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As we reported several days ago, there's been several reports of late of Jacob Fatu not appearing for independent events as scheduled. Indiana's Pro Wrestling King promotion and Wisconsin's Frontline Pro Wrestling have publicly stated that Fatu took advances and then did not get on his flights for bookings, and has not responded to overtures to return advance payments. In the case of the Frontline event, it was a charity show benefitting Jake's Network of Hope, which confirmed it issued the press release linked above. MLW wouldn't be involved in this as Fatu books himself independently. We are told it's not unusual for Fatu to drop communications for a period of time, but he's been active on social media. Obviously, not a good situation for the promotions involved.
Last night, Wisconsin NBC affiliate WGBA-TV channel 26 picked up the story on Fatu not appearing at the Wisconsin charity event and not responding to the charity's attempts to get reimbursed for their expenses regarding his pay and travel:
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