Various: Callum Newman on His Recent Knee Injury & Being Diagnosed with Dislocated Knee & Bone Bruise, Boulder’s Domestic Battery Arrest Charges Dropped & Case Closed, Indies/Misc.

Mar 9, 2025

Callum Comments Newman on His Recent Knee Injury & Being Diagnosed with Dislocated Knee & Bone Bruise

As noted before, Callum Newman had been out of action for New Japan Pro Wrestling since this past December due to a knee injury. Callum made his in-ring return from injury at Saturday’s New Japan Cup 2025 event in Tokyo, Japan.

New Japan Pro Wrestling’s official website held a recent interview with Newman. One of the topics discussed included Newman’s thoughts about the cause of his knee injury this past December and how he immediately thought he would need ACL surgery.

“I was on the top turnbuckle, and both feet were on the same side of the corner. My foot was locked in place, so as I came down on the top, my foot stayed, and the rest of my leg came down on the wrong side of my knee. I felt the knee pop out once, and then come back in twice.
Yeah (it dislocated). I felt like a bang and then two pops back in. As I fell down off the corner, I could hear the air being sucked out of the arena, you know? Marty (Asami) was calling over the ropes, ‘Can you carry on’? And all I could do was just scream, No.’ It was the first time I’ve ever had to stop a match. I just felt a panic attack happening.
My brain started going through all the scenarios, and I’m an overthinker at the best of times. I’m just thinking, ‘OK, ACL, surgery, months off…’ You get to the back and of course, everyone’s a doctor all of a sudden (laughs).”

Newman also gave his thoughts about his injury was diagnosed as a dislocated knee and bone bruise and the treatment he underwent for it.

“A dislocated kneecap and a bone bruise. I didn’t need surgery, but I did need to have it drained… The first time was all blood, the second time was blood and joint fluid, and then after that, just joint fluid. After the second one, they said, ‘It’s a good sign.’
If it was bleeding then I would need surgery to stop the bleeding. But with just joint fluid, it means my knee was inflamed and that’s your body’s way of bringing that down. But I’ve had a needle the size of my pinkie finger going under my kneecap about thirteen times now.”

Boulder’s Domestic Battery Arrest Update – Charges Dropped & Case Officially Closed

As noted before, AEW and Ring of Honor talent Iron Savages’ Boulder, real name Thomas Wansaw, was fired by AEW this past February following his arrest this past January for domestic battery. Wansaw’s victim had filed a request this past January for the prosecution to end their case and for the charges against Wansaw to be dismissed.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that Katrina Teressa Mosciski, Assistant State Attorney for The Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida, had filed paperwork on March 6th to the court stating that they will no longer be pursing criminal charges against Wansaw and that the case was now closed.

In the filing, the court confirmed that the case against Wansaw was now officially closed barring there not being no other charges or holds against him.

“COMES NOW the State of Florida, by and through the undersigned Assistant State Attorney and states that: 1. From the investigation which has been made, it is the opinion of the writer that this case is not suitable for prosecution. 2. This action is taken to clear the records and to release subject’s bond if any has been posted responsive to the above charge(s). If in custody, defendant should be released. PROVIDED THERE ARE NO OTHER CHARGES OR HOLDS AGAINST HIM”

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Sunday’s New Japan Cup 2025 event for New Japan Pro Wrestling in Amagasaki, Japan featured Boltin Oleg, Great-O-Khan, Drilla Moloney, and Tetsuya Naito advancing to the next round of this year’s New Japan Cup tournament. Oleg defeated Bad Luck Fale, Khan defeated El Phantasmo, Moloney defeated Tomohiro Ishii, and Naito defeated Callum Newman.

NJPW reportedly drew a paid attendance of 1,462 for their Feb. 28th NJPW x CMLL Fantasica Mania 2025 in Tokyo and 3,355 for their March 6th 53rd Anniversary Event in Tokyo, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Matt Cardona recently asked his fans on Twitter if he should run an IndyMania event in the future. Cardona stated that a lot of people have reached out to him over the idea of him holding an event.

A GoFundMe fundraiser was recently launched for former WWE and WCW wrestler Brian Knobbs of The Nasty Boys to help financially assist him and his family on medical costs due to him currently being hospitalized over him dealing with a serious infection that could lead to a foot amputation. In the GoFundMe page, it was stated “Brian recently suffered a foot injury that quickly turned into a life-threatening infection due to his diabetes and other health complications. His condition has worsened to the point where doctors are now considering amputating his foot. Right now, Brian is still in a rehab center under medical supervision. Unfortunately, the facility is outdated and provides subpar care. He urgently needs help to recover safely and regain his strength.“

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that TNA Wrestling is currently dealing with issues related to some of their DVR viewers for their Impact! shows on DirectTV. Meltzer reported that similar to AEW’s issues with Collision shows several months ago, viewers who have Impact! shows set to auto-recorded and select “only new shows” instead of “all shows”, some of the recent shows ended up not being recorded. Meltzer reported that the current belief is that a glitch in DirectTV’s system treats those shows as if they were reruns instead of first run shows on Thursdays.

Stardom reportedly drew a paid attendance of 178 for their March 1st New Blood 19 event in Tokyo, 323 for their March 2nd event in Chiba, and 1,635 for their March 3rd Nighter in Korakuen event in Tokyo, Japan, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre reportedly drew an attendance of around over 7,500 for their Feb. 28th Super Viernes event at the Arena Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. This event was notable for featuring Konosuke Takeshita making his official in-ring debut for CMLL and for successfully defending his AEW International Championship against Angel de Oro.

Pro Wrestling NOAH reportedly drew a paid attendance of 1,605 for their March 2nd Memorial Voyage in Yokohama 2025 event in Yokohama, Japan, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.