STARDOM wrestler Mina Shirakawa is leaving the promotion at the end of the month when her contract expires, and will reportedly move to the United States. She’s been a regular for AEW and is scheduled for NJPW Windy City Riot on April 11th, and reportedly her return to All Elite Wrestling is confirmed. (FF)
TNA Wrestling did some significant restructuring yesterday. “Departing our leadership team are Ariel Shnerner, Gail Kim, Rob Klingman and Michael Shewchenko. As a long-term Anthem employee, Ariel has played an important role in growing our Anthem properties, from his work with Fight Network and most recently his focus on TNA. Ariel has been instrumental in building our storylines and growing our audiences. Gail has had a long and stories career in TNA as both a champion wrestler and a part of the TNA leadership team, Gail has been a powerful presence in our locker room, supporting our talent and their great performances. On the sales side Rob Kligman departs as Chief Revenue Officer and in Digital, Michael Shewchenko will be departing the organization April 30th. In addition to these leadership departures, we also say thank you and goodbye to Karen Clevett, Sebastian Dastranj, Romy Glazer and Rafael Morffi. Our company is built on the strength and dedication of our team and these changes do not diminish the value or the contributions of those affected.”
Apparently Kim’s release sparked some negativity so Anthem President Carlos Silva issued this response: “Today, we announced a restructuring, resulting in staffing changes at TNA Wrestling. These decisions are always difficult, but it became apparent that we needed to make adjustments to our business strategies. We are grateful for those who worked here and thank them for their years of dedication to the company. Finally, we want our fans to know that we are committed to producing the absolute best product and highest-quality content that we can, and we appreciate their continued support.” (PWI)
Ricky Saints (f/k/a Ricky Starks) will be challenging for the North American Title on next week’s episode of NXT. (WWE)
Charlie Dempsey has been added to Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XIII.
On April 20th in Las Vegas admission to WrestleCon will be free.
Here’s a synopsis for the Hollywood Demons episode on the Von Erichs: “The Von Erichs: a wrestling dynasty with six brothers, five of whom met untimely deaths at a very young age was immortalized in 2023’s The Iron Claw – but it’s not the whole story. Now, the last surviving Von Erich brother exposes the truth behind addiction and darkness of fame that transformed a family business into a living nightmare.” (PWI)
Last week’s Raw saw a minor audience bump from 3 to 3.1 million. (Netflix)
Here are CMLL Lunes Clasico results. (FF)
- Kemonito & Tengu def. Mije & Kemalito.
- Mayan Warrior Jr. & Eastern Demons (Okumura & Yutani) def. Volcano & La Fuerza Poblana (Pegasso & Arkalis).
- Templar & The Puebla Force (Stigma & Xelhua) def. The Elemental & The Barbarians (Caveman Barbarian & The Terrible) via Disqualification.
- Cyber Tournament Betting: Hijo del Perverso, Multy, Black Tiger, Dreyko, Rencor & Espiritu
- Maligno def. Astral, Millenium, Blue Shark, Tiger Boy, Meyer & Astro.
- Mask vs. Mask Match: Multy def. Black Tiger.
- Star Jr., Atlantis Jr. & Sphinx def. Zandokan Jr., Sorcerer & The Brave One.
Seth Rollins on which NFL players he’d like to see wrestle: “Number one for me is Tyreek Hill. My man. I love a little brother, man. I love a little shifty dude. I love a Rey Mysterio in there, and Tyreek, we know he’s got a personality on him, so I’m sure he can her out there and cut some promos when he needs to. He likes to play the sympathetic babyface, but that ain’t always him. He’s a sneaky cat. So I like Tyreek as number one. Then I’m going number two, Myles Garrett. A monster. I love a big boy. I love an Andre the Giant. I love a Braun Strowman. I just love a big, meaty man that’s gonna get in there and toss people around. You want a battle royal, he’s your guy. Last and actually least, in my opinion, this is a personal one, that’s right, Aaron Rodgers. I want him in the ring because I want to hurt him. I need him in there for myself, alright. I want him in the ring. I want that match. Me versus Aaron Rodgers. Get him in the ring. That’s a personal request.”
Before he set his Twitter profile to private Ryan Nemeth updated his bio to read he was “being sued by a literal billionaire” obviously meaning Tony Khan.
I’m glad I risked a blizzard to go to Collision, because the Saturday and Sunday episodes did quite well. The former was 554,000 viewers and a 0.20 while the latter was 584,000 viewers and a 0.22. (Wrestlenomics)
The latest episode of TNA Xplosion can be found here.
Sexyy Red is accompanying Jey Uso to the ring at WrestleMania 41.
