Various: Yuya Umerua Leaving Impact, Sukeban Debut Event Results, Indies

Sep 22, 2023

Yuya Uemura Leaving Impact Wrestling

Thursday’s Impact 1000 Week 2 show for Impact Wrestling in White Plains, New York featured the briefcase results from last week’s Feast or Fried match at Impact 1000 Week 1 show. The winners of this match were Crazzy Steve, Moose, Chris Bey, and Yuya Uemura.

In a backstage segment on the show, Busted Open Radio co-host Dave LaGreca was the official guest host for the Feast or Fired briefcase contents reveal.

Crazzy Steve’s case revealed him to receive a title shot for the Impact Digital Media Championship, Moose’s case revealed him to receive a title shot for the Impact World Championship, and Bey’s case revealed him and Ace Austin to receive a title shot for the Impact World Tag Team Championship.

As a result of those three getting title shots, this meant that Uemura was guaranteed to have the case containing his firing notice, which Uemura confirmed when he opened up his case.

.@Im_YuyaUemura has unfortunately drawn the short straw in Feast or Fired. #IMPACT1000 @joehendry pic.twitter.com/69MAhpmf6t
— IMPACT (@IMPACTWRESTLING) September 22, 2023

Prior to the announcement, Uemura had been working in Impact since August of 2022 as part of his excursion from New Japan Pro Wrestling.

Sukeban Debut Event Results – Sept. 21, 2023

September 21, 2023
New York City, New York – The Capitale

Quick Match Results

Cherry Bomb Girls (Crush Yuu, Supersonic, & Riko Blondie) defeated The Vandals (Atomic Banshee, Otaku-chan, & BINGO) via Senton Splash (pinfall)
Three-way match – KONAMI defeated Saki Bimi and Queen of Hearts (Miyuki Takase) via Roll-up (pinfall)
Stray Cat defeated Midnight Player via Running Kick (pinfall)
Dangerous Liaisons (Commander Nakajima & Lady Antoinette) defeated Harajuku Stars (Maya Mamushi & Babyface) via Bridging Fallaway Slam (pinfall)
Sukeban World Championship Eliminator match – Ichigo Sayaka defeated Countess Saori via Small Package (pinfall)

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

As noted before, New Japan Pro Wrestling English commentator Kevin Kelly recently announced that he will be leaving the company due to family-related reasons. Super J-Cast reported that their sources stated that NJPW recently hired Walker Stewart to be their new lead English commentator for their events. Post Wrestling’s John Pollock reported that his sources confirmed that Stewart will be officially replacing Kelly in the near future.

El Hijo del Vikingo reportedly suffered a leg injury at this past Saturday’s ROH TV tapings for Ring of Honor in State College, Pennsylvania, according to the Wrestling Observer Radio. Dave Meltzer reported that his sources stated that ROH officials were initially concerned that Vikingo might have suffered a broken hip injury but were hopeful afterwards that it was just a deep bruise instead.

Stardom announced that they have pulled Utami Hayashishita from their 5STAR Grand Prix 2023 event on September 23rd in Miyagi and September 24th 5STAR Grand Prix 2023 event in Sanjo, Japan due to her recently suffering an injury.

In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, Naomichi Marufuji gave his thoughts about his match with Will Ospreay at this past Sunday’s Naomichi Marufuji Debut 25th Anniversary Show for Pro Wrestling NOAH. Marufuji stated “Ospreay was the only one for this match. I think he is the perfection of modern wrestling. He is a great fighter. I think the word ‘genius’ is appropriate for him.“

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre recently announced that Volador Jr. suffered a right shoulder injury at their 90 Anniversario event this past Saturday in Mexico City, Mexico.

Beyond Wrestling recently announced that they have cancelled their upcoming Wrestling Beach Face event on September 24th in Westerly, Rhode Island due to weather-related issues.

PCW Ultra recently announced that they will be holding a new event on October 7th at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

Following Thursday’s Impact 1000 Week 2 show, Impact Wrestling issued a statement on Twitter thanking their fans for their support over their 1,000 episodes of Impact. Impact stated “Whether you crossed the line, fell in love with the new face of professional wrestling or continue to own the night every Thursday – we thank you for all your time and dedication and support over the last 1000 episodes of IMPACT. Here’s to the next 1000. #IMPACT1000 pic.twitter.com/ij368PkQch”

Impact also announced two new matches for the card of their Bound For Glory 2023 event on October 21st in Chicago, Illinois:

Will Ospreay vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey
Impact World Championship – Josh Alexander vs. Alex Shelley (c)

Impact also announced a new match for the card of their September 28th Impact! show:

Impact X-Division Championship – Alan Angels vs. Chris Sabin (c)

PROGRESS Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their Chapter 157: Hungry Like The Wolf event on September 24th in London, England: