— WWE NXT talent Solomon Crowe debuted a new look during a match with CJ
Parker at Saturday night’s NXT live event in Starke, Florida. Crowe wound up
losing to Parker.
— As
noted earlier here on the website, WWE’s discussions for their television rights
package has as of late included AMC Networks, Viacom, Time Warner and 21st
Century Fox. The talks with Viacom, if they pan out, would be for Spike TV which
would leave TNA without a TV contract. Viacom has reportedly not yet renewed
their deal with TNA, which expires around the time that WWE’s contract with
NBC/Universal is done.
Time Warner’s talks would likely be for TBS and/or TNT, while the 21st
Century Fox discussions would put them on FOX Sports 1 in an attempt to grow
that channel. It would see WWE and UFC have all their cable content on the same
channel.
The new deal should be announced at the end of April or early
May.
Partial Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter