Backstage News On Plans For The Mae Young Classic Tournament, WWE Using Female Announcers?
As noted, WWE confirmed this past week that The Mae Young Classic will tape on Thursday, July 13th and Friday, July 14th at Full Sail University. The 32-competitor single-elimination women's tournament will feature wrestlers from around the world.
The current plan is for the tournament to have a very strong female presence, besides the talent roster, according to PWInsider. There has been talk of using female announcers, something like 2 female announcers and 1 male. No word yet on who the female announcers would be but they could go with something like Renee Young and Charly Caruso or with a guest WWE Hall of Famer, perhaps Lita or Beth Phoenix. We already know that WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross will be working the announce table that week.
There's also been talk of using female referees for the tournament. We noted a few weeks back that indie women's wrestler Kennadi Brink has been signed to work as a referee for the company. She will likely call at least some of the matches but there's no word yet on if there will be another female referee brought in.
WWE has confirmed that the tournament will tape on July 13th and July 14th but they have not announced an air date yet. We do know that the tournament will air later this summer and as noted, the plan is to release 3 or 4 episodes at a time instead of one new episode each week. There are also plans to hold a live WWE Network special with the tournament finals on Tuesday, August 29th but that date could change.
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