Various: The Revival WWE Update, NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed Night 1 Results, Indies

The Revival WWE Contract Status Update

WWE officials extended the contract of Dash Wilder by an additional ten weeks due to injury related reasons, the Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer reported.

The Revival’s current contracts with WWE were set to expire next April, but company officials decided to add extra time to Wilder’s contract to cover the time he was out of action in 2017 due to a broken jaw injury.

NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2019 Night 1 Results

September 27, 2019
Lowell, Massachusetts – Lowell Memorial Auditorium

Quick Match Results:

1. Karl Fredericks defeated Alex Coughlin via submission (8:47)
2. Lance Archer defeated Ren Narita via pinfall (7:23)
3. Mikey Nicholls & Juice Robinson defeated Clark Connors & TJP via pinfall (8:04)
4. Jado & Chase Owens defeated The Rock ‘N’ Roll Express via pinfall (9:10)
5. Amazing Red & Tomohiro Ishii defeated BUSHI & Shingo Takagi via pinfall (8:48)
6. Rocky Romero, YOSHI-HASHI, & Hirooki Goto defeated Gedo, KENTA, & Jay White via submission (12:28)
7. IWGP Tag Team Championship – Guerrillas of Destiny (c) defeated Roppongi 3K via pinfall (16:43)
8. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi, & Kazuchika Okada defeated Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, & SANADA via pinfall (20:26)

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Starrcast announced that Sting and Robocop will be appearing at their Starrcast IV convention, which takes place from November 7-10 in Baltimore, Maryland.

Lucha Libre AAA reportedly generated between 300 to 400 pay-per-view buys for their Invading NY event based on updated estimates, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s issue that the majority of those buys were from On Demand replays and not live, which is still estimated to have been around 60.

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced that next year’s New Year Dash event will be taking place on January 6th at the Ota City Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. NJPW traditionally held this event at the Korakuen Hall which holds around half the size of Ota City Gymnasium’s attendance capacity of around 4,000.