WWE Wrestlemania 42 Night 2 4/19/2026

WWE Wrestlemania 42 Night 2 4/19/2026

Night 1 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/wwe-wrestlemania-42-night-1-4182026.html

We are still in Las Vegas, Nevada. Michael Cole and Wade Barrett are on commentary.

Last night was one of the worst shows WWE ever put on and tonight can't possibly be worse.

We see taped clips of wrestlers arriving and hanging out.  

John Cena comes out to talk. He says they've made history and talks about Mania being on ESPN. He says we need to start with something big and welcomes us to the show. They then shoot off some fireworks.

Brock Lesnar vs Oba Femi

Oba gets big pops and a large chant. Brock has Paul Heyman with him. Paul takes the mic away from the ring announcer and does the intro for Brock.

They lock up and Brock shoves him off. Oba then shoves him off the lock up. Brock drives him in the corner and hits corner spears. Oba no sells it and shoves him down. Brock lariats him and Oba no sells it. Oba lariats Brock down. Brock goes out and looks frustrated.

Brock grabs the steps but puts them down. Oba grabs Brock by the hair then Oba's throat is pulled over the 2nd rope. Oba is rammed back first into the post. Oba is sent into the steps. Brock hits some germans. Oba hits back elbows then running euros him twice. Brock F-5's him. 

Oba gets back up and chokeslams Brock. Oba pop-up sitout powerbombs Brock and pins him.

Thoughts: Oba basically squashed Brock here. It was a decision and definitely one of their options. I'm not sure if I would have done it though. The match didn't go very long which I expected and it wasn't quite as explosive as I hoped. I thought they buried Brock a little here. They had the right idea and it looks like it's all systems go on the Oba mega push. 

Brock looks up at the sky and takes off his boots and gloves. Paul hugs Brock. Brock leaves with his stuff in the ring signifying he's done.

Thoughts: Well, credit to Brock for doing the job here if this is it. I'm not sure why they didn't push that this was Brock's retirement match, but maybe that's how he wanted it. Since it's not totally official, he could come back if he decides to. Brock had a really weird career. He left during his prime and I always thought him leaving when he did hurt his development. Because he was never around full-time, there were a lot of avenues they never really got to explore with him. In some cases that was good, and in some it wasn't. He kind of became a limited guy in his second WWE run but his star power, real life and look made up for it. I thought them giving him Taker's streak was a mistake as he's Brock Lesnar and he really didn't need it. Brock's mostly been a final boss type of guy over the last few years who would appear for big stuff when they needed him and then go away for a while. WWE's really going to miss him. WWE losing Cena, Brock and AJ all within a few months each other is a pretty tough hill to overcome. Those are going to be some hard guys to replace and I don't know if that can really happen in 2026. Brock was my favorite wrestler at various points in his career and I found him to be an inspiration. Him leaving is definitely an end to an era.

WWE Intercontinental Title - Ladder Match - Penta (c) vs. Je'Von Evans vs. Dragon Lee vs. JD McDonagh vs. Rusev vs. Rey Mysterio

JD, Lee and Rusev didn't get their entrances aired. Penta has a Shao Khan style entrance mask on with Mortal Kombat II logos. 

JD clips Evans then stomps him. Penta jumps off a ladder and springboard plancha's Rusev. Penta superkicks JD. JD is triple teamed by the luchadores in the corner. Rusev pulls Rey out and sends him into the steps Rusev has a ladder slid into him. Rusev blocks dives with a ladder. 

Evans suicide dives JD. Lee flying headscissors Evans off the apron onto JD. Rey and Lee trade shots. Lee is hurricanrana'd into the ropes. Lee superkicks Rey out. Rusev hits the others with a ladder. JD hits stiff shots on Rusev. JD is back body dropped onto the ladder.

Rusev and Penta climb a ladder then Penta pulls Rusev down. Penta is pushed out by JD. Evans and JD are pushed off a ladder. Evans lands on Penta but JD lands in the ring. Evans springboard lariats JD off the ladder. Rey sandwiches a ladder into Lee and Lee is 619'd with a ladder on him.

Evans and Rey fight on the ladder. Rey hangs off the ladder. Evans superkicks Penta. Penta suplexes Evans on the ladder. Lee top rope dropkicks a hanging Rey. Rusev uranages Lee. Rusev uranage's Evans on a bridged ladder.

Rey is popped up and he la silla's Rusev through a bridged ladder. Rey hurricanrana's Penta into the ladder. Rey 619's Penta. Rey and Lee fight on the ladder. Rey boots Lee off the ladder. Rey's headscissors off the ladder is caught and he is hit with a style's clash. JD spanish flies Lee off the ladder. 

JD and Penta fight on the ladder. Penta canadian destroyers JD onto a bridged ladder. Evans grabs the title but Rusev pushes the ladder over. Evans is then pulled down and thrown out. Rusev climbs a ladder. Evans top rope diving cutters him off the ladder. Penta jumps off the ladder and canadian destroyers Evans. Penta then climbs the ladder and retrieves the title to win.

Thoughts: It was a bit rushed early on like due to being on ESPN. I felt they gave us enough here but a few more minutes would have made the pace a little better. Penta and Rey were the favorites here and Penta pulled it off. It was an entertaining bout with some cool spots and they didn't overdo it or do anything too wildly dangerous. This was good.

WWE United States Title - Sami Zayn (c) vs. Trick Williams

Lil' Yachty does an intro for Trick. Trick is on a rotating box. Trick has a super long jacket that extends the whole ramp and looks like toilet paper. 

They trade shots to start. Sami running lariats him and gets booed. Sami hits mounted corner punches. Sami lariats Trick over the top. Trick hits lariats and a leg lariat on Sami. Trick backhands him and jumping neckbreakers him.

Trick uranage's him for 2. Sami facekicks him and blue thunders him for 2. Sami stomps him in the corner then hits mounted shots. Trick is on the ropes and Sami stomps away. Yachty then gets hit from behind by Sami. Yachty is sent into the rails.

Trick is pushed into the post and Sami bangs Trick's head off of it. Sami brainbusters Trick on the apron and Trick lands hard. Sami running helluva kicks him outside. Trick comes in and gets stomped. Yachty grabs Sami and pulls his throat over the top rope. Trick spinning facekicks Sami. Sami rolls up Trick for 2. Sami exploders Trick into the buckles. Trick hits a trick shot knee and wins.

Thoughts: It wasn't exactly the stand out performance Trick needed. Trick got whooped for a lot of this as Sami acted like a heel grizzled vet. It was just average to so-so with Trick winning as expected. I don't know why WWE wants Sami to be heel so bad but it's working and not for the better.

Street Fight - Finn Balor vs Dominik Mysterio

Dom came out on a throne with a bunch of people in Rey Mysterio Sr. masks. Finn came out as The Demon with a fake heart and black and red lights and streamers. He also had pink smoke and a stick with a sharp pointy ball on it. Dom looks scared before the match.

Finn crawls in the ring. Finn takes him down and pounds on him. Finn double chops him down. Finn trips him and stomps him. Finn lariats Dom on the apron. Dom's head is banged off the commentary table. Finn hits Dom with a kendo stick. Finn goes to grab a table and Dom topes him. Dom hits him with a kendo stick.  

Dom hits Finn in the gut and back with the chair top. Dom slingshot swantons him. Dom stomps on Finn. Dom is dropped gut first on chairs and takes a slingblade. Dom superkicks Finn. Finn is dropkicked into the ropes and is 619'd. Dom top rope frogsplashes Finn for 1.

Finn final cuts him then shotgun dropkicks him in the corner twice. Finn misses a top rope double stomp and Dom rams a chair into his head for 2. Finn slingblades Dom. Dom superkicks him. Finn is sent into a table in the corner. Dom chairs Finn in the back. Dom 619's a chair into Finn's face. Dom top rope frogsplashes Finn for 2.

Dom chairs Finn. Another slim jim table is brought in. Finn lariats Dom then chairs him. Finn puts a chair around Dom's head and shotgun dropkicks him into the buckles. Dom is put on a table and Finn top rope double stomps him through it. Finn then pins him.

Thoughts: It was an okay hardcore bout here. There was nothing too memorable but we got some table bumps and some athleticism before going home. I'm curious to see where things go for Dom here. They kind of have to try him in the main at some point and I'm wondering if this is it. This got enough time.

WWE Women's Title - Jade Cargill (c) vs. Rhea Ripley

They have a fan doing commentary for this as he bought an expensive travel package. That's so cheesy to do that at Mania.

Jade has some off entrance outfit on that looks like long hair or cloth curled up.

They lock up and Jade backs her up on the ropes. Jade shoves her and shoulders her over. Jade slams her. Rhea superkicks her in the gut and drops her chest first on the mat. Rhea baseball slides her out. Jader powerslams her for 2. Jade boots her in the corner and throws her out. 

Rhea is thrown into the rails. Jade gets a 2 count on Rhea then crossfaces her. Rhea upkicks her. Rhea takes her down and they each hit mounted shots. They trade shots and Rhea flying knees her. Rhea electric chair drops her face first. 

Jade hiptosses her then superkicks her. Jade spinebusters her for 2. Rhea rolls her up for 2. Rhea hurricanrana's her. Rhea sliding kicks her. Michin gets on the apron then B-Fab saves Jade from a razor's edge. Rhea misses a corner charge and goes into the post and buckles. Michin boots Rhea in the head. Jade hits an electric chair driver for 2. 

 Rhea is thrown out. Michin and Fab go for Rhea then Iyo Sky runs down to the ring. Iyo pushes the heels into each other. She shotei's Fab and Mich. Iyo asai moonsaults them outside. Jade is distracted. Rhea headbutts Jade. Jade pump kicks Rhea. Rhea hits riptide on Jade and wins.

Thoughts: It was average as expected. Jade doesn't have a lot of personality or spirit in the ring and along with her average work, it's not super exciting. Rhea won as expected here an Iyo go to make an appearance off of it.  

John Cena comes out to talk. He says tonight's attendance is 55,255 and says they drew 106,072 over both nights. He says this concludes his duties as your host and wants to thank everyone.

The Miz interrupts with Kit Wilson. Miz says Cena left a hole in the fans' hearts that he had to fill. Miz says he's the locker room leader now. He says he didn't get his Mania moment last year and won't leave until he gets it tonight. Cena shakes his hand and asks who Kit is. Cena tells Miz to go and have his moment. 

Miz goes to talk and Danhausen comes out with midgets in Danhasuen costumes. Dan comes out in a coffin car they call "The Danhausenmobile". The midgets dance in the ring. Dan says he has finally made it to Wrestlemaniahausen. He says he has something to say to Cena. He shakes Cena's hand and says he's a huge fan.

Miz says not to shake Cena's hand. Miz says Cena's turning Mania into a circus. He says if he wanted to see Wizard of Oz, he would have went down the street. Kit calls the midgets toxic and faceshoves one of them. Kit then gyrates. A midget punches Kit in the groin. The midgets then all attack Kit. Dan hits Miz in the crotch. Dan then does his own version of the five knuckle shuffle. Miz is then carried to the back by the midgets. Dan does the "you can't see me" taunt to Cena. He shoots off smoke then we see him crawl under the ring. Cena says the main event is next.

Thoughts: They didn't do much with the host concept here. Cena did two opening speeches and then this only.

World Heavyweight Championship - CM Punk (c) vs. Roman Reigns

 

Roman gets an opera singer with a band for his entrance. He also has photos of his relatives on the tron. Punk's old misera theme played for his entrance. We saw him sitting on top of the stadium and saw photos of his career. Punk came out, his music cut off and he does his "it's clobberin' time" line. Punk's normal music then hit. Punk has a white jacket on with a Harley Race crown and the names of some people who had passed away.

They stare down and talk. Punk does some basic holds and shoves him. Punk side headlocks him then shoulders him over. They butt heads and shove each other. Punk side headlocks him. Roman back elbows him and they shove each other more. Punk slaps him and side headlocks him. Punk shoulders him over. Roman samoan drops him. Roman headbutts him then drops him with a punch. Punk's head is banged off the buckles.

Roman lariats him over the top. Punk's head is banged off the post. Roman's head is banged off the commentary table. Punk is sent into the rails. Roman punches Punk on the commentary table. Punk is thrown over the rails. 

Punk hits punches on Roman and throw him over the rail into ringside. Punk flying lariats him off the rails. Punk gets on the commentary table and Roman throws him off. Roman tells him to mock him again in the ring and tells him it's not promo day. Roman hits punches and Punk fires back. They facekick each other and Punk goes down. 

Punk is between the ropes and Roman chokes and punches him there. Roman hits corner lariats then flying lariats him for 2. Punk lariats him down. Punk top rope crossbodies him and hits mounted punches. Punk hits punches then leg lariats him. Punk step up knees him in the corner then bulldogs him.  

Roman sends Punk into the post shoulder first. Roman superman punches Punk for 2. Roman does a pose and Punk step up knees him in the corner. Punk does it again then short arm lariats him. Punk neckbreakers him. 

Punk lariats Roman over the top and topes him into the commentary table. Punk poses on him on the commentary table. Roman's head is banged off the commentary table and steps. Roman lays on the commentary table. Punk goes up top and Roman grabs him. They fight on the apron and elbow each other in the head. Punk hangs in tree of woe outside. Roman taunts him then hits punches. Roman superman punches him there three times. 

Roman bangs the steps off of Punk's face. Punk is busted open. Roman punches Punk on the floor. Punk is powerbombed onto the commentary table. Punk hits a GTS in the ring or 2. Roman hits a big spear for 2. Roman bangs Punk's face off the mat. Roman does the go to sleep taunt to Punk. Roman hits some shots. Roman goes for the GTS but Punk blocks it. Punk high kicks him for 2. Punk then does Roman's locked and loaded taunt and he does a bad superman punch to Roman for 2.

Punk hits mounted punches. Punk grabs Roman's ulafala and then does his pose. Roman blocks Punk's spear and guillotine chokes him. Punk rolls him up for 2. Punk puts him in an anaconda vice. Roman guillotine chokes him and Punk gets out. Roman up kicks him and Punk falls into Roman's guillotine. Punk gets a 2 count on him. They both collide and go down.

They talk trash on their knees and trade shots as they get up. Punk pumping knees him then takes a flying knee. Punk headbutts him. Punk throws tape at him, the ref removes it and Punk low blows Roman. Punk then hits a GTS for 2.

Punk hits elbow drops. Roman is put on the commentary table. Punk then top rope elbow drops him through it. Punk hits a GTS inside. Roman falls into position for a 2nd one but Punk collapses. Roman spears him. Punk swings at him and misses. Roman hits another spear and wins.

Thoughts: It got a lot of time and was a slower match as expected. I wasn't expecting greatness of these two and I would just say it was okay only. There weren't a lot of huge highlights and I don't think there was a huge story here besides Punk trying to hang out as the underdog and them doing each other's moves. It was a mostly safe match. I'm not thrilled for another Roman title reign. He's not around much at a time when there's few stars and Roman is not great at helping others get over. It also guarantees us more Fatu Family Theater which I'm over.

Overall thoughts:  Night 2 was a very different show from Night 1 and they thankfully seem like they were written by two different people. It was always going to be hard for Night 2 to be worse than Night 1 as that is my pick for the worst Wrestlemania ever. The card for Night 2 was also better than Night 1 with less women's matches and no Pat McAfee. Oba/Brock was a little short. Oba got put over hard and Brock appeared to retire after. It wasn't great but it served a purpose. The ladder match was good as expected. Sami/Trick was average. Finn/Dom was fine. Jade/Rhea was average. The main was just okay only. We didn't get many non-wrestling segments on either night and virtually no interviews or promos to add some last minute excitement. Cena was basically invisible as a host. The endless ads and waiting times between matches made it hard to get hyped and the show was just missing its magic. I'd give Night 2 a low 6 out of 10. I wouldn't recommend it and would just say it was okay only. I thought today's show would probably rank in the lower half of all the Mania's so far. I can't see any reason to ever really come back and watch this again.

WWE Live Matches from WWE World 4/19/2026 3:30PM Show

WWE Live Matches from WWE World 4/19/2026 3:30PM Show

The morning show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/wwe-4192026-live-matches-from-wwe-world.html

This can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8f9jKenBnM 

We are in Las Vegas, Nevada at WWE World. 

Jeremy Borash and Robert Stone are on commentary.

Fallon Henley vs Jaida Parker

They lock up. JP backs her up on the ropes. Fallon backs her up in the corner and shoves her. JP shoves her back. JP trips her and side headlocks her. JP rolls her with a front facelock. Fallon kicks her in the face from behind then rides her. Fallon butt drops her back for 1.

JP rolls her up for 2. JP armdrags her then shoulders her over. JP armdrags her. Fallon yanks on the arm. JP butt drops her arm. JP forearms her from the apron and Fallon upkicks her. Fallon boots her. Fallon flying lariats her.

JP rolls her up for 1. JP hits forearms. Fallon running back elbows her and forearms her. Fallon russian legsweeps her for 2. Fallon arm and facelocks her. JP hits shots to the gut and Fallon forearms her. Fallon kicks her in the gut and is forearmed. Fallon running back elbows her and mocks her high step. JP hits forearms. JP slams her. JP puts her on the 2nd rope and step up butt presses her. Fallon facebusters her for 2. JP sweeps her then running hip attacks her. JP double arm sitout chokeslams her and wins.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good. They couldn't get much of a flow going and Jaida got a much different reaction here than she does locally in NXT. Fallon wasn't particularly impressive. 

Myles Borne and Shiloh Hill vs Los Americanos (Bravo and Rayo Americanos)

Rayo dances. He locks up with MB and yanks the arm. MB rolls out and wristlocks him. Rayo forearms him off the ropes then shoulders him. MB shoulders him over and mocks his dance. MB dropkicks him. MB takes double kicks from his opponents and a double flying headbutt.

Los Americanos dance. Hill is tagged in. Hill and MB drop the masked guys with punches. Hill side headlocks Bravo then shoulders him over. They criss-cross. Bravo keeps running the ropes while Hill waits for him to stop. Rayo then joins in and Hill hits a double lariat. Hill slams and fist drops Bravo. 

Hill is pulled crotch first into the post. Rayo is pulled crotch first into the post then there is a tug of war over Rayo. Hill and MB win and Rayo is pulled crotch first into the post. Bravo is crotched up top and MB shakes the ropes up and down under him. 

MB atomic drops Rayo. MB passed Rayo over to Hill mid-suplex then Hill finishes the suplex. Bravo hits Hill from the apron. Rayo hits elbow drops on Hill. Hill's legs are split. Bravo chinlocks Hill.

Rayo has a super long tap rope somehow. Bravo stomps Hill. Rayo chokes Hill on the 2nd rope. Hill hits some punches on Rayo. Bravo tries to do powerslap slap to Hill but nails Rayo on accident. Bravo puts a flag on his shoulders and misses a top rope splash.

MB and Rayo tag in. MB hits lariats and powerslams him. MB powerslams Bravo. MB neckbreakers Rayo, forcing him to ddt Bravo. MB twisting suplexes Rayo. MB is tripped on a double team. Rayo superkicks Bravo on accident. Hill tilt-a-whirl slams Rayo for 2. Hill rips at Rayo's mask. 

Bravo headbutts Hill from the apron and Rayo rolls up Hill while holding his pants. 

Thoughts: They tried and Los Americanos tried to bring some personality to it. It was a house show style match for the most part. It was acceptable but went a little long. We didn't have clear faces and heels but Los Americanos were able to win the crowd over during this one.

Overall thoughts: There were only 2 matches here. Fallon/Jaida wasn't that good. The tag match was acceptable and got a lot of time to play out. I wouldn't recommend this one but it was nice to be able to see it and the two matches really only went about 15-20 minutes total. 

WWE Live Matches from WWE World 4/19/2026 Noon Show

WWE Live Matches from WWE World 4/19/2026 Noon Show

The next WWE world show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/wwe-live-matches-from-wwe-world-4192026.html 

This can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyigS_OWjLg 

We are in Las Vegas, Nevada at WWE World.

Jeremy Borash, Jose Diaz and Roberto Figueroa are on commentary. Jose and Roberto do announcing for AAA.

The Creed Brothers (Julius and Brutus Creed) vs The LWO (Joaquin Wilde and Cruz de Toro)

JC throws his shirt at JW. JW throws it back at him. BC then throws the shirt at JW. JW headbutts the shirt and offers it to the ref. 

JW throws the shirt at BC. JW side headlocks him and BC throws him down. BC misses an elbow drop. BC takes a double back elbow. JW is hiptossed into the ropes for a splash on BC. Cruz sentons BC for 2. 

BC forearms JW down. JW takes corner spears from the Creed's. JW backrolls into a spinning reverse headscissors on JC. JW dropkicks JC. The LWO hit stereo mounted corner punches. They are then pulled down.

JC stomps JW then chokes him on the ropes. JW hits punches on BC then BC pop-up drops him. JC chokes JW in the corner. JW hits gut shots on JC. JC suplex lifts him and then suplexes him. BC is then dropped on JW for 2. 

BC chinlocks JW. JW fights out of the corner. JW jawbreakers JC. Cruz is tagged in. Cruz top rope crossbodies BC. Cruz hits punches and chop on BC. Crus twisting crossbodies him then dropkicks JC. Cruz back body drops BC. Cruz asai moonsaults him for 2 off the bottom rope.

The LWO hit stereo superkicks. The LWO then do stereo topes outside. JW top rope splashes BC and gets the pin.

Thoughts: They took it very easy here and it took a bit for this to actually get going. It was average. The LWO won just because they are faces here and because there's only a few matches. There was no real reason to have the heels win here.

Erik vs Psycho Clown

These two are actually in a feud currently in AAA so this is relevant. Clown actually fought Ivar last night.

Erik wristlocks him. Clown snapmares him and goes for the pin. They stand off. Erik side headlocks him. They collide and shoulder battle. They lariat each other and trade forearms. Clown spin kicks him. Erik corner lariats him.

Clown powerslams Erik for 2. Erik slides out to stall. Erik then hits Clown when Clown re-enters the ring after chasing him. Erik hits corner spears. Erik lariats him for 2.

Erik gets on his back and hits crossface shots. Erik hits mounted shots. Erik bends over and is kicked. Clown headbutts him and step up enzugiri's him. Clown running broski boots him. Clown hits an air raid crash for 2 when Erik grabs the ropes. Erik muso's him for 2. 

Clown goes up and over and is forearmed down. Erik knees him in the face for 2. Clown armdrags him out of a move and pop up forearms him. Clown topes him under the top buckle outside. Clown top rope frogsplashes him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was mostly striking here. It wasn't super exciting or anything but Clown put out a good effort and it was acceptable enough. Like the first match, Clown won as it's a smaller show and you might as well have the faces win.

Overall thoughts: There were only 2 matches here. The Clown/Erik match was a little better than the tag match. Both matches were around average to acceptable. There's nothing you have to see here but it's a cool treat to see footage from this show that we might not otherwise see.

WWC Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre 4/19/2026

WWC Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre 4/19/2026

Yesterday's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/wwc-superestrellas-de-lucha-libre.html

The next big show is WWC Resistencia on 4/25. It has:

WWC Universal Title - John Hawking vs Intelecto 5 Estrellas

Ray Gonzalez and El Paparazzi vs Big Vito and Eddie Colon

#1 Contender to the Universal Title - Zcion RT1 vs Joe Bravo

WWC TV Title - Amaddeo Sole vs Wilfredo Rivera

WWC Jr. Title - El Hostil Jovan vs Informante (Don't know if it's 1 or 2)

WWC Tag Titles - Los Matadores Celestiales (Mike Nice and Oscar Benabe) (c) vs Los Inmortales (Orly Jr. & Tapia)

WWC Women's Title - Kamila (c) vs Elena Negroni 

Lou Forza vs El Payaso Makaro 

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Abel Durant and Axel Cruz are on commentary and they welcome us to the show They shill Resistencia. Abel says El Cafe del Mileno on 4/25 will have a special guest but he won't say who.

Fans are the Lumberjacks Match - Amaddeo Sole vs El Payaso Makakro

We join this in progress. Sole foot chokes him and PM throws him out.  Sole hits punches in the corner and double chops him. 

PM double chops him then lariats him. PM throws Sole to the apron but Sole doesn't land on the floor where the fans wait. Sole eye rakes him then slips on a springboard, hurting his leg. PM elbow drops the leg. 

Sole jumping knees him and spinning back elbows him. PM is sent out but the fans refuse to whip him with their belts. Sole stomps him in the ring. Sole tries to grab the ref's belt. PM hits him in the gut and elbows his neck. PM whips him with the belt. Sole slides out and the fans start whipping him.

Sole comes back in and PM throws him out again to the fans. PM back body drops him then lariats him. PM flatliners him. Sole goes out and takes a fan's hat. The fans have him cornered against the entrance area. Sole goes to the back and the fan gets his hat back. Sole then gets counted out.

Thoughts: We already saw this on 2/1. It's bogus. They have a ton of footage we haven't seen in full so they show us footage we have already seen. It's just pure laziness and carny cheapskate stuff. The finish was clever with Sole running to the back to avoid a whipping and getting himself DQ'd. These matches are always good for a laugh or two as the fans go buck wild on the heels with belts.

Lou Forza does a promo. Lou says he will speak closer to the camera to see if can get his message easier. He says Resistencia is a great name as Makabro will have to be resistant to his punches. He says Makabro will cause trauma to his kid fans when he beats him up. He says it will be easier than stealing a snack at recess. He say he will show him why nobody stops him.

El Payaso Makakro does a promo. Makabro says facing him is an honor. He says Lou was given a chance to shine and he will extinguish the flame. 

Xavant vs Tony Leyenda

This was shown already on the 3/29 show. 

We join this in progress. Tony pounds on Xavant while he's down and slaps him around. Xavant fires up and hits some punches. Xavant flying lariats him the running corner lariats him. Xavant boots and punches him in the corner. Tony elbows him in the head.

Tony is caught off the buckles and Xavant northern lights suplexes him for 2. Tony hides behind the ref and pushes the ref into Xavant. Tony low blows Xavant and hits a cobra clutch slam for 2. 

Xavant hits back elbows then a big slap. Xavant knocks him out of the ring with a slap then slaps him outside more. Xavant has some crazy eyes here. He hits another big slap and drops Tony outside. Xavant then hits mounted punches. Tony rams Xavan's back into the apron edge. Tony tries to leave with the title and does after taking a few shots. We are told this went to a no contest.

Thoughts: This went to a no contest. Xavant wasn't bad as the face here and Tony did his job as a heel. It would have been nice to get a finish. Tony should have been DQ'd for the low blow.  

Amaddeo Sole does a promo. He says he dislikes and is disgusted by people who call themselves pro wrestlers but don't look like a fighter. He says Wilfredo Rivera looks more like a fugitive. He says Rivera is talented. He says there will be a new dawn on 4/25.

Wilfredo Rivera does a promo. He says he has an opportunity coming and needs to be ready. He says he defeated him before. He says Sole is a great wrestler but he wasn't ready for their match. He says he's the first in tile for Sole's title. He says the match is official. He says Sole will face him and all the people locally who want to see him triumph. He says he's ready to become TV champ.

Los Inmortales do a promo. They say they will be looking for the tag titles on 4/25. They say they learn from their mistakes and that's what makes them evolve. 

Mike Nice does a promo. He tells Los Inmortales to get ready for 4/25.

Lightning vs John Hawking

We join this in progress. Light pounds on him outside.  Light hits John with a weapon that was given to him by Orlando Toledo. Lights hits him with it again and John is busted open. Light pounds on him with the weapon and the ref Pelayo asks if John wants to quit or not. 

We go to break. 

El Hostil Jovan does a promo. Jovan says he needs the fans support and has an important bout vs a complete junior. He says he can't tell Los Informantes apart but he's ready for both because he knows the other will interfere. He says he will prove again that he is the best.

Xavant does a promo. He says the champ has arrived. He says he has faced Lightning many times and they traded wins and loses. He says he didn't forget facing him for La Copa Carlos Colon. He says he is the captain of the people and says he will persevere until he triumphs because that's what heroes do.

Zcion RT1 does a promo. He says Eddie Colon is the distinguished director of the company and cost him the title. He says Eddie is doing everything he can to stop his path to the Universal Title. He tells Eddie to stop looking around and do the job himself. He tells him to get him out of the way of the Universal Title. He says Eddie has no balls for that, so he found Joe Bravo. RT1 says he's surprised that a luchador with his background is lending himself to Eddie's games. RT1 says he will welcome everyone to the University of Wrestling with his unique style. He says Bravo made the biggest mistake of his life getting in his way. He says Eddie and Toledo won't get in his path to the Universal Title. He says he's the next Universal champ. 

We return from break.  Light gives Toledo the weapon back. The ref checks Light for weapons. Light clubs John and John sells on the mat. John tries to fire up while on all fours which looks a bit silly. John hulks up and hits punches and is clubbed down. Light goes for another weapons shot and the ref stops him. John low blows Light. John then grabs the weapon and nails Light in the head with it several times. John hits more punches then back body drops him. 

Light misses a corner charge and goes shoulder first into the post. John rolls him up for 2. Toledo gets on the apron and the ref dropkicks him. The ref kicks Light in the crotch and dropkicks him. John lariats Light and pins him.

Thoughts: This was shown already but I didn't see it then. Pelayo is really in his own league when it comes to attacking the heels. I've never seen any ref actually do moves to the heels when they abuse him. John bled bigtime here. This was almost all cheating with Light using a weapon then John using the weapon him before Pelayo also got offense in. This was something different.

Intelecto Cinco Estrellas does a promo on John Hawking. Estrellas says Hawking is confident as if he understands the game. He says he will make him fall on 4/25. He says when he loses, he will understand he will never be Unviersal champ.

John Hawking does a promo. He says there will be a historic clash and says he will face Intelecto Cinco Estrellas for the first time. He says Estrellas has reached the top of WWC and is one of the top wrestlers in PR. He says people used to compare them when they were in different companies. He says he has the chance to become triple champ. He says he face to face the best of the best and win the title Estrellas has. 

We see Big Vito's promo on Ray Gonzalez for the 3rd or 4th time. He says Ray Gonzalez and El Paparazzi won Round 1. Vito says he and Eddie Colon will get them in the ring. He says Ray wants to copy what he does and become a bad guy. He says Ray is learning and finally seeing the dark side. Vito says they are on an equal playing field. He says he will throw Ray and Paparazzi out, tell Eddie to take a seat and kick the hell out of Ray before winning. He says winning is what he does.

Ray Gonzalez does a promo. He says Eddie Colon has returned after losing an aspuestas match to him. He says he doesn't know what's going on in Eddie's head but he says he knows Eddie wants to make sure he doesn't make it to the 53rd Anniversary show. Ray says Paparazzi isn't here as he's doing research on this situation Ray says he and Paparazzi will bring the heat on 4/25. He says Eddie became a millionaire and wanted to do whatever he wanted while Ray took the fall here. Ray says he will defend his legacy and will checkmate Eddie.  

Abel and Axel close the show and shill Resistencia. Axel tries to find out from Axel who the guest will be on El Cafe del Milenio but Abel won't say.

Overall thoughts: This was an extremely lazy and cheap episode of TV from WWC. Not only did they show us reruns of matches and promos we have already seen but they showed us the same exact clipped segments of the matches. They clearly treated this show as filler and instead of showing a full match to fill time or any kind of new promo or segment, they showed us the same clipped up versions of matches. I get that they want people to come see the matches live and not sponge off of free TV only, but this is just being stupid. You can't get much more lazy or cheap than WWC and I would not recommend this show at all. I would give this show a 1 out of 10. This was a complete waste of time for anyone who watches this show regularly.

AAA on Fox 4/18/2026

AAA on Fox 4/18/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/aaa-on-fox-4112026.html

Note - This is the Spanish version of the show. This show ran while Wrestlemania 42 was on (and that show was so bad that they should have aired AAA instead) and they did not air the English version on Saturday 4/18 as they were supposed to. It's unknown when or if the English version will air and I truly think there's a small chance it doesn't air. They had to air the Spanish version though due to TV agreements though, so I'm watching that.

We are in Mexico City, Mexico.

We see various wrestlers hang out and arrive.

Joaquin Wilde vs. Lince Dorado vs. Aero Star

Lince hits shots on both opponents. Lince armdrags JW then tilt-a-whirl backbreakers Star. Lince lariats Star down. Lince blocks an armdrag and slaps JW. Lince takes a double superkick. JW rolls up Star for 1. JW spinning lariats Star. Lince comes off the top and is atomic dropped by JW. JW neckbreakers Star, which makes him ddt Lince.

Star springboard dropkicks JW in the butt. Star handspring back elbows Lince. Lince pop-up drops Star then hits a great tope con hilo through the ropes. JW top rope swantons both opponents outside.  

JW slingshot flipping neckbreakers Star. He ties up his arm and both legs then has a camera man come in and take a photo of him. Lince shows up behind JW and grabs his hair. Lince euros JW. Lince handspring double stunners his opponents. Lince backcrackers JW for 2. 

JW dumps Lince over the top. Star rolls into a JW superkick. JW lifts Star up by the legs and drops him on his gut. JW tries a sunset bomb on Star and eventually gets it. Lince breaks the pin up with a top rope ssp. Lince suplexes JW. Star springboard codebreakers JW then topes him outside. Star then topes JW into the commentary table.

Star rolls into a cutter on Lince. Lince hurricanrana's him off the buckles but Lince rolls through and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a fun match. They didn't overdo it, they packed it with action and had a bunch of fun high flying. It was a bit random but this did exactly what it was supposed to and was a good choice for an opener. 

The War Raiders beat up Murder Clown in the back. Pagano and Psycho Clown make the save and the heels leave.

Dorian Roldan talks to Marisela Pena in her office. Dorian says they are losing out on opportunities. He says they could have Vikingo enter Mania as the IC champ but Mini Vikingo ruined it. He says they lost out on a lot of money by not having Mania representations. He says Pena should name him AAA's General Manager. He says he can take this to the next level and thinks he deserves this spot. 

Pena says it's been a hard year and he had to do some tough things. Pena tells him to give her a week to think about it.

AAA World Mixed Tag Team Title Match - Lola Vice & Mr. Iguana (c) vs. Dinamico & La Hiedra

Dina and Iguana go at it. Ig tries to play with his toy and Dina pushes him. Ig headbutts him then flying headscissors him. Ig then puts his toy on Dina and tries to count a pin. The girls come in and push each other. 

Hiedra wristlocks her. Lola rolls out and armdrags her into an armlock. Lola spin kicks her in the gut and side headlocks her. Lola shoulders her over and dances. Hiedra kips up and dances. Lola sweeps her then Hiedra sweeps her. They stand off.

Hiedra shoulders her over and Lola does Ig's dead pose. Lola catches her with a triangle and armbar. Ig rolling armbars Dina at the same time. Dina powerbombs Ig down to break it. Lola hits a kick combo on Dina. Hiedra lariats Lola.

Ig does the dead pose on the floor and Hiedra hits mounted shots on Lola. Hiedra kicks Lola in the leg then dropkicks her in the crotch in the corner for 2. Lola backdrops Hiedra. 

The men come in. Ig satellite headscissors Dina down. Ig is popped up and he hurricanrana's Dina down for 2. Dina cutters Ig for 2. Ig slaps Dina with his toy. Hiedra is bitten by the toy. Lola stinkfaces Dina in the corner. Ig diving headscissors Dina off the apron.

Lola grounded sleepers Hiedra. Hiedra gets a 2 count on her. Lola hits her in the gut. Ig waves at Hiedra and Lola spinning roundhouse kicks Hiedra. Lola la silla's Hiedra off the apron. Dina spinning roundhouse kicks Ig in the face. Dina pop up powerbombs Ig for 2. Ig is in the electric chair and he facebusters Dina down. Ig pins Dina.

Thoughts: The finish was a little weak here but it was an okay bout otherwise. Lola had fun doing some of Iguana's stuff and Iguana brought the comedy as usual. There was nothing too spectacular here but it was alright enough. I thought they kind of threw Dinamico a bone here to see how he would do and he was fine.

We see clips of last week's angle with The Grande Americano's, the comedian and the brawl after.

El Grande Americano II talks to Texano Jr in the back. He says what he said at Rey de Reyes was from his heart. He puts over Texano Jr. as a legend and a Rey de Reyes champ. Tex says he's not wrong. He says his accomplishments are getting lost to time but the people stay in his heart. Grande says he wasn't here when they started all this but it's his responsibility to defend it. He says it would be an honor to team with Tex to defend what was built. Tex says he sees how the fans love him and he respects that. He says it's time we do it. They shake hands on it and say let's do it for AAA and Mexico.

Next week has Rey Fenix and an interview with La Catalina.

Psycho Clown vs Ivar

Clown spin kicks him in the gut. They trade running corner attacks. Ivar shoulders him over. Clown flying shoulders him and hits various shots. Clown springboard twisting crossbodies him. Clown lariats Ivar over the top and goes with him.

Clown topes him outside. Ivar spinning slams him for 2. Ivar forearms him in the spine and clubs on him. Ivar walks on his back. Clown hits punches and Ivar knees him in the gut. Clown headbutts him in the chest then step up enzugiri's him. Ivar butt drops him in the corner.

Ivar misses a corner bronco buster and Clown basement dropkicks him from behind. Clown sitout moonsaults him for 2. Clown fires up and goes to rip his mask. Ivar interrupts him. Clown enzugiri's him in the corner then broski boots him. Clown top rope crossbodies him but Ivar turns it into a slam on him. Ivar slams him down. Ivar misses a top rope moonsault.

Ivar spinning high kicks him then tiger drivers him for 2. They fight on the buckles and Clown sunset bombs him down. Clown hits a code red for 2. Clown dropkicks him into the ref in the corner. Clown air raid crashes him. Clown goes for the pin but the ref is down.

Erik comes in to help Ivar. He hits Clown then Clown hits him back. Erik knees him in the back then Clown takes a double team powerbomb. Ivar then pins Clown.

Thoughts: It was one of Clown's better matches as it was more compact and was mostly action based. I liked it and thought Ivar did a good job as usual. 

Pagano then runs out to help out Clown. 

Clown and Pagano argue after and Clown is upset. Pagano grabs him and Clown pushes him off. They argue as they walk to the back.

We follow them to the back. Clown asks what's wwrong with him and asks why it's always the same with him. They shove each other. Pagano tells him to be careful what he's accusing him of. They both hit the wall and walk away.

Clown then finds Murder Clown knocked out on the floor. He then finds a bandana/shirt and yells "Pagano" as he thinks it belongs to him.

Overall thoughts: It was kind of a throwaway episode with a lot of people not wrestling or being on the show, but, they only have an hour to work with and have a lot of things going on. The matches were all fine as usual. The opener was done well. The mixed tag was the usual more lighthearted stuff from Iguana and Lola. The main had one of Psycho Clown's better matches and more follow-up on Pagano/Clown vs The War Raiders and more follow up on Murder Clown getting attacked. They also set up a Grande II/Texano tag match and Dorian is trying to gain power. They also gave us some subtitles so even non-Spanish speakers could understand what was going on. I'd give it a 6 out of 10. It was an easy to watch show and it was fun. It was also 1000 times better than Mania.

WOW Women of Wrestling 4/18/2026 Season 6, Episode 28

WOW Women of Wrestling 4/18/2026 Season 6, Episode 28

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/wow-women-of-wrestling-4112026-season-6.html

We are still in Las Vegas, Nevada. David McLane and Nigel Zane are on commentary. 

Best 4 Business (Sandy Shore and Kara Kai) come out and talk. They have shirts on that McLane says to blur. Sandy Shore says WOW's ratings just went up and asks if Dave saw it. Kara says the Sandy and Kara we are used to got tired They say they got tired of carrying the dead weight. They say no more dojo's or dead weight. They say they are young, talented and sexy. They say girls like Ashley Blaze and Tara Strike are a midcard break. They say they are ratings and are where the money is at, they are best for business.

Ashley Blaze and Tara Strike come down and attack them. They fight and officials break it up.

Ashley Blaze and Tara Strike do a promo after the break. Tara says she asked Kai what was up and she wasn't being honest. Tara says they aren't done with them. Blaze says they are brats.

The Enlightened do a promo before their match. Samantha Smart says she can't believe the fans are still whining about what they did to Kalaki. She says they weren't trying to abduct her but were trying to lend a helping hand. She says Destiny Diesel had to ruin everything and ruined Kalaki's chance at greatness. She says she ruined her chance at greatness and is a terrible friend. Smart says they don't give up on the lost and she waits until the stupids are ready to be saved. She says Diesel and Kalaki will be enlightened.

Destiny Diesel and Kalaki the Island Girl are interviewed. Diesel says she feels revenge and is ready. She says it'll be lights out for The Enlightened. Kalaki says she will show them what being from the island is all about. 

The Enlightened (Dr. Pam Demonium and Miranda the Mindful) vs Destiny Diesel and Kalaki the Island Girl

Miranda and DD trade wristlocks. DD snapmares her and Kal does a bad running knee for 2. Kal side headlock takeovers her. Mir headscissors her and crabs her. Kal armdrags Pam. Kal gutwrench powerslams her. Nova Sky trips Kal from the outside. Pam stomps and foot chokes her in the corner. 

Mir throws Kal hard into the corner then splits on her neck on the 2nd rope. Mir clubs on Kal. Mir foot chokes her in the corner. Pam throws Kal down backwards then forearms her. Kal cradles her then Pam boots her. Mir chops Pam when Kal moves. The heels' heads are banged together. Kal snapmare drivers Mir. 

DD and Pam tag in. DD flying lariats her band back elbows her. DD dropkicks her. DD does a flying press for 2. Pam double throat thrusts DD. Pam misses a 2nd rope move. DD spears Pam and pins her.

Thoughts: The format was okay but the work could have been a little better. Things went south around the time Diesel tagged in. Diesel's offense wasn't good at all here and barely looked like it connected. 

Destiny Diesel and Kalaki the Island Girl are interviewed again. Kalaki says she feels awesome. She says she will hang five or ten with them all day and says they are unstoppable. Diesel says they ran The Enlightened off the tracks. 

We see Brooklyn Love playing tennis. This is her first WOW appearance. She says welcome to her court. She says she was a super athlete growing up and was amazing at all the sports she tried. She says she found tennis and says she was called a tennis prodigy. She says she couldn't find anyone at her level on tennis and looked for another sport to find a challenge and she found wrestling.She says Veronica Varoom and Catalina Speed matched her caliber of athleticism. She says she faced challenges growing up upper class like not having challenges. She says she found out she could get what she wanted and still had a greater work ethic than poor kids. She ask where do you go when you are already at the top?

Next week has Santana Garrett vs The Classmaster.

The faces for the main event tonight are interviewed (The Mights, Cruz, Boogie and Tormenta). Tor says they are excited for the match and says it's a blend of energy, skill and strength. Spice says they are fired up and says they got a good match. Sugar says this is a history maker as it's the first 10-woman match in WOW. Boogie says it's 5v5, even and fair.

Elimination Tag Match - The Alliance (Arianna Gambino, BK Rhythm, Sylvia Sanchez, Gigi Gianni and Reina del Rey) vs Tormenta, Gabriella Cruz, Lil J-Boogie and The Mighty Mights (Sugar and Spice)

All 10 fight to start. Reina is ganged up on but shoves them away. Reina is dropkicked by Tor. The faces then dance and pose together. AG side headlocks Sugar then shoulders her over. Sugar snapmares her and sliding hip attacks her for 2. Boogie throws Syl over then dropkicks her. Syl is double hiptossed. Boogie low crossbodies syl. Cruz basement dropkick Syl.

Syl knees Cruz in the gut. BK corner lariats Cruz then hiptoss neckbreakers her. Gigi rolling sentons Cruz for 2. Gigi swinging backbreakers her on Gigi's back. Spice and BK get in. Spice trips BK and knees her in the face. Spice flying corner spears BK then chops her. Spice monkey flips BK. Spice cartwheel splashes BK.

Spice waistlocks BK and BK ear claps her. Syl is tripped into the buckles. Tor takes corner attacks from her opponents. Reina corner meteora's her for 2. Tor hits a double lariat. The Mights hit stereo sunset flips that get stopped. The Mights hit stereo codebreakers. The Mights double spear Reina. Reina double suplexes them. Tor top rope diving meteora's Reina for 2.

Boogie comes in and throws out Syl. Boogie and Cruz are pulled out by the heels. The Mights dosey do and do stereo dives. Tor then tope con hilos through the ropes. Boogie dropkicks Syl then flying headscissors her. Boogie corner splashes her then leg lariats her for 2. Syl sentons Boogie and pins her. Lil J-Boogie is eliminated.

Cruz spinning headscissors Syl into a pin attempt. Cruz step up enzugiri's Syl. Cruz rolls Syl up and Reina stops it. Cruz hits leg kicks on Reina then dropkicks. Reina ducks an enzugiri then forearms her from behind. Reina pins her. Gabriella Cruz is eliminated.

The Mights double team Reina and she powers them off. The Mights evade Reina. The Mights hit the heels in the corner. Reina takes codebreakers from The Mights. Sugar swinging facebusters BK and pins her. BK Rhythm is eliminated.

Gigi tosses Sugar. Spice knocks Gigi over then boots her in the gut. Spice 2nd rope diving codebreakers her for the pin. Gigi Gianni is eliminated. 

It's 3v3 now. The faces jump on the heels. The Mights get slammed down and take stereo pins. The Mighty Mights are eliminated.

Tor beats up on AG. Tor double lariats Reina and Syl. She then double pints them. Sylvia Sanchez and Reina del Rey are eliminated.

AG throws a fit as she is stuck alone in the ring with Tor. Tor is confused. Tor rolls up AG and pins her. Tormenta's team wins the match.

Thoughts: It was a fun elimination match and I thought it was good. They rushed through the eliminations at the end a bit and some of the double pins were suspect, but it's okay. This went well. They didn't have a lot of botches, the wrestlers who weren't so great didn't get to do a lot and the faces won in the end to leave us on a happy note. This one of the better things WOW has done and it did live up to the hype.

We go backstage and a locker room is destroyed. Best 4 Business find that their gear has been burned. Tara and Blaze spraypainted their names on the wall so we know they did it. Best 4 Business say they will pay.

Overall thoughts: It was a good episode of WOW. Usually if a promotion would basically cut their amount of matches in half like WOW did recently, I'd complain. I'd think the promotion would be ripping off the fans and would be penny pinching. But that's not the case. WOW cut the amount of matches but now, we get longer and therefore better main events. WOW also has started doing more non-wrestling segments instead of random matches which are getting the characters over more and making for better storylines. WOW was at some of their lowest points over the last year when they didn't have any new episodes for over a month, but WOW's rapidly approaching new heights and is putting out some of their best work. This was a good show. The matches all had reasons for happening and we got a bunch of follow up on Best 4 Business as well. I had a good time watching this and the main event totally delivered. I'd give this a 6 out of 10. Way to go WOW. 

WWE Wrestlemania 42 Night 1 4/18/2026

WWE Wrestlemania 42 Night 1 4/18/2026

 

We are in Las Vegas, Nevada. Wade Barrett and Michael Cole are on commentary.

Michael Cole welcomes us to the show, we see videos of the arena and we get an intro video. 

John Cena, who is the host of the show, comes out in a suit. He's definitely a little overwhelmed. He says The Road to Wrestlemania has been chaos and has been vocal. He says the time to talk is up and the time to deliver is now. He says welcome to Wrestlemania. We get quick fireworks and flames and it's time for the first match. 

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

The Uso's come through the crowd as usual. Jey has a new theme that says, "It's you and me, uce". LA drives a truck on the stage, though it's not a Slim Jim truck. The Vision come out together with a white and gold flag dropping down to reveal them. We get a 9 camera feed for their entrance.

The Uso's hit superkicks to start. Speed is stuck in the ring with LA. Speed side headlocks him but LA lifts him. Speed backflips off the top and is lariated. LA knocks Logan off the apron. Speed slams LA and celebrates. Speed then tags out as LA heads for him.

LA throws Logan in. LA boots Logan in the corner. Jey hits mounted corner punches on Logan. Logan takes a double back elbow and a double elbow drop. Jimmy chops Logan. AT tags in. He rolls into a dropkick on Jimmy.

AT hits mounted punches on Jimmy. Jimmy takes a double suplex. Logan and AT pose. Speed is tagged back in. Speed tries to suplex Jimmy but gets suplexed. Logan tags in and hits forearms on Jimmy. Logan hits shots on Jimmy's gut. Jimmy uppercuts Logan then tornillo's him off the top. 

Jey and AT get in. Jey hits punches. Jey spears AT. Logan gutwrench suplexes Jey. Logan punches Jimmy out. Jey is sent shoulder first into the post. Jimmy superkicks AT. Speed flying headscissors Jimmy out. LA is pushed into Logan by Speed. AT yells at Speed and tells him to get up.

AT tells Speed to run the ropes and AT is sent into him. LA hits a BFT on AT and wins.

Thoughts: It was disappointing if we are being honest. It didn't get much time at all and Speed got most of the focus here. Speed did fine but didn't do a whole lot besides a slam and sell, which is about all he should have gotten. I have a feeling this was cut short due to this being on ESPN's TV channel. The faces won here as expected. There was no way they were starting this with faces losing.

Logan yells at Speed after and says he cost him the match. Logan punches him but totally misses. Logan tells him he had one shot and ruined it. Speed is thrown out. Logan puts Speed on the commentary table. Logan goes up top but the faces hit a 3D on him. LA grabs Speed and throws him in. Speed is surrounded and the faces tell Speed to put Logan through the table. Speed climbs up on the post and frogsplashes Logan through the table in a nice spot. The faces then celebrate with Speed.

Unsanctioned Match - Jacob Fatu vs Drew McIntyre

Fatu has fire dancers for his entrance and flames. Fatu has some kind of military vest on with a wolf's head on the back. For Drew's entrance, he has a sword and a door is unsealed with fire.

Fatu topes him before he gets in. Drew's head is banged off the rails, apron and post. Drew is then thrown over the timekeepers rail. Fatu throws chairs and a table in. Fatu empties a tool box in the ring. He goes ti hit Drew with it but Drew begs off. Fatu misses a tool box shot. Fatu is whipped backwards into the ring rungs then he is catapulted chest first into the ring rungs.

Drew is rammed backwards into the post. Drew lariats Fatu on the floor. Drew takes a phone from his brother and hits Fatu in the head with it while he talks in it. Drew grabs a large wrench. Fatu lariats him twice and sentons him.

Fatu corner splashes him then hits mounted corner headbutts. Fatu corner hip attacks Drew. Fatu pop-up samoan drops Drew for 2. Drew flying headbutts Fatu while Fatu has a chair. Fatu misses a corner splash then Drew overhead germans him. 

Drew tope con hilos Fatu. Drew misses a claymore kick and is sent into a chair between the buckles. Fatu double jump moonsaults Drew for 2. Drew hits Fatu in the knee with a wrench. Drew then hits Fatu with the wrench and sticks it into his head. Drew sets up two chairs across from each other. Drew suplexes him through them for 2. Fatu only hits one of the chairs.

Drew grabs the ref's belt. Fatu superkicks Drew. Fatu chairs Drew in the back. Fatu then whips him with a belt hard. Drew claymore kicks him for 2. They trade shots then slap each other. Fatu hits a headbutt flurry. Drew's head is banged off a table. Fatu chairs him there.

Fatu goes up top and has a chair thrown in his face. Drew chairs him there. Drew pushes him off the top and Fatu twisting swantons through a table outside. 

Fatu superkicks him twice. Fatu hits him with a tool box. Drew is on a table and Fatu double jump moonsaults him for the win.

Thoughts: This was aired on TV, so we weren't going to get blood. I knew it the second this aired during the broadcast. It's a shame because it could have used it. They had an okay bout but it wasn't great. They just didn't get violent enough nor did they really have the time to do something great and that's a shame. I'd argue the angle where Fatu got handcuffed and whipped was more vicious. Fatu's bump through the table outside was pretty wild. Fatu won but I don't know where either guy goes from here as I think Cody and Orton will be having another match after tonight.

WWE Women's Tag Titles - The Irresistible Forces (Nia Jax and Lash Legend) (c) vs. Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss vs. Bayley and Lyra Valkyria vs. Brie Bella and Paige

Bliss has butterfly wings, her doll and some odd makeup on for her entrance. Flair has bigger and more colorful butterfly wings on. Nia and Lash have white Demolition style outfits on as Demolition just got inducted into the HoF. We then see Demolition in the front row. Nikki Bella comes out on a crutch with her sister. She says she tried hard but she's not cleared. She says she wasn't going to ruin her sister's Mania moment and called an old friend. It's Paige, which got spoiled already.

Lash throws Brie down by the hair and forearms Bay down. Bliss jumps on Lash's back then is lariated. Lash corner splashes Brie. Bay takes a pump kick + samoan drop. Bliss high kicks Nia. Flair top rope crossbodies Nia. Brie cradles Flair. Lyra hits kicks on Flair.

Brie hits kicks on Lyra and Flair. Brie step up enzugiri's Lyra. Nia throws Brie into the rails. Lash chokeslams Brie on the apron. Lash pump kicks Flair. Bliss 2nd rope tornado ddt's Lash. Bliss takes corner attacks. Bay and Lyra do a demolition decapitation on Bliss. 

Lash rams Brie into the corner. Lash powerbombs Bliss and Lyra together. Brie top rope dropkicks Lash. Flair facekicks Bay. Paige is tagged in. She hits forearms on Nia and lariats Flair and Bay. She fisherman suplexes Bay. Paige knees Lash in the face then top rope crossbodies Lyra. Lyra backrolls through. Paige lightning spiral's Lyra for 2.

Nia samoan drops Bay. Nia and Brie are dumped over the top. Lash hits a lash extension on Lyra. Lash takes a double superkick then a double lariat. Flair and Paige trade forearms. Paige cradles Flair. Flair hits natural selection. Nikki pulls Flair out and hits her with a crutch. Bliss tries twisted Bliss and Paige gets her knees up. Paige lifting ddt's Bliss and pins her.

Thoughts: I wasn't happy about Paige coming back. She wasn't that good in her prime and wasn't good in her AEW return. The women's division is getting better than ever yet they keep bringing back more and more limited workers to bring it down. The match wasn't that good as expected with some sloppy moments. The format also made things hard as so many people were involved and time was limited. The Bella's also totally cheated here and replaced Nikki which was a bit cheat.

We see two Star Wars characters in the front row.

We go to our second or third commercial breaks where we see nothing but the Wrestlemania logo. I'd actually rather watch commercials to be honest. 

WWE Women's Intercontinental Title - AJ Lee (c) vs Becky Lynch

 
Becky has a band for her entrance. AJ has a bunch of kids who are dressed up like her and doing her skip. 

Wade complains about the ref Jessica Carr being biased against BL. BL hits some shots on her then AJ armdrags her into an armlock. BL misses a dropkick and is thrown out. AJ is caught off the apron and BL fallaway slams her into the rail. BL top rope legdrops her for 2. BL bangs AJ's face off the mat. BL fallaway slams her. BL takes off the top buckle and the ref puts it back on. The ref calls her insane. 

AJ cradles her for 2. AJ hits forearms. AJ lariats her down and lariats her on the ropes. AJ trips her then top rope dropkicks her for 2. AJ knees her in the face then standing shiranui's her. BL powerbombs her for 2. AJ casadora armdrags her and high kicks her. BL swings her into the buckles. BL hits a uranage for 2. 

BL boots her in the corner and foot chokes her. BL gets in the ref's face and pushes her. The ref pushes her back. BL misses a charge at the ref and is uranage'd for 2. They trade shots. AJ does an octopus to her and BL grabs the hair to get out. BL takes the turnbuckle padd off then pushes the ref into a charging AJ. AJ's head is banged off the buckles. BL uranage's AJ and wins.

Thoughts: It was short and the ref vs Becky was more of the focus than anything else. It was probably better kept short but this was basically a throwaway TV match and wasn't special at all. I didn't like this much and this did not do much for AJ.

We see George Kittle drink his third beer. This show sucks so far.

Seth Rollins vs. Gunther

Seth has smoke coming out of his entrance jacket, he has a facemask on and he has some black contacts on. 

Gun dropkicks Seth as he enters and backdrops him. Gun powerbombs him. Seth eye rakes him outside and pounds on him against the rails. Gun is thrown over the commentary table and hit with the table top. Gun is thrown over the other commentary table. Seth throws a chair at him and hits him in the face with the bottom legs of the chair.

They trade in the ring and the bell rings. They facekick each other. Gun sleepers Seth. Seth stomps on Gun's head while holding his arms. Gun hits a big lariat. Gun chops Seth down. Gun elbows Seth in the face. Gun knees him in the chest and chops him. 

Gun stands on Seth's neck. They trade shots. Seth evades a superplex and buckle bombs Gun. Gun germans him then takes a german. Gun lariats him then Seth lariats him back. Gun boots him from the mat and is forearmed. Gun hits headbutts and is punched. They trade chops. 

Seth hits chops then chop flurries him. Gun powerbombs him for 2. Gun lariats him down twice. Gun back body drops him. Seth superkicks him. Seth pumping knees him. Seth pedigrees him then curbstomps him for 2. Seth backrolls him for 2 and Gun does a grounded sleeper. Seth spinning forearms him twice. Gun hits a big lariat.

Seth top rope superplexes Gun then falcon arrows him for 2. Seth grounded sleepers him. Seth firs up and topes Gun twice. Seth tries it again. Seth is powerbombed on the apron and commentary table. Seth pedigrees him on the commentary table. Seth curbstomps him into the table.

Bron Breakker runs down and spears Seth against the rails. Bron throws Seth in the ring. Gun sleepers Seth and Seth is out. Gunther wins.

Thoughts: It was the best match on the show up to this point though that's not saying much. They got stiff and rough with each other, they kept things moving and had a nice action based match. Bron Breakker also made his return here to cost Seth the match which continues their story. My theory going into this was that WWE knew either Seth or Bron would be ready for Mania and saved Gunther for whoever would be ready first.  

Seth gets up after, Bron runs down then ramp and hits a hard rolling spear on Seth. Bron tells Seth that he should have put him down when he had the chance. Paul Heyman hugs Bron on the ramp.

They have the Hall of Fame inductees appear on the stage. They shockingly had Sid's kid there after he ripped WWE for not doing a better induction for Sid.

WWE Women's Title - Stephanie Vaquer (c) vs Liv Morgan

 Liv dances to her new song with a dance group for her entrance. SV has a bunch of rose petals falling from the sky for her entrance.

SV spinebusters her and they trade mounted shots. Liv is sent into the rails. SV corner lariats her then corner meteora's her. Liv flips into a powerbomb on her for 2. Liv hits 3 amigos and step up enzugiri's her. Liv goes for a splash and SV gets her knees up. SV backdrops her.

SV does the devil's kiss. SV double underhook drops her on her own knees. Liv backcrackers her. Liv then slaps her multiple times. Liv is rolled up for 2. SV double underhook backbreakers her for 2. Liv hits a codebreaker. SV hits Liv's oblivion on her for 2. Raquel and Roxanne interfere. Liv hits oblivion on SV for 2.

SV kicks the heels away. Liv topes Raquel on accident. SV springboard plancha's Roxanne and Raquel. SV is sent into the steps. Liv 2nd rope diving codebreakers SV then hits oblivion for the win.

Thoughts: Does WWE have their cars parked at some paid parking meters or something? This was yet again another shorter mach for no real reason. What we got was acceptable but they didn't even get the chance to do anything great here. This was over before they even got halfway through. Liv won as expected. The ads have been longer than the matches here.

John Cena comes out to talk. He says we have 50,816 people in attendance, which I'm skeptical of.

Bianca Belair comes out. She says you can't have Mania without the EST. She says you can't have Mania without a few suprises. She says we need to add one more to the attendance list and we see that she is pregnant.

Undisputed WWE Title - Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Randy Orton 

 
Pat McAfee said he won't appear in WWE again if Orton loses. Pat McAfee gets his own entrance. Orton gets a snake slithering on the tron for his entrance. Cody Rhodes has a bunch of mannequins with his old gear for his entrance. Cody then comes out from below the stage with a skull mask and gold plated gear. Cody hugs his daughter during his entrance. Pat McAfee does Orton's intro for him and rips the fans during it. This whole thing got more time than 2 of the matches together so far have.

Pat nails Cody with the mic before then match starts. Orton stomps Cody. Orton sends Orton shoulder first into the post then hits a cross rhodes on Pat. Cody punches Pat on the commentary table. Jelly Roll elbow drops Pay through the commentary table. They carry Pat out on a stretcher. Cole says Orton is rumored to have an injured back.

Orton and Cody roll on the ropes and let go. Orton shoulders Cody over. They fight over a top wristlock. Orton shoulders Cody over then euros him. Cody's head is banged off the buckles. Cody does a drop down punch and powerslams Orton. Orton over the back neckbreakers Cody.

Orton eye pokes Cody then chinlocks him. Cody backdrops Orton and Orton goes out to sell his back. Cody half crabs him. Cody forearms and knees him in the back. Cody bearhugs him from behind. Cody goes up and over and rolls him up for 2. Cody forearms him in the spine. Cody suplexes him. Cody is crotched up top. Orton superplexes him. Orton powerslams him.

Orton draping ddt's him. Orton is sent out and he hits Cody on his tope attempt. Orton backdrops him on the commentary table. Cody sends Orton into the post. Orton is busted open. Cody punches Orton's busted open head. Cody stomps him in the corner. Cody does the garvin stomp to Orton, which is a move he usually does. Cody hits a disaster kick on Orton for 2. Cody rubs Orton's blood on his chest. Cody then hits Orton's draping ddt. 

Cody bangs the mat like Orton does. Cody misses a charge into the corner nd Orton hits a cross rhodes on Cody for 2. Cody hits an RKO for 2. Cody bangs Orton's head off the commentary table then backdrops him on it. 

They go back in and Orton RKO's Cody for 2. They trade shots. Cody eye pokes Orton. Orton RKO's the ref as he can't see due to the eye poke. Cody blocks a low blow then Cody kicks Orton in the crotch. Cody runs up the buckles for a cody cutter and Orton RKO's him on the landing. 

Pat McAfee comes out with a neckbrace and a ref shirt on. Cody kicks out at 2. Pat yells at Orton to attack Cody. Orton RKO's Pat. Cody hits a cross rhodes on Orton and pins him.

Thoughts: I have no idea what this was. They seemed like they were trying to do a double turn where Cody was going heel and Orton was going face. Why? I don't know. Then Orton RKO'd Pat for unknown reasons. It was an unusual match with a very bad build and all I can really do is shake my head. 

Cody holds up the title after. Orton grabs the title and hits Cody with it. Orton punts Cody after to face pops.

Overall thoughts: The opener was short and really only existed to turn IShowSpeed face for some reason. I liked Fatu/Drew but it didn't get to be anything memorable. The women's tag match wasn't good. AJ vs Becky was very short and the focus was on Becky vs the ref. Gunther/Seth was good and the best bout on here. Liv/Steph was short and nothing of note. The main was odd with lots of Pat McAfee stuff. They seemingly tried to do a double turn here for unknown reasons it had a weird ending.

This was the worst WWE PPV I've ever seen and the worst Wrestlemania I've ever seen. I really do mean that too. I gave WWF Survivor Series 1991 a 1 out of 10 and I thought that was a better show than this. The matches were all short for no real reason and therefore none of the matches ended up being great. We had tons of commercials that seemingly ran longer than the matches did. Nobody really went all out. The show was filled with celebrity cameos and I saw more of George Kittle than I did Jey Uso. This legit felt like a house show at the biggest show of the year. Sometimes, you book a good show and things just go poorly. They booked a bad show and it was a bad show. While SS91 was bad, that happened in 1991. They didn't have a library of wrestling to study. WWE does and they just didn't care. The message WWE has been sending lately is that they only want to milk as much money out of us while giving us as little as possible in return and that was on full display this Mania season. Something has gone seriously wrong in WWE and Triple H clearly has no power anymore. This was a show that could kill a promotion and this made AEW Dynasty look like Wrestlemania 17. This show was so bad that I spent half of it with my jaw dropped in shock at what I just saw. Every bad thing AEW fans said about WWE leading up to this came true. I would give this a 1 out of 10. This was a slap in the face to the fans who got charged $40,000 for good seats. Go watch AEW instead. I dislike AEW, but they'll give you a 6 hour PPV where they try their best and will try to give you your money's worth.