MLW News: MLW World Middleweight Title Vacated Due To Injury

MJF is no longer the MLW World Middleweight Champion!

We are exactly one week away from Major League Wrestling’s first live special airing on beIN Sports next Friday night at 8PM EST, as the usual Fusion time slot will broadcast MLW’s Zero Hour event from Miami (see the original story here).

Among the loaded card for Zero Hour (which will be preceded on Thursday by the company’s next set of Fusion television tapings with Never Say Never), MJF was slated to defend his MLW World Middleweight Championship in a Ladder Match, but an injury a couple of weeks back had put his participation in doubt (read about that here). To this point, no changes had officially been made to the match that would see Jason Cade, Kotto Brazil, Dezmond Xavier and Andrew Everett going after the title, today MLW has officially announced that MJF will not be able to compete and the championship has been vacated with a new champion to be crowned at Zero Hour:

World Middleweight Title VACATED; new champion to be crowned on next Friday’s national broadcast of MLW Fusion LIVE

MIAMI – Not often can one guarantee a world championship title switch but next Friday December 14th on live television fans coast to coast nationwide will see just that. The vacant World Middleweight Championship will be decided on MLW Fusion LIVE on beIN SPORTS at 8pm ET / 5pm PT in a 4-way ladder match.

Major League Wrestling today announced that Maxwell Jacob Friedman will not be medically cleared to defend the championship title due to fracturing his elbow in November. As such, the championship has been held up and will be determined when Dezmond Xavier, “Haitian Sensation” Kotto Brazil, Andrew Everett and Jason Cade attempt to climb the ladder and grab destiny in the form of the World Middleweight Championship on live cable tv nationwide.

The title bout will kick off next Friday’s MLW Fusion LIVE broadcast on beIN SPORTS at 8pm ET / 5pm PT at the Miami Scottish Rite Temple as MLW presents its first-ever live special on national network television.

“The fans are paying for a title match and the league will deliver on the promise of one next Friday,” said MLW CEO Court Bauer. “When MJF is medically cleared by his doctor and league physicians, he will have an opportunity to reclaim the title.”

See the new World Middleweight Championship crowned LIVE next Friday December 14th in Miami (buy tickets)

Both December 13 & 14^th cards are FUSION TV tapings for beIN SPORTS. Tickets are available starting at $15 at MLWTickets.com.

Buy General Admission tickets starting at $15 at http://www.MLWTickets.com. For just $20 fans can see both the December 13^th (Never Say Never) and December 14^th (Zero Hour) shows as part of the holiday combo ticket.

Signed thus far for MLW’s December double-shot debut in Miami:

NEVER SAY NEVER – December 13^th:
MAIN EVENT
Pentagon Jr. vs. Teddy Hart
 
FALLS COUNT ANYWHERE IN MIAMI
Sami Callihan vs. LA Park (presented by Salina de la Renta)
 
NO HOLDS BARRED FIGHT
“Filthy” Lawlor vs. Simon Gotch

Dragón Lee vs. Rich Swann

Rush vs. Shane “Swerve” Strickland

DJZ vs. Hijo de LA Park (presented by Salina de la Renta)

Dezmond Xavier vs. Andrew Everett
 
Plus:
The Hart Foundation • Barrington Hughes • Kotto Brazil • Low Ki • Tommy Dreamer • More!
 
ZERO HOUR – December 14^th:
NO DQ WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE FIGHT
Konnan vs. Low Ki (c)
 
Rush vs. Rich Swann

4-WAY LADDER MATCH TO DETERMINE THE NEW WORLD MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION
Dezmond Xavier vs. Kotto Brazil vs. Andrew Everett vs. Jason Cade
 
SINGAPORE CANE MATCH
Tommy Dreamer vs. Brian Pillman Jr.

SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT
Ace Romero vs. Barrington Hughes

More matches and wrestlers will be announced in the coming weeks at MLW.com for both the December 13 & 14 Miami cards.
 
MLW’s holiday gift for South Florida! 
For just $20 fans will be treated to a special holiday combo 2-night ticketwhere fans will be able to see both the December 13^th(MLW: Never Say Never) and December 14^th(MLW: Zero Hour) shows! This general admission ticket gives you a $10 savings!
 
Tickets start at $15 at MLWTickets.com.  Tickets will also be available day of show at the box office.
 
General Public Doors Open: 6 p.m. with a bell time of: 7 p.m.

MORE ABOUT THE MIAMI SCOTTISH RITE TEMPLE:

Located just minutes from South Beach in downtown Miami, the Scottish Rite Temple is an atmospheric experience harkening back to the old Miami.  Modernized for today’s needs, the 96-year old building’s architecture is astonishing.  The Scottish Rite Temple is one of downtown Miami’s premiere venues for live performance, music, and entertainment shows.

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, Rush, Joey Ryan, Kotto Brazil, Shane “Swerve” Strickland, Barrington Hughes, Colonel Robert Parker and many more.
 
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