Various: The Sandman vs. The Invisible Man Set for The Sandman’s Retirement Match at GCW Joey Janela’s Spring Break X, Backstage Update on Working Relationship Between Triller & Indies Companies, Indies/Misc.

Feb 10, 2026

The Sandman vs. The Invisible Man Announced for The Sandman’s Retirement Match at GCW Joey Janela’s Spring Break X

As noted before, ECW legend The Sandman will be competing in his retirement match for his wrestling career at Game Changer Wrestling’s Joey Janela’s Spring Break X event on April 17th in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Joey Janela announced that The Invisible Man will be the official opponent for The Sandman’s retirement match at his upcoming Spring Break X event.

https://x.com/JANELABABY/status/2021022830465265852

Backstage Update on Working Relationship Between Triller & Indies Companies

As noted before, pro wrestling and sports combat streaming service Triller Group Inc. was officially delisted from NASDAQ at the end of this past December due to financial-related issues.

Fightful Select reported that those spoken to within Game Changer Wrestling stated that they were paid by Triller before the start of the year and that Triller TV’s side of the operations currently appear stable.

It was reported that several indie promotions outside of GCW had believed that Triller’s parent company may have been insolvent and were using revenue generated by Triller TV to cover expenses and payments owed for the rest of the company.

It was also reported that there had been internal belief that part of Triller’s business strategy for some time had been hinged on the possibility of TikTok being banned in the United States, which did not happen in the end.

It was also reported that Triller TV+ is still running as normal as of this week.

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

The National Wrestling Alliance recently announced that The Southern 6 (Alex Taylor & Kerry Morton), The Immortals (Odinson & Kratos), and The Good Brothers (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) are the first official set of competitors for this year’s Crockett Cup Tag Team Tournament at their Crockett Cup 2026 event on February 21st in Tampa, Florida.

The Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer reported that the ticket sales for Pro Wrestling EVE’s Wrestle Queendom VIII event on March 8th in London, England is around 140 tickets shy of breaking the all-time record for largest attendance for an all-women’s wrestling event in the United Kingdom.

As noted before, former TNA wrestler Masha Slamovich was accused this past September of domestic abuse allegations towards her former life partner and current indies wrestler AKIRA. AKIRA recently released a video on his official YouTube channel providing an update on his well-being and his current plans for the future of his life and pro wrestling career.

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling recently announced that Gisele Shaw, Mo Jabari, and Psycho Mike will be making an appearance for the company at their co-promoted ROH x MLP Global Wars Canada event on March 27th and their Uprising 2026 event on March 28th in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

As noted before, Japanese wrestler Shinjiro Otani has been out of action from wrestling since April of 2022 due to a serious cervical cord injury. Pro Wrestling NOAH recently announced that Otani will be making an appearance for the company at this Wednesday’s Legacy Rise event in Tokyo, Japan. It was also announced that they will be officially handling the management and representation for Otani going forward.

This past Sunday’s NFL Super Bowl LX game between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots at Levi’s Stadium in San Francisco, California featured several pro wrestlers among those in attendance. Among those who attended the game included WWE talents Seth Rollins, Kofi Kingston, Becky Lynch, and Logan Paul, AEW talents Swerve Strickland, Darby Allin, Big Boom AJ, and TNA talents Mara Sade and Ryan Nemeth. (via F4WOnline.com)

Indies wrestler The OXP, real name Justin Ortiz, recently revealed on Instagram that he was the stunt double for Bad Bunny for Bad Bunny’s roof crash spot during his Super Bowl LX half-time concert. The OXP stated “What a proud moment. Stunt doubling @badbunnypr for the fall in the beginning landing on a table surrounded by my actual family! That’s right… Ortiz family was all over the Super Bowl! To testing his gags and making everything was safe for him. Then to cap it off, performing next to him with my wife @karate.jewels. It truly was an Benito/Ortiz Bowl hahaha. What an honor, a Boston kid from the hood living his dream and seeing the @patriots play, to showing Martial Arts can take you places and is essential to all types of movement. But most importantly representing my people of Puerto Rico in the biggest stage ever. I couldn’t be more happy and proud to be Boricua!!“

In a recent interview with the Rivet City podcast, Matt Hardy gave his thoughts about how he and his brother Jeff have “kind of fallen” into their current roles as locker room leaders in TNA Wrestling. Hardy stated “Yeah, I mean, I think we’ve just kind of fallen into those roles, and I think we’re cool with it. There’s guys who will ask us, whether they work with us or in a match before, ‘so, hey, did you guys get to see any of my match? Is there anything I can do that would be different or better?’ Or if we’re working with them, ‘oh, what are your critiques? How can I be better? What can I do differently? What can I do to improve?’ It is cool that people look at us to do that, and we do. We really have the best intentions on trying to help and and the better we can build up the entire roster the better it is for the whole show and the whole whole brand.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

In a recent interview with the I Love Wrestling podcast, Jeff Hardy gave his thoughts about how he has been working on creating a new submission move that’s never been done before while he has been dealing with a neck injury. Hardy stated “One thing that’s been an extreme positive from the neck injury, I think I finally- I know I finally got me a submission move. I’m working on it and perfecting it. It’s not perfected yet, but it will be soon. There’s been so many submissions done with the human body, but it’s something that’s never really been done. So I finally, after all these years, I think I have me a submission that’s going to be a good one.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

Game Changer Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their The Coldest Winter 4 event on February 14th in Los Angeles, California:

KJ Orso vs. El Phantasmo