Various: Contract Status for Several ROH Talents, Saturday’s NJPW Strong Card, Indies

Nov 26, 2021

ROH Contract Status of Jonathan Gresham, Dalton Castle, & Silas Young

As noted before, Ring of Honor announced last month that they will be going on a hiatus following the end of their Final Battle 2021 event this December. As part of this upcoming hiatus, the company will be making major changes to their business operations and will be releasing all of their talent in two phases, the first being at the end of this year and the other being on March 31, 2022.

During a recent interview with PWInsider, Jonathan Gresham revealed that his contract with ROH expires this December. Gresham stated:

“My thoughts is that it sucks and I’m sad that it had to come to this. The reasons why I do not know, that wasn’t discussed with me. But my heart goes out to a lot of the boys that were relying on this, as well as myself, the salaries that we were getting. These monthly paychecks that we were getting, and now just abruptly it’s over. Mine ends in December that’s the last check that I will get from Sinclair and Ring of Honor. And it’s putting me in a different mindset. And the one thing it has done for me, I’m hoping that it did the same with other guys, but it lit a fire up under me. I’d gotten really comfortable. I had stopped grinding for a little while like I used to while I was traveling all over the world and wrestling pretty much anybody. And I was okay with doing that for some reason because I was getting this amount of money every month. But now that it’s gone, I have the fire again. And I feel like I would enjoy wrestling even more now that I don’t have this paycheck coming in every month from Ring of Honor. So that’s just the way I’m taking it. My heart just goes out to the boys that have mortgages and families and things of that nature. So, that’s where my heart is at the moment.”

During a recent interview with The Gentleman’s Club podcast, Dalton Castle revealed that he is also among the ROH talent whose contracts expire at the end of this year. Castle stated:

“I only have two months left on my contract before I’m completely fired. Ring of Honor is giving us all the boot at the end of the year.”

Besides Gresham and Castle, Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that Silas Young’s contract with ROH also expires at the end of this year. Young reportedly had been seen backstage at Impact Wrestling’s recent tapings in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was reported that it is currently not known if Young was only visiting or if he was in talks with Impact officials for a potential contract with the company.

Full Card for Saturday’s Episode of NJPW Strong

New Japan Pro Wrestling recently announced the full card for this Saturday’s New Japan Showdown 2021 Night 4 themed episode of NJPW Strong, which airs on New Japan World starting at 8PM EST.

Alex Coughlin Open Challenge Series – Alex Coughlin vs. Jonathan Gresham
The DKC, Ren Narita, Karl Fredericks, Rocky Romero, & Fred Rosser vs. Team Filthy (“Filthy” Tom Lawlor, JR Kratos, Jorel Nelson, Royce Isaacs, & Danny Limelight)
Daniel Garcia, Brody King, & Chris Dickinson vs. Barrett Brown, BATEMAN, & Misterioso
Philadelphia Street Fight – Jon Moxley & Eddie Kingston vs. Minoru Suzuki & Lance Archer

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Jonathan Gresham recently announced that Bandido will be making an appearance for Terminus at their debut event on January 16, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia.

WrestleCon recently announced that Windham Rotunda, former Bray Wyatt in WWE, will be making an appearance for the company at their WrestleCon 2022 event on March 30th to April 5th, 2022 in Dallas, Texas.

FITE TV recently announced that they will be broadcasting Lucha Libre AAA’s upcoming Triplemania Regia II event on December 4th live on their service. It was announced that this pay-per-view event will cost $19.99 and will have English and Spanish language commentary as options for viewers.

Following this past Thursday’s Thanksgiving themed episode of MLW Fusion, Major League Wrestling announced a new match for the card of the December 1st episode of MLW Fusion:

MLW Opera Cup 2021 Finals – Davey Richards vs. TJP

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