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Promotion Major League Wrestling
DateJuly 19, 2018
(aired July 27, 2018)
City New York, New York
VenueMelrose Ballroom
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Battle Riot (sequentially known as Battle Riot I) was a professional wrestling event produced by Major League Wrestling (MLW) that took place on July 19, 2018 at the Melrose Ballroom in New York, New York. The event aired as a special episode of MLW's television program, Fusion , on July 27 on beIN Sports. [1] It was the first event under the Battle Riot chronology.

Contents

Eleven matches took place at the event with three matches airing at the Battle Riot special on July 27 while other matches were taped for future episodes of Fusion. The main event was the first-ever 40-man Battle Riot match, with the winner earning a future title shot for the World Heavyweight Championship. Tom Lawlor won the match. The event also featured a match between Maxwell Jacob Friedman and Joey Ryan to determine the inaugural World Middleweight Championship. [2] [3]

Production

Background

In July 2017, Major League Wrestling resumed promoting events for the first time since the promotion's original closure in 2004. The success of these events lead MLW to secure a television deal with beIN Sports for a new program, MLW Fusion , which debuted on April 20, 2018. [4] [5]

On May 7, 2018, MLW announced that it would hold an event at the Melrose Ballroom in New York, New York on July 19 which would be a television taping of Fusion, marking the return of MLW to New York after 2002. [6] On May 31, MLW announced that the first-ever 40-man Battle Riot match would take place. The eponymous Battle Riot match is based on WWE's Royal Rumble match, where 40 participants participate and a new participant enters the match at every 60 seconds. Eliminations occur by pinfall, submission or being thrown over the top rope. The winner will be awarded a MLW World Heavyweight Championship opportunity at any place and time of his choosing. [7] [8] It was announced that Battle Riot would air as MLW's first two-hour television special on July 27 on beIN Sports. [9]

Storylines

The card consisted of matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches, with results predetermined by MLW's writers. Storylines were played out on MLW's television program Fusion . [10]

On June 12, MLW announced that the first-ever Battle Riot match would take place at the namesake event on July 19 and John Hennigan, Kevin Sullivan, A. C. H. and Davey Boy Smith were announced as the first four participants of the match. [11] In the upcoming weeks, more participants were added into the match including Pentagon, Jr., Barrington Hughes, Jake Hager, Jimmy Yuta, [12] PCO, [13] Lance Anoa'i, [14] Swoggle, [15] Konnan, [16] Sami Callihan, Joey Ryan, Jason Cade, [17] Tom Lawlor, [18] Jimmy Havoc, Brody King, Low Ki, Headshrinker Samu, Rey Fenix, [19] Maxwell Jacob Friedman, Homicide, Simon Gotch, Vandal Ortagun, Leo Brien and Michael Patrick. [20]

On June 28, MLW announced that the first-ever World Middleweight Champion would be crowned in a match between Maxwell Jacob Friedman and Joey Ryan at Battle Riot. [21]

On July 16, MLW announced that Myron Reed would be making his MLW debut at Battle Riot against Kotto Brazil. [22]

Event

Tom Lawlor was the winner of the inaugural Battle Riot match. Tomlawlormma.jpg
Tom Lawlor was the winner of the inaugural Battle Riot match.

The first match that aired at Battle Riot took place between Kotto Brazil and Myron Reed. Brazil executed a running backflip three-quarter facelock inverted DDT for the win.

Next, Maxwell Jacob Friedman and Joey Ryan competed in a match for the new MLW World Middleweight Championship. MJF poked Ryan in the eyes and nailed a shoulderbreaker to win the match and become the inaugural World Middleweight Champion.

The main event was the inaugural 40-man Battle Riot match, where eliminations would occur by pinfall, submission or tossing the competitor over the top rope and the winner would be earning a future MLW World Heavyweight Championship opportunity. Pentagon, Jr. and Rey Fenix competed as the first two entrants of the match. Jimmy Havoc entered the match last at #40. Tom Lawlor (#5), Sami Callihan (#30), Jake Hager (#38) and John Hennigan (#40) were the last four participants. Lawlor choked out Callihan to eliminate him and Hager tossed Morrison over the top rope which led to Lawlor and Hager becoming the final two participants of the match. Lawlor eliminated Hager by tossing him over the top rope to win the Battle Riot.

Aftermath

The feud between Team Filthy and Stud Stable which had begun before Battle Riot escalated due to Tom Lawlor's elimination of Jake Hager to win the Battle Riot. Hager defeated Team Filthy member Simon Gotch on the August 3 episode of Fusion. [23] On the August 17 episode of Fusion, Lawlor challenged Hager to a match in the Jungle MMA Gym but Stud Stable manager Col. Robert Parker instead put Parrow in the match, whom Lawlor defeated. [24] On the August 31 episode of Fusion, Lawlor defeated Hager to end the feud. [25] As a result of winning the Battle Riot, Lawlor announced on the October 19 episode of Fusion that he would cash in for his World Heavyweight Championship title shot against Low Ki at SuperFight on February 2, 2019, [26] [27] which Lawlor would win. [28]

The feud between MJF and Joey Ryan continued after Battle Riot as the team of MJF and Aria Blake defeated Ryan and the debuting Taya Valkyrie in a mixed tag team match on the September 21 episode of Fusion. [29]

Results

No.ResultsStipulations
1FT Fred Yehi defeated Richard Holliday Singles match
2Kotto Brazil defeated Myron Reed Singles match
3FT Jake Hager (with Col. Robert Parker and The Dirty Blondes) defeated Simon Gotch (with Fred Yehi and Tom Lawlor) Singles match
4FT Jimmy Havoc defeated Brody King Singles match
5FT Lucha Brothers (Pentagón Jr. and Rey Fenix) (c) defeated Drago and Rey Horus Tag team match for the MLW World Tag Team Championship
6FT PCO defeated Homicide Singles match
7 Maxwell Jacob Friedman defeated Joey Ryan Singles match for the vacant MLW World Middleweight Championship
8FT Sami Callihan (with The Death Machines) defeated Shane Strickland Singles match
9FT Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Teddy Hart (with Brian Pillman Jr.) defeated A. C. H. and Rich Swann Tag team match
10FT Low Ki (c) defeated John Hennigan Singles match for the MLW World Heavyweight Championship
11Tom Lawlor won by last eliminating Jake Hager40-man Battle Riot match for a future MLW World Heavyweight Championship match
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
FT – the match was taped for a future broadcast of Fusion

Battle Riot match entrances and eliminations

DrawEntrantOrder [30] Eliminated by [30] Method of elimination [30] Elimination(s)
1 Pentagon Jr. 11Fallah BahhOver the top rope1
2 Rey Fenix 10Fallah BahhOver the top rope2
3 Brody King 1Tom LawlorSubmission0
4 Kenny Doane 6Barrington HughesPinfall0
5 Tom Lawlor –Winner–10
6 Lance Anoa'i 7Barrington HughesPinfall1
7 Rey Horus 13Barrington HughesOver the top rope0
8 Kevin Sullivan 2Tom LawlorSubmission0
9 Fallah Bahh 9Pentagon Jr. and Rey FenixOver the top rope2
10 Swoggle 5Tom LawlorSubmission0
11 Headshrinker Samu 3Lance Anoa'iOver the top rope0
12 A. C. H. 4Rey FenixPinfall0
13 Konnan 8Barrington HughesPinfall0
14Barrington Hughes18Jason Cade, Jimmy Yuta and Richard HollidayOver the top rope8
15 Jimmy Yuta 15Barrington HughesOver the top rope1
16Kotto Brazil12Tom LawlorPinfall1
17 Richard Holliday 17Barrington HughesOver the top rope1
18 Fred Yehi 16Barrington HughesOver the top rope0
19Jason Cade14Barrington HughesOver the top rope1
20 Teddy Hart 19HimselfOver the top rope0
21Vandal Ortagun20Tom LawlorSubmission0
22 Mikey Mondo 21Tom LawlorSubmission0
23 PCO 24Tom Lawlor and Simon GotchOver the top rope0
24 L.A. Smooth 22PCOOver the top rope0
25 Simon Gotch 31Jake HagerOver the top rope2
26 Homicide 25Sami Callihan and Michael PatrickOver the top rope1
27 Davey Boy Smith Jr. 26Sawyer Fulton and Leon ScottOver the top rope0
28 The Blue Meanie 23HomicideOver the top rope0
29Michael Patrick30John HenniganOver the top rope1
30 Sami Callihan 37Tom LawlorOver the top rope2
31 Sawyer Fulton 34John HenniganPinfall1
32 Shane Strickland 36Sami CallihanOver the top rope2
33Leon Scott29Jake HagerOver the top rope1
34 Drago 32Jimmy HavocOver the top rope0
35Leo Bryan33Shane StricklandOver the top rope0
36 Joey Ryan 28Simon GotchOver the top rope0
37 Maxwell Jacob Friedman 27Tom LawlorOver the top rope0
38 Jake Hager 39Tom LawlorOver the top rope3
39 John Hennigan 38Jake HagerOver the top rope1
40 Jimmy Havoc 35Shane StricklandOver the top rope1

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