Sept. 29’s episode 2 was all about priming the pump for Fightland, and featured a filthy title fight, an assassin suplexing his way into our hearts, and two young luchadores with amazing moves. Break it down with us here.
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Samoa Joe - Mercenary
Samoa Joe would be a big score for any promotion. Lots of dream matches await. Samoan Submission Machine versus Samoan Werewolf would be badass with Joe wrestling Jacob Fatu in MLW. Coming to the NWA to challenge Worlds Champion Nick Aldis would be money. Returning to ROH would be a cool sight. A match with World Champion Rush makes me giddy, but watching Pure Champion Jonathan Gresham trying to solve the puzzle that Joe presents is what I’d really enjoy. Imagine Joe heading back to Impact in an effort to bring home their gold from Kenny Omega.
Just seconds before MLW concluded this week’s episode of
Fusion, the National Openweight Champion Alex Hammerstone held a press conference, where he called out the MLW World Heavyweight Champion Jacob Fatu for a match.
The Phoenix Powerhouse noted how he’s getting sick and tired of hearing the age-old question of who is the best champion in the company. Hammerstone thinks he and Fatu are on the same level, but there can only be one pure champion. He concluded his conference by saying the ball is in the Samoan Werewolf’s court on where this goes next.
Earlier this month, Hammerstone spoke with our very own Managing Editor, Nick Hausman, on