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MLW Never Say Never
MLW Never Say Never is an annual professional wrestling event produced by Major League Wrestling (MLW) first held in 2017. The first four events were television tapings for '' MLW Fusion'', with the fourth event taped behind closed doors as a special episode. The fifth event was the first to air live, and MLW's first overall live broadcast since the 2019 Saturday Night SuperFight pay-per-view event. It would also be the first event to be produced as part of a partnership with Triller TV (formerly known as FITE), in-which MLW would produce live events for TrillerTV+ subscribers. Dates and venues 2024 Never Say Never (2024) was a television special that aired on August 10, 2024 on BeIN Sports USA and MLW's YouTube channel. It featured matches that were taped during Blood & Thunder; which took place at The Coliseum in St. Petersburg, Florida St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 258,308, making ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MLW Never Say Never (2023)
MLW Never Say Never (2023) was a professional wrestling event produced by Major League Wrestling (MLW) that took place on July 8, 2023, at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the fifth event under the Never Say Never chronology, MLW's first event to be aired live since 2019, and their first live special produced for FITE+ subscribers. In addition to the live broadcast, eleven of the matches on the card were taped for future episodes of '' MLW Fusion''. Production Background Never Say Never is a professional wrestling supercard event produced by Major League Wrestling (MLW) that was first held in 2017 as a television taping for MLW's weekly program, '' Fusion''. On the May 2, 2023 episode of '' MLW Underground Wrestling'', it was announced that the 2023 edition of Never Say Never would take place on July 8, 2023, at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Also on May 2, 2023, a new partnership between MLW and FITE was announced, in-which MLW would prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major League Wrestling
Major League Wrestling (MLW) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in New Rochelle, New York. The promotion was founded in 2002 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by former WWE writer Court Bauer. The promotion markets its product as "Hybrid Wrestling", with its roster featuring a mix of different wrestling styles. The promotion originally ran live events until 2004, with these events seen on the television series, ''MLW Underground TV''. MLW returned to promoting events in July 2017, and resumed weekly television programming with the premiere of ''MLW Fusion'' in April 2018. History Formation (2002–2004) Following the closures and acquisitions of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) by the WWE, World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now known as the WWE) in 2001, Major League Wrestling (MLW) was founded in 2002. Shortly after its founding, the promotion spent three months moving their headquarters from Philadelphia to New York Cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teddy Hart
Edward Ellsworth Annis (born February 2, 1980) is a Canadian-American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Teddy Hart. He currently wrestles on the independent circuit. He is one-half of the RCW (Real Canadian Wrestling) Tag Team Champions with Steven Styles. He wrestled on a National scale for Major League Wrestling (MLW) as the leader of The Hart Foundation, where he held the MLW World Middleweight Championship, MLW World Middleweight and MLW World Tag Team Championship, MLW Tag Team championships. He has also wrestled for Lucha Libre AAA World Wide, AAA, the short-lived Wrestling Society X, Jersey All Pro Wrestling, and Dragon Gate USA. He operates a Glossary of professional wrestling terms#School, wrestling school in Edmonton. He is the son of Hart wrestling family#Sons and daughters of Stu and Helen, Georgia Hart of the Hart wrestling family and wrestler B. J. Annis. He is also the nephew of former professional wrestlers Bret Hart and Owen Hart. Hart achieved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Kane
Alex Kane (born October 21, 1993) is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to Major League Wrestling where he is a former MLW World Heavyweight Champion and a former MLW National Openweight Champion. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2018–present) Major League Wrestling (2021–present) On May 27, 2021, it was announced that Kane signed with MLW. He debuted at Battle Riot III, defeating Budd Heavy in the opening match and also entered in the eponymous Battle Riot match. At War Chamber, Kane won the vacant MLW National Openweight Championship in a five way ladder match. He successfully defended title against Aero Star on January 13 and January 21, 2022, respectively at ''AZTECA'' and ''Fusion''. On February 26, Special edition of ''Fusion: Super Fight'' he retained title in a three-way match against Calvin Tankman and ACH. On June the 23, 2022 Alex Kane lost the MLW National Openweight title to Davey Richards at Battle Riot IV. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Hammerstone
Alex Rohde (born January 17, 1991), better known by the ring name Alexander Hammerstone or simply Hammerstone, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Major League Wrestling (MLW), where he was a former MLW World Heavyweight Champion, the inaugural and longest reigning MLW National Openweight Champion, and the winner of Battle Riot III. He is also known for his tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), through which he also made appearances on WWE's NXT brand. Professional wrestling career Early career (2013–2016) Rohde debuted on the Arizona independent circuit in 2013 with Championship Wrestling from Arizona (CWFA) and Arizona Wrestling Federation (AWF) under the ring name Alexander Hammerstone. In 2014, he wrestled in Las Vegas for Paragon Pro Wrestling (PPW) and Future Stars of Wrestling (FSW) and West Coast Wrestling Connection (WCWC) in Oregon. There he won his first championship, the WCWC Legacy Championship, in 2014, which he held for 132 days ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2300 Arena
2300 Arena is a multipurpose indoor arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, used primarily for professional wrestling, boxing, mixed martial arts, and concert events. Originally known as Viking Hall, the venue has since been named XPW Arena, New Alhambra Sports & Entertainment Center, New Alhambra Arena, The Arena and Asylum Arena. It was known unofficially as ECW Arena when it was home to Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) from 1993 to 2001. The venue has hosted professional wrestling broadcasts including the first ECW pay-per-view Barely Legal, the first Dragon Gate USA pay-per-view Enter the Dragon, and the WWE television special '' NXT 2300''. It has hosted professional boxing broadcasts including '' Friday Night Fights'' and ''Wednesday Night Fights'', for which it was named ESPN2's 2006 Venue of the Year. Recognized as the birthplace of American hardcore wrestling, the venue has been home to the Hardcore Hall of Fame since 2002. History 1920–1985: Freight house The S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia
Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is the urban core of the Philadelphia metropolitan area (sometimes called the Delaware Valley), the nation's Metropolitan statistical area, seventh-largest metropolitan area and ninth-largest combined statistical area with 6.245 million residents and 7.379 million residents, respectively. Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Americans, English Quakers, Quaker and advocate of Freedom of religion, religious freedom, and served as the capital of the Colonial history of the United States, colonial era Province of Pennsylvania. It then played a historic and vital role during the American Revolution and American Revolutionary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calvin Tankman
Christopher Heyward III, better known by the ring name Calvin Tankman, is an American professional wrestler, currently performing on the independent circuit. He is known for his tenures with Major League Wrestling, IWA Mid-South, Wild Championship Wrestling Outlaws, AAW Wrestling and Black Label Pro. Professional wrestling career IWA Mid-South (2016–2020) One of his first matches as a professional wrestler was at IWA Mid-South's ''20th Anniversary Show'' on October 6, 2016, where he competed in a 20-man rumble match against other superstars such as the winner Randi West, Ian Rotten and Trey Miguel. Heyward is known for his tenure with IWA Mid-South, where he was a former IWA Mid-South Heavyweight Champion, title which he won at ''IWA Mid-South Spring Heat 2018 '' on April 12 after defeating Mance Warner. At ''IWA Mid-South A Hard Day's Night'' on January 19, 2018, he unsuccessfully defended Eddie Kingston and Homicide's IWA Mid-South Tag Team Championship alone against Unfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MLW World Heavyweight Championship
The MLW World Heavyweight Championship is a world heavyweight championship owned and promoted by Major League Wrestling (MLW). It is the promotion's principal championship. The championship was established on June 15, 2002 at the Genesis and was active until February 10, 2004 after the promotion stopped hosting events. The championship was reactivated in 2018. History On June 15, 2002, Major League Wrestling held an eight-man single-elimination tournament to crown the first MLW Champion at its inaugural Genesis event. Jerry Lynn, Shane Douglas, Vampiro and Taiyo Kea advanced to the semifinals. Douglas defeated Lynn to advance to the finals, and caused the match between Vampiro and Kea to be declared a no contest. As a result, both wrestlers advanced to the finals for a three-way dance. Douglas defeated both Kea and Vampiro to become the first champion. Afterwards, Douglas threw the belt down, like he did with the NWA World Heavyweight Championship belt. Referee John Finnegan th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Lawlor
Thomas Joseph Lawlor (born May 15, 1983) is an American professional wrestler, retired mixed martial artist and podcast host. He is signed to both New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was the inaugural and longest reigning NJPW Strong Openweight Champion; and Major League Wrestling (MLW), where he is a former one-time MLW World Tag Team Champion, one-time MLW World Heavyweight Champion and the winner of the first-ever Battle Riot in 2018 and the 2020 Opera Cup tournament. He was in the Light Heavyweight division of the UFC. A wrestler since 2007, he was a cast member of SpikeTV's '' The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir''. Early life Lawlor was born in Fall River, Massachusetts before moving to Swansea, Massachusetts, and then finally to Fort Myers, Florida. He attended Estero High School in Florida and was on the wrestling team, then continued his wrestling career at the University of Central Florida where he won three NCWA national championships in the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Fatu
Jacob Fatu (born April 18, 1992) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown (WWE brand), SmackDown brand and is the WWE United States Champion in his List of WWE United States Champions, first reign. He is also known for his time in Major League Wrestling (MLW), where he was a one-time MLW National Openweight Champion and a one-time MLW World Heavyweight Champion, holding the record for the longest reign in the latter title's history at 819 days. Fatu is part of the Anoaʻi family of professional wrestlers, he is the son of Sam Fatu best known as Tama and Tonga Kid. Fatu was trained by his uncle Rikishi, and made his professional wrestling debut in 2012, performing in various independent circuit, independent Professional wrestling promotion, promotions between 2012–2019. He then signed with MLW, where he competed for the next five years prior to joining WWE, winning the World and National titles of the promotion. His reigns as M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York (state)
New York, also called New York State, is a U.S. state, state in the northeastern United States. Bordered by New England to the east, Canada to the north, and Pennsylvania and New Jersey to the south, its territory extends into both the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes. New York is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, fourth-most populous state in the United States, with nearly 20 million residents, and the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 27th-largest state by area, with a total area of . New York has Geography of New York (state), a varied geography. The southeastern part of the state, known as Downstate New York, Downstate, encompasses New York City, the List of U.S. cities by population, most populous city in the United States; Long Island, with approximately 40% of the state's population, the nation's most populous island; and the cities, suburbs, and wealthy enclaves of the lower Hudson Valley. These areas are the center of the expansive New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
