MLW Fusion for 11/24/22 (Hammerstone and Holliday COLLIDE)

On Thursday, November 24th, 2022 MLW aired another episode of Fusion as we review MLW Fusion for 11/24/22. We had 2 title matches, as Taya Valkyrie defends her Featherweight Title against Brittany Blake & Alexander Hammerstone defends the MLW World Title against Richard Holiday in a Falls Count Anywhere Match.

Kicking off this week’s Fusion with a video for Alexander Hammerstone vs. Richard Holliday, Hammerstone brings up the long history with Holliday and how Holliday had been his best friend for 3 years in MLW. Some little MJF appearances in there as well. Hammerstone says their friendship wasn’t just for TV.

Well, now Holliday can finally feel special with all the backstabbing and cheap shots. Everything Holliday has done has now led Holliday to a place he doesn’t want to be, across the ring from Hammerstone.

MLW Fusion for 11/24/22
Featherweight Title Match
Taya Valkyrie (c) vs. Brittany Blake

Brittany Blake jumps Taya Valkyrie during the in ring introductions, she lays in some strikes in the corner then goes to mounted punches. Valkyrie tosses Blake away but misses a corner attack and Blake starts choking her then Blake with a kick to the back then tries a body scissors.

Some choking from Blade now then Valkyrie chops her stomach then more control from Blake as she gets a double gift wrap rest hold. Valkyrie powers up to her feet then slams her way out of a sleeper hold. Elbow from Valkyrie then a hip attack in the corner but Blake avoids a double knee attack and grabs a school boy for 2. More choking from Blake now then an enziguri. Corner cross body from Blake then a step up knee strike. Blake heads up top but misses a double stomp and Taya hits a spear as we get a cut.

Blake runs into a Blue Thunder Bomb then goes for a cover but Valkyrie kicks out then Valkyrie grabs a half Boston crab and starts cranking on it. Eventually, Blake gets to the ropes to force a break.

Blake is able to trip Valkyrie into the ropes, then hits a backstabber for a 2 count. Valkyrie blocks a DDT and hits a snap suplex for a weird 2 count. Some trash talk from Valkyrie in Spanish, she sets Blake on the top rope and chops her then looks to follow up, but Blake slips free and drops Valkyrie on the top rope.

Blake with La Mistica then she locks in the Bad Omen but Valkyrie gets to the ropes to force a break. Taya hits a clothesline for a 1 count, then turns the kick out into a Curb Stomp then locks in The Loca Lock that got Blake to tap out.

Winner By Submission & Still Featherweight Champion: Taya Valkyrie (STILL CHAMPION!!!)

A preview of the upcoming MLW events follows.

We’re reminded a few wrestlers have been left unconscious in the back with a card on them over the last few weeks.

We get a hype video for EJ Nduka.

After that we get an interview with Nduka & he doesn’t care about the main event results but wants to know why he’s not getting an MLW World Title shot. He’ll be in the VIP section and watching the main event, but the Judge is in the building, and his time is coming.

MLW World Champion Alexander Hammerstone walks in the back, and we get a shot of someone in nitrile gloves holding one of those cards that have been left on bodies over the last couple of weeks.

Shun Skywalker is coming for Myron Reed’s Middleweight Title.

Mance Warner is outside, reminding us he’s back. He puts over a hotline he’s starting, if you want MLW scoops call the hotline and he’ll give you some. He claims that Mads Krugger is actually Doc Gallows under the mask (LOL ok that made me laugh) then talks about being happy with his new truck after hitting the pay window.

MLW Fusion for 11/24/22
MLW World Title Falls Count Anywhere Match
Alexander Hammerstone (c) vs. Richard Holliday 

Richard Holliday jumps into the ropes to avoid Alexander Hammerstone then we get more stalling from Holliday then he lands a kick to the ribs. Body blows from Holliday as he keeps Hammerstone in the corner. Hammerstone fights back with a back body drop, then he tries a military press but the ribs give out and Holliday sends him out of the ring with a knee strike. Some ringside area brawling Holliday controls early but Hammerstone winds up throwing him into the barricade.

Hammerstone hits a suplex on the floor to keep both men down. Cover by Hammerstone for a 2 count. Hammerstone starts landing blows to the lower back of Holliday as they fight onto the entrance ramp.

They fight up onto the entrance stage, the fight into the back. Some fighting up a staircase with Hammerstone in control, then Holliday cuts him off with a body shot.

Hammerstone lands a back elbow then rams Holliday into a door and tries for a pin as they’ve reached the roof of the building. That gets a 2 count. Holliday fights back with body blows, then tries to throw Hammerstone off the roof of the building but Hammerstone avoids that and nails a pump kick for a 2 count.

Hammerstone rubs Holliday’s face into some topiary then Holliday hits a thumb to the eye and they start fighting back down the stairs and towards the ring.

They fight back onto the entrance stage, and Hammerstone stomps on Holliday a bit. Hammerstone with a military press and he tosses Holliday back into the ring but that took a toll on the ribs of Hammerstone. Holliday fights back with a shoulder to the ribs then hits a hanging DDT for a 2 count.

Some kicks to the ribs from Holliday then he stomps on the body as well. Hammerstone lands a chop but Holliday kicks him back down. Scoop slam from Holliday then a walking splash for a 2 count. Holliday with more bodywork then he tears off the bandages around the ribs and hits Hammerstone with them.

Holliday with more shoulder strikes in the corner then he mocks the usual poses of Hammerstone then more corner work from Holliday but Hammerstone comes out of the corner with a drop kick to put both men down.

Hammerstone starts to Hulk up, he unloads with some strikes then a facebuster and a dropkick. Holliday lands a boot but he runs into a powerslam for a 2 count.

Holliday rolls to the floor but there’s no reprieve to be found there. Hammerstone stalks Holliday onto the entrance ramp then lays in an elbow strike. They’re on the entrance stage now and Hammerstone unloads with more strikes then kicks Hammerstone down some stairs towards the back area.

Now we’re in the back as Hammerstone bounces Holliday off of some walls. Holliday fights back with a body blow then chokes Hammerstone with an electric cord and gets a 2 count.

They fight back onto the stage and tries a Camel Clutch around a bit of railing but Hammerstone won’t give it up. Holliday tries a 2008 on the stage, they fight back & forth over the position before Holliday bails on it and instead tries a piledriver which he eventually hits for a near fall.

They head back to the ring, and Holliday sets Hammerstone on the top rope then tries a powerslam but Hammerstone counters, Holliday counters back, then Hammerstone hits a German suplex. Sit-out powerbomb from Hammerstone gets a 2 count.

Hammerstone calls for the end, he lays in some punches then an overhand chop before setting Holliday on the top rope.

They both wind up on the ropes, but Holliday blocks the superplex and counters with a 2nd rope 2008, but he’s slow on the cover, and Hammerstone is able to kick out at the last second.

Holliday wants the crowd to cheer for him; they do not oblige. Some punches from Holliday but now Hammerstone looks to fire up again he stands, and they start trading elbows. Hammerstone has more firepower and gets the better of things until Holliday lands a kick to the ribs. Hammerstone lands a clothesline off the ropes and then locks in the Torture Rack for the submission win.

Winner: By Submission AND STILL MLW World Champion Alexander Hammerstone

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