Various: Leyla Hirsch vs. Red Velvet for ROH Women’s TV Title Set for ROH Final Battle 2024, Masatora Yasuda Suffered Injury & Pulled from 11/28 NJPW World Tag League 2024 Event, Indies

“Legit” Leyla Hirsch vs. Red Velvet for ROH Women’s TV Title Announced for ROH Final Battle 2024

Ring of Honor announced the first official match for the card of their Final Battle 2024 event, which takes place on December 20th at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York.

This new match announced was a ROH Women’s World Television Championship match of “Legit” Leyla Hirsch vs. Red Velvet (c).

FRIDAY Dec 20th | Hammerstein Ballroom@ManhattanCenter | #ROHFinalBattlehttps://t.co/jzp8mHNbgn#ROH Women’s World TV Title
Red Velvet (c) vs 'Legit' Leyla Hirsch#ROH Women’s World TV Title is on the line as the challenger @LegitLeyla takes on the champion @Thee_Red_Velvet! pic.twitter.com/jTkqaZzRFm

— ROH – Ring of Honor Wrestling (@ringofhonor) November 29, 2024

Current card for ROH Final Battle 2024:

• ROH Women’s World Television Championship match – “Legit” Leyla Hirsch vs. Red Velvet (c)

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NJPW Announces Masatora Yasuda Suffered Undisclosed Injury

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced earlier today that they had pulled Masatora Yasuda from Thursday’s World Tag League 2024 event in Mito, Japan due to him suffering an undisclosed injury during his pre-match training prior to the start of the show.

As a result of an injury sustained by Masatora Yasuda in pre match training, today's kickoff match has been cancelled. The remainder of the event will proceed as planned from 6:30 PM JST.#njpw #njwtl https://t.co/1Js69PMKNN

— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) November 28, 2024

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Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that NJPW, All Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling NOAH, Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, and Marigold have all recently contacted several breakout and top United Kingdom and European wrestlers for potential excursions to Japan in 2025. It was reported that among the interested talents includes two unspecified top champions in Europe. It was also reported that those spoken to stated to expect more tours and collaborative events between European promotions in 2025. Several big name talents reportedly are currently in talks for appearances in the UK and Ireland for events in early 2025.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that Ohio Valley Wrestling recently signed a new television contract with New England Sports Network (NESN). Johnson reported that his sources stated that OVW’s deal with NESN was recently completed and their premiere show on the network will be airing on December 29th starting at 3AM EST.

In a recent interview with TV Insider, WWE Hall of Famer Eric Bischoff gave his thoughts about his role in overseeing Major League Wrestling’s One Shot event this December in New York City, New York. Bischoff stated “As far as creativity and my fingerprints on the show, I’m thinking more of the production than storylines. Let’s be real, I’m not fluent in the backstory and talent and everything that has been going on in MLW. That will become important and clearly, Court [Bauer] and his team have a handle on that. What I want to do is whatever stories they have in place already, I’m focused on telling that story. What could I do from a production standpoint? For example, the way we treat the backstage interviews or the way we thread the story throughout the show. The way we build anticipation for the main event. Whatever is fundamental in professional wrestling but often times overlooked. Everyone is focused on the finish, the big spot in the match or the in-ring promo. All things that deserve attention, but in the process on focusing on the big things, producers have a tendency to lose sight of the little things that make the show flow and creates emotion and hold viewers’ interest, and surprise them.” Bischoff also gave his thoughts about him potentially working for MLW after his upcoming debut appearance. Bischoff stated “It’s a good question and fair question, but I’m trying not to think about it because I just want to see how much fun I have. It’s not just me having fun. If Court and his team don’t enjoy it, just slug through it. I don’t want to do that. Or I feel that way, I don’t. The door is open certainly. I got bills. I got a life. I get bored in the middle of nowhere Wyoming occasionally and like to throw myself into something to put pressure on myself with something that challenges me. It’s not a test. My only expectation is to have a great time and make sure the audience has fun. Make sure the talent I work with walks away with maybe saying, ‘I’ve heard all these terrible things about him. He is not such a bad guy.’ Better yet, maybe they say they learned something from this experience. That’s the fun of it. Directing talent and getting more out of them than they thought they could give that’s the home run. In addition to collaboration, that’s the part I miss.“

Game Changer Wrestling announced that Amazing Red will be making an appearance for the company at their The People vs. GCW event on January 19, 2025 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York.

GCW also announced one new match for the card of their Highest In The Room 3 event on December 14th in Los Angeles, California:

• Josh Barnett vs. Royce Isaacs

National Wrestling Alliance announced one new match for the card of their Looks That Kill event on December 14th in Dothan, Alabama:

• Steel Cage match – Tiffany Nieves vs. Natalia Markova

TNA Wrestling announced one new match for the card of next week’s show on December 5th on AXS TV:

• Sami Callihan & PCO vs. The Good Hands (John Skyler & Jason Hotch)