Battle Riot VII was a

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event

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produced by

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(MLW), which took place on April 5, 2025, at Thunder Studios Arena in

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. It was the seventh event under the

Battle Riot Battle Riot is an annual professional wrestling event produced by Major League Wrestling (MLW). The inaugural event took place on July 19, 2018. The event is named after the Battle Riot match, a multi-competitor match type in which wrestlers ...

chronology.

Production

Background

is an annual event produced by Major League Wrestling that was first held in 2018 as a television taping for ''

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''. The event is named after the

Battle Riot match Battle Riot is an annual professional wrestling event produced by Major League Wrestling (MLW). The inaugural event took place on July 19, 2018. The event is named after the Battle Riot match, a multi-competitor match type in which wrestlers ar ...

, a multi-competitor match type in which wrestlers are eliminated until one is left and declared winner. The match begins with a number of participants in the

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, who are then eliminated by either pin, submission, or going over the top rope and having both feet touch the venue floor. The declared winner of the Battle Riot match receives a "golden ticket", which they can redeem for a future

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title shot anytime and anywhere, however in this year, World Heavyweight Championship will be on the line in this Battle Riot. On December 2, 2024, it was announced that Battle Riot VII would take place on April 5, 2025, at the Commerce Casino & Hotel in

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. On March 21, 2025, MLW decided to move the event to larger Thunder Studios Arena in

Storylines

The card will consist of matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray

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, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches, with results predetermined by MLW's writers. At SuperFight 6, after

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defended the

against

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and

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, he was confronted by the executive producer for the night

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on the video wall. Bischoff was unhappy with Riddle, who went over Bischoff and made the match himself; Bischoff had previously fired Kane at One Shot the past December, but Riddle circumvented that decision by bringing Kane back through MLW's "Open Door" policy. As such, Bischoff retaliated by declaring that, for the first time, Riddle would defend the MLW World Heavyweight Championship at Battle Riot VII in the titular match. At SuperFight 6, MLW announced that

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(TJPW) wrestler

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would make her MLW debut at Battle Riot VII. A few weeks later on MLW's website, the company confirmed that Nakajima would challenge

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for the

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at the event. At SuperFight 6, MLW World Middleweight Champion

Místico Luis Ignacio Urive Alvirde (born December 22, 1982), better known by his ring name Místico (Spanish for "Mystic"), is a Mexican '' luchador enmascarado'' (or masked professional wrestler), who works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL ...

teamed with

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to face Templario and

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. The match ended with the latter team victorious, with Templario pinning Místico. This marked the first time Místico had ever been pinned in MLW. Immediately after, Cesar Duran came out to speak with Templario, who put out a challenge to Místico for the MLW World Middleweight Championship. Duran proposed the match for Battle Riot VII, which Místico accepted. The match was made official via MLW's website on March 4. On May 4, however, MLW announced that the match would be cancelled due to Místico sustaining an injury. A three-way match between Templario,

, and

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would replace the title match, with Místico still appearing at the event for a live interview.

Results

Battle Riot match entrances and eliminations

References

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