Jerome Young, known to wrestling fans as ‘New Jack’, has passed away this afternoon at the age of 58. In a statement to PWInsider this afternoon, Jennifer Young, the wife of New Jack, revealed that he had passed away of a heart attack earlier today. New Jack was commonly recognised throughout the professional wrestling industry as one of the most controversial figures to step into the squared circle, as he was often criticised for taking it too far and going too extreme. However this built New Jack an extremely loyal following and made anything he was involved with must see.…
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Dave Meltzer, in the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter, has reported that All Elite Wrestling have been in talks to sign the recently released WWE Star, Andrade. Andrade was released from Vince McMahon’s World Wrestling Entertainment in March, and unlike many other released talent, his contact did not include the typical 90 day no compete clause meaning that he was free to work with other promotions from the day he was released. It has already been announced that the former NXT and United States Champion will be facing another former WWE star, Alberto El Patron, at the inaugural pay-per-view for Federación…
The most Extreme Promotion in the History of Pro Wrestling is back, and under Onita’s Rules, the “E” in the Company’s name stands for explosion as it’s main focus will be on exploding deathmatches. FMWE’s debut show will take place on July 4 at the Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market in Yokohama. Atushi Onita has stated that Jon Moxley and Kenny Omega’s exploding barbed wire deathmatch at AEW’s Revolution pay-per-view was the catalyst for the company’s birth. Hidetaka Kajiki, the man holding a director post position next to Onita, has already Announced that the pay-per-view will cost just 1,000 Yen…
GCW has quickly ascended up the ranks on the list of the Top Independent Promotions in the world, putting on well over a dozen great shows out in 2021 alone, and they looked to kickoff May the very same way they came out of April, red hot. GOOD: Ashes to Ashes kicked off with some hype chants from the Sold Out Showboat Arena, before we immediately hear Rickey Shane Page’s Theme followed by stereo boo’s from everyone in attendance. Emil Jay introduced him as the FORMER GCW World Champion which received a huge pop. RSP took the mic but before…