Welcome to Paper Talk with Zachary Linse, where we round up all of the smaller & interesting news stories from around the globe: Josh Alexander, who was recently granted his release from IMPACT Wrestling, announced on Twitter that his work visa has expired and he cannot work in America, therefore he will miss Terminus & AML Wrestling later this month. FITE made the announcement earlier today that they will continue their new relationship with Lucha Libre AAA & Rey de Reyes will air live on the site. This is second AAA Pay-Per-View for the network. Republic of Lucha is making…
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Welcome to Paper Talk with Zachary Linse, where we round up all of the smaller & interesting news stories from around the globe: Court Bauer announced tonight on the new season premiere of MLW Fusion that Killer Kross will make his MLW return February 26th in Charlotte at Superfight. Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling announced tonight that former AEW Women’s World Champion Hikaru Shida will be making her return to the company March 19th to battle Hikari Noa. The Briscoe Brothers shared a big announcement on Twitter earlier, noting that they will make the 1st defense of their 12th Ring of…
Photo Credits – WWE, MLW and Wrestlenomics DISCLAIMER: THESE ARE MY OPINIONS ON ALLEGATIONS THAT MLW HAS MADE IN THEIR LAWSUIT AGAINST WWE. THESE ARE JUST BASED ON THEIR COMPLAINT AND SINCE NO EVIDENCE HAS BEEN PROVIDED MY OPINION MAY CHANGE, BUT FOR NOW THESE ARE JUST MY HONEST UNBIASED OPINIONS BASED ON THE ALLEGATIONS. I wanted to take a look at different parts of their complaint and give an honest take if I think there is merit there and if there is how hard it would be to prove. I’m not going through the whole compliant line for line…
Ahead of one of the biggest weekends in his legendary career spanning well over two decades, Homicide looked back at how he came to be. Homicide will be inducted into the Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame by Chris Dickinson this Saturday, then the following night he will headline the Hammerstein Ballroom challenging Jon Moxley for the GCW Championship. Speaking to Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated, Homicide openly admitted that he doesn’t love the name that has brought him success over the years. “At the time, I was going to be The Latin Terror, this crazy bootleg version of Sting and The…
Well, 2021 has come and gone, and what a year it was for wrestling! There have been some incredible moments and memories for us all, so I thought I’d take the opportunity to write up my top 10. The Fall of CONTRA MLW shot up my viewing list in 2021, inspired in part by the excellent series of articles about the promotion on this site. The gradual collapse of the dominant CONTRA UNIT faction, topped off by the epic war between Alexander Hammerstone and Jacob Fatu provided a perfect old-school “babyface-overcomes-the-odds,” story. Check out the War Chamber match and the…
Photo Credit – MLW & WWE It is being reported that MLW is suing WWE over a breach of contract. On January 11, 2022, Major League Wrestling (MLW) filed a lawsuit against World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) based around an alleged ongoing attempt to undermine the competition and monopolize the professional wrestling market by interrupting with MLW’s contracts and business opportunities. The suit can be seen in the details below: Professional wrestling company Major League Wrestling (MLW) (MLW Media LLC), filed a lawsuit today against World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE). The federal court antitrust lawsuit is based on WWE’s ongoing attempts…
Photo Credit- AEW, Sportskeeda, TheIndependent, WrestleTalk As fans (and critics) of wrestling, we often want the product to succeed on a yearly basis despite the obstacles that might come as many put their bodies and livelihoods on the line for the public’s enjoyment. It is crucial for the industry to succeed especially through a hard year that was 2021 We already know that Covid proved to be a huge problem as different industries tried to understand and cope with the situation and wrestling was no exception as it was plagued with many problems. From large groups of talent releases, surprising…
Starting next month, I will be doing a monthly list of the best matches I have seen in that particular month in no particular order and pick one match each month as the match of the month. These will be my own personal subjective lists and not the official Wrestling Republic lists. Those matches of the month will take up the first 12 slots in my annual top 25 matches of the year and the remaining 13 slots will be the other top matches from my monthly lists. The top 25-matches list is in order unlike the monthly that will…
Photo Credit- Sportskeeda, WrestlingHeadlines, UBSArena As the year is coming to an end we have seen the rise of new stars, the return of fan favorites, and a hint to what the future holds for the wrestling world. The year 2022 might be one of the best years in wrestling as the events of 2021 opened the door for new and exciting possibilities that might have never happened previously. Within this article, I want to give my two reasons on why the new year will bring a lot of interesting stuff to wrestling. Generational Crossroads MJF and CM Punk exchanging…
Photo Credit-WrestleTalk So far every article I have written has been mostly or entirely negative. However, I have fallen into the holiday cheer like many others, so today’s article will be a nice change of pace. While wrestling is certainly not as popular or as culturally significant as it has been, there are a large number of reasons for wrestling fans to be pleased with. The first reason is the overwhelming amount of talented wrestlers. WWE is the biggest company allowing them to secure some of the biggest stars like Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Finn Balor, Drew McIntyre,…