MLW Fusion results: Jacob Fatu vs. Real1, Scarlett Bordeaux in action

Rich Bocchini and Joe Dombrowski welcomed us to the Melrose Ballroom in New York City for the season premiere of MLW Fusion, taped this past June. 

We saw a clip from earlier in the day with the Samoan Swat Team arriving at the building only to be confronted by a Cesar Duran henchman guarding the main entrance. The standoff ended when Microman arrived on the scene and low-blowed the henchman. This played into a show-long comedy storyline where Duran tried to get the henchman to capture Microman later on, only for him to be easily scared away when he found Microman with Jacob Fatu later in the show.

MLW Middleweight Champion Myron Reed (w/ Mr. Thomas) defeated Lince Dorado, La Estrella, and Arez to retain the title

Reed, the newly turned heel and latest member of Alex Kane's Bomaye Fight Club, was in top form tonight as he put away his international interpromotional opponents in a non-stop, high-flying fatal four-way. 

Estrella joined MLW from Dragon Gate and was the first to take to the sky with a springboard back elbow and a tope suicida con giro to the floor. He later took Dorado down with an impressive handstand delayed headscissor takeover.

AAA regular Arez, fresh from receiving rave reviews from Dave Meltzer for his PWG showing this past weekend, kept up his stellar showing here. He dazzled with his array of "Strange Style" lucha libre and came close to winning after hitting a power bomb on Dorado. Later, he locked Dorado in an inverted Texas Cloverleaf and kept it locked in while using his other free arm to DDT Estrella.

Dorado was impressive, too. He took out Arez and Reed with a handspring kick and cutter in one fluid motion before later taking both out again -- this time with quick suicide dives one after another. 

Estrella came close with a spiked rana but after Dorado kicked out, Reed flew in from out of nowhere and hit both with a springboard cutter to pick up the win pinning Estrella. 

After the match, Reed was asked what was next, and he told us that he will take on anyone from anywhere.

- A promotional video for Willie Mack aired as he is on his way to MLW.

- We saw a clip from earlier in the day with Duran on a rooftop lounge. He was on the phone with someone about "something they could promote in Mexico" and later mentioned an upcoming miniseries. Richard Holliday interrupted and he ended up coming away with an MLW title match in two weeks with Alex Hammerstone in a falls count anywhere match.

However, after brutally attacking Hammerstone last week, Holliday and Alicia Atout (aka The Clout Couple) left Hammerstone with injured ribs after taking him out with a steel chair. Later in the show, we heard a medical update on the champion as MLW's doctor said the rib injury could impair the champion for 2-3 months, which puts this title match in two weeks into question.

KC Navarro defeated Mini Abismo Negro

We were told that Navarro has set up a deal with Duran and was in for a huge paycheck with a win tonight. Navarro took out Abismo with a low dive to the floor, but was on the receiving end of a hurricanrana from the top rope moments later.

Navarro came back into the match with his satellite halo DDT and when Abismo missed a torneo from the top rope, Navarro got the win with a sliced bread.  

- Ol' Mancer -- Mance Warner -- is back in MLW. He made his surprise return in the Battle Riot last week and this week, he was here to tell us what he has been up to in the last two years. He said he was in Canada feuding with a bear and tried to cross the border into Mexico, but is more interested in Mads Krugger and has his sights set on the monster.

- Dorado and Savio Vega found a knocked out Budd Heavy backstage, seemingly on the receiving end of a beating. Heavy had a calling card on his chest featuring strange symbols.  

Scarlett Bordeaux defeated Clara Carreras

This was obviously taped well before Bordeaux and Killer Kross re-signed with WWE.

Bordeaux started with a low blow before the bell and didn't take her foot off the gas. Carreras had a brief flurry with a cartwheel dropkick, but Bordeaux picked up the win after a hip attack in the corner and a reverse piledriver called the Scarlett Letter.

- After the match, MLW Women's Featherweight Champion Taya Valkyrie was brought out to the stage and was asked about Scarlett who she said had talent, beauty, charm and badassery. But it was Brittany Blake who made her presence felt with a spiked belt attack on the champion.

- The Bombaye Fight Club cut a promo on Davey Richards and said they used to look up to him but lost all that after he quit wrestling years ago. They talked about their match next week as Alex Kane will defend his National Openweight title against Davey Richards where "submission is the mission."

Jacob Fatu defeated Real1 by disqualification

The show's main event will see last week's Battle Riot IV winner and runner-up battle it out.

Last week, Real1 tried to emulate Steve Austin's WWE Royal Rumble 1997 win by returning to the ring after being eliminated behind distracted officials' backs. His plans were thwarted by the eventual winner Fatu which only enraged the former nZo's feelings towards the Samoan Werewolf.

Fatu would also be out for more revenge as before MLW's hiatus, Real1 blindsided Fatu by smashing a bottle over his head.

Earlier in the night, Real1 cut an imaginative and expressive promo calling Fatu a poor man's Rikishi and a Dollar Store member of the Samoan dynasty. Fatu responded by recapping what happened to Real1 when he came face-to-face with him last week.

During Fatu's entrance, Real1 jumped him with a lead pipe. Real1 then took the mic as Fatu was crawling to his feet and called him "s-a-w-f-t" before jumping him again when he eventually got the ring.

Real1 focused his attack on Fatu's injured leg and used the ring post to inflict damage to the Samoan's limb. Fatu fought back with a dropkick in midair as Real1 came off the top rope, but before Fatu could mount any serious offense, Real1 deliberately kicked him low and got disqualified. 

To add insult to injury, he also low-blowed the referee before officials came running down to keep these two from ripping each other apart.

Fatu went to the top rope to take out Real1 and all the officials kept them apart as the season premiere of Fusion went off the air. 

Next Week:

• MLW National Openweight Champion Alex Kane will defend against Davey Richards
• Killer Kross vs. Matt Cross