Various: Kosei Fujita & YOH Advances to NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 2026 Finals, Andrade El Idolo Replacing MJF for 6/5 Beyond Wrestling Event, Multiple WWE ID Talents Pulled From Dreamwave Wrestling’s Events This June Due To Contractual Obligation Issues, Indies/Misc.

Indie / Misc
Jun 5, 2026

Kosei Fujita & YOH Advances to Finals of NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 2026

Friday’s NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 2026 Night 13 event at the G MESSE GUNMA in Takasaki, Japan featured two Semifinal Round matches in this year’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament.

The first match was Kosei Fujita defeating Robbie Eagles.

The second match was YOH defeating Master Wato.

As a result of their victories, Fujita will be facing off against YOH in the Finals of this year’s Best of the Super Juniors 2026 tournament at NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors 2026 Finals event on June 7th in Tokyo, Japan.

This will be a rematch of last year’s Best of the Super Juniors Finals, which saw Fujita win the encounter between the two.

Andrade El Idolo Replacing MJF for 6/5 Beyond Wrestling Event

As noted before, Beyond Wrestling recently pulled AEW World Champion MJF from their Break The Walls Down event this Friday in Cranston, Rhode Island due to him suffering a hyperextended knee injury during his match against RUSH at this past Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite show in Richmond, Virginia.

Beyond Wrestling recently announced that Andrade El Idolo will be replacing MJF for his scheduled match against Bobby Orlando at their upcoming show.

The announcement was first reported by Undisputed’s Justin Barrasso. In an interview, Beyond’s founder Drew Cordeiro revealed that Andrade was among the talents sent by AEW to make up for MJF being pulled due to an injury.

“I’ve spent the last 20 hours calling everyone I know, and I can’t thank the wrestlers at AEW enough for going above and beyond and checking virtually everyone’s availability to make this happen on such short notice. We’ve added Andrade, Lio Rush, and Wheeler YUTA to the lineup just within the past few hours. It’s also really cool of TNA management to allow Bear Bronson to change his travel for their tapings in Colorado this weekend so he can be with us tomorrow night. We had people in WWE exploring options as well. My heart swells with pride that so many people within the wrestling industry care about Beyond Wrestling and our fans. To me, independent wrestling doesn’t mean avoiding all of the biggest companies–it means pulling out all the stops to navigate the different dynamics to give this Cranston crowd the best possible show.”

Multiple WWE ID Talents Pulled From Dreamwave Wrestling’s Events This June Due To Contractual Obligation Issues

Dreamwave Wrestling recently announced that they have pulled several WWE ID talents from their All Star Weekend events on June 19-20 in Lasalle, Illinois due to contractual obligation issues.

The WWE ID talents pulled were:

  • Veronica Haven (Fallyn Grey)
  • Sloane Jacobs (The Notorious Mimi)
  • Anya Rune (Airica Demia)
  • Laynie Luck

“Due to a WWE contractual obligation that everyone was informed of today, the following talent will not be appearing at #AllStarWeekend on June 19th and 20th

Veronica Haven (Fallyn Grey)
Sloane Jacobs (The Notorious Mimi)
Anya Rune (Airica Demia)
Laynie Luck

Due to an injury, Aminah Belmont will not be competing at All Star Weekend. We wish her a speedy recovery!

We apologize for the inconvenience, any matches already announced will be updated soon.”

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Beyond Wrestling recently announced that Wheeler Yuta and “Blackheart” Lio Rush will be making an appearance for the company at their Break The Walls Down event this Friday in Cranston, Rhode Island.

Beyond Wrestling also recently announced that Orange Cassidy will be making an appearance for the company at their Beyond Wrestling Does A Secret Show Or Something Or Whatever event on July 17th in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Thursday’s Rainbow Gate 2026 event for Dragongate in Tokyo, Japan featured Shun Skywalker announcing that he will be leaving the company.
Dragongate English Commentator Jae clarified on BlueSky that Skywalker is legitimately leaving the company soon and his announcement was not some sort of an elaborate storyline angle. this is not an angle, and that Shun is actually leaving. Prior to his announcement, Skywalker had been with Dragongate since 2015.

Revolution Pro Wrestling recently announced that Zoey Serrano, former Zoey Stark in WWE, is the first official competitor for this year’s RevPro Women’s Grand Prix tournament event on July 25th in Wolverhampton, England.

Former WWE NXT talent Andre Chase recently announced on Twitter that he will be going by the new ring name of ‘The Professor’ Andre Chance going forward for his post-WWE wrestling career. Prior to joining WWE in 2021, Chase had used the ring name of Harlem Bravado in the indies.

TNA Wrestling announced two new matches for the card of next week’s TNA Impact! show on June 11th on AMC and Sportsnet 360:

  • TNA World Championship – Eric Young vs. Mike Santana (c)
  • TNA International Championship – KC Navarro vs. Mustafa Ali (c)

Ring of Honor announced three new matches for the card of next week’s ROH TV show on June 11th on HonorClub:

  • ROH World Championship Proving Ground match – Angelico vs. Bandido (c)
  • Six-Man Tag Team match – Los Colons (Eddie & Orlando Colon) & Serpentico vs. Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor & The Infantry (Carlie Bravo & Capt. Shawn Dean))
  • Eddie Kingston & Ortiz vs. The WorkHorsemen (Anthony Henry & JD Drake)

Game Changer Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their Amerika’s Most Wanted 2026 event on June 27th in Los Angeles, California:

  • GCW World Championship – HOOK vs. Atticus Cogar (c)

Major League Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their MLW Fusion show on June 6th on beIN Sports, Veeps, and MLW’s YouTube channel:

  • Mistico vs. Diego Hill

The National Wrestling Alliance recently announced one new match for the card of their Hard Times 6 event on June 6th in Atlanta, Georgia:

  • NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship – Kerry Morton vs. Thrillbilly Silas Mason (c)

The NWA also recently announced one new match for the card of All Japan Pro Wrestling’s event on June 18 in Tokyo, Japan:

  • NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship – Shotaro Ashino vs. Thrillbilly Silas Mason (c)

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their MLW Mayhem tapings on June 13 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada:

  • MLW Canadian Women’s Championship – Dani Luna vs, Gisele Shaw (c)

PRODUCE announced one new match for the card of their PRODUCE: Volume 3 – AZÙCAR! event on August 3 in Brooklyn, New York:

  • “The Warmaster” Josh Barnett vs. “The Butcher” Andy Williams
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