{"id":105543,"date":"2021-12-07T17:35:29","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T22:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=105543"},"modified":"2021-12-07T17:35:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T22:35:29","slug":"major-league-wrestling-mlw-azteca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/12\/07\/major-league-wrestling-mlw-azteca\/","title":{"rendered":"Major League Wrestling Announces MLW Azteca Mini-Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The next chapter of <strong>Major League Wrestling (MLW)<\/strong> is on the way as the promotion announced that their next mini-series, <strong>MLW Azteca<\/strong>, will kick off on January 6, 2022. The announcement comes in hand with the beginning of their <strong>Azteca Underground<\/strong> brand, led by former <strong>Lucha Underground<\/strong> owner <strong>Cesar Duran<\/strong> (formerly known as <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/03\/05\/el-jefe-lucha-undergrounds-dario-cueto\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>Dario Cueto<\/strong><\/a>). Many of the matches will most likely come from MLW\u2019s joint show with lucha libre promotion <strong>The Crash<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLW\/status\/1468309342436868119?s=20<\/p>\n<p>MLW\u2019s official press release provided the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Major League Wrestling will enter the masked world of Mexican lucha libre as it presents: MLW AZTECA, a stand-alone mini-series, premiering Thursday January 6th at 8pm ET.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Featuring the grandest luchadores of Mexico clashing with Major League Wrestling\u2019s best of the best, MLW matchmaker Cesar Duran presides over the action from sold out arenas in Mexico to underground fight clubs. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMLW AZTECA is the next chapter in our on-going anthology series, and it will take MLW, its wrestlers and our fans to a very different and thrilling setting,\u201d said MLW CEO Court Bauer.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Tune in to watch MLW AZTECA:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Cable\/Dish: nationwide on beIN SPORTS premiering Saturday January 8th at 10pm ET<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Streaming: MLW\u2019s YouTube channel and FITE.tv premiering Thursday January 6th at 8pm<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>The series finale of MLW Fusion: ALPHA will air on Wednesday December 15th, concluding the 13-part mini-series, which premiered earlier this fall.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. MLW\u00a0FUSION\u00a0airs every Wednesday on fubo Sports Network and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/majorleaguewrestling\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>\u00a0at 7 PM EST and every Saturday on beIN SPORTS at 10 PM EST.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next chapter of Major League Wrestling (MLW) is on the way as the promotion announced that their next mini-series, MLW Azteca, will kick off on January 6, 2022. The announcement comes in hand with the beginning of their Azteca Underground brand, led by former Lucha Underground owner Cesar Duran (formerly known as Dario Cueto). 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