Indie promotion returning to Mall of America for second straight year

Pro wrestling is returning to the Mall of America for the second straight year.

F1RST Wrestling, an independent promotion based out of Minnesota, has announced that it will be back at the Mall of America for Saturday Night Nitro on September 9. It will be the third time that a pro wrestling event has ever taken place at the Mall of America.

In September 1995, WCW Monday Nitro made its debut with the first episode taking place at the Mall of America. It would then be 27 years before wrestling returned to the Bloomington, Minnesota venue. Last year’s F1RST Wrestling Saturday Night Nitro also took place in September and aired via Fite TV. The show was held at the Huntington Bank Rotunda inside of the mall.

Last year’s Saturday Night Nitro was headlined by Dante Martin & Rob Van Dam defeating Ari Daivari & Sonny Kiss in a tag team match.

F1RST Wrestling is owned by wrestler Arik Cannon.

Ethan Page recently uploaded a backstage vlog documenting his experience wrestling at Saturday Night Nitro 2022: