Various News: New Wrestling Promotion, WWE Classics, More

— On the Boomer and Carton show with Craig Cartonn this morning on WFAN in New York City, they joked about the Mets not spending money on the team, but that they will spend money on a wrestling league. They were referring to the new Florida wrestling company being backed by Milton Wilpon. The Mets parent company, Sterling Equities, do not have any financial stake in the new company.

— The New York Times is running a profile and interview with Abdullah The Butcher. The article spotlights the fact that he is one of the oldest active pro wrestlers in the world. You can read that article at http://www.nytimes.com/

— WMC-TV in Memphis is reporting that wrestling personality Cory Maclin, who is running for Shelby County Clerk (and is pushing for better budgeting) owes $900 in taxes through his old Memphis Wrestling business and $19,000 from another business, Maclin and Associates. There also is a judgment against him, which totals $47,000, which has not been paid. Maclin made the following comments to WMC-TV… “I don’t have 25,000 in my pocket to pay those bills. If you had multiple businesses you would have unpaid taxes too. I have made arrangements with the Trustee’s Office to make payments on the delinquent property taxes.”

— The AT&T U-Verse service has picked up the WWE Classics OnDemand service. It will be available for $7 a month.

— Manami Toyota will be working the CHIKARA events in Baltimore, Maryland and Brooklyn, NY in September.

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