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MLW Fusion Results, Highlights, and Grades: Lawlor Retains In Cage

By Corey Collins

LAS VEGAS, NV - MARCH 05: Tom Lawlor prepares to walk to the Octagon to face Corey Anderson during the UFC 196 event inside MGM Grand Garden Arena on March 5, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Todd Lussier/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV - MARCH 05: Tom Lawlor prepares to walk to the Octagon to face Corey Anderson during the UFC 196 event inside MGM Grand Garden Arena on March 5, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Todd Lussier/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) /
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MLW Intimidation Games from Chicago was taped Saturday, March 2 with a portion airing live on beIN Sports as a Fusion LIVE special. This week’s episode features the Lucha Bros taking on the debuting Team AAA comprised of Laredo Kid and Taurus and Tom Lawlor defending the World Heavyweight Title against Low Ki in a steel cage rematch from SuperFight!

At ringside, Rich Bocchini is joined by the newest member of the MLW broadcast team, Jim Cornette. Cornette immediately calls him “Rich Zucchini” and I felt a collective groan from the universe. Not from the people who live in the universe, but the universe itself.

Before we can get into any more corny jokes (see what I did there? I’m just as bad as he is), we get to the ring for our opening contest!

Lucha Bros vs Laredo Kid & Taurus

Laredo Kid is the current AAA World Cruiserweight Champion after defeating Sammy Guevara a couple of weeks back at Conquista Total, and Taurus is a bull.

As Team AAA made their entrance, Cornette continued to fire off one-liners and Rich already sounded incredibly tired of it and like he didn’t seem to know quite how to respond.

Pentagon Jr started things off with Taurus in traditional fashion by taunting his opponent with the Cero Miedo pose. As Penta raised the ire of Taurus, Fenix popped in from behind with a superkick to Taurus to kickstart the action.

As things go, everybody fired off some of their offense to fire up the crowd and shut down the momentum of the other team. Things spilled to the outside where Laredo Kid connected with an Asai moonsault on Penta, looking like he came dangerously close to connecting with the ring apron on his way down.

Taurus followed up with what looked like a ridiculous corkscrew senton which was missed by the cameras. Not to be one-upped, Fenix scaled the ropes and nailed a springboard moonsault from the top rope to wipe out everybody on the floor.

The rest of the match was very much all over the place. There was some sloppiness throughout from Taurus and I’m not sure if he just wasn’t gelling with the Lucha Bros or if everybody was having a night off. After some struggling with Fenix in the ropes, the AEW-bound Lucha Bro connected with a brutal rope-walk double stomp to Taurus’ spine.

Team AAA bounced back briefly toward the end with a rope-assisted powerbomb of Penta onto Fenix before Laredo nailed a 450 on both men.

Penta and Fenix turned things around quickly with a combination Tree of Woe double stomp and cannonball in the corner on both men. From here, Pentagon lifted Laredo Kid up for the package piledriver with Fenix coming off of the top rope with the double stomp to seal the deal.

As Fenix dove with reckless abandon onto Taurus, and into the crowd, Pentagon picked up the pin to close the match out.

How was it? This was a bit of a disappointment for the debuting Team AAA. There was a lot of action going on with very little downtime and I’m not sure if that was part of where the sloppiness with Taurus came into play or not. I was hoping for a better showcase for the debuting team, though even the Lucha Bros didn’t look as crisp as usual.

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