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Former Dakota Kai announced for indie show during WrestleMania week

Posted on by Josh Nason

Charlie, the former Dakota Kai in WWE, will be in Las Vegas during WWE WrestleMania week as she will be in action for House of Glory.

Announced Thursday, she will be on HOG Culture Clash, set for Thursday, April 16 at the Pearl Theater inside The Palms. Her opponent was not announced.

After being released by WWE in 2025, Charlie returned to the ring this past weekend for the first time since March 2025 as part of EVE’s Wrestle Kingdom VIII, unsuccessfully challenging champion Kris Statlander. Will Ospreay gave her praise afterward and said he hopes she ends up in AEW.

The 37-year-old said afterward that she was nervous in her return to the ring:

“I had so much fun. And you know, being away from wrestling for as long as I was, obviously, I was very nervous. You know, just for me, going into stuff, but Kris (Statlander) made it so easy. Obviously, the crowd, you know what I mean. You know, it felt really good,” she said.

Bandido to face Amazing Red at upcoming HOG Las Vegas event

Posted on by Vincent Verhei

April 16 is going to be a busy day in Las Vegas for Bandido. Last week we learned he’ll be facing Galeno Del Mal in the afternoon. Now we know he’ll have another big match on the other side of the Strip just a few hours later. 

House of Glory announced today that Bandido will face Amazing Red at Culture Clash. It will be the first match ever between the reigning ROH World Champion and the three-time TNA X Division champion.  Also booked for Culture Clash: Brody King, a former Tag Team Champion and Trios Champion in AEW, facing Zilla Fatu, the reigning HOG Crown Jewel Champion. The Hardy Boys, whose overflowing trophy case includes a reign as the current TNA Tag Team Champions, will also be in action. 

Bandido is facing Galeno at the Wrestlecon SuperShow at the Horseshoe in Las Vegas, a show that starts at 3 p.m. He’ll then head out to the Palms for HOG Culture Clash, which is set to start at 7 p.m. 

Tickets for Culture Clash are available here.

House of Glory announces Brody King vs. Zilla Fatu for Las Vegas event

Posted on by Shounak Chakrabarti

AEW wrestler Brody King is now all set to face Zilla Fatu at the upcoming House of Glory Culture Clash event in Las Vegas, Nevada.

On April 16, 2026, days before WWE WrestleMania 42 in Las Vegas, House of Glory will run its Culture Clash show at the Palms Casino Resort.

This will mark King’s return to HOG Wrestling. The upcoming match against Fatu will be his first for House of Glory since 2022. Both of his previous matches for HOG involved Jacob Fatu and ended in a disqualification.

Zilla Fatu, 26, is the reigning HOG Crown Jewel Champion and will collide against King in a singles match for the first-time-ever.

The event will also feature appearances from Ricky Sosa, The Hardys (Matt Hardy & Jeff Hardy), Shotzi Blackheart, Amazing Red, and more.

Fatu was also recently involved in an AEW World title match against MJF, which he lost at HOG No Turning Back.

AEW stars MJF, Brody King announced for upcoming indie dates

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AEW wrestlers MJF and Brody King have each been announced for upcoming indie dates.

– Beyond Wrestling has revealed that MJF will return to the promotion for the first time since 2019. He’s set to appear at Beyond’s Break the Walls Down event that’s being held in Cranston, Rhode Island on June 5.

– King’s booking is for House of Glory Wrestling in Las Vegas on April 16. The show — titled Culture Clash — is taking place on the Thursday of WrestleMania week as part of Slam Fest, a multi-promotional event that’s being put on by Mojo Rawly’s talent agency Paragon Talent Group. Matt & Jeff Hardy are among the other wrestlers set to compete on the House of Glory card.

Opponents have not been announced yet for either MJF or King.

MJF is the current AEW World Champion. He’s taken to working some indie dates during his reign, already having matches against Alec Price for Limitless Wrestling and Zilla Fatu for House of Glory. MJF’s schedule also includes an appearance for One Fall Wrestling in McDonough, Georgia on March 26.

A World title feud between MJF and King recently took place in AEW with MJF retaining at Grand Slam Australia. MJF is now set to defend against Hangman Page in a Texas Death match at AEW Revolution 2026 on March 15.

Multi-promotional event set for WWE WrestleMania 42 weekend

Posted on by Ian Carey

A multi-promotional event has been announced for WWE WrestleMania 42 weekend in Las Vegas.

Palms Casino Resort, in partnership with Paragon Talent Group, will host Slam Fest from Wednesday, April 15 through Saturday, April 18. Paragon is led by Dean Muhtadi, who wrestled in WWE as Mojo Rawley.

The Pearl Theater inside the resort will hold two days of in-ring shows on Thursday, April 16 and Friday, April 17 featuring TJPW, CMLL, House of Glory, Stardom, and Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling.

The Pearl Theater schedule, per the press release, is as follows:

On Thursday, April 16 at Pearl Concert Theater:

  • Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (TJPW) will present its live event from 11:00 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. PT, followed by a meet and greet from 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. PT.
  • Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) will present its wrestling event from 3:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. PT, followed by a meet and greet from 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. PT.
  • House of Glory (HOG) will close the night from 8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. PT.

On Friday, April 17 at Pearl Concert Theater:

  • Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (TJPW) will present a fan fest meet and greet from 11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. PT.
  • World Wonder Ring Stardom (Stardom) will present its live wrestling event from 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. PT.
  • Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling will close the night from 9:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. PT.

Additional events scheduled for the weekend include “40 Years of Mick Foley” with Mick Foley on Wednesday, April 15, a Hardy Party with Matt and Jeff Hardy on Saturday, April 18, a Bella Twins meet-and-greet on Thursday, April 16, a live episode of “Rulebreakers” with Saraya on Friday, April 17, and Bully Ray’s “Sin City Rooftop Rocker” on Friday, April 17.

“Slam Fest is designed to elevate what an event week experience can be,” said Dean “Mojo” Muhtadi, Co-Founder of Paragon Talent Group. “We are bringing together the very best professional wrestling organizations from multiple countries, uniting them inside one iconic Las Vegas destination, and creating a fully integrated platform that spans live events, premium digital distribution, and immersive fan engagement. Slam Fest is a strategically coordinated, large-scale festival built to demonstrate the depth, diversity, and global commercial power of professional wrestling.”

Tickets go on-sale on Friday, February 27 at 10 a.m.

Andrade El Idolo to challenge for indie World title

Posted on by Joseph Currier

As he pursues the AEW World Championship, Andrade El Idolo also has indie gold in his sights.

House of Glory Wrestling has announced that Andrade will challenge Charles Mason for the promotion’s World Championship at No Turning Back on Friday, February 20. The show is being held at NYC Arena in Queens, New York and will be broadcast on TrillerTV+.

The official announcement of the match comes after Mason attacked Andrade in an angle that took place for House of Glory last week. The attack happened after Andrade faced Amazing Red at House of Glory’s City of Angels show in Los Angeles.

In his return to AEW after being released from WWE in 2025, Andrade has earned praise from Tony Khan for being the “very best” version of himself that he’s ever been. Andrade has notched successive victories over Swerve Strickland and Kenny Omega and is now set to face Hangman Page at AEW Grand Slam Australia on February 14. The winner challenges MJF for the AEW World Championship at Revolution.

Mason has held House of Glory’s World Championship since June 2025, when he defeated former champion Mike Santana and Tomohiro Ishii in a three-way match.

MJF returning to Long Island for HOG event

Posted on by Vincent Verhei

AEW World Champion Maxwell Jacob Friedman often brags about his Long Island upbringing. Now he’s going home—House of Glory has announced that MJF we’ll be appearing at their next event in Long Island next month. 

Friedman will be appearing at HOG’s No Turning Back show on Friday, February 20, at the Amazura concert hall in Jamaica, New York, less than an hour away from his hometown of Plainview. It is not clear if MJF will be wrestling on the event or just making an appearance, but he did wrestle at the Limitless Rumble in Lewiston, Maine, earlier this month. Friedman defended his championship against Alec Price on that show, then announced that Price and Jordan Oliver were being offered AEW contracts.

Andrade El Idolo was already announced as appearing at No Turning Back in December.

House of Glory was founded in 2012 by former Ring of Honor wrestlers Amazing Red and Brian XL. Rapper and WCW star Master P purchased the company last year. Most of their shows are in New York City, though they have also promoted events in Toronto, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Los Angeles, among other cities.

Tickets for No Turning Back are available here. 

Andrade to appear at upcoming House of Glory event

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Andrade has a new indie date announced.

House of Glory revealed on Monday that the former WWE star will compete at their No Turning Back event that will take place on February 20 in New York City.

“On Friday, February 20, 2026, Andrade El Idolo steps into a HOG ring in New York City!!!,” they wrote.

Andrade made a surprise appearance over the weekend during a HOG event, confronting HOG World Champion Charles Mason. That ended with Andrade laying out Mason and posing with the championship, indicating a future title match was coming.

The last few months have been tumultuous for Andrade, who was fired from WWE for cause in September. He attempted to make his return to AEW soon after, but it quickly became known that WWE had invoked a one year no-compete clause upon his firing, preventing him from wrestling anywhere. It was reported by Fightful on Monday that Andrade had secured a waiver from WWE through a new lawyer, allowing him to sign wherever he pleases.

In addition to his surprise appearance at HOG, Andrade also appeared via video at NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome, revealing himself as the new “business backer” for United Empire and will team with them at Wrestle Kingdom 20.

Andrade makes surprise appearance at House of Glory event

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Andrade made a surprise appearance in the United States on Friday.

At a House of Glory event, the former WWE and AEW star surprised the crowd by appearing in the ring, confronting Charles Mason, the HOG World Champion. Mason went for the attack but Andrade ended up laying him out with the hammerlock DDT. He then took Mason’s championship and held it high, indicating he wanted a future championship match.

Andrade’s immediate future remains in the air as WWE has chosen to uphold a one-year no compete clause, something they implemented after firing Andrade for cause earlier this year. Andrade initially believed that he had no non-compete and returned to AEW at their sixth anniversary show. However, that was when information about the non-compete came out, preventing Andrade from continuing his assocation with AEW at least through the next year.

Despite this, Andrade was allowed to work in Puerto Rico recently, becoming the new WWC Universal Champion. He claimed that WWE sent him a letter just hours prior to the event granting him approval only to work the one specific show.

Daily Update: Nick Khan-Pat McAfee, TNA, Hardys indie match

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This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter

We have the largest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter in our history up on the site covering two very newsworthy weeks:

  • Full coverage of Full Gear. The good, the bad, the reaction, the business notes, reasons for the surprisingly good PPV number, thoughts on the world title change, long title reigns and how they create legends, and early Continental Classic thoughts.
  • Notes and odds regarding upcoming matches
  • UFC announces its first two shows of 2026, changes that the company is making and why the first two main events are so controversial
  • Full coverage of UFC 323
  • The life and times of Bob Caudle, the voice of Mid Atlantic wrestling and a Hall of Fame candidate
  • A detailed look at how and why the ratings have changed, why the explanation makes no sense, exactly how much the new panel and big data ratings have hurt each show and in particular where.
  • The most in-depth look at the ratings for all the shows over the past two weeks, placings for the week, placings in the time slot, men vs. women, how the placings compare to 2024 and 2023, and each show compared with the prior year and prior week, as well as the leading competition for each show.
  • Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, Daniel Garcia, Komander, Mortos, Mike Bailey and Kevin Knight go to CMLL, draw big crowds and a look at their key matches
  • CMLL ready to honor a milestone it is close that no company has ever done in history
  • Notes on AAA’s new TV deal in Mexico and Latin America and who they are pushing as the top stars
  • WWE tag team taking the name of one of Mexico’s greatest tag teams in history
  • Updates on tag team tournaments in Stardom, New Japan and All Japan.
  • Wrestler suspended after getting in car accident and messing up a tournament
  • Update on Tokyo Dome ticket sales
  • Fantastica Mania 2026 notes
  • Battle of the Generations
  • RAF new philosophy and update
  • Santo’s final matches
  • Sting’s son has first singles match
  • Headbangers farewell tour
  • The oldest male wrestler in history has a match last week
  • Opera Cup notes
  • TNA business notes as well as notes on the next PPV show and the last major show
  • AEW TV changes
  • Final Battle updated card
  • Tony Khan on multiple subjects
  • Ticket sales for upcoming WWE, AEW and TNA shows
  • Two best in the world at their specific sport athletes are on UFC’s radar
  • Becky Lynch’s comments
  • Update on stockholders lawsuit against WWE
  • New WWE signings
  • WWE star talks about her domestic violence issue
  • WWE engagements
  • Bret Hart talks McMahon and Michaels and our thoughts on it

This Week’s Back Issue

Wednesday Update

WWE

  • John Cena recorded an episode of the Bill Simmons Podcast that will be released on Thursday night.
  • On the Pat McAfee Show, WWE President Nick Khan praised Cena for how hard he works:
    • You talk about people who work their behinds off, who never say that they’re tired: Cena. You know him, you never hear him say, ‘I’m so tired, I can’t believe this, I have to do this or that.’ He just does it.
    • And you talk about the GOAT [Greatest of All Time], that’s GOAT mentality. He deserves everything that he’s earned in his life, and it’s our honor to help see him out.
  • Khan noted that he and McAfee will be meeting soon to discuss McAfee’s WWE return: “Listen, we’re going to bring you back. I know you and I are going to sit together once college football slows a little bit.”
  • Lucha Libre AAA confirmed that Natalya & Lola Vice will team up with Faby Apache for a six-woman tag match against Flammer, La Hiedra & Lady Maravilla at Guerra de Titanes on December 20.
  • WWE’s YouTube channel has surpassed 100 billion views over the course of its lifetime, making it only the 12th channel to ever do so.
  • WWE uploaded the full Je’Von Evans, Leon Slater, Joe Hendry & Myles Borne vs. DarkState main event from NXT last night, along with the complete John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar match from Wrestlepalooza.
  • Men’s Health interviewed Charlotte Flair.
  • Wren Sinclair was a guest on the Battleground podcast. 

Other Wrestling

  • The Thanksgiving night episode of AEW Collision averaged 285,000 viewers on TNT and drew a 0.06 rating in the 18-49 demo.
  • The Rizzler appeared on Hey (EW) with RJ City.
  • Here is the announced lineup for this Thursday’s episode of TNA Impact:
    • The Hardys, Steve Maclin & Cedric Alexander vs. Lexis King, Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo, Tyson Dupont & Tyriek Igwe
    • Number one contender’s match: Dani Luna vs. Xia Brookside
    • Mustafa Ali vs. Trey Miguel
    • Mike Santana vs. Robert Stone
    • First Class Penthouse segment with Leon Slater
    • Home Town Man (Cody Deaner) vs. Brooks Jensen
  • Denise Salcedo has an interview with TNA President Carlos Silva.
  • While speaking with Wrestlezone, Silva addressed how often Impact will air live in its new TV deal with AMC:
    • Probably in the first six months, I would say we’re probably going to be live a few more times than we’re usually live. We want to be live more often. There’s still some logistics and operations issues to moving the crew around and finding the right locations so many times. So, certainly, in the first six months, it’s going to be a combination of live and taped.
    • I’m a live guy, we’ve got some operational issues and workflow issues with the new network partner in AMC. We’d like to be live more often. But I think we’re going to be smart and work through this partnership in the first three months, then six months, so that we do things well, the way that we know how to do them. And then we’ll be able to pivot and do even more. I know the fans love live, I know the wrestlers love live, and I love live, but we’ve just got to be smart about it, how to do it and when to do it, so we do it well.
  • TNA Knockouts Champion Lei Ying Lee was a guest on Busted Open Radio today.
  • The Hardys will defend their House of Glory Tag Team titles against Zilla Fatu & Lance Anoa’i at the indie promotion’s Winter Warfare show in Queens, New York on December 19.

Mercedes Mone to challenge for Malaysian indie title

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Mercedes Mone is going for more international gold — this time attempting to win a Malaysian indie title.

House of Glory has announced that Mone will face Nor “Phoenix” Diana at the promotion’s Superclash event in Long Island, New York on Saturday, November 15. It’s a title match where Diana is defending the APAC Women’s Championship that she holds in Malaysia.

This is the first time Diana is putting her title on the line in the United States. Billed as the world’s first hijab-wearing wrestler, she was named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list for Asia in 2020.

In this match, Mone is attempting to claim her 13th championship belt. She’s been traveling the world on a mission to add gold to her collection, which includes the following:

  • AEW TBS Championship
  • AEW Owen Hart Cup Championship (ceremonial)
  • Interim ROH Women’s TV Championship
  • CMLL Women’s World Championship (Mexico)
  • RevPro Undisputed British Women’s Championship (United Kingdom)
  • Queen of Southside Championship (inactive, unified with RevPro title)
  • EWA Women’s Championship (Austria)
  • Bestya Wrestling Women’s Championship (Italy)
  • Prime Time Wrestling Women’s Championship (Poland)
  • Discovery Wrestling Women’s Championship (Scotland)
  • Bodyslam Women’s Championship (Denmark)
  • Winnipeg Pro Women’s Championship (Canada)

Mone is also set to challenge Kris Statlander for the AEW Women’s World Championship at Full Gear on November 22.

House of Glory Superclash is being held in collaboration with the Big Event Entertainment & Sports Expo convention. Shayna Baszler, Maki Itoh, Killer Kross, Scarlett Bordeaux, Shotzi Blackheart, Priscilla Kelly, Allie Katch, Dezmond Xavier, and Nic Nemeth are among the other talent announced for the show.

Former Wes Lee sets date for return to indies

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Dezmond Xavier — the former Wes Lee in WWE NXT — now has a date for his return to the indies.

Announced on Thursday, Xavier will compete for House of Glory on Saturday, November 15 as part of their Superclash event in Brentwood on Long Island, New York. His opponent has yet to be named.

The 36-year-old was part of a small group of cuts on October 10 that included some other NXT and WWE ID wrestlers. All, including Xavier, have a 30-day non-compete clause.

Xavier is a former WWE NXT North American and Tag Team Champion and had been featured as a key talent since signing with WWE in 2020. He’s in his 14th year of being a pro wrestler, starting out his career in the Maryland/Ohio/Pennsylvania region of the United States.

A longtime teammate in The Rascalz with Zachary Wentz, Xavier made his TNA Wrestling debut in 2017 and spent the better part of four years in the company.

Shayna Baszler announced for new indie date

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Shayna Baszler is set to compete for indie promotion House of Glory Wrestling next month.

It’s been announced that Baszler will make her House of Glory debut at Superclash on Saturday, November 15. The event is being held in Long Island, New York in collaboration with the Big Event Entertainment and Sports Expo convention. Suffolk Credit Union Arena in Brentwood will be the location for the show.

An opponent for Baszler has not been named yet.

Released by WWE in May, the 45-year-old Baszler is returning to the ring this weekend for her first match in nearly six months. She will face off against Dani Luna at Prestige Wrestling’s show in Portland, Oregon on October 5.

Baszler did make an appearance at WWE NXT’s recent Homecoming special, which took place at Full Sail University and celebrated the history of NXT. Though WWE has hopes of bringing Baszler back in a coaching or producing role, there is nothing in place for that at the moment.

Another former WWE talent — Andrade — will also be making his House of Glory debut at Superclash. He was released from his WWE contract in September.

House of Glory names opponent for Killer Kross debut

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Killer Kross now has an opponent for his House of Glory debut.

Following his apparent WWE departure, Kross will be wrestling for House of Glory in New York City on October 10. It’s now been revealed that Matt Cardona will be his opponent at the show — with House of Glory billing it as a match between “two of the most controversial stars in wrestling today.”

The announcement of this match comes after Kross and his wife Scarlett were involved in an angle where they laid out Cardona for Game Changer Wrestling over the weekend, helping their friend Shotzi Blackheart defeat him.

“I’ll drink your blood Matt,” Kross posted on Instagram. “I’ll eat your skin and chase it with a double shot espresso. Maybe even eat your brains… and gain your knowledge.”

Kross and Scarlett announced on August 10 that they were now taking bookings following the expiration of their WWE contracts. Despite speculation to the contrary, Kross has maintained that the situation is legitimate and not a work that’s being orchestrated by him and WWE.

Defy Wrestling and WrestlePro have booked Kross for upcoming events as well. The WrestlePro match will be against Richard Holliday in Rahway, New Jersey on September 21.

House of Glory’s October 10 show, titled “With Glory Comes Pride,” is taking place from the NYC Arena in Queens and will stream live via TrillerTV+. Leon Slater vs. Amazing Red is also set for the show, and Matt & Jeff Hardy and Indi Hartwell are among the others who will be part of the card.

Killer Kross announced for new indie booking

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The former Karrion Kross has been announced for a new indie booking.

After already lining up appearances for WrestlePro and Defy, it’s now been revealed that Killer Kross will be in action for House of Glory in New York City on October 10. An opponent for his match has not been announced yet.

“The most dangerous free agent in wrestling has arrived,” House of Glory wrote. “KILLER KROSS makes his long-awaited HOG debut Friday, October 10th!”

NYC Arena in Queens is hosting the show, which will be broadcast on TrillerTV+.

Both of Kross’ other bookings are scheduled for September. The Defy event is happening in Seattle, Washington on September 19 while the WrestlePro show is set for September 21 in Rahway, New Jersey. It will be Kross vs. Richard Holliday at the latter show.

Kross and his wife Scarlett Bordeaux entered into apparent free agency on August 10 when they announced that their WWE contracts had expired. It’s still unclear how much of the situation is legitimate, but Kross has insisted that it’s real and not a work being done by WWE to feed into the “#WeWantKross” fan movement.

The last match Kross had for WWE prior to his contract expiring was at SummerSlam on August 2, where he lost to Sami Zayn. While his goal has been to remain with WWE, Kross claimed that he did not receive a new contract offer from the company until shortly before his deal was about to expire. When he questioned how WWE came to their valuation of the deal, he was given 24 hours to accept or the offer would be rescinded.

This House of Glory booking coincides with Kross and Scarlett appearing at New York Comic Con the weekend of October 10-12.

Leon Slater vs. Amazing Red is set for the October 10 House of Glory show, which is named “With Glory Comes Pride.” Matt & Jeff Hardy have also been announced for the event.