Another action packed hour of MLW Underground Wrestling aired Tuesday, February 28th on Reelz TV.
Show starts with replay of last week when Davey Richards was beat up by Sam Adonis, masked henchmen, and then John Hennigan. We go right into the arena. The annnounce team calling the action are Joe Dombrowski and Matt Striker.
Alex King & Boyame Fight Club are on the ramp leading to the ring. Alex King has the mic. He says how the Bulldogs don’t want nothing to do with them, and what he intends to do with that Opera Cup. Music plays, Davey Boy Smith Jr & The Bellington Bulldogs come out. A brawl erupts on the ramp. In the middle of the scuffle, Smith Jr hits King with a stiff elbow to the jaw and lays him out. From there we go to the opening into the show.
Joe Dombrowski talked about the main event between Richards and Hennigan tonight. Clip of last week showing Real1 getting hit by car, as well as Mance Warner’s mug shot. Delirious and Abismo Negro make their entrance. Joe Dombrowski then announces that the Alex Hammerstone vs. Jacob Fatu match for the MLW Heavyweight Championship will be broadcasted on the March 21st edition of Underground Wrestling.
Mister Saint Laurent walked on stage and hyped up Microman, who made his entrance with his tag partner Lince Dorado. We then go to a video package that highlighted Microman.
Delirious & Mini Abismo Negro vs. Microman & Lince Dorado
MSL sat with commentating team during the match. Dorado and Delirious started off the match. Dorado hits a flying cross body from second rope. Microman and Negro both get tagged in for their respective teams. After going back and forth a bit, Delirious comes back in and goes to work on Microman. Microman finally gets a tag into Dorado. Dorado starts taking on both Delirious and Negro. While outside the ring Delirious pulls the top rope while Dorado was running into it causing him to fall to the floor. Negro returned to the ring and performs a dive from the second turnbuckle onto Dorado, as we go into a commercial break.
Back from the break, Dorado hits both heels with a double cutter. A flash came across the screen, which appears to have something to do with the calling card group. Microman took hot tag from Dorado and delivered his 6.19’s on both opponents. The finish came when Microman rolled Negro into a pin and got the three count. The crowd goes crazy and chants “Microman”! MSL comes from announcers table and joins the babyfaces in the ring.
Result: Microman & Lince Dorado defeats Delirious & Abismo Negro via pinfall.
After the match ended, the lights went out and three attackers in gas masks (calling card group) made their way to the ring. They attacked Microman, Dorado, and MSL and left them lying in the ring as they go to a commercial.
We return to a replay from last week showing one of the masked gas men presenting Alex Hammerstone with a gift after his match, which contained a dead octopus. They then go to footage showing Alex Hammerstone as he drove up to a hotel. The cameraman caught up with Hammerstone who said Calvin Tankman was the first person targeted by the guys in gas masks. Hammerstone assumed that it was the Samoan Swat Team behind the attacks and told Jacob Fatu to do better next time.
Next footage aired of Mance Warner getting out of jail where some of his buddies were waiting for him. They give Warner a beer and he said that he owed them for bailing him out. They were pleased in Warner being arrested for hitting Real1 with his car.
Billie Starkz vs. Kayla Kassidy
Kassidy attacked Starkz to begin the match. Starkz eventually rallied and performed a suplex into a bridge for a 2 1/2 count. Starkz then caught Kassidy in an electric chair position and drove her to the mat for the three count.
Result: Billie Starkz defeats Kayla Kassidy via pinfall.
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Sam Laterna interviews the MLW Featherweight Champion Taya Valkyrie on stage. Valkyrie said that her and her husband John Hennigan would be husband and wife champions in MLW. Starkz then made her way on stage and said she respects Valkyrie’s journey from Mexico to MLW. Valkyrie said of course Starkz is a fan of hers because everyone is. Valkyrie said based on what she just saw, Starkz needs to keep studying her tapes.
A Davey Richards video package aired and Joe Dombrowski again hypes up the main event that is coming up after the break.
Alex Kane delivers a backstage promo while Mr. Thomas stood behind him. Kane said the Bomaye Fight Club does not fight for free. They will do a little community service by giving the Billington Bulldogs a match against Thomas and Myron Reed. Kane then put in the stipulation that if the Bulldogs can win the match, he would give Smith Jr. a match.
Matches were announced for next week’s MLW Underground:
- Billington Bulldogs vs. Myron Reed & Mr. Thomas
- MLW Heavyweight Championship: Alex Hammerstone vs. Lance Anoa’i
- Lio Rush vs. Jacob Fatu
EJ Nduka was backstage with a chair in his hand and called out Jacob Fatu. Juicy Finau showed up and attacked Nduka. EJ fought back and a brawl started when they cut away.
MLW National Openweight Championship: Davey Richards vs. John Hennigan (w/Cesar Duran, Taya Valkyrie)
Richards sent Henningan to the outside of the ring early. Richards then went to the apron for a move, but Valkyrie stood in his way. Hennigan used this distraction and swept the leg of Richards. We go to the final commercial break of the night.
We return to Richards going for a double stomp, but Hennigan avoided it. Hennigan set up for a move, but Richards countered it into a trailer hitch. Duran helps Hennigan by pushing the bottom rope to him, who grabbed it to break the hold.
Later, Richards threw running kicks at Hennigan but was unable to knock him off the apron. Richards then went for a suplex, but Valkyrie tripped the leg of Richards. Hennigan fell on top of him and got a near fall.
Hennigan hit a knee to the head and then attempted to perform Starship Pain, but Richards avoided the move. Richards threw a kick at Hennigan and then went up top performing a double stomp for a close fall. Richards followed up with a brainbuster for another close fall.
Richards had Hennigan in an ankle lock. Hennigan rolled and threw kicks at Richards, who caught his leg and countered into a Texas Cloverleaf. Duran then climbed onto the apron to distract the referee, while Valkyrie came into the ring and hit Richards with title belt. The ref turns around and Hennigan covered Richards for the three count to become new champion.
Results: John Hennigan defeats Davey Richards via pinfall to become new MLW National Openweight Champion.
We close with the broadcast team go over highlights of the match. Camera goes back to the ring showing the heels celebrating. Joe Dombrowski spoke of Hennigan and Valkyrie as a power couple in wrestling.
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