Various: Will Ospreay on One Of The Reasons For His NJPW Departure Was Him Being “Over The Office”, MLP Announces Northern Rising 2026 for This October in Toronto, Indies/Misc.

Jul 14, 2026

Will Ospreay Comments on One Of The Reasons For His NJPW Departure Was Him Being “Over The Office”

A recent episode of the Marking Out with MVP & Dwayne Swayze podcast featured Will Ospreay as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Ospreay’s thoughts about his departure from New Japan Pro Wrestling in 2024 and one of the reasons being due to him being “over the office.” Ospreay also gave his thoughts about NJPW head booker Gedo being sad when he told him that he was leaving the company.

“I kind of knew that this was gonna be my last year. There was some things that were happening behind the scenes. I was just over the office. I loved the boys and I loved the fans… I got a new girlfriend. I became a dad to her kid. So it was just one of these things where I wanted to be present and I wanted to be there more so I knew I needed to go to my next stage of my career. But I didn’t wanna cut my ties with Japan. So that’s why AEW was amazing, right? In 2023, I had told Gedo that I am gonna be out the door and he was so sad. I remember his face. ‘I don’t want you to go…’”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

MLP Announces Northern Rising 2026 for This October in Toronto

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling recently announced that this year’s Northern Rising event will be taking place on October 3 at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

It was also announced that tickets for this upcoming event will officially go on sale starting on July 31.

Official press release:

MAPLE LEAF PRO WRESTLING RETURNS TO TORONTO ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 FOR MLP NORTHERN RISING
MLP’s biggest event of the year to be held at TMU’s Mattamy Athletic Centre, formerly known as Maple Leaf Gardens
Tickets on sale Friday, July 31
TORONTO (July 13, 2026) – MAPLE LEAF PRO Wrestling today announced its return to Toronto with MLP NORTHERN RISING, taking place on Saturday, October 3, 2026.
The event will emanate from Toronto Metropolitan University’s Mattamy Athletic Centre, the legendary venue formerly known as Maple Leaf Gardens, one of the most storied buildings in Canadian sports and professional wrestling history. MLP NORTHERN RISING will be broadcast live worldwide on pay-per-view.
Tickets for MLP NORTHERN RISING go on sale Friday, July 31 through Ticketmaster.ca.
“We have some announcements coming in the weeks ahead that I think are going to get the wrestling world talking,” said MLP President Scott D’Amore. “If you’re excited about what you’ve seen from Maple Leaf Pro so far, you haven’t seen anything yet.”
The action-packed supercard will feature the culmination of compelling storylines from the 12 episodes of the new weekly series MLP Mayhem, which begins airing this Wednesday, July 15 across Canada on TSN, and internationally the following day on MyAEW.
Last year’s MLP NORTHERN RISING in front of a sold-out crowd at Mattamy Athletic Centre saw the crowning of the inaugural MLP men’s and women’s Canadian champions. The 2025 event also saw the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Title defended, and featured top Canadian talents alongside many contracted wrestlers from AEW, TNA Wrestling, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, and more.
For decades, the former Maple Leaf Gardens hosted giants of the ring including Canadian icons Whipper Billy Watson, Gene Kiniski and Bret Hart, as well some of the biggest names in wrestling history such as Buddy Rogers, Lou Thesz, Bruno Sammartino, Ric Flair, Harley Race and Andre the Giant.

BREAKING: MLP NORTHERN RISING comes to Toronto’s Mattamy Athletic Centre, formerly Maple Leaf Gardens, on Saturday, October 3, LIVE worldwide on pay-per-view.

Tickets go on sale Friday, July 31 through https://t.co/utEeXvVTll.

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— MAPLE LEAF PRO Wrestling (@MapleLeafPW) July 13, 2026

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

As noted before, the July 6th NJPW Road to G1 Climax 2026 event in Tokyo, Japan featured Gabe Kidd defeating Shota Umino to become the new IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion. Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that NJPW officials had planned for Kidd to win the IWGP Global Heavyweight title several months ago and prior to his shoulder injury.

This past Saturday’s Blizzard Brawl 2026 event for Great Lakes Championship Wrestling in Ashippun, Wisconsin featured former WWE talent Braun Strowman teaming up with Kal Herro against Tony Evans, Drew Hernandez, & Tommy Boy in a 2-on-3 Handicap match, which was won by Strowman & Herro. This was Strowman’s first match since April of 2018.

Mexican indies wrestler Myzteziz Jr. announced on Instagram that he recently underwent successful surgery to repair a leg-based injury he had suffered at a recent indies event.

The San Diego Comic Con recently announced that the first public screening of the upcoming new live-action animated film Coyote vs. Acme, will be taking place at their upcoming San Diego Comic Con 2026 event on July 25 in San Diego, California. This upcoming new film features John Cena among its cast.

Revolution Pro Wrestling recently announced that Jungle Kyona is the next official competitor for this year’s RevPro Women’s Grand Prix tournament event on July 25th in Wolverhampton, England.

In a recent interview with AMNY, former TNA co-owner and current AEW Director of Business Development Jeff Jarrett giving his thoughts about watching the first two of a three-part episode of season seven of the Dark Side of the Ring series based on himself and TNA Wrestling. Jarrett stated “I was just telling Chris [Jericho] as we were coming down the steps, the authenticity and the drama really hit me. There was footage in there I hadn’t seen in years, including my grandfather. Seeing all of it come together was emotional all over again.” Jarrett also gave his praise of the Dark Side of the Ring production team for being great at what they do. Jarrett stated “For years, I glossed over it. During these interviews, they asked follow-up questions that made me articulate things I’d never said out loud before. When I watched it back, it hit me all over again. They know how to tell a story, but they’re also incredibly skilled interviewers. They know how to let people open up.”

This past weekend’s United We Stand event for AAW Wrestling in Merrionette Park, Illinois featured indie talent Joe Alonzo giving a promo calling out TNA Wrestling and saying that he will be making an appearance at their Lockdown 2026 event on August 23 in Chicago. Alonzo stated “Hey TNA, don’t ever try to use my company, AAW to promote your show again without inviting Joe Alonzo.“

Major League Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their MLW Fusion show on July 18 on beIN Sports, Veeps, and MLW’s official YouTube channel:

2-on-3 Handicap match – CONTRA MERCS (Mads Krule Krugger & The Good Brothers (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) vs. The Skyscrappers (Donovan Dijak & Josh Bishop)

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