Search results

  • Welcome to "The New" Wrestling Smarks Forum!

    I see that you are not currently registered on our forum. It only takes a second, and you can even login with your Facebook! If you would like to register now, pease click here: Register

    Once registered please introduce yourself in our introduction thread which can be found here: Introduction Board


  1. 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...
  2. Geese

    Impact is in talks with AXS

    Impact is close to landing a TV deal on AXS. https://news360.com/article/506965872
  3. 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...
  4. 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
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. 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
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
  11. 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...
  12. 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/
  13. Geese

    NJPW is not on good terms with AEW

    New Japan is currently not on good working terms with All Elite Wrestling. Initially, it looked like the two promotions had a lot in common and were going to have a good relationship, but that's no longer the case. Much of it has to do with Jon Moxley, who's signed to AEW but currently performs...
  14. Geese

    Jon Moxley has an opt-out clause in his AEW contract after one year

    Jon Moxley has an opt-out clause in his AEW contract after one year. He signed a three-year deal with All Elite, but if he doesn't like the direction his career is going, he can leave after only one year...
  15. Geese

    Anderson & Gallows have Re-signed with the WWE

    Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows have re-signed with the WWE. WWE was afraid of losing more talent to the budding All Elite Wrestling promotion. https://www.tpww.net/2019/07/gallows-and-anderson-have-reportedly-officially-signed-with-wwe/
  16. Geese

    Kawhi Leonard has signed with the Clippers

    Kawhi Leonard has signed a four-year, $144 million deal with the L.A. Clippers, turning down both the Raptors and the Lakers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/07/06/kawhi-leonard-picks-clippers-partnership-with-paul-george-stunning-raptors-lakers/?utm_term=.44258bf6c7d5
  17. Geese

    WWE will be dropping its PG rating

    WWE will be dropping its PG rating and move towards a more edgier content in an attempt to attract a teenager audience. https://comicbook.com/wwe/2019/07/06/wwe-tv-pg-rating-being-dropped-/ Paul Heyman has been given creative freedom on RAW and has called up The Street Profits from NXT to RAW...
  18. Geese

    Yankees have signed 16-year old Jasson Dominguez

    The New York Yankees have signed sixteen year old Jason Dominguez to a whopping $5.1 million signing bonus. https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/mlb/yankees/2019/07/02/new-york-yankees-sign-jasson-dominguez-16-year-old-sensation/1619749001/
  19. Geese

    Raiders Trio of Troublemakers

    The Oakland Raiders signing of Antonio Brown, Vontaze Burfict, and Richie Incognito are bringing back memories of the bad boy Raiders. The most troubling signing is Richie Incognito. Here is just a small sampling of Richie's troubled past. Raiders open arms to NFL's bad boys club
  20. Geese

    Is Bare Knuckle too violent?

    As the article states the Bare Knuckle FC 5 main event between Artem Lobov and Jason Knight was "captured and later savvily edited by the marketing department, showcased 10 minutes of blood-pumping, teeth shattering strikes. Lobov had his hand raised but left the bout with swollen gashes...
Top Bottom