Various: NJPW Announces Yuya Uemura Suffered Torn Triceps Injury, Zeuxis vs. Willow Nightingale for CMLL Women’s Title Set for CMLL 91 Anniversary Show, Indies

Sep 5, 2024

Yuya Uemura Arm Injury Update – Uemura Suffered Torn Triceps & Out of Action for Six Months

As noted before, Yuya Uemura has been out of action for New Japan Pro Wrestling since this past mid-August due to an arm-related injury.

NJPW provided an update on Thursday stating that Uemura had suffered a torn triceps injury and will be out of action for the next six months as a result.

Official press release:

Yuya Uemura to miss six months with triceps tear
On August 10 in Sendai, Yuya Uemura sustained an injury to his arm during his match with Yota Tsuji. Though he went on to win the match, Uemura was forced to withdraw from the G1 and has not been active since.
Medical evaluation of the injury returned the diagnosis of a torn triceps. The injury will require six months to fully recover.
Uemura wanted to deliver the following message to fans about his recovery:
‘I want to wrestle so badly right now, but I have some way to go in my daily life let alone in the ring. What I want is to fire up all of Japan with pro-wrestling, and to be the strongest there is. That will take some time, but I’m going to do what it takes to heal up and get there.
I’ll be doing all I can over this time to rest up and be even hotter when I come back. The Heat Storm will fire up your heart!’
New Japan Pro-Wrestling joins fans in wishing Uemura all the best for a full recovery.

Zeuxis vs. Willow Nightingale for CMLL Women’s Title Announced for CMLL 91 Anniversary Show

During Wednesday’s CMLL Informa show, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre announced one new match for the card of their 91st Anniversary Show on September 13th at the Arena Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico.

This new match announced was a CMLL Women’s World Championship match of Zeuxis vs. Willow Nightingale (c).

#CMLLInforma || ¡Willow Nightingale será parte del #91AniversarioCMLL!
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— Lucha Libre CMLL (@CMLL_OFICIAL) September 5, 2024

Current card for CMLL 91st Anniversary Show:

CMLL Women’s World Championship – Zeuxis vs. Willow Nightingale (c)
Trios match – Los Viajeros del Espacio (Futuro, Max Star & Hombre Bala Jr.) vs. Los Depredadores (Magnus, Rugido & Magia Blanca)
Volador Jr., Atlantis Jr. & Ultimo Guerrero vs. Rocky Romero, KOJIMA & Orange Cassidy
Místico vs. Chris Jericho
Lucha de Apuesta, Mask Four-way match – Hechicero vs. El Valiente vs. Esfinge vs. Euforia.

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling recently announced that Don Callis will be making appearances for the company as part of their commentary team for events alongside Mauro Ranallo.

Maple Leaf Pro also recently announced that they have hired former WWE and AEW head director Timoty J. Walbert, former WWE, AEW, and TNA producer Kevin M. Sullivan, and former WCW, TNA, and AEW executive producer Keith Mitchell to similar executive positions in the company.

WWE Hall of Famer John Bradshaw Layfield, also known as JBL, has made several outside WWE appearances of late for Lucha Libre AAA, TNA Wrestling, Game Changer Wrestling, and Ohio Valley Wrestling. PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that JBL is still under a WWE Legend contract but he is allowed to work for other promotions as long as he does not use the JBL gimmick due to it being owned by WWE. Johnson reported that this is the reason why JBL has been called or referred to as just John Layfield during his non-WWE appearances. Johnson also reported that those spoken to within WWE stated that they have no issues with JBL working for promotions outside of WWE.

The National Wrestling Alliance announced that they have recently signed a partnership deal with Riot Fest to hold special attraction wrestling events at this year’s Riot Fest music festival on September 20-22 in Chicago, Illinois.

TNA Wrestling recently announced that they will be a new set of Impact! tapings on September 14th in San Antonio, Texas.

In a recent interview with the Impaulsive podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan gave his thoughts about the iconic moment of him joining the nWo at WCW Bash At The Beach 1996 event and his claims that he never used his creative control clause during his career in WCW. Hogan stated “I called Eric (Bischoff) up, ‘Who is your third man?’ We’re going to go with Sting.’ ‘Bro, he’s not WWE.’ Scott and Kev are WWE. Sting has nothing to do (with WWE). I’m WWE from head to toe. I’m the third man. Eric goes, ‘Really, will you do it?’ ‘Yeah, I’ll do it.’ Eric didn’t even believe I would do it. I flew on a jet to Daytona and hid out in a hotel room. I told Eric, ‘Call me when the last match is in the ring before the main event.’ Eric didn’t even think I was coming from the hotel. He had Sting ready to go. They didn’t believe I would do it. I had creative control. I never used it. Never used it the whole time. I didn’t use it this night either. When I walked out, Scott and Kevin almost shit. They had no idea I was coming out. It was kinda cool.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

Major League Wrestling reportedly recently signed Akira to a new multi-year contract to keep him in the company for the foreseeable future, according to Fightful Select.

MLW recently announced one new match for the card of their Fightland 2024 event on September 14th in Atlanta, Georgia:

MLW Opera Cup 2024 Semifinal Round match – Mistico vs. Bad Dude Tito

Game Changer Wrestling recently announced that this year’s Nick Gage Invitational tournament will be taking place on November 16th in Orlando, Florida.

GCW also recently announced one new match for the card of their Tha G-Code event on September 15th in Rochester, New York:

Zilla Fatu vs. Gringo Loco