Various: Deonna Purrazzo Comments on Feeling Disappointed Over Not Having Defended Her ROH Women’s Pure Title Yet, Tatsumi Fujinami & LEONA Tag Match Set for NJPW 54th Anniversary Event, Indies/Misc.

Feb 20, 2026

Deonna Purrazzo Comments on Her Feeling Disappointed Over Not Having Defended Her ROH Women’s Pure Title Yet

BCP+ held a recent interview with ROH Women’s Pure Champion Deonna Purrazzo. One of the topics discussed included Purrazzo’s thoughts about her title reign so far and her feeling disappointed to not have defended her title yet. Purrazzo also gave her thoughts about her feeling disappointed over her lack of bookings and matches of late in both ROH and elsewhere.

“I think I’m a little disappointed to not have defended my championship yet. I am constantly trying to rack my brain of like what else can I do and what more can I do and how much more of myself can I give? And for that not to be reciprocated in any environment, not just in Ring of Honor, is really defeating for me.
A lot of my self-worth comes from my work and my body of work and being able to participate actively and feel like I’m making a difference in women’s wrestling.
I don’t know what else I can do to change that. So for me it was saying, okay, if I’m not going to get these opportunities here, I need to stay ready. I need to stay crisp for when they do come.
It’s really defeating. It’s really upsetting. But at the end of the day, this is a business and I have to continue to run my own, at whatever stakes that costs. For me and Steve, it’s being able to give back and doing all this advocacy work through Tunnel to Towers and through the New Jersey education systems. And now I need to do that in my wrestling life, and that’s taking independent bookings and staying busy and staying active.”

Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com

Tatsumi Fujinami & LEONA Tag Match Announced for NJPW 54th Anniversary Event

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced one new match for the card of their 54th Anniversary event, which takes place on March 6th at the Ota City Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.

This new match announced was a tag team match of Tatsumi Fujinami & LEONA vs. mystery opponents.

Current card for NJPW 54th Anniversary event:

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship – Master Wato vs. DOUKI (c)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship – Unbound Co. (Taiji Ishimori & Robbie X) vs. TMDK (Robbie Eagles & Koesi Fujita) (c)
New Japan Cup 2026 First Round match – YOSHI-HASHI vs. Jake Lee
New Japan Cup 2026 First Round match – OSKAR vs. Callum Newman
Tatsumi Fujinami & LEONA vs. mystery opponents

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

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 is currently scheduled to attend a court hearing on March 11th in Warren County, Tennessee based on recent court records. Johnson reported that this upcoming hearing is listed as a “plea or trial selection” meaning if Droese and the prosecution do not come to terms on a plea for the case against him, then a date for his criminal trial will be scheduled at the hearing.

Future Stars of Wrestling recently announced that Killer Kross will be making an appearance for the company at their Natural Born Killers 5 on April 18th in Las Vegas, Nevada.

As noted before, this past Tuesday’s Martes Populares event at the Arena Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico featured CMLL and Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling announcing a new partnership between both companies. Maple Leaf Pro issued an official press release on Thursday confirming the partnership and stating “the agreement establishes a formal talent exchange that will see MLP promote CMLL stars across Canada, while CMLL will showcase MLP talent throughout Mexico — a collaborative effort aimed at strengthening international awareness and driving commercial growth for both promotions.”

Deadline reported that John Cena recently joined the cast of the upcoming new comedy film titled One Attempt Remaining for Netflix.

Game Changer Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their Ashes to Ashes event on March 14th in Atlantic City, New Jersey:

John Wayne Murdoch vs. Vipress

GCW also recently announced one new match for the card of their So Alive event on March 7th in Columbus, Ohio:

Gringo Loco vs. Marcus Mathers

GCW also recently announced two new matches for the card of their What’s My Name on February 27th in Rochester, New York:

GCW World Championship – Cheech vs. Atticus Cogar (c)
GCW Ultraviolent Championship – Beastman vs. Otis Cogar (c)

TNA Wrestling announced five new matches and two new segments for the card of next week’s TNA Impact! show on February 26th on AMC and Sportsnet 360:

Eight-Man Tag Team match – The Hardys (Matt & Jeff Hardy) & The Righteous (Dutch & Vincent) vs. The System (Eddie Edwards, Cedric Alexander, Brian Myers, & Bear Bronson)
Mike Santana & Leon Slater vs. The Nemeths (Ryan & Nic Nic Nemeth)
Dani Luna vs. Lei Ying Lee
Mance Warner vs. AJ Francis
Jada Stone vs. Tasha Steelz
Ash by Elegance and Mickie James to go face-to-face
Tom Hannifan to interview Steve Maclin

TNA also recently announced one new match for the card of their live TNA Impact! show on March 5th in Atlanta, Georgia: