Author: John Bass

Jerry Lawler Issues Statement On Former Podcast Co-Host Scamming Fans Out Of Thousands Of Dollars

WWE Hall of Famer Jerry Lawler took to Twitter today to issue a statement on the allegations made against his former podcast co-host Glenn Moore. Several fans spoke out this week and revealed that Moore has scammed them after offering commissioned art pieces by Lawler and merchandise through Lawler’s website.

“I’m sure many of you have heard that some of my fans have been taken advantage of through a dishonest scheme that I was never aware of. Let it be known that I am not doing art commissions nor do I have any memorabilia for sale. So, if someone promotes or advertises or contacts you for services on my behalf, IT IS NOT LEGITIMATE! I am working to get this unfortunate situation resolved as quickly as possible and I apologize to my fans that have been affected by this,” Lawler wrote on Twitter today.

As seen in the screenshots below, fans are alleging that Moore scammed them out of thousands of dollars. Lawler spoke with WMC5 in Memphis, the local NBC affiliate, and said he’s trying to make things right.

“I’m totally shocked by this behavior,” Lawler of Moore. “I mean, we did like 90 podcasts together over a period of years. This is a guy I thought was a friend and I trusted him. I’m certainly sorry this has happened.”

Lawler said Moore’s behavior changed after he lost his public relations job back in December. Moore promised to make amends to Lawler, but he has no money. Lawler wanted his fans to know that he will fix this. Lawler’s lawyer has advised him to file a police report.

“We’re gonna work to try to make this thing right,” Lawler said, “one way or another. Hopefully, we’ll be able to get people’s money back. If not, we’ll get them the artwork they tried to buy.”

Moore has been silent on Twitter since June 7, likely due to the massive backlash from fans.

You can see the related tweets below:

https://twitter.com/JerryLawler/status/1147166112930586624

https://twitter.com/JerryLawler/status/1147166133868552193

https://twitter.com/ryansatin/status/1146488418882355201

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Impact Wrestling Slammiversary XVII 7/7/19

July 7, 2019 at 8:00 PM ET, Gilley’s Dallas, Dallas, Texas – Available on FITE, Traditional PPV

Impact World Championship: (C) Brian Cage vs. Michael Elgin

X-Division Championship: (C) Rich Swann vs. Johnny Impact

Impact Knockouts Championship – Monster’s Ball Match: (C) Taya Valkyrie vs. Rosemary vs. Su Yung vs. Havok

Impact World Tag Team Championship: (C) LAX vs. The Rascalz

First Blood Match: Killer Kross vs. Eddie Edwards

Moose vs. RVD

Sami Callihan vs. Tessa Blanchard

 

 

NJPW G1 Climax 29: Dallas Final Card 7/6/19

NJPW G1 Climax: Dallas will take place tomorrow from the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. The event will air live on AXS TV at 6 pm ET.

Tomorrow’s card will be the kickoff of this year’s G1 Climax, featuring the A Block matches.

A BLOCK MATCH
Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi

A BLOCK MATCH
Kota Ibushi vs. KENTA

A BLOCK MATCH
SANADA vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

A BLOCK MATCH
EVIL vs. Bad Luck Fale

A BLOCK MATCH
Will Ospreay vs. Lance Archer

Jushin Thunder Liger, Juice Robinson, and Toru Yano vs. BUSHI, Shingo Takagi, and Tetsuya Naito

YOSHI-HASHI and Hirooki Goto vs. Chase Owens and Jay White

Shota Umino and Tomohiro Ishii vs. Ren Narita

Roppongi 3K vs. Guerrillas of Destiny,

MLW Presents Kings of Colosseum LIVE on beIN SPORTS 7/6/19

Major League Wrestling present its next live national network special this Saturday night July 6 on beIN Sports at 9pm EST / 6pm PST entitled “MLW: KINGS OF COLOSSEUM”.  (buy tickets)

Emanating from Cicero Stadium in Chicago, “Filthy” Tom Lawlor will defend the World Heavyweight Championship against 300 pound Jacob Fatu of CONTRA Unit in the main event.

Saturday’s broadcast will also feature the first-ever Jim Cornette Experience LIVE.  The legendary Jim Cornette will interview Promociones Dorado empresaria Salina de la Renta. What happens when the outspoken Cornette tangles with the Bruja? Anything can and will happen on the Jim Cornette Experience LIVE!

Fresh off of being crowned the inaugural National Openweight Champion, Alex Hammerstone will host the “Star Spangled Hammer Challenge”. Who will step up to take on the new champ? Find out this Saturday night LIVE on beIN SPORTS!

In middleweight action, Rey Horus will collide with Myron Reed. Will the Tijuana Thriller bump Reed down in the rankings or will the #Justice crusader clinch a critical victory?

Watch MLW Kings of Colosseum LIVE on beIN SPORTS this Saturday night July 6th at 9pm EST/6pm PST.

If you’re in the Chicagoland area, extremely limited tickets are available for $10 at MLWTickets.com.

The card begins locally at 7pm CT; with the live broadcast beginning 9pm ET/8pm CT.

Impact Wrestling Preview 7/5/19

Tonight on the final Impact before Slammiversary:

* TJP vs. Ace Austin

* Which Rascalz are going to Slammiversary? We will find out when Dez, Wentz and Trey all battle to determine who will advance to Slammiversary to challenge for the World Tag Team Titles. The Rascalz decided to take it to the ring to make this difficult decision. The Rascal that is pinned will be the one who is out.

* Madison Rayne vs. Kiera Hogan

* Johnny Impact & John E Bravo vs. Rich Swann & Willie Mack

Booker T Backs Out Of Starrcast III Convention

WWE Hall of Famer Booker T announced on Twitter earlier this week that he was backing out of the Starrcast III convention in Chicago next month. The convention is running in conjunction with AEW’s All Out pay-per-view in the Chicago area.

Dave Meltzer of F4Wonline.com reported that Booker pulled out of All Out after agreeing to come, which if this wasn’t a typo, could indicate Booker was planning on attending the AEW pay-per-view. Meltzer added that Booker said, when pulling out of the event, that he found out the WWE vs. AEW war was very real, and he didn’t want to be in the middle of it. Meltzer also said he was told to expect “another major counter by WWE” soon.

Booker still makes appearances on WWE pay-per-view panels, and is likely signed to a Legends deal. It’s interesting that WWE may have influenced his decision to back out of Starrcast as they apparently do not have issues with him working with Impact Wrestling. Booker’s Reality of Wrestling promotion is teaming with Impact this Saturday, July 6, for a joint show in Texas City, TX, at the World Gym Arena that ROW owns.

You can see Booker’s tweet on the Starrcast booking below:

Source: Wrestling Inc.

WWE Officials Upset With How The WWE UK Title Was Disrespected At A Recent OTT Indie Event

WWE officials are reportedly not happy over how the WWE UK Title was used at a recent indie event in Ireland, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Indie wrestler David Starr, who has spoken out against WWE several times in the past, faced WWE UK Champion WALTER in the main event of Over The Top Wrestling’s WrestleRama 3 event in Dublin, Ireland from the National Basketball Arena, back on June 23. They did an angle during the match that saw Starr grab the title, shout at WALTER for selling out, and then disrespect the title by stomping on it. Fans in the arena popped for the spot and WALTER would go on to win the match.

It was originally believed that WWE approved the angle with the title belt, but that’s not the case. WWE did not give the OK for the belt to be stomped on, and very few knew about it ahead of time. The Observer reports that WALTER and Starr made the call to shock people live, knowing it would get over in a big way. The reaction from within WWE was not positive as many wrestlers thought it was disrespectful and the higher-ups weren’t happy either.

There’s no word yet on if the heat will lead to any kind of punishment for WALTER, or if it would stop WWE from allowing talents to work future OTT events.

Pete Dunne ended up knocking Starr on Twitter, which you can see below. You can see also see fan footage of the spot below:

https://twitter.com/PeteDunneYxB/status/1143128317975027712

https://twitter.com/irishslamdan/status/1142923351347912704

https://twitter.com/irishslamdan/status/1143120778638123008

Source: Wrestling Inc.

NJPW Announces Special Seating For Women At The Two-Day Wrestle Kingdom 14 Event

New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced that there will be a special ticket offer for female fans attending the big Wrestle Kingdom 14 event on January 4 and 5, 2020 at the Tokyo Dome in Japan.

There will be a special section of seats inside the Tokyo Dome that are for women only. The tickets will include a special gift at no additional charge. The special ladies tickets will cost 12,500JPY for ArenaB seating (13,000JPY on the day of the event) and 9,500JPY for 1F Stand seats (10,000JPY on the day of the event).

Tickets for the big two-day WK14 event will go on sale Friday, July 12.

Below is the full announcement on the female seating from NJPW:

Tickets for “Ladies Seat” in Wrestle Kingdom 14 will be available for female fans! Includes a special gift!For “Wrestle KINGDOM 14 in Tokyo Dome” on Saturday January 4 2020 and on Sunday January 5 2020, we will offer special tickets for female customers.

Come to our events with female friends, sisters, mothers or daughters! We want to make sure all female fans feel comfortable when coming to our events. We want to warmly welcome long time fans and newcomers who might feel anxious watching professional wrestling in a live environment for the first time.

The number of seats is limited, so make sure to check it out as soon as you can!

* Tickets include a special gift at no additional charge!

More details will be announced at a later date.

[WRESTLE KINGDOM 14 in Tokyo Dome]
Saturday, January 4, 2020
Door 15:00
Start 17:00

Sunday, January 5, 2020
Door 13:00
Start 15:00

[Ticket tiers]
Ladies’ seat(ArenaB/ including special gift) 12,500JPY (13,000JPY for an event-day ticket)

Ladies’ seat(1F Stand/ including special gift) 9,500JPY (10,000JPY for an event-day ticket)

[General sale]
Available from Friday, July 12th 2019

* eplus (English version is available)
https://ib.eplus.jp/

* Lawson Tickets (You can purchase them through Loppi) – Japan only
https://l-tike.com/sports/mevent/?mid=188643

Tickets are available at the Loppi machine in Lawson convenience stores in Japan

* TOKON SHOP in Suidobashi
Tel. 03-3511-9901 (tickets not able to be reserved over the phone)

* Tickets only on sale via the above agencies.

Please note the following points:

* Ladies’ seats are available for women only. Regardless of age, only female guests can watch the event in the area. Male guests are strictly prohibited from sitting in the designated areas, even if accompanied by a woman.

* If children who are younger than elementary school age use a ladies’ seat or sit on their parent’s lap, they must also be girls.

* Please note that younger children can view the event accompanied by a parent or guardian and sit on their lap (one child per adult).

* Personal ID, identifying yourself as a woman, is needed on the day of the event. Please present it if asked.

* A fixed area of Arena B and 1F Stands is designated as ladies-only. Even if these tickets sell-out, there will be no additional ladies only seating.

* Sales will end early if all tickets are sold, event day tickets might not be available. We appreciate your understanding.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Wrestling Legend Perro Aguayo Passes Away At 73-Years-Old

Lucha legend Perro Aguayo has passed away at the age of 73-years-old.

Perros del Mal announced Pedro Aguayo’s passing Wednesday evening via Facebook.

AAA confirmed the unfortunate news not long after and Lucha Libre CMLL commented on the wrestling legend’s death, calling him “one of the greatest figures of this sport.”

Aguayo is one of the biggest non-masked draws in the history of Mexican wrestling. Perro also helped establish AAA in the ’90s. His feud with Dos Caras and Konnan was a major box office draw.

American wrestling fans might be more familiar with Aguayo for the appearance he made in the 1997 Royal Rumble. He appeared in the match alongside other famous luchadors.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

 

You may recall that Aguayo’s son Perro Aguayo Jr. (El Hijo del Perro Aguayo) died after a mishap in a match with Rey Mysterio at a show in Tijuana, Mexico in March of 2015.

WWE Reportedly Worried About Losing Teenage Fans To AEW, Backstage News On Ricochet’s Push

WWE officials have been very aware that they have lost touch with a key demographic – teenagers, according to Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Radio.

There’s reportedly been concern that the company will completely lose their teenage viewers when AEW TV starts on TNT in the fall.

WWE’s recent attempts at an edgier product will work with keeping teenage fans and making new ones in that demographic. There was a feeling that they had to take this new edgier direction to help with the demo, and for other obvious reasons.

Regarding Superstars that could connect with teenagers, Meltzer noted that there aren’t many younger top talents on the main roster, but we could see some called up soon.

The new push for WWE United States Champion Ricochet is likely being done, at least in part, to help with the teenage demographic. New RAW Executive Director Paul Heyman is said to be very high on Ricochet. Meltzer noted that Ricochet is a talent that can likely appeal to teenagers and that is a new goal for the company – to make sure teenagers don’t go to AEW before their weekly TV show starts later this year.

Source: Wrestling Inc.