A CMLL Tag Team specialist looks to become a singles champion for the first time in his career.
Matt Riddle is scheduled to defend the MLW World Heavyweight Championship in the company’s annual Battle Riot match and it’s shaping up to be a star studded event featuring names from all kinds of professional wrestling. For those who don’t remember, Battle Riot is a 40-wrestler match where pinfalls, submissions, and over-the-top eliminations all count.
This is also the first time that the Battle RIOT match has been held for the World Heavyweight Championship. MLW has already confirmed several big names; former MLW World Heavyweight Champion Satoshi Kojima, Paul Walter Hauser, Bobby Fish, Jesus Rodriguez, Paul London, and Brock Anderson are just some of the competitors confirmed for the match.
Magnus hopes to finally win his first singles title in Major League Wrestling.
Magnus is a well known luchador who has competed in the Mexican circuit for over a decade. Recently, Magnus has been branching into the American market in professional wrestling as he’s performed in AEW, ROH, and of course, MLW. Magnus has fought off and on in MLW for the past several years, but the CMLL star is looking to expand into the promotion full time and winning the MLW World Heavyweight Championship will certainly justify that cause.
Magnus has never won a world title despite competing in more than five promotions. But that's due to the luchador being focused mainly on tag team wrestling. Magnus has spread his wings into singles competition as of late and is seeing some success thus far. Will that success carry over to the Battle Riot match?
The MLW show is really shaping up to be something special. Check out the updated line-up below:
40-wrestler Battle RIOT match for Matt Riddle’s MLW World Heavyweight Championship. Participants:
- Matt Riddle (champion)
- Donovan Dijak
- Satoshi Kojima
- Barbaro Cavernario
- Hechicero
- Paul Walter Hauser
- Paul London
- ”Filthy” Tom Lawlor
- Atlantis Jr.
- BRG
- Bobby Fish
- MLW National Openweight Champion Matthew Justice
- Alex Kane
- Brock Anderson
- Esfinge
- Okumura
- Kushida
- Anthony Greene
- Atlantis
- Ultimo Guerrero
- Bishop Dyer
- Ikuro Kwon
- Star Jr.
- Shane Haste
- Mr. Thomas
- CW Anderson
- Magnus
MLW World Middleweight Championship:
Místico (champion) vs. Templario
MLW Women’s World Featherweight Championship:
Delmi Exo (champion) vs. Shoko Nakajima