Court Bauer’s MLW promotion is currently involved in a legal battle against WWE, which the latter recently filed a new response to. MLW is accusing WWE of violating the Sherman Act regarding anti-trust practices.
Speaking on “The Business of the Business” podcast, Bauer explained that it may be awhile before anyone hears any updates. He said,
“You’re trying to get me into trouble! I’ll say this: There’s really not gonna be any news on this, I guess, until mid-Summer. It’s a process. Part of it is the judge had the right to just dismiss the case and say ‘Peace out.’ What he said was ‘You need to beef up some of these aspects of your case; please resubmit.’ Which I thought was an encouraging sign. I’m not a lawyer, I just play one on MLW TV, and my name is Court. But it’s something [where] you say OK, hopefully, we did our job, and he asked us to resubmit our homework, and we did, so hopefully, we satisfied his needs to move forward. And if we move forward, I’m sharpening my fork and knife for discovery.”
The next hearing will be taking place on June 15th.
Several new dates have been added to Kevin Von Erich’s “Stories From the Top Rope” tour. The company behind the tour sent out the following press release today to announce the new dates:
AN EVENING WITH KEVIN VON ERICH
“Stories From the Top Rope”
Adds 7 New Tour Dates
After the tremendous on sale response to Kevin’s one-man show “Stories From the Top Rope” at the Majestic Theatre in Dallas on September 1st, seven additional dates have been added.
Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, June 2nd at EmporiumPresents.com but there is a special local presale taking place on Wednesday, May 31st and the password is CLAW. There will also be a very limited number of VIP tickets available which include a meet & greet/photo op.
The new tour dates for “Stories From the Top Rope” are September 2nd in San Antonio, September 3rd in Corpus Christi, September 5th in Houston, September 6th in Shreveport, September 8th in Oklahoma City, September 9th in Amarillo, and September 10th in Midland.
“Stories From the Top Rope” has Kevin sharing insight into his career, personal triumphs and tragedies. The evening will hosted by noted sports reporter Dale Hansen and feature special guest appearance by legendary WCCW referee, booker and promoter David Manning.
These dates are Kevin’s first public appearance in over two decades and he stated, “I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to be doing this show, to get back to Texas and see everyone who has been so loyal for more than forty years. We’ve got some great stories to tell and having Dale Hansen up there with me… it will be just like a Friday night at Sportatorium.”
This year also marks another extraordinary milestone for the legendary wrestler — Zac Efron will be portraying Kevin in the much anticipated biopic about the Von Erich wrestling dynasty, The Iron Claw written and directed by Sean Durkin. The Iron Claw is slated for release in late 2023.
And finally, Impact Wrestling has announced that Ace Austin and Chris Bey will be defending their World Tag Team Championships against The Good Hands at the Against All Odds 2023 pay-per-view event, which takes place on June 9 in Columbus, Ohio.
You can check out the updated Impact Wrestling Against All Odds lineup below:
Impact World Championship Match:
Steve Maclin vs. Alex Shelley
Impact World Title #1 Contender’s 8-4-1 Match:
Bully Ray, Jonathan Gresham, Heath & Nick Aldis vs. Mike Bailey, Moose, PCO & Rich Swann (winning team faces each other in a 4-way)
Impact X Division Championship Match:
Trey Miguel vs. Chris Sabin
Impact World Tag Team Championship Match:
Ace Austin & Chris Bey vs. The Good Hands
Dog Collar Match:
Masha Slamovich vs. Killer Kelly
BREAKING: ABC puts the IMPACT World Tag Team titles on the line at #AgainstAllOdds when they take on The Good Hands w/@Myers_Wrestling Friday, June 9th at 8PM on IMPACT+, FITE, and YouTube for Ultimate Insiders! @The_Ace_Austin @DashingChrisBey @TheJasonHotch @TheJohnSkyler pic.twitter.com/Pkp6NFV0WU
— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) May 31, 2023
