Various: Virgil Suffered Multiple Strokes, ROH Women’s TV Title Tournament Starting on Next Week ROH TV Show, Indies

WWE

Feb 9, 2024

Virgil Suffered Multiple Strokes

Former wrestler Tatanka, real name Chris Chavis, announced on Instagram that former WWE and WCW wrestler Virgil, real name Michael Jones, is currently in bad health due to him recently suffering multiple strokes.

“Got a message from a friend that Virgil is not doing good and has had several strokes! There is power in prayer! Everyone come together please and say a prayer for Virgil.. if it was u, u would want the same! ❤️ #LoveOneAnother We’re all imperfect human beings on this journey called life! WWE @wwe #Jesus #Faith #WWEUniverse #Vintage #thankful #WWF #NativeAmerican #Tatanka #God #Wrestlers #Classic #OldSchool #Truth #wwe #wrestling
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ROH Announces Women’s TV Title Tournament Starting at Next Week’s ROH TV Show

Thursday’s ROH TV show featured Ring of Honor officially announcing that their upcoming Women’s World Television Championship tournament will be starting at next week’s ROH TV show on February 15th.

The ROH women’s world tv championship tournament begins next week! #ROH pic.twitter.com/lSmY4KNNDZ
— JJ Williams (@JJWilliamsWON) February 9, 2024

Current announced field for ROH Women’s World TV Championship tournament:

Red Velvet
Billie Starkz
Rachel Ellering
Leyla Hirsch
Taya Valkyrie

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

As noted before, former wrestler Tammy Sytch was convicted and sentenced to over 17 years in prison this past November over the charges against her following her involvement in a fatal car accident of March of 2022. PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that Sytch’s lawyer has moved forward with an appeal of the DUI sentence against her but not court hearing has been scheduled as of this past Tuesday. Johnson reported that the court recently approved an extension for the court reporter to provide everyone with copies of Sytch’s sentencing hearing by March 18th. Johnson also reported that under the Florida appellate courts system, the only hearing that could happen for Sytch would be oral arguments regarding her appeal request and the court can rule directly on any motion filed.

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre recently announced that Lady Frost will be making an appearance for the company at their February 12th event in Mexico.

WrestleCon recently announced that Hechicero, Dragon Kid, Mascara Dorada, Josh Alexander, and the F.B.I. (Little Guido & Ray Jaz) will be making an appearance for the company at their 2024 Mark Hitchcock Memorial Supershow on April 4th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

PROGRESS Wrestling recently announced that the Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) will be making an appearance for the company at their For The Love Of PROGRESS event on March 1st in Manchester, England.

Major League Wrestling recently announced that Unagi Sayaka will be making her official debut for the company at their War Chamber 2024 event on March 29th in Tampa, Florida.

In a recent interview with Yahoo Sports, All Japan Pro Wrestling President Tsuyoki Fukuda that he has turned down offers from others interested in potentially purchasing the company. Fukuda stated “I want to protect All Japan Pro-Wrestling. What is the right thing to do? What is the right thing to do? We have to repeat trial and error even in a foggy situation. If we fail, we can correct it.” (English translation via Fightful.com)

Game Changer Wrestling recently announced that Danhausen will be making appearances for the company at their Ashes to Ashes event on March 9th in Atlantic City, New Jersey, their Role Model event on March 23rd in Detroit, Michigan, and their The Block Is Hot event on March 24th in Rochester, New York.

GCW also recently announced one new match for the card of their Touch The Sky event on February 23rd in Dallas, Texas:

Bull Rope match – Mance Warner vs. Allie Katch

Prestige Wrestling announced one new match for the card of their Alive Or Just Breathing event on May 16th in Los Angeles, California:

Shelton Benjamin vs. Josh Alexander

Limitless Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their Bitter Taste event on February 24th in Yarmouth, Maine:

Sami Callihan vs. Ace Romero

The National Wrestling Alliance recently announced three matches for the card of their February 13th NWA Powerrr show on The CW App:

NWA World Television & NWA Women’s World Television, Title vs. Title Unification match – Mims (NWA TV) vs. Max The Impailer (NWA Women’s TV)
Thrillbilly Silas Mason vs. Paul Burchill
Trevor Murdoch & Mike Knox vs. The Southern Six (Alex Taylor & Kerry Morton)