On the heels of ROH announcing their PPV/VOD deal, TNA Wrestling has
made the call to pull all talents from future ROH shows. The reason
is that TNA talents under contract cannot appear on "competing PPV"
or other DVD distributed through a national chain. This had not been
a problem until yesterday's announcement from ROH. TNA made the call
today and stated that they know ROH fans will be upset, but felt they
had no choice after learning about ROH's PPV expansion yesterday via
the Internet. Christopher Daniels recently finished up with the
promotion and over the last months ROH had been phasing out the use
of TNA talent in major storylines.

[Credit: PWInsider.com]



The PWG people sent out the following release today:

Los Angeles, CA - Generally, the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
(http://www.prowrestlingguerrilla.com) news releases have been light-
hearted yet informative, however that will not be the case on this
occasion. Since our humble beginnings in July 2003, Pro Wrestling
Guerrilla has booked employees of TNA Wrestling to appear on our
shows, in what can only be considered a successful relationship for
all parties involved. Both companies experienced tremendous growth
during this time period, admittedly with Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
aided infinitely more so by TNA Wrestling than the other way around,
and the relationship between the two companies has been affable. On
April 24, 2007, TNA Wrestling presented Pro Wrestling Guerrilla with
a contract that would prevent TNA Wrestling employees from appearing
on DVDs sold through or distributed by any third parties. Because
this would include long-time partner Highspots.com, as of May 3,
2007, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla has severed all ties with TNA
Wrestling.

Since February 2004, Highspots.com has been a major contributor to
the success of Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, by helping us to increase the
popularity of our company through Highspots.com production and
distribution of our DVDs. Since TNA Wrestling presented us with the
contract on April 24, we have considered every possible solution,
from opting out of our contract with Highspots.com, self distribution
of events featuring TNA Wrestling employees (both of which, to their
credit, Highspots.com was agreeable with), to releasing DVDs without
the matches of TNA Wrestling employees through Highspots.com. Each
solution, except one, was either financially irresponsible, meant
higher costs for the fans, or would greatly compromise the quality of
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla as a whole. Therefore, we have been forced to
end our business relationship indefinitely.

Because of this situation, TNA Wrestling employees Chris Sabin and
Alex Shelley will not be appearing at Pro Wrestling Guerrilla's DDT4
Tag Team Title Tournament on May 19 & 20. We at Pro Wrestling
Guerrilla would like to apologize to Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin,
who along with Frankie Kazarian, were not simply employees, but part
of the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla family. We would also like to
apologize to Samoa Joe, Low Ki, AJ Styles, and Christopher Daniels,
whom we had booked for upcoming Pro Wrestling Guerrilla events. We
would also like to thank Homicide, Austin Aries, Petey Williams, and
all those previously mentioned for their hard work and
professionalism as Pro Wrestling Guerrilla wrestlers.

And most importantly, we would like to apologize to our fans, who
have come to enjoy seeing TNA employees both at our live events and
on our DVDs. Your appreciation and support gave the TNA employees a
chance to wrestle at a level they often time are unable to. We hope
you can understand that this was not an easy decision to make, but we
did what we feel was best for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla now, and in the
future. Later today, we will provide updated information regarding
the DDT4 Tag Team Title Tournament, including the last team, more non-
tournament matches, and the final DDT4 first round matches!