CMLL 5/22/2026 Viernes Espectacular

CMLL 5/22/2026 Viernes Espectacular

The announcer is in the ring and talks about tonight's matches. 

Lightning Match - Estudiante Jr. vs. Tornado

EJ backs him up on the ropes. Tor armdrags rolls him. They trade some holds on the mat. EJ trips him and they stand off. EJ monkey flips him. Tor moonsaults off the ropes into an armdrag and does a spinning reverse headscissors. To then headflips up while EJ does push up's. 

Tor enzugiri's him from the ropes and top rope tornillo's him. Tor does a nice springboard corkscrew headscissors. They go out. Tor backrolls on the apron into a reverse headscissors on EJ. Tor tope con hilos but EJ catches him and powerbombs him on the floor.

EJ pop up drops him then lariats him down for 2. Tor half crabs him. Tor boots him out o the corner. EJ misses a corner charge and goes out. Tor walks up the buckles and flips off the post on EJ. EJ rolls through a springbord crossbody. Tor rolls him up for 2. EJ blocks his top rope hurricanrana and 2nd rope powerbombs him. EJ wins.

Thoughts: This went well. Tornado did some nice flying with extra twists on it and EJ kept powerbombing him down. The powerbomb on the floor really should have ended things though.

Dark Silueta, Olympia & Reyna Isis vs. Garra Negra, India Sioux & Thunder Rosa

India and Reyna go at it. Reyna armdrags her. India hiptosses her then takes her down by the arm. Reyna armdrags her. India hits armdrags on her. Reyna armdrags her then Reyna totally misses a double flying chop but they sell it anyway. Reyna misses a vader bomb and India dropkicks her.

India flying headscissors Reyna then tilt-a-whirl backbreakers her. Dark comes in. She backrolls and is dropkicked in the butt. Dark kicks the ropes into India then dropkicks her against the bottom rope. Dark shoulders Garra over. Garra pumping knees her. Olym comes in and flying headscissors Garra.

Rosa comes in. Olym boots her then Rosa armdrags her. Rosa flying headscissors her and superkicks her. Rosa dropkicks her against the bottom rope for 2. Rosa takes a crner dropkick then a handstand pendulum la silla. Garaa is then held for a double low dropkick.

Garra is dropkicked while on the 2nd rope then Dark backcrackers her there. Garra is held for an Olym springboard double stomp.

Rosa is double stomped on by the heels then she is leg choked on the 2nd rope. Olym ties Rosa's hair to the top rope. India is triple stomped on. Olym stands on India's back then her partners take top rope dropkicks. India tilt-a-whirl armdrags Olym. Garra drops Rosa onto Dark. Dark takes a pumping knee to the back of the head for 2. 

India drops Rosa off a half-nelson. Rosa knees Dark in the face and takes a flying back elbow for 2. India top rope crossbodies Dark then dropkicks her. Rosa la silla's Dark off the apron outside. India triangle springboard plancha's Dark outside. Reyna then topes Rosa. Olym springboard plancha's her opponents outside. Garra then top rope plancha's outside. 

Dark rolls up Rosa for 2. They trade shots in the ring and Rosa rolls her into a double stomp and pins her.

Thoughts: They hit most of their spots but there was a lot of waiting at times for that next spot to hit and there were a lot of people coming in and out at their leisure. I'm not sure that Rosa needed to get the pin here but I guess it doesn't matter all that much. It went better than the usual women's match but some of the waiting around hurt this.

They run an ad for the Pittsburgh Steelers then have Neon, the Steelers mascot and others wear Steelers colors out. 

Barbaro Cavernario & El Sky Team (Mascara Dorada & Neon) vs. Don Callis Family (El Clon, Hechicero & Rocky Romero)

Hech takes down Barb. Barb trips him and they trade chops. Barb is triple teamed. Hech then takes a superkick and an MD armdrag. Neon codebreakers Hech and Barb flying headscissors Hech. MD hits a springboard double crossbody. Neon springboard diving headscissors Clon then MD top rope diving headscissors RR. Neon is caught on a tope and put into the rails. MD is then caught on a tope and powerbombed onto the rails. Barb walks up the ropes, springboards and plancha's his partners when his opponents move.

Barb is then double teamed outside. Clon eye rakes MD then stomps him while he's in tree of woe. MD's legs are split. He is held upside down and RR basement dropkicks him. Neon is held on the ropes and is top rope double stomped. Barb is held on the ropes and triple teamed.  

Clon plants off the top and moonsaults Barb. Hech sentons Barb then powerbombs RR onto Hech. The heels pose. Hech and RR hit suplexes on the ramp on MD and Neon. Barb is then double and triple teamed in the ring. Barb makes a comeback and hits a dropkick. MD is popped up from the ramp and he flying headscissors Hech. Neon springboard diving armdrags Clon.

Clon takes corner attacks and Barb giant swings him. The faces then dropkick Clon as he swings. Neon is spinebustered then chopped by Hech. The faces get some offense in and get 2 counts. Neon is sent into the buckles. Clon superkicks MD then overhead kick him. 

Barb hammerlock suplexes Clon. RR boots Barb out of the corner. Neon dropkicks RR out of the ring. Neon's springboard is blocked by Hech. Hech is knocked off the apron. MD moonaults off the post while Neon does his blind step up moonsault while Barb topes outside between the ropes.

All 3 heels are down in the ring. 2 of the faces miss dives and Barb hits a vader bomb. Neon and MD's arms are tied together and the heels go for pins on them. RR hits corner lariats on Barb. Clon plants off the top into a moonsault outside onto Neon and MD. Hech step up knees Barb then RR running shiranui's Barb. RR topes MD. Hech flips Barb into a pin and pins him.

Thoughts: We only had one fall here so it was a longer one fall match. It was mostly a tornado tag here with people doing whatever they pleased. The faces triple dive spot was cool and Clon's plant moonsault to the outside as nice as well. I'm not a huge fan of these free for all matches as they lose their structure and it's just people doing whatever until the finish happens. I didn't like this that much but they did try.

Copa Jr. VIP 2026 Semi Final Cibernetico Match - Angel de Oro vs. Soberano Jr. vs. Espanto Jr. vs. Star Jr. vs. El Cobarde vs. Atlantis Jr. & Villano III Jr. vs. Zandokan Jr. vs. Brillante Jr. vs. Hijo de Stuka Jr.

The wrestlers fight as intros go out. Zand is double stomped in the corner by Sob and Espanto. Zand kicks Espanto then Zand powerslams him. Zand running forearms Stuka then chops down Cob. Zand is double stomped by both.

Star and Brill fight. Brill goes up and over him then he rolls him up. Brill sitout one arm powerbombs Star for 2. Brill goes up and over and does a code red off of it. Star fights back, Brill dropkicks him out then topes him. V3 and Espanto fight. They shoulderblock each other and V3 is knocked over. V3 enzugiri's Espanto from the apron then springboard diving headscissors him out. 

Stuka and Atlantis go at it. Stuka slingshot corkscrew plancha's him outside. Cob and Oro go at it. Cob flying headscissors Oro. Cob topes Oro outside. Zand and Sob go at it. They shake hands. Zand sitout back body drops him the nstomps him. Sob step up enzugiri's Zand then flying headscissors him.

Brill springboard crossbodies V3. V3 thesz presses him and hits mounted shots. Brill corkscrew headscissors V3. Brill springboard dropkicks V3 then tope con hilos him. Atlantis and Espanto fight. Atlantis flying headscissors him out.

Star and Stuka hit corner lariats. Star jumping slaps him. Star sentons Stuka for 2. Stuka sitout torture rack bombs Star for 2. Stuka crossbodies Star over the top. Stuka flying headscissors Espanto. Stuka gets on V3's and Cob's shoulders. They walk him to the other side of the ring for a dive on Espanto outside.

V3 misses a flying knee in the corner. Sob top rope crossbodies Cob. Cob legsweeps him. They argue. Brill and V3 springboard at them at the same time and nail each other. Sob and Cob then hit stereo asai moonsaults for 2 counts. Atlantis and Zand double lariat each other down. Espanto sliding kicks Oro in the back of the head. 

Oro goes up and over Espanto then flying headscissors him. Oro then topes Espanto. Brill and Atlantis go at it. Brill backrolls and Atlantis kicks him in the gut. Brill handsprings and backflips into a spinning reverse headscissors on Atlantis. Atlantis monkey flips Brilll. V3 and Zand fight. V3 thesz presses him and hits mounted punches.  

Zand puts his flag over V3's head. Zand basement dropkicks V3 for 2. V3 kicks Zand from the apron then top rope moonsaults him. Sob comes in and dropkicks Stuka. He then stomps on him. Stuka corner lariats Sob then corner dropkicks him. Stuka stomps on Sob in the corner. Sob steps up on the ropes and corner dropkicks him. Stuka overhead throws Sob forward. Stuka top rope splashes Sob for 2. 

Sob pumping knees Stuka. Sob puts him on the 2nd rope and top rope moonsaults him. Sob pins Stuka. El Hijo del Stuka Jr is eliminated.

Zand pushes Star out. Oro top rope crossbodies Zand. Oro hurricanrana's Zand for 2. Zand chops him down. Oro 2nd rope diving headscissors Zand. Cob and V3 hit stereo topes out. Star and Atlantis fight. Star chops him then Atlantis chops back. Atlantis monkey flips Star out. Atlantis is double stomped by Brill and Espanto. Atlantis rolls up Espanto off a double team while Brill isn't looking. Atlantis pins Espanto. Espanto Jr. is eliminated.

Cob headscissors V3 into a german. Cob rolls V3 into a legdrop for 2. Cob springboards and V3 powerbombs him down. V3 torture rack's him into a piledriver and pins him. El Cobarde is eliminated.

A doc checks on Cobarde on the ramp. Brill slingshot ddt's Zand. Brill split-legged moonsaults Zand. Brill hurricanrana's Zand. Zand does a pendulum heatseeker piledriver on Brill and pins him. Brillante Jr. is eliminated.

Star comes in and flying headscissors Oro down for 2. Star and Oro trade chops in the corner. Oro is sat up top and Star hits a bunch of slaps. Star top rope hurricanrana's him down. Star misses a springboard swanton. Oro michinoku drivers Star and pins him. Star Jr. is eliminated.

Sob top tope tornillo's Oro. Sob square drivers Oro and pins him. Angel de Oro is eliminated.

Atlantis is double stomped on by Sob and V3. V3 and Sob hug. Atlantis hits tilt-a-whirl backbreakers on Sob, V3 and Zand. Atlantis is hiptossed over the top by Sob. Sob superkicks V3. Atlantis pop up cutters Sob. Atlantis is monkey flipped into the ropes and he powerslams Sob off of it. Atlantis spinning package piledrivers Sob and pins him. Soberano Jr. is eliminated.

V3 lariats Atlantis hard then stomps on his head. Zand pulls on V3's mask. V3 then pulls on his mask. V3 wasteland's Zand. V3 ends up on the apron and he springboard diving cutters Zand. V3 step up knees Zand in the corner. V3 handstand seated moonsaults Zand and pins him. Zandokan Jr. is eliminated.

The final two are Atlantis Jr. and Villano III Jr. They will move onto a match at another show. Atlantis dropkicks him out then topes him into the rails. V3 takes down Atlantis. They grab each other on the mat and the ref lays on them to break it up. 

Thoughts: I always hate these finishes where they end a cibernetico with 2 people left. It's not exciting and it just doesn't make a lot of sense. These two wanted to fight and they were ready, so just let them fight. It was the usual cibernetico with fast paced action and everyone taking turns for their segment. That torture rack piledriver Cobarde took looked like a bad idea before it happened and hopefully Cobarde is okay. I thought Villano III Jr was one of the better wrestlers in this match. Oro really didn't stick out much and Espanto failed to impress as always. This one felt a bit heavy on the heels as there were only 3 faces in this. It was alright but not great.

We get another NFL ad.

ROH World Title Match - Bandido (c) vs. Volador Jr.

Vol and Band do stereo handsprings into the ropes. Band corkscrew headscissors him and topes him. Band hits forearms on vol. Vol enzugiri's him from the apron. Vol top rope dropkicks him. Vol topes him outside. 

Band springboard crossbodies Vol. Band then does the finger gun point at him. Vol lariats and facekicks Band down. Vol boots Band in the corner. Vol and Band trade corner lariats. Band top rope tornillos him. Band tope con hilos him outside.

Vol PK's Band from the apron. Vol apron diving headscissors him outside. Vol tries it again but is caught and swung into the rails. Band springboard crossbodies but Vol dropkicks him in mid-air for 2. Vol tries to toyota roll on him but is hit with an alley oop. Vol handsprings and Band catches and powerbombs him down. 

Vol throws Band over the top. Vol slingshot diving headscissors him outside. Vol is sent into and over the rails. Band runs at the rails then flips over them into Vol in the aisle. They both get on the rails and Vol hurricanrana's him down. 

Vol top rope frogsplashes him inside for 2. Band enzugiri's Vol on the apron. Band 2nd rope superplexes Vol for 2. Vol code red's him for 2.

Vol superkicks Band. Band pop up cutters him. They flying kick each other down at the same time. Band germans Vol then top rope ssp's him for 2. Vol is popped up in the corner and he hits a spinning canadian destroyer on Band for 2. Band hits a reverse GTS on him. Band hits a 21plex for 2.  

Vol canadian destroyers Band for 2. Band top rope moonsault reverse slams him. Band then hits another 21plex and wins.

Thoughts: I didn't like it. It started off today but they did more and more and sold less and less as it went on. It was just an indy style match and not my type of thing. 

Band raises Vol's hand after. Vol puts Band on his shoulders.

The announcer then closes the show.

Overall thoughts: This was a "more is more" type of card. The opener went well. The women's match had a lot of set up times between various spots and brought it down, though it did go better than the usual women's match. The Sky Team trios match was a free for all and not my thing. The cibernetico was fine but nothing too memorable. It also had a dumb ending where the final two didn't wrestle but move onto another match at another time. The main was an indy style match with them not selling a lot and doing big moves. I didn't really like this show that much but would give it a 5 out of 10 and an average rating as there were limited matches here.