Various: Sheamus on His Career’s Future, NXT Update, Indies

Sheamus Comments on the Future of His Wrestling Career

WWE held a recent promotional fan Q&A event in the Philippines with Sheamus as the guest host. One of the topics discussed included Sheamus’ thoughts on the future of his wrestling career.

“I’ve not yet retired … I don’t know what the story is in my future. I have no idea, I honestly don’t. I just know that I like have some time off but I do miss being in the ring.”

Sheamus also stated that if he were to return to the ring, the first title he would go after is the Intercontinental Championship.

“If I get back to the ring, that would be the first thing I would go after. As of now I am still listed as a SmackDown superstar and the title is on SmackDown. But as of now, I have no access to the title but its definitely the one I want.”

Transcript h/t: Ibtimes.com

NXT TakeOver and International TV Updates for NXT’s Upcoming Cable Television Move

As noted before, WWE announced that NXT will be airing live weekly on the USA Network starting on September 18th. It was also announced that new episodes will be on a 24-hour delay before being available to watch on the WWE Network.

WWE currently has no plans to change the broadcasting status of NXT TakeOver events and it will remain exclusive to the WWE Network.

In regards to international television, Post Wrestling’s John Pollock reported that it is currently not known if NXT will be airing live on television in Canada. Pollock reported that the official response from cable network Sportsnet 360, which currently airs WWE programming in Canada, was that they “have nothing to share at this time.”

Misc. Wrestling News & Notes

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre announced that their 86th Anniversary event will take place on September 27th at the Arena Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico.

AJ Mendez (former WWE star AJ Lee) reportedly is currently co-writing a comic book series based on Netflix’s GLOW television series, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The four-part comic series is titled GLOW vs. The Babyface and the first issue is currently scheduled to be released this November.

Major League Wrestling announced that Kevin Von Erich will be making an appearance for the company at their War Chamber event on September 7th in North Richland Hills, Texas. Erich will be in the corner of his sons Ross & Marshall Von Erich and Tom Lawlor for their War Chamber match against Contra Unit.