The first match has been announced for MLW’s show in Charleston, South Carolina, on November 20.
Killer Kross vs. Matt Riddle is now scheduled for the event. MLW announced the news in a press release on Monday, writing:
“Two of the sport’s most dangerous fighters will collide when Killer Kross returns to an MLW ring for the first time in three years to face the unpredictable and unapologetic ‘Rude Dude’ Matt Riddle. Once training partners, now potential rivals, this showdown promises to be one of the most anticipated and heavy-hitting battles in MLW history.”
In storyline, the match was made by Cesar During, who called it “a fight that blurs the line between respect and rivalry. Once friends, will they still be after Charleston? Not that I care!”
The show will take place at the Charleston Music Hall and will air on YouTube and BeIN Sports.
On Saturday’s broadcast of MLW Symphony of Horrors, Riddle was critical of Duran’s matchmaking, particularly for not being granted an immediate rematch after losing his title to Mads Krule Krugger. During the segment, Riddle called Duran’s matchmaking “worse than Brock Lesnar.”
Kross vs. Riddle is the first match confirmed for the show. However, Brock Anderson has challenged Krugger to a Bunkhouse Brawl after Krugger electrocuted CW Anderson in the Chamber of Horrors match last month. Brock’s father, Arn Anderson, has also been announced for the Charleston event.
Persephone has won this year’s CMLL Women’s International Grand Prix.
Much like earlier this year with the men, Team Mexico bested Team International in a 20-woman torneo cibernetico match on Friday in Arena Mexico. AEW’s Thekla was the last person eliminated, with Persephone picking up the win after a moonsault.
Those representing Team Mexico included Persephone, La Catalina, Olympia, Skadi, Reyna Isis, Zeuxis, India Sioux, Lluvia, and La Jarochita. Team International consisted of Julia Hart (AEW), Skye Blue (AEW), Thekla (AEW), Mina Shirakawa (AEW), Diamante (ROH), Shoko Nakajima (MLW), Hazuki (Stardom), Koguma (Stardom) and Kanji (RevPro).
Women’s International Grand Prix matches weren’t held in the promotion until 2022, when Dalys became the first tournament winner. Tessa Blanchard won in 2023, while Reyna Isis won last year’s tournament.
Mistico won the Men’s International Grand Prix back in August, last eliminating TJP. He, Volador Jr., Titan, Atlantis Jr., Mascara Dorada, Angel de Oro, Neon, Templario, Zandokan Jr., and Difunto represented Team Mexico while Team International featured Rocky Romero, Donovan Dijak, Robbie X, Michael Oku, The Beast Mortos, Lio Rush, Mike Bailey, TJP, Taiji Ishimori, and Action Andretti.
The Good Brothers are coming to MLW for the first time ever.
MLW confirmed today that Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows will debut for the promotion in Charleston, South Carolina next month. The official announcement was made after The Good Brothers cut a social media promo saying they wanted to be involved in the Thursday, November 20 event — which is being put on by MLW in partnership with Hollywood star Danny McBride and his Don Gato tequila brand.
The Good Brothers just made it clear — they want IN on the MLW x @DonGatoTequila live special Nov 20. 🥃💪
Gallows & Anderson will be wrestling at the show, but their opponents have not been announced yet. The duo are one of the most well-traveled teams in wrestling, having held gold for WWE, NJPW, TNA, and more. The MLW tag belts are held by Donovan Dijak & Bishop Dyer at the moment.
Since their most recent WWE stint ended this February, The Good Brothers have wrestled on the indies while remaining free agents. They also worked a date for NJPW in the United States back in May.
This is The Good Brothers’ first time wrestling for MLW, but they do have ties to the company dating back to a decade ago when their Talk ‘n’ Shop podcast originally was part of the MLW Radio network.
A special appearance by Arn Anderson has also been announced for the MLW x Don Gato Tequila event. It’s taking place at Charleston Music Hall and will air live on YouTube and beIN Sports.
One of pro wrestling’s all-time greats is set to appear for MLW next month.
MLW has announced that Arn Anderson will make a special appearance at the promotion’s event in Charleston, South Carolina on Thursday, November 20. The legendary Four Horsemen member will also be doing a meet and greet with fans before the show for an added cost.
The event — titled “MLW x Don Gato Tequila” — is being held at Charleston Music Hall in partnership with Hollywood star Danny McBride and his tequila brand. It will air live on YouTube and beIN Sports.
“A founding member of The Four Horsemen, Arn Anderson is one of the most respected and accomplished competitors of all time — a former WCW World Television Champion and multi-time World Tag Team Champion who defined southern wrestling through his time in Jim Crockett Promotions and WCW,” MLW wrote.
“Now, ‘The Enforcer’ returns to the Carolinas for one unforgettable night. Why is he coming to MLW? Why Charleston? Stay tuned… all will be revealed November 20.”
While MLW has not said what the 67-year-old Anderson will be doing, it seems likely that he’ll interact with his son Brock Anderson — who is part of the MLW roster in a tag team with CW Anderson. Brock joined MLW in 2024 after previously being with AEW.
The former ROH, AEW, and NXT star opened up about his issues on social media Sunday, saying he is suffering from a hamstring injury and doesn’t have health insurance to seek medical attention.
“Not gonna sugarcoat it — life’s been rough lately. Got injured at a show, pulled hamstring, no health insurance, going through some personal stuff,” he wrote.
“But I’m not here looking for a handout. I’m starting a YouTube channel because I still love this business, and I want to keep giving you something real. Stories, training, laughs, whatever I can bring. If you’ve ever supported me — cheered, booed, whatever — hit that subscribe and come along for the ride. Let’s see what we can build together.”
Fish most recently has been wrestling for MLW, losing in the first round of the Opera Cup to Satoshi Kojima earlier this summer. On television, he was last seen in AEW reforming reDragon with Kyle O’Reilly. His contract came up in August of 2022, however, and wasn’t renewed.
Zandokan Jr. has undergone successful surgery to repair the knee injury that recently forced him out of action.
The injury happened when Zandokan & Difunto lost to AEW Tag Team Champions Bandido & Brody King at a CMLL event on September 12. Zandokan did briefly continue to work matches after that before it was revealed that he would need to have surgery. That operation has now been completed.
“Thank God the operation was successful,” Zandokan posted on Instagram. “I’ll be back with you all soon!”
Along with forcing Zandokan to miss time for CMLL, the injury caused a change to MLW’s Opera Cup 2025 tournament. He defeated Blue Panther Jr. in the first round and was slated to face Volador Jr. next. Instead, Star Jr. replaced Zandokan and lost to Volador in the quarterfinals. The semifinals will be Volador vs. Satoshi Kojima and Mistico vs. Austin Aries.
Zandokan is a member of Galeon Fantasma — a heel trio with Difunto and Barboza.
Actor and wrestler Paul Walter Hauser would like to see multiple promotions come together to counter WWE WrestleMania 43 in Saudi Arabia.
Last month, it was announced that WrestleMania is heading overseas in 2027 with Riyadh hosting WrestleMania 43. This marks the first time WWE’s signature event has ever been held outside of North America — and it also continues to expand the controversial business relationship that WWE and TKO have with the Saudi regime.
Hauser is both an executive producer and in-ring competitor for MLW, along with making appearances for promotions like AEW/ROH. He told TMZ’s Inside the Ring podcast that he thinks it would be a good idea if MLW, AEW, and several other companies joined forces to present a “mega show” during WrestleMania weekend in 2027.
“You know what I would like to see? WrestleMania weekend in freaking Riyadh or wherever it is — I would love to see MLW, CMLL, New Japan, AEW, PROGRESS Wrestling, Defy, GCW, whoever, come together and do a mega show and sell out a 20,000, 30,000-seat place,” Hauser said.
Hauser thinks the biggest obstacle to making this a reality would be getting all of the involved promotions to let go of their egos and work together. If that could happen, Hauser believes there is a huge business opportunity to attract fans who usually go to WrestleMania but won’t be making the trip to Saudi Arabia.
“Just if all egos can go away and people can look less at the hierarchy and more about the value of being for each other and, you know, the enemy of my enemy is my friend — there’s a lot of big business to be done somewhere,” he said. “You know, go sell out Des Moines, go sell out Chicago, anywhere. It’s all wide open because WrestleMania’s happening in Riyadh or whatever.”
Speaking as a fan, Hauser critiqued WWE and gave his pros and cons of what the company is doing. He praised how the TV product looks and the camera shots WWE uses. He also spoke highly of the talent on the main roster. But Hauser thinks some of WWE’s business strategies — like high ticket prices and not giving viewers enough bang for their buck with PLEs — are “garbage.”
“Times are tougher than they used to be, but the prices are going up,” he said. “There’s no real humanity from a corporate perspective. Whereas you can go to an AEW show or an MLW show for 15 to 40 bucks and have a decent seat.”
Hauser, who has won Emmy and Golden Globe awards in his acting career, made his in-ring debut in 2023. He most recently competed in a Fight Without Honor against QT Marshall at ROH Death Before Dishonor this August.
During Saturday’s Slaughterhouse show, a video hyped the upcoming return of Kross. He will be making his return at next month’s MLW event, a collaboration with Don Gato Tequila called Lucha de los Muertos, which will take place on November 20 in Charleston, South Carolina.
The video featured imagery from a music video uploaded by Kross shortly after his WWE release in August, then displayed the date for Lucha de los Muertos followed by the words “Killer Kross fights in MLW,” indicating he will be in action.
Kross wrestled his last match in WWE at SummerSlam, losing to Sami Zayn. His contract expired shortly thereafter, becoming a free agent. Although there was speculation regarding if his release was part of an elaborate work, Kross has competed in independent matches since his release, including appearances in DEFY and WrestlePro. He wrestled on Friday teaming with JD Drake to take on Darby Allin and Steven Borden, who was making his pro wrestling debut.
Mistico would like to sign a wrestling contract in the United States while remaining a top star for CMLL in Mexico.
Since AEW & CMLL formed their close working relationship, we’ve seen luchadors like Hechicero sign AEW deals while remaining contracted to CMLL. A dual contract is also something that interests Mistico, with him telling WrestleZone that he has ambitions of doing more in the U.S. promotions where he competes (AEW and MLW).
“I’m looking for an opportunity in any promotion in the world. If I receive an opportunity, I will take it. I proved that I love lucha libre,” he said. “It doesn’t matter if it’s in Mexico, London, Japan. I think that I’ve shown what I’m made of, and now I think it’s time to look for new things.”
“And if I have an opportunity for a championship in an American company, I’m going to do it in AEW and MLW with all the pleasure of the world,” Mistico added. “Like other teammates who have a wonderful double contract, I would like to have that kind of contract. Or also to have new rivalries with other superstars. So I’m looking for new opportunities and new challenges in my career.”
Mistico was previously signed to a U.S. contract when he competed as Sin Cara for WWE in the early 2010s.
The WrestleZone interview was done through a translator and was to promote MLW’s Slaughterhouse event that’s taking place this Saturday, where Mistico will be facing Ultimo Guerrero in the Opera Cup tournament quarterfinals. Mistico was the 2024 Opera Cup winner and is also a former Middleweight Champion for MLW.
Mistico has been one of 2025’s best wrestlers in the ring and at the box office. At CMLL’s 92nd Aniversario in September, he regained the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship from AEW star MJF.
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about including a preposterous edition of NXT last night, the Invasion name is history, Dynamite is tonight, plus Mr. Thomas appears to talk the MLW CHAMBER OF HORRORS match this Saturday in Long Beach. A fun show as always so check it out~!
An injury has forced MLW to make a change to its Opera Cup 2025 tournament.
With Zandokan Jr. out of action with a knee injury, he will no longer be able to continue in the Opera Cup. MLW has announced that fellow CMLL luchador Star Jr. will be replacing him in the tournament, setting the stage for a Volador Jr. vs. Star Jr. matchup in the quarterfinals. That will take place at MLW’s Slaughterhouse event in Long Beach, California on October 4.
“MLW President Cesar Duran has activated Star Jr. as the alternate to replace Zandokan Jr. A standout in CMLL, Star Jr. enters the Opera Cup fresh, healthy, and amid a career-defining year in Mexico. His lightning-quick offense and relentless drive have made him one of lucha libre’s most talked-about rising stars,” the promotion wrote.
“Opposite him will be one of Mexico’s most decorated luchadores: Volador Jr. The CMLL main eventer made his MLW debut this past Saturday, defeating Titan in an explosive opening-round bout that electrified Long Beach. Representing his faction Los Depredadores — alongside Rugido and Magnus — Volador Jr. enters the quarterfinals looking to continue his path toward Opera Cup glory.”
Zandokan had defeated Blue Panther Jr. in the first round before being sidelined by his knee injury requiring surgery.
Here is the updated Opera Cup tournament bracket:
Left side —
Mistico vs. Ultimo Guerrero
Austin Aries vs. Paul London
Right side —
Volador Jr. vs. Star Jr.
Satoshi Kojima vs. Bishop Dyer
All four quarterfinal matchups are happening at Slaughterhouse, which will be held at Thunder Studios in Long Beach and is set to air live on YouTube and beIN Sports.
The Opera Cup trophy has been won by Davey Boy Smith Jr., Tom Lawlor, Davey Richards, and Mistico during its history in MLW.
“It’s a proving ground — not just for glory, but for legend,” MLW wrote about the tournament.
MLW took a shot at WWE during their Fury Road event on Saturday.
Cesar Duran, the on-screen figurehead of MLW, took time at the start of Fury Road show to address the crowd. While not mentioning the company by name, one line clearly was a shot at WWE’s recent announcement of WrestleMania 43 taking place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2027.
“You love Major League Wrestling, and Major League Wrestling loves you,” Duran said. We have a legacy in the making tonight. And while some other company packed up their big show and shipped it to Saudi Arabia to take that blood money, we come here with the real deal right here in Texas!”
WWE has continued to receive criticism from fans over their relationship with Saudi Arabia, which began back in 2018. Despite this, parent company TKO has only deepened ties to the country in the last year, forming a new boxing promotion with Saudi Arabia as a key backer.
Top matches from Fury Road saw Austin Aries defeat KUSHIDA in a first-round Opera Cup match, Satoshi Kojima defating Mr. Thomas, and MLW World Champion Mads Kruger going to a no contest against Bishop Dyer (Baron Corbin).
MLW has announced new additions to the lineup for Slaughterhouse.
Matt Riddle vs. Alex Hammerstone is now scheduled for the show, which takes place Saturday, October 4 in Long Beach, California. Riddle is coming off having dropped the MLW World Championship at Fightland earlier this month.
Also announced for MLW Slaughterhouse is the debut of a new segment featuring Shotzi Blackheart, titled The Graveyard Shift.
Ahead of next week’s show, MLW Fury Road will air tonight at 10 p.m. Eastern time on YouTube. It was taped the same night as Fightland on September 13 in North Richland Hills, Texas. The lineup for Fury Road and the updated lineup for Slaughterhouse is below.
MLW Fury Road lineup to air on September 27:
Shotzi Blackheart vs. Alejandra Quintanilla
Opera Cup First Round: Paul London vs. Okumura
Opera Cup First Round: Volador Jr. vs. Titan
Opera Cup First Round: KUSHIDA vs. Austin Aries
Satoshi Kojima vs. Mr. Thomas
Bishop Dyer vs. Mads Krule Krugger
MLW Slaughterhouse 2025 (Saturday, October 4):
Chamber of Horrors match: MLW World Heavyweight Champion Mads Krule Krugger defends against Matthew Justice, CW Anderson, Mr. Thomas, and two more opponents to be announced
MLW Women’s Featherweight Champion Shoko Nakajima defends against HIMAWARI
Opera Cup 2025 quarterfinal match: Mistico vs. Ultimo Guerrero
– Garrett Gonzales and I will be up later today covering all the news from the past week as well as the first of two 2025 Hall of Fame shows, discussing North America and Japan. Bryan and I will be back on Sunday.
– The new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter is out with the fallout of three major shows this past weekend and what key things we learned from them:
Reader polls on the weekend shows
Key points we learned from WWE going after AEW
Numbers for all three shows and how they did
Does the price make a difference, how is afternoon vs. evening?
What we’ve learned about AEW that goes against the grain of 30 plus years of PPV numbers
Mistico vs. MJF looked at as well as Mistico’s place in Lucha Libre history
Misconceptions about John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar
The next big shows from WWE & AEW
Lots of injury updates
Advanced ticket sales for the major shows over the next month
Odds for last weekend and next weekend
Where wrestling shows stood in the weekly ratings and comparisons with the same week in 2024 and 2023
Exactly how much the audience makeup has changed for AEW on television this past year
For every major TV show, what percentage of viewers were women this past week
Blue Panther wins title at 65 years old
Big head-to-head battles in Mexico City on Saturday and Sunday this week
Lineup for the women’s Grand Prix match in Mexico City with talent from RevPro, Stardom and AEW/ROH
Notes from the Pokemon CMLL crossover event
Story about the changes in the crowds at Arena Mexico and leading reporter opposes the story
Lots of health updates
Real American Freestyle signs first woman gold medalist
Masha Slamovich controversy
Zuffa Boxing close to announcing TV deal
Former WWE developmental talent signs with UFC for November debut
International promotion in talks with ESPN Unlimited
Jake Paul vs. Tank Davis silliness
Cody Rhodes talks Paul Levesque’s successor
Mark Shapiro talks how WWE & UFC will decide on locations for big shows
ESPN review of Wrestlepalooza and the controversy allows ignoring the far bigger story
Jazmyn Nyx turns down WWE offer, says it’s too low
– Drew McIntyre has been cast in a lead role in “The Highlander” movie. He will play the brother of Henry Cavill’s character. The movie also includes Russell Crowe and Dave Bautista and will be filming in early 2026, so he’ll have to be out of action at that time.
– CMLL announcer and part of creative Julio Cesar Rivera will be at the MLW show on 10/4 in Long Beach, CA. He will be doing interviews and commentary on the show.
– SmackDown tonight on USA is from Orlando, FL. In a trivia note, WWE actually has three shows going on in the same vicinity tonight with SmackDown in Orlando, an Evolve taping in Orlando at the PC and an NXT house show in Citrus Springs, FL. Tiffany Stratton defends the women’s title in a three-way against Jade Cargill and Nia Jax. The winner faces Stephanie Vaquer at Crown Jewel. Also tonight has a Sami Zayn U.S. title open challenge and Giulia & Kiana James vs. Michin & B-Fab. They had 9,100 tickets out for the show at last look.
– TNA has Victory Road tonight from Edmonton:
Cedric Alexander vs. Trey Miguel vs. Zach Wentz
Joe Hendry vs. Eric Young
Matt Cardona & Home Town Man vs. Nic & Ryan Nemeth
Mike Santana vs. Ridge Holland
M & Heather by Elegance defend the Knockouts tag titles against The IInspiration
Leon Slater defends the X title against Myron Reed
Steve Maclin defends the International title against Frankie Kazarian
Moose vs. Mustafa Ali to determine the man advantage in the Hardcore War team match at Bound for Glory
Ash By Elegance will make an announcement
– We’re looking for reports from these shows:
SmackDown tonight in Orlando, FL (dark matches only)
NXT tonight in Citrus Springs, FL
TNA tomorrow night in Edmonton, Alberta
NXT tomorrow night in St. Petersburg, FL
We’re looking for results, finishes and highlights to [email protected]
– For the weekend, we’re doing a poll on the NXT Heatwave show tomorrow night,thumbs up, down or middle, best and worst match to [email protected]
– Originally Mistico was listed as working three shows yesterday. He did work the first two, but was not at the Arena Neza show. In fact, nobody but Star Jr. from CMLL was at the show. Not sure what happened. The crowd was not told until late in the show that the talent wasn’t going to be there at the Neza show.
– There’s a carriage issue with YouTube TV and NBCU. The contract between the sides expires on Tuesday. The hold-up is money, of course, as YouTube wants Peacock as part of its package and the two sides have not reached an agreement yet.
– CMLL has Noche de Campeones (Night of Champions) tonight with all the matches voted by the fans. Normally this does not draw well even though you would think it should. With the company as hot as it is, we’ll see how this does. They did draw a sellout 16,000 fans last night for the Pokemon Legend tie-in show. For tonight:
Tengu defends CMLL Micros title against KeMalito
Templario defends CMLL middleweight title against Villano III Jr.
El Hijo de Stuka Jr. & Cobarde & Felino Jr. defend the Mexican national trios title against Stigma & Arkalis & Rayo Metalico
Mascara Dorada defends the Historic welterweight title against Capitan Suicida
India Sioux defends the Mexican national women’s title against. Kira
Ultimo Dragoncito defends the CMLL minis title against Angelito
Atlantis Jr. defends the Historic light heavyweight title against Xelhua
– UFC runs from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.Eastern tomorrow night on ESPN+ only from Perth, Western Australia:
Elisha Ellison vs. Brando Pericic
Luana Carolina vs. Michelle Montague
Rolando Bedoya vs. Jamie Mullarkey
Josias Musasa vs. Colby Thicknesse
Andre Petroski vs. Cam Rowston
Loma Lookboonmee vs. Alexia Thainara
Rodolfo Bellato vs. Navajo Stirling
Charlie Campbell vs. Tom Nolan
Louie Sutehrland vs. Justin Tafa
Neil Magny vs. Jake Matthews
Jack Jenkins vs. Ramon Taveras
Jimmy Crute vs. Ivan Ersian
Dominick Reyes vs. Carlos Ulberg
We have more notes on this in the current issue.
– NXT No Mercy runs tomorrow night at 7 p.m. from Fort Lauderdale, FL
Oba Femi vs. Ricky Saints for NXT men’s title
Jacy Jayne vs. Lola Vice for NXT women’s title
Blake Monroe vs. Jordynne Grace in a weapons cage match
Ethan Page vs. Tavion Heights for North American title
Sol Ruca vs. Lainey Reid for the Speed title
Je’Von Evans vs. Josh Briggs
– Wanderlei Silva has a boxing match tomorrow night in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Silva is 49 and has claimed issues with concussions but he’s still sanctioned. It gets better, his opponent, Acelino Freitas, a former WBA and WBO champion, weighed in at 162.7 while Silva weighed in at 206.7. There’s a reason boxing is supposed to be regulated.
– The documentary on Raven is airing tonight in Red Bank, NJ ,at the Smodcastle Cinemas. Raven will be doing a Q&A after the movie in the theater.
– AEW’s Deonna Purrazzo and TNA’s Steve Maclin will be running the Tunnel2Tunnel 5K race in New York on Sunday to benefit heroes of 9/11.
– AEW’s Justin Roberts was the in-stadium announcer for last night’s Arizona Cardinals vs. Seattle Seahawks NFL game.
– Shotzi Blackheart vs. Natalia Markova has been added to the 10/17 NWA Samhain show at Center Stage in Atlanta.
– Rikishi will appear on tomorrow’s Memphis Wrestling TV show. He will be there with his son, Thamiko Fatu, who wrestles on the show. Fatu is the brother of The Usos and Solo Sikoa.
– Arya Witner has a book out called “40 Years of Pay-Per-View: Book Two” covering pro wrestling PPV shows from 1991-93, that will be available on Tuesday via Kindle and Kindle Unlimited. It will also be released on paperback. It is on Amazon right now.
– MLW’s Fury Road taped show airs tomorrow night on YouTube:
Mads Krule Krugger vs. Bishop Dyer
Atlantis & Blue Panther & Diego Hil vs. Zandokan Jr. & Barboza & Difunto
Shotzi Blackheart vs. Alejandra Quintanilla
Kushida vs. Austin Aries in the Opera Cup
Satoshi Kojima vs. Mr. Thomas
Volador Jr. vs. Titan in the Opera Cup
Paul London vs. Okumura in the Opera Cup
– Kirk White’s Big Time Wrestling 29th anniversary show is 10/3 in Newark, CA at the Pavilion with Bret Hart as the special guest for a meet and greet. Also on the show is QT Marshall vs. Powerhouse Hobbs, Timothy Thatcher vs. Mo Jabari, Aaron Solo vs. Jack Cartwheel, VertVixen vs. Brooke Havok, Los Suavecitos vs. Royce Isaacs & Jorel Nelson, LJ Clearly vs. Marcus Lewis and Dan Lausen vs. Jeri Giggalow
CMLL star Zandokan Jr. will be spending some time on the sidelines as he recovers from a knee injury.
On Instagram this week, Zandokan indicated that he would be out of action after suffering a knee injury on CMLL’s September 12 event. He worked a couple of dates after the injury, including still competing at the CMLL 92nd Aniversario, but Dave Meltzer confirmed that Zandokan will now be having surgery.
“He’s having knee surgery from the injury that he suffered a week ago Friday in the match with Bandido & Brody King against Zandokan & Difunto. So he’ll be out of action for a while, which is too bad. He was really having a year,” Meltzer said on Wrestling Observer Radio.
“He was a guy that they were really focusing on to build to being one of their top stars. He had had a really big year this year. He beat Star Jr. for his mask. He won the Copa Junior, beating Mascara Dorada in the finals. He’d gotten the championship match with MJF. He’d gotten the [AEW] Tag Team Championship match. Headlined a lot of shows. The trio [Galeon Fantasma] was on fire, but they’re going to have to pause for a while until he gets back.”
Along with his CMLL work, Zandokan is an entrant in MLW Opera Cup 2025 and has been set to appear at Fantastica Mania UK for RevPro next month. There haven’t been any announcements made by MLW or RevPro regarding his status.
