Various: Starrcast VI Date & Location Announced, Traci Brooks on No Interest for Wrestling Return, Indies

Jun 30, 2023

Starrcast Announces Date and Location for Starrcast VI Convention

Starrcast recently announced on Twitter that their next convention event, Starrcast VI, will be taking place from September 1-3 in Chicago, Illinois as part of AEW’s All Out 2023 weekend festivities in the city.

It was also announced that ticket bracelets for this upcoming convention event will officially go on sale starting next week.

As first reported by @SeanRossSapp & @Fightful, #STARRCAST is back!

Starrcast VI returns to our home of Chicago, September 1st – 3rd, as part of #AEWAllOut weekend!

Hotel information will be available tomorrow. Bracelets go on sale NEXT WEEK! pic.twitter.com/b80ZdO49Rx
— #StarrcastVI (@StarrcastEvents) June 29, 2023

Traci Brooks Comments on Having No Interest for Return to Wrestling

A recent episode of the Reffin’ It Up with Brian Hebner podcast featured former Impact Wrestling talent Traci Brooks as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Brooks’ thoughts on her interest in a potential return to wrestling in the future. Brooks is the wife of current Impact talent Frankie Kazarian.

“No. Alisha is an active wrestler and I’m not. What am I going to do? He doesn’t need his wife. I did have fun last year at Slammiversary. I got involved and got to hit Maria, that was fun. They’re like, ‘Hop over the rail.’ You mean open the rail gingerly and step around it? I don’t hop. That was a fun night. I’m good at home. I like going to shows and watching. Slammiversary was fun. Seeing the crew and talent is fun. I don’t think I have that itch anymore. I love being a mom. I love eating ice cream in my yoga pants. I’m happy in the state of mind I’m in. I don’t know if I would ever go back. It depends. Alisha pisses me off anymore, maybe, I don’t know. She looks like she has a fun face to slap. I’d like to slap Eddie …
The only way would have to be something with Frankie. Not against him. God, he’s stiff. It would have to be something with Frankie so [Frankie & Traci’s child] Rebel could see. That would likely be the only thing that…I’m not going to embarrass myself and wrestle and put these girls that have worked their asses off. It would have to be something with Frankie so Rebel could see us do something together.”

Brooks also gave her thoughts about her appearances for Impact last year for the lead up to their Slammiversary 2022 event.

“I did a few pre-tapes and that’s when I realized, ‘I’m done, I don’t miss this.’ I messed up a few times and was holding the camera crew up. I like my little life…IMPACT is always like, ‘Do you want to comeback, do you want to do something?’ No, I’m good. Wrestling, sports, everything has evolved. I missed a lot of it because I didn’t watch it for a while. Not for any reason, I was just too busy.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Former AEW talent and indies wrestler Sadie Gibbs recently announced on Instagram that she is currently training for a return to wrestling in the near future. Gibbs also stated that she has partnered with Envigor Media to produce a documentary film based on her road to her return to wrestling. Prior to her announcement, Gibbs had been retired from wrestling since April of 2021 due to health and COVID pandemic travel-related issues.

WWE Hall of Famer Bret Hart announced on Instagram that he has canceled his upcoming scheduled bookings due to him currently dealing with an illness.

STARZ recently released the official trailer for the upcoming second season of their Heelz television series, which premieres on July 28th on the network. Among those shown in the trailer included CM Punk and AJ Mendez, former AJ Lee in WWE.

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced that in recognition of their quick ascension and desire to lead the next generation for the company, Shota Umino, Ren Narita, and Yota Tsuji will officially be known as the “Reiwa Three Musketeers” going forward. This is the third time in NJPW history that the company officially gave the “Three Musketeers” title to a group of talent, first being in 1988 with Masahiro Chono, Shinya Hashimoto, and Keiji Muto and the second being in 2004 with Hiroshi Tanahashi, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Katsuyori Shibata.

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre recently announced that their weekly Tuesday events will no longer air for free on their official YouTube channel instead will be part of a new subscription plan on their channel.

Impact Wrestling recently announced that former NHL player and Detroit Red Wings legend Darren McCarty will be making an appearance for the company at their Slammiversary 2023 event on July 15th in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It was announced that McCarthy will be the special enforcer for the tag team match of Bully Ray & Steve Maclin vs. PCO & Scott D’Amore at the event.

Impact also recently announced two new matches for the card of their Slammiversary 2023 event on July 15th in Windsor:

Impact X-Division Championship – Lio Rush vs. Chris Sabin (c)
Ultimate X match – “Speedball” Mike Bailey vs. Jonathan Gresham vs. KUSHIDA vs. Kevin Knight vs. Angels

Major League Wrestling recently announced that Tiara Janes will be making her official debut for the company at their MLW Fusion tapings on July 8th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

MLW also recently announced a new match for the card of their MLW Fusion tapings on July 8th in Philadelphia: