Tag: War Chamber 2023

Matt Riddle to defend NJPW World TV title at MLW War Chamber

Posted on by Joseph Currier

At MLW War Chamber, Matt Riddle will put his NJPW World Television Championship up for grabs.

Riddle vs. Kosei Fujita for the NJPW World TV title is now set for MLW War Chamber in St. Petersburg, Florida on Friday, March 29. The 21-year-old Fujita, an NJPW wrestler, is making his MLW debut in the match.

It was previously announced that Riddle would face Timothy Thatcher in a non-title match at War Chamber. That match will still be happening in St. Petersburg on March 29, but it will instead be part of the MLW television taping portion of the War Chamber event. Riddle vs. Fujita will be airing live on the War Chamber broadcast on TrillerTV+.

In storyline, Riddle decided to have two matches at War Chamber as part of his quest to earn an MLW World Heavyweight Championship shot. Satoshi Kojima currently holds that title.

Riddle won the NJPW World TV title from Hiroshi Tanahashi this February. His first title defense was in MLW against Bad Dude Tito.

Here’s the updated War Chamber card:

Triller TV+ live broadcast —

  • War Chamber match: Team MLW (Satoshi Kojima, Okumura, Matthew Justice & 1 Called Manders) vs. World Titan Federation (Tom Lawlor, Davey Boy Smith Jr., Richard Holliday & Josh Bishop)
  • NJPW World Television Champion Matt Riddle defends against Kosei Fujita
  • MLW Women’s Featherweight Champion Janai Kai defends against Unagi Sayaka
  • AJ Francis vs. Alex Kane
  • Mads Krugger goes to war against MLW

TV taping —

  • War Chamber match: The Calling (Sami Callihan, Rickey Shane Page, Cannonball & Talon) vs. Raven, AKIRA, Jimmy Lloyd & Jake Crist
  • Matt Riddle vs. Timothy Thatcher
  • Zayda vs. Sofi Castillo 

Morrison vs. Fatu title match set for MLW War Chamber tapings

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Jacob Fatu is getting a National Openweight Championship shot at MLW’s next set of television tapings.

It was announced today that John Hennigan (the former John Morrison) will defend his National Openweight title against Fatu at MLW War Chamber on Thursday, April 6. The show is taking place at the Melrose Ballroom in New York City.

This will be the first time Hennigan and Fatu have ever faced each other one-on-one. They took part in a triple threat match against each other for indie promotion All Pro Wrestling in 2019.

At MLW Blood & Thunder this January, Hennigan won the National Openweight Championship from Davey Richards. That match aired on MLW Underground last week.

Fatu is a former MLW World Heavyweight Champion but has never held the National Openweight title.

Here’s the updated card for the War Chamber tapings:

  • MLW National Openweight Champion John Hennigan defends against Jacob Fatu
  • MLW Women’s Featherweight Champion Taya Valkyrie defends against Delmi Exo
  • Mandy Leon makes her MLW debut

MLW announces War Chamber 2023 for New York City

Posted on by Joseph Currier

MLW is bringing its version of the WarGames match to New York City in 2023.

It was announced today that MLW War Chamber 2023 will take place at the Melrose Ballroom in Queens, New York on Thursday, April 6. The event will be a television taping for MLW Fusion.

Tickets for the show are set to go on sale at 10 a.m. Eastern time on Thursday, December 8.

War Chamber matches pit two teams of four against each other inside of a steel cage that has barbed wire at the top. The teams who will be competing in the 2023 edition of the match have yet to be announced.

The rules for the match are listed below:

  • A coin toss determines which team enters first.
  • The match is one-on-one for five minutes in stage one of the War Chamber.
  • The winner of coin toss comes out for two-on-one.
  • Alternating teams have wrestlers enter every two minutes.
  • Once all combatants are in the War Chamber, victory is won by submission, surrender, or pinfall.

MLW’s War Chamber match made its debut in 2019 and also took place in 2021. In the 2021 version of the match, the team of Alex Hammerstone, EJ Nduka, Richard Holliday, Jeff Cobb & Savio Vega defeated Contra Unit.