Background The first
Kings of Colosseum event was held on July 6, 2019 and aired live as a special episode of MLW's weekly television series,
Fusion. On December 3, 2020, MLW owner Court Bauer announced in a press conference that the next edition of Kings of Colosseum would be a major event for MLW. The event was original intended to air on
pay-per-view, the second PPV event in the promotion's history after
Saturday Night SuperFight in 2019. Instead, the event was announced to have become a free television special on December 8.
Storylines The card consisted of matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed
villains,
heroes, or
less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches, with results predetermined by MLW's writers. Storylines were played out on MLW's television program
Fusion, and its web series spinoff,
Pulp Fusion, produced during the 2020
COVID-19 pandemic. In November 2020, multiple sources reported that
Lio Rush would be making his MLW debut in the near future as part of the middleweight division, which was confirmed by MLW on November 4. On the November 18 episode of
Fusion,
Myron Reed successfully defended the
World Middleweight Championship against
Brian Pillman Jr. and then challenged Rush to a match for the title to cement his legacy as the "young
GOAT". Reed later challenged Rush to a match for the title on the December 23 episode of
Fusion. However, on the December 9 episode of
Fusion, Rush refused to wrestle on Reed's terms and instead accepted the challenge for the title at Kings of Colosseum. On the November 18 episode of
Fusion, the
National Openweight Champion Alexander Hammerstone defeated
enhancement talent Jason Dugan and demanded a title shot for the
World Heavyweight Championship against
Jacob Fatu, as he was ranked #1 in MLW by
Pro Wrestling Illustrated. However, he was instead attacked by the debuting Mads Krügger, the newest member of Fatu's faction
Contra Unit. After being injured, Hammerstone returned on the December 16 episode of
Fusion, where he engaged in a backstage brawl with Krügger. It was later announced on the same episode that Hammerstone would defend the National Openweight Championship against Krügger at Kings of Colosseum. During Contra Unit's attack on MLW at the end of the
MLW/AAA Super Series on the May 10, 2020 episode of
Fusion, they would take out
Injustice member Kotto Brazil. Since then, fellow Injustice member
Jordan Oliver, now a newly-minted heavyweight, has been calling out Contra, specifically World Heavyweight Champion Jacob Fatu and
Simon Gotch. On the August 6 episode of
Pulp Fusion, Oliver was jumped by Gotch and put out with a chokehold. On the December 9 episode of
Fusion, Oliver gained a measure of revenge, jumping Gotch during a
schmoz ending to Gotch and Fatu's
MLW World Tag Team Championship match against
Marshall and Ross Von Erich. On December 22, MLW announced on their website that Gotch and Oliver will face at Kings of Colosseum in a Grudge Match. A report was put on MLW's website stating that
Col. Robert Parker has attempted to recruit MLW World Tag Team Champions Marshall and Ross Von Erich to the
Stud Stable. A week later, Parker reportedly sent his girlfriend/southern debutante Aria Blake to
Kauai, Hawaii as a "hospitality envoy" to the Von Erichs. Unfortunately for Parker, his recruitment attempts all failed, with Marshall and Ross's father
Kevin Von Erich calling Parker a "snake oil salesman". On the December 23 edition of
Fusion, The Dirty Blondes (Leo Brien and Michael Patrick), who's resigning to MLW and the Stud Stable were announced a month prior, made their in-ring return; with Blake as their stand-in
valet. Later in the night, it was announced that the Von Erichs will defend the Tag Team Championships against the Dirty Blondes at Kings Of Colosseum in a
Texas Tornado match. ==Event==