News on GFW At WrestleCon
Jeff and Karen Jarrett, Sonjay Dutt and Brian Myers will be representing Global Force Wrestling at the Wrestlecon event this week in Dallas, Texas. For more details, visit www.Wrestlecon.com. Jeff Jarrett will also be competing in a ten man tag team match at WrestleCon as Team Jarrett faces Team Joey Ryan.
WWE Exec Talks Economic Impact of ‘Mania in Dallas
GuideLive.com has published a new article looking at the economic impact WrestleMania 32 will have on Dallas, and below is an article excerpt:
John Saboor, executive vice president of special events for WWE, expects WrestleMania’s economic impact for North Texas to meet or exceed last year’s total of $139 million, through food and drink sales, hotel stays and tickets at other local attractions.
WrestleMania, which travels to a new city each year, is no longer a single-day pay-per-view extravaganza, but rather a weeklong celebration. More than 130,000 fans from all 50 states and 35 countries are expected to attend WWE events next week in Dallas and Arlington, Saboor said.
Saboor also had the following to say about the Dallas Cowboys organization and their role in WrestleMania week:
“We have been so very impressed by the Cowboys organization, the cities of Dallas and Arlington, and all that they have done to build a blueprint to welcome the world for WrestleMania Week,” Saboor said.
Preston City Wrestling Criticizes TNA for Pulling EC3
The UK’s Preston City Wrestling has issued the following:
It saddens me to announce that TNA have issued the withdrawal of EC3/Ethan Carter from our April 3rdPCW show. The other international talent booked being Ken Anderson, Jade, Eddie Kingston, Cedric Alexander are all still confirmed to appear.
Wrestle Mania weekend is the hardest time of the year to secure a replacement talent but I have worked hard to secure somebody and subject to him finding his passport we may have another guest from the USA.
I did reach out to TNA management but was told ”Unfortunately nothing can be done. This is a network commitment and something he had no control over”.
Considering TNA was publicly vocal about not being happy when AJ Styles pulled out of an agreed deal with them, it does seem double standards to me that the company would ask talent to back out of a deal that has been in place for many weeks. I have lost out financially having paid for an extensive promotional campaign with EC3 clearly front and centre promoting his appearance but most of all I feel for fans who have used their hard earned money and booked travel to see/meet EC3. We have gone above and beyond to try source a replacement in tough times for those fans but it is a shame that when asked for assistance TNA told us ”nothing can be done”.
I will in future be thinking twice about using TNA talent to avoid repeat scenarios as even WWE respect that when a date is agreed it is agreed and do not try to pull talent from it. I try give my fans more than value for money and will continue to do so but even though I do take full responsibility for the change in the line up, you know I will always be honest with you all.
The show will still be amazing and tickets are available from www.prestoncitywrestling.com
PCW owner – Steven Fludder
Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
