Characters / MLW

This page lists the wrestlers and other talent who have worked for MLW.

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Underground TV (2002-2004)

Wrestlers:

Abdullah the Butcher (Larry Shreve) 2003

Mike Awesome (Mike Alfonso) 2002-2003

D'Lo Brown (Accie Connor) 2003

Chris Candido 2002

Steve Corino 2002-2004

• Big Bad: The very first one for the promotion as its heel champion.
• Power Stable: He was the leader of the Extreme Horsemen.
• Wrestling Family: The father of wrestler Colby Corino.

Matt Cross (Matthew Capiccioni) 2004, 2021-2022

• Ascended Fanboy: Was an ECW fan and began his journey as a backyard wrestler, and was even featured on the video game Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home.
• The Bus Came Back: Was part of the original promotion in its last year, now he is back as a signee from the 2021 Open Draft.
• Lightning Bruiser: How many guys that big can pull off a perfect Shooting Star Press and land on their feet when they do it?
• Power Stable: Part of Azteca Underground as stated in the 2021 Open Draft. A Call-Back to his days in Lucha Underground as Son of Havoc.
• Red Baron: “M-Dogg 20”, for some reason wrestling sites covering his MLW matches in the Underground years like to list him as this instead of his ring name.
• Straight Edge: Is this in real life, though it is not part of his gimmick like CM Punk.
• The Worf Effect: Usually loses matches since returning in the Fusion era, though he does give his opponents a run for their money.

Christopher Daniels (Daniel Covell) 2002-2003

Bryan Danielson 2004

Shane Douglas (Troy Martin) 2002

Sonjay Dutt (Retesh Bhalla) 2003-2004

• Artistic License – Geography: Called himself "The Original Playa from the Himalayas", even though he billed himself from Bombay, India, which is southwest of the Himalayas.
• Red Baron: "The Original Playa from the Himalayas".
• Ur-Example: Was the inaugural holder of the company’s now defunct Global Junior Heavyweight Championship.

Ekmo (Edward Fatu) 2003

Jack Evans/Dark Fuego (Jack Edward Miller) 2004

• Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: Was he ever.
• Combat Pragmatist: Wasn't ashamed in the slightest of being a cheat to win. In his mind, it's just being smarter than his opponent.
• Dance Battler: Used to be a major wrestling example of this in his younger years, and still showed shades of this with his flips and spins. He was actually quite graceful for such an intense, heelish guy.
• Masked Luchador: As Dark Fuego.
• Power Stable: Part of the Hart Foundation 2.0 in the Underground days.
• Red Baron: “Jumpin”, “Prince of Parkland”, “Aerial Emperor Corkscrew”.
• Spot Monkey: Practically every single move he does involves at least one flip. The worst part, he's sloppy as hell and has landed on his head countless times, only surviving for how flexible he is.
• Ur-Example: Innovator of the 720 moonsault.

Terry Funk 2002-2004

Juventud Guerrera (Eduardo Aníbal González Hernández) 2003

• Expy: Inspired by an insult from The Rock, Juvi adopted a gimmick "The Juice," which was basically The Rock's gimmick with the twist being that The Juice would get the name of the town they were in wrong.
• Meaningful Name: His name translates into 'Youth Warrior'.
• Red Baron: "The Juice".
• Unmasked Luchador: Lost his mask years ago.
• Wrestling Family: The son of Fuerza Guerrera, brother to Fuerza Guerrera Jr/El Hijo de Fuerza Guerrera and Hija de Fuerza Guerrera and the uncle of Furia Guerrera.

Fuego Guerrero (Jonathan Figueroa) 2002-2003

• Masked Luchador: Wore a fire design mask.
• Spell My Name With An S: Guerrero or Guerrera?
• Wrestling Family: Is a cousin of Los Maximos, though they didn't interact in this promotion. He is also a cousin of Thea Trinidad.

Teddy Hart (Edward Ellsworth Annis) 2004, 2017-2019

• Arch-Enemy: Rich Swann and ACH, the Lucha Brothers, The Dynasty, Austin Aries, and Injustice.
• Establishing Character Moment: Re-debuted for the promotion on Fusion Episode #3 by taking out Danny Santiago and taking his place against Trey Miguel, and then beating him... with the crowd cheering for him all the way.
• Friendly Enemy: He was this to The Sandman of all people, he shared a hug with him at ringside and didn’t get involved in Sandman’s tag team match with Tommy Dreamer against Teddy’s Hart Foundation partners, Brian Pillman Jr. and Davey Boy Smith Jr..
• Game-Breaking Injury: Suffered broken ribs at the hands of the Dynasty after he defended his Middleweight Championship against MJF.
• Impossibly Cool Clothes: Just look at his wardrobe and say otherwise.
• Jack of All Stats: Is pretty well versed in all aspects of wrestling, he can fly, knows his submissions and despite his size has power moves.
• Jerkass: Presents himself as such most of the time thanks to his Small Name, Big Ego reputation and his Spot Monkey tendencies. It took feuding with a group of even bigger ones in The Dynasty that turned him into a Face (not that the crowds cared, they loved him regardless).
• Kind Hearted Cat Lover: A known cat lover and breeder of Persian cats.
• Power Trio: The leader of the New Era Hart Foundation in the revival.
• Power Stable: Leader of the Hart Foundation 2.0 in the Underground days.
• Put on a Bus: Was fireballed by CONTRA Unit’s Josef Samael, that made him lose the middleweight championship to Myron Reed and was released shortly afterwards.
• Red Baron: "Loose Cannon", "The Past, Present & Future Of Professional Wrestling", "The Angel of Life and Death".
• Spot Monkey: A notorious example. Thankfully Hart's spot monkeying and locker room hell raising gradually diminished over the years to the point then rookie wrestler MJF was able to convince Hart to not have a Canadian Destroyer off a ladder through a flaming table be one of the spots in an MLW match they had.
• Wrestling Family: His father B.J. Annis was a wrestler and his grandfather on his mother’s side was Stu Hart.

Chris Hero (Chris Spradlin) 2004

Ikuto Hidaka (日高郁人, Hidaka Ikuto) 2002-2003

Homicide (Nelson Erazo) 2003-2004, 2018, 2021-2022

Satoshi Kojima (小島 聡, Kojima Satoshi) 2002-2003, 2023-2024

Jerry "The King" Lawler 2003

Paul London 2003

Low Ki (Brandon Silvestry) 2004, 2018-2021

Jerry Lynn 2002-2004

Mana The Polynesian Warrior (Nikora Mana Tuhakaraina) 2003-2004

Matt Martel/Striker/Rite (Matthew Kaye) 2004, 2018-2019, 2022-2024

• Combat Commentator: His job in the Fusion Era.

Joel Maximo (Julio Ramirez) 2002-2004, 2022

• Bash Brothers: With Jose. They also have a younger brother in Wil Maximo.
• Cool Teacher: He, his brother and their cousin Amazing Red run a wrestling school in Brooklyn.
• Tag Team Twins: With his brother as Los Maximos.
• Ur-Example: Innovated the Spanish Fly with his brother.
• Wrestling Family: Aside from his brothers, he is a cousin of Fuego Guerrero (better known as Amazing Red). He is also a cousin of Thea Trinidad.

Jose Maximo (Kelvin Ramirez) 2002-2004, 2022

• Bash Brothers: With Joel. They also have a younger brother in Wil Maximo.
• Cool Teacher: He, his brother and their cousin Amazing Red run a wrestling school in Brooklyn.
• Tag Team Twins: With his brother as Los Maximos.
• Ur-Example: Innovated the Spanish Fly with his brother.
• Wrestling Family: Aside from his brothers, he is a cousin of Fuego Guerrero (better known as Amazing Red). He is also a cousin of Thea Trinidad.

La Parka/LA Park (Adolfo Tapia) 2002-2003, 2018-2022

• Wrestling Family: His sons El Hijo de LA Park and LA Park Jr joined him in MLW in 2019, and they're now a tag team as Los Parks.

CM Punk (Phillip Brooks) 2003

Prince Nana (Prince Nana Osei Bandoh) 2002, 2022

• The Cameo: In a promo before Battler Riot IV , he apparently helped Mads Krügger heal after the Weapons of Mass Destruction match with Jacob Fatu and gave him his new mask.

Puma/TJP (Theodore James Perkins) 2004, 2020-2022

• Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: What he pretty much became after his heel turn.
• Expy: His Puma character was created due to perceived similarities between himself and the original Tiger Mask, Satoru Sayama, and the idea was that he would be the American version of Tiger Mask.
• Face–Heel Turn: He turned on his apprentice Bu Ku Dao after their loss to Los Parks and later delivered a savage beating to the latter.
• Homeless Hero: At one point in his career, TJP didn't have a place to live, so he lived on the streets while training for his wrestling tryouts.
• Masked Luchador: As Puma.
• Red Baron: "Technical Lightning", "The Fil-Am Flash"
• Student–Master Team: He and Bu Ku Dao formed a tag team, with the veteran TJP acting as mentor to the rookie Bu Ku Dao. After losing to Los Parks in a match for the MLW Tag Team titles, however, he turned on his apprentice and became a heel in the process.
• Weak, but Skilled: While he lacks in size and strength, he compensates with his agility and mastery of submission techniques.

Raven (Scott Levy) 2004, 2023-

Dusty Rhodes (Virgil Runnels Jr.) 2002

Ricky Reyes (Richard Diaz) 2004

• Alliterative Name: Ricky Reyes.
• Red Baron: "The Cuban Crippler".
• Tag Team: The Havana Pitbulls with Rocky Romero in the original.

Rocky Romero (John R. Rivera) 2004, 2020-2021, 2023-2024

• Alliterative Name: Rocky Romero.
• The Bus Came Back: Originally wrestled for the original promotion in 2004, he came back in the revival for the 2020 Opera Cup in a losing effort to Tom Lawlor in the first round and again for a match against Gringo Loco at Tom Lawlor’s Filthy Island event. He came back again representing Salina del la Renta and Promociones Dorado.
• Guest Fighter: Represents New Japan Pro-Wrestling in his second run with the promotion.
• Power Stable: Aligned with Promociones Dorado during his latest run with the promotion.
• Red Baron: "Azucar" ("Sugar").
• Tag Team: The Havana Pitbulls with Ricky Reyes in the original.

Sabu (Terry Brunk) 2002-2004

Samu (Samuel Fred Anoa'i) 2003-2004, 2018

• The Bus Came Back: Came back in the revival as a participant in the 2018 Battle Riot. He later teamed with his son Lance Anoa'i in a losing effort against the Smash N Dash Connection.
• Tag Team: As "The Samoan Island Tribe" with Mana (and briefly added Ekmo during his short time in the promotion) in The Underground days. With his son Lance Anoa'i in the revival.
• Wild Samoan
• Wrestling Family: Part of the famous Anoa'i Family.

The Sandman (Jim Fullington) 2002-2003, 2019, 2022

Joe Seanoa (Nuufolau Seanoa) 2003

Norman Smiley 2002-2004

Harry Smith/Davey Boy Smith Jr. 2004, 2018-2020, 2022-

• A Day in the Limelight: Won the inaugural Opera Cup in 2019.
• Arch-Enemy: Rich Swann and ACH, the Lucha Brothers, The Dynasty, CONTRA Unit and Team Filthy. In his third run with the promotion: The Bombaye Fight Club.
• The Big Guy: Of The New Era Hart Foundation.
• Lightning Bruiser: More of a power-technical wrestler, though he can do dropkicks, top rope splashes, skin the cats, and kip ups.
• Power Trio: The New Era Hart Foundation in the revival. The New British Bulldogs with his cousins Mark and Thomas Billington.
• Power Stable: Part of the Hart Foundation 2.0 in the Underground days. Now apart of the World Titan Federation.
• Red Baron: “The Canadian Bulldog”.
• Strong and Skilled: He has both the size and strength of a power wrestler, with Catch Wrestling skills he honed under Billy Robinson and Josh Barnett that make him a excellent technical wrestler as well.
• Tag Team: With TJ Wilson as the Stampede Bulldogs in the Underground days.
• Wrestling Family: The son of the late Davey Boy Smith and a part of the massive Hart family.

Julius Smokes 2004, 2021-2022

• The Bus Came Back: Returned to the promotion in at Battle Riot III, accompanying the newly formed LAX/5150 alongside Konnan.
• Combat Commentator: Was a commentator for the last two shows in the Underground days.
• Gangbangers: As part of LAX/5150.
• Non-Action Guy: Subverted, he had a match teaming with Norman Smiley against Los Maximos.
  • His team with the new LAX/5150 has him shaping up to be this.
• Not That Kind of Doctor: Is not medical doctor, but is always introduced as Doctor Julius Smokes regardless.

Devon “Crowbar” Storm (Christopher Ford) 2002

Roderick Strong (Chris Lindsey) 2004

Super Crazy (Francisco Islas Rueda) 2002

Masato Tanaka (田中 正人, Tanaka Masato) 2003

Mikey Whipwreck (John Watson) 2003

Steve Williams 2002-2003

Barry Windham 2003

TJ Wilson (Theodore Wilson) 2004

Jimmy Yang (James Carson Yun) 2002-2003

Managers:

Bill Alfonso (William Matthew Sierra) 2002-2003, 2024

• Guest-Star Party Member: Accompanied Team MLW in the War Chamber match of 2024 against Team WTF.
• Hot-Blooded: He is still loud and angry with his whistle.
• Red Baron: "Fonzie," "The Manager of Champions," "The Man Who Calls It Right Down The Middle".
• Wrestling Family: His cousin is Dave "Fidel" Sierra aka The Cuban Assassin.

Francine (Francine Meeks (née Francine Fournier)) 2003

GI Ho 2003

• Action Girl: Competed in a mixed tag team match with Norman Smiley against Michael Shane and Francine.
• Red Baron: "America’s Hard Core Icon".

Gary Hart (Gary Richard Williams) 2004

• The Man Behind the Man: The founder and manager of Black Friday Management, the syndicate behind Low Ki and Homicide’s run in the original MLW.
• Red Baron: “Playboy”.

Honest John (Billy Robertson) 2003

• Fat Bastard: Fat and was Abdullah the Butcher’s manager.
• Non-Action Guy

Ron Niemi 2004

• Non-Action Guy: Was the manager of the Shane Twins.
• Red Baron: "The Hardcore Giant".
• Start My Own: Is the owner and founder of IPW Hardcore.

Simply Luscious (Veronica Carrejo-Brazier) 2003

• Action Girl: Is the only female graduate of the Shawn Michaels' Texas Wrestling Academy.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: There was a storyline where Simply Luscious appeared to be scouting either Raven or CM Punk. She was released before it was resolved.

The Sinister Minister (James Mitchell) 2003

Broadcast Team:

Court Bauer 2002-2004, 2017-

• Alternate Company Equivalent: Of Paul Heyman.
• Our Founder: Of the promotion.

Stephen DeAngelis 2002-2004, 2018, 2021

• Hammy Herald / Large-Ham Announcer

Eric Gargiulo 2004

• Combat Commentator: Was a commentator for the last two shows in the Underground days.

Mister Saint Laurent (Jared David St. Laurent) 2002-2004, 2017-

• Big Bad: As of 2024, he is the closest to this as he and the World Titan Federation are doing their best to turn MLW into a "sport entertainment" promotion.
• Combat Commentator: A commentator and fight analyst. He also occasionally dips into color commentating, rooting for heels like Richard Holliday or Mil Muertes.
• Cool Shades: Almost always seen with them.
• Famous Ancestor: Is the great-grandson of the 12th Prime Minister of Canada, Louis St. Laurent.
• Fat Bastard: Is overweight and has been taking advantage of Microman.
• Insistent Terminology: Dubbed himself a "legitimate promoter" and the wrestlers managed by him are introduced as being "promoted" by him.
• Number Two: Is the current COO of MLW, though it is rarely if almost never brought up on camera.
• Pet the Dog: His support and belief in Microman. Until it was revealed that he has beem taking 66% of Microman's pay cut.
• Power Stable: Created the World Titan Federation.

Joey Styles (Joseph Carmine Bonsignore) 2002-2003

Referees:

John Finnegan 2002-2004

• Combat Referee: Former ECW referee and senior referee of the original MLW.

Mike Keener 2002-2004

• Combat Referee: Former ECW and original MLW referee.

Fusion (2017-)

Fighters:

Abyss (Christopher Parks) 2018

Ace Austin (Austin James Highley) 2018-2019

• Alliterative Name
• Expy: Is frequently compared to Gambit.
• Le Parkour: Has training in it and has turned it into Combat Parkour in avoiding attacks from the ring apron without losing his balance.
• Red Baron: "The Ace Of Spades".

ACH (Albert Christian Hardie Jr.) 2018, 2019-2021, 2021-2022

• Arch-Enemy: The Hart Foundation and Team Filthy.
• Everything is Big in Texas: From Austin, though he doesn’t have the behavior usually associated with Texans, which is understandable since he is from another planet altogether.
• Game-Breaking Injury: A story arc would revolve around the injury to his ribs caused by Tom Lawlor. This injury would contribute to his loss at the hands of Jacob Fatu and give him a reason to side with the Von Erichs against Team Filthy.
• Genki Guy / Spirited Competitor: His most notable trait. It was hard to tell who was the bigger of these tropes between him and his partner Rich Swann.
• Jack of All Stats: Is described frequently described by the commentators as the best all rounded wrestler in the company.
• Lightning Bruiser: A high flying style wrestler, who can bench press 500 pounds.
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Not exactly a big guy at 5’9 and around 200 pounds, but he is deceitfully strong and has power moves in his arsenal. It’s one of the reasons why he can challenge for the world heavyweight championship.
• Put on the Bus: He joined WWE for most of 2019, before certain factors led to him quitting and returned to MLW by the end of the year. He later retired from wrestling altogether in 2021, then came back near the end of the year as the Wild Card entry for the National Openweight Championship 6-man ladder match.
• Red Baron: "Super", "The Human Video Game Highlight", "The Glow Of Texas", "The Last Dragon".
• Shout-Out: His entrance theme name-drops Tiger Mask and the Hidden Leaf Village. He is also listed as being from Planet Vegeta (though now residing in Austin, Texas).
• Tag Team: With Rich Swann in 2018. They came together after ACH beat Swann in a match.
• The Worf Effect: Since returning in 2021, he has mostly been used to put over other wrestlers.

Chico Adams 2018-2019

• Jobber: His main role was to get his ass kicked by Barrington Hughes and later Jacob Fatu and Josef Samael twice.

Richard Adonis 2024

• Guest Fighter: A freelancer and was brought in to be squashed by Bad Dude Tito.
• Red Baron: “Silver Snake”.

Sam Adonis (Samuel Polinsky) 2022-2023

• Arch-Enemy: Luchadors, from both Mexico and Japan.
• Power Stable: Part of Azteca Underground.
• Put on the Bus: Got kidnapped by Los Aztecas henchman and hasn't been seen since.
• Red Baron: "American Arrogant", "The Most Hated Man In Mexico", "Heartbreaker", "El Rudo De Las Chicas", "American Sweetness", "Rubio Fantástico", "Outlaw 2.0.".
• Wrestling Family: Is the younger brother of Corey Graves and the son of professional wrestling promoter Dan Polinsky.

Aero Star 2019-2020, 2021-2022

• Guest Fighter: From AAA.
• Hit-and-Run Tactics: Aerostar's preferred form of fighting. He wants to hit fast and hard and not give the opponent time to breathe.
• Masked Luchador: Has an aviator like mask.
• Parts Unknown: Is sometimes billed as “From the Cosmos”.
• Red Baron: "Last Creation of Antonio Peña".
• Spot Monkey: In the best way possible. Aerostar may be a formidable mat wrestler, but the reason you see this guy compete is to see him fly. It's like he was raised on a planet with three times Earth's gravity and he just sproings here.

Air Wolf (Darius Martin) 2019

• Animal Motifs: Wolves of course.
• Masked Luchador: An American born example.
• Put on the Bus: Was taken out by CONTRA Unit and was never seen again.
• Teen Genius: Was 19 when he was with the promotion.
• Wrestling Family: His brother is also wrestler.

AKIRA (Alex Atkisson) 2023-

• '80s Hair: Styles his hair into a Mohawk.
• Alternate Company Equivalent: Is basically an American version of Masashi Takeda, a shoot stylist that is right at home in death matches.
• Garbage Wrestling: One of his specialties.
• Heel–Face Turn: Turned on The Calling after losing the Tag Team Championships.
• Insistent Terminology: Refers to his style as “Catch X Death”.
• Only One Name: In caps no less.
• Power Stable: With Raven, Rickey Shane Page, Delirious, Dr. Cornwallis, and Mandy Leon as The Calling.
• Red Baron: "The Death Fighter", "The Death Samurai", "The Shogun", "The Exotic Weapon".
• Traumatic Haircut: Suffered one at the hands of Rickey Shane Page when he was kicked out of The Calling.

Darby Allin (Samuel Ratsch) 2018

Ángel de Oro (Miguel Ángel Chávez Velasco) 2024

• Gold-Colored Superiority: His ring name is Spanish for "Angel of Gold" or "Golden Angel".
• Guest Fighter: Sort of, he was featured in a match against Mistico for the MLW Middleweight Championship, but it was at a CMLL event and footage of it was included in the War Chamber 2024 PPV.
• Red Baron: "Seiku Tenshi".
• Wrestling Family: He is a second-generation luchador, the son of Apolo Chávez and the brother of the luchador Niebla Roja, who also works for CMLL

Lance Anoa'i 2018-2019, 2021, 2022-2023

• Acrofatic: Downplayed as he not as big as some of the other members of his family, he is light on his feet and can somersault over the top rope to attack his opponents, do 450 splashes, hurricanranas and standing moonsaults.
• Lightning Bruiser: Can dropkick an opponent while carrying another opponent into a Samoan Drop.
• Parent-Child Team: Briefly teamed with his dad Samu as a new incantation of The Samoan Island Tribe.
• Power Trio: As part of the new Samoan SWAT Team.
• Red Baron: “The Future”.
• Shoo the Dog: Left the promotion after his cousin Jacob Fatu came in with CONTRA Unit. Interestingly they never interacted in the promotion itself, not even during the 2019 Battle Riot where they both were in that match.
  • The Bus Came Back: For the Battle Riot III match. He later came back as part of the new Samoan SWAT Team.
• Wild Samoan: Subverted, he is Samoan and comes from the family most famously associated with the trope, however he does not have the behaviors associated with this trope.
• Wrestling Family: Part of the famous Anoa'i Family, specifically he is the son of Headshrinker Samu.

Atsuki Aoyagi (青柳亮生, Aoyagi Atsuki) 2021

• Alliterative Name
• Guest Fighter: From All Japan Pro Wrestling, though he was only featured on an episode of Fusion ALPHA that took footage from an All Japan show that featured his bout with Tajiri for the MLW World Middleweight Championship.
• Wrestling Family: Is the younger brother of Yuma Aoyagi, also an All Japan wrestler.

Aramís 2021-2022

• Arch-Enemy: Gino Medina, after Medina attacked Aramis after a trios match.
• Guest Fighter: From AAA.
• Masked Luchador: Has a three-sword crest on his mask.
• Power Stable: Is part of Azteca Underground.
• The Rival: Oddly with his stablemate, Arez.
• Shout-Out: He takes his name from one of The Three Musketeers.

Arez (Jonathan Saharawi Barragán González) 2021-2022

• Colour-Coded for Your Convenience: Wears mostly blue, in tribute to his trainer Blue Demon Jr.
• Fashionable Asymmetry: Wears a furry boot on his right leg while wearing a normal on the left.
• Confusion Fu: His style is very unpredictable, often attacking from unexpected angles and almost never does for the most straightforward methods.
• Insistent Terminology: Proclaims to be a master of “Strange Style”, which is described as the Krav Maga of Lucha Libre.
• Non-Masked Luchador: Wears face paint instead, though he makes his entrance in one before taking it off for the match. He did wear one in his early career though.
• Power Stable: Brought into MLW in the 2021 Open Draft through Azteca Underground. Later became part of Strange Sangre.
• Red Baron: "El Cruz Azul de la Lucha Libre" ("The Blue Cross of Lucha Libre").
• The Rival: Oddly with his stablemate, Aramis.
• Wrestling Family: His cousin is the luchador, Kronoz.

Atlantis Jr. 2024-

• Guest Fighter: From CMLL.
• Legacy Character: To his father.
• Masked Luchador
• Power Stable: Part of Azteca Underground.
• Red Baron: "El Principe del Atlantis" ("The Prince of Atlantis")
• Wrestling Family: The son of the original Atlantis, the brother of El Hijo de Atlantis and the nephew of Atlantico.

Austin Aries (Daniel Sowold) 2018, 2019

Averno (Renato Ruíz Cortes) 2020, 2024

• Arch-Enemy: Místico.
• Ascended Extra: Sort of, his first appearance with MLW was at the cross-promotional Super Series with AAA. He was later brought in to face Mistico at SuperFight 2024.
• Guest Fighter: A freelance luchador.

B 3 CCA (Rebecca Ann) 2023-2024

• Action Girl
• Red Baron: "The Leader Of The Scrunchie Squad", "The Powerbomb Princess".
• Small Name, Big Ego: A self-proclaimed “international popstar”.

Dr. Rex Bacchus (Chris Sims) 2018

• Character Death: He passed away on January 17, 2019 after a bout with cancer. He was only 35. MLW Fusion Episode 41 was dedicated to his memory.
• Jobber
• Red Baron: “The Sex Idol”.

Fallah Bahh (Francis Flores) 2018

• Acrofatic: A lot more agile than his 400 pound frame would suggest.
• Guest Fighter: From Impact Wrestling and only came for the first Battle Riot.
• Mighty Glacier: While agile, he is still a lot slower than most wrestlers.
• Stout Strength: Has a huge gut.

Bandido 2022

• Bandito: Fitting to his name and gimmick, his poncho-style mask and entrance gears comes of him wearing a sombrero hat and bandolier outfits.
• Guest Fighter: From AAA.
• Lightning Bruiser: Fast, flies high and can outright toss his opponents with ease.
• Masked Luchador: With a Poncho-style mask.
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse: 5ft 7 and a lot stronger than he looks.
• Red Baron: “The Most Wanted”.
• Suplex Finisher: One of his Finishing Moves is a modified rebound German Suplex called the 21 Plex.
• Wrestling Family: He is a fourth-generation wrestler, a relative of Apóstol Jr., Myzteziz Jr., and cousin of Magia Blanca.

Leva Bates 2017

• Handicapped Badass: She's partially deaf.

The Beastman (George Fetty) 2021, 2023

• Expy: Is sort of one to Bruiser Brody, with the Huss chant.
• Loincloth: Wears a leopard print one.
• Man Bites Man: Has no problems biting his opponents.
• Mighty Glacier: Big, strong, slow.
• Nemean Skinning: Wears a bear skin cloak in his entrances.
• Red Baron: "Stone Age Savage", "The Force Of The North", "The Man Monster", "The One Man Wrecking Crew".
• Stout Strength: Near 400 pounds.

Ben-K (中村風太, Nakamura Futa) 2022

• Guest Fighter: From Dragon Gate.
• No-Sell: Does this a lot in Dragon Gate, often while defiantly flexing his arms.
• Odd Friendship: With nZo/Real1.
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse: 5'8", 218 lbs, and is absurdly strong. He's not short at all by Dragon Gate standards, however.
• Red Baron: "Soul Shooter".

Bestia 666 (Leornardo Carrera Lizarraga) 2019, 2021-2022

• Arch-Enemy: Mance Warner and Jimmy Havoc.
• Garbage Wrestling: His speciality.
• Number of the Beast: Has 666 on his head and attire, just like his dad.
• Power Stable: Part of Promociones Dorado. He is also the leader of his own faction La Rebelion Amarilla
• Red Baron: "El Hijo del Demonio" ("The Son of the Devil"), “Baja Devil”, “Tijuana Gremlin”.
• Unmasked Luchador: Wears face paint instead, just like his father.
• Wrestling Family: Is the son of Damian 666.

Mark Billington 2022-2023

• Arch-Enemy: The Bombaye Fight Club.
• Big Little Brother: Downplayed, he is slightly taller than his older brother.
• Power Trio: With his cousin Davey Boy Smith Jr. and his brother Thomas as The New British Bulldogs.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: Is the calmer, more technically reliant styled grappler compared to his brother.
• Tag Team: With his brother Thomas as The Billington Bulldogs.
• Teen Genius: Debuted for the promotion at 19 and started wrestling professionally when he was 14.
• Weak, but Skilled: Is young and not quite built like the other wrestlers in terms of body size, but he is a skilled grappler.
• Wrestling Family: A nephew of the late Dynamite Kid and also part of the massive Hart family.

Thomas Billington 2022-2023

• Arch-Enemy: The Bombaye Fight Club.
• Power Trio: With his cousin Davey Boy Smith Jr. and his brother Mark as The New British Bulldogs.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: Is noted to be the more aggressive styled grappler of the brothers.
• Tag Team: With his brother Mark as The Billington Bulldogs.
• Teen Genius: While no longer a teenage by the time he debuted with the promotion, he did start professional wrestling at 16.
• Uncanny Family Resemblance: Is a near dead ringer of his late uncle and even shares the same first name.
• Wrestling Family: A nephew of the late Dynamite Kid and also part of the massive Hart family.

Josh Bishop 2023-

• The Brute: For the World Titan Federation.
• Expy: Seems to share a lot of similarities to Sycho Sid.
• Red Baron: "The Intense Icon".

Midas Black 2023-2024

• Large-Ham Announcer: As befitting his Ringmaster gimmick, he does introductions for him and Jay Lyon.
• Red Baron: "The Ringleader".
• Repulsive Ringmaster: A downplayed inverted example as it is his gimmick with his tag partner being the animal of the team.
• Tag Team: With Jay Lyon as The Mane Event.

Sam Black 2019

• Jobber: Was brought in to be squashed by Jacob Fatu along with Ariel Dominguez.
• Red Baron: “The Spartan”.

Kevin Blackwood (Kevin Lockwood) 2023-2024

• Arch-Enemy: Tony Deppen and TJ Crawford.
• Red Baron: "The Aesthetic Crippler".

Brittany Blake (Brittany Tartaglia) 2021, 2022-2023

• Action Girl
• Alliterative Name
• Ms. Fanservice: Has also worked as a cosplayer and model.

Blake Blanks 2019

• Alliterative Name
• Jobber: Was brought in for a match against Leo Brien and an after match beat down by LA Park.
• Red Baron: “The Trust Fund Kid”.

The Blue Meanie (Brian Heffron) 2018-2022, 2024

• The Cameo: He likes showing up at least once a year, usually in the annual Battle Riot match.

Slice Boogie (Milton Troche) 2021-2022

• Arch-Enemy: Injustice, Los Parks and The Von Erichs.
• The Big Guy: Of the new LAX/5150.
• Gangbangers: As a member of LAX/5150.
• Put on the Bus: Was arrested for getting aggressive with police when questioned about 5150's attack on the Von Erichs. His role is being filled by Hernandez while he is away.
• Red Baron: “King of the Concrete Jungle”.
• Tag Team: One half of the new iteration of The Latin American Xchange (LAX)/5150.

Scarlett Bordeaux (Elizabeth Chihaia) 2022

Parker Boudreaux 2022

• Guest Fighter: Appeared at Battle Riot IV.
• Identical Stranger: He looks a lot like a young Brock Lesnar.

J Boujii (John Reubel) 2023-2024

• Fire-Forged Friends: Fought against Mr. Thomas in match and impressed him enough that he invited him to be part of the Bomaye Fight Club, which he accepted.
• Fragile Speedster: Is the smallest and fastest member of the Bomaye Fight Club.
• Power Stable: Part of the Bomaye Fight Club.
• Red Baron: "Croc God".

Kotto Brazil/Snoop Strikes 2017-2020

• Alliterative Name: As Snoop Strikes.
• Arch-Enemy: Ricky Martinez. With Injustice, MLW management, Brian Pillman Jr. and AAA luchadors.
• Catchphrase: "Kotto can, Kotto will".
• Early-Bird Cameo: Was featured in a dark match as Snoop Strikes before he officially joined the promotion as Kotto Brazil.
• Eyepatch of Power: He started to wear one as a result of an attack at a Miami nightclub by Ricky Martinez.
• Face–Heel Turn: Was firmly a face before he joined Injustice.
• Fragile Speedster: Fast and very agile, unfortunately his size didn’t allow him to take much damage before going down.
• Masked Luchador: Was originally this, before his match with Low Ki unmasked him.
• Power Trio: Part of Injustice.
• Put on a Bus: He was written out of MLW after being assaulted by CONTRA Unit. This attack on their friend was what pushed Injustice to feud with CONTRA.
• Red Baron: “The Haitian Sensation”.
• Tag Team: With Barrington Hughes as the "Smash N Dash Connection".

Ken Broadway 2022-

• Cool Shades: Wears a pair when making his entrance.
• Guest Fighter: A Free Agent that pops in once in a while.
• Jobber: Lost rather quickly to Ikuro Kwon.
• Red Baron: "Cash Flow", "The Crown Jewel", "The Mohican Maniac", "The Self Made Savage".

Brian Brock/Leo Brien 2017-2021, 2024

• Arch-Enemy: Team TBD (Jimmy Yuta and Jason Cade), and Savio Vega when he was on his own.
• Bounty Hunter: Was a former one.
• The Bus Came Back: Returned at War Chamber 2024 under his real name instead of Leon Brien, first attacking Devin Diaz, then demanding a match against anyone. He got Mads Krule Krugger who proceeded to demolish him and was later carried out by the Sentai Death Squad, though curiously not in a bodybag.
• Dye Hard: Blond of course.
• Power Stable: Part of The Stud Stable as Leo Brien.
• Red Baron: As Leo Brien: “Lover Boy”, “Bam Bam”, “The Throwback”, “Outlaw”. As Brian Brock: "Buckshot".
• Tag Team / Those Two Guys: With Michael Patrick as the Dirty Blondes and both are in the Stud Stable.
• The Worf Effect: Is mostly used to build up other wrestlers, either by himself or as part of the Dirty Blonds.

Adam Brooks (Adam Wilmot) 2019

• Awesome Aussie: From Melbourne.
• Guest Fighter: Was brought in for a match against Austin Aries.
• Red Baron: "The Loose Ledge", "The Impact Player", "The Protege", "Brooksy", "The Kingsley of Dingley".

Bu Ku Dao (Paul Nguyen) 2020-2021

• Anime Hair
• The Apprentice: To TJP. It became a Broken Pedestal after TJP began attacking him after they lost a Tag Team title match to Los Parks.
• The Dog Bites Back: After several weeks of TJP's bullying, he finally went toe-to-toe with his former mentor in Fusion episode 129 and soundly beat him.
• Fragile Speedster: Due to his size, he can’t take much damage before he goes down. That said, he is tougher than guys of similar size like Ariel Dominguez.
• I Know Karate: Knows Kickboxing and Chinese Sanshou.
• Put on the Bus: Kind of just disappeared after Battle Riot III.
• Red Baron: “The Situ-Asian”.
• Student–Master Team: He and TJP formed a tag team, with the veteran TJP acting as a mentor to the rookie Bu Ku Dao. After losing to Los Parks in a match for the MLW Tag Team titles, however, TJP turned on his apprentice and became a heel in the process.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: His victory over Hijo de LA Park in Fusion episode 130 was what finally pushed El Jefe to punish Salina de la Renta for constantly losing.
• Weak, but Skilled: Is only 5ft tall and has no chance of overpowering his opponents, he makes up for it using a combination of his martial arts background and high flying techniques.

Jason Cade (Jay Summers) 2018

• Arch-Enemy: Jimmy Yuta.
• Dirty Coward: Showed it in his feud with Jimmy Yuta.
• Red Baron: “The Flying Gambino”, “Bad Attitude”.
• Tag Team: With Jimmy Yuta as Team TBD. Before he betrayed him anyway.

Sami Callihan (Sam Johnston) 2017-2019, 2022, 2024

Zoey Cannon

• Irony: Her wrestling trainer was Jesus Rodriguez, who was on the side of her opponent.
• Jobber: Got knocked out instantly in her match with Janai Kai.
• Red Baron: "The Bombshell".

Cannonball (Jeff Guerrero) 2023-

• The Brute: Of The Calling.
• Fat and Skinny: His tag team with Talon.
• Fat Bastard: Part of The Calling, a group of sadistic mad men and is a very heavily built man.
• Garbage Wrestling: His speciality.
• Malevolent Masked Men: Wears a mask and is part of The Calling.
• Power Stable: Part of The Calling.
• Red Baron: "King Ugly", "The Deathmatch Vegan".

Matt Cardona 2023

• Power Stable: Part of the World Titan Federation.

Clara Carreras 2022-2023

• Action Girl
• Alliterative Name
• Red Baron: “La Chica”.

Sofia Castillo 2024

• Action Girl
• Guest Fighter: A freelancer.
• Red Baron: "The Ringmaster".
• Ur-Example: The first female pro wrestler from Costa Rica.

Anthony Catena 2021

• I Know Karate: A Taekwondo black belt and youth champion.
• Red Baron: “The Six Tool Project”.

Bárbaro Cavernario (Leonardo Moreno Ayala) 2023-

• Contemporary Caveman: His gimmick, though maybe another way to sum up his gimmick is Bruiser Brody if he had Lucha Libre training.
• Guest Fighter: From CMLL.
• Power Stable: Sort of, he was recruited by Salina de la Renta teamed up with Promociones Dorado member Rocky Romero against Ichiban and Máscara Dorada 2.0. Then is jumped ship and joined Cesar Duran's Azteca Underground faction when he returned.
• Red Baron: "El Australopithecus Apestosus", "El Hombre de las Cavernas".

Kim Chee (Steve Lombardi) 2021-

• The Cameo: A participant in the third Battle Riot match. He came again at Battle Riot IV and V.

Chessman (Kevin Citlali Zamora) 2020

• Guest Fighter: From AAA.

Chik Tormenta 2022

• Action Girl
• Guest Fighter: From AAA.
• Masked Luchadora

CIMA (大島 伸彦, Ōshima Nobuhiko) 2019-2020

Jeff Cobb/Matanza Duran 2017-2018, 2021

• Acrofatic: It isn’t enough of him to be as strong as an ox, but Cobb has displayed jaw-dropping levels of agility for a guy his size.
• The Bus Came Back: Came back as Matanza Duran for the 2021 War Chamber match on the Hammerheads team against CONTRA Unit.
• Canon Welding: His return at War Chamber 2021 acknowledges that Jeff Cobb himself and Matanza of Lucha Underground are one and the same person.
• Expy: Gets frequently compared to "Dr. Death" Steve Williams.
• Leotard of Power: Wears customized singlets from SPLX.
• Lightning Bruiser: Despite being under 6ft, he's a former olympic wrestler, weighs around 250 pounds and tends to steamroll his opponents with suplexes and powerslams. Also, one of his Signature Moves is a standing moonsault fallaway slam, followed by a STANDING shooting star press.
• Red Baron: “The Hawaiian Hulk”, "Mr. Athletic".
• Stout Strength: Just under the super heavyweight limit and a former freestyle wrestling Olympian.
• Tag Team: With Matt Riddle as the Chosen Bros.

Tom Coffey 2019

• Jobber: Was brought in to be knocked out by Low Ki.
• Red Baron: “The Iron Bear”, “The Last of a Dying Breed”.

Dr. Cornwallis 2023-

• Acrofatic: Heavy built and can pull off spinning wheel kicks.
• The Brute: Of The Calling.
• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Just sort of disappeared from The Calling along with Mandy Leon, Delirious, and Raven. He did reappear in 2024 alongside them but seems to have been Demoted to Extra.
• Fat Bastard: Part of The Calling, Raven's group of sadistic mad men and is a very heavily built man.
• Malevolent Masked Men: Wears a gas mask like all the other mooks of The Calling, making him something like an Elite Mook.
• Morally Ambiguous Doctorate: Not exactly someone you would trust with your health.
• Power Stable: Part of The Calling with Raven, Rickey Shane Page, AKIRA, Delirious, and Mandy Leon.

Mocho Cota Jr. (Alejandro Cota) 2020

• Guest Fighter: From AAA.
• Wrestling Family: He's the son of the original Mocho Cota.

TJ Crawford (Tommy Condito) 2022, 2023-2024

• Arch-Enemy: Kevin Blackwood.
• Guest Fighter: A free agent when he first appeared.
• Power Trio: With Tony Deppen and Griffin McCoy.
• Red Baron: "Overtime", "Silver Sniper", "Windy City Kid".

Logan Creed/Grogan (Matthew Waters) 2019-2020

• Battle Butler: As Grogan, he was often subjected to menial tasks such as shoveling the snow of a 125-yard driveway owned by MJF’s parents or buffing Hammerstone’s new Bugatti to varnishing Richard Holliday’s classic wooden sailboat in 100º heat in Boca Raton. This was one of the reasons he eventually betrayed the Dynasty.
• Bodyguarding a Badass: Was The Dynasty’s bodyguard as Grogan, though for some reason he acted more as a Battle Butler as described above.
• Bullying a Dragon: Aside from the above and often being the butt of jokes of Gino Medina to impress women, he finally betrayed The Dynasty by allowing Mance Warner to interfere and prevent Hammerstone from helping MJF and Richard Holliday in winning the MLW World Tag Team Championships from the Von Erichs.
• The Giant: 6ft 8 and over 300 pounds.
• Heel–Face Turn: Betrayed The Dynasty by allowing their rival, Mance Warner, entry into the arena after Warner bribed Grogan by offering him beers and a date with a dancer and changed his name to Logan Creed to signify his cutting of ties with them.
• Lightning Bruiser: Big, strong, and can suicide dive over the top rope to the outside of the ring.
• Power Stable: Was Hammerstone’s “gift” to The Dynasty as Grogan.
• Put on a Bus: Has not appeared since the hiatus due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Before his disappearance however, he was looking into CONTRA Unit in several Pulp Fusion episodes.
• Red Baron: “The Heathen”.
• Spell My Name With An S: As the Dynasty likes to call him, Grogan/Gorgon.
• This Means Warpaint: Marked his face with paint as Logan Creed.
• Work Off the Debt: It is said that the main reason for him being in the Dynasty is family financial hardships.

Jake Crist (John Crist) 2024-

• Red Baron: "The Fire Starter", "The Artist", "The Modern Man In Black".
• Wrestling Family: Is the younger brother of Dave Crist and the husband of female wrestler Nevaeh.

Daga (Miguel Ángel Olivo) 2018-2019

• Arch-Enemy: Low Ki and by extension Promociones Dorado.
• Non-Masked Luchador: With a more technical style than the average luchador.
• Red Baron: "The Maestro of Mexican Strong Style".
• Wrestling Family: Is married to Tessa Blanchard.

Daivari (Shawn Daivari) 2021

• Brainwashed and Crazy: Josef Samael describes Daivari as a broken man before Contra found him and remade him.
• Last-Name Basis / Only One Name
• Power Stable: The Iranian Super Soldier of Contra Unit.
• Put on the Bus: Was attacked by Alexander Hammerstone on an episode of Fusion Alpha and hasn’t been seen since.

Damián 666 (Leonardo Carrera Gómez) 2019, 2023

• Garbage Wrestling: A veteran of FMW, it was there where he became the face painted beast of the apocalypse he is today.
• Guest Fighter: Had only one match featured on Fusion, which was filmed at a show promoted by The Crash Lucha Libre.
• Non-Masked Luchador: Wears face paint instead. He did wear one in his early career though.
• Number of the Beast: Has the number 666 painted on his forehead.
• Power Stable: Was part of Promociones Dorado since his son was in it.
• Red Baron: "La Bestia del Apocalipsis" ("The Beast of the Apocalypse").
• Ring Oldies: Over 50 and still spilling blood all over the world.
• Wrestling Family: The father of Bestia 666.

Dr. Dax 2019-2020, 2021-2023

• Alliterative Name
• The Bus Came Back: Made a few appearances as fodder for other wrestlers, but has returned in 2021 accompanying Holidead.
• Cool Mask
• Jobber: A victim of King Mo and Dominic Garrini.
• Mighty Glacier: A big, but slow dude.
• Morally Ambiguous Doctorate: Not really someone that should have a doctorate in anything really.
• Power Stable: Part of Strange Sangre. Sort of, mostly by association due to being Holidead’s pet.
• Red Baron: "The Axe", "The Physician of Violence".
• Stout Strength: At 360 pounds.
• Took a Level in Badass: From jobber to Holidead’s pet to Wrestling Monster.

Tony Deppen 2023-2024

• Arch-Enemy: Kevin Blackwood.
• Power Trio: Leader of one with TJ Crawford and Griffin McCoy.

Delirious (Hunter Johnston) 2022-2023

Devin Diaz 2024

• Alliterative Name: "Dirty" Devin Diaz.
• Guest Fighter: Subverted, he was supposed to have a match at War Chamber 2024, but Brian Brock took him out when he was making his entrance.
• Red Baron: "Dirty".

Zicky Dice (Nicholas Zoppo) 2021

• Guest Fighter: Only appeared at Battle Riot III.
• Hidden Depths: Was part of the band Heart to Heart before becoming a wrestler.
• Real Men Wear Pink: Has no problem wearing pink gear.
• Red Baron: “Outlandish”.

Ariel Dominguez 2018-2021

• Fragile Speedster: Downplayed, he is one of the smallest wrestlers in the company, so he can’t last long when the bigger guys put him though the wringer, and while fast, he isn’t as agile as some of the luchadors.
• I Know Karate: Has a background in amateur wrestling.
• Jobber: For most of his time in MLW and was the most recurring one in the promotion. He also had the shortest time spent in a Battle Riot match, before an Azteca Henchman broke his record.
• Power Stable: Was briefly a member of Team Filthy.

Reina Dorada 2022

• Action Girl
• Guest Fighter: From AAA.
• I Know Karate: Is a black belt in Taekwondo and uses a lot of kicks in her offense. She also trained in jiu jitsu and kickboxing.
• Masked Luchadora: From Mexico City, Mexico.

Lince Dorado (José Cordero) 2022-2023

• Bash Brothers: With Microman.
• Gold-Colored Superiority: Wears a gold mask and his ring name translates to "golden lynx."
• Masked Luchador
• Panthera Awesome
• Red Baron: "Lucha Lit".

Máscara Dorada 2.0 2023-

• Arch-Enemy: Rocky Romero and by extension Promociones Dorado.
• Bash Brothers: With Ichiban.
• Gold-Colored Superiority: His ring name means "Golden Mask".
• Guest Fighter: From CMLL.
• Power Stable: Was brought into Azteca Underground.
• Wrestling Family: Is the son of Ephesto, and once wrestled as Panterita del Ring Jr. referencing his father's previous gimmick. He is also the nephew of Jesús Parra Ramírez, who also works for CMLL under the name Luciferno and is also the cousin of El Rebelde.

Love, Doug (Doug Woodhouse) 2023-2024

• Abhorrent Admirer: To B 3 CCA. Too bad her boyfriend Brett Ryan Gosselin doesn't approve.
• Red Baron: "The Real Life Cupid".

Drago (Víctor Manuel Soto Flores) 2018, 2020, 2021

• Guest Fighter: From AAA.
• Masked Luchador
• Our Dragons Are Different: His mask is themed after a Dragon. It's even in his name!

El Dragon 2022

• Everything is Big in Texas: Was born in El Paso, Texas.
• Masked Luchador
• Wrestling Family: A 3rd generation luchador, he is the grandson of Dr. X (the luchador, not Dick “The Destroyer” Beyer), and also related to El Cobarde, El Cobarde II , Convoy (his uncles), El Hijo del Cobarde & Hijo del Impostor (his cousins).

Dragón Lee 2018-2019

• Dragons Up the Yin Yang: He's the dragon, the yin yang is on his forehead.
• Guest Fighter: From CMLL.
• Legacy Character: The gimmick associated with the mask started in LLI/UWA and had been used in CMLL once before him.
• Masked Luchador: Unlike his brother and father.
• Red Baron: "El Niño Maravilla" ("The Boy Wonder"), "El Toro Rojo" ("The Red Bull").
• Wrestling Family: A son of La Bestia del Ring and his brothers are the second Mistico (who was also the former Dragon Lee) and Rush. His uncle and cousins are also luchadors.

Tommy Dreamer (Tom Laughlin) 2018-2019

Robert Dreissker 2019

• Canon Name: His ring name is listed on result sites for his time in MLW as “Avalanche”, though the commentators do refer to him by his real name.
• Cool Teacher: Is a trainer for the WXW Wrestling Academy.
• Guest Fighter: From Westside Xtreme Wrestling.
• Leotard of Power: To contain his heavy frame.
• Psycho for Hire: Was payed off by MJF to help him in the 2019 Battle Riot.
• Red Baron: “Avalanche”, "Monster Of A Man".
• Stout Strength: Heavily built at around 300 pounds and a power wrestler.

Duke Droese (Michael David Droese) 2023

• Alliterative Name
• Catchphrase: “It’s time to take out the trash!”
• Garbage Wrestling: A more literal example with his gimmick as a garbage man, with his signature weapon being a trash can.
• Guest Fighter: Appeared in the Battle Riot V match.
• Handicapped Badass: Lose his left foot due to a staphylococcal infection. He came to Battle Riot V wearing a prosthetic leg.
• Red Baron: "The Dumpster".
• Ring Oldies: Was 54 years old when he stepped into the promotion.
• Stout Strength: 6ft 6 and over 300 pounds.

Jason Dugan 2020-2021

• Jobber
• Red Baron: "Awesome Truth".

O'Shay Edwards 2022-2024

• Early-Bird Cameo: Was in Alex Kane’s corner for a few matches before his debut in the Battle Riot V match.
• Power Stable: A member of the Bombaye Fight Club.
• Red Baron: "The Big Bad Kaiju", "The Silver Tongue".

Markos Espada 2017-2018

• Jobber: His role.
• Red Baron: “The Anti-Luchador”.

La Estrella (Masahiro Inoue) 2022-2023

• Expy: Of Takuya Sugi; he's a masked wrestler too and has many of Sugi's signature moves, among them the famous rope-running dropkick, which no other Japanese wrestler had adopted yet. In fact, upon his debut there was some speculation that Estrella could be Sugi himself under another of his many gimmicks, but it was revealed he was actually a new Dragon dojo boy named Masahiro Inoue.
• Guest Fighter: From Dragon Gate.
• Masked Luchador: Wears one with a Shark Fin of Doom.

Andrew Everett (Andrew Everett Wenkel) 2018

• The Giant: Mocked by him in his match against the diminutive Team Filthy member Ariel Dominguez. Everett isn't a big man by any means, but Dominguez is *tiny*.
• Red Baron: “The Apex of Agility”, “The Skywalker”.

Ava Everett (Evie Rodgerson) 2023

• Action Girl
• Guest Fighter: From Westside Xtreme Wrestling.
• Red Baron: "All That", "The Ava-Taker", "The Creator", "The Icon On Canvas", "Y 2 Kutie".

Delmi Exo (Elizabeth Medrano) 2021-2022, 2023-

• Action Girl
• Arch-Enemy: Janai Kai.
• Power Stable: Part of Azteca Underground.
• Red Baron: "The God Queen", "Just One Of The Boys", "The Galaxy DelmiGod".
• Tag Team: With Ashley Vox as Team Sea Stars.
• Wrestling Family: Is the sister of Ashley Vox.

Jacob Fatu 2018, 2019-2024

Rey Fenix 2018-2019

Juicy Finau 2022-2023

• {{Acrofatic}]: Capable of doing top ropes splashes and moonsaults from the second rope.
• Afro Asskicker
• The Big Guy: Of the Samoan SWAT Team, which is saying something as his other two partners are near 300 pounds themselves.
• Hard Head: Not too surprising since he is Tongan.
• Mighty Glacier: Big, strong, but not as agile as his teammates.
• Power Trio: As part of the new Samoan SWAT Team.
• Put on the Bus: Was taken out by The Calling and hasn't been seen since.
• Red Baron: “Big Toko”, “Big Juicy”, “New Era Savage”.
• Stout Strength: Over 450 pounds.
• Wild Tongan

Bobby Fish 2021

• Guest Fighter: Competed in the 2021 Opera Cup, then left to sign on with AEW.

Flamita 2019, 2022

• Guest Fighter: From AAA.
• Masked Luchador
• Red Baron: "Flam Fly".
• Wrestling Family: Luchadors Toro Negro (grandfather), El Retador (father), Flama Roja (uncle).

AJ Francis (Anthony Joseph Francis) 2024-

• Arch-Enemy: Came into MLW antagonising Alex Kane and the Bombaye Fight Club.
• Power Stable: Part of the World Titan Federation.
• Red Baron: "Dolla", "The Silver Tongued Silverback".
• Stout Strength: Big, chubby looking, but strong enough to easily powerbomb Mr. Thomas.

Kosei Fujita (藤田 晃生, Fujita Kosei) 2024

• Guest Fighter: From New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
• Power Stable: The only Japanese member of The Mighty Don't Kneel stable in NJPW.

Sawyer Fulton (Jacob Southwick) 2018

• Acrofatic: While not fat, he is a big dude. Who can pull off missile dropkicks.
• Beard of Evil
• The Brute: Was this for Sami Callihan and his Death Machines.
• Dreadlock Warrior
• The Giant: 6ft 8 and over 300 pounds.
• Last-Name Basis / Only One Name: Is listed and referred to only as Fulton.
• Power Trio: Part of Sami Callihan and his Death Machines.
• Red Baron: “Madman”.

Gangrel (David Heath) 2018, 2022

• Power Stable: Is the leader of Strange Sangre.

Dominic Garrini 2019-2021

• I Know Karate: A Judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and champion. His background forms a large part of his wrestling style.
• Power Stable: Part of Team Filthy.
• Put on the Bus: Sort of just disappeared before Battle Riot III.
• Red Baron: “The Crippler of Canton, Ohio”, “The Bone Collector”.
• Tag Team / Those Two Guys: With Kevin Ku as Violence is Forever, and also part of Team Filthy.
• Vocal Dissonance: His voice sounds like he hasn’t gone through puberty.

Gnarls Garvin (Jake Kinnett) 2021-2022

• The Alcoholic: Loves drinking beer as much as fighting.
• Alliterative Name
• Bash Brothers: Somewhat surprisingly with Budd Heavy, as they bonded over their love of beer.
• Blood Knight: Is willing to fight anyone at anytime.
• Jerkass: His first post-match established him as one.
• Lightning Bruiser: Hits hard and quite fast to back up his smash mouth style.
• Red Baron: “Big Beef”.
• Stout Strength: A hefty dude, they don’t call him big beef for nothing.

Garza Jr. (Humberto Garza Solano) 2018

• Put on a Bus: Signed with WWE afterwards as Angel Garza.

Rhett Giddins 2017-2018

• Arch-Enemy: The Stud Stable.
• He Also Did: Is now in the cannabis industry.
• Red Baron: “The Freak”.
• Tag Team: Briefly with Seth Petruzelli.

Miranda Gordy 2022

• Action Girl
• Wrestling Family: The daughter of Terry “Bam Bam” Gordy.

Brett Ryan Gosselin 2023-

• Arch-Enemy: Love, Doug on behalf of his girlfriend B 3 CCA.
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Zayda.
• Power Stable: Part of the World Titan Federation.
• Red Baron: "The Victorious BRG".

Simon Gotch/Grimm (Seth Lesser) 2018-2021

• Challenge Seeker: Created the Simon Gotch Prize Fight Challenge with the winner getting a sum of money from Gotch’s own funds. It was won by Ace Romero with a cash prize of $20,000.
• Cool Mask: Wears a white demonic-looking mask during his ring entrance.
• Darker and Edgier: The quirky but harmless guy from the Vaudevillians? He doesn't exist anymore.
• Dastardly Whiplash: Until he shaved it off when he formed CONTRA. It has hilariously led to the fans chanting "Where’s your mustache?" whenever he is wrestling.
• Humiliation Conga: Got his ass kicked by former best friend Filthy Tom in a No-Ropes, No Holds Barred match, then got his ass kicked by Ace Romero in a 20,000 Dollar Prize Fight challenge. This led to him bringing in CONTRA Unit.
• In the Hood: Wears a black hoodie during his ring entrance.
• Power Stable: Originally Team Filthy, then Contra Unit.
• Put on the Bus: Hasn’t been seen since Battle Riot III.
• The Quisling: He betrayed his best friend Tom Lawlor to Promociones Dorado, leading him straight into an ambush.
• Shout-Out: Took his name from catch wrestlers Frank and Karl Gotch, has a shootfighter gimmick that Karl helped to bring about, and even uses the Gotch Style Piledriver as a Finishing Move.
• The Sneaky Guy: Was this for Team Filthy and currently for CONTRA Unit.
• Tag Team: Is sort of CONTRA Unit’s Tag Team specialist as he has been in almost every tag team match that featured CONTRA. His profile on the MLW site lists him as a "tag team whisperer".
• Took a Level in Badass: Gotch came into MLW as "the other guy" in the Vaudevillains from WWE. After being Tom Lawlor's best friend in Team Filthy, Gotch betrayed Lawlor and got his ass kicked for his troubles, then got beat by Ace Romero in his open challenge for $20,000. Disappearing for awhile, Gotch would reappear, clean-shaven, with Jacob Fatu and Josef Samael in tow, beating down Lawlor after Lawlor beat Low Ki in a cage match. Having beaten down Lawlor, Gotch and his new stable known as CONTRA Unit would begin destroying everything in their path at Intimidation Games.

Gringo Loco (Charles Santo) 2018-2021, 2023

• Acrofatic: A bit on the chubby side, but he can fly with no problems.
• Ascended Extra: His first appearance for the promotion was in a loss to Marko Stunt and was given a Jobber Entrance for his first few matches (even in the 5-Way Ladder Match for the World Middleweight Championship).
• Cool Shades: In his entrances.
• Foreign Wrestling Heel: Subverted, he is a white American man who is trained in the lucha libre style and is a fan favorite in the states. In Mexico however, he plays the trope straight.
• In the Hood: Enters the ring with one.
• Non-Masked Luchador: He wears a full body suit instead.
• Red Baron: “The Base God”.
• Wearing a Flag on Your Head: Wears body suits with colors of the American flag on it.

Sammy Guevara 2017-2018

Jake Hager (Donald Jacob Hager) 2017-2018

Niño Hamburguesa (Ivan Flores) 2020

• Acrofatic
• Guest Fighter: From AAA.

Alexander Hammerstone (Alex Rohde) 2019–2023

• Arch-Enemy: Ever since he was beaten down by Mads Krügger, Hammerstone has had it out for Krügger and CONTRA Unit as a whole, even dubbing himself as “The Contra Hunter”. He also has one in Mil Muertes and by extension Promociones Dorado / Azteca Underground after Muertes beat him down after his National Openweight Championship defense against LA Park and stole the title. And now Richard Holliday's added to the list as a result of his betrayal after a successful world title defense against Pagano (and Alicia Atout by association).
  • Past enemies have included the Hart Foundation and Mance Warner.
  • The Calling have quickly established themselves as this to him.
• The Brute: Was the biggest guy in the Dynasty, unless you include his former bodyguard Grogan as part of the stable.
• Catchphrase: "Your boy Hammer".
• Comically Small Bribe: While Richard Holliday wanted to bail on Filthy Island as soon as possible, Hammerstone actually considered investing in Filthy Island, since Tom Lawlor offered him spam.
• Defeating the Undefeatable: Hammerstone would be the one to end Mil Muertes' undefeated streak in MLW by beating him for the National Openweight Championship in Fusion episode 128.
  • He recently defeated Jacob Fatu in Fightland, winning the latter's MLW World Heavyweight Championship and retaining his National Openweight Championship.
• Expy: One part Triple H, one part late 00's Chris Jericho, one part Hulk Hogan, and one part Lex Luger.
• Face–Heel Turn: Turned heel at Fightland 2023 when he join St. Laurent's World Titan Federation in attacking Alex Kane.
• Finishing Move: The Nightmare Pendulum (a delayed suplex lift into a sitout side slam).
• The Hero: Hammerstone was the current Top Face of MLW from late 2021 to the first half of 2023.
• Heroic Build: Has one of the best physiques in MLW and has competed in Bodybuilding contests. Ironically some episodes of the Lifestyles of the Rich and Dynastic implied that he takes “supplements” to keep his physique.
• Heroes Love Dogs: Has a dog named Hunter Hearst Hammerstone, as seen on Pulp Fusion. The dog also doubles as his coach, somehow.
• Hidden Depths: He can play the electric guitar, as seen on Pulp Fusion. He even released a music album.
• Hoax Hogan: Channelled Hogan at Battle Riot III, with his attire, his poses and even "hammering up" on his way to win the whole thing.
• Lightning Bruiser: While he doesn’t really show it off much, he is capable of doing missile dropkicks and dives to outside of the ring.
• Only Sane Man: Downplayed as he has his moments of stupidity and lack of sense, but among the group of Jerkasses and Upper Class Twits that make up the Dynasty, Hammerstone is surprisingly the most level-headed of the group.
• "No More Holding Back" Speech: Paraphrases the former trope namer in a promo directed at Mads Krügger.
• Power Stable: The muscle of The Dynasty.
• Rags to Riches: Was poor growing up.
• Real Men Eat Meat: He loves his meat. One episode of Pulp Fusion showed him buying 70 ibs of beef (with him remarking that he hadn’t gotten the chicken yet). He also cried when given a salad during his preparations for his bodybuilding competition.
• Red Baron: “The Master of Muscle Mountain”, “The Meat/Beef Castle”.
• Retroactive Recognition: Once appeared on WWE as Tyler Breeze's bodyguard.
• School Is for Losers: Dropped out of high school to pursue pro wrestling as a career.
• Token Good Teammate: Considered to be one towards The Dynasty since turning Face while his best friend Richard Holliday took a "Tweener at best" role. Averted now that Richard Holliday turns back to Heel by attacking Hammerstone.
• Ur-Example: The inaugural MLW National Openweight Champion.

Jimmy Havoc (James McAhren) 2017-2020

Budd Heavy 2019-2022, 2024

• The Alcoholic: Loves his beer.
• Bash Brothers: Somewhat surprisingly with Gnarls Garvin, as they bonded over their love of beer.
• Jobber: A recurring one for the promotion.
• Stout Strength: His gut is the most notable thing about him.

John Hennigan 2017-2018, 2023

Hernandez (Shawn Hernandez) 2022

• Catchphrase: "Nada es imposible", he even tattooed it on his bicep.
• Gangbangers: A long time member of LAX.
• Last-Name Basis: Lots of variations are used in place of a first name in his career.
• Lightning Bruiser: Slingshot in the ring, border toss out.
• Red Baron: "Super Mex".

El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. 2019

• Acrofatic: A bigger than average luchador, but can keep up with them in the flying department.
• Guest Fighter: Had only one match in tag team with his father against LA Park and his son.
• Legacy Character: Is one to his dad and by extension his grandfather.
• Masked Luchador: He still has his mask unlike his dad and grandfather, who lost them years ago.
• Tag Team: With his dad.
• Wrestling Family: The son of Dr. Wagner Jr. and luchadora Rossy Moreno. Grandson of the original Dr. Wagner, and nephew of Silver King, El Oriental, Alda Moreno, Esther Moreno, Cynthia Moreno, Mini Cibernético, Groond XXX and Extasis.

El Hijo de LA Park 2018–2022

• Dem Bones: His whole costume is of a skeleton, just like his dad.
• Expy: Of his father in his younger years.
• The Grim Reaper: A son of the original reaper of Lucha Libre.
• In the Hood: A sewn-in hood on his mask, again like his dad.
• Lean and Mean: 6ft 1 and looks quite skinny, especially when compared to his father and brother). He is also every bit the Rudo his dad is.
• Legacy Character: Is one to his dad of course.
• Masked Luchador: With a full body suit, yet again like his dad.
• Power Stable: Part of Promociones Dorado with his father and brother.
• Shaking the Rump: One of his taunts is to swing his hips while his hands are on his head.
• Tag Team: Won the tag team champions with his father as Los Parks. He also teamed with his brother LA Park Jr to defend the titles due to the "Freebird Rule".
• Wrestling Family: The son of LA Park and brother of LA Park Jr.

El Hijo de Vikingo (Emmanuel Roman Morales) 2020, 2021, 2023

• Guest Fighter: From AAA.
• Wrestling Family: He's the son of King Vikingo.

Ho Ho Lun (Wong Yuk Lun) 2022

• Guest Fighter: From Dragon Gate.
• Start My Own: He is the founder of the Hong Kong Pro-Wrestling Federation, Hong Kong's first professional wrestling promotion and school.

Holidead (Camille Ligon) 2021-2022

• Power Stable: Part of Strange Sangre.

Richard Holliday (Joe Zimbardi) 2018-present

• Arch-Enemy: He doesn't have one, as he is so cocky and arrogant that he doesn't really consider any of the people he has pissed off to be worth his time. The list of people that think of him as this, however, is quite extensive; all three members of the New Era Hart Foundation, Mance Warner, former Dynasty member Gino Medina, Savio Vega, etc. As of 2022, he now has an official one in the name of his former Dynasty teammate Alexander Hammerstone after he and Alicia betrayed him.
  • Alicia Atout counts more as a Sitcom Arch-Nemesis, their feud started when Holliday was guest on her show on Pulp Fusion and just escalated from there. Other people like to point out they are more Like an Old Married Couple. They are now in an Unholy Matrimony relationship after Holliday's betrayal of Hammerstone.
• Beware the Silly Ones: His Dumb Jock and Upper-Class Twit behaviour hide the jealousy and rage that was building up in him until he finally betrayed Hammerstone.
• Daddy’s Boy / Spoiled Brat: His lawyer-slash-father (in that order) pretty much gives him whatever he wants.
• Dumb Jock/Jerk Jock: Is arguably the dumbest of the Dynasty, but just as much of a Jerkass as all of them.
• Evil Former Friend: To Alexander Hammerstone after his betrayal.
• Evil Is Petty: In his feud with Savio Vega, he purchased Vega's childhood house in Puerto Rico and turned it into a bed and breakfast.
• Hidden Depths: Dense as he can be, Richard Holliday got his degree in business somehow.
• Insistent Terminology:
  • He refers to the fans as "consumers" and that in his presence, they are breathing "rarefied air".
  • Also you will be hearing from his lawyer-slash-father (never father-slash-lawyer or even just father).
  • He also has a habit of describing what he considers good as "Dynastic".
• It's All About Me: Basically his reason for his betrayal of former Dynasty bro Alex Hammerstone by declaring himself as "The Sole Propertor".
• Jerkass: He founded a stable full of them, and he manages to stand head and shoulders above the rest of them in douchebaggery.
• Must Have Caffeine: Loves coffee, and has his own brand; Dynastic Coffee, and even has the Dynastic Coffee Mug and T-shirt available exclusively at MLWshop.com right now.
  • In all seriousness, he now has an official coffee brand called RAREFIED AIR on http://legalspeed.coffee/holliday/.
• Politically Incorrect Villain: Claims he initially wanted Gino Medina in the Dynasty to appeal to the "Spanis"“ demographic, despite Gino being Mexican.
• Porn Stache: Grew one during the pandemic lockdown as seen on Pulp Fusion. He shaved it off before the restart, he claims it was because too many women became attracted to him to handle.
• Power Stable: One of the founding members of The Dynasty. Now a part of the World Titan Federation in his second run.
• Put on the Bus: Had to take time off from wrestling and his feud with Hammerstone as he got cancer.
  • The Bus Came Back: Returned at One Shot 2023 aligning himself with the World Titan Federation.
• Red Baron: "The AirPod God", "The Most Marketable Man", "The Sole Propertor", "The Dynastic One". Along with Alicia Atout, they are known as the "Clout Couple".
• Smug Super: Perhaps the most smug man in the promotion, especially after MJF left.
• The Bus Came Back: Recovered from his cancer a year later to join the World Titan Federation and challenge Alex Kane for the World Title.
• Upper-Class Twit: One of the reasons he got along with MJF was that they were both rich jerks with a high opinion of themselves.

Troy Hollywood 2019

• Dreadlock Warrior
• Jobber: Was brought in for a tag team match with Chris Pagan to be squashed by Low Ki and Ricky Martinez.
• Red Baron: "Showtime".

Chandler Hopkins 2020

• Cowboy: Has the hat and everything.
• Jobber: Was brought in to be squashed by Low Ki.
• Red Baron: "The Truth", "The Young Gun".

Rey Horus 2018-2019, 2021, 2023

• Guest Fighter: From AAA.
• Masked Luchador: Usually has an Ankh on his mask, a variation of the Mysterio family’s cross due to his gimmick.
• Red Baron: "El Caballero del Aire" ("The Knight of the Air").
• Royals Who Actually Do Something: Rey means King after all.
• Wrestling Family: Is one of Rey Mysterio Jr.'s cousins and was even the second El Hijo de Rey Misterio after the first one (who is also a part of the family) retired briefly.

Barrington Hughes 2017-2019

• Big Eater: That body of his does not run on air alone. One promo has him talking about his pre-match ritual, which is eating a full table of hamburgers, pizzas (full boxes), French fries, pastries and cups of soda. He avoids Jabba Table Manners by making sure the camera is not rolling to actually witness his eating habits, saying he likes his privacy.
• Big Fun: Presents himself as this.
• Cool Shades: Sometimes wears one along with a Badass Cape or a Badass Longcoat.
• Kevlard: In the 2018 WarGames match, he voluntarily wrapped himself in barbed wire to corner splash Fulton and Sami Callihan, seemingly without suffering any negative effects.
• Mighty Glacier: Over 450 pounds and slow moving, but powerful.
• Red Baron: "The Caramel Colossus".
• Squash Match: What most of his matches turn into and is said to have the quickest victory in the promotion.
• Stone Wall: Thanks to his size, he is near impossible to knock down.
• Stout Strength / Top-Heavy Guy
• Tag Team: With Kotto Brazil as the "Smash N Dash Connection". He also briefly formed one with the similarly huge Ace Romero to take on guys like the Dirty Blondes and CONTRA Unit.
• The Worf Effect: Hughes was squashed by Jacob Fatu to end his nearly 2 year undefeated MLW streak, showing just how dangerous Fatu is.

Ichiban 2023-2024

• Arch-Enemy: Salina de la Renta and Promociones Dorado.
• Bash Brothers: With Máscara Dorada 2.0.
• Masked Luchador: Subverted, while he is a masked high flyer he was born and trained in Massachusetts.
• Red Baron: "Number One", "The Number One Dojo’s Kokujin Katana", "The Pride of the Number One Dojo".
• The Speechless: Does not speak, he has a "translator" speak for him.

Bryan Idol (Brian Balch) 2019

• '80s Hair: Has a mullet
• Jobber: Jobbed to Ariel Dominguez of all people.

Shigehiro Irie (入江 茂弘, Irie Shigehiro) 2019, 2023

• The Big Guy: Among his #StrongHearts teammates.
• The Bus Came Back: Came back in 2023 represent Westside Xtreme Wrestling in the Battle Riot V match and also defended his wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship against Calvin Tankman.
• Guest Fighter: Was a freelancer with his #StrongHearts teammates. His return in 2023 had him represent Westside Xtreme Wrestling.
• The Idiot from Osaka: Was born there.
• Power Stable: Part of #StrongHearts.
• Red Baron: “Beast Mode”.

Maki Itoh (伊藤麻希, Itō Maki) 2023

• Anti-Hero: the Classical (good day) or Disney type (bad day).
• Catchphrase: "Who's the cutest in the world? ITOH CHAN!!!!!".
• Cloud Cuckoolander: She's... not all there, to say the least.
• Cute, but Cacophonic: Employs screaming in her arsenal.
• Determinator: Hell-bent on getting more famous despite her weaknesses.
• Flipping the Bird: Likes to do the middle finger gesture anywhere.
• Genki Girl
• Guest Fighter: From Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling.
• Hard Head: Not only is her head the best offense, but also the best defense. If she is hit in the head by an arm or a leg, said arm or leg suffers more damage than her skull.
• Idol Singer: Former member of Lin Q, and it makes up a large part of her gimmick.
• Joke Character:
  • Lethal Joke Character
• Master of None: Isn't really that great at any wrestling style but definitely makes up for it in the charisma department.
• Use Your Head: A huge chunk of her move set, including a diving headbutt and her signature move, the Kokeshi (headbutt drop).

Faye Jackson (Faye Elise) 2023-

• Big Beautiful Woman
• Power Stable: Part of the Bomaye Fight Club.
• Satellite Character: Hasn't really done much beside accompany the Bomaye Fight Club's wrestlers to their matches.
• Smurfette Principle: The only recurring female of the Bomaye Fight Club.

Douglas James (Douglas James Miller) 2019-2020

• Affectionate Nickname: “DJ”.
• I Know Karate: A kickboxer and BJJ practitioner and champion under Eddie Bravo.
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse: A middleweight with strikes that can floor bigger men.
• Put on a Bus: Was released due to abuse allegations.
• Red Baron: "The Iron Heart", "The Relentless".
• Tag Team: With Dominic Garrini, before the latter joined Team Filthy.

Tiara James 2023-

• Action Girl
• Red Baron: "Top Tier".

Joey Janela 2018

Ray Jaz (Raymond Jazikoff) 2022-2023

• I Know Karate: A accomplished NCAA wrestler.
• Red Baron: “The Grinder”.
• Tag Team: With Little Guido as a The F.B.I. (Full Blooded Italians).
• Wearing a Flag on Your Head: Wears the colours of Italy on his trunks.
• Wrestling Family: Is apparently Little Guido’s godson.

J-Rocc (Jerry Mires) 2019

• Guest Fighter: Was only in the promotion for a match against Jobber Troy Hollywood at Battle Riot II.
• Red Baron: "The Big Daddy Of Destruction".

Matthew Justice (Matthew Hannan) 2023-

• Power Trio: With Mance Warner and 1 Called Manders as The Second Gear Crew.
• Red Baron: "Thrash", "One Man Militia", "Madman Of The Mosh", "The Great Northern Trendkill".

Kris Kage 2022

• Alliterative Name
• Jobber: Was brought in to be squashed by Los Maximos along with Jaden Valo.
• Red Baron: “The Absolute”.

Janai Kai (Janai Ruiz) 2023-

• Action Girl
• Arch-Enemy: Delmi Exo.
• Distaff Counterpart: To Low Ki, especially in his second run with the promotion.
• Extremity Extremist / Kick Chick: Kicks make up a large part of her moveset, due to her background in Taekwondo, Muay Thai and Kickboxing
• Power Stable: A part of the reformed Promociones Dorado.
• Red Baron: "The Kick Demon".

Nao Kakuta (角田 奈穂, Kakuta Nao) 2024

• Action Girl
• Alliterative Name
• Guest Fighter: From Toyko Joshi Pro Wrestling.

Alex Kane 2021-

• Arch-Enemy: Calvin Tankman, after Tankman refused to join up with King Mo and Kane, Kane responded by attacking Tankman and injuring him, then interfered in Tankman’s Opera Cup match against TJP causing him to lose and got Tankman arrested when Tankman attempted to assault Kane and Mr Thomas in a parking lot.
  • Also with Davey Richards over the National Openweight Championship and that was before it was revealed he stole the Opera Cup from Davey. Which later put him in the crosshairs of a returning Davey Boy Smith Jr. and his cousins The Billington Bulldogs.
  • Currently Mr. St Laurent and the World Titan Federation.
• Catchphrase: "Bomaye! Bomaye! Bomaye!".
• Delinquent Hair: Has a mohawk.
• Determinator: Won Battle Riot V from the No. 1 spot.
• Expy: Is sort of one to Tazz, with his suplex arsenal and Kata Ha Jime submission finisher.
• I Know Karate: A decorated collegiate wrestler.
• Incoming Ham: His entrance music is introduced with a recording of him saying "The mission? Submission!".
• Leotard of Power: A customized wrestling singlet, as a nod to his background.
• Parts Unknown: From "Suplex Island".
• Power Stable: Was brought in by Dan Lambert of American Top Team in the 2021 Open Draft. He parted ways with them to start his own team, The Bomaye Fight Club.
• Red Baron: "The Suplex Assassin".
• Rugby Is Slaughter: Also has a background in this, alongside his amateur wrestling credentials. He uses the spear as part of his moveset as a reference to it.
• Shout-Out: His Bomaye Fight Club is an obvious one to "The Rumble in the Jungle" match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in 1974
• Suplex Finisher: Claims to have over a 100 of them in his arsenal.
• Wild Card: Became something of a tweener during his feud with Davey Boy Smith Jr..

SB KENTo (小船健人, Kobune Kento) 2022

• Guest Fighter: From Dragon Gate.

Ken Kerbis 2019

• Alliterative Name
• Badass Israeli: Comes from a Jewish background.
• Guest Fighter: Was only in the promotion as a participant in the 2019 Battle Riot.
• Red Baron: "Amud Ha'Esh" ("Pillar Of Fire").

Brody King (Nate Blauvelt) 2017-2018

• Acrofatic: Billed at 285 lbs. and a noticeable gut, Brody flies out of the ring with relative ease.
• Blood Knight: Believes in violence because it is the only thing universally understood.
• Bounty Hunter: It was his Red Baron in the company and went after the bounty placed on Shane Strickland’s head.
• Hidden Depths: Is the lead vocalist of the band God's Hate.
• Lightning Bruiser: A 6'5 powerhouse who has the sneaky speed and destruction of a freight train. As mentioned above, he can also keep up with high flyers with his airborne arsenal.
• Red Baron: “God’s Hate”, “The Bounty Hunter”, “The Unstoppable”.
• Shout-Out: His ring name is a tribute to Bruiser Brody and Brodie Lee.

Nolo Kitano 2023-2024

• Jobber: Usually brought in to put over other wrestlers.
• Red Baron: "The Ghetto Samurai".

Killer Kross (Kevin Kesar) 2020, 2022

Mads Krügger (Matthew Waters) 2020-2022, 2024-

• Alternate Company Equivalent: Sort of one to Wyatt Family era Braun Strowman. Both were the largest guys in their groups of fanatically dangerous men, wore black masks and they even wore similar attires.
• Arch-Enemy: After attacking Alexander Hammerstone and injuring him, the two have been at each other's throats ever since.
  • After being eliminated from Battle Riot IV by Mance Warner, Mads has been out for Mance's blood.
  • Has been gunning for Jacob Fatu after the two went at it after losing the 2021 War Chamber match. His return in 2024 was to finish the feud.
• Bald of Evil: Bald, brutal, and utterly devoted to inflicting violence on CONTRA Unit's enemies.
• Brainwashed and Crazy: There are several hints and theories that Mads is actually a brainwashed Logan Creed, who was stalking CONTRA Unit on Pulp Fusion episodes before The Restart.
• The Brute: The biggest soldier of CONTRA Unit.
• Can't Kill You, Still Need You: Sort of, before knocking out Alex Hammerstone in their Baklei Brawl, he tells Hammerstone that CONTRA has "big plans" for him. Since Hammerstone is still active and not in a body bag, this trope is implied to be the reason.
• Commuting on a Bus: Has not appeared at a live show after his Baklei Brawl with Hammerstone, but he does send recorded video messages addressed to him.
  • The Bus Came Back: At Battle Riot III.
• Conspicuous Gloves/Fashionable Asymmetry: Wears a single black glove on his left hand.
• The Giant: About 7 ft tall.
• Gimmick Matches: Challenged Alexander Hammerstone to a Baklei Brawl. He later challenged Jacob Fatu to one as well in his return match in 2024.
• Hero Killer: Took out Jacob Fatu in their Baklei Brawl match and had the Sentai Death Squad carry him out in a body bag.
• Lightning Bruiser: Big, strong and can dive out of the ring like The Undertaker.
• The Magnificent: Came back in 2024 as Mads Krule Krügger. Krule was his ring name on the independent wrestling scene.
• Malevolent Masked Men: Krügger always wears a leather military suplus cold weather mask that evokes a gas mask and shows off the scars around his eyes. He changed to another mask (provided by Prince Nana) after his loss in the Weapons of Mass Destruction match with Jacob Fatu and then being "drenched in radioactive waste".
• Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Blamed Contra's loss at War Chamber 2021 on Jacob Fatu, which set off Fatu into brawling against Krügger and triggered Contra's collapse as a group.
• Parts Unknown: No one knows exactly where Krügger is from, though he makes reference to having been in illegal South African fighting rings. Though some have theorized that Mads isn’t who CONTRA Unit claims him to be.
• Power Stable: The muscle (and later self-proclaimed leader) of Contra Unit.
• Put on the Bus: Was taken out by The Calling and never came back.
  • The Bus Came Back: Later came back at SuperFight 4 to finish his feud with Jacob Fatu.
• Red Baron: “The Black Hand of CONTRA”, “The Masked Mercenary”, “The Atrocity”.
• The Starscream: Has been declaring himself as the leader of CONTRA Unit after Fatu lost the World Heavyweight Championship, despite Josef Samael being the official leader.
  • Dragon Ascendant: With Samael missing, Fatu’s split with the group, and the other members all just disappearing, Krugger alone now controls Contra and the Sentai Death Squad under his Black Hand.
• Wrestling Monster: Krügger is a coldly intelligent mountain of a man with a sadistic streak a mile wide and a mysterious origin.

Kevin Ku (Kevin Park) 2020-2021

• Alliterative Name: Kevin Ku.
• I Know Karate: Has a background in it as well as weightlifting.
• Informed Ability: It is frequently pointed out by the commentators and his Team Filthy buddies that he is a veteran of the Jungle Fight MMA promotion in Brazil, specifically when Antonio Inoki was part of it. A quick search though the promotion’s records will let one know that is not true.
• Power Stable: Part of Team Filthy.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Bailed on Tom Lawlor and Team Filthy before Lawlor's casket match against King Muertes.
• Tag Team/Those Two Guys: With Dominic Garrini as Violence is Forever, and also part of Team Filthy.

KUSHIDA (櫛田 雄二郎, Kushida Yūjirō) 2023

• Guest Fighter: From New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
• Red Baron: "Time Splitter", "Tornado Kid".
• Shout-Out: He has referenced Back to the Future several times including wearing Marty McFly's orange future jacket.

Ikuro Kwon (Alex Buckley) 2019-2022, 2024-

• Badass Teacher: Josef Samael mentions that he trains the Sentai Death Squad.
• Cleanup Crew: Implied. After putting CIMA in a body bag, Samael told the Sentai Death Squad to send it to Kwon, saying he would know what to do.
• Cool Mask: Wears a black and gold colored oni mask when he is not wrestling.
• Dreadlock Warrior
• Four Is Death: Is the fourth revealed member of CONTRA Unit and is described as their assassin.
• Fragile Speedster: The smallest member of CONTRA Unit and the least durable.
• Mysterious Past: There is very little information about him except for what CONTRA Unit has given. Reportedly, Kwon was a pit fighter who fought in the slums of Singapore and tar pits of India and that he has ties to the criminal underworld of Japan as the underboss of Akihisa Mera.
• Power Stable: An assassin of Contra Unit.
• Put on a Bus: Due to the COVID outbreak and injuries, he hasn't been seen since the hiatus. According to CONTRA Unit, he was sent to Japan to report to his former boss Akihisa Mera.
  • The Bus Came Back: At Battle Riot III.
    • Later made his return for his second run with the company at War Chamber 2024, once again with aligned with CONTRA Unit.
• The Quiet One: Does the least talking of CONTRA Unit.
• Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs/Spam Attack: One of his main forms of offense is to throw punches as fast as possible, to any point of the body he can hit.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Oddly subverted, in one report by Alicia Atout, he had renounced Contra Unit after the 2021 War Chamber match (and began training in Japan with Yoshihiro Tajiri). When we see him next, he calls out Jacob Fatu and refers to him as a "traitor" and "Judas" and later aids Mads Krügger in his attacks against Fatu.
• Super Spit: Uses "Asian mist" to blind his opponents. Ross Von Erich found this out the hard way in Kwon's debut.

Kzy (澤田 和希, Sawada Kazuki) 2023

• Expy: Took part of the gimmick and some of the moveset of brother YASSHI.
• Guest Fighter: From Dragon Gate as one half of the Open The Twin Gate Champions.
• Pretty Fly for a Japanese Guy: Rapped his way to the ring.
• Red Baron: "B-BOY 4LIFE".
• Tag Team: With Big Boss Shimizu as Natural Vibes.

LA Park Jr. 2019-2022

• Acrofatic: At 265 pounds, he is one of the biggest luchadors in the promotion. He can still perform suicide dives, enzuigiris, moonsaults, senton bombs, etc.
• The Big Guy / Big Little Brother: The younger and physically bigger brother of Los Parks.
• Dem Bones: His whole costume is of a skeleton, just like his dad.
• Expy: Can be thought of as a less experienced version of what his father is now, due to his preference for brawling rather than the more high flying lucha libre style his brother is known for.
• The Grim Reaper: A son of the original reaper of Lucha Libre.
• In the Hood: A sewn-in hood on his mask, again like his dad.
• Legacy Character: Is one to his dad of course.
• Masked Luchador: With a full body suit, yet again like his dad.
• Power Stable: Part of Promociones Dorado with his father and brother.
• Tagalong Kid: Rarely put in matches in the promotion, his main role is to act as a distraction for the referee, so his father and brother can use dirty moves with the referee’s attention away from them. Also he gets used by performing a Twin Switch midmatch with his dad… somehow.
• Wrestling Family: The son of LA Park and brother of El Hijo de LA Park.

Laredo Kid 2019-2021, 2022

• Fragile Speedster: What he lacks in strength, he compensates it with his high flying skills.
• Guest Fighter: From AAA.
• Masked Luchador
• Meaningful Name: He is from the Mexican side of Laredo.
• Red Baron: "The Amazing", "El Ave Fénix de la Lucha Libre" ("The Phoenix of Lucha Libre").
• The Trope Kid: Part of his name.
• Wrestling Family: The brother of Oscuridad (also known as Profeta and Super Laredo) and Cronic, and the nephew of Muerte Subita (also known as "El Hechicero").

Tom Lawlor 2017-2021, 2023-

Mandy Leon (Amanda León) 2023

El Lindaman (林悠河, Hayashi Yūga) 2019-2020

• The Generic Guy: Took the name El Lindaman to avert this - in his own words, since he has an unremarkable face and appearance he needed a name that would help him stand out.
• Guest Fighter: Was a freelancer with his #StrongHearts teammates.
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse: He's only 5'2, but thanks to his background in judo, his throws are very powerful. Oh and, his finisher is two german suplexes followed by a tiger suplex. He also does something like a judo arm throw into a piledriver.
• Power Stable: Part of #StrongHearts.

Little Guido Maritato (James Maritato) 2022-2023

Mauna Loa 2021

• I Know Karate: Was billed as being a sumo wrestler.
• Jobber: Was Dominic Garrini‘s opponent on Filthy Island.
• Stout Strength

Davienne Long 2021

• Action Girl
• Tag Team: With Skylar Marie as The Top Dogs.

Jimmy Lloyd 2023-

• Garbage Wrestling: He is mostly known for it.
• Red Baron: "The Different Boy".

Austin Luke 2023-2024

• Red Baron: "Prince Harming", "The Anti Social Anti Hero".

Jay Lyon 2023-2024

• Acrofatic: A chubby guy that can fly with ease.
• Animal Motifs: Lions of course.
• Masked Luchador: Subverted, while he wears a mask and is a high flyer, he is actually from New York.
• Red Baron: "The Heavyweight Cruiserweight", "Blazin'", "Circus Savage".
• Tag Team: With Midas Black as The Mane Event.

Willie Mack (Willie Mc Clinton Jr.) 2022-2023

• Acrofatic: HOLY CRAP, is he ever! We're talking about a guy with the looks and physique of the Junkyard Dog and the skills and speed of Shawn Michaels! The guy can use the ropes as well as any luchador and yet can still hit hard as well.
• Lightning Bruiser: Ridiculously fast and agile for his weight, but he STILL has that weight to throw around.
• Red Baron: "Chocolate Thunder", "Milk Chocolate", "The Chocolate Juggalo", "Chocolate Caliente".

Magnus 2019, 2024-

• Ascended Extra: Sort of, he originally appeared in 2019 for only one match teaming with Septimo Dragon against Los Parks, now he is back as part of Azteca Underground.
• Guest Fighter: From CMLL.
• Masked Luchador
• Power Stable: Part of Azteca Underground in his second run with the promotion.
• Shout-Out: His ring name was inspired by Magnus Maximus, a Roman Emperor.
• Wrestling Family: Is the son of the CMLL trainer and booking team member Tony Salazar, the nephew of Dr. Karonte, and the cousin of the original Místico as well Argenis, Argos, Astro Boy, Dr. Karonte Jr. and an unidentified member of Los Mini Psycho Circus.

1 Called Manders (Steve Manders) 2023-

• Americans Are Cowboys: Hat, boots, everything.
• Expy: To Stan Hansen.
• Power Trio: With Mance Warner and Matther Justice as The Second Gear Crew.
• Red Baron: "Boss of the Plains", "Cornbelt Cowboy", "The Hawkeye".

Moonshine Mantell (Ryan Greeness) 2020

• Alliterative Name
• Jobber: Was fed to Logan Creed.

Skylar Marie 2021

• Action Girl
• Tag Team: With Davienne Long as The Top Dogs.

Ricky Martinez 2018-2019

• Animal Motifs: Is frequently compared to a pitbull.
• Arch-Enemy: Kotto Brazil, Low Ki, and Mance Warner.
• Bald of Evil: Not completely, but he does keep it close to it.
• The Dragon: Of Promociones Dorado, he was just below Low Ki and Salina.
• Expy: His whole character is based on the Havana Pitbulls tag team in the Underground days.
• Go for the Eye: Attacked Kotto Brazil at a Miami night club with a bottle to the eye.
• Power Stable: Part of Promociones Dorado.
• Red Baron: “El Pitbull Sicario” (“The Pitbull Hitman”).
• Tattooed Crook: Covered in tattoos and acts like a thug.
• Wrestling Family: Is the brother of Priscilla Zuniga, better known as Diamante or Angel Rose.

Robert Martyr 2020-2021

• Jobber: Was brought in to be squashed.
• Red Baron: “The Poisoned Youth”, “South City Stretcher“.

Marcus Mathers (Marc Anthony Mattiacci Jr.) 2023-2024

• Alliterative Name
• Red Baron: "Mr. IWTV", "The Young Prodigy".
• Tag Team: Part of Wasted Youth with Dyln McKay.

Buddy Matthews (Matthew Adams) 2022

• Awesome Aussie: From Melbourne.
• Guest Fighter: From AEW.
• Lightning Bruiser: Fast as a cruiserweight and hits like a heavyweight.
• Manly Facial Hair

Wil Maximo (Wilson Ramirez) 2022

• Bash Brothers: With his older brothers Joel and Jose.
• Wrestling Family: Aside from his brothers, he is a cousin of Fuego Guerrero, better known as Amazing Red. He is also a cousin of Thea Trinidad.

Griffin McCoy 2023-2024

• Power Trio: With Tony Deppen and TJ Crawford.
• Red Baron: "Boujee Boy".

Dyln McKay (Brandon Schoonmaker) 2023-2024

• Tag Team: Part of Wasted Youth with Marcus Mathers.

Shazza McKenzie (Chantelle Allison) 2022

• Action Girl
• Awesome Aussie: From Sydney.

Mecha Wolf (John Jesús Yurnet) 2019, 2021

• Animal Motifs: Wolves of course.
• Non-Masked Luchador: Wears a bottom half mask shaped like a wolf’s snout in his entrances. He sometimes also wears face paint.
• Power Stable: Part of Promociones Dorado due to his partnership with Bestia 666 as part of La Rebelión Amarilla.
• Red Baron: "Mr. 450".

Gino Medina (Luis Alberto Medina Montes) 2019-2022

• Arch-Enemy: Richard Holliday for some unexplained reason, that caused him to leave (or if one believes Holliday, was fired from) The Dynasty. He has also begun feuding with non-Mexican luchadors that he regards as stealing from and therefore disrespecting Lucha Libre, like Americans Gringo Loco (who he believes ripped off almost all of his gimmick from Los Gringo Locos, a faction his father was part of) and Zenshi.
  • He also had Konnan as an enemy when he first joined the Dynasty.
  • He has now one in Aramis, after attacking him after a trios match.
• Cool Shades: Always wears a pair when not wrestling.
• Dashing Hispanic: Handsome, knows it, and tries to impress women when they are in his sight.
• Establishing Character Moment: When Gino was scouted by Konnan (who has history with his father as part of Los Gringo Locos, along with Art Barr and Eddie Guerrero), Salina de la Renta, and The Dynasty. After each of them made their cases, Gino shook Konnan’s hand, seemingly accepting the veteran's offer... only to then kick him, knock him to the floor, and join the Dynasty in stomping on him.
• Everything is Big in Texas: Resides in Houston and received a lot of his training under another Houston legend, Booker T.
• Jerkass: Which made him a perfect fit for the Dynasty, initially.
• Loser Leaves Town: Took the fall in a loser leaves MLW trios match, where he got pinned and kicked out of the promotion.
• Non-Masked Luchador: Originally from Monterrey, Mexico.
• Power Stable: Was once part of The Dynasty. He would later be fired by Holliday because he saw no further use for him— although Gino insists that he quit.
• Real Men Wear Pink: Sometimes has pink on his gear.
• Red Baron: "El Intocable" ("The Untouchable"), "The Latin Heartthrob".
• Wrestling Family: Is the son of luchador El Sanguinario.

Andrew Merlin (Andrew Trask) 2017

• Jobber: Was a victim of Barrington Hughes.
• Red Baron: “Mayhem”.

Microman 2022-2023

• Arch-Enemy: Seems to have a whole stable after him in Strange Sangre. As well as Cesar Duran.
• David Versus Goliath: Is the David to everyone else as he is billed as the “World’s Smallest Luchador”.
• Masked Luchador: From Mexico City and formerly part of CMLL.
• Morality Pet: To Saint Laurent of all people, who usually roots for the heels has nothing but positive things to say about Microman, which makes sense since he brought him into MLW.
• Odd Friendship: With Mance Warner, as well as Lince Dorado to a degree.
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse: He has dwarfism and is even smaller than Swoggle, yet that doesn’t stop him from performing as a luchador.
• Red Baron: “The World’s Greatest Wonder”, “The World’s Smallest Luchador”.
• Superheroes Wear Capes: While not exactly his gimmick, he does wear a cape in his entrance to the ring.
• World's Best Warrior: Claimed by Saint Laurent to be the greatest pound for pound fighter in the world.
• Wrestling Family: Is the son of KeMonito, who was a mascota (and did have training for pro wrestling but was considered too small to be an active luchador).

Notorious Mimi (Amelia Herr) 2023-2024

• Action Girl
• Red Baron: "Wrestling's Angel".

Mini Abismo Negro 2022-2023

• Arch-Enemy: Seems to be one for Microman.
• Heel: A well known Rudo.
• I Know Karate: Trained Olympic style wrestling under Zaprian Petro for three years before becoming a luchador.
• Masked Luchador: From AAA.
• Mini-Me: Was originally one to Abismo Negro before the latter’s passing.
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Is short enough to work in the mini division of lucha libre.
• Power Stable: Part of Strange Sangre.

Hyper Misao 2024

• Action Girl
• Affectionate Parody: Of American comicbook superheroes, and is even billed from Gotham City in in North Kanto.
• Alliterative Name
• Distaff Counterpart: Is basically the Joshi equivalent of The Hurricane and maybe the Alternate Company Equivalent of Mighty Molly.
• Guest Fighter: From Toyko Joshi Pro Wrestling.
• Red Baron: "Hero Protecting Love And Peace".

Místico (Luis Ignacio Urive Alvirde) 2024-

• Guest Fighter: From CMLL.
• Power Stable: Part of Azteca Underground.

Moka Miyamoto (宮本もか, Miyamoto Mika) 2024

• Action Girl
• Alliterative Name
• Guest Fighter: From Toyko Joshi Pro Wrestling.

MJF (Maxwell T. Friedman) 2017-2020

King Mo (Muhammed Lawal) 2019-2021

• Arch-Enemy: Low Ki, over who is King of Knockouts in MLW.
• Ascended Fan Boy: Like his buddy Tom Lawlor, he was a pro wrestling fan growing up.
• Cool Crown: Wears one to the ring in his entrance.
• Face–Heel Turn: He actually debuted as a face, before allying himself with Team Filthy anyway.
• Parasol of Pain: Carries one during his entrance, something he brought over with him from his MMA career along with the crown and coat. He unfortunately doesn’t have women carry it for him anymore.
• Power Stable: Allied with Team Filthy in a partnership with American Top Team.
• Put on the Bus: Kind of just disappeared after Alex Kane won the National Openweight Championship.
• Royals Who Actually Do Something
• The Worf Effect: Got taken out by EJ Nduka pretty early in a 10 man elimination tag match.

Lee Moriarty (Julian Moriarty) 2021

• Animal Motifs: The tiger to Bruce Lee’s dragon.
• Bruce Lee Clone: In style and spirit at least.
• Insistent Terminology: Claims to be the master of “TAIGA STYLE” (yes, it’s in all caps) and its description is very similar to the philosophy of Jeet Kune Do.
• Put on the Bus: Made a few appearances, then signed on with AEW.
• Red Baron: "The Apex Of Combat".
• Shout-Out: Wears Bruce Lee’s yellow jumpsuit from Game of Death in his profile picture.

Kerry Morton 2022

• Guest Fighter: From the National Wrestling Alliance.
• Wrestling Family: Is the son of Ricky Morton.

Ricky Morton 2022

King/Mil Muertes (Gilbert Cosme Ramírez) 2020–2022

• Alliterative Name: Mil Muertes.
• Ax-Crazy: Muertes seldom speaks save for a snarl, preferring to express himself by savaging his opponents in the ring, beating them while they're down and even biting them. Even MLW's cameramen are not safe from his wrath, although he limits himself to grabbing at any who get too close.
• Arch-Enemy: After Alexander Hammerstone won his National Openweight Title match against LA Park, Muertes blindsided Hammerstone and stole his National Openweight Championship belt after smacking him in the head with it. Hammerstone's had it out for Muertes afterwards.
• Back from the Dead: He is basically a zombie luchador.
• Camera Abuse: Muertes will roughly shove away any camera that gets too close to him as he enters the ring, or sometimes violently grab it with both hands and roar into it.
• Intercontinuity Crossover: Basically all of his backstory from Lucha Underground applies here as well. His profile on MLW’s website also lists his previous gimmicks as Ricky Banderas and El Mesias as different manifestations of the himself over the years.
• Man Bites Man: One often-seen spot has Muertes grab his opponent and bite at the top of their head.
• Masked Luchador: Unlike the other luchadores on MLW's roster, Muertes uses a more grounded style that befits his massive frame.
• Mighty Glacier: In comparison to the other, more high-flying luchadores, Muertes is almost glued to the ground, favoring brutal strikes to beat his opponents senseless. Even LA Park busts out the occasional high flying move, despite being the oldest luchador in the promotion.
• Names to Run Away from Really Fast: His old ring name roughly means “Man of a Thousand Deaths”.
• Parts Unknown: Is billed as from “Beyond the Grave”.
• Power Stable: Part of Promociones Dorado after it was bought over by Azteca Underground.
• Red Baron: “The King of Death”.
• Royals Who Actually Do Something: Had his name changed to King Muertes for the new season of Fusion on July 10 2021.
• Stout Strength: A rare heavyweight luchador.
• Wrestling Monster: Muertes is a physically imposing wrestler with a supernatural origin who is managed by a group whose leader serves a mysterious backer and offers the violence Muertes commits to dark forces.

MVP (Hassan Assad) 2017-2018

Yuji Nagata (永田 裕志, Nagata Yūji) 2024

KC Navarro (Christian Michael Navarro) 2021-2022

• Arch-Enemy: nZo is his most notable foe in his MLW career thus far.
• Artifact Title: The KC part of his name is a reference to his old ring name “Kid Christian”.
• Broken Pedestal: After his match against Ho Ho Lun, he mentioned that KC looked up to nZo early in his career but felt betrayed after nZo attacked him as he was making his entrance for his match in late 2021.
• Delinquent Hair A dyed short mohawk.
• Fragile Speedster: Fast but not very durable once his opponents get their hits in.
• Real Men Wear Pink: Usually has pink featured on his wrestling gear.
• Red Baron: “Truly Blessed”, “The Skyreaper”, “The Sugar Rush”.

EJ Nduka (Ezekwesiri Nduka Jr.) 2021-2023

• Establishing Character Moment: Made his debut at Battle Riot III by eliminating 12 of the other participants before he and Calvin Tankman eliminated each other.
• Everything is Big in Texas: From Dallas, and is a huge man.
• Face–Heel Turn: Turned when challenging Hammerstone for the world championship.
• The Giant: 6 ft 8 and nearly 300 pounds.
• Heroic Build: A professional IFBB bodybuilder and champion.
• Put on the Bus: Was taken out by The Calling and hasn’t been seen since.
• Red Baron: “The Judge”.
• Tag Team: With Calvin Tankman as “Hustle & Power”.

Willow Nightingale (Danielle Paultre) 2021

• Big Beautiful Woman: A bit more stout that most women wrestlers, but is still attractive in her own way.
• Red Baron: "The Babe With The Power".
• Stout Strength: Bigger and stronger than most of the other women in the promotion.

nZo/Real1 (Eric Arndt) 2021-2023

Octagon Jr. 2020, 2021-2022

• Alternate Company Equivalent: To Pentagón Jr.. MLW even made a hype video that was a Callback to one of Pentagon’s hype videos in Lucha Underground.
• Ascended Extra: Was previously featured on Crossover events with AAA and The Crash before being brought to the states.
• Gold-Colored Superiority: Wears a gold mask and his ring gear is also gold coloured.
• Guest Fighter: From AAA.
• Legacy Character: Is the third person to take the mantle.
• Masked Luchador
• Red Baron: “The Golden Assassin”.
• Wrestling Family: Is the son of Mr. Magia and even once wrestled as Magia Jr. He also was once in Kayfabe a son of Brazo de Plata when he wrestled as Brazo Metálico.

Shigeo Okumura (奥村 茂雄, Okumura Shigeo) 2024-

• Former Bigot/Immigrant Patriotism: He went from a most vocal Mexican hater to basically blending in with the crowds of Mexico City and representing Mexico abroad when leaving CMLL to work for foreign enterprises.
• Guest Fighter: From CMLL.
• One Name Only: For some reason, he is only referred to by his surname here.
• Pet the Dog: Okumura helps Japanese talent establish themselves in CMLL by acting as a translator, even those that openly embraced Mexicans during his "anti Mexico" phase.
• Red Baron: "Anti-Mexico" during his La Ola Amarilla days.
• Tag Team: With Satoshi Kojima as CozyMAX.
• The Thing That Would Not Leave: Was formerly a foreigner on excursion from All Japan Pro Wrestling to CMLL who hated Mexicans. Fair enough, except that Okumura remained while all the other Japanese wrestlers returned to their home promotions and in fact stayed in Mexico apparently in the name of antagonizing Mexicans for so long that he began to speak Spanish with a Mexican accent. Over a decade of this eventually lead to a Heel–Face Turn of sorts, or perhaps something like him being there so long that it became harder for people to truly become angry with him anymore. And besides, he was a nice translator for that steady flow of Japanese wrestlers on excursion.

Jordan Oliver (Jordan Oliver Jr.) 2019-2021

• Arch-Enemy: MLW management, Brian Pillman Jr., AAA luchadors, CONTRA Unit (especially Simon Gotch), LAX/5150.
• The Big Guy: Was technically this as part of Injustice as he is the tallest of the group. He is now legitimately this since he moved up to heavyweight.
• Bullying a Dragon: He decided to challenge Jacob Fatu for his MLW World Heavyweight Championship, even going so far as to squash a Sentai Death Squad goon beforehand. Fatu crushed him, and he and Myron Reed were only saved by the intervention of Calvin Tankman.
• Cluster F-Bomb: He and his stablemate Myron Reed may have the foulest mouths on the MLW roster. Until the arrival of the new LAX/5150 anyway.
• Mouthy Kid: Fits the role to a tee, even if he is 21 as of 2021. Having the voice of a preteen boy helps.
• Parts Unknown: Played with. He is announced as from "The 845", which is a New York State area code that includes his hometown of Newburgh.
• Power Trio: Is part of Injustice alongside Myron Reed and Kotto Brazil (before Kotto left anyway).
• Put on the Bus: Disappeared after Injustice’s feud with LAX/5150.
• Red Baron: “The Sauce God”, “The Clout Cutter".
• Teen Genius: Debuted at age 19.
• Token White: Is the only white guy in Injustice.
• White Gangbangers: His gimmick. Which makes sense: Newburgh, NY is known for having extensive gang activity, so it'd make sense that a white kid who grew up there would be a gang member.

Vandal Ortagun (Jonathan Ortagun) 2017-2018

• I Know Karate: Is billed with a background in Kickboxing.
• Jobber: His main role.
• Turkic Peoples: Is billed as Turkey's most popular wrestler.
• Wearing a Flag on Your Head: Wrestles with the flag of Turkey on his trunks.

Ortiz (Angel Ortiz) 2019

• Guest Fighter: From Impact Wrestling. He only appeared at the Battle Riot II match.

Kit Osbourne/Rip Von Erich (Kyle Chrupcala) 2019-2021

• Butt-Monkey: Suffers constantly, either against Team Filthy’s enemies (namely the Von Erichs) or under Team Filthy themselves.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Despite being treated as a Joke Character in the promotion, outside of it, he is a regular in the deathmatch scene in the independents.
• Fragile Speedster: Is visibly a lot smaller than Team Filthy and the Von Erichs, so he doesn’t really bring much to the table in a fight, other than giving Team Filthy a numbers advantage.
• Power Stable: Is the Tagalong Kid of Team Filthy.
• Put on the Bus: Hasn’t been seen since the pandemic hiatus, though he is scheduled to be part of the new season of Fusion beginning in July 10 2021.
  • The Bus Came Back: Came back for Battle Riot III.
• Wrestling Family: Subverted, as Rip Von Erich, Tom Lawlor claims him to be the son of “late” Lance Von Erich (the fake Von Erich cousin, who was billed as the son of Waldo Von Erich, the fake brother of Fritz, and is also still alive).

Vinny Pacifico 2022

• Jobber: Was fed to Dr Dax.
• Red Baron: "Power Punch".

Chris Pagan (Chris Lewis) 2019

• Jobber: Was brought in for a tag team match with Troy Hollywood to be squashed by Low Ki and Ricky Martinez.
• Red Baron: "Hitman For Hire".

Pagano (José Julio Pacheco Hernández) 2020, 2021-2022

• Ascended Extra: Was previously featured on Crossover events with AAA and The Crash before being brought to the states.
• Badasses Wear Bandanas: In his entrances, taking it off before he wrestles.
• Face–Heel Turn: Turned heel when he attacked Alexander Hammerstone after they won their match against King Muertes and Taurus under Cesar Duran’s orders.
• Garbage Wrestling: His specialty.
• Guest Fighter: From AAA.
• Minored In Ass Kicking: Has fought and won in a pro MMA fight for the Combate Real promotion in 2014.
• Monster Clown: His facepaint makes him look like one.
• Red Baron: “El Rey Extremo”, “El Noa Noa Style”.
• Unmasked Luchador: Was an enmascarado until 2011 where he was forced to unmask.

Rickey Shane Page 2022-

• The Dragon: For The Calling under Raven.
• Garbage Wrestling: His usual forte. He brought a trash can full of weapons to Battle Riot IV.
• Power Stable: With Raven, AKIRA, Delirious, Dr. Cornwallis, and Mandy Leon as The Calling.
• Red Baron: "The Babyfaced Assassin", "The Midwest Martyr", "The Human Slaughterhouse", "The Demon Demigod".
• Stout Strength: A very chubby guy.

Mike Parrow (Micheal Parrow Jr.) 2017-2018, 2021

• The Brute: Was the muscle during his time in the Stud Stable.
• Last-Name Basis / Only One Name: Is usually referred to and announced as Parrow.
• Power Stable: Was once part of the Stud Stable. He got fired and beaten down by the Dirty Blondes after costing the team victories one too many times.
• Red Baron: "The One-Man Apocalypse/Demolition Machine".
• Stout Strength: Around 300 pounds.
• Straight Gay: Is this in real life.
• The Bus Came Back: After leaving in 2018, he returned to MLW on Fusion #123 with a squash match win against Jason Dugan, and challenged Mil Muertes right after, going up against him on #125.

Michael Patrick 2017-2019, 2020-2021

• Arch-Enemy: Team TBD (Jimmy Yuta and Jason Cade).
• Dye Hard: Blond of course.
• Power Stable: Part of The Stud Stable.
• Put on the Bus: Was not seen for most of 2019 and 2020.
• Red Baron: “Pretty Boy”, "Hot Property".
• Tag Team / Those Two Guys: With Leo Brien as the Dirty Blondes, a part of the Stud Stable.
• The Worf Effect: As part of the Dirty Blonds, they are mostly used to put over other tag teams.

PCO (Carl Joseph Yvon Ouellet) 2018

• Acrofatic: Around 300 pounds, can do suicide dives and uses a moonsault as his Finishing Move.
• Back from the Dead: The formerly named Pierre Carl Ouellet met his end after retiring from the sport in 2010. Then in 2016 he underwent a Frankenstein’s monster-like resurrection and has been going ever since.
• Handicapped Badass: Lost vision in his right eye at the age of 12 after an accident with a pellet gun.
• No-Sell: Part of his "Not Human" Frakenstein-esque gimmick every time an opponent he's facing no matter their execute their Signature Move, Finishing Move or a weapon he always rises up to eleven.
• Red Baron: “The French-Canadian Frankenstein”, “He’s Not Human!”, “Perfect Creation One”.
• Ring Oldies: Was in his 50s when was with the promotion.

Pentagón Jr. / Penta El Zero Miedo 2018-2019

Seth Petruzelli 2017-2018

• Cool Teacher: Owns an MMA gym called The Jungle MMA
• I Know Karate: A national champion and black belt, he also did amateur wrestling and is black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
• The Mentor: The head coach of Team Filthy.
• Power Stable: Part of the original version of Team Filthy.
• Put on the Bus: Was taken out by the Dirty Blonds and was never seen again.
• Red Baron: “The Silverback”.

Red Pickins 2022

• Jobber: Was brought in to be squashed by Hustle & Power alongside Budd Heavy.

Angel Pierce 2018

• Boxing Battler: With boxing gloves and everything.
• Jobber: Was squashed by Simon Gotch during one of his Prize Fight challenges.
• Red Baron: “The Annihilator”.

Brian Pillman Jr. (Brian Zachary Pillman) 2018–2021

• '80s Hair: A mullet.
• Arch-Enemy: Rich Swann and ACH, the Lucha Brothers, Tommy Dreamer, The Dynasty and Injustice.
• The Baby of the Bunch: The youngest and least experienced member of the New Era Hart Foundation.
• Cane Fu: Briefly carried a horse head cane with him to interfere in the Hart Foundation’s matches and beat up Kevin Sullivan with it. He also had a “Singapore Cane” match with Tommy Dreamer.
• Face–Heel Turn: Turned on his mentor Kevin Sullivan when he joined the Hart Foundation.
• Power Trio: The New Era Hart Foundation.
• Red Baron: "Flyin", "The Prince That Was Promised", "The Rogue Prince/Rookie".
• Ricky Morton: As the youngest and most inexperienced member of the Hart Foundation, he frequently gets put in this position in tag team matches.
• Wrestling Family: Son of the late Brian Pillman (middle name William).

Alec Price 2022, 2023-2024

• Red Baron: "The Northeast Beast", "The Prize", "The Prize City OG", "The Backbone Of Beyond".

Psicosis (Dionicio Torres) 2020

• Guest Fighter: Was featured in a Fusion episode at a AAA event.

Puma King 2018-2020, 2022

• Acrofatic: He was one of the bigger luchadors to wrestle for the promotion, but he is as agile as a cat.
• Animal Motifs: Pumas, obviously.
• Faux Paw: Does this as a taunt, he even licks them.
• Guest Fighter: From AAA.
• Masked Luchador: Which he combines with face paint over the lower half of his face. Along with a full body suit.
• Literal Ass-Kicking: A recurring spot features him kicking his opponent in the butt after they finish a roll.
• One-Steve Limit: Not to confused with Puma (TJP) or Prince Puma (Trevor Mann).
• Panthera Awesome: Well, he is a puma and a king.
• Royals Who Actually Do Something: Wears a Cool Crown in his entrances.
• Wrestling Family: Part of the Casas wrestling family, specifically the son of El Felino, using a ring character and a mask very similar to his father and has been trained by his uncle, Negro Casas. His brother Tiger is also a luchador.

Adrian Quest 2021

• Jobber: Was brought in to be squashed by EJ Nduka.
• Red Baron: "Young Fuego".

Myron Reed 2018-2023

• The Ace: Of the Middleweight division, he has the most reigns as MLW World Middleweight Champion with 3 reigns as well as the longest single and combined reign.
• Arch-Enemy: Brian Pillman Jr. and Lio Rush. He alongside Injustice had some in CONTRA Unit (particularly Daivari), the AAA luchadors, LAX/5150 and MLW management.
• Armor Is Useless: Zigzagged, he wears a chest protector (later a protective vest after Daivari destroyed the chest protector) everywhere he goes to symbolically represent that he and Injustice don’t trust MLW management to protect them, so they will protect themselves. It doesn’t protect him from the impact that wrestling moves like slams and flying moves are known for, though it does protect him from strikes to his chest.
• Expy: To D'Lo Brown, thanks to his chest protector and Hot-Blooded temperment.
• Face–Heel Turn: Betrayed Davey Richards after the Thrilla in Philla and joined the Bomaye Fight Club.
• Fiery Redhead: Has dyed red hair and a fiery personality. He originally had dyed blond hair during his first year in the promotion, though he has recently returned to dying it blond again.
• Finishing Move: The "No-cap Splash", a top rope springboard 450 splash, the "Captain Crunch", an Air Raid Crash, and "Flame On", a springboard cutter.
• Power Trio: The head of Injustice (before Kotto Brazil left).
• Red Baron: “Hot Fire”, “The Young G.O.A.T.” (Greatest of All Time)
• Tag Team: With Rich Swann briefly, before Swann left the company.
• Time to Unlock More True Potential: Took an offer to train at Davey Richard's Team Ambition Pro Wrestling Academy.
• Took a Level in Badass: His feuds with Lio Rush and CONTRA Unit’s Daivari was the point where he upped his game and showed he could get it done in the ring without Injustice interfering on his behalf.

Davey Richards (Wesley David Richards) 2021-2023

• Animal Motifs: Wolves.
• Arch-Enemy: Alex Kane and by extension the Bombaye Fight Club.
• The Bus Came Back: He took a break from wrestling since 2018, which then turned into an official retirement in 2020. Now he is back to wrestle with MLW as the first new signee of the 2021 Open Draft.
• Combat Medic: Is a Critical-Care/Flight Paramedic and 3rd Medical school student.
• Cool Teacher: Head trainer of the Team Ambition Pro Wrestling Academy.
• Defeating the Undefeatable: Ended Alex Kane's undefeated streak and National Openweight Championship reign.
• Determinator: He's notorious for not selling and the "delayed sell" in order to keep attacking.
• Expy: Took a lot of inspiration from Dynamite Kid.
• Lightning Bruiser: 5'7 206 lbs, so you already know he's pretty built but you still wouldn't expect a man his size to flat out toss his opponents around the ring.
• Red Baron: "Full Metal Bulldog", "The American Wolf".
• Shout-Out: Some of his gear and merchandise is inspired by Cobra Kai.

Ricochet (Trevor Mann) 2017

Matt Riddle 2017-2018, 2023

Danny Rivera 2021-2022, 2023

• Arch-Enemy: Injustice, Los Parks and The Von Erichs.
• Gangbangers: As a member of LAX/5150.
• Red Baron: "The RadioActive Papi", "Limelight".
• Semper Fi: Is a former marine.
• Tag Team: One half of the new iteration of The Latin American Xchange (LAX)/5150.

Jesús Rodriguez 2023-

• Cool Teacher: Has a wrestling academy called Three Legacies Wrestling.
• Large-Ham Announcer: What he is most famous for, except this time he announced for himself.
• Power Stable: Is a part of Promociones Dorado.
• Sharp-Dressed Man: Wrestled in a suit.

Rok-C (Carla Gonzalez) 2022

• Action Girl
• Everything is Big in Texas: From Houston.
• Guest Fighter: From Ring of Honor.
• Red Baron: “The Prodigy”.

Ace Romero (Justin Romero) 2018-2019

• Acrofatic: About 400 pounds and can perform suicide dives and dropkicks.
• Arch-Enemy: CONTRA Unit.
• Mighty Glacier: While more agile than he has any right to be, he doesn’t actually have the speed that usually goes along with it.
• Ramming Always Works: Uses the pounce as a Signature Move.
• Red Baron: “Acey Baby”, “The Human Jumbo Jet”.
• Tag Team: He briefly formed a tag team with the similarly huge Barrington Hughes to take on guys like the Dirty Blondes and CONTRA Unit.

Lio Rush (Lionel Gerard Green) 2021, 2022-2023

Rush (William Arturo Muñoz González) 2018

• Arch-Enemy: LA Park, he called him out for a match right after his debut match and state it was reason he came to MLW in the first place. Unfortunately, their scheduled match was cancelled due to meddling by CMLL and Ring of Honor.
• Catchphrase: "Tranquilo!" ("Chill!") and "No pasa nada" ("nothing happened").
• Guest Fighter: From CMLL.
• Light Is Not Good: Often paired up with a stark white color scheme, but is absolutely ruthless.
• Non-Masked Luchador: He wrestles without a mask, though he does make his entrances with a bull mask.
• Power Stable: The leader of Los Ingobernables, though they never appeared in MLW (unless you include Rush and Dragon Lee’s singles match appearances as representing the stable) were mentioned quite frequently when Rush was referred to.
• Red Baron: "El Toro Blanco" ("The White Bull") which is a former ring name of his father.
• Smug Super: The founder and leader of a group of this type of luchadors and was head and shoulders above them in smugness.
• Wrestling Family: A son of La Bestia del Ring and his brothers are Dragon Lee and the second Mistico (who was also formerly Dragon Lee). His uncle and cousins are also luchadors.

Joey Ryan (Joseph Ryan Meehan) 2017-2018

Saieve Al Sabah (Samson Therasse) 2017-2018, 2020

• Arch-Enemy: Parrow.
• Power Fist: His weapon of choice is brass knuckles.
• Power Trio: Was originally supposed to be part of Injustice after Kotto Brazil left, but was Put on the Bus again a few weeks after his The Bus Came Back moment in 2020 on Pulp Fusion.
• Red Baron: "The Zion of Higher Conscience", "The Child Of The 8th Day".

Jun Saito 2022

• Bash Brothers / Wrestling Family: With Rei.
• But Not Too Foreign: Born in Japan, raised in Nebraska.
• Cool Mask: Wore an oni mask in his entrance.
• Guest Fighter: From All Japan Pro Wrestling.
• I Know Karate: Was a former Rikishi in Sumo Wrestling.
• Mighty Glacier: Neither he nor his brother are particularly agile, but they are larger than most of the wrestlers in their home promotion.

Rei Saito 2022

• Bash Brothers / Wrestling Family: With Jun.
• But Not Too Foreign: Born in Japan, raised in Nebraska.
• Cool Mask: Wore an oni mask in his entrance.
• Guest Fighter: From All Japan Pro Wrestling.
• I Know Karate: Was a former Rikishi in Sumo Wrestling.
• Mighty Glacier: Neither he nor his brother are particularly agile, but they are larger than most of the wrestlers in their home promotion.

Sakura 2022

• Action Girl
• Guest Fighter
• Masked Luchadora
• Shout-Out: Her ring name was inspired on Cardcaptor Sakura.
• Wrestling Family: Her uncle is Príncipe de Oro and her siblings are La Chiquis and Jashiro.

Josef Samael/Almighty Sheik (Joseph Cabibbo) 2019-2021

• Ax-Crazy: While all of CONTRA Unit is this, as the "Global Dealers in Violence", Josef Samael stands out due to his fireball and spike attacks.
• Badass in a Nice Suit: When giving promos, Samael wears a gray suit and a pair of shades that befits his position as CONTRA's leader and mouthpiece.
• Beard of Evil: Samael has a wild, salt-and-pepper beard that adds to his intimidating appearance.
• Big Bad: Technically CONTRA as a whole is the this in MLW, though Josef seems to have the most clout along with Jacob Fatu.
• Combat Pragmatist: It is almost always never a fair fight with him. Aside from his CONTRA comrades, he will hide his spike in his boots to use when the referee isn’t looking, take off his boots and use them if he feels like it, bite his opponents, use the tape on his wrists to choke out his victims, use almost everything that isn’t nailed down like chairs and cable wires from the broadcast table, or he will just take the disqualification loss and do whatever comes to his mind to his poor victims, his favorite being throwing a fireball in their faces.
• Commuting on a Bus: Since the restart, he hasn’t appeared in person at the shows, though he still gives promos via recorded video messages framed as ISIL-style propaganda. His role in having Jacob Fatu’s back is now being filled by Daivari.
  • The Bus Came Back: At Battle Riot III. Then disappeared right before War Chamber 2021 and hasn't been seen since.
• Early-Bird Cameo: Had a dark match at the first SuperFight show under his Almighty Sheik name teaming with Jacob Fatu as Warbeast against a pair of Jobbers.
• Evil Genius: Is the considered the brains of CONTRA Unit.
• Evil Old Folks: He is in his 40s, but loves to torture the victims of CONTRA Unit's assaults. He even loves throwing fireballs in the faces of any of his hapless victims.
• Expy: Is basically an Ed Farhat clone and even wrestled previously as The Sheik II with approval from Sabu.
• Foreign Wrestling Heel: An Evil Arab variation with the tipped boots to prove it.
• Garbage Wrestler: Not surprising given who he is based on.
• Improbable Weapon User: Uses a simple spike to bloody up his victims.
• Leotard of Power: His wrestling gear.
• Meaningful Name: Samael in Jewish folklore is an archangel and their equivalent to Satan in Christianity. The name in Hebrew also translates into “Poison/Blindness of God”.
• Mouth of Sauron: He is the mouthpiece of Contra Unit; hyping up their "soldiers", threatening the other wrestlers, boasting about their plans to take over MLW, and so on.
• Playing with Fire: Throws fireballs at his victims when he is not using his spike. One of those fireballs was the reason Fenix got written off alongside his brother Pentagon Jr.
• Power Stable: Is the one with most clout in Contra Unit.
• Ring Oldies: Was in his mid-40s when he debuted in MLW.

Santana (Mike Draztik) 2019

• Guest Fighter: From Impact Wrestling. He only appeared at the Battle Riot II match.

Tito Santana (Ignacio Patiño) 2020

• Guest Fighter: Inverted, he was featured at a AAA event that featured MLW wrestlers.
• Non-Masked Luchador: As Tito Santana, though his other gimmicks used masks.
• Power Trio: Part of Nuevo Poder del Norte with Carta Brava Jr. and Mocho Cota Jr..
• Wrestling Family: He is the son of retired luchador Kendor and actually worked as Kendor II early in his career. He also has a brother that works as Kendor Jr..

Nicole Savoy 2021

• Action Girl
• Red Baron: “The Sacramento Suplex Machine”.
• Suplex Finisher: A big part of her offense.

Unagi Sayaka (ウナギ・サヤカ, Sayaka Unagi) 2024

• Action Girl
• Guest Fighter: A freelancer brought in to challenge for the Featherweight Championship.
• Nonconformist Dyed Hair: Dyes her hair in a style reminiscent of Harley Quinn.

Gia Scott 2022, 2023

• Action Girl
• Red Baron: "The Best Damn Woman", "The Greatest Damn Woman".

Leon Scott 2018

• Bald of Evil
• Beard of Evil: A long wild beard, though he did shave it off for the WarGames match.
• Power Trio: Part of Sami Callihan and his Death Machines.
• Red Baron: "The Franchise Player", "The Juggernaut", "The Wanderer Of The Wasteland".

Séptimo Dragón (Luis Fernando Diosdado) 2019-2020

• Fragile Speedster: Is very fast and capable of stunning aerial feats. Unfortunately, this is offset by being smaller than the average wrestler and gets floored by the bigger wrestlers regularly.
• Game-Breaking Injury: Has been out of action after suffering internal injuries caused by a motorcycle accident.
• Jobber: Despite the hype around him, he has yet to win a single match in MLW.
• Masked Luchador: From Salamanca, Guanajuato, Mexico.
• Our Dragons Are Different: His name means “Seventh Dragon”.
• Red Baron: “Rey del Aire” (“King of The Air”), "El Maniaco Mayor" (“The Greater Maniac”), "El Kamikaze Aereo" (“The Air Kamikaze“).
• Wrestling Family: His father, brothers and cousins are also luchadors.

Serpentico 2017

• The Cameo: Was only featured in dark match against Kotto Brazil (when he was still named Snoop Strikes).
• Masked Luchador

Dan Severn 2019

Alex Shelley (Patrick Martin) 2021-2022

BIG BOSS Shimizu (清水優己, Shimizu Yūki) 2023

• Guest Fighter: From Dragon Gate as one half of the Open The Twin Gate Champions.
• Stout Strength: A chubby guy with the strength to match compared to the average Dragon Gate wrestler.
• Tag Team: With Kzy as the Natural Vibes.

Lady Shani 2022

• Action Girl
• Guest Fighter: From AAA.
• Wrestling Family: Her cousin wrestles as Ludark Shaitan.

Go Shiozaki (潮﨑 豪, Shiozaki Gō) 2019

• Expy: Of his mentor Kenta Kobashi.
• Guest Fighter: From Pro Wrestling Noah, though it’s actually inverted as the Fusion episode he was featured in used footage from NOAH of his match with Alexander Hammerstone.
• Mr. Fanservice: Is considered one of the most handsome Japanese pro wrestlers of the modern era.

Emil Sitoci 2019

• Freestate Amsterdam: From The Hague.
• Guest Fighter: From Westside Xtreme Wrestling. He was only around as a participant in the 2019 Battle Riot.
• Red Baron: "The Tremendous", "The Untamable".

Jay Sky 2018-2019

• Jobber: Got squashed by CONTRA Unit alongside Ariel Dominguez.
• Red Baron: “The Limit”.
• Spell My Name With An S: His name is sometimes written as Jaye Skye.

Zoey Skye (Nikki Grant) 2021, 2022

• Action Girl

Shun Skywalker (渡辺俊, Watanabe Shun) 2022

• Guest Fighter: From Dragon Gate.
• Masked Luchador: A lucharesu-trained one.
• Named After Somebody Famous: Take a wild guess.

L.A. Smooth (Lyold Anoa’i) 2018

• The Cameo: Made his only appearance for the promotion at the 2018 Battle Riot. Weirdly, he didn’t even get to interact with his relatives Samu and Lance Anoa’i as they were eliminated before he it was his time to get to the ring.
• Mighty Glacier: Not very mobile but he is a Samoan wrestler, so his strength shouldn’t be questioned.
• Wild Samoan: Has zigzagged between being this and not throughout his career.
• Wrestling Family: Part of the famous Anoa'i Family, specifically as one of Afa’s sons.

Gene Snitsky (Eugene Alan Snisky) 2023

• The Brute: For Mr. St Laurent's World Titan Federation.
• The Giant: 6ft 6 and over 300 pounds of muscle.
• Power Stable: Part of the World Titan Federation.
• Ring Oldies: Was 53 years old when he wrestled for the promotion.

Star Jr. 2024-

• Guest Fighter: From CMLL.
• Legacy Character: To his father Star Boy.
• Masked Luchador: Direct from Mexico City, Mexico.
• Power Stable: Was recruited into Promociones Dorado.
• Wrestling Family: Is the son of Isaías Hernández Muñoz, who is better known under the ring name Star Boy, and he previously worked as "Star Boy Jr." prior to working for CMLL. He also has previously also worked under the ring name Apolo Múñoz, again after his father.

Billie Starkz (Lillian Bridget) 2023

• Action Girl
• Red Baron: "Space Jesus", "Biting Billie", "Billiam", "#Baby Draw".
• Teen Genius: Started wrestling in 2018 and was only 18 when she debuted for this promotion.

Daniel Starling 2020

• Jobber
• Red Baron: “Darling”, “The Southern Superstar”.

Zayda Steel 2023-

• Action Girl
• One Name Only: Currently goes by Zayda since joining the WTF.
• Power Stable: The only "Federette" of the World Titan Federation.
• Red Baron: "Thee Real Deal".

Erick Stevens (Eric Koenreich) 2020

• Arch-Enemy: The Von Erichs.
• Delinquent Hair: A Mohawk.
• Power Stable: Former member of Team Filthy.
• Put on the Bus: Official retired from wrestling in October 2020.
• Real Men Wear Pink: Wore pink gear in his MLW debut.
• Red Baron: "E Stizzle".

Martin Stone (Martin Harris) 2017

• Boring, but Practical: His wrestling style, nothing fancy, but he hits hard.
• Face of a Thug: He looks like a London gangster.
• Guest Fighter: Is WWE’s Danny Burch.
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Firmly under the middleweight threshold - but hits hard and doesn't have much problem throwing guys larger than himself around the ring.
• Red Baron: "The Enforcer", "The Guvnor".

James Storm (James Cox) 2018

Shane Strickland (Stephon Strickland) 2017-2018, 2022

Marko Stunt (Noah Nelms) 2018

• Fragile Speedster: Incredibly agile and quick on his feet, but he is one of the smallest wrestlers ever, not counting midgets like Swoggle, so he couldn’t take a lot of abuse before he went down.
• Fun Size: Is quite short and only slightly taller than Swoggle.
• Red Baron: “Mr. Fun Size”.
• Too Dumb to Live: His attempt at power moves, especially when he tried to slam the 400 pounder Ace Romero.

Minoru Suzuki (鈴木 実, Suzuki Minoru) 2023-2024

Rich Swann 2018-2019

• Dance Battler: Known to dance his way to the ring and to taunt his opponents rather than make it as part of his offense.
• Extremity Extremist: Has a lot of kicks in his moveset.
• Genki Guy: As a face, it really showed.
• Power Stable: Subverted, while other sources like The Other Wiki list him as a former member, he was not actually a part of Injustice, but he did lay the foundation for the existence of the stable with Myron Reed before he left.
• Red Baron: “The Outlandish”, “Rich Money”.
• Tag Team: Formed one with ACH during their first year with the promotion. They came together after ACH beat Swann in a match. He also briefly teamed up with Myron Reed before he left the company.

Swoggle (Dylan Postl) 2018

Yoshihiro Tajiri (田尻 義博, Tajiri Yoshihiro) 2021-2022

Talon (Chris Velletri) 2023-

• Fat and Skinny: His tag team with Cannonball.
• Gas Mask Mooks: Is the only mook of the calling that has a name.
• Lean and Mean: Is quite skinny looking and part of the Calling.
• Power Stable: Part of The Calling.

Minoru Tanaka (田中稔, Tanaka Minoru) 2019

• Guest Fighter: From Pro Wrestling Noah.

Calvin Tankman (Christopher Heyward III) 2020-2023

• Acrofatic / Stout Strength: Over 350 pounds and has a great mixture of knockout power and surprising agility for a guy his size.
• Arch-Enemy: He became this to CONTRA Unit when he saved Injustice and attacked Jacob Fatu. Later on, he would challenge Fatu for his title and came incredibly close to beating him: it took Daivari's interference and Fatu smacking Tankman with the CONTRA flag to put Tankman down.
  • Now has one in Alex Kane, after Tankman refused to join up with King Mo and Kane, Kane responded by attacking Tankman and injuring him, then interfered in Tankman’s Opera Cup match against TJP causing him to lose and got Tankman arrested when Tankman attempted to assault Kane and Mr Thomas in a parking lot.
• Big Damn Heroes: Came to Injustice’s aid against CONTRA Unit, when CONTRA attempted to put them in bodybags.
• Character Catchphrase: "By any means."
• Early-Bird Cameo: Was featured on episodes of Pulp Fusion before his in-ring debut.
• Family Man: Tankman often refers to his family as the main reason he competes in the ring.
• Honorary True Companion: To Injustice, as they befriended each other through their respective feuds with CONTRA Unit.
• Lightning Bruiser: Hits like a tank and can pull off RUNNING shooting star presses.
• Ramming Always Works: Uses the pounce to send his opponents flying back.
• Red Baron: “Heavyweight Hustle”, “Indestructible”.
• Tag Team: With EJ Nduka as “Hustle & Power”.

Black Taurus 2019-2020, 2022, 2023

• Acrofatic: Has a more solid build than most luchadors his size rather than being fat, but he can fly all the same.
• Guest Fighter: From AAA.
• Hard Head: And frequently does Use Your Head.
• Masked Luchador: Wears a black bull face mask.
• Only One Name: Is sometimes introduced as Taurus.
• Our Minotaurs Are Different: His mask and gimmick is basically a Minotaur.
• Red Baron: "The Minotaur of Wrestling", "Stallion".

Timothy Thatcher (Timothy Moura) 2019, 2023-

• Blood Knight: Stands out even by the standards of the World of Badass that is professional wrestling. The guy loves himself a good scrap.
• Carpet of Virility
• I Know Karate: A Catch Wrestling practitioner and it shows.
• Red Baron: "The Professor of Pain", "California Bad Boy", "The British Messiah" (when he wrestled in the UK).

Mr. Thomas (Thomas Stintsmanis) 2021-

• Acrofatic: A tall guy at 6ft 5, but is capable of hurricaranas on people who can lift him up.
• Bodyguarding a Badass: Is the bodyguard of Alex Kane.
• Early-Bird Cameo: Was one of two Sentai Death Squad members that appeared in the Battle Riot III match and the 2021 War Chamber match, before he was reintroduced as Alex Kane’s bodyguard/hype man without a mask.
• First-Name Basis / Only One Name: Has only been referred to as Mr. Thomas so far.
• Informed Ability: His profile on the MLW website lists him as having come up from the Philly fight circuit and earned a reputation as the hardest hitting, fastest to finish combatants ever to step foot in the ring. That remains to be seen. He is also referred to as the Chief Fight Strategist of the Bombaye Fight Club, though we never really see him strategizing.
• Power Stable: Part of the Bombaye Fight Club.

Bad Dude Tito/Big Bad Tito (Tito Escondido) 2024-

• The Brute: The biggest current member of Promociones Dorado.
• Full-Name Basis: Oddly, he gets this treatment and then some, being announced by Jesús Rodriguez as Big Bad Dude Tito Escondido.
• Guest Fighter: From New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
• Power Stable: The only American of The Mighty Don't Kneel stable in New Japan. He later joined Promociones Dorado in MLW.
• Sudden Name Change: Was called Big Bad Tito when he first appeared instead of his more well known ring name; Bad Dude Tito for some reason.

Tama Tonga (Alipate Leone) 2017

Taya Valkyrie (Kira Renée Magnin-Forster) 2018, 2022-2023

• Alpha Bitch: Ooh yeah, she's a nasty girl to cross.
• Amazonian Beauty: She's not massive, but she's definitely one of the biggest, most-ripped and physically strongest woman in the industry, hands-down, as well as being an absolute stunner.
• Red Baron: “Lucha Royalty”, “The Queen of Valhalla“, “La Wera Loca“ (“The Crazy White Woman”).
• Ur-Example: Is the first MLW Women's World Featherweight Champion.
• Wrestling Family: Is the wife of John Hennigan.

Jaden Valo 2022

• Jobber: Was brought in to be squashed by Los Maximos along with Kris Kage.

Savio Vega/Kwang (Juan Rivera) 2019-2023

• Arch-Enemy: Salina de la Renta and by extension Promociones Dorado, Leo Brien for a brief while, as well as Richard Holliday over the IWA Caribbean Heavyweight Championship.
• Bash Brothers: Briefly with Mance Warner.
• Cool Mask: As Kwang.
• Cool Shades: When he is not wrestling.
• Garbage Wrestling: His forte nowadays.
• I Know Karate: Taekwondo and several other arts actually, unfortunately due to his age, he rarely shows it off.
• Mighty Glacier: Not as agile as in his prime, but still a tough competitor.
• Ninja: Kwang is billed as one. A Highly-Visible Ninja and McNinja all in one.
• Power Stable: Was originally brought in to be a part of Promociones Dorado, which he left in his debut by ripping up his contract due to Konnan pointing out a few things in said contract.
• Put on a Bus: He lost an Azteca Jungle Fight to Mil Muertes and hasn't been seen since, though he is slated to return for the new season of Fusion on July 10 2021.
  • Came back for Battle Riot III as both himself and Kwang.
  • He hasn't wrestled since his hardcore match with Pagano at MLW Azteca #2 but he was seen trying to break up Richard Holliday’s attack on Alex Hammerstone at SuperFight 2022.
• Red Baron: "The Brawling Boricua", “The Pride of Puerto Rico”.
• Ring Oldies: At 56 years old, Vega is a veteran of the wrestling ring.
• Screw the Money, I Have Rules!: When Salina de la Renta attempted to buy off Savio's Carribbean wrestling promotion, he rejected the offer, saying that entertaining the fans was more important than money. Unfortunately, Salina said "That Wasn't a Request" and sic'd Mil Muertes on him.
• Super Spit: Blew blue “Asian” mist at The Blue Meanie in the Battle Riot III as Kwang.
• Wearing a Flag on Your Head: Wears a vest with the colors of Puerto Rico. He also wore the flag of Puerto Rico as a cape in his debut match.

Isaias Velazquez 2019

• Cool Teacher: Outside of wrestling, he is also a strength and conditioning specialist.
• Jobber: Was one of Alexander Hammerstone’s first opponents in MLW and was squashed.
• Red Baron: "The Definition".
• Wrestling Family: Is the husband of Kylie Rae.

Virus (Ricardo Amezquita Carreño) 2024

• Cool Teacher: One of the main trainers for CMLL's wrestling school in Mexico City.
• Guest Fighter: From CMLL.
• Power Stable: Part of Azteca Underground.
• Ring Oldies: Over 50 and still wrestles regularly.

Marshall Von Erich (Kevin Marshall Adkisson) 2019-2022

• Arch-Enemy: Originally they were the fiercest enemies of CONTRA Unit, being the first to defeat the Global Dealers in Violence. After Tom Lawlor's betrayal, he, and by extension Team Filthy, have become the Von Erichs' next targets.
  • They are now in a feud with LAX/5150.
• Big Little Brother: Is slightly younger and bigger than Ross.
• Everything is Big in Texas: From Denton County.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni / Sibling Yin-Yang: The red to his brother’s blue. He is the more hot-headed, louder and impulsive brother with a wilder wrestling style.
• Tag Team: With Ross.
• The Von Trope Family / Wrestling Family: Part of the Von Erich Family, as a son of Kevin Von Erich.

Ross Von Erich (David Michael Ross Adkisson) 2019-2022

• Arch-Enemy: Originally they were the fiercest enemies of CONTRA Unit, being the first to defeat the Global Dealers in Violence. After Tom Lawlor's betrayal, he, and by extension Team Filthy, have become the Von Erichs' next targets.
  • They are now in a feud with LAX/5150.
• Everything is Big in Texas: From Denton County.
• The One Who Wears Shoes: As well as shin guards.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni / Sibling Yin-Yang: The blue to his brother’s red. He is the calmer, more technical styled wrestler compared to Ross.
• Tag Team: With Marshall.
• The Von Trope Family / Wrestling Family: Part of the Von Erich Family, as a son of Kevin Von Erich.

Ashley Vox (Ashley Medrano) 2021-2022

• Action Girl
• Red Baron: "Poseidon's Siren".
• Tag Team: With Delmi Exo as Team Sea Stars
• Wrestling Family: Is the sister of Delmi Exo.

Dr. Wagner Jr. (Juan Manuel González Barrón) 2019

• Arch-Enemy: LA Park.
• Catchphrase: "Bien, bien, bien" ("Good, good, good").
• Dramatic Unmask: Subverted, he had already unmasked in 2017 so people have seen his face. It was still considered a dick move by LA Park due to Lucha Libre culture on removing the mask in a match.
• Deadly Doctor: Not explicitly a medical professional, but this is part of his theme.
• Guest Fighter: Had only one match in tag team with his son against LA Park and his son.
• Legacy Character: As the "Jr." is his name obviously indicates. His son El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. is one to him.
• Masked Luchador: Zigzags with this, he lost a Lucha de Apuestas match in 2017, though now he wrestles either with or without it depending on where he wrestles.
• Red Baron: "El Galeno del Mal/Bien" ("The Good/Evil Doctor"), "La Eminencia Clínica Del Ring" ("The Clinical Eminence of the Ring"), "El Clínico Del Ring" ("The Ring Clinic").
• Ring Oldies: A bona-fide lucha legend like LA Park. He is in his 50s but still regularly competes.
• Tag Team: With his son.
• Wrestling Family: Like most famous luchadores. Son of the original Dr. Wagner, brother of Silver King, father of El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., and ex-husband of luchadora Rossy Moreno.

Warhorse (Jake Parnell) 2021-2022

• Heavy Metal: Introduced as weighting 4000 pounds of raw Heavy Metal.
• Parts Unknown: Is from there and even won an award for being “the most interesting person from Parts Unknown”.
• This Means Warpaint: Wears face paint in the style similar to wrestling TheEighties icons like Ultimate Warrior.
• Use Your Head: Introduced himself to King Mo by headbutting him out of the ring.

Mance Warner/Masked Good Brother #3 2019-2020, 2022-2024

• The Alcoholic: Loves his light beers.
• Arch-Enemy: Salina de la Renta and her Promociones Dorado stable, Sami Callihan, Jimmy Havoc, The Dynasty, and Mads Krügger, The Calling, Mr. St. Laurent's World Titan Federation.
• Bash Brothers: Briefly with Savio Vega.
• Beastly Bloodsports: Apparently fought a bear in an episode of Pulp Fusion. He apparently beat it, tamed it, named it Teddy, and sicced him on Richard Holliday’s 4th of July party.
• Blood Knight: He is at his happiest in a fight.
• Boring, but Practical: His Finishing Move is a lariat.
• Chainsaw Good: Once used a chainsaw to scare Jimmy Havoc and Salina de la Renta off. Unfortunately, he was predictably arrested.
• Charlie Brown from Outta Town: Masked Good Brother #3. It’s implied that nobody buys it, yet no one wants to call him out on it.
• Combat Pragmatist: Loves going for eye pokes.
• Cool Uncle: He has one in Uncle Moonman, who unfortunately didn’t return with him in his second run.
• Dating Catwoman: Was in a relationship with Steph De Lander before she betrayed him and made him lose the Loser Leaves MLW match with Matt Cardona. Despite that, they both are very attracted to each other.
• Deep South: He is a rare positive example of this trope. He's a decent if slightly ditzy guy who just happens to enjoy eye pokes and light beer.
• Enemy Mine: What does noted Garbage Wrestlers Sami Callihan and Mance Warner have in common? Both of them have beef with Salina De La Renta (& her Promociones Dorado stable). Why you ask? Callihan has his grievances with Salina after failing to take out Tom Lawlor as well as Warner spilling light beer onto Salina's dress.
• Garbage Wrestler: His forte.
• Loser Leaves Town: Has won two of these matches in his original run with the promotion against MJF and Sami Callihan. Then he lost one to Matt Cardona in his second run.
• Odd Friendship: With Microman.
• Power Trio: With 1 Called Manders and Matthew Justice as The Second Gear Crew.
• Put on the Bus: Hasn’t been seen since the pandemic hiatus.
  • The Bus Came Back: At Battle Riot IV.
• Red Baron: “Ol' Mancer”, “The Southern Psychopath”, “Eye-Poke God”, “The Bucksnort Brawler”.

Black Widow 2022

• Action Girl
• Guest Fighter
• Masked Luchadora
• Red Baron: "La Belleza Hecha Rudeza"

Tracy Williams 2023

• Guest Fighter: A freelancer and participant in the Opera Cup tournament and Battle Riot V.
• Red Baron: "Hot Sauce", "The Resilient Submission Specialist".

Miyu Yamashita (山下実優, Yamashita Miyū) 2023-

• The Ace: Of TJPW.
• Guest Fighter: From Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling.
• Kick Chick: A lot of her offense is based on kicks thanks to her Kyokushin background.
• Red Baron: "Pink Striker".

YAMATO (小野寺 正人, Onodera Masato) 2022

• A God Am I: Part of his heel gimmick involved him claiming to be "all-seeing and all-knowing".
• Ambiguously Gay: His narcissistic pretty boy gimmick, complete with long dark hair and eye makeup, and his tendency to call himself & Naruki Doi the "coolest and sexiest team" lean towards this.
• Badass Longcoat: Started wearing a sleeveless one after turning heel in 2013, and usually concealed a handheld mirror within it.
• The Fighting Narcissist: His gimmick as of his June 2013 heel turn. He still shows flashes of it despite being a face, but it's mostly been toned down.
• Guest Fighter: From Dragon Gate.
• Heel–Face Turn: His 2016 face turn involved promising to completely end the general douchiness he was known for.
• I Know Karate: Was a part of the Wajutsu Keishukai MMA team, and his grounded, deliberate wrestling style reflects it.
• Mr. Fanservice: Even in a roster full of pretty boys, he stands out as this, mostly due to his narcissistic personality. Also his incredibly small trunks. And outside of wrestling, that cooking show he does where he doesn't wear a shirt under his apron.
• Legacy Character: Early in his career, he wrestled as Masato Onodera and had inherited Yasushi Kanda's gimmick (Kanda being injured indefinitely at the time).
• Red Baron: "Battleship".. Pre-2016 face turn, "Zenchizenno" ("The Almighty") and "The Coolest, Sexiest Wrestler in the World".
• Sharp-Dressed Man: Out of the ring, YAMATO is consistently one of the best-dressed individuals on the roster.
• Token Evil Teammate: During his days as Shingo Takagi's friend and having membership in various face stables, he still looked and occasionally acted heelish.

Fred Yehi 2018

• Power Stable: Was briefly a part of Team Filthy.
• Red Baron: "Bonafide", "Savageweight", "The Resurrector Of Wrestling".

Yoscifer El 2023

• Jobber: Despite his size and Wrestling Monster reputation on the independents, he usually loses matches in this promotion.

Su Yung (Vannarah Riggs) 2018

Jimmy Yuta (Paul Gruber) 2017-2019

• Arch-Enemy: Jason Cade.
• Red Baron: "The Decoder".
• Tag Team: With Jason Cade as Team TBD, before Cade betrayed him anyway.

Zad 2021

• Evil Minion / Mook: A member of CONTRA Unit’s Sentai Death Squad who went up against Calvin Tankman to be squashed. He was also one of the two squad members who entered into Battle Riot III and again at the 2021 War Chamber match.
• Fat Bastard: Overweight and a member of CONTRA’s Sentai Death Squad.
• Jobber: Was destroyed by Calvin Tankman in his match with him.
• No Name Given: Averted: he is the first of the Sentai Death Squad soldiers to be named.

Zeda Zhang (Julia Ho) 2018-2019

• Alliterative Name
• Put on a Bus: Has not been seen since the COVID hiatus.
• The Smurfette Principle: Was for quite a while the only woman wrestler official signed to MLW.
• Tag Team: With Su Yung as the Kodokushi Death Squad, though it was Dummied Out since they never actually had a match together in the company.

Zenshi (Jacob McCarter) 2019-2021

• Alternate Company Equivalent: To WWE’s Kofi Kingston in Battle Riot III (a Alternate Company Equivalent itself to the Royal Rumble), where he constantly got thrown out of the ring without his feet touching the floor and performing crazy athletics to get back in.
• Fragile Speedster: Zenshi is quick on his feet and able to perform stunning acrobatic feats that leave his opponents floored. However, he's also smaller than most of the roster. Blows that would stagger another wrestler often send Zenshi sprawling.
• Lotus Position: He does this pose in his entrance after leaping over the top rope and as a taunt during his matches, symbolizing his utter calm in the face of his enemies.
• Masked Luchador: An American born example.
• Mistaken Nationality: Is billed from and does live in Santiago, Chile, so some fans think he is South American. He is actually an American originally from Atlanta, Georgia before he relocated to Chile.
• Red Baron: “The Aerial Artist”, “The South Ameriking”.
• Spot Monkey: Perhaps the most notable one in the promotion behind Teddy Hart.
• The Worf Effect: Zenshi often loses to opponents who are being built up as a threat.

Managers:

Aria Blake (Nikki M. Sawyer) 2017-2021

• Fiery Redhead: In the beginning, she later switched to dyeing her hair blond.
• Gold Digger: The reason that she would end up with MJF from her ex Joey Janela. Later mentioned that MJF had to pay her off as well after they broke up. This is probably also the reason she began working for Colonel Robert Parker and managing the Dirty Blonds.
• Red Baron: “The Spoiled Brat”.
• Wrestling Family: In real life, she is married to TJ Perkins.

Dario Cueto/Cesar Duran (Luis Fernandez-Gil) 2021-

• Affably Evil: Duran rarely lost his cool, and when he was making a wrestler an offer or offering him a pep talk, he was actually pretty charming and likable.
  • Faux Affably Evil: The question of how much both tropes applied to him was a subject of much debate amongst fans.
• Arch-Enemy: Alexander Hammerstone, who has been a thorn in his side for refusing to align himself with Duran. He also has been trying to get rid of Microman, because he hates midgets and exoticos.
• Author Appeal: Gold and violence.
• Bad Boss / Mean Boss: If he doesn’t like someone, he will do almost anything in his power to screw them over.
• Big Bad: If his history is any indication, he is shaping up to be this.
• Deal with the Devil: He is the devil behind the deal with Salina de la Renta.
• Evil Is Hammy: HELL. YES. He chewed so much scenery it was amazing the doorway to his office wasn't covered in bite marks.
• The Ghost: Was originally this as the mysterious El Jefe behind Salina de la Renta and Promociones Dorado. Come Fusion Episode #131, there he shows up in the flesh.
• He's Back!: Returned from the cancellation of Lucha Underground to build a new temple in MLW.
• Insistent Terminology: Refers to the fans as “believers”. He later changed it to “renegades“ for some reason.
• Large Ham: Gloriously showed that he still got it at Battle Riot III.
• New Era Speech: His first action in his official debut at Battle Riot III was basically this.
• Non-Action Guy: Obviously, since he was a businessman, not a wrestler.
• Power Stable: The Man Behind the Man of Azteca Underground.
• Precision F-Strike: Gave one to Myron Reed, while asking who he is.
• Put on the Bus: Got kidnapped by his own Azteca henchmen and hasn't been seen since.
• Red Baron: “El Jefe”.
• Screw the Rules, I Make Them!: Is the new matchmaker for MLW and if his history is indication, he will being abusing his power before long.
• Smug Snake: Not all the time, but he'd really lay the venom on people he dislikes.
• You Have Failed Me: His first onscreen act in MLW was to address Salina de la Renta’s string of failures after abducting her, before stating that she must pay the “ultimate sacrifice”.

Cristobal Culebra 2020-2021

• Alliterative Name
• Camera Abuse: He shoves the cameras to the ground whenever he needs to talk to Salina de la Renta.
• Early-Bird Cameo: Was first seen beside Salina in an episode of Pulp Fusion.
• Number Two: Implied, he directly reports to El Jefe and keeps tabs on Salina de la Renta for him.
  • The Starscream: Apparently betrayed El Jefe by helping Salina de la Renta escape on a helicopter to prevent her from being sacrificed.

Steph De Lander (Stephanie De Landre) 2023-2024

• Action Girl: Was willing to get into the ring with Masked Good Brother #3.
• Et Tu, Brute?: Betrayed her lover Mance Warner in his "Loser Leaves MLW" match against Matt Cardona.
• Put on the Bus: Hasn't been back since her match with Masked Good Brother #3.

Stokely Hathaway 2017-2018

• Arch-Enemy: MVP, as a former client of Black Friday Management that left on bad terms.
• Beard of Evil
• Butt-Monkey: Frequently gets his butt handed to him when he interferes in matches.
• The Man Behind the Man: The head of Black Friday Management after Gary Hart passed away, the former manager of Low Ki and was once implied to have also been one for MVP.
• Put on the Bus: Was kidnapped just before the start of the Fusion episodes. He briefly returned in late 2018, but left shortly afterwards when he signed with WWE.

Don King 2023-

• The Ghost: Was this as the mysterious backer of Bombaye Fight Club until Never Say Never 2023.
• The Man Behind the Man: Is the one behind Alex Kane and The Bombaye Fight Club.

Konnan (Charles Ashenoff) 2018-2022

Dan Lambert 2019-2021

• Ascended Extra / Ascended Fan Boy: Got his start in the pro wrestling business in Eddie Graham’s Championship Wrestling from Florida as part of the ring crew. He also has a collection of about 100 ring-used championship belts from every territory.
• The Man Behind the Man: The manager of King Mo and the owner and founder of the American Top Team MMA team.
• Put on the Bus: Hasn't been featured on any shows since the Fusion ALPHA reset, since he now appears on AEW

Colonel Robert Parker (Robert Welch) 2018-2021

• Commuting on a Bus: Hasn’t been at live shows for quite a while, though his interests have been represented by Aria Blake in his absence.
• Dirty Old Man: Once strong armed MLW interviewer Vanessa Craft into having tea with him with certain implications. Also had a thing with well-known Gold Digger Aria Blake.
• Fat, Sweaty Southerner in a White Suit: Fits this trope to a t.
• Power Stable: Is the man behind the Stud Stable.

Karlee Pérez 2021-2022

Gina de la Renta (Gina Class) 2024

• Spicy Latina: Her first appearance was being in an argument with Cesar Duran. Salina had to get it from someone.

Salina de la Renta (Natalia Guzmán Class) 2018-2021, 2023-

• Arch-Enemy: Konnan, Mance Warner, Low Ki. Previously Sami Callihan, but Salina used Mance Warner to send him packing. "Filthy" Tom Lawlor was, but that was by extension via Low Ki being the MLW Champion.
• Big Bad: Was originally this before CONTRA Unit stole her thunder.
• Disproportionate Retribution She dispatched L.A. Park to go against Mance Warner. Why you ask? For accidentally spilling beer on Salina's dress in the hallway.
• Insistent Terminology: She is quick to clarify that she doesn’t “manage wrestlers”. De la Renta says she “showcases premiere Latin talent“. Wrestlers under her are “presented” by her instead of being accompanied by her.
• The Nicknamer: Just ask Sami “The Warthog” Callihan and Mance “That Goat Lover” Warner.
• Not So Above It All: She usually presents herself as a serious businesswoman, but she once came out presenting LA Park for his death match with Mance Warner by doing the La Parka strut.
• Power Stable: The founder and owner of Promociones Dorado.
• The Quisling: According to Konnan, she was the one that let CONTRA Unit into MLW in the first place, and received undisclosed funds from the spring of 2019 – September 2019 before the relationship supposedly had a falling out upon LA Park electing to cash in his Battle Riot title shot. There are also indications that Salina and CONTRA briefly collaborated again on or near May 9th, 2020 by aiding CONTRA in gaining arena access to the AAA/MLW Super Series, which led to the seizure of the league by CONTRA until the Restart.
• Red Baron: “The Empresaria of Lucha Libre”, “The Puerto Rican Power Broker”, “La Bruja”.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: If her Twitter is to be believed, she managed to escape being sacrificed with help from Cristobal Culebra and boarded a helicopter to get a far away from Azteca Underground and MLW as possible.
  • The Bus Came Back: Returned at Fury Road'23 so the above must have been true.
• Spicy Latina: Salina may be the spiciest in all of American wrestling right now.
• Ur-Example: The first Latina to Executive Produce a Pro Wrestling Show.
• You Have Failed Me:
  • Salina punished Sami Callihan for his failure to take out Tom Lawlor by forcing him into a Falls Count Anywhere match against LA Park, which Park won after spearing Callihan through several chairs.
  • This trope was also the reason that Salina fired Sammy Guevara for losing his match when he was in her Promociones Dorado faction.
  • Ironically, Salina herself would eventually be a victim of this. After Hijo de LA Park lost his match against Bu Ku Dao in Fusion episode 130, she would be abducted by a masked man and bundled into a car. The very end of Fusion episode 131 would reveal that she was taken to the office of "El Jefe", who proclaimed his intent to sacrifice her to consecrate the new arena of Azteca Underground.

Kevin Sullivan 2017-2018

Ricky Steamboat (Richard Henry Blood Sr.) 2022

Kevin Von Erich (Kevin Ross Adkisson) 2019-2022

Broadcast Team:

Alicia Atout 2019-2023

• Face–Heel Turn: Aligned herself with Richard Holliday in their betrayal of Hammerstone after his match with Pagano.
• Intrepid Reporter: Sort of, she is a correspondent and host for MLW.
• Red Baron: “The Interview Queen”.
• Tsundere: Her and Richard Holliday bicker like kids with a crush on each other while claiming they find the other gross. No-one is buying it.

Tim Barr 2017-

• Hammy Herald: Is the main ring announcer.
• Red Baron: “Candy”.

Rich Bocchini 2017-2022

• Combat Commentator: Is the play-by-play commentator.
• Only Sane Man: Is a lot more low-key and straight-laced than current partner Jared St. Laurent.

Christian Cole (Christian Maldonado) 2023-

• Combat Commentator: A color commentator.

Jim Cornette 2019

Mike DeAngelis 2023-

• Hammy Herald / Large-Ham Announcer

Ray Flores 2018, 2021

• Combat Commentator: Returned in 2021 doing commentary.
• Hammy Herald / Large-Ham Announcer: Was originally a ring announcer during his first run in the company. He was also a MMA and boxing ring announcer.

Joe Dombrowski 2021-

• Combat Commentator: Took Mr. Saint Laurent's place when the latter went to go find the greatest fighter in the world.

Mark Adam Haggerty 2019-2020

• Hammy Herald: Was a ring announcer.
• Porn Stache

AJ Kirsch (Aaron Joseph Kirsch) 2019-2020

• Combat Commentator: Worked along side Rich Bocchini when Saint Laurent was not available.
• Non-Action Guy: Is actually a trained wrestler, but kept himself to commentary in the company.

Tony Schiavone 2017-2019

Georgia Smith 2019

• All Girls Want Bad Boys: Began dating Alexander Hammerstone, despite his Dynasty faction being made up of a bunch of Jerkasses, not to mention also in a feud with her brother and cousin’s Hart Foundation, however...
• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Disappeared and was forgotten about with no warning or build-up.
• Non-Action Girl: Was a correspondent for the promotion.
• Wrestling Family: Is the daughter of Davey Boy Smith and the sister of Harry Smith/Davey Boy Smith Jr. and cousin of Teddy Hart.

Emilio Sparks 2021-2022

• Intrepid Reporter: His role in the promotion.
• The Rival: With Alicia Atout as they both have the same job.

Referees:

Tim Donaghy 2021-

• Adam Westing: Made his debut as a crooked referee; he had spent time in prison for his involvement in a match fixing scheme while working as an NBA referee.
• Combat Referee: His job. He was formerly a NBA referee.

Frank Gastineau 2017-2023

• Combat Referee: A senior official.
• Put on a Bus: Was fireballed by Josef Samael during the Jacob Fatu vs LA Park match at Saturday Night SuperFight and put in the hospital. He took some time off before returning.

Doug Markham 2017-2020

• Combat Referee: Was the head referee before he left.

Chief Physician:

Dr. Nelson Sweglar 2018-

• The Medic