Fightland (2023)

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Fightland (2023)
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Promotional poster of the event
Promotion Major League Wrestling
DateNovember 18, 2023
City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Venue 2300 Arena
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Fightland (2023) was a professional wrestling event produced by Major League Wrestling (MLW). It took place on November 18, 2023, at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was the fifth event under the Fightland chronology. The event streamed live on FITE, with additional matches taped for future episodes of MLW Fusion .

Contents

Production

Background

MLW Fightland was first held in 2018 as a television taping for MLW's weekly program, MLW Fusion . On May 2, 2023, a new partnership between MLW and FITE was announced, in which the promotion would produce live events for FITE+ subscribers. MLW would subsequently announce four upcoming FITE+ specials on July 8, 2023, with Fightland announced to be taking place on November 18, at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; making it the first edition to air live. [1] [2]

Storylines

The card will consist of matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches, with results predetermined by MLW's writers. Storylines are played out on MLW Fusion , and the league's social media platforms. [3]

On the October 26 episode of Fusion, Salina de la Renta, who served as executive producer of the show that night, announced that Alex Kane will defend the MLW World Heavyweight Championship against Jacob Fatu. [4] Additionally, she also announced a "Lucha Rules" tag team match in conjunction with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), where MLW World Middleweight Champion Rocky Romero will team with Bárbaro Cavernario to face potential middleweight contender Ichiban and Máscara Dorada. [5]

For the past several months, The Second Gear Crew (Mance Warner, Matthew Justice, and 1 Called Manders) have been feuding with Mister Saint Laurent's World Titan Federation, ever since MSL betrayed his former client Microman and aligned with Davey Boy Smith Jr.. At Fury Road, Warner faced MSL's newest client Matt Cardona in a No Holds Barred Kiss My Foot match in a losing effort. He was then forced to kiss MSL's foot rather than Cardona's, but instead bit the foot of MSL in retaliation. [6] On November 1, MLW announced a rematch between Warner and Cardona, this time in a Loser Leaves MLW match. [7]

The World Titan Federation also recently began a feud with Alex Kane's Bomaye Fight Club, stemming from Slaughterhouse where Matt Cardona interrupted Kane after he had retained over Tom Lawlor (a substitute for Davey Boy Smith Jr. who was pulled from the show for emergency surgery). Lawlor then attacked Kane and his BFC teammates Mr. Thomas and O'Shay Edwards, before confirming his alignment with the WTF. [8] On October 31, MLW announced a tag team match for the Fusion taping, where Thomas and Edwards will face Lawlor and a new mystery member of the WTF. [9]

In the ongoing feud between the Second Gear Crew and The Calling, The SGC's Matthew Justice and 1 Called Manders challenged The Calling's Akira and Rickey Shane Page for the MLW World Tag Team Championship in a tables match. The match ended in a no contest when Justice and Akira went through a stack of tables at the same time. [10] The two teams continued to brawl afterward, with Mance Warner and the rest of The Calling joining in. The SGC would challenge The Calling to a ladder match for the titles at Fightland, which was accepted and made official by MLW on November 6. [11]

Results

No.Results [12] StipulationsTimes [13]
1FTWasted Youth (Dylan McKay and Marcus Mathers) defeated Lucky 13 and Austin Luke, and The Mane Event (Jay Lyon and Midas Black) Three-way tag team match [14] 5:01
2FTZayda Steel defeated Gia Scott Singles match [15] 3:31
3FT Tony Deppen (with The Dirty Ass Bastards (TJ Crawford and Griffin McCoy)) defeated Nolo Kitano Singles match [16] 5:51
4FTJimmy Lloyd defeated Talon Thumbtacks Pit of Deathmatch [17] 7:28
5FTKevin Blackwood defeated TJ Crawford (with Griffin McCoy) Singles match [18] 3:27
6FTJosh Bishop won by last eliminating Matthew Justice [Note 1] Battle royal [19] 11:01
7FT Janai Kai (c) (with Salina de la Renta) defeated Tiara James and Delmi Exo Three-way match for the MLW World Women's Featherweight Championship [20] 4:58
8FT Rickey Shane Page (c) defeated Akira Singles match for the MLW National Openweight Championship 4:22
9FTWorld Titan Federation (Alexander Hammerstone, Josh Bishop and Tom Lawlor) (with Mister Saint Laurent) defeated The Bomaye Fight Club (J Boujii, Mr. Thomas and O'Shay Edwards) (with Alex Kane) Six-man tag team match [9] 8:00
10The Second Gear Crew (Matthew Justice and 1 Called Manders) defeated The Calling (Akira and Rickey Shane Page) (c) Ladder match for the MLW World Tag Team Championship [11] 12:20
11 Matt Cardona (with Mister Saint Laurent) defeated Mance Warner by pinfall Loser Leaves MLW match [7] 8:09
12Ichiban and Máscara Dorada defeated Bárbaro Cavernario and Rocky Romero (with Salina de la Renta) by pinfall Lucha Rules tag team match [4] 11:56
13 Alex Kane (c) (with Mr. Thomas) defeated Jacob Fatu by submission Singles match for the MLW World Heavyweight Championship [4] 48:00
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
FT – the match was taped for a future broadcast of Fusion
  1. ↑ Other participants in the match: Brett Ryan Gosselin, Griffin McCoy, Ichiban, Kevin Blackwood, Love, Doug, Good Brother #3, Mr. Thomas, Nolo Kitano, O'Shay Edwards, TJ Crawford, Tom Lawlor, Tony Deppen, and Yoscifer El.

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