Various: Trent Seven on His Recent Signing with Impact/TNA, Full Card for NOAH The New Year 2024, Indies

Dec 12, 2023

Trent Seven Comments on His Signing with Impact/TNA

As noted before, former NXT UK talent and current indies wrestler Trent Seven signed an official contract with Impact/TNA Wrestling at this past Saturday’s Final Resolution 2023 event.

Cultaholic held a recent interview with Seven. One of the topics discussed included Seven’s thoughts on the process that led to his signing with Impact/TNA.

“We’ve been speaking for a few weeks, just kind of piecing things together and making sure everything worked out. A lot of times in the entertainment industry, it’s about being in the right place at the right time, doing the right stuff, looking the right way. There are a lot of things that have to link up for these kind of things to happen. That’s what it was. It was right place, right time, right decision, a million and ten things evolving and continuously evolving. Luckily, we got to deliver the fans with a real professional wrestling exciting secret. I love when wrestling happens like that, as a fan more than anything. To be part of a truly real surprise is a wonderful thing.”

Seven also stated that the terms of his deal allows him to continue to wrestle elsewhere on the side.

“100%. The one thing I appreciate the most about the talks that I’ve been in is that, the freedom. My job now is not just to have the logo on the towel and sell some merch. That would obviously be a delight, but it’s the fact that the logo is going to be on the towel in how many countries this year? Over the course of the next 12 months, how many times is this logo going to be on the towel of kids in Duhbai, of people in Puerto Rico. There are so many companies I work with and so many companies I want to go back and work with. Being part of TNA now. That logo is going to be on the back of the coat, that logo is going to be on my towel, and I’m going to be representing proudly with a great deal of pride.”

Seven also stated that he had come very close at one point of signing a deal with AEW prior to his signing with Impact/TNA.

“There was one point where it was incredibly close to inking something, but sometimes things just don’t work out do they? Sometimes people are doing whatever they’re doing backstage. You know, you’re trying to plan a show [and] selling out Wembley. Sometimes some peoples’ names fall to the bottom of the thinking pile. But so be it, man. I couldn’t look back on the last 15 months and be prouder, I think. The way it’s worked out, the peaks and the troughs, the ups and the downs, the constant testing, the amount of people I’ve seen, the amount of countries I’ve been to. But now it feels like I’ve found a home.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com, F4WOnline.com

NOAH Announces Full Card for The New Year 2024

Pro Wrestling NOAH recently announced the full card for their The New Year 2024 event, which takes place on January 2, 2024 at the Ariake Arena in Ariake, Japan.

GHC Heavyweight Championship – Manabu Soya vs. Kenoh (c)
GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship – Eita vs. Daga (c)
GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Three-way match – YO-HEY & Tadasuke vs. Nina Mack & Alejandro vs. Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf (c)
Wrestling Symphony match – Zack Sabre Jr. & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & HAYATA
NOAH vs. NJPW match – Go Shiozaki vs. Satoshi Kojima
NOAH vs. NJPW match – Masa Kitamiya vs. Tomohiro Ishii
Naomichi Marufuji vs. Kota Ibushi
Kaito Kiyonmiya & Ryohei Oiwa vs. House of Torture (EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi)
Takashi Sugiura vs. Ulka Sasaki
Great Sakuya & Nagisa Nozaki vs. Haruka Umesaki & Miyuki Takase
Good Looking Guys (Jake Lee, Jack Morris, & Anthony Greene) vs. Hijo Del Dr. Wagner Jr., Vinnie Massaro, & Titus Alexander

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

This past Sunday’s 2nd Anniversary event for Deadlock Pro Wrestling in Durham, North Carolina featured former WWE talents Mace and Mansoor making a surprise appearance and official debuts for the company.

Deadlock Pro Wrestling announced that they will be holding a new event called DPW Live 4 on January 20, 2024 in Raleigh, North Carolina. It was also announced that Stu Grayson and Evil Uno will be making their official debuts for the company at this upcoming event.

Pro Wrestling Revolver announced that The Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) will be making their official debuts for the company at their Mox vs. Gringo event on January 25, 2024 in Dayton, Ohio.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that all of the talents that WWE released this past September will officially be free of their non-compete clauses during the week of December 21st.

Impact Wrestling announced that this week’s episode of Impact! on AXS TV will be a Best of “Hidden Gems” themed show.

Ohio Valley Wrestling announced that they have recently signed a strategic partnership deal with Genvec Ventures and Ed Payer to become the new CEO of OVW. It was announced that this new deal will help ensure financial stability for the company going forward.

Major League Wrestling recently announced that they will be holding a new event called Azteca Lucha on May 11th at the Cicero Stadium in Cicero, Illinois. It was also announced that tickets for this upcoming event will officially go on sale starting on December 15th.

As noted before, WWE recently reached a settlement deal for the antitrust lawsuit against them that was filed by MLW. PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that there was a lot of happiness within MLW’s locker room after they had heard about the news. MLW talents reportedly are currently hopeful that this means that the company can now move forward with finding a new television deal and can focus on the future instead of dealing with legalities.

Game Changer Wrestling announced that Mansoor will be making his official debut for the company at their Look At Me event on January 26, 2024 in Tampa, Florida.

GCW also announced one new match for the card of their No Compadre event on January 12, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois:

Andrade El Idolo vs. Jonathan Gresham