MLW Fusion results: Featherweight title match, Warner vs. Krugger
Joe Dombrowski and Rich Bocchini welcomed us to Atlanta, Georgia, for the final MLW Super Series episode of 2022.
Mance Warner defeated Mads Krugger in a tables match
These two have been after each other since Battle Riot IV. The war of words continued through the weeks as Warner took a more comedic approach compared to Krugger’s more serious and threatening tones.
After their eliminations from the Battle Riot, these two continued to brawl to the back and they picked up where they left off with brawling and weapon shots around ringside and through the crowd. Flag poles, drumsticks and guard rails were used, and when we returned from a break, Warner was bleeding from being thrown headfirst into the ring post.
Krugger used a screwdriver into the bloody forehead as the action finally got back to the ring. Warner hit two unprotected chair shots that did little damage to the giant Krugger, and Warner ended up being slammed through two chairs set up in the ring.
Both took turns crashing through doors set up in the corners of the ring. A table was set up at ringside and after the Eye Poke God gave Krugger a dreaded signature eye poke, he tossed Krugger off the apron and through the table to pick up the win.
Before the match, Warner cut a promo about a signed David Allan Coe guitar that he was holding, and after it, while covered in blood, he cut a promo to the crowd promising to come out and get drunk with them, hinting he may have other matches lined up with Krugger in the future.
– Mister, sorry, Santa Saint Laurent was shown outside the arena drumming up support and persuading bypassers for donations for Microman for Christmas before being chased away.
– Juicy Finau sent a warning to the MLW roster, saying the Samoan SWAT Team are hungry and the MLW locker room is an all you can eat buffet. They have made their intentions clear: the MLW Tag Team titles.
– Ahead of her title defense tonight, Taya Valkyrie said she has been dominating lucha libre for over a decade so Lady Flammer may be pretty but “she ain’t me.”
Alex Kane (w/ Myron Reed) defeated D3 (Daniele Dentice Accadia) in a Peach State Prize Fight
Kane and Reed brought out the Opera Cup trophy they stole from Davey Richards, and told us that someone was going to “Suplex Island” which must be Suplex City’s vacation equivalent.
D3 comes from the local MLA promotion and had some outings on both AEW Dark and Dark: Elevation in 2021. He got a nice ovation from the Atlanta crowd, so the Italian “Prince of Rome” was the hometown underdog hero here.
The match itself was short with the Bomaye Fight Club counting along with Kane’s suplexes as he dominated D3, picking up the pin after a head and leg overhead suplex.
After the match, Kane asked if that was the best Georgia had to offer which brought out an enraged Richards. Reed took him out by launching over the top rope to the floor before he and Kane put the boots to him in the ring. Kane then stood above Richards, mocking him with the Opera Cup.
– Speaking of Reed, new Middleweight champion Shun Skywalker cut a promo in Japanese before announcing “See you in Philadelphia” for the Blood & Thunder taping.
– An intense EJ Nduka was in the house to address MLW Champion Alex Hammerstone. He called himself a diamond because he has been made by pressure. He said Hammerstone wouldn’t be the champion if it wasn’t for him watching his back these past months.
– From the Lucha House Party to the Samoan SWAT Team’s eggnog-filled holiday party, Lince Dorado joined Lance Anoa’i, Jacob Fatu and Microman for a fun-filled holiday party with matching Santa hats, matching housecoats and a lot of holiday cheer.
– Hammerstone then addressed his recent clashes with self-proclaimed world champion and new top target Nduka. Hammerstone told us that he asks himself why every time he gets hurt: when he crashed through the stage, when receiving a stinger, or getting hit so hard he forgets who he wrestled or how he got the arena.
He said this is everything he knows, it’s what gets him up in the morning and what keeps him awake at night. Hammerstone said Nduka has not had these moments and it has all been too easy for him. He said he will be the one to make Nduka ask himself why he does this when they meet in their last man standing match in two weeks.
MLW Women’s Featherweight Champion Taya Valkyrie defeated Lady Flammer to retain
Flammer won a four-way no. 1 contender’s match recently as part of the Super Series to set up this title match. A blindside attack following her win cemented bad blood between the pair, and after the playing of the Canadian and Mexican national anthems, this kicked off with some lucha armdrags and a sliding German from the champion.
Later, Flammer hit a dive to the outside and rammed the champion headfirst into the ring post. Inside the ring, Flammer was dropped facefirst on the top rope from an electric chair.
Valkyrie hit a spinning blue thunder bomb for a two count but Flammer came back and hit a dropkick while Valkyrie was sitting in the corner, sticking in the middle rope. After a spear, the champion hit a sitout powerbomb for another close two count. The challenger came back with a destroyer for a two count of her own.
A primal scream roared the champion back into life and after a short burst of strikes, Valkyrie hit the Road to Valhalla to pick up the win to retain her title.
In two weeks:
- MLW World Champion Alex Hammerstone defends against EJ Nduka in a last man standing match