AAA on Fox 5/23/2026

AAA on Fox 5/23/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/aaa-on-fox-5162026.html

We are in Mexico City, Mexico. Corey Graves, JBL and Savio Vega are on commentary.

We see various wrestlers arrive and hang out. It seems like there are audio issues as we can't hear the commentators for this segment.

Chessman, Dorian, Marisela, Cibernetico, Texano Jr., the Mexican announcer Jesus and others are in the ring. Various wrestlers surround the ring and Dominik Mysterio is watching in the back. There is no English commentary for this segment.  

We see a video on the history of AAA. We then hear new translator talk (who we are told is Savio Vega) and he says they are introducing a new GM. Marisela Pena says today sets the path for the future of this company. She says the new GM is a visionary who understands the heart of wrestling. She says this person will take AAA to a new era. The new GM is Rey Mysterio. We then hear JBL and Graves.

Rey Mysterio comes out. JBL complains and says there will be riots everywhere. Dom Mysterio and Dorian Roldan are both upset about this. Savio Vega says hi to everyone. Rey Mysterio talks. He says he had a dream 30 years ago and says AAA gave him the one opportunity he asked for. He says he found a new family in AAA 30 years ago and returns as a GM. 

Rey says he will take the company to a bigger level. Rey announces that the AAA Cruiserweight Title will be up for grabs now and it's Laredo Kid vs Rey Fenix.

AAA World Cruiserweight Title Match - Laredo Kid (c) vs. Rey Fenix

They lock up. Kid backs him up in the corner. Rey wristlocks him. Kid headflips out. Rey does leapfrogs and takes armdrags. Rey misses a dropkick.

They shoulderblock battle. Kid topes Rey. Kid comes off the top and Rey sitout powerbombs him. Kid hits kicks and neckbereakers him. Kid michinoku drivers him for 2. Rey pulls Kid's throat down over the top rope. Rey is stuck on the 2nd rope. Rey 2nd rope moonsaults and backrolls into a cutter on Kid for 2.

Rey hits a death valley bomb for 2. They hit each other and Kid canadian destroyer ddt's Rey for 2. They trade chops and forearms. Rey high kicks him. Kid poisonrana's him. Rey germans him. 

Rey springboard spin kicks Kid in the face. Kid cradles Rey out of the mexican muscle buster. Rey superkicks him and rope walk kicks him. Kid takes a very weird looking fall into the ropes and is struggling to get up. The ref tries to stop Rey as Kid is still down. The ref looks to the bell ringer and low blows Rey. Kid then top rope frogsplashes Rey and pins him.

Thoughts: Kid's fake knockout at the end was pretty good here and he did some great selling for it. This just further confirms his heel turn. I didn't like this otherwise. They didn't sell much at all and the canadian destroyer ddt meant nothing.

Next week is the start of La Noche de Las Grandes and the big El Grande Americano Original vs El Grande Americano II mask match will happen next week.

Rey Mysterio talks to Laredo Kid in the back and Spanish. Rey complains about Kid won. Kid says a win is a win. Rey says Kid will face Rey Fenix again next week at Noche de los Grandes.

We see a pep rally for El Grande Americano II. 

Anything Goes Match - Los Americanos Hermanos (Bruto Creedo & Julio Creedo) vs. Los Americanos (Bravo Americano & Rayo Americano)

All 4 fight in the ring to start. JC clubs on Rayo then Rayo step up enzugiri's him. Rayo top rope la silla's JC. JC overhead throws him. Rayo takes a backcracker into a fallaway slam. Bravo top rope crossbodies BC. Bravo flying headscissors BC. Bravo hits punches on BC.

Bravo takes a double pop up drop. Bravo is held for shots. Rayo headscissors BC over the top. Bravo walks off of 2 people's backs and dives on JC outside. Rayo 2nd rope moonsaults JC. BC top rope cannonballs his opponents outside. Bravo is sent into the post. Rayo dropkicks BC. Rayo is slammed on the bottom half of the steps. The Creedo's miss a chair shot then get hit with chairs. JC takes double Kawada kicks and is double pounded on. 

JC's crotch is pulled into the post. A pinata El Grande is grabbed. Rayo meteora's the pinata into JC. Rayo tells Bravo to get the tables. JC backdrops Bravo on the apron. JC hits shots on Rayo. Rayo is hit with the pinata then lariated by JC. Rayo is slammed on a chair then side slammed on a chair. Rayo fights off both opponents. Rayo is held for a standing pedigree and JC jumps over BC's back to add more to it. 

Bravo comes in and hits JC with a US flag. BC is hurricanrana'd off the buckles and also hit with the flag. Bravo topes through the ropes and splashes BC on the floor. Bravo airplane spins JC. BC takes a double top rope diving headbutt for 2. Rayo and BC trade forearms. Rayo hits Kawada kicks and enzugiri's him. JC and Bravo then hit kicks. Bravo and Rayo take a super collider for 2. JC goes up top and hits a double superplex, which may be the first time that has ever been done. BC top rope moonsaults then JC top rope 450's Bravo for 2.

Rayo comes in and hits The Creedos with a kendo stick. BC is laid on a table. Bravo top rope splashes him through the table. Bravo loads up his mask on the ropes. He flying headbutts JC while Rayo russian legsweeps him. El Grande Americano Original belly to belly suplexes Bravo through a table. He then throws Rayo from the apron through the commentary table.

El Grande Americano II comes out. He hits Los Creedos with a chair. The Grande's argue in the ring but neither touches the other. Grande II gets on the mic and talks about what Grande Original did to him. Grande II gets him upset and Grande Original gets in the ring. Grande Original takes his jacket off and he has a shirt on with Grande II's girlfriend on it. 

Grande II goes to hit him but Rayo and Bravo stop him. Los Creedos then stop Grande Original from going after Grande II. Grande Original and Grande II then hit each other at the same time, so no one will get in trouble. They fight and everyone, including security, tries to break it up. 

Rey Mysterio comes out. He tells everyone to relax. He says they made a big mess on his first day as GM. He says he won't let this ruin the mask match next week and they start fighting again. Other wrestlers then come out to break the fight up. The match ends due to a no contest and everyone fights.

Thoughts: The match was very hard to call because the two teams look so much alike. Rayo has blue on his outfit which makes him look like Bravo. And in various positions, it's hard to tell The Creed's apart with masks on. They did about as good as they could without being able to get blood and without being able to do anything crazy. We got flying, brawling and various weapons shots. The crowd was into it too. The Grande vs Grande feud is easily the feud of the year and even their fights outside the ring have been entertaining. I thought they handled them hitting each other well here. Yeah, this was Los Creedos vs Los Americanos, but the real feud is here is Grande vs Grande and they did that well. This was good and effective. We didn't get a finish, but it didn't even matter.

We get a video with some comic graphics that covers the Grande vs Grande feud. 

Overall thoughts: The biggest match of the year is happening next week with El Grande Americano Original vs El Grande Americano II in the mask vs mask match. No, it won't get as much talk or as many views as anything at Mania did, but everyone who has been following AAA is hyped for that bout. It's been very well booked. The two have done some great brawls to lead up to it. El Grande II has become the second most over face in Mexico next to Mistico and the whole thing has just been massive success. I never watch AAA live, but I'm not missing that match for anything. They did a great job building up that match in the go home show and that's all that matters. 

I didn't like Rey/Laredo. It was indy wrestling and not my thing. We didn't get a finish in the main but the main and post-main shenanigans was good enough and it didn't matter. I love Savio Vega, but he was not good on commentary here. He's a great wrestler and an even better booker, but he wasn't fast or accurate enough as a translator and couldn't provide a lot. He's also a Puerto Rican wrestling guy, not a lucha guy and because those styles are so different, he can't really provide a lot of the insights on lucha like Rey can. Maybe he can get better, but it was not a good night for him.

As I alluded to though, it doesn't matter. They needed to get one thing right here with the mask vs mask match and they knocked it out of the park. This gets a 7 out of 10 from me and it was a good show.

WOW Women of Wrestling 5/23/2026 Season 6, Episode 33

WOW Women of Wrestling 5/23/2026 Season 6, Episode 33

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/wow-women-of-wrestling-5162026-season-6.html

We are in Las Vegas on Freemont Street. David McLane and Nigel Zane are on commentary.  

Top Tier comes out. Coach Campanelli says she will show why the world why she leads the best team in wrestling. She says she chose Xena Phoenix as she wants to show Xena at her peak. She says she wants to show the strength at the top of Top Tier and says she will show Coach Tip #1 - Coach always ends up on top.

Coach Campanelli vs Xena Phoenix

They lock up. CC cravates her. Xena rolls her up twice then armdrags her twice. Xena suplexes her for 2. CC dropkicks her, sending her headfirst into the buckles. CC pulls her hair around the 2nd rope. CC clubs on her and knees her in the back. CC dragon screws her. CC hits knees to the face. 

CC swinging neckbreakers her for 2. Xena rolls her up for 2. Xena hits lariats then arm throws her. Xena shoulders her over. Xena hits a corner splash. CC airplane spins her and does a twisting killswitch. CC pins her.

Thoughts: It was a shorter bout but it went well. Xena wasn't bad as a face and Coach worked fine with her. I don't love Xena losing clean like this though as she's one of the most talented girls on the roster and deserves better.

Coach talks after. She says Coach always ends up on top. She says one would think the assessments are done but she has something to show us.We see clips of Glitter and Krush arguing in the back. We see Glitter hitting Xena in the back of the leg with a steel pipe before their 5/2 match which made Xena limp to the ring. Coach says they have to wrestle again because of it. Glitter and Krush shove each other.

Thoughts: They didn't explain the attack on Xena well and if you don't watch regularly, you wouldn't have any idea what they are talking about. 

The Enlightened are interviewed. Samantha Smart says Scout Parker knows nature is about survival of the fittest and has the opportunity to be around The Enlightened and learn a thing or two. 

Scout Parker is interviewed.  She says her game plan is to bring her force of nature tonight and she's ready to show The Enlightened what her balance of enlightenment is.

Dr. Pam Demonium vs Scout Parker

Pam wristlocks Scout. Scout uses the ropes to flip out. Pam armlocks her, goes to lick her and is armdragged. Scout armdrags her into another pin attempt. Scout flying shoulders her then pumping knees her. Scout enzugiri's her. They go out and Pam lariats Scout on the floor. Pam hits a stroke on her for 2. 

Pam camel clutches her and butt drops her back. Pam neckbreakers her for 2. Pam stomps her. Scout flying headscissors her then flying back elbows her. Scout spin kicks her on the 2nd rope for 2. Scout standing moonsaults her for 2. Scout flying corner lariats her. The Classmaster hits Scout from the apron then Pam does a botched 2nd rope diving ddt for the win.

Thoughts: Things were going okay, then they had to botch the finish, which made his end on a sour note. Scout as a face wasn't a good idea on paper and it's really not working.

The Enlightened grab Scout after. Classmaster hits a big chop on Scout and Scout goes down. The Mighty Mights come out and pull Scout of the ring. This post-match beatdown was one of the weakest ones I've ever seen. 

The Enlightened are interviewed after. Pam asks if Scout will be ready for them. Pam says they will be back for enlightenment and won't give up on her. They say she will be enlightened.

Brooklyn Love does a promo from the tennis courts. She says Full Throttle is burning rubber right into Monsters and Metal. She says they will put pedal to the metal and there's only one outcome - they run you down and lead you into the dust. She tells Monsters and Metal to get ready to get flattened.

Next week has Penelope Pink vs Genesis in a WOW World Title match.

WOW Tag Titles - Miami's Sweet Heat (Lindsay and Laurie Carlson) (c) vs Best 4 Business (Sandy Shore and Kara Kai) vs Ashley Blaze and Tara Strike

All 6 girls fight. Tara and Blaze get sent out. B4B get on MSH's backs and are rammed into the corners. B4B hits stereo sunset flips on B4B. Kai avoids corner splashes and tags in Tara. Tara hits a strike combo on Laurie then leg lariats her for 2. 

Tara legsweeps Laurie and Blaze bottom rope sentons Laurie. Blaze suplexes Laurie for 2. Blaze backrolls Lindsay then dropkicks her for 2. Blaze crossbodies Lindsay then Lindsay boots Blaze. Shore rolls up Lindsay then is thrown backwards. Shore is double booted in the corner. Kai takes a double suplex from MSH.

Kai hurricanrana's Lindsay for 2. Blaze is caught off the 2nd rope and Tara 2nd rope dropkicks them over. Kai pulls Blaze out of the ring. Shore natural selection's Laurie for 2. Laurie takes a double hip attack then a double spin kick for 2.

Tara takes shots from Shore in the corner. Shore chinlocks her. Tara high kicks Shore then Shore pulls her down backwards. Shore curbstomps Tara for 1. B4B and MSH fight. MSH are pulled out by them. B4B are knocked off the apron and Tara dives on them off the apron. 

Blaze then topes everyone. Kai does a tequila shot variation on Tara. Blake TKO's Kai. Laurie spinning lariats Blaze. Shore code red's Laurie then Lindsay lariats Shore. Animal Instinct come out. Tara high kicks Lindsay then Laurie is hit with a double superkick. Animal Instinct beat up MSH outside. Blaze hits a knee to the face to a B4b member while Tara buzzsaw kicks a B4B member. Blaze and Tara both pick up pins and win the tag titles!

Thoughts: So the finish likely happened as Animal Instinct said they wanted Miami's Sweet Heat on the 2/14 episode. But...that was February and there's been no updates since so it came off as being random even though it wasn't. The match wasn't that bad for how many people were involved. I probably would have had B4B beat Strike/Blaze by cheating somehow which would force a rematch and build up to Strike/Blaze winning. Instead, Strike/Blaze got the decisive win here and I don't know that we need to see them face B4B again.

Overall thoughts: The show was alright. In-ring wise, it was the usual quality. Coach/Xena wasn't bad and Xena carried Coach to one of her better matches. Pam/Scout had a botched finish which hurt things. The main was fine and we had a title change. How that played out could have been done better though. We've got some clear things set up for the future like MSH/Animal Instinct, Brooklyn Love's crew vs Monsters and Metal and The Enlightened/Scout Parker. I'd give it a higher 5 out of 10 as they did some things well but could have improved on some other things. It was above average.

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XLIV 5/23/2026

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XLIV 5/23/2026

The last SNME is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/01/wwe-saturday-nights-main-event-xliii.html

Note - This is one of the weakest special show cards WWE has ever put out. Cody, Roman, Punk, Seth, Drew, Gunther, Bron Breakker, The Uso's, LA Knight, Orton, Fatu, Trick, Brock, Danhausen and Oba are all missing from this. Even a bunch of mid to upper card guys are missing from this.

We are in Fort Wayne, IN. Michael Cole and Wade Barrett are on commentary for this. 

Rhea Ripley, Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair vs Jade Cargill, Michin and B-Fab

CF is wearing gear with friendship bracelets on it and she's wearing pig tails. 

RR and Fab start us off. RR forearms her then lariats her down. RR bangs Fab's head off the mat and AB flying headscissors Fab. AB hits shots on Mich then basement dropkicks her. AB throws her down backwards, double knee drops her and rolling sentons her for 2. AB is lifted into a dropkick on Mich.

Mich boots CF out of the corner. CF snapmares her and CF headscissor rolls her. CF forward handspring lariats Mich. Fab is flatlinered into the ropes. AB crossbodies Fab off the buckles. Jade superkicks AB. 

Jade and CF stand off. Mich hits CF from behind then hits mounted shots on her. Jade running lariats CF. Mich gets a 2 count on CF. Fab boots CF in the corner. Jade does push-up's to taunt CF. Mich suplexes CF for 2. Mich guillotine chokes CF. CF boots Mich out of the corner. Mich hurricanrana's CF for 2. CF back body drops Mich then CF and Fab boot each other at the same time. RR comes in and running dropkicks Jade off the apron.

RR lariats Mich down twice. She kicks her in the gut and drops her face first on the mat. RR low dropkicks Mich. RR top rope dropkicks Mich for 2. RR headbutts Mich then Mich poisonrana's her. AB spinning ddt's Mich for 2. 

Mich jawbreakers AB. Fab ddt's AB for 2. AB counters the heels and hits a double ddt. CF top rope crossbodies Fab and Mich. CF germans Mich. CF is almost pushed into RR. Mich catches CF with the styles clash for 2.

RR headbutts Fab. Jade superkicks RR. AB slaps Jade. CF facekicks Jade. AB and CF get hit from the heels. Jade and RR get in the ring together. They trade shots at the same time. RR headbutts her then hits riptide for 2. 

Everyone starts getting a shot in. CF saves RR. CF and RR hit stereo fallaway slams. AB hugs both. Jade pushes RR into Cf. Jade pump kicks RR then hits a jade end on her for the win.

Thoughts: The crowd really liked it. It was a long opener. They definitely tried to follow the format of a good match and it wasn't bad. I think you could have put anyone in this and get similar results. They ran with the story of Flair and Rhea not getting along all match long, then they lost when things were going well for them.

 We see various wrestlers arrive. Cathy Kelly interviews Ethan Page. Page says it's not the biggest night of his career, it's the biggest night of Cathy's career as she gets to interview him before he wins the title. He says it's also the IC Title's biggest night as it gets the spotlight it deserves. Page says Penta's reason for being champ happens tonight as he gets to hand him the title.

Sol Ruca is interviewed after a Sol/Lynch highlight package. Cathy says some say Sol isn't ready for a match like this. Sol says the real question is if Becky is ready. She says she won't take the match lightly and says it only takes one sol snatcher to know the next gen is here.

Becky Lynch vs Sol Ruca

BL throws the title at her and pounds on her. Sol knocsk her down and he bell rings. Sol drops her chest first on the mat. Sol springboard twisting crossbodies her. Sol sweeps her and superkicks her. Sol springboard 450's into a lariat on BL.

Sol handstands on the apron then PK's her there. Sol 2nd rope moonsaults onto BL outside. Sol armdrags her. Sol hits forearms in the corner. BL facekicks her. Sol superkicks her in the gut. They botch a spot where Sol is supposed to do a move to the ref (BL is supposed to pull the ref into Sol). The ref then calls for the bell and DQ's Becky.

Thoughts: Wow, this sucked. Things were going well and they quickly went to a DQ. Do this stuff on Raw, not on a special show.

BL comes back in and hits Sol with her title from behind. She then uranage's her and pounds on her. BL hits 2 more uranage's.

Penta says Ethan Page keeps talking about his title but the talking stops tonight. He says he fights with fire and never backs down. He says Page is an arrogant clown. He says he will learn why Penta is zero miedo.

We get a video on the Intercontinental Title.

Becky Lynch talks to Nick Aldis in the back. Nick says him and Adam Pearce saw what happened. Nick says Becky will face Sol now at Clash in Italy in a title match. Becky complains of corruption.

Nia Jax and Lash Legend are interviewed. Nia says they will make sure they aren't former tag champs anymore. Lash says it's time to end the nostalgia tour. Nia says they are stronger, taller and better and will make history by making Paige/Brie history.

WWE Intercontinental Title - Penta (c) vs Ethan Page

Penta waistlocks Page. Page backrolls and is kicked. Page hits punches on Penta in the corner then stomps him. Penta flying headscissors him and tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him. Penta springboards and is dropkicked in mid-air. Page hits mounted punches. 

Page is dropped face first on the buckles. Penta walks up the buckles, seated moonsaults and armdrags him. Penta superkicks him outside. Page superkicks him outside. Penta is then back body dropped onto the commentary table. Penta is sent into the post twice. Page elbow drops Penta for 2.

Page chinlocks him. Page basement dropkicks him for 2. Page chinlocks him again. Penta hits chops and Page forearms him. Penta superkicks him in the leg then facebusters him. Penta enzugiri's him in the corner then handstand dobule pendulum kicks him. Penta tope con hilos him outside.

Penta top rope crossbodies him. Page facekicks him. Penta reverse headscissors Page off then top then springboard ddt's him for 2. Page boots and kicks him out of the corner. Page powerslams him for 2. Page does an up and over backcracker for 2.

Penta and Page trade chops. They superkick and facekick each other down. Page flying single leg codebreakers him for 2. Penta hits a made in Japan for 2. Page flying knees him. They fight on the buckles. Page pulls on Penta's mask and 2nd rope powerslams him for 2. 

Page pounds on him then takes off the top buckle. Penta misses a charge and goes into another exposed buckle for 2. Penta springboard canadian destroyers him and pins him.

Thoughts: I liked the match. It got enough time, they didn't overdo it and they had me convinced Page had a shot of winning it. Page did a bit more flying than usual and heeled it some. This was one of Penta's better matches and I thought it was good. 

Paige and Brie Bella are interviewed. Brie says she and Paige have each other's backs. She says she believes in them. Paige says this was never supposed to happen. Paige says they aren't supposed to win tonight but will.

The Street Profits do a promo. AD says they are going for the tag titles and are about to get that money. Ford says if he can trust him then tonight is that night. 

WWE Women's Tag Titles - Paige and Brie Bella (c) vs Nia Jax and Lash Legend

Nia misses a charge and Lash takes a double dropkick. Nia takes a double bulldog and Paige running knees Nia for 2. Brie top rope double axe handles Nia. Nia catches her off the top and samoan drops her for 2. Brie double boots Lash out of the corner. 

Paige comes in and Lash grabs both opponents by the throat. Lash takes a double codebreaker. Lash hits mounted shots on Paige for 2. Lash hits short arm shoulderblocks on her then splashes her for 2. Nia shakes her butt on Paige on the ropes. Nia chops her. 

Nia cobra clutches Paige. Lash forearms Paige in the corner. Lash lariats her for 2. Paige hits shots on Lash then has her head banged on the mat. Lash chokes Paige on the ropes. Nia hits corner splashes on Paige.

Paige pulls Lash out. Nia goes shoulder first into the post when Paige moves. Brie top rope dropkicks Nia then hits chest kicks. Brie running knees her for 2. Nia pop-up headbutts Brie.

Nia samoan drops Brie. Lash 2nd rope splashes Brie. Brie is held in the air and Nia 2nd rope legdrops her for 2. Paige sunset flips Nia and pins her with Brie's help.

Thoughts: It wasn't that bad and could have been a bit cleaner at times. It was better than I expected though. I am curious as to what the plan is for Brie and Paige as I'm sure Paige will get pushed aside as soon as Nikki is healed. I don't know where Nia and Lash go now.

The Vision are interviewed. Logan says they are the greatest crossover stars in WWE history and are the greatest tag team champions in the history of the world. Logan says the tag titles are the smoke and if The Profits want the smoke, they will bring it to them. They say the smoke is for them and not The Profits.

World Tag Team Titles - The Vision (Logan Paul and Austin Theory) vs The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford)

Ford rolls up Austin to start when he's not looking. Austin shoulders Ford over. Ford side headlocks him and Austin side headlocks him back. Austin shoulders him over. 

LP comes in. He boots Ford in the gut then shoulders him over. Ford goes up and over LP and then hits armdrags. Ford dropkicks him multiple times. LP is hit with a double flapjack then Austin is double flapjacked onto him. The heels go out and regroup. They tease leaving and The Profits attack them in the aisle.

Ford corkscrew splashes LP in the corner and spinning enzugiri's him for 2. Logan hits shots on the faces. LP hits mounted shots on AD. LP jumps off Austin's back into a splash on AD. Austin double underhook suplexes AD. Austin stomps AD. AD takes a double shoulderblock. LP chinlocks AD.  

LP lariats AD. Austin hits shots on AD. Austin hits corner spears on AD and back elbows him. AD boots LP out of the corner. LP stops AD from making a tag. LP hits AD in the gut. AD neckbreakers Austin, which makes him ddt LP. Ford top rope diving elbows Austin. Ford lariats Austin. 

Austin forearms Ford then rolls into his powerslam. Ford standing moonsaults him for 2. Austin spinning forearms Ford and LP buckshot lariats Ford. Ford rolls up Austin for 2. Austin is thrown into a german from Ford. Ford topes LP.

Austin takes an electric chair blockbuster for 2. FOrd enzugiri's LP and AD lariats LP over the top. Ford tope con hilos over the post onto the heels. Bron Breakker comes down, tries to spear Ford and is pounced by AD onto the commentary table. AD spinebusters Austin and Ford top rope splashes Austin for 2 when Heyman puts Austin's foot on the ropes.

Ford stares down Heyman. Ford follows him outside, jumps off the steps and LP hits him with brass knucks. AD tope con hilos LP. Austin pins Ford.

Thoughts: It was a nice main. We got some nice flying and The Vision surprisingly won this one. It could have been a little cleaner at times but it worked out just fine. 

Bron Breakker runs in the ring after and spears AD and Ford. The heels then pose to close the show.  

Overall thoughts: Starpower wise, this was one of the weakest special shows ever. There's no excuse or explanation for it. Even if you put wrestler names into a hat and picked names, you'd get better stars than what we got here. The opener wasn't bad. Lynch/Sol was a joke. I liked Penta/Page and the Women's Tag Titles match was acceptable. I liked the main. There's nothing you need to see here but the wrestlers did make the most of this situation. I'd give the show a low 6 out of 10 as most of the matches were okay, but they get a 0 out of 10 for effort here. The show was alright. 

WWC Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre 5/23/2026

WWC Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre 5/23/2026

The last show is here:

The next live event is tomorrow on 5/24/26. It is a free show at the Shark Roller Rink in Aguadilla. It has:

La Gran Batalla Campal Battle Royal

John Hawking vs Lightning

Joe Bravo vs Chicano

Mike Nice and Oscar Benarbe vs Los Informantes

Xavant vs El Diabolico

La Guerrera Amazona vs Stephany Amalbert 

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Abel Durant and Axel Cruz are our hosts.

We see our first clips from Furia Extrema last week. The video quality of the clips is absolutely awful. Markova won the WWC Women's Title and hit La Amazona Guerrera with it. Xavant won his natch. Tony Leyenda and The Colon's interfered in La Amenaza Bryan's match with Intelecto 5 Estrellas. Chicano saved Bryan form a larger beating. A masked man, who turned out be Lou Forza, interfered in the Paparazzi/Ray Gonzalez vs Colon's match. 

Abel Durant and Axel Cruz welcome us to the show.  Axel says he loves Natalia Markova.

WWC Junior Heavyweight Title - "El Hostil" Jovan (c) vs El Informante

We join this in progress. Jovan goes for a tope and is hit. Info elbow drops him then chops him down. Info chops him in the corner. Info eye pokes him and lariats him. Info pushes Wendy the ref and Wendy pushes him back right in the head. Jovan 2nd rope twisting crossbodies him but Info gets his feet on the ropes. Info and Wendy shove each other. Wendy shoves him over and Jovan pins Info.

Thoughts: We didn't get to see much of this and it was full of shenanigans with the ref and Informante shoving each other.

Informante then gives Wendy an F rating on his clipboard.

Wilfredo Rivera does a promo. He says he will be part of the battle royal tomorrow. He says he has a mission and goals and won't allow anyone to delay his progress in the company. 

Ray Gonzalez does a promo. He talks about the free show tomorrow. He invites everyone to come. He says he will do a meet and greet there. He then says his checkmate line.

We get an ad for the 5/30 Moca show. It has:

Chicano vs Intelecto Cinco Estrellas

Zcion RT1 vs Lightning

La Amenaza Bryan vs Tony Leyenda

John Hawking vs Amaddeo Sole

Wilfredo Rivera vs El Informante #1

Mike Nice vs Orly Jr. of Los Informantes

Oscar Benabe vs El Informante #2

La Guerrera Amazona vs Stephany Amalbert

El Payaso Makabro vs El Diabolico

Victor Jovica will have a contract signing between Intelecto Cinco Estrellas and Zcion RT1 for the 53rd Anniversary Show Main Event (This is almost assuredly going to have some kind of major stipulation or gimmick involved).

WWC Women's Title - Kamila (c) vs Natalia Markova

We join this in progress. Nat bangs Kam's head off the apron and mounts her for a pin attempt. Kam hits forearms and corner splashes her. Kam corner crossbodies her for 2. Nat goes outside and grabs the WWC Women's Title. She brings it in with her and holds it up. La Guerrera Amazona comes out and takes it from her.

Kam dropkicks Nat from behind and 619's her. Kam misses a top rope splash. Nat spinning heel kicks her in the corner and pins her with a double underhook ddt. 

Thoughts: We didn't get much of this and what we got didn't look that good with some weak shots. Markova winning probably should have been expected here as now she can lose it at the big 53rd Anniversary show. It also sets up an easy match with La Amazona Guerrera.

An Informante does a promo. He gives the ref's and Benabe/Nice an "F". He says the refs are slow and full of trickery and corruption. He says Pelayo Vasquez is responsible too and he'll be waiting for him.

Mike Nice and Oscar Benabe do a promo. Oscar says every time they fight Los Informantes, they try to trip them up but they have one foot ahead. Mike says they fight tomorrow and says they will have an afternoon of entertainment tomorrow.

Eddie Colon talks to the sound guy in the back. He says to turn off the mic if Chicano tries to talk on it tonight.

WWC Tag Titles (Vacant) - Special Ref: Orlando Toledo - Los Matadores Celestiales (Mike Nice and Oscar Benabe) vs Orly Jr. & Lou Forza

We join this in progress. Lou Forza is replacing Tapia here. OB misses a corner charge and 2nd rope dropkicks Lou. The faces hit double sunset flips but Toledo slow counts. Orly neckbreakers Nice and Toledo fast counts. 

Lou tells Orly to go up top. Benabe tries to jump off of Lou's back but slips when he's supposed to cutter Orly in mid-air. Benabe has the pin and Toledo just stops counting. Nice and Benabe get upset at Toledo. 

Lou codebreakers Nice from the side. Orly superkicks Toledo on accident. Orly takes a suplex + sitout powerbomb combo. Another ref comes out while Toledo is down and counts the pin for the faces.

Thoughts: We only saw a little of it and what we saw didn't look that great as Benabe messed up his big spot here. It's a shame Tapia didn't make this match as him and Orly have been feuding with Nice/Benabe for months and it would have been nice to see a decisive battle. I guess that leaves room for yet another rematch, but that match has been done to death.

John Hawking says he has two important matches tomorrow in the battle royal and vs Lightning. He says he respects the living legend Lightning. He says he beat him before and says Lightning knows what he's made of. He says he's better prepared this time. 

Joe Bravo does  promo. He says he knows Chicano will come back with desire and eagerness to return to the ring. He says he ants Chicano to look him in the eyes and see his patience and calmness. He says he imagines Chicano was preparing hard and hitting the gym hard on his break from WWC. Joe says he's always prepared for anyone but despite his calmness, there's a beast inside who is always ready.

Chicano does a promo. Chicano says Joe Bravo did not take his place as Eddie Colon planned. He says Colon made a mistake putting him in a position where he faces someone he beat before. He says he will run over Bravo and come straight for Eddie Colon.

The refs talk in the back. Toledo asks why Wendy is calling Pelayo Vasquez. Toledo asked why the other ref got involved in his match. The ref says that's his job. Toledo says he will give him a summary of his job and kicks the other refs out. He says the ref has been here a long time and says he's a Pelayo suck up. Informante comes up to him and shoves dog food in his face. They then put the ref on the ground and rub his face into it. Toledo says this is so he learns respect. Toledo says he's the head of the ref's and says that ref needs to learn that.

El Cafe del Millenio

Ray and Paparazzi bring out La Amazona Guerrera. Natalia Markova just stomped  on her before this. She says she has a lot to say about what Eddie Colon did to her and her colleagues. She says what matters to her is that she wants to challenge Natalia Markova for the Women's World Title. Natalia Markova comes out and poses with the title. We cut ahead and Amazona is gone. They bring out Chicano and leave the ring so he can speak by himself.

The sound guy says he has instructions from Eddie Colon to not let him speak and to turn his mic off. Eddie Colon comes out. Eddie says he doesn't want Chicano in the company and he's voted out. Eddie says he's the boss. Eddie calls Chicano a disgrace. Carlito Colon then backcrackers Chicano from behind. Eddie says that's the consequences of not following instructions. Eddie and Carlito stomp Chicano. Eddie says this is what he deserves. He says he will curse his mother. 

Lightning comes out. Carlito hits Chicano in the head with a chair. Lightning goes to the back without doing anything. Chicano is busted open. Eddie says this is what Chicano deserves. He says Chicano is going to the trash heap.

Abel talks about La Tigressa, whom the 53rd Anniversary show is dedicated to.

We then hear from La Tigressa. She thanks everyone for celebrating this with her. She says the show is dedicated to her. She says WWC is the #1 company in PR and says she learned here and faced great wrestlers here. She says she is invited us to join her on 6/27. 

El Diabolico says the show tomorrow will be in his home town and he will face Xavant. He says Xavant is still the lost soul running around. Hr says he is a tremendous fighter but says he will show him where boys and men are seperated. He says he will show what the devil is capable of. He says may God have mercy on his sould.

Xavant does a promo. He says the champ has arrived and he wants to greet everyone. He says we are stopping in Aguadilla before the 53rd Anniversary show. He says he's facing one of the most deceitful heels. He says the champ has arrive and is in national hero mode. He says he's ready for the competition. He says he will pay the ultimate consequences and says he will persevere until he triumphs as that is what champions do.

The mayor of Aguadilla talks about WWC returning. 

Abel and Axel then close the show. They talk about Alberto el Patron showing up on social media. It seems like he'll be a lock for the 53rd Anniversary Show as well. 

Overall thoughts: We had a lot going on here with recaps from Furia Extrema, hype for the 53rd Anniversary Show, lots of shilling for tomorrow's show, some clips of matches and clips from El Cafe del Mileno. It wasn't great but they had a lot to cover here and did a decent job doing it. I'd give this a 5 out of 10 overall and would say it was average, but the TV has been so weak lately that this was above average. 

NWA Powerrr 5/23/2026

NWA Powerrr 5/23/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/nwa-powerrr-5162026.html

Joe Galli, Tim Storm and The Pope are on commentary.

We get a video on Idol/Silas to start.

Kyle Davis talks to Daisy Kill in the ring. DK says his name and says he has been unsuccessful vs Eric Smalls multiple times. DK says Eric got lucky and is a little freak of a person. He says he'll kiss his boot if he loses as he's so confident he can beat him.

Kiss My Boot Match - Daisy Kill vs Eric Smalls

DK facekicks him down and bangs his head off the mat. DK hits mounted corner punches. Eric lifts him in the electric chair and drops him backwards. Eric then does the worm with a headspin and legdrops him. DK electric chairs him and Eric bulldogs him off of it for the win.

Thoughts: I didn't like this at all. DK went down quick, clean and easy and I don't know why.

Eric waits for his boot to be kissed and DK punches him right in the crotch.

The Cazana's do a promo. Joe says they are going to Disney World after they win The Crockett Cup.  Joe says they will knock the ToC down in size and says they always do it by the book.

The Good Brothers do a promo. Doc says The Cazana's beat them clean. the Slimeballz come in and says they did a good job trying. The offer advice as they are the US champs. Sage says the fluked and says Joe Cazana is dumb. Sage says better luck next time and come to them when you need them. Karl says he doesn't like them and Doc says they smell weird.

NWA World Title - No Limits Match - Silas Mason (c) vs Bryan Idol

They hockey fight to start. Idol lariats him over the top rope. Idol top rope plancha's him outside. We go to break.

Kenzie Paige says Kylie Paige cost her The Burke Gauntlet and says she turned on her. Kylie says if she can't get the title, she wants another Paige to win it.

David Crockett talks about his best friends in wrestling like Jerry Brisco. He says they were crazy. He says Roddy Piper was great. He says Ric Flair offered to start the company over with him when it closed. He says he and Ric celebrate his birthday and the plane crash.

We return from break. Silas bangs Idol's head off a table. Silas then bangs Idol's head off the side of the table. Silas is pushed into the post. They fight in the aisle and Silas is sent into the wall. Idol double underhook suplexes him on the floor for 2. Silas slams Idol on the floor.

Silas hits Idol in the gut with a chair. Silas puts a chair between the bottom rope and the mat. Idol sends Silas face first into it. Idol goes for a dive and Silas hits him with a chair. 

We go to break. The Titans of Calamity do a promo. Talos says he's been waiting to get his hands on Joe Cazana for a long time. Tal says he's going to get his hands on the trophy and a bowl of KFC. Ren makes a Colonel Sanders remark.

We return from break. They are still fighting outside. Idol's head is banged off the apron. Silas bangs Idol's head off a rail then hits mounted punches. They fight in the bleachers. Idol flying knees him and Silas falls down the steps.

Silas hits him with a chair. Idol suplexes Silas on chairs. Idol slingblades him in the ring. Idol superkicks him. Idol hits a double jump moonsault. Silas gutwrench powerbombs him. 

Silas sets up a table in the ring. Silas' legs are bleeding. They fight on the buckles. Alex Taylor joins them and Idol pushes Alex through the table. Idol bringing butters Silas. Kerry Morton flying pumping knees Idol. Kerry goes to pull Silas onto Idol. Ricky Morton tells Kerry to do something and Kerry puts Idol on top of Silas for 2. 

Silas stares down Kerry and Kerry is scared. The crowd chants "you messed up" at Kerry. Silas chases Kerry out. Idol and Silas hockey fight. Idol takes a thrill ride and Silas pins him.

Thoughts: The big news coming out of this was Kerry trying to cost Silas the match. They've been having some issues and this solidifies that split. I like The Southern Six, so I don't like to see them break up. I was surprised Idol didn't win here and I'm not sure if he will ever win the title since he couldn't here. The match was acceptable but not much more. The outside brawling didn't do that much for me and the in-ring parts weren't that great.

Natalia Markova does a promo. She says Tiffany Nieves caught her off guard and congratulates her. She says she's on top of the world now but both of them know it won't last. Nat says she doesn't need shortcuts and takes pride in everything she does. She says she can enjoy the title for now, but don't get too comfortable.

2026 Crockett Cup Finals - The Titans of Calamity (Talos and Ren Ayabe) vs The Country Gentlemen (AJ and KC Cazana)

Tal offers a test of strength but KC can't reach. KC slaps him. KC flying shoulders him and gets nowhere. Tal back body drops him. Tal backs up AJ in the corner. AJ side headlocks Ren. Ren shoulders him over. Ren slams AJ. Ren back body drops AJ and barely gets him over. Tal stomps and foot chokes AJ in the corner. 

Tal hits corner spears on AJ. Ren foot chokes AJ then hits forearms. Tal pulls AJ's throat down over the 2nd rope. AJ hits spears and punches to Ren's back. AJ chokes Ren and tags out. KC stomps Ren. We go to break. 

It's Me...Carson Drake

Drake says Silas' NWA Title reign is on a timer. He says he has had everything he wanted his entire life but can't get his hands on the NWA Title. He says he will fight him like a man who has nothing to lose. He says he will win the NWA Title and leave him the same man he was before. He says Silas can't beat him.

We return to the match. KC stomps Ren. AJ foot chokes Ren. AJ camel clutches Ren. KC knocks Talos off the apron. AJ flapjacks KC onto Ren. KC does his strut and misses the legdrop. Ren misses a big boot by KC sells it anyway. Tal comes in and rams AJ into KC then slams AJ onto KC. Joe Cazana comes in to hit Tal with a book and Tal head chops Joe.

Tal hits a facekick on KC. AJ takes a double boot out. KC takes a double chokeslam and is pinned.

Thoughts: I was surprised to see the ToC win. They probably aren't going to be around a ton due to Ren living in Japan and wrestling for AJPW. The match wasn't that good and the various breaks really took away from it. We also didn't have clear faces in this one.

Overall thoughts: We had 3 matches. Daisy/Smalls was short and dumb. The NWA Title match was acceptable but nothing too great. That was mostly notable for Kerry turning on Silas too. The main wasn't anything too special and didn't have clear faces in it. I'd give it a 4 out of 10 as the wrestling was cut up by breaks which hurt it and the matches weren't anything special. I thought it was below average.

CMLL 5/22/2026 Viernes Espectacular

CMLL 5/22/2026 Viernes Espectacular

The announcer is in the ring and talks about tonight's matches. 

Lightning Match - Estudiante Jr. vs. Tornado

EJ backs him up on the ropes. Tor armdrags rolls him. They trade some holds on the mat. EJ trips him and they stand off. EJ monkey flips him. Tor moonsaults off the ropes into an armdrag and does a spinning reverse headscissors. To then headflips up while EJ does push up's. 

Tor enzugiri's him from the ropes and top rope tornillo's him. Tor does a nice springboard corkscrew headscissors. They go out. Tor backrolls on the apron into a reverse headscissors on EJ. Tor tope con hilos but EJ catches him and powerbombs him on the floor.

EJ pop up drops him then lariats him down for 2. Tor half crabs him. Tor boots him out o the corner. EJ misses a corner charge and goes out. Tor walks up the buckles and flips off the post on EJ. EJ rolls through a springbord crossbody. Tor rolls him up for 2. EJ blocks his top rope hurricanrana and 2nd rope powerbombs him. EJ wins.

Thoughts: This went well. Tornado did some nice flying with extra twists on it and EJ kept powerbombing him down. The powerbomb on the floor really should have ended things though.

Dark Silueta, Olympia & Reyna Isis vs. Garra Negra, India Sioux & Thunder Rosa

India and Reyna go at it. Reyna armdrags her. India hiptosses her then takes her down by the arm. Reyna armdrags her. India hits armdrags on her. Reyna armdrags her then Reyna totally misses a double flying chop but they sell it anyway. Reyna misses a vader bomb and India dropkicks her.

India flying headscissors Reyna then tilt-a-whirl backbreakers her. Dark comes in. She backrolls and is dropkicked in the butt. Dark kicks the ropes into India then dropkicks her against the bottom rope. Dark shoulders Garra over. Garra pumping knees her. Olym comes in and flying headscissors Garra.

Rosa comes in. Olym boots her then Rosa armdrags her. Rosa flying headscissors her and superkicks her. Rosa dropkicks her against the bottom rope for 2. Rosa takes a crner dropkick then a handstand pendulum la silla. Garaa is then held for a double low dropkick.

Garra is dropkicked while on the 2nd rope then Dark backcrackers her there. Garra is held for an Olym springboard double stomp.

Rosa is double stomped on by the heels then she is leg choked on the 2nd rope. Olym ties Rosa's hair to the top rope. India is triple stomped on. Olym stands on India's back then her partners take top rope dropkicks. India tilt-a-whirl armdrags Olym. Garra drops Rosa onto Dark. Dark takes a pumping knee to the back of the head for 2. 

India drops Rosa off a half-nelson. Rosa knees Dark in the face and takes a flying back elbow for 2. India top rope crossbodies Dark then dropkicks her. Rosa la silla's Dark off the apron outside. India triangle springboard plancha's Dark outside. Reyna then topes Rosa. Olym springboard plancha's her opponents outside. Garra then top rope plancha's outside. 

Dark rolls up Rosa for 2. They trade shots in the ring and Rosa rolls her into a double stomp and pins her.

Thoughts: They hit most of their spots but there was a lot of waiting at times for that next spot to hit and there were a lot of people coming in and out at their leisure. I'm not sure that Rosa needed to get the pin here but I guess it doesn't matter all that much. It went better than the usual women's match but some of the waiting around hurt this.

They run an ad for the Pittsburgh Steelers then have Neon, the Steelers mascot and others wear Steelers colors out. 

Barbaro Cavernario & El Sky Team (Mascara Dorada & Neon) vs. Don Callis Family (El Clon, Hechicero & Rocky Romero)

Hech takes down Barb. Barb trips him and they trade chops. Barb is triple teamed. Hech then takes a superkick and an MD armdrag. Neon codebreakers Hech and Barb flying headscissors Hech. MD hits a springboard double crossbody. Neon springboard diving headscissors Clon then MD top rope diving headscissors RR. Neon is caught on a tope and put into the rails. MD is then caught on a tope and powerbombed onto the rails. Barb walks up the ropes, springboards and plancha's his partners when his opponents move.

Barb is then double teamed outside. Clon eye rakes MD then stomps him while he's in tree of woe. MD's legs are split. He is held upside down and RR basement dropkicks him. Neon is held on the ropes and is top rope double stomped. Barb is held on the ropes and triple teamed.  

Clon plants off the top and moonsaults Barb. Hech sentons Barb then powerbombs RR onto Hech. The heels pose. Hech and RR hit suplexes on the ramp on MD and Neon. Barb is then double and triple teamed in the ring. Barb makes a comeback and hits a dropkick. MD is popped up from the ramp and he flying headscissors Hech. Neon springboard diving armdrags Clon.

Clon takes corner attacks and Barb giant swings him. The faces then dropkick Clon as he swings. Neon is spinebustered then chopped by Hech. The faces get some offense in and get 2 counts. Neon is sent into the buckles. Clon superkicks MD then overhead kick him. 

Barb hammerlock suplexes Clon. RR boots Barb out of the corner. Neon dropkicks RR out of the ring. Neon's springboard is blocked by Hech. Hech is knocked off the apron. MD moonaults off the post while Neon does his blind step up moonsault while Barb topes outside between the ropes.

All 3 heels are down in the ring. 2 of the faces miss dives and Barb hits a vader bomb. Neon and MD's arms are tied together and the heels go for pins on them. RR hits corner lariats on Barb. Clon plants off the top into a moonsault outside onto Neon and MD. Hech step up knees Barb then RR running shiranui's Barb. RR topes MD. Hech flips Barb into a pin and pins him.

Thoughts: We only had one fall here so it was a longer one fall match. It was mostly a tornado tag here with people doing whatever they pleased. The faces triple dive spot was cool and Clon's plant moonsault to the outside as nice as well. I'm not a huge fan of these free for all matches as they lose their structure and it's just people doing whatever until the finish happens. I didn't like this that much but they did try.

Copa Jr. VIP 2026 Semi Final Cibernetico Match - Angel de Oro vs. Soberano Jr. vs. Espanto Jr. vs. Star Jr. vs. El Cobarde vs. Atlantis Jr. & Villano III Jr. vs. Zandokan Jr. vs. Brillante Jr. vs. Hijo de Stuka Jr.

The wrestlers fight as intros go out. Zand is double stomped in the corner by Sob and Espanto. Zand kicks Espanto then Zand powerslams him. Zand running forearms Stuka then chops down Cob. Zand is double stomped by both.

Star and Brill fight. Brill goes up and over him then he rolls him up. Brill sitout one arm powerbombs Star for 2. Brill goes up and over and does a code red off of it. Star fights back, Brill dropkicks him out then topes him. V3 and Espanto fight. They shoulderblock each other and V3 is knocked over. V3 enzugiri's Espanto from the apron then springboard diving headscissors him out. 

Stuka and Atlantis go at it. Stuka slingshot corkscrew plancha's him outside. Cob and Oro go at it. Cob flying headscissors Oro. Cob topes Oro outside. Zand and Sob go at it. They shake hands. Zand sitout back body drops him the nstomps him. Sob step up enzugiri's Zand then flying headscissors him.

Brill springboard crossbodies V3. V3 thesz presses him and hits mounted shots. Brill corkscrew headscissors V3. Brill springboard dropkicks V3 then tope con hilos him. Atlantis and Espanto fight. Atlantis flying headscissors him out.

Star and Stuka hit corner lariats. Star jumping slaps him. Star sentons Stuka for 2. Stuka sitout torture rack bombs Star for 2. Stuka crossbodies Star over the top. Stuka flying headscissors Espanto. Stuka gets on V3's and Cob's shoulders. They walk him to the other side of the ring for a dive on Espanto outside.

V3 misses a flying knee in the corner. Sob top rope crossbodies Cob. Cob legsweeps him. They argue. Brill and V3 springboard at them at the same time and nail each other. Sob and Cob then hit stereo asai moonsaults for 2 counts. Atlantis and Zand double lariat each other down. Espanto sliding kicks Oro in the back of the head. 

Oro goes up and over Espanto then flying headscissors him. Oro then topes Espanto. Brill and Atlantis go at it. Brill backrolls and Atlantis kicks him in the gut. Brill handsprings and backflips into a spinning reverse headscissors on Atlantis. Atlantis monkey flips Brilll. V3 and Zand fight. V3 thesz presses him and hits mounted punches.  

Zand puts his flag over V3's head. Zand basement dropkicks V3 for 2. V3 kicks Zand from the apron then top rope moonsaults him. Sob comes in and dropkicks Stuka. He then stomps on him. Stuka corner lariats Sob then corner dropkicks him. Stuka stomps on Sob in the corner. Sob steps up on the ropes and corner dropkicks him. Stuka overhead throws Sob forward. Stuka top rope splashes Sob for 2. 

Sob pumping knees Stuka. Sob puts him on the 2nd rope and top rope moonsaults him. Sob pins Stuka. El Hijo del Stuka Jr is eliminated.

Zand pushes Star out. Oro top rope crossbodies Zand. Oro hurricanrana's Zand for 2. Zand chops him down. Oro 2nd rope diving headscissors Zand. Cob and V3 hit stereo topes out. Star and Atlantis fight. Star chops him then Atlantis chops back. Atlantis monkey flips Star out. Atlantis is double stomped by Brill and Espanto. Atlantis rolls up Espanto off a double team while Brill isn't looking. Atlantis pins Espanto. Espanto Jr. is eliminated.

Cob headscissors V3 into a german. Cob rolls V3 into a legdrop for 2. Cob springboards and V3 powerbombs him down. V3 torture rack's him into a piledriver and pins him. El Cobarde is eliminated.

A doc checks on Cobarde on the ramp. Brill slingshot ddt's Zand. Brill split-legged moonsaults Zand. Brill hurricanrana's Zand. Zand does a pendulum heatseeker piledriver on Brill and pins him. Brillante Jr. is eliminated.

Star comes in and flying headscissors Oro down for 2. Star and Oro trade chops in the corner. Oro is sat up top and Star hits a bunch of slaps. Star top rope hurricanrana's him down. Star misses a springboard swanton. Oro michinoku drivers Star and pins him. Star Jr. is eliminated.

Sob top tope tornillo's Oro. Sob square drivers Oro and pins him. Angel de Oro is eliminated.

Atlantis is double stomped on by Sob and V3. V3 and Sob hug. Atlantis hits tilt-a-whirl backbreakers on Sob, V3 and Zand. Atlantis is hiptossed over the top by Sob. Sob superkicks V3. Atlantis pop up cutters Sob. Atlantis is monkey flipped into the ropes and he powerslams Sob off of it. Atlantis spinning package piledrivers Sob and pins him. Soberano Jr. is eliminated.

V3 lariats Atlantis hard then stomps on his head. Zand pulls on V3's mask. V3 then pulls on his mask. V3 wasteland's Zand. V3 ends up on the apron and he springboard diving cutters Zand. V3 step up knees Zand in the corner. V3 handstand seated moonsaults Zand and pins him. Zandokan Jr. is eliminated.

The final two are Atlantis Jr. and Villano III Jr. They will move onto a match at another show. Atlantis dropkicks him out then topes him into the rails. V3 takes down Atlantis. They grab each other on the mat and the ref lays on them to break it up. 

Thoughts: I always hate these finishes where they end a cibernetico with 2 people left. It's not exciting and it just doesn't make a lot of sense. These two wanted to fight and they were ready, so just let them fight. It was the usual cibernetico with fast paced action and everyone taking turns for their segment. That torture rack piledriver Cobarde took looked like a bad idea before it happened and hopefully Cobarde is okay. I thought Villano III Jr was one of the better wrestlers in this match. Oro really didn't stick out much and Espanto failed to impress as always. This one felt a bit heavy on the heels as there were only 3 faces in this. It was alright but not great.

We get another NFL ad.

ROH World Title Match - Bandido (c) vs. Volador Jr.

Vol and Band do stereo handsprings into the ropes. Band corkscrew headscissors him and topes him. Band hits forearms on vol. Vol enzugiri's him from the apron. Vol top rope dropkicks him. Vol topes him outside. 

Band springboard crossbodies Vol. Band then does the finger gun point at him. Vol lariats and facekicks Band down. Vol boots Band in the corner. Vol and Band trade corner lariats. Band top rope tornillos him. Band tope con hilos him outside.

Vol PK's Band from the apron. Vol apron diving headscissors him outside. Vol tries it again but is caught and swung into the rails. Band springboard crossbodies but Vol dropkicks him in mid-air for 2. Vol tries to toyota roll on him but is hit with an alley oop. Vol handsprings and Band catches and powerbombs him down. 

Vol throws Band over the top. Vol slingshot diving headscissors him outside. Vol is sent into and over the rails. Band runs at the rails then flips over them into Vol in the aisle. They both get on the rails and Vol hurricanrana's him down. 

Vol top rope frogsplashes him inside for 2. Band enzugiri's Vol on the apron. Band 2nd rope superplexes Vol for 2. Vol code red's him for 2.

Vol superkicks Band. Band pop up cutters him. They flying kick each other down at the same time. Band germans Vol then top rope ssp's him for 2. Vol is popped up in the corner and he hits a spinning canadian destroyer on Band for 2. Band hits a reverse GTS on him. Band hits a 21plex for 2.  

Vol canadian destroyers Band for 2. Band top rope moonsault reverse slams him. Band then hits another 21plex and wins.

Thoughts: I didn't like it. It started off today but they did more and more and sold less and less as it went on. It was just an indy style match and not my type of thing. 

Band raises Vol's hand after. Vol puts Band on his shoulders.

The announcer then closes the show.

Overall thoughts: This was a "more is more" type of card. The opener went well. The women's match had a lot of set up times between various spots and brought it down, though it did go better than the usual women's match. The Sky Team trios match was a free for all and not my thing. The cibernetico was fine but nothing too memorable. It also had a dumb ending where the final two didn't wrestle but move onto another match at another time. The main was an indy style match with them not selling a lot and doing big moves. I didn't really like this show that much but would give it a 5 out of 10 and an average rating as there were limited matches here. 

WWE Smackdown 5/22/2026

WWE Smackdown 5/22/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/wwe-smackdown-5152026.html

We are in Lexington, KY. Joe Tessitore and Wade Barrett are on commentary.

We see various wrestlers arrive. 

Rhea Ripley comes out. She says she had a week off and says it seemed like Jade's crew missed her. She says all they did is p!ss her off. She says she's itching for a fight and will give Jade her rematch. She challenges her for Clash in Italy.

Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss come out. Flair says they have a 6-woman tag tomorrow and need to be on the same page for it. Flair asks Rhea where she was last week. Rhea says she wanted to go home and see her family. Rhea says didn't Flair say she didn't need her. Flair says she did say that with Fatal Influence but needs help with Rhea's problem. Rhea says Bliss took most of it and says if she can't help her partner, how can she have her back? Bliss tries to play peacemaker as they argue.

Fatal Influence come out. Jacy says she loves this and there's nothing more she loves than watching the women's division unravel. She says this started as soon as they stepped foot on the scene. Jacy says while they are at each other's throats, they ascended to the top of the division with ease. Jacy says they see an opportunity right now. Flair says 2 of Fatal Influence should face her and Bliss. Jacy says that's perfect. 

The MFT's are interviewed. Solo talks for Talla and says he's ready for Shinsuke Nakamura. Solo says he wants everyone to watch what will happen to Shinsuke Nakamura. Royce Keys comes in. He says Solo cost him a title shot and if it's an issue he wants, it's an issue he will get so stay out of his business. Solo says if Keys didn't need help, he should have said so. Solo says Keys need someone to watch his back and says who better than them?

Bliss and Flair talk in the back. Bliss says she's not cleared but admits she's lying. She says she's sick of Flair and Rhea arguing and says they will team up tonight.

Talla Tonga vs Shinsuke Nakamura

TT pushes him off the lock up. SN leg kicks him. SN hits forearms and TT uppercuts him. TT stomps him and headbutts him. TT boots him in the corner. TT throws him hard into the buckles and SN goes down. TT slams him. TT misses a corner charge and SN 2nd rope flying knees him. SN flying kicks him then lariats him over the top. TT lands on his feet. TT lariats him from behind then sends him into the rails. We go to break and return. 

There's WWE Made in America documentary next Friday at 11PM after SD. We return and TT tilt-a-whirl slams SN. SN armbars him. TT lifts him and SN guillotines him. SN leg kicks him and 2nd rope flying knees him from behind. SN kind of hits a shining wizard.

TT misses a corner facekick. SN flying knees him in the gut as he lays up top. SN shining axe kicks him for 2. Solo gets on the apron and SN high kicks him down. TT powerslams him. TT chokeslams SN and pins him.

Thoughts: It was acceptable but nothing too great. Tama didn't show a whole lot here and just did basic giant offense. It was one of the lowest ranked opponents Nakamura has lost to so far.

Solo goes to samoan spike SN. Tama Tonga stops him and grabs the arm. Solo yells at him. Tama back elbows SN. Damian Priest comes out with a chair and the heels run.

Nick Aldis talks to Charles Robinson. The lights go out (they went out earlier too). Cody Rhodes comes in. Nick says Gunther isn't here and the contract for Clash in Italy is unsigned. Nick says the contract is signed in his mind already and he will make sure it's officially signed.

Sami Zayn comes in. He says if anyone knows what it takes to beat Gunther, it's him. He says if he needs anything, just ask. Cody says thanks but no thanks. Sami talks to Nick. Nick says he doesn't have a spot for him. Sami says he's one of the top talents and deserves some respect. Sami asks what he did to get this disrespect.

Sami says Cody Rhodes would get the time if he asked for it because he's the golden boy and he gets anything he asks. Cody then walks up behind Sami. Sami sees him. Sami says he's sorry as Cody gets mad. Cody says Sami has a good point. Cody says he's healthy and says he should have a match. Cody says if Sami wants a match, let's do it tonight and he'll see him later.

Thoughts: Sami did prove Nick is a hypocrite. Cody wanted something and he got it when Sami couldn't get it himself.

The MFT's talk in the back. Tama says everyone thinks they are weak and that's why they are coming for them. Tama says Solo needs to handle Priest on his own and show that their family isn't weak, for the family. Solo shakes on it and says, "for the family".

Lash Legend and Nia Jax come out. Nia says they will end the Brie and Paige nostalgia tour tomorrow. Lash says she will beat on Tiff tonight and she accepts her open challenge.

WWE Women's United States Title - Tiffany Stratton (c) vs Lash Legend

This is an open challenge.  

They lock up and Tiff is pushed down. Lash throws her off the waistlock then does a normal throw. Tiff high kicks her. Tiff is popped up and dropkicks her. Lash shoulders her over. Tiff basement dropkicks her then hits a bad slingshot plancha outside. Lash chokeslams her on the apron. Chelsea Green comes down to check on Tiff.

We go to break and return. Lash hits corner spears on Tiff. Tiff sunset flips her for 2. Lash forearms her down for 2. Lash sleepers her. Lash misses a corner spear. Tiff hits lariats. Lash gets stunnered off a chokeslam attempt. Tiff handspring backflip back elbows her then handspring stunners her. 

Tiff hurricanrana's her into the buckles. Lash powerbombs her for 2. Tiff crucifixes her for 2. Nia tries to trip Tiff up top. Lash pump kicks Tiff. Chelsea Green sends Nia into the post. Lash grabs Green and Tiff rolls up Lash to win.

Thoughts: The match was average but this was more about Green helping Tiff to victory. Where that goes, we will have to see. Lash took a bad sunset flip here where she took forever to get down. 

Lil Yachty knocks on Trick Williams' door and they head to the ring.

Nick Aldis is told the power issue is coming from Danhausen's cloning machine. Nick goes up to him and asks what he's doing. Nick says Dan's cloning machine is causing the issue. The device shoots off sparks. Dan says he's doing experiments and knocks the lights out. Dan then disappears. Nick finds a body under a sheet and Dan tells him not to touch it.

The Miz and Kit Wilson are interviewed. Miz says he doesn't care what's in Dan's lab. Miz is asked about the Cleveland Cavaliers going 0-2. Miz says he's not cursed and says there isn't one. Fraxiom walks in. Ax says Dan has cursed Miz. Miz says not to say his name. The interviewer asks why Miz isn't at courtside for the Cav's game. Kit says disrespecting The Miz is toxic. Miz challenges them for next week in Ax's hometown. Ax then says something in Spanish. 

Trick Williams and Lil Yachty come out. Trick says the people love him here. Carmelo Hayes comes out. Melo says they knew the day would come. Melo says Trick needs to do the right thing and says Trick screwed him out of the title. Melo says he'd still be US champ if it wasn't for him. Melo says there's a difference between carrying a title and being a champ. Melo says he was a champ for 8 weeks and defended it night in and night out. Melo says to give him Trick vs Melo for the US Title right now. 

Yachty talks about Trick's schedule. Melo tells him to defend his title between appointments if his secretary will allow it. Melo says the old Trick Williams wouldn't let others tell him what to do but he says Trick was always better at playing second fiddle. Trick says he doesn't play with leftovers. Trick agrees to the match but says the open challenges are done. He says Melo will get his match but the @ss whooping is on the house. Trick says to get the refs out.

WWE United States Title - Trick Williams (c) vs Carmelo Hayes

TW side headlocks him then shoulders him over. TW slams him. Melo rolls over his back and dropkicks him. Melo chops him. Melo chops him. TW backhands him. TW stomps him in the corner. Melo chops him. TW does jumping side kicks. TW uranage's him for 2.

TW spinning high kicks him for 2. TW suplexes him. TW drops Melo throat firs on the top rope. TW misses a jumping side kick and is sent out. Melo goes for a dive but Lil Yachty is in the way. 

We go to PiP break and return. TW chinlocks him. Melo jawbreakers him. They trade shots. TW jumping neckbreakers him. Ricky Saints comes down. Melo armdrags him and lariats him. Melo springboard twisting lariats him. Melo la mistica drops him for 2. 

Melo hits superkicks. TW spinning facekicks him for 2. TW runs at him and Melo hits a first 48 for 2. Saints distracts Melo on the ropes. TW knocks Melo down to the floor. Saints talks trash and TW shoves him away. Saints distracts TW. Melo rolls up TW but the ref is distracted. TW flying pumping knees him and wins.

Thoughts: Saints getting involved was unexpected but Melo did lose as expected. It was alright but Melo did most of the work here. Trick may be charismatic on the mic but he doesn't have a lot of fire during matches and combined with his limitations, it hurts his matches.

Sami knocks over water bottles in the back and almost slaps Gargano. He says he's glad to see him and says Gargano actually understands him. Sami says Cody is his friend and says he said some bad things but Cody is ready to fight him. Sami says he was always there for him and happy for him. Sami says he's the last good guy left and says you never change who you are. Sami leaves and Gargano knocks a water bottle over.

Ricky Saints walks in the back and he is going to be interviewed. Melo hits him from the side and tells him to stay out of his business. 

Rhea Ripley and Charlotte Flair vs Fatal Influence (Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid)

CF lariats Fallon and headscissors rolls her. Rhea comes in and hits kicks on Reid. She drops her face first on the mat and low dropkicks her. LR is caught off the 2nd rope and RR fallaway slams her. CF facekicks Jacy off the apron. Fallon bangs CF's head off the commentary table and apron. Fallon lariats Flair on the floor.

We go to PiP break and return. CF fights off her opponents. LR superkicks her. CF boots LR from the apron then Jacy sweeps CF on the apron. LR bangs CF's head off the mat with her feet and twisting suplexes her. Fallon running boots CF for 2.

CF boots Fallon off the 2nd rope. CF rolls up LR for 1. CF and LR double clothesline each other. RR comes in and hits lariats on the heels. RR dropkicks Fallon then forearms LR. RR germans Fallon then up kicks LR. RR low flying kicks LR for 2. CF cannonballs her opponents off the apron. LR totally misses a superkick on CF.

RR headbutts LR then hits riptide on her. CF tags herself in and hits natural selection on LR for the pin.

Thoughts: It wasn't that great and Flair's team won as expected. There were quite a few shots that didn't hit here and there was nothing too special about it.

Flair, Bliss and Rhea get jumped by Jade Cargill and friends after. Fatal Influence help out. Jade facekicks Rhea. Jade hits a jade end on Rhea.

Cody Rhodes is interviewed by Cathy in the back. He says he hasn't recognized Sami so much lately. He says Sami's mindset gets to be too much after a while. Cody says he started holding himself accountable. He says Gunther can come out, but Gunther will be facing him at Clash in Italy.

Cathy interviews Jade Cargill's crew. Michin says the attack wasn't a message but the truth. Michin says all these girls wants to know who the best is but the best just left them laying. Mich says they will prove who the best is. Fab threatens Rhea's team and tells them just not to show up. Jade says let's do the work and get the title back.

Damian Priest vs Solo Sikoa

DP lariats Solo over the top as soon as he gets in. DP jumps off the steps and double axe handles him. DP sends Solo into the steps. Solo uppercuts him in the ring. DP's head is banged off the buckles. DP flying back elbows him.

DP high kicks Solo from the apron. DP gets on the ropes and is distracted by Solo. Solo yanks him and samoan drops him. We go to break and return.

DP superplexes Solo down. DP fires up. Solo and DP trade shots. Solo superkicks him and DP hits kicks. DP spinning forearms him then flying forearms him. DP flying back elbows Solo in the corner. Solo misses a corner splash and hits his head off the post. DP throws him on a suplex.

Talla Tonga cheapshots DP outside. Solo spinning uranage's DP for 2. DP spinning high kicks Solo then rebound lariats him.  

DP lifting flatliners Solo. DP facekicks Tama then high kicks him. Solo samoan spikes DP for the win.

Thoughts: Solo winning was kind of an upset here. It was mostly strike trading and interference and it wasn't bad. I swear Joe Tessitore was reading my site as some of the moves he called out are the exact way I call those moves.

Tama, Talla and Solo pound on DP after. Royce Keys comes out. Keys clears off Talla and Tama. Keys faces off with Solo and Solo just walks away. DP grabs Keys by the throat on accident and Keys knocks his hand away. Keys says he was trying to help him. Solo tells DP not to trust him.  

Paige and Brie Bella do a promo. They say they have been fighting champs and put everything into keeping their titles. Brie says Nia and Lash are used to walking over everyone to get everything they want. Brie says their opponents won't know what they hit them.

Chelsea Green and Blake Monroe meet in the back. They introduce themselves and Blake says she wish she hadn't seen her out there. Nia and Lash then jump Green and say all she's doing is making memories. 

Royce Keys goes up to Damian Priest in the back. Keys asks why DP grabbed him by the throat. He says Truth called him to make sure he had DP's back. DP says Keys got involved in his business. DP says he doesn't know what his partner did and doesn't know him. He says he doesn't know if he's with The MFT's. DP asks him what he would have done if he was in the same shoes. Keys says if it's an issue he wants, it's an issue he can get and says anyone can get it. 

Cody Rhodes vs Sami Zayn

Cody side headlocks him. Sami armdrags him. They shake hands and Cody kind of lets go hard. Cody side headlocks Sami. Cody does a drop down uppercut on Sami then gordbusters him. Cody then offers a handshake and Sami tells him to come on and fight. Sami side headlocks him. 

Sami hits chops then Cody chops back. Cody powerslams Sami. Cody walks up the buckles and is tripped. We go to PiP break and return. 

Sami hits forearms and Cody suplexes him. Cody hits punches on Sami then hits a bionic elbow. Cody hits a cody cutter for 2. Sami pushes Cody off the apron and Cody lands on the commentary table. Cody gets back in, walks up the buckles and hits another cody cutter for 2. Sami blue thunders him for 2. 

Sami figure fours him. Cody turns it over. Sami ropebreaks. Cody and Sami trade shots. Cody hits a disaster kick. Gunther grabs Cody from behind and sleepers him. Sami runs at them and nails Gunther when Cody moves. Cody hits a cross rhodes on Sami and pins him.

Thoughts: I liked the ending but I thought they could have played up on the story more. Sami could have been one-upped a bit more and gotten mad and this could have gotten a little dirty. I'm interested to see how they go with the finish from here as Sami could claim he was trying to help Cody. Cody again has shown that he will take the advantage when given a chance and I'm sure Sami will harp on it.

Cody beats up on Gunther after. Gunther lariats him and powerbombs him. Sami gets in the ring and stares down at Gunther. Sami watches as Gunther grounded sleepers Cody. Sami then walks off.  Gunther holds the title up after.

Overall thoughts: Talla/Nakamura was acceptable. Tiffany/Lash was average. Trick/Melo was alright. The women's tag wasn't that good. Solo/Priest was also acceptable. The main was okay but it didn't get to be anything great. The finish to it was very interesting though. A lot of the stars were missing here and the show is just not that hot right now. The failed pushes of Priest, Aleister Black and The MFT's wasted a lot of precious time over the last year and left them short of stars. I'd give this a higher 5 out of 10 as it was okay overall but nothing great.