Greg Parks
@gregmparks
Middle School Teacher. Columnist: Pro Wrestling Torch (http://pwtorch.com). Writer: UFL News Hub (http://UFLNewsHub.com), Alt Football Digest (http://AltFootball.com)
2025’s poster child of what @TheUFL can do for your football career. #UFL
#Browns are signing Toa Tuoa after successful workout, his agents, EJ Muhammud, Ray Haija, and Adie von Gontard told @KPRC2
As you can imagine, I’ve had a lot of friends and relatives who know about my wrestling fandom contact me about Hogan’s death. My aunt, however, wins for how she went about it

I haven’t always been a fan of Charlotte’s babyface character turns, but this latest one feels different. I write about why that might be in my latest @PWTorch Parks’s Take below.
PARKS’S TAKE: The keys to what seems to be working with this attempt to position Charlotte as a babyface pwtorch.com/site/2025/07/2…
Big “Terrell Buckley speaking to media at Orlando XFL Showcase during merger discussions” energy, unfortunately. #UFL
"I've been told to continue business as usual and to put together our football team for the 2026 season" Birmingham Stallions head coach Skip Holtz after a youth football clinic held today at Legion field. 👀 #UFL (🎥 Via @jahop23)
Of course I believe marketing has fallen short. I just don't know how much of the blame goes on the UFL writ large versus those who had jobs in-market to advertise the product, whether national or local marketing is more effective, etc. etc.
I understand if full effort was given on the UFL part but are you willing to vouch for the league in terms of marketing? Of course not. So then it’s a little too much like a birthday party you rented out the trampoline park to host and didn’t send out any invites and then…
I agree on transparency, but no league is going to come out and say "we need X amount of fans or we're moving the team." That kind of thing would have a negative trickle-down effect not only on fans, but venues, cities, potential local sponsors, etc.
But why waste people's time? That's why fans are upset. Be upfront from the beginning and say, "We need XYZ amount of fans in attendance to make this work." They have not been transparent enough to the fans. It's spring football and everything doesn't have to be secretive.
The ratings are a legitimate side-effect in all of this. For as much as some like to call the UFL a TV product and that attendance matters little, I think we're seeing that theory isn't holding a lot of water right now.
Alabama and Michigan are the two highest TV markets that watch the UFL I believe. Moving to Boise to get maybe 3 thousand more fans when the marketing was awful and you will then lose the tv audiences in Alabama and Michigan and Tennesse etc....doesn't make any sense.
Yeah, I think the league would probably agree these were not ideal choices, but they were sorta boxed in by the existing USFL/XFL markets and the short turnaround time after the merger. I think we're seeing an attempt at course correction here.
In terms of financial viability, the league shouldn't have even played in those cities to begin with if they probably needed 20k plus in attendance to break even.
I appreciate the need to do "something." I get it. And there's always going to be a faction in each city, such as yourself, that is willing to "show up." The problem comes when not enough people in that city are willing to "show up" to games to make it financially viable. #UFL
Closed mouths don’t get fed. It’s of course the UFLs job to fix the venue issue and it’s the fans job to fight for their teams and show the UFL heads we are willing to do our part to show up.
I appreciate that #UFL fans want to do everything in their power to "save" their teams from extinction. The problem is, it appears as if the reason they're in this mess has to do more with the venue, either $ or workability. And a petition isn't going to eliminate those barriers.
I first started watching wrestling when Hulk Hogan was THE man. It was larger than life characters like him that brought me into the fold. It's a shame Terry Bollea couldn't live up to the standards Hulk Hogan set.
I didn’t think the MJF/Hurt Syndicate relationship would last, and yet it still feels like they’re speeding thru it. #AEWDynamite
The visual of Nick Wayne being towered over by Kip Sabian and his own mother sure is something. #AEWDynamite
While there's a lot of other #UFL news and speculation out there, the second of my two-part look at the deepest position groups of NFL teams heading into training camp is now live, this time looking at NFC teams. @TheUFL
Hunt For Potential UFL Talent Continues: List of Deepest Position Groups for Every NFL Team (NFC edition) (via @gregmparks) uflnewshub.com/ufl/hunt-for-p… #UFL | #UFLNews | #UFL2025 | #UFLNewsHub
Crazy note: This is @XFLRoughnecks third NFL signing from their 2025 team, which already matches the total number of signings to the NFL they had from all of 2024. #UFL
News: The New York #Jets have signed @XFLRoughnecks OL Samuel Jackson, per the team. Jackson started in nine games for Houston this #UFL season, rotating between tackle and guard - showcasing his versatility.
This is certainly an interesting angle on relocation. Was Skip lied to by UFL management? And if so, what’s the fallout from that? I’m sure he’s not happy he made this proclamation only for last night’s news to break. #UFL
“I was told ‘absolutely not.’ Birmingham’s not going anywhere…” Head coach of the @USFLStallions @CoachSHoltz says it’s business as usual for the team 🐎 @WJOX945 | @TheUFL | #GiddyUp
Well that’s an interesting turn of events and some much needed good news for the league. The right and obvious move. #UFL
Officially Official. Shannon Harris has been named Head Coach for the DC Defenders!
For @pwtorch VIP members, I returned to the Flagship airwaves with Wade to discuss, among other topics, Goldberg's retirement match and subsequent comments, where the NXT-TNA relationship stands, and much more!
VIP ALERT - WKPWP Tuesday Flagship (AD-FREE): Keller & Parks talk Summerslam line-up taking shape, Goldberg’s gripes, NXT-TNA dynamic, AEW top babyface, Evolution, WWE Unreal: vip.pwtorch.com/2025/07/22/vip…