Matt Riddle wins MLW World Heavyweight Championship
There is a new MLW World Heavyweight Champion.
Matt Riddle defeated Satoshi Kojima to win the title in the main event of MLW Kings of Colosseum 2025 on Saturday night in Dallas. The finish saw Riddle kick out of a brainbuster, hit a fisherman buster, Broton, and the Bro-Stone to pick up the win.
“Matt Riddle has defeated Satoshi Kojima to capture the MLW World Heavyweight Championship in an electrifying showdown at a record-setting sold-out crowd of 2,400 at the NYTEX Sports Centre in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex,” wrote MLW.com.
Following his victory, Riddle was joined in the ring by our own “Filthy” Tom Lawlor and the two showed respect to Kojima.
Riddle appeared at a press conference following the show, where it was teased that his first title defense will be a triple-threat match at MLW SuperFight against two former champions, Kojima and Alex Kane.
Lawlor would later say of Saturday’s show, “Tonight’s MLW show may have been the best yet, top to bottom. A great undercard, an insane Gravity Gamble match, a killer match between Demi Wxo and Janai Kai, lucha excellence, and a big main event between Kojima and the Bro. DFW showed up and showed out in a big way tonight!”
The full MLW Kings of Colosseum 2025 show is available below:
MLW Kings of Colosseum 2025 quick results:
- Mads Krule Krugger defeated Matthew Justice, Mr. Thomas, AKIRA, and BRG in a Gravity Gamble match
- Atlantis & Atlantis Jr. defeated Blue Panther & Dark Panther
- Delmi Exo defeated Janai Kai to win the MLW World Featherweight Championship in a title vs. hair match
- Donovan Dijak defeated KENTA
- Averno defeated Máscara Dorado and Esfinge in a triple threat
- Matt Riddle defeated Satoshi Kojima to win the MLW World Heavyweight Championship
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