Tag: pro wrestling

Half-Hour Wrestling Sitcom In The Works At FX

Between the seven hours of WWE programming, the five hours of AEW programming, and all of the other wrestling companies that have managed to get themselves television deals, there looks to be another TV show on the horizon based on the world of pro wrestling.

According to “Fightful Select,” a pitch was recently sold to the FX network of having a half-hour sitcom based on pro wrestling. The show, which has yet to be given a name, is said to be set in the Los Angeles independent scene, with the direction of the show being a cross between the 2008 drama “The Wrestler” and the 1993 stoner comedy “Dazed and Confused.”

Luke Hawx, who has balanced his life as a wrestler and actor over the last decade working as a consultant for the show “Heelz,” is reportedly set to be a part of the project. Aside from wrestling movies and shows, Hawx has also landed roles in “The Fast and The Furious” and “Logan.” He previously worked for the NWA as recently as 2022 and has wrestled several dark and squash matches in WWE. Many other wrestlers are set to be involved in the project with a strong incentive to use real wrestlers for the show as it will be set in the modern day.

“Fightful” also spoke to Adair Cole, who was involved in adapting the 2011 film “Warrior” into an upcoming series on Paramount+. As a lifelong wrestling fan, Cole is very excited about getting the project off the ground. Cole also revealed that he will be attending GCW’s Hit Em Up event in Los Angeles on June 15, where he will be happy to interact with anyone with questions about the project.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Jerry Jarrett’s New Roku Channel – Jarrett Parsons Wrestling TV

Wrestling legend Jerry Jarrett has partnered with Adam Parsons for a new a new Roku channel – Jarrett Parsons Wrestling TV.

Jarrett Parsons Wrestling TV – Professional wrestling from the 1950’s to the current day. Featuring weekly programs, hosted by legends such as Jerry Jarrett, Rip Rogers, Shane Douglas, Bill Eadie, Bill Apter and many others. Also includes documentaries and specials from such notables as Highspots Inc.

Jarrett-Parsons TV Wrestling contains decades of championship wrestling action from many different organizations. All of the content is shown in its original format. Footage is sourced from many different wrestling organizations which are listed below.

  • Reliving Memphis Wrestling: 4 episodes from the Memphis Wrestling organization
  • International Championship Wrestling: 4 episodes from this show
  • Southwest Championship Wrestling: 4 episodes from this show
  • IWA Wrestling: 3 episodes from this show featuring popular 70’s wrestlers
  • Highspots: a collection of interviews and documentary films
  • Indy Retro: various ages of wrestling and wrestling organizations
  • Matchology: Career highlights fro Dick the Bulldog Brower, Luis Martinez and The Love Brothers
  • One on One: Interviews with Tommy Rich and Jerry Jarrett
  • Continental Championship Wrestling: Wrestling footage from 1985
  • Pro Wrestling Time machine: A collection of matches from the 1950’s – 90’s
  • Portland Wrestling: 4 videos from this organization
  • This is the 70’s: Best of the 1970’s wrestling
  • Vancouver’s All Star Wrestling: Best of videos from this organization
  • Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling: 4 episodes from this show
  • Real Quality Wrestling: 4 episodes from this show

Each of the “shows” contains the original broadcast footage featuring the pioneers of professional wrestling including Ivan Koloff, Ernie Ladd, Mil Mascaras, Shane Douglas and Eric the Red.

They are working to provide content from independent wrestling promotions, they’ve already got an independent wrestling promotion out of England featured on the channel.

The channel will have fresh content each month.

JPTV is FREE on Roku!

Below is a promo:

Kurt Angle Set To Wrestle Post-TNA Match Against Rey Mysterio, MMA And Boxing On The Show

Source: WrestlingINC

Kurt Angle may have finished up his pro wrestling dates with TNA, but he’s not retiring, as he’s said many times. As it turns out, he’ll be in the ring rather soon, and against an old foe in Rey Mysterio.

A promotion called UR Fight is putting on a pro wrestling/boxing/grappling/ MMA card that features several former WWE names. Ken Shamrock is advertised to take on Dan Severn in an MMA fight, while Michael Bisping and Chael Sonnen are set to grapple. Roy Jones Jr will also box on the show…against a fan.

The show takes place March 20 from the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona. The show will be broadcast on IPPV.

Wrestling Legend Tommy Gilbert Passed Away

Tommy Gilbert, the patriarch of the Gilbert wrestling family passed away Thanksgiving morning at the age of 75. Tommy was the father of Doug and the late Eddie Gilbert. Tommy was a star in the Memphis wrestling territory for years, he also worked for other Southern wrestling territories like Continental, Florida and Puerto Rico’s WWC. He won several titles, including the Florida Heavyweight Championship and the WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship, as well as many Tag Team championships.

Wrestling News Blog would like to give our condolences to his family, friends and fans.

Here are tweets from Tommy’s son Doug and from Jerry “The King” Lawler on his passing:

(video) Shane Douglas Talks His Wrestling Career & Starting His Own Promotion

Adam from What Culture Wrestling talks with “The Franchise Shane Douglas about his wrestling career, the current state of the wrestling industry and his new promotion – Classic Wrestling Revolution.

At the 13:43 mark of the video below Shane Douglas talks about his new wrestling promotion. Douglas said they are going to take wrestling back closer to sport back to classic wrestling. He said Classic Wrestling Revolution is only a launch name and it will change after it’s launched. He said they currently have 204 athletes signed and will hold a open casting call in January in Las Vegas. Production will start in January, they already shot a pilot they shot it 10 days before the passing of Roddy Piper, who was the Executive Vice President and very instrumental in the development of the company. You can see snippets from the pilot at Classic Wrestling Revolution on Facebook.

 

Pro Wrestling Drama Coming To FOX

Deadline.com reports that FOX has recently purchased a new pro wrestling drama titled, The Work.

The Work takes place in the world of pro wrestling and was written by Scott O’Connor, who wrote the novels Half World and Untouchable. The script was shopped around to various cable networks, but it was FOX who picked it up.

O’Connor has been a pro wrestling fan and wrote a article on Brock Lesnar this past August for New York Times Magazine.

Source: WrestlingINC.com

NWA President Reportedly Meets With Spike TV Officials

Wrestling Observer Newsletter is reporting that NWA President Bruce Tharpe, who also works a heel manager in New Japan Pro Wrestling, recently meet with Spike TV officials in New York City about trying to get one of the world’s oldest pro wrestling brands on the network.

Spike TV officials have stated that there is some interest in bringing back pro wrestling to the network but nothing is on the table right now, for any wrestling promotion.

Spike TV is trying to run shows that have more appeal to woman than pro wrestling does. Tharpe is looking at other options to bring NWA to TV.

Source: WrestlingINC.com

Shayna Baszler set to have first pro wrestling match 

You read the headline right folks, The Queen of Spades is set to make her in-ring debut as a professional wrestler. The announcement came last Thursday when Shayna was a guest on the podcast MMA Jam session. 

This however won’t be the first time Shayna Baszler has made some noise in the world of professional wrestling, earlier this year she managed ROH tag team reDRagon aiding them in victory against the young Bucks at ROH’s 13th Anniversary show. Then just a few weeks ago she made her presence known at ECCW’s Ballroom Brawl 4 When she laid a beating on goddess Mandy AND cost Nicole Matthews the titles in the main event triple threat ladder match.

This time though the MMA veteran will get to show the world what catch wrestling is all about as she takes on one of the biggest stars in the independent wrestling circuit Chearleader Melissa aka Melissa Anderson. Here is what Baszler had to say about the match:

Chearleader Melissa is a former Shimmer champion and a former TNA knockout where she competed  under the names Raisha Saeed and Allisa Flash.

Baszler and Melissa will main event on the night of September 26th 2015 for wrestling promotion QPW at the Evalyn community center in Reno Nevada.

As far as Baszler’s MMA career goes she has went on record to say that she is NOT done fighting and she will return to the cage in the future, but for now the queen of Spades is having some fun and living out one of her dreams.

As a fan and friend of Shayna’s I couldn’t be any happier for her and know that she’s going to take the wrestling world by storm.

I will be sure that I keep you all updated as to when tickets go on sale for this event so be sure to check our Twitter @WrestlingNewsbg regularly to stay in the loop. Now I’m not making it official BUT yours truly may be attending this event and if I do you can bet I’ll be bringing exclusive coverage so STAY TUNED!!!

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)

The Queen Of Spades takes ECCW by storm 

  

  This past Saturday on July, 11th 2015 ECCW (Elite Canadian championship wrestling) held their Ballroom Brawl 4 event in Vancouver Canada.

By the photos and video I’ve seen online man do I wish I was there. Not only because I enjoy good professional wrestling but also because our buddy Shayna The Queen of Spades Baszler made her ECCW debut.

This isn’t the first time we’ve seen Shayna in a squared circle, earlier this year she managed  tag team ReDragon at ROH’s 13th anniversary event.

This time though she was the enforcer for her friend Kenny Lush as he took on Bishop. Bishop had goddess Mandy on his side so Shayna was just evening the playing field.

Shayna did what she set out to do and that was teach “the goddess” a lesson. Baszler ripped out Mandy’s weve and even put her in a devistating toe hold (ankle lock) that should teach Mandy to never call the queen “a rachet and basic bitch” ever again. 

Baszler wasn’t done there though because she even had some involvement in the main event fatal 4 way ladder match, for both the ECCW and Canadian title; in a match that involved  Nicole Matthews, Billy Suede, Artemis Spencer and Ethan HD.

At one point in the match it looked as if Nicole Matthews was closing in on victory with some guidance from Baszler but then out of nowhere Baszler staying true to her roots goes full blown heel and Baszler bombs’ (Powerbomb) Matthews off the ladder and straight into the turn buckle.

Needless to say Shayna definitely made her presence felt at ECCW and I think it’s safe to say that Baszler is out to conquer the world of professional wrestling.

You can check out all the epicness mentioned above in the form of video by clicking here. 

Enjoy! (I know I did)

A Sexy game changer 

  If any of you follow our site closely you know that I’m one that advocates for women in the wrestling business. I firmly believe we are in a time where females are changing the perception of what it means to be a female in a male dominated business.

Ronda Rousey is doing it in MMA and now Sexy Star is doing it in professional wrestling. Sexy star is a Wrestler/Luchador who competes for the promotion Lucha Underground.

Now why is she the example of what it is to be a game changer in professional wrestling you ask? Why not Sasha Banks or Gail Kim or Santana Garret?? Trust me this isn’t a knock to any of them because I respect them all. They’ve all done some amazing things in the sport of professional wrestling, them and countless others.

Sexy star however is doing something we haven’t seen since the attitude era in WWE, even then it wasn’t done with this much intensity. Numerous times now sexy star has wrestled with men, doing so again this week in a grueling submission match against Pentagon. The match itself was epic. Both parties involved had some pretty amazing spots but the star of the show (no pun intended) was definitely Sexy Star. Let me tell you that girl sure can take a bump. 

She went out there and proved that a woman can hang with the guys and look awesome doing it. Pentagon didn’t go easy on her either. He treated her just like he would have any of his opponents. Gender was thrown out the window in this match. I know the topic of man vs woman makes a lot of people uncomfortable but it shouldn’t I mean you watch action and horror movies don’t you? We see stuff like that in them all the time, what makes this any different?

The fact of the matter is both Pentogon and Sexy Star are trained professionals and they know how to take care of one another, sure there is a chance of injury but that can be said for every sport not just professional wrestling.

People need to wake up and start getting with the program. Women are just as bad ass as any male athlete. Hell sometimes if not most of the time women do it better. They are capable of putting on a show and delivering night after night. 

Women continue to break down doors every day. Professional wrestling was once a mans world but is quickly being taken over by the ladies. We are experiencing a paradigm shift, a movement if you will and Sexy Star is the poster girl of that movement.

So I’ll end it with this….. Are you ready for the change? Because it’s happening. Don’t get left behind.

-Vanessa (@GreatLove91)