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MLW News: Two More Matches Added To September’s War Games

Published

6 years ago

August 24, 2018

As we draw closer to Major League Wrestling’s return to the War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on September 6th for its War Games event, more matches continue to be added to the card that will also double as an MLW Fusion taping for beIN Sports. Today, MLW has announced two more matches for the event:

HART FOUNDATION’S TEDDY HART FIGHTS RICH SWANN; BRIAN PILLMAN MAKES IN-RING DEBUT AGAINST VANDAL ORTAGUN SEPTEMBER 6 IN FORT LAUDERDALE

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – The Hart Foundation will take South Florida by storm September 6th with 2 new matches signed. Teddy Hart vs. Rich Swann and Brian Pillman Jr. vs. Vandal Ortagun have been added to MLW WAR GAMES® at Fort Lauderdale’s War Memorial Auditorium.

The super card will also feature a FUSION TV taping for beIN SPORTS.

Ticket start at just $10. You can purchase tickets now at www.MLWgo.com.

Rich Swann looks to inflict some pain on Teddy Hart, who he along with ACH blame for Swann’s concussion in a recent tag match on MLW FUSION.

Hart, however, believes all is fair in the sport of pro wrestling once the bell rings. Hart claims he is once again being vilified with false narratives by Swann and the media.

While Hart and Swann clash September 6th another much anticipated bout will see fellow Hart Foundation member Brian Pillman Jr. make his in-ring debut against Turkey’s top ranked wrestler Vandal Ortagun. Pillman steps foot in an MLW ring for the first time with a lot of interest from the wrestling world.

Will Pillman start his MLW career on a winning note or will the cunning Turk Vandal Ortagun show experience always triumphs over inexperience in the squared circle? Find out live as Major League Wrestling presents an MLW FUSION TV taping!

Tickets start at $10 at www.MLWgo.com.

Wrestlers signed for the WAR GAMES® super card include:

WAR GAMES® MATCH:

JOHN MORRISON, TOMMY DREAMER, KOTTO BRAZIL, BARRINGTON HUGHES & SHANE STRICKLAND

VS.

SAMI CALLIHAN, JIMMY HAVOC, ABYSS AND THE DEATH MACHINES

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT:

LOW KI (c) VS. REY FENIX (CORNERED BY KONNAN)

MEXICAN MASSACRE MATCH:

PENTAGON JR. (CORNERED BY KONNAN) VS. LA PARK (PRESENTED BY SALINA DE LA RENTA)

PCO VS. BRODY KING

RICH SWANN VS. TEDDY HART (WITH HART FOUNDATION)

ACH VS. DAVEY BOY SMITH JR. (WITH HART FOUNDATION)

MIXED TAG TEAM MATCH:

JOEY RYAN & TAYA VALKYRIE VS. MJF & ARIA BLAKE

BRIAN PILLMAN JR. (W/ HART FOUNDATION) VS. VANDAL ORTAGUN

ALSO:

“FILTHY” TOM LAWLOR

THE DIRTY BLONDES WITH COLONEL PARKER

PLUS MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON!

More matches and wrestlers will be announced in the coming days and weeks at MLW.com.

MLW WAR GAMES® is an all ages event.

The War Memorial Auditorium is located at 800 NE 8th Street Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304.

Parking: The venue has a parking lot. Space is available on a first come, first serve basis. There is a small fee for parking at the venue’s lot.

MORE ABOUT MLW:

Major League Wrestling (MLW®) is a sports media holding company with a focus on professional wrestling sporting events/programming, digital content and ancillary entertainment.

MLW Radio Network is 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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