WWE Monday Night Raw 5/4/2026

WWE Monday Night Raw 5/4/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/wwe-monday-night-raw-4272026.html

Note - The New Day are gone from WWE. It's been a long and good run from them. I figured Kofi would be there for life. They had been losing some steam though and were on the back end of their run. WWE is running low on midcard acts and I don't think they will be as easy to replace as WWE thinks. The New Day could just be thrown into anything and still get reactions and have good matches.

We are in Omaha, NE. Corey Graves and Michael Cole are on commentary.

We see various wrestlers arrive and hangout. El Grande Americano now has The Creed's wearing masks and has given them new names.

Roman Reigns arrives and Adam Pearce immediately goes up top him. They argue into gorilla position. Adam tells Roman that Fatu is not here. Seth Rollins then stares down Roman and says he's in his way.

Seth Rollins comes out and Bron Breakker attacks Seth. Bron hits mounted shots on him on the floor. Bron gorilla press drops him on the rail. Officials come to break it up. Bron throws the guards into the rail and sends Seth into the steps.  

Bron then spears Seth hard in the ring. 

The Judgment Day talk in their hangout. Liv says Vaquer is injured and asks Perez why Finn Balor was in their clubhouse. Liv says JD will take care of Finn tonight. Liv asks why Finn thinks its okay to talk to Perez. Liv asks Perez why she didn't tell her about her. Perez says she should have something but Liv knows she's loyal to them. Liv says Perez and Raquel are the next tag champs. Liv makes Perez promise not to keep any more secrets from the family.

Finn Balor vs JD McDonaugh

JD wristlocks him. Finn is taken down. Finn side headlocks him. Finn armdrags him into an armlock. JD hits corner spears on Finn. Finn goes up and over then hits chops. Finn russian legsweeps him for 2.

JD trips him into a legdrop for 2. JD kicks Finn in the leg then knee drops the back of his leg. JD elbow drops Finn's leg. Finn basement dropkicks him then lariats him over the top. Dominik Mysterio trips Finn then JD knocks Finn out of the ring from behind. Roxanne Perez comes out.

We go to break and return. JD hits shots on Finn. Liv and Raquel come out. Finn elbow slices JD. Finn hits punches on JD. JD botches a back body drop then Finn stomps him. Finn slingblades him. Dom gets on the apron and is lariated. JD standing spanish flies Finn for 2. Finn goes up top and Dom crotches him up top. The ref sees it and ejects Dom. JD top rope moonsaults and Finn gets his knees up. Finn slingblades him. Liv get on the apron and throws Perez a hammer. 

Finn john woo's JD. Perez hits Finn with the hammer. JD headbutts Finn and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a big win for JD even with the cheating. This was mostly shenanigans here and the interference got a little silly. It wasn't Finn and JD's best night. They pushed the new tension between Liv and Perez here.

Jackie Redmond interview Seth, who is hunched over. Seth says he will be fine for Backlash. He says he told Bron that if you take chances, you better be able to finish the job. Seth says he's not dead yet. 

The Vision talk in the back. Bron goofs around with Theory and Logan and Heyman asks if Seth if still breathing. Logan says he will hospitalize Joe Hendry if he gets his hands on him. Heyman says Logan isn't fighting Joe tonight as he will beat him to death and says Theory will fight him instead. Theory tells Logan just to watch. Bron says they will get them all one by one. 

Penta and Je'Von Evans vs Ethan Page and Rusev

Rusev rams Evans into the corner and hits corner spears. Rusev hits punches. Evans boots him out of the corner and hits punches. Rusev back elbows him. Evans is held for a Page punch to the gut. Evans chops Page. Evans suplexes Page then kips up (Terrale Tempo's viralplex). 

Evans dropkicks Page. Penta enzugiri's Page in the corner then handstand double pendulum kicks him. Rusev takes a double superkick then Evans flying headscissors Rusev out. Evans slingshot plancha's Rusev. Penta hits a made in Japan on Page for 2. We go to break and return. 

Rusev corner splashes Penta. Penta springboard lariats Rusev on the apron. Rusev pulls Evans off the apron, which stops him from tagging Penta. Page hits Penta from behind and pounds on him. Rusev goes into the steps off a missed charge outside. Evans is hot tagged in. Evans superkicks Page then lariats him.

Evans kips down and up into a stunner on Page. Evans germans Page then suicide dives Rusev. Evans springboard lariats Page for 2. Evans misses a top rope moonsault. Page high kicks him. Evans corkscrew kicks him off the ropes then Penta springboard ddt's Page. Evans topes Rusev into the commentary table. Evans goes up top and Page pushes him down.

Penta superkicks Page out. Page pulls Penta out. Rusev uranage's Penta on the commentary table. Page fisherman suplexes Penta and pins him.

Thoughts: It was an okay tag match here with the faces doing the flying and the heels squeaking one out.

Rusev pushes Page in delight and Page hugs him. 

Adam Pearce is in the ring. He says his favorite days are when he got a young wrestler signed to the brand. He says today is one of those days and we see a Sol Ruca video. Sol Ruca comes out with a new theme. Sol says it'll feel good to be officially part of Raw.

Becky Lynch comes out and interrupts. Becky says she was told this is her celebration time. Becky says Adam illegally scheduled a match for her after Mania. Sol asks if she's done. Becky says she's not. Sol says not everything is about her. Sol says she didn't expect to find out that Becky is everything people say she is - a rude, bigheaded b!tch. Becky asks Adam if he will let her talk to her like this. 

Becky asks who she is. Sol says her name and says she will kick her @ss and smash her soul if she interrupts her again. Becky goes to hit Sol but nails Adam on accident. Adam gets upset. Sol hits a botched sol snatcher on Becky.

The Uso's are interviewed. Jey says it's a big night with a contract signing. Jey says they wouldn't miss this for nothing. Jey says Fatu needs to understand how business is done. Jimmy says this is family business. Jimmy says Fatu is in deep water and is swinging for the fences. He says Fatu will see who he's messing with at Backlash. 

We return from break and Joe sings about firing Logan Paul. Logan comes out with Theory and says he can't be fired. He says he's the heart and soul of the WWE. Joe says he's glad he's here as he is going to the apology part of the song

Joe Hendry vs Austin Theory

Austin runs in and attacks Joe. Joe lariats him over the top with the mic stand still in the ring. Austin hits punches on Joe then bangs his face off the mat. Austin backbreakers him. Joe is sent hard into the buckles and goes down. Austin hits mounted shots on him. Austin suplexes Joe.

Joe suplexes Austin. Joe hits punches on Austin. Joe spinning lariats him then corner lariats him. Joe catches his crossbody and fallaway slams him. Logan nails Joe from behind for the DQ.

Thoughts: It was mostly Joe hitting his moves here before the DQ. Joe hasn't been on the main roster long but he's already over and his stock is going up fast.

Logan pounds on Joe. Joe fires back. Logan splashes Joe and hits mounted shots. The Street Profits make the save and clear out Austin and Logan. Bron Breakker comes out and does a mega thrown on Ford over the  top. Bron lariats Dawkins then germans him. Seth Rollins comes out and beats up Bron. He sends Bron into the steps. Seth hits mounted shots inside. Seth lariats Bron. Ford flip dives over the post and bangs his head off the rails. Bron spears Seth. 

Thoughts: This was a good brawl here with a bunch of people getting involved.

The Judgment Day is interviewed. Liv says their focus is getting all the gold and crushing anyone in their way. Liv says it's about Raquel and Perez now. Raquel says Brie's and Paige's nostalgia tour is over. Bayley and Lyra Valkyria come in. Bay complains about them cheating. Lyra challenges them. Liv says family's help each other win and they should try that.

Oba Femi comes out and says The Oba Femi Open Challenge will now begin. Alpha Academy come out. Akira goes up to Oba, backs off and tells Otis to get in.

Oba Femi vs Otis

They lock up. Oba shoves him and they shoulder battle. They shove each other and Oba hits a hard flying euro. Oba throws him on a backdrop. Oba puts him on the 2nd rope and sitout powerbombs him. Oba pins him.

Thoughts: It was sadly a short squash but it did what it was supposed to. Oba hit a very hard flying euro and him throwing Otis on the backdrop was impressive.

Seth Rollins is limping in the back. He runs into The Street Profits and Joe Hendry. Ford and Seth argue. Ford says nobody trusts him. Seth says he doesn't trust himself and says they are in the same fight. Seth says if he stays out of his way, he'll stay out of their way.

We see a taped segment with Adam Pearce hosting a taped segment with Iyo Sky and Asuka. Iyo says Asuka is what she says she is and is her mentor. She says she looks up to her and loved her. She says she still respects her. She says she never wanted it to come to this. She says Asuka has changed. Asuka says nothing changed. Iyo says the Asuka she looked up to isn't here. Iyo says she has to fight her. Asuka says she's disrespectful and says the Iyo she taught isn't here anymore. She asks who she is. She says Iyo is her biggest disappointment and she's done with her. She says she's cutting her out of her life for good. Iyo says she's ready for Asuka. They go face to face and Asuka blue mists her. Adam Pearce yells for a doctor.

The announcers talk about the Grande vs Grande mask vs mask match contracting signing from AAA this week. The Creed's sent El Grande Americano II through a table.

Jackie interviews El Grande Americano and Los Americanos Hermanos (The Creed's). Grande says the no contact rule only applies in Mexico so all bets are off here. Grande says they helped him out in inspiration of Chad Gable, who he says is out on injury. He says there will only be El Grande Americano left and it's him. Los Hermanos are now Julio and Bruto Credo.

El Grande Americano Original and Los Americanos Hermanos (Bruto and Julio Credo) vs El Grande Americano II and Los Americanos (Rayo and Bravo)

Grande II throws his robe at his opponents and all 6 fight. Bravo is thrown out then Grande II is lariated out. Bruto pop up drops Bravo. Bruto euros Bravo. Bravo takes a double back body drop. Rayo superkicks Julio and hits chops. Julio overhead belly to belly suplexes Rayo then release germans him. Rayo takes coener attcks then a hiptoss by Grande OG. 

The two Grande's lock up. Grande OG slaps him. Rayo trips Grande OG and Grande II baseball slides him. We go to break and return. Rayo gets on Julio's back with a sleeper. Julio drops him backwards. 

Grande OG back body drops Grande II and pounds on him. Grande OG exploders Bravo. Grande OG russian legsweeps Grande II. Grande OG does a reverse angle slam. Grande OG germans Rayo and Bravo. Grande OG cannonballs Grande II off the apron and lariats Rayo on the floor. Grande OG is pushed off the top. Rayo takes a top rope superplex + top rope moonsault. Grande II flying headbutts Bruto. The Grande's bang heads in the air and Bravo top rope splashes Grande OG for 2.

Julio apron powerbombs Rayo. Grande OG hits a chaos theory on Bravo. Grande OG top rope diving headbutts Bravo and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a wild one as expected. It was entertaining with a lot of people in masks flying around. 

We have the contract signing for Roman Reigns vs Jacob Fatu. Adam Pearce is in the ring. Roman and Fatu come out. The crowd acknowledges Roman and says it's the sound of respect. He says Fatu grinded for 12 years and but Roman says he's been here for over 12 years. He says he brought Solo in, so he brought Fatu in as well. Roman says there needs to be a system and a code of respect.

Roman says Fatu disrespected him with a move he saved for desperate measures. He says you pull out the Tongan death grip when you are surrounded 8 to 1 in a bar, not to your family and your tribal chief. Fatu says he is desperate and has no other choice but to take him out, take the title and everything that comes with it. He says he will squeeze the company out of every cent like the company did to his family. He says all gas and no breaks means never going back to where they came from. Fatu says he's desperate to do anything for his household.

Roman says he's been grinding for multiple house holds and is worried about 170 kids and generation after generation of his family. Roman says this is his ring. He says they are equals but in the ring, Fatu is beneath him. Fatu goes for the Tongan death grip. Roman throws him into the corner and throws a desk chair at his head. Fatu then goes for the death grip again.

Roman hits mounted corner punches and Fatu goes for the grip again and again. Adam Pearce tries to break it up. Roman is chokeslammed onto the table. Officials come down to break it up and Fatu spikes the contract.

Thoughts: It was a good segment. They went at it hard and it looked good. I like them putting over the Tongan death grip and referencing Haku's bar fights.

Overall thoughts: It was a good Raw. We had some nice segments with the big Vision vs Hendry/Profits/Seth fight. The contract signing fight was good. Evans' tag was fine. I liked Oba/Otis and The Creed's now wearing masks is campy fun. I thought they did a good job of setting up the PPV and they stepped up after getting slammed all week long by the IWC (anger about last week's firings and rumors of an unknown wrestler being forced to take a paycut). I'd give this a 7 out of 10 and I enjoyed this.

New Japan Pro Wrestling 5/4/2026 Wrestling Dontaku 2026 Day 2

New Japan Pro Wrestling 5/4/2026 Wrestling Dontaku 2026 Day 2

Day 1 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/new-japan-pro-wrestling-532026.html

NJPW World Television Title Match - Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Chase Owens

Chase goes after KT as he enters and they fight outside. They botch a move on the rails then KT ddt's him on the floor. The bell rings and KT side headlocks him in the ring. KT leg lariats Chase. Chase facekicks him out then dropkicks him through the ropes. 

Chase drops him chest first on the rail. KT's head is banged off the apron then KT snapmare drivers him on the apron for 2. Chase short arm lariats him for 2. They forearm each other. KT pump kicks him then KT flying lariats him. KT flying knees him and exploders him for 2. 

They trade forearms. Chase spinning back elbows him then pump kicks him. Chase running knees him for 2. KT brainbusters him. KT pump kicks him then backdrops him on the apron. Chase is backdropped on the apron. Yujiro Takahashi hits KT with a cane outside. Chase pumping knees KT then pepsi twist's him for 2. KT is sent into the ref. Shota Umino comes in to save KT. House of Torture then attack Shota and KT shields him. The NJPW main army comes to save them and clears the heels off. KT tope con hilos the heels outside.

Chase hits KT with a spur for 2. Chase knees KT in the face. KT pumping knees him twice. KT hits raging fire and pins him.

Thoughts: It was almost all cheating and interference. It didn't look that good on paper without all that stuff and it wasn't any better with it. KT won as expected.

The masked guy from the last big show comes out and attacks KT after. It's Sanada and he has gone back to his old look. Sanada hits deadfall on him. 

Ryusuke Taguchi & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Unbound Co. (Daiki Nagai & Gedo)

RT and Nagai stare down pre-match. RT and Nagai mat wrestle to start and trade some basic holds. RT makes Nagai run the ropes endlessly. Nagai dropkicks RT. Gedo snapmares RT then rakes his face with his eyes. Gedo gets a 2 count on him. RT misses a hip attack. RT tries another and is kicked in the butt. RT tries it again and is atomic dropped. RT then hits a succesful hip attack.

Tat and Nagai trade forearms. Tat flying euros him for 2. Tat water wheel drops him for 2. RT flying hip attacks Gedo. Tat takes a double flying hip attacks. Tat crabs Nagai. Tat hits forearms on Nagai then Nagai spinebusters him for 2. 

Nagai hits forearms and a chest headbutt on Tat. Nagai corner dropkicks Tat. Nagai top rope diving headbutts Tat and pin him.

Thoughts: It was half-young lions match and half-comedy. The young lions were better than the comedy. It didn't get enough time to be anything too good and the comedy brought it down. Nagai's top rope diving headbutt was nice.

Nagai promises to win the A-Block in BOSJ after. 

Shota Umino & Tomoaki Honma vs. Knockout Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice)

Honma and Ice trade forearms. Honma shoulders him over then misses a falling headbutt drop. Os tags in and he chops Honma up. Ice hits kicks and knees on Honma. Ice misses a corner meteora. Ice stomps Honma then htis big slaps. HOnma lariats him. 

Os and Shota go at it. Shota dropkicks him in the knee and head. Shota hits forearms then is chopped. Os takes a dragon screw then Shota STF's him. Os blocks a tornado ddt. Shota is thrown hard into the buckles. Os kicks and chops him. Shota hits forearms and chops. Shota hits a nice dropkick. 

Honma misses a headbutt drop and Os legdrops him. Honma flying headbutts Os and Shota dropkicks Ice out. Shota running euros Os then tornado ddt's him. The faces hit double falling headbutt drops on Os for 2. 

Honma lariats Os. Os sleepers him. Honma headbutts him then battering ram headbutts him in the face for 2. Honma cradles him for 2. Honma rolls up Os for 2. Os sleepers Honma then swings him down. Os makes Honma tap out.

Thoughts: It didn't get a ton of time but I liked what we got. Shota was on fire here and Honma did his usual headbutts while the heels hit shots. I would have been cool with this going longer. Honma losing was a bit predictable.

Ice taunts Shota after.

Aaron Wolf, Master Wato, Tiger Mask, Toru Yano & YOH vs. House Of Torture (Don Fale, Ren Narita, SHO, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Yujiro Takahashi)

Wolf gets jumped on the ramp as he comes out. Everone fights outside. Wolf is then sent into the rail. Don punches Yano in the gut and Yano goes out. Tiger kicks Don in the gut and struggles to jump on his back. Tiger is double teamed. Tiger rolling double mule kicks Kanemaru then spin kicks Ren. 

Wato hits forearms on Sho then flying back elbows him. Wato tilt-a-whirl backbreakers the heels for 2. Wato is tripped from the outside. Sho eye rakes Wato and throws him out. Wolf is sent into the post. 

Yujiro hits forearms on Wato and facekicks him on the ropes. Fale stands on Wato's back. Ren back elbows Wato for 2. Kanemaru eye rakes Wato then takes a leg lariat. Yoh comes in and hits dropkicks on the heels. He then dragon screws 2 of them. Yoh neckbreakers Kanemaru for 2. Kanemaru pushes the ref into Yoh then tornado ddt's him. Yoh falcon arrows him.

Wolf and Ren get in. Wolf shoulders him over then hip throws him. Wolf corner lariats him, suplexes him and elbow drops him for 2. Ren rolls him into a double leg lock and Togo helps out. Wolf ropebreaks. 

Wolf forearms Ren then Ren dropkicks him in the knee. Wolf takes running corner attacks. Wolf is then 2nd rope chopped in the crotch for 2. Yujiro fisherman suplexes Wolf for 2. Wolf AA's and olympic slams Yujiro for the win.

Thoughts: It wasn't much. Everyone got their segment in and not much else. We thankfully didn't get too much HoT shenanigans here. Wolf got most of the shine here and it was very average.

Tiger thanks everyone after and says he will wrestle in this area for Kyushu Pro.

Taichi & Yuya Uemura vs. TMDK (Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa)

Oiwa side headlocks Yuya. They trade wristlocks. Yuya snapmares him into an armlock. Yuya armdrags Oiwa. Oiwa headscissors him on the mat then Yuya headscissors him. They butt heads and tag out. Hart and Tai get in. They shoulder battle. Tai facekicks him and is shouldered over. Hart elbow drops him. Tai takes a double back elbow and a splash for 2. Oiwa hits forearms. Tai running facekicks him. 

Yuya and Oiwa fight. Yuya flying forearms him. Yuya goes up and over Hart, armdrags him and dropkicks him. Yuya bulldogs him for 2. Oiwa side headlocks Yuya. Oiwa dropkicks Yuya in the knee then clips him. Oiwa bangs Yuya's knee off the mat. Yuya rolls him into a kimura. Yuya takes a double suplex for 2.

 Oiwa figure fours Yuya. Tai breaks it up. Yuya throws him by the arm and twists his arm. Tai hits kicks on Oiwa's shoulder. Oiwa shoulders him over and elbow drops him. Hart corner splashes Tai and lariats him for 2. Hart bodypresses Tai on a backdrop attempt. Tai side kicks him then spinning chops him. Tai running lariats him. 

Tai takes his patns off and is lariated. Oiwa kneebreakers Yuya and Yuya enzugiri's him. Yuya backdrops Oiwa. Hart blocks a Yuya hurricanrana and throws him on a powerbomb. Hart sentons Tai for 2. Hart and Tai do sumo and Tai throws him over. Tai superkicks Hart. Tai air raid crashes him and pins him.

Thoughts: The pace could have been a bit better here as it slowed down in the 2nd half and lost some of its quality with it. It wasn't bad though and Oiwa/Yuya had some encouraging segments.  

United Empire (Francesco Akira, Jake Lee, Jakob Austin Young & Zane Jay) vs. Unbound Co. (Drilla Moloney, Robbie X, Taiji Ishimori & Yota Tsuji)

The heels attack before the bell. Akira side headlocks TI then shoulders him over. TI flying headscissors him then dropkicks him. Young nails TI from behind. X goes up and over Young. X slingshot swantons him. X is pushed into TI. Akira misses a standing moonsault and is dropkicked from behind. Young back elbows TI. X pele kicks Young. Akira rolls X into a double stomp.

TI canadian destroyers Akira. Akira no sells it and meteora's him. Lee boots Drilla then Drilla chops him. Lee eye rakes Drilla then is dropkicked. Drilla flying corner spears Lee then delay suplexes him for 2. Lee overhead belly to belly suplexes Drilla.

Zane comes off the top and hits Drilla. Zane goes for a hurricanrana and Drilla powerbombs him down. Yota comes in. He corner splashes Zane. Zane dropkicks him.  

Zane fallaway slams Yota for 2. Yota takes corner attacks and a lariat. Yota flatliners Zane into a curbstomp. Yota orange crushes him for 2. They trade pin attempts. Yota tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him then crabs him. X goes up top and springboard corkscrew dives outside. Zane taps out.

Thoughts: It didn't get much time and the ending was disappointing with Zane tapping to a simple crab. Everyone got their segment and not much else here. Robbie got a few nice dives in and Jake Lee did nothing of note.

Drilla and Jake stare down after.

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match - Ichiban Sweet Boys (Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles) (c) vs. El Desperado & Mistico

Despy and Kosei butt heads. Despy slaps him. They trade chops. Despy jumps up and Kosei dropkicks him. Mist and Rob trade chops. Rob walks up the ropes and springboard armdrags him. Rob flying headscissors Mist then spinning heel kicks him. Rob leg kicks Mist. Mist springboard diving headscissors him. 

Mist chops Rob. Mist walks up the ropes and springboard corkscrew diving armdrags him. Rob takes a double boot and a double elbow drop. Kosei flying headscissors Mist. Despy take a baseball slide. Mist's legs are split and he takes a double kick.

Despy takes a double foot choke in the corner. Kosei chops Despy then PK's him for 1. Rob pulls on Despy's leg and Despy ropebreaks. Kosei suplexes Despy for 2. Despy hits shots on Rob. Rob dropkicks him in the knee. Rob hits chest kicks on Despy.

Despy backdrops Rob. Mist hits a springboard double back elbow. Mist then double armdrags his opponents off a double hiptoss into the ropes. Mist 619's Rob then springboard diving armdrags Kosei. Mist flying headscissors Rob. Mist springboard crossbodies Rob then la magistral's him for 2. 

Rob misses a 450 off the top. Mist la mistica's him but Rob turns it into a pin attempt. Rob rolls up Mist for 2. Kosei chops Mist then springboard dropkicks him for 2. Mist superkicks Kosei. Despy slams Kosei then suplexes him for 2. Kosei trips Despy and Despy ropebreaks. 

Despy spinebusters Kosei then stretch mufflers him. Rob standing shiranui's Mist. Rob is sent out and he kicks Despy on a tope attempt. Kosei springboard swantons Despy. Mist topes Kosei. Rob then tope con hilos Mist and Despy through the ropes. Despy takes a big ending + cutter for 2.

Mist is popped up and he double dropkicks TMDK. Mist then topes Rob. Despy tope con hilos Kosei through the ropes. Despy gets in and does a sitout spinning bomb on Kosei for 2. Kosei step up enzugiri's Despy.

Kosei is rammed into the buckles. Kosei takes a enzugiri's on the top rope. Mist top rope spanish flies him. Rob canadian destroyers Mist. Despy spears Rob. Despy corner lariats Kosei. Kosei headbutts him twice. Kosei armbar takedowns Despy then canks back on the arm. Mist la mistica's Rob. Despy stretch mufflers Kosei at the same time and submits him.

Thoughts: I wish the spanish fly and canadian destroyer would have meant a bit more here but this is 2026 and that's just not gonna happen. It was a good bout otherwise here with them flying a lot and being able to work together despite the language differences. Everyone brought their title thing to this and it mostly worked out well.

NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Title Match - Bishamontin (Hirooki Goto, Oleg Boltin & YOSHI-HASHI) (c) vs. United Empire (Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Will Ospreay)

Yoshi gets beaten up by the heels. Yoshi boots Hen off the ropes. Hen takes a double shoulderblock. Goto hiptosses Yoshi onto Hen. Will bangs Goto's head off the apron and Hen sends Yoshi into the rails. Khan bangs Oleg's arm off the table then uses a chair on it. Will spinning backbreakers Yoshi for 2.

Yoshi headhunters Will. Hen shoulders Yoshi over. Hen chopes down Yoshi. Hen misses a senton. Yoshi dropkicks Hen in the gut. Hen and Oleg get in and shoulder battle. Oleg karelin's lifts Hen then kips up. Oleg vader bombs Hen. Hen hits kicks on Oleg then sentons him for 2. 

 Oleg and Hen chop each other. Hen hits a strike combo on Oleg then corner lariats him. They trade lariats and Hen drops him. Oleg lariats him down then Hen side slam bombs him for 2. Will springboard forearms Oleg. Will spinning forearms Yoshi off the apron. Will then slingshot plancha's outside.

WIll shiranui's Oleg for 2. Will avoids an Oleg F-5. Oleg blocks a standing moonsault. Will handspring corkscrew kicks him. Oleg belly to belly suplexes him off a hidden blade attempt. Goto comes in and spinning heel kicks Will. Goto backdrops him. 

Will top rope diving foreams Goto from behind and sitout powerbombs him for 2. Will and Goto trade shots. Will hits Kawada kicks. Goto hits a GTR then Hen spinebusters Goto. Will standing corkscrew moonsaults Goto. Yoshi takes a triple team in the corner then Khan pump kicks Yoshi. 

Khan corner lariats Goto then samoan drops him. Will springboard 450's Goto for 2. Will hook kicks Goto. Oleg catches Will's springboard and finlay rolls him. Hen sends Oleg into the rails. Hen is then sent into the rails. Hen knees Oleg in the face, sending him over the rail. Goto goes up top and is facekicked. Goto 2nd rope code red's him for 2. 

Yoshi and Khan get in. Yoshi dropkicks him then ddt's him for 2. Khan sends Yoshi into the rails then suplexes him on the floor. Yoshi fights off a 2v1. Hen hits Yoshi in the gut. Yoshi is thrown into a sitout bomb for 2. Yoshi lariats Hen then Will. 

Khan takes corner attacks. Khan then takes a russian legsweep + headhunter combo. Goto suplexes Khan. Yoshi superkicks Will. Oleg shoulders Hen over. Oleg rams Khan into the corner. Khan takes corner lariats. Khan takes a top rope diving bulldog + flapjack for 2.

Oleg dropkicks Hen. Will superkicks Goto. Will top rope corkscrew moonsaults outside. Yoshi ddt's Hen off a spear attempt. Khan iron claws Yoshi. Khan bangs Yoshi's head off the mat. Yoshi codebreakers Khan for 2 off a claw slam attempt. Khan pump kicks Yoshi from behind. Yoshi takes a double powerbomb + hidden blade and is pinned.

Thoughts: This would have been a Korakuen level main event a few years ago and is now a semi-main on a bigger show. The match was fine but not great. The pace just really slowed down in the second half and the crowd wasn't there. I liked the hidden blade + double powerbomb finish and I thought it was nice of Will to do this match when he really didn't have to. Will's team winning wasn't too shocking but I don't think we're seeing him until the next big show, so those titles won't be defended for a bit.

United Empire talks on the mic after. Khan says they are coming for the tag titles next. The Knockout Brothers come out. Ice hypes up the match and says he wants to fight the strongest, make money and get high. Ice says you don't have to think, you just have to feel. 

IWGP Heavyweight Title Match - Callum Newman (c) vs. Shingo Takagi

CN stalls to start then hits forearms. Shingo forearms him back. CN running boots him then is shouldered over. CN enzugiri's him. Shingo blocks an os cutter. CN takes a dragon screw. CN stalls outside. He is sent into the post. Shingo then corkscrews him off a shoulderblock inside. Shingo suplexes him for 2. 

Shingo hit a punch then CN knees him in the ribs. Shingo is backdropped on the apron. CN puts him in a seat in the crowd and flying dropkicks him. CN sits down and asks Natsupoi  to sit next to him. CN puts his arm around her. Shingo gets mad and sends him into the steps. 

CN stomps on Shingo then rubs his fist in Shingo's ribs. CN kicks him in the back then hits knees to the face. Shingo knees him back in the face. Shingo hiptosses him. Shingo tornado ddt's him. Shingo lariats him over the top. Shingo moves out of a tope con hilo then hits his own tope con hilo. 

Shingo slams and sentons him. Shingo hits a corner lariat then punches and chops. Shingo hits a twist and shout for 2. Shingo throws him off the 2nd rope then hits downward elbows. CN hits kicks to the head then punts him in the ribs. CN backdrops him through a table. CN suplexes him for 2. 

Shingo hits back elbows on CN. Shingo forearms him and they trade forearms. They trade suplexes and CN both guys are down. Shingo and CN trade lariats. CN facekicks him and is lariated. CN spin kicks him and they lariat each other down. CD headlfips out of a ddt. CN springboards and Shingo cutters him on the landing. Shingo underhook suplexes him for 2. 

CN os cutters him for 2.  CN misses a double stomp. CN pulls the ref out then Zane Jay lariats Shingo. Nagai, Yota Tsuji and Jake Lee get involved. Newman double stomps Shingo's back. CN underhook suplexes him for 2. CN hits forearms. CN hits chest kicks.

Shingo lariats CN. Shingo hits a made in Japan on CN then hits a second one for 2. Shingo running lariats him. Shingo hits a burning dragon for 2. Shingo lariats him. CN hits some slaps. Shingo hits forearms then headbutts him. Shingo drops him with a big forearm. CN low blows him and hits an underhook suplex for 2. 

CN lariats him. CN really launches him on a GTS. Shingo hits shoulders and a headbutt. Shingo poisonrana's him. Shingo lariats CN for 2. CN low blows Shingo then F-5's him into a side pendulum slam to win.

Thoughts: It got a lot of time. They definitely tried to have a great one but I didn't think it got to that level. Newman cheated a lot and they had a fair bit of downtime between bigger spots. Shingo put out a good effort and was hitting cutters and poisonrana's. It was acceptable to okay but not great.

United Empire claps for Newman after. Will Ospreay isn't thrilled. Yota Tsuji checks on Shingo, gets surrendered then low blowed and hit with the title by Newman. Newman goes to hit Shingo with the title and Will stops him. Newman tells Will to do it. Newman calls him "Death Rider" and Will hidden blade's Shingo. Will then asks if he's happy as they tease the Will vs Newman feud.

Newman asks if Shingo and Yota are okay after. Newman says Shingo and Yota keep ruining his good time. Newman says him and Jake Lee can fight Shingo and Yota. He says if he and Jake win, neither of them can challenge him for the title. Newman says he will give them a title shot at Dominion if either pins him. United Empire then get streamers and pose after. 

Overall thoughts: House of Torture's matches were garbage as usual. I wanted to see more of Shota Umino's match but I liked what we got. Yuya and Oiwa's match wasn't as good as I hoped but it was still alright. Yota's 8-man tag was too short. I thought Mistico's match was the best match on the show and thought the semi-main was the second best. They tried for a great bout in the main and didn't fully get there. The main was just acceptable to okay. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 as the top matches mostly delivered but with a bit more luck it could have been higher. It was a much better show than the night before and was good overall.

CMLL 5/3/2026 Domingo Familiar

CMLL 5/3/2026 Domingo Familiar

The announcer talks to open the show. 

Brillante Jr. and Diamond vs Robin and Disturbio

Dia and Dis lock up and let go. Dia front facelocks him and Dis wristlocks him. Dia uses the ropes to flip out and armdrags him. Dis armdrags him with an armlock. Dis shoulder throws him and armdrags him. Dis flips him over his back and Dia armdrags him out off of it. 

Brill and Robin get in. Brill tries to superkicks him. Brill handsprings and flips into a reverse spinning headscissors on Robin. Brill superkicks Dis then pops up Dia into a headscissors on him. Dia tilt-a-whirl armdrags Dis. Dia corkscrew headscissors Dis. Brill and Dia hit tope con hilos outside.

The faces go for dives again and get stopped by the heels. Dis chops Dia down. Robin punches Dia then Dia takes running corner attacks. Robin running superkicks Dia.  

Robin kicks Brill in the leg. Robin spinebusters him then Dis springboard elbow drops Brill for 2. Dia gets double teamed and sent out. Brill is kicked in the leg again. Brill dropkicks Dis. Dia springboard diving headscissors Robin. Dia then top rope blind moonsaults Robin outside. Brill wastelands Dis then split legged twisting swantons Dis. Brill pins Dis.

Thoughts: It was an acceptable opener. We got a couple of dives from the faces and the heels did some basic heeling before we went home.  

Rey Bucanero and Hombre Bala Jr. vs El Cobarde and Guerrero Maya Jr.

1st Fall - Rey and Maya go at it. Rey takes him down and they trade some holds. May trips him and snapmares him. Rey gets up and they stare down. Bala and Cob get in. Cob wristlocks him. They trade some holds and Bala flying snapmares him. Bala 2nd rope twisting crossbodies him then hits armdrags. Bala dropkicks him out.

Maya takes Rey down then gets hit on the apron. Maya tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him. Cob comes in and dropkicks Rey out. Bala top rope crossbodies Cob. Bala flying headscissors Cob out. Bala slides out and Maya topes him. Cob hits kicks on Rey then top rope swantons him for the pin. Cobarde's team wins the first fall.

2nd Fall - Rey is dropped on the rails and Maya sends Bala into the post outside. Bala takes corner attacks. Bala is held in the air and Maya flying facebusters him for 2. Rey gets ganged up on by his opponents. Rey is hooked to the ropes and Cob is popped up into a dropkick on him.

Bala tags in and is ganged up on. Maya chops Bala on the ropes. Bala takes a double team double chop then he is held for a codebreaker for 2. Bala corner chops Maya and Cob splashes Maya on accident. Bala is electric chair dropped on his chest by Cob. 

Bala boots Cob away. Rey takes and corner cannonballs both opponents. Bala jumps off Rey's back and flying headbutts his opponents. Rey puts down the heels. Rey sentons both then Bala top rope splashes both. Bala gets a double pin. Rey Bucanero's team wins the fall. 

3rd Fall - Rey and Cob chop each other. Rey shoulders him over. Rey powerslams Cob. Rey blocks Maya's sunset flip and legdrops him. Rey sentons both opponents at once when Cob is on Maya. Ball armdrags Cob then flying headscissors him. Maya hits Cob on a failed double team. Bala hits flying knees on both opponents then he tilt-a-whirl armdrags Maya. Rey cannonballs Cob from the apron.

Cob top rope dropkicks Rey. Cob then topes him. Bala top rope crossbodies Maya then Maya spears Bala from the side. Maya does a very high angle ddt on Bala and pins him. Cobarde's team wins the fall and match.

Thoughts: It was acceptable. Bala had an okay night here and Rey didn't have any big botches. Poor Bala looks like he got spiked pretty good on the finish here.

India Sioux, Skadi and Kira vs Zeuxis, Olympia and Valkyria

Z = Zeuxis

1st Fall - Kira and Z go at it. Z trips her and surfboards her. Z trips her again and is armdragged. Z slaps her then throws her by the neck for 2. Kira evades her in the corner and springboard crossbodies her. Kira flips over her back then springboard diving headscissors her. Val facekicks Kira out.

India flying headscissors Val then armdrags her. India goes up and over then basement dropkicks her. Olym gets in. She tiger feints and dropkicks India. Skadi gets in. Skadi lays on the ropes. Olym misses a corner charge and is enzugiri'd. Skadi dropkicks her for 2. Skadi euros Z out of the ring and splashes Olym on the ropes. Kira topes Z outside.

India is double teamed. India's springboard crossbody is caught. Skadi ropewalks then springboard crossbodies them all. Skadi dogpile pins everyone. Skadi's team wins the fall.

2nd Fall - Z offers India a handshake. Olym hits India from behind. India is triple teamed. Skadi takes corner attacks. Skadi is then triple stomped on. Z kicks Skadi in the head in the corner. Skadi and India are dropkicked. Skadi takes a meteora. Kria is gorilla pressed by Olym and dropped on India and Skadi. Olym pins Kira. Olympia's team wins the fall.

3rd Fall - Z throws Skadi on the ramp. India is double teamed on the ropes. Olym handstand pendulum bronco busters Kira in the corner. Val 2nd rope dropkicks India. India is triple stomped on. India springboards and does a headscissors + headlock takeover. Kira is popped up into a diving headscissors on Olym in the ring. Skadi's team then attacks the heels outside. Val is sent into the rails and Skadi rolls Z on the ramp. 

Kira jumps off Skadi's back and corner dropkicks Olym. India sitout powerbombs Z. Olym northern lights suplexes India. Kira toyota rolls Olym for 2. Val ddt's Kira. Skadi double underhook backbreakers Val. Skadi and Z kick each other at the same time. Z and Skadi are dropkicked out. India tope con hilos through the ropes and Olym springboard plancha's Skadi outside.

Kira trips Val into the ropes then 619's her. Kira double jump springboard twisting legdrops Val and pins her. Skadi's team wins the fall and match.

Thoughts: I thought it was a fun match. They didn't have too many sloppy moments. Skadi was fun as usual and did an impressive rope walk into a springboard crossbody. Kira did her usual flying. I enjoyed it.

Xelhua, Star Black and Fugaz vs Terrible, Explosivo and El Elemental

1st Fall - Ex and Xel go at it. Ex refuse a handshake and eye rakes him on the break. Ex trips him then rolls out. Ter and Xel go at it. Ter trips Xel then Xel trips him back. Xel ties his legs up into a rolling figure four variation. Xel armbars Ter and they stand off. Ter top wristlocks Xel then side headlocks him. Xel armdrags him.

Fug and Elem go at it. They trade some basic holds. Fug armdrags him. Fug rolls him into pins and they stand off. Elem kicks away a handshake. Star and Ter go at it. They double clothesline each other. Star back body drops him then flying headscissors him out. Star springboard tornillo's Elem then superkicks him out.

Ex corner lariats Star then Star corner lariats him. Star goes for a springboard dive but Ex side steps him. Xel is held for an Ex leg drop. Star takes a double boot. Star takes a 2nd rope powerbomb and an Ex springboard splash. Ex pins Star. Explosivo's team wins the fall. 

2nd Fall - Tengu, who is with the heels, top rope splashes Fug between falls. Fug takes a double hiptoss slam. Ex 2nd rope meteora's Fug on the ramp. Star springboard double back elbows the heels. Xel hits tilt-a-whirl backbreakers on the heels. Fug walks up the ropes and diving headscissors Elem. The faces all hit dives outside. Fug springboard swantons Elem. Someone who is taller with a chain comes down the ramp and Fug gets distracted. Elem lariats Fug. Elem hits a wrist-clutch straightjacket bomb on Fug and pins him. Explosivo's team wins the fall and match.

Thoughts: I don't know who came down the ramp, but he cost Fugaz the match. This only went 2 falls which is a bit rare. It wasn't too much of note and the faces didn't get much offense in at all. 

Torneo Cibernetico - Team CMLL (Mascara Dorada, Neon, Templario, Flip Gordon, Averno, Black Tiger and Akuma) vs Team MLW (KUSHIDA, Austin Aries, Trevor Lee, Bishop Dyer, Donovan Dijak, Diego Hill and Ikuro Kwon)

Dijak and Akuma start us off. Dijak knees him in the gut and side headlocks him. Akuma reverses it. Akuma tries a shoulderblock and Dijka poses. Dijak tries a shoulderblock then lariats him down. Dijak clubs him. Dijak flying back elbows him. They shoulder battle and Akuma spears him. Akuma hits mounted shots on him. Flip springboard dropkicks Dijak.

Aries ear claps Flip then takes him over. Aries handstands out of a headscissors and low dropkicks Flip. Flip goes up and over Aries. Flip springboard dropkicks Aries out. 

Av and Lee go at it. Lee flying headscissors him. Av corner lariats him. Lee flying forearms him then lariats him. Lee PK's him then running ssp's him for 1. Hill and Tiger get in. Tiger bows at him and kicks him. Tiger headbutts him. Hill flips over his drop down. Tiger tiger feint armdrags him. Hill springboard diving armdrags Tiger the corkscrew headscissors him. Hill tope con hilos Tiger outside.

Kush wrestlers Temp with his mask on. Temp armdrags him and they try to dropkick each other at the same time. Dyer and Neon get in. Neon evades him then flying headscissors him out. Kwon and MD get in. MD corkscrew flips over his swanton. Kwon superkicks him then takes a flying headscissors. Kwon enzugiri's MD. Kwon legsweeps him and sentons him for 2. MD walks up the ropes. He flips into them and armdrags Kwon out. MD tornillo's Kwon outside.

Aries and Akuma trade chops. Akuma dropkicks him. Akuma runs the ramp and Tiger monkey flips him into a 450 splash on Aries for 2. Dijak blocks Flip's spinning ddt. Flip cradles him for 2. Flip kips down and up out of a lariat and superkicks Dijak. Flip 619's him then springboard diving armdrags him out. Flip springboard swantons Dijak outside. Everyone fights outside.

Kush begs off from Av. Kush then eye rakes him. Kush chokes Av with a rope. Kush armdrags Av then tope con hilos him outside. Lee and Tiger get in. Lee germans him then high kicks him. Lee hits another german. Lee flips into a german on Tiger. Lee lariats Tiger over the top and tope con hilos him. 

Temp jumps off the top and Dyer catches him. Dyer facekicks him then death valley drivers him. Aries and Neon get in. Aries hits forearms and Neon fires back. Aries hits a hard lariat on Neon for 1. Aries pulls on Neon's mask. Aries chops Neon. Neon armdrags him twice. Neon walks up the ropes and springboard flips into an armdrag on him. Tiger sends Aries into the rails outside.

Hill and MD get in. They do stereo handsprings. Hill enzugiri's MD out then fosbury flops him. Everyone fights outside. Akuma cradle shocks Dijak for 2. Dijak running forearms Akuma. Akuma lariats him down. Dijak spinning facekicks Akuma and pins him. Akuma is eliminated.

Kwon full nelson's Tiger into a neckbreaker for 2. Tiger ducks a shining wizard. Tiger full nelson's Tiger into a german (not a dragon suplex). Tiger tiger drivers Kwon and pins him. Ikuro Kwon is eliminated.

Kush and Temp trade shots. Temp misses a splash and Kush shotei's him. Temp flying headscissors Kush. Flip and Lee come in and trade chops and forearms. Flip superkicks Lee. Flip goes for a crossbody and Lee counters with a spanish fly. Flip 2nd rope diving cutters Lee for 2.

Flip finlay rolls Lee. He 2nd rope moonsaults him then is rotched up top. Lee top rope release germans Flip off the top. Lee M. Bison stomps Flip and pins him. Flip Gordon is eliminated. 

Av and Dyer fight. Av slaps him. Dyer strikes him down. Dyer kneels on Av's neck on the ropes. Av pulls Dyer's throat down over the top rope. Av top rope dropkicks Dyer. Dyer hits a deep 6 on Av and pins him. Averno is eliminated.

Neon and Hill go at it. Hill shoulders Neon over then Neon shoulders him over. Hill chops him. Hill walks the ropes and diving armdrags Neon. Hill enzugiri's Neon from the apron then top rope 450's him for 2. Hill misses a 450 off the top. Neon powerslams him then double stomps him. Neon double jump moonsaults Hill and pins him. Diego Hill is eliminated.

MD crossbodies Lee but Lee turns it into a spanish fly. MD headscissors Lee then Lee shining wizard's him for 2. MD superkicks Lee. Lee M. Bison stomps him for 2. Lee misses a top rope corkscrew moonsault. MD top rope 450's him and pins him. Trevor Lee is eliminated.

Kush and Tiger go at it. Kush hiptoss cartwheel basement dropkicks him. Kush rolls him up and pins him. Black Tiger is eliminated.

Dyer throws Temp in then spinebusters MD. Dyer takes a double superkick. MD is flipped onto Dyer. Temp springboard splashes Dyer and pins him. Bishop Dyer is eliminated.

Neon hits slaps on Dijak. Aries hits Neon from behind. Neon pops up MD into a double dropkick. Neon is then popped up into  dropkick on Dijak. MD and Neon hit stereo tope con hilos outside. Neon springboards and Dijak superkicks him down for 2. Dijak sitout chokeslams Neon for 2.

Dijak misses a top rope moonsault. Neon springboard dropkicks him. Neon top rope invered flip dives Dijak and pins him. Donovan Dijak is eliminated.

Kush and Neon fight. Kush handspring kicks him. Kush top rope rolling armbars him and submits him. Neon is eliminated.

Aries and Temp fight. They trade forearms. Temp hits a GTS on him. Temp suplexes Aries for 2. Aries spinning forearms Temp then corner dropkicks him. Aries brainbusters Temp and pins him. Templario is eliminated.

MD hits punches to the head of Aries. Kushida then comes in and chokes MD with a rope. MD is sat up top. Kush tries to unmask him. Aries then tries to unmask MD. Aries ear claps him. Kush baseball slides MD while he is in tree of woe. Kush slams MD.  

Aries neckbreakers MD over the ropes then throws MD hard into and over the rail. MD lands hard. MD barely beats the count in. MD is catapulted and Aries flying euros him for 2. MD chops Aries and Kush. MD is tripped into a kick to the arm from Kush. Kush kimura's MD. Aries spinning forearms Kush on a failed dobule team. MD jumps off Kush and headscissors Aries. MD spin kicks Kush then corkscrew kicks him. MD tornillo's Aries outside.

MD top rope crossbodies Kush but Kush rolls through and gets a 2 count on him. Kudh handsprings and is caught with an electric chair neckbreaker. MD pins Kush. KUSHIDA is eliminated.

Aries hits mounted shots on MD. MD boots Aries out of the corner. Aries spinning forearms MD. Aries corner dropkicks MD then brainbusters him for 2. Aries indian deathlocks MD without tying up the legs. MD ropebreaks. MD electric chair drivers Aries into a neckbreaker. MD top rope ssp's Aries and pins him. Mascara Dorada wins the cibernetico.

Thoughts: It was a longer bout as expected. It was entertaining and they did well here. Everyone was able to work together alright and Hill had a better night than he did Friday. Towards the end, they told the story of MD being able to survive a 2v1 and win. Trevor Lee worked hard but couldn't get the crowd to react. Dijak got featured a decent bit here. MD really took a hard ride into the rails and looked like he was a hurting a bit from it. 

The announcer then closes the show. 

Overall thoughts: The opener was acceptable as was the 2nd match. The women's match was fun with Kira and Skadi being entertaining. The semi-main wasn't much and ended in 2 straight falls. The main event was your usual cibernetico but it went well. Both team were able to work together and they told a nice story by the end with MD surviving the 2v1 to win. I'd give it a 7 out of 10 as the main event delivered, the women did a good job and the only match that wasn't that great was due to it having an angle attached. It was a good show. 

Pro Wrestling NOAH 5/2/2026 Spring Mayhem Ryogoku 2026

Pro Wrestling NOAH 5/2/2026 Spring Mayhem Ryogoku 2026

Eita vs. Katsumi Inahata

Kat running back elbows him to start. Kat boots him from the buckles and 2nd rope dropkicks him for 2. Eita PK's him then double stomps him. Eita headbutts him then Kat suplexes him for 2. Kat backrolls him for 2. Eita burning hammers him on his stomach. Kat hits a nice dropkick. Eita hits a Z360 then superkicks him. Eita then pins him.

Thoughts: Kat is being used a rookie here. He's been wrestling since 2021 and has been wrestling longer than some of the non-rookies here. It's ridiculous. He hit a nice dropkick though. Eita's Z360 looked nice though and he won easily.

Daiki Odashima, Kazuyuki Fujita & Mohammed Yone vs. White Raven Squad (HAYATA, KENTA & Tetsuya Endo)

Kenta and Dai butt heads. Dai slaps him and Kenta side headlocks him. Dai side headlocks him then armdrags him. Dai running forearms him. Ken backdrops him then kicks him while he's down. Haya gets in and slams Dai. Haya cobra twists Dai. Dai legrolls him around the ring for 2. 

Fujita gets in and hits slams on Haya. Yone running corner lariats Haya. Yone misses a corner charge and Haya enzugiri's him. Endo gets in. He handspring kicks his opponents on the apron corner. Endo springboard flying forearms Yone. Endo then standing moonsault double knee drops him for 2. 

Endo headbutts Yone then Yone claymore kicks him. Endo takes running corner lariats then takes a double shoulderblock. Fujita suplexes Endo. Dai comes in and sends Endo into Haya. Dai takes 2 atomic drops then an electric chair powerbomb backbreaker on the knee. Dai takes running corner lariats then Kenta corner dropkicks him. Kenta top rope double stomps Dai for 2.

Dai rolls Kenta into a bridge pin then does a head and armlock. It gets broken up. Dai and Kenta trade shots. Dai spinning chops him then takes a kick from Endo from behind. Endo handspring double backflip kicks Fujita and Yuta. Dai deadlift germans Endo. Kenta hits a GTS on Dai and pins him. 

Thoughts: It was an acceptable tag. They kept things moving here. Daiki looked good and showed some confidence. Endo got a couple of his nice flips in.

Two On One Handicap Match - Lykos Gym (Kid Lykos I & Kid Lykos II) vs. Knull

Knull is double teamed and he pushes them away. Knull throws them into each other and double lariats them. Knull corner splases I then corner lariats II. I springboard double stomps Knull then II PK's Knull. I standing moonsaults Knull. Knull catches II's plancha and slams him on the apron. Knull then swats away I's plancha's. 

Knull goes for a move and one of the young boys distracts Knull. Knull chops him down. I and II roll up Knull for 2. Knull takes a superkick to the face and a low flying knee. II 2nd rope moonsaults Knull and I top rope swantons Knull for 2.

Knull flying facekicks I for 2. II clubs on Knull. Knull then powerbombs II onto I and pins both.

Thoughts: It went as expected with Knull destroying the smaller guys. The smaller guys got as much in as they could flying wise. It didn't go too long thankfully.

All Rebellion (Alejandro, Harutoki & Kaito Kiyomiya) vs. Passionate RATEL'S (Manabu Soya & Saxon Huxley) & Yuki Iino vs. Team 2000X (Masa Kitamiya, Tadasuke & Takashi Sugiura)

Iino and Soya have double mohawks and some kind of ethnic gear on. They look ridiciulous. 

Masa and Kaito trade forearms and chops while Iino shakes the ropes. Iino shoulders Kaito over. Masa and Iino shoulder battle. Masa eye rakes him then Iino shoulders him over. Kaito clubs on Iino. Kaito jumps up in the air and is slammed by Iino. Iino shakes the ropes.

Haru clubs on Iino then Iino slams him. Yoshitatsu trips Iino from the outside. Sugi knees Iino in the gut. Sugi facekicks Haru then Haru dropkicks him. Iino double shoulders Ale and Haru over.

Sax comes in and shoulders oer opponents. He slams Sugi and Masa then black hole slams Ale. Soya tags in and shoulders over Tada. Soya takes a triple basement dropkick. Tada then takes a triple team powerbomb. Kaito and Sugi trade forearms. Sugi spears him then Kaito flying knees him. Masa backdrops Kaito then Ale tope con hilos outside. 

Haru step up enzugiri's Masa. Ale top rope splashes Tada. Soya deadlift suplexes Ale. Iino samoan drops Ale. Soya death valley drivers Ale for 2. Ale takes a ddt + big ending combo and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was a short waste of talent. They have a lot of people who could go here and they threw them all into this where no one got to to stand out that much. Iino and Soya's new look is absolutely awful. They said Iino is now joining NOAH. He'll have better opponents here but it's just one more reason not to watch DDT.

Soya talks on the mic after and yells and poses. 

Team 2000X (Alpha Wolf & Kai Fujimura) vs. Los Tranquilos de Japon (Angel Reyes & RYUSEI)

AR and Ryu do the LIJ pose. 

Ryu dropkicks Kai and pounds on him in the corner. He then stands on his face. Kai chokes him then Ryu flying headcissors him. Ryu flying forearms him. Ryu hits forearms on Kai. Ryu is tripped into a basement dropkick. Ryu has a cable yanked up into his crotch.

Wolf back elbows and elbow drops Ryu. Wolf then bites Ryo's finger. Ryu takes a back elbow then is dropped. He takes an elbow drop then Kai rakes his face with his boot. Ryu dropkicks Kai after taking an eye rake.

AR comes in and superkicks Kai. He enzugiri's Wolf. AR hits a double handspring cutter. AR top rope moonsaults his opponents outside. AR spin kicks Kai in the face. Kai superkicks him in the face and screams. 

Wolf forearms AR down. AR hits a bad leg lariat the standing moonsaults him. Ryu running ssp's him. Wolf and AR trade shots. Wolf hits a corner lariat then backbreakers him for 2. Wolf lariats AR then slaps him around.

Ryu takes corner attacks then a superkick from Wolf. AR takes a superkick + trapped arms piledriver and is pinned.

Thoughts: Reyes is your typical indy wrestler. Ryusei is a bit small and not in the best shape. I think Kai's new heel character is a bit over the top. I thought this was just average.  

No Disqualification Match - BUSHI vs. Jun Masaoka

Bushi takes a low shot on the ropes before this begins. Bushi is then sent into the rails. Jun hits Bushi with a sign then drive by kicks him. Jun double stomps Bushi for 2. Jun unties Bushi's mask.

Bushi and Jun trade chops. Jun facekicks him then Bushi dropkicks him in the knee. Bushi dropkicks him off the 2nd rope then ddt's him for 2. Bushi dropkicks Jun in the knee then backcrackers him. Bushi is on the 2nd rope and Jun throws a chair at his face. Jun superkicks Bushi.

Jun boots Bushi out of the corner then 2nd rope double stomps his back. Jun superkick Bushi for 2. Bushi mists the ref when Jun moves. Jun kicks Bushi in the crotch. Yoshi then comes in to help stomp on Bushi. 

Bushi powerbombs Jun onto multiple chairs. Bushi then poses Yoshitatsu outside. Bushi backslides Jun into a bridge but the ref was down and the count is delayed. Bushi dropkicks Jun. 

Jun double stomps Bushi and unties his mask again. Jun then takes off Bushi's mask. Bushi superkicks him while he's on a chair. Jun puts chairs on Bushi then chairs the chairs. Jun top rope double stomps the chairs into Bushi for 2. Bushi mists Jun. Bushi gets a mask back on and codebreakers Jun. Bushi 2nd rope diving codebreakers him and pins him.

Thoughts: It wasn't that much of a hardcore match. They used chairs and a sign of some sort. I feel like they did an acceptable job without going into blood, but it wasn't quite as aggressive or violent as you'd want. It was alright but not much else. 

Shinjiro Ohtani, who is paralyzed, is brought out.

Kenoh & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Good Brothers (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson)

Doc and Ken go at it. Doc shoves him. Ken facekicks him. Doc uppercuts him. Doc lariats a lariat from Maru and facekicks Ken out. Karl comes in. He side headlocks Maru then shoulders him over. 

Maru chops Karl and Doc superkicks Maru from the apron. Maru is thrown into the rails. Doc hits a high back body drop on Maru. Karl tries pins on Maru for 2 counts. Karl chops and eye rakes Maru. Doc hits shots on Maru in the corner. Doc suplexes Maru for 2.

Karl chinlocks Maru. Maru misses a dropkick. Maru cartwheels into a dropkick on him. Ken comes in and pump kicks Karl. Ken running facekicks Doc in the corner then puts Karl on top of Doc. Ken 2nd double knee drops both of them. Karl and Ken trade forearms. Ken germans him and takes a pump kick.

Doc corner splashes Ken for 2. Doc misses an elbow drop and Maru tags in. Maru hits chops and boots on Doc. Maru back kicks him then boots him out of the corner. Maru tornado suplexes Doc for 1.

Doc twisting drops Maru from his shoulder for 2. Ken hits kicks on The Bros then takes a Karl cutter. Maru avoids a magic killer then cradles Doc and pins him.

Thoughts: I was surprised to see Marufuji's team win here. It was average. Doc and Karl don't do a lot but various strikes and neither do Ken or Marufuji anymore. It was a pretty simple and basic match without too many big highlights.

Marufuji shakes Ohtani's hand after.

Tetsuya Naito vs. OZAWA

Oz ducks a lock up and laughs. Naito rolls out of a back elbow and poses. Oz then flips and tries a pose but Naito gets a 2 count on him. Oz then does Naito's pose and is basement dropkicked for it. Naito rams Oz into the rails and bangs his head off the apron. 

Oz and Naito send each other into the rails. Oz charges at Naito and goes into and over the rails. Naito bridging neckbreakers Oz on the floor. Naito cravates Oz and hits back elbows. Naito neckbreakers him. They trade shots. Naito sleepers him. Naito then puts his legs around Oz's head and pulls his arm.

Oz is given a weapon by Yoshitatus. Naito koppo kicks Oz and Oz rolls out of a sunset flip with a basement dropkick. Oz corner dropkicks him. Oz top rope dropkicks him for 2. Oz standing moonsaults him for 2. Naito hits a bad tornado ddt. Naito hits a diamond dust.

They trade forearms in the ring. Oz hits a kick combo. Naito step up enzugiri's him then Oz spinning heel kicks him. They botch and Naito spits in his face. Oz licks it then corkscrew kicks him in the face. Both men go down and Oz kips up.

Oz does combinacion cabron on Naito. Oz does a top rope corkscrew moonsault for 1. Naito hits back elbows and spinebusters him. Naito hits destino and Yoshitatsu pulls the ref out on the count. Team 2000X beat up Naito. Naito's crew helps fight off the heels. Naito goes for destino and Oz landslides him. 

Oz dropkicks him then hits a sitout bomb for 2. Oz misses a phoenix splash. BUSHI mists Ozawa then Naito does a cradle from the destino position. Naito northern lights bombs him. Naito tries desinto but can't get up. Ozawa backslides him and pins him.

Thoughts: It went well early and was looking like the dream match it should have been. Then it kept going. Naito got tired, couldn't hit destino on multiple tries and it got sloppy. It was still a nice win for Ozawa and the two are natural opponents. Had Naito not even tried destino, it would have been a lot better. I still liked it but this had the potential to be great if Naito had been less sloppy.

Oz does Naito's eye pose after as Team 2000X poses over Naito. Oz talks on the mic after. He says Noah is a fradulent promotion. He says he will change Noah. He tells Naito to join him under his wing and says they will merge with LTJ.

GHC Junior Heavyweight Title Match - AMAKUSA (c) vs. Dragon Bane

Ama flying headscissors him but Bane flips out. Bane flying headscissors him out then tope con hilos him. Bane corner dropkicks him. Bane PK's him but Ama gets his knees up on Bane's standing moonsault. Ama top rope diving headscissors him. Ama corkscrew topes him into the rails. 

Ama top rope dropkicks him from behind in the ring for 2. Bane chops him then gets knocked down. Ama hurricanrana's him and Bane rolls into a sunset flip. Bane superkicks him. Bane flips out of a german and enzugiri's him from the apron. Bane springboard diving back elbows him. 

Bane PK's him then standing moonsaults him. Bane slingshot ddt's him on the apron. Bane walks up the ropes and blind moonsaults him outside. Bane goes into the commentary table off of it. 

Bane handspring corkscrew kicks him then poisonrana's him for 2. Ama spinning ddt's him. Ama buzzsaw kicks him then Ama takes an overhead throw into the buckles. Bane top rope ssp's him for 2. Bane hits kicks to the head. Bane hits slaps Ama crucifix bombs him for 2 then tries more crucifixes. 

Ama back body drops him over the top rope. Ama top rope spiral taps him outside. Ama spinning ddt's Bane for 2. Ama top rope spiral taps him inside for 2. They go up top and Bane top rope poisonrana's him. Bane standing spanish flies him for 2. Bane hits a made in Japan for 2. Bane spinning electric chair drivers him and pins him.

Thoughts: I didn't like it. They were kicking out of crucifix bombs, top rope poisonrana and other head dropping moves. It was fine when they stuck with the flying but the head drops brought it down. The flying did stick out a bit more here though since we saw so few dives on this. 

Eita comes out and claps for Bane after. They end up agreeing to a title match. Bane thanks him. 

GHC Heavyweight Title Match - Yoshiki Inamura (c) vs. Shane Haste

They shake hands and lock up. Shane backs him up on the ropes. They do a double knuckle lock. Shane side headlocks him and they shoulder each other. Shane dropkicks him in the back of the head. Shane hits chops and boots on him. Shane knees him in the gut. YI boots him out of the corner and dropkicks him.

YI shoulders him over. YI chops him outside and sends him into the rails. YI tries to dive on him off the apron but Shane moves and YI goes into the rails. Shane slams him on the apron edge. Shane neckbreakers him then backdrops him. Shane bridging neckbreakers him over the knee. 

Shane head and arm takedowns him and does a submission off of it. YI back body drops him on the apron. They fight outside. YI back body drops him on the rail top. YI corner splashes him then hits chops and punches to the chest and back. YI suplex throws him. YI spinning slams him then elbow drops him for 2. 

YI misses a corner charge. YI catches Shane's corner cannonball and sitout powerbombs him for 2. Shane pump kicks him. YI release germans him. YI goes for a muso and is ddt'd. They trade forearms on their knees. 

They hold each other by the wrist and trade lariats. Shane does a border city stretch. Shane uranage's him for 2. Shane orange crushes him for 2. YI spinning forearms him. YI tiger drivers him for 2. 

YI goes up top and is hit. Shane cannonballs him as he hangs over the top buckle. Shane top rope coast to coast dropkicks him as he hangs. Shane uranage's him. Shane hits a bomb valley death on him for 2. Shane is caught in tree of woe and YI flying headbutts him as he hangs for 2. 

YI runs the ropes and runs into a dropkick. Shane hits euros. YI hits lariats to the front and back. YI throws him, lariats him from behind then hits a running lariat for 2. YI muso's him for 2. YI misses a top rope splash. Shane running knees him from behind then running knees him in the chest for 1. Shane high kicks him and backdrops him. Shane lariats him for 2. Shane hits bomb valley death and pins him.

Thoughts: Welcome to NOAH. 40 year old Shane Haste is apparently the answer, but I'm not sure what the question was. I have no idea why they did this, other screwing over younger talent being a NOAH tradmark and NOAH not liking talents that aren't over 40. The match was okay but not that memorable outside of the result.

They shake hands after.

Shane says it's been a long journey to get here but now he's on the top. Shane thanks everyone and Kenta translates for him. Shane says he wants to defend the title against Kenta. Kenta asks if he wants a match with him. They talk about having a match 13 years ago and Shane says he wants to beat him. Kenta says he's happy for him and this is his time. 

Overall thoughts:  Ozawa/Naito had issues but was still my favorite match on here and the main was okay enough. We had a lot of Team 2000X interference clogging up the card as usual here and a lot of Noah's stars were stuck in undercards for some reason. I'd give it a 5 out of 10. The show was acceptable as a whole but not great.

WWE LFG 5/2/2026 Season 3, Episode 2

WWE LFG 5/2/2026 Season 3, Episode 2

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/wwe-lfg-4262025-season-3-episode-1.html

We are at the Performance Center.

We see Shiloh Hill making his NXT TV debut vs Lexis King. He says he feels great.

Matt Bloom, Natalya, Kevin Owens, Bubba Ray and Booker T talk. Bloom says Carlee Bright needs to lean into her shots. Bloom says Layla Diggs wants to try some heel work. Bloom says he wants to see proper tag psychology in the Lewis/Van Dux vs Riggins/Jax Presley match. Bloom says less is more for Riggins and Jax and says they need to understand that emotion builds the connection. Booker has Nathan Cranton/Tristan Angels. Booker says he doesn't like reality starts. Bloom says Angels has his character down but Bloom wants him to come off scary. They say they all see something in Drake Morreaux. Bubba asks if Drake will get another shot if he fails tonight and Bloom says no.

Drake says he's been here for 3 years and doesn't know what will happen next. He says he sees his friends getting opportunities and wonders when his turn will come. He says he dreads getting the call to be let go.

We hear from Layla Diggs. She talks about doing track. She says she's been here for 2 years and makes her own gear. Owens talks to her about working heel. Owens says some people think being a heel is being less interesting. Owens says he wants her to be more expressive.

Carlee talks to Natalya. She's been here 3 years. Carlee says she was a gymnast and a cheerleader and it brought her here. She says she's tired of seeing people pass her by. Natalya says Diggs called her a pushover and a doormat. Nat says the biggest thing is being relatable and tells Carlee to throw some sound into it. Bloom says Carlee is an amazing athlete but connecting is the key. He says she needs to tell a story. 

Carlee Bright vs Layla Diggs

We are the Evolve arena for this. Carlee was cut 2 weeks ago. Diggs wristlocks her. CB kips up, cartwheels out and writ throws her. CB then dances and spanks herself. CB flying headscissors Diggs but Diggs lands on her feet. CB hits armdrags and a dropkick. CB armlocks her.

CB goes for a crossbody and is dropkicked in mid-air. Diggs bangs CB's head off the mat and elbow drops her. Diggs flying knees her in the corner. Nat says CB is selling well. Diggs bodyscissors her. CB hits lariats and a swinging neckbreaker. 

CB tornado bulldogs her for 2. They go up on the buckles. CB knocks her down and top rope crossbodies her. Diggs rolls through for 2. Diggs corkscrew kicks her for 2. CB headscissors her into an overdrive and pins her.

Thoughts: As always with these matches, this was a somewhat clipped version of the match. What we saw looked fine. CB can do the basic face stuff fine but I think she was running out of things to do at the. Diggs didn't show much as a heel but it was fine.

Diggs says she feels good after and wishes she was more in the moment. Owens says they had energy and says she's a good heel. Owens tells her matches are like a rollercoaster. Diggs says she thought it was bad but Owens liked it so she's doing something good.

Nat says she felt something different in Carlee and says to do 1% more next time. Carlee says it was a statement made. She says she's here to be great.

Jax Presley is from Middletown, Maryland. Riggins says he's the baddest man from CLE. Both played fooball. Riggins says he has a mentally handicapped sister. Jax says he wants to be the greatest of all time. Riggins says he wants to level up. Booker tells them the playbook is important. He says it's all x's and o's.

We see Harlem Lewis and Mike DeRudder/Dorian Van Dux. Lewis is from New York. He went to Japan after LFG Season 2. Van Dux/Mike talks. Mike says he's a second gen wrestler and he's unique with his size and how he moves. Owens talks to both.

Lewis says they were told they look alike. Lewis thinks they have good chemistry. Matt Bloom says we have 4 big personalities. 

Harlem Lewis and Mike DeRudder vs Harley Riggins and Jax Presley

We are at the Evolve arena for this.

Booker says Lewis was the best on LFG 2 and he likes his attitude. Lewis and HR go at it. HR yanks on the arm then Lewis armdrags him into an armlock. Lewis short arm lariats HR. Mike hits HR in the gut and works his arm. HR throws him down backwards and knee drops him.

Jax bangs Mike's head off the buckles. Jax side slams him for 2. Jax wristlocks Mike. Mike walks up his knee to escape. Mike's crossbody is caught. Jax blocks a sunset flip and is forearmed. Mike dropkicks HR. 

We go to break and return. HR pulls back on Lewis' arms. Booker says his guys know how to make themselves look good but can't make the others look good. Lewis back body drops HR. Mike springboard lariats in. Mike flips over HR then spinning backdrops HR. Mike lands on his feet on a moonsault and sicide dives both opponents.

Mike doctor bombs HR for 2. Jax and Lewis trade. Jax is thrown out and brings Lewis with him. HR rolls up Mike then double throat thrusts him. HR drops Mike face first from his shoulders and pins him.

Thoughts: Again, it was definitely clipped up. It was nice to see 4 alpha male types go at it. Mike shined here. They spent a bit too much on armwork for how long this was. It was acceptable.

HR tries to pick a fight with Lewis after. They hit each other. 

Owens tells them the work was solid but it was boring and they didn't know who was the face and heel. Booker says HR and Jax had 4 minutes of heat and didn't get the faces over. Lewis complains about HR spitting on him. HR says it felt like the right thing to do. Booker says he doesn't fight back in front of the fans and says he handles it in the back. 

Booker talks to Tristan Angels/Nathan Cranton. Tristan is 22 and a 7th gen sheep farmer. He says his granddad only stopped working to watch wrestling. He says he can sheer a sheep in a minute. Booker asks if he thought it was real or entertainment. Tristan says he knew but didn't care. Booker says he sees big things for him and thinks he can take LFG 3 by storm.

Bubba talks to Drake Morreaux. He says he believes in him and wants him to succeed. Bubba says it has to happen now. Bubba tells him he wants it to work for him and chops him.

Bloom says he needs Drake to become a big dangerous guy.

Nathan Cranton vs Drake Morreaux

We are the NXT arena for this.

NC side headlocks Drake then poses. NC is shoved down twice. DM side headlocks him. DM shoulders him over a few times. DM hiptosses him. DM misses a facekick and NC clips him. NC punches him then kicks him in the leg. NC twists his leg nd tries to pin him. 

DM then twists his leg and is hit in the knee. DM kneelifts him then throws him down backwards. DM drops him with forearms and a slam. DM's leg gives out on him. NC rolls him up with his feet on the ropes and is caught. DM spinning lariats him. DM hits a big chokeslam and wins.

Thoughts: I thought this was a decent bout. They didn't get a ton of time but Drake got his leg worked on and sold it before winning.

Bubba complains about Drake dancing after with the hurt leg. Bubba says Shawn watched the whole match and asks if Drake accomplished what he was supposed to. Bubba asks if he could have done better and he says no.

Drake goes to a meeting with Shawn Michaels the next day. Shawn says he's been here 3 years and says his time at the PC is going to be over with. We go to break and return. He says they have to make decisions on how long to keep someone. Shawn says they don't have a place for him right now in NXT but says there's a huge opportunity for him in AAA. Drake is excited to go to AAA. Shawn says he will be in front of big crowds and will come into his own. He says he will go down there and find incredible success.

Bubba says he's been a big fan of Drake since LFG 1. He says great job to Drake and says best of luck. Drake says his time on LFG was amazing. Drake says he has grown as a performer and is excited to build on what he started. He says he loves LFG and says to keep up with him in AAA. He says it's not goodbye but see ya later, alligator.

Thoughts: This show is taped, so we are watching these shows with knowledge of what actually happened already. Drake has yet to appear on AAA as of May 4th, 2026.

Overall thoughts: The show is definitely a bit different than the last few seasons. The competition aspect is gone and every episode is kind of separate from the other. It's a bit weird to watch it though because we already know what happens to most of these wrestlers and we know what we are told on here isn't always what actually happens. What we got wrestling was fine and they are doing a decent job of letting us know who everyone is. There's nothing you need to see on this show, but it was okay enough for what it was. This is definitely more of a documentary than past seasons.

New Japan Pro Wrestling 5/3/2026 Wrestling Dontaku 2026 Day 1

New Japan Pro Wrestling 5/3/2026 Wrestling Dontaku 2026 Day 1

Ryusuke Taguchi, Taisei Nakahra & Tiger Mask vs. Master Wato, Toru Yano & YOH

Yano's team is attacked before the bell. Yano takes a double shoulderblock. Yano blocks a hip attack with an atomci drop then he atomic drops Tai. RT misses a hip attack. RT is atomic dropped for 2. Yoh misses a flying hip attack. Tiger kicks Yoh in the butt. Tiger suplexes Yoh for 2. Tiger spin kicks Yoh in the gut then Yoh dropkicks him in the knee. 

Wato comes in. He double flipping mule kicks Wato. Tai comes in and hits forearms on Wato. Tai dropkicks him. Tai boots Wato then chops him. Wato leg lariats him for 2. Wato springboard euros Tai and wins.

Thoughts: It was a total waste of time. It was half-comedy and Taisei got pinned off a simple springboard euro. 

Masatora Yasuda & Tomoaki Honma vs. Knockout Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice)

Masa dropkicks Ice off the apron to start. Os sleepers Masa and Honma breaks it up. Os takes a double team but bangs their heads together. Os elbow drops Honma. Honma misses a falling headbutt drop. Os shoulders over Honma then slams Masa. 

Ice forearms Masa down. Masa chops and slaps him around. Masa dropkicks Ice then running forearms him for 2. Masa jack knifes him for 2 then runs into a facekick. Ice hits a hard knee to the face while Masa is on his knees. The ref says Masa is out and stops the match.

Thoughts: I think the ending was planned here. It worked though and Ice looked like a tough guy because of it. This was quick. I want to see Masa vs Ice again. 

El Desperado, Mistico, Taichi & Yuya Uemura vs. TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles & Ryohei Oiwa)

Kosei and Despy fight on the mat. Kosei wristlocks him. Depsy reverses it then Kosei chops him. They trade chops. Despy slaps him and Kosei chops back. Despy is thrown out. Mist and Rob go at it. They trade forearms and chops. Mist handspring back elbows him. Mist enzugiri's him from the apron then springboard crossbodies him. Mist walks up the ropes and springboard corkscrew diving armdrags him. 

Rob takes a double boot then Kosei takes one too. Hart shoulders over Tai then elbow drops him. Hart suplexes Tai for 2. Oiwa boots Tai in the knee then drops back on it. Tai and Rob trade shots. Tai side kicks him. 

Yuya comes in and armdrags 2 opponents then goes up and over to armdrag Hart. Yuya then dropkicks 3 opponents. Yuya corner splashes and bulldogs Oiwa for 2. Yuya hiptosses Oiwa then Oiwa abdominal stretches him. Oiwa shoulders over Yuya the nsplashes him. 

Yuya takes running corner attacks then a double kick. Hart sentons Yuya for 2. 4 of he 6 trade shots. Despy and Mist hit superkicks to the gut. Mist is popped up into a double dropkick. Hart double lariats Mist and Despy. Hart corner splashes Yuya then lariats him for 2. Hart crossbodies Yuya for 2. Yuya hurricanrana's Hart and pins him.

Thoughts: It was an okay random midcard tag. Yuya had a good night here and brought a lot of energy to this one. It wasn't anything too memorable or anything but it was fine enough for being filler.  

Rob and Kosei taunt Mist and Despy after. Mist talks to Rob in Spanish and points at him. Rob says he doesn't speak Spanish. He says he knows Mist wants a match. Rob offers to put the IWGP Jr. Tag Titles on the line tomorrow. Rob says they are the mighty and the mighty don't kneel. 

United Empire (Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Will Ospreay) vs. Goto Revolutionary Army (Hirooki Goto, Tatsuya Matsumoto & YOSHI-HASHI)

Will and Goto go at it. Will takes a double shoulderblock. Goto hiptosses his partners onto Will. Will's back is triple clubbed on. Will and Tat trade and Will drops him. Will slams Tat. Goto is sent into the seats by Khan then Khan sits on a chair on him. 

Hen sentons Tat then pounces him. Tat hits elbows on Hen then dropkicks him. Yoshi and Hen go at it and trade shots. Hen drops him with a forearm. Yoshi dropkicks him in the knee. Yoshi shoulders Hen over. Goto hits lariats on oppponents. Hen spinning heel kicks Yoshi. Will and Goto trade forearms. Will handspring corkscrew kicks him. 

Yoshi superkicks Khan. Tat water wheel drops Khan for 2. Tat crabs him and Khan ropebreaks. Tat hits forearms on Khan. Khan spinning claw slams Tat for 2. Khan flatliners Tat. The ref checks to see if Tat is knocked out. Khan bangs Tat's head off the mat then Khan pins him.

Thoughts: It started off good with Will and Goto but went a little downhill as it continued. I'm not sure what happened with Tatsuya at the end here. It was average. 

The two sides argue after.

Konosuke Takeshita & Shota Umino vs. House Of Torture (Chase Owens & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)

 KT gets nailed by Chase before he can lock up with Yujiro. Chase euros KT. KT goes to leapfrog and falls. KT then leg lariats him. Chase hits elbows on KT. KT boots him off the ropes then Shota shoulders Chase over. Shota stares KT down. 

Shota is pushed into KT. Chase boots Shota out of the corner then spinning backdrops him. Yujio falling headbutt drops Shota. Chase shoulders Shota over. Shota takes a double throat thrust from Chase. Shota dropkicks Chase.

KT comes in and drops Chase with forearms. KT flying lariats him. KT slingshot plancha's Yujiro outside. KT exploders Chase for 2. Chase hits forearms on KT. Chase spinning back elbows him then hits a snapmare driver for 2. Chase pumping knees KT then KT flying knees him.

Shota and Yujiro get in. Shota hits forearms and takes a stun gun. Yujiro eye pokes him. Shota dragon screws him then STF's him. Shota lariats Yujiro then stomps him. Yujiro fisherman busters him. Chase running knees Shota for 2. Yujiro short ddt's Shota for 2. Shota lariats Yujiro down.

KT and Shota run into each other. Yujio hits KT with a cane as Shota gets sent into the ref. Shota running lariats Yujiro. Shota fisherman busuters Yujiro and pins him.

Thoughts: This went over 10 minutes and Yujiro and Chase were treated as being equal opponents to KT and Shota and honestly, the heels got put over for most of this. They pushed that KT and Shota were having issues all match long. This felt like it never would end.

United Empire (Callum Newman, Francesco Akira, Jake Lee, Jakob Austin Young & Zane Jay) vs. Unbound Co. (Daiki Nagai, Drilla Moloney, Robbie X, Shingo Takagi & Taiji Ishimori)

Shingo's team gets hit before the bell and thrown out. Shingo is sent into the rails. TI flips X onto Young. Akira takes a double superkick for 2. Nagai hits shots on Akira then corner dropkicks him. They trade shots. Akira trips him and bangs his face off the mat. 

Lee bangs Nagai's face off Newman's foot. Newman ties up Nagai and punches him. Newman stands on his face. Nagai dropkicks Newman. Shingo comes in and cleans house on his opponents. Shingo ddt's Newman. Newman forearms Shingo and Shingo forearms him back. 

Newman spin kicks Shingo in the gut. They double lariat each other twice and go down. Zane comes in and fallaway slams Shingo for 2. Zane dropkicks Shingo then Shingo shoulders him over. Zane takes a double punch from his opponents. Shingo lariats Zane down. 

Akira step up enzugiri's Young. Akira takes a spin kick from X and TI is pushed into X. TI handspring corkscrew kicks Akira. Shingo overhead belly to belly suplexes Newman then lariats him over the top. X hits a big moonsault off the top to the floor. Drilla and Zane fight. Drilla suplexes Zane then spears him. Drilla hits a drilla killa on Zane and pins him.

Thoughts: It didn't get that much time. I don't know if I'd ever say everyone got their own segment here as there were so many people involved. It wasn't anything special. Jake Lee was acting normal here after acting goofy for so long. 

Shingo and Newman end up fighting after and Newman goes out.  

Don Fale vs. Aaron Wolf

Don nails Wolf before intros. They shoulderblock battle. Wolf flying hits flying forearms. Don slams Wolf. Don stomps Wolf then stands on his back. Wolf is sent into the rails then into the seats. Wolf then sits on him on a chair. Don does a trapezius hold in the ring. 

Wolf elbows Don in the gut and Don clubs him down. Don stands on his back. Don is sent into the rails outside. Wolf chops Don then judo throws him. Wolf elbow drops Don for 2. Wolf top rope splashes Don for 2. Chase gets on the apron and Wolf slingshots him in. Chase begs off then Don pushes Wolf into the ref. Don corner splashes Wolf and Don samoan drops him for 2.

Don misses an elbow drop on Wolf. Wolf slams him. Wolf rips his shirt off then olympic slams Don to win.

Thoughts: It wasn't good as expected. It was full of shenanigans and outside fighting. I'm not sure how this was supposed to be any better than it ended up being. 

NEVER Openweight Title Match - Ren Narita (c) vs. Oleg Boltin

Ren and Dick Togo beat up Oleg before the match begins. They choke him with a weapon. Ren boots Oleg in the gut then Oleg sends him into the rails. Oleg comes in and soulders over Ren twice. Oleg goes after Togo outside. Ren chairs Oleg. Ren takes Oleg into the crowd and throws him into the seats. Ren flying neckbreakers Oleg for 2. 

Ren armbreakers Oleg then sends him shoulder first into the exposed buckles. Ren armbars Oleg around the bottom turnbuckle connector. Ren armbreakers Oleg. Ren flying armbars Oleg. Oleg powerbombs him out of it. Ren shoulders Oleg's arm then Oleg belly to belly suplexes him. Oleg karelin's lifts Ren. 

Oleg slams Ren then splashes him for 2. Ren tries to make Oleg hit the ref. Ren rolling armbars Oleg. Oleg is sent over the top. Ren pults Oleg's arm in a chair then Oleg lariats him with it. Ren escapes a powerbomb inside then takes a corner splash. Ren eye rakes Oleg and sends him into the ref. The ref is sent out. Ren crossfaces Oleg. 

Kanemaru comes in to help out Ren. Togo comes in too then Kanemaru is thrown into Togo. Oleg hits a big powerbomb on Ren for 2. Oleg torture racks Ren. Ren taps out but Sho has the ref distracted. Oleg drops the hold and goes after Sho. Aaron Wolf comes down and carries Sho to the back. 

Ren grounded guillotines Oleg. Ren facebusters Oleg for 2. Ren is caught coming off the top. Oleg finlay rolls him. Oleg F-5's Ren for 2. Ren rolling armbars Oleg off the 2nd rope. Oleg ropebreaks. Ren drives Oleg's soulder into the mat then armbars him. Ren triangles him, Oleg lifts him and Togo low blows Oleg. The ref somehow misses it and Ren wins by submission.

Thoughts: It was painful to watch as expected. The heels cheated before and during the match. The ref didn't care when he saw them beating up Oleg prior to the match and absolutely no action was taken when he got ran into or sent out of the ring. It was just nothing but stupid heel tactics with Aaron Wolf being the only one in the entire backstage area who tried to do something about it. This was awful.

The heels beat up Oleg after. Wolf makes the save and challenges Ren.

IWGP Global Heavyweight Title Match - Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Andrade El Idolo

They lock up. Yota clean breaks him and shoves him. Idolo and Yota chop each other. They escape each other's attacks and stand off. Idolo shoulders Yota over. Idolo springboard 2nd rope crossbodies him. Idolo lariats him out. Yota armdrags Idolo. 

Idolo poses on the ropes. Yota hits knees to Idolo's gut then gutbusters him. Yota corner splashes Idolo. Yota hits mounted forearms in the corner then Idolo pulls him down into the buckles. Idolo stomps and slams him. Idolo low sliding dropkicks Yota then chinlocks him. 

Idolo chops and boots Yota in the corner. Yota is put in tree of woe and Idolo double stomps him down for 2. Idolo hits forearms on Yota. Yota ducks a corner meteora. Idolo and Yota trade forearms and chops. Yota tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him. They trade chops. Idolo 2nd rope flipping russian legsweeps Yota.
Yota 2nd rope diving armdrags Idolo. Yota tilt-a-whirl armdrags him. Yota topes him. Yota flying pumping knees Idolo. Yota 2nd rope hurricanrana's Idolo for 2. Idolo flying forearms him. Idolo corner meteora's Yota for 2. 

Yota gets his knees up on an Idolo split-legged moonsault. Idolo powerslams him on the apron over the 2nd rope. Idolo triangle springboard tornillo's Yota outside. Idolo does a top rope moonsault into a standing moonsault for 2. Idolo superplexes Yota. Yota orange crushes him for 2. Idolo hangs on the ropes and Yota top rope double stomps him down. 

They fight on the apron. Yota flying headscissors him off the apron. They fight on the buckles. Yota top rope spanish flies him for 2. They shove each other. Yota flying pumping knees him. Yota does a spinning wrist-clutch muso for 2. Idolo spinning back elbows him down.

They get back up and chop each other. Yota headbutts him down. They trade pin attempts. Yota hits a big spear for 2. Idolo single arm powerbombs him. Idolo hammerlock ddt's him for 2. Idolo hits a canadian destroyer. Yota does his curbstomp combo to Idolo. Yota alley oops him. Yota crabs him.

They sit up top and Idolo ddt's him into the ring post. Idolo twisting double underhook drops him and pins him.

Thoughts: Yota said something negative about Bushiroad (NJPW's owners) and less than 2 months later, he is now title less. I don't know how Idolo did it, but congrats to him. His stock as at an all-time low in AEW and WWE then he leaves WWE, is getting put in big AEW matches, wins the WWC Puerto Rico Title then wins the NJPW Title. I didn't like the match that much. It was very long and slow. They did a bit much but they did sell it. I expected a much worse match and it was honestly almost the opposite of the match I expected them to have.

Idolo thanks everyone after. I think he says he was the better man. He says he knows fans don't support him because he works in AEW, but he says it's NJPW's Title and he's working for both companies. He asks who wants to challenge him? Drilla Moloney and Shot Umino both come out. They argue on the ramp. Idolo asks if they want the title. Idolo suggests a three-way match and says to tell him where and when. He then says to call him.

Idolo leaves and comes back down so he can raise his title and get streamers.

Overall thoughts: You didn't need to see this show to know what it would look like. The line-up said it all. The line-up looked bad and the show wasn't much better. We had a bunch of time filler tags that weren't special. The 2nd and 3rd matches from the top were filled with interference and HoT crap. The main got a lot of time and was a slower and longer match where Yota lost his second title in a row. I'd give this a 4 out of 10. It was a poor and lazy offering from NJPW and it wasn't good. I'd pick Yuya Uemura's 8-man tag as the best thing on here which should tell you about the quality of this.

AAA on Fox 5/2/2026

AAA on Fox 5/2/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/aaa-on-fox-4252026.html

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

We see various wrestlers arrive and hang out.

El Ojo talk in the back. Dorian says Penta can only beat Vikingo by cheating. Dorian says Vikingo will face Wagner on 5/30 for the AAA Latin American Title. Vikingo says Wagner's legacy is trash and says he's a nepo baby. Vikingo says he will be Latin American champ and Dorian will be GM.

El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. then walks in, taps Dorian on the shoulder and asks what Dorian knows about family. 

El Hijo del Vikingo vs Mini Vikingo

Hijo throws his jacket on Mini and stomps on him before the bell. Hijo dropkicks Mini then stands on him in the corner. Hijo corner basement dropkicks Mini then sits on his head on the ropes. Hijo basement dropkicks him in the back of the head for 2. 

Hijo hits forearms on Mini. Hijo still has his jacket on and he camel clutches Mini. Hijo bodyscissors takesdowns Mini. Hijo ties up Mini's arms and bangs his face off the mat. Hijo stands on Mini for 2. Mini slaps him then Hijo slaps back. Mini pump kicks him. Hijo spinning heel kicks him then meteora's him through the ropes, sending him to the floor. 

Mini is sent into the steps. Hijo suplexes Mini on the ramp. Hijo throws Mini on a powerbomb onto the ramp. JBL calls for the match to be stopped. Hijo picks up Mini on the pin attempt in the ring. Hijo slaps him and tells him to slap back. Hijo then pounds on him more. Hijo misses a corner charge. Mini corkscrew kicks him. Mini toyota rolls him for 2. Mini hits a wild tornillo into a crucifix driver on the floor. 

Mini springboards inside but Hijo gets his knees up. Hijo corkscrew kicks him. Hijo powerbombs Mini for 2. Hijo hits mounted shots and chokes him. Hijo takes the 2nd turnbuckle pad off. Mini sends Hijo into the exposed buckle. Mini top rope 450's Hijo for 2.

Hijo overhead belly to belly suplexes Mini into the ref, sending the ref out. Mini hurricanrana's Hijo but the ref is down. The bell rings, but nobody knows who rang it. Hijo lariats Mini. They go up top. Hijo does a top rope uranage but again, the ref is down and can't count. Hijo seems to have hurt his arm on the top rope uranage. 

Hijo grabs a chair. El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. runs down and michinoku drivers hijo on the chair. Mini hits a 630 phoenix splash on Hijo on the chair and pins him!

Thoughts: Yeah, this was great. Hijo did a great job of whooping Mini. Mini's tornillo crucifix driver to the outside was amazing and Mini pulling off the upset to win was big. The commentators were fantastic here too and really sold Mini's beating well. I really liked this one.

Omos comes in and lariats Wagner and Mini after. Omos rams Mini into the post and throws Wagner in. Omos lariats Wagner and chops him in the corner. 

Wagner's brother Galeno del Mal comes out and hits Omos with a chair. The Wagner's double headbutt Omos then double lariat him out of the ring.

Thoughts: It was said that Galeno got signed and he debuted here. I like Galeno more than Wagner as he's a fat guy that can do some impressive flying. 

Laredo Kid vs. Rey Fenix

Kid was on WWE Main Event this week.

Kid side headlocks him and shoulders him over. Rey kips up and flying armdrags him but Kid headflips out. Kid flying headscissors Rey and they stand off. Kid trips him and they stand off. Rey walks up the ropes and springboard corkscrew armdrags him. 

Kid lariats Rey for 2. Kid kicks Rey in the back then slaps him in the back of the neck. Kid basement dropkicks Rey for 2. Rey hits shots. Kid sitout tilt-a-whirl slams him for 2. Kid top rope splashes Rey for 2.

Rey high kicks him out of the corner. Rey rope walk kicks him for 2. Rey enzugiri's Kid off the apron. Rey bottom rope springboard diving headscissors him outside. Rey double jump springboard moonsaults Kid for 2. Rey springboard spin kicks Kid. 

Kid flying forearms Rey in the corner then slams him. Kid bottom rope corkscrew moonsaults him. Kid misses a 2nd rope moonsault then canadian destroyer ddt's him for 2. Kid slaps Rey. Rey rolls into a cutter on him for 2. They chop each other on their knees then get up and trade forearms. Kid is up top and is hit with a euro. Rey hits a mexican muscle buster and pins Kid.

Thoughts: They overdid it a bit here with the canadian destroyer ddt not finishing this. It was mostly flying and cool moves. Fenix really doesn't feel like all that big of a star right now and if you went into this blind, you wouldn't see much of a difference here starpower wise between these two. 

Rey tries to help Kid up after. Kid pushes him away. Kid then clutches his AAA Cruiserweight Title. The fans throw coins in the ring as they enjoyed the match. Rey offers a handshake but Kid rams him with his shoulder. 

They do a contract signing for El Grande Americano Original vs El Grande Americano II in a mask match. They have Dorian Roldan and the female interviewer there. 

Both Grande's are brought out. Dorian says his family put the best lucha matches on and says the most significant is a mask vs mask match. He says the loser has to take off their mask and reveal their identity. Grande Original has a letter from his attorney. It says Grande Original will not face Grande II unless they accept his petition. The petition says there should not be any physical attacks until 5/30 and if there is, the attacking wrestler loses his mask before the bout. Grande II is asked if he's okay with that. Grande II signs the contract. Dorian says security can leave since the contract has been signed (Grande Original didn't sign it). Dorian says there's another clause - Grande Original said that the female interviewer (Andrea Bazarte) attacked him and says the female interviewer must leave AAA (she is Grande II's girlfriend). Grande Original asks that she be removed from AAA. The female interviewer agrees if it's required for Grande II to take Grande Original's mask. 

The female interviewer leaves. Grande Original signs the contract and throws the pen at Grande II. Grande II says Grande Original has no idea what he has done. Grande II then gets jumped by Julius and Brutus Creed, who were Gable's/Grande's partners in WWE. Grande II then takes a double spinebuster through the table. The Creed's then hold up a US flag. Los Americanos then come out to help Grande II. 

Thoughts: WWE/AAA made 2 big errors with this segment. The first was that a lot of this was built around Grande Original accusing Andrea of attacking him. They didn't explain why this was significant - Andrea is Grande II's girlfriend. They didn't explain this on TV and it came off as a very random segment without knowing that. I'm sure they'll explain it next week, but the segment didn't work without that key bit of information. I also thought that Grande Original throwing his pen at Grande II should count as a physical attack. Maybe it will, but it hasn't yet.  

Overall thoughts: We started off hot with a great Mini Vikingo vs Hijo del Vikingo match. Laredo Kid/Rey Fenix overdid it in their match and they had an indy style bout. The closing segment had issues as they forgot to mention that Grande II is dating the interviewer, which was the key part to the segment. They may have also technically broken the no-contact clause already that they agreed to when Grande Original threw his pen at Grande II. I'd give this a 5 out of 10 as the main event segment really got botched bad and messed things up. I enjoyed the show overall though.