ORLANDO, FL – Major League Wrestling (MLW) today announced Killer Kross as a participant in MLW Battle RIOT VIII on Thursday, January 29 at the Osceola Heritage Park Events Center in Kissimmee, FL.
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Major League Wrestling can confirm that the most dangerous man in the sport is stepping into Battle RIOT VIII.
Killer Kross is officially entering the RIOT on Thursday, January 29 at the Osceola Heritage Park Events Center in Kissimmee, Florida.
Kross arrives with the kind of momentum that makes the rest of the field uneasy — coming off a show-stealing main event victory over Matt Riddle last month, that signaled one thing: Kross isn’t waiting for destiny. He’s hunting it.
And now he’s hunting 39 other fighters.
Kross has never shied away from impossible odds — 1-on-1, 1-on-10, 1-on-20… it’s all the same to him. Pressure feeds him. Carnage sharpens him. Violence centers him. The Battle RIOT may be the first match in history designed to keep pace with his appetite.
Armed with a frighteningly complete skill set — elite BJJ, bone-rattling power, ruthless brawling, and sniper-precision striking — Kross enters the 2026 field as a towering threat. He doesn’t game plan for the RIOT… the RIOT must game plan for him.
And nothing in MLW is as unpredictable as the Battle RIOT: Every 60 seconds, a new challenger arrives. Eliminations by pin, submission, or over-the-top-rope chaos. No disqualifications. Weapons legal. Alliances made and broken in seconds. Surprise entrants. Mayhem. The unknown.
It’s a match built on shifting ground — and Kross thrives where others lose their footing.
For a fighter who warns opponents to Fall & Pray, this is the perfect altar.
For a man who lives by the clock, this is the moment everything changes.
For the 39 who stand in his path…
Tick. Tock.
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