Various: Sukeban Announces Debut Event to Air on TikTok, Marty Jannetty on Dark Side of the Ring Episode, Indies

Sukeban Announces Debut Event Will Air on TikTok

Sukeban announced that their upcoming debut event this Thursday in New York City, New York will be airing live starting at 8PM EST on their official TikTok account.

The full card for their upcoming debut event was also officially revealed as part of their announcement.

Official press release:

Sukeban World Premiere to Stream Exclusively on TikTok

Joshi Wrestling Company World Premiere Scheduled for Thursday, September 21 at 8pm ET

First Ever All-Japanese Joshi Wrestling Company in the United States Brings Japan’s Top Female Wrestlers to a Global Audience

New York, NY (September 20, 2023) – Sukeban, a Japanese female wrestling league, today announced that its World Premiere event at 8pm ET on Thursday, September 21st, will stream exclusively on TikTok from @sukeban_world.

Sukeban’s debut event, which sold out in two hours, will see five matches featuring the strongest women’s roster in North America. The company’s unique hybrid live action and anime content has already made waves in the wrestling world, seeing explosive growth across TikTok and other social media platforms in just two weeks.

The live stream can be easily accessed at the Sukeban TikTok account @sukeban_world beginning at 8pm ET tomorrow night.

The full card for the Sukeban World Premiere is:

Cherry Bomb Girls vs. The Vandals

Crush Yuu, Supersonic, Riko Blondie vs. Atomic Banshee, Otaku-chan, BINGO

Special Attraction Three-way Match
Saki Bimi vs. Queen Takase vs. X

Special Singles Match
Midnight Player vs. Stray Cat

Harajuku Stars vs. Dangerous Liaisons

Maya Mamushi, Babyface vs. Commander Nakajima, Lady Antoinette

Main Event Title Eliminator
Countess Saori vs. Ichigo Sayaka

Sukeban will bring new dimensions to the experience:

• Championship belt by Marc Newson (to be revealed at the New York City World Premiere)

• Costumes by Olympia Le-Tan

• Hats by milliner Stephen Jones

• Nail art by Mei Kawajiri (Nails by Mei)

• Anime and manga by Sakana Koji and Silas Hickey

For more information, visit sukeban.com and follow Sukeban on Instagram, TikTok, and X at @sukeban_world.

Contact:
press@sukeban.com

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Marty Jannetty Comments on His Dark Side of the Ring Episode & Issues with One of the Interviewees

Tru Heel Heat Wrestling held a recent interview with former wrestler Marty Jannetty as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Jannetty’s thoughts on the episode based on his life and career from this past season’s Dark Side of the Ring.

“For the most part, everything was pretty positive. There was a couple of people who were like ‘who’s that Ozzy Osbourne looking girl sitting there obviously lying?’ She didn’t mean to, she has got some brain damage. Outside of that, but it was hilarious to me too, she was saying, ‘Shawn pushed Marty out of the hotel window and he went through the window and he climbed back in,’ and we was on the fourth floor. Ain’t nobody falling out of the damn fourth floor. ‘He crawled back in and jumps on Shawn,’ she was saying it like she was there, she was never there. She lives in St. Louis, it was in Denver and of course everybody knows that. Then she had talked about a pill bottle spread on the floor that I was supposedly passed out over the pill bottle and Snuka and Shawn came and picked me up. The boys were like, ‘Nah that ain’t true, Snuka didn’t like Shawn. He wouldn’t be hanging out with him.’ Then she had the nerve to say, ’99% of what comes out of Marty’s mouth is not true.’ Well she still got me beat me, 100% of what she said is not true. She’s delusional, she was telling these stories like she was really there. She wasn’t, but in her mind she was, so can’t get mad at her. She was born that way.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

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Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

The XFL reportedly is currently in “advance” talks with the United States Football League for a potential merger of the two leagues, according to Axios.

Prestige Wrestling recently announced that they have pulled Alex Shelley from their The Respect Issue event on September 24th in Los Angeles, California due to a schedule conflict-related issue. It was also announced that “Speedball” Mike Bailey will be officially replacing Shelley for his scheduled match against BREEZE at the event.

New Japan Pro Wrestling recently announced that their upcoming Royal Quest III event on October 14th in London, England will be airing live on RevPro On Demand streaming service. It was also announced that New Japan World subscribers will be able to watch the event on the service at a later date.

Expect The Unexpected Wrestling (ETU Wrestling) recently announced that Colby Corino will be making an appearance for the company at their Nostalgia, Ultra event on September 23rd in Williamstown, New Jersey. It was also announced that Corino will be defending his NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship at the event.

Game Changer Wrestling recently announced that Paul London will be making his official debut for the company at their Blood On The Hills event on October 14th in Los Angeles, California.

GCW also recently announced a new match for the card of their GCW vs. The World 2023 event on September 24th in Oberhausen, Germany:

• Scramble match – Mizuki Watabe vs. The Rotation vs. Arez vs. Jimmy Llyod vs. Gringo Loco vs. Aigle Blanc

PROGRESS Wrestling recently announced a new match for the card of their Chapter 159 Wonderbrawl event on November 12th in Manchester, England:

• Matthew Rehwoldt vs. Charles Crowley

The National Wrestling Alliance recently announced a new match for the card of their NWA Samhain event on October 28th in Cleveland, Ohio:

• NWA World Women’s Championship – Ruthie Jay vs. Kenzie Paige (c)

Over The Top Wrestling recently announced a new match for the card of their Ninth Year Anniversary event on October 27th in Wolverhampton, England:

• DEFY World Championship – Luke Jacobs vs. KENTA (c)

DEFY Wrestling recently announced three new matches for the card of their PrimoLucha event on October 13th in Yakima, Washington:

• Nick Wayne, Cody Chhun, & Ultimo Dragon vs. Soverign (Evan Rivers, Judas Icarus, & Travis Williams)
• Swerve Strickland vs. El Hijo del Vikingo
• Bryan Keith vs. Masato Tanaka