Various: Tony Khan on AEW’s Signing of Danhausen, MLW-WWE Lawsuit Update, Indies

Feb 8, 2022

Tony Khan Comments on AEW’s Signing of Danhausen

A recent episode of the Busted Open Radio podcast had AEW CEO Tony Khan as the guest. One of the topics discussed included his thoughts on recently signing indie and former ROH talent Danhausen to a contract with the company.

“Danhausen is a lot of fun. Speaking of Orange Cassidy, Danhausen is going to be closely associated with Orange Cassidy perhaps, we’ll see. Having seen them together in Wheeler Yuta’s corner and having seen Danhausen help Orange Cassidy in the great Lights Out match. I definitely think the fans enjoy Danhausen and I’m happy to give them what they want. I love listening to the fans.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

MLW’s Antitrust Lawsuit Against WWE Update

As noted before, Major League Wrestling recently filed an antitrust lawsuit against WWE. MLW is alleging that WWE illegally interfered in several of their business deals with television networks causing those deals to be dropped and engaged in contract tampering with several of their contracted talent.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that the presiding judge granted MLW’s motion on February 1st to seal certain materials in their lawsuit against WWE. Johnson reported that the contents sealed pertained to the financials of MLW’s deal with Tubi and other similar proprietary information.

Johnson reported that as of Monday, WWE had still yet to officially respond to MLW’s lawsuit against them.

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

MCW Pro Wrestling recently announced that the Hardy Boyz, Matt & Jeff Hardy, will be making an appearance for the company at their Spring Fever event on May 15th in Millersville, Maryland.

The NFL recently announced that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will be making a special pre-game appearance at their Super Bowl LVI game on February 13th at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.

EC3 recently announced that his Control Your Narrative promotion will be holding two events called “Awakening Live” on March 5th in Orlando, Florida and on March 31st in Dallas, Texas.

Terminus announced that Joe Keys will be making an appearance for the company at their Terminus II event on February 24th in Atlanta. Georgia.

Pro Wrestling NOAH held a press conference earlier today announcing that Keiji Mutoh & Naomichi Marufuji have vacated their GHC Tag Team Championship due to Mutoh currently suffering from hip-related issues that have gotten worse over the past month.

Game Changer Wrestling recently announced a new match for the card of their Welcome to Heartbreak event on February 25th in Los Angeles, California: