Various: Billy Corgan on Lack of Entrance Music in NWA, Danny Limelight on MLW Issues, Indies

Aug 24, 2022

Billy Corgan on Lack of Entrance Themes in NWA

The Miami Herald held a recent interview with National Wrestling Alliance owner Billy Corgan. One of the topics discussed included Corgan’s thoughts over the lack of entrance music for wrestlers in NWA and how some wrestlers have refused to work with NWA over the issue.

“Mostly, we’ve used songs that already exist in my catalog. I love it and think it’s such a cool thing. We have a great person that does the music for the NWA, when it’s needed, Sheri Shaw, SStaria is her name. The thing is, we only use themes on pay-per-views. Powerrr and USA, we don’t use themes. It was very controversial. When we first did it, there were wrestlers that didn’t want to work for us because they weren’t given entrance themes. They were actually mad. I said, ‘Sorry, we’re just not doing entrance themes here. I don’t have time for it.’ It is what it is. It’s part of what makes Powerrr such a crazy, awkward, beautiful thing that it is.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

Danny Limelight on Issues with His MLW Career

SHAK Wrestling held a recent interview with indie talent Danny Limelight, also known as Rivera in Major League Wrestling. One of the topics discussed included Limelight’s thoughts on his current status in MLW and his current issues with MLW management.

“I’m going to keep in 100 because I don’t bullshit nobody. I don’t know what the hell is going on. I wasn’t even booked in New York. I didn’t find out until the week of the show. I’m like, ‘I’m not booked in my hometown and there is a 40-man battle royal and you have no spots for me to wrestling New York?’ Alright, I left it as it is. I’ll be real with you, I’m a little on the ropes right now with what is going on. I don’t like being left in the dark. I like to know what’s happening. Especially if I’m on contract. If I’m not wrestling, I’m not getting paid. It’s one of those things where I’m starting to see why certain people felt a certain type of way about the company. When I came to the company, I was super motivated to be there. I’ve had a lot of fun there. But I’d be lying if I said, ‘I’m good, everything is all good’ because I’m not. I’ll keep it 100. I’m not… I don’t know what’s going on. I’m not trying to lie to nobody and if that gets me heat, oh well. I don’t know what’s going on and I always keep it real.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

As noted before, AEW recently held a new set of tapings for their AEW Dark series this past Sunday at the Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. These tapings featured the official AEW debut of Levis Valenzuela Jr., former No Way Jose in WWE. Following his appearance, indie promoter Graeme Keam accused Valenzuela Jr. of stealing his money and deceiving him over no showing a scheduled booking for his promotion in favor of going to an AEW tryout at their Dark tapings in Orlando. Keam stated “No way Jose stole my money and flew to Orlando to appear on AEW Dark on my plane ticket. He lied to me all day.” In a follow up posting, Keam stated that Valenzuela Jr. had returned the money paid for his booking this past Monday.

As noted before, former WWE and WWE talent Jake Atlas was involved in a domestic violence incident resulting in his arrest this past May in Orlando, Florida. The four-minute police video of Atlas’ arrest was recently released by TMZ revealing Atlas becoming increasingly agitated towards police during their questioning and the lead-up to his arrest over the incident.

A new wrestling-related book reportedly is currently in production by Canadian wrestling historian Vance Nevada, according to the Wrestling Observer. Dave Meltzer reported that the title of this upcoming book is Uncontrolled Chaos and focuses on the history of wrestling in Canada.

DEFY Wrestling recently announced that Minoru Suzuki will be making an appearance for the company at their Kingdom Come event on October 29th in Seattle, Washington.

All Japan Pro Wrestling announced that wrestling legend Stan Hansen will be making an appearance for the company at their 50th Anniversary Tournament event on September 18th in Tokyo, Japan. It was announced that Hansen will be present for the upcoming Triple Crown match between Suwama and Kento Miyahara.

The National Wrestling Alliance recently announced that they have signed a partnership deal with MindsEye for their upcoming NWA 74 event in St. Louis, Missouri to ensure those with vision impairments can enjoy their show.

New Japan Pro Wrestling recently announced two new matches for the card of their Declaration of Power event on October 10th in Tokyo, Japan:

Kazuchika Okada vs. JONAH
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship – Tama Tonga vs. Jay White (c)

Impact Wrestling recently announced two new matches for their Lone Star Stampede themed Impact television tapings on August 26-27 in Dallas, Texas:

Night 1, August 26th – Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher) vs. Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin)
Night 2, August 27th – The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson) vs. Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin)