News & Notes: Canada Honors Jinder Mahal, PROGRESS, Lucha, More

Canada’s Parliament Honors Jinder Mahal

Canada’s Parliament publicly honored Jinder Mahal yesterday on his WWE Championship victory at Backlash. Mahal was born in Calgary and spent his early career working for Canadian wrestling promotions prior to going to the WWE in 2010.

PROGRESS to Crown First Ever Women’s Champion

PROGRESS announced they will be crowning their first ever women’s champion as the main event of Sunday’s Natural Progression Series IV event. The tournament finals was announced to be a Triple Threat match featuring Jinny versus Toni Storm versus Laura Di Matteo. Monday’s show was announced to involve a Number #1 Contenders match for the new title with Kay Lee Ray facing off against Katey Harvey.

Lucha Underground Announces Season 3 Returns Next Week

Lucha Underground recently announced on Twitter they will be returning from their Season 3 mid-break on May 31st.

BELIEVERS!! We're coming back – The Mid-Season Premiere of #LuchaUnderground WEDNESDAY MAY 31 8p ET only on @ElReyNetwork! pic.twitter.com/HoQs3nPA5P

— Lucha Underground (@LuchaElRey) April 27, 2017

Chris Jericho Reveals Friday’s Guests for Talk Is Jericho Show

Chris Jericho announced on Twitter both Dean Ambrose and Jeff Hardy will be this Friday’s guests for the Talk Is Jericho podcast show.

This week on #TIJ:
Wed- Pro Surfer #MattMeola!
Fri- @TheDeanAmbrose & @JEFFHARDYBRAND Meet for the First Time! https://t.co/2R3OnCmGx4

— Talk Is Jericho (@TalkIsJericho) May 22, 2017