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MLW Fusion results: El Hijo del Vikingo in trios action

Posted on by Iain Oliver

This week’s MLW Fusion was taped in Tijuana, Mexico, as part of the MLW and AAA Super Series tapings featuring Joe Dombrowski and Christian Cole were on the call.

We saw what The Second Gear Crew had been getting up to in Tijuana. In a hotel room, Mance Warner, 1 Called Manders and Matthew Justice woke up from a heavy night south of the border. Microman emerged from a mountain of blankets and female underwear. They left the room on the search for cervezas and a route to the border.

La Rebellion (Bestia 666 & Mecha Wolf) defeated Taurus & Abismo Negro Jr

This was good non-stop action and the first of two matches like this in the episode.

It broke down into the more traditional lucha style tag matches where double teams and flexing of the more traditional tag rules were in play. The action was nonstop with all hitting high-impact moves throughout.

Abismo came out spraying fire via an air canister. During the match, he hit a power bomb and a middle rope dropkick to the groin on Bestia 666.

Taurus was brilliant here. For the MLW fans, he was compared to Jacob Fatu as having the larger frame but being able to keep up with the athleticism of the traditional lucha libre style wrestling.

Mecha Wolf and Bestia were on form as their tag experience showed early with stereo suicide dives followed by stereo beers from the Tijuana crowd. Later on, Bestia took out his opponents with a slingshot headscissors as part of the non-stop action.

The first nearfall came from Abismo after a Styles Clash. Taurus was thrown to the floor which left Abismo alone with La Rebellion. He eventually fell to a double team power bomb/backstabber combination called the Mark of the Beast for the pin and win. This was a great way to open the show.

– During the match, it was announced that the originally scheduled match between MLW Featherweight Champion Taya Valkyrie vs. Delmi Exo has been postponed. Later, Sam Leterna interviewed Exo and got word during the interview that Court Bauer had rebooked the match for two weeks.

– Willie Mack was having issues as he had supposedly had some news of the whereabouts of Cesar Duran. When Sam Adonis, John Hennigan and Valkyrie saw him trying to sell some of Duran’s belongings at the merchandise stand, they confronted Mack who ended up getting an Openweight title shot from Hennigan at the promise of disclosing what he knows.

– Jacob Fatu cut a promo following his recent beatdown by The Calling. He said that the attack only woke him up. He has been at war with CONTRA Unit before, and The Calling are no different. He also called out Hennigan as a reminder he still has a shot at the Openweight title when he is back in action.

– Ricky Shane Page & AKIRA vs. Juicy Finau & Lance Anoa’i was booked for July’s Never Say Never as well as the return of Timothy Thatcher. 

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– Ahead of his MLW title match with Alex Hammerstone at Never Say Never, Alex Kane said fans will find out who has been bankrolling the Bomaye Fight Club that same night.

– After picking up a win in her debut match a few weeks ago against Brittany Blake, the self-proclaimed “international pop star” B3CCA will be in action next week and a poll will determine if she will sing live at Never Say Never.

El Hijo del Vikingo, Psycho Clown & Rey Horus defeated Sam Adonis, John Hennigan & Gringo Loco in a no DQ match

This was 15 minutes of spots and competitive non-stop action. It was understandably hard to keep up with the action, but it was filled with continuous high-flying, impact moves and good heat for the American team representing MLW.

The ongoing AAA feud between Adonis and Clown continued as they started brawling with weapons on the outside. We were told they are partners in an upcoming AAA tag team tournament where the losing pair will compete in a mask vs. hair match with Clown wanting to take Adonis’ hair.

The USA team took control early, triple teaming their opponents one at a time and even bringing in the corrupt referee to put boots to Clown. Hennigan hit Starship Pain, but Horus made the save.

As the heels beat down Clown and Horus, Vikingo saved his teammates by launching himself from one corner to halfway down the ropes, then springboarding to the opposite side to flip onto the top rope, bounce back, and armdrag both Gringo and Hennigan. That’s the best way I can describe it. It was a typical incredible Vikingo spot. The three faces then hit stereo dives onto the fallen heels.

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The faces then took control. Horus battered Hennigan with a chair on the outside, Clown hit Adonis with a steel drum in the ring and Vikingo slammed Gringo on the stage. Hennigan was doused in beer at ringside that caused the ring announcer to warn fans to stop.

Adonis was then isolated on the top rope, ate a lung blower and then powerslam from Clown while Horus and Vikingo hit stereo Spanish Flies for a triple nearfall.

Hennigan hit Horus with a splash mountain power bomb for a nearfall, but Horus returned with a top rope springboard DDT. Clown then came in to use chairs to attack Adonis’ groin before he took his belt off to get his shots in on his opponents and the crooked official too.

Vikingo and Gringo Loco were next up to go one-on-one in the ring. Vikingo popped up onto Loco’s shoulders and dropped down into a headscissors. He then leapt from the top rope to cartwheel off the other top rope and hit a hurricanrana. Next, he leapt from the ring, over the top rope to bounce off the middle rope and hit another hurricanrana on the floor.

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In the ring, Horus hit his satellite DDT and then launched himself straight out of the ring over the top to the floor onto Hennigan.

The finish of this incredible match came from Clown and Adonis. Adonis missed a senton off the top and Clown hit a Code Red to pick up the pinfall win.

After just two weeks, this seems to be the end of the Super Series. It was a very enjoyable couple of shows with this week being the clear standout in terms of action.

Next week:

  • MLW Openweight Champion John Hennigan defends against Willie Mack
  • B3CCA in action

In two weeks:

  • MLW Featherweight Champion Taya Valkyrie defends against Delmi Exo

MLW Fusion video & results: AAA Super Series finale

Posted on by Iain Oliver

The Big Takeaways

  • MLW was victorious in the AAA vs. MLW Super Series by a 5-3 mark as LA Park, El Hijo de LA Park & LA Park Jr defeated Nino de Hamburguesa, Psicosis and Psycho Clown in the final match.
  • Davey Boy Smith Jr. was taken out by CONTRA Unit who also took out backstage staff and took control of MLW headquarters. 
  • Mance Warner challenged Alexander Hammerstone and Richard Holliday to a double title, triple cage of doom match against he and Savio Vega. 

Show Review:

Going into the show, MLW led the AAA vs. MLW Super Series 4-3. Only one match remained so the best that AAA could do was even things up with a win in the main event.

– Psycho Clown had a message for LA Park before they clashed in said main event, calling him portly before explaining that he will humble him and be his executioner.

– We then heard from our new favorite chefs as LA Park and El Hijo de LA Park told everyone they would be the tag team champions soon enough.

– Alicia Atout met with Konnan who was happy about how the Super Series has gone, challenging MLW to step up and telling them the ball is now in their court.

– In some breaking news, Dan Lambert of American Top Team (and Team Filthy) filed a lawsuit against Low Ki and MLW, but also demanded that Ki undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Court Bauer called the lawsuit frivolous.

– Pagano had a message fresh off his match from a few weeks ago. He said he is bringing a new version of lucha and reminded us where there is no clown, there is no party.

– This week’s ‘Lifestyles of the Rich And Dynastic’ had Richard Holliday and Gino Medina in Mance Warner’s home town of Bucksnort, Tennessee. They were clearly disgusted with their surroundings and Gino said they had “meth gators” running loose (“gators who do meth”) and they temporarily lost Alexander Hammerstone who was off chasing a family of raccoons.

– After a recap of last week;s antics with the Dynasty buying Savio Vega’s old house, we heard from Warner who had choice words for Hammerstone and Holliday. After a few drinks, he came up with the idea of a tag match between he and Savio Vegas taking on Hammerstone and Holliday inside a triple tower of doom (triple cage) match. The first cage will be filled with doors (and a ladder to escape to the second cage), the next level would have light tubes and barbed wire, and both the National Openweight and Caribbean titles will be hanging above the third cage. 

LA Park, El Hijo de LA Park & LA Park Jr defeated Nino de Hamburguesa, Psicosis & Psycho Clown (22:03) to win the Super Series for MLW 5-3

This was LA Park’s first outing since he lost to MLW Champion Jacob Fatu on pay-per-view months ago and it immediately broke down into three single brawls around ringside. Clown and LA went into the crowd and left the other four in the ring. Hijo took a chair to the groins of both Nino and Psicosis as LA threw a high top bar table back into the ring, tossing it like a dart at the head of Psicosis. The Park family then repeated the attack on Psycho Clown and triple powerbombed Nino off the top rope onto the table, but the table didn’t budge and Nino bounced off it, landing in the ring with a splat.

Hijo hit Nino with a trash can outside the ring while LA threw a case full of beer bottles at Clown inside. The younger Parks then double suplexed Nino on to the solid trash can which wasn’t your typical aluminium can as it didn’t budge at all upon impact. LA then whipped Nino across the back and stomach with his belt while his teammates strangely just watched on from ringside without making any attempt to save him.

Nino fired up when Jr was chopping him and broke free from the grasps of Hijo and LA to knock Jr. down with a shoulderblock. Clown and LA took another walk through the crowd where Clown hit LA in the soles of his feet with a chair. Nino and Psicosis then went to work with a chair and got their revenge on the younger Parks in a repeat of the chair to groin attacks from earlier.

We finally had some semblance of tag rules as Clown and LA took to the ring and the rest stayed on the apron for a few moments. Clown hit a pair of springboard crossbody splashes followed by a dropkick which was then followed by a parade of pile ons by Psicosis and Clown. Eventually Nino joined the fray and took a running jump, squashing all three Parks with a big splash.

Nino hit a cannonball onto all three Parks who were seatied in the corner leading to a triple pin the Parks kicked out of. Psicosis and Hijo had a nice exchange which ended with a Hijo facebuster off the top rope. Nino then ran wild with a headlock takeover and a big leg drop on Jr.

Clown and LA faced off again in a shoving match and then exchanged chops and clotheslines that eventually LA got the better of. LA hit double knees to the face, but Psicosis broke up the pin by whipping LA in the back. We then had a parade of dives as Psicosis hit a tope suicida onto LA, followed by Jr hitting Psicosis, and Clown following onto all three. Hijo then followed with an Asai moonsault which only left one man in the ring.

Nino then ran, hit the ropes, and dove majestically over the middle rope, taking out only his own teammates as the Parks bailed at the last minute. In the ring, Psicosis got hit with a superkick/German suplex combination. The referee stopped counting the pin attempt because he saw Pagano coming down the aisle.

Pagano entered the ring with a chair and hit all three Parks, but the referee grabbed it and threw it away. LA rose to his feet, disposed of Pagano and then caught Psicosis in mid-air with a spear for the win and to finish off the Super Series with a 5-3 win for MLW. 

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In what was hyped all night, we finally “heard” from Davey Boy Smith Jr who had challenged CONTRA unit earlier in the week. We were told that during the main event, Smith was waiting for a response from CONTRA, and he sure got one. As Rich Bocchini and AJ Kirsch were signing off the night, a CONTRA video interrupted the broadcast and showed Smith lying at the bottom of a stairwell, draped in a CONTRA flag in a pool of his own blood.

A pathway to an .exe file flashed up on the screen that ended in .exe.run but changed to .exe.ruin. Josef Samael then appeared in a new CONTRA video and he talked about him mentioning the promise of a reckoning for the past year, and that is now coming to fruition. He said “The Bulldog” has been broken and a hostile takeover of MLW headquarters is underway. We saw various bodies lying on the floor of the backstage area and CONTRA members beating down others. Samael said the days of Fusion and MLW itself are over, MLW will be rebuilt in the new darkness, and a new season of violence and terror begins tonight.