Los Parks (LA Park and El Hijo de LA Park) defeated the Wagners (Dr. Wagner Jr. and El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.) in the Wagners’ MLW debut.
Alexander Hammerstone retained his MLW National Openweight title by disqualification when Davey Boy Smith Jr. went on the rampage with a flag pole against all of The Dynasty.
Salina de la Renta and Mance Warner continued on their collision course with Bestia 666 being brought in to stop the Southern Psycho.
Full Review —
We opened with a video recap from last week where Mance Warner went after Promociones Dorado. Salina de la Renta told Warner she has summoned the devil, Bestia 666, to stop him.
Rich Bocchini and Jim Cornette welcomed us to MLW Fusion and recapped last week’s tag team title change where the Dynasty defeated the Hart Foundation in a ladder match to capture the gold. That transitioned to this week where Alexander Hammerstone defends his National Openweight gold against one member of that team, Davey Boy Smith Jr.
MLW National Openweight Champion Alexander Hammerstone (w/ MJF, Richard Holliday and Aria Blake) defeated Davey Boy Smith Jr. by disqualification to retain 09:23)
Blake and Holliday badmouthed Smith via an inset pre-recorded interview with Smith’s sister, Georgia Hart. Hammerstone said he was going to show everyone what a real man looks like. Georgia wasn’t impressed and told him he was “such a dick” as he left.
The Dynasty got on the mic before the bell. Holliday called the fans consumers, MJF called the Hart Foundation poor, and Hammerstone said the time for jokes was over and he was going to break Smith in half. They were equal in the early stages, but Smith outsmarted Hammerstone and sent him to the outside. Dynasty distracted Smith on the outside and the champion dropped Smith ribs first on the guard rail.
Back inside, Hammerstone came off the top rope with a double footed dropkick for a two count. Hammer kept on top with a chinlock, dropkick, and a running powerslam. Smith powered out of a pinfall attempt and fired up. They exchanged forearms until Smith got the better of the champ and hit a powerbomb complete with a jacknife float-over but only got a two count. He has amazing agility for a guy his size.
Smith went up top, but Hammerstone pushed the ref into the ropes, forearmed Smith, then went up and hit a huge superplex off the top. He went for the Nightmare Pendulum but Smith reversed it into a crossface. MJF pushed the ropes and assisted Hammer in breaking the hold, and to add insult to injury Holliday choked Smith on the same rope moments later behind the official’s back.
They exchanged German suplexes one after each other with Smith getting the better of the exchange. He came close to winning the title with a belly to back suplex. Smith then hit a diving headbutt off the top rope, but before he could make the cover, MJF got on the apron and spat on the Canadian flag Smith had brought out and shoved it up his nose.
Smith saw red and slingshotted MJF into the ring and clobbered him, Holliday and then Hammerstone with the flag pole. The referee called for the bell after the weapon shot and declared Hammerstone the winner, but it was Smith who looked victorious waving his flag to the adulation of the crowd.
— The Von Erich brothers had a promo video for Contra Unit. They said they were coming for them and were fighting for MLW.
— Konnan was backstage with Salina de la Renta’s phone. He blackmailed her saying she better watch how she treats him or he can post anything he likes.
— A propaganda video from Contra Unit aired. Simon Gotch said the MLW title has been hijacked and they have some demands. They want contracts and they want the Von Erich brothers. They accepted the Von Erichs’ challenge and the match is set for next week.
— Warner was then outside with a promo for de la Renta and Promociones Dorado. He had his whiteboard with him with one of his lists. He only had one thing on his list this week: “Kill”. He said Salina went and found a devil to take down the psycho, but the devil “aint got no sh*t on ol’ Mancer”.
Los Parks (LA Park and El Hijo de LA Park) w/Salina de la Renta defeated The Wagners (Dr. Wagner Jr and El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.) (16:27)
This was a crazy and wild lucha libre rules tag match which meant tornado rules (everyone in at the same time).
LA and Wagner started off as we were told this is the Mexican equivalent of Rock vs. Austin. The Wagners hit stereo suicide dives on the Parks on the outside and later double-teamed Hijo with a flapjack superkick and LA with chops and a cannonball in the corner.
LA fought back and caught Hijo Wagner on the top rope, and tagged in Hijo LA who hit a top rope Spanish fly at the same time that LA caught Wagner coming in with a powerslam in a great spot.
The Parks then took control as Hijo LA hit his own dad with a Code Red but flipped him directly ontop of Hijo Wagner. The Parks then torpedoed the Wagners with head first suicide dives to the outside.
Back inside, LA and Wagner came face to face for a chop battle. LA ripped Wagner’s mask off as we were told that he lost his mask in Mexico in 2017, but still competes with it in North America. Wagner hit LA with a top rope cutter and then a big pendulum DDT at the end of their exchange.
The sons came in and had a chop battle of their own. Hijo Wagner hit a tucked rolling suplex for a two count but Hijo LA hit jumping knees to the face out of the corner, also for a two count. They later had a double-down to which the dads jumped in and covered both for two counts.
Wagner then took out LA with a cannonball dive outside into the announcer’s position as Hijo LA took out Hijo Wagner inside with a cross body off the top rope. Hijo LA then came close with a code red but Hijo Wagner kicked out at two.
Hijo Wagner hit a superplex off the top but LA entered and kicked him out. Wagner then hit tilt-a-whirl backbreakers on both Parks and then hit LA with another suicide dive to the outside. The dives continued as Hijo LA launched himself through the ropes and ontop of Wagner, closely followed by Hijo Wagner who missed and hit his dad by mistake.
Inside the ring, LA hit a spear on Hijo Wagner to pick up the win.
Next Week —
We will hear from “Filthy” Tom Lawlor for the first time since losing the MLW World Heavyweight title two weeks ago
Simon Gotch and Josef Samael of Contra Unit battle Marshall and Ross Von Erich
MLW has announced a first-time matchup between LA Park and Jimmy Havoc for later this month.
Park vs. Havoc is set for MLW’s Never Say Never set of television tapings at the Melrose Ballroom in Queens, New York on Thursday, July 25. The match was originally set for MLW’s April 5 event in Queens, but Havoc was unable to wrestle at the show due to injury.
LA Park won the Battle Riot match on April 5, getting a future shot at MLW World Heavyweight Champion Tom Lawlor that he has yet to cash in.
Havoc challenged for the MLW Middleweight Championship at last month’s Fury Road live special, losing to Teddy Hart.
Ahead of Never Say Never, MLW has a set of TV tapings in Cicero, Illinois this Saturday (July 6). LA Park will team with El Hijo de LA Park against Dr. Wagner Jr. & El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. at those tapings.
– We opened backstage with Salina de la Renta and Low Ki. De la Renta was on the phone talking about expanding Promociones Dorado’s offices to Rio and San Diego, but Low Ki was more interested in his upcoming fight with Daga.
Low Ki tried to get de la Renta to focus on the job at hand. But for the second week in a row, she blew him off and told him to focus on the matches — and she will focus on the business. Trouble brewing in Promociones Dorado.
– Rich Bocchini and Jim Cornette welcomed us to a special Cinco de Mayo edition of MLW Fusion, with the episode presented by Salina de la Renta. Bocchini read out a self-scripted introduction for de la Renta as Cornette couldn’t believe his ears.
De la Renta told us after tonight she will have shown why she should have been in charge since day one.
Low Ki defeated Daga (10:40)
The main story of the match was that even though Low Ki beatdown Daga throughout, he couldn’t put him away cleanly. Once Daga began his comeback and was looking dangerous, Ki had to cheat in order to come away with the victory.
As Low Ki made his entrance — notably without de la Renta — we cut to Sami Callihan as he was trying to break into the arena. He had been locked out and banned by de la Renta, but that wasn’t stopping him as he was using a knife to try and break into the building.
As Daga was entering, he and Low Ki met each other on the ramp and the fight was on. We were told this was the scene of the crime where Low Ki tried to rip off Daga’s ear the last time they were in New York City.
Daga hit an early suicide dive and got a two count after a dropkick to the back of the neck. His early advantage was thwarted when Ki reversed a suplex and dropped Daga gut-first on the top rope. They went back outside for some more ringside brawling before Ki tried to wear him down with a rear chinlock.
Ki attacked with chops, thrusts, and stiff kicks, but Daga kept kicking out and momentarily fighting back. He reversed a whip to the corner to alleviate a bit of pressure, but Ki sprung out of the corner with a dropkick right to the face. Daga hip tossed Ki out of an abdominal stretch, but a headbutt soon floored him again.
Two dragon screws changed the swing of the match and they both began exchanging chops and forearms as Daga’s momentum was gaining. He hit a hard clothesline and went up top but missed a drop foot stomp. Ki followed up with a quick running dropkick into the corner.
They both then went up to the top rope, with Daga getting caught up in the tree of woe. Ki was looking for a double foot stomp, but Daga yanked him off the top rope by the trunks. Daga then hit a huge missile dropkick that knocked Low Ki so hard that he bounced back up to his feet.
Daga charged him in the corner, but Low Ki was able to switch into a fisherman suplex and — unbeknownst to referee Doug Markham — get his feet up on the ropes for extra leverage and the win.
– Backstage, de la Renta announced the semifinal brackets for the National Openweight Championship tournament: Gringo Loco vs. Alexander Hammerstone and Brian Pillman Jr. vs. Rich Swann.
– We were told that Tom Lawlor’s next opponent for his MLW World title will be Avalanche Robert Driessker. We cut to Lawlor, who said that you take on all comers when you are the MLW World Heavyweight Champion. It doesn’t matter the size of the opponent or where they are from.
We then had a quick music video of Lawlor wrestling and training with fellow Team Filthy member Ariel Dominguez.
– We cut back to Callihan, who had broken into the building. He met Ricky Martinez in a hallway, jumped him, and stole his phone.
El Hijo de LA Park (presented by Salina de la Renta) defeated Gringo Loco (5:52)
A quick but fanatic lucha spotfest took place next as Hijo was able to counter a powerbomb into his Hijo Driver to pick up the win.
They did an opening with rolls, arm drags, and cartwheels, getting a “lucha libre” chant from the New York crowd. Hijo launched himself over the top rope and landed on Loco on the outside, hitting a hurricanrana before jumping back into the ring to follow up with a suicide dive for good measure.
Back inside, they went to the top rope. Hijo went for a Spanish Fly, but Loco grabbed him and hit a big sit-out slam for a close two count. They went back and fourth before Hijo hit a sunset flip slam for a close two count of his own.
Hijo went to the top again, but Loco crotched him on the top rope. Loco went up to join him and hit a massive falcon arrow for another close two count. Loco popped right up after the pin, but Hijo reversed a powerbomb attempt into his Hijo Driver (a reverse tombstone with Loco on his back) to pick up the win.
– We had a Contra Unit video package where they called out Barrington Hughes after he got involved in their beatdown of Ace Romero recently.
– The backstage cameras then caught up with Callihan on his crusade. He used Martinez’s phone to call de la Renta and warn her he wasn’t finished with Promociones Dorado.
LA Park (presented by Salina de la Renta) defeated Pentagon Jr. (11:53)
An amazing showcase for the Mexican legend and de la Renta’s right-hand man. Age has no boundaries as LA Park rewound 20 years to defeat Pentagon with some amazing high-flying efforts.
Park met Pentagon at the entrance stage to start this wild brawl. Referee Frank Gastineau was giving them some leeway as they brawled around ringside using steps, guardrails, and ring posts. Park strutted around the ring as the bell rang to officially start the match when they finally made their way inside the ring.
Park whipped Penta with his belt, but the referee let him off with it. De la Renta then choked Pentagon right in front of the referee and kicked him behind his back. She tried to interfere again up on the apron, but Penta planted a kiss on her for good measure.
De la Renta then got caught up with Park, which gave Pentagon the opportunity to fight back and hit a huge tope con hiro on Park.
Pentagon hit a slingblade, but Park quickly retaliated with a German suplex for a two count. Park put Penta on the top rope, but Penta slipped out and hit a lungblower/backstabber off the ropes for a two count of his own. Park escaped out of a piledriver and hit a running knee for another near two count.
An enzuigiri and a superkick by Pentagon put him back in charge, but Park got a foot on the ropes to break the pinfall attempt. Pentagon then ate a big boot and a suplex into the corner, which only set up an amazing, huge dive from Park has he ran corner to corner, dove through the ropes, and splatted Pentagon on the outside.
Park continued his jaw-dropping aerial assault for a wrestler of his age, hitting Pentagon with a spinning heel kick off the top rope when they were back in the ring! He then hit Pentagon with a spear to pick up the win.
– De la Renta took the mic after the match and bad mouthed New York City and the live crowd. She said they were going to open a gift from their sponsors and brought out a big gift-wrapped box.
Park went to open the gift, but who popped out? None other than the Southern Psychopath Mance Warner. We went off the air as Warner and Park brawled across the entrance set.
Myron Reed & Rich Swann defeated Jimmy Yuta & Lance Anoa’i
LA Park defeated Sami Callihan
Full recap —
– We opened this week’s episode with a recap from last week’s Battle Riot from New York City over WrestleMania week.
Highlights included MJF smashing a champagne bottle over Teddy Hart’s head, “Filthy” Tom Lawlor being staple gunned in the forehead before retaining his title against Jimmy Havoc, a Dan Severn suplex, Myron Reed gloriously failing to crossbody both Ace Romero and Barrington Hughes at the same time, Contra Unit’s attempt at a human bonfire, LAX showing up, Alexander Hammerstone using Ariel Dominguez as a barbell for his shoulder press workout before being dumped out by Davey Boy Smith Jr., and Sami Callihan then eliminating Smith before being chopped out himself by eventual winner and new number one contender LA Park.
– Jim Cornette and Rich Bocchini welcomed us to New York and hyped up an appearance from MLW World Heavyweight Champion Tom Lawlor.
Brian Pillman Jr. defeated MJF (w/ Richard Holliday and Alexander Hammerstone) (7:53)
A good match to progress the Dynasty vs. Hart Foundation feud and also the ascension of both wrestlers. The story of the match was Pillman’s shoulder injury, with MJF focusing his attack on it. Pillman withstood the arm-based attacks to get the win out of nowhere to the shock of MJF and the Dynasty.
We learned that Teddy Hart was not there with Pillman due to the champagne attack last week. The referee was quick to eject Holliday and Hammerstone after they got involved one time too many early on. MJF took Pillman down with a shoulder drop in what Cornette called the “Divorce court.” He continued his assault on the shoulder until Pillman hit a crossbody off the top, a running forearm, chops, a superkick, and a powerslam for a two count.
MJF pulled the referee in front of him, eye poked Pillman, hit a double foot stomp to the injured shoulder, and still only got a two count after a schoolboy. MJF took too much time and let Pillman roll him up in a small package for the three count.
– Kaci Lennox tried to grab a word with MJF after the match, but he cut her off, called her a bimbo, and said that the result was a fluke before storming off. Charming.
– Salina de la Renta held a press event earlier on where we found out that on May 4 she will be the first female executive producer in wrestling history. She told us to stay tuned to find out when LA Park will be cashing in his title shot.
– Sami Callihan was backstage, telling us he has been around the world and has finally found out who he is. He is the Death Machine, the Worldwide Desperado, and the Draw in MLW. He is going to cause chaos, piss people off, and beat LA Park tonight. He challenged Mance Warner to a match next week on Fusion too.
– Cameras caught up with Richard Holliday and Alexander Hammerstone. Hammerstone wanted to get his hands on the Hart Foundation, but Holliday wanted to leave and make their reservation at the 21 Club instead. They eventually noticed the camera and chased it away.
Myron Reed & Rich Swann defeated Jimmy Yuta & Lance Anoa’i (8:42)
A really good tag match filled with great athleticism and aerial maneuvers. Reed and Swann still had “justice” taped over their mouths in their attempt to show their disdain against the officials in MLW. They feel officials are being biased against them. Referee Doug Markham checked Reed and Swann for foreign objects.
A chop from Yuta fired up Swann as he turned up the aggression with some chops of his own, then tagged in Reed for him to hit a springboard leg drop and his own running senton double-team combination.
Anoa’i got the hot tag and hit a dropkick to Reed with Swann on his shoulders, with Swann being dropped with a Samoan drop. Anoa’i’s momentum was soon halted as he went up top and missed a 450 splash. Then, out of nowhere, Reed hit a cutter when he ran from the stage and jumped from the ramp over the top rope and into the ring.
Yuta had to make the save and then tried to take out Swann with a dive to the outside, but Swann caught him with a mid-air low blow to render him speaking high pitched for the rest of the night. Inside the ring, both Swann and Reed went to the (same) top rope. Swann hit a middle rope 450 double knees to the chest and Reed hit a traditional 450 splash for the win.
– Mance Warner was backstage with Kaci Lennox. He accepted Sami Callihan’s challenge and said he will take Callihan’s head off when his knee pad goes up….then down.
– Tom Lawlor then told us that for 22 years he has been putting everything on the line because he wanted to call himself a champion. He talked us through the injuries he has suffered throughout his career but told us none of that compares to Jacob Fatu’s splash off the top of the steel cage. He warned Contra Unit that he is going to put them unconscious.
LA Park defeated Sami Callihan (7:16)
A wild brawl ensued from the get-go as they brawled outside with beer cans, umbrellas, and VIP rope posts. Park crotched Callihan on the ring post and then hit him with a replica championship belt before they eventually made their way into the ring.
Park hit a clothesline and went for the pin — as Callihan kicked out, he pushed Park right on top of referee Frank Gastineau. The referee was helped up by Park but ate a big boot to the face by Callihan as Park just moved out of the way in time.
Park went for a spear on Callihan but missed and hit the middle turnbuckle, breaking it in the process. Callihan hit Park with a baseball bat and went for the cover. He got the visual three count, but there was no referee there to count the pin.
Ricky Martinez and El Hijo de LA Park came out and started putting the boots to Callihan, but Mance Warner quickly ran out and made the save. Low Ki was out next and then he, Hijo, and Martinez began a three-on-one attack on Warner.
Daga then ran out and made the save and kicked Low Ki, Hijo, and Martinez to the outside. He then took out the four other additions to the match with a tope con hilo. But back in the ring, Park took Callihan out with a spear and picked up the victory.
After the match, Promociones Dorado beat down Warner, Daga, and Callihan four-on-three.
Before we went off the air, the cameras were out in the parking lot and caught up with Richard Holliday and Alexander Hammerstone looking for their car. They saw it alright, and a lot more than they bargained for. MJF’s car rolled past them, windows down, with Teddy Hart driving, Davey Boy Smith Jr. in the passenger seat, and Brian Pillman Jr.’s butt sticking out of the back seat window.
The showcase of the immortal drunkards and deathmatch kings is upon us: the second part of the third annual Joey Janela’s Spring Break. Masato Tanaka faces LA Park, while the modern incarnation of LAX faces the only incarnation of the Rock ‘N Roll Express. Also, the greatest spring break battle royal ever is set to happen.
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Our show late Saturday night in Jersey City, NJ, got a late start due to the ROH/NJPW show , but now we get Ron Funches on commentary. Tanaka’s theme plays, but Joey Janela comes out with Penelope Ford to face Jungle Boy. They’re in the same buildling they were in last night and the fans resume singing Jungle Boy’s theme. A giant “F ROH” chant breaks out due to the delay.
Jungle Boy submitted Joey Janela
They trade a million superkicks before Joey goes down to his knees and eats another one. He then gets up and lands another superkick, but Joey gets the edge off a lariat. Jungle Boy sends him out and hits a series of lopes and topes. Jungle goes up top for a moonsault, but Joey blocks it and lands a crazy high angle inverted brainbuster on the apron. That insanity only gets 1.
Jungle Boy lands a slingshot spear and a jungle cutter snaps him with a high angle landing for 2. Penelope comes in and hits a flying rana and then a a spike headscissor, but Jungle hits a pop-up backstabber to her. Joey lands a series of kneeling elbows and gets a dragon clutch.
Jungle Boy escapes and gets a rolling death valley driver on the ring. Joey gets 2 off a tombstone and then hits a super brainbuster for 1. They go back and forth on snap German suplexes. Joey jumps up for a choke, but Jungle Boy gets a standing twister choke and Joey taps out. For the second night in a row, Joey has lost on his signature event. They hug and raise hands.
LAX defeated The Rock ‘n Roll Express
LAX comes down while they are being put over as having a massive rise from relative obscurity in Beyond Wrestling to now being what they are.
Robert is taken to the corner by Santana, who then bowls him over. Ortiz comes in and gets knocked down quickly. Robert works an arm ringer, but it doesn’t last long. Ricky and Ortiz are in and Ricky (who still has a great armdrag) armdrags him down. Robert lands a noggin knocker and then a sleeper on Santana. A miscue leads to Ortiz eating a lariat from Santana. A Canadian Destroyer lands and Morton hits a tope on LAX on the floor. My god.
But, LAX recovers and hit a run-up cannonball in the corner that ends it.
Ortiz says that this was their ninth match of the week and their most anticipated one. Santana breaks down talking about how much they’ve influenced him and the two bow to the Rock’n’Rolls.
LA Park defeated Masato Tanaka
This was a battle of The Chairman vs. the receiver of some of the nastiest chairshots in wrestling history, so it should be interesting from beginning to end. A shoving match lead to a chop battle and then kicks and a nasty Park overhand chop. They go back and forth on running lariats with Park getting a shocking amount of speed for his age and weight. Park landed a chairshot and turned around a bit too late to logically make it, so he doesn’t see Tanaka get up, but he does and lands a rolling elbow to the chair that gets two.
Tanaka gets two off a tornado DDT and then hits a crossbody to the floor. Tanaka throws a beer at him and the announcers talk about how the mask can create a waterboarding effect with the liquid. Park slams him into a sea of chairs, gets a door and throws it in the ring, and then finds another one. The door is in the corner, but Tanaka takes him down and gets a frog splash for two. Then, LA Park spears him through the door to win it.
The Greatest Clusterf*ck Battle Royal
Necro Butcher comes out as number one and looks like his own grandfather. Then, Nick F’N Gage is here to battle him, apparently wearing the same shirt he’s been wearing all weekend because the white parts of his shirt are covered in blood. Schlak and Marcus Grain are here and Necro KOs Grain. Necro and Schlak then get into a hockey fight.
Georgie Boy is out, but no word on if the rubber chicken is also in the match. Nick beats him up with the chicken. A dueling door war leads to Swoggle coming down. He hits a shin music and some chin music on Shlak. Arik Cannon is out and stares down Gage right away. Swoggle runs wild on Necro and Georgie Boy is tossed out.
Joe Gacey runs in and hits a DVD on Grain before Brian Pillman Jr. comes down. Grain and Shlak use a plastic bag over the head to Pillman. Nate Webb and Marko Stunt are out, but not just in the match, but they’re also singing and playing guitar with the fans singing alongside them. Swoggle and Necro take out Nick Gage.
Shlak beats up Swoggle. MJF is out and beats up Marko and Nate with a chair while wearing an MDK shirt. Joey Ryan comes down which was surprising after he was running an opposition show to this one last night. Sexy Eddie comes down too and Joey oils him up and Brian as well. Joey and Eddie have an oil off before Jefe comes out. He wants oil, but doesn’t get it. Eddie’s towel is removed but he’s bare-assed and it finds its way into Joey’s face several times.
Sexy Eddie gets a moonsault and he’s gone to hopefully get clothing. Nick Morrettii is out and now Stunt formally joins the fray along with his brother Logan. Necro tries to lift them up and take them out which works for Logan. Team Whitewolf is in and take out Pillman immediately. Swoggle gets a dick claw on Joey and it causes Joey to be eliminated due to his center of gravity.
Egotistico Fantastico comes in and hits a moonsault on Durst for 2. G. Raver comes out with hypodermic needles and he spikes Swoggle, who then hits a German. Superkick takes out Swoggle. Kikutaru comes in to poke asses for a while and makes the ref pass out before another ref puts the fingers up to Kikutaru’s nose and he passes out and is taken out.
Homicide came down to the ring and squares off with Teddy Hart They slug it out before Teddy lands an uppercut. Cryme Tyme (!) returns to the ring with giant beards. Teddy and Homicide reunited for the good of JAPW and battled Shad and JTG. Teddy gets taken out. Shlak gets schoolboyed and taken out by Cannon. Grim Reefer is out and now Teddy Hart is out with a cat, who he hopefully won’t throw into the air again. The Ugly Ducklings are out to provide a modern-day Dupp act. Colby Corino is out gets a tornado DDT on Reefer. Slim J comes down with Funches summing him up as a white guy in a bandanna, so he must be tough. Facade comes down and he really should be gaining more momentum as he’s got a solid look.
A ropewalk doomsday kick hits one Duckling, leading to a reverse rana accidentally hitting another. MJF gets rid of Cryme Tyme, but he’s knocked out by Necro. Gringo Loco is down and looks like what you’d get if you combined a balding trucker with Fat Super Crazy from 2005. He lands a nice Spanish Fly and then AJ Grey comes down and tears through the Ducklings. A Steiner Screwdriver hits for Grey and then he hits a tornillo dive onto a pile on the floor.
Ophidian is out and works with Raver before the Ducklings tope guys on the floor. Gringo Loco hits a big flip dive before Rich Swann arrives. Swann hits a corkscrew dive to the floor and then Facade hits a springboard 450. Cannon teases a dive and flips them off. Dustin Thomas (aka No Legs from Friday night) is out and hits a big 610. He gets a win with a swanton and the fans sing “No Legs” to the tune of “Ole”, so he’s made.
Brendan Brown is out and MJF lowblows him, but MJF is taken out. Facade does a ropewalk 450 onto the floor onto no one. Pharoah and Odinson are out to toss the Ducklings around. Shane Mercer comes down and forms an alliance with Necro. No Legs gets tossed out to the floor. Shane hits a big suplex and a moonsault powerslam off the second rope.
Jake Atlas is out followed by Australian Suicide. Mercer slugs it out with KTB and then Caveman Ug comes down and barks…as you do. KTB and Ug chop and headbutt the daylights out of each other. Ug has great form on his butterfly suplex and snap uranage. Stunner takes out Australian Suicide. Crowbar comes down and other than a tattoo on his chest and redoing his facial hair, he looks very similar to how he did in WCW. Super Rana gets 2 for Crowbar.
Matt Treemont is down and brawls with Necro while Gacey takes out Crowbar with a chair. Grizzly Redwood returns to battle Shane Mercer. I don’t see that going well for him and Crowbar is taken out by a moonsault from the caveman. Chris Dickinson and Pinky Sanchez come down and Necro runs wild with forearms. Necro rakes the eyes of Pinky. Michael Blaze ccmes down and rains down superkicks. Kip Osbourne and Frankie Pickard arrive as partners and brawl with each other.
NWO Sting (Jeff Farmer) is out and is still jacked. Tracy Smothers is still in town and I’m sure he’s no more sane than he was last night, so tt’s time for UltraMegaMassHomicide. Mantaur comes down and is unbelievably slow. Mantaur needs to work with Orange Cassidy for a slow motion vs. regular motion spot. Matt Nix comes in is worked over by NWO Sting.
Jimmy Lloyd emerges from his ungodly violent deathmatch last night to start brawling and lands a rolling death valley driver. Takeda comes down to resume their war from last night. Then, Mantaur got an elimination. Jeff Cannonball brawls with Takeda and lands a tombstone in such a way that I’m astounded he didn’t tear both knees upon impact. Ethan Page is out to fight for his very soul. Essa Rios is out and looks about the same as he did 20 years ago, just a bit chunkier around the middle. Necro’s just gone before “Maneater” blares as Ashley Vox, Allie Kat, Maria Manic, Solo Darling, Su Yung, and Session Moth Martina are out. They run wild and beat the tar out of the men. Martina goes for a grind, but spits beer and lands a DDT. Stunt hits Ashley in the stomach, but she lands an air raid crash on him.
Shazza beats up Frank the Clown who comes out and in the process, Funches finds his headphones. Frank gets a variety of angry chants as he eats a variety of kicks to the lower groin region. Now we get light tubes and Jimmy Lloyd gets killed with death by them all. Dickinson eats a superplex through two tables by Manic. They tear the ring up and let up Aubrey Edwards because she’s a female ref. They drag Joey Janela out and beat him up before a Signal Lost message hits the screen.
Well, this was a night of insanity with a very unique and memorable ending.
– We opened backstage with Teddy Hart and Davey Boy Smith Jr. as we were told by commentator Rich Bocchini that the Chicago Police Department had arrived at the arena to arrest Hart for vandalizing MJF’s vehicle.
Before being escorted away, Hart told Smith to let MJF know that when Hart sees MJF on the street, he is f*cking dead. Brian Pillman Jr. arrived at the scene shortly before MJF and Richard Holliday, who rubbed salt in the wound.
Gringo Loco defeated Myron Reed (7:21)
A great showcase for both competitors as Loco continued his good run of form with a solid win. Reed showed a lot of strong offense, which should set him up for a good 2019 in MLW.
Reed came to the ring with tape covering his mouth with “Free Swann” written on it, adding a little character to his already stellar in-ring ability. We saw a quick recap of the Swann situation and we learned he has been suspended from MLW for attacking officials and Bocchini a few weeks ago.
Referee Doug Markham thoroughly checked Reed before ringing the bell — as Reed has a history of hiding foreign objects and using them in his matches.
Loco kept one step ahead of Reed during the opening exchanges by rolling and cartwheeling out of all of Reed’s attacks. Reed finally got Loco down with an enzuigiri and a double knee facebreaker out of the corner. With Loco on the outside, Reed had his back facing out and looked like he was being clotheslined and eliminated from a battle royal (minus the clothesline), but he caught Loco in a headscissors and took him down in a very innovative way.
Reed was having trouble with the official, complaining of slow counts and complaining that he was in the way. It seemed to be distracting Reed, as Loco was able to fight back and hit a powerbomb and piledriver. He looked to finish Reed off with a suplex, but Reed spun in mid-air and dropped Loco with a stunner. Moments later, Reed ran at Loco but was caught with a standing Spanish Fly in the middle of the ring.
The high-flying action continued as Loco flattened Reed on the outside with a tope con hilo. Reed caught Loco on the top rope with a step-up kick, then nearly dropped Loco on his head with a springboard hurricanrana. A 450 splash then got Reed another close two count as he got right in Markham’s face to complain about the count.
Loco hit a big springboard cutter while Reed was distracted, then went to the top rope and crushed Reed with a corkscrew splash for the win.
After the match, Reed got right in the referee’s face again to complain about the count — and ended up grabbing him by the shirt and slapping him across the face. Reed then approached the announcer’s table before the officials dragged him to the back.
– Mance Warner was backstage with Kaci Lennox talking about his death match later with LA Park. Warner had his white board with him again and gave us insight into his tactics for the death match: #1 Light beers, #2 Eye pokes, #3 Knee pad up, knee pad down. He said that adds up to the pay window and Ol’ Mancer picking up the win.
– Matt Striker announced “Filthy” Tom Lawlor vs. Jimmy Havoc for the MLW World Heavyweight title in a street fight in New York on April 4.
He also announced new names for the 40-man Battle Riot match on April 5: Mance Warner, Daga, Air Wolf, and Barrington Hughes. Previously announced names include LA Park, Rey Fenix, El Hijo de LA Park, Brian Pillman Jr., Gringo Loco, Pentagon Jr., Minoru Tanaka, Ken Kerbis, Davey Boy Smith Jr., Ace Austin, Teddy Hart, Alexander Hammerstone, Ace Romero, MJF, and Low Ki.
– MJF and Richard Holliday were backstage laughing because they had a text from superintendant Johnson from the Chicago Police Department with a mugshot of Teddy Hart. They want to put the mug shot on shirts, mugs and a billboard in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
– Contra Unit (Simon Gotch, Josef Samael, and Jacob Fatu) were backstage. They explained that Contra are the crusaders of nihilistic terror. They said they want the gold and the power. Fatu said they are the international dealers in violence, Gotch said business is good, and Samael said you cannot burn a kingdom made of fire.
– A pre-taped promo from Ace Romero cut in at the end of Contra’s, with Romero saying that he is coming for Contra Unit after their beatdown on him last week.
Alexander Hammerstone (w/ MJF and Richard Holliday) defeated Brian Pillman Jr. (5:23)
MJF took the mic and tried to start mouthing off, but the crowd drowned him out each time. He finally told us that he had a public service announcement for everyone: Teddy Hart is in jail, yet again, because he is a white trash scumbag. MJF told everyone he is better than them and they know it.
Pillman ran to the ring and smacked Hammerstone with a right hand to kick things off. MJF got on a headset for some more mouthing off as Hammerstone ate a superkick from Pillman inside the ring. Pillman had the early advantage, but Hammerstone eventually overpowered him and took control after a big spinebuster.
Hammerstone locked in a chinlock as we heard that Hart had arrived in the local Chicago PD, indicating that he and his bailer Davey Boy Smith Jr. wouldn’t be here to help Pillman, who was fighting back against his larger opponent and was able to hit a powerslam for a close two count.
Hammerstone got the advantage back when MJF distracted Pillman, which let Hammerstone gorilla press and drop Pillman throat-first on the top rope. On commentary, Jim Cornette let us know of Pillman’s father’s troubles with his throat and voice as Hammerstone clotheslined and hit the Nightmare Pendulum to pick up the victory.
All three members of The Dynasty stomped and beat down Pillman after the match. Hammerstone took Hart’s chains that he gave to Pillman earlier in the night and broke them in front of his face.
– The cameras caught up with MLW World Heavyweight Champion “Filthy” Tom Lawlor, with him telling us that when you’re the champ, your work is never done. He was in the gym training, sparring, and rolling as he told Jimmy Havoc that he can take Brexit back over the pond and drown with the scum.
LA Park (presented by Salina de la Renta) defeated Mance Warner in a death match (18:38)
A wild and crazy way to finish off this week’s Fusion episode. Park picked up the victory after eventually overcoming Warner’s stubbornness and toughness.
Park threw a chair into the ring as he was making his way around ringside soaking in the applause. Warner got his own strong ovation from the Chicago crowd as he unveiled the star spangled banner, slapped hands, and gave eye pokes/too sweets to the fans at ringside.
Dueling chants erupted. They went face-to-face, nose-to-nose, and head-to-head as they sized each other up. Warner looked in his element staring into the eyes of Park — and the crowd sensed this could be something worth watching. Barring noses and foreheads, they did not touch for the first few moments.
With the USA and Mexican flags donning each side of the ring, Park shoved Warner and strut his world famous strut. Warner responded with a shove and a strut of his own, which didn’t go down too well with the Chicago crowd. A quick eye poke did though as we were off and running in our main event death match.
Warner took Park to the outside and began choppin’… and choppin’ before whipping Park into the guardrail. An “LA Park” chant began as it seemed he had a solid fan base in Chicago. They briefly brawled through the crowd and reappeared ringside with a table.
Back in the ring, Warner drove a chair into Park’s midsection before using it to assist him in a step-up into a tornado DDT. Park then brought his knee pad up — and the crowd responded when he took his knee pad down and hit Park with two running knees to the head.
Warner introduced a Singapore cane from under the ring and used it to execute a side Russian leg sweep — but only got a two count. Warner sat Park on a chair in the middle of the ring and hit a few headbutts, which knocked himself a bit loopy. He tried his knee pad spot again, but I guess the headbutts took too much out of him as Park caught him and dropped him back, shoulder, and possibly head-first onto the chair.
Park took the advantage and hit Warner across the arm, shoulder, and face with the chair as Warner tried to roll for cover. On the outside, Park placed Warner on the table before squashing him (and the table) with a running senton. He then rested the broken table against the guardrail and drove Warner through it with a powerslam. Cornette let us know that anything goes, but to win you have to pin your opponent inside the ring.
Back inside, Park used his belt to whip Warner across the back — but the Eye Poke God liked it! Warner took off his own suspenders and they began a whipping battle. The materials were soon swapped for forearms and chops as they went back and forth again, visibly slowing as the action was taking its toll. Warner took off his shirt, but Park eventually floored his opponent and got a two count.
Park introduced a replacement piece of the ring’s wooden paneling to the ring and set it up between two seated chairs. Warner was placed on the wood as Park climbed the ropes and hit another flattening senton, which crushed Warner, the wood, and the two chairs, but it only got a two count.
A brutal wooden segment shot to the head floored Warner again for another two count. Park kept on his brutal attack as he collided with Warner and the guardrail with a suicide dive to the outside.
Referee Frank Gastineau had an earful from Park as Warner kicked out of another two count. The action continued back and forth before Warner caught Park with a kick in the corner and hit a DDT, bringing him back into the ring for a two count of his own. The count was broken by Park grabbing the bottom rope — and Cornette did mention how absurd it was that you could use all these weapons, chairs, and tables, but by using the traditional rope break rule, you could not be beaten.
Warner then went for a dive of his own…so he ran, stopped, stepped through the ropes, sat on the apron, and eye poked Park through his mask. Back inside, Warner launched a chair at him for another close near fall.
Warner climbed the corner and Park launched a chair back at him, which cascaded off of Warner’s head and spun into the crowd. We heard a shriek from the crowd as Cornette told us it seemed to clip someone.
On the replay of the chair shot, we missed Park bringing Warner back into the ring and a close near fall. A missile dropkick and a spear followed as Park picked up the win, giving Warner his first loss in MLW.
El Hijo de LA Park and Salina de la Renta joined Park in the ring to celebrate as the episode went off the air.
Kotto Brazil made his return, but Ricky Reyes is not done with him. Barrington Hughes and Ace Romero were supposed to face off against each other, but ended up being a new tag team. Teddy Hart booped his cat’s nose. The build to the Low Ki and Tom Lawlor MLW title match continued as Low Ki cut a great promo on Lawlor. LA Park and Sami Callihan had a wild brawl that was a ton of fun.
The Recap—
The show opened with a memoriam for Rex Bacchus. A recap aired about all the events leading to LA Park vs. Sami Callihan, as Callihan failed to take out Tom Lawlor.
Kotto Brazil defeated Vandal Ortagun
Brazil made his return from injury, but was sent to the floor quickly by Ortagun. Brazil was wearing a patch over his eye, but has not slowed down as he managed to drag Ortagun to the outside and hit two suicide dives and then a tope con hilo. Brazil went for a Destino, but Ortagun managed to avoid it. Ortagun pulled the eyepatch way out and snapped it back into Kotto’s eye which had to suck.
Vandal nailed a big chop and then sent Brazil to the corner. Vandal got the heat for the next few minutes with some classic heel offense, including rope chokes. After a chop, Brazil fired back with a few, but Vandal went for the eyes and cut him off. Brazil hit an Eat Da Feet and then a few German suplexes, and ended with one with a bridge after a few counters. Brazil used a springboard to hit a headbutt, and then nailed a series of strikes.
Vandal went for a powerbomb, but Brazil countered into a hurricanrana and then hit a Code Red, but Vandal kicked out. Brazil hit a cutter and then a Destino and got the pinfall. This probably went a little too long, but it was a good match. Ricky Martinez attacked Brazil after the match and took his eyepatch.
— A recap aired of Tommy Dreamer vs. Brian Pillman Jr. Dreamer was on the phone, cutting a promo about how Pillman was crazy to let Dreamer choose the match when it was going to be in the 2300 Arena.
Barrington Hughes and Ace Romero went to a no contest
Romero started with some forearms and big strikes. Hughes hit a Vader-like attack, and then Romero did a running dropkick. As both men were getting ready to keep going, Col. Rob Parker came out and cut a promo on both guys about their size. The Dirty Blondes ran out and attacked, and the referee decided it was time for a tag team match.
Barrington Hughes and Ace Romero defeated The Dirty Blondes
Romero and Hughes immediately responded to the Blondes by squashing them, literally and figuratively, when they hit stereo powerslams. It seems there is a new tag team in MLW.
— A video aired hyping Mance Warner coming to MLW.
— H2tv interrupted Tony Schiavone. Pillman Jr. and Teddy Hart cut a promo on Pentagon and Fenix where they called them cowardly for hiding behind their masks. Hart forced Pillman to drink a protein drink and run down the hallway. The segment ended with Hart booping his cat on the nose.
— Matt Striker ran down the rest of the MLW Superfight card, a significant downgrade from Schiavone.
— Sami Callihan cut a promo about how LA Park was going to leave in a body bag.
— Low Ki cut a promo against ‘Filthy’ Tom Lawlor, applauding him in a very sarcastic manner for overcoming all of Low Ki’s associates. This was a really good promo.
LA Park (w/ Salina de la Renta) defeated Sami Callihan in a falls count anywhere match
LA Park lives up to his name of being the chairman as he brought a chair into the ring. Both men started exchanging chops and Park pointed at Callihan’s protective vest and asked him to remove it. Callihan did and begged Park to chop him. Park chopped him so hard it brought tears to Callihan’s eyes. Park then hit a clothesline and they went to ringside. Park nailed Callihan with a trash can lid after setting him on a chair. Park then hit a suicide dive, knocking Sami off the chair.
Park removed his belt and started beating Callihan with it. Park went for another suicide dive, but Callihan destroyed him with a garbage can and then hit him a second time once on the outside. Callihan hit Park with a pylon, and then with Park’s own belt. Callihan chopped Park, grabbed a beer, and smashed it into Park’s head. Callihan ran at Park, but Park dumped him into the front row and then nailed Callihan with a garbage can. Park took apart a guardrail and set the garbage can on it. Park suplexed him on the garbage can and the guardrail.
Park grabbed several chairs from the front row and threw them into the ring. Park nailed Callihan with a chair and a cookie sheet, but Callihan kicked out of a pin attempt. Park and Callihan brawled out into the lobby, and outside of the building onto the street. After brawling on the outside, they made their way back in a different door and the entire ringside area was torn apart.
Callihan was rolled back into the ring by Park, but Callihan accidentally took out the ref’s leg while rolling in. Park tried to pin Callihan, but Callihan kicked out. After Park hit a powerslam, the ref couldn’t complete the count. Park hit the ref with a cookie sheet. Callihan hit a low blow, and the ref went to make the pin, but Park kicked out. Callihan went to powerbomb Park on a series of chairs, but Park countered and ran to the corner. Callihan charged, but Park dodged and then speared Callihan into all the setup chairs and he pinned Callihan.
That was fantastic. A five star classic? Definitely not, but it was a great, fun brawl.
Rush and LA Park are taking their rivalry to WrestleMania week.
During tonight’s MLW Fusion Live broadcast on beIN Sports, it was announced that Rush vs. LA Park will be the main event of MLW’s television tapings at the Melrose Ballroom in Queens, New York on Thursday, April 4, 2019. MLW is also holding tapings at the Melrose Ballroom on Friday, April 5. The Friday show will feature the second 40-man Battle Riot match in MLW history.
Rush defeated Rich Swann on tonight’s live special. There was then a post-match angle where LA Park came out and brawled with Rush until they were broken up by security.
Rush made his MLW debut at November’s tapings in Cicero, Illinois. His debut match against Sammy Guevara aired on last week’s Fusion episode, with Rush defeating Guevara and cutting a promo after the match where he said he came to MLW for his rivalry with LA Park.
It will now be LA Park vs. Sami Callihan in a “falls count anywhere in Miami” match at MLW’s television tapings in Miami, Florida on Thursday, December 13. MLW is holding tapings at the Scottish Rite Temple in Miami on both December 13 and December 14, with the latter show including a live special on beIN Sports.
In storyline, LA Park vs. Callihan was made because of “rumblings about a falling out between Salina de la Renta’s Promociones Dorado and their hired mercenary Sami Callihan.” MLW also explained PCO’s departure by saying that he’s withdrawn from the LA Park match and “has suspiciously vanished from the league.”
As noted yesterday, Brody King is also headed to ROH after signing a deal with the promotion.
AAA presents their biggest supercard of the year with Triplemania XXVI from Arena Ciudad in Mexico City. Four aces wager their masks in proverbial high stakes poker. LA Park, El Hijo del Fantasma, Psycho Clown, and Pentagon Jr. meet in a four-way mask match inside a cage. The losing ace will lose his mask.
On a show with a main event dubbed “Poker de Ases” (Poker of Aces), bets also determine other stipulations on the card. The semi-main is an anticipated apuesta match months in the making. Faby Apache puts her hair on the line against the mask of Lady Shani to settle a feud that began over six months ago. Their backstory arguably has more depth than any other match on the card.
Jeff Jarrett defends the AAA Mega Heavyweight Championship for the first time since winning the title a few months ago. Jarrett faces Fenix, Brian Cage, and Rich Swann in a four-way match. Four-way matchups are themes throughout the card. A ladder match involving four teams determines the number one contenders for the promotion’s tag team titles. Likewise, the AAA Mixed Tag Team Championship is on the line in a four-way tag match.
Trios matches — including a street fight and a lumberjack match — are also on the undercard. The pre-show includes Australian Suicide defending the AAA Cruiserweight Championship in a multi-person match of some sort that likely includes ACH, Shane Strickland, and Sammy Guevera.
Follow along with our live coverage beginning approximately at 7 p.m. Eastern for the pre-show. The main card begins at 9 p.m. Eastern time.
The show streams live for free on Twitch with either Spanish or English commentary.
In English: https://www.twitch.tv/luchalibreaaa_en
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Not much to the pre-show. Technically, there was a pre-show before the actual pre-show — which mostly consisted of backstage interviews and live shots of an empty arena.
Hugo Savinovich talked with AAA Mega Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett in a pre-tape interview. They both put over the importance of tonight’s show. Jarrett mentioned his family’s deep history in the business. He vowed to leave with the Mega title. Jarrett had great things to say about Fenix — but Jarrett says he will still beat him tonight. Jarratt said he has his trusty guitar by his side, and he also has a few tricks up his sleeve. “The King of the Mountain” is ready.
Aside from the interview with Jarrett, this may be the most boring pre-show in the history of the pre-shows. Nothing but a wide camera angle for minutes upon end — but there was at least pop music to entertain us. Bless our hearts.
Business really picked up shortly after the show was set to go live on TV in Mexico. The announcers were all introduced one-by-one. Bell time was soon. Striker noted on commentary that a documentary about AAA is debuting right after this show on the live stream.
Freelance pinned Aramis in a Llave a la Gloria match. This is part of an ongoing up-and-comer series. The match was wild with lots of dives and highspots. They were going all out. There were Asai moonsaults and springboards — along with a Spanish Fly off the apron on the floor.
There was a tribute in memory of Villano III.
Sammy Guevera defeated Australian Suicide, ACH & Shane Strickland to win the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship
Guevera pinned Suicide with a 630 splash to win the title. Dives from the outset led to two of the four squaring off in the ring at a time. The match was fast-paced with highspots galore. Everybody got to shine at times. Killer Kross ran in after the match to clean house. Kross offered Suicide a MAD t-shirt. Suicide accepted to become the newest member of the MAD faction.
Dr. Alfonso Morales and El Apache in a ceremony were inducted into the AAA Hall of Fame.
The opener for the main card was a mixed tag four-way.
AAA Mixed Tag Team Champions Nino Hamburguesa & Big Mami defeated El Hijo del Vikingo & Vanilla, Angelikal & La Hiedra & Dinastia & Lady Maravilla
Hamburguesa scored the pinfall with a splash for his team to retain their titles. This was good and the crowd loved it. They had some comedy spots during the match with the closing moments getting more serious. They all traded near falls and saves.
Vikingo did a Shooting Star Press to the outside early on in the match. Angelikal executed a Phoenix Splash. Big Mami cleared the ring at one point — which really popped the crowd. Dinastia springboarded into a tornillo splash. Vikingo almost ate it — but he recovered for a double springboard. Vanilla was press-slammed out of the ring onto a pile of bodies. Big Mami then dived off the middle rope on everybody. The parade of dives continued down the stretch. Big Mami delivered a Black Hole Slam. Hamburguesa then jumped off the top rope with a splash for the pin.
Bandido & Flamita defeated Aero Star & Drago, Golden Magic & Laredo Kid & DJZ & Andrew Everett in number one contenders tag team ladder match
Bandido climbed the ladder to grab the contract to make him and Flamita the next contenders for the tag team titles. The match was a wild spectacle and a fantastic stunt show.
The first big stunt was Everett doing a springboard Frankensteiner on Laredo Kid off a ladder to the floor. Kid built a ladder bridge. Kid then broke out with a Spanish Fly on Everett off the bridge. DJZ springboarded into a twisting splash. Everett springed off the ropes into a Shooting Star Press to the outside. Kid took a sick and crazy bump off the ladder. Drago leaped into a cutter with Bandido on a ladder. Aerostar did a sunset powerbomb off the ladder. Kid and Aerostar both hung from the wire holding the contract. Bandido executed a moonsault/powerslam combo on Drago through a table. Flamita gave Aerotar a Death Valley Driver. Bandido then climbed up to unhook the contract hanging above.
The MAD faction lurked to the ring for promos and a challenge. Konnan was joined by Jeff Jarrett. Teddy Hart, Australian Suicide, Killer Kross & Juventud Guerrera. They called out and taunted Vampiro — who was on English commentary at ringside. Pagano and Murder Clown ran down to make the save — but they got a beatdown instead. Then they just left. Vampiro was livid because his music was not playing. He cursed and yelled about playing his music. They finally played his music. Vampiro then got in the ring to confront Konnan face-to-face. The ring cleared except for the two longtime rivals. They cursed at each other and exchanged insults. Vampiro had a contract for a match with Konnan. Before Konnan signs it, a loser leaves Mexico stipulation is added. The crowd was hot for the segment. A potential match is box office.
AAA Trios Champions Tito Santana, Mocho Cota Jr. & Carta Brava Jr. defeated Mamba, Maximo & Pimpinela Escarlata and Taurus, Puma King & Hijo de LA Park
Poder del Norte reatined their titles after they all splashed Hijo de LA Park for a pinfall. While the action was good, it felt rushed. They still managed to do a lot of cool stuff. The exoticos got to shine with triple dives and such. This was one of those don’t blink or you will miss something kind of matches. They tried to put ten pounds of goods into a five pound sack.
OGT (Averno, Chessman & Super Fly) defeated MAD (Juventud Guerrera, Jack Evans & Teddy Hart) in a lumberjack match
Averno pinned Hart with a powerbomb after a run-in by Poder del Norte. The lumberjacks had straps to whip anyone trying to powder. They even whipped the referee. The OGTs and MAD brawled — but they also mixed in highspots. Hart was doing creative spots as usual. Poder del Norte ran in to attack the OGTs. The dust cleared from the melee, and OGTs targeted Hart. Averno powerbomed him for the pin.
Following the match, OGTs and Poder del Norte continued to brawl. A fight almost broke out with a fan as the trios left the ring.
La Mascara, Rey Escorpion & El Texano Jr. defeated Joe Lider, Pagano & Murder Clown in a street fight
Texano pinned Lider in a brutal bloodbath. More so than a street fight — it was a weapons-filled death match. This was beyond insane at times. Weapons used included chairs, trash cans, ladders, light tubes, tables, thumbtacks, a shopping cart, and fire.
The brutality began from the start. Murder Clown was slammed through a bunch of chairs stacked close together. Pagano got powerbombed into a ladder. Lider was hit with a light tube and wore the crimson mask. There were chair shots to the head — too many chair shots to the head. Pagano missed a moonsault and crashed into light tubes. Even more light tubes were shattered in sick fashion. Murder Clown did a flip dive to the outside.
Murder Clown moments later press-slammed Texano on a table covered with thumbtacks. Pagano took an ugly bump being powerbombed into a shopping cart. Pagano was cut off when he was nailed with light tubes on an attempted dive. Escorpion and Pagano did a Spanish Fly spot off the ramp through a flaming table. Even more light tubes were shattered. Murder Clown splashed Mascara through a table. Texano doused his bull rope and lit it on fire. Texano then whipped Lider with the flaming rope to score a pinfall that finally ended the insanity.
Lady Shani defeated Faby Apache in a mask vs. hair match
Apache lost her hair after being pinned by Shani. Fighting from underneath, Shani rallied to win despite crooked officiating and underhanded tactics from Apache and company. Taurus was the second for Apache. He interfered liberally. Hamburguesa was in the corner of Shani. He tried to make a save, but left on a stretcher. La Parka came down to replace him as the second for Shani. El Hijo de Tirantes — a rudo — was the referee. He cheated for Apache throughout the match.
Apache ambushed Shani with a chair shot at the start. Apache layed it in with stiff shots. Shani later waffled Apache with a chair shot. Apache got color, and Shani bled through her mask. Shani several times applied submission holds. Shani got a near fall where Tirantes made a slow count. Apache delivered a shining wizard. Even with a fast count by Tirantes, Shani still kicked out at two. Tirantes blatantly broke up a crossface applied by Shani. He tried to hold Shani for a missile dropkick — only for Tirantes to take a bump instead. Shani applied the crossface again. Taurus hit Shani in the head with a chair to break the hold. Parka jumped in to hit a tope suicida on Taurus.
Another referee ran in to argue with Tirantes. He shoved down Tirantes — and then gave him a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Shani used a lungblower on Apache to cover her for the pinfall. Apache at first teased leaving without shaving her head. That was a callback to the last time she lost an apuesta match. Apache eventually went back to the ring and shaved her head.
Fenix defeated Jeff Jarrett, Rich Swann & Brian Cage to win the AAA Mega Heavyweight Championship
Fenix pinned the defending champion — Jarrett — to win the title. Jarrett lost in his first and only defense of the championship. Dr. Wagner Jr. made a surprise appearance that played into the finish. Fenix ran wild at the outset — until Jarrett twice hit Fenix with a guitar. Fenix bled heavily as Jarrett worked him over.
Jarrett paused to do the Fargo strut alongside Swann and Cage. They then turned on Jarrett. Swann and Cage double-teamed Jarrett with the Hart Attack finisher. Fenix did a super Frankensteiner on Swann. Cage had Fenix in a delayed vertical suplex on the outside. Swann then took them both out with a dive through the ropes. Jarrett teased doing a dive — but he strutted instead. A trading of near falls began. Swann got one near fall. Swann moments later received a buckle bomb by Cage for a two count. Cage at the same time slammed and powerbombed both Swann and Fenix. Jarrett rushed in to apply a figure four leglock on Cage.
A wild scene unfolded in the front row when Marisela Pena threw a drink at Jarrett. Fenix then went for a dive where he accidentally wiped out Pena. Medical staff rushed towards ringside to aid Pena. Back in the ring, Jarrett hit the referee with a guitar. After Jarrett delivered a low blow, La Parka’s music blared. Someone in disguise came to the ring dressed as La Parka. That is a callback to a previous angle where Jarrett won the title. The imposter Parka unmasked to reveal himself as Dr. Wagner Jr. — who is the former Mega champion. A befuddled Jarrett was in shock. Fenix used a cutter in scoring the deciding pinfall to win the title.
LA Park defeated El Hijo del Fantasma after Pentagon Jr. and Psycho Clown escaped the cage
El Hijo del Fantasma lost his mask when LA Park pinned him in a singles match that followed a four-way cage match. There was really two matches rolled into one. Pentagon Jr. and Psycho Clown escaped the cage to save their masks in a four-way matchup. Fantasma and Park then faced off one-on-one without the cage.
Much like other matches on the card, this was a wild brawl. Likewise, the entire thing was another bloodbath. Chairs, tables, and trash cans were used inside the cage. Fantasma ripped the mask of Pentagon early on. Fantasma cut his hand badly during the melee. Meanwhile, Psycho Clown superplexed Park through a table. Pentagon and Psycho Clown fought while perched atop the cage. Pentagon shot a fireball at Psycho Clown — who fell back into the ring. Pentagon then climbed out to escape the cage. Therefore, he saved his mask.
Psycho Clown was next to climb out. He got the Roman Reigns treatment from the crowd — which is not an unusual reaction for Psycho Clown. Nonetheless, Clown escaped the cage to save his mask. From there, the cage was raised above the ring to begin the second phase of the match. El Hijo del Fantasma squared off with LA Park to decide who loses their mask.
Fantasma tore off the mask of Park. While that would normally be a DQ, Tirantes was the heel ref so he let the match continue. Fantasma splashed Park through an announce table with the help of Tirantes. Park bled profusely as Fantasma worked him over. A comeback by Park led to him doing a tope suicida. Park ripped the mask of Fantasma. Park then hit him with a monitor. It shattered and Fantasma got color.
They brawled into the crowd. Park hit Fantasma with various weapons. They got back into the ring to trade strikes and near falls. Tirantes was in total rudo mode. A ref bump sent Tirantes out of the ring. Park did a tope on both Tirantes and Fantasma. Back in the ring, Fantasma unmasked himself and sold like he was fouled. Two could play that game. Park also umasked himself and began selling a foul. Tirantes teased DQs, but he let the match continue.
Park shoved down Tirantes. Fantasma gave Park a low blow. Park still kicked out despite a fast count. They traded more near falls down the stretch. Tirantes and Fantasma began arguing. Fantasma shoved Tirantes. Park speared Fantasma and covered him. An angry Tirantes then counted the pinfall.
El Hijo del Fantasma unmasked after his father and son joined him in the ring. The night was still not over.
Dr. Wagner Jr. came to the ring to cut a promo on LA Park. A challenge was made for a hair vs. mask match at next year’s Triplemania. Park and Wagner cut promos on each other as the show drew to a close.
A new match has been signed for MLW’s War Games event taking place on September 6.
LA Park will compete against Pentagon Jr. in what is being billed as a Mexican Massacre match. Salina de la Renta, who in storyline manages LA Park under her Promociones Dorado promotion, will be in his corner while Konnan will be in Pentagon Jr.’s corner. What exactly a Mexican Massacre match entails isn’t currently known.
In addition to today’s match, the titular War Games match will be on the card. Sami Callihan will lead his team consisting of Jimmy Havoc, the Death Machines and a mystery partner. John Hennigan will captain the other team, which features Shane Strickland, Barrington Hughes, Kotto Brazil and Tommy Dreamer.
The card, which is being taped for their Fusion television series on beIN SPORTS, will be taped on September 6 at the War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Tickets can be purchased here.
A big main event has been signed for MLW’s television tapings in October.
Pierre Carl Ouellet, better known as PCO, will take on LA Park at the television tapings, which are being called MLW Fury Road. This replaces a match that was originally signed for the show, which was Pentagon Jr. and Rey Fenix teaming up to take on LA Park and El Hijo de LA Park. There wasn’t a reason given why the match was changed other than it was circumstances beyond their control.
This week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter noted that there is interest within WWE to bring both Pentagon and Fenix in. However, they still have three seasons left on their Lucha Underground contracts, as well as indie dates for 2019, so it is unlikely they will be brought in anytime soon.
Also signed to appear on the card include MLW champion Low Ki, Sami Callihan and Shane Strickland, who was a guest on today’s Wrestling Observer Live.
Tickets are already on sale for the October 4 event. It will take place at the Melrose Ballroom in Queens, New York.
