An update on tonight’s action: Dane Hawke suffered a severe knee injury while competing against Rex Walker this evening. Doctors in the back say he’s going to be out of action until October, so we hope Dane Hawke recovers quickly.
Thank you.
Due to a scheduling error, the Gothica Rec Center was previously booked for April 15. The CURSE of the Gold World Championship tournament will begin on April 29 instead.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
EN Press – A packed room of journalists were gathered in the Emerald Specter Media Center in Emerald City, Emerald Nation. Everyone was only told that there were big announcements for the CURSE Wrestling company and so we gathered to hear what those could possibly be, considering that the company was still “finding it’s legs” so early in the company’s existence.
No one had to wait for long as Tom “Cat” Katz came out, flanked by Scott “Scarecrow” Crowe and CEO of Emerald Specter Media DJ Allen. We didn’t wait long as Tom Katz was the first one to speak.
“Thank you, everyone, for joining us today,” Tom said, reading from a prepared statement. “We have successfully held two events in the Gothica Rec Center and have several more scheduled at the time of this press conference. The pace of one event every two weeks will continue for the time being.
“We’ve had a chance to introduce all of our first wave talent and the Energy Zone Academy has gotten the next class of talent to the point where you’ll be meeting them soon enough. It’s our goal to provide as diverse a roster as possible to entertain the CURSE audience and bring the highest quality wrestling to our audience.
“Having said all that, it’s time for the first big announcement you’re all here for.” Tom smiled and looked around while the assembled journalists give a slight chuckle.
“Beginning April 18, CURSE will begin a tournament for the World Championship,” Tom said. “This isn’t a ‘World Heavyweight Championship,’ just a World Championship. We are not delineating weight classes as CURSE is just interested in providing the best action possible. There will be four rounds to this tournament and the final round will be the crowning of our inaugural World Champion.
“Beginning April 29, during round two of the World Championship tournament, CURSE will begin a tournament for the Women’s World Championship. This will be a four round tournament culminating in the crowning of our inaugural Women’s World Champion.
“No date has been set for the World Tag Team Championships but a tournament will be created to determine the inaugural World Tag Team Champions as well. The reveal of all of these championship belts will come during the special events that will feature the World and Women’s World tournaments entitled CURSE of the Gold.
“At this time, I’d like to turn things over to DJ Allen for more announcements.” Tom Katz then stood back and DJ Allen stepped up to the podium.
“Good afternoon,” said DJ. “Emerald Specter Media has been a big supporter of CURSE Wrestling since the announcement that it would be reestablishing a large scale professional wrestling company here in the Emerald Nation. I reached out, personally, to the owners and started a dialog about what Emerald Specter Media could do to help CURSE prosper.
“We worked on formulating what would work best for CURSE and ended up with the deal of bringing CURSE to the Emerald Nation on a weekly basis and to provide CURSE backing for a contracted length of time in a mutual beneficial agreement. CURSE has a home with Emerald Specter Media and Emerald Specter Media is helping CURSE get off the ground just a little faster.
“Our final goal as Emerald Specter, we are going to be bringing the first Pay Per View or Special Event before the end of the 2023 calendar year. Now I’d like to hand things over to Scott Crowe.” DJ Allen steps back, all smiles, as Scott Crowe stepped forward.
“I am here to take questions from all of you for CURSE and the Energy Zone Academy,” said Scott Crowe. With that prompting, many hands go into the air and the questions and answers begin.
Diana Richter, Emerald City Sentinel: “Will any past talent be making returns under the CURSE banner to boost popularity?”
“Many of the stars from the past are currently in their late 50s or early 60s,” said Crowe, “There are also a number of them who don’t have the status us founders have due to being lost in the shuffle during this territorial era. We haven’t been approached nor reached out to anyone to make an appearance at this time.”
Sayid Asahd, Halo Chronicle: “Is CURSE going to be relying on the Energy Zone Academy for talent or will you be picking from the territories as long as they keep running?”
“While there are still a fair number of free agents available in the Emerald Nation still,” said Crowe, “We believe that the Energy Zone Academy will be giving us most of our future talent at this point. Turning down someone with talent won’t be something we do but our overall plan is to have the Academy be our primary source of talent going forward.”
Mei Li, EBC News: “Question for Mr. Allen: how long is the current contract with CURSE?”
“The current contract is 18 months,” said Allen, “That means the actual end of the contract is currently September 2024. The expectation is that we will be signing extensions before that deadline arrives.”
Rosa Juarez, EBS News: “When can we realistically expect CURSE to go weekly?”
“There’s a few things we need to get established before that happens,” said Crowe, retaking the podium, “Currently, we are eyeballing August for the weekly shows.
Ando Nakamura, North Point Press: “Is anyone currently in the Energy Zone Academy that the Emerald Nation might recognize?”
“Two, actually,” said Crowe with a smirk. “Both masked wrestlers from the Valyria territory who had decided to enter the Academy rather than petition straight into CURSE. They are Hexagon and Tigerstar, both have a decent following on their own and we are thrilled to have them joining CURSE in the very near future.”
Mohinder Singh, Gothica Times: “Is CURSE going to be touring the country with this Emerald Specter contract?”
“Absolutely,” said Crowe. “The weekly shows will have us leaving the Gothica Rec Center, which is already close to being at capacity, and entering larger venues for our shows. The website will start also recording viewership when we have events rather than just the attendance. There might also come a time when we don’t post any of that information but we’ve committed to making that information available at this time.”
The three men then thanked everyone again for coming and made their way out of the room. They assured everyone more information would be coming again in the near future.
On January 22, 2023 the Championship Unlimited Revolution Sports Entertainment Wrestling organization (or CURSE Wrestling) was announced to the Internet. Today, you find out a little more about what to expect from the organization.
Former friends and legends of Emerald Nation professional wrestling’s past got together about two years ago and started working on plans to revive large scale wrestling to the Emerald Nation as a whole. One off shows and flash in the pan federations that disappear over the course of several months are now being replaced by CURSE, a long term plan to bring stability back into the sport.
Hall of Famers Nathan Hawke, Tom Katz, Scott Crowe, and Roger Stane are the owners of the new CURSE Wrestling and have a clear vision of where they see the company going.
“We have over one hundred years of wrestling experience between the four of us,” said Nathan Hawke, formerly known as Knighthawke. “Some of us know a lot about the booking, some of us are good with promoting events, and all of us have some knowledge about training.”
“The decision to run a wrestling company,” said Tom Katz, formerly known as Cat, “was made because we saw all of the failures other made and felt we could do better. Saying that and doing that are what we’re here to prove.”
CURSE has partnered with the professional wrestling training academy the Energy Zone, owned and operated by Hall of Fame Carl “Doom” Daniels, to have a source of new talent to be brought into the organization on a regular basis. The initial “class” of CURSE will be made up of established talent and new students from the Energy Zone.
While CURSE is certainly going to be the largest thing coming out of the Emerald Nation at this time, they won’t be the only operating wrestling company in the country. There are several independent groups that have smaller shows in hyper-local areas that exist throughout the country. This harkens back, slightly, to the old territory system, though the “territory” is scarcely larger than a city.
“We scouted everyone,” said Roger Stane, formerly known as Zoo. “No one is prevented from working smaller shows if they want to but we are looking to keep talent as healthy as possible for CURSE.”
Some of the “scouted” talent are actually children, or grandchildren, of legends of Emerald Nation wrestlers. Nathan Hawke’s son Dane Hawke and his daughter Skye Hawke are both wrestling in CURSE. Tom and Hanna Katz’s daughter Tyger Katz will be as well. Scott and Xandra Crowe’s daughter Kyra has found a home in CURSE. Roger Stane’s son Van Stane will be joining them.
Those not related to the founders but are legacy wrestlers are brothers Aaron and Ferris Hart (sons of Thomas Hart), Delila Hart (daughter of James Hart), Naomi McClain (daughter of Ed McClain), Leon Knight (son of David Knight, grandson of Axl Knight), Darius Knight (son of Jared Knight, grandson of Axl Knight), Stella Knight (daughter of John Knight, granddaughter of Axl Knight), and Virgil Mann (son of Wyatt “Wild Man” Mann).
“A lot of our children and the legacies of others want to carry on what their families started,” said Scott Crowe, formerly known as Scarecrow. “CURSE is that place to do that. As founders, we also felt it was important to bring in one of the Emerald Nation’s oldest wrestling dynasties: the Knights. They had the last standing territory and when people talk about the ‘good old days,’ the Knight territory is the one that is most often remembered.”
There is a lot of history behind CURSE and the company is looking to let everyone know that they acknowledge that history. Their immediate focus is their first event to occur on March 4 in the Gothica Rec Center: CURSE Unleashed.
