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Well, this situation keeps getting uglier and uglier by the minute, it seems. FloSports, the parent network of FloSlam, which streams all of WWN’s live events, is now saying they will not air the scheduled EVOLVE Wrestling events this weekend. And, along with not airing this weekend’s events, FloSlam will not be airing any of EVOLVE’s future events.

The following statement was posted on FloSlam’s website:

“Planned coverage of WWN events will no longer be available on FloSlam. This includes EVOLVE, SHINE, FIP, Style Battle, and ACW events. We know fans are excited If about these events and we’re disappointed to share that we will no longer provide the coverage you deserve and expect. If you’d like a refund, please email support@flosports.tv with the subject line “Floslam Refund Request” and our team will assist you.”

EVOLVE 92 and EVOLVE 93 are scheduled this weekend in Michigan and Illinois, but it’s being reported that FloSports informed employees planning to travel to the events that they were not to go to EVOLVE and work the shows.

Gabe Sapolsky took to Twitter to let people know what was going on.

FloSlam is refusing to broadcast tonight's EVOLVE event. We apologize, but this is their decision. Please contact them for customer issues

— Gabe Sapolsky (@BookItGabe) September 22, 2017

He also said they would try to get the weekend’s events up on WWN Live as soon as possible.

We are going to do our best to get tonight's show on https://t.co/gZuo0T5z4z ASAP

— Gabe Sapolsky (@BookItGabe) September 22, 2017

As we reported yesterday, FloSports has filed a lawsuit against WWN, citing that the company misrepresented their financial data when the parties struck a deal. Today, WWN’s attorney tried to shift the blame to FloSports, saying that the streaming service failed to promote their events as promised.

The way this is playing out, it’s really the talent that is going to suffer, as well as the fans who have already paid for a FloSlam subscription to see EVOLVE. Plus, this looks really, really petty on the part of FloSports. Kind of like, “Hey, you breached our contract, so we’ll just do it, too!”

We’ll keep everyone updated on this ongoing situation between FloSports and WWN.

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As we reported yesterday, FloSports, the parent company of the FloSlam streaming service, has filed a lawsuit in Texas against WWN. FloSports claims that the company misrepresented financial data from the events it was putting on. As a result of the misrepresentation of data, FloSlam claims they were induced into paying the company hundreds of thousands of dollars. FloSports is seeking damages of $1 million from them, with the causes of action listed as breach of contract and negligent misrepresentation.

Today, World Wrestling Network’s attorney Samuel Heller issued the following statement on the lawsuit.

“While we prefer not to litigate cases in the media, it is clear that FloSports is attempting to use the press to create leverage in this dispute by spreading false, defamatory and misleading statements about WWN. In reality, FloSports has wholly failed to honor its contractual obligation to promote WWN’s events, and has been unable to successfully integrate WWN into its mismanaged and failing subscription streaming platform. At no time has WWN provided incorrect, false or misleading information and this lawsuit is nothing more than a transparent effort by FloSports to avoid its responsibility to WWN, its talent and its fans. We are confident that the litigation will result favorably to WWN.”

There are two sides to every story, and the truth always lies somewhere in the middle. That’s probably the case here, too.

We will keep everyone updated on this situation as more information comes to light.

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It appears that the relationship between FloSports and WWN has hit a rocky patch…a big, nasty, point of no return rocky patch. In fact, it’s being reported that FloSports filed a lawsuit against WWN on September 19th in Travis County Court in Texas, citing misrepresentation of iPPV and VOD buy rates. WWN is in the process of preparing a counter-suit.

Apparently, FloSports is stating that WWN misrepresented financial data from the events it was putting on. As a result of the misrepresentation of data, FloSlam claims they were induced into paying WWN hundreds of thousands of dollars. FloSports is seeking damages of $1 million from WWN, with the causes of action listed as breach of contract and negligent misrepresentation.

WWN, the parent company of EVOLVE, Style Battle, FIP, & SHINE, entered into an agreement with FloSports last year to launch a wrestling streaming service for independent professional wrestling promotions across the globe: FloSlam. At first, it sounded great, and subscribers were promised vast libraries of archival footage, as well as live, streaming shows from EVOLVE and other promotions.

Unfortunately, though, things didn’t run as smooth as we were all told they would. There were issues with their live streaming, very few shows ever got uploaded to the archives, and the service was more expensive than any other on the market. A few months ago, they even hiked the monthly price by $10 without notice to any of their subscribers. Then, just as quietly, they returned their monthly subscription price to it’s original price point.

Last October, both parties announced a 5-year deal, but apparently, there’s just over a year left on their current agreement, and a breakdown in the relationship between the two sides is what led to the lawsuit (of which there are no concrete details as of yet). FloSports pays WWN to produce a number of shows for them, and that material is the majority of what constitutes the material available on FloSlam.

We will keep everyone updated as more information becomes known.

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