Various: Laredo Kid Injury Update, Impact’s Early 2023 Events Schedule, Sat. NJPW Strong Card, Indies

Oct 28, 2022

Laredo Kid Injury Status Update

As noted before, Lucha Libre AAA and Impact Wrestling talent Laredo Kid underwent emergency surgery this past Monday due to abdominal-related issues following his match at AAA’s event this past Sunday in Monterrey, Mexico.

Kid recently provided a health update on Instagram stating (via LuchaBlog) that he is currently in a stable condition and his health has been improving since his surgery. Kid also stated that he is currently on track of being able to go home in a couple of days.

Laredo Kid's Instagram story was updated with a message saying he's stable and improving, with signs his operation went well.

He'll get to go home in a couple of days if everything goes well.https://t.co/4qNm1Y0nh3 pic.twitter.com/HatUPt0DzG
— luchablog (@luchablog) October 27, 2022

Impact Wrestling Announces Events Schedule for First Quarter of 2023

Impact Wrestling recently announced their full events schedule for the first quarter of 2023.

Among the notable events includes next year’s No Surrender event will be taking place on February 24th in Las Vegas, Nevada and next year’s Sacrifice event will be taking place on March 24th in Windsor, Canada.

Full events schedule for January to Match 2023:

January 13, 2023 – Hard to Kill 2023 at the Center Stage in Atlanta, Georgia
January 14th – Impact! television taping at the Center Stage in Atlanta, Georgia
February 24th – No Surrender 2023 at Sam’s Town Live in Las Vegas, Nevada
February 25th – Impact! television taping at Sam’s Town Live in Las Vegas, Nevada
February 26th – Impact! television taping at Sam’s Town Live in Las Vegas, Nevada
March 24th – Sacrifice 2023 at St. Clair College in Windsor, Canada
March 25th – Impact! television taping at St. Clair College in Windsor, Canada

Full Card for Saturday’s Episode of NJPW Strong

New Japan Pro Wrestling recently announced the full card for this Saturday’s Autumn Attack 2022 Night 4 themed episode of NJPW Strong, which will air on New Japan World starting at 8:00PM EST.

Kevin Knight vs. Ari Daivari
Blake Christian & Mascara Dorada vs. Mistico & Alex Zayne
Tomohiro Ishii vs. “Filthy” Tom Lawlor

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Warrior Wrestling recently announced that Eddie Kingston will be making an appearance for the company at their Warrior 26 event on December 17th in Chicago Heights, Illinois.

Thursday’s NJPW The Night Before Rumble on 44th Street A Halloween Special event in New York City, New York featured a singles match between Fred Rosser and Crowbar, which was won by Rosser. Following the match Rosser gave a promo asking “Who is next?” in reference to his upcoming open challenge match for his NJPW Strong Openweight Championship at tonight’s Rumble on 44th Street event. Following Rosser’s promo, Jonathan Gresham made a surprise appearance and accepted Rosser open challenge offer.

NJPW’s Battle Autumn 2022 event earlier today in Tokyo featured EVIL defeating YOSHI-HASHI and Zack Sabre Jr. defeating David Finlay in Quarterfinal Round matches for NJPW’s World TV Championship tournament.

NJPW announced that they had pulled DOUKI from the card of their Battle Autum 2022 event this past Wednesday in Tokyo, Japan due to him recently falling ill with a fever. It was also announced that while DOUKI had tested negative for COVID-19, they made the decision to pull him from the event over healthy safety precautionary reasons.

NJPW also recently announced that they will be holding a new Fantasticamania co-promoted tour with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre on February 22-28, 2023 in Japan. This will be the first time NJPW will be holding a Fantasticamania tour since 2020.

NJPW recently announced two new matches for their co-promoted X-Over event with Stardom on November 20th in Ariake, Japan:

Toru Yano, Kazuchika Okada, & The Great Muta vs. United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Aaron Henare, & Great-O-Khan)
IWGP Women’s Championship tournament Finals – Mayu Iwatani vs. KAIRI

Lucha Libre AAA recently announced three new matches for the card of their Noche De Campeones 2022 event on December 28th in Puerto Marques, Mexico:

AAA Mega Championship – Bandido vs. Hijo del Vikingo (c)
AAA World Tag Team Championship – Los Hermanos Lee (Dralistico & Dragon Lee) vs. FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) (c)
Copa Mundo Imperial – Vampiro vs. Pagano vs. Dave The Clown vs. TBA

Pro Wrestling NOAH recently announced a new match for the card of their December 20th event in Tokyo, Japan: