Saturday Night SuperFight was a

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(PPV)

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produced by the

Major League Wrestling Major League Wrestling (MLW), is an American professional wrestling promotion based in New Rochelle, New York. The promotion was founded in 2002 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by former WWE writer Court Bauer. The promotion markets its product as ...

(MLW)

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, which took place at the Cicero Stadium in

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on November 2, 2019. This was MLW's first pay-per-view event and the second event under the Superfight chronology. The event aired live on traditional PPV outlets and

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. Twelve matches were contested at the event including four on the pre-show. The

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was a

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, in which

Jacob Fatu Jacob Fatu is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Major League Wrestling. He is a former one-time MLW World Heavyweight Champion and his reign is the longest in the title's history at 819 days. He also performs on the independen ...

defeated

LA Park Adolfo Margarito Tapia Ibarra (November 14, 1965) is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'' ( masked professional wrestler), who currently performs as L. A. Park for Major League Wrestling in the United States, where he is a former MLW World Tag ...

to retain the World Heavyweight Championship. In other prominent matches on the card,

Alexander Hammerstone Alex Rohde (born January 17, 1991), better known by his ring names Alexander Hammerstone or simply Hammerstone is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to Major League Wrestling, where he is the current MLW World Heavyweight ...

defeated

Davey Boy Smith, Jr. Harry Francis Smith (born August 2, 1985) is a Canadian professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Davey Boy Smith Jr. and his real name Harry Smith. He currently performs for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where he was one ...

to retain the National Openweight Championship,

Teddy Hart Edward Ellsworth Annis (born February 2, 1980) is a Canadian-American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Teddy Hart. He currently wrestles on the independent circuit. He wrestled on a National scale for Major League Wrestling ...

defeated

Austin Aries Daniel Healy Solwold Jr. (born April 15, 1978), better known by his ring name Austin Aries, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to the Control Your Narrative wrestling promotion. He is best known for his time with Impact Wrest ...

to retain the

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The Von Erichs The Von Erich family is an American professional wrestling family. Originally from Texas, their actual surname is Adkisson, but every member who has been in the wrestling business has used the ring name "Von Erich," after the family patriarch, Fri ...

(Ross and Marshall) defeated The Dynasty ( Maxwell J. Friedman and Richard Holliday) in a

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to win the

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and

Mance Warner Mance Warner is an American professional wrestler currently performing for Major League Wrestling. He has previously competed in Combat Zone Wrestling where he is a former CZW World Heavyweight Championship, CZW World Heavyweight Champion and ...

defeated

Jimmy Havoc James McAhren (born 19 March 1984) is a British former professional wrestler best known under the ring name Jimmy Havoc. He is known for his work with Progress Wrestling, Defiant Wrestling, Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW), Major League Wr ...

and

Bestia 666 Leornardo Carrera Lizarraga (born May 14, 1989) is a Mexican ''luchador'' or professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Bestia 666. He is currently working for various promotions across Mexico, while also performing in the United State ...

in a

Stairway to Hell match A ladder match is a type of match in professional wrestling, most commonly one in which an item (usually a title belt) is hung above the ring, and the winner is the contestant who climbs a ladder and retrieves the item. The ladder itself becom ...

Production

Background

In July 2017,

resumed promoting events for the first time since the promotion's original closure in 2004. The success of these events lead MLW to secure a television deal with

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for a new program, ''

MLW Fusion ''MLW Fusion'' is a professional wrestling television program produced by Major League Wrestling (MLW) that originally premiered on April 20, 2018 on beIN Sports USA. On November 10, 2022, the series began streaming on Pro Wrestling TV. A thir ...

'', which debuted on April 20, 2018. In November, MLW broke their attendance record with their ''Fightland'' event in

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at Cicero Stadium. Eventually, MLW began airing live specials on beIN Sports, in which the promotion was broadcast live during ''Fusion'' television tapings. MLW's first live special of 2019 was SuperFight, which was held in

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

at the

2300 Arena 2300 Arena is a multipurpose indoor arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania used primarily for professional wrestling, boxing, mixed martial arts, and concert events. Originally known as Viking Hall, the venue has since been named Alhambra Arena, The ...

. On July 5, 2019, MLW announced their first pay-per-view event titled ''Saturday Night SuperFight'', which would be held on November 2, 2019 at the Cicero Stadium in

. On August 8, MLW announced that they had reached a deal with

to produce content for their streaming network, with ''Saturday Night SuperFight'' being the first MLW event produced for the platform. Before the event aired on pay-per-view, a live pre-show aired as a special episode of ''

''.

Storylines

The event features

professional wrestling matches Many types of wrestling matches, sometimes called "concept" or "gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, are performed in professional wrestling. Some gimmick matches are more common than others and are often used to advance or conclude a ...

that will involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers will portray

villains A villain (also known as a "black hat" or "bad guy"; the feminine form is villainess) is a stock character, whether based on a historical narrative or one of literary fiction. ''Random House Unabridged Dictionary'' defines such a character a ...

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, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and will culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. On April 5, 2019,

won the

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, earning a "Golden Ticket" for a

MLW World Heavyweight Championship The MLW World Heavyweight Championship is a world heavyweight championship owned and promoted by Major League Wrestling (MLW). It is the promotion's principal championship. The championship was established on September 26, 2002 during the MLW Re ...

match at any time of his choosing. On September 7, it was announced that LA Park would cash in his "Golden Ticket" and face MLW Champion

at Saturday Night SuperFight.

Event

Pre-show

In the opening match,

Savio Vega Juan Rivera (born August 10, 1964) is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler. He is known for his work in the World Wrestling Council, where he won the WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship three times and the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Champion ...

took on Leo Brien. Vega avoided a middle rope elbow drop from Brien and attacked him and shoved the referee down, allowing Brien to hit Vega with a cowbell and a diving elbow drop for the win. However, Vega attacked Brien with a kendo stick after the match. Next, Air Wolf took on the debuting Gino Medina. After avoiding a Pele kick by Wolf, Medina hit a knee strike and an ''Eat Da-Feet'' for the win. Next,

El Hijo de L.A. Park El Hijo de L.A. Park (born November 20, 1988) is a Mexican ''Luchador'' '' enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler. His ring name ("The Son of L.A. Park") indicates he is the son of Adolfo Tapia, the original La Parka, who currently wrest ...

took on Zenshi. After avoiding a 450° splash by Zenshi, Park nailed a package piledriver to Zenshi for the win. The final match on the pre-show was a three-way tag team match pitting

Contra Unit Contra Unit is a Heel (professional wrestling), villainous professional wrestling Stable (professional wrestling), stable in Major League Wrestling (MLW) and Southern Honor Wrestling (SHW). It consists of Ikuro Kwon and Mads Krügger. In SHW (where ...

(

Simon Gotch Seth Lesser (born October 18, 1982) is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name Simon Gotch. He is best known for his time in WWE, where he held the NXT Tag Team Championship as one-half of The Vaudevillains along with A ...

and Ikuro Kwon) against Dominic Garrini and Douglas James and

The Spirit Squad The Spirit Squad was an American professional wrestling stable in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) consisting of Kenny, Mikey, Johnny, Mitch, and Nicky. The team's ring personas were those of an all-male cheerleading squad. Before forming th ...

(

Mike Mondo Michael Brendli (born March 26, 1983) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in WWE as Mike Mondo and Mikey as a member of The Spirit Squad. He also appeared in Major League Wrestling (MLW) in a tag team with fellow S ...

and Kenn Doane). Garrini applied an armbar on Doane but Doane caught the ropes, allowing Kwon to spit mist into Mondo's face and Gotch nailed a

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to Mondo for the win.

Preliminary matches

The event kicked off with a

, in which

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( Maxwell J. Friedman and

Richard Holliday Joe Zimbardi (born November 8, 1992) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Richard Holliday. He is currently signed to Major League Wrestling (MLW), where he was a member of The Dynasty. He is a former one-time IWA W ...

) defended the

against The Von Erichs (

Marshall Von Erich Marshall and Ross Von Erich are an American professional wrestling tag team, consisting of brothers Marshall and Ross Adkisson. They are the sons of Kevin Von Erich. They are currently signed to Major League Wrestling, where they are former World ...

and

Ross Von Erich Marshall and Ross Von Erich are an American professional wrestling tag team, consisting of brothers Marshall and Ross Adkisson. They are the sons of Kevin Von Erich. They are currently signed to Major League Wrestling, where they are former World ...

). After dumping Holliday out of the ring, the Von Erichs hit a claw slam to MJF to win the titles. Next, Gringo Loco,

Puma King Puma King (born July 6, 1990) is a Mexican ''Luchador'' '' enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler currently working with Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), but also as a freelancer in many Mexican promotions such as Lucha Memes, MexaWrestlin ...

, and Septimo Dragon took on

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(Jordan Oliver, Kotto Brazil, and Myron Reed) in a six-man tag team match. Reed delivered a

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450° splash to Dragon for the win. Next,

defended the

against

. After kicking out of a roll-up by Aries, Hart executed a '' Hart Destroyer'' to Aries to retain the title. Next,

Low Ki Brandon Silvestry (born September 6, 1979) is an American professional wrestler of Italian and Puerto Rican descent, better known by his ring name Low Ki. He is known for his time with Impact Wrestling, Ring of Honor and Major League Wrestlin ...

took on

Brian Pillman Jr. Brian Zachary Pillman (born September 9, 1993), better known by the ring name Brian Pillman Jr., is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He is also known for his time in Major League Wrestling (MLW). Pil ...

Pillman threw his mouthguard at Ki and Ki nailed a running somersault kick to Pillman for the win. Next,

Tom Lawlor Thomas Joseph Lawlor (born May 15, 1983) is an American professional wrestler, retired mixed martial artist and podcast host. He is best known for his time in Major League Wrestling (MLW), where he was a former one-time MLW World Heavyweight Cham ...

took on

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. Lawlor made Thatcher submit to the

rear naked choke The rear naked choke (RNC) is a chokehold in martial arts applied from an opponent's back. The word "naked" in this context suggests that, unlike other strangulation techniques found in jujutsu/judo, this hold does not require the use of a keikogi ...

for the win. Later,

took on

and

in a

. Warner drove Bestia through a table with a

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to win the match. Havoc attacked Warner from behind after the match and nailed a piledriver to Warner on the steel guard rail and delivered an '' Acid Rainmaker'' to Warner. This was followed by the penultimate match, in which

defended the National Openweight Championship against

Davey Boy Smith Jr. Harry Francis Smith (born August 2, 1985) is a Canadian professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Davey Boy Smith Jr. and his real name Harry Smith. He currently performs for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where he was o ...

Smith countered a '' Nightmare Pendulum'' by Hammerstone into a cradle and a series of cradles between the two culminated with Hammerstone pinning Smith with a schoolboy while grabbing the ropes for leverage to retain the title.

Main event match

The main event was a

No Disqualification match Many types of wrestling matches, sometimes called "concept" or " gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, are performed in professional wrestling. Some gimmick matches are more common than others and are often used to advance or conclude a ...

, in which

defended the World Heavyweight Championship against

L.A. Park Adolfo Margarito Tapia Ibarra (November 14, 1965) is a Mexican ''luchador enmascarado'' ( masked professional wrestler), who currently performs as L. A. Park for Major League Wrestling in the United States, where he is a former MLW World Tag ...

. Park avoided a

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by Fatu and covered him for the pinfall but Fatu's Contra Unit teammate Josef Samael interfered by throwing a fireball into the referee's eyes and Park tried to hit a

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to Samael but Samael ducked and

Salina de la Renta Natalia Class (born February 6, 1997) is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler and valet better known by her ring name Salina de la Renta. She is a free agent most recently signed to Major League Wrestling (MLW). As Salina de la Renta she has rec ...

was hit with it being sent through a table. The distraction allowed Fatu to hit a

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, a pop-up

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and a moonsault to Park to retain the title.

Results

Gallery

File:MarshallVonErichMLW2019.jpg,

celebrating after winning the

MLW World Tag Team Championship The MLW World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship which is owned by the Major League Wrestling (MLW) promotion. The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which partici ...

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celebrating after winning the

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making his entrance to the ring File:MLWSuperFightStairwaytoHell.jpg, The three-way

between

and

File:ManceWarnerMLW2019.jpg, Mance Warner celebrating his victory File:AHammerstoneMLW2019.jpg,

making his entrance to the ring to defend the

MLW National Openweight Championship The MLW National Openweight Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion Major League Wrestling (MLW). The title was unveiled on April 18, 2019. The title's openweight ...

File:JosefSamaelMLW2019.jpg,

Josef Samael Joseph Cabibbo (born May 21, 1974) is an American professional wrestler currently wrestling under the ring names Josef and Josef Samael on the independent circuit and in Major League Wrestling (MLW) as a member of Contra Unit with Jacob Fatu, ...

accompanying

to the ring during his entrance

References

External links

Saturday Night Superfight official website
{{MLWPPV, SuperFight Major League Wrestling Professional wrestling in the Chicago metropolitan area Events in Cicero, Illinois 2019 in Illinois November 2019 events in the United States 2019 in professional wrestling Pay-per-view professional wrestling events

Production

Background

Storylines

Event

Pre-show

Preliminary matches

Main event match

Results

Gallery

See also

References

External links