Mlw Azteca Lucha
MLW Azteca Lucha is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Major League Wrestling (MLW), which will take place on May 11, 2024, at the Cicero Stadium in Cicero, Illinois.
It will be the third event under the MLW Azteca chronology and stream live on Triller TV, while additional matches will be taped for broadcast on BeIN Sports USA and MLW's YouTube channel.
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| Promotion | Major League Wrestling | ||
| Date | May 11, 2024 | ||
| City | Cicero, Illinois | ||
| Venue | Cicero Stadium | ||
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The event will feature various wrestlers from partner promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).
Production
Background
The concept MLW's Azteca events are based on story elements from the defunct Lucha Libre promotion and former television drama, Lucha Underground. On December 12, 2023, MLW announced that it would be holding MLW Azteca Lucha on May 11, 2024, at the Cicero Stadium in Cicero, Illinois.
Storylines
The card will consist of matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches, with results predetermined by MLW's writers.
Azteca Lucha
The main storyline going into the event is the ongoing feud between Salina de la Renta's Promociones Dorado and Cesar Duran's Azteca Lucha, with the two signing talent to their respective stables and piting them against each other. The Promociones Dorado stable had been MLW's main umbrella for Latin-American wrestlers and luchadores since the promotion's relaunch. In January 2021, it was found that Promociones Dorado had been acquired by an entity called "Azteca Underground." The identity of "El Jefe," the owner of Azteca, was eventually revealed on the May 5, 2021 season finale of MLW Fusion as Cesar Duran (formerly known as Dario Cueto in Lucha Underground). Salina would be written off MLW after being "sacrificed" by Duran. At Battle Riot III, Duran made his first in-ring appearence to announce that he made a deal with MLW CEO Court Bauer for Azteca to become the new provider of luchadores, and for Duran to become MLW's new matchmaker.
In March 2023, Duran was kidnapped, supposedly by his own Azteca henchmen, and would not be seen for months. Six months later at Fury Road, Salina de la Renta returned to MLW and revived Promociones Dorado, as she set about regaining her influence. Promociones Dorado would gain the MLW World Middleweight Championship and the MLW World Women's Featherweight Championship via Rocky Romero and Janai Kai, respectively; while Salina brought in new talent, such as Jesús Rodriguez and Bárbaro Cavernario, to her stable. However, the February 2024 announcement that Místico was coming to MLW at SuperFight perplexed Salina, she hadn't signed him. It would later be revealed that Salina had orchestrated Duran's abduction.
At SuperFight, Duran made his return to MLW; cornering Místico as he defeated Averno, who was managed by Salina. At Intimidation Games, Místico defeated Romero to win the MLW World Middleweight Championship. At War Chamber, Duran issued a challenge to Salina for the two to pit their respective wrestlers in a series of matches. The winning promoter would receive a key to what Duran calls, "the greatest power in lucha libre."
Other matches
During War Chamber II, which aired on April 20, Davey Boy Smith Jr., Tom Lawlor, and Richard Holliday of the World Titan Federation (WTF) were attacked by members of Contra Unit. Smith and Lawlor were the reigning MLW World Tag Team Champions at the time, but the injuries they sustained in the attack forced MLW to vacate the titles (a storyline explanation for writing off Lawlor, who will miss several MLW events due to obligations with New Japan Pro Wrestling.). A match to determine new champions was announced for Azteca Lucha. The following day, MLW announced that CozyMax (MLW World Heavyweight Champion Satoshi Kojima and Shigeo Okumura) will face The Second Gear Crew (Matthew Justice and 1 Called Manders) for the vacant titles.
Matches
| No. | Matches* | Stipulations | ||||
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| 1 | Místico (c) (with Cesar Duran) vs. Bárbaro Cavernario (with Salina de la Renta) | Singles match for the MLW World Middleweight Championship | ||||
| 2 | Atlantis Jr. (with Salina de la Renta) vs. Último Guerrero (with Cesar Duran) | Singles match | ||||
| 3 | Star Jr. and Fuego (with Salina de la Renta) vs. Magnus and Averno (with Cesar Duran) | Tag team match | ||||
| 4 | The Second Gear Crew (Matthew Justice and 1 Called Manders) vs. CozyMax (Satoshi Kojima and Shigeo Okumura) | Tag team match for the vacant MLW World Tag Team Championship | ||||
| 5 | Matt Riddle vs. Josh Bishop (with Mister Saint Laurent) | Singles match | ||||
| 6 | Atlantis, Jesús Rodriguez, and Guerrero Maya Jr. (with Salina de la Renta) vs. El Felino, Virus, and Villano III Jr. (with Cesar Duran) | Trios match | ||||
| 7 | Rickey Shane Page (c) vs. Bad Dude Tito (with Salina de la Renta) | Singles match for the MLW National Openweight Championship | ||||
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| No. | Matches* | Stipulations | ||||
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| 1 | Janai Kai (c) vs. Delmi Exo vs. Miyu Yamashita vs. Zayda | Four-way match for the MLW World Women's Featherweight Championship | ||||
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References
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