Major League Wrestling signs a television deal.
Firstly, as reported by Wrestling Inc, the promotion will do business with beIN Sports. Antonio Briceno of beIN Sports had this to say about the deal,
“We are thrilled to be adding Major League Wrestling to our programming line-up—bringing beIN SPORTS’ loyal viewers a front row seat to the high-energy action in the ring. At beIN SPORTS USA, providing passionate sports fans with coverage of world-class sporting events and content is what we strive for, and will continue to deliver with the addition of MLW.”
Furthermore, Chief Executive Officer of MLW, Court Bauer, also gave his thoughts,
“This is a big day for Major League Wrestling. We’re excited to be part of the beIN SPORTS family. To have Major League Wrestling on the fastest-growing sports network in the world and aligned with some of the most prestigious sports properties is a big deal.”
MLW will premiere on Friday, April 20th at 8pm/7pm Central.
Will Ospreay may miss NOLA shows Mania weekend
Will Ospreay is possibly the most death defying high flyer in pro wrestling today. However, as we’ve learned so often, the high risk wrestling style of today likely is putting another on the shelf for the time being. At Sakura Genesis, Ospreay attempted one of his signature moves and came off the apron, hitting his head on the apron on the way down. Consequently, the injury, along with potential others lingering, leaves Ospreay’s indy appearances in New Orleans in question.
As a result, Ospreay took to Twitter to explain the situation.
“Hey guys I’m ok. But I might not be fit to compete for NOLA. I’ll update you once I know more.”
We wish Ospreay a speedy recovery.
Hey guys I’m ok. But I might not be fit to compete for NOLA. I’ll update you once I know more.
— ウィル・オスプレイ (@WillOspreay) April 1, 2018
Sakura Genesis results
In addition to the Ospreay spot, there were other high impact and hard hitting spots this weekend at New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Sakura Genesis show. The show sets the table for the next few months of programs. This one also saw some heated feuds taken up a notch. Here are the results.
Young Bucks def. Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi
Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii def. Takashi Iizuka & TAICHI
Gorillas of Destiny & Bad Luck Fale def. Ryusuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe & Michael Elgin (NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championship)
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson & David Finlay def. Jay White, Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI
Suzuki-gun def. Los Ingobernables de Japon
El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru def. Sho & Yoh and Bushi & Hiromu Takahashi (IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship)
Will Ospreay def. Marty Scurll (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship)
Cody & Hangman Page def. the Golden Lovers
Kazuchika Okada def. Zack Sabre Jr. (IWGP Heavyweight Championship)
