Various: “Filthy” Tom Lawlor Underwent Successful Hip Replacement Surgery, Sting on His Special Connection with Fans Throughout His Wrestling Career, Indies/Misc.

Aug 20, 2025

“Filthy” Tom Lawlor Hip Replacement Surgery Update – Lawlor Underwent Successful Surgery

As noted before, indies wrestler Filthy” Tom Lawlor announced this past July that needs to undergo hip replacement and spinal-related surgery and he is currently not sure if he will be able to ever wrestle again.

The Wrestling Observer’s Bryan Alvarez provided an update on Lawlor’s status on Twitter stating that Lawlor had underwent successful surgery on Tuesday.

Alvarez also stated that Lawlor is currently recovery from his surgery.

Filthy Tom's hip surgery was a success and he's currently recovering, continued best wishes to him!
— Bryan Alvarez (@bryanalvarez) August 20, 2025

Sting Comments on His Special Connection with Fans Throughout His Wrestling Career

The Sportster held a recent interview with wrestling legend and former AEW wrestler Sting. One of the topics discussed included Sting’s thoughts about the special connection he has with fans throughout his wrestling career.

“A lot of fans will talk about how much wrestling meant to them, how much my character meant to them. And the thing that I always say is — and it’s true — it was a mutual thing. So they say ‘thank you’ to me for all the years. And I say ‘thank you’ back for all the years. And it was like a two-way street, it was a relationship. And so, I was blessed just as much as they were blessed. And sometimes I was pissed just like they were pissed. I mean, we have all of our different emotions. But overall, it’s just amazing to think that there is no Sting without the crowd.”

Sting also gave his thoughts about the favorite part of his convention tour is hearing stories from fans and how some of them have said how his “vigilante character” helped them overcome being bullied as kids.

“You know what really hits me is the stories that fans tell about being bullied as a kid and how, somehow or another, I got them through it. The whole vigilante-type character, I think, is what did it. But so many people, you don’t realize, if you’re not bullied, you don’t realize just how many people are bullied, and it’s a real thing. [Both] men and women, so you’ve got grown men and women, my age, even older, younger, in tears, telling me these stories. It blows my mind. It really does.”

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Dragon Gate announced that Shun Skywalker recently suffered a knee injury and has been pulling from their upcoming events from August 21-24 as a result.

Former WWE ring announcer Samantha Irvin recently released a new music video for her song “Assumin.”

LFA Fighting recently announced that Olympic gold medalist and former WWE wrestler Gable Steveson will be making his official MMA debut at their LFA 217 event on September in Prior Lake, Minnesota.

DEFY Wrestling recently revealed on Twitter a new official logo design for the company.

Killer Kross, former Karrion Kross in WWE, recently released a new entrance theme song called “Dont Kross A Killer” for his post-WWE career going forward.

ACTION Wrestling recently announced that Nicole Matthews will be making an appearance for the company at their D3AN!!! event on September 6th at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

ACTION Wrestling also recently announced one new match for the card of their D3AN!!! event on September 6th in Philadelphia:

Maestros Trios match – Virus & mystery partners vs. mystery opponents

Game Changer Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their Homecoming 2025 Part 1 event on August 23rd in Atlantic City, New Jersey: