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Results from Tuesday’s New Japan Cup matches and AEW Dark are straight ahead in this update but first…

(STINGER: Impact)

The main event at Impact Wrestling’s Sacrifice show is now a championship unification match. But the showdown Saturday night between Impact World Champion Rich Swann and TNA Champ Moose is only the beginning.

(D’Amore Rebellion Main Event)

That’s Scott D’Amore making the announcement on last night’s Impact.

It’ll be Title vs. Title - Kenny Omega vs. either Rich Swann or Moose at the Rebellion pay per view on April 24th.

Getting back to Saturday night’s Sacrifice show. It’s an Impact Plus exclusive. FOUR matches were added to the card on last night’s Impact - A HOLD HARMLESS Match between Eddie Edwards and Brian Myers...James Storm and Chris Sabin vs. Violent By Design...Tenille Dashwood & Kaleb With A K vs. Havok & Nevaeh...and Decay vs. Reno Scum.

Ace Austin has an X-Division Title match against TJP at Sacrifice - but last night, Austin was pinned by Chris Bey.

Storm and Sabin beat Rohit Raju and Mahabali Shera. Later, Raju blamed Shera for the loss and that led to Shera attacking Raju.

Jazz submitted one-half of the Knockouts Tag Champs, Tasha Steelz.

Trey Miguel submitted his trainee Sam Beale, who was convinced to challenge his teacher by Sami Callihan. After the match, Callihan attacked Beale.

(STINGER: AEW)

We’ll find out tonight how AEW will handle the “dud” ending to its Exploding Barbed Wire Death Match at Revolution. We got a clue to the plan on last night’s Impact.

During his weekly “paid ad”, Tony Khan said we’ll hear from Eddie Kingston on tonight’s Dynamite, and “We’ll find out why he did what he did...and what happened out there at the end.”

Khan was also sticking to the storyline that the failed final blast at Revolution was a result of poor craftsmanship by Omega.

Just announced yesterday, Ethan Page will make his Dynamite debut tonight against Lee Johnson.

Also tonight...Darby Allin defends the TNT Championship against Scorpio Sky...Matt Jackson vs. Rey Fenix...PLUS, Hikaru Shida, Ryo Mizunami & Thunder Rosa vs. Dr. Britt Baker, Nyla Rose & Maki Itoh

We’ll also hear from Christian Cage for the first time on AEW TV.

On last night’s Dark...Fuego Del Sol FINALLY hit his tornado DDT, but the force of the impact sent QT Marshall out of the ring. QT later hit the Diamond Cutter for the win

Also, Santana & Ortiz beat Sonny Kiss & Joey Janela.

(STINGER: WWE)

TWO major championship matches on tonight’s NXT - Finn Balor defending the NXT Championship against Adam Cole...and Io Shirai putting her women’s title on the line against Toni Storm.

On top of that, NXT is promoting TWO “HUGE”, “game-changing” announcements from GM William Regal.

Plus, Xia Lee vs. Kayden Carter.

Tonight’s MLW Fusion has Alex Hammerstone defending the National Openweight Championship:against L.A. Park

(STINGER: ROH)

Ring Of Honor has added a GRUDGE MATCH between Jay Briscoe and EC3 to its 19th Anniversary pay per view. This match was first made for Final Battle, but EC3 was pulled from the card after he tested positive for COVID-19.

On ROH’s Week By Week YouTube show Tuesday...HOT SAUCE Tracy Williams submitted LSG to win a 3-way that also included Bandido. Williams is the #1 contender for the ROH TV Title.

(STINGER: New Japan)

Three more New Japan Cup matches happening this morning.

The second round begins on Thursday’s show - with EVIL vs. Jeff Cobb...and Great-O-Khan vs. Toru Yano.

Tuesday’s matches saw SANADA beat Tomohiro Ishii...and Yuji Nagata beat Yota Tsuji. SANADA and Nagata will meet in the second round.

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I’m Matt Carlins and this is JUST Pro Wrestling News for Tuesday, March 9, 2021.

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Results from Monday night’s Raw and Ring Of Honor’s weekend TV are straight ahead in this update but first…

(STINGER: WWE)

We’re learning more about the WWE Network’s jump to Peacock in the United States.

In a news release Monday, we learned there will NOT be an automatic migration for existing network subscribers. They’ll need to sign up for Peacock Premium on their own.

Peacock is running a special offer for the next month - FOUR months of Peacock Premium access for $9.99. If you have Comcast or Cox cable, you may already get Peacock Premium for free.

WWE’s Peacock Era begins March 18th. There will be an “overlap” period. On Monday, we learned that’ll last a little over two weeks - ending on April 4th. That’s when the existing WWE Network app will cease operation.

We also got more details about the Network content on Peacock.

Not everything currently on the Network will be available when it launches on Peacock. WWE said Peacock is promising to have the entire network archive “available to stream on demand before SummerSlam”.

At launch, the WWE Network on Peacock is promising every pay per view over the last calendar year... NXT episodes the day after they air... Raw and SmackDown episodes 30 days after they air… Plus, WWE original programming and documentaries.

Live fans WILL be in attendance at WrestleMania. WWE announced tickets go on sale next Tuesday. There will also be an exclusive presale opportunity for fans who register.

Last night’s Raw opened with the new WWE Champion Bobby Lashley defending against The Miz. Miz lasted a little longer than he did last Monday, but eventually submitted to the Hurt Lock.

Drew McIntyre is being called the “presumptive” next challenger to Lashley. Drew brawled backstage with Sheamus. They later met in a No DQ Match...that ended when both men ran into one another while carrying steel ring steps. The referee determined that Sheamus could not continue and called off the match.

Randy Orton and AJ Styles went at it in the main event. The end came when Alexa Bliss appeared on the ‘tron. Fire shot from the ring posts...Randy started to cough up BLACK GOO again...caught a Phenomenal Forearm from AJ and got pinned.

Braun Strowman got an apology from Shane McMahon. Later, Shane not-so-subtly implied that Braun is stupid. That led to Braun chasing Shane backstage, where Shane was able to lose him.

Reginald resurfaced on Raw, in the corner of the women’s tag champs Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler. Reginald was fired by Carmella in Friday’s SmackDown.

Jax and Baszler successfully defended their tag titles against Naomi and Lana. Jax pinned Lana.

The New Day will challenge The Hurt Business for the Raw Tag Titles on next Monday’s Raw. Xavier Woods beat Shelton Benjamin in a one-on-one match last night.

Another title match made for next Monday: Riddle defends the U.S. Title against Mustafa Ali.

Wednesday’s NXT is now promoting TWO major announcements from GM William Regal.

(STINGER: ROH)

Jay Lethal will challenge Rush for the Ring Of Honor World Championship at the ROH 19th Anniversary pay per view on Friday, March 26th.

Lethal earned the shot by pinning Matt Taven in a 4-way on ROH’s weekend TV. A distraction by Vita VonStarr left Taven open for Lethal Injection. Jay Briscoe and EC3 were also in the match, but they brawled all the way backstage.

Also on that show - Dalton Castle essentially saved his ROH career. He used a rollup to beat Josh Woods in a Pure Rules Match. After the match, Woods was confronted by his old tag partner Silas Young. But it’s not clear if they’ll reunite.

(STINGER: New Japan)

The New Japan Cup rolls on this morning with a pair of first round matches.

Wednesday’s show will have THREE first round matches - Jay White vs. Toa Henare...Yujiro Takahashi vs. YOSHI-HASHI...and David Finlay vs. Chase Owens.

A couple title changes in other Japanese promotions over the weekend…

There are new GHC Tag Team Champions. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Masa Kitamiya dethroned Takashi Sugiura & Kazushi Sakuraba at Pro-Wrestling NOAH’s show on Sunday.

The Open The Twin Gate Unified Tag Title changed hands in Dragon Gate’s show on Sunday. Masaaki Mochizuki & Takashi Yoshida are the new champs after beating BxB Hulk & KAI.

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Let’s get right into last night’s AEW Revolution pay per view.

Kenny Omega and Jon Moxley delivered a brutal and bloody main event in their Exploding Barbed Wire Death Match for the AEW Championship - but the final moments of the show underwhelmed at least some fans.

Omega got the win after the Good Brothers delivered an exploding baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire to the ring. Omega hit Moxley with it and then delivered a One Winged Angel onto an open and upright steel chair.

The pinfall came just minutes before the 30-minute countdown to the ring exploding was set to run out. Omega and the Good Brothers handcuffed and beat down Mox for a bit. Then, made a run for it.

Mox was left alone in the ring, but as the final seconds ticked away...Eddie Kingston ran to the ring and threw himself on top of Moxley to protect him from the final blast - which may be a bit of an overstatement. The live crowd was not impressed by the final burst of sparks and smoke. Some booed...even as Kingston and Moxley were lying motionless.

After the pay per view went off the air, Mox went into “damage control” mode as he addressed the live crowd.

(Moxley Revolution Post Show)

That clip from a video posted on AEW’s Twitter.

During the post-show media call, Tony Khan basically admitted the final explosion was a “dud”, while also shifting the blame, in storyline, to Omega.

(Khan On Explosion)

The “huge” signing revealed at Revolution was...Christian Cage. Khan said he reached out to him personally...and Khan said he had no idea Christian was NOT under contract with WWE. Christian returned from retirement at the Royal Rumble just weeks ago.

The surprise 6th participant in last night’s ladder match for a TNT Championship match...was former Impact Tag Team Champion Ethan Page. He didn’t get the win. Instead, it was Scorpio Sky. He’s set to get his title shot against Darby Allin on Wednesday’s Dynamite.

There was a THIRD surprise during the Buy-In pre-show. Maki Itoh was a late substitute as Dr. Britt Baker’s tag team partner...and they defeated the team of Thunder Rosa and Riho.

Khan said we’ll see more of Maki Itoh going forward.

Hikaru Shida beat Ryo Mizunami to retain the AEW Women’s Championship.

The Street Fight between Sting & Darby and Brian Cage & Ricky Starks was a purely cinematic presentation...with Sting pinning Starks to get the win. During the post-show media call, Darby Allin said he handled the bulk of producing the Street Fight. As for Sting’s future, Khan said we “might” see Sting wrestle again.

The Young Bucks beat Chris Jericho and MJF to retain the AEW Tag Titles. Jericho was pinned with the Meltzer Driver.

Pac and Rey Fenix won the Casino Tag Team Royale and a shot at the Tag Titles. It’s not known when that match will happen, but AEW did announce a one-on-one match between Fenix and Matt Jackson for Wednesday’s Dynamite.

QT Marshall abandoned his tag partner Dustin Rhodes by eliminating himself during the Tag Team Royale.

Hangman Page beat Matt Hardy in their Big Money Match. Page got an assist from the Dark Order, and celebrated with them after the match. But during the post-show media call, Page was very clear that this does NOT mean he’s joining the Dark Order.

Miro and Kip Sabian beat Orange Cassidy and Chuck Taylor when Miro submitted Taylor.

AEW’s next pay per view will be another Sunday night show - Double Or Nothing was announced for March 30th.

(STINGER: WWE)

As of Sunday night, there’s virtually nothing announced for tonight’s Raw - aside from Braun Strowman seeking an apology from Shane McMahon.

(STINGER: New Japan)

Two matches in the New Japan Cup were held Sunday. Will Ospreay beat Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Zack Sabre Jr. beat Gabriel Kidd. Ospreay and Sabre will meet in the second round.

Monday is a day off for the tour.

Tuesday’s show has Tomohiro Ishii vs. SANADA...and Yuji Nagata vs. Yota Tsuji.

That’s JUST Pro Wrestling News for Monday, March 8. Our next update comes your way tomorrow morning, so be sure to subscribe to this feed. We also thank you in advance for leaving a glowing rating or review..

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Results from Saturday’s New Japan Cup matches and the special episode of AEW Dark are straight ahead in this update but first…

(STINGER: AEW)

A spectacle never before seen at an American pro wrestling event headlines AEW’s Revolution pay per view.

Kenny Omega defends the AEW Championship against Jon Moxley in an Exploding Barbed Wire Death Match.

Omega shared the specifics on the rules Friday night.

The ropes on three rides of the ring will be wrapped in barbed wire.

There will be at least two big reveals at Revolution. Tony Khan is promising a “huge” new signing to AEW will make his debut - a man described as a “Hall of Fame” level talent.

The second big reveal will be the 6th participant in a ladder match for a shot at the TNT Championship held by Darby Allin. The other five men in the match are Cody Rhodes, Lance Archer, Scorpio Sky, Penta El Zero Miedo and Max Caster from The Acclaimed.

This will be Sky’s first match in six weeks. He’s been sidelined with a torn meniscus. Penta just returned from his own injury. More on that in a bit.

Sting will compete in his first match since an injury during a WWE Championship match appeared to end his in-ring career over five years ago. Sting teams with Darby Allin for a Street Fight against Brian Cage and Ricky Starks.

The Young Bucks defend the AEW Tag Titles against Chris Jericho and MJF.

AEW Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida defends against Ryo Mizunami.

Also, the BIg Money Match between Hangman Page and Matt Hardy...Orange Cassidy and Chuck Taylor vs. Miro and Kip Sabian...and the Casino Tag Team Royale.

A special edition of AEW Dark Saturday night

Penta El Zero Miedo returned to in-ring action in AEW with a win over Azriel.

Big Swole also returned to AEW TV for the first time in months - and made it clear that she is coming after whoever is the Women’s Champion after Revolution.

(Big Swole Wants Title)

There were a pair of post-match attacks. Miro and Kip Sabian laid out Chuck Taylor and Orange Cassidy...after Taylor had just beaten JD Drake.

The Butcher and The Blade went after Bear Country. Both of those teams are in the Casino Tag Team Royale at Revolution.

(STINGER: ROH)

Joey Mercury is the latest to file a lawsuit against Ring Of Honor. WrestleZone was first to report this.

Mercury alleges that ROH forced him to resign after he raised concerns about the safety of talent and the compensation they receive. He also claims his pay was not in line with the amount of work he was doing.

This comes on the heels of a discrimination lawsuit filed against ROH last month by former women’s champ Kelly Klein.

(STINGER: New Japan)

Two more first round matches in the New Japan Cup are happening this morning.

Saturday’s show saw the first major upset of the tournament. Shingo Takagi BEAT Kazuchika Okada. Also on that show, KENTA submitted Juice Robinson...and Minoru Suzuki beat Tomoaki Honma.

That’s JUST Pro Wrestling News for Sunday, March 7. Our next update comes your way tomorrow morning, so be sure to subscribe to this feed. We also thank you in advance for leaving a glowing rating or review..

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Results from Friday’s New Japan Cup matches and New Japan Strong are straight ahead in this update.

(STINGER: WWE)

But first, let’s get into last night’s SmackDown...

Daniel Bryan will challenge Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship at Fastlane. Bryan earned the shot by submitting Jey Uso to win a Steel Cage Match on last night’s SmackDown.

Carmella is looking for a new sommelier. She FIRED Reginald!

Reggie later showed up at ringside during Bianca Belair’s match against Shayna Baszler. Reginald tried to chat up Sasha Banks. Belair shoved Reggie down onto his backside...then, she pinned Baszler with the KOD. After the match, Banks SLAPPED Reginald.

Banks and Belair are getting another shot at Jax and Basler’s women’s tag titles at Fastlane.

MURPHY was back on SmackDown - for the first time since early DECEMBER. He offered to help Seth Rollins solve his Cesaro problem. Seth told him to “get out of my sight”. Murphy had a match against Cesaro anyway, but lost via submission.

Sami Zayn finally realized that there’s something odd about Blake Christian being one of the cameramen following him around.

Friday’s NXT Injury Report said there’s no timetable for Kacy Catanzaro’s return from injury. She revealed earlier this week she suffered a partial PCL tear in her right knee.

NWA Women’s Champion Serena Deeb is also recovering from a knee injury.

She shared a picture of herself after she says she “had a scope done” on the knee. Deeb vowed to “be back before you know it.”

(STINGER: AEW)

Tony Khan sounds confident that the “huge” AEW signing set to be revealed at Revolution will live up to the hype,

(Khan On Busted Open)

Khan speaking on Busted Open.

Khan on Friday also announced AEW has signed CAPTAIN Shawn Dean, who’s become a regular on Dark.

One more piece of news from Tony Khan. He told Forbes he’s “strongly considering” holding more AEW pay per views on Sundays - specifically Double Or Nothing and All Out.

AEW is running a special Saturday episode of Dark on its YouTube channel tonight, starting at 7PM.

TWELVE matches on the card...including Penta El Zero Miedo’s return from injury...for his first AEW match in nearly two months. Penta is also in the 6-Man ladder match tomorrow at Revolution. The winner there gets a shot at the TNT Championship on Wednesday’s Dynamite.

(STINGER: New Japan)

The New Japan Cup rolls on this morning with three first round matches.

Sunday’s show will have two Cup matches - Will Ospreay vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan...and Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Gabriel Kidd.

Tournament results from Friday - Hirooki Goto beat Taichi...and Toru Yano outfoxed Bad Luck Fale.

On last night’s New Japan Strong…Lio Rush reversed a inside cradle into one of his own to beat Rocky Romero and qualify for the U.S. version of the New Japan Cup tournament. FILTHY Tom Lawlor also qualified. He beat The DKC.

IWTV and a number of wrestlers are cutting ties with Synergy Pro Wrestling...after learning the owner of that promotion is a registered sex offender. It appears this is the end of Synergy Pro, which was promoting a show for WrestleMania week in Tampa..

That’s JUST Pro Wrestling News for Saturday, March 6. Our next update comes your way tomorrow morning, so be sure to subscribe to this feed. We also thank you in advance for leaving a glowing rating or review..

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Results from Thursday’s NXT UK are straight ahead in this update but first...

(STINGER: AEW)

Speculation is swirling around AEW’s next big signing.

On Wednesday’s Dynamite, Paul Wight described the person as "Hall of Fame worthy" and a “huge surprise”.

Tony Khan is not backing away from the growing hype surrounding who’s showing up at Sunday’s Revolution pay per view.

(Khan Revolution Surprise)

That clip from the AEW Unrestricted podcast.

CM Punk was asked about this during a Twitter Q&A on Thursday...and said he is NOT the surprise signing.

Khan did describe the person as a “he” during the podcast.

Khan also said the “huge surprise” is different from the 6th entrant in a ladder match for a TNT Title shot, who will be revealed during Sunday’s show.

That the TNT Title match is set to happen on Wednesday’s Dynamite.

One more note from that podcast. Khan mentioned Anthony Bowens from The Acclaimed is out of action with a knee injury.

(STINGER: WWE)

SmackDown Women’s Champ Sasha Banks and her WrestleMania challenger Bianca Belair will get another shot at the Women’s Tag Titles. WWE announced Thursday that Banks and Belair will challenge Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax at Fastlane.

Tonight’s SmackDown main event has Daniel Bryan vs. Jey Uso inside a STEEL CAGE. If Bryan wins, he gets a shot at Roman Reigns’ Universal Title at Fastlane. If Uso wins, Bryan must ACKNOWLEDGE Reigns.

Kay Lee Ray’s 500+ day reign as NXT UK Women’s Champion...rolls on. She beat Meiko Satomura on Thursday’s show.

(STINGER: ROH)

A high stakes match on this weekend’s Ring Of Honor TV. Jay Briscoe vs. Matt Taven vs. Jay Lethal vs. EC3 in a Four Corner Survival Match. The winner gets the shot at Rush and the ROH World Championship at 19th Anniversary pay per view on March 26.

Also this weekend, a Pure Rules rematch between Josh Woods and Dalton Castle.

Dragon Lee beat Brian Johnson to retain the ROH TV Title. The match was shown earlier this week on ROH’s The Experience Facebook group and YouTube channel.

(STINGER: New Japan)

The first “official” New Japan Cup show is being held this morning.

Saturday’s show has THREE first round matches - Kazuchika Okada vs. Shingo Takagi...KENTA vs. Juice Robinson...and Tomoaki Honma vs. Minoru Suzuki.

TWO Cup matches were held at Thursday’s Anniversary Show. Great-O-Khan BEAT Tetsuya Naito via referee stoppage...and Jeff Cobb beat Satoshi Kojima.

Kota Ibushi beat El Desperado in the main event - his final defense of the “double gold” as they will now be merged into the new IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

New Japan announced two stadium shows coming up in May - at Yokohama Stadium on May 15th...and in Tokyo Dome on May 29th.

Tonight’s New Japan Strong has a pair of qualifying matches for the U.S. version of the New Japan Cup tournament - Rocky Romero vs. Lio Rush...and FILTHY Tom Lawlor vs. The DKC.

There was plenty of backlash over reports that Marty Scurll attended recent tapings of New Japan Strong. Now, there are new reports that New Japan has pulled any plans for an on-screen appearance by Scurll.

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Results from Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite, NXT, MLW Fusion and Stardom’s big show are straight ahead in this update.

But first, some sad news to report - the passing of a key figure in modern pro wrestling history.

Word came Wednesday night that Jim Crockett Jr. has died.

He took control of Jim Crockett Promotions during the 1970’s after the passing of his father, Jim Crockett Sr.

In 1988, he sold Jim Crockett Promotions to Ted Turner - giving birth to World Championship Wrestling.

Crockett also served as president of the National Wrestling Alliance from 1980-1991.

Jim Crockett Jr. was 76.

(STINGER: AEW)

Shaquille O’Neal made a big impression on last night’s Dynamite.

The long-awaited tag match pitting Shaq and Jade Cargill against Cody Rhodes and Red Velvet kicked off the show. Shaq overpowered Cody early on..and even delivered a powerbomb to him.

But later, Cody found an opening to throw himself at Shaq - sending both men down from the apron and through a pair of tables set up at ringside. Moments later, Cargill put down Red Velvet to get the pin in her debut match in AEW.

Shaq was taken out on a stretcher to an ambulance backstage. Tony Schiavone went out to get more details…but when he opened the back door of the ambulance...Shaq was gone!

Ryo Mizunami beat Nyla Rose to win the Women’s World Championship Eliminator Tournament. She’ll challenge AEW Women’s Champ Hikaru Shida at Revolution.

Max Caster pinned Dark Order’s #10 - after Jack Evans snuck in to hit #10 with a boombox. Matt Hardy paid Evans after the attack - as his war against Dark Order continues.

Caster’s win makes him the 5th man in the 6-man ladder match at Revolution for a shot at the TNT Championship - alongside Cody Rhodes, Penta El Zero M, Scorpio Sky and Lance Archer. We still do NOT know who the 6th participant will be. AEW says it will be announced by Tony Khan.

Paul Wight promised something BIG at Revolution…an announcement about AEW’s next major signing.

(Wight Revolution Surprise)

JJ Dillon was in the corner of FTR and Tully Blanchard for their tag match against Jurassic Express. Dillon’s interference wasn’t enough to get the win - but the help of a masked man WAS - as Tully PINNED Luchasaurus. After the match, the masked man revealed himself to be...Shawn Spears.

A tag match was announced for Revolution Buy-In pre-show on Sunday. Thunder Rosa & Riho vs. Dr. Britt Baker and Reba.

(STINGER: WWE)

Today’s NXT UK has a big main event. Kay Lee Ray defending the UK Women’s Title she’s held for more than 500 days...against Meiko Satomura.

Next week’s NXT will now have TWO title matches.

Finn Balor will defend the NXT Championship against Adam Cole.

Next week’s NXT already had Io Shirai set to defend her women’s title against Toni Storm.

Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax held onto the women’s tag titles. But the result was controversial. Baszler submitted Kai, but Kai wasn’t the legal woman in the ring at the time. Adam Pearce had sent out a “backup” referee after the first one was knocked down during the match.

In the aftermath of that result, GM William Regal promised he will make an announcement next week that “will change the landscape of NXT.”

NXT Tag Champs Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch beat Tommaso Ciampa and Timothy Thatcher in a non-title match.

LA Knight - the former Eli Drake - was lurking during a match between Bronson Reed and Cameron Grimes...and the distraction allowed Grimes to steal a win.

A big night for Calvin Tankman on last night’s MLW Fusion. First, he BEAT Laredo Kid. And later, Tankman ran off CONTRA and got the better of MLW Heavyweight Champ Jacob Fatu during a brawl following the main event between Fatu and Jordan Oliver.

Also on last night’s Fusion, Los Parks fought off a Tag Team Title challenge from CONTRA’s Simon Gotch and Daivari.

(STINGER: New Japan)

New Japan is holding its 49th Anniversary Show this morning.

Friday, it’s the official start of the New Japan Cup tour, with two first round matches - Hirooki Goto vs. Taichi...and Toru Yano vs. Bad Luck Fale.

Tam Nakano is the new Wonder Of Stardom Champion. She won the main event at Stardom’s big show Wednesday at Budokan Hall. And thanks to the added Hair vs. Hair stipulation, former champ Giulia was shaved bald in the center of the ring after the match.

On the undercard, Natsupoi (nats-poy) defeated AZM (azumi) to win the High Speed Title.

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I’m Matt Carlins and this is JUST Pro Wrestling News for Wednesday, March 3, 2021.

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Results from Tuesday’s Impact Wrestling and AEW Dark are straight ahead in this update but first…

(STINGER: AEW)

The final stop before AEW’s Revolution pay per view is being pushed as the biggest Dynamite of the year.

AEW is making a big play for some mainstream buzz tonight...with Shaquille O’Neal tagging with Jade Cargill against the team of Cody Rhodes and Red Velvet.

(Shaq Match Preview)

That clip with Shaq provided by AEW.

There’s a late change to another match on tonight’s Dynamite. The 10-man tag between Dark Order and Matt Hardy and friends is now gonna be a traditional tag - Matt Hardy and Marq Quen vs. Hangman Page and John Silver.

We’ll see the finals of the Women’s World Championship Eliminator Tournament. It’s Ryo Mizunami vs. Nyla Rose. The winner gets a shot at Hikaru Shida and the AEW Women’s Title at Revolution.

Dark Order’s #10, Preston Vance vs. The Accliamed’s Max Caster for the 5th spot spot in the 6-man ladder match at Revolution, where the winner gets a shot at the TNT Championship. AEW says Tony Khan will reveal who will take the FINAL spot on Dynamite.

Tully Blanchard returns to the ring - teaming with FTR against Jurassic Express.

The former “Big Show”, Paul Wight, will make his first appearance in AEW tonight.

On last night’s Dark...Bear Country got a win - then got jumped after the bell by The Butcher & The Blade.

(STINGER: WWE)

Tonight’s NXT has a Women’s Tag Title match - Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax defending against the winners of the women’s Dusty Classic - Raquel Gonzalez and Dakota Kai.

An NXT Tag Title Match was also supposed to be on tonight’s show. But MSK’s Wes Lee has a broken hand. So instead, we’ll get a non-title match for Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan...against Tomasso Ciampa and Timothy Thatcher.

Mustafa Ali revealed during a Twitter Q&A that he’s wrestling with a torn PCL.

Some new details are emerging about the WWE Network’s transition to Peacock. An FAQ on the Peacock website says Peacock will become the exclusive home of the WWE Network starting in April. But there will be an overlap period starting on March 18th. That confirms that the Fastlane pay per view on March 21st will be available on BOTH Peacock and the original WWE Network.

MLW has a jam-packed Fusion tonight. Jacob Fatu defends the MLW Heavyweight Title against Jordan Oliver. The MLW Tag Titles will be on the line - as Contra’s Simon Gotch and Daivari challenge Los Parks. PLUS, Laredo Kid vs. Calvin Tankman.

(STINGER: ROH)

The Ring Of Honor TV Title will be defended tonight. Dragon Lee puts the belt on the line against Brian Johnson. That’s on ROH’s The Experience Facebook Page and YouTube Channel starting at 7PM..

(STINGER: Impact)

THREE title matches made for Sacrifice on last night’s Impact Wrestling.

Juice Robinson and David Finlay will challenge the Good Brothers for the Impact Tag Titles.

Ace Austin will face TJP for the X-Division Title. Austin and Chris Bey ganged up on Black Taurus during last night’s #1 Contender’s 3-way. But Bey was undone by outside interference from Madman Fulton. Austin gets the title shot, but we still get him vs. Bey on next week’s Impact.

Kiera Hogan - one half of the Knockouts Tag Champs - was a late addition to last night’s main event between Knockouts Champ Deonna Purrazzo and Jordynne Grace - making it a 3-way. Purrazzo got the pin after surprising Grace with a rollup.

ODB showed up after the match and went after Purrazzo. Impact later made it official. ODB will challenge Purrazzo for the Knockouts Title at Sacrifice. That is an Impact Plus exclusive show on Saturday, March 13th.

Also on last night’s Impact...Eddie Edwards beat Brian Myers via disqualification. Special guest referee Matt Cardona called for the DQ when he caught Myers loading up his elbow pad.

The NWA is returning to pay-per-view. It’ll present Back For The Attack on March 21st. NWA Powerrr will return to Tuesday nights on March 23rd at 6:05PM.

(STINGER: New Japan)

Looking ahead to Thursday...and New Japan’s 49th Anniversary Show.

The Double Gold will be defended for the last time in the main event - champion Kota Ibushi vs. El Desperado.

Also, two first round matches in the New Japan Cup tournament - Tetsuya Naito vs. Great-O-Khan...and Jeff Cobb vs. Satoshi Kojima.

That’s JUST Pro Wrestling News for Wednesday, March 3. Our next update comes your way tomorrow morning, so be sure to subscribe to this feed. We also thank you in advance for leaving a glowing rating or review..

I’m Matt Carlins. Thank YOU for listening.

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