Various: Jonathan Gresham Suffered Injury, Eddie Kingston on G1 Climax Run, Konnan on AAA’s U.S. Plans

Jonathan Gresham Suffered Unknown Injury, Pulled from Beyond Wrestling’s Aug. 13 Event

Beyond Wrestling announced that they have pulled Jonathan Gresham from the card of their upcoming Americanrana 2023 event on August 13th in Worcester, Massachusetts due to him suffering an injury.

While the exact injury was not disclosed, it was announced that Gresham suffered the injury during a recent training session and is currently expected to be out of action from wrestling for the next four to six weeks.

BREAKING: Jonathan Gresham sustained an injury yesterday during training and will be out 4-6 weeks.

We wish The Octopus a speedy recovery and hope to find a new opponent for @FancyRyanClancy for #Americanrana this Sunday in Worcester. pic.twitter.com/GKGB11nusv

— Beyond Wrestling (@beyondwrestling) August 7, 2023

As a result of his injury, Gresham’s status for Impact Wrestling’s upcoming Multiverse United 2 and Emergence 2023 events is currently in doubt.

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Eddie Kingston Comments on His G1 Climax 2023 Stint for NJPW

Tuesday’s G1 Climax 2023 event for New Japan Pro Wrestling in Yokohama, Japan featured David Finlay defeating Eddie Kingston in the final night of C Block group matches. As a result of his loss, Kingston was eliminated from this year’s G1 Climax tournament.

During a post-match press conference, Kingston gave his thoughts about the end of his current run in NJPW’s G1 Climax 2023 tournament.

“Humble in victory, and humble in defeat. I’m not happy. I’m mad at myself, but in this great sport, it happens. Finlay was the better man tonight. Disrespected the belt, we’ll talk about that later behind the scenes. But he was the better man tonight, and I make no excuses for it. Dream’s not over because I’m still alive. That’s what I keep telling people. But my G1’s over. It’s kind of hard to look back at it right now, with all the emotions going on. But we have what, two more shows left? How many? Four shows left, so I have four chances to show the world that I belong here, that I studied the style, and I put it into my game because I love it. I love pro wrestling. There’s nothing else too it. So win or lose, I will be humble. Congratulation, Finlay. Good luck to everybody else that’s still left in the G1. It’s been a hard journey, you guys earned it. Not deserved it, earned it. I got four more chances to show the Japanese fans what I’m all about. That’s emotion, yeah, I’m an emotional guy. Emotion and passion for this great sport. That’s it, guys. I’m gonna try to get up because my back is shot. It hurts.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

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Konnan Comments on AAA’s Major Plans for U.S. Expansion & Potential TV Deal

A recent episode of the Under The Ring podcast featured Lucha Libre AAA head booker Konnan as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Konnan’s thoughts about AAA’s current major expansion plans for the United States and being hopeful of getting a television deal in 2024.

“Hopefully, next year, I can’t get into details, but we’re negotiating to come into the United States in a major way, hopefully with a TV deal, and show people what Mexican Lucha libre is all about. You won’t see what you see in the United States, which is basically Mexican wrestlers within the confines of an American style. You’re gonna see straight Lucha libre like you saw, maybe if you ever saw Lucha Underground.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com