This week's season finale of MLW Underground was taped in Philadelphia during February's SuperFight taping and April's Battle Riot taping with Joe Dombrowski and Matt Striker on the call.
We saw highlights from last week’s victory by Alex Kane in the Battle Riot match. He now has a shot at MLW Champion Alex Hammerstone’s title whenever he chooses.
This week's show opened with Kane and his Bomaye Fight Club coming out.
MLW Champion Alex Hammerstone defeated Mr. Thomas (w/ Alex Kane) in a non-title match
Kane got on the mic before the match and got the Philadelphia crowd to chant “Bomaye is for the people” along with him. Thomas then said no one backstage can take him on, specifically naming Davey Boy Smith Jr, Jacob Fatu and Hammerstone. This brought out the champion who had his groin area taped up due to his recent adductor tear.
Thomas took advantage early, but the champion fired back, knocked some Bomaye Fight Club members off the apron, and put Thomas away with the Nightmare Pendulum.
Hammerstone looked to be in a lot of pain as he delivered the move and briefly celebrated before The Calling came out, stood on the stage and sent masked henchmen one-by-one after the champ who fought them off.
Jacob Fatu and the SST (Juicy Finau & Lance Anoa’i) came out and brawled with the main members of The Calling on the stage to aid Hammerstone.
After some speculation on commentary, it was confirmed that Kane will get his shot at the title on Saturday, July 8th at Never Say Never, MLW's first live event on FITE+. This was heavily hyped and promoted throughout the episode.
With this being the season finale of Underground, it will be replaced by the return of Fusion on beIN Sports in just a few weeks. This season will see the 2023 Opera Cup tournament and the Super Series which AAA Mega Champion El Hijo del Vikingo is advertised for.
– After brawling during the Battle Riot, Mance Warner had some words for Sam Adonis, calling him out and saying he wants to beat him up.
MLW Tag Team Champions Samoan Swat Team (Lance Anoa’i & Juicy Finau) defeated The Mane Event (Midas Black & Jay Lyon) to retain the titles
The ringleader Midas Black led his lion-masked partner Lyon to the ring for an automatic title shot in their MLW debut. The challengers impressed here and showed some very innovative double-team moves throughout.
Lyon dove through a hoop circus-style onto the champions on the outside before they hit the Flying Trapeze: a leapfrog into a splash with a face-first DDT combination. After the break, the champions were still reeling as the challengers hit a double team-assisted standing moonsault, back elbow, and slingshot spear.
Finau rebounded from a double superkick with a running crossbody before crushing his opponents in the corner. A superkick, Rikishi driver and top rope big splash followed which gave the champions a hard-fought victory.
B3CCA defeated Brittany Blake
“The International Pop-star” B3CCA (party hat and all) “sang” her way to the ring to the dismay of both the Philadelphia crowd and her opponent. A good character with some solid in-ring moves, B3CCA could be a potential title challenger in the future.
She hit a superkick but got caught with a Blake forearm on a dive to the floor. Blake came back with a 619 to the outside, but it wasn’t long before B3CCA was back on top with a hard boot to the face, a second rope missile dropkick and a somersault senton to the floor.
Once back in the ring, B3CCA took to the sky again and got a nearfall after a crossbody, but Blake came back with an enzuigiri and a hard knee for a nearfall of her own.
Back on their feet, B3CCA hit a German suplex followed by a top rope 450 splash to pick up the win.
– New featherweight division signing Delmi Exo met with Sam Laterna and said her one goal is to be champion.
– A big brawl between the Samoan Swat Team and The FBI broke out backstage that explained their absence in the next match.
MLW Openweight Champion John Hennigan vs. Jacob Fatu did not take place
The advertised main event did not take place because as Fatu was making his entrance, he was jumped by Ricky Shane Page and The Calling.
Page hit Fatu in the back with a chair and AKIRA hit a running knee to the back of his head. Raven briefly stood over the fallen SST member as this season of MLW Underground came to an end.
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