Various: Nick Wayne on “Couldn’t Have Asked for a Better Experience” Competing in NJPW’s Best of the Super Jrs, Karl Fredericks Taking Break From Wrestling, Sukeban Announces Next Event for This July in Los Angeles, Indies/Misc.

Jun 4, 2025

Nick Wayne Comments on He “Couldn’t Have Asked for a Better Experience” Competing in NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors 2025

Nick Wayne recently reflected on Twitter about him competing in this year’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament and recently finishing his stint in Japan for New Japan Pro Wrestling.

I couldn’t ask for a better experience.
13 matches in 22 days, 9 singles tournament matches, 8 points.
I gave everything I had into every match.
I’ve said many times that this was a dream come true for me, and now I get to look back at this memory as an achievement.
I’m grateful I had great competition in every match and to have met so many encouraging fans that supported me and NJPW. I hope we all meet again some day.
Thank you for the series, @njpwglobal
Best of Super Jrs. 32

I couldn’t ask for a better experience.

13 matches in 22 days, 9 singles tournament matches, 8 points.

I gave everything I had into every match.

I’ve said many times that this was a dream come true for me, and now I get to look back at this memory as an achievement.

I’m… pic.twitter.com/JJZthqIrjo
— Nick Wayne (@thenickwayne) June 2, 2025

Karl Fredericks (Eddy Thorpe) Announces Break From Wrestling to “Recharge”

Karl Fredericks, former Eddy Thorpe in WWE, announced on Tuesday on Twitter that he will be taking a break from wrestling to “recharge” himself and will be back after some time off.

Taking some time to recharge, fam. I’ll throw out a booking email when it’s time to get it crackin again.

One this is for sure. Karl Fredericks is a pro fucking wrestler. See you all in a bit 🐺
— エディ•ソープ (@KarlFredericks_) June 2, 2025

Sukeban Announces Next Event for This July in Los Angeles

Sukeban recently announced that they will be holding their next event on July 5th as part of this year’s Anime Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California.

Official press release:

Sukeban Coming to Anime Expo in Los Angeles, Tickets on Sale Now
Following sold out events in New York, Miami, Los Angeles, London, and Berlin, tickets are on sale now for the Japanese female wrestling league’s return to Los Angeles
(Los Angeles, California – June 3, 2025) – Sukeban, the Japanese female wrestling league, today released tickets for its return to Los Angeles, taking place at the Anime Expo convention in Downtown Los Angeles on July 5th at 8pm PT.
Tickets are available now at sukeban.com/AX. Sukeban will transform the Anime Expo main entrance into a fan experience with programming throughout the entirety of the convention, with an outdoor arena built for the main fight on July 5th on the North Plaza of the LA Convention Center. Doors open for the main fight at 7pm PT.
Members of the Cherry Bomb Girls, Vandals, Dangerous Liaisons, and Harajuku Stars are scheduled to fight, including Sukeban champion Sareee Bomb, who will defend her title. Sukeban’s stars will also appear, including Sukeban Commissioner Bull Nakano, as well as Ichigo Sayaka, Maya Mamushi, Crush Yuu, Atomic Banshee, Midnight Player, Queen of Hearts, Stray Cat, and more, including a new stable that is scheduled to debut. The full fight card will be announced in the coming weeks.
The Anime Expo event follows Sukeban’s sold-out fights in New York, Miami, Los Angeles, London, and Berlin. In the most recent title fight, Sareee Bomb captured the Sukeban World Championship from Commander Nakajima in London.
Sukeban will feature original anime and manga at the event illustrated by Tuesday, as well as special performances, music, and cameos. Limited edition merchandise featuring Tuesday’s art will be available at the event.
For more information, visit sukeban.com and follow Sukeban on Instagram, TikTok, and X at @sukeban_world.

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Wednesday’s Star Navigation 2025 event for Pro Wrestling NOAH in Tokyo, Japan featured OZAWA defeating Tetsuya Endo and Takashi Sugiura in a Survival 3-Way match to retain the GHC Heavyweight Championship. This match was notable for Sugiura turning on Endo and joining OZAWA’s Team 2000X stable.

This past Monday’s NOAH Monday Magic event in Tokyo, Japan featured Takumi Iroha defeating Kouki Amarei to become the new GHC Women’s Champion.

West Coast Pro Wrestling announced that they will be holding an event called For The Love of The Game in Pacifica, California and tickets will not be available to purchase. It was announced that a select amount of fans will be invited to attend and after the show, they will pay what they felt the event was worth to them to watch.

TNA Wrestling recently released their Pride month themed collection merchandise on their official TNAMerch website with proceeds from sales will be split between NAGAAA and Athlete Ally.

Major League Wrestling recently announced that KUSHIDA will be making an appearance for the company at their Summer of the Beasts 2025 event on June 26th in New York City, New York.

Women of Wrestling recently announced that they will be releasing an official collectable card game called WOW: The Card Game with pre-orders currently available.

As noted before, former WWE wrestler Mike “Duke The Dumpster” Droese was arrested this past May in Warren County, Tennessee on charges of attempted aggravated sexual exploitation of children. PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that Droese’s scheduled arraignment date of May 28th was rescheduled to a new date of August 27th based on recent court records. Droese reportedly is currently out on bond after posting its $10,000 amount.

NWA and WWE Hall of Famer Ricky Morton announced on Facebook that he recently shut down his School of Morton wrestling school after 11 years in business.

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced one new match for the card of their Tanahashi Jam event on June 29th in Nagoya, Japan: