For those of you who missed the
MLW episode with a Loser Leaves Town Falls Count Anywhere match between Sami Callihan and Mance Warner, The former NXT star spat in Jim Cornette’s face before the match-up began. Callihan would eventually explain his actions, stating that he spit on Cornette due to the comments the controversial color commentary made during his Double or Nothing review about Sonny Kiss on his podcast.
Cornette has responded to Callihan on his
podcast, stating that Callihan "dumbed" himself out of a job with MLW. The wrestling personality has apologized for his comments regarding Sonny Kiss; however, Cornette makes it clear that he could care less about what anyone thinks of him (transcript courtesy of wrestlinginc.com):
"He tweeted he stands with Sonny Kiss and he spit on me because of all the horrible things I said about Sonny Kiss and how I'm transphobic," Cornette stated.
"Well I don't know if he really feels that way or not, I don't know whether he has met Sonny Kiss, I don't know whether they are friends, I don't know if he was coming up with some way he can die on his sword and go out a hero. To quote Big Cat Ernie Ladd, 'Sami Callahan since you have been drawing a check from Major League Wrestling, you have been stealing from MLW and now you have dumbed yourself out of a position.'"
Callihan is no longer with the promotion, as MLW CEO Court Bauer stated that Callihan was released
because he caused a lot of damage to the venue. Cornette chimed in and credits MLW for doing a good job of "taking out the trash", and stated Callahan has himself to blame for getting fired.
"Because Sami getting fired from MLW had nothing to do with him spitting on the announce team, it had to do with him going out in a brand-new facility for MLW and without telling anyone, Ol' Sami decides because he is such a big superstar on the outlaw mud show circuit, working for all the promotions with a budget of thousands of dollars, he can do whatever he wants," Cornette stated.
"He fights all over the building, does $3,000 worth of damage to the bleachers, runs into people, pisses the building off and dumbs himself out of a position because he lost a loser leaves town match."
Despite no longer being in MLW, Callihan remains a busy wrestler as he’s currently scheduled to face Tessa Blanchard at Impact Wrestling's Slammiversary XVII on July 7th in Dallas. You can see Cornette commentating weekly on Major League Wrestling.