Opera Cup (2025)

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Opera Cup (2025)
VenueFirst Round:
Melrose Ballroom (June 26)
NYTEX Sports Centre (September 13)
Quarterfinals:
TBA
Semifinals:
TBA
Finals:
TBA
LocationFirst Round:
Queens, New York (June 26)
North Richland Hills, Texas (September 13)
Quarterfinals:
TBA
Semifinals:
TBA
Finals:
TBA
Start date June 26, 2024 (2024-06-26)
End date TBD
Competitors
Champion
TBD
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Opera Cup (2025) is the ongoing fifth Opera Cup professional wrestling tournament produced by Major League Wrestling (MLW). The first round started on June 26, 2025, at Summer of the Beasts, which aired on tape delay on August 9 as part of Blood and Thunder. The first round would continue on September 13 at Fightland.

Contents

Production

Background

The Opera House Cup was annually held as a professional wrestling tournament for nearly fifty years in various cities in the United States until its discontinuation in 1948. Stu Hart won the final tournament and kept the possession of the Opera Cup trophy since then. On July 21, 2019, Major League Wrestling announced that it would be holding an event on December 5 at the Melrose Ballroom in Queens, New York City, New York which would be a set of television tapings of MLW's television program Fusion . [1] On July 24, it was reported that Stu Hart's grandson and MLW wrestler Teddy Hart would be donating an inherited "family heirloom" to MLW. [2] On July 30, MLW.com announced that the family heirloom was Stu Hart's Opera Cup trophy and MLW would be bringing back the Opera Cup tournament on the December 5 supercard, naming it Opera Cup. [3]

At Summer of the Beasts, the brackets for the Opera Cup were revealed, featuring sixteen participants, much like the previous year. The first round would be taped that same night and later aired on August 9 as part of Blood and Thunder.

Results

First Round (June 26, aired August 9)
No.Results [4] StipulationsTimes
1 Bishop Dyer (with Saint Laurent) defeated Anthony Greene by pinfall Singles match 7:43
2 Satoshi Kojima defeated Bobby Fish by pinfall Singles match 8:50
3 Místico defeated Ikuro Kwon by pinfall Singles match 7:47
First Round (September 13)
No.Results [5] StipulationsTimes
1 Último Guerrero defeated Esfinge by pinfall Singles match 11:05
2 Zandokan Jr. (with Difunto and Barboza) defeated Blue Panther Jr. by pinfall Singles match 6:11
First Round (September 13, airing TBD)
No.Matches*Stipulations
1 Volador Jr. vs. Titán Singles match
2 Austin Aries vs. Kushida Singles match
3 Paul London vs. Okumura Singles match
*Card subject to change

Tournament brackets

First round
Blood and Thunder (August 9)
Fightland (September 13)		Quarterfinals
TBD 		Semifinals
TBD 		Final
TBD
        
Místico Pin
Ikuro Kwon 7:47 [4]
Místico
Último Guerrero
Último Guerrero Pin
Esfinge 11:05 [5]
 
 
Austin Aries
Kushida
 
 
Paul London
Okumura
 
 
Volador Jr.
Titán
 
Zandokan Jr.
Blue Panther Jr. 6:11 [5]
Zandokan Jr. Pin
 
 
Satoshi Kojima Pin
Bobby Fish 8:50 [4]
Satoshi Kojima
Bishop Dyer
Bishop Dyer Pin
Anthony Greene 7:43 [4]

References

  1. ↑ "MLW SETS RETURN TO NYC LATER THIS YEAR". Major League Wrestling. July 21, 2019.
  2. ↑ "TEDDY HART DONATES FAMILY HEIRLOOM TO MLW". Major League Wrestling. July 24, 2019.
  3. ↑ "NYC TO HOST FIRST OPERA CUP IN OVER 70 YEARS". Major League Wrestling. July 30, 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Vetter, Chris (August 10, 2025). "MLW "Blood & Thunder" results (8/9): Vetter's review of Matt Riddle vs. Donovan Dijak for the MLW Championship, Opera Cup matches with Mistico vs. Ikuro Kwon, Bishop Dyer vs. Anthony Greene". Pro Wrestling Dot Net . Retrieved August 10, 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 Vetter, Chris (September 14, 2025). "MLW Fightland results (9/13): Vetter's review of Matt Riddle vs. Donovan Dijak for the MLW Championship, Matthew Justice vs. Alex Hammerstone in a Texas Deathmatch". Pro Wrestling Dot Net . Retrieved September 14, 2025.
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