AEW Dynamite 4/15/2026 Spring Break Thru

AEW Dynamite 4/15/2026 Spring Break Thru

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/aew-dynamite-482026.html

We are in Seattle, WA. Bryan Danielson, Excalibur and Tony Schiavone are on commentary.

Renee Young is in the parking lot and says AEW have been trying to reach MJF about facing Darby Allin. MJF drives in. MJF wants to talk about himself and not Darby. Don Callis comes in and congratulates MJF. He says sorry about the Andrade thing. MJF doesn't know Darby beat Andrade and is not happy about the news. MJF says Don owes him one. MJF says to tell Andrade he can't be championship material as he can't get the job done. Renee then tells MJF that Darby wants to challenge for the title right now. MJF gets mad and says, "What do you mean, right now?"

Darby comes out for the match. MJF then rushes out. He asks if Darby thinks he will do this match and says he's as stupid as he looks if he does. He says he will get his lawyer on the case and sue everyone. MJF asks the crowd if they want to see this and says too bad. He says his back hurts too much from the PPV match and says he wonder how the company would look if they made him wrestle injured. He says he's doing him a favor by not wrestling. The mic then cuts out and he gets a new one.

MJF says Darby is talented and says the people love him. He says he's like the people - good but no great and not championship material. Darby takes the mic from him. Darby cries and says it only takes one night to drop the wrestling world on his head. He says if he's not ready, he will never be ready. He says he put up posters around the city for this show and put the AEW flag on Mt. Everest. He says he's ready and has been ready. He says his career started 10 miles down the road. He says he said he would either make it or fail as Darby and won't change a thing. He says he climbed to the top of this sport tonight and won't change one thing. He says ring the bell.

MJF says we are not ringing the bell. Bryan Danielson says he has a message from Tony Khan. He says Tony agrees with MJF and he shouldn't have to wrestle unprepared. He says he will have time to prepare as the match happens in the main event tonight. He says if MJF refuses, he will be stripped of the title. Darby tells MJF he will beat his @ss with a headlock takeover.

We see Tony Schiavone trying to interview after Dynasty. Kenny says he has nothing. He then sits next to Will Ospreay in the trainer's room. He says tonight didn't go their ways. Kenny says he feels like he let everyone down. Will says he saw Kenny feel like he couldn't bounce back 10 years ago. Kenny says he doesn't have much time left. Kenny says AEW is all Will from here. Will says he wants to be champ still and says he hopes Kenny hasn't given the dream up either. Will tells Kenny that he's his hero.

Dezmond Xavier vs Tomasso Ciampa

TC punches him down and stomps on him. TC sends DX out and sends him into the rails. DX backrolls nad upkicks him. TC back elbows him. DX is thrown out and hit with a pumping knee. They back elbow each other. DX dropkicks him. DX goes for a dive and TC walks away.

We go to PiP break and return. TC chinlocks him. DX hits running forearms. DX cutters him. DX superkicks him and enzugiri's him in the back of the head. DX 2nd rope twisting ddt's him. 

DX hurricanrana's him and sends him out. DX low topes him outside. DX top rope splashes him for 2. DX superkicks him. DX comes off the 2nd rope and eats a jumping knee. 

TC powerbomb backbreakers him. TC pumping knees him and wins.

Thoughts: It didn't go as long as expected and TC kind of won easy here. This was a random one. What we got was fine.

TC says DX was the example. He says he's sick of waiting and wants it all. He says he wants all the gold. He says he's coming for the winner of MJF/Darby Allin.

We get a video on MJF beating Darby with a headlock takeover.

FTR come out to talk. Dax says the fans are mad that FTR won again. He says fans can relate to underdogs but says they are just fat losers. He says Cope and Cage couldn't get the job done and won't get another shot as long as they are tag champs. Stoke brings up David vs Goliath and says FTR are Goliath. He says every time David steps up to Goliath, he gets b!tched out. He says there's no competition so Tony will sign more people from CMLL and Japan. He says they all will fall to FTR.

Cash says they want to have a moment of silence for Cope and Cage. He says they will give the fans a 10 second pose.

AEW TNT Title - Kevin Knight (c) vs Claudio Castagnoli

KK sunset flips him and backslides him to start. KK dropkicks him and lariats him over the top. CC lariats him. CC bangs KK's head off the buckles and chops him. KK chops back and CC slams him. CC cranks his head. CC knees him in the gut. KK springboard diving armdrags him. KK hiptosses him over the top. KK step up lariats him off the apron.

We go to PiP break and return. CC slams him and CC euros him. KK flying lariats him. KK slams him and standing frogsplashes him for 2. CC is on the buckles and is dropkicked down to the floor. KK tope con hilos him. They botch a 2nd rope headscissors. CC throws him down off the 2nd rope and euros him. KK is caught with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker off a springboard. CC giant swings him. KK springboard twisting lariats him. KK top rope 180 splashes him off the top and wins.

Thoughts: The botched segment was pretty bad. They clearly botched and just kept going with it, creating a good awkward 30 seconds with them not doing much. That definitely brought this one down some. Claudio doesn't botch a lot either. This was what you would expect otherwise with KK flying and CC catching him.

KK puts over Claudio after, calling him strong. He says he lost the trios titles the night before he won this. He says sometimes when one door closes, another opens up. He says he will keep an eye on the World Title match as Jet 2 Belts sounds Jet 2 Fly.

Renee Young talks to Chris Jericho in the ring. CJ says he feels great to be back in AEW. He says he only lost at Dynasty as he was outnumbered. He congratulates Ricochet and Ricochet comes out with The Demand.

Ricochet says CJ got hurt at Dynasty and he took him out with his own move, the ricosault. He says CJ didn't embarrass himself but didn't do good enough to overcome the rise of Ricochet. Ric tells him to quit while he's ahead. He says his new nickname should be "The Guy Who Gets His @ss Beat By The Demand Everytime He Shows Up". 

CJ keeps calling Ric bald and calls his buddies "Dumb and Ugly". He says Ric should leave his goons and face him 1v1 right now. Rich says no and CJ says Ric is scared. Ric tells his buddies not to help him. Ric comes down and CJ hiptosses him. CJ lariats him and Ric calls for help. CJ stomps him then CJ has to fight off The Gates of Agony. 

The Demand beat up CJ then hit a T-gimmick on him.Ric then asai moonsaults him. 

Renee interviews Don Callis, Takeshita and Okada after the PPV. Takeshita says what happened was an accident and then mocks Okada with an apology. Okada gets mad. Don tells Takeshita they aren't done.

Will Ospreay vs Hechicero

Don calls Hech "Super Nintendo" during his intro for him.

Hech takes him down by the leg and grabs his legs. Will headscissors takedowns him from the mat. Hech rolls him up and pulls on his hair. Will is put in a headscissors.

Hech dropkicks him. Will flying headscissors him out. Will slingshot plancha's him. We go to PiP break and return. Marina Shafir is in the front row. Hech abdominal stretches Will then swinging hammerlock backbreakers him. Hech step up knees him from behind. 

Hech spinebusters him. Hech twists Will's arm and head with his neck. Hech surfboards him. They trade shots. Will handspring corkscrew kicks him. Will flying forearms him off the top. Will standing corkscrew moonsaults him for 2. Will hits Kawada kicks. 

Hech ducks Will's shots. Will flips out of a hiptoss and enzugiri's him. Hech headscissors drops him for 2. Hech pounds on Will and the doc comes in and checks on Will.

We go to PiP break and return. Hech abdominal stretches him and holds the other arm. Hech pulls Will's neck over the top rope. Hech suicide dives him outside. Hech top rope diving elbow drops him in the back of the neck. Will stunners him. Hech boots him out of the corner. Will backslides him for 2.

Will hook kicks him. Hech flips him forward and backwards into an armbar. Will hits a styles clash. Will hidden blades him and wins.

Thoughts: I liked it. Hech worked the arm throughout most of this then Will came back and won as expected. Will did his flying and they didn't get to overdo it here.

Don Callis, who was on commentary, says it's time for Plan B.

Mark Davis lariats Will then piledrivers him. 

Willow talks after Dynasty. She says if Kamille wanted a title shot, she just had to ask. She says she will kill her comeback and says she will see her at Spring Break Thru.

Renee talks on the ramp. Thekla comes in the crowd and interrupts. Thek says she marched into Dynasty as champ and beat the great Jamie Hayter. She says she walked out champ at Dynasty and says you better get used to it.

Alex Windsor comes out. She says she won't let her waltz around here when she should beat the p!ss out of here. Alex says Thek doesn't get that she's not the only champ here and says she's the NJPW Women's Strong champ. She says they don't call her champ in Japan, they call her the girl who was stupid enough to get herself fired from Japan.

Thek says she did get fired from Japan as they couldn't handle her and like Alex couldn't. Alex says what if she handles her right now and Thek says no. Alex challenges her for Collision. Julia Hart and Skye Blue attack Alex but Alex thwarts them. 

The Death Riders do a promo. Mxo says he likes to be surprised and says Will Ospreay never surprises him. Mox asks Shafir how Will looked out there. Mox says Will showed his cards but he doesn't take pleasure in the suffering of others. He says he prefer life over death but you don't get one without the other. He says he's facing Nick Wayne on Collision and says it's Continental Rules and adults stuff. He says to leave his mom in the back. 

AEW TBS Title - Willow Nightingale (c) vs Kamille

Willow hits a forearm flurry on her. Kamille's head is banged off the buckles. Kamille pump kicks her then yanks on her arm. Willow hits lariats on Kamille in the corner. Kamille yanks on the arm and elbows it. Willow hits chops on Kam. Kam whips her down by the arm. We go to PiP break and return.

Willow hits lariats and drops her. Willow pounces her. Willow corner cannonballs her. Kamille swinging facebusters Willow. Kamille leg lariats her for 2. Kam legdrops Willow's arm then armbars her. Willow backslides her and pins her.

Thoughts: This was a pretty lame loss for Kamille. She came back won a squash then lost here against an injured Willow nonetheless. Kamille attacked the arm here and Willow stiffed her some. It was just average.

Hikaru Shida and Kris Statlander do a promo. Shida says they made a great team last Saturday and says they will team up again on Collision tomorrow night. Stat says nothing and doesn't seem thrilled.  

Darby is interviewed as he heads to the ring. Sting appears and asks if Darby is ready. Darby asks if he has anything for him. Sting says he knows what to do so go out and do it. Darby says it's showtime and Sting says, "it's your time".

AEW World Title - MJF (c) vs Darby Allin

MJF says he forgot to take his ring off. He gives it to the ref and low blows DA. MJF calls for the headlock takeover and DA low blows him. DA reverse ddt's him then top rope coffin drops him four times. DA side headlock takeovers him and pins him.

Thoughts: Just why? Darby chasing the title was kind of a story they had in their back pocket that they never really played up as much as they could. They decided to cash in on it here without getting anything really out of it. They could have done so much with that story and it's done before it even really got started This was a total hot shot, probably to take some of the coverage off of Wrestlemania and I don't like how this was done at all. This also felt like it was an attempt to copy Mick Foley winning the title on Raw. This was a waste of a perfectly good storyline. I was totally waiting for MJF to say that this didn't count somehow after and that Darby didn't really win the title.

Various AEW babyfaces and String come out to celebrate with Darby. Darby also gets confetti.

Overall thoughts: All the talk is going to be about the main event here and for good reason. It was a pretty big moment. I don't think hotshotting Darby's storyline of winning the title was a good move and it took away a big ace AEW had up its sleeve. Other than that, it had enough wrestling and talking segments. The opener was okay. Knight/Claudio was going well until they had a silly botch that really took away from the bout. I liked Will vs Hechicero and I can't say I agree with having Kamille lose against an injured Willow. I'd give this a 5 out of 10 but it doesn't really matter as the title change is all anyone will talk about. It was a bit of a throwaway show outside of the big title change. I thought the wrestling was mostly okay but the booking was not, so I'd give it an average rating.

IWA Puerto Rico Impacto Total 1/31/2026

IWA Puerto Rico Impacto Total 1/31/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/iwa-puerto-rico-impacto-total-1242026.html

The next live event is IWA Vendetta on February 21. 

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We see clips from Rick Banderas' face turn last week. Ricky Banderas says he won't rest until he has finished Savio Vega off as he's the rat of 2026. Jay Blake says he will see Vega soon.

IWA Intercontinental Title - Manu (c) vs Rivero Rivas

Manu tries to jump RR as he enters. RR hits punches and chops on him outside. RR bangs Manu's head off the apron and chops him more. Manu blue thunders him on the apron. RR's back is rammed into the apron. Manu facekicks him outside. They get in the ring and the bell rings to officially start this.

Manu hits punches and headbutts him. RR misses a spinning high kick. Manu spinebusters him for 2. Manu elbow drops him. Manu camel clutches him over the ropes. Manu suplexes him and sleepers him. RR hits forearms and chops. Manu uranage backbreakers him.

Manu corner splashes and then ddt's him. Manu sleepers him again. RR throws him over then powerslams him. RR flying lariats him and back elbows him. RR 2nd rope diving euros him for 2. RR chops him in the corner. RR handstands in the corner and Manu misses a splash. Manu's head is banged off the buckles. RR slingshot swantons him. RR low dropkicks him for 2.

Manu hits a hard running corner forearm. Manu then flying corner forearms him and running forearms him again. Manu olympic slams him for 2. Manu grounded sleepers him. RR fights out and is put in a camel clutch. RR rams him in the corner to escape. RR flying corner lariats him. RR top rope diving euros him. Pedro Portillo III comes on the apron. RR knocks him off of it. Manu pop-up sitout powerbombs RR and gets the pin.

Thoughts: It had a bit of a lame finish but it was fine otherwise. Manu's offense connected and looked good and RR did his thing as smaller face. RR didn't get a ton of big offense here and Manu muscled him around.

The next live event is IWA Vendetta on February 21. 

Wizard Analiza

Wizard interviews Manu. Wiz tells him he's facing Rivas again for the title. Manu doesn't know and is' happy. He says he beat him up and down the island already. He says he's the anarchist and he will annihilate him once and for all. He says he will rid the IWA of Rivero. Wizard says he's upset and says Rivas still has time to get out of the match. 

IWA PR Title - Pedro Portillo III (c) vs Niche

PP offers a handshake and Niche says no. PP boots him in the gut. Niche flips out of a hiptoss and fireman's carry takeovers him. Niche goes up and over and they stand off. Niche plays to the fans, turns around and is hit. Niche's head is banged off the buckles. 

PP euros him down. PP bites him on the ropes. Niche hits shots on him then PP lariats him. PP suplexes him for 2. PP talks to the ref and is rolled up for 2. PP lariats Niche down. PP chinlocks him.

Niche is put on the 2nd rope and PP flying knees him from behind. PP chops him in the corner. PP misses a corner charge. Niche lariats him and backdrop uranage's him for 2. Niche slaps him then rolling death valley drivers him. Niche spin kicks him in the gut.

Niche hits chops in the corner. They go on the buckles and Niche hurricanrana's him down. Niche takes a belly to belly overhead suplex into the buckles for 2.

Niche bangs PP's face into the 2nd buckle. Niche top rope inverted flips into a cutter on PP for 2. Niche moonsaults him off the bottom and 2nd buckle. Niche misses a moonsault then rebound lariats PP. Niche top rope 450 moonsaults him for 2. PP rebound germans Niche. PP twisting suplexes him. PP then piledrivers him for 2.

Manu comes out and throws PP a title belt to use. The ref takes it from PP. Manu then hits Niche with another title belt. PP then gets a 2 count on Niche. Everyone is shocked. Manu gets in the ring with the title. Niche superkicks him. PP grabs another title and hits Niche with it. PP then pins Niche.

Thoughts: Boooooo. PP won after hitting Niche with 2 title shots to the head here. Niche was real close to pulling this off and the crowd wanted to see it, but it was not to be. The false finishes were fun and Niche did some wild high flying as usual. I liked this one.

Manu hits Niche with the title after. PP and Manu stomp Niche together. Rivero Rivas comes out to help and the heels leave.

Jay Blake puts his title in his locker. Manu then jumps him from behind. He sends Jay into the wall and locker. He then camel clutches him. Manu then grabs Jay's title and throws it down on Jay. They will settle this at IWA Vendetta.

Overall thoughts: We only had 2 new matches here but they were shown in full and they were worthwhile. The opener was fine and the main ended up being fun with a bunch of false finishes. We then got an angle after with Manu jumping Jay Blake in the locker room. I thought it was a decent show and I'd give it a 6 out of 10.

EPW Wrestling 4/11/2026 Episode #237

EPW Wrestling 4/11/2026 Episode #237

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/epw-wrestling-442026-episode-236.html

Joey Gross and Gene Jackson are on commentary.

The commentators talk about tonight's show to start.

The Initiative (Trace Hunt and Jason Genesis) vs Los Desfios (Jota Peso and Maximo Suave)

Max has the longer hair and JP has the shorter hair. Aryann is with The Initiative. 

The heels get their stereo punches blocked and take shots. The faces hit The Initiative then JP dropkicks Trace for 2. Trace lariats JP and hits him in the gut. JP goes for a sunset flip but Trace tags out. Jason gets 2 count and we go to break.

We return and Jason hits corner spears on JP. JP boot Jason out of the corner. Trace germans JP for 2. JP hits some punches on Trace then Trace lariats him for 2. Jason euros JP in the corner. Jason chokes JP over the 2nd rope. Trace then chokes JP and Aryann helps out with the choke.

Jason misses a lariat and goes over the top. Aryanna distracts Max and Max misses the tag because of it. Trace kicks JP. Trace punches JP down. Trace twisting suplexes JP and Jason sentons JP. Trace 2nd rope crossbodies Jason then JP moves.  

Max tags in. He lariats Trace twice then hits jabs. Max dances then shotei's and flatliners him for 2. Jason takes a step up enzugiri then a short arm lariat from Max. Trace takes a uranage + russian legsweep combo. JP topes Jason outside. Aryann distracts the ref on a pin attempt. Trace rolls up Max for 2. 

Max and Trace trade shots. Max takes a backdrop + backcracker and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was fine. Los Desifios could have done a little better on their hot tag segment as Suave didn't wasn't fast or fiery enough. The crowd seemed pretty into this. The Initiative have some new gear and it's an improvement over their old gear. 

Richard Holliday vs Aaron Roberts

They argue with each other. Rich side headlocks him and they shoulder battle. AR shoulders him over. Rich goes for a low bow but AR avoids it. AR is chopped and no sells it. AR hits corner spears.

AR slams Ric then splashes him for 2. Rich pulls AR's throat over the top rope and knocks him off the apron. Rich legdrops him on the apron for 2. AR hits shots on Rich's gut then chops him. AR misses a corner splash. 

Rich teases a low blow and the ref yells at him. AR hits 2 lariats and a corner splash. AR is nearly pushed into the ref then Rich low blows AR but only gets a 2 count. AR chokeslams Rich then legdrops him for the win.

Thoughts: It was fine and definitely competition. AR has a certain presence to him and that helped this one out. I was surprised Rich didn't get the win with his low blow after he had teased it all match. 

Arn and Brock Anderson are interviewed. Arn says he has never seen a building so full of awesome wrestling fans. Arn says he's honored to be here and says it's been a great card. Arn says Brock will take Horsemen country to new levels. Brock talks and thanks for everyone for coming out despite the weather.

The Order of Dorian Vain, Izzy Rotten and Ethan Ross interrupt. Vain says they aren't coming out to diminish the legacy of The Anderson's. He says all of them are inspired by Arn and is the unsung hero of the NWA. He says he's here to educate them. He says this is no longer Horsemen Country and they aren't the greatest faction of all time. He says this is Order Country and they are the greatest faction of all time. Vain says while Arn is great and accomplished a lot, his son isn't exactly that.

Brock says this is Anderson Country. He asks how Vain will like how he looks when his teeth are scattered in the ring. Brock says he came on a good will mission. He says he will put his gear on, will head to the ring and says Vain better come out later with his title belt.

Thoughts: They buried Brock a bit here but I liked Vain coming out and saying this is their country and they are the greatest faction of all time.

Eli Knox is interviewed. He says he's better than all the fans in every single way. He says he has gold around his waist and it's success only fans could dream of. He says he will put his title on the line against anyone who wants to step up.

EPW Apex Title - Eli Knox (c) vs Marko Harris

This is an open challenge.

They lock up. Eli waistlocks him and hits him. Marko waistlock takedowns him. Marko hits some punches then dropkicks him for 2. Marko hits some euros and is thrown out. Eli is swept on the apron. Marko hits punches outside. Eli's head is banged off the apron. 

Marko is sent into the rails. Eli stomps on him. Marko's head is banged off the rails. Marko 619's him on the outside under the bottom rope. Eli ddt's him over the 2nd rope for 2. Marko is dropped gut first on the top rope. 

Eli is up top and is kicked. Marko superplexes him. Marko has the 2nd rope kicked into his crotch. Eli hits a headlock driver for 2. Marko goes up and over then germans him. Marko os cutters him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a bit of a random bout. It didn't quite click as well as I had hoped and it felt like they never had the flow down on this. I don't love random title changes all that much either.

Downtown Bruno and Commissioner K-Swiss are interviewed in the ring. Bruno says this is his time and he doesn't know what Swiss is out here. He says he's Swiss' boss and says he keeps up with it even when he's not here. He says Swiss isn't doing a good job. Bruno asks why Swiss didn't sanction Brock Anderson's title match with Vain. Bruno says he will sanction it now and says it will be a title match because he says he says so.

CJ Thomas comes out. He puts over Swiss and says he has lost some weight. He asks what Bruno even does here. Bruno says he's the chairman of the board. Swiss says he had match for CJ tonight. He says it was supposed to be CJ vs Tommy Dreamer. He says he couldn't have Tommy here for an unpaid audience so he cancelled his plane ticket. He says Tommy won't be here.

Wonder Boy comes out. Bruno says Wonder Boy and CJ Thomas are in the ring, so let's have Wonder Boy replace Tommy Dreamer. CJ says he refuses. Bruno says they will wrestle and he will referee the match. Swiss says Bruno is his boss and it be's that way sometimes so he can't change it.

Special Ref: Downtown Bruno - Wonder Boy vs CJ Thomas

They lock up and CJ side headlocks him. CJ shoulders him over and Bruno takes his time to count. Boy cradles him for 2 and Bruno does a quick count. Boy misses a corner splash and is thrown out. Boy is outside and Bruno does a slow countout count on him. CJ gets upset.

CJ uranage backbreakers Boy and Bruno tries to count with his foot. CJ gets upset. CJ chokes Boy and does push up's while doing it. Bruno stomps CJ's hand. CJ chokes Boy in the corner. Boy hits shots on CJ in the corner.

Boy misses a corner charge and CJ lariats him. CJ tries another pin and Bruno ignores it to check out his shoe. Boy hits punches. CJ corner lariats Boy then pounds on Boy's back. CJ then does push-up's on Boy.

Boy hits punches. CJ lariats him and Bruno slow counts him again. Boy backslides CJ for 2. CJ facekicks Boy. CJ argues with Bruno and pokes him. CJ grabs him. Boy rolls up CJ and Bruno fast counts to get Boy the win.

Thoughts: I didn't like this. Instead of a heel ref screwing the face, it was a face ref screwing the heel. I sympathized with CJ here and that was definitely not the point of this one.

Overall thoughts: We had 4 matches here, an appearance from Arn and Brock Anderson and Downtown Bruno as a ref. They filmed from different arena here and had a nicer set up for it than usual. The opener was okay but Los Desfios could have been better faces. Holliday/Roberts was alright. I liked The Order/Anderson's segment. Eli and Marko didn't quite gel as much as I expected. I didn't like the main at all as we had a face ref screwing a heel and making the heel sympathetic. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 as it was average.

TNA Xplosion 4/10/2026

TNA Xplosion 4/10/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/tna-xplosion-432026.html

Eric Young vs Brent Oakley

EY knees him in the gut and elbows him in the neck. BO back body drops him and EY stalls outside. EY pulls BO's throat over the top then bangs his head off the buckles. EY is sat on the 2nd rope and BO sliding germans him. BO misses a top rope splash. 

EY death valley drivers him for 2. BO is thrown out. EY hits him outside. EY neckbreakers him. EY bites him up top. EY top rope elbow drops him for 2. EY chases the ref around the ring and up on the stage. BO ducks a lariat inside and hip attacks him. 

BO hits punches. BO bites him up top. BO top rope molly go round's him for 2. EY eye rakes him then piledrivers him for the win.

Thoughts: There was a bunch of shenanigans here with EY stalling and chasing the ref around. It wasn't anything too special. BO was the underdog face here and mostly did punches.  

Around the Ring with Gia Miller

Vincent is this week's guest. His favorite movie is The Lost Boys. He says he collects movie props and has some props from it. He says he likes horror movies including Freakshow, Funhouse and The Puppet Master. Gia talks about PCO being in the make-up chair for hours when he was in TNA. Vincent says he loves to leave the movies on in the background. Vince says him and Dutch put a lot of effort into their entrance.

George Iceman, "The Personal Concierge", does the intro for Mr. Elegance for the next match. 

Mr. Elegance vs Jake Painter

They lock up. Mr backs him up in the corner and poses. Mr hip throws him. JP hits chops. JP hits armdrags then backbreakers him on the shoulder. 

Mr eye pokes him the pop-up slaps him. Mr eye rakes him. Mr back elbows him then does a grounded arm and chin lock. Mr forearms him down and JP slaps him. Mr. double throat thrusts him. Mr goes up and over then lariats him from behind.  

Mr rubs JP's face on the mat then bangs his face off the mat. JP rolls him up and back elbows him. JP drops him with some running shots. JP corner enzugiri's him and corner running forearms him. Mr takes a backcracker for 2. Mr slingshot germans him. Mr poses and does his hand motions. He elbow drops him then does a reverse AA. Mr then sits on him and pins him.

Thoughts: Elegance mostly just did the basics here. He does a lot of posing and flapping his arms around. JP was okay as the face as he sold and showed some fire but it was just a basic and below average match.

Overall thoughts: We got 2 new matches and a new interview here along with the usual recaps and old matches. None of them were that interesting though and I wouldn't recommend this one. You could easily skip this. 

WWE NXT 4/14/2026 NXT Revenge 2026 Week 1

WWE NXT 4/14/2026 NXT Revenge 2026 Week 1

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/wwe-nxt-472026.html

We are at The Performance Center in Orlando, FL. Vic Joseph and Booker T are on commentary.

Jaida Parker vs Kelani Jordan

I think JP has a new theme where the song chants her name.

They lock up and get rough. They shove each other and KJ is sent out. They go back to the lock up. JP's throat is pulled into the top rope. JP slides into a headlock on her. JP armdrags her and shoulders her over. JP back body drops her. 

JP is swept on the apron. They double lariat each other on the floor. JP gets her hair stuck in KJ's outfit and asks if she's okay. We go to PiP break and return.

KJ slingshot stomps her. KJ pulls JP's leg around the post. KJ chopblocks her. KJ's head is banged off the buckles. JP germans her. KJ STF's her. KJ stomps JP's knee into the mat. JP slaps her. KJ hits kicks to the body and spinning heel kicks her. JP samoan drops her then hits shoulderblocks. JP backcrackers her. 

JP lays her on the 2nd rope and buttpresses her down. KJ slingshot cutters her for 2. JP catches KJ's top rope crossbody. JP falcon arrows her for 2. JP runs into an exposed buckle. KJ superkicks her and split-legged moonsaults her for the win.

Thoughts: They had some good aggression here and it felt like there was a grudge. The finish was a bit weak and them getting caught talking to each other on the camera's was a problem. It was alright but it felt like they were building to something bigger than what we got.

Shiloh Hill has a hammer in the back and is seemingly planning a construction project. Ricky Saints comes in and asks what he's building. Ricky accuses him of building a time machine. Ethan Page comes in and Ricky says they need to talk. Page says things got out of hand and they blame each other. Page says he needs his help to become champ tonight and says Ricky gets the first shot if he wins. They hug and Shiloh is grossed out. 

Sol Ruca talks about her and Zaria's history over the last year. 

Joe Hendry comes out for a concert. He says he lost the NXT Title. He says he needs to ask if it's the end of the road and if he should stop now. He says he looked in the mirror and "Joe says no". He says he needs to lift everyone's spirits with a concert. Joe sings and Keanu Carver comes down.

Joe says they won't do this. Joe says he has seen him disrespect people. He says he promised a concert and the fans will get one. KC hits him and Joe gets shots in. Joe hits him with the guitar and KC no sells it. KC bangs Joe's head off the mat and Joe gets busted open somehow. Security try to stop KC and get nailed. KC then spears Joe and 3 guards (Harley Riggins and Braxton Cole are two of them...they used to be on the same page with KC in Evolve).

Tony D'Angelo does a promo. He says he sets the tone on how his title reign goes when he faces Ethan Page. He says Page made his mark in NXT. He says Oba Femi is about to the slay the beast at Mania and he says he dethroned Oba. He says he doesn't like Page and said he changed his life for the title. He says he will smash Page and his ego to keep it.

Lola Vice and Stephanie Vaquer talk in the back. SV says good luck  tonight.

Kali Armstrong vs Skylar Raye

I forgot all about Sky. She's been on this show only two times so far.

Kali slaps her handshake away then throws her down backwards. Kali slams her down on the armlock. Kali knees her in the gut. Sky boots her in the gut. Sky la mistica facebusters her. Kali spinebusters her. Kali hits corner spears. 

Kali powerslams her for 2. Kali slaps her around. Sky hits shots to the gut. Kali hits punches and drops her. Kali cranks Sky's head. Kali elbow drops her. Sky hits chops then flying shoulder tackles her. Sky spinning ddt's her for 2.

Sky comes off the buckles and is hit. Kali powerslams her. Kali running shoulders her and Sky does a flip off of it. Kali pins her.

Thoughts: I didn't like Sky being used for jobber fodder. It's not a huge deal but she just has a lot of potential and skill. Kali busted out some new punches and dances here and looked solid.

Robert Stone talks to Blake Monroe and The Vanity Project. Stone tells Blake she has a title shot with Tatum Paxley next week. Stone says he let Tatum pick the stipulation though. Jackson Drake complains and The Project try to tell Blake she will be fine.

NXT Title - Tony D'Angelo (c) vs Ethan Page

Page misses a shot and TD hits punches. TD bangs Page's head off the buckles then slams him. TD lariats him. Page gets ome shots in. Page knees him out of the corner. Page suplexes him. Ricky Saints comes out and someone pulls him under the ring. They double clothesline each other. We then see Shiloh Hill has Ricky's legs tied up with a rope and he drags him to the back.

TD release AA's Page for 2. TD's head is banged off Page's knee. Page swinging neckbreakers him on the floor. We go to PiP break and return. TD elbows out of a sleeper. Page powerslams him. Page hits punches and TD fires up. TD punches him and germans him. TD overhead belly to belly suplexes him then germans him. TD spears him for 2. They trade shots. TD headhunters him from behind then twisting fisherman suplexes him for 2. Page eye rakes TD on a chokeslam attempt. 

TD misses a corner spear. Page 2nd rope powerslams him for 2. Page top rope splashes him for 2. Page grabs the NXT Title and tugs over it with the ref. TD rolls him up for 2. Page hits him with an ego's edge on the title for 2. 

Page hits mounted punches. They get on the commentary table. TD sends Page's face into the rail. TD walks the rail and spears him on the table. TD chokeslams him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was an alright match here. TD muscled and threw Page around and Page used various shortcuts. Not great but definitely better than what it could have been. I thought they had the general idea down and did an okay job with this.

A ref is trying to hold Ricky Saints back from Shiloh Hill. Ricky tells him this isn't over. Hill points power tools at him and Ricky backs off.

Myles Borne talks. He says he sent Johnny Wrestling back to Smackdown at Stand and Deliver. He says Dion Lennox then hit him with a chair from behind. He says he heard it and felt it. He says Dion stole his moment. He says when you attack the NA champ, ain't nobody safe. 

Darkstate appear in the crowd. Dion says Borne got the title from Page but not his brains. Dion says they put fear into NXT over the last year and says distractions keep stopping him from winning the title. He says the Dark State slump is over and Dark State's future is the N-A Title on Borne's shoulder. Dion says he can accept his fate or deny the inevitable. Borne says if he wants a title match, they can do it next week. He says as for his ultimatum, he goes with Option C, where he keeps the title. Borne says Dion can have the title match. He says if Darkstate takes him out, Dion might not get the title match. Borne says Dion has a decision to make as the leader of Darkstate and says he's ready either way.

Sayquon Shugars complains about the leader line and says there's no leader of Darkstate. Shugars threatens to break his neck. Shugars says he doesn't care about the title match. Dion says we aren't doing this, going against Shugars. Dion says the future is the title. Shugars asks if it's their future or his. Shugars goes after Borne, Borne hits a zigzag and Darkstate pull Shugars out.

Zaria then does a video talking about her history with Sol Ruca.

WWE Speed Tournament First Round - EK Prosper vs Dorian Van Dux

Dux does an inset promo. He says he came from Belgium and dominated the UK wrestling scene. He says he's here to change NXT's definition of destruction.

Dux blocks a headscissors. EK flips over Dux's back. Dux throws EK over the top to the floor. Dux suicide dives him. Dux top rope splashes EK's back for 2. EK code red's him. EK top rope moonsaults him outside. 

EK dropkicks him. Dux 2nd rope dropkicks him. Dux running lariats him for 2. Dux sits up top and is dropkicked. EK standing hurricanrana's him down from the top. EK shining wizard's him for 2. 

EK superkicks him then Dux pumping knees him. Dux double jump os cutters him. Dux misses a top rope ssp. EK top rope moonsaults him for the win.

Thoughts: It was all flying without a lot of selling. It was a quick little highlight reel and they got a lot in. Dux is already starting to get over and will probably be on here instead of Evolve soon enough.

The Birthright then look at EK from the aisle.

Stone and Keanu Carver talk in the back. Keanu says the time for talking is done with Joe. Keanu says next week will be Joe Hendry's funeral when they meet in the ring next week.

We get a video on Club WWE.

We get a video on Kendal Grey. She says getting dressed up and talking about herself isn't her thing. She says she was told she had a 1% chance of getting on Stand and Deliver last year. She says she has raised her stock a lot and credits Wren's friendship. She talks about her time in Evolve and says she became a different person during it. She said Evolve gave her confidence and says she wouldn't have had NXT success without Evolve. She says the WWE Universe saw her as a star at the Iron Survivor Challenge. She talks about being a fan of Cena as a kid and Cena picking her for that match.

She says Julius Creed reached out to her about going to WWE. She says she didn't know what she was doing at the tryouts but fell in love with it. She says there's a different side of her NXT doesn't know.

Stone talks to Tatum Paxley up high in the back. Stone has to climb a ladder to talk to her. She says she will lay her to rest and send her to hell. We then see that Shiloh Hill built a casket for her and Tatum says it'll be a casket match. Hill and Tatum laugh. 

Darkstate talk in the back. Dion says Shugars won't listen to him and does whatever he wants. Shugars complains about last week and complains about having to worry about what Dion wants. Dion says he's not changing he plan and he likes him. Dion says they need gold to get to the top of NXT and say this is their only shot so why risk it?

WWE NXT Women's Title - Lola Vice (c) vs Jacy Jayne

They lock up and Lola throws her down. Jacy headscissors her. They trade chops. Lola seated springboard armdrags her. Jay armdrags her back. Jacy shoulders her over. Lola goes for the armbar then hits her in the gut. Lola spin kicks her in the gut and sends her out. Lola la silla's Lainey Reid outside then Jacy facekicks her down outside.

We go to PiP break and return. Jacy superkicks her in the gut and Lola spin kicks her in the gut. Lola germans her. Lola hits spin kicks then a kick combo. Lola hits corner hip attacks and backdrops her. Lola la silla's her for 2. 

Jacy superkicks her. Lola spinning roundhouse kicks her, sending her out of the ring. Lola argues with Lainey outside then Jacy pump kiks her inside. Jacy backsplashes her then slaps her. Lola triangles her over the top rope and Fallon Henley wraparound kicks Lola on the post. Jacy gets a 2 count on Lola.

Lola guillotine chokes her. Lola back rolls her for 2 and is hit by Lainey. Lola uraken's Jacy and pins her.

Thoughts: Lola was the favorite but they did do a good tease of making it seem like she might lose. It was mostly all strikes and worked out a bit better than I expected. It was an acceptable main. I would have to think this is close to the end of Jacy in NXT. 

Kali Armstrong comes out and wipes out Fatal Influence. Kali and then Kendal Grey then get on the apron and look at Lola. Izzi Dame then appears on the riser with The Culling. Zaria then comes out. Sol Ruca jumps on Zaria and they fight.

Overall thoughts: It was a decent show. Nothing was bad but nothing was great. We had a lot of talking on this one and they did a decent job of setting up things for next time. We're still in a transition period as they try and make new stars and so far, we are in the very early stages of that. I'd give this a 6 out of 10 overall and I liked it. I don't think there was a clear match of the night though.

NWA Powerrr 4/14/2026

NWA Powerrr 4/14/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/nwa-powerrr-472026.html

Joe Galli, Tim Storm and Danny Dealz are on commentary.

The hosts talk about today's show. 

The Country Gentlemen are interviewed by Kyle Davis in the ring. Kyle says Joe probably has a greivance to air. Joe says he's always disrespectful.  Joe says he's sick of the NWA putting The Gentlemen down and it's time for them to take over. He says he has nothing but respect for Trevor Murdoch. He asks what Tyler Franks has done but try to hurt them? He says this is the year of The Gents and there's nothing anyone can do about it. Joe says he's sick and tired of the fans and Kyle.

Thom Latimer does a promo. He pretends to be nervous about tonight but says he couldn't care less as he's tagging with a monster. Dragon Nihan says it won't be a good day for The Drake's. Thom says it won't end well.

Dr. Vik's Abode

Vik talks to Ms. Starr and Greta at his house. Starr says they have been worried about him and says she never saw him this low. Starr says he tried to do things his way and it wasn't successful. Starr says it's time he starts listening to her if he can trust her. Starr says he can have everything he wants but he has to give her a chance. Vik says he's listening. 

2026 Crockett Cup First Round Match - The Country Gentlemen (AJ and KC Cazana) vs Trevor Murdoch and Tyler Franks

Trev and KC go at it. KC chops him and Trev chops back. Trev clubs him and hits him in the gut. Trev full nelson slams him. Trev punches him. TF hits shots on KC. KC trips him and hits bad mounted shots. KC slams him and does his strut into a legdrop. AJ 2nd rope elbow drops TF.

AJ chokes TF over the 2nd rope then Joe chokes TF. AJ slams TF and misses a vader bomb. Trev running facekicks AJ. They trade shots. Trev back elbows him down. Trev ddt's him. Trev goes up top and TF tags himself in. TF runs into a back elbow + russian legsweep combo and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was a shorter bout. Trev had things in control, Franks tagged in and immediately cost them the bout. Trev and AJ going at it was the highlight here.

Mike Knox isn't happy after.

The Southern Six do a promo. They say they whooped The Hardway's @ss 2 weeks ago. Alex says they will win The Cup again. Silas says he beat Bryan Idol and says Idol went to complain to Corgan to get another title shot. Silas says there's no one left to beat. 

The Cazana's do a promo. Joe says they took out Knox and Murdoch out of The Crockett Cup. Joe complains about Corgan's lawsuit against him and says it almost bankrupted him. Joe says they will win The Cup, take it to Tennessee and there's nothing Corgan can do about it.

2026 Crockett Cup First Round Match - Mims and The Pope vs The Slimeballz (Tommy Rant and Sage Chantz)

The Slimez are it from behind before it starts. Rant's head is banged off the buckles. Mims lariats Rant. Pope chops Sage. Sage does a dropkick + bulldog combo. Sage is caught off the 2nd rope and is powerbombed down by Pope.

Mims stomps Sage then slaps him. Pope splashes Sage behind in the corner. Pope delay suplexes Sage. Pope knee drops Sage in the head. Mims double axe handles Sage. Sage is sent chest first into the buckles. Pope footshoves Sage. They slap each other and Pope spinebusters him. Mims splashes Sage but Rant distractst the ref. 

Sage gets on Pope's back and bites him. Pope throws him over. Sage step up enzugiri's Mims. Rant hot tags in. He hits lariats on his opponents. Rant backdrops Mims and Pope. He then sentons Mims for 2. 

Sage clubs on Pope then dropkicks him in the corner. Pope lariats Sage on the apron. Mims world's strongest slams Rant. Pope goes up top and Sage pushes him. Mims takes an enzugiri in the corker and The Slimez do the snot rocket. The Slimez double pin Mims to win.

Thoughts: It was a lose-lose as neither team really needed this lose. It was alright enough with The Slimez getting bullied as usual and somehow pulling this off. 

Mims is upset after and Pope has to hold him back.

Trevor Murdoch, Mike Knox and Tyler Franks talk. Trev says he's never been more embarrassed for Franks. He says Knox and Murdoch have never been eliminated in the first round of The Cup. Knox says this is on Franks and he's disappointed. Trev says he did all the work. Franks says he's sorry. Mike says they are all sorry but sorry won't pay the bills. Franks wants another sot and Mike says they will talk about it.

JAC vs Richard Adonis

This is Rich's debut. Rich side headlocks him then JAC side headlocks him. JAC runs through his chops and shoulders him over. JAC splashes Rich for 1. Rich boots him out of the corner then JAC germans him. JAC double underhook suplexes him for 2. JAC gets some chants.

JAC chops Rich in the corner. Rich double footstomps him down then 2nd rope moonsaults him for 1. Rich kicks JAC in the back. Rich knees JAC in the back then pulls back on JAC's fingers. Rich bites JAC's fingers. Rich back elbows him and is caught off the 2nd rope. Rich lariats him.

Rich falcon arrows JAC for 2. Rich chops JAC down. Ric misses a 2nd rope moonsault. JAC corner splashes him. JAC exploders him. JAC backdrops Rich. JAC goes up and over him then lariats him. Rich cradles him, walks up the buckles and stunners him. 

JAC hits headbutts and knees on Rich. JAC jackhammers Rich and wins him.

Thoughts: It got enough time to play out. Rich didn't do bad in his debut and may be worth bringing back again. I'm not sure what plans there are for JAC but I guess him getting a win was okay. It was fine, but JAC and Wrecking Ball should be focused on over JAC in singles.

El Encanto Tattoo

Tiff Nieves promises to get Silas a good deal on a tattoo. Silas says he wants "The Champion" written on his arm in another language. The Southern Six tell Silas about local beer deals. The say They Cazana's have been here for 4 weeks and ask what they are doing. KC says it'll take as long as it takes. Kerry and Alex leave without Silas.

Bryan Idol says Carnage cost him a shot at the title. He says he talked to Corgan and says he will get another title shot. He says he will give Carnage a match where the winner gets a title shot. He says he will uphold the history of the NWA and beat him 1-2-3 then win the title. He says no one will save him now as looks kill and so does he.

2026 Crockett Cup First Round Match - Thom Latimer and El Dragon Nihan vs Carson Drake and Tyler Stevens 

They incorrectly told us who Drake's partner was supposed to be twice. It was advertised as Aron and they said it would be Lockjaw in a promo. Drake has the whole Federations of Champions group with him.

Thom and CD go at it. CD pulls him by the hair and gets chopped over the top. Tyler and Drag get in. They stare down and grab each other by the throat. Both go for slams and facekick each other. They butt heads. Tyler clubs on Drag.

CD comes in and slaps Drag. CD dances then Drag chops him down. We go to break.

Dr. Vik's Abode

Ms. Starr asks how Vik would feel about an NWA Title shot. Vik says he's not a wrestler. Starr asks who knows wrestling better than her? She says if he wants a shot at Tiffany, he has to have the NWA Title around his waist. She says Vik has to prove himself and show that he has what it takes to be a successful wrestler. Starr says he could be champ and have Tiff in his arms. She says Tiff would have to say yes to him and she says she needs him to trust her. 

The Pope and Mims talk. Mims says it doesn't make sense. He says Pope has 20 years in the business and says they don't lose like this. Mims calls The Slimeballz disgusting and says the light shines on every dog's @ss at least once a day. Pope says he agrees. Two guys in full masks come in. Pope says the light will shine on Pope continuously. Mims asks who the guys are. Pope says they are "The Light". 

Thom bangs CD's head off the buckles. Thom hits mounted corner punches. CD ends up crotched on top and Thom shakes the ropes on him. Thom is thrown out and The Federation of Champions stomp on Thom. CD gets a 2 count on Thom then does his dance.

CD fist drops Thom for 2. CD chokes Thom on the 2nd rope. The Slimez choke Thom on the ropes and get everyone ejected. Drag gets tagged in. He hits lariats on CD and Tyler then bangs their heads together. Drag corner splashes both. Drag slams Tyler. Tyler takes a spike tombstone piledriver and is pinned.

Thoughts: This was mostly about interference from The Federation of Champions. We really didn't see all that much of this and it was average. 

Overall thoughts: It was the usual episode of NWA Powerrr with some random stuff, new debuts and nothing being particularly great. It's always such a weird watch because I like most of the roster and I like the commentary but the show is just never great and it's 100% due to how it is booked. They made a big error on this show as they promised us two different matches (The Drakes vs Nihan/Thom and Carson Drake/Aron Stevens vs Nihan Thom) and somehow, we didn't get either one of those. I don't know if that has ever been done before. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 as it was average. There was nothing you really needed to see here.

All Japan Pro Wrestling 4/12/2026 Champion Carnival 2026 Day 1

All Japan Pro Wrestling 4/12/2026 Champion Carnival 2026 Day 1

Note - Cyrus was supposed to be in this but he completely disappeared on AJPW and got replaced by Yuma Aoyagi.

It's time for another Champion's Carnival. I don't have big hopes for it as there's a lot of limited wrestlers in this.

They have the usual intro ceremony with all of the Carnival participants in the ring with the trophy. Talos and Kento argue.

Seigo Tachibana, Seiki Yoshioka & Shota Kofuji vs. Dan Tamura, Hikaru Sato & Hokuto Omori

Dan side headlocks Seigo. He takes him over, Seigo headscissors him and they stand off. Dan is backed up in the corner. Omori and Shota get in. Omori clubs him then Shota running back elbows him. Shota is ganged up on in the corner. Omori goes for a superplex, his partners try a tower of doom but just powerbomb him down. Shota hits a top rope double dropkick. Omori is triple stomped on.

Seiki stands on Omori's gut. Omori flatliners him. Sato hits chestk icks on Seiki then he goes for an ankle lock. Seiki kicks him in the back. Sato blocks a PK and ankle locks him. Seiki axe kicks Sato. 

Dan and Seigo trade forearms. Dan shoulders him over. Seigo forearms him then STO's him for 2. Dan takes corner attacks. Seigo spears him for 2. Dan hits back elbows on Seigo. Seigo hits forearms and drops him. Dan death valley drivers him for 2. Sato tries to suplex Omori onto an opponent but misses. Shota springboard forearms Sato.

Seigo sunset flips Dan off a powerbomb attempt. Dan lariats him. Seigo hits a b-drive on him for 2. Dan then la magistral's Seigo and pins him.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good. Seigo did his comedy. Shota tried a little more than usual Dan thankfully brought some stiffness to this. 

Champion Carnival 2026 Block A Match - Kuma Arashi vs. Rei Saito

They shoulder battle to start. Rei gets the edge. They do a double knuckle lock. Kuma overhead suplexes him out of it. Rei shoulders him over and Kuma goes out. Rei double axe handles Kuma outside. Kuma and Rei both get sent into the rails. 

Rei double chops Kuma. Rei runs into the post when Kuma moves. Kuma racks him outside then stands on his gut. Kuma misses a senton. Rei stomps him then stands on his gut. Rei butt drops him for 2. Rei corner lariats him twice. Kuma slams him. 

Kuma sentons him. Kuma corner lariats him, slams him then 2nd rope sentons him for 2. Rei chops him down. They lariat battle then Kuma drops him with a lariat. Rei suplexes him. Rei slaps him then crossbodies him for 2. Rei powerbombs him and wins.

Thoughts: It was a shorter but decent hoss battle. They squished each other and used their power as expected. It was what you would want and expect.

Champion Carnival 2026 Block B Match - Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Yuma Aoyagi

Sek blocks a takedown and they trade waistlocks. Sek kimura tolls him then armlocks him. Yuma wristlocks him. Sek reverses it. Yuma trips him and they stand off.

Yuma side headlocks him. Sek headbutts him then Yuma dropkicks him. Sek then shoulders him over. Yuma is sent into the rails. Sek atomic drops him. Sek racks him and walks around the ring with him. 

Yuma hits forearms outside and Sek chops back. Sek chops him on the rails. Sek elbow drops him. Yuma hits chest clubs and is chopped down. Sek backbreakers him then crabs him. Yuma ropebreaks.

Sek chops Yuma. Yuma misses a dropkick. Yuma 2nd rope dropkicks him. Yuma hits flying forearms in the corner. Yuma top rope crossbodies him. Yuma then does a guillotine to him while he's seated. Sek shoulders Yuma off the apron then topes him.

Sek's head is busted open from the tope. He corner spears > suplexes > splashes Yuma for 2. Sek goes up top. Yuma tries to follow and slips. Yuma dropkicks him while he's up there. Yuma superplexes him down. Sek no sells it. Yuma germans him. Sek no sells it then lariats him.

Yuma rolls him up for 2 then backslides him. Yuma backrolls him with a bridge for 2. Yuma hits a hard running lariat for 2. Yuma germans him for 2. Yuma fisherman suplexes him for 2. Sek htis another german then a hard lariat for a close 2. Sek AA's him into a bodypress and wins.

Thoughts: It was an okay bout. It picked up near the end when both were getting offense and Sek fired up to put this one away. The first half of this wasn't super exciting. Sek's head got busted open on a tope outside.

Champion Carnival 2026 Block A Match - Kengo Mashimo vs. Talos

Tal offers a test of strength. Ken lays down and dares him to get down with him. Ken leg kicks him from the mat. Tal then pulls him up on a double knuckle lock. Tal slams Ken then abuses him on the 2nd rope. Ken bangs Tal's leg off his shoulder then dragon screws him. Ken bangs Tal's leg off his shoulder more.

Ken is pushed into the rails. Tal clubs him then sends him into the rails. Tal poses and Ken baseball slides him from behind. Ken rams Tal into the post. Tal blocks his PK then spinebusters him on the floor.

Tal backdrops him. Tal knees him in the gut and corner splashes him twice. Ken leglocks him. Tal iron claws him to escape then headchops him. Tal facekicks him for 2. Ken eye pokes him then rolls him up into a pin and wins.

Thoughts: Ken winning was a surprise and he did a different type of pin than we usually see. Ken mostly worked Tal's leg here and Tal did big man offense. It was acceptable and made sense.

I think they introduce a new trainee to the crowd after. 

Atsuki Aoyagi, Kento Miyahara, Rising HAYATO & Ryuki Honda vs. HAVOC (Oddyssey & Shotaro Ashino), MUSASHI & Ryo Inoue

AA and Musashi go at it. Musashi armdrags him then chops him. AA dropkicks him. Ryo comes in and trades wristlocks with Rising. Rising chops him then Ryo running facekicks him. Ryo facekicks AA. Ryo PK's Rising and AA from the apron.

Musashi tope con hilos all 3. Ashino takes Honda into the stands and euros him in the aisle. Odd then takes Kento up into the stands. Kento takes a knee to the gut from Odd. Honda and Kento are whipped into each other.

Ryo bangs Rising's head off the buckles. Ashino karelin's lifts Rising. Rising dropkicks Ashino. Honda comes in and shoulders Ashino. He hits corner lariats then chokes him on the 2nd rope. Honda then counts along with the ref on the break as usual. 

Ashino and Honda trade forearms. Honda lariats him. Ashino running euros him. Honda spears him then Ashino germans him. Kento facekicks Odd. Odd lariats him. Odd backsplashes Kento then corner splashes him. 

Honda goes face to face with Odd and hits some shots. Odd splashes Kento and Honda in the corners. Odd side slams both together. Kento tries to slam Odd but Odd falls on him. Ryo hits chest kicks on Kento. Ryo spin kicks him in the gut and spinning forearms him. Kento is popped up into a german. Musashi frogsplashes Kento. Ryo fyling knees Kento for 2.

Ryo buzzsaw kicks Kento for 2. Ryo takes a double superkick. Honda lariats Ryo. Ryo takes a double pendulum drop backwards. Kento straightjacket germans Ryo and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a throwaway tag that got a lot of time to play out. It was pretty average for the most part. I was surprised to see Kento get beaten up as much as he did before the finish.

Champion Carnival 2026 Block B Match - Hideki Suzuki vs. Xyon

Xy spears him to start. Xyon goes up and over then corner spears him. HS headbutts him and is thrown hard into the buckles. HS hits shots to the gut. HS boots him out of the corner nadreverse headscissors him over the top rope.

HS is sent into the rails then Xy backdrops him on the apron. Xy camel clutches him. HS garvin stomps him then twists his neck with his feet. HS knee drops him. Xy blocks a knee. They trade forearms. Xy spinning shoulders him and samoan drops him for 2.

HS hurricanrana's Xy off the buckles for 2. HS pulls back on Xy's arms. Xy hits some shots. HS tries to flip out of a backdrop and nearly lands on his head. Xy top rope diving headbutts him and pins him.

Thoughts: Eh it wasn't that good as expected. Xyon tries but his offense still doesn't look that good. HS didn't bring a lot to this either and it wasn't good.

Champion Carnival 2026 Block B Match - Ren Ayabe vs. Jun Saito
 
Ren backs him up on the ropes and pats him on the head. Jun side headlocks him. They shoulderblock battle. Ren facekicks him then shoulders him over. Ren is sent out then Jun double axe handles him off the apron. Ren is sent into the rails. Jun chokes him with a towel.

Ren is sent into the post. Jun stands on his gut. Jun sends Ren into the rails. Jun is sent into the post. Ren sends Jun into the rails. They trade forearms inside. Ren slams him then stands on his gut. Ren slams him for 2. 

Jun back elbows him then running facekicks him. Jun elbow drops him for 2. Jun running knees him. Ren elbow drops him. Jun hits a big spear. Ren and Jun trade forearms and chops. Jun slams Ren. Ren superplexes him for 2. Ren does a hammerlock + dragon sleeper combo and Jun ropebreaks.

Ren facekicks him then Jun shoulders him over. Jun corner facekicks him. Jun 2nd rope superplexes him. Ren knees him in the gut. Jun slaps him then running knees him for 2. 

They trade forearms. Ren corner facekicks him. Jun backdrops him. Jun chops him. Ren dropkicks him. Jun slaps him and spinning lariats him. Jun jackahmmers for 2. Ren flying neckbreakers him and dropkicks him. Jun back elbows him then running spears him for 2. Ren dragon suplexes him then hits a spinning falcon arrow for the win.

Thoughts: It was acceptable and not much else. It was a slower paced match with a lot of striking that wasn't particularly impressive.

Champion Carnival 2026 Block A Match - Go Shiozaki vs. Yuma Anzai

They trade side headlock takeovers into headscissors and stand off. Yuma side headlocks him. They shoulderblock battle. Yuma dropkicks him out. They fight outside. Yuma flying forearms him off the rail. Yuma sends him into the rails. Go dropkicks him in the knee outside. Go drops him knee first on the rails.

Go bangs Yuma's knee off the floor then rams his knees into the post. Yuma is dropped knees first on the apron. Go low dropkicks him out of the ring. Go backdrops him for 2. Go half crabs him. 

Go chops him in the knee inside. Yuma hits chest forearms. Go stomps him in the knee. Yuma 2nd rope dropkicks him. Yuma belly to belly suplexes him for 2. Go chops Yuma then Yuma dropkicks him. Go flying shoulderblocks him. 

Go hits a chop flurry in the corner. Yuma hits forearms. Go hits a chop flurry. Go chops him down. They trade chops for forearms. Yuma germans him twice and Go lariats him down. Yuma flying knees him twice for 2.

Yuma flying knees him as Go goes for a spinning lariat. Yuma meteora's him for 2. Go hurricanrana's him. Go 2nd rope twisting superplexes him. Go hits a go flasher for 2. Yuma hits forearms on Go. Go lariats Yuma in the knee. Go texas cloverleafs Yuma. Yuma backdrops Go. Yuma flying knees him in the head and the back. Go lariats Yuma. Yuma gets up then is lariated again for 2. Go running lariats him and pins him.

Thoughts: Go worked the knee for a bit but Yuma didn't sell it well and it was mostly forgotten about. They really spammed chops and flying knees here which wasn't shocking. The crowd liked but I didn't think it was anything special.

Go talks on the mic after to close the show.

Overall thoughts: It was a so-so to average card. They just have a lot of limited workers in this year's CC and some of the better guys weren't in singles action tonight. I liked Kuma/Rei best. The main and semi-main didn't really impress here and the non-CC stuff was filler. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 and I wouldn't recommend it.