 | MAJOR LEAGUE WRESTLING is a sports-media holding company that focuses on professional wrestling sporting events & programming, digital contest and ancillary entertainment. MLW prides itself on ‘Fusion Wrestling’, presenting a variety of wrestling styles from around the world to create a true hybrid of fighting styles from various disciplines across the globe. MLW’s diverse roster do battle in the gritty battleground of the Temple incorporating the following styles:
- British Strong Style
- Catch Wrestling
- Hardcore Wrestling
- Lucha Libre
- Mixed Martial Arts
- Shoot Wrestling
- Japanese Strong Style
- Technical Wrestling |
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CHAMPIONS:
MLW Champion:
ADAM COLE
Hometown:
Panama City, Florida
Finisher:
Last Shot (Shining Wizard w/ exposed knee)
Cole Day in Hell (Knee lift brainbuster)
Florida Key (Bridging X Plex)
Reign: 09/24/2021 |  |
 | STRONG OPENWEIGHT CHAMPION:
Samoa Joe
Hometown:
Huntington Beach, California
Finisher:
Muscle Buster
Coquina Clutch
Island Driver
Reign: 07/23/21 |
Tag Team Champions:
Tomasso Ciampa & Johnny Gargano
Hometown:
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Cleveland, Ohio
Finisher:
Willow's Bell, Fairytale Ending
Gargano Escape, One Final Beat
Reign: 01/25/21 |   |
 | INTERIM Women's ‘DIAMOND’ Champion:
Raquel Gonzalez
Hometown:
Rio Grande Valley, Texas
Finisher:
Chingona Bomb (One-armed power bomb)
Stan Hansen Lariat
Tequila Shot (TKO)
Reign: 10/16/21 |
LOCATION: Atlantic City, New Jersey
ARENA: HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO
BROADCAST TEAM: Mauro Renallo & Pat McAfee
INTERVIEWS: Charly Caruso
RING ANNOUNCER: Melissa Santos | |
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* * * * * PROLOGUE * * * * *
Before the show starts, we get some video footage of Johnny Gargano driving at night that is being filmed by someone on an iphone …. We don’t really understand what is going on, but it is quickly revealed that they are following someone …. Candice LeRae is also in the car ….
CANDICE (annoyed) – “Johnny, why are we doing this?”
JOHNNY – “There they are, be quiet ….”
We see the car they are following pull over at a liquor store, and when the door opens out steps ‘Cowboy’ James Storm! Johnny is following the world tag team champions!!!! ….
Storm and Grimes both get out of the car and we see them talking, then Storm goes inside while Grimes stretches his legs.
JOHNNY – “Here, hold this!”
CANDICE – “Johnny … Wait!”
Gargano tosses the phone to Candice, who keeps filming as Johnny whips the car into the parking lot behind Southern Fried Homicide’s rental car. Johnny jumps out and attacks Grimes!!!! He slams Grimes into the hood of the car, then hooks him in the Gargano-Escape while he’s stretched out on the hood!!!!
We cut to inside the liquor store as Storm finishes paying and walks outside to see Grimes laid out on the hood ….
STORM – “What the F----”
STORM IS CUT OFF AS HE TURNS AROUND RIGHT INTO A SUPERKICK FROM GARGANO!!!! The 12 pack of longnecks and the bottle of Jack Daniels in Storm’s hands go flying, with the bottles shattering on the concrete! Johnny picks up one of the beers off the ground that didn’t break and he pops the top on it …. Johnny drinks some of it, but pours the rest of it all over Storm!
JOHNNY – “Sorry … and YOUR damn luck …”
We hear the owner of the liquor store yelling from off-camera, asking what the hell is going on out there …. Johnny jumps back into the rental car and yells at Candice to ‘shut that thing off’ before abruptly ending the video ….
* * * * * SHOW OPENING * * * * *
We are on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the new home of MLW, and it’s standing room only inside the HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO …. The fans are RABID as Pyro erupts from the ringposts and above the entranceway …. We get camera pans over the capacity crowd as MAURO and PAT MCAFEE billboard tonight’s show, welcoming those at home and setting up what we are going to see tonight …. We are coming off the heels of RING OF VICTORY, and Mauro and Pat quickly recap the events of that supershow as well as address the footage we saw in the opening segment …. Johnny Gargano perpetrated an attack on the UWF world tag team champions ahead of their big title match coming up at GLORY in a little over 3 weeks …. What kind of hornets nest has Gargano stirred up???
BACKSTAGE SEGMENT:
On queue, a camera crew outside the arena catches the arrival of the UWF world tag champs, Southern Fried Homicide, arriving at the building …. no doubt as a result of the actions of Johnny Gargano that we saw in the show opening …. The back door to the vehicle opens and out steps MICKIE JAMES as well! Storm, Grimes and James head into the arena ….
Lots of combustable elements on tonight’s show already!!!! MLW champion Adam Cole and the rest of the Undisputed Era come out to the ring to open up tonight’s show …. ADAM COLE BAY BAY!!!!
COLE – “Who’s ready for story time with Adam Cole Bay Bay???? I stood out here and told the entire world that I would be Killer Kross at RING OF VICTORY and retain my MLW title because there is a reason I have this belt. It’s because in this ring, I am untouchable. And I did exactly what I said I was gonna do and I did it all by myself! So tonight, all of you people here and everyone watching at home have the privilege to witness not the end of an era, but the beginning …. Whose Era? OUR ERA! You see, what you are looking at is not some group of guys the front office put together. We are family! We’ve been friends outside of this business long before we were ever together inside a ring. But here in MLW, fate finally put all of us together in the same place at the same time. So it wasn’t just a natural fit, it was ‘Undisputed’” ….STRONG – “When you say the word “undisputed,” what do you think of? You think of something that is untouchable, undeniable. These guys right here, ADAM COLE, BOBBY FISH and KYLE O’REILLY are former World Champions. I’ve been a champion everywhere I’ve been. Individually and collectively we are one in a million and we prove it every time we step foot in a ring. But now that we are all together it’s our time to show the world who runs this sport.”
O’REILLEY – “The Undisputed ERA isn’t just a cute name that’s meant to sell a bunch of T-shirts. It’s our mantra. It’s our way of life. Our success is a direct result of the effort and dominance that we put forth inside the squared circle.” COLE – “You don’t make a statement unless you make noise. And that’s exactly what we wanted. Boys and Girls, we ARE undisputed …. And this is our era.”
This brings out Survival of the Fittest winner Rex Steiner …. Steiner gets a good pop, and he wastes no time confronting Adam Cole …. Steiner says he has a guaranteed title shot, and Adam Cole has the title that he wants …. Steiner teases cashing in the contract, but Cole laughs and says this must be a joke …. COLE: “Look around kid ….” He says that he doesn’t care what his last name is, Steiner is a rookie and there is nothing more damaging to a rookie’s career than biting off more than he can chew and getting embarrassed …. Steiner has a lot of confidence now, but Cole will beat him and break his spirit …. His career will be over before it even starts and he will be wishing he stayed in the NFL …. And THAT is undisputed …. Cole says Steiner that he is better off using that contract to go after a title he actually has a chance of winning …. Find a tag team partner and go after the tag titles …. Be a tag team wrestler because that is all his dad and uncle were even good enough to be …. Or better yet, go fight Samoa Joe for the Openweight title ….
SAMOA JOE’s MUSIC HITS! Joe gives zero fucks and gets right in the ring with the rest of the UE …. He gets right in Adam Cole’s face and tells him to keep his name out of his mouth …. Cole may have the MLW title, but the title doesn’t make the man, the man makes the title, and as far as he is concerned he holds the most important title in MLW …. Cole tries to laugh it off, but it is clear he is intimidated …. He backs the rest of the UE off and they leave the ring … Joe turns his attention back to Rex Steiner, and sees that his eyes are locked on the Openweight title …. Joe gets nose to nose with Steiner and holds the title up in his face, saying that he ‘has a decision to make’ to end the segment ….
BACKSTAGE SEGMENT:
Dakota Kai cuts a promo and talks about how close she came to winning the Queen of the Ring and being champion …. Xia Li cost her that …. Xia Li walks in and gets nose to nose with Dakota … She says that Dakota disgraced her, and now she must be destroyed …. Dakota wants to fight her, so we will get Dakota vs Xia Li next week …. <center><p style="border:3px;border-style:solid;border-color:#FF0000;padding:1em;">
MIRO
VS.
ACHBasic squash match …. ACH tries to fly around early but Miro stops all that with a big urinage and then a matchka kick …. ‘GAME … OVAAAA!’ …. Miro slaps on the Accolade and ACH quickly taps out ….WINNER: Miro ….</p></center>
POST MATCH: Miro continues the attack on ACH after the bell, stomping on his spine and locking on the Accolade again, this time pulling straight back looking like he is gonna snap ACH’s spine! Matt Riddle comes out to the ring to make the save for ACH, and Miro backs off and leaves ….
BACKSTAGE SEGMENT:
We see Candice LeRae, Taynara Conti and Zoey Stark talking in the locker room …. Candice has a tear in her ring gear and she leaves to go see the seamstress but as she leaves the locker room she is surrounded by Southern Fried Homicide and Mickie James …. James assaults Candice and leaves her laying, then tells her to be sure and let her husband know that they are looking for him …. Up next, Johnny Gargano comes out to the ring …. Southern Fried Homicide is looking for him? They want to get his wife involved? Well, he’s right here in the middle of the ring!
Instead of Southern Fried Homicide here comes Johnny’s tag team partner Tomasso Ciampa …. Ciampa and Gargano go back and forth and Ciampa says Johnny has gone over the edge, but Johnny knocks Ciampa on his ass …. Johnny says that he hates Ciampa and he left him to get jumped last week because he is a terrible human being …. Here come Southern Fried Homicide, but as they get to ringside Ciampa rolls to the floor and stands between them and the ring …. Mickie has a mic and is talking trash to Johnny, saying that Candice is more of a man than him and put up a better fight than he did last week …. While Storm jaws with Ciampa, JOHNNY WITH A DIVE TO THE FLOOR THAT WIPES OUT EVERYONE!!!! Ciampa barely gets out of the way!!!! Johnny wails on Grimes, but Ciampa grabs Johnny and pulls him off, tossing him back into the ring to safety! Ciampa rolls back in and he and Johnny get back to back and hold the ring against SFH as the segment ends ….
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’Sword of Essex’ WILL OSPREAY
VS.
SHANE TAYLOR w/ MVPThe announcers recap how Taylor once again attacked Bobby Lashley last week, and how Taylor and Ospreay are both in the thick of the Openweight title picture …. MVP provides the distraction right off the bat, allowing Taylor to crush Ospreay with a corner avalanche …. Ospreay comes back and uses his speed and aerial offense to bring things back even, but Taylor counters the Os-cutter into a backdrop driver …. Ospreay fights out of Tower City (Tower of London), hitting a 450 splash for a near-fall as MVP puts Taylors foot on the ropes! Taylor catches Ospreay with the King Kong lariat, then goes for the Marcus Garvey Driver (Package Piledriver) but Ospreay flips out and hits an Os-cutter off the ropes but the ref gets bumped!!!! With the ref down, MVP gets involved and hits the driveby kick on Ospreay! BOBBY LASHLEY HITS THE RING! SPEAR TAKES OUT TAYLOR!!!! MVP sees Lashley and runs for it, but in the ring Ospreay goes up top and hits a 630 splash for the 1 … 2 … 3! ….WINNER: Will Ospreay ….</p></center>
POST MATCH: Lashley grabs MVP and drags him back to the ring …. Taylor stops him and brawls with Lashley, and MVP clips the knee of Lashley from behind! Taylor holds Lashley for MVP, who hits the Driveby! MVP then stretches out the injured leg of Lashley and Taylor goes up top and nails a big splash again! MVP and Taylor leave Lashley laying again …. As Taylor and MVP walk away, Lashley grabs a mic and challenges them to a handicap match next week ….
BACKSTAGE SEGMENT:
We are in Donald Trump’s office …. The cameraman that was in his private box at RING OF VICTORY is seated across the table from him, and Trump tells him ‘YOU’RE FIRED.’ This is the same cameraman that kept filming too long after the show ended and happened to catch PAUL HEYMAN in the box with Trump ….Secret service escort the former employee out of the office …
TRUMP - “Well, no need in hiding this anymore …”
The chair next to Trump swivels around to reveal Paul Heyman sitting there ….
HEYMAN – “Thank you Mr. President ….”
TRUMP – “No Paul, thank you. I know you won’t let me down ….”
HEYMAN – “And I know you will make it worth my while …. Pleasure doing busines with you ….”
…. Up next, SoCal Val leads out Valifornia and says they are the most dominant force in womens wrestling …. She puts over Deonna Purazzo as dominating the women’s division since this company started, and her and Chelsea are former world tag champs …. But she wants to introduce the woman that dominated the Queen of the Ring, single-handedly earning the most eliminations en route to becoming the new interim womens champion Raquel Gonzalez ….
Val puts over Raquel and says there is no one better to hold the title until the Virtuosa returns, but Gonzalez takes exception to this …. She is the one that fought through Queen of the Ring and she earned the title …. There is tension here, but the tention is broken up by the arrival of Becky Lynch! Becky comes out and talks shit to Gonzalez, asking her how it feels to just be keeping the title warm for Purazzo until her face heals …. This pisses Gonzalez off and she wants to fight right now …. Becky says ‘fuck it’ and hits the ring, but she gets jumped by Green and Gonzalez! They put the boots to Becky until out of the back runs Bianca BelAir! Becky and BelAir don’t like each other, but they have a common enemy in Valifornia! Becky and Bianca clear the ring, then realize they are the only 2 in the ring and then THEY start fighting too!
Becky and BelAir have to be pulled apart, and Gonzalez takes the mic and says she isn’t afraid of anyone, so if they want to fight they can all fight right now! We get an impromptu tag team match ….
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VALIFORNIA (Chelsea Green & ‘Interim’ womens champion Raquel Gonzalez) w/ SoCal VAl
VS.
BECKY LYNCH & BIANCA BELAIROf course Becky & Bianca have a hard time working together in this one, and Gonzalez domination is on full display early …. The action quickly breaks down in this one, and all 4 women end up brawling …. Becky and Gonzalez fight on the floor, with Becky eventually trapping Gonzalez in the Disarm-HER on top of the announce table!!!! In the ring, BelAir has Green in the KOD, but SoCal Val distracts her, allowing Green to roll up BelAir for the surprise pin ….….WINNER: Valifornia (Gonzalez & Green) ….</p></center>
POST MATCH: More arguing from Becky and BelAir that breaks down into a brawl because BelAir is pissed that Becky was more concerned about Gonzalez rather than having her partners back ….
BACKSTAGE SEGMENT:
MIRO cuts a promo on MATT RIDDLE …. Miro tells the story of a man who was a world champion, but who was known not for his accomplishments, but known just for having a hot wife …. This man was lost, so he set out on a journey to find himself …. A voice came from the heavens and said this man must forgive himself, and remember who he was …. He has been redeemed by his lord and savior, and now he will redeem himself …. But he is a reasonable man …. He will forgive everyone in his path that he is forced to destroy, because now he becomes the redeemer …. NEXT WEEK:
Samoa Joe defends the Openweight title against Brian Pillman Jr.
Xia Li vs. Dakota Kai
Matt Riddle vs. Miro
Shane Taylor & MVP vs. Bobby Lashley<center><p style="border:3px;border-style:solid;border-color:#FF0000;padding:1em;">
JOHNNY GARGANO
VS.
CAMERON GRIMES w/ Mickie JamesThey jump start the match aggressively, with Gargano attacking Grimes and hitting a running huricanrana and then clotheslining Grimes to the floor …. Apron superkick and the cannonball follows and Johnny is in control until Mickie James causes a distraction allowing Grimes to hit a big lariat …. Johnny battles back, but Grimes blocks the slingshot spear in mid-air and hits a gutwrench suplex …. Grimes charges but eats the boot in the corner, followed by a tornado flatliner from Johnny for 2!!!! They criss cross in the ring but Grimes catches Johnny coming in with the Collision Course (standing moonsault fallaway slam off the ropes)!!!! Both men down! The action breaks down into a battle of strikes, but Grimes connects with a superman forearm and a roundhouse kick! Small package driver! 1 … 2 … 2.999999! They battle onto the ring apron and Johnny knocks Grimes back into the ring and goes for the slingshot spear but Mickie grabs Johnny’s leg causing him to crash and burn!
Both guys are down in the ring, BUT HERE COMES CANDICE LERAE RUNS AND SHE ATTACKS MICKIE!!!! Tornado DDT on the floor to Mickie!!!! James Storm grabs Candice by the hair and pulls her off Mickie, but Ciampa KILLS Storm with a jumping bicycle knee! Grimes sets Johnny up for the Cave In, BUT CANDICE LOW BLOWS GRIMES!!!! One Final Beat by Gargano! He locks on the Gargano Escape! GRIMES TAPS OUT!!!!WINNER: Johnny Gargano ….</p></center>
POST MATCH: Ciampa tosses Storm into the ring, and Johnny is in one corner while Candice and Ciampa are in opposite corners …. They all lock eyes …. CANDICE, JOHNNY and CIAMPA ALL HIT MEET IN THE MIDDLE ON JAMES STORM!!!!
As soon as they hit the move, Johnny and Ciampa are nose to nose …. These guys just fucking hate each other and hate it when they work together, but they realize how good they are when they are on the same page …. Candice gets in between them and tries to play peace-maker, but Ciampa picks up one of the UWF world tag titles laying in the ring …. He hands it to Johnny! …. Johnny and Ciampa hold up the UWF tag titles to end the show ….
