Here's more wrestling news for September 16th, 2022.
And we're kicking off this afternoon with Warner brothers discovery.
Who've made some controversial decisions as of late, including
scrapping TV shows and films, which were nearly entirely finished.
So far AEW who is on T N T and TBS haven't been affected by
any of these decisions, but that could all be about to change.
According to a new report from deadline, the TNets division
of the company, including TN T TBS and true TV is looking
towards less costly series that don't feature a list stars.
And instead focused on unscripted in sports programming, more
specifically wrestling programming is singled out as one of
the top options as it is both relatively cheap to produce
and AEW consistently garners high ratings on TNT and TBS.
Deadlines report also states that Warner brothers discovery
is also looking towards more reality style scripted shows,
which could include AEW's long rumored reality series.
But that sports such as the NBA and NHL will
still take precedence over wrestling programming.
With several bad news reports for AEW as of late, this
is a much needed piece of good news for the company as
if w B D do invest more of their focus on wrestling.
Expect AEW's next rights deal to be bigger than ever before.
One name fans won't be seeing on TN net programming is
Braun Strowman who returned this week to raw, which was
good news for WWE and bad news for control your narrative.
Stroman had been the biggest name associated with Cyn.
And after his return, the promotion put out a statement
admitting that their immediate future was unclear.
Now their future has become much clearer, but not in the way.
CYN's founder EC3 would've hoped speaking
to Steve fall of S E scoops and NBC sports.
Boston EC3 said that a planned tour for control your
narrative will not be going ahead as initially planned.
This shouldn't come as too much of a surprise.
As in the days before EC3's interview, the Cyn website
had quietly pulled all events from their touring page,
with no shows planned for the immediate future and
both Strowman and Karrion Kross leaving the future.
Certainly doesn't look good for CYN whose first year
as a promotion may end up also being their last.
As of late EC3 and Velveteen Dream
have been feuding, but not in the ring.
It was earlier this month that EC3 accused Patrick
Clark of using his phone to record wrestlers of the
bathroom without their consent during an EC3 house party.
And Clark recently fired back with an accusation of his own.
In an Instagram video, Clark said that he left his phone in
the bathroom by accident, proved that there were no videos and
accused EC3 of using cocaine, telling him, get your shit together.
When asked by PW insider for a statement EC3 responded by
taking the high road saying he forgives Clark for the accusation
and for the alleged filming of wrestlers at the house party.
Speaking about the cocaine allegation EC3 said
that he has never failed a drug test or even been
arrested for drug use, unlike Clark and added that.
Unlike Clark he's also never been arrested
for battery or any inappropriate behavior.
Speaking about the former Velveteen Dream EC3
ended his statement saying that he wishes Clark well
and hopes he gets the help he needs at this time.
Clark hasn't responded to this latest statement.
So perhaps this will be the end of their feud, but
should Patrick Clark somehow get a wrestling role
again, don't expect him to share a locker room with EC3
clark's accusation against EC3 that he uses cocaine.
Wasn't the only accusation he made as the former NXT superstar
also claimed that several current superstars also used the drug.
This is a huge accusation for Clark to make though.
He didn't name anyone other than EC3 but now we have
information about one person who did use drugs in WWE.
Sean Ross Sapp reports that during his days at NXT
Clark himself was quietly suspended for using cocaine,
which WWE did not publicly report at the time.
It goes to show how much promise Clark was
showing as despite failing the wellness policy.
WWE chose not to disclose his violation to the public.
Like they've done with so many other superstars.
Even Roman reigns was named and shamed
when he failed the policy in 2016.
So the fact that WWE tried to protect the then Velveteen
Dream is a sign that the company had high hopes for his future.
Of course, those future plans did not work out.
And while Clark may be ready to accuse others of using cocaine,
perhaps he should spend more time looking in the mirror.
Now we're used to seeing WWE superstars
both past and present show up in movies.
But this week AEW took some steps onto the silver screen.
According to IMDB, a new film is in the works titled
missing persons and the independently produced action.
Thriller will feature Dustin Rhodes,
Billy Gunn, and his son Austin gun.
According to IMDB, the film is described as about
two grizzled war veterans go missing after kidnapping
his soldier, who turns out to be a con artist.
Missing persons is the latest project by Brett Bentman who
worked with the guns and roads in his 2020 TV film, misanthrope.
And now the trio of AEW stars have
another acting credit to their name.
Earlier this week, it was reported that AEW's Abadon
was set to compete at the Tokyo Joshi pro wrestling
promotion in arguably her biggest match to date.
The show would've marked Abadon's first match
outside of the us and see her be part of the upcoming
Shinjuku tournament, but that isn't happening now.
The Tokyo Joshi Twitter account has tweeted that ABA Don's appearance
has been canceled, citing a problem of obtaining a visa for her.
As the reason the promotion has offered fans, the option
to claim a refund due to Abadon's canceled, visit to the
country while Abaddon has said that she's heartbroken
and hopes to work with Tokyo, Joshie in the future.
Abadon hadn't been wrestling for long
before she signed with AEW in 2020.
So almost all of her career has been with Tony Khan's
company, and we can only hope that she gets the chance to
compete overseas, that she's now missing out on last month.
Bobby fish's contract with AEW expired and a deal
could not be reached between the two parties.
Fish was with AEW for less than a year.
And it worked in NXT beforehand.
And it's safe to say which company he prefers.
Speaking to wrestling headlines, Fish
discussed the management style of Tony Khan.
And when asked, said it couldn't compare to working under triple H no.
I felt like I had those instances for myself getting
that look or that nod from anybody in the back.
No nowhere near what I felt, the pride I felt working under hunter.
This is hardly the first time Fish has praised triple H who
was head of NXT until last September as last month, while
still employed at AEW Fish said, he'd go to war for the game.
Bobby fish isn't under any contract right
now, but that could change soon enough.
And time will tell if the former tag champion
gets another chance to work for triple H.
We've got some joyous news from MJF.
Now, as the salt of the earth is officially engaged on Instagram
MJF confirmed that he will soon tie the knot with his fiance,
Naomi Rosenblum, who also shared a post of her own claiming
that MJF told her she's the luckiest girl in the world.
Rosenblum isn't a wrestler, but has appeared on AEW
programming as she was a woman in the crowd who made out
with MJF during the February 9th edition of dynamite.
After a three month hiatus, MJF is back on AEW TV
and has a world championship opportunity to his name.
And we're wishing him and Naomi well on their engagement
ever since all out a lot has been said about cm punk,
and whether he's doing more harm than good for AEW.
Well, punk is a huge name in AEW nobody can deny that his
comments at the all out media scrum has caused problems in the
locker room, which is said to be massively anti punk right now.
Now WWE hall of Famer road, dog.
Jesse James has weighed in as during
the latest, oh, you didn't know podcast.
The former tag team champion recalled his time working with.
He's not a nice person.
He's not good.
We actually had to work with him in our 2014 run and seeing that
attitude that he had towards me and Billy granted, we were not
hall of Famers at the time, but we were on our way to be for sure.
And we were the new age Outlaws.
At least we'd been there as long as
he had, and he showed us no respect.
Road dog also said that respect is a two way street.
And if punk isn't going to show respect to others, then
he hasn't really got the right to complain about not being
shown respect from the younger stars in AEW it's been
reported that a lot of people want punk fired, believing that
he's not worth the trouble he's caused Tony Khan and AEW.
And although he's out with an injury right now,
punk's future with AEW remains very uncertain.
Back to WWE as Charlotte flair, hasn't been seen since WrestleMania
backlash, where she lost the SmackDown women's championship
to Rhonda Rousey in her time away flair has gotten married to
Andrade El Idolo of AEW but it may now be time for the queen
to return zero news reports that flair has made it clear.
She's ready to return.
And according to sources, WWE are considering bringing
her back as soon as next month's extreme rules event.
The other idea being floated around is for flair to
be kept off TV until at least after survivor series.
And in fact, she could be saved for a return at next year's
Royal rumble in January zero also reported that at this time,
flair is set to be back before WrestleMania 39 as she's set to
beat raw women's champion, Bianca Belair at the show of shows.
Belair has phase three of WWE's four horse women having
wins over Becky Lynch, Sasha banks and Bailey, but is
yet to take on the queen as to when flair will be back.
That's the decision WWE will have to make, but after nearly a
year away, expect the queen of all eras to be back on top of
her kingdom, come wrestlemania 39 and we're ending today with
Kenny omega, one of AEW's executive vice presidents, who is
serving a suspension for his role in the post, all out fight.
Earlier this week, it was noted that omega has been in
Japan and was set to be part of the Tokyo game show,
promoting the AEW fight forever console video game.
The fact that omega was set to promote the game, had
people thinking that his suspension wouldn't be as bad
as what others are facing, but now plans have changed.
Dave Meltzer reports that well omega is in Japan.
He won't be a part of the show anymore.
Omegas in Japan right now.
And it's interesting because the original trip was
partially to promote the AEW video game because they've
got the Tokyo gamesshow because of his suspension.
He's not going to be involved with the presentation of it there.
What makes this even more interesting is that Christopher
Daniels and Michael Nakazawa, who were suspended as a
precautionary measure have had their suspensions lifted
and will be competing in matches at the Tokyo games show.
Omega, isn't just an AEW wrestler and EVP, but
he's also a huge part of their gaming department.
But despite what was initially
believed, he won't have a role in Tokyo.