News & Notes: Mark Henry, War of Worlds PPV, Impact Legal Trouble, More

Mark Henry Makes Appearance During NBA Playoff Game

During Game 2 between the Houston Rockets and San Antonio Spurs, WWE’s Mark Henry made a special appearance at the game. He was involved in a halftime show segment attacking a fake Spurs mascot to the cheers of the crowd.

Mark Henry wreaking havoc on all mascots 😂 pic.twitter.com/oBeWBLV7Xr

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) May 4, 2017

Updated Card for NJPW-ROH War of Worlds PPV

ROH recently posted an update card for their upcoming War of the Worlds joint pay-per-view with New Japan Pro Wrestling. Event itself occurs on May 12th at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City.

*ROH champion Christopher Daniels vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Jay Lethal.
*ROH TV champion Marty Scurll vs. Matt Sydal
*ROH Tag Team champions The Young Bucks vs. Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI.
*ROH Six Man Tag Team champions Bully Ray & The Briscoes vs. NEVER Openweight champion Hirooki Goto & Roppongi Vice.
*Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Adam Cole.
*IWGP Tag Team champions War Machine vs. EVIL & SANADA vs. Jonathan Gresham & Chris Sabin (with Alex Shelley).
*Will Ospreay vs. Jay White.
*Adam “Hangman” Page vs. Frankie Kazarian.
*KUSIDA vs. Dalton Castle vs. Silas Young vs. Bobby Fish.

Impact Wrestling’s On-going Legal Problems

Impact Wrestling is currently dealing with another legal problem involving one of their on-going lawsuits, according to PWInsider. Lawyers representing the company for the lawsuit by merchandise company Fraley International recently withdrew from the case. The legal firm claims Impact owes them unpaid fees and no longer want to work on the case as a result.

The lawsuit itself revolves around claims of Impact Wrestling failing to pay money owed to Fraley International who handled shipping Impact Wrestling merchandise to the United States.

WWE’s “Bring It To The Table” Now a Monthly Show for WWE Network

WWE Network show “Bring It To The Table” will now become a monthly series according to PWInsider. The next episode is currently planned to air after this Monday’s RAW with Peter Rosenberg, Corey Graves, and JBL as the hosts. WWE Payback’s “House of Horrors” match between Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton was announced to be the topic for the episode. Paul Heyman was also reported to not be returning to the series as part of the move to a monthly series.

Hardys Tried to Convince Jeremy Borash to Leave Impact for WWE

Prior to signing a deal with the WWE, the Hardy Boys tried to convince Jeremy Borash to leave Impact Wrestling for the WWE. Main reason was due to the Hardys feeling Borash was just as important as they were for the success of the Broken Hardys gimmick.

Borash ended up rejecting their offer due to him being comfortable at Impact Wrestling as their lead announcer and not wanting to disrupt his involvement with the Chef Robert Irvine and Jim Ross live shows.