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MLW Fusion results: The Hart Foundation vs. CONTRA Unit

Posted on by Iain Oliver

Big Takeaways —

  • The Hart Foundation got one over on CONTRA Unit when Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Brian Pillman Jr. defeated Ikuro Kwon & Simon Gotch.
  • The Dynasty’s newest recruit/Alexander Hammerstone’s huge gift Grogan won a battle royal.
  • Savio Vega defeated Leo Brien in a Swamp Fight.
  • We heard from Filthy Tom Lawlor after he betrayed the Von Erich family last week.

The episode is available to watch below:

Full Recap —

We opened with a recap video from last week’s Thanksgiving episode and the shocking conclusion to the Jacob Fatu vs. Ross Von Erich MLW World title match that saw Filthy Tom Lawlor turn on the Von Erichs. 

Grogan won a 17-man battle royal (9:17)

Participants included: Kotto Brazil, Jordan Oliver, Myron Reed, Richard Holliday, Leo Brien, Gringo Loco, Timothy Thatcher, Dominic Garrini, Douglas James, Savio Vega, Zenshi, Ricky Martinez, Barrington Hughes, Dr. Dex, and two members of American Top Team.

Alexander Hammerstone was on commentary and was hyping up Grogan throughout the match. Hughes was out first when the whole ring ganged up on him to dump him out. Zenshi skinned the cat a few times early on to stay in.

Grogan then eliminated Martinez and Oliver at the same time, then Reed ran but was launched out too. Brazil was next as Grogan press slammed him out to the already eliminated at ringside.

Brien and Vega toppled out together and continued brawling to the back. Grogan then KO punched an ATT member out to thin the field down.

Douglas James eliminated a wrestler who the commentators didn’t know or didn’t tell us who he was. Holliday then reversed a hurricanrana into a powerbomb and eliminated the other ATT member. He got another elimination quickly by throwing Zenshi out, but then Garrini dumped Holliday when his back was turned. Garrini then turned into Grogan — who tossed him too.

The final four were Thatcher, Gringo Loco, James, and Grogan. They tried a three-on-one beatdown with no luck. Grogan eliminated Loco and then James and it was down to him and Thatcher.

Thatcher’s chops and uppercuts had little effect on the giant. Thatcher evaded elimination and landed on the apron, but Grogan hit him with a big boot to knock him off and win the battle royal.

Throughout the match, the commentators and ring announcers called Grogan “Gorgan” so there may be a name change coming soon.

– Tom Lawlor then joined Rich Bocchini via satellite and told us that friendships are usually mutually beneficial, however his friendship with the Von Erichs only benefited them.

Lawlor reminded us it was his war with CONTRA when he brought them in to fight on his side, but the Von Erichs made it all about them. He said he isn’t loyal to anyone. Not CONTRA, not the Von Erichs — the only person he is loyal to is himself.

Savio Vega defeated Leo Brien in a Swamp Fight (4:36)

This took place “earlier this week” and was outside in the swamps of Florida. Brien swung his cowbell immediately when the referee started the match. He choked Vega with the rope moments later too.

Vega used a large piece of wood to knock Brien up against a chain link fence and tried to hang Brien from the fence with the rope around his neck. Brien fought back and knocked Vega down with the cowbell again for a two count.

Vega eventually hit Brien with a spinning heel kick to pick up the win and added insult to injury by choking Brien with his cowbell rope again.

– Kaci Lennox caught up with the Von Erich brothers. Ross said he was heartbroken after what Lawlor did to him last week. Marshall said he was pissed off and he told Lawlor he hoped he didn’t see him in the ring because this was a fight Lawlor won’t be able to finish.

– We then had a hype video for ACH.

The Hart Foundation (Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Brian Pillman Jr.) defeated CONTRA Unit (Ikuro Kwon & Simon Gotch w/ Josef Samael) (10:06)

Pillman had a nice escape from Kwon when he feinted a nip up with an up-kick instead, but he then tripped into the ropes and gave control over to CONTRA. Gotch locked in an arm breaker and rolled through into a kneebar, but Pillman escaped with a chinlock. It wasn’t for long as Gotch suplexed him over onto his head.

Pillman fired back and regained control for his team. Quick tags with Smith followed as the Hart Foundation beat down Kwon. Smith hit a 30-second delayed vertical suplex — but when Pillman tried the same, Kwon slipped out the back and tagged in Gotch as CONTRA took control again.

Smith got the hot tag after Pillman fought up from a chinlock. Smith knocked CONTRA’s heads together, slammed Kwon down, and hit Gotch with the 10 punches in the corner. Smith then hit the Hogan big boot and leg drop on Gotch, but Kwon broke up the pinfall attempt.

Pillman smacked Kwon with a superkick, then he and Smith hit Gotch with the Hart Attack with an Air Pillman clothesline to pick up the win.

Next Week —

The Opera Cup tournament kicks off with:

  • Alexander Hammerstone vs. MJF
  • Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Low Ki

MLW Fusion results: Two-out-of-three falls Tag Team title match

Posted on by Iain Oliver

Big Takeaways —

  • Due to some interference from Austin Aries, The Dynasty retained their MLW Tag Team titles after defeating The Hart Foundation two falls to one.
  • Injustice’s Jordan Oliver defeated Zenshi as their feud continues. 
  • Two big matches are booked for next week: Mance Warner vs. Jimmy Havoc in a Bunkhouse Brawl and Timothy Thatcher vs. Douglas James.

Full Recap —

Fusion opened with a recorded message from Josef Samael (not so) fresh and bloodied from the War Chamber match last week. He said the war with the Von Erichs isn’t over and he will take them all out once and for all.

Jordan Oliver defeated Zenshi (7:11)

Fellow Injustice members Kotto Brazil and Myron Reed accompanied Oliver and were interfering throughout.

Oliver kept up with Zenshi’s rolling and lucha-style arm drags and reversals in the opening moments, but he was finally halted with a standing Shooting Star Press.

Zenshi had to deal with Injustice’s interference early as he kicked Reed away as he climbed the turnbuckle. Oliver met Zenshi up the turnbuckle and looked to have caught him with a hurricanrana off the top, but Zenshi landed on his feet after a full rotation and rolled to his apparent safety in the opposite corner. However, Injustice’s numbers game played to their advantage in that corner as Brazil was waiting to trip him behind the ref’s back — and Oliver followed in with a basement dropkick to the face.

Zenshi fought back with a slingshot headscissor takedown and then took out Reed with a Shooting Star Press to the floor. He then hit Oliver with a slingshot DDT and slingshot twisting senton (both from the apron), but Oliver kicked out at two.

Zenshi hit a Sliced Bread neckbreaker, but Brazil pulled the ref out before he could count to three, pulling his shoe off in the process.

Inside the ring, Oliver hit a cutter as the referee was throwing Brazil out. Reed — complete with a D’Lo Brown chest protector for his apparent broken ribs — interfered again with a beautiful 450 splash that let Oliver cover Zenshi and pick up the win.

After the match, Injustice put the boots to the official until Gringo Loco ran out with a chair to make the save. This feud continues.

– A video hype package for “The Bone Collector” Dominic Garrini aired. He will be coming to MLW this fall.

– Mance Warner challenged Jimmy Havoc to a Bunkhouse Brawl match. He said he is going to bust Havoc up.

– A good recap and hype video played for tonight’s main event between The Dynasty and Hart Foundation, which led into Lifestyles of the Rich and Dynastic with Richard Holliday in the gym. He had a message for us “consumers” and said tonight we will see that there is only one Dynasty in MLW, not the Hart Foundation, The Dynasty.

– Rich Bocchini asked the Von Erichs who they were pulling for in the main event. They said the Harts have the edge for them — but ultimately it doesn’t matter, as the Von Erichs are coming for Tag Team gold.

– Salina de la Renta was backstage with a message for Jacob Fatu. She said LA Park will take care of him, and before she could talk about Warner, Havoc appeared and said he has him sorted. He said Warner is screwed and he will end up drinking Warner’s blood.

MLW Tag Team Champions The Dynasty (MJF & Richard Holliday) defeated The Hart Foundation (Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Teddy Hart) in a two-out-of-three falls match to retain their titles (22:54)

We were told there was an altercation between Teddy Hart and Austin Aries backstage as Aries thinks Hart has been shunning him since he announced he wants a shot at Hart’s MLW Middleweight title.

The Dynasty stalled early on with a game of rock, paper, scissors and added some jaw-jacking with the crowd. The Hart Foundation jumped them and they began brawling around ringside. The commentators took a good three minutes complaining about the referee saying that he didn’t start the match and didn’t call for the bell to ring. It clearly rang as you could see the timekeeper ringing it and we heard it ring. This wasn’t a passing comment either, they talked about it for minutes.

Oddly, a few minutes later Bocchini and Tony Schiavone brought up the bell ringing again. They questioned if referee Doug Markham was suffering from injuries at the hands of Injustice’s attack a few weeks ago. Given that we saw and heard the bell ring, this was all very awkward.

The match built up slowly with some good chain wrestling from Smith as you would expect. The action spilled to the outside again, with all four wrestlers briefly disappearing backstage. Back in the ring, The Hart Foundation hit a pair of symmetrical Northern Lights suplexes for two counts.

The Dynasty got the advantage when MJF clocked Hart from the apron and Holliday followed up with a big lariat. Smith got the hot tag and ran wild on Holliday. He hit a diving headbutt off the top rope, but Holliday kicked out at two. Smith hit a piledriver, but Holliday kicked out again. Fifteen minutes in and we were still 0-0.

A few moments later, we had our first fall that seemed out of nowhere with little crowd reaction. Smith had a sleeper on Holliday, but the Dynasty member dropped down to escape with a jawbreaker. He then ran off the ropes and knocked Smith down with an apparent shoulder block. Feeling the effects of the grueling match so far, Holliday fell back to the ropes to rest, but MJF reached up and pushed Holliday into the center of the ring, where he fell on top of Smith and the ref counted the pin. 1-0 Dynasty via Holliday’s jaw breaker/shoulder block combo.

A replay during the 30-second rest period showed that Holliday and Smith’s heads collided on the shoulder block.

After the rest period, MJF knocked Hart off the apron to focus on the groggy Smith. MJF helped him to his feet and hit him with a right hand, but that just woke Smith up. Smith hulked up and knocked MJF down.

Hart tagged in and hit a Canadian Destroyer. He then hit Holliday with a lung blower/Lumbar Check. Hart gave MJF a Canadian Destroyer from the top rope and a springboard twisting moonsault to pick up the fall and level the score. 1-1.

After the rest period, MJF was out, and the commentators were screaming at Hart to cover him. But strangely, Hart picked him up to his feet to hit his hammerlock DDT, but Holliday broke that up with a big boot. Smith then took Holliday out and brawled around ringside, which distracted the referee.

Out of nowhere, Aries appeared and hit Teddy Hart with the MLW Middleweight title belt. He then grabbed Hart and hit him with a brainbuster on the apron, knocking him down to the floor and knocking him out.

The referee began to count Hart out as Smith realized and desperately tried to lift him back into the ring in time. He got Hart up but couldn’t turn and drop him on the apron in time, so the referee counted to 20 (20 counts in MLW) and called for the bell and awarded the fall and the match to The Dynasty.

2-1 to The Dynasty via Teddy Hart countout.

Hart was helped to the back after the match, knocked out cold at the hands of Austin Aries.

Next Week —

  • Mance Warner vs. Jimmy Havoc in a Bunkhouse Brawl
  • Timothy Thatcher vs. Douglas James

Two-out-of-three falls Tag Team title match set for MLW tapings

Posted on by Joseph Currier

The Hart Foundation are getting a Tag Team title rematch at next month’s MLW television tapings.

The Dynasty (MJF & Richard Holliday) will defend their titles against The Hart Foundation (Teddy Hart & Davey Boy Smith Jr.) in a two-out-of-three falls match at MLW’s War Chamber event next month. The tapings are taking place at the NYTEX Sports Centre in North Richland Hills, Texas on Saturday, September 7.

MJF & Holliday won the MLW Tag Team titles from The Hart Foundation at July’s Kings of Colosseum tapings. Teddy Hart & Brian Pillman Jr. were representing The Hart Foundation in that match. Smith Jr. and The Dynasty’s Alexander Hammerstone and Aria Blake also got involved.

Next month’s tapings in Texas will be headlined by a War Chamber match, which is a War Games-style match that can be won by pinfall, submission, or surrender once all participants have entered. Tom Lawlor, Marshall Von Erich, Ross Von Erich, and a partner will face Contra Unit (Jacob Fatu, Josef Samael, Simon Gotch & Ikuro Kwon).

The late Gary Hart will also be honored at the tapings.

MLW Fusion results: Hart Foundation vs. Dynasty ladder match

Posted on by Iain Oliver

The Big Takeaways —

  • We saw a second title switch in as many weeks as The Dynasty defeated The Hart Foundation to become the new MLW Tag Team Champions.
  • Mance Warner took out three more Promociones Dorado members as he focuses in on Salina de la Renta and LA Park.
  • Low Ki doesn’t get paid by the hour as he again made short work of an opponent.
  • Ace Austin and Air Wolf’s feud continued.

Full Recap —

After a recap video involving The Dynasty and The Hart Foundation leading up to tonight’s ladder match, we jumped straight into the opening contest of the night, a rematch between Ace Austin and Air Wolf.

Ace Austin defeated Air Wolf (7:18)

This was a very good outing for both as they traded wins after Austin picked up the victory by using an ace up his sleeve. Commentators played up Air Wolf’s recent MLW wins over Fenix and Austin himself and also that he has been training in Mexico with the best luchadors around.

We got some nice chain wrestling exchanges to open up. They countered quick pinning combinations, ending in a double down and a nice ovation from the Chicago crowd. Shortly after, Air Wolf hit a springboard arm drag after dodging some high kicks from Austin. He then planted a penalty kick to the chest but only got a one count.

They went to the outside, with Austin cartwheeling on the apron and landing a side kick to the head. The tone of the match then changed when Austin back suplexed Air Wolf onto the guardrail and posed back in the ring as the referee counted Air Wolf on the outside.

Air Wolf was met with a baseball slide as he tried to re-enter the ring, and Austin continued his heelish tactics by grabbing at Air Wolf’s mask.

Air Wolf fought back and ran up the turnbuckles, hitting a Pele kick to the back of Austin’s head. Air Wolf looked to be in control as he ascended the top rope, but Austin distracted the referee with a folded up playing card.

When Air Wolf leapt off the top, Austin’s cane magically appeared out of mid-air (or Austin’s tights) and he used it to crotch Air Wolf between the legs. Austin followed up with his running blockbuster finisher The Fold to pick up the win by dubious means.

– Salina de la Renta was backstage with Ricky Martinez. Martinez was wanting another shot at Low Ki when de la Renta got a phone call from Jimmy Havoc — or so she thought. She answered and it was Mance Warner on the other end.

Warner said Havoc was lying in a pool of blood and he has “the golden ticket” so was away to drink some light beers. De la Renta ordered Martinez to go get the ticket back.

– We got a dramatic video package highlighting last week’s title change when Jacob Fatu defeated “Filthy” Tom Lawlor to become the new MLW World Heavyweight Champion.

Low Ki defeated Ariel Dominguez (0:17)

Low Ki got a standing ovation from the Chicago crowd during his entrance as we were told he has officially moved down a weight division to middleweight. The MLW middleweight division has also gained Austin Aries in recent weeks.

Ki and Dominguez circled briefly, but Low Ki struck him with a knee to the jaw to pick up yet another very quick KO victory.

– We then had a pre-recorded Dynasty video filmed earlier this week from Martha’s Vineyard. Alexander Hammerstone was working out and getting a tan while Richard Holliday was reading the paper in his suit.

They were talking strategy for the Tag Team title ladder match, which was aggravating MJF. MJF screamed that he was not afraid of heights, but Hammerstone didn’t believe him.

– De la Renta then had an update on Ricky Martinez and his search for the golden ticket. Martinez was on Facetime and he had found another one of Warner’s life-sized, wrapped-up presents.

Martinez took a sledgehammer to it — but it was all a ruse. De la Renta saw what was coming as Warner appeared from behind and beat him up. Warner took the phone and told de la Renta that was another one down, and that he still had her golden ticket.

– Konnan bumped into de la Renta backstage and wound her up by telling her that Dr. Wagner Jr. will be in MLW soon.

The Dynasty (MJF & Richard Holliday w/ Aria Blake) defeated The Hart Foundation (Brian Pillman Jr. & Teddy Hart) in a ladder match to win the MLW Tag Team titles (17:26)

This was a great match filled with death-defying Hart stunts and good cowardly actions from MJF. All members of both factions got involved at one point, but it was the numbers game of The Dynasty that rang true as Holliday was able to grab the belts and the victory for his team.

A fan was pushed back off the guardrail by security as he mouthed off to MJF as The Dynasty entered ringside.

Before the match got underway, the cameras cut backstage with de la Renta, LA Park, and El Hijo de LA Park as they were trying to leave the arena. As LA Park left, Warner jumped in and locked the gate behind him, locking him out. He then jumped Hijo and knocked him out cold with a chain wrapped around his fist, taking out his third Promociones Dorado member of the night.

They teased dissension again in The Dynasty ranks as they discussed tactics at ringside. MJF could be heard saying, “Stick to the game plan, stick to the game plan” over and over while Holliday asked “Don’t you trust me?!”

They brawled around ringside — and Hart ate a ring post face-first. Inside, Pillman hit Air Pillman on MJF, then Hart reappeared to hit a Lumbar Check on Holliday. The Dynasty brought the ladders to ringside, but The Hart Foundation met them with a double baseball slide that knocked them down. Hart then hit a huge springboard moonsault to the floor that took out everyone.

Hart put a ladder in the ring but was pushed off and hung on the top rope by MJF. MJF then teased climbing the ladder and only got up one rung before demanding Aria Blake climb the ladder for him. The crowd chanted “a**hole” at MJF as Pillman reappeared, but Blake tried to take him out with a crossbody. Of course, Pillman moved and she landed on MJF instead.

The Hart Foundation double teamed MJF, which culminated in a slingshot into the underside of a ladder. Holliday reappeared and took them both out with a running ladder shot. Hart took a suplex onto the ladder resting in the corner as The Dynasty took control. Holliday back suplexed Hart onto a ladder and they both whipped Pillman rib-first into a ladder in the corner.

The Dynasty clashed and argued on who should climb the ladder. MJF slapped Holliday and told him to climb it, but Hart grabbed him by the tights, mooned the crowd, and slammed him to the mat. MJF then tried to climb, but Pillman superkicked him off and hit a Death Valley Driver.

Hart was in form with his inventions as he had both Dynasty members on the apron. He put MJF in the piledriver position and Holliday in the DDT position and hit a dueling see-saw piledriver/DDT combo on them. A slingshot, corkscrew elbow, and a tilt-a-whirl Canadian Destroyer followed as The Hart Foundation looked in complete control.

Pillman brought a table/door out and set it up on two folding chairs on which Hart slammed himself, squashing MJF through it with a death-defying high corkscrew moonsault from the top rope.

Hammerstone then came out and pulled Pillman off the ladder and powerbombed him into the corner. Hammerstone brought his own table out and set it up at ringside. He looked to suplex Pillman through it from the ring to the floor, but Davey Boy Smith Jr. came out, broke it up, and running powerslammed Hammerstone through his own table.

Holliday and Pillman then climbed the ladder and exchanged right hands at the top as Blake climbed up onto Pillman’s back. Pillman fought her off — but as this was going on, MJF handed Holliday a steel chair. Pillman turned and was met with a chair shot to the head, knocking him off.

That left Holliday alone at the top to unhook both title belts and win them for The Dynasty. Replays of the death-defying moves played as The Dynasty celebrated in the ring, holding all their gold as MLW Fusion went off the air.

Next Week —

  • We will hear from the new MLW World Heavyweight Champion Jacob Fatu and the rest of Contra Unit.

Tag Team title ladder match added to MLW Kings of Colosseum

Posted on by Joseph Currier

The MLW Tag Team titles will be on the line in a ladder match at Kings of Colosseum.

MLW has announced that The Hart Foundation (Teddy Hart & Brian Pillman Jr.) will defend their Tag Team titles against The Dynasty (MJF & Richard Holliday) in a ladder match at the promotion’s television tapings at Cicero Stadium in Cicero, Illinois on Saturday, July 6.

In another Hart Foundation vs. Dynasty match, Davey Boy Smith Jr. is challenging for Alexander Hammerstone’s National Openweight Championship at the Kings of Colosseum tapings. Smith & Hart were the Hart Foundation team that won the Tag Team titles, but Hart & Pillman are defending the titles in the ladder match.

MJF and Holliday attacked Hart on the most recent episode of MLW Fusion and took his Tag Team title belt.

Hart also holds the MLW Middleweight Championship.

Here’s the updated lineup for Kings of Colosseum:

  • MLW World Heavyweight Champion Tom Lawlor defending against Jacob Fatu
  • LA Park & El Hijo de LA Park vs. Dr. Wagner Jr. & El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.
  • MLW Tag Team Champions The Hart Foundation (Teddy Hart & Brian Pillman Jr.) defending against The Dynasty (MJF & Richard Holliday) in a ladder match
  • MLW National Openweight Champion Alexander Hammerstone defending against Davey Boy Smith Jr.
  • Ross & Marshall Von Erich vs. Contra Unit (Josef Samael & Simon Gotch)
  • The return of Konnan to MLW

MLW Fusion results: Six-man tables match

Posted on by Iain Oliver

– We opened with two thirds of Dynasty (Richard Holliday and Alexander Hammerstone) in the parking lot after finding MJF’s car. The Hart Foundation had given it their own makeover — complete with pizza boxes, empty drink bottles, and discarded condoms…what a party!?

– Rich Bocchini and Jim Cornette hyped up the new National Openweight Championship with the finals of a four-man tournament taking place on June 1 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The package included media clippings from around the world.

Jordan Oliver defeated Kotto Brazil (6:32)

Oliver made his MLW debut here and lived up to his nickname — “The real-life Spider-Man” — with some nice aerial attacks. He picked up the win after the ever-athletic Brazil was distracted by Ricky Martinez and Salina de la Renta.

Quick start from Brazil, but Oliver got the upper hand on the outside when Brazil missed a crossbody and collided head-first with the ring post. After a short amount of heat, Brazil came back by reversing a suplex with a hurricanrana, then hitting two big clotheslines and a tilt-a-whirl headscissors. He hit a blockbuster off the top rope and then a big frog splash for a two count.

Salina de la Renta and Ricky Martinez arrived at ringside and distracted Brazil long enough for Oliver to schoolboy Brazil, but he only got a two count. Another Oliver two count followed after a slingshot stunner. Brazil then hit a stunner of his own that knocked Oliver to the outside, so he followed up with two suicide dives — doing his best to drive over the guardrail and land in the front row each time.

On his attempt at a third, Martinez grabbed his ankle, but Brazil took him out with a big diving forearm. Brazil got back into the ring but was still distracted by Promociones Dorado, which gave Oliver the opportunity to hit a huge springboard cutter and pick up the surprise win.

 – Avalanche Robert Dreissker from wXw in Germany has signed on for an MLW World Heavyweight Championship shot against “Filthy” Tom Lawlor. We saw a short promo from Avalanche hyping up the match.

– We then saw a recap of an injury angle from moments ago where Dynasty attacked Brian Pillman Jr. backstage and it looked like they separated his shoulder with a chair shot after trapping his arm.

Rey Horus defeated Ace Austin (14:12)

We heard that this is the first time these two have squared off and also that Horus is the cousin of Rey Mysterio Jr. We saw a lot of his families’ athleticism in this match. Horus picked up the win after a spectacular modified hurricanrana/victory roll off the top rope.

They began with chain wrestling, which was a bit of a slower start than we are used to with these two. Bocchini said as much on commentary, but Cornette wisely said that you wouldn’t go running 100 mph into a guy that you had no knowledge of and you need to expect a feeling out process to take place. They hyped up the National Openweight tournament and speculated if the winner of this match would enter themselves into it.

The pace quickened but they stayed at a stalemate, matching each other with leg trips, kick outs, and dodges of superkicks. Austin hit a savate kick to the side of the head, then a soccer kick off the apron to Horus while he was on the floor. He stayed on top but kept a slower pace, trying to wear Horus down.

Horus had his mask ripped off him in the corner but quickly replaced it. Kaci Lennox gave us an inset update on Pillman Jr., saying it wasn’t looking good for him to compete later on. All the while Horus was making his comeback, hitting a big kick that knocked Austin out of the ring and landing a superb slingshot corkscrew crossbody for good measure.

Austin tried to cut Horus off the top rope, but Horus landed on his feet and hit a Spanish Fly for a two count. They traded chops, then different variations of kicks before Austin hit a twisting brainbuster for a close two count.
Horus cut Austin off on the top rope and finished him with a springboard victory roll off the top for the win.

– Salina de la Renta blew off Low Ki backstage when she didn’t have time to speak to him as she was on the phone with what sounded like LA Park.

– We caught up with “Filthy” Tom Lawlor. He said finally Jimmy Havoc — the only person to beat him in MLW — is out of the equation. Lawlor can now do what he wants to do — defend the MLW World title against all comers. He called out Avalanche and LA Park, and said he isn’t backing down from anyone.

Dynasty (Alexander Hammerstone, MJF & Richard Holliday) defeated The Hart Foundation (Davey Boy Smith Jr., Teddy Hart & Brian Pillman Jr.) in a tables match (11:56)

Only Smith and Hart (and his cat) came out for the Hart Foundation, with Pillman being absent after the earlier attack by Dynasty. Holliday and Hammerstone played up the friction between them as they couldn’t decide who should start the match, so they ended up getting jumped by Hart.

Smith superkicked Holliday, then gorilla press slammed Hart into Hammerstone and MJF, who caught him, but Smith followed up with a double dropkick to knock all of the Dynasty members to the outside.

They briefly brawled on the outside, but Teddy Hart then hit one of the highest moonsaults from the top rope to the floor that I have ever seen, taking out his three opponents in the process. They continued to brawl on the outside — complete with suplexes on the concrete floor.

In the ring, Hart hit Holliday with his delayed hammerlock DDT, then hit a combo pendulum piledriver/DDT to Hammerstone and MJF while they hung in the ropes. The Hart Foundation then obliterated MJF with a powerslam off the top rope (Smith), a moonsault off the top (Hart), a flying headbutt off the top (Smith), and finally a slingshot moonsault for good measure (Hart).

On the outside, Smith was taken out by Hammerstone, so the numbers game quickly escalated for the Dynasty as they were able to hit a double assisted spike tombstone on Hart. Smith fought back into the ring, where he and Hammerstone had a stare-off while holding up opponents in vertical suplexes. Holliday made the save for MJF, which let Hammerstone hit his suplex on Hart.

The numbers game played in Dynasty’s advantage again as they singled out Smith and set up a table in the corner of the ring, but Pillman made the save from the back and was a house of fire, taking out everyone with superkicks. The Hart Foundation hit a double assisted Canadian Destroyer on Hammerstone, then a Doomsday Canadian Destroyer on MJF (while standing on Hammerstone’s back in the corner) — amazing!

All seemed lost for the Dynasty, but their fortune turned in a blink of an eye. Holliday ran in and double low blowed Hart and Smith and took Pillman down with a shoulder drop. Hammerstone then powerbombed Pillman through the table in the corner for the win.

– Kaci Lennox was backstage with Salina de la Renta and she announced Gringo Loco vs. El Hijo de LA Park and Daga vs. Low Ki for next week. De la Renta is the executive producer of next week’s episode.

MLW Fusion results: Hart Foundation vs. The Dynasty

Posted on by Iain Oliver

Quick recap —

  • Puma King defeated Hijo de LA Park
  • Chico Adams & Vertigo Rivera defeated Contra Unit (Josef Samael & Jacob Fatu) by DQ
  • MLW Tag Team Champions The Hart Foundation (Teddy Hart & Davey Boy Smith Jr.) defeated The Dynasty (MJF & Richard Holliday) by DQ

Full rundown —

Mance Warner joined Jim Cornette and Rich Bocchini at the commentary table for the opening match on this week’s edition of MLW Fusion.

Puma King defeated Hijo de LA Park (10:07)

On commentary, Warner played up the ongoing story between himself and Salina de la Renta’s Promociones Dorado. In a flashback to 2000 when Chris Jericho and Kane feuded after a spilled cup of coffee, this feud has kicked off with a spilled beer on last week’s episode of Fusion.

They started with a lucha opening sequence. They exchanged dives to the outside early on as de la Renta was getting involved and grabbing Puma’s legs from the get-go. Hijo hit Puma with a chair on the outside, which the referee seemed to let go.

The chair action continued in the ring as Hijo sat Puma in the corner. He set a folded chair between Puma’s legs, then swung and hit a home run with a chair right where the sun doesn’t shine.

As Hijo whipped Puma with a television camera cable on the outside, de la Renta asked Cornette and Bocchini why they were talking to “this redneck bitch” on commentary. Warner calmed himself down with a nice light beer and reminded us that his granny always told him not to hit a woman.

Puma King fought back with a good old-fashioned kick to the buttocks and a more flashy pair of tilt-a-whirl backbreakers. The referee was definitely letting the rules bend as Puma decided to take some revenge from earlier by repeating the groin-based chair shot spot Hijo delivered to him.

They exchanged near falls when Hijo hit a Code Red and then Puma soon after hit a pop-up powerbomb. Hijo hit Puma with a chair to the back while he was on the top rope, but Puma caught him and was still able to deliver a headscissors to bring him back into the ring. Hijo kept fighting with a step-up kick and a Spanish Fly from the top rope that got a close near fall.

After another de la Renta leg trip, Hijo hit a Gory Special reverse piledriver but didn’t go for the cover. Instead, he went out to the commentary table and spat at Mance Warner — who got up and spat right back at him!

As Hijo turned his back, Warner got Cornette’s world famous tennis racket and hit Hijo over the back with it. Warner rolled him back in, and Puma was waiting and hit a big double knee face breaker from the top and rolled Hijo up with la magistral cradle for the win.

Puma King and Mance Warner then shared a beer at ringside to celebrate.

– Backstage, we heard from MJF and Richard Holliday as they were impersonating The Hart Foundation. They were about to start really mouthing off, but we were interrupted by this week’s edition of H2tv.

– Brian Pillman Jr. was working out in the pool by his coach Davey Boy Smith Jr. Smith let MJF and Holliday know that — all joking aside — they are going to hurt them when they step inside the ring tonight.

– MLW World Heavyweight Champion “Filthy” Tom Lawlor was backstage with a pre-taped promo from earlier in the week. We were told that his “doctor” from last week was bogus and the real doc had confirmed this during the week.

Lawlor was coming out of the hospital and said he didn’t care what the doctors had to say — what they don’t know about is what is inside fighters’ hearts. Lawlor said that he wants to fight any of the three “bastards” from Contra Unit.

Lawlor said they tried to finish his title reign before it even started, but he is going to finish their MLW run before it begins. He told them to get ready to watch their world burn.

Chico Adams & Vertigo Rivera defeated Contra Unit (Josef Samael & Jacob Fatu) by DQ (1:15)

A very quick demolition squash for Contra Unit — even though they lost by disqualification. It was much more of an angle than a match, as it did not take long for Contra Unit to go to their usual tactics: foreign objects and demolition.

There was some really good old-school heel work from Samael and Fatu. They seem to easily be able to push the crowd’s buttons and rile them up to (almost) riot levels. Cornette certainly helps this along and helps create the riotous feel they are going for with this new unit.

Samael used his wrist tape to choke Adams while we learned that Fatu is from the famous Samoan family — but he’s the black sheep of the family and was not allowed to train with them.

Fatu got in a nice pop-up Samoan drop before Samael brought his spike out and was disqualified for using it to bludgeon the forehead of Adams.

Fatu hit two amazingly athletic springboard moonsaults from the corner onto Adams, but the real take home point came seconds later as Samael used flash paper to throw fire into the face of Rivera. The EMTs tried to then take Adams out on a stretcher, but the EMTs picked him up and set him up perfectly for Fatu to hit a third and final springboard moonsault.

A fan threw a water bottle at Samael — who opened it and threw it back at them. This opened the floodgates, literally, as the ring began being bombarded with bottles, cups, and rubbish of all sorts. Officials began to frantically calm both the fans and the wrestlers down and Contra Unit were quickly ushered to the back.

Cornette screamed that a fan had jumped the guardrail, but they cut away before we could see anything for ourselves.

– Matt Striker gave us breaking news that LA Park will be in the Battle Riot. He began running down other confirmed names: Sami Callihan, Hijo de LA Park, Rey Fenix, Brian Pillman Jr., Gringo Loco, Ken Kerbis from Israel, Pentagon Jr, Teddy Hart, MJF, Davey Boy Smith Jr, Ace Romero, Alexander Hammerstone, Minoru Tanaka from Pro Wrestling NOAH, and Low Ki.

– LA Park was backstage and said he is going to win the Battle Riot. Short, simple, straight to the point. Done.

MLW Tag Team Champions The Hart Foundation (Teddy Hart & Davey Boy Smith Jr. w/ Brian Pillman Jr.) defeated The Dynasty (MJF & Richard Holliday) by DQ (11:03)

MJF took the mic before the match and was trash talking Stu Hart, stomping on the ground and talking down to him saying he left his legacy in the hands of the “idiot” Teddy Hart. MJF said The Dynasty is better than them and they know it.

MJF rolled out and stalled at the start a couple of times and tagged Holliday in before making any contact with Hart. Holliday tried the same, but Hart turned and got his shot in on MJF and knocked him off the apron and into the guardrail.

The Hart Foundation took the early advantage with Hart hitting a Code Red and Smith hitting a double underhook suplex. Smith followed up with a 20-second delayed vertical suplex and Hart hit a Pillman-assisted moonsault from the middle of the top rope. MJF made a blind tag, and after a forearm to the back of the head, took back the advantage for The Dynasty.

On the outside, MJF distracted the ref as he rammed Hart into the apron, attacking his already injured ribs. He whipped him, hard, into the guardrail as Hart was having trouble breathing. Holliday went for a Sharpshooter, but Smith quickly broke it up with a pair of right hands. MJF then interfered with a pendulum piledriver and The Dynasty got a close near fall.

MJF locked in an abdominal stretch, but Hart fought out and hit a tornado Canadian Destroyer to knock both of them down. He was visibly coughing up blood as he tagged in Davey Boy Smith Jr. — who ran wild with a big boot, 10 punches in the corner, German suplex, uppercuts, chops, and a big biel on Holliday right onto MJF in the corner. He got MJF in a double chicken wing suplex for a close two count.

A big sit-out powerbomb by Smith on MJF got another very close two count as Holliday broke it up at the last minute. The Hart Foundation then went for the double-team Canadian Destroyer, but Alexander Hammerstone interfered with a chair and hit both Hart and Smith as the referee called for the bell and the disqualification.

Pillman tried to help but got laid out with the chair too. The crowd chanted “bullsh*t” as Hammerstone, Holliday, and MJF beat down The Hart Foundation. The three Dynasty members stood tall in the middle of the ring as Fusion went off the air.

Next week —

  • Mance Warner vs. LA Park in a death match
  • We will hear from Contra Unit

MLW Fusion results: Mystery tag match, Lucha Bros talk their future

Posted on by Iain Oliver

Quick recap —

  • Myron Reed defeated DJZ
  • Gringo Loco defeated Puma King
  • Mystery tag team match: Brian Pillman Jr. & Davey Boy Smith Jr. defeated Tommy Dreamer & The Sandman

Full rundown —

The opening video has been updated to include the Hart Foundation’s Doomsday Destroyer and Tom Lawlor winning the MLW World Heavyweight Championship from last week.

We opened from the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia with a quick recap of last week’s episode showing the final moments and title celebrations from Lawlor and the Hart Foundation.

Myron Reed defeated DJZ (6:24)

DJZ hit a combination of a dropkick, jawbreaker, and springboard back elbow to take the upper hand early on. Reed took a breather on the outside, but DJZ had other ideas and landed a suicide dive from the apron through the ropes, in front of the ring post, onto Reed on the outside.

DJZ followed up inside the ring with a splash and a springboard moonsault, but Reed got his knees up. This gave Reed the opportunity to land a huge dive to the outside of his own.

Back in the ring, DJZ hit a neckbreaker — but Reed was able to fight back and hit his suplex into a stunner combination and quickly a middle rope springboard cutter for a close two count. He jaw-jacked with the referee, which seemed to cost him some precious time as DJZ cut him off on the top rope and joined him up there.

Reed kicked DJZ off and hoped to land a flipping whoopee cushion, but DJZ caught him and planted him with a powerbomb. DJZ tried to follow up with the DZT, but Reed blocked it. DJZ then tried an O’Connor roll — but Reed rolled through, grabbed the tights, and held on for the win.

– H2TV was back with Teddy Hart and Brian Pillman Jr. for a Valentine’s Day Q&A session. Pillman was asked what girlfriend he will spend Valentine’s Day with, and Hart was asked what pussy (cat) he would be spending it with. They were asked if Davey Boy Smith Jr. is single and if he is as big as he looks on TV. Hart finished by saying that Pillman has gold in his future.

Gringo Loco defeated Puma King (7:37)

They quickly leapt into arm drags, roll-throughs, flips, and leg sweeps. Loco’s headscissors was reversed, and both tried pinfalls before nipping up at the same time to the adulation of the crowd.

Puma King took a cheap shot to take the advantage and bit Loco’s ear to add insult. Loco fought back and hit his headscissors, but Puma King quickly hit one of his own and followed up with a springboard splash to the outside.

A crossbody and superkick followed in the ring as Puma King stayed on the advantage. He evaded Loco by rolling out of the ring but was not expecting him to immediately spring over the top rope and land a rolling dive.

Back in the ring, Loco went up top and hit a second rope corkscrew elbow for a two count. Puma King fought back with a jumping codebreaker and rolled through into a Camel Clutch pinning combination for a two count of his own.

After an exchange on the top rope, Loco leapt off and hit a huge springboard middle rope cutter — but Puma King got his shoulder up at the last moment. Puma King came close with a Code Red but was visibly frustrated after another two count. He was then crotched on the top rope as he took too much time but caught Loco and took him off the top with a headscissor takeover.

Puma King sprung to the opposite corner — but Loco caught him again and was able to hit a huge Spanish Fly from the top rope to pick up the win.

– Matt Striker hyped up that we would be hearing from Pentagon Jr. and Fenix tonight on their future with MLW.

– MJF was backstage talking about Teddy Hart. He said he doesn’t get Hart and he wants the admiration that Hart gets. He wants the fans to thank him for being the good role model that Hart can’t be. MJF said that next week — he will beat down Teddy Hart and win back his MLW Middleweight Championship that he never lost.

– Cameras caught up with Tommy Dreamer earlier in the parking lot. He said Pillman should be honored to be in this building. He said Pillman is everything he doesn’t like — Pillman is coming to his house and will be lucky to make it out alive.

– We then had a Jimmy Havoc hype video saying that he will be back.

Brian Pillman Jr. & Davey Boy Smith Jr. defeated Tommy Dreamer & The Sandman (8:07)

Pillman came out himself and took the mic. He said he isn’t going to step into the ring with a washed up ECW junkie. He has the constitutional right to choose his own partner, and he picked Davey Boy Smith Jr.

Dreamer’s partner needed no introduction as the sounds of Metallica introduced The Sandman to the Philadelphia loyal. We got the full five-minute entrance — including fans downing beers, a Teddy Hart embrace, and The Sandman mopping up some tactically spilled beverage from some women.

Sandman made his way to the ring apron as the final chords played and he finished his sixth beer of the evening. Well, there is no way I can confirm that for a fact. He finished his sixth beer of his entrance and spat the last drops in Smith’s face.

The technical catch-as-catch-can masterpiece we were all hoping for was quickly ruined as, unpredictably, the action immediately spilled to the outside for a fist fight. Sandman smashed a beer over Pillman’s head, then Dreamer rammed him face-first into a fan’s boot.

In the ring, the ECW originals hit a double back elbow and double elbow drop. Sandman chopped and booted Pillman in the corner before Dreamer got in for some of his own.

Smith hit Dreamer from the apron to give the Hart Foundation the upper hand. Pillman hit a side Russian leg sweep to insult Sandman. Smith came in, legally this time, and hit Dreamer with a huge standing vertical suplex for a two count.

Dreamer had some hope with a DDT and got the hot tag to Sandman. He ran wild over Pillman with right hands and a white Russian leg sweep that Smith broke up the cover on. Out of nowhere, Dreamer hit a big cutter on Smith as Sandman found a Singapore cane and began to stalk Pillman around the ring.

Pillman scrambled in all four corners, finding his own cane, a piece of broken table, and finally a human being to stop Sandman in his tracks. Pillman lifted the hood off the ring dweller to reveal the Blue Meanie! Sandman went for the cane shot, Pillman pulled Meanie in front of him, and Meanie showed his true colors and waffled Pillman with a right hand. Sandman finally got his cane shot in.

In the ring, Dreamer had set up two chairs facing each other. He went for a Spiccoli driver on Smith, but Pillman hit him in the face with the Singapore cane. That gave Smith the opportunity to slip off and hit a big Pillman-assisted powerbomb through the chairs for the win. Dreamer and Sandman received a standing ovation as they left the ring.

– We cut backstage to see Pentagon Jr. & Fenix. Fenix said the Lucha Bros are here to take over the world as they are the best tag team in the world. Pentagon followed up saying they wrestle wherever they want, when they want, and they don’t care who it’s against. They will be in Chicago next month, they are staying in MLW, and they will be waiting for any tag team.

– Before the show went off the air, we cut to Lawlor staggering out of a club at 8 a.m. He just had an all-nighter with the MLW World Heavyweight Championship and said the work is never done when you’re “Filthy” Tom Lawlor.

Next week —

Teddy Hart defends the MLW Middleweight title against MJF.

Tag Team title match set for MLW Superfight

Posted on by Joseph Currier

A Tag Team title match has been confirmed for next month’s MLW television tapings in Philadelphia.

MLW Tag Team Champions Pentagon Jr. & Fenix will defend their titles against two members of The Hart Foundation (Teddy Hart, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Brian Pillman Jr.) at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Saturday, February 2. The event is being called “MLW Superfight.”

The Hart Foundation were supposed to challenge for Pentagon & Fenix’s titles last month, but Fenix had to miss MLW’s December tapings in Miami due to a groin injury.

MLW announced on Wednesday that Davey Boy Smith Jr. has signed a multi-year deal with them. It was noted that he’ll still be wrestling for NJPW. Teddy Hart defeated Dezmond Xavier, Hijo de LA Park, Kotto Brazil, and Gringo Loco in a ladder match to become MLW Middleweight Champion last month.

As was previously announced, MLW World Heavyweight Champion Low Ki will defend his title against Tom Lawlor at Superfight.