Mance Warner was an MLW mainstay from 2019 to 2021 before the two sides publicly feuded.
Mance asked for his release from the company in October 2021, but it was denied at first. Mance’s contract expired in January 2022. Warner was released from the company before the end of October 2021.
Mance eventually returned to MLW in 2022, making an unexpected debut in Battle Riot.
MLW Owner Court Bauer detailed how things were fixed with Mance and MLW to Jeremy Lambert and Joel Pearl on In The Weeds.
“I think there is something to this ‘can you repair a relationship? Do both parties have the balls to do it and can you get there?’ That’s a generalization not pertaining exactly to Mance, but it’s always something in wrestling of ‘Oh my God, that person showed up there, I thought there was heat.’ That can be intoxicating, the allure of doing something that people won’t think is going to happen, but with Mance, he’s just made for TV. He’s such a great promo. He knows how to get himself over and he’s such a distinct character in how he works, it’s so different than anything else on the card. We looked at the Battle Riot last year, and we had talks between…there was a certain middleman in Alabama that was facilitating talks and trying to repair the relationship. That had been happening since breaking down, and over time, the right moment hit, we got on the phone, and it was a very quick call between Mance and myself like a week before or the week of the Riot. ‘You want to come? You doing anything this Thursday? Come to New York?’ ‘Hell yeah.’ ‘Here are some more dates.’ ‘Hell yeah.’ All of a sudden, the Second Gear Crew is showing up and I wrote a bunch of TV and Mance is the spine for it along with the Second Gear crew. They are super entertaining and you add a little Microman into the mix, and you have all types of weirdness going on,”
Court Bauer on Mance Warner coming back to MLW
Mance will compete in a country whipping match against Sam Adonis at MLW Never Say Never.
During the conversation, Bauer also addressed the allegations that Jacob Fatu ghosted a charitable organization.
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