The Fight Network Files For Bankruptcy + Various News
– Last month, 619661 Canada Inc., the parent company of The Fight Network in Canada, filed for bankruptcy. According to bankruptcy documents, the network owes creditors $13,748,318.06 with a meeting for creditors scheduled for this Friday. The network will continue to operate as usual, and it looks as if the bankruptcy filing is a way for the network to drop older debt, while building for the future. The network started in 2004, and focused on MMA, boxing, pro wrestling and other combat sports. The Fight Network carried programming from TNA, Ring of Honor, Dragon Gate USA, CMLL in Mexico, FMW and Pro Wrestling NOAH in Japan as well as several Canadian independent groups. They also licensed tape libraries from Stone Cutter Media, The Savoldis, and Larry Matysik to air footage from Texas, St. Louis and Memphis, as well as other territories. A number of the aforementioned entities are among those listed as creditors in the filing. At one time, the network looked into expanding into Latin America and the United States, but the deals never happened. They purchased a similar network in Great Britain, The Wrestling Channel before shutting it down in 2008.
– Here are the latest updates for the WWE Classics OnDemand service:
Legends:
* Allied Powers Parts 5 & 6
TV Classics:
* Extreme Championship Wrestling 7/1/97
* Prime Time Wrestling 12/19/88
– Louisville is the hotbed of wrestling this week. They had Monday Night RAW earlier this week, and will prepare for four more nights of action. Here is the list of events?
* OVW TV Tapings At The Davis Arena
* ROH on HDNet TV Tapings At The Davis Arena
* ROH on HDNet TV Tapings At The Davis Arena
* OVW's Super Saturday Event At The Davis Arena
– CZW will run their 12th annual Cage of Death event this Saturday at the Arena in Philly, the event will be show on I-PPV through hybrid.ent. Here is the card for the show..
* The Cage of Death Match: THE SUICIDE KINGS (Vortekz, Danny Havoc, Devon Moore and Dysfunction) vs. CULT FICTION (Masada, Brain Damage, tHURTeen) and DRAKE YOUNGER
* CZW Ultraviolent Underground Champion Nick Gage vs. Big Japan star Yuko Miyamoto.
* CZW champion Jon Moxley vs. Homicide.
* Sami Callihan vs. Robert Anthony
* Philly's Most Wanted vs. The Osirian Portal to crown new CZW Tag Team champions.
* CZW Light Heavyweight champion Adam Cole vs. A.R. Fox.
* Best of the Best Open Scramble: Ruckus vs. Rich Swann vs. Akuma vs. Jonathan Gresham vs. Alex Colon vs. Ryan McBride.