Tag: Ricky Sosa

TNA signs European star at Sacrifice

Posted on by Vincent Verhei

At Sacrifice tonight, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling announced the acquisition of a new talent.

TNA President Carlos Silva and Tommy Dreamer appeared on Friday’s show and brought out Chris Bey. Bey expressed how grateful he was to be standing in New Orleans, emphasizing the word “stand” after the neck injury he suffered last year. Bey then introduced Ricky Sosa, who led the crowd in some cheerleading and talked about working for five years to get there before signing his deal.

Sosa, a 6-foot-4 high-flyer, is a 21-year-old from the Netherlands. He made his debut in 2021 with Pro Wrestling Holland, going on to wrestle for Game Changer Wrestling in the United States and Westside Xtreme Wrestling in Germany. He won the wXw European Championship last December.

Earlier this year, he traded wins with Cappucino Jones, though he failed to win Jones’ WWE ID Championship and the WWE contract that comes with it. He was scheduled compete in wXw’s 16 Carat Gold Tournament earlier this month, but pulled out to appear at TNA’s tapings in Atlanta.

Sosa has been announced for the Immortal Clusterf*ck at Joey Janela’s Spring Break X in Las Vegas next month. It remains unknown whether or not he will still be appearing there.

Rising indie star Ricky Sosa to make TNA Wrestling debut

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Ricky Sosa, an emerging wrestler on the international indie scene, is set to make his TNA Wrestling debut.

Last week, it was announced that Sosa had been pulled from wXw’s upcoming 16 Carat Gold tournament in Germany due to a “major career opportunity.” That opportunity has now been revealed to be this week’s TNA Wrestling events in Atlanta. He’ll be appearing for TNA both Thursday (March 5) and Friday (March 6).

TNA hyped up Sosa as being “one of wrestling’s hottest rising stars” while announcing him for the events. They include tonight’s live episode of Impact and tomorrow’s TV taping.

“Atlanta plays host to one of wrestling’s hottest rising stars, as Ricky Sosa makes his North American debut at the Gateway Center Arena in Atlanta, GA,” the promotion wrote. “Catch him at our events tonight and tomorrow.”

Known as “The Young Savage,” Sosa is a Belgian wrestler who has drawn attention for both his ring work and entrance. WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry is among those who have taken notice of him.

“I don’t know if you guys know Ricky Sosa, but he is going to be an unbelievable talent in the future,” Henry tweeted in January. “He’s young athletic and he’s got that extra thing that you need for pro wrestling.”

Sosa is wXw’s current European Champion. Despite having to pull out of the 16 Carat Gold tournament, he’ll be returning to Germany to compete for wXw this Sunday (March 8).

Wrestler pulled from wXw show on short notice due to ‘major career opportunity’

Posted on by Ian Carey

The wXw European champion has been pulled from an upcoming show due to what the promotion described as a “major career opportunity.”

21-year-old Dutch wrestler Ricky Sosa had been scheduled to compete in Sunday’s 16 Carat tournament in Oberhausen. However, on Friday morning, the promotion announced that while Sosa will still be in attendance, he will not be performing on the show.

The promotion added that the opportunity came up on short notice.

wXw wrote (translated):

“wXw European Champion @rickysosa508 is unfortunately unavailable for the 16 Carat Gold Tournament due to a major career opportunity that has come up at short notice. We wish him the best of luck. However, Ricky will be in Oberhausen on Sunday at the 16 Carat Tournament.”

Sosa has never wrestled in the United States but has said in interviews that working with WWE is a career goal.

Mark Henry posted a photo of him and Sosa together last month, writing, “I don’t know if you guys know Ricky Sosa, but he is going to be an unbelievable talent in the future. He’s young athletic and he’s got that extra thing that you need for pro wrestling.”