Welcome to another edition of The Wrestling Post. In this post, TNA finds a new TV deal and New Japan comes to America. TNA finds its Destination Last week, TNA Wrestling announced a multi-year TV deal with Destination America. TNA ends it run with Spike TV at the end of the year. Destination America, which […]
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Wrestlemania XXX generates $142M for New Orleans per study
The WWE and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced on Wednesday that Wrestlemania XXX generated an economic impact for the region of $142.2 million for the New Orleans region. The $142.2 million is a record for Wrestlemanias and is the third straight year the destination event has generated more than $100 million for the host […]
The Wrestling Post: 11.04.14
WWE announces 731K total WWEN subs for 3rd Quarter
Former wrestler files lawsuit against WWE regarding head injuries
A lawsuit filed last week in the U.S. District Court of Oregon by former professional wrestler William Albert Haynes III (aka “Billy Jack” Haynes) citing class action status related to “head injuries occurring in former and current WWE wrestlers” per the lawsuit. Haynes wrestled in the WWE for only two years from 1986-1988. Perhaps his […]