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Welcome to this week’s Major League Wrestling: Fusion review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and Regina King has won the Soul Train award 15 times. Now that the whole Mlw roster has left the league for the animal shelter, so we’re gonna watch a bunch of rhinos from the zoo, ram each other from an hour.

Match #1: Dominic Garrini def. Zenshi The following is courtesy of mlw.com:

Zenshi shows his quickness against Dom, but once the two lock-up it’s a quick takedown by Garrini. Zenshi however, uses the ropes to flip free, but Dom maintains a grip on the ankle. Zenshi turns it into a pin combo for two. The Chilean star gets another pin attempt, and Garrini prompts him to come at him. Zenshi gets on the mat accepting his challenge, and Zenshi takes him to the mat with a headscissor takedown.

Welcome to this week’s Major League Wrestling: Fusion review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have…not as much as there should be. Mlw is taking a page (or 7000) from Ring Of Honor and phoning it in towards the end of this year. You’ll see when you read the review. Matt Lauer scares the s— out of me and this review starts now.

Match #1: Invitational Battle Royal – Winner: Grogan The following is courtesy of mlw.com:

Hammer has a lot invested in this bout as “his big gift” Grogan in embedded in the brawl. The first out is Barrington Hughes as it takes a group effort to get the super-heavyweight over the top.

Eliminated: Barrington Hughes

Zenshi faces a very close call against Timothy Thatcher, but the young cruiserweight skins the cat. Dominic Garrini ties up with Savio Vega as Zenshi hangs on one more,...

Welcome to this week’s Major League Wrestling: Fusion review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have a special Thanksgiving edition of Mlw: Fusion, which means that American’s have decided to phone it in, on account of a holiday we never figured out the meaning of…

Match #1: Injustice defeated Gringo Loco & Zenshi – Survivor Rules Match The following is courtesy of mlw.com:

The team of Jordan Oliver and Kotto Brazil are accompanied by newly christened Mlw Middleweight Champion Myron Reed. All three take a moment to run down Thanksgiving and one of their opponents tonight, Gringo Loco. Out comes the aforementioned Loco with his partner for tonight, the ever-innovative Zenshi. The ref sees that the odds are stacked against the duo and with the way Injustice has been playing their hand each and every week, he kicks Reed out of arena! Zenshi and Loco...

Welcome to this week’s Major League Wrestling: Fusion review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have the follow-up to the incredible Pay Per View that Mlw had last week. Tony Orlando couldn’t have done better. Someone stole Tenacious D from Family Video…bastards. Alright, let’s rock the sock around the clock of cock…a-doodle-doo!

Match #1: Low Ki beats Timothy Thatcher

My Opinion: 4.2 out of 5 – This was some great stuff. When you here the phrase “easy as pie” that’s how I feel about this match. There were no issues of two guys struggling to find a rhythm or attempting to make the match look legitimate or any-thing like that. Every-thing here was pitch-perfect to the point that having the match end before it went for six hours felt like a waste. This was one of those fights that had action of some...

Welcome to this week’s Major League Wrestling: Fusion review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have Bugs and Daffy and Tweety and Taz and all your cartoon paaaaaaalllllsssss! Okay, we don’t have any of that, but we’ve got some wrestling. You like wrestling? How about some Major League Wrestling?

Match #1: Gringo Loco & Air Wolf defeated Kotto Brazil & Myron Reed The following is courtesy of mlw.com:

Referee Frank Gastineau does the due diligence of checking Injustice for foreign objects and sure enough, finds a chain inside Kotto Brazil’s jumpsuit. While confiscating that, Oliver hands Kotto those familiar brass knuckles to Brazil, but Gastineau catches such transgressions in his peripherals to take those away as well. The pace and rhythm begin in Injustice’s favor but Gringo Loco hits a standing moonsault to shift the momentum. Air Wolf takes over up against...

Welcome to this week’s Major League Wrestling: Fusion review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have a big tag title match for the main event, so get your Halloween 6 britches on, because the Irish made The Shape do it. Michael…don’t dance…the jig! Nooooooo! Not the river dance! Damn you Michael…Flatley! The spandex! The spandex!

Match #1: Jordan Oliver defeated Zenshi The following is courtesy of mlw.com:

Zenshi took down Oliver quickly but the two both go for quick takedowns but one another kept meeting each other in high-flying stalemates before Zenshi successfully landed a running shooting star press. Oliver tried to come off the top rope with a head-scissor takedown but the amazing body control of Zenshi allowed the Chilean combatant to land on his feet. Kotto Brazil took the moment to trip him up so Oliver got an opportunity to strike.

Welcome to this week’s Major League Wrestling: Fusion review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we’ve got a World Title match here, so don’t get you panties in a bunch, because Mlw: Fusion starts, a couple of days ago.

Match #1: Jordan Oliver, Myron Reed & Kotto Brazil defeated Gringo Loco, Zenshi & Air Wolf –Trios Tag Team Match The following is courtesy of mlw.com:

Gringo Loco and Jordan Oliver start things off as Loco uses his unorthodox athleticism before Air Wolf gets the tag, then Zenshi. The two masked men show their athleticism to ground the Injustice down. Loco joins in on the triple team assault before the Injustice clear the ring. Injustice try to take advantage but the sense of air-time went in the favor of Loco, Air Wolf and Zenshi as they took to the skies to take their foes down. The...

Welcome to this week’s Major League Wrestling: Fusion, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we might have a surprise or two…it’s a boy! Okay, stick around for the wrestling and I’ll get you one of those McDonald’s hash browns from their breakfast menu (no coffee).

Match #1: Alexander Hammerstone defeated Kotto Brazil – National Openweight Championship Match The following is courtesy of mlw.com:

A game Brazil answered Hammerstone’s challenge and used his agility and athleticism to out-duel the Openweight Champ initially, but a big boot to the face leveled the playing field quite literally which allowed Hammerstone to regain control. Kotto managed to capitalize on a major miss by Hammerstone with a satellite Ddt and hit a frog splash, but the hardy Hammer kicked out before even a two count. A top rope stalling suplex led by a Nightmare Pendulum had...

Welcome to this week’s Major League Wrestling: Fusion review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we’ve got some Bubba Hotep magic comin’ your way. Suspicious minds…woo-wah-wah-woo! Sebastian Happ ain’t my name bayyyyyyy-bayyyyyyyyyaaaaaayyyyyy. Let’s find out what kind of picture we’ve got comin’ our groovy way tonight.

Match #1: Richard Holliday defeated Kotto Brazil The following is courtesy of mlw.com:

While the night didn’t end well for The Dynasty, Holliday got things started on this week’s show with a victory for his group. Holliday used a size and power advantage to defeat Kotto Brazil, who has apparently healed from his eye injuries. Brazil removed the eye patch that he’s been wearing for months on his way to the ring and competed without it. The extra eyesight didn’t necessarily help the Haitian Sensation, as Most Marketable scored the victory with a gut-wrench powerbomb.

Welcome to this week’s Major League Wrestling review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and Stan’s got a got a monkey. Also, we might just have some interesting matches to talk about, so let’s do so.

Match #1: Jordan Oliver defeated Kotto Brazil The following is courtesy of mlw.com:

Kotto Brazil faced off with Jordan Oliver, who was making his singles debut in Major League Wrestling. Brazil was still wearing an eye patch thanks to a brawl with Ricky Martinez of Promociones Dorado. Salina de la Renta and Martinez would figure in the match prominently. After a few minutes of competition between Oliver and Brazil, de la Renta and Martinez showed up at ringside and taunted Brazil. Finally, Martinez tried to interfere in the match and Brazil made him pay with a slingshot cross body block from the inside to the floor. But that...

Welcome to this week’s Major League Wrestling review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have lots to cover from this live episode of Fusion that is called Super-Fight. Low Ki defends the Major League Wrestling World Title against Tom Lawlor in the main event, so let’s get to it.

Match #1: Hart Foundation (Teddy Hart and Davey Boy Smith Jr) With Brian Pillman Jr. (New Champions) beat Lucha Bros! (Pentagon Jr. and Fenix) – Major League Wrestling World Tag Team Championship Match

My Take: 2.5 out of 5 – This was a bit too slow for its own good, but it was still good while it lasted. It would seem that Pentagon and Fenix really are leaving Major League Wrestling, as Court Bauer had gone to Twitter and wished them well where-ever they go. Since Pentagon and Fenix are likely headed to All Elite Wrestling, it was necessary...

Welcome to this week’s Major League Wrestling review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have a violent main event to get to, so let’s get there before Christmas.

Match #1: Kotto Brazil defeated Vandal Ortagun The following is courtesy of Mlw.com:

A few weeks ago, Ricky Martinez attacked Kotto Brazil with a bottle at a Miami night club. Tonight, after weeks of recovery, Brazil was back in the ring. He drew the ever-tough Vandal Ortagun for his welcome back to Mlw. Ortagun was game and took advantage of Brazil’s injury. But in the end, Brazil’s running sliced bread finishing maneuver spelled the end for Ortagun.

My Take: 2 out of 5 – There wasn’t much happening here, but Brazil looked just fine for a match made just for him.

Match #2: Barrington Hughes vs. Ace Romero The following is courtesy of Mlw.com:...

Welcome to this week’s Major League Wrestling review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have some good wrestling, so let’s get to it.

Match #1: Rush defeated Shane Strickland The following is courtesy of Mlw.com:

The former golden boy of Mlw opened the show in the ring with a microphone, berating the Miami crowd and running down the Mlw locker room. Rush didn’t want to hear it, came to the ring, told Swerve off and we had our opening bout. Strickland attacked at the bell and had the upper hand early on. But the tide turned when the action went to the outside, where Rush threw “Swerve” through a set of locked double doors and blasted him with a trash can. While Strickland attempted to make a couple comebacks, in the end it was a Rush Driver that spelled the end for “Swerve.

Welcome to this week’s Major League Wrestling review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have a couple of good ones this time, so go grab your eatin’ food and walk your ass over to the monitor and pretend you’re watchin’ TV.

Match #1: La Park defeated Gringo Loco The following is courtesy of Mlw.com:

In an extremely entertaining and hotly-contested match, Gringo Loco gave La Park all he wanted. The two battled for nearly 20 minutes to open this week’s show. La Park had the upper hand early and of course, there were chairs involved. With Gringo Loco incapacitated on the outside, La Park grabbed a couple chairs from ringside and put them together. He then scored a massive powerbomb, driving Loco onto the unforgiving chairs. Gringo Loco eventually recuperated and rallied. At one point, Loco was able to lay out La Park on the stage/entrance way.

Welcome to this week’s Major League Wrestling review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have some excellent matches to get to, so let’s do so.

Match #1: Teddy Hart beat Gringo Loco, Kotto Brazil, El Hijo de La Park and Dezmond Xavier Fatal-Five Way Ladder Match for the Mlw Middleweight Championship The following is courtesy of mlw.com:

Hart wasn’t even booked in the match. But in true Teddy Hart fashion, he went ahead and found a way to get in the four-way ladder match. First, he attacked Dezmond Xavier before he could enter the ring. When Kotto Brazil took exception and went to attack Hart outside the ring, Brazil got the worst of the exchange and was helped to the back. Hijo de La Park, Gringo Loco and Xavier all had opportunities to grab the belt during the course of the match,...

Welcome to this week’s Major League Wrestling review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have a couple of big time luchadors fighting in the main event, so get your eatin’ britches pulled up and ready for a big ol’ ham dinner and some stuffing with a bit of sweet potato and the cranberry sauce with cheesecake for dessert… very nice.

Match #1: Teddy Hart (with Brian Pillman) defeated Jason Cade The following is courtesy of Mlw.com:

While the Hart Foundation is looking for a shot at the World Tag Team Championships, Teddy Hart has an impending match with one half of the champs, Pentagon Jr. next week in Miami. While Hart is focused on defeating Pentagon Jr. and keeping the pressure on the Lucha Bros. (Penta and brother Rey Fenix), he was faced with Jason Cade and his Bad Attitude this week on Mlw Fusion.

Welcome to this edition of The Last Week In Wrestling, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have those two WWE Pay Per Views to cover, as well as a lot of terrible WWE television, so go get your bon-bons and kiss your ass good-bye.

WWE Match Ratings Out Of 5: Raw Braun Strowman, Finn Bálor & Elias versus Drew McIntyre, Bobby Lashley & Baron Corbin – 2.5 Nia Jax & Tamina versus Sasha Banks & Bayley – 2 The Lucha House Party versus The Revival (Lucha House Rules Match) – 3 Ronda Rousey versus Mickie James – 2 Bobby Roode & Chad Gable versus Aop – 2 Natalya versus Ruby Riott

Raw Verdict: 1 out of 5 – Phil was right. This show sucked.

Smackdown Charlotte Flair versus Billie Kay – 2 Charlotte Flair versus Peyton Royce – 2 Local Jobbers “The Bryant Brothers” versus Shane McMahon and The Miz – 0 The New Day versus The Bar & Big Show – Thanksgiving Feast Fight Match – 0 Asuka & Naomi versus Mandy Rose & Sonya...

Welcome to this week’s Major League Wrestling review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have a World Title match tonight, so let’s get to it. Okay, ramblers, let’s get ramblin’.

Match #1: Kotto Brazil defeated Trey Miguel The following is courtesy of Mlw.com:

World Middleweight Champion Maxwell J. Friedman joined commentary, as Kotto Brazil and Trey Miguel squared off. Mjf admitted he was there to scout the competition, as Brazil will be part of the 4-way ladder match at Mlw Zero Hour for the World Middleweight title. In an incredible display of athleticism, both Brazil and Miguel laid it all out there looking to move up the middleweight rankings. At one point late in the match, Miguel hit a meteora and scored a two-count. He followed that up with an innovative springboard cutter off the bottom rope as Brazil was on his knees following the meteora,...

Welcome to this week’s Major League Wrestling: Fusion review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we’re having swine livers and Capri Sun for dinner. Ooooohhhh yeah!

Match #1: El Hijo de La Park defeated Sammy Guevara The following is courtesy of Mlw.com:

It wasn’t long ago that Salina de la Renta and Promociones Dorado represented Sammy Guevara, but when Guevara didn’t bring home the winner’s purse enough for de la Renta’s liking, she unceremoniously fired him over the phone. Adding insult to injury, de la Renta delivered Guevara’s pink slip while in her Jacuzzi, filmed it and released it via social media. Guevara returned to Mlw looking for a little payback, while both grapplers were looking to impress League officials in an effort to move up the rankings in the Middleweight division. In the end, de la Renta felt...

Welcome to this week’s Major League Wrestling review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have several big matches on this card that we get to talk about. Let’s see our categories for Double Jeopardy.

Match #1: Barrington Hughes defeated Leon Scott The following is courtesy of Mlw.com:

Just moments after hearing from Barrington Hughes, Kotto Brazil and Shane “Swerve” Strickland about battling Sami Callihan and the Death Machines at War Games, we got a bit of a preview of the upcoming battle in Ft. Lauderdale. Hughes was about to pin Death Machine Leon Scott after hitting a massive side slam/elbow drop combination. But before the official’s arm came down for the 3-count, Death Machine Fulton attacked Hughes, causing a disqualification. When it looked as though Hughes was going to handle Fulton by himself, Callihan took matters into his own hands.

The...

Welcome to this week’s Major League Wrestling: Fusion review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and this week, we have a special two hour event called Battle Riot, which featured the first World Middleweight Championship match and the first Battle Riot match. Let’s just jump right in.

Match #1: Kotto Brazil beat Myron Reed The following is courtesy of Mlw.com:

In our opening bout, Kotto Brazil was looking to pick up another victory after recently seeing a long Mlw losing streak come to an end. The two middleweights were looking to impress League officials, knowing their bout was going on right before the highly-anticipated World Middleweight Championship match. Brazil and Reed were very evenly matched. In fact, early on they were often caught utilizing the same maneuvers at the same time, including a nasty collision when both went for a flying cross body block.

It...