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One Shot (2024)
One Shot (2024), also known as Eric Bischoff's One Shot, was a professional wrestling event produced by Major League Wrestling (MLW). It took place on December 5, 2024, at the Melrose Ballroom in Queens, New York. It was the third event in the One Shot chronology. The event streamed live on MLW's YouTube channel, with additional matches being taped for the "Holiday Rush" special, which aired on December 24 on Bein Sports USA and YouTube. Production Background First held on October 5, 2017, MLW One Shot was the inaugural event of MLW's 2017 relaunch as a professional wrestling promotion. The One Shot name would later be revived as an annual event starting in 2023. On August 28, 2024, MLW announced that One Shot would take place on December 5, 2024, at the Melrose Ballroom in Queens, New York. On October 31, MLW announced that booker Eric Bischoff, most famous for his booking for World Championship Wrestling, would have total creative control for the event. Storylines The card w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major League Wrestling
Major League Wrestling (MLW) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in New Rochelle, New York. The promotion was founded in 2002 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by former WWE writer Court Bauer. The promotion markets its product as "Hybrid Wrestling", with its roster featuring a mix of different wrestling styles. The promotion originally ran live events until 2004, with these events seen on the television series, ''MLW Underground TV''. MLW returned to promoting events in July 2017, and resumed weekly television programming with the premiere of ''MLW Fusion'' in April 2018. History Formation (2002–2004) Following the closures and acquisitions of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) by the WWE, World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now known as the WWE) in 2001, Major League Wrestling (MLW) was founded in 2002. Shortly after its founding, the promotion spent three months moving their headquarters from Philadelphia to New York Cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discovery Communications
Discovery, Inc. was an American multinational mass media factual television conglomerate based in New York City. Established in 1982, the company operated a group of factual and lifestyle television brands, such as the namesake Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Science Channel, and TLC. In 2018, the company acquired Scripps Networks Interactive, adding networks such as Food Network, HGTV, and Travel Channel to its portfolio. Since the purchase, Discovery described itself as serving members of "passionate" audiences, and also placed a focus on streaming services built around its properties. Discovery owned or had interests in local versions of its channel brands in international markets, in addition to its other major regional operations such as Eurosport (a pan-European group of sports channels, most prominently the rightsholder of the Olympic Games throughout most of Europe), GolfTV (an international golf-focused streaming service, which is the international digital rig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contra Unit
Contra Unit is a Heel (professional wrestling), villainous professional wrestling Stable (professional wrestling), stable, currently performing in Major League Wrestling (MLW). It consists of leader Mads Krügger, Mads Krule Krügger, Ikuro Kwon, Minoru Suzuki, Dabba-Kato, Babathunder, and the Sentai Death Squad. The stable was formed at the SuperFight (2019), SuperFight List of Major League Wrestling events, event on February 2, 2019 when Jacob Fatu and Josef Samael made their MLW debut and formed their alliance with Simon Gotch by attacking his opponent Ace Romero. The group made its televised debut at Intimidation Games (2019), Intimidation Games and dominated MLW roster throughout the year, becoming the top villainous group of the company. The group cemented its dominance over MLW when Fatu won the World Heavyweight Championship at Kings of Colosseum (2019), Kings of Colosseum on July 6, 2019. Ikuro Kwon was added to the group as its fourth member in August. Following a storyli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Último Guerrero
José Gutiérrez Hernández (born March 1, 1972), better known by his ring name Último Guerrero (Spanish for ''Last Warrior''), is a Mexican (or Professional wrestling, professional wrestler), who works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He is a former holder of the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship, NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship, the CMLL World Tag Team Championship (where he and Dragón Rojo Jr. are the longest reigning tag team champions) and CMLL World Trios Championship on multiple occasions. Guerrero is a charter member of the Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Stable, stable of wrestlers known as ''Los Guerreros del Infierno, Los Guerreros de Infierno / Los Guerreros de la Atlantida'' and has also made appearances for Impact Wrestling, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in the United States. In TNA where he was part of Team Mexico, which won the TNA 2008 World X Cup Tournament, 2008 World X Cup. Guerrero is the only wrestler to win the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MLW World Heavyweight Championship
The MLW World Heavyweight Championship is a world heavyweight championship owned and promoted by Major League Wrestling (MLW). It is the promotion's principal championship. The championship was established on June 15, 2002 at the Genesis and was active until February 10, 2004 after the promotion stopped hosting events. The championship was reactivated in 2018. History On June 15, 2002, Major League Wrestling held an eight-man single-elimination tournament to crown the first MLW Champion at its inaugural Genesis event. Jerry Lynn, Shane Douglas, Vampiro and Taiyo Kea advanced to the semifinals. Douglas defeated Lynn to advance to the finals, and caused the match between Vampiro and Kea to be declared a no contest. As a result, both wrestlers advanced to the finals for a three-way dance. Douglas defeated both Kea and Vampiro to become the first champion. Afterwards, Douglas threw the belt down, like he did with the NWA World Heavyweight Championship belt. Referee John Finnegan th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satoshi Kojima
is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to both New Japan Pro-Wrestling and Major League Wrestling (MLW), where he is a former two-time MLW World Heavyweight Championship, MLW World Heavyweight Champion and former one half of the MLW World Tag Team Championship, MLW World Tag Team Champions in his second reign. He also makes appearances for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW). Considered to be one of the greatest Japanese professional wrestlers of the 21st century and of all-time, he was the first wrestler to hold NJPW's IWGP Heavyweight Championship and AJPW's Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship, Triple Crown Championship simultaneously, the fourth to win the three major heavyweight championships in Japan with the Triple Crown Heavyweight, IWGP Heavyweight, and Noah's GHC Heavyweight Championship, and one of three wrestlers to hold the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, Triple Crown Championship, and NWA World Heavyweight Championship, NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship (the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MLW World Middleweight Championship
The MLW World Middleweight Championship is a professional wrestling Professional wrestling championship#Weight class championships, championship created and promoted by the United States, American professional wrestling promotion Major League Wrestling (MLW). The title was unveiled on July 18, 2018, it is contested in MLW's middleweight division by wrestlers at a maximum weight of 205 lb (93 kg). As of April 5, 2025, the title is vacant as previous champion MÃstico vacated the title due to an injury. History On June 28, 2018, Major League Wrestling (MLW) announced the creation of the MLW World Middleweight Championship, for their Professional wrestling weight classes#Mexico, middleweight division instead of the "Cruiserweight (professional wrestling), cruiserweight" division, which is more common in United States, American professional wrestling. It was announced that the title holds a weight limit of 205 lb (93 kg). Also announced was an singles match between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MÃstico
Luis Ignacio Urive Alvirde (born December 22, 1982), better known by his ring name MÃstico (Spanish for "Mystic"), is a Mexican '' luchador enmascarado'' (or masked professional wrestler), who works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), where he is a former NWA World Historic Middleweight Champion. Initially working as MÃstico, he later signed with WWE, where he was known under the name Sin Cara (Spanish for "Without Face" or "Faceless"). Upon his return to Mexico, he worked under the name Myzteziz in AAA, before settling on the ring name CarÃstico upon returning to CMLL in 2015. In 2021, he regained the MÃstico name, due to his successor and tag team partner MÃstico II leaving CMLL. From 2006 to 2011, Urive was the top técnico (those that portray the good guys) and was the biggest box office draw in Mexico for a number of years. Despite having worked under previous ring names, he gained popularity in CMLL as MÃstico, a religious character who was the sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron Grimes
Trevor Lee Caddell (born September 30, 1993) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in WWE as Cameron Grimes and in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, Impact Wrestling as Trevor Lee. Caddell made his debut on the independent circuit in 2009 as Trevor Lee, most notably in Pro Wrestling Guerilla (PWG), where he was PWG Tag Team Championship, PWG Tag Team Champion with Andrew Everett. He signed with Impact Wrestling in 2015, where he stayed for the next 4 years, winning the TNA X Division Championship, Impact X Division Champion 3 times, and the TNA World Tag Team Championship, TNA World Tag Team Champion once with Brian Myers. After leaving Impact, he signed with WWE and was assigned to WWE NXT, NXT with the name Cameron Grimes. In WWE, he is a former NXT North American Championship, NXT North American Champion and was the final Million Dollar Championship, Million Dollar Champion. He then joined the WWE SmackDown, SmackDown WWE bra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vale Tudo
Vale Tudo or vale-tudo (; ), also known as No Holds Barred (NHB) in the United States, is an unarmed, full-contact combat sport with relatively few Regulation of sport, rules. It became popular in Brazil during the 20th century and would eventually evolve into modern mixed martial arts (MMA). For years, "Vale Tudo" was used as a synonym for MMA in Brazil, but the term fell into disuse due to the emergence of stricter rules and the influence of the media to have a more "civilized" name. It is now used to refer to an early, more rules-free stage of the modern sport. Vale Tudo initially started as an informal ruleset for fighters from different martial arts to fight each other. The Gracie family was known to organize their famous "Gracie Challenge", where they would fight other martial artists in Vale Tudo bouts to prove the efficiency and superiority of their own Gracie Jiu-Jitsu.T.P. Grant, April 12, 201History of Jiu-Jitsu: Coming to America and the Birth of the UFC Bleacher Repo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Riddle
Matthew Fredrick Riddle (born January 14, 1986) is an American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. He is signed to Major League Wrestling (MLW), where he is the reigning MLW World Heavyweight Champion in his first reign. He also makes appearances on the independent circuit. He is best known for his tenures in the UFC and WWE. As a professional MMA fighter from 2008 to 2014, Riddle made a name for himself by appearing on SpikeTV's '' The Ultimate Fighter 7'' and went on to hold a four-fight winning streak in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) before being fired upon testing positive for smoking marijuana in February 2013. He also fought for Titan FC and compiled a career record of 8–3 (2). In 2014, Riddle began training at the Monster Factory for a career in professional wrestling and made his debut in February 2015. Readers of the ''Wrestling Observer Newsletter'' recognized him as the Rookie of the Year and Most Improved wrestler of the year i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Lawlor
Thomas Joseph Lawlor (born May 15, 1983) is an American professional wrestler, retired mixed martial artist and podcast host. He is signed to both New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was the inaugural and longest reigning NJPW Strong Openweight Champion; and Major League Wrestling (MLW), where he is a former one-time MLW World Tag Team Champion, one-time MLW World Heavyweight Champion and the winner of the first-ever Battle Riot in 2018 and the 2020 Opera Cup tournament. He was in the Light Heavyweight division of the UFC. A wrestler since 2007, he was a cast member of SpikeTV's '' The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir''. Early life Lawlor was born in Fall River, Massachusetts before moving to Swansea, Massachusetts, and then finally to Fort Myers, Florida. He attended Estero High School in Florida and was on the wrestling team, then continued his wrestling career at the University of Central Florida where he won three NCWA national championships in the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
