Various: Riho Injury Update, MLW’s Lawsuit Against WWE Update, Larry D Requested Release from Impact

Riho Injury Status Update

As noted before, Riho announced on Twitter that she recently suffered a broken collarbone injury.

Dave Meltzer reported in a recent episode of the Wrestling Observer Radio that his sources within AEW stated that Riho suffered the injury early into her match against Britt Baker for the AEW Women’s World Championship at AEW’s Battle of the Belts special earlier this month.

Meltzer also reported that AEW officials currently expect Riho to be out of action for at least the next three months.

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MLW Antitrust Lawsuit Against WWE Update

As noted before, Major League Wrestling recently filed an antitrust lawsuit against WWE. MLW is claiming that WWE illegally interfered in several of their business deals with television networks causing those deals to be dropped and engaged in contract tampering with several of their contracted talent.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that as of the end of this past January, WWE had yet to officially respond to MLW’s lawsuit against them.

Johnson reported that MLW filed a request on January 25th to the U.S. District Court, California Northern District to have their lawsuit heard before a United States District Court Judge instead of a Magistrate Judge. The reason reportedly is due to a District Court judge has more power legally than a Magistrate judge in the U.S. judicial system.

Johnson also reported that MLW’s lawsuit case was recently assigned to a new presiding judge. This new judge reportedly ordered a case management plan be filed by both parties by April 11th and scheduled a case management meeting to take place on April 21st in Oakland, California.

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Larry D Reportedly Requested Release from Impact Wrestling

Impact Wrestling talent Larry D announced on Twitter that he recently requested his release from the company.

I love @IMPACTWRESTLING with all my heart,ive been able to achieve things id never imagine! With heavy heart ive requested my release and am eager to make waves in other markets…I will be accepting podcast,interviews an other media in the coming weeks..much ❤ all! Lets work!!

— Larry Fn D (@legendoflarryd) February 1, 2022

Larry D has been working for Impact Wrestling since 2018 and has been under a contract with the company since December of 2019.