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.

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 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.

WOW Women of Wrestling 4/25/2026 Season 6, Episode 29

WOW Women of Wrestling 4/25/2026 Season 6, Episode 29

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/wow-women-of-wrestling-4182026-season-6.html

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

Best 4 Business come out. They say they know what Strike and Blaze did by burning their gear. They say burning their gear doesn't hurt them. Kai says the gear is more than just fabric, it's history. Shore says they didn't burn them, she says they wore those outfits when Strike and Blaze were riding their coat tails. Shore says their red colors are better and the whole company should be red.

Ashley Blaze and Tara Strike come out and argue with them. Tara says they didn't burn their gear. Best 4 Business doesn't believe them. 

Dave McLane interrupts. He says he's sorry about what took place. He says we are in Las Vegas and there's always camera's on in Las Vegas. Dave says they will have an investigation and find out what really happened with the fire. Dave tells the ref to break this up now. Dave says they need to get underway. Blaze says they are lucky that Dave has their back. She says she wants a match once they find out so she can put them in line. 

Catalina Speed and Veronica Varoom are interviewed. Varoom says she's not getting back in the ring yet. She says she has Brooklyn Love, the secret weapon. She says she's #1 and says Full Throttle is about to take it over. Love says it's game, set, match.

Full Throttle (Brooklyn Love and Catalina Speed) vs Animal Instinct (Katarina Jinx and Goldie Collins)

This is Brooklyn Love's WOW debut. Love and Gold lock up. Love knees her in the gut and throws her down backwards. Gold rolls her up for 1. Speed comes in and Gold backslides her. Kat hits a scorpion kick on Speed then Gold splashes her. Gold slingshot splashes Speed for 2.

Speed rolls up Gold and tags out. Kat armdrags Love and scorpion kicks her. Kat spinning legdrops her for 2. Kat backdrops Love. Love spinning facekicks Kat. Speed boots Kat in the leg. Speed pulls Kat's leg around the middle rope. Kat is irish whipped but goes down due to leg pain.

Love stomps and clubs on Kat. Love slams Kat.  Love is tripped and Kat pulls backs on her legs. Love rope breaks. Love stomps Kat. Speed corner dropkicks Kat. Speed low lariats her. Kat rolls up speed for 2. Love stomps on Kat's leg and bangs it off the mat. Love suplexes Kat for 2. Kat rolls up Love then slingblades her.

Gold shoulders Speed over. Gold hits corner attacks and running facekick her. Gold fisherman suplexes her. Love backdrops Gold. Kat does like a rope walk into a lariat on Love. Speed full-nelson bombs Kat for 2. Gold jumping knees Speed. Gold attacks Varoom over the 2nd rope. Gold and Kat hit a bad looking samoan drop + flipping neckbreaker and win.

Thoughts: Things were going okay then totally fell apart t the end with a lot of botches. Kat seemed to get injured as well near the end. 

Drucilla Blade does a promo. Blade says her purpose is pain tonight vs Xena. She says Xena's body will fall and her spirit will break. She says she will understand what true pain is.

Drucilla Blade vs Xena Phoenix

Genesis is with Blade. 

Blade offers a handshake, Xena offers one back and gets hit. Xena rolls her up, goes up and over and armdrags her. Xena rolls her up twice. Xena suplexes her for 2. Gen bugs Xena and Blade pulls Xena's arm over the top rope. Blade stomps Xena and bangs her arm off the mat. 

Blade foot chokes Xena in the corner. Gen chokes Xena with nunchuks. Xena chops Blade then misses a corner charge. Blade leg lariats Xena. Blade pull Xena's arms around the 2nd rope. Gen hits Xena with the nunchucks. 

Blade spin kicks Xena then axe kicks her. Xena snapmares Blade to break up a hold. They double clothesline each other. Xena hits lariats on Blade then shoulders her over. Xena armbars her and Blade ropebreaks. Gen gets on the apron and Xena hits her with Blade's legs. Xena spinning samoan drops Blade and pins her.

Thoughts: It wasn't that bad but it had a decent bit of interference. I don't know if Blade needs to be losing in the role she's in. I also don't love Genesis carrying water for Blade, but this promotion does not favor Genesis at all.

Genesis and Drucilla Blade beat up Xena after the match. Keita Rush makes the save. She says she came to WOW to be a bully buster and says the only way to win here is to play dirty. She says the bullies need to face a real one, so come on down. 

Next week's show has Tara Strike and Ashley Blaze vs Best 4 Business.

The Classmaster vs Santana Garrett

The Enlightened are with Class.

SG jumps on her and hits forearms. SG snapmares her then running boots her. Class knees her in the gut. SG sunset flips her. Class rolls her up twice. Class stalls outside with her crew. SG ducks a double lariat inside and knocks the heels down. Class then facekicks SG down outside.

Class hits back elbows on SG then chops her. SG hits chops then Class flapjacks her. Class legdrops SG between the legs. Class famesasser SG then legdrops her for 2. Class crossfaces SG. SG jawbreakers Class. SG boots her out of the corner then hits lariats. SG headflips into a forearm on her. The Enlightened get on the apron and get hit by SG. SG handspring back elbows Class.

SG handstand hurricanrana's her off the buckles. SG goes for a handspring and The Enlightened trip her. Class is handed a book and she nails SG with it. Class legdrops SG and pins her.

Thoughts: It was average to acceptable. There was quite a bit of interference and SG didn't lose clean. Class had some decent legdrops here.

SG looks confused outside after as she stares at The Enlightened. 

Overall thoughts: There was nothing that great here in-ring. The tag match with Animal Instinct got ugly by the end but nothing else did. A lot of people were missing here after the 10-man tag last week and The Fab Four were also MIA. It was more of a wrestling focused show and I didn't think there was a clear match of the night. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 as it was an average show and I wouldn't recommend it.

AEW Collision 4/25/2026 Playoff Palooza

AEW Collision 4/25/2026 Playoff Palooza

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/aew-collision-4112026.html

We are in Portland, OR. Tony Schiavone, Excalibur and Nigel McGuinness are on commentary.

The Conglomeration talks. Kyle says it's a good night to defend their trios titles. FTR come in. Stoke says they will lose the titles tonight.

FTR come out. Cash says Copeland's challenge is interesting. He says Cope saying that him and Cage won't team again if they lose is enticing to them. Cash accepts the challenge. Dax says nobody wants Cope and Cage here. Dax agrees to a New York Street Fight. Dax says it needs to be an I-Quit match as well. Dax says the ball is in their court now. 

AEW World Trios Title Match - The Conglomeration (Kyle O'Reilly, Orange Cassidy & Roderick Strong) (c) vs. Don Callis Family (Andrade El Idolo, Hechicero & Lance Archer)

Hech and Kyle go at it. Kyle trips him into a leg lock. Kyle side headlocks him. Hech chinlocks him on the ropes then dragon screws him over the middle rope. Kyle bangs Hech's arm off his shoulder then boots him away. Hech is double teamed in the corner. Hech takes a backbreaker + elbow drop.

OC backs off from Lance and tags out. RS hits chops on Lance then Lance shoulders him over. OC and Idolo get in. Idolo stops him from putting his hands in his pockets. OC hits weak shin kicks and takes Idolo's belt. OC pulls Idolo's pants down then dropkicks him with his hands in his pockets.

Kyle hits mounted corner punches on Idolo. RS then does the same. OC then hits one punch. Lance runs over Kyle outside. Hech sends RS into the commentary table. Idolo lariats OC. We go to PiP break and return.

OC boots the heels out of the corner. OC 2nd rope diving double headscissors Idolo and Hech. Lance is pulled over the top. Kyle 2nd rope flying knees Hech. Kyle chest kicks Idolo down then hits a legsweep. Kyle and RS hit corner attacks. RS then throws OC into his opponents.

RS hits chops on Hech. RS facekicks Hech out of the corner. RS olympic slams Hech for 2. Hech step up knees RS in the corner. Idolo corner meteora's Kyle for 2. Idolo suplexes Kyle. OC comes in and Idolo blocks his spinning ddt. OC cradles him for 2. OC stunners Idolo.

Lance crossbodies OC. Lance chokeslams Kyle onto RS. Lance black hole slams OC for 2. RS dropkicks Idolo through the ropes. Lance takes shots from the faces then OC orange punches him. Lance takes a high/low. OC then pins Lance.

Thoughts: This was just classic AEW here. OC of course had to pick up the pin and it had to be on the biggest guy in the match in Lance Archer. This was a title match but OC still had time to screw around and the heels were unable to do anything about it as usual. I didn't like this and it was the usual OC crap.

We see clips from after Dynamite. The Death Riders carry Will Ospreay to Mox in the back. Shafir puts a towel around Will's neck and pulls. Mox asks Will what he's trying to accomplish other than breaking his neck. Mox asks what he's chasing. Mox says Will doesn't know the answers to that anymore. He says he saw Will for the first time 7 years ago.

Mox says Will's body will break eventually. He says Will can try to run through the brick wall but it won't go anywhere. He says if he looks and sees there's a door, he can walk right through it. Mox tells him to take dominion over his mind and turn it into a weapon. Mox hands him a chair. He says he can be like everyone else or he can become everything he was meant to be. Mox then lays on the floor with his hands behind his back and wants Will to chair him. Will walks away and doesn't.  

The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier, Myron Reed & Zachary Wentz) & The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) vs. Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, Daniel Garcia & Wheeler Yuta) & The Dogs (Clark Connors & David Finlay)

Dez is jumped from behind by the heels. Dez's partners are all thrown out and Dez takes corner attacks. A Buck is caught off a crossbody then tilt-a-while backbreakered. A Buck takes running corner attacks. Garcia then takes running corner attacks. Grcia takes a slingshot codebreaker into a double stomp on the back. Claudio takes superkicks and a double stomps to the back. A Buck then corkscrew dives the heels outside.

Claudio sharpshooters Zach. Garcia puts a sharpshooter on at the same time. The Bucks then do slingshot sunset flips into sharpshooters. Dez spinning ddt's Yuta. Garcia takes a flipping neckbreaker onto a Buck's knee. Claudio double lariats The Bucks. Dez koppo kicks Claudio.

Dez is crotched up top. Yuta brainbusters Dez. Dez is pounced into the ropes by Clark. We go to PiP break, full break and return. Zach comes in and hits shots on Garcia. He pulls Garcia down and germans him. Zach enzugiri's Yuta. Reed superkicks Yuta. Yuta takes a codebreaker off the ropes then is slingshotted into a neckbreaker.

Reed superkicks Yuta. Reed flips out of a german. Reed kips up into a cutter on Yuta. A Buck hits shots on DF and Clark. He walks up the buckles and does an armdrag + headscissors combo on them. DF, Garcia and Clark take northern lights suplexes. Yuta and Garcia get northern lights suplexed at the same time.

Claudio takes superkicks. Clark takes a sunset flip german from the Bucks. Clark takes a 5 person kick. A Buck top rope elbows Clark then the other top rope swantons him. Reed does a 450 and Dez corkscrew swantons Claudio. Claudio giant swings Dez into a Yuta dropkick.

The Bucks hit stereo bulldogs. The Bucks miss a BTE trigger. DF uranage backbreakers a Buck. Zach handspring jumping knees DF then crossbodies him over the top. Claudio gorilla press throws one Buck onto the other. Reed kips up and jumping kicks Claudio. Reed jumps over the top and cutters Claudio onto people. Dez top rope moonsaults outside. 

Zach 2nd rope diving cutters DF. Zach takes a suplex + flying spear and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was all spots here but at least they kept them moving and hit them clean here. I was alright with this as they could cover some of the selling issues and didn't overdo it so much.

Shida, Mina, Harley and Statlander are interviewed. Mina tells Kris and Shida to apologize for what they said about Harley. Shida says Harley is not on their level and never has been. She says they will do what she couldn't and beat Kross and Bayne. Harley joins in on Mina and Shida talking Japanese. Kris leaves as Mina and Shida argue.

Kris Statlander vs. B3CCA

Becca hits Kris from behind and pounds on her. Becca boots her in the corner. Kris overhead kicks her. Kris catapults her hard into the 2nd buckle. Kris running euros Becca then Becca pump kicks her. Becca knee lifts and superkicks her. Becca then top rope dropkicks her over the middle rope.

Becca hits forearms on Kris. Kris forearms her back. Becca flatliners her. Becca then grounded headscissors her. Kris hits staturday night fever on her and wins.

Thoughts: It was a quick one but not really a squash. Becca got a lot in and looked decent doing it. This wasn't bad.

Shida waits for Kris after and Kris walks past her. 

Megan Bayne and Lena Kross are interviewed. Kross asks why they should be worried about Kris and Shida. Meg says it's another thrown together tag team who thinks they have a chance.  Meg says it's not a challenge but their fate.

Rush vs. Adam Priest

Rush kicks away a handshake. They mat wrestler and AP mocks Rush. They shove each other. They trade chops. AP dropkicks him. Rush hits a big forearm. Rush stomps him in the corner. Rush hits headbutts. Rush boots him in the face then poses.

We go to PiP break, full break and return. AP top rope legdrops him for 2. Rush rebound germans him and low flying knees him. AP is sent into the rails. Rush stomps him outside. Rush stomps and forearms him in the corner. Rush does his mess with the bull corner basement dropkick and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a shorter bout and mostly a squash with Rush winning as expected. AP did fine as the underdog and it went longer than I expected.

Rush foot chokes him after and tells him on the mic that if you mess with the bell, you get the horns.

Konosuke Takeshita does a promo. He says if Okada wants to face him at Double or Nothing, he will be happy to take his title, b!tch.

Kazuchika Okada does a promo. He says he doesn't like, fear or respect Takeshita. He says he will lose at Double or Nothing.

Alex Windsor & Persephone vs. Triangle Of Madness (Skye Blue & Thekla)

Alex and SB push each other. SB pulls her down backwards and boots her in the face. They trade forearms and chops. Alex shoulders her over. Pers hits chops on Thek. Thek and SB are sent into each other. Pers tilt-a-whirl backbreakers Thek.

SB takes chops from both opponents. SB superkicks Thek in the face. SB is double team double chopped down. Pers basement dropkicks SB for 2. Thek trips SB. Thek double stomps Alex's back off the apron. We go to PiP break and return.

Thek hanging headscissors Alex over the top. SB dropkicks Alex for 2. Alex lariats SB. Pers comes in and drops Thek twice. Pers fallaway slams Thek. Pers backrolls SB for 2. Alex hits a double lariat. Pers top rope double crossbodies her opponents. Alex lariats SB for 2. 

SB superkicks Alex. Pers blocks a code blue. Thek spears Pers. Alex blue thunders Thek. Pers germans SB for 2. Alex and Thek fall out. Pers 2nd rope dropkicks SB. Julia Hart comes in and spits mist in Pers' eyes. SB hits a code blue on Pers and pins her.

Thoughts: It was an acceptable bout here. Everyone hit their stuff clean and they did what they could with it. I think Jamie Hayter is injured so The Brawling Birds are done for the meantime.

AEW National Title Match - Jack Perry (c) vs. El Clon

JP shoulders Clon over. JP reverse monkey flips him and dropkicks him. JP tries to slingshot plancha him but is knee'd in the face. Clon ties him up in the ringskirt and pounds on him. Clon is sent into the post. JP wraparound kicks Clon around the post.

JP top rope dropkicks Clon. JP corner lariats him and side slam sitout powerbombs him for 2. Clon hits a corner lariat. We go to PiP break and return.

They trade shots. Clon step up enzugiri's him. JP hits a shiranui for 2. Jack hits a canadian destroyer for 2. Clon spin kicks him in the back of the head and flips him into a knee to the face for 2. Clon overhead kicks him and JP hurricanrana's him for 2. Clon tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him then hits a made in Japan variation for 2.

Clon plants off the top into a moonsault but JP gets his knees up. JP germans him then low flying knees him. JP pins him.

Thoughts: Jack wasn't losing here and it was only a question of how long it took. Clon got a little too fancy with his offense here with too many flips and I wasn't a big fan of this.

Willow Nightingale does a promo. She says she's known as the comeback killer. She says Shida, Aminata and Kamille found out about her nickname. She says she's the TBS champ and she's at your service.

Samoa Joe and Hook are being filmed by Shibata. Hook says he's been recruiting. Anthony Bowens comes in. He wants an answer on whether he's in The Opps or not. Hook says he needs to settle down. Hook says there's no more vacancies in The Opps. Joe says it looks they found their newest one. Joe welcomes him and tells him to pull his weight. Hook says he passed the test and says welcome.

Thoughts: I don't know how Bowens is going to fit into this group, but it's something different and maybe it'll spark some kind of new character out of him. Whatever happened to Max Caster?

Chris Jericho & The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin) vs. The Demand (Bishop Kaun, Ricochet & Toa Liona)

MVP is on commentary. Ric teases fighting CJ but tags out. All 6 men get in and fight. They all pair off in the corners and chop each other. Ric is back body dropped to the floor. CJ baseball slides Ric. SB step up knees Toa. Bobby neckbreakers Kaun then lariats him over the top. SB pendulum ddt's Toa. CJ top rope plancha's outside.

We go to PiP break and return. Ric chinlocks CJ. CJ chops and elbows him. CJ back body drops Ric. Kaun bearhugs CJ. Bobby tags in. He hits shots on teh heels and throws Ric in. Bobby lariats Kaun then corner spears Ric and Kaun. Bobby lifting flatliners Ric then twisting drops Kaun from his shoulder for 2.

Bobby lariats Toa over the top. SB germans Kaun three times. Ric is caught off the top and takes a big release german. Bobby corner spears Ric. Bobby is pulled out then Toa samoan drops him on the floor. CJ and Ric go up top. CJ hits punches then top rope hurricanrana's him down. Kaun drops CJ with a big punch.

Kaun goes up top, SB walks up the buckles and overhead belly to belly suplexes him. Bobby slips and spears Kaun. CJ codebreakers Ric for 2. Ric backslides CJ for 2 then pumping knees him. SB pop up drops Ric. Bobby spears Kaun. Toa pounces Bobby. Toa misses a corner splash. 

CJ rolls Ric and crabs him. Toa helps Ricb reak it. The GoA are sent into the rails. Ric low blows CJ. Ric asai moonsaults him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a good match with a lot of action and everyone working hard. Bobby slipped on a spear and didn't look 100% after. CJ was really trying to get over as a face here while The Hurt's just do their thing and automatically get cheered without even trying. I was a bit surprised to see the heels win. 

Overall thoughts: The show was heavy on the in-ring action as it often is. The trios title match had the usual issues OC's matches have with him goofing around. We had an interesting segment with Mox trying to get Will to bash his brains in and Will refusing to do so. The 10-man tag was fine. Kris/B3CCA was more even than expected and it worked. Rush/Priest was mostly a squash but Priest did okay. Persephone's match was acceptable. I didn't love Perry/Clon. The main was good here. It had the usual issues with randomness but we had a few more stars here than usual. I liked it overall and would give it a 6 out of 10. It was okay.

New Japan Pro Wrestling 4/25/2026 Wrestling Redzone In Hiroshima 2026

New Japan Pro Wrestling 4/25/2026 Wrestling Redzone In Hiroshima 2026

Master Wato, Shota Umino, Toru Yano & YOH vs. House Of Torture (Chase Owens, SHO, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Yujiro Takahashi)

Yoh talks on the mic before the match. The heels attack before it starts as usual. Yoh is stomped on. Yoh then dropkicks Sho. Wato hits chest kicks on Sho then bulldogs him. Wato spin kicks Sho in the gut. Sho bangs Wato's knee off the mat then he leglocks him.

Kanemaru dropkicks Wato in the knee then yanks his leg. Wato has his legs split then Yujiro headbutt drops him for 2. Chase knee drops Wato's leg then pulls on it. Chase slaps him around then double throat thrusts him. Wato leg lariats him.

Shota comes in and hits a slam. Shota fights of the heels then dropkicks Kanemaru. Shota hits chops and forearms on Chase. Shota running euros him. Chase back body drops him. Chase rebound germans Shota. Shota forearms Chase down. 

Chase back elbows Shota then Shota tornado ddt's him. Yujiro and Yano get in. Yano takes off the turnbuckle pad and gives it to Yujiro. He then hits him from behind. Yano takes running corner attacks then Yujiro headbutts him in the crotch for 2. 

Yujiro misses a cane shot on Yano. Kanemaru step up enzugiri's Yano. Kanemaru spits mist at Yujiro on accident. Yano then rolls up Yujiro and pins him.

Thoughts: It was your usual throwaway bout that we have seen a thousand times. Shota is really being wasted being in these types of matches. It wasn't anything special. The heels cheated and the faces were able to overcome them in the end. 

Masatora Yasuda, Ryusuke Taguchi & Taichi vs. United Empire (Francesco Akira, Great-O-Khan & HENARE)

Taguchi tries to fire up then is scared when he sees Henare. Taguchi shakes in place and the crowd cheers him on. Taguchi tries chops then flying hip attacks him. Taguchi makes Hen run the ropes then Hen makes him run the topes until he tires out. Henare sentons him for 2. Hen hits forearms on Taguchi then shoulders him over.

Akira atomic drops Taguchi. Akira standing moonsaults him. Taguchi is thrown out and beaten up inside. Khan ducks Taguchi's punch. Taguchi bangs Khan's head into his butt. Taguchi 2nd rope hip attacks him.

Tai gets in. He hits backhands on Khan. Khan mongolian chops him. Tai side headkicks him. Khan bites Tai's shoulders. Khan drops him face first on the mat. Akira comes in and hits forearms on Tai. He knees him in the gut. Akira flying headscissors Tai.

Akira running lariats Tai then Tai facekicks him. Yasuda comes in and hits shorts on Akira. He suplexes him three times. Akira takes a side slam + chop combo. Yasuda is flipped onto Akira off the top for 2. Yasuda chops Henare then Henare grabs him and Taguchi by the chin. Tai then chokes Henare.

Akira double throat thrusts Yasuda and Yasuda cradles him for 2. Akira rolls up Yasuda. Akira does a weird grounded head and armlock to him and submits him.

Thoughts: Taichi was good and helped this one out. Taguchi did his usual comedy which was only so effective. Yasuda got to do more offense than usual but he looked hesitant. It was a mix and match of various different wrestlers and the result was average.

Aaron Wolf, Oleg Boltin, Tiger Mask & Togi Makabe vs. House Of Torture (Dick Togo, Don Fale, DOUKI & Ren Narita)

Togo nails Tiger from behind and sends him out. Douki hits Tiger with a pipe outside. Tiger is pulled out again and sent into the rails. Fale and Wolf get in. Fale takes a corner lariat then Wolf elbow drops him. Wolf is then pulled out and hit.

Kanemaru stomps Tiger and Ren sends Oleg into the seats. Douki unties Tiger's mask. Tiger is ganged up on outside. Tiger's head is banged off the buckles. Fale hits tiger in the corner and foot chokes him.

Togo suplexes Tiger for 2. Ren 2nd rope double axe handles Tiger. Ren eye rakes Tiger on the ropes. Tiger chops him then tiger drivers him. 

Oleg gets in and pounces Ren. Oleg corner splashes Ren. Ren eye rakes him and armbars him. Togi and Oleg hit mounted corner punches. Togo and Ren are sent into each other and take lariats. Oleg chops Ren then Ren rolling armbars him. Oleg ropebreaks.

Oleg belly to belly suplexes Ren. Tiger and Douki get in. Tiger hits punches on him then tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him for 2. Tiger hits punches and slaps him outside. Douki is in the aisle and Yano comes back out and throws him in. Tiger pounds on Douki then everyone in the match fights. Yano gets involvedi n the fight as well. The ref then calls it off.

Thoughts: It wasn't very good as expected with the usual HoT cheating and it was obvious just by looking at the line-up. Wolf should have lost weight but he instead seems to have gained weight.

Douki unmasks Tiger after and Yoh/Wato/Shota come to over him up. Tiger talks on the mic after with a jacket over his head and he wants a lumberjack match against Douki for the Jr. Title.

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

Oiwa and Yuya go at it. They trade basic holds. Oiwa upkicks him away. Oiwa side headlocks him then shoulders him over. Yuya armdrags him into an armlock. Oiwa elbows him out of the corner then is armdragged. Yuya throws him over by the wrist. Oiwa trips him then twists the leg. Yuya armdrags him. 

Oiwa takes him down by the leg then pulls on it. Oiwa armdrags him and Yuya headscissors him. They stand off. Honma and Hart shoulder battle. They trade forearms. Hart shoulders him over. Hart misses a senton. Honma misses a falling headbutt drop. 

Honma takes running corner attacks then is double suplexed. Hart corner splashes, lariats and sentons Honma. Honma hits headbutts on him then rocket headbutts him for 2. Yuya forearms Oiwa. Oiwa dropkicks him in the knee. Yuya dropkicks him. 

Honma lariats Hart. Honma sidewalk slams him for 2. Hart death valley drivers him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was sadly a short throwaway. I thought it could have been good if given the time. Both sets of wrestlers got their segment in and it ended. We didn't even get some attempts at near falls. 

Oiwa and Yuya butt heads after.

United Empire (Callum Newman, Jake Lee, Jakob Austin Young & Zane Jay) vs. Unbound Co. (Daiki Nagai, Gedo, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji)

Shingo and Newman go at it. Newman running facekicks him. Shingo shoulders him over and is enzugiri'd. They each hit spunches. Shingo hiptosses him then lariats him over the top. 

Shingo corner lariats Newman. Newman then goes out. Zane gets in and Gedo does too. Zane rubs his head. Gedo slaps him then eye pokes him. Gedo hits punches on Zane and drops him with a punch. Young comes in and Nagai dropkicks him out. 

Zane sends Nagai out and running lariats Gedo. Newman eye rakes Shingo outside. Zane bangs Gedo's head off the buckles. Lee puts his a glove on and sticks his finger in Gedo's mouth. Zane running back elbows Gedo then fallaway slams him. 

Zane slams Gedo. Zane misses a top rope elbow drop on Gedo. Yota comes in and hits forearms on Lee. Yota armdrags him out. Yota throws Newman then topes Lee outside. Yota hits mounted corner elbows on Lee's head. Lee bearhug belly to belly suplexes him. 

Lee slams Yota. Yota facekicks him. Lee knees him in the gut. Nagai chops Young then shoulders him over. Nagai shoulders him hard again then low corner dropkicks him for 2. Nagai dropkicks Young. Nagai standing twisting crossbodies Zane. Young takes corner attacks and a spinebuster for 2. 

Shingo and Newman go at it. They trade some hard shots and Newman buzzsaw kicks him. Nagai dropkicks Newman then Newman lariats Nagai hard. Newman hits a made in Japan on Nagai to mock Shingo. Young hammerlock ddt's Nagai and pins him.

Thoughts: Nagai was good here and did the basics well. It was okay enough but nothing too similar. They definitely pushed Shingo vs Newman here. Jake Lee is still doing a bunch of nonsense that nobody but Jake understands. 

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match - Unbound Co. (Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori) (c) vs. Ichiban Sweet Boys (Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles)

RE and Kosei hit dropkicks to start. RE tope con hilos through the ropes. TI takes a t-gimmick or 2. TI takes a springboard dropkick + backdrop combo for 2. X rolls TI into a splash on RE. X dropkicks Kosei for 2. X surfboards Kosei and pulls on his arm during it.

TI shoulderbreakers RE for 2. He then kimura's him. Kosei hits forearms on X. Kosei step up enzugiri's him. RE flying headscissors X then spinning heel kicks him. RE hits chest kicks on X. X is sent into TI. RE does a basement dropkick + low flying lariat combo. 

RE 619 kicks X in the leg in the corner then meteora's him for 2. RE hits leg kicks on X. RE misses a 450 off the top. X goes up top and is high kicked. RE top rope hurricanrana's X but X lands on his feet. 

X sitout powerbombs him for 2. X misses a corkscrew dive off the top. X handstands on a backslide on him. RE spin kicks him in the gut. X flips off of him. X goes for the pele kick and RE Ron Miller Special's him. Kosei then moonsaults off the apron onto TI outside. X ropebreaks.

RE high kicks and superkicks him. X moonsaults and goes for a powerbomb but RE counters with a hurricanrana. X and RE facekick each other at the same time. X handspring cutters him. TI and Kosei trade chops. Kosei blocks a TI corkscrew kick off the ropes and goes for a surfboard. TI ropebreaks.

TI drops Kosei chest first onto the knees. Kosei hurricanrana's TI. TI hits Kosei with a sliding german. X running ssp's Kosei and TI 450's Kosei off the top for 2. 

Kosei hits an armdrag + headscissors takeover. Kosei release germans TI. TI hits chops on RE. RE facekicks him. TI rolling death valley drivers him and superkicks him. TI kind of TKO's him into a double knee. TI is held for a cutter for 2. RE is up top and X cartwheels into a backflip kick on him. 

X and Kosei chop each other. KF catches his flip with a wheelbarrow german. X springboard kicks him. X takes a powerbomb + top rope sliced bread combo. TI takes chops from both opponents then a double kick. TI fights off the 1v2. RE superkicks Kosei on accident. TI flying knees RE then handspring cutters him. TI la mistica's RE and they each try pins. TI cradles him for 2. 

RE flips him into a bomb from the backpack position for 2. Kosei rope walk 450's. RE top rope 450's TI's leg then does the Ron Miller Special. TI then taps out.

Thoughts: RE worked X's leg some here then ended up winning with a submission on TI's legs. Go figure. They had some nice highspots and flying as expected. I thought it would have been a little better if it was shorter as it got a little stale by the end. It was a flawed bout but I'd still say it was acceptable due to some of the action being good.

IWGP Tag Team Title Match - Knockout Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) (c) vs. Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI)

Goto and Ice trade forearms to start. Goto shoulders him over then hits forearms in the corner. Ice forearms him over. Goto pulls Os over the top rope then he hiptosses Yoshi onto Ice. Ice is double clubbed on. Goto and Yoshi double foot choke Ice. Ice hits forearms on Yoshi. 

Ice facekicks Goto then bangs his head off the buckles. Os chops Goto. Ice hits Goto in the gut for 2. Ice kicks Goto in the back. Os camel clutches Goto and Goto ropebreaks. Os misses a running elbow in the corner then misses a legdrop. Yoshi comes in and running back elbows Os.

Yoshi corner lariats Os. Yoshi hits chops and forearms on Os. Os waistlock slams him and elbow drops him on the lower back. Yoshi ddt's Os. Os slams Yoshi. Ice stomps Yoshi then forearms him down. Yoshi dropkicks him in the knee. Goto comes in and hits shots on Ice. Goto shoulders him over. Goto elbow drops Ice for 2. Ice slaps Goto then meteora's him in the corner for 2.

Goto blocks Ice's PK. Goto ushigoroshi's him. Ice takes a superkick into an ushogoroshi. Goto lariats Os then Yoshi superkicks Os. Os double lariats his opponents. Yoshi is bridged on the 2nd rope and Goto lariat slices him down. Goto chest kicks Ice down. Goto hits a GTW on him for 2.

Ice lariats Goto down. Yoshi and Os tag in. Os shoulders him over. Yoshi is thrown hard into the buckles. Yoshi is held for a forearm then he takes a double team powerbomb. Ice PK's Yoshi. Yoshi rolls up Os for 2. Goto PK's Os. Os takes a corner lariat and a corner spinning heel kick. Os is held for a top rope diving bulldog from Goto for 2.

Yoshi running lariats Ice. Yoshi corner lariats Os then superkicks him. Yoshi running lariats Os for 2. Yoshi superkicks Os then fisherman busters him for 2. Os takes running corner lariats. Os takes a russian legsweep + top rope diving headhunter. Yoshi codebreakers Os and Os takes a double team elbow slice bomb for 2. 

Goto is pushed into Yoshi. Goto and Yoshi trade forearms. Ice high kicks Goto. Goto takes a tombstone + head kick. Os is pushed into Ice and Yoshi rolls up Os for 2. Ice basement dropkicks Yoshi. Yoshi takes a headkick + running tombstone and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was a decent main. There was nothing too great here though. I didn't think the heels got to dominate enough to get the faces ready for a big comeback. The work was fine but it was more of an even match. Yoshi and Goto did their double teams and probably got more offense in here than they should have.

Ice talks on the mic after. 

Overall thoughts: The undercard was garbage as usual with Yano and House of Torture doing their old routines. Yuya Uemura's tag was going okay but then it ended at like 10 minutes. United Empire vs Unbound was okay. The IWGP Jr. Tag Title Match had flaws but I still liked it due to some of the action. The main was a decent main but I thought it would have been better if Bishamon got beaten down more then made a big comeback. I'd give it a 4 out of 10. The top two matches were really the only things that somewhat delivered and it wasn't enough while a lot of NJPW's best talent were stuck in multi-man tags. It was below average.