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MLW Fusion results: Jacob Fatu vs. Mads Krugger, Killer Kross and Gangrel return

Posted on by Iain Oliver

Joe Dombrowski and Rich Bocchini welcomed us to Charlotte, North Carolina, and ran down tonight’s card: a Stairway To Hell match between Jacob Fatu and Mads Krugger, the return of Gangrel and Killer Kross, and the announcement from Cesar Duran on whether or not he is stripping Alex Hammerstone of the MLW Heavyweight title.

Killer Kross defeated Budd Heavy

Kross made light work of cult favorite Heavy by dropping him on his head with a Saito suplex, hitting a running forearm to the back of the head and causing a referee stoppage by hammering the back of Heavy’s head and neck with repeated forearms.

Kross gave Heavy two free shots at the start of the match before dropping him with a big boot while Heavy revved up for a third shot.

Hopefully, Kross stays around for a while as he will give the main event scene a nice shake-up with some fresh matches. The last time we saw Kross was a one-off appearance in the middle of the Von Erichs vs. Team Filthy feud before he signed with WWE for his run in NXT.

– We were then going to hear a joint announcement from Duran and Richard Holliday regarding Hammerstone’s World title but as Holliday was entering through the curtain, Hammerstone jumped him and they brawled to the back.

– To make up for the lost time, we cut to Los Parks for their latest culinary infomercial from their family restaurant. An unhappy customer questioned them on their chili sandwich and Los Parks beat him down before asking us to give them a good review on Yelp.

Gangrel defeated Gnarls Garvin

Garvin got on the mic, asked for an opponent, and got one in the returning Gangrel.

Gangrel was walking gingerly on his left leg but put in a good amount of time and can still do what he needs to have a decent match. There was no fire entrance, goblet, “red viscous liquid” or his fantastic Brood theme, but he still had the mannerisms and the fangs of the old 1999 Gangrel.

This started as a walk and brawl in and out of the ring, but the interest cranked up when Gangrel started using his circular sickle knife to cut away at Garvin’s forehead. We then got the announcement that is was no disqualification — thank goodness or Gangrel would have felt like a fool.

That was the beginning of the end for Garvin as after some more punishment to his busted open forehead by Gangrel’s fangs, he missed a top rope splash and was hit with Gangrel’s Impaler DDT to give the returning star the win.

– TJP walked in on Duran while he was on his phone talking about an investigation into his actions. He wanted to carry some gold instead of these “indie darlings,” so Duran granted him a Middleweight title shot. This angered EJ Nduka who was listening in to the conversation. Nduka demanded a shot at 5150 after they attacked him and spray-painted him, so Duran granted that match, too. 

Duran then had to quickly leave as he got word Hammerstone was chasing Holliday around the building. The camera cut to the chase as Holliday was trying to call Alicia Atout for a way out, but Hammerstone ripped his shirt off and continued the chase.

– Savio Vega was then shown sneaking into Duran’s unattended office, pocketing some cash and releasing Micro Man from a suitcase.

Mads Krugger defeated Jacob Fatu in a Stairway to Hell match

A Baklei War Club and Maliliu Cane (Singapore cane wrapped in razor wire) hung high above the ring.

This started at 100 mph as the near seven-foot Krugger dove through the ropes and took out Fatu who was holding a ladder on the outside. Fatu came back and hit a big Samoan drop before hitting his impressive handspring moonsault while a ladder laid on top of Krugger.

Krugger beat down Fatu for a while, but Fatu reversed a whip and sent Krugger upside down and headfirst into a ladder in the corner. Give him credit: Krugger had his crazy bumping boots on tonight.

Fatu headbutted Krugger off the top of the ladder and brought his cane into action. A few shots to the back and the head had Krugger busted open.

After a commercial break, Fatu hit a chair-assisted coast to coast onto Krugger as the stunts and bumps continued to the delight of the crowd.

Fatu set up a table in the center of the ring but as wrestling law goes, he who sets up a table goes through said table. Both climbed a ladder in the corner and Krugger superplexed Fatu through his own table. 

Fatu fought back and looked to have the match firmly in his control after a superkick and a uranage. But former CONTRA teammate Ikuro Kwon passed Krugger his club to use and Fatu was knocked out. He was then on the receiving end of a reverse tree slam to give the win to Krugger.

After the match, Krugger said CONTRA was reborn and he will build it in his image. As he finished talking, Fatu took him out with a chair shot before officials and referees pulled them apart, so look for this feud to continue.

– Backstage, Hammerstone was still chasing Holliday. The champion caught him and ripped his pants off this time. Holliday somehow escaped Hammerstone’s clutches and ran from the building in his underwear into a waiting limousine with Atout.

Next week:

  • MLW Tag Team Champions 5150 defend against EJ Nduka & a mystery partner

Six-man tag match set for MLW Azteca Underground tapings

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Rivals Alex Hammerstone and Richard Holliday are facing off in six-man tag team action at MLW’s Azteca Underground event in Dallas.

MLW has announced that Hammerstone & The Von Erichs (Marshall & Ross Von Erich) vs. Holliday, King Muertes & Mads Krugger will take place at the Friday, April 1 Azteca Underground tapings. The tapings are being held at Gilley’s Dallas.

Hammerstone and Holliday were formerly stablemates in The Dynasty. On an episode of MLW Fusion that aired last month, Holliday turned against Hammerstone and got together with Alicia Atout.

Atout will be in Holliday’s corner for the six-man tag match.

Hammerstone is the current MLW World Heavyweight Champion. He won the title from Jacob Fatu last October.

MLW also has a set of television tapings at Gilley’s Dallas on Thursday, March 31. “Intimidation Games” is the name of that set of tapings.

The updated card for the Azteca Underground show is listed below:

  • Azteca Apocalypto match: LA Park vs. Jacob Fatu
  • Alex Hammerstone & The Von Erichs vs. Richard Holliday, King Muertes & Mads Krugger
  • Bandido vs. Flamita
  • nZo vs. KC Navarro
  • MLW National Openweight Champion Alex Kane defends against Puma King, ACH, and Myron Reed in a four-way match
  • Mexican strap match: Aramis vs. Gino Medina
  • Aerostar, Microman & El Dragon vs. Arez, Mini Abismo Negro, and a mystery partner
  • Octagon Jr. vs. Matt Cross
  • Chik Tormenta vs. Holidead

Alex Shelley vs. Richard Holliday added to MLW SuperFight

Posted on by Joseph Currier

A new match has been added to this month’s MLW television tapings.

Alex Shelley will face Richard Holliday at MLW SuperFight in Charlotte, North Carolina on Saturday, February 26. The tapings are being held at the Grady Cole Center.

Following the main event of last week’s MLW Fusion, Holliday turned against his friend Alex Hammerstone and got together with Alicia Atout. Hammerstone retained his MLW World Heavyweight Championship against Pagano after Holliday helped him fight off interference by Azteca henchmen. Atout was going to interview Hammerstone after the match, but she instead low blowed him with the microphone. Holliday then attacked Hammerstone and posed with Hammerstone’s title belt.

Last week’s Fusion went off the air with Holliday and Atout making out.

“The controversial couple [Holliday and Atout] promises to continue shocking the world of MLW and vows to make SuperFight a memorable night as they tease breaking a few taboos and bones as they start a new chapter together as MLW’s power couple,” MLW wrote.

“Standing across the ring will be a true fighting artist in Alex Shelley. Shelley, who debuted in MLW last fall, enters the match with a standout career, collecting championships in virtually every organization he’s competed in from the United States to Japan and all points in-between.”

Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat is set to appear at SuperFight and — in storyline — is the matchmaker for the show. Here’s the updated lineup:

  • MLW World Heavyweight Champion Alex Hammerstone defends against Davey Richards
  • Stairway to Hell match: Jacob Fatu vs. Mads Krugger
  • MLW National Openweight Champion Alex Kane defends against Calvin Tankman, Matt Cross, and ACH in a four-way match
  • nZo vs. KC Navarro
  • Alex Shelley vs. Richard Holliday
  • Killer Kross returns to MLW
  • Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat appears
  • Ricky & Kerry Morton make their MLW debut
  • Puma King in action

MLW Azteca results: Tag Team title match, Barrio Brawl, street fight

Posted on by Ian Carey

This week’s MLW Azteca opened with a scene outside the arena. Cesar Duran was confronted by MLW World Champion Alexander Hammerstone and Richard Holliday. Hammerstone recently escaped from having been kidnapped by some of Duran’s masked henchmen and so is not too pleased with the MLW matchmaker at the moment. 

Hammerstone got in Duran’s face, but Holliday pulled him away, saying that it was a trap. Duran said if Hammerstone hits him, he’ll automatically be stripped of the title. He also told Holliday that he’ll face Pagano in a falls count anywhere match tonight. 

Duran also said Hammerstone will defend his title next week, though he never named a challenger (later revealed to be Octagon Jr.). 

MLW Tag Team Champions 5150 (Rivera & Slice Boogie) defeated Aerostar & Drago to retain the titles

Before the match, Rivera cut a promo in Spanish that the live crowd did not take kindly to. Boogie then got on the mic and said that when he was a kid, he thought Mexico was beautiful but now that he’s in Tijuana for the first time, he thinks it’s a piece of sh*t.

It was also played up how 5150 cost Aerostar his title match last week against National Openweight Champion Alex Kane. 

After both teams exchanged moves early, Aerostar & Drago got the first bit of sustained offense after Aerostar delivered a springboard cannonball to the outside. Not long after, Boogie made a blind tag and delivered a suplex to Aerostar for a two count. That led to 5150 working on Aerostar with quick tags and double team moves for a bit. 

The commentary team kept bringing up how it was odd that Konnan wasn’t ringside with 5150. 

Drago tagged in, but 5150 were able to take turns working on him after quick tags as well. Aerostar and Drago fought back again and Aerostar got a near fall on Boogie with a cutter. He then got another near fall on Rivera shortly after with a tornado DDT. 

5150 turned things around shortly after, ending things with a double foot stomp assisted death valley driver on Aerostar for the win. 

— Alex Kane and Mr. Thomas were interviewed in the back. Kane said things were going great with the Bomaye Fight Club and they even have a new sponsor. They unveiled new shirts with a drawing of a baby crying on them and their new sponsor was “Crybaby Calvin.” They said a portion of the shirt sales would go to help Calvin Tankman with his legal bills as Kane previously pressed charges on Tankman for attacking him in a parking lot. 

— A video aired showing Hammerstone being attacked and kidnapped by the Azteca Underground henchmen was shown. It was speculated that Hammerstone was injured following the attack. 

— We cut backstage where Richard Holliday was very nervous about his match with Pagano. Hammerstone and Alicia Atout attempted to calm him down. Holliday asked if they had any weapons he could use. Hammerstone presented him with a bottle of pills from a Tijuana pharmacy, but Holliday said it would take a month for those to kick in before leaving for his match. References to Mexican pharmacies have become sort of a thing for The Dynasty when MLW goes to Mexico. 

Proximo defeated Toto

On commentary, it was brought up that the winner of this match could be seen on MLW Azteca more frequently if they impress Duran. 

Toto got the early advantage with a tope. He followed that up with a German suplex and springboard armdrag. Proximo then came back and hit a headscissors and his own springboard armdrag. Toto then went back on offense after he hit a canadian destroyer on the outside.

Proximo fought back and hit a headscissors, dropkick, and tope on his opponent. When they got back in the ring, Proximo then hit a Spanish Fly off the top, stuck his foot on the bottom rope for leverage, and got the three count. 

It was announced in a video that when MLW heads to Charlotte on February 26th, Hammerstone will defend his MLW World title against Opera Cup winner Davey Richards. Richards was recently attacked backstage and had his Opera Cup trophy stolen, but we don’t know by who. 

Von Erichs promo 

It was announced on Twitter that the Von Erichs have tested positive for COVID-19 and won’t be on Saturday’s Blood and Thunder show from Dallas, but they still ran a video from Kauai, Hawaii, featuring the brothers talking about their now-postponed title shot against 5150 on that show. 

Marshall and Ross talked about how it will be hard for 5150 to talk as much as they do when they have the claw on them. They told Dallas to plan the parade because they are coming home. This was sad because they aren’t coming home and won’t be on that show. The whole angle had been the Von Erichs trying to win a title in Dallas, something their family hasn’t done in 40 years. Them not being on that show is a blow as they haven’t performed in MLW since last July. 

Jacob Fatu promo

Fatu talked about being the son of the Tonga Kid, living in Sacramento, and how much he loves his family. Fatu continued to talk about watching The Usos while in jail and training with his uncle, Rikishi. He didn’t talk at all about losing his title to Hammerstone or his fallout with the members of Contra Unit. 

Later in the show, the commentary team noted that Fatu sounded like he had a different mindset and attitude during this video. 

Pagano defeated Richard Holliday in a Barrio Brawl match

Duran welcomed everyone to the Barrio Brawl. They looked to be in an old gymnasium or rec center. 

Pagano attacked Holliday with a chair and the two brawled around the area, hitting each other with chairs and punches. Eventually, the melee spilled outside and kept going through the commercial break.

Holliday appeared to be getting the better of the fight and went to finish Pagano off with a chair shot. As he was about to, he got distracted by Duran. After Holliday turned his attention to him, the referee (an Azteca Underground masked henchman) wrapped something around Holliday’s neck and began to choke him. 

Duran trash talked Holliday while the referee continued to choke him. Pagano then punched Holliday and pinned him.

Mads Krugger defeated Bestia 666 in a Tijuana street fight

Things started off with a real David vs. Goliath story. Bestia 666 is from Tijuana and was a clear crowd favorite. He tried to land strikes and use his quickness to gain the early advantage, but Krugger quickly took control.

Bestia fought back a little bit after landing a headscissors to Krugger on the outside. He tried hitting Krugger with chairs but even those seemed to have little impact. Krugger quickly fought back and hit Bestia with a chair in return. 

Krugger continued on offense until Bestia began fighting back by hitting Krugger with all kinds of plunder. He settled on a cheese grater as his weapon of choice and hit his opponent with it several times. Krugger then hit a backbreaker to go back on offense before we went to commercial. 

Bestia began to fight back again after the break. He hit Krugger with a chair several times before he returned to using the cheese grater. 

Bestia remained on offense until Krugger caught him coming off the ropes, giving him a full nelson facebuster on a chair for the win.  

It was then announced that El Hijo Del Vikingo will defend his AAA Mega Championship against Aramis, and Alexander Hammerstone will defend his MLW title against Octagon Jr. next week. 

Krugger stood tall on the stage to close the show. 

Final Thoughts: 

This was a fun show. It still feels like we have a big mystery revolving around Duran developing, although nothing major was revealed this week. 

Last week, we saw that there were rooms with the labels “Salina” and “Killshot” on them in the building where Hammerstone was being held by the Azteca Underground henchmen. I’m wondering if that is perhaps alluding to the return of Salina de la Renta, who had also previously been kidnapped in MLW storyline. “Killshot” was Swerve Scott’s alter ego in Lucha Underground, so it makes me wonder if he’s returning too. Interesting stuff.

It is similar to how Lucha Underground had this aura of mystery around Dario Cueto. It’ll be interesting to see how far they go with the Cesar Duran character. 

War Chamber match set for November MLW TV tapings

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Team Hammerstone and Contra Unit are going to war at November’s MLW television tapings.

MLW has announced that Alex Hammerstone, Richard Holliday, EJ Nduka, and a partner will face Contra’s Jacob Fatu, Mads Krugger, Ikuro Kwon & Josef Samael in a War Chamber match at next month’s TV tapings in Philadelphia. The tapings are being held at the 2300 Arena on Saturday, November 6.

Hammerstone defeated Fatu to win the MLW World Heavyweight Championship at Fightland last week. On this Wednesday’s episode of Fusion: Alpha, Samael said Fightland wasn’t the end and the final battle between Hammerstone and Contra is in sight. Samael challenged Hammerstone to face Contra in a War Chamber match. Hammerstone responded by accepting the challenge.

Later in the episode, Kwon tried to attack Hammerstone but was taken out by Nduka. Nduka said he’s tired of Contra’s nonsense, and Hammerstone offered Nduka a spot on his War Chamber team.

The War Chamber is MLW’s version of a War Games match. It features a cage with barbed wire on top of it.

Here are the rules for the War Chamber match:

  • A coin toss determines which team enters first.
  • 1-on-1 for 5:00 in stage 1 of the War Chamber.
  • The winner of the coin toss comes out for 2-on-1.
  • Alternating teams have wrestlers enter every 2 minutes.
  • Once all combatants are in the War Chamber, victory is won by submission, surrender or pinfall.

Caribbean title match set for MLW Battle Riot tapings

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An IWA Caribbean Championship match is set for next month’s MLW Battle Riot tapings.

MLW has announced that IWA Caribbean Champion Richard Holliday will defend his title against King Muertes at the Battle Riot tapings. The tapings are being held at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Saturday, July 10.

Holliday vs. Muertes will be a Caribbean Rules (anything goes) match. 

Muertes is part of Azteca Underground in MLW. Cesar Duran (formerly known as Dario Cueto in Lucha Underground) is the boss of Azteca Underground and will make his MLW debut at the Battle Riot tapings.

Holliday and Muertes will both also be taking part in the 40-man Battle Riot match at the tapings. The winner of the Battle Riot will receive an MLW World Heavyweight Championship shot whenever they want.

The announcement of the Holliday vs. Muertes Caribbean Championship match was made during round five of MLW’s 2021 Open Draft. It was also announced that TJP and Violence is Forever (Dominic Garrini & Kevin Ku) will be returning for MLW’s new season that kicks off with the Battle Riot tapings. MLW teased that TJP is eyeing Myron Reed’s MLW Middleweight Championship.

Four participants added to MLW Battle Riot match

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Four participants have been added to the field for this year’s MLW Battle Riot match.

MLW announced today that King Muertes (formerly known as Mil Muertes), Caribbean Champion Richard Holliday, Zenshi, and Lee Moriarty will be taking part in the Battle Riot. The match is taking place at MLW’s television tapings at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Saturday, July 10.

Moriarty is making his MLW debut at the tapings.

The four wrestlers join MLW National Openweight Champion Alex Hammerstone as the first participants announced for the Battle Riot.

The Battle Riot is a 40-man battle royal where two wrestlers start the match and then a new participant is added every 60 seconds. There are no disqualifications, and eliminations can occur by pinfall, submission, or being thrown over the top rope. The winner of the Battle Riot will receive an MLW World Heavyweight Championship shot whenever they want it.

Jacob Fatu is the current MLW World Heavyweight Champion. In storyline, Fatu’s Contra Unit stablemate Josef Samael controls the challenges to Fatu’s title and has denied Hammerstone a title shot. The Battle Riot is Hammerstone’s only path to a title match.

This will be the third Battle Riot match that MLW has presented. Tom Lawlor won the first Battle Riot in 2018 and LA Park won the second Battle Riot in 2019.

The July 10 tapings in Philadelphia are the start of a new season for MLW. It will be the first MLW event with fans in attendance since March 2020.

Caribbean title match announced for April 14 MLW Fusion

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A second title match is set for the April 14 edition of MLW Fusion.

MLW has announced that Richard Holliday will defend his IWA Caribbean Heavyweight Championship against Gino Medina on the Wednesday, April 14 episode of MLW Fusion. The episode will be headlined by Alexander Hammerstone defending his MLW National Openweight Championship against Mil Muertes.

Holliday and Medina were formerly stablemates in The Dynasty. Alicia Atout conducted a side-by-side interview with them on this week’s Fusion. Holliday claimed that he fired Medina from The Dynasty, but Medina said he quit the group.

Holliday has been calling himself the IWA Caribbean Heavyweight Champion since stealing the title belt from Savio Vega last year. This January, Holliday defeated Vega in a strap match to officially win the Caribbean title. Disgraced former NBA referee Tim Donaghy was the ref for that match and cheated to help Holliday win.

There won’t be a new episode of MLW Fusion next Wednesday. Instead, an episode of MLW Underground will air. The MLW Underground series features past content from the promotion.

Left My Wallet: MLW’s Richard Holliday

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“Left My Wallet” is back with one of the brightest up and coming stars in the wrestling business today, MLW’s Richard Holliday! Fresh off signing a new deal with MLW, he joins myself and the voice of Beyond Wrestling, Paul Crockett, to talk a myriad of sports topics.

With a fandom rooted deep in New York sports, find out who his favorite basketball team is (hint: it’s not the Knicks) and favorite player of all time. Hear about his love and affinity for the New York Yankees and growing up in a time when the Yankees have only won one World Series in the 21st century.

We also discuss his thoughts on the Houston Astros’ cheating scandal and how it affected his Bronx Bombers. We also delve into his thoughts on the Last Dance, ESPN’s rankings of the top 74 basketball players of all time, his affinity for coffee, and his new MLW deal.

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Richard Holliday signs new multi-year deal with MLW

Posted on by Joseph Currier

MLW has signed a member of The Dynasty to a new contract.

It was announced today that Richard Holliday has signed a new multi-year deal with MLW. Holliday is a former tag team champion for the promotion.

“Richard has become a staple of MLW and its telecasts, helping to lead the charge in representing the league as a world class homegrown athlete,” MLW CEO Court Bauer said in a press release. “He is a dynastic competitor with qualities you seldom find. MLW is ecstatic to continue to feature Richard Holliday for years to come.”

“Anytime you’re making a decision for your future, all aspects in regards to it must be considered,” Holliday said. “MLW checked all of the boxes in terms of opportunity, presentation, creative process, and upwards mobility. Other offers were presented, and of course taken into consideration, but remaining with MLW felt like the best decision for me.”

Prior to the announcement of Holliday re-signing with MLW, Bauer posted a tweet alleging that the promotion “came VERY close to losing TWO top wrestlers to free agency. Despite an aggressive competitor’s efforts for them to jump (w/ bonus tied to a jump), both wrestlers just signed newly minted long-term deals with us. I’m ecstatic and you will be too. More soon.”

The Dynasty’s Holliday & MJF won the MLW Tag Team titles from The Hart Foundation in July 2019. The Dynasty then dropped the titles to Ross & Marshall Von Erich at MLW’s Saturday Night SuperFight pay-per-view in November.

After MJF departed MLW, the current members of The Dynasty are Holliday, Alexander Hammerstone, and Gino Medina.

Thatcher vs. Holliday added to MLW Opera Cup tournament

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All four matches have now been revealed for the opening round of MLW’s Opera Cup.

MLW announced the final first-round matchup for the tournament this morning, with Timothy Thatcher set to face Richard Holliday. The Opera Cup is a one-night tournament that’s taking place at MLW’s television tapings at the Melrose Ballroom in Queens, New York on Thursday, December 5.

TJP vs. Brian Pillman Jr., MJF vs. Alexander Hammerstone, and Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Shinjiro Otani are the other three opening round matches for the Opera Cup.

Holliday, MJF, and Hammerstone are all part of The Dynasty in MLW. Hammerstone is the MLW National Openweight Champion, while MJF & Holliday held the Tag Team titles until dropping them to Ross & Marshall Von Erich at Saturday Night SuperFight earlier this month.

In addition to the tournament matches, MLW has also announced that CIMA will make his debut for the promotion at the Opera Cup. Strong Hearts (CIMA, El Lindaman & Shigehiro Irie) will face CONTRA Unit (MLW World Heavyweight Champion Jacob Fatu, Ikuro Kwon & Simon Gotch) in a six-man tag match.

MLW Fusion results: Two title matches in Tijuana

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Big Takeaways —

  • MJF & Richard Holliday defeated LA Park Jr. & El Hijo de LA Park to retain their MLW Tag Team titles.
  • The Crash Heavyweight Champion Rey Horus defeated MLW National Openweight Champion Alexander Hammerstone by DQ.
  • Jimmy Havoc will be in charge next week as he presents “Jimmy Havoc’s Slaughterhouse,” with two matches booked so far.
  • Oraculo defeated Black Danger and Ricky Marvin.

Full Recap —

MLW Fusion was in Mexico this week — the Auditorio Fausto Gutierrez Moreno in Tijuana to be precise. This was a collaborative show with one of their newest partners: The Crash Lucha Libre. AJ Kirsch was also debuting on commentary alongside Rich Bocchini.

Fusion opened with a video from this past Friday. Salina de la Renta bumped into The Dynasty outside the arena. MJF, Richard Holliday, and Alexander Hammerstone were bad-mouthing Mexico and luchadores, saying all the wrestling in Mexico is terrible and all luchadores are ugly (that’s why they wear masks).

De la Renta then called out Holliday saying his father/lawyer stopped a scheduled match between The Von Erichs and The Dynasty, so she challenged them to face Los Parks tonight instead. Before MJF or Holliday could make up another excuse, Hammerstone jumped in and accepted on their behalf.

Oraculo defeated Black Danger and Ricky Marvin in a three-way match (6:23)

All three seemed to come out to the Karate Kid theme “You’re the Best,” which gave this a bonus point from me.

Danger and Marvin double-teamed Oraculo early, with Marvin hitting a step-up kick and a DDT. Oraculo fought back on the outside and had a brief chop battle with Danger, but Marvin was soon back to regain the numbers advantage.

Marvin accidentally rocked Danger with a flying kick when Oraculo dodged the incoming attack. Oraculo rallied with a springboard Ace Crusher, a flying headscissors takedown, and an Asai moonsault to the floor. But he wasn’t done. Back inside, he hit a springboard hurricanrana on Marvin for a two count.

Marvin and Danger’s alliance disintegrated as Marvin took over control. He attacked the knees of both his opponents and then flattened Oraculo with a spinning cutter.

Danger hit a double underhook piledriver on Oraculo, but somehow Oraculo rallied moments later with a Canadian Destroyer and then caught Marvin coming off the top with a kick to the head.

Oraculo then hit a poison rana on Danger and finished him off with a 450 splash for the win.

– Kaci Lennox was backstage with Brian Pillman Jr. and Low Ki. Ki was talking to Pillman about his emotions and said that is why Pillman failed against Austin Aries last week. He said what Pillman has got himself into isn’t checkers, it’s chess. Pillman stormed off telling Ki he knows nothing about him.

– MLW cameras caught up with The Dynasty again. This time it was from earlier in the day and they explained why they were not wearing their suits. Holliday: “the poverty line would be lined around the corner trying to get some money from us.” MJF: “I don’t want to get stabbed… It’s Tijuana!”

They then heavily implied that Hammerstone had just bought steroids — legally — from the pharmacy, shouting “I can never have enough!” when MJF told him he had enough already.

– De la Renta then had some words for Jacob Fatu. She said both Fatu and LA Park were undefeated but it would be Park who will take Fatu’s MLW World Heavyweight Championship when they meet at Saturday Night SuperFight on November 2.

Josef Samael interrupted and said she has intelligence, beauty, and she craves power, before offering her a spot in CONTRA. De la Renta considered but chose violence instead. Speaking of violence, in walked Jimmy Havoc — who is the executive producer of next week’s MLW Fusion “because of Halloween or some bollocks like that.”

Havoc booked a Tijuana street fight between a member of CONTRA and a member of Promociones Dorado. Samael picked himself, and de la Renta told him she has “the right person for him.”

The Crash Heavyweight Champion Rey Horus defeated MLW National Openweight Champion Alexander Hammerstone by DQ in a title vs. title match (13:34)

The Dynasty caused the DQ in this great little match when it looked like Horus was moments away from walking away with both belts.

Hammerstone ordered MJF and Holliday to the back before he started overpowering Horus in the early going. On commentary, AJ Kirsch said Hammerstone was built like a “Shick Brithouse” moments before Hammerstone hit a stalling pumphandle fallaway slam.

On the outside, Hammerstone dropped Horus face-first on the ring apron but took too much time getting back into the ring and ate a suicide dive for his troubles. Horus then hit a leg drop from the middle rope for a close two count.

But — moments later — Hammerstone nearly took Horus’ head off with a huge lariat that turned the Crash Heavyweight Champion inside out.

Horus kept fighting. He fought out of a stalling suplex and then baited Hammerstone in as he toppled to the floor. Horus then brought the crowd alive again with an amazing somersault plancha over the corner ring post right down on top of Hammerstone. He then hit a slingshot splash and a high crossbody off the top for a close two count.

Horus went up top again for his 450 splash, but Hammerstone caught him and slammed him off the top. In very quick succession, Hammerstone hit a bicycle kick, a German suplex, and a sit-out powerbomb for another very close near fall.

Hammerstone missed a spear in the corner and ate a step-up kick. Horus then hit a springboard DDT for a two count. He shoved the ref for the apparent slow count, and as they were jaw jacking in the corner, Hammerstone came charging and squashed the ref by accident.

Hammerstone then got the visual three count after he hit a big boot and The Burning Hammer — a reverse/face-first Death Valley Driver — but the referee was still down. Hammerstone then realized the ref was down and brought a chair into the ring and clobbered Horus over the head with it. The referee groggily counted a slow one…two… but Horus got his shoulder up at the last minute.

Horus reversed a powerbomb into a Code Red for another close two, then KO’ed Hammerstone with a drop toe hold into the chair. He went up top and hit his 450 splash, but MJF and Holliday had run down to ringside. They dragged Horus out of the ring and put the boots to him for the disqualification.

– Video packages for Jimmy Havoc’s Slaughterhouse next week and Gino Medina’s upcoming debut later this fall aired before MLW hyped up the Saturday Night SuperFight matches for their PPV on November 2.

MLW Tag Team Champions The Dynasty (MJF & Richard Holliday) defeated Los Parks (LA Park Jr. & El Hijo de LA Park) w/ Salina de la Renta to retain their titles (8:54)

A good lucha rules tag match was this week’s main event, but the finish seemed rushed as it came out of nowhere.

MJF got on the mic before the match and had tremendous heat without saying a word. He told the Mexican crowd that he couldn’t wait until Donald Trump built the wall. Hijo then came back at them in Spanish to the delight of the crowd.

Hijo hit a backstabber on Holliday before he and his brother steamrolled Holliday in the corner with forearms and dropkicks one after another.

The Dynasty then took control for the majority of the match. They wore down Hijo with armbars and chinlocks. Holliday beat him down before MJF came in for an eye poke, a double suplex, a double Ric Flair strut, and a high-fiving tandem elbow drop.

The Dynasty were gyrating in front of de la Renta too long as Hijo was able to crawl and tag in his brother, LA Park Jr., who ran wild on the tag champs. He kicked MJF out of the ring, and with a little help from Hijo, basement dropkicked Holliday in the mouth. MJF then broke up a pin after a big splash.

The Parks’ double-teaming continued with a Samoan drop/rolling neckbreaker combo. The Dynasty were outside taking a breather when the Parks hit them with a pair of suicide dives.

But MJF tripped LA Park Jr. coming back into the ring, slamming him face-first on the apron and then head-first into the guardrail, while Holliday kicked the ropes low on Hijo behind the referee’s back. Holliday then hit The Market Crash — a gut-wrench powerbomb — onto Hijo and picked up the win out of nowhere with an MJF-assisted jackknife cover.

Next Week —

Jimmy Havoc is in charge as he presents “Jimmy Havoc’s Slaughterhouse.”

  • Jimmy Havoc vs. Damian 666 vs. Savio Vega
  • Josef Samael vs. ??? (from Promociones Dorado)

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

Posted on by Joseph Currier

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

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

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

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

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

Tag Team title ladder match added to MLW Kings of Colosseum

Posted on by Joseph Currier

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

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

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

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

Hart also holds the MLW Middleweight Championship.

Here’s the updated lineup for Kings of Colosseum:

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

MLW Fusion results: Hart Foundation vs. The Dynasty

Posted on by Iain Oliver

Quick recap —

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

Full rundown —

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Next week —

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