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MLW News: Joey Ryan & Swoggle Teaming Up At Fightland In Chicago

Published

6 years ago

October 22, 2018

Major League Wrestling is just over two weeks away from their big debut in Chicago, as they journey to Cicero Stadium on November 8th for their Fusion television tapings entitled Fightland.

To this point, we already know Shane Strickland will get his rematch for the MLW World Title against Low Ki at the event, plus LA Park and El Hijo de LA Park will challenge Pentagon Jr. and Rey Fenix for the MLW World Tag Titles. This is an addition to the more recently announced No Disqualification battle that will pit PCO against Brody King, as well as the debut of CMLL star Rush as he goes one-on-one with Sammy Guevara.

Today, MLW has revealed that one of the independent scene’s unusual tandems comes together for Fightland:

JOEY RYAN & SWOGGLE FORM “SIZE MATTERS” TAG TEAM; MAKE THEIR MLW TAG DEBUT IN CHICAGO AGAINST THE DIRTY BLONDES NOVEMBER 8

CHICAGO – What happens when the King of Dong Style teams with the King of Small Style? Fans will find out at MLW’s FIGHTLAND on November 8th in Chicago at Cicero Stadium when Joey Ryan and Swoggle team-up to form “Size Matters” against the Dirty Blondes. The November 8th card is an MLW FUSION TV taping for beIN SPORTS.

The sport’s sleaziest grappler will team with 4’5” of defiance as they plunge into a tag team division so big it’s bulging with competition. This marks their first tag team encounter in MLW where they will take on the veteran team of Michael Patrick and Leo Brien, collectively known as the Dirty Blondes.

The Blondes have had a tumultuous 2018 with highlights including competing for the World Tag Team Championship this past June as well as being part of Colonel Parker’s Stud Stable. However, the Stud Stable has recently had its challenges with the firing of key members. Now the Blondes look to cement their position in the Stud Stable as well as the tag team division with a victory over Size Matters.

The new team Size Matters is as unorthodox as it gets. From lollipops to biting butts, Joey Ryan and Swoggle may just be the right mix of unpredictable elements to create a winning formula.

Will Size Matters prove just that in Chicago on November 8th or will the Dirty Blondes go to the pay window? Find out LIVE in Chicago at MLW: FIGHTLAND November 8th.

Tickets are on sale now at www.MLWTickets.com.

Signed thus far for MLW’s November 8th FIGHTLAND card:

WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE FIGHT: Pentagon Jr. & Rey Fenix (c) vs. LA Park & Hijo de LA Park presented by Salina de la Renta

REMATCH FOR THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: World Heavyweight Champion Low Ki vs. Shane “Swerve” Strickland

Rush vs. Sammy Guevara

NO DQ MATCH: PCO vs. Brody King

Size Matters (Joey Ryan & Swoggle) vs. The Dirty Blondes

Ace Romero’s debut!

The card will feature World Heavyweight Champion “Filthy” Tom Lawlor, World Middleweight Champion MJF with Aria Blake, Kotto Brazil, Sami Callihan and many more.

Matches will be announced in the coming weeks at MLW.com.Tickets start at $10 at MLWTickets.com. Tickets will also be available day of show at the Cicero Stadium box office.

Be there live as MLW makes its Chicago debut with a national television taping. General Public Doors Open: 6pm with a bell time of: 7pm.

MORE ABOUT CICERO STADIUM:
Located right outside of Chicago in Cicero, the Cicero Stadium is a short walk to the Pink Line and has several parking lots adjacent to the building. The historic Cicero Stadium has hosted professional wrestling and boxing cards for decades.

Cicero Stadium is located at: 1909 S. Laramie Avenue Cicero, IL 60804.

About Major League Wrestling

Major League Wrestling (MLW®) is a sports media holding company with a focus on professional wrestling sporting events/programming, digital content and ancillary entertainment. The fastest growing wrestling league today, MLW’s weekly TV series, Major League Wrestling: FUSION, airs Friday nights 8pm ET / 5pm PT on beIN SPORTS (with replays at 11pm ET) in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.

MLW features a roster full of high profile fighters and on-air talent from around the world including: Tony Schiavone, the Hart Foundation, “Filthy” Tom Lawlor, Low Ki, Mexico’s LA Park, Pentagon Jr., Rey Fenix, Tommy Dreamer, Salina de la Renta, Konnan, Joey Ryan, Konnan, Kotto Brazil, Shane “Swerve” Strickland, Barrington Hughes, Colonel Robert Parker and many more.

MLW is the parent company of the MLW Radio Network, the leading provider of professional wrestling podcasts in the world with 5-6 podcasts in the top iTunes 100 in the sports category on the average day. MLW content has been distributed commercially in in the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, India, Denmark and Bangladesh among other territories.

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AEW Coverage

Mitchell’s AEW Continental Classic Update! (11/27/23)

What a start to the tournament!

Published

5 months ago

November 27, 2023

Steven Mitchell

Did your picks win points?

The AEW Continental Classic is underway, with almost everyone competing. Check in here if you haven’t seen the winners and losers of week 1!

Here are your Gold League standings!

Jon Moxley: 1-0, 3 points
Swerve Strickland: 1-0, 3 points
Jay White: 1-0, 3 points
Rush: 0-1, 0 points
Mark Briscoe: 0-1, 0 points.
Jay Lethal: 0-1, 0 points

Here are your Blue League standings!

Brody King: 1-0, 3 points
Claudio Castagnoli: 1-0, 3 points
Daniel Garcia: 0-1, 0 points
Eddie Kingston: 0-1, 0 points
Bryan Danielson: Yet to Compete
Andrade El Idolo: Yet to Compete

My Thoughts:

Nothing too crazy, nothing too wild, this tournament only just got started. The only disappointing point is that they could not get Bryan “cleared to compete” Saturday night. Not sure how much of that is shoot given the bad eye, but this was kinda the problem of wanting him in the tournament over tons of other choices. Bryan wants to face Okada for WrestleKingdom 18, how is Bryan supposed to do that at his best if he’s also gonna be in a round robin, doing five top level matches in about as many weeks? And it takes away from Andrade being able to do something. Also a little surprised we didn’t even hear from Andrade on Saturday.

Now as we heard on Saturday, round two’s matches are set. Gold League will see Mark Briscoe VS Rush, White VS Swerve, and of course, Moxley VS Lethal. Nice variety there, a couple 0-1 guys facing off, as well as two 1-0 guys, and then 1-0 VS 0-1. No offense to Lethal, but he feels like an 0-2 going up against Moxley. Hard to call the other ones but that’s the fun of it. Meanwhile, Blue League sees Brody VS Claudio in a showdown to be 2-0, then Bryan and Andrade finally jump in, Bryan against Eddie and Andrade against Garcia. Sadly, feels like Eddie and Garcia are going 0-2, no way Tony Khan is booking Bryan and Andrade to lose their first shots.

In fact, that could be half the reason they did wait on those two, that’s almost too good for just a first round opener. But I still would’ve done it, same as NJPW does stuff like that for round robins, which this is all modeled after anyway.

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AEW Coverage

AEW announces Continental Classic entrants

The C2 is set!

Published

5 months ago

November 22, 2023

Steven Mitchell

Tony Khan Reveals the Blue and Gold “Leagues!”

Originally livestreamed, Tony Khan and Tony Schiavone officially announced the twelve total entrants and divided them into the two round robin blocks known as the “Blue League” and “Gold League.” If you don’t feel like sifting through the almost 30 minute video, the groups are:

Blue League

Bryan Danielson
Andrade El Idolo
Brody King
Claudio Castagnoli
Daniel Garcia
Eddie Kingston

Gold League

Jon Moxley
Swerve Strickland
Rush
Mark Briscoe
Jay Lethal
Jay White

Tony Khan also explains the rules for the Continental Classic:

Every match has a 20 minute time limit
The winner of each match earns 3 points, losers earn 0, 1 point for a draw
EVERYONE ELSE is banned from ringside for true 1v1 action

Eddie Kingston also joined the selection special as his “life’s work” is on the line in this tournament, both the ROH World Championship and NJPW Strong Openweight Championship on the line as part of the modern day North American Triple Crown Eddie, Tony Khan, AEW, ROH and NJPW are looking to create together. Gold League competes tonight on Dynamite while Blue League will have their start this Saturday on Collision. Look for more articles like this one to keep up with the Continental Classic standings over the next six weeks of tournament action!

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