Nikki Garcia Granted Restraining Order Against Her Husband Following Domestic Battery Incident, Update on NWA Powerrr Broadcast Future, Indies

Oct 3, 2024

Nikki Garcia’s Husband Domestic Battery Arrest Update – Garcia Files Restraining Order Against Her Husband Artem Chigvintsev

As noted before, WWE Hall of Famer Nikki Garcia’s husband Artem Chigvintsev arrested for domestic battery this past August in Napa, California. Garcia filed for her divorce from Chigvintsev this past September and the charges against him were dropped later that month.

TMZ reported that Garcia had filed a restraining order against Garcia this past Monday that was approved by a judge.

In her filing, Garcia stated that Chigvintsev had “tackled me multiple times and pinned me to the ground while our child was present.”

Garcia also claimed that since Artem was cut from “Dancing with the Stars,” he grew “increasingly angry, snapping at me, and yelling.” Garcia stated that they had discussions about his need to control his anger. On the morning of his arrest incident, Garcia stated that Artem went off on her over how their 4-year-old son’s English muffin should be toasted and screaming that she made their son a “picky eater.”

Garcia stated that she was so overwhelmed by Artem yelling at her that she threw Matteo’s toddler-sized 7 shoes toward him and had hit his leg but the shoes were so light they couldn’t have hurt. In response, Artem was stated to have grabbed their son and ran with him upstairs as the boy screamed for his mother.

Garcia also stated that she had tried to get into the room only for Artem to tackle her to the ground and grabbed her arms holding her on the ground for some time. Garcia also stated that they had gotten into another confrontation that ended with him pressing down on her chest and her grabbing at Artem’s neck in an attempt to make him let go over her fears that he was suffocating her.

Garcia’s petition also included details of another past incident of Artem being physically violent towards her in the mid-2023.

It was reported that the judge prohibited Artem from contacting or coming within 100 yards of her, their son, their home, etc. with the only exception for visitation or exchange of the child per court-ordered visits. It was also reported that the judge had denied Garcia’s request to leave the country with her son for a filming project in London prior to the scheduled full court hearing on October 21st.

Update on Future of NWA Powerrr Broadcast Status – NWA Reportedly Has Deal in Place for Powerrr’s Broadcast Future

As noted before, the National Wrestling Alliance’s NWA Powerrr series left The CW App on September 30th and is currently airing on Twitter for the next several weeks.

In a recent Q&A article, PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that NWA officials knew at some point they would be leaving The CW App but were caught off guard when it had happened. Johnson reported that the reason for NWA’s departure was due to WWE’s deal with The CW for their NXT series.

Johnson reported that those spoken to stated that the NWA already has another deal in place for their Powerrr series. Johnson also reported that the details of this new deal is currently not known.

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

As noted before, Major League Wrestling recently cancelled their scheduled Slaughterhouse 2024 event on October 4th in St. Petersburg, Florida due to issues caused by Hurricane Helene in the area. PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that it is currently not known if MLW will be doing any special filming or additional tapings to make up for their canceled Slaughterhouse event.

MLW recently announced that Atlantis Jr. and Esfinge will be making an appearance for the company at their co-promoted Lucha Apocalypto event with CMLL on November 9th in Cicero, Illinois.

House of Glory recently announced that Allie Katch will be making her official debut appearance for the company at their Salvation event on October 18th in Jamaica, New York.

The Chris Jericho Cruise recently announced that “Kid Chocolate” Mo Jabari, Real1 (former Enzo Amore in WWE), Elijah (former Elias in WWE), and “Dynamite Kid” Tommy Billington will be making an appearance at their Chris Jericho-led Rock ‘N’ Wrestling Rager At Sea cruise event on January 31, 2025. It was announced that Jabari, Real1, Elijah, and Billington will be competing in a Number One Contender Tournament for the Jericho Cruise Oceanic Championship. It was also announced that the winner of this upcoming tournament will be facing Michael Oku for the title at the cruise.

TNA Wrestling officials reportedly are currently working on plans for this year’s TNA Wrestling Hall of Fame ceremony, according to Fightful Select. It was reported that their sources stated that while it is currently not known who TNA is planning to induct this year, new inductees are in the works, and options are being discussed. Several sources spoken to reportedly stated that they are hopeful that former TNA and current WWE talent AJ Styles would be inducted this year.

TNA is currently offering one free month of their TNA+ streaming service using the discount code of “TNAFREE” on their official website.

Westside Xtreme Wrestling announced that Dragon Kid is the first official competitor for next year’s 16 Carat Gold tournament on March 7-9, 2025 in Obserhausen, Germany.

This past Wednesday’s Nighter In Korakuen for Stardom in Tokyo, Japan featured New Japan Pro Wrestling talent Clark Connors making a surprise appearance. Following the Eight-Women Tag Team match between HATE (Konami, Natsuko Tora, Saya Kamitani, & Thekla) and Cosmic Angels (Natsupoi, Saori Anou, Sayaka Kurara, & Yuna Mizumori), Natsupori was involved in a confrontation with Thekla leading to Connors running out to the ring and waiting for the moment to strike. After Natsupori turned around, Connors laid her out with a spear and celebrated with Thekla.

NJPW announced that Josh Barnett will be making an appearance at their NJPW Noge dojo in Japan this month. It was announced that Barnett will be working as a guest coach at their dojo during his stay in Japan.

NJPW also recently announced the full card for their Yuji Nagata’s Blue Justice XIV event on October 6th in Togane, Japan.

NJPW also recently announced one new match for the card of their Super Hero Taiji Ishimori Gets Ridiculous event on November 12th in Tokyo, Japan: