Impact Wrestling star Deonna Purrazzo was recently interviewed on Women's Wrestling Talk, and she discussed how Madison Rayne has been a huge help to her.
10 Female Athletes That Impact Wrestling Should Consider Signing
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Mar 2, 2021
Nowadays the independent wrestling scene is loaded with talent female athletes who are looking to get their break into the big leagues and Impact is certain the place to be for that big break.
Many of these names have already appeared on Impact programming and others haven t be introduced to mainstream audiences, but one thing is for sure these 10 picks could elevate their career while at the same time help to make Impact s Knockouts Division grow in the process.
So with that said, here are Ten Female Athletes That Impact Wrestling Should Consider Signing.
Josh Mathews On Learning From Vince McMahon And Kevin Dunn
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Impact Wrestling Senior Producer Josh Mathews recently spoke with Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated to promote the new “Before The Impact” show that premiered tonight on AXS TV and The Fight Network. The weekly one-hour show will serve as the lead-in to the flagship Impact TV show, and will be hosted by Nashville sportscaster Jon Burton. He will be joined by Mathews and Gia Miller each week. We recently reported full details on the BTI show at this link.
Mathews worked as Impact’s lead announcer from 2015 until last month when Matt Striker and D’Lo Brown took over the commentary duties. Mathews was promoted to the role of Senior Producer full-time. He told SI that he can make the most impact for the company right now by being in the production truck. He admitted that production “fell off” when Keith Mitchell left in 2019.
Josh Mathews has moved from commentary to producer in Impact Wrestling, and he discussed the move and learning from Vince McMahon and Kevin Dunn in a new interview.
A look at the career of 80s star Hacksaw Butch Reed, who passed away this past week, is the lead story in the new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
We look at all of his titles won, sports career before wrestling, what was and wasn t exaggerated about him, how he got started in wrestling, how fast it was that he was moved to star status, including main eventing at the key wrestling arenas in the country very early, the role Dory Funk Jr, made in his career, how he was booked, a super tag team with Skip Young that few outside of Florida ever saw, feuding with the biggest names on top, his matches with Ric Flair up and down the state of Florida, his sellout with Flair in St. Louis, runs in Georgia and his move to Mid South, his Mid South runs, the high point of his career, his feud with JYD, his Superdome main events, his face and heel turns, his biggest angles, his fight with John Nord and his departure from Mid South, his meeting with Slick, heading to WWF as The Natural