Notices by Left Fist (leftfist@wrestling.social), page 3

#Goldberg was ‘disgusted’ by #Rihanna’s performance at the #SuperBowl
https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2023/2/16/23603555/goldberg-disgusted-rihanna-musical-performance-super-bowl-halftime-show-critcism-mvp-reaction-trump

Reports that #ThunderRosa had to "make amends" at an #AEW backstage meeting are what they are, but suggesting #CMPunk would have to do something similar upon returning is absurd. Punk did admit at the #AllOut media scrum he'd probably regret venting, but Hangman, Kenny, and the Bucks provoked the whole mess in the first place, and they're the party who'd have to make amends -- one was the instigator, the other three were management yet aggressors who'd aided and abetted Hangman all the way.

@RussStevens @wrestlevotes @WrestlingFusion @wonf4w @Evol @bunnieSlaughter I'm afraid you're not even close to the truth - as explained here at the time (and Punk has since been vindicated): https://www.spreaker.com/user/16534615/podcast-working-week-9

In 1999 #Nintendo Had A Real-Life #Wrestling Match Starring #Mario And #Pikachu -- it was called #Slamfest '99, and until this week had almost been lost to the sands of time:
https://kotaku.com/nintendo-smash-bros-wrestling-wwe-wcw-pikachu-mario-1850115376

#JerryJarrett dead at age 80
https://prowrestling.net/site/2023/02/14/jerry-jarrett-dead-at-age-80/

Judge dismisses MLW’s antitrust lawsuit against #WWE; #MLW owner Court Bauer vows to fight on:
https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2023/2/14/23599183/judge-dismisses-mlw-antitrust-lawsuit-against-wwe

Industrial Dispute edition of the Left Fist podcast here -- on why those of us covering #ProWrestling shouldn't allow industry contacts to compromise reporting the truth under attack by #Twitter, why #Mastodon can increase engagement, and notes on #DaveMeltzer, #DavidBixenspan, #SeanRossSapp, and #LeslieLeeIII: https://www.spreaker.com/user/16534615/industrial-dispute-4

Did you know that many #Russians in #ProWrestling were portrayed by wrestlers from...Minnesota? All this and more covered in a Left Fist article on the #ColdWar, #SovietUnion, and #Russia in wrestling -- in a piece praised by #MashaSlamovich herself! https://leftfist.medium.com/history-is-still-being-written-russians-in-pro-wrestling-7a50a80969dd #AEW #WWE #WWF #wrestling

PODCAST: Lack of investment in #ProWrestling coverage has left #VinceMcMahon to slime back into #WWE offices to hit headlines preparing for a sale while his scandals sit behind the smokescreen. And even though #KOSA are likely buyers as part of their #sportswashing campaign, #TonyKhan's #AEW product is creatively prepared for a seamless merge with WWE's tainted product. But is there still chance of a boost from #MercedesMone debuting? https://www.spreaker.com/user/16534615/working-week-13

@RussStevens @wrestlevotes @WrestlingFusion @wonf4w @Evol @bunnieSlaughter Finally stopped watching BTE when they mocked CM Punk in the Death Triangle match mere hours after Kenny Omega claimed they'd rise above it all. Just too sour, miserable, and negative.

Wrestler, politician, activist Billy Two Rivers dies at age 87
https://www.postwrestling.com/2023/02/13/wrestler-politician-activist-billy-two-rivers-dies-at-age-87/

Twenty years ago, "#MrPerfect" #CurtHennig died, the 1980s #ProWrestling lifestyle finally tragically catching up with him. But he was a phenomenal, selfless performer, in some ways years ahead of his time (and this writer's very first favourite wrestler in the #WWF).

#MattCardona states #WWE fought his #ZackRyder trademark, he wanted it for merchandising purposes
https://www.postwrestling.com/2023/02/09/matt-cardona-states-wwe-fought-his-zack-ryder-trademark-he-wanted-it-for-merchandising-purposes/

#TonyKhan expects ‘big increases’ in #AEW’s next media rights deal
https://www.cagesideseats.com/aew/2023/2/8/23591301/tony-khan-aew-next-tv-deal-roh-streaming

"The death of #OwenHart is a painful reminder of the extreme risk involved and yet, all these years later, are talent fully confident in turning down such extreme risks when asked by their company?" https://www.postwrestling.com/2023/02/08/autopsy-program-is-a-painful-reminder-of-owen-harts-tragic-death/

#CourtBauer talks #MLW’s lawsuit against #WWE, feels WWE does what they can to ensure market share doesn’t soften
https://www.postwrestling.com/2023/02/07/court-bauer-talks-mlws-lawsuit-against-wwe-feels-wwe-does-what-they-can-to-ensure-market-share-doesnt-soften/

Even he trashed the reporting: https://www.postwrestling.com/2023/02/07/booker-t-discusses-ivy-nile-competing-for-row-addresses-headlines-about-partnership-with-wwe/

Despite the #ProWrestling business doing a disservice to him - and wrestlers like John Cena and Ric Flair doing PR damage control for #WWE's bigotry and abuse #ChrisKanyon was subjected to - Kanyon is now receiving some long overdue credit he always deserved for his contributions to the industry: https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1119699/looking-back-at-chris-kanyons-innovative-in-ring-style/

Zack Sabre Jr: "Rishi Sunak! Pay nurses, dickhead! Pay nurses a living wage!"

Already stated over on Twitter months ago that there is really no point giving energy or attention to the eternal purveyor of monumental bad takes, Booker T, but his latest asinine company line about wrestlers like #MandyRose "putting themselves in bad positions" is an example to be used here on Mastodon demonstrating why. Look: It's an absolute disgrace for #WWE to hire workers they categorise as independent contractors in order to refuse them benefits, then fire them for third party work.