Various: Francesco Akira Underwent Successful Surgery For Fractured Wrist, The Righteous Reportedly Finishing Up Indies Dates Amid WWE Interest, Indies/Misc.

Sep 2, 2025

Francesco Akira Underwent Successful Surgery For Fractured Wrist

As noted before, Francesco Akira has been out of action for NJPW since this past August due to a fractured wrist injury.

Akira provided an update on Monday on Twitter stating that he had underwent successful surgery for his fractured wrist on August 26th.

“I had surgery last Friday, and it went smoothly. It was really painful, but from now on, I’ll focus on recovering little by little and come back even stronger! 💪
Thank you for your support! 👑🔥”

先週の金曜日に手術を受けて、無事に終わりました。すごく痛かったけど、これから少しずつ回復に集中して、もっと強くなって戻ってきます！💪

応援してくれてありがとう！👑🔥 pic.twitter.com/LD7Z9abHC4
— AKIRA (フランシスコ・アキラ) (@francescoakira) September 1, 2025

The Righteous Reportedly Finishing Up Indies Dates Amid WWE Interest

Former AEW and Ring of Honor tag team The Righteous reportedly are currently likely to be heading to WWE soon, according to Fightful Select.

It was reported that their sources stated that Vincent and Dutch have recently informed some promoters that they are finishing their independent dates in the coming months.

It was also reported that those spoken to within WWE stated that the company currently has interest in the duo and they are likely to be getting signed to contracts.

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Revolution Pro Wrestling recently announced that The Good Brothers (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) will be making an appearance for the company at their September 13th event in Stevenage, England.

Deonna Purrazzo recently announced that she and her husband Steve Maclin will be launching a new podcast called “Boots to Boots” on September 15th.

Cleveland.com reported that Real American Freestyle Wrestling will be holding their next event on November 8th.

Action Wrestling recently announced that Hechicero is the next official competitor for the Maestros Trios match at their D3AN!!! event on September 6th at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

As noted before, this past Friday’s ROH Death Before Dishonor 2025 event at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania featured ECW legend The Blue Meaning making a surprise appearance. In a recent episode of the Mornings with Meanie podcast, host The Blue Meanie gave his thoughts about the process that led to his surprise appearance for ROH’s show. Meanie stated “RJ City had reached out to me because he was thinking about doing something with me. Then, during the course of talking, I get a random text from a number I don’t have saved, so I’m just like, ‘Oh, here it comes.’ Every now and then, I’ll get a text message. I’ll get crank text messages as people find my number, and then just text me to say mean shit. So, I’m just like, ‘ Here we go. ‘ But it was like, ‘Hey, this is Athena. I got your number from so and so.’ Also, she sent a photo of herself. I’m like,’ Oh, great. It’s really her.’ So she’s like, ‘We have an idea for you to be a part of my deal tomorrow. Would you be interested?’ I was like, Absolutely.’ Then, Sonjay Dutt, who works behind the scenes with AEW/Ring of Honor. He texted me… It’s like a three-card monte. I’m talking to Sonjay, I’m talking to Athena. Talking to RJ over here, and they’re like, ‘Are you available for us?’ Absolutely. So I had no idea what I was going to do. I was like, and I always say this, ‘I’m a 10-minute walk. I can walk out my door and walk there in 10 minutes, 15 minutes if I walk backwards.’” Meanie also gave his thoughts about how despite his familiarity with the building, he always gets nervous before performing for that crowd because he knows how tough the Philadelphia crowd can be. Meanie stated “I always get nervous, even though I’ve been in that building a million times, and often joke that, ‘Yeah, those fans are just my neighbors, you know. They’re just happy to see me,’ but it is really cool to actually go out and be remembered and get sort of reaction in that building. Because, you know, Philadelphia fans, for the most part, they can be harsh. If you’re good, they’ll love you. If they hate you, they’ll let you know, you know, and I’ve seen plenty of people get booed out of that building, but here we are. I debuted there in 1995, 30 years ago. It’ll be 30 years in November since the Blue Meanie character was born. So we’re approaching on that. So to be asked to be a part of something very special in the city, in that building with a great company, meant a lot.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

DDT Pro Wrestling announced that Daisuke Sasaki recently suffered a left rib fracture injury and will be out of action for the company for the foreseeable future.

DDT Pro also recently announced one new match for the card of their Ultimate Party 2025 event on November 3rd in Tokyo, Japan:

Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Chris Brookes

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling recently announced two new matches for the card of their Sacred Ground event in Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada:

MLP Canadian Championship – TJP vs. Josh Alexander (c)
Raj Singh & Jesse Bieber vs. El Reverseo & Jabari

Sean Henderson Presents Wrestling announced one new match for the card of their Colby Corino Benefit Show on November 21st in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: