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TNA Promotes Bob Ryder to Talent Acquisition Position
Posted by Jeremy Thomas on 02.25.2014

An executive moves up...

- TNA has reportedly promoted Bob Ryder to a position for finding and acquiring new talent. Ryder, who previously was in charge of talent booking and travel scheduling, is said to have been promted by Executive Vice President of Television Production "Big" John Gaburick. He previously worked with WCW's website before WWE bought that company.

One source said that the reaction within TNA was that the promotion was "laughable" considering that Ryder has no experience as a wrestler. The move is being compared by some to that of a person plays fantasy football becoming the General Manager of an NFL team.

Read more at www.411mania.com/wrestling/news/314434/TNA-Promotes-Bob-Ryder-to-Talent-Acquisition-Position.htm#rWfsqSQEZRWRFmUF.99

Jeff Jarrett rolled out his new promotion today.  They can be found at www.globalforcewrestling.com.  They are off to a great start!

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Jeff Jarrett Announces His New Promotion Global Force Wrestling

By Marc Middleton

Apr 7, 2014 - 10:04:17 AM



- Jeff Jarrett has announced his new promotion, Global Force Wrestling via SB Nation. Below is their logo:



GlobalForce



Jarrett issued a mission statement:



"[WWE] have built a brand over the last 50, 60 years. And truly, [WrestleMania] weekend is the perfect example of just how global their brand is. Professional wrestling has been around since the advent of television. There is definitely room, space for a brand new promotion to come on the scene. And we're going to put out the very best product that we can. Our mission statement is going to be, right at the very top, that we are going to put out a professional wrestling product that listens to the fans, engages the fans. We are going to immerse ourselves with the wrestling fan and that is going to be first and foremost."



Below is the full press release:



JARRETTS UNVEIL NEW WRESTLING PROMOTION: JOIN THE FORCE!



NASHVILLE -- After weeks of speculation and unprecedented internet buzz surrounding the hashtag #ItsComing ... IT IS HERE!



Legendary performer and third-generation promoter Jeff Jarrett and his wife, Karen, are set to unveil Global Force Wrestling (GlobalForceWrestling.com), which promises to be the most fan-interactive and immersive wrestling experience in history.



"Because of new media, new technology and more ‘in-tune' fans than we've ever had, wrestling is poised for another boom like it experienced in the mid-1980s and late 1990s," Jeff Jarrett said. "What we're going to deliver is a multi-platform, innovative brand that will engage fans in ways they've never experienced. It will provide a fresh perspective inside the business that fans have been clamoring for."



Jarrett, the founder of TNA wrestling and a 12-time world champion who wrestled in WWE, WCW and numerous international promotions, and his wife, Karen, have been laying the foundation for GFW since January 2014.



"Jeff was born into this business," Karen Jarrett said. "It's his life's passion. He saw a unique opportunity to fill a need in professional wrestling, and he has tirelessly devoted himself physically, mentally and emotionally to doing just that."



Videos of the Jarretts previewing the new promotion attached to the hashtag #ItsComing have garnered more than a million views. Meanwhile, Jeff and Karen have been searching the United States and the international ranks in search of undiscovered talent. The response has been overwhelming, with more than 400 performers from across the globe already in the evolving GFW talent database.



"The reality is we want to build a brand in which fans are watching our wrestlers evolve from day one and are truly invested in the lives of our talent in and out of the ring," Jarrett said.



Global Force Wrestling expects to make several more key announcements in the coming weeks. Stay tuned.

It's certainly worth a shot.  

Sweet!!! The Pope!!!

Yikes.  My future boss might be more out of control than my current boss.  


Dr. Jerry Wiseman of The Examiner reports that Jeff Jarrett was involved in a physical altercation with 17 year old John Calvin, the son of IWA Mid-South promoter Ian Rotten, at Sunday night’s IWA Mid-South event. The report is that Jarrett was upset about not receiving the amount of money he was promised. Apparently Jarrett was given half of his pay at the show and was promised that he would receive the rest in “two to three days.” This led to Jarrett cussing out workers and either slapping Calvin’s glasses off his head or breaking them.



Ian Rotten later said:



“Jeff and Karen Jarrett were both intoxicated. I have a locker room full of people to back me up on that.”



One IWA wrestler, who asked not to be identified, stated that at one point, Jarrett was “out of control” while also being egged on by his wife Karen, who reportedly threatened to go to the ring and “expose” Rotten while Drake Younger was taking part in an interview.



Rotten also issued a statement through his Facebook page:



“So, I will address the 500 lb elephant in the room in full.



Jeff Jarrett was paid half of his money tonight and was told he would get the rest of it in 2 or 3 days as through one way or another, or just plain stupidity, we forgot to get the advance money out of PayPal. I know it sounds incredibly stupid, but it occurred. Am I embarrassed about it? Yes, but a very intoxicated Jeff Jarretts actions to follow would be absolutely ridiculous and uncalled for. INCLUDING knocking the glasses off of John Calvins face, taking said glasses, and for a time period threatening to not give them back and break them. Screaming at numerous people in the dressing room that it was their fault, they were behind it like some paranoid coked out raging idiot. Not saying he WAS coked out, but I will say he was drunk, him and Karen both and I have a locker room full of people that will back me up on it.



Jeff Jarrett will get his money in a couple days as promised, then he can spend it on a defense attorney as I will be going to the sheriffs department to swear a warrant out on him tomorrow for assault on a minor. This was not some wrestling angle or anything of that nature, and he had no right to take it out on anyone else but me. Don’t get me wrong, I was wrong. We should have had that taken care of, but Jeffs actions after that along with Karen insisting on going out to the ring to interrupt Drakes speech was absolutely despicable. That is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.”

JeffJarrettTNA
@jeffjarretttna

Well GFW fans.... Good news, bad news today... Bad news, no announcement today... Good news, it will be made tomorrow!

Can't wait for the announcement of a pantsless cretin being hired for creative.

It'll be better than TNA.

'Biggest Loser' Creator to Bring New Wrestling Venture to TV (Exclusive)
10:00 AM PDT 4/15/2014 by Lesley Goldberg



The Biggest Loser creator Dave Broome is getting into a new ring.

Broome and his 25/7 Productions banner is teaming with Jeff Jarrett's new wrestling venture Global Force Wrestling to executive produce new matches as well as unscripted programming, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Jarrett founded TNA Wrestling, which has aired on Spike TV for years. He's a third-generation wrestling promoter and an executive producer who has produced shows for Fox Sports, Spike and Endemol. He and his wife, Karen, have been laying the foundation for GFW since January, when their efforts -- along with country singer Toby Keith -- to buy TNA fizzled.(It's unclear what involvement, if any Keith will have with the new league.)


The new Global Force Wrestling league, which already has more than 500 performers with additional announcements planned as more deals are finalized, will see Jarrett again bring wrestling to the small screen. Jarrett is considered to be wrestling's second-most-well-known promoter behind Vince McMahon.
GFW will compete with WWE and TNA, with Jarrett and Broome currently shopping TV rights to matches -- which will air both live and live-to-tape -- as well as unscripted fare. So far, Broome tells THR, interest has been high from both major broadcast and cable networks for the new league. The duo is currently meeting with network executives on both the East and West Coast as they shop the league and its likely lucrative TV rights.


"Wrestling pulls in massive numbers, has a huge fan base and networks are realizing that it's great entertainment," he tells THR.
Broome said the plan is to have new GFW content on the air 52 weeks per year as the upstart league looks to compete with more well-known TNA and WWE. The producer behind such live events including NBC's Tsunami AID: A Concert of Hope says GFW will cater to a worldwide audience and feature both well-known wrestlers as well as the best up-and-comers from all over the world.
Broome's deal -- which was set in motion before his overall pact with Sony Pictures Television -- will include live events, unscripted and reality fare.

"It just won't be a bunch of wrestling matches; we have exciting announcements to come. TNA or WWE right now is match after match after match. Global Force Wrestling is not going to do that. There will be matches but there will be a lot more and a lot more variety placed into the actual events that will be really innovative and fresh," he says.

"We're excited to enter this journey with a group as talented as Dave Broome and 25/7," GFW founder Jarrett said. "They've achieved some great things over the past decade and we feel like they can lend a unique perspective both in and out of the ring."

In addition to The Biggest Loser, which is now in its 15th season on NBC and is broadcast in more than 90 countries around the world, Broome's credits also include digital series for AOL and a sports documentary for Netflix
For more information on GFW, check out their website.

He posted that 6 minutes before you. All this Brewer section moderating has you completely off your game today.

I'm already worried about this deal. Are they going to have juggling and live cockroach eating contests in between the matches?

If they have 500 "performers", they certainly aren't all wrestlers.

It's not that hard to imagine there are 500 independent wrestlers with no exclusive contracts that can work anywhere. Some will work for Jeff.

He has 500 independent wrestlers who COULD work for him but he doesn't HAVE 500. The way he worded that makes it sounds like he has 500 under contract.

Yeah.  I probably would have said something like "access to over 500 non-contracted performers" or something similar.  Get on it WR!  

Edit:  I had the response window open and got busy for 45 minutes.  Everyone already said the above.