ROH Women’s World Champion Athena will put her title on the line as part of the run-up to AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door.
Announced Thursday, Athena will put her record-long title streak up against Stardom’s Syuri who will be making her promotional debut as part of the newly-announced ROH vs. CMLL vs. Stardom Global Wars show that will air on June 18 on HonorClub.
The match will be filmed either this Wednesday or next Thursday during AEW’s two nights in Cincinnati for their Summer Blockbuster shows. As of this writing, no other matches have been announced.
It will be a rematch from February’s NJPW The New Beginning USA where Syuri successfully defended her IWGP Women’s title. Both women also shared the ring during last July’s women’s Casino gauntlet match at All In: Texas that marked Syuri’s AEW debut.
Athena will be looking to extend her near-1300 day title run. She is awaiting her opponent in the semifinals of the AEW women’s Owen Hart Foundation tournament which will likely take place while she is in Cincinnati as well.
Forbidden Door, which will feature talent from AEW, CMLL, NJPW and Stardom, is set for Sunday, June 28 in San Jose, California.
IT’S OFFICIAL! Global Wars: Cincinnati will see #ROH Women’s World Champion @AthenaPalmer_FG defend her title against @syuri_wv3s!
Several wrestlers from Stardom have responded to Thekla.
The AEW Women’s World Champion spat on the Stardom logo during Wednesday’s broadcast of AEW Dynamite and “declared death” to the promotion.
Stardom wrestlers Syuri, Starlight Kid, and Lady C, the official Stardom account on X, and English commentator Walker Stewart have all responded to Thekla’s actions.
Lady C wrote, “Why would you do something like that…? I’ve clashed with Teca a few times, but not once did I ever understand what was going through her mind. Even after getting fired from Stardom, even after becoming the AEW Women’s World Champion, her obsession with Stardom still— isn’t it because she actually loves Stardom?”
Lady C later added, “It’s so frustrating. Even when someone leaves, we’ve kept protecting Stardom. One person’s strength might be small, but we’ve protected it together. Stardom is our pride.”
Former Stardom wrestler Mina Shirakawa wrote: “Damn… that’s really disrespectful. Man, that’s really harsh, for real.”
Stardom English commentator Walker Stewart wrote: “Absolutely disgusting. Don’t forget where you came from…”
It was a busy night for Syuri at NJPW New Beginning USA. Minutes after she defeated Athena to retain one championship, Alex Windsor challenged her for another at Pro Wrestling EVE’s Wrestle Queendom in March.
Syuri is the current IWGP Women’s Champion and New Japan STRONG Women’s Champion. She pinned Athena with a Death Valley Driver to retain the IWGP title in Trenton, New Jersey, on Friday night. Afterwards, she grabbed Athena’s ROH Women’s World Championship belt, teasing a match for that title. Before either could make that match official, however, the lights went out and Windsor appeared on the video screen.
As the video showed Windsor working out and training, her voice was heard talking about her previous loss to Syuri in a challenge for the IWGP Women’s Championship at a previous Pro-Wrestling: EVE event in London last June.
Windsor then turned and spoke to the camera, addressing Syuri by name. “It seems like destiny just keeps bringing us back together, doesn’t it?” she asked. “The only thing that has changed since last time is the prize I am fighting to take off you. On Sunday the Eighth of March, International Women’s Day, at the Indigo O2, I challenge you for your New Japan Strong Women’s Championship. Wrestle Queendom VIII. Syuri-Windsor II.”
This is the eighth match announced so far for Wrestle Queendom VIII, which has already sold out. Other championship matches include Rhio defending the EVE Championship against Session Moth Martina, Kris Statlander defending the EVE International Championship against Charlie (Dakota Kai), and Hollie Barlow & Lana Austin defending the EVE Tag Team Championships against Charli Evans and a mystery partner.
Harley Cameron, Willow Nightingale, AZM, and Jamie Hayter have also been announced for the show.
A champion vs. champion match has been booked for New Japan Pro Wrestling’s New Beginning USA event later this month.
Ring of Honor Women’s Champion Athena announced on social media that she will be facing Syuri on that show, and that Syuri’s IWGP Women’s Championship will be on the line.
This will be the second defense of Syuri’s current championship reign, and the first since she defeated Saya Kamitani to win the NJPW Strong Women’s championship in a title vs. title match at WrestleKingdom 20 on January 4. That match barely went 12 minutes but still got a ****1/2 rating from Dave Meltzer.
Syuri’s last match in the United States was a Casino Gauntlet Match at AEW All In Texas last July. The winner of that match: Athena.
Athena has been ROH Women’s Champion for over 1,100 days, having defeated Mercedes Martinez for the title in October of 2022. It appears her title will not be on the line against Syuri.
NJPW New Beginning USA 2026 will take place at the CURE Insurance Arena in Trenton, New Jersey, on February 27. Tickets are available here.
Already booked for that show:
El Phantasmo defending the NJPW World Television Title against Konosuke Takeshita
Tomohiro Ishii defending the NJPW Strong Openweight Title against Oleg Boltin
Syuri defending the IWGP Women’s Championship against Athena
NJPW has announced a few more names who will be making the trip over for New Beginning USA 2026.
On February 27, NJPW comes to CURE Insurance Arena in Trenton, New Jersey for the New Beginning event. It was announced today that Syuri, Tomohiro Ishii, Oleg Boltin, and El Desperado will be among the talent competing. Their matches have not been announced yet.
Syuri enters the show as a double champion following her victory over Saya Kamitani at Wrestle Kingdom 20. She retained the IWGP Women’s Championship in the match and now also holds the NJPW Strong Women’s Championship.
Ishii is the men’s NJPW Strong Openweight Champion, having won the title from Gabe Kidd in April 2025. His only defense so far has been a victory over Drilla Moloney.
This appearance will be Boltin’s first time wrestling in the United States. An amateur wrestler from Kazakhstan, he made his in-ring debut for NJPW in 2023.
So far, the New Beginning card has one confirmed match: El Phantasmo vs. Konosuke Takeshita for the NJPW World Television Championship. It’s also been announced that Yota Tsuji — the IWGP Heavyweight Champion and Global Heavyweight Champion — will be in action.
In the official second match of the night at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20 on January 4th, 2026, at the Tokyo Dome, fans witnessed Syuri crown herself as the brand new NJPW Strong & IWGP women’s double champion.
IWGP Women’s Champion Syuri faced off against the NJPW Strong Women’s Champion Saya Kamitani in a Winner Takes All match for both titles. Following an impressive and hard-fought match, Syuri was able to defeat Kamitani and capture the NJPW Strong Women’s Championship.
In the closing moments of the match, Syuri hit the flaming torrent and kept Kamitani down for three count and sealed the victory. While an emotional Syuri celebrated and soaked in the moment, fans also noticed a sour Kamitani, disappointed at the result, throwing a small tantrum before walking out to the back with her team.
The title victory tonight marks Syuri’s first reign as the NJPW Strong Women’s Champion, while Kamitani’s reign came to an end at 99-days. She had previously won the title from AZM on 27th September, 2025, who in turn had won the championship from Mercedes Mone, earlier in 2025.
Meanwhile, Syuri has been the IWGP Women’s Champion since NJPW King Of Pro-Wrestling 2025.
After making her AEW debut on Saturday at All In Texas at Globe Life Field, Syuri is back in Japan and will undergo elbow surgery soon. She announced the news in a post to her Instagram Stories on Tuesday.
“I’m having surgery this month on my elbow,which has been hurting for a while!!” She wrote (translation via @meraWrestling)
Shortly after losing the IWGP Women’s Championship to Sareee in June, Syuri announced she was taking a sabbatical from Stardom to wrestle in the United States, although no U.S. bookings were ever officially announced. A vignette promoting Syuri’s debut aired at ROH Supercard of Honor on Friday. She was then a surprise entrant in the Women’s Casino Gauntlet match on Saturday. The day after All In, she posted to Instagram that she was headed back to Japan.
Several surprise entrants appeared in the Women’s Casino Gauntlet match at AEW All In.
Former IWGP Women’s Champion Syuri entered the match in the number 11 position. A vignette featuring Syuri also aired on the ROH Supercard of Honor broadcast on Friday night. She revealed shortly after losing the IWGP title to Sareee in June that she would be taking a break from Stardom to wrestle overseas.
Harley Cameron also returned to AEW during the Casino Gauntlet. She wasn’t an official entrant but interfered by pushing Penelope Ford off the top rope. Cameron wore a face mask after undergoing nose surgery last month.
After announcing she had signed with AEW in June, Alex Windsor returned to the promotion for the first time since Global Wars Australia in February. She entered in the number 12 position and immediately started a striking exchange with Syuri, who she challenged for the IWGP title last month at an EVE show in London. They were the final two entrants into the match, which ended when Athena pinned Mina Shirakawa after an O-Face.
During ROH’s Supercard of Honor event on Friday, a vignette aired highlighting the Stardom star’s background in karate and her striking abilities, with a voiceover saying that Syuri would be coming. It wasn’t specified if she was coming to AEW, ROH, or both rosters.
— ROH – Ring of Honor Wrestling (@ringofhonor) July 12, 2025
Earlier this month, Syuri and Stardom announced that she would be ‘taking a break’ from the company to wrestle overseas. Her announcement came shortly after losing the IWGP Women’s Championship to Sareee.
“I have been wrestling for 17 years. I thought about it long and hard, but I have decided to take a break from #STARDOM,” she said in a statement. “I will train overseas and level up my game even more. My loss to Sareee was really frustrating. I won’t go out like this. I want to hold the IWGP again. That’s why I made this decision. I’m sorry to everyone who was looking forward to my appearances in the ring. I will be back in a STARDOM ring one day.”
Syuri is a former MMA competitor, amassing a 6-3 record with all of her losses taking place in the UFC. She returned to Stardom in 2020 and quickly rose to the top, winning the World of Stardom Championship in 2021 and holding it for one year.
The new issue of the Wrestling Observer is up on the site right now:
Jon Jones announces his retirement, a look back at a remarkable career inside the cage and a story of problems and controversy outside the cage. We look at his background, details on his latest arrest, and thoughts by others.
Preview to Night of Champions, the stories and the direction
Who is Aaron Wolf and why he’s starting his career under more pressure than almost anyone in recent history, his background as a fan, and as an Olympic gold medalist and world champion in judo.
A look at All In Texas and the largest attendance and biggest grossing non-WWE PPV shows in history. What milestones has the show already broken with two weeks out, and what’s the final milestone that it’s touchy if it can break. We look at money adjusted for inflation and AEW’s former biggest shows as well as big shows from Crockett, WCW and the 114 year milestone.
A look at the combined CMLL, AEW, NJPW and RevPro Fantastica Mania at Arena Mexico on Friday. We look at moves CMLL should make to take advantage of its new exposure, popularity and position in the wrestling ecosystem, the big tag team main event and the future booking direction.
The most detailed look at the television ratings for pro wrestling and MMA this past week, including how segments did, demos, did and comparisons to one year ago.
A detailed look and discussion of how Raw on Netflix is doing and on AEW Dynamite on MAX.
More on CMLL’s big week at its other arenas
Next CMLL tournament
AAA booking direction and when WWE takes over the booking and state of current angles
One of the best matches of the year took place on Saturday
Dragon Gate has its biggest event of the year
Lots of G-1 updates
Jun Kasai vs. Desperado looked at
Sabu funeral
Tom Lawlor physical issues discussed in detail
Ronda Rousey physical issues discussed as well
Real American Freestyle early ticket advance
Tetsuya Naito back in action and new name of his faction
Mistico and MJF angle in MLW
More on many AEW and WWE stars health updates
Which company has a higher injury rate by percentage, AEW or WWE, with the actual stats.
AEW ratings comparison between the end of 2024 and the current MAX era
Mortos on wrestling at Arena Mexico after 15 years
Update on AEW performers who aren’t being used
More on the Cung Le lawsuit settlement
Dana White goes into promoting boxing and BJJ
Internet personality arrested for threatening Joe Rogan
Crazy story about Sedriques Dumas and UFC signing him to fight this week and how bad a look that was, and the fight falling apart
Why the UFC main event this week is so big
Update on Ben Askren nd B Penn
Update on Janel Grant lawsuit against Vince McMahon and TKO
How another sport’s move from TV to streaming compares with Raw and what we can learn from it as it relates to Raw
Boxing legend and former MMA champion both talk performing in WWE
Thoughts on Cody Rhodes saying his babyface run is almost over
WWE star doing a record album as a tribute to 1990s All Japan Pro Wrestling
Triple H on social media talked about receiving a statue from the Saudi Arabian government: “A Symbol of Strength, Honor, and Partnership. 1 of 200. Crafted and lined in 24 carat gold. This handcrafted falcon statue is more than just a gift, it is a tribute to a shared journey of excellence, friendship, partnership, and the powerful cultural bridge we continue to build together. In Saudi culture, the falcon represents vision, courage, and prestige. Thank you for the honor @Turki_alalshikh and the @GEA_SA.”
A trailer was released today confirming WWE 2K25 will release on the Switch 2 on July 23. Physical releases will contain a digital download code in a box.
According to the Nintendo eShop listing, KSI will be part of the upcoming Fearless DLC pack. He will be wearing a Prime Energy bottle outfit.
Big E reacted to The New Day losing the World Tag Team titles on social media.
Ospreay reflected on his 2025 so far: “Halfway through 2025. This is flight number 68 this year. Time I have spent on an aeroplane totals to; 397 hours 22 minutes. Everyday I’m super grateful to be living this life and performing for the greatest wrestling fans in the world. Thank you @AEW.”
JCW has released a documentary hyping the upcoming Mara Sade (Jakara Jackson) vs. Masha Slamovich match for the JCW Championship.
Syuri announced she is taking a break from Stardom, releasing the following statement: “I have been wrestling for 17 years. I thought about it long and hard, but I have decided to take a break from #STARDOM. I will train overseas and level up my game even more. My loss to Sareee was really frustrating. I won’t go out like this. I want to hold the IWGP again. That’s why I made this decision. I’m sorry to everyone who was looking forward to my appearances in the ring. I will be back in a STARDOM ring one day.”
Filthy Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about including Tom and Syuri vs. Giulia and Zack Sabre Jr., more notes from New Japan X Stardom and the Stardom PPV the night before with a wacky TLC match, Smackdown from Friday, New Japan Strong and so much more. A fun show as always so check it out~!
Syuri won the Wonder of Stardom Championship at this morning’s Stardom Dream Queendom 2021 event, the company’s final show of the year. She won the match after pinning Utami Hayashishita, who had held the championship for over 400 days, defeating Mayu Iwatani on November 15, 2020. Both the World of Stardom and the SWA Championship were on the line; Syuri retained the latter championship.
After the match, Syuri first thanked her mom in heaven, then thanked Utami from the bottom of her heart. Utami was helped to the back as Syuri said at long last she had the top belt in Stardom. She said she would live the next year without regret and asked the Stardom fans for their support going into 2022.
Syuri and Utami have been feuding for most of 2021. On June 12, the two had a match that ended in a double KO. Another match, which took place in September as part of the 5STAR Grand Prix, ended in a time limit draw. This morning’s match had no time limit.
NJPW has revealed the two Stardom showcase matches that will be taking place at Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome.
At Wrestle Grand Slam night one this Saturday, Momo Watanabe & Saya Kamitani will team against Maika & Lady C. Watanabe & Kamitani will then face Giulia & Syuri at Wrestle Grand Slam night two on Sunday.
These will be the first Stardom showcase matches in NJPW to air live on NJPW World. They have previously been dark matches.
Night one of Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome will begin at 3:30 a.m. Eastern time this Saturday. Night two will begin at 1:30 a.m. Eastern on Sunday.
Here are the full lineups for both Wrestle Grand Slam shows:
Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome night one (Saturday, September 4) —
IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi defends against Kota Ibushi
Kazuchika Okada vs. Jeff Cobb
Chase Owens defends the provisional KOPW 2021 trophy against Toru Yano in an I Quit match
YOH vs. SHO
Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI vs. Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask IV
Momo Watanabe & Saya Kamitani vs. Maika & Lady C
Wrestle Grand Slam in MetLife Dome night two (Sunday, September 5) —
IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Shingo Takagi defends against EVIL
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Robbie Eagles defends against Hiromu Takahashi
IWGP Tag Team Champions Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi defend against Tetsuya Naito & SANADA and Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI in a three-way match
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo defend against El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Jeff Cobb & The Great-O-Khan
Updated coverage on SummerSlam and early word on Survivor Series is the lead story on this week’s issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
We look at the location, the time of the show and why they are limited in time, the new stadium, talk about top matches plus more on Dwayne Johnson and WrestleMania, Survivor Series and a plan for an August Takeover.
Also in this issue:
Dominion, the Shingo Takagi title win, with match-by-match coverage, star ratings, poll results, business notes and booking direction.
Plans for a WWE draft, a WWE TV show on verge of being canceled, Bret Hart documentary, Stephanie McMahon talks WWE business, WWE ticket sales, Miz talks injury, UK & Canada viewing numbers, WWE looks a changes in how it does house hows, WWE autograph new rules, most watched WWE videos of the past week and WWE market value.
The next two WWE major events with lineups, notes about the Takeover crowd, matches announced and not yet announced for Hell in a Cell and more.
Full coverage of this past Saturday’s UFC show.
Cyber Fight show combining NOAH, DDT, Ganbare Pro and Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling. We look at Keiji Muto’s title loss, why he got the title in the first place, why Marufuji wasn’t the guy who should have won, plus match-by-match coverage with star ratings.
The death of controversial wrestler Angel o Demonio.
More into detail on the ratings than any other source, how many different viewers the shows had which is very different from the television number, breakdown of who watches the shows, how they watch, DVR numbers and how long the average fan watches.
Results of the major pro wrestling events of the past week.
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MONDAY NEWS UPDATE
Bryan and I will be back tonight taking Raw and the latest wrestling news. You can also send questions to the show tonight to [email protected]
Raw tonight has Drew McIntyre vs. A.J. Styles, New Day vs. Randy Orton & Riddle and the debut of Eva Marie vs. Naomi. Rumor has it Eva Marie will have some muscle with her and with a debut against Naomi, that would put her on the heel side as we talked about the last few weeks.
We’ll have all the details in the issue, but the key ratings notes are that on Friday, Smackdown did 1,944,000 viewers and 0.48 in 18-49. AEW did 487,000 viewers and 0.19 in 18-49. AEW did 160,000 viewers on Saturday via DVR of the show.
SummerSlam tickets for 8/21 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas moved extremely well in today’s presale. We don’t know how many tickets were put on sale, but it appeared a large percentage of the planned total 41,000+ seats were put on sale because while there are empty sections not sold, most are. Of those put on sale, there were 1,085 left as of our last report. It’s pretty clear they’ll do a very healthy total. The general public on sale isn’t until Friday.
Saturday’s Utami Hayashishita vs. Syuri match for the Wonder of Stardom title is more than worth going out of your way to see. The negative is that if you don’t like hard-hitting matches with women, you won’t like this. But for technical skill, hard-hitting, and drama, this is one of the best matches of the year and in a completely different category than any women’s match in years. The match will be available on Wednesday or Thursday on Stardom World. You can watch it right now on PPV here. It didn’t have the crazy moves and blood of Britt Baker vs.Thunder Rosa but as a technical match it’s very much like a Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin mixed with Shinobu Kandori vs. Akira Hokuto. If you are a fan of women’s wrestling, now that they have English commentary on the shows, you really should subscribe to Stardom world. The storylines are good, emotional, work from top to bottom is very good and the people involved in the training of these women have a magic wand in getting people so good so quickly.
Scott Smoot, who had been Vice President of Live Events Production, who was let go in cuts, is being brought back since they are back to doing live events.
Regarding the return of Samoa Joe, who will be working in NXT it could be as a replacement for William Regal if he’s leaving, working with Regal in some fashion, and God knows they need a new opponent for Karrion Kross right now and Joe would certainly fit that thing and garner some interest there.
Kim Wood and I tell the story of Brian Pillman and Terry Funk’s idea of chaining him to the post during the Super Bowl in Phoenix.
Friday’s Lamar Odom vs. Aaron Carter Celebrity Boxing PPV did roughly the same number of television PPV buys as a good Impact PPV show.
New Japan at Korakuen Hall tomorrow morning at 5:30 a.m.Eastern time
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Yuya Uemura
Taichi vs. Yota Tsuji
Sho & Yoh & Toru Yano vs. El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori & Jado
Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi vs. Evil & Yujiro Takahashi & Gedo & Dick Togo
Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi & Sanada & Bushi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi & Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Master Wato
WWE
An analysis piece saying WWE stock with last week’s rise is now overvalued. It’s probably fairly valued now, it was undervalued the past few months.
WWE is doing cameos based around this weekend’s Hell in a Cell show. The most expensive are Shawn Michaels at $750, Seth Rollins at $600, Rey Mysterio at $500, Kevin Owens at $500, Charlotte Flair at $500 and Drew McIntyre at $450.
UFC
Get ready for the return of the mouth of Colby Covington as he gets groomed for a rematch with Kamaru Usman. With Dana White confirming him for the next title shot, Colby Covington joined Submission Radio and reacted to Leon Edwards’ win over Nate Diaz: “I think that’s hilarious. I think Edwards Scissorhands, he’s out here claiming to be this god and he’s ready for a title shot. Dude, you’re struggling with a lightweight journeyman who has double-digit losses on his record, and this guy is almost finishing you? And you think you need to be in a title shot? That guy needs to go win ten more fights or 20 more fights if he can’t get by Nate Diaz like that. The guy’s a Stockton soy boy. He’s been finished by everybody. The guy has no gas left in the tank. He’s even saying himself he has no motivation left to fight. So, if you’re struggling with a guy like Nate Diaz, there’s no way you belong anywhere close to a world title fight.”
Andre Fili vs. Daniel Pineda is earmarked for the 6/26 show.
AEW
Dark Elevation tonight:
Scorpio Sky vs. Alex Reynolds
QT Marshall & Aaron Solow vs. Deonn Rusman & Joe Keys
Nyla Rose vs. Megan Bayne,
Wardlow vs. Jason Hotch
Shawn Spears vs. Falco
Dustin Rhodes & Lee Johnson vs VSK & Travis Titan
Julia Hart vs. Dani Jordyn
Orange Cassidy vs. Cameron Cole
Penta & Eddie Kingston vs. Arik Cannon & Kevin Blackwood
Angelico vs. Mike Sydal
Private Party vs. Dean Alexander & Carlie Bravo
OTHER NOTES
Vice will be running a documentary on Thursday night on Chyna.
NWA Powerrr tomorrow night has JTG vs. Fred Rosser vs. El Rudo in a tournament match for a National title shot, Aron Stevens vs. PJ Hawx, Melina vs. JennaCide vs. Kenzie Paige plus appearances by Trevor Murdoch, Kamille, Tyrus and Austin Idol.
Impact is building around the idea that Sami Callihan was fired by Don Callis but he’s showing up for Impact on Thursday.
Pro Wrestling Phoenix on Friday night in Omaha: Moonshine Russell b JD Parker, Omar Pachecco b El Bigote, Lars Metzger b Tim Boston, Seto Kobara b Johnny Ruckus, Seta Kobara & Tim Boston b Lars Metzger & Johnny Ruckus in a body bag match, Brandon Nytroe & Aiden Brooks b Paul & Joey Daniels, Jack Darling b Omar Pachecco-DQ, Brett Bishop b Duke Cornell. The next show is 7/3 at the Waiting Room Lounge in Omaha.
Pro Wrestling Havoc from Saturday night in Jackson, MI: Brutus Atwell b Walking Nightmare, Jontae Keith b Dre Jacobs, Capital Vices b Nomads to win tag titles, ZDP b Sledge Gibson, Cassidy Keith b JP Ono, Ace Evans won three-way over Matt Cross and Jake Crist (thanks to Leonard Brand)
Combate Globo has a show this coming Friday night on Univision and Univision Deportes at midnight featuring Jordan Beltran (11-6) vs. Erick Sancehz (906) and Axel Osuna (3-0 vs. Junior Cortez (4-1).
Black Label Pro from yesterday in Australia: Charli Evans b Cherry Stephens, Kingsley & Jack Bonza b Michael Spencer & Kai Drake, Unsocial Jordan won over Ricky South and Carter Deams, Will Kiedes b Jimmy Townsend, Aussie Open b Light Speed Express, Matt Rogers b Lyrebird Luchi-DQ, Shazza McKenzie b Big Fudge, Sam Osborne b Jessica Troy to win PWWA title. Main event said to be really good. The Velocities, who had the killer match with Aussie Open on the previous iPPV show, issued a challenge for a rematch. Their first match is worth searching out if you haven’t seen it.
At a PFL press conference, Tom Lawlor was asked about being in a do or die situation for his next fight and said, “Do you know something I don’t? Am I doing to die? I thought I would just miss the playoffs.”
Dragon Lee will be doing a seminar for Pro Wrestling Revolution in Northern California. For more info write to [email protected]
CWE announced that due to COVID restrictions its 7/2 to 7/4 shows in Winnipeg, Morden, and Gladstone, Manitoba are being moved to 9/3, 9/4, and 9/5.
Pale Pro Wrestling on 6/19 in Arlington, TX at the 360 Elite Arena has Sam Adonis defending his title against Jeff Cobb, Cam Cole vs. Jake Something, Mike Bennett vs. Chandler Hopkins, Fuego del Sol vs Jastin Taylor and Mysterious Q vs. Travis Titan.
Stardom has announced two matches for the second night of Wrestle Kingdom 15.
During tonight’s Stardom Year End Climax 2020, the promotion announced onsocial media that not one, but two dark matches will be held on the second night of New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Wrestle Kingdom 15 on January 5. The two matches will be Mayu Iwatani and Tam Nakano vs. Giulia and Syuri in a tag match, and Saya Kamtani, Azumi, and Utami Hayashishita vs. Maika, Natsupoi, and Himeka in a six-woman tag team match.
Stardom held their first dark match at the Tokyo Dome during last year’s Wrestle Kingdom 14 on the January 4 card. In that match, Mayu Iwatani and Arisa Hoshiki defeated Hana Kimura and Giulia.
For 2021, Stardom will hold their 10th anniversary show on March 3 at Budokan Hall, a much bigger venue for their anniversary show. It will also serve at Mayu Iwatani’s 10th anniversary.
