Various: Trinity on Time Away from Wrestling Being “Really Tough” Period, Rocky Romero, Indies

May 9, 2023

Trinity Comments on Her Year Away from Wrestling Being a “Really Tough” Time

Denise Salcedo held a recent interview with Trinity, former Naomi in WWE. One of the topics discussed included Trinity’s thoughts on her almost year long period away from wrestling being a “really tough” moment of her life and career.

“Initially it was tough. It was really tough, just feeling like my whole world, everything, it all just being cut off. That was tough, but having the time to step away from everything, really ask myself, ‘What do I want in this next season of my life? What have I been missing? What made me feel this way? What is it gonna take for me to feel better, be in a happier place, and also to feel fulfilled? Not just make money, not just be on TV, not just have the fame and all that, but really be fulfilled. To me, if you’re not happy doing all these things, that doesn’t work for me. So just finding balance in my life and really tapping into myself and what Trinity needs and what Trinity wants in this next phase. It took me a little time to figure out if I still wanted to wrestle because the whole situation, it was a lot. But once I had the time away and realized how much I missed it and how much the fans that were still supporting me, it was easy to make that decision to give it one more go and not hang it up yet.
Low, like not happy. It all kind of worked itself out, and I think it’s all gonna work out for the better in the end. I think this is gonna allow me to become even better at what I do and wrestling. Just the connections already that I’ve made with people and all the support that I have that I know I’m on the right path, and this is gonna be a good experience. Not just for me, but I just think for women in wrestling.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

Rocky Romero Comments on Criticisms Over NJPW Debuting a New NJPW Strong Women’s Title

A recent episode of the Comedy Store Wrestling podcast featured New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Rocky Romero as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Romero’s thoughts on his issues over the online criticisms towards NJPW debuting a new NJPW Strong Women’s Championship in the company.

“The first-ever STRONG Women’s Championship, which is like an American championship. I’ve been reading the boards and Twitter and people talking about this and it’s been controversial in the fact, ‘Why is New Japan making another women’s championship.’ It seems like everyone was complaining two years ago that there wasn’t a championship, there wasn’t a division, ‘where is the representation?’ Now, we’ve got two championships, one headline in Japan and now the STRONG Women’s Championship. We’re trying to give women that representation and give them a great place to show professional wrestling. I don’t really understand where all the controversy is coming from.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

In a recent episode of the Wrestling For Faith podcast, host Gunner (former Jaxson Ryker in WWE) stated that he will be officially retiring from his in-ring wrestling career this August.

The Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer reported that Mike Tenay recently informed him of an important ongoing sports story to watch out for in regards to its potential impact on wrestling. This story reportedly involves several Western sports teams pulling out of their deals with RSN (Regional Sports Networks) in favor of signing deals with their local regular cable television markets. Meltzer reported that these teams currently believe that they can get more viewers and local exposure for their games than if they stick with “dying” RSNs. Meltzer also reported that sports teams had been expecting for a long while for streaming to become the new big money maker and replace traditional television for sports tv deals but this has not materialized the way they had expected, especially with many streaming services being deep in the red.

As noted before, former WWE wrestler Ted DiBiase Jr. was charged this past April with several criminal charges by the United States Department of Justice over his involvement in embezzling welfare funds as part of a larger welfare scandal in the State of Mississippi. PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that the U.S. government recently filed a motion requesting for DiBiase Jr.’s trial to be delayed from its original scheduled start date of June 20th to a new date, based on recent court documents. In the filing, the U.S. government stated that they needed more time to prepare for the trial and for the discovery phase to be extended in length due to the sensitivity and importance of the documents they need as evidence. The U.S. government also stated that DiBiase Jr’s legal team gave their approval for their motion request following recent talks between the two sides.

Insane Championship Wrestling recently announced that they will be holding an event called Get The F Out! on May 14th in Glasgow, Scotland. It was also announced that this will be the company’s first event since their split with WWE and the name of the event is meant to be in homage to WWE’s past history over their name change and not any actual ill will towards WWE.

PROGRESS Wrestling recently announced that Will Ospreay is the newest official entrant for their upcoming Super Strong Style 16 2023 tournament on May 27-29 in London, England.

Northeast Wrestling recently announced that El Hijo del Vikingo will be making his official debut for the company at their Lucha Mania event on June 9th in Waterbury, Connecticut.

Pro Wrestling Revolver recently announced a new match for the card of their Cage of Horrors event on July 1st in Clive, Iowa: