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Originally Posted by Observer New Japan will be back in the Los Angeles area this fall with a number of events. NJPW President Harold Meij announced today at a press conference in San Francisco that the promotion will be returning to Long Beach this fall with Fighting Spirit Unleashed. It will be held on September 30 and will once again be at the Walter Pyramid. In addition, two shows featuring only Young Lion talent will take place in Anaheim on November 10 and November 11. These shows will be called The Lion’s Break, possibly similar to smaller scale young lion events held in Japan called Lion’s Gate Project. This would be the third time New Japan has ran a big show in California this year. Along with Strong Style Evolved back in March, they will be running one of their most ambitious international events yet tomorrow with the G1 Special in San Francisco event at the Cow Palace.

Originally Posted by Observer On Wednesday, former Ring of Honor wrestler Taeler Hendrix (Taeler Conrad-Mellen) said on Twitter that she was taken off TV in 2017 due to her refusing to have sex with Jay Lethal (Jamar Shipman). On Friday, ROH COO Joe Koff released a statement to F4WOnline.com via their PR company: "We were troubled to hear the allegations that surfaced last night on Twitter. We take these matters very seriously and will be investigating this situation thoroughly, reviewing all evidence related to the matter. Ring of Honor strives to provide an environment and workplace where male and female wrestlers are free from any misconduct or abuse. We will take appropriate action upon the conclusion of our findings." The statement was also provided to PWTorch who ran a story about the situation on Thursday. When asked if the company would also release a statement from Shipman or provide a timeline in which their investigation would take place, their PR firm said the statement was all they had. At this point, Shipman hasn't made any public statement.

Link: https://www.pwtorch.com/site/2018/07...nt-to-pwtorch/

Originally Posted by PWI Indies Roundup: The National Wrestling Alliance released the latest edition of their YouTube series Ten Pounds of Gold, focusing on the build to the 9/1 "All In" event where Champion Nick Aldis will defend against Cody Rhodes in Chicago MLW issued the following: BAD BOY JOEY JANELA VS. MJF FALLS COUNT ANYWHERE BOUT SIGNED FOR MLW’S JULY 12 ORLANDO FUSION TV TAPING The company announced Scorpio Sky will challenge Punishment Martinez for the ROH Television Title at the July 20 "Honor for All" event in Nashville. Also announced, Karen Q will have a Proving Ground match against Women of Honor Champion Sumie Sakai. AXS' Mark Cuban spoke to Sports Illustrated ahead of Saturday’s show at the Cow Palace, which will air live on the channel. He hyped up NJPW as the “best pro wrestling in the world” and the “best in the business at long-term storytelling that has a payoff.” He also said AXS is excited about new NJPW president Harold Meij and his goal of increasing English-language content. On the subject of live shows on AXS, Cuban said: “They are a great way to reward viewers of the weekly show and to increase the fanbase in the United States. The viewership and social engagement for live specials in the U.S. explodes as it expands the audience outside of those who will stay up all night for events from Japan.” Cody Rhodes appeared with his hair dyed black at a press conference today prior to challenging for Kenny Omega’s IWGP Heavyweight Championship at the Cow Palace tomorrow. Brandi Rhodes said that Cody dyed his hair for a role on a television show.

NWA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx5V3lpcErY , AXS TV: https://www.si.com/wrestling/2018/07...att-cappotelli , Cody: https://twitter.com/JustinBarrasso/s...35185036951553

Originally Posted by PWI When Cena and Batista both went over the top rope in the 2005 Royal Rumble, was that a legit botch? What was supposed to be the finish of that match? I thought the refs did a great job improvising on the fly. It was 100% a botch. Batista was supposed to throw Cena over the top and win but the momentum sent them both over the top to the floor, which led to Vince McMahon coming out (getting injured entering the ring) and restarting the bout. It was one of those moments where reality crept into wrestling and they had to figure out a way to get back to the planned finish.

From PWI's weekly Q&A articles involving the finish of 2005's Royal Rumble match.

Originally Posted by PWI Joe DeFalco, owner and operator of Las Vegas-based Future Stars of Wrestling posted the following on his Facebook: It's time to let the cat out of the bag. The deal is finalized to bring Impact Wrestling to Las Vegas. Clear your calendars for 3 days in November. More details regarding pricing, VIP's, Meet n Greets, Seminars and More coming soon.

Originally Posted by Observer After announcing in May that they found insufficient evidence to press charges, Phoenix Police released their report on the rape allegation that was made against Enzo Amore. It noted that Amore wasn’t contacted prior to his accuser making the claim public, which is what Amore had said himself and through his lawyers. During an appearance on the Steve Austin Show, Amore noted that a friend’s girlfriend was emailed by someone who said they were an investigator and said someone had made a claim against a wrestler. He said his lawyer looked into that in December and couldn’t find anything that was going on. Amore was released from WWE on January 23, the day after the allegation was made public.

According to a report from Fightful, the victim going public about this alleged incident actually ended making things a lot harder for her case and the police's investigation. Links: http://www.prowrestlingsheet.com/enz.../#.W0AGA9hKgW8 , https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/e...er-went-public

Originally Posted by Observer A new episode of Table for Three with Alexa Bliss, Lita, and Trish Stratus will premiere on the WWE Network after Monday’s Raw.

Originally Posted by Observer Impact Wrestling was back over 300,000 viewers this week, with Thursday night’s episode averaging 304,000 on Pop TV. The rating in the 18-49 demo was a 0.07. Last week’s 254,000 viewers was the lowest total of the year.

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling The New Japan Pro Wrestling card takes place Saturday from the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California and will air on AXS TV in the U.S. and New Japan World outside the country. Below is the lineup for Saturday’s show: *Kenny Omega vs. Cody for the IWGP heavyweight title *Jay White vs. Juice Robinson for the United States title *Hiromu Takahashi vs. Dragon Lee for the IWGP junior heavyweight title *Kazuchika Okada & Will Ospreay vs. Tetsuya Naito & Bushi *The Young Bucks vs. EVIL & Sanada for the IWGP tag titles *Hirooki Goto vs. Jeff Cobb for the NEVER Openweight title *Hiroshi Tanahashi & KUSHIDA vs. Hangman Page & Marty Scurll *Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano *Roppongi 3K, Yoshi-Hashi & Rocky Romero vs. Guerrillas of Destiny, Yujiro & Haku

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling Lucha Underground had their lowest viewership of the current season with 88,000 viewers for Wednesday’s episode on the El Rey Network. After an average of 143,000 viewers for the season premiere, the three episodes following have been unable to crack 100,000 viewers. After four episodes, the current season is averaging 106,500 viewers per episode.

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