2) Alexander Hammerstone – MLW
As previously mentioned, MLW made its debut on Vice TV with the Fightland event. The main event saw Alexander Hammerstone defeat Jacob Fatu to win the MLW Heavyweight Championship and unify the title with his National Openweight Championship. It was hyped as one of the biggest matches in the promotion's history.
Hammerstone has been firing on all cylinders and gained plenty of momentum over the past year. His win signified him becoming the man in Major League Wrestling. This is a spot that will immediately be challenged by the presence of the "real" IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay.
For Ospreay, he will be looking at the top dogs of MLW. Will Ospreay was on a tear to start 2021 with many excellent encounters. He stole the show on Night 1 of NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15 with Kazuchika Okada.
Ospreay followed it up with tremendous bouts with Zack Sabre Jr., David Finlay, and Shingo Takagi in the 2021 New Japan Cup. He then had an all-time classic against Takagi in his first and only defense of the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestling Dontaku. He will be looking to add more fantastic contests to his catalog in MLW, and Hammerstone could provide that.