TNA Wrestling and Endeavor Streaming are partnering together for a relaunch of the promotion’s TNA+ subscription service.
It was announced today that TNA Wrestling and Endeavor Streaming have reached a multi-year deal for Endeavor Streaming to power the TNA+ app. It launches on Friday, January 5.
TNA touted that the app is relaunching with a new dynamic look, along with expanded options and increased functionality. There will be two price tiers for the service. The “Special Attraction” tier is priced at $9.99 per month or $95.99 per year and includes access to the full TNA/Impact Wrestling library and every TNA+ special event. The “World Championship” tier is priced at $219.99 per year and includes those benefits as well as TNA’s four major annual pay-per-views.
Impact Plus was previously priced at $7.99 per month or $71.99 per year. There was only one tier available that didn’t include PPVs.
In addition to reclaiming the iconic TNA moniker, the TNA+ app is relaunching with an all-new dynamic look, as well as expanded options and increased functionality. The app puts the power back in the fans’ hands, delivering the ultimate premium experience where they can stream the company’s flagship weekly TV show and tune into exciting pay-per-view events, view TNA’s full archive, get exclusive original content and wrestler-created series, and even have the chance to interact with some of TNA’s top stars.
TNA+ will be available at TNAWrestling.com, via iOS, tvOS and Android mobile apps, as well as big screen devices such as Android TV, Fire TV and Roku, with more platforms to follow. Subscribers will have the choice of a ‘Special Attraction’ membership tier that features access to the full TNA/IMPACT Wrestling library and all TNA+ special PPV programming other than the 4-tent pole annual events offered at a price of $9.99 monthly or $95.99 per year, and a ‘World Championship’ membership tier that includes all the perks of the Special Attraction tier, plus the 4-tent pole PPV events, offered at a price of $219.99 per year. Further details and subscription information for the new service can be found at TNAwrestling.com.
Impact Wrestling is rebranding back to TNA starting in January 2024. The name change officially goes into effect starting with the promotion’s Hard to Kill PPV on Saturday, January 13.
“This is truly an incredible opportunity for us as we forge into an exciting new chapter of the TNA legacy,” TNA President Scott D’Amore said in a press release. “We are proud to partner with Endeavor Streaming on this initiative, and we look forward to continuing to provide our fans with the absolute best in new, classic and exclusive professional wrestling content, available to them anywhere, anytime, on their favorite devices, when TNA+ launches on January 5.”
“Wrestling fans are some of the most passionate in the world of sports and entertainment and TNA+ is the perfect ‘always-on’ personalized OTT service to help TNA build a deeper relationship with its global audience,” Endeavor Streaming Chief Commercial Officer Pete Bellamy said. “We’re looking forward to working with TNA to deliver the best streaming experience for wrestling fans.”
Endeavor Streaming is a subsidiary of Endeavor, which owns TKO Group Holdings (the parent company of WWE and UFC).
Impact has announced their Impact Plus event for November.
Turning Point will air live on November 20th at Sam’s Town in Las Vegas. It will be part of a Impact three-day taping schedule, as they will tape for television on November 21 and 22. This will be the third consecutive year that a Turning Point event will take place. The pay-per-view first aired in 2004.
Impact’s next event to air on Impact Plus is Knockouts Knockdown, an all-women’s event which will air on October 9. Matches announced include a Monster’s Ball match, Havok and Rosemary vs. Madison Rayne and Tenille Dashwood for the Impact Knockouts Tag Team titles, and a one night, eight-woman tournament to decide the next challenger for the Impact Knockouts title, which is held by Deonna Purrazzo.
Bound for Glory, Impact’s next pay-per-view event, will be held on October 23. That will be headlined by Impact World Champion Christian Cage defending against former X-Division Champion Josh Alexander.
Four new matches have been added to Saturday’s No Surrender event.
A Texas Tornado no DQ match for the Knockouts Tag Team title has been added. Champions Fire N Flava (Tasha Steelz and Kiera Hogan) will face the team of Havok and Nevaeh. Nevaeh won a singles match against Hogan tonight by DQ after Steelz got involved in the match.
A six-woman tag team match has also been added. Susan, Kimber Lee, and Deonna Purazzo will face the team of Jordynne Grace, ODB, and Jazz. During a singles match between Lee and ODB on tonight’s show, Purrazzo and Susan interfered. This brought out Jazz and Jordynne Grace, who evened the odds.
Deaner and Cousin Jake will face off in a singles match. Jake rejected an offer tonight to join his cousin Deaner in the Violent by Design stable with Joe Doering and Eric Young. Jake said that instead, he would stand for something, officially giving himself the name he used prior to joining Impact, Jake Something. This caused Violent by Design to come out and attack him, but Deaner stopped the attack, saying that he wanted a match with Jake.
A six-person match was also added for No Surrender, with XXXL (Acey Romero and Larry D) and Tenille Dashwood teaming up to take on Rosemary, Crazzy Steve, and new member Black Taurus.
Here is the full card for Saturday’s No Surrender event, which will stream on Impact Plus:
Rich Swann vs. Tommy Dreamer for the Impact World title
The Good Brothers vs. Private Party for the Impact Tag Team titles
TJP vs. Rohit Raju for the Impact X Division title
Fire N Flava vs. Havok and Nevaeh in a Texas Tornado, no DQ match for the Impact Knockouts Tag Team titles
Deaner vs. Jake Something
XXXL & Tenille Dashwood vs. The Decay (Rosemary, Crazzy Steve, and Black Taurus)
Kimber Lee, Susan, and Deonna Purazzo vs. ODB, Jordynne Grace, and Jazz
Eddie Edwards and Matt Cardona vs. Brian Myers and Hernandez
Ace Austin vs. Blake Christian vs. Chris Bey vs. Daivari vs. Josh Alexander vs. Suicide vs. Trey Miguel vs. Willie Mack in a triple threat revolver match
Impact held their Turning Point event tonight on Impact Plus, featuring three title matches
The main event featured new Impact World champion Rich Swann defending the title against Sami Callihan. It also featured a rematch from Bound for Glory, where Su Yung defended the Knockouts title against Deonna Purrazzo in a no disqualification match.
Here are the results:
Eddie Edwards defeated Shawn Daivari
– Edwards defeated Daivari with the Boston Knee Party.
– Grace was pinned after Dashwood ignored her attempts to tag out, instead focusing on taking selfies.
Backstage, Cody Deaner and Cousin Jake decided to go find Johnny Swinger. Deaner was angry that he had lost to Swinger last week.
Brian Myers defeated Swoggle
– Myers pinned Swoggle with a lariat. Myers continued to beat on Swoggle until Crazzy Steve made the save.
Chris Sabin and James Storm defeated Team XXXL
– Storm and Sabin won following stereo superkicks.
Backstage, the Deaners discovered a gun in Swinger’s belongings.
Rohit Raju defeated Cousin Jake to retain the X Division title.
– Raju retained the title after connecting with a shining wizard.
After the match, Eric Young came down with former Triple Crown champion Joe Doering. Both took out the Deaners.
Willie Mack defeated Moose by disqualification
– Moose continued to beat on Mack until the referee called for the DQ.
Eddie Edwards backstage wished Swann the best of luck prior to his title match later tonight.
The Good Brothers defeated The North to win the Impact Tag Team titles
– Page was pinned following The Magic Killer.
Jordynne Grace was shown trying to get into Dashwood’s locker room. Both she and Kaleb with a K mocked her. Grace left. Alicia Edwards emerged and mocked Grace, leading to both she and Dashwood forming an alliance.
Deonna Purrazzo defeated Su Yung in a No DQ match to win the Knockouts title
– Purrazzo regained the title after landing a cradle piledriver.
Rich Swann defeated Sami Callihan to retain the Impact World title
– Swann retained the World title after four spin kicks. Ken Shamrock tried to interfere, but was met by Eddie Edwards.
Callihan won the Impact World Championship from Cage in a steel cage match at last Friday’s Impact television tapings in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The match aired as the main event of Impact’s official weekly debut on AXS TV last night.
After the steel cage match, Tessa Blanchard came to the ring and confronted Callihan.
Prior to the title change, Cage retained the Impact World Championship against Callihan in a no disqualification match at Bound for Glory. The steel cage rematch was set up by an angle where Callihan threatened Cage’s family until Cage agreed to give him another title shot.
Turning Point is taking place at the Holy Family Academy in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Ace Austin vs. Jake Crist for the X-Division title and RVD vs. Rhino are also set for the show.
The Great Muta will team with Tommy Dreamer against Johnny Impact & Michael Elgin at “A Night You Can’t Mist.” The show is named after Muta and is taking place at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Saturday, June 8.
Former ECW World Champion Jerry Lynn, who works as a coach/producer for All Elite Wrestling, will be the special guest referee for the match.
Muta most recently wrestled in the United States over WrestleMania weekend in New York City last month. He was a surprise entrant in the Honor Rumble match on the ROH/NJPW G1 Supercard pre-show and teamed with Pentagon Jr. & Tajiri against Low Ki & LAX for House of Glory Wrestling.
Impact Plus launched at the beginning of this month, replacing the Global Wrestling Network and serving as a rebranded version of it.
A Night You Can’t Mist is in partnership with Dreamer’s House of Hardcore promotion.
A brother vs. brother match will be one of the key pieces of All Elite Wrestling’s Double or Nothing card.
After weeks of teases, Dustin Rhodes was confirmed as his brother Cody’s opponent for Double or Nothing at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, May 25. Dustin issued a statement about his status with WWE after the announcement was made, revealing that he had requested his release from WWE and was granted it. Dustin also posted a video where he said goodbye to his Goldust character.
One of the biggest news issues of the year, a double issue, leads off with a basic state of the industry right now. Read about how WWE business fell in the first quarter, what is and isn’t the long-term prognostication, usage of fake stats in business that history shows are meaningless to growth, WWE injuries, WWE getting behind new talent, changes in October, and more.
Read a lot more on Brock Lesnar staying with WWE and not returning to WWE, such as how the ESPN deal has changed things for top stars in UFC, when Lesnar can command so much money, what has happened over the last year with Lesnar, UFC and WWE and more.
Read the update on Money in the Bank and Double or Nothing and the ticket demand for both.
Look at the front runner for 2021 WrestleMania, notes on 2020 WrestleMania plans including what match is off the books, Dean Ambrose becomes Jon Moxley and what that means, update on situation with Luke Harper, The Revival, Gallows & Anderson and others.
Read rundowns on the UFC and Bellator shows this past week, with business notes, how much the fighters got paid and match-by-match rundowns of both events.
Read more on the Japanese legacy of The Destroyer, listing all of his championship matches in Japan, as well as his biggest wins and his infrequent losses in All Japan in the 70s and 80s.
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THURSDAY NEWS UPDATE
The expectation is that the next Takeover show will be 6/1 in Bridgeport, CT at the Webster Bank Arena. Last night at the NXT TV tapings they announced the date, but not the location. But that was the city going around.
Dwayne Johnson was born 47 years ago in Hayward, CA.
PWInsider reported that Rich Swann has signed a new two-year deal with Impact.
Impact announced a show called Code Red at 8 p.m. Eastern on Sunday on Impact+ from the NYC Arena in Queens, NY.
Johnny Impact & Taya Valkyrie vs. Eddie & Alisha Edwards
Michael Elgin vs. Willie Mack
LAX vs. Dave & Jake Crist vs. Smoothe Blackmon & Chris Seaton
Rich Swann vs. Ace Austin vs. Trey Miguel vs. Smiley vs. Evander James vs. Mantequilla
Tessa Blanchard & Violotte vs. Scarlett Bordeaux & Sonya Strong
Moose vs. Ken Broadway.
WWE
Rey Mysterio and Kalisto appear on EstrellaTV’s game show “100 Latino Dijeron” tomorrow at 6 p.m. Eastern and 3 p.m. Pacific. The show is similar to the U.S. show Family Feud. They are competing for Make-A-Wish and Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
The specific term listed in the WWE injury report for Daniel Bryan when he was out was “unlisted.”
In the current Observer with the discussion of the Lio Rush situation, the interview that he did yesterday that was covered in the story was by Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com.
BetOnline has these odds for MITB
Becky Lynch -200
Charlotte Flair +150
Becky Lynch -500
Lacey Evans +300
Seth Rollins -400
A.J. Styles +250
Kofi Kingston -160
Kevin Owens +120
Drew McIntyre +150
Andrade +200
Braun Strowman +800
Ricochet +600
Ali +700
Baron Corbin +1,000
Finn Balor +1,000
Randy Orton +1,000
Ember Moon +200
Bayley +300
Alexa Bliss +500
Naomi +500
Mandy Rose +600
Carmella +800
Dana Brooke +1,000
Natalya +1,000
Roman Reigns -420
Elias +260
The Miz -340
Shane McMahon +220
Charlotte Flair will be the honorary pace car driver for the 5/26 Coca Cola 600 race.
UFC
Tickets for the 6/29 show at the Target Center in Minneapolis go on sale to the public tomorrow at 10 a.m. The top fights are Tyron Woodley vs. Robbie Lawler, Joseph Benavidez vs. Jussier Formiga and Demian Maia vs. Anthony Rocco Martin.
Tickets for the 6/22 show in Greenville, SC at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena also go on sale tomorrow. Top bouts announced are Chan Sung Jung, the Korean Zombie vs. Renato Moicano, Andrea Lee vs. Montana De La Rosa and Randy Brown vs. Bryan Roberson.
Brandon Fitzgerald and Michael Bisping will be the announcers for Saturday’s UFC show from Ottawa. The entire show airs live on ESPN+.
MISCELLANEOUS
A story on Chris Jericho and Brian Blair helping Kamala save his house. (thanks to Mike Kuzmuk)
A story on the late Chet Coppock, comparing him with Ric Flair. (thanks to David Kaplan)
Legacy Fighting tomorrow night from Vail, CO on AXS TV has Brandon Royval vs. Joby Sanchez in the main event.
Jungle Boy vs. David Arquette was announced for the 5/8 Bar Wrestling show in Los Angeles. Arquette and Jungle Boy’s father, Luke Perry, were good friends. Arquette even appeared in a 1992 episode of 90210. Also on the show is Joey Ryan vs. KC Spinelli of Impact, Jake Atlas & Heather Monroe vs Peter Avalon & Ray Rosas, Taya Valkyrie & Daga & Zokre & Phoenix Star vs. Watts & Yuma & BHK & Ryan Taylor. (thanks to Shannon Walsh and wrestlingwithdemons.net)
Showtime has announced a Brendan Schaub comedy special airing on 5/17 at 10 p.m. Schaub, a former UFC star and ex-boyfriend of Ronda Rousey, has been doing stand up as well as podcasts.
Welterweight Wrestling on 6/2 in Rushville, IN with Trey Miguel, Dylan Bostic, Ace Austin, Colby Corino, Ace Perry and many more.
Jimmy Jacobs started a podcast called “Jimmy Jacobs Doesn’t Know” which debuted yesterday and his first guest was Bryan Danielson.
Combate Americas announced its debut in South America with a show on 5/31 in Lima, Peru airing live on Univision, Univision Deportes and DAZN. Rolando Bedoya (11-1) of Lima, Peru faces Daniel Zellhubner (6-0) of Mexico City in the main event.
Joey Ryan has been announced for World Series Wrestling in Australia for their June tour.
The Viceland Dark Side of the Ring series will air in Australia on SBS Viceland On Demand starting on 5/8 and will air on TV on SBS Viceland starting on 6/3. (thanks to Kevin Chiat)
AAW has the world premiere of the film David Starr: MASTRMIND tonight at 7 pm. at Marz Brewery at 3630 S. Iron St. in Chicago. It will also be out on Youtube.
AAW runs 5/11 in Chicago at the Logan Square Auditorium with Sami Callihan vs. David Starr for the AAW title, Jessicka Havok vs. Thunder Rosa for the women’s title, MJF vs. Mance Warner for the Heritage title, LAX vs. Davey Vega & Mat Fitchett for the tag titles, Josh Alexander vs Adam Brooks and TJP vs. Myron Reed. They also run 5/31 in Austin, TX at Blue Genie Art Bazaar with Warner vs. Eddie Kingston and Vega & Fitchett vs. Penta 0M & Rey Fenix.
MLW TV on Saturday night will air L.A. Park vs. Pentagon Jr., Low Ki vs. Daga and El Hijo de L.A. Park vs. Gringo Loco.
Robert Dreissker of Germany heads to MLW and looks to be groomed for a match with Tom Lawlor.
Salina de la Renta of MLW was on Univision’s sports show this week promoting Saturday’s episode of MLW Fusion.
Burt Watson’s MMA Live comes to the Hard Rock Event Center at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, FL on 6/15 at 7 p.m. The main event of his first show has Jose Caceres (14-8-1) vs. Fred Moncaoio (6-3) at welterweight. Caceres is the only fighter ever to have beaten UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman, and he is the brother of UFC star Alex “Bruce Leroy” Caceres.
Combate Americas announced a 6/7 show in Tucson, AZ at Casino del Sol on Univision headlined by Jose Alday (12-4-1) vs. Irwin Rivera (7-4).
Tickets for an ROH TV taping on 7/20 in New York at the Hammerstein Ballroom and for 7/21 in Lowell, MA at the Memorial Arena go on sale tomorrow.
C.M. Punk and A.J. Mendez will be appearing at the Children’s Mental Health Gala on Saturday in Chicago.
Shane Douglas will wrestle for UnderGround Wrestling Lupus Mania 2 fund raiser on Saturday at 4 p.m. at Santangelo’s Party Center in Massillon,OH.
After 3 shows of buildup, Austin Aries and Eddie Edwards face off for the final time at Warrior Wrestling 5 on Sunday, May 12th in Chicago in a steel cage match.
Ed in San Antonio presents PODER~! at the FSW arena on Friday 5/24 – Showtime is at noon – Main event: Bryan Alvarez vs. Logan Stunt
Empire dinner on Friday 5/24 at 8:30 p.m. at Texas de Brazil – Price is $82 – All you can eat meat and salad, sodas, tea, and coffee, plus dessert included
Empire suite party on Friday 5/24 for those who were not able to get the Q&A package – Price is $25
We’re looking for reports from tonight’s Raw show in Lexington with the non-Raw results, tonight’s Smackdown show in Huntington, WV, tonight’s Impact tapings in Toronto and Saturday’s NXT show in Milwaukee to [email protected].
We’re also doing a poll for the Impact Rebellion PPV. You can leave a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match to [email protected].
Smackdown and 205 Live will be taped on Tuesday in Columbus, OH. Becky Lynch vs. Bayley is scheduled.
Raw and SmackDown’s post-WrestleMania rosters were confirmed over the past week as WWE held their third annual Superstar Shake-up.
The most notable names to switch brands were AJ Styles and Roman Reigns. Styles had been the face of SmackDown since the 2016 brand split but is now a member of the Raw roster. Reigns had been on Raw since the 2016 draft but was moved to SmackDown in this year’s Shake-up, which comes in advance of SmackDown debuting on Fox in October.
After week one of the Superstar shakeup, things changed again. The who’s and the why’s is the lead story in the new issue of the Wrestling Observer. Also look at what the original plan for Kevin Owens was and why it changed, and also seems to indicate bad news for one of the company’s biggest stars.
Read an updated depth chart for Raw and Smackdown with new rosters and positioning. This also points out problem areas, and we also look at the card for Money in the Bank, and notes on a lot of directions.
Read about C.M. Punk doing a run-in on an indie show, why and what happened.
Also look at the change for the Backlash PPV and how that affects the schedule, how the Saudi Arabian government made WWE look bad once again, analysts bullish on WWE and what their predictions were that missed, update on the next Saudi Arabia show, and more on WWE ratings drops.
This issue contains a rundown of New Japan’s Sengoku Lord show and the booking direction of the company.
Also look at UFC’s return to Russia.
This issue has a lengthy feature on the Viceland documentary on the 1997 Survivor Series, filling in a lot of the pieces regarding who was in on it, how the finish was done, and a look at some of history’s biggest double-crosses.
Read a feature on Mighty John Quinn, one of the greatest heels in U.K. wrestling including the build for his two big main events at Wembley Arena including the record crowd with Big Daddy.
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MONDAY NEWS UPDATE
Bryan and I will be back tonight talking Raw and all the rest of the wrestling and MMA news tonight. You can send questions to the show to [email protected].
The story going around about an NXT Money in the Bank match at the next PPV was a fake.
The story from Fightful.com going around that The Revival turned down five-year contracts for $500,000 apiece per year is accurate. Tonight’s TV may give you WWE’s reaction to that.
The stuff on the Impact PPV last night pushing the new Impact+ streaming service is just basically a relaunch of the existing Global Wrestling Network service they’ve had, just with a new name, since they don’t want anything with the Global name.
Due to an injury to Siyar Bahadurzada, Nordine Taleb will now face Kyle Prepolee, debuting as a late replacement on Saturday’s show in Ottawa.
MISCELLANEOUS
IPW on Saturday night in Auckland, New Zealand before a sellout 300 fans: Vinny Dunn & Reuben De Jong b JK Moody & Kane Khan, Candy Lee b Harley Wonderland, Jakob Cross b Kingi-DQ, Jamie Tagatese won Rumble. Next show is 5/18. (thanks to Steve Ogilvie)
BCW on Sunday in Sydney, Australia: Ken Shamrock b Matt Diamond & Jude London in a handicap match to keep the tag titles, Mil Muertes b Gatt, Mil Muertes b Lucius Wolfe, Famous B b Vinnie Vain, Drago kept the AAA Latin American title over Aero Star, Bee Boy and Robbie Eagles, Mortar kept women’s title over Vixsin, Catrina, Arya Reign and Steph DeLander, Chavo Guerrero Jr. b Gabriel Wolfe, Mad Dog kept BCW title over Ken Shamrock and PJ Black. Next show is 6/28 in Melbourne and 6/29 in Sydney with Shamrock, John Morrison and Taya Valkyrie. They will be doing a 16 man two-night tournament. (thanks to Kevin Chiat)
Melbourne City Wrestling on 5/18 has Gino Gambino & Sebastian Walker vs. Slex & Seb Costello. Costello is a local radio personality who has been feuding with Walker.
ONE has announced it is launching ONE Studios, a TV and film production division. It’s similar to WWE’s idea which never panned out to make mainstream stars out of their athletes by having them star in movies.
Stardom’s Cinderella tournament took place today at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Toni Storm came out and apparently there were issues with non-Japanese fans and what was considered inappropriate behavior. Hanan & Saya Iida won three-way over Ruaka & Rina and Leo Onozaki & Hina, AZM b Rebel Kel, Starlight Kid b Natsu Sumire, Hazuki b Bea Priestley (finishes were pins, submission or over the top rope, Priestley, who was actually scheduled to reach the final four in the tournament, accidentally went over the top and was eliminated causing the booking to change during the show), Arisa Hoshiki b Saki Kashima, Hana Kimura b Andras Miyagi, Kagetsu d Tam Nakano 10:00 (both were eliminated), Natsuka Tora b Jungle Kyona, Konami b Momo Watanabe, Starlight Kid b Hazuki, Konami b AZM, Natsuko Tora b Hana Kimura, Arisa Hoshiki b Natsuko Tora, Konami b Starlight Kid, Arisa Hoshiki b Konami to win the tournament. Hoshiki then challenged Watanabe for her Wonder of Stardom title. (thanks to Shannon Walsh and wrestlingwithdemons.net)
CWE tonight in Blind River, ONT at the Blind River Community Centre with Psicosis vs. Norman Harass. They also run on 5/2 in Toronto at the Franklin Horner Community Centre with Psicosis and Johnny Devine.
CWE from last night in Sault Ste Marie, ONT: Diego DaVinci b Matt Powers, Roy Gordon b Martn Pain, Psicosis b Vinnie DaVinci, AJ Sanchez & Kevin O’Doyle b Norman Harass & Alex Ace, Danny Duggan b Robin Lekime.
Defy on 5/10 in Seattle at Washington Hall with Pentagon Jr. & Fenix, plus Tom Lawlor vs. Randy Myers. Must be 21 or older to attend.
Thunder Rosa debuted for Tokyo Joshi Pro today in Itabashi, Japan.
Action Wrestling from Saturday night in Sharpsburg, GA: Alan Angels over Matt Sells, Damyan Tangra, Shawn Dean, Mr. Brickster and Kvn Kanyn, O’Shay Edwards b Jaden Newman, AJ Grey b Michael Marshall, Bobby Flaco b AR Fox, Matt Griffin & Dani Jordyn & Cabana Man Dan b Billy Buck & Chris Spectra & Kevin Blue, Fred Yehi b Anthony Henry, AC Mack b James Bandy.
Regarding the note yesterday on Bushwhacker Luke Williams, the situation is actually even stranger than it sounds. Dan Mirade booked Luke for two autograph sessions. Williams was told about the dates but didn’t know one of the dates was for a Walmart. He then got asked on social media about him appearing at a Walmart. So he thought they were false advertising him since he knew he had a booking that day. He then told the local media he was being false advertised. But in fact, he wasn’t being false advertised. So it’s all been settled except for one of the TV news stations still has the story up about him being false advertised and won’t pull it because they had an interview with him saying it. So Luke shot an interview today explaining that he, in fact, will be in Ozark, AR on 5/3 and Fort Smith, AR on 5/4.
Ed in San Antonio presents PODER~! at the FSW arena on Friday 5/24 – Showtime is at noon – Main event: Bryan Alvarez vs. Logan Stunt
Empire dinner on Friday 5/24 at 8:30 p.m. at Texas de Brazil – Price is $82 – All you can eat meat and salad, sodas, tea, and coffee, plus dessert included
Empire suite party on Friday 5/24 for those who were not able to get the Q&A package – Price is $25
