Billy Corgan Joins TNA Wrestling!
The ‘90s alternative rocker has joined forces with TNA Entertainment as a senior producer, creative and talent development, where he will create storylines and develop characters for the league’s flagship program, “Impact Wrestling.”Corgan said in a statement that he’s “humbled” by this new opportunity and he promises to look for the “best-of-the-best” in terms of bringing new talent to the league. “For as cultures currently evolve at great speed, so must pro-wrestling meet and supersede such expectations to thrive,” he said.
This isn’t the first time Corgan has dipped into the world of professional wrestling. In 2011, he launched his own league, Resistance Pro Wrestling, which held events in the Chicago area. Last year, it was reported that AMC was developing a reality show around the league, but that show didn’t move forward, as the network overhauled its reality programming this past October.
Corgan spoke to the show’s in-limbo status: “The AMC show revealed sub agendas that never would have surfaced without the pressure of the cameras,” he told Speakeasy in December. “We shot four episodes worth of stuff. When you turn around and realize that the people in the foxhole with you don’t have the same intentions as you, that’s a problem. I thought there was a sacrosanct relationship at the core of the company, and when I discovered that wasn’t true, there was only one way for me to go. AMC helped provide an edit of the show to shop elsewhere, with the hope that they’ll get a return on their investment and we’ll get a new network.”
The Smashing Pumpkins lastest album, “Monuments to an Elegy,” was released in December and even though Corgan has made negative comments about the band’s current fanbase, his involvement with TNA won’t detract from his musical endeavors. “What’s great is the entire TNA organization stands in full support of my music life with the Smashing Pumpkins,” he said.
“Impact Wrestling” is currently broadcast on Destination America, a part of Discovery Communications.
Source: Wall Street Journal
