Various: XFL Update, ROH War of Worlds Update, Indies

WWE Revealed as Minority Owner of Alpha Entertainment

As noted before, WWE released their fiscal first quarter report earlier this week. Besides financial information, the report also revealed details regarding Vince McMahon’s Alpha Entertainment and plans to revive the XFL.

The report stated that a deal between WWE and Alpha Entertainment was made earlier this the year involving the XFL’s trademark rights. Alpha Entertainment was given legal rights by WWE to launch the new league using the XFL name and in return, WWE would receive a minority ownership stake in the league.

Vince McMahon previously said that WWE and the XFL would be separate entities.

“On April 3, 2018, the Company entered into a transaction with Alpha Entertainment LLC (“Alpha”), an entity controlled by Vincent K. McMahon, granting Alpha rights to launch a professional football league under the name “XFL”. Alpha has announced that it expects that this launch will occur in early 2020. Under these agreements, WWE received, among other things, a minority equity interest in Alpha without payment by, or other financial obligation on the part of, WWE.”

More Matches Announced for May’s ROH-NJPW War of the World Tour

ROH recently announced several more matches for the cards of their upcoming War of the Worlds tour.

Two new matches were announced for the card of the May 12th show in Royal Oak, Michigan. The first is a 6-Man tag team match of SoCal Uncensored (Christopher Daniels, Frankie Kazarian, & Scorpio Sky) versus Jushin Liger, Cheeseburger, & Flip Gordon. The other is a Triple Threat tag team match of The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) versus Roppongi 3K (Sho & Yoh) versus Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley).

Two new matches were also announced for the card of the May 13th show in Chicago, Illinois. These are a singles match of Jay Lethal versus Chuckie T and a singles match of Deonna Purrazzo versus Kelly Klein.

ROH also announced all War of the Worlds shows will air live on FITE TV for $10 each and on VOD for their Honor Club service.

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

NJPW is expected to officially announce that the main event of Dominion 2018 on June 9th will be an IWGP Heavyweight Championship match of Kenny Omega versus champion Kazuchika Okada. Following the end of Wrestling Dontaku Night 2, Okada offered Omega a shot at his IWGP title at Dominion with the agreed stipulations of no time limit and 2 out of 3 Falls.

Evolve announced that their May 19th show in Chicago, Illinois features a WWN Championship match of DJZ versus champion Austin Theory.

Pro Wrestling EVE announced that the card of their WrestleQueendom event on May 5th in London, England features the main event match of Viper versus Japanese legend Aja Kong.