WOW, Women of Wrestling, has signed a deal with ViacomCBS to bring new episodes of the series to CBS affiliates this Fall.
Older WOW content will be available on Pluto TV and the CW Seed app this December.
The announcement was broken today by ETOnline.com at this link. https://www.etonline.com/wow-women-of-wrestling-returning-to-tv-why-jeanie-buss-wanted-to-relaunch-the-wrestling-show-173359
WOW owner Jeannie Buss commented, "Wrestling’s presentation of women has long been very important to me, and we now are presenting the epitome in sports entertainment that will highlight the athleticism of these superstars as we reintroduce WOW. Our partnership with the entire ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group family allows us to continue our mission of providing wrestling fans and WOW Superheroes what they have all deserved: a global platform for a dedicated women’s wrestling league."
Tessa Blanchard was part of today's announcement, marking her first major appearance within the business since Impact Wrestling released her.
You can see the announcement below.
April Mendez aka the former AJ Lee will be working with WOW, Women of Wrestling, as an executive producer, it was announced this evening.
This would be Mendez's first work in the professional wrestling world since retiring as an in-ring competitor from WWE in April 2015.
WOW issued the following:
AJ Mendez as Executive Producer & Color Commentator
Joining Jeanie Buss as Executive Producer for the 2022 season of WOW distributed by ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group is AJ Mendez.
AJ is the New York Times Bestselling author of Crazy Is My Superpower, co-founder of Scrappy Heart Productions, screenwriter of Netflix’s upcoming Blade of the 47 Ronin alongside Aimee Garcia, and former championship wrestler with the WWE.
Her writing is featured in DC Comics’ Wonder Woman: Black & Gold and earned a spot on The Black List’s Latinx TV List in 2020. She is the co-author of IDW’s GLOW and Dungeons & Dragons comic book series.
A mental health advocate and keynote speaker, AJ serves as an ambassador to The Jed Foundation and NAMI, was honored with NAMI’s 2018 Multicultural Outreach Award & 2020 Leaders of Mental Health Award, and sits on the Board of Directors for The Friends of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior at UCLA. AJ has 6 million engaged followers across Twitter and Instagram @TheAJMendez.
See AJ's comments here. https://twitter.com/i/status/1445928444697591817
Talents announced and/or appearing today included WOW Champion The Beast, Tessa Blanchard, Charity Kane, Killa Kate, Alex Gracia, Danni, Briana Montez, and Imo Akpan.
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