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Wrestling News Blog Podcast Episode Two – King Kong Bundy, AEW, Memphis Wrestling & More

In this week’s Wrestling News Blog Podcast Episode Two, Ed remembers King Kong Bundy, discusses All Elite Wrestling, Memphis Wrestling, Jim Ross and more.

Segment One – King Kong Bundy

Segment Two – This past week in wrestling news

Segment Three -All Elite Wrestling (AEW)

Segment Four -RAW Women’s Championship Triple Threat Match at WrestleMania 35: (C) Ronda Rousey vs. Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair

Segment five – Blast from the Past: Jerry Lawler foes in Memphis Wrestling Territory

Wrestling News Blog Podcast is available on all major podcast apps such as Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts and Stitcher.

AEW Files New Trademark Application

On February 28, 2019, All Elite Wrestling, LLC applied for yet another trademark through the United States Patent & Trademark Office. This time, AEW is applying to trademark ‘All Elite Wrestling – AEW’.

According to the filing, “[t]he mark consists of the term ALL ELITE WRESTLING AEW surrounded by rectangular border, with the words ‘ALL ELITE’ in smaller font on top, the stylized wording AEW in bigger font in the middle, and the word ‘WRESTLING’ in smaller font at the bottom.”

Moreover, the design is to be associated with AEW music and ringtones, merchandise such as posters and trading cards, mugs and glassware, toys and Christmas ornaments, clothing, bags and backpacks, various forms of retail sales, as well as the live streaming of events, among other things.

This filing comes hot off the heels of news that AEW’s prior trademark applications (the original AEW design and wordmark, ‘All Elite Wrestling’, ‘AEW Double Or Nothing’, ‘AEW All Out’, ‘Tuesday Night Dynamite’, ‘Fight For The Fallen’ and ‘Change The Universe’) all faced initial refusal from the USPTO on a variety of technical grounds. AEW has six months from USPTO’s February 19, 2019 letter of initial refusal to rectify its rejected trademark applications.

What is unknown at this time is whether the new trademark application has any impact on AEW’s previous filings. The February 28, 2019 application could be used to replace the prior AEW design; however, given the distinctive appearance and description of this most recent filing, it is most likely merely a variant logo design.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Impact Wrestling Preview 3/8/19

Tonight on Impact at 10/9c on Pursuit and Twitch:

* Ace Austin debuts

* Rascalz vs. Lucha Bros

* Alisha Edwards announcement

* Rich Swann vs. Ethan Page

* The Dark War: Team Rosemary vs. Team Su Yung

Impact Wrestling To Stream First-Ever “Salute To The Troops” Special On Twitch

Impact Wrestling issued a press release today to announce their first-ever Impact Wrestling: Salute to the Troops special.

ImpactWrestling.com released the following announcement on Friday:

IMPACT Wrestling Partners with TNT Pro for ‘Salute to the Troops’ Free to All Military, Airs May 11 on Twitch

TORONTO | FORT CAMPBELL – IMPACT Wrestling announced today that it has partnered with Tried-N-True Pro (TNT Pro) for Salute to the Troops, a live event on April 12 at Fort Campbell Army Post in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, free for all military personnel and their families.

Salute to the Troops will premiere exclusively on IMPACT Wrestling’s Twitch channel at Twitch.tv/impactwrestling on May 11 at 8:00 p.m. ET. The event, which will be held in collaboration with MWR (Morale, Welfare and Recreation) of Fort Campbell Army Installation, will be free to over 1,000 active military and their families. The show will begin on April 12 at 6:00 p.m. ET.

“We are proud to partner with TNT Pro and Fort Campbell Army Installation for this special event, as we honor our servicemen and women and their families,” said Ed Nordholm, president of IMPACT Wrestling. “We are always striving to give back to our communities and taking care of military personnel and their families is an important initiative for us. We intend to provide a memorable evening of entertainment, serving as a well-deserved morale booster for these brave men and women.”

“As a United States Army Veteran, it has been my goal since Tried-N-True Pro’s inception in 2015 to bring live professional wrestling to the soldiers and families of Fort Campbell Army Installation,” said TNT Pro promoter and producer Anthony “Crimson” Mayweather. “Speaking from experience, I know that live entertainment is very important and can be a key factor in elevating morale within the soldier and their family members. It’s an honor to be able to provide that entertainment for these brave men and women. We are very proud and excited to forge a partnership with Fort Campbell MWR and IMPACT Wrestling to produce this special event.”

Salute to the Troops will be free to DoD ID card holders. ID is required to claim tickets to the event. Soldiers and their family members, military retirees and their family members and DOD civilians who work on post and their families will all be admitted. More ticket information is available at TriedNTruePro.com, including tickets for the general public.

A subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment Corp., IMPACT Wrestling will premiere Salute to the Troops May 11 on Twitch, featuring top stars such as IMPACT World Champion Johnny IMPACT, X-Division Champion Rich Swann, plus Brian Cage, Moose, Sami Callihan, Eli Drake, Madison Rayne and Kiera Hogan.

Cody Rhodes Explains How AEW’s Television Show Will Feel Fresh

All Elite Wrestling (AEW) executive Cody Rhodes recently took some time out for an interview with the folks from the New York Post. During the discussion, Cody explained how AEW will feel “fresh” from both a television and roster-building perspective. Featured below are some of the highlights.

On how AEW’s TV show will be fresh: “To me it’s treating it as live sports. The core to that is characters, and I think characters beam across your television set or devices in ways perhaps people have forgotten. Wrestling used to have these great enhancements matches, these squash matches where you would see these characters and the things he could do. He’d tell you what you had at the pay-per-view event and things of that nature.

“At the core of all wrestling, when it’s done right, is the characters and their connection to the audience. If you really think about it, we’re the only thing out there — the pro wrestling genre in general — we are the only thing out there with that type of engagement with the audience, and that engagement somehow affects what happens in the ring, especially when you are someone like a Chris Jericho and you can hear it, feel it completely in your bone. It’s really important that the character engage the audience. You don’t just want to be watching a show, you want to be participating.”

On how AEW will feel fresh from a talent and roster building perspective: “In terms of talent, that’s what matters a great deal to me. It’s one of the biggest factors in hiring is fresh. To give you an example: We’ve all watched a lot of wrestling where a lot of guys have been recycled and rehashed and reused, and there is always a lot of activation of the legend. I totally get that. I’m not anti it. I just think, if you’re starting a company and not many people have been starting a company in wrestling, you start with people they haven’t seen and people who haven’t gotten the opportunity and get to grow up in front of you and balance it out.

“Chris Jericho is a six-time world champion, cool. And that only helps the people he shares that locker room with, and that’s been a big thing. It’s ironic that it’s the ex-WWE guy saying it in me, but obviously we don’t just want to do, ‘He’s ex-WWE, let’s throw him the world and hope he comes hang out with us.'”

Check out the complete Cody Rhodes interview at NYPost.com.

Source: EWrestling.com

Moose Re-Signs With Impact Wrestling

Announced earlier today, Moose has re-signed with Impact Wrestling. Making his debut with the promotion in 2016, Moose is a two-time champion of the now retired Impact Grand Championship.

It was also announced recently that Impact re-signed Sami Callihan, Fallah Bahh and Rosemary, plus Madison Rayne returned to the company.

AEW Announces “Fight For The Fallen” Event In July (Being The Elite Recap #141)

The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) end the episode #141 of Being The Elite with an announcement of AEW’s next show in Jacksonville, Florida. It will be Fight for the Fallen on July 13 at Daily’s Place Amphitheater. Tickets will be available soon.

https://twitter.com/AEWrestling/status/1102619557032873987

AEW Star Jungle Boy’s Father Luke Perry Passes Away At 52

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Luke Perry, the father of AEW’s Jungle Boy (Jack Perry) and star of Beverly Hills, 90210 and Riverdale, has passed away at 52, according to TMZ.

Earlier this week, Perry suffered a massive stroke from which he was unable to recover from. Perry was surrounded by his family when he passed this morning at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Burbank, California.

AEW has already commented on his passing, writing, “We are saddened to learn that Luke Perry, father of AEW’s Jungle Boy has passed away at the age of 52, and our thoughts are with the Perry family.”

We here at Wrestling News Blog extend our condolences to Perry’s family, friends and fans on his passing.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Caleb Konley Announces Departure From Impact Wrestling

Amidst multiple re-signings and returns the past few weeks at Impact Wrestling, one wrestler announced their departure.

Caleb Konley tweeted on Friday saying he’s now a free agent.

https://twitter.com/calebkonley/status/1101631185078444032

“For 3 years I’ve had the opportunity to wrestle on national TV Work on 4 continents & be ZNAs resident orphan child,” he wrote. “I owe all of that to [Impact Wrestling]. I want to thank everyone who has supported me. I look forward to what ever comes next.”

Konley signed with the company in 2016 and at one point portrayed the Suicide character. He also was part of a heel alliance involving Trevor Lee and Andrew Everett.

As we previously reported, Sami Callihan, Fallah Bahh and Rosemary recently signed new deals and Madison Rayne will be returning to the company.

Former Knockouts Champion Madison Rayne Returning To IMPACT

Madison Rayne wasn’t a free agent for long after parting with ROH … as Impact has already announced she’s coming back.

IMPACT made the announcement via social media on Friday.

The “Killa Queen” last wrestled for Impact at Slammiversary XVI in July of 2018. She competed in WWE’s Mae Young Classic the following month, then signed with ROH in September.

In case you missed it, Madison parted ways with ROH this week as she was reportedly unhappy with the creative direction of her character.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet