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Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan Founds Pro Wrestling Organization

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During a recent tour of Chicago morning news shows, Billy Corgan dropped an awesome, awesome bomb: He is getting involved in professional wrestling. While the Smashing Pumpkins frontman has always been an avid fan of wrestling, he has finally decided to take the leap and start his own professional wrestling company, Resistance Pro Wrestling.

"I've been involved sort of behind the scenes with pro wrestling for about a decade and made a lot of friends in the business," he said in an interview with Fox News Chicago. "It's a very insular business and it's a long story, but I essentially got involved with some brothers who had a wrestling promotion. We decided to form our own promotion and we're going to try to bring back to the glory days."

Corgan will play the role of creative director and will be in charge of the storylines. He hopes to take wrestling back to a more plot-driven basis, while also trying to raise awareness about concussions and health issues. The first event will be on Nov. 25 at Chicago's Excalibur Club where he will attempt to bring some old school wrestling back to the fans.

Smashing Pumpkins Frontman Billy Corgan Joins Pro Wrestling Company: MyFoxCHICAGO.com


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Mariano Karesty

All about: Professional wrestling

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October 20 2011 at 9:28 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
hillsamurai

Corgan's going to be a Booker? Does he have any idea what that involves? Can he come up with multiple story arcs that will hold the fans interest and not be boring? He should just leave it to the pros and go away.

October 17 2011 at 9:59 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Simwise

This idiot just won't go away.

October 16 2011 at 10:14 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ship065u

Billy came up with the name for the band one day while out at a gay bar in Chicago. A beautiful trannie named James Iha appeared, showing off his most delectable bosoms. Billy's response was "you have absolutely smashing pumpkins!". After hitting it off, they picked up some chick called D'arcy who would later get addicted to plastic surgery, and an aspiring drug addict that nobody cared about called Jimmy. Lo and behold, The Smashing Pumpkins were born.

October 15 2011 at 6:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tiny coc*ked JEW

Billy Incorrigible should be the first one in the ring whereupon his opponent crushed his bald skull into mash. I can't be the only one who finds this puke egregiously offensive to look at.

October 15 2011 at 4:21 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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overexposedfilm

You have a lot of time on your hands, don't you?

October 15 2011 at 7:11 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
run2obw

Yo this very cool Im excited to see billy pulls this off successfully

October 15 2011 at 2:28 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
oprapiggy

Wrestling is soo corny. It only appeals to gay men that like to watch men dancing around and hugging each other wearing nothing but speedos.

October 15 2011 at 12:18 PM Report abuse +5 rate up rate down Reply
jerry

That would be so cool. I wish you much success.

October 15 2011 at 11:18 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Seattle jumper

I thought Kim was opening a new vid store........my face is soooo red.

October 15 2011 at 8:16 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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