Various: Stephanie Vaquer CMLL Contract Update, Eric Young on His Initial Concerns Over Impact Rebranding Back to TNA, Indies

Jul 9, 2024

Stephanie Vaquer CMLL Contract Status Update

Mexican news outlet Record reported that their sources stated that Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre talent Stephanie Vaquer currently has contract offers from both WWE and AEW.

LuchaBlog reported that one source spoken to stated that Vaquer is currently under contract with CMLL and still has a significant amount of time left on her deal. It was reported that the length remaining on Vaquer’s contract is not expected to matter much since CMLL has let talents out of their contracts in the past if they have received a big offer from a United States-based promotion.

Vaquer recently competed for AEW at their AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2024 event this past June.

Eric Young Comments on His Intital Concerns Over Impact Rebranding Back to TNA

As noted before, Impact Wrestling announced in October of 2023 that they would be rebranding back to TNA Wrestling starting this past January.

WRESTLESPHERE held a recent interview with Eric Young. One of the topics discussed included Young’s thoughts about the initial concerns he had over Impact’s plans to rebrand back to TNA.

“I mean, a lot goes into that. I knew months before (that the TNA branding was coming back). They had kind of told me this is their idea and this is what they were gonna go and I mean, I was honest with them and I’ll be honest with you is I was worried. I was part of TNA Wrestling when it was still TNA Wrestling before it changed to IMPACT and it was one of those things, it kind of became cool to hate it and I liken it to the Nickelback phenomenon and I know they got a documentary I think on Netflix now. Those guys never did anything wrong in their life. They just made simple, good Rock and roll music and if you wanna listen to it, cool, but it became cool to not like them. That’s where TNA was and it didn’t matter how hard we worked, how well the show was written or produced or any of that. It was just this black cloud over it and that’s why they changed and moved away and I was worried about that but I think nostalgia kind of wipes the grime away, you know? It wipes the dirt away and it had been long enough. I can say walking through the crowd in the Cicero Stadium in Chicago and they played that video at the end of the pay-per-view when it was all the guys that were in the video in the ring when they came back up, that’s one of the most electric moments of my entire career. I’ve wrestled in front of 20,000 people, I’ve headlined pay-per-views, I’ve done everything and I can say I think when it’s all said and done, that’s one of the things I’m gonna look back on most fondly. It’s hard to describe unless you’re there. I think it came through the TV but it never fully comes through unless you’re there live…”

Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Guy Evans recently announced that he will be releasing a new book, titled Beyond NITRO: Untold Stories from the WCW Era, this September. Evans also announced that this will be a follow-up to his 2018 book NITRO.

Former WWE and WCW wrestler Barry Horowitz recently announced that he will be releasing a new autobiographical book, titled Wrestling Is My Gimmick: My Life on the Wrong Side of the Three Count, this December.

New Japan Pro Wrestling recently released a new documentary on New Japan World focusing on former NJPW talent Kazuchika Okada career in the company. This documentary film is a separate purchase from a New Japan World subscription and will be available on the service until July 31st.

F1RST Wrestling recently announced that Nic Nemeth will be making an appearance for the company at their Saturday Night Nitro 2024 event on September 7th at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota.

The National Wrestling Alliance announced that they have recently signed Eric Smalls to an exclusive contract with the company.

Game Changer Wrestling recently announced that Jordan Oliver suffered a torn ACL injury and will be out of action for an “indefinite” amount of time following him undergoing surgery. Oliver confirmed on Twitter that his injury is legitimate and he will be out of action for the next nine to twelve months.

Major League Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their MLW Fusion taping on July 12th in St. Petersburg, Florida:

2024 MLW Opera Cup First Round match – Bad Dude Tito vs. Danny Jones

PROGRESS Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their Chapter 169: The Devil On My Shoulder event on July 28th in Camden, England:

Danhausen vs. Gene Munny

Black Label Pro Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card for their Old Habits Die Screaming event on July 26th in Chicago, Illinois:

Myron Reed vs. Rico Gonzalez