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Game Changer Wrestling (2021âpresent)
On October 9, 2021, at GCW Fight Club, Akira teamed up with Alex Colon and G-Raver and faced The Second Gear Crew (AJ Gray,
Mance Warner and
Matthew Justice) in a losing effort.[1] On May 1, 2022, at GCW Life Goes On, he and
John Wayne Murdoch faced
Allie Katch and
Effy for the
GCW Tag Team Championship but lost.[2] On June 5, at Cage of Survival, Akira competed in the Seven Way Scramble match for the AJ Gray's
GCW Extreme Championship, the latter in whom successfully defended the title.[3] On July 10, at Settlement Series Part 1, Akira would win his first match in GCW when he defeated
Janai Kai.[4]
Major League Wrestling (2023âpresent)
On January 14, 2023, Akira signed a contract with
Major League Wrestling.[5][6] In the weeks that followed, various members of the MLW roster would be mysteriously assaulted in the backstage area, with the only sign of the attacker(s) being a calling card with the initials "AO." On the February 28 episode of MLW Underground Wrestling, the mysterious attackers would make their first in-person appearance, attacking
Lince Dorado,
Microman, and Mister Saint Laurent.[7][8] The following week, a video package aired revealing Akira as one of the attackers, as part of
The Calling, a stable which include leader
Raven and
Rickey Shane Page.[9][10] On the March 21 episode of Underground Wrestling, after
MLW World Heavyweight ChampionAlexander Hammerstone successfully defended his title against
Jacob Fatu, The Calling attacked Hammerstone in which Akira took part.[11] On the March 28 episode of Underground Wrestling, Akira made his MLW in-ring debut, defeating Mike Law in a hardcore match.[12][13]
Still feuding with the Second Gear Crew, the SGC's Matthew Justice and 1 Called Manders challenged Akira and Page for the MLW World Tag Team Championship in a
tables match. However, that ended in a no contest when Justice and Akira went through a stack of tables at the same time.[18] The two teams continued to brawl afterward, with Mance Warner and The Calling's minions joining in. The SGC challenged Akira and Page to a
ladder match for the titles at
Fightland, which was accepted and made official by MLW on November 6.[19] On that event, with tensions mounting between Akira and Page, they lost the World Tag Team Championship to the SGC. After the match, Page and the rest of The Calling attacked Akira, kicking him out of the group.[20] On the season finale of Fusion, Akira challenged Page for the latter's
MLW National Openweight Championship, but quickly lost the match, after which he was attacked by The Calling in a post-match assault.[21]
On January 6, 2024, Akira faced Page for the National Openweight Championship once again, this time in a
Taipei Deathmatch, but lost the match when
Sami Callihan interfered.[22] After the match, an irate Akira challenged Callihan to a match at
SuperFight, albeit under "
Death Machine Rules."[23][24]