Global Force Wrestling Thread: Gold Edition

[Dr. Zoidberg]

We don't really need a thread just for GFW anymore but where else was I going to put this shit?

http://www.globalforcegold.info/

[Dr. Zoidberg]

Jeff Jarrett and Global Force Wrestling now in the multi-level marketing business

Remember when a lot of us were excited for Global Force Wrestling (GFW), thinking Jeff Jarrett was going to create a 21st century NWA?

Well, turns out Triple H would come closer to that. Double-J is still out here promising big announements. And now inviting you to join Team Jarrett to sell gold shaped like credit cards to your friends.

Yes, as reddit users pointed out a few days back and David Bixenspan of SEScoops investigated yesterday, the Global Force website is inviting you to join "Team Jarrett" by watching a seven minute video about Karatbars. That German company wants you to send them money in exchange for some "Gold bullion in form of a card in small denominations."

They also have a "marketing plan" which explains how you'll make money getting your friends to send money to buy Karatbars, and continue getting money when they convince their friends to send money to buy Karatbars, and even more money when...

You get the idea.

This is not only pretty shady (I'm not a lawyer or in law enforcement, but pyramid schemes are illegal, so you have to prove it's multi-level marketing where profit is being made on the sale of the product, in this case "Karatbars", and not just on the sale of new "franchises" to sell the product - and one internet "scam buster" has labeled them a scam), it's a really bad look for a company who's filmed television no one outside of live crowds in Las Vegas has seen and for an industry that - for all Vince McMahon's efforts - is still working to escape its carnival roots in the eyes of the public.

Plus, as the guy hawking it and presumably receiving a percentage on whatever you sell, this doesn't look like Jarrett and GFW are on really strong financial footing.

The TNA Hall of Famer may be realizing this, especially as public awareness and discussion of "Global Force Gold" increases. Until yesterday, visitors to the site got a pop-up ad encouraging them to watch the intro video. Now, it's just a large ad farther down the page.

Still, whether it's Global Force Gold or Global Force Wrestling... caveat emptor, Cagesiders.

Source: Cageside Seats

[Bandit]

Next move: Global uses wrestlers to try to sell time share properties. Scotty Riggs and Chris Masters don't take no for an answer.

[Big Boss Man]

Imagine if Double J got Haku to do door to door sales for the gold bars, sales would go thru the roof and he'd be a trillionaire

[Bandit]

- There were two incidents at the WrestleCon indie convention in Dallas during WrestleMania 32 weekend - one involving Karen Jarrett and Lucha Underground's Melissa Santos, the other involving former WWE talent Stacy "The Kat" Carter and Tessa Blanchard, daughter of WWE Hall of Famer Tully Blanchard.

No word on what caused the incident between Tessa, who recently appeared on WWE NXT TV against Nia Jax, and Carter, Jerry Lawler's ex-wife but it had something to do with Carter telling Tessa she wasn't showing respect. Word is that the argument would've ended in a fight but Tessa's boyfriend Ricochet stepped in as the peacemaker.

Santos was complaining about not having a chair to sit in and somehow Karen, who was criticized by many in attendance, spat on her, according to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. This led to an argument and observers thought they were about to come to blows but things calmed down.

There was also a minor incident with Jeff Jarrett and Brian Knobbs. It was said to be a half-hearted incident where Jarrett shoved Knobbs but his balance was so bad that he fell. This led to the hotel putting a security officer in the lobby for the rest of the weekend and a sign about no horseplay.