Various: Samoa Joe Announced for First Indies Match Since 2015, Full Card for NJPW Blue Justice XVI, Indies/Misc.

Samoa Joe Announced for First Indies Match Since 2015

Impact Zone Wrestling recently announced that Samoa Joe will be making an appearance for the company at their Long Live The King event on November 8th in Phoenix, Arizona.

It was announced that Joe will be facing off against Navajo Warrior in a singles match at the event. This upcoming match is also being billed as Navajo Warrior’s retirement match.

This will be Joe’s first match in the indies since August of 2015.

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Full Card for NJPW Blue Justice XVI

New Japan Pro Wrestling recently announced the full card of their Blue Justice XVI event on September 7th at the Togane Arena in Chiba, Japan

• Tatsuya Matsumoto & Tiger Mask vs. Zane Jay & Masatora Yasuda
• Katsuya Murashima, Shoma Kato, & Oleg Boltin vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (Dick Togo, EVIL, & Don Fale)
• TAKA Michinoku, Tomoaki Honma & Taichi vs. War Dogs (Clark Connors, OSKAR & Yuto-Ice)
• Daiki Nagai, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, & Shingo Takagi vs. BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, David Finlay, & Gabe Kidd)
• Yuya Uemura, Shota Umino, Ryusuke Taguchi, & El Desperado vs. Togi Makabe, Master Wato, Toru Yano, & YOH
• TMDK (Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa, & Zack Sabre Jr.) vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (DOUKI, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, SANADA, & Ren Narita)
• Hiroshi Tanahashi Final Road ~Kinship~ match – Yuji Nagata vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi

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Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Monday’s English Premier League soccer game of Newcastle United FC vs. Liverpool FC in Newcastle upon Tyne, England featured WWE’s Sami Zayn and AEW’s PAC being shown together in attendance among the crowd.

Monday’s Chapter 183: Hundred Volts event for PROGRESS Wrestling in London, England featured Gene Munny defeating Mike D Vecchio and Will Kroos in a Triple Threat match to become the new PROGRESS Atlas World Champion.

Monday’s PROGRESS Chapter 183: Hundred Volts event in London also featured Mike D Vecchio receiving a farewell celebration from PROGRESS. Vecchio is currently expected to be reporting to WWE’s Performance Center this September.

Reality of Wrestling recently announced that WWE NXT talent and current TNA World Champion Trick Williams will be making an appearance for the company at their Gold Rush event on September 13th in Texas City, Texas.

NWA’s recent NWA 77 event in Huntington, New York, which was taped on August 16th featured Natalia Markova defeating Kenzie Paige to become the new NWA World Women’s Champion.

NWA’s recent NWA 77 event in Huntington also featured Silas Mason defeating Thom Latimer to become the new NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion.

Sadie Gibbs recently announced on Twitter that she suffered a leg injury at this past Saturday’s Senjo The Biggest event for Senda Girls in Sendai, Japan. Gibbs stated “During my entrance I jumped down from the corner and my leg buckled. I’m absolutely gutted. I’ve worked so hard to be back at this point with momentum in my career again. And I just didn’t want to accept this set back. 😔❤️‍🩹MRI is what’s next. And i go from there….“

Major League Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their Fightland 2025 event on September 13th in North Richland Hills, Texas:

• MLW Opera Cup 2025 Tournament First Round match – Ultimo Guerrero vs. Esfinge

DEFY Wrestling recently announced three new matches for the card of their AEON event on September 19th in Seattle, Washington:

• DEFY World Championship Open Challenge match – mystery opponent vs. Clark Connors (c)
• DEFY Women’s Championship – Hyan vs. Marina Shafir (c)
• Killer Kross (former Karrion Kross in WWE) vs. Calvin Tankman

House of Glory recently announced one new match for the card of their With Glory Comes Pride event on October 10th in Jamaica, New York:

• Killer Kross vs. Matt Cardona