MLW Genesis

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Genesis
Promotion Major League Wrestling
DateJune 15, 2002
City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Venue Viking Hall
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Genesis was a professional wrestling supercard event produced by Major League Wrestling (MLW), which took place on June 15, 2002 at the Viking Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the inaugural event by MLW and featured an eight-man single elimination tournament to crown the inaugural World Heavyweight Champion. [1]

Contents

Nine professional wrestling matches were taped at the event with seven matches of the World Heavyweight Championship tournament being televised. The tournament concluded with Shane Douglas defeating Taiyo Kea and Vampiro in a three-way match in the finals of the tournament to win the title. [2]

Event

Quarterfinals

Other on-screen personnel
Role:Name:
Commentator Joey Styles
RefereesJohn Finnegan
Mike Keiner
Shane Douglas won the eight-man tournament at Genesis to become the inaugural MLW World Heavyweight Champion. Shane Douglas at Alpha-10 April 2016.jpg
Shane Douglas won the eight-man tournament at Genesis to become the inaugural MLW World Heavyweight Champion.

The event featured a tournament to crown the new MLW World Heavyweight Champion. The opening match of the tournament took place between Jerry Lynn and La Parka. After avoiding a corkscrew moonsault by Parka, Lynn executed a tornado DDT off the ropes for the win.

In the next match, Vampiro took on Christopher Daniels. After avoiding a lariat by Daniels, Vampiro hit a lifting side slam to Daniels for the win.

Next, Taiyo Kea was scheduled to take on Bam Bam Bigelow but Bigelow did not show up and was subsequently replaced by The Wall. Kea countered a powerbomb by Wall into a hurricanrana and executed a bridging Northern Lights suplex on Wall for the win.

It was followed by the last quarterfinal match between Shane Douglas and Steve Corino. Corino attempted to deliver an Old School Expulsion to Douglas but Douglas reversed it into a belly to belly suplex for the win.

Semifinals

The first semifinal match in the tournament took place between Jerry Lynn and Shane Douglas. Douglas countered a cradle piledriver by Lynn and nailed a Pittsburgh Plunge to Lynn for the win.

The second semifinal took place between Taiyo Kea and Vampiro. Near the end of the match, Kea nailed a Hawaiian Smasher to Vampiro but the 17-minute time limit expired and the match ended in a time limit draw. Vampiro demanded five more minutes but Shane Douglas showed up to begin a three-way dance against both Vampiro and Kea.

Final

The tournament final three-way dance took place between Shane Douglas, Taiyo Kea and Vampiro. Kea and Vampiro quickly took down Douglas and then Vampiro attempted to hit a spin kick to Douglas but Douglas countered it and Vampiro accidentally hit Kea which allowed Douglas to hit a belly to belly suplex to Vampiro to win the World Heavyweight Championship. Douglas then insulted the MLW title belt by spitting on it and throwing it down in a repetition of him throwing down the NWA World Heavyweight Championship on August 27, 1994. Referee John Finnegan threatened to suspend Douglas if he did not defend the title.

Aftermath

In light of Shane Douglas' controversial actions, he was stripped off the World Heavyweight Championship on September 13. [3] [4] A match was set up between Jerry Lynn and Satoshi Kojima to determine a new champion at Reload, which Kojima won. [5] MLW later refused to acknowledge Douglas' reign as champion and officially recognized Kojima as the first-ever MLW World Heavyweight Champion. [6] [7]

Results

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes [8]
1 Jerry Lynn defeated La Parka MLW World Heavyweight Championship tournament quarter-final match7:04
2 Vampiro defeated Christopher Daniels MLW World Heavyweight Championship tournament quarter-final match13:56
3 Taiyo Kea defeated The Wall MLW World Heavyweight Championship tournament quarter-final match6:43
4 Shane Douglas defeated Steve Corino MLW World Heavyweight Championship tournament quarter-final match9:40
5D Prince Nana, Super Hentai and Ultra Taro Jr. defeated Abunai, Devon Storm and Rising Son Six-man tag team match 26:39
6DPJ Friedman defeated Shirley Doe Singles match —
7Shane Douglas defeated Jerry LynnMLW World Heavyweight Championship tournament semi-final match7:32
8Taiyo Kea vs. Vampiro ended in a time limit drawMLW World Heavyweight Championship tournament semi-final match17:00
9Shane Douglas defeated Taiyo Kea and Vampiro Three-way dance for the MLW World Heavyweight Championship1:15
D – this was a dark match

Tournament brackets

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Jerry Lynn Pin
La Parka 7:04
Jerry Lynn Pin
Shane Douglas7:32
Shane Douglas Pin
Steve Corino 9:40
Shane DouglasPin
Taiyo Kea
Vampiro 		1:15
Taiyo Kea Pin
The Wall 6:43
Taiyo Kea Bye
Vampiro 17:00
Vampiro Pin
Christopher Daniels 13:56

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  5. ↑ Bob Colling (July 26, 2010). "MLW Reload 9/26/2002". Wrestling Recaps. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
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