Opera Cup (2021) is the third
Opera Cup professional wrestling tournament produced by
Major League Wrestling (MLW). The first two rounds were held at
Fightland on October 2, 2021, while the finals took place at
War Chamber
War Chamber is an annual professional wrestling supercard event produced by Major League Wrestling (MLW). The event was first held in 2019 as a television taping for MLW's weekly program, '' Fusion''. The event is a successor and replacement fo ...
on November 6, 2021.
Production
Background
The Opera House Cup was annually held as a professional wrestling tournament for nearly fifty years in various cities in the
United States until its discontinuation in 1948.
Stu Hart won the final tournament and kept the possession of the Opera Cup trophy since then. On July 21, 2019,
Major League Wrestling announced that it would be holding an event on December 5 at the Melrose Ballroom in
Queens, New York City,
New York
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Film and television
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which would be a set of television tapings of MLW's television program ''
Fusion''. On July 24, it was reported that Stu Hart's grandson and MLW wrestler
Teddy Hart would be donating an inherited "
family heirloom" to MLW. On July 30, MLW.com announced that the family heirloom was Stu Hart's Opera Cup trophy and MLW would be bringing back the Opera Cup tournament on the December 5 supercard, naming it Opera Cup.
On August 17, 2021, it was announced on MLW's website that a third Opera Cup would be held in 2021. It was later announced that the first two rounds of the tournament would take place at
Fightland on October 2 and the final round would take place on November 6.
Storylines
The tournament consists of matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray
villains,
heroes, or
less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches, with results predetermined by MLW's writers. Storylines were played out on MLW's social media channels and the weekly mini-series, ''
MLW Fusion: Alpha'', on MLW's
YouTube channel and
beIN Sports USA.
On September 5, 2021, the
previous year's Opera Cup winner
Tom Lawlor pushed for entry into the 2021 tournament. On September 9, the tournament brackets were revealed with the first five participants being Lawlor,
Calvin Tankman,
Davey Richards
Wesley David Richards (born March 1, 1983) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to Major League Wrestling (MLW), under the ring name Davey Richards, and is the current MLW National Openweight Champion in his first reign. ...
,
TJP and
Matt Cross. On September 13, it was announced that
Bobby Fish, who had been recently released by
WWE, would be making his MLW debut at Fightland as the sixth participant in the Opera Cup. The following day, it was announced that Lee Moriarty would be the seventh participant in the Opera Cup.
Alex Shelley
Patrick Kenneth Martin (born May 23, 1983) is an American professional wrestler and physical therapy clinician, better known by the ring name, Alex Shelley, makes appearances with Impact Wrestling (formerly known as Total Nonstop Action Wrestl ...
was announced as the final entrant in the Opera Cup.
Results
Tournament brackets
The tournament brackets were revealed on September 26, 2021.
References
External links
Major League Wrestling official website MLW Opera Cup
2021 in professional wrestling
{{MLWPPV, Opera Cup