{"id":109412,"date":"2022-02-02T12:20:56","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T17:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=109412"},"modified":"2022-02-02T12:20:56","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T17:20:56","slug":"ricky-the-dragon-steamboat-mlw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/02\/02\/ricky-the-dragon-steamboat-mlw\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Hall of Famer Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat Announced for MLW SuperFight"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Grady Cole Center in Charlotte, North Carolina will be the host of Major League Wrestling’s<\/strong> upcoming event known as MLW SuperFight<\/em><\/strong>. One of the major announcements made heading into this event, which is set for February 26, is an appearance by Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat<\/strong>. The legendary WWE<\/strong> Hall of Famer will be present as the show’s matchmaker, as well as available for autograph and photo opportunities prior to bell time. MLW announced the news regarding Ricky Steamboat on their website<\/a>, detailed below.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLW\/status\/1488891331254566912?s=20&t=ZdHDgsqgY3Bd_WcVh8lbww<\/p>\n

Major League Wrestling (MLW) today announced\u00a0Ricky \u201cThe Dragon\u201d Steamboat<\/strong>\u00a0is coming to\u00a0MLW SuperFight<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0hosted by the Grady Cole Center in Charlotte on Saturday February 26, featuring an MLW Fusion TV taping.<\/em><\/p>\n

The legend\u00a0returns to the hallowed grounds of the Grady Cole Center where \u201cThe Dragon\u201d\u00a0emerged as a main eventer and forever became a part of Charlotte\u2019s rich wrestling history.<\/em><\/p>\n

Celebrated as one of the sport\u2019s all-time greats, Ricky Steamboat has signed on as the matchmaker for MLW\u2019s big Charlotte card.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Steamboat will also appear for autograph and photo opportunities before the card.<\/em><\/p>\n

Promising to give Charlotte fans\u00a0a night of great wrestling action, Steamboat is actively putting together what promises to be a stacked card for a city Steamboat considers his hometown.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\ud83c\udf9f\"\u00a0Buy tickets starting at $10 at\u00a0MLWLive.com<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

How will the ruthless Cesar Duran react to Steamboat\u2019s presence?<\/em><\/p>\n

Find out Saturday night, February 26 in Charlotte at MLW SuperFight!<\/em><\/p>\n

Buy your tickets at\u00a0MLWLive.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong>The 2022 edition of MLW SuperFight will feature three title bouts, some big\u00a0debuts and even shocking returns to the league. More details on the card will be forthcoming in the days and weeks ahead.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In addition to being a WWE Hall of Famer, an honor he earned in 2009, Ricky Steamboat is well-known for his work across multiple organizations. These include, but aren’t limited to, World Wrestling Entertainment, World Championship Wrestling<\/strong>, and Jim Crockett Promotions<\/strong>. Since his debut in 1976, he earned such accolades as the WWE Intercontinental Championship and the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Steamboat is also regarded as one of Charlotte’s greatest wrestling heroes, as illustrated by work including his legendary rivalry with Ric Flair<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned to the\u00a0Last 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\u00a0YouTube<\/a>\u00a0at 7 PM EST and every Saturday on beIN SPORTS at 10 PM EST.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Grady Cole Center in Charlotte, North Carolina will be the host of Major League Wrestling’s upcoming event known as MLW SuperFight. One of the major announcements made heading into this event, which is set for February 26, is an appearance by Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat. The legendary WWE Hall of Famer will be present […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3354,"featured_media":109413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5283,12,6,2192],"tags":[363],"class_list":["post-109412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlw","category-news","category-north-america","category-wrestling","tag-ricky-steamboat"],"modified_by":"Robbie Sutter","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3354"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}