Various: Rob Van Dam Provides Update on His Double Heel Fracture Recovery & In-Ring Return Plans, Full Card for TJPW Tokyo Joshi Pro ’26 Event, Indies/Misc.

Dec 17, 2025

Rob Van Dam Provides Update on His Double Heel Fracture Recovery & In-Ring Return Plans

As noted before, ECW legend and WWE Hall of Famer Rob Van Dam has been out of action from wrestling since this past April due to a double heel fracture injury.

A recent episode of TMZ’s Inside The Ring podcast featured RVD as the guest. One of the topics discussed included RVD providing an update on his recovery from his double heel fracture injury and his current plans for his in-ring return.

“I’m good now. It’s been six months or so. I haven’t wrestled yet, I do have a match in Australia in February, that’ll be the test. But yeah, I’m much better.”

Transcript h/t: Figthful.com

Full Card for TJPW Tokyo Joshi Pro ’26 Event

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling recently announced the full card for their Tokyo Joshi Pro ’26 event, which takes place on January 4, 2026 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Full card for TJPW Tokyo Joshi Pro ’26:

Uta Takami & Anri vs. Ren Konatsu & Shion
Yuna Manase, Toga, & Chika Nanase vs. HIMAWARI, Shino Suzuki, & Kira Summer
Three-Way match – Aja Kong vs. Rika Tatsumi vs. Mahiro Kiryu
Shoko Nakajima vs. Hyper Misao
Miyu Yamashita & Kaya Toribami vs. J-ROD & Mifu Ashida
Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki, & Yuki Arai vs. Max The Impaler, Raku, & Pom Harajuku
International Princess Championship – MIRAI vs. Arisu Endo (c)
Princess Tag Team Championship – Yuki Aino & Haru Kazashiro vs. Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara (c)
Princess of Princess Championship – Suzume vs. Miu Watanabe (c)

All 9 matches confirmed!#tjpw

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling ’26
🇯🇵January 4, 2026 (Sun)
📍 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo

❶ Uta Takami & Anri vs Ren Konatsu & Shion

❷ Yuna Manase, Toga & Chika Nanase vs HIMAWARI, Shino Suzuki & Kira Summer

❸ 3WAY
AjaKong vs Rika Tatsumi vs Mahiro… pic.twitter.com/9fSKF4ZGww
— TJPW 東京女子プロレス (@tjpw2013) December 14, 2025

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Marigold recently announced that they have pulled Kizuna Tanaka off their upcoming December 20th event in Shibuya and December 21st event in Honjo, Japan due to her currently dealing with back pain issues.

The National Association of Music Merchants recently announced that they will be honoring Smashing Pumpkins singer and National Wrestling Alliance owner Billy Corgan at their 41st Annual NAMM TEC Awards on January 22, 2026 in Anaheim, California. It was announced that Corgan will be the recipient of their 2025 TEC Innovation Award.

Universal Pictures recently released the debut trailer for their upcoming Disclosure Day film directed by Steven Spielberg. While AEW talents Lance Archer and Brian Cage were not shown in the trailer, they were among several wrestlers who worked on the film as stuntmen for the pro wrestlig scenes.

Major League Wrestling recently announced that Killer Kross is the next official competitor for next year’s Battle Riot match at their Battle Riot VIII event on January 29, 2026 in Kissimmee, Florida.

In a recent interview with the Battleground Podcast, Mike Santana gave his thoughts about his TNA World Championship loss to Frankie Kazarian on the November 13th TNA Impact! show. Santana stated “I’ll be honest, I dealt with a few (emotions). I dealt with a few feelings of course. How could I not, right? But, if there’s one thing I know about myself is that I thrive in the trenches, and I’ve always been one to use whatever struggles that I’ve gone through as gasoline to throw on the fire so this is just one of those instances where, alright, it happened. Now, how could I use this to push me forward and to elevate? Like before, I was always one to use these moments as an excuse to self-sabotage. Now, it’s the total opposite. Now I use them as an excuse, alright, how can I use this to elevate myself? And that’s where I’m at today and I felt what I needed to feel. Now, let’s push forward and let’s get that title right back where it belongs.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

NJPW recently announced three new matches for the card of FM802’s Radio Crazy event on December 26th in Osaka, Japan:

Hiromu Takahashi & Taiji Ishimori vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura
Ryusuke Taguchi, YOH, & Master Wato vs. Zane Jay, Shoma Kato, & Katsuya Murashima

Game Changer Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their Code Of The Streets event on January 17, 2026 in Dallas, Texas: