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4-way AAA Luchadora Eliminator signed for Super Series in Atlanta Sept 18 Who will win a shot at Taya Valkyrie's World Featherweight Title?

(ATLANTA, GA) – Major League Wrestling today announced a AAA luchadores eliminator: Lady Shani vs. Lady Flammer vs. La Hiedra vs. Reina Dorado for MLW: SUPER SERIES'22 presented by MLA from greater Atlanta on Sunday, September 18 at the Space Event Center at 6100 Live Oak Pkwy in Norcross, Georgia 30093. The card is a FUSION TV taping, airing on beIN SPORTS nationwide on cable and dish and in over 60 countries around the world. Purchase tickets at http://www.LuchaTickets.com. The world's grandest lucha libre organization, AAA, is sending FOUR of its top luchadoras to the inter-promotional Super Series'22... and there's a golden carrot for the winner of this 4-way eliminator: the winner will challenge Taya Valkyrie for the Women's World Featherweight Championship! Lady Shani, a 2-time AAA Reina de Reinas Champion claims to be the perfect combo of beauty and violence and she backs it up, not hesitating to use anything not nailed down. Deceptive with her fighting styles, Shani can transition from hardcore brawling to technical wrestling, which makes her a difficult threat to decode.   Lady Flammer, a second generation luchadora from Monterrey, Nuevo León, México is one of Mexico's most promising new luchadoras. At just 22, she has already claimed the mask and hair of several luchadoras. From Tijuana to Monterrey and all points in-between, Lady Flammer has quickly ignited a path of dominance. La Hiedra, competing in AAA since 2015, Hiedra is a staple of the  promotion. Known as "La Nueva Reyna del Escandalo," which translates to The New Queen of Scandal." A part of the famed Chicano Dynasty, Hiedra is quite possibly a favorite to win the eliminator and challenge Taya.  Last but not least there's Reina Dorada, a black belt martial artist with a vicious background in striking, including a deadly roundhouse kick. A BJJ and Tae Kwon Do practitioner, Dorada brings a unique dimension to her fights, often not seen in lucha libre.  Who will have their hand raised in victory and punch their ticket to a title shot against Taya Valkyrie's World Featherweight Championship?  Find out in Atlanta at MLW Super Series'22.  Learn more at: https://mlw.com/superseries22/.

CARD World Heavyweight Championship Alex Hammerstone (champion) vs. Bandido  (AAA) Street Fight Jacob Fatu vs. Willie Mack World Middleweight Championship Myron Reed (champion) vs. Shun Skywalker (DRAGONGATE) National Openweight Championship Davey Richards (champion) vs. SB KENTo (DRAGONGATE) ¡Lucha Libre Trios Match! Microman, Laredo Kid & Komander vs. Taurus, Gino Medina & Mini Abismo Negro 4-Way AAA Luchadoras Eliminator: Lady Shani vs. Lady Flammer vs. La Hiedra vs. Reina Dorada Also scheduled to appear: Women’s World Featherweight Champion Taya Valkyrie  Mance Warner Alex Kane and the BOMAYE Fight Club The Samoan SWAT Team Plus more! More talent and matches will be announced in the coming weeks ahead at MLW.com. Buy tickets today at http://www.luchatickets.com  Tickets can be purchased locally at:  Supermercado del Ahorro  Discolandia Plaza Fiesta  EVENT FAQ Major League Wrestling shows are interactive. Fans get to not only experience major league action in the ring but have the opportunity to meet some of their favorites before bell time. MEET AND GREETS There will be several meet and greet opportunities featuring Major League Wrestling wrestlers and personalities.  Willie Mack debuts... against Jacob Fatu at Super Series in Atlanta Sept 18 The Mack is Major League (ATLANTA, GA) – Major League Wrestling today announced Jacob Fatu vs. Willie Mack at MLW: SUPER SERIES'22 presented by MLA from greater Atlanta on Sunday, September 18 at the Space Event Center at 6100 Live Oak Pkwy in Norcross, Georgia 30093. The card is a FUSION TV taping, airing on beIN SPORTS nationwide on cable and dish and in over 60 countries around the world. Purchase tickets at http://www.LuchaTickets.com. The Mac is Major League. South Central LA's self-proclaimed "chocolate thunder" has set his MLW debut for September 18th in Atlanta in a big bout as two of the west coast's finest rumble. A talented fighter, blending lucha, technical and high-flying, the charismatic Mack has been a standout everywhere he's competed. From claiming IMPACT's X-Division championship to tours of Lucha Libre AAA in Mexico, Willie Mack is a savvy and unpredictable competitor... and he'll need these qualities and his experience when he steps foot into the ring against the "Samoan Werewolf" Fatu. The "Samoan Smashing Machine" has been on a path of destruction, dominating all in recent competition, earning wins over Mads Krugger and Bestia 666 in recent months.  A perennial top ranked fighter in MLW, Fatu welcomes the challenge and unique dimension Willie Mack brings to the ring. The debut puts Willie Mack in the deep end in his first night in MLW. Will he make a big splash with a big win?  Find out in Atlanta at MLW Super Series'22.  Learn more at: https://mlw.com/superseries22/. Microman, Laredo Kid & Komander vs. Taurus, Gino Medina & Mini Abismo Negro signed for Super Series in Atlanta Sept 18 Mixed trios match set for MLW’s debut in Atlanta (ATLANTA, GA) – Major League Wrestling today announced a trios bout featuring Laredo Kid, Komander & Microman vs. Gino Medina, Taurus & Mini Abismo Negro at MLW: SUPER SERIES'22 presented by MLA from greater Atlanta on Sunday, September 18 at the Space Event Center at 6100 Live Oak Pkwy in Norcross, Georgia 30093. The card is a FUSION TV taping, airing on beIN SPORTS nationwide on cable and dish and in over 60 countries around the world. Purchase tickets at http://www.LuchaTickets.com. It will be an Evento Especial as AAA and MLW join forces to present a mixed trios match at Super Series'22.   Gino Medina captains a rudos team with one mission: defeat and destroy Microman.  A thorn in the side of "El Intocable" since January, Microman has reversed Gino's dynastic-like momentum, including the "World's Greatest Wonder" scoring a pinfall over Medina. Consumed by his bitterness and obsessed by ending the popular Microman's meteoric rise in MLW, Medina journeyed to Mexico where for months he sought out the most ruthless, dangerous luchador to join his battle alongside Mini Abismo Negro. Medina would find such a beast in Torreón, Coahuila de Zaragoza. A brute combatant known for his savage, blunt destruction of all in his path, Taurus has is feared throughout Mexico for his barbaric ways. Craving the blood of his adversaries and fascinated by Microman, Taurus has taken up arms in joining Gino Medina's cause. However, this dark trio will be met with resistance as Laredo Kid and Komander have vowed to get Microman's back in this mixed trios collision.  A decorated AAA main eventer, Laredo Kid made his MLW debut in 2019 and nearly won the MLW World Middleweight Title in 2021. Komander, an emerging star in the AAA promotion, is a combination of spectacular speed and innovation. Will Gino Medina end Micromania in MLW? Find out in Atlanta at MLW Super Series'22.  Learn more at: https://mlw.com/superseries22/. Davey Richards vs. SB KENTo for National Openweight Championship at Super Series in Atlanta Sept 18 Interpromotional title fight set for MLW’s debut in Atlanta (ATLANTA, GA) – Major League Wrestling today announced an inter-promotional National Openweight Championship bout featuring DRAGONGATE's SB KENTo vs. Davey Richards (champion) at MLW: SUPER SERIES'22 presented by MLA  from greater Atlanta on Sunday, September 18 at the Space Event Center at 6100 Live Oak Pkwy in Norcross, Georgia 30093. The card is a FUSION TV taping, airing on beIN SPORTS nationwide on cable and dish and in over 60 countries around the world. Purchase tickets at http://www.LuchaTickets.com. Two master technicians will fight for the first-time ever as the rising star of DRAGONGATE SB KENTo challenges for his first championship in America. Davey Richards has defended the National Openweight Championship against threats from New Japan Pro Wrestling and the NWA and upon hearing of DRAGONGATE's presence in the Super Series, the hunt was on for the "American Wolf" to make it a trifecta with DRAGONGATE.  Determined to defend the National Openweight Title against anyone anywhere, Richards worked with league officials over the past few weeks to lock in a title fight for Super Series. Now that bout is set. Mr. Toru Kido, CEO of DRAGONGATE, has authorized SB KENTo to challenge for the title, with MLW CEO Court Bauer and Cesar Duran signing off on the inter-promotional championship bout this morning. Representing DRAGONGATE and the infamous Z-Brats, SB KENTo  is a former Open The Twin Gate Champion, a two-time Open The Brave Gate Champion and an Open The Triangle Gate Champion. All belts won in a mere 3 year window, made even more impressive given he debuted in 2019. Aligned with Shun Skywalker, KENTo is a technical force, crushing skulls with his brainbuster, “SBK” is also known to end matches with his brilliant bridging straight jacket German suplex and sharpshooter. Will SBK bring gold home to Kobe, Japan? Find out in Atlanta at MLW Super Series'22.  Learn more at: https://mlw.com/superseries22/. DRAGONGATE's Shun Skywalker vs. Myron Reed for World Middleweight Championship at Super Series in Atlanta Sept 18 Interpromotional title fight set for MLW’s debut in Atlanta (ATLANTA, GA) – Major League Wrestling today announced DRAGONGATE's Shun Skywalker vs. Myron Reed for the MLW World Middleweight Championship at MLW: SUPER SERIES'22 presented by MLA  from greater Atlanta on Sunday, September 18 at the Space Event Center at 6100 Live Oak Pkwy in Norcross, Georgia 30093. The card is a FUSION TV taping, airing on beIN SPORTS nationwide on cable and dish and in over 60 countries around the world. Purchase tickets at http://www.LuchaTickets.com. After Shun Skywalker called out the Young GOAT and mocked the reigning 3-time World Middleweight Champion, Reed took to social media this morning to formally accept the DRAGONGATE fighter's challenge. Watch: https://youtu.be/OzK-nX0ZUzg. League officials moved quickly in drafting a bout sheet for the big interpromotional title fight with contracts being sent to the DRAGONGATE office in Kobe, Japan before noon eastern today. Now, it is official: Skywalker will walk into Atlanta on September 18 at the Super Series and challenge Reed for the title! Representing DRAGONGATE and the infamous Z-Brats, Shun Skywalker is a former Open The Dream Gate Champion. Heralded as arguably the best wrestler in Japan, if not in the entire sport itself, Skywalker is perhaps in a league of his own. The cross-promotional summit will feature the participation of Major League Wrestling, the cutting-edge Kobe, Japan promotion DRAGONGATE and the grandest Mexican lucha libre promotion in the world: Lucha Libre AAA. Will Reed vanquish one of world's best wrestlers in Skywalker? Or will the dark, maniacal masked Japanese wrestler bring gold back to DRAGONGATE? Find out in Atlanta at MLW Super Series'22.  Learn more at: https://mlw.com/superseries22/. Tickets now on sale for MLW's Oct 30 Philly return featuring  FIGHTLAND'22 Get tickets starting at $15 at MLW2300.com (PHILADELPHIA, PA) – Tickets can now be purchased for Major League Wrestling's highly anticipated return to Philadelphia on Sunday, October 30 with MLW FIGHTLAND '22 at the historic 2300 Arena. Fans can get tickets starting for just $15 at at MLW2300.com and the 2300 Arena box office.  The card is a FUSION TV taping, airing on beIN SPORTS nationwide on cable and dish and in over 60 countries around the world. Some of the athletes and talent signed to compete and appear include:  World Heavyweight Champion Alex Hammerstone Women's World Featherweight Champion Taya Valkyrie Mads Krugger Mance Warner The Samoan SWAT Team Alex Kane and the BOMAYE Fight Club Plus MORE wrestlers will be announced soon. About Major League Wrestling Major League Wrestling (MLW®) is a sports media holding company, offering television content, action figures, apparel, live events, and ancillary entertainment. MLW operates in major markets throughout the United States and Mexico, including New York, Philadelphia, Dallas, and Tijuana. One of the fastest growing wrestling leagues today, MLW programming is available worldwide on YouTube, FITE.tv, beIN Sports, Ayozat TV on SKY in the United Kingdom and in over 60 countries and counting. MLW events showcase diversity and the full spectrum of professional wrestling, with athletes representing countries around the world with fighting styles, including: technical, Japanese strong style, lucha libre, King’s Road brawling, MMA, catch wrestling, hybrid wrestling, submission grappling and other disciplines. For more information visit MLW.com and follow MLW on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

Lucha VaVOOM announces 'Summer Sabotage'

 

Lucha VaVOOM announces Summer Sabotage   Los Angeles’ longest-running, most celebrated variety show returns for one night only Friday, July 29th at The Mayan Theatre in downtown Los Angeles   Featuring world-class Mexican masked wrestling, burlesque, comedy, music, and more   Summer Sabotage also set to feature a unique collaboration with Sony Pictures’ new upcoming original action thriller, “BULLET TRAIN”   Tickets on sale now

Click here to download show artwork (seen above) and performer images     Los Angeles, CA (July 6, 2022)─Los Angeles’ longest-running, most celebrated variety show, where authentic Mexican masked wrestling, burlesque, and comedy collide, is returning with Lucha VaVOOM Summer Sabotage on Friday, July 29th at their historic home venue, The Mayan Theatre (1038 S Hill St.), in downtown Los Angeles. Tickets for this 21+ event are on sale now for $45.00‒$90.00 at TicketWeb.com.   Celebrating their 20th anniversary this August 22nd, Lucha VaVOOM (LVV) has been wowing audiences across the globe with their glam/slam extravaganzas for two decades. In February, LVV hosted their first live event since 2019 due to the coronavirus, selling out their Valentine’s engagement, followed by two blowout nights in May to celebrate 11 years of Cinco de Mayo craziness. From Los Angeles to Tokyo, across the U.S. and Canada, and all the way to Australia, people go crazy for this perfect combination of world-class, professional lucha libre-style wrestling interspersed with insane, high-octane burlesque performances, death-defying aerial acts, comedy, music, lowriders, tequila, tamales, and more ─ all adding up to one unforgettable night.   Summer Sabotage’s confirmed wrestling lineup includes fan favorites Li’l Cholo and Magno “The Man Mountain” Rudo, along with mini superstar wrestler and one of Mexico's most beloved fighters Microman (as seen on ESPN, CBS News, The Telegraph and Daily Mail), Dragon Lee, Dralistico, Taya Valkyrie (four-time Reina de Reinas champion and former WWE superstar), Dama Fina (former LVV champion), Matt Classic, Mini Matt Classic, Los Crazy Chickens, Dr. Maldad, Chupacabra, Zyra, Johnnie Robbie, and Los SEXI Mexi’s (Ave Rex and Sonico).   Burlesque dancers and aerialists confirmed includes Raquel Reed (burlesque dancer from Absinthe in Las Vegas), Audrey Deluxe (burlesque artist, game-player, fantasy maker, and shimmy shaker), Veronica Yune (stunning daredevil aerialist who will be swooping down from above and stealing hearts), and Viva La Glam (San Francisco-based performer specializing in unique and dangerous acts, such as an aerial dance on chains, with metal grinding in the air, to create a magnificent display of shooting sparks as she spins at death defying heights).   Plus, comedian host Blaine Capatch will be delivering insanely off-the-cuff commentary both nights.

Lucha VaVOOM (credit: Don Spiro)     Summer Sabotage will also feature a unique collaboration with Sony Pictures’ new upcoming original action thriller film, Bullet Train, out only in theaters on August 5th. In Bullet Train, Brad Pitt stars as Ladybug, an unlucky assassin determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug's latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe – all with connected, yet conflicting, objectives – on the world's fastest train...and he's got to figure out how to get off. From the director of Deadpool 2, David Leitch, the end of the line is only the beginning in a wild, non-stop thrill ride through modern-day Japan. With a screenplay by Zak Olkewicz based on the book by Kotaro Isaka, the film also stars Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Andrew Koji, Hiroyuki Sanada, Michael Shannon, Benito A Martínez Ocasio (Puerto Rican artist known as Bad Bunny, who is also a huge wrestling fan) and Sandra Bullock.   A wrestler, inspired by Bad Bunny’s “The Wolf”-character from the film, will be a part of the second match of the night at Summer Sabotage. Additionally, the dangerously cute and mysterious mascot Momomon will also make a special appearance at the event, plus fans in attendance will get to see the film’s trailer, special footage, and more!

Bullet Train’s “The Wolf” (played by Benito A Martínez Ocasio, aka Bad Bunny, in the film) and Momomon     About Lucha VaVOOM: For almost 20 years, Lucha VaVOOM (LVV) has been delivering arguably the most electrifying show on earth with a mind-blowing mix of Mexican masked wrestling, burlesque, and comedy. Founded in Los Angeles in 2002 by Rita D’Albert and Liz Fairbairn, LVV -- voted Los Angeles’ “Best Burlesque Show” by LA Weekly in 2012 and 2013 -- is good vs. evil played out in quick, exhibition-style, one-fall lucha libre matches for maximum enjoyment and action. LVV has created a Los Angeles tradition: from the low rider car parade escorting in performers as the crowd enters the iconic Mayan Theatre, to the local luminaries it attracts (Drew Carey, Jack Black, and more have sat in), to burlesque (which was revived in Los Angeles), to lucha libre, where masked heroic wrestlers, in character-driven style, flip, fly, and amaze. It all comes together to make for one fun, surreal, glam-bam spectacle of raucous entertainment. You could say it’s a wrestling show for people that don’t like wrestling (and those that do). Says the Los Angeles Times, “Far-out flamboyance always prevails at Lucha VaVOOM, a spectacle of Mexican freestyle wrestling with an L.A. twist.”   At LVV, they like a little sexo with their violencia. In between matches, the finest handpicked burlesque acts from around the world wow the crowds with their unique striptease skills, including raucous aerial acts, daredevil roller-skate girls, and Guinness-World-Record-holding hula hoop hotties. The Los Angeles-based performance troupe has regularly sold out 1,000-seat venues across the globe (including in Amsterdam, Calgary, Toronto, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Seattle, Portland, Philadelphia, and many more), plus they’ve performed at Fuji Rock Festival in Japan and Big Day Out Festival in Australia, and call Los Angeles’ Mayan Theatre -- an elaborately appointed, 1927-built former motion-picture palace -- home when not on the road.   LVV has been featured on Ellen, ESPN, Jimmy Kimmel, BRAVO’s Top Chef Masters, CNN, CBS National News, BBC, VICE, and KCRW, among many others. In 2018, TV4 Entertainment released their award-winning documentary, Lucha VaVOOM: Inside America’s Most Outrageous Show ─ click here to watch the trailer.   Click here to watch LVV’s anniversary video celebrating 18 years of glorious mayhem, featuring a cast of thousands, including Peaches, Blue Demon Jr., Patton Oswalt, Rey Fenix, Drew Carey, Taya Valkyrie, the Crazy Chickens, Starcrawler, Penta Zero, and much more. Click here to view a sizzle reel with more LVV highlights.   For more info, visit LuchaVaVOOM.com and follow on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.                                                                                                                        Sample of praise:   “It’s what performance art often aspires to be, a mash of the unmixable.” - KCRW   “After 15 years, Lucha VaVOOM is practically as historic to Los Angeles as the Moulin Rouge is to Paris.” - LA Weekly   “Lucha VaVOOM…triumphs in Los Angeles” - BBC Mundo   “If Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez teamed up to start a wrestling promotion – Lucha VaVOOM is what you would get.” - The Sportster   “…may be the best bang-for-your-buck entertainment in town.” - Thrillist    “…no one that puts on a better lucha libre show than the folks at Lucha VaVOOM. Far wackier and wilder than most professional wrestling…Lucha VaVOOM lets its freak flag fly…” - Nerdist   “Lucha VaVOOM is an underground celebration of all things perfect in this world…Lucha VaVOOM is what will pass for primetime entertainment when the polar ice caps finally melt and there’s not a single drop of oil left to be squeezed from the planet. In the post-apocalyptic future Lucha VaVOOM’s mix of ‘sexo y violencia’ will replace the Super Bowl, the Internet, and daytime television as humanity’s primary form of entertainment.” - Complex