(Editor's Note: FIGHTLAND is designed to be MLW’s secondary show to fill in some of the gaps of MLW’s main show as well as feature people and storylines that don’t make it on the main show ….)
 | SAMOA JOE - “I’m still waiting on your answer Naito. ‘Mr. Tranquillo’. You seem like a man that doesn’t like being called out, yet when I called you out all I’ve heard since are excuses. Samoa Joe doesn’t make excuses. So if you won’t come to me, then I’ll come to you! Next week!”
“But that’s NEXT week. Let’s talk about TONIGHT. Davey Boy Smith Jr., I told you that all you had to do was ask me for a title shot and I didn’t care whether you had a briefcase or not. Because you’re a man and you step up like a man. You don’t run around hiding behind a briefcase. So tonight you are gonna get the shot you wanted, but you might not wish that you did. I am Samoa Joe, and I am pro wrestling …” |
Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan are ringside to welcome everyone to FIGHTLAND …. They run down tonight’s show as we go up to the ring ….
HOOK vs. ACE AUSTIN
Suplex onslaught from
Hook starts this one off …. Austin fires back but Hook stops him with the El Camino suplex followed by a head & arm Taz-plex dropping him right on his head! Hook lays in the Crossface shots before sinking in the Redrum (Taz Mission) for the tapout win ….
POST MATCH - Hook leaves the ring no-nonsense style when Solo Sikoa’s music hits! Sikoa walks down the ramp, but walks right past Hook and gets in the ring …. Bubba bomb to Ace Austin, keeping eye contact with Hook as he does so! Sikoa goes up top and hits the big splash, but Hook heads back to the ring and pulls Austin up, hitting a T Bone suplex! He pops up and stares down Sikoa, who smiles …. Hook walks off, stealing Sikoa’s thunder and leaving him standing on the top rope ….
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VIDEO PACKAGE – We get a video recap of MLW #45
* Lacey Evans upset Becky Lynch
* Samoa Joe cut a promo calling out Tetsuya Naito and letting him know he was after the UWF intercontinental title …
* Raquel Gonzalez def. Charlotte Flair via disqualification, but still nothing has been settled between these two
* Adam Cole closed the show cutting a promo on Paul Heyman and Roman Reigns … Roman Reigns arrived and Cole tried a superkick but Reigns caught it with ease and took Cole out with a Superman punch to stand tall at the end of the show …</p></center>
Up next, Paul Heyman maks his way out to the ring …
* fans chant along * “Ladies & Gentlemen … my name … is PAUL … HEYMAN …”We get a video recap of Roman Reigns coming out to the ring and telling MLW champion Adam Cole to “Acknowledge Me!” Cole tried to cheap shot Reigns with a superkick, but Reigns easily blocked it and then laid Cole out with the Superman Punch …HEYMAN – “The reason that I had that video shown again is for one reason. Donald Trump, you sir now know EXACTLY what Roman Reigns can do. And not only do you know exactly what he can do, you see how quickly and easily he can do it. Last week Roman Reigns left the MLW champion laying with just one punch, and that left Adam Cole with no choice but to acknowledge Roman Reigns! But, to be fair to Mr. Cole, one punch from Roman Reigns would topple out Godzilla! So, now that you know what Roman Reigns is capable of, it is time for you Mr. Trump to ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR TRIBAL CHIEF! You have the number that I wrote down for you last week, and to be honest that is a very generous number. Roman Reigns is worth that AND more. He is worth more than the entire MLW roster ….”‘SHOCK … THE SYSTEM …’ Here comes the Undisputed Era and Adam Cole is furious! The UE enter the ring and Heyman immediately cowers down ….
HEYMAN – “Please, please! I’m just a special counsel …” …. Cole says Reigns disrespected him at MLW 45, and now he isn’t even here??? Where is he???? Is he going to come out and take another cheap shot at Cole??? Heyman says Reigns isn’t here, and Cole says that was a mistake because Heyman is all alone …. The UE surround Heyman when JIMMY & JEY USO hit the ring, making their their MLW debut!!!!
HEYMAN – “I said Roman Reigns was not here, but I never said I was ALONE.”The Usos get between Heyman and the UE, specifically getting in the face of Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly! Jey Uso says he heard they were the baddest team in this company, and he dares them to step up and prove it right now!!!! Fish & O’Reilly don’t back down, but Cole steps in and backs the UE off and they leave ….
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VIDEO PACKAGE –
We get a video package hyping WILL OSPREAY .... Ospreay has cashed in his MLW title shot briefcase and will face Adam Cole for the MLW title at FIGHTLAND #6 …</p></center>
REX STEINER & A BOY AND HIS DINOSAUR (Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus) vs. THE NORTH (Josh Alexander & Ethan Page) & BOBBY ROODE
We jump start this match with all 6 men brawling …. Steiner ends up in the ring and shows off his power, tossing each member of the North around with suplexes and then pressing Bobby Roode and tossing him over the top to the floor …. The heels eventually take over and get the heat on Jungle Boy, working him over on their side of the ring …. The fans rally Jungle Boy as he fights from underneath, and he gets the hot tag to Luchasaurus …. The action breaks down from here and we get all 6 men in the ring again …. Steiner hits the gorilla press powerslam on Ethan Page, but Roode breaks it up …. Josh Alexander comes in and spears Steiner through the ropes to the floor! Roode eats a superkick from Jungle Boy, then Luchasaurus choke slams Roode on top of Ethan Page! Luchasaurus gets Roode on his shoulders and they hit the EXTINCTION LEVEL EVENT (doomsday Canadian destroyer) for the 3 count! …
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BACKSTAGE:
We are in the UE locker room and Adam Cole is throwing shit against the wall he is so pissed. We see Cole’s girlfriend, RWA Isis Champion BRITT BAKER is in the locker room with her boyfriend and she tries to calm him down …. Cole says the Undisputed Era runs MLW, and they aren’t going to stand for it …. Cole says he is the one in control here, not Reigns, Heyman or Will Ospreay! Strong tells Cole to calm down, and he is going to the ring to take care of Austin Aries .…</p></center>
AUSTIN ARIES vs. RODERICK STRONG w/ Undisputed Era
No love lost here as it’s a hockey fight from the beginning …. Aries gets the better of it and tosses Strong to the floor and follows with the heat seeking missile dive! Aries in total control but Strong battles back with a half nelson backbreaker to slow things down …. Strong with the hard whip into the corner, continuing to work the back of Aries …. Aries battles back to his feet but Strong cuts off Aries with a huge dropkick …. Hard chops in the corner from Strong, but Aries fires up and throws some forearms and chops of his own, rocking Strong …. Aries walks into the double knee gutbuster, then the sick kick but Aries kicks out at 2!!!! Aries counters the Stronghold with a small package, then rocks Strong with the discus 5 arm as they roll back to their feet! IED dropkick in the corner! Strong is in trouble and Aries nails the Brainbuster! 1 … 2 … ref is pulled to the floor by Bobby Fish!!!! Fish & O’Reilly attack Aries for the DQ finish! ….
POST MATCH: The fans aren’t happy about this one, but Aries is beaten down 3 on 1 by the UE …. He takes No Man’s Land from the tag champions, then Strong with the End of Heartache lays him out ….
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BACKSTAGE:
Interim Womans champion Raquel Gonzalez cuts a promo on Charlotte Flair …. There is no Valifornia this week, she just wants to talk to her one on one …. They have had 2 matches and nothing has been settled …. First one was a double countout, the 2nd one Charlotte took the cheap way out and got disqualified. Gonzalez proposes a no DQ, No Countout match to finish things between them …. Next week .…</p></center>
OPENWEIGHT TITLE:
(Champion) SAMOA JOE vs. DAVEY BOY SMITH Jr.
We get some chain wrestling and striking exchanges to start … He charges into the corner, right into an STJoe. Then Joe hits the Big Joe Combo, but can’t cover right away and only gets two. Davey hits a running European Uppercut and a short-arm lariat for two. Davey sits Joe up top and tries for a Tower of London but Joe blocks it and gets the Coquina Clutch! Davey turns into it and hits a backdrop driver to break the hold! Both men are down! Now it becomes a striking battle as both men fight from their knees and then to their feet … Davey to the top but Joe stops him with an enziguri and then hits a muscle buster on the apron! Davey is down and it looks like he might be injured as the ref rushes to check on him … it looks the the match may be stopped as trainers try to help Davey up and to the back … Davey pushes them away and heads back to the ring to finish the fight! Davey runs wild for a second but Joe catches him in a pop-up powerbomb! Joe hits a 2nd muscle buster!!!! Davey kicks out at 2! Davey is on his knees and grabs Joe and uses him to pull himself up … Joe floors him with a King Kong lariat! Davey is out of it at this point and Joe snatches him in the coquina clutch! Davey fades quickly and the ref calls the match ….
POST MATCH: Joe’s music is cut off by the arrival of MIRO!
MIRO – “This is what it has come to Joe? Handing out charity title shots to EVERYONE but me??? I beat Davey Boy Smith Jr.! He did not deserve a title shot, but you gave him one anyway. He didn’t deserve it, just like you don’t deserve to be champion! You would rather chase Naito all the way to Japan. Well, I told everyone the entire locker room that if you had a title, you had a problem! I told everyone I was coming for gold. And I hold your fate in MY hands!”Joe takes the mic and tells Miro to stop being a bitch and come cash in his title shot right now! Joe has just wrestled a hard-fought match, so Miro might actually have a chance!
Miro starts for the ring, but Davey Boy Smith is being helped up the aisle with an icepack on his neck …. Miro shoves the trainers away and lays Davey out with a Machka Kick! Miro goes to lock on the 7th Seal on the injured Smith, but here comes Joe! Joe and Miro brawl wildly in the aisle, making their way back to the ring! Here come MLW officials to try to break it up, but as they are pulling them apart this allows Miro to hit Joe with the Openweight briefcase!!!! Miro locks Joe in the 7th seal! The officials are trying to get Miro off of Joe, but he won’t let go! After several minutes and several attempts, Miro finally lets go. He walks over and picks up the Openweight title, crouching next to Joe and laying the title on top of him.
MIRO – “Do you think I am underwhelming now Joe? Do you not think I am a monster?!?! You see Joe, I could cash in this briefcase right now, when you are at your weakest, when you are hurt. But no, I’m not going to do that. Because I am a reasonable man and I forgive you. It is infinitely more satisfying to rip the title from a clenched fist rather than a weak hand! But make no mistake, you will find yourself in this situation again, and next time you will be carried out, but next time it will be WITHOUT the Openweight title …. AND THOSE ARE MY TERMS! What you don’t realize, Joe, is that you are standing between me and my destiny and there is no more dangerous place on Earth that a man can be standing …. “
