Guest OSIcon Report post Posted November 20, 2003 This is taken from 1wrestling: Court Bauer's Major League Wrestling, which last ran in September in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, will return with two live events in January 2004 in Philadelphia, PA at the National Guard Armory on 1/9/04 and The Rexplex in Elizabeth, New Jersey on 1/10/04, according to a telephone conversation with Bauer this morning. The events should be announced today on MLW's website. The 1/9 Philadelphia, PA event will be headlined by Low Ki vs. Homicide with others scheduled including Vampiro, Mike Modest, Ted Hart, Christopher Daniels, Bryan Danielson, Bobby Quance, Pinoy Boy, Da Hit Squad, CM Punk, Justin Credible, Harry Smith, TJ Wilson, Sonjay Dutt, Josh Prohibition, M-Dogg 20, Matt Martel (aka Stryker in New York indies), Homicide, and Persephonie. The 1/10 Elizabeth, New Jersey event will feature MLW champion Steve Corino vs. Terry Funk in an I Quit Match as well as Modest, Vampiro, Martel, Hart, Quance, Pinoy, Miller, Smith, TJ Wilson, Credible, Dutt, M-Dogg 20, Prohibition, and others. Tickets for the shows go on sale next week. Modeling themselves after ROH quite a bit. The question is, does the Northeast need (or able to support) a "second" ROH? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JHawk 0 Report post Posted November 20, 2003 I'm just pissed because that means I'll be at my fourth ROH show on 1/10 and I STILL won't have seen Corino live since ECW folded. Dammit! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zack Malibu 0 Report post Posted November 20, 2003 They've got similar rosters and they're going to the same venues, so that's not really modeling. However, if the presentation comes off as an ROH ripoff, no one will get into it. If anything, they're probably going for that ECW hybird, with relatively good storylines, some outlandish workers/gimmicks, with great wrestling mixed in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TDinDC1112 Report post Posted November 20, 2003 I don't think the NE can support another group like this. I'm pissed they're not going to be on Sunshine. I got the channel with the dish and 3 weeks later they're off. Ugh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tpww7 0 Report post Posted November 20, 2003 Hmm, Sonjay is booked for 1/10 ROH I think too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tpww7 0 Report post Posted November 20, 2003 MLW also has a Rexplex show the day before ROH's on 3/13. This is going to be ugly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mecha Mummy 0 Report post Posted November 20, 2003 *Blink.* So they've bailed out on Florida and are now working the Northeast so they have YET ANOTHER BIG INDY FED up there? Jesus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tpww7 0 Report post Posted November 20, 2003 The word ROH is banned on the MLW board.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tpww7 0 Report post Posted November 20, 2003 Anti MLW posts lead to being banned until 2022 like I just was.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OldSchoolWrestling 0 Report post Posted November 20, 2003 I don't think the NE can support another group like this. I'm pissed they're not going to be on Sunshine. I got the channel with the dish and 3 weeks later they're off. Ugh. I'm hoping these shows will be taped for Sunshine. I specifically paid extra for this channel as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest OSIcon Report post Posted November 20, 2003 The thing that really irks me is that they really seem to be coming after ROH specifically. If they aren't, then they sure are making it seem that way. Having a Homicide vs. Ki match after ROH's attempt at it fell through. Booking the same venues. Booking the Rexplex the day before ROH's big WM weekened March show there. All those things seem to add up to more than just a coincidence. Maybe isn't intentional, but it sure does seem that way. I also don't care for how they are nearly completely abandoning their direction from the past however many months for the Philly show. Ki and Homicide are headlining before one has even debut in the promotion (and Homicide has been no more then a midcarder). It is just obvious that it is a case of "Forget what we did the past ten months...we are just going to do this now because it seems to draw here." It is a lack of creativity and indentity. It is just "do whatever works" instead of having a clear cut messge of what they are about. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zack Malibu 0 Report post Posted November 20, 2003 3PW is also holding a Ki vs. Homicide matchup at their upcoming show. My guess is that they figure it will draw in the ROH fans who wanted to see the match. That's all well and good, but I see no reason why that should be the main event. Like you said, there are other stars that are just as notable on the MLW roster who have been there longer and percieved as upper echelon (as far as the MLW roster goes) and are being passed up for this match. As for using the venue the day before, that could be a cost-cutting measure on their part, figuring most talent would be in town, they wouldn't have to fy anyone in, etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dynamite Kido Report post Posted November 20, 2003 <----from the NE Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Last Free Voice Report post Posted November 20, 2003 so it's offical MLW is NOT running on Sunshine TV anymore? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LucharesuFan619 0 Report post Posted November 20, 2003 This is taken from 1wrestling: Court Bauer's Major League Wrestling, which last ran in September in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, will return with two live events in January 2004 in Philadelphia, PA at the National Guard Armory on 1/9/04 and The Rexplex in Elizabeth, New Jersey on 1/10/04, according to a telephone conversation with Bauer this morning. The events should be announced today on MLW's website. The 1/9 Philadelphia, PA event will be headlined by Low Ki vs. Homicide with others scheduled including Vampiro, Mike Modest, Ted Hart, Christopher Daniels, Bryan Danielson, Bobby Quance, Pinoy Boy, Da Hit Squad, CM Punk, Justin Credible, Harry Smith, TJ Wilson, Sonjay Dutt, Josh Prohibition, M-Dogg 20, Matt Martel (aka Stryker in New York indies), Homicide, and Persephonie. The 1/10 Elizabeth, New Jersey event will feature MLW champion Steve Corino vs. Terry Funk in an I Quit Match as well as Modest, Vampiro, Martel, Hart, Quance, Pinoy, Miller, Smith, TJ Wilson, Credible, Dutt, M-Dogg 20, Prohibition, and others. Tickets for the shows go on sale next week. Modeling themselves after ROH quite a bit. The question is, does the Northeast need (or able to support) a "second" ROH? Mike fuckin' Modest? Hell, yeah. And M-Dogg and J-Pro? Nice. And in NJ? I'm so friggin' going to that show. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michrome 0 Report post Posted November 20, 2003 MLW will surely find a way to make it suck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Devin Report post Posted November 20, 2003 MLW will surely find a way to make it suck. My god, do you spend your entire day running around bashing anything not ROH? You're like on every board either being an ROH fanboy, or bashing things that aren't ROH. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tpww7 0 Report post Posted November 20, 2003 MLW WILL find a way to make it suck. Have you seen there recent shows? The way the clip matches are horrid. They made a possibly good J-Cup into shit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest OSIcon Report post Posted November 20, 2003 So it's offical MLW is NOT running on Sunshine TV anymore? Yea, Meltzer reported that they are off Sunshine. They are going to run on the local Philly station that all the wrestling promotions run on. It sure is a step to take. From the Sunshine network that was sort of nationally availiable to the Philly station. Court Bauer really isn't a very good business man. He is so all over the place with his decisions for one thing. This is their third restart in a year. Plus, running a market that already has more then enough wrestling and using the same talent that can already been seen in that area is a little iffy. Case in point, using Homicide vs. Low Ki as your big match to "draw" the Philly fans when 3PW is running that same match (for the second time) weeks earlier. I don't see the point in giving a wrestling-filled market the same wrestlers they could see elsewhere in the era. It would make more sense to run somehwere is less saturated. Even somewhere else on the Northeast since not having to lfy in talent seems to be a problem (though they are still flying in at least a dozen wrestlers from the lineups announced). It is going to be real interesting to see what happens when push comes to shove. I expect MLW to do alright at the Amory their first show. Their Rexplex show is a little more iffy because I don't know how many people will be up for paying the expenses to attend both shows. I doubt they will reach the paid numbers ROH does there. However, the real telling factor will be the back to back shows at the Rexplex. With ROH also running a convention that day, I don't know how financially possible it will be for people to attend MLW and then all of ROH's events the next day. If those people are also going to Wrestlemania...forget about it. I would think that one of those would have to give, but who knows. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Last Free Voice Report post Posted November 20, 2003 Hopefully they will run in Ohio, as RoH only runs here rarely. Move farther west, there aren't as many good indies out here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PsychoDriver 0 Report post Posted November 20, 2003 Cool, glad to see them back.. with some great talent booked. Including Bobby F'n Quance! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tpww7 0 Report post Posted November 20, 2003 Edit: Nevermind. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michrome 0 Report post Posted November 20, 2003 Have you ever seen their shows? Honestly, this promotion makes TNA look like AJPW in the mid 90s. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tpww7 0 Report post Posted November 20, 2003 I guess one bad thing..I'll never be able to see those great WEW ads again.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Man Of 1,004 Modes Report post Posted November 20, 2003 No MLW on Sunshine?! Ahem.... FUCK YOU COURT BAUER!!! ::Waves RoH banner:: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Corino 1000 Report post Posted November 21, 2003 Damint!!! Does this mean there not doing anymore shows in Florida. If there not that sucks!!! I went to every single event I could. I went three and would of went to 4 if they didnt cancell Wrestlefest. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest OSIcon Report post Posted November 21, 2003 Damint!!! Does this mean there not doing anymore shows in Florida. If there not that sucks!!! I went to every single event I could. I went three and would of went to 4 if they didnt cancell Wrestlefest. I think you will be getting ROH down there soon. Feinstein, when asked, always names Florida has the place he would most like to run. With MLW getting leaving Florida, now would be a prime time to run down to pick up some of the people that use to go to MLW shows. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Markingout Report post Posted November 21, 2003 I read the longer version of it at 1wrestling.com, and Court said they are going to be running shows in Florida. WTF is this house show shit. Does that mean they have smaller shows, and bigger shows. Eventually people will only want to go too the bigger shows.... Court is one dumbfucker when it comes to buisness. Oh well I hope MLW comes back too Florida. Hell ROH in Florida would be the shit. Oh well we still Have. MXPW Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Jimbo Report post Posted November 21, 2003 Mike fuckin' Modest? Hell, yeah. And M-Dogg and J-Pro? Nice. And in NJ? I'm so friggin' going to that show. M-Dogg and J-Pro...nice? *assumes that was a joke* anyway, I don't understand all this, has Bauer or anyone from MLW given a reason for the sudden shift to Philly? Booking reasons aside, the still makes no sense...Philly is already overloaded with wrestling, so they move there and shoot themselves in the foot again..why???? They couldn't think of ANY OTHER PLACE besides the NE? Was any other place even mentioned? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Doyo Report post Posted November 21, 2003 Nobody has pointed out that Teddy Hart is going to be in a lockeroom with Corino and CM Punk. Should be interesting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
