Various: AEW Working on Plans for Homecoming Event, Friday’s NJPW Strong Card, Indies

Jun 25, 2021

AEW CEO Tony Khan Comments on Plans for Homecoming Event at Daily’s Place

A recent episode of the ‘Rasslin with Brandon F. Walker podcast had AEW CEO Tony Khan as the guest. One of the topics discussed included the future status of Daily’s Place after AEW resumes touring and plans for a Homecoming event at the venue.

“I’ve got a Homecoming show planned and we’ll still make a few appearances in Daily’s Place each year and it will still be a part of the Dynamite plan and Rampage also. So I’m excited to have Daily’s Place still be a part of AEW and actually, I will say this, I am planning to go back to Daily’s Place pretty regularly. It’s been great, it’s been great for the fans and I wanna reward the local fans because you [Brandon Walker] were there and you’ve been to the shows and you’ve been down there and seen it.”

Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com

Full Card for Friday’s Episode of NJPW Strong

New Japan Pro Wrestling recently announced the full card for tonight’s Ignition 2021 Night 2 themed episode of NJPW Strong, which airs on New Japan World starting at 10PM EST.

The DKC & Kevin Knight vs. Wheeler Yuta & Fred Yehi
Rocky Romero vs. Clark Connors
NJPW Strong Openweight Championship – Karl Fredericks vs. “Filthy” Tom Lawlor (c)

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling announced on Twitter that Yuka Sakazaki will be going on an excursion trip to AEW starting this July.

NJPW announced that they will be holding a new set of television tapings for their Strong series on August 16th at the Thunder Studio in Long Beach, California. The company also announced that these tapings will also feature fans allowed in attendance for the first time in Strong series history. Tickets for these upcoming tapings were announced to go on sale starting on June 30th.

NJPW also announced that SHO will be making an appearance for GLEAT at their July 1st event in Tokyo, Japan. SHO will be competing against Takanori Ito in a UWF Rules match at the event.

Major League Wrestling announced that they have recently signed former WWE NXT developmental talent EJ Nduka to an official contract with the company. Nduka was among those revealed those drafted to the company as part of this week’s MLW Open Draft Round 6.