April 20, 2017, MGM Television announced that Mark Burnett, MGM's President, Television Group and Digital, and Jeanie Buss formed a partnership to develop new content across a range of unscripted programming and digital formats for WOW!. Its fifth season commenced production in Los Angeles on October 2018, with its live event at the historic Belasco Theater in Los Angeles.
The Staten Island-based, independent professional wrestling outfit Warriors of Wrestling made its way back to Brooklyn Saturday evening with its "Women of Warriors V" event held at St. Finbar Catholic Church in Bath Beach. The promotion featured its top female talent, and the action didn't disappoint.