PullMyFinger
02-17-2005, 10:15 PM
Sources are telling us that Ted Turner is considering a return to the professional wrestling business, which was what put his TBS network on the map 25 years ago.
When he signed documents that merged AOL with Time Warner, he agreed that his decision making power would be lost. He also agreed that he would never compete against AOL Time Warner in the wrestling industry. Sources say that this agreement will end in March of 2005.
In March of 2001, Brad Siegel and Jamie Kellner cancelled WCW programming, thus driving a steak into the heart of the company that led to its demise. The company was then sold to WWE, who then “injected it with a lethal dose of poison”, for lack of a better term. With the WCW acquisition, also came a five-year no-compete clause between AOL Time Warner and WWE, which expires in March of 2006.
Ted Turner is rumored as already laying down the groundwork for the promotion. We have been told that he has been sending out feelers to Steve Austin and Bill Goldberg asking if they would like to be involved in the project. If everything indeed goes forward, Goldberg and Austin would be the two main attractions, much like Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall in WCW during the mid 1990s.
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Did this thing fall and die out? Or is it still alive?
When he signed documents that merged AOL with Time Warner, he agreed that his decision making power would be lost. He also agreed that he would never compete against AOL Time Warner in the wrestling industry. Sources say that this agreement will end in March of 2005.
In March of 2001, Brad Siegel and Jamie Kellner cancelled WCW programming, thus driving a steak into the heart of the company that led to its demise. The company was then sold to WWE, who then “injected it with a lethal dose of poison”, for lack of a better term. With the WCW acquisition, also came a five-year no-compete clause between AOL Time Warner and WWE, which expires in March of 2006.
Ted Turner is rumored as already laying down the groundwork for the promotion. We have been told that he has been sending out feelers to Steve Austin and Bill Goldberg asking if they would like to be involved in the project. If everything indeed goes forward, Goldberg and Austin would be the two main attractions, much like Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall in WCW during the mid 1990s.
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Did this thing fall and die out? Or is it still alive?