IWA Puerto Rico Impacto Total 9/19/2026

IWA Puerto Rico Impacto Total 9/19/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/iwa-puerto-rico-impacto-total-9132026.html

The next live event is IWA El Gran Festival de Lucha Libre on 9/26/2026. It has:

Super Atomo vs Manu

Pedro Portillo III vs Joe Anthony

Pupe Jackson vs Tono Machete

El Gladiador Boricua vs Jose Navarro

Niche vs Cesar Aldea

Jon Dave Rose vs Xavier Millet 

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We see clips of various wrestlers receiving money with a note attached.

We then see clips of Salazar de la Muerte attacking Super Atomo backstage. 

IWA Puerto Rican Title - Super Atomo (c) vs Salazar de la Muerte 

Sal tries to rush him before the bell but misses. They trade punches and Atomo springboard twisting crossbodies him. Atomo chops him in the corner then Sal running back elbows him down. 

Sal hits punches and euros him. SA gets on his shoulders and armdrags him down. SA dropkicks him. SA handspringkicks Sal off the apron then topes him outside. SA hits chops and Sal chops him back outside. SA misses a top rope splash and Sal running lariats him. 

Sal backdrops him for 2. SA  casadora bulldogs him for 2. SA hits punches and chops. Sal hits shots in the corner. SA comes off the 2nd rope and Sal catches him with a side slam for 2. 

Sal chinlocks him. SA hits elbows to the gut and is clubbed down. SA's head is banged off the buckles. The fight on the buckles and Sal goes down. SA top rope crossbodies him. SA kips up and hits punches on Sal. SA hits flying forearms.

SA corkscrew kicks him for 2. SA hits mounted corner punches. Sal death valley drivers him for 2. Sal goes out and grabs a chair. SA dropkicks the chair into his face. SA and the ref fight over the chair and the ref takes it. Sal then low blows SA. Sal sitout double arm chokebombs SA and pins him.

Thoughts: Big upset here with Sal winning the title. He was pretty low on the card a few years ago and won here. I don't expect this to be a long reign. What we got was acceptable. Nothing was particularly wrong with it and it was a simple match. 

Tono Machete and Jose Navarro do a promo. Jose says Pupe Jackson wasn't satisfied with the beating they gave him at the ranch. He says may God have mercy on Pupe' soul as Tono will turn him into ashes and dust. Jose says Tono will destroy him and he agrees.

Pupe Jackson does a promo. He says we are hours away from his match with Tono Machete. Pupe says he himself is a fighter and went alone in his chicken coop. He says Jose then needed help from people to stop him. He says he stepped in his territory. He says Jose is the dirty one and he will mop the floor with him then leave him as dirty as he is. He says he's not here to joke around but fight. 

Gabriel Rodriguez, the local mayor, invites fans to come to the 9/26 show.

Jon Dave Rose vs Xavier Millet

Rose wristlocks him and XM reverses it. Rose hammerlocks him and flying snapmares him. XM shoulders him over. Rose armdrags him and dropkicks him out of the ring. Rose follows him outside and chops him in a chair.

Rose slingshot swantons him for 2. Rose is caught on an up and over he gets alabama slammed down for 2. XM clubs him down and slams him for 2. XM double chops him in the corners. Rose goes up and over then backcrackers him. XM hits shots on him. Rose hits punches and flying back elbows him. Rose lariats him down a few times. 

Rose os cutters him off the bottom rope for 2. XM hits shots on him. Rose sunset flips him while on his shoulders and wins.

Thoughts: It was below average. Rose didn't look all that great here with some poor offense while Millet looked a bit better.

XM nails Rose from behind after and stomps on him XM powerbombs him. 

Joe Anthony does a promo. He says Pedro Portillo talked trash but didn't back it up in the ring. He says he had to cheat to beat him. Joe says he doesn't feel like he lost to him and says Pedro lit a flame under him. He says Pedro is a loud mouth and a coward and he's coming to beat him 1-2-3.

Pedro Portillo III does a promo. He says he's rarely nervous but he has a man who is capable and has the ability. He says he treated him badly. He says it doesn't matter what Joe does, only one man exists and it's him. He says Joe will face the same guy last time who has no mercy and is the best wrestler of the last 25 years. 

The mayor of Camuy invites us to the next show.

We see clips of Pupe Jackson beating up Jose Navarro at the ranch then getting beaten up by Tono Machete.

Niche and Pupe Jackson vs Manu and Johnny Cotto

Cotto is the former Johnny Blaze. Savio Vega is with Manu and Cotto. Pupe Jackson is not medically cleared and is not here.

Niche and Manu go at it. Niche side headlocks him then throws him out. Manu gets back in and wristlocks Niche. Manu hits him in the arm. Niche side headlocks him and Manu reverses it. Manu shoulders him over and Niche armdrags him twice. Niche dropkicks him.

Cotto gets in and trades armdrags with Niche. Niche dropkicks him out. Manu tags himself in. Manu boots Niche. Manu chops him in the corner. Niche goes up and over. Manu armdrags him into an armlock. 

Niche hiptosses him into an armbar and Cotto breaks it up. Niche is stomped on by the heels. Cotto hits punches on Niche. Niche lariats Cotto over the top rope. Vega then hits Niche in the back with a baseball bat as he runs the ropes. Cotto stomps and pounds on Niche.

Cotto slaps Manu in the chest to tag him in. Cotto and Manu stare down. Manu slams Niche then sentons him for 2. Manu pounds on Niche more and boots him out of the ring. Niche's back is rammed into the post outside then Manu slams him on the floor. 

Manu gets a 2 count on Niche instead. They hit each other and hockey fight. Manu lariats him down for 2. Cotto tags himself in and stomps Niche. Manu stomps Niche in the corner and suplexes him for 2. 

Manu back elbows Niche for 2. Manu then shoves Cotto to tag him in. Cotto gets bad and they shove each other. Niche bangs their heads together. John Dave Rose then comes out to act as Niche's partner. Xavier Millet comes out and pulls Rose down from the apron. Millet clubs on Rose outside and sends him to the back.

Niche fights off a 1v2 outside. Niche takes a hart attack for 2. Manu uranage's Niche for 2. Cotto stomps Niche in the corner. Cotto slaps Manu's chest to tag him in. Those two argue in the ring and Manu wants to fight. They then beat up Niche in the corner.

Cotto runs into Niche's boot. Niche buckshots on Cotto and lariats Manu down. Pupe Jackson then finally comes out. Niche dropkicks Manu. Pupe comes in and is very fired up. Pupe hits punches on Manu and drops him. Pupe drops Cotto with a punch then Pupe thesz presses Manu. Pupe pounds on Manu.

Cotto hits punches on Pupe. Pupe then thesz presses him and hits mounted shots. Pupe superkicks Cotto then cutters Manu. Niche tornillos outside onto Cotto. Pupe goes for a dive and Jose Navarro comes out to trip him. Pupe thesz presses him and hits mounted shots. Pupe hits shot on Jose outside. 

Tono Machete then nails Pupe from behind with a cowbell. Tono and Jose double team Pupe. Pupe is slammed on the floor. Jose chokes and drags Pupe with the rope. Pupe is dragged to the back.

Cotto and Niche fight outside then get in. Niche is held for a double team and Cotto lariats Manu out on accident. Savio Vega argues with Cotto. Vega gets on the apron and Niche dropkicks Cotto into him. Niche then rolls up Cotto and pins him.

Thoughts: Yeah, this was great. This was absolutely wild here. Pupe Jackson didn't come out as he wasn't cleared. John Dave Rose came out to help Pupe but then Xavier Millet attacked him for the 2nd time tonight. Pupe then finally made it out. He had a super hot tag section then he got jumped by Machete/Navarro, who he was feuding with. Cotto and Manu argued all match long as they are feuding after Vega made Cotto give Manu his title shot. It was just a great series of events that made sense and lead to Niche beating the odds and winning. The crowd was hot and it was just a real rollercoster of excitement. This was one of the best matches IWA had this year. Fantastic booking here.

Pupe Jackson is being dragged and beaten up in the locker room. Pupe is put on a chair and beaten up.

Manu slaps Cotto. Cotto grabs him by the throat. Cotto yells at him and hits a south of heven chokeslam. Vega talks to Cotto. Vega drops his bat and slaps Cotto. Vega points his finger at him and they shove each other. The double team on Pupe continues in the back.

El Dragon Nihan then jumps Cotto in the ring. Nihan black hole slams Cotto. Vega hits Cotto in the head with his bat and knocks him out. Nihan stomps Cotto. Cotto is busted open and takes a 3v1. Nihan black hole slams Cotto and Vega hits Cotto more with his bat.  Manu camel clutches Cotto. Refs try to break this up. Nihan powerbombs Cotto. The heels then leave with Cotto out. Cotto is then put on a stretcher and wheeled out. Cotto is then put in an ambulance. The ambulance then drives away.

Overall thoughts: Salazar/Atomo was acceptable and had a big surprise of a result. Rose/Millet was below average. The main was great and one of the best bouts of the year. They put together a couple of different storylines, had a hot crowd and just had a bunch of different twists and turns that all made sense. It won't be as good if you didn't see the TV leading up to it, but it was pretty rewarding if you did. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 overall and the main mostly carried this one. You should see the main, but only if you see the TV leading up to it. It was a good show overall.