MLW World Title To Be On The Line In Battle Riot

For the second straight year, the MLW World Heavyweight Title will be on the line in the Battle Riot match.

Mads Krule Krugger is the reigning champion.

From MLW:

MLW World Title on the line in Battle RIOT VIII on Jan 29 in Kissimmee, FL

ORLANDO, FL – Major League Wrestling (MLW) today announced Mads Krule Krugger will defend the MLW World Championship in MLW Battle RIOT VIII on Thursday, January 29 at the Osceola Heritage Park Events Center in Kissimmee, FL.

🎟 Buy tickets starting at $10 as part of MLW’s fan Appreciation Night at http://www.MLWLive.com and Ticketmaster.

Major League Wrestling today announced a major change to Battle RIOT VIII:
the MLW World Heavyweight Championship will be defended inside the Battle RIOT match itself.

The reigning MLW World Heavyweight Champion Mads Krule Krugger will put the league’s ultimate prize on the line in MLW’s signature 40-wrestler extravaganza on Thursday, January 29 at the Osceola Heritage Park Events Center in Kissimmee, Florida.

MLW Nation spoke… and MLW listened.

After MLW posed the question to fans, “Should the MLW World Championship be on the line in this year’s Battle RIOT?” the response was overwhelming. Across MLW’s Instagram, Facebook, and X social media channels, fans delivered a landslide verdict: put the title on the line.

This marks only the second time in history that the Battle RIOT will be contested for the MLW World Heavyweight Championship, following last year’s smash-hit RIOT in Los Angeles. Now, the stakes are even higher as Kissimmee prepares to host a 40-wrestler extravaganza with MLW’s top prize hanging in the balance.

The Battle RIOT is unlike any match in the sport. Two competitors start the fight. Every 60 seconds, a new wrestler enters. Eliminations occur by pinfall, submission, or being thrown over the top rope with both feet hitting the floor. There are no disqualifications — meaning weapons are legal, alliances are fleeting, and chaos is guaranteed. The last competitor standing will leave with the MLW World Heavyweight Championship.

Standing in the center of it all is the towering, 7-foot champion, Mads Krule Krugger — a force who has crushed everyone placed in his path. But with 39 challengers entering at timed intervals, danger can come from any direction at any moment.
Will Krugger continue his reign of dominance… or will Battle RIOT VIII crown a new World Heavyweight Champion?

On January 29 in Kissimmee, history will be written when the RIOT erupts and the MLW World Title hangs in the balance.

Grab your seats at MLWLive.com and Ticketmaster! Don’t miss MLW’s return to the Orlando metro area for the first time in six years!

Battle RIOT VIII participants:
•MLW World Heavyweight Champion Mads Krule Krugger
•Alex Hammerstone
•Austin Aries
•“Machine Gun” Karl Anderson
•Killer Kross
•Bishop Dyer
•Doc Gallows
•Bishop Dyer
•KUSHIDA
•CMLL’s Templario
•Donovan Dijak
•Matthew Justice
•Paul London
•Adam Brooks
•Ikuro Kwon
•Anthony Greene
•Joe Coffey
•Mark Coffey
•Mr. Thomas
•Diego Hill
•Jesus Rodriguez
•Okumura

MLW World Middleweight Championship
Templario (champion) vs. KUSHIDA

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