An MLW Middleweight Championship match has been added to the Fightland show on October 2nd in Philadelphia, PA.
During his appearance on SiriusXM’s Busted Open Radio Wednesday, MLW founder Court Bauer announced that Myron Reed (seen above) will defend his title against Arez, Aramis and the debuting Tajiri in a four-way.
The show will be held at the 2300 Arena and will also be a TV taping.
Reed is in the midst of his second Middleweight title reign after regaining it from Lio Rush at the end of last season. He has yet to defend the title in this latest run as MLW is in between seasons. In his first reign, Reed held the title for 424 days and defended it six times before dropping it to Lio Rush at the Kings Of Colosseum show earlier this year.
Arez and Aramis are relatively new additions to MLW, having debuted at their July TV taping, also in Philadelphia.
Fightland will also see World Champion Jacob Fatu vs. National Openweight Champion Alexander Hammerstone in a title vs. title match in addition to the quarterfinals and semifinals of the Opera Cup tournament.
Myron Reed is getting his rematch for the MLW Middleweight Championship.
On MLW Fusion this week, it was announced that Lio Rush will defend his Middleweight title against Reed on the Wednesday, May 5 episode of Fusion. Rush defeated Reed at MLW Kings of Colosseum this January to win the title.
MLW CEO Court Bauer appeared on Fusion this week and announced the Rush vs. Reed rematch for May 5. In storyline, Reed has activated his rematch clause after taking care of issues that he had with Contra Unit.
Before losing the Middleweight title to Rush, Reed had been champion since November 2019. Rush has had title defenses against Laredo Kid and Brian Pillman Jr. since winning the title.
Reed cut a promo on this week’s Fusion saying that he knows what needs to be done to defeat Rush this time. Reed said that while Rush is on the internet running his mouth, Reed is at the gym every morning at 5 a.m. working hard.
Bauer announced that Rush vs. Reed on the May 5 episode of Fusion will close out the current season of MLW. The promotion will return with a television taping at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Saturday, July 10. Fans will be in attendance at the tapings.
MLW has also announced that Tom Lawlor vs. Marshall Von Erich will take place on Fusion next Wednesday (April 28).
In his debut match for MLW, Lio Rush became a champion.
Rush won the MLW Middleweight Championship by defeating Myron Reed at Kings of Colosseum. The event aired on YouTube and other platforms on Wednesday night.
Reed hit an inside-out cutter to the floor near the end of the match, but Rush moved out of the way of a springboard 450 splash back in the ring. Rush then hit a bounce-back stunner and a top rope frog splash to win the Middleweight Championship.
Prior to losing the title, Reed had been Middleweight Champion since November 2019.
Rush cut a post-match promo after facing Reed and said that not only is he a musician, the hottest free agent in the world, and someone who owns more things than your entire life is worth — he’s now the Middleweight Champion of MLW and there’s nothing anyone in the company can do about it.
Later in the show, Reed cut a promo and said he’ll do anything it takes to get the Middleweight Championship back. Reed and Jordan Oliver were then attacked by CONTRA Unit’s Jacob Fatu, Simon Gotch, and Daivari.
Rush also took part in NJPW’s Super J-Cup last month, losing to tournament winner El Phantasmo in the first round.
A second title match is set for the return of MLW Fusion.
MLW has announced that Middleweight Champion Myron Reed will defend his title against Brian Pillman Jr. on the Wednesday, November 18 episode of MLW Fusion. An MLW World Heavyweight Championship match with Jacob Fatu defending against Davey Boy Smith Jr. is also airing on the episode.
Fusion will premiere on the fubo Sports Network and YouTube at 7 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesdays. The show will also air on beIN Sports at 10 p.m. Eastern on Saturdays and will be available on demand via DAZN.
For the first time since going on hiatus from holding events in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, MLW held a set of closed set television tapings in Florida last month.
Prior to the announcement of Reed vs. Pillman Jr., MLW’s Court Bauer had said in an interview with DAZN that MLW would be adding another title match or two to the card for the November 18 Fusion episode: “I’m going to stack that fight card. We’re going to add another title bout, maybe two. We’ve upgraded our production and one of the things I really like about The Restart is we’re bringing wrestling back to that smoke-filled arena vibe. There’s a raw, primal feeling when you have that hazy look and two guys are going to war in the ring. It’s cinematic. It draws you into the action more. Visually it adds a layer of authenticity that a sterile, over-produced, over-lit arena that looks like a Times Square can’t touch.”
Reed has been MLW Middleweight Champion since winning the title from Teddy Hart in November 2019.
In the first of two excellent trios matches, El Hijo del Vikingo, Myzteziz & Octagon Jr. successfully retained their AAA World Trios titles against Jordan Oliver, Kotto Brazil & Myron Reed
Poder de Norte (Mocho Cota Jr., Tito Santana, Carta Brava Jr.) defeated Black Destiny, Fantastick, and Rayo Star
Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Brian Pillman Jr. both challenged Jacob Fatu and Jordan Oliver, respectively.
Show Recap:
We opened with an Injustice video hyping themselves up before their big AAA World trios title match later on. They said 12 months ago they were being left off shows, but now they are headlining. AJ Kirsch and Rich Bocchini then welcomed us to the show and reminded us that MLW is leading the Super Series 4-2 against AAA.
Poder de Norte (Mocho Cota Jr., Tito Santana, Carta Brava Jr.) defeated Black Destiny, Fantastik and Rayo Star (7:24) Non Super Series match
This was really good and what you would imagine from a AAA trios tag team match, done traditional with no tags. The action was nonstop as you would imagine and really was one of the best matches of the AAA tapings so far.
Poder de Norte were dressed in Shield-like chest protectors complete with cargo pants with their opponents in more traditional wrestling tights and masks with the exception of the unmasked Fantastik. Poder were taken off guard and ended up taking a trio of dives to start us off. I also need to point out that Tito Santana is not the WWE Hall of Famer as he now shares the name with a younger AAA counterpart.
Black Destiny and Rayo Star showed early flurries, but Star ended up taking a chairshot after a catapult. Then, all three Poder members gorilla press slammed him over the barrier into the crowd. Black Destiny was next for punishment and ate a double baseball slide for his trouble.
After a break, Rayo Star was back to make a save for Fantastik after he took a top rope double foot stomp from Carta. Rayo Star got Carta sitting on the top rope, then jumped and grabbed him with a Spanish fly by springboarding himself off the top rope in the seated position which was incredible.
There was a triple pin attempt from Poder after Black Destiny was thrown head over heels into the corner, after Ray Star ate a dropkick to the face after coming off the top rope, and after Santana caught Fantastik with a Mexican destroyer. But, all three kicked out.
The action spilled to the outside with Black Destiny hitting a tope suicida onto Carta who was draped over the guardrail. Santana and Mocho then hit stereo suicide dives on the other side of the ring. The female valet even hit a corkscrew splash onto everyone on the outside.
But in the ring, Black Destiny was caught in a 3-on-1 and was floored after three quick attacks in the corner. He then ate a frog splash from Mocho Cota Jr. that gave Poder de Norte the win.
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– Lifestyles of the Rich and Dynastic this week had Richard Holliday and Alexander Hammerstone in Puerto Rico outside what they called “a really ugly yellow house” where it turns out Savio Vega was brought up. They belittled his upbringing and then announced they had bought the house. Holliday called himself “Richie Two Titles” with the house ownership going along with the Caribbean title he stole from Vega.
– We saw footage from last week where Injustice jumped Brian Pillman Jr after his tag team match with Davey Boy Smith Jr. We then cut to Pillman who has had enough and challenged Oliver to a hair vs. hair match.
– “Cooking with LA Park” was back this week and we had all three Parks telling us to relax our pants as they cooked us a scrumptious Mexican pork dish. They washed their hands so they wouldn’t catch coronavirus, and cut up tomatoes, onions, and “other gimmicks”. He called out Pagano and Psycho Clown and told them to bring their working boots to MLW and added a “hint of blubber” (cooking fat) to the pan to cook “Super Porky.” LA then said the gringos love them because whereas the Americans only have the length of two sausages, they have the length of three.
– Davey Boy Smith Jr. then had a message recorded last week when he was fresh off his tag victory. He was next to the ring where Rey Mysterio learned how to wrestle and called out MLW Champion Jacob Fatu and asked where he was before saying it’s only a matter of time before they meet in the ring. He said he was going to hit him with the running powerslam and then lock in the crippler crossface which gives Fatu two choices: tap out or pass out.
– Mance Warner then had a message for Holliday and Hammerstone. He heard what Holliday was doing buying Savio’s house and he will get to him soon. But for Hammerstone, it doesn’t matter how big he is because he’s got a kneecap he can hit with a baseball bat, eyes he can poke out, and a face he can headbutt.
– We then had a report from Low Ki’s altercation with Team Filthy before their press conference last week. The altercation caused the cancellation of the press conference and Dan Lambert has filed a lawsuit against Low Ki for undisclosed damages.
AAA Trios Champions Jinetes Del Aire (El Hijo del Vikingo, Myzteziz & Octagon Jr.) defeated Injustice (Jordan Oliver, Kotto Brazil, MLW Middleweight champion Myron Reed) to retain (13:45)
This featured incredible action from the start and throughout. It went from spot to spot but each one was different, innovative, and superbly executed — a great trios match you should go out your way to see.
Injustice threw tortillas into the crowd as they made their way to the ring, and, of course, they got them thrown right back at them. Reed and Vikingo started us off. Vikingo walked the ropes and then tried a hurricanrana, but Reed countered with a handspring cartwheel. Vikingo returned the favor with a cartwheel counter of his own moments later. Oliver then floored him with a spinning heel kick and knocked him out the ring.
Oliver and Myzteziz were in next. Myzteziz missed a corkscrew senton but connected with a springboard version seconds later. He then got Oliver outside and went for a handspring armdrag but Oliver cartwheeled out of it. Brazil and Octagon then took out both at ringside with dropkicks before meeting in the ring.
Octagon hit a knee to the face and then hit a headscissor takedown before all three of Jinetes took turns chopping him in the corner. Reed was then whipped by Myzteziz, launched into the air by Octagon, and dropkicked off the top rope in mid-air by Vikingo all in one fluid motion. Reed made the save on the pinfall.
Reed then ate a wheelbarrow facebuster into a suplex before Vikingo hit a shooting star press from the top, but Oliver made the save. Jinetes then took turns chopping Oliver to the delight of the Tijuana crowd. Myzteziz armdragged Octagon, squashing Oliver in the corner before Vikingo launched himself and hit a basement dropkick for good measure. Brazil and Reed both made the save this time.
Injustice then got some offense in when Reed matrix dodged Myzteziz and hit him with an enzuigiri. Brazil followed up with a facebuster and Oliver hit a big boot in the corner before they all hit a double spinebuster into a German suplex. Oliver held on for the pin attempt, but Vikingo broke it up with a double foot stomp onto Brazil.
Injustice then hit Vikingo with a backbreaker, ace crusher. and a senton but Octagon broke that up with a big stomp from the top rope. Oliver and Reed hit a double superkick to Octagon as Brazil held him in a handstand headscissors. From the apron, and while Octagon was on the floor, Oliver and Reed repeated their kicks before Brazil hit a missile suicide dive. But, they were then met by dives from Myzteziz and Vikingo before Octagon hit everyone with a top rope springboard torneo in more great action.
Inside the ring, the champions all missed splashes. Moments later, Brazil hit Vikingo with a dive and Oliver hit Myzteziz with a dive into a cutter at ringside before getting Vikingo inside the ring with a springboard version out of the corner. Brazil then hit his sliced bread #2 on Vikingo while Reed took out Octagon, who was on the apron by leaping over the top rope, hitting an ace crusher onto the floor. Myzteziz broke up a pinfall with a crossbody onto Oliver who fell onto the pile of bodies.
Injustice locked in a three-man submission on Myzteziz, but Brian Pillman Jr. ran in for interference, spitting beer in Brazil’s eyes. This distracted them long enough to turn into superkicks from Jinetes. Octagon hit an Asai moonsault onto Reed and Myzteziz hit a step up torneo to Reed and Oliver on the floor.
Then, Vikingo hit a 100mph Meteora in the corner onto Brazil before hitting a reverse 630 senton to pick up the win to complete a match full of breathtaking action.
With only one match to go, MLW leads the Super Series with AAA 4-3
Next Week:
Los Parks (LA Park, El Hijo de LA Park & LA Park Jr.) vs Psycho Clown, Psicosis & Nino de Hamburguesa
Myron Reed is your new MLW Middleweight Champion after defeating Teddy Hart with a little help from his Injustice friends Jordan Oliver and Kotto Brazil — and also a fireball from CONTRA Unit’s Josef Samael.
Low Ki choked out Timothy Thatcher in a hard-hitting, excellent technical matchup.
CONTRA Unit vs. The Hart Foundation seems to be the new direction, with some clear intentions being put down tonight.
The full episode is available to watch below:
Full Recap —
AJ Kirsch and Rich Bocchini welcomed us to Orlando, Florida for the first MLW Fusion after last week’s Saturday Night SuperFight pay-per-view. They hyped up this week’s main event title match between MLW Middleweight Champion Teddy Hart and Myron Reed.
– Josef Samael celebrated Jacob Fatu’s successful World Heavyweight Championship defense against LA Park at SuperFight as the rest of CONTRA marched around the ring. He said CONTRA want to tighten their grip on MLW, said gold is power, and that they want all the gold.
He called out the Von Erichs for their Tag Team titles, but also said he had an offer they couldn’t refuse. Same with The Hart Foundation, Teddy Hart, and the Middleweight title. Samael said he would personally rip Hart’s sparkly pajamas off his body and shove them up his ass.
Teddy Hart, Davey Boy Smith Jr., and Brian Pillman Jr. came out and answered his challenge and sent CONTRA Unit packing. Officials and referees then came ringside and separated the two factions.
– Mance Warner had a recorded message for Jimmy Havoc. He challenged him to a falls count anywhere match in Orlando, then called him a piece of sh*t.
Low Ki defeated Timothy Thatcher (16:31)
An excellent but grueling hard-hitting match here to kick things off. Thatcher dominated — but it was Low Ki who found a way to choke out his larger opponent and pick up a very hard-fought win.
They went nose-to-nose before the bell — revealing Thatcher’s height advantage over Ki. They then had a feeling out process early on where they both gave clean breaks, but Low Ki took advantage of the slower tempo by snapping on a cross armbreaker in the ropes at lightning quick speed.
Thatcher’s strength advantage eventually came into effect as he forced Ki to the mat on a test of strength, but another rope break stopped any submission attempt Thatcher had in mind.
Back from the break, Thatcher had Ki locked in a half crab and transitioned into a bow-and-arrow stretch. A CONTRA video interrupted, with Samael warning us that next week he will have an offer for someone that they will not be able to refuse.
Thatcher and Ki exchanged chops and European uppercuts, then Thatcher slammed Ki and dropped an elbow. The former champion got sent to the floor with another uppercut, but Ki fired back once he was back in the ring.
Ki ducked another strike, hit the ropes, and then went for a springboard, but he turned and was met with yet another uppercut to the jaw. Ki wisely rolled to the outside to avoid the pinfall. He stumbled and staggered and just got back in at the 19 count.
Ki fired up and fought back again. Thatcher went for a slingshot into the corner, but Ki landed on the middle ropes, immediately leapt off, and planted his double foot stomp Ki Crusher out of nowhere. Ki then landed some stiff kicks to the chest, but Thatcher roared up and hit a belly-to-belly suplex. A double underhook suplex followed as Ki kicked out once again at the 15-minute mark.
Ki rallied and locked in a dragon sleeper but couldn’t hold it for long. Thatcher powered up to his feet with Ki on his shoulders, but Ki transitioned into a choke. Thatcher fell to the mat — and the referee called for the bell.
– The Von Erichs had a recorded response for CONTRA Unit. They said they were ready to take on all comers. “Filthy” Tom Lawlor was with them and was asked about the rumors regarding his future. He had no comment and acted “uncharacteristically” according to Bocchini and Kirsch on commentary.
– Bocchini and Kirsch then hyped up the signing of King Mo and footage from his press conference later tonight.
– Myron Reed, Jordan Oliver and Kotto Brazil then had a recorded video for us saying they were not sorry for anything, and tonight there will be a trade: Gold for Justice.
– King Mo’s press conference was next. He said he is here to wreck shop and will fight in the moneyweight division. Mo mentioned LA Park and Jacob Fatu by name as potential opponents, and he’s open to tag team wrestling too.
Myron Reed defeated Teddy Hart to win the MLW Middleweight Championship (10:37)
This was a Teddy Hart and Myron Reed highlight reel as both pulled out all of their high-flying and jaw-dropping moves. As Hart was eyeing up the victory, his earlier scrap with CONTRA came back to haunt him as Samael’s fireball stopped him in his tracks and handed the victory and the title to Reed.
As he entered, Hart was announced as a participant in the upcoming Opera Cup tournament. He also told the camera he is coming after Jacob Fatu and the MLW World Heavyweight title.
Injustice got involved almost immediately, but Hart knocked them off the apron. The distraction was enough for Reed to take over and hit a big slingshot leg drop from the apron back inside.
Hart had gone after Brazil and Oliver on the outside again, so Reed launched himself from the ring twice — first with a suicide dive through the ropes, then with a huge no-touch plancha that turned into a splash as Hart was still getting to his feet after the first dive.
Inside, Reed Matrix avoided a right hand and sprung up with a kick to the head, a springboard Ace Crusher, and a big sit-down curtain call neckbreaker. Out of nowhere, Hart hit a Canadian Destroyer but didn’t follow up with a pin.
After jaw-jacking with Injustice, Hart hit Reed with a backstabber and a middle rope springboard corkscrew senton. He went up to the top this time and hit a massive moonsault, but Reed kicked out at the last minute. Hart followed up with his powerbomb backstabber, but Reed kicked out again.
Hart then hit two DDTs and looked like he had the match won. His first was his hammerlock DDT. For his second, he came off the top rope and caught the challenger and planted him in the center of the ring. As the ref was counting the pin, Oliver and Brazil got on the apron, but once again Hart knocked them off. When Reed then came charging, Hart sidestepped and tossed him out onto his friends too.
With assistance from the referee, Hart climbed the ropes again and hit a huge moonsault onto the three of them on the floor. He suplexed Oliver on top of Brazil to add insult to injury.
Back inside and up the top rope, Hart hit a Canadian Destroyer — but Brazil pulled the referee out before he could count to three. As the referee was trying to throw Brazil out of the arena, Oliver got into the ring and distracted Hart. From out of nowhere, Josef Samael came into the picture and threw a fireball into Hart’s face.
Reed then saw his opportunity and grabbed it with both hands. He leapt to the top rope and launched himself halfway across the ring and landed a picture-perfect 450 splash to pick up the shock win — and the MLW Middleweight title.
Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Brian Pillman Jr. came running to Hart’s aid and kicked Injustice out of the ring as Fusion went off the air.
A six-man tag match is the latest addition to the card for MLW’s first pay-per-view.
MLW announced today that Gringo Loco, Puma King & Septimo Dragon will team against Injustice (Myron Reed, Jordan Oliver & Kotto Brazil) at Saturday Night SuperFight. The PPV is taking place at Cicero Stadium in Cicero, Illinois on November 2.
In storyline, Gringo Loco has found two partners to help him out in his feud against Injustice. Injustice is a stable that thinks MLW referees and officials are against them.
Saturday Night SuperFight will be available on traditional PPV and Fite TV. Here’s the updated lineup for the show:
MLW World Heavyweight Champion Jacob Fatu defending against LA Park in a no DQ match
MLW Middleweight Champion Teddy Hart defending against Austin Aries
Tom Lawlor vs. Timothy Thatcher
MLW National Openweight Champion Alexander Hammerstone defending against Davey Boy Smith Jr.
Gringo Loco, Puma King & Septimo Dragon vs. Injustice (Myron Reed, Jordan Oliver & Kotto Brazil)
