Bryan Idol clears the air.
In the fall of 2023, NWA President Billy Corgan repeatedly said that the company had two television deals. Haus of Wrestling reported that they had landed deals with The CW Network. In November, Haus of Wrestling reported that the controversial spot where Father James Mitchell seemingly did cocaine at NWA Samhain may negatively impact NWA’s deal with The CW.
Speaking with Steve Fall for WrestlingNewsCo, NWA’s Bryan Idol was asked about the rumor, and he denied it.
“I can 110% tell you, no matter what anyone else says and I’m totally okay saying this, it had nothing to do with anything,” Bryan Idol said. “So other than someone’s saying this spot with James Mitchell was in bad taste, okay, but if you’re like, Okay, they did this and then CW said, ‘No, we’re never doing this because of this.’ No, CW wasn’t even aware of it.
“You could email it to them a thousand times. They don’t care. They got worse stuff going on. You go click the app and go watch some of those shows. There’s plenty of drug use and simulated drug use in those shows and whatever.”
Bryan Idol: No One Cared
Bryan Idol continued by saying that plenty if shows have simulated drug use, and it’s just a reflection of society. He reiterated that the cocaine spot did not cost the NWA a television deal.
“I don’t really watch all the shows on there but I’m gonna guess, I’m going to take a gamble and guess that of the billion shows that are on that app, there’s simulated drug use and whatever else. So they’re on the app and I’m sure on the network channel, they have the same. It’s just society, right? There’s movies.
“People do drugs in movies. They show it. Okay. Maybe now I’m speaking out of pocket because I’m talking about somebody else’s stuff, so whatever, but what I can speak about is our own stuff. It didn’t affect anything. The James Mitchell cocaine spot did not cost a TV deal for the NWA. It had nothing to do with anything. There was no discipline handed down. No one cared.”
NWA Powerrr now airs on The CW App, and they have an exclusive deal. Billy Corgan previously said there were talks about airing it on The CW channel.
The full interview can be seen here:
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