Manik Aftab on July 13, 2022
WOW Women of Wrestling began airing during the 2000-2001 television season. The women-centric pro wrestling promotion focuses on the sports and entertainment aspect of pro wrestling. They’ll be back for another season, but one WWE Hall of Famer turned down their offer.
Sean Sapp reported from behind Fightful’s paywall that the promotion made overtures to a WWE Hall of Famer prior to their return to WWE. According to the report, WOW wanted Lita to get on board with the promotion. She wasn’t interested.
WOW Women of Wrestling at least made an overture to Lita prior to their public announcement that they’d be returning to TV. We were told that things didn’t get very far at all, as Lita made it clear that she had no interest in working with WOW Women of Wrestling, and specifically David McClane.
One WOW source indicated that Lita made her feelings about McClane very obvious, and quickly rejected the overture. WOW would quickly pivot from their original plan, which was to contact a lot of women’s wrestlers with global television exposure. Since then, they’d relied on building the brand around Tessa Blanchard, who was later ousted.
Lita gained recognition for her work in the Stamford-based WWE. Lita worked in WWE from 1999 till 2006. She was inducted into WWE’s Hall of Fame by her best friend and fellow wrestler Trish Stratus.
The Team Xtreme member squared off against Becky Lynch at the Elimination Chamber premium live event in Saudi Arabia in 2022. Keep reading Ringside News for more!
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July 13, 2022 7:50 pm
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