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Konosuke Takeshita won the AEW International Championship at WrestleDream over the weekend and PWInsider.com can exclusively confirm that Takeshita will be making his first announced championship defense this Sunday 10/20 against Josh Alexander as part of Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling's premiere events this weekend in Windsor, Ontario.
The promotion will present their debut events in Windsor, Ontario at St. Clair College next weekend, each airing live on TrillerTV, featuring:
Saturday 10/19 at 7 PM Eastern:
*Speedball Mike Bailey vs. Konosuke Takeshita
*Rohan Raja vs. Jake Something to crown the first PWA Champion's Grail Champion.
*Gisele Shaw vs Miyu Yamashita - If Yamashita wins, she is added to ROH Women's Championship on Night Two.
*Tables Match: Raj Dhesi aka the former Jinder Mahal vs. Bully Ray.
*QT Marshall (with Harley Cameron) vs. Bhupinder Gujjar.
*Laynie Luck vs. Taylor Rising vs. Kylie Rae vs. Aurora Teves.
*Josh Alexander & Stu Grayson & El Phantasmo vs. Trevor Lee & Rocky Romero & Alex Zayne.
**The Intergalactic Jet Setters (KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight) vs. Aide
The Scott D'Amore production will resurrect the Maple Leaf brand, which was use by the Tunney family in the territory era. Tim Walbert, who left AEW in June 2023, was the company's head director from 2019 until his departure. He previously directed Wrestlemania and other major WWE events during his eight year run with that promotion. Kevin M. Sullivan, who over the course of his career headed TNA and AEW Production and spent time in the trenches for WWE as well, has been named the company's on air branding and production head. Most surprising was the announcement that Keith Mitchell as Executive Producer. Mitchell retired from working full-time in professional wrestling when he departed AEW in December 2021. Over the course of his run of five decades in pro wrestling, Mitchell has been involved in helping to lead World Class Championship Wrestling, WCW and TNA from a Production end. So, what was thought to be his retirement after five decades in pro wrestling turned out to just be a hiatus.
Sam Leterna, who recently exited TNA, will be the ring announcer.
Former WWE NXT and TNA personality McKenzie Mitchell will be the official "correspondent" for the promotion.
Tickets are on sale at www.mlpwrestling.com.
The events will be streaming live on TrillerTV, priced at $19.99 each or $29.99 for the pair with Mauro Ranallo and Don Callis on the call.
n Prince & El Reverso vs. Rogue Squadron (Rohit Raju & Sheldon Prince) vs. Brent Banks & Johnny Swinger.
Sunday 10/20 at 7 PM Eastern:
*ROH Women's Champion Athena vs. Gisele Shaw
*AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita vs. Josh Alexander.
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