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MLW SUMMER OF THE BEASTS REPORT: OPERA CUP SEMIS ARE SET, A NEW FACE IN MLW, TWO TITLE MATCHES, TWO LEGENDS FROM THE PAST RETURN, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2024-08-29 22:48:00

The Doomsday Clock is at a little more than an hour.

MSL says he can't believe they are back in the hell hole that is New York.  He says that Tom is going to win the Opera Cup again.  

Tom says he will win the Opera Cup again and he says he will win a title for the Big Apple, but then he mentions the governor of the state and mayor of New York and he calls it the Rotten Apple.

Match Number Four:  2024 Opera Cup Quarterfinal Match: Tom Lawlor versus TJP

They lock up and Lawlor with a waist lock and he backs TJP into the ropes.  Lawlor with a clean break.  They lock up and TJP with a hammer lock.  Lawlor with a wrist lock and TJP with a head scissors take down.  Lawlor with a head scissors and TJP with a headstand to escape.  TJP with a bow and arrow and Lawlor with a lateral press for a near fall.  Lawlor with a triangle and TJP with a near fall.  Tom with an ankle lock and TJP escapes.

They lock up and Lawlor with a punch on the break.  TJP with a chop.  Lawlor and TJP exchange forearms.  Tom with a rolling elbow.  TJP with a kick and MSL trips TJP and Lawlor with a forearm to the back.  Lawlor kicks TJP and chokes him.  Lawlor clips TJP and uses the ropes to add pressure to a knee bar on the apron.  Lawlor kicks TJP in the hamstring and sends him shoulder first into the ring post.  Lawlor with a single leg crab in the ropes.  Lawlor with a take down and a heel hook.  TJP chops Lawlor and Lawlor chops back.  TJP tries to float over in the corner but his knee gives out.  Lawlor with a forearm to the back of the head.  Lawlor with a single leg take down and he locks in a figure four leg lock.

MSL gives Lawlor some help to add more pressure.  Lawlor gets another near fall while MSL helps again and the referee sees it.  MSL helps a third time and the referee sees it and MSL kisses the referee.  TJP reverses the figure four leg lock and Lawlor gets to the ropes to force a break.  TJP with a rollup and a hammer lock and he hyper-extends the other arm.  TJP with a kick and a suplex.  TJP holds on and hits a second one and then a third one.   TJP with an elbow into the corner and he face washes Lawlor and hits a running boot to the head.  TJP goes up top and Lawlor stops him with a kick.  Lawlor sets for a superplex and TJP counters with a kimura.  TJP sends Lawlor into the ropes and TJP with a hanging GTR.  TJP is caught by Lawlor and Lawlor with a Death Valley Driver.

Lawlor misses a splash into the corner when TJP floats over.  Lawlor blocks a tornado DDT and hits a tombstone pile driver for a near fall.  Lawlor goes for a knee but TJP avoids it and applies an octopus.  Lawlor tries to get to the ropes and Lawlor is able to get to the ropes when he falls to the mat.  TJP goes to the apron and he sets for a suplex on the apron but Lawlor blocks it and he sends TJP into the ring.  TJP goes for a suplex to bring Lawlor back in and Lawlor blocks it and hangs in the ropes.  TJP goes up top and he misses a double stomp to the back.  TJP with a baseball slide to MSL and he hits Lawlor.  TJP goes up top and hits a frog splash for a near fall.  TJP with a Regal Stretch but Lawlor blocks it.  Lawlor returns to the heel hook and he turns it into an ankle lock.

Lawlor pulls TJP back into the center of the ring.  TJP with a rollup for a near fall.  TJP with a GTR and he hits a flying boot to the head for the three count.

Winner:  TJP (advances to face winner of Akira versus KENTA)

We go to Contra.  Krugger talks about how they start to take all of the gold tonight with the tag titles.  Their mission will be realized as they bring MLW to its knees.

The Doomsday clock is now under 52 minutes.

Match Number Five:  Matt Riddle versus Matthew Justice

Riddle wants a fist bump and Justice obliges.  Riddle goes for a sleeper and Justice escapes.  Riddle with a waist lock and Justice with a back elbow.  Riddle with a German suplex.  Riddle with a running forearm into the corner and he sets for an exploder but Justice blocks it.  Justice with a belly-to-back suplex. Riddle catches Justice and goes for a triangle and then sends Justice over the top rope to the floor.  Justice with a leg sweep when Riddle goes for a kick on the apron.  Justice with a somersault senton.  Justice with a chop and he sends a beer into Riddle's face.

Justice with a chop and they fight to the ramp.  Riddle with strikes and Riddle gets Justice up but Justice gets to his feet and he chops Riddle and clotheslines him over the top rope into the ring.  Justice goes for a spear into the ring and Riddle with a knee and a hanging DDT for a near fall.  Riddle goes for a back senton but Justice gets his knees up and he hits a side Russian leg sweep.  Justice gets a board from under the ring and he tosses it at Riddle.  Justice puts the board in the corner and he gets Riddle up but Riddle gets to his feet and he hits Justice with the board.  Justice with a choke slam through the board for a near fall.  

Riddle goes to the floor and Justice follows.  Justice goes for a standard table, even though the fans did not chant for it.  Justice sends Riddle into the guardrail and then they return to the ring.  Justice sets up the table and he kicks Riddle.  Justice with a chop and he slams Riddle's head into the table.  Riddle is put on the table and Justice goes up top.  Riddle stops Justice and Riddle with a superplex through the table.  Riddle gets a near fall.  Riddle and Justice exchange forearms and then it turns to strikes and a punch from Riddle.  Justice with a spear for a near fall.  Riddle avoids a spear and Justice with a Death Valley Driver for a near fall.  

Justice gets Riddle up and Riddle gets to his feet and he hits a jumping knee and a power bomb followed by a jumping knee for a near fall.  Riddle gets Justice up and Justice escapes and hits a spear for a near fall.  Justice goes under the ring again but he thinks about using the guardrail.  Justice gets a table and he bridges it between the apron and guardrail.  Justice goes under the ring and gets a chair and throws it into the ring.  Justice throws more chairs into the ring.  Justice gets onto the chairs with Riddle and he gets Riddle on his shoulders but Riddle escapes.  Riddle with a knee into the chair and hits Justice.  Riddle with a tombstone for the three count.

Winner:  Matt Riddle

After the match, Riddle gets a mic and some drinks.  

Riddle throws out a BRO.  He says Justice is a bro and a dude and a pure stallion.  He says he would fight him any day of the week.  He says he has respect for Justice.  They do a beer bash.

We go to My Summer with Cesar.

Salina jokes that they are going to spend all of Cesar's money.  She says the Opera Cup is coming home.  Mistico or Atlantis Jr are going to bring the trophy home.  They are working together because of the baby.  Salina says that Daddy isn't coming in to work.

Brett Ryan Gosselin says he is going to do to Paul London what Boston does every week and that is claim sweet victory.

Match Number Six:  Paul London versus Brett Ryan Gosselin

London with chops after Brett tries to attack him before the bell.  London with a back body drop.  Brett sends London into the turnbuckles and he Irish whips Paul but Paul with a clothesline and a kick.  London misses a baseball slide when Fish and Brett move.  Paul with forearms and then he focuses on Fish and Brett attacks Paul from behind.  Brett with a running forearm into the corner.  Brett with another forearm and a short arm clothesline.  Brett with a punch but he misses a forearm when London moves.  Paul with punches and he goes for a slam but Brett escapes and he sends Paul to the mat.  Brett with a neck breaker for a near fall.

Brett with punches.  Brett misses a forearm in the corner but Paul runs into a boot.  Paul with a press slam off the turnbuckles.  Paul with a Yakuza kick and a butterfly suplex.  Paul with clotheslines and a spinning heel kick for a near fall.  Paul with a boot to Brett and Fish grabs Paul's leg.  Paul sends Brett over the top rope onto Fish.  Paul with a suicide dive that misses Brett but does not miss Fish.  Paul with a shoulder to Brett and he goes up top.  Brett crotches Paul.  Brett goes for a superplex but Paul blocks it and sends Brett to the mat with a gourdbuster.  Paul with a double stomp to the back and he gets the three count.

Winner:  Paul London

After the match, Fish clips London.  Fish stands on the knee while Brett kicks and chokes Paul.  Fish works on the knee some more and Brett chokes Paul.

Brett goes to the floor and he gets a chair.

CW Anderson's music plays and he makes his way to the ring with Brock Anderson so Fish and Brett stop their attack because music is playing.

CW and Brock stand in the center of the ring and look at Bobby and Brett . . . 

and they attack Paul.

CW grabs the chair and puts it in the center of the ring and Brock feeds Paul to CW for a spinebuster.

Brock and CW fight off security and referees.  

Brock htis a DDT on the medical staff.

We have a video for KENTA versus Akira.

CW and Brock are in the ring and CW has a mic.

CW asks Brock if he loves that.  The Andersons are in New York in MLW.  He says you can boo all you want but there isn't a damn thing you can do about it.  They love beating someone's ass.  CW says that can happen to any one of you.  They are here to make a statement and he says they made a statement.

Match Number Seven:  CW Anderson and Brock Anderson versus Love Doug and Jay Lyon

CW and Doug start things off and they lock up.  They lock up again and go to a stalemate.  CW backs Doug into the corner and he chops Doug.  CW sends Doug into the turnbuckles and Brock tags ina nd they send Doug into the corner and kick him.  Brock with shoulders in the corner and he applies an arm bar.  CW tags in and he gives Doug a hammer lock slam.  CW with punches and Brock tags in.  Brock with a knee off the turnbuckles and he applies an arm bar.  CW tags in and he kicks Doug in the shoulder.  CW stomps on the elbow many times and tags in Brock.  Doug with a punch and he tags in Lyon.  Lyon with a forearm to CW and Brock.  CW with a punch and Lyon goes down.  Brock catapults Lyon into a kick from CW for the three count.

Winners:  Brock Anderson and CW Anderson

Bobby Fish and Brett Ryan Gosselin show up on the stage and they fist bump and Fish sees that there are four people standing together.

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