Various: Cash Wheeler Injury Update, MLW News & Notes, Indies

Cash Wheeler Injury Status Update

As noted before, Cash Wheeler suffered a serious arm injury during the July 28th “Fight for the Fallen” themed episode of AEW Dynamite in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Wheeler recently provided an injury update on Instagram stating that he is currently feeling fine but is not sure when he will be medically cleared for an in-ring return.

“Thank you to everyone that’s reached out. I’ll be fine. I’m pretty lucky. Sorry to anyone I haven’t gotten back to yet. I’m still not going to respond to a lot of messages right now. I wanted to take the last week to get away in the mountains, clear my head, and see what the future holds.

I won’t be there tonight. I don’t know when I’ll be cleared. But I know that no matter what, Dax is the best friend I could’ve ever asked for.”

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Major League Wrestling News & Notes

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that Major League Wrestling recently signed a new streaming deal with an unknown streaming service company, according to his sources within the company. Johnson reported that MLW is currently expected to make the official announced by the end of this summer and this is the reason why MLW recently has been removing MLW Fusion episodes from their YouTube channel.

Johnson also reported that MLW’s upcoming ALPHA mini-series is currently planned to act as a prequel meant to bridge all of the company’s current storylines through the season premiere of the company’s new programming this Fall.

MLW officials reportedly are currently considering plans of launching a separate Aztec Underground series, according to PWInsider.

Stephen DeAngelis reportedly will be MLW’s full-time ring announcer going forward for the company, according to PWInsider.

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Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Mickie James recently announced on Instagram that Chelsea Green will be making an appearance for the National Wrestling Alliance at their all-women’s Empowerrr event on August 28th in St. Louis, Missouri.

The NWA announced that tickets sales for their upcoming 73rd Anniversary event on August 29th in St. Louis, Missouri recently reached sold out status.

AEW talent Powerhouse Hobbs announced on Twitter that his mother passed away this past Tuesday.

Former Memphis Wrestling manager and USA Championship Wrestling owner Bert Prentice passed away this past Wednesday at the age of 62. Prior to his passing Prentice had announced earlier this week on Facebook that his sister Marylin would be taking over the day-to-day operations of USA Championship Wrestling due to him wanting to focus on his cancer treatments and rehabilitation. Besides being most known for his work as a manager in Memphis Wrestling, Prentice also worked during the early days of Total Nonstop Action as an announcer for their NWA-TNA Xplosion series.

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced that they will be holding two sets of television tapings for their weekly Strong series this September and October in the United States. The first set of tapings was announced to be taking place on September 25-26 in Garland, Texas and will be titled as Autumn Attack. The second set of tapings was announced to be taking place on October 16-17 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and will be titled as New Japan Showdown 2021. Tickets for both set of tapings was announced to go on sale starting on August 8th.

NJPW also announced that Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tomohiro Ishii will be working at their next set of television tapings for their weekly Strong series on August 16th in Long Beach, California.

Ring of Honor recently announced two new matches for the cards of their Glory By Honor 2021 events on August 20th and 21st in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:

• August 20th, Glory By Honor Night 1 – The Briscoes (Jay & Mark Briscoe) vs. The Righteous (Bateman & Dutch)
• August 21st, Glory By Honor Night 2 – ROH World Six-Man Championship – Incoherence (Delirious, Hallowicked, & Frightmare) vs. Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Moses & Kaun) (c)