{"id":316662,"date":"2026-04-10T23:54:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T18:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=316662"},"modified":"2026-04-10T23:54:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T18:24:37","slug":"aews-hechicero-defending-cmll-world-title-against-former-roh-champion-in-mlpw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/aews-hechicero-defending-cmll-world-title-against-former-roh-champion-in-mlpw\/","title":{"rendered":"AEW&#8217;s Hechicero Defending CMLL World Title Against Former ROH Champion In MLPW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<article class=\"news-post\">\n<div class=\"news-article\">\n<div class=\"slide-key image-holder gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap lead-image-holder\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/2144954\/aew-hechicero-defending-cmll-world-title-former-roh-champion-jonathan-gresham-mlpw\/\" data-post-title=\"AEW's Hechicero Defending CMLL World Title Against Former ROH Champion In MLPW\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-post-id=\"2144954\">\n<picture id=\"pa2d5c73d117fd46952b890c1672d94a7\"><source media=\"(min-width: 429px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/img\/gallery\/aews-hechicero-defending-cmll-world-title-against-former-roh-champion-in-mlpw\/intro-1775842715.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source media=\"(max-width: 428px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/img\/gallery\/aews-hechicero-defending-cmll-world-title-against-former-roh-champion-in-mlpw\/intro-1775842715.sm.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">AEW<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Hechicero higher hone in on protecting himself and his fireballs of magic if he desires to retain his CMLL World Heavyweight Championship, as he&#8217;s about to square off with a submission magician,\u00a0Jonathan Gresham, who will certainly are available with a couple of tricks up his sleeve at Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling&#8217;s upcoming event, Multiverse, next Friday, at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING NEWS: Hechicero will defend the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheJonGresham?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@TheJonGresham<\/a> NEXT WEEK at MLP Multiverse! Gresham just got here up short last month in his pursuit for the MLP Canadian Championship at Rebellion, but will he find a way to win gold this time around?&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d7FTtyhOT5\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/d7FTtyhOT5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MAPLE LEAF PRO Wrestling (@MapleLeafPW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MapleLeafPW\/status\/2042271376103358770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">April 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A recurring star for MLP, Gresham is trying to obtain his first piece of gold since 2022, when he carried the Ring of Honor World Championship for 224 days. As for Hechicero, the Don Callis Member of the family regained the CMLL Heavyweight Title from one other AEW star and Death Rider, Claudio Castagnoli, on March 20 at Homenaje a Dos Leyendas in Mexico City. Next Friday will mark his first title defense.<\/p>\n<p>Each men have surpassed the expectation on what makes for superb technical wrestlers, as Hechicero is taken into account top-of-the-line to ever do it. As for Gresham, &#8220;The Octopus&#8221; is thought to be a master at methodical mat work, intense psychology, and storytelling. Since suffering two strokes last summer, the previous champion has competed in 11 matches across several different independent promotions. His most up-to-date match was in MLP late last month, where the corporate crowned a brand new Interim MLP Canadian Champion after its inaugural champion, Josh Alexander, announced he could be out of motion indefinitely. Former AEW star and Dark Order stablemate, Stu Grayson, is now that champion.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AEW Hechicero higher hone in on protecting himself and his fireballs of magic if he desires to retain his CMLL World Heavyweight Championship, as he&#8217;s about to square off with a submission magician,\u00a0Jonathan Gresham, who will certainly are available with a couple of tricks up his sleeve at Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling&#8217;s upcoming event, Multiverse, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":316663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[20567,1470,14779,12206,50467,50468,14488,1148,813],"class_list":["post-316662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-aews","tag-champion","tag-cmll","tag-defending","tag-hechicero","tag-mlpw","tag-roh","tag-title","tag-world"],"aioseo_notices":[{"message":"The permalink for this post just changed! 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