Various: AEW Christmas Announcement, TNT’s Christmas AEW Plans, Mr. Niebla Passing, Indies

AEW Christmas Announcement

Cody Rhodes said on Twitter that AEW will be sharing some “good news” on Twitter on Christmas morning.

Just got some good news that we get to share Christmas morning! 🎄

Follow @AEWrestling #AEW

— Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) December 23, 2019

TNT Airing AEW Promotional Spots During Christmas Day

TNT reportedly will be airing promotional ads for All Elite Wrestling during their holiday programming this Wednesday, according to PWInsider.

Mike Johnson reportedly that while there will not be a new episode of AEW Dynamite this week, TNT filmed content featuring AEW talent a few weeks ago for their Christmas week festivities and commercials on the network.

Lucha Legend Mr. Niebla Passed Away

Mexican wrestling legend Mr. Niebla passed away this Monday at the age of 46, according to El Dandy and CMLL.

El Dandy stated on Facebook that Mr. Niebla had been recently hospitalized due to a blood infection and while it appeared his health was recovering, he tragically passed away from his illness at the hospital on Monday.

Mr. Niebla’s wrestling career spanned from 1990 to 2019 and he is mostly known for his lengthy career in CMLL and his comedic style of wrestling in Mexico.

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Stardom announced that New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Wrestle Kingdom 14 event next month in Tokyo, Japan will feature a women’s match from the company. This match was later revealed to not be airing live on New Japan World nor FITE.TV and instead will be a dark match for the live audience only.

Revolution Pro Wrestling announced that they have moved up the date of their High Stakes 2020 event in London, England from its originally planned February 16th date to a new February 14th date. The official reason given was due to potential scheduling issues with several key talent booked regarding the show’s original date.

Major League Wrestling announced a new match for the card of their Zero Hour event on January 11th in North Richland Hills, Texas:
– No Ropes, No Holds Barred match – Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Simon Gotch