Various: Impact Issues Statement Over Canceled Action Figures Line, Steve Maclin Injury Update, Indies

Aug 16, 2023

Impact Issues Statement Over Cancellation of New Impact Action Figures Series

Impact Wrestling announced that they have recently cancellation their plans to release an upcoming new Impact branded action figures series by toys manufacturer Epic Toys and distributor Asylum Wrestling Store.

It was announced that the official reason was due to the planned action figures did not met their standards in quality nor would have been released within the originally schedule timeframe. It was also announced that they are currently in talks with other action figure manufacturers for the production of new Impact action figurines. It was also announced that they will be refunding everyone who had pre-paid for these now cancelled action figurines.

Official statement:

Statement Regarding IMPACT Action Figures
IMPACT Wrestling regretfully announces that its scheduled action figures, made by Asylum, did not meet IMPACT standards nor the outlined timeframe for release.
Thus, IMPACT Wrestling is now in discussions with other action figure manufacturers for an upcoming release and no IMPACT Action Figures from Asylum will be produced.
All pre-payments for the IMPACT Action Figures made by Asylum will be refunded in full. Refunds will start being processed at the end of August.
Thank you for your understanding.

Steve Maclin Injury Status Update – Maclin Cleared for In-Ring Return

As noted before, Steve Maclin has been out of action for Impact Wrestling since this past June due to a groin tear injury.

Maclin provided an injury update earlier today on Twitter stating that he was recently medically cleared for an in-ring return and is currently accepting indies bookings.

100% cleared & ready to cause #MayhemForAll.

Accepting bookings Sept thru the end of the year! Where do you want to see #MACLIN?

SteveMaclinBookings@gmail.com https://t.co/UqlCsfWUgs pic.twitter.com/XZd4YNgYP8
— Steve Maclin (@SteveMaclin) August 16, 2023

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

The National Wrestling Alliance recently announced that Kamille reached the milestone of 800 days as current NWA World Women’s Champion as of Tuesday.

PROGRESS Wrestling announced that they will be launching their own streaming service called Progress Plus on August 17th.

WrestlePro recently announced that Super Crazy will be making an appearance for the company at their Sun Day Light event on September 17th in Rahway, New Jersey.

WrestlePro also recently announced a new match for the card of their Sun Day Light event on September 17th in Rahway:

WrestlePro Women’s Championship – B3CCA vs. Skye Blue vs. Lady Frost (c)

New Japan Pro Wrestling recently announced three new matches for the card of their All Star Junior Festival USA 2023 event on August 19th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:

Lucky Dip Tag Team match (teams to be drawn at random) – Alex Shelley, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Robbie Eagles, Kosei Fujita, TJP, Chris Bey, Ace Austin, Cheeseburger
Five-way match – Lio Rush vs. Fugaz vs. Dragon Kid vs. Soberano Jr. vs. KC Navarro
Goldy vs. Vinny Pacifico

Impact Wrestling recently announced a new match for the card of their Emergence 2023 event on August 27th in Toronto, Ontario, Canada: