SuperFight (2024)

SuperFight (2024)
Promotional poster featuring various wrestlers
PromotionMajor League Wrestling
DateFebruary 3, 2024
CityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Venue2300 Arena
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SuperFight (2024) was a professional wrestling event produced by Major League Wrestling (MLW). It took place on February 3, 2024, at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was streamed live on Triller TV. It was the fourth event under the SuperFight chronology.

Additional matches were taped for MLW's "The Burning Crush", a free special which aired on BeIN Sports USA and MLW's YouTube channel on February 17.

Production

Background

SuperFight is a professional wrestling supercard event produced by Major League Wrestling. The first event was broadcast as a special live episode of Fusion that aired on February 2, 2019; the second live special in the show's history.[1] The second event, Saturday Night SuperFight, was held later that year on November 2 as MLW's first-ever pay-per-view card.[2][3]

On December 11, 2023, it was announced that SuperFight would be taking place on February 3, 2024, at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[4] As part of MLW's partnership with Triller TV to produce live specials for TrillerTV+ subscribers, the 2024 edition will also be the first to air live since 2019.[5]

Storylines

The card consisted of matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches, with results predetermined by MLW's writers. Storylines are played out across the league's social media platforms.[6]

Per MLW's "Open Door Policy," several freelancers would be announced for SuperFight. Several wrestlers from partner promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) will also appear. Names include Místico,[7] Averno,[8][9] Shigeo Okumura,[10] and Yuji Nagata.[11]

After Alex Kane successfully defended the MLW World Heavyweight Championship at Kings of Colosseum, his next challenger was announced to be former world champion Satoshi Kojima. Their title match would be set for SuperFight.[12][13]

At Kings of Colosseum, former tag team partner and stablemate Akira challenged Rickey Shane Page of The Calling in a Taipei Deathmatch for the latter's MLW National Openweight Championship. In the closing moments, Akira would suffer from interference by a returning Sami Callihan which would cost him the match.[14] In a promo after the match, an irate Akira put a challenge out to Callihan for a match at SuperFight, which was made official, but under "Death Machine Rules."[15][16]

For months, Ichiban had been trying to gain an MLW World Middleweight Championship match but was constantly shot down by champion Rocky Romero and Promociones Dorado promoter Salina de la Renta. At Fightland, Ichiban would team with Máscara Dorada to defeat Romero and Bárbaro Cavernario.[17] During the Holiday Rush special aired on December 23, 2023, Ichiban would face de la Renta in an intergender match, which he won by disqualification due to run-ins by Promociones Dorado.[18] Regardless, per pre-match stipulations, Ichiban finally earned a title opportunity against Romero, which was made for SuperFight in a two-out-of-three falls match.[19]

Results

SuperFight
No.Results[21]StipulationsTimes[22]
1Rocky Romero (c) (with Promociones Dorado (Jesús Rodriguez and Salina de la Renta)) defeated Ichiban 2–1Two-out-of-three falls match for the MLW World Middleweight Championship[19]16:17
2Davey Boy Smith Jr. (with Mister Saint Laurent) defeated 1 Called Manders by submissionSingles match[20]9:41
3Jacob Fatu defeated Yuji Nagata by pinfallSingles match[11]9:01
4Sami Callihan defeated Akira by pinfallDeath Machine Rules match[16]13:34
5Místico (with Cesar Duran) defeated Averno (with Promociones Dorado (Jesús Rodriguez and Salina de la Renta)) by pinfallSingles match[9]14:42
6Satoshi Kojima (with Shigeo Okumura) defeated Alex Kane (c) (with The Bomaye Fight Club (Faye Jackson and Mr. Thomas)) by pinfallSingles match for the MLW World Heavyweight Championship[13]11:20
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
Burning Crush (February 17)
No.Results[30]StipulationsTimes[31]
1The Dirty Ass Bastards (TJ Crawford, Griffin McCoy and Tony Deppen) defeated Nolo Kitano and Wasted Youth (Marcus Mathers and Austin Luke) by pinfallSix-man tag team match[23]6:38
2Zayda (with Brett Ryan Gosselin) defeated Delmi Exo, Notorious Mimi, and Tiara James by pinfallFour-way match[24]5:00
3Jake Crist defeated Rickey Shane Page (c) (with The Calling (Dr. Cornwallis, Cannonball, and Talon)) by disqualificationSingles match for the MLW National Openweight Championship[25]4:36
4Tom Lawlor (with Mister Saint Laurent) defeated Matthew Justice by pinfallSingles match[26]7:35
5Brett Ryan Gosselin (with Zayda) defeated Love, Doug by pinfallLumber Jack and Jill match[27]4:05
6CozyMax (Shigeo Okumura and Satoshi Kojima) defeated World Titan Federation (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Richard Holliday) (with Mister Saint Laurent) by pinfallTag team match[10][28]7:35
7Mads Krule Krügger defeated Jacob Fatu by pinfallBaklei Brawl[29]11:56
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

References

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