arriving in Portage, Indiana at 1:22 AM (48 minutes later), stating that they entered Indiana 36 minutes into their drive, around 1:10 AM. Ranta's affidavit stated that out of all the passengers, only Keith Lee fell asleep during the drive to Denny's and that the other four passengers were awake.
Ranta's affidavit then states everyone exited the Denny's at 2:35 AM, driving 2 hours, 37 minutes to Ranta's home in Mason, Michigan. Ranta stated that Drake, Lee and Henry had all fallen asleep during that drive, with himself, Riddle and Tavel all being awake the entire ride. Ranta stated he, Tavel and Riddle spent 12 minutes at Ranta's home before he drove everyone to The Comfort Inn Metro Airport near Detroit, Michigan where the wrestlers were staying. The affidavit does not mention that any alleged assault took place, but also does not deny one happened.
Riddle's filing featured the following claim, attempting to state that if any inicident even happened, it most likely did not transpire in Illinois:
Based on Mr. Ranta’s GPS and Ms. Tavel’s June 19, 2020 Twitter post, the earliest time the assault could have occurred was during the 2.5-hour drive between the Denny’s in Portage, Indiana, and Mr. Ranta’s residence in Mason, Michigan. Therefore, it is impossible to state a claim under the IGVA for violence that did not arise in Illinois between nonresidents of Illinois.
Riddle's filing also claimed:
Even drawing the facts in a light most favorable to Ms. Tavel, the May 19, 2018 assault is inherently implausible and her right to relief is speculative at best. Mohammed v. Sidecar Technologies, Inc., No. 16 C 2538, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 156090, at *20 (N.D. Ill. Nov. 10, 2016) (dismissing claim where court could not draw reasonable inference that defendant violated the statute based on conclusory and speculative allegations). It is implausible that Mr. Riddle would ask to engage in sexual intercourse “in front of other members of Evolve while on a bus,” immediately after performing at a wrestling event, without any witnesses in a small but full vehicle. If that did happen, no matter the size of the vehicle, surely, someone would have noticed the assault and said something. Count I does not plausibly state a claim, and it should be dismissed.
Riddle is seeking a dismissal of the case.
While Tavel's lawsuit was initially filed before Cook County in Illinois, World Wrestling Entertainment successfully moved to have the lawsuit removed to the Northern District of Illinois. WWE has argued that Matt Riddle was not under contract to them at the time (he signed in July 2018 after New Japan Pro Wrestling showed interest in booking him) and that they had no overview or involvement in the EVOLVE events that weekend.
It does not appear that Sapolsky or EVOLVE have responded to the lawsuit before the court as of this writing.
Joseph R. Meehan, known professionally in the world of pro wrestling as Joey Ryan, filed a request for a summary judgment against Impact Wrestling parent company Anthem Wrestling LLC before the Circuit Court of Davidson County, TN on 11/27, alleging that Anthem took too long to respond to his lawsuit alleging that the company breached his contract when they released him in the wake of a number of allegations voiced against him on social media.
In a filing dated 11/27, Meehan requests judgment in his favor, citing that Anthem was officially served with the lawsuit on 9/24, later requested and received an additional 30 days to respond, but failed to do so in a timely manner. Anthem responded to the lawsuit on 12/4.
In their response, Anthem denied all of Meehan's allegations against them, arguing that his contract indeed ran through August 2021 "unless earlier terminated", claimed that Ryan "misstates" the contents of his exhibits including his Impact contract, that Impact commented publicly about Ryan's exit "so that Anthem's audience would not expect immediate appearances by Plaintiff at wrestling events produced by Anthem", denied that they breached the terms of his deal.
However, claiming Anthem ran over thirty days past their extension before filing their response, Meehan's attorney is arguing that since the company is "not an incompetent or a minor" but "failed and refused to answer" the lawsuit in a timely fashion, therefore Anthem is in default under the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure and there is "no reason to delay in entry of a Final Judgment" under those rules.
In his five-page lawsuit filed in the Circuit Court of Davidson County, TN on 9/15 against Anthem Wrestling, Ryan sought a $10 million dollar judgment, stating that he signed a contract on 9/1/19 that was slated to run through 8/31/21 but that the contract was breached when Impact Wrestling Executive Scott D’Amore emailed Meehan on 6/22 to inform him that the company was no longer going to be booking him due to "recent allegations" and that Anthem Wrestling Exhibitions, LLC/IMPACT Wrestling would be "making a public statement to this effect shortly."
Following that email, Meehan received a formal release notice (signed by Anthem Wrestling President Ed Nordholm) the same day (6/22), notifying him that the end of his contract was being “amended” to 6/22/20, thereby releasing him. That was followed by a public statement made by the company that they had terminated Meehan.
Meehan’s lawsuit did not divulge the reasoning as to why he was released by the company, instead focusing on the allegations that Anthem Wrestling breached its contract with him via the following:
-Anthem Wrestling "failed to perform as guaranteed in the express language of the Contract by failing to follow and abide by the terms prescribed in Article VIII. Term and Termination."
-Anthem Wrestling "failed to perform as guaranteed by failing to adhere to the express terms prescribed in Section 8.03 (a)-(i)
Meehan’s filing included a copy of his 23-page contract with the company. The aforementioned section is titled "Termination by Promoter in the Event of Breach" and noted, "Promoter shall have the right, in its sole discretion to terminate this Agreement, or suspend this Agreement for up to 3 months, both as to services and compensation.”
The section then specifically listed a number of potential causes for action to be taken by the company against a talent, including a sub-section that features the following language:
(g) Wrestler commits any act with Promoter believes, in its reasonable business judgment, would damage Wrestler's or Promoter's reputation and/or that of its affiliate, licensees, or assigns or otherwise damages the value or integrity of the Programs, the Works or the Merchandise of which could subject Wrestler to criminal prosecution;
(h) Wrestler commits any act (other than in character in accordance with direction provided to Wrestler by Promoter's Creative team) which places or could place Wrestler or Promoter (or any of its affiliates) in a patently negative light; or
(i) Any instance of a violation for which Wrestler has already received a warning, reprimand or notification therof, provided, however, that in the case of a breach under paragraphs (a), (b), (f), (g),or (h), Promoter shall provide Wrestler with written notice of breach and a 5 day cure period. If the Wrestler is unable to cure such breach after the expiration of the foregoing cure period despite the exercise of diligent efforts to cure same, then the Parties shall make good faith efforts for a period of not less than thirty (30) days to work together in good faith to resolve the matter, failing which Promoter shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement upon the expiry of such additional thirty (30) day period. In the event of the suspension and/or termination of the Term of this Agreement (or promoter's obligations hereunder) Promoter shall have no further obligation to Wrestler hereunder (during such suspension and/or following such termination, as applicable) subject only to Promoter's obligation to pay royalties and to compensate Wrestler for services fully performers prior to the date of termination. Promoter shall not be deemed to be in breach of any of its obligations under this Agreement unless and until Promoter shall have received written notice from Wrestler (specifying in detail the alleged breach and making specific reference to this paragraph and shall have failed to cure such alleged breach within thirty (30) days thereof."
Since Meehan’s lawsuit specifically points to this section of the contract, it would appear he is arguing that if Impact Wrestling felt he breached their contract agreement with him, by the letter of the agreement both sides entered, they should have informed him of the issue in writing and given him a five day period in which to resolve the issue they feel he breached. Then, if he was unable to do so, the parties would have thirty days to attempt to work out a resolution before Impact would have had the actual right to terminate Meehan’s contract with the company. By not following that procedure, Meehan is alleging that due to Anthem Wrestling's actions, he has suffered "substantial monetary damage to his income, as well as damage to his reputation."
As noted, Meehan is seeking a judgment of ten million dollars against Anthem due to damages "he has suffered, which were caused by the Defendant's actions." He is also requesting he be "awarded reasonable attorney fees for the prosecution of this cause" and that the all costs be covered by the Defendant, Anthem Wrestling. He is also asking for any other "further and general relief" the Court may rule he is entitled.
Meehan was the subject of numerous accusations during the #SpeakingOut movement on Twitter over the summer of 2020. Meehan’s work as a professional wrestler and independent wrestling promoter halted when the allegations first came to light. Meehan did answer some of the claims in a now-deleted YouTube video. He is not known to have, as of this writing, been criminally charged in relation to any of the accusations, which could be a sticking point in his breach claim against Impact.
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