Various: Willow Nightingale Pulled From 7/18 TPJW Summer Sun Princess ’26 Event Due To Travel Issues, Dark Side of the Ring Ratings for 7/14, Indies/Misc.

Jul 17, 2026

Willow Nightingale Pulled From July 18 TPJW Summer Sun Princess ’26 Event Due To Travel Issues

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling announced that they have pulled Willow Nightingale from their upcoming Summer Sun Princess ’26 event this Saturday in Tokyo, Japan due to a travel-related issue.

It was also announced that Chris Brooks will be replacing Nightingale for her scheduled match against Mizuki at the event.

TJPW’s official website:

Willow Nightingale, who was scheduled to participate in Korakuen Hall “SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’26” on Saturday, July 18, has been canceled.
We have been arranging alternative flights, but it became difficult to arrive before the start of the tournament, so we have no choice but to miss this tournament.
In addition, Chris Brooks will participate in an emergency battle and have a single match with Mizuki.
Thank you for your understanding.

Dark Side of the Rings Ratings – July 14 – Up From Season 7 Premiere

The July 14th episode of Dark Side of the Ring drew 180,000 viewers on VICE TV, up from the prior week season seven premiere show’s 158,000 viewers.

It drew a 0.02 rating in the 18-49 key demographic, down from the prior week’s season seven premiere show’s 0.04 rating.

This week’s episode focused on Jeff Jarrett and TNA Wrestling and was the final of a three-part episode.

Source: Programming Insider

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Pro Wrestling EVE recently announced that Marina Shafir will be making an appearance for the company at their EVE x The World 2 event on August 28 in London, England.

Lucha Libre AAA reportedly drew an attendance of 8,000 for their July 11th AAA TV show at the Arena Potosi in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

CMM reportedly drew an attendance of around 13,200 for their July 10th Super Viernes show at the Arena Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

NJPW reportedly drew an attendance of 4,125 for their July 11th G1 Climax 2026 event at the NOW Arena in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

In a recent interview with Tokyo Sports, Japanese Puro legend Satoru Sayama, the original Tiger Mask, gave his thoughts about how his treatment has greatly helped him with his battle with Parkinson’s disease. Sayama stated “I’m feeling great. I feel like I’m gradually getting back to normal. Before, I couldn’t show my emotions, but now I can. I can walk again, and I used the Tiger Step [at Tiger Mask IV’s retirement show], and I thought that he might do it too, but he didn’t, and just looked surprised and blank. But the audience loved it, so next time I’ll aim for a somersault kick [he joked]. I feel really good. I couldn’t talk this much before, and I’ve been making great progress with martial arts theory at home, my mind is clearer, and I feel like everything has come back.“

As noted before, Callum Newman had been out of action for NJPW since this past June’s Dominion 2026 event due to a shoulder injury. Newman made his in-ring return at the July 11th NJPW G1 Climax 2026 event in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. In a recent interview with NJPW’s official NJPW1972 website, Newman gave his thoughts about the cause of his injury. Newman stated “Slight dislocation of the shoulder, rear delt damage, tricep damage, a bone bruise, and some internal bleeding on the joint that needed draining. So (Yota) Tsuji took my title, but he had to do me in pretty good to take it.” Newman continued, “As he threw me (into the corner for a suplex), my tricep hit the rope and it went across from me. I felt the back of my shoulder pop out, and then as my arm came back into position, it popped back in. So there were two pops, and then I was stupid enough to keep going.”

In a recent interview with the Busted Open Radio podcast, former WWE and AEW wrestler Jake Hager gave his thoughts about if he took offense to the online reactions to his Power Slap loss against Amanpreet Singh, former TNA wrestler Mahabali Shera, at the July 10th Power Slap event. Hager stated ““Not at all. I knew ahead of this, going into this that it was knockout or get knocked out and that getting knocked out was gonna generate just as much as getting a knockout. Now of course that’s not the result I wanted but still, when you have a name like mine, and going into a sport like Power Slap, it is an advantage and I will use it.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

Game Changer Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their Ride Awakening event on August 1 in Minneapolis, Minnesota: