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  • Dragon Gate USA: The Gate Of Sin City Full Match Card

    Dragon Gate USA: The Gate Of Sin City Full Match Card

    Dragon Gate USA is back as apart of The Collective 2026. The Collective will span 13 shows across four days and it all kicks off on Wednesday, April 15 live at The Horseshoe Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada as apart of WrestleMania week.

    Dragon Gate USA returns with a big event headlined by a massive six-man tag team match and a singles match many fans are looking forward to in YAMATO versus Jonathan Gresham. You can see the full card and information below.

    Dragon Gate USA: The Gate Of Sin City Card

    • Ho Ho Lun & La Estrella vs. Channing Decker & Rhys Maddox
    • KAI vs. Willie Mack vs. El Cucuy
    • Susumu Yokosuka vs. Marcus Mathers
    • Los Hermanos De La Jungla (Aero Panther & Fight Panther Jr.) vs. Bustah And The Brain (Alec Price & Jordan Oliver) vs. Love And Peace (Ben-K & Hyo)
    • YAMATO vs. Jonathan Gresham
    • Dragon Kid, Kzy & Yuki Yoshioka vs. Gajadokuro (ISHIN, Madoka Kikuta & Yoshiki Kato)

    The event kicks off at 8PM local, 11PM ET on Wednesday, April 15. and will be streamed on TrillerTV+. You can subscribe to TrillerTV+ to watch all of The Collective events.

  • PODER~! PoderMania~! 2026 Full Match Card

    PODER~! PoderMania~! 2026 Full Match Card

    The Collective 2026 kicks off this week and will have 13 shows across four days. Every event will be live from the Horseshoe Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. The first Collective event of the week is PODER~! PoderMania~! 2026 on Wednesday, April 15.

    The all women’s event is headlined by Brittany Blake versus Shotzi Blackheart for the PODER~! Championship. The card also features names such as Shazza McKenzie, Aleah James, Alex Gracia, Izzy Moreno, Billie Starkz and more. You can see the full match card and information below.

    PODER~! PoderMania~! 2026 Card:

    • Pre-Show Match: Charli Evans vs. Billie Starkz
    • Leva Bates & Su Yung vs. Joseline Navarro & Mazzerati
    • Jazmin Allure vs. Alejandra Lion
    • Dani Mo, Emily Jaye & Rachel Ley vs. Journey Burke, Sirena Veil & Valentina Rossi
    • Alex Gracia vs. Aleah James
    • Jazzy Yang & Toga vs. Amira & Lil Marz
    • Shazza McKenzie vs. Nixi XS
    • Gypsy Mac vs. Brittnie Brooks vs. Izzy Moreno
    • PODER~! Title Match: Brittany Blake (c) vs. Shotzi Blackheart

    The event will be live on Wednesday, April 15 at 3PM local, 6PM ET and will be streamed on TrillerTV+. You can subscribe to TrillerTV+ to watch all of The Collective events.

  • Kidd Bandit Announces Debut Event For T4T Wrestling

    Kidd Bandit Announces Debut Event For T4T Wrestling

    The first ever event for T4T Wrestling will be held on July 3 in Los Angeles, Kidd Bandit reveals.

    Formerly known as T-Boy Wrestling, Kidd Bandit officially announced on Monday, April 13 that the successor to it, T4T Wrestling will be hosting their first ever event on July 3 in Los Angeles, California.

    The former co-founder, Mitch Miller closed down the promotion due to the allegations of financial malfeasance. Since then, Kidd Bandit has been on a mission to restore the true meaning of what T4T Wrestling is.

    A statement From T4T:

    “Express yourself through storytelling, music, drag, dance and stage combat all fused with the spectacle of pro wrestling. This is a space for bold ideas, bigger personalities and unapologetic self-expression.”

    T4T has a “boot camp,” a 10-week training program developed to “help participants develop and fine tune a short live performance” across a variety of performance art mediums ranging from pro wrestling to drag to dance or any combination of them.

    Bandit told OutSports, “[T Boy Wrestling participants] weren’t really trained to be wrestlers. They were trained to just fill a slot in the show. What we’re hoping to do is make this a serious pathway to becoming a pro wrestler. We want you guys to be able to take this craft, mold it into your own and then make money or go out there and be additional representation for the community.

    “This isn’t for the approval of the wrestling crowd. This is for the queer community. It’s not like I can’t tap into my resources and bring in capable folks. I want this to be serious because wrestling is important to me, and if it can give the same kind of level of empowerment that it gave me to our potential signups, all the better.”

    If you or anyone you know wants to sign up and be part of the show, you can fill out the details and sign up here.

  • Ryan Clancy Vacant Wrestling Open Title Due To Injury

    Ryan Clancy Vacant Wrestling Open Title Due To Injury

    Earlier today Beyond Wrestling announced that Wrestling Open Champion Ryan Clancy has a big announcement on the 47th episode of Wrestling Open RI.

    That unfortunately news is that current Wrestling Open Champion Ryan Clancy had to vacant the title due to a torn ACL.

    Beyond Wrestling also announce that there will be a tournament to crown a new champion; so far confirm Brando Lee & Corey Duke but Duke gets a bye to the 2nd Round due to already being the original #1 contender.

    Clancy was currently on his 2nd run as Wrestling Open champion, he beat Bobby Orlando back on March 5th on the 215th edition of Wrestling Open.

    He held the title for 40 days, his 1st reign lasting 123 days before losing it to Bobby Orlando.

    Myself & the team at Bodyslam.net would like to send Clancy a speedy recovery.

    You can watch Wrestling Open RI, Wrestling Open & Beyond Wrestling on IWTV.

  • Case Closed On Ruthless Pro Wrestling Stabbing Of Krule

    Case Closed On Ruthless Pro Wrestling Stabbing Of Krule

    If you’ve been living under a rock, or just haven’t been keeping up with the latest news in independent wrestling, there’s been a big commotion online after an apparent “stabbing” occurred with Krule at a Ruthless Pro Wrestling show last month in Illinois.

    During the event, independent wrestler Krule got into it with a fan, causing an all-out brawl between said fan and several wrestlers. Following the events occurred, it was reported that Krule was stabbed during the scuffle. This comes straight from wrestlers Mickie Knuckles and Lou Nixon told who the Cultaholic site that they were there and Krule was indeed stabbed.

    Later on, wrestler Gregory Iron spoke on the situation with his firsthand account and mentioned that he did not see a stabbing. Now, POST Wrestling has reported that the Berwyn Police Department confirms that no stabbing occurred at the Ruthless Pro Wrestling event at the Berwyn Eagles Club.

    Following the situation, news exploded when the Berwyn Eagles Club announced they will not host pro wrestling events after its April 24 show with AAW. They cited issues with its license to promote shows.

    The aftermath of this situation continued when Krule, who was booked to take on SLADE at GCW’s  ‘MDK Fight Club’ event in a No Rope Barbed Wire Match Thursday night, has been pulled. Independent standout Dr. Redacted Joe takes his place against SLADE, as show on The Collective’s Instagram story.

    Krule was set to compete on a second GCW event this weekend for The Immortal ClusterF*ck event. No word yet if he’s been pulled from that show, as well.

    A GoFundMe campaign has been launchedby Jon Craft to raise $3,000 for “essential operating costs” to keep the Berwyn Eagle Club alive.

    H/T POST Wrestling. 

  • New Main Event Announced For WrestleCon Supershow

    New Main Event Announced For WrestleCon Supershow

    Wrestlecon’s Mark Hitchcock Memorial Supershow was forced into having to create a new main event. Originally, AEW’s Ricochet was set to take on TNA’s Leon Slater in a high-flyers delight that many fans were looking forward to at WrestleCon. Then, late last week, TNA had pulled any talent from independent shows where they would be facing AEW talent. This happened to Nic Nemeth, too, who was scheduled to face MJF at a Create-A-Pro event.

    With TNA’s new policy that their talent cannot wrestle AEW talent on independent shows, this forced WrestleCon to scramble for a new main event less than one week out from the Supershow on April 16. Today, they’ve announced a replacement. The match will be The Demand (Ricochet, Toa Liona & Kaun) vs. JetSpeed (Mike Bailey & Kevin Knight) and Michael Oku.

    WrestleCon’s tweet announcing the match also acknowledged AEW president Tony Khan for his help with the situation, saying; “It took some exceptions to make this match happen on our little independent show to honor our friend, and we want to personally thank Tony Khan and AEW for allowing this to happen. When we lost our main event, we had several wrestlers, management, and agents reach out and offer their help. Thanks to everybody that had a part in putting this one together.”

    https://x.com/wrestlecon/status/2043092647049338974?s=46

    Leon Slater, who was originally scheduled, has not been re-scheduled yet. It’s unclear if he will still have a match on the event, or if he’s been pulled from the show altogether. TNA has made it clear that their talent can be on shows with AEW talent, just not against them. We’ll keep you updated on the situation and if TNA’s X-Division Champion, Leon Slater, gets a different match for WrestleCon that isn’t with Ricochet or any AEW talent.

    You can watch the WrestleCon Mark Hitchcock Memorial Supershow live on Triller TV at 3PM PT, 6PM ET on April 16.