Villain Enterprises are getting their first shot at the ROH Six-Man Tag Team titles.
ROH has announced that Villain Enterprises (Marty Scurll, PCO & Brody King) will challenge for The Kingdom’s (Matt Taven, Vinny Marseglia & TK O’Ryan) titles at the promotion’s television tapings in Lakeland, Florida on Saturday, February 9.
Villain Enterprises have been feuding with The Kingdom since forming at last month’s post-Final Battle tapings. An angle aired on this week’s episode of ROH TV where Villain Enterprises were supposed to face The Kingdom for the titles, but The Kingdom said they hadn’t earned a title shot yet. Scurll, PCO & King defeated Cheeseburger, Eli Isom & Ryan Nova instead.
This is the second title match to be announced for the Lakeland tapings, with Jeff Cobb set to defend his Television Championship against Silas Young. ROH has also announced Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Rocky Romero for the tapings.
The Lakeland tapings are part of Bound By Honor weekend, which also includes an HonorClub show in Miami on Sunday, February 10.
NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Nick Aldis and Kamille joined Colt Cabana and Ian Riccaboni on commentary for the first match. Aldis was there to scout his upcoming opponent, PJ Black.
Juice Robinson defeated PJ Black by DQ
Black started off with a big chop to Robinson. After a striking exchange, Black bailed to the floor and Robinson followed with a slingshot crossbody.
Black took control back with a sweet double axe handle off the apron to the floor. He grabbed Robinson’s arm and worked a hold. Black kept the heat on with a nice elbow off the second rope to the forehead of Robinson. He went for another, but Robinson caught him and landed a belly-to-belly suplex. He hoisted up Black and landed a gutbuster.
Black fought back, landed a hurricanrana, and then followed up with a moonsault. Robinson fought back and landed the Left Hand of God strike, which allowed him to hit a running cannonball. Robinson went up top, but Black threw the referee into the ropes to knock Robinson off the top. The ref called for the disqualification and awarded Robinson the win.
After the match, Black punched out the referee. He then walked over to Aldis, but Kamille intimidated him and he left peacefully.
Back in the ring, Robinson cut a promo and said that there would be new life breathed into ROH in 2019.
The Kingdom discussed what they do to newcomers, referring to the new Villain Enterprises trio of Marty Scurll, PCO & Brody King.
Shane Taylor defeated Mike Law
Caprice Coleman was on commentary and touted the skill of Taylor.
Taylor spit in the hand of Law. He then blasted Law with a punch and landed the Greetings from the 216 for the win.
Taylor grabbed the microphone and speculated about who paid him to take out Christopher Daniels a few weeks ago. He then said that nobody paid him — he did it on his own.
Colt Cabana was in the ring and introduced Flip Gordon. He asked Gordon what his plans are for 2019. Gordon responded by saying that his next mission was to cash in his title opportunity for the ROH World Championship.
Kenny King interrupted and said that he can take his title shot and put it in the garbage. King said that he was the last man to pin Jay Lethal. King then showed footage of himself pinning Lethal at a close angle — as to not reveal that his feet were on the ropes. King proceeded to call Gordon a phony and say that Gordon was a weekend warrior who was only brave enough to join the reserves.
The next match was supposed to be Villain Enterprises (Marty Scurll, Brody King & PCO) challenging ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions The Kingdom (Matt Taven, Vinny Marseglia & TK O’Ryan). However, Taven came out with a mic.
Taven asked why Villain Enterprises thought they deserved a shot at the Kingdom — because they didn’t earn it. This led to Taven bringing out a replacement team — the Shinobi Shadow Squad of Cheeseburger, Eli Isom & Ryan Nova.
Villain Enterprises (Marty Scurll, Brody King & PCO) defeated Shinobi Shadow Squad (Cheeseburger, Eli Isom & Ryan Nova)
After the commercial, Isom was getting decimated by King with a running senton and a flipping back splash. Isom finally got a break and landed a suplex on King, allowing him to tag in Cheeseburger. Cheeseburger came in and landed a nice flying senton onto Scurll.
PCO came in and let Cheeseburger punch him. He then dragged Scurll to the corner and made his own tag. PCO stomped around waiting for Cheeseburger but missed a splash in the corner. Cheeseburger tagged out — and in came Nova. A big knee didn’t phase PCO. Cheeseburger jumped on the back of PCO and hooked on a sleeper, which also didn’t effect him.
Finally, the Shadow Squad were able to break free. They all went for dives, but all three were caught and took chokeslams for their efforts. Nova was left alone in the ring. He ate a buckle bomb, a gonzo bomb, and a PCO moonsault. That allowed Villain Enterprises to pick up the win.
The show ended with words from Bully Ray. He was shown in front of a camp fire, spraying lighter fluid on it. Clips from Bully’s I Quit match against Flip Gordon from Final Battle aired, and Bully said that he never said “I quit.”
The unlkely career resurgence of Pierre Carl Ouellet took another amazing turn when he signed a deal with Ring of Honor just a few weeks shy of his 51st birthday. I recently talked with the man known as PCO about his wrestling career revival, the ROH deal, how his life has changed, and more.
You can check out Monday Night PCO with he and Destro on Facebook and Twitter every Monday at 7 PM Eastern as well as a shorter talk he did with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive on Wrestling Observer Live from last week, available via video or streaming audio.
Justin Knipper: After the WALTER match in 2018, when did you realize that this was going to be more than just one show in the year? When did you clear it with your family or discuss your new schedule and what kind of life changes have you had to make?
PCO: Well, I had to quit my regular job, which was a pretty good deal. When I knew I’d like to switch was when my schedule started getting pretty full, three dates per week in a month. That’s when I decided to quit the job that I had so I could fully concentrate on pro wrestling and to fully concentrate on the goals I wanted to achieve, the ones that I’ve wanted my whole life since I was 14 years old.
And so, I went to my 10 year old daughter and her mom and talked with her grandparents to make sure everything would be ok. The big deal is (her) going to school and to see her whenever I’m available. And on my days off, I’m with her, keeping our relationship the same.
Her mom has been great, the family’s been great, and everybody has been pretty cool about when I decided to concentrate on pro wrestling. Some people were skeptical, like I was out of my mind a little bit. But as I was getting more and more intense about it and was getting more and more bookings, I just started to believe in myself and believe in what I was doing. I needed to burn the ships. It’s like if you were in a war and you burned the ships with all your soldiers; it’s either you make it or you don’t make it. There’s no going back and that’s what I did. I gambled everything and we’re in an age where people don’t really gamble that much, so it paid off.
JMK: Around which month did you realize it would become pretty serious?
PCO: I would say around August. From after Wrestlemania weekend in New Orleans on April 6th, I only had Chicago on the 21st and a show in Montreal. So with the WALTER match, I only had like three other shows in April and then it started to get going in May. I had like ten dates in May, and then by June it was getting full. In June and July, I was doing three to four dates a week, so working pretty much full time from there. April was kind of slow, May was kind of slow, and then in June and July, it was like boom-boom-boom-boom, fully stacked every week.
JMK: When did ROH contact you?
PCO: It was when I was gone in Germany for a ten day tour in November. Throughout the whole year, they hit me up a few times, but I felt like it wasn’t serious enough for me to get back to them. Maybe they were just trying to see what was going on with me, so I turned a few opportunities down. I don’t want to mention any companies or anything like that as I don’t wanna make anybody look bad or anything, but I turned the two offers down. ROH was asking if I had a contract but nothing more than that, and then it got serious when I was in Germany.
So, I signed with them in December. It was a perfect fit for me and I made the right choice. They were really professional with me and really interested in me, and it made me feel the same way toward them. I felt as mutually attracted to them as they were to me, you know, so it was a perfect match for where I was in my career.
I really like the way they let their talent express their creative sides. It’s not so much writers writing things for guys, but it’s the guys coming up with ideas and working together with the company. There are some companies who tell you you have to do this or you have to do that, but sometimes you feel it’s not connected to your personality or your values. Sometimes the character doesn’t fit the person or the person doesn’t fit the character. ROH creative really works with the talent and that’s what I like about it.
JMK: How about the locker room people behind the scenes in ROH? How does it differ from other territories you’ve worked in the past?
PCO: It’s a cool dressing room and a cool atmosphere. So far, I’m very impressed. But, you know, it’s like any place where you start. You’re not gonna be friends with everybody right on the first day. There’s that process where people get to know you, you get to know people, things like that. It’s something that takes a little time, but it’s a good thing for me with ROH because I was already good friends with Marty Scurll from 2008. And I had been on the road almost every weekend for a full year already, so I had seen a lot of Brody King on the road and we worked a lot against each other in MLW at one point, you know, so the chemistry was already there.
JMK: Who came up with the idea to put you three together?
PCO: I’d say Marty and the ROH creative together. From what I heard, Marty had a lot to say.
I think it’s a good idea because Brody King is like the big monster, very strong and tall, you know, full of tattoos across his body, and then you got Marty who is a genius in the ring, a pure villain. He snaps the fingers, does pure wrestling, cheating, all kinds of things. (He’s) probably one of the greatest heels out there now. And you got PCO, the Not Human, (a character) pretty similar to his life, got nailed down, got beat up, and he gets up and he always gets back up. No matter what hits him, he always gets back up, always fighting. Not human, you know? Doing big moonsaults, big flying moves, big power moves…
If you look at top guys similar to the Young Bucks and Cody, a comparison with them is like comparing me to a Lamborghini. You could say which one is the fastest or whatever, but if you compare a tank with a Ferarri, it’s like two different machines. There’s almost no comparison because there are different styles now. I think that’s the coolest thing about (it). It’s totally different. With a non-human like PCO, you gotta have moments during the match where it’s just gonna be a big moment, something special.
Instead of a flashy thing, when PCO goes up to the top rope for a moonsault, people are expecting a moonsault … he crushes the first rope, he crushes the second rope, he crushes the top rope, and boom, he goes, he weighs like a thousand pounds, you know? Just landing a moonsault, turning over just at the last second, it’s almost like he’s not gonna make it and at the last minute he switches his body and makes that moonsault, just hit it, and the crowd goes insane, man. And that’s who we are. I mean, the three of us, if you combine all the qualities of the three guys it’s like, it’s…it’s pretty crazy. Pretty sick.
JMK: You mentioned you’re doing the moonsaults, the topes, and a lot of the moves that people say are dangerous. Your in-ring style is still in line with how it was in the 90s, but it’s more extreme now. What made you decide to do that?
PCO: I had to crank it up a few notches to be with the top guys in the world, to become the best. Maybe not “the best”, but you have guys with different styles, power styles, technique wrestlers. There’re so many styles, but the thing is becoming a top draw in this business, drawing people, drawing interest. The Not Human, you know? I think doing other gimmicks before where sometimes you’re doing something pretty crazy, but now, it makes sense not being human. If something big happens to me and I keep on getting back up or keep on fighting they’ll say, “He’s just not human.” Which, a lot of times people will say it’s unnecessary, but if I do it, it’s because I feel it’s necessary, and when I do it, I know there is a reason why it’s happening.
I’m the only one who can judge when the time is right or not or whatever timing is right. But one thing’s for sure. It makes the Not Human French-Canadian Frankenstein the perfect character to go with the style that I’ve got now because it all made sense together, whatever happens to me. It was really the perfect fit: the perfect fit with ROH, the perfect fit with Destro and finding that Frankenstein character. It fits me like a glove.
JMK: You mentioned Destro. Is he your real trainer?
PCO: Yeah, he’s a super genius in real life as far as trainers go, the best in the world. That’s why I give him a lot of credit for my success because I felt like it was the last dream, that my dream was that soon to be realized. It was like the last hope, you know, getting him to train me, to feel his knowledge. He’s so creative and is very, very passionate with every thing he does, almost like an extremist. When I start something, I’m pretty hard (on myself) at everything I have to do to obtain success and he’s pretty much the same way.
So, when two brains and two spirits together are working in the same direction without jealousy or anything like that, when everybody is in line with everything they want to do in life, working together with him is a blessing in my life. It was the perfect crossroad when I saw him at the gym and asked him if he wanted to train me and I decided to go for it.
And here we are today talking about a lot of great things that were accomplished last year. The beginning of the new year started pretty well and I think it was all worth it to have him as a personal trainer but also as a creator, because he’s the one that came up with the Frankenstein character. It’s pretty cool.
JMK: Speaking of training, I heard you have been doing different types of physical training with some martial arts and some gymnastics. What other kinds of training have you been using for the pro wrestling ring?
PCO: I’ve done a lot of a lot of Brazilian Jiujitsu but it doesn’t really work out with the kind of monster I am. It doesn’t mean I won’t have a submission hold at one point and that could something to look forward to eventually. I keep on rolling when I do have the time. I didn’t have much time in 2018, but I kept going here and there when I could and I really like it.
I did a lot of striking also. I used that a little bit in 2017, a little bit in 2018 and I kind of stopped doing the striking with my kickpads. But I have been using a little more of my kicks and a couple of karate moves I’ve been practicing over the past five or six years.
Gymnastics has obviously helped with the moonsault, big time. I don’t know how many I’ve done because I was spending days (training), but like 300 or 500, 600 moonsaults (training) in the last year, I was practicing other things too, but there are things that I do that don’t fit the character that I would really like to do. Crush every rope and boom. That moonsault though, it gets people going. Who knows? There might be some surprises for 2019. I’ll keep doing what works and we’ll see how it goes.
JMK: Is there anybody you want to work with this year specifically?
PCO: Like I’ve said before, my goal was to wrestle at WrestleMania. I thought Undertaker would have been a good match for me as style-wise, it’s a little bit similar. Putting people into a coffin or casket, and me, I’m sleeping in a casket, so it’s like PCO is coming back from the dead and resurrected, but Undertaker is more like someone that cannot die so I thought there’d be a really good feud there.
But going to Madison Square Garden (in April), I feel like I’m right on my goal and right on target. Going back to Madison Square Garden, I have been there many times, maybe, I don’t know, 10 or 15 times, and it’s one of the most prestigious arenas in the world and it sold out in less than 20-25 minutes. And going there with ROH, I mean, I am on a great ship for me with Villain Enterprises. I feel like I’m right there, you know, right on top, at the most prestigious arena in the world.
As expected, this match began with some unique chain wrestling. Williams stomped the ankles of Sabre and went to work on the legs. Sabre used a nice roll out and a cravat, but Williams countered the counter into a pin attempt. Sabre caught the leg of Williams, but Williams escaped with an arm lock. A standoff led into the commercial break.
For a moment, Williams took control and landed a Death Valley Driver that earned him a near fall. He followed that up with a couple of strong forearm strikes, kicks, and chops. Sabre was able to counter into a calf slicer. Sabre left his arm open — and again Williams escaped with an arm lock, which he used to transition into a Texas cloverleaf. Sabre then rolled him up to escape.
They had a back-and-forth chop exchange that earned Sabre the edge as he targeted Williams’ previously injured shoulder. Sabre hooked on his variation of the octopus, captured the wounded shoulder, and Williams had no choice but to submit.
Beer City Bruiser confronted Silas Young about their friendship ending. These two will square off next week.
ROH Tag Team Champions The Briscoes said that SoCal Uncensored would not be happy about invoking their rematch clause.
Dr. Britt Baker & Madison Rayne defeated Twisted Sisterz (Thunder Rosa & Holidead)
Rayne started it off with Holidead and managed a few roll-ups before tagging out. Baker came in and landed a slingblade on Holidead. The Sisterz took over with a back drop suplex splash.
After the break, Baker used a superkick to get the hot tag to Rayne. Rosa cut her off immediately — but her showboating caught up with her as Rayne landed a cutter out of nowhere. A double-team move by the Sisterz left Baker alone with both of them. Another double-team attempt backfired, which allowed Baker to hit a pumphandle fallaway slam on Rosa for the win.
ROH Tag Team Champions The Briscoes defeated SoCal Uncensored (Scorpio Sky & Frankie Kazarian) to retain their titles
Before the bell, SCU began launching chairs at the Briscoes, just as the Briscoes had done to them in the past. The Briscoes finally got the upper hand on Sky. They used some patented Briscoe double-team moves until Sky was finally able to make a desperation tag to Kazarian, who came in with a head of steam.
Kazarian hit a combo DDT and stunner on both brothers. He dumped them to the outside, which allowed Sky to hit a massive running flip dive over the top rope to the floor. That sent us to the commercial break.
Upon return, the Briscoes were working over the neck of Kazarian. Jay effectively used his striking — but just as he thought he had control, Kazarian floated over and dropped Jay with a lungblower that gave Sky the opportunity to hit an outside-in slingshot cutter. Kazarian went for the pin, but Jay kicked out at two.
Sky tagged in. SCU went for a double-team move, but Mark grabbed the legs of Kazarian. The Briscoes fought back, but it was short lived as Kazarian managed to use a slingshot on Mark into a cutter. SCU attempted to put away the Briscoes with an assisted tornado DDT on Jay, but he kicked out at two again.
The referee was distracted trying to get Sky out of the ring, which created enough of a distraction for Jay to rake the eyes of Kazarian and for Mark to throw in a chair. Neither team was able to use the chair, so the match continued. SCU seemingly had won the titles back with a combination lungblower and uranage, but Mark pulled the referee out just as he was about to count to three.
Kazarian went after Mark with a slingshot hurricanrana that connected — but it also took out the referee. Jay, seeing that the referee was down, grabbed the chair and waffled Sky in the back. For good measure, Mark tattooed Kazarian with a chair as well.
It looked like it was all over for SCU as the Briscoes set up for the Doomsday Device, but Sky had recovered enough to get back in the ring and use another leaping hurricanrana just as Kazarian rolled through with a victory roll. The crowd counted to three — but there was no referee to make it official. A second referee came down, with Jay kicking out.
Jay regained control and used a Jay Driller to end Sky’s night. The Briscoes landed their superplex and froggy elbow combo, but Kazarian kicked out. Kazarian fought back valiantly, but the Briscoes made him pay with the Redneck Boogey. Mark held Kazarian’s shoulders down for the three count.
After the main event, Marty Scurll was in the ring and was about to address the parting of The Young Bucks, Cody Rhodes, and Hangman Page, but The Kingdom came down. Just as they were about to jump Scurll, the lights went out. When they came on, Brody King was in the ring standing next to Scurll.
The lights went out again and lightning flashed on the screen. This time, the lights came on to reveal that PCO was now also in the ring. King hit a sit-down piledriver on Vinny Marseglia. PCO then went to the top turnbuckle and hit a moonsault onto all three members of The Kingdom. Scurll, King, and PCO stood tall as Scurll announced the name of their faction is Villain Enterprises.
A six-man tag match is set for Ring of Honor’s second show of 2019.
ROH has announced that Villain Enterprises (Marty Scurll, PCO & Brody King) will face The Briscoes & Silas Young at Honor Reigns Supreme in Concord, North Carolina on Sunday, January 13. The show will stream live on HonorClub.
PCO and King made their ROH debuts at the promotion’s post-Final Battle television tapings earlier this month, with them being revealed as Scurll’s stablemates in Villain Enterprises and helping Scurll even the odds against The Kingdom. They also teamed against Cheeseburger, Eli Isom & Ryan Nova at the tapings as part of a storyline where The Kingdom said Villain Enterprises don’t deserve a shot at their ROH Six-Man Tag Team titles yet.
ROH’s next TV tapings will take place at Center Stage in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday, January 12.
Here’s the updated card for Honor Reigns Supreme:
ROH World Champion Jay Lethal defending against Dalton Castle
Women of Honor World Champion Kelly Klein defending against Jenny Rose
Villain Enterprises (Marty Scurll, PCO & Brody King) vs. The Briscoes & Silas Young
ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champions The Kingdom (Matt Taven, Vinny Marseglia & TK O’Ryan) vs. Hurricane Helms, Delirious & Luchasaurus in a proving ground match (If Helms, Delirious & Luchasaurus win or the match ends in a time-limit draw, they’ll get a future shot at The Kingdom’s Six-Man titles)
Tony Schiavone and Rich Bocchini welcomed us to a special Christmas Day edition of MLW Fusion. We immediately cut backstage to PCO where he reminds us all that he is not human, that Brody King is going to feel the electricity, that King is going to suffer, and that PCO is going to make his life hell.
PCO defeated Brody King in a no disqualification match (9:47)
This was a wild brawl. PCO put his body on the line with some crazy and risk high flying manuevers to pick up the win.
There was no messing around at the start of this match as it took PCO less than 30 seconds to launch himself through the ropes with a suicide dive onto King on the outside. The brawling continued on the outside as they exchanged chops and attacks around the guardrail. Brody used a chair to gain the upper hand as they made their way up the ramp but PCO soon fought his way back with a DDT on the floor and a hangman slingshot to the underside of the guard rail.
PCO then set up King on a table and made his way up the steps through the crowd. He appeared at a the top of a balcony as the “please don’t die” chants were heard from the crowd. PCO then jumped from the balcony with a senton bomb from what must be at least 15 foot in the air. King moved from the table at the last second and PCO crashed to the floor, only barely clipping the table on the way down so his back and hip took the brunt of the impact on the concrete floor.
That didn’t slow “Frankenstein” down for too long though as they both slowly made their way back to the ring where King brought a guardrail in with him. PCO eventually ended up taking a back drop into the rail as it was set up in the corner. Both fighters made their way to the top rope where King got knocked off. There was some confusion between the referee and King as PCO set up for a moonsault. The referee ended up on the mat as PCO dove off with his moonsault and landed on the referee instead of King.
He then automatically tried to pin the ref as King took advantage of the confusion and dragged PCO off and hit him with a piledriver. A second referee appeared but King was only able to get a two count. King, frustrated, then brought multiple steel chairs into the ring and set them up facing each other to form a makeshift table. PCO fought back though and ended up chokeslamming King onto the chairs to pick up the win.
— We cut backstage with Kaci Lennox and MJF. She asks him why he challenged Puma King to a flag match. MJF said that hard working American jobs are being sold away by luchadores. He is sick of it and once he is done with Puma King, the phrase “skinning the cat” will be taken litteraly.
Myron Reed defeated Ace Austin (7:13)
This was a highly athletic match between two top prospects in the middleweight division that saw Reed getting the win.
A test of strength double downs with duelling bridges started us off. There were some nice exchanges with close near falls which showed off both guys’ athleticism. Austin took the early advantage with some high kicks, a running knee, and a springboard spinning kick to the head. Austin then followed up with a big Fosberry Flop to the outside. Back inside, Austin tried to continue the assault from the top rope but Reed was able to shove him off to the guardrail on the outside. This gave Reed the opportunity to get back into the match, and boy, did he take it. He ran from corner to corner, launched himself over the ring post, and hit Austin with a huge suicide senton.
Reed kept on the advantage in the ring with two cutters, the second being a springboard version from the middle rope, which got a two count. Austin stayed in the match though and after a quick exchange on the ring apron, he hit a springboard twisting leg drop from the top rope to the back of Reed’s head for another two count. Reed came back again though and went for another springboard cutter, but Austin was able to catch him and roll through into a victory roll, but Reed reversed that too for another close two count.
Austin then had Reed up for a suplex but ended up on the receiving end of another cutter after a smooth reversal from Reed in mid air. The finish came when Austin launched himself into the ring and went for another modified reverse victory roll but Reed caught him, sat down on the pinning attempt and picked up the flash three count for the win.
Puma King (w/Konnan) defeated MJF (w/Aria Blake) in a flag match (7:19)
This was a fun match to finish up the Christmas day edition of MLW Fusion. The winner would be the first man to capture their country’s flag. MJF was accompanied by Aria Blake and took the mic before the match got started. He insulted the crowd saying they couldn’t speak English and said tonight was about America vs Mexico. Puma King, who was accompanied by Konnan, interrupted him by making his entrance to the ring.
Both fighters tried to get their flag early on which brought Konnan into the action. We were told there were no disqualifications so the interference from Konnan was legal. MJF hit a big Fosberry Flop to the outside early on, but King replied soon after with a middle rope springboard cross body to the floor. The action stayed on the outside where they brawled with chops and whips into the guard rail. King backdropped MJF into the crowd and followed up with a senton dive.
Back in the ring, King was distracted by Blake which gave MJF the chance to take the advantage. After a MJF chin lock, King came back into the match with a kick to the back of MJF’s head. They made their way to the corner where MJF tied up King in the tree of woe but King powered up and headscissored MJF off the top rope. King tried to follow up from the top rope but MJF pushed the ref into the ropes which crotched King on the top.
MJF went up to meet King but ate a power bomb from the top rope for his troubles. King then went to the opposite corner and captured his flag for the win, not before planting a kiss on Blake as she tried to stop him from obtaining the Mexican flag.
PCO and Brody King made their debut in ROH tonight, forming a stable with Marty Scurll.
Scurll was in the ring during tonight’s tapings in Philadelphia when The Kingdom came down to confront him. Taven mocked him. saying that he had no backup. It was then that Villian Enterprises, consisting of PCO and Brody King, came out to assist.
It seemed like the new trio were to take on The Kingdom later on in the tapings for the six man titles. However, the Kingdom came out and said that the group did not deserve a title shot. They instead faced Cheeseburger, Eli Isom and Ryan Nova, which they took care of easily.
Both PCO and King were reported to be coming here in the last couple of weeks. PCO has had several stunts in WWE, WCW and Impact but has experienced a career resurgence as of late, with a high profile match against WALTER during WrestleMania weekend putting him back on the indy scene map. He also competed in this year’s PWG Battle of Los Angeles.
Brody King has also made waves in the last year, wrestling in PWG, DEFY and MLW.
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.
PCO (Carl Ouellet), who has built a second career as a monster powerhouse on the indies at the age of 50, is headed to ROH.
MLW confirmed that Ouellet left the promotion and would be unable to fulfill his remaining dates, saying he had the best offer of his career, which immediately led to speculation it was WWE. However, the offer came from ROH.
Ouellet’s first career was as Carl Wallace in Puerto Rico, and then Pierre of the Quebecers tag team and finally Jean-Pierre Lafitte, a pirate, from 1987 to 2000, which included being a star in Puerto Rico, a tag team champion in WWF with Jacques Rougeau, and someone on the roster in WCW.
He bounced around the independent scene, mostly in Quebec, until announcing his retirement in 2011.
He returned in 2016 with a new gimmick as The French Frankenstein, PCO, and started generating buzz, particularly after a match with WALTER in New Orleans over WrestleMania weekend.
Also departing MLW for another offer was Brody King, who has also pulled out of all his dates with MLW.
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.
