Various: Abyss on Staying in Impact Wrestling, More WWE Trademarks, Indies

Abyss Comments on Why He Stayed in Impact Wrestling

A recent episode of the Busted Open Radio show had Abyss as the guest and one of the topics discussed included why he never left Impact Wrestling when others have done so in the past.

“I know Tommy [Dreamer] can relate with the ECW thing. Impact is and was home. It’s where I started. I spent practically my entire adult life there. Impact took a gamble on me when I was a nobody. I was coming out of Puerto Rico with a decent name but nothing to where nobody knew who I was stateside.

TNA gave me that chance when nobody else was biting at the time. To see that growth, and be part of that growth, I always tell people, that meant the most. That’s one of the reasons I never wanted to leave because I was there since the beginning. I was part of the original ground floor of the company.”

"They took a gamble on me when I was a nobody. It was and it is my home."@IMPACTWRESTLING Hall of Fame inductee @TherealAbyss on spending most of his adult life with the same company.@davidlagreca1 @THETOMMYDREAMER #IMPACTonPop pic.twitter.com/lyiUmJdm3j

— SiriusXM Busted Open (@BustedOpenRadio) September 25, 2018

WWE Files Several New WCW Themed Trademarks

WWE recently filed several new trademarks to the United States Patent and Trademark Office for Fall Brawl, Halloween Havoc, World Championship Wrestling, WWE Hidden Gems, WCW Monday Nitro, All Star Wrestling, and NWO New World Order. All seven trademarks were filed on September 21st for wrestling-related purposes (Goods and Services).

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Pro Wrestling Guerilla announced that Darby Allin will be replacing the injured Joey Janela for their October 19th Smokey and the Bandido event in Los Angeles, California. Allin will be facing off against Trevor Lee.

Major League Wrestling announced a new match for the card of their October 4th MLW Fury Road event in Queens, New York. This was revealed to be a MLW Middleweight Championship Triple Threat Elimination match of Jason Cade versus Jimmy Yuta versus champion MJF.

Cody Rhodes recently released the final episode of his All Us series on YouTube. The episode is titled “Epilogue” and focuses on Cody’s thoughts on All In and the potential for another All In event in the future.