Various: Will Ospreay NJPW Contract Update, Rosemary on Positive Support for Her Diary Episode, Indies

Will Ospreay NJPW Contract Status Update

As noted before, Will Ospreay’s contract with New Japan Pro Wrestling is currently set to expire in February of 2024.

Dark Puroresu Flowsion held a recent interview with Ospreay discussing Ospreay’s thoughts on him feeling confident that NJPW and himself will work out a deal for a new contract in the company.

“I just wanna know what my options are, doesn’t mean I’m leaving NJPW. I’m fairly positive me & NJPW will work out a deal but in case we don’t I want to provide for my family, wrestle how I wanna wrestle & most importantly be happy.”

Will Ospreay & I discussed his 2024 free agency:

“I just wanna know what my options are doesn’t mean I’m leaving NJPW. I’m fairly positive me & NJPW will work out a deal but in case we dont I want to provide for my family, wrestle how I wanna wrestle & most importantly be happy” pic.twitter.com/FAFCrGKpcZ

— Dark Puroresu Flowsion (@PuroresuFlow) April 27, 2023

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Rosemary Comments on Positive Feedback Received from Her Impact Diary Episode

A recent episode of Impact Wrestling’s Diary series featured Rosemary. During the episode, Rosemary opened up about her struggles dealing with mental health and injury issues.

Rosemary recently reflected on Twitter about the positive feedback she has received from others since the release of the Diary episode.

“I was so anxious about this dropping. That voice I mention kept saying it was a bad idea. That people would mock me & I would look like a loser. Depression SUCKS. But the feedback has been amazing. The support has been unreal. And that voice has been quiet since yesterday. Sharing your story helps take the power away from how it controls your life. We aren’t engineered to do this alone. Normalize speaking about mental illness. Normalize helping people heal through sharing and therapy. Normalize mental health.”

I was so anxious about this dropping. That voice I mention kept saying it was a bad idea. That people would mock me & I would look like a loser.

Depression SUCKS

But the feedback has been amazing. The support has been unreal. And that voice has been quiet since yesterday 🖤🙏🏼 https://t.co/4d02uyUaQx

— Courtney Rush – #DUB3's Living Legend (@Rushlemania) April 26, 2023

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Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Thursday’s Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2023 event for New Japan Pro Wrestling in Hiroshima, Japan featured the Jet Setters (Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA) defeating Catch 2/2 (Francesco Akira & TJP) to be crowned the new IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions.

As noted before, Japanese wrestler Shinjiro Otani has been out of action from wrestling since April of 2022 due to a serious cervical cord injury. Pro Wrestling ZERO1 recently announced that Otani is currently scheduled to make an appearance at their May 6th event in Tokyo, Japan. The company also announced that it is not guaranteed that Otani will attend the event and all depends on his health status at the time.

DDT Pro Wrestling announced that Keigo Nakamura recently suffered a knee injury and is currently expected to be out of action for the foreseeable future.

Stardom announced that Momo Kohgo recently suffered an undisclosed injury and as a result, she is currently expected to be out of action until at least May 9th.

Indie wrestler Drake The Younger, former Drake Wuertz in WWE, announced on Instagram that he was recently diagnosed with a broken back and three fractured vertebrae following his work for Xtreme Pro Wrestling’s King of the Death Match 2023 tournament this past Saturday.

Tommy Dreamer announced on Instagram that his mother passed away this past Tuesday due to issues related to a recent brain bleed medical emergency.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that Impact Wrestling officials are currently working on plans for an Impact World Tag Team Championship program between “Speedball” Mike Bailey & Jonathan Gresham and champions ABC (Ace Austin & Chris Bey) to take place within the near future.

During this past Tuesday’s MLW Underground show, Major League Wrestling announced that the next season of their MLW Fusion series will be debuting on May 25th on beIN Sports and their official YouTube channel.

MLW officials reportedly are currently working on plans for Alex Zayne to be given a big push this summer, according to Fightful Select.

MLW reportedly is also currently working on plans to send MLW talent to Japan for Pro Wrestling NOAH events within the near future, according to Fightful Select.