Various News – Ichiban/MLW, Jacob Fatu, Bianca Belair & The Street Profits, Stevie Richards
Major League Wrestling (MLW) has announced that Ichiban will be debuting for the company on July 8 at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, PA.
You can check out the official announcement below:
Ichiban makes MLW debut July 8 in Philly
Get tickets at MLW2300.com
Tickets Now Available at MLW2300.com
Major League Wrestling (MLW®) today announced Ichiban will make his debut on the FUSION TV taping portion of the July 8 Never Say Never event Saturday, July 8 at Philadelphia’s 2300 Arena.
Grab tickets at MLW2300.com and the 2300 Arena box office. Tickets start at $15.
The pride of the NumberOneDojo is coming to Major League Wrestling. Impressing league officials as he’s unleashed a fury of lethal puroresu on the northeastern wrestling circuit, the exceptional middleweight now embarks on a new challenge: MLW.
“All roads lead to the 2300 arena as Ichiban makes his MLW debut,” states a representative from NumberOneDojo, Ichiban’s fight camp. “The NumberOne Dojo’s Kokujin Katana will once again travel into unknown territory, looking to test his might against the best. Ichiban wishes to prove himself here in the Major League by fighting MLW’s strongest warriors & giving them a lesson in the way of the ONE.”
Ichiban will compete as part of the FUSION portion of the card.
League officials are in talks with several prospective fighters and expect to announce Ichiban’s July 8 bout shortly.
NEVER SAY NEVER FITE+ CARD
World Heavyweight Championship
Hammerstone (champion) vs. Alex Kane (with Mr. Thomas)
FUSION TV TAPING BOUTS
Gene Snisky in action!
The debut of Ichiban!
Some of the athletes and talent signed to compete and appear include:
Jacob Fatu
BOMAYE Fight Club
Mance Warner
Rickey Shane Page
Raven
AKIRA
Delmi Exo
World Tag Team Champions Samoan SWAT Team
“Hot Sauce” Tracy Williams
Tony Deppen
Sam Adonis
1 Called Manders
Mr. Thomas
Matthew Justice
Matt Striker
Mandy León
Mister Saint Laurent
Sam Laterna
More athletes and matches will be announced at MLW.com.
Tickets start at $15 at MLW2300.com. Tickets will also be available day of show at the box office unless the event sales out in advance.
*** SPECIAL 7PM FUSION TV TAPING START TIME ***
FITE+ Premium Live Event broadcast begins at 8PM ET.
General Public Doors Open: 5:30 p.m. with a special bell time of: 7:00pm.
The venue is located at: 2300 S Swanson St, Philadelphia, PA 19148.
WWE RAW Women’s Champion Bianca Belair and The Street Profits are set to appear on VH1’s Wild ‘N Out tonight at 9:30 PM EST. You can check out their announcement on the news below:
Wild ‘N Out!
🤪😜🤪TONIGHT!!! 9/8c on @VH1
back-to-back episodes air at 9pm!
Our episode will air at 9:30pm!!!!!! @WildNOut @NickCannon #WildNOut pic.twitter.com/dUx1HLYczb— Bianca Belair (@BiancaBelairWWE) May 25, 2023
Impact Wrestling held their Under Siege press conference today. You can check that out below:
MLW star Jacob Fatu remembered The Usos and Tamina Snuka making their WWE main roster debut 13 years ago on May 24. Fatu stated that watching his cousins make their WWE debuts inspired him to become a professional wrestler. He tweeted,
“THIS WAS IT THIS IS WHAT MADE MY MIND UP !! !! !!”
THIS WAS IT THIS IS WHAT MADE MY MIND UP‼️‼️‼️@WWEUsos https://t.co/EeEw2m5H5M
— Jacob Fatu (@SAMOANWEREWOLF) May 25, 2023
Stevie Richards has provided a new update on his recovery from his recent spinal problems. Richards was hospitalized this past February year due to a spinal infection.
In his latest video, Richards noted that he is now able to go on runs. The video is described as follows:
“I put together a compilation of progress since my hospital stay up until this past weekend trying to run for first time. God is great.”
And finally, WOW – Women of Wrestling released a synopsis and preview clip for this weekend’s show (Episode 37). You can check out the lineup, synopsis, and preview video below:
* Reina Del Rey vs. Jennifer Florez
* Amber Rodriguez vs. Razor
* GiGi Gianni vs. Chantilly Chella
* Samantha Smart and The Disciplinarian vs. Randi Rah Rah and Coach Campanelli
“EPISODE 37: “School Yard Brawl” The Queen of Kings, Reina Del Rey takes on the New Breed Jennifer Florez! Plus Amber Rodriguez faces off against the Heavy Metal Sister leader, Razor. Also in action: GiGi Gianni fights solo against the Rave Queen, Chantilly Chella. And in our Main Event we have for the first time in the history of WOW a School Yard Brawl! Samantha Smart and The Disciplinarian throw all rules out the window as they battle Coach Campanelli and Randi Rah Rah in a match where all school-based weapons, chalk, erasers, and rulers are all legal! Will the Coach Campanilli chalk up a win for her team, or will they be disciplined?”
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