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MLW News: Middleweight Title Triple Threat Announced For Fusion Tapings In NYC

Published

6 years ago

September 26, 2018

The lineup for Major League Wrestling’s return to Queens, New York next Thursday for its next set of Fusion television tapings continues to round out as we’re now just over a week away.

On top of Low Ki defending the MLW World Title, a Spin The Wheel Make The Deal match and more, today MLW announced that Jimmy Yuta and Jason Cade will challenge MJF for the Middleweight Championship in a Triple Threat Elimination match:

MJF to defend World Middleweight Championship in triple threat elimination match in New York City versus Jason Cade and Jimmy Yuta

NEW YORK – With Jimmy Yuta and Jason Cade neck and neck in the middleweight division rankings, league officials have granted both men a title shot against World Middleweight Champion Maxwell J. Friedman (with Aria Blake) next Thursday. MJF will defend the World Middleweight Championship in a triple threat elimination style title bout at MLW FURY ROAD: an MLW Fusion TV taping. Tickets start at just $20 at www.MLWtickets.com.

MJF, who won the championship this summer in the same venue, will face an unusual challenge in two estranged former tag team partners who are in the midst of their own feud within the middleweight division.

Yuta and Cade, formally known as Team TBD, have been entrenched in a bitter feud since losing in the World Tag Team Championship finals this past June. Now, they find themselves in the pursuit of gold where teaming up against the defending champion could prove to have its advantages in the match… but will the two be blinded by their anger towards the other?

MJF and his new flame Aria Blake look to exploit the chaos of the feuding Yuta and Cade as he looks to defeat two dynamic middleweights. How will Aria factor into the match? The match being elimination style adds another wrinkle. One thing is for sure: this World Middleweight Championship Title Fight guarantees to be an unpredictable encounter.

See MJF defend the World Middleweight Championship against Jimmy Yuta and Jason Cade LIVE next Thursday October 4th in New York City!

Tickets start at $20 for this MLW FUSION taping. [Buy tickets]

Signed thus far for MLW’s October 4th card:

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

SPIN THE WHEEL MAKE THE DEAL:

Jimmy Havoc vs. Sami Callihan

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT:

Low Ki (c) presented by Salina de la Renta vs. Daga (cornered by Konnan)

“Filthy” Tom Lawlor vs. Shane “Swerve” Strickland

Hart Foundation vs. Rich Swann, ACH and Marko Stunt

Tommy Dreamer vs. Brody King

Sammy Guevara vs. El Hijo de LA Park (presented by Salina de la Renta)

WORLD MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT:

TRIPLE THREAT ELIMINATION!

MJF with Aria Blake (c) vs. Jimmy Yuta vs. Jimmy

PLUS:

Joey Ryan

Kotto Brazil
Barrington Hughes

Myron Reed

Plus more to be announced soon!

More matches will be announced in the coming weeks on MLW: FUSION and MLW.com. Plus, it’s a TV taping for MLW FUSION on beIN Sports!

Watch MLW FUSION Friday nights at 8pm ET on beIN SPORTS.

Stream new episodes of MLW: FUSION online on demand starting at 6:05pm Saturday nights for free at www.youtube.com/majorleaguewrestling.

Tickets start at $20 at MLWTickets.com! There are limited VIP tickets available which includes early entry (5:30pm Eastern) featuring a Pre-Show Meet and Greet with select MLW Talent plus complimentary poster.

Please note: General Admission SRO Tickets are: $20 for advance sales, $25 Day of Event at the door.

General Public Doors Open: 6pm Eastern

Showtime: 7pm Eastern.

You can purchase tickets today at MLWTickets.com.

MORE ABOUT THE VENUE:
Located in the heart of Long Island City just minutes away from Manhattan, the Melrose Ballroom is one of New York City’s premiere exclusive venues for live performance, music, and entertainment shows.

The venue is located at: 36-08 33rd Street Long Island City, NY 11106.

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’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 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

6 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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