IWA Puerto Rico Impacto Total 5/16/2026

IWA Puerto Rico Impacto Total 5/16/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/06/iwa-puerto-rico-impacto-total-592026.html

The next live event is today.. It's called El Gran Festival de Lucha Libre. It has:

IWA World Title - Manu (c) vs El Gladiador Boricua

Super Atomo vs Pedro Portillo III

Pupe Jackson vs El Dragon Nihan

Jon Dave Rose vs Jose Navarro

2Hot4U Open Challenge 

La Copa Alcaldesa de Loiza Rumble Boricua

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El Wizard and Raul Magnum are on commentary for this. 

Manu talks to Wizard and says he's cleaning up world champs all over the place. He says his opponent walked into his house and he broke his legs. He says this is his home and he will defend it with all his heart. He says he heard someone saying he was one step away from a grand slam. Manu says he is too.

Jose "El Mencho" Navarro's is in a sling. He says he would have loved to have given Pupe Jackson (Pupe is in the ring) a beating like he did last time but he's bringing his friend instead. It's Big Tito Lincoln.

Pupe Jackson vs Big Tito Lincoln

Jose Navarro is at ringside for this. 

Tito shoves Pupe down on the lock up. Tito slams him. Pupe side headlocks him then shoulders him over. Pupe bends over and is clubbed. Jose slaps and eye rakes Pupe from the outside. Tito hits punches and chops. 

Pupe no sells his shots and chops him back. He gets nowhere with it. Tito chops and corner splashes him. Pupe sunset flips him but Tito blocks it. Pupe rolls him up for 2. Tito does something like a flapjack/samoan drop. Pupe rolls out.

Jose boots Pupe outside. Pupe hits shots on Tito. Tito knees him in the gut and throws him in. Pupe pounds on him and hits chops. Tito chops him down. Pupe boots him out of the corner. Jose gets on the apron and Pupe grabs him. Tito forearms Pupe then does a grounded sleeper on him. 

Pupe hits shots to the gut then hits forearms. Tito running back elbows him. Pupe superkicks him twice. Tito lariats him. Pupe pushes Tito into the ref. Pupe low blows Tito then ddt's him. Pupe goes up top and Jose pushes him off the top. Jose is caught doing it and Tito gets DQ'd.

Thoughts: They got out of having either guy lose her which is fine. It was a pretty simple match with Pupe selling and Tito looking tough by not selling.

Edrax Torres and Pedro Portillo III come in the ring after and stomp Pupe. Tito hits a last ride powerbomb on Pupe. El Gladiador Boricua and Super Atomo make the save and the heels exit.

Savio Vega talks to El Dragon Nihan in the back. Vega says their next stops are to be so strong that even the base of the nose will tremble. Fernando Tonos comes in. Vega tells him to go away and says it's not good for him to be here. Vega says he's not welcome. Tonos says they made the mistake of attacking him recently. Tonos says because of that, he made a decision. He says Nihan is suspended for one day. Vega says that won't work. Tonos then says he's suspended for 30 days. 

Vega says he's crazy. Vega says Ricky Banderas is coming from AAA to fight him. Tonos says he made his decision and says Savio Vega will have to face Ricky Banderas instead. Vega says Tonos is delusional. Vega shows Tonos a doctor's order saying that he can't wrestle. Tonos says since neither can fight, Bandersas will face Vega's champ Manu. Vega says that fight can't happen and won't happen. Tonos says it will happen.

Vega suggests Banderas vs Manu with Vega as the special ref. Nihan grabs Tonos and starts punching him as Vega closes the door and yells, "no, no, no". The door then opens and Tonos is down.

We go back to the ring. Pupe, Gladiador and Atomo are still in there and it looks like we have a tag match.

Pupe Jackson, El Gladiador Boricua and Super Atomo vs Pedro Portillo III, Big Tito Lincoln and Pierto Tenorio

Atomo topes 2 wrestlers and Boricua pounds on Portillo. Pupe chops Tito then jumps off the rail onto him. Pupe then clips the ref on accident while doing it. Atomo back body drops and dropkicks someone in the ring. 

Boricua hits punches on Pedro in the ring then thesz presses him. Pedro hits punches on Boricua. Boricua hits shots to the gut. Boricua hits somes on the heels. Tito suplexes Boricua. Boricua is triple stomped on. 

Pierto splashes Boricua. Boricua suplexes him. Pedro and Pupe get in. Pupe hits punches on Pedro then lariats him. Pupe chops Pedro in the corner then hits mounted corner punches on him. Pupe uranage's him for 2. 

All 6 men fight in the ring. The heels are whipped into each other. Pupe jumps on Jose Navarro off the apron then beats him as they go to the back. Tito has Boricua up and Atomo dropkicks him over off the top. Boricua pins Tito.

Thoughts: I don't like Tito taking the fall here when Pierto was available. It was short but it was fun. The crowd liked it and it never got boring.   

Mr. Iguana says he and La Yesca are coming soon to IWA PR.

We get a video with voiceovers from Ricky Banderas, Savio Vega and Manu taking at each other. 

We then get a video on Glamour Boy Shane. 

Glamour Boy Shane then does a promo. He says the more things change, the more they stay the same. He says Savio Vega is using his old tricks to keep Manu champ. He talks about Saul from the bible being king and using his power poorly. He says David was the next king and was given Goliath. He says when God made Esther queen, he gave her a crisis. Shane says some people want the blessings but don't want the battle. Shane says he's ready to go to battle with Ricky Banderas. He says he will he will be the 2nd ref in the Banderas/Manu match to make sure Vega walks the straight and narrow. He says he will fall like Saul. He says it's time for Legendmania. 

Overall thoughts: We had 2 matches here and it was a shorter edition of the show. Tito/Pupe was one-sided and ended via DQ. we then had a fun little 6-man off of that. We then had angle where Nihan attacked Tonos and then it was announced that Glamour Boy Shane is coming in to be the special ref for Manu/Banderas at Legendmania. The show was okay as a whole but nothing must see. I'd give it a low 6 out of 10.