Various: Scott D’Amore on Mauro Ranallo Appearing at Impact Rebellion, New Trademarks, Indies

Impact Co-EVP Scott D’Amore Comments on Mauro Ranallo Appearing at Rebellion Event

A recent episode of the Sitting Ringside with David Penzer podcast had Impact Wrestling Co-Executive Vice President Scott D’Amore as the guest. One of the topics discussed included D’Amore’s thoughts on Mauro Ranallo’s upcoming guest commentary appearance for the Rich Swann vs. Kenny Omega match at Impact’s Rebellion event this Sunday.

“I mean look, I think respectful to everybody else there, when you look at it, Mauro Ranallo is the greatest combat sports commentator of our generation because if you’re talking about boxing, he’s right there. You’re talking about MMA, he’s right there. You’re talking about pro wrestling, he’s right there. There is no other combat sports announcer that transcends three genres like that. So to have him come in and do this, especially after he stopped calling wrestling and it’s been a year-and-a-half, two years, whatever it’s been and for him to come back for this Sunday I think is huge and I’m — you talk about being a mark or a mark for this, David [Penzer], I marked out. I marked out listening to — Mauro was great in doing those ‘Five Ways To Win’ for each [Rich] Swann and Kenny Omega and as I listened to that first one, I just got chills and goosebumps kind of just listening to Mauro call IMPACT Wrestling action and break down and dissect something for an IMPACT Wrestling event. So I think it’s huge. Mauro is a guy I’ve known for over two decades. He’s uber-passionate, you know he’s gonna come in super prepared, knowing every minute detail of everything around this and to get him, like honestly, it is one of those things when me and him first chatted, I didn’t even think it was really much of a possibility but as things kind of went, it was like hey, he’s excited about this and an excited, passionate Mauro Ranallo is the absolute best and there’s no question that he will provide a world class call to a historic event.”

Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com

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WWE, Chelsea Green, & Matt Cardona File New Trademarks

WWE, Chelsea Green, and Matt Cardona recently filed several trademarks to the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

WWE filed a trademark for”Let Me In” on April 15th for merchandise-related purposes. This is the slogan for Bray Wyatt’s “The Fiend” persona.

Chelsea Green filed a trademark for “Chelsea Green” on April 15th for wrestling and merchandise-related purposes. Green also filed a trademark for “Hot Mess” on April 15th for wrestling and entertainment-related purposes.

Matt Cardona filed a trademark for “Major Fest” on April 14th for wrestling and merchandise-related purposes.

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Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Pro Wrestling Junkies held a recent Q&A session with Thunder Rosa. One of the topics discussed included Rosa revealing that she had contracted COVID-19 earlier this year. Rosa also stated that she recently got her first vaccine shot for COVID-19 and is currently waiting to get her second shot.

Warrior Wrestling recently announced that the scheduled Kylie Rae vs. Thunder Rosa match for their June 5th Stadium Series event in Chicago Heights, Illinois has been postponed to their August 21st event instead. The company announced that the reason is due to a scheduling conflict with Rosa’s current commitments with the National Wrestling Alliance.

As noted before, Major League Wrestling announced that they recently signed a new television deal with VICE TV. PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that VICE TV had offered a similar deal to New Japan Pro Wrestling last year but was turned down by the company.

Ring of Honor commentator Ian Riccaboni announced on Twitter that reports of him recently signing a new contract with the company are true.

Ross Township in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania reportedly will be renaming their Sangree Park in honor of the late legendary wrestler Bruno Sammartino, according to ThePatch.com. Prior to his passing in 2018, Sammartino had been a resident of Ross Township for six decades.