Various: Ring of Horror Match for ROH Women’s Title Set for 10/31 ROH TV Show, Chris Bey Releases Statement on Neck Injury, Stardom President on Early 2024 Talent Departures Fallout

Oct 30, 2024

Abadon vs. Athena in Ring of Horror Match for ROH Women’s Title Announced for Thursday’s ROH TV Show

Ring of Honor announced one new match for the card of this week’s ROH TV show on October 31st on ROH HonorClub.

This new match announced was a ROH Women’s World Championship Ring of Horror match of Abadon vs. Athena (c).

It all comes down to this!
The challenger @abadon_AEW will face the #ROH Women’s World Champion @AthenaPalmer_FG in a Halloween Ring of Horror Match!

📺 Watch ROH TV on #HonorClub at https://t.co/8dcdtxr3sN 7/6c pic.twitter.com/6Kf5bNC17R
— ROH – Ring of Honor Wrestling (@ringofhonor) October 30, 2024

Current card for October 31st ROH TV show:

ROH Women’s World Championship Ring of Horror match – Abadon vs. Athena (c)
Lady Frost vs. Reyna Isis
Billie Starkz vs. mystery opponent

Chris Bey Neck Injury Status Update

As noted before, Lucha Libre AAA talent El Hijo del Vikingo and Chris Bey suffered serious injuries at TNA Wrestling’s Impact! tapings this past Sunday in Detroit, Michigan. Bey’s injury was later confirmed to be a neck injury and underwent surgery to repair it.

In an official statement to TNA, Bey provided an update on his injury and health status and thanked everyone for the support they have shown towards him.

“I just want to take a few moments to extend my heartfelt thanks and deepest appreciation for so much and to so many over the past few days. From everyone at TNA Wrestling, to the incredible medical staff here in Detroit, to family, friends and fans worldwide. I know you have been praying for my full recovery from the in-ring accident this past Sunday. Monday was Day One for me on this journey, which I know will be long and challenging. Thanks again for the love and support, and please keep the prayers coming!”

Chris Bey Statement

October 29, 2024

“I just want to take a few moments to extend my heartfelt thanks and deepest appreciation for so much and to so many over the past few days. From everyone at TNA Wrestling, to the incredible medical staff here in Detroit, to family, friends…
— TNA Wrestling (@ThisIsTNA) October 29, 2024

Pro Wrestling Tees recently released a new Chris Bey shirt with all proceeded generated going directly towards Bey to help support his medical costs.

Show your support to @dashingchrisbey 🤘🏼

Due to an injury this past weekend, Bey underwent a successful neck surgery, and is now recovering and will be out of action for the foreseeable future. All proceeds will directly go to Chris Bey 🔗 Link Below

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— Pro Wrestling Tees (@PWTees) October 29, 2024

Stardom President Taro Okada Comments on Early 2024 Talent Departures & Fallout Handled by Company

Proresu-Today held a recent interview with Stardom President Taro Okada. One of the topics discussed included Okada’s thoughts about the large amount of talent departures from Stardom earlier this year and how the fallout was handled by the company.

“I feel that it may have conveyed to them how seriously we were thinking about the company (he said about direct communication & honesty with wrestlers about the decision they hand on their hands). Of course, it does not mean that the wrestlers who left the company did not understand that. I believe that the wrestlers who left the company had their own ideas and chose to leave, and that the remaining wrestlers may have had their own feelings about leaving STARDOM. I understood these feelings, and I did my best to listen to the wrestlers and explain the policy to them so that they could make a calm decision. In the end, I said, ‘Let’s do this together, please.’ I think this time of dialogue was the most important for the wrestlers.
We (Bushiroad Group) handle a variety of content, so we have experience in dealing with a wide range of creators, including directors, on-site staff, and voice actors for anime, and people who draw illustrations and create content for card games. I think that professional wrestlers are athletes, but they are also creators. I think Bushiroad’s strength is that we support and sometimes lead creators so that they can work in the best possible conditions. I think that the company’s attitude was conveyed.”

Okada also gave a message to Stardom’s fans and supporters and his plans for the company’s future.

“I hope you will be more patient with us and watch us without hesitation. STARDOM will continue to get bigger and more interesting, and I will do my best to surpass New Japan Pro-Wrestling, even though (they’re) like an older brother. And we are doing this with the mission to make the Japanese wrestling industry an even bigger content. We are aiming for something huge. Of course, there are good things, but there are also things that we don’t like, things that we don’t rely on, and things that we wonder what is going on, so we will improve on those points, and we hope that you will continue to tell us about them.”