Various: Joe Hennig (Curtis Axel) Arrested for DWI After McDonald’s Drive-Thru Incident, AAA Verano de Escandalo 2026 Reportedly Planned For This June, Indies/Misc.

WWE

May 29, 2026

Joe Hennig (Curtis Axel) Arrested for DWI After McDonald’s Drive-Thru Incident

Former WWE wrestler Curtis Axel, real name Joseph Hennig, was arrested on DWI charges on May 17th in Anoka County, Minnesota.

Fightful’s Andrew Thompson reported that Hennig was arrested following an incident where he was driving while intoxicated at a McDonald’s drive-thru based on recent court records.

Henning was stated to have backed his vechicle into another car at the drive-tru and was physically combative with law enforcement when confronted. The officers on the scene found an open bottle of vodka in his trunk.

Henning was also stated to have refused to take a breath test and hurled slurs and profanities at both the officers, McDonald’s staff, a female driver that he had backed his vesicle into.

Henning was hit with five charges including DWI, DUI, and obstructing the legal process.

These charges were:

Traffic-DUI-Third-Degree Driving While Impaired-Refuse to submit to chemical test
Traffic – DWI – Refuse to submit to chemical test; Breath or test refusal or failure
Obstruct Legal Process-Lawful Execution Legal Process
Traffic-Open bottle law-Possession-crime described
Traffic-Accidents-Driver Involved Fails to Stop for Accident to Property-No injury

Court records stated that Henning was released on May 19th.

AAA Verano de Escandalo 2026 Reportedly Planned For This June

WrestleVotes Radio on Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that TKO Group officials have been working on plans for this year’s Verano de Escandalo event for Lucha Libre AAA since this past April’s WWE WrestleMania 42 weekend.

It was reported that while AAA’s annual event has traditionally taken place between June and August since 2009 when it was moved to the summer months, the plans for this year’s event could be more fluid due to Triplemania 34 being expanded to a two-night event this September.

It was reported that if this year’s event does end up happening, those spoken to stated that a date of July 25th is likely to be the date for the event.

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Thursday’s TNA Impact! show on AMC and Sportsnet 360 featured KC Navarro pinning Mustafa Ali to give his team (Navarro, Leon Slater, Eric Young, Elijah, & Frankie Kazarian) the victory over Ali’s team (Ali, Santana, & The System (Brian Myers, Bear Bronson, & Cedric Alexander)) in a Men’s Champions Challenge match. As a result of his pinfall victory, Navarro earned a future shot at Ali’s TNA International Championship.

Thursday’s TNA Impact! show on AMC and Sportsnet 360 also featured Xia Brookside pinning Lei Ying Lee to give her team (Brookside, Elayna Black, & Mara Sade) the victory over Lee’s team (Lee & The Elegance Brand (M & Heather By Elegance)). As a result of her pinfall victory, Brookside earned a future shot at Lee’s TNA Knockouts World Championship.

TNA Wrestling announced three new matches for the card of next week’s TNA Impact! show on June 4th on AMC and Sportsnet 360:

Wicked Garden match – The Broken Hardys (Broken Matt & Jeff Hardy) vs. The Righteous (Dutch & Vincent)
Mixed Tag Team match – Santino Marella & Indi Hartwell vs. Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo & Arianna Grace
BDE vs. Eddie Edwards

Marigold announced that Seri Yamaoka recently suffered a left shoulder dislocation injury and she will be medically evaluated on May 29th to determine the severity of her injury.

As noted before, Utami Hayashishita made her surprise return to Stardom at this past Tuesday’s Stardom At Nighter in Korakuen event in Tokyo, Japan. In a recent interview with Tokyo Sports, Marigold founder Rossy Ogawa gave his thoughts about Hayashishita’s recent return to Stardom following her departure from Marigold earlier this month. Ogawa stated “I knew she was going to leave. It happened exactly as expected. She should go wherever she wants to go and do whatever she wants to do. She’s already going on tour with them, right? Stardom was very well prepared.” Ogawa also gave his thoughts about Hayashishita’s future with Stardom and him having some doubt about if she will be successful there. Ogawa stated “With the organization showing signs of rejuvenation, it will be difficult in many ways for the veteran wrestlers to move forward. Even the top wrestlers over there aren’t in the center. She just has to do her best wherever she goes. But this time, she has to put her heart and soul into it. Going around to different places isn’t a good idea. I want her to see it through (in Stardom), to the point of burning out.“

In a recent interview with the Up & Adams Show podcast, former MMA fighter and WWE wrestler Ronda Rousey gave her thoughts about the criticisms of her big return MMA fight against Gina Carano at Netflix’s MMA event on May 16th only lasting 17 seconds. Rousey stated “First off, it’s my third fastest fight. What are you talking about? What were you expecting?” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

In a recent interview with Yahoo! Japan, NJPW talent Aaron Wolf gave his thoughts about the progression of his wrestling career since his official in-ring debut at this past January’s Wrestle Kingdom 20 event. Wolf stated “Right now, I’m still in the ‘sensation’ phase. Once it becomes routine for me to step into the ring, if I don’t build something new on my own, the audience will get bored. To be honest, right now I still feel like I’m clinging a little to that gold medal. Ultimately, I hope that people will see me as Aaron Wolf, the professional wrestler, without the gold medal. I just want people to continue watching how I live my life.” Wolf also gave his thoughts about how he pays attention to fans’ criticisms and suggestions on social media to help improve his wrestling career. Wolf stated “I search for mentions of myself online a lot. I was just doing it a moment ago. But I don’t really let critical comments get to me. I even laugh about them with my manager. Pro wrestling exists because people watch it, so it’s important to know how the message I want to convey is being received by the audience. Viewers are paying close attention, so if I find something in a negative comment that makes me think, ‘That’s actually true,’ I take them into consideration. If someone writes, ‘Wouldn’t it be interesting if Wolf tried this move?’ I’ll sometimes try it out in practice.” Wolf also gave his thoughts about how he hopes to still be in pro wrestling 10 years from now. Wolf stated “People often ask me, ‘What do you think you’ll be like in 10 years?’ But I think, well, I don’t know. If you live your life thinking about 10 years from now, you’ll never get there. I do want to still be doing pro wrestling 10 years from now, but I want to be someone who’s pursuing what I love. I don’t show any interest in things I’m not really interested in.”

Ring of Honor announced four new matches for the card of next week’s ROH TV show on June 4th on HonorClub:

ROH Women’s World Championship Proving Ground match – Hyan vs. Athena (c)
ROH Pure Championship Proving Ground match – Mance Warner vs. Lee Moriarty (c)
ROH Women’s Pure Championship Proving Ground match – Isla Dawn vs. Deonna Purrazzo (c)
Lacey Lane vs. Queen Aminata