Ring of Honor/Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling: Global Wars Canada 3/27/2026
We are in Ontario, CA. Don Callis, Ian Riccaboni & Mauro Ranallo are on commentary.
Eddie Kingston & Ortiz vs. Adam Priest & Tommy Billington
Eddie and AP go at it. AP side headlocks him. AP side headlock takeovers him. Eddie brings him into the corner. Ortiz rakes AP's back. AP takes a double suplex for 2. Ortiz armdrags AP. Ortiz takes a double back elbow. AP slams Ortiz for 2.
Ortiz takes a double backdrop. AP then rakes Ortiz's back. AP euros Ortiz down then chops him. AP snapmares him for 2. Ortiz slams him. Tom takes a flapjack into a basement dropkick for 2. Eddie double underhook suplexes Tom.
AP boots Eddie and euros him down. AP running boots him. Eddie hits chops and AP throw him down by the arm. Eddie fights off his opponents in the corner. Eddie takes a lariat + german combo. Ortiz hits shots on his opponents. Tom dropkicks Ortiz and Eddie lariats Tom. AP running forearms Eddie down.
Ortiz tags in. He hits shots on his opponents then AP low back body drops him. AP half crabs him. Tom then crossfaces Eddie at the same time. Ortiz cradle AP and AP reverses it for 2. AP is in the electric chair and Ortiz top rope diving bulldogs him. Tom top rope double dropkicks his opponents. Tom suplexes them both.
Tom flying forearm Ortiz in the corner. Tom superplexes him. Eddie blind tags in. Eddie rolls up Tom and wins.
Thoughts: It didn't quite have the structure here. Both of these teams are faces and it would have worked better with a heel team in there. I didn't love the ending either here. The match was still acceptable though with a lot of stiffness.
Josh Alexander does a video from his car. He says he just suffered a severe injury and he will need surgery. He says he hurt his knee and there's no timetable for his return.
Thoughts: Josh is older and he's a tough guy to rely on as he has a long history of injuries. I can think of at least 4 injures off the top of my head with him. He's not someone who should really be holding a promotion's main title.
ROH Women's World Television Title Match - Red Velvet (c) vs. Alice Crowley
This is Big Al from JCW and they bring that up.
Al kicks away Red's handshake. Al pulls Red down then shoves her backwards. Red rolls her up for 2. Al forearm her and side headlocks her. Red stomps the foot and Al shoulders her over. Red dropkicks her. Red axe kicks her over the 2nd rope then does a split kick on her for 2. Al pulls Red down over the 2nd rope then throws her into the apron side.
Al suplexes Red. Al chokes her and hits corner spears. Al throws Red down for 2. Red double chops her then foot chokes her. Red is pulled into the buckles for 2. Al fisherman suplexes her for 2. Red running euros her and hits lariats. Red casadora bulldogs her. Red meteora's her from behind on the 2nd rope. Red standing moonsaults her for 2.
Al pump kicks Red down then saito suplexes her for 2. Al goes up top and is hit. Red iconoclasm's her for 2. Al spinning forearms her then air raid crashes her for 2. Red superkicks Al. Al catches her crossbody and swinging side slams her for 2. Red spin kicks her in the head and wins.
Thoughts: Logic and story wise, it wasn't that great. But they hit their moves clean and they were able to piece together a watchable match. Red had a good night here and seemed to be really feeling it. Al had a good showing. Al's probably getting picked up by a bigger company sooner or later.
Deonna Purrazzo is interviewed about her match. She puts over her opponent. She says she will walk in and out champ.
The Lethal Twist (Blake Christian, Jay Lethal & Lee Johnson) vs Bhupinder Gujjar, Evil Uno & Psycho Mike
Jay side headlocks Mike then struts. Mike side headlocks him and shoulders him over. Mike goes for a bodyslam and Jay slides out. Mike chases Jay and Jay's team blocks Mike's slam attempt.
BG and Lee get in. BG flying headscissors him then dropkicks him for 2. Lee hits corner spears on BG. BG goes up top, is swept and lands hard on the mat. Uno is held for a dropkick off the apron. BC 2nd rope moonsaults Uno outside and BG takes a double team kick.
BG chops Jay. Jay ddt's him. BG has his legs split. BG takes a double superkick for 2. BG tope rope crossbodies Jay. Uno comes in and hits corner lariats and splashes on The Twist. Don says he would blow up doing this then Uno starts sucking wind. Uno hits a bulldog + lariat combo.
BC superkicks Uno. Uno facekicks him and ddt's him. Uno hits overkill on Lee for 2. Uno neckbreakers Jay. Mike slams all of the heels then slams BC onto Jay and Lee. Mike then throws BC onto the others outside. Mike suicide dives the heels outside.
BG top rope crossbodies Mike on accident. BG jumping knees BC. Jay hits a lethal injection on BG. Jay poses, Mike gets behind him and goes for the slam. Jay eye rakes Mike. Mike takes kicks from Lee and BC. Mike takes a gordbuster > flying knee > double stomp > death valley driver > top rope elbow drop and is pinned.
Thoughts: It was a fun little tag. Gujjar did some flying. Mike got to do his slams and the heels kept up with fast offense. I liked it.
I will not be covering Deonna Purrazzo's match. She won as expected via submission.
PWA Champion's Grail Title Match - Rohan Raja (c) vs. Stu Grayson
Stu knocks him over for 2 to start. Stu then topes him. Stu hit shots on Raja then hurricanrana's him. Stu dropkicks him. Stu sweeps Raja on the apron then slingshot diving shoulders him on the apron.
Raja is kicked over the 2nd rope. Stu hits punches on Raja. Stu backdrops Raja. Stu is up top and Raja flying kicks him down to the floor. Stu hits more shots. Raja backcrackers him for 2. Raja facekicks him twice. Stu is sent face first into the 2nd buckle then is sent hard into the buckles.
Stu running lariats him. Stu is swept on the buckles and Raja flying forearms him. Stu fires up and no sells. Stu euros him. Stu kips down out of a lariat then pele kicks him. They trade forearms and hockey fight. They lariat battle. Stu overhead belly to belly suplexes him three times. Stu 2nd rope tornado ddt's him. Raja gets his knees up on his asai and Stu lifting flatliners him. Stu asai moonsaults him for 2.
Raja black hole slams him and Stu get a 2 count on him. Stu pop-up sitout powerbombs him for 2. Stu superplexes him. Raja plays possum and cradles him for the win.
Thoughts: Stu looked good here. He had a lot of fire and was a strong face. This was definitely one of his better showings. Raja did an okay job too here and I thought it was a good match overall.
Ricochet is interviewed. He says he has the edge as he has that dog in him and is a winner and not a loser. He says Rich Swann will be a loser. He says Swann will figure out that he has leveled up and is simply out of this world.
Jake Crist vs. Daisuke Sasaki vs. Brent Banks vs. Michael Allen Richard Clark vs. Ace Austin vs. Michael Oku
MARC gets on the mic before the match. He talks about the lack of respect he has gotten here even though he's in the hall of fame. He says he's in the Canadian Push-Up Hall of Fame. He then gets cut off.
Evreryone misses shots to start then 4 get thrown out. BB rolls up Oku for 2. Oku flying headscissors him and dropkicks him. Oku half-crabs BB. DS eye rakes Oku and punches him. DS spears Oku. JC htis kicks on DS then 2nd rope flying forearms him. MARC flying back elbows JC.
Ace trips MARC and kicks him. Ace then la magistral's him for 2. Ace dropkicks MARC. Ace superkicks BB from the apron then PK's JC from the apron. MARC dropkicks Ace through the ropes and slingshot plancha's him. DS dropkicks MARC off the apron. DS then topes MARC. JC does a dive that the camera's miss. JC and Oku trade shots on the apron. BB dropkicks both off the apron.
BB backflips over Ace into a dropkick on him. BB is crotched up top. Ace puts JC and DS on his shoulders then is dropkicked over by MARC. MARC does push up's on Ace. Oku and DS hit superkicks. Ace high kicks DS. BB slaps Ace and MARC claymore kicks Ace. MARC powerslams JC. DS pedigree's MARC then superkicks him. DS la mistica crossfaces MARC. Ace then ties up MARC's leg and indian deathlocks DS.
Ace lariats Oku. Ace russian legsweeps DS then backdrops Oku. Ace legdrops DS and Oku together. BB top rope tornillo's Ace. BB michinou drivers Ace. Oku crcufixes BB for 2. Oku flying dropkicks BB then top rope moonsaults him. Oku then fosbury flops outside.
JC death valley drivers Oku then hits a sliced bread on him. JC ki krushers Oku for 2. JC is crotched up top. BB blue thunders MARC. BB and JC both collide in mid-air. Oku top rope splashes JC and pins him.
Thoughts: It was a high flying 6-man match with 2 people only being in the ring for most of this and a lot of action. It was fine and they ended it before they overdid it here.
ROH Women's World Title Match - Athena (c) vs. Taylor Rising
They shake hands. Ath backs her up in the corner and sweeps her. Ath drops her with a forearm and poses. Tay flying headscissors her and flying backsplashes her. Tay flying headscissors her again and dropkicks her. Tay 619's Ath on the apron. Tay is caught coming off the apron and she is swung into the rails.
Ath chops Tay outside then kicks her inside for 1. Ath hits knees to the body. Ath dropkicks her. Ath fish hooks her. Ath lariats her for 2. Ath cravates Tay and knees her in the face. Tay hits elbows to the gut and rolls her up for 2. Tay is in the electric chair and victory rolls her. Tay then double stomps her.
Tay lariats and codebreakers Ath. Tay 619's her. Tay then drops her chest first out of the casadora position. Ath sweeps her and knees her in the face. Ath lariats her then pumphandle tombstones her for 2. Ath slaps Tay around and yells at her.
They both go up top. Tay superplexes her for 2. Tay then ddt's her for 2. Tay boots her from the 2nd rope and codebreakers her for 2. Tay germans her. Ath backdrops her. Tay blocks a superkick and spinning forearm her. Ath pop-up forearms her. Ath then hits ataxia and submits her with a koji clutch.
Thoughts: I didn't like this. This was your typical self-serving Athena match where she runs over her opponent, embarrasses her and wins in a very one-sided match. Tay had no shot of winning here and Ath failed to sell me on Tay winning.
Ath then picks up Tay and bangs her face off the mat after.
Scott D'Amore does a video. He says they need to be a platform where they can be seen. It's then announced that they will air MLP Mayhem in July on TSN.
Ricochet vs. Rich Swann
Ric stalls for a bit and backs him up in the corner. RS then backs him up in the corner and taunts him. They trade wristlocks. Ric straightjacket chokes him. RS flying headscissors him but Ric headflips out. RS then does the same. They try to dropkick each other then headflip up together. Ric then dropkicks him.
RS flying headscissors him then dropkicks him. RS cannonballs him off the apron. RS chops him outside. RS hits mounted corner punches on Ric then drops him with a shot. Ric slaps him. RS then stomp flurries him. RS is pulled into the 2nd rope. Ric corkscrew facekicks him.
Ric elbow drops him and stomps him. Ric chops him outside and bang his head off the buckles. RS takes a snapmare driver on the floor. Ric stomps on him. Ric corner lariats RS from behind. Ric hit a big chop inside. Ric running euros him into the corner. RS facekicks him out of the corner.
RS rolls into a flying lariat on him. RS hits punches and swinging neckbreakers him. RS rolls into splash on him for 2. RS' throat is pulled over the top rope. RS enzugiri's him on the apron. Ric flips him with a release german then asai moonsaults him for 2. RS running ssp's him for 2.
Ric bullies him around and chops him. RS hits shots. Ric boots him out of the corner. Ric is on the 2nd rope and flips out of a hurricanrana. Ric flying knees him then RS corkscrew kicks him. RS top rope splashes him for 2. RS hits chest kicks. Ric pokes him and they hit each other. They then slap each other. Ric spinning forearms him. Ric northern lights suplexes him and does a regular suplex. Ric then hits vertigo for 2.
Ric flips out of a poisonrana and hits his own. Ric hits a spinning lariat and death valley drivers him for 2. Ric hits a spirit gun and pins him.
Thoughts: It got a lot of time. It wasn't quite as fast as you would think or as wild. What we got was alright and definitely more toned down. If you are looking for a high flying spot, they did some flying, but this wasn't that. I'd be interested to know the politics behind this one as Rich is seemingly aligned with TNA yet is losing to AEW wrestlers on PPV's here.
MLP Multiverse is on 4/17 during Wrestlemania Weekend.
MLP Tag Team Title Four Way Match - Bishop Dyer & Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Bryce Hansen & Sheldon Jean vs. The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson) vs. Gates Of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona)
Everyone fights to start. Jean and Bryce are thrown out. GOA are lariated out. Doc is sent into the post and KK is sent into the rails. Toa spinebusters Jean on the apron. Kaun suplexes Bryce on the floor. Toa is sent into the steps. Jean suicide dives outside and KK slingshot plancha's him. The match then officially starts.
KK and Karl trade forearms. Karl euros him. KK back elbows him and elbow drops him. Karl takes a dropkick + shoulder tackle combo. Doc splashes Dyer and Kaun in the corner. He then hits shots on Kaun in the corner. Doc suplexes and elbow drops Kaun. Kaun takes boots from Doc and Karl for 2.
Kaun drops Karl with a shot. Karl euros Bryce and back elbows him. Bryce eye rakes him. Kaun tags himself in. Toa corner splashes Karl. Karl is yanked into a cutter for 2. Toa hits Karl in the gut. Karl chops Toa. Toa slams Karl. Toa trapezius hold's Karl. Karl jawbreakers Toa. Jean pounds on Karl. Karl takes double boots and a double foot choke in the corner.
Bryce suplexes Karl for 2. Jean corner splashes Karl and chinlocks him. Toa corner splashes Karl then misses one and goes into the post. Karl cutters Kaun and neckbreakers Bryce.
Doc backsplashes Bryce in the corner and flying shoulders him. Doc jackhammers Bryce for 2. KK dropkicks Kaun. KK dragon screws Doc. KK flying knees Kaun. KK shining wizard's Kaun. Everyone starts coming in to hit a move. Toa holds KK and Doc up at the same time and does a fallaway slam + samoan drop combo to them. Kaun slingshot plancha's Bryce and Jean outside. Toa double lariats Bryce and Jean outside.
Dyer is sent into KK. Dyer takes a magic killer and Doc pins Dyer.
Thoughts: It was a bit of a mess with 8 people involved. People came in and out at their leisure for the most part and there was a lot going on. It was okay enough overall but nothing too memorable.
Overall thoughts: It was an interpromotional show, so there were a lot of random matches and limited storylines involved and that doesn't make for the most enticing wrestling. The show was okay as a whole. Ricochet/Swann or Raja/Grayson were the best matches here and I thought Grayson was the MVP of the show. I don't think they did a ton to really put the MLP crew over though. This was pretty much all wrestling here and nothing else. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 overall but wouldn't really recommend it.

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