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~!
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Chamber of Horrors World title match set for MLW Slaughterhouse
The MLW World Heavyweight Championship will be on the line in a stipulation match at Slaughterhouse 2025 next month.
MLW has announced that new World Champion Mads Krule Krugger will defend his title against five other competitors in a Chamber of Horrors match at the Halloween-themed Slaughterhouse event. Matthew Justice, CW Anderson, and Mr. Thomas have been named as three of the challengers, with the other two opponents to be revealed soon.
The Chamber of Horrors is a steel cage match with a variety of weapons.
“Barbed wire. Steel. Weapons hanging like ornaments of destruction. Once you enter… there’s no way out,” MLW wrote. “The Chamber of Horrors has haunted generations of fighters, leaving behind only screams and scars for those foolish enough to step inside. Now the echoes of the past will return — louder, darker, and deadlier than ever before.”
Krugger — the leader of Contra Unit — won the MLW World Heavyweight Championship at Fightland last weekend. The main event of that show was supposed to be Matt Riddle defending the title against Donovan Dijak, but Krule was in possession of a title shot contract that he won at the beginning of the year. Krule cashed in to make it a triple threat, and he went on to pin Riddle and become the new champion.
Slaughterhouse is being held at Thunder Studios Arena in Long Beach, California on October 4. The show will air live on MLW’s YouTube channel for free.
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
Wrestling Observer Live: Dynamite, Grand Slam, AEW TV deal, MR. THOMAS!
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including notes from Dynamite and the build to Grand Slam, the AEW television deal, all of the big news, plus Mr. Thomas, formerly BLASTER MCMASSIVE, joins us to talk a fun MLW show this coming weekend. A fun show as always so check it out~!
MLW Fusion on Thanksgiving results: Fallout from Fightland

This week’s matches were taped at the famous 2300 Arena in Philadelphia last month. Joe Dombrowski and Matt Striker were on commentary.
After the shocking end to Fightland when Alex Hammerstone returned to MLW as part of the World Titan Federation, Hammerstone opened the episode by explaining that Court Bauer stopped taking his calls regarding his contract status so he aired his dirty laundry online. He said Saint Laurent did start taking his calls and ever since he started listening to him people are desperate to know what he is going to do next. He told us to wait and see.
TJ Crawford defeated Nolo Kitano
Crawford is in a storyline with Tony Deppen and Kevin Blackwood where Deppen is suspended for when he and Crawford attacked and injured Blackwood.
Kitano is without a win in MLW but has been impressive in the Middleweight division so far. This is only his second one-on-one contest.
Kitano flipped into the ring and hit a nice hurricanrana but was then distracted by a masked man who was more than likely the suspended Tony Deppen.
Crawford got the upper hand with a Codebreaker as Kitano hung over the middle rope but Nolo fought back with a shotgun dropkick, running double knees in the corner, a backbreaker and a heel kick. But when it looked like Kitano may pick up his first win in MLW, Griffin McCoy interfered which led to Crawford hitting his Silver Bullet spin kick to pick up the win.
– After the match, Crawford, McCoy and the masked man all celebrated on the ramp.
– After picking up a win at Fightland, we heard from Mascarada Dorada. He challenged Rocky Romero for the MLW Middleweight title at One Shot. Later in the night, Romero accepted.
– The leader of the World Titan Federation, Mister Saint Laurent, wished all the fans of WTF a happy Thanksgiving. He hyped up tonight’s main event and predicted that when Cardona beats Kane to win the world title at One Shot, he will christen it the WTF World Title.
– We then cut to Promotiones Dorado members Rocky Romero, Jesus Rodriguez and Janai Kai beating up Ichiban. Salina de la Renta entered and slapped Ichiban and said to him, “What did I tell you about interrupting me… bitch!”.
– The Calling (minus AKIRA after he and Ricky Shane Page split at Fightland) had a message for AKIRA saying that we all do dumb things when we are young.
Tiara James defeated Notorious Mimi
Mimi looked good here in her debut but James is on the rise and got the win after a sit-out facebuster.
James is wracking up some wins in the Featherweight division and could soon be placed among the top contenders to Janai Kai. Speaking of Kai, the commentators mentioned the upcoming women’s matches at One Shot: Miyu Yamashita vs. Delmi Exo, and Janai Kai vs. Maki Itoh.
James hit an early middle rope dropkick but Mimi soon got the heat by drapping James’ arm over the top rope. Mimi focused her attack on James’ arm but missed a crossbody which let James back into the match.
James made her comeback with an over-the-shoulder gut buster and an X-factor facebuster to pick up the pinfall win.
– After the match, Sam Laterna interviewed James and talked about her rise up the rankings. She asked the crowd how a title shot sounded, so it looks like she is being lined up for one.
– We saw a recap of the Love Doug and B3CCA storyline where B3CCA had continuously knocked back Doug’s attempts to woo her. That was until a few weeks ago when Doug received a paper invitation for a date on Thanksgiving night. Later in the show, Doug was ready for his date, he entered the room but was met by Brett Ryan Gosling who told Doug he was B3CCA’s boyfriend before jumping him with a crowbar.
– Saint Laurent was then questioned on Hammerstone’s contract status, and he said there was no tampering in the negotiations and told us to wait and see what is next.
– Saint Laurent then bumped into Manders and tried to sweeten him up with a hotdog and a handshake before offering him Japan “Hansen money” as well as some Japanese girls in exchange for joining the WTF. Manders didn’t say yes or no, only left saying he is not a hotdog and handshake guy… interesting.
– Satoshi Kojima will return to MLW when he faces “Filthy” Tom Lawlor at One Shot.
– Sam Laterna interviewed Alex Kane who said he can’t wait to get his hands on the WTF and called it Suplex Season.
– After losing a Loser Leaves MLW match to Matt Cardona at Fightland, Mance Warner had his big farewell by having a parking lot beer with 1 Called Manders. He said the Second Gear Crew helped build MLW but now that Manders and Matthew Justice have the tag titles (they won them at Fightland) they don’t need Warner, they showed what they can do, and no one can stand up to them in a fight. Warner said that Cardona and Saint Laurent will get what is coming to them and also said that his friend “Masked good brother #3” is coming and will get on fine with Manders and Justice.
The World Titan Federation (Matt Cardona & Tom Lawlor w/ Saint Laurent) defeated The Bomaye Fight Club (Alex Kane & Mr. Thomas w/ J Boujii)
Alex Kane was on fire early on hitting Germans to both Cardona and Lawlor but unfortunately, Kane was storyline injured during a suplex and the referee held up the “X” sign.
The match continued with Thomas fighting 1-on-2 on behalf of the Bomaye Fight Club. Lawlor flaunted his team’s dominance given the numbers advantage by elaborately removing his shorts to reveal his skin-tight denim shorts as he taunted Thomas and flexed in front of him.
Lawlor dropkicked Thomas’ knee and Cardona pummelled him in the corner but Thomas fought back and after he hit a suplex, that was the call for Alex Kane to make a triumphant return and give his opponents some more suplexes.
It looked like Kane injured himself again as he rolled out of the ring. Behind the referee’s back, Lawlor hit him with a chair as Cardona hit Radio Silence to Thomas in the ring to pick up the win for their team.

Tag team match announced for MLW Blood & Thunder

The nephews of Dynamite Kid are set for action at MLW Blood & Thunder.
MLW announced today that The Billington Bulldogs (Tom & Mark Billington) will face Bomaye Fight Club’s Myron Reed & Mr. Thomas at Blood & Thunder on Saturday, January 7. The show is taking place at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia and is MLW’s first television taping of 2023.
Last month, it was confirmed that Tom & Mark Billington have signed contracts with MLW. They’re aligned with Davey Boy Smith Jr. in the promotion, with their trio using the British Bulldogs name that Dynamite Kid and Davey Boy Smith were famous for.
Davey Boy Smith Jr. is taking on Bomaye Fight Club’s Alex Kane in a singles match at Blood & Thunder.
The matches from Blood & Thunder will air on future episodes of MLW Fusion. Here’s the updated card for the event:
- MLW World Heavyweight Champion Alex Hammerstone defends against Yamato
- MLW Tag Team Champions EJ Nduka & Calvin Tankman defend against The Samoan Swat Team (Lance Anoa’i & Juicy Finau)
- MLW National Openweight Champion Davey Richards defends against Johnny Fusion
- MLW Women’s Featherweight Champion Taya Valkyrie defends against Zoey Skye
- Jacob Fatu vs. Ben-K
- Real1 vs. Microman
- Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Alex Kane
- Hardcore match: Mance Warner vs. Rickey Shane Page
- Lince Dorada vs. La Estrella
- Billie Starkz vs. Kayla Kassidy
- The Billington Bulldogs vs. Bomaye Fight Club (Myron Reed & Mr. Thomas)