Various: Meiko Satomura Reportedly Planning to Retire from In-Ring Career in 2025, Trevor Lee on Being Confident of TV Wrestling Return & Interest in AEW, Indies

Jul 26, 2024

Meiko Satomura Reportedly Planning to Retire from In-Ring Wrestling in 2025

Tokyo Sports reported that their sources stated that Japanese Joshi wrestling legend Meiko Satomura is currently planning to retire from her in-ring career.

It was reported that an official announcement is currently expected to be made soon by Satomura.

It was also reported that while no date has been set yet for Satomura’s formal retirement match, it will likely happen in April of 2025 due to that being the 30th anniversary of her pro wrestling debut.

Satomura has been working for WWE since 2021 and has been running her Sendai Girls promotion since her co-founding of the company in 2006.

Trevor Lee Comments on Being Confident of Returning to TV Wrestling & Interest in Potentially Joining AEW

As noted before, Cameron Grimes was released from WWE this past April.

A recent virtual fan signing event for K & S WrestleFest featured Trevor Lee, former Cameron Grimes in WWE, as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Lee’s thoughts about his recent return to the indies and him feeling confident that he will make his return to TV wrestling.

“It happens, right? A lot of it was timing (Lee said about WWE release). It was poor timing but the beauty of this business is that it never ends. There’s never an off-season. There’s 52 weeks a year that there’s gonna be television being produced for wrestling… It went from being two shows a week to now being five shows a week. Being done 52 weeks out of the year. So chances are, out of 250 shows in the next year that’ll be on live television and I’m sure you’ll end up seeing me again, somewhere at some time. So, it’s unfortunate but, it helps build that story, and that’s where it all is. It’s all pieces that build that story and whenever I do make it back, it’ll mean even more.”

Lee also gave his thoughts about his current interest in potentially working for AEW in the future.

“I have interest in absolutely every company. But, I do have interest in AEW. Why wouldn’t I? It’s doing what they’re supposed to do and it’s shocking the culture and it’s stirring up a firestorm that is the new era of wrestling so, of course.”

Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

In a recent interview with PEOPLE, former WWE talent and UFC fighter Ronda Rousey announced that she is currently expecting the birth of her second child.

Pro Wrestling NOAH announced that they have pulled Go Shiozaki and Ulka Sasaki from their Sunny Voyage 2024 event on July 28th in Kanazawa, Japan due to injury-related issues. It was announced that Shiozaki recently suffered a back injury while Sasaki recently suffered a shoulder injury.

As noted before, the Federal Trade Commission approved a ban on non-competes for all workers this past April that will go in effect in 120 days. More Perfect Union reported that a Pennsylvanian judge had recently denied an injunction seeking to block the Biden administration’s recent ban on non-compete agreements and clauses for workers. It was reported that all non-compete agreements are currently scheduled to be banned and voided on September 4th.

As noted before, former WWE wrestler “The Berzerker” John Nord is currently suffering from a life-threatening infection illness in his knee and recently launched a GoFundMe fundraiser to help financially assist his medical costs. In a recent interview with the Minnesota’s Bring Me The News, Nord’s son Joe Nord stated that his father is currently facing the potential of his leg being amputated. Joe stated “Once they felt the infection had been taken care of, they then went back in and put the joint back into my dad’s leg. The doctors have identified two main infections, one of which is now in his bloodstream. If it doesn’t go well and the infection continues to make ground in the next few weeks, they will likely have to remove the joint again and potentially amputate his leg from above the knee.“

The National Wrestling Alliance announced that they have recently signed Taylor Rising And Ruthie Jay to exclusive contracts with the company.

The NWA also recently announced one new match for the card of their NWA 76 event on August 31st in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:

Mike Knox & Trevor Murdoch vs. Southern Six (Alex Taylor & Kerry Morton)

Major League Wrestling recently announced that TJP will be making an appearance for the company at their Summer of the Beasts event on August 29th in New York City, New York. It was also announced that TJP will be entering as an alternate competitor for this year’s Opera Cup tournament.

MLW also recently announced two new matches for the card of their Summer of the Beasts event on August 29th in New York City:

MLW World Tag Team Championship – CONTRA Unit (Minoru Suzuki & Ikuro Kwon) vs. CozyMAX (Satoshi Kojima & Okumura) (c)
Miyu Yamashita vs. Delmi Exo

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced four new matches for the card of their Capital Collision 2024 event on August 30th in Washington, DC:

NJPW Strong Openweight Championship – Lio Rush vs. Gabe Kidd (c)
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Titan
Fred Rosser & “Filthy” Tom Lawlor vs. West Coast Wrecking Crew (Jorel Nelson & Royce Issacs)
HANAKO vs. Trish Adora

Prestige Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their Roseland 9 event on September 29th in Portland, Oregon:

FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) vs. Midnight Heat (Eddie Pearl & Ricky Gibson)

Josh Barnett recently announced two new matches for the card of Game Changer Wrestling’s Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XI event on July 28th in Brooklyn, New York: