Various: AAA Triplemania XXVIII Update, Full Card for Friday’s NJPW Strong, Indies

Oct 30, 2020

AAA Triplemania XXVIII Update & More on Marvel Deal

As noted before, Lucha Libre AAA held a press conference earlier this week discussing details regarding their upcoming Triplemania XXVIII event.

While no official date was announced for the event, Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that AAA officials recently informed their talent of a potential December 5th date for the event.

Meltzer reported that the current feeling within the company is that at least 6,500 ticket sales will need to be sold for it to make financially sense to hold the event this year. At the moment, fans are currently not allowed to attend wrestling events in Mexico City, Mexico due to current local government rules for the coronavirus pandemic.

In regards to the company’s deal with Marvel, Meltzer reported that this deal was made several months ago and the new Marvel themed masked wrestlers were originally planned to debut during this past summer prior to it being delayed due to coronavirus-related reasons. Meltzer also reported that the company will be debuting more Marvel themed masked wrestlers within the near future. Representatives from Marvel reportedly will be in attendance at AAA’s TripleMania event.

Meltzer also reported that Marvel currently has plans to potentially run a Marvel Wrestling League should the debut of their new Marvel themed wrestlers be successful.

In regards to AAA’s Hall of Fame, La Parka reportedly will be this year’s inductee member.

Full Card for Road to New Japan Showdown for Tonight’s NJPW Strong Episode

New Japan Pro Wrestling recently announced the full card for their Road to New Japan Showdown special for tonight’s NJPW Strong episode, which airs live on New Japan World starting at 10PM EST.

The DKC & Clark Connors vs. Logan & Sterling Reigel
Karl Fredericks vs. Blake Christian
Misterioso, Alex Zayne, PJ Black, & David Finlay vs. Hikuleo, Guerillas of Destiny (Tanga Loa & Tama Tonga), & KENTA

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Major League Wrestling announced that they have recently formed a partnership with indie promotion International Wrestling Association Puerto Rico.

During a recent interview with Forbes, MLW owner Court Bauer revealed that MLW has recently signed a new television deal with BeIN Sport to remain on the network for the foreseeable future.

Paramount Animations and WWE Studios animated film Rumble reportedly has been delayed from its previously scheduled theatrical release date of January 19, 2021 to a new date of May 14, 2021, according to Deadline.com.

AEW recently announced that several of their past pay-per-view events are currently available to purchase on DVD at their official online store website.

United Wrestling Network recently announced that Lio Rush will be making his official debut for the company at their November 3rd episode of Primetime Live.

Westside Xtreme Wrestling recently announced on Twitter that they have postponed all of their upcoming events until February 28, 2021 due to the current status of the coronavirus pandemic in Germany. The company also announced that their wXw Academy will be closed until late November due to the current ban on contact sports in Germany for similar reasons.