Major League Wrestling Discussion Thread

[Alexa]

...motherfucker

 

[Chris]

In other news, King Muertes, Zenshi, Richard Holliday, and Lee Moriarty join Alexander Hammerstone as participants in the Battle Riot match

 

[Chris]

Also announced for the tapings. Man this show gonna be lit af all at once for those in Philly

 

[Chris]

Here's Meltzer on them opting out of the DAZN deal with some minor Azteca Underground notes towards the end as well

source: f4wonline.com

A year after signing a U.S. streaming deal with sports streaming service DAZN, MLW has opted out in lieu of working on a new contract.

Dave Meltzer reported the news in this week's Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
MLW will continue to shop their U.S. streaming and library rights as they continue to slowly pull content off their YouTube channel. It's unknown how this affects MLW's international contracts with DAZN as this deal was just for the U.S. market.

The original deal called for MLW Fusion to be both part of DAZN's regular weekly schedule and on demand in addition to future live shows, the latter of which never materialized due to the pandemic.
"DAZN was decimated financially by spending so much on name boxers like Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin and some of their key players behind-the-scenes have left for WWE through Nick Khan. Their budgets got frozen once the Alvarez deal went south and it became a legal situation and the original ownership lost so much they didn’t want to fund more losses," Meltzer wrote.

MLW will continue to air on BeIn Sports and Vice TV. The company has been airing Underground episodes from 2003-04 for the last month as they prepare for a TV taping in Philadelphia next month.

Other notes:

• Meltzer noted that MLW will be taping vignettes and non-match content in Los Angeles starting Friday for Azteca Underground with the goal of looking like Lucha Underground. It's unclear how the Cesar Duran-led group will fit into the MLW landscape storyline-wise (faction, separate promotion, etc.). He said matches for Azteca Underground will be filmed in the fall.
• Arez has not yet signed a deal with MLW, but expects to when he comes to Philadelphia for the TV taping.
• Aramis said he signed a three-year deal.

 

[Chris]

Updated Battle Riot participants:

• Alex Hammerstone
• King Muertes
• Richard Holliday
• TJP
• Lee Moriarty
• Gringo Loco
• Zenshi

 

[Hoss]

I was thinking Battle Riot was War Games

 

[Chris]

I was thinking Battle Riot was War Games

Nah it's a 40-man Royal Rumble-ish battle royal (i think you can be eliminated by pin or submission to or some shit

I think their War Games match is just called War Chamber or something now

 

[Comrade Khan]

Lol whoever is that tiny man is , bout to get killed by the king of 1000 deaths

 

[Hoss]

Richard Holliday is class. He may honestly grow into a top heel in the business if he ends up somewhere that will give him more exposure.

 

[Chris]

He's DYNASTIC

 

[Chris]

The Battle Riot is a 40-man battle royal with no disqualifications. It starts with two wrestlers in the ring and a new participant is added every 60 seconds. Eliminations can occur via pinfall, submission, or being thrown over the top rope.

@Johnny Tsunami

 

[Smart Marx]

We had a match that was basically the Battle Riot in the PWF e-fed here that we called the Great American Scramble.

I do think adding falls to a Royal Rumble adds a cool touch to it.

 

[Smart Marx]

I was thinking Battle Riot was War Games

I think they changed it to Intimidation Games or something similar to that.

 

[Smart Marx]

Nope. They called it War Chamber. Intimidation Games was a ppv there, though.

 

[Chris]

Add Arez and Team Filthy's Kevin Ku to the list of Battle Riot participants:

• Alex Hammerstone
• King Muertes
• Richard Holliday
• TJP
• Lee Moriarty
• Gringo Loco
• Zenshi
• Arez
• Kevin Ku