Opera Cup (2025)

Opera Cup (2025) is the fifth Opera Cup professional wrestling tournament produced by Major League Wrestling (MLW). The first round started on June 26, 2025, at Summer of the Beasts, which aired on tape delay on August 9 as part of Blood and Thunder. The first round would continue on September 13 at Fightland and Fury Road, which aired on September 27. The quarterfinals and semifinals were held at Slaughterhouse and Symphony of Horrors, both of which took place on October 4; the latter show was taped and aired on October 25. The finals were held at MLW x Don Gato Tequila: Lucha de los Muertos on November 20.

Production

Background

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 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. 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. 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.

At Summer of the Beasts, the brackets for the Opera Cup were revealed, featuring sixteen participants, much like the previous year. The first round would be taped that same night and later aired on August 9 as part of Blood and Thunder.

Results

First round (June 26, aired August 9)
No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
1	Bishop Dyer (with Saint Laurent) defeated Anthony Greene by pinfall	Singles match	7:43
2	Satoshi Kojima defeated Bobby Fish by pinfall	Singles match	8:50
3	Místico defeated Ikuro Kwon by pinfall	Singles match	7:47

First round (September 13)
No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
1	Último Guerrero defeated Esfinge by pinfall	Singles match	11:05
2	Zandokan Jr. (with El Galeón Fantasma (Barboza and Difunto)) defeated Blue Panther Jr. by pinfall	Singles match	6:11

First round (September 13, aired September 27)
No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
1	Paul London defeated Okumura (with Satoshi Kojima)	Singles match	4:29
2	Volador Jr. defeated Titán by pinfall	Singles match	15:57
3	Austin Aries defeated Kushida by pinfall	Singles match	12:28

Quarterfinals (October 4)
No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
1	Volador Jr. (with Magnus and Rugido) defeated Star Jr. by pinfall	Singles match	6:21
2	Satoshi Kojima (with Okumura) defeated Bishop Dyer (with Donovan Dijak) by pinfall	Singles match	11:06
3	Austin Aries defeated Paul London by pinfall	Singles match	9:07
4	Místico defeated Último Guerrero by submission	Singles match	10:11

Semifinals (October 4, aired October 25)
No.	Results	Stipulations	Times
1	Volador Jr. (with Los Depredadores (Magnus and Rugido)) defeated Satoshi Kojima (with Okumura) by pinfall	Singles match	6:53
2	Místico defeated Austin Aries by pinfall	Singles match	15:57