[3] On December 18, 2023, MLW announced that the fourth edition of Intimidation Games would take place on February 29, 2024, at the Melrose Ballroom in Queens, New York.

[16][17] When Místico was announced to debut in MLW at SuperFight,[18] Promociones Dorado promoter Salina de la Renta was confused as she had not authorized the deal.

[19] Over the next several weeks, several signs began pointing to Cesar Duran, former MLW matchmaker and owner of Azteca Underground – which had previously purchased Promociones Dorado in 2020 – returning to the company.

[citation needed] Duran had been kidnapped and reported missing since the summer of 2023, though his masked Azteca henchmen would still maintain a presence.

[citation needed] It was eventually revealed that de la Renta orchestrated Duran's disappearance after he held her captive back in 2021.