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LATEST ON UPSTART REVOLUTION SPORTS PROMOTION

By Mike Johnson on 2016-05-27 17:24:00

Some updates on the upstart Revolution Sports, which had previously been using the name Classic Wrestling Revolution.  The project has been in the works for some time, with Shane Douglas and Road Warrior Animal involved in leadership roles.   Douglas is listed as The Chief Operating Officer of Revolution Sports International.

Bill Townsend, the Internet entrepreneur who helped create a number of online platforms, including Lycos.com, before turning to writing, motivational speaking and philanthropy is the promotion's primary backer and has been listed on paperwork as "President", released a video message last week, addressed to friends and family, seeking additional investors in the company:


In the video, which Shane Douglas has been disseminating online, Townsend states that working on the company has been the most fun he's had personally since "the Lycos days" and stated the TV show will be available before "2 billion viewers."  He described Revolution Sports as wanting to be "The ESPN of Combat Sports" and said the company would also be developing programming for boxing, karate, sword fighting and other combat sports featuring a number of different technologies, including virtual reality.

As previously reported on PWInsider.com, the plan has been that the promotion would be based out of Las Vegas with an eye on presenting a "non" PG-13 style product with babyfaces vs. heels and an eye towards capturing the male 18-34 demographic that loved pro wrestling during the Monday Night War era.  The promotion's plan has been to partner with a Las Vegas casino and run wrestling events up to six days a week for the purpose of producing 36-44 hours of original TV episodes.  Townsend stated in his video that they have locked in a deal with a casino to act as "their arena" but did not name the location.

The promotion's potential TV series appears it will be titled "Revolution TV" with the product being billed as "reality sports." As we noted back when the sizzle reel was filmed, there was material also filmed based around the idea of veterans like Douglas and Animal managing new talents, so their outside of the ring segments would fall under the "reality" aspect.   

Revolution Sports quietly filmed material for a sizzle reel that would be used to show potential TV, licensing and financial partners in July 2015 in California during a TV Taping promoted by Dave Marquez' Championship Wrestling from Hollywood.   The late Roddy Piper, Shane Douglas, Piper's son Roderick Toombs, Road Warrior Animal and former WWE stars Mason Ryan and Michael Tarver were involved in segments shot for the reel.  The basic plot as it was described to me was that Piper and Douglas were at odds and had their own "teams" of talent.  Shane Douglas was the booker of the taping while Animal worked as a Producer.  Some of the material from that sizzle reel was uploaded to a Youtube channel for the promotion.

Kris Kloss, who was the voice of XPW and Wrestling Society X, is on board as an announcer for the company.

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