Jarrett's departure scuttled Impact's plans to rebrand as GFW, though not before they started using GFW belts on their television programming.
Jarrett was brought in after the company was sold to Anthem Sports & Entertainment following a failed takeover attempt by Smashing Pumpkins vocalist Billy Corgan The company has had PR trouble due to losing several[...]
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In the most shocking thing to happen in wrestling since the last time the pro wrestling company formerly known as TNA was rocked by turmoil (which was a little over six months ago), GFW has placed Jeff Jarrett on an indefinite leave of absence from the company citing "personal reasons," effectively ending his tenure as[...]
GFW has made a decision in regard to the controversy surround world champion Alberto El Patron, who was suspended indefinitely after being involved in an airport altercation with fiancée and WWE superstar Paige at an airport in Orlando.
Though El Patron was cleared by police in investigation of the incident, the story remained in the headlines[...]
In the ongoing legal battle over the rights to the Broken Matt Hardy pro wrestling gimmick, Baltimore Seafood restaurant Jimmy's Famous Seafood has weighed in, firmly on Team Hardy.
Hardy legal counsel and wife of Matt Hardy, Reby Hardy, revealed a private Twitter conversation between the restaurant and the official Impact Wrestling account in which Jimmy's[...]
WWE Superstar Paige and GFW wrestler Alberto El Patron (formerly known as Alberto Del Rio) appeared on Busted Open Radio, the SiriusXM show hosted by Bubba Ray Dudley, to discuss the Orlando airport incident that occurred in July The incident made headlines after audio was released on TMZ, showing Paige telling El Patron, "Just stay out[...]
Following statements last week claiming that she was the one being held for battery after an altercation at the Orlando airport, not fiancee Alberto El Patron, WWE Superstar Paige could be charged, according to Orlando police.
Pro Wrestling Sheet obtained an official statement from the police department on the matter, which made headlines last week and resulted[...]
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Orlando police got involved in the dispute and detained El Patron, who was suspended indefinitely by GFW, where he is currently the World Champion Shortly thereafter, two of Paige's brothers took to Facebook to comment on the situation, with Zak Bevis saying:
I've got too say I'm very worried about my sister," Bevis wrote[...]
Either Way, GFW is planning a conference call this afternoon, and the topic is sure to come up.
In other news, another family member of Paige's has spoken out about the incident, claiming to have photographic evidence of physical abuse by El Patron Roy Bevis posted to Facebook:
"We got pics from the last 6 months bro[...]
The relationship between WWE superstar Paige and GFW World Champion Alberto El Patron (known formerly in WWE as Alberto Del Rio) has taken a dark turn.
Over the weekend, PWInsider reported that El Patron was detained by police at the Orlando airport after an incident involving Paige that Orlando police described as "a domestic violence battery,"[...]
Anthem pushed Carter out, brought back former TNA co-founder Jeff Jarrett, and changed the company's name to GFW Carter's new alliance with WWE looks like a case of "my enemy's enemy is my friend."
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— WWE Network (@WWENetwork) July 7, 2017
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At the time, we were slightly confused as to what Anthem intended to do with the wrestling company, whose chief assets appeared to be a stockpile of gold karatbars, credit-card sized blocks of gold sold as part of a multi-level marketing scheme by Jarrett on their website.
However, reports began to surface soon after that Anthem[...]