Various: Willie Mack Pulled from GCW Events & Conflicting Reports Over AEW’s Involvement, Current Card for 12/12 ROH TV Show, Indies

Dec 11, 2024

Willie Mack Pulled from GCW Events & Conflicting Reports Over AEW’s Involvement in the Pulling

In a recent interview with Fightful Select, Game Changer Wrestling stated that Willie Mack was pulled from their upcoming events this weekend.

“GCW claimed to Fightful today that Willie Mack has been removed from next weekend’s GCW shows. The company is under the impression this still stems from Effy’s comments as AEW has no shows scheduled next week.”

Sean Ross Sapp initially reported that Mack’s pulled bookings was directly due to AEW but later retracted it due to issues over conflicting stories and not getting clear information over the exact cause and reason for it. Sapp stated in a Bluesky tweet “Deleted the Willie Mack post until everyone involved gets their shit straight on who did or didn’t allow what.”

Dave Meltzer reported in a recent episode of the Wrestling Observer Radio that his sources within GCW and AEW gave conflicting stories over what happened and who was to blame.

Meltzer reported that GCW’s side of the story is that Mack had called them this past Saturday informing that he was pulled from the show by AEW over the on-going EFFY situation. Meltzer reported that GCW owner Brett Lauderdale called Sonjay Dutt and asked if the story from Mack was true and was told by Dutt that it wasn’t. Lauderdale reportedly then contacted Mack and asked for clarification. Mack reportedly responded back stating that he wasn’t specifically pulled but AEW Head of Talent Relations Christopher Daniels made it clear that he shouldn’t go.

In regards to AEW, Meltzer reported that AEW’s side of the story is that nothing like that happened and instead Mack called them and asked if it would be a problem to go to GCW’s events. AEW officials reportedly stated that they said Mack can go. Those within AEW reportedly believe that Mack might have taken it the wrong way and made the decision on his own but the company was “very very clear” that they were not pulling him from the show.

Meltzer also reported that Mack is currently under contract with AEW but did not provide any other details regarding the type of contract, per date tiered or full-time.

Current Card for Thursday’s ROH TV Show

Ring of Honor announced the current card for this Thursday’s ROH TV show on HonorClub.

Current card for December 12th ROH TV show:

ROH Pure Championship – Matt Taven vs. Lee Moriarty (c)
Wrestle Dynasty International Women’s Cup ROH Qualifier Four-way match – Athena vs. Red Velvet vs. Billie Starkz vs. Leyla Hirsch
NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship – MxM Collection (Mason Madden & Mansoor) vs. Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) (c)
The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum) vs. Premier Athletes (Tony Nese & Ariya Daivari)
Sons of Texas (Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara) vs. mystery opponents
Toa Liona vs. Lee Johnson
Madison Rayne vs. mystery opponent

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Deadline reported former WWE and TNA talent Sawyer “Madman” Fulton recently joined the cast of a new film in production titled The Caretaker.

Dragongate announced that they have recently indefinitely suspended BIG BOSS Shimizu for alleged breach of contract violation with the company. It was reported that Shimizu will remain suspended for the company until their investigation into the matter is completed.

Post Wrestling’s John Pollock recently released an article detailing a lengthy look at media mogul and former WCW owner Ted Turner and his legacy and impact in the professional wrestling industry.

In a recent interview with Super Car Gavin, WWE Hall of Famer Bill Goldberg revealed that he is currently involved in the filming for a new car television show for Paramount’s Paramount+ streaming service.

Matt Cardona announced on Twitter that this year’s The Major Figures Podcast toy drive event for Toys for Tots was a “major success.” Cardona stated “The 7th @MajorWFPod Holiday Toy Drive was a MAJOR success. THOUSANDS of wrestling figures were donated! Thanks to all who helped!!! @ToysForTots_USA @RingsideC @CreateAPro @wildcatbelts @CollectMajor“

This past Sunday’s Goddess of Stardom Tag League 2024 Finals event for Stardom in Hamamatsu, Japan featured STARS (Hanan & Saya Iida) defeating Empress Nexus Venus (HANAKO & Maika) to become the winners of this year’s tournament.

Rich Palladinho announced on Twitter that he recently became the new official ring announcer for Major League Wrestling.

MLW recently announced one new match for the card of their Kings Of Colosseum 2025 event on January 11, 2025 in North Richland Hills, Texas: