Killer Kross defends his MLW World Heavyweight Championship against Josh Bishop in a Last Man Standing match at Saturday Night SuperFight, Major League Wrestling’s pay-per-view event at Cicero Stadium in Chicago.
Kross has held the title since winning Battle Riot VIII. Bishop enters the match with momentum after delivering an Exit 187 to Donovan Dijak during a confrontation on the go-home episode of “Fusion,” the show where Kross successfully defended the title against Dijak.
“I think I’ve got a very good chance to retain,” Kross told OutKick Dropkick. “However, I think it’s gonna come down to who’s gonna come out of this the toughest. If you’re not coming in, as close to bulletproof as possible, I don’t think we’re gonna be able to walk out the winner on this one. Last man standing, you know what I mean? It’s. This isn’t about wrestling ability, this isn’t about technical prowess. This is gonna be who’s tougher. That’s just the way I see it.”
A Last Man Standing match ends when one wrestler cannot get back on his feet within a 10-count, making it one of the more punishing formats in professional wrestling.
Kross called 2026 a “painful” year that has also delivered his biggest opportunities.
“I never doubted it,” he said of his success this year. “But with pro wrestling, it doesn’t matter really what you’re capable of or what you think you can do and oftentimes, it doesn’t even matter, depending on what company you’re in, what sort of connection you have with the audience, if they don’t want to give you the time to go out there and shine, then it’s kind of like it doesn’t exist. So, the only thing that was up in the air was like once I get out here, are those opportunities gonna be available because I’m ready to deliver? And they have been in mass quantity. So, I mean, it’s, I’m having the time of my life. I can’t say it enough, man. I really, truly am.”
Despite the rivalry, Kross praised Bishop’s rise as a performer.
“He has a bright future ahead of him,” Kross said. “I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, he’s a perfect throwback. He’s got that Sid Justice, Sid Vicious type of demeanor, and people love that, and you just can’t find those types of wrestlers sitting around anymore. A lot of what we see in the programming is this incredible hybrid Lucia type stuff. The era of the big man is kind of few and far in between, and I think with wrestling being best formatted as a variety act, you gotta have somebody like that on the show. You need some, you need some heavy hitters, those larger than life type characters, and I definitely think he fits the bill.”
Saturday Night SuperFight streams on Veeps at 8 p.m. ET.
