Create A Pro Wrestling Academy will hold their Monumental Moment show on May 1 in Melville, New York. A marquee match that was originally scheduled between TNA’s Nic Nemeth and AEW World Heavyweight Champion MJF was recently called off by TNA Wrestling President Carlos Silva which drew criticism from fans excited to see the cross-promotional bout.
MJF called out Silver via social media saying: “Welp. Nic Nemeth and TNA are afraid of the AEW World Champion. Shame old, Carlos doesn’t care about the fans or his roster getting paid. I’ll still be there @CreateAPro.”
TNA will hold their Rebellion pay-per-view Saturday, April 11 in Cleveland, and Nemeth, a longtime Cleveland sports fan and Ohio native, will have Browns legend Bernie Kosar in his corner when he takes on AJ Francis. While plugging Rebellion in an interview with Web Is Jericho via Youngstown Studio, Nemeth explained why his match with MJF was pulled for the May 1 show.
“A couple different things were happening,” Nemeth said. “Our president Carlos Silva is very open when it comes to a lot of things, behind-the-scenes deals. Some things that people don’t always know about, we put out there. We had a phone call. Deep into contractual obligations, certain companies might have crossover with certain other companies, with their rival or a streaming service or a cable company, and (Silva) goes, ‘Because of the situation, and it’s debatable, and there’s a few of them, we have to do the right thing now. And it’s gonna be a hard choice, but long-term, it covers their butts legally for everything.’”
Nemeth continued: “I’m crushed, obviously. You can have the business aspect, and ‘OK you’re right, you explained to me, you showed me the legal basis why we can’t do this right now’, but also, the part where I was like, ‘This is such a cool thing that’s gonna happen, because rarely do you get these extra special cool moments where dudes from other companies and dudes from other generations, in this case both, where you know it’s gonna be good and big and awesome, and you just can’t get it done. I’m absolutely crushed.”
Nemeth said he still hopes to have the match sooner than later once contractual issues are sorted out. “This is gonna be something special down the line,” he said. “We’re both still gonna be on the show. We’ll both do our parts. But one way or another whether it takes months or years, I’m gonna make this happen. It was a special one to me. I like to let everyone know once in a while, I can still go, I don’t get tired, I got my stamina from St. Ed’s and the Kent State wrestling team, it’s never going away. I want to show anybody whether they’re 28 or 35 or the next guy who’s got the torch for AEW for the next 20 years, which really appears to be MJF dominating. I wanted to go, ‘Hey, just so you know, I can go, too, and I want to see if you can hang with me’, because this is something we thought we’d never see, and that’s what makes it extra special.”
Check out Nemeth talking about the match and his full interview below.
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