PWInsider reports that Executive Vice President of Anthem Ed Nordholm sent an e-mail notifying staff that they will be consolidating the Nashville office with the Anthem office that is located in Toronto.

While there is no exact timeline set, the physical location of the Nashville office will eventually close, leaving its employees future up in the air. Some employees may be relocated, work from home or released from the company. Merchandise orders are already handled by a third-party, so that part of business is taken care of.

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Jericho welcomes Harv and Guru Sirah (The Singh Brothers) to the show.

Jericho recalls The Singh bros showing up at a WWE live event in Toronto, Canada 10 years ago. They were independent talents at that time who were simply trying to get noticed and Jericho recalls wishing them the best of luck at that time. It’s a decade later and here we are with The Singh bros working in the main event picture as top heels.

They were kicked out of the building that night and although they were disappointed they didn’t let that interfere with their long term goals. They were able to meet Jericho that evening and they looked at that as the silver lining of that experience. They appreciated Jericho being kind to them that day, and Jericho points out that he always tries to be nice to people in those circumstances because here they are all these years later working together.

The Singh bros mention that they began training and working out of Vancouver, which is a terrible wrestling city. Jericho agrees and mentions that WWE barely ever travels to Vancouver anymore. They soon began working for Tony Condello and his ‘Northern Death Tours’, which had them travelling to Northern Canada and driving over frozen lakes in order to get to the towns.

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We noted last week that Impact Wrestling is phasing out the ‘GFW’ name, as the company never completed the deal with Jeff Jarrett to own the rights to owning it. The belief is that Jarrett will be back with the company, but privately and no one is certain of anything.

Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer reports that the long-term goal is to make Impact a Canadian company because Anthem is based in Toronto and they believe they can have some economic advantages there. There had been some sentiment against another re-branding and continuing to use the ‘GFW’ name but it appears that is no longer an issue moving forward.

The feeling is that the company wants to get away from the negativity associated with the “TNA” name and as long as they are based in Orlando, that will never change.

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Russo is joined on this show by his co-host Jeff Lane and a special guest Francesco Castano.

Lane starts today’s show by playing a clip of Jason Powell, who says that WWE is giving away an awful lot on RAW lately in their main events, and it’s strange that they aren’t saving some of these big matches for football season. Russo says that this is a business, and WWE needs to have the best rating possible every single week. It’s useless to put something off until football season if their ratings are going to go in the toilet for the next 3 months.

Russo mentions that if WWE is planning on having another Superstar Shakeup only five months after the last one, there’s no point in having two brands at all. Their roster is too watered-down to have two brands in the first place and by having Superstar Shakeups every five or six months, WWE is basically admitting as much.

A clip of Dave Meltzer presents him saying that sources have confirmed to him that the Toronto crowd that booed Bayley on RAW last week weren’t necessarily booing the talent, rather they were booing WWE’s recent booking of her. Russo would like to know who told Meltzer this information, because Meltzer’s been writing this dirt sheet for 30 years and Russo hasn’t heard him name a source once.

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As seen on tonight’s episode of RAW in Toronto, Jason Jordan defeated enhancement talent Jean-Pierre Goulet, billed from Quebec City.

The individual that portrayed Goulet was Israeli wrestler Tomer Shalom, who has worked the Canadian indie scene for several years now. His name was a mix of former WWE Superstar Jean-Pierre LaFitte and former WWE Superstar Rene Goulet, also from Quebec City.

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It now appears unlikely that Bayley will challenge Alexa Bliss for the RAW Women’s Championship at this month’s SummerSlam event after suffering an injury to her right shoulder during a match against Nia Jax on RAW this week.

Cathy Kelley reported in a new video on WWE’s YouTube channel that the extent of her injury has not been determined due to swelling in and around the injured area. A conclusive diagnosis will be made on Monday at RAW in Toronto.

WWE’s preview for this upcoming RAW indicated that Bayley won’t be wrestling at SummerSlam, or anytime soon for that matter.

“Based on what we have seen, it doesn’t seem likely that The Huggable One will be getting back into the ring anytime soon.”

WWE also notes, “If Bayley is unable to compete at SummerSlam, who will challenge the so-called “Goddess of WWE” for her coveted championship? Hopefully, details will emerge on Raw.”

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Impact Wrestling sent out the following press release today announcing their acquisition of Global Force Wrestling :

NASHVILLE | TORONTO – Anthem Wrestling Exhibitions LLC, a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment Corp. and parent company of IMPACT Wrestling, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Global Force Entertainment, LLC d/b/a Global Force Wrestling.

Jeff Jarrett, the founder of both IMPACT Wrestling and Global Force Entertainment, will join Anthem Wrestling Exhibitions as a member of its board of managers, equity owner and Chief Creative Officer.

“We are thrilled to be joining forces with Anthem as a partner to build the business,” said Karen Jarrett. “This partnership will be complementary of our strengths and bolster our capabilities to grow the IMPACT Wrestling brand. Ed Nordholm as President and Jeff Jarrett as Chief Creative Officer make a great tag team”

“We are excited by the progress we have made with IMPACT Wrestling since acquiring the business in January,” said Ed Nordholm, president of Anthem Wrestling Exhibitions. “Jeff and his team have been instrumental in this success and we are pleased that we have reached an agreement on the basis of which we can combine our businesses to continue to grow. Slammiversary XV will be a fitting occasion to bring the promotions together and merge the titles under the new IMPACT combined belts. By combining our resources and talent, we can produce the best product for our global audience.”

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It looks like Santino Marella is coming out of retirement to wrestle once again.

According to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Santino will wrestle later this year for his own Battlarts promotion. He runs the promotion out of his gym in Mississauga, Ontario.

For those not aware, Santino declared his retirement on July 6th, 2014 at a house show in Toronto, Ontario after he suffered his third neck injury. He was released in 2016 from WWE.

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