Updated TNA "Outbreak" PPV Card
The following is the updated card for TNA's "Outbreak" PPV, which is being taped with the Wrestle-1 promotion in Tokyo, Japan, on March 2nd.
-TNA World Heavyweight Champion Magnus vs. Kai
-TNA Tag Team Champions Bro Mans vs. Shuji Kondo and Kaz Hayashi
-TNA X Division Champion Austin Aries vs. Seiya Sanada
-Bobby Roode vs. Masakatsu Funaki
-Kazarian and Daniels vs. Minoru Tanaka and Koji Kanemoto
Is Original Sin Cara Still Using His Name?
The original Sin Cara, real name Luis Urive, will be competing for AAA in Mexico this weekend, and he will be wrestling under the Sin Cara name. There remains uncertainty as to who owns the rights to the Sin Cara name, as WWE continues to feature the Sin Cara character on TV, while Urive claims he owns the rights to the name.
Darren Young Joins GaymerX2
The following press release has been issued:
WWE Wrestler Darren Young Joins GaymerX2
PRO WRESTLER SUPPORTS THE LBGT GAMING COMMUNITY
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (February 19, 2014) – MidBoss, the team behind the convention known as GaymerX2, is excited to announce that openly gay WWE wrestler Fred Rosser AKA Darren Young, will be participating in this year's festivities. The convention is to be held at the InterContinental Hotel in San Francisco's vibrant South of Market neighborhood from July 11-13th.
Darren Young will be signing autographs and joining in Friday's Opening Ceremonies, as well as Sunday's Closing Ceremonies. He will also be a part of a panel titled "A Fireside Chat with Darren Young" at GaymerX.
"Darren Young's involvement in GaymerX is tremendously exciting. We understand the struggle that athletes face in coming out, especially when they live in the spotlight," quoted Toni Rocca, President of GaymerX. "For a member of an organization as widely watched as WWE to be comfortable with his identity and also to continue to be accepted in his line of work is a great example for all athletic fields out there. We would really like to celebrate that."
"I am very excited to be a part of this year's GaymerX convention" Quoted Fred Rosser aka WWE's Darren Young,"Gay geeks and gamers around the world deserve to have their own community and I'm very proud to be a part of what should be an awesome experience."
Following the great success of last year's GaymerX Kickstarter, the 2014 convention will support another Kickstarter, with a pledge where you can actually interact with and chat with Darren Young yourself. There are other pledges including sponsoring the convention, badges for the con, and cute stickers featuring the con's mascots, Conway and Turing.
Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
