Various: Homicide Announces 2025 to be Final Year of His In-Ring Career, Roxanne Perez on Importance of ROH for Growth of Her Wrestling & WWE Career, Indies/Misc.

Homicide Announces 2025 to be Final Year of His In-Ring Wrestling Career

Wrestling legend and Indie Wrestling Hall of Famer Homicide recently announced on Instagram that 2025 will be the final years of his in-ring wrestling career.

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Roxanne Perez Comments on Importance of ROH for Growth of Her Wrestling & WWE Career

A recent episode of the No Contest Wrestling Podcast featured WWE NXT talent Roxanne Perez as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Perez’s thoughts about her past time in Ring of Honor and the importance ROH had on her wrestling career.

“I learned so so much. I’m very thankful for the time that I had there because I’m not too sure I would’ve been as ready as I was stepping into the WWE if it wasn’t for my time in Ring Of Honor. Maria Kanellis and Bobby Cruise, they were the two people that were in charge of the women’s division and they were just awesome, especially Maria Kanellis, she’s another person that as soon as she saw me, as soon as she saw my work in the ring, she was like, that’s the girl, that’s the one. I definitely know that WWE noticed me because of me becoming the inaugural women’s champion. So yeah, I owe a lot of that to Maria and Bobby and that’s a really good time in my career.”

Former ROH and AEW talent Maria Kanellis recently responded on Twitter to Perez thanking her and Bobby Cruise for helping her career and ROH’s Women’s division.

.We all knew @roxanne_wwe would soar because of how talented and dedicated she was, she just needed a little wind beneath her wings and a good challenge. So, proud!! https://t.co/CkHeAJpSqN

— MariaKanellisBennett (@MariaLKanellis) February 15, 2025

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

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Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Athena reached 800 days as the current ROH Women’s World Champion as of Sunday. Athena has surpassed Samoa Joe for longest ever championship reign in ROH history this past September.

Wrestling legend and WWE Hall of Famer Greg “The Hammer” Valentine reportedly is currently writing a new memoir about his wrestling career, according to PWInsider.

Rock band Downstait recently released a new entrance theme song for former WWE talent Indi Hartwell called “Hart Won’t Quit.”

TNA Wrestling recently released the full Josh Alexander’s TNA farewell match against Eric Young from this past Thursday’s Impact! show.

New Japan Pro Wrestling reportedly drew a paid attendance of 663 for their Feb. 6th Road to The New Beginning 2025 event in Kashima, 750 for their Feb. 7th Road to The New Beginning 2025 event in Nagoya, 673 for their Road to The New Beginning 2025 event in Kameoka, and 5,502 for their Feb. 11th The New Beginning in Osaka 2025 event in Osaka, Japan, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Pro Wrestling NOAH reportedly drew a paid attendance of 1,560 for their Feb. 11th Star Navigation Premium 2025 event in Tokyo, Japan, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Stardom reportedly drew a paid attendance of 405 for their Feb. 8th event in Kobe, 557 for their Feb. 9th Mayu Iwatani Triumphal Return event in Yamaguchi, 437 for their Feb. 11th event in Hiroshima, and 461 for their Feb. 12th event in Osaka, Japan, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Major League Wrestling reportedly drew an attendance of 772 for their Feb. 8th SuperFight 6 event in Atlanta, GA, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Pro Wrestling EVE reportedly drew an attendance of over 500 for their Feb. 7th Multiverse Rumble event in London, England, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. This event was notable for Jamie Hayter making an in-ring return appearance and competed in a match against Alex Windsor and also for Will Ospreay making a surprise appearance.

Lucha Blog reported that a recent episode of CMLL Informa featured Mistico announcing that he will be going to San Francisco immediately after NJPW’s FantasticaMania 2025 tour. Lucha Blog speculated that this could mean that Mistico might be making an appearance for AEW at either their upcoming Collision show on March 1st in Oakland or their Dynamite and Collision tapings on March 5th in Sacramento.