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Pro Wrestling's Best News - April 27, 2023
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Pro Wrestling's Best News - April 27, 2023

If you didn’t have a chance to keep up with the latest professional wrestling news yesterday, let us help you out with a few stories you might be interested in and we’ll give you a link to each one to read more, if you wish.


Former Writer Sues WWE & Vince McMahon, Claims Discrimination, Retaliation

Former WWE writer Britney Abrahams has filed a lawsuit against WWE and Vince McMahon alleging that she was subjected to discrimination and retaliation for speaking out against "offensively racist and stereotypical jargon" used in WWE's scripts.

Abrahams claimed that she raised concerns about racial and gender stereotypes that were written into the promotion's shows, including a pitch to have Apollo Crews speak in an over-exaggerated Nigeran accent, and a pitch for a storyline where the character Mansoor would be carrying a secret that he was behind the 9/11 attacks.

Abrahams claimed that after raising these concerns, she was subjected to "a number of racist pitches" and was eventually fired in April 2022.

Read More at WrestlingINC.com


Second Annual Owen Hart Foundation Tournament to Begin in May

The second annual Owen Hart Foundation Tournament will begin in May, according to AEW President Tony Khan on last night’s AEW Dynamite.

The first-round tournament matches will take place at AEW Double or Nothing.

The tournament will run through the summer and come to a conclusion on July 15th in Owen Hart’s hometown of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Read More at eWrestlingNews.com


Dark Side of the Ring 4 Full Episode List Released

Following a near two year hiatus, VICE TV’s Dark Side of the Ring series returns next month.

Vice released a trailer for the upcoming season on their Twitter account yesterday, and released the subjects of all 10 episodes.

This season’s episodes will feature documentaries on:

  • Chris Candido and Tammy Sytch

  • Magnum T.A.

  • Adrian Adonis

  • Doink the Clown

  • The Junkyard Dog

  • Marty Jannetty

  • Bam Bam Bigelow

  • Abdullah the Butcher

  • WCW's Bash at the Beach 2000

  • The Graham family

Discussing these subjects, the episodes will also feature interviews with Mick Foley, Bret "The Hitman" Hart, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, "Diamond" Dallas Page, Jeff Jarrett, Jim Ross, and more.

Read More at WrestlingINC.com


AEW Dark Elevation Appears Cancelled

Though not confirmed by AEW, it seems as though AEW Dark Elevation nolonger exists.

This week’s episode was billed as a “Best Of” show with no new matches airing, and the episode’s description on FITE TV was listed as being the “The special and final episode of Elevation.”

Read More at eWrestlingNews.com


Those are the biggest and best stories from yesterday. Please leave us some comments, or chat with us and let us know what YOU think about these stories, and any we may have missed.

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