Jeff Jarrett has started the process of contacting talent to appear at the upcoming Global Force Wrestling TV tapings in Las Vegas beginning in July. Jarrett confirmed in a interview that he was in talks with at least three networks regarding a TV deal. According to Dave Meltzer from Wrestling Observer Newsletter, of the talent being contacted for the tapings, Jarrett is reportedly offering better money than Ring of Honor.
Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter via WrestleView
Fight Network announced the following yesterday (Thursday, April 16, 2015).
Tommy Dreamer’s House of Hardcore Coming to Fight Network
Toronto – Fight Network, the world’s premier 24/7 television channel dedicated to complete coverage of combat sports, today announced a global programming deal with professional wrestling legend Tommy Dreamer’s promotion House of Hardcore.
Fight Network will televise eight one-hour shows featuring highlights from all the House of Hardcore events to date, beginning on Tuesday, May 12 at 9 p.m. ET. New episodes will premiere on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET for eight consecutive weeks leading up to the debut House of Hardcore live event in Canada on July 18 in Toronto.
House of Hardcore on Fight Network will air on Cablevision’s Optimum TV, Grande Communications, Shentel Cable and Armstrong Cable in the U.S., nationwide in Canada, Roku devices across North America, and globally in over 30 countries across Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
For more information on House of Hardcore go to http://www.houseofhardcore.net
For a full listing of Fight Network’s broadcast schedule, please visit http://tv.fightnetwork.com
Legends of Memphis Wrestling Reunion this weekend April 17 & 18 at the Pop!Con Comic Convention in Evansville, Indiana at the Evansville National Guard Armory. Legends in attendance will be – Jerry “The King” Lawler, “Superstar” Bill Dundee, “The Voice of Memphis” Lance Russell, “Boogie Woogie Man” “Handsome” Jimmy Valiant & “Dangerous” Doug Gilbert
Friday -April 17 4PM-8PM and Saturday – April 18 10AM-5PM
For tickets and information visit http://www.popconevansville.com
Pop!Con posted the following on their facebook page:
POP!CON is proud to announce the FAN’S Hall of Fame induction of Bill “Superstar” Dundee and the Gilbert Family (Tommy, Eddie and Doug).
Jimmy Valiant and Jerry Lawler are WWE Hall of Famers and they will be helping us honor Lance Russell, Superstar and the Gilbert’s.
FRIDAY 4PM to 8PM is PREVIEW NIGHT – The Legends of Memphis Wrestling will be LIVE and in person at Pop!Con meeting and greeting everyone! PLUS a sitdown interview with The Voice of Wrestling, Lance Russell.
SATURDAY 10AM to 5PM – Jerry “The King” Lawler joins the other legends for a full day of awards and presentations and a VIP EXCLUSIVE Memphis Wrestling Q&A. All the legends will be on hand to answer any questions that you’ve been wanting the answers to for years.
MEET AND GREET ALL THE LEGENDS! THE ONLY PRICE YOU PAY IS ADMISSION, $10 Fri, $15 Sat or the ALL WEEKEND PASS for $20.
http://www.POPCONEVANSVILLE.COM
There are only a few VIP POWERSLAM PACKAGES AVAILABLE at https://eventgrid.com/Events/15835/popcon-2015-evansville-indiana/Dates/15994
The legends will be available for photo ops on Saturday only at an additional cost – info at the link above.
It is being reported by PWInsider that Las Vegas wrestling promotion Paragon Pro Wrestling informed the talent in their locker room that the company would soon be announcing a national television deal.
The deal will be with Pop TV, formerly known as the TV Guide Network. The channel is available in standard definition on both DirecTV and Dish Network, and high definition on Verizon FiOS. The channel is a joint venture between CBS Corporation and Lions Gate Entertainment. The channel is available in 80 million homes.
PPW features talent from the southern California area, and has also seen the likes of former WWE talents Gangrel and Victoria. It appears that former TNA announcer Todd Kenely will be handling announcing duties for the show.
PWInsider also reports that PPW taped television Tuesday night and had state of the art equipment on hand. Current Lucha Underground announcer Matt Striker is rumored to be directing and producing.
The roster was told that the show will debut sometime this summer.
Source: PWInsider via WrestlingINC.com
Jeff Jarrett’s Global Force Wrestling announced a deal with Bandit Lites for their upcoming live shows. Here is the press release:
GFW TO PARTNER WITH BANDIT LITES, THE GLOBAL LEADER IN EVENT AND CONCERT LIGHTING
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – When Global Force Wrestling brings i’s fresh, high-energy, fan-friendly brand to Las Vegas for their first taping of its broadcast shows on July 24 at the Orleans Arena, Bandit Lites will light the way.
Bandit, a 22-time winner of lighting company of the year is the worldwide leader in event and concert lighting. Born in the 1960s in Kingsport, Tennessee, Bandit is headquartered in Knoxville and has offices in Nashville, San Francisco, London, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The company has done all of the lighting for Garth Brooks concerts and specials for years, as well as hundreds of other musical acts including Aerosmith, Queen, Van Halen, Jimmy Buffett, Jason Aldean, Toby Keith, Miranda Lambert and Keith Urban. Bandit has lit special events for President Clinton, the NFL and the Make A Wish Foundation, among myriad others.
Bandit also is no stranger to combat sports, having done lighting for the UFC, WCW and WWE, including 16 WrestleManias.
“Bandit Lites is innovative, committed and the worldwide leader in its field.” said Jeff Jarrett, GFW Founder and CEO. “Those are traits that make it a perfect partner for Global Force Wrestling as it embarks in its journey to capture the hearts and imaginations of fans around the world.”
GFW’s first three shows at the Orleans Arena will take place on Friday, July 24; Friday, Aug. 21 and Friday Oct. 23.
“We’re looking forward to bringing the best production values in al of entertainment to GFW at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas,” said Michael T. Strickland, Founder and CEO of Bandit.
Are you a fan of WMMA? Will you be watching InvictaFC 12? Are you a fan of Stephanie the scrapper Skinner? Do you like winning prizes? If you answered yes to one or more of these questions you’re going to love this announcement.
Thanks to the awesome people at Sangre Mgmt & Lubmma this is being made possible. The people who paid $25 to have their Twitter handle on Stephanie’s banner will be entered into a raffle. The person selected during the raffle will win Stephanie’s fight banner signed by the scrapper herself.
Now here’s the catch. The winner will be announced right here exclusively on WrestlingNewsBlog so you’ll have to be following us on Twitter @WrestleNewsBlog. The announcement will be made the night of invictaFC 12 on April 24th, 2015
Stephanie Skinner who is (4-5) will be making her InvictaFC debut against Cassie Rodish (5-4) in an atomweight bout.
InvictaFC 12 will take place live from unicipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo. InvictaFC will be available for viewing live on UFC fight pass.
The full InvictaFC 12 fight card is as follows
Strawweight Title: Katja Kankaanpää (10-1-1) vs. Livia Renata Souza (7-0)
Flyweight: Roxanne Modafferi (17-11) vs. Vanessa Porto (17-6)
Featherweight: Amanda Bell (3-2) vs. Faith Van Duin (4-1)
Bantamweight: Ediane Gomes (10-3) vs. Raquel Pa’aluhi (4-4)
Featherweight: Peggy Morgan (3-2) vs. Latoya Walker (4-0)
Strawweight: Lacey Schuckman (10-8) vs. Jenny Liou (3-1)
Atomweight: Cassie Rodish (5-4) vs. Stephanie Skinner (4-5)
Strawweight: Delaney Owen (3-1) vs. Sharon Jacobson (2-1)
Flyweight: Shannon Sinn (1-2) vs. Maureen Riordon (0-1)
Flyweight: Roma Pawelek (1-0) vs. Sijara Eubanks (0-0)
We here at WrestlingNewsBlog are extramlu excited about this
Partnership. We would also like to take a moment to thank Juan Lanza for coming together with us and allowing us to use the site as a platform for this contest.
-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)
This is not a late April Fool’s joke. The WWE just sent out word that April Jenette Brooks better known as AJ Lee has decided to retire from professional Wrestling. The WWE wishes AJ well and so do we here at WrestlingNewsBlog.
AJ was on the very first all female version of the completion show “NXT”. She made it to the final 3, AJ Lee is also a former GM of Raw, main eventef Raw multiple times and is a 3 time divas champion and not to mention the longest reigning divas champ of all time.
One of AJ’s most iconic moments was when she dropped her “pipebombshell” on the cast of total divas in 2014. One of my personal favorite AJ moments is the ongoing feud she had with real life best friend Kaitlyn (Celeste Braun)
I know today is a sad day for many fans but I honestly can’t say I didn’t see this one coming. With her husband CM Punk No longer a worker for WWE it was only a matter of time before we saw AJ Lee leave as well.
You can’t blame her for wanting to live a normal life with her husband but one thing is Forsure the black widow crazy chick has left her mark on the WWE and will be forever remembered.
Feel free to share your favorite AJ moments with us in the comments or you can tweet us @WrestleNewsBlog
-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)
Former Ring Of Honor Champion Tommaso Ciampa announced his departure from ROH on Twitter.
Due to technical difficulties we had to reschedule the WrestleMania 31 recap podcast with ED & Vanessa for today at 5pm ET/2pm PT.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/edboston or call in and listen (347) 324-5417
Sting did a interview with The Associated Press today and revealed that this will probably be his last match saying that he has to be realistic.
Seems like the stinger knows that age is a factor and he wants one last chance to preform for a crowd of wrestling fans before he’s unable to do so.
With this news coming to surface how do you think it’ll affect the match at mania and the WWE’s plans going forward?
-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)
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