MLW Teases Shotzi Blackheart's Debut
MLW aired a teaser promo during its 2025 Azteca Lucha event. The video clearly references Shotzi's arrival in the promotion, with multiple references to her persona.
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'The warning SHOTZ will be fired,' reads the screen, which features green text and a tank in the background. 'June 26 Hearts turn black' the video showed, before confirming June 26 as the date for MLW Summer of the Beasts in New York City.
Shotzi recently confirmed her WWE tenure was coming to an end. She is still under contract for a bit of time, but WWE will not renew her contract and she will be a free agent. Shotzi also shared that 'come July I will be full time balls to the walls!' and shared her booking info.
Shotzi had been with WWE since November 2019. She debuted as 'Shotzi Blackheart,' the same name she used on the indies. Her name was later shortened to the mononym 'Shotzi' when she debuted on the SmackDown roster in 2021. Now that she is free of WWE, she will be returning to using the 'Blackheart' surname.
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Shotzi is a former NXT Women's Tag Team Champion. She also won NXT's Breakout Star of the Year Award in 2020. The 'Ballsy Badass' apparently saw the 'writing on the wall' regarding her WWE status and prepared a hype video declaring she was 'back.' News of her WWE departure broke a short time later.
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