The first match of the former Jinder Mahal for GCW has been set. On Sunday, the company announced that Mahal will face Effy in Cleveland, Ohio, on August 2. Mahal will wrestle under the name of “The Maharaja”, Raj Dhesi, moving forward. The match announcement is based on an angle that occurred this past Friday • Read More »
Kota Ibushi is back at DDT. Ibushi, who has been absent for seven years, made a surprise debut at DDT Peter Pan at the Ryogoku sumo hall in Tokyo today. He appeared in the Weapons Rumble between Danshoku dino and DDT founder Sanshiro Takagi, for the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship. Ibushi was Dino’s “weapon” in the • Read More »
Naomichi Marufuji will be at SummerSlam. Pro Wrestling NOAH revealed on Saturday that Marufuji would be a guest commentary on the WWE SummerSlam streamed on ABEMA Japan. The show will take place on August 6 at Cleveland Browns Stadium, Ohio. NOAH clarified later that he will be part of the ABEMA Pay-per-View broadcast after initially • Read More »
Charlie Dempsey has a new opponent for Bloodsport. Josh Barnett announced that Dempsey would face Royce Issacs in Brooklyn next weekend. He wrote: Two mat wrestlers lock horns and go hold for a hold, submission after submission, catch after catch. Dempsey showed he was a Bloodsport regular in his last match, winning a hard-fought battle • Read More »
Jinder Mahal, former WWE Champion, made his surprise GCW debut at Friday’s So High event. Mahal attacked Effy after an Effy & Cole Radrick Vs. The Rejects at So High. Mahal entered the ring wearing a disguise. Mahal unmasked himself after hitting his Khallas finisher against Effy. Mahal was referred to in commentary as “The • Read More »
GCW has made some changes to So High. The promotion announced via X that Danhausen, Masha Slamovich, Joey Janela and Dark Sheik could not attend the event in Sauget on Friday due to travel issues. GCW announced in a post that the show at Pop’s Nightclub on Friday will feature a lineup. On Friday, travel • Read More »
Brutus Creed faces his Bloodsport opponent. Josh Barnett confirmed Friday that Tom Lawlor, our very own WWE star, will be taking on the WWE star on July 28th in Brooklyn. Barnett’s post announcing this match compared Lawlor’s UFC experience with Creed’s college wrestling. Brutus is a juggernaut, and as he gains speed, he becomes even • Read More »
Matt Hardy will be working several dates for Game Changer Wrestling. It was announced earlier this week that Hardy would make his GCW debut on Friday, August 2, at the Now and Forever event of the promotion. Hardy discussed the news in his Extreme Life of Matt Hardy Podcast on Friday. He noted that GCW • Read More »
Netflix will debut a dramatic series about the career of Japanese women’s star Dump Matsumura this fall. The streaming giant announced Wednesday that the five-part series would be released on Thursday, 19th September. It will focus on Matsumoto’s rise to fame in the 1970s & 1980s. The show was first announced in April. The release: • Read More »
Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XI has been booked to play two new matches. Josh Woods, AEW/ROH wrestler, will make his Bloodsport debut against Bloodsport veteran Timothy Thatcher. The event will also feature Masha Slamovich and Jody Threat. The event will take place on Sunday, 28 July and will be broadcast on TrillerTV+. Woods has a background • Read More »