Csonka’s MLW Fusion Review 3.16.18

Csonka’s MLW Fusion Review 3.16.19

OFFICIAL RESULTS
– Puma King defeated Hijo de LA Park @ 10:10 via pin [*]
– Chico Adams and Vertigo Rivera defeated Jacob Fatu and Josef Samael @ 1:15 via DQ [NR]
– MLW Tag Team Title Match: Champions Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Teddy Hart defeated MJF & Richard Holiday @ 6:58 via DQ [**½]

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– Mance Warner joins commentary he’s had issues with Salina & Park following last week. Warner faces LA PARK next week in a death match.

Puma King vs. Hijo de LA Park w/Salina de la Renta: They lock up and work into counters, and then a series of arm drags. Park lays in chops, and follows with a RANA. The plancha follows. King rolls him back in, Salina trips up King allowing Park o hit a RANA and suicide dive. He lays in chair shots and rolls him back in. He then slams a chair into King’s balls. Park dumps King and whips him with a cable. Back in and King fires back with kicks, and a back breaker. King gets chairs, hits a superkick hits Park in the balls with a chair. Park fires back with strikes and a code red for 2. King now hits the powerbomb for 2. King up top but Park hits him with a chair and King falls into the tree of WHOA. King escapes and eats an enziguri and Park hits the Spanish fly for 2. Salina trips up King again, Park hits jig ‘n tonic and spits at Warner. Warner lays him out with Cornette’s tennis racket. King hits MX and cradles Park for the win. Puma King defeated Hijo de LA Park @ 10:10 via pin [*] This was an absolute mess, with interference and breaking into a no DQ match for no reason.

– MJF & Richard Holiday run down the Hart Foundation ahead of tonight’s tag title match. The Hart Foundation interrupts them, and Teddy says you won’t feel so good after a few Canadian Destroyers off the turnbuckles. Brian Pillman Jr. in the pool doing some training while Davey Boy Smith Jr. watches. Davey tells MJF and Holliday that they are not going to wrestle with them or play with them; they will hurt them.

– We find out that last week’s call with Tom Lawlor’s doctor was in fact not his doctor. Lawlor says he doesn’t care what doctors say, he is cleared as far as he’s concerned and is coming after Contra.

Jacob Fatu and Josef Samael vs. Chico Adams and Vertigo Rivera: Contra attacks right away, running wild on the jobbers. Fatu hits the pop up Samoan drop and Samael gets the spike and attacks for the DQ. Chico Adams and Vertigo Rivera defeated Jacob Fatu and Josef Samael @ 1:15 via DQ [NR] This was a fine angle to continue to get heat on Contra.

– Contra beats the shit out of these poor lads some more post match and Samael throws a fireball at one of them. The other man is stretchered out but Fatu hits him with a double jump moonsault onto the stretcher. JOBBER DEATH.

– They hype Battle Riot II.

– LA Park says he’ll win Battle Riot.

– MJF asks for a moment of complete silence to address Stu Hart, He looks to hell and says that Stu thinks he left a good legacy but he left it in the name of Teddy Hart and that legacy means jack squat.

Champions Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Teddy Hart vs. MJF & Richard Holiday: The challengers take control right away, isolating Hart and they work over his ribs. Holliday distracts the ref as MJF woks over Hart on the floor until Smith makes the save. Holiday follows and continues the attack on the ribs. The sharpshooter follows, but Smith breaks it up. MJF in and hits a piledriver on Hart and Holiday covers for 2. MJF tags in, and goes right back after the ribs. He rips off the tape but Hart fights out. The destroyer follows on MJF and tags in Smith. Smith runs wild on MJF, Germans Holiday and then delivers uppercuts. He tosses Holiday into MJF, and the tiger suplex gets 2. The powerbomb follows for 2 as Holiday makes the save. Hart in, they look for the doomsday destroyer but Alex Hammerstone hits the ring and he hits Smith in the back with a chair for the DQ. Champions Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Teddy Hart defeated MJF & Richard Holiday @ 6:58 via DQ [**½] While the finish sets up a six-man, the DQ played poorly in terms of crowd reaction and overall show layout; the match was solid.

– Post match, Hammerstone Holiday, & MJF stand tall over the Hart Foundation.

– End scene.

– Thanks for reading.

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Kofi Kingston – 8:22
NXT Talents Working Evolve & Other Places – 16:40
Harlem Heat & The WWE Hall of Fame – 29:45
WrestleMania Weekend Excitement – 38:10

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The final score: review Bad

The 411

This week’s MLW Fusion was a mess, feeling like a poor attitude era show, starting with the first match that had interference and no rules for no reason. This was followed by two DQ finishes on a three-match show, and while the DQs had a point to them, putting all of this into one show was just no something I felt was effective or enjoyable.