Tonight’s MLW Fusion was a compact 38-minute show that used only three matches but squeezed several developing programs into the space surrounding them. Matt Riddle earned a clean victory over Bishop Dyer, Shotzi stopped Jazzy Yang’s promising upset attempt, and Brick Savage made his official in-ring debut by demolishing Terry “Flip” Sequoyah. Yet the lasting … Read more
Tonight’s MLW Fusion continued FantasticaMania USA from Charleston, South Carolina, but the international branding largely served as a backdrop for an episode focused on advancing MLW’s regular television stories. Matt Riddle survived another collision with the Skyscrapers by defeating Josh Bishop, LaBron Kozone continued his heavily promoted rise against Andrew Everett, and ZAMAYA finally earned … Read more
MLW Fusion FantasticaMania USA was officially brought to Fusion tonight as Major League Wrestling, CMLL and New Japan Pro-Wrestling converged at Festival Hall in Charleston, South Carolina. The international crossover gave tonight’s show a different identity from the recent Atlanta episodes, with KUSHIDA defending the MLW World Middleweight Championship in a frantic four-way opener before … Read more
Tonight’s MLW Fusion came out of Center Stage in Atlanta with the kind of episode that did not need to be chaotic every second to matter. Instead, MLW used the hour to move several major pieces into position: Matt Riddle’s revenge path after Alex Hammerstone ruined his MLW World Heavyweight Championship opportunity, Austin Aries’ first … Read more
Last night’s MLW Fusion 200: You Choose Violence felt like a milestone episode that actually tried to earn the milestone label. Instead of treating episode 200 like a clip-show celebration or a normal weekly card with a bigger name slapped on it, MLW loaded the night with lucha libre prestige, a major championship change, CONTRA … Read more
MLW Fusion came out of Cicero Stadium feeling like a show built around violence, championship stakes and a company trying to reset its identity coming out of Battle Riot 8. This episode did not feel like a random standalone hour. It felt like the next chapter of a new season where Killer Kross is now … Read more
The second week of MLW Fusion’s new season delivered a more focused episode than last week’s two-hour premiere. Tonight’s show did not attempt to overload the audience with too many matches or developments at once. Instead, MLW concentrated on the stories that already matter: Shotzi’s immediate rise to the top of the women’s division, The … Read more
After more than two years without a traditional weekly episode of its flagship series, Major League Wrestling finally brought MLW Fusion back tonight with a supersized two-hour season premiere built around a simple but important message: the company is ready to establish a consistent identity again. Tonight’s show was not flawless. There were moments when … Read more
