Various: Alan Angels on Being in Violent By Design, Sat. NJPW Strong Card, Trademarks, Indies

Nov 25, 2022

Alan Angels Comments on Being in Impact’s Violent By Design Stable & Differences with Dark Order

A recent episode of the Paltrocast with Darren Paltrowitz podcast had Alan Angels as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Angels’ thoughts on if he was hesitant to join Violent By Design in Impact Wrestling following his recent run in Dark Order in AEW.

“A little bit. I think I might have a little PTSD just from being in the Dark Order, but the thing about the Dark Order is there’s so many people. It’s very easy to get lost in the shuffle, and all those guys are so talented. Like I said, it’s just easy to get lost in the shuffle. With this, though, Violent By Design, now there’s only three of us. So I feel like there’s an opportunity for me to take a bigger role in the faction and showcase what I can do and as a promo, and just as a talent in general. So I’m super excited for it.”

Angels also gave his thoughts in the differences between Violent By Design and Dark Order.

“It does have a very different feel. It feels like we’re a main-event faction. We each have our own important role in the group.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

Full Card for Saturday’s Episode of NJPW Strong

New Japan Pro Wrestling recently announced the full card for this Saturday’s New Japan Showdown 2022 Night 4 themed episode of NJPW Strong, which will air on New Japan World starting at 8:00PM EST.

Jakob Austin Young & Greg Sharpe vs. Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher & Mark Davis)
Jake Something vs. Juice Robinson
Champion vs. Champion non-title match – Fred Rosser (NJPW Strong Openweight Champ) vs. Jay White (IWGP World Heavyweight Champ)

WWE, AEW, & Chris Jericho File New Trademarks

WWE, AEW, and Chris Jericho recently filed several new trademarks to the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

A trademark for “Valhalla” was filed by WWE on November 16th for wrestling and entertainment-related purposes.

A trademark for “AEW Together” was filed by AEW on November 18th for merchandise-related purposes.

Trademarks for “Seltzer Man”, “This Day in Christory”, and “Christory” were filed by Chris Jericho on November 16th for wrestling and merchandise-related purposes.

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Matt Cardona is currently offering $1,000 to any fan who manages to chronicle all of the matches he has had in his wrestling career since his debut in 2004. In a recent interview with Inside The Ropes, Cardona stated that he wished he had taken the same approach as Chris Jericho when it came to personally documenting detailed records of all of the matches has had in his career for a potential book on his career. (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

Main Event Wrestling recently announced that they have hired former WWE referee Scott Armstrong to a backstage producer role for the company.

As noted before, Japanese wrestler Shinjiro Otani has been out of action from wrestling since this past April due to a serious cervical cord injury. Otani’s family recently provided an update stating that Otani’s respiratory dysfunction health issue has improved but he still remains paralyzed from the neck down. (English translation via Fightful.com)

Indie wrestler Chris Hamrick was involved in an incident at Game Changer Wrestling’s Aura event this past weekend in Providence, Rhode Island. This incident revolved around Hamrick using derogatory language towards two fans in attendance that was homophobic. Following the event, GCW announced on Twitter that Hamrick had used derogatory language that was not scripted for his promo and it went against their values as the company. Besides apologizing for the incident, it was also announced that they have donated Hamrick’s pay to a non-profit organization called Youth Pride, Inc. which is dedicated to helping LGBTQIA+ youth. Hamrick recently apologized on Twitter for his actions while claiming it was only done as part of a character he has portrayed for years but he should have known better than to use words that were very offensive in nature.

New Japan Pro Wrestling recently announced a new match for the card of Just Tap Out’s TAKATaichi event on December 19th: