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MLW HOLIDAY RUSH REPORT: HAMMERSTONE/FATU III, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2023-12-24 09:41:00

Your announcers are Joe Dombrowski and Matt Striker.

 

Match Number One:   Love Doug versus Alec Price versus Akira versus Nolo Kitano versus Brett Ryan Gosselin versus J Boujii

Doug attacks Gosselin on the stage before the match starts.  The referee starts the match and Gosselin kicks Doug but Doug with a double seldge off the stage.  Akira with kicks to Kitano and Boujii.  Price with a kick to Akira followed by a springboard cross body.  Ktano with kicks and forearms to Price.  Price with an Irish whip and Nolo floats over and hits a rope assisted arm drag followed by a spin kick.  Bojiii with a drop kick and clothesline into the corner.  Nolo and Boujii with waist locks on each other and Boujii with a German suplex.  Akira chops Boujii and Nolo.  Akira with a Saito suplex to Nolo.  Akira with a power slam of Bojii into Nolo in the corner.  Brett with a double sledge to Akira’s back.  Brett kicks Akira but Doug kicks Brett.  Brett pulls Doug down by the hair.  Brett with a sleeper on Doug. 

Boujii adds a sleeper to Brett. Price with one to Boujii.  Akira with one to Price.  Doug escapes an goes through the legs and grabs Akira.  Everyone is confused as Nolo hits a missile drop kick and they go down like dominos.  Doug with a chop to Nolo and a kick to Brett followed by a bulldog on Brett and a running clothesline to Nolo.  Boujii with a Pele kick to Doug.  Price with chop s and a half and half suplex to Bojii.  Nolo with a kick to Price followed by a springboard Meteora.  Akira with a German suplex to Nolo for a near fall.  Akira chops Boujii on the turnbuckles and they exchange chops.  Akira with punches and Nolo hits Akira from behind.  Nolo sets for a superplex on Boujii and Price joins in for a double superplex attempt but Akira comes under for the Tower of Doom.  Brett with a super kick to Akira and Doug with a cross body on Brett for a near fall.  Brett with an eye poke and Doug swings wildly.  Brett grabs a bag but Akira takes it and hits everyone with it.  Brett with a kick and he takes the bag but Doug with a spear and punches to Brett.  Doug puts the bag over Brett’s head and Akira with a super kick.  Doug puts the bag back on Brett’s head and they hit a double super kick.  Akira kisses Doug.

Akira helps Doug hit Sliced Bread on Brett.  Doug with a clothesline to Akira but Boujii with a rollup on Doug for a near fall.  Boujii with a springboard cutter on Doug .  Nolo floats over and hits a jumping knee.  Nolo with a Playmaker on Boujii.  Price is sent to the apron but he kicks Nolo.  Price with a springboard tornado DDT on Bojuii.  Price with a plancha onto everyone on the floor.  Akira is sent back into the ring and Price goes up top and Akira avoids Price.  Akira with a series of kicks and Death Penalty for the three count.

Winner:  Akira

After the match, Akira gets on the mic and he has something to say.

He says MLW is back in the Melrose.  He says he has a little story.  At the beginning of the year, a storm came into MLW, a heavy storm.  That storm came here and plagued far and wide and controlled this company.  We were a team and we were a unit.  He was told all these things and he believed them. The maker of the storm vanished and someone took the throne.  Someone who was greedy and took advantage of everyone.  He sapped the life out of every group he has been in. RSP is a leech and he tried to suck the life out of him, out of you, and out of everyone.

Storms cannot last forever.  He says he will bring and end to the Calling.  You will catch death through him.

Rickey Shane Page comes out with the rest of The Calling.

They come to the ring and Akira hits Cannonball with the chair in the gut and then in the back.  Akira takes care of some more members of The Calling.  One of them biels Akira and Page enters the ring.  Page slaps Akira and slaps him again.  Page tells Akira to hit him and they slap each other.  Page with a DDT.  Page stands over Akira but Akira with a low blow. 

Officials come to the ring once Page gets out of the ring.

We go to Promociones Dorada and Salina arrives while Jesus, Rocky, and Janai are talking.  She does a few jumping jacks.

Salina sees a bag and she wants to know who put it there.  Salina leaves and says she needs to find out.

We go to commercial.

Match Number Two:   Zayda (with Mister Saint Laurent) versus Tiara James versus Notorious Mimi 

Mimi and Zayda go after Tiara but Tiara with forearm and she sends Mimi into Zayda.  Zayda with a splash to Tiara in the corner but Mimi with a boot to Tiara for a near fall.  Mimi pulls Zayda off on a cover.  Mimi with a kick and a Samoan drop of Zayda onto Tiara.  Mimi sends Zayda to the floor and gets a near fall on Tiara.  Mimi with a forearm to the back.  Mimi with an Irish whip to Tiara and a chop.  Mimi with a slam to Tiara.  Zayda counters a back breaker with a bulldog.  Zayda with a forearm and Tiara with a forearm tin response.  Zayda with an Irish whip and knee followed by a running Yakuza kick.  Zayda with a rolling mare and thrust kick for a near fall.  Zayda and Mimi with chops and Tiara with a double missile drop kick and clotheslines to Mimi and Zayda.  Tiara with Humbler to Mimi and a power slam to Zayda onto Mimi for a near fall from Tiara. 

Tiara clotheslines Mimi to the floor and she kicks Zayda and hits a running neck breaker on Zayda for a near fall when MSL pulls Tiara off Zayda on the cover.  Zayda with an Unprettier for the three count. 

Winner:  Zayda

We go to commercial.

We are back and Janai Kai will defend the Featherweight Title against Hyper Misao at Kings of Colosseum.

Match Number Three:   Matthew Justice versus Josh Bishop (with Mister Saint Laurent)

Justice with a forearm and Bishop miser clotheslines.  Justice with chops and forearms.  Justice with a boot but Bishop with a black hole slam for a near fall.  Justice goes to the apron and connects with a shoulder and a cutter onto the top rope.  Justice goes up top and hits a shoulder tackle.  Justice with a spear through the ropes to send him and Bishop to the floor.  Justice with a knee and he sends Bishop into the apron.  Bishop with a back drop driver onto the apron and he breaks the count.  Bishop sends Justice back into the ring and Justice with a baseball slide that sends Bishop into the guardrails.  Bishop catches Justice off the apron and runs him into the ring post.

Justice hits Bishop with a chair a few times and then he tosses the chair into the ring.  Bishop with a clothesline to a chair into Justice’s face.  More chairs are thrown into the ring.  Bishop with a head butt and Justice is sent back into the ring.  Bishop gets a table and brings it into the ring.  Bishop starts to set up the table but hits Justice in the ribs with a chair.  The table is set up but Justice hits Bishop in the back with a chair and Bishop falls onto the table.  MSL distracts Justice and Bishop with a forearm.  Bishop hits Justice with the table to knock Justice off the turnbuckles.   The table is put up in the corer and Bishop sets for an Outsiders’ Edge.  Justice with a spear and he gets Bishop up but MSL grabs Justice’s leg and Bishop gets to his feet.  Bishop with an Outsiders’ Edge through the table for the three count.

Winner:  Josh Bishop

After the match, MSL gives Bishop the tag title belt and he tosses it onto Justice. 

Justice attacks Bishop on the stage and they fight to the back. 

Salina de la Renta says she wants to teach everyone what she is going to do to Ichiban.  She slaps the cameraman and she tells Ichiban she is going to destroy him.

Match Number Four:   Tony Deppen (with TJ Crawford and Griffin McCoy) versus Kevin Blackwood

Tony charges at Kevin before the bell rings but Kevin moves.  Kevin with chops and forearms.  Kevin with a waist lock and the referee pulls Kevin away.  Tony loosens the turnbuckle pad and then Kevin goes for an O’Connor Roll out of the corner and Tony pulls off the turnbuckle pad.  Kevin gets a near fall.  Kevin with an uppercut and kicks.  Tony runs into a round kick and Kevin with a German suplex for a near fall.  Kevin with an ankle lock.  TJ and Griffin get on the apron to distract Kevin and Kevin takes care of them.

Tony with a rollup for a near fall.  Kevin with a Yakuza kick on Tony and Kevin goes up top for a double stomp but misses.  Kevin with an ankle lock and Tony tries to escape and Griffin tries to grab Tony to help.  Tony rolls through and sends Kevin into the exposed turnbuckle.  Tony with a rollup for the three count.

Winner:  Tony Deppen

We go to Richard Holliday and he is with Zayda. 

Richard says Zayda is doing a fantastic job and he says he likes her tan.  She asks him about being part of WTF.  He says he has been away for a while and he has met with the top companies in the world, but only one knows that it is about making money.  WTF understands that the most.

She asks about the smelly crowd.  Holliday says this is not the rarified air he is used to.  He says that Alex Kane’s social media is cringe and he wants to swear. 

Matt Riddle and Jacob Fatu will meet at Kings of Colosseum.

Match Number Five:   Griffin McCoy and TJ Crawford versus Midas Black and Jay Lyon versus Marcus Mathers and Dyln McKay

Crawfrord attacks Mathers and Midas as the bell rings and then Griffin comes in as they go after Lyon and McKay on the apron.  Griffin kicks Mathers and TJ joins in.  They kick and punch Midas.  Black fights back but Griffin with a reverse atomic drop and a double kick from TJ and Griffin.  They send Midas into the turnbuckles and put him on the turnbuckles.  They punch and chop Midas on the turnbuckles.  They set for a double superplex but Midas with forearms to fight them off.  Midas with a double missile drop kick.

Midas with a drop kick to Griffin and a waist lock on TJ.  Lyon with a rolling arm drag to Midas to send him into TJ for a spear.  Midas sends Lyon to Griffin but Griffin floats over.  Black is sent to Griffin with a victory roll from Lyon for a DDT and a near fall.  Lyon with a kick to Mathers and a back elbow from Maher sot Lyon.  Mathers with a double jump cross body to Lyon and Midas.  McKay with a jumping knee and Mathers puts Griffin in the ropes for a lungblower from Mathers and a quebrada from McKay onto Griffin on Mathers’ knees.   Mathers gets Griffin on his shoulders as McKay goes to the turnbuckles but TJ knocks McKay off the turnbuckles.  Griffin gets back to his feet and TJ rakes the eyes.  Griffin with a kick and TJ with a cutter while Griffin hits a half and half suplex on McKay.  TJ with a twisting butterfly neck breaker into a sit out power bomb from Griffin for a near fall.  Lyon with a back heel kick to McKay and Midas with a kick.  Midas and Lyon with a double thrust kick.  Lyon with an Irish whip and he sets for a double team move but McKay counters with a destroyer.  McKay with a round kick to Midas and Mathers gets Midas up for a running Finlay slam.  McKay with a shooting star press and Mathers with a 450 splash for the three count.

Winners:  Marcus Mathers and Dyln McKay

We go to the roof where Justice and Bishop continue their battle.  Bishop sends Justice into the wall.  Justice puts Bishop on a table and Justice climbs a ladder and hits an elbow drop through the table.

We go to commercial.

We are back and we are told that Love Doug and Brett Ryan Gosselin will meet in a Love is Blind match at Kings of Colosseum.

Match Number Six:  Ichiban versus Salina de la Renta (with Rocky Romero, Janai Kai, and Jesus Rodriguez)

They circle each other and she claps her hands to signal for interference.  Ichiban punches Rocky and sends Janai to the floor.  Ichiban with a leaping flatliner to Jesus.  Salina has something behind her back as she tries to talk her way out of things.  Salina sprays Ichiban in the eyes and the referee calls for the bell.

Winner:  Ichiban (by disqualification)

After the match, Rocky, Janai, and Jesus attack Ichiban.  They continue the attack while security tries to stop them but Rocky removes the mask.

Mascara Dorada makes his way to the ring and Salina and gang leave the ring.

We go to commercial.

Match Number Seven:   Masked Good Brother 3 and 1 Called Manders versus Mr. Thomas and Alex Kane for the MLW Tag Team Championship

Alex and MGB start things off and Alex with an arm bar and MGB gets to the ropes.  Alex with a fireman’s carry for a near fall.  Alex with a cravate and MGB escapes.  Alex with a forearm and MGB fires back.  They continue the exchange until they go to chops.  MGB with punches and a boot to the head.  MGB with a head butt and it hurts him more than Alex.  He gives two more head butts followed by a chop.  Alex with a forearm and MGB fires back.  They continue a forearm exchange.  Both men with forearms at the same time and they stagger into their corners to make the tags.

Thomas and Manders exchange forearms and chops.  Thomas with a boot ot the head and forearms.  Kane and MGB exchange punches and they go to the floor.  Thomas with a slam to Manders while Alex is sent into the ring post.  Thomas is stopped on the turnbuckles but MGB and Manders.  They set for a double superplex on Thomas and MGB and they hit it. 

Alex tags in and he connects with forearms and elbows to Manders and MGB.  Alex tries to send Manders into MGB but Manders goes into the turnbuckles.  Alex with a splash and he sends Manders to the apron.  Alex with a German suplex to MGB and an apron splash to Manders.  Alex gets a near fall.  Alex with an ankle lock.  MGB takes advantage of an MSL distraction at ringside to hit a running knee on Alex. 

Alex escapes a slam attempt and Alex with a German suplex to MGB.  Thomas stops Manders from attacking Alex.  They set for a Hart attack but MSL grabs Alex’s leg as he comes off the ropes.  Alex goes to the floor after MSL and Zayda.  Thomas kicks Manders and Richard Holliday shows up when Alex prepares to punch MSL.  Holliday throws a drink in Alex’s face and Alex with forearms to Holliday as the referee calls for the bell.

Winners:  Alex Kane and Mr. Thomas (by disqualification) [Second Gear Crew Retain Championship]

After the match, Holliday and Kane continue to exchange punches until officials separate them and send Holliday away. 

Bishop and Lawlor attack Manders and Thomas with chairs. 

Justice comes to the ring and he is attacked with chairs.  Bishop hits Kane with the chair and then Bishop goes after Manders and MGB.  Manders with forearms to Bishop but Bishop with a head butt.  Justice and Bishop exchange punches.

Security finally separates everyone.

Janai Kai and Delmi Exo have some words and then they start to fight.  They stopped by security.

Delmi is given an envelope by the Duran masked men.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Matthew Justice and 1 Called Manders will face Josh Bishop and Tom Lawlor for the MLW Tag Titles at Kings of Colosseum.

Match Number Eight:  Alex Hammerstone (with Mister Saint Laurent) versus Jacob Fatu

They lock up and Alex with a side head lock.  Alex goes for a shoulder rtackle but Fatu stays on his feet.  Alex with a kick and side head lock.  Fatu backs Alex into the corner and Alex with kicks in the corner.  Alex sends Fatu into the turnbuckles and follows with a back elbow.  Fatu with an uppercut and a second one.  Fatu with more punches.  Fatu with a splash into the corner.  Fatu with an uppercut in the corner.  Fatu with a cannonball off the turnbuckles.  Fatu with a suicide dive onto Alex.  Fatu goes to the floor and he punches Alex.

Fatu send Alex into the ring post.  Fatu goes up top and hits a swanton and gets a near fall.  Fatu sets for a super kick but Alex pulls the referee in the way.  Fatu pulls the referee aside but Alex with a flying boot to the head.  Alex with punches to Fatu on the mat.  Alex poses on the turnbuckles.  Alex chokes Fatu in the ropes.

Alex with forearms to the back and a forearm to the head.  Alex pulls Fatu over the apron and connects with a series of forearms.  Alex with a running boot to the side of the head.  Alex does some push ups in the ring.  Fatu gets back in the ring and Alex with a hard Irish whip.  Alex with a forearm to the lower back.  Alex with a second forearm to the lower back.  Alex with a belly-to-back suplex for a near fall.  Fatu with a super kick and both men are down. 

Alex powers up and he punches Fatu.  Fatu punches back and they exchange punches until Fatu gains the advantage.  Alex escapes a Samoan drop but Fatu with a splash and running hip into the corner.  Fatu with a double jump Vader Bomb for a near fall.  Fatu goes for the handspring moonsault but Alex gets his knees up.  Alex with a power slam and he hits a butterfly suplex for a near fall.  Alex signals for the Nightmare Pendulum but Fatu sends Alex into the turnbuckles.  Fatu with chops and punches.  Alex with a boot to Fatu and he goes to the turnbuckles but Fatu with a punch.

Fatu goes to the apron and Alex grabs Fatu by the hair.  Fatu bites Alex’s hand and punches him.  Fatu with a Frankensteiner and both men are down.  Fatu goes to the turnbuckles and Alex grabs the referee and pushes him into the ropes, crotching Fatu.  Alex with a forearm to the back and they Alex sets for an overhead belly-to-belly superplex and he hits it.  Alex gets a near fall.  Alex and Fatu exchange punches.  Alex with forearms  and a head butt, but Alex forgets who he is wrestling and probably regrets that head butt.  Fatu with head butts to Alex.  Alex with a back elbow but he misses a bicycle kick.  Alex escapes a Samoan drop and Alex with a bicycle kick and German suplex followed by a sit out power bomb for a near fall.  Alex with Nightmare Pendulum for a near fall.  Fatu with a pop up Samoan drop and he goes to the turnbuckles for the double jump moonsault and hits it but he cannot take advantage of the situation.  Fatu with a near fall and Alex with a crucifix for a near fall.  Fatu with a super kick.

Fatu with a Samoan spike and then he hits a double jump moonsault fort the three count.

Winner:  Jacob Fatu

After the match, MSL walks away.

Fatu and Hammerstone go face to face by the ramp and they hug before Fatu goes to the back.

Hammerstone goes into the ring and he has something to say.

Alex says he is not supposed to be on the mic and he says he is risking getting in hot water.  He says he has good intentions.  Alex says anyone who has been reading the internet and checking the dirt sheets think they know what is going on.  Alex says for the last couple months, he has felt a lot of things.  He has felt a lot of frustration and anger.  He says he feels one thing and that is grateful.  Alex says this company took a kid that nobody else wanted.  Alex says he had tryouts for WWE, Impact, Lucha Underground.  All of them passed on him.

Court Bauer saw him and said he wanted to bring Alex in.  Alex thought it was for a tryout match, but Court wanted to sign him for three years because he saw something in him.  Before the contract was up, Court raised his pay by ten times.  Alex says a lot of people say a lot of things about Court Bauer and MLW.  It hasn’t been all sunshine and rainbows at every junction.  At the end of the day, they took a little kid into a man.  He says they took a boy and made him a wrestling superstar. 

Tonight might be the last time he is in an MLW for the foreseeable future, but his ego wants to say that MLW is built with bricks and fused with his DNA.  The truth is that Hammerstone is built with bricks and fused with MLW’s DNA.  Whatever he does from this point forward, he will be the guy that MLW built.

He says it is not about him any more.  It is about the hungry boys and girls in the back.  He is just a spoke on the wheel and it keeps moving.  It is about Rickey Shane Page, Manders, and Josh Bishop.  He says it is even about that kid he hates, Alex Kane. 

Alex says he didn’t expect to get emotional, but he did.  Alex says he loves everyone.

Alex and Court hug on the stage.

Matt Riddle says he is looking fresh because he is in Las Vegas for business.  He says he is excited to get back to MLW.  The thing that eluded him was the World Championship.  He says there is one person who stands out and that man is the baddest man on the planet.  He says he will be seeing you soon, Fatu.

We go to credits.

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