Sami Callihan appeared for Major League Wrestling at their Battle Riot event in 2022. It was the first time Sami had been on Major League Wrestling television since 2018.
In a new interview with Fightful, Sami Callihan said that he was able to appear for the company in 2022 due to a talent exchange that both MLW and IMPACT Wrestling had worked out.
“Look, I got a pretty good relationship with Court. Me and Court have talked a lot of times about trying to get me back in MLW. When MLW first came back—I want to say, what was it? 2017 / 2018?—I was one of the head agents for that promotion. I was one of the guys that really sat down and helped younger talent. When we did have our falling out, the infamous ‘Jim Cornette Incident,’ I went off, I did my own thing and like weeks later it was like, ‘Oh, yeah. We need to get you back here.’ It’s one of those things, under my contract with IMPACT, I wasn’t even really able to work independent things. I wasn’t able to work for other television companies. The only reason I was able to do the date that I did was because IMPACT and MLW came to an agreement for a talent exchange. So we did a talent exchange for one show. They got me for one show, IMPACT got someone for one show. But other than that, that was going to be a one time thing.”
H/T Sean Ross Sapp, William Thatch, & Skylar Russell for Fightful.
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The talent that IMPACT received in the exchange was Davey Richards at IMPACT Slammiversary 2022 when he joined a group of TNA/IMPACT Wrestling originals to fend off a group of rogue talent called Honor No More. Richards teamed with Chris Sabin, Frankie Kazarian, Alex Shelley, and Nick Aldis. Davey Richards has since retired from pro wrestling after allegations of domestic violence surfaced in March of this year.
Fightful Select has reported that as of October 1st, Sami Callihan is a free agent as he and IMPACT Wrestling were unable to come to terms on a new contract.
Sami’s last match on IMPACT TV will be airing tonight as he teams with Rich Swann as they challenge The Rascalz for the IMPACT Tag Team Titles. The match was filmed in Memphis, Tennessee about 3 weeks ago for their Mid-South Maybem television tapings.
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