[1] The trio enjoyed success as they are former one-time World Tag Team Champions within the promotion, defending the title under the Freebird rule.
[5] Pillman made his televised debut in MLW on the August 3 episode of Fusion, where he showed respect to Kevin Sullivan accepting him as his mentor.
[7] The trio established themselves as a villainous group and ranted against MLW management, which included Pillman turning on his mentor Kevin Sullivan and attacking him along with Hart and Smith on the August 31 episode of Fusion.
[8] Hart Foundation would dominate competition as they went on to defeat The Stud Stable and the team of ACH, Rich Swann and Marko Stunt on Fusion.
The three members of the Hart Foundation would go on to compete in separate singles matches at Saturday Night SuperFight, where Hart successfully defended the World Middleweight Championship against Austin Aries, Smith failed to win the National Openweight Championship from Alexander Hammerstone and Pillman lost to Low Ki.