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Sunday, October 4, 2026

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Northern Rising 2026 10/3/2026

Don Callis and Mauro Ranallo are our hosts.

Johnny TV, Gabriel Fuentes and TJP vs Mascara Dorada and Subculture (Flash Morgan Webster and Mark Andrews)

JTV trips and chinlocks Mark. JTV takes a double hiptoss then Gab takes one too. Flash is flipped onto Gab and Mark standing corkscrew moonsaults Gab. MD and TJP get in. TJP armdrags him and crucifixes him. MD flips over him and springboard diving headscissors him. TJP takes him over from the electric chair. MD top rope diving tornillo armdrags him. Gab then tope con hilos MD. JTV, Mark and Flash then hit dives. MD 2nd rope ssp's outside.

TJP foot chokes MD in the corner. JTV neckbreakers MD. TJP back elbows Flash then Flash takes a backdrop. JTV hits shots on Flash in the corner. JTV rolling alabama slams him.

MD tags in and MD top rope crossbodies JTV. MD jumps off of JTV and headscissors TJP. MD flips into the ropes and armdrags JTV. Gab hits armdrags on MD and dropkicks him. Gab shakes hands with MD and stomos his hand. MD running ssp's Gab. Gab standing spanish flies MD. MD corkscrew headscissors him.

Mark double pele kicks his opponents. TJP takes an assisted falcon arrow for 2. Gab la magistral's Flash for 2. Gab corkscrew kicks Flash then handspring cutters him. MD electric chair neckbreakers Gab. TJP tornado ddt's MD. JTV hit a moonlight drive on Mark and takes a flying knee from Flash. 4 men are down in the ring.

The 6 men trade shots. Mark stunners Gab and Flash top rope swantons Gab's back for 2. JTV hits starship pain on Flash for 2. TJP red mists Gab on accident. MD hits a handspring double cutter. JTV takes a double headbutt from subculture. The faces hit stereo ssp's off the top and Flash topes outside. MD pins Gab.

Thoughts: It was fine. It could have had a few minutes cut out, but they gave us a lot of action and didn't overdo it too much. It's nothing you would remember or anything but it was a good choice for an opener.

We see some wrestlers arrive.

Jody Threat and "Big Al" Alice Crowley vs Kingsley and Alexia Nicole

King dances at Jody. Jody catches her boot. Alex tags in and Al does too. Al hits forearms and pump kick on AN . Al saito suplexes her for 2. King tags in and is back elbowed. Jody running lariats her for 2.

Jody sentons Alex and Al sentons Alex. King lariats Al down for 2. King dances and chest kicks Al. Alex corner dropkicks Al and corner meteora's her. King corner meteora's Al. Al takes a double suplex for 2. Al death valley drivers Alex. King comes in and stomps on Al. Al double suplexes her opponents when they try to double suple her.

Jody top rope swantons both opponents. Jody hits corner lariats on both opponents and exploders King. Jody la silla's both opponents from behind on the ropes. Jody suplexes Alex for 2. Al air raid crashes King. Alex hits a widow's peak on Al and Jody shoulders Alex over.

Jody does a fallaway slam + samoan drop combo on her opponents. Jody F-5's King and pins her.

Thoughts: You won't see Kingsley here again. Both announcers buried her during this for being sloppy. It was acceptable with Jody's team winning as expected. It didn't get a ton of time.

Nikki Storm is interviewed. She says she's like Princess Diana and everyone loves her. She says she congratulated Priscilla Kelly for being champ and Kelly couldn't show her any respect. She says she will be the forever champ of MLP.

We get a video on Psycho Mike.

Monster's Mayhem - Psycho Mike vs Crazzy Steve vs Dan Maff

This is just a hardcore match. Maff comes out with a "Canada Sucks" shirt.

Dan drops Mike with a forearm then stomps him. Dan rakes Mike's back and chops him. Mike is sent into a chair between the buckles but he no sells it and shoulders Dan over. Mike running lariats Dan. Mike goes to ask if we want a bodyslam and Steve nails Mike from behind.

Maff pounds on Mike. Steve hits Mike with a baking pan. Dan hits Mike with a garbage can. Dan and Steve use kendo sticks on Mike. Dan chokes Mike and bites his head.

Dan sentons Mike. Mike no sells a double kendo stick shot and hits lariats on his opponents. Mike hits Dan with the kendo stick many times. Mike hits Steve in the back with it then hits him more with it. Dan pounces Mike into the ropes and Mike goes out.

Dan topes Mike. Steve bites Mike. Dan chops Mike in the corner and hits mounted shots. Dan and Steve argue a bit over beating up Mike. Steve grabs Dan by the ears then Dan staples Steve in the butt and head.

Mike gets behind Dan and goes for a slam. Dan sleepers Mike. Mike grabs the staple gun and gets Dan in the crotch with it several times. Dan is sent face first into a chair between the ropes. Mike then slams Dan over the top through a table.

Steve pours thumbtacks onto the mat. Steve eye pokes Mike. Steve is on the buckles and Mike sunset bombs him down from the buckles onto the tacks for 2. Mike and Steve are busted open. They butt heads. Mike licks his blood and slams him on a barbed wire board. Mike pins him.

Thoughts: It was a longer and slower bout. Mike got double teamed for most of this until the heels finally turned on each other. The logic wasn't bad, just it wasn't exciting at all. It was an average bout. It really wasn't too wild either.

We get a video where they honor Dewey Robertson/The Missing Link. They give him an "MLP Legends" award graphic.

Andrade El Idolo vs. Rohan Raja

Idolo comes out with a bunch of girls.

They shove each other and trade shots. Idolo hits forearms and Aurora Teves trips Idolo. Idolo goes for the DM and Raja slides out. RR comes in and takes a rebound german. Idolo single leg dropicks him. Idolo slingshot plancha's him.

Idolo takes photos with girls in the front row. Idolo top rope crossbodies him. Idolo hits 2 suplexes. Idolo boots him out of the corner then flying headscissors him down. Idolo goes for a dive but Teves blocks him in the ring. Teves wants a hug then she slaps him when Idolo tries.

RR hits Idolo from behind. The ref finally ejects Teves. Idolo rolls him up and RR back elbows him. RR stomps him and hits mounted shots. RR armlocks him.

They trade forearms. Idolo hits lariats. Idolo flying forearms him. RR thinks about doing three amigos but Idolo hits three amigos instead for 2. Idolo lariats him over the top. Idolo then takes his pants off. Idolo goes for a tope and is forearmed. Idolo powerslams him over the 2nd rope on the apron. Idolo corner lariats him for 2. RR jumping flatliners him for 2. Idolo spinning back elbows him and hits hits double underhook twisting drop to win.

Thoughts: It should have been a little better. Idolo didn't go all out here and the pace didn't ever really pick up like it should have. Idolo winning is also an issue with RR will be back but Idolo may not be. I thought it was average.

MLP Canadian Tag Team Title Three Way Match - 1st Faction (Brent Banks & Sheldon Jean) (c) vs. Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) vs. Sinner And Saint (Judas Icarus & Travis Williams)

Drake and Trav trade armlocks. Drake wristlocks him, Trav flips out and poses. Drake slaps him. Trav takes him down. Trav takes corner attacks and a spinning heel kick from The Vets. Trav takes a corner splash and spinning high kick from Jean.

Brynce Hansen trips Trav and Jean cradles Trav for 2. Judas throws Trav into a double dropkick. Trav and Judas hit dropkicks on The Vet's through the ropes. Trav dropkicks Jean in the corner. Judas is dropkicked in the knee into a baseball slide. Drake jumps off Zach's back and dropkicks Trav off the apron.

Drake short arm lariats Judas for 2. Jean knees Drake in the face. Judas stunners Jean. Trav comes in and hits shots on Banks and Jean. Trav thesz presses Zack and hits mounted shots. Trav flatliners Zack. Trav dragon screws Banks, who has his partner's leg. Jean then gets dragon screwed because of it. Banks takes a senton to the back, a facekick and a flapjack + euro combo for 2.

Trav double lariats The Vet's. The Vet's are double lariated over the top. Banks and Jean then hit stereo topes outside. Jean corner facekicks Judas then powerslams him. Bansk top rope splashes Judas for 2. Jean is pulled out then Banks is back body dropped onto him. Judas STO's Zack. Drake pulls Banks down with a scarf. Judas takes a claymore kick + michinoku driver for 2.

Zack takes a double kick in the corner. Trav dropkicks Drake through the ropes. Judas top rope splashes Zack. Judas dives between the buckles and DDT's Banks on the floor. Jean is double teamed, taking a senton and a brainbuster for 2 when Bryce Hansen pulls the ref out.

Haensen runs in the ring and Trav and Judas get lariated by Banks and Jean. Bryce wants some appreciation from the team but Jeans complains. Jean piefaces him and shoves him. Bryce pushes Jean back. Judas and Trav hit Jean's team from behind.

Jean is popped up into a german. Banks takes a knee to the back to knock him off the apron then Trav topes Banks. Jean takes a flying knee + release sitout pedigree. Drake throws Trav shoulder first into the post. Judas takes tope lariat doomsday device on the floor. Jean takes a double team single leg codebreaker from The Vet's and is pinned.

Thoughts: I'm not real sure about The Vet's winning here. Sinner and Saint got most off the offense in and First Faction were the champs. The Vet's haven't quite been featured as much and them winning isn't the best booking. The match was fine with a lot of double teams and fast paced action as expected.

Priscilla Kelly is interviewed. She says she dealt with people like Nikki Storm her whole life. She says tonight isn't just about the title but it's about exposing the best in the galaxy.

MLP Women's Canadian Title Match - Priscilla Kelly (c) vs. Nikki Storm

PK backs up Storm in the corner. Storm piefaces her. PK chest kicks her for 1. Storm goes to stall outside. PK Goes out and PK's back is rammed into the apron. PK dropkicks Storm and broski boots her in the corner. PK basement dropkicks her next to the bottom rope.

Storm magic screws PK on the floor. Storm boots her in the corner. Storm chokes her on the ropes. Storm dropkicks her for 2. PK hits slaps and is thrown down backwards. Storm bangs PK's head off the mat. Storm pulls on PK's face and bangs her face off the mat.

PK rolls her up for 2 and Storm lariats her for 2. Storm does a tazzmission. PK jawbreakers her. PK boots her out of the corner. PK hits forearms and Storm knees her in the gut. PK facekicks her.

PK hits forearms on Storm. PK knees her in the face and hits lariats on her. PK double stomps her back. PK rainmakers her for 2. PK hits Kawada kicks. Storm rolls her up for 2. Storm backdrops her. Storm cradle shocks her for 2.

They trade shots on their knees then get up and trade. PK high kicks her and springboard triangle lariats her on the apron. PK hits a PK from the apron and cannonballs her off the apron. PK backdrops her and sliding forearms her. PK pins her.

Thoughts: It was average. There just wasn't anything too great about it and PK's offense could have looked a little better at times. PK won as expected here.

MLP Canadian Title / Interim MLP Canadian Title Unification Match - Josh Alexander (c) vs. Stu Grayson

Josh has Don Callis with him.

They lock up and let go. Stu side headlock takeovers him twice. Josh headscissors him. They stare at each other on the mat and Josh slides out. They trade hammerlocks. Stu takes him down and they roll around on the mat. Josh then slaps him and runs.

Stu hits punches. Josh reverse monkey flips him and armdrags him into an armlock. Stu hurricanrana's him and dropkicks him. Stu enzugiri's him on the apron. Stu slingshot swantons him on the apron. Stu tries to get back in but Josh keeps trying to kick him.

Stu sends Josh into the post. Stu 2nd rope moonsaults him outside. Stu punches him inside. Stu hits him from behind then pushes him through the rails. Stu corner splashes him. Stu back goes up top and is pushed off the top. Stu flips and lands on guards outside in a cool spot.

Don Callis boots Stu outside. Josh pounds and boos Stu on apron then gets a 2 count on him inside. Josh chops and forearms him. Stu jumps off the 2nd rope and Josh forearms him down for 2. Josh pulls on Stu's mouth. Josh knees him in the gut. Josh finlay rolls him. Josh 2nd rope diving knees Stu on the neck for 2.

They fight on the stage and Josh drops him face first on the ramp. Josh brainbusters him for 2. Josh germans him 3 times and Stu pulls the top turnbuckle pad off. Stu prevents himself from being sent into the exposed buckle. Stu hits punches. Josh germans him then germans him on the apron. Stu flips out of a german on the floor then Stu belly to belly suplexes Josh on the floor.

Stu hits palm strikes, punches and stomps on him. Stu belly to belly suplexes him inside twice. Stu then belly to belly suplexes him over the top rope and onto the ramp. Stu asai moonsaults his back. Stu crossfaces him.

Stu ankle locks him and Josh ankle locks him back. Stu rolls him up for 2. Stu flying forearms him. They trade forearms. Josh spinning forearms him. Stu pumping knees him, knocking off Josh's ear covers. Stu top rope superplexes him and kips up on the landing. Stu flying pumping knees him.

They trade pin attempts. Stu springboard triangle ddt's him on the apron. Stu tries a springboard twisting move and is caught with a deadeye. Josh jay drillers him for 2.

Josh brings his belt into the ring and the ref takes it. Josh stomps Stu and Stu piledrivers him for 2 when Don Callis puts Josh's leg on the bottom rope. Josh cradles him for 2 and Stu flying knees him. Stu flying pumping knees him. Stu picks Josh up. Callis gets on the apron with a screwdriver. Stu grabs the screwdriver and Josh grabs the title belt. Stu flying pumping knees Josh. Stu picks him up and is stabbed in the head with a screwdriver. Josh jay drillers him then Josh does an arm trapping piledriver to him. Josh then pins him.

Thoughts: It got a lot of time. It started off slow and I thought they might be going an hour, but I'm glad they didn't. The selling could have been a little better here at times. It was an okay effort overall. Stu's swanton bump to the guards outside was probably the big highlight of this one.

Josh grabs Stu by the beard after, smears his blood and hits him. Josh then hugs Callis.

Street Fight - Adam Copeland vs. Steve Maclin

Cope comes out in a white and blue outfit.

They lock up and roll on the ropes. SM shoulders him over. Cope hiptosses him then dropkicks him. SM sends Cope into the rails. SM then low topes him. SM chops Cope on the ropes. Cope flying forearms him. Steve olympic slams him on the floor.

Steve sets a table up outside. They fight with Cope being on the apron. Cope gets in and lariats him over the top rope. Cope bangs SM's face off the steps. Cope pulls a ladder out from under the ring and rams Steve in the head with it.

Cope puts a ladder upside down. It nearly tips over and the fans push it back to it's position. Steve is dropped gut first from the apron onto the ladder connector. Cope punches SM, sending him over the rail. They fight in the crowd and go deep in. SM throws a trash can at Cope's face.

They walk up into the stairs in the stands. SM pounds on him while he's in a seat. Cope drops SM on the rail crotch first. SM then rolls down the steps. They then head back down to the floor and SM hits shots on him. They get back to ringside and SM's head is banged off the steps.

SM uranage's Cope on a ladder against the rail. SM then messes with a Canadian flag. SM knee drops Cope's back. Cope is sent into the buckles. SM uranage backbreakers him for 2. SM grabs a hockey goalie helmet. He hits Cope with it and headbutts his back with it.

SM headbutts him in the face with it. SM backdrops him. SM top rope diving headbutts him with the mask on for 2. SM puts him in tree of woe and stomps him. SM ties him up with a rope in tree of woe. SM says he will crush his childhood dream. SM misses a corner killshot spear when Cope moves. SM goes out. Cope top rope plancha's SM through a table outside.

They trade forearms on the floor then fight on the apron. Cope ddt's him on the apron. SM cutters him in the ring. Cope hits him with a five knuckle shuffle then an AA for 1. Cope fires up. Cope hits punches on SM. Cope facekicks SM. Cope legdrops SM for 2.

Cope hits a killswitch on him for 2. SM pulls Cope's throat down over the top rope. Cope slingshot cutters him in the ring. They fight on the buckles and Cope hits a 2nd rope stroke on him. Cope crossfaces him. Cope then does a border city stretch on him.

Deonna Purrazzo comes out. She pepper sprays the ref and Cope. SM double underhook ddt's Cope. They try to conchairto Cope. Rhino then comes out. Cope swings a chair at rhino and takes a gore. Deonna chairs Rhino and Rhino no sells it. Rhino spears Deonna.

Another ref comes out and Cope gets a 2 count on SM. Cope tries to spear SM but SM sticks a chair up and Cope goes into it. SM chairs him in the gut and back. SM punches Cope. Cope is tied up in the ropes on the ramp. SM tries to chair him, Cope boots him and escapes the ropes. SM swings the chair and hits the ropes, sending the chair back in his face. Cope then runs the ramp and spears SM. Cope hits another spear and pins him.

Thoughts: Like a lot of Cope matches, it was longer and slower than it needed to be. A lot could have been cut out of this. I wouldn't say they overdid it though or anything. What we got was okay, but the extra time didn't help it. Like with Andrade's match, the question is if Cope will be returning or not as things go forward.

Cope talks on the mic after as the crowd sings his song. Cope says the crowd probably knows his story. Cope says Steve Maclin should be the most wanted free agent in wrestling and he's that good. Cope says his aunt and uncle brought him down to his first show here. He says his uncle is here tonight. We get a "Thank You, Randy" chant. Cope points out his family in the crowd. Cope says he never got to perform here until tonight. He says he never thought he'd get to perform here and says all the stars played here. He says tonight he did too. He says his first show had Junk Yard Dog and Tito Santana vs Macho Man and Jesse Venture. He said JYD used to bring kids in the ring to dance. Cope says they should do a JYD juke and asks for kids to come in. Kids come in and Cope says they will sign autographs after. The kids then jump around in the ring and Cope dances with them. One of the kids has a beard. The show ends with Cope signing autographs.

Overall thoughts: They only had 7 matches but it was a longer show at almost 3.5 hours. The last two matches were both quite long and extended this. The opener was a good choice for an opener and it worked out fine. The women's tag was acceptable. The three-way match with Dan Maff was average. Idolo/Raja was also average. The tag title match was fine. Kelly/Storm didn't impress. Josh/Stu got a ton of time and it was okay. The main was similar. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 overall. It was an okay show overall but the last hour did drag a bit. I'd say the main was the best match of the night. There are no other shows lined up for this company going forward, so we will see what happens.

NWA Powerrr 10/3/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/nwa-powerrr-9262026.html

We are in Tampa, FL. Joe Galli, Danny Dealz and Tim Storm are on commentary.

We get some clips of Carson Drake getting hurt during his NWA Title match last week.

NWA Women's Title - Tiffany Nieves (c) vs Joiya Blake

Joiya Blake also ended up being on AEW Collision later in the night.

They lock up. Tiff wristlocks her. JB rolls out and reverses it. Tiff then rolls out and trips her. JB headscissors her out of the corner and Tiff spinning side slams her for 2. Tiff hits mounted shots on her and suplexes her.

JB's head is banged off the buckles. Tiff superkicks her. Tiff ties her up in the ropes and pulls on her. JB boots her away and hits a headbutt. JB germans her. JB slingblades her for 2. Tiff hits soul foot on her and superkicks her in the face.

Tiff hits mean stomps to the face while she's down. Tiff pedigrees her then pins her with a foot on the chest.

Thoughts: Tiff won as expected. Tiff got stiff with her here as she really stomped her face in near the end. JB has some unique twists on simple moves, though they aren't the best twists. It was a one-sided match.

Silas Mason and Alex Taylor talk. Silas says the people deserve to know the truth and he will address what happened with Carson Drake. Alex says he faces someone from The Federation of Champions but doesn't know who. He says he knows they will have tricks up their sleeve but they have another thing coming if they think they can get through him.

The Slimeballz talk in the back. Rant says everyone says Carson Drake is a jerk but he says he's not a liar. This is in reference to Drake getting a concussion from last week's match. Rant doesn't know how you fake that. Sage says let's ask real wrestlers what they think about Drake faking an injury. Sage says their friend Carson wouldn't do that.

Heath vs Richard Adonis

They lock up. Heath side headlocks him and hammerlocks him. RA rope breaks. RA boots him in the gut and drops him with a punch. RA chops him and Heath flying forearms him. Heath pop-up atomic drops him. Heath armdrags him into an armlock.

RA back elbows him. RA double stomps his back. RA foot chokes him. RA lariats him for 2. RA armlocks him. Heath jawbreakers him. RA facekicks him. RA underhook suplexes him. RA misses a 2nd rope moonsault.

Heath hits punches and flying knees him. Heath leg lariats him and powerslams him. Heath hits a zigzag and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a short but solid match here. Heath had a nice babyface comeback at the end and showed some fire. Rich did the basics but looked fine here. I like this a lot more than I expected to.

We see video from a month ago with The McCord Collection trying to attack The Hardway.

The Hardway does a promo. Jack Vaughn says The Collection made a dumb mistake when they attacked them. Jack says they face Bonez and Gilroy next week. Dalton McKenzie said they made the mistake of their life by stepping to them. He says they will find out what women with low self-esteem and good credit find out - they like to do things the hard way.

NWA Jr. Heavyweight Title - Hayden Backlund (c) vs Vin Parker vs Nick Blackwell

They do a triple lock-up. HB boots Vin and nick corner lariats HB. Vin casadora armdrags Nick then rolls him up. Vin flying headscissors Nick and headflips up. Nick backdrops Vin for 2. HB hits a hard elbow drop on VIn.

HB boots Nick then bridging twisting reverse ddt's him. HB suplexes Nick and stands on Nick's neck. HB short arm lariats him for 2. HB clubs Nick's back and running boots him.

HB chops Nick down. Vin euros HB in the corner and chops him. Vin northern light suplexes HB and flip over into a northern lights suplex for 2. Nick pump kicks Vin. Nick catches Vin's crossbody and swinging flatliners him. HB superkicks Nick then submits him with a grounded chickenwing.

Thoughts: It was a random one and we didn't get any intros here. That was a problem since we haven't really seen Nick before. Nick took the pin as expected. It was a shorter bout but they kept it moving and it wasn't that bad.

The Cazana's talk. They complain about The Slimeballz losing the US Tag Titles and getting a World Tag Title shot. AJ says they've got it tonight and Joe says he will leave it in their hands.

Heath does a promo. He says Richard Adonis is good but not good enough. He says he's the #1 contender for the NWA Title. He says he doesn't know when he will fight Silas Mason but it will happen. He says the drama with Silas and Carson Drake has nothing to do with him. He says he's coming after Silas.

Kratos vs Romeo Quevedo

Romeo running forearms him and enzugiri's him in the corner. Kratos shoulders him over. Kratos slaps him. Kratos hits shot to the gut in the corner and forearms him. Kratos chest chops him. Kratos release suplexes him. Kratos slaps him. Kratos release suplexes him.

Romeo superkicks him in the gut and corner meteora's him. Rome lariats him down for 2. Romeo misses a top rope moonsault and is flipped with lariat. Kratos hits a twisting double underhook ddt and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a shorter bout but wasn't bad. Romeo bumped big and they hit each other hard here.

The Slimeballz talk to Thom Latimer and ask if Carson Drake faked a concussion in his title match. Thom says Drake is a fraud and all he does is cheat and lie and scam. He says he's a disgrace to the company and he'd fire him if he could. Sage says Thom is the liar and Thom tells them to leave.

The Paige Sisters and Tommy Henry talk. Kenzie says Nattie made the Kylie match all about her. She says Tommy and everyone has protected her. Ken says she's done with her. Kylie says they have a title match next week. Ken says she will let her know if she wants to be her partner next week.

NWA World Tag Titles - The Country Gentlemen (AJ and KC Cazana) (c) vs The Slimeballz (Tommy Rant and Sage Chantz)

Rant side headlocks AJ. They shoulder each other. Rant flying shoulders him over then slams him. KC shoulders Sage over. Sage rolls him into an enzugiri. KC takes a double team attack in the corner. KC takes flying back elbows. KC takes a dropkick into a spinning sitout side slam. Joe Cazana trips Sage and AJ lariats Sage.

We go to break.

We see more video of Carson Drake's injury.

Carson Drake talks to Aron Stevens in the back. Drake says people are saying he faked his concussion. Aron asks if any of those people are doctors or NWA officials? Aron asks if any of them matter and Drake says no. Aron says what matters is that Silas couldn't beat him even with a concussion. He says what matters is Drake's health. He tells him to take a second, breathe and ice the head. He says they will follow doctor's orders then Drake should follow his orders. He says they will talk to Billy and get this straightened out as Drake has been concussed.

Note - They didn't say it outright, but Aron implied that Drake got hurt by a reckless Silas on the job and they made it seem like they will use this to their advantage (probably to get another title match).

We return from break. KC legdrops Sage. Sage gets slammed and KC is flapjacked onto him. AJ rakes Drake's face. AJ misses a legdrop. KC hits boots Sage and chokes him. Sage is sent hard into the buckles. AJ rams Sage's back into the post.

KC pulls Sage's arms back. AJ rakes Sage's back. AJ stomp Sage. AJ goes to the 2nd rope and goes for an elbow drop but Sage pulls KC down and KC eats the elbow drop. Rant comes in and hits shots on The Cazana's.

Rant lariats AJ over the top and flying crossbodies KC. Rant flipping sentons KC. Blunt Force Trauma come out. Carnage pushed Sage off the top on a snot rocket attempt. Sage takes a running back elbow + russian legsweep and is pinned.

Thoughts: The announcers did a nice job of selling me on the Slimez possibly winning here. Rant's hot tag segment worked. BFT coming out to interfere was random, but the announcers acknowledged that it was random, so we'll have to see what the deal is. This was fine.

BFT stares Joe and AJ Cazana down outside after. Joe does the "call me" hand gesture. The Cazana's pose and the show ends.

Overall thoughts: The opener was just a squash. Heath/Adonis was a solid bout and beat my expectations. The three-way was random and not bad. Kratos squashed Romeo Quevedo, but Romeo looked okay here and I was fine with it. The main was alright with The Slimeballz almost pulling off the upset. There was a ton of focus here on Carson's Drake injury last week and instead of just moving on, they are building a story around it and that's working. I'd give this show a 6 out of 10 overall. The matches were decent and they set up some stories that could and should play out over the next few weeks, but we did have some random things on here and lots of wrestlers who weren't involved on this show when they could have been. This was an okay show and one of the NWA's better shows.

Saturday, October 3, 2026

AEW Collision 10/3/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/aew-collision-9262026-all-out-tailgate.html

We are in Highland Heights, KY. Paul Wight, Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuinness are on commentary.

Renee interviews Lee Moriarty and Kofi. Shane Taylor Promotions and Austin Creed are with them. Kofi says he's happy to be here. He says he came to face the best and Lee is one of the best up and coming stars. Lee says he's the longest reigning ROH Pure Champ of all time. He says he's the best pure wrestler on the planet and says Kofi will be the one to prove something to him. Lee says he will see him out there.

Kofi vs Lee Moriarty

Lee wristlocks him. Kofi hammerlocks him. Lee reverses it and Kofi ropebreaks. Lee counts his own ropebreak for it. Lee straightjackets him and Kofi reverses it. Lee does an octopus and Kofi ropebreaks again. Lee reminds him of it.

Lee wristlocks Kofi. Kofi uses the ropes to flip out and Lee kind of sends himself out of the ring. Lee trips him. Kofi flips out of a monkey flip. Kofi dropkicks him for 1. They botch a floatover ddt and Kofi goes down hard. Lee underhook suplexes him and Kofi doesn't seem 100%.

We go to PiP break and return. Lee chops Kofi. Lee spinning lariats him in the corner. Lee back body drops Kofi. Lee headbutts Kofi on the top rope. Kofi diving tornado ddt's him from the 2nd rope. Kofi dropkicks him. Lee ear claps him. Kofi boots him out of the corner. Kofi double jump moonsaults him for 2.

Kofi rolls him up for 2. Kofi botches a springboard roll up move for 2. Lee belly to belly suplexes him with a bridge for 2. Kofi boom legdrops him. Lee does a buckingham drop variation on him and goes for the border city stretch. Kofi cradles him for 2. Lee traps him with a bridge for 2. Kofi corkscrew kicks him and pins him.

Thoughts: Kofi was off here and brought this down. I think he got nailed on the DDT he took and I don't think he was ever the same. I don't love Kofi beating Lee, but I'm not surprised. So much for being the Pure champ for 700+ days.

We get a Pac tribute video.

The hosts then talk about Pac.

We get a video of The Young Bucks talking about Pac.

We see clips from the All In press-conference with Will Ospreay addressing Okada. He says he looked up to him but wants him at Grand Slam Paris. Okada says they have a lot of history together. Will says he took him to the limit 11 years ago and wants to get him back for all the losses he took. Okada says Will will only be the b!tch who has what he wants in Paris.

They then announce a Clockwork Carnage match where the wrestler with the most pins or submissions in the match wins. It seems like NXT's Iron Survival Challenge without the penalty boxes.

The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy, Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong) vs Griff Garrison, Nick Comoroto and Aaron Solo

Griff dances and takes a running knee from Rod. Kyle hits mounted corner shots on Griff. Rod then hits some. Griff is double teamed in the corner and takes OC's mounted corner punches. The Conglom's hit a double suplex. OC goes up top and Griff knocks him down on the buckles. Solo does the macarena. OC stunners Solo. OC spinning ddt's Nick. Griff takes a high/low outside. Solo maybe goes for a 21plex but is pulled out. He then takes shots from Rod and Kyle.

OC superman punches Nick and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a short squash and The Conglom's won as expected. I still have no idea what Solo's group is supposed to be and it's not working. Paul Wight spent a lot of time here complaining about Nigel muting him.

The Death Riders come out for their match and stare down The Conglom's.

The Bang Bang Gang (Ace Austin, Austin Gunn and Colten Gunn) vs The Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta and Daniel Garcia)

Austin side headlocks Yuta. They both side headlock each other and put each other in headscissors.Yuta mocks Juice's punches and hits Austin. Austin then hits punches on him. Austin drops Yuta with a shot. Ace double axe handles Yuta's arm. Ace armdrags and dropkicks DG. Ace dropkicks CC. Yuta superkicks Ace in the gut.

Ace superkicks CC from the apron. Ace high kicks DG then enzugiri's him in the corner. Ace puts Yuta and DG on his shoulders, squats both and gets hit by CC.

We go to PiP break, full break and return. CC wristlocks Ace. Ace death valley drivers CC. Colten comes in and cleans house. He eurostep neckbreakers Yuta then dropkicks DG. Austin hits natural selection on Yuta then hiptoss neckbreakers DG.

Colten flying lariats CC and Austin swinging flatliners Yuta. Shafir gets on the apron. CC powerbombs Colten down. DG then gets a 2 count on Colten. Everyone starts coming in to hit a lariat. We then get a 6-person lariat spot.

Shafir and Juice square up. Gabe Kidd then nails Juice and stomps him. Yuta is helped up top and he springboard plancha's The Gunn's. Ace takes running corner attacks. Shafir gets one in as well. Yuta flying knees Ace. DG sharpshooters Ace and submitsh im.

Thoughts: It was fine. It didn't get quite enough time to be great but they kept it moving and made it entertaining.

Darby Allin does a video outside. He says what a last few days and what a life. He says he thought Steven Borden's wrestling career was over at All Out. He says Borden told him he won't stop. Darby says riskying everything makes him feel alive. He challenges Kyle Fletcher for Paris and says he needs to feel alive.

Myron Reed vs Dante Martin

They said this is a standby match. DM wristlocks him. They trade pin attempts. DM jumping knees him. DM throws him out. DM step up knees him off the apron. DM dropkicks him betweenthe buckles. DM foreams him outside. Reed stunners him over the 2nd rope. Reed dropkicks him. We go to break and return.

DM misses a moonsault inside. Reed legdrops him over the 2nd rope. Reed enzugiri's him. Reed is pulled over the top. Reed does his bridging flatliner on the floor. DF 2nd rope superplexes him. Reed stunners him. DM topes him outside.

Reed jumps over the top and tries to cutter him on the floor but DM blocks it. DM poisonrana's on the floor. DM comes off the top inside and is caught with a cutter. Reed top rope 450's him inside and pins him.

Thoughts: Eh, it didn't really get a good flow going. I thought they did a bit too much stuff on the floor here that didn't mean much.

Thekla is in the back and goes to Mercedes Mone's locker room. Mone doesn't open the door. Thek says it will just be them at Wrestledream and says let's have a face to face. Thek pretends to be a fan. Mone then hits her form behind with a title belt. Mone says she will see her at Wrestledream and calls her a stupid little b!tch.

Divine Dominion vs Emily Rose and Joiya Blake

The jobbers get hit from the start. Dominion hits corner splashes. Meg hits a double underhook suplex and flying lariat. Rose takes a double chokeslam and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was just a quick squash. It was too short to even really register.

Julia Hart comes out before Divine Dominion live.

Julia Hart vs Queen Aminata

Hart offers a handshake and queen drops her with a forearm. Queen chases her around the ring. Hart takes her down and hits mounted shots. Queen hits mounted shots. Queen boots her in the face. Queen hits chocolate kisses on her.

Queen PK's her for 2. Hart armdrags her and Queen suplexes her. Hart throws her down. We go to PiP break and return. Hart puts Queen in the tarantula. Queen hits lariats and suplexes her. Queen double stomps her off the buckles for 2.

Queen throws her into the rails. Queen double chops her into chair. Queen runs the apron and dropkicks her while she's in the chair. Hart superkicks her. Hart does an octopus. Queen hits a high angle sitout reverse ddt on her. Hart is rolled into a pin attempt when she goes for a submission.

Hart corner lariats her and corner backslashes her. Queen electric chairs her into a german. Queen running knees her against the bottom rope and pins her.

Thoughts: It was alright. Queen's matches tend to be focused on her offense and that's what happened here. Queen seems to be in favor now as she has been winning a bit lately.

The New Level do a promo. Creed says Kofi just beat Lee Moriarity. Kofi says they aren't satisfied. Kofi challenges Bandido for the ROH Title at Wrestledream.

Jack Perry says Samoa Joe has been out for months and he's the only one to call him out. He says Joe is here because of him. He says he beat Shibata and Joe wouldn't shake his hand. He says Joe might kill him but he will risk it as he has something he wants and he will take it.

Samoa Joe does a promo. He says Jack Perry needs to face a killer to be one. He says Jack sees him as a hammer or maybe he sees the anvil. Joe says he's neither of those things and is the fire. Joe says when the fire is done, he better hope there's enough of him left to be the man he thinks he is.

Mark Davis vs Adam Priest

Mark shoulders over AP and forearms him. Mark hits more forearms. AP hits shoulderblocks. Mark slams him. AP hits shots on him. Mark chops him down and AP hurricanrana's Mark over the top. AP topes Mark outside.

AP dragon screws Mark over the 2nd rope. AP is thrown and takes a shotgun dropkick. MD butterfly suplexes him and sentons him. Mark then kneels on him for 2.

We go to break and return. AP flips Mark as he dives at his knees. AP top rope diving tornado ddt's him. Mark chops him. AP bangs Mark's leg off the mat. AP half-crabs him. AP misses a corner charge and takes a chaos theory german. AP cradles him off a backslide attempt for 2. Mark gutwrench piledrivers him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was alright. Adam was the underdog as usual and worked Mark's leg a little before losing.

Queen Aminata and Mina Shirakawa are interviewed. Queen is told her wins could lead to a World Title shot. She says AEW is going to France and says Wrestledream is in 2 weeks. She says she'd like to win the title in France and deal with Thekla. She says she went to school in France. She says she will show why she's the #1 African women's wrestler. Her and Mina then shimmy.

AEW Continental Title Eliminator Match - Jon Moxley (c) vs Jake Doyle

JD backs him up in the corner and shoves him. Mox takes him down by the arm and hammerlocks him. Mox pulls on his fingers and splits them. Mox side headlock takeovers him. Mox tries to shoulder him over but goes down.

JD shoulders him over then Mox shoulders him over. JD hits corner spears. JD corner splashes him twice. Mox hits mounted corner punches. JD shoulders Mox off the apron into the rails.

We go to PiP break and return. JD flying corner spears Mox in the gut. JD bodyblocks him. Mox goes out and gets back in. Mox hits shots and they lariat each other at the same time several times. They trade forearms. JD backdrops him. Mox running lariats him.

Mox cutters him then topes him. Mox sunset flips him when going for a piledriver. Mox bites JD's face. Mox piledrivers him. JD no sells it and drops him with a forearm. JD sitout powerbombs him for 2.

Mox slaps him and gets on his back with a sleeper. JD then taps out.

Thoughts: Mox won as expected. I didn't like the piledriver no sell spot. What we got was alright enough otherwise. I can't say there was a great story or anything to this though.

Overall thoughts: Kofi/Lee wasn't that good as Kofi was off after taking a bad ddt. The Conglomeration won a quick squash. The Death Riders tag was fine. Reed/Dante didn't deliver. Queen/Hart had a decent bout and Davis/Priest was alright. I was also fine with the main. WrestleDream is only 2 weeks away and they were really hustling to get some info out about that and squeeze in some of the other matches. I'd give this a 5 out of 10. It was acceptable, but some of the matches didn't deliver as planned. There was a lot of random stuff here and a lot of stars were missing as usual.

MLW Fusion 10/1/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/mlw-fusion-9242026-mlw-fightland.html

We are in New York City. Joe Dombrowski and Tom Lawlor are on commentary.

Killer Kross comes out with Scarlett to talk. He says it's a beautiful day to be in NY and to be an MLW champ.

The Skyscrapers of Josh Bishop and Donovan Dijak come out. Kros says Josh has something special. Dijak says Kross should talk about him. Dijak says when you talk about The Skyscrapers, you don't talk about "the kid" but "the captain". Josh then gets mad. Kros says Josh doesn't need his permission to accept another title match.

Matt Riddle comes out. He says this is hilarious. He says Kross knows he owes him. Josh and Dijak then nail Matt and the four men fight. Security comes to break it up. Kross ddt's a guard. Kross says Scarlett gave him an idea and he wants to do a New York City Streetfight.

Soberano Jr. vs. Templario

They lock up and Sob pulls on his mask. They shoulderblock each other and Temp flying shoulders him down. Sob bends over and is kicked. They sweep each other. Temp spinarooni's and they stand off.

We go to break and return. Temp spinning headscissors Sob out. Sob top rope diving headscissors Temp. Temp pumping knees Sob outside. Temp goes for a dive and is enzugiri'd. Sob superkicks him in the face and stomps on him. Sob pop up kicks Temp.

Sob unties Temp's mask. Sob is caught coming off the 2nd rope and takes a GTS variation. Sob dropkicks him. Temp comes off the top and Sob powerbombs him down. Sob tries to untie his mask. Temp suplexes him for 2. Sob flying knees him. Temp powerslams him.

Sob enzugiri's Temp then springboard triangle ddt's him on the apron for 2. Sob takes a wheelbarrow german from Temp for 2. Temp 2nd rope powerbombs Sob for 2.

Sob is yanked up and he canadian destroyers Temp. Sob enzugiri's him from the apron and top rope tornillo's him inside for 2. Temp pops up Sob and flips him into a sitout powerbomb. Temp powerslams him then powerbomb backbreakers him. Temp pins him.

Thoughts: It was average. They stuff between the big moves and spots was lacking and there wasn't all that much selling or logic here.

Rich Bocchini says MLW returns to PPV on 11/7/2026 with Saturday Night Superfight.

We get a Contra Unit video with them posing and Samael saying to assimilate or surrender.

We get a video on Shotzi.

Lightning Match - Mark Coffey vs Beastman

Mark has GBOT with him. Beastman has a Kim Chee with him.

Beast runs at him and misses. Mark side headlocks him. Beast pounds his chest and Mark goes out to talk to his partners. Beast throws Mark in. Mark hits shots on Beast then Beast bodyblocks him. Beast headbutts Mark down. Beast hits corner lariats.

Mark hits shots on Beast's gut then Beast side slams him. Labron Kozone is watching in the back. Beast hiptosses Mark then corner cannonballs him for 2. Beast goes up top, Joe Coffey distracts him and Beast misses a vader bomb. Mark gamengiri's Beast and pins him.

Thoughts: It got 3:43 so it was only going to be so good. The action we got was fine and Beast had a decent showing here.

Rich Bocchini interviews GBOT. They rough up Rich. Mark says he just beat Beastman. Mark throws Rich down. Mark says they are coming for gold. Mark says The Good Brothers are running from them so they are coming for them. Mark says they are coming for what's theirs and says it's GBOT.

We appear to get a teaser video for Unbound Co. from New Japan.

Rich Bocchini interviews Austin Aries. Aries has a Phantom of the Opera mask on and says the Phantom of the Opera Cup is here. He says Mistico is out of The Opera Cup and he's the only favorite. He says no one takes Matt Riddle seriously and he's not worried about him. Aries says Matt has the spinning backfist but he has the spinning forearm. He says Matt's spinning backfist is only effective if it hits and he says he's too quick for him.

Shotzi and Lady Frost vs H.A.T.E. (Saya Kamitani and Rina)

Saya ducks Shotzi's lock up twice. Shotzi hits forearms on Saya and side headlocks her. Saya dropkicks Shotzi. Shotzi boots Saya out of the corner and 2nd rope dropkicks her. Saya's head is banged off the top buckle. Lady tags herself in.

Lady shoulders Shotzi over and Shotzi kips up. Shotzi tags herself in and they argue. HATE beats up Shotzi's team. Shotzi is pulled down by the hair and takes a double boot. We go to break and return. Shotzi is tied up in the ropes and has feet put against her head.

Rina dropkicks Shotzi between the ropes for 2. Rina running forearms Shotzi in the corner. Shotzi sends Saya over the top then hits forearms on Rina. Rina's head is banged off the buckles.

Shotzi corner lariats Rina and Lady tags herself in. Lady flying corner spears Rina. Lady hits forearms and boots on Rina in the corner. Lady step up high kicks her. Lady forward handspring corner cannonballs Rina. Shotzi throws Lady out. Shotzi corner la silla's Rina for 2.

Saya overhead suplexes Shotzi. Lady kicks Saya in the head. Rina overhead suplexes Lady. Shotzi abdominal stretch bombs Rina for 2. The four trade shots. Shotzi spinning forearms Rina and Rina hip throws her. Rina 2nd rope double knee drops Shotzi for 2.

Lady spinning high kicks Rina. Shotzi spinning heel kicks both opponents at once. Rina gori bombs Lady and pins her.

Thoughts: HATE had to win here as they were debuting and as Shotzi's team wasn't getting along. It was acceptable but not much more. It didn't get a ton of time and no one really went all out here.

Lady and Shotzi fight after.

We get a Contra Unit video. They have either 2 or 3 people down and buried under their flag but we can't really see who it is.

Overall thoughts: Sob/Temp was your usual MLW lucha match. I thought it was average. Mark Coffey won a short but acceptable match vs Beastman. The main was acceptable but not anyone's best work. I'd say it was the match of the night though. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 overall and I thought it was average.

CMLL 10/2/2026 Viernes Espectacular

Ivan the announcer talks in the ring to start the show and does some announcements.

Lightning Match - Feroz vs. Alexius

They each go for takedowns and Feroz rolls him. Feroz fireman's carry takeovers him. Alex takes him down and corkscrew headscissors him. Alex flips out of a legsweep. Alex handsprings and backflips off the ropes and is dropkicked. Feroz topes him outside.

Feroz chops him outside then gets a 2 count on him inside. Alex toyota rolls into him and Feroz falcon arrows him for 2. Feroz corner splashes him then rope walk dropkicks him for 2. Alex corkscrew kicks him on the ropes. Alex runs the ramp, flips over the top rope and hurricanrana's him down. Alex then twisting suicide deives him outside.

Alex backflips into a double mule kick inside for 2. Alex double stomps him and standing moonsaults him. Feroz shoulders him over for 2. Alex hurricanrana's him down from the 2nd rope for 2. Feroz michinoku drivers him for 2. Feroz double underhook powerbombs him for 2. Alex rebound germans him then standing moonsaults him. Alex does a grounded octopus and Feroz submits with like 23 seconds left.

Thoughts: Alex won as expected. This was a random one and there wasn't any other reason for this other than Alex to win. Alex had a little bit of a better showing than usual but he's still not 100% to make his moves work with the context of the match. I didn't love the finish here but it was acceptable.

Lightning Tag Team Match - Metalica & Valkiria vs. Nexy & Tabata

Metal has the spikes on her mask. Val has the white and black mask.

Val and Nexy go at it and trade some holds. Nexy trips her and pulls on her hair. Val armdrags her. Nexy snapmares her then armdrags her. Nexy 2nd rope diving headscissors Val then armdrags her. Nexy tilt-a-whirl armdrags her. Val superkicks her.

Tab gets in and takes a single leg dropkick from Val. Tab 2nd rope diving headscissors Val then reverse headscissors her down. Tab dropkicks her out. Tab boots MetalTab springboard diving headscissors Metal.

Tab bangs Metal's head off the buckles. Tab top rope crossbodies her. Tab splits out of a lariat, poses and is superkicked in the back of the head. Nexy takes a corner splash and a 2nd rope dropkick. Val flying corner lariats Tab then Metal corner cannonballs Tab.

Nexy is abused on the ropes. Nexy takes an alabama slam into a legdrop. Tab superkicks Metal down. Tab is kind of monkey flipped from Metal over Val but it gets botched. Nexy top rope diving headscissors Metal. Tab and Nexy hit stereo top rope plancha's outside.

Tab and Nexy try pins for 2 counts. Tab 619's Metal while Nexy meteora's her from behind on the ropes. Val takes running corner attacks and a double suplex for 2. Metal suplexes Tab. Metal is tripped and Nexy step up legdrops her on the back of the neck for 2. Val wristclutch uranage's Nexy for 2. Tab basement dropkicks Val.

Tab misses an apron moonsault and lands on the floor. Metal jay drillers Nexy and pins her.

Thoughts: It was barely acceptable. There were some sloppy moments here as usual and despite being a lightning match where the goal is to be short, it went long.

We see a clip from Informa. One of the commentators is with a bunch of the CMLL women and wonders who will win the Universal de Amazones 2026.

La Fuerza Tapatia (Esfinge, Fugaz, Gallo Jr. & Star Black) vs. Galeon Fantasma (Barboza, Difunto, Furia Roja & Zandokan Jr.)

Dif and Fug get into it before it starts. Dif takes him down and trips him. Dif spinning heel kicks him. Fug walk up the buckles and top rope diving armdrags him. Fug's headscissors is caught and Barb buckle bombs him. Barb basement dropkicks him from behind. Gallo flying headscissors Barb then Roja shoulders Gallo over.

Star top rope crossbodies Roja. Star handspring and backflips into a reverse headbutt on Star. Zand lariats Star over the top. Esf springboard dropkicks Zand. Esf superkicks Dif and corkscrew kicks Barb. Esf topes Zand outside. The heels beat the faces up outside.

Dif facekicks Gallo outside on the rails. The heels beat up and try to unmask their opponents on the top buckles. The faces then take stereo basement dropkicks.

Fug is chopped on the ropes. Gal is then popped up for a double gut kick. Gal is held for chops. Gal is double flapjacked then he takes a splash + legdrop combo. Gal takes a group beating in the corner. Gal is then popped up and he diving headscissors Roja off of it.

Esf comes in and monkey flips Roja and Zand. Star then hits reverse topes on all 4 opponents. Fug walks up the ropes and springboard diving headscissors Roja. Esf and Star hit stereo topes then Fug and Gal hit stereo tope con hilos. Th e faces all do roll up's together for 2.

The heels take wastelands. The faces all miss top rope double stomps. The heels run into each other. We then get a 6 person rowboat/star. Star hurricanrana's Roja down in the middle for 2. Fug is back body dropped outside onto his partners. Gal takes an iconoclasm and Dif top rope dropkicks Gal in the but. Zand then pins Gal to win.

Thoughts: I liked it. We got some cool spot with all 8 men and the faces flew around a bit. It had a lot of action and was fun.

Mistico & United Empire (Mike Bailey & Templario) vs. Barbaro Cavernario, Soberano Jr. & Yutani

Yut gets caught trying to kick Mike and is knocked down. Mike then kicks him down again. Mike and Yut trade chest kicks. Yut rewind kicks him. Mike flying headscissors Yut out.

Temp and Sob get in. They trade slaps and forearms. Temp flying headscissors Sob. Barb dropkicks Temp. Mist top rope diving headscissors Barb. Mist boots Barb out of the corner and Barb does the worm. Mist springboard diving headscissors him. Mist then gets double teamed by the heels.

Temp takes a step up enzugiri in the corner. Yutani throws KeMonito onto the faces outside. Barb kicks Temp in the leg. Kemalito then dives on Temp off the 2nd rope. Yut dropkicks Temp out and Mist is sent out too.

Temp takes a bridging ddt and a legdrop. Barb pounds on Mike in the corner. Mike is poped up, caught, takes a giant swing and I think 2 basement dropkicks.

Temp is group stomped on. Barb springboard splashes Temp for 2. Temp takes a low step-up enzugiri. Barb unties Temp's mask and stands on him. Mist springboard diving headscissors Barb. Mist handspring double back elbows the heels. Mike and Temp hit stereo springboard diving armdrags. Mist and Mike do stereo 2nd rope moonsautls as Temp flying space tigers outside. KeMonito armdrags and dropkicks KeMalito. Monito then 2nd rope swantons him then apron splashes him on the floor.

Temp chops Yut down and they trade forearms. Temp powerslams Yut. Temp armdrags Barb. Temp then flying headscissors Barb out. Temp superkicks Sob down. Mist springboard crossbodies Sob. Mist is group stomped on by the heels. Mist is held for chops from Barb. Mist handsprings into the ropes and hits a double armdrag. Mist headscissors Barb into the ropes and 619's him and another.

Mist flying headscissors Yut. Mist then topes Yut outside. Mike misses a top rope ssp and then casadora rolls Barb up for 2. Mike standing moonsault double knee drops Barb. Mike triangle asai moonsaults Barb outside. Sob top rope crossbodies Temp. Temp spinebusters Sob then kicks him in the back. Sob fosbury flops Temp outside. Yut tries a la mistica on Mist. Mist then takes him down, trips his arms and pulls back on leg. Mist submits Yut.

Thoughts: I didn't like it. It was too disjointed and there was too much going on. The match structure just wasn't there for this. This also went long and the finish was dumb.

KeMalito and KeMonito fight after.

CMLL Universal De Amazones 2026 Semi Final Cibernetico Match - Dark Silueta, Keyra, Persephone, Reyna Isis & Zeuxis vs. Candela, Hera, Olympia, Princesa Sugehit & Sanely

Z = Zeuxis

Cand has black and red on. Hera has the blue and pink on. Keyra has the red and yellow on. Zeuxis has black and red on.

The match starts as everyone makes their entrances. Pers headbutts Z then top rope dropkicks her. Pers tope con hilos her opponents outside. The girls all then gang up on Pers outside. Hera 2nd rope diving lariats Sane inside. Sane boots her out of the corner then diving code red's her for 2.

Hera boots Sane in the gut and wastelands her. Her 2nd rope twisting splashes her for 2. Sane flying corner facekicks Hera. Sane basement dropkicks Hera. Cand 619's Sane in the gut. Cand misses a dropkick and is kicked by the heels. Cand casadora armdrags Sane. Reyna flying double chops Cand and running knees her for 2.

Cand pulls Reyna's neck down over the top rope and kneeling springboard armdrags her. Cand then dropkicks her. Dark short arm lariats Cand. Dark knees Olym in the face then superkicks her. Dark 2nd rope diving headscissors Olym. Olym skins the cat in into a la silla on Dark for 2.

Dark hits facewash kicks on Olym. Dark corner dropkicks her. Key backrolls Suge when they get in. Suge lariats her down. Suge pulls on Key's hair. Key armdrags Suge and forearms her. Suge drags key down by the hair. Suge shoulders her over.

Pers and Key fight. Pers tilt-a-whirl backbreakers her. Z and Pers shove each other. Pers side headlocks her and flying headscissors her. Z headscissors her into a pin attempt for 1. Z and Pers trade forearms. Olym rolls up Pers for 2. Olym flying headscissors Isis when they get in. Isis then flying headscissors her.

Isis topes Pers outside. Olym top rope plancha's Isis outside. Sane 2nd rope tornillo's outside. Dark then dropkicks Cand inside.

Cand and Dark trade chops. Dark backslides her and basement dropkicks her. Cand dragon screws her then stomps on her. Cand spin kicks Dark in the face and stomps her. Cand 2nd rope corkscrew moonsaults Dark for 2.

Dark 2nd rope armdrags Cand. Cand rolls up Dark for 2. Dark boots Cand in the face then ki krushers her. Dark pins her. Candela is eliminated.

Hera corner splashes Key. Key's head is banged off the buckles. Dark superkicks Key. Hera top rope dropkicks Dark while doing a splash to Key for 2. Key sunset flips Hera for 2. Key rolls her into a double stomp for 2. Sane pulls Key's her and 2nd rope double knee drops her while she's on the 2nd rope. Suge comes in and cranks on Sane's arm for 2. Sane does a bad flatliner on Suge for 2.

Sane hits a bad lariat on Suge for 2. Sane corner splashes Suge from behind. Suge corner lariats her several times. Suge throws her down from the 2nd rope then pins her. Sanely is eliminated.

Suge armdrags Dark twice. Pers comes off the top and Dark dropkicks her for 2. Pers hip throws Dark for 2. Dark half-crabs Pers and Pers ropebreaks. Dark spinning heel kicks Pers for 2. Pers germans her and pins her. Dark Silueta is eliminated.

Isis rolls up Pers for 2. Z kicks Isis from the apron while she runs the ropes. Isis flying headscissors Pers. Z is stuck in reverse tree of woe. Isis pounds on her and double flying knees her there for 2.

Isis flying double chops Key. Key forearms Isis. Isis takes a double spinebuster and a meteora from Z. Z pins Reyna. Reyna Isis is eliminated.

Z and Key tease fighting but just hug. Olym springboard crossbodies Z. Hera walks up the buckles and springboard dropkicks Z. Hera asai moonsaults Z outside. Key is dropped chest first onto Olym's knees. Olym pins Key. Keyra is eliminated.

Suge hits legdrops and sentons on Olym for 2. Suge flying headscissors Pers for 2. Suge rolls up Pers for 2. Pers rolls Suge into a reverse double leg lock. Suge ropebreaks.

Suge falcon arrows Pers for 2. Suge then does a paradise lock on Pers but it gets broken up. Suge takes a double suplex. Pers springboard splashes Suge and pins her. Princesa Sugehit is eliminated.

Pers is stomped on by Hera and Olym. Olym chokes Pers on the ropes. Pers spears Hera. Pers and Olym trade forearms. Pers powerslams Olym. Pers asai moonsaults Olym for 2. Olym does something like a cradle shock on Pers. Hera top rope 180 splashes Pers and pin her. Persephone is eliminated.

Z fights off Hera and Olym. Z hangs off the top rope and Hera dropkicks her for 2. Hera is popped up into a dropkick on Z. Z overhead throws Hera into the buckles and meteora's her. Z then pins Hera. Hera is eliminated.

Z sends Olym into the rails. Z foot chokes Olym. Z legchokes Olym. Z and Olym trade running corner attacks. Z powerbombs her and kicks her in the butt for 2. Olym handstand pendulum la silla's Z for 2. Z corner meteora's Olym for 2. Olym gorilla press drop Z then stomps on her. Olym drops Z's chest onto her double knees and Olym pins Z. Olympia wins.

Thoughts: It wasn't good. It went long. It wasn't super athletic, a lot of girls didn't come off well and it just didn't impress. I couldn't wait for this one to end.

Ivan the announcer then closes the show after.

Overall thoughts: The opener was acceptable. The 2nd match barely passed for me. The 8-man was the best match of the night and was fun. The semi-main went long and was disjointed. The main was just not good at all. It went long, it wasn't impressive or that athletic. I'd give it a 4 out of 10 overall as it was below average and could have been better.

Friday, October 2, 2026

WWE Smackdown 10/2/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/wwe-smackdown-9252026.html

We are in Denver, CO. Corey Graves and Michael Cole are on commentary.

We see various wrestlers arrive.

Women's Money in the Bank Qualifier - Tiffany Stratton vs Candice LeRae vs Tatum Paxley

CL neckbreakers Tiff, making her ddt Tatum. CL backsplashes Tiff then flatliners TP on the apron. Tiff spinning back elbows CL then handspring back elbows her. Tiff spinebusters her for 2. Tiff hip attacks CL on the ropes.

They all try pins. Tiff basement dropkicks CL for 2. TP suplexes Tiff. Tiff's head is banged off TP's knee. TP apron moonsaults both opponents outside. We go to break and return.

TP hits her opponents and does a dropkick while flipping CL by the wrist. Tiff handspring double stunners her opponents. Tiff alabama slams CL. Tiff top rope swantons CL. CL codebreakers TP while doing a senton to Tiff's back. CL is dumped over the top. Tiff rolls up TP for 2. TP hits her tequila shot variation on Tiff and CL gets a 2 count on Tiff.

Tiff finlay rolls CL. TP top rope 450's CL and Tiff double jump moonsaults both. Tiff pins CL.

Thoughts: Tiff won as expected. It was very fast paced and it was athletic. They had an okay bout here and it was a lot better than what we usually get here.

Chelsea Green is interviewed. She picks Tiffany to win MITB. She says something about The Bella's and Nikki Bella walks in. Bella says she will take the title from her. Paige comes in and says Bella has to face her and can't just get a title match. Paige says she will give her 2 weeks to prepare for the match so she doesn't get hurt. Paige then slaps Bella.

We get an ad for Main Event moving to Rumble on Wednesday's at 8PM. This probably the first mention of Main Event on a main show in the 2020's.

Rey Fenix and Fraxiom (Axiom and Nathan Frazer) vs Ricky Saints and The War Raiders (Ivar and Erik)

NF side headlocks Erik. Erik shoulders him over. Erik forearms NF. NF takes double team shots from The Raiders. RS hits NF in the corner. NF step up enzugiri's Erik. NF short ddt's Erik. NF topes Ivar and Ax topes Erik. Both hit dives twice. RS is sent out and Rey botches a step up dive. Rey is the sent into the steps.

We go to break and return. Ax chops and spin kicks RS. RS drops him with a leg kick and pulls on his mask. RS stomps Ax's head. Ax enzugiri's him. Erik hits mounted shots on Ax. Ax dropkicks Erik.

RS knocks NF off the apron. Rey comes in and hits shots on Ivar. Rey spin kicks him in the gut twice and pump kicks him. Rey handspring cutters RS. Rey spin kicks Erik. Rey enzugiri's Ivar in the corner and rope walk kicks Erik. Rey hits an AA on RS. Rey superkicks Ivar. Rey top rope frogsplashes Ivar for 2.

RS lariats Ax. Ivar facekicks NF and is dropkicked by Rey. Erik forearms Rey down. Ax does an assisted dropkick on Erik. NF's tope on Erik is caught and Ax top rope moonsaults them both. Ivar sits up top and takes a shotei. Rey 2nd rope hurricanrana's Ivar. RS hits a roshambo on Rey and pins him.

Thoughts: It was all action here with a fast pace. It was entertaining and worked out well. They got a bit more reactions than they usually did in this.

Cody Rhodes is interviewed. Cody says MITB is this week's battle. He says he has history with Kevin Owens. He says he will beat Owens and Gargano then become Mr. MITB.

Trick Williams comes in. He wishes Cody luck but says Trick will be MITB. He says it's time for a new dream and tells him to picture Trick winning MITB and the title. Trick says let's talk about it and Cody says it sounds like we just did.

Damian Priest is in New York and talks about wanting respect. He says he lost his way and forgot who he was. He says he put other's needs in front of his and won't do it again. He says if R-Truth comes back looking for trouble, he will put him down. He says he's a violent man and that' all we will see from now on.

Flair and Bliss talk to Tatum Paxley in the back. Tatum is upset about losing. Flair says they will face Fatal Influence for a tag title match. Danhausen is doing security checks on people behind them. Tatum wants to hug and Flair doesn't. Flair gives Tatum her hat and hugs Bliss.

Sami Zayn comes out to talk. Sami asks how many people came to ride or die with him. Sami says he has became champ twice and complains about the crowd's reaction to him. He says he's not given the equal respect he's supposed to get. He says the title is proof that he's a survivor. He says he overcomes and finds a way. He says he wants the respect he is entitled to.

Je'Von Evans comes out for some reason. Evans says he didn't mean to interrupt and Sami questions that. Evans says Sami's out here getting all red and looks like he is crashing out. Sami says Evans' time is coming and Evans says what if his time is now. Evans says what if it doesn't take him 20 years to win the title like him.

Evans says he's coming for the title and says what if he does win MITB. He says maybe he will come back to SD and end up holding the title over his head and being announced as the new WWE champ.

Penta interrupts. He says he respects Evans and says if he wants the contract, he has to beat him. He says it won't happen. He says when he wins MITB, he will cash in and become champ.

Trick Williams comes out. He says tonight is Friday and Smackdown and he's the only man that holds the brand down. Trick says Sami doesn't respect anyone and still has combed hair and says his breath still smells. He says he won't respect a champ who can't brush his teeth. He says there's only one man who looks and talks like MITB and says Trick Williams looks like money.

Sami says no one can do what he does and says it's not as easy as they think. He says there's 3 people here and he's looking at atleast 2 losers in MITB. He says it's probably 3 losers. He asks what happens the lessons and years pile up. Sami talks about his history and says he overcame it all. He says nobody can overcome what he overcame and he butt heads with Trick. He says none of them deserve to stand in the ring as the WWE champ until they overcame obstacles.

Finn Balor comes out as Sami leaves. He says he's coming for the title briefcase or not. Sami says he's not special. He tells him to earn his title shot if he wants it. Finn drops Sami with a forearm. Gunther then comes out and grabs Finn with a choke. He then short arm lariats him and Sami. Gunther then sends Finn and Sami into ladders.

Tiffany Stratton was interviewed. She says she will win MITB for the 2nd time. Chelsea Green comes in and celebrates with her. Tiff says she can win the Women's World Title and they can both be champs. Lash Legend comes in. She says she will the powerhouse who bullies her way to the briefcase and wil come for the title.

Gunther is interviewed in the back. Danhausen interrupts and says he detects no evil with his device. Gunther throws it and grabs Danhausen. He says he wants to make him understand then he throws him into boxes.

Blake Monroe vs Giulia

G = Giulia

This is finally Blake's SD debut.

They forearm each other. BM knees her in the gut. G forearms her and side headlock takeovers her. G then hits mounted shots. BM boots her in the corner. BM handstand hurricanrana's her off the buckles. BM basement dropkicks her for 2.

G hits kicks to the back and low claymore kicks her. BM rams G's back into the apron edge. BM running knees her in the face. We go to break and return.

G shoulders her over a few times and hits a punch. G 2nd rope dropkicks her for 2. G goes for a running knee and is rolled up. BM slingblades her. BM backdrops her for 2.

G back body drops BM. BM headbutts her and G no sells it. G running knees her in the face. G curbstomps her for 2. G's head is banged off the post and pins her.

Thoughts: It got better reactions than expected which was good. It was a little strike heavy and they matched up well. What we got was fine here, but I don't know if it was the best way to make Blake look strong.

Gargano and LeRae talk to Sami. Sami says Aldis told him there are big consequences if he gets involved tonight. Sami hypes up Johnny and tells him he can do it. He tells him to go be Johnny Wrestling.

Men's Money in the Bank Qualifier - Cody Rhodes vs Kevin Owens vs Johnny Gargano

Cody hits KO. KO boots him and hits shot to the gut. Cody knees KO in the gut. Cody backslides KO for 2. KO clubs JG. JG hits forearms on KO. KO short arm lariats Cody.

JG slingshot spears Cody and topes KO outside. We go to PiP break and return. KO sets up a Slim Jim table outside. JG is sent into the steps. Candice LeRae saves JG and JG kicks KO. KO's head is banged off the steps. Cody hits punches on JG. Cody powerslams JG.

Cody hits punches on KO and elbows him in the head. JG headscissors Cody into a border city stretch. KO rebound germans JG and Graves brings up Pac/Neville. JG border city stretches KO and is rolled up for 2. Cody gordbusters JG onto KO. JG spinning forearms Cody. LeRae grabs Cody and Cody escapes. Cody pump kicks JG into LeRae and LeRae bounces off the table outside. Cody then knocks JG off the apron to the table.

Cody and KO double clothesline each other. We go to PiP break and return. KO 2nd rope twisting fisherman superplexes JG for 2. Cody hits punches on KO. KO top rope swantons Cody. JG superkicks KO for 2. Cody hits a cody cutter on JG. KO stunners JG for 2. KO and Cody trade shots. They hockey fight. KO slaps him and Cody hits a cross rhodes for 2 when Randy Orton pulls the ref out. Cody hits Orton and Cody is sent into the steps. Orton is rammed back first into the apron. Cody goes to punt Orton and JG topes Cody. JG slingshot ddt's KO for 2. KO pop-up powerbombs JG and pins him as Orton holds Cody's leg, stopping him from getting in.

Thoughts: It was an okay main here with a lot going on and very fast action. Orton coming out made sense and saved Cody the loss here. I'm curious if LeRae was supposed to bounce off the table or not as JG went through it right after. I was a little surprised Gargano didn't win as they could have involved Sami and made something off of it.

Overall thoughts: The wrestling was all good here but storyline wise, things are still a bit weak. The 6-man tag was the best match of the night. Orton/Cody continues and everyone wants their piece of Sami. I'd give the show a 6 out of 10 overall as it was an okay show.

WWE Main Event 10/1/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/wwe-main-event-9242026.html

Axiom vs Kyoki

They lock up. Kyoki wristlocks him. Kyoki flying headscissors Ax then Ax flying headscissors him back. Ax running lariats him on the ropes and Kyoki rolls him up for 2. Ax armdrags and dropkicks Kyoki for 2.

Ax chops Kyoki. Kyoki running lariats him and basement dropkicks him. Kyoki dragon screws him. Kyoki chops Ax. Ax dropkicks Kyoki. Ax half-nelson suplexes him then topes him outside.

Kyoki boots Ax out of the corner. Ax enzugiri's Kyoki. Ax top rope spanish flies Kyoki for 2. Kyoki running lariats Ax. Kyoki hits a time bomb on Ax and pins him.

Thoughts: It didn't get a ton of time. It was all action though an interesting juniors bout. It worked out well and I had no issues with it.

Maxxine Dupri vs Chantel Monroe

CM has been injured I think and hasn't been on Evolve much lately.

Max ducks a roll-up and piefaces CM. Max rolls her up for 2 and piefaces her. Max and CM backroll each other. CM step up enzugiri's her and hits armdrags. CM goes up and over. CM knees her in the face for 2.

CM hits mounted corner punches on Max. Max knees CM in the gut and lariats CM down. Max fisherman suplexes her. Max chokes CM over the 2nd rope. Max chinlocks CM.

CM jawbreakers Max and Max high kicks CM. Max hits mounted shots on CM. Max misses a corner splash. CM superkicks Max. CM running corner euros her. CM hits natural selection. Max distracts the ref and pulls down CM by the hair. Max spinning heel kicks CM and pins her.

Thoughts: It was a shorter bout. CM was a face here. She's never really a face on TV and it doesn't fit her gimmick at all. I thought this was average nothing special.

Otis vs Naraku

Otis shoves Nar down on the lock up. Nar tries to waistlock him and can't get his fingers together. Otis bumps him with his butt and hits running belly shots. Otis shoulders him over. Nar pulls Otis' throat down over the top. Nar boots Otis in the head over the 2nd rope.

Nar sends Otis into the steps. Nar sentons him inside for 2. Nar chinlocks him. Nar hits lariats and chops. Oits hits running lariats and spinning back elbows. Otis slams Nar. Otis misses a corner charge and goes shoulder first into the post. Nar sends Akira Tozawa into the steps. Nar top rope diving lariats Otis for 2.

Oits slams him down. Oits does the caterpillar splash on Nar and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a match we haven't seen before. Naraku's a little more tolerable in WWE as he can't do all the logic bending heel spots he did in NJPW. The match was average though. I thought it got a little more time than needed and Narakua needed to show a bit more personality.

Overall thoughts: There were 3 new matches here. Axiom vs Kyoki was the best match on here to little surprise. Dupri/Monroe was average. The main got a little too much time and Naraku needed to do a bit more to get the crowd into his match vs Otis. I thought that bout was average as well. This one had some unique matches which was neat, but it was an average show. Axiom/Kyoki is maybe worth a look though as a low-level dream match.

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