Various: Ricky Sosa Makes Surprise TNA Return at 6/11 TNA Impact! Show, Drilla Moloney on His Decision To Stay With NJPW & Rest of The War Dogs Leaving The Company For AEW, Indies/Misc.

Jun 12, 2026

Ricky Sosa Makes Surprise TNA Return at June 11 TNA Impact! Show

Thursday’s TNA Impact! show on AMC and Sportsnet 360 featured Ricky Sosa making his surprise return to TNA Wrestling.

During the TNA World Championship match between Eric Young and Mike Santana, Sosa’s music played and he came out to the stage. This led to Young becoming distracted long enough for Santana to catch Young in a roll-up for the pinfall victory to retain his title.

BANG! BANG! SOSA! SOSA!@rickysosa508 is BACK with some payback for @TheEricYoung!

WATCH #TNAiMPACT on TNA+: https://t.co/TiQOZxjc9b pic.twitter.com/ABaaQbRo2t
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) June 12, 2026

This was Sosa’s first appearance in TNA since this past March due to him dealing with a personal situation back home in the United Kingdom that was later revealed to be visa-related and other undisclosed issues.

Drilla Moloney Comments on His Decision To Stay With NJPW & Rest of The War Dogs Leaving The Company For AEW

New Japan Pro Wrestling’s NJPW1972 website held a recent interview with Drilla Moloney. One of the topics discussed included Moloney’s thoughts about his reasons for his decision to sign a new contract this past February to stay in the company.

“I feel a unique connection to the Japanese fans and the country as a whole. I never expected to become as beloved and accepted by Japan as I have been, so I guess I have this overwhelming sense of gratitude that made it hard to leave.”

Moloney also gave his thoughts about the rest of his former War Dogs group, David Finlay, Clark Connors, and Gabe Kidd, leaving NJPW and signing with AEW.

“Don’t get me wrong, I miss Gabe, Clark and Fin, but I had to figure this part of my journey out by myself and I felt like it wasn’t the right time to think about leaving Japan.
War Dogs was the most successful unit in recent years, both in ring and in merchandise sales. But I knew I wanted to stay in Japan and I knew the boys would go and rip it up in AEW and pick The Dogs up right where they left off. So I rolled with it and stayed here.”

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

This past Wednesday’s CMLL Informa show featured CMLL talent Grako, real name Omar Palacios, announcing his retirement from his in-ring wrestling career and will be transitioning to being a full-time referee in the company. Prior to his announcement, Grako had been wrestling since 2016.

The Cauliflower Alley Club recently announced that WWE Hall of Famer Bret “The Hitman” Hart will be the recipient of this year’s Lou Thesz Award at their 60th Cauliflower Alley Club reunion event on August 24-26 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Major League Wrestling announced that tickets for their MLW Fusion taping on Thursday in New York City, New York reached sold out status. PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that the attendance for MLW’s tapings at the Melrose Bellroom was the largest ever crowd for a pro wrestling show in the venue’s history.

Fightful Select reported that their sources within MLW stated that the company also currently expects their upcoming Summer of the Beasts 2026 event on June 12 and MLW Fusion tapings on June 13 at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to reach sold out status for ticket sales. Those spoken to reportedly stated that MLW is currently expecting their set of events on June 11-13 to be the most lucrative 72 hours period for arena events in company history.

Deadline reported that a new documentary based on the late legendary British wrestler Big Daddy, real name Shirley Crabtree, is currently in production by BUFF Studios and Rainbow Trout Films. It was reported that this new documentary is currently titled Who’s The Daddy? and the official synopsis is “The project will examine how an ordinary Halifax sportsman became one of Britain’s most recognizable television personalities, transforming professional wrestling into prime-time family entertainment and laying the foundations for modern celebrity culture in pre-digital Britain.”

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling announced that tickets for their upcoming MLW Mayhem tapings on June 12-13 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada recently reached sold out status.

WrestleCon recently announced that Rick “The Model” Martel will be making an appearance for the company at their WrestleCon Minneapolis convention event on July 31 to August 2nd in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

PRODUCE recently announced one new match for the card of their PRODUCE: Volume 1 The Octopus event on June 29th in New York City, New York:

Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Darian Bengston

TNA Wrestling recently announced four new matches for the card of next week’s TNA Impact! show on AMC and Sportsnet 360:

Six-Man Tag Team match – Moose & The Broken Hardys (Broken Matt Hardy & Brother Nero) vs. The System (Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers, & Bear Bronson)
Six-Man Tag Team match – Order 4 (Mustafa Ali & The Great Hands (John Skyler & Jason Hotch)) vs. K.C. Navarro, Mike Santana, & Nic Nemeth
Indi Hartwell vs. Elayna Black
Ricky Sosa in action
The King’s Speech talk show segment with Frankie Kazarian, Leon Slater, and TNA X Division Champion Cedric Alexander