Various: ESPN Top 30 Wrestlers Under 30 List, Beautiful People & Awesome Kong Announced for Impact 1000, Indies

MJF Tops ESPN’s Top 30 Wrestlers Under 30

ESPN recently released their Top 30 Pro Wrestlers Under 30 list featuring who they consider to be the current best wrestlers in the world under the age of 30.

It was announced that MJF took the top spot for their inaugural list, followed by Rhea Ripley, Austin Theory, El Hijo del Vikingo, and Dominik Mysterio in order to round out the Top 5.

ESPN’s Top 30 Pro Wrestlers Under 30 full list:

  1. MJF
  2. Rhea Ripley
  3. Austin Theory
  4. El Hijo del Vikingo
  5. Dominik Mysterio
  6. Bron Breakker
  7. Carmelo Hayes
  8. Konosuke Takeshita
  9. Liv Morgan
  10. Logan Paul
  11. Giulia
  12. Butch
  13. Jack Perry
  14. Wes Lee
  15. Utami Hayashishita
  16. Toni Storm
  17. Dragon Lee
  18. Bandido
  19. Jamie Hayter
  20. Wheeler Yuta
  21. Kaito Kiyomiya
  22. Saya Kamitani
  23. Yota Tsuji
  24. Jordynne Grace
  25. Deonna Purrazzo
  26. Ilja Dragunov
  27. Masha Slamovich
  28. Tyler Bate
  29. Daniel Garcia
  30. Shota Umino

Impact Announced Beaultifil People & Awesome King for Impact 1000th Show

Impact Wrestling recently announced that former Impact talents The Beautiful People (Angelina Love & Velvet Sky) and Awesome King will be making an appearance at their Impact 1000th show on September 9th in White Plains, New York.


Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

As noted before, Jordynne Grace’s contract with Impact Wrestling expired this past May and is currently on a break from wrestling for outside projects-related reasons. While responding to a fan on Twitter, Grace provided an update stating that she might return to wrestling next year but she is also currently in no hurry to do so.

Kota Ibushi announced on Twitter that he is currently dealing with tonsillitis but this would not impact his status for GLEAT’s event today in Tokyo, Japan. Ibushi was scheduled to be involved in a 10-Man Tag Team match at the event.

In a recent episode of the Off Her Chops podcast, co-host Cassie Lee gave her thoughts about why herself and Jessica McKay decided to take a break from wrestling. Lee stated “We wanted to take a step back because we both wanted to take a step forward with our acting aspirations and also, I had been trying to get pregnant for a f*cking long time at this point. I was like, I gotta work this out and I feel like maybe because I keep wrestling, it’s not happening because my body — I keep wrestling, and so, it was tough because it wasn’t a smooth transition out. Only because we weren’t super honest about that. Because if I’m being honest, I don’t think it’s anybody’s business. Hey, I wanna take a step back because I wanna get pregnant. That’s not anyone’s business. But what am I gonna say? You know? It’s tough.” (Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com)

Impact Wrestling recently announced a new match for the card of their co-promoted Impact x NJPW Multiverse United 2 event on August 20th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:

  • TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. & Shane Haste) vs. Moose & Eddie Edwards

DEFY Wrestling recently announced a new match for the card of their The Splendid Vile event on August 26th in London, England:

  • Nick Wayne vs. KC Navarro

Major League Wrestling recently announced a new match for the card of their MLW Fusion taping on September 3rd in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:

  • Street Fight – Akira vs. Jimmy Llyod