Various: Jerry Lawler Stroke Update, Matt Cardona Rejected “Zack Ryder” Trademark Update, Indies

WWE

Feb 10, 2023

Jerry Lawler Heath Status Update

Jerry “The King” Lawler has been hospitalized since this past Monday following a stroke incident at his home in Fort Myers, Florida.

Lawler’s official Twitter account posted a health update on Thursday stating that Lawler was released from his stay in Intensive Care Unit and will be allowed to return to his home for his post-stroke rehab and recovery.

Jerry is out of ICU & will return to his Florida home for outpatient rehab for his limited speech & cognitive skills. Doctors hopeful for full recovery & Jerry is looking forward to returning to his fans very soon. -Lauryn #LongLiveTheKing pic.twitter.com/6yOUnOLGkI
— Jerry Lawler (@JerryLawler) February 9, 2023

Matt Cardona Comments on Reason for His Rejected Zack Ryder Trademark

As noted before, Matt Cardona’s trademark application for his former WWE ring name of “Zack Ryder” was recently rejected by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

A recent episode of the Pro Wrestling Boom podcast had Cardona as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Cardona revealing that WWE was the reason why his trademark for “Zack Ryder” was rejected.

Cardona stated that WWE’s ownership of the trademark had lapsed which is why he filed a trademark for it but they fought against his filing and he backed down to avoid a costly legal battle for it.

“[WWE did let the ‘Zack Ryder’ trademark] lapse. I applied for it knowing there was a chance they could fight it, and they have, so that’s it. I’m letting it go.
It would have been cool to do a cinematic ‘Matt Cardona vs. Zack Ryder’ match. It’s not going to happen. I’m not going to fight because, at the end of the day, it’s their intellectual property. They would win if we ever went to court over it. I tried. They fought it, so that’s it. I’m backing down.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

As noted before, former wrestler Tammy Sytch was arrested this past May in Florida following a police investigation into a fatal car accident involving Sytch this past March. PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that Sytch’s lawyer filed a motion on Wednesday requesting for Sytch’s scheduled pre-trial hearing for next week to be delayed to a later date due to needing more time to prepare her legal case for trial, based on recent court records.

In a recent interview with Herald Wales, former NXT UK talent Mark Andrews stated that he is currently in the process of reviving his ATTACK! Pro Wrestling promotion.

Pro Wrestling NOAH announced that they have pulled Seiki Yoshioka from the card of their Great Voyage 2023 event on February 12th in Osaka, Japan due to Yoshioka recently suffering a sprained cervical vertebrae injury.

Josh Barnett recently announced that Davey Boy Smith Jr. will be making an appearance for Game Changer Wrestling at their Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport 9 event on March 30th in Los Angeles, California. Barnett also announced that wrestling commentator Lenny Leonard will be joining the commentary team at this event.

GCW recently announced that Negro Casas will be making his official debut appearance for the company at their Gringo Loco’s The Wrld on Lucha 2023 on April 1st in Los Angeles.

GCW also recently announced that Christopher Daniels is the first official inductee for this year’s Indie Hall of Fame class. It was also announced that Frankie Kazarian will be inducting Daniels at their Indie Hall of Fame ceremony on April 2nd in Los Angeles.

GCW also announced that they are reviving the JCW Championship with the winner of this year’s J-Cup tournament to be crowned as its new champion.

Major League Wrestling recently announced that this year’s Battle Riot V event will be taking place on April 8th at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was also announced that tickets for this upcoming event will officially go on sale starting this Friday.

MLW officials reportedly were very pleased with REELZ’s big marketing push for the debut episode of their revival MLW Underground series on the network, according to PWInsider.

MLW talent reportedly will be traveling to Mexico to work at Lucha Libre AAA’s event in Tijuana this weekend, according to PWInsider.

Impact Wrestling recently announced that several of their talents will be making an appearance for Power Play Sports Collectables at their Sportscards, Toys & Collectibles meet & greet fan signing event on February 25-26th in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Impact also announced three new matches for the card of their No Surrender 2023 event on February 24th in Las Vegas:

“Speedball” Mike Bailey vs. Jonathan Gresham
Deonna Purrazzo vs. Gisele Shaw
Bullet Club (Chris Bey, Ace Austin, & KENTA) vs. KUSHIDA & The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin)

New Japan Pro Wrestling recently announced a new match for the card of their Battle in the Valley 2023 event on February 18th in San Jose, California: