IWA Puerto Rico Impacto Total 3/7/2026

IWA Puerto Rico Impacto Total 3/7/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/iwa-puerto-rico-impacto-total-2282026.html

The next big show is tonight. It's called El Gran Festival de Lucha Libre. It has:

IWA World Title - El Anarquista Manu vs Niche

Jay Blake vs Pedro Portillo III

Riviera Rivas vs El Dragon Nihan

IWA Womens Title - Vanilla Vargas vs Daisy Lyn

Pupe Jackson and Super Atomo vs Edrax Torres and Mascara Pura

Jax di Franco vs Jose Navarro

Boricua Rumble for the La Copa Alcalde de Aguadilla

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IWA Puerto Rican Title - Pedro Portillo III (c) vs Super Atomo

Atomo hugs the blind paraolympian (Jose Diaz) from the last show during his entrance.

PP goes out and throws Jose's armband in his face. SA his punches and chops on PP. SA goes up and over him then armdrags him. PP goes out. SA diving headscissors him off the apron to the floor. SA chops him outside then PP walks to the back. SA follows him. We see them fighting in the back. Someone stops the ref from following them. SA then gets beaten up by PP's buddies. SA is sent into the wall backstage then he is rolled on the floor. PP rips SA's mask.

PP puts SA's face into Jose and blood gets on the Jose's shirt. SA hits chops on PP and PP eye rakes him. PP euros him over in the ring. PP then yells at Jose. SA rolls up PP for 2. SA chops PP, walks up the buckles and is pulled down.

PP licks SA's bloody head. SA hits shots to the gut and PP lariats him. PP goes out and fakes throwing punches at Jose. PP taunts the crowd and SA hits punches and chops. SA corkscrew kicks him. 

SA hits flying forearms on PP. SA flying headscissors him. SA hits mounted corner punches on PP. SA 2nd rope diving blockbusters him for 2. SA misses a 2nd rope elbow drop. PP rebound germans SA then twisting suplexes him for 2.PP grabs a chair outside. PP takes the cane from Jose and hits SA with it. PP then pins him.

Thoughts: Pedro was a real jerk here as he was messing with the blind guy and eventually used his cane on Super Atomo to win the match. Atomo got his masked ripped up and got bloody here. It was was a pretty interesting match with them really getting some heat on Pedro. I liked this.

Pedro offers Jose his cane after then drops it. Pedro then gets in his face and grabs Jose. Jose shoves Pedro.

Pedro grabs Super Atomo after and swings him into Jose. Pedro gets a bunch of heat with the fans. Aotmo has to be helped to the back. 

Julio Rodan, the mayor of Aguadilla invites everyone to the show tonight.

Jay Blake comes to the ring for his match. Savio Vega tells him to always believe it. He says he told him that he should never have had the IWA Title. He says he will bring him the IWA champ. A masked the guy then jumps Jay from behind.

IWA World Title - Jay Blake (c) vs Manu

The masked guy unmasks and it's Manu. Manu suplexes Jay for 2. Jay thesz presses him and hits mounted shots. Jay hits punches in the corner and boots him. Jay goes after Vega and is hit from behind. Manu slams Jay on the floor. 

Jay bangs Manu's head off the post. They trade chops and Manu backdrops him on the apron edge twice. Manu short arm lariats him. Manu facekicks him. Manu camel clutches him. Jay step up enzugiri's him.

Manu uranage's him for 2. Manu clubs Jay's chest. Manu hits chops. Jay hits forearms then spinning backdrops him. Jay hits forearms then lariats him down. Jay suplexes him. Jay hits headbutts on Manu then top rope diving headbutts him for 2. Manu dropkicks him in the corner. 

Manu flying forearms him a few times for 2. Manu camel clutches him. Jay tries to ropebreak and Vega knocks his hand off the ropes. Vega backhands the ref down outside. Another ref comes down as the camel clutch stays on. Vega gets in the ring and the ref ejects him. Vega punches the ref then stomps him. Pedro Portillo III then comes out with a ref shirt on. He rules Jay out and calls for the bell. Manu wins via ref stoppage.

Thoughts: The finish was really dumb here. Two refs got hit which should have been a DQ each time. Pedro Portillo III then comes out with a ref shirt on and somehow becomes the ref, costing Jay the match. This didn't make any sense rule wise and hurt the match. Manu was also a disappointment as the mystery guy. I didn't like this. 

Vega superkicks Jay after and Jay is triple teamed by Vega, Manu and Portillo. Manu hits Jay with the title. 

We get a video on Deimos and Teal Piper coming in.

Wizard Analiza

Wizard talks to Nic Nolan and Matty Ice. Wiz calls them crooks and American traitors in Spanish then asks how they feel. Ice says he feels great except for getting hit in the head with the title. Ice says they are here and ready to take on anyone. Nic says they are taking on all comers. Nic also points out his $7.99 Fruit Loops socks for some reason. Wizard purposely does terrible translations for them, saying they don't believe they won and think it's a fluke. Wiz says Nic has thinks he's being taken by the devil on his leg. Wiz says Ice has a face like the devil then says he's happy for them and shakes their hands.  They all then hug.

Thoughts: This was a funny segment with Wizard ripping them in Spanish without them knowing. 

Danny Limelight gets on the mic before his match. He says he was born in New York and says Savio Vega is his uncle. He says he doesn't want the fans' love, just the money and titles. Danny then issues an open challenge for his title. He says he will win as he's the best wrestler in Puerto Rico. Matty Ice comes out to accept the challenge.

Reality of Wrestling World Title - Danny Limelight (c) vs Matty Ice

DL slides out and stalls to start. They lock up and DL is pushed down. DL messes around in the crowd and Ice nails him from behind. Ice punches him in the stands and euros him there. They get in the ring and DL stomps him. 

Ice punches him then hits mounted corner punches. Ice puts DL's bandana on then delay suplexes him. Ice flapjacks him then splashes him while holding onto the ropes. DL pushes Ice into the post shoulder first then bangs his arm off the ropes. DL chokes him on the ropes and throws him out. Vega hits Ice with his bat. 

DL stomps the arm and armlocks him. Ice hits punches and DL dropkicks him. DL chops him. Ice fires up and drops him with euros. Ice's arm is banged over the top rope. DL flying lariats him then slingshot swantons him for 2. DL slaps him and is slapped back. They trade punches then collide heads. Both go down.

Ice hits lariats then gutwrench powerslams him for 2. Vega trips Ice. DL spin kicks Ice. Ice uranage's him for 2. DL pulls him down by the arm then running knees him. DL top rope splashes him for 2. Ice back body drops him and superkicks him. Ice elbow drops him for 2. Ice gets upset with Vega for putting DL's foot on the ropes. Vega throws powder in his face. DL hammerlock pedigrees Ice and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a longer and slower bout. It wasn't bad but just not super exciting and it didn't need all the time it got.

DL stomps and pounds on him after. Vega joins in. Nic Nolan comes in and makes the save. Edrax Torres, Mascara Pura, Riviero Rivas, Pedro Portillo, Xavier Millet, Manu and Jay Blake join the fight. Jay breaks a board on the heels and drops 4 of them before he gets to the ring. Jay then gets group stomped in the ring.

Jay hits stunners on some of the heels and chases Manu out. Vega tries to grab Jay and runs.  

Vega gets on the mic after. He says Jay is in the wrong place and could die right now. He says Jay is not good at everything and says Manu's the world champ of his company. Vega says he will tear him apart piece of by piece. 

Jay tells him to shut up. Jay tells Vega's crew that he's not alone and says the fans support him. Jay says at Jucio Final, Vega will listen well and will be hunted.

We see various of things like Bitterness vs Vargas, Jose Navarro's attack on Raul Magnum and El Dragon Nihan's match last time.

Jose Navarro vs Raul Magnum

Jose boots RM as he gets in then foot chokes him. Jose hits corner spears and punches. Jose knee drops him and stomps him. Jose legdrops him for 2. RM hits punches. RM's throat is pulled down over the top rope. RM is thrown out then sent into the post.

RM is busted open. RM is sent into the steps. Jose slaps the cameraman, who is RM's son. Jose atomic drops him. Jose hists shots in the corner. Jose misses a corner splash. RM hits punches and bangs Jose's head off the buckles. 

RM hits mounted corner punches. Jose pushes him off into the ref. Jose low blows him. Jose hits punches on RM. RM's son gets in the ring. He hits a bunch of shots on Jose's gut and chokes him. Jose then knees him in the gut. The ref then calls for the DQ, though it's not clear on who.

Thoughts: Raul's in great shape and is pretty bulky. He didn't have that much offense besides punches but he did the best he could. Raul wasn't supposed to be taking him hold for hold anyway and should have been the underdog. It wasn't great but I think they got the point the across and did alright with it.

Jose curbstomps Raul after then clubs on his son. Pupe Jackson then makes his return after Jose turned on him. Pupe gets in and chases Jose off. Pupe gets on the mic and asks what happened. He says Jose isn't handsome and betrayed him. He says let's see how big his balls are and challenges him. He calls him a fool and challenges him for 3/28.

Overall thoughts: It was a longer show and it was definitely meant to build to Juico Final instead of being its own event. I liked Atomo/Portillo they really got Portillo over as a heel by harassing the blind paralympian. I didn't like Jay Blake/Manu as there was no DQ called when there should have been. Wizard's interview with Nolan and Ice was funny and creative. Limelight/Ice was long and a bit boring but not bad. Navarro/Magnum did what it was supposed to though Magnum could have been a bit more fiery and show some more offense off. I'd give it a higher 5 out of 10 as it was more of an average show that was building towards other events.