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* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: CM Punk claimed that the Japanese wrestler [=Nosawa=] was StraightEdge like him, with announcer Joey Styles usually talking about seeing Nosawa at the bar. At ''MLW War Games'', September 19, 2003, [=Raven=] defeated Nosawa. Punk started criticizing Nosawa for letting him down, and Nosawa responded, "I don't give a [bleep!]," with Joey saying, "He speaks very good English." This led to Punk basically getting {{Squash|Match}}ed immediately after by the returning Vampiro.

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* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: CM Punk claimed that the Japanese wrestler [=Nosawa=] was StraightEdge like him, with announcer Joey Styles usually talking about seeing Nosawa at the bar. At ''MLW War Games'', September 19, 2003, [=Raven=] defeated Nosawa. Punk started criticizing Nosawa for letting him down, and Nosawa responded, "I don't give a [bleep!]," with Joey saying, "He speaks very good English." This led to Punk basically getting {{Squash|Match}}ed immediately after by the returning Vampiro.
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'''Major League Wrestling''' was an American ProfessionalWrestling promotion based out of Orlando, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} that existed from 2002-2004. It held its first show, ''MLW Genesis'' in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} and its second, ''MLW Reload'', in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, before settling into Florida and doing shows in Orlando, St. Petersburg and Fort Lauderdale. It advertised itself as featuring "hybrid wrestling," combining a variety of different styles. MLW featured a wide-range of talent, from RingOldies Wrestling/TerryFunk, Wrestling/DustyRhodes, Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher and Wrestling/JerryLawler, to 1990s stars such as [[Wrestling/JimFullington the Sandman]], Wrestling/{{Sabu}}, Wrestling/ChrisCandido, Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams, Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck, Wrestling/{{Raven}}, Wrestling/LaParka, Wrestling/NormanSmiley, Wrestling/MikeAwesome, [[Characters/RingOfHonor Steve Corino]], Wrestling/MasatoTanaka, Wrestling/JerryLynn, and, at the time, stars on the rise such as Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, Wrestling/SamoaJoe and Wrestling/CMPunk. It aired a weekly television show, ''MLW Underground TV''. Unfortunately, the promotion was not financially successful and shut down in 2004.

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'''Major League Wrestling''' was an American ProfessionalWrestling promotion based out of Orlando, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} that existed from 2002-2004. It held its first show, ''MLW Genesis'' in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} and its second, ''MLW Reload'', in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, before settling into Florida and doing shows in Orlando, St. Petersburg and Fort Lauderdale. It advertised itself as featuring "hybrid wrestling," combining a variety of different styles. MLW featured a wide-range of talent, from RingOldies Wrestling/TerryFunk, Wrestling/DustyRhodes, Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher and Wrestling/JerryLawler, to 1990s stars such as [[Wrestling/JimFullington the Sandman]], Wrestling/{{Sabu}}, Wrestling/ChrisCandido, Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams, Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck, Wrestling/{{Raven}}, Wrestling/LaParka, Wrestling/NormanSmiley, Wrestling/MikeAwesome, Wrestling/DevonStorm, [[Characters/RingOfHonor Steve Corino]], Wrestling/MasatoTanaka, Wrestling/JerryLynn, and, at the time, stars on the rise such as Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, Wrestling/SamoaJoe and Wrestling/CMPunk. It aired a weekly television show, ''MLW Underground TV''. Unfortunately, the promotion was not financially successful and shut down in 2004.
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'''Major League Wrestling''' was an American ProfessionalWrestling promotion based out of Orlando, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} that existed from 2002-2004. It held its first show, ''MLW Genesis'' in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} and its second, ''MLW Reload'', in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, before settling into Florida and doing shows in Orlando, St. Petersburg and Fort Lauderdale. It advertised itself as featuring "hybrid wrestling," combining a variety of different styles. MLW featured a wide-range of talent, from RingOldies Wrestling/TerryFunk, Wrestling/DustyRhodes, Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher and Wrestling/JerryLawler, to 1990s stars such as [[Wrestling/JimFullington the Sandman]], Wrestling/{{Sabu}}, Wrestling/ChrisCandido, Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams, Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck, Wrestling/{{Raven}}, [[Characters/WCWInvasion La Parka]], Wrestling/NormanSmiley, Wrestling/MikeAwesome, [[Characters/RingOfHonor Steve Corino]], Wrestling/MasatoTanaka, Wrestling/JerryLynn, and, at the time, stars on the rise such as Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, Wrestling/SamoaJoe and Wrestling/CMPunk. It aired a weekly television show, ''MLW Underground TV''. Unfortunately, the promotion was not financially successful and shut down in 2004.

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'''Major League Wrestling''' was an American ProfessionalWrestling promotion based out of Orlando, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} that existed from 2002-2004. It held its first show, ''MLW Genesis'' in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} and its second, ''MLW Reload'', in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, before settling into Florida and doing shows in Orlando, St. Petersburg and Fort Lauderdale. It advertised itself as featuring "hybrid wrestling," combining a variety of different styles. MLW featured a wide-range of talent, from RingOldies Wrestling/TerryFunk, Wrestling/DustyRhodes, Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher and Wrestling/JerryLawler, to 1990s stars such as [[Wrestling/JimFullington the Sandman]], Wrestling/{{Sabu}}, Wrestling/ChrisCandido, Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams, Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck, Wrestling/{{Raven}}, [[Characters/WCWInvasion La Parka]], Wrestling/LaParka, Wrestling/NormanSmiley, Wrestling/MikeAwesome, [[Characters/RingOfHonor Steve Corino]], Wrestling/MasatoTanaka, Wrestling/JerryLynn, and, at the time, stars on the rise such as Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, Wrestling/SamoaJoe and Wrestling/CMPunk. It aired a weekly television show, ''MLW Underground TV''. Unfortunately, the promotion was not financially successful and shut down in 2004.
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'''Major League Wrestling''' was an American ProfessionalWrestling promotion based out of Orlando, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} that existed from 2002-2004. It held its first show, ''MLW Genesis'' in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} and its second, ''MLW Reload'', in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, before settling into Florida and doing shows in Orlando, St. Petersburg and Fort Lauderdale. It advertised itself as featuring "hybrid wrestling," combining a variety of different styles. MLW featured a wide-range of talent, from RingOldies Wrestling/TerryFunk, Wrestling/DustyRhodes, Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher and Wrestling/JerryLawler, to 1990s stars such as [[Wrestling/JimFullington the Sandman]], Wrestling/{{Sabu}}, Wrestling/ChrisCandido, Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams, Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck, Wrestling/{{Raven}}, [[Characters/WCWInvasion La Parka]], Wrestling/NormanSmiley, Wrestling/MikeAwesome, [[Characters/{{ECW}} Steve Corino]], Wrestling/MasatoTanaka, Wrestling/JerryLynn, and, at the time, stars on the rise such as Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, Wrestling/SamoaJoe and Wrestling/CMPunk. It aired a weekly television show, ''MLW Underground TV''. Unfortunately, the promotion was not financially successful and shut down in 2004.

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'''Major League Wrestling''' was an American ProfessionalWrestling promotion based out of Orlando, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} that existed from 2002-2004. It held its first show, ''MLW Genesis'' in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} and its second, ''MLW Reload'', in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, before settling into Florida and doing shows in Orlando, St. Petersburg and Fort Lauderdale. It advertised itself as featuring "hybrid wrestling," combining a variety of different styles. MLW featured a wide-range of talent, from RingOldies Wrestling/TerryFunk, Wrestling/DustyRhodes, Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher and Wrestling/JerryLawler, to 1990s stars such as [[Wrestling/JimFullington the Sandman]], Wrestling/{{Sabu}}, Wrestling/ChrisCandido, Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams, Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck, Wrestling/{{Raven}}, [[Characters/WCWInvasion La Parka]], Wrestling/NormanSmiley, Wrestling/MikeAwesome, [[Characters/{{ECW}} [[Characters/RingOfHonor Steve Corino]], Wrestling/MasatoTanaka, Wrestling/JerryLynn, and, at the time, stars on the rise such as Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, Wrestling/SamoaJoe and Wrestling/CMPunk. It aired a weekly television show, ''MLW Underground TV''. Unfortunately, the promotion was not financially successful and shut down in 2004.
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'''Major League Wrestling''' was an American ProfessionalWrestling promotion based out of Orlando, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} that existed from 2002-2004. It held its first show, ''MLW Genesis'' in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} and its second, ''MLW Reload'', in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, before settling into Florida and doing shows in Orlando, St. Petersburg and Fort Lauderdale. It advertised itself as featuring "hybrid wrestling," combining a variety of different styles. MLW featured a wide-range of talent, from RingOldies Wrestling/TerryFunk, Wrestling/DustyRhodes, Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher and Wrestling/JerryLawler, to 1990s stars such as [[Wrestling/JimFullington the Sandman]], Wrestling/{{Sabu}}, Wrestling/ChrisCandido, Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams, Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck, Wrestling/{{Raven}}, [[Characters/WCWInvasion La Parka]], Wrestling/NormanSmiley, [[Characters/{{ECW}} Mike Awesome, Steve Corino]], Wrestling/MasatoTanaka, Wrestling/JerryLynn, and, at the time, stars on the rise such as Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, Wrestling/SamoaJoe and Wrestling/CMPunk. It aired a weekly television show, ''MLW Underground TV''. Unfortunately, the promotion was not financially successful and shut down in 2004.

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'''Major League Wrestling''' was an American ProfessionalWrestling promotion based out of Orlando, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} that existed from 2002-2004. It held its first show, ''MLW Genesis'' in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} and its second, ''MLW Reload'', in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, before settling into Florida and doing shows in Orlando, St. Petersburg and Fort Lauderdale. It advertised itself as featuring "hybrid wrestling," combining a variety of different styles. MLW featured a wide-range of talent, from RingOldies Wrestling/TerryFunk, Wrestling/DustyRhodes, Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher and Wrestling/JerryLawler, to 1990s stars such as [[Wrestling/JimFullington the Sandman]], Wrestling/{{Sabu}}, Wrestling/ChrisCandido, Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams, Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck, Wrestling/{{Raven}}, [[Characters/WCWInvasion La Parka]], Wrestling/NormanSmiley, Wrestling/MikeAwesome, [[Characters/{{ECW}} Mike Awesome, Steve Corino]], Wrestling/MasatoTanaka, Wrestling/JerryLynn, and, at the time, stars on the rise such as Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, Wrestling/SamoaJoe and Wrestling/CMPunk. It aired a weekly television show, ''MLW Underground TV''. Unfortunately, the promotion was not financially successful and shut down in 2004.

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* MsFanservice: [[Characters/{{ECW}} Francine]], of course. She once did a promo for the MLW T-shirt which started with a closeup of her saying, "If I can't wear my MLW T-shirt," then pulling back to see her sitting nude from the side with her legs folded up against her chest, "then I won't wear anything at all."

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* MsFanservice: [[Characters/{{ECW}} Francine]], of course.Francine]]. She once did a promo for the MLW T-shirt which started with a closeup of her saying, "If I can't wear my MLW T-shirt," then pulling back to see her sitting nude from the side with her legs folded up against her chest, "then I won't wear anything at all."
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* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: CM Punk claimed that the Japanese wrestler [=Nosawa=] was StraightEdge like him, with announcer Wrestling/JoeyStyles usually talking about seeing Nosawa at the bar. At ''MLW War Games'', September 19, 2003, [=Raven=] defeated Nosawa. Punk started criticizing Nosawa for letting him down, and Nosawa responded, "I don't give a [bleep!]," with Joey saying, "He speaks very good English." This led to Punk basically getting {{Squash|Match}}ed immediately after by the returning Vampiro.

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* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: CM Punk claimed that the Japanese wrestler [=Nosawa=] was StraightEdge like him, with announcer Wrestling/JoeyStyles Joey Styles usually talking about seeing Nosawa at the bar. At ''MLW War Games'', September 19, 2003, [=Raven=] defeated Nosawa. Punk started criticizing Nosawa for letting him down, and Nosawa responded, "I don't give a [bleep!]," with Joey saying, "He speaks very good English." This led to Punk basically getting {{Squash|Match}}ed immediately after by the returning Vampiro.
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'''Major League Wrestling''' was an American ProfessionalWrestling promotion based out of Orlando, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} that existed from 2002-2004. It held its first show, ''MLW Genesis'' in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} and its second, ''MLW Reload'', in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, before settling into Florida and doing shows in Orlando, St. Petersburg and Fort Lauderdale. It advertised itself as featuring "hybrid wrestling," combining a variety of different styles. MLW featured a wide-range of talent, from RingOldies Wrestling/TerryFunk, Wrestling/DustyRhodes, Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher and Wrestling/JerryLawler, to 1990s stars such as [[Wrestling/JimFullington the Sandman]], Wrestling/{{Sabu}}, Wrestling/ChrisCandido, Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams, Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck, Wrestling/{{Raven}}, [[Characters/WCWInvasion La Parka]], Wrestling/NormanSmiley, [[Characters/{{ECW}} Mike Awesome, Masato Tanaka, Steve Corino]], Wrestling/JerryLynn, and, at the time, stars on the rise such as Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, Wrestling/SamoaJoe and Wrestling/CMPunk. It aired a weekly television show, ''MLW Underground TV''. Unfortunately, the promotion was not financially successful and shut down in 2004.

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'''Major League Wrestling''' was an American ProfessionalWrestling promotion based out of Orlando, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} that existed from 2002-2004. It held its first show, ''MLW Genesis'' in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} and its second, ''MLW Reload'', in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, before settling into Florida and doing shows in Orlando, St. Petersburg and Fort Lauderdale. It advertised itself as featuring "hybrid wrestling," combining a variety of different styles. MLW featured a wide-range of talent, from RingOldies Wrestling/TerryFunk, Wrestling/DustyRhodes, Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher and Wrestling/JerryLawler, to 1990s stars such as [[Wrestling/JimFullington the Sandman]], Wrestling/{{Sabu}}, Wrestling/ChrisCandido, Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams, Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck, Wrestling/{{Raven}}, [[Characters/WCWInvasion La Parka]], Wrestling/NormanSmiley, [[Characters/{{ECW}} Mike Awesome, Masato Tanaka, Steve Corino]], Wrestling/MasatoTanaka, Wrestling/JerryLynn, and, at the time, stars on the rise such as Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, Wrestling/SamoaJoe and Wrestling/CMPunk. It aired a weekly television show, ''MLW Underground TV''. Unfortunately, the promotion was not financially successful and shut down in 2004.
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* MsFanservice: Francine, of course. She once did a promo for the MLW T-shirt which started with a closeup of her saying, "If I can't wear my MLW T-shirt," then pulling back to see her sitting nude from the side with her legs folded up against her chest, "then I won't wear anything at all."

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* MsFanservice: Francine, [[Characters/{{ECW}} Francine]], of course. She once did a promo for the MLW T-shirt which started with a closeup of her saying, "If I can't wear my MLW T-shirt," then pulling back to see her sitting nude from the side with her legs folded up against her chest, "then I won't wear anything at all."
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* MsFanservice: Francine, of course. She once did a promo for the MLW T-shirt which started with a closeup of her saying, "If I can't wear my MLW T-shirt," then pulling back to see her sitting nude from the side with her legs folded up against her chest, "then I won't wear anything at all."
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: There was a storyline with Simply Luscious appeared to be scouting either Raven or CM Punk. She was released before it was resolved.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: There was a storyline with where Simply Luscious appeared to be scouting either Raven or CM Punk. She was released before it was resolved.
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'''Major League Wrestling''' was an American ProfessionalWrestling promotion based out of Orlando, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} that existed from 2002-2004. It held its first show, ''MLW Genesis'' in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} and its second, ''MLW Reload'', in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, before settling into Florida and doing shows in Orlando, St. Petersburg and Fort Lauderdale. It advertised itself as featuring "hybrid wrestling," combining a variety of different styles. MLW featured a wide-range of talent, from RingOldies Wrestling/TerryFunk, Wrestling/DustyRhodes, Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher and Wrestling/JerryLawler, to 1990s stars such as [[Wrestling/JimFullington the Sandman]], Wrestling/{{Sabu}}, Wrestling/ChrisCandido, Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams, Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck, Wrestling/{{Raven}}, [[Characters/WCWInvasion La Parka]], Wrestling/NormanSmiley, [[Characters/{{ECW}} Mike Awesome, Masato Tanaka, Steve Corino]], Jerry Lynn, and, at the time, stars on the rise such as Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, Wrestling/SamoaJoe and Wrestling/CMPunk. It aired a weekly television show, ''MLW Underground TV''. Unfortunately, the promotion was not financially successful and shut down in 2004.

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'''Major League Wrestling''' was an American ProfessionalWrestling promotion based out of Orlando, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} that existed from 2002-2004. It held its first show, ''MLW Genesis'' in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} and its second, ''MLW Reload'', in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, before settling into Florida and doing shows in Orlando, St. Petersburg and Fort Lauderdale. It advertised itself as featuring "hybrid wrestling," combining a variety of different styles. MLW featured a wide-range of talent, from RingOldies Wrestling/TerryFunk, Wrestling/DustyRhodes, Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher and Wrestling/JerryLawler, to 1990s stars such as [[Wrestling/JimFullington the Sandman]], Wrestling/{{Sabu}}, Wrestling/ChrisCandido, Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams, Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck, Wrestling/{{Raven}}, [[Characters/WCWInvasion La Parka]], Wrestling/NormanSmiley, [[Characters/{{ECW}} Mike Awesome, Masato Tanaka, Steve Corino]], Jerry Lynn, Wrestling/JerryLynn, and, at the time, stars on the rise such as Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, Wrestling/SamoaJoe and Wrestling/CMPunk. It aired a weekly television show, ''MLW Underground TV''. Unfortunately, the promotion was not financially successful and shut down in 2004.
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'''Major League Wrestling''' was an American ProfessionalWrestling promotion based out of Orlando, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} that existed from 2002-2004. It held its first show, ''MLW Genesis'' in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} and its second, ''MLW Reload'', in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, before settling into Florida and doing shows in Orlando, St. Petersburg and Fort Lauderdale. It advertised itself as featuring "hybrid wrestling," combining a variety of different styles. MLW featured a wide-range of talent, from RingOldies Wrestling/TerryFunk, Wrestling/DustyRhodes, Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher and Wrestling/JerryLawler, to 1990s stars such as [[Wrestling/JimFullington the Sandman]], Wrestling/{{Sabu}}, Wrestling/ChrisCandido, Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams, Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck, Wrestling/{{Raven}}, [[Characters/WCWInvasion La Parka]], Wrestling/NormanSmiley, [[Characters/{{ECW}} Mike Awesome, Masato Tanaka, Steve Corino]], and, at the time, stars on the rise such as Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, Wrestling/SamoaJoe and Wrestling/CMPunk. It aired a weekly television show, ''MLW Underground TV''. Unfortunately, the promotion was not financially successful and shut down in 2004.

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'''Major League Wrestling''' was an American ProfessionalWrestling promotion based out of Orlando, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} that existed from 2002-2004. It held its first show, ''MLW Genesis'' in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} and its second, ''MLW Reload'', in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, before settling into Florida and doing shows in Orlando, St. Petersburg and Fort Lauderdale. It advertised itself as featuring "hybrid wrestling," combining a variety of different styles. MLW featured a wide-range of talent, from RingOldies Wrestling/TerryFunk, Wrestling/DustyRhodes, Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher and Wrestling/JerryLawler, to 1990s stars such as [[Wrestling/JimFullington the Sandman]], Wrestling/{{Sabu}}, Wrestling/ChrisCandido, Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams, Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck, Wrestling/{{Raven}}, [[Characters/WCWInvasion La Parka]], Wrestling/NormanSmiley, [[Characters/{{ECW}} Mike Awesome, Masato Tanaka, Steve Corino]], Jerry Lynn, and, at the time, stars on the rise such as Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, Wrestling/SamoaJoe and Wrestling/CMPunk. It aired a weekly television show, ''MLW Underground TV''. Unfortunately, the promotion was not financially successful and shut down in 2004.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: There was a storyline with Simply Luscious appeared to be scouting either Raven or CM Punk. She was released before it was resolved.
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'''Major League Wrestling''' was an American ProfessionalWrestling promotion based out of Orlando, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} that existed from 2002-2004. It held its first show, ''MLW Genesis'' in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} and its second, ''MLW Reload'', in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, before settling into Florida and doing shows in Orlando, St. Petersburg and Fort Lauderdale. It advertised itself as featuring "hybrid wrestling," combining a variety of different styles. MLW featured a wide-range of talent, from RingOldies Wrestling/TerryFunk, Wrestling/DustyRhodes, Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher and Wrestling/JerryLawler, to 1990s stars such as [[Wrestling/JimFullington the Sandman]], Wrestling/{{Sabu}}, Wrestling/ChrisCandido, Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams, Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck, Wrestling/{{Raven}}, [[Characters/WCWInvasion La Parka, Norman Smiley]], [[Characters/{{ECW}} Mike Awesome, Masato Tanaka, Steve Corino]], and, at the time, stars on the rise such as Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, Wrestling/SamoaJoe and Wrestling/CMPunk. It aired a weekly television show, ''MLW Underground TV''. Unfortunately, the promotion was not financially successful and shut down in 2004.

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'''Major League Wrestling''' was an American ProfessionalWrestling promotion based out of Orlando, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} that existed from 2002-2004. It held its first show, ''MLW Genesis'' in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} and its second, ''MLW Reload'', in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, before settling into Florida and doing shows in Orlando, St. Petersburg and Fort Lauderdale. It advertised itself as featuring "hybrid wrestling," combining a variety of different styles. MLW featured a wide-range of talent, from RingOldies Wrestling/TerryFunk, Wrestling/DustyRhodes, Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher and Wrestling/JerryLawler, to 1990s stars such as [[Wrestling/JimFullington the Sandman]], Wrestling/{{Sabu}}, Wrestling/ChrisCandido, Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams, Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck, Wrestling/{{Raven}}, [[Characters/WCWInvasion La Parka, Norman Smiley]], Parka]], Wrestling/NormanSmiley, [[Characters/{{ECW}} Mike Awesome, Masato Tanaka, Steve Corino]], and, at the time, stars on the rise such as Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, Wrestling/SamoaJoe and Wrestling/CMPunk. It aired a weekly television show, ''MLW Underground TV''. Unfortunately, the promotion was not financially successful and shut down in 2004.
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As a note, in re any references to Joey Styles' commentary, do see the Trivia page.

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As a note, in re any references to Joey Styles' commentary, do see the Trivia page.
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* HollywoodSatanism: The Sinister Minister, of course.

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* HollywoodSatanism: [[Wrestling/JamesMitchell The Sinister Minister, Minister]], of course.

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** BigBadWannabe: Two, in completely separate feuds.
*** [[Wrestling/JamesMitchell The Sinister Minister]], leading Daniels, Whipwreck and Jerry Lynn in their feud with Sabu.
*** CM Punk, in his SmugStraightEdge feud with Raven.



* ProductPlacement: CM Punk once cut a promo on Raven with a case of Pepsi featured prominently on screen, and Punk even invoked the company's 1984 campaign slogan, saying he will show Raven why he is the "Choice of a New Generation."



* SmugStraightEdge: CM Punk, of course.



* TheWorfEffect: Jerry Lynn fell victim to this repeatedly until his heel turn. MLW had what they called their "Young Lions Challenge," which meant a wrestler could get a spot on the roster by beating an established star, generally Lynn. The problem was that some of the winners never again appeared on an MLW show.

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* TheWorfEffect: Jerry Lynn fell victim to this repeatedly until his heel turn. MLW had what they called their "Young Lions Challenge," which meant a wrestler could get a spot on TagTeam:
** The Samoan Island Tribe
** The Far East Connection (Dick Togo and Ikuto Hidaka)
** Da Hit Squad (Monsta Mack and Mafia)
** The Stampede Bulldogs (Harry Smith and TJ Wilson, aka WWE's
the roster by beating an established star, generally Lynn. Hart Dynasty- DH Smith and Tyson Kidd)
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The problem was that some of the winners never again appeared on an MLW show.Havana Pitbulls (Ricky Reyes and Rocky Romero)
* TagTeamTwins:
** Los Maximos
** The Shane Twins (Mike and Todd)
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* DavidVsGoliath: Inverted at ''MLW Revolutions'', with the Samoan Island Tribe defeating Los Maximos, played straight in the rematch at ''MLW Hybrid Hell.''

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'''Major League Wrestling''' was an American ProfessionalWrestling promotion based out of Orlando, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} that existed from 2002-2004. It held its first show, ''MLW Genesis'' in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} and its second, ''MLW Reload'', in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, before settling into Florida and doing shows in Orlando, St. Petersburg and Fort Lauderdale. It advertised itself as featuring "hybrid wrestling," combining a variety of different styles. MLW featured a wide-range of talent, from RingOldies Wrestling/TerryFunk, Wrestling/DustyRhodes, Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher and Wrestling/JerryLawler, to 1990s stars such as [[Wrestling/JimFullington the Sandman]], Wrestling/{{Sabu}}, Wrestling/ChrisCandido, Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams, Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck, Wrestling/{{Raven}}, [[Characters/WCWInvasion La Parka, Norman Smiley]], [[Characters/{{ECW}} Mike Awesome, Masato Tanaka, Steve Corino]], and, at the time, stars on the rise such as Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels and Wrestling/CMPunk. It aired a weekly television show, ''MLW Underground TV''. Unfortunately, the promotion was not financially successful and shut down in 2004.


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'''Major League Wrestling''' was an American ProfessionalWrestling promotion based out of Orlando, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} that existed from 2002-2004. It held its first show, ''MLW Genesis'' in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} and its second, ''MLW Reload'', in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, before settling into Florida and doing shows in Orlando, St. Petersburg and Fort Lauderdale. It advertised itself as featuring "hybrid wrestling," combining a variety of different styles. MLW featured a wide-range of talent, from RingOldies Wrestling/TerryFunk, Wrestling/DustyRhodes, Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher and Wrestling/JerryLawler, to 1990s stars such as [[Wrestling/JimFullington the Sandman]], Wrestling/{{Sabu}}, Wrestling/ChrisCandido, Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams, Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck, Wrestling/{{Raven}}, [[Characters/WCWInvasion La Parka, Norman Smiley]], [[Characters/{{ECW}} Mike Awesome, Masato Tanaka, Steve Corino]], and, at the time, stars on the rise such as Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, Wrestling/SamoaJoe and Wrestling/CMPunk. It aired a weekly television show, ''MLW Underground TV''. Unfortunately, the promotion was not financially successful and shut down in 2004.




* TheCameo: Among others, "Dr. Death" Steve Williams brought out [[Characters/WWEAttitude D-Lo Brown]] as a partner against [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/mlw/mlw-t.html MLW Global Tag Team Crown Champions]] C.W. Anderson and Simon Diamond at ''MLW Hybrid Hell''.
* ChekhovsGun: The Funkin' Army (Terry Funk[=/=]The Sandman[=/=]"Dr. Death" Steve Williams) went into the War Games match against the Extreme Horsemen (Corino[=/=]C.W. Anderson[=/=]Simon Diamond[=/=]Barry Windham[=/=]PJ Walker [Justin Credible]) at a disadvantage. Unlike the usual cage for a War Games match, this one did not have a roof on it. The reason for this became apparent when Sabu and manager Bill Alfonso came out, since it allowed Alfonso to throw a table over the top so Sabu could come off the top and put Justin Credible through it.
* DeathFromAbove: ''MLW War Games'' included what started as a handicap match with "The Polynesian Warrior" Mana against Matt Martel (Striker) and Richard J. Criado. The Samoan Island Tribe (Samu and Ekmo) made their way out brawling with Monsta Mack of Da Hit Squad, and it got turned into a Falls Count Anywhere Weapons Match. The Samoans absolutely destroyed their opponents. It ended with Martel set up on a table in the crowd. Ekmo climbed up so he was on top of the posts of the two rings and dove ''OVER'' the guardrail to put Martel through the table. The referee didn't even bother to count the pin.



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* {{Garbage Wrestl|er}}ing: This was one of Lots, everywhere. With Sabu, the genres that was featured.Sandman, Terry Funk, etc. what else would you expect?
* GenreBlindness: Los Maximos tried to ram the Samoan Island Tribe (Samu and Mana[[note]]He is actually a Maori from UsefulNotes/NewZealand[[/note]])'s heads together, which they no-sold.
-->'''JOEY STYLES''': "There is a young man who has not watched his wrestling tapes."
* GimmickMatches: [[MeleeATrois Three-Way]] Street Fights, Falls Count Anywhere, War Games, No Rope Barbed-Wire


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* SpiritualSuccessor: To Wrestling/{{ECW}}, both good and bad. Good in terms of the action and bad in that promoter Court Bauer, along with inheriting several former ECW roster members, seemed to have Wrestling/PaulHeyman's money management skills as well.
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'''Major League Wrestling''' was an American ProfessionalWrestling promotion based out of Orlando, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} that existed from 2002-2004. It held its first show, ''MLW Genesis'' in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} and its second, ''MLW Reload'', in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, before settling into Florida and doing shows in Orlando, St. Petersburg and Fort Lauderdale. It advertised itself as featuring "hybrid wrestling," combining a variety of different styles. MLW featured a wide-range of talent, from RingOldies Wrestling/TerryFunk, Wrestling/DustyRhodes, Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher and Wrestling/JerryLawler, to 1990s stars such as [[Wrestling/JimFullington the Sandman]], Wrestling/{{Sabu}}, Wrestling/ChrisCandido, Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams, Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck, Wrestling/{{Raven}}, [[Characters/WCWInvasion La Parka, Norman Smiley],] Smiley]], [[Characters/{{ECW}} Mike Awesome, Masato Tanaka, Steve Corino]], and, at the time, stars on the rise such as Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels and Wrestling/CMPunk. It aired a weekly television show, ''MLW Underground TV''. Unfortunately, the promotion was not financially successful and shut down in 2004.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: Legendary manager "Playboy" Gary Hart (no relation to the former U.S. Senator) sent[[Characters/RingOfHonor Homicide]] and Wrestling/LowKi to attack Terry Funk at ''Reloaded Tour 2004'', January 10, 2004, out of revenge for Funk having lost the "I Quit" match to Wrestling/RicFlair at ''[[Wrestling/{{WCW}} NWA]] Clash of the Champions IX'', on November 15, ''1989''.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: Legendary manager "Playboy" Gary Hart (no relation to the former U.S. Senator) sent[[Characters/RingOfHonor sent [[Characters/RingOfHonor Homicide]] and Wrestling/LowKi to attack Terry Funk at ''Reloaded Tour 2004'', January 10, 2004, out of revenge for Funk having lost the "I Quit" match to Wrestling/RicFlair at ''[[Wrestling/{{WCW}} NWA]] Clash of the Champions IX'', on November 15, ''1989''.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Legendary manager "Playboy" Gary Hart (no relation to the former U.S. Senator) sent[[Characters/RingOfHonor Homicide]] and Wrestling/LowKi to attack Terry Funk at ''Reloaded Tour 2004'', January 10, 2004, out of revenge for Funk having lost the "I Quit" match to Wrestling/RicFlair at ''[[Wrestling/{{WCW}} NWA]] Clash of the Champions IX'', on November 15, ''1989''.


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* ResetButton: The ''Reload'' shows in January 2004 were supposed to be this, but it was too little too late.
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'''Major League Wrestling''' was an American ProfessionalWrestling promotion based out of Orlando, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} that existed from 2002-2004. It held its first show, ''MLW Genesis'' in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} and its second, ''MLW Reload'', in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, before settling into Florida and doing shows in Orlando, St. Petersburg and Fort Lauderdale. It advertised itself as featuring "hybrid wrestling," combining a variety of different styles. MLW featured a wide-range of talent, from RingOldies Wrestling/TerryFunk, Wrestling/DustyRhodes, Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher and Wrestling/JerryLawler, to 1990s stars such as [[Wrestling/JimFullington the Sandman]], Wrestling/{{Sabu}}, Wrestling/ChrisCandido, Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams, Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck, Wrestling/{{Raven}}, [[Characters/WCWInvasion La Parka, Norman Smiley]] [[Characters/{{ECW}} Mike Awesome, Masato Tanaka, Steve Corino]], and, at the time, stars on the rise such as Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels and Wrestling/CMPunk. It aired a weekly television show, ''MLW Underground TV''. Unfortunately, the promotion was not financially successful and shut down in 2004.


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'''Major League Wrestling''' was an American ProfessionalWrestling promotion based out of Orlando, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} that existed from 2002-2004. It held its first show, ''MLW Genesis'' in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} and its second, ''MLW Reload'', in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, before settling into Florida and doing shows in Orlando, St. Petersburg and Fort Lauderdale. It advertised itself as featuring "hybrid wrestling," combining a variety of different styles. MLW featured a wide-range of talent, from RingOldies Wrestling/TerryFunk, Wrestling/DustyRhodes, Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher and Wrestling/JerryLawler, to 1990s stars such as [[Wrestling/JimFullington the Sandman]], Wrestling/{{Sabu}}, Wrestling/ChrisCandido, Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams, Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck, Wrestling/{{Raven}}, [[Characters/WCWInvasion La Parka, Norman Smiley]] Smiley],] [[Characters/{{ECW}} Mike Awesome, Masato Tanaka, Steve Corino]], and, at the time, stars on the rise such as Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels and Wrestling/CMPunk. It aired a weekly television show, ''MLW Underground TV''. Unfortunately, the promotion was not financially successful and shut down in 2004.

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* HollywoodSatanism: The Sinister Minister, of course.


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* WrestlingFamily: [[WildSamoan Samu and Ekmo (Jamal[=/=]Umaga)]] teamed together as the Samoan Island Tribe.
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* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: CM Punk claimed that the Japanese wrestler [=Nosawa=] was StraightEdge like him, with announcer Wrestling/JoeyStyles usually talking about seeing Nosawa at the bar. At ''MLW War Games'', September 19, 2003, [=Raven=] defeated Nosawa. Punk started criticizing Nosawa for letting him down, and Nosawa responded, "I don't give a [bleep!]," with Joey saying, "He speaks very good English." This led to Punk basically getting {{Squash|Match}}ed immediately after by the returning Vampiro.

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'''Major League Wrestling''' was an American ProfessionalWrestling promotion based out of Orlando, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} that existed from 2002-2004. It held its first show, ''MLW Genesis'' in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} and its second, ''MLW Reload'', in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, before settling into Florida and doing shows in Orlando, St. Petersburg and Fort Lauderdale. It advertised itself as featuring "hybrid wrestling," combining a variety of different styles. MLW featured a wide-range of talent, from RingOldies Wrestling/TerryFunk, Wrestling/DustyRhodes, Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher and Wrestling/JerryLawler, to 1990s stars such as [[Wrestling/JimFullington the Sandman]], Wrestling/{{Sabu}}, Wrestling/ChrisCandido, Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams, Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck, Wrestling/{{Raven}}, [[Characters/WCWInvasion La Parka, Norman Smiley]] and, at the time, stars on the rise such as Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels and Wrestling/CMPunk. Unfortunately, the promotion was not financially successful and shut down in 2004.


As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Wrestling The Other Wiki]].

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'''Major League Wrestling''' was an American ProfessionalWrestling promotion based out of Orlando, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} that existed from 2002-2004. It held its first show, ''MLW Genesis'' in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} and its second, ''MLW Reload'', in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, before settling into Florida and doing shows in Orlando, St. Petersburg and Fort Lauderdale. It advertised itself as featuring "hybrid wrestling," combining a variety of different styles. MLW featured a wide-range of talent, from RingOldies Wrestling/TerryFunk, Wrestling/DustyRhodes, Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher and Wrestling/JerryLawler, to 1990s stars such as [[Wrestling/JimFullington the Sandman]], Wrestling/{{Sabu}}, Wrestling/ChrisCandido, Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams, Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck, Wrestling/{{Raven}}, [[Characters/WCWInvasion La Parka, Norman Smiley]] [[Characters/{{ECW}} Mike Awesome, Masato Tanaka, Steve Corino]], and, at the time, stars on the rise such as Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels and Wrestling/CMPunk. It aired a weekly television show, ''MLW Underground TV''. Unfortunately, the promotion was not financially successful and shut down in 2004.


As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Wrestling The Other Wiki]].Wiki]].


!!! "Major League Tropes":
* AllStarCast: As cited above.
* BigBad: Steve Corino, as the leader of the Extreme Horsemen.
** BigBadWannabe: Two, in completely separate feuds.
*** [[Wrestling/JamesMitchell The Sinister Minister]], leading Daniels, Whipwreck and Jerry Lynn in their feud with Sabu.
*** CM Punk, in his SmugStraightEdge feud with Raven.
* BountyHunter: The Extreme Horsemen (Corino, C.W. Anderson and Simon Diamond) sent both Abdullah the Butcher and Jerry Lawler to take out Funk.
* DirtyCoward: CM Punk, who at ''MLW Summer Apocalypse'', August 22, 2003, brought out Florida indy wrestler Chasyn Rance as his special "Straight Edge Referee" for his Straight Edge Rules (fans couldn't curse or drink beer during the match) match with Raven. Rance, of course, allowed Punk to cheat nonstop.
* GarbageWrestler: Sandman, Sabu
* TheWorfEffect: Jerry Lynn fell victim to this repeatedly until his heel turn. MLW had what they called their "Young Lions Challenge," which meant a wrestler could get a spot on the roster by beating an established star, generally Lynn. The problem was that some of the winners never again appeared on an MLW show.
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Mike Awesome defeated [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/mlw/mlw-h.html MLW World Heavyweight Champion]] Satoshi Kojima for the title at ''MLW Hybrid Hell'', June 20, 2003...and promptly lost it immediately after to Steve Corino, who would hold the title for the rest of the promotion's run.
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'''Major League Wrestling''' was an American ProfessionalWrestling promotion based out of Orlando, UsefulNotes/{{Florida}} that existed from 2002-2004. It held its first show, ''MLW Genesis'' in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} and its second, ''MLW Reload'', in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, before settling into Florida and doing shows in Orlando, St. Petersburg and Fort Lauderdale. It advertised itself as featuring "hybrid wrestling," combining a variety of different styles. MLW featured a wide-range of talent, from RingOldies Wrestling/TerryFunk, Wrestling/DustyRhodes, Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher and Wrestling/JerryLawler, to 1990s stars such as [[Wrestling/JimFullington the Sandman]], Wrestling/{{Sabu}}, Wrestling/ChrisCandido, Wrestling/DrDeathSteveWilliams, Wrestling/MikeyWhipwreck, Wrestling/{{Raven}}, [[Characters/WCWInvasion La Parka, Norman Smiley]] and, at the time, stars on the rise such as Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels and Wrestling/CMPunk. Unfortunately, the promotion was not financially successful and shut down in 2004.


As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Wrestling The Other Wiki]].

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