Various: Black Label Pro Cancels Upcoming Events & Going on Hiatus, Matt Cardona on Being Shocked Over Not Receiving Offers from WWE or AEW, Indies

Oct 2, 2024

Black Label Pro Cancels Upcoming Events & Going on Hiatus

Indie wrestling promotion Black Label Pro announced on Tuesday on Twitter that they have cancelled their upcoming Fancy Wrestling event and the rest of their other scheduled events and will be going on a hiatus for the “time being.”

It was announced that those who had purchased tickets for their upcoming events will be given a refund.

No other details were given by the company in regards to this situation.

Unfortunately we have decided to cancel Fancy Wrestling and the rest of the events upcoming.

We are going on a hiatus for the time being.

All tickets have already been submitted for refunds.

Thank you for all the support.
— Black Label Pro (@BLabelPro) October 1, 2024

Matt Cardona Comments on Future of His Wrestling Career & Being Shocked Over Not Receiving Offers from WWE or AEW

A recent episode of the Walkway To Fight Club podcast featured indies and TNA talent Matt Cardona as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Cardona’s thoughts about his current goals for his wrestling career and being “legit shocked” he has not received any offers yet from WWE for a potential return or from AEW to potentially join them.

“That’s a great question. What is left to prove on the independents? I’ve done it all. Besides just reinventing myself and becoming bigger than I was in WWE, I’ve done everything there is to do on the indies and then some. So what is next? I feel like I need to sign a contract somewhere, but at the same time, I don’t want to sign a contract just to sign a contract. I don’t want to be on a roster just to be a guy on a roster. Been there, done that. Listen, if WWE or AEW called and there was a good offer with some intent to use me a certain way, of course I’d have that conversation. But I’m not gonna BS, I haven’t gotten an offer from either of those companies. So until then, I just gotta keep raising my stock and elevating myself and trying to change the game on the independent level. I’ve said it many times, I’m not trying to pass the torch to anybody, I’m trying to light a new one for myself, and I feel like I have. But at the same time, if I could give somebody the rub or elevate somebody else, so be it. I feel like I’ve done a lot of that. But I’m 39 years old, I’m not getting any younger. At the same time, I don’t even feel like I’ve entered the prime of my career, so it’s a challenging time because what’s next? So I dropped this video just to kind of say, ‘Alright, when you see me at an indie show, you’re not gonna see the Indy God, you’re not gonna see the Deathmatch King, although I am those things. You’re seeing, it’s not a new Matt Cardona, it’s just a fresh coat of paint. It’s just the next chapter. How long is that chapter going to be? In this story of Matt Cardona, how long is this chapter? Is it a couple weeks and then I go to WWE or AEW? Is it another year? Time will tell. Always Ready is a catchphrase I use, it’s the way I live my life and my career. I have to be ready for any and all opportunity, and that’s why I feel like I have been able to thrive on this independent level. But at the end of the day, I don’t want my career to end just wrestling in these smaller venues or these high school gyms or these ballrooms. I want to end it at big stadiums, WrestleMania or Arthur Ashe. I want to end it where I feel like I have to end it, in the big leagues on a big stage.”

Cardona also gave his thoughts about his match against Adam Copeland for the TNT Championship at the March 30th AEW Collision show and being surprised he was not signed to a contract with AEW afterwards.

“Listen, I’ll be completely honest. I don’t know what the fuck is going on [laughs]. I’ve done everything there is to do. I am legit shocked I have not gotten an offer from any company, and that’s not me being egotistical. That’s me being realistic. I’ve done all there is [to do]. What else can I possibly do? But I can’t let this run be fueled by bitterness or negativity. It was never, ‘Oh, I gotta prove people wrong.’ It was, ‘I’ve gotta prove my fans right,’ and I feel like I have done that. But I think the second you get bitter, the second you get angry is where you lose yourself, and I’m not gonna let this run be fueled by negativity. I’m gonna let it be fueled by trying to prove myself right, and I feel like I have. But there’s more to prove.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

As noted before, this past Saturday’s Dream Star Grand Prix 2024 event for Marigold in Nagoya, Japan featured Utami Hayashishita being crowned the winner of Marigold’s inaugural Dream Star Grand Prix tournament. Marigold held a press conference on Tuesday in Japan featuring Hayashishita officially challenging for the Marigold World Championship at at Marigold’s First Dream event on January 3, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. (English translation via PostWrestling.com)

Indies and Game Changer Wrestling wrestler Spyder Nate Webb announced on Twitter that he recently suffered a broken shoulder bone injury and will be undergoing surgery to repair his shoulder.

Major League Wrestling recently announced that Magnus and Ultimo Guerrero will be making an appearance for the company at their co-promoted Lucha Apocalypto event with CMLL on November 9th in Cicero, Illinois.

This past Monday’s Sunny Voyage 2024 event for Pro Wrestling NOAH in Tokyo, Japan featured rapper Kayne West being among those in attendance in the crowd.

Dean Muhtadi, former Mojo Rawley in WWE, recently announced on Instagram that him and his wife Grace are currently expecting the birth of their first child. Muhtadi stated that their first child is currently expected to be born this November.

PROGRESS Wrestling recently announced that they will be partnering with GCW and DEFY Wrestling for two events this November and December. It was announced that they will be holding a co-promoted event with DEFY on November 29th in Brooklyn, New York as a double matinee shows with GCW’s own event later that night. It was also announced that they will be holding a co-promoted event with DEFY on December 1st in Chicago, Illinois as a double matinee shows with GCW’s own event later that night as well.

PROGRESS also recently announced one new match for the card of their October 5th event in Oberhausen, Germany:

Cara Noir vs. Taishi Ozawa

NJPW recently announced three new matches for the card of their Royal Quest IV event on October 20th in London, England:

Drilla Moloney vs. Yota Tsuji
Kosei Fujita vs. Michael Oku
AZM & Dani Luna vs. Mina Shirakawa & Kanji

Pro Wrestling Revolver recently announced one new match for the card of their Bad Trip event on October 19th in Dayton, Ohio:

Masha Slamovich vs. Matthew Palmer

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre recently announced one new match for the card of their Super Viernes event on October 4th at the Arena Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico:

CMLL Women’s Universal Championship Phase One match – Nautica vs. Princesa Sugehit vs. La Catalina vs. Zeuxis vs. Amapola vs. India Sioux vs. Maligna vs. Olympia vs. Dark Silueta vs. Metalica