Ring of Honor Goes To Media Central

Get this...

Sinclair Broadcast says it has bought the "Ring of Honor" wrestling outfit and will start showing matches on its stations in September as part of their new programming additions.

ROH has a weekly TV show and also does the standard amount of PPV and DVD sales like everyone else...

Steve Marks, chief operating officer of Sinclair's television group, says the deal gives Sinclair multiple revenue streams, such as "advertising, product sponsorships, Internet pay-per-view, live wrestling tour events and sales of DVDs and other merchandise."

Sinclair owns 58 television stations in 35 markets, most of them in the eastern half of the U.S., as well as Texas, Oklahoma and Nevada and they may eventually syndicate Ring of Honor themselves to other non-Sinclair markets.

The HQ shudders at the thought of the folks that tried the whole "Media Central" idea getting into wrestling syndication. But for Sinclair, the bottom line is cheap entertainment... just like cheap news...

Here's your latest video wire from ROH their ownselves...
They don't discuss the sale...
((HT: RingOfHonor))

Paul Belfi's Wrestling Passion Bucket Overflows...

((HT: Deadspin, Hickey/SportsTalkNetwork.com))

The HQ admits that there are a lot of problems with modern-day wrestling...

That's why we don't watch anymore unless old-schoolers are involved...
With good writing...

Pro Wrestling This Week's Paul Belfi goes ape-nuts bonkers*** about the first issue- bad wrestling and bad writing... but Belfi himself is the second issue...

And a microcosm of what's 'rong with 'rassling...
It's a rant for the ages... but Belfi really needs decaf...

Wrestlers Use "Hypno-Tosis..." To Win Match...

((HT: CZW via Chris Chase/Yahoo!))

The HQ has long been disappointed at the state of professional wrestling and its inherent entertainment value...

There are very few wrestlers that know how to "work the stick" as we say...
Kinda like this...
((HT: WWE/NWA/youtube))


And we really don't know how to process this three-and-a-half minutes from the folks at CZWrestling...

Entertaining...? To a degree...
Odd...? You bet...


Um... sure...
CombatZone Wrestling claims to be "ultraviolent entertainment." The HQ thinks that a lot of the above white-boy dance skills exhibit that very fact...

Congratulations...

Jack Brisco Passes At 68

Former Oklahoma State NCAA wrestling champion Jack Brisco has died at age 68.

The university said Tuesday that Brisco died on Monday after suffering from heart disease.

Brisco was the 1964 and 1965 Big Eight champion at 191 pounds. He was runner-up for the national title in 1964 and won the NCAA championship the following year. He
finished 27-1-1 as a Cowboy.

He wrestled professionally after college and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2008. A lot of us at the HQ remember Jack and his brother, Jerry, as one of the better tag team combinations when we were in our impressionable years.

His style and shtick will be missed...
Here's what you've missed if you don't know the Briscos...
((HT: WCW/TBS))