Shotzi Blackheart defends the MLW title against CMLL star Kira at Fusion

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Shotzi Blackheart began her first Major League Wrestling (MLW) Women’s World Championship reign earlier this year when she defeated Shoko Nakajima at “Fusion”.

It’s her first title of any kind for MLW, and she’s relishing the fact that she sits atop the MLW women’s division after only officially joining the company in March.

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“Oh my god, it feels so good. Look at this beauty. I love it,” she said, showing off her championship belt in an interview with Pakinomist Digital. “I love MLW. I’m such a proud champion. I love this company so much. I’ve never had a company understand Shotzi Blackheart more than MLW. So to be champion there is like the biggest thing ever. Yeah, so proud.”

Now Shotzi has a target on his back. The challengers line up. She will make her latest title defense against Kira, who is a rising star with the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).

Kira joined CMLL in 2023 and became an instant fixture, entering the tournament to crown the CMLL Universal Amazonas Champion. She didn’t win that match, but has a good opportunity to win the MLW Women’s World Championship against Shotzi on Saturday.

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Shotzi Blackheart appears in the MLW Women’s World Championship. (MLW)

Shotzi suggested that she is excited to see what Kira can bring to the ring.

“I mean she’s amazing. I saw her a lot when I went to CMLL a few months ago and she’s like the next thing,” Shotzi said. “Like, I think she could be CMLL Women’s Champion anytime soon. Like, I really think she could lead the company at some point and to have her come into MLW is great.

“I want to go up against girls like her – you can tell they like it, have spent a lot of time in the ring and they really love this sport and they really take it seriously and she’s definitely going to challenge me. She’s a really great high flyer. She does all the tricks and turns and it’s really great to see. Like I was very impressed when I was doing my research on her, I think it was her. A great fight.”

Kira is far from the only one who wants to go up to Shotzi.

Scarlett Bordeaux, a good friend of the champion, previously told Pakinomist Digital that she will always support Shotzi, but when the time comes to fight, she will give everything.

Scarlett Bordeaux celebrates in a Major League Wrestling ring. (MLW)

In response, Shotzi believed that Bordeaux could become a great champion and would love a feud with her.

“I’m all for it. I think Scarlett would be a great champion anywhere,” she told Pakinomist Digital. “But yeah, I’d definitely make her work for it. But maybe she’s going to take it from me. I don’t know. We’ll see. But I’d love a feud with Scarlett. I’d love it. And I’d just be like, ‘Hey girl, don’t hold back, you know, because I don’t either.’

Either way, Shotzi said she loves having the target on her back.

“I mean, it feels good. It feels good to be wanted, you know? I love a target on my back,” she said. “I’m into it. I love the drama – physical and what not. But yeah, with MLW going with CMLL and Stardom, really great girls come through and they want my neck and I’m all for it.”

The MLW women’s roster is so deep that no one can really expect who will win the next championship. Lady Frost, Zamaya, Priscilla Kelly and others from companies like CMLL and Stardom are lurking in the shadows waiting to get their chance at Shotzi and her championship.