{"id":41774,"date":"2019-03-20T11:49:47","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T15:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=41774"},"modified":"2022-01-06T17:19:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T22:19:26","slug":"impact-wrestling-ovw-re-establish-developmental-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/03\/20\/impact-wrestling-ovw-re-establish-developmental-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"IMPACT Wrestling &amp; OVW Re-Establish Developmental Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a major story for two well known companies,<strong> IMPACT Wrestling<\/strong> announced that they have re-entered into an agreement with <strong>Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW)<\/strong> to serve as an official development and training territory for IMPACT Wrestling. The agreement comes off of a very successful IMPACT Wrestling One Night Only event which was co-promoted by OVW and IMPACT Wrestling. The first time the two companies worked together was back back in 2011 until 2014. Since then, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/04\/06\/breaking-al-snow-has-acquired-ovw\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Al Snow purchased the OVW<\/a>. At one time, OVW served as a training territory for the WWE for several years, from 1999 through 2008.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: We are thrilled to announce that we have re-entered into an agreement with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ovwrestling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ovwrestling<\/a> to serve as an official development and training territory for IMPACT Wrestling. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wm8g20VwPT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Wm8g20VwPT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisIsTNA\/status\/1108035408674217985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>IMPACT Wrestling made the announcement through a press release where Co-Executive Vice President of IMPACT Wrestling, <strong>Scott D&#8217;Amore<\/strong> had the following to say regarding the partnership: \u201cWe are excited to grow our outreach and partnership with promotions worldwide&#8230; it is great to work with Al Snow and the team at OVW, which has a long history of developing great talent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>OVW CEO and Owner, <strong>Al Snow<\/strong> also commented on the agreement: \u201cOVW is proud to be entrusted with the development of the true lifeblood of any professional wrestling promotion \u2013 the in-ring talent,\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This means I get to continue to drive <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealAlSnow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TheRealAlSnow<\/a> nuts for years to come! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PLkHE7UEAP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/PLkHE7UEAP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Scott D&#39;Amore (@ScottDAmore) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottDAmore\/status\/1108046589367599105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oh boy ! Lol <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HOcK2vCiCq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/HOcK2vCiCq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Al Snow (@TheRealAlSnow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealAlSnow\/status\/1108048526766792704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting that while the relationship between both promotions goes back to 2011, it pales in comparison between the relationship of Al Snow and Scott D&#8217;Amore, as their relationship began in the early 90&#8217;s when Al Snow competed for Scott D&#8217;Amore&#8217;s <strong>Border City Wrestling\u00a0<\/strong>(he was in the <strong>New Fabulous Kangaroos<\/strong> with <strong>Denny Kass<\/strong>, and won the BCW Tag Team titles in 1994), where he would later become a trainer at D&#8217;Amore&#8217;s Can-Am Wrestling school in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41781\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41781\" style=\"width: 397px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41781\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/03\/tumblr_inline_ofcstb11n01qfahbo_400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/03\/tumblr_inline_ofcstb11n01qfahbo_400.jpg 397w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/03\/tumblr_inline_ofcstb11n01qfahbo_400-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41781\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The New Fabulous Kangaroos (Al Snow on left)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We at Last Word On Pro Wrestling reached out to Mr. Scott D&#8217;Amore for further comment and Scott told us that OVW the only official developmental territory for IMPACT Wrestling. While IMPACT Wrestling does work with other indie promotions to co-promote the &#8220;One Night Only&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitch<\/a>.tv specials, those companies are not under any working agreement to develop or train IMPACT Wrestling prospects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a major story for two well known companies, IMPACT Wrestling announced that they have re-entered into an agreement with Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) to serve as an official development and training territory for IMPACT Wrestling. 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