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MLW News: Shane Strickland To Get His World Title Rematch In Chicago

Published

6 years ago

October 4, 2018

It has been four months now since Low Ki defeated Shane Strickland for the MLW World Heavyweight Championship and despite having a clause for a rematch, Strickland has yet to take advantage of that opportunity.

Today, MLW has announced that when it debuts in Chicago on November 8th for a set of Fusion television tapings, Strickland will be cashing in that chance as he meets Low Ki for the MLW World Heavyweight Title:

SHANE STRICKLAND PULLS TRIGGER ON REMATCH CLAUSE; WILL CHALLENGE FOR WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE IN CHICAGO

CHICAGO – 4 months after being dethroned by Low Ki for the World Heavyweight Championship, Shane “Swerve” Strickland has optioned his rematch clause. Strickland will challenge for the World Heavyweight Title at MLW’s Chicago debut on November 8th as part of its FUSION TV taping for beIN SPORTS the Cicero Stadium.

Shane Strickland’s World Championship Rematch is the second main event announced for the big MLW: FIGHTLAND card in Chicago November 8th.

Shane Strickland will face the winner of tonight’s World Championship fight where the reigning champion Low Ki defends against Daga in New York City at MLW: Fury Road.

Since the shocking title loss in July, Shane “Swerve” Strickland has faced immense adversity including a knee injury, a difficult grudge with Sami Callihan that saw him stretched prior to WAR GAMES® and questions if he truly is the ace of Major League Wrestling.

Those in Swerve’s camp see the rematch for the World Championship as an opportunity to change the narrative. For Strickland, this is a critical moment in his career. Winning the Championship would reverse his streak and pave the way for “Swerve” getting his mojo back.

Some feel activating the rematch provision the day he wrestles in a match to determine the true ace of MLW as a surprising gesture of over confidence. Some feel it sets the tone for tonight’s match where Strickland faces “Filthy” Tom Lawlor, a match promoted as determining the ace and true franchise for MLW. However, tonight could also start Strickland’s victory road to Chicago.

The stakes are high as Swerve looks to get his mojo back. Will he? Find out as he challenges for the World Heavyweight Championship at MLW: FIGHTLAND on November 8th in Chicago.

Tickets are on sale now at www.MLWTickets.com.

Signed thus far for MLW’s November 8th FIGHTLAND card:

WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE FIGHT:

Pentagon Jr. & Rey Fenix (c) cornered by Konnan

vs.

LA Park & Hijo de LA Park presented by Salina de la Renta

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT:

World Heavyweight Champion Low Ki (or Daga) vs. Shane “Swerve” Strickland

The card will feature World Heavyweight Champion Low Ki, “Filthy” Tom Lawlor, World Middleweight Champion MJF with Aria Blake, Sami Callihan, Sammy Guevara and many more. Matches will be announced in the coming weeks at MLW.com.

Tickets start at $10 at MLWTickets.com. Tickets will also be available day of show at the Cicero Stadium box office.

Be there live as MLW makes its Chicago debut with a national television taping.

General Public Doors Open: 6pm with a bell time of: 7pm.

MORE ABOUT CICERO STADIUM:
Located right outside of Chicago in Cicero, the Cicero Stadium is a short walk to the Pink Line and has several parking lots adjacent to the building. The historic Cicero Stadium has hosted professional wrestling and boxing cards for decades.

Cicero Stadium is located at: 1909 S. Laramie Avenue Cicero, IL 60804.

MORE ABOUT MLW:

Major League Wrestling (MLW®) is a sports media holding company with a focus on professional wrestling sporting events/programming, digital content and ancillary entertainment.

MLW’s weekly TV series, Major League Wrestling: FUSION, airs Friday nights 8pm ET / 5pm PT on beIN SPORTS (with replays at 11pm ET) in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.

MLW Radio Network is the leading provider of professional wrestling podcasts in the world with 5-6 podcasts in the top iTunes 100 in the sports category on the average day.

MLW content has been distributed commercially in in the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, India, Denmark and Bangladesh among other territories.

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Learn more about MLW at: http://www.MLW.com

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Mitchell’s AEW Continental Classic Update! (11/27/23)

What a start to the tournament!

Published

5 months ago

November 27, 2023

Steven Mitchell

Did your picks win points?

The AEW Continental Classic is underway, with almost everyone competing. Check in here if you haven’t seen the winners and losers of week 1!

Here are your Gold League standings!

Jon Moxley: 1-0, 3 points
Swerve Strickland: 1-0, 3 points
Jay White: 1-0, 3 points
Rush: 0-1, 0 points
Mark Briscoe: 0-1, 0 points.
Jay Lethal: 0-1, 0 points

Here are your Blue League standings!

Brody King: 1-0, 3 points
Claudio Castagnoli: 1-0, 3 points
Daniel Garcia: 0-1, 0 points
Eddie Kingston: 0-1, 0 points
Bryan Danielson: Yet to Compete
Andrade El Idolo: Yet to Compete

My Thoughts:

Nothing too crazy, nothing too wild, this tournament only just got started. The only disappointing point is that they could not get Bryan “cleared to compete” Saturday night. Not sure how much of that is shoot given the bad eye, but this was kinda the problem of wanting him in the tournament over tons of other choices. Bryan wants to face Okada for WrestleKingdom 18, how is Bryan supposed to do that at his best if he’s also gonna be in a round robin, doing five top level matches in about as many weeks? And it takes away from Andrade being able to do something. Also a little surprised we didn’t even hear from Andrade on Saturday.

Now as we heard on Saturday, round two’s matches are set. Gold League will see Mark Briscoe VS Rush, White VS Swerve, and of course, Moxley VS Lethal. Nice variety there, a couple 0-1 guys facing off, as well as two 1-0 guys, and then 1-0 VS 0-1. No offense to Lethal, but he feels like an 0-2 going up against Moxley. Hard to call the other ones but that’s the fun of it. Meanwhile, Blue League sees Brody VS Claudio in a showdown to be 2-0, then Bryan and Andrade finally jump in, Bryan against Eddie and Andrade against Garcia. Sadly, feels like Eddie and Garcia are going 0-2, no way Tony Khan is booking Bryan and Andrade to lose their first shots.

In fact, that could be half the reason they did wait on those two, that’s almost too good for just a first round opener. But I still would’ve done it, same as NJPW does stuff like that for round robins, which this is all modeled after anyway.

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AEW Coverage

AEW announces Continental Classic entrants

The C2 is set!

Published

5 months ago

November 22, 2023

Steven Mitchell

Tony Khan Reveals the Blue and Gold “Leagues!”

Originally livestreamed, Tony Khan and Tony Schiavone officially announced the twelve total entrants and divided them into the two round robin blocks known as the “Blue League” and “Gold League.” If you don’t feel like sifting through the almost 30 minute video, the groups are:

Blue League

Bryan Danielson
Andrade El Idolo
Brody King
Claudio Castagnoli
Daniel Garcia
Eddie Kingston

Gold League

Jon Moxley
Swerve Strickland
Rush
Mark Briscoe
Jay Lethal
Jay White

Tony Khan also explains the rules for the Continental Classic:

Every match has a 20 minute time limit
The winner of each match earns 3 points, losers earn 0, 1 point for a draw
EVERYONE ELSE is banned from ringside for true 1v1 action

Eddie Kingston also joined the selection special as his “life’s work” is on the line in this tournament, both the ROH World Championship and NJPW Strong Openweight Championship on the line as part of the modern day North American Triple Crown Eddie, Tony Khan, AEW, ROH and NJPW are looking to create together. Gold League competes tonight on Dynamite while Blue League will have their start this Saturday on Collision. Look for more articles like this one to keep up with the Continental Classic standings over the next six weeks of tournament action!

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