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Bully Ray to challenge for indie Crown Jewel title

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The Bubba Ray Dudley renaissance continues.

After angles on the Busted Open radio show and backstage at last weekend’s TNA Slammiversary event, House of Glory Wrestling has announced that Bubba Ray, wrestling under the Bully Ray moniker, will challenge Zilla Fatu for the HOG Crown Jewel Championship on Friday, August 1 at the company’s High Intensity event.

High Intensity will be available for purchase as a live stream on TrillerTV+ at 8 p.m. Eastern time from Jamaica, Queens, New York. HOG is a wrestling school and indie promotion co-owned by former TNA standout Amazing Red.

A WWE Hall of Famer, the 54-year-old Bully Ray has been in the news quite a bit this week, including issuing a challenge to The Hardys on behalf of The Dudleys for a final tag match between the two legendary teams for the TNA Tag Team titles at the promotion’s Bound for Glory event in October.

Bully Ray/Bubba Ray was also prominently featured on Tuesday’s WWE NXT TV episode where he attempted to broker an agreement for a match between Charlie Dempsey and Tavion Heights. He is also a cast member and coach on the WWE LFG show that airs Sunday nights on A&E.

Ricochet to face Amazing Red at August indie appearance

Posted on by Josh Nason

While Ricochet is preparing for this Saturday’s Casino Gauntlet match at AEW All In, a big match against another innovative high flyer is on the table for his August return to the indies.

Announced on Wednesday night, Ricochet will take on Amazing Red at House of Glory’s High Intensity on Friday, August 1st from the NYC Arena. The show will stream live on Triller+.

This will be the third time the two have wrestled in singles action with the first taking place in March 2013, followed by a September 2017 HOG rematch. They split wins in those bouts.

It’s only Ricochet’s second indie bout since 2018 with both taking place this year. His last was for FSW as part of this past March’s Chris Bey benefit show where he defeated Rich Swann. Before that, his last came in January 2018 for PWG, losing their top title to Chuck Taylor before he headed to WWE.

The 36-year-old has a history with the HOG promotion dating back to 2014 when he won their heavyweight title in a tournament. He appeared just twice for HOG after that year, losing in title challenges of Anthony Gangone and in the aforementioned Amazing Red match.

Ricochet making rare indie appearance in August

Posted on by Josh Nason

Image: AEW

For the second time this year and for the second time since 2018, current AEW roster member Ricochet will make a rare indie appearance.

Announced on Wednesday, he will compete for House of Glory on Friday, August 1st from the NYC Arena as part of their annual High Intensity event. His opponent has yet to be named.

The show will stream live on Triller+.

Ricochet’s last indie appearance was for FSW as part of this past March’s Chris Bey benefit show where he defeated Rich Swann. Before that, his last indie bout was in January 2018 for PWG, losing their top title to Chuck Taylor before he headed to WWE.

The 36-year-old has a history with the HOG promotion dating back to 2014 when he won their heavyweight title in a tournament. He appeared just twice for HOG after that year, losing in title challenges of Anthony Gangone and Amazing Red.

As of now, Ricochet has yet to be announced for a match at next Saturday’s AEW All In: Texas.

AEW’s Konosuke Takeshita to make House of Glory debut

Posted on by Josh Nason

Former AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita will make his House of Glory debut next month.

Announced by the promotion Wednesday night, Takeshita will debut for the New York City-based indie promotion on Friday, April 25th against an opponent to be named. The event, named Isolation, will stream live for TrillerTV subscribers.

It will be Takeshita’s first appearance for a United States indie promotion since wrestling for both Defy and West Coast Pro in 2024.

The reigning NJPW NEVER Openweight Champion joins reigning quadruple champion and AEW star Mercedes Mone who debuted for HOG last weekend with a win over former WWE wrestler Indi Hartwell. That event also featured former AEW Tag Team Champions Private Party as well as Danhausen.

The Takeshita appearance continues a longtime arrangement between the two sides for AEW talent to appear on HOG shows.

Following Takeshita’s International title loss to Kenny Omega at this month’s AEW Revolution, the 29-year-old returned with a 90-second victory over Max Caster as part of last Wednesday’s Dynamite. He will team with the Murder Machines against Powerhouse Hobbs, Mark Briscoe and Rocky Romero as part of this weekend’s Collision shows.

Mercedes Mone defeats Indi Hartwell in first indie match since 2012

Posted on by Ian Carey

Mercedes Mone has won her first independent wrestling match in twelve and a half years.

She defeated Indi Hartwell at House of Glory’s City of Dreamz event on Saturday in Jamaica, New York. This was her first match outside of a major promotion since signing with WWE in 2012.

Hartwell was released by WWE in April 2024. This was her first match in the United States since then. She returned to Australia last week, where she defeated Aysha on March 9 to win the Renegades of Wrestling Women’s Championship in Victoria.

In an issue of her online magazine, Mone Mag, last month, Mone said that House of Glory holds “a special place” in her heart. The TBS Champion has frequently trained at the New York-based school with The Amazing Red, whom she calls “the best in the business.” House of Glory was founded by Red in 2012, and purchased by Master P in 2019.

Mone is back in action on Wednesday at AEW Dynamite, where she is scheduled to face Billie Starkz.

Mercedes Mone’s opponent for HOG City of Dreamz revealed

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Mercedes Mone’s opponent has been revealed for her first independent show in over a decade.

House of Glory announced on Friday that Mone would take on recently released WWE star Indi Hartwell on their March 15 event City of Dreamz in Jamaica, NY. Mone was first announced for the show last month.

Mone hasn’t wrestled on the independent scene since 2012, just months prior to her signing with WWE. Following her departure in 2022, she wrestled for NJPW before signing with AEW in March of last year. Since her arrival in the company, she has started to accumulate titles including AEW’s TBS Championship, the NJPW Strong Women’s title, and RevPro’s Undisputed British Women’s Championship.

Hartwell was a part of WWE releases that took place back in November. She wrestled her first post-WWE match in Australia earlier this month, defeating Aysha to win the Renegades of Wrestling Women’s Championship. The match with Mone on Saturday will be her first independent match in the US following her release.

Indi Hartwell announced for first US independent match post-WWE

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Former NXT Women’s Champion Indi Hartwell has been announced for her first independent match in the United States since being released from WWE.

House of Glory Wrestling announced Thursday night that Hartwell will make her in-ring debut for the promotion, and her first indie match in the US since leaving WWE last year, on its Saturday, March 15 City of Dreamz event in Jamaica, Queens, New York City. The show will stream live on Triller.

Hartwell’s opponent for the bout has yet to be announced.

The March 15 date is notable for House of Glory as AEW wrestler Mercedes Mone will also make her in-ring debut for the promotion on the same show. Mone’s opponent has also yet to be announced for the event.

House of Glory is a training school and indie promotion owned in part and operated by former TNA X-Division star Amazing Red.

Prior to stepping in the ring for HOG, Hartwell will return to the ring for the first time since being released by WWE last fall on an independent event in her native Australia this coming Sunday.

Hartwell was released last October and became a free agent in late January after sitting out her 90-day non-compete clause.

Mercedes Mone announced for first indie match since 2012

Posted on by Ethan Renner

AEW’s TBS Champion Mercedes Mone has been announced for her first independent wrestling match since 2012.

New York-based House of Glory Wrestling revealed on Thursday that Mone will wrestle on the promotion’s Saturday, March 15 event.

A video promoting Mone’s appearance was posted to HOG’s social media accounts:

House of Glory is a wrestling school and indie promotion owned and operated by Amazing Red. Mone frequently visits the school to train with Red ahead of major matches.

The March 15 event is set for Jamaica, Queens, New York. Tickets for the show are on sale now.

Mone has not wrestled on an indie event since August 2012, two months prior to her WWE NXT debut.

In addition to holding the TBS Championship, Mone is also the NJPW Strong Women’s Champion, and the RevPro Undisputed British Women’s Champion, a title that is also comprised of the Queen of Southside belt.

In AEW, a program between Mone and Harley Cameron appears to be on the docket for next Saturday’s Grand Slam Australia, although the match has yet to be officially announced.

Ricky Starks to face Mike Santana in House of Glory debut

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Ricky Starks’ House of Glory debut is set.

On Friday, the company announced that Starks would be wrestling Mike Santana on January 17 in Chicago. Santana will be defending the HOG World Heavyweight title.

The news comes as Starks has continued to keep his name out in the open despite AEW not using him. Last weekend, he made his debut in GCW and was set to compete at several of their shows, including their return to the Hammerstein Ballroom in January. However, GCW informed fans just days later that he had been pulled from all shows going forward. According to reports, AEW pulled Starks due to comments GCW star Effy made against Tony & Shad Khan.

Starks has been kept off of AEW television since the end of March. In a recent interview with Chris Van Vliet, he explained that he has been home, has been healthy, and has never been injured. The only matches Starks has wrestled since March is a BTW event in May and at Glory Pro WrestlePocalypse on November 24, where he and Kody Lane went to a no contest.

Ricky Starks signed for January indie appearance

Posted on by Josh Nason

Image: AEW

While the AEW future of Ricky Starks is as clear as mud, the former Tag Team Champion has another indie date on his upcoming schedule.

Starks will make his debut for House of Glory on Friday, January 17th in Chicago — a show that will stream live on Triller. His opponent was not named.

The 34-year-old hasn’t been in an AEW ring since March with Starks saying publicly that he is healthy and has “no clue” as to why he isn’t being used, turning down the narrative he turned down creative pitches. As recently as August, AEW head Tony Khan was complimentary about Starks but didn’t provide any details as to why he hasn’t been used.

Starks made a surprise appearance for Glory Pro Wrestling in St. Louis, Missouri, setting up a match for this Saturday against indie standout Kody Lane. It will be his first action since a Big Time Wrestling show in May against QT Marshall in California.

Joe Hendry added back to House of Glory event

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Update —

With TNA canceling its weekend TV tapings due to Hurricane Helene, Joe Hendry is back on House of Glory’s event in Queens this Sunday.

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TNA star Joe Hendry is no longer able to appear for House of Glory Wrestling this Sunday.

Hendry was scheduled to debut for the indie promotion in a match against Joey Janela at “Believe in the Glory” in Queens, New York on September 29. But with TNA Wrestling having to adjust its weekend TV taping schedule due to Hurricane Helene, Hendry has been pulled from the House of Glory event.

“Joe Hendry regrets that due to factors entirely out of his and our control caused by Hurricane Helene, we regret to inform you he will not be appearing at HOG this Sunday, September 29th. To bring our fans the best possible wrestling experience, we will announce his replacement soon and you will not be disappointed!!!,” the promotion wrote.

“We are working to secure a new date for Hendry to appear in the very near future!”

Hendry apologized to the House of Glory fans and said he was really looking forward to being at the show. He’s hoping that it won’t be too long until he is able to debut for the promotion.

“I’m very sorry to all the fans that I won’t be able to make it,” Hendry said. “It’s just one of these super unfortunate freak incidents that no one can really do anything about.”

TNA was supposed to hold TV tapings in Spartanburg, South Carolina this Friday (September 27) and Saturday (September 28). Because Hurricane Helene is scheduled to impact the area, the shows have been pushed back to Sunday (September 29) and Monday (September 30).

Jordynne Grace, Sinner and Saint (Travis Williams & Judas Icarus), and Xia Zhao (former WWE wrestler Xia Li) have also been pulled from Sunday’s Prestige Wrestling event in Portland, Oregon due to TNA having to change its taping schedule.

It was confirmed on Impact last night that Hendry will challenge Nic Nemeth for the TNA World Championship at Bound for Glory on Saturday, October 26.

Swerve Strickland returning to indies to face Amazing Red

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For the first time since December 2023, AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland will make his return to the indies to take on the legendary Amazing Red.

The show for House of Glory will take place on Friday, July 26th from the NYC Arena in Jamaica, New York, and will come a month after Strickland heads to the area to defend his title against Will Ospreay in the main event of AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door on Long Island, New York.

Strickland last appeared for the promotion in December of last year, defeating “Speedball” Mike Bailey. The 33-year-old rarely does indie matches at this point, also competing occasionally for DEFY in the Pacific Northwest. Prince Nana will be in his corner for this match as he is in AEW.

This will be the second time the two have clashed with the first coming nearly a decade ago for a Rhode Island indie.

The 42-year-old Red, a three-time former TNA X-Division Champion and former Ring of Honor Tag Team Champion, still wrestles a handful of times every year, mainly for HOG.

Rey Fenix announced for May indie event

Posted on by Josh Nason

The in-ring return for Rey Fenix is finally on the horizon.

On Friday, Northeast indie promotion House of Glory announced that the former AEW International and Tag Team Champion will be in action on their Sunday, May 5th Cinco de Mayo event in Jamaica, New York.

Unless he makes his AEW in-ring return before then, it will be Fenix’s first match since losing the International title to Orange Cassidy on the October 10th Title Tuesday edition of AEW Dynamite.

Fenix has been on the shelf recovering from what he called an old injury and one he feels is the worst he’s ever had — one that Dave Meltzer reported as either being a bad back, bad hip or both. In October, Fenix said the injury had been bothering him since September’s Grand Slam event.

Fenix’s brother and fellow AEW roster member Penta El Zero Miedo has continued on, competing as both a singles wrestler and teaming up with Komander.

While AEW has announced there will be a tournament for the vacant Tag Team titles, they have not formally announced teams and brackets, leaving open the possibility the Lucha Brothers will enter and attempt to once again hold the titles.

The Vaudevillains to reunite at House of Glory event

Posted on by Joseph Currier

A former WWE tag team is reuniting for the first time in over six years.

Matthew Rehwoldt & Simon Gotch, former NXT Tag Team Champions The Vaudevillains, will be in action for House of Glory in Queens, New York on Friday, September 15. The show is named Fallout and is taking place at the NYC Arena. It will air live on Premier Streaming Network.

Rehwoldt (formerly known as Aiden English) & Gotch haven’t teamed together since 2017.

Rehwoldt & Gotch revealed last month that they would be reuniting on the indies. Rehwoldt, who stepped away from in-ring action in August 2022, stated that he would be taking a few wrestling bookings this year.

Rehwoldt is a commentator for Impact Wrestling, calling the show alongside Tom Hannifan.

“The former NXT Tag Team Champions have set their sights on HOG’s tag team division,” House of Glory wrote. “Who will they face at Fallout? Stay tuned to HOG Wrestling social media channels for match announcements.”

Matt Cardona and El Hijo del Vikingo are among the other wrestlers who will be in action at Fallout.

Young Bucks facing Private Party at House of Glory High Intensity 8

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Two teams from AEW will be facing off for House of Glory Wrestling in August.

House of Glory has announced The Young Bucks vs. Private Party for High Intensity 8. The show is taking place at the NYC Arena in Queens, New York on Friday, August 9.

House of Glory noted that the match will be “both a return and a farewell.”

When The Young Bucks wrestling at High Intensity 8 was first announced, Matt Jackson tweeted that it could quite possibly be their last independent wrestling match ever.

The Young Bucks were the first House of Glory Tag Team Champions, and Private Party have also previously held the titles.

Private Party (Marq Quen & Isiah Kassidy) took on Best Friends (Trent Barreta & Chuck Taylor) and SoCal Uncensored (Scorpio Sky & Frankie Kazarian) on Saturday night’s Fyter Fest pre-show. Best Friends won and advanced to All Out on August 31, where they’ll have a shot to earn a first-round bye in AEW’s Tag Team title tournament.

The Young Bucks teamed with Kenny Omega to defeat Pentagon Jr., Fenix & Laredo Kid at Fyter Fest.