Various: Kris Statlander Replaces Marina Shafir & Teams Up With Jon Moxley at 10/30 Warrior Wrestling Event, LJ Cleary To Undergo Surgery For Injury & Be Out Of Action For 9-12 Months, Indies/Misc.

Oct 31, 2026

Kris Statlander Replaces Marina Shafir & Teams Up With Jon Moxley at Oct. 30th Warrior Wrestling Event

Friday’s Rumble At Rhinegeist 4: Nightmare on Elm Street event for Warrior Wrestling in Cincinnati, Ohio featured Kris Statlander making a surprise appearance.

During the show, it was announced that Marina Shafir was unable to make it to the show for her scheduled tag team match with Jon Moxley against Lance Archer and Tootie Lynn. Moxley revealed that he had a backup plan, which was revealed to be Statlander filling in as his new tag team partner for the match.

Marina Shafir is unfortunately unable to compete tonight in Cincinnati, but Jon Moxley has brought along some backup! KRIS STATLANDER IS HERE!! MOXLEY. STATLANDER. ARCHER. DRAGON CHAMP. Let’s goooo! @callmekrisstat @AEW @TonyKhan @WarriorWrstlng https://t.co/uiumxP9RWm
— Michael (@MikeKillam) October 31, 2026

Kris Statlander & Jon Moxley teamed up tonight in Warrior Wrestling… AND DID THE DEATHRIDER LARIATS TOGETHER. 🔥 https://t.co/qbFzOtVdoK
— Drainmaker (@TheDrainmaker) October 31, 2026

This was the first time that Statlander was associated with the Death Riders since September of 2025 in AEW.

LJ Cleary To Undergo Surgery For Injury & Be Out Of Action For 9-12 Months

Former Pro Wrestling NOAH and current indies talent LJ Cleary recently announced on Twitter that he will be undergoing surgery for an undisclosed injury and will be out of action for the next nine to twelve months.

“Absolutely breaks my heart to have to post this. As of this morning I’ve been diagnosed with an injury that requires surgery and will have me out for 9-12 months.
There’s never a good time to get hurt, but it particularly stings right now as I was on the roll of my career, having the best year of my career as a whole with some big things lined up.
But this is the nature of the game, thank you for everyone that’s ever supported me up till now, this is a minor speed bump in the grand scheme of this beautiful life
See you all soon x”

No other details were given regarding the nature of Cleary’s injury.

✨💔 https://t.co/LBXskJrYu4
— LJ Cleary (@LJ_Cleary) October 30, 2026

Cleary is currently the fiance of WWE’s Lyra Valkyria.

Prior to his injury, Cleary had made several appearances for Ring of Honor and TNA Wrestling in 2026 including TNA’s Bound For Glory 2026 event earlier this month.

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Saturday’s NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2026 event in Nagaokakyo, Japan featured Unbound Co. (Taiji Ishimori & Robbie X) becoming the winners of this year’s A Block and advancing to the Finals of this year’s Super Junior Tag League tournament. Unbound Co. topped the group with 8 points and owned the tiebreaker with HOUSE OF TORTURE (DOUKI & Yoshinobu Kanemaru), who also had finished with 8 points.

NJPW reportedly drew a paid attendance of 1,112 for their Oct. 24th Super Junior Tag League 2026 event in Kumagaya, 1,181 for their Oct. 25th Super Junior Tag League 2026 event in Tokyo, and 1,132 for their Oct. 26th Super Junior Tag League 2026 event in Tokyo, Japan, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

WWE Hall of Famer and Joshi legend Bull Nakano recently announced on Twitter that her autobiographical book Monster is currently scheduled to be released on January of 2027.

Car cover company HeroCovers recently announced on Instagram that they will be making an appearance on the November 4th episode of Shark Tank on ABC. HeroCovers company was co-founded by WWE Hall of Famer Bill Goldberg.

Stardom reportedly drew a paid attendance of 918 for their Oct. 27th Nighter In Korakuen event in Tokyo and 1,994 for their Oct. 29th Crimson Nightmare 2026 event in Tokyo, Japan, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Pro Wrestling NOAH reportedly drew a paid attendance of 4,253 for their Oct. 25th Wrestle Odyssey II event in Tokyo, Japan, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

CMLL reportedly drew an attendance of over 10,000 for their Oct. 23rd Amazonas Grand Prix 2026 (Women’s International Grand Prix) event at the Arena Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Lucha Libre AAA reportedly drew an attendance of over 5,000 for their Oct. 24th Heroes Inmortales 2026 event at the Juan de la Barrera Gym in Mexico City, Mexico, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair recently commented on Twitter about people constantly questioning him how he is still alive in regards to his lifestyle. Flair stated “The Question I Keep Getting Asked Is- How Am I Still Alive? After 5,000 Matches With 2,400 Of Them Being One Hour Draws And 5 90 Minute Bouts. Round Trip To Japan, 24 Hours, Only To Wrestle Three One Hour Draws. Airplane Crash, 31 Days In The ICU And 14 Days On Life Support. 35 Days In Rehab. And You Are Worried About Me Falling Down And Hitting My Eye? WTF.”

In a recent interview with TMZ’s Inside The Ring podcast, former WWE and AEW manager CJ Perry revealed that a film adaption of her Bulletproof Angel novel is currently in the works. Perry stated “But also, it is going to be made into a movie. We’re already in the works with it. Very exciting. We’re already starting to work on the packaging. It’s like a James Bond spy thriller. There’s some woman leads, which is really exciting.” Perry also stated that she will not be starring in the upcoming move but she will probably have a small cameo role. Perry stated “No, we’re going to get a bigger actress, like a bigger name. I’m producing it though. I’ll probably get a little cameo because why not, I love acting. But the biggest thing for me as a producer, I want to get names that move the needle, the best actresses. Even though I’m phenomenal, there is people that are better.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

Game Changer Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their Massacre In Missoula event on November 14 in Missoula, Montana:

KJ Orso vs. 1 Called Manders