Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Mayhem 8/5/2026

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Mayhem 8/5/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/maple-leaf-pro-wrestling-mayhem-7292026.html

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/maple-leaf-pro-wrestling-mayhem-8122026.html 

We are in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Don Callis and Mauro Ranallo are our hosts.

Johnny TV does a video. He says Canada loves him more than they love his wife, and she's from here. He says the news media is talking about him and the locker room loves him. He says Evil Uno sounds like a knock off of a card game. He says no one talks about TJP and calls Jonathan Gresham "Jonathan Gremlin". He says everyone wants screen time and has to stand next to him for it.

TJP vs. Johnny TV vs. Evil Uno vs. Jonathan Gresham

TJP is pushed into Uno and goes down. JTV shoulders Uno over. JTV takes a double hiptoss. Uno shoulders JG over. Uno hits corner lariats on him. Uno then hits corner lariats on the other two in front of him. Uno short arm lariats TJP and JTV.

JG does an octopus on Uno and TJP does an octopus on JTV. JG and JTV chop each other while doing it. JG eye rakes TJP. Uno eye pokes JG. JTV high kicks and superkicks Uno. TJP hits a spin kick combo on JTV. TJP triangle 619's Uno. JTV slides out of a move from JG then tope con hilos Uno and TJP over the 2nd rope. JG then shove JTV into the steps. 

We go to break and return. JTV springboard enzugiri's TJP off the apron. We get a 3 person tower of doom with JTV getting suplexed down. Uno punches TJP in the face. Uno misses a corner splash and is spin kicked in the face. TJP does facewash kicks on Uno and trips JTV into Uno's crotch. JTV then takes facewash kicks.

TJP tornado ddt's JG. Uno forearms JTV down. Uno blocks JG's crossbody off the ropes with his chest. Uno then misses a senton. JG and JTV trade forearms. JG totally misses a step up enzugiri that is sold anyway. JTV hits a moonlight drive on him. JTV gets on the 2nd rope and is knocked down onto JG. TJP top rope double stomps them both. JG cradles TJP for 2. 

Uno facekicks JG and TJP. Uno ddt's TJP. Uno hits an ataxia variation on TJP and pins him.

Thoughts: It got a little too cute at times here with the eye pokes and people stacking others in the corners for moves. I'm not a big fan of Uno winning this one, as Johnny TV is being pushed as this big star and a top heel. This could have been a little better but it's not like it was boring or had a ton of botches. I'd say it was acceptable.

Adam Copeland does a video. He says he spent most of his childhood watching shows from Maple Leaf Gardens. He talks about his first wrestling show there and says it set him on the course for what the rest of his life will be. He says you can feel the history there. He says it's a place he always wanted to perform him. He says there's always things to chase in your career and Maple Leaf Gardens was his. He says it will be a special night and will be nostalgic. He says he was born, raised and groomed for this.

Alice Crowley vs. Taylor Rising

Tay has Kris Chambers with her.

They lock up and Tay is backed up in the corner. Al side headlock takeovers her and Tay headscissors her. Tay side headlocks her. Tay is thrown into the ropes and gets her neck caught on them. Al shoulders her over.

Tay trips her. Al chops and forearms her in the corner. Al hiptosses her and armdrags her. Al dropkicks her in the knee and running facekicks her for 2. Tay eye rakes her. Al's head is banged off the buckles. 

Tay hits mounted punches on her. Tay suplexes Al for 2. Tay running back elbows her and forearms her. Tay chinlocks Al. Al lariats her and back elbows her. Al spinning forearms her then backdrops her. Al then rolls her up off a casadora and pins her.

Thoughts: It was simple and not that good. Both girls are pretty basic wrestlers and they don't exactly provide the thrills. It also got a bit more time than needed.

Tay nails Al from behind after then pounds on her. Al's head is banged off the buckles and Tay chops her. The lights go out and a coffin appears on the stage. Someone named Destro the Destroyer reveals PCO in the coffin. He then has some jumper cables and puts them on PCO. PCO then wakes up.

PCO comes in and Kris Chambers chairs him. PCO swats the chair away and chokeslams him. PCO goes for a vader bomb and Taylor saves Kris.

We get another Mo Jabari video. Bret Hart says he had passion and he could tell it was his dream. He says Mo had passion and an opportunity. He says Calgary is where you can get started as a wrestler. Bret says Mo's technique is great and says he's living his dream. 

Michael Allen Richard Clark vs. Luigi Primo

Zach Gowen is on commentary for this. Primo swings his pizza around as usual.

Mike wristlocks him. Primo tosses dough at him and wristlocks him. Primo trips him. Mike wristlocks him and Primo tosses his pizza. Primo armdrags him then walks up the buckles and armdrags him. Primo throws pizza dough in his face then dropkicks him. Mike dropkicks him through the ropes then plancha's him outside.

Mike hits mounted punches on him inside then short arm lariats him. Mike takes the pizza and slowly pulls it away from him. Mike elbow drops his back then stomps the pizza. Primo gets mad and whips him with the pizza. Primo flipping neckbreakers him for 2. Primo boots him out of the corner. Primo is caught off the 2nd rope and Mike inverted death valley drivers him. Mike pins him.

Thoughts: I didn't like this that much. Primo was tossing dough even while selling which was too silly. Primo should have also been DQ'd for whipping him with dough. Clark tried at least.

We get a video on an unknown wrestler in the Indian language. We see him running an he says paint isn't your enemy, but fear is.

MLP Canadian Tag Team Title Match - 1st Faction (Brent Banks & Sheldon Jean) (c) vs. Subculture (Flash Morgan Webster & Mark Andrews)

Mark and BB go at it. BB wristlocks him. Mark headflips out and wristlocks him. BB knees him in the gut. BB takes a double enzugiri in the corner. SJ shoulders him over Flash then knees him in in the gut. SJ is double hiptossed then he takes a standing moonsault for 2.

Flash's chest is pulled into the rope connectors then SJ facekicks him off the apron. We go to break and return. Mark forearms his opponents and back body drops BB out. SJ is sent out. Flash is tagged in. Flash top rope flip dives his opponents outside.

Flash pumping knees BB in the corner. Flash 2nd rope moonsaults him. Flash angel's wings BB for 2. BB back elbows Flash. Flash's team double team falcon arrows BB for 2. SJ and Flash are sent over the top and out. Mark takes a corner facekicks from BB then a jumping leg lariat from SJ. Mark takes a spinning slam and BB top rope splashes Mark for 2.

SJ piefaces both opponents. The four trade shots in the middle of the ring. The faces hit stereo chest headbutts and send the heels out. The faces then hit stereo tope con hilos outside. 

Mark flips into a stunner from the 2nd rope on BB. Flash top rope swantons BB's back. 1st Faction's buddy Bryce Hansen saves them. Dani Luna nails Bryce. The MLP Women's champ then fights with Dani to the back. Flash chops BB and jumping knees him. SJ lariats Flash. Flash takes a sitout powerbomb + neckbreaker and is pinned by SJ.

Thoughts: It was fine. Nothing too great or anything, but it was athletic, it got enough time and they kept it moving. I thought Subculture would win here and was surprised when they didn't.

Stu Grayson does a promo outside. He says everyone wants to be the guy and stand on the top of the mountain. He says no one talks about what it takes to stay on top. He says if you want to be champ, you don't hit someone from behind, you take it from the man standing on top. He tells Rohan Raja that he's still standing.

Overall thoughts: It was the usual MLP. Nothing was particularly great or anything you'd really seek out. The opener got a little silly at times but it was acceptable. The wrong man won though. The women's match wasn't that good. Luigi Primo's match was pretty similar to other Primo matches with it not being good and having some goofing around. The main was alright. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 as it was average overall. It's like a Canadian version of AEW developmental and the talent + booking both leave a lot to be desired.