Throughout his career, he held versions of the titles in Amarillo, Los Angeles, Florida, Georgia, Kansas City, and Mississippi. After splitting with Rocky, he teamed with Doug Gilbert and Roger Smith as worked singles under the names of The Executioner and The Blue Yankee. He wrestled under countless names before taking on the Inferno character with his brother in 1971 working in Florida and managed by J.C. From a story on his life by Steven Johnson at SLAM Wrestling, his career began in 1967 wrestling for promoter Nick Gulas. **Curtis Smith, who was part of The Infernos tag team with brother Rocky, died this past Monday at the age of 80. In 2015, James Dixon wrote All Or Nothing, which included an in-depth history of 1PW and similar issues it had during its first incarnation. We will provide an update to customers as soon as we have more information. We are looking into the issues raised around the 1PW event so have decided to pause ticket sales for the time being. The Doncaster Free Press has covered the story and received the following statement from the Doncaster Culture and Leisure Trust, which oversees events at The Dome in Doncaster: Not because of fraud, embezzlement or debt… but because he fell down the stairs. Day after day, everything from "figuring out PayPal" to "vacation to Bulgaria".įinally he told me he was leaving 1PW. Steven Gauntley continued to offer cheap vapid excuses to stall for time. There are unfortunately numerous wrestlers, staff, and fans owed money as of this writing, and I fear the number will only grow as more come forward and the final pieces of this promotion fall.ĭombrowski has posted a lengthy thread involving his financial issues with 1PW and Gauntley and accusations of fraud. ![]() Gauntley has engaged in multiple fraudulent business practices that have left many chasing paydays and refunds that will likely never occur. Upon investigating the company’s director, Steven Gauntley, and his recent business practices, and speaking to former business partners and shareholders, Mr. If you are a fan or sponsor or have in any way put money into the 1PW promotion, I strongly advise you to contact your credit card company, bank, local authorities, media, anyone you can in an attempt to recoup your money before it’s too late. If you are a wrestler booked on either of those dates, I strongly advise you to find another event to work as they, in all likelihood, will not happen. This message serves as a word of warning to anyone who has had recent business dealings with 1PW/One Pro Wrestling, specifically Steven Gauntley, which has recently held events in Doncaster and Lincoln in the country of England, and has upcoming dates scheduled October 28 in Doncaster and December 2 in Lincoln. In a statement sent to various outlets including POST Wrestling, Dombrowski stated: ![]() On Friday, the promotion announced through its 1PW Instagram account announced that all future events are canceled and informed ticket buyers to discuss the matter with their card issuer or bank. The October 28 card at the Dome in Doncaster has seen ticket sales suspended after issues involving talents Matt Cardona, Steph De Lander, and announcer Joe Dombrowski were made public. **Multiple talents scheduled to work for the 1PW (One Pro Wrestling) group out of England next month have come forward regarding promoter Steven Gauntley. Sunday: AEW WrestleDream review with John Pollock & John Siino Saturday: Collision Course with Wai Ting & Kate from Montreal Saturday: NXT No Mercy review with Braden Herrington & John Siino – WWE cuts and who would be most appealing for AEW & more with a 90+ minute showįriday: Rewind-A-SmackDown with John Pollock & Wai Ting – Backstage drama leading to an increase in interest ** This month’s ASK-A-WAI Mailbag Show is available for POST Wrestling Café members covering a wide range of topics, including: On Sunday, I will be joined by Siino to review AEW WrestleDream on the free feed. **On Saturday, we will have Collision Course with Wai Ting & Kate from Montreal on the POST Wrestling Café as well as a free show with Braden Herrington & John Siino covering NXT No Mercy. **Karen Peterson will be providing coverage of Stardom’s 5 Grand Prix Final on Saturday on the POST Wrestling site. The show is live and available to download for all POST Wrestling Café members. ET with Wai Ting and I reviewing the show from Sacramento and going over the latest news along with taking your calls. ![]() ![]() ** Rewind-A-SmackDown is LIVE tonight at 10 p.m.
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