Sami Callihan talks his 2022 appearance in Major League Wrestling.
Fans around the world of wrestling were shocked when Sami Callihan appeared in the Battle Riot match for Major League Wrestling in 2022, mainly due to the fact that Callihan was under contract with IMPACT Wrestling at the time.
Furthermore, Callihan had not appeared in Major League Wrestling in over three years up until the Battle Riot match in 2022.
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."
Callihan is no longer tied down to IMPACT Wrestling, as he became a free agent on October 1. Fans learn why Callihan decided to leave the promotion by clicking here.
Fans can see Fightful's full interview with Sami Callihan linked above.
