Paid Members BigJag Posted September 22, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted September 22, 2021 New MLW season starts tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 So MLW have filed a lawsuit against the WWE. Quote Major League Wrestling announced today they have filed an antitrust lawsuit against WWE. MLW announced the lawsuit in a press release, accusing WWE of pressuring third parties to abandon contracts and prospective relationships with them, citing as an example a potential streaming deal that “would have been transformative for the company”. In the lawsuit, MLW specifically mentions that a deal with the streaming service Tubi TV, owned by Fox, fell apart when WWE stepped in. Additionally, the company alleges that in early 2021, when MLW was in talks with Vice TV to air programing, a then-WWE executive warned Vice TV that Vince McMahon was “pissed” about Vice airing MLW programming and that Vice TV should stop working with MLW. A Vice TV executive responded by saying that what they were doing was illegal and an antitrust violation. The executive replied that she could not control McMahon. “WWE has been wrongfully depriving its competitors of critical opportunities for many years, but its latest conduct has been even more unconscionable," MLW CEO Court Bauer said in the press release. "I think we speak for the rest of the professional wrestling world when we say that this anti-competitive behavior has to stop.” WWE, in a statement to Wrestlenomics, said MLW's claims have no merit. "WWE believes these claims have no merit and intends to vigorously defend itself against them,” they said.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted January 13, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted January 13, 2022 WWE will just keep it tied up in court until MLW run out of money, won't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Williams Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 5 hours ago, jazzygeofferz said: WWE will just keep it tied up in court until MLW run out of money, won't they? Apparently the law firm representing MLW are working on contingency so that will be harder for WWE to do and sho s to some degree that someone there thinks there's a case for WWE to answer to and presumably some evidence to support the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Nick James Posted January 14, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted January 14, 2022 Joey Janela seemingly supporting WWE in this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 I decided to give the company yet another go and this dude pops up in the first match, Micro Man! Sadly I had to hear Mister Saint Laurent announce him but he's ace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted April 29, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted April 29, 2022 Microman is an absolute star, genuinely brilliant. He had a long run in CMLL, because he's the son of KeMonito, but now is in AAA - hasn't done much yet, but always a highlight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dart Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 I got to see him wrestle live twice over Mania weekend.  Once at MLW and once at AAA.  He was lots of fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultimo the great Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 The biggest match of Microman's career against Chamuel, Mask vs Mask  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 He looks more capable of actually being able to hurt someone than Adam Cole, Tony hired the wrong midget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uklaw Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 The existing name of the thread seems quite apt.  MLW has announced a TV deal with cable channel, REELZ. https://www.pwinsider.com/article/167164/mlw-signs-tv-deal-with-reelz-mlw-underground-to-debut-next-month-full-details.html?p=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted January 20, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted January 20, 2023 Amazed this company is even still around. For years it's been a complete non-entity, you never hear anyone talking about it, never hear about any exciting good matches or any stories or wrestlers with any hype behind them. Who exactly is watching this? I'm assuming it has a shoe string budget and is getting by solely on their TV rights deals. You hear about them signing talent to contracts - how much are they offering? I'm assuming that a good portion of the roster are wrestlers who can't get booked elsewhere for various nefarious reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poetofthedeed Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 41 minutes ago, LaGoosh said: Amazed this company is even still around. For years it's been a complete non-entity, you never hear anyone talking about it, never hear about any exciting good matches or any stories or wrestlers with any hype behind them. Who exactly is watching this? I'm assuming it has a shoe string budget and is getting by solely on their TV rights deals. You hear about them signing talent to contracts - how much are they offering? I'm assuming that a good portion of the roster are wrestlers who can't get booked elsewhere for various nefarious reasons. I watch it, it's a digestible hour of wrestling tv with some solid wrestlers who would probably get exposed if they stepped up a level, plus LA park doing chubby lucha. Perfect ironing the work shirts on a Sunday night tablet viewing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinity Land Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 10 minutes ago, LaGoosh said: Amazed this company is even still around. For years it's been a complete non-entity, you never hear anyone talking about it, never hear about any exciting good matches or any stories or wrestlers with any hype behind them. Who exactly is watching this? I'm assuming it has a shoe string budget and is getting by solely on their TV rights deals. You hear about them signing talent to contracts - how much are they offering? I'm assuming that a good portion of the roster are wrestlers who can't get booked elsewhere for various nefarious reasons. I'll sometimes watch it. Since Fusion has bounced on and off Youtube. Most recently a streamer called PWTV was showing it for free and I checked out for Battle Riot (MLW's Royal Rumble). It's about as basic as you can get. Run about once a month. Promote the show like a PPV with a full card. At least fans will know what to expect unlike a generic Fusion taping. Then cut it up for weekly content. Hammerstone & Fatu are a couple that are meant to make some decent money, but Fatu has had legal issues in the past and Hammerstone ain't the greatest. It's probably low card AEW/NXT money but they get to be a big fish in a small pond. There might be some others getting something, the rest are meant to be on a pittance. Joey Janela's been quite public over the years. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Statto Posted January 20, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted January 20, 2023 It's on Ayozat TV, Sky 186, at 9pm on Fridays if anyone is interested. I happened across it by mistake a few months ago, it appeared to be the latest episode when compared to the latest report on their website. I only watched until Enzo (or "Real1") turned up, and that was enough for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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