SOW [UNIONS, Collective Bargaining Agreements, Contracts]

About this episode

The episode discusses unions and collective bargaining agreements in sports, along with wrestling news and a tribute to Ted Turner.

SOW [UNIONS, Collective Bargaining Agreements, Contracts] All hands are literally on deck for this extra stuffed episode of State of Wrestling! Opening we do touch on the passing of Ted Turner. Thank you to Corey of TroublesWres for giving me some words on the man who gave us WCW and The Cartoon Network! Hey guys today on SOW we are talking Uniions and collective bargaining agreements in sports. There has been a lot of talk on contract disputes, paycuts, and wrestlers basicslly having zero leverage in negotiations. We are here to challenge that. Along with talking all the news of the week from WWE, AEW, NJPW, CMLL, AAA, MLW, heck we throw in a little wcw Also enjoy a preview for WWE Backlash! Also a giant in entertainment has left us. Ted Turner has passed away and we give tribute. Joining the show today are Arturo, BJ, Taylor, matt, corey, Jeremy, and for the first time Airgold! Love lucha libre? Buy this book https://www.amazon.com/Lucha-Libre-Artes-M%C3%A9xico/dp/1419767550 Find everybody at: https://linktr.ee/TWWpod https://x.com/AIRGold_ https://x.com/AmericanNumbers?s=20 https://youtube.com/@taykzy?si=YFjCsokggBjI_pjA https://bbethel.substack.com/ https://x.com/JerFinestone…

People in this episode

Host: Doc

Guests: Arturo, BJ, Taylor, Matt, Jeremy, Airgold

Topics covered

• unions
• collective bargaining agreements
• contract disputes
• wrestling news
• WWE Backlash preview
• Ted Turner tribute

Keywords

• unions
• collective bargaining
• contract disputes
• wrestling
• WWE
• AEW
• NJPW
• CMLL
• AAA
• Ted Turner

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WCW, Cartoon Network

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