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Daily Update: AEW Women’s tag title belts, The Miz, AKIRA

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  • A look at the build and the importance of Wrestlepalooza and All Out. We look at the shows and the stories behind the shows as well as what to look at as well as comments from ESPN execs on WWE, debuts of new services and other hilarious notes.
  • Betting odds for both shows
  • WrestleMania in Saudi Arabia, the fallout of the announcement, will AEW counter, should AEW counter, and what affect the going to Saudi Arabia in 2027 has already had for WrestleMania in 2026.
  • Terrence Crawford vs. Canelo Alvarez as TKO gets into boxing, what can be improved on judging, real numbers as well as made up numbers and realities the night shows about sports in general
  • A look at the CMLL anniversary show and its stories
  • Full coverage of Worlds Collide
  • Andrade fired by WWE, a look back at his career
  • The most detailed look at the ratings for all the wrestling TV shows this past week, including Netflix numbers and what they mean in reality, segment by segment and what we can learn, competition, and much more.
  • Brody King & Bandido go to Arena Mexico as AEW tag team champions but it doesn’t go right.
  • CMLL has two Arena Mexico crowds of 16,000 over the next week and a third big show as well
  • The unique Thursday show.
  • CMLL featuring women more prominently next month and Mercedes Mone returns
  • Surprise on AAA television this past week
  • Actress has just started training to be a pro wrestler after playing the role of one
  • All Japan completes Oudou tournament
  • NOAH N-1 tournament
  • Unique NJPW PPV main event
  • US team at the world championships
  • FTC investigating Ticketmaster for for price gouging
  • Notes on the deaths of Tom Gerbasi and Nacho Barrera
  • Former wrestling personality injured in accident
  • First black world champion being honored
  • Why Conor McGregor pulled out of the race for President of Ireland.
  • TKO plans for 2026
  • More on Turki Alalshikh
  • Death of Ricky Hatton
  • Gable Steveson accuses Craig Jones of trying to fix a fight
  • Boxer sues over brain injuries
  • Paul Levesque talks talent recruitment
  • Lots of injury updates

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Thursday Update

WWE

  • While appearing on Unlikely with Adrian Hernandez, The Miz said CM Punk seems like a different and happier person this WWE run:
    • Seeing him come back, it’s been interesting. Because I remember before, like I remember driving with him, but I also remember when he was at the tail end and it didn’t seem like he was a happy person.
    • And now I see him backstage and it’s a different person than I remember. He seems very happy. I wouldn’t even say complacent because he’s always competitive and always wants to be number one. But also is in a position where he’s teaching a lot, and there are not many of us who have been here for 20 years and have been able to teach, and learn, and adapt. So it’s cool to see the change and happiness, right? Because you want happiness for everyone.
  • Jeff Hardy – who is currently with TNA Wrestling – told the I Love Wrestling Podcast that one of his goals is winning the NXT Tag Team titles with his brother Matt:
    • I meditate and I manifest a lot. As pro wrestlers, you know, we manifest the near future all the time. I kind of medi-fest these days. Over a year ago – if not two years ago – I kind of was meditating and manifesting the thought of us showing up in NXT. And sure enough, that eventually happened. Definitely, for me, to be the NXT champions is on my list of things to accomplish.
  • The Undertaker & Alexa Bliss will be featured as operator skins on the Call of Duty: Mobile game starting next Wednesday.
  • Sports Illustrated has an interview with Lola Vice.
  • WWE Vault uploaded the full Bashed in the USA Coliseum Home Video featuring Undertaker vs. Yokozuna, Razor Ramon vs. Big Boss Man, Bret Hart vs. Rick Martel, and more.
  • Logan Paul shared a new vlog.

Other Wrestling

  • On social media, AEW provided a better look at the new Women’s Tag Team title belts that were unveiled last night.
  • Mercedes Mone indicated that she wants to add the AEW Women’s Tag Team titles to her belt collection, sending a tweet asking who her partner is going to be.
  • Jerry Lynn named MJF, Ricochet, Will Ospreay, and Bryan Keith as some of the wrestlers from AEW he would like to face if he were still able to compete.
  • Capt. Shawn Dean & Carlie Bravo of The Infantry appeared on AEW Unrestricted this week.
  • MLW has announced Matt Riddle vs. Alex Hammerstone for the promotion’s Slaughterhouse event in Long Beach, California on October 4.
  • Marigold sent out a message stating that the promotion will be making an announcement late tonight: “We will be announcing breaking news right here on X at 12:00 PM JST on Friday, September 26, 2025. Please be sure to check it out. 11PM Eastern Thursday 8PM Pacific Thursday 4AM BST”
  • Shotzi Blackheart was the guest on the latest episode of Saraya’s Rulebreakers podcast.
  • For his YouTube channel, Matt Cardona produced his own version of a WWE Unreal episode, documenting a recent GCW show that he competed at.
  • After domestic violence allegations against Masha Slamovich were made public, her former partner AKIRA sent out a message thanking everyone for their support. He asked that fans not direct ill will toward Slamovich despite her alleged physical and emotional abuse toward him:
    • I appreciate everyone who has come to my defense. I still have concern for my ex partner and despite what others may say, I want to forgive. I do. 
    • I don’t hate her. I don’t wish her ill will.
    • I would have held it close to my chest and never have said anything, but I am thankful for people messaging me and telling their stories. I have grown a great deal, and I hope others do too with whatever they get out of my past.
    • However, please do NOT wish ill will, enough of that has been said and it’s been hard to detach. I loved her and still love her in the bottom of my heart and anyone pushing her to do something drastic, needs to learn the art of forgiveness. 
    • I believe that she has good in her and that she will evolve in a positive way. I believe that she is one of the best wrestlers I’ve been blessed to meet. I want her to grow as a Human and I want her to continue her work as a wrestler when she finally becomes that person.
    • The woman I loved was put on this earth to be a wrestler, and I would never see her do anything but that. 
    • We live life and we fail. We all have. We must take accountability and repent for those actions in which we hurt others, but I believe in forgiveness and change. If we don’t have that in this world, we have nothing. I believe there is good in people and good in the world, and despite everything I still believe in the good in her. 
    • She taught me many things about myself during and after, and the person I became after it is finally someone I can look in the mirror and see doing the things i aspire to. 
    • Do not wish pain and suffering. Wish for change and accountability. Be better than the people who live within the world and bring nothing but pain to it. 
    • I am not asking for idle hands or recompense. I am asking to remember that in order for people to learn, we must remember it’s about second chances. 
    • ‘Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.’ Ephesians 4:32

TNA opens investigation into Masha Slamovich following domestic abuse allegations

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Masha Slamovich is currently under investigation by TNA.

The promotion told Sports Illustrated Tuesday evening that they will be looking into Slamovich following allegations of domestic abuse that surfaced on social media earlier in the day.

“We take any allegations like this very seriously, and have begun an internal investigation,” the promotion said in a statement.

Slamovich was previously in a relationship with former MLW wrestler AKIRA. A friend of his on social media shared a Dropbox link on Tuesday that allegedly contained text messages between the two. Additionally, pictures of AKIRA showing injuries were also shared.

AKIRA wrote about the situation on social media later in the day. While not referring to Slamovich by name, he talked about their relationship, sharing intimate and difficult details. He wrote that during their relationship, he attempted to commit suicide on three different occasions.

Prestige Wrestling has already announced that Slamovich will not be appearing on their October 5 show. Additionally, West Coast Pro announced that she will be no longer competing at their upcoming How The West Was Won show.

Slamovich began wrestling for TNA regularly in 2021 and won the Knockouts title from Jordynne Grace last year. She also has made appearances on NXT through TNA’s relationship with WWE, taking the pinfall in a three-way match between herself, Jacy Jayne, and winner Ash By Elegance at NXT Heatwave this past summer in a match that was for Jayne’s TNA Knockouts title.

Daily Update: AEW Full Gear fallout, Michael Hayes, Akira

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Lee South Mercedes Mone vs Kris Statlander Newark, NJ AEW Full Gear November 23, 2024
  • Bryan and I were back last night covering Full Gear and all the news from the last few days. We’ll be back again tomorrow night after Raw.
  • No issue this past week due to my vacation but one of the two biggest issues of the year, and generally the most talked about, the Hall of Fame issue, is up on the site. It has a great story by Pat Laprade on Johnny Rougeau which tells you why he ended up voted in after several years, as well as rundowns on everyone voted in, everyone who came close, as well has how everyone figured in voting by specific groups of reporters, historians, active pros and retired pros so you can see who did well and who were the key people in voting them in.
  • We also did pieces on the deaths of Sandy Parker, the first woman of color to win a major women’s world title, Brian Maxine, a major star in the U.K. who lived a very interesting life, and small woman wrestler Darling Dagmar, who wrestled all over the world. Plus we have all the latest news.
  • My thoughts on Full Gear are pretty clear in the show from last night. Some positives as far as wrestling, like all major AEW PPV shows, but concern about the direction to be sure.
  • We’re looking for reports from these weekend shows:
    • NXT from Friday night in Lakeland, FL and last night in Jacksonville, FL.
    • Bloodsport tonight in Jersey City, NJ.
  • We’re looking for results, finishes and highlights to [email protected]. We’re also looking for your thoughts on Full Gear, so you can leave a thumbs up, thumbs down or thumbs in the middle along with a best and worst match for the show to [email protected].
  • Not a lot of major news coming out of Full Gear. A lot of people are speculating Worlds End will be headlined by Jon Moxley vs. Christian vs. Adam Page vs. Jay White coming off the show-closing angle, although Darby Allin was the featured guy when the show ended.  
  • Nothing was announced for Dynamite, which will be Continental Classic bouts plus Chris Jericho vs Tomohiro Ishii for the ROH title. They will be taping both Dynamite and Collision on Wednesday as Rampage for Friday was taped this past Wednesday. Rampage & Collision will be airing  4-7 p.m. on Saturday afternoon Eastern. Survivor Series starts at 6 p.m. so goes head-to-head with Rampage, which against a WWE PPV and outside its normal time slot would figure to be the lowest rating for the show in history, or at least close. The show will have a heavy Lucha feel to it. Mistico, Hechicero, Mascara Dorada and Atlantis Jr. are scheduled for Chicago on Wednesday.
  • The only thing announced for the Continental Classic is new TNT champion Daniel Garcia is one of the 12. More names will be announced later today on YouTube.
  • Reader Anthony Saunders who was at Full Gear noted that part of the reason the crowd was so tough is that they never showed the matches on the big screens at the top of the arena. They did use the big screens for entrances and the Mariah May/Mina Shirakawa segment, but not the matches. He said there were multiple “Turn the Screen on” chants from the upper deck, although I don’t recall hearing them on the broadcast. Others in the upper deck confirmed that as an issue.
  • Michael Hayes returned from being gone to take care of personal issues on Friday’s Smackdown show in Salt Lake City where they taped two shows. Bruce Prichard is not expected back until early 2025.
  • Bayley replaces Jade Cargill in the women’s WarGames match at Survivor Series in Vancouver. We did get confirmation that Cargill is injured but the severity wasn’t known internally past those involved in creative were told it will be a minimum of three months out, maybe longer, which is why they released the story of such severe injuries.
  • We don’t have a lot of details on this but a fighter who did what I believe was his first MMA fight last night in Enoch, Alberta, near Edmonton, went into cardiac arrest during the fight. He was in the third fight of an 18-fight show and they stopped the show at that point and the other 15 fights didn’t happen. The fight took place in Enoch to avoid regulations. Nothing has been reported about it past someone who attended the show told us what happened with the show being stopped. The promotion uses fighters with zero experience and eight weeks of training in many cases.
  • Akira, who was to face Charlie Dempsey at Bloodsport on Sunday, was injured last night working for Ruthless Pro Wrestling in Berwyn, IL.  He went to the hospital to get stitched up from a nasty wound to his abdomen (thanks to Leonard Brand)
  • It was announced shortly before Bloodsport that Tracy Williams would be replacing Akira.
  • MLW is doing an Eric Bischoff’s One Shot event on 12/5 with Matt Riddle vs Donovan Dijak, Mistico vs. Trevor Lee for the middleweight title, Satoshi Kojima vs. Ultimo Guerrero for the MLW title, Titan vs. Magnus, Minoru Suzuki vs. Akira. Averno was announced for the 1/11 show in North Richland Hills, TX.
  • James Gunn sent out a Tweet today saying that they’ve completed filming of Peacemaker season two, so John Cena is now available. He’s advertised for the 1/6 Raw on Netflix.
  • AEW was pushing the 1/1 Dynamite in Asheville, NC as the first simulcast on MAX. All AEW TV airs on Max starting after that show. Rampage finishes at the end of the year unless it gets a new home.
  • New Japan ran Korakuen Hall today for the tag team tournament. It was A block night as:
    • Jeff Cobb & Callum Newman (3-0) beat KENTA & Chase Owens (0a-3)
    • Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa (2-1) beat Alex Zayne & Ryusuke Taguchi (0-3)
    • Shota Umino & Tomoaki Honma (2-1) beat Hirooki Goto & Yoshi-Hashi (2-1)
    • Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji (2-1) beat Sanada & Gabe Kidd (1-2)
  • Best wishes to Chris Hero, who lost his mother earlier this past week.
  • We actually didn’t hear about any must-see matches this weekend besides on the AEW PPV show other than the UFC main event yesterday from Macau with Deiveson Figueiredo losing to Petr Yan via straight 50-45 scores. People said several of the rounds were close. Yan scored a third round knockdown and Figueiredo had a fourth round knockdown. Yan issued a challenge after the fight to bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili.
  • Jiri Prochazka vs. Jamahal Hill was announced for the 1/18 UFC  PPV show at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles.
  • In something out of pro wrestling, Mike Perry promoted a show in Miami last night. Duane Crespo, a star in PowerSlap, but who lost his last four actual fights via knockout, faced a mystery opponent who wasn’t revealed until Friday night at weigh-ins as 47 year old former star and Olympian Yoel Romero. Romero destroyed Crespo via first round knockout.
  • GCW from last night in East Rutherford NJ:
    • Kurt Angle & Mick Foley did an interview. Blue Pain came out and went to chokeslam Angle, but Foley stopped him, used Mr. Socko on him and then Angle put Pain in the anklelock.
    • Tony Deppen b Marcus Mathers
    • Alec Price & Cole Radrick b Arez & Gringo Loco
    • Sidney Akeem (Reginald/Scrypts) b Mike Bailey
    • Ricky Starks appeared, traded barbs with Matt Cardona and then laid out Jimmy Lloyd with  a DDT.
    • Cardona b 1 Called Manders with help from John Layfield and Lloyd
    • Ricky Morton NC Little Guido due to interference by Griffin McCoy and Kerry Morton
    • Ricky Morton & Guido b Kerry Morton & McCoy
    • Kevin Ku & Dominic Garrini kept  the tag titles over Megan Bayne & Joey Janela
    • Price & Radrick challenged Kyu & Garrini but Ku & Garrini laid them out
    • Matt Tremont won a four-way over John Wayne Murdoch, Brandon Kirk and Drew Parker.  
    • Masha Slamovich b Santana Jackson to keep the JCW women’s title
    • Mance Waner NC Effy for the GCW title when Allie Katch laid both out with chair shots and also piledrove the referee.
  • Bloodsport tonight has:
    • MVP vs. Josh Barnett
    • Masha Slamovich vs. Lei Ying Lee
    • Dominic Garrini vs. Kevin Ku
    • Royce Isaacs vs. Myles Borne
    • Marina Shafir vs. Jody Threat
    • Karmen Patrovic vs. Sumie Sakai. So this show has two wrestlers under AEW contracts and two under WWE contracts.
  • As far as YouTube views go, the C.M. Punk reveal on SmackDown did 2.7 million views so far. Those in WWE have said through all forms of social media it has hit 50 million. The AEW segment with Big Boom AJ and QT Marshall was at 398,000 views on YouTube as of last week but in that company they said it was in the millions for everything combined.
  • The United Wrestling Coalition has its 30th Toys for Tots show on 12/7 at the McKaig-Test-Mullen American Legion Post 455 in New Egypt , NJ. There will be a  meet and greet at 6 p.m. and bell time is 7 p.m.

Charlie Dempsey match set for Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XII

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NXT wrestler Charlie Dempsey is set to compete in his third Bloodsport match.

Dempsey will face off against AKIRA at Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XII in Jersey City, New Jersey on Sunday, November 24. The show is taking place from White Eagle Hall and will air live on TrillerTV+.

With WWE’s permission, Dempsey made his Bloodsport debut with a victory over Matt Makowski this April. He then lost to Royce Isaacs at Bloodsport this July.

The son of William Regal, Dempsey is a member of No Quarter Catch Crew in NXT and is the current Heritage Cup Champion.

AKIRA is part of the MLW roster and is a former Middleweight and Tag Team champion in the promotion. In Bloodsport, AKIRA has an 0-2 record. He’s coming off a loss to “Speedball” Mike Bailey.

Barnett and Game Changer Wrestling have partnered together for Bloodsport — an MMA-inspired pro wrestling event — since 2019. Barnett vs. new AEW signee MVP is headlining this Bloodsport XII card. Masha Slamovich vs. Lei Ying Lee (former WWE wrestler Xia Li) and Dominic Garrini vs. Kevin Ku have been announced as well.

MLW Fusion results: AKIRA vs. Jimmy Lloyd Street Fight

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This week’s matches were taped in Philadelphia at the famous 2300 Arena earlier this month. Joe Dombrowski and Matt Striker announced the matches.

We had a new opening video package highlighting the latest MLW collaboration between not only New Japan Pro Wrestling but also CMLL.

Tiara James defeated Zayda Steel

This was Steel’s debut in MLW and she is playing a rich and spoiled character, being billed from “a place you couldn’t possibly afford”. James joined MLW as part of the 2023 Open Draft and lost her opening match in the promotion to B3CCA, but got the win here after a double underhook DDT.

This was quick, simple, and effective in giving James a solid win in the Featherweight division.

– We saw The Calling officially indoctrinate Cannonball into their fold, and in the same recorded promo they also put a warning out to 1 Called Manders.

– Salina de la Renta returned to MLW recently and has been sending out warnings to various members of the locker room: Microman, Jacob Fatu, and Cesar Duran in particular. Last week, we saw Sam Adonis, a supporter of Duran, be kidnapped in a very similar way we saw ‘El Jefe’ Duran a few months ago.

– This week de la Renta announced her first luchador for her new version of the Promociones Dorado stable, Rocky Romero. Romero vs. AKIRA was then announced for MLW Slaughterhouse on October 14th.

TJ Crawford defeated Alec Price and Kevin Blackwood in a Triple Threat Match.

A second MLW debut this week as Blackwood had his first match for the promotion here. It was another opening match defeat as Crawford got the win over Blackwood in a very exciting triple-threat match.

We saw a recap from Crawford’s last match where he was approached by a hooded figure who whispered something in his ear. It seems this may be a developing story for Crawford. 

Speaking of Crawford, the last time we saw the third competitor, Alec Price, he defeated TJ Crawford in singles action, so this match had a little history to it. Price is a great high flyer and was the first to take to the sky with a springboard crossbody and DDT.

Blackwood and Crawford are more grounded with strikes and suplexes so they were a good base for Price to fly around and land on. Blackwood brought out some German suplexes and throws before dropping Crawford with a Death Valley Driver for a two-count.

Crawford hit a nice combo ending in a Falcon Arrow but Blackwood quickly grabbed an arm bar after he kicked out. Price then sprung back into the action and hit a top rope springboard neckbreaker while Crawford powered out of the armbar with Blackwood on his shoulders.

As Price then flew to the floor onto Blackwood, we saw the supposed same hooded figure from last week return to take Price out at ringside. Inside the ring Crawford caught Blackwood coming off the ropes with a standing spinning kick to the jaw called the Silver Bullet to pick up the win.

After the match, the hooded figure returned again and attacked Blackwood with Crawford helping in a two-on-one attack. The figure Pillmanized Blackwood’s ankle and then revealed himself to be Tony Deppen.

– We also heard from Ichiban for the first time since he started his impressive unbeaten run in MLW. He said, through his interpreter, he is here to be the best in the world. His goal is to dominate the Middleweight division and be number one.

– We saw a report speculating if Mister Saint Laurent is creating a rival faction within MLW and mentioned the 2000 AJPW exodus that created NOAH, plus ROH’s All In helping create AEW as examples.

– Matt Cardona was live streaming on MLW’s YouTube channel and we saw run-ins by Maki Itoh and Mance Warner as he was hosting. Itoh distracted Cardona long enough for Warner to jump him and give him a few right hands.

– New matches were announced for MLW Slaughterhouse on October 14th on Fite+. Ricky Shane Page will defend the Openweight title against 1 Called Manders in a Spin the Wheel Make the Deal match, Mance Warner will team with Matthew Justice to take on The Calling’s Anvil and Cannonball in a Chamber of Horrors match, and B3CCA will get her shot against Delmi Exo for the Featherweight title.

– Minoru Suzuki vs. Jacob Fatu and Alex Kane vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr. have previously been announced for the show.

AKIRA defeated Jimmy Lloyd to retain the MLW Middleweight title in a Street Fight

In the latest chapter of the Second Gear Crew vs. Calling feud we had AKIRA pick up the win in what was described as a street fight but more resembled a hardcore or weapons match.

Lloyd dove onto AKIRA to start things off. AKIRA’s back was badly scarred, showing he is one of the top deathmatch fighters in the world at the moment. Lloyd added insult to injury by driving a screwdriver into his scarred back.

Lloyd started a “Terry” chant in homage to Terry Funk in the old ECW arena as he spun around with a ladder on his head to take out AKIRA. The champion responded by throwing Lloyd into the ladder in the corner, crushing it in the process.

AKIRA hit a tiger feint kick and then attempted to cut Lloyd’s finger off with a knife he had at ringside. He later drove the knife into Lloyd’s forehead busting him open, then sucked the bloody knife clean which, of course, received another lovely chant from the Philadelphia crowd. The knife was then used in Lloyd’s cheek and mouth as AKIRA held it there for a Side Russian Legsweep.

Multiple chairs were brought into the ring, which helped Lloyd during his comeback. Lloyd hit a falcon arrow onto a chair but was then suplexed into some thumbtacks.

AKIRA hit a poison rana to get out of crashing into a set of seated chairs and locked on an armbar. Lloyd powered out of the armbar and side-walk slammed AKIRA into the tacks.

Ricky Shane Page and Matthew Justice came out to ringside and distracted AKIRA to let Lloyd hit a package piledriver onto the tacks for a two count.

AKIRA fought back and ended up DDT’ing Lloyd through multiple seated chairs to pick up the win and retain his title.

– Ahead of the world title match at Slaughterhouse on October 14 between champion Alex Kane and challenger Davey Boy Smith Jr, we heard from Saint Laurent who guaranteed Smith will pin Kane because he has submitted him and knocked him out previously. He also said that next week on Fusion the World Titan Federation (WTF) has a mystery opponent for Kane, “and it is a big one”.

Next week:

  • Alex Kane vs. a mystery opponent picked by Saint Laurent.

MLW Fusion results: AKIRA vs. Matthew Justice, Don King announcement

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This week’s matches were taped in Philadelphia at the famous 2300 Arena earlier this month. Joe Dombrowski and Matt Striker announced the matches.

– We opened with Mance Warner, 1 Called Manders, and their latest ally Jimmy Lloyd. Lloyd called out AKIRA and said he was there to take his Middleweight title.

Ichiban defeated Nolo Kitano

Ichiban continued his undefeated start in MLW with another solid and impressive performance. The commentary team was speculating about a potential Middleweight title shot in the future for Ichiban if he continues his winning ways.

Kitano’s gimmick is a samurai warrior crossed with a more modern street fighter, and his style suits this Middleweight division well. He hit a nice torneo dive to the floor and had Ichiban on the ropes by reversing a top rope crossbody for a close nearfall.

This started with a fast pace and flowed into a striking battle. Towards the end, Kitano walked the top rope before hitting a fantastic moonsault into a DDT.

Ichiban evaded a top rope frogsplash, hit a superkick, ate a Pele kick and a spin kick to the back of his head in response, but was able to shake that off to catch Kitano in mid-air and hit his face first finisher to pick up the hard-fought win.

– We learned of Matt Cardona’s next plans in MLW after he beat Mance Warner in a Kiss My Foot match at Fury Road. This week, Cardona told us all that he is here for gold.

– We saw a recap of the Microman and Sam Adonis feud but the camera cut to live footage of a desperate Sam Adonis. He tells the camera he knows where Cesar Duran is before some masked henchmen, the same masked men who kidnapped Duran, attacked him, and took him away. Could Salina de la Renta be behind this latest kidnapping?

– The number one contender to the Featherweight title, B3CCA, was a guest on Sessions by Saint Laurent, where she revealed some “scandalous” information on Featherweight champion, Delmi Exo. B3CCA said it is unfortunate Exo is “injured” and can’t compete against her.

– Don King, the financial backer of Alex Kane’s Bomaye Fight Club, announced that Kane will defend his MLW World Heavyweight title against Davey Boy Smith Jr. at the upcoming Slaughterhouse show on Fite+ on October 14th.

– Mance Warner has requested a Chamber of Horrors match for Slaughterhouse. He blindsided Court Bauer with blueprints of his drunken imaginative ideas.

– We also learned that Microman missed a scheduled autograph session and is missing. In recent weeks, The Second Gear Crew and The Mane Event have helped Microman avoid attacks by Snitsky and Sam Adonis, could they be behind his disappearance?

Love Doug defeated Little Guido

B3CCA had a quick outfit change to be part of the commentary team and she was greeted by her heartthrob Love Doug who had a heart-shaped cake for her.

On paper, this may look like a comedy match, and they did break out a test of strength that turned into a ballroom dancing routine, but the match got a little more aggressive when Guido took Doug down with a hard clothesline.

Doug’s overarching story at the moment is his obsession with B3CCA, who keeps turning him down or often just ignoring him completely. But our persistent Lothario still tried to show off and impress his love interest and even used a B3CCA-inspired guitar that Guido brought into the ring to help him get the win.

There was a cake brought to ringside, so of course Doug ended up going face-first into it as B3CCA rejected him once again.

– Last week Salina de la Renta sent several warnings out to the MLW locker room, especially Jacob Fatu, but this week she was in her new backstage office with a zipped bag making muffled noises. Salina said she was sending “this sack of sh*t back to Mexico, bye-bye Microman”. So it was Salina, and not Mister Saint Laurent and the Titan Wrestling Federation, who was behind the disappearance of Microman.

MLW Middleweight Champion AKIRA went to a No Contest with Matthew Justice

The Second Gear Crew and The Calling have clashed in various combinations recently and this was the latest in their ongoing faction war. This was quite quick but was a weapons-filled match with some risky bumps onto chairs.

The weapons came out early as Justice used a chair on the outside, rammed AKIRA face-first into it inside the ring then dropped him back first onto a seated chair with a brutal-looking Death Valley driver.

After the break, AKIRA got his revenge with a sunset flip powerbomb from the corner onto another seated chair. The masked Calling men distracted Justice on the outside to let AKIRA come off the top to the floor with a chair. This brought out Jimmy Lloyd, Cannonball, Ricky Shane Page, and finally Mance Warner and 1 Called Manders to save the day. The referee called for the bell as the chaos unraveled.

Ricky Shane Page and 1 Called Manders brawled to the back where Ricky Shane Page leaped off a ladder and put Manders through a table as Fusion went off the air.