{"id":121611,"date":"2023-12-06T10:00:52","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T15:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=121611"},"modified":"2023-12-04T01:16:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T06:16:14","slug":"preview-mlw-one-shot-12-7-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2023\/12\/06\/preview-mlw-one-shot-12-7-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: MLW One Shot (12\/7\/23)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After six years, <em><strong>MLW One Shot<\/strong><\/em> returns to the <strong>MLW<\/strong> calendar. The inaugural One Shot took place in October 2017 and relaunched MLW after the company closed in 2004. The card featured various young talents who went on to greatness elsewhere: <strong>Wheeler Yuta, Darby Allin, Tama Tonga,\u00a0Swerve Strickland,<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>MJF<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This second coming feels more like a statement show. It features diverse matches, intriguing inter-promotional matches, and a dramatic &#8220;big feel&#8221; heavyweight championship bout.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s fitting that New York (The Melrose Ballroom) was the chosen venue, given the <strong>World Titan Federation\u2019s (WTF)<\/strong> desire to transform MLW into the future of sports entertainment. The only thing standing in their way is the <strong>BOMBAYE Fight Club\u2019s<\/strong> leader, <strong>Alex Kane<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>MLW National Openweight Title Fight: Rickey Shane Page vs. Jimmy Lloyd <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Jimmy Lloyd has been fighting against <strong>The Calling<\/strong> for several months alongside <strong>The Second Gear Crew<\/strong>. Lloyd failed to capture The National Openweight Championship against <strong>AKIRA<\/strong> in a street fight back in September. However, Lloyd has not been deterred.<\/p>\n<p>The clear underdog in this match, Lloyd has odds on his side. On Fusion this past week, Lloyd beat The Calling\u2019s 300-pound monster, <strong>Cannonball,<\/strong> in a Thumbtack Pit of Deathmatch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Calling<\/strong> has been weakened losing the MLW World Tag Team Championships and AKIRA at <strong>Fightland.\u00a0<\/strong>However, the champion, \u201cThe Human Slaughterhouse,\u201d <strong>Rickey Shane Page,<\/strong> has been undefeated in singles competition since taking the championship from Jacob Fatu. This match will likely be a bowling shoe ugly brawl.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>TJPW Princess of Princess Title Fight: Miyu Yamashita vs. Delmi Exo <\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Ace of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tjpw2013?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TJPW2013<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/miyu_tjp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@miyu_tjp<\/a> vs. The God Queen <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DelmiExo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@DelmiExo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\uddd3Dec 7 \ud83d\udccdNYC <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MLW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MLW<\/a><br \/>\n\ud83c\udf9f<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BTyTHwZppn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/BTyTHwZppn<\/a> \ud83d\udcfa<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FiteTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@FiteTV<\/a>+ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nU5OF5r2qj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/nU5OF5r2qj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLW (@MLW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLW\/status\/1731280133389013006?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPink Striker\u201d <strong>Miyu Yamashita<\/strong> was first advertised with a vignette during <strong>Slaughterhouse<\/strong> back in October. This was the same night as <strong>Delmi Exo<\/strong> lost her MLW Featherweight Championship to <strong>Jania Kai<\/strong>. The self-proclaimed \u201cThe God Queen,\u201d Exo, set out the challenge to Miyu Yamashita two weeks ago using social media. Exo has lost one crown and now seeks to become TJPW\u2019s Princess of Princess.<\/p>\n<p>Yamashita has travelled America earlier this year, competing for <strong>Impact Wrestling, Ring of Honor.<\/strong> More recently Yamashita has been competing in Japan and England for <strong>Pro-Wrestling: EVE<\/strong>. Like the MLW Featherweight Championship match, there is the potential for hard-hitting joshi-style action.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>MLW World Middleweight and CMLL World Historical Welterweight Championships: Rocky Romero vs. M<\/strong><strong>\u00e1scara Dorada<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>At Fightland, <strong>M<\/strong><strong>\u00e1scara Dorada<\/strong> scored the pin over Promociones Dorado. On the subsequent Fusion, Dorada challenged <strong>Rocky Romero<\/strong> to defend both championships at One Shot. Rocky has accepted and promises that the golden mask luchadore\u2019s the ultimate doom. Both Rocky and <strong>Salina de la Renta<\/strong> are already confident in their victory.<\/p>\n<p>Yet Dorada proved at Fightland he is not to be underestimated, and in CMLL, Dorada is coming in with a string of trios victories, giving him momentum. However, Salina will be in Rocky\u2019s corner, and given how Promociones Dorado beat down <strong>Ichiban <\/strong>after Fightland, the odds are against Dorada.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>First-ever Bodies by Saint Laurent Bodybuilder Contest <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Founder and promoter of WTF, <strong>Mister Saint Laurent,<\/strong> has promised the fans, despite negotiations with the Chinese for, a hologram of Athera Franklin singing America the Beauty, a spectacle.<\/p>\n<p>Feeling like a throwback to <strong>Vince McMahon\u2019s<\/strong> World Body Builder Federation sports entertainment, expect WTF members, the former MLW World Champion and MLW defector<strong>, Alex Hammerstone<\/strong>, and a man who has been given a similar look and nickname to P<strong>sycho Sid<\/strong>, <strong>Josh Bishop, <\/strong>to display their impressive physiques.<\/p>\n<p>Will the fix be in for the WTF? Or will someone else on the MLW roster be able to challenge the Titans muscular fortitude?<\/p>\n<h3><strong>MLW Featherweight Championship: Jania Kai vs. Maki Itoh<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Will the Kick Demon <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Janai_Kai?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Janai_Kai<\/a> kick the $#** mischief out of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maki_itoh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@maki_itoh<\/a>?<br \/>\n\ud83d\uddd3Dec 7 \ud83d\udccdNYC <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MLW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MLW<\/a><br \/>\n\ud83c\udf9f<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BTyTHwZXeV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/BTyTHwZXeV<\/a> \ud83d\udcfa<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FiteTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@FiteTV<\/a>+ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LEX4MIrYKP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/LEX4MIrYKP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLW (@MLW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLW\/status\/1730593593574948955?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jania Kai<\/strong> has been cutting women down like a chainsaw through a forest in MLW. This second women\u2019s contest of the night offers the champion a real challenge against the \u201cfired idol,\u201d Maki Itoh.<\/p>\n<p>Itoh, having competed for AEW and, more recently, GCW. Itoh has been headbutting her way through the US indie scene this past year, beating both men and female in competition. I<\/p>\n<p>t\u2019s a complete clash of personalities and styles as the \u201ckick demon,\u201d who has torn down opponents in a short time, takes on a bubbling and unpredictable personality in Itoh. At <em>MLW One Shot<\/em>, given Itoh\u2019s &#8220;famously hard head,&#8221; will Kai be able to keep the former singer down?<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Satoshi Kojima vs. \u201cFilthy\u201d Tom Lawlor: Clash of past great MLW World Heavyweight Champions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Two of MLW\u2019s greatest world champions clash<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\uddd3Dec 7 \ud83d\udccdNYC <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MLW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MLW<\/a><br \/>\n\ud83c\udf9f<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BTyTHwZppn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/BTyTHwZppn<\/a> \ud83d\udcfa<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FiteTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@FiteTV<\/a>+ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AL4izhHfLw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/AL4izhHfLw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLW (@MLW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLW\/status\/1731088856907137322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Built as a clash of eras, a match to decide who was the best MLW World Heavyweight Champion of all time, it is also a clash of pro wrestling vs. sports entertainment. The first-ever champion*, <strong>Satoshi Kojima<\/strong>, takes on the former UFC fighter and WTF member, <strong>&#8220;Filthy&#8221; Tom Lawlor<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Kojima&#8217;s last US match was against <strong>CM Punk<\/strong> at <strong>Forbidden Door <\/strong>in the Owen Hart Invitational Tournament. That was a physical encounter. Given Kojima and Lawlor&#8217;s reputations for technical and hard-hitting strikers&#8217; offense, this match will be intense. Lawlor, in promos, has repeated how he needs this victory to prove his excellence.<\/p>\n<p>With the WTF in his corner, the odds seem in his favor. Whether the match is a straight combat-orientated fight or plays into sports entertainment shenanigans, this match could leave both men bruised and bloodied at the least.<\/p>\n<p>*- The promotion does not recognize <strong>Shane Douglas<\/strong> as the inaugural champion. Douglas won the belt in a tournament, yet mirroring his actions with the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in 1994, he threw down the belt.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>MLW World Heavyweight Championship &#8211; Alex Kane vs. Matt Cardona w\/ Steph De Lander<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Since his debut, Cardona has had his eyes firmly set on the MLW World Heavyweight Championship. After sending <strong>Mance Warner<\/strong> from MLW with the assistance of Mancer\u2019s fianc\u00e9, <strong>Steph De Lander<\/strong>, Cardona has an easier road to One Shot. For the champion, has the grind of being the champion gotten to Alex Kane physically?<\/p>\n<p>First, Kane suffered a sneak attack beat down after his victory over <strong>Jacob Fatu<\/strong> at Fightland. The WTF dogpiled the champion. Kane was left bloody. Then, at Fusion on Thanksgiving, Kane injured his ribs during a tag bout with <strong>Mr Thomas<\/strong> against Cardona and Lawlor. Although the champion returned, he had to fight through the pain and lost.<\/p>\n<p>Cardona is undefeated. Kane appears injured. Although in his final words to Cardona, the Suplex Assassin promised to take the sports entertainer to Suplex Island, the champion will not give up. MLW builds itself around styles make fights. This is the ultimate example of competing wrestling philosophies of combat-sports grappling against viral entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>On paper, the odds would stand in the champion&#8217;s favor if not for an injury, the manpower and tactics of WTF, and the veteran experience of Cardona.<\/p>\n<p>Whether the BOMBAYE Fight Club will be able to deal with the outside interference of the WTF or assistance comes from elsewhere (The Second Gear Crew and their newest friend, Masked Good Brother #3, perhaps) may determine if Kane will retain. All that and more on the exciting even known as\u00a0<em>MLW One Shot<\/em>!<\/p>\n<h3>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/h3>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. MLW FUSION airs every Thursday on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/majorleaguewrestling\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>\u00a0at 8 PM EST and every Saturday on beIN SPORTS at 10 PM EST.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After six years, MLW One Shot returns to the MLW calendar. The inaugural One Shot took place in October 2017 and relaunched MLW after the company closed in 2004. The card featured various young talents who went on to greatness elsewhere: Wheeler Yuta, Darby Allin, Tama Tonga,\u00a0Swerve Strickland,\u00a0and MJF. 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