Court Bauer Explains How He Repaired Relationship With Mance Warner

Mance Warner was a MLW staple from 2019 to 2021 before the two sides had a public falling out. 

Mance requested his release from the company in October 2021, but it wasn’t initially granted. Mance’s contract was set to expire in January 2022. By the end of October 2021, Warner has been granted his release from the company. 

Mance ended up returning to MLW in 2022, making a surprise appearance in Battle Riot. 

Speaking to Jeremy Lambert & Joel Pearl on In The Weeds, MLW Owner Court Bauer explained how things were repaired with Mance and MLW. 

“I think there is something to this ‘can you repair a relationship? Do both parties have the balls to do it and can you get there?’ That’s a generalization not pertaining exactly to Mance, but it’s always something in wrestling of ‘Oh my God, that person showed up there, I thought there was heat.’ That can be intoxicating, the allure of doing something that people won’t think is going to happen, but with Mance, he’s just made for TV. He’s such a great promo. He knows how to get himself over and he’s such a distinct character in how he works, it’s so different than anything else on the card. We looked at the Battle Riot last year, and we had talks between…there was a certain middleman in Alabama that was facilitating talks and trying to repair the relationship. That had been happening since breaking down, and over time, the right moment hit, we got on the phone, and it was a very quick call between Mance and myself like a week before or the week of the Riot. ‘You want to come? You doing anything this Thursday? Come to New York?’ ‘Hell yeah.’ ‘Here are some more dates.’ ‘Hell yeah.’ All of a sudden, the Second Gear Crew is showing up and I wrote a bunch of TV and Mance is the spine for it along with the Second Gear crew. They are super entertaining and you add a little Microman into the mix, and you have all types of weirdness going on,” he said.

Mance is set to take on Sam Adonis in a country whipping match at MLW Never Say Never. 

Fans can check out the lineup for MLW Never Say Never by clicking here.

Elsewhere during the interview, Bauer commented on the accusations against Jacob Fatu over ghosting a nonprofit organization. You can find his full comments by clicking here. 

Watch the full interview with Bauer in the video above.