Post by Lee on Sept 7, 2020 20:19:07 GMT -5
Pro Wrestling Torch
Issue # 01
January, Week 1, Year 1
The Wrestling War Returns!
With the expansion of the WWE Network, World Wrestling Entertainment has decided to bring back both World Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling. Each federation will have one televised show that will be exclusively on the highest tier on the WWE Network. Each promotion will have one pay per view, or as they are called in the recent press release, special events to have blow off matches. The weekly ECW show will be called ECW Hardcore TV and the WCW show will be called WCW Nitro.
Vince McMahon has given the keys to Extreme Championship Wrestling to former owner, Paul Heyman. He will be head booker of the promotion. World Championship Wrestling will be run by Eric Bischoff, who was recently rehired.
Vince McMahon has announced that he has given Triple H full control as Vince McMahon is looking to retire. I never thought I’d see the day that Vince McMahon would retire but with low ratings and how well Triple H has done with NXT, he’s decided to hang it up.
Vince McMahon has allowed both promoters to choose their starting roster. Each promotion is given thirty wrestlers each. The press release said that World Wrestling Entertainment will also have a whole new roster.
On WWE.com, the rosters for each promotion have been announced. The rosters look like this.
World Wrestling Entertainment
1. “Macho Man” Randy Savage 2. King Kong Bundy 3. Nikolai Volkoff 4. D Lo Brown 5. Dan Severn 6. Greg Valentine 7. “Ravishing” Rick Rude 8. George Steele 9. Jimmy Snuka 10. Koko B. Ware 11. Iron Sheik 12. “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan 13. Hillbilly Jim 14. One Man Gang 15. Larry Hennig 16. Kip James 17. B.G. James 18. Freddie Blassie 19. Blackjack Mulligan 20. Jim Powers 21. Warlord 22. Bob Orton 23. Ivan Koloff 24. Don Leo Jonathan 25. Animal 26. Hawk 27. Curt Hennig 28. Ted Dibiase 29. Bobo Brazil 30. Gorgeous George
Extreme Championship Wrestling
1. Rob Van Dam 2. Jerry Lynn 3. Shane Douglas 4. Pitbull # 01 5. Pitbull # 02 6. Justin Credible 7. Steve Corino 8. Stevie Richards 9. Super Crazy 10. Roadkill 11. Danny Doring 12. Chris Candido 13. The Sandman 14. Eddie Gilbert 15. Sabu 16. Blue Meanie 17. C.W. Anderson 18. Mikey Whipwreck 19. Tracy Smothers 20. Jazz 21. Jimmy Jacobs 22. Tyler Black 23. Austin Aries 24. Necro Butcher 25. Ricochet 26. Chris Hero 27. PJ Black 28. Bandido 29. “Speedball” Mike Bailey 30. Brian Pillman Jr.
World Championship Wrestling
1. “Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels 2. Vampiro 3. Juventud Guererra 4. Konnan 5. Buff Bagwell 6. Disco Inferno 7. Hugh Morris 8. Nick Bockwinkel 8. Buddy Rogers 9.Diamond Dallas Page 10. Jushin “Thunder” Liger 11. Abdullah “The Butcher” 12. Lash Leroux 13. Finlay 14. David Taylor 15. Claudio Castagnoli 16. Tommy Rich 17. Johnny Valentine 18. Larry Zbyszko 19. Bill Dundee 20. Barry Windham 21. Tully Blanchard 22. Brad Armstrong 23. Tommy Gilbert 24. Stan Hansen 25. The Crusher 26. Ray Stevens 27. Killer Kowalski 28. Mr. Hughes 29. Rich Swann 30. Roderick Strong
All three brands are expected to run shows this week. It should be interesting to see what championships will be sanctioned for each brand and how champions will be crowned. Pro Wrestling Torch will have coverage of what goes down on Raw, Nitro and Hardcore TV on our official website and of course in next week’s issue coming to your mailbox.
Issue # 01
January, Week 1, Year 1
The Wrestling War Returns!
With the expansion of the WWE Network, World Wrestling Entertainment has decided to bring back both World Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling. Each federation will have one televised show that will be exclusively on the highest tier on the WWE Network. Each promotion will have one pay per view, or as they are called in the recent press release, special events to have blow off matches. The weekly ECW show will be called ECW Hardcore TV and the WCW show will be called WCW Nitro.
Vince McMahon has given the keys to Extreme Championship Wrestling to former owner, Paul Heyman. He will be head booker of the promotion. World Championship Wrestling will be run by Eric Bischoff, who was recently rehired.
Vince McMahon has announced that he has given Triple H full control as Vince McMahon is looking to retire. I never thought I’d see the day that Vince McMahon would retire but with low ratings and how well Triple H has done with NXT, he’s decided to hang it up.
Vince McMahon has allowed both promoters to choose their starting roster. Each promotion is given thirty wrestlers each. The press release said that World Wrestling Entertainment will also have a whole new roster.
On WWE.com, the rosters for each promotion have been announced. The rosters look like this.
World Wrestling Entertainment
1. “Macho Man” Randy Savage 2. King Kong Bundy 3. Nikolai Volkoff 4. D Lo Brown 5. Dan Severn 6. Greg Valentine 7. “Ravishing” Rick Rude 8. George Steele 9. Jimmy Snuka 10. Koko B. Ware 11. Iron Sheik 12. “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan 13. Hillbilly Jim 14. One Man Gang 15. Larry Hennig 16. Kip James 17. B.G. James 18. Freddie Blassie 19. Blackjack Mulligan 20. Jim Powers 21. Warlord 22. Bob Orton 23. Ivan Koloff 24. Don Leo Jonathan 25. Animal 26. Hawk 27. Curt Hennig 28. Ted Dibiase 29. Bobo Brazil 30. Gorgeous George
Extreme Championship Wrestling
1. Rob Van Dam 2. Jerry Lynn 3. Shane Douglas 4. Pitbull # 01 5. Pitbull # 02 6. Justin Credible 7. Steve Corino 8. Stevie Richards 9. Super Crazy 10. Roadkill 11. Danny Doring 12. Chris Candido 13. The Sandman 14. Eddie Gilbert 15. Sabu 16. Blue Meanie 17. C.W. Anderson 18. Mikey Whipwreck 19. Tracy Smothers 20. Jazz 21. Jimmy Jacobs 22. Tyler Black 23. Austin Aries 24. Necro Butcher 25. Ricochet 26. Chris Hero 27. PJ Black 28. Bandido 29. “Speedball” Mike Bailey 30. Brian Pillman Jr.
World Championship Wrestling
1. “Fallen Angel” Christopher Daniels 2. Vampiro 3. Juventud Guererra 4. Konnan 5. Buff Bagwell 6. Disco Inferno 7. Hugh Morris 8. Nick Bockwinkel 8. Buddy Rogers 9.Diamond Dallas Page 10. Jushin “Thunder” Liger 11. Abdullah “The Butcher” 12. Lash Leroux 13. Finlay 14. David Taylor 15. Claudio Castagnoli 16. Tommy Rich 17. Johnny Valentine 18. Larry Zbyszko 19. Bill Dundee 20. Barry Windham 21. Tully Blanchard 22. Brad Armstrong 23. Tommy Gilbert 24. Stan Hansen 25. The Crusher 26. Ray Stevens 27. Killer Kowalski 28. Mr. Hughes 29. Rich Swann 30. Roderick Strong
All three brands are expected to run shows this week. It should be interesting to see what championships will be sanctioned for each brand and how champions will be crowned. Pro Wrestling Torch will have coverage of what goes down on Raw, Nitro and Hardcore TV on our official website and of course in next week’s issue coming to your mailbox.
