Hi all! Welcome to this week’s recap of MLW Fusion. First up on tonight’s episode was Davey Richards vs. ACH. Then, the Saito brothers faced Budd Heavy and Gnarls Garvin. And in the main event, 5150 defended the MLW Tag Team Championship against Los Parks in a ladder match. MLW Fusion #133 can be watched below.
Strong Points of the Show
- The Crybaby Calvin sponsorships still crack me up. Those segments are a silly yet creative way for Alex Kane to add further insult to injury to Calvin Tankman.
- Cesar Duran perfectly antagonized Alex Hammerstone and Davey Richards during the contact signing. Duran is an incredible character and so easy to dislike.
Weak Points of the Show
- Davey Richards’ entrance felt unnecessarily long this evening. Had something actually happened before Davey went to the ring the delay would have felt more natural. However, since nothing happened, the delay in entrance came across weirdly.
Other Highlights
- Calvin Tankman opened the show and announced that he would face Alex Kane for the MLW National Openweight Championship in two weeks. Then, Alex Kane and Mr. Thomas came down to ringside and confronted Tankman. Tankman punched Kane, and the two men had to be separated by referees.
- After his victory, Davey Richards thanked ACH for their match. Richards then promised to destroy whoever stole his Opera Cup trophy. Lastly, Davey promised Alex Hammerstone that he was coming for him at Superfight.
- Mads Kruger claimed that he was the monster Jacob Fatu could never be. Kruger also promised to drown Jacob in his own blood. Later on, Joe Dombrowski announced that Kruger will face Fatu next week.
- Cesar Duran and Saint Laurent discussed Laurent’s new fighter. Duran stated that Laurent’s fighter could debut in an upcoming Trios match. Then, Myron Reed appeared and requested a rematch for the MLW World Middleweight Championship. Duran obliged and stated that he wants fighters taking their destinies into their own hands. Duran then let Reed know that the rematch would be a Trios match featuring Taijiri, Reed and a mystery opponent.
- A vignette aired hyping the return of Lio Rush.
- The Saito Brothers continued to beat down Budd Heavy after they won. Gnarls Garvin rescued Heavy and fought off the Saito brothers.
- Richard Holliday and Alicia Atout mocked Alex Hammerstone for believing that him and Holliday were best friends. Holliday questioned where Hammerstone was when he lost his Caribbean Championship. Holliday swore that he would be the one to beat Hammerstone for the MLW World Heavyweight Championship.
- nZo vs. KC Navarro in a grudge match was announced for Superfight.
- During the main event, Homicide interfered on behalf of 5150. LA Park came down to neutralize Homicide. However, LA Park ended up spearing LA Park Jr. accidentally.
- Gino Medina, Mini Abismo Negro, and Arez vs. Aramis, El Dragon and Saint Laurent’s mystery fighter was announced for next week.
Match Results
- Davey Richards defeated ACH via submission.
- The Saito Brothers (Jun and Rei Saito) defeated Budd Heavy and Gnarls Garvin via pinfall.
- Ladder Match for the MLW Tag Team Championship: 5150 (Slice Boogie and Rivera) (with Julius Smokes) defeated Los Parks (Hijo de LA Park and LA Park Jr.) to retain the MLW Tag Team Championship.
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