MLW has raised the stakes of Battle Riot VIII by announcing that the World Heavyweight Championship will now be on the line.
It was confirmed today that Mads Krule Krugger will enter the January 29 Battle Riot match and put his MLW World title up for grabs. The annual 40-man battle royal usually determines a future challenger for the belt, but this will be the second straight year the title itself has been defended. Matt Riddle retained in Battle Riot VII in 2025 before later dropping the championship to Krugger.
The Battle Riot is also set to include Alex Hammerstone, Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Killer Kross, KUSHIDA, Templario, Bishop Dyer, Donovan Dijak, Adam Brooks, Ikuro Kwon, Okumura, Matthew Justice, Paul London, Mr. Thomas, Diego Hill, Jesus Rodriguez, Anthony Greene, Joe Coffey, Mark Coffey, and Austin Aries.
Since the Battle Riot was introduced in 2018, it’s been won by Tom Lawlor, LA Park, Hammerstone, Jacob Fatu, Alex Kane, and Riddle (twice).
This year’s event is taking place in Kissimmee, Florida and will air live on MLW’s YouTube channel.
MLW Battle Riot VIII (Thursday, January 29) —
40-person Battle Riot match for MLW World Heavyweight Championship (no DQ battle royal, eliminations occur by pinfall, submission, or being thrown over the top rope)
MLW Middleweight Champion Templario defends against Kushida
Two members of former WWE NXT faction Gallus are set to debut for MLW this month.
Scottish brothers Joe & Mark Coffey are the latest entrants confirmed for MLW Battle Riot VIII, a 40-man battle royal that’s being held in Kissimmee, Florida on January 29. It’s an anything goes Royal Rumble-style match where eliminations occur by pinfall, submission, or being thrown over the top rope. The winner earns a future shot at the MLW World Heavyweight Championship that is currently held by Mads Krule Krugger.
Both Coffey brothers (and their Gallus faction mate Wolfgang) were released by WWE in May 2025. They spent time in both NXT UK and NXT while with WWE, with Mark Coffey being a former NXT UK Tag Team Champion and Heritage Cup Champion. Joe & Mark are both free agents and are taking bookings internationally.
Among the other Battle Riot participants will be Alex Hammerstone, Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Killer Kross, KUSHIDA, Templario, Bishop Dyer, Donovan Dijak, Adam Brooks, Ikuro Kwon, Okumura, Matthew Justice, Paul London, Mr. Thomas, Diego Hill, Jesus Rodriguez, and Austin Aries.
MLW’s YouTube channel is broadcasting the Battle Riot event live. So far, only two matches have been announced for the card:
MLW Battle Riot VIII (Thursday, January 29) —
40-person Battle Riot match for future MLW World Heavyweight Championship shot
MLW Middleweight Champion Templario defends against Kushida
Kushida has the chance to win his first-ever MLW gold later this month at Battle Riot VIII.
The promotion has announced an MLW Middleweight Championship match between Templario and Kushida for the January 29 Battle Riot event. The show is being held in Kissimmee, Florida and will be broadcast live on MLW’s YouTube channel.
A decorated junior heavyweight, Kushida has held titles in NJPW and WWE but has yet to win an MLW championship. The company has become his wrestling home in the United States. He is still under contract with NJPW and is a coach at their dojo in Los Angeles. He will be holding a seminar at the dojo on February 1.
Templario — a star for CMLL — has been MLW Middleweight Champion since September with three successful defenses.
The Battle Riot card will be headlined by a 40-man battle royal where the winner earns a future shot at MLW World Heavyweight Champion Mads Krule Krugger. In addition to their title bout, Kushida and Templario will both be competing in that match. Alex Hammerstone, Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Killer Kross, and Bishop Dyer (the former Baron Corbin) are among the other entrants.
MLW Battle Riot VIII (Thursday, January 29) —
40-person Battle Riot match for future MLW World Heavyweight Championship shot
MLW Middleweight Champion Templario defends against Kushida
MLW’s next Battle Riot event will be held in the Orlando area in January 2026.
The promotion announced today that Battle Riot VIII will take place at the Osceola Heritage Park Events Center in Kissimmee, Florida on Thursday, January 29. The show is in partnership with Don Gato Tequila, an alcohol brand that’s owned by Hollywood star Danny McBride.
🚨 BREAKING: MLW will make its long-awaited return to the Orlando area on Jan. 29, 2026, with MLW’s most-anticipated event of the year, BATTLE RIOT VIII!
Considered MLW’s biggest event of the year, Battle Riot is headlined by MLW’s version of a Royal Rumble. The Battle Riot is a 40-person battle royal where eliminations can occur via pinfall, submission, or being thrown over the top rope. The MLW World Heavyweight Championship — currently held by Mads Krule Krugger — will be defended in the match.
Past Battle Riots have been won by Tom Lawlor, LA Park, Alex Hammerstone, Jacob Fatu, Alex Kane, and Matt Riddle (twice).
Tickets for Battle Riot VIII are going on sale on Wednesday, November 19 at 10 a.m. Eastern time. The show will be a homecoming for MLW, which held its initial events in Orlando after the promotion relaunched in 2017.
“Whenever we announce the location of a big event, we get so much feedback telling us to come back to Orlando,” MLW’s Court Bauer told the Orlando Sentinel. “We’ve been to Miami/Fort Lauderdale, we’ve been to Tampa, but still we hear ‘come back home’ to Orlando from fans who are loud and proud about it.”
An injury to Mistico has forced MLW to change up its plans for Saturday’s Battle Riot event.
Mistico was scheduled to defend his MLW Middleweight Championship against Templario at the Battle Riot show. That match is now off the card, but Templario will be in action in a three-way bout against fellow CMLL stars Hechicero and Esfinge.
Though he is unable to wrestle, Mistico is still making the trip to Long Beach, California for an appearance at Battle Riot.
“Despite being unable to compete due to injury, Mistico will still be in Long Beach for Battle RIOT VII and the MLW Fan Expo to meet and greet fans. He will also make a special appearance during Battle RIOT VII for an in-ring interview, ensuring that supporters can still see one of lucha libre’s biggest stars,” MLW wrote.
“And although Mistico cannot compete this Saturday, he will be watching from ringside with keen interest, preparing for his in-ring return and scouting the winner of this must-see clash.”
Mistico is dealing with a partial triceps tear, an ankle ligament injury, and lower back pain. As of the most recent update, it was believed that he would not need surgery and will be out of action for 2-3 weeks. He remains MLW Middleweight Champion, having held the title for more than a year now.
Battle Riot will air live on MLW’s YouTube channel for free on Saturday night. It has a start time of 10 p.m. Eastern.
Here is the updated card:
MLW Battle Riot VII (Saturday, April 5) —
MLW World Heavyweight Champion Matt Riddle defends his title in 40-person Battle Riot match
MLW Women’s Featherweight Champion Delmi Exo defends against Shoko Nakajima
Templario vs. Hechicero vs. Esfinge
Atlantis, Atlantis Jr. & Star Jr. vs. Ultimo Guerrero, Barbaro Cavernario & Magnus
HIMAWARI vs. Janai Kai
MLW Middleweight Champion Mistico will appear for an in-ring interview
MLW is moving this year’s Battle Riot event to a larger venue.
Citing “overwhelming demand for tickets,” MLW announced today that Battle Riot VII will now be held at Thunder Studios Arena in Long Beach, California. The show was originally supposed to take place from The Commerce Casino & Hotel in Los Angeles before tickets sold out. All tickets that were already sold will be honored at the new venue, and MLW is putting more tickets on sale next Wednesday (March 26) at 10 p.m. Pacific time.
The show is set for Saturday, April 5 and will stream live on MLW’s YouTube channel for free. It’s being headlined by Matt Riddle defending his MLW World Heavyweight Championship in the 40-person Battle Riot, which is MLW’s version of a Royal Rumble. The match is anything goes, and eliminations can happen via pinfall, submission, or being thrown over the top rope.
Here is the current lineup for the show:
MLW World Heavyweight Champion Matt Riddle defends his title in 40-person Battle Riot match
MLW Middleweight Champion Mistico defends against Templario
MLW Women’s Featherweight Champion Delmi Exo defends against Shoko Nakajima
Atlantis, Atlantis Jr. & Star Jr. vs. Ultimo Guerrero, Barbaro Cavernario & Magnus
HIMAWARI vs. Janai Kai
MLW says that the show has set a new all-time box office record for the promotion.
MLW announced today that Nakajima will challenge Women’s Featherweight Champion Delmi Exo at Battle Riot VII in Los Angeles on Saturday, April 5. The show is taking place at The Commerce Casino & Hotel and will air live on MLW’s YouTube channel for free.
“This championship fight has been brokered between MLW and TJPW, underscoring the continued collaboration between the two organizations,” MLW hyped. “It also comes at a time when MLW’s women’s division is heating up, and Nakajima looks to make an immediate impact by capturing gold in her debut.”
Nakajima is a two-time Princess of Princess Champion for TJPW, most recently holding the title in 2022. She worked a pair of AEW matches in 2019-2020 and has made recent appearances in the United States for indie promotion Deadlock Pro, along with wrestling at Defy and GCW events in collaboration with TJPW.
Exo is on her second reign as MLW Women’s Featherweight Champion. She regained the belt last month from Janai Kai. Only Taya Valkyrie, Exo, and Kai have held the title since it was introduced in 2022 as MLW’s first-ever Women’s Championship.
There have now been two matches confirmed for the Battle Riot VII card:
Matt Riddle defends the MLW World Heavyweight Championship in 40-wrestler Battle Riot match
MLW Women’s Featherweight Champion Delmi Exo defends against Shoko Nakajima
“Filthy” Tom Lawlor is getting a chance to dethrone Satoshi Kojima for the MLW World Heavyweight Championship.
MLW has announced that Kojima will defend his World title against Lawlor at Battle Riot VI on Saturday, June 1. The show is being held at Center Stage in Atlanta and will air live on YouTube for free.
Kojima is a double champion in MLW, currently holding the World Heavyweight Championship and Tag Team titles. There was a storyline last month where Lawlor & Davey Boy Smith Jr. vacated the MLW Tag Team titles after Lawlor was taken out in an attack by Contra Unit. Kojima & Okumura then won the vacant belts.
There have been two singles matches between Kojima and Lawlor before. Kojima defeated Lawlor at an MLW event in December 2023. In 2021, Lawlor beat Kojima at a show for NJPW.
Kojima has been MLW World Heavyweight Champion since February. Lawlor previously held the title for five months in 2019.
The Battle Riot event is being headlined by MLW’s Battle Riot match, which is a 40-man battle royal where the winner receives a future World title shot. Matt Riddle, Sami Callihan, Mistico, Timothy Thatcher, Ernest “The Cat” Miller, Davey Boy Smith Jr., Bobby Fish, and actor Paul Walter Hauser are among the entrants that have been confirmed.
MLW Battle Riot VI (Saturday, June 1) —
40-man Battle Riot match
MLW World Heavyweight Champion Satoshi Kojima defends against Tom Lawlor
MLW has announced that Shigehiro Irie will defend his wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship against Calvin Tankman at Battle Riot V. The Battle Riot tapings are taking place at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia on Saturday, April 8.
Prior to the title match being announced, MLW hyped that an announcement about an inter-promotional collaboration between them and wXw was imminent.
MLW.com has learned that officials from Major League Wrestling and Germany’s preeminent promotion wXw (Westside Xtreme Wrestling) have been in discussions on an inter-promotional collaboration.
A formal announcement is ‘imminent,’ with league officials confirming a deal has been formally set. More details are expected shortly at MLW.com.
Irie became wXw Unified World Wrestling Champion by winning the then-vacant title in this year’s 16 Carat Gold tournament. He defeated Axel Tischer (former WWE wrestler Alexander Wolfe) in the finals.
Irie is also set to face Alex Kane at MLW’s War Chamber tapings in New York City on Thursday, April 6. Irie is returning to MLW for the first time since 2019.
Both Irie and Tankman will be entrants in the 40-man Battle Riot match at the Philadelphia tapings. The winner of the Battle Riot receives a future shot at the MLW World Heavyweight Championship.
The updated lineup for Battle Riot V is listed below:
40-man Battle Riot match
MLW World Heavyweight Champion Alex Hammerstone defends against Real1
wXw Unified World Wrestling Champion Shigehiro Irie defends against Calvin Tankman
MLW has announced that Bordeaux will make her in-ring debut at the promotion’s Battle Riot IV event in New York City later this month. The show, which is a television taping for MLW Fusion, is being held at the Melrose Ballroom in New York City on Thursday, June 23.
Bordeaux’s opponent has yet to be announced, but MLW hyped that “matchmaker Cesar Duran is meeting today with several potential [opponents]” and a match announcement is forthcoming.
Bordeaux will be competing in a women’s featherweight division match.
Bordeaux’s husband Killer Kross will also be in action at Battle Riot IV, appearing as one of the participants in the 40-man Battle Riot match. The winner of the Battle Riot will receive a World Championship shot whenever they want it.
“Known as the doomsday duo, along with her husband Killer Kross, Bordeaux and Kross have left a path of destruction in their wake from Mexico to the US. Now, they have set their eyes on MLW as they look to turn up the heat in New York City June 23,” MLW wrote.”
Bordeaux and Kross were both released by WWE last November.
MLW has revealed the date and location for their Battle Riot IV television taping.
I was announced during tonight’s MLW SuperFight that Battle Riot IV will be held on Thursday, June 23 at the Melrose Ballroom in New York City. Tickets for the taping will go on sale on Tuesday, March 22 at 10 a.m. Eastern time.
Battle Riot is a signature MLW match type where 40 men compete in a battle royal with timed entrances. Eliminations can occur by pinfall, submission, or being thrown over the top rope. The winner of the bout is guaranteed an MLW World Heavyweight Championship match at a time and place of their choosing.
2021’s Battle Riot was held at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, where Alex Hammerstone won the Battle Riot match.
Melrose Ballroom also hosted the 2019 and 2018 Battle Riot shows. LA Park won the Battle Riot bout in 2019, while “Filthy” Tom Lawlor won the match in 2018.
The event was not held in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A look at the life and career of Paul Orndorff, one of the top stars of the 70s, 80s and 90, is the lead story in the new issue of the Observer.
We go deep into the issue of dementia, his life after wrestling, what he was known for in wrestling, the street fighter talk, the fight with Tony Atlas, the fight with John Matuszak, his high school and college sports stardom in Florida, the unique story about how he got into pro wrestling and another street fight story just as he was breaking in where he wound up arrested and Eddie Graham thought it was great for business, his rise to stardom in the territorial era, the Vader fight, how he got started lifting weights, his second run with Hulk Hogan that remains the most successful live event program in pro wrestling history, the Hogan vs. Orndorff years, both teaming and as rivals, the first WrestleMania, The Big Event in Toronto and how monumental that show was and how it blew away expectations, how WrestleMania III being held at the Pontiac Silverdome came from the success of The Big Event, the injury that changed the trajectory of his career.
Also in this issue:
Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor turned into the second biggest PPV event in UFC history. Ryan Frederick, one of the top insiders in the MMA world, looks in depth at UFC 264, the stories that led to it, the success of the show, and what happens next coming out of it. We look at the McGregor injury and what happened leading up to it. We also look at the rest of the show, new stars to watch out for, business notes plus match-by-match coverage with poll results.
The return of the arena business to WWE and AEW, ticket advances, the Arthur Ashe Stadium & Newark shows for AEW and WWE in Madison Square Garden all at the same time. We look at the numbers and give all the qualifying information. We also look at how other major shows are doing, this coming week’s stuff, SummerSlam update, what AEW show are they peaking for a major event, how the debut of Rampage will change things, the Money in the Bank show, new WWE date and more.
Top matches for SummerSlam, names talked about for Bobby Lashley, NXT schedule change during the Olympics, the Bayley injury and one top star talks about why the training sessions were a bad idea, why employee morale in WWE is up, thoughts on Jimmy Uso and why the Uso will be kept strong, Belair & Banks ESPY, other combat sport ESPY winners, the Riddle/Tavel lawsuit goes away and the story behind that, story behind the debuts of newcomers to main roster television, Mandy Rose stuff, how often WWE,New Japan, NXT and AEW do rematches, where Dwayne Johnson claims the term Smackdown came from, international TV ratings, notes on shows coming up and bookings, Riddle’s heat with Rollins and why, an idea they were considering to make the Bray Wyatt puppets real people, Bea Priestley talks her WWE signing, Big E talks fighting the new Day breakup, WWE stock value and the most-watched videos from WWE this past week.
The Tokyo Dome show this coming week, with the lineup and a look at each match.
Full coverage of the ROH Best in the World show, with business notes, notes on the next show, the title change, the women’s tournament, match-by-match coverage with star ratings and poll results.
A story on Travis Fulton, a former UFC fighter who had more than 300 MMA fights and 75 boxing matches, who committed suicide by hanging while in prison.
More detail on the ratings than any other source, we have how every segment on NXT and AEW did with different age groups, genders and more, plus a look at all other wrestling shows of the past week, how many different viewers the shows had, DVR numbers and how long the average fan watches.
Results of the major pro wrestling events of the past week.
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MONDAY NEWS UPDATE
Bryan and I will be back tonight covering Raw and the latest wrestling news. You can send questions for the show to [email protected].
We have a special sale until midnight Eastern time where you can get a one month subscription to the site for just $3.99. More information here.
Nothing is announced for Raw past John Cena opening the show. He will also be at Smackdown on Friday, either from Cleveland or Miami. With the return of fans, Cena appearing, no major sports competition and coming off the PPV, this should be, by far, the most watched episode of Raw in some time.
We are looking for reports from the Impact tapings tonight in Nashville to [email protected] as well as for reports from Dallas tonight with anything not on the Raw show such as Main Event matches or dark segments. We are also doing polls for both Money in the Bank and Impact Slammiversary, thumbs up, down or middle, best and worst match for each show.
Last night’s show was the No. 3 most searched topic for the day on Google with 500,000 searches. Most WWE PPVs except for the biggest ones hover at around 200,000 so the bringing back fans, the Reigns vs. Edge match and John Cena curiosity led to a lot of outside of the usual box interest. Becky Lynch was backstage at the show last night.
The MLW Battle Riot show will stream for free on Saturday on MLW’s YouTube Channel at 10 p.m. Eastern time.
AEW
Dark Elevation tonight:
Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Lucas Chasem
Frankie Kazarian vs. Baron Black
Tay Conti & Serena Deeb vs. Vertvixen & Jazmin Allure
Lance Archer vs. Zachariah
Chuck Taylor & Orange Cassidy vs. Luther & Serpentico
Luchasaurus vs. Fuego del Sol
Red Velvet vs. Julia Hart
Dante Martin vs.Shawn Dean
Billy & Colten Gunn vs. Brock Anderson & Lee Johnson
Hikaru Shida vs. Dulce Tormenta
Penta & Eddie Kingston vs. JD Drake & Cezar Bononi
Jungle Boy vs. Angelico
UFC
Chris Daukaus vs. Shamil Abdurakhimov, which was to take place on Saturday, has been moved back one week and will take place on 7/31. Daukaus said on Twitter that COVID strikes again. It’s not clear who tested positive.
Doo Ho Choi pulled off the 7/31 show where he was to face Danny Chavez.
OTHER NOTES
A new documentary series “Behind the Attraction ” produced by Dwayne Johnson and Seven Bucks Entertainment debuts on Wednesday on Disney +. It’s about the creations of the different attractions at Disneyland. Five episodes will be released this week.
The Athletic is running a feature on the 100 greatest NFL players in history. At No. 83 they listed Leo Nomellini and in the story they talked about his pro wrestling career and famous world title matches with Lou Thesz which drew the largest crowd for pro wrestling in both 1953 and 1955 and led to a brief run as a claimant to the NWA world heavyweight title. In 1955, Nomellini ended Thesz’s 936 match unbeaten streak.
Due to COVID, Melbourne and Sydney, Australia are in lockdown. Sydney may not come out until August.
Congratulations to our Australia correspondent Kevin Chi who just graduated over the weekend with his PHD degree.
Kurt Angle told Asylum Wrestling that he would be interested in being an announcer for wrestling in the Olympics, (thanks to Post Wrestling)
NWA Power rr tomorrow talks about a team competition tournament which will have a title ramifications for the winners. All of the company champions will be in the tournament.
There will be a show on 9/18 at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia where Matt Hardy and a mystery partner vows to exterminate the extreme, a team of RVD & Sabu teaming together with Bill Alfonso as manager.
Combate Global runs Friday night in Paramount + at 10:30 p.m. with Jesus Santos Aguilar (6-1) vs. Cristian Barraza (6-1) at a 130 pound catchweight fight.
Xtreme Intense Championship Wrestling in Warren, MI last night: Tommy Vendetta b Orlando Christopher, Soultaker won over El Ridiculoso, Billy Ray Daniels and Justin Dream, Brutus Atwall b Solo, Mongo & Jheras Grey b Alex Weir & Jimi Grey, Malcolm Monroe III & Royce Carney III b Dre Jacobs & Jonate Keith, Zach Thomas b Kyler Coleman. LJ Lawrence b Adam Wick, Tommy Vendetta b Dre Jacobs. Eddie Venom & Jaimy Coxxx b Kevin Kalloawy & Sean Tyler, DBA b Dread King Logan to win the Proving Ground title. Darren McCarty, a star enforcer for the Detroit Red Wings, managed Venom & Coxx. (thanks to Leonard Brand)
Ignite Wrestling on 9/18 in Vero Beach, FL at noon at the Walking Tree Brewery.
Danny Limelight has signed with MLW as part of a new LAX stable led by Konnan.
Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful reported this evening that Limelight had signed with the company. An angle that took place on tonight’s MLW Battle Riot tapings revealed that Limelight, under the name Rivera, was part of a new version of LAX, with Konnan managing Limelight, Slice Boogie (who has worked for the NWA recently), and Julius Smokes. Sapp has also confirmed that Boogie and Smokes have signed with MLW.
Fightful also reported that Limelight is permitted to appear on NJPW as part of the new deal. Limelight is a regular on New Japan Strong as part of the Team Filthy stable with Tom Lawlor and JR Kratos.
Prior to signing with MLW, Limelight had regularly been appearing on AEW Dark and Dark: Elevation, and even had a match on Dynamite in January where he teamed with The Varsity Blonds in a losing effort against Kenny Omega and The Good Brothers. His last appearance on AEW programming was on the June 5 edition of Dark, where he lost to Ethan Page.
MLW has revealed when this year’s Battle Riot match will be airing.
The 40-man Battle Riot match will air on beIN Sports at 10 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday, July 24. The match is taking place at MLW’s Battle Riot tapings at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania this Saturday.
The Battle Riot starts with two wrestlers in the ring, then a new participant is added every 60 seconds. Eliminations can occur via pinfall, submission, or being thrown over the top rope. The winner will get an MLW World Heavyweight Championship shot whenever they want it. The title is currently held by Jacob Fatu.
This will be MLW’s third-ever Battle Riot match. Tom Lawlor won the inaugural Battle Riot in 2018 and LA Park won the match in 2019.
This year’s Battle Riot match will also be available to stream for free on MLW’s YouTube channel later this month.
“BeIN Sports has been the exclusive linear destination for every Battle Riot, and we’re elated to continue the tradition with a stacked match and give it to the fans for free on cable and satellite,” MLW CEO Court Bauer said. “This event will serve as an important chapter as we look ahead to the next season this fall.”
Here are the entrants that have been announced for the Battle Riot match:
A former Battle Riot winner is set to take part in this year’s version of the match.
MLW has announced that Tom Lawlor will be one of the participants in this year’s Battle Riot. There have now been 28 entrants announced for the match. It’s taking place at MLW’s television tapings at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania this Saturday.
This will be the third Battle Riot match that MLW has presented. Lawlor won the inaugural Battle Riot in 2018. LA Park then won the match in 2019.
The Battle Riot is a 40-man battle royal that starts with two wrestlers in the ring. A new participant is then added every 60 seconds. Eliminations can occur via pinfall, submission, or being thrown over the top rope.
Lawlor went on to become MLW World Heavyweight Champion with the title shot that he got for winning 2018’s Battle Riot. The Battle Riot winner gets a World title shot whenever they want it. The title is currently held by Jacob Fatu.
Here’s the updated list of entrants for Saturday’s Battle Riot:
