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• Jamie Iovine Joins MLW As Backstage Correspondent And Collaborator

  08-09-2017 23:53 via wrestlezone.com
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  MLW issued the following:
  JAMIE IOVINE JOINS MLW AS BACKSTAGE CORRESPONDENT AND COLLABORATORORLANDO, FLORIDA – Major League Wrestling is excited to announce Jamie Iovine has joined MLW, serving as a backstage correspondent for MLW: One-Shot at Gilt Nightclub on October 5th in Orlando, FL.MLW: One-Shot will be available to stream and download within 72 hours of the event exclusively at MLW.tv.In addition to his work
  
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• Eric Bischoff Criticizes Roman Reigns ‘Gray Area Guy’ Moniker; Says WWE Creative Needs To Make A Decision

  08-09-2017 22:25 via wrestlezone.com
  The latest episode of former WCW President Eric Bischoff’s podcast Bischoff on Wrestling was released, for free, this past Wednesday!
  You can find a portion of Eric’s comments transcribed below.
  Subscribe to Bischoff on Wrestling on iTunes
  On if Roman Reigns’ is a “Gray Area Guy” like he claims:EB: It’s hard to say because of the way he’s being booked and the way they are writing for him. Those are
  
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• Ric Flair Announces New Team, Charlotte Flair’s Historic Choice

  08-09-2017 22:21
  – As noted, Ric Flair announced he would be parting ways with his former management team, Melinda Morris Zanoni and Legacy Talent Entertainment, LLC. Earlier today, he announced his new team is Get Engaged Media.
  Check out the tweet below:Thank You To All My Fans For Your Support !For Business Inquiries – [email protected]
  [email protected] pic.twitter.com/hjm0506Ob0
  — Ric Flair® (@RicFlairNatrBoy) September 8, 2017– WWE Smackdown Live Superstar Charlotte
  
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• WWE NXT Live Event Results From Rochester (09/07): McIntyre Vs. Cien Headlines

  08-09-2017 22:04
  – Check out the following WWE NXT live event results from Rochester NY.
  * Tye Dillinger defeated Kona Reeves
  * Ember Moon and Aliyah defeated Mandy Rose and Vanessa Borne
  * Johnny Gargano defeated Killian Dain
  * Aleister Black defeated Hideo Itami
  * Bobby Roode defeated The Velveteen Dream
  * Eric Young and Alexander Wolfe defeated Riddick Moss and Tino Sabbatelli to retain the NXT Tag Team Titles
  * Nikki Cross defeated Lacey Evans
  * Drew McIntyre beat Andrade “Cien” Almas to re
  
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• WZ Daily 9.8.17 feat. Sports Illustrated’s Justin Barrasso: GFW’s Creative & Financial Turmoil, More

  08-09-2017 22:02 via wrestlezone.com
  WrestleZone is proud to present the latest episode of our signature daily pro wrestling news podcast, WZ Daily!
  The WZ Daily is released Monday-Friday around Noon EST via WrestleZone Radio on iTunes or WZ’s channel on Eric Bischoff’s IRWNetwork.com!
  Subscribe to WrestleZone Radio on iTunesToday’s episode of WZ Daily is hosted by Nick Hausman and features Sports Illustrated’s Justin Barrasso as his co-host.
  The pro wrestling news topics from the last t
  
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• GFW Impact Results (09/07) – GFW Global Championship Match!

  08-09-2017 21:59
  Results courtesy of Impactwrestling.com:
  IMPACT opens with the arrivals of Eli Drake and Matt Sydal – they’ll do battle for the GFW Global Championship tonight!
  X-Division Champion Sonjay Dutt and Petey Williams def. Trevor Lee and Caleb Konley
  Konley is hung up on the ropes but as Williams charges at him, Lee makes the blind tag to take control. Williams hits the ropes but Lee catches him in the back with a knee, allowing Konley to continue the attack. Dutt takes out Lee with a kick
  
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• Alberto El Patron Comments On Returning To GFW

  08-09-2017 21:55
  Just Barrasso of Sports Illustrated recently spoke with former GFW Champion Alberto El Patron, and during the conversation, Alberto was asked about a potential return to Global Force Wrestling.
  Alberto said that he’s been in touch with GFW, and that he and the company are trying to find something that will please the fans:“I’ve been in touch with Global Force Wrestling, and we’re working to bring back Alberto El Patron to the company. We’re working to find something
  
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• Jim Cornette On His Status With GFW Going Forward

  08-09-2017 21:45
  Jim Cornette, who recently returned to TNA/Global Force Wrestling as the promotion’s new on-screen authority figure, recently commented on his status with the company going forward now that it’s being rumored that Anthem wants to sell the company.
  In the video above, Cornette talks about his status with GFW, and he also reveals his upcoming dates with he company.
  The post Jim Cornette On His Status With GFW Going Forward appeared first on ProWrestling.com.
  
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• DDP On Why His Feud With The Undertaker Didn’t Work

  08-09-2017 21:40
  In 2001, former WCW World Heavyweight Champion Diamond Dallas Page made his WWE debut, as he revealed himself to be The Undertaker’s wife’s stalker. The feud between the two quickly fizzled out, and DDP never really reached the heights that many thought he should in WWE.
  During a recent interview with The Mirror, DDP explained why his feud with The Undertaker didn’t end up working:
  “No, more than anything, it was designed like that, like beat down the WCW guys. There was
  
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• John Cena, Roman Reigns Continue Taking Shots At Each Other On Twitter

  08-09-2017 21:31
  Over the last few weeks, John Cena and Roman Reigns have had some pretty noteworthy verbal battles, and most would argue that Cena has gotten the better of Reigns in each one of them.
  On Thursday, the back and forth between the two former WWE Champions continued via Twitter:With #NFLKickoff here @WWERomanReigns here isUR #NoMercy @NFL @Patriots @WWE @espn #40andstillgoingstrong #DoYourJob #NeverGiveUp #EarnIt pic.twitter.com/LdiMpExhdk
  — John Cena (@JohnCena) September 7, 2017
  Guess some w
  
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• Ronda Rousey Attending Mae Young Classic Finals

  08-09-2017 21:14
  WWE has announced a red carpet special for next week’s Mae Young Classic finals in Las Vegas, Nevada. The special will begin streaming live on WWE’s Facebook page next Tuesday at 6 PM eastern time.
  The event will be hosted by Cathy Kelley, and it’ll feature appearances from Ronda Rousey, cast members from the Netlix hit show GLOW, U.S. Olympian soccer star Hope Solo, Charlotte Flair, Stephanie McMahon, the Bella Twins, Bayley, Triple H and other Mae Young Classic competito
  
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• SmackDown Live Star Makes Surprise Return To NXT

  08-09-2017 21:05
  On Thursday night, current SmackDown Live star Tye Dillinger returned at an NXT live event in Rochester, New York. He worked the show’s opening match, and he defeated Kona Reeves.
  Here’s the video of his surprise return:What a surprise! The start to this #NXTRoadTrip can officially be summed up as a… #Perfect10! #NXTRochester @WWEDillinger pic.twitter.com/zlLduKx1Le
  — WWE NXT (@WWENXT) September 8, 2017Dillinger is set to challenge AJ Styles for the United Stat
  
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• Moonsault Off Ring Post To The Outside Goes Bad (Video)

  08-09-2017 20:56 via wrestlezone.com
  Last week we started an installment just for social media of fans sending in must-see videos from indy wrestling. Some videos are comical and some are “see to believe” mistakes that happen. Last week was so successful, we decided to do it again considering the amount of videos sent in via social media.
  Here’s this week’s video, it didn’t happen recently but that doesn’t take away from its value when seeing this attempted moonsault.We have more CSR videos comi
  
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• Figure Friday: WWE Elite Goldberg + RAW Main Event Ring (Photos)

  08-09-2017 19:54 via wrestlezone.com
  Welcome to Figure Friday! Today we’ll take a look at Goldberg’s very first Mattel WWE action figure as well as the brand new RAW Main Event (Elite Scale) ring! I was super excited to get Goldberg’s first Elite figure and it was worth the wait! You can get yours on RingsideCollectibles.com and if you’d like to save some money use discount code MBG to Save 10% on your order!Goldberg! Goldberg! Goldberg! ——————————&
  
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• Will GFW Continue To Reference Sexy Star Incident?, Jerry Lawler At New York Comic Con, Viva La Rasslin 3: All-Day Chicago Survivor Series Party

  08-09-2017 16:54 via wrestlezone.com
  Photo Credit: El Rey Network
  Will GFW Continue To Reference Sexy Star Incident?
  PWInsider.com is reporting that any references to the Sexy Star incident on GFW TV will be dropped after last night’s show. Last night’s episode was in the can and GFW had already made the call to make reference to the much discussed incident between Star and Rosemary on the show.
  The idea behind referencing the incident on last night’s episode was to use it as a way to get the h
  
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• Update: Latest On When Samoa Joe Is Expected Back In Action

  08-09-2017 16:51 via wrestlezone.com
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  Samoa Joe has been out of in-ring action since the end of August due to a knee injury suffered at a WWE live event. That match was with John Cena and it was being teased for him to work against Cena on WWE television until the injury derailed those plans.
  The Wrestling Observer Newsletter is reporting Samoa Joe is expected back in action by late October.
  It’s been rumored John Cena will be gone by this time as he has more Hollywood filming commitments. This
  
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• Update On When Several GFW Contracts Are Up, On-Sale Date For Post-Christmas RAW In NYC, AJ Styles Helps Fan Take Phenomenal Selfie

  08-09-2017 16:26 via wrestlezone.com
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  Update On When Several GFW Contracts Are Up
  PWInsider.com is reporting that Alberto El Patron still has 6-8 months left on his GFW contract.
  They also report that Low Ki and Eddie Kingston’s contracts with GFW come up in October.
  Related: Alberto El Patron Comments On Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts, His Global Force Wrestling Status
  On-Sale Date For Post-Christmas RAW In NYC
  The December 26th WWE live event at Madison Square Garden in New Yor
  
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• GFW VP Lashes Out At Sports Illustrated Report, Better Double Date Couple: Cena/Nikki or Bryan/Brie?

  08-09-2017 16:06 via wrestlezone.com
  GFW Vice President Lashes Out At Sports Illustrated Report
  GFW Vice President of Production Kevin Sullivan has posted the following to Twitter responding to Justin Barrasso’s report for Sports Illustrated that dropped earlier this week and highlighted some of the backstage financial and creative issues GFW is dealing with:@SInow when did it become ok to print bs? As a journalism major, I find your fact checking to be less than diligent.
  — Kevin Sullivan (@KevinSullyTV) September
  
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• WWE NXT Rochester Live Event Results (9/7): Dillinger & Roode In Action, SAnitY Defends Tag Titles, McIntyre v Cien Main Event, More

  08-09-2017 15:44 via wrestlezone.com
  (Photo by Gerardo Mora/Getty Images for SiriusXM)
  WWE NXT Live Event Results9/7/17Rochester, NYResults courtesy of PWInsider.com
  Tye Dillinger beat Kona Reeves.
  Ember Moon and Aliyah beat Mandy Rose and Vanessa Borne.
  Johnny Gargano beat Killian Dain.
  Aleister Black beat Hideo Itami.
  Bobby Roode beat The Velveteen Dream.
  Eric Young and Alexander Wolfe beat Riddick Moss and Tino Sabbatelli to retain the NXT Tag Team Titles.
  Nikki Cross beat Lacey Evans.
  Drew McIntyre beat Andrade &
  
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• Total Bellas Season Two Premiere Viewership, Mick Foley Sending Prayers To Friends In Irma’s Path, Raven’s Birthday Today

  08-09-2017 15:30 via wrestlezone.com
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  Total Bellas Season Two Premiere Viewership
  The September 6th season two premiere of Total Bellas garnered 681,00o overnight viewers which is slightly up than the 640,000 viewer average for episodes in season one.
  Related: Details Around Total Bellas Season Two
  Mick Foley Sending Prayers To Friends In Irma’s Path
  WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley has posted the following to Facebook commenting on Hurricane Irma’s imminent impact on Florida
  
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• Matt Hardy Says “Feed Me Your Energy” (Video), GFW Creative Team Update, Rumor Killer On Other Personnel Changes

  08-09-2017 04:09 via wrestlezone.com
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  PWInsider.com is reporting John Gaburick, Sonjay Dutt and Scott D’Amore will head up the Global Force Wrestling creative team moving forward, running it together with Dutch Mantel, Jeremy Borash and Abyss also adding input and assisting them.
  Related: Anthem Reportedly ‘Hemorrhaging Funds’ & Looking To Get Out Of Wrestling; Affects On GFW, Possible Sale, Could Hardys Benefit?, More
  Additionally, PWInsider.com is reporting discussions during this week&rsq
  
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• Triple H, William Regal, Court Bauer And More Explore The UK Scene On “The World According To Wrestling”

  08-09-2017 03:48 via wrestlezone.com
  (Photo by Todd Williamson/WireImage)
  The World According To Wrestling podcast is back with a second episode this week and explores the current situation in the British wrestling scene, ITV’s revamp of World Of Sport, WWE’s UK plans and how the UK indie scene feels about it. The loaded line-up of episode guests includes Triple H, Dave Meltzer, Andy Quildan, Klondyke Kate, Fred Dinenage, William Regal, Robbie Brookside, Finn Balor, Neville, Ryan Satin and Court Bauer.
  The episode
  
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• ROH Star Replacing Dan Severn At IPW: UK Supershow, Top Ten Dangerous Dives, The Rock Recites The Pledge Of Allegiance (Videos)

  08-09-2017 03:28 via wrestlezone.com
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  IPW: UK
  IPW posted the following on Instagram, announcing Ring Of Honor star Dalton Castle is replacing Dan “The Beast” Severn at their upcoming Supershow XI event:
  SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 17TH – SUPERSHOW XI – ROCHESTER, KENT :: When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade! Unfortunately, Dan Severn has decided not to come to Europe this month. Our friends at Discovery Wrestling have helped us make it possible howeve
  
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• Roman Reigns Says That John Cena is ‘Too Old To Talk Smack Online,’ Cena Calls Out Reigns’ ‘Padded Vest’

  08-09-2017 03:00 via wrestlezone.com
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  To further extend their verbal jabs over the past couple of weeks and hype the upcoming match at No Mercy, Roman Reigns and John Cena exchanged tweets continuing to throw insults.
  Cena tweeted about “learning to spell.”
  Guess some waters are off limits, or maybe I should learn to spell #NoMercy
  — John Cena (@JohnCena) September 7, 2017Reigns responded that “bad things happen” when Cena starts to think, and he should have someone film him
  
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• Bobby Roode Comments On His WWE Experience, What Lies Ahead, Lars Sullivan’s Theme Song

  08-09-2017 02:33 via wrestlezone.com
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  Bobby Roode
  Bobby Roode recently spoke with Justin Barrasso for Sports Illustrated Extra Mustard‘s Week In Wrestling; you can read a few highlights below:
  Bobby Roode comments on his experience on NXT and Smackdown so far: 
  “NXT brought my passion back. I got the chance to work with all the coaches down at the Performance Center, and I was able to pick Triple H’s brain, too. Also, working with Shawn Michaels was amazing. He’s been very
  
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• Alberto El Patron Comments On Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts, His Global Force Wrestling Status

  08-09-2017 02:28 via wrestlezone.com
  (Photo by Moses Robinson/Getty Images)
  Alberto El Patron recently spoke with Justin Barrasso for Sports Illustrated Extra Mustard‘s Week In Wrestling; you can read a few highlights below:
  Alberto El Patron comments on how he and Paige are helping people in their time of need after Hurricane Harvey hit Texas: 
  “We’re trying to help people affected by the situation, starting with paying for hotel rooms for families who lost their houses or are currently unable to live in the
  
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• Sting And Undertaker WWE Network Collections (Video), Tyler Breeze On Breezango

  08-09-2017 02:27
  – Check out the following preview of the newest collections added to the award-winning WWE Network, including “Undertaker: Dawn of The Deadman” and “Sting: The Icon Defined.” Both the Sting and Undertaker collections are running on the WWE Network this month.– WWE SmackDown Superstar Tyler Breeze took to Twitter and commented on Breezango not being used on SmackDown this week:Hold on… were we not on #SDLive this week?…… we didn't do #Fashi
  
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• Tye Dillinger On His Upcoming Title Match

  08-09-2017 02:16
  – As noted, AJ Styles will defend his United States Championship title against challenger Tye Dillinger next week on SmackDown Live in Las Vegas, NV.Dillinger took to Twitter recently and commented on his upcoming match:9/12/17 #SDLive vs. @AJStylesOrg for the #UnitedStatesChampionship in Sin City….Anything can happen when Phenomenal meets Perfection pic.twitter.com/OxLwVcd8dW
  — Tye Dillinger (@WWEDillinger) September 7, 2017The post Tye Dillinger On His Upcoming Title Match a
  
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• Steve Austin On Talking With Ultimate Warrior, Working With The Rock

  08-09-2017 02:10
  As noted, WWE Hall of Famer “Stone Cold” Steve Austin was recently a special guest on Sean Waltman’s X-Pac 12360, they sent us these highlights:
  Superstar Billy Graham being the first Stone Cold:
  “He was at another level in a different world. Big props to Superstar because really, he was the first Stone Cold because when Senior (Vince McMahon Sr.) was running the promotion he was a white hot heel who transitioned himself into a baby (face), but senior didn’t really
  
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• Tye Dillinger on His Upcoming U.S. Championship Match, Alberto El Patron & Paige Visit Salvation Army, Rip Rogers Has a Message for GFW

  08-09-2017 01:56 via wrestlezone.com
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  Tye Dillinger on His Upcoming U.S. Championship Match
  As reported, AJ Styles will defend the United States Championship against Tye Dillinger next week in Las Vegas, NV. Dillinger commented on possibly becoming champion come Tuesday.
  9/12/17 #SDLive vs. @AJStylesOrg for the #UnitedStatesChampionship in Sin City….Anything can happen when Phenomenal meets Perfection pic.twitter.com/OxLwVcd8dW
  — Tye Dillinger (@WWEDillinger) September 7, 2
  
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• GFW Impact Results (9/7) Eli Drake Defends the GFW Global Title Against Matt Sydal, And More!

  08-09-2017 01:45 via wrestlezone.com
  GFW Impact Results
  September 7th, 2017
  Report By Lovell Porter for Wrestlezone.com
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  Trevor Lee and Caleb Konley vs X-Division Champion Sonj
  
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• Santana Garrett Confirmed For MLW One-Shot, More Details On Confirmed Matches

  08-09-2017 01:32 via wrestlezone.com
  MLW issued the following, announcing Santana Garrett will compete at MLW One-Shot, as well as updating the  match card for October 5th in Orlando:MAE YOUNG CLASSIC’S REAL LIFE WONDER WOMAN SANTANA GARRETT SET FOR MLW’S OCTOBER WRESTLING EVENTORLANDO, FLORIDA – Fresh off of competing in WWE’s Mae Young Classic, “the real life Wonder Woman” Santana Garrett is confirmed to compete at MLW: One-Shot at Gilt Nightclub in Orlando, FL on Thursday
  
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• This Week’s WWE Smackdown Live Sees Increase, Chris Jericho Says ‘IT’ Is Terrifying

  08-09-2017 01:25 via wrestlezone.com
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  WWE Smackdown Live
  According to ShowBuzz Daily, this week’s episode of WWE Smackdown Live brought in 2.582 million viewers, which is up from 2.455 million viewers last week.
  This week’s loaded show, highlighted by Shane McMahon’s suspension and Shinsuke Nakamura defeating Randy Orton, was the fifth overall show in viewership, and the second ranked show in the 18-49 demographic. In terms of the key demographic, Smackdown only trailed the American
  
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• NXT Live Events Postponed Due To Hurricane Irma, Sneak Peek At Sting & Undertaker Network Collections (Video)

  08-09-2017 01:16 via wrestlezone.com
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  WWE.com posted the following, announcing this weekend’s NXT live events in Florida are being postponed due to Hurricane Irma’s potential impact on the state:
  With Hurricane Irma fast approaching and Florida under a state of emergency, four upcoming NXT Live Events have been postponed.
  NXT Live Events on Friday, Sept. 8, in Daytona Beach; Saturday, Sept. 9, in Crystal River; Thursday, Sept. 14, in Lakeland; and Friday, Sept. 15, in Dade City, have been postponed. The Sept. 1
  
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• GFW Announces TV Deal In Germany

  08-09-2017 00:17
  – GFW issued the following:
  Global Force Wrestling Announces Deal with 7Sports to Bring IMPACT Back to Screens in Germany
  NASHVILLE | TORONTO – Global Force Wrestling, a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment Corp., announced today that it has reached an agreement with 7Sports, the sport business unit of theProSiebenSat.1 Group, to bring its flagship weekly show IMPACT back to screens in Germany, Austria and Switzerland via ran FIGHTING.
  Showcasing top professional wrestling
  
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