Various: Steve Maclin Head Injury Update, Michael Oku Replaces Steve Maclin for Interim MLP Canadian Title Match at MLP Uprising 2026, NJPW Announces First Three Competitors for Best of the Super Juniors 2026 Tournament

Mar 28, 2026

Steve Maclin Head Injury Update – Maclin Not Diagnosed with Concussion

As noted before, Steve Maclin suffered a head-related injury during his match against Mike Santana for the TNA World Championship at Friday’s TNA Sacrifice 2026 event in Westwego, Louisiana. Maclin was believed to have suffered a potential concussion injury for the reason for the match being stopped after Maclin was unable to continue.

Sports Illustrated’s Jon Alba reported that TNA President Carlos Silva had told him that Maclin had cleared all medical tests and was not diagnosed with a concussion injury. Maclin reportedly was also released to return back to his hotel room following the show.

Michael Oku Replaces Steve Maclin for Interim MLP Canadian Title Match at MLP Uprising 2026

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling announced one newly updated match for the card of tonight’s Uprising 2026 event at the St. Clair’s College in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

It was announced that Michael Oku will be replacing Steve Maclin for Maclin’s scheduled Interim MLP Canadian Championship Six-way Elimination match at the event.

Besides Oku, Jay Lethal also replaced Psycho Mike for the match.

BREAKING NEWS: With @Walking_Weapon being out of action for an extended period of time due to injury, an Interim MLP Canadian Champion will be crowned TONIGHT in a Six Man Elimination Challenge! Who do you think walks out of Uprising with the title? Find out at 7PM ET tonight on… pic.twitter.com/unwF2s7xdE
— MAPLE LEAF PRO Wrestling (@MapleLeafPW) March 28, 2026

Current card for MLP Uprising 2026:

Interim MLP Canadian Championship Six-way Elimination match – Jonathan Gresham vs. Michael Oku vs. Stu Grayson vs. Rich Swann vs. Rohan Raja vs. Jay Lethal
MLP Women’s Canadian Championship – Deonna Purrazzo vs. Gisele Shaw (c)
MLP Canadian Tag Team Championship – Sheldon Jean & Brent Banks vs. The Good Brothers (Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows) (c)
Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Bishop Dyer
The Swirl (Blake Christian & Lee Johnson) vs. El Reverso & Mo Jabari
Máscara Dorada & Bhupinder Gujjar vs. Jake Crist & Michael Allen Richard Clark
Mixed Tag Team match – Taylor Rising & Kris Chambers vs. Alice Crowley & Evil Uno

NJPW Announces First Three Competitors for Best of the Super Juniors 2026 Tournament

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced the first three official competitors for this year’s Best of the Super Juniors 33 tournament, which takes place from May 14th to June 7th in Japan.

Unlike previous years, it was announced that the field for this year’s tournament will be revealed in batches of three competitors per day instead of all at once.

The first three competitors announced were Kosei Fujita, DOUKI, and El Desperado.

#BOSJ33 is coming soon!

Here are your first three entrants!

Full details: https://t.co/dIPmTz7VkH #njpw pic.twitter.com/21pTdzXZ6G
— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) March 28, 2026

Current field for NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 33:

Kosei Fujita
DOUKI
El Desperado