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MLW FIGHTLAND REPORT: HAMMERSTONE VERSUS FATU, MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE MATCH, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2021-10-07 23:26:00

We are in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and your announcers are Jared St. Laurent and Rich Bocchini.

Match Number One: Myron Reed versus Arez versus Aramis versus Tajiri for the MLW Middleweight Championsip

The crowd chants for Tajiri. Aramis and Tajiri shake hands and then not to feel left out, Reed offers his hand to Tajiri and they shake. Arez offers his hand and Arez with a full nelson. Tajiri kicks Aramis and Reed away and then Arez with an arm drag into a take down. Arez with a rollup for a near fall. Reed with a back slide on Arez for a near fall. Reed sends Aramis into Arez and Arez with a rollup. Aramis with an arm drag to Arez and Arez tries for a sunset flip and gets a near fall. Tajiri with a rollup on Arez for a near fall. Reed gets a near fall on Aramis. Aramis with a super kick to Reed and Arez sends Tajiri to the floor.

Reed also goes to the floor. Aramis gets on Arez’s shoulders and Aramis with a satellite move. Arez with a snap mare for a near fall. Aramis with a straitjacket and Aramis with a shoulder tackle. Aramis with a boot but Arez blocks it and Arez goes for a leg sweep but then hits a head scissors. Aramis with a head scissors to Aez.

Arez with a forearm and Aramis with a forearm and Arez catches Aramis and Arez with a kick. Reed with a leg drop from the apron to Aramis. Reed with an STO to Arez followed by a slingshot leg drop. Reed goes for a springboard cutter but Arez and Aramis block it. Tajiri with a back heel kick to Arez and a round kick to Aramis. Tajiri and Aramis lock up and Tajiri with a side head lock and Aramis goes to the apron and connects with a shoulder and Aramis with a slingshot arm drag and drop kick to Tajiri. Arez rolls through and hits a suicide dive onto Tajiri. Aramis with a suicide dive to Arez. Reed with a suicide dive onto Aramis. Arez with a flip dive onto Reed.

Aramis with a plancha onto Arez. Reed with a plancha onto Aramis.

We go to commercial.

We are back and everyone is down on the floor. Tajiri stops Aramis on the apron and Reed with a leaping cutter over the top rope to the floor. Reed sends Aramis back into the ring and Reed with a springboard 450 splash but Tajiri with a round kick to break up the cover. Tajiri with a brainbuster but Arez breaks up the cover.

Tajiri punches Arez but Arez with an enzuigiri. Arez with kicks but he misses an enzuigiri. Tajiri with a waist lock and Arez with a back elbow and rollup into a double stomp. Arez goes for a hanging swinging neck breaker on Aramis but Aramis counters and hits a reverse suplex for a near fall. Aramis with a back heel kick to Tajiri followed by an Irish whip. Tajiri with a tarantula on Aramis and Arez kicks Aramis.

Reed kicks Arez and Arez leaps over Reed on a charge into the corner. Arez with a Boston Crab in the turnbuckles and Tajiri kicks Reed in the chest. Aramis sends Tajiri to the floor and Arez leaps over Aramis. Aramis with a leg sweep and kick to the arm. Arez with a forearm and enzuigiri but Aramis with a rolling elbow. Arez kicks Reed on the apron. Arez goes to the apron and rolls back in and kicks Aramis and follows with a suicide dive onto Tajiri. Aramis with a plancha onto Reed.

Aramis with Spanish Fly on the floor to Arez and they return to the ring. Aramis drop kicks Arez in the back of the legs but Arez with a super kick. Aramis with a round kick and Arez with package sit out power bomb for a near fall. Arez goes to the turnbuckles and goes for a frog splash but Reed hits a cutter as Arez lands on Aramis. Reed holds on and gets Arez up for an Air Raid Crash but Tajiri breaks up the cover. Tajiri kicks Arez to the floor. Reed with a cutter and then Reed is pushed toward the referee and Tajiri with the green mist and then Tajiri with a handspring kick to knock Aramis off the apron. Tajiri with the Buzzsaw kick for the three count.

Winner: Tajiri (new Champion)

We are interrupted by Contra Unit. Mads Krugger says that destiny calls, but you will not triumph. The Black Hand of Contra will hunt you down. Tonight, you will denied your quest for gold. Tonight, the Black Flag of Contra will be draped over your body.

We go to the back where Mads Krugger, Ikuro Kwon, and the Sendai Death Squad attack security members to find out where Alexander Hammerstone is.

We go to commercial.

We are back and we are told that the Opera Cup will start next week on Fusion Alpha with Tom Lawlor versus Davey Richards in a first round match.

We are also told that on November 6th, Will Ospreay will make his MLW debut in Philadelphia.

We go to MLW Embedded in New York with Alicia Atout. She is joined by Raj Giri, Andreas Hale, and Emilio Sparks in the studio. Dave Meltzer is appearing from his home.

Alicia brings up the recent WWE releases and she asks if this means that the WWE is for sale.

Dave says there is always talk about a sale. He brings up Vince’s age and the value of the company. He mentions the Peacock deal and how it means that WWE is looking to make money from bigger companies. Raj says that they always talked about never being for sale. He says that there was talk in the past. Andreas says that this is clean things up. Emilio says that Vince is like Andy from Toy Story and how he brings in new talent when he will work out some new deals.

Alicia asks about potential buyers for WWE. Raj mentions CAA, Fox, and NBC Universal.

Alicia asks Emilio how realistic a sale might be. He says that as a fan, he does not want to see WWE sold. He says it is a possibility in 10 years.

Alicia brings up AEW and the signing of WWE free agents. She asks who is next. Andreas mentions Kevin Owens. He says his contract may be up soon and his friends are in AEW. Raj mentions Bray Wyatt.

Alicia asks about Kevin’s contract. Raj says it expires in January.

Alicia asks about other people whose contracts could be up. They mention Sami Zayn.

Alicia mentions that Will Ospreay will be coming to MLW.

She asks Dave about Will Ospreay. Dave says Will is one of the most talented in the business. He is a top tier performer. Raj says that people would say he is in the top three or five. Andreas says that Will is very talented. Andreas says there is a cache when you say you are the real IWGP World Champion. He says that Will may go after this company’s biggest champions. He says that Myron Reed and Will Ospreay could be a match of the year.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Contra Unit goes into a room and they are met with many of the MLW wrestlers. They continue to brawl while the door is closed and latched.

Cesar Duran says that he will not let Contra Unit destroy his World Title Match.

Match Number Two: Alexander Hammerstone versus Jacob Fatu (with Josef Samael) in a Title versus Title No Disqualification Match

Hammerstone runs Fatu into the corner and connects with shoulders and chops. Hammerstone runs Fatu into the corner again and Hammerstone with punches and kicks. Fatu sends Hammerstone into the corner and connects with an uppercut and chop. Fatu with a head butt. Fatu with another head butt. Fatu sends Hammerstone into the turnbuckles. Fatu with a splash into the corner.

Fatu with more punches in the corner. Hammerstone with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex followed by a second one. Hammerstone clotheslines Fatu over the top rope and Fatu lands on his feet. Fatu runs Hammerstone into the corner and connects with shoulders and a punch. Fatu with a chop and kicks in the corner. Fatu with a hard Irish whip. Fatu with more punches and another hard Irish whip. Fatu runs into an elbow and Fatu catches Hammerstone and hits a uranage. Hammerstone rolls to the floor and Fatu sends Hammerstone into the guardrails. Fatu gets on the guardrails and hits a moonsault onto Hammerstone.

Hammerstone sends Fatu into the apron. Hammerstone goes to the apron and he pulls Fatu onto the apron. Hammerstone with a forearm and Fatu with a slap. Hammerstone with an elbow and then he gets Fatu up on his shoulders. Fatu gets back to his feet and he kicks Hammerstone and hits a piledriver on the apron.
We go to commercial.

We are back and Hammerstone is down in the ring. Fatu tries to send Hammerstone into the chair in the turnbuckles but Hammerstone collapses to the mat. Fatu sends Hammerstone into the chair. Fatu kicks Hammerstone and then Fatu goes to the turnbuckles with a chair and Fatu with a Van Terminator but Fatu cannot capitalize on it.

Fatu gets a near fall. Fatu with a nerve hold on Hammerstone. Hammerstone with elbows and a belly-to-back suplex. Fatu runs into a boot from Hammerstone and Fatu blocks another kick. Hammerstone with an enzuigiri. Hammerstone with an exploder into the turnbuckles. Hammerstone with a clothesline in the corner followed by a knee and uppercut. Hammerstone with a flying boot for a near fall.

Fatu gets Hammerstone up for a Samoan drop but Hammerstone gets to his feet and hits a bicycle kick but Hammerstone goes down after landing awkwardly. Hammerstone with a German suplex and a sit out power bomb for a near fall.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Fatu with a pop up Samoan drop. Fatu goes up top and hits a swanton but Hammerstone rolls to the floor to avoid being covered. Fatu with a suicide dive onto Hammerstone. They return to the ring and Hammerstone with a forearm to knock Fatu off the apron. Hammerstone with a pescado onto Fatu. Hammerstone limps over to Fatu to bring him into the ring. Hammerstone goes up top. Hammerstone with a missile drop kick and Fatu hits the turnbuckle after the impact. They both limp to the center of the ring and get in each other’s face. Hammerstone with a forearm and Fatu with a punch. Hammerstone with another forearm and Fatu with another punch. Hammerstone with a back elbow and Fatu with another punch. Hammerstone with a punch and head butt, but Fatu shows Hammerstone how to head butt an opponent. Hammerstone with punches. Samael grabs Hammerstone as he tries to go off the ropes and Fatu clotheslines Hammerstone over the top rope. Samael hits Hammerstone with the spike and Hammerstone is sent back into the ring. Fatu gets a table from under the ring and puts it in the ring.

Fatu returns to the ring and he sets up the ring while Hammerstone is down. Fatu puts Hammerstone on the table and Fatu punches Hammerstone. Fatu gets the Contra flag from Samael and puts it over Hammerstone. Fatu with a double jump moonsault through the table but Hammerstone kicks out at two. Hammerstone grabs the flag and throws it into the crowd. Hammerstone with punches and a clothesline. Hammerstone with a power slam and then he gets Fatu up for a TKO and the three count.

Winner: Alexander Hammerstone (new World Champion)

After the match, Hammerstone is presented with both title belts.

Confetti falls from the ceiling of the 2300 Arena and then he collapses in the ring as he realizes that he is the MLW World Champion.

We go to credits.

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