Leo
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Post by Leo on Jul 1, 2023 15:26:26 GMT -5
WCW News and Notes
Warrior in WCW, but for how long?
Word backstage in WCW is Shane McMahon’s obsession with providing surprises on the pre-show of pay-per-views led to him bringing in the Ultimate Warrior, possibly the biggest name not signed to any UWA promotion. However, it’s believed the Warrior was on the shelf because of his erratic behavior and poor match quality. Many believe McMahon will let the Warrior go after he helps to pop a buy rate for Phoenix Rising. Fuller and Jones being transitioned
Robert Fuller and Paul Jones are being transitioned from on-air managers to backstage road agents. They might still appear on television occasionally or be managers again in the future. Word is Molly Holly could be transitioned to a backstage road agent role as well and only wrestle sporadically when needed. Hart in, Owens out
Several UWA promotions were interested in getting Bret Hart from the reformed World Class Championship Wrestling. Hart let it be known to management he was most interested in going to WCW because of Owen Hart, Davey Boy Smith and Jim Neidhart being there. WCCW was most interested in Kevin Owens, because it also has Sami Zayn. Paul Orndorff was also rumored to be on the table from WCW. WCW in talks with Playboy?
Word is Shane McMahon doesn’t want to revisit the Attitude Era, but isn’t against doing more mature storylines with the Mickie James-Rick Martel-Nick Aldis love triangle and Tony Atlas having a foot fetish. He’s allegedly taken phone calls with Hugh Hefner of Playboy Magazine to strike up a partnership like the adult magazine once had with WWE. Hefner is rumored to be most interested in Charlotte Flair, the All-Sister Squadron of Gigi Dolin and Nikkita Lyons or the Nitro Girls. Lady Frost is lobbying behind the scenes, because she feels being a Playboy centerfold would be a good way to help keep her position on the card after her short-lived tenure as WCW Women’s Champion was viewed as a bust. WCW deal with SCA ending
The WCW television contract with Sports Channel America ends July 31. WCW absorbed the contract originally negotiated by Andy Kaufman as a goodwill gesture. The promotion is currently only airing the weekly recap show, Power Hour, and the monthly ppv pre-shows. Word behind the scenes is the pre-shows would be transitioned to Tubi as a streaming exclusive. Tubi is owned by Fox, but because of football season and other sports wouldn’t want to run a weekend wrestling pre-show on Fox or Fox Sports. The Power Hour recap show will remain and run at 11 a.m. Saturdays on Fox Sports.
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Post by fifthhorseman on Jul 3, 2023 13:40:32 GMT -5
Look for new AWA head booker Gabe Sapolsky to make some moves in the near future. He has indicated that he wants to shake things up in the tag-team and Mid-Heavyweight divisions during his run, and is willing to listen to other veterans in the company as well as Director of Marketing Herb Abrams. As with his predecessors Stu Hart and Eddie Graham, Sapolsky has near-total control over the book, but AWA owner Verne Gagne is still the boss.
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Post by Road Warrior Shark on Jul 3, 2023 20:46:02 GMT -5
Video Announcement from Conrad Thompson.
Conrad: Well folks, it is official and I cannot wait. We are kicking of World Class Championship Wrestling with Texas Heat on Friday, July 28th. We will be live in the Comerica Center in Frisco, Texas, right in the DFW Metroplex, the heart of World Class country.
We will see a couple of exciting matches, including two title matches. PAC will defend his newly awarded Southwest Championship against KENTA.
UWA Tag Team Champions FTR will defend their titles against the legendary Motor City Machine Guns.
If that isn't enough, Bruce and I have booked a match that would definitely get 7 stars in the Tokyo Dome, because, well, it's already done that many times over. I am very excited to announce that we will see "The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada take on "The Ace" Hiroshi Tanahashi. And, as an added incentive, the winner of this bout will claim a spot in the Texas Heavyweight Title Four Way Match coming in August
All this and more coming to you live from Frisco, Deep in the heart of The Metroplex
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Leo
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Post by Leo on Jul 10, 2023 19:42:00 GMT -5
WCW forms booking committee
Shane McMahon, behind the scenes, has formed a booking/creative committee to help him put together matches and storylines. It consists of the newly hired Dutch Mantel, Paul Jones, Robert Fuller, Molly Holly and William Regal. McMahon will be the head and have final say.
Mantel and Holly will wrestle occasionally with Regal working a more full-time schedule. Fuller is back on television full-time as a manager, but Jones will most likely be kept off TV for the time being. Holly, Fuller, Jones and Mantel are also working as backstage agents.
McMahon purposely wanted to keep main event or near main event talent with booking experience off the committee, such as Hulk Hogan and Dusty Rhodes.
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Post by Road Warrior Shark on Jul 12, 2023 15:12:26 GMT -5
World Class Championship Wrestling announced today that they have sold out the Comerica Center in Frisco for Texas Heat on July 28th.
Tickets are now on sale for the next 2 WCCW events, both coming in August.
Lone Star Live Aug 11, from the Strahan Arena in San Marcos, Texas
Texas Forever August 25th, from the Reed arena in College Station, Texas
WCCW also officially revealed their in-arena and television announcing team.
Ring Announcer: Marc Lowrance
Interview Host: Kayla Braxton
Broadcast Announce Team: Jack Buck & Renee Paquette
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Post by fifthhorseman on Jul 16, 2023 19:02:26 GMT -5
AWA WrestleRockLucas Oil Stadium - Indianapolis Two nights in August - match order to be determined, this post will be regularly updated...HELL IN A CELL AWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH CHRISTIAN CAGE vs. BARRY WINDHAM (c, w/Jim Cornette) UWA UNIVERSAL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE AND LOU THESZ MUST WIN THEIR OWN CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES TO PARTICIPATE CHRIS JERICHO (c) vs. DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE vs. LOU THESZ
UWA UNIVERSAL TAG-TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH JAY and MARK BRISCOE vs. FTR (c) 60-MINUTE IRONMAN MATCH AWA WORLD MID-HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH The DYNAMITE KID vs. LOU THESZ (c) AWA INTERCONTINENTAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH BATISTA vs. DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE (c) STRAP MATCH ARN ANDERSON vs. TULLY BLANCHARD (w/Freddie Blassie) IF HE LOSES, HE MUST UNMASK RIC FLAIR (w/Freddie Blassie) vs. the MIDNIGHT RIDER
FATAL FOUR-WAY MATCH AMAZING RED vs. MONTEZ FORD vs. AJ STYLES vs. X-PAC
DEMOLITION vs. DOOM BRYAN DANIELSON vs. DAMIAN PRIEST
MIKE AWESOME (w/the Grand Wizard) vs. "SUPERSTAR" BILLY GRAHAM
SIX-TEAM ELIMINATION TAG-TEAM MATCH AMERICA'S MOST WANTED, the MIDNIGHT EXPRESS (w/Jim Cornette), and the MONARCHY (WILL OSPREAY and NIGEL McGUINNESS)
vs. BADD COMPANY, PAUL LONDON and BRIAN KENDRICK, and LANCE STORM and JERRY LYNN TED DiBIASE and STEVE WILLIAMS vs. MIKE ROTUNDA and MR. JONES
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Leo
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Post by Leo on Jul 22, 2023 15:30:55 GMT -5
WCW Phoenix Rising
Elimination Chamber for the WCW World Heavyweight Title "Macho Man" Randy Savage (c) vs. "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior vs. Kurt Angle vs. "Latino Heat" Eddie Guerrero vs. "Stunning" Steve Austin
Rhea Ripley vs. Kamille Kaine
Kiss My Foot Match "Big Cat" Ernie Ladd vs. "Mr. nWo" Tony Atlas with Maria Kannellis-Bennett
UWA Universal Men's Title "Lionheart" Chris Jericho (c) vs. "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig with Col. Robert Fuller
WCW U.S. Title Mickie James suspended above the ring in a shark cage Rick Martel (c) vs. "National Treasure" Nick Aldis
UWA Universal Women's Title Jade Cargill (c) vs. "The Queen" Charlotte Flair
"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes vs. Magnum TA
UWA Universtal Tag Team Titles The New Foundation (Owen Hart and Jim Neidhart) (c) vs. FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler)
Submission Match for the WCW Wild Card Title Killer Kross (c) with Maria Kannellis-Bennett vs. Bret "The Hitman" Hart
WCW U.S. Tag Team Titles The Miracle Workers (Eli Drake and Mike Bennett) (c) with Maria Kannellis-Bennett vs. Harts Afire (Keith and Bruce Hart)
Harry Smith vs. Davey Boy Smith
Winner Joins the nWo Taya Valkyrie vs. Tamina Snuka
Jake "The Snake" Roberts and Black Mamba vs. The Pillmans (Brian Sr. and Brian Jr.)
"The Man With the Hands of Stone" Ronnie Garvin vs. "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff with Col. Robert Fuller
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Post by DaveW on Jul 22, 2023 16:09:04 GMT -5
OVW : Blood war
OVW World Heavyweight Championship
Lex Luger (c) Vs The Miz
OVW Women’s championship
Jackie Moore ( c) Vs Aj Lee
Ovw Southern Tag team Championship : 4 way tag match
The New Blood ( Hart & Steamboat ) Vs The Billington Bulldogs ( mark & Tom ) Vs The Von Erichs ( Ross & Marshal) Vs The Future ( DiBiasie jr & Fatu ) ( c)
Ovw Kentucky championship : 3 way match
Tito Santana ( c) Vs Ox Baker Vs Gunther
Sd Jones Vs. Bad News Brown
Match 2 of best of 7 : Ambulance Match
Edge ( 1-0) vs Bobby Lashley ( 0 - 1)
Blood War Cage Match
Brent Albright ,Alexander Hammerstone, Kronik ( Adams & Clark ) Vs Ethan Carter III , Dan Spivey , The Koloffs ( Ivan & Nikita )
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Post by Joe on Jul 26, 2023 8:27:33 GMT -5
So, I'm going to be doing some switching up of my programming. I have been too busy the last couple of weeks to follow up with my Thursday shows, and I put out two shows the week of Extreme Heat, and I just don't think that is feasible in the long run. I think I just need to run on Saturdays exclusively. I'll try to start it off next week and do a series of like 3 or 4 two hour regular shows and then a three hour monthly special event similar to how AEW has been doing special events on free TV.
We will be calling the new weekly program "Saturday Night STORM" and then we will have special names for the bigger events. Hopefully I can keep up with that, as I have been enjoying doing weekly TV, but my schedule has been a bit hectic lately.
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Post by DaveW on Jul 29, 2023 9:26:24 GMT -5
OVW announcement
Scott D’Amore: Here at Ohio Valley we feel we have a a great roster of talented Women . So at Blood War per show we will hold a battle royal to crown the first ever Women’s Continental champion. Also after what happened on Wldside Ivory has ask to be a full time wrestler again
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Post by sethisthegoat on Aug 1, 2023 9:10:41 GMT -5
AEW All-Atlantic Championship Rebranding and more The AEW All-Atlantic Championship, currently held by Brian Cage, is being re-branded as the International Championship. Additionally, AEW is making the champion available to other promotions to promote the belt's true status as an international title.
"All Elite Wrestling is all about breaking down the barriers between promotions and growing the sport as a whole," said AEW President and CEO Tony Khan. "This is why we are making the champion available to promotions worldwide."
AEW International Champion Brian Cage relishes the opportunity to travel the world and defend the belt and AEW's honor elsewhere.
"I don't care where I wrestle or what ring I'm in. The bottom line is that, whoever is on the other side of the ring is going to get demolished," Cage said.
In AEW, Cage is scheduled to defend the International Championship against Big E Langston on August 18 during AEW's Summer Smash event.
TL;DR - AEW's International Champion is available for bookings and title defenses any time. Message me for booking and ideas.
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Post by Road Warrior Shark on Aug 5, 2023 18:51:24 GMT -5
WCCW has finalized their show schedule through the end of 2023. Friday, August 11th | Lone Star Live | Strahan Arena | San Marcos, Texas | Friday, August 25th | Texas Forever | Reed Arena | College Station, Texas | Friday, September 25th | Lone Star Live | Taylor County Coliseum | Abilene, Texas | Friday, September 29th | Friday Night Lights | Ratliff Stadium | Odessa, Texas | Friday, October 13th | Lone Star Live | Don Haskins Center | El Paso, Texas | Friday, October 27th | Badlands Battleground | The Pit | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Saturday, November 11th | Lone Star Live | Events Center | Fort Cavazos, Texas | Friday, November 24th | Black Friday | AT&T Center | San Antonio, Texas | Friday, December 15th | Lone Star Live | Ferrell Center | Waco, Texas | Sunday, December 31st | The End | Globe Life Field | Arlington, Texas |
Also, An announcement concerning the World Class Tag Team Title Tournament is expected to be made at Texas Forever on August 25th. Don't forget to tune in on August 11th for the Open Invitational Battle Royal for the fourth and final spot in the Texas Heavyweight Title Fatal Four Way Match at Texas Forever
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Post by fifthhorseman on Aug 17, 2023 21:13:53 GMT -5
Breaking news from the AWA - because of injuries sustained on the latest episode of All-Star Wrestling, Mr. Jones will be unable to compete in the scheduled match between he and Mike Rotunda versus Steve Williams and Ted DiBiase. Rather than postpone the match, AWA President Jack Tunney will allow Rotunda to name a substitute tag-team partner.
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Post by Joe on Aug 20, 2023 22:48:16 GMT -5
It has been announced that the ECW video library will be available for streaming on Paramount Plus starting in November.
Earlier this year Ultimate Pro Wrestling minority owner Freddie Prinze Jr. purchased the rights to the ECW name and library, and now has licensed the steaming rights to Paramount, who carries UPW programming.
Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter is reporting that Prinze and company may have interest in trying to revive the brand in some way, shape, or fashion, but that is purely speculation at this time.
In the meantime, we can all get excited to watch ECW's hardcore back catalogue on Paramount Plus in the near future.
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Post by Joe on Sept 4, 2023 11:15:17 GMT -5
I will be running the next UPW event, "No Escape", on Saturday, October 30th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV. The card is as follows:
Bandido vs. Dragon Lee vs. Nathan Frazer vs. Ricochet
Chad Gable vs. Tyson Kidd
Alpha Dogs vs. Johnny Gargano & Darby Allin
UPW Paramount Title Rush vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
UPW Tag Team Title Undisputed Era vs. TMDK
UPW X Division Title "Speedball" Mike Bailey vs. Shane "Swerve" Strickland
Last Man Standing Match Ilja Dragunov vs. Oney Lorcan
UPW Pure Title Kyle O'Reilly vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
Cage Match Chris Dijak vs. Lance Archer
Street Fight CM Punk vs. John Morrison
UPW Premier Title Buddy Matthews vs. "Switchblade" Jay White
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