Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Northern Rising 2026 10/3/2026

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Northern Rising 2026 10/3/2026

Don Callis and Mauro Ranallo are our hosts. 

Johnny TV, Gabriel Fuentes and TJP vs Mascara Dorada and Subculture (Flash Morgan Webster and Mark Andrews)

JTV trips and chinlocks Mark. JTV takes a double hiptoss then Gab takes one too. Flash is flipped onto Gab and Mark standing corkscrew moonsaults Gab. MD and TJP get in. TJP armdrags him and crucifixes him. MD flips over him and springboard diving headscissors him. TJP takes him over from the electric chair. MD top rope diving tornillo armdrags him. Gab then tope con hilos MD. JTV, Mark and Flash then hit dives. MD 2nd rope ssp's outside.

TJP foot chokes MD in the corner. JTV neckbreakers MD. TJP back elbows Flash then Flash takes a backdrop. JTV hits shots on Flash in the corner. JTV rolling alabama slams him. 

MD tags in and MD top rope crossbodies JTV. MD jumps off of JTV and headscissors TJP. MD flips into the ropes and armdrags JTV. Gab hits armdrags on MD and dropkicks him. Gab shakes hands with MD and stomos his hand. MD running ssp's Gab. Gab standing spanish flies MD. MD corkscrew headscissors him. 

Mark double pele kicks his opponents. TJP takes an assisted falcon arrow for 2. Gab la magistral's Flash for 2. Gab corkscrew kicks Flash then handspring cutters him. MD electric chair neckbreakers Gab. TJP tornado ddt's MD. JTV hit a moonlight drive on Mark and takes a flying knee from Flash. 4 men are down in the ring. 

The 6 men trade shots. Mark stunners Gab and Flash top rope swantons Gab's back for 2. JTV hits starship pain on Flash for 2. TJP red mists Gab on accident. MD hits a handspring double cutter. JTV takes a double headbutt from subculture. The faces hit stereo ssp's off the top and Flash topes outside. MD pins Gab.

Thoughts: It was fine. It could have had a few minutes cut out, but they gave us a lot of action and didn't overdo it too much. It's nothing you would remember or anything but it was a good choice for an opener.

We see some wrestlers arrive.

Jody Threat and "Big Al" Alice Crowley vs Kingsley and Alexia Nicole

King dances at Jody. Jody catches her boot. Alex tags in and Al does too. Al hits forearms and pump kick on AN . Al saito suplexes her for 2. King tags in and is back elbowed. Jody running lariats her for 2.

Jody sentons Alex and Al sentons Alex. King lariats Al down for 2. King dances and chest kicks Al. Alex corner dropkicks Al and corner meteora's her. King corner meteora's Al. Al takes a double suplex for 2. Al death valley drivers Alex. King comes in and stomps on Al. Al double suplexes her opponents when they try to double suple her. 

Jody top rope swantons both opponents. Jody hits corner lariats on both opponents and exploders King. Jody la silla's both opponents from behind on the ropes. Jody suplexes Alex for 2. Al air raid crashes King. Alex hits a widow's peak on Al and Jody shoulders Alex over.

Jody does a fallaway slam + samoan drop combo on her opponents. Jody F-5's King and pins her.

Thoughts: You won't see Kingsley here again. Both announcers buried her during this for being sloppy. It was acceptable with Jody's team winning as expected. It didn't get a ton of time. 

 Nikki Storm is interviewed. She says she's like Princess Diana and everyone loves her. She says she congratulated Priscilla Kelly for being champ and Kelly couldn't show her any respect. She says she will be the forever champ of MLP.

We get a video on Psycho Mike.

Monster's Mayhem - Psycho Mike vs Crazzy Steve vs Dan Maff

This is just a hardcore match. Maff comes out with a "Canada Sucks" shirt.

Dan drops Mike with a forearm then stomps him. Dan rakes Mike's back and chops him. Mike is sent into a chair between the buckles but he no sells it and shoulders Dan over. Mike running lariats Dan. Mike goes to ask if we want a bodyslam and Steve nails Mike from behind.

Maff pounds on Mike. Steve hits Mike with a baking pan. Dan hits Mike with a garbage can. Dan and Steve use kendo sticks on Mike. Dan chokes Mike and bites his head.

Dan sentons Mike. Mike no sells a double kendo stick shot and hits lariats on his opponents. Mike hits Dan with the kendo stick many times. Mike hits Steve in the back with it then hits him more with it. Dan pounces Mike into the ropes and Mike goes out.

Dan topes Mike. Steve bites Mike. Dan chops Mike in the corner and hits mounted shots. Dan and Steve argue a bit over beating up Mike. Steve grabs Dan by the ears then Dan staples Steve in the butt and head.

Mike gets behind Dan and goes for a slam. Dan sleepers Mike. Mike grabs the staple gun and gets Dan in the crotch with it several times. Dan is sent face first into a chair between the ropes. Mike then slams Dan over the top through a table. 

Steve pours thumbtacks onto the mat. Steve eye pokes Mike. Steve is on the buckles and Mike sunset bombs him down from the buckles onto the tacks for 2. Mike and Steve are busted open. They butt heads. Mike licks his blood and slams him on a barbed wire board. Mike pins him.

Thoughts: It was a longer and slower bout. Mike got double teamed for most of this until the heels finally turned on each other. The logic wasn't bad, just it wasn't exciting at all. It was an average bout. It really wasn't too wild either. 

We get a video where they honor Dewey Robertson/The Missing Link. They give him an "MLP Legends" award graphic.

Andrade El Idolo vs. Rohan Raja

Idolo comes out with a bunch of girls.

They shove each other and trade shots. Idolo hits forearms and Aurora Teves trips Idolo. Idolo goes for the DM and Raja slides out. RR comes in and takes a rebound german. Idolo single leg dropicks him. Idolo slingshot plancha's him.

Idolo takes photos with girls in the front row. Idolo top rope crossbodies him. Idolo hits 2 suplexes. Idolo boots him out of the corner then flying headscissors him down. Idolo goes for a dive but Teves blocks him in the ring. Teves wants a hug then she slaps him when Idolo tries.

RR hits Idolo from behind. The ref finally ejects Teves. Idolo rolls him up and RR back elbows him. RR stomps him and hits mounted shots. RR armlocks him.

They trade forearms. Idolo hits lariats. Idolo flying forearms him. RR thinks about doing three amigos but Idolo hits three amigos instead for 2. Idolo lariats him over the top. Idolo then takes his pants off. Idolo goes for a tope and is forearmed. Idolo powerslams him over the 2nd rope on the apron. Idolo corner lariats him for 2. RR jumping flatliners him for 2. Idolo spinning back elbows him and hits hits double underhook twisting drop to win.

Thoughts: It should have been a little better. Idolo didn't go all out here and the pace didn't ever really pick up like it should have. Idolo winning is also an issue with RR will be back but Idolo may not be. I thought it was average.

MLP Canadian Tag Team Title Three Way Match - 1st Faction (Brent Banks & Sheldon Jean) (c) vs. Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) vs. Sinner And Saint (Judas Icarus & Travis Williams)

Drake and Trav trade armlocks. Drake wristlocks him, Trav flips out and poses. Drake slaps him. Trav takes him down. Trav takes corner attacks and a spinning heel kick from The Vets. Trav takes a corner splash and spinning high kick from Jean.

Brynce Hansen trips Trav and Jean cradles Trav for 2. Judas throws Trav into a double dropkick. Trav and Judas hit dropkicks on The Vet's through the ropes. Trav dropkicks Jean in the corner. Judas is dropkicked in the knee into a baseball slide. Drake jumps off Zach's back and dropkicks Trav off the apron.

Drake short arm lariats Judas for 2. Jean knees Drake in the face. Judas stunners Jean. Trav comes in and hits shots on Banks and Jean. Trav thesz presses Zack and hits mounted shots. Trav flatliners Zack. Trav dragon screws Banks, who has his partner's leg. Jean then gets dragon screwed because of it. Banks takes a senton to the back, a facekick and a flapjack + euro combo for 2.

Trav double lariats The Vet's. The Vet's are double lariated over the top. Banks and Jean then hit stereo topes outside. Jean corner facekicks Judas then powerslams him. Bansk top rope splashes Judas for 2. Jean is pulled out then Banks is back body dropped onto him. Judas STO's Zack. Drake pulls Banks down with a scarf. Judas takes a claymore kick + michinoku driver for 2. 

Zack takes a double kick in the corner. Trav dropkicks Drake through the ropes. Judas top rope splashes Zack. Judas dives between the buckles and DDT's Banks on the floor. Jean is double teamed, taking a senton and a brainbuster for 2 when Bryce Hansen pulls the ref out. 

Haensen runs in the ring and Trav and Judas get lariated by Banks and Jean. Bryce wants some appreciation from the team but Jeans complains. Jean piefaces him and shoves him. Bryce pushes Jean back. Judas and Trav hit Jean's team from behind.

Jean is popped up into a german. Banks takes a knee to the back to knock him off the apron then Trav topes Banks. Jean takes a flying knee + release sitout pedigree. Drake throws Trav shoulder first into the post. Judas takes tope lariat doomsday device on the floor. Jean takes a double team single leg codebreaker from The Vet's and is pinned.

Thoughts: I'm not real sure about The Vet's winning here. Sinner and Saint got most off the offense in and First Faction were the champs. The Vet's haven't quite been featured as much and them winning isn't the best booking. The match was fine with a lot of double teams and fast paced action as expected.

Priscilla Kelly is interviewed. She says she dealt with people like Nikki Storm her whole life. She says tonight isn't just about the title but it's about exposing the best in the galaxy.

MLP Women's Canadian Title Match - Priscilla Kelly (c) vs. Nikki Storm

PK backs up Storm in the corner. Storm piefaces her. PK chest kicks her for 1. Storm goes to stall outside. PK Goes out and PK's back is rammed into the apron. PK dropkicks Storm and broski boots her in the corner. PK basement dropkicks her next to the bottom rope. 

Storm magic screws PK on the floor. Storm boots her in the corner. Storm chokes her on the ropes. Storm dropkicks her for 2. PK hits slaps and is thrown down backwards. Storm bangs PK's head off the mat. Storm pulls on PK's face and bangs her face off the mat. 

PK rolls her up for 2 and Storm lariats her for 2. Storm does a tazzmission. PK jawbreakers her. PK boots her out of the corner. PK hits forearms and Storm knees her in the gut. PK facekicks her. 

PK hits forearms on Storm. PK knees her in the face and hits lariats on her. PK double stomps her back. PK rainmakers her for 2. PK hits Kawada kicks. Storm rolls her up for 2. Storm backdrops her. Storm cradle shocks her for 2. 

They trade shots on their knees then get up and trade. PK high kicks her and springboard triangle lariats her on the apron. PK hits a PK from the apron and cannonballs her off the apron. PK backdrops her and sliding forearms her. PK pins her.

Thoughts: It was average. There just wasn't anything too great about it and PK's offense could have looked a little better at times. PK won as expected here.

MLP Canadian Title / Interim MLP Canadian Title Unification Match - Josh Alexander (c) vs. Stu Grayson

Josh has Don Callis with him. 

They lock up and let go. Stu side headlock takeovers him twice. Josh headscissors him. They stare at each other on the mat and Josh slides out. They trade hammerlocks. Stu takes him down and they roll around on the mat. Josh then slaps him and runs.

Stu hits punches. Josh reverse monkey flips him and armdrags him into an armlock. Stu hurricanrana's him and dropkicks him. Stu enzugiri's him on the apron. Stu slingshot swantons him on the apron. Stu tries to get back in but Josh keeps trying to kick him.

Stu sends Josh into the post. Stu 2nd rope moonsaults him outside. Stu punches him inside. Stu hits him from behind then pushes him through the rails. Stu corner splashes him. Stu back goes up top and is pushed off the top. Stu flips and lands on guards outside in a cool spot.

Don Callis boots Stu outside. Josh pounds and boos Stu on apron then gets a 2 count on him inside. Josh chops and forearms him. Stu jumps off the 2nd rope and Josh forearms him down for 2. Josh pulls on Stu's mouth. Josh knees him in the gut. Josh finlay rolls him. Josh 2nd rope diving knees Stu on the neck for 2. 

They fight on the stage and Josh drops him face first on the ramp. Josh brainbusters him for 2. Josh germans him 3 times and Stu pulls the top turnbuckle pad off. Stu prevents himself from being sent into the exposed buckle. Stu hits punches. Josh germans him then germans him on the apron. Stu flips out of a german on the floor then Stu belly to belly suplexes Josh on the floor.

Stu hits palm strikes, punches and stomps on him. Stu belly to belly suplexes him inside twice. Stu then belly to belly suplexes him over the top rope and onto the ramp. Stu asai moonsaults his back. Stu crossfaces him.

Stu ankle locks him and Josh ankle locks him back. Stu rolls him up for 2. Stu flying forearms him. They trade forearms. Josh spinning forearms him. Stu pumping knees him, knocking off Josh's ear covers. Stu top rope superplexes him and kips up on the landing. Stu flying pumping knees him. 

They trade pin attempts. Stu springboard triangle ddt's him on the apron. Stu tries a springboard twisting move and is caught with a deadeye. Josh jay drillers him for 2. 

Josh brings his belt into the ring and the ref takes it. Josh stomps Stu and Stu piledrivers him for 2 when Don Callis puts Josh's leg on the bottom rope. Josh cradles him for 2 and Stu flying knees him. Stu flying pumping knees him. Stu picks Josh up. Callis gets on the apron with a screwdriver. Stu grabs the screwdriver and Josh grabs the title belt. Stu flying pumping knees Josh. Stu picks him up and is stabbed in the head with a screwdriver. Josh jay drillers him then Josh does an arm trapping piledriver to him. Josh then pins him.

Thoughts: It got a lot of time. It started off slow and I thought they might be going an hour, but I'm glad they didn't. The selling could have been a little better here at times. It was an okay effort overall. Stu's swanton bump to the guards outside was probably the big highlight of this one.

Josh grabs Stu by the beard after, smears his blood and hits him. Josh then hugs Callis. 

Street Fight - Adam Copeland vs. Steve Maclin

Cope comes out in a white and blue outfit.

They lock up and roll on the ropes. SM shoulders him over. Cope hiptosses him then dropkicks him. SM sends Cope into the rails. SM then low topes him. SM chops Cope on the ropes. Cope flying forearms him. Steve olympic slams him on the floor. 

Steve sets a table up outside. They fight with Cope being on the apron. Cope gets in and lariats him over the top rope. Cope bangs SM's face off the steps. Cope pulls a ladder out from under the ring and rams Steve in the head with it. 

Cope puts a ladder upside down. It nearly tips over and the fans push it back to it's position. Steve is dropped gut first from the apron onto the ladder connector. Cope punches SM, sending him over the rail. They fight in the crowd and go deep in. SM throws a trash can at Cope's face. 

They walk up into the stairs in the stands. SM pounds on him while he's in a seat. Cope drops SM on the rail crotch first. SM then rolls down the steps. They then head back down to the floor and SM hits shots on him. They get back to ringside and SM's head is banged off the steps.

SM uranage's Cope on a ladder against the rail. SM then messes with a Canadian flag. SM knee drops Cope's back. Cope is sent into the buckles. SM uranage backbreakers him for 2. SM grabs a hockey goalie helmet. He hits Cope with it and headbutts his back with it. 

SM headbutts him in the face with it. SM backdrops him. SM top rope diving headbutts him with the mask on for 2. SM puts him in tree of woe and stomps him. SM ties him up with a rope in tree of woe. SM says he will crush his childhood dream. SM misses a corner killshot spear when Cope moves. SM goes out. Cope top rope plancha's SM through a table outside.

They trade forearms on the floor then fight on the apron. Cope ddt's him on the apron. SM cutters him in the ring. Cope hits him with a five knuckle shuffle then an AA for 1. Cope fires up. Cope hits punches on SM. Cope facekicks SM. Cope legdrops SM for 2. 

Cope hits a killswitch on him for 2. SM pulls Cope's  throat down over the top rope. Cope slingshot cutters him in the ring. They fight on the buckles and Cope hits a 2nd rope stroke on him. Cope crossfaces him. Cope then does a border city stretch on him. 

Deonna Purrazzo comes out. She pepper sprays the ref and Cope. SM double underhook ddt's Cope. They try to conchairto Cope. Rhino then comes out. Cope swings a chair at rhino and takes a gore. Deonna chairs Rhino and Rhino no sells it. Rhino spears Deonna. 

Another ref comes out and Cope gets a 2 count on SM. Cope tries to spear SM but SM sticks a chair up and Cope goes into it. SM chairs him in the gut and back. SM punches Cope.  Cope is tied up in the ropes on the ramp. SM tries to chair him, Cope boots him and escapes the ropes. SM swings the chair and hits the ropes, sending the chair back in his face. Cope  then runs the ramp and spears SM. Cope hits another spear and pins him.

Thoughts: Like a lot of Cope matches, it was longer and slower than it needed to be. A lot could have been cut out of this. I wouldn't say they overdid it though or anything. What we got was okay, but the extra time didn't help it. Like with Andrade's match, the question is if Cope will be returning or not as things go forward.

Cope talks on the mic after as the crowd sings his song. Cope says the crowd probably knows his story. Cope says Steve Maclin should be the most wanted free agent in wrestling and he's that good. Cope says his aunt and uncle brought him down to his first show here. He says his uncle is here tonight. We get a "Thank You, Randy" chant. Cope points out his family in the crowd. Cope says he never got to perform here until tonight. He says he never thought he'd get to perform here and says all the stars played here. He says tonight he did too. He says his first show had Junk Yard Dog and Tito Santana vs Macho Man and Jesse Venture. He said JYD used to bring kids in the ring to dance. Cope says they should do a JYD juke and asks for kids to come in. Kids come in and Cope says they will sign autographs after. The kids then jump around in the ring and Cope dances with them. One of the kids has a beard. The show ends with Cope signing autographs.

Overall thoughts: They only had 7 matches but it was a longer show at almost 3.5 hours. The last two matches were both quite long and extended this. The opener was a good choice for an opener and it worked out fine. The women's tag was acceptable. The three-way match with Dan Maff was average. Idolo/Raja was also average. The tag title match was fine. Kelly/Storm didn't impress. Josh/Stu got a ton of time and it was okay. The main was similar. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 overall. It was an okay show overall but the last hour did drag a bit. I'd say the main was the best match of the night. There are no other shows lined up for this company going forward, so we will see what happens.

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Mayhem 9/30/2026

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Mayhem 9/30/2026 

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/maple-leaf-pro-wrestling-mayhem-9232026.html

Note - They said this is the season finale of Mayhem. There are no upcoming TV listings for MLP Mayhem and I believe they used all of their taped episodes. To put in bluntly - I think the show is on hiatus for a while. I'd assume if it comes back, there won't be new episodes until 2027.

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

Nikki Storm vs. Dani Luna

They lock up and Dani shoves her down. Storm waistlocks her and is thrown down. Storm pokes her and is shoved down. Dani side headlock takeovers her. Dani fireman's carry takeovers her.  

Storm wristlocks her and is thrown down. Dani shoulders her over. Storm hits slams on her. Dani sits up top and is pushed down. Storm suplexes her on the floor.

We go to break and return. Dani facekicks her and claymore kicks her. Storm takes her down and goes for a jack knife. Dani powerbombs her for 2. Dani is swept on the apron and trapped in the ring skirt. Storm hits forearms on her. Dani suplexes her on the floor. Dani then germans her inside.

Dani running lariats her for 2. Storm ddt's her for 2. Dani slingshot blue thunders her for 2. Storm is seated up top. Storm top rope crossbodies her. Storm twisting fisherman's nekcbreakers her and pins her.

Thoughts: Both girls are newer so they both had more to lose than gain here. Storm has a title shot coming up so she had to win here. It showed some potential at times but slowed down a lot and was average.

Adam Copeland does a video. He says Steve Maclin made a point with him and said this was about other things until Maclin jumped him. He says it won't work out well for Steve and says he made it personal. He says it changes everything when it's personal and asks if Steve is ready for that. He says he has never faced someone that doesn't quit and has never taken no for an answer. He says we will find out if he's ready for that.

Rudra vs Vaughn Vertigo

VV armdrags him off the lock up. VV euros and cravates him.  Rud shoulders him over and enzugiri's him. Rud corner splashes him. VV leg lariats him. VV hits mounted corner punches. VV stomps him. VV PK's him and misses a standing moonsault. 

Rud headbutts him. VV top rope swantons Rud's back while he is standing. Rud pump kicks him. Rud ripcord jumping knees him. Rud 2nd rope diving spears him and pins him.

Thoughts: VV got a lot of offense in and Rudra didn't really get enough in here. Rudra did get the win as expected though. Vaughn's top rope swanton to the back is quite the unusual move. Rudra has some decent explosiveness to him.

We get a video on Psycho Mike where the voiceover lady talks about monsters being built and says every bad decision brought us here. She says survival isn't guranteed in Monster's Mayhem and someone is leaving broken. 

Subculture (Flash Morgan Webster & Mark Andrews) vs The Natural Classics (Stevie Filip & Tome Filip)

Mark has sweat flicked onto him from Tome (tanned one). Tome takes a shoulder to the gut. Tome is double hiptossed. Flash is flipped onto Tome and Mark standing twisting moonsaults Tome. Steve comes in and is armdragged by Flash. 

Stevie takes a corner forearm then a side slam + legdrop combo for 2. Mark takes a corner dropkick then a flying knee + drop on the chest for 2. Tome boots Mark in the corner then Steve takes over. Mark is stomped on. 

Mark boots his opponents out of the corner. Flash tags in. Flash top rope swantons both opponents. Flash hits running corner forearms. Flash 2nd rope moonsaults Steve. Flash hits an angel's wings on Steve for 2. 3 of the 4 get sent out and Steve 2nd rope moonsaults his partner on accident. Flash and Mark hit stereo tope con hilos outside. Steve takes a top rope ssp from Mark and gets pinned.

Thoughts: It was fine. Subculture got to show off a bit and The Classics also flew around. They lost as expected. Subculture's push continues here.

We get a video on Josh Alexander vs Stu Grayson. Josh says he was out for months and is hungry to prove he's the best there is. Stu says he's hungry to prove he's that good. Stu says he did the work while Josh was out. Stu says there's one thing that separated them at Northern Rising - the winner gets to reap MLP and Canadian wrestling around the world. He says josh will have to kill him. Josh says the person who wants it more and has more heart will decide it. 

Billy Gunn, Neon, Psycho Mike & Sinner And Saint (Judas Icarus & Travis Williams) vs. 1st Faction (Brent Banks & Sheldon Jean), Dan Maff, Jonathan Gresham & Rohan Raja

Jean shoves Judas and is put in a side headock. Jean facekicks him down and corner splashes him. Judas takes a corner splash and a tilt-a-whirl slam for 2. Judas flying forearms Banks. Banks is double hiptossed into the ropes, dropped on his gut and takes a double basement dropkick.

Jean takes punches from Travis then is alriated over the top. Travis and Judas hit stereo dropkicks through the ropes on Jean and Banks. 

Neon and JG come in. Neon trips him and does flips and cartwheels. Neon flying headscissors him and chops him down. Neon lets JG chop him but JG hits him low instead. We go to break and return.

Neon is stomped on by his opponents. Maff then gets more stomps in. Raja stomps Neon's leg. Maff chops Neon. Maff and Neon double clothesline each other down. Gunn tags in. Gunn hits punches on the heels.

Gunn corner lariats Raja then Travis handspring lariats Raja. Banks slaps Travis Banks is double teamed and takes a PK and senton. Jean saves Bansk on a suplex. Trav takes a backdrop + sitout powerbomb. 

Judas flying lariats Banks. Jean celebrates and Mike shows up behind him. Mike slams him then slams Banks onto him. Neon springboard splashes Banks and Jean together. JG is slammed onto Banks and Jean. Maff throws Mike out and Gunn lariats Maff over the top rope. Raja jumping flatliners Gunn and pins him.

Thoughts: Everyone got their section in and not much else. It didn't get a ton of time. It was an interesting mix of guys on the faces side. This worked well enough. It was alright.

The Grizzled Young Vets come out and attack Sinner and Saint. Mike and Maff fight. Andrade El Idolo comes out. He boots and forearms Raja on the ramp. They trade forearms. Idolo lariats him over the top rope. Security comes out and Idolo tope con hilos them and Raja. Idolo chairs Raja in the ring. 

We then get a music video hyping up some of the matches for the Northern Rising PPV.

Overall thoughts: The opener was average. Rudra won a squash but didn't get that much in. Subculture had an alright match with The Natural Classics. The main didn't get a ton of time but it was an interesting mix of guys and it was okay. I don't think it was super effective as a go home show as a lot of the big names didn't wrestle or do new promos but as it's own show, it was acceptable. I'd give it a higher 5 out of 10 overall. 

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Mayhem 9/23/2026

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Mayhem 9/23/2026 

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/maple-leaf-pro-wrestling-mayhem-9162026.html 

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/10/maple-leaf-pro-wrestling-mayhem-9302026.html 

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

Priscilla Kelly talks in the back about winning the MLP Women's Title. She says she's been through a lot and told she couldn't win. She says the title is for all the people who believed in her. She says she did it and she's the new champ.

Stu Grayson vs Dior Nolins

Stu flying pumping knees Dior to start. Stu then torture rack backbreakers him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was short squash and not much else. 

Stu gets on the mic after. He says Josh Alexander better be watching as he says an angry Stu is the best Stu. He says he has questions and wants answers. He then tells Don Callis to come to the ring. 

Don starts walking and Josh Alexander comes out. Josh then heads down to the ring. 

Josh says this has nothing to do with Don. He says it's not about AEW either. He says it's about the true MLPW Canadian Title. He says Stu's been trying to convince people he's the guy with the replica title. Josh says daddy's home now. He tells Stu to handle it like a pro and leave this for 10/3. He tells him to shake his hand like a man. They shake hands and Josh punches him. They trade punches and Stu takes him down. Stu goes for a pumping knee and Josh slides out. 

Nikki Storm does a video. She says everyone asks her why she attacked Priscilla Kelly. She says they think she lost control. She says she was completely honest for the first time. She says she saw someone else get everything they wanted and she's done pretending. She tells Kelly to enjoy carrying the title. She says she will finish what she started.

"Big Al" Alice Crowley vs Alexia Nicole

Alex is with Taylor Rising and Kris Chambers

They lock up. Alex foot stomps her and side headlocks her. Al hits armdrags. Alex is tripped and Al running boots her in the head for 2. Al's head is banged off the buckles. Alex running knees her in the corner and stomps her. 

Alex snapmares her for 2. Alex then hits mounted shots. Al gets a jack knife pin on her. AL hits some strikes and takes a backcracker for 2. Alex back elbows her. Al hits forearms. Alex dropkicks her. Alex corner meteora's her and suplexes her for 2. 

Al lariats and back elbows her. Al pump kicks her down. Al then backdrops her for 2. Al gets on the buckles and Taylor Rising shoves her down. Alex then pins Al.

Thoughts: It was acceptable. It was mostly all strikes. Alexia got a big win here to put her name on the map some. They did fine but it wasn't super impressive. 

Al is surrounded after. Jody Threats comes out and germans Kris, Taylor and Alexia.

Crazzy Steve does a video. He asks if Psycho Mike thought he did this for him. He says he told him the world was using him, but so was he. He says Mike never stopped to ask who was listening to. He says he told him he wasn't here to take anything from him and he lied. He says he wasn't setting him free but he became who he wanted him to be and Mike never saw it happening.

Johnny TV, TJP and Gabriel Fuerza vs Luigi Primo, El Reverso and Mo Jabari

Primo gets triple teamed and TJP knocks Pimo's partners off the apron. JTV and Gab are sent out. TJP tries to mist Primo but Primo blocks it with pizza dough. Primo then spin the pizza and puts cheese on it. Primo crossbodies TJP for 1.

Reverso and Mo hit stereo topes out. Primo then top rope plancha's JTV. TJP takes an atomic drop, basement dropkicks and Reverse is flapjacked onto him. Primo is backdropped by Gab for 2.

Primo is held upside down, JTV goes for a crotch chop but Primo double boots him as he comes off the buckles. JTV takes corner attacks. Mo neckbreakers JTV. Mo sharpshooters JTV while Reverso crossfaces JTV. 

TJP spin kicks Primo. TJP is then hit with a hart attack. Mo slingshot plancha's TJP. JTV rolls up Reverso for 2. Reverso springboard back kicks JTV. JTV hits starship pain on Reverso and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a shorter bout. What we got wasn't bad and the length helped it. This was a random one. The pizza blocking the mist spot was clever.

Steve Maclin leaves the police station. He goes into a car that Deonna Purrazzo is driving. She asks him to explain why he thinks it's okay to attack people and he coworkers. Steve says he's doing exactly what he's supposed to be doing and says Deonna doesn't understand. 

Steve thanks Deonna for bailing him out of jail and she says she didn't bail him out. Steve then get a video call from Adam Copeland. Cope wants to call him "Big Mac". He says he got Steve out of jail. He says attacking him and Rhino wasn't a good idea. He tells him to hug Deonna tight and kiss her goodnight as he will face him on 10/3. He says Steve doesn't get what's coming for him and says it's not a homecoming but a funeral.

Andrade El Idolo vs Karl Anderson

KA goes for a two sweet but Idolo shoes him away. They lock up. KA backs him up in the corner. KA wristlocks him. Idolo reverses it and takes him down by the arm. KA side headlock takeovers him and Idolo headscissors him. They stand off.

KA boots him off the lock up and bangs his head off the buckles. KA pump kicks him in the corner. Idolo chops him. Idolo misses a corner attack goes down. KA hits knee drops to the face for 2.

KA rakes his face. KA bends over and is kicked. Idolo poses on the ropes. KA misses a charge, goes out and Idolo slingshot plancha's him. Idolo rams KA into the post. 

Idolo takes his pants off. Idolo then takes photos with girls in the front row. We go to break and return. They trade forearms in the ring. Idolo running lariats him and flying forearms him. Idolo then kips up. KA spinebusters him for 2.

Idolo suplexes him three times for 2. They fight on the buckles. Idolo top rope crossbodies him but KA rolls through for 2. Idolo trips him into the buckles. Idolo corner meteora's KA for 2. KA pump kicks him and Idolo spinning back elbows him. Idolo hits the DM and pins him. 

Thoughts: It was a random one but it was one of Karl's better bouts as of late. They kept it moving nd thye worked together a little better than I expected. This was fine.

Doc Gallows gets in the ring and points at Idolo after. Capitain Suicida comes in the ring with a chair to protect Idolo. Cap then chairs Idolo in the back. Cap then takes the mask off and it's Rohan Raja. raja then sits in a chair and taunts him and the crowd.

Overall thoughts: Stu Grayson won a quick squash in the opener. Big Al had an acceptable bout with Alexia Nicole. We had a shorter but acceptable trios match then an okay main. They built up some stuff for next time but there was a fair bit of randomness here. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 as the show was alright overall. 

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Mayhem 9/16/2026

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Mayhem 9/16/2026 

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/maple-leaf-pro-wrestling-mayhem-992026.html

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/maple-leaf-pro-wrestling-mayhem-9232026.html 

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

Steve Maclin vs Rhino

SM hits Rhino while he's on the ramp coming out. Rhino's head is banged off the apron edge and off the steps. Rhino hits punches in the corner and hits a corner spear. SM then sprays him in the eye with pepper spray. 

Refs comes to check on Rhino. Rhino wants the match to continue even though he can't see. Rhino swings at him and hits him. Rhino hits short arm lariats. SM pulls the ref into Rhino. SM then low blows Rhino and the ref rings the bell again, seemingly DQ'ing SM.

Thoughts: It was short and shenanigans from the start. I didn't like Rhino still getting offense in while supposedly blinded.

SM hits mounted shots on Rhino. SM punches the ref out and hits Rhino in the gut with the chair edge. SM stands on Rhino's head while he's laying on a chair. SM then conchairto's him. They then bring the stretcher out for Rhino. SM then sends one of the doc's into the steps. 

Steve is then escorted out of the building. He says he'll see Adam Copeland on October 3rd.

The hosts then talk. 

Rohan Raja vs Capitan Suicida

Aurora Teves is with Raja.

RR wristlocks him. CS headflips out and armdrags him. RR rolls him over for 1 then side headlocks him. RR shoulders him over. Cap flying headscissors him then tope con hilo's him outside. 

Cap goes up top and is crotched. RR dropkicks him there. We go to break and return. Cap spin kicks him in the gut and rolls into a cutter on him. Cap top rope swantons him for 2. Cap superkicks him and RR black hole slams him for 2. Cap superkicks him. 

Cap gets distracted by Teves and RR flying knees him from behind. RR jumping flatliners him and pins him.

Thoughts: What we got was alright here. They did work pretty well together and it's too bad there had to be heel shenanigans. It's also too bad it didn't get a ton of time. I would have liked to have seen what this developed into.

RR hits mounted shots on Cap after. RR then pulls Cap's mask off. RR then holds the mask up. RR says Andrade El Idolo is nothing and says this is his category. He then says, "How you know, b!tch?".

Crazzy Steve talks to Psycho Mike in psych ward hallway. He says he's been trying to tell him what to do but maybe Mike isn't listening. He says Mike needs to learn and says no more whispering as he grabs him. Mike then grabs him and says, "I am listening". He says he will be what he wants him to be.

Priscilla Kelly says this is more than just a moment. She says winning the MLP Women's Title is the cherry on top of everything she has done. She says she's not just hard working and you can't top the experience in her brain. She says walking into MLP Rising as the Women's champ...words can't describe it.

Bryce Hansen vs London Lightning

Hansen has his First Faction stablemates with him. Hansen side headlocks him then shoulders him over. Hansen armdrags him then dumps him over the top. Hansen then topes him outside. Dan Maff then comes out and lariats Hansen and London.

Thoughts: We didn't get much of this before Maff interfered.

Maff burning hammers Hansen. Psycho Mike then comes out with Crazzy Steve. Mike hits Maff with the kendo stick then knocks him off the apron. Crazzy Steve then hits Mike with the kendo stick from behind and puts his fingers in his eyes. Steve then hits him with the kendo stick again.

Evil Uno and Stu Grayson are outside Josh Alexander's door. Stu bangs on it. Someone comes out and says Josh heard Stu's message in the ring loud and clear and all further discussion will take place in the ring. 

I will not be covering the main. Priscilla Kelley won the title. I didn't think the title change was built to and the title change is a bit suspicious since Scott D'Amore, the booker, just broke up with Shaw.

Overall thoughts: I didn't see all of this, but what I did see was nothing special. They really went over the top to try and get Steve Maclin some heel heat and Raja was similarly allowed to get some big heat in his match. The three matches I saw were all short, one-sided and 2 of them had non-finishes. I didn't really like what I saw all that much and thought it was below average. I'd give it a 4 out of 10.

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Mayhem 9/9/2026

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Mayhem 9/9/2026 

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/maple-leaf-pro-wrestling-mayhem-922026.html

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/maple-leaf-pro-wrestling-mayhem-9162026.html 

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

The First Faction do a promo. Jean says the results will be the same each time with them. Sinner and Saint show up. Travis says they look nervous to see them. Judas says they like watching more than partaking. Jean says he's not afraid. Travis says they are ready to rumble if they are. Bryce accepts the challenge for First Faction and Jean isn't happy. He piefaces him for it.  

Andrade El Idolo vs TJP

Idolo wristlocks him. TJ cartwheels out and headstand spinning headscissors him on the mat. Idolo headscissors him and TJ handstands out. They then stand off. Idolo hammerlocks him. TJ flying snapmares him.

Idolo kicks a camera on accident and top rope crossbodies TJ For 2. Idolo dropkicks TJ through the ropes. Idolo 2nd rope moonsaults him outside. Idolo takes a photo with girls at ringside. 

We go to break and return. Idolo flying forearms him. Idolo corner meteora's him and rolls him up for 2. Idolo elbow slices him. TJ goes up and over and tornado ddt's him. 

TJ running back elbows him in the corner. TJ hits facewash kicks. TJ knocks him off the buckles and top rope frogsplashes him for 2. TJ does a regal stretch variation. Idolo cradles him for 2. TJ spin kicks him in the face. Idolo spinning back elbows him and double underhook twisting drops him. Idolo pins him.

Thoughts: It didn't get as much time as it needed. What we got was acceptable but nothing too special or memorable. 

Idolo gets on the mic and asks if Rohan Raja thinks he's better than him and if he thinks he can beat him. He says he will see him on 10/3 and says, "How you know?".

Stu Grayson and Evil Uno talk outside. This is from last week. Uno congratulates him on beating Johnny TV. He says something is bothering Stu and he needs to let it go. Stu says he's right.

Sinner And Saint (Judas Icarus & Travis Williams) vs. 1st Faction (Brent Banks & Sheldon Jean)

Bryce Hansen is with First Faction.

BB piefaces Trav. Trav walks back and forth and points at him. Trav then hits punches. He drops him and does a weird shuffle. Judas goes to tag in and gets hit by Jean after making the tag. Trav is held for a punch to the gut. Trave lariats BB. Trav then springboard dropkicks Jean. Trav topes Jean outside.

Judas running lariats BB. BB cradles Trav for 2 and superkicks him. BB takes an enzugiri + dropkick combo in the corner. BB takes a flying kick + angel's wings and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was a short one here with Sinner and Saint winning pretty quick. They really like shorter matches on this show and it was one of them. Trav and Judas were acting a little different here in TNA and them getting a win in their debut was good. The match was just a match.

Psycho Mike says someone is talking to him everywhere he goes. He says he hopes it's someone anyway. We then see clips of some masked guy appearing behind him in the stands. The voice tells him the world keeps losing him as he keeps asking for permission.

The former Nikki Storm comes up to Priscilla Kelly while she is being interviewed. She talks about her losing and says she will dedicate the match to PK. She says she might make PK her first title match. PK says she might have won the match but Nikki held the ref's foot. PK says she has a title match next week because of it and says she might give Nikki the shot instead.

MLP Canadian Tag Team Title #1 Contendership Four Way Match - Capitan Suicida & Neon vs. The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson) vs. Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) vs. Subculture (Flash Morgan Webster & Mark Andrews)

Drake hits shots on Neon. Drake shoulders him over. Neon walks up the ropes and flips over him. Neon flying headscissors him. Neon boots him out of the corner. Cap top rope crossbodies Drake for 2. 

Mark comes in. He and Cap escape out of wristlocks and moves. They each get pin attempts. Zack hammerlocks Mark. Zack takes a double hiptoss then a standing moonsault. Flash hits chops on Zack. Drake trips Flash and Zack baseball slides him.

Doc facekicks Drake and corner splashes Zach. Doc sends the luchadores over the top. Flash takes a neckbreaker + backdrop combo. We go to break and return. 

Neon top rope diving headscissors Drake. Neon is popped up into a double dropkick. Neon 619's Mark. Neon standing spnaish flies Drake. Cap top rope swantons Drake for 2. Subculture are dropkicked off the apron. Cap takes a samoan drop + flying knee combo for 2. 

Mark rolls Zack and tornado ddt's Drake off of it. Karl euros Neon over. Cap enzugiri's Karl. Doc high kicks Cap. Neon top rope dropkicks Doc.

Subculture and The Vets trade shots in the ring. Mark hits a double stunner off a suplex attempt. Mark topes Drake outside. Flash top rope swantons Zack's back for 2. Neon top rope crossbodies Karl then pump icks him. Cap flying headscissors Karl down. Neon and Cap do dives outside onto The Good Brothers. 

Doc double suplexes the luchadores on the ramp. Flash headbutts Zack in the chest. Mark rolls up Zack for 2. Mark takes a double stungun then a 2 person single leg codebreaker from The Vets. Drake pins Mark.

Thoughts: It was very fast paced. This didn't get enough time. It had a lot of flying here. What we got was fine just with more time, it could have been a lot better. Anyone could have won here since this was random. It worked pretty well with all the different styles involved and the flow was good.

Evil Uno tells Josh Alexander he's happy he's back. He asks why Josh ruined Stu's big moment. Stu says he knows and Uno says he's better than that. Josh says that's the pressure you deal with as champ and says Stu's the interim champ only.

Steve Maclin attacks Adam Copeland backstage at Dynamite. I think Steve maces him and throws him into boxes. Steve then hits mounted shots on him. Steve then bangs Cope's head off a box.

Josh Alexander comes out to talk. Josh says he tore his knee to pieces 5 months ago and couldn't stand. He says he has good news but Stu Grayson interrupts. Stu gets in the ring. He says they didn't get to talk last time but he's here to fight. He says fighting is something Josh can't do. 

Stu tells him if he can't give him what he wants, don't waste his time. Josh says he doesn't get this angry version of Stu. Josh says he's officially cleared. Stu says let's do it now. Josh says the match is happening but says it will happen on October 3rd. 

Josh says Stu needs to be at his best and says he and the people deserve it. Josh says he will dog walk him and send him to the back of the line if he doesn't show up at his best, where he belongs. Stu punches him and Josh leaves the ring.  Don Callis then talks to Josh on the stage.

Overall thoughts: This was a fast paced and shorter show. We had 3 matches here. Idolo/TJP was short and acceptable but no one's best work. Sinner and Saint got a big upset of First Faction in another short one. The 4-way tag match worked out well with some very fast paced action. The 4 teams worked together and what we got was fine. We then had a talking segment to close the show which was nothing too special. I'd give it a 6 out of 10. What we got was okay enough. The tag match was the best match on the show.

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Mayhem 9/2/2026

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Mayhem 9/2/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/maple-leaf-pro-wrestling-mayhem-8262026.html

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/maple-leaf-pro-wrestling-mayhem-992026.html 

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

Ace Austin vs Jonathan Gresham

JG offers a handshake and AA obliges. JG side headlock takeovers him, Ace goes for the headscissors and they stand off. JG takes him down and AA pushes him out of the ring with his feet. JG stalls outside.

They lock up and test strength. JG hammerlocks him. AA throws him out off of it. They do the headlock > headscissors spot. AA hits armdrags into an armlock. AA puts him on the apron and JG holds the ropes open for him. JG then clips him from behind.

We go to break and return. AA has a reverse figure four and JG ropebreaks. AA goes to run at him but falls down due to leg pain. AA leapfrogs and sells his leg. AA one-legged springboard crossbodies him for 2. AA helicopter kicks him off the ropes. 

JG kicks him in the knee and sunset flips him. They trade pin attempts. They trade chops and forearms. JG takes off his wrist tape, the ref takes it and JG hits AA low. JG rolls him but is rolled into a bridge. AA pins him.

Thoughts: It was fine. JG was more heelish than usual here. He worked Ace's leg. Ace squeaked out a win with a bridge pin while JG was trying to work the leg.

Psycho Mike talk in the mirror and says he kept telling himself to work harder and be patient. He says every time he gets his shot, it becomes someone else's moment. He says maybe he's just the guy in the background.

We get a video on Sinner and Saint. They say Travis Williams isn't neglected and can talk his way out of most situations. He says he will get you while your down if he can and says it's not the method, but the results. The voiceover guy says it's an odd pairing. The voiceover guy says they can be the best to ever do it. He says they belong nowhere and only trust each other. We then see them fall asleep at a cafe.

Jody Threat vs Alexia Nicole

They lock up. JT wristlocks her. AN tries to reverse it and JT side headlock takeovers her. AN headscissors her on the mat. JT side headlocks her. AN back elbows her then flying headscissors her. AN shotgun dropkicks her.

AN superkicks her and JT catches her hurricanrana. JT lariats her down then back elbows her down. JT pump kicks her and meteora's her from behind on the ropes. JT germans her. JT hits an F-5 and pins her.

Thoughts:  Jody won quick but Nicole got a decent amount in and had a nice showing here. It didn't get the time to be great and Jody won as expected.

Adam Copeland does a promo. He says he knows why Steve Maclin went to the US. Cope says he's been all over the world and says Steve is a tough man. He challenges him for the Maple Leaf Gardens show. He says if he's got the set, show up.

Steve Maclin interrupts the commentators. He asks who they can have a show called Mayhem and not have "Mr. Mayhem". He says Cope can't keep his name out of his mouth and he'll see him at Northern Rising if he wants it.

Michael Allen Richard Clark vs Zack Gowen

Mike does push up's and tries to get Zack to do one. Zack then rolls at him and chases him on all four's. Mike slides out and trips Zack. Zack low one-legged dropkicks him then leg drops him. Mike back body drops him. Zack cradles him off a suplex attempt.

Mike lariats him and stomps him. Mike does push up's on Zack's back and leg. Mike elbows him in the head. Zack boots him out of the corner. Mike misses a corner charge and goes into the post. Zack top rope moonsaults him and pins him.

Thoughts: I don't think having Mike lose here was the right call. It was another shorter bout here and too short to be anything. Mike was in control of this one for most of it before getting put down. 

Rohan Raja talks about Mexico. He says Mexico was a reminder and he had to prove who he was. He says he didn't lose the fight, just his way. He says Mexico gave him best. He tells any wrestler to come prove that they are the best.

The First Faction do a promo. Sheldon Jean says everybody wants a shot and every team thinks they can beat them. He says Sinner and Saint want a shot. He says it'll be better next week as 4 teams will be competing for a title shot and they ask if they really want to do this. He says they will be embarrassed and will face the people who run this place. 

Interim MLP Canadian Title - Stu Grayson (c) vs Johnny TV

Stu waistlock takedowns him and rolls him for 1. Stu rolls him up for 2 then armdrags him. Stu goes up and over then misses a corner charge. JTV handstand kicks him from the apron. Stu sweeps him on the apron and slingshot swantons him there. 

Stu jumps off the steps and misses. JTV tope tornillo's him. We go to break and return. Stu hits punches. JTV rolls through a sunset flip and running knees him for 2. JTV enzugiri's him. Stu boots him out of the corner. Stu hits shots on him and flying lariats him down. Stu diving ddt's him from the 2nd rope. Stu asai moonsaults but JTV gets his knees up.

JTV drops him with lariats. JTV leg lariats him. JTV takes a belly to belly overhead suplex then takes 2 more. Stu asai moonsaults him for 2. Stu TKO's him for 2. JTV dominators him then springboard enzugiri's him for 2. JTV hits a moonlight drive. JTV misses starship pain. 

JTV is up top, Stu walks up the buckles and superplexes him. Stu flying pumping knees him. Stu hits a torture rack backbreaker on his knees and pins JTV.

Thoughts: I figured Stu would win here since he just won the title and is being featured. What we got was fine but nothing too memorable. I'm not sure if JTV losing a match like this so soon out of nowhere was good call though as MLP has limited names and he seemed like he was going to be pushed.

Stu gets on the mic after. He says the last time he was in the ring, Josh Alexander came out. He says Josh returning isn't the problem, he says Josh returned when he's not cleared to wrestle. He says if Josh wants to step on his moment, he better be ready to fight him. He says Josh wasted his time. He says he knows Josh will be looking for him and says he's easy to find as he's the champion in the ring. 

Overall thoughts: The opener was alright. We had 2 short matches that didn't accomplish a ton, though Alexia Nicole had a decent showing. The main was also fine here. We got a few promos/videos in between here as well and some stuff was set up for next week. The show was okay overall but nothing must see. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 overall. 

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Mayhem 8/26/2026

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Mayhem 8/26/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/maple-leaf-pro-wrestling-mayhem-8192026.html

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/maple-leaf-pro-wrestling-mayhem-922026.html 

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

Shotzi and PCO come out with PCO's accomplice. PCO comes out in a casket.

PCO and Shotzi Blackheart vs Kris Chambers and Taylor Rising

KC hits shots on PCO before the bell. PCO back body drops him. PCO knocks him off the apron and onto the ramp. Taylor Rising gets in PCO's way and Shotzi lariats her over the top. Shotzi boots KC in front of the ref. POC slams KC then slams Shotzi onto KC. 

PCO tags Shotzi in and Shotzi hits a double tope outside. PCO then topes outside. We go to break and return. Tay germans and headscissors Shotzi. Tay pumphandle slams Shotzi for 2. 

Shotzi neckbreakers Tay. Shotzi and KC come in. Shotzi hit lariats and suplexes KC into the buckles. Shotzi corner la silla's him. Shotzi spinning ddt's him for 2. Shotzi misses a corner charge. Tay hits corner shots on Shotzi then she kicks her in the back. 

Tay hits punches and chops on Shotzi. Shotzi cradles her for 2. Shotzi hanging reverse headscissors her over the top rope. Tay slaps Shotzi. They fight on the buckles. Shotzi superplexes her. Shotzi top rope sentons her for the pin.

Thoughts: It was the usual intergender out where the men were somehow unable to do anything to the women and the women beat them up. PCO seemingly got injured early on in this as he disappeared after. They are really burying Kris Chambers 10 feet deep for unknown reasons. It wasn't anything special. This was Shotzi's debut here.

Shotzi then takes a burning hammer from Danny Maff after. This was Maff's debut here. 

Josh Alexander talks. He says he blew his meniscus apart in a match with Mike Bailey. He says he was told he'd be out for the rest of the year. He says the Josh Alexander that made excuses died. We see him playing with his kid. He says not to listen to anybody. He says wrestling makes him happy. 

Rudra vs D-Man Parker

Rudra used to be called Bhupinder Singh in TNA. His new name refers to an Indian god. 

DP boots him and side headlocks him. Rudra shoulders him over. Rud enzugiri's him then corner splashes him. DP eye rakes him and euros him. DP kicks him in the back and slaps him. DP celebrates and Rud gets back up. Rud spinning forearms him. Rud jumping knees him. Rud 2nd rope diving spears him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a squash here. D-Man lost as expected. Rud looks a little thinner than I remember. It wasn't too much of note.

Dan Maff says PCO almost ended his career 13 months ago and he's back. He says what doesn't kill him just p!sses him off. PCO then hits Maff from behind and they trade shots in the hallway.

We get a video of Judas Icarus and Travis Williams. We see them playing cards and see Judas fighting off some people. The voiceover guy says you don't want to be on his bad side and nobody knows how he got his Sinner nickname. The voiceover guy says Travis is more of a snake then a saint.

Steve Maclin vs Psycho Mike

SM nails Mike as he enters on the ramp. Mike is sent into the steps. SM hits punches and boots on him in the corner. The match then officially starts. SM stomps Mike in the corner and back elbows him. SM suplexes him. 

SM chops Mike. Mike chops back. SM knees him in the gut. SM boots him out of the corner. Mike spinebusters him. Mike hits running backsplashes. Mike flying pump kicks him in the corner and running lariats him. 

Mike then asks if we want to see a bodyslam. PCO and Dan Maff fight on the stage. Security tries to break them up and fails. They then fight to the back. SM double underhook ddt's Mike and pins him.

Thoughts: I don't really get why they had Mike lose here since they are pushing him. The brawling kind of interrupted the match here and what we got was average. Steve did need to win this though since it was his MLP debut.

Steve Maclin then talks on the mic after. He said he heard all his life that the best wrestlers come from Canada. He names Kenny Omega, Adam Copeland and Jericho. He asks why they all end up becoming stars in America. Steve says Canada is only a feeder system to the US. He says Canada grows the product but they make that profit. He says Canada produces wrestlers but America produces legends.

We hear from the people in the main event.

Rohan Raja says he lost more than the title when he lost the Champion's Grail. He says he lost his direction. He says then he got to be in CMLL's Grand Prix. He says he didn't come to Mexico to look for another title and found a new purpose there. 

I won't be covering the main event. Nikki Storm (formerly Nikki Cross in WWE) got the pin and won.

Overall thoughts: I only saw 3 of the 4 matches here. The opener had the usual issues mixed tags/intergender matches have where the men aren't smart enough to hit the women and the women beat up the much larger men easily. Rudra won a squash. Steve Maclin then beat Psycho Mike. I don't agree with them having Mike job so much since they are clearly pushing him to be someone here. I do think they have too many people coming in right now as Nikki Storm, Sinner and Saint and Dan Maff are all coming in. That's going to be an issue when the show only has 3-4 matches each time. Like the other MLP episodes, I wasn't really impressed with this one and would just give it a 4 out of 10. I thought it was average.

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Mayhem 8/19/2026

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Mayhem 8/19/2026

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

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/maple-leaf-pro-wrestling-mayhem-8262026.html 

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

Jay Lethal vs. Psycho Mike

Jay side headlocks him. Mike sends him into the ropes and Jay struts. Mike shoulders him over and stares into the camera. Jay pulls him down and hits shots on him. Mike is pulled out and Jay's head is banged off the apron. Mike lariats Jay over the top rope into the ring. Mike stares into the camera and Jay slides out.

They go out again and Mike is pushed into the post. We go to break and return. Jay misses a top rope elbow drop. Mike boots Jay out of the corner. Mike buckshots over Jay and crossbodies him. Mike springboard crossbodies him for 2. 

Jay goes for a figure four and Mike does a bad roll up for 2. Jay superkicks him. Jay misses a handspring cutter. Mike looks into the camera and asks if we want to see a bodyslam. Mike slams Jay.  The Lethal Twist get on the apron and try to distract Mike. Mike wants to do another bodyslam and does. 

The ref is tied up with The Twist and Jay double throat thrusts Mike. Zach Gowan and Billy Gunn come down to beat up The Twist. Billy is pushed into the ref and knocks him over. Mike hits another slam on Jay but the ref is down outside. Steve Maclin then runs in and hits Mike from behind. Steve hits mounted shots on Mike. Steve double underhook ddt's Mike. Jay then pins Mike.

Thoughts: There was a bad run-in segment here and brawl that came from that and that whole thing brought down the match. Steve Maclin then debuted and ran in. The match revolved around Mike's bodyslams as most of his matches do. I didn't think this was good.

Maclin says he has nobody controlling him and says he's a free man. He says it's mayhem for all here.

PCO does a video. He says they tried to erase him and said he was finished. He says every time they try to close the door on him, he comes back. He says monsters don't feel regret, they survive. PCO says the fear isn't dying, it's being forgotten. He says he will destroy what's left of him so the world never forgets his name.

Priscilla Kelly is coming in soon.

We get another video on Adam Copeland. He says he began wrestling at 17. He said there was nowhere to go and he had to figure it out on his own. He says having a platform to show your skills is a beautiful thing. He says MLP is that. He says a company with the proper foundation can do something in Canada. He says he wants to see MLP become must see TV like wrestling was for him and he wants to see people grow like he saw Bret Hart grow as a wrestler. He says the history of Canadian wrestling goes way back and it's special to be part of that. He says he can't wait to be in Maple Leaf Gardens. He says Toronto has kind of become his city and she's so proud when they go back there. He says he thought the door closed and getting to wrestle in Maple Leaf Gardens is special. 

PCO vs. Kris Chambers

Kris is doing a weed smoking gimmick. Dr. Destro shocks PCO to wake him up while he's in a casket. Taylor Rising is with Kris.

Kris gets on his back and PCO throws him over. Kris gets on his back again and PCO rams him into the buckles. PCO lariats him down. PCO misses a splash and Kris pounds on him. Kris hits punches and PCO punches him back. PCO lariats him over the top and goes with him. PCO topes Kris and goes into the floor at an ugly angle.

PCO hits headbutts to the chest and hits corner splashes. PCO sentons him. Kris eye rakes him and PCO chokeslams him. PCO top rope moonsaults him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a one-sided bout with Kris getting little of value in. What he did get in didn't look good. PCO did his usual spots here. PCO had some wild spots here as usual, but there's not a ton between the spots.

Taylor Rising tries to low blow PCO after. PCO no sells it. PCO goes after her and Kris hits PCO with the ring bell from behind. PCO shakes on the mat and sits up. Kris and Taylor then leave. 

We get a video on Dani Luna's match. I will not be covering that match. Dani lost that match.

Steve Maclin talks in the back. He says why the hell not be here? He says he came here for Mayhem. He says it's mayhem for all at MLPW.

Stu Grayson does a promo. Stu says he can't remember the last time he felt so proud. He says all of this is because of MLP. He says he's the best wrestler in Canada and the world. He says as long as the titles are on his shoulders, he's the champ.

Josh Alexander then makes his return and comes out. Josh and Stu hold their belts up at each other and the show ends.

Overall thoughts: I saw 2 of the 3 matches here. Steve Maclin is now with MLP and we'll see what they come up with for him. Gigi Dolin/Priscilla Kelly is also on the way in. I didn't really like what I saw here. Lethal/Psycho Mike was filled with shenanigans and as usual with Mike's matches, it was based around body slam spots. PCO/Chambers was one sided and it wasn't but much PCO doing his big spots. As I've said, MLP is kind of like early AEW with worse talent and it hasn't really impressed me yet. I wouldn't recommend this one and would give it a 4 out of 10. This was below average.

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Mayhem 8/12/2026

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Mayhem 8/12/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/maple-leaf-pro-wrestling-mayhem-852026.html

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/maple-leaf-pro-wrestling-mayhem-8192026.html 

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

Rhino is in the ring. He says he couldn't wait any longer. He says he's here to show why he's still The War Machine. He says to get someone out here so he can rip them in half with a gore.

The 1st Faction are in the back. They say Bryce Hansen has been screwing up and ask if he's scared of Rhino. They then talk him into going out there.

Rhino vs Bryce Hansen

Rhino shoves him in the corner and Bryce goes out to stall. Rhino follows him and is knocked off the apron. Bryce slides out then is punched and chopped. Bryce is backdropped on the apron. Rhino bangs Bryce's head off the buckles and chops him. 

Bryce short arm lariats him. Rhino corner spears him. Rhino misses a corner charge. Bryce hits him and pulls his throat over the top rope. Bryce double axe handles him off the top for 2. Bryce and Rhino trade shots. Bryce back elbows him down. Bryce misses a top rope diving headbutt. Rhino spears him and pins him.

Thoughts: Rhino won as expected. They pushed that Bryce was afraid of Rhino and not in his league. Rhino then won as expected. I don't know if MLP really has to roster to turn people like Bryce into jobbers. It wasn't anything too special.

We get a video with various people talking about Psycho Mike. Everyone then says, "I think I'm in love with The Psycho".

We get a video with an unknown guy talking near a fire. He says strength doesn't come from acceptance but it comes from truth. He says to destroy dear, you have to destroy the version of yourself that created it. He then says, "Rudra".

El Reverso & Mo Jabari vs. Capitan Suicida & Mascara Dorada vs. Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) vs. The Swirl (Blake Christian & Lee Johnson)

Blake gives Dorada the finger. Blake headflips over him. Dorada flips over him and both do handsprings into backflips. Drake clubs on Dorada. Dorada chops him. Cap top rope crossbodies Drake. Cap flying headscissors him.

Dorada is popped up into a flying headscissors on Blake, but Blake headflips out. The Swirl hit kicks on Dorada. Blake springboard diving lariats Dorada. Reverso step up enzugiri's Lee in the corner. Reverso basement dropkicks him after doing an asai moonsaults to Blake. Zack is double lariated over the top. Reverso top rope moonsaults The Vets outside.

We go to break and return. Blake and Drake argue over a tag. Reverso enzugiri's Blake. Mo top rope double dropkicks The Vet's. Mo hits punches on Drake and Blake. Blake facekicks Drake and is atomic dropped into a backdrop from Mo. Drake jawbreakers Mo and Blake superkicks Mo. Dorada top rope double crossbodies Drake and Blake.

Cap top rope dropkicks Drake then MD top rope tornillo armdrags Blake. Blake and Lee hit their corner combo with the 619 and  2nd rope moonsault outside. Droada takes a suplex + handspring corkscrew kick for 2. 

Reverso dropkicks Lee then back springboard kicks Blake. Blake takes a hart attack from Mo and Reverso. Blake is dropkicked into a michinoku driver for 2. 

We get a triple eye rake spot. The Swirl and The Vets double lariat each other down. Mo, Reverso and the luchadores fight. They all superkick each other. Dorada holds the ropes open. Cap topes out and Dorada 2nd rope moonsaults out. 

Dorada handspring cutters Reverso. Reverso takes an electric chair neckbreaker. Dorada top rope 450's Reverso. Cap top rope twisting swantons Reverso and pins him.

Thoughts: It was an okay tag here. It was full of fast action, we got lots of dives and it went the way you'd want it go.

We get a video on Dani Luna's MLP Women's Title match.

Adam Copeland talks about watching wrestling as he grew up. He says Canada has always been a hot bed for wrestling. He says he's contracted to AEW bu MLP and AEW are partners. Adam talks about being able to wrestle in Maple Leaf Gardens and says maybe that's the whole reason for its creation.

Interim MLP Canadian Title / PWA Champion's Grail Title Match - Stu Grayson vs. Rohan Raja

They lock up twice. The ref gets between them and Raja facekicks Stu down. RR stomps Stu and forearms him. Stu flying lariats him then lariats him over the top. We go to break and return.

They fight on the apron. Stu chops and forearms him there. Aurora Teves grabs Stu on the apron. RR pushes Stu into the post. RR stomps Stu and spit in his face. Stu gets mad and hits punches. Stu kips down out of a lariat and pele kicks RR. Stu goes for a springboard and Aurora Teves trips him on the ropes. The ref ejects Teves.

Stu flatliners RR and asai moonsaults him for 2. Stu suplexes RR on the apron. RR forearms him down. We go to break and return. They hockey fight and Stu pounds on him. RR backcrackers Stu for 2. RR black hole slams him for 2. Stu belly to belly overhead suplexes him four times. They headbutt each other and Stu hits 2 more belly to belly suplexes. Stu springboard triangle ddt's him on the apron. Stu top rope 450's him for 2.

Stu top rope superplexes him. Stu jumps at him and is flapjacked. RR STF's him and rolls onto his back. RR backslides him for 2. Stu flying pumping knees him three times. Stu torture rack backbreakers him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was alright. It got a lot of time to play out and maybe a little too much. Stu was the fiery face and RR was a typical heel for the most part and there was no great logic past that. The crowd was into it which helped things. 

Overall thoughts: It was maybe the best edition of MLP yet. There wasn't much comedy and two of the three matches were okay bouts. Rhyno/Bryce was essentially a squash. The tag match had all kinds of flying and fast paced action and it was what you would want it to be. The main was fine, got a lot of time and had a hot crowd. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 overall and I thought it was a good show.

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.

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Mayhem 7/29/2026

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Mayhem 7/29/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/maple-leaf-pro-wrestling-mayhem-7222026.html

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/maple-leaf-pro-wrestling-mayhem-852026.html 

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

We get a video on Psycho Mike and we see him head into the building. He runs into Jay Lethal.

Billy Gunn, Psycho Mike & Zach Gowen vs. The Lethal Twist (Blake Christian, Jay Lethal & Lee Johnson)

Michael Allen Richard Clark is on commentary for this.

Jay nearly runs into Mike and falls down in fear. Lee comes in and Mike side headlocks him. Mike shoulders him over. Mike makes faces and the crowd chants for a "bodyslam". Mike then asks who wants to see a bodyslam? Lee goes out.

Zach slingshot swantons Jay. Zach chops him and boots him out of the corner. Blake sliding lariats Zach. Jay stomps Zach for 2. Lee stomps Zach and hits mounted punches on him. Blake hits mounted shots on Zach then chinlocks him. Blake lariats Zach and hits mounted shots. Jay chokes Zach. 

Blake stomps on Zach. Blake tries to figure four Zach, but he doesn't have a second leg to do it with. Blake hops on one foot to taunt him and Zach boots him out of the ring. Billy comes in and drops the heels with punches. Billy is superkicked by Blake and Billy fameassers him for 2.

Jay step up enzugiri's Billy. Mike running lariats Jay. Billy hits a cobra clutch slam on Blake. Zach misses a top rope moonsault on Blake. Blake springboard 450's Zach for 2. Mike tags in. Mike eventually slams Blake and Jay rolls up Mike with the tights in hand and pins him.

Thoughts: They hyped up Mike some here then of course he took the fall. I don't really like them using Zach as he's a hard guy to buy due to his limitations. They kind of lost some of the flow when Blake was trying to figure four Zach...and naturally couldn't because he only has one leg. I think this one was just too silly for me and I don't think this should be the look MLP is going for.

Mo Jabari talks about growing up a refugee camp. Bret Hart quickly appears but say 4 words. Mo talks about Canada being welcoming to him. He says he's Canadian. Bret says Mo has a great story and legacy.

Subculture (Flash Morgan Webster & Mark Andrews) vs Fight Or Flight (Gabriel Fuerza & Vaughn Vertigo)

Dani Luna is with Subculture. No entrance for Fight or Flight here.

Gabe wristlocks Flash. Flash uses the ropes to flip out of it and is put in a headscissors. They shake hands then Gabe stomps the hand. Gabe takes a double hiptoss and a standing moonsault for 1. Gabe chops Mark and boots VV out of the corner. VV takes a side slam + legdrop combo for 2.

Flash takes a boot to the back from the apron then he is dropped into the ropes for a half-nelon suplex. Gabe jumps over the top in and cutters Flash. Gabe backdrops Flash for 1. VV PK's Flash for 2. Flash chops VV. 

Flash flips out of the corner and tags out. Mark hits shots on both opponents. Mark double pele kicks his opponents. Marj rolls VV and tornado ddt's Gabe off of it. VV takes a double headbutt to the chest. Mark and Flash hit stereo tope con hilos outside.

M does something like a diamond dust to VV. Flash swantons VV's back off the buckles and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a very fast paced match here and almost hard to follow. Gabe didn't get a lot in but moved well. This was fine for what it was.

PCO does a video. He says some men fear pain and failure but he just fears feeling forgotten. He says he gave this business everything and every time, they bury him. He says he dug his way out. He says it's not normal, but obsession to keep a man alive when he should have disappeared. He says he will destroy what's left of him so the world never forgets his name. 

Taylor Rising vs Alexia Nicole

Kris Chambers is with Taylor Rising. The women's champ is on commentary for this.

Tay waistlock takedowns her. AN dropkicks her in the corner. AN's head is banged off the buckles. AN boots her out of the corner and is forearmed. Tay backsplashes her and is rolled up for 2. AN spinning high kicks her and codebreakers her. 

Tay sends her into the 2nd rope and 619's her there. Tay pedigree's her and pins her.

Thoughts: It was just a short squash here and Taylor won as expected. Alexia needs to connect more on her shots. 

Alexia Nicole slaps the women's champ in the back after the break.

PWA Champion's Grail Title Match - Rohan Raja (c) vs. Evil Uno

Aurora Teves is with Raja.

RR piefaces Uno before the match. Uno facekicks him down to starts then chops him in the corner. Uno boots him and chops him again. Uno back body drops him. Uno hits a corner lariat and misses a top rope move.

RR spears Uno in the knee then stomps the knee. Uno stops him and punches him. Uno lariats him over the top. Uno goes for a dive and gets distracted by Aurora. Uno is pushed into the steps.

We go to break and return. Uno lariats RR down and double chops him. Uno hits punches. RR puts the ref in the way. Uno makes the ref hold RR's leg then Uno neckbreakers RR. RR clips him and backcrackers him for 2.  

They trade forearms. Uno hits a forearm combo. RR jumping forearms him. Uno slaps him then hits oblivion. RR slides out. RR tries to hit Uno with his title and misses the shot. The ref takes the title. Uno facekicks and ddt's RR for 2.

Uno piledrivers RR for 2. RR black hole slams Uno for 2. RR sky high's him for 2. RR half crabs him. Aurora hits Uno with the title belt from the outside. RR STF's Uno and rolls him onto his back with it. Uno is out and RR wins.

Thoughts: It was fine. Uno had decent looking offense and RR picked up the win in the end. There was some shenanigans but it wasn't over the top. I can't say Raja really impressed or anything but he did nothing wrong.

RR hits punches on Uno after and tries to rip his mask off. Stu Grayson comes out to save Uno since he's his former partner. Stu spears Raja, hits shots and Raja slides out.

Stu gets on the mic after. He says he knows what Raja did what he did. He says he knows Raja is dreaming of being the next MLP champ. He says he will give him a title shot if he wants one but Raja's title will be on the line too in that match. Stu says it's winner takes all.

Adam Copeland does a video. He says he knows what this place is. He says some people chase moments and he create them. He asks if MLP is ready for one more unforgettable night.

Overall thoughts: It was average overall. The matches had no big stories going into them. I didn't like them starting things off with Zach Gowen as this company needs credibility and he's not it. Subculture's match was fine. Taylor Rising won a squash. The match was also fine here but nothing too memorable. The big news is that Adam Copeland is coming to MLP, but with him being an AEW roster and AEW working with MLP, that's not too unbelievable. I'm still not too high on this promotion and just think they need to do a lot more to give meaning behind matches and introduce the roster. I'd give it a 5 out of 10. The main was the best thing on here.