[1][2] Since October 2020, MLW had been incorporating story elements from Lucha Underground into its programming.
[1][3] The stable would later become the central focus of the MLW Fusion: Alpha mini-series, which premiered on September 22, 2021.
[4][5][6] On November 8, 2021, MLW announced that it would be holding its second co-promoted event with The Crash, and the first Azteca-branded event, at the Auditorio Fausto Gutierrez Moreno in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico on December 3.
[11] It served as a television taping for MLW Fusion, with several matches airing as part of its special Rise of the Renegades episode.
[14] Additional matches were taped for Fury Road, which aired as a television special on Bein Sports USA and on MLW's YouTube channel as part of the promotion's expanded event schedule.