Swerve, Watanabe, NJPW, Punk, Seth, Gable, Omega, Jericho, Gravity, Naomi, Hirsch, CMLL, MLW, wXw – Monday’s Wrestling News

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Swerve Strickland suffered a busted eardrum in his match with Ricochet at Revolution last night, while Momo Watanabe was seen on crutches backstage after a “bad landing” during her match with Mercedes Mone messed up her ankle. (PWI)

Two matches have been announced by New Japan Pro Wrestling for the Road to Sakura Genesis on April 4th. El Desperado will defend the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against Clark Connors, and Robbie Eagles and Kosei Fujita will defend against the IWGP Junior Heavyweight tag team titles against Robbie X and Taiji Ishimori. (NJPW)

Speaking of New Japan here are night three New Japan Cup results. (FF)

  • Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI def. Daiki Nagai & Katsuya Murashima
  • Chase Owens & SANADA def. TAKA Michinoku & Yuya Uemura
  • Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. def. Jakob Austin Young, Jeff Cobb & TJP
  • David Finlay, Gabe Kidd & Gedo def. Ren Narita, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Yujiro Takahashi
  • Dick Togo, EVIL & SHO def. BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji
  • New Japan Cup First Round Match: Oleg Boltin def. Bad Luck Fale
  • New Japan Cup First Round Match: Great-O-Khan def. El Phantasmo (w/ Jado)
  • New Japan Cup First Round Match: Drilla Moloney def. Tomohiro Ishii
  • New Japan Cup First Round Match: Tetsuya Naito def. Callum Newman
  • Hirooki Goto & Hiroshi Tanahashi def. Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata

CM Punk and Seth Rollins have a steel cage match on Raw tonight. (WWE)

  • Steel Cage Match: CM Punk vs. Seth Rollins
  • Tornado Tag Rules: LWO vs. The New Day
  • Jey Uso vs. Grayson Waller
  • AJ Styles calls out Logan Paul

Former WWE wrestler Gable Steveson just won his fourth Big Ten title, setting a record as the first heavyweight in Big Ten wrestling to do so. He’s also the 19th wrestler overall to win four conference titles in his amateur career.

Kenny Omega defeated Konosuke Takeshita to get the AEW International Title at Revolution last night — the only major title change of the entire card. (AEW)

Chris Jericho attacked Gravity and unmasked him during the Zero Hour pre-show and as a result their match never took place. (AEW)

Naomi talks about her inspirations as a wrestler: “Because of what I look like and what I represent, the first things that were shown to me were Jazz and Jacqueline Moore. Before them, there really was a period of time where that representation was lacking. It wasn’t there. Those two came in and blew the ceiling off. They have become that pillar of Black excellence in the world of wrestling, they set the tone. To this day, I truly believe they are two of the greatest of all time, not just Black, but women wrestlers period. Fast forward, even later, I’m making my own history. We have women like Mercedes. Bianca Belair. We have Jade Cargill, we have Athena, and many more coming. It’s not just one here or there every couple of years, we’re seeing excellence from women across the board in the world of wrestling.”

Congratulations to Leyla Hirsch on marrying her girlfriend Jordan last month!

CMLL Sabado de Coliseo results are below. (FF)

  • Valiente Jr., Oro Jr. & Arkalis def. Pólvora, Hunter & El Coyote
  • Two of Three Falls Match: Audaz & Los Divinos Laguneros def. Rey Bucanero & Los Felinos (2-1)
  • Two of Three Falls Match: Pretty Psycho def. India Sioux & Skadi (2-1)
  • Two of Three Falls Match: La Fuerza Tapatía def. Las Bestias del Diablo (2-1)
  • Two of Three Falls Match: Soberano Jr. & Los Hermanos Chávez def. El Elemental & Los Bárbaros (2-1)
  • Two of Three Falls Match: Místico & Templario def. Los Depredadores by DQ (2-1)

Here are MLW Intimidation Games results. (FF)

  • Okumura def. Ariel Dominguez
  • First Blood Match: Alex Kane & Mr. Thomas def. The Andersons
  • MLW Women’s World Featherweight Championship Match: Delmi Exo def. Tara Zep
  • Templario appeared in a backstage promo talking about how he will win the MLW World Middleweight Title from Mistico.
  • MLW National Openweight Championship Match: Matthew Justice def. AKIRA, Bobby Fish, and Paul Walter Hauser. The Rogue Horsemen’s allies attacked the other competitors post-match.
  • Cesar Duran announced that he’s the new MLW President, then fainted when Salina De La Renta got engaged.
  • Alex Kane told Eric Bischoff that he’s entering the Battle Riot match.
  • Donovan Dijak cut a promo about Battle Riot VII saying he was taking aim at Matt Riddle and Tom Lawlor.
  • KUSHIDA def. Neon
  • Ikuro Kwon & Mads Krule Krügger fought Matt Riddle & Tom Lawlor to a no contest. The locker room came out for a giant brawl to close the show.

Speaking of MLW: “Major League Wrestling (MLW) today announced Alex Kane will participate in the 40-wrestler Battle RIOT match at MLW Battle RIOT VII on Saturday, April 5 at Commerce Casino & Hotel in Los Angeles, CA and presented live on YouTube.”

wXw 16 Carat Gold tournament night two results are below. (CMN)

  • Pre-Show Match: Masaaki Mochizuki def. Adam Priest
  • Elijah Blum def. Cara Noir
  • 16 Carat Gold Tournament Quarterfinal Match: Laurance Roman def. Axel Tischer
  • 16 Carat Gold Tournament Quarterfinal Match: Masha Slamovich def. Bobby Gunns
  • Aigle Blanc, Daisuke Sekimoto & Michael Oku def. Hektor Invictus, Nick Schreier & Thomas Shire
  • 16 Carat Gold Tournament Quarterfinal Match: Ahura def. Psycho Clown
  • 16 Carat Gold Tournament Quarterfinal Match: 1 Called Manders def. Leon Slater
  • wXw European Championship Match: Mike D Vecchio def. Levaniel
  • wXw World Tag Team Championship TLC Match: Big Bucks def. High Performer Ltd., Planet Gojirah, and Young Blood

Stokely Hathaway has been off AEW TV simply because he’s been taking time off — no other reason. (FF)