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Tuesday, February 17, 2026

NWA Powerrr 2/17/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/02/nwa-powerrr-2102026.html

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

We get a package on Silas vs Thom to start.

Alex Taylor vs Damien Fenrir

DF waistlock takedowns him and rides him. Alex ropebreaks. Alex underhook suplexes him. DF shoulders him over twice then baseball slides him. DF is sent into the steps and lariated. DF hits corner spears and Alex pulls his neck forward. Alex goes for a corner dropkick but DF gets the big boot up. Alex chokes him then backcrackers him for 2.

Alex misses a jump and goes crotch first into the 2nd buckle. DF back elbows him and dropkicks him. DF goes up and over, hits an enzugiri and is cradled for 2 DF backrolls him for 2. DF sits down on him on a sunset flip and wins.

Thoughts: It was a short match and a good opener. They got things moving and DF didn't botch anything here. Alex losing was a bit of a surprise but it won't be for nothing.

Kyle Davis interviews Alex after. He says this is BS. He says he got married this week and is hungover with a cramp. He says DF couldn't beat him 100% and he says he could beat everyone in this arena.

Silas Mason does a promo. He says Thom doesn't have much time left before the match and says his time has run out. He says it's like sands through the hourglass. He says he's counting the grains and he will bury him in the ring.

Bitcrush

Mel and Daisy Kill talk. He is where some game is at that has his face on it and Mel says it's sold out. Kill asks what he will do and Mel says he will get more of them. Mel says DK's partner has run out on him and he's been lonely. Mel says he should make a splash and make DK stand out in the NWA. Mel says he thinks he could take on anyone in the NWA and do an open challenge. DK says he knows he could. DK says it won't be an open challenge but Daisy's Reign of Terror. DK tells him to turn on the TV and watch the show and get a new copy of the game with his face on it.

Aron Stevens, The Drake's, Mondo and Slade do a promo. Carson says he put Alex Misery out of his misery last week. Carson asks what time it is and Mondo says it's "Gut Check Time". The Slimeballz come in and ask if they are in The Federation of Champions. They talk about beating The Country Gentlemen and are ignored. Mondo says they will find out they are facing the machines in the NWA of Slade and Mondo. Slade says if you face The Federation of Champions, the best choice you have is to tap.

Daisy Kill is interviewed in the ring. He says Tampa hasn't had much to be excited about and the Buccaneers are doing poorly. He announces the Daisy Kill reign of terror. He challenges any man to come answer his open challenge.

Daisy Kill's Reign of Terror Open Challenge - Daisy Kill vs Kerry Morton

KM waistlock takedowns him and rides him. KM sleepers him. DK stomps the foot and wristlocks him. KM side headlock takeoversh im. DK headscissors him and KM handstands out over the shoulders. KM side headlocks him. DK cartwheels out of a monkey flip then KM dropkicks him.

DK leg lariats him for 2. DK overhead throws him off the wristlock. KM backdrops him for 2. KM slingshot suplexes him for 2. DK's head is banged off the buckles. KM fish hook's him. KM back elbows him in the corner and struts.

DK back elbows him and back body drops him. DK hits kicks and then axe kicks him. KM uppercuts him. DK hits shots to the body then bulldogs him. DK cartwheel elbow drops him for 2. KM double boots him out of the corner. KM is in the electric chair. KM grabs his nose and wins.

Thoughts: I don't really understand why they had DK lose in the first match of his open challenge. I hope they aren't going to have him lose these as I think he is better than that. What we got of this wasn't bad otherwise though.

Wrecking Ball Legursky and JAC do a promo. Ball says he's here to fix The Fixers. He says Jay Bradley was broken after their tag match and now he has JAC. He says he's a tank, he's big and he believes in the American spirit. He says JAC is a big and bad man and says he's USA. They then do a "USA" chant. Ball says all will fall to the wrecking ball.

Thoughts: This was a fun Jim Duggan-esque promo.

Knox and Murdoch talk. Trev says he's facing Tyler Stevens. He says he doesn't know him but hears he is young. Trev says he needs Knox to stay safe as Tyler is the bigger problem tonight.

The Lost talk. Alex says Aron Stevens' crew thinks they are better than them. Alex says he doesn't want the feud to end. Lev says this is far from over and they don't want to win, they want his soul.

Wrecking Ball Legursky and JAC vs The Wrestling Machines (SLADE and Mike Mondo)

Slade waistlocks Ball and is thrown off. Ball does a coconut crush and a big wind-up shot. Ball corner splashes Slade. JAC slams Slade. JAC hits a big splash for 2. JAC side headlocks Mondo then shoulders him over.

Mondo back elbows him then JAC uranage's Mondo. JAC misses a vader bomb. JAC exploders Slade. Mondo kicks JAC from the ropes. Slade germans JAC. JAC is double teamed in the corner and Mondo clubs on JAC. Mondo boots JAC. We are told Mondo doesn't use a can opener and just bites it open.

Mondo back elbows JAC for 2. JAC takes an atomic drop into a bulldog. Slade elbow drops JAC for 2. Slade chin and armlocks JAC. Slade knees JAC in the gut and neckbreakers him for 2. Mondo clubs JAC in the corner. He elbow drops him for 2 then chinlocks him.

JAC suplexes Mondo. Ball tags in and shoulders over his opponents. He slams both then corner splashes both. Ball then hits corner hip attacks. Ball powerslams Slade for 2. Mondo sick kick's Ball in the chest. Slade jumping knees JAC. Mondo fireman's carry gutbusters JAC and pins him.

Thoughts: I didn't like Ball and JAC losing here. I guess it's fine if this is a one time thing but if they are going to be regulars, that's not a good move. The match was a decent heavyweight battle as expected.

Tyler Stevens does a promo. He says he made it to the NWA. He says he was in a #1 contender's match in his first match and got a title match in his second match. He says Trevor Murdoch is going to have to see him when he faces him.

The Cazana's talk. Joe calls The Slimeballs greasy, stinky and slimy. He asks how they could beat The Country Gentlemen. AJ says it took both Slimez to pin him and that's not in the rule book. He says he will have them dead to rights if the faces them again. Joe says everything they do will be by the book.

Tyler Stevens vs Trevor Murdoch

They lock up. Ty backs him up in the corner and Trev pushes him. Ty pushes back and gets slapped. Trev then ducks under the ropes. Trev boots and clubs him. Ty side headlocks him then lariats him hard from behind. Trev hits a regular lariat then hits punches and chops. Trev back elbows him then chinlocks him.

Ty sideslams him then running facekicks him. Ty corner lariats him. Trev eye rakes him then ddt's him. Trev top rope diving bulldogs him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a short one with Trev winning as expected. There wasn't too much to this.

The Holy Grail come out after. PB Smooth chairs Trev. PB then puts lip gloss on and throws it on Trev.

Thom Latimer says he's finally getting his rematch. He says it was supposed to be him vs Silas before but Cardona took him out. He says you have to fight fire with fire and says the World Title is coming back to The Latimer Family.

We get a video on Latimer vs Silas.

The Pop and Mims do a promo. Pope says he's thinking about Mims humble beginnings. He says he remembers Mims asking to carry his luggage and to work on the ring crew. Pope says he began to guide and lead him and it came to a head due to a lack of communication. Pope says he doesn't have to tell people why it didn't work. He says he thinks he knows what the future looks like for them and it looks right. Mims says he's tired of asking questions and making it make sense. He says what they will do is provide answers and says them on the same page is the answer.

NWA World Title - Silas Mason (c) vs Thom Latimer

Thom attacks SM as he enters. They fight outside. Thom's back is rammed into the apron then Thom is sent into the steps. SM holds the title up in his face and says he won't ever get his hands on it. SM misses a punch and hits the post.

Thom hits punches on SM. Thom is flapjacked on the apron. Thom dropkicks him out. Thom dropkicks him through the ropes. Thom crossbodies him off the apron. We go to break.

We see Natalia Markova do a promo with her opponent last week. TV-MA jumps them. Greta chokeslams Nat through a table. Tiffany Nieves says that's what she deserves and says welcome to La Princesa's NWA.

Kenzie Paige does a promo. She says if baby Kylie says she didn't tap, then she didn't tap. Ken says they are The NWA. Ken says they should split the tag match up and do one on one's. Ken challenges Teal Piper for next week.

We return from break. Thom suplexes him in the ring. SM backbreakers him. SM waistlocks him. SM bearhugs him. Thom bites him. Thom atomic drops him and lariats him. Thom flying back elbows him in the corner. Thom flatliners him. Thom ddt's him. SM hits a thrill ride and wins.

Thoughts: It was disappointing. I was expecting a back and forth 15-20 minute match. We got about 7 minutes and SM had control for most of it. It sucks because we waited a long time for this and the hype didn't live up.

Thom offers a handshake after. SM goes up to him, turns around and walks off.

Overall thoughts: The show mostly went okay but there was nothing must see here. The main only being about 7 minutes or so and one-sided was disappointing for the amount of hype it got. I didn't like Daisy Kill losing in the first match of his open challenge and Tyler Stevens losing didn't help him either. They've amped the production up some and they are doing more promos/videos to get you hyped up for things so they are doing a better job on that end but when it comes to delivering on the hype, they do a poor job of it. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 as the main brought this one down. The show was acceptable overall.

EPW Wrestling 2/14/2026 Episode #229

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/02/epw-wrestling-272026-episode-228.html

Gene Jackson and Joey Gross are on commentary.

Lil Bit is interviewed by Jaxx Roxx. Jaxx says she's kind of an afterthought in the locker room. She disagrees. She says she's everything you are supposed to be as a women's champ. She says she works hard and has earned the spot. She says she will prove it in any locker room.

EPW Women's Title - Lil Bit (c) vs Diana Taylor

They lock up and let go. They try to hip attack each other at the same time. DT lariats her and back elbows her. DT side slams her for 2. DT's head is banged off the mat. Bit knees her in the gut and pump kicks her while she is down. Bit sentons her for 2.

Bit elbows her over and chinlocks her on the 2nd rope. Bit rolling sentons her for 2. DT gets a 2 count on her. Bit hits some kicks and lariats her for 2. DT crucifixes her. Bit suplexes her. DT then suplexes her. Bit hits another suplex. They bang each other's faces off the mat. Bit jack knifes her for 2. Bit gordbusters her and wins.

Thoughts: It was an average match here. There was nothing great or bad about it but they didn't botch anything. DT was over some here.

Elijah Owens is interviewed. Gross says some people are saying he's lucky. Eli disagrees and says it's self made skill. Gross says he saw an opportunity and took it. Eli says he worked for the win and did it all by himself.

Chuck Swann is getting ready for a match. Moses Cain throws him in the ring then black hole slams him. Elijah Owens comes in and wants the match to start.

Chuck Swann vs Elijah Owens

Eli rolls Chuck up and pins him.

Thoughts: This continues Eli's good luck streak here as he won in seconds.

Eli does a big celebration after.

Ray Collins vs Amari the Maestro

Amari gets up in his face and rests his arms on his head. Ray shoves him. Amari pulls him down off the lock up then pushes him off the lock up. Amari atomic drops him and slams him.

Amari armlocks him. Ray boots him and hits a forearm. Ray elbow drops the leg. Amari boots him away. Amari euros him. Amari hits snake eyes and a big boot. Amari hits a nice spinning side slam for 2. Ray rolls him up for 2. Amari goes for the roll up. Ray grabs the ref and kicks Amari in the crotch. Ray rolls up Amari and pins him while holding the tights.

Thoughts: They got the idea right here with Ray being outsized and having to use cheap tactics to pull off the win. It was a bit of a surprise as Ray was treated like an underdog face but ended up heeling to win here.

Makkari Kandy is interviewed by Jaxx Roxx. Jaxx says the issue with Raven Black is getting out of hand. MK says she's enraged and has respected everyone who walked through the door. She says Raven tried to end her career but it won't go like that. She says she vows to end her career the next time she sees her in the ring.

Eli Knox and Hollywood Jimmy come out. Jimmy says it was horrible doing commentary with Joey Gross. He says Joey always puts Eli down. He says he knew Eli was the greatest when he walked through the doors for the first time. Jimmy says he demands respect. He says Eli has beaten everybody. Jimmy says they should challenge anyone in the back. Eli then dares someone to step up and get humiliated. Nyxx comes out.

EPW Apex Title - Eli Knox (c) vs Nyxx

This is an intergender match. Eli waistlock takedowns her and gyrates. Nyx gets mad and hits forearms. Nyx throws him twice. Nyx slams him for 2. Nyx chops him and bangs his head off the buckles.

Eli boots Nyx in the corner off a missed charge. Eli foot chokes her. Nyx hits a running back splash in the corner then a running lariat. Nyx fisherman suplexes him for 2. Eli goes out to stall and Jimmy calls timeout again. Jimmy blocks Nyx from getting at Eli. Eli then hits Nyx.

Eli is swept on the apron. Eli pump kicks her then elbow drops her for 2. Nyx jawbreakers him and hits a big spear. Nyx lariats and back elbows him. Nyx samoan drops him. Jimmy tries to trip her but is booted away. Eli then grabs Nyx from behind and bangs her face off the mat. Eli fameassers her and wins.

Thoughts: I'm not into intergender stuff but they did alright with it. Nyx didn't get a lot in but some of the basics. Eli avoided her a lot and ended up cheating to win.

Parental Advisory (Hunter Dabbs and Dakota Gage) vs The Initiative (Trace Hunt and Jason Genesis)

Aryann is with The Initiative.

Advisory attacks as The Initiative enter. Hunt is sent into the rails. Jason takes a double kick in the corner and Dabbs basement dropkicks him. Gage sentons him and hits a side slam. Dabbs slingshot swantons Jason for 2. Dabbs corner euos Jason. Gage corner spears Jason and Dabbs step up enzugiri's him. Gage corner lariats Jason. Dabbs is caught in the corner and slammed on Gage.

Hunt and Jason hit stereo powerslams. Hunt suplexes Dabbs and Jason sentons Dabbs. Dabbs' head is banged off the buckles. Dabbs boots Jason out of the corner. Hunt germans Dabbs for 2. Hunt hits 2 suplexes on Dabbs. Hunt russian legsweeps Dabbs. Jason goes for a 2nd rope moonsault and Dabbs gets his knees up.

Dabbs goes for the tag and Hunt dropkicks Gage off the apron. Dabbs is held for a single led codebreaker for 2. Hunt is up top. Dabbs pushes Jason over the top and Hunt falls off the top. Gage tags in. He lariats Hunt and running back elbows him. Gage spinebusters Hunt. Dabbs hits a top rope frogsplashe on Hunt.

Jason pulls Gage over the top. Dabbs is superkicked then takes a backdrop into a backcracker for 2. Aryanna throws chairs in the ring. Tony Dabbs (Advisory's dad) comes down. The Intiative get distracted. Gage and Dabbs chair the heels for the DQ.

Thoughts: It was an okay bout here. The heels are decent workers and Gage and Dabbs did what they are supposed to. We got a DQ finish but the reasoning behind it made sense. Hunt took a risky bump off the top when Jason got pushed into the ropes.

Gage offers a handshake to Dabbs. Dabbs slaps the hand then hugs him. Their dad holds their arms up.

Overall thoughts: The opener was average. Elijah Owens squeaked out a quick win. Ray vs Amari was interesting Ray getting heeled on then doing his own heelish stuff to win. Knox/Nyxx was an okay intergender bout and the main was fine. They did a good job with recapping past events and we'll have to see what comes next time out of this show. This was an okay show and I'd give it a 6 out of 10.

Monday, February 16, 2026

WWE Monday Night Raw 2/16/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/02/wwe-monday-night-raw-292026.html

We are in Memphis, Tennessee. Michael Cole and Corey Graves are on commentary.

We see various wrestlers arrive and hang out.

The Uso's come out through the crowd. Paul Heyman interrupts on the mic with The Vision. Logan tells the crowd to shut up and talks about selling a Pokemon card for $16 million dollars last night. He says he wants to host a show in the most beautiful city in the US and says this is not it.

We see clips of The Masked Man from last week. Theory says that match was his to win. Adam Pearce comes out and says let's talk about this like adults. Theory says they will do it now. Theory says he won the match last week and Pearce screwed him out of it. Adam says they would have had security take care of it if it wasn't for them. Heyman says he wants Reed in the Elimination Chamber and they will leave. Adam says he can be in The Chamber if he wins his qualifier next week.

LA Knight then comes out. LA says the masked man was Theory and now he's getting screwed by himself. LA says Theory's dreams of qualifying are gone. He then prays for Reed to get in The Chamber so he can kick him in his @ss 40,000 times. Logan brings up Reed putting him through a car and LA insults him. LA calls The Vision turdstains and tells Pearce not to let them live. LA asks for a trios match with him and The Uso's vs The Vision. Pearce says it starts now.

LA Knight and The Uso's (Jimmy and Jey Uso) vs The Vision (Logan Paul, Austin Theory and Bronson Reed)

We join this in progress. LA stomps and running knees Logan. Logan kicks him then LA lariats Theory. LA yanks on the arm. Theory hits shots on Jimmy in the corner. Jimmy goes up and over then superkicks him in the gut. Jimmy uppercuts him.

Theory takes a double back elbow and a double elbow drop. Theory boots LA and punches him. Theory boots him off the ropes. LA takes a high/low from Reed and Theory. LA takes shots to the gut and Logan kneels on LA's neck on the 2nd rope.

Logan hits mounted forearms on LA. Logan gutwrench suplexes him for 2. Theory hits punches on LA. LA fights out of the corner and is held for a Reed splash. Reed hits a world's strongest slam and elbow drops him.

We go to break and return. Reed blocks LA's tag. LA hits punches. Reed uranage's and sentons him. LA avoids a senton. Theory misses a corner charge. Jey is tagged in. He jumping lariats Logan then hits punches. Jey hits punches and corner hip attacks him. Jey hits a big spear on Logan for 2.

Theory is lariated over the top and then LA BFT's him on the floor. Reed spears LA through the timekeeper's rail. Logan zig zag's Jey for 2. Jey superkicks Logan. Logan takes a double superkick and a 3D for 2. Reed headbutts Jey out. Reed topes The Uso's outside. Jey is thrown over the commentary table.

Logan hits the knockout punch on Logan. Reed top rope splashes Jimmy and pins him.

Thoughts: It was an okay tag but nowhere near great. I was a bit surprised to see The Vision win for some reason here. I was surprised to see Reed hit a tope.

Logan grabs Cole's headset and tells him to watch The Vision work. The Masked Man then curbstomps Logan on the commentary table.He then runs from Reed.

Adam Pearce finds a wooden box in the back that says not to open it until 2/28/2026. He asks a delivery man about it (it's Eli Knox of EPW). Adam asks what's in it and Eli says he doesn't know and didn't open it. Eli asks what he wants him to do? Adam says to put it on the truck and let Aldis deal with it on Smackdown.

Los Americanos then come up to Adam. Grande talks in Spanish and complains about Elimination Chamber qualifying. Grande asks him to give him something and asks for an IC Title match. Adam says everyone wants one. He says he won't just give him a title match but will give him a chance to earn one tonight.

Nattie, Bayley and Asuka talk about their Chamber qualifier tonight and all of them talk about whythey will win. Nattie shows off her "Legend" mouthguard.

Elimination Chamber Qualifier - Bayley vs Nattie vs Asuka

Nat misses a charge and Bay forearms Asuka down. Nat takes down Bay and pounds on her. Nat is sent out. Bay back elbows Asuka then snapmares her. Bay sliding lariats Asuka. Nat surfboards Bay. Nat and Asuka hit shots on each other. Asuka slap flurries her and takes a german. Asuka high kicks Nat and Bay sunset bombs Asuka into the buckles. Bay dropkicks Asuka under the bottom buckle. Nat catapults Bay into the post.

We go to break and return. Bay boots Nat out of the corner and 2nd rope elbow drops her on the neck for 2. Nat is in tree of woe and Bay springboard elbow drops her. Bay superplexes Asuka for 2. They all trade shots on their knees. Nat hits Bay from behind and sends her out. Nat lariats Asuka from the ropes. Asuka running back elbows her. Nat spinning lariats Asuka. Bay backdrops Nat.

Bay top rope elbow drops Asuka. Nat german Bay on the apron. Asuka grounded chickenwings Nat. Nat turns it into a pin attempt. Asuka chest kicks her then Nat hits a sitout powerbomb for 2. Nat sharpshooters Asuka. Bay flying knees Nat the cutters her over the 2nd rope. Bay belly to belly suplexes Asuka for 2.

Bay backslides Asuka for 2. Asuka does the chickenwing on her and submits her.

Thoughts: It was a decent three-way. Nattie hit a stiff sitout powerbomb here and Asuka hit a stiff german. This worked out a lot better than I expected and I liked it.

Maxxine Dupri attacks Nat from behind her and pounds on her. Officials come to break it up.

Adam Pearce says Aldis offered Oba Femi a contract and now he is too. He says his offer is better than Aldis'. Oba says he needs time to decide. Oba then runs into Rusev and they stare down. Oba is a lot bigger than him.

We see clips of a sitdown interview with Liv Morgan and Michael Cole. Dom interrupts. Liv says she's not going to reveal who she will face yet at Mania. She says she will take her time. Stephanie Vaquer comes in and talks Spanish only for a few minutes. She then leaves. Liv is upset, walks off and cries.

Thoughts: It was a complete waste of a segment since most people including myself have no idea what Vaquer said.

CM Punk comes out to talk. He says the people are happy to see him but Adam Pearce told him he's jeopardizing the main event of Wrestlemania. He says he's just making everything better. He says the people deserve a fighting champ. He says Balor didn't deserve the next title shot, but he earned it for jumping him. He says he ruined the last time he got to fight AJ Styles.

Punk says he does thing that p!sses people. Finn Balor comes out. Dom and JD follow Finn out. They surround the ring. Finn says they didn't come out here to fight. Finn says to be the best in the world, you gotta train with the best catch wrestler, train with the best luchadores and survive the toughest dojos in Japan. He says you also gotta show up your first night on Raw and beat Roman Reigns. Finn says by that definition, the best in the world is standing in front of him.

Punk says he knows who he is..he knows who he was. He says Finn did some great things by himself and didn't see Judgment Day with him in Japan and Mexico. He says Finn used to mean something. Punk says Judgment Day has been an anchor around Finn's neck and dragged him down to their level. Punk says JD needs help getting in the ring because his head's so big and says Dom has 2 titles but never defends them. He says he doesn't believe they didn't come out here to jump him. He tells them to jump him and turns around.

Punk says he's the best in the world and doesn't need anyone's help to prove it. He says maybe Finn does need the help. Punk throws the mic at him.

Byron interviews Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky. Rhea says the road to Mania is always a battle and Friday was not exception. She says Nia and Lash got carried away and didn't take their tag titles. Iyo says they will be ready for Elimination Chamber. The Kabuki Warriors come in. Sane says The Chamber is over as Asuka is in it. She says they will make sure they never win. Asuka interrupts her. Asuka then yells at Iyo and Rhea and says they are not ready for The Chamber.

#1 Contender to the Intercontinental Title - El Grande Americano vs Penta

They lock up. GA piefaces him in the corner. Penta shoves him and they chop each other. Penta superkicks him and GA uppercuts him. Penta backcrackers him. GA headbutts him. Penta springboard lariats him. We go to break and return.

Penta crossbodies him and slingblade facebusters him. Penta handstand pendulum dropkicks him in the corner for 2. GA does a surfboard variation him and Penta turns it into a pin attempt. GA rolling death valley drivers him for 2.

GA walks up the buckles, gets caught and takes a driver for 2. GA flying headbutts him for 2. GA has Bravo hand him a weapon. Bravo is pulled under the ring. Original Grande then appears and hits a chaos theory on Rayo. OG hiptosses Bravo on the commentary table. Penta springboard canadian destroyers Grande and pins him.

Thoughts: We knew Original Grande was getting in on this and he did. What we got was fine here and it was probably what you would expect.

OG punches Grande II after. He back body drops him then hits a chaos theory german. OG then wants to pull the mask off but Grande II is carried away by his buddies.

Dom consoles Liv in the back. Raquel is with them and tries to get Liv to come out with her. JD and Finn talk. JD says Punk got into Finn's head and is he's playing into his head. JD says they had Punk surrounded and could have sent him to The Chamber more hurt than he is. He says he's trying to help him become chamber. Finn says if he wants to help, let him do this alone. Dom says he still has a match but neither of them are paying attention.

AJ Lee comes out. She says she walked out for moral support last week and came out the #1 contender to the Women's IC Title. She said Becky Lynch reminded her this is serious business when she banged her head off the post. She says she hasn't had a singles match in a decade yet alone a title match. She said the last time she had a title match, things looked different here. She brings up the old Divas Title and said she loved the title. She says she made it.

She says there's a women's division before her and after. She talks about all the girls she wants to fight but says all roads lead back to Becky. She says she doesn't know why Becky doesn't like her and implies jealousy. She says she gave her a 10 year head start and she still hasn't caught up. She says she's not mad at her, she's grateful. She says maybe she can show she is still a champion. She says she walked out of Chicago victorious but will walk out of Mania champ. She says she's got something for Becky's @ss if she wants to come out.

Becky Lynch comes out. She says this is an opportunity for AJ to grab her family and friends and get a send off. She says she can have the retirement match she never had and doesn't deserve. She says AJ's gift was leaving. She says she made history for 10 years while AJ made comics. She says if she makes it through Elimination Chamber, she can make a comic about the time she went against the best of all time. She says maybe that comic will sell. AJ tells her to come in and says they can throw hands right now. She says, "Let's go Becky booboo".

Becky asks if she looks stupid. She says she can come in and she will give her the first shot. AJ dares her to hit her and Becky doesn't. She says AJ wants her to beat her up so she can't make it to Elimination Chamber. Becky then walks off and says she doesn't fight in Memphis.

Adam Pearce talks to a guard in the back. He then talks to The Vision. Theory asks he will let that happen to Logan. Heyman tells him to go back to the jet. Heyman tells Adam this is on him. Adam says the masked man is just as big of a problem for him as it is for them. Reed says he solves problems and when he catches him, the problem will be solved. He says when he wins The Chamber, that will be solved too.

Next week has a tribute to AJ Styles.

They said the Liv interview will be translated on WWE.com.

Elimination Chamber Qualifier - Gunther vs Je'Von Evans vs Dominik Mysterio

Gun blocks Evan's takedown and chops him in the corner. Dom chops Evans and tells Gun he is helping him out. Evans dropkicks both opponents. Gun crabs him. Dom chops Gun and Gun chops him down. Evans hits dropkicks on Gun. Evans flying headscissors Dom then chops him in the corner. Evans tries a seated springboard and Gun chops him down. Gun throws Dom out and sends him into the rails. Evans suicide dives Gun over the top, sending him into the timekeeper's area.

We go to break and return. Dom chinlocks Evans. Dom grabbed a hammer during the break. Dom throws Evans down backwards. Gun sleepers Dom from the apron. Evans superkicks Gun. Evans flying forearms Dom twice. Evans does a wild bottom rope springboard corkscrew kick on Dom and spinning backdrops him for 2. Gun chops Evans down. Gun powerbombs Dom onto Evans. Evans hurricanrana's him for 2.

Gun lariats Evans. Gun powerbombs him for 2. Gun kicks his opponents and chops both down. Gun chops Evans down. Evans high kicks Gun. Evans corkscrew kicks Dom off the ropes. Evans flying knees Gun for 2. Gun gets his knees up on Dom's top rope splash. Evans springboard crossbodies Gun. Gun sleepers Evans and Evans jawbreakers out. Evans is caught with a sleeper on the mat. Dom top rope frogsplashes Gun's back. Dom is lariated by Gun.

Evans backdrops Evans. Gun grabs the hammer and Dragon Lee jumps off the apron and hits Gun with the ring bell. Dom dropkicks Evans into the ropes and 619's him. Dom misses a splash off the top. Evans double jump os cutters Dom and pins him.

Thoughts: Evans winning was a surprise here. I was sure Gun was winning this. Evans should provide some nice spots in The Chamber, but he's not winning it. It was an entertaining match with a lot of flying around and Gun hitting stuff shots.

Overall thoughts: It was an okay Raw. There was nothing great here but it made sense and we had a lot of okay stuff going on. The main was maybe the best thing on here but not by that much. I'd give this a 6 out of 10 but I think you can skip this.

CMLL on Televisa Puebla 2/15/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/02/cmll-on-televisa-puebla-282026.html

Akari, Skadi & Tessa Blanchard vs. Candela, Metalica & Zeuxis

Z = Zeuxis

1st Fall - Sakdi trips Metal then Metal goes for a pin. Skadi sits on her and ties her legs up. Metal corner lariats her then Skadi lariats her back. Skadi basement dropkicks her. Z is caught off the buckles by Skadi and she takes a backbreaker. Z basement dropkicks her. Tess comes in and flying headscissors Z out.

Tess boots Cand then hits her in the corner. Cand goes up and over in the corner then pele kicks her. Cand stomps her and seated springboard legdrops her. Akari comes in and Cand stomps on her. Akari armdrags her then fujiwara armbars her. Z breaks it up. Akari sunset flips Z and Z tries a pin. Akari la magistral's her and pins her. Akari's team wins the fall.

2nd Fall - Skadi knees Metal in the gut then enzugiri's her in the corner. Skadi basement dropkicks her. Cand grabs Sakdi by the hari from the apron. Cand asai moonsaults Skadi. Akari is swept and takes a boot to the head. Skadi is tripped and Cand topes her from the ramp into the ring. Tess takes running corner attacks and Z uppercuts her.

Z trips Akari on the handshake. Akari is hit with a triple boot. Tess takes a oduble spinebuster then she is held for a codebreaker. Cand flips off of her partners back into a moonsault on Tess and pins her. Candela's team wins the fall.

3rd Fall - Metal stomps on Tess' leg then leg chokes her on the ropes. Metal back elbows her down. Skadi is ganged up on. She pushes the heels into each other and Tess slingshot splashes Metal and Akari 619's Cand. Tess and Akari get stereo nearfalls. Akari curbstomps Cand. She basement dropkicks her in the back of the neck and throws her out. Metal is double foot choked in the corner.

Z takes corner attacks then Tess cutters her for 2. Cand dropkicks Tess and Akari suplexes Cand. Metal takes a Skadi dropkick and Z meteora's Skadi. Akari and Tess do the star on Metal and Z then Skadi surfboards Cand in the metal. Candela submits. Skadi's team wins the fall and match.

Thoughts: It was the usual quality for the women and was average. There wasn't anything too special about it and the moves could have looked better. Skadi's so interesting because of her size but she never gets to do much outside of trios bouts. The crowd liked Tessa.

Capitan Suicida, Esfinge & Xelhua vs. Galeon Fantasma (Barboza, Difunto & Furia Roja)

1st Fall - 5 of the 6 go out to start. Dif armdrags Esf twice to start then Esf armdrags him. Esf splashes him and they stand off. Xel and Barb fight. Xel walks up the buckles and is tripped. The heels stomp him while he hangs in tree of woe. Roja rips at Xel's mask and punches him. Xel takes a triple boot out. Esf takes a corner lariat then Barb is popped up into a dropkick on him. Dif dropkicks Xel and Roja corner cannonballs Xel and Esf. Cap is tripe gorilla press thrown into the them. The heels pick up triple pins and win the fall.

2nd Fall - Barb facekicks Esf down then corner lariats him. Barb basement dropkicks him in the back of the head. Esf is dropkicked in the leg and he goes out. Xel takes a corner lariat. Xel's arms are tied up and Barb top rope dropkicks him. Roja facekicks Xel out. Cap is double hiptossed onto his face then Roja basement dropkicks him.

Esf is held in mid-air on the ramp and dropkicked in the butt. Xel is held for shots then he is triple stomped on. Roja poses on the 2nd rope and is dropkicked out. Xel then slingshot plancha's him. Cap hits a hurricanrana on Barb and pins him then Esf pins Dif with a springboard splash. Xelhua's team wins the fall.

3rd Fall - Roja shoulders Cap over. Cap slides under his legs and corkscrew headscissors him out. Cap is then double dropkicked from behind. Cap does a rolls into Barb and ends up headscissoring Dif off of it. Cap then does a wild roll into a spinning headscissors. Cap then handsprings and poses.

Esf is triple stomped on by the heels. He superkicks Barb and flying knees Dif. Esf corkscrew kicks Roja. Esf then monkey flips Dif. Barb and Xel trade chops. Xel flying headbutts Barb then armdrags him. Xel armdrags Dif then tilt-a-whirl armdrags Dif out. Xel tilt-a-whirl backbreakers Roja then sitout powerbombs him for 2.

Xel is double gorilla pressed and dropped backwards. Esf tope con hilos 2 heels outside. Cap then tope con hilos them. Xel top rope crossbodies Roja for 2. Xel hurricanrana's Roja for 2. Roja rips Xel's mask off and is DQ'd. Xel's team wins the fall and match.

Thoughts: The finish was dumb and that's a shame as they were doing a good job otherwise. Cap hit 2 wild moves which I showed you above here and the heels did a good job. Barboza had a good night. I still liked this though. Xel continued not to do submission based offense here and I think they are trying to turn him more into a generic technico.

Barbaro Cavernario, Soberano Jr. & Volador Jr. vs. El Sky Team (Mascara Dorada & Mistico) & Templario

1st Fall - Vol foot chokes Temp in the corner and Mist is booted down. Mist is ganged up on by the heels. Mist takes boots to the head and is sent out. Temp takes corner attacks and a superkick. Barb pins Temp. Barb rocking chairs MD then Sob legdrops MD as he hangs. Sob pins MD. Soberano Jr.'s team wins the fall.

2nd Fall - Mist is rammed crotch first into the post outside. Vol lariats and boots Temp. Sob basement dropkicks Temp. Sob stomps on MD and Barb gets a 2 count on him. Sob mostly takes off MD's mask but puts it back on. Mist is popped up into a double kick.

Sob step up enzugiri's Temp in the corner. Temp is ganged up on in the corner. Barb hits a bunch of shots on him and bties him. Temp flying headscissors Sob. MD top rope tornillo's Vol. Mist springboard headscissors Barb out. Mist and MD hit stereo topes outside. Temp rolls Sob into a pin and pins him. Mistico's team wins the fall.

3rd Fall - Temp springboard diving armdrags Vol. Barb hits shots on Temp then superkicks him. Barb bends over and Temp kicks him. Temp tilt-a-whirl armdrags Barb out. Sob poses. Temp hits shots on him and spinning headscissors him out. Temp then poses on the 2nd rope.

MD superkicks Vol then his partners. MD springboard diving headscissors Vol then corkscrew headscissors him. MD spinning headscissors Barb out. Mist and Vol fight. Mist springboard twisting crossbodies him. Mid spinning headscissors him. Mist pushes Sob into Barb, 619's Barb and springboard diving headscissors Sob. Barb is knocked down and does the worm. Mist springboard headscissors him. Mist and MD then hit stereo topes outside.

Temp rope walk diving armdrags Vol out. Temp then topes him. MD top rope diving crossbodies Sob and Barb. Mist headscissors Sob and MD top rope 450's Barb. Mist la mistica's Sob and submits him.

Thoughts: It was a shorter but okay bout. They definitely rushed the third fall a bit. I don't know why they are jobbing Sob out all the time when he is so over. I liked what we got but they didn't go all out here.

Overall thoughts: There were 3 new matches here as usual. The women's match was just average as always. The 2nd match was good and the best match on the show. Capitan Suicida busted out some new moves that were very impressive and the heels put out a good effort. The main was okay but a bit rushed and nothing too out of the ordinary. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 total. The show was good overall.

CMLL 2/13/2026 Viernes Espectacular

The announcer talks as usual. They have some traditional Mexican dancers and a band.

Lightning Match - Okumura vs. Stigma

Oku waistlocks him and Stig side headlocks him. Oku arm wringers him. Stig flips off the ropes to escape and armdrags him. Stig is legswept and does a spinning headstand headscissors off the mat. They trade chops. Oku spin kicks him then shoulders him over.

Stig flips out of a hiptoss and dropkicks him. Oku sends Stig into the rails outside then suplexes him on the floor. Oku gets a 2 count on him. Oku misses a corner charge. Stig enzugiri's him in the corner and bulldogs him. Stig dropkicks him out. Stig topes him. Stig then topes him again.

Stig flying la silla's him off the apron. Stig gets a 2 count on him in the ring for 2. Stig hits punches in the corner on him. Oku exploders him. Stig rolls out of a sunset flip and basement dropkicks him. Stig slams him then top rope splashes him for 2.

Stig misses a top rope double stomp. Oku bridging cutters him for 2. Oku hit a cradle tombstone and pins him.

Thoughts: It was an okay opener. Stig did some flying and looked a bit more lively than usual and Oku did his thing. This was fine.

Hijo de Stuka Jr. & Magnus vs. Los Viajeros Del Espacio (Futuro & Valiente Jr.)

1st Fall - Fut and Mag fight. Mag hip throws him twice. Fut armdrags him off the casadora then headstand pinning headscissors him from the mat. They stand off. Val and Stuka fight. Val corkscrew headscissors him and enzugiri's Mag. Val rope walk diving headscissors Mag. Val and Fut then hit stereo topes out.

Fut springboard double crossbodies his oponents. Fut Val takes a backbreaker and Val is thrown onto him. Stuka top rope splashes his opponents and him and Mag pick up double pins to win the fall. Magnus' team wins the fall.

2nd Fall - Fut is double teamed. Val is hit with a knee from Stuka. Val is tripped into the ropes for a 619 then is held for a cutter. Stuka stomps on Fut then Fut is dropped into a backbreaker on his knees for 2. Val is hit with a double boot and double stomped on. Fut springboard crossbodies the heels. Fut is flipped into the ropes and does a double armdrag. Val headscissors Mag down then Fut is popped up and he rolls up Stuka. Fut pins Stuka. Futuro's team wins the fall.

3rd Fall - Fut flips off the top and his springboard is caught. Fut spinning headscissors Mag. Fut springboard armdrags Stuka. Val rolls into a poisonrana on Mag. Stuka ddt's Stuka then Fut crucifix bombs an opponent. Fut takes a canadian destroyer. The four headbutt each other at the same time and go down.

Val walks up the buckles and flying headscissors Mag to the outsdie. Fut walks the ropes and triangle moonsaults outside. Stuka slingshot tornillos Fut outside. Val 2nd rope inside to outside springboard swantons.

Stuka torture rack sitout bombs Val. and pins him. Mag double underhook twisting drops Fut and pins him. Magnus' team wins the fall and match.

Thoughts: It was a hard one to follow. They really moved fast here and hit all kinds of very complicated dives. This went really well for the difficulty levels involved and was impressive.

Atlantis Sr. vs. Ultimo Guerrero vs. Hechicero

The heels pick on Atlantis to start UG rips his mask while Hech stomps him. Hech knee drops AJ's legs. Hech pounds on Atlantis' head. Hech and UG then rip the mask together. Hech knees Atlantis in the head. UG baseball slides Atlantis off the apron. Hech drops Atlantis arm first on the rails. UG rips Atlantis' mask while Hech pulls the arm.

UG is sent into Hech. Atlantis hiptosses him then sends Hech into him. Atlantis hits a double japanese armdrag. Atlantis runs the ramp and crossbodies UG. Atlantis top rope crossbodies Hech then rolls him up for 2.

Hech boots Atlantis. Atlanis tilt-a-whirl backbeakers Hech then half-crabs him. UG boots Hech in the head. UG and Hech trade running corner lariats. Hech dropkicks UG for 2. Hech and UG fight on the 2nd rope. UG blocks a top rope hurricanrana and powerbombs him down for 2. Hech flying elbows UG off the buckles for 2.

Atlantis helps UG up and wants to work together. They shake hands and do UG's taunt. They then double team Hech and double stomp him. They boot Hech together and Atlantis is pushed into UG. Hech step up knees UG in the corner. Hech headscissors drops UG and pins him.

Thoughts: It wasn't that bad. The story was UG working with Hech against Atlantis then Atlantis working with UG against Hech. Hech won soon after the latter alliance started. They kept things moving and ended this before it got stale, so this kind of worked.

Titan vs. Mascara Dorada

Titan misses a dropkick and flips over MD's back. Titan flips over him then flying headscissors him. Titan topes him. Titan top rope diving knee drops MD's neck over the 2nd rope. Titan ties up his legs then pulls on his arms. Titan then does an indian deathlock off of it. MD ropebreaks.

MD is sent to the ramp. MD handsprings off the ropes on the ramp then corkscrew headscissors him down to the floor. MD tornillo's him outside. MD hits a top rope swanton for 2. MD does a nasty gori special variation. MD 450's but Titan gets his knees up. Titan pumphandle emerald flowsion's him for 2.

They chop each other. Titan spin kicks him in the gut. MD does a flying hip attack. MD handstands out of a tornado ddt. Titan pele kicks him. MD tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him. The springboard clothesline each other at the same time from opposite sides of the ring. Both kip up at a 9 count.

Titan is belly to belly overhead suplexed into the buckles. MD powerslams him for 2. Titan is on the buckles and MD corkscrew kicks him. Titan bodyscissors him over the top. Titan top rope moonsaults him outside. Titan misses a top rope double stomp to the outside. MD dropkicks him in the knee outside and 2nd rope ssp's him outside.

Titan is sat on the ropes and takes a dragon screw. MD tilt-a-whirl armdrags him. MD top rope moonsaults him inside for 2. Titan jumping back kicks him for 2. Titan is up top and is kicked. MD 2nd rope electric chair drops him. MD top rope 450's him for 2. Titan tornado ddt's him then suplex lift cutters him. Titan double stomps him off the buckles. Titan does a bad sharpshooter and taps him out.

Thoughts: I wasn't a big fan of this. They did all their flying but went a bit overboard with it and didn't sell a lot. It was all spotfest here. Had it been shorter, it would have been better.

World Historic Light Heavyweight Title Three Way Match - Atlantis Jr. (c) vs. Averno vs. Soberano Jr.

AJ = Atlantis Jr.

AJ is double teamed to start. He kicks Sob in the gut then superkicks Av. He flying kicks Sob out. AJ slides out and he is double teamed on the floor. AJ is sent into the rails. Av unties AJ's mask on the buckles. Sob then unties AJ's mask. AJ is put in tree of woe and Sob basement dropkicks him. AJ is thrown to the ramp. His legs are split there and the heels double stomp on him.

AJ flying headscissors him. Av and Sob then double stomp on Mist. AJ is kicked in the inner thigh. AJ 2nd rope flying headscissors Av, then monkey flips Sob. He tilt-a-whirl backbreakers both and the heels go out. Av topes Av then topes Sob.

AJ rolls up Av for 2. AJ sunset flips him for 2. Sob suplexes AJ then brainbusters him for 2. Sob tries a flying headscissors but Av drops him face first on the mat. Av is up top and is kicked. We get a tower of doom spot with AJ putting the other two down. AJ then tries pins on both and gets nearfalls. AJ is sent to the ramp.

Sob and Av trade chops in the ring. AJ runs the ramp and crossbodies both. The heels go out and AJ tope con hilos them outside. Av 2nd rope angel's wings AJ then rolling armbars Sob. AJ breaks it up. Sob then breaks up AJ's la atlantida attempt.

Sob enzugiri's AJ from the apron. He top rope tonrillo's him. Sob fire thunders Av for 2. Sob enzugiri's AJ on the apron. He tries to fosbury flop him outside but nails Av instead. Sob top rope tornillo's AJ. AJ no sells it and goes for la atlantida. The ref gets knocked out of the ring. Sob unmasks AJ. Av kicks Sob in the nuts. AJ rolls up Av and pins him.

Thoughts: It wasn't that bad. It wasn't great or anything but they managed the three of them well. The finish was a bit messed up as the ref bumped out without really getting hit then was late to come in and count the pin.

Mistico vs. Templario

Temp trips Mist and Mist armdrags him. Temp armdrags him. Mist handstand headscissors him. Mist flying back elbows him then splashes him. They then both get up. Mist handspring back elbows him. Mist walks up the buckles and corkscrew diving armdrags him. Temp fling headscissors him out Temp topes him into the rails.

Temp is pushed into the rails then Mist topes him. Mist is sent into the rails. Mist is put in tree of woe and stomped. Temp dropkicks him there. Temp splashes and stomps his leg. Temp pop-up kicks him and stomps him more. Temp flying space tiger drops him inside from the ramp.

Temp back body drops him for 2. Mist boots him out to the apron. Temp forearms him outside then Mist flying headscissors him. Temp springboard splashes him for 2. Temp hits forearms in the corner. Mist spin kicks him and springboard crossbodies him. Mist headscissors him out then tornillo's him outside.

Mist's springboard is caught. Temp walks up the ropes and springboard dropkicks him. Temp flying space tigers him outside. Temp stomps Mist. Mist springboard headscissors him. Mist superkicks him then 619's him. Mist is on his shoulders and spinning headscissors him down. Mist then topes him. Mist walks up the buckles and plancha's him outside. Mist slingshot sunset flips him but Temp backrolls and basement dropkicks him. Temp suplexes him for 2.

Temp wheelbarrow germans him for 2. Temp cartwheel moonsaults him for 2. They each go for kicks and catch each's others legs. Mist walks up the buckles and diving headscissors him. Temp slides out and Mist asai moonsaults him. Mist gets 2 count on him inside. Mist rolls him up for 2. Mist then hurricarana's him for 2. Temp pop up knees him.

Mist spinkicks him in the gut and hits a code red for 2. They trade forearms on their knees then chop each other. Mist hits kicks. Temp superkicks him then Mist superkicks him back. Temp flying pumping knees him. Mist superkicks him and both go down. Mist tries a top rope moonsault but Temp gets his feet up. They then each powerslam each other down.

Mist is up top and is kicked. They go up top and Temp top rope hurricanrana's him for 2. Mist crotches him up top and springboard headscissors him down for 2. Mist misses a springboard swanton. Temp misses a springboard moonsault. Temp canadian destroyers him for 2. Mist is put on his shoulders and he poisonrana's him.

Mist trips her and Temp la magistral's her for 2. Mist springboard crossbodies him then submits him with la mistica.

Thoughts: The finish was a bit random. Mist just did la mistica when he felt like it and won. It was all flying here. They didn't do any technical or amateur wrestling and there weren't really faces or heels either. They got a little stupid near the end when they busted out the canadian destroyers and poisonrana's. It wasn't for me but it was a bit more tolerable than other matches and I'd say it was maybe acceptable.

The whole roster comes out and celebrates with Mist and Temp then they all pose together while the Mexican band plays and smoke shoots out of the post. Mist then poses with the band.

Overall thoughts: It was a very different show than usual with most of the card being singles and three-way matches. If you like spotfests and matches with a ton of flying, this one was the one for you. But if you are looking for more stories, more realism and more heel/face work, this wasn't it. The second match here is worth seeing as they just executed well at a very fast pace. The opener was okay. The two three ways were much better than they should have been. Maybe the main was okay but Titan/Dorada ran a bit long for me. I'd give this a 6 out of 10 overall and there's definitely a world where this could have been a lot higher had they slowed down and limited themselves.

Sunday, February 15, 2026

New Japan Pro Wrestling 2/11/2026 The New Beginning In Osaka 2026

Note - Hiromu Takahashi has left NJPW. I've never been a big of his but he's obviously one of their stars and is over there. NJPW's gonna miss him.

Togi Makabe & Toru Yano vs. Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato

This is Murashima's and Kato's send-off match as they will go wrestle abroad. KM shoulders Togi over then slams Yano. Togi takes a double shoulderblock. Togi slams Kato. Yano hiptosses Kato. Kato is thrown into the exposed buckles.

Kato chops Yano then Yano eye rakes him. Kato hits forearms on Togi then Togi drops him with a forearm. Togi hits forearms in the corner on him and foot chokes him. Yano foot chokes Kato. Kato goes into the exposed buckle then he dropkicks Yano.

KM comes in and shoulders over Yano. He hits chops and forearms. KM flying forearms him then hits rolling sentons him for 2. Yano pulls KM down by the hair. Togi shoulders over KM then KM shoulders him over. KM belly to belly suplexes Togi then running powerslams him for 2.

KM crabs Togi. Togi rope breaks. KM hits slaps on Togi then is dropped with a lariat. KM cradles him for 2. Togi lariats him for 2. Togi samoan drops KM for 2. KM slams him then top rope diving knees him for the win.

Thoughts: The vets won as expected but KM got a lot of offense in and put up a good fight. It was an okay vet vs rookie match and fine for what it was.

We get a graphic and ceremony for Tadao Yasuda, who passed away this week. They ring the bell 10 times for him.

United Empire (Francesco Akira & Jakob Austin Young) vs. Unbound Co. (Hiromu Takahashi & Taiji Ishimori)

This will be Hiromu's last NJPW match for the meantime. Akira hits HT from behind and HT is double teamed. HT lifts TI into a headscissors on Jake. Jake takes corner attacks then a double basement dropkick.

Jake running back elbows TI. TI is put in tree of woe and Akira baseball slides him for 2. Jake neckbreakers TI for 2. TI takes a double back elbow > shining wizard > standing moonsault for 2. Akira hits mounted shots on TI then bangs his head off the buckles. Akira and TI slap each other in the corner. Akira stomps him in the conrer and knee chokes him. Akira basement dropkicks TI.

TI eye rakes Akira. Jake stomps TI. TI sends his opponents into each other and hits a ddt + flatliner combo on them. HT comes in. He crossbodies both opponents. HT corner lariats Akira. HT lifts the ref into a headscissors on Akira. HT corner lariats Akira then basement dropkicks him for 2.

Akira hits chops on HT. HT chops back. Akira bites his arm then does a neat twisting underhook neckbreaker for 2. Akira is thrown to the apron and he slingshot cutters HT on his way in. HT pop-up sitout powerbombs him. TI and Jake trade forearms. TI takes a half-nelson suplex and Jake suplexes TI for 2.

TI upkicks Jake then hits a zigzag on him. Jake takes corner attacks, a flying knee then a drop on TI's knees. Akira enzugiri's HT. TI superkicks Akira and HT AA's Akira. TI la mistica drops Jake into a border city stretch. Jake taps out.

Thoughts: It was an okay juniors bout. They kept things moving. I was a bit surprised to see HT's team win since he's leaving.

HT waves to the fans after. Akira hits him from behind then pounds on him. Akira hits HT in the gut with a chair and says, "he's leaving you" to the crowd. Akira goes to pillmanize him. Robbie X stops him and hits a handspring cutter. HT lariats Akira.

War Dragons (Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi) vs. United Empire (Great-O-Khan & HENARE)

UE attacks before the bell. Shingo is double teamed in the corner. Shingo slams Khan then punches Hen. Hen takes a double shoulderblock. Hen takes an elbow drop and a senton. Hen and Drilla trade chops. Hen samon drops Drilla then sentons him. Khan wraps Drilla's taped up arm around the rope connector. Khan then chairs a chair against it. Khan then chairs him.

Drilla takes a mongolian chop from Khan then dropkicks him. Shingo hits a corner lariat on Khan then chops and punches. Shingo hits a flatliner + ddt combo then a double lariat. Khan mongolian chops Shingo. Shingo does it back to him. Shingo lariats him down for 2.

UE take stereo slams then The War Dragons hit stereo top rope elbow drops. Khan takes a lariat + spear in the corner. Khan pump kicks Drilla down. Hen clubs on Drilla then step up knees him in the corner. Hen PK's him for 2. Khn jumping forearms Drilla then Hen uranage's Drilla. Drilla is lifted for a sitout powerbomb for 2.

Khan punches Shingo in the gut. Drilla hits shots on Hen then Hen backdrops him. Hen lariats him from behind. Hen and Shingo lariat each other. Shingo headbutts him and Drilla spears Hen. Drilla hits a drilla killa on Khan and Shingo hits a torture rack drop on Hen. Shingo running lariats Hen. Hen is hit with a coriolis and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was a decent bout. It didn't get enough time to be anything too be special but it was fine for what it was. They stiffed each other and Henare was trying. It looked like a decent bout on paper and it was.

Drilla talks on the mic after and says he has re-signed with NJPW. He says he would love be in the New Japan Cup. Daiki Nagai then poses with them.

NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Title Match - Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) & Oleg Boltin (c) vs. TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.)

Hart and Oleg shoulder battle to start. They trade chops. Oleg shoulders him over. Zack triangles Oleg over the top while Hart slam Yoshi.Hart shoulders Oleg over. Hart suplexes Oleg for 2. Zack stomps Oleg's arm into the mat. Oiwa dropkicks Oleg. Oiwa corner splashes him then Oleg belly to belly suplexes him.

Goto comes in and knocks his opponents off the apron. He lariats Oiwa then suplexes Zack onto Oiwa for 2. Goto and Oiwa trade forearms. They collide with lariats and Oiwa spinning lariats him. Goto takes a double shoulderblock. Hart splashes him then Goto takes a neck twist + splash combo.

Everone gets a move in then Oleg and Hart double lariat each other down. Oiwa hits a chaos theory on Goto for 1. Goto ushigorosi's Oiwa. Yoshi lariats Zack then sitout powerbombs him for 2. Zack ties up both of Yoshi's arms and grabs a leg. Yoshi superkicks Zack.

Zack pele kicks the arm, euros him and chest kicks him. Yoshi no sells it and running lariats him. Yoshi takes a corner splash, a backdrop and a senton or 2. Oleg takes a german from Hart then Oiwa lariats Oleg over the top. Hart corner splashes Yoshi then lariats him. Hart death valley drivers Yoshi for 2.

Yoshi cradles Hart for 2. Goto and Hart collide with lariats then Oleg lariats Hart. Oiwa and Zack arm wringer Oleg together then Oleg F-5's Zack. Oleg finlay rolls Oiwa. Hart headbutts Oleg down. Hart double lariats Goto and Yoshi down. Goto spinning heel kicks Hart in the corner. Hart is lifted for a reverse ddt bomb + Oleg splash and is pinned.

Thoughts: Like the prior match, it was an entertaining bout as expected. We had a bunch of hard hitting and faster paced workers here and they delivered as promised. It's just a shame we didn't get more of it because what we got was fun. I liked this.

IWGP Global Heavyweight Title #1 Contendership Match - Andrade El Idolo vs. Gabe Kidd

Idolo side headlocks him. They shoulder battle, shove and forearm each other. Idolo lays on the ropes and poses. Gabe sits down and does Shibata's pose. Idolo goes for a hurricanrana but takes a sitout powerbomb. Gabe lariats Idolo down on the apron. Gabe then rolls and teases the tranquillo pose. Gabe running facekicks Idolo outside.

Idolo back body drops him on the apron. Idolo chops him against the rails. They fight on the buckles. Gabe is stuck in tree of woe and Idolo misses a top rope double stomp. Idolo enzugiri's him from the apron. Gabe headbutts him on the apron then Idolo final cuts him on the apron.

Idolo springboard triangle tornillo's Gabe outside. Idolo top rope sitout moonsaults Gabe for 2. Idolo baseball slides Gabe for 2. They trade forearms then slap each other. Gabe drops Idolo with a lariat after banging his head off the buckles. Gabe backdrops Idolo for 2. Idolo hits triple suplexes for 2. Idolo does a top rope moonsault into a standing moonsault on Gabe.

Idolo misses a corner meteora. Gabe rebound lariats him for 2. They trade chops. Gabe hits headbutts. Idolo dropkicks him. Idolo corner meteora's him for 2. Gabe piledrivers him for 2. Gabe cradles him for 2. Idolo spinning back elbows him. Idolo twisting double underhook drops him and wins.

Thoughts: Idolo winning was a definitely an upset. It went a little long and was strike heavy. It was an okay bout which might have been better with a bit less time.

David Finlay vs. Callum Newman

CN has new entrance gear, a sword and a new theme.

They run at each other and fire away with fast forearms. DF sends CN out and sends him into the rails. They go into the crowd and DF forearms him there. DF eye pokes him and sends him into the wall. They head back to the ring and CN's head is banged off the apron.

DF corner euros CN then CN suplexes him into the buckles. CN flying knees DF in the corner. CN hits punches on him. CH chinlocks him. DF hits a uranage backbreaker on CN for 2. DF boots CN in the corner and bites him. DF hits corner lariats on CN then release suplexes him.

DF lariats him over the top and goes with him. DF suplexes him on the apron. DF then pounces Zane Jay into the rails. CN is powerbombed into the post by DF. DF dominators him. DF hits crossface shots.

CN hits him in the gut then chest kicks him. CN kicks him in the chest for 2. DF hits oblivion on him for 2. DF buckle bombs him then lariats him from behind. DF powerbombs him for 2. DF spinning forearms him then is hit with a spinning forearm. CN drops him with a forearm. CN hits overkill and double stomps him several times.

CN hits a big lariat then an underhook suplex. CN then pins him.

Thoughts: DF may be leaving NJPW so he lost here. It went a bit long but they had the idea right. They shoved their hatred towards each other, they got rough with each other and brawled.

CN makes him kiss his hand after and poses with his sword on him. DF bows to the crowd after.

Hiroshi Tanahashi comes out to talk. He says they will be on TV Asahi on 6/14.

NEVER Openweight Title Match - Aaron Wolf (c) vs. Ren Narita

Wolf is attacked by HoT as he walks down the aisle. He is sent into the rails. The ref does nothing about it. Wolf is sent into the post. Wolf is down in the ring but the match starts.

Wolf hits a sitout AA on him. Wolf hits an angle slam and Ren boots the ref during it. HoT stomp Wolf. Wolf fights off HoT. Ren low blows Wolf then facebusters him for 2. Togo chokes Wolf with a weapon while Ren grabs the ref. Ren flying knees Wolf off the buckles and wins.

Thoughts: It was a short joke of a match with Ren cheating the whole time and winning in a a little over 2 minutes. This was awful stuff as always.

Wolf is beaten up after then some Oleg, Wato and YOH save him.

IWGP Tag Team Title Match - Knockout Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) (c) vs. Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura

The heels hurry in and the fight starts. Ice and Yuya trade. Yuya takes him down and they roll around. Ice kick flurries him in the corner then spin kicks him. Ice corner meteora's him then hits mounted forearms. Ice forearms him in the corner. Os pulls him off. Yuya pushes Ice off the apron then Os chops Yuya down.

Shota knocks Ice off the apron. Os then stomps on Shota. Shota hits forearms and chops on him in the corner. Os knees him in the gut. Shota trips Os into the ropes and ddt's him on the apron over the 2nd rope. Ice is sent into the rails. Shota running dropkicks Os over the rail. Shota running knees Os as he hangs over the rail. Shota then bridging ddt's him on the floor.

Shota running lariats Os. Shota lariats him then does it from behind. Shota drops him with a lariat for 2. Ice hits shots on Shota and superkicks him. Os fights off a double team then slams Shota. Os elbow drops him for 2.

Shota forearms Os. Os goes for a suplex and Shota ddt's him. Ice and Yuya get in and butt heads. They trade forearms. Yuya hits forearms and is slapped. Yuya armdrags and dropkicks him. Yuya mounts him and hits slaps. Yuya armbars him and Ice ropebreaks.

Ice knees Yuya in the gut then running boots him in the head. Ice throws him down by the hair. Yuya knees him in the gut. Yuya 2nd rope twisting crossbodies him. Yuya chops Ice then Ice forearms him. Ice knees him in the gut. Ice enzugiri's him. Yuya forearms him down. Ice grabs his hair and lariats him. Yuya backdrops him.

Yuya hits forearms on Ice. They butt heads and slap each other. Ice slaps him down and buzzsaw kicks him for 2. Shota enzugiri's Os when they fight. Shota step up knees him in the corner then running knees him from behind in the corner. Shota superplexes Os and Yuya top rope frogsplashes Os for 2.

Shota dropkicks Ice. Os takes lariat + dragon suplex. Ice PK's Yuya. Shota hits forearms on Ice and Os. Shota takes a kick + tombstone. Yuya front suplexes Ice. Os sleepers Yuya. Yuya stunners him. Yuya cradles him for 2. Yuya gets a 2 count on him. Yuya enzugiri's him thenr germans him for 2. Yuya is sent into a hard knee from Ice. Yuya takes a tombstone + kick and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was a good match as expected. We've seen this a couple of times and knew what we were getting into. It was a hard hitting, they kept a good pace and the crowd was into it. It was a hard fiery fight and lived up to expectations.

Ricochet and The Demand from AEW appear on the tron. Ric says he's going to call out Taiji Ishimori at New Beginning. Kaun says they are sharks and smell blood in the water. Toa says the sharks are circling them and have their eyes on the IWGP Tag Titles. Ice agrees to the match after and says, "let's get high".

IWGP Heavyweight Title Match - Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Jake Lee

They lock up.and let go. Yota boots him and Lee ducks a dropkick. Ice rolls around his back and armdrags him. Lee goes from one side of the ring to the other and Yota topes him. Yota chops him and forearms him in the spine. Yota bodyscissors him.

Yota gets on the 2nd rope and Lee facekicks him down. They get back in. Lee sticks his fingers in Yota's mouth and makes sounds. Yota hits forearms. Lee flying kicks him and laughs. Lee atomic drops him then kicks him in the butt. Lee boots him in the gut for 2 and waves to the crowd. Lee tries to stick his hand in Yota's mouth again.

Lee eye rakes him then Yota flying headscissors him. Yota flatliners him. Yota hits forearms and kicks the ropes into his face. Yota low leg lariats him. Yota splashes him for 2. Yota crabs him and Lee rope breaks.

Yota hits chops on Lee on the ropes. Lee ddt's Yota. Lee knees Yota in the gut several times. Yota is laid on the top rope. Lee hits knees and slaps his back. Yota blocks Lee's PK and sweeps him on the apron. Lee's knee is banged off the apron then Yota dragon screws him.

Yota dragon screws him. Lee holds the knee and Yota step up knees him in the corner. They trade forearms. Yota does his flatliner + curbstomp combo on him. Lee blocks the marlow crash and slaps him in the butt. Lee top rope backdrops him for 2. Yota running powerbombs him and knees him in the face. Lee running facekicks him.

They trade chops then forearms. Lee enzugiri's him then knees him in the gut. Lee chest kicks him down. Lee germans him and running knees him for 2. Lee knees him in the face and front facelocks him. Lee suplexes him for 2.

Lee mises a corner facekick. Yota 2nd rope reverses suplexes him. Yota runs at him and Lee knees him in the face. Lee chokeslams him for 2. Lee high kicks him and Yota spears him for 2. Yota curbstomps him. Lee fires up and Yota spears him to win.

Thoughts: I had heard it was bad. It wasn't quite as bad as I thought it would be. Lee makes a lot of weird faces and hand motions now and I don't think it's working out as it is supposed to. It was fine when they were hitting each other hard but I'd rather not see this or Lee again. I would just say this was average.

Lee is carried up the aisle after. Yota talks on the mic and then Lee falls over while seated and has to be carried more. Yota says a line about Bushiroad (the company that owns NJPW) selling card games. Yota says they put their lives on the line in the ring. He says he will protect wrestling and NJPW. He asks the crowd to walk with him and make this place bigger. Yota gets streamers and asks Unbound Co. to get in the ring. Yota tells Hiromu he has support no matter what happens. Hiromu thanks him. He says he wanted to win the IWGP Title as a junior but doesn't think he can right now. He says he hates himself for it. He says it's still his goal though. He says it's not goodbye but see you later. He says let's enjoy NJPW and Hiromu. Ice gets tared up and puts his hood over his face. Everyone poses and Hiromu is thrown up in the air then powerbombed down.

Yota ended up getting in trouble over his line about the card games.

Overall thoughts: It was an okay show from NJPW. The semi-main was the best thing on here by far. Finlay/Newman wasn't bad. I liked the Oiwa and Shingo tags here and the opener was okay too. Ren/Wolf was the usual House of Torture crap. The main was average. Hiromu got a nice little sendoff here as he is finishing his NJPW run. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 and I wouldn't really recommend anything from here except the semi-main.

AAA on Fox 2/14/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/02/aaa-on-fox-272026.html

We are in Queretaro. Corey Graves, JBL and Rey Mysterio are on commentary.

We see various wrestlers arrive.

La Parka vs. Jack Cartwheel

Parka doesn't have sleeves on today and have bones painted on his arms. Jack rolls over his back and armdrags him. Parka armdrags him back. Jack flying knees him. Jack goes up and over then cartwheels and flips. Parka goes up and over then headflips and dances. Jack misses a corner charge. Jack flips out of a lariat and neckbreakers him. Jack crucifix bombs him.

Jack flying space tiger drop's Parka outside. Jack flagpole legsweeps him from the apron. Jack goes for a bodyspringboard and Parka upkicks him. Parka tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him twice. Parka flapjacks him and kips up. Parka michinoku drivers him for 2.

Jack step up enzugiri's him. Jack cartwheels into a poisonrana on Parka. Jack misses a corkscrew ssp. Jack is belly to belly overhead suplexed into the buckles. Parka topes him. Parka rolls into a cutter on Jack and Jack takes a neat forward bump for it. Parka does an AA into a spinning slam and wins.

Thoughts: It was the usual entertaining opener. They did some cool stuff and got out before doing too much. Jack did most of the work here and did a nice job.

Parka brings a kid in a mask into the ring after. JBL says it could be the fake El Grande Americano. Parka and the kid dance in the ring after.

We go to the hospital. A woman is saying to let her baby recover soon and says not to let anything happen to him. We then see Mini Vikigo is in a hospital bed being checked on by a nurse. Mini says it hurts physically but Hijo del Vikingo doing this to him hurts worse mentally. He says he took the name to honor him. He says he hurt his neck and he doesn't know if he can return. He says it's a good thing his mom is with him. His mom finds a note in his flowers that says Vikingo will see him soon.

We see Santos Escobar riding a motorcycle. He says things are still the same and says people are humiliating themselves in public for applause. He says he put Hijo del Dr. Wagner on trial to see if he is worth existing in his world. He says he's not the man he used to be and says he's his ghost. He says he's not here for vengeance or retribution, he is the hands of fate. He then drivers away on a motorcycle.

Las Toxicas (Flammer, Lady Maravilla & La Hiedra) vs Adelicious, Faby Apache & Jessy Jackson

Lady has the black hair, Hiedra has the blonde hair and Flam has the red hair.

Faby dropkicks Lady to start. Faby backslides her into a bridge. Faby superkicks a Toxica down. Ade comes in. She handsprings, backflips and splits. She bridges and kicks Lady. Lady torture rack backbreakers Ade. Ade hurricanrana's her.

JJ comes in and polish hammers Hiedra down. She hits a running corner euro and a running corner meteora for 2. Hiedra stunners JJ. Flam hits mounted shots on JJ. JJ takes a corner splash, is pulled into the post crotch first and takes a baseball slide to the face. Hiedra stomps on JJ.

JJ double lariats the heels. Ade top rope crossbodies Flam. Ade sick kicks her in the corner. Ade flips over the top rope into a kick on her then Ade 450's her off the top for 2. Faby top rope dropkicks Hiedra then takes a backstabber from Lady. JJ germans Lady. Ade backrolls Flam for 2 then takes a nasty basement dropkick against the bottom rope. Flam wins.

Thoughts: It was a short but decent bout here. Ade's flying could have been a bit cleaner but she had some highlights here and came off looking good. The announcers really put over Jessy. Everyone kind of got their segment and that was it. These girls have had some bad matches though so maybe it's best this was kept this way. Flam hit a nasty basement dropkick on Ade here.

Original El Grande Americano does a video. He says he's the subject of identity theft and has seen someone running around and impersonating him. He says he's even trying to date a Mexican woman to convince them that he's as authentic as him. He says he's a fraud and an imposter. He says he will go on to win the sword at Rey de Reyes and become the Mega champ. He says Viva El Grande Americano and Viva Mexico.

The Psycho Circus do a promo. Psycho says he visited Panic Clown in the hospital and doesn't know who injured him. He says to stay alert. Clown says they should go watch the match. Dave says he forgot something in the locker room while the other clown's walk off...

We get a video on Los Vipers. They say they have arrived. We see clips of them wrestling. We see clips of Abismo Negro turning on El Fiscal and see their feud. Negro says anywhere, anytime and says he's Abismo Negro. They will fight next week.

AAA World Tag Team Title #1 Contendership Three Way Match - The War Raiders (Erik & Ivar) vs. Money Machine (Colmillo De Plata & Garra De Oro) vs. Los Americanos (Bravo Americano & Rayo Americano)

Plata and Bravo fight. Plata takes him down and stomps him. Bravo kips up and down then armdrags him. Bravo dances, Plata boots him and dances back. Plata takes a double shot down. Oro is held upside down on his head and Rayo kicks him. Los Americanos then dance before The Raiders nail them.

Erik knocks Oro down for 2. Erik forearms him. Oro is double clubbed on. Erik's arms are tied up and he takes a double forearm. Erik then takes a high/low. Ivar comes in and shoulders them both over. Los Americanos hit shots on Ivar. They double flying headbutt him out then nail Plata and Oro. The Raiders catch Los Americanos off the buckles and throw them into each other. Oro and Plata hit stereo springboard dropkicks on The Raiders. Oro and Plata's topes are caught and they are thrown into each other outside.

Erik drops Ivar into Rayo in the corner for 2. Ivar knees Rayo in the gut then Erik knees Rayo in the chest. Ivar knees Ray in the gut then hits back elbows on him. Ivar misses a bronco buster. Rayo spinning ddt's Erik off an up and over. Bravo comes in and hits shots on Plata and Oro.

Bravo pop up kicks Plata. Bravo lariats Oro down. Rayo 2nd rope moonsaults his opponents outside. Bravo slams Ivar. Rayo and Bravo hit stereo top rope diving headbutts on Ivar for 2. Bravo is sent out. Oro dropkicks Rayo. Rayo takes corner attacks. Rayo takes a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker and Oro walks up the ropes and splashes Rayo. Bravo is backdropped and Plata topes out. Oro then topes Ivar. Plata misses a corkscrew swanton off the top.

Plato takes a flying headbutt + russian legsweep combo for 2. Ivar spinning high kicks Bravo. Oro is popped up into a powerslam from Ivar. Plata is thrown into a splash off the top from Ivar. Ivar pins Plata.

Thoughts: It was a random bout but it was full of action and it was an entertaining bout. I had no issues with this and it worked out well. Los Americanos are so much more over there than they are in the US.

The Raiders stare the Psycho Circus after. Then they stare down in the ring. Murder clown comes out and is trying to get Psycho and Pagano to follow him to the back. They all run to the back.

We see The Psycho Circus find Dave the Clown on a stretcher in an ambulance. The ambulance then takes him away.

Overall thoughts: It was the usual fun AAA Show. Taker keeps it simple storyline wise and lets the wrestlers do their thing in the ring. All roads lead to Rey de Reyes here and they are doing a good job of making that feel like an important event. We had 3 matches here and all were good. Everything was also translated this week which helped make it easier to follow. I'd definitely recommend this and thought it was a good show. I'd give this a 7 out of 10.

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