Major League Wrestliing #45

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We are in Boston, Massachusetts for MLW at the TD Gardens …. It’s standing room only tonight, and 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 ….


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SOLO SIKOA
VS.
GRAYSON WALLER

Waller gets a little bit of offense but this is pretty much ALL Sikoa …. He finishes Waller with a Spinning Back Fist followed by the top rope Superfly Splash ….</p></center>

POST MATCH: Hook’s music hits!  Hook comes out to the ring and gets right in Solo’s face, THEN TURNS AND DROPS WALLER ON HIS HEAD WITH A HEAD &amp; ARM HOOK-PLEX!  Hook stands back up and gets right back in Sikoa’s face!  Of course, Sikoa isn’t having that, and he picks up Waller back up and hits him with an Exploder Suplex!  It becomes a game of one-up-manship with both Hook and Sikoa trying to kill Waller but there is no physicality between them …. Instead they are trying to see who can destroy Waller …. Hook locks Waller in the Katahajame (Taz-mission) and Waller is practically dead at this point …. Sikoa breaks it up and tosses Waller to the floor and gets nose to nose with Hook again, but there is no physicality …. Hook smirks and walks off ….


We get a video recap of FIGHTLAND #4

• Hook made his MLW debut, battling Solo Sikoa to a no-contest in which nothing was settled
• Rex Steiner defeated Bobby Roode …. A post match brawl saw Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus come to Steiner’s rescue, fending off an attack from Bobby Roode and The North
• Becky Lynch once again confronted Lacey Evans …. Evans laid Becky out with the Woman’s Right
• Miro defeated Davey Boy Smith Jr. to win possession of the Openweight title shot briefcase …. Samoa Joe confronted Miro after the match, resulting in a huge brawl that it took the entire locker room to break up ….


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TOMASSO CIAMPA &amp; JOHNNY GARGANO w/ Candice LeRae
VS.
THE ACCLAIMED (Anthony Bowens &amp; Max Caster)

Caster comes out doing his rap gimmick, roasting Candice for being busted open with a beer bottle from Mickie James …. The Acclaimed have some potential, but are young and inexperienced …. Meanwhile, Gargano &amp; Ciampa are on the same page here and they viciously dismantle Bowens and Caster …. Ciampa kills Caster with the Knee of Woe in the corner (knee strike while in tree of woe) while Johnny takes out Bowens with One Final Beat …. Ciampa &amp; Gargano finish off Caster with the ‘Meet in the Middle’ ….</p></center>



IN THE BACK –

We get words with REX STEINER …. Steiner says he beat Bobby Roode at FIGHTLAND #3, but apparently The North and Roode didn’t get the message …. Steiner has a couple of partners that have unfinished business with The North, and in walk Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus …. Steiner says if they got the sack then they can meet them in a 6 man match on next FIGHTLAND ….


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AUSTIN ARIES
Vs.
MUSTAFA ALI

Very back and forth contest, which ends with Aries getting the tapout win to the Last Chancery in about 8 minutes ….</p></center>

POST MATCH:  Aries gets a mic and cuts a promo on Roderick Strong turning his back on him at FIGHTLAND #3 …. Aries isn’t going away, and he is going to make it his mission to dismantle the Undisputed Era one piece at a time …. Roderick Strong and Redragon come out on top of the stage and Strong cuts a promo, saying Aries walked in and expected Strong to follow his lead like some lost puppy …. In this business you can either have friends or have money and he made a ‘business decision’ …. Aries challenges Strong to a match at FIGHTLAND #5 ….





IN THE BACK –

Charly Caruso is with Lacey Evans ahead of her big match against Becky Lynch coming up NEXT …. Becky asked who Lacey is, well, Lacey is the woman that KO’d Becky with one punch last week …. ‘How is that black eye Becks?’  She says that she is a lady, but when she gets pushed too far she can get real nasty …. And Becky is going to find out just how much of a nasty she can be ….


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BECKY LYNCH
Vs.
LACEY EVANS

They lock up, and Becky pushes Lacey into the corner and then pie-faces her …. Lacey attacks with a dropkick and Becky powders, but Lacey hits a baseball slide dropkick that sends Becky flying into the railing …. Evans follows for some brawling outside, but Becky sends Lacey into the steps …. Becky puts the boots to Lacey on the outside and then demands the ref count Lacey out.  Lacey slides back in but Becky is in control and works Lacey over …. The fans rally Lacey, and she fights back with a neck breaker …. Lacey goes up top for the BME, but Becky is up and shoves her off the top and she lands on the apron …. Lacey nails Becky with the Womans Right from the apron!  Slingshot elbow drop!  Becky kicks out!  Becky gets a desperation flatliner into the buckles, then a Becks-ploder!  Becky fires up and then hits some flying forearms to boos from the crowd …. Manhandle Slam but Lacey elbows out of it and hits a sliced bread followed by a knee strike that gets another 2 count …. Lacey up top, BUT THE BME MEETS THE KNEES OF BECKY!  Becky goes for the Disarm-HER, but Lacey reverses into a backslide out of nowhere and gets the surprise 3 count!!!! ….</p></center>

POST MATCH: Becky is FURIOUS, while Lacey looks a little surprised by the win … Lacey celebrates and high-fives and hugs some little girls in the front row ….


We get a video showing the MLW Standings for 2022 …. This is an effort by MLW to present more of a sports-based combat product …. The standings reset every calendar year ….  

SINGLES:

Adam Cole 1-0 (4-0 title defenses) *MLW Champion*
Samoa Joe 1-0 (5-0-1) *MLW Openweight Champion*
Miro 2-0
Rex Steiner 2-0
Austin Aries 1-0
Solo Sikoa 1-0-1

Tyson Kidd 0-1
Killer Kross 0-1
Jungle Boy 0-1
Bobby Roode 0-1
Davey Boy Smith Jr. 0-1

Hook 0-0-1
Sheamus 0-1
Mustafa Ali 0-1
Grayson Waller 0-1

TAG TEAMS:

Tomasso Ciampa &amp; Johnny Gargano 1-0

The Acclaimed 0-1

WOMEN:

Lacey Evans 1-0
Charlotte Flair 1-0
Becky Lynch 0-1
Chelsea Green 0-1


Up next, Openweight champion Samoa Joe comes out on the stage to talk to Charly Caruso ….


Charly congratulates Joe on being the #1 contender for the Intercontinental title, and asks when we might see a matchup between Joe and current IC champion, Tetsuya Naito ….

JOE – “Ooooooh Naaaaaiiitttoooo …. I wonder, oh I wonder why is it you have yet to leave the friendly confines of your home country of Japan? …. You’re the Intercontinental champ, you can go anywhere in the UWF that you want but you have yet to face a challenger outside of IWGP?  Why is that?  Well, like you said Charly, I am currently the #1 contender, so allow ME to be your first challenger.  I know you like that personal touch, so allow me to personally extend an open invitation for you to come to the United States.  Come to MLW, but make sure you bring that Intercontinental title with you.  I’ll even go a step further and provide the plane ticket, 1st class accommodations of course.  I just want to see if the hype is real, Naito, because I promise you, with Samoa Joe you get everything you pay for ….”


Charly then asks about Miro breathing down his neck, having won the Openweight title briefcase from Davey Boy Smith Jr. at FIGHTLAND #4 …. *** We see highlights of Miro beating Davey Boy Smith Jr. to win the Openweight title case at FIGHTLAND #4 and then the subsequent brawl with Samoa Joe ….***


JOE – “I will say this: Davey Boy Smith Jr. can have a shot at this title any time he wants whether he has a briefcase in his hands or not.  I don’t care who it is, all I ask is that they bring me a fight!  But Miro?  Miro has been impressive, but a man that has to come out here and talk about how dominant he is, about how much of a monster he is, but he has to attack people to basically steal a title shot when all you had to do was be a man and ask.  To me, that just shows how ‘underwhelming’ you are.   Does that get under your skin Miro?  Since you are the redeemer you will probably forgive me for that right?  But here is something you’ve done that I won’t forgive you for …. I won’t forgive you for your disrespect that you showed me last week when you stomped on the Openweight title!  You’ve got the golden ticket for a title shot that you can cash it in at any time, so why don’t you stop being such a bitch and do it already!  I will fight ANYONE.  So come fight me!  Because I am Samoa Joe, and I am pro wrestling!”


IN THE BACK –

Donald Trump is in his office when MLW Champion Adam Cole charges in!  Secret Service stop Cole at the door, but Trump tells them to let him in and Cole slams his hand down on Trump’s desk in anger ….

Are you freakin’ kidding me?  Cole says Trump is shitting on the hottest act in MLW to hang all over Roman Reigns’ nut sack …. Reigns isn’t shit and Cole is going to show Trump that Reigns isn’t shit ….

Trump says his job is to make MLW the best and deepest roster in the UWF, and that means bringing in the best talent like Roman Reigns …. Cole says he has more talent in his pinky than Reigns has in his whole body, and what Trump should be worried about is making his top talent happy ….

The door to the locker room opens and in walks Will Ospreay!  Ospreay says that he has been in England due to travel issues, but he wants to remind Cole that he still has a guaranteed title shot coming …. Ospreay says he’s the guy that can do things that no one has ever seen before, and he is gonna change the narrative …. Cole wants to remind Ospreay of something, and that is when you are talking about the MLW title, Cole doesn’t lose.  Ospreay says he wants to find out, and he is cashing in the case!  Cole objects, but Trump is on board with the idea …. Trump says he is a fair man, so he is going to give Cole time to prepare …. He books the match to happen at FIGHTLAND #6 …. Cole tells Ospreay that he has just made a big mistake and walks out ….


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MLW WOMEN’S TITLE MATCH:
(Champion) RAQUEL GONZALEZ w/ SoCal Val &amp; Chelsea Green
Vs.
CHARLOTTE FLAIR

Their previous match ended in a double countout, so this match is under no countout rules …. Charlotte plays some mind games with Raquel at the start, getting in her face and letting out a big ‘Woooooo’ …. Charlotte flips off the crowd, but Raquel drops her with a big shoulder block …. Charlotte bumps all over the place for Gonzalez, but she fights back with chops but Gonzalez no-sells …. Gonzalez sends Charlotte into the corner for the upside down bump, but Charlotte lands on her feet on the apron and runs down to the other corner and goes up top …. Charlotte comes off, but Gonzalez catches her out of the air and hits a fallaway slam!  Gonzalez is in control here, and the action spills to the floor where Charlotte takes her knee out with a chop block …. Charlotte goes to work on the knee, but Gonzalez rolls to the apron to escape …. Charlotte out too and the women exchange strikes and chops on the apron, but Charlotte with a big boot that sends Gonzalez to the floor …. Charlotte goes up top and hits the moonsault to the floor that wipes out Gonzalez!!!!  Both women are down, but Raquel is up first and tosses Charlotte back in the ring for a 2 count!  Raquel sits Charlotte on top, but Charlotte punches the knee to break up the super-plex attempt and then hits the Natural Selection off the 2nd rope!!!!  1 … 2 … NOOOOO!  Gonzalez kicks out!  Charlotte goes for the Figure Four, but Gonzalez kicks her off and sends her flying to the outside …. Gonzalez rolls to the floor but is limping badly, THEN NEARLY TAKES HER HEAD OFF WITH THE CLOTHESLINE FROM HELL!!!!  Raquel takes Charlotte onto the announce table, and is going to powerbomb her, but Charlotte has the Womens title and she smashes Gonzalez in the knee with it!!!!  That is enough to get the DQ finish ….</p></center>

POST MATCH: Charlotte continues the attack, putting Gonzalez’ knee between the ringpost and the steps and then kicks the steps into the injured knee!  Charlotte has a chair now, and she puts Gonzalez’ knee inside the chair and is going to Pillman-ize it, but referees and officials are in the ring to prevent it from happening …. Raquel has to have help leaving the ring due to the damage done to the knee ….




We are close to the top of the hour, but we aren’t done yet …. ‘YOU KNOW IT’S ALL ABOUT THE BOOOM!’ and here comes MLW Champion Adam Cole …. ADAM COLE BAY BAY!  

COLE says he is sick of the disrespect …. First Paul Heyman disrespects them last week and now he wants everyone to bow down to Roman Reigns like he’s someone special …. Now Will Ospreay wants to ride the coattails of the Undisputed Era and thinks that he belongs in the ring with Adam Cole …. There is ‘good’, there is ‘great’, and there is ‘special’ …. Everyone wants to be treated like they are ‘special’ …. Will Ospreay wants to be treated as special …. Roman Reigns walks in the door and wants to be treated as ‘special’ …. But there is only ONE ‘special’ in MLW, one draw, and that’s the Adam Cole … and THAT is Undosputed!  So Donald Trump can spread his legs for Paul Heyman and Roman Reigns like some cheap whore, but ….

THE LIGHTS GO OUT!!!!




ROMAN REIGNS IS HERE!!!!  

Reigns and Heyman strut down to the ring and gets face to face with Adam Cole …. Reigns stands there faced off with Cole for a long moment, and Cole is getting more and more furious as they stand there …. Reigns finally asks for the microphone from Heyman and says one thing …

“ACKNOWLEDGE ME ….”

Cole laughs …. He acts like he’s going to back off and leave the ring, but then he fires off a superkick at Reigns …. REIGNS EFFORTLESSLY CATCHES COLE’S FOOT!!!!  SUPERMAN PUNCH LAYS OUT COLE!!!!  


Reigns and Heyman stand over the fallen MLW champion to end the show ….