Fury Road (2019) was a

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produced by

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(MLW), which took place on June 1, 2019 at the Waukesha County Expo Center in

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. The event aired as a live special episode of MLW's television program, '' Fusion'', on

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. It was the second event under the Fury Road chronology. Fifteen matches were contested on the card, with three matches airing live while the other matches being taped for future episodes of ''Fusion''. On the live broadcast of Fury Road,

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successfully defended the World Middleweight Championship against

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in the

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. On the undercard,

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defeated

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in the finals of a four-man tournament to become the inaugural National Openweight Champion and Gringo Loco defeated Myron Reed in a middleweight match.

Production

Background

On February 25, 2019, MLW.com announced that

would be holding its first-ever event in

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on June 1. It was announced that ''Fury Road'' would take place at the Waukesha County Expo Center in

. MLW previously held an event Fury Road as a television taping for '' Fusion'' in 2018. However, on May 14, MLW announced that the 2019 edition of Fury Road would be a live television special to be aired on

Storylines

The card consisted of matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed

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, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches, with results predetermined by MLW's writers. Storylines were played out on MLW's television program '' Fusion''. On April 18, 2019, MLW.com announced that MLW was introducing a new

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called the National Openweight Championship. It was announced that a four-man tournament would take place to determine the inaugural champion and the tournament final would take place at Fury Road.

defeated Gringo Loco in the first semi-final on the May 11 episode of ''Fusion'' and

defeated

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in the second semi-final on the May 18 episode of ''Fusion'', thus setting up the tournament final between Pillman and Hammerstone to crown the inaugural champion at Fury Road, which would also continue the ongoing feud between

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and The Dynasty, Pillman and Hammerstone's respective

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. On May 13, it was announced that

would defend the World Middleweight Championship against

at Fury Road. On May 20, it was announced that

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would take on Myron Reed in a middleweight match at Fury Road.

Event

Preliminary matches

The event opened with a middleweight match between Gringo Loco and Myron Reed. Reed grabbed the ropes for leverage to pin Loco but the referee stopped the pinfall count due to illegal activity which led to Reed arguing with the referee. The distraction allowed Loco to hit a kneeling reverse piledriver to Reed for the win. Reed then hit Loco with

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after the match. Next, the tournament final to crown the inaugural National Openweight Champion took place between

and

. Hammerstone moved out of the way of a

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by Pillman and nailed a '' Nightmare Pendulum'' for the win thus becoming the first-ever National Openweight Champion. After the match,

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attacked the

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in the parking lot and kidnapped him and then cut off his hair.

Main event match

In the main event,

defended the World Middleweight Championship against

. Hart avoided an '' Acid Rainmaker'' by Havoc and nailed a ''

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'' to Havoc which was followed by a hammerlock DDT for the win to retain the title. After the match, The Dynasty attacked Hart but

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made the save.

Results

Tournament brackets

References

External links

Fury Road 2019 official website
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