Miu Watanabe vs. Masha Slamovich for TNA Knockouts Title Announced for TJPW Live in Las Vegas Event
Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their TJPW Live in Las Vegas event, which takes place on April 18th at the Pearl Theater at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.
This new match announced was a TNA Knockouts World Championship match of Miu Watanabe vs. Masha Slamovich (c).
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Joey Janela Torn Biceps Injury Status Update – Janela Announces He’s Coming Back Early From Injury for Sabu Match
As noted before, Joey Janela has been out of action for Game Changer Wrestling since this past February due to a torn biceps injury and surgery. Despite his injury situation, Janela is currently scheduled to compete in a No Ropes Barbed Wire match against Sabu for Sabu’s retirement match at Game Changer Wrestling’s Joey Janela’s Spring Break 9 event this Friday in Las Vegas, Nevada.
MuscleManMalcolm held a recent interview with Janela. One of the topics discussed included Janela’s thoughts about how he is currently feeling and revealed that he will be coming back two months earlier than expected for his upcoming match against Sabu despite his doctors recommending against it.
“I guess okay. We won’t know until I get in the ring. I haven’t been in a ring in a few months, so we’re just playing it by ear, you know? Paint by numbers, we’ll see if the bicep holds up. I mean, I’m coming back two months early. Doctors don’t recommend I get in there, but they know I was going to do it no matter what they say because I needed to do it. Coming back two months early and stuff, I feel as good as I’m going to feel. I don’t know what percentage I would give my health, but we’ll see I guess.”
Transcript h/t: Fightful.com
Josh Barnett Comments on Potential WWE vs. AEW Matches for Future Bloodsport Shows Being Unlikely
CBS Sports’ SHAK Wrestling podcast held a recent interview with Josh Barnett. One of the topics discussed included Barnett’s thoughts about his belief that potential WWE vs. AEW matches for future Bloodsport shows are unlikely to happen.
“I don’t think at the moment that is something that will work for either company. They’re very much in a heated rivalry and I mean, to me, I could take, regardless of being an AEW or WWE person, and I could put together a match that will serve everybody. But, I do also respect that these two companies have their own stances towards each other and towards the market itself and their talent and their concerns. That’s fine by me. These are not my companies and technically, these are not my wrestlers. I cannot see anyway at which I can approach this and be like, ‘Oh well, you owe me for this’ or ‘You should do it because—’ If they were ever interested to have my opinion on this and how this could be done and whether or not that they would agree with it, awesome. At this moment, I don’t see that being something that either would be comfortable with. It wouldn’t be something, in regards to the wrestlers specifically themselves, but it’s just the politics I suppose you could say of competition. That won’t stop a DDT wrestler from wrestling a WWE wrestler or a New Japan wrestler from wrestling an AEW or a WWE wrestler or a STARDOM wrestler wrestling an AEW wrestler or whatever or NWA or MLW or whoever. We put the matches together and we always try to make sure that everybody represented comes out better than when they stepped in that ring.”
Transcript h/t: Fightful.com
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