MLW Fusion Results, Highlights, and Grades: September 7, 2018

Brian Pillman Jr made his MLW intentions known last week when he joined in on a Kevin Sullivan beat down at the hands of Teddy Hart and Davey Boy Smith Jr. Pillman is following in his late father’s footsteps in becoming an unpredictable force, but will breaking the relationship with Sullivan in favor of one with The Hart Foundation prove to be the right choice?

We get a recap of the beat down of Sullivan from last week’s episode of Fusion where Pillman, seemingly reluctantly, chose the side of The Hart Foundation. Pillman’s left Sullivan with his lingering words, “I said I respect you, Kevin. I never said I liked you.”

This week we catch up with Pillman as he enjoys a glass of wine surrounded by cat trees. He’s obviously in some sort of Teddy Hart paradise as he lays out the reasons for doing what he did last week. For Pillman, loyalty to The Hart Foundation is above everything else.

Pillman explains to Sullivan that his ideas and methodologies are both archaic and won’t serve him as he looks to take over MLW with Hart and Smith by his side. The son of “Flyin’ Brian” regurgitates Sullivan’s own words back at him as he reminds him that “a leopard never changes its spots.” Pillman’s gonna Pillman!

Grade: Good. Pillman gets his points across and shows that he’s probably the best talker out of The Hart Foundation trio right now. Being so young, the only place to go both in the ring and on the mic for Pillman is up.

With Pillman laying out his reasons for turning on Sullivan and making it crystal clear that he stands with Teddy Hart and Davey Boy Smith Jr, one has to wonder if Sullivan will retaliate with a trio of his own to combat the brazen threesome. Could MLW see the resurgence of Sullivan’s Dungeon of Doom?

PCO vs Homicide

Homicide and PCO both took place in the Battle Riot match back in July, but this match serves as their in-ring singles debuts on MLW Fusion. Homicide is an MLW original having wreaked havoc on Major League Wrestling with Low Ki and Gary Hart in the past but makes his official return here against the inhuman PCO.

This one starts off relatively slow but kicks into gear after Homicide launches PCO into the turnbuckles with an exploder suplex. After tumbling to the outside and taking PCO down with a somersault senton, it becomes apparent that Salina de La Renta is seated at ringside. Is she scoping out PCO as he looks to tangle with her newest charge LA Park in October at Fury Road, or does she have her eyes on Homicide to bring the trainer of the current MLW World Heavyweight Champion, Low Ki, into Promociones Dorado?

PCO goes all PCO and starts diving on Homicide from literally any surface on which he can find his balance. After a suicide dive to the outside, PCO follows up with one of the cleanest moonsaults I’ve ever seen a man his size hit. PCO from the top rope can be a bit scary at times, but he was completely on target here and flattened Homicide. Not content, PCO follows up with a frog splash from the top rope which also hits the bullseye.

Only getting a two count, PCO heads to the top rope but gets caught with Homicide superplex. The two trade blows in the center of the ring before PCO lays Homicide out with a big elbow strike to the chest for the three count. A bit of an underwhelming end to a match that really started to pick up steam and hopefully not the last we’ve seen of Homicide in MLW.

Grade: Good. PCO has had an insane couple of years and while this isn’t on the same ridiculous level as some of the PCO dream matches since his resurrection, it’s a fun match and a good introduction to both men for new viewers.