Various: Josh Alexander Pulls Out of Indie Bookings Over Personal Health Issues, Matt Cardona on Cause of Torn Pec Injury, Dark Side of the Ring Ratings

Josh Alexander Pulls Out of Indie Bookings for Rest of This Month Over “Personal Health Issues”

TNA Wrestling talent Josh Alexander recently announced on Twitter that he has pulled out of all of his scheduled indie bookings for the remainder of this month due to him currently dealing with personal health issues.

Alexander stated that he is not currently injury and the decision was due to precautionary reasons.

Hey all,

I’ve had to pull out of my Indy dates for the rest of the month. I’m not injured. It’s all precautionary.

I’ve been dealing with some personal health issues that leave me in constant pain.

I’ll deal with it & be back ASAP.

Also 👇👇👇

Tune into @ThisIsTNA #Impact pic.twitter.com/Z6jKHUlMyc

— Josh Alexander (@Walking_Weapon) May 9, 2024

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Matt Cardona Comments on His Torn Pec Injury

As noted before, Matt Cardona has been out of action for TNA Wrestling and the indies since this past April due to a torn pectoral injury and surgery.

A recent episode of the Busted Open Radio podcast featured Cardona as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Cardona’s thoughts about the exact cause of his recent torn pectoral injury.

“So, long story short, I clotheslined someone over the top rope and I tore my pec. Stuff happens, this ain’t ballet, nobody’s fault. It’s an unfortunate situation. There’s no good time to get injured. But this is not a good time, you know? Especially for me. But, I’m already back on the road making shows like you said. I’m the new General Manager of GCW so I’ll be out of in-ring competition for the next few months. But I’ll still be making towns. I’ve built up a skillset. I don’t need to wrestle. I can cut a promo, I can be the General Manager, I can do commentary, meet and greets. So, GCW this week, I was on the show more times than normal. I opened the show with a promo, I did commentary, I did backstage stuff, I came out at the end so, you know, yeah, of course I can wrestle but so can everybody — well, in theory, they should be able to. I can do everything else so that’s the appeal to me.”

Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com

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Dark Side of the Ring Ratings – May 7, 2024

Tuesday’s episode of Dark Side of the Ring drew 111,000 viewers on VICE TV, up from last week’s 89,000 viewers.

It drew a 0.03 rating in the 18-49 demographic, up from last week’s 0.02 rating.

This episode focused on Black Saturday. This episode was also the Season Five finale.

Source: Spoiler TV