On this week’s episode of Jim Ross’s Ross Report podcast, Pro Wrestling Illustrated Senior Editor Dan Murphy was on the show and revealed the top 10 wrestlers for the annual “PWI 500” list of wrestlers that the magazine puts out every year.
The list is as follows:
1. Kenny Omega
2. AJ Styles
3. Kazuchika Okada
4. Brock Lesnar
5. Seth Rollins
6. Braun Strowman
7. Roman Reigns
8. Cody
9. Tetsuya Naito
10. The Miz
The annual issue will be released in September.
Source: WrestleView
Tonight Impact Wrestling presents “ReDefined”
* Mosse & Eddie Edwards vs. Austin Aries & Killer Kross
* Impact Knockouts Championship: (C) Su Yung vs. Allie vs. Tessa Blanchard
* X-Division Championship: (C) Brian Cage vs. Fenix
* Petey Williams vs. Rich Swann
* Scarlett Bordeaux’s The Smoke Show with Grado, Katrina and Joe Hendry
Monday, Jeff Jarrett and Global Wrestling Entertainment were seeking an order from the United States District Court of Tennessee regarding the Global Force Wrestling master copies, requesting an expedited discovery regarding the masters while also requesting ruling requiring Impact Wrestling’s parent company Anthem Sports & Entertainment to allow them access to the masters so they can be copied as Jarrett’s side has filed a copyright on each hour of footage. According to Pwinsider.com, the court denied that order, ruling that it has not even been confirmed that Anthem has even been officially served with the lawsuit. The site adds that the motion wasn’t even sent to Anthem’s attorney, but a registered agent for Anthem. The court noted that even if they ruled in Jarrett’s favor, they would have no idea who to send the order to, since there are not attorneys attached to the Anthem side. The court also ruled that the original motion featured no “memorandum of law” attached that would prove GFE and Jarrett’s arguments.
Source: 411Mania
Scheduled for tonight’s Impact on Pop TV:
* Mexican Death Match: Pentagon Jr. vs. Sami Callihan
* X-Division Champion Brian Cage speaks
* Matt Sydal in action
* Kiera Hogan vs. Alisha Edwards
Impact Wrestling is heading south of the border, as the company announced their first set of television tapings in Mexico will take place next month.
The tapings were announced in a press release:
IMPACT Wrestling today announced television tapings will take place on Thursday, Sept. 13 and Friday, Sept. 14 at Frontón México in Mexico City, Mexico, marking the first time the flagship weekly show IMPACT! will emanate from south of the border.
“We are excited about this historic trip to Mexico as we continue to expand our live event schedule globally,” said IMPACT Wrestling president Ed Nordholm. “We look forward to working closely with our promotional partners at Lucha Libre AAA and our broadcast partner 52MX to bring an unforgettable experience to our passionate fan base in Mexico heading into the final stretch for Bound for Glory this October.”
Wrestlers teased for the event include Austin Aries, Johnny Impact, Eli Drake, Moose, Eddie Edwards, Sami Callihan, Pentagon Jr. and Fenix.
The following is scheduled for tonight’s Impact on Pop TV:
* We hear from Austin Aries and Killer Kross on their new found “unholy” union.
* The Smoke Show with Scarlett Bordeaux
* Fenix vs. Sami Callihan
* Street Fight: Impact Tag Team Champions LAX vs. OGz
* Jimmy Jacobs vs. Johnny Impact: Jimmy wants to show Johnny that he is the monster!
* Allie vs. Su Yung
Jeff Jarrett and Global Force Entertainment Inc. have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Anthem Sports and Entertainment alleging the GFW merger never went through and Impact has been wrongfully making money off their IP.
Pro Wrestling Sheet obtained the full lawsuit — which was first reported on by PWInsider — in which Jarrett/GFW claim discussions to merge GFW into Anthem began in December ’16.
In May ’17, the two sides signed a term sheet regarding Jarrett’s employment as Chief Creative Officer of Anthem Wrestling and for the GFW merger. The term sheet, however, allegedly said GFE would retain all rights to the show they filmed called Amped.
Five months later, Jeff Jarrett was released from his position.
As we previously reported, Jarrett was fired from Impact Wrestling while on a leave of absence. The next day a promoter in Canada accused him of passing out in the locker room due to drinking, then insisting on wrestling a match.
Jeff subsequently entered rehab and months later was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
In the lawsuit documents, Jarrett and co. claim the merger was never officially completed yet Anthem “reproduced, distributed, publicly displayed, offered for sale, and sold the GFW Amped content without providing any compensation or royalties to GFE or Mr. Jarrett.”
Global Force Entertainment also has an issue with Impact’s Global Wrestling Network, pointing to the similarity of the logos and claiming Anthem doesn’t have a license to show the Amped footage.
GFE is seeking “an award of punitive and/or treble damages for at least three times the amount of Defendants’ profits or GFE’s damages, whichever is greater, due to the nature of Defendants’ wanton and willful conduct.”
They also want all copies of GFW content erased/deleted from Anthem’s archive.
Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet
Read the full documents below.
Jeff Jarrett/GFW Sue Impact Wrestling by Anonymous bxLafqTarx on Scribd
* Konnan Saw The Trap: Will tonight be the right time for LAX to strike the OGz?
* Impact World Championship: (C) Austin Aries vs. Eddie Edwards
* Alisha Edwards vs. Tessa Blanchard
* Matt Sydal vs. Pentagon Jr.
* The Desi Hit Squad vs. Petey Williams & “The Bone Soldier” Ishimori
Chris Jericho is from Winnipeg along with other names from professional wrestling, and he might have more interest in Impact Wrestling now that they’re a Canadian-based company owned by one of his personal friends.
WrestlingINC reported last week, via The Wrestling Observer, that Jericho used his Winnipeg connection to help Anthem Sports owner Leonard Asper figure out what he should do about Impact Wrestling’s management. Jericho suggested Don Callis for the role, and he was also instrumental in helping Scott D’Amore receive a promotion. Jericho said that the company had previously been run by snakes and needed to put someone in charge who they could trust.
Jericho had teased last month that he would “of course” consider signing with Impact Wrestling. Meltzer reported in the latest issue of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the belief in the business now is that Jericho “is destined” to go to Impact Wrestling. He added that Jericho’s idea he once had of not upsetting Vince McMahon “isn’t nearly as strong as it was months ago.”
Jericho spoke about the idea of not wrestling for other promotions in the United States during a July interview with Inside The Ropes.
“It’s not a matter of just going out and doing indies – and like I said – I always felt like the unwritten rule is I don’t want to go into the states,” Jericho said. “I felt like that would be a real slap in the face of Vince [McMahon].
“Ya know if something ever went down with us, I probably would do a show in the states and we could probably fill the Cow Palace. Jericho and Kenny [Omega] rematch, or whatever it may be. “All In” I’d love to be a part of that, but ‘A’ it’s in Chicago and ‘B’…at the risk sounding like an asshole, but I can’t lower my value by working one of these shows. It’s about picking my spots with the right guys at the right places for the overall contract I’m signing.”
Impact Wrestling and Luchaground star John Hennigan (a.k.a Johnny Impact, Johnny Mundo, John Morrison) revealed on his Instagram that he suffered a dislocated elbow during a photo-shoot for Muscle & Fitness this week. Johnny wrote that he was apparently performing parkour when he fell and dislocated his elbow. He wrote, “turns out baby oil and parkour don’t mix well.”
Source: WrestlingINC
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