{"id":12413,"date":"2016-03-02T15:03:58","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T21:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=12413"},"modified":"2016-03-02T15:03:58","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T21:03:58","slug":"12413","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/03\/02\/12413\/","title":{"rendered":"GFW announces partnership with reality TV company"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2578566586\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Global Force Wrestling announced a partnership with a reality TV production company on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The deal with A. Smith &amp; Co. Productions calls for a &#8220;TV series that obliterates the conventions of televised wrestling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear if this is the &#8220;Amped&#8221; TV wrestling show GFW taped in 2015 or a different show since &#8220;Amped&#8221; was not mentioned in the press release. It&#8217;s also unclear when anything will be released.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/globalforcewrestling.com\/global-force-wrestling-teams-up-with-a-smith-co-productions-for-new-wrestling-format\/\" target=\"_blank\">The press release<\/a> simply focused on trying to reinvent the presentation of pro wrestling utilizing GFW&#8217;s talent roster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll sports go through transitions, and wrestling is primed for its next evolution. We\u2019re going to be adding a number of new features and elements that are going to completely change the entertainment level of the sport,&#8221; said president Arthur Smith of A. 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