Various: Saturday’s NJPW Strong Card, Acey Romero on Impact Release, Trademarks, Indies

Oct 22, 2021

Full Card for Saturday’s Episode of NJPW Strong

New Japan Pro Wrestling recently announced the full card for this Saturday’s Autumn Attack Night 3 themed episode of NJPW Strong, which airs on New Japan World starting at 8PM EST.

Brogan Finlay, Will Allday, Wheeler Yuta, Fred Yehi, & David Finlay vs. The DKC, Kevin Knight, Alex Coughlin, Ren Narita, & Ryusuke Taguchi
Chris Dickinson & Robbie Eagles vs. Chris Bey & El Phantasmo
Clark Connors & Karl Fredericks vs. Will Ospreay & mystery partner
Texas Bullrope match – Juice Robinson vs. Hikuleo

Acey Romero Comments on Issues Leading Up to His Release from Impact Wrestling

As noted before, Impact Wrestling granted and released Acey Romero from his contract with the company last week.

Cultaholic held a recent interview with Romero and some of the topics discussed included the issues leading up to him asking and being granted his release from Impact.

On the topic of the issues leading to his decision on wanting to be released from Impact, Romero stated:

“I just want people to know I’m not talking sh*t or trying to bury IMPACT. The last straw was we were going to be booked in August but we were pulled the week of. I’ll be honest, IMPACT was a big chunk of my income and my deal was if I wasn’t there, I wasn’t paid. I was paid per appearance. So I was counting on that loop to help me financially.
I was ready to go. We were leaving on a Friday and it was a Monday and just, ‘Hey, bad news. Creative has gone in a different direction and you guys aren’t on the loop this month.’ That’s when the frustration really built, like, ‘What the hell?’ I would call them and say, ‘Can we do something better? What can we do to come back?’ I just felt like we were getting d*cked around, for lack of a better phrase. And then we weren’t on the next loop and I was like, ‘That’s it. I think I’ve been patient enough.’ I can’t speak for Larry but I can speak for myself, ‘I know what I can bring to the table if given the opportunity. There’s no hard feelings but if you don’t have room for me or there’s nothing you see for me to do on the show, let’s just split ways at this point.’”

On the topic of being granted his release from Impact, Romero stated:

“My point of contact most of the time was with D’Lo [Brown]. He was sad and he would ask me repeatedly, ‘Are you sure that’s what you want to do?’ I would be like, ‘D’Lo, I don’t want to leave but if I’m not gonna be used, I have to leave because I have my own things I need to worry about. My financial situation, I need to worry about my career. I can’t just sit here for the better part of a year and not do anything and just be locked down.’ Although he expressed to me that he was sad, he also said when he told me they were going to grant me my release, ‘Alright, go out and kill it, kid. I believe in you. Go out and kill it.’”

WWE, Adam Pearce, & AEW File New Trademarks

WWE, Adam Pearce, and AEW recently filed several new trademarks to the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

A trademark for “Paul Heyman” was filed by WWE on October 15th for wrestling and entertainment-related purposes.

A trademark for “Marquee Classics” was also filed by WWE on October 15th for merchandise-related purposes.

A trademark for “Scrap Iron” was filed by WWE talent Adam Pearce on October 15th for wrestling and entertainment-related purposes.

A trademark for “Watch Your Wrestling” was filed by AEW on October 18th for wrestling and entertainment-related purposes.

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Hacksaw Jim Duggan’s wife Debra announced on Twitter that Duggan underwent emergency surgery for an undisclosed medical issue this past Wednesday morning. In an update later in the day, Debra stated that Duggan’s surgery was successful and he is currently recovering.

AEW announcer Jim Ross recently announced on Instagram that he underwent a CT scan on Thursday for a potential skin cancer issue that he has been dealing with for the past several years.

As noted before, Alberto El Patron recently filed a lawsuit against Combate Global claiming that the company still owes him money for his MMA fight against Tito Ortiz that took place in December of 2019 and has maintained control of his social media accounts despite him no longer working for them. PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that Combate Global filed a motion to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on October 10th requesting that El Patron’s lawsuit be dismissed. Johnson reported that the motion was denied on October 12th by presiding Judge Cathy Seibel. Seibel ruled that she will instead take up the discussion as part of a currently scheduled hearing on November 12th in order to give El Patron’s side a chance to respond to the motion first.

Ring of Honor announced that tickets for this year’s Final Battle event on December 11th in Baltimore, Maryland will officially go on sale starting on October 29th for HonorClub members and November 5th for the general public.

ROH recently announced a new match for the card of their October 27th episode of ROH Women’s Division Wednesday:

NWA World Women’s Tag Team Championship – The Allure (Mandy Leon & Angelina Love) vs. The Hex (Allysin Kay & Marti Belle) (c)

Major League Wrestling recently announced that their weekly MLW Fusion Alpha series will air live for free on FITE.TV starting with this past Wednesday’s episode.

MLW talent Marshall Von Erich announced on Twitter that his wife gave birth to their son Archie Ross Adkisson on Thursday.

MLW announced a new match for the card of their upcoming War Chamber 2021 event on November 6th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: