Kota Ibushi, Lainey Reid, NXT, Halloween Havoc, Rollins, Raw, Rey Mysterio, NWA, Abdullah the Butcher – Wednesday’s Pro Wrestling News

Kota Ibushi

Bad news for Kota Ibushi — he’s been told his broken femur will put him out of action FOR TWO YEARS. Suffice it to say that’s not a diagnosis he accepts and plans to come back much sooner.

Last night on WWE NXT, Lainey Reid officially joined Fatal Influence.

Speaking of NXT here’s the current card for next Tuesday. (WWE)

  • TNA X-Division Championship Match: Leon Slater vs. Stacks
  • WWE Speed Men’s Championship Tournament Match: Axiom vs. Shawn Legacy
  • WWE Speed Men’s Championship Tournament Match: Jasper Troy vs. Zachary Wentz
  • OTM vs. Hank & Tank
  • Ricky Saints & Trick Williams sign contract for Halloween Havoc

And here’s the current Halloween Havoc card for October 25th. (WWE)

  • NXT Championship Match: Trick Williams vs. Ricky Saints
  • NXT Women’s Championship Match: Jacy Jayne vs. Tatum Paxley
  • NXT North American Championship Day of the Dead Match: Ethan Page vs. Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr.
  • NXT Tag Team Championship Match: Hardys vs. DarkState

Seth Rollins has been removed from advertisements for WWE’s tour of Japan.

Last week’s Raw was up from 2.3 to 2.4 million viewers — the first increase in a while. (Netflix)

Rey Mysterio has been training for an in-ring return at the WWE Performance Center. (PWI)

NWA has announced Abdullah the Butcher will be at NWA Samhain 3.