Various: Tetsuya Naito to Undergo Eye Surgery, Penta El Zero Miedo Makes Surprsie Appearance at 12/7 AAA Origenes Tapings, Tony Khan on ROH Talks for New TV Deal, Indies

Dec 8, 2024

Tetsuya Naito to Undergo Another Eye Surgery This Month

Tokyo Sports held a recent interview with New Japan Pro Wrestling talent Tetsuya Naito. One of the topics discussed included Naito revealing that he will be undergoing surgery for his left eye on December 18th to help align his vision.

“People often talk about my knees, but honestly, my eye is the bigger issue. When I look down, I see both a flat surface and a slanted one. Running in such a distorted view is challenging—I can’t trust my footing, my opponent looks like two people, and I struggle with depth perception in certain environments. It’s been incredibly stressful, as I can’t fully focus on matches. Apparently, there’s a method to align the vision of both eyes by adjusting the healthy eye to match the impaired one. This would help synchronize my overall vision. It sounded risky and made me very anxious, so I postponed it. But with the match against Hiromu now confirmed, I’ve decided to go through with it.”

Naito had underwent three surgeries for his right eye to correct his vision problems in recent years.

Penta El Zero Miedo Makes Surprsie Appearance at 12/7 AAA Origenes TV Tapings in Mexico City

Saturday’s Origenes television tapings for Lucha Libre AAA in Mexico City, Mexico featured former AEW talent Penta El Zero Miedo making a surprise appearance and return to AAA.

During the show, Penta made his surprise appearance and came out to the ring. Penta grabbed a microphone and gave a speech to the live crowd that included him giving a farewell speech and stated that he is taking time away from wrestling to make a decision for the future of his career. Penta stated that he was saying goodbye to Mexican wrestling for now but promised this would not be the last time fans will see him and he would return to AAA again someday in the future.

video of Penta's speech on Facebook: https://t.co/aCikIrSeuB

It was a farewell speech. He says he's taking time away to make a career decision, was saying goodbye to Mexican wrestling for now, but this wouldn't be the last we see of him and he'd return to AAA again someday.
— luchablog (@luchablog) December 8, 2024

¿Adiós o un nuevo comienzo?

Pentagón Jr. ( @PENTAELZEROM), EL CERO MIEDO 👌👇 se presenta en el cierre de la gira #OrígenesAAA en CDMX pic.twitter.com/Ui4HsZ8pnI
— Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (@luchalibreaaa) December 8, 2024

Tony Khan Comments on “There’s A Lot Of Interest In ROH, I’ve Had Great Conversations About TV Partnerships With ROH”

A recent episode of the Sports Guys Talk Wrestling podcast featured Ring of Honor owner Tony Khan as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Khan’s thoughts about the status of ROH’s talks for a potential new television deal.

“It’s a great company. I love ROH, and I think that really, for us, it’s important to look at, there’s a great opportunity to grow Ring of Honor as we grow AEW. AEW just secured this huge media rights deal, and it’s a complimentary thing to have another great wrestling promotion with that history. I do think there’s a lot of interest right now in Ring of Honor. I’ve had great conversations about TV partnerships with ROH, and I think as AEW continues to grow, there’s going to be more great opportunities for ROH in streaming and television.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Sunday’s Real World Tag League 2024 event for All Japan Pro Wrestling in Tokyo, Japan featured the Saito Brothers (Jun & Rei Saito) defeating Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Kento Miyahara in the Real World Tag League Finals to become the winners of this year’s tournament.

Tokyo Sports reported that reports that Suwama will be resigning from his position as AJPW’s Senior Managing Executive Officer at the end of this year and will become the new President of Evolution Joshi Pro-Wrestling in January of 2025. It was reported that Suwama had informed AJPW officials of his intention to leave the company this past October but the two sides agreed that he would stay as a wrestler in the company while leaving his executive role. It was also reported that as part of the change for his upcoming departure, the number of matches for Suwama in the company is currently expected to decrease significantly.

Saturday’s Origenes television tapings for Lucha Libre AAA in Mexico City, Mexico featured Laredo Kid defeating Matt Riddle to become the new AAA World Cruiserweight Champion.

TNA Wrestling recently announced that tickets for their Final Resolution 2024 event on December 13th at the Center Stage in Atlanta, Georgia recently reached sold out status.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that TNA’s Bound For Glory 2024’s pay-per-view buys are currently down 2.8% compared to this past July’s Slammiversary 2024 buys based on the same number of days after the event.

The National Wrestling Alliance recently announced that Texas Style Wrestling recently signed a partnership deal to become an affiliate member of their NWA Texas territory.

Combat Zone Wrestling recently announced that Nick Gage will be making an official return appearance to the company at their Cage of Death 2024 event on December 21st in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

New Japan Pro Wrestling reportedly drew a paid attendance of 569 for their Nov. 29th World Tag League 2024 event in Shizuoka, 951 for their Dec. 1st World Tag League 2024 event in Osaka, 941 for their Dec. 2nd World Tag League 2024 event in Kochi, and 1,005 for their Dec. 3rd World Tag League 2024 event in Karatsu, Japan, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Awesome Wrestling recently announced two new matches for their Poughkeepsie Rumble inaugural event on January 4, 2025 in Poughkeepsie, New York:

TNA World Championship – Matt Riddle vs. Nic Nemeth (c)
NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship – Tommy Dreamer vs. Thom Latimer (c)

CMLL recently announced the full card for their Super Viernes event in December 13th at the Arena Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico:

CMLL World Historic Middleweight Championship – Rocky Romero vs. Flip Gordon (c)
Wrestle Dynasty International Women’s Cup CMLL Qualifier Four-way match – Zeuxis vs. Reyna Isis vs. Sanely vs. Persephone
La Jarochita & Lluvia vs. Red Velvet & Viva Van
Deonna Purrazzo vs. La Catalina
Claudio Castagnoli vs. Hechicero
Volador Jr. vs. PAC