Various: Prestige Wrestling States Globe Theatre Has Shut Down, Ren Narita Joins House of Torture at Wed. NJPW World Tag League 2023 Event, Indies

Dec 6, 2023

Prestige Wrestling Announces The Globe Theatre Has Actually Shut Down

As noted before, iconic wrestling venue The Globe Theatre in Los Angeles, California initially made the decision to shut down their doors only to quickly reverse the decision this past November. The reason for the initial decision was due to a dispute between the building’s owner and those running the theater itself.

Prestige Wrestling recently provided an update stating that their upcoming co-promoted Combat Princess USA event with Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling will no longer be taking place at the venue and instead will now be taking place at The Vermont Hollywood in Los Angeles. It was announced that the official reason is due to further complications issues with the Globe Theatre.

***BREAKING NEWS – PLEASE READ***

Due to further complications with THE GLOBE THEATRE we will be moving all future Los Angeles shows to THE VERMONT HOLLYWOOD!

This includes Combat Princess USA & A Moment of Violence.

All tickets will still be honored & we are thrilled to have… pic.twitter.com/bvr31pZajl
— Prestige Wrestling (@WrestlePrestige) December 6, 2023

In a followup announcement, Prestige owner William Quintana stated on Twitter that the reason for the venue change is due to him being recently informed that the Globe Theatre has actually shut down.

Here’s your scoop, since yall wanna DM me to break the news.

Globe Theatre is ACTUALLY closed.

No issues with the staff or people at the venue on my end. It’s from the higher ups.

Onward & upward.

Love yall.
— William Quintana (@WillQuintanaNW) December 6, 2023

Ren Narita Joins House of Torture at Wednesday’s NJPW World Tag League 2023 Event

Wednesday’s World Tag League 2023 event for New Japan Pro Wrestling in Karatsu, Japan featured Ren Narita turning on his tag team partner Shota Umino and officially joining House of Torture.

During the match, Narita refused to be tagged in by Umino and stood by as Umino was attacked. Narita then walked off the apron and grabbed a chair at ringside and sat down. Narita looked on while Umino tried to fend off House of Torture and attempted to win the match on his own. Near the end of the match, Narita applied a sleeper hold on Umino to knock him out leading to EVIL hitting Everything Is Evil to Umino for the pinfall victory.

💪WORLD TAG LEAGUE 2023 唐津大会🏆

成田の不穏な動きに場内騒然…一体どうなってしまうのか⁉️

🆚 @Shooter_us & 成田蓮 × @151012EVIL & 高橋裕二郎#njpwworld で配信中📡

視聴＆登録⏩https://t.co/CeQLGjTmZ5 #njwtl #NJPW pic.twitter.com/BvDox3grwo
— NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) December 6, 2023

Following the match, Narita ripped off his Umino & Narita tag team shirt and put on a House of Torture shirt revealing himself as the group’s newest official member.

HOUSE OF TORTURE New Member “Ren Narita”

Sign up Now & Stay tuned to https://t.co/CeQLGjTmZ5 #njwtl #NJPW #njpwworld pic.twitter.com/hW9y7U0KCT
— NJPW WORLD (@njpwworld) December 6, 2023

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Wednesday’s World Tag League 2023 event for New Japan Pro Wrestling in Karatsu, Japan featured Bullet Club War Dogs (Alex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd) emerging as the winner’s of this year’s A Block group. TMDK (Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls) finished as runners-up in the group with both them and Bullet Club War Dogs advancing to the Semifinals Round of this year’s tournament.

Sukeban recently announced that their upcoming event later tonight at the Lot 11 Skatepark in Miami, Florida will be airing live on both their official TikTok account and the CEO Gaming Twitch channel.

NJPW recently announced that their upcoming World Tag League 2023 Finals event on December 10th in Mashiki, Japan will not be featuring live English commentary. It was announced that the reason is due to recent technical-related issues involving their New Japan World streaming service. It was also announced that English commentary for the event will be added on VOD at a later date.

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre recently released a video revealing that a mystery person will be arriving soon to the company. TheCubsFan reported that his sources confirmed the recent rumors about Andrade El Idolo being the mystery person returning to CMLL. It was reported that Andrade’s upcoming return to CMLL is likely not meant to be a talent exchange between CMLL and AEW but instead more likely Andrade using his freedom in AEW to take outside bookings to work for CMLL on the side.

Wrestling legend Dutch Mantell, former Zeb Colter in WWE, recently announced on Facebook that he has been hospitalized for some time due to him currently suffering a serious illness. Mantell stated “OK guys, here’s for the those who’ve been looking for me. Let me catch everybody up up. In a nutshell, I’ve been very sick. There are packages’ missing and parcels that I’ve misplaced…but guys, I’ll make it good. Just give me time. I’m praying everyday for everybody’s safety. For me personally, I’ve been admitted to a hospital here in Lutz where I’ll be for a while. I request everybody honor my family’s respect to have our own private thoughts. I will respond to all of you privately…and thank you for for patience. My daughter Amanda has been with me helping me.“

WrestleCon recently announced that The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers and Perry Saturn will be making an appearance for the company at their WrestleCon 2024 on April 4-7, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Starrcast recently announced that Mickie James and WWE Hall of Famer Bret “The Hitman” Hart will be making an appearance for the company at their Starrcast Downunder convention from April 10-15, 2024 in Ballarat, Australia.

Mark Andrews announced on Twitter that he has pulled himself from all of his remaining bookings for this year due to him suffering a right calf injury at a recent event for Revolution Pro Wrestling.

Impact/TNA Wrestling recently announced that Will Ospreay will be making an appearance for the company at their Snake Eyes event on January 14, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Impact also recently announced that this Thursday’s Impact! show will be featuring matches from their co-promoted Ultra Clash event with Lucha Libre AAA this past November in San Pedro Garza García, Mexico.

Matt Cardona recently announced that he will be making an appearance for the National Wrestling Alliance at their NWA Paranoia event on January 13, 2024 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.