Various: AJPW To Hold Memorial Service for Joe Doering at 7/19 Event, NWA Announces New Competition Based Reality TV Series Called “Into The Fire”, Current Card for 7/2 TNA Impact! Show, Indies/Misc.

Jul 2, 2026

AJPW To Hold Memorial Service for Joe Doering at July 19 Event

As noted before, former All Japan Pro Wrestling and TNA wrestler Joe Doering passed away on June 26 following a third battle with brain cancer.

AJPW recently announced that they will be holding a memorial service for Doering at their Summer Action Series 2026 event on July 19 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

“All Japan Pro Wrestling will hold a memorial service and set up a flower altar for Joe Doering at the ‘Summer Action Series 2026’ event at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on Sunday, July 19th, in remembrance of the passing of Joe Doering, who died on June 26th. We will inform you of the start time of the memorial service and the location of the flower altar as soon as they are decided.”

NWA Announces New Competition Based Reality TV Series Called “Into The Fire”

A recent episode of the Busted Open Radio podcast featured NWA National promoter Bryan Idol as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Idol announcing that the National Wrestling Alliance will be debuting a new reality competition series called “Into The Fire” on Comet TV in the near future.

“We at NWA will be debuting a new television show on Comet. I’m not sure the exact release date. The details will be coming soon. The name of the show is ‘Into The Fire…’ It’s gonna be an open casting call. It’s a competition show. It’s gonna come down to eight competitors and you’re gonna get a spot in the NWA, and so, this is a big thing and we’re very happy that Comet picked this up and it’s just gonna be more programming for (NWA) and I don’t know if you guys know, but we’re doing exceptionally well with NWA Powerrr on there.
Stay tuned for Into The Fire. Hit us up. If you’re a wrestler out there, hit us up for the submissions. It’s all going live. Check your local wrestling sites, check everything wrestling right now. You’re gonna get all the info.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

Current Card for Thursday’s TNA Impact! Show

TNA Wrestling recently announced the card for Thursday’s TNA Impact! show on AMC and Sportsnet 360.

Current card for July 2nd TNA Impact! show:

TNA Knockouts Television Championship Tournament First Round match – Heather By Elegance vs. Allie
TNA Knockouts Television Championship Tournament First Round match – Mara Sade vs. Tasha Steelz
TNA X-Division Championship #1 Contender Six-way match – Fabian Aichner vs. Mr. Elegance vs. BDE vs. Rich Swann vs. Jason Hotch vs. Home Town Man
Leon Slater vs. Eddie Edwards
Ryan Nemeth vs. KC Navarro
Ricky Sosa to speak
TNA Knockouts World Champion Xia Brookside to speak
TNA World Champion Nic Nemeth to speak

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Stardom recently announced that they have launched two new official YouTube channels with one as a new global channel and the other channel for their Stardom World streaming service.

As noted before, Bushiroad announced this past May that their Board of Directors agreed to transfer all of the company’s shares in NJPW to TV Asashi and CyberAgent Inc. Busiroad’s ownership stake in Stardom was not involved in the deal and will remain as Stardom’s parent company going forward. Bushiroad provided an update on Wednesday releasing an official press release stating that Stardom will now fall under their Live Entertainment Unit department.

New South Pro Wrestling recently announced that Stardom talents Hazuki and Fuwa-Chan will be making their official debut appearances for the company at their Anniversary X event on August 8 in Gadsen, Alabama.

Fightful Select reported that Dark Side of the Ring series co-creator and Executive Producer Evan Husney had told them in a recent interview that there were plans at one point for an episode to be made based on infamous Heroes of Wrestling event in 1999.

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling recently announced the full field of competitors for this year’s Princess Cup tournament, which takes place from July 20 to August 23 in Japan. The full field of competitors announced were Yuki Arai, Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi, Suzume, Miyu Yamashita, Shoko Nakajima, Hyper Misao, Wakana Uehara, Mizuki, Yuki Aino, Raku, Pomu Harajuku, Mahiro Kiryu, Arisu Endo, Sakura Hattori, HIMAWARI, Toga, Haru Kazashiro, Mifu Ashida, Uta Takami, Chika Nanase, Ren Konatsu, Shion Kanzaki, and Momo Sato.

Todd Gloria, Mayor of San Diego, California, recently declared July 1st as officially being “Thunder Rosa Day” in a ceremony held with Rosa the city. Gloria stated “From Tijuana to Montgomery High, to Southwestern College, and then to becoming an @AEW world champion, @thunderrosa22 embodies San Diego’s grit, heart, and binational spirit.Proud to proclaim today — July 1 — as “Thunder Rosa Day” in the @CityofSanDiego!#YouDeserveIt” Rosa responded on Twitter about her being honored by the city stating “An indescribable honor. Today, July 1, is officially #ThunderRosaDay in San Diego. 🇺🇸🇲🇽 Thank you to Mayor @MayorToddGloria , @CityofSanDiego , City Hall, and everyone who made this possible. I carry this honor with pride as I continue representing my people on both sides of the border. La Mera Mera. 🌹“

PRODUCE recently announced two new matches for the card of their PRODUCE Volume 3: Azucar event on August 3 in Brooklyn, New York:

Six-Woman Tag Team match – Hazuki, Fuwa-Chan, & Ranna Yagami vs. Nixi XS, Janai Kai, & Jordan Blade
Tim Bosby vs. Karl Malenko

Game Changer Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their Melee in Manchester event on July 12 in Manchester, New Hampshire:

GCW World Championship – Dijak vs. Atticus Cogar (c)

Pro Wrestling REVOLVER recently announced one new match for the card of their The Silence Of The Slams event on July 24 in Nashville, Tennessee:

Top Team (Jay Lucas & Terry Yaki) vs. Jonathan Gresham & Adam Priest

The National Wrestling Alliance recently announced two new matches for the card of their NWA 78 event on July 25 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:

NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender Five-way match – Heath vs. Pretty Boy Smooth vs. EFFY vs. Kratos vs. Talos
Dog Collar match – Eric Smalls vs. Daisy Kill