Various: ESPN Top 30 Wrestlers Under 30 List, Beautiful People & Awesome Kong Announced for Impact 1000, Indies

MJF Tops ESPN’s Top 30 Wrestlers Under 30

ESPN recently released their Top 30 Pro Wrestlers Under 30 list featuring who they consider to be the current best wrestlers in the world under the age of 30.

It was announced that MJF took the top spot for their inaugural list, followed by Rhea Ripley, Austin Theory, El Hijo del Vikingo, and Dominik Mysterio in order to round out the Top 5.

ESPN’s Top 30 Pro Wrestlers Under 30 full list:

1. MJF
2. Rhea Ripley
3. Austin Theory
4. El Hijo del Vikingo
5. Dominik Mysterio
6. Bron Breakker
7. Carmelo Hayes
8. Konosuke Takeshita
9. Liv Morgan
10. Logan Paul
11. Giulia
12. Butch
13. Jack Perry
14. Wes Lee
15. Utami Hayashishita
16. Toni Storm
17. Dragon Lee
18. Bandido
19. Jamie Hayter
20. Wheeler Yuta
21. Kaito Kiyomiya
22. Saya Kamitani
23. Yota Tsuji
24. Jordynne Grace
25. Deonna Purrazzo
26. Ilja Dragunov
27. Masha Slamovich
28. Tyler Bate
29. Daniel Garcia
30. Shota Umino

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Impact Announced Beaultifil People & Awesome King for Impact 1000th Show

Impact Wrestling recently announced that former Impact talents The Beautiful People (Angelina Love & Velvet Sky) and Awesome King will be making an appearance at their Impact 1000th show on September 9th in White Plains, New York.

BREAKING: Knockouts legends The Beautiful People (@ActualALove and @VelVelHoller) are coming to #IMPACT1000 on September 9 at the Westchester County Center in White Plains, NY!

Get tickets HERE: https://t.co/IQZ1hLHgOr pic.twitter.com/aM7wFvvHKR

— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) August 4, 2023

BREAKING: IMPACT Hall of Famer @MeanQueenK is coming to #IMPACT1000 on September 9 at the Westchester County Center in White Plains, NY!

Get tickets HERE: https://t.co/IQZ1hLHgOr pic.twitter.com/NHMoiAbfqM

— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) August 4, 2023

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Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

As noted before, Jordynne Grace’s contract with Impact Wrestling expired this past May and is currently on a break from wrestling for outside projects-related reasons. While responding to a fan on Twitter, Grace provided an update stating that she might return to wrestling next year but she is also currently in no hurry to do so.

Kota Ibushi announced on Twitter that he is currently dealing with tonsillitis but this would not impact his status for GLEAT’s event today in Tokyo, Japan. Ibushi was scheduled to be involved in a 10-Man Tag Team match at the event.

In a recent episode of the Off Her Chops podcast, co-host Cassie Lee gave her thoughts about why herself and Jessica McKay decided to take a break from wrestling. Lee stated “We wanted to take a step back because we both wanted to take a step forward with our acting aspirations and also, I had been trying to get pregnant for a f*cking long time at this point. I was like, I gotta work this out and I feel like maybe because I keep wrestling, it’s not happening because my body — I keep wrestling, and so, it was tough because it wasn’t a smooth transition out. Only because we weren’t super honest about that. Because if I’m being honest, I don’t think it’s anybody’s business. Hey, I wanna take a step back because I wanna get pregnant. That’s not anyone’s business. But what am I gonna say? You know? It’s tough.” (Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com)

Impact Wrestling recently announced a new match for the card of their co-promoted Impact x NJPW Multiverse United 2 event on August 20th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:

• TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. & Shane Haste) vs. Moose & Eddie Edwards

DEFY Wrestling recently announced a new match for the card of their The Splendid Vile event on August 26th in London, England:

• Nick Wayne vs. KC Navarro

Major League Wrestling recently announced a new match for the card of their MLW Fusion taping on September 3rd in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:

• Street Fight – Akira vs. Jimmy Llyod