Willow Nightingale’s Shoulder Injury Reportedly Heavily Derailed Original Plans for 2026 Women’s Owen Hart Cup
As noted before, Willow Nightingale has been out of action for AEW since this past May due to a shoulder injury. Nightingale was pulled from this year’s Women’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup tournament and also vacated her TBS Championship due to her injury situation.
Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp reported in a recent Q&A article that it is currently not known why AEW officials opted to have Nightingale make her injury announcement in a backstage promo segment instead of in front of the live crowd to get a bigger reaction for her.
Sapp reported that his sources stated that Nightingale’s injury had caused AEW officials original plans for this year’s Women’s Owen Hart Cup tournament to be “derailed” pretty heavily.
Sapp also reported that it is currently not known if Nightingale was the planned winner for this year’s tournament but her injury caused a lot of plans to be adjusted.
AEW Reportedly Adding “Nationally Televised Talent” To Roster This Summer
Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that AEW officials currently have plans in place to add nationally televised talent to their roster this summer.
No other details were given regarding the notable names being planned to be joining AEW in the upcoming months.
Shane Taylor Files New Trademark
Shane Taylor filed a new trademark for “Shane Taylor” and a logo for Shane Taylor Promotions on June 5th for wrestling and merchandise-related purposes to the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Portion of trademark filing:
IC 025: Shirts; Sweatshirts; Hooded sweatshirts; Hats; Bandanas; Socks. | First Use Anywhere: December 2014 | First Use in Commerce: December 2014
IC 041: Providing wrestling news and information via a global computer network; Entertainment services, namely, wrestling exhibits and performances by a professional wrestler and entertainer; Entertainment in the nature of wrestling contests; Entertainment services, namely, televised appearances by a professional wrestler and sports entertainer; Entertainment services, namely, personal appearances by a professional wrestler and sports entertainer; Entertainment services, namely, live appearances by a professional wrestler and sports entertainer; Providing online interviews featuring professional wrestler and sports entertainer in the field of professional wrestling and sports entertainment for entertainment purposes. | First Use Anywhere: November 15, 2014 | First Use in Commerce: November 15, 2014