Sunday, April 12, 2026

TNA Rebellion 2026 4/11/2026

TNA Rebellion 2026 4/11/2026


We are in Cleveland, Ohio. Tom Hanifan and Matt Rehwoldt are on commentary.

TNA X-Division Title - Leon Slater (c) vs Cedric Alexander

Ced waistlock takedowns him and rolls him on the mat. Leon armdrags him and rewind kicks him. Leon handspring back elbows him. Leon facekicks him off the apron. They go outside and Leon flying headscissors him off the steps. Leon top rope crossbodies him for 2. Leon hits mounted corner punches. Leon guillotine legdrops him over the 2nd rope. Leon's throat is pulled down over the top rope. 

Ced STO's him on the apron then release suplexes him on the apron. Ced germans him inside. They trade forearms. Ced corner lariats him then basement dropkicks him in the back of the neck for 2. Leon dropkicks him through the ropes. Ced germans him inside for 2.

Ced chinlocks him. Ced eye rakes him a few times. Leon leg lariats him. Leon hits some shots and spinning heel kicks him for 2. Leon corner facekicks him. Leon corkscrew dives him over the post outside.

Leon hits destino for 2. Leon misses a 450 off the top. Ced spin kicks him in the gut. Leon facekicks him. Leon high kicks him from behind and Ced michinoku drivers him. Ced upkicks him. Leon sitso n the top rope and Ced springboard lariats him. Ced brainbusters him for 2. Ced brainbusters him on the top buckle. Ced hits a lumbar check for 2.

Ced grabs the X-Division Title outside. Ced comes back in and Leon hits a styles clash on him. Leon hits a top rope swanton 450 and wins.

Thoughts: The finish was kind of dumb with Ced being close to pulling it off then just going out to grab the title instead of staying on Leon. It was fine with Leon hitting his big dives. The brainbuster spot was pretty wild. It was okay but not much else.

Mike Santana is interviewed. He's wearing facepaint. He says he has carried the title for 86 days and showed why the fans have been behind him since Day 1. He says he's stronger, wiser and ready to go vs Eddie. 

Alisha Edwards comes in. She says she knows Eddie better than anyone and there's some things he might want to know. She says let's talk.

Frankie Kazarian vs Elijah

Eli misses a corner charge. Kaz hits punches then slides out. Eli facekicks him inside. Eli chops him inside. Eli flying lariats him. Kaz's head is banged off the apron. Eli runs around the ring and flying knees him. Eli walks the top rope and clubs Kaz's shoulder. Kaz's head is banged off the buckles. Kaz germans Eli into the buckles. Kaz baseball slides him and stomps on him. Kaz chokes him around the buckles.

Kaz slingshot headscissors him outside. Kaz slingshot legdrops him for 2. Kaz russian legsweeps him. Eli springboards and Kaz hits him with Eli's guitar strap. Kaz whips him with the strap. Kaz spin kicks him and lariats him. Kaz goes to rope walk and Eli throws him down. 

Eli hits forearms on Kaz. Kaz flips over his back and backcrackers him. Kaz sliding lariats him. Kaz is caught in the electric chair and takes a sitout powerbomb. Eli pounds on him in the corner. Kaz jumps off the buckles into a flying knee from Eli. 

Eli whips him with the guitar strap many times. Eli hits a south of heaven for 2. Eli's guitar is brought in. Kaz slingshot cutters Eli on the guitar for 2. Eli tries to stab Kaz with the guitar piece. The ref takes it, Kaz low blows Eli and pins him.

Thoughts
: This was bogus. Kaz whipped Eli with a belt in front of the ref and the ref didn't care at all. Then Eli brought a weapon in and it was a problem. Eli is one of TNA's top faces. Kaz just lost to The Home Town Man yet picks up the win here. This was awful booking.

TNA Injury Report

The Hardy Boyz are cleared. ODB and Mickie James are cleared. 

Stacks and Arianna Grace talk. Stacks says it's a big night. Grace says Lei Ying Lee is dangerous and she's nervous. She says she doesn't have the cobra. Stacks says he has a plan and Grace asks why he didn't tell her what it is. Grace is excited about it when he tells her.

Moose vs Special Agent 0

Moose comes out with Alisha. Zero suicide dives Moose in the aisle. Moose is sent into the steps. Moose gets in and the bell rings. Moose hits chops and back body drops him over the top. Moose slingshots him outside. A table is set up at ringside. They fight on the apron. 

Moose back body drops Zero on the apron. Moose running euros him in the corner. Zero lariats him on the ropes. Moose dropkicks him out. Zero powerbombs Moose into the post. They trade forearms and lariats. Moose pump kicks him then corner spears him. Moose superpelxes Zero off the top.

Moose and Zero both kip up. They double lariat each other. Moose spears him off the apron through the table outside. Moose pump kicks him. Zero hits a big lariat. Zero swinging flatliners him for 2. 

Zero hits punches. Moose headbutts him. Moose hits a corner euro then uranage's him. Moose sentons him. Zero is caught on a suicide dive. Moose pop-up powerbombs him on the bottom half of the steps. Order 4 come down. 

John Skyler grabs Alisha on the apron. Alisha slaps him. Moose pump kicks John off the apron and John pulls Alisha down with him. Moose checks on Alisha. Moose picks up Alisha and Zero claymore kicks Moose. Zero throws Moose back first on the apron edge. Zero double arm chokeslams him and wins.

Thoughts:
It was a really good and fun match here. This was Zero's biggest match yet and he hit a home run with this. He impressed with his flying, he looked like a force and it's clear that he should be in the main event scene as a singles guy. Moose did a good job as usual as well as he likes to bump and moves well. I really enjoyed this. I expected it to be good and it beat those expectations.

George Iceman "The Personal Concierge" has a sign with him (something about a pickle was written on it) and talks. He says he begged management to not go to the dump of Cleveland again. He says Ash is the only good thing that ever came out of here. He says the fans smell like pigs and brings out his crew. The Brand then come out and Ash has a "I am not a mark" sign.  

Hardcore Country Tag Match - The Elegance Brand (Ash by Elegance, Heather by Elegance, and M by Elegance) vs. Mickie James, ODB, and Taryn Terrel

M = M By Elegance, MJ = Mickie James

Mickie has a "Mark Bucket" with her that has various weapons in it. Ash screams on the mic and says she's not a mark. 

The heels are attacked as the bell rings. The heels are thrown out. The faces break the signs. The heels throw weapons in the ring. The heels pound on the faces as they get in the ring. The faces hit triple thesz presses and hit mounted punches.

TT stabs Heather with a doll. MJ hits M with a kendo stick. Ash hits some television actors outside then throws around a drink. Ash and M get buckets put on their heads then they are sent into each other. TT suplexes Heather onto a bunch of lollipops. The faces then throw lollipops to the fans and throw them at the heels. The heels take baseball slides. 

MJ is thrown into a wheelbarrow. ODB lariats the heels in the ring. Ash hits ODB with a kendo stick. ODB is tied to the ropes with a bullrope. MJ swing kicks M into and over a wheelbarrow. Heather is thrown into hay. Ash comes off the steps and TT hits Ash with a giant lollipop. 

ODB grabs a cooler with pickle juice in it (they have been calling George Iceman a pickle d!ck). They try to throw George into the cooler. Mr. Elegance interrupts then he gets dunked into it.  

George is bodyblocked by ODB in the ring. George is then put in a pickle costume. George is thrown out onto his buddies. TT top rope plancha's everyone outside. MJ is crotched up top. Mr. Elegance lariats ODB then poses on her. ODB grabs Mr. Elegance's nuts with a pair of tongs. Ash sprays ODB in the eyes with hairspray and ddt's her. The Brand dogpiles on ODB an pins her.

Thoughts: It was not so serious hardcore match with a bunch of crappy weapons. It made the show and the match look low rent and it was more for them to have some fun with the legends than anything else. The legends did fine but it was basically a circus. At least The Brand won here.

Ash grabs her chest and shakes it over top of ODB after and does "suck it" crotch chops. 

Tommy Dreamer and Carlos Silva come out. Tommy rips the heels. He says he wants to see ODB again but she has to get dressed up. Silva says they are putting ODB in the TNA Hall of Fame in October. The girls hug ODB. ODB's husband comes in and says maybe she should bring the food truck to Bound for Glory. She says she loves everyone and says she's not done yet. She says she will see us at Bound for Glory.

Elayna Black does a promo and says she's looking at all the money she made in the last 10 minutes. She says she had to wake up and come to Cleveland to meet the fans. She says that was a waste of time that p!ssed her of. She says she will watch the Knockouts match. She says no matter who comes out victorious, she will come out with the Knockouts Title. She says this is her time and we are living in The Era of Elayna.

Nic Nemeth vs AJ Francis

AJ talks on the mic before his match. He puts himself and his clothes over and says he's the Lebron James of wrestling. He says the fans are losers. He says the Cleveland Browns are also loers. He says Nic Nemeth is coming out with Bernie Kozar. He says he's like Shadeur Sanders - his life will get better when he leaves Cleveland. He says he's the best big man in the business and the business is money, money, money. Nic then indeed does come out with Bernie Kozar.

AJ superkicks Nic for 2. Nic hits punches on AJ. AJ corner splashes him then Nic corner splashes him. AJ throws him out of the ring on a jumping ddt attempt. Nic jumps off the apron and is hit with a forearm in mid-air. AJ chokes him around the ropes.  

AJ corner splashes Nic then sends him chest first into the buckles. AJ hits tennessee whiskey and argues with Bernie outside. AJ pulls Nic into the post. AJ facekicks Nic for 2. Nic tries to lift AJ but AJ falls on him. Nic hits headbutts on AJ then jumping ddt's him. Nic hits elbow drops on AJ.

Nic hits an AA on AJ for 2. AJ spears Nic for 2. AJ goes for a chokeslam but Nic fameassers him for 2 off of it. Nic is crotched up top.  

They fight on the buckles. Nic does a top rope zig zag/danger zone that looked like it hurt him as much as AJ. It only gets  2 count. Nic gets on the apron and AJ chokeslams him on the floor. AJ grabs a chair and the ref stops him. AJ then punches out the ref. Bernie Kozar gets in the ring. He and AJ argue. Bernie blocks AJ's path to Nic. They go to do a 3 point stance at each other. KC Navarro then comes out, making his return from injury (AJ kicked him out of the group the last time we saw him). Bernie grabs a chair and hits AJ with it. Nic superkicks AJ then Nic zig zag's AJ. KC throws the ref in and Nic pins AJ.

Thoughts: I thought they did too much here as the top rope zigzag and chokeslam to the floor should have finished things. Kozar tried, wasn't perfect but still created a moment. KC Navarro made his big return here as well which sets things up for next time. AJ should have been DQ'd, but I think the way they covered for it was good enough. I had a lot of issues with this and it was something different for sure.

TNA Knockouts Title - Arianna Grace (c) vs Lei Ying Lee

Lee forearms AG. Lee legsweeps her and dropkicks her. Lee hits mounted shots on AG. Stacks gets involved. Lee dropicks AG off the top. AG tries to go under the ring but is dragged out. Lee is pushed into the post. AG twisting suplexes Lee for 2 AG hits mounted punches. 

Elayna Black is watching in the back. Stacks tries to help out AG. The ref sees it and does nothing as Xia Brookside yells for him to be ejected. The ref then ejects him. AG rolls up Lee for 2. Lee spin kicks her in the gut and pump kicks her. Lee superkicks her. 

Lee hits mounted corner punches. Lee exploders AG. AG boots her off the buckles and flying forearms her for 2. AG is dropped from the buckles and Lee 2nd rope blockbusters her for 2. AG TKO's Lee on her knee for 2. 

AG grabs the Knockouts Title and goes to use it. The ref takes it (and Rehwoldt brings up his questionable officiating). Lee hits her spinning Warrior's Way drop. Xia Brookside puts AG's leg on the ropes during the pin and makes a mean face at her. Xia then grabs Lee and pounds on her outside. Xia then screams. Xia throws Lee into the steps. AG shining wizards Lee from behind and pins her.

Thoughts:
This was just LOLTNA. The match wasn't that good. Xia, who was turning on Lee anyway, had Stacks ejected which made no sense since she was the one who costed Lee the match. The ref then decided that Grace couldn't use the belt as a weapon after allowing Kaz and Elijah to use guitar straps (which are basically) belts on each other earlier. Xia was also dumb to turn on Lee here as had Lee won, she might have gotten a title shot out of her where she then could have turned on her. This was also a totally random turn and it felt like an episode of TNA from the Russo Era.

Eric Young comes out to talk, which is totally what this show needs right now. He says he will make it quick as he's tired of being here (and so am I). He says he told EC3 he could come out here and plead his case of why he belongs in this world. He says EC is a nepo baby and says Dixie isn't here to protect him. He says he removed his silver spoon from his mouth. He says EC is a smart man and probably already went home. EC says he hates Cleveland.

EC3 then comes out. Eric tries to hit him but is lariated over the top. EC gets on the mic. He says 2x TNA champ EC3 is back. He challenges Eric to a match on Impact. He says he only has one thing to say - I'm from Cleveland, b!tch.

Thoughts
: This was random. Eric had not mentioned EC3 prior to this and they talked like we knew they were having issues somehow. EC3 hasn't been on TV, so how we would know this is unknown. EC's promo was not good here at all either. 

TNA International Title - Trey Miguel (c) vs Mustafa Ali

Order 4 and their guards all come out with cyborg masks on. Ali also has a mask on his eye and some cyborg thing on his arm.

They lock up. Ali side headlocks him. They forearm each other. Ali flying headscissors Trey. Trey headscissors him from the mat and sends him out. Ali stalls outside. 

Ali chops him in the corner then chops him down. Trey kips up and enzugiri's him. Trey back elbows him. Ali misses a charge and goes face first into the 2nd buckle. Trey step up tope con hilos him outside. 

Trey does a twisting canadian destroyer off an up and over. Ali pulls Trey off the top into a Tasha Steelz cutter while the ref is distracted. Trey running lariats Ali for 2. Ali jawbreakers him. Ali rolls him into a cutter. Ali fisherman suplexes him for 2. 

They go outside. Trey boots him from the apron the meteora's him onto the bottom half of the steps. Trey is holding his knee after that. Trey hits punches. Trey hurricanrana's him. Trey gemrans him. Ali ear claps him. Ali ddt's him.  

Trey spinning ddt's Ali. They basement dropkick each other. Ali rolls and is caught with a curbstomp for 2. They get on the buckles and Ali top rope spanish flies him for 2. Ali goes for a top rope 450 and Trey cutters him off of it. Trey knee slides into a ddt on the floor on Ali outside. Trey top rope diving meteora's him for 2. 

Tasha Steelz gets on the apron and distracts the ref. Trey gets hit with the entrance helmets. Ali top rope 450's Trey and pins him.

Thoughts
: I didn't like the match. They had some cool spots but they didn't mean much and the selling wasn't good. This was also like the 4th match in a row with outside people getting involved which sucked.

Lei Ying Lee is interviewed. She is very sad and on the verge of tears. She doesn't really say anything.

We go to The Undead Realm. Rosemary and James Mitchell greet Abyss. Rose says they only wanted him to be happy. Abyss thanks her and hugs her. James is crying. We see Victoria Crawford running in fear. We see Tessa Blanchard being spooked out. James thanks Abyss for everything and says he owes him an apology. He says they were on top of the world then everything was so different. He says he had to deal with a parallel universe and he did things he's not proud of. He says he owes him an apology. Abyss says he doesn't and says there would be no Abyss without him. He says James provided him a family when he had none and shelter and guidance. He says they were dominant. He says he remembers the battles with Christian Cage, Sting and AJ Styles. He says he remembers barbed wire massacre and then points to the sky for Sabu. 

James says when he was a kid in kindergarten, the teacher asked what everyone wanted to be. He says he wanted to be a mad scientist and they looked at him. He says he said he wanted to make monsters. He says they looked at him crazy and Abyss made his dream come true. He thanks him for the best years of his life. Abyss says he wasn't a manager but his guidance and father. He says he gave him life and says they dominated TNA. He says the history books will always show that. He says they won't show how much he loves him though. James asks if they can do the thing one more time and then they do a hand signal with Abyss. 

TNA Tag Titles - The Hardys (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) (c) vs. The System (Bear Bronson and Brian Myers)

Jeff punches down BM and hits kicks to the gut. Jeff hits spears to the gut. BM takes a double team from the faces. Bear takes a double suplex. BM's head is banged off the buckles. Matt his a side effect on BM. BM stalls outside. Bear bodyblocks Matt outside. BM rams Matt into the apron edge. BM stomps him. Bear hits corner spears on Matt.

Matt hits punches on Bear. Matt's head is banged off the buckles. BM backdrops Matt. Matt hits a twist of fate on him for 2. Jeff comes in and dropkicks Bear in the knee. He drops him with shots and legdrops him between the legs. 

Jeff takes a blackhole slam and a top rope elbow drop. Matt and BM lariat each other down on the floor. Bear and Jeff trade shots. Jeff jawbreakers him then does his spinal destination submission. BM takes a twist of fate into a neckbreaker. Matt hits forearms on Bear. Jeff jumps off Matt's back into a splash on Bear. Jeff hits a twist of fate on Bear. 

Matt is back body dropped over the top. Jeff takes a superkick into a fire thunder driver. Bear pins Jeff.

Thoughts: The match was fine. I'm not really sure why The System won the titles instead of The Righteous. The Righteous doing it would have made a lot more sense and given them the credibility they need. I also do not understand why The Righteous didn't get involved here. They should have cost The Hardy's the titles and instead The Hardy's lost relatively clean to heels. Brian and Eddie are also The System's team, not Bear and Brian, so it would have made more sense to have them win instead.

Alisha Edwards talks to Moose in the back and says not to worry about him. Moose says he lost focus and her safety is more important. Moose wants to take her to the hospital. Alisha says she has to be here for Mike and Eddie and can't leave. Moose doesn't get it and Alisha says this all ends tonight. Alisha asks Moose to get her ice as she needs a second.

TNA World Title - Mike Santana (c) vs. Eddie Edwards

Eddie has some terrible rappers for his entrance. Mike comes through the crowd as usual.

They lock up. They trade some basic holds and stand off. They trade armdrags. Mike ducks a shining wizard and knocks Eddie over. They shoulderblock each other. Mike shoulders him over. Mike hits chops. Mike asai moonsaults him then topes him outside. Mike hits a top rope splash and is hit with a gordbuster. Eddie tiger drivers him for 2.

Eddie is backdropped on the apron. Mike misses a spinning lariat outside and goes into the post. Mike is sent into the steps. Mike's arm is banged off the steps. Mike hits boots to the gut and headbutts. Mike misses a charge and goes shoulder first into the post. Eddie then sends him into it shoulder first again. Mike falls out of the ring over it.

Eddie does a shoulderlock to Mike. Mike flying lariats Eddie. Mike hits doi fives and a corner cannonball. Mike hits a sitout powerbomb for 2. Mike top rope splashes Eddie for 2. Mike is pushed into the post. Eddie enzugiri's him then fisherman suplexes him on the apron.  

Eddie lifts the floor mats up. Mike death valley drivers Eddie on the exposed floor. They double clothesline each other down inside. Alisha Edwards comes out on crutches with taped up ankle. Moose then comes out. They show the clip of Alisha telling Moose to go. We then see Alisha taking off her ankle brace and we see her talking to Eddie about helping The System. She says she loves Eddie.

Moose then starts walking towards Alisha. Brian Myers and Bear Bronson then nail Moose from behind. Mike tope con hilos them both. Eddie shining wizard's Mike for 2. Mike spears Eddie for 2. Alisha is supposed to pull the ref out but forgets and the ref pretends she gets pulled anyway. Alisha distracts the ref. The ref tells Alisha to go. Cedric Alexander comes in. Mike takes a shining wizard from Eddie. Eddie flying shining wizardss Eddie. Mike spinning lariats Eddie and pins him.

Thoughts:
They totally messed up the part where Alisha was supposed to pull the ref out. This had a ton of shenanigans with Moose, Alisha and The System plus them cutting away to a video during the world title match. The match wasn't bad but the shenanigans took away from it. Thankfully, Mike got the win here. On a show like this, something stupid like Mike losing as not impossible. 

Overall thoughts: It was a Russo era TNA show that was full of LOLTNA moments. We had tons of interference except for when we needed it. We had bad reffing all night long. We had a bad turn from Xia Brookside. EC3 randomly showed up and they pretended like him and Eric Young have been feuding for months. We had very poor quality hardcore wrestling and just a lot of stuff that made this company look like a low-rent circus. The show also ran long at 3.5 hours plus the pre-show. Moose vs Agent Zero was very good though and a star making performance for Zero. The booking was absolutely awful on this show and totally destroyed it. I'd give this a 3 of 10 and I thought this was a bad show. 

WOW Women of Wrestling 4/11/2026 Season 6, Episode 27

WOW Women of Wrestling 4/11/2026 Season 6, Episode 27

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/wow-women-of-wrestling-442026-season-6.html

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

Top Tier comes out to talk. Coach says nobody knows why they are out here. Coach says a loss is unacceptable. She says two losses is inconceivable. She says losing the trios titles is so far out of the realm for Top Tier. Coach says she needs to step back because somewhere there is a weak link. She says there will be drastic changes made to how Top Tier operates at Coach knows best. 

Ashley Blaze and Tara Strike are interviewed. They say it's obvious who trashed their locker room and think it's The Fab Four. They say they will make them pay for it. They say The Fab Four are losers.

WOW Tag Titles - Miami's Sweet Heat (Lindsay and Laurie Carlson) vs Ashley Blaze and Tara Strike

The heels put their glasses on the faces. The faces throw them down then take lariats. Ash takes corner attacks. Ash takes over both heels at once. Tara gets in and pump kicks Laur. Tara hits shots on Linds and backhands her. Tara hits forearms and elbows on Linds in the corner. Linds rolls her up for 2. 

Tara jumping knees her. Laur is sent into the corner for a facekick from Ash. Ash bottom rope springboard sentons Laur. Ash then drops her with a shot. Lana Star trips Ash. Laur dropkicks Ash from behind. Ash is whipped into the ropes and she slides out. Laur goes or a tope and nails Linds on accident. 

Ash trips and superkicks Laur for 2. Ash is held for a Laur dropkick. Linds hits corner spears on Ash. Ash takes a double side slam for 2. 

Ash is abused in the corner then Linds slams Ash. Laur 2nd rope vader bombs Ash for 2. Laur foot chokes Ash. Linds boots Ash in the gut. Ash double dropkicks the heels. Tara comes in and hits superkicks on the heels. Tara flying forearms them in the corners then facekicks them. Tara hits a bulldog + clothesline combo for 2.

MSH slide out and pound on the faces. They all fight outside. Two girls in hoods come out and spray paint MSH in the face, causing a no contest. Ash and Tara are then sent into the posts.

Thoughts: It was a decent match and it's too bad we didn't get a clean finish. It got a lot of time, it made sense and I had no issues with it. We knew Shore and Kai were going to turn eventually and it happened here. 

Kara Kai and Sandy Shore then take off the hoods and are wearing "Best 4 Business" shirts.  

Santana Garrett is interviewed. She says she feels good and ready. She says there's been memory loss from all she went through. She says she's ready for her match though.

Penelope Pink and Lana Star are interviewed. Pink says she's the top of the mountain and there is no nerves. She says this is what she lives for. She says it will take more than Wonder Woman headband to stop them. Pink says it doesn't matter who you are as she will knock them all down and will look good doing it.

Next week's show will have a 5v5 elimination match with The Alliance vs Tormenta, The Mighty Mights, Gabriella Cruz and Lil J'Boogie.

WOW World Title - Penelope Pink (c) vs Santana Garrett

Pink backs up SG in the corner. They trade waistlocks and SG side headlocks her. SG takes her over. Pink headscissors her on the mat. SG handstands out then boots her. SG uses the ropes to flip out of a wristlock. She armdrags her twice and russian legsweeps her for 2. SG goe up and over and armdrags her. SG hits a soul foot to the chest for 2. SG is pulled into the buckles then Pink running knees her in the corner. 

SG's face is banged off the mat. Pink poses on her on the ropes then Lana pulls SG's arms over the middle rope. Pink backdrops SG. Pink slams SG then cartwheel elbow drops her for 2. SG's face is banged off the mat. Pink basement dropkicks SG. SG sweeps Pink on the apron. 

They fight outside. SG's head is banged off the apron. SG headbutts her outside and chest forearms her. Pink gori bombs SG into the buckles. Pink snapmares her and sliding lariats her for 2. They flying facebuster each other. SG boots her in the gut and side of the head. SG hits flying forearms. SG headflips into a forearm. SG handspring back elbows her.

Pink is sat up top and SG handstand headscissors her down for 2. SG does an indian deathlock without the legs tied up. Pink eye rakes her to break it. SG hits headbutts. SG handspring back elbows her. SG superkicks her. The Enlightened come out. SG gets distracted. Pink clips her then hits pretty in pink (forward rolling reverse ddt) and pins her.

Thoughts: I thoughts it was a solid bout. Everyone hit their moves clean and it got a lot of time. The finish follows up on SG getting kidnapped by The Enlightened. I think it's pretty clear that the next big story in WOW is Santana winning the title and this is another step on that journey.

SG and The Enlightened stare down. The Enlightened leave and SG looks bothered. 

Overall thoughts: We had 2 new matches here. Both got enough time and both had some build to them. Both kind of ended with funky finishes but at least they made sense. There's a lot of questions that need answered coming out of this one and they definitely made you wanting to see what will happen next week. I thought they did a good job with this episode. It was good and I'd give it a 6 out of 10.

Saturday, April 11, 2026

AEW Collision 4/11/2026

AEW Collision 4/11/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/aew-collision-422026.html

We are in Edmonton, Canada. Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuinness are on commentary.

We get a new intro that says "Welcome to Saturday Night" multiple times. 

AEW World Trios Title Match - JetSpeed (Kevin Knight & Mike Bailey) & Mistico (c) vs. The Dogs (Clark Connors, David Finlay & Gabe Kidd)

The heels attack as it starts. Mist is double stomped on and thrown out. Mike is sent into the rails and Gabe eye rakes him. Gabe does Karate Kid poses at Mike and chops him. Mike flying headscissors him then dropkicks him. KK springboard diving armdrags CC then armdrags him off a hiptoss attempt. CC is thrown out.

Mist flying headscissors CC twice. Gabe slaps Mist. All 6 fight. Mike slingshot plancha's Gabe. KK plancha's CC over the turnbuckle connector. Mist slingshot tornillo's DF. KK euros CC outside. Mike sends Gabe into the rails. Mist bites DF's head. 

Mist and Mike are tripped on a dive attempt then CC pounces KK. Gabe slams Mike on the floor. DF rams Mist's back into the post. We go to PiP break and return. 

DF chinlocks KK. KK hits shots to the gut then dropkicks him. Mist tags in. He handspring back elbows DF. Mist flying headscissors DF. Mist flying headscissors Gabe. Mist chops CC then walks up the ropes and diving armdrags him. The faces hit triple stereo topes. 

DF dominators KK and CC spears KK for 2. CC chops Mist down. Gabe pump kicks KK. Mike superkicks Gabe. Mike triangle moonsaults Gabe outside. KK springboard lariats DF. Mist la mistica's CC. KK goes for a 180 splash off the top but DF gets his knees up. Gabe piledrivers Mist. 

Mike hits an ultimate weapon on Gabe. Mike knees Cc in the face then facekicks DF. Mike straightjacket sunset flips Gabe. Mike takes a high/low. DF drops KK on the ropes throat first. Gabe rebound lariats KK. Gabe piledrivers Mike then Mike takes a suplex + flying spear combo. Gabe then pins Mike.

Thoughts
: The faces were a makeshift team and they weren't going to hold onto the belts forever. I don't know why they had them lose here in a makeshift bout though. It was a fast paced and stiff match here. Kevin got hit with a hard Gabe rebound lariat. The faces did a bunch of flying as expected. I liked this.

Roderick Strong and Orange Cassidy congratulate the heels on their win. Strong says they may have a third for a trios match. Strong says they will see them on Sunday and OC makes a phone call. 

The United Empire do a promo from Dynamite. Will says he has a lot of brothers in Japan. He puts over Newman, Henare and Akira. Newman says Will took them to the bar and said he had a problem. Newman says they are united and they stand together. Will says it'll be him and Mox at Dynasty. Will brings up Mox saying he won't let actions get in the way of consequences and says neither will he.

Hikaru Shida & Kris Statlander vs. Ava Lawless & Gigi Rey

Kris and Shida do an inset interview. Shida says Kris doesn't want to tag with Harley or train her and she understands. She says her and Kris go way back and says they should team up like old times.

Shida hits forearms on Ava. Shida flying knees her in the back. Shida hits mounted corner punches on her. Shida falcon arrows her. Rey flying forearms Kris then Kris suplexes her. Kris hits a ki krusher on her. Gigi tries a flying headscissors but is caught with a single leg cradle tombstone and is pinned.

Thoughts:
It was just a quick squash and not much else.

Shida is surprised and seemingly disappointed about Kris picking up the win easy. 

Hyan and Maya World do a video. Hyan is a renaissance woman. Maya is the IT girl and all lights shine on her when they are on. They say Lena Kross and Bayne are on top and says they are coming for the tag titles at the Dynasty pre-show.

The Death Riders do a promo after Dynamite. Mox says the match with The United Empire was fun. Mox says they live for this and asks if they want to do it again or never again. Mox says this is where they live. Mox says nobody can run with them for very long. He says Will Ospreay is hell bent on breaking his neck. He says Will has done everything right in his career. He says 20 minutes with him is a long time. He says you can't make a mistake with a neck like that. Mox says screw Will and United Empire and says it's them against the world. Garcia then repeats it. 

Casino Gauntlet #2 Spot Match - Rush vs. Anthony Bowens

AB side headlocks him then Rush reverses it. They shoulder each other over and go face to face. They trade forearms and chops. Rush forearms him down. Rush stomps on him in the corner then boots him right in the face. Rush powerslams him. AB pump kicks him and pounds on him. Rush is sent into the rails. Rush's head is banged off the steps. Rush is sent into the rails. 

We go to PiP break and return. AB over the back fameassers him for 2. Rush corner splashes him then basement dropkicks him in the back of the neck. Rush boots him around and they chop each other. Rush suplexes AB for 2.

AB bridging twisting ddt's him for 2. Rush belly to belly overhead suplexes him into the buckles. AB hits some strikes and superkicks him. AB running knees him for 2. Rush rebound germans him and low flying knees him. AB is sent into the rails. Rush pounds on him there. Rush stomps AB in the corner. Rush corner basement dropkicks him and pins him.

Thoughts: Rush was obviously going to win and the question was how long it would take. It was mostly all striking here and one of Bowens' better efforts. Rush won here, but I doubt he's winning at the PPV.  

Lexy interviews Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor. Alex says Will will cut the head off the snake but she will chop off the @ss. Jamie says she didn't think Thek would make it this far and saw someone who was too afraid to get hit. She says she will get hit harder than she did before. Jamie says the title is her life. Alex says they will beat the living p!ss out of them.

The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin) vs Andy Anderson & Mo Jabari

I haven't seen Andy Anderson since the 2000's on public access TV.

Bobby pushes Andy back in the corner on the lock up. Bobby back elbows him then shoulders him over. Bobby delay suplexes Andy. Mo hits Bobby from behind and Bobby just ignored it. SB knees Mo in the gut. Mo chops SB. SB just looks at him and gets mad. SB release germans Mo twice.

Bobby spinebusters Andy. SB step up knees Mo in the corner. Bobby rolling spears Mo. SB superkicks Andy and pins him.

Thoughts: It was all squash here with The Hurt's no selling and being put over strong. It was nice to see Andy Anderson again. He has been around so long that he was once on WWF Jakked.

Lexy talks to Mina Shirakawa and Harley Cameron. They are both disappointed and out of enery. Harley says all they have is hope and they have been through similar situations. Mina motions that they should both drink and they do.

The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) vs. Don Callis Family (El Clon & Hechicero)

A Buck side headlocks Clon then shoulders him over. A Buck springboard diving lariats him then spinning heel kicks him. Hech dropkick the Buck. A Buck walks up the ropes and does a diving armdrag + headscissors combo on the heels.

A Buck sunset flips the other so they can german Clon. The Bucks do diving headscissors off the apron outside. Clon is held for a slingshot facebuster. Clon and a Buck trade. Clon knees him in the face. Clon ties up a Buck in the ropes for a neat submision. Hech flapjacks the other Buck then rolls him around into a pin attempt.

Hech back elbows a Buck. Clon is dropkicked through the ropes. Hech takes a shiranui then a Buck flips into a cutter on Clon on the floor. Hech spinning hammerlock backbreakers a Buck for 2. We go to PiP break and return. 

Clon does an abdominal stretch on a Buck. A Buck hiptosses Hech and Hech basement dropkicks him. Clon is caught coming off the top and is hit with a northern lights suplex. A Buck hits a double northern lights suplex. A Buck top rope crossbodies his opponents. He hits a bulldog + lariat combo on them. A Buck hits a springboard hurricanrana then a canadian destroyer on Hech. 

The Bucks hit stereo slingshot sunset flips into double sharpshooters. The Bucks are rammed into each other. They are then tied up together and take double pins for 2 counts. Clon and Hech hit superkicks then take them. All 4 lariat each other down.

The Bucks are sent into each other. Hech hits a headscissors drop. A Buck ddt's Clon but Clon headflips out. Clon is popped up into a superkick and takes a double superkick. Clon overhead kicks a Buck. Hech rolls a Buck into a sleeper. A Buck hits a top rope splash on Hech for 2. 

Hech ducks a BTE trigger. Clon is caught on a top rope double crossbody. Clon takes a meltzer driver and is pinned.

Thoughts
: It was the usual awful Bucks match. They went on forever and did every single spot they know with nothing meaning anything. I had to take my own break during this one because it took so much work to try and follow.

AEW International Title Match - Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Myron Reed

KO hits forearms and beeds on Reed. KO boots Red in the corner. KO lariats him on the ropes. Reed legdrops him over the 2nd rope. Reed spinning enzugiri's KO then springboard dropkicks him. 

Reed superkicks KO. Reed is sat up top and dropkicked down to the floor. We go to PiP break and return. KO ddt's him for 1. KO slams him. KO tries a top rope elbow drop but Reed gets his feet up. KO takes a stunner. 

Reed hits lariats on KO. Reed kips down out of a lariat, kips up and enzugiri's him. Reed slingshot legdrops him for 2. Reed suicide dives him outside. KO over the back neckbreakers him on the knee. 

KO slams him then top rope elbow drops him. KO dropkicks Reed. Reed bridging flatliners KO. KO is on the apron and Reed flying cutters him to the floor. Reed springboard 450's KO for 2. Reed rolls him up for 2. KO piledrivers him then hits a rainmaker. KO then pins him.

Thoughts: It was a fun match with the two working well together. Reed lost as expected. Reed's doing what he usually does but it's working so far in AEW.

Willow Nightingale says the girls are making her work to keep her title. She says she's being called "The Comeback Killer". She basically says that if you want to come back, the TBS Title will be on the line.

Megan Bayne and Lena Kross do a promo. Lena says they set the standard as champs. Lena asks why Maya and Hyan think they belong in the same realm with them. Bayne says they can fight for the tag titles and their honor. Bayne says they are beneath them and wonders if they can survive long enough.

Marina Shafir & Thekla vs. The Brawling Birds (Alex Windsor & Jamie Hayter)

All 4 fight to start. The Birds are thrown out. MS hip throws Alex on the floor and Thek goes face first into the rails. Alex and Thek go into the rails. Jamie is sent into the rails. Thek chokes Jamie with the rail top cover. Jamie's head is banged off the commentary table. 

The match officially starts. The heels take chops from the faces. MS double chest kicks The Birds down. MS germans Alex. We go to PiP break and return.

Alex leg kicks MS then chops her while she's tied up in the ropes. Alex dropkicks MS there. Alex bridging ddt's MS over the 2nd rope. Jamie germans MS three times. Jamie boots MS out fo the corner and 2nd rope dropkicks her. MS facekicks Jamie.

Thek facekicks Jamie then flying octopus' her. MS germans Jamie then Alex lariats MS. Thek spears Alex. Jamie headbutts Thek and all 4 girls are down.

MS hits shots on Alex and chops her. They trade chops. MS hits kicks and Alex forearms her down. Alex headbutts MS and MS takes a hart attack. Jamie pins MS.

Thoughts: It was a decent main with a lot of headbutts, brawling and striking. It was stiff and they made the right move with Jamie pinning Thek. This was better than I expected and it worked out well. 

Overall thoughts: It was almost all wrestling here. I liked a couple of the matches including Rush/Bowens, the opener, Reed/Okada and the main event. I didn't like The Bucks' match as they did every move they knew and didn't sell anything. We had our usual squashes and random bouts here but the good wrestling carried this. I'd give this a 6 out of 10 and I thought it was good.

WWC Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre 4/11/2026

WWC Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre 4/11/2026


Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/wwc-superestrellas-de-la-lucha-libe.html

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

WWC Universal Title - John Hawking vs Intelecto 5 Estrellas

Ray Gonzalez and El Paparazzi vs Big Vito and Eddie Colon

#! Contender to the Universal Title - Zcion RT1 vs Chicano

WWC TV Title - Amaddeo Sole vs Wilfredo Rivera

Joe Anthony vs El Diabolico 

Kamila vs La Amazona Guerrera

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

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

Lou Forza vs El Payaso Makaro 

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Abel Durant and Axel Cruz are our hosts and welcome us to the show. They talk about the next big show which is Resistencia.

El Cafe del Mileno

Ray Gonzalez and El Paparazzi talk. Ray says they are going to interview a rising star named Amaddeo Sole. Sole comes out. Ray says to tell the crowd what it's like to be with them. Sole asks how does a practically retired man and an old man feel next to him. He says it's clearly a pleasure for them.

Paparazzi asks if Sole asks women. Sole says the question falls short as he fascinates women. Sole says the hot seat waits him and he needs to go. Ray tells him he can leave and get ready for the match and the segment ends.

Amaddeo Sole vs Wilfredo Rivera

Wil gets a TV Title shot if he wins here.

We join this in progress. Sole sleepers him. Wil escapes and pump kicks him. Sole pumping knees him. Wil pump kicks him. Sole flips him then Will jumps and pulls him down by the hair. Sole's head is banged off the buckles.

Wil chest clubs him. Wil leg lariats him. Wil is on the 2nd rope and Sole pumping knees him in the back. Sole blue thunder drivers him for 2. Sole chops Wil in the corner. Sole double chops him. Sole hits a big slap. Wil rolls him up on a backdrop attempt and we are told he pinned him, but they cut away before the count is finished.

Thoughts: It was a simple match and really not that good. They didn't do a lot of big bumps here and mostly just hit strikes.

Sole is shocked after. 

Los Inmortales (Orly Jr. & Tapia) do a promo. They say they are returning in search of the tag titles, which are rightfully theirs. They say the champs have stood the test of time and have shown resilience but they say they learn from their mistakes. They say they will become the new tag champs. They say they are The Celestial Slayers and say resilience is what's missing in wrestling.

Mike Nice does a promo. He says his team will set fire to the  ring with Los Immortals. He says they be will victorious and have them in their sights.

El Diabolico does a promo. he says Joe Anthony with need resistance against him. He says he will take Joe back to school again because WWC will be in his home. He says may God have mercy on him.

El Hostil Jovan does a promo on Informante (It's not known which one he means). He says he will not forget all the suffering Los Informantes put on him. He says he has shown Puerto Rico that he is the most complete junior heavyweight in PR. He says he will see him at Resistencia. 

WWC Women's Title - Kamila vs La Amazona Guerrera

We join this in progress. Ama armdrags her and is put in a headscissors. Kam boots her low and basement dropkicks her. Kam stomps her. Kam slingshot sunset flips her for 2. Kam buzzsaw kicks her and is chopped. Kam hits bodyblocks. Kam knees her in the face then boots her in the corner.

Kam low crossbodies her in the corner. Ama stunners her. Ama hits some punches and back elbows her. Ama flapjacks her then superkicks her. Ama's knee gives out when she lifts her. The ref checks on Ama. Kam pushes the ref and 619's Ama.  

Kam hits kicks on Ama and rolls her up while holding her outfit. Kam pins her.

Thoughts
: This was shown last week. We saw only the second half of this. It was average with them only doing the basics. Amazona seemed to have gotten injured as she held her leg and the match ended soon after.  

Lou Forza does a promo. He says if there's a wrestler who is the favorite of the fans, it's Makabro. He says he recognizes that. He says they faced each other in various matches and they meet in a singles match at the next show. He says he came here to climb the next step and says he's the next step. He says no one can stop El Savior.

El Payaso Makabro does a promo. He says facing him is a privilege and a misfortune. He says Lou is facing someone he can't control.  

John Hawking vs Julio Jimenez

We join this in progress. John back elbows JJ out of the corner. JJ eye rakes him. JJ chokes John over the top rope. JJ gordbusters him. JJ claymore kicks him for 2. 

JJ hits corner spears on John. JJ hits corner lariats. John blocks a superplex then 2nd rope blockbusters him. John hits punches on JJ. John hits lariats. JJ dropkicks John in the knee. JJ full nelson's him. John then full nelson slams him for the win.

Thoughts: What we saw of this wasn't that good. It was a slower bout, John was not moving that well and there wasn't much excitement here.

Kamila does a promo on La Amazon Guerrera. She says she won't just have another match with her. She says she's more agile, lighter and more confident. She says she will have to prove herself. She says she will show her and everyone else that she is in charge and is the new champ. 

La Guerrera Amazona does a promo. She tells her to bring her fury and beat her clean if she can and become champ. She says she says had her sights set on being champ for a long time. She says what goes around, comes around, and punches the camera.

Xavant does a promo. He says the champ has arrived. He appeared at a school recently and thanks everyone for that. He wishes the kids success. He says he's facing Lightning at the next show. He says he will fight with all his heart and persevere because that's what heroes do.

Abel Durant talks Resistencia. He says Zcion RT1 and Chicano both want to win this so they can be #1 contender for the Universal Title. 

We see clips of Ray Gonzalez and El Paparazzi beating Lightning and Chicano from the last show. 

Abel talking about John Hawking trying to become a triple champion at Resistencia.

WE see clips of a John Hawking interview. He says he's ready to make history and is prepared. 

Intelecto Cinco Estrellas does a promo. He says John Hawking is more of a fool than an opportunist. He says he's a puppet and is being poorly advised by Victor Jovica. He says his ambition has gotten him in trouble. He says he will leave him at Resistencia and will see him there.

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

Ray Gonzalez does a promo with El Paparazzi. He says Eddie Colon ordered the tag match and says Eddie knows he can't fight him one on one. He says Eddie ignored the rules and stipulations of prior matches. He says Paparazzi is ready. He says it will be 2v2 and not 2v1 like last time. He says let's see if Eddie and Vito have what it takes to beat them. Ray says they will resist Eddie's power at Resistencia. Paparazzi then says, "see you ladies". 

Abel and Axel close the show. They hype up he 53rd Anniversary show and talk about the card for Resistencia. 

Overall thoughts: It was the usual show from WWC. We only saw a little of the various matches and lots of promos and ads for the next show. The wrestling wasn't that good. The low point of this show was when they replayed a clipped match from last week that we had already seen where an injury seemingly ended the match. I didn't think this was good and wouldn't recommend it. I'd give it a 4 out of 10. 

Ring of Honor YouTube Special Episode #6 4/10/2026

Ring of Honor YouTube Special Episode #6 4/10/2026

The last Youtube Special is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/03/ring-of-honor-youtube-special-episode-5.html

Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman are on commentary.

Top Flight (Dante Martin & Darius Martin) vs. MxM Collection (Mansoor & Mason Madden)

Mansoor wants to touch tips with Darius then pulls away when Darius obliges. Mansoor side headlocks him then takes him over. Darius headscissors him on the mat and Mansoor piefaces him. Mansoor wants to touch tips again. Darius grabs him and throws him over by the arm. Darius hiptosses him and Mansoor upkicks him. Darius dropkicks him. Dante elbow drops Mansoor's arm off the ropes. 

Dante facekicks Mansoor and Johnny TV trips up Dante. Dante is leg lariated by behind then double stomped on by the heels. Dante is swung down by the leg. Dante takes a side slam + jumping legdrop. Madden elbows Dante in the face and rakes his face. Madden hits punches on Dante in the corner. 

Dante hits shots on Mansoor then takes a double throat thrust. Dante takes an atomic drop. Madden goes for a hip attack is rolled up. Dante escapes a move and tags out. Darius hits punches on Madden. Darius bulldogs him over the middle rope. Darius tp rope crossbodies Madden for 2.

Mansoor takes an atomic drop + bulldog on the knee. Mansoor is sent out. Darius flying corner spears Madden. Madden crossbodies Darius. Darius takes a leg lariat + sitout powerbomb for 2. Mansoor is crotched up top. Madden is double superkicked into him. Madden is double suplexed. Mansoor eye pokes his opponents on the buckles. Dante handstand hurricanrana's Mansoor into a Darius sitout powerbomb.

Dante superkicks Madden. Dante standing moonsaults Madden. Dante jumps off Darius and forearms Madden. Dante then topes Madden. Mansoor rolls up Darius and tries to pin him with his feet on the ropes. Daniels stops it and Johnny TV goes after him. Dante jumping knees JTV outside.

Darius backrolls Mansoor for 2. Mansoor takes a slingshot cutter and is pinned by Dante.

Thoughts
: It got a lot of time at 10 minutes. The the match was okay with Top Fight flying and keeping the pace up. Top Flight won but this was random and I don't expect this to lead to anything. 

Rush vs. Dante Leon

Rush forearms Leon off the handshake. He sends Leon into the rails then stomp flurries him outside. Rush stomps on him inside then does his corner basement dropkick. Rush then pins him.

Thoughts: It could have been a good one if they let them fight as Leon can go but it was just a quick squash.

The Iinspiration do a promo. They say ROH has officially become inspired. They say they have the balls to go face to face with anyone in the locker room. They say if you have the balls to face them, be prepared to be taken down by the idolizer.  

Hyan & Maya World vs. The IInspiration (Cassie Lee & Jessie McKay)

They shake hands. Maya is put in the corner and she ducks a double team. Cass yells at Maya in the corner. Maya grabs Cass by the hair and whips her down by the leg. Maya armlocks her and Hy tags in. Hy headscissors Cass out of the corner and dropkicks her. Hy rolling snapmares her and bangs Jess' face off her knee. Maya suplexes her for 2.

Maya is tripped into a knee to the face for 2. Maya is stomped in the corner. Maya takes double team kicks. The Iinspriation pose. Cass foot chokes Maya then lariats her. The Iinspiration mess with Maya in the corner. Jess gets a 2 count on her then does a head and arm lock on her.

Hy is thrown down by the hair. Jess chin and arm locks her. Hy flying knees Jess. Maya and Cass tag in. Maya double dropkicks her opponents. Maya hits flying back elbows then corner splashes both opponents. Maya hits a 2nd rope moonsault on Cass for 2 when Jess pulls Maya out. Jess tells Maya hse didn't do it. Jess is trapped between her opponents then she is whipped into the post.

Cass rolls up Maya for 2 and takes a big forearm. Cass is held for a jumping flatliner. Maya pins Cass.

Thoughts: It wasn't that great as expected. The Iinspirations offense is pretty weak and they are basically doing comedy without being that funny. It's not really a big win for Maya's team but they've mostly been losing so it almost is. 

The Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) vs Daisuke Sasaki & Paul Virk

DS is with DDT in Japan.

Kaun and Ds lock up. DS slaps him on the ropes. DS goes for a crossface. Kaun running back elbows him then sentons him. DS jawbrekaers Toa. Kaun misses a corner charge. DS jumps off the top on Toa and is caught. DS and Toa grab each other by the hair. DS eye rakes him and dropkicks him in the knee.

Paul comes in and hits lariats on Toa. Paul is caught on a leapfrog and spinebustered. Kaun dropkicks DS outside. Kaun then pounds on Paul. Kaun corner splashes Paul then twisting suplexes him. Toa sentons Paul. Kaun slingshot plancha's outside. Paul takes a sandwich bodyblock and a double spinebuster. Paul is pinned.

Thoughts: Sasaki's team lost as expected here. He looked very undersized against The GoA. They put over Paul a bit as someone equal in size to GoA but his team got squashed here. 

Sisters Of Sin (Julia Hart & Skye Blue) vs Aminah Belmont & Nixi XS

Hart pushes Nix from behind and she nails Skye on the apron. Hart standing moonsaults Nix. Nix jawbreakers her. AB comes in and running headbutts Skye in the chest. Skye facekicks her. Hart does the tarantula to AB on the ropes and Skye dropkicks AB for 2. 

Hart hits mounted shots on AB. Hart corner lariats and backsplashes her. Skye cartwheel forearms AB. Skye mule kicks her for 2. AB hits shots on Skye. Hart pulls Nix off the apron and sends her into the rails twice. 

AB and Skye trade shots. AB kicks Skye in the face and flatliners her into the 2nd buckle. Hart superkicks AB. AB takes a double gordbuster and a double superkick. Hart does an octopus on AB and submits her.

Thoughts:
It was a short squash with Blue's team winning as expected. It wasn't much of note. AB got some offense in here and was put over a little. 

Dalton Castle & The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd) vs. Alex Findley, Deonn Rusman & Devo Knight

Truth offers Devo a handshake. Devo puts his hand in his crotch and offers to shake. Truth side headlocks him then shoulders him over. Truth hiptosses and dropkicks him. Turbo hits a 2nd rope punch on Devo.

Truth back body drops Alex. Alex is hit with a knee lift then a backdrop. Deonn chops Truth. The Runners hit stereo corner attacks. Truth hits a bulldog + lariat combo. Dalton comes in and his suplexes on the jobbers. The jobbers take triple slams. The Runners and Dalton hit a double elbow drop + double axe handle and Dalton picks up the pin.

Thoughts:
It was a short squash with us having to guess who was who. The announcers atleast entertained the idea of maybe the faces getting a six-man tag team title shot at some point since they are constantly getting trio wins. 

Dralistico vs. Komander

They go to shake hands and Dral flips him off. Kom chops Dral on the ropes. They try some pins on each other and trade armdrags. Kom headflips up and they stand off. They each compete for cheers. Dral flying headscissors Kom. Dral tope con hilos him outside. Kom is sent into the rails. Dral kneelifts him then pulls at the mask.

Dral hits chops on Kom. Kom running superkicks him the poses on the ropes. Dral kicks Kom while he's down. Kom hits punches on Dral. Kom enzugiri's him from the apron and springboard crossbodies him. Kom ddt's Dral for 2. Kom misses a 450 off the top and they trade pin attempts.

Kom springboards and is caught with a codebreaker. Dral does an angel's wings variation on him for 2. Kom gutbusters Dral. Kom superkicks him then Dral corkscrew kicks him. Dral top rope diving crucifix bombs him for 2. Kom poisonrana's him. Kom rope walk ssp's him for the win.

Thoughts
: It was acceptable but not their best work. They didn't overdo it too much here surprisingly. We got some flying here as expected. Komander won but it really doesn't matter.

Overall thoughts: It was your usual episode of ROH with a bunch of random matches and no champions on the show. The wrestling wasn't that good with 4 of the 7 matches being squashes and only the main opener getting the thumbs up from me. It was basically a waste of time and I'd give it a 4 out of 10.

CMLL 4/10/2026 Viernes Escpectacular

CMLL 4/10/2026 Viernes Escpectacular

Note - The big news of the week is that Catalina has left CMLL, likely for WWE/AAA. With WWE buying AAA, it was a given that CMLL wrestlers were going to get signed and this is one of the first defections. Catalina had been with WWE before though, so she might do a little better than others. AAA definitely needs more girls and she should be in a good spot when she debuts there.

Guerrero Maya Jr., Okumura & Raider vs. Los Viajeros Del Espacio (Futuro, Max Star & Valiente Jr.)

Maya and Fut go at it. They some some basic holds. Fut spinning armdrags him then does a regular armdrag. Maya shoulders him over. Fut trips him then Maya tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him. Oku and Val get in. Val cartwheels over him. Val hits kicks and step up enzugiri's him. Val slips on a rope walk but recovers and diving headscissors him. Raid comes in and springboard elbow drops Val. 

Fut cartwheels over Raid. Raid pumping knees him. Raid springboard tornillo's him. Raid sperkicks Max. Max pulls Raid down. Max top rope diving headscissors him. Fut goes up and over Oku. Fut spinning headscissors Oku.

Val top rope tornillo's Maya. Val walks up the ropes and springboard diving ardmdrags him. Maya then topes Val outside. Fut spinning satellite headscissors Raid. Fut is sent out and Oku cannonballs him off the apron. Max is on the 2nd rope and Raid 2nd rope springboard headscissors him.

Raid asai moonsaults Max outside. Val is double teamed in the ring. Raid hits mounted corner punches on Val then corner splashes him. Oku running cutters Val. Fut comes in and is ganged up on. Fut is running powerbombed over the top into the ring by Raid. Max gets triple teamed and is held in the air for a codebreaker. Val then gets ganged up on. Raid clubs Val's chest on the ropes. Raid reverse suplexes him from the 2nd rope. 

Val is triple teamed in the corner. Val walks up the ropes and diving headscissors Raid outside to the floor. Max and Fut then hit stereo springboard moves and stereo tope con hilos outside. 

Raid electric chair backbreakers Val and Fut breaks the pin up with a top rope double stomp. Maya spears Fut. Max superkicks Maya. Val jumps off Oku's back to get up top and top rope spanish fly Raid. Maya takes a 2nd rope springboard headscissors. The faces get stereo 2 counts on the heels. Fut and Max hit 2nd rope moonsaults outside. Val 2nd rope hurricanrana's Raid and pins him.

Thoughts:
It was a longer opener. The faces did a lot of flying as expected. It didn't quite get the flow it should have had. The faces were a bit tough to tell apart there as they all wore similar colors and they all have longer pants on. I thought it was average to maybe okay. The camera's were having a hard time keeping up with all the action.

Keyra & Zeuxis vs. Garra Negra & Tessa Blanchard

1st Fall - Garra and Z lock up. Z trips her and surfboards her. Garra ties up Z's legs in like a prison lock and Z messes with her hair to break it. Z stomps Garra's hands then flying headscissors her. Z and Garra trade corner attacks. 

Tess comes in. Tess flying headscissors Z then slaps her. Tess boots her over the 2nd rope and slingshot splashes her. Key breaks it up with a kick on Tess. Key armdrags Tess then rolls her into a pin attempt. Key boots Tess in the face in the corner. Garra then pulls Key down by the hair. Key is double stomped on. 

Key dropkicks Garra. Garra flying headscissors her and Key rols her up for 2. Key camel clutches her and lets go for some reason. Key pounds on Garra in the corner. Z pump kicks Garra and Garra takes a double dropkick. Tess takes a double high kick then Z meteora's Tess and pins her. Zeuxis' team wins the fall.

2nd Fall - Key bites Tess' hand then pulls on her neck. Tess is choked over the 2nd rope. Garra is held for chops then choked over the 2nd rope. Garra takes a double boot. Tess fights off corner attacks and then gets double stomped on in the corner. 

Garra top rope double crossbodies her opponents. Z is sent into Key. Tess cutters Z and Key. Garra topes both opponents outside. Tess top rope plancha's both opponents outside. Z powerslams Tess on the apron and Garra backcrackers Z. Key rolls up Garra while holding the ropes and pins her. Zeuxi's team wins the fall and match.

Thoughts: Keyra's team mostly dominated here en route to victory. It wasn't that much to speak of but nobody botched anything. It was average.

Garra complains on the mic after about Keyra cheating to win. She challenges her to a singles match. Keyra and Zeuxis get back in and Garra runs away. That made her look weak.

There's an MLW vs CMLL event on May 1st.

Lightning Match - Valiente vs. Star Jr.

Val chops Star. Star  takes him down and chops him. Val rolls him up. Val is tripped and Star splashes his arm. Val chops him. Star chops and boots him. Star dropkicks Val. Val cornr splashes Star and Star corner lariats him. Star chops Val from the apron. Val triangle springboards and armdrags Star off the apron to the floor.

Val is sent into the rails and lariated. Star cannonballs Val off the apron. Star knees Val in the face. Star top rope crossbodies Val and Val backrolls into a pin on him. Val suplexes Star for 2. Star slingshot flipping neckbreakers him then sentons him for 2.

Star chops him. Va is sat up top and Star hits wild slaps on him. They fight on the 2nd rope. Star hurricanrana's him down. Star springboard swantons him for 2. Star rolls him and double stomps him in the back of the head for 2. Val pop-up powerbombs Star for 2. Val spinning sitout powerbombs Star and pins him.

Thoughts:
It wasn't that good. They were rushing and not hitting things clean at all. Val's style also just didn't fit in this kind of match here. I was surprised by Valiente winning here.

Atlantis Jr., Esfinge & Flip Gordon vs. Galeon Fantasma (Barboza, Difunto & Furia Roja)

AJ = Atlantis

1st Fall - AJ came out with two celebs I'm guessing. AJ and Roja go at it. AJ is triple teamed in the corner and escapes. AJ spinning headscissors Roja and armdrags him. Esf springboard diving headscissors Roja. Flip springboard crossbodies Dif then springboard slingblades him. Flip handstand walks and does tricks. Dif and Barb dropkick him as he does it. Flip is triple stomped on. Esf tope con hilos the heels outside. Flip springboard swantons outside. AJ powerslams Dif. AJ top rope frogsplashes Dif and pins him.

2nd Fall
- Flip springboard double dropkicks the heels. His tope con hilo is caught outside and he is held in the air for a Dif apron double stomp. Esf is sent into the rails outside. Dif rips AJ's mask. Dif facekicks AJ. Esf is held for chops from Roja. Flip is popped up then Roja headbutts him down. 

Esf takes corner attacks. Esf is held in the air for a top rope Dif double stomp. AJ is double flapjacked. Barb is popped up into a corner dropkick on Esf. Roja corner cannonballs the faces in the corner. Flip is triple gorilla press thrown into the faces in the corner. The heels pick up triple pins. Difunto's team wins the fall. 

3rd Fall - Esf is put in tree of woe and takes a triple team. Flip is held for chops on Roja. Flip boots Roja out of the corner and 2nd rope diving headscissors him. Flip hits a springboard cutter on Roja. Dif is monkey flipped by AJ. AJ step up enzugiri's Roja for 2. The faces hit triple sunset flips for 2 counts.

The faces do triple roll up's for 2. The heels then try triple pin's for nearfalls. Esf superplexes Dif down. Flip springboard swantons Dif for 2. Barb dropkicks AJ in the corner. Dif takes a triple gorilla press into his partners in the corner. Flip and AJ do topes outside. Esf springboard splashes Roja twice and pins him.

Thoughts: It was an okay tag that got more than enough time to play out. None of the faces do anything too crazy flying wise so we didn't get any major wild spots. Flip's team was the favorite and won but this match doesn't really matter that much and it wasn't a very high profile bout. Difunto was creative as usual and really sticks out compared to the other wrestlers.

CMLL 2026 Universal Tournament Semi Final Seven Man Elimination Match - Mistico vs. Angel de Oro vs. Niebla Roja vs. Hechicero vs. Stigma vs. Templario vs. Neon

Oro is sent into the rails before everyone gets in. Neon double springboard headscissors Hech on the ramp. Hech spinning powerbombs Neon on the ramp. Mist enters and jumps off the tron onto Oro and Hech. Roja and Hech trade and Hech twists Roja's neck with his legs. 

Roja enzugiri's Hech in the corner. Hech corner lariats him then Roja spinning forearms him. Roja dropkicks him. Roja bodyscissors Hech over the top. Temp and Oro trade forearms. Temp walks up the buckles and springboard diving headscissors him. Temp then topes Oro outside. 

Neon and Stigma go at it. Neon superkicks him in the gut. Neon pumping knees him then Stig lariats him. Stig hits punches on Neon. Stig bulldogs him. Temp hits forearms on Stig. Stig jumps off the apron and la silla's Roja outside.

Mist comes in. Mist handspring back elbows Temp. Mist springboard diving headscissors him. Mist tornillo dives him outside. Hech and Neon fight. hech rips Neon's mask. Hech drops Neon off a spinning headscissors. Hech surfboards Neon.

Hech hits mounted corner punches on Neon then hits corner lariats. Neon orner lariats him. Neon hiptosses him and 2nd rope double springboard headscissors him. Roja and Oro tease fighting but then hug each other. Mist and Neon then hit springboard diving headscissors on them. Mist and Neon then hit stereo topes.

Stig top rope crossbodies Temp. Temp superkicks him. Stig 2nd rope tornado ddt's Temp. Stig pop-up sitout powerbombs Temp for 2. Temp buckle bombs Stig. Hech step up knees Temp in the corner. Stig toyota rolls Hech for 2. Stig enzugiri's Hech from the apron. Stig splashes Hech off the buckles for 2. Hech step up knees Stig in the corner and swinging hammerlock backbreakers him. Hech pins Stig. Stigma is eliminated.

Neon and Mist go at it. Mist flying headscissors Neon. Neon top rope diving headscissors him. Mist springboard crossbodies him. Neon and Mist stare down. Roja boots Neon over. Roja puts Mist on his back and rocking chairs Neon at the same time. 

Temp and Roja trade. Roja pop-up kicks him. Temp rolls up Roja for 2. Temp powerbomb backbreakers Roja and pins him. Niebla Roja is eliminated.

Temp hits forearms on Oro then is michinoku drivered for 2. Oro toyota rolls and Temp cradle shocks him off of it for 2. Temp and Oro trade forearms and superkicks. Temp pumping knees him then topes him. Hech chops Neon down. Neon superkicks him. Neon standing moonsaults him for 2. Hech flips Neon into a pin attempt.

Hech misses a move and is sent out. Neon topes him. Temp and Mist trade forearms. Mist spin kicks him and kicks him. Temp superkicks him. Temp powerslams Mist. Mist top rope spanish flies Temp for 2 and both men are down. Temp catches Mist's springboard. Temp hits a GTS. Temp sitout gordbusters Mist for 2. Mist springboard canadian destroyers Temp. Mist la mistica's Temp and submits him. Templario is eliminated.

Oro is on the 2nd rope and Neon springboard tilt-a-whirl armdrags him down. Neon misses a top rope moonsault. Oro rolls him into a rocking chair and submits him. Neon is eliminated.

Hech dropkicks Mist then stomps him. Hech rips Mist's mask. Mist then goes to rip Hech's mask and Oro stomps Mist from behind. Oro and Hech double team Mist. Mist top rope corkscrew diving armdrags Hech. Mist's tope is caught by the heels outside and he is dropped throat first on the rail.

Hech pulls Oro down inside. Oro crucifixes him for 2. They trade pin attempts. Mist springboard double crossbodies the heels. Mist 619's Oro then springboard diving headscissors Hech. Mist springboard headscissors Oro then topes Hech. Mist tornillo's Oro outside.

Mist springboard headscissors Hech off the 2nd rope. Mist top rope spanish flies Oro for 2. Hech swinging hammerlock backbreakers Mist. Oro top rope splashes Mist and pins him. Mistico is eliminated.

Oro and Hech are the final two. Oro spinning headscissors Hech then topes him outside. Oro top rope crossbodies Hech. Hech blocks a code red and powerbombs Oro off of it. Hech basement dropkicks Oro. Oro rolls up Hech for 2. Hech blocks Oro's flying headsscissors. Oro gets a 2 count on him.

Oro enzugiri's him off the apron. Oro moonsaults him off the buckles outside. Hech dragon screws Oro around the ropes then stomps his leg over the 2nd rope. Hech is on the 2nd rope. Oro 2nd rope diving headscissors him. Oro top rope splashes Hech. Hech rolls Oro and grounded surfboards him. 

Hech and Oro trade shots. Oro facekicks him for 2. Hech flapjacks Oro then rolls him around the ring for 2. Hech headscissors drops Oro and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a longer match as expected. The first part had a lot of people coming in and out as they pleased and we had a lot of flying. The eliminations eventually started kicking in. I was surprised to see Mistico not make the final two and Hech winning was a surprise. It wasn't officially a torneo, but there was little difference aside from the wrestlers having official teams. It was just okay as it dragged a bit and got a little old after a while. 

Overall thoughts
: They only had 5 matches here so everything but the lightning match got more than enough time to play out and went longer. It definitely made for a slower paced and more drawn out card. The main was easily the match of the night but nothing was that great here. I wouldn't really recommend this one but I think I would give it a slight 6 out of 10. It was above average.

WWE Smackdown 4/10/2026

WWE Smackdown 4/10/2026

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

We are in San Jose, CA. Joe Tessitore and Wade Barrett are on commentary.

Cody Rhodes arrives and is looking for Pat McAfee. Nick Aldis tells him he can't lay his hands on Pat and says he has strict orders from above about that. Jelly Roll comes in. Nick Aldis tells Jelly to stay out of this. Jelly says it has nothing to do with Pat or him. Cody says this has to do with Wrestlemania and 20 years of history. He says this is Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton only.

Rhea Ripley comes out. She says Jade finally did it and found her weakness. She says she attacked her ego and tells her to come out. 

Iyo Sky comes out. Iyo says she knows Rhea is angry and Iyo says she is too. Iyo says she wants to face Jade Cargill tonight. Rhea says Iyo isn't 100% and asks if she's sure. Iyo says she wants this tonight and says she will talk to Aldis if she has to.

Nick Aldis comes out and agrees to a Iyo Sky vs Jade Cargill match. 

Bayley vs Alexa Bliss

AB is shouldered over twice. Bay sliding back elbows her then is rolled up for 2. AB pushes her off and they regroup. Bay knees her in the gut then hits forearms in the corner. Bay misses a running knee in the corner. AB trips her into the ropes. AB stands on Bay's back and pushes her face into the mat.

Bay knocks AB over then dropkicks her through the ropes. We go to PiP break and return. AB lariats and dropkicks Bay. AB basement dropkicks her. AB headhunters her for 2. AB STO's her and misses a rolling senton. Bay sunset bombs her her into the buckles for 2.

Bay is in tree of woe and AB basement dropkicks her. AB diving tornado ddt's her and Bay's head is driven hard into the mat. Bay hits a belly to belly and they hockey fight. AB cradles her for 2. Bay backrolls her into the buckles. Bay top rope elbow drops her for 2. They go out. Bay chops AB. Bay does the fargo strut at Charlotte. Charlotte and Bay throw a jacket each other and AB rolls up Bay to win.

Thoughts
: Bay took a very bad looking ddt on her head and hopefully she's okay. The finish was something different but a bit weak. That wasn't that great.  

Matt Cardona tells Carmelo Hayes to wait for his Mania moment. Trick Williams and Lil Yachty come in. Trick says he thought Melo would win last week. Melo says Trick is one of the reason he didn't win. Yachty says Melo gets to watch Trick win the US Title from the couch. Melo says he hopes Trick wins so he can take the US Title from him. Matt Cardona then talks to Trick. Trick says he doesn't have the time for this. Yachty challenges Cardona for Trick. Trick isn't happy and Cardona says he will talk to Trick to get this set up. 

Drew McIntyre does a video from a prison. He says Jacob Fatu is a failure as a man and a father. He says he knows Fatu's family is here. He says the prison cell represents who Fatu is an will always be. He says Fatu chose a life of crime over his family when they needed a provider. He says he belongs in a cage. He says Fatu will screw up again and be back here. He says Fatu stole everything and says he will make it right. He says he will be his judge, jury and executioner

Jacob Fatu is interviewed. He says we are live. He says Drew will find out. The MFT's walk in. Solo Sikoa says Fatu isn't the only person here with family. Solo says Drew bringing up Fatu's past makes the family look bad and is a big embarrassment. Fatu says they aren't doing this today. Solo says isn't this the spot where he lost his teeth. He says it'd be a shame if it happened again. Solo brings up Tama and Tama says it is what it is. Solo says Tama doesn't mind taking care of business.  

We get a Royce Keys video. He says his city where the place of choice is a luxury. He says he was born in gang violence and drugs. He says his grandparents weren't having that. He says they didn't have a lot but had each other. He says wrestling brought him happiness. He says this is all he wanted to do and all he knows. He says he refused to be defined from where he's from, but instead, by where he is going.

Royce Keys vs Berto

Keys debuted at The Rumble but this is is first singles match on TV. Berto slaps Keys in the head from behind. Keys bodyblocks him. Keys yanks him into a powerslam. Keys hits punches in the corner. Berto slides out.

Keys is distracted by Angel outside and sent into the post. Berto top rope dropkicks Keys. Berto hits mounted shots. Berto hits mounted corner punches. Keys catches his 2nd rope twisting crossbody and fallaway slams him. Keys powerslams him. Keys hits a corner splash.

Keys pounds Berto on the top rope. Angel gets on the apron and is lariated by Keys. Keys spinebusters Berto and pins him.

Thoughts:
It was a squash as expected with Keys running over Berto. They did what they were supposed to here.  

Pat McAfee arrives in a truck and sees Nick Aldis. Nick says he told Pat nobody is allowed to put their hands on him. Pat puts his keys in Aldis' pocket and tells him to take care of the ride. Jelly Roll goes up to Pat and asks if he told Orton to RKO him. Pat says no and says he shouldn't have been out there as he's a non-wrestler outsider. Jelly says he shouldn't be here either. Pat says this is bigger than him and says he shouldn't be here. Jelly threatens him and then grabs him. Aldis comes in and Jelly shoves him. Pat asks for the ex-convict outsider to be kicked out of here.

Royce Keys is interviewed. He says this is a long time coming and he gets to do it in front of his people. Keys says they will take it all around the world. Solo Sikoa comes in. He says good job and says he run things here. He says if Keys needs anything, his door is always open.

Pat McAfee comes out to talk. Pat calls San Jose a sh!thole. Pat says the fans boo him but he's the hero in this entire thing. Pat talks about CM Punk. He says it's hard to take Punk serious as Punk talked about people more famous and in better shape than him. He wonders where Punk's merch checks go to - the needy fans who can't afford Mania tickets or Punk's bank account entitled "I'm sorry Saudi Arabia". Pat says Punk is a fraud and a politican. He says Punk can change things but he rolls over on his stomach.

Pat says he decided to be the fans' hero. He says he called Ram trucks and asks if they wanted to help get people to Mania. He says they will pay 25% of the bill for anyone buying Mania tickets. He says the fans can thank him. He says Mania Saturday will be @ss and no one should spend money on it. He says Orton will save Mania Sunday and win his 15th title. 

Cody Rhodes comes out. Pat sings his own version of Cody's theme song. Cody says he doesn't think Pat belongs here. He says they should get him a Fanatics replica title and do a pretend entrance. He says then he can go back to whoever sent him here and tell them, "thank you, daddy". Cody says he didn't know what a "play wrestler" meant until he saw Pat doing catchphrases.

Cody says Paul Boesch and brings up Pat talking about marks and the IWC. He says Paul said the fans aren't marks but customers. He says the fans aren't customers but family. He says the fans agree that they want to see Orton and not Pat. He says, "go home Pat".

Pay says he is home. He says Cody was born into this business. He says he sees the fakest dude on earth with fake teeth, a spray-tan, dyed hair and a $10,000 suit that Ric Flair told him to buy. He says he's a cosplay champ. Pat says if Orton doesn't walk out of Mania as a 15x champ, you won't hear or see from him again. Cody says he wants to see Pat take off his glasses. He says if he's tired, they can have Gunther put him to sleep once and for all.

Cody leaves. Pat calls him Stardust and accuses him of sucking Triple H's @ss. He tells Cody to dance for the kids. Randy Orton appears on the tron. He says Cody is forgetting something. We see Jelly Roll down and in pain. Orton says he needs to come get his boy. Orton says he will bring his boy to him and drags Jelly Roll out. Cody gets distracted then Orton nails him from behind. Orton euros Cody.

Orton beats up Cody in the corner then stands on his throat. Jelly Roll gets on the apron. Pat goes to hit him and is grabbed. Orton knocks Jelly off the apron. Cody hits shots on Orton and lariats him.  

Pat hits Cody from behind. Orton bridging ddt's Cody. Orton hits Cody with the title belt and drops him. Pat stomps Cody after.

Thoughts: I'm not a big fan of breaking kayfabe and they did that here. As Cody said, the Cody/Orton match really sells itself with their history, but instead they are going for old Russo shockjock stuff from the early 2000's. Some of the lines Pat had were funny and he dug into Punk well but I don't think this segment did a lot to change people's minds on Mania. I didn't really love Orton beating up Jelly Roll either since they were pushed as friends for so long. 

Pat and Orton talk. Pat says the focal point of Mania is Orton. He says he's saving Mania's business and is becoming 15x champ. Pat says Cody told him to do something and he says he will. Pat calls out the IWC and marks and says you're welcome.

Miz and Kit Wilson ask Nick Aldis about what will be done about the ref last week having an arm spasm. Miz says something needs done. Nick says he was cursed and there's nothing that needs to be done. Nick says this is outside of his scope of control. Kit says the ref needs to suffer consequences. Nick says he will put Kit in the ring with the ref Dan....Danhausen. He says unless he's worried about the curse. Miz says there's no curse and Nick says great, see you tonight.

Jacob Fatu vs Tama Tonga

They lock up. Fatu stares him down in the corner. Tama boots him in the gut. They shoulder each other. Fatu uppercuts him. Tama hits shots to the gut and a corner splash. Fatu running back elbows him. Fatu headbutts him down.

Fatu handspring moonsaults him. Fatu topes him over the commentary table. We go to break and return. Fatu facekicks him and takes flying forearms. Fatu bends over and is kicked. Fatu lariats and sentons him. Fatu corner splashes him then hits mounted corner headbutts and has the fans count along. Fatu corner hip attacks him. Tama flying kicks him then hits an angel's wings for 2. Tama twisting reverse ddt's him. Fatu pop-up samoan drops him. Fatu double jump moonsaults him and wins.

Thoughts: Fatu did some different offense here. It was pretty strike heavy. What we got was acceptable but nothing too crazy.

Fatu talks on the mic after. Drew McIntyre hits him from behind and stomps him. Fatu superkicks him then claymore kicks him. Fatu is sent into the steps. Drew chairs him in the back then double underhook ddt's him on the floor. Fatu is handcuffed and whipped into the post. Fatu's back is rammed into the post and Drew punches him with handcuffs. Drew puts the handcuffs around the post and facekicks him. The handcuffs then fall off. Drew asks him ow it feels to be back in chains where he belongs and says he's nothing but an animal. Fatu headbutts him. The handcuffs fall off again. Officials come down. Drew handcuffs him again and hits punches. Drew claymore kicks him. Drew whips him with a belt. 

Thoughts: It's a shame they couldn't keep the handcuffs on and just kept trying to put them back on when they came off. That kind of hurt this one some.

R-Truth is telling Danhausen how to sign up for ESPN+. Dan says he can't wait for Mania and says they will become The Miz's new apprentice and take over the world. Damian Priest comes in and brings up Truth calling Dan "Asuka" last week. Truth and Dan are confused by this and Truth doesn't remember any of that. They argue and Danhausen disappears.

We see Rhea Ripley through B-Fab into a box and Fab is out. Rhea says one down, one to go. 

Sami Zayn comes out to talk. The crowd boos Sami some. Sami says it's time to nip this in the bud. He says everyone is telling him to change. Sami says he has always tried to give us more and give us himself. Sami says he cares about the fans who have been there since Day 1. He says he won't betray the fans and says he loves them. Sami says he doesn't care about getting booed. He says his fans will have his back no matter what. He says he will walk into Mania as champ and will walk out of Mania as champ.

Trick Williams comes out on a lighted up platform that spins him around. Lil Yachty comes out with him. Trick says he thinks the people are tired of hearing Sami talk. He says he's always whining and crying and says he's Mr. Can't Get The Job Done Zayn. He says we all know Sami hates Trick. He says his nickname is The Anointed One and favor isn't fear. He says he will beat his @ss at Mania. He says everyone loves Trick Williams.

Sami says they don't love him. He says they like him and he gets it. He says Trick is in the ring with a Wrestlemania main eventer at Mania and he will drag him to the deep waters. Sami says Trick is called the future but he hasn't shown him anything. He says we will find out if he can walk the walk or just talk. Yacthy defends Trick. He says material things don't make Trick, Trick makes Trick. Matt Cardona then comes out and we go to break.

Trick Williams vs Matt Cardona

This started during the PiP break. Trick side headlocks him. Trick piesfaces him. Matt drives him in the corner and Trick ducks shots. Trick knees him in the gut and slams him. Trick chops him. Matt flying lariats him. Matt 2nd rope dropkicks him.

Matt dropkicks him through the ropes. Matt knees Trick in the head. Matt hits mounted corner punches and is swept from the buckles. We go to break and return. Matt hits chops and takes a spinning high kick. Trick hits mounted shots. 

Matt jawbreakers him and backdrops him. Trick bends over and his face is banged off the mat. Matt hits forearms in the corner and knee chokes him. Matt broski boot's him in the corner and hits an unprettier for 2. Matt takes a stun gun. Trick jumping neckbreakers him for 2. 

Matt is sent out. Trick running lariats him. Trick shoves Sami outside. They argue on the apron. Yachty pulls Sami down from the apron. Sami helluva kicks Yachty and Trick is shocked. Matt rolls up Trick for 2. Trick hits a trick shot on Matt and pins him.

Thoughts:
It's 2026 and Matt is still a jobber to the stars here. I'd say he'll be on Main Event in a few weeks at this rate, but he already has been. I don't think he should have beaten Trick here, but I don't think he should have been the one to lose either. The match was about average and Trick won as expected.

Danhausen vs Kit Wilson

The Miz is with Kit. Dan gets in his face and is piefaced. Dan dropkicks him then northern lights suplexes him for 2. Kit boots and forearms him. Dan slides out and hugs Miz but Miz doesn't know it's him. Kit flying euros Dan outside. 

Kit flying corner euros Dan several times. Kit says the curse is not real. Dan jawbreakers him and takes a rebound lariat. Kit goes up top and Dan sits up top. Dan then curses him. fireworks shoot out of the post and Kit gets crotched. Miz is on the apron and Dan eye pokes him. Dan pump kicks Kit in the head and pins him.

Thoughts: It was mostly shenanigans as expected. As I said before and with Papa Shango back in the day, the trick is to do believable stuff where you could give the benefit of the doubt that something happened. Kit crotching himself is believable, Dan making fireworks shoot out of the post isn't. That's how you go from an interesting thing to goofy and unbelievable. And I think the latter is what Dan's run is going to be. They also are clearly not going to be able to have Dan out there winning like this much as it will get old fast.

The Miz goes to attack Dan. The lights go out and Dan escapes up the aisle.

Jade Cargill is looking for her friends in the back. Michin is down and has kendo sticks on her. Jade asks what happened and Mich says Rhea. Jade says she's got her.

Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky talk in the back. Rhea says she might have taken out B-Fab and Michin. Iyo says no distractions and Rhea agrees. Rhea tells her to leave something for her at Mania. Iyo says no worries.

Jade Cargill vs Iyo Sky

Iyo dropkicks Jade and hits forearms. Jade shoulders her over. Jade slam Iyo and poses on her. Iyo handsprings and boots her. Jade pops Iyo up and Iyo dropkicks her. Iyo goes for a tope and is forearmed. Jade drops Iyo on the apron. 

We go to PiP break and return. Iyo hits uppercuts and dropkicks her. Iyo pulls her down over the top rope. Iyo top rope dropkicks her. Iyo corner meteora's her. Jade gorilla presses Iyo and Iyo does a sleeper out of it. 

Jade rams Iyo into the corner. Iyo rolls her up for 2. Jade blue thunders her for 2. Iyo rolls Jade into a double stomp. Iyo asai moonsaults Jade. Iyo shotei's her outside. Jade drops Iyo face first on the steps outside. Jade pump kicks her. Jade hits a jade end and wins.

Thoughts: They had the idea down and it was acceptable enough with Iyo doing her flying and making comebacks and Jade throwing her around. I was fine with this one.

Jade grabs a chair after. Rhea Ripley comes out. They stare at each other but Jade leaves. Jade says she will see her at Wrestlemania.

Overall thoughts: It was a longer show as usual. Bay/Bliss was average. Royce Keys finally debuted in singles action and won as expected. We got more Pat McAfee stuff. Pat had some good moments, but I don't like all the inside terms being used and I wish they'd just focus on the crux of the feud instead of the shoot stuff. Fatu/Tonga was acceptable. The angle after should have worked better but they just couldn't keep Fatu cuffed. Sami Zayn is now getting booed. Trick Williams beat Matt Cardona as expected. Danhausen made his singles debut and beat Kit with shenanigans. Jade beat Iyo in the main. I'm not confident on where things are going forward with them doing worked shoot stuff with Pat/Orton and over the top gimmicky with Danhausen. Add in the matches just being acceptable to okay and it wasn't a great show. I'd give this a 5 out of 10 and would say it was average.