MLW is bringing its Battle Riot event to Los Angeles.
On Monday, MLW announced Battle Riot VII will take place at the Commerce Casino & Hotel in Los Angeles on Saturday, April 5, 2025. This will mark the league’s first-ever event in the city; tickets go on sale Monday, December 9 at 10 a.m. PT at www.MLWLA.com and Eventbrite. Tickets for the event start at $10.
The Commerce Casino & Hotel is a “majestic nine-story hotel is located within minutes of downtown Los Angeles, and just an elevator ride away from its iconic card room, boasting the most table and casino card games in Southern California.”
MLW is advertising the following names for Battle Riot VII:
- Matt Riddle
- KENTA
- Satoshi Kojima
- Minoru Suzuki
- Donovan Dijak
- Mads Krule Krugger
- AKIRA
- “Filthy” Tom Lawlor
- César Durán
- Alex Kane
- Janai Kai
- CMLL luchadores
MLW’s Matthew Justice loves fighting Mads Krule Krugger
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WrestleZone spoke with Matthew Justice, who believes his casket match against Krule is one of the best matches of his career.
“Me and Krule had a casket match for Circle 6 in LA. It’s on their YouTube channel in full,” Justice explained. “It’s an amazing piece of work and it’s something I’m most proud of that I’ve done in my entire career. So, if people are going to watch something — and Krule’s in MLW too. This is a great promotion for MLW. It’s an awesome segment.”
Justice, the new MLW National Openweight Champion, compared the fiery battle to a clash between two movie titans.
“I lit him on fire man. He’s a real-life monster now,” Justice said. “He’s a crazy mother f*cker. And I love fighting him. He’s a perfect — it’s like [Escape From New York‘s] Snake Plissken fighting [Friday The 13th‘s] Jason Voorhees and it’s an awesome matchup.
Despite what Krule has thrown at him (or thrown him off of), he’s still standing.
“We had our Three Stages of Destruction match [for MLW] back in July. Last time we were at Cicero Stadium in May, he threw me off the balcony and here I am still standing,” Justice noted.
