Various: Two New Matches & Final Two Qualify for Ultimate X Match at TNA Emergence 2024, Rich Swann Disorderly Intoxication Arrest Update, Indies

Aug 22, 2024

Two New Matches & Final Two Competitors Qualify for Ultimate X Match at TNA Emergence 2024

TNA Wrestling announced two new matches for the card of their TNA Emergence 2024 event, which takes place on August 30th at the Old Forester’s Paristown Hall in Louisville, Kentucky.

The first new match announced was an Eight-Man Tag Team match of The System (JDC, Brian Myers, Eddie Edwards, & Moose) vs. The Hardys (Matt & Jeff Hardy), Joe Hendry, & Mike Santana.

BREAKING: @DirtyDangoCurty, @TheMooseNation, @TheEddieEdwards & @Myers_Wrestling will clash with @MATTHARDYBRAND,@JEFFHARDYBRAND, @joehendry & @Santana_Proud at #TNAEmergence LIVE Friday August 30 on TNA+!

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— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) August 23, 2024

The second new match announced was a singles match of Steve Maclin vs. Eric Young.

BREAKING: @TheEricYoung goes head to head with @SteveMaclin LIVE Friday August 30 on TNA+!

Get tickets and be there LIVE: https://t.co/AYC0mHJ81D pic.twitter.com/5Tk6Pq6v3M
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) August 23, 2024

Besides the two new matches, Thursday’s TNA Impact! show featured Hammerstone and Laredo Kid officially qualifying for the Ultimate X match. Hammerstone qualified after defeating Frankie Kazarian and KUSHIDA in a Three-way Qualifier match and Kid qualified after defeated Jai Vidal and Bhupinder Gujjar in a Three-way Qualifier match.

Current card for August 30th TNA Emergence 2024:

TNA World Championship 60 Minute Iron Man match – Josh Alexander vs. Nic Nemeth (c)
TNA X-Division Championship Ultimate X match – Zachary Wentz vs. Riley Osborne vs. Jason Hotch vs. Hammerstone vs. Laredo Kid vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey (c)
Eight-Man Tag Team match – The System (JDC, Brian Myers, Eddie Edwards, & Moose) vs. The Hardys (Matt & Jeff Hardy), Joe Hendry, & Mike Santana
Knockouts Six-Women Tag Team match – Jordynne Grace & Spitfire (Jody Threat & Dani Luna) vs. Ash By Elegance & The Malisha (Masha Slamovich & Alisha Edwards)
Matt Cardona vs. PCO
Steve Maclin vs. Eric Young

Rich Swann TNA Suspension & Disorderly Intoxication Arrest Update

As noted before, Rich Swann was recently suspended by TNA Wrestling and entered substance abuse rehab program following his arrest for disorderly public intoxication this past June in Florida. The reason for the big gap in time from Swann’s arrest to his suspension was due to TNA officials only found out about the incident earlier this week.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that a court hearing was held on Wednesday afternoon regarding the charges against Swann but Swann was not present and was represented by his attorney based on recent court records.

Johnson reported that Swann is currently scheduled to attend a court hearing on September 4th regarding the status of Swann’s legal case. Swann reportedly will also be issuing his plea at this upcoming hearing.

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

F1RST Wrestling recently announced that WWE Hall of Famer Jesse “The Body” Ventura will be making an appearance for the company at their fan fest event on September 6th at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota.

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling recently announced that El Phantasmo and Konosuke Takeshita will be making appearances for the company at their Forged in Excellence events on October 19-20 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

As noted before, El Hijo del Vikingo has been out of action for AAA since this past February due to a right knee injury. GLEAT recently announced that Vikingo will be making an appearance for the company at their October 6th event in Osaka and October 9th event in Tokyo, Japan.

The National Wrestling Alliance recently announced that NWA owner Billy Corgan will be making an announcement about the “future of the NWA” at their NWA 76 event on August 31st in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

As noted before, a biographical film based on the life and wrestling career of WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan has been in production for Netflix since 2020. In a recent interview with Variety, the film’s director Todd Phillips revealed that the project is unlikely to continue. Phillips stated “I love what we were trying to do, but that’s not going to come together for me.“

As noted before, Billie Starkz has been out of action for Ring of Honor and the indies since earlier this month due to an undisclosed injury. Starkz recently provided an update on Twitter revealing that she is close to making an in-ring return soon. Starkz stated “Soon. Stronger. Better.“

In a recent interview with the AEW Close Up show, Willow Nightingale gave her thoughts about getting to wrestle in New Japan Pro Wrestling and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre during her time in AEW. Nightingale stated “I didn’t have the opportunity to go to Japan, it didn’t come up until I had just gotten signed to AEW. So I did a quick ten-day tour, and I told myself, ‘Well, that’ll probably be it because now I’m just gonna be at TV week in and week out,’ and we have some great partners in New Japan and CMLL. If anything, it just started, and so I’ve been able to really live these lifelong dreams that I didn’t think were possible once I got signed. I try to be aware of things as I’m living in them, like let it sink in. I do try, but sometimes it’s hard because we live so fast, it’s like, okay, what’s next? What’s the next day? Where do I have to fly? But the thing that really hit me, like I am a crybaby, I’m sentimental, but I don’t cry about wrestling a lot. The first time I cried about wrestling in probably over five years, since I broke my neck, was I read something online about how I was one of the first women to hold a major championship for a Japanese company, an American company, and a Mexican company, three major championships. That was the moment that I was like, ‘Holy shit,’ and I sat in my car and I cried because it sunk in, like, ‘Oh, you’re doing really cool stuff.’ I’m just proud. It just kind of made me realize the scope of it all.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

This past Wednesday’s CMLL Informa show featured Kyle Fletcher as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Fletcher’s thoughts about wanting his rematch against Atlantis Jr. for the ROH World Television Championship to take place in his home country of Australia. Fletcher stated “I think, well, Grand Prix on Friday, my number one goal apart from winning this trophy is to eliminate Atlantis Jr. that puts 1-1. That sets us up for the rematch. I think it needs to happen in Australia. I’ve wrestled on his home turf, it’s only fair that I get the home turf advantage, and then we see who comes out the victor. It’s gonna be me; I promise.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

CMLL recently announced one new match for the card of their Martes de Glamour event on August 27th in Guadalajara, Mexico: