MLW Fusion 8/1/2026

MLW Fusion 8/1/2026

 

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/mlw-fusion-7252026.html

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/mlw-fusion-882026-blood-and-thunder.html 

We are in Charleston, SC. Joe Dombrowski and Tom Lawler are on commentary.

Austin Aries says his National Openweight Title is the best title in the world as he is holding it. Aries says he's the leader of his team and tells his partners to liste to him. He says Mistico has been ducking him and can't do so anymore. He says he tired to teach Diego Hill a lesson, but he didn't learn.

Austin Aries, DOUKI & Ultimo Guerrero vs. Diego Hill, El Desperado & Mistico

UG hits Mist with a piece of clothing before the match. 

Douki waistlock takedowns Mist. Mist armdrags him and spinning reverse headscissors him from the mat. Douki stomps Mist. We go to break and return. Mist top rope crossbodies Douki then flying headscissors him out. 

Despy and UG go at it. UG chops Despy and Despy chops back. UG hits more chops and boots him. UG shoulders Despy over. Despy armdrags him and shoulders him over. UG misses a corner charge and goes out. AA and Hill go at it. AA piefaces him and slaps him. Hill double leg's him and hits mounted shots. Hill hits mounted corner punches.

Hill chops him down. UG kicks Hill from the apron and AA lariats Hill. AA knee drops Hill while he's down. Mist is thrown out. We go to break and return. 

Douki sliding kicks Hill and AA elbow drops Hill. AA indian deathlocks him and Despy breaks it up. Hill is thrown out. Douki lays on the apron and UG dropkicks him down to the floor. Mist is hit in the gut by AA. AA 2nd rope elbow drops Mist in the head.

Mist is double hiptossed into the ropes and he armdrags UG and Douki off of it. Mist enzugiri's AA off the apron. He stops Douki's hand. Hill comes in and dropkicks AA off the apron. Douki is flatlinered into the buckles and 619'd. Hill springboard flying lariats him for 2. 

Douk is pushed into UG. Despy makes Douki headscissor UG down. Despy spinebusters Douki. AA throws Depy out. AA and Mist go face to face and AA chops him down. Mist and AA trade forearms. Mist hits kicks on him then UG trips Mist. Hill superkicks AA as AA thinks about going for a dive.

Mist does an armdrag + headscissors combo on UG and Douki. Mist is popped up into a diving headscissors on UG. Mist talks up the buckles and springboard diving corkscrew armdrags Douki. Despy tope con hilos Douki through the ropes.

Hill tope con hilos Douki and AA outside. Mist springboard twisting crossbodies UG then la mistica's him. UG taps out.

Thoughts: It was an okay trios match as expected. It had some nice flying, a fast pace and no major issues It was what you would want and expect and it got lots of time to play out. Dombrowki and Lawler called Douki "Dookie" all throughout this one when his name is pronounced "Doughkey"

A Spanish announcer interviews Mistico after. Mist says the house is dressed in gold and silver. He says he likes collecting titles and wants Aries' MLW Title around his waist. Mist chances for it to happen now. 

The Contra Mercs are in their hangout. They make dirty jokes. Doc says The Good Brothers want a no rules tornado match with The Skyscrapers. Shotzi riles Krule up.

Corinne Joy says every good women's division needs a diva and says it's MLW's lucky day as she is coming to MLW.

They say Court Bauer is meeting with heads around the world to get wrestlers for the 2026 Opera Cup. 

A wrestler named Jumbo is coming soon.

Glasgow Boys On Top (Mark Coffey & Wolfgang) vs. Contra Unit (Ikuro Kwon & Okumura)

All 4 men trade. Oku flying lariats Mark. Wolf is dropkicked in an exploder. Wolf double lariats his opponents. Wolf hits punches on Kwon in the corner then corner crossbodies him. Mark stomps on Kwon and back elbows him.

Mark 2nd rope diving shoulderblocks Kwon. Wolf does a weird suplex on Kwon. GBOT knee drop Kwon. Joe Coffey calls his team, "Gallus Boys On Top" on accident. Wolf euros Kwon then slams him. Wolf sentons Kwon. Oku cutters Wolf. Mark is superkicked in the head by Douki.

Mark gamengiri's Kwon. Kwon takes a flying knee + fireman's carry chest drop. Wolf pins Kwon.

Thoughts: It got no reaction whatsoever. I was surprised to see GBOT beat Contra Unit so easily here. What we got was acceptable, but it didn't get the time to be great. It was very one-sided in GBOT's favor.

Rich Bocchini talks to The Skyscrapers outside. Dijak says they beat The Good Brothers every time they faced them. Dijak says they will put the tag titles on the line against them and you won't know which two of them you are fighting. Dyer tells AA to keep their names out of his mouth. Josh grabs Rich and tells The Good Brothers that they will see them in 2 weeks.

Rich Bocchini interviews Labron Kozone. LK says he doesn't know how no one can figure out who attacked Teddy Long. He says someone will get their @ss when he finds out who did it.

Killer Kross and Matt Riddle talk in the back. Riddle says Kross owes him. Kross asks how. Riddle says don't put a title on what you owe and says he knows he owes him. Ridde won't specify what is owed to him.

Big Damo vs. Mads Krule Krügger

They lock up and let go. They shoulder battle. Damo catches him and slams him down. Damo lariats him over the top and Mads pulls him out. Mads punches him outside. 

Damo superkicks him in the gut and Mads bangs Damo's head off the apron. Damo hits Mads on the apron. Mads pulls down Damo backwards on the apron. Damo crossbodies Mads in the ring. Mads is sent into the buckles.

Damo double arm chokeslams him and elbow drops him for 2. Mads tries to fallaway slam him but Damo doesn't go far and lands on his chest. Mads hits corner lariats and Damo pump kicks him. Damo wastelands him then sentons him. Damo tries a vader bomb but Mads grabs him by the throat. Mads chokeslams him. CONTRA Unit run out and go after Mads. Mads wins via DQ.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good. Mads threw some bad looking shots here and the crowd didn't react much at all. Then we had a run-in finish which wasn't fun.

Contra attacks Mads. Outside, Contra also attacks The Good Brothers. Shotzi hits some of Contra outside with a trash can and she joins the fight.

The lights go out inside. Josef Samael then throws a fireball at Mads. CONTRA Unit then poses in the ring. 

Overall thoughts: I liked the opener. The 2nd match was almost a squash with no crowd reactions. The main wasn't that good, the crowd was dead and it had a run-in finish. It was an average show overall due to the crowd not being into it and due to the only the 2nd and 3rd matches not being that great. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 and wouldn't recommend this one.