Welcome to SuperFight 6!
As we open the evening with executive producer at MLW Eric Bischoff, he mentioned how fond he is of this profession that he received the Ted Turner Lifetime Achievement Award at a diner. The way he talked about revolutionizing the sport and putting a certain city on the map, Alex Kane seemed to have secondary opinions. Bischoff did sound egotistic, if we’re being honest here. Anyway, Kane didn’t appreciate being fired, that’s why he’s here, aside from his Triple Treat World Heavyweight Championship match involving Kojima and Riddle.
He wanted to put hands on Bischoff, and he almost complied… until Eric gave the warning that if Kane lays a finger on him, he won’t participate in the title match, and he’ll be taken out for the rest of the night. Despite Eric boasting about being a black belt, Kane still wanted to fight him, but Mr. Thomas wisely stirred him away. As retaliation, Kane threw Bischoff’s Achievement Award into the crowd, so Eric had security escort him to the parking lot to warm up for later.
Esfinge & Templario vs. Mistico & Mascara Dorada – Tag Team match
Templario was making his debut here at SuperFight, known as the Lion Warrior, he will team up with Esfinge to take on the World Middleweight Champion Mistico and Mascara Dorada. Out of nowhere, Templario delivered the first hit to Mistico before the bell even rang, so Mascara took him out, then focused on Esfinge. Things start to simmer down a little as Dorada tagged his partner to handle new arrival Templario. Just as Mistico was going to perform a Moonsault on Templario, Esfinge knocked him on the head with a kick. Dorada got trampled, too.
A double team from Esfinge and Templario planted Mascara on his face. I’m not sure why Templario tried to remove Mistico’s mask, but he got the champ reeling for help after the attacks kept coming from both of his challengers. There was a near fall for the Lion Warrior and the Sphinx. The upper hand was within the opposition of Mistico and Mascara, luckily, Mistico came in to save him from a horrible fate. The moment that Dorada was taken out, Mistico was now on the receiving end of the assault.
At a later time, Dorada and Mistico have regained some leverage until Esfinge thwarted their efforts by delivering a knee to Mistico’s jaw. The champ managed to ward off his opponents, and Mascara came in with the assist as well off the rope. Dorada hit a triple springboard on Templario, followed by a suicide dive from Mistico. Amazingly so, Mistico performed a massive Spanish Fly that nearly got his team the victory.
Esfinge swooped in to dispose of Mistico after that and caught with a cutter from Dorada in mid-air just as he was coming down. Fortunately, Mistico stopped Esfinge with a Super Kick, yet he almost got overwhelmed in the process. Templario and Mistico are left in the ring. God knows what was going on outside, but apparently, Dorada nailed Esfinge.
It was a major shocker when Templario held his own against Mistico, even countered La Mistica, with a powerbomb onto his knees to earn a victory. This was Mistico’s first pinfall since becoming Champion. It impressed Cesar Duran. What came after that, Templario challenged Mistico for the Championship, and he accepted… for right now?? Duran tried to deescalate the flame regardless of Mistico’s insistence. Luckily, the title match was set for Battle Riot VII on April 5.
Winners: Templario & Esfinge
Kevin Knight vs. KENTA
Kenta went after Knight very aggressively, all the way to the ropes, which he had to break off. Kevin recognized he was dealing with s fast pace wrestler in Kenta as he threw a chop, but Kenta hardly flinched. Knight engaged a in a couple of deep arm drags that were successful, however, his two attempts at a body dive were hilariously denied. Kenta kicked his ass on the main floor and the crowd area. Knight fought back the best he could.
The action returned to the ring in a near fall for Kenta. Kevin had enough resiliency to remain in the match with heavy blows to the back of Kenta’s neck. Nonetheless, Kenta quickly snatched Knight by the throat like a crocodile would do to a gazelle minding its own business by the water. Knight was looking for a rope break, he failed at that, yet he managed to release himself regardless. An explosive clothesline rocked Kenta.
The tides changed course as Kenta gained the momentum with a power slam to Knight out of nowhere, just when Kevin thought he had the last laugh. Kenta performed an amazing tornado DDT that resulted in Knight’s throat ricochet against the top rope. With that in mind, that flying clothesline and submission move would have done the job. To Kenta’s dismay, Knight asked for more.
I’ve been wanting to see Knight in action more often, especially when he couldn’t compete this one time within the last… three months or so. Anyway, Kenta caught Knight in an arm submission move that was harshly applied on the shoulder bone of Kevin that I’m amazed by how he held on until he reached the bottom rope. It looked painful, yet commendable. Because of this, Kenta hammered his assaults four times as hard. Funnily so, Kenta lost his footing from the top.
Knight shocked Kenta with a Huricanrana and a twisting frog splash, but it wasn’t enough to keep him down. Kevin was annoyed by that. Just as Knight was coming off the second rope, Kenta caught him with a knee to the midsection. Knight fought valiantly, but he succumbed to the GTS. This match was incredible!
Winner: Kenta
While Bischoff was having a tantrum over Alex Kane’s presence in the building with security, I could imagine, he came across Riddle and Lawlor invading his office with stacks of pizzas. One of them was a cupcake pizza. There was smoke everywhere, too. I could guess what that was… Bischoff found out that Riddle brought Kane back, faltering his so-called statement. What he doesn’t seem to be aware of is that controversy brings cash according to Riddle and Lawlor.
Right after kicking them out, the same security guy Bischoff was whining to earlier informed him that Kane was going crazy, so they went out to see. And if things weren’t weird enough, Cesar Duran snuck his ass into Bischoff’s office to grab a confidential folder. I thought he came in for the pizza. Ha!
Brett Ryan Gosselin vs. Paul London – Honey Trap match
Prior to the fight starting, London came in wearing a beekeeper’s suit in relation to this nonsense of a match. Orchestrated by Gosselin’s dumb ass. The bell hasn’t rung when BRG was looking to get the jump on Paul, only for his opponent to dodge his attack and inflict his own. A massive back body drop was showing on Gosselin’s face. The loser of this match will be dunked into a vat of honey and feathered…
London had most of the momentum, unfortunately, he lost it the second Gosselin shoved him so brutally into the post that he hit his ribs. The viciousness was further applied with the initiation of that drop kick. Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. BRG has been trying to pin London numerous times in-ring, regardless of the constant resiliency in his opponent. London made a comeback with a stomp to BRG’s spine.
Gosselin almost fell in the honey vat, I would have loved that, but he didn’t. Boo. Instead, he continued to behave insufferably. Matters were even worst for him when London got the win with a sudden pinning combination that was very smart of him to maneuver around Gosselin’s choke hold.
And we all know what that means. Honey dippings for Gosselin. Irritatingly so, he refused to jump in there, tried to dodge it plenty of times. Happily, the Bomaye Fight Club and Paul Walter Hauser blocked his exits. London managed to punch him into the vat. Yay! Then here came the feathers. He looked like a stripped and poorly shaved Big Bird from Sesame Street. Ha!
Winner: Paul London
BREAKING NEWS Shoko Nakajima is coming to MLW soon!
Donovan Dijak vs. Tom Lawlor
Tom went after Donovan first and enraged, finally able to put his hands on this man after MSL’s betrayal not too long ago. They brawled it out on the main floor. Once the fight came back inside the ring, Lawlor was seen biting Dijak’s head… ew. He stopped doing that and punched Dijak instead. Lawlor was doing well with this choke hold submission move, to which he didn’t suspect Donovan to release from by tossing his body away.
As payback, Dijak pounded his fists into Lawlor’s back at a relentless pace, chopping him down and down even further. He got a near fall from Tom, and it angered him to literally hammer his knuckles deeper into the spine of Lawlor. It took a while, but Tom managed to free himself and choke hold Donovan for a short minute. Somehow, Dijak’s roundhouse kick didn’t put Tom on the shelf.
Later on, Donovan was going for something different, like Moonsaulting off the top rope. Sucks to be him when he got caught in a Triangle submission, it made his earlier efforts comical. Dijak was ready to tap out, yet he soldiered through with a powerbomb. Lawlor, thankfully, had a spear in his arsenal. Saint Laurent saw this and intervened to distract Tom. By the time Lawlor made it back inside the ring after disposing of MSL, he took way too much time on the top rope, Donovan delivered a kick, then the finishing Feast your Eyes. Following this match, Lawlor took revenge by snapping Laurent’s right arm.
Winner: Donovan Dijak
Mila Moore vs. Janai Kai
Mila Moore’s debut has been going her way for, maybe 30 seconds, before Janai took over with her merciless kicks. Kai was going for the Demon Clutch, yet Moore countered by slinging her off her shoulders, then engaged in small takedowns using her arm. Mila has been surviving well up to this point, she was able to come back from that unnerving kick to the spine. Alas, that GTG kick to the jaw of Moore, followed by the winning Demon Clutch ended this obvious match. Mila did outlast most of Kai’s opponents, which is worth its own set of applauds. And speaking of asserting dominance, CONTRA Unit discard and dismantle the security staff and referees who tried to voice their opinion on Kai’s very malicious woman handling. She sarcastically threatened to cut Mila’s hair.
Winner: Janai Kai
Matt Riddle (c) vs. Satoshi Kojima vs. Alex Kane – Triple Treat World Heavyweight Championship match
Before anything physical could take place, the fans found themselves torn between all three men. Chanting either “Bro”, “Bomaye”, or “Kojima”. Nevertheless, Kane started things off by lunging for the Champion, then Satoshi followed suit as they gang up on Riddle. Satoshi and Alex team together to destabilize Matt out of the ring. Kojima was chopping away at both of his challengers in the corner as the only one standing for the time being. Riddle met him and tossed him from the top.
Riddle and Kane are witnessed brawling it out with the Champion applying most of the offense. At some point, Alex surprised Matt with one of his famously hurtful suplexes. The Mark of Kane almost pinned Riddle. Just as Matt had an idea to Moonsault on top of Kane, Kojima suplexes him back on the mat. For a moment, they forgot about Kane as he came back into the fray. Kojima was the one who whiplashed Riddle and Kane for a near fall on Alex.
God knows where Kane went, but my question was answered when he came swooping in with a spear to Riddle between the ropes. He rushed in from the ramp like one of those random people running at you on the streets. It’s scary when you don’t see it coming. Anyway, Riddle fought back with his striking abilities like there was no tomorrow. He decided to fight Kane and Satoshi simultaneously. Kojima caught Riddle with a lariat, then Kane crashed Satoshi with a release suplex, but it was Matt’s bloody knee to Alex that concluded this match in his favor.
Congratulations were in order after Riddle retained, even so, Eric Bischoff had different ideas. Since he wanted to be petty towards Matt for eating in his office and smoking up the place, he decided to have the champ defend his title against 39 other men at Battle Riot… Riddle agreed with me on Bishoff being petty, but he called him a “punk ass b*tch,” instead. Valid.
Winner: Matt Riddle
TOP PHOTO: Kai gripping Moore’s hair. Courtesy of MLW
