Various: Kalisto Update, NJPW & Wrestle Kingdom 12, Iron Sheik WWF Title

Update on Kalisto’s Injury Status

As previously reported, Kalisto suffered a head injury during last week’s episode of 205 Live after a fan threw a water bottle at his head. While the fan was quickly caught and removed from the building, Kalisto required stitches to close a facial wound and a MRI done as a precaution due to the incident.

In an update to this situation, Kalisto’s injury was reported to not have been serious and wrestled against Tony Nese during Monday’s tapings for Main Event.

NJPW and Wrestle Kingdom 12 News & Notes

New Japan Pro Wrestling will be making an official video game announcement on January 3rd as part of a fan event for Wrestle Kingdom 12. The announcement is currently scheduled to occur at 12:15 PM local time.

NJPW also recently released two match promo videos on their official Youtube channel for Wrestle Kingdom 12’s IWGP Intercontinental Championship match and IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Four-way match. Both videos feature English language subtitles.

Besides the match promo videos, NJPW also recently released a promo video hyping up January 4th’s Wrestle Kingdom 12 event. Unlike the videos above, this video features English language audio.

“WWE Did You Know” – Iron Sheik WWF Championship Anniversary

In a “WWE Did You Know” type fact, Tuesday, December 26th was the 34th anniversary of the Iron Sheik’s first (and only) WWF Championship victory. Iron Sheik defeated then champion Bob Backlund for the title at Madison Square Garden after Backlund’s manager, Arnold Skaaland, threw in the towel to end the match.

At the time, Iron Sheik ended Backlund’s 1,470 day reign as WWF champion. Unfortunately for the Iron Sheik, his WWF championship reign would only last for a meager 28 days before being dethroned by Hulk Hogan.