Subject: MLW presents the Great American Bash Mon Aug 02, 2021 11:02 am
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We get another cinematic scene with DONALD TRUMP seated at his desk in the Temple.
TRUMP – “When I first brought MLW to the world, I had a plan. Use the mystique of the Temple to introduce MLW and it’s brand of violence to the world. Make it a global brand. MAKE WRESTLING GREAT AGAIN. Now, I’ve done that and the Temple has served it’s purpose. MLW is the name on everyone’s lips. But just like I made America great again, made wrestling GREAT again. Now I will ‘Make the Great American Bash Great Again!’ I’m the guy that can do it, starting with changing the musical guest and putting on the best Bash show in the UWF …. It’s time …”
A secret service agent standing nearby asks Trump where he wants to go next …. Trump swivels his chair to look at a painting on the wall … It is of the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Trump Hotel & Casino looms large in the background ….
TRUMP – “Home …”
LOCATION: HARRISON, NEW JERSEY
ARENA: RED BULL ARENA
BROADCAST TEAM: Mauro Renallo & Pat McAfee
INTERVIEWS: Charly Caruso
RING ANNOUNCER: Melissa Santos
SPECIAL MUSICAL GUEST: New Jersey’s own BON JOVI
SET LIST
- Wanted Dead or Alive - You Give Love a Bad Name - Living on a Prayer - Blaze of Glory - Lay Your Hands on Me - Bed of Roses - Runaway - Bad Medicine
<center><p style="border:3px;border-style:solid;border-color:#FF0000;padding:1em;"> 6 MAN ELIMINATION TAG MATCH:
THE FORGOTTEN SONS (Jaxson Ryker, Steve Cutler & Wesley Blake) vs. STAMPEDE BULLDOGS (Tyson Kidd & Davey Boy Smith Jr.) & BRIAN PILLMAN Jr.
Pillman Jr. is eliminated first after taking the “Lost and the Damned’ finisher from Blake & Cutler …. Smith Jr. and Kidd come back and eliminate Cutler with the Calgary Stampede (powerbomb + mushroom stomp) …. Ryker catches Smith Jr. in the Black Hole Slam moments later to eliminate him …. Kidd is outnumbered 2-1 but catches Blake in a rollup to eliminate him …. It is down to Kidd and Ryker and we get some one on one back and forth …. Ryker goes for the No Remorse (sitout chokeslam), but Kidd holds on and rolls through into the Dungeon Lock (Gogoplata while locking opponent's legs in cloverleaf)!!!! Ryker taps out!!!!</p></center>
POST MATCH: Pillman Jr. and Smith Jr. come back out and celebrate the win with Tyson Kidd ….
<center><p style="border:3px;border-style:solid;border-color:#FF0000;padding:1em;"> UWF WOMEN’S TITLE
(Champion) ASUKA vs. DEONNA PURAZZO w/ SoCal Val & Raquel Gonzalez
Purazzo starts out aggressive, and the announcers speculate that it is being she is pissed that she isn’t facing Alexa Bliss after making her tap out at the All Star show …. Lots of chain wrestling from Purazzo early that Asuka counters with strikes …. Purazzo targets the arm and really works it over, but Asuka battles back and looks like she may have it won when she nearly kicks Purazzo’s head off with a Buzzsaw kick …. However, Raquel Gonzalez pulls the referee to the floor!!!! Gonzalez gets on the apron and yells at Asuka, but Asuka knocks her off with a hip attack that causes Gonzalez to fall on top of the ref, who is on the floor! Deonna nails a knee strike and then a bicycle kick before hitting the Cosa Nostra (cradle piledriver)! She has the pin but there is no ref! ALEXA BLISS IS HERE!!!! Bliss pulls her arm out of the sling, then grabs Deonna’s leg and pulls her to the floor! Purazzo’s has a look of shock on her face, BUT BLISS DRILLS HER WITH THE KO STRAIGHT RIGHT HAND! The ref doesn’t see this, but they put the count on Purazzo on the floor! To Purazzo’s credit she manages to pull herself up and barely beats the clock in at 9, but she is on dream street and Asuka immediately locks on the Asuka lock!!!! Purazzo fights it and reaches for the ropes, but Asuka pulls her back to the middle and locks her in a body scissors …. Purazzo is trapped and has no choice but to tap out! ….</p></center>
POST MATCH: Bliss backs away smiling as Purazzo is holding her arm absolutely furious that she has just cost her a chance to be the world champion ….
<center><p style="border:3px;border-style:solid;border-color:#FF0000;padding:1em;"> MLW TAG TEAM TITLES:
(Champions) TOMASSO CIAMPA & JOHNNY GARGANO vs. WAR MACHINE (Hanson & Rowe)
Classic big team vs little team dynamic in this one, with Gargano bumping all over the place for the bigger Hanson & Rowe, but Ciampa using his intensity to stand toe to toe with the bigger guys …. Gargano draws Hanson into a trap on the outside, moving out of the way of a clothesline and Hanson hits the post …. Ciampa comes in and runs wild, hitting an onslaught of knee strikes and German suplexes that get a good reaction from the crowd …. Johnny and Ciampa trap Hanson & Rowe in dual submissions (bridging fujiwara armbar by Ciampa + Gargano Escape) but Rowe picks Gargano up and slams him on top of Ciampa to break the moves! Rowe with the Shotgun knees takes out Ciampa, but Gargano with a DOUBLE slingshot spear to Hanson & Rowe at the same time! One Final Beat to Hanson! Gargano pulls Ciampa up in the corner, but he’s woozy and can’t complete the double team so Johnny walks into Thor’s Hammer instead! 1 … 2 … Ciampa grabs the ref to stop the pin, then lays the ref out with a right hand!!!! What the hell???? Rowe takes Ciampa out with the Shotgun knees! He picks up Gargano as Hanson goes up top …. FALLOUT to Gargano!!!! A new ref runs down to the ring and counts the 1 … 2 … 3!!!! ….</p></center>
War Machine celebrates with the belts, but the original ref is back in …. He informs the ring announcer that Ciampa & Gargano have been disqualified for striking an official so the 2nd pinfall didn’t count! Ciampa is laughing because his plan worked, and he pulls Gargano out of the ring and just leaves him laying on the floor …. Instead of helping him up he grabs both titles and walks up the ramp ….
<center><p style="border:3px;border-style:solid;border-color:#FF0000;padding:1em;"> BIANCA BELAIR w/ MVP vs. BECKY LYNCH
Belair tries to show off her power, but Becky gives zero fucks and slaps the shit out of her …. Belair gets pissed and whips Becky with her hair and sends her to the floor for some brawling …. Becky grabs the braid and yanks BelAir off the apron to the floor and she lands HARD …. Becky controls, setting up for the Disarm-Her, but BelAir powers her up deadlift style into the KOD! Becky rolls to the floor to escape the pin, but MVP picks her up and tosses her back in. BelAir misses the 450 splash, allowing Becky to hit the Finish-Her (curb stomp)! Becky gets the cover, but MVP is on the apron for the distraction …. Becky argues with MVP, THEN SLAPS HIM IN THE FACE! This gives BelAir enough time to recover, and she rolls Becky up from behind and uses her ponytail to gain extra leverage in the ropes as she gets the 1 … 2 … 3! ….</p></center>
POST MATCH: Becky looks dejected as BelAIr celebrates, but Becky ain’t going out like that and she grabs BelAir’s ponytail and jerks her down off the top rope! Becky with the right hands, but MVP pulls her off …. Becky turns on MVP with crazy fists, but this allows BelAir to blindside her …. BelAir with the KOD lays Becky out, and she grabs a chair from ringside and puts Becky’s head inside it! Before she can stomp on it, Gina Carano comes out for the save, returning the favor to Becky for saving her from the same fate weeks ago ….
<center><p style="border:3px;border-style:solid;border-color:#FF0000;padding:1em;"> TO CROWN THE 1st MLW OPENWEIGHT CHAMPION: SAMOA JOE vs. WILL OSPREAY
Ospreay snuck into this match by forcing a tie in Block A, then winning the tie-breaker, while Joe dominated Block B, going undefeated. Joe runs wild early on, hitting some big moves and punishing Ospreay and keeping him out of the air …. The action spills outside, where Ospreay hits a phenomenal forearm off the guardrail taking Joe out …. Ospreay with a tornado DDT off the apron to the floor and now he is in control …. Joe stops all that when he catches Ospreay coming in with the S-T-Joe …. Joe with some more strikes, but Ospreay fires up again, hitting the back handspring kick followed by a 619 …. Ospreay teases Stormbreaker, but Joe blocks it and hits a death valley driver for a 2 …. Joe goes for the Muscle Buster but Ospreay kicks him away and hits a missile dropkick …. He pulls off the elbow pad, but Joe dodges the hidden blade and grabs Ospreay from behind in the Coquina Clutch! Ospreay rolls backward into the Bret Hart pin! Joe barely kicks out! Os-cutter by Ospreay for a great near-fall! He goes up top, but Joe cuts him off and hits the Muscle Buster! Ospreay kicks out at 2! Joe sits Ospreay up top, then goes all the way up with him and hits a SUPER muscle buster and that is enough to put Ospreay away to become the 1st Openweight champion ….</p></center>
Up next, we get the mysterious return of XIA LI …. Folllowing weeks and weeks of vignette’s chronicling XIA’s transformation into a warrior of the Tian Sha, Xia comes out with a new look accompanied by Boa (looking like something out of the Matrix) and the mysterious Mei Ying.
<center><p style="border:3px;border-style:solid;border-color:#FF0000;padding:1em;"> XIA LI w/ Boa & Mei Ying vs. JORDYNNE GRACE
The bell rings and Boa gets on the apron …. This distracts Grace for the briefest of moments, but that is all it takes as Li strikes with a Black Mass and totally KO’s Grace! 3 seconds later and this one is over in less than a minute ….</p></center>
POST MATCH: Xia joins Boa and the mysterious Mei Ying on the stage ….
<center><p style="border:3px;border-style:solid;border-color:#FF0000;padding:1em;"> BOBBY LASHLEY vs. SHANE TAYLOR w/ MVP
The big hosses collide as the bell rings, with Taylor hitting a low cross body out of the gate that sends Lashley to the floor …. Brawling on the floor and Lashley goes for the spear but MVP pulls Taylor out of the way and Lashley drives himself through the barricade into the front row! Taylor takes over, hitting the Marcus Garvey Driver (Package Piledriver) for a 2 count …. Taylor keeps hitting big moves but can’t put Lashley away …. MVP removes the padding from the top turnbuckle, but Lashley avoids it and catches Taylor coming in with an elevated spinebuster! SPEAR! Lashley is slow to cover and Taylor kicks out! Lashley with a Flatliner and goes right into the Hurt Lock (Anaconda Vice, not the Full Nelson), and Taylor is in trouble! Just like earlier in the show, MVP gets involved and tries to distract Lashley from the apron but Lashley spears MVP through the ropes all the way to the floor! Lashley slides back in, but Taylor manages to toss him into the unprotected buckles! ‘Welcome to the Land’ (Fire Thunder Driver)! Taylor covers and picks up the 3 count and the biggest win of his career so far ….</p></center>
Coming up next is the UWF womens tag team match, but before that can happen Alexa Bliss comes back out along with Nikki Cross …. Bliss cuts a promo on Deonna Purazzo and says Purazzo hurt her arm and cost her the world title, so she returned the favor but she isn’t going to stop there …. She didn’t care about the tag titles until Purazzo got in her business, now she wants them just so Valifornia can’t have them! She says if Purazzo is really the Virtuosa and the best womens wrestler then they will put the tag titles on the line against THEM and not Thee Wicked …. Here come Paige and Ruby Riott and tell Bliss to take a hike …. The two teams argue when here comes Valifornia! Purazzo hits the ring and attacks Bliss, and Valifornia are fighting with Bliss & Cross while Paige & Ruby Riott just watch. Now they join in and all 3 teams are fighting! Referees come down and manage to get the 6 women separated, but here comes Trump! Purazzo tells Trump she wants Bliss & Cross too! All parties agree, and now we’ve got a triple threat match!!!!
<center><p style="border:3px;border-style:solid;border-color:#FF0000;padding:1em;"> UWF WOMEN’S TAG TEAM TITLES:
(Champions) VALIFORNIA (Deonna Purazzo & Chelsea Green) w/ SoCal Val & Raquel Gonzalez vs. THEE WICKED (Paige & Ruby Riott) vs. ALEXA BLISS & NIKKI CROSS
Non-stop brawling to start this one as Purazzo goes right after Bliss but Cross puts herself in between the Virtuosa and her partner …. Purazzo is possessed at this point, and this gives Paige and Riott a shot to get the advantage …. The action breaks down and of course we get all 3 teams brawling again …. Raquel Gonzlaez gets involved again, this time hitting the one-armed powerbomb on Paige onto the ring apron and taking her out! Purazzo uses this moment to trap Riott in the Venus De Milo but Bliss picks her spot and breaks it up …. Bliss hits the STO and then ‘Insult to Injury’ on Purazzo and she goes up top …. TWISTED BLISS MEETS THE KNEES OF PURAZZO! Purazzo locks Venus De Milo in on Bliss!!!! Green sets Cross up and nails the Un-prettier, but Riott takes Green out with a superkick that sends her to the floor! Meanwhile, Purazzo is screaming at Bliss to tap out, but doesn’t see what else is going on in the ring! Riott covers Cross with Green on the floor, and Riott gets the 3 count!!!! We have new champions!!!! ….</p></center>
POST MATCH: Valifornia is in shock here … Purazzo has lost all the gold in one night thanks to the involvement of Alexa Bliss!
<center><p style="border:3px;border-style:solid;border-color:#FF0000;padding:1em;"> MLW HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE (No disqualification):
(Champion) KILLER KROSS w/ Scarlett vs. ‘Painmaker’ CHRIS JERICHO
Jericho attacks Kross with a chair during his entrance, which is before the bell rings and technically legal …. Kross is beaten down and Jericho piledrives him on the entrance ramp! Jericho tosses Kross into the ring and demands that the ref ring the bell, but the ref is checking on Kross so Jericho grabs the MLW title and nails Kross in the head with it! The ref checks on Kross, who tells the ref to ‘ring the fucking bell!’ and the match starts ….
From here Jericho controls over the weakened Kross, but just when it looks like Kross is in trouble he comes back with an exploder suplex that sends Jericho over the rail into the crowd …. They brawl into the crowd, and this is a very different match that their first one, where Kross just steam-rolled Jericho …. Kross starts tossing Jericho around with suplexes, but Jericho comes back with a low blow and then the Codebreaker for 2. Jericho with the Walls of Jericho, but Kross powers out …. Jericho keeps knocking Kross down but he doesn’t stay down for long …. Jericho goes outside and starts pulling chairs out from under the ring, tossing them into the ring …. Kross grabs him and hits a German suplex onto the chairs! Kross lines Jericho up for the Order 66 (killshot forearm), but Jericho picks up a chair and tosses it into Kross’ face as he charges …. JERICHO WITH THE JUDAS EFFECT! 1 … 2 … New champion? NOOOOOOOO! Kross kicks out! Jericho grabs the MLW title again and goes to KO Kross with it, but Kross punches the title out of Jericho’s hands! Kross with a pop-up powerbomb onto the pile of chairs!!!! Kross starts kicking the chairs out of the way so he has a clear path …. EXECUTE ORDER 66!!!! 1 … 2 … Jericho kicks out at 2!!!! Jericho to his knees and spits in the face of Kross!!!! Kross wipes the spit out of his face and starts laughing as The Painmaker flips Kross the bird …. DOOMSDAY CLOCK ONTO THE CHAIRS!!!! Kross isn’t done there as he locks on the Kross Jacket Choke! Jericho can’t escape, but in one final act of defiance flips Kross off, just before passing out ….</p></center>
POST MATCH: Scarlett attends to an injured Kross when THE LIGHTS GO OUT! We see this on the jumbo screen ….
The lights come back on and in the ring is ‘Switchblade’ JAY WHITE! White is face to face with Kross!!!! …. The announcers talk about how these two have history with each other, from where Jay White brought Kross into Progress to form the UK branch of Bullet Club …. INSTEAD WHITE TURNS AND LAYS CHRIS JERICHO OUT WITH THE BLADE RUNNER!!!!
White holds up the Bullet Club ‘Too Sweet’ symbol to Kross, who just stares him down …. White transitions to the cutthroat sign before backing away, leaving Kross standing there to watch as the show ends ….
