• ON THIS DAY IN NWA HISTORY (January 16, 1988) – NWA World Championship Wrestling
On this day in 1988, Jim Crockett Promotions aired an episode of their weekly TV show ‘NWA World Championship Wrestling’.
This episode featured pre-taped matches, interviews & storyline segments on the road to the ‘NWA Bunkhouse Stampede 1988’ PPV.
The card can be found here:
MICHAEL HAYES & JIMMY GARVIN vs. SUBER/SOUTH
NIKITA KOLOFF vs. DICK MURDOCH (NWA PRO)
THE POWERS OF PAIN vs. FIELDS/STEINBORN
RON SIMMONS vs. CODY STARR
THE ROCK n ROLL EXPRESS vs. ATKINSON/MARTIN
ARN ANDERSON & TULLY BLANCHARD vs. FRANKS/PEEK
MIKE ROTUNDA vs. LARRY WAYNE
DICK MURDOCH vs. LARRY SPENCER
IVAN KOLOFF vs. DAVE SPENCER
• AEW Making $175 Million From New Deal, ECW Legend Signs With AEW
All Elite Wrestling recently made the announcement that they’ll be on TNT till 2023.
Below is the announcement:
“WarnerMedia announced today an expanded relationship with All Elite Wrestling (AEW), the groundbreaking new wrestling league that has already redefined wrestling with resounding success after only a few months. WarnerMedia has extended their deal for AEW: DYNAMITE, a top 20 new cable unscripted series, through 2023.
In addition, the parties have agreed to launch another night of AEW action, offering more of the fans’ favorite wrestlers, with a second show straight-to-series.”
Breaking News – #AEWDynamite Extended Through 2023 pic.twitter.com/cZHeqGdcRs
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEWrestling) January 15, 2020
According to the Wrestling Observer, this 4 year deal is worth a total of $175 million:
“Now with this new deal they absolutely will be profitable in 2020 and they probably will be for years to come based on how their pay-per-views appear to be doing and their budget and everything of that nature. So, it’s a very good deal for them.
It’s almost double what they had been earning before in terms of the ad revenue split and covering cost. So, that means they can open up the pocketbook and sign more talent.”
The Wrap’s Tony Maglio noted that the second show on TNT will be AEW Dark (which currently airs on YouTube):
That second #AEW series will be #AEWDark, Turner President Kevin Reilly told me. It will be on TNT, it will be weekly but maybe not 52x/year. We do not yet have a weeknight for it, but obv. “Dark” is currently a Tuesday show on YouTube. #TCA20 #AEWDynamite
— Tony Maglio (@TonyMaglio) January 15, 2020
More from Kevin Reilly: “We’re going to embellish [#AEWDark] and put some additional material, kind of behind the scenes, kind of docu-follow stuff, if you will, about the athletes and the stories." https://t.co/8dX1iMmXFi
— Tony Maglio (@TonyMaglio) January 15, 2020
Speaking of AEW, ECW Legend Taz has signed a multi-year deal with them:
Yesterday #AEWDynamite was extended to 2023 by @tntdrama and Today we are happy to announce that @OfficialTAZ has signed a multiple year agreement with #AEW pic.twitter.com/dX99wxdfvR
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEWrestling) January 16, 2020
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