WWE: New House Show Event Announced for This July in Texas, Drew McIntyre on His Backstage Incident at Royal Rumble 2025, Shozti’s WWE Contract Officially Expired

New House Show Event Announced for This July in Texas

WWE announced that they will be holding a new WWE Live house show event on July 19th at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas.

It was also announced that tickets will officially go on sale starting on June 11th for the pre-sale and June 13th for the general public.

Those currently advertised to be making an appearance at this upcoming show are WWE World Heavyweight Champion Jey Uso, WWE United States Champion Jacob Fatu, WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton, WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez, WWE World Tag Team Champions New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods), Cody Rhodes, Gunther, Solo Sikoa, Rhea Ripley, and Seth Rollins.

This will be WWE’s first house show event they will be holding in 2025.

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Drew McIntyre Comments on His Backstage Incident at Royal Rumble 2025

As noted before, Drew McIntyre was involved in a backstage incident at this past February’s WWE Royal Rumble 2025 event. McIntyre was furious over his issues with LA Knight messing up the original plans for his elimination spot from the Men’s Royal Rumble match that was meant to be a major kickoff moment for his WrestleMania 41 program with Damian Priest.

A recent episode of the Gorilla Position podcast featured McIntyre as the guest. One of the topics discussed included McIntyre’s thoughts about his backstage incident and how he has learned to walk away to prevent making backstage incidents worse for him and others.

“I will tell you that I was not happy. I invented a few swear words, and then I left the building. I left the building because I’m a professional. The same with the CM Punk thing. I blow up big time every couple of years, but every time I get upset, it somehow makes the internet because it’s such a scene. Generally, I don’t, but my thing is, I’m going to leave the building.

I would walk down and punch somebody in the face, because that’s who I am. But I’m also professional, so I’d rather take myself out of this situation because I know how bad my temper is, and sometimes, when you calm down, things are not as they seem. So I’ve learned to just walk away. That’s the adult thing to do. Calm down, look at the things, and then, if you still feel the same, knock somebody out.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

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Shotzi’s WWE Departure Update – Shozti’s Contract Officially Expired

As noted before, Shotzi was released from WWE this past May as part of a larger batch of talent releases. Shotzi’s departure was revealed to have been due to her contract not being renewed by WWE.

Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that Shotzi’s contract with WWE officially expired today and she is currently a free agent.