Dream Stage Entertainment

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Dream Stage Entertainment (DSE) was a Japanese

Pride Fighting Championship and Hustle professional wrestling
events.

Company history

Allegations of links to organized crime

There was speculation in the Japanese press that DSE was a front for Yamaguchi-gumi, a notorious yakuza organization. On June 5, 2006, Fuji Television announced that they were terminating their television contract with DSE effective immediately due to a breach of contract. This left Pride and Hustle without a television outlet in Japan, and the lack of the substantial revenues from the deal threatens its sustainability. Furthermore, Fuji banned anyone connected with DSE on their programs.

On June 12, 2006,

Shukan Gendai, might be reason enough to discontinue the relationship.[1]

DSE's impacts in the US

On October 21, 2006, Pride held its first MMA event in USA,

Las Vegas. It was the first Pride event to be held outside Japan, and in front of an audience of 11,727.[2]

Dissolution

A buyout of the company by Zuffa, the operators of UFC, had been rumored since late 2006, but on 26 March 2007, Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta held a press conference in Japan alongside Pride F.C. Executive Nobuyuki Sakakibara, announcing the complete buyout of Pride F.C. and all of its assets by Zuffa (sources close have indicated the buyout to be slightly under $70 million USD). While little official information has been released following the buy-out, it is presumed that DSE will fold and PRIDE F.C. will be operated by the newly created parent company, PRIDE F.C. Worldwide.[3]

In 2008, various executives and on-screen personnel from Dream Stage Entertainment joined FEG latest MMA endeavor,

Pride FC broadcasts, including fight announcer Lenne Hardt and veteran referee Yuji Shimada
.

Head officials

References

  1. ^ Sherdog.com
  2. ^ "Pride official site". Archived from the original on 2009-07-10. Retrieved 2006-11-18.
  3. ^ link Archived May 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

External links

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