Thekla, Omos, NJPW, Lyra Valkyria, SNME, ROH, Impact, Collision, Jin Tala, Bloodsport, Sandra Gray, Cody Rhodes – Thursday’s Latest Pro Wrestling News

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ICYMI Thekla made her AEW debut last night attacking Jamie Hayter.

In an interview with Chris Van Vliet, Omos says he’s waiting like everybody else to make his WWE return: “I don’t know. I’m just waiting. I’m kind of in a scenario where I’m kind of like a special attraction. Whenever that time comes, I’m ready.”

Here are the latest NJPW Best of the Super Juniors results. (FF)

  • Dragon Dia, Ninja Mack & KUSHIDA def. Daiki Nagai, Masatora Yasuda & Shoma Kato
  • HOUSE OF TORTURE (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi) def. Katsuya Murashima, Toru Yano & Master Wato
  • Yota Tsuji & Hiromu Takahashi def. United Empire (Jakob Austin Young & Francesco Akira)
  • TMDK (Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson) def. War Dogs (Clark Connors, Robbie X & Gedo)
  • B Block: Kevin Knight (4-5) def. Ryusuke Taguchi (3-6)
  • B Block: Titan (4-5) def. Nick Wayne (4-5)
  • B Block: MAO (6-3) def. SHO (4-5)
  • B Block: El Desperado (6-3) def. Robbie Eagles (4-5)
  • B Block: YOH (6-3) def. Taiji Ishimori (4-5)

Lyra Valkyria talks about her reaction to IYO SKY vs. Rhea Ripley vs. Bianca Belair: “I was watching backstage and I almost ruined my makeup! I had tears in my eyes as I was watching. There will be women – and even men – that start wrestling because of that match. I really think that. And, you know, for them to be inspiring me as a champion on their roster – I can’t imagine the effect it would have on women watching at home.”

The last Saturday Night’s Main Event did 1.969 million viewers, up from 1.454 on January 25th. More significantly the 18-49 demo rose from 0.33 to 0.54. (PI)

Here’s the lineup for Honor Club tonight. (ROH)

  • Rhino & Hologram vs. The Frat House
  • La Catalina vs. Trish Adora
  • Satnam Singh vs. TBD
  • Lance Archer vs. TBD

And here’s the card for Impact tonight on AXS TV. (TNA)

  • TNA International Championship: Steve Maclin (c) vs. Matt Cardona
  • #1 Contenders Match for TNA World Tag Team Championship: First Class vs. Aztec Warriors vs. The System vs. The Rascalz
  • Lei Ying Lee vs. Ash by Elegance
  • Ariana Grace & Santino Marella vs. Victoria Crawford & Robert Stone
  • Mustafa Ali vs. Raj Singh
  • Mance Warner vs. TBD
  • We hear from Trick Williams
  • A special Elegance brand product reveal

A non-spoiler preview of Collision on TNT this Saturday is below. (AEW)

  • AEW International Title #1 Contender Tournament Match: Claudio Castagnoli vs. Komander
  • AEW International Title #1 Contender Tournament Match: Hechicero vs. Mascara Dorada
  • Trent Beretta, Rocky Romero, & Konosuke Takeshita vs. Tomohiro Ishii, Roderick Strong & Kyle O’Reilly
  • Skye Blue vs. Mina Shirakawa

Leigh Laurel has joined the WWE EVOLVE roster as Jin Tala.

Bloodsport XIV will be August 2nd in Rutherford, NJ.

Sandra Gray talks about making the Stardust outfit for Cody Rhodes: “That Stardust stuff, that was kind of a last minute thing for me. When he found out about doing that, I believe I was home – it’s SmackDown, you go home, and then you go to Raw – between that time, I had to come up with a Stardust outfit. I did, and I have never in my whole life made gloves. All of a sudden, now I have to make gloves, but I have to put a star to make it match. He doesn’t even know the stress to took to do that. Once I got it figured out, it was a lot of hand sewing, I literally put half of that star and I was sewing it on my own hand that very first one. I didn’t know how to make gloves. I figured just cut it out and I literally sewed it by hand with my hand inside of it. Yes, I did get stuck a few times, but it was worth it because he committed to Stardust, and I love that about it. I feel like I was a big part of making that whole look come to life. The gear was not the easiest to make only because of the gloves.”