Various: Taylor Rising Departs From Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling, Tessa Blanchard Set To Make MLW Debut at MLW Saturday Night SuperFight, Brett Lauderdale To Address GCW World Title & Joseph Sawyer Injury Situation at 10/11 GCW Fight Club Event, Current Card for 10/8 TNA Impact! Show

Taylor Rising Departs From Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling

Wednesday’s CMLL Informa show featured Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling owner Scott D’Amore making an appearance.

D’Amore announced that Taylor Rising has recently parted ways with MLP. D’Amore also announced that Alice Crowley will be replacing Rising for Team World for this year’s CMLL Women’s Grand Prix match.

#CMLLInforma || ¡Alice Crowley se suma al Grand Prix de Amazonas 2026! Ella será quien represente a MLP en la Selección Extranjera que buscará conquistar esta importante justa internacional. 📲 https://t.co/kelGXKyh3j https://t.co/qh9hZ6TS8l

— Lucha Libre CMLL (@CMLL_OFICIAL) October 8, 2026

Prior to her departure, Rising had been with MLP since October of 2024.

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Tessa Blanchard Set To Make MLW Debut at MLW Saturday Night SuperFight

As noted before, former TNA and current CMLL talent Tessa Blanchard had claimed this past September that she had signed a contract with Major League Wrestling and was scheduled to make her official debut at their Fightland 2026 event and MLW Fusion tapings on September 12 in Charleston, South Carolina. CMLL later clarified that Blanchard’s status with MLW was only limited to her scheduled appearance. Blanchard was eventually pulled from her booking with MLW for CMLL’s Sabados De Coliseo show instead that same night in Mexico.

Wednesday’s CMLL Informa show featured Blanchard as one of the guests. During her sit-down interview segment, it was announced that Blanchard will be making her official debut appearance for MLW at their Saturday Night SuperFight event on November 7 in Cicero, Illinois.

#CMLLInforma || ¡Tessa Blanchard llega a MLW! El próximo 7 de noviembre, el Diamante Innegable llevará su talento a Estados Unidos para representar al CMLL. 📲 https://t.co/kelGXKxJdL https://t.co/nzceWqQoYy

— Lucha Libre CMLL (@CMLL_OFICIAL) October 8, 2026

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Brett Lauderdale To Address GCW World Title & Joseph Sawyer Injury Situation at 10/11 GCW Fight Club Event

As noted before, this past September’s The Score event for Game Changer Wrestling in Cincinnati, Ohio featured indies and TNA talent Joseph Sawyer, former Joe Gacy in WWE, suffering an apparent knee injury and walking out of his title defense match. Following the show, Sawyer provided an update stating that his injury was not as bad as he had initially thought.

GCW recently announced that GCW owner and promoter Brett Lauderdale will be addressing the current situation involving the GCW World Championship and Sawyer’s injury at their Fight Club Night Two event on October 11 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Breaking: GCW Owner Brett Lauderdale will address the status of the GCW World Championship this SUNDAY during Fight Club Weekend in Atlantic City… Watch LIVE on @Triller_TV https://t.co/xsgdGNF1F9

— GameChangerWrestling (@GCWrestling_) October 7, 2026

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Current Card for Thursday’s TNA Impact! Show

TNA Wrestling announced the card for Thursday’s TNA Impact! show on AMC and Sportsnet 360.

Current card for October 8th TNA Impact! show:

• TNA World Tag Team Championship – The Hardys (Matt & Jeff Hardy) vs. The Nemeths (Ryan & Nic Nemeth) (c)
• TNA Knockouts Television Championship – Elayna Black vs. M By Elegance (c)
• Call Your Shot Gauntlet Random Draw Advantage 8-Man Tag Team match – Frankie Kazarian, Trey Miguel, Bear Bronson, & Elijah vs. AJ Francis, Brian Myers, Home Town Man, & Joe Alonzo
• TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Champions Allie & Kiera Hogan vs. mystery opponents
• KC Navarro vs. Fabian Aichner
• TNA Knockouts World Champion Xia Brookside and Indi Hartwell to speak