Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling 10/20/2024 Forged in Excellence Night 2

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling 10/20/2024 Forged in Excellence Night 2

Night 1 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2024/10/maple-leaf-pro-wrestling-10192024.html

Rocky Romero, Rohan Raja & Rohit Raju vs. Aiden Prince & Jet Setters (Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA)

Prince and Raju go at it. Prince fist drops him and Raju legsweeps him. Prince headscissors him from the mat and side headlocks him. Kush and Rocky go at it. Kush armdrags and wristlocks him. Kush and Kevin each do wristlocks on Rocky and do stereo knee drops on his arms.

Raja comes in and slams Kush then pulls his arms back. Kush rolls up Raja. Kevin gets in back and euros Raja. Raja black hole slams him then suplexes him. Raja backcrackers Kevin. Raju spinning forearms Kevin then neckbreakers him for 2. Rocky knee drops Kevin and poses.

Rocky hits chops on Kevin then Kevin dropkicks him. Raju stomps on Kevin. Prince gets tagged in. He back elbows Raju then tiger feints into a back roll and kick on him. Prince dropsaults Raja. Prince comes off the 2nd rope and hits a double ddt. Prince sitout slams Raju for 2.

Raja pushes Prince off the top then Raju neckbreakers Prince. Kush and Rocky trade shots. Kush hiptosses him into a basement dropkick. Kush launchse Kevin into a springboard on Raja. Rocky then takes a splash + reverse ddt for 2.

Kush takes corner attacks then a sky high for 2. Raja hits a hard forearm on Prince, knocking him down. Kevin then does a springboard lariat on Rocky and Raja. Prince topes the two. Raju takes a neckbreaker + top rope splash from Kevin and is pinned.

Thoughts: It went a little longer than it needed to but it was fine for an opening match. Prince got a lot in on this one but he really needs to work on his look.

We see various wrestlers arrive.

QPW Qatar Title Match - Classy Ali (c) vs. El Reverso

They lock up. Rev side headlocks him. Rev flips out of a hiptoss. Ali shoulders him over and Rev rolls him up. Rev cradles him off a suplex attempt for 2. Ali stomps on Rev then slams him. Ali basement dropkicks him then lariats him for 2. Ali suplexes him and elbow drops him for 2. Ali slams Rev.

Ali is put in tree of woe and Rev stands on his crotch as he hangs. Rev misses a corner charge then Ali stomps on him. Ali rakes Rev's eyes on the ropes. Ali foot chokes him and puts him in tree of woe. Rev hits a shiranui out of the tree of woe. They trade shots.

Rev is sat up top. Rev hits a top rope moonsault and wins.

Thoughts: It was an average match for the most part. I liked Rev's shiranui off the tree of woe. It was hard to get into this with Rev being the face but Ali not quite being the heel. I laughed when they talked about how prestigious the Qatar title was.

Rohan Raja does a promo. He says he doesn't lose. He says Romero and Raju lost, not him. He says he will never lose the title he won the night before and says he will put it up in Oceania Championship Wrestling. He says the title wasn't just forged in excellence, it was forged for him.

Kylie Rae & Miyu Yamashita vs. Harley Cameron & Laynie Luck

HC = Harley Cameron

We see Kylie and Luck celebrating Kylie's win last night. We then see Harley Cameron attacking Kylie and Luck turning on Kylie. Luck then slaps her.

Luck and HC do a lot of arguing to start over who gets in. HC snapmares Rae then Rae rolls her up. Rae armdrags her and armlocks her. Rae shoulders her over for 2. Rae armlocks her. Miyu and Rae work on HC's arms then double kicks her.

Luck backs off from Miyu and Miyu blocks a boot. Miyu kicks her in the back. Luck takes corner attacks and Rae pounds on Luck. Rae corner cannonballs Luck for 2. Rae is tripped then Luck elbow drops her off the ropes.

HC hits corner spears on Rae. HC back elbows her for 2. Rae hits punches on Luck  then Luck spinning toe holds her. Luck then rolls her into a crossface. Rae is put on the top rope then 2nd rope diving headscissors Luck.

Miyu hits forearms on HC then knees her on the ropes. Miyu hits a flying lariat on HC. Miyu fights off a double team then triangle enzugiri's HC. HC shining wizards Miyu and Luck 2nd rope swantons Miyu. Miyu high kicks and germans Luck.

Rae superkicks HC then Luck superkicks Rae. Miyu spinning high kicks Luck and pins her.

Thoughts: Miyu winning over Luck was kind of a surprise. It wasn't that good. Luck had some loppy moments and they didn't really play up the issue between Luck, HC and Rae as much as they maybe could have.

Josh Alexander is interviewed. Josh says the stakes are high tonight and says he rises to the occasion when his back is up against the wall. He talks about seeing Bret Hart as a kid and said it inspired him. He says we are getting the 10 year old Josh Alexander with a dream tonight and says maybe if people see him beat Takeshita, others will be inspired as well.

Stu Grayson vs. Psycho Mike vs. Trevor Lee vs. Jake Something vs. Sheldon Jean vs. Alex Zayne

3 people get knocked out of the ring to start. Jake hits running shoulderblocks on Stu and Mike. Jake hits a double lariat. Jean clubs on Jake. Jean leg lariats Jake. Lee atomic drops Jean then chest kicks him. Mike asks who wants to see a body slam but can't hit one on Lee.

Alex slingshot headscissors Lee then jumps over his back into a dropkick on Mike. Alex flying headscissors Lee. Stu hits shots on Alex. Alex chops him then Stu hits a flying headscissors and dropkick. Stu slingshot swantons Alex on the apron. Stu then gets pounced by Jake into the other wrestlers. Mike goes for a dive but takes a leg lariat from Jean.

Jake's head is rammed into the post. Stu goes to springboard but is pushed by Jean off the top into the rails outside. Jean throws Lee hard into the corner. Jean hits downward elbows on Mike. Jean flying facekicks Alex and struts.

Mike gets behind Jean but Jean escapes the body slam. Lee step up enzugiri's Jean then Lee is lariated over the top by Jake. Stu and Jake hit stereo backdrops. Jake and Stu hit stereo corner spears then do stereo overhead belly to belly suplexes. 

Jake and Stu trade. Stu high kicks him. Jake forearms him over then Stu rolls him into a suplex. Lee hits a top rope double crossbody on Alex and Stu. Lee then step up enzugiri's Alex. Lee suplexes Mike on the apron. Alex uses Stu's back and hurricanrana's Lee. Alex then hits a german off of it. Jean flying kicks Alex then suplexes him for 2.

Jake chokeslams Jean then Stu backbreakers Jake. Stu hurts his knee off of it. Mike gets in and isn't sure what to do. Mike ends up hitting body slams on his opponents. Mike stacks opponents with slams and tries to pin 4 people at once.

Jake throws Stu out onto people then Mike rolls up Alex and wins.

Thoughts: It was a fast paced 6-way here that built up to Mike slamming people before he did so. They did what they could with this one but it wasn't as wild and crazy as you would expect. Jean had a good showing here. 

El Phantasmo vs. Mike Bailey

They get off to a fast start. ELP flying headscissors him and spikes him on accident. They then kip up together. They trade forearms. Mike hits a kick combo and step up enzugiri's him. ELP walks up the buckles and then comes down with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. ELP forearms him over and hits jumping jacks.

ELP push kicks him and tries to boot him in the corner. Mike 2nd rope dropkicks him. Mike hits axe and chest kicks then Mike misses a running ssp. ELP hits kicks and step up enzugiri's him.
Mike hurricanrana's ELP for 2. ELP blocks a standing moonsault double knee. ELP and Mike trade forearms. They slap each other at the same time then high kick each other at the same time. Mike crane kicks him. Mike cradles him for 2 then is caught in a spinning neckbreaker off a handspring.

ELP planchas Mike outside then gets tope'd. ELP slides out for some reason and Mike top rope moonsaults him outside. Mike misses ultimate weapon then ELP 2nd rope twisting crossbodies him. ELP misses an asai moonsault then ddt's him off the apron. ELP swantons him into an asai moonsault for 2.

Mike PK's him then standing moonsaul double knee's ELP's back. Mike misses ultimate weapon. ELP backflips and hits a CR2 for 2. ELP hits superkicks for 2. ELP top rope splashes him for 2. Mike misses a standing moonsault double knee on the apron. ELP Top rope moonsaults him outside.

Mike superkicks ELP then tornado kicks him. Mike hits an electric chair driver and wins.

Thoughts: It was total indy crap here with endless superkicks, flips and very little selling. It was exactly the match you would expect these two to have that went too long.

Bully Ray, Harley Cameron and QT Marshall do a promo. QT says bully threw him out of his wrestling school for 15 years for being a selfish punk. QT says he's not enough of a selfish punk to be at the top. Harley cuts off Bully and asks if we know who she is. Bully stares her down and Harley acts goofy. She then says "Bully get the tables" and says she always wanted to do that. Bully and QT are confused.

Bully Ray & QT Marshall (w/Harley Cameron) vs. Bhupinder Gujjar & Raj Dhesi

BG = Bhupinder Gujjar

QT and Raj go at it. Raj hits punches and chops. Raj goes up and over then hits an armdrag and slam on QT. BG is dropped onto QT. BG dropkicks QT then corner splashes him. Raj corner splashes QT then BG headscissors Qt. BG legsweeps QT and splashes his back for 2.

BG boots QT out of the corner then BC is crotched in the corner. Bully gets in and hits shots on BG. Bully stomps the arm and does a trap hold. Bully takes BG's bandana and throws it in the ref's face. BG jawbreakers QT.

QT is thrown over the top. BG goes for the tag but QT pulls Raj off the apron. Bully hits punches on BG.  Raj comes in and atomic drops QT. He hits a big knee then corner lariats him. Bully is sent into QT and Raj splashes both. Raj hits a gutbuster on QT for 2.

QT step up enzugiri's Raj. BG jumping knees QT. BG is on the 2nd rope and Bully pushes him off. Bully goes outside and talks trash to Scott D'Amore's mom. He threatens her. Darren McCarty (NHL player) comes out to help and beats up Bully. This should be a DQ but isn't and Scott's mom slaps Bully.

Bully slams BG. Bully tells Harley to come in the ring and and headbutt drop Bully in the crotch. Raj pushes Harley off the top and she ends up headbutting Bully in the crotch when BG reverses the move.

BG hits a 2nd rope diving spear on QT and wins.

Thoughts: You knew what this was going to look like going into it. Raj and BG should have been DQ'd for the interference. The match was average as expected.

Mike Bailey is interviewed. Mike says he's still hurt but said he won tonight. He says he becomes better when he's hurt. He says he wants to see Josh Alexander become the AEW International champ tonight. 

I will not be covering the Athena match.

AEW International Title Match - Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Josh Alexander

KT = Konosuke Takeshita

They go to the mat and KT armbars him. Josh front facelocks him and KT wristlocks him. Josh rolls and puts his own wristlock on. KT escapes it and they stare down. Josh side headlock takeovers KT. They shoulderblock battle and Josh running shoulders him over.

They trade chops. Josh slams him then knee drops him for 1. Josh ankle locks him and KT hits upkicks. Josh sharpshooters him. KT eye rakes him then flying lariats him. Josh ddt's him on the apron. KT rams Josh into the rails and throws him into the steps.

Josh hits some shots to the gut then KT eye rakes and chokes him. KT slams him then hits a 2nd rope senton. KT sends Josh into the corner chest and stomach first. KT suplexes him for 2. KT sleepers him then Josh hits a back body drop. Josh running forearms him in the corner then ankle locks him. Josh flips KT over the top and out.

Josh crossbodies KT's back on the apron. Josh finlay rolls him then 2nd rope knees him while he's bent over. KT flying headscissors him out then KT tope con hilos him outside. KT running facekicks Josh in the cornerKT 2nd rope superplexes him for 2. KT goes for a splash but Josh gets his knees up.

Josh misses a moonsault then takes a flying knee. Josh spinning forearms him and goes for the ankle lock. KT lariats out of it. Josh powerbomb backbreakers him for 2. Josh ankle locks KT. KT poisonrana's Josh then Josh hits an exploder.

Josh lariats KT. Josh hits 2 germans then takes 2 germans. Josh germans KT on the apron then brainbusters him on the ramp. KT knees him inside the ring and Josh cradles him. Josh spinning forearms him then takes a blue thunder. Josh does a spinning torture rack drop on KT. 

KT knocks him down with a forearm then drops him with another one. KT does it again and Josh ankle locks him. KT wheel barrow germans him. Josh forearms him down then KT hits his own C4 spike on Josh for 2. Josh spinning tombstones him for 2. Josh C4 spikes him for 2.

Josh ankle locks him again. Josh germans KT into the buckles. They go up top and KT lariats him off the top rope. KT pumping knees him for 2. They hit each other at the same time. KT running knees him then hits a raging fire to win.

Thoughts: They did too much here with them being able to survive germans on the apron, brainbusters on the ramp, c4 spike's and top rope lariats. The pacing was better than expected and they got things right for the first half of it, but it went downhill hard in the 2nd half as expected and ended up being an indy style match. I didn't like this one.

Don Callis gets on the mic after. He says it was a great effort by Josh, but puts over KT more. Don says they didn't just beat Josh and Mike, they came to Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling to do it. Don says KT is the best athlete he has ever seen. He says he doesn't care if it's Ospreay or Ricochet, come step up to the plate and face the alpha. He says we learned in AEW that Ospreay and Ricochet don't have what it takes.

KT and Don beat up Josh after. Ricochet then comes out and handspring back elbows KT out. He then fosbury flops him outside.

Overall thoughts: Like Night 1, this was more of an indy show than some kind of introduction to a new promotion. A new fan wouldn't know what's going on while a smark fan would. I didn't like this show. The opener and the 6-way were okay but nothing really impressed here. Most of the matches were indy style matches and the card was not as good as Night 1's card.