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Matt Riddle says Kojima is a legend and he is the man to test him. Kojima says this title is not for Riddle to take. Riddle says this has been going for this moment since 2018. Kojima says that Riddle thinks he is ready to challenge for the title but he will show why he is the champion. Riddle says he will take Kojima into the deep waters he is not used to. Kojima says he will shut up Riddle with a lariat. Riddle says it is not about titles when the bell rings, it is about who is left standing. Kojima says Riddle has never faced this type of fighting spirit and he will learn.
Your announcers are Joe Dombrowski and Christian Cole.
We see many briefcases over the ring for the Gravity Gamble match.
Match Number One: Gravity Gamble Match: Mads Krugger versus Matthew Justice versus Akira versus BRG versus Kevin Knight
Brock and CW Anderson attack Kevin Knight as he makes his way to the ring and they hit him with a chair.
Mr. Thomas has decided to take Knight's spot in the match.
Brett stays on the floor while everyone else waits for the match to start.
Justice poses on the barbed wire ladder he brought into the ring. Brett has words for everyone and that means that Justice kicks him. Thomas, Justice, and Akira go after Mads and send him over the top rope to the floor. Mads pulls Justice to the floor. Akira with a Pele Kick to Thomas. Mads punches Justice and Akira with a cross body onto Mads and Justice on the floor. Brett sends a ladder into the ring. Thomas pushes the ladder onto Brett and then he gingerly runs the ladder and hits a senton onto Justice, Mads, and Akira on the floor. Thomas holds his arm after the impact. Brett sets up the ladder in the ring and starts to climb it.
Akira climbs the other side of the ladder and they exchange punches and head butts. Akira head butts Brett and Mads pulls Brett off the ladder and into the barbed wire ladder. Akira gets a briefcase and he hits Mads in the head with it. There is no contract, but a staple gun and he uses it on Mads. Akira with a drop kick off the ladder to Mads. Akira punches Thomas with the staple gun. Akira staples Mads and then he kicks Brett. Akira sets to staple Brett in his Gosselins but he staples his hand to his leg and he puts him in a Lotus Lock. Mads misses a splash and hits the barbed wire ladder. Akira staples Mads again. Mads goes Funk with a helicopter with the barbed wire ladder to Akira and Thomas. Justice stops Mads and then Justice sets up the barbed wire ladder and climbs it to get a briefcase.
There is barbed wire in the briefcase. Justice hits Mads with the briefcase and then he puts the barbed wire around Akira and Thomas's heads. Everyone is on the floor and Akira staples Mads and Brett. Justice sends Brett into the ring and Justice has a tale. Mads also has a table and he sets it up on the floor. Justice hits Brett with a briefcase and then he goes for a Death Valley Driver into the table but Brett escapes. Justice climbs the ladder and he is pulled off by Thomas. Everyone goes back to the floor.. Thomas gets a bigger ladder and Mads stops him but Thomas swings the ladder into Mads.
Thomas puts the ladder against the turnbuckles and then bridges it to one in the center of the ring. Brett drops Thomas on the top rope and then Brett walks the ladder but Mads is on the ladder in the center of the ring. Akira is behind Brett and Brett is stuck. Mads choke slams Brett onto the ladder and Akira with a back senton onto Brett and both men fall to the mat. Thomas hits Mads with a chair to knock him off the ladder. Thomas climbs the ladder and gets a briefcase but Justice spears Thomas off the ladder through the table in the corner. That ladder remains above the ring. Mads climbs a ladder and he has a briefcase in his hands and Akira climbs the other side. Akira staples Mads in the leg and Mads has bag of thumbtacks from the briefcase and he pours them on Akira. Akira spits thumbtacks at Mads.
Akira and Justice go for a double superplex off the ladders onto the thumbtacks. Brett sets up a large ladder and he starts to climb it but he is stopped by Thomas. They both climb the ladder and they exchange punches on top. Thomas knocks Brett off. Brock and CW Anderson pull Thomas off the ladder and kick him. Brock helps Brett up the ladder and he gets a briefcase and ie he can figure out how to open it, he opens it and the briefcase is empty.
CW and Brock bring a table into the ring. CW kicks Thomas and then he hits Mads with a chair. Thomas throws a chair at Brett and then power bombs him through a table. The wrestlers get back into the ring and they clear the center of the ring as they all look at the one remaining briefcase. Justice punches Mads and then Akira and Thomas join in. Mads with a choke slam to Akira into the thumbtacks followed by a power bomb. Mads climbs the ladder and he fights off Akira. Justice hits Akira with a chair and then he hits Mads. Justice with a Death Valley Driver onto a ladder in the corner. Akira pulls Justice off the ladder and Justice with forearms. Mads with a forearm to Justice and he goes for a choke slam on Akira but Akira escapes and hits a German suplex onto a ladder.
Justice spears Akira into a ladder. Justice climbs the ladder but Mads pushes Justice off and he goes through one of the tables on the floor and hits the side of the other. Mads climbs the ladder and Akira hits him with the chair. Akira climbs the ladder and he is at the top with Mads. Akira with head butts and he tries to suplex Mads off the ladder but Mads choke slams Akira through the chair.
Mads gets the briefcase with the contract.
Winner: Mads Krugger
Cesar is on the phone with Eric and he talks about co-promoting a show.
The dramatic music stops and Salina says the father of her child is missing.
Salina says she is not going to 'move on'.
Match Number Two: Atlantis and Atlantis Jr. versus Blue Panther and Dark Panther
Junior and Dark start things off. They shake hands and Dark with a take down and Junior with a wrist lock take down. Dark with a single leg take down and he works on the ankle. Junior with a wrist lock and take down. Junior with an arm drag. Dark with a single leg take down and he misses a splash. Junior with a head scissors. Blue and Atlantis tag in. They lock up and Atlantis with a waist lock and Blue with a wrist lock and Atlantis with a reversal into a hammer lock. Atlantis with a waist lock and Blue with a back elbow and single leg take down. Atlantis stretches Blue and then he applies a head scissors. Blue with a headstand to escape.
Atlantis with an arm drag and he gets a near fall. Atlantis with an arm drag into an arm bar. Dark breaks things up and he sends Junior to the floor. Blue and Dark kick Atlantis to the floor and then Dark twists in the ropes to taunt Atlantis. Dark with a kick to Atlantis and a suicide dive to Junior. Blue gets a near fall. Blue and Dark slam Atlantis and Dark gets a near fall. Blue with a snap mare and Dark with a springboard drop kick for a near fall. Dark punches Junior and they Irish whip Atlantis. Blue with a splash and Dark with a forearm. They Irish whip Junior and he leap frogs them and Atlantis with a Japanese arm drag. Junior with a double cross body. Atlantis and Junior with splashes.
Junior pulls Dark to the mat and hits an arm drag off the turnbuckles to Blue. Atlantis with a head scissors to Dark followed by a second one. Atlantis tags in and Blue with chops. Blue misses a clothesline and Atlantis with a hip toss. Atlantis with a double Japanese arm drag. Atlantis with hip tosses. Junior drop kicks Blue to the floor. Atlantis with a cross body off the apron onto Blue. Junior with a power slam to Dark and then he goes up top and hits a frog splash. Junior goes up top and hits a second one for the three count.
Winners: Atlantis and Atlantis Junior
Match Number Three: MLW Featherweight Championship Hair versus Title Match: Janai Kai versus Delmi Exo
They have words for each other and Kai goes for the hair and she slaps Exo. They exchange punches and Exo with a double leg take down. Exo with a running knee into the corner. Kai avoids a Delmi Driver and goes to the floor. Exo chops Kai on the floor and Kai punches Exo. Kai ties Exo's hair around the ring post and she kicks Exo in the head. Kai kicks Exo. They fight over to the grooming area and Kai takes scissors but Exo stops her. Exo with a kick through the ropes. Exo sends Kai back into the ring. Exo goes up top and Kai stops her. Kai with a press slam for a near fall. Kai with kicks to the back.
Kai twists Exo's hair and connects with a kick for a near fall. Kai misses a kick int he corner and Exo with a forearm. Exo puts Kai on the turnbuckles but Kai with a dragon sleeper from the turnbuckles. Kai with a knee and a suplex. Kai with a running thrust kick into the corner for a near fall. Kai pulls at the hair and she pulls it from Exo's head. Exo with punches and a forearm. Exo with a thrust kick and a fisherman's suplex for a near fall. Exo goes for the Delmi Driver and hits it for a near fall. Kai with knees and she tosses Exo by the hair. Kai with a spinning heel kick to the back of the head and Kai gets a near fall. Kai with a Demon Clutch but Exo with a snap mare to escape.
Exo with a Delmi Driver for the three count.
Winner: Delmi Exo (new champion)
Cesar Duran comes out and he celebrates with Delmi Exo and yells at the crowd to cheer for her.
Matt Riddle is in the locker room and he tells Tom Lawlor that his has been a wild ride this year. He says it goes back to 2018 when he lost in the title.
Tom tells Matt that he is hotter than he was the last time he wrestled for the title. You are going to win. Last time you were a little Raw.
Riddle says he has gone around the world and he learned and he grew. He has come full circle.
Tom talks about what Riddle has gone through to get here and he has only gotten better.
Riddle says training with Lawlor will help him tonight.
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