Major League Wrestling was in Chicago, IL on Thursday night for MLW: Fightland. Matches on this show were taped for the weekly MLW Fusion show on beIN SPORTS. The first episode from this taping is expected to air next Friday night, with the replay being uploaded to MLW’s YouTube channel the following night.

MLW Fightland Results

Ricky Martinez defeated Dr. Rex Baccuss

Puma King defeated The MJF in a Flag Match

Marko Stunt defeated El Gringo Loco

Simon Gotch defeated Ariel Dominguez in a $10,000 Open Challenge match

Myron Reed defeated Ace Austin

Size Matters (Joey Ryan & Swoggle) defeated The Dirty Blondes. Before the match, Ryan cut a promo about how he had to wear a sling on his arm as he tore his pec muscle the previous night and hasn’t seen a doctor yet. He vowed that they would win the match. After, he cut another promotion where he removed his sling to show the crowd a massive bruise on the upper part of his arm. He stated that he would likely need surgery and does not know how long he’ll be out of action.

Kotto Brazil defeated Trey Miguel

Tommy Dreamer defeated Brian Pillman Jr. After the match, Dream shook his hand but Pillman turned on him by connecting with a swinging straightjacket DDT and beating him down. This led to Teddy Hart coming out to raise Pillman’s hand over Dreamer’s fallen body.

Ace Romero defeated Marko Stunt

“Filthy” Tom Lawlor defeated Sami Callihan in a Chicago Street Fight

Teddy Hart w/ Brian Pillman Jr defeated Jason Cade

Rush defeated Sammy Guevara

PCO defeated Brody King in a No DQ Match

Low Ki defeated “Swerve” Shane Strickland to retain the MLW World Heavyweight Championship

Lucha Brothers defeated LA Park & Hijo de LA Park to retain the MLW World Tag Team Championships

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Major League Wrestling debuts in Chicago tonight (Thursday) with MLW Fightland live from Cicero Stadium. This will be a television taping for the weekly MLW Fusion show on beIN SPORTS. As usual, the card is stacked and includes the MLW World and Tag Team Championships on the line, the debuts of CMLL star RUSH and Ace Romero, a Chicago Street Fight, a Flag Match and much more.

The following matches are signed for the show:

World Tag Team Title Match:
Rey Fenix & Pentagon Jr. (cornered by Konnan) vs. LA Park & Hijo de LA Park (presented by Salina de la Renta)

World Heavyweight Title Rematch:
Low Ki (c) vs. Shane “Swerve” Strickland

Chicago Street Fight:
“Filthy” Tom Lawlor vs. Sami Callihan

Rush vs. Sammy Guevara

Tommy Dreamer vs. Brian Pillman Jr.

No DQ Match:
PCO vs. Brody King

Joey Ryan & Swoggle vs. The Dirty Blondes

Teddy Hart vs. Jason Cade

Ace Romero vs. Marko Stunt

USA vs. Mexico Flag Match:
Puma King vs. MJF with Aria Blake

Kotto Brazil vs. Trey Miguel

Ace Austin vs. Myron Reed

$15,000 Simon Gotch Prize Fight Challenge

Plus, the return of Stokely Hathaway.

Major League Wrestling CEO Court Bauer took to Twitter this week to address two topics related to MLW: his relationship with Impact Wrestling and the possibility of MLW promoting its first live pay-per-view.

MLW & Impact Wrestling

Apparently there have been some fans speculating that the relationship between Major League Wrestling and Impact Wrestling is strained. It’s actually quite the contrary. The two promotions have somewhat of an “open borders” relationship – utilizing some of the same talent (Pentagon Jr., Rey Fenix, Sami Callihan, etc.) and running shows in the same venues (such as NYC’s Melrose Ballroom).

Bauer says it’s “beyond ridiculous” that certain people are trying to portray MLW & Impact’s relationship as negative. In fact, Bauer and Impact Wrestling official Sunjay Dutt appear to be making plans to get dinner together.

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— SONJAY (@sonjaydutterson) October 30, 2018

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MLW’s Stance on Live Pay-Per-View Events

Earlier this week, FITE.TV announced that MLW’s weekly television show MLW Fusion will begin airing for free on the over-the-top streaming service.

New episodes of MLW Fusion will premiere on beIN SPORTS Friday nights at 8pm (Eastern). Those shows will continue to be uploaded to YouTube Saturday nights at 6:05pm (Eastern) and will be added to FITE.TV Tuesday nights at 8pm (Eastern).

With MLW joining the FITE family, a few fans have speculated if this is the first step towards MLW airing live pay-per-view events. Bauer says that there are currently no plans to get into the live pay-per-view game. For now, MLW will stick to what’s working for them and the fans.

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Major League Wrestling has signed another big match for next month’s MLW Fightland event from Chicago.the “The French Canadian Frankenstein” PCO will square off against bounty hunter Brody King in a no disqualification match when MLW holds the next round of Fusion tapings on November 11th from Cicero Stadium.

If you’re in the Chicago area, tickets are on sale now at MLWTickets.com.

PCO and Brody King first clashed in September at MLW War Games from Ft. Lauderdale, FL. That match ultimately ended in a no contest when the action could not be contained. The two men brawled all around the ringside area and later backstage, sending chairs, bodies and bottles flying in every direction. At Fightland, there must be a winner.

Updated Card MLW Fightland

– MLW Tag Team Champions Pentagon Jr. & Rey Fenix vs. LA Park & Hijo de LA Park presented by (Salina de la Renta)

– MLW World Heavyweight Champion Low Ki vs. Shane “Swerve” Strickland

– CMLL star Rush debuts vs. Sammy Guevara

– PCO vs. Brody King (No Disqualification)

– Ace Romero debuts

The card will also feature Battle Riot winner “Filthy” Tom Lawlor, World Middleweight Champion MJF with Aria Blake, Kotto Brazil, Sami Callihan and many more.

– MLW CEO Court Bauer appeared on ESPN Chicago with Jonathan Hood on Tuesday night and revealed 2 new matches for MLW’s big Chicago debut on November 8th:

• Brody King will fight PCO in a rematch where there will be no disqualifications.
• The Dirty Blondes will square off against the debuting tag team “Size Matters” featuring Joey Ryan and Swoggle.

In addition to these two matches at MLW Fightland (11/8), MLW newcomer Puma King has signed to appear and super heavyweight pounce machine Ace Romero will make his MLW debut on the card.

– CMLL star Rush will hit Miami for the first time ever this December. He is confirmed for MLW’s shows on December 13th & 14th. Tickets for MLW’s Miami double-shot go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. ET at MLWTickets.com.

– A few days after last week’s MLW.com article on the disappearance of Stokely Hathaway, a video was sent in to MLW’s production team. It was brief and blunt: Stokely Hathaway is back. What happened when he was seemingly kidnapped? Where was he? Why is he back? So many questions and no answers – yet. One thing is for certain: Mr. Hathaway’s return is upon us. Is MLW ready? We’re about to find out:

Popular independent wrestler Ace Romero is coming to Major League Wrestling. On this week’s episode of MLW Fusion, it was announced the big man will debut at MLW FIGHTLAND, which takes place on November 8th from Chicago, IL.

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Ace Romero is best known for his size and agility. This year, he’s wrestled for Rockstar Pro, CZW, House of Hardcore, AAW and more. You can follow him on Twitter at @TheAceybaby. Some fans will recognize Romero from this crazy ‘pounce’ video that went viral earlier this summer.

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— BIGBOYSZN (@THEACEYROMERO) July 2, 2018

MLW FIGHTLAND

The main event for MLW FIGHTLAND on 11/8 will be a World Tag Team championship match. The Lucha Bros (Pentagon Jr. & Rey Fenix) cornered by Konnan will defend against LA Park & Hijo de LA Park, presented by Salina de la Renta.

Other top stars signed to appear include MLW World Heavyweight Champion Low Ki, Sami Callihan, “Filthy” Tom Lawlor, World Middleweight Champion MJF with Aria Blake, Shane “Swerve” Strickland and more.

Major League Wrestling is set to debut in Miami, Florida this December. MLW has announced two shows at the Scottish Rite Temple, a venue that has hosted many boxing and MMA cards throughout the years.

• MLW: Never Say Never takes place on Thursday, December 13th
• MLW: Zero Hour takes takes place on Friday, December 14th

Both of these shows will be television tapings for MLW Fusion, which airs every Friday night on beIN SPORTS.

“Miami is the perfect location with South Florida being one of our hottest markets as well as for the snowbirds looking to get away for a long weekend in the sun,” said MLW CEO Court Bauer. “We wanted to come back and bring something big so we’re serving up a double shot of MLW this December.”

Tickets for MLW’s Miami double shot go on sale next Friday (10/19) at MLWTickets.com. There will be a special promotion for fans looking to attend both nights.

Miami is the latest new market for MLW, which has seen a rapid expansion throughout 2018. The promotion debuts in Chicago next month for MLW FIGHTLAND and returns to New York City during WrestleMania 35 weekend. For more information, visit MLW.com.

Major League Wrestling returned to the Melrose Ballroom in Queens, NY on Thursday night for MLW: Fury Road. Matches on this show were taped for the weekly MLW Fusion show on beIN SPORTS. The first episode from this taping is expected to air next Friday night, with the replay being uploaded to MLW’s YouTube channel the following night.

MLW Fury Road Results

– Joey Ryan defeated Richard Holliday.

– There is an in-ring segment where Konnan walked out to cut a promo where he said that MLW Tag Team Champions Pentagon & Fenix wanted to be here, but someone made sure that didn’t happen. This led to Salina de la Renta walking out to take credit for sending them back to Mexico and that this is what happens when you let Konnan leech off of you. Konnan said that she was leeching off Ricky Martinez, which set up the next match.

– Puma King defeated Ricky Martinez.

– Simon Gotch defeated Fallah Bahh after issuing an open challenge.

– The Smash N’ Dash Connection (Shane Strickland & Barrington Hughes) defeated The Samoan Island Tribe (Lance Anoa’i & Samu).

– Myron Reed defeated Marko Stunt.

– MLW Middleweight Champion MJF defeated Jason Cade and Jimmy Yuta in a Triple Threat Match to retain.

– El Hijo de LA Park (w/Salina de la Renta) defeated Sammy Guevara.

– Brody King defeated Tommy Dreamer.

– Filthy Tom Lawlor defeated Shane Strickland.

– The Hart Foundation (Teddy Hart, Brian Pillman Jr & Davey Boy Smith Jr) defeated Rich Swann, Marko Stunt & ACH.

– Sami Callihan defeated Jimmy Havoc in a spin the wheel, make the deal match.

– MLW Champion Low Ki defeated Daga to retain.

– LA Park (w/Salina de la Renta) defeated PCO.

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Major League Wrestling returns to New York City tonight for MLW Fury Road. 11 matches are scheduled for the show, which takes place from the Melrose Ballroom in Queens, NY. This will be a television taping, with matches from Fury Road airing on MLW Fusion Friday nights on beIN SPORTS.

The following matches are advertised for the MLW Fury Road event that will be held on Thursday in New York, New York at Melrose Ballroom.

• MLW World Champion Low Ki vs. Daga
• LA Park vs. PCO.
• Jimmy Havoc vs. Sami Callihan (Spin The Wheel, Make The Deal)
• Shane Strickland vs. Tom Lawlor
• The Hart Foundation (Davey Boy Smith Jr., Teddy Hart & Brian Pillman Jr.) vs. ACH, Rich Swann, and Marko Stunt
• Tommy Dreamer vs. Brody King
• MLW Middleweight Champion Maxwell J Friedman vs. Jimmy Yuta vs. Jason Cade
• Sammy Guevara vs. El Hijo de LA Park
• Smash N Dash Connection vs. Samoan Island Tribe
• Joey Ryan vs. “Most Marketable” Richard Holliday
• Simon Gotch’s Prize Fight Challenge

If you’re in the New York area, a limited number of tickets are still available at MLWTickets.com. Check back later tonight for MLW Fury Road results!

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The main event has been signed for MLW Fightland, the promotion’s first-ever live event from Chicago. The World Tag Team championships will be on the line when MLW invades the Cicero Stadium on November 8th for this MLW FUSION television taping.

MLW Tag Team Champions The Lucha Bros. (Pentagon Jr. & Rey Fenix, cornered by Konnan) will defend the gold against LA Park & Hijo de LA Park, presented by Salina de la Renta.

MLW CEO Court Bauer was quoted in a press release sent in to SEScoops.com.

“We wanted a big match for our Chicago debut,” said Bauer. “You have some of the top luchadores in the world fighting for championship gold in a match that will be 100% pure lucha libre. Chicago is in for a great night.”

The card will feature World Heavyweight Champion Low Ki, “Filthy” Tom Lawlor, World Middleweight Champion MJF with Aria Blake, Sami Callihan, Sammy Guevara and many more. Matches will be announced in the coming weeks at MLW.com.

If you’re in the Chicago area, this show is can’t miss. Tickets are on sale now at MLWTickets.com.

MLW Fusion airs every Friday night on beIN SPORTS. The full shows are uploaded to MLW’s YouTube channel the following night at 6:05pm ET.

Check out the latest episode of MLW FUSION: 

Major League Wrestling is coming to Chicago for the first time ever. The promotion announced on Monday night that an MLW Fusion television taping will take place on Thursday, November 8th from Cicero Stadium. Tickets for the event go on sale this Saturday morning at MLWTickets.com.

MLW has been taking the wrestling world by storm this year. The weekly MLW Fusion show on beIN SPORTS has been building a strong foundation for wrestling fans who enjoy a state-of-the-art hybrid of various in-ring styles. Each week’s new episode Fusion is uploaded to MLW’s Youtube Channel Saturday nights at 6:05pm EST.

Top performers competing under the MLW banner include:

• MLW World Champion Low Ki
• “Filthy” Tom Lawlor and Team Filthy
• Shane Strickland
• Jimmy Havoc
• MLW Tag Team Champions Pentagon Jr. & Rey Fenix
• MLW Middleweight Champion Maxwell J. Friedman
• “Bad Boy” Joey Janela
• Sami Calihan
• The Hart Foundation (Teddy Hart, Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Brian Pillman Jr.).
• PCO
• LA Park

MLW returns to New York City on October 4th for Fury Road. That show will be a TV taping. MLW also recently announced it will be holding a show in NYC on Thursday, April 4, 2019 at the start of WrestleMania 35 weekend.

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Major League Wrestling (MLW) has uploaded its recent War Games encounter to their YouTube channel. MLW upload a new show to their channel every Saturday as part of a weekly series entitled MLW Fusion.

The caged warfare sees the MLW debuts of both Tommy Dreamer and Abyss. Both of are competing for the first time in a War Games environment.

Caged Warfare

The YouTube summary provides context as to what has led to the heated matchup. It gives a detailed breakdown for those interested but unfamiliar with the current MLW product:

“Sami Callihan and his Death Machines have targeted underdog Kotto Brazil and the mighty 469 pound Barrington Hughes after taking out their childhood hero MVP. […] All summer long Kotto and Barrington have clashed with Callihan and his Death Machines on MLW FUSION.”

Turning to the team leaders, the official MLW description explains:

“John Hennigan and Callihan collided in the final stages of the Battle Riot match and sources indicate there are undisclosed issues between the two that may be revealed on MLW Fusion in the weeks ahead.”

War Games sees Sami Callihan and his team, the Ravagers – consisting of Jimmy Havoc, the Death Machines (Fulton and Leon Scott) and Abyss – go up against the John Hennigan helmed grouping of Tommy Dreamer, Barrington Hughes, Kotto Brazil, and Shane Strickland.

With major feuds coming to a head inside 2 rings surrounded by steel, available via YouTube for free, it’s a great opportunity for curious fans to see what MLW is all about.

Major League Wrestling will be running an event in New York over WrestleMania 35 weekend. The event will take place on Thursday, April 4th, 2019.

In previous years, MLW has run WaleMania on the Thursday of Mania week.

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Promotion owner, Cout Bauer, also recently asked his followers on Twitter where they would like to see MLW run a show next.

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For those unfamiliar with the Blues Brothers, it’s a hint that Chicago will be the next city MLW expands their territory into.

Major League Wrestling in 2018

It’s been an eventful year for Major League Wrestling. From 2002-04, the company produced 34 television shows in a period when alternatives to WWE were scarce.

Bauer would eventually go on to work in creative at WWE and MLW went on hiatus for 13 years. In the summer of 2017, however, Bauer promoted MLW “One Shot.”  The success of that event then led to them announcing they would run a more frequent schedule the next year.

MLW signed a television deal with BeIN Sports and began producing episodes of Fusion earlier this year. Full episodes of Fusion air on BeIN Sports on Friday nights and are posted to YouTube the following Saturday at 6 PM.

The episode which aired last night on the network and will be posted to YouTube later today features a two-ring steel cage War Games match.

The Hart Foundation will be in action against Rich Swann, ACH and a mystery partner when MLW presents Fury Road next month from New York City. The mystery partner will be revealed on Friday night’s special War Games edition of MLW Fusion.

MLW sent in a press release hyping the match, which included the following backstory of this feud:

Never shy for making his thoughts known, Teddy Hart ignited the feud on MLW FUSION in early July when he felt ACH and Rich Swann were mocking him behind his back. Since then, Hart has recruited his cousin Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Brian Pillman Jr. to form a new era Hart Foundation.

Controversy once again struck as the two teams squared off in New York this past July. During the bout, Swann suffered a concussion, which many attribute to the Hart Foundation’s rugged and questionable conduct during the bout. In the aftermath, ACH had words for the Hart Foundation calling them out for exploiting Swann’s dangerous injury for the purpose of winning a match.

The teams now look to settle the score in New York City as they square off in what will be a high-octane trios encounter. The question is WHO is the mystery third member of ACH & Swann’s team? Find out this Friday night exclusively on MLW FUSION!

In addition to this six-man tag team match, MLW has confirmed LA Park (with Salina De La Renta) vs. PCO in what’s sure to be a very physical encounter.

World Heavyweight Champion Low Ki, Shane Strickland, Jimmy Havoc and Sami Callihan are all signed to appear.

MLW presents Fury Road on Thursday, October 4th from the Melrose Ballroom in Queens, NY. This will be an MLW Fusion TV taping. Tickets start at just $20 at MLWtickets.com.

Major League Wrestling returned to the War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Thursday night for MLW: War Games. Matches on this show were taped for the weekly MLW Fusion show on beIN SPORTS. War Games is expected to air next Friday night, with the replay being uploaded to MLW’s YouTube channel the following night. 

MLW War Games Results

– Ricky Martinez (w/Salina de la Renta) defeated Jake St. Patrick.

– The Lucha Brothers (Pentagon Jr & Rey Fénix) made their way out to the ring alongside Konnan where they talked about future plans. This led to Salina de la Renta walking out where they were presented with new contracts to sign. This is when Penta and Fenix grabbed the contracts to rip up.

– The New Hart Foundation (Teddy Hart, Brian Pillman Jr & Davey Boy Smith Jr) defeated The Stud Stable (Michael Patrick, Leo Brien & Parrow) (w/Colonel Robert Parker). After the match, Patrick and Brien attacked Parrow, which marked his removal from the stable.

– Jimmy Yuta defeated El Hijo de LA Park (w/Salina de la Renta).

– Jason Cade (w/Rhett Giddins) defeated Myron Reed. After the match, Jimmy Yuta attacked Jason Cade.

– Brody King vs. PCO ended in a double disqualification.

– MJF & Aria Blake defeated Joey Ryan & Taya Valkyrie.

– Brian Pillman Jr (w/Teddy Hart & Davey Boy Smith Jr) defeated Vandal Ortagun.

– Mexican Death Match: LA Park defeated Pentagon Jr.

– Simon Gotch defeated Gangrel via disqualification.

– Davey Boy Smith Jr defeated ACH.

– Filthy Tom Lawlor defeated Joey Janela by DQ once there was interference from James Storm.

– Teddy Hart defeated Rich Swann.

– James Storm defeated Alan Ocean.

– MLW Championship Match: Low Ki (w/Salina de la Renta) (c) defeated Rey Fénix.

– War Games Match: John Hennigan, Tommy Dreamer, Shane Strickland, Kotto Brazil & Barrington Hughes defeated Sami Callihan, Jimmy Havoc, Leon Scott, Fulton & Abyss.

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