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We start off with Tom Lawlor and Matt Riddle.
Matt says his favorite holiday song is Frosty the Snowman. Tom says his favorite is Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer. Matt asks what is Tom’s New Year’s Resolution. Tom says he is going to gain weight and start smoking. Riddle says he is going to become the next MLW World Champion. They talk about their matches tonight. They say that Tom is facing Tiny Tim while Riddle is facing the kid from Home Alone and Riddle says tonight, he isn’t home alone. Riddle says this doesn’t look right and he puts a different hat on Tom.
Your announcers are Joe Dombrowski and Christian Cole.
Match Number One: Janai Kai versus Tiffani Avatar for the Featherweight Championship
Kai with a kick to the midsection and Avatar goes down. The referee checks on Avatar and calls for the bell.
Winner: Janai Kai (retains championship)
After the match, Kai gets a mic.
She tells New York the trash that she just took out represented all of you. This message is for Delmi Exo and she looks at her hair. She says she has something precious that belongs to you. A piece of your beautiful hair. This is what happens when you talk all this smack. If you want to continue, I might have to kick your teeth in and shave your head bald.
Hail Contra.
We go to commercial.
We are back with a look at the footage from the end of One Shot when Eric Bischoff made the phone call from the roof.
Delmi Exo says she thinks she lost sight of herself on her quest for gold. Each time she lost more of her identity as the God Queen. What she didn’t understand was the lengths that Janai would go to embarrass her and to anger her. There is a high honor in lucha heritage in how one identifies themselves. When you cross that line . . . She cannot sit back and watch and be a failure while you hold that title. Delmi says she is giving herself one more opportunity to take it from her. She says she is putting the biggest display of herself and her identity on the line. Hair versus title. She says she is not going to lose.
Match Number Two: Akira versus Minoru Suzuki
Akira with kicks to the leg and he goes for a take down but Suzuki blocks a droptoe hold and he goes for a heel hook. Suzuki goes for a crucifix but Akira escapes. Akira with a heel hook and he chops Suzuki. Suzuki is not impressed. Akira decides to go for kicks instead. Akira with a dragon screw and he kicks Suzuki in the knee. Akira hyper-extends the knee. Akira with more kicks and a wrist lock. Akira with a drop kick to the knee followed by a standard drop kick. Akira with a knee drop.
Akira with a heel hook and Suzuki gets to the ropes to force a break. Suzuki goes to the apron and Akira with forearms. Akira with kicks to the leg and he tries to suplex Suzuki back itno the ring but Suzuki punches Akira in the stitches in his side. Suzuki with a triangle in the ropes. Suzuki with kicks to the midsection and a snap mare. Suzuki with an abdominal stretch and he goes for the stitches and tries to remove them as Akira gets to the ropes.
Suzuki with punches to the ribs and a knee to the midsection. Akira with a chop and forearms. Suzuki with a forearm and Akira falls to the mat and he is staggered. Akira puts his hands behind his back and Suzuki does the same. Akira kicks Suzuki in the leg and Suzuki with an Irish whip but Akira blocks a Yakuza Kick and applies a dragon screw followed by a knee drop for a near fall.
Akira with an ankle lock. Suzuki gets to the ropes. Suzuki with an Irish whip and a Yakuza kick for a near fall. Suzuki with a rear naked choke attempt by Akira blocks it. Akira blocks a Gotch Pile Driver and Akira with a double leg take down and a jackknife cover for a near fall. Suzuki with a rear naked choke but Akira with a Saito suplex and a forearm for a near fall. Akira with a Northern Lights Bomb for a near fall. Akira goes for a figure four but Suzuki blocks it. Suzuki blocks a kick and he kicks Akira. Suzuki with a rear naked choke and a Gotch Pile Driver for the three count.
Winner: Minoru Suzuki
We look back at Alex Kane being fired by Eric Bischoff at One Shot.
We are told that Alex Kane is seeking revenge on Bischoff and the Rogue Horsemen despite his contract status.
We go to commercial.
We are back with a look at Eric Bischoff and Cesar Duran at One Shot talking about the stipulation for Mistico’s title defense.
Cesar Duran tells Salina he doesn’t know how Bischoff was executive producer. He says Court betrayed them. Salina says this isn’t betrayal but an opportunity. She says they call a person to see what they are up to. Salina wants to know where is the baby.
Cesar tells Jesus and Father to find the baby.
Cesar says he likes that opportunity.
Before the next match, Brett gets the mic and he addresses the crowd.
He tells everyone to take a good look at the next new championship franchise in the making. He asks the crowd if they are upset after listening to the reception he is receiving. He says you are jealous because New York is awful. The Giants, Jets, and Rangers suck. Do you have a winning team? He says Alex Kane sucks like New York. Tonight, he sweeps the floor with Matt Riddle, just like the Dodgers swept the floor with the Yankees.
Match Number Three: BRG versus Matt Riddle
Riddle wants a fist bump and Brett swats the hand away. Brett misses a punch and Riddle with two gutwrench suplexes and a back senton for a near fall. Riddle with a fisherman’s buster for a near fall. Brett with a double thrust to the throat and Riddle sends Brett to the floor with a head scissors. Brock and CW distract Riddle and Brett clips Riddle on the apron. Brett with a hanging DDT in the ropes for a near fall.
Brett kicks Riddle in the corner and then CW and Brock choke Riddle while the referee warns Brett. Riddle with a chop and forearms. Brett with a back elbow and a neck breaker for a near fall. Brett stomps on the foot. Brett goes up top and hits a double sledge off the turnbuckles. Brett goes up to again and Riddle goes to the turnbuckles and hits an overhead belly-to-belly superplex.
Bobby Fish comes to ringside to hand Brett something while Brett and CW try to hit a spike pile driver on the floor but Riddle escapes. Brett prepares to use the brass knuckles but someone comes to the apron and drops him on the top rope, and it is Alex Kane. Riddle with a tombstone for the three count.
Winner: Matt Riddle
Ultimo Guerrero says that Kojima is an excellent fighter and a super fighter, but he is a fighter of another level. He says that is why he is going to win the MLW title. He says he will bring the title to Mexico.
MSL goes to Timothy Thatcher and he has an envelope for him since he does not think he is being paid enough. MSL offer him a spot in the WTF ID program where he will be paid half now and half later if he breaks Tom Lawlor’s leg.
Thatcher grabs for the envelope and MSL reminds Thatcher to break the leg and Thatcher says he’s got it.
We go to commercial.
We are back and we see BRG flustered in the back after his loss to Matt Riddle.
Brett is passed in the stairwell by Paul Walter Hauser and he calls Brett ‘RBG’.
Brett wants to know what Paul said to him and Paul says he called him Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Brett corrects him and he tells Paul to show him some respect.
Paul says Brett doesn’t look okay and Brett says he just wrestled and Paul wouldn’t know how that feels.
Paul reminds Brett that he has wrestled and Brett talks about his win over Tom Lawlor. Now you think you are a superstar.
Paul says he knows he is a wrestler.
Brett says it takes more than one win. He is not going to let Paul come in here and take his spot.
Paul says he isn’t looking to take Brett’s spot because if he did, all he would have to do is get three monkeys to help him win matches and he could have Brett’s spot.
Brett reminds Paul what he did to Paul London. If you keep talking crap, you will end up in a body bag.
Paul says he will back off, not because of the halitosis, but because he looks pissed off. They can talk somewhere other than a stairwell.
Match Number Four: Titan versus Magnus
Titan misses a drop kick and a tornado DDT. Titan with a had scissors take down that sends Magnus to the floor. Titan with a suicide dive. Titan misses a baseball slide and Magnus blocks a head scissors with a power bomb on the apron. They return to the ring and Magnus gets a near fall. Magnus with another near fall. Magnus with a drop toe hold and Tiger Feint Kick and a slingshot rolling cutter for a near fall.
Magnus with a butterfly gourdbuster for a near fall. Magnus puts Titan on the turnbuckles and goes for Titan’s mask and Titan saves the mask from being removed. Magnus with kicks in the tree of woe followed by some push ups. Titan with a boot but Magnus with a clothesline and boot to the head. Titan trips Magnus and he connects with a kick from the apron and a body scissors take down over the top rope to the floor. Titan with a flip dive onto Magnus and the first two rows.
Titan with a knee and a wrist lock twisting slam for a near fall. Titan with a double leg take down and he applies a Sharpshooter but Magnus gets to the ropes to force the break. They exchange chops. Titan with a series of strikes but Magnus with a kick. Titan with a kick and both men are down. Titan with a kick to the back and he sets for a Tiger Driver but Magnus blocks it. Magnus blocks a tornado DDT and he sends Titan to the mat for a near fall. Magnus with a butterfly back breaker for a near fall. Titan with a jumping back heel kick followed by a clothesline to the back in the corner. Titan goes up top and he misses a double stomp and rolls through. Magnus with a buckle bomb followed by a running double knee strike for a near fall. Magnus gets Titan up but he lands on his feet. Magnus with a chop and Titan with a tornado DDT and a gourdbuster followed by a thrust kick. Titan goes up top and hits a double stomp for a near fall. Titan with a Sharpshooter and he pulls Magnus into the center of the ring and he bridges to force Magnus to tap.
Winner: Titan
We take a look at Matt Riddle with a video package.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Kevin Knight is down and CW and Brock Anderson stand over him and walk away.
Match Number Five: Timothy Thatcher versus Tom Lawlor
They lock up and Thatcher tries for a hip toss but Lawlor blocks it. They have a Greco Roman Knuckle Lock and Lawlor gets Thatcher to the mat and Thatcher bridges. Lawlor tries to add pressure to the hold but Thatcher with a monkey flip into a near fall. Thatcher with a front face lock into a wrist lock and Lawlor escapes. Lawlor with a waist lock and Thatcher with a standing switch. Lawlor with a standing switch and Thatcher with a forearm to the back. Lawlor with a back elbow and he knocks Thatcher to the floor. Lawlor with a triangle on the apron.
Thatcher escapes and he applies a single leg crab on the floor. Thatcher slams the leg into the apron and guardrail. Thatcher with a forearm across the chest. Thatcher with another forearm to the chest. Lawlor and Thatcher exchange punches and Thatcher tries to suplex Lawlor back into the ring but Lawlor blocks it and he applies a guillotine in the ropes. Thatcher with a dragon screw when Lawlor tries to get back into the ring. Thatcher works on the ankle and applies an ankle lock. Thatcher kicks the ankle when Lawlor gets to the ropes. Lawlor with kicks to the leg and Thatcher with an elbow drop to the leg.
Thatcher with a spinning hole hold into a figure four bow and arrow. Lawlor with chops and a shoulder into the corner. Thatcher clips Lawlor and gets a near fall. Thatcher with a Border City Stretch. Lawlor with a European uppercut and a drop toe hold and he rolls Thatcher around the ring before getting a near fall. Lawlor with a rollup for a near fall. Lawlor with a back slide for a near fall. Lawlor with a knee for a near fall. Thatcher with a belly-to-belly suplex for a near fall. Thatcher with a European uppercut and he sets for a butterfly superplex but Lawlor with a head butt to send Thatcher to the mat. Lawlor with a forearm off the turnbuckles and he applies the rear naked choke and Thatcher passes out.
Winner: Tom Lawlor
After the match, Lawlor takes the mic.
Tom asks the crowd to repeat what they were saying because he couldn’t hear them because of his cauliflower ear.
MSL makes his way to the ring and Donovan Dijak tries to attack him from behind. Lawlor stops him and punches Dijak and hits a face buster. Lawlor clotheslines Dijak over the top rope to the floor.
Lawlor and Dijak are held back by security.
Cesar Duran is with Jesus and a masked associate. They hear the baby crying and Jesus has found the baby.
Jesus picks up a note and he shows it to Cesar.
The note says that they could have taken the baby, but they took the father instead.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Matthew Justice tells The Rogue Horsemen that he has dealt with this before. He dealt with The Calling and Contra. He will continue to take things in MLW to a new level of extreme. He is the Openweight Champion and in Dallas, he has a chance to become the first Triple Crown Champion in MLW.
Match Number Six: Satoshi Kojima versus Ultimo Guerrero for the MLW World Championship
Guerrero hits Kojima with part of his gear before the match starts.
Guerrero with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Kojima with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Guerrero with a chop and Kojima chops back. The go back and forth. Guerrero with punches and a drop toe hold followed by an elbow drop to the lower back. Guerrero with a boot to the head and he sends Kojima to the floor. Guerrero follows and he has some words for Okumura.
Guerrero with chops and they return to the ring. Guerrero sends Kojima into the turnbuckles and he kicks Kojima. Guerrero with an Irish whip and clothesline. Guerrero misses a clothesline on a second Irish whip. Kojima with the rapid fire chops followed by an Irish whip and a running forearm. Kojima with an elbow drop off the turnbuckles for a near fall. Kojima with forearms and a rolling elbow. Kojima with a kick and DDT. Guerrero blocks a snap mare and Guerrero with a tilt-a-whirl power slam. Guerrero with a baseball slide to send Kojima off the apron and into the guardrail. Kojima struggles to get back into the ring and falls to the floor. Guerrero sends Kojima back into the ring. Guerrero with a clothesline and Kojima stays o his feet. Both men go for a clothesline at the same time. Kojima with a Cozy Cutter for a near fall. Kojima puts Guerrero on the turnbuckles and he goes up top. Guerrero with a super gourdbuster for a near fall.
Guerrero goes back to the turnbuckle and Kojima with punches. Guerrero with a super power bomb for a near fall. Guerrero goes for a power bomb but Kojima escapes and hits a twisting suplex for a near fall. Guerrero with a clothesline for a near fall. Kojima with a clothesline for the three count.
Winner: Satoshi Kojima (retains Championship)
After the match, Okumura checks on Kojima.
We see Matt Riddle applauding from the back watching on MONITOR.
We go to credits.
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