Various: Impact Announces Date for Throwback Throwdown 4, Rob Van Dam on Wrestling Career Future, Indies

Sep 27, 2023

Impact Announces Throwback Throwdown 4 Event This November in Toronto

Impact Wrestling recently announced that this year’s Throwback Throwdown 4 event for their Impact Provincial Wrestling Federation brand will be taking place on November 11th at the Don Kolov Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

It was also announced that tickets for this upcoming event will officially go on sale starting this Thursday.

Official press release:

Pro Wrestling Returns To Toronto On Saturday, November 11: Stars From The 1980s IMPACT Provincial Wrestling Federation (IPWF) Are In Action
The superstars of yesteryear are coming back, once again!
IMPACT Wrestling confirmed today that Throwback Throwdown 4 is set for Saturday night, November 11, featuring the popular, over-the-top stars of the 1980s from the IMPACT Provincial Wrestling Federation (IPWF).
The retro night of IPWF wrestling will be held at the Don Kolov Arena at Battle Arts Academy (4880 Tomken Road) in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, starting at 8 p.m. (Doors will open at 7 p.m. and a pre-show Meet & Greet is scheduled.)
Matches for the IPWF show will be announced in the coming weeks, but confirmed to appear are such IPWF legends as Colt McCoy (Eddie Edwards), Tim Burr (Josh Alexander), DJ2Large (Moose), “Rough Rider” Georgia Cobb (Jordynne Grace), Rapid Delivery Pete (Rich Swann), Rip Rayzor (Ace Austin) with Rusty Iron (Gia Miller), and so many others.
The IPWF action will air on IMPACT Wrestling’s flagship weekly TV show, Impact!, airing every Thursday night (8 p.m. EST) on AXS TV, Game TV and Fight Network.
Tickets for the IPWF Show on November 11^th will go on sale on Thursday, September 28 at impactwrestling.com.

Rob Van Dam on Future of His Wrestling Career

A recent episode of the Insight with Chris Van Vliet podcast featured ECW legend Rob Van Dam as the guest. One of the topics discussed included RVD’s thoughts on if he has considered a potential retirement from wrestling and the the future of his wrestling career.

“Not really. I mean, sometimes the thought goes through my head like if I’m having a bad travel day for instance: ‘I’m done. I hate this. I just want to be home. Traveling sucks.’ I’ll have those moments inside my head, but they usually don’t last that long.
And I used to think I was going to retire, that was like several years ago, and I thought I was probably close to hanging the boots up. And now I just don’t even think I will. I think I’ll be like Dory Funk Jr. I may quit taking bookings, but I don’t think I’m going to make a big deal out of being retired because the credibility of wrestlers retiring is so blown anyway, you know?
Sabu used to say it’d be cool if we did a retirement tour and we went around the world and wrestled for all the companies that we’ve wrestled for. But the timing of that didn’t work out too well because he finished up before me.”

Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

As noted before, Katsuhiko Nakajima will be terminating his contract with Pro Wrestling NOAH at the end of this month and will be leaving the company after the end of this October. Tokyo Sports reported that their sources stated that Nakajima has been interested for a long time in working overseas. It was also reported that Nakajima is currently hopeful of being able to work for an American promotion such as WWE or AEW.

In a recent interview with PKDX, Katsuhiko Nakajima gave his reasons for his decision to leave Pro Wrestling NOAH after a lengthy career in the company. Nakajima stated “In the 20th year of my career, at the age of 35, I wanted to challenge myself. In this double milestone year, I wanted to test myself and see how far I could go. Nothing concrete has been decided about my future… When I told the company about it, they gladly gave me their support. I love NOAH, so I have nothing but gratitude to the company.” (English translation via PostWrestling.com)

New Japan Pro Wrestling recently announced that Hirooki Goto suffered a lower body injury at this past Sunday’s Destruction in Kobe 2023 event and has been pulled from their on-going Road to Destruction tour for the foreseeable future. It was also announced that they have also pulled Taichi from their on-going tour due to him asking and being granted some time off.

Variety reported that Starz recently cancelled wrestling drama television series Heelz after just two seasons on the network.

Game Changer Wrestling recently announced that they will be holding an event called Si or No on November 4th in Atlanta, Georgia.

GCW also recently announced that they will be holding an event called Please, Buddy on November 3rd in St. Louis, Missouri.

Freelance Wrestling recently announced a new match for the card of their Dead By Dawn event on October 27th in Chicago, Illinois:

Shazza McKenzie vs. Xia Brookside

Warrior Wrestling recently announced a new match for the card of their Warrior Wrestling 31 event on October 6th in South Bend, Indiana:

Mike Santana vs. Bryan Keith

DEFY Wrestling recently announced a new match for the card of their PRIMOLUCHA event on October 13th in Yakima, Washington:

DEFY Women’s World Championship 4 Corner War match – Nicole Matthews vs. Dulce Tormenta vs. Karisma vs. Vert Vixen (c)

Prestige Wrestling recently announced a new match for the card of their Decimate The Weak event on October 12th in Portland, Oregon:

Alan Angels vs. “Filthy” Tom Lawlor

Major League Wrestling recently announced two new matches for the card of their Slaughterhouse event on October 14th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:

MLW World Featherweight Championship – B3CCA vs. Delmi Exo (c)
Chamber of Horrors match – Second Gear Crew (Mance Warner & Matthew Justice) vs. The Calling (Cannonball & Talon)