The rap that Max Caster delivered on his way to the ring at Bound For Glory 2026 included this fateful line: “This the firing squad/I drop bombs, you don’t even have to fly to Riyadh.” The backlash both in and outside of TNA was almost immediate. All videos of his performance were scrubbed from their platforms and on demand replays and TNA released a statement: “During Sunday’s Bound For Glory pay-per-view, insensitive comments were made by Max Caster referencing attacks in Riyadh that killed and injured many people. Making light of violent attacks is wrong. This should never have made it into the show, and that responsibility is ours. Our thoughts are with the victims, their families, and everyone affected. We sincerely apologize. We have removed the segment from replays and our social channels and are taking steps to ensure something like this never happens again. Max Caster will no longer be wrestling for TNA. – TNA Wrestling, Monday, October 12”
Speaking of things being “in doubt” here’s what Dave Meltzer had to say about WWE holding Crown Jewel 2026 in Riyadh next month: “They’re going to cancel when they feel there’s no hope. Nobody wants to go, I mean let’s be serious, nobody wants to go right now. Everyone knows the situation, it’s high alert for people, no one is advised to go there right now. Most likely, the show will be moved but they’re not going to say anything until there’s no hope and whatever, and that may be this week. I mean they may look at that and go ‘There’s no hope.’ But they’ll fight it until whenever they make the decision, but I mean yeah, it ain’t looking good, it ain’t looking good at all but they’re not going to say anything. They’re not going to say anything until the day they say it isn’t happening. Could be any day now, they may hold out later.” (WO)
The last set of MLW Fusion results are available below. (FF)
- Opera Cup First Round Match: Ikuro Kwon def. Andrew Everett
- Austin Aries cut a promo saying that he is better than Mistico and will win the Opera Cup
- Opera Cup First Round Match: Big Damo def. Wolfgang
- A teaser aired for Yota Tsuji
- Jumbo def. Rich Moya
- The Skyscrapers def. Killer Kross & Matt Riddle
Sam Holloway says his WWE ID deal has come to an end.
Steve Maclin says he suffered a broken fibula ten weeks before facing Adam Copeland for a match at MLP Northern Rising.
Here’s the updated card for Power Struggle 2026. (NJPW)
- IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: The Knock Out Brothers (Yuto-Ice & OSKAR) (c) vs. United Empire (Will Ospreay & Callum Newman)
- IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship Match: Gabe Kidd (c) vs. Taichi
- Three-Way Match: Yota Tsuji vs. Kenny Omega vs. Oleg Boltin – and if Omega wins, he’ll earn a shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship)
WWE has just now filed a trademark for “The Vision.” (USPTO)
On her last Twitch stream Anna Jay confirmed she’ll be getting shoulder surgery. Best wishes to her!
Drew McIntyre has been added to the voice cast of Disney’s film Hexed.
The plaintiffs in the lawsuit against WWE over misleading promotion of PLEs being moved to ESPN “at no additional charge” when in fact you had to get ESPN Unlimited to access them (which some cable and satellite providers gave their customers while others did not) objected to ESPN and their streaming partner BAMTech applying to be added to the case as defendants. The presiding judge has given all parties until October 16th to respond to the objections. (PWI)
Chad Gable retained the IC Title against Rey Fenix on Raw last night.
Oba Femi turned down an offer to be a Paul Heyman Guy on Raw. “I’m an Oba Femi Guy.”
ICYMI Carmelo Hayes returned on Raw to attack Solo Sikoa with a tire iron.
