WWE Monday Night Raw 4/27/2026

WWE Monday Night Raw 4/27/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/wwe-monday-night-raw-4202026.html

Note - WWE fired a bunch of wrestlers last week. A lot of people have gotten upset at Kairi Sane getting cut and we'll see if they try to takeover the show due to it. 

We are in Laredo, TX. Michael Cole and Corey Graves are on commentary.  

Roman Reigns and The Uso's talk in a room with a desk. Roman says they know where he comes from and where he stands. Roman says they are the only ones he can trust. He says he doesn't know where Jacob Fatu is coming from. He said he took a backseat for 2 years and Fatu procrastinated. Jimmy says he agrees with Jacob wanting to upgrade but says it shouldn't come at Roman's expense. Jey says Fatu is dangerous, unpredictable and unhinged.

Jey says if Fatu wins, he takes it all. Jey says there has to be consequences. Roman says Jey is right. Roman says he will address this later tonight. Jimmy says family first. Roman says "The First Family".

We see Fatu hanging out in the back. 

Seth Rollins comes out to talk. He says Bron Breakker is the reason Roman is champ and the reason Gunther beat him. He calls Bron Breakker out to settle the score. 

Bron Breakker comes out with Seth Rollins. Seth says he gave Bron everything and Bron repaid him by taking everything from him. Seth asks what he got out of it. Bron asks what Seth gave him and Reed. He says they were Seth's errands boys. He says they fought his battles for him. He says Seth has nothing. 

Bron says he and Reed had to listen to Seth say the same crap every week and mocks him. Bron says he never needed him. He says he needed Heyman. Seth talks about his history with Bron and said he would be the next money drawing star in this industry. He says Bron is unique and the most versatile performer he has seen. He says Bron has everything but the brains. He says Bron tries while he succeeds. 

Seth says every time he bet on himself, it ended up with a main event or a title. He says Bron did it and it got him Logan Paul, Theory and a happy ending from Paul Heyman. Seth says Bron is not ready. Bron says he was on the road to becoming a main eventer with or without him. Bron says Seth's body can't handle being champ and his shoulder can't handle the weight of a scrap on it anymore. 

Bron says he came up on his title shot attempt. He says he can go to sleep okay losing to the best in the world rather than one who proclaims it. Bron says he's a hall of famer and the best wrestler in the world at being #2. Seth says that was good and calls him Baby Steiner. He asks if he came up with that on his own or called Big Poppa Pump for his hook up. Seth says he will give him a chance at Backlash to prove he's better. He says Bron isn't even #2 in his own family.  

Thoughts: It was a good segment and easily set up their match at the PLE. 

We see more wrestlers arrive and hangout.

Raquel Rodriguez attacks Stephanie Vaquer and throws her into a box. Roxanne Perez then slides a box into Steph. Liv tells Steph this is her title.

Penta vs Rusev

Ethan Page comes out to watch before it starts. 

Rusev clubs and stomps him. Rusev suplexes him twice and fallaway slams him. Rusev stands on his throat. Rusev takes  superkick then a running dropkick. Penta tope con hilos him outside. Penta gets in Page's face outside. Penta superkicks Rusev. 

Penta springboards and is caught with a kick. Rusev swinging uranage's him. We go to break and return. They fight on the buckles. Penta top rope crossbodies him. Penta slingblade bulldogs him. Penta handstand pendulum dropkicks him in the corner. Rusev knees him in the gut then Penta up and over backcrackers him for 2. Rusev back body drops him and high kicks him. Rusev uranage's him. 

Rusev machka kicks him. Rusev goes for a kick, Penta sees it coming and stalls then rolls him up.

Thoughts: It was a shorter one and they did what they were supposed to here with Rusev throwing him around and Penta doing his flying.

Rusev beats up Penta after. Page gets in the ring and Rusev backs him up. Penta chops Rusev then Page nails Penta from behind. Rusev then lets Page stomp Penta with him. Je'Von Evans comes down to make the save. Rusev takes a superkick and a double jump springboard cutter.

Los Americanos do a promo in Spanish. Grande says he will be in the biggest matches of his career in a few weeks against the other Grande in a mask vs mask match. He says the match will be the most important match of his entire life. He says he will have to be ready to fight for his life. He says he will have to be ready to fight for his name. He says what better way to prepare for this than to issue a challenge to Rey Mysterio tonight. He says it would be an honor to face him tonight.

Becky Lynch talks in the ring. She says a lot of history was made at Wrestlemania 42. She says she beat AJ and put gold around her waist. She says she's the first WWE star to win 4 different titles at Mania. She says she has won more Mania matches than any other woman. She says she needed to show her daughter what a real champ is. She says it's about showing up at rundown towns like Laredo.

She says she knows the fans want her to defend the title and fight the best of the best. She is an issuing an open challenge to whoever wants some. 

Iyo Sky comes out. She says she accepts. Becky says she wanted to fight the best of the best, shiny and exciting and she's none of those things. She says she understands Iyo is accepting on behalf of Rhea Ripley. She says she wanted to fight Shawn Michaels, not Marty Jannetty and she's been holding Rhea back. Iyo slaps her and pounds on her. Becky goes to leave.

Adam Pearce comes out. He says Becky issued an open challenge and Iyo answered it. Adam says they will do a title match now. Becky then nails Iyo from behind.

WWE Women's Intercontinental Title - Becky Lynch (c) vs Iyo Sky

We join this in progress. Iyo basement dropkicks BL. Iyo tries an up and over and is kicked then lariated for 2. BL corner forearms her and exploders her. BL baseball slides her then hits her off the apron. 

BL 2nd rope legdrops her for 2. They trade shots. Iyo germans her. Iyo hits some shots and flapjacks her. Iyo bangs her arm over the top rope. Iyo top rope dropkicks her. Iyo corner meteora's her for 2. BL reverse ddt's her for 2. Iyo rolls her into a double stomp. BL forearms Iyo when she goes for a tope. Iyo sunset bombs her on the floor and and both go down.

We go to break and return. BL superplexes her and holds on for a ddt for 2. Iyo rolls her up for 2. Iyo superkicks her in the mouth then double underhook backbreakers her for 2. Iyo tornado ddt's her. BL gets her feet up on Iyo's moonsault. BL uranage's her for 2.

BL goes up top and is pushed into the post. Iyo asai moonsaults her outside. Asuka comes out and sweeps Iyo from the apron. Iyo is missing a shoe and BL uranage's her for the win.

Thoughts: It was a solid match here with them stiffing each other. They put out a good effort for this one. Becky took a hard superkick to the mouth here.

Asuka buzzsaw kicks Iyo and chickenwings her after. Iyo taps out.  

El Grande Americano Original talks to Rey Mysterio. He asks if he needs to watch his back for Rey during the mask vs mask match. Rey says he wants them to respect lucha libre. Los Americanos with El Grande II come in. The Grande's argue. Rey says he's not choosing sides. Bravo and Rayo yell at Rey. 

The Uso's are interviewed. Jimmy says Roman will make a decision when he's ready. LA Knight interrupts. He asks if they are sitting at the table again when Roman sits at the head of it. LA says Jey became a champ on his own. LA says Jimmy could be a champ but it won't be under Roman. Jey tells him to stay in his lane. Jimmy says it's family business. LA says Bloodline ran over everyone and the power corrupts. He says when it does, it becomes his business.

Thoughts: LA was right here. They are quickly undoing all of the work they did with Jey being a main eventer due to this storyline.

Joe Hendry is in the ring for a concert. Joe says he had a big decision to make and will tell us in a song. He says he has signed with Raw in a song. He then sings about firing Logan Paul. 

Logan Paul comes out angry with Austin Theory. He says you can't fire him. Logan asks who he is. Logan says the people are awful like Joe. Logan says it's Joe's first and last night on Raw. Austin says they have gold and are the greatest tag champs of the universe. Austin says they are winners. 

Joe says no and says he sees primetime losers. Austin says the mat and camera belong to The Vision. He says The Vision goes through everyone and says they will go through him. Austin shoves Joe. Joe lariats Austin and hits corner spears on Logan. Joe is double teamed. The Street Profits come out and make the save and clear off the heels. Logan dives on the heels outside.

Grayson Waller complains to Adam Pearce in the back. He asks where his opportunities are. He says Oba Femi is overrated. Oba then shows up behind Waller. Oba asks Adam to give Waller an opportunity vs him tonight. Adam agrees. 

Joe Hendry thanks The Street Profits in the back. Ford tells him to get a different color shirt now that he's on Raw. Seth Rollins comes in and wants to talk about last week. Ford says it had nothing to do with him and he's not special. 

El Grande Americano vs Rey Mysterio

This is the Kaiser version of GA.

They lock up. GA wristlocks him. Rey flips out using the ropes. GA sweeps him. GA rolls out of a wristlock and trips him into a side headlock. GA tries a pin but Rey bridges. Rey sunset flips him. Rey sweeps him then GA sweeps him. They stand off.

GA boots him in the gut. Rey flying snapmares him. Rey spinning headscissors him into the ropes. GA flying kicks him and we go to break.

We return and Rey back body drops him. GA slaps him. Rey back elbows him. Rey moonsaults, gets caught and tornado ddt's him for 2. Rey dropkicks him into the ropes. Bravo trips Rey. Rayo tries to load Grande's mask but Rey 619's them. GA grabs the weapon Rayo had then Grande Americano Original comes out and tries to take it. Reu 619's GA then springboard splashes him to win.

Thoughts: I'm not a big fan of Kaiser being a heel in one promotion and a face in another. It gets too confusing and really hurts what he's doing in both companies. I was surprised Rey won.

Grande Original takes down Grande II after and they wrestle on the mat. 

Asuka does a promo on Iyo. She says she tells Iyo when they are done. Asuka says she's her senpai and all she has done is disappoint her. She says she blamed herself for Iyo's mistakes but she realized Iyo is the problem. She says she's selfish and Iyo is her biggest failure. She says Iyo killed the family they had and nothing will stop her from destroying Iyo. She says will teach her one final lesson at Backlash and the lesson is she not ready for Asuka. 

Oba Femi vs Grayson Waller

Oba lariats GW then throws him in the corner. Oba hits shots in the corner. Oba running euros him and GW goes out. Oba throws him on a backdrop then flying euros him. Oba hits a big sitout powerbomb and wins.

Thoughts: It was all squash here with Oba destroying GW.

Oba talks on the mic after. He says Waller said there is no opportunity around here as the champs are locked in with contenders. He says he created a solution to the problem. He says The Oba Femi Open Challenge will commence. He challenges any man to step up and see how they fare. 

The Judgment Day girls talk in the back. Liv wants to talk to Roxanne about "the thing". Liv says she wants to finish the conversation they had prior to Mania. She says she's sorry about how things went with Finn. She says she watched Finn bring her into Judgment Day. Liv says they are family and Finn put himself before the family. Liv says she will be in her corner tonight and asks if she trusts her. Roxanne says she needs a second.

Finn Balor sneaks in as Liv leaves. Finn says you can't trust Liv or Judgment Day. Rox asks if she can't trust them or Finn? Rox says she's with Judgment Day and tells him to get out before he gets hurt. Finn says good luck and he hopes she knows what she's doing.

Bayley and Lyra Valkyria vs Judgment Day (Roxanne Perez and Raquel Rodriguez)

Bay wristlocks RR. RR knees her in the gut. Bay side headlocks her and RR blocks the takeover. Bay uses the ropes to take her over with the headlock. RR backdrops her. RP comes in. Bay rams her in the corner. Lyra boots RP in the gut. Lyra side headlocks her.

Lyra jumps on RP and hits punches. Lyra slaps her. RP takes a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Lyra spinning heel kicks RP. Bayley elbow drops RP off the buckles. RR lariats Bay on the floor. RR rams Bay head first into the post. We go to break and return.

Lyra comes in and cleans house on the heels. Lyra 2nd rope dropkicks RR. Lyra northern lights suplexes RP then fisherman suplexes her for 2. RR facekicks Bay for 2. Bay belly to belly suplexes RP for 2. Liv distracts Bay. RP shining wizards Bay then hits a code red on her to win.

Thoughts: I didn't like this. The crowd cheered Perez and they knew it would probably happen. It defeated the whole purpose of what Bayley and Lyra are doing and made them look bad.

We get a video on Sol Ruca. 

Roman Reigns comes out. He says they love the tribal chief here. He says his title was made to take away from his shine and it never worked. He says the title doesn't make the man, the man makes the title. He says now you can be proud of the title and respect it. He tells the crowd to acknowledge him.

Jacob Fatu comes out. Roman says he was just going to talk about him. Roman says he hopes he made the right choice - to unite the family and not divide it. Fatu says he didn't need a week or an hour. He says he knows what he wanted when he came out here last week. He says he needs that title. He says Roman didn't grind like him. 

Fatu says he did 12 years of grinding and suffering. He says he was broke while they ran The Bloodline. He says Roman, Jimmy and Jey didn't call him before WWE, but Solo did. He says Solo gave me a chance and put him on. Roman says Fatu is either confused or dumber than he thinks. Roman says Solo couldn't get a cup of coffee delivered to the building. He asks who he thinks runs the place and he says he does. 

Roman says he never forgot about him and signed off on him. He says Fatu doesn't deserve it and hasn't earned it. Roman says it's nepotism to face him. Fatu then gives him the tongan death grip. Fatu headbutts him and mounts him. He says he's gonna take everything from him. Fatu then grabs the title and throws it down at Roman. 

Fatu leaves. Roman gets on the mic. He says he will see him at Backlash.

Thoughts: I don't know how we were supposed to react here or who was supposed to be face or heel. I just hope Roman doesn't go over him, though he will. Roman also just had to bury the title as well, even though he's the one holding it. 

Overall thoughts: This show was a mess. There were 3 different segments (Grande/Rey, Roxanne Perez and Roman/Fatu) where the face/heel alignments got messy and I don't think any of them really accomplished whatever they were supposed to do. Roman also buried the World Heavyweight Title, only this time, he's the one holding it. Becky and Iyo had a good match though and Penta/Rusev was fine. Backlash is 12 days away but the important stuff is set from Raw and it makes sense, so that works. I can't really put this one over though and it just left me confused. I'd give it a 4 out of 10 and wouldn't recommend it. This wasn't good.

WWC Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre 4/26/2026

WWC Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre 4/26/2026

Yesterday's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/wwc-superestrellas-de-la-lucha-libre_25.html

The next show is on Saturday, May 2nd. It has:

WWC Universal Title -  Intelecto Cinco Estrellas vs John Hawking

Ray Gonzalez and El Paparazzi vs Joe Bravo and Lightning

Xavant vs Tony Leyenda

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

WWC TV Title - Amaddeo Sole vs Wilfredo Rivera 

El Payaso Makabro vs El Informante 

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

WWC Jr. Heavyweight Title - El Hostil Jovan (c) vs Bradon The Skater 

El Cafe del Mileno 

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Axel Cruz and Abel Durant are our hosts.

Carlito vs John Morrison

We join this in progress. Carlito hits a dropkick. Carlito slams him. Carlito comes off the top, John pushes the ref then kicks Carlito in the crotch. Carlito's head is banged off the apron.

John knees him in the gut outside and bangs his head off traffic rails. John slides under a rail then then he bangs the rail into Carlito's head. John side chinlocks him in the ring. Carlito hits shots to the gut then John springboard dropkicks him for 2. 

John hits punches and cravates him around the ropes. Carlito pushes John over the top to the floor. John get lariats in the ring. Carlito knee lifts him then running lariats him for 2. John is rolled up for 2. John blocks a backcracker.

John misses a cartwheel dive off the top and Carlito superkicks him for 2. They trade punches on the buckles. Carlito is swept down. John misses starship pain. John pushes the ref into Carlito and Carlito low blows him. Carlito backcrackers him and pins him.

Thoughts: We saw this on 1/24 and it's an old match to begin with. And of course, we didn't get to see the whole match. What we got was fine. The railings here were really crappy and kept failing apart. They didn't hit the finish clean.

Brandon The Skater does a promo. He says he's been waiting for this chance for 5 months to fight Jovan again. He says the last time they fought, Jovan won. He says he's been keeping something that doesn't belong to him for 5 months. He says he wants to show who is the best in PR.

El Hostil Jovan does a promo. He says he will be in front of his people in Humacao. He says he remembers beating him well. He says he remembers all the beating he gave him too. He says Brandon is a different kind of guy in the ring. He says he doesn't want to look like a monkey in front of his hometown fans. He says he's a different person than when they faced off last time. He says he will prove once again that he is still the best.

Los Immortales do a promo. They say they will get a rematch for the tag titles. They say Mike Nice and Oscar Benabe got lucky. They say they will put an end to this war on Saturday because Mike's team isn't worthy of being champs. They say PR will have real champs because it's the truth an it's absolute.

Nic Nemeth vs Alberto el Patron

This is an older match and it's joined in progress. Al hits lariats. Nic fights back with punches. Al backcrackers him. Al puts him in tree of woe and misses a top rope double stomp. Nic 2nd rope diving ddt's him for 2. Al low blows him. Nic sends Al into a chair between the buckles and fameassers him for 2.

Nic goes for a superkick and Al pulls the ref in the way. Al chairs Nic in the head and pulls the ref over for the pin.

Thoughts: We saw this on 1/17. No real thoughts on this. We really only saw the finishing stretch here and what we got was full of shenanigans. 

Amaddeo Sole does a promo. He says He says The Conflict nickname fits Wilfredo Rivera. He says he's a good competitor but says he himself is great like the sun. He says he has another shot at the TV Title and needs to take advantage of it. He tells him to open a new dawn at the show.

Wilfredo Rivera does a promo. He says he's facing Sole again. He says their feud is growing and he's getting used to rubbing it in his face. He says he will show him again why he's the most complete wrestler in the company.

Kamila does a promo. Kamila says she wouldn't want to be Elena Negroni. She says she's a pretty face who gets handed things. Kamila says she works hard and doesn't need others to do her dirty work. She says she works hard to get what she wants. She tells her to come on if she wants a chance at the title again and we will see who is who. 

Intelecto Cinco Estrellas vs Ray Gonzalez

We join this in progress. Ray is down on the floor. Cinco throws Ray in. Cinco bangs Ray's leg off the post. Cinco grabs a kendo stick but Ray ends up hitting him with it. Ray then chokes him with the stick. Ray then rips his mask up. Cinco hits punches and is poked in the eye. Rey low blows him and throws him out. Cinco's head is banged off the post outside.

Cinco grabs a shovel from under the ring. Ray takes it and nails Cinco with it several times. Ray then hits him in the head with it. Cinco fires back outside and hits punches. Ray boots and chops him in the corner. Cinco boots him out of the corner then spears him. Cinco hits mounted shots.

We cut away from the match for promos.

Tony Leyenda does a promo. Tony says he imagines the fans missed him. He says the fans had the best wrestler in their presence when he was there. He says one thing he did well in WWC is take on the little pigeons like Xavant. He says he came to PR to dominate and will keep doing that because he's the best. He says Xavant can give his all but he knows what he's capable of. He says Xavant can't beat him and he says he feels bad for him. He says he's exactly who he says is - handsome, strong and too cool. He says Xavant can live that experience in person and he offers his condolences.

Xavant does a promo. He says the champ has arrived and thanks the fans for coming last night. He says he has to focus on Tony Leyenda now. He says every time a foreigner leaves the place, it's the nation's hero's duty to put him in his place. He says Tony has talked too much trash and doesn't realize he's a pigeon. He says he can't handle him or the PR. Xavant says he will fight and persevere into he triumphs. He says he will put the camel clutch on him and make him surrender like the pigeon he is. 

Joe Bravo does a promo. Joe says it looks like he's wresting on 5/2 as part of his 2026 wrestling schedule. He says he doesn't know where Ray Gonzalez's mind is and says he has signs of mental exhaustion to team with the semi-retired El Paparazzi. He says he's in great condition though. He says he's teaming with Lightning, who was a legendary tag wrestler. He says it sounds like a bad decision on Ray's partner. He says he has to accept his defeat gracefully by being nice.

Ray Gonzalez and El Paparazzi do a promo. Papa says Lightning isn't a stranger to him and says to be prepared. Ray says all that is missing is the ringing of a bell. Ray says let's set things on fire. He says they will checkmate Bravo and Lightning. Papa says Intelecto Cinco Estrellas should be on Cafe del Milenio. Ray says it sounds interesting.

We return to the match. Cinco chokes him on the ropes. Eddie Colon has powder and he gets on the apron. He nails Cinco with it on accident. Ray TKO's Cinco for 2. Ray dropkicks Eddie off the apron. Ray figure fours Cinco around the post and Eddie is sent to the back by security. Ray breaks the hold.

Ray figure fours Cinco inside. Cinco turns it over then Ray turns it back over. Cinco ropebreaks. Cinco looks for a weapon under the ring. Ray pulls him out by the legs. Cinco his a spike. Ray knee drops Cinco's leg and takes the spike. Ray spikes Cinco several times then nails the ref. Cinco mists Ray and cradles him for the win.

Thoughts: What we got wasn't bad here with them using weapons and Ray working the knee. It seemed like this was No DQ, but the ref was still making them break. I didn't get that. We didn't get to see that much of this one though.

Intelecto Cinco Estrellas does a promo. He says John Hawking is a daredevil by asking for a rematch against him. He asks why he can't understand that going up against him is a mistake. He says John will never succeed and will never win the war. He tells him to be careful in face of defeat as it can lead to his early retirement. 

John Hawking does a promo. He says Intelecto 5 Estrellas got away with the title but he will show him what he's made of. He says he will eat him and be crowned Universal champ.

Axel and Abel close the show. They talk about the 53rd Anniversary Show. Abel thinks we will have a new Universal champ next week and Axel doesn't agree.

Overall thoughts: It was the usual underwhelming WWC episode. They showed 2 older matches that were re-shown already this year and have nothing to do with anything while having a bunch of newer and more relevant footage that hasn't been seen. The next show is Saturday, so they are rushing to try and get things set up for that. They did not even tell us the results of last night's matches, yet alone video clips of it. What we got of Ray/Estrellas was okay, but it wasn't much. There's nothing you really need to see here and I'd give this one a 3 out of 10. It wasn't good and little effort was put into this.

WWE Matches from WWE World 2026 4/17/2026 - 4/20/2026

WWE Matches from WWE World 2026 4/17/2026 - 4/20/2026

Note - WWE only aired 3 sets of matches live from WWE World. These are some of the matches that didn't get aired live. There are still matches that haven't been shown yet though. I was surprised we got to see these.

Blake Howard and Robert Stone are on commentary. The commentary is taped though and not live.

4/17/2026 - WWE NXT Title - Tony D'Angelo (c) vs Bravo Americano

BA stalls a bit and dances for the crowd. Tony then does a dance. BA boots him as he dances and side headlocks him. BA forearms and boots him. Tony punches back. Tony lariats him then squats and suplexes him. BA trips Tony then pulls him crotch first into the post.

BA hits mounted corner punches then Tony atomic drops him. Tony corner lariats him. Tony hits mounted corner punches. Tony airplane spins him then BA airplane spins him. BA gets dizzy with him then airplane spins the ref on accident. Tony recovers and spears BA. He then pins him.

Thoughts: It was a short and safe match with them doing some comedy. It was mildly entertaining and that may have been the best they could do with a cold match like this without true faces or heels. 

4/17/2026 - Ivy Nile vs. Kendal Grey

From: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNyq6rdJ2Ek

Ivy rolls her on the lock up then pulls her down. KG does fireman's carry takeovers. They do a double knuckle lock and Ivy pushes her down. Ivy waistlock takedowns her. KG sends her out of the ring when she spins out of the waistlock takedown and she waistlock takedowns the ref. KG is dizzy.

Ivy stalls outside and KG bangs Ivy's head off the apron. KG back elbows her then slindes between her legs. Ivy lariats her down then stomps her. Ivy flying kicks her in the corner then germans her for 2. 

KG's face is banged off the mat. KG rolls her up for 2 and Ivy lariats her for 2. KG rolls her off a side headlock then back elbows her. KG boots her out of the corner. KG hits running back elbows then germans her. KG suplexes her twice. KG 2nd rope ddt's her for 2. 

Ivy clubs her on the buckles. KG gordbusters her off the 2nd rope. KG top rope crossbodies her but Ivy backrolls through. KG cradles her for 2. Ivy misses a flying corner kick. KG kind of flatliners her I guess and pins her.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good. Ivy doesn't have the much personality and isn't super exciting. It was a cold match and I didn't like KG doing a takedown on the ref either. 

4/17/2026 - Sol Ruca vs Izzi Dame

From: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QipKW9gxjjo

Chip Danning is our ref. Izzi looks for cheers from the crowd then Sol does the same. Sol tries to get the crowd to do the wave. 

Izzi boots her in the gut and throws her out. Sol gets back in and is thrown out again. Izzi surfs on Sol's back inside and does suck it taunt's. Sol gets a 2 count on her an is booted. Sol is thrown out again. Sol tries to get in and Izzi is waiting to intercept her.

Izzi misses an elbow drop on her. Sol standing moonsaults her. Sol surf's on Izzi's back. Sol slingshot facebusters her. Izzi is thrown out and Sol does the "suck it" taunt. Izzi gets back in and is hit with a sol snatcher. Sol pins her.

Thoughts: It was a lazy and stupid match here with them goofing around the whole time and Izzi getting pinned with only a couple of matches.  

4/18/2026 - Axiom vs Grayson Waller

From: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2WPR6Jw9rU

Ax has Nathan Frazer with him. GW stalls outside to start then goes after Ax when he turns around. Ax rolls him up for 2 counts. Ax flying headscissors him out. Ax stomps GW's hand then armdrags him off the ropes. Ax dropkicks him and chinlocks him. 

Ax goes for a springboard and GW kicks the ropes. GW yanks on the leg. Ax basement dropkicks him. GW dropkicks him in the knee. Ax's head is banged off the buckles. Ax is put in tree of woe and kicked. GW teases a coast to coast dropkick then just stands on his crotch. 

GW knees Ax in the face. GW misses a 2nd rope elbow drop. They trade shots. Ax half-nelson suplexes him. Ax PK's him for 2. Ax misses a move off the buckles. GW goes for a move and Ax hurricanrana's him. Ax low flying knees him. Ax goes for a tope and is hit with a forearm. GW rolls in and hits a stunner. GW then pins him.

Thoughts: It was a short but acceptable battle here. It wasn't anyone's best work or anything but they kept it moving and didn't botch.

4/20/2026 - AAA Mixed Tag Titles - Lola Vice and Mr. Iguana (c) vs Thea Hail and Shiloh Hill

From: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuNoQEJaQ78

Thea Hail brings her own toy to battle La Yesca and it's a toy cheetah. They compete for cheers with the toys. They then try to do tricks with the toys. 

The girls go at it. Thea side headlocks her then Lola side headocks her back. Lola shoulders her over and dances. Lola armbars her then Thea goes for the kimura. Thea rolls her up for 2.  They trade more pin attempts. 

Hill and Iguana got in. Ig goofs around on the mat and Hill misses a stomp. Hill grabs a leg and Ig enzugiri's him. Ig top rope crossbodies him for 2. Hill slams him down. Thea gives Hill the toy cheetah and he hits Ig with it for 2. 

Hill hits a corner spear. Thea headscissors Hill into a corner spear on Ig. Thea superkicks Lola then single arm ddt's her. Thea armlocks Lola. Thea knees her in the gut. Lola back elbows her.

Lola boots Thea away and the boys tag in. Ig flying headscissors Hill. Hill is sent into the buckles. Ig step up enzugiri's him. Ig backrolls and catches hill with a spinning ddt while on Hill's shoulder. Lola hits spin kicks on Thea then backdrops her for 2. 

Ig pulls Hill over the top. Thea takes La Yesca from Ig and throws it outside. Hill and Ig both grab their toys and rub them together. The ref then topes both of them for some reason. Lola hits a kick flurry on Thea. Hill blocks Lola then Ig superkicks Hill. Lola and Iguana dosey-do and hit stereo hip attacks and stink faces. Iguana gets Hill's teeth stuck in his butt. Iguana then puts the tooth in the Yesca's mouth.

Iguana hits Hill with La Yesca. He then shoves La Yesca in Thea's face. Lola then rolls up Thea and gets the pin.

Thoughts: They blamed AAA rules for this but it was easily one of the least serious matches in WWE in years. It was all screwing around here and the ref hitting a tope on the wrestlers is definitely not something we have seen here. This was not a WWE style match and I hope we don't see anything like this again. 

Overall thoughts: These were all put up separately on Youtube, but I put them together for this post. Therefore, I won't be rating the show as whole. Axiom/Waller wasn't bad and was the best match of the night. Izzi/Sol was a short and lazy match. The main was indy level comedy and not something I ever want to see in WWE again. I didn't like Ivy/Kendal and Tony/Bravo was short and mildly entertaining. There was nothing you really needed to see here but it was cool to see some matches we might not have seen otherwise.

WWE LFG 4/26/2025 Season 3, Episode 1

WWE LFG 4/26/2025 Season 3, Episode 1

Note - Multiple people on this show were cut this week before this show aired including Chris Island,  Trill London, Sirena Linton and Carlee Bright.

Note 2 - This is LFG. They do a lot of worked shoots here. They show us what they want us to see and the matches are often clipped up. Always take most of the things you see and hear on this show with a grain of salt.

We are at the Performance Center. Shawn Michaels thanks Booker T and Bubba Ray for coming back to LFG. He says we need to go back to basics. He says Undertaker is running AAA. He says he needs their athletes ready for NXT. He says he wants to stop doing points and teams, but still wants legends and superstars coming in to help. He says the wrestlers could get called up at any time and he doesn't know when Taker will ask for someone for AAA. Shawn says the wrestlers need to be ready as quickly as possible.

We go to Matt Bloom/A-Train's office. He's the Head Coach and VP of Talent Development. He talks about his career and says he's having a better time outside of the ring.

Kevin Owens is driving to the Performance Center. He says he wants to help the next gen and doesn't know what else to do since he's been doing this for 25 years. 

Natalya says the PC is a machine. 

Elijah Holyfield says he's back after a torn bicep.

Harlem Lewis says he's been here for 2 years. He says he has the IT Factor.

Bloom talks to Owens, Nat, Booker and Bubba. Bloom says the talent need more time to tune thigns up. He says it'll be Nikkita Lyons vs Kali Armstrong. Bloom says Lyons had a severe knee injury and that set her back. Bubba says Lyons is in great shape. Bloom says Kali raised the bar for women coming in. He says she can do anything athletically and Booker will love her.

Bloom says Drake is in a sink or swim situation. Bubba says he's a great dude and a needs to bring the two worlds together. Bloom says Keanu Carver is unique and Owens will be a good coach for him. Bloom says Kendal Grey has the highest potential and Natalya will be with her. Bloom says PJ Vasa needs to get comfortable putting her will on others and is timid in training. Bloom wonders if KG can handle the pressure.

Lyons introduces herself. She says everything in her right knee tore. She says rehab took 10 months and we see clips of her at the hospital. Lyons tells Bubba she's not scared and is confident in her knees. Bubba tells her to find what works for her. Lyons wants a secret handshake. 

Kali Armstrong talks. She talks about doing track and field. She says she has it all and is here to prove herself. Booker talks to her. Kali says she feels good. Booker says her playbook isn't for her, it's for others. 

Bubba tells Lyons to let it fly.

Nikkita Lyons vs Kali Armstrong

This is in front of a crowd and its in the room they use for Evolve. They each miss shots to start and NL punches her in the gut. Kali shoulderblocks her and dropkicks her. NL split leg drops her and hits mounted forearms. 

NL hits shots to the gut and foot chokes her. Kali hits punches. Kali goes upside down in the corner and is superkicked down. NL reverse bronco busters her then chest kicks her down. They trade shots. NL spin kicks her in the gut. Kali walks up the buckles and twisting crossbodies her. Kali powerslams her for 2. 

NL germans her then tiger drivers her for 2. NL hits mounted corner punches. Kali powerbombs her. NL spin kicks her in the face. Kali powerslams her. Kali hits a running shoulderblock and pins her.

Thoughts: What we got was fine. Kali hit some nice shots to the gut, her finisher looked good and we saw her do a rare top rope move. Lyons did a lot of her usual stuff.   

Booker T puts over Kali and said it was the beginning of her thinking for herself. Bubba puts over Lyons and said they had good strikes (I agree). Bubba says the selling could have been better. Bubba says she needs to say in the background when the spotlight isn't on her. Lyons says the match went well.

Bubba tells Keanu to throw a good punch at Drake. Booker agrees. Booker argues with Keanu and says he won't make it. Keanu says no one has a better punch. We saw most of this interaction already on NXT a while back.

Keanu says he played football at Temple and quit after getting into a fight with a coach. He says he drove for Uber Eats. He says he hit up the WWE Recruit page and ended up here.

Drake talks to Bubba. Bubba says Keanu is getting off on the wrong foot.

Keanu tells Kevin Owens about getting into a fight with his coach. Owens says he has to figure out whether it's more important to speak his mind or the job. He says if he speaks up too much, it could cost him the job. 

Bubba tells Drake that the eyes are on him. Drake says he's been at the PC for 3 years and says he's one of the more experienced wrestlers who isn't on TV. Bloom says he's one of the lower hanging fruits on the tree and his time is running out. Drake says he knows his contract is expiring soon and he doesn't have time to figure this out.

Drake Morreaux vs Keanu Carver

This is in the Evolve arena. Bubba says Drake knows this is make or break. I think Drake gives Hank Walker a necklace and I think Tank Ledger is there with him. 

They lock up and let go. DM shoulders him over then side headlock takeovers him. DM running back elbows him then slams him. Bubba gets upset. DM misses a bottom rope splash. KC hits DM in the gut then drops him gut first on the top rope. KC stomps on DM then pulls him throat first into the bottom rope.

KC pounces him for 2. KC hits corner spears. DM hits shots. KC hits punches and bullies him in the corner with punches. Booker doesn't like KC's punches. KC suplexes DM for 2. KC face shoves DM. DM fires up and hits some shots. DM running facekicks KC  then slams him.

DM spinning lariats him. DM hits a 2nd spinning lariat and pins him.

Thoughts: They show us what they want us to see, but I agreed with what the coaches were saying. Drake did fine and showed some spirit. KC was the bully here as usual. 

Owens asks Keanu what happened on the slam. Owen says both guys looked like they were going too easy. He says Keanu is scary looking and the shots gotta follow that up. Owens says he was curious as to how he received the feedback.

Bubba tells Drake they worked too light and says they gotta bring it. Bubba tells him to lay it in and let it go. Drake says he's happy but p!ssed to be back.

Kendal Grey talks and tells her life story. Natalya says they need to make the audience care about her because she's new. Nat says KG is someone to watch out for. She says PJ Vasa needs to be physically mean and rude.

PJ Vasa talks. She says she wanted a "P" name (she says Paradise was available but it didn't fit) and says Vasa means ocean. Booker says PJ has a lot of pressure on her as this isn't the first time we saw her. 

Bloom says we have a generational talent in Grey, who could be called up at any moment. 

Kendal Grey vs PJ Vasa

This is in the NXT arena. We see Jeremy Borash and Vic Joseph covering this. Booker says KG is a little different.

They lock up and KG slides out. PJ slams her. PJ throws her in the corner then misses a corner charge. KG hits punches. KG goes up and over then between the legs. PJ samoan drops her. PJ rams KG's back into the apron edge. 

PJ hits a hard corner splash then a corner spear. PJ side slams her for 2. PJ misses a corner charge and goes into the post shoulder first. KG hits punches. KG hits running back elbows. KG germans her. KG superkicks her twice. KG is caught off the buckles and KG casadora flatliners her for the win.

Thoughts: It was short. We only had a few minutes left so it had to be. What we got looked good. Kendal was explosive and PJ absolutely crushed her on a splash.

Shawn Michaels tells Bloom he wants to throw her in the deep end and see how she does. Shawn says KG is as ready as she will be and they will bring her up to NXT right away. KG says she was speechless. Shawn says this is her launching point and it's all her. Shawn tells her to keep doing what she's doing. KG says she's taking it day by day. KG says this is just the start for her. Nat hugs her.

PJ says the match went great. Booker says they executed perfectly. PJ says KG belongs on the NXT roster and she's glad to push her up. 

We get some clips of future episodes. We then seemingly see Shawn tell Drake Morreaux his time at the Performance Center is going to be over (The show was taped in January and he's still around)

Overall thoughts: We have a new season and a new format here. I'm not fully sure what to make of it. My ideal version of this show is them showing us how they put the match together, doing the match and then show us what the coaches thought about the match. It seems like we will still get some of the worked-shoot aspects which were my least favorite part of the show. If you didn't look online, you wouldn't know who all would be on this episode because they didn't show everyone here. I'm sure we will meet 6 more people next week though. The show is still not really must see TV. The matches can't be anything too great because there's no story behind them and because they can't do angles to really build the match up. And at the end of the day, there's only just so much you can get out of seeing 5 minute random matches. I wouldn't really recommend this episode and I think the show is still pretty similar to what we saw the last 2 seasons.

AAA on Fox 4/25/2026

AAA on Fox 4/25/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/aaa-on-fox-4182026.html

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

We see various wrestlers arrive and walk in.

La Parka & Rey Fenix vs. Money Machine (Colmillo De Plata & Garra De Oro)

Rey's tip is hit from behind. Oro and Plata are sent out. Parka and Rey hit stereo topes. Parka top rope frogsplashes Plata for 2. Oro tries to pay the ref off with fake money. Plata and Parka trade shots. 

Parka side headlocks him. Parka runs into a kick. Parka blocks a double suplex and hits his own. Rey tags in and takes a double superkick for 2. Oro hits mounted shots on Rey. Rey takes a double team in the corner. Rey spin kicks and enzugiri's Plata.

Rey goes for the tag and Oro pulls Parka off the apron. Plata tilt-a-whirl backbreakers Rey then Oro top rope crossbodies Rey for 2. Plata hits downward elbows on Rey. Rey jawbreakers him then Plata lariats him. Rey superkicks Oro out of the corner. Rey springboard spin kicks Plata in the corner.

Parka tags in and hits lariats on the heels. Parka flapjacks Oro then tilt-a-whirl backbreakers Plata. Parka pop-up sitout powerbombs Oro for 2. Parka is sent out. Plata corner euros Rey then topes Parka. Oro backdrops Rey. 

Oro goes for a tope and is kicked. Plata misses a top rope swanton. Rey superkicks Plata. Parka tries to top rope dropkicks Oro but mostly misses. Plata is back body dropped out. Oro boots Rey out of the corner. Parka walks up the buckles and topes Plata over Oro up top. Rey rolls into a shotei uppercut on Oro. Rey mexican muscle busters Oro and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a fun match here with the faces flying and the heels doing the job. It ended at about the right time and they kept it moving. This was a good choice for an opener. 

They show us clips of Texano Jr. and El Mesias in 2011 match where Texano became AAA Mega champ. They say they will revive their rivalry tonight.

We see clips of La Catalina at Wrestlemania. She meets John Cena and is thrilled. We then see her at a photoshoot. We see her meet Dominik Mysterio. Dom says it's his company and he's champ. Cat says she will be Reina de Reinas champ someday. We see clips of her prior run in WWE. She says the girl we saw before doesn't compare. She says she will triumph and be the princess for little girls.

El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. vs Laredo Kid

Doc is the current Latin American champ and Kid is the Cruiserweight champ. Doc misses a charge and takes a corner lariat. Kid slaps him. Doc hits a corner lariat then chops him in the corner. Kid misses a corner charge and is sent out. Kid superkicks Doc outside. Kid swantons Doc off the post outside. 

Kid hits a top rope splash on Doc for 2. Kid stomps Doc. They each hit some shots. Kid superkicks him in the lower back. Kid bottom rope corkscrew moonsaults him. Kid then misses a tornillo off the 2nd rope. Doc pump kicks him and headbutts him. Doc death valley drivers him for 2. Kid neckbreakers Doc.

They go out. Kid spin kicks Doc in the gut. Kid 450 splashes him off the apron to the floor. Kid misses a corner splash. Doc pump kicks him on the apron then body slams him from the apron to the floor. Doc of course only gets a 2 count off of it.

Doc triple jump moonsaults Kid for 2. Doc michinoku drivers Kid and pins him.

Thoughts: I wasn't a big fan of this. They didn't click that great and there wasn't a clear face or heel. That slam from the apron to the floor also should have put Kid down but he was kicking out of stuff right after. They continue to push Doc as a big deal but he doesn't come across as anything too special. 

Doc hangs Kid his title after. They stare down with their titles and shake hands.

We get clips of a 2016 Texano Jr. vs Mesias match.

Rey Fenix talks to Laredo Kid in the back. He says it was a bad night an e's better than this. Kid says Rey is jealous that he doesn't have a title like his brother. Kid then leaves and Rey throws his towel down.

Marisela Pena talks. She says after a few weeks of reflection, AAA will have a General Manager. She says she will be looking for the best candidate. She says the new GM will be named on 5/23. She says nothing will be the same once we get a new GM.

El Mesias & Mecha Wolf vs. El Grande Americano & El Texano Jr.

Mesias has Dr. Doom entrance gear on. 

Wolf hits GA from behind then stomps and pounds on him. Wolf chops him then GA leg lariats him. GA armdrags him into a hammerlock. GA headstands while doing it. GA armlocks him. Texano comes in and kicks Wolf. 

Mesias tags in. He shoves Texano and they trade shots. Mesias sunset flips him but Texano sliding lariats him. GA and Texano tease dives but backroll away. Texano takes his rope away from Mesias. Mesias and Wolf then nail the faces. Texano is stomped on then hit with a hart attack for 2. 

Texano takes a double shot on the ropes and Mesias gets a 2 count on him. Mesias chinlocks Texano. Mesias pulls him down by the hair. Texano tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him then they double clothesline each other down. GA tags in and drops Wolf a few times. GA back body drops Wolf. GA short arm lariats him then 2nd rope flying lariats him for 2. 

Texano hits Mesias. Mesias powerslams him. GA step up enzugiri's Mesias then rolling death valey drivers Wolf. Mesias spears GA then Texano leg lariat Mesias. They fight outside and Wolf topes Texano. GA overshoots a tope on Mesias.

Texano spears Mesias into a rail. GA hits Wolf and mist spits out of Wolf's mouth. GA flying headbutts Wolf and submits him with la cavernaria.

Thoughts: It was an alright tag match. They pushed that Mesias and Texano had issues and they expanded on it some here. It wasn't anything too wild but there was nothing wrong with this. I was surprised the other Grande Americano didn't get involved. 

The crowd chants for Texano Jr. after. El Grande Americano Original then jumps Texano from behind. He sends him into the post shoulder first then ankle locks him on the buckles. El Grande Americano (Kaiser) then comes back out and Grande Original backs off.

Overall thoughts: It was an easy show to watch as usual. It does feel like someone else is booking it though. The last two weeks have been kind of weak storyline wise and just mostly wrestling only. We haven't seen much of El Ojo, Dom or Mini Vikingo lately and I'd like to know why. I would give this a 6 out of 10 and I thought it was good.

Stardom 4/26/2026 All Star Grand Queendom 2026

Stardom 4/26/2026 All Star Grand Queendom 2026

Hiroshi Tanahashi and Razor Ramon HG are on commentary here along with some others.

Pre-show:

Aya Sakura vs. Kikyo Furusawa

Aya takes her down and they try pin attempts. Aya side headlocks her then running dropkicks her. Aya slams her then camel clutches her. Aya tries a triangle.

They trade forearms. KF flurries her then Aya flurries her back. Aya hits kicks whil she's down. KF ankle locks her. KF hits a running dropkick after a ropebreak then dropkicks her leg against the ropes. KF running dropkicks her then Aya chest kicks her down. KF slams her for 2. KF ankle locks her again and Aya rolls her into a reverse triangle. KF tries another ankle lock and Aya ropebreaks.

Aya overhead suplexes her for 2. Aya top rope diving knee presses her for 2. KF dropkicks her in the knee then ankle locks her again. KF grounds her with it and Aya ropebreaks.

KF forearms her then Aya does another triangle. KF ropebreaks. KF rolls her into another ankle lock. Aya enzugiri's her. Aya superkicks her for 2. Aya germans her and wins.

Thoughts: It's odd that Aya is on the pre-show while her partner is in the main. KF spammed ankle locks here and Aya fought them off and eventually picked up the pin. It made sense and was fine. They had lighting issues during this.

Kiyoka Kotatsu & Matoi Hamabe vs. Akira Kurogane & Anne Kanaya

KK and Akira go at it. Akira tries a pin and they stand off. Akira hits chest forearms then KK chest kicks her down. Akira takes a double basement dropkick for 2. Akira back elbows Matoi in the corner. Matoi slams her. Akira low dropkicks her then slams her. 

Anne comes in and dropkicks Matoi. KK flying kicks Anne and throws her over. Matoi flipping sentons Anne for 2. Matoi stomps on Anne. Akira dropkicks Matoi then Anne bulldogs Matoi. Anne slams Matoi then crabs her. KK breaks it up.

KK chest kicks both opponents down. Anne hits chest forearms on Matoi. Anne rolls her up for 2. Anne cradles Matoi for 2 three times. Matoi shoulder throws Anne then armbars her. Anne submits.

Thoughts: It was a short one but it worked. All the girls had a decent showing and they had some very different personalities to work with here. Anne and Akira continue to look like they will be strong talents in the future.

Matoi offers a handshake then gets hit by both opponents.  

Yuna Mizumori vs. Xena vs. Momo Kohgo vs. Tomoka Inaba vs. Lady C vs. Tabata

Yuna runs down the ramp and falls. Yuna gets on the mic before it starts and greets everyone. She talks about high speed but C nails her. Everyone hits corner attacks on Yuna then C. Xena and Momo rolls their opponents and Tab spinning headscissors Momo. Everyone starts trying pin attempts then everyone stands off.

Tab takes a punch to the gut then a facekick. C knee drops Tab. Inaba rolls up C. C giant swings her. Tab euros and basement dropkicks C in the corner. Inaba and Tab are grabbed on the ropes then Yuna hits both of them. Yuna legdrops Tab for 2. Momo hits them with a springboard double dropkick then 619's both.

Xena superkicks Momo in the face then backdrops her for 2. Inaba legsweeps Xena then running knees her. Xena does a fisherman's suplex variation on Inaba for 2. C facekicks Xena. Inaba pump kicks Xena. Xena is chest kicked down. 

3 girls run around and hit corner attacks on the others. C flying neckbreakers Xena then her and Inaba get 2 counts. Tab la magistral's Yuna for 2. Momo seatbelt's Yuna for 2. 

Yuna and Xena lariat each other. Yuna goes for a pin and Xena rolls her up for 2. Yuna lariats Xena. Xena headscissors her from the mat. Xena then bridge pins her and wins.

Thoughts: It was a high speed battle as suggested by Yuna. Everyone worked pretty fast here and it got hard to follow at times. It was entertaining though.

Xena holds up a title after and Yuna grabs it.

Main show: 

Natsupoi vs. Maki Itoh

They side headlock each other. Itoh takes her over and sweeps her. Itoh throws her back and takes a basement dropkick. Itoh running facekicks her. Poi's head is banged off the buckles. Itoh hits mounted corner punches. 

Itoh does something like a stretch muffler and Poi ropebreaks. Poi cartwheels and dropkicks her. Poi basement dropkicks her through the ropes. Poi goes to dive on her and Ito holds up some kind of poster. Poi looks scared and stops. Poi hits Itoh with the post on the apron. Poi top rope plancha's Itoh outside.

Itoh tornado ddt's her on the floor. They go back in. Poi and Itoh slap each other. Poi hits a big flurry of slaps. Itoh headbutts her. Poi spin kicks her in the face and both go down. Itoh fires up and back splashes her. Itoh tornado ddt's her then running double stomps her for 2. 

Itoh misses a top rope headbutt drop. Poi goes for the pin and Itoh reverses it for 2. Poi rolls her up for 2. Poi superkicks her then germans her. Poi superkicks her and spinning high kicks her for 2. Poi top rope cartwheel splashes her. Itoh gives her the finger and Poi superkicks her. Itoh then does a clutch on her and pins her.

Thoughts: I was surprised to see Itoh win. That means Stardom definitely believes in her and thinks she can be more then comedic relief. I thought the finish and the finishing stretch was a bit sudden for the pace they had. I expected another 5-10 minutes easy. This didn't get enough time to really play out and was just acceptable only.

Poi is shocked after. Itoh talks on the mic after and celebrates. Poi makes some amusing faces and is pouting. Poi then gives her the finger.

Gauntlet Tag Team Match

Leg 1 - Rian & Waka Tsukiyama vs Neo Genesis (Mei Seira & Starlight Kid)

Ri's team offers handshakes and then get hit off of it. Mei dropkicks Ri for 2. Ri crossbodies Mei then flips off a backslide for a 2 count on her. Ri and Mei try pin attempts. Kid 619's Ri then Mei rolls up Ri and pins her.

Leg 2 - Neo Genesis (Mei Seira & Starlight Kid) vs HATE (Azusa Inaba & Rina)

HATE attacks before the bell. Kid's head is banged off the buckles. Rina hair throws Kid then spits at the ref. Kid boots Rina in the gut then Rina hip throws her. Rina facekicks Kid on the 2nd rope for 2. 

AI comes in. She flips out of a snapmare then twisting neckbreakers Kid for 2. AI takes corner attacks. Kid takes corner attacks. Kid then takes a pumpkick into an octopus hold bomb for 2. Mei dropkicks AI. AI bodyscissors takedown's Kid. AI rolls Kid up, Kid reverses it and pins her.

Leg 3 - Neo Genesis (Mei Seira & Starlight Kid) vs God's Eye (Ami Sourei & Hina)

Hina and Ami hit corner splashes on their opponents. Ami double torture racks both opponents. Mei and Kid do stereo flying headscissors then stereo standing moonsaults for 2 counts. Ami suplexes Kid. Hinda dropkicks Kid  then slams her. Hina takes corner attacks. Hina takes a double corner basement dropkick. Mei 2nd rope dropkicks Hina. 

Hina and Mei trade chest forearms. Mei takes a hip throw from Hina then Ami sliding lariats Mei. Mei takes a uranage from Hina for 2.  Mei superkicks her then Hina rolls her up for 2. Ami hits a double lariat. Mei takes a neckbreaker + backdrop combo. Hina top rope splashes Mei and pins her.

Leg 4 - God's Eye (Ami Sourei & Hina) vs STARS (Bea Priestley & Saya Iida)

BP and Saya attack before the bell. BP forearms and euros Ami. Ami lariats her on the ropes. BP and Ami double clothesline each other. Saya takes a hip throw from Hina. Hina low dropkicks her for 2. Saya hits chops on Hina.

Hina hits chest forearms on Saya. Ami takes a backdrop + neckbreaker. Ami backdrops Saya. Hina misses a top rope splash. Hina gets a 2 count on Saya. Hina half-nelson, wrist-clutch suplexes Saya. Saya flying lariats Hina and pins her. 

Leg 5 - STARS (Bea Priestley & Saya Iida) vs FWC (Hazuki & Koguma) 

FWC attack before the bell. Saya is tripped into a senton and splash. Saya takes a double basement dropkick. Saya shoulders Kog over. BP spin kicks Kog hard in the gut. Kog wants to do her kuma taunt then rolls her up when BP goes for it. Haz top rope dropkicks BP. BP superkicks Haz. Saya euros and elbow drops Haz for 2.

Saya flying double chops Haz. Saya and BP run into each other and take a double facebuster. BP superkicks Saya on accident then Haz pins Saya. FWC win the gauntlet.

Thoughts: It was your usual gauntlet. It was a midcard match with 5 teams involved so we didn't really get anyone's best work here. I would say I liked the first leg best.

Future Of Stardom Title Match - Ranna Yagami (c) vs. Ema Maishima

Ema dropkicks her before the bell and hits forearms. Ema running dropkicks her. Ran slams her. Ran takes her down by the arm. Ran kicks her in the back then PK's her for 2. Ema hits chest forearms and Ran leg kicks her. 

Ran takes her down. Ema running dropkicks her then slams her. Ema crabs her. Ema flying pumping knees her for 2. Ema springboard crossbodies her. Ema hits mounted forearms and Ran leg lariats her for 2. Ema rolls her up for 2. Ema totally botches a slingblade on her for 2. Ran hits a high kick for 2. Ran ties up her arms and hooks them with her leg then pulls on Ema's leg. Ran submits her.

Thoughts: It was short but alright. Ema showed some spirit here and Ran did her usual kicks.

Fuwa-chan vs. Saori Anou

SA kicks a handshake away. Fuwa germans her then SA step up enzugiri's her. SA 2nd rope dropkicks her for 2. Fuwa hits chest forearms. SA fires back. Fuwa running dropkicks her. SA axe kicks her back. SA running facekicks her through the ropes. 

SA suplexes her. SA then straightjacket chokes her. SA facekicks her and Fuwa tries to fight back with forearms. SA fisherman suplexes her for 2. SA is thrown off the buckles. They fight on the buckles and SA is knocked off. Fuwa top rope dropkicks her.

Fuwa does an octopus and SA ropebreaks. Fuwa misses a top rope crossbody. SA ties her leg up and goes for the armbar. SA then adds a choke with her leg on top of it. SA wheelbarrow germans her then hits a regular german. SA ties up her arms and hits a hard knee to the face for 2. SA goes on the buckles and is kicked down. Fuwa then top rope plancha's her outside.

Fuwa top rope dropkicks her inside. Fuwa does a double leg lock. SA ropebreaks. SA slaps her a few times. Fuwa then headbutts her down. Fuwa suplexes her. Fuwa shining wizards her for 2. Fuwa top rope moonsaults SA for 2. SA hits a release german then Fuwa la magistral's her and pins her with 4 count.

Thoughts: Yes, Fuwa definitely won with a 4 count here. I don't know if the ref didn't realize he smacked the mat or if he did it again because the ref didn't let go, but it was a totally a 4 count. I've been really impressed by Fuwa so far and do not think her winning was a mistake at all. She sells, she looks good and she's famous in Japan. She's basically the joshi Logan Paul in many ways and had she not done 2 matches prior to being a full-time girl, she'd be my pick for rookie of the year. I thought it was a good match with Fuwa being the underdog and pulling off the upset.

Anou stares at her after and they shake hands. Anou then eye rakes her. 

They have a retirement ceremony for Saki Kashima where they put a royal robe on her and wheel her to the ring in a dolly. Saki then talked on the mic. Someone did a farewell video for her and Tomohiro Ishii came out and gave her flowers (and his glasses). They did a fast count 10 bell salute for her and shot off confetti. She then waved to everyone, interacted with the Stardom president and left. They also showed a message from her on the screen.

Thoughts: It wasn't the usual retirement ceremony, but if that's how she wanted it done, good for her. Saki's been a comedy wrestler for so long that I can hardly remember when she wasn't. 

Drunkers Crash Hardcore Tag Team Match - High Hai Mate (HANAKO & Maika) vs. Mi Vida Loca (Rina Yamashita & Suzu Suzuki)

All of them drink beer pretmatch then hit each other with the beer. Beer sprays everywhere. Suzu hits forearms on Maika then they duel chairs. Suzu dropkicks a chair into her. They shoulder battle.

Hana swings a boutquet of flowers at Rina. Rina ducks the shots and the flowers all fly out. Rina then hits her with what's left of it. Rina breaks an aluminum can in half and stabs Hana in the head with it which makes her bleed immediately. Suzu then does the same to Maika and Maika gets busted open too.

Suzu staples a flower to Hana's and Maika's heads. Suzu rubs her fist in Hana's cut and punches it. Suzu running knees her in the corner. Rina chairs Hana. Rina then sits on a chair over Hana. 

Hana's head is banged off a ladder. Rina bites the cut. Rina goes into the ladder off a missed charge. Hana swings a ladder at both opponents. She then dropkicks it into them. 

Maika hits Rina with a giant Japanese fan. Rina shining wizards her. Suzu dropkicks Rina and Maika onto a ladder while Rina goes for the russian legsweep on Maika. Suzu powerslams Rina on a ladder. Rina suplexes Maika on a ladder. 

Suzu top rope dropkicks a chair into Maika. Suzu sliding germans Maika. A table is set up outside. Suzu climbs a ladder in the ring. Maika climbs it with her and they fight on top of it. Maika superplexes Suzu off the ladder inside. Hana comes in and facekicks Suzu. Hana slams her on a chair then splashes her on the chair for 2. Hana hits forearms on Suzu. Suzu then hits a hard chair shot on Hana to the face. Hana has a ladder put on her back and the ladder is chaired into her. Suzu drops Hana with a forearm and Hana suplexes her. Hana slams Rina.

Rina staple guns both opponents. Maika hits both opponents with a giant Japanese fan. Suzu is on the 2nd rope outside and Hana powerbombs her through 2 tables. Suzu seems to crack her head hard off the 2nd table. Of course, Suzu still manages to kick out at 2. Suzu takes a double torture rack drop onto a stack of chairs.

Suzu release germans Hana on the chairs. A wooden bucket is put on Hana's head and she takes a double chairshot. Maika lariats Rina. Rina hits deadeye on her. Suzu chairs Hana's head. Rina top rope splashes Hana. Suzu tequila shot's Hana. Suzu germans Hana for 2.  Suzu germans Hana onto chairs and pins her.

Thoughts: It was a dumb but alright match. Maika and Hana got cut up for no real reason other than to prove they are hardcore and can do deathmatch stuff. Maika's had hundreds of matches and never needed to do this yet did here for some reason. Funny enough, neither Rina or Suzu got busted open. Suzu took the worst bump of the night though as she went through side by side tables and smacked her head off the 2nd one. There's a time for blood in wrestling but not the way they did it here. This was mostly all hardcore wrestling and everyone took their fair share of punishment in this. 

IWGP Women's Title Match - Syuri (c) vs. Megan Bayne

Meg backs Syuri up on the ropes then waistlock takedowns her. Syu dropkicks her then Meg shoulders her over. Syu codebreakers her while on the 2nd rope. Meg samoan drops her. Meg hits corner spears and knees to the gut. 

Meg chops her and supelxes her for 2. Meg forearms her down then boots her head over the 2nd rope. Meg running corer facekicks her then backdrops her. Meg hits bolo punches in the corner. Syu boots her out of the corner and flying headscissors her. Syu casadora bulldogs her for 2. 

Syu hits chest kicks then PK's her for 2. Syu triangles her but Meg powers out. Meg forearms her down twice. Syu knees her in the gut then Meg claymore kicks her. Syu trips her into the ropes and kicks her from behind. Syu sliding knees her through the ropes. Meg backdrops her. Meg then throws her over the top onto other girls outside. 

Meg chops her outside. Syu tornado ddt's her on the floor outside. Syu then top rope diving guillotine legdrops her inside for 2. Syu hits chest kicks and codebreakers her. Syu pumping knees her then does a christo.

Meg hits short arm lariats then falcon arrows her for 2. Syu ddt's Meg off an F-5 attempt. Syu buzzsaw kicks her for 2. Syu armbars her. Syu bridging ddt's her. Syu electric chair drivers her for 2.

Meg spinning sitout powerbombs her. Meg then F-5's her for 2. Syu sunset bombs her for 2. Meg lariats her. Syu hurricanrana's her for 2. Syu running knees her for 1. Meg flying lariats her. Syu high kicks her. Syu rebound germans her. Syu spinning ddt's her for 2. Meg release germans her. 

Syu 2nd rope release germans her. Syu buzzsaw kicks her for 2. Syu armbars her then headscissors her as well. Meg submits and Syu wins.

Thoughts: Meg didn't play much to her size here at all. Syuri was pretty even with her throughout the whole match and that's not how I would have done it. The action was fine but the logic wasn't as good as it could have been. They thankfully ended it soon after the 2nd rope german without Meg having to kick out of something. I thought it was just okay.

Goddesses Of Stardom Title Match - Neo Genesis (AZM & Miyu Amasaki) vs. HATE (Natsuko Tora & Ruaka)

All 4 trade forearms to start. They all then go outside to fight. Miyu is sent into the rails. Tora slams AZM on the stage then she gets on Ruaka's back for a double splash on AZM. Tora suplexes AZM in the ring and splashes her for 2.

Ruaka shoulders AZM over for 2. AZM's head is banged off the buckles. Tora stands on her back. AZM hits forearms and Tora eye rakes her. AZM suplexes her. Miyu comes in and dropkicks Tora from behind. She does a scholar collar and it gets broken up. Miyu ddt's Ruaka off of Tora for 2. 

Tora crossbodies Miyu. Ruaka sentons Miyu for 2. Ruaka takes a double team kick in the corner then a double tam basement dropkick in the corner. AZM top rope dropkicks Ruaka then armbars her. Ruaka ropebreaks.

AZM takes a sandwich lariat and a double superkick to the head. Tora cradle shocks AZM. AZM goes up top and superplexes Ruaka down. Tora drops Miyu on them to break the pin attempt up. 

Ruaka and AZM trade forearms. Ruaka hits a forearm flurry then AZM forearm flurries her. AZM corkscrew kicks her in the face. Ruaka lariats AZM down. AZM high kicks Ruaka then Ruaka corner lariats her. AZM goes for a pin attempt but Ruaka rolls her and germans her.

Miyu and Tora get in. Miyu dropicks her and is body blocked. Tora samoan drops her for 2. Tora corner lariats her then Miyu running back elbows her. Tora slams her then sentons her. Tora half crabs her.

Tora is pulled to the apron and hit. Miyu facebusters her over the 2nd rope. Ruaka lariats her. Miyu hits a double pendulum ddt on her opponents. Miyu top rope plancha's the heels outside. Tora takes a killswitch + top rope double stomp to the back for 2. Miyu scholar collar's Tora. Tora misses a mist spot then Miyu ddt's her. Miyu sitout facebusters her for 2. We get some quick offense with AZM hitting a top rope double stomp before eating a lariat from Tora.

Tora double lariats her opponents. Tora hits a corner cannonball while Ruaka hits a corner crossbody. Tora and Ruaka hit stereo top rope splashes and Tora gets a 2 count. Tora misses a top rope swanton. Miyu bridge pins Tora for 2. Miyu exploders Tora. Tora blue mists Miyu then running lariats her for 2. 

Miyu hits forearms on Tora. Tora hits her with a box. Ruaka germans Miyu. Tora top rope swantons Miyu for 2. The heels nail each other on accident. AZM hits a la mistica drop on Ruaka then canadian destroyers Tora. Tora takes a lifting double team ddt. Miyu exploders Tora for 2. AZM PK's Ruaka from the apron. Miyu ddt's Tora. She then lifting ddt's her for 2. Tora lariats Miyu. Miyu sitout pedgirees Tora twice and pins her.

Thoughts: It went way too long at 23 minutes. The heels cheated as usual and the faces sold and fought back, but the length really hurt it. I would have been fine with this if they cut half of it off. It wasn't an awful match and was mostly standard face vs heel tag here, but I wouldn't watch this again. It just felt like they were repeating things after a while.

Miyu talks and thanks the heels after. AZM then talks. AZM cries and hugs Miyu. 

Wonder Of Stardom Title Match - Konami (c) vs. Hanan

Kon pulls her down backwards and gets dropkicked. Han hits a forearm flurry then is pulled over the top rope. Han is sent into the rails and post. Han's arm is tied up around the rails. Kon stomps her arm into the mat then wraps her arm round the top rope. 

Kon sits on her shoulder and pulls the arm and fingers. Kon stomps the arm more then Han 2nd rope twisting crossbodies her. Han leg lariats her from behind on the ropes then running euros her. Han does a grounded cobra clutch and Kon does a rings of saturn to her. 

Kon sliding kicks her on the ropes then fisherman suplexes her for 2. Kon hits chest kicks while she's down. Kon hits mounted shots. Kon eye rakes her. Kon spin kicks her in the gut and Han running euros her. Han cuty specials her then Kon germans her. Han enzugiri's her then Kon high kicks her. 

They trade forearms. Han hits a forearm flurry. Kon puts her in a sleeper and Han ropebreaks. Kon double stomps her arm off the buckles. Kon low flying knees her for 2. Kon then chokes her against the top rope.

Han sweeps her on the apron then bridging ddt's her on the floor. Han jumps off the apron and diving fameassers her. Han lays on her back and cobra clutches her. Han ddt's her for 2. Kon rolls her into a triangle lancer but Han escapes. Han backdrops her then cuty special's her for 2. 

Kon sleepers her. Han hits forearms. Momo distracts the ref and Kon hits Han with the title belt. Kon germans her for 2. Han rolls her up for 2. Kon pushes Han into the ref. Kon ttries to spray her with spraypaint but Han grabs the can and sprays her. Han backdrops her for 2. Han backdrops her again but Momo pulls the ref out on the count. Kon grabs a photo in a frame and hits Han with it. Kon release germans her.

Kon buzzsaw kicks her for 2. Han heatseeker piledrivers her over the 2nd rope. Han backdrops her for 2 then hits a second backdrop for 2. Han then backdrops her and pins her.

Thoughts: Konami did what she was supposed to by cheating and working the arm. Hanan didn't do a good job at all of selling her arm and it mattered very little towards the end. It's just the same story as always with Hanan. The promotion pushes her way above her skill level and no matter how many times she produces the most average match possible, she gets rewarded again and again. You could put anyone in her spot and get the same result or better.. This was acceptable but not much more.

Hanan talks on the mic and celebrates with her unit after. Bea Priestley puts her on her shoulders then ocean cyclone suplexes her. Bea knocks away her unit mates. Bea grabs her by the hair and asks if she really thought she wanted to be her friend. She says Hanan is weak. She says all of STARS are weak. She says she will take the Wonder of Stardom Title from her. She says she's ichiban shotpai. Bea then shows of a HATE shirt and stomps Hanan. STARS tries to stop her.

World Of Stardom Title Match - Saya Kamitani (c) vs. Sayaka Kurara

Sayaka has a big staff with her and a nice white robe. Saya has the black flag and flames shooting off on the stage. 

Saya blocks a takedown and they mat wrestle. Saya side headlock takedowns her and Sayaka headscissors her. Sayaka dropkicks her in the back. Sayaka tries to crossbody her outside but just nails others instead. Saya grabs a chain and ties Sayaka up with it. She then hangs her over the top rope. 

Sayaka is sent into the post. They fight on the ramp. Sayaka backrolls her and basement dropkicks her there. Saya overhead suplexes her on the ramp. 

Saya trips Sayaka into a chair in the ring then dropkicks the chair into her. Saya clubs on her then facelocks her. Sayaka ropebreaks. Saya abuses her on the ropes then axe kicks her over the 2nd rope. Saya chest forearms her then Sayaka dropkicks her. Sayaka springboard twisting crossbodies her.

Sayaka hits chest forearms in the corner. Saya then fires back. They trade more forearms. Saya spinning heel kicks her. They go to the apron and fight. Sayaka running knees her there. Sayaka top rope plancha's her outside. Sayaka 2nd rope dropkicks her inside then twisting fisherman's suplexes her for 2. 

They fight on the buckles. Saya hurricanrana's her down from the buckles then running facekicks her. Saya does a northern lights suplex variation for 2. Sayaka rolls her up for 2. Saya backrolls her then Sayaka spears her from behind. Sayaka then hits a regular spear and yells.

Saya ki krushers her. Saya pump kicks her. Sayaka hits slaps. Saya forearms her. Sayaka flying forearms her then low flying knees her. Sayaka low flying knees her from behind and then does it from the front twice. Sayaka pulls her down from behind with a sleeper.

Sayaka throws her over her back and Saya seemingly lands hard on her head. The ref checks to see if Saya can keep her arm up and Saya ropebreaks. Sayaka flying knees her on the ropes. Saya spinning high kicks her then Sayaka hits a big spear. Sayaka falcon arrows her for 2. Sayaka hits a big spear for 2.

They fight on the buckles. They trade forearms and and Saya headbutts her. Saya 2nd rope ki krushers her. Saya facekicks her for 2. Momo Watanabe comes in and hits Sayaka with a bat. Saya suplexes Sayaka for 2 as Momo and maybe AZM fight. Hanan, Poi and 2 members of HATE then fight in the ring. Aya Sakura then comes in to fight Momo. Momo high kicks Saya on accident and Aya plancha's the heels outside.

Sayaka falcon arrows her for 2. Saya grabs the ref then Rina hits Sayaka with a weapon. Saya hurricanrana's Sayaka for 2. Sayaka spears her for 2. Sayaka does a rare top rope 450 and wins.

Thoughts: Sayaka got the big upset here with the win. They've been pushing her (not as much as Hanan though) and they rocket launched her to the moon here. Sayaka's not all the way there yet as a worker and I think it's soon. She doesn't even have any other real major singles wins yet, so this is rather unprecedented. The match was okay but the interference was too hard to really believe and I thought it was far from great. They didn't focus as much on Sayaka going for the upset as they really could have in this. 

Sayaka talks on the mic after. 

Saya cries then talks on the mic as well. Saya heads to the back and Sayaka talks more. 

Overall thoughts: It was a brutal Stardom to show through. If you watch this live, you sat through a 6 hour and 39 minute show. They could have easily cut a few things from here for another day. Fuwa/Anou was probably my favorite match on here but the main and the Syuri/Bayne match were also fine. There's nothing I'd really recommend going out of your way to see and I'd totally recommend just skipping this one. Sitting through this is an endurance event and I do not think anyone could comfortably sit through all of this in one sitting. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 overall though. They really did whatever they could to give you your money's worth, almost all the matches got enough time to play out, we had title changes, blood, a retirement ceremony and some big upsets.

All Japan Pro Wrestling 4/25/2026 Champion Carnival 2026 Day 5

All Japan Pro Wrestling 4/25/2026 Champion Carnival 2026 Day 5

Day 4 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/all-japan-pro-wrestling-4232026.html

MUSASHI, Ryo Inoue & Seiki Yoshioka vs. Atsuki Aoyagi, Rising HAYATO & Shota Kofuji

Rising and Ryo go at it. Rising wristlocks him. Ryo reverses it. Rising chops him twice. Ryo flying kicks him. Rising chops him off the apron then teases a dive and poses. Musashi chops Shota when they get in and Shota drops him with a running forearm. 

Musashi dropkicks him in the knee, double stomps his back and basement dropkicks him. Shota takes a double basement dropkick. Rising and Atsuki do stereo plancha's outside. Ryo then PK's both from the apron. Shota spinning neckbreakers Seiki. Atsuki gets in and 2nd rope twisting armdrags Seiki. He then dropkicks him.

Seiki step up enzugiri's him. Ryo comes in and hits chest kicks on Atsuki. Rising corner dropkicks Ryo. Rising is pushed into Atsuki and Ryo spin kicks Rising in the head. Atsuki corkscrew kicks Ryo. Shota comes in and drops Ryo with forearms. Shota rolls into a dropkick on him. Seiki axe kicks Shot then Musashi exploders Shota. Shota 2nd rope double dropkicks his opponents.

Ryo takes corner attacks then is held for a springboard flying forearm from Shota. Ryo handspring double cutters Atsuki and Rising. Ryo then handspring cutters Shota. Musashi tope con hilos outside. Ryo kicks Shota in the gut then Shota dropkicks him. Shota fisherman suplexes Ryo for 2.

Ryo high kicks Shota then lifting flatliners him for 2. Ryo buzzsaw kicks Shota and pins him.

Thoughts: It wasn't anything too special and it went a little longer than needed. Shota got a lot of offense in on this one and we didn't see much of him anyone but him and Ryo. 

Shota, Ryo, Seiki and Musashi do post-match interviews. 

Champion Carnival 2026 Block B Match - Hideki Suzuki vs. Yuma Aoyagi

Yuma dropkicks HS then does roll-up's. Yuma backrolls him into a bridge for 2. HS hits him in the gut then chest kicks him. HS hits more forearms to the gut of Yuma. HS garvin stomps Yuma. Yuma rolls him up for 2. Yuma backrolls him but HS grabs a grounded choke off of it. Yuma tries to turn it into a pin attempt. 

Yuma backslides HS then dropkicks him. HS Rolls Yuma forward and tries a bridge pin but Yuma pushes HS' arms down at the same time. We have a double pin.

Thoughts: Well this was something different. It didn't go too long at least because that would not have been good. It's not exactly the most exciting way to get a show going though.

Both wrestlers are confused after. Kyohei Wada explains the situation to them in the post match interview after.

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

They lock up and Odd pushes him down. Ken hits chest forearms and chops and Odd isn't affected. Ken eye pokes Odd then Odd shoulders him over. Odd dances. Odd hits a corner splash then is pulled over the top. Ken goes for a kick from the apron but has his back rammed into the post. Odd walks on Ken outside and sends him into the post. 

They fight more outside and Ken is sent into the post. Odd backdrops Ken on the apron. Odd hits elbow drops on Ken then clubs on him. Odd misses a big splash. Ken gets on his back and is rammed into the corner. Ken ddt's him then hits a short ddt. Ken 2nd rope ddt's him for 2.

Ken buzzsaw kicks him for 2. Ken hits kicks on Odd then gets on his back with a sleeper. Odd throws him off then hits a splash for 2. Odd misses a 2nd rope splash. Ken running knees Odd for 2. Ken sleepers Odd on the mat and submits him.

Thoughts: I wasn't confident on this one going in and it wasn't that good. Ken's not super exciting and Odd can only do so much. Maybe you could kind of say Ken tried to ground him and sleeper him but I don't know if they did enough to put that over. 

Oddyssey does a post match interview. He says 2 losses back to back isn't his way or HAVOC's way. He says he's gotta be better than this. He promises to get back on his winning ways vs Yuma tomorrow.

Kengo is then interviewed.

Champion Carnival 2026 Block B Match - Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Madoka Kikuta

This may be a first time match and it should be good.

They lock up and let go. They do a double knuckle lock and trade control. MK knees him in the gut and they shoulder battle. MK throws him down. MK elbows him in the back of the back of the neck. Sek hits chest clubs and MK slams him. 

MK hits chops in the corner. Sek chops him back. Sek back body drops him then throws him out. Sek stomps him outside. Sek rams MK's back into the post then pulls him into the post. Sek elbow drops his back. They fight outside more. Sek suplexes him in the ring.

Sek crabs him. MK boots him out of the corner. MK running shoulders him over. MK hits chops and punches in the corner. MK leg lariats him for 2. MK suplexes him. They trade chops. Sek back body drops him. Sek slams him. Sek misses a top rope splash and MK running hip attacks him. 

MK corner lariats him then corner hip attacks him for 2. Sek headbutts him then lariats him over for 2. MK flying hip attacks him. Sek lariats him then MK lariats back. MK hits another lariat for 2. MK spinning lariats him and pins him.

Thoughts: The first half of this was a total waste of time as they did nothing of note on the outside. The second half was what it should have been though with them hitting big shots on each other. It wasn't enough though for me and I didn't like this that much. 

Both are interviewed after.

Dan Tamura, Go Shiozaki, Ren Ayabe & Yuma Anzai vs. Hokuto Omori, Hyo Ogawa, Seigo Tachibana & Shotaro Ashino

Dan and Seigo starts us off. Seigo side headlock takeovers him, gets put in a headscissors and they swap roles and do the spot again. Dan takes him down then Seigo rolls him up for 2. Hyo gets in. He locks up with Yuma and chops him on the ropes. Hyo side headlocks him then Yuma dropkicks him. Hyo then shoulders him over.

Hyo hits his opponents on the apron. They try the tower of doom spot with Omori like usual and Omori ends up getting powerbombed. Omori takes corner attacks. Yuma belly to belly suplexes him for 2. Omori hits forearms on Go then dropkicks him in the knee. Omori ddt's him. Ashino running euros Go twice for 2.

Ashino karelin's lift's Go for 2. Ashino euros Go. Go and Ashino trade chops and euros. Ashino germans him. Go hits a big lariat. Dan and Seigo get in. Dan hits forearms then flying shoulders him. Dan running corer shoulders Seigo then suplexes him for 2. Dan ties his legs up then sits on his back. Hyo breaks it up. Dan lariats Hyo then Hyo hits flying shoulders. Hyo backdrops Dan, kips up and backflips. Hyo falling headbutt drops Dan and everyone laughs including Go. 

Dan takes corner attacks. Omori's team successfully hits a tower of doom of Dan. Seigo spears Dan for 2. Yuma flying knees Seigo. Ren sitout full-nelson bombs Seigo. Dan lariats Seigo for 2. Seigo crucifix bombs him then crossfaces him. Dan taps out.

Thoughts: It was an okay throwaway bout here. Hyo is from Ikemen Jiro's UPTOWN wrestling and he won't be there for long. He has an anime style look with very bleached blonde hair. He's taller, he's in good shape, he has some personality and AJPW will sign him up as soon as they can. We didn't see a lot of Ren or Yuma in this and it was mostly The Dan and Seigo show.

Hyo Ogawa and Seigo Tachibana

Yuma and Dan are interviewed after. Seigo and Hyo are then interviewed after.

Champion Carnival 2026 Block A Match - Talos vs. Rei Saito

They shoulder battle to start. They test strength. Rei chops him then Tal shoulders him down. Tal forearms him outside and bangs his head off the apron and post. Tal sends Rei into the post then Rei shoulders him outside. Rei puts him against the post and splashes him. Tal lariats him. 

Tal hits him from behind. Rei's head is banged off the apron. Tal corner splashes Rei inside the ring. Tal running facekicks him for 2. Rei chops and boots him. They run into each other. Rei suplexes Tal. They trade shots. 

Tal bops him in the head and Rei chops him up in the corner. Rei corner lariats him then shoulders him over for 2. Tal running facekicks him for 2. Tal sideslams him.

Rei crossbodies him for 2. Rei hit a big slam and shotei's him down. Rei then pins him.

Thoughts: Talos losing from a shotei was a little weak but they had the right idea otherwise. They ran into each other and stuck mostly to strikes here. It wasn't the most exciting but it was an acceptable hoss match.

Rei is interviewed after.

Talos is interviewed. He says Rei got this one. He says it's the last time any of the Saito's beat The Titan's of Calamity.

Champion Carnival 2026 Block B Match - Ryuki Honda vs. Xyon

They lock up. Xyon waistlocks him. Honda wristlocks him. Xyon trips him and rolls out of a hammerlock. They stare down. Xyon side headlocks him. They shoulder battle and Honda shoulders him over. Honda chokes him on the 2nd rope. Honda trips him into the ropes and chokes him on the ropes again. 

Xyon is sent over the top rope. Honda forearms him outside. Xyon headbutts him outside. Xyon misses a charge and goes into the post hard. Honda is sent into the post and backdropped on the apron. Xyon stomps him inside. Xyon then double stomps him for 2. 

Xyon pulls Honda's arms back. Xyon hits a spinning forearm then running elbows him in the corner. Xyon corner spears him the nsends him hard into the post. Honda is on the apron and Xyon running lariats him down. Xyon cobra clutches him. Honda hits forearms. Xyon suplexes him. 

Honda and Xyon trade forearms. Honda hits lariats then Xyon death valley drivers him for 2. Xyon comes off the top and is forearmed. Honda lariats him twice. Honda running lariats him. Honda running one arm powerbombs him and wins.

Thoughts: It would have been better if it was a shorter bout. Yet again, the outside brawling just slowed the match down and added nothing to it. I think this would have been a decent 7 minute bout but it went 12. They did the right offense but it dragged and wasn't super exciting.

Honda and Xyon do interviews after. Xyon says all he tries to do is win. He says he had 2 wins last year and only 1 this year. He says he feels like he is going down but whatever goes down must go up. He says he's here and still fighting and won't give up. He says he will never give up HAVOC either. 

Champion Carnival 2026 Block A Match - Kento Miyahara vs. Kuma Arashi

They compete for cheers and stall. They lock up and back up on the ropes. Ken chops him. Kuma clean breaks him on the ropes. Kuma does his howl and Ken facekicks him. They shoulderblock battle. Kuma shoulders him over. Kuma misses a senton and is sent out. Ken headbutts him outside and hurts his own head. They headbutt each other and Ken hurts his own head again. Ken crossfaces him around the post.

Ken is laid on the top rope and Kuma splashes his back. Kuma stands on Ken's gut. Kuma hits corner spears. Ken hits chest clubs. Kuma backbreakers him then samoan drops him. Kuma sentons him for 2. Kuma puts his foot in Ken's gut and stands on his gut.

Ken dropkicks him in the knee and the side of the head. Ken flying forearms him in the corner. Kuma torture rack drops him for 2. Kuma running corner lariats him. Ken no sells it and fires up. They trade forearms. Kuma lariats him and sentons him. 

Kuma corner lariats him then 2nd rope sentons him for 2. They get on the buckles and Ken superplexes him down. Kuma crossbodies him then Ken flying pumping knees him. Kuma hits lariats and running lariats him for 2. Ken facekicks him and Kuma dropkicks him. Ken flying pumping knees him. Ken pumping knees him again for 2. Ken straightjacket germans him and pins him.

Thoughts: I liked it and it was an okay main. They had the idea down right with Kuma geting the edge on Ken early then Ken powering through, evening things up and eventually win. I wouldn't say we got Kuma's best here but he kept Ken on point and it was one of Ken's better bouts as of late.

Ken is given a big check after from a sponsor. Ken talks on the mic to close the show. Ken and Kuma then do post match interviews after.

Overall thoughts: It was an average night at the CC. Sekimoto/Kikuta didn't live up to expectations. Honda/Xyon wasn't that great. Aoyagi/Suzuki ended in a double pin. I was okay with Rei/Talos. The main was okay. We saw the AJPW debut of Hyo Ogawa, who has a memorable look and is a heavyweight. I expect him to be signed in the future. The throwaway 8-man tag wasn't bad and the opener wasn't too special. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 as some things could have been better than they were.