Battle Riot II

Battle Riot II was the second Battle Riot professional wrestling event produced by Major League Wrestling (MLW). It took place on April 5, 2019 at the Melrose Ballroom in New York, New York. The event aired as a live two-hour television special episode of Fusion on beIN Sports.[1]

Battle Riot II
Promotion	Major League Wrestling
Date	April 5, 2019
City	New York, New York
Venue	Melrose Ballroom
Event chronology
← Previous Rise of the Renegades Next → Fury Road
Battle Riot chronology
← Previous I Next → —
MLW Fusion special episodes chronology
← Previous Intimidation Games Next → Fury Road

Twelve matches were contested at the event with four matches airing live at Battle Riot. The other seven matches were taped for future episodes of Fusion and one match was a non-televised match. The main event was the 39-man Battle Riot match, in which the winner would earn a future MLW World Heavyweight Championship opportunity. LA Park won the Battle Riot to earn the title shot. Also on the card, Teddy Hart retained the World Middleweight Championship against Ace Austin.[2][3][4][5]

Event

Preliminary matches

The event opened with a match in which Teddy Hart defended the World Middleweight Championship against Ace Austin. During the match, The Dynasty provided guest commentary and Hart snatched MJF's champagne then drank it and threw it in the security guard's face. Hart executed a diving Hart Destroyer and then a second Hart Destroyer on Austin for the win to retain the title. After the match, Hart berated MJF during an interview which led MJF to hit Hart with a bottle of champagne thus knocking him out with a concussion.

Next, Minoru Tanaka made his televised MLW debut against Myron Reed. Tanaka pinned Reed with a cradle for the win.

The next match to air on the Battle Riot special was a street fight, in which Tom Lawlor defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Jimmy Havoc. The match was taped at Rise of the Renegades on April 4. Havoc knocked out the referee when the referee warned him about repeatedly using the stapler. Lawlor would then execute a Death Valley Driver to Havoc onto the wood and then nailed an Acid Rainmaker to Havoc onto a chair and covered him for the pinfall but the referee was knocked out. A second referee arrived and then Lawlor hit Havoc with the chair in his jaw twice to win the match and retain the title.

Main event match

LA Park won the 2019 Battle Riot match to earn the Golden Ticket.

The main event was the namesake Battle Riot match, where the winner would earn a World Heavyweight Championship opportunity at any time and any place of his choosing within six months. Maxwell Jacob Friedman was the #1 entrant and Dan Severn was the #2 entrant. Teddy Hart was supposed to be the #16 entrant but he was unable to compete due to concussion suffered from the earlier attack by MJF. The #23 entrant Jacob Fatu attacked several of the competitors along with his Contra Unit teammates Josef Samael and Simon Gotch and poured gas on them which led to the security escorting Fatu away from the ring thus removing him from the match. The assault by Contra Unit allowed MJF to pin Jimmy Yuta, Rey Horus and Kotto Brazil in quick succession. The #26, #27 and #28 entrants were Santana, Ortiz and Konnan respectively. The three members of The Latin American Exchange brawled with The Hart Foundation, which resulted in Brian Pillman Jr. eliminating Santana and Ortiz and a brawl between Harts and LAX led Konnan to leave the ring. The final four participants were LA Park (#30), Alexander Hammerstone (#34), Sami Callihan (#35) and Mance Warner (#39). Warner and Hammerstone brawled with each other on the apron and Warner knocked him to eliminate. Hammerstone would then be eliminated by Callihan. Park nailed Callihan with a backbreaker and a spear and then tossed him over the top rope to win the Battle Riot and earn the Golden Ticket.

Results

No.	Results	Stipulations
1^D	J-Rocc defeated Troy Hollywood	Singles match
2^FUS	El Hijo de LA Park defeated Gringo Loco	Singles match
3^FUS	Lucha Brothers (Pentagon Jr. and Rey Fenix) defeated Air Wolf and Rey Horus	Tag team match
4^FUS	Mance Warner and Sami Callihan defeated El Hijo de LA Park and Ricky Martinez	Tag team match
5^FUS	Alexander Hammerstone defeated Gringo Loco	Singles match MLW National Openweight Championship tournament semi-final
6^FUS	Brian Pillman Jr. defeated Rich Swann	Singles match MLW National Openweight Championship tournament semi-final
7	Teddy Hart (c) defeated Ace Austin	Singles match for the MLW World Middleweight Championship
8	Minoru Tanaka defeated Myron Reed (with Rich Swann)	Singles match
9^FUS	Tom Lawlor (c) defeated Avalanche	Singles match for the MLW World Heavyweight Championship
10	LA Park won by last eliminating Sami Callihan	39-man Battle Riot match for a future MLW World Heavyweight Championship opportunity
11^FUS	Jacob Fatu and Josef Samael defeated Ace Romero and Barrington Hughes	Tag team match
12^FUS	Low Ki defeated Daga	Singles match
13^FUS	LA Park defeated Sami Callihan	Singles match
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match D – indicates the match was a dark match FUS – indicates the match was taped for broadcast on a future episode of Fusion

Battle Riot match entrances and eliminations

Draw	Entrant[6]	Order[6]	Eliminated by[6]	Method of elimination[6]	Elimination(s)
1	Maxwell Jacob Friedman	21	Brian Pillman, Jr.	Over the top rope	5
2	Dan Severn	5	Minoru Tanaka	Over the top rope	0
3	El Hijo de L.A. Park	7	Pentagon, Jr.	Over the top rope	1
4	Air Wolf	2	Unknown	Over the top rope	0
5	Minoru Tanaka	10	Rich Swann and Myron Reed	Over the top rope	3
6	Jordan Oliver	3	Ace Romero	Over the top rope	0
7	Rey Fénix	1	Maxwell Jacob Friedman	Over the top rope	0
8	Pentagón Jr.	4	El Hijo de L.A. Park	Over the top rope	0
9	Avalanche	15	Ace Romero	Over the top rope	2
10	Ace Romero	22	Davey Boy Smith, Jr.	Over the top rope	5
11	Ken Kerbis	9	Ace Romero	Over the top rope	0
12	Leo Brien	6	Minoru Tanaka	Over the top rope	0
13	Michael Patrick	8	Minoru Tanaka	Submission	0
14	Gringo Loco	11	Avalanche	Over the top rope	0
15	Kotto Brazil	20	Maxwell Jacob Friedman	Pinfall	0
16	Teddy Hart	–	–	Withdrew due to concussion	–
17	Rey Horus	18	Maxwell Jacob Friedman	Pinfall	0
18	Rich Swann	14	Ace Romero	Pinfall	0
19	Myron Reed	12	Ace Romero and Barrington Hughes	Over the top rope	1
20	Barrington Hughes	13	Maxwell Jacob Friedman, Avalanche, Rey Horus and Ace Austin	Over the top rope	1
21	Ace Austin	16	Jimmy Yuta	Over the top rope	1
22	Jimmy Yuta	19	Maxwell Jacob Friedman	Pinfall	1
23	Jacob Fatu	17	–	Escorted out by security	0
24	Brian Pillman Jr.	26	Alexander Hammerstone	Over the top rope	1
25	Davey Boy Smith Jr.	35	Alexander Hammerstone	Over the top rope	5
26	Ortiz	24	Davey Boy Smith, Jr.	Over the top rope	0
27	Santana	23	Davey Boy Smith, Jr.	Over the top rope	0
28	Konnan	25	Himself	Over the top rope	0
29	Low Ki	28	Daga	Over the top rope	0
30	LA Park	–	Winner	–	2
31	Emil Sitoci	29	Davey Boy Smith, Jr.	Over the top rope	0
32	Daga	31	LA Park	Over the top rope	1
33	The Blue Meanie	27	Sami Callihan	Pinfall	0
34	Alexander Hammerstone	36	Mance Warner	Over the top rope	3
35	Sami Callihan	38	LA Park	Over the top rope	2
36	Ariel Dominguez	30	Alexander Hammerstone	Over the top rope	0
37	Ricky Martinez	32	Mance Warner	Over the top rope	0
38	Lance Anoa'i	33	Richard Holliday	Pinfall	0
39	Mance Warner	37	Sami Callihan	Over the top rope	2
40	Richard Holliday	34	Davey Boy Smith, Jr.	Over the top rope	0

References

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