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Major League Wrestling
Acronym	MLW
Founded	2002
Defunct	2004
Style	hybrid wrestling
Headquarters	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (June 15, 2002); New York, New York (September 26, 2002); Florida (December 20, 2002 - January 10, 2004)
Founder(s)	Court Bauer

Major League Wrestling (MLW) was a professional wrestling promotion that based its presentation around hybrid wrestling, which encompassed and showcased many different forms of wrestling. MLW's mission was to present itself as an alternative to sports entertainment.^[1] Founder Court Bauer described MLW's product as "the most violent, hard-hitting action mixed with cutting edge storylines creating a counter culture attitude that only MLW can deliver to its rabid fans."^[1]

[edit] Underground TV

MLW produced a 34-episode television show called Underground TV, which aired in the United States from April 7, 2003 to February 14, 2004. The gritty TV shows, featuring music by 50 Cent and Powerman 5000, were hosted by Joey Styles and consisted of pre-taped matches from prior events.

[edit] End of MLW

In February 2004, MLW folded. In March of the same year, founder Court Bauer announced an agreement to sell MLW's assets and properties to W.G.O. Properties based in Asia.

[edit] Championships

[edit] MLW World Heavyweight Championship

Wrestler:	Reigns:	Date:	Place:	Notes:
Shane Douglas	1	June 15, 2002	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Douglas defeated Vampiro and Taiyō Kea in a 3-way match to become the first champion.
Vacated		September 2002		Douglas refused to defend the championship, as per order of Referee John Finnegan after Douglas' attempt to throw down the championship at MLW's inaugural event.
Satoshi Kojima	1	September 26, 2002	New York City, New York	Kojima pinned Jerry Lynn to win the vacant MLW World Heavyweight title.
Mike Awesome	1	June 20, 2003	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Steve Corino	1	June 20, 2003	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	Corino challenged Awesome to an impromptu match, immediately following Awesome's victory over Kojima. Corino claimed that Awesome had promised him backstage before his win a shot at the title whenever Corino wanted one.

[edit] MLW Global Tag-Team Crown (GTC) Championship

Wrestler:	Reigns:	Date:	Place:	Notes:
C.W. Anderson and Simon Diamond	1	May 9, 2003	Orlando, Florida	C.W. Anderson and Simon Diamond defeated Steve Williams and P.J. Friedman to become the first champions.

[edit] MLW World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Wrestler:	Reigns:	Date:	Place:	Notes:
Sonjay Dutt	1	September 19, 2003	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	Dutt defeated Christopher Daniels to win the title.

[edit] Notes

^ ^a ^b http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2003/04/23/71604.html

[edit] External links

Major League Wrestling Underground TV on TV.com
Major League Wrestling on IMDb.com
MLW: The Underground on IMDb.com
MLW: Genesis on IMDb.com

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