TNA Live Event Cancelled, UWF's Debut, TNA DVDs, More
– TNA cancelled their house show tour due to the flooding in the Louisiana area.
– TNA released the following press release: Releasing proudly presents Katarina's Nightmare Theater, a new line of horror DVDs hosted by actress, and former WWE and now TNA star, Katarina Leigh Waters, as she introduces a series of cult films, many of them for the first time on DVD! See the bewitching Katarina introduce such horror classics as THE HOUSE ON SORORITY ROW, FINAL EXAM, THE INCUBUS, some of them in new high definition film transfers with new extras! Also, for the first time on DVD such films as the 80?s horror favorite HUMONGOUS, THE CARPENTER starring Wings Hauser (VICE SQUAD), THE HUMAN EXPERIMENTS starring Linda Haynes, AMERICAN NIGHTMARE with Michael Ironside, THE DEVIL WITHIN HER starring Joan Collins, the twin-terrors of THE MARK OF CAIN, and NOTHING BUT THE NIGHT starring genre greats Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing! Each DVD will have a play with or without Katarina's intros and closing segments and some will have audio commentaries with the filmmakers moderated by Katarina. All the DVD sleeves will feature a reversible cover. The first wave will be released in September, just in time for Halloween and new DVDs coming each month through March! "I am having really great fun hosting these movies, and coming up with skits for the introduction? plus I love that I get to meet these filmmakers and talk to them about their creative process on the audio commentaries? it's inspiring! I hope you enjoy watching the DVD's, as much as I enjoy working on them!" -Katarina Leigh Waters
– The Urban Wrestling Federation is going to crown their first champion at their debut PPV, "First Blood," on June 3. It will take place at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, and the first round of the championship tournament will include:
Homicide vs. Eddie Kingston
Rich (formerly Ricky) Ortiz vs. Rashe Brown
Facade vs. Bestia 666
Slyck Wagner Brown vs. Ricky Reyes
The four winners will then be entered into a four-way match to determine the first-ever UWF Champion.
Other matches confirmed are:
The SAT vs. Lance Lude & Brian XL
Willie Mack vs. Sabian vs. Famous B vs. Scorpio Sky
For more on the promotion, visit UrbanWrestlingFederation.com