Jeff Jarrett Checks Into Rehab, Robbie E Note, Jim Cornette - BFG Video, House Of Hardcore On Twitch
- Above is video of Jim Cornette, who is no longer with Impact Wrestling, promoting Bound For Glory.
- The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that Karen Jarrett worked with WWE to send Jeff Jarrett to WWE sponsored rehab. Jarrett checked into rehab on Wednesday. As noted, Impact Wrestling announced on Monday that they have officially terminated their business relationship with Jarrett and Global Force Entertainment Inc. Jarrett also had an incident at the Real Canadian Wrestling show in Calgary last Friday, where he was in no condition to perform, but still wrestled in the main event.
- Robbie E. continues to stay busy. In addition to doing weekly videos for Men's Fitness and Muscle & Fitness, the former Impact Wrestling star is doing weekly videos on FITE TV every Tuesday at 10:30 called #realrobbiee, where he takes fans into his life.
- Social video service Twitch recently announced an exclusive, multi-year streaming partnership with House of Hardcore. House of Hardcore will begin streaming all matches on Twitch, starting with House of Hardcore 35 in Philadelphia. All House of Hardcore content starts November 18 at 8:00pm ET on the promotion's new Twitch channel, Twitch.tv/HouseofHardcore.The channel will also host weekly content between matches including pre and post-match content and interviews.
"This is an incredible milestone for professional wrestling on Twitch as we expand this new and fast-growing content vertical," said Eric Brunner, Partnerships Manager, Twitch. "Our partnership with House of Hardcore not only gives our passionate community more of the wrestling content they have demanded, but more of what it has always thrived on. Twitch has always been about engagement with vibrant entertainment personalities, much like Tommy Dreamer and other pro wrestlers."
"I have said for months that I have been waiting for the right deal to take House of Hardcore to the next level," said Tommy Dreamer, founder of House of Hardcore. "Our new tag team with Twitch puts HOH on the cutting edge of technology and will allow us to be seen before not only die-hard wrestling fans, but an entirely new generation of viewers who I hope will fall in love with pro wrestling just like I did as a kid. Twitch has helped change the world in how people view programming and is continuing to grow and evolve that. We look forward to innovating professional wrestling in the same way by spotlighting new stars on the platform Twitch has afforded us. Everything before today was just the prologue. Now, we kick into the true story of House of Hardcore."
For the House of Hardcore live event schedule, visit houseofhardcore.net.