IWA Puerto Rico Impacto Total 9/26/2026

IWA Puerto Rico Impacto Total 9/26/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/iwa-puerto-rico-impacto-total-9192026.html

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/10/iwa-puerto-rico-impacto-total-1042026.html 

The next live event is IWA El Gran Festival de Lucha Libre on 9/26/2026 (today). 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 Johnny Cotto being put in an ambulance to start.

#1 Contender's Match - Lexii Gomez vs La Brava Escobar

They lock up. LE drags her down. Lex armdrags her. They test strength and Lex goes down. Lex side headlock takeovers her. Lex shoulders her over then basement dropkicks her for 2. 

Lex knees her in the face and corner lariats her. Lex back elbows her in the corner then corner hip attacks her. Lex trips her into the ropes and licks her face. Lex pump kicks her in the face. 

Lex puts her in a chair, takes a fan's hat and chops her. LE double throat thrusts her and sends her into the post. LE kicks her in the back. LE leg chokes her on the 2nd rope  and running knees her in the back there. LE stands on her hair and pulls her arms. Lex hits forearms and is eye raked. 

LE sleepers her. Lex then sleepers her. LE foot chokes her in the corner. LE sliding lariats her for 2. LE pulls her arms back. Lex hits forearms. LE headbutts her. Lex hits running lariats. Lex hits kicks on her and step up knees her in the corner. Lex bulldogs her for 2.

LE does a jack knife pin on her for 2. They trade chops and Lex cutters her. LE grabs brass knucks outside. The ref takes them from her. LE then hits her in the face with another object. LE twisting reverse ddt's her and pins her.

Thoughts: It got a bit too much time. I also thought they slowed it down in the second half when it should have been speeding up. Lexii wasn't bad and has some personality, but I thought this was average. 

Joe Anthony does a promo. He says he heard Pedro Portillo III is nervous about him arriving. He says he needed Cesar Aldea to beat him. He says this is a race about staying alive and it's no good if Pedro falls down after he finishes. He says he will bury him in the caves of Camuy during their match.

Pedro Portillo II does a promo. He says Joe Antony will enter the ring but lose there. He says Joe is trying to play the psychological game. He says he will win and has been winning for 25 years. He says it doesn't matter what plan he has or what he has done. He says the people don't have power and can't give him power, intelligence and stamina. He says he's not Pedro Portillo and says Joe will be the national laughing stock when he beats him. 

The mayor of Camuy and a director of Camuy hype up the live event there. 

Jose Navarro and Tono Machete do a promo. Jose tells Tono to kill Pupe Jackson and says he will have his chance. He says the beating on him was not enough. He says may God have mercy on Pupe's soul as Tono will finish him and turn him into ash and gunpowder. Jose says he will destroy him without mercy.

Pupe Jackson does a promo. He says Jose had the guts to challenge him. He says Jose stepped on his territory where he shouldn't have stepped. He says he's been in so many wars and survived them all. he says he won't be an exception. He says Jose's the dirty one and he will leave him dirty as he is. He says let's see if Jose has the balls to face him.  

IWA World Title - El Dragon Nihan (c) vs Marovik

Cesar Aldea is with Nihan.

They collide with shoulders to start. Maro chops him in the corner and flying shoulders him. Mar running back elbows him in the corner. Nihan running shoulders him into the corner and splashes him there. Nihan hits shots on him and chokes him. Nihan chokes him on the ropes. Cesar Aldea chokes Maro on the ropes.

Maro hits chops and Nihan superkicks him for 2. Nihan chinlocks him. Nihan running dropkicks him for 2. Nihan clubs on his back and Cesar hits a shot on Maro. Nihan chops him down. Nihan running boots him and clubs his back.  
Cesar hits more cheap shots on Maro and Nihan double foot chokes him. Maro samoan drops him. They trade shots. Cesar gets on the apron and Maro grabs him. Nihan double axe handles Maro from behind and hits shots on him.

Nihan corner splashes him twice. Nihan 2nd rope splashes him and pins him.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good. There was a ton of interference and there wasn't a lot of but basic strikes and clubbing. It didn't go that long but it was stil boring and disappointing. 

Cesar and Nihan beat up Maro after. Nihan hits Maro with the title belt.

We then see clips of Johnny Cotto's history with Manu and Savio Vega. We then see Cotto being sent away in the ambulance for the 2nd time today.

Overall thoughts: There were only 2 new matches here. The opener went longer than it needed to and wasn't that good. The main wasn't good either with them not doing a lot but basic strikes and Marovik not showing a whole lot. We didn't get a lot of developments otherwise here as there is a show later on tonight and they are saving things for that. I'd give this a 4 out of 10 overall. It was a little below average.