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I’m Matt Carlins and this is JUST Pro Wrestling News for Friday, February 26, 2021.

This update is brought to you by IndyWrestling.us.

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

But first, we have some sad news to report.

Joseph Hudson - better known to wrestling fans as Jocephus, and later The Question Mark in the NWA...has died.

NWA President Billy Corgan first shared the news, saying Hudson “died suddenly from an as-yet undiagnosed medical issue”.

Joseph Hudson leaves behind a young son. Fans are already rallying to donate to a trust fund for him.

(STINGER: New Japan)

The biggest episode in the history of New Japan Strong is being overshadowed by multiple reports that Marty Scurll was in attendance for the tapings of Strong late last month.

Scurll parted ways with Ring Of Honor late last year - months after a #SpeakingOut accusation led to Scurll admitting to a sexual encounter with a 16-year-old girl back in 2015.

Getting back tonight’s episode of Strong. The main event is the big showdown for the IWGP United States Championship - Jon Moxley defending against KENTA.

Also on tonight’s show - Chris Dickinson vs. Ren Narita.

Back in Japan, a title change on Thursday’s Road To Castle Attack show. El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat El Phantasmo and Taihi Ishimori to win the junior tag titles. The pivotal moment was ELP accidentally hitting his own partner with his Sudden Death superkick.

Thursday’s show opened with Hiromu Takahashi formally relinquishing the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. He’s out for the next six months with a torn pectoral muscle.

New Japan announced a rare 3-way match for the vacant title. El Phantasmo vs. El Desperado vs. BUSHI at the second big Castle Attack show on Sunday.

Saturday’s show has Kazuchika Okada vs. EVIL and Jay White vs. Tomohiro Ishii.

Early Friday, New Japan and Mexico’s CMLL promotion issued a joint statement reaffirming their business partnership.

(STINGER: ROH)

Ring Of Honor’s weekend TV is gonna be a big one.

Shane Taylor gets his shot at Rush and the ROH World Championship. Taylor just won the ROH 6-man titles on last weekend’s episode.

This weekend’s show also has a match for the ROH tag titles - Jay Lethal and Jonathan Gresham defending against Dragon Lee and Kenny King.

ROH also made headlines Friday...announcing the signing of EC3. He just returned to ROH TV on last weekend’s episode.

(STINGER: WWE)

There are new NXT UK Tag Team Champions. Pretty Deadly - Lewis Howley and Sam Stoker - ended the 500+ day reign of Gallus on Thursday’s episode.

Xia Brookside beat Nina Samuels. As a result, Samuels is now Brookside’s personal assistant for a month.

Bailey Matthews - son of William Regal - made his NXT UK debut - taking a loss against Tyler Bate.

As of Thursday night, WWE has yet to announce really anything of substance for tonight’s SmackDown.

Progress Wrestling and Paul Robinson parted ways on Thursday. Progress came under fire after fans learned Robinson was backstage at recent tapings. Robinson was named in a #SpeakingOut accusation over the summer.

Robinson was holding the Progress Proteus title, which is now vacated.

That’s JUST Pro Wrestling News for Friday, February 26. 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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