AEW Dynamite 12/24/2025

AEW Dynamite 12/24/2025 Dynamite On 34th Street 2025

Last week's show is here:

We are at the Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC. Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Bryan Danielson are on commentary.

AEW Continental Classic 2025 Blue League Match - Orange Cassidy vs. Konosuke Takeshita

Don Callis is on commentary for this. OC throws his sunglasses at KT. KT picks them up and OC rolls him up. KT blocks his sunset flip then OC hurricanrana's him. OC side headlock takeovers him. KT chops him in the corner and facekicks him off the apron. OC's back is rammed into the rails. OC is backdropped on the apron. 

KT forearms him in the back then chinlocks him from behind. OC snapmares him and bangs KT's head off the buckles. OC slingshot ddt's him then hits another ddt for 2. OC hits mounted corner punches. OC stomps on him in the corner. 

OC ducks a shot then hits weak leg kicks. OC 2nd rope diving headscissors him then dropkicks him with his hands in his pockets. KT blue thunders him.

We go to PiP break and return. OC hits a 2nd rope stunner. OC tope ddt's him outside. KT's mouth is busted open. OC rolls him up for 2. KT wheelbarrow germans him. KT spinning forearms him. OC hits an orange punch. OC is on the ropes and is kicked. OC beach breaks him on the apron. KT misses a kick on the rails. OC hits an orange punch and sends him into the seats.

They trade pin attempts. OC cradles him then KT hits a spinning falcon arrow and wins.

Thoughts: I didn't like it too much. It was indy wrestling with not that much selling and OC goofing around like he usually does. They kicked out of 2nd rope stunners, ddt's on the floor and beachbreak's on the apron here. 

Gabe Kidd does a video for some reason. He talks about the stuff he did to Darby. He begs him to fight him at World's End.

The Bang Bang Gang says they are constantly reminded about how good FTR is. Juice says they should get rid of the ropes and rules in their match. They challenge FTR to a 4v4 Chicago street fight. We oddly never see The Gang in this one. 

AEW Continental Classic 2025 Blue League Match - Roderick Strong vs. Mascara Dorada

They lock up. RS wristlocks him. MD flips out using the ropes and reverses it. RS side headlock takeovers him. RS sits on his back with a chinlock. MD does a surfboard on him. MD gets flipped. MD seated moonsaults into an armdrag on RS. MD takes utopia on the apron.

We go to PiP break and return. MD top rope diving tornillos RS. MD corkscrew headscissors him. MD dives under the top buckle and armdrags RS on the floor. MD top rope swantons RS for 2. MD misses a 450 off the top. RS pumping knees him in the corner and drops him chest first on the mat. RS hits a sick kick for 2.

MD hurricanrana's him for 2. RS uranage backbreakers him. MD hits a top rope ssp and wins.

Thoughts: MD surprisingly got a win here. It was alright with MD doing his flying and RS doing his usual backbreakers. I liked the dive under the top buckle into an armdrag.

Kris Statlander and Jamie Hayter are interviewed on the stage. Kris says she gave JH a shot as she was on top and had everything ripped from her hands. Kris says she was a loser then realized her sob story is over. She says she is focused on who she deserves to be. She says she is working everyday to better herself and says look where she stands. She says she will be face to face with the cosmic killer (she then shows wrist guards with that written on it). Jamie is asked if she has anything to add by Renee. She tries to hit Kris. She tells her the last time she hit her with that, she didn't get back up.

MJF vs. Dustin Waller

MJF takes him down and hits shots. DW's eyes rare raked on the top rope. MJF back elbows him. MJF runs the ropes and hits him with his crotch. MJF slaps him down then does a lifting hammerlock ddt. MJF then win with an armbar.

Thoughts: It was a short one with MJF winning as expected.

MJF gets the mic after. Adam Page appears in the crowd and stares at him. Swerve Strickland then appears. Page says the non-physicality agreement got left in England. He tells him to make a joke and says the PR teams in movies would love to hear what he says.  

Page says MJF is getting his @ss beat tonight. The Opps and The Opps Dojo guys come out. Page and Swerve beat up the Dojo guys and nearly hit each other when MJF ducks. Samoa Joe appears on the tron. He says he knew the men wouldn't be a threat but were there to expose their true natures. Joe says he's coming for all of them one by one. Page nails MJF and Swerve hits a house call kick on MJF. Page gets on MJF's back and chokes him with a chain. 

Swerve says MJF doesn't hate the fans, he likes them. He says them responding feeds his little ego. Swerve says he has never met a selfish piece of garbage like MJF and says he has power. Swerve brings up Wardlow, The Pinnacle, Jay White and Cole. He says they all ended up worse off due to him. He says he makes his allies and victims better. He says he's a better human being than he will ever be. He says he will see him at World's End. 

Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron are interviewed about fighting Maya World and Hyan. Willow says they got everything they wanted with the tag titles but then Athena hit her so hard that she didn't know what hit her. Harley puts Willow over, Willow puts her over and they then they put Renee over and chant "Babes of Wrath". Harley says they are coming for Athena and Mone. 

Dynamite Diamond Ring 2025 Final Match - Ricochet vs. Bandido

Band backs up Ric on the ropes. Ric armdrags him into a crucifix. Band corkscrew headscissors him and dropkicks him. Ric hits him from behind. Ric tries to throat Band out but Band skins the cat. Ric dances and is hit in the back of the head. Band hits punches. Band one arm gorilla press slams him on the apron. Band dances. We go to PiP break and return.

Ric stomps on him and chops him. Ric goes up and over then northern lights suplexes him. Ric holds on for a suplex then suplexes him on the apron and floor. Band pump kicks him then Ric spin kicks him. Ric spinning forearms him in the back of the neck. Ric pulls Band down by the hair and hits vertigo for 2. 

Ric pumping knees him and spin kicks him in the face. Band poisonrana's him. Ric flips out of a 21plex and gets a 2 count on Band. Ric is popped up and flipped. Band catches him on the hurricanrana attempt. He hooks him like a styles clash but does a sitout powerbomb out of it.

Band superkicks him. Band hits a reverse GTS. Ric low blows Band after being saved by his buddies from a 21plex. Ric runs at him and Band crucifixes him to win.

Thoughts: It was all flying as expected. They did go a bit too far but I still did kind of like it for some of the action. The styles clash sitout powerbomb spot was pretty dangerous as it's so easy to botch it and cripple someone.

Ricochet and The Demand try to beat up Bandido after. Brody King saves Bandido.

Darby Allin is interviewed in a basement. He says he had a lot of time to think about where he's going. Darby says he has more to worry about than Gabe Kidd. Gabe then nails him from behind. Darby is sent into a brick wall and choked. Gabe shows him the steps he threw him down before. Gabe asks if he's feeling nostalgic. He then boots him down the steps again. 

Marina Shafir vs. Mina Shirakawa

We see a meeting between Mina and Toni earier in the day. Min says Toni fought for her and now she fights for her. Mina says she will fight alone tonight.

Mina dropkicks Shafir and hits chest kicks. Mina dragon screws her then bangs her knee off the mat. Mina bangs Shafir's leg over her shoulder. Mina tornillo splashes her for 1. Mina top rope dropkicks her for 2. Mina clubs on her. Shafir blocks a headkick. Shafir powerbombs her down.

We go to PiP break and return. Mina top rope diving slingblades her for 2. Mina hits slaps. Shafir chops her. Mina hits spinning shots and buzzsaw kicks her from behind. Mina rolls her into a figure four. Shafir splits her fingers to break the hold.

Mina urakens her. Shafir ear claps her and does mother's milk. Mina is out and Shafir wins.

Thoughts: Mina had some sloppy shots here and Shafir picked up the win. I thought it was average. 

Shafir does mother's milk again. Toni Storm comes to save Mina and Shafir drops her with a shot. 

We see Lexy interview The Elite after last week's show. The Bucks have ice taped on them. The Bucks say they won't be cleared for the rest of the year. Kenny says they always have each other's backs even if they aren't around. He says maybe this gives him a chance to take care of something he should have taken care of a while ago. 

Jon Moxley does a video. He says to bring whatever you have and says there's nowhere to hide. He says that when it's over, he wants to make sure he didn't leave any bullets in the chamber and left it all out there. 

AEW Continental Classic 2025 Gold League Match - PAC vs. Jack Perry

Pac clean breaks him after backing him up on the ropes. Jack wristlocks him. Pac trips him then is put in a hammerlock. Jack hits a nice dropkick. Pac eye rakes him with his foot. Jack armdrags him then flying headscissors him. They go out and Jack casadora bulldogs him on the floor. Jack topes him into the rails. Jack top rope diving elbows him. Pac goes out again. Pac suplexes him on the floor. 

We go to PiP break and return. Pac top rope dropkicks him. Jack superkicks Pac. They trade forearms. Jack brainbusters him. Jack hits forearms and chops. Jack flips out of the corner and germans him. Jack jumping ddt's him. Pac belly to belly suplexes Jack into the buckles. They get on the buckles. Pac hits a top rope belly to belly suplex. They superkick each other. Pac poisonrana's him and Jack lariats him for 2. Jack hits superkicks and a backdrop. Jack running knees him for 2. Pac does a scholar collar and Jack ropebreaks.

Pac running lariats him and goes for the brutalizer but is rolled up. Jack bites Pac to block a brutalizer. Jack rolls him up and wins.

Thoughts: I didn't think it was anything too special and thought it was just kind of average. Jack winning was an upset for sure.

Luchasaurus then gives Jack milk and cookies on the ramp.  

Overall thoughts: The show was pretty weak on starpower here with only MJF wrestling. I assume most of the top wrestlers were off for Christmas. It was a filler show for the most part that was heavy on the wrestling as usual. I thought the wrestling wasn't that good though as it was mostly all indy style matches. I liked Strong/Dorada best here and somewhat like Ricochet/Bandido. I would give this a 5 out of 10 overall and I just thought it was average. 

All Japan Pro Wrestling 12/6/2025 Real World Tag League 2025 Day 6

All Japan Pro Wrestling 12/6/2025 Real World Tag League 2025 Day 6

Day 5 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/all-japan-pro-wrestling-11302025-real.html

Titans Of Calamity (Ren Ayabe & Talos), Shota Kofuji & Yuma Anzai vs. Hokuto-gun (Hokuto Omori & Kuma Arashi), Ryo Inoue & Seigo Tachibana

Ren clean breaks Omori to start and messes with his hair. Omori dropkicks him in the knee. Ren shoulders him over. Tal and Seigo go at it. Seigo tries to make friends and gets grabbed by the throat. Tal swings his lariat at him but Seigo is so short that Tal misses. Tal then facekicks him. Shota comes in and dropkicks Seigo. Seigo back elbows him then forearms him down. Kuma goes in and takes forearms from Shota. Kuma slams him and sentons him. 

Omori clubs on Shota. Shota rolls into a dropkick on him. Ren running back elbows Omori then slams him. Omori ddt's Ren. Kuma sentons Ren then corner lariats him. Kuma 2nd rope sentons Ren for 2. Ren flying neckbreakers him. Yuma comes in and flying forearms Kuma. Yuma belly to belly suplexes him for 2. Kuma dropkicks Yuma.

Ryo comes in and hits chest kicks on Yuma. Ryo corner dropkicks Yuma. Yuma takes corner attacks and Ryo PK's him. Seigo goes for a dive but Ren and Talos block the apron. Seigo gets hit by both. Omori and Kuma then get hit and Shota top rope double dropkicks them.

Ryo and Yuma trade forearms. Ryo buzzsaw kicks him for 2. Yuma flying knees him twice for 2. Yuma hits a gimlet on Ryo and wins.

Thoughts: It was alright. We got some comedy with Seigo being too short to fight Talos and Ren. Yuma and Ryo had their okay section as always. It was a shorter tag and we only saw a little of everyone.

Yuma talks on the mic after.

Real World Tag League 2025 Block B Match - Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Takashi Yoshida vs. Naoya Nomura & Ryuki Honda

TY = Takashi Yoshida

Jiro's team does a long entrance as usual and Omori got involved with it. 

Nomura and TY lock up. TY clean breaks him on the ropes. TY shakes everyone's hand and tries to get Nomura to do it. He then hits him in the throat when he does. TY blows snot at Nomura and side headlocks him. Nomura shoulders him over. 

TY misses a running throat shot and hits Jiro with it. They do a really stupid spot where TY is supposed to be whipped into the rails, but others are in the way, so he goes around the ring and sends himself into the rails. Jiro then hits his opponents with jacket shots. TY misses a running throat shot and goes into the rails. 

Honda chokes jiro on the ropes with his leg. Jiro takes a double shoulderblock. Jiro hits a cradle shock on Nomura. TY comes in and hits throat shots on both opponents. He then double lariats them. TY hits running throat shots on Nomura then Nomura spears him. Honda gets in and corner lariats TY. He suplexes him for 2. 

Honda leg chokes TY on the 2nd rope and Jiro enzugiri's Honda while he does it. Jiro and TY then do Honda's leg choke moves on the ropes to Honda and count with the ref. Honda double spears them. Honda and TY lariat battle. TY hits throat shots. Honda spears for 2. TY lariats honda then running lariats Nomura. Jiro tope con hilos Nomura.

Honda rolls up TY and pins him.

Thoughts: The first half of this was horrible and it was mostly all comedy. It wasn't believable at all and that spot around the post into the rails was really bad.

Honda does his dance after. Yoshida throws the ref out.

Real World Tag League 2025 Block A Match - MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka vs. Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato

SY and Sato go at it. They trade leg kicks. Sato wristlocks him and SY reverses it. SY headscissors Sato on the mat and they stand off. Dan and Mu get in. They grab each other by the hair. Mu tries to fight off both opponents and he double dropkicks them out. Mu then tope con hilos both of them.

Dan is sent into the rails and he does a full flip over them. Mu chops Dan on the rails and sends him into them. Mu hits forearms on Dan inside the ring. Dan fights back with chest chops. Mu then stands on his throat in the corner. 

SY hits chest kicks on Dan in the corner and kicks him in the back. Dan backbreakers SY. Sato comes in. He takes kicks then enzugiri's SY. SY sunset flips him. Sato enzugiri's him. SY scissors kicks him. Mu comes in. He dropkicks Sato in the knee, double stomps his back then basement dropkicks him for 2. 

Dan shoulders Mu over. Dan samoan drops Mu for 2. Mu hits forearms on Dan. Dan chest forearms him. Mu back body drops him. Dan corner lariats Mu. Dan misses a corner charge and is knee'd from behind. SY 2nd rope hurricanrana's Dan. Mu goes up top and Sato enzugiri's him down. Sato ankle locks SY. Dan running shoulders Mu in the corner and hits a lariat flurry there. 

Mu hits forearms and slaps on Dan. Dan hits some hard lariats and flips Mu for 2.  Dan hits a big powerbomb on Mu and pins him.

Thoughts: Dan was the saving grace in this one and really helped this out with his stiff lariats and fighting spirit. This got a bunch of time. It ended up being okay in the end.

Saito Brothers (Jun Saito & Naruki Doi) vs. HAVOC (Oddyssey & Xyon)

Doi doesn't want to get in and is hanging out near the rails. 

Jun and Xy go at it. Jun side headlocks him. They shoulder battle. Jun shoulders him over. Xy hits a spinnng forearm. Xy corner spears him and sends him into the buckles, knocking him down. Doi continues to mess around outside.

Doi comes in and tries shoulderblocks on Odd. He gets nowhere. He tells Odd "come on baby". Doi dropkicks him in the knee and is shoved down. Odd slams Doi. Jun is sent into the rails outside.

Xy headbutts Jun outsie and sends him into Doi. Doi is backdropped on the apron by Odd. Odd rolling sentons him a few times. Odd misses a splash. Jun comes in and running facekicks Odd. Odd splashes him against the ropes and hits shots on him. Jun takes a backdrop + neckbreaker combo for 2. Jun facekicks Xy then chokeslams him. 

Doi comes in, hits shots on Odd and pulls him out. Xy takes running corner attacks. Doi neckbreakers Xy for 2. Xy reverse slams Doi for 2. Odd running lariats Xy on accident. Jun knocks Odd down. Jun spears Xy to help finish Doi's sunset flip. 

Doi comes off the top and is caught by Xy. Doi crucifixes him for 2. Xy running lariats him. Jun spinning lariats Xy. Xy boots Jun from the ropes and Odd runs over Jun with a lariat. Odd black hole slams Doi. Xy top rope diving headbutts Doi and pins him.

Thoughts: Doi got bullied around as expected and the heels used their size against him. It was a heel vs heel match which made the logic a bit weird. Doi also kind of turned it into a comedy thing which maybe wasn't the best call. Jun matched up well with the bigger guys but it was just a hard one to figure out for me with the heels all acting like faces.

Real World Tag League 2025 Block B Match - Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Kento Miyahara vs. Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising HAYATO

AA side headlocks Davey and they shoulder battle. AA dropkicks him and is shouldered over. Ken and Rising go at it. They trade wristlocks. Rising chops him. Rising spinning headscissors him out. Rising dropkicks him off the apron then Rising and AA do stereo plancha's outside. They all fight outside. Rising is sent into the rails. Ken hits headbutts. Rising is hit with a double lariat over the rail. Ken headbutts Rising.

Ken back elbows Rising down. Davey stands on Rising's gut and legdrops him. Davey then slams him twice. Davey chinlocks Rising and Rising ropebreaks. Rising dropkicks Davey in the knee. 

AA comes in and hits running back elbows on Davey. He dropkicks him in the knee and enzugiri's him in the head. Rising takes a release german but no sells it. Davey then powerslams him. Ken comes in. He dropkicks AA in the knee then the side of the head. 

AA handspring jumping knees Ken. Ken takes corner attacks. Ken takes a 2nd rope diving codebreaker into a backdrop + neckbreaker combo for 2. Rising chops Ken. Ken then pump kicks him. Davey flying knees Rising for 2. Ken facekicks Davey on accident. AA top rope dropkicks Davey. Ken is hit with superkicks from his opponents. Ken is lifted for a double suplex then is dropped backwards.

Davey takes a double superplex off the 2nd rope. Ken headbutts AA and is hit with a corkscrew kick. Ken flying knees AA then AA lariats him. AA top rope spanish flies Rising onto Davey for 2. Davey hits a double lariat. Davey backdrops Rising for 2. Davey lariats Rising then sitout powerbombs him for the win.

Thoughts: It was a decent battle here. The smaller guys flew around and went for the upset but ended up getting put down in the end. It made sense and I liked this.

Davey and Ken talk on the mic after. Davey says they love Zen Nippon.

Real World Tag League 2025 Block A Match - Baka No Jidai (Hideki Suzuki & Kengo Mashimo) vs. HAVOC (Go Shiozaki & Shotaro Ashino) 

Ashino and Suzuki go at it. Ashino takes him down by the arm. Suzuki leglocks him and Ashino goes for the armbar. They ropebreak. Ashino takes him down then back elbows him. Ashino flying euros Suzuki and Ken is knocked down by both oponents. 

Go and Ken fight. Ken hits him in the gut and side headlocks him. They trade forearms. Go chops him down. Ashino chops him in the corner. Ken running knees him in the gut. Suzuki garvin stomps Ashino then twists his neck with his feet. 

Ken comes in and hits kicks and knees on Ashino. Ashino 2nd rope diving euros him. Go gets in and chops Ken. Go flying shoulders Ken. Go hits chops on Ken in the corner. Go running lariats Ken for 2. Go hits chops on Ken and Ken goes for an armbar on him. 

Suzuki comes in and hits forearms on Go's gut. Go head chops Suzuki. Suzuki blocks Go's chops and euros him. Go fisherman busters him for 2. Suzuki backbreakers Go. Ashino karelin's lifts Suzuki. 

Ashino germans both opponents. Suzuki is chopped by both opponents. Suzuki then takes a lariat + german combo for 2. Suzuki hits dropkicks on Ashino then he tombstones him. Suzuki then hits a pedigree on him for 2. Ashino ankle locks Suzuki. Ashino then germans him and goes back to the ankle lock. Ken breaksthings p. Go takes a double enzugiri from his opponents. Suzuki backdrops Ashino for 2. Ashino and Suzuki trade forearms.

Suzuki double underhook suplexes Ashino and pins him.

Thoughts: I didn't quite think it got the time it needed and I thought they jumped to the finishing stretch rather quickly. They at least had of a bit of a finishing stretch though. It was an okay effort but the time just wasn't there.

Suzuki talks on the mic after. The crowd starts chanting for Kengo and Ashino does a cheer to end this. Ashino then makes Kengo hold his arm up in victory and he does an octopus to him.

Overall thoughts: It was average. The main and semi main were the best things on here but both were far from being great. Jiro's match was terrible and the lowlight of this card. I'd give this a 5 out of 10 though it was a better show than some of the other nights.

TNA Xplosion 12/19/2025

TNA Xplosion 12/19/2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/tna-xplosion-12122025.html

Around the Ring with Gia Miller

AJ Francis is this week's guest. AJ says he went to Hawaii and says he's going to Barbados next week. He says he's going to swim and drink there. Both of them talking about moving to Florida. He makes a racist joke about White people being excited to go to Idaho. AJ talks about Christmas decorations. He says you are a bad person if you decorate before Thanksgiving. He says they order Chinese food on Christmas and watch Christmas movies all month. He says he has two TV's - one for games and one for movies. Gia says she loves Christmas Vacation. AJ says he didn't know the Vacation movies were all from the same series.

The Iinspiration (Cassie Lee and Jessie McKay) vs Rosemary and Killer Kelly

Rose backs up Jess in the corner and screams in her face. Jess waistlock takedowns her. Cass 2nd rope double axe handles Rose's arm. Rose headbutts her and bites her hand.  Rose takes a double kick to the front and back from the faces. Kelly takes a double armwringer then a double kick to the front and back. Rose bites Cass' leg. Kelly then grabs Cass on the ropes and bites her in the butt. Rose samoan drops Cass for 2. 

Kelly hits knees on Cass' chest and sliding lariats her from behind for 2. Kelly fisherman suplexes her for 2.Rose snapmares Cass and Cass facebusters her. Jess comes in and drops the heels with spinning forearms and lariats. Jess corner splashes Kelly then boots both opponents in the corner. Rose is thrown out. Kelly takes a corner meteora then Jess suplexes her for 2.

Jess spinning forearms her down. Rose grabs Jess from the apron. Kelly rolls up Jess for 2. Kelly double throat thrusts her and Jess hits some kind of facebuster on the knee. Kelly is hit with an idolizer and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was your usual Iinspiration match with poor and awkward looking offense that didn't look like it hurt. The heels bit the faces for most of this which was a bit amusing. This wasn't good. 

Overall thoughts: There was only one new match and one new interview segment along with some recaps and old matches on this show. The new match wasn't that good. The Iinspiration had their usual sloppy looking match with weak offense. I wouldn't recommend this one but you can get through all the new content in under 15 minutes.

WWE NXT 12/23/2025

WWE NXT 12/23/2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/wwe-nxt-12162025.html

Vic Joseph and Booker T are on commentary. The Performance Center is decorated for Christmas.

We see various wrestlers arrive. 

Izzi Dame vs Lola Vice

Izzi has Shawn Spears with her. 

Izzi hits corner spears on her and Lola sunset flips her. Lola hits a bunch of shots and Izzi lariats her. Lola triangles her and Izzi tries a pin off of it. Lola seated springboard arm drags her. Lola goes for a spin kick and Izzi slides out. Lola la silla's her off the apron.

Lola knees her in the gut then kicks her there. Izzi slams her for 2. Izzi euros her. Lola's head is banged off the buckles. Lola chest kicks her while she's down in the corner. Lola gets on her back with a choke. Izzi drops her backwards to break it. Izzi germans her.

We go to break and return. Lola crucifixes her for 2. Lola spin kicks her in the gut. Lola hits a kick combo. Lola germans her. Shawn Spears trips Lola and Izzi facekicks Lola out. We then see Tatum Paxley chainsaw the riser in the stands and chase Shawn Spears out. Lola uraken's Izzi and pins her.

Thoughts: The match wasn't anything too special. Lola did a bunch of kicks and Izzi didn't get that much in but slams. The highlight here was Tatum chasing Spears with the chainsaw.

Kelani Jordan attacks Lola from behind and throws her into the 2nd buckle. Kelani stomps on her and kicks her. 

Thea Hail goes up to Jordynne Grace in the back. Grace is watching Thea's title won and says Hail clearly won. Thea says she will address the WWE Universe as champ. She thanks Grace for standing up for her last week.

Ethan Page talks to Myles Borne in the locker room. He says Borne didn't listen to his advice. He says Leon Slater is happy Borne didn't listen as Leon has the match Borne wanted. He says the match could have been Borne's. Page says Raw and SD isn't the shark tank, NXT is. He tells him to move up or move out in 2026. He says Borne can watch a real champion handle business next week and take care of TNA's best.

Thea Hail comes out. She says come people couldn't believe she won and neither could she. She says nothing prepares you for having a title on your shoulders. She says this has been the greatest thing of her life. She says everything led her here. She says she believed and when you believe, you become the youngest NXT North American champ in history. She says growing up in NXT has been difficult but it's been real. She says she finally feels like a grown @ss woman. 

Blake Monroe interrupts. Blake says that was a fluke and a mistake. She says it's an inconvenience she now has to deal with. She says all that matters now is that she wants her title back. She tells her to hand it over. Thea says it's her title now and Blake lost it.

Blake says the ref had no idea what he was doing and she wants a rematch. Thea says she can get it at New Year's Evil. Blake then nails her with a forearm and they fight. Security breaks it up. 

We get a video on Eli Knight. He says he's high octane and flies like no other. He says the indies and Reality of Wrestling got him here. He says the grind doesn't end here, it begins here. He says he will show why he is fly like no other.

We then get a video on Tavion Heights. Tav says he's doing whatever it takes to get to the top of the business. He says he will do what it takes to get the Speed title and says it's his.

Sol Ruca and Zaria are interviewed. Sol says it would be incredible to end the year as Women's US champ. She says she learned you can't control the waves but can learn how to ride them. She says she lost 2 titles this year without losing them herself. She says she then beat Bayley and says she's a lucky girl. She says when she beats Chelsea Green, there will be no better feeling. Zaria says she will be out there to make sure she becomes champ.

WWE Men's Speed Tournament 1st Round - Eli Knight vs Tavion Heights

Eli dropkicks him to start then dropkicks him off the apron. Eli top rope moonsaults him outside. Eli hits a top rope frogsplash for 2. Tav leg sweeps him. Tav rolls him into a fireman's carry. Eli leap frogs and leg lariats him. Eli spinning lariats him in the corner then slams him. Eli plants off the top buckle into a moonsault. 

Eli pump kicks him then hits a standing shiranui. Eli misses a top rope moonsault. Tav belly to belly suplexes him and pins him.

Thoughts: It went 2:02. Eli made the most of his time here and did a bunch of nice flying before going down. He did what he was supposed to do here. The crowd yelled, "E-li Knight, Yeah".

Leon Slater and Oba Femi get ready for their talk. We then go to break and return.

Blake is still upset in the back. Jackson Drake goes up to her. He introduces himself and asks her to follow him. She then brings her to Swipe Right. Smokes says she looks more glamorous. They have Christmas presents for her and said she should still be N-A champ. Smokes says he believes her. Brad says it was an Orlando Screwjob. Drake says she will win the title back at New Year's Evil. Smokes says imagine what would happen if she lost and Blake gets mad. They leave and Blake says to leave the gifts. 

Kelly Kincaid hosts a sitdown interview backstage between Leon Slater and Oba Femi. Oba says 2025 has been a year of success. he says he's been the ruler of NXT for the last 2 years. He says he wants to show that he isn't just the ruler of NXT but the ruler of WWE. He says there was a shift in the Universe at SNME. He says Cody Rhodes and the fans felt it as well. He says Leon will feel it at New Year's Evil. 

Leon says Oba believes all he says. He says he knows he is walking into the most difficult match of his life. He talks about finding the love of his life in wrestling. He says he has no intentional on slowing down. He says he's a moment maker and record breaker and it won't slow down in 2 weeks. Oba says his story has no happy ending. Leon says he lets his ability do the talking and says they will find out who speaks loudest at NYE. They shake hands and Oba says we'll see.

 Ava is in the ring with security. She brings out Je'Von Evans and Ricky Saints. Evans says he doesn't know why they are talking and should throw hands outside. RS says he's too impulsive and can barely rent a car, yet be the face of a brand. RS says he's the model and he should model himself after him. Evans says he's about to hit him and Ava yells at him. Evans says RS is jealous. He says he's not the guy he thinks he is. RS says he's every bit of the man he says he is.

RS says Evans can barely string 2 sentences together and says he checks every box. He says he checked enough boxes to get on SD and Cena's last show. He says RS wasn't even mentioned. He says RS is trippin' and out of his mind. Evans threatens him. Ava says they can prove who is better next week in a 1v1 match. She says this ends then. 

Fatal Influence talk to the WrenQCC. Fallon says the Kendal Grey train ends in 2 weeks. Wren says Grey will be the next champ in 2 weeks. Lainey says she talks a lot for someone who has never won anything. Jacy says Kendal will learn she's not on her level. Jacy says she could use a warm-up match and challenges Wren for next week. Wren agrees. 

Christmas Chaos - Skylar Raye and Shiloh Hill vs Stacks and Arianna Grace

The heels kiss. Hill and Sky show up behind them and Grace slaps Hill. Sky then slaps Stacks. They all fight outside. Stacks and Hill hit each other with a large stocking. Sky atomic drops Grace. Hill then atomic drops Stacks. Sky dropkicks Grace. Hill slams Stacks. Sky puts a present on Grace's head and she breaks through it. Hill throws Sky out onto the heels. 

Sky swings a candy cane at Grace. Hill finds a keyboard wrapped like a gift and hits Stacks with it. Grace hits Hill with a candy cane kendo stick. Sky and Grace fight over it then the men lift them for a chicken fight over it. 

Grace pump kicks Hill then hits Sky in the gut. Hill corner lariats Stacks. Stacks is put in tree of woe as is Grace. The heels then get hit with candy cane's. We go to break and return. Stacks hits Hill with the kendo stick and Hill got tied to the ropes with christmas lights. Grace finds a bowling ball present. Grace goes to roll it but hits Stacks in the crotch on accident then drops it on his foot on accident.

Hill puts his fake tooth mouthguard in Grace's mouth. Hill hits lariats on Stacks then hits shots in the corner. Skye hits a double top rope dropkick and Hill shoulders over Stacks. Hill standing inverted flips onto Stacks. Stacks is thrown out and goes into the commentary table. Hill puts a wreath around Stacks. Sky throws Grace into a christmas tree. Hill legdrops Stacks on the apron. Sky grabs Christmas cookies and throws them to the crowd. Grace throws a christmas tree at the faces.

Grace hits the faces with a cookie sheet. Stacks and Grace kiss. Sky pulls Grace into the post with a candy cane. A table is pulled out. Hill finds pine cones in a stocking. Stacks is powerbombed through the cones and the table. Sky top rope frogsplashes Grace and pins her.

Thoughts: These matches are always fun and entertaining and this was no different. I didn't like the girls hitting the guys though and not getting DQ'd nor the guys not doing anything to them in return. They had some creative weapons and spots and both teams took some abuse here.

Grace cries as she eats a cookie after. 

Ava and Darkstate talk. Dion says he wants Joe Hendry. Joe Hendry appears. Joe tries to get him to be positive leading into 2026. Dion wants to fight him and Ava says not here. Cutler says they will be watching him. Joe says NXT gave a lot to him and he should give something back - a concert next week. Ava says everyone will love it. 

OTM are interviewed. Nima says they won't many excuses. Price says it'll be over in 2026 and says Hank and Tank will see them again. The Vanity Project come in and give Kelly Kincaid gifts. Drake says it's not a re-gifting, it's an upgrade. Nima gets mad and asks them who they are. The Project introduce themselves and says they are bringing a gift to the roster in 2026. Price says they will pay and The Project ask if they will accept a gift exchange. They then give the gifts to Kelly.

WWE Speed Tournament 1st Round - Andre Chase vs Lexis King

Chase has a face guard on. We are told he had nasal surgery. He does an inset promo. He says this tournament is like a pop quiz where you can get caught and get eliminated. He says tonight's lesson might be quick but it's a teachable moment for King. King does an inset. He says he's on hot pursuit of the title and says Chase is cool but he'd be cooler in his rear view mirror. 

King hits chops. Chase hits running forearms and neckbreakers him. Chase hits a step up enzugiri. Chase superkicks him from the apron then diving lariats him from the apron. King superkicks him inside for 2. King hits mounted punches. Chase hits punches and King hits a kitchen sink shot from behind. 

Chase armwhips King down then codebreakers the arm. Chase hits chops. Chase russian legsweeps him into a grounded octopus. King upkicks him and hits a coronation neckbreaker to win with 13 seconds left.

Thoughts: It was a short one and a bit rushed. They did the best with the limited they had and it was watchable.

Kelani Jordan is yelling at people in the locker room and brings up Lola. She then yells at Borne and Tavion. Tav says Lexis King is an @ss. He says they need to come different in 2026. Borne says maybe Ethan was right and things gotta change. Hank and Tank walk in. Tank says they became tag champs this year. Hank says they will go where they are going and will get to where they will get to. Tav then tells Borne they got this.

WWE Women's United States Title - Chelsea Green (c) vs Sol Ruca

Sol trips her and bangs Green's knees into the mat. Sol front facelocks her. Green bangs Sol's arm off her shoulder. Sol spinning drops her chest first on the mat. Sol surfboards her. Alba Fyre and Ethan Page try to help Green rope break. Zaria pulls them away. 

Green pulls Sol down by the hair. Green slides and slaps her. Green hits more slaps and Sol lariats her over the top rope. Sol top rope moonsaults outside and nails Page hard on the landing. Sol then gets people to do the wave and we go to break.

We return from break and Green has Sol's arms tied up with her legs. Sol hits bad chest slaps. Sol back elbows her. Sol rolls out of a monkey flip and germans her. Sol top rope dropkicks her. Sol running knees her for 2. Green hits a leg lariat for 2.

Green rolls her up for 2. Sol is on the buckles and is german suplexed down. Sol cartwheel ddt's off the top for 2 when Page puts Green's foot on the ropes. Moose from TNA comes out and fights Page. Alba and Green trip Sol off the 2nd rope. Green unprettier's Sol and wins.

Thoughts: There was a ton of shenanigans here with 4 different people getting involved. They had some sloppy moments here but they did keep things moving. It wasn't the best match they could have had but it showed some promise.

Zaria spears Green and Alba after. Sol hits a double sol snatcher on them. 

Overall thoughts: They squeeze a lot in as usual here. The stars weren't really in action on this one though and we didn't even see Tony D'Angelo. This had some fun moments like the Christmas gimmick street fight and Tatum chasing The Culling around with a chainsaw. I thought it was a fun show as this show often is and I would give it a 6 out of 10 overall. I liked this show.

NWA Powerrr 12/23/2025

NWA Powerrr 12/23/2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/nwa-powerrr-12152025.html

Joe Galli and Danny Dealz are on commentary. 

Kyle Davis talks to The Cazana's in the ring. Joe has a neckbrace on. Joe says the people embarrassed him, his family and the NWA. He calls out The Paige Sisters and Tommy Henry, as he says they were responsible for this.

Joe says what they did is a crime. He says if they got the guts, The Paige Sisters will face The Country Gentlemen. Tommy says he hates them, his wife and his territory. Tommy says nothing good comes out of putting his girls against them. Joe asks if he's scared and if his girls can't handle it. 

Tommy says he's the kind of dad that cares and looks out for his kids. He says you can call him a bad guy as he will let his two girls fight them.

Alex Misery does a promo and says something about setting the NWA ablaze. He then does evil laughs.

Silas Mason and Thom Latimer talk about their rematch. Thom says if you step to him, you better step down. Silas says he'll get him.

Thom Latimer does a video. He said he went to congratulate Silas Mason for beating him. He says Trevor Murdoch then stuck his nose in his business and wants to take his opportunity away. He says Eric Smallz got involved and says he won. He says if you step up to him, you will get put down. He says if you step to him, you better step down.

Joe Bravo vs Alex Misery vs Daisy Kill

They say this is Joe's debut.

Joe hits Alex from behind. Alex kips down out of a lariat and Kill is tripped into the buckles. Alex sentons Joe. Joe rolls up Kill from behind. Alex springboard dropkicks Joe. Joe slaps and dropkicks Kill then Alex. Joe fist drops Alex.

Alex hurricanrana's Joe. Alex enzugiri's Kill from the apron then springboard twisting crossbodies Joe outside. Alex comes off the top to the inside and runs into a Kill superkick for 2. Kill hits chest kicks on Alex and axe kicks him. He la magistrals him. Kill leg lariats him. 

Kill hits shots on Joe in the corner. Kill bulldogs him. Kill back body drops Alex, who lands with a legdrop on Joe. Alex victory rolls Kill for 2. Alex superkicks Joe. Alex handspring cutters Kill. Alex's head is banged off the buckles. Joe hits chops on him.

Alex flips off the top and is caught on the landing with a backdrop from Joe. Kill hits a nice side kick on Joe. Alex sends Kill out and top rope elbow drops Joe to win.

Thoughts: It was fine. I don't like Joe losing on his debut. Alex getting the win was a nice here. It feels like he's on track to getting a push. This was a random one.

The Slimeballz celebrate winning the US Tag Titles. Sage says their party is too exclusive for The Southern Six. Sage says they are the leaders of the US and are now the presidents of the NWA. Sage says they should celebrate this party somewhere where slime is appreciated - Slimeball City. Rant says Slimeball City is never pretty. Sage says it's officially Slime Time.

Carson Drake and Lockjaw Drake vs The Holy Grail (EC3 and PB Smooth)

Aron Stevens is with The Drake's. The Grail come out minus C-Lo.

PB throws down Lock off the lock-up then throws him off the waistlock. Lock chops him then PB chops him down. EC is dropped chest first onto Lock from PB. PB chops Lock and throws him on a slam. Aron distracts the ref and CD pulls PB's leg down over the ropes. 

Lock pounds on PB. CD hits knees to PB's gut. CD's head is banged off the buckles. PB corner splashes CD then EC thesz presses CD. CD slides out. CD runs away from EC. Lock comes in and EC germans him. CD is then slingshotted in. EC stomps Aron's hand on the mat. EC flying back elbows Lock. CD then ddt's EC.

CD hits punches on EC and chokes him on the ropes. Aron then punches CD while he's there. Lock hits shots on EC then chinlocks him. EC jawbreakers Lock. Lock belly to belly suplexes him for 2. Lock lariats EC for 2. EC takes a dropkick + russian legsweep. EC TKO's CD on the knee. PB and Lock come in. PB shoulders over Lock then corner splashes him. PB STO's Lock. PB half-nelson slams Lock then legdrops him for 2. CD breaks up the pin but elbow drops Lock in the knee.

CD pulls PB over the top. Lock is down selling the knee. CD jumps out in fear and hides behind Aron. EC running knees Lock and hits the headlock driver for the win.

Thoughts: The finish wasn't done well here. CD was supposed to elbow drop Lock's leg but didn't do a great job of it. I don't think Lock was booked well here. I was buying into him as a silent but violent guy and PB muscled him around with ease. It was an average match.

Bitcrush

Bryan Idol and Natalia Markova are at Bitcrush. They talk to Mel and ask if he has a whoopie cushion or a novelty session. Mel says they have games. Mel asks if they are dating as they are together a lot and seem to have a non-professional relationship. Idol says they wrestle and perform together and says it's professional. Mel asks what they do outside of that. Bryan says they watch movies and go to eat. Mel asks if he loves her. Bryan says he loves her. Mel asks if she loves him. Markova says she loves him. Mel says they are in love and asks if they are dating. Bryan says he has a title and she has a title. Mel says they aren't giving him what he's looking for. Markova says she wanted to shop around but says they should just get some steak. Bryan agrees. They then walk away and Mel says it's not too late.

Matt Cardona returns next week. 

Mims does a promo. He says there's no mercy for Pope tonight. He says there's nothing he can do to stop him and says there's no more of the nice man he knew. He says there's no mercy and no more of his BS.

Bitcrush

Thom Latimer is at Bitcrush and is staring at Mel. He asks what his deal is. Mel says he likes wrestling a lot. Thom asks if he's a computer nerd who likes wrestling. Mel agrees but says some people call him a genius or a prodigy. He says everyone calls him that and Thom asks who. Mel asks if he knows Dave. Thom asks if he's a dirtsheet writer. Mel says he publishes a monthly publication to his forum. He says he tells them what is good and bad about wrestling. Thom asks what he knows and how he learned it. Mel points to his brain and Thom says he's making it up.

The Slimeballz come in. Sage us excited and asks him what's up. He calls him champ and Mel says Thom isn't champ anymore. The segment ends.

Thoughts: I've said before that Mel is supposed to be an allegory for internet wrestling fans and this confirmed that. This is definitely the NWA taking shots at internet fans which is lame since that is the majority of NWA's audience.

NWA Women's Television Title - Tiffany Nieves (c) vs Clara Carter

I think this is Clara Carter's 2nd match here. Danny Dealz says he doesn't know how she earned this shot. Tiff has Greta and Ms. Starr with her.

Tiff armdrags her off the lock up. Tiff blows a kiss at her and snapmares her. CC rolls her up twice. Tiff lariats her off a headscissors attempt. Tiff bangs CC's face off the mat.

Tiff slaps CC. Tiff 2nd rope diving lariats her. Tiff stands on her hair and pulls her arms. Tiff knees her in the gut then full nelson's her. Tiff kneelifts her and spinning side slams her. Tiff tries to pin her with a foot on the gut.

Tiff slams her. Tiff misses an elbow drop. CC cradles her for 2. CC cradle shocks her. Tiff fish hooks CC and hits a soul foot. Tiff spinebusters her. Tiff then cloverleafs her and submits her.

Thoughts: CC got her mouth busted open here. It wasn't any good. CC was a sloppy here and Tiff's offense wasn't the greatest either.

Bitcrush

The Slimeballz ask if Thom has ever wrestled Vader. Mel says he did in 2016. They ask if he wrestled Kobashi or Billy Corgan. They ask if he was a in TLC match with The Hardy's. Thom says they are alright. He tells them to stop hanging out with Aron and Carson and says they are alright. Thom asks what they think of Mel. Sage says he's a god.

Mims vs The Pope

Mims hits Pope when he tries to get in. Mims hits gut shots in the corner. Pope's head is banged off the buckles. Mims boots him around and puts Pope's jacket over Pope's head. He then punches him. Pope chops Mims in the corner and hits shots to the gut. 

Pope hits knees, chops and boots in the corner. Mims hits a corner spear then a corner splash. Mims side slams him. Mims hits punches on Pope and boots him. Mims shoulders him over. Pope hits a big spear. Pope hits a lariat and running forearms him. Pope hits a corner splash. Mims hits a corner spear. Mims misses a corner splash.

Pope does a low step-up enzugiri. Pope hesitates to go up the buckles. Pope then gets crotched up top when Mims pushes the ref into the ropes. Mims does a backdrop type of move to Pope and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a short bout at only 6-7 minutes. What we got was okay but not much more. It was nice to see Mims get the win here but I'm certain we haven't seen the end of this.

Overall thoughts: It was your usual episode of NWA Powerrr. We had some random matches and wrestlers as always. None of the matches were that great. We got a triple dose of Bitcrush this week and they set up a Paige Sisters vs Cazana Brothers match that I do not want to see. I'd give this a 5 out of 10 as it was pretty average and nothing really worth seeing.

CMLL 12/19/2025 Dream Match Friday

CMLL 12/19/2025 Dream Match Friday

We see the Christmas tree at Arena Mexico. The announcer shows off the Gran Alternativa titles and trophy.

Sin Salida Preview Cibernetico Match - Espiritu Negro vs. Cancerbero vs. Polvora vs. Virus vs. Rey Cometa vs. Electrico vs. Astral vs. Robin vs. Oro Jr. vs. Diamond vs. Sangre Imperial vs. El Coyote vs. Calavera Jr. I vs. Calavera Jr. II vs. Blue Shark vs. El Vigia

Seeding Battle Royal

Everyone fights to start. Blue Shark gets double teamed. Negro tries to dump Astral over the top. Oro is on the 2nd rope and Diamond pushes him over. Astral is hit with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker from Sangre. Sangre then lariats him over the top. Astral sweeps Robin from the apron for the elimination.

Electrico headscissors Coyote over the top. Diamond crossbodies a Calavera over the top for the elimination. The other Calavera then eliminates himself and hugs his partner. Vigia is pushed off the buckles by Virus and sent out. Cancerbero then is sent out. The teams are now set.

Torneo Cibernetico

Coyote throws over Blue then is headscissored on the mat. Blue headstand spinning headscissors him down from the mat. Coyote armdrags him. Blue goes for a crossbody and is booted down. Blue huricanrana's Coyote but Coyote rolls through it. Blue rolls him up again for 2. Oro and Electrico fight. Oro wristlocks him and Elec headflips through. Oro flips over his back and then Elec does the same. Oro springboard twisting headbutts him for 2. Elec headstand  spinning headscissors him from the mat.

Sangre and Viga go at it. Vigia cartwheels and backflips. Vig shoulders him over and flips off of him. Vig side headlocks him. Vig is caught off the 2nd rope and backbreakered. Sangre powerslams him then stomps on him. Sangre misses a senton and tries a pin on Vig. 

Diamond and Astral go at it. Astral boots him away and flips over him. Astral armdrags him then springboard assisted headscissors him. Astral double jump moonsaults him outside. The other wrestlers then stomp on them and everyone fights.  

Cancerbero shoulders over Virus. Virus double boots him out of the corner. Cancer basement dropkicks him for 2. Virus rips at his mask. Cancer slips on a double jump springboard then armdrags him. Espiritu Negro and Robin go at it. Negro walks up the ropes and diving armdrags him. Robin superkicks him.

A Calavera sunset flips Negro. Negro shoulders him over. Rey Cometa enzugiri's Calavera from the apron and slingshot splashes him. Rey spinning armdrags him from his shoulders then flying headscissors him. 

Polvora and a Calavera fight. Pol chops him. Cal 2nd rope springboards and is dropkicked down. Cal chops Pol. Cal hits a corner lariat then corner dropkicks him. Cal walks up the buckles and diving armdrags Pol. Blue Shark comes in and diving headscissors Cal. Blue ends up going against Vigia. Vig trips him. Blue goes up and over him then armdrags him. 

Blue trips him and walks on him. Vigia is back body dropped out then Blue tope con hilos him. The other team then stomps on Blue. Everyone fights. Diamond them top rope plancha's Rey Cometa outside. Diamond and Oro go at it. Diamond rips at the mask. Diamond hits a corner lariat and a corner enzugiri. Oro flips over Diamond's back then Oro flying headbutts him. Oro rips up Diamond's mask. Oro flying headscissors him out then tope con hilos him.

Coyote and Sangre Imperial fight. Sangre back elbows him then armdrags him. Sangre does a pin for 2. Coyote powerbombsh im down for 2. Sangre corner lariats him then basement dropkicks him. Coyote double underhook superplexes him off the buckles and pins him. Sangre Imperial is eliminated.

Electrico and Astral fight. Elec flying headscissors him. Elec shoulder throws him and rips at the mask. Astral rolls him up. Astral double jump springboard dropkicks him. Astral then rips at the mask. Elec tope con hilos him outside. 

Robin armdrags Virus. Robin dropkicks him out. Rey Cometa top rope crossbodies Cancerbero then hurricanrana's him. Cancer reverses the pin attempt on him. Cancer throws him down for 2. Cancer slams Rey and misses a top rope swanton. Rey top rope splashes him and pins him. Cancerbero is eliminated.

Blue Shark and Oro go at it. Oro is dropped down off the casadora. Oro armbars him. Oro powerbombs Blue then crabs him. Blue high kicks him. Oro hits a wasteland on him. Oro misses a top rope moonsault. Blue spears him and pins him. Oro Jr. is eliminated.

Polvora comes in and shoulders over a Calavera. Pol chops him. Cal chops back then springboard diving armdrags him. Both Calavera's stomp on Pol and then pose. The Cal's do backflips into a double basement dropkick on Pol for 2. Pol corner lariats one of them then basement dropkicks him. 

Vigia comes and rolling dropkicks Pol. Electrico comes in. He trades chops with Vigia. Elec slingshot headscissors him then powerbombs him for 2. Vigia pulls him down out of the air. He ties up his legs and pulls on the arms and submits him. Electrico is eliminated.

Diamond springboard plancha's Coyote. Diamond backflips into a spinning reverse headscissors. Astral and Polvora come in. Astral springboard plancha's him. Astral misses a rebound off the ropes moonsault then is basement dropkicked. Polvora sit out dominators him for 2. Polvora pulls on Astral's mask. 

Astral avoids another sitout dominator and basement dropkicks him. Astral is crotched up top. Astral running powerbombs him. Astral rolls him up and pins him. Polvora is eliminated.

Espiritu Negro and Robin fight. Robin kicks Negro. Rey Cometa top rope diving headscissors Robin. A Calavera is double back body dropped. Rey Cometa top rope splashes him then Espiritu Negro springboars santons him. Rey Cometa tornillos Robin outside.

Espiritu Negro then tope con hilos Cometa and Robin. A Calavera walks up the buckles from the ramp and double jump moonsaults outside. Blue Shark top rope crossbodies a Calavera and is rolled up. Blue then rolls up Calavera. A Calavera suplexes Blue. 

Calavera is tripped into the buckles and Blue meteora's him there. Blue ties his legs up and pulls on his neck. Calavera submits. Calavera Jr. I is eliminated.

Virus and Astral fight. Astral northern lights suplexes him for 2. Astral 2nd rope springboard moonsaults him outside to inside for 2. Astral ties up Virus' legs and Virus ropebreaks. Astral is dropped on his chest. Virus ties his legs up and sits on his arm. Astral submits. Astral is eliminated.

Vigia and Rey Cometa fight. Vigia takes a handspring into a canadian destroyer and is pinned. El Vigia is eliminated.

Calavera Jr. II and Espiritu Negro fight. Cal top rope moonsaults him and pins him. Espiritu Negro is eliminated.

Rovin and Diamond fight. Diamond tilt-a-whirl headscissors him then top rope moonsaults him outside. Blue Shark and Coyote fight. Coyote chops him and Blue pop-up powerbombs him. Blue is dropped chest first on the mat and pinned. Blue Shark is eliminated.

Robin and Diamond fight. Diamond is alley ooped. Robin rips at his mask. Robin tiger drivers him and pins him. Diamond is eliminated. 

Virus comes in and slaps down Robin. Robin powerslams him for 2. Robin rolls him up for 2. Virus ties up Robin's arms and submits him. Robin is eliminated.

Calavera Jr. II and Rey Cometa fight. Rey is double stomped on by him and Coyote. They trade running corner lariats. Rey sunst flips him for 2. Cal double underhook suplexes him then does an octopus variation on the mat. He submits him. Rey Cometa is eliminated.

Virus and Calavera Jr. II fight. Coyote chops down Cal and then tope con hilos him. Virus dropkicks Coyote through the ropes. Virus 2nd rope diving headscissors Coyote outside. Cal tope con hilos Virus. 

Coyote gets a 2 count on Virus inside. Virus is held for a Cal legdrop for 2. Virus armdrags Cal and Coyote. Coyote lariats Virus over. Coyote slams Virus. Cal top rope dropkicks Coyote for 2. Virus trips Cal, ties up his legs and then germans Coyote as he does it. The ref yells at virus for some reason and Cal rolls up Virus for 2. Virus nudo's Cal and wraps his leg around his neck. Cal submits. Calavera Jr. II is eliminated.

Virus and Coyote are the last two. Coyote sentons him for 2. Virus is thrown out and sent into the rails. Coyote bites him outside and sends him into the post. Coyote running boots him. Coyote pulls on his arms and crucifixes him for 2. 

Virus is on the 2nd rope and Coyote dropkicks him in the inner thighs for 2. Coyote top rope splashes Virus for 2. Virus back elbows and facekicks Virus. Virus spinebusters him an does a queen angelito stretch. Virus submits him and wins.

Thoughts: It was a long one at close to 45 minutes. Virus winning was unexpected since he's not on these shows a ton. What we got was fine but note the best match possible. A Calavera hit Neon's blind double jump moonsault. Cancerbero had a bad night with two botches.

Gran Alternativa 2025 Final Match - Angel de Oro & Yutani vs. Atlantis Jr. & Xelhua

AJ and Xel have combined gear on. Oro has Yut's facepaint on. 

Xel and Oro go at it. Oro wristlock takedowns him. Xel top wristlocks him and surfboards him with it. Oro rocking chairs him and Xel uses his head to roll out into his own surfboard. Xel twists Oro's leg and ankle locks him. Oro does an armbar. Xel grabs his arm, hooks his leg and tries a pin off of it. 

Yut and AJ get in. They botch a powerbomb. AJ then superkicks him. Oro dropkicks AJ then Xel does a weird takedown on Oro. Xel slides out and is sent into the rails by the heels. Yut spinebusters AJ then Oro slingshot swantons AJ. Xel is down and Yut outside to inside 2nd rope moonsaults him. The heels take stereo tilt-a-whirl backbrekaers. Xel asai moonsaults Oro outside then AJ topes Yut outside.

Yu spinebusters and stomps Xel. Xel headstand spinning headscissors him from the mat. AJ hiptosses Oro then AJ is lifted into a headscissors on Oro. Xel top rope crossbodies Yut. AJ pwoerslams Oro and Xel gorilla press slams Yut onto Ooro. AJ and Xel get 2 counts.

Xel gets on the 2nd rope and Oro pushes him out. AJ is superkicked by Yut. Yut is back body dropped onto the faces outside. Oro top rope tornillo splashes the faces outside. Yut pop-up sitout powerbombs AJ. Xel la rosa drivers Yut. Oro michinoku drivers Xel then AJ blue thunders Oro. Yut superkicks AJ then Oro does it too. Yut enzugiri's AJ from the apron. Yut top rope 180 splashes AJ for 2. 

Yut hits a styles clash on AJ while Oro hits a b-driver on Xel for 2. Oro and Yut take stereo wasteland's. AJ and Xel hit top rope frogsplashes for nearfalls. Oro takes a double Japanese armdrag. Xel ties up Oro's legs and puts his own leg around Oro's head. He then rolls backwards. Oro submits. AJ la atlantida's Yut and Yut submits. Atlantis and Xelhua win.

Thoughts: It was a fun match though it was a tornado tag like all CMLL 2v2 tags are. We had a lot of action. Xel did a rare asai moonsault outside and did his usual submissions. 

Xelhua and Atlantis Jr. are given the Gran Alternativa trophies after. The heels and faces hug.

Soberano Jr. vs. Kevin Knight

Sob offers a handshake then pulls his hand away. They lock up and let go. KK armdrags him from the mat. They legsweep each other. KK does push up's to taught Sob. Sob then does push up's at him. They shoulderblock battle and both go down. They then do sit up's at each other.

KK side headlocks him and shoulders him over. KK then poses. Sob armdrags him then poses. KK jumping lariats him then kips up. KK slingshot plancha's him outside.  

KK wheelbarrows him outside and swings him into the rails. KK stomps him inside and tries to pin him with a foot on his chest. KK figure fours him. Sob ropebreaks. KK unties Sob's mask on the ropes. KK abdominal stretches him. Sob hiptosses him to escape.

Sob misses a corner charge and kicks him. Sob top rope tornillos him but KK catches him. KK gorilla press gutbusters him. KK hits euros. Sob pumping knees him then superkicks him out. Sob tope con hilos him outside.  

Sob moonsaults off the rail onto KK. They go back in. Sob hits punches up top and enzugiri's him. They botch a headscissors off the buckles. Sob crucifixes him for 2. Sob is on the 2nd rope and KK hurricanrana's him down for 2. 

Sob powerslams him for 2. Sob 2nd rope moonsaults him but KK gets his knees up. They trade shots on the apron. Sob dropkicks him on the apron and KK jumping ddt's him on the apron. They come in and trade forearms on the mat. Sob facekicks him and is dropkicked. KK is hanging from the top rope and Sob asai moonsaults him down. They reverse each other's tombstones and Sob just drops him on the ramp/apron. KK springboard diving lariats him. KK runs the ramp and flying lariats him for 2.

Sob gets his feet up on KK's 180 splash off the top. KK is pushed off the top and Sob tornillo's him from the top. Sob fosbury flops him outside. Sob square drivers him in the ring and wins.

Thoughts: I didn't like it. It was a longer and slower match. It had a couple of sloppy moments and it was just not the fun and exciting match it should have been. They ran a story where they were each trying to be cocky to each other early but then gave that up by the mid-portion of the match.

World Historic Welterweight Title Match - Mascara Dorada (c) vs. Mike Bailey

MD rolls him up to start then Mike rolls him up in return. Mike misses a standing moonsault. They trade pin attempts and trade corkscrew kick attempts before standing off. MD shoulders over Mike. Mike then shoulders him over. Both kip up. Mike body kicks him down. MD double jump tornillo armdrags him. MD seated moonsaults on the top rope and armdrags him down. 

Mike flips into him off the bottom rope and headscissors him. Mike hits a kick combo and sends him out. Mike then triangle moonsaults him outside. MD is sent into the rails outside. Mike facekicks him over the rail.

Mike snapmares him and kicks him in the back for 2. Mike double knee drops him for 2. MD springboards and is superkicked. Mike hits kicks to the leg then does a reverse figure four on him. Mike is sent to the ramp and MD flips onto it with him. MD corkscrew headscissors him on the ramp. MD then gets on top of the entrance tron and plancha's him. 

MD runs the ramp and fosbury flops him for 2. Mike axe kicks and chest kicks him down. Mike then misses a running ssp. MD misses a top rope ssp. Mike misses a top rope ssp. They high kick each other at the same time then corkscrew kick each other at the same time.

Mike pulls out MD. Mike then topes MD twice. MD tornillo's him outside. MD slides under him on the outside and Mike top rope corkscrew moonsaults him outside.  

Mike misses a standing double knee drop on the apron. MD sitout dominators him inside for 2. Mike armdrags him off the casadora. Mike PK's him then standing moonsault double knee drops him. Mike buzzsaw kicks him for 2. MD corkscrew kicks him. MD then electric chair neckbreakers him for 2. MD 450's off the top but Mike gets his knees up. MD sunset flips him off an electric chair driver attempt for 2. Mike rolls him up for 2. 

Mike sunset flips him for 2. Mike superkicks him. Mike corkscrew kicks him in the corner. Mike 2nd rope ultimate weapon's him in the back for 2. MD 2nd rope electric chair drivers Mike. MD top rope ssp's him and pins him.

Thoughts: There wasn't a ton of selling here as expected which is a shame because they had some cool spots and were able to work together. It was definitely an indy style match based around moves that didn't mean a whole lot. At least they did what was expected of them though and flew around and provided various highlights. 

They shake hands after and hug. 

CMLL World Heavyweight Title Match - Claudio Castagnoli (c) vs. Ultimo Guerrero

They fight on the apron. CC hits him with a towel and throws him in from the ramp. CC stomps UG in the ring. CC euros him against the ropes then throws him into the rails. CC running euros him against the rails. They get back in and CC hits euros inside. CC boots him in the corner.

CC lays him on the top of the rail and diving elbows him from the apron. Back in the ring, CC facekicks him. CC chops him in the corner. UG chops back. UG lariats him. UG baseball slides him out. UG then dives on him off the top outside. 

They trade corner attacks. UG lariats him for 2. CC pop up euros him for 2. UG 2nd rope gordbusters him for 2. UG misses a corner charge and goes out. CC hits a rare tornillo over the top on him.

CC top rope crossbodies him for 2. UG hits gut punches and euros in the corner. UG 2nd rope powerbombs CC for 2. CC rolls him up for 2. CC puts the ref in UG's way. He face kicks UG then giant swings him. CC then neutralizers him for the win.

Thoughts: It was a little slow paced but I liked it. They didn't overdo it too much since UG only got a couple of big moves in. CC busted out a rare tornillo in this. I thought it was a decent bout though it was a little one sided.

CC gets confetti after. 

Overall thoughts: It was a different show than usual with rare AEW vs CMLL singles matches and a tornillo. If you were looking for the traditional trios match, this didn't even have one. The tornillo was okay. I liked the tag match. Knight/Soberano disappointed. Dorada/Bailey was indy stuff. The main was decent but it was a little one-sided. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 overall and thought it was a good show from CMLL. 

WWE Monday Night Raw 12/22/2025

WWE Monday Night Raw 12/22/2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/wwe-monday-night-raw-12152025.html

We are in Grand Rapids, MI. Corey Graves and Michael Cole are on commentary.

This was pre-taped and it's only an 94 minutes long.

We see various wrestlers arrive. Paul Heyman tells The Bron's to stay out of the cold and says he's got this. He goes up to Austin Theory and asks what he's doing. Austin says he wanted everyone to feel his actions before he made his face. He says he made bad decisions but saw The Vision. He says they don't wait, they took. He says that's him now and he takes. He says he wants to take the opportunity and help The Vision tonight in their match. Paul says it's very interesting. 

Iyo Sky and Rhea Ripley talk in the back. Rhea says she needs her to stay in the back tonight. She hugs her and tells her to stay safe. She says she'll come back for her.

Rhea Ripley vs Asuka

RR dropkicks her and hits shots to the gut. RR clubs on her. RR throws her. RR trips her and hits mounted shots. RR headbutts her down. Asuka goes out to avoid riptide. Asuka is sent into the rails. Sane distracts RR. Asuka hip attacks RR off the apron. RR is sent into the rails.

We go to break and return though this is taped and there are no commercials. Asuka flying corner back elbows her. Asuka hits slaps and a spin kick in the corner. Asuka pop-up knees her in the face for 1. Asuka hits Kawada kicks. 

RR hits shots to the gut. Asuka backslides her for 2. RR spinning back elbows her. Sane trips RR. Asuka basement dropkicks RR. Asuka hits chest kicks. RR slaps her then hits short arm lariats. RR drops her down chest first and low dropkicks her. Rhea flying single leg dropkicks her for 2. 

Asuka rolls her up off a riptide attempt. Asuka hits a uraken and superkicks her in the chest. RR upkicks her from the mat. We go to break and return. They trade shots on their knees and get up. RR catches her foot and does the reverse cloverleaf on her. Asuka ankle locks her. Asuka germans her then sliding kicks her for 2.

They fight on the buckles. RR superkicks Asuka's head into the buckles. RR electric chair drops her forward on her chest for 2. Asuka rolls her up off a razor's edge for 2. RR misses a facekick on the ropes. RR blocks her hip attack. Asuka germans her on the apron. Asuka comes off the buckles and is superkicked. RR sliding knees her. RR cannonballs her off the apron outside.

RR goes up top and Sane trips her. Iyo Sky comes out and uppercuts Sane. Sane sweeps Iyo on the apron. Asuka rolls up RR with the tights and wins. 

Thoughts: It was a lot better than the usual offerings. They had a pretty good match here with a bunch of kicks. This is definitely leading to something with Rhea/Iyo vs The Kabuki Warriors as well, so this was a big success. I thought they might take it easy too but they didn't.

The Bron's and Paul Heyman talk. They want Paul to tell them what's going on with Theory. Paul asks where Reed was 14 months ago then asks where Bron was last year. Paul says someone had a vision for all of them and says he has a vision for Austin Theory too. He says it's Reed and Theory tonight vs Rey and Punk. He says Austin either carries out the vision tonight or they make sure Austin's @ss is carried out of WWE. Reed tells Bron he's got this. Bron says he has Reed's back, not Austin's.

They talk about Season 2 of WWE Unreal which is coming up.

Becky Lynch comes out to talk. She says Maxxine Dupri is not the legit Women's IC champ. She says there was a corrupt ref and legal interference so she is the real IC champ and not Max. BL says she went to the big wigs at Netflix to go to Michigan and take matters into her own hands. 

Maxxine Dupri comes out. Max says we all hear Becky. She says Sports Illustrated was right in calling her the greatest of all time. She says she's a rookie but she beat the greatest of all time. She says she beat her three times. She says she can have a rematch anytime and she will stop at nothing to beat her again. She says she's the fans' IC champ and Becky's IC champ. She says she just wants Becky to admit it. She says Becky doesn't look like the greatest of all-time, she looks like someone who is afraid that her best years are behind her.

Becky slaps her and bangs her face off the mat. Becky holds up the title and says it's hers. Becky pounds on her more. Max trips her and ankle locks her. Becky taps out then slides out. Max holds the title up.

Je'Von Evans and Adam Pearce talk in the back. Adam says good luck to him tonight and says let's talk about his future once he's done. 

Stephanie Vaquer walks in. Adam asks how they can fix the issue with SV, Nikki Bella and Raquel. SV asks for a triple threat and Adam says how about next week? 

We get an Uso's video. Jimmy says they are back in the tag division. He says they won last week in a classic. Jey says Dragon Lee and AJ have their titles. Jimmy says they are the greatest team of all-time. Those teams fight next week.

Je'Von Evans vs Rayo Americano

They lock up. Rayo side headlocks him. Evans shoulders him over. Evans kips up then dropkicks him. Evans side headlocks him and Rayo flying double chops him. Rayo knee drops Evans' arm. Rayo armlocks him. Evans boots him in the gut then seated springboard headscissors him. 

Rayo back body drops Evans over the top. Rayo misses a plancha then Evans suicide dives him. We go to break and return. Evans is armdragged off the buckles. Rayo hits mounted forearms on Evans and stomps him. 

They trade shots. Evans flying knees him. Evans flying forearms him. Evans does Terrell Tempo's viralplex (suplex + kip up) then does a springboard lariat for 2. Los Grandes Americano get on the apron. Bravo crotches Evans. Rayo lariats Evans down and michinoku drivers him for 2. 

Evans superkicks him. Rayo step up enzugiri's him. Evans tries a corkscrew kick off the ropes but totally misses. Evans springboards and is hit. Rayo misses a top rope moonsault and Evans double jump springboard cutters him to win.

Thoughts: It was a fun match here. Evans is already just as over as anyone else and may as well be a main roster regular now. Bravo lost as expected but it makes no difference.

AJ Styles and Dragon Lee are interviewed. They talk about the teams they beat in regards to facing The Uso's next week. Lee says their match will be a classic and says they will bring fire. AJ says as long as they have the titles, they are better than the best.

Bron Breakker does a video. He says he cut Punk in half last week and held the title up high. He says it was easy. Bron says Punk doesn't care about his wife or anyone else but himself. Bron asks if this watered down Punk will show up on 1/5 or if it'll be the best in the world. He says either way, the results will be the same. He says he's the dog he can't outrun. He says he hopes Punk saved his money and cashed his checks as he won't be worth a dollar to anyone when Bron is champ.

Nikki Bella comes out. She stands on the commentary table. She says everyone forgot who she is. She says she's a legend, hall of famer and champ. She says we are looking at the star of the division. She says she destroyed Raquel's face last week and will destroy Vaquer's reign next week. She says Vaquer is a big deal in the ring but she's a big deal everywhere. She says it's time the belt is around the waist of a global superstar and calls herself a legend.

Bayley vs Roxanne Perez

Bay has Lyra Valkyria with her. RP has Liv Morgan with her.

RP rolls out of a lock up. RP shoves her. Bay hits a belly to belly suplex for 2. RP goes to tope Bay outside. Bay is supposed to catch her but drops her. RP trips her. RP clubs on her outside.

RP basement dropkicks her and knee drops the leg. RP bangs Bay's leg off the post. We go to break and return. RP running euros her in the corner and russian legsweeps her for 2. Bay knees her in the face then lariats her twice. Bay thesz presses her and hits mounted shots. Raquel Rodriguez comes out. Bay does a swinging drop on RP for 2.

Lyra hits Raquel outside. Liv throws Lyra over the commentary table. RP cartwheel double knee drops Bay for 2. Bay sunset flips RP into the buckles for 2. Liv trips Bay and distracts the ref. RP takes off the 2nd bukcle. Bay is sent into the exposed buckle. Raquel distracts the ref and Liv pulls Raquel down as she is stopping RP from getting a pin. RP yells at Raquel. Lyra crossbodies Liv and Raquel off the commentary table.

Bay backdrops RP. Lyra yells at Bay and slaps her. Bay fires up and flying knees RP. Bay flurries on RP in the corner. Bay puts RP on the 2nd rope and double knee presses her down. Bay top rope elbow drops RP and wins.

Thoughts: Bay was back to botching here as she had two sloppy spots. I have no idea what Raquel was doing as she totally screwed her own partner. I liked the finish with Bay firing up and scoring the win. Bay's comeback helped this one. There was no lack of things going on during this. 

Bronson Reed talks to Austin Theory in the back. Reed says Austin is rolling with The Vision and it's the big leagues. He tells him to follow his lead, kid. Austin says he's not his kid. He says he'll start the match and Reed can follow his lead.

The Judgment Day fight in the back. The men try to stop the arguing. Perez asks what Raquel was doing. Raquel says she was trying to help like they did when Bella interrupted her match. Liv says they are all trying to help each other as Judgment Day is a family. Perez says she wants to be on the same page but needs to know what they are all doing. Raquel says good luck and says she has a title match she needs to prepare for. 

Gunther comes out to talk. Gun messes with the crowd and delays talking on the mic. Gun raises his hands on the commentary table.  Gun says you shouldn't be mad at him. He says you should be mad at the guy who tapped out like a little b!tch.

CM Punk comes out. Punk stares down at Gun. Gun backs up, laughs and does the "you can't see me" motion. Rey Mysterio comes out while Gun is in the aisle. They stare down and Gun leaves after saying something.

We go to break and return. Gun is laughing in the back. He runs into AJ Styles. AJ says he doesn't know when to shut up, does he? Gun says, "guess I don't" and laughs.

CM Punk and Rey Mysterio vs The Vision (Bronson Reed and Austin Theory)

Rey pounds on Austin. Austin hits corner lariats and backbreakers him. Austin bends over and is kicked. Punk hits Austin from behind and then boots him in the corner. Austin hits a running back elbow and pounds on him. 

Punk is tripped into the buckles. Austin rolls into a dropkick on him. We go to break and return. Reed pounds on Punk in the corner and sends him chest first into the buckles. Reed splashes Punk's arm.  

Austin stomps Punk's hand then chinlocks him. Austin side headlock takeovers him. Punk rolls him up for 2. Austin running lariats him. Reed elbow drops Punk. Reed cranks on Punk's chin. Reed hits mounted shots on Punk then sentons him. Reed chinlocks him. Reed boots Punk then stands on his back.

Reed slams Punk. Reed misses a senton. Rey tags in. Rey forearms Reed. Reed misses a butt drop and takes a la silla for 2. Rey spinning headscissors Austin then la silla's him off the apron outside. 

We go to break and return. Reed chokes Rey over the bottom rope. Reed catapults Rey's throat into the bottom rope. Rey's head is banged off the commentary table. Rey is held for a shot from Reed. Reed slams Rey down then splashes him for 2. Reed suplexes Rey. Austin stomps on Rey and clubs on him. Rey enzugiri's him. Austin suplexes Rey for 2. Rey casadora bulldogs Austin.

Punk is tagged in. He huts punches on Austin and leg lariats him. Punk swinging neckbreakers Austin. Punk step up knees Austin in the corner and bulldogs him. Reed comes in. Punk hits lariats on him. Punk top rope diving lariats Reed for 2.

Rey rolls Red into the ropes. Austin blind tags himself in and lariats Rey hard. Rey hurricanrana's Austin into the ropes. Rey 619's him and slingshot splashes him. Reed pulls Rey out off the pin.

Reed elbow drops Rey. Punk topes Reed then hits punches on him outside. Punk lariats Reed over the timekeeper's rail. Rey is crotched up top. Austin curbstomps Rey and pins him.

Thoughts: It was an okay main here. Theory's blind tag and lariat on Rey was nice. I'm glad they let Austin pick up the pin here. It's going to take time though to get Austin over though if it happens at all.

Bron Breakker comes down and goes after Punk. Punk lariats Austin over the top and Bron spears Punk to end the show.

Overall thoughts: It was a shorter show at only 94 minutes. I like it as a reviewer, but as a fan, we definitely lost out on 1-2 segments. The show was good overall. None of the matches were bad. Due to the length of the show, a lot of people were not wrestling here. There was nothing must see here but it never got boring and they kept things moving. I'd give this a 6 out of 10 overall.

CMLL on Televisa Puebla 12/21/2025

CMLL on Televisa Puebla 12/21/2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/cmll-on-televisa-puebla-12142025.html

Los Demonios Samurais (Okumura & Yutani) & Multy vs. Los Viajeros Del Espacio (Futuro & Max Star) & Stigma

1st Fall - Max headscissors Multy from the mat. Max armdrags him and Multy wristlocks him. Max headflips out and armdrags him. Stig and Oku go at it. Stig wristlocks him. Oku reverses it. Stig flips out of it using the ropes and armdrags him. Stig trips him and then spinning reverse headscissors him from the mat. They then get up and stand off.

Yut and Fut get in. Fut trips him. Fut cartwheels over him. Yut flips out of a hiptoss and Fuy flying headscissors him. Fut walks up the buckles, gets stuck in tree of woe and is stomped on. Stig is triple teamed. Stig takes corner attacks. Multy is popped up into Stig in the corner for 2. Oku jawbreakers Max. 

Stig takes a triple boot out. Multy topes Stig outside. Fut is superkicked. Oku hits a TKO and Yut does a falcon arrow. Fut and Max are pinned. Okumura's team wins the first fall.

2nd Fall - Stig is put up top and Yut unties his mask. Oku then tries to untie it. Stig is stomped in tree of woe. Fut is double teamed. Max takes corner attacks and a triple basement dropkick. Stig is stomped on by the heels. Yut flipping legdrops and splashes Stig's leg. Oku michinoku drivers Stig. Multy top rope moonsaults and Stig gets hit feet up. Stig double hurricanrana's Multy and Yut then topes Oku outside. Yut and Multy are against the 2nd rope and take stereo 619's. Max and Fut do stereo springboard splashes on them and pin them. Futuro's team wins the fall.

3rd Fall - Fut is popped up into a headscissors on Oku. Fut is popped up and armdrags Yut out. Max cartwheels over Oku then superkicks him. Max flips off of Yut. Max walks up the ropes, does a flip onto the ropes and does a double armdrag. Max tilt-a-whirl armdrags Multy out.

Oku spin kicks Stig. Stig kicks him back. Stig basement dropkicks him. Stig dragon screws Yut. Stig hits punches on Multy in the corner. Stig bulldogs Multy. Stig then la silla's Multy off the apron. Max springboard tornillo armdrags Yut. Max asai moonsaults Yut outside. Fut goes up and over Oku. Oku bridging and running cutters him for 2. Fut AA's and moonsaults Oku to pin him. 

Multy boots over Fut. Multy pop-up sitout powerbombs Max. Fut spinning headscissors Multy out. Fut then tope con hilos him outside. Yut goes for a leapfrog and Stig powerbombs him down. Oku distracts the ref. Yut pulls down Stig's mask and pins him to win.

Thoughts: The finish wasn't super clean as Yut couldn't get Stig's mask off easily. It was a decent match as most Okumura matches are. Max and Stig did some nice flying here and the heels played their role fine. I liked this.

Los Depredadores (Magnus & Volador Jr.) & Meyer vs. Los Dragones (Dragon de Fuego, Dragon Legendario & Dragon Rojo Jr.)

DF has the long red tights. DL has the short red trunks.

1st Fall - Mey and DF go at it. DF side headlocks him and takes him over. Mey headscissors him. DF side headlock takeovers him. DF trips him then ties his leg up. DF armdrags him. Mey hip throws him. DF snapmares him and tries a pin off of it. DF hits 2 armdrags and they stand off. Mag hits DF from behind. 

Rojo and Mag go at it. Rojo armdrags him twice then is superkicked by Vol. Vol's team stomps on their opponents. DF takes running corner attacks and is pinned with a Mag corner meteora. DL takes a top rope splash from Mey and is pinned. Volador Jr.'s team wins the fall.

2nd Fall - DL takes a corner lariat and a superkick. DF is popped up into a Vol kick to the gut. Rojo is double kicked in the leg. Mag headbutts DL down. Rojo top rope crossbodies Mag and Mey then Japanese armdrags both together. DF is monkey flipped into a nice sunset flip on Vol. DF pins Vol. Dragon Rojo Jr.'s team wins the fall.

3rd Fall -  DF flips off of Mag then pop-up armdrags him. DF chops Mey then walks up the ropes and diving armdrags him. DF double jump diving armdrags him. DL springboard crossbodies Mag. DL springboard armdrags him. DL kicks Vol in the gut then seated moonsaults into an armdrag on him.

DL chops Mey down then top rope diving tornillo armdrags him. Rojo top rope crossbodies Mey then basement dropkicks him. Mag is pushed into Vol. Rojo flying shoulders Mag. Rojo top rope diving armdrags Vol. Mey and Mag are sent into each other. DL is popped up into a double dropkick on them. DL and DF do stereo dives outside. Vol superkicks Rojo and backcrackers him for the pin. Volador's team wins the fall and match.

Thoughts: It was a quicker bout here and didn't quite to reach its potential. There was not a lot of messing around at all in this at all and Vol's team didn't get an extended offensive section. What we got was okay enough but not much more,

Esfinge, Mistico & Templario vs. Los Hermanos Chavez (Angel de Oro & Niebla Roja) & Soberano Jr.

1st Fall - Mist's team is getting beaten up on by the heels. Sob chokes Mist with a shirt outside. Temp is tripped and kicked by Roja. Esf is kicked in the leg by Roja. Roja then kicks Esf in the back. Sob stands on Mist's chest in the corner. Mist is held for a boot from Sob. The heels triple stomp Mist.

Sob bites Mist's fingers. Temp wants to help out but is stopped by the ref. Roja 2nd rope double axe handles Mist. Mist flying headscissors Sob and is triple stomped by the heels. Mist is put in the rocking chair by Oro and Sob legdrops Mist. Sob pins Mist. Soberano Jr.'s team wins the fall.

2nd Fall - Sob tries to take off Mist's mask on the buckles. Temp takes a double boot out. Roja kicks Esf in the leg. Sob rips at Mist's mask more and stomps him on the ramp. Temp takes a double flapjack and a double basement dropkick. 

The heels kick Mist in the leg for 2. Mist hits a springboard double back elbow on Oro and Roja. Mist flying headscissors Sob out then topes him. Oro and Roja take spinebusters. Temp asai moonsaults Roja. Esf springboard splashes Oro. Oro and Roja are pinned together. Mistico's team wins the fall. 

3rd Fall - Sob and Temp go at it. Sob poses and they chop each other. Sob facekicks him and is superkicked. Sob's 2nd rope crossbody is caught. Temp knees him in the gut. Temp flips over Roja's and Oro's backs. Temp flying headscissors Roja. Temp flying headscissors Oro out then spinarooni's up. 

Mist wants to fight Sob. Sob rolls over Mist's back and rolls out. Mist is triple teamed by the heels. Mist flying headscissors Roja. Sob and Oro stomp on Mist. Sob complains and shoves Oro. they are about to fight but then hug and raise each other's hands. Mist is popped up and flying headscissors Sob.

Mist springboard headscissors Oro out. Mist walks up the buckles and corkscrew flipping armdrags Sob out. Esf is kicked while running the ropes and Roja stomps on him. Roja stomps on Esf's back. 

Esf monkey flips Oro then does it to Roja as well. Esf tilt-a-whirl backbreakers Sob twice then corkscrew kicks him. Oro running back elbows Mist then stomps on him. Mist springboard twisting crossbodies him then la mistica's him. Oro submits.

Temp and Roja get in. Roja pop-up kicks him. Esf superkicks Roja out and topes him. Sob and Mist end up in the ring alone. Mist springboard twisting crossbodies Sob. Mist is rolled onto the ref and the ref does a big sell for it. Sob low blows Mist. Sob then pretends that Mist low blowed him at the same time. The ref asks the crowd and the wrestlers what happened and awards the bout to Mist, disqualifying Soberano. Mistico's team wins the fall and match.

Thoughts: I'm not a big fan of the "take my word for it" finish unless it's another ref doing it. If you don't see what happened, you can't call it. It was an okay main with a big focus on Soberano vs Mistico, likely due to their Arena Mexico match a week or two ago. Nobody really went all out but it was enough. The heels got most of the offense in on this.

Overall thoughts: All three matches were fine here. The finish to the main sucked and the second match was a lot shorter than it should have been. There was nothing must see here but I'd give the show a 6 out of 10 overall.

All Japan Pro Wrestling 11/30/2025 Real World Tag League 2025 Day 5

All Japan Pro Wrestling 11/30/2025 Real World Tag League 2025 Day 5

Day 4 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/all-japan-pro-wrestling-11292025-real.html

Note - There are interviews after every match. 

Kengo Mashimo vs. Shota Kofuji

They lock up. Ken wristlocks him, Shota reverses it and is tripped. Ken works the arm then side headlock takeovers him. Shota headscissors him and they stand off. Ken waistlock takedowns him. Shota backs him up in the corner. Sho takes him down by the wrist. Shota twists the leg and leglocks him. Ken stomps him and side headlocks him. 

Shota back elbows him and is knocked over. Shota dropkicks him. Shota double boots him out of the corner and rolls into a dropkick on him. Ken then armbars him. Shota hits forearms. Ken facekicks him and Shota running lariats him. 

Shota dropkicks him off the buckles and fisherman suplexes him for 2. Shota la magistral's him then backslides him. Shota rolls him up for 2 then Ken armbars him off of it. Shota then taps out.

Thoughts: It was a quick one here with Ken winning as expected. They didn't really make it out of the opening part of the match before it ended.

Davey Boy Smith Jr., Kento Miyahara & Tsuyoshi Okada vs. Jun Saito, Ryo Inoue & Yuma Anzai

Ken and Yuma go at it. Ken slaps Yuma. Yuma side headlocks him. Ken facekicks him then Yuma dropkicks him. Davey and Jun go at it. Jun side headlocks him and they shoulder battle. Davey side headlock takeovers him and Jun headscissors him. They then stand off. 

Ryo and Okada get in and trade facekicks and chest kicks. Ryo facekicks him then hits chest kicks in the corner. Ryo corner dropkicks him. Ryo swings at Ken on the apron and is pulled out and sent into the rails. Ken and Davey double team Ryo out ther and Ken facekicks him against the rails. 

Ken headbutts Ryo down. Okada works on Ryo's leg. Ryo hits forearms on Ken. Ken running back elbows him. Davey slams Ryo then facekicks him. Ryo flying kicks him. Yuma and Davey go at it. Yuma flying knees him from behind. Davey hts a headbutt then Yuma dropkicks him.

Davey back body drops him. Ken comes in and facekicks Yuma. He dropkicks him in the knee then the side of the head. They trade forearms. Yuma belly to belly suplexes him. Jun comes in. Jun shoulders Ken over and elbow drops him for 2. Ken pump kicks Jun. Okada gets in and hits kicks on Jun. He then spinning neckbreakers him for 2. Okada takes a running back elbow. Jun elbow drops Okada for 2. 

Okada high kicks Jun. Ken pumping knees Jun. Davey powerslams Jun. Okada shining wizards Jun from behind. Ken and Yuma trade. Yuma pop-up knees him then flying knees him. Jun and Okada hit shots on each other and Jun gets a 2 count on him. Jun house call kicks him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a fun bout here. Ryo started stuff and got picked on. Okada brought some okay strikes to the table and I was fine with this. It wasn't great and it did run a little long but I liked it. 

Jun and Yuma talk on the mic after and get in each other's faces. 

Davey and Ken are interviewed after. Ken talks then Davey says they will be victorious. Davey ays they are coming for their opponents in Osaka.

Real World Tag League 2025 Block B Match - Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Takashi Yoshida vs. Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising HAYATO

Jiro's team had a long extended entrance here with both of them fooling around. TY and AA lock up. TY pretends to clean break him then hits him in the throat. AA flying headscissors TY. 

Rising and Jiro lock up. Rising shoulders him over and Jiro kips up. They do the spot  twice. Rising spinning headscissors Jiro out. Rising clubs on Jiro and TY hits Rising in the back while he runs the ropes. TY hits a running throat shot to Rising then pulls on his nose and slaps it down. 

TY blows snot at Rising twice. TY hits corner lariats. AA gets in and 2nd rope diving armdrags him. AA dropkicks him. TY running lariats AA and Rising together. TY hits Jiro in the throat on a double team when AA moves.

Jiro takes corner attacks. Jiro then takes a 2nd rope diving codebreaker into a backdrop + neckbreaker combo. TY's opponents make him throat thrust Jiro then make him do it to himself. AA superkicks Jiro. Rising hurricanrana's Jiro and pins him.

Thoughts: It was mostly comedy here. Some of it was entertaining but if you were looking for more, this wasn't it. I'd rather see Seigo and Jiro do comedy though then Yoshida and Jiro. 

Baka No Jidai (Hideki Suzuki & Yuko Miyamoto), Ryuki Honda & Seigo Tachibana vs. HAVOC (Go Shiozaki, Oddyssey, Shotaro Ashino & Xyon)

Honda's team attacks the heels as they pose on the ropes and the fight goes outside. Go and Yuko fight in the seats and Yuko is sent into the post. Odd clubs on Suzuki outside. Yuko and Honda are sent into the rails. Odd boots Suzuki in the gut in the corner. Odd corner splashes him. Odd slams Suzuki for 2.

Suzuki and Xy fight. Xy spinning forearms him. Xy hits a corner spear and sends Suzuki into the buckles chest first. Suzuki euros and enzugiri's him. Honda hits corner lariats on Xy then shoulders him over. Honda chokes Xy on the ropes. Xy headbutts him then spinebusters him.

Ashino hits running euros on Honda then karelin's lifts him for 2. Honda spears Ashino. Yuko belly to belly overhead suplexes Ashino. Yuko running lariats him and standing moosault double knee drops him. Yuko's handspring is caught and he is german'd. 

Go and Seigo get in. Go hits chops then eye rakes him. Seigo spears him. go takes corner attacks, an atomic drop and a running facekick for 2. Go headbutts Seigo. Seigo suplexes him. Go 2nd rope twisting superplexes him. Seigo takes a running chop + a german. Odd hits a running double clothesline. Odd then does a double sideslam.

Yuko tries shots on Odd but opts to stomp his foot. Xy does a dangerous looking reverse slam on Yuko. Seigo is cornered 1v4. Xy atomic drops him, Odd hits a big splash and Go running lariats him for the win.

Thoughts: It was okay enough. I liked Seigo getting cornered 4v1 at the end here. Seigo almost got messed up bad on a reverse slam. They had the usual brawling around the ring to start this. 

HAVOC does a promo after backstage. Xyon says they bring the heart and soul to All Japan. He says they bring it all together and perform. They then do a cheer and talk about eating. 

Real World Tag League 2025 Block A Match - MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka vs. Hokuto-gun (Hokuto Omori & Kuma Arashi)

Mu and Kuma go at it. They lock up and Kuma backs him up on the ropes. Mu ducks a lock-up and they compete for cheers for a bit. They then shake hands and tag out. SY and Omori go at it. Omor clean breaks him on the ropes. Omori knees hm in the gut and takes a double basement dropkick. SY eye rakes Omori with his feet.

Mu eye rakes Omori. Omori flying forearms him off the apron. All 4 fight outside. SY is sent into the rails. Omori pulls on Mu's nostrils outside. Kuma and Omori take turns slamming Mu. Kum slams Mu more then crabs him.

MU boots Omori out of the cornr, armdrags him and basement dropkicks him. SY comes in and running dropkicks Omori. He then tornado ddt's Kuma off Omori. SY kicks Omori in the back then PK's him for 2. Omori flatliners SY.

Kuma comes in and shoulders his opponents over then slams both. Kuma throws Musashi at SY. Kuma sentons SY for 2. Kuma corner lariats SY then misses a 2nd rope senton. Kuma takes chops and kicks from his opponents then a double superkick for 2. 

Kuma double crossbodies his opponents. Omori comes in and suplexes Mu for 2. Mu takes a double shouler block and Omori is slammed onto him. Omori cutters Mu then Kuma 2nd rope sentons Mu. Omori splashes Mu off the buckles. Omori misses a top rope splash. Mu hits superkicks on Omori. Mu falcon arrows Omori for 2.

Omori takes a 2nd rope hurricanrana into a top rope frogsplash for 2. Kuma lariats SY then SY la mistica drops him. Mu top rope frogsplashes Omori for 2. Omori spinning forearms Mu and germans him for 2. Omori dragon suplexes Mu. Omori does like a ki krusher on Mu for 2. Omori top rope splashes Mu and wins.

Thoughts: It was acceptable. Kuma used his size on his opponents and we had a lot of flying around here. This got a lot of time to play out and there was nothing wrong with it.

Real World Tag League 2025 Block A Match - Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato vs. Titans Of Calamity (Ren Ayabe & Talos)

Ren backs up Sato in the corner and clean breaks him. Sato hits leg kicks. Ren wristlocks him. Sato gets his back and goes for an armbar. Tal shoves Dan over on the lock up. Dan hits punches then Tal grabs him by the throat. Tal offers a test of strength but he's so much taller than Dan. 

Dan tries to shouler battle with Tal but gets knocked over. Tal shoulders over both opponents. Sato hits forearms on Ren and is forearmed down. Ren chokes him over the bottom rope. Sato headbutts Tal in the gut. Tal misses a running corner kick and is hit with leg kicks. 

Dan hits headbutts on Tal. Tal slams him. Dan is double foot choked in the corner. Dan and Sato try shots on the big guys but can't get anywhere. Tal and Ren run into each other on acciddent and the fight goes outside. Sato chest kicks Ren from the apron. Sato tries to get Ren counted out and fails. Dan top rope diving forearms Ren then hits shoulders on him. Ren facekicks Dan.

Dan running shoulders Ren over. Dan is held in the air by Ren but does a guillotine off of it. Sato ankle locks Tal at the same time. Ren suplexes Dan. Ren corner facekicks Dan. Tal corner splashes Dan then the big guys do a hart attack for 2. Ren sitout half-nelson slams Dan. Dan hits forearms on the heels but is double chokeslammed. Ren then pins Dan.

Thoughts: It was a decent big vs small guy match here. Tal had like 2 feet over Sato. The underdogs tried to grab holds and worked like smaller guys while the big guys no sold them and outpowered them. 

Ren and Tal talk on the mic after. Tal thanks everyone. 

Tal says they will dominate the rest of AJPW.

Tal and Ren do an interview backstage. Tal says they put on a show and dominated as promised.  

Overall thoughts: I liked the top 3 matches and the Ryo/Jun/Yuma tag was good. The opener was not that good. There is nothing I would really seek out here and I don't know if I'd say there was a clear cut match of the night, but this was better than some of the other nights. I'd give it a high 5 out of 10.