Seth Rollins WWE and ESPN Contracts - Drew McIntyre Return Update - MLW Returning to Pay Per View

Name: Seth Rollins WWE and ESPN Contracts - Drew McIntyre Return Update - MLW Returning to Pay Per View
Uploaded: 2026-10-03T11:00:15+00:00
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03:47That being said, tonight we are addressing multiple rumors, news tidbits for the day, starting with Drew McIntyre.

03:54According to Wrestling Observer Newsletter, he is returning very soon to television.

03:58Where he slates into all the programming, the storylines, what show, what brand, I don't know.

04:04But it's going to be exciting to see the Scottish guy back on the roster after wrapping up all of

04:09his filming requirements.

04:10He filmed two movies, both with Russell Crowe.

04:13He also did this mini-series, docu-series type of thing with WWE that also had, I think, Jacob Fatu

04:19and somebody else who was involved with.

04:20He's wrapped all his filming requirements.

04:22He's banging it out at the gym.

04:24He posted a picture the other day on X.

04:27It has him absolutely ripped out of his mind.

04:29And so, clearly, Drew McIntyre is preparing for a return to the company.

04:32That is exciting because as many premium talents as we already have on both rosters, having him is just going

04:39to make it that much better.

04:40If I were WWE, I would put him over on the Raw brand right now because I feel like SmackDown

04:44is so top-heavy.

04:45And there's already not enough time for everybody you've got on SmackDown to get on television every week.

04:49So, instead, I would put him on Raw where they're lacking because, let's be honest, Raw, the in-ring action

04:55is much shorter and there's fewer matches.

04:58And maybe that's because of the number of talents.

05:00I don't know.

05:01But Drew McIntyre is a premium talent.

05:04He's somebody who brings in ratings.

05:05So, putting him on Raw can help both with the views as well as giving us some fresh matchups and

05:11helping to bolster the upper end of their side of things.

05:14Because SmackDown right now is absolutely slaughtering Raw when it comes to how great their division is.

05:19From there, the huge announcement.

05:21Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount are headed for their settlement and now we have their new name has officially been

05:25announced.

05:26They will be merging into Skydance Media, which if you don't know what that is, David Ellison, who is going

05:31to be the CEO of this new company, it's the original name of his production company he used to have,

05:36Skydance Media.

05:37This is going to be this huge conglomerate media outlet.

05:41They're going to house so much content.

05:43And, you know, there's still questions about how this is going to affect AEW.

05:47Tony Khan has been very optimistic.

05:49He has a pre-existing relationship with David Ellison through their NFL ties.

05:52So, he believes that AEW is going to be just fine.

05:56They are at least signed through 2027.

05:58So, we know they're not going anywhere anytime soon.

06:00But this is definitely something to monitor because these big corporate mergers sometimes have these caveats that can really throw

06:06a wrench into what's already on television.

06:08So, we'll have to see how it plays out.

06:09But Skydance Media is the new name, and we will see that kick in very shortly.

06:14Speaking of AEW, they have announced a broadcast location for their November 7th episode of Collision.

06:21And they will be broadcasting from the Chris Jericho Rockin' Rager at Sea 7th Cruise of a 7th Cruise this

06:27November.

06:28That is exciting to be able to see that.

06:30But it is a very unique location to have a wrestling show in the middle of the top deck of

06:36a cruise ship, out in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

06:38That is awesome.

06:39I can't wait to see what they do with this.

06:41I don't know how they're going to do the production of this thing because you're literally...

06:44It's not like you're running wires to physical locations like you would do in an arena or something like this.

06:51You're literally going to have to stream this from the boat elsewhere.

06:54It's 2026.

06:55I'm sure the technology is not that difficult, but it just seems so crazy to me that we're able to

06:59do that.

06:59Be in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and still live streaming for broadcast television.

07:03But this is exciting.

07:04Good for Chris Jericho.

07:06I know for those who don't know much about the Jericho Cruise, originally he was still with WWE when he

07:12came out with the theory of the Jericho Cruise.

07:14And he wanted to use NXT talent on the cruise to help them get exposure and have this unique thing.

07:20And Vince put the kibosh on it.

07:21And that's a big part of why Jericho ended up leaving WWE because he wanted to do this Rockin' Rager.

07:26And when AEW became a thing and he decided to sign with AEW and all the talents that they had,

07:31he was able to book people with a major corporation and do his own thing.

07:35I can't imagine what goes into his thought process creating all this stuff.

07:38And maybe that's why we don't see him on TV right now a whole lot.

07:40We're heading to get ready for the cruise.

07:42And he's maybe putting together all his storylines or whatnot.

07:44But very exciting for AEW that they're going to be broadcasting from there.

07:47This should be a very cool show.

07:49So Seth Rollins on ESPN talking about both his WWE contract and, people have wondered, he does have an ESPN

07:56contract.

07:57So he has three years remaining on his WWE contract.

08:00He wants to make sure that he's not basically the old guy still trying to do it when he's taking

08:06away opportunities from the young guys.

08:07But he is still at the top of his game.

08:09He has three years left.

08:10But he has been dipping his toes into the broadcasting world with ESPN, being on their NFL shows, doing some

08:17other things on SportsCenter.

08:18So obviously there's an opportunity for him in the future to maybe go that route.

08:22Maybe at the end of this contract, he'll be 43 years old at the end of this contract.

08:25Maybe that's another endeavor he can go into.

08:27We do know he owns the, he's the co-owner of the Black and Brave Academy, which is his training

08:33school that he owns with his former tag team partner, Marek Brave.

08:36Who, by the way, on this channel, I did an interview with Marek Brave all about the creation of the

08:41school and his experience with Seth Rollins.

08:42You can check that out on our YouTube channel.

08:45But it's exciting to know that he's not going anywhere anytime soon and that he does have such a forward

08:50-thinking mind.

08:51He's already thinking about his contributions towards the end of his career.

08:54So definitely good stuff there.

08:55Definitely great to get some confirmation on both his WWE and the ESPN contract.

08:59People who don't have a contract, we reported yesterday, Seamus, he is officially a free agent,

09:04but now also confirmed Anthony Bowens and Max Castor are free agents.

09:09Max Castor posted his free agent status on X, putting up a thing that says,

09:14doing my own research, and he put like a Wikipedia search, the definition basically of what free agent means.

09:20Whereas Anthony Bowens put a line up on X saying, move on, move one inch at a time, you'll be

09:26just fine.

09:27Obviously, he is a free agent as well.

09:28Now, they have not been moved to the alumni section of AEW's roster page,

09:32perhaps because, you know, with all the difficult things going on recently in AEW with, you know,

09:37the passing of PAC and passing of the Butcher,

09:40maybe Tony Khan just hasn't had an opportunity to get around to it.

09:42And there's still a doorway for them to come back to AEW, but they haven't had those conversations yet.

09:48But as of right now, WWE could swoop in and steal talent if they really wanted to.

09:52Both of these guys are free agents, just like Seamus could easily sign with AEW now,

09:56because he's totally free.

09:57He actually put something up on X and said he was welcoming challenges from all comers.

10:01He's willing to take on anybody.

10:03So, not sure where any of the three are going to go, but I'm sure they're not going to be

10:06unemployed very long.

10:09MLW announced today that they are going to be having their first pay-per-view since 2019.

10:16On November 7th, oddly going head-to-head with the Jericho Crews,

10:20it's now going to be the collision that's going to be broadcast live, so bad planning for that.

10:24But MLW's Saturday Night Super Fight was announced by Kurt Bauer, and he was on the takedown show on Sports

10:33Illustrated.

10:34And he was very clear, this is going to be a premium event.

10:38All the biggest feuds in the company, all the champions will be represented.

10:42This should be really exciting for MLW.

10:44Glad to see them get an opportunity to get back on pay-per-view.

10:47They've had a great year.

10:48They're now on Tubi.

10:49They've been waiting years to officially get Fusion on Tubi.

10:52That also happened, so lots of things looking up for MLW.

10:56And it's great to see so many options for talent to have to go out there and apply their trade

11:01and hone their craft.

11:03This is exciting.

11:04Killer cross current MLW champion, I'm sure he will be a focal point of that pay-per-view.

11:09Now the question is, who are they going to put in a ring with him to face, look across that

11:13ring,

11:13and defend that championship at Saturday Night Super Fight?

11:16We'll have to wait and see.

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