Various: Kofi & Austin Creed (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods) Set for GalaxyCon 2026 For First Post-WWE Booking, Hiroyoshi Tenzan Announces Retirement & Final Match Set For 8/15 NJPW G1 Climax 2026 Event, Current Card for 5/12 ROH TV Special Episode, Indies/Misc.

May 12, 2026

Kofi & Austin Creed (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods) Announced for GalaxyCon 2026 For First Post-WWE Booking

GalaxyCon recently announced that Kofi and Austin Creed, former Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods in WWE, will be making an appearance for the company at their GalaxyCon 2026 convention event on May 23-24 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods are advertised for GalaxyCon Oklahoma City as Kofi and Austin Creed respectively pic.twitter.com/ImhCEC1ir6
— WrestlePurists (@WrestlePurists) May 11, 2026

This is Kofi and Creed’s first scheduled bookings since their departures from WWE earlier this month following a mutual decision by them and WWE over them not accepting a new restructured deal offer to stay in the company.

Hiroyoshi Tenzan Announces Retirement & Final Match Set For August 15th NJPW G1 Climax 2026 Event

New Japan Pro Wrestling held a press conference on Monday in Japan featuring Hiroyoshi Tenzan announcing that he will be retiring from his in-ring wrestling career.

It was announced that Tenzan’s retirement match will be taking place at NJPW’s G1 Climax 2026 event on August 15th in Tokyo, Japan.

It was also announced that Tenzan will remain with NJPW in a behind the scenes role after his in-ring retirement.

NJPW’s official website:

Hiroyoshi Tenzan announces retirement
One last match scheduled for August 15 in Ryogoku
At a special press conference on August 15, three time G1 Climax winner, four time IWGP Heavyweight Champion and 12 time IWGP Tag Team Champion Hiroyoshi Tenzan announced his retirement on August 15 of this year.
President Hiroshi Tanahashi made the official announcement of Tenzan’s decision. While Tenzan had worked to rehab knee and lower back injuries, Tanahashi explained, a full return to the ring was not realistic and Tenzan ultimately made the decision to retire, with one more match in Ryogoku Sumo Hall on August 15, the night of the G1 Climax 36 semifinals. Tanahashi also commented that after retirement, Tenzan would continue to be active with New Japan Pro-Wrestling behind the scenes.
Tenzan then delivered the following statement:
Thank you for coming today. It’s been 35 years for me in wrestling, but on August 15, I will officially retire. I don’t know whether it’s been a long 35 years or if it’s gone by in a flash, but I know that I’ve had so much support from so many people, and I’m so very thankful. I came into this business not knowing right from left, but to come as far as I did, and to have lived as a pro-wrestler is something that I’m truly grateful for. If there’s anything that I can do after i retire to help NJPW in any way then I would appreciate the chance.
On questioning from the media, Tenzan opened up about the reasons for his retirement, going in depth on surgery he had last year for lower back damage that had caused numbness and tingling in his legs. Tenzan stated that he had recovered ‘to an extent, but it’s still not quite there,’ adding that he ‘didn’t feel able to meet the minimum standard’ in the ring and that he wanted to ‘use these last three months to get as close as possible to my best shape’. Tenzan and Tanahashi shared stories of their past G1 Climax final in 2004 with Tenzan remarking that ‘you remember the G1s, the title wins, and most of all the support from the fans. I can still hear and feel those hot crowds, so I wanted my last match to be in Ryogoku’.
Pressed on what form the match would take, Tenzan said that ‘there are all sorts of options. Of course, tagging was a big part of my career, a six man would be fine as well, but I want to go on my own terms in a singles match, even if it’s a short exhibition’. Tenzan half joked about bringing Tanahashi out of retirement for one night, before being somewhat coy about a prospective opponent, but said that ‘there is one guy, you can’t talk about Tenzan without talking about him. I won’t say his name, but I think we can “go for it”‘.
With trademark good humour, Tenzan reminisced about those who helped him from his official start in the Dojo, ‘which happened to be May 11 1990 I think, 36 years ago today’. Tenzan said that Riki Choshu and Tatsumi Fujinami were harsh masters and laughed that Shinya Hashimoto ‘put me through the ringer’ before saying that all these figures and more had helped him immensely. Tenzan said he hoped for his family to lend him their support one more time, and for former tag partner and mentor Masahiro Chono to be present for his retirement as well.
With regards to a vision post retirement, Tenzan said that he was willing to help in any way he could, from announcing to behind the scenes. Tanahashi said that his mind would be invaluable in giving advice to younger wrestlers before some light hearted conversation about the physical effects of retirement.
‘I get hot when people talk about me losing weight,’ Tenzan smiled, ‘it’s OK to lose weight!’ He followed, leaving Tanahashi to quickly add ‘I got really fat.’ Tanahashi admitted to having gained 13kg since his retirement match leaving Tenzan to suppose that ‘maybe I can enjoy life a little bit and eat what I want after my last match’.

Current Card for Tuesday’s ROH TV Special Episode

Ring of Honor announced the card for Tuesday’s special episode of ROH TV on their official YouTube channel.

Current card for May 12th ROH TV show:

ROH Women’s Pure Championship Proving Ground match – Haven Harris vs. Deonna Purrazzo (c)
10-Man Tag Team match – AR Fox, Mascara Dorada, Mistico, El Phantasmo, & Michael Oku vs. Nick Wayne, Kip Sabian, & The Lethal Twist (Jay Lethal, Blake Christian, & Lee Johnson)
Bustah & The Brain (Alec Price & Jordan Oliver) vs. Spanish Announce Project (Serpentico & Angelico)
Vaughn Vertigo vs. Evil Uno
Lance Archer vs. mystery opponent
Satnam Singh vs. mystery opponent

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Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

World Wrestling Council recently announced that former AEW talent Jake Hager will be making an appearance for the company at their 53rd Aniversario event on June 27th in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that Game Changer Wrestling recently reached a settlement deal with former announcer Kevin Gill. Johnson reported that Gill had filed a lawsuit against GCW in November of 2024 before the United States District Court of New Jersey claiming that he and GCW owner Brett Lauderdale agreed to launch a Patreon on behalf of the promotion and it going live with it in May of 2020. In the lawsuit, Gill had stated that he was to receive 20% of the Patreon’s revenue but instead he was underpaid during the early months of the Patreon operation and payments ceased entirely in September of 2020. Gill also had claimed that his contract with GCW was terminated without cause in October of 2022 when he learned his access to the Patreon account had been removed. Gill had been seeking to be awarded $150,000 in damages.

As noted before, Zelina Vega was released from WWE this past April as part of a larger batch of talent releases and departures. Vega recently provided an update on Twitter announcing that she is currently accepting bookings for her post-WWE wrestling career.

Pro Wrestling Revolver recently announced that Billie Starkz will be making an appearance for the company at their No Country for Ole Mancer event on June 12th in Dayton, Ohio.

In a recent interview with The Ariel Helwani Show, Ronda Rousey gave her thoughts about how she will not be fighting again in MMA following her upcoming return MMA fight against Gina Carano on May 16th for Netflix. Rousey stated “To the UFC, to fight? No. I promised my husband that this is the last one. He is the one that I have to convince to get on board with this promoter shit after. He’s not going for the fighting at all after this. Honestly, I want to get started having babies again right away. I want to have at least two more, if I can. I can’t be taking detours anymore. This is the peak. I can’t go higher than this. This is the dream fight and the absolute pinnacle for me. This is the perfect way to end it.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

In a recent episode of the Battleground Podcast, TNA X-Division Leon Slater gave his thoughts about him nearing the record of becoming the longest ever reigning X-Division Champion in TNA history. Slater stated “100% man. Anyone from Austin Aries, who’s the current record holder, to AJ Styles, who was the first exhibition champion, Samoa Joe, Kurt Angle. You name the best of the best in the past 20 years and they’ve held this title. The fact that I’m about to become the longest if everything that I’m seeing goes to plan is something I hold very, very near and dear to my heart. It’s something that means a lot to me. For me, it means I’m exactly where I should be. I’ve always visualized and manifested myself to be in a position like this where I’m the figurehead of TNA’s signature division. I’ve always pictured doing great things with this title and that’s exactly what I’m doing. So I’m excited to get through Cedric Alexander on May 14th and get it in stone, get my name in the record books once again.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

Dragongate recently announced one new match for the card of their RainbowGate 2026 event on June 4th in Tokyo, Japan: