Various: Darius Martin Injury Status Update, Saturday’s NJPW Strong Card, Indies

Darius Martin Injury Status Update

As noted before, Top Flight’s Darius Martin has been out of action for AEW since this past February due to him suffering an ACL injury.

A recent episode of the One on One with Jon Alba podcast had Martin as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Martin providing an update on the status of his rehab from his ACL injury.

“I’m feeling pretty good, just moving around, taking it day by day, trying to get the clearance again, working my way up and building the strength again. You never want injuries, but I’m thankful it came at a time where I am fortunate enough to have this deal with AEW. AEW has been great to me during it. I really feel all the love and support from them. I’ve been fortunate enough to have that.”

Martin also gave his thoughts on how AEW has been helping him during his time away from the ring.

“I’m still on the road, they’ve still been paying me. I’m still lucky enough to have that job and financial security because of AEW. It’s a great place and Tony Khan is an amazing boss who really values his employees and treats us like human beings. Tony is the best.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

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Full Card for Saturday’s Episode of NJPW Strong

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

• The DKC & Kevin Knight vs. Brogan Finlay & Jordan Clearwater
• Rocky Romero & FinJuice (David Finlay & Juice Robinson) vs. Team Filthy (Black Tiger, JR Kratos, & Royce Isaacs)
• NJPW Strong Openweight Championship – Fred Rosser vs. “Filthy” Tom Lawlor (c)

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Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

WrestleCon recently announced that Windham Rotunda (former Bray Wyatt in WWE), Swoggle, Brutus Beefcake, Maria Kanellis-Bennett, Velvet Sky, Matt Cardona, and Brian Myers will all be making an appearance for the company at their upcoming WrestleCon 2022 event on March 31 to April 2, 2022 in Dallas, Texas

EC3 announced on Twitter that Killer Kross, former Karrion Kross in WWE, has recently joined his Control Your Narrative wrestling project.

Pro Wrestling Guerilla recently announced that Lee Moriarty is the next official competitor for their upcoming Battle of Los Angeles 2022 tournament, which takes place on January 29-30, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.

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

Game Changer Wrestling recently announced that Kylie Rae will be making an appearance for the company at their Say You Will event on January 15th in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.

GCW also recently announced a new match for the card of their Blood on the Hills event later tonight in Los Angeles, California:

• ROH World Championship Pure Rules match – AJ Gray vs. Jonathan Gresham (c)