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  1. Geese

    Morale in the WWE is low

    Morale amongst wrestlers in the WWE is low. It states the numbers of "stars looking to leave WWE for All Elite Wrestling would 'blow your mind'" and the list of stars who want to leave includes "Randy Orton, Rusev, The Revival, Harper, Mike Kanellis, just to name a few." Jon Moxley has said...
  2. Geese

    STARDOM to get TV Deal

    Ever since Bushiroad, New Japan's parent company, has bought Stardom Dave Meltzer has reported "these plans will take effect starting January and include a big marketing push in wrestling magazines and billboards. Stardom will also begin airing their shows on the BS NTV and Tokyo MX cable...
  3. Geese

    WWE wanted to buy STARDOM

    Before the women's promotion STARDOM was sold to NJPW, Triple H and WWE officials met with STARDOM officials because the WWE wanted to buy STARDOM. According to Dave Meltzer, "WWE reportedly wanted to use the STARDOM promotion to help build up the women's roster of their planned NXT Japan...
  4. Geese

    Chikara Video Game

    A CHIKARA: Action Arcade video game is coming out and is $13.49. According to Jeremy Peeples, "It revels in Chikara's brand of wrestling, which is hard work, wacky characters, and a lot of supernatural elements blended in with comedy. "...
  5. Geese

    WWE tried to buy NOAH

    WWE tried to buy Japanese NOAH. According to Dave Meltzer, "WWE attempted to buy NOAH and use it as a platform to launch NXT Japan, another branch of the growing NXT brand. However the deal couldn't get done, and while it doesn't kill WWE's hopes of launching a Japan-based promotion it does put...
  6. Geese

    NXT Stars don't want to be called up to Raw or Smackdown

    Many of NXT's stars don't want to be called up to the Raw or Smackdown roster. WWE NXT Stars Are Reportedly Dreading A Possible Main Roster Call-Up According to the Forbes article, "For many NXT stars, the lure of remaining in NXT--which consistently features better programming, higher quality...
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  7. Geese

    Joker gets a bad review

    The much-anticipated Joker movie has gotten a bad review from Anchorage Daily News: "The Joker doubles down on the movie quotes, invoking Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times and the entire 70's canon of grimy urban classics," and it "begins to feel less like an original...
  8. Geese

    Sega Genesis Mini

    Sega has introduced the Sega Genesis Mini. It's just like the old Sega Genesis but it's smaller, sleeker and comes with forty-two built-in games, like Altered Beast, Tojam & Earl, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Golden Axe...
  9. Geese

    NJPW's TV deal with AXS expires in 2021

    NJPW's TV deal with AXS expires in 2021. Reported Update on When NJPW’s Deal with AXS Ends The man behind getting New Japan on Americna television, Adam Swift the Vice President of Legal Affairs, has been let go following the Anthem and AXS merger. New Japan's future remains uncertain. With...
  10. Geese

    Impact is in talks with AXS

    Impact is close to landing a TV deal on AXS. https://news360.com/article/506965872
  11. Geese

    Katsuyori Shibata wants to wrestle

    Katsuyori Shibata is hoping to get medically cleared to return to the ring again. Shibata had a career ending injury when he did that headbutt to Kazuchika Okada in Sakura Genesis 2017. https://www.sescoops.com/katsuyori-shibata-hoping-to-get-cleared-to-wrestle/ Dave Meltzer notes, Given...
  12. Geese

    NJPW's Next Venture: Anime

    NJPW's next business foray will be Anime. You could be seeing Tetsuya Naito, Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi as a cartoon, similar to Hulk Hogan's Rock n' Wrestling of the 1980's. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-18/japan-s-next-cultural-export-after-anime-might-be-pro-wrestling
  13. Geese

    CM Punk is not signing with AEW in the long-term

    CM Punk is not interested in signing with All Elite for the long-term. AEW has made multiple offers to Punk and he has turned it all down. Punk will appear at Starrcast III but will not appear at All Out. https://www.ewrestlingnews.com/news/update-aew-pursuit-cm-punk...
  14. Geese

    AJ Styles considered other promotions before re-signing with the WWE

    Before AJ Styles re-signed with the WWE for a three-year deal he consider other promotions, such as All Elite and NJPW. Ever since AEW has taken off, WWE is keeping their talent under lockdown to big money, multi-year contracts...
  15. Geese

    Dark Side of the Ring will be renewed for a second season

    Viceland has renewed a second season of Dark Side of the Ring. Among the episodes in the works is the Death of Dino Bravo and the Chris Benoit murder and suicide. https://www.ewrestlingnews.com/news/viceland-reaches-agreement-for-season-2-of-dark-side-of-the-ring
  16. Geese

    Eris Bischoff won't be involved in Smackdown Creative

    According to Dave Meltzer, Eric Bischoff will not be involved in the creative process for Smackdown. When Smackdown moves from USA to FOX in October, Bischoff will interact with the various departments in the company and FOX...
  17. Geese

    Thora Birch has signed with a new talent agency

    Ghost World star Thora Birch has signed with the Buchwald talent agency. She will continue to be repped by Luber Roklin, Rosenfeld, Meyer, and Susman. Would it be enough to get people interested in Thora Birch once again? After Ghost World, Thora's career petered out because her father and...
  18. Geese

    Eric Bischoff filed for Bankruptcy

    According to Hannibal TV, Bischoff and his wife Loree had filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in Arizona in 2017. Many of Bischoff's business ventures into K-1 and wrestling were performing poorly. Bischoff's TV syndication company went out of business...
  19. Geese

    Jim Ross doesn't think AEW is competition for the WWE

    Jim Ross recently gave his views about whether All Elite Wrestling is competition to the WWE. Here is what good ol' J.R. had to say: "WWE’s got such a long head-start on everybody. They’ve got that global footprint. It’s a publicly-traded company. They’ve got huge money from these TV deals...
  20. Geese

    Joe Taslim will play Sub-Zero in Mortal Kombat

    Joe Taslim will play Sub-Zero in the Mortal Kombat movie. https://comicbook.com/gaming/2019/07/09/mortal-kombat-movie-casts-the-raid-actor-sub-zero/
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