Saturday Night SuperFight was a

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(PPV) event produced by the

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(MLW)

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, which took place at the Cicero Stadium in

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on November 2, 2019. It was MLW's first pay-per-view event and the second event under the Superfight chronology. The event aired live on traditional PPV outlets and

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. It would be the last MLW event to be broadcast live until Never Say Never in 2023, and their last event to take place at Cicero Stadium until Azteca Lucha in 2024. Twelve matches were contested at the event including four on the pre-show. The

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was a no disqualification match, in which

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defeated

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to retain the World Heavyweight Championship. In other prominent matches on the card, Alexander Hammerstone defeated Davey Boy Smith, Jr. to retain the National Openweight Championship,

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defeated

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to retain the World Middleweight Championship,

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(Ross and Marshall) defeated The Dynasty ( Maxwell J. Friedman and Richard Holliday) in a Texas Tornado match to win the

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and Mance Warner defeated Jimmy Havoc and

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in a Stairway to Hell match.

Production

Background

In July 2017,

resumed promoting events for the first time since the promotion's original closure in 2004. The success of these events lead MLW to secure a television deal with

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for a new program, '' MLW Fusion'', which debuted on April 20, 2018. In November, MLW broke their attendance record with their ''Fightland'' event in

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at Cicero Stadium. Eventually, MLW began airing live specials on beIN Sports, in which the promotion was broadcast live during ''Fusion'' television tapings. MLW's first live special of 2019 was SuperFight, which was held in

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at the 2300 Arena. On July 5, 2019, MLW announced their first pay-per-view event titled ''Saturday Night SuperFight'', which would be held on November 2, 2019 at the Cicero Stadium in

. On August 8, MLW announced that they had reached a deal with

to produce content for their streaming network, with ''Saturday Night SuperFight'' being the first MLW event produced for the platform. Before the event aired on pay-per-view, a live pre-show aired as a special episode of '' MLW Fusion''.

Storylines

The event featured

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that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed

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, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. On April 5, 2019,

won the Battle Riot, earning a "Golden Ticket" for a

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 ...

match at any time of his choosing. On September 7, it was announced that LA Park would cash in his "Golden Ticket" and face MLW Champion

at Saturday Night SuperFight.

Event

Pre-show

In the opening match,

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took on Leo Brien. Vega avoided a middle rope elbow drop from Brien and attacked him and shoved the referee down, allowing Brien to hit Vega with a cowbell and a diving elbow drop for the win. However, Vega attacked Brien with a kendo stick after the match. Next, Air Wolf took on the debuting Gino Medina. After avoiding a Pele kick by Wolf, Medina hit a knee strike and an ''Eat Da-Feet'' for the win. Next, El Hijo de L.A. Park took on Zenshi. After avoiding a

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by Zenshi, Park nailed a package piledriver to Zenshi for the win. The final match on the pre-show was a three-way tag team match pitting Contra Unit ( Simon Gotch and Ikuro Kwon) against Dominic Garrini and Douglas James and The Spirit Squad ( Mike Mondo and Kenn Doane). Garrini applied an armbar on Doane but Doane caught the ropes, allowing Kwon to spit mist into Mondo's face and Gotch nailed a

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to Mondo for the win.

Preliminary matches

The event kicked off with a Texas Tornado match, in which The Dynasty ( Maxwell J. Friedman and Richard Holliday) defended the

against The Von Erichs ( Marshall Von Erich and Ross Von Erich). After dumping Holliday out of the ring, the Von Erichs hit a claw slam to MJF to win the titles. Next, Gringo Loco,

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, and Septimo Dragon took on

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(Jordan Oliver, Kotto Brazil, and Myron Reed) in a six-man tag team match. Reed delivered a

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450° splash to Dragon for the win. Next,

defended the World Middleweight Championship against

. After kicking out of a roll-up by Aries, Hart executed a '' Hart Destroyer'' to Aries to retain the title. Next,

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took on Brian Pillman Jr. Pillman threw his mouthguard at Ki and Ki nailed a running somersault kick to Pillman for the win. Next, Tom Lawlor took on Timothy Thatcher. Lawlor made Thatcher submit to the

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for the win. Later,

took on Jimmy Havoc and Mance Warner in a Stairway to Hell match. Warner drove Bestia through a table with a superplex to win the match. Havoc attacked Warner from behind after the match and nailed a piledriver to Warner on the steel guard rail and delivered an '' Acid Rainmaker'' to Warner. This was followed by the penultimate match, in which Alexander Hammerstone defended the National Openweight Championship against Davey Boy Smith Jr. Smith countered a '' Nightmare Pendulum'' by Hammerstone into a cradle and a series of cradles between the two culminated with Hammerstone pinning Smith with a schoolboy while grabbing the ropes for leverage to retain the title.

Main event match

The main event was a No Disqualification match, in which

defended the World Heavyweight Championship against L.A. Park. Park avoided a

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by Fatu and covered him for the pinfall but Fatu's Contra Unit teammate Josef Samael interfered by throwing a fireball into the referee's eyes and Park tried to hit a

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to Samael but Samael ducked and Salina de la Renta was hit with it being sent through a table. The distraction allowed Fatu to hit a superkick, a pop-up Samoan drop and a moonsault to Park to retain the title.

Results

Gallery

File:MarshallVonErichMLW2019.jpg, Marshall Von Erich celebrating after winning the MLW World Tag Team Championship File:RossVonErichMLW2019.jpg, Ross Von Erich celebrating after winning the MLW World Tag Team Championship File:ThatcherMLW2019.jpg, Timothy Thatcher making his entrance to the ring File:MLWSuperFightStairwaytoHell.jpg, The three-way Stairway to Hell match between

, Jimmy Havoc and Mance Warner File:ManceWarnerMLW2019.jpg, Mance Warner celebrating his victory File:AHammerstoneMLW2019.jpg, Alexander Hammerstone making his entrance to the ring to defend the MLW National Openweight Championship File:JosefSamaelMLW2019.jpg, Josef Samael accompanying

to the ring during his entrance

References

External links

Saturday Night Superfight official website
{{MLWPPV, SuperFight Major League Wrestling Professional wrestling shows in the Chicago metropolitan area Events in Cicero, Illinois 2019 in Illinois November 2019 in the United States 2019 in professional wrestling Pay-per-view professional wrestling events