Various: AEW Trademark for Video Game, UWN Primetime Live News & Notes, Indies

Sep 17, 2020

AEW Files Trademark for Potential New Video Game

AEW filed a new trademark to the United States Patent and Trademark Office for “All Elite Wrestling – Elite General Manager” on September 10th for gaming-related purposes. This trademark might be for an upcoming AEW video game.

UWN’s Primetime Live Series Debut News & Notes

The debut episode of United Wrestling Network’s Primetime Live series reportedly ran into several major issues, according to PWInsider.

Mike Johnson reported that UWN had streaming issues early into the show affecting those who were watching on FITE TV but did not affect those who watched the show on traditional cable PPV providers. UWN also reportedly had timing issues throughout the show which led to three matches being cut back for time, such as the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship match between Mike Bennett and Nick Aldis.

UWN President Dave Marquez reportedly was the director for the debut episode.

Despite being mentioned on air, NWA President Billy Corgan reportedly was not at the event.

Johnson reported that all of the backstage interviews on the show were not live and instead had been taped earlier in the afternoon.

Johnson also reported that several hours before the event, there was a power outage in Long Beach, California, which is where host venue Thunder Studios is located.

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Josh Barnett announced on Twitter that “Grizzly” Kal Jak is the next official competitor for this year’s Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport event on October 11th in Indianapolis, Indiana.

A recent episode of the Talk Is Jericho podcast had Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson, and Rocky Romero as the guests. One of the topics discussed included the announcement of the next Talk’N ShopAMania pay-per-view event, which will take place on November 13th.

During a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, Acey Romero revealed that he has two years left on his current contract with Impact Wrestling.

“I was pleasantly surprised with my results, but there is still a long way to go. Wrestling is a big part of it, but this goes much deeper than wrestling. Success doesn’t mean anything if I don’t have my health.
I know people won’t believe what I want to do, but they won’t be able to believe the way I look, either. I have two more years on my contract, and my goal is to be Impact world champion. That’s my goal before the end of my contract. I’ll have to work my ass off to get there, but I wouldn’t want to do it any other way.”

Joey Janela recently announced the updated card for Game Changer Wrestling’s Joey Janela’s Spring Break 4 event on October 10th in Indianapolis, Indiana:

Matt Tremont vs. Alex Colon
Jonathan Gresham vs. Lee Moriarty
Alex Shelley vs. Tony Deppen
The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz) vs. IronBeast (KTB & Shane Mercer)