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FORMER TNA EXEC TAKES YOU INSIDE THE CREATIVE PROCESS, NEW WWE SIGNING, OLD SCHOOL PRO WRESTLING ART SHOW IN LOS ANGELES AND MORE

By Mike Johnson on 2014-03-04 12:27:01
Former CZW champion Drake Younger has been signed to a WWE developmental deal. He is finishing up independent bookings by the end of April and is scheduled to report to the Performance Center by early May. Younger has really refined his work over the last few years and is a great hire. He's looked phenomenal in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Wrestling Cares and CZW in his appearances last year.

Steven Godfrey, who for many years was the Director of Public Relations for TNA, is writing a series of columns at SB Nation about his time working for the company. The first one deals with the creative process. There's a great story about how backwards wrestling can be in terms of how one hand doesn't know what the other is doing and excuses that are made about that. Godfrey also voices his frustrations with trying to get someone that the online audience loved pushed within the company and how the more popular a talent is with the Internet audience, the less wrestling companies truly care about using them because they are looking at the "big picture." I remember when he worked for TNA, he was always big on using the younger talents for marketing and media appearances, feeling they were the ones that should be invested in long term. The piece is a really good read, which you can check out at this link.

Former WWE Creative team member Jensen Karp is hosting a 1980s and 1990s professional wrestling-inspired art show at his Los Angeles art gallery "Gallery 1988". For more details, click here. Some of the pieces look awesome, but where's a Power & Glory painting?

Chicago's AAW will debut on the MaddyG Network tomorrow, which is available locally in the Illinois area as well as Roku. I've heard nothing but great things about the product, so I'm looking forward to checking them out.

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