Various: NWA Held Recent Talent Meeting, Sat. NJPW Strong Card, New Trademarks, Indies

Sep 2, 2022

NWA Reportedly Held a Recent Talent Meeting that Generated Heat for Several Talents

The National Wrestling Alliance reportedly held a talent meeting this past Tuesday in St. Louis, Missouri that ended up “ruffling some feathers” in the end, according to PWInsider.

Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that the start time for this meeting had been delayed due to a production meeting for that night’s tapings ran longer than planned. This reportedly resulted in NWA talents Jay Bradley and Sal Rinauro acted as if they were in charge of the meeting and gave some advice that was stated to be unusual with some believing it was just them playing a rib on the locker room. Other talents spoken to stated that they were upset over the joking manner by Bradley and Rinauro since there were other veterans in the locker room who would have been more “deserving” to give a talk and hold the meeting instead.

Johnson reported that one story going around was that several NWA talents walked out of the meeting once they realized it was just a joke but he has yet to confirm if this actually happened. Bradley and Rinauro reportedly also ended up generating some backstage heat after several NWA talents learned that they did not actually call the meeting despite acting as if they did so.

Luke Hawx reportedly also spoke at this meeting which was stated to be about him telling talents that they need to respect the locker room and do a better job cleaning up after themselves instead of having others cleaning up their messes after shows. Hawx reportedly also stated that it was the least that talent could do for Billy Corgan after investing his money into them.

Full Card for Saturday’s Episode of NJPW Strong

New Japan Pro Wrestling recently announced the full card for this Saturday’s High Alert Night 4 themed episode of NJPW Strong, which will air on New Japan World starting at 8:00PM EST.

Lucky Ali vs. John Skyler
Eddie Kingston vs. Jake Something
NJPW Strong Openweight Championship – Fred Yehi vs. Fred Rosser (c)

New Trademark Filed & One WWE Trademark Being Opposed

A trademark for “Wrestling at the Chase” was filed by Steven Church of N-x211 Entertainment on August 26th for wrestling and entertainment-related purposes. This is the same name of the former weekly NWA television series that aired in the St. Louis market.

PWInsider’s Steven Fernandes reported that John Wayne Enterprises recently filed opposition to WWE’s trademark filing for “Duke’s Poker Room.” In the opposition filing, John Wayne Enterprises is claiming that WWE’s trademark could cause some potential confusion with the late Wayne’s famous “The Duke” nickname.

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

As noted before, Shinjiro Otani suffered a serious injury at an event for Pro Wrestling ZERO1’s this past April in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo Sports reported that while Otani currently remains paralyzed from the neck down, he has become healthy enough to begin rehabilitation for his injury.

As noted before, former WWE talent Velveteen Dream, real name Patrick Clark, was arrested twice this past month in Florida over various charges. PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that Dream’s second arrest on April 26th was due to him violating his probation order over drug possession charges. Johnson also reported that Clark currently remains incarcerated in Seminole County jail and is currently scheduled to appear in court on September 19th.

New Japan Pro Wrestling recently announced that fans will be allowed to verbally cheer at their Battle Autumn 2022 event on October 26th in Tokyo, Japan. It was announced that while fans will be allowed to cheer, they will still be required to follow COVID-19 health safety precautionary rules at the event.

Major League Wrestling recently announced a new match for the card of their Super Series event on September 18th in Norcross, Georgia: