Various: Ryan Nemeth on Leon Slater Being “The Ideal Prototype For A Pro Wrestler”, El Desperado Suffered Back Injury, Silas Mason Wins NWA Worlds Title & Aired on 11/18 NWA Powerrr Show

Nov 19, 2025

Ryan Nemeth Comments on Leon Slater Being “The Ideal Prototype For A Pro Wrestler”

WRESTHINGS held a recent interview with TNA talent Ryan Nemeth. One of the topics discussed included Nemeth’s thoughts about his praise of current TNA X-Division Champion Leon Slater and his belief that Slater is the ideal prototype for a pro wrestler.

“Okay, here’s something really important. A lot of the world of sports, like college sports or pro sports, is merit-based. So if you can literally kick a ball better, you get the spot. You advance based on those things. In pro wrestling, there’s so many boxes to check. I was just thinking about Leon Slater, for example. Every box, athleticism, build, promo, abilities, charisma, height. He’s checking all of them. So someone like that is like the ideal prototype for a pro wrestler. An amazing wrestler on the TNA roster, and he’s the future of wrestling.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

El Desperado Suffered Back Injury

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced that El Deseperado recently suffered a back injury and will be out of action for the foreseeable future.

NJPW’s official website:

[Notice] El Desperado will be absent from the Shimonoseki tournament on Sunday, November 16th. Takemura Go (freelance) will be making an emergency appearance!
El Desperado will be unable to participate in “SHIMONOSEKI IMPACT ~Sea Echo Showdown~ Presented by BOAT RACE Shimonoseki” on Sunday, November 16th due to a back injury. As a result, we will be making some changes to the match card for the Shimonoseki event.
We sincerely apologize to all those who were looking forward to Desperado’s match. Thank you for your understanding.
As a result, we have decided to add Takemura Go (freelance) to the event as an emergency participant. We hope you will enjoy the event.

Silas Mason Wins NWA Worlds Title & Aired on Nov. 18th NWA Powerrr Show

Tuesday’s NWA Powerrr show featured Silas Mason defeating Thom Latmier to become the new NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion.

This match originally took place at this past August’s NWA 77 event in Huntingon, New York.

🚨 THRILLBILLY SILAS MASON HAS WON THE NWA WORLDS HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP!

Thom Latimer’s reign comes to an end at 350 days. #NWAPowerrr #NWA77 pic.twitter.com/GVc4fxdds0
— 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐕𝐞𝐧 (@WrestlingCovers) November 19, 2025

𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙂𝙍𝘼𝙏𝙎, 𝙎𝙄𝙇𝘼𝙎 𝙈𝘼𝙎𝙊𝙉!@ThrillbillyTCB defeated Thom Latimer on tonight’s 𝙉𝙒𝘼 𝙋𝙊𝙒𝙀𝙍𝙍𝙍 𝙤𝙣 𝙍𝙤𝙠𝙪 to become the 𝙉𝙀𝙒 NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion. At 6’6” and 275 lbs., hailing from Blount County, TN, “The Thrillbilly” captured the legendary… pic.twitter.com/jDuevuY7Ab
— NWA (@nwa) November 19, 2025