Long-time British LAN/gaming convention Insomnia plays host to a NXT UK TV taping this weekend. Taking place on Saturday and Sunday, the tapings have gotten championship implications added to them, as a tournament to find the first NXT UK Women’s Champion has been announced by WWE. The talent announced for the tournament is Toni Storm, Jinny, Isla Dawn, Millie McKenzie, Nina Samuels, Dakota Kai, Rhea Ripley & Xia Brookside.

Late Monday Night, Mike Johnson of PWInsider reported that Erick Rowan was injured in his Summerslam match. There has only been speculation as to what Rowan has suffered so far. Rowan did not appear at Monday Night’s house show for the Smackdown brand, although his partner Luke Harper did. Teaming with Luke Harper on Sunday night, Rowan fought The New Day, losing via DQ but retaining the belts.

Last week news broke that KUSHIDA would be at the Death Before Dishonor TV taping in Las Vegas. This week Ring Of Honor broke that fellow New Japan wrestler SANADA will be at the show as well. ROH released a list of names this week that will also be at the TV taping. Those names were: Jay Lethal, Cody, The Young Bucks, The Briscoes, Punishment Martinez, Sumie Sakai, Marty Scurll, Adam Page, KUSHIDA, SoCal Uncensored, EVIL, SANADA, Bully Ray, Silas Young, Flip Gordon, Kenny King & Chris Sabin. No matches have been announced for the show yet. The TV taping takes place on September 29th, the night after the Death Before Dishonor iPPV. The only match set for that so far is Bullet Club versus CHAOS in a 10-man tag team match.

Monday is was announced that Impact Wrestling would do it’s first ever TV tapings in New Mexico on September 13th and 14th. Pro Wrestling Sheet broke the news after receiving a press release from Impact. The statement details that the two shows will go down at Frontón México, an over 4,000 seated venue.

Along with a flurry of cards announced Monday morning (in North American time zones), New Japan Pro Wrestling also put out what looks to be the start of the next American card that they will put on. “Fighting Spirit Unleashed” is set to take place in the Long Beach Walter Pyramid, where a sold out “Strong Style Evolved” show was done back in March of 2018.

All three matches that have been announced for the show so far are all featuring gaijin wrestlers, and they are all for championships. Juice Robinson will defend his IWGP United States Championship against Cody, as Cody hopes to become the fourth person to hold the belt. The Young Bucks face The Guerrillas Of Destiny, defending their IWGP Tag Team Championships. The final match confirmed for the show was Will Ospreay facing Marty Scurll in a semi-final match for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship tournament. The winner of this match will face whoever wins between KUSHIDA and BUSHI, who meet earlier in the month at the Destruction In Kobe show.

“Fighting Spirit Unleashed” hopes to recreate or maybe even surpass the amount of success New Japan saw last time they were at the Long Beach Walter Pyramid. The event takes place on September 30th with many seats still available. The show ends off what should be a very busy month for New Japan.

Early Monday morning on the West, New Japan announced tons of upcoming matches for their Destruction tour. 14 cards were announced for the Destruction tour which makes its biggest stops in Hiroshima, Beppu and Kobe. The first night of the tour is on September 5th, with Will Ospreay. Beretta and Tomohiro Ishii facing Chase Owens, Kota Ibushi and Kenny Omega. Two nights later in Korakuen Hall Ospreay and Ishii face The Golden Lovers. The night after that, again in Korakuen Hall, it’s a CHAOS versus CHAOS matchup when Juice Robinson and Hiroshi Tanahashi take on Beretta and Kazuchika Okada. On the 9th theres a huge 8-man tag match as Manabu Nakanishi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yuji Nagata & Satoshi Kojima face David Finlay, Juice Robinson, Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe. Toru Yano makes a return to the main event slot on the 11th, teaming with Ospreay and Ishii to face The Golden Lovers and “The Tokyo Pimp” Yujiro Takahashi. The card the following day has a special main event, with Ospreay, YOSHI-HASHI, Yano & Ishii facing Owens, Takahashi and The Golden Lovers in an elimination tag match. Wrapping up the Road To shows leading to Destruction In Hiroshima is a main event of Ospreay and Ishii versus The Golden Lovers. Notice that Suzuki-gun and Los Ingobernables de Japon have no appearances in the main event.

The Destruction In Hiroshima card has nine matches set for it, with the main event being Kenny Omega defending his IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Tomohiro Ishii, who issued the challenge at the NJPW G1 Final. Lower down on the card the NEVER 6-Man Tag Team Championships are defended, as the new champions of Taiji Ishimori, Tanga Loa and Tama Tonga face Ryusuke Taguchi, David Finlay and Juice Robinson.

Destruction In Beppu has one Road To show taking place on the 16th. It is headlined with what should be a classic Los Ingobernables versus Suzuki-gun tag match. BUSHI, SANADA, EVIL & Tetsuya Naito face TAKA Michinoku, Zack Sabre Jr., Takashi Iizuka & Minoru Suzuki. The Destruction In Beppu is main evented by another meeting between Tetsuya Naito and Minoru Suzuki. Before them is the title defense of Hirooki Goto’s NEVER Openweight Championship against Taichi.

After that show New Japan heads back on the road, with the final Road To shows culminating at Destruction In Kobe. The first of three Road To shows is headlined by Juice Robinson, Togi Makabe & Hiroshi Tanahashi facing Jay White, YOSHI-HASHI & Kazuchika Okada. The next show, two days later the same trio of White, YOSHI-HASHI and Okada fights Tomoaki Honma, Makabe and Tanahashi. The final Road To show which is on the 21st has the same match as the first road to show closing off the card. The Destruction In Kobe card has 9 matches, two of them being singles matches. “Time Splitter” KUSHIDA meets BUSHI in a “IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship Tournament Semi-Final.” The main event is Hiroshi Tanahashi battling Kazuchika Okada in what one could assume is a match that will have Tanahashi’s G1 Briefcase up for grabs in.

Once all Destruction shows are done, New Japan wraps up the month of September with a return to the Long Beach Walter Pyramid for “Fighting Spirit Unleashed.” September is set to be an extremely busy month for New Japan Pro Wrestling.

It was announced Saturday night that women’s wrestling pioneer Trish Stratus will come back to fight on WWE’s first all women’s PPV. The October 28th New York PPV has finally got names added to the ticket after only stipulations to other matches have been announced. The two other matches set for the PPV are the finale of the Mae Young Classic and a match for the NXT UK Women’s Championship.

Alexa Bliss has her hands full tonight when she puts her RAW Women’s Championship belt on the line, facing Ronda Rousey. A full card should be expected in the coming weeks.

For years now NXT has had a tradition of announcing their newest signee to the roster by having them sit at ringside at a Takeover event. Saturday night at NXT Takeover: Brooklyn 4, this tradition was continued when Matt Riddle was shown sitting at ringside.

Former UFC fighter and indie wrestler wore a suit which is out of the usual for him, but staying true to himself with a snapback hat. Someone who was sitting behind Riddle pointed out that off camera he was wearing flip flops. Riddle was a regular to the EVOLVE promotion, which has been known for a long time as an unofficial feeder to NXT. Fans await Riddle’s next move in the big leagues.

New Japan’s Satoshi Kojima is set to return to in-ring action after suffering injury back in January. NJPW’s English Instagram account broke the news Thursday that Kojima will be on the September 9th card, fighting at the Togane Arena in Chiba. In January New Japan reported that Kojima had suffered a “ruptured ACL” and would of course be out of action because of it. Since then Kojima has stayed active on social media accounts, providing updates throughout his absence from action. Friday afternoon Kojima posted an Instagram photo that when translated said “Training is over … I received a lot of power from all of you.” Kojima’s fans who called themselves members of his “Bread Club” look forward to his return.

Kushida and other NJPW stars have been announced for ROH’s two September events in Las Vegas. ROH says farewell to the Sam’s Town venue that they have run for many years in Vegas, hosting their two nights in the 9,500 seater Orleans arena. On Tuesday ROH announced that KUSHIDA will be at the TV taping that follows the night after the Death Before Dishonor iPPV.

While no opponent has been announced for KUSHIDA, many of his CHAOS buddies with have their hands tied the night before. At Death Before Dishonor, Cody, The Young Bucks, Marty Scurll and Hangman Page will team up to face Chuckie T, Rocky Romero, Tomohiro Ishii, Trent Barreta and Kazuchika Okada. Jushin “Thunder” Liger has also been announced to compete that same night. Tickets are still on sale for both the PPV and TV Taping.