Various: JBL on Reason for His Recent Non-WWE Wrestling Appearances, Athena on Her Record Setting ROH Women’s Title Reign, Indies

Sep 18, 2024

JBL Comments on His Reason for His Recent Non-WWE Wrestling Appearances

A recent episode of the Huge Pop Radio podcast featured WWE Hall of Famer John Bradshaw Layfield as the guest.

One of the topics discussed included JBL’s thoughts about the reason for his recent wrestling appearances outside of WWE being due to him not wanting his run with Baron Corbin in WWE to be the last memory of his wrestling career.

“I hope to do something. You mentioned Baron Corbin, and I feel bad because if you’re going to blame somebody, blame me. I’m the old guy. I don’t want that to be my last memory from wrestling. If my last memory was Rey Mysterio and 23 seconds, that’s how I wanted to go out. The Von Erichs were going into the Hall of Fame, it was in Texas. It was a perfect swan song. Then, I came back and it didn’t work. I don’t want that to be the last. I don’t know what I’m going to do. I have some ideas, but hopefully that won’t be the swan song.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

Athena Comments on Breaking All-Time ROH Record for Longest Ever Title Reign

This past Sunday was notable for Athena reaching the milestone of 646 days as ROH Women’s World Champion and surpassing the record of 645 days previously held by Samoa joe for the longest ever title reign in Ring of Honor history.

Athena recently reflected on Twitter about her historic record breaking title reign and thanked her minions for their support and her trolls for giving her the motivation to achieve her new record.

.@ringofhonor
I have tried to write this a billion times and figure out the right words to say and i still dont think i know what to say… But it boils down to this I am thankful for my minions that have supported me. I am thankful for all the trolls that give me the motivation to prove them wrong. I am thankful to every hussy I have beaten along the way to show everyone that I am the THE BEST IN THE WORLD!!!!
With love and anger,
Athena
#ForeverROHChamp #LongestReigningROHChamp #MinionOverlord #TheInspiration #FallenGoddess

.@ringofhonor
I have tried to write this a billion times and figure out the right words to say and i still dont think i know what to say…
But it boils down to this I am thankful for my minions that have supported me. I am thankful for all the trolls that give me the… pic.twitter.com/rPsAC8QSoG
— Athena is ROH and All Elite! (@AthenaPalmer_FG) September 18, 2024

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

F1RST Wrestling filed a new trademark for “F1RST Saturday Night Nitro” on September 16th for wrestling and entertainment-related purposes.

Joe Hendry filed new trademarks for “I Believe In Joe Hendry,” “Say His Name And He Appears,” and “Joe Hendry” on September 17th for wrestling and entertainment-related purposes to the USPTO.

Revolution Pro Wrestling recently announced that Dante Martin is the next official entrant for this year’s British J Cup tournament on September 28th in Stevenage, England.

Former WWE and AEW talent Mark Henry reportedly was in attendance backstage at this past Friday’s Victory Road 2024 event in San Antonio, Texas, according to PWInsider.

New Japan Pro Wrestling recently announced that they will be participating in an upcoming co-promoted Antonio Inoki Memorial Event on December 14th in Shanghai, China.

Pro Wrestling Revolver recently announced that Major League Wrestling talent AKIRA will be making an appearance for the company at their Bad Trip event on October 19th in Dayton, Ohio.

GLEAT announced that Kota Ibushi will be making an appearance for the company at their October 6th event in Osaka, Japan.

GLEAT also recently announced four new matches for the card of their October 9th event in Tokyo, Japan:

Six-Man Tag Team match – The Rascalz (Zachary Wentz & Trey Miguel) & CIMA vs. El Lindaman, T-Hawk, & Seiki Yoshioka
El Hijo del Vikingo vs. Soma Watanabe
Parker Boudreaux vs. Kaito Ishida
Faby Apache vs. MICHIKO

TNA Wrestling announced two new matches for the card of their Impact! tapings on September 27-28 in Spartanburg, South Carolina:

Pick Your Poison match – PCO vs. Rhino
Pick Your Poison match – Matt Cardona vs. mystery opponent

Major League Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their Slaughterhouse 2024 event on October 4th in St. Petersburg, Florida:

Weapons of Mass Destruction match – AKIRA vs. Mads Krule Krugger

PROGRESS Wrestling recently announced one new match for the card of their Chapter 171: History Is Written By The Victors event on September 22nd in Camden, England:

Cara Noir vs. Yoshiki Inamura