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Satoshi Kojima to face Tom Lawlor at MLW One-Shot

Posted on by Joseph Currier

NJPW’s Satoshi Kojima now has an opponent for his MLW return match.

It was announced today that Kojima will face “Filthy” Tom Lawlor at MLW One-Shot on Thursday, December 7. The show is taking place from the Melrose Ballroom in New York City and will air live on Fite+.

This is Kojima’s first MLW match in more than 20 years. During the early 2000s, Kojima wrestled for the first iteration of MLW. He was the second-ever MLW World Heavyweight Champion.

Dave Meltzer reports that Kojima is scheduled to be a semi-regular for MLW going forward and this match isn’t a one-time deal.

Lawlor is also a former MLW World Heavyweight Champion, holding the title in 2019. He recently returned to MLW for the first time since 2021.

There have now been two matches announced for the One-Shot event. The show will also feature the MLW debut of Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling star Miyu Yamashita.

MLW One-Shot (Thursday, December 7) —

  • MLW World Heavyweight Champion Alex Kane defends against Matt Cardona
  • Satoshi Kojima vs. “Filthy” Tom Lawlor
  • Miyu Yamashita makes her MLW debut

Tom Lawlor returning to MLW, set for World title match

Posted on by Joseph Currier

“Filthy” Tom Lawlor is making his MLW return this weekend.

At MLW Slaughterhouse this Saturday night, Davey Boy Smith Jr. was supposed to challenge Alex Kane for the MLW World Heavyweight Championship. But MLW announced today that Smith “has withdrawn from the bout and has been placed on the emergency injured reserved list.” Lawlor will be replacing Smith in the title match.

This will be the first time Lawlor has wrestled for MLW in two years. He’s a former MLW World Heavyweight Champion, holding the title for five months in 2019.

Kane won the MLW World Heavyweight Championship from Alex Hammerstone this July.

Slaughterhouse is taking place from the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia this Saturday and will air live on Fite+. Here’s the updated card for the show:

  • MLW World Heavyweight Champion Alex Kane defends against Tom Lawlor
  • Minoru Suzuki vs. Jacob Fatu
  • Title vs. title match: NWA World Historic Welterweight Champion Rocky Romero vs. MLW Middleweight Champion AKIRA
  • Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal match: MLW National Openweight Champion Rickey Shane Page defends against 1 Called Manders
  • MLW Women’s Featherweight Champion Delmi Exo defends against a mystery challenger
  • Chamber of Horrors match: Second Gear Crew (Mance Warner & Matthew Justice) vs. The Calling (Cannonball & Talon) vs. Matt Cardona and a mystery partner

Wrestling Observer Live: The Filthy Tom solo show

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For the first time ever on Wrestling Observer Live, former UFC star, NJPW Strong Champion and MLW Champion “Filthy” Tom Lawlor hosts all by his lonesome.

Observe and listen to his words about the passing of both Terry Funk & Bray Wyatt, this Sunday’s AEW All In, and all of the rest of the wrestling news of the day.

YouTube video subscribers can also watch today’s show there.

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Adam Cole vs. Tom Lawlor set for AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door

Posted on by Josh Nason

Adam Cole now has a match for Sunday’s AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door. 

Made on Friday’s edition of AEW Rampage, Cole will take on former NJPW Strong Champion Tom Lawlor on the pay-per-view from Toronto, Canada.

Cole came out for a promo and was interrupted by his recent rival/future tag team partner MJF. The AEW World Champion said he talked to Tony Khan and got Cole booked against Lawlor for Sunday. Lawlor and Royce Isaacs then attacked Cole from behind while MJF slowly made his way down to the ring, pretending to want to help. Once he finally got there, Lawlor and Isaacs took off.

Lawlor didn’t appear on last year’s Forbidden Door and this will be his first-ever sojourn in an AEW ring. Cole competed in a four-way for the IWGP World title at Forbidden Door where he sustained a concussion that kept him out of action until last March.

Here’s the current card for Sunday:

  • IWGP United States Champion Kenny Omega defends against Will Ospreay
  • Kazuchika Okada vs. Bryan Danielson
  • IWGP World Heavyweight Champion SANADA defends against Jungle Boy
  • AEW World Champion MJF defends against Hiroshi Tanahashi
  • AEW Women’s Champion Toni Storm defends against Willow Nightingale
  • AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy defends against Daniel Garcia, Zack Sabre Jr. and Katsuyori Shibata in a four-way
  • Eddie Kingston, Tomohiro Ishii and The Elite (The Young Bucks & Hangman Page) vs. Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta), Shota Umino and Konosuke Takeshita
  • Adam Cole vs. Tom Lawlor
  • Sting, Darby Allin & TBA vs. Chris Jericho, Minoru Suzuki & Sammy Guevara
  • Owen Hart Foundation men’s quarterfinal: CM Punk vs. Satoshi Kojima
  • Zero Hour pre-show: Owen Hart Foundation women’s quarterfinal: Athena vs. Billie Starkz

Filthy Four Daily: The thrill of victory & the agony of defeat

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Figure Four Daily with yours truly and “Filthy” Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about including our triumphant victory and crushing defeat at Black Label Pro this past weekend, and our different sides of the story.

We also talk New Japan Strong with Jay White’s final New Japan match, WWE SmackDown and more.

A fun show as always so check it out~!

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Bryan Alvarez & Tom Lawlor lose Tag Team title match at BLP Observe This, Brother

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Saturday did not end well for Bryan Alvarez & Tom Lawlor.

The two, collectively known as the Chop ‘n’ Roll Express, faced champions Bang Bros. (Davey Bang and August Matthews) at Black Label Pro’s Observe This, Brother event in Crown Point, Indiana. Alvarez initially scored the win for his team with a swanton bomb. However, he was informed the match was not for the Tag Team titles. Upset, Alvarez stormed to the back to find the commissioner, who he had failed to see was already in the ring.

The commissioner said that Alvarez and Lawlor had done a good job, and would get a title match right then and now. However the Bang Bros. manager, Trevor Outlaw, struck Lawlor with one of the Tag Team titles allowing the Bang Bros. to score the quick victory. Alvarez came back to the ring after the second match, upset. He said he quit before returning to the back.

Alvarez last wrestled at GCW/BLP’s 4 Cups Stuffed event back on September 9, where he and Billie Starks lost to Killer Kelly and Lawlor.

Filthy Four Daily: Tom Lawlor on Shibata match, New Japan Strong, Smackdown and more!

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Filthy Tom Lawlor and Bryan Alvarez is back with tons to talk about in our look at Smackdown, New Japan Strong in one of its apparent final shows, and Tom vs. Shibata which you can now see as a standalone match on New Japan World! A fun show as always so check it out~!

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Filthy Four Daily: Tom vs. Shibata, Stardom, Smackdown with John Cena return

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Figure Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about including Tom’s match with Shibata last week which nobody outside of Japan can possibly see, Smackdown with the return of John Cena, lots of Stardom notes from the PPV this weekend, and more! A fun show as alway so check it out~!

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Tom Lawlor vs. Katsuyori Shibata set for Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye event

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Tom Lawlor and Katsuyori Shibata will meet later this month.

It was announced Tuesday evening that Tom Lawlor vs. Katsuyori Shibata has been added to the Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye x Ganryujima event set to take place December 28 at Sumo Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The match will be contested under UWF rules.

According to an article in Tokyo Sports, Antonio Inoki instructed in his will that his Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye event be resurrected. It will be held in conjunction with the Ganryujima mixed martial arts event. Inoki died back in September.

Shibata made his return to pro wrestling earlier this year, facing Ren Narita in a match that originally was set to be under UWF rules at Wrestle Kingdom 16 back on January 4. However, the match soon turned into a regular pro wrestling match, with Shibata picking up the win. On the November 4 edition of AEW Dynamite, Shibata returned to the ring, losing to Orange Cassidy in a match that was for the AEW All-Atlantic Championship.

Lawlor competed in NJPW’s G1 Climax tournament this past summer. He also teamed with Syuri at NJPW and Stardom’s Historic X-Over event in November, losing to Zack Sabre Jr. and Giulia.

Filthy Four Daily: Tom’s match at Stardom x New Japan, Stardom PPV, Smackdown, tons more

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Filthy Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about including Tom and Syuri vs. Giulia and Zack Sabre Jr., more notes from New Japan X Stardom and the Stardom PPV the night before with a wacky TLC match, Smackdown from Friday, New Japan Strong and so much more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

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‘Filthy’ Tom Lawlor vs. Homicide set for Saturday’s NJPW Strong

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A singles match between a former NJPW Strong Openweight Champion and a former ROH World Champion headlines Saturday’s NJPW Strong episode. 

In the main event, former Strong Champion “Filthy” Tom Lawlor takes on former ROH World Champion Homicide in singles competition. The bout will be the first ever singles meeting between Homicide and Lawlor.

In another match for Saturday, Mascara Dorada teams with Blake Christian against the Bullet Club squad of El Phantasmo and Chris Bey. Dorada and Christian team again after joining forces on Strong’s Autumn Action episodes. 

In Saturday’s opening contest, Peter Avalon faces Keita Murray. 

Strong’s New Japan Showdown episodes were taped on October 16 at the Vermont Hollywood in Los Angeles. 

Saturday’s lineup: 

NJPW Strong: New Japan Showdown, Saturday, November 19, 8 p.m. Eastern time on NJPW World —

  • “Filthy” Tom Lawlor vs. Homicide
  • Mascara Dorada & Blake Christian vs. Bullet Club (El Phantasmo & Chris Bey)
  • Peter Avalon vs. Keita Murray

Tomohiro Ishii vs. ‘Filthy’ Tom Lawlor headlining this week’s NJPW Strong

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NJPW Strong’s Autumn Action series wraps up this Saturday with three matches, headlined by Tomohiro Ishii vs. “Filthy” Tom Lawlor. 

Ishii, a six-time former NEVER Openweight Champion, faces Lawlor, a former NJPW Strong Openweight Champion in the main event of this Saturday’s episode in a match officially announced Monday night on social media. 

Also set for Saturday’s episode, Blake Christian will team with Mascara Dorada against Alex Zayne, and CMLL’s Mistico. 

In Saturday’s opener, AEW’s Ari Daivari will take on Kevin Knight of NJPW’s LA Dojo in singles competition. 

The Autumn Action series was taped on September 11 in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Sam’s Town venue. The show will air at 8 p.m. Eastern time on NJPW World, and will be available on demand after airing.

Here is Saturday’s lineup: 

NJPW Strong: Autumn Action, Saturday, October 29, 8 p.m. Eastern time on NJPW World —

  • Tomohiro Ishii vs. “Filthy” Tom Lawlor
  • Blake Christian & Mascara Dorada vs. Mistico & Alex Zayne
  • Ari Daivari vs. Kevin Knight

Filthy Four Daily: Bryan & Billie vs. Tom & Killer fallout, backstage notes, TV for the weekend, more

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Filthy Four Daily with Bryan Alvarez and Filthy Tom Lawlor is back with tons to talk about including the aftermath of Tom’s crushing victory over Bryan at Black Label Pro/GCW Four Cups Stuffed which you can still grab a replay of on FITE.tv! Lots of backstage notes, plus TV reviews from the weekend and more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

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Bryan Alvarez goes down in defeat at GCW/BLP 4 Cups Stuffed

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While the eyes of the wrestling world are on WWE and AEW this weekend, one of the highest of profile bouts saw famed podcaster/curmudgeon Bryan Alvarez team with Billie Starkz to take on Filthy Four Weekly co-host Tom Lawlor and Killer Kelly at GCW/BLP 4 Cups Stuffed Friday night in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.

Despite the bravado Alvarez showed leading up to the mixed tag team match, it was not his night as Lawlor and Kelly defeated Alvarez and Starkz in roughly sixteen minutes.

There were issues between Alvarez and Starkz from the get-go that would portend their doom:

The issues exacerbated with Alvarez later using his partner as a human shield to get a takedown on the former MMA fighter:

As was likely contractually obligated, Alvarez got his stuff in, including an impressive swanton for a 47-year-old:

Alvarez did take his licks, getting slapped repeatedly by Kelly to the delight of the fans (and many in the industry):

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Proving that their former Chop ‘n’ Roll Express tag team is officially dead, Alvarez laid in some heavy blows to his old partner:

Lawlor, the budding NJPW star and former MLW Champion, later got his revenge:

Lawlor and Kelly showed great chemistry, especially in this suplex spot:

Lawlor also attempted to end Alvarez’s podcasting career with this Michinoku Driver:

In the end, Lawlor managed to mangle his weekly podcast co-host, painfully ensnaring the reportedly BJJ black belt owner for the submission win.

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Alvarez is still expected to attend Saturday’s live Wrestling Observer Radio Q&A in Schaumburg, IL. However, it’s unknown if he will enter next year’s GCW Tournament of Survival.

Here’s the full results from the show:

  • Team Gringo (Gringo Loco, Latigo & Toxin) defeated Team Laredo (Laredo Kid, ASF, & Drago Kid)
  • GCW World Champion Jon Moxley made a surprise appearance and confronted Nick Gage ahead of their title vs. career match in October
  • Mike Bailey defeated Kylie Rae
  • Shane Mercer defeated Marko Stunt
  • Tom Lawlor & Killer Kelly defeated Bryan Alvarez & Billie Starkz
  • Joey Janela defeated Ernest “The Cat” Miller
  • Masha Slamovich defeated Sandra Moone
  • BLP Champion Calvin Tankman defeated Rich Swann to retain
  • Team GCW (Blake Christian, Tony Deppen, Jordan Oliver, Cole Radrick & Nick Wayne) defeated Team BLP (Joshua Bishop, Kevin Ku, Dominic Garrini, Crash Jaxon & Levi Everett)