MLW Teases Shotzi Blackheart’s Debut

Think about this a warning shot — Shotzi Blackheart is coming to MLW.

MLW aired a teaser promo throughout its 2025 Azteca Lucha occasion. The video clearly references Shotzi’s arrival within the promotion, with a number of references to her persona.

“The warning SHOTZ will probably be fired,” reads the display screen, which options inexperienced textual content and a tank within the background. “June 26 Hearts flip black” the video confirmed, earlier than confirming June 26 because the date for MLW Summer season of the Beasts in New York Metropolis.

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— ?????? (@WrestlingCovers) Could 12, 2025

Shotzi just lately confirmed her WWE tenure was coming to an finish. She remains to be underneath contract for a little bit of time, however WWE is not going to renew her contract and he or she will probably be a free agent. Shotzi additionally shared that “come July I will probably be full time balls to the partitions!” and shared her reserving information.

Shotzi had been with WWE since November 2019. She debuted as “Shotzi Blackheart,” the identical title she used on the indies. Her title was later shortened to the mononym “Shotzi” when she debuted on the SmackDown roster in 2021. Now that she is freed from WWE, she will probably be returning to utilizing the “Blackheart” surname.

Shotzi is a former NXT Girls’s Tag Staff Champion. She additionally gained NXT’s Breakout Star of the 12 months Award in 2020. The “Ballsy Badass” apparently noticed the “writing on the wall” relating to her WWE standing and ready a hype video declaring she was “again.” Information of her WWE departure broke a short while later.

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