Opera Cup (2024)
| Opera Cup (2024) | |
|---|---|
| Venue | First Round: Center Stage (June 1) The Coliseum (July 12) Quarterfinals: TBA Semifinals: TBA Finals: TBA |
| Location | First Round: Atlanta, Georgia (June 1) St. Petersburg, Florida (July 12) Quarterfinals: TBA Semifinals: TBA Finals: TBA |
| Start date | June 1, 2023 |
| End date | TBA |
| Competitors |
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| Champion | |
| TBD | |
Opera Cup (2024) is the ongoing fifth Opera Cup professional wrestling tournament produced by Major League Wrestling (MLW). The first round started at MLW Anniversary '24 on June 1, 2024 (which aired on tape delay on June 22) and will continue at Blood & Thunder and the television tapings on July 12, 2024. The next three rounds will be held at later dates.
Production[edit]
Background[edit]
The Opera House Cup was annually held as a professional wrestling tournament for nearly fifty years in various cities in the United States until its discontinuation in 1948. Stu Hart won the final tournament and kept the possession of the Opera Cup trophy since then. On July 21, 2019, Major League Wrestling announced that it would be holding an event on December 5 at the Melrose Ballroom in Queens, New York City, New York which would be a set of television tapings of MLW's television program Fusion.[1] On July 24, it was reported that Stu Hart's grandson and MLW wrestler Teddy Hart would be donating an inherited "family heirloom" to MLW.[2] On July 30, MLW.com announced that the family heirloom was Stu Hart's Opera Cup trophy and MLW would be bringing back the Opera Cup tournament on the December 5 supercard, naming it Opera Cup.[3]
At Battle Riot VI, the Opera Cup was announced to have sixteen participants this year, the most up to that point. The first round was later announced to start at the "MLW Anniversary '24" television special, which was taped the same day and aired on June 22.
Results[edit]
| No. | Results[4] | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davey Boy Smith Jr. (with Mister Saint Laurent) defeated Timothy Thatcher by pinfall | Singles match | 12:36 |
| 2 | Akira defeated Ikuro Kwon by pinfall | Singles match | 5:36 |
| No. | Matches* | Stipulations | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlantis Jr. vs. Shigeo Okumura | Singles match | ||
| 2 | Tom Lawlor (with Mister Saint Laurent) vs. Jake Crist | Singles match | ||
| 3 | Kenta vs. Bobby Fish | Singles match | ||
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| No. | Matches* | Stipulations | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Místico vs. Magnus | Singles match | ||
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Tournament brackets[edit]
| First round MLW Anniversary '24 (June 22) Blood & Thunder (July 12) | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Kenta | |||||||||||||||
| Bobby Fish | |||||||||||||||
| Akira | |||||||||||||||
| Akira | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Ikuro Kwon | 5:36 | ||||||||||||||
| Timothy Thatcher | 12:36 | ||||||||||||||
| Davey Boy Smith Jr. | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Davey Boy Smith Jr. | |||||||||||||||
| Tom Lawlor | |||||||||||||||
| Jake Crist | |||||||||||||||
| Místico | |||||||||||||||
| Magnus | |||||||||||||||
| Shigeo Okumura | |||||||||||||||
| Atlantis Jr. | |||||||||||||||
| Alex Kane | |||||||||||||||
| Mr. Thomas | |||||||||||||||
| Bad Dude Tito | |||||||||||||||
| Danny Jones | |||||||||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "MLW SETS RETURN TO NYC LATER THIS YEAR". Major League Wrestling. July 21, 2019.
- ^ "TEDDY HART DONATES FAMILY HEIRLOOM TO MLW". Major League Wrestling. July 24, 2019.
- ^ "NYC TO HOST FIRST OPERA CUP IN OVER 70 YEARS". Major League Wrestling. July 30, 2019.
- ^ Dominic DeAngelo (June 23, 2024). "MLW Anniversary '24 Results: Opera Cup Begins, Bull Rope Match, Mistico In Action". WON / F4W. Retrieved June 26, 2024.