MLW Fusion Results, Highlights, and Grades: Highs and Lows for MJF & Aria
Prior to the main event we get a quick rundown of what’s on tap (so far) for MLW Fury Road in New York City. PCO and LA Park will face off in what should be spectacle of large, aged dudes doing things with their bodies that wrestlers half their size and age can’t do.
Tom Lawlor and Shane Strickland are slated for combat in what MLW is billing as “The Battle of the Aces” to see who is the true face of Major League Wrestling. Finally, The Hart Foundation will return to trios action as they square off with ACH, Rich Swann and the debuting and sensational Marko Stunt.
Not mentioned in the package but announced at MLW.com, Sami Callihan and Jimmy Havoc will face off in a Spin The Wheel Make The Deal match while Tommy Dreamer returns to an MLW ring fresh off a War Games victory to take on one half of tonight’s main event, Brody King.
Callihan’s Answer
Sami Callihan is quick to answer Jimmy Havoc’s challenge from earlier in the night with a resounding “yes.” Callihan fires back at Havoc claiming that Havoc is the reason they lost last week at War Games and that their friendship is now out the window.
Callihan rails Havoc for being nothing more than a “king of the deathmatch garbage wrestler” who can’t cut it outside of the world of hardcore wrestling. Next week, Havoc will fall at the hands of Callihan just like everyone who has come before him (except, I guess, for the four guys who won last week).
Grade: Good. Callihan is good here in selling the dispute between himself and Havoc while putting himself on a higher level than the so-called “garbage wrestler.”
I’m a bit surprised to see the match billed for next week, as I figured this would build to their meeting at Fury Road. However, I’m sure next week will be a small taste of these two tearing each other apart before the match is thrown out for one reason or another to further build the case for the highly anticipated Spin The Wheel Match in New York.
PCO vs Brody King
Brody is out to the ring second here looking like a punk rock Dumb Donald from Fat Albert, and I’m all about it. King starts the match off with a running dropkick before pummeling PCO in the corner with stomps. King follows with a scoop slam and senton backsplash and I’m struggling to remember the last time I saw anyone handle PCO so easily at the start of a match.
King rolls out to the arena floor but finds himself on the receiving end of a suicide dive from The French-Canadian Frankenstein before the two men begin trading chops and forearms at ringside. PCO rolls King back into the ring where he connects with a huge pop-up power slam and a running knee (a P-Trigger?) to put The Bounty Hunter on his back.
PCO gets in the face of the referee for what he feels was a slow count and the break in concentration allows King to recover and blast PCO with a lariat. The two find themselves on even ground once again as they trade blows in the center of the ring before King drops PCO with a brainbuster.
Late in the match, King hurls PCO overhead into the corner with the inhuman one landing on the top of his head. King dumps himself on his head with what looked like a cannonball attempt in the corner, with PCO out of position causing it to look more like King slipped on a Joey Ryan oil slick than anything else.
Once again, both men make it to their feet and begin digging into each other’s eyes much to the dismay of the referee. He attempts to break things up but both men shove him to the ground which leads to the match being thrown out as a no-contest.
Grade: Okay. Nothing too groundbreaking here, but a fun and short hoss-off between King and PCO. More than anything, the brief appearances from Brody King in MLW just make me want to see him become a regular in the promotion.
The sound of the bell means nothing to these two as they continue to brawl. King lays PCO out with a sick piledriver before a horde of officials pulls him out of the ring. PCO, though, shoots back up to his feet and ascends to the top rope before connecting with a massive moonsault to the arena floor on King and about a half-dozen officials to close out the show.