On February 25, 2019, MLW.com announced that Major League Wrestling would be holding its first-ever event in Wisconsin on June 1. It was announced that Fury Road would take place at the Waukesha County Expo Center in Waukesha, Wisconsin.[5] MLW previously held an event Fury Road as a television taping for Fusion in 2018. However, on May 14, MLW announced that the 2019 edition of Fury Road would be a live television special to be aired on beIN Sports.[6]
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.[7]
On April 18, 2019, MLW.com announced that MLW was introducing a new title called the National Openweight Championship. It was announced that a four-man tournament would take place to determine the inaugural champion and the tournament final would take place at Fury Road.[8]Alexander Hammerstone defeated Gringo Loco in the first semi-final on the May 11 episode of Fusion[9] and Brian Pillman Jr. defeated Rich Swann in the second semi-final on the May 18 episode of Fusion,[10] thus setting up the tournament final between Pillman and Hammerstone to crown the inaugural champion at Fury Road, which would also continue the ongoing feud between The Hart Foundation and The Dynasty, Pillman and Hammerstone's respective stables.[11]
The event opened with a middleweight match between Gringo Loco and Myron Reed. Reed grabbed the ropes for leverage to pin Loco but the referee stopped the pinfall count due to illegal activity which led to Reed arguing with the referee. The distraction allowed Loco to hit a kneeling reverse piledriver to Reed for the win. Reed then hit Loco with brass knuckles after the match.
