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Hammerstone vs. YAMATO World title match set for MLW Blood & Thunder

Posted on by Ian Carey

MLW has announced a world championship match for Blood & Thunder. 

Alex Hammerstone is set to defend his title on the show against Dragon Gate’s YAMATO. 

“‘The Almighty’ YAMATO, a perennial DRAGONGATE main eventer, is an elite class of fighter. Decorated in gold, having won the Open The Dream Gate Championship, Open the Triangle Gate Championship, and Open the Twin Gate Championship, YAMATO’s all-around skills and experience make him the most dangerous challenger to Hammerstone’s year-plus reign as champion,” reads an MLW press release for the match. 

MLW first announced a working relationship with Dragon Gate in February 2020. Former Open The Dream Gate Champion Shun Skywalker won MLW’s middleweight championship earlier this year. 

MLW Blood & Thunder takes place Saturday, January 7, 2023, from Philadelphia’s 2300 Arena. The show will be filmed for future episodes of MLW Fusion airing on BeIN Sports and Pro Wrestling TV. 

The following are advertised to appear:

  • Jacob Fatu
  • Alex Kane and the Bomaye Fight Club
  • Real1
  • Davey Boy Smith Jr. & The Billington Bulldogs
  • World Tag Team Champions Hustle & Power (EJ Nduka & Calvin Tankman)
  • Lince Dorado
  • Women’s World Featherweight Champion Taya Valkyrie
  • Microman
  • Davey Richards
  • Mance Warner
  • Delirious
  • Sam Adonis
  • Cesar Duran
  • The Samoan SWAT Team
  • The FBI
  • Billie Starkz

Yamato to challenge for X-Division title at Impact United We Stand

Posted on by Joseph Currier

A Dragon Gate star will be challenging for the X-Division title at Impact’s WrestleMania week show.

Impact announced last night that Rich Swann will defend his X-Division Championship against Dragon Gate’s Yamato at United We Stand. The show is taking place at the Rahway Recreation Center in Rahway, New Jersey at 11 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday, April 4. It will air live as an iPPV on Fite TV.

There will be an Ultimate X match at United We Stand with a future X-Division title shot on the line. Jake Crist (representing Impact), Kotto Brazil (MLW), Jack Evans (AAA), AR Fox (as his Lucha Underground character Dante Fox), and Pat Buck (WrestlePro) have been announced for Ultimate X.

The final Ultimate X participant will be a “mystery opponent.”

Pentagon Jr. & Fenix vs. RVD & Sabu, Team Impact (Johnny Impact, Brian Cage, Moose & Eddie Edwards) vs. Team Lucha Underground (Aerostar, Drago, Daga & King Cuerno), Tessa Blanchard vs. Eli Drake, and Sami Callihan vs. Jimmy Havoc in a Monster’s Ball match have also been announced for United We Stand, and Impact has set up a tag match between LAX (Santana & Ortiz) and Low Ki & Ricky Martinez.