Your announcers are Rich Bocchini and Joe Dombrowski.
We go to Sam Leterna in the back with the MLW Tag Team Champions Calvin Tankman and EJ Nduka for the selection of their numbers in Battle Riot.
Calvin goes first and EJ asks him what number he got, but Calvin says that since EJ is competition, he isn’t telling him.
EJ picks next and he appears happy with his selection. He says he was destined to be the World Champ.
Cesar Duran makes his way to the ring with his masked assistants.
He speaks with a New York accent and he wants them to talk to him. He mentions that tonight is Battle Riot. He says tonight we are going to find out who gets a title shot any time, anywhere. It will not be against Hammerstone. They will be facing his luchadores.
MLW World Champion Alex Hammerstone makes his way to the ring.
Match Number One: Alex Hammerstone versus The Luchadores for the MLW World Championship
The Luchadores attack Hammerstone when Alex stares down Cesra. Hammerstone with a bicycle kick to a Luchadore. Hammerstone signals that it is over and he gives him a Nightmare Pendulum for the three count.
Winner: Alex Hammerstone (retains championship)
After the match, Hammerstone stares down Cesar again but Richard Holliday attacks Hammerstone from behind and hits him with a chair. Holliday with forearms to the back and then punches to the head. Holliday takes the title belt off Hammerstone and holds it in Alex’s face. Holliday hits Hammerstone in the ribs with the chair many times. Holliday kicks Hammerstone in the midsection while the referee has them ring the bell many times but the sound of the bell is not enough to stop Holliday.
We go to commercial.
We are back with Mads Krugger being fitted with a new mask. He says his mission does not end until his target is eliminated. It is time.
Next week, we will have the season premiere of MLW Fusion with Scarlett Bordeaux facing Clara Carreras. We will also see Lince Dorado, Arez, and La Estrella challenge Myron Reed for the Middleweight Championship.
We go to the back for more pick selections.
Myron Reed picks his number and Alex Kane distracts the referee so Myron can pick a different number (even though there is a cameraman filming this. Myron tells Alex to bring the referee back so Alex can make his pick. Myron asks the referee about getting his belt as shiny as possible so Alex can pick the right number.
Match Number Two: Battle Riot
Entrant Number 1 is EJ Nduka
Entrant Number 2 is Calvin Tankman
The two tag team partners are not sure what to do. They shake hands and continue to circle each other without locking up. Tankman with a waist lock and EJ escapes.
Entrant Number 3 is Mr. Thomas
Thomas pushes EJ and connects with forearms to Tankman and EJ. Tankman with a forearm and chops to Thomas. Tankman with a clothesline in the corner. Tankman gives Thomas to EJ for a delayed vertical suplex. Calvin and EJ kick Thomas in the corner.
Entrant Number 4 is Lince Dorado
Lince joins in and kicks Thomas as well. Tankman and EJ look at what Lince is doing and Calvin grabs Lince by the mask and then Tankman presses Dorado over his head and Lince gets to his feet and he kicks Tankman. EJ sends Lince to the apron and Lince kicks Thomas. Dorado kicks Tankman but EJ blocks a kick. Lince kicks EJ and then he goes up top. EJ catches Lince.
Entrant Number 5 is Arez
EJ with snake eyes and a clothesline to Lince. Thomas is sent to the apron by Tankman and Thomas pulls Calvin over the top rope to the apron. EJ spears Arez as Arez enters the ring. Thomas and Tankman exchange forearms on the apron and EJ with a double clothesline to eliminate both men.
Mr. Thomas and Calvin Tankman eliminated
EJ smiles and he says something to Calvin. EJ offers his hand and Dorado and Arez drop kick EJ in the back to send him over the top rope to the floor.
EJ Nduka eliminated
Entrant Number 6 is Micro Man
Arez with a tilt-a-whirl back breaker to Dorado. Micro avoids a boot and he hits a drop toe hold on Arez followed by a face plant. Dorado chops Micro and Micro with an X Factor to Lince. Micro drop kicks Arez and hits a Tiger Feint Kick followed by a splash to Arez.
Entrant Number 7 is Mini Abismo Negro
Abismo kicks Micro but misses a double stomp. Micro with a satellite head scissors. Abismo and Arez kick Mirco and Dorado makes the save. Dorado is sent to the apron and then he gives Abismo a jaw breaker.
Entrant Number 8 is La Estrella
Dorado sends Abismo into the turnbuckles. Estrella drop kicks Arez and Dorado kicks Estrella. Estrella with a head scissors and drop kick to Dorado. Arez with a thrust kick to Estrella. Abismo gets Estrella on his shoulders and slams him to the mat and follows with a quebrada. Arez chokes Micro. Dorado punches Arez and Arez punches back.
Entrant Number 9 is KC Navarro
KC kicks Estrella and tries to eliminate him. Arez tries to eliminate KC and Dorado chops Arez. Arez goes after Abismo . KC with a satellite DDT on Dorado. KC sends Dorado into the turnbuckles.
Entrant Number 10 is Kimchee
Kimchee does not know who to hit with his stick. Everyone goes after Kimchee and they kick him. Estrella holds Kimchee with the stick and Arez chokes him.
Entrant Number 11 is Joel Maximo
Maximo puts Kinchee in an ankle lock and then Arez and Dorado with arm bars. Micro hits Kimchee with his stick and then Kimchee taps out.
Kimchee eliminated
KC kicks Abismo while Maximo woks over Dorado. Maximo with an elbow to Arez and Arez goes onto the top rpoe. Abismo drop kicks Dorado.
Entrant Number 12 is Killer Kross
Kross with a Doomsday Saito to Maximo for the three count.
Joel Maximo eliminated
Kross with a press slam to Arez to send him to the floor.
Arez eliminated
Kross punches Estrella and gives him a snap mare followed by an elbow tot he back. Dorado with a knee to Abimso. Kross chokes KC.
Entrant Number 13 is Sami Callihan
Callihan brings a bat to the ring and he uses it on Dorado and Estrella. Callihan hits Kross and then drops the bat. Abismo kicks KC while Sami slams Micro’s head into the turnbuckles. Sami hits KC with Kimchee’s weapon. Abismo sends Dorado into the turnbuckles. Sami punches Dorado and Dorado punches back. Sami rakes the eyes.
Entrant Number 14 is Real 1
Abismo punches Sami and Sami gets Abismo on his shoulders and sends him to the apron. Abismo punches Sami while Micro grabs Sami. Sami sends him to the apron. Sami punches Abimso and Micro holds on to Abismo. Sami with another punch while NZO stands on the apron. Sami with a head butt to Abismo to knock him off the apron
Mini Abismo Negro eliminated
NZO kicks Micro off the apron to the floor.
Micro Man eliminated
Entrant Number 15 is Gangrel
NZO goes to the floor but since he did not enter the ring yet, he is still in the match. Dorado punches Gangrel but Gangrel punches back. He punches Callihan and Estrella. Gangrel gets Estrella up but Dorado stops him. Everyone but Kross goes after Gangrel but he stays in the ring. Gangrel punches Dorado and head butts him. NZO pulls KC to the floor. Callihan sends Estrella into the turnbuckles.
Entrant Number 16 is Kwang the Ninja
NZO drops KC on the guardrails. Kwang hits Sami and Dorado with the nunchuks while NZO runs KC into the ring post in a Razor’s Edge. Gangrel with ehadbutts and elbows to Estrella while Estrella is on the turnbuckles. Estrella falls back into the ring while Kwang punches Kross. NZO and KC come back into the ring and NZO sends KC to the apron and tries to kick him off the apron.
Entrant Number 17 is Budd Heavy
Budd punches Estrella and tries to send him over the top rope to the floor but Budd is stopped. Kwang punches Kross and Gagrel holds Kross for Kwang. Estrella with a handspring back elbow to Sami and then Sami sends Estrella to the apron and follows with a forearm to knock Estrella off the apron.
Estrella eliminated
Gangrel chokes Kross and NZO tries to send Dorado into the ring post on the floor with a Razor’s Edge but Lince gets back into the ring.
Entrant Number 18 is Little Guido
Sami chops Budd and then Gagnrel punches him. Guido with a forearm to Kross and then Kross pulls Guido into the ring and hits a hanging cutter. Kwang spits green mist in Budd’s face. NZO kicks Budd and hits Sole Food before sending Budd over the top rope to the floor.
Budd Heavy eliminated
Kross sends Kwang over the top rope to the floor.
Kwang eliminated
Sami Irish whips Lince into Gangrel with a forearm and Sami with an elbow.
Entrant Number 19 is Jose Maximo
Dorado punches Gangrel while Jose goes after Guido. Jose with shoulders and kicks in the corner. KC has Kross in the ropes while NZO gets on Gangrel’s back and he gets back into the ring and goes back to the floor. KC tries to kick Kross to the floor but Sami with a full nelson and he sends KC face first into the turnbuckles. Sami with a back elbow to KC and then Drado and Sami try to eliminated Guido.
Entrant Number 20 is Davey Richards
NZO gets back in the ring to try to eliminate Dorado but Dorado and Guido go after NZO. Davey punches Dorado while Sami eliminates Gangrel.
Gangrel eliminated
Guido tries to eliminate Sami but Sami stays in the ring. Sami punches Guido and then grabs Guido in the lower midsection area. NZO with a hanging reverse DDT to KC off the arpon.
Entrant Number 21 is Lance Anoa’i
Lance with a splash to Sami and then to Kross and Guido. Lance with a running hip to Sami. Lance punches Guido and head butts him many times. Lance follows NZO to the floor and grabs Kimchee’s weapon while Jose kicks Sami and Kross connects with shoulders to Davey.
Entrant Number 22 is Ken Broadway
Dorado goes up top and Guido shakes the ropes and Lince goes to the mat. Ken with a kick and punches to Sami. Ken punches Lance and then Dorado comes off the turnbuckles and he is caught by Kross who sends Lince over the top rope to the floor.
Lince Dorado eliminated
Davey kicks Kross in the back of the leg while KC punches Sami from the floor. NZO goes up top and hits a cross body on Lance and punches him.
Entrant Number 23 is Homicide
Lance with a back eblow to NZO and he goes back to the floor. Jose punches Lance and Lance with an elbow to Kross. Guido with shoulders to Dvaey. Homicide with a uranage to Jose for the three count.
Jose Maximo eliminated
Sami with a head butt to Homicide but Homicide with a cutter. Davey with a waist lock to Guido and Guido with a standing switch. Davey with a take down into an ankle lock. Guido taps out.
Little Guido eliminated
Kross and Lance exchange forearms.
Entrant Number 24 is Ricky Shane Page
Page brings a trash can full of weapons to the ring. Sami punches Homicide and Ken tries to send Davey over the top rope. Page gets a table and sets it up on the floor. Lance punches KC and chops him. Sami hits Lance with a hockey stick and then he hits KC.
Entrant Number 25 is Juicy Finau
Finau with splashes to Sami in the corner. Homicide is sent to the apron but Lance but Lance brings him back into the ring. Sami eliminates Ken and then Lance sends Homicide over the top rope to the floor.
Homicide and Ken Broadway eliminated
Page hits Finau with the trash can. Lance punches Page and Lance has some words for Nzo, who is still on the floor.
Entrant Number 26 is Los Azteca One
Davey chokes KC in the corner and Azteca points at Finau and Lance. Finau tosses Azteca to Lance for a Samoan drop. KC kicks Davey in the corner and Finau goes up top and hits a splash that forces everyone off their feet due to the impact. Finau gets the three count.
Los Azteca One eliminated
NZO sends Lance over the top rope to the floor.
Lance Anoa’i eliminated
Finau grabs NZO and sends him to the mat so NZO rolls to the floor.
Entrant Number 27 is Dr. Dax
KC punches Page and Page goes to the floor. Dax punches and chops Finau and follows with shoulders and elbows. Dax with a palm thrust but Sami with a splash to Dax. Dax chops Sami and then he chops Finau. KC goes for a head scissors to Page on the apron but Page blocks it and he power bombs KC through the table on the floor.
KC Navarro eliminated
Kross punches Davey and Davey with a dragon screw leg whip to Kross in the roopes. Dax with a palm thrust to Finau.
Entrant Number 28 is Jacob Fatu
Gatu with a thrust kick to Dax for the three count.
Dr. Dax eliminated
NZO goes to the floor while Jacob with a forearm to Sami and Finau with a hard Irish whip to Page. Sami holds Finau for Page and Page kicks Finau low. Sami with a kick to the ding ding and then they get a near fall on Finau.
Entrant Number 29 is Mads Krugger
Kross with a head butt to Finau’s groin for a near fall. Krugger with a boot to Davey and a forearm to Kross. Krugger goes after Fatu and Fatu with a super kick. Krugger with a choke breaker and NZO punches Fatu. Krugger punches Finau and connects with elbows. Page and Sami try to eliminate Kross but they do not succeed. Kross kicks Page in the corner while Davey pushes NZO away.
Entrant Number 30 is Wil Maximo
Krugger punches Fatu. Krugger with a boot to Maximo and then he sends Maximo face first to the mat for the three count.
Wil Maximo eliminated
Kross is on the apron while Fatu and Finau try to eliminate him.
Entrant Number 31 is Warhorse
Krugger chokes Fatu in the ropes and Page kicks Krugger. Warhorse is sent into the turnbuckles but Davey and then Sami does it. Davey and Sami both send him into the turnbuckles but Warhorse Warhorses up and he punches Davey and Sami. Warhorse with shoulders to Sami in the corner. Page tries to send Krugger over the top rope and then Kross tries to do the same.
Entrant Number 32 is Myron Reed
Reed with forearms to Davey and Davey with a boot. Reed avoids a clothesline and hits a cutter. Reed sends Davey over the top rope but Davey lands on the apron. NZO stays on the floor. Krugger punches Fatu and Page with a double sledge to Krugger’s back.
Entrant Number 33 is Los Azteca Two
Entrant Number 34 is Los Azteca Three
Both Aztecas enter the match together. They go after Fatu and Reed. Fatu sends Two over the top rope to eliminate him.
Los Azteca Two eliminated
Page with a double sledge to Finau. Krugger and Page try to eliminate Finau . Three with a head butt to Davey. Reed punches Three.
Entrant Number 35 is Matt Cross
Everyone tries to eliminate Finau but they have trouble getting him over the top rope until NZO jumps back into the ring and is the final touch to get Finau eliminated.
Juicy Finau eliminated
Three wants Cross to get in the ring and Cross with forearms and chops. Three with a punch and Cross misses a double stomp. Cross with a knee to Three. Sami punches Cross and Cross with a rebound cutter to Sami. NZO goes back to the floor. Fatu slams Three to the floor.
Los Azteca Three eliminated
Krugger punches Page.
Entrant Number 36 is Mance Warner
Kross with a forearm to Cross. Sami and Mance exchange punches. Mance with fingers to the eyes and Sami does the same to Mance. They jab at each other’s eyes. Fatu sends Cross over the top rope to the floor.
Matt Cross eliminated
Page rolls to the floor and NZO rolls back into the ring but goes back to the floor when Fatu sees him. Krugger chokes Fatu in the ropes.
Entrant Number 37 is Alex Kane
Kane with shoulders to Richards in the corner and then Reed and Kane work over Richards in the corner. NZO with a rollup on Reed for a near fall. Reed with a clothesline to NZO and he rolls onto the ramp. Kane and Reed choke Richards. Krugger sends Page over the top rope to the floor.
Ricky Shane Page eliminated
Entrant Number 38 is Savio Vega
Kane kicks Warner in the corner. Vega hits Sami many times with the kendo stick and then he does the same to Krugger and Fatu. Vega hits Warner with the kendo stick and he returns to Krugger and Fatu. NZO is hit with the kendo stick and NZO rolls back to the ramp. Warner punches Vega and hits him with the kendo stick. Davey sends Reed to the apron.
Entrant Number 39 is Taya Valkyrie
Taya with strikes to Sami followed by a kick and a spear.
Myron Reed and Alex Kane eliminated
Taya punches Kross but Kross stays on the apron. Warner chops Davey. Mance kicks Taya and Kross punches Taya. Warner with elbows to Davey but Davey with a rear naked choke.
Entrant Number 40 is Parker Boudreaux
Parker with a clothesline to Davey and he poses. Parker with a splash to Taya in the corner and then he grabs her by the throat. Taya with a chop and she goes to the apron.
Savio Vega eliminated
Parker with a forearm to knock Taya off the apron to the floor.
Taya Valkyrie eliminated
Kross and Parker exchange forearms and Kross with shoulders. Parker with punches to Kross. Fatu punches Krugger and Mance with chops and punches to Fatu. Krugger punches Mance. NZO gets back in and he sends Davy to the apron but Davey holds on until NZO bites Davey’s hand.
Davey Richards eliminated
Mance punches Sami while Parker punches Kross. NZO gets to the floor so he does not have to do anything. Mance with a knee to Sami and he gets a near fall. Parker with shoulders in the corner on Kross.
Alex Kane attacks Davey on the stage and Mr. Thomas joins in with Myron Reed making his way to the stage. Mance with punches to Krugger and Krugger grabs Mance by the throat and sends him to the apron. Krugger chokes Mance but Mance with fingers to the eyes. Mance gets punched off the apron.
Mance Warner eliminated
We are down to the final six of Mads Krugger, Jacob Fatu, Sami Callihan, Parker Boudreaux, Killer Kross, and NZO.
Kross with an exploder to Parker and Fatu sends Krugger over the top rope to the floor.
Mads Krugger eliminated
Warner hits Krugger in the head with a chair and he punches Krugger. Krugger sends Warner into the ring post as they go into the crowd. Sami and Kross try to eliminated Parker while Fatu is down in the other corner. Kross with a waist lock on Parker and Sami grabs a leg and they send Parker over the top rope to the floor.
Parker Boudreaux eliminated
NZO thinks about getting back in the ring and he does as all four men are in their individual corners. NZO with a drop kick to Sami while Kross connects with forearms to Fatu. NZO with a flatliner for a near fall. Fatu with a head butt to Kross followed by a punch. Sami grabs the eyes and sends NZO over the top rope and he skins the cat and sends Sami to the apron with a head scissors. NZO punches Sami and Sami with a head butt. NZO with a forearm and Sami kicks NZO low. Sami sets for a pile driver on the apron but Fatu with a super kick to Sami to knock him off the apron.
Sami Callihan eliminated
NZO tries to get Kross to work with him to eliminate Fatu. Kross with a knee to Fatu and NZO with punches. Kross and NZO with kicks and they choke Fatu. Kross with a belly-to-back suplex while NZO hits a neck breaker and he gets a near fall on Fatu. NZO and Kross with a double suplex to Fatu and NZO gets a near fall. Kross makes sure to look over his shoulder with NZO behind him. NZO with a shoulder in the corner.
Fatu with a kick to NZO when NZO charges into the corner. Kross with a DDT and he gets a near fall. Kross tries to send Fatu over the top rope but NZO comes up behind Kross and sends him to the apron. Kross does not like what NZO just did and Fatu rolls out of the way. Kross gets back in the ring and NZO tries to kick Kross low. Kross with a kick and he sets for a pedigree and hits it. Fatu send Kross over the top rope to the floor.
Killer Kross eliminated
Kross attacks a referee after having some words for Fatu. The referees use their Jurassic World training to hold their hands out to get Kross to go calmly to the back.
Fatu with a splash into the corner but NZO moves and the referee goes down. NZO is sent over the top rope to the floor, but in addition to the referee being down in the ring, the other referees were either attacked by Kross or are dealing with Kross on the ramp and have their backs turned to the ring. NZO gets back into the ring and he kicks Fatu and hits Sole Food. NZO sends Fatu over the top rope but he stays on the apron and uses the steps to get back into the ring. Fatu sends a prematurely celebrating NZO over the top rope to the floor.
Winner: Jacob Fatu
After the match, Juicy Finau and Lance Anoa’i make their way to the ring to celebrate with Jacob.
Jacob has something to say to the people in New York.
He says he knows they are on the east coast. He says it has been three long years so make some noise. He thanks New York and MLW. He says this ain’t the last time you will see them. He says there is a lot of history going on with his family. He says it feels good to be part of the bloodline. He says this is about sacrifices and hard work. He sacrificed everything to get here tonight. He says he wants to dedicate this to all seven of his kids because daddy is coming home.
We go to credits.
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