Various: New WWE 24 Episode to Feature Edge, NJPW Canceling More Events Update, Indies

New Episode of WWE 24 Featuring Edge Airing Next Week on WWE Network

A new episode of WWE 24 reportedly will be airing on the WWE Network on April 5th following Night Two of WrestleMania 36, according to WWENetworkNews.com.

This episode is titled “WWE 24: Edge: The Second Mountain” and focuses on Edge’s in-ring return to WWE at this past January’s Royal Rumble event. This was the first WWE event Edge competed in since his retirement from neck injury in 2011.

More on NJPW Cancelling Sakura Genesis 2020 and Status of Future Events

As noted before, New Japan Pro Wrestling announced last week that they have cancelled this year’s Sakura Genesis event and the first show of their Road to Dontaku 2020 tour due to recent recommendations by the Japanese government.

Dave Meltzer reported in last week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that NJPW officials made the decision to cancel their upcoming events also based on recent recommendations by the governor of the Tokyo prefecture, who had requested for all public events in the area to be closed until April 12th.

Meltzer also reported that NJPW officials have yet to make any official decision regarding the status of this year’s New Japan Cup tournament, which had been cancelled earlier this month.

It was also reported that NJPW officials decided against running events elsewhere for the time being due to them not wanting to get any fans sick nor even wanted to run empty arena shows for similar concerns regarding their talent. NJPW’s next regular event is currently scheduled to take place on April 12th in Hamamatsu while their next major event is scheduled to take place on May 12th, which is the start of the Best of the Super Juniors 2020 tournament.

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Lucha Libre AAA announced that their April 25th television tapings in Tijuana, Mexico have been officially cancelled due to coronavirus-related issues. Konnan stated in a recent episode of his Keepin It 100 with Konnan podcast that AAA’s Verano de Escandalo event on April 26th in Mexico City, Mexico likely will be cancelled as well.

Stardom reportedly generated a paid audience of 538 for their Cinderella 2020 tournament this past Tuesday in Tokyo, Japan, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Correction on last week’s report of RDS and TVA Sports cable networks suspending regular broadcasts in the province of Quebec. Dave Meltzer reported in last week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that TVA Sports will still be airing a one-hour edited French language version of WWE RAW on their network during this time period.

Ring of Honor announced that they will be airing themed episodes featuring specific talent in the company for their weekly ROH TV series from now until at least June.

ROH also announced that Rey Horus recently signed a new multi-year contract with the company. This deal reportedly is two years in length, according to Mas Lucha.