WWE Evolve 9/23/2026

WWE Evolve 9/23/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/wwe-evolve-9162026.html

We are at the Performance Center. Robert Stone and Blake Howard are on commentary. 

Skylar Rae says tonight is the night and it's her first title match in WWE. She says winning LFG put her on the map but didn't mean she would stay there. She talks about past Women's Evolve champs. she says tonight is her chance to make that splash and hear her name announced as the new women's champ.

Sloane Jacobs talks in the ring and says we should kick off the all-women's special with the girl who made it possible - Nikkita Lyons. Sloane says we will be graced with presence in the main. Sloane says she has to take care of an issue that is bothering her in PJ Vasa. She says she will beat PJ Vasa before she gets the chance to step in the ring with Nikkita Lyons.

Sloane Jacobs vs PJ Vasa

PJ Vasa has already been fired.

SJ ducks a lock up and jumps on her back with a sleeper. PJ rams her into the buckles and throws her down forward. PJ lariats her and corner splashes her. PJ throws her. SJ grabs her with her legs and bangs her face off the buckles. 

SJ's top rope crossbody is caught and she is slammed down. PJ is swept on the 2nd rope and SJ footpresses her down. SJ stomps her and chinlocks her around the 2nd rope. We go to break and return. 

SJ 2nd rope springboard elbow drops her for 2. SJ hits punches and PJ punches her back. PJ bodyblocks her and lariats her down twice. PJ corner splashes her and samoan drops her for 2. 

SJ forearms her. PJ blocks an up and over then SJ victory rolls her. SJ holds onto the ropes and pins her.

Thoughts: It was short and Sloane winning was a big upset. She was not expected to survive this yet alone win it. It was average but PJ looked a little better than usual.

PJ hits her from behind after. PJ then spears her and talks trash.

Kale Dixon and Alix Brooks talk. Kale complains about how they have been treated and complain about Aaron Rourke putting his jacket on Alix. They think they picked up something from it. Kale says they need to take things into their own hands. Alix says they need a new plan. Kale says it starts with a target and it's Aaron Rourke. He says AR has his attention now.

Zena Sterling comes out. She has already been fired. She says to say hello to the real Zena Sterling. She said she thought she had to smile and be cute so people would like her. She says Skylar Raye did that and it got her a title match. She says it got her pushed to the back. She says there's no reason to impress people as she has always been superior. She says she will be in the VIP Section and watch two inferior women fight for a title that belongs around her waist. Zena then talks in her language.

We get a video on Anya Rune, who has also been fired. She says people are mocking her kawaiiness. She says she's supposed to pick up and move on but she knows her abilities her real. She says why does no one believe her? She says it's time for this anime girl to prove she belongs. She says she's the main character in the anime called WWE Evolve. She says she needs the fandom to lend her energy so her true power can be released. We see anime graphics during this and a manga version of her. 

Veronica Haven vs Vanta The Unknown

This is Vanta The Unknown's Evolve debut. Haven is already gone from WWE.

They lock up. Vanta wristlocks her. Ver flips out using the ropes and wristlocks her. Vanta escapes, take her over and side headlocks her. Ver side headlocks her and Vanta cartwheels out of a headscissors. 

Ver hits shots then goe sup and over her, making her go into the buckles. Ver enzugiri's her from the bottom rope. Vanta pulls Ver's arm down over the top rope. Vanta stomps Ver and sends her shoulder first into the post.

Vanta rolls her for 2. Vanta armlocks her. Vanta ducks a lariat and upkicks her for 2. Vanta then does capoeria into a stomp. Vanta armlocks her. 

Ver hits her in the gut and Vanta tiger feint lariats her. Ver rolls her up but Vanta rolls through. Vanta ties up one arm, cranks back on the other and submits her.

Thoughts: It was a good debut for Vanta. She moves like nobody else and is super flexible. She really comes off like a star and she's easily one of WWE's best debuts in some time. She will be in NXT soon enough.

Laynie Luck comes in, tries to lariat her and Vanta bridges out of it. Vanta dodges punches an is lariated. Vanta bridges off the mat to get up and lariats her down. 

We get a video on the history of Evolve Succession events. They then hype up Succession IV.

Kali Armstrong does a video. She says we have the first ever Evolve Women's Special. She says she knows about being the first ever and says being the first ever champ showed her how to be a champ and leader. She says the other girls carried the women's title with pride too. She says the Evolve locker room is in great hands. She says she's always watching and thanks Evolve for what they taught her.

Nikkita Lyons tells Gianna Capri to give her the introduction she deserves. Capri says she doesn't know her stuff. Capri then comes out and botches the intro as she doesn't know her nicknames. She calls her "Nikita Multi-vitamin" and "Nikita Multi-Level-Marketing". She then gives her some goofy Italian nickname. Nikkita comes out and yells at her.

WWE Women's Evolve Title - Nikkita Lyons (c) vs Skylar Rae

They lock up. NL throws her down by the arm and armlocks her. Sky rolls and cartwheels through then throws her by the arm. NL side headlock takeovers her. Sky trips her and upkicks her. Sky dropkicks her. Sky flying double knees her in the corner. 

Sky side headlocks her then tornado side headlock takeovers her. Sky side headlock takeovers her again. Sky tries to use the buckles and is backdropped. NL misses a corner spear and goes out. Sky crossbodies her off the apron outside.

We go to break and return. NL catapults her throat first into the bottom rope. NL split-legged butt drops her. NL chokes her over the 2nd rope. NL foot chokes her. 

NL samoan drops her for 2. NL dragon sleepers her. Sky backrolls her for 2 then pushes her into the buckles. Sky boots her away. Sky is put in tree of woe. Sky top rope  twisting crossbodies her.

They trade shots. Sky hit shots to the gut then hits punches. Sky shoulders her over and flying forearms her. Sky backsplashes her in the corner then double stomps her. Sky cartwheel double knee drops her for 2. NL blocks a tornado ddt and hits a hard sitout powerbomb for 2. Sky tornado ddt's her for 2. 

NL kicks her in the gut. Sky hurricanrana's her for 2. Sky la mistica drops her. Sky misses a top rope splash. NL spin kicks her in the face and pins her.

Thoughts: It was acceptable. It didn't quite turn into anything great though. Lyons could have added a bit more as Skylar did most of the work in this. It was one of the longer matches Skylar has got so far and she did fine.

Nikkita poses in the ring after. The now fired Wendy Choo puts a dirtnap on her and Nikkita is out. Choo then holds up the title.

Overall thoughts: Sloane/PJ was average. Vanta The Unknown had an impressive debut and she looks like a star in the making. Lyons/Skylar got a lot of time. It was acceptable but Lyons didn't quite bring enough to the plate to make it great. The show was a bit weird though as most of the people on it are already fired (Haven, Choo, Rune, Zena and PJ), which has gutted the Evolve women's roster. Like with LFG, WWE really needs to get better about not featuring people who are about to be fired as it comes across poorly. It was a different show than usual and I'd give it a 6 out of 10 overall. It was acceptable.

WWC Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre 9/19/2026

WWC Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre 9/19/2026

The last show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/wwc-superestrellas-de-la-lucha-libre_01707164275.html

The next show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/wwc-superestrellas-de-la-lucha-libre_01572117771.html 

The next live event is Septiembre Negro on 9/26/2026. It has:

WWC Universal Title - Barbed Wire Match - Zcion RT1 (c) vs Lightning

Dumpster Match - Eddie Colon vs Chicano

WWC Caribbean Title - John Hawking (c) vs Intelecto Cinco Estrellas

#1 Contender to the Universal Title - Special Ref is Ray Gonzalez: Alberto El Patron vs Orlando Colon

WWC Puerto Rican Title - Xavant (c) vs Romeo Quevedo 

WWC Television TItle - Wilfredo "Lynx" Rivera (c) vs "La Amenaza" Bryan 

WWC Junior Heavyweight Title - Brandon The Skater vs "El Hostil" Jovan

WWC Tag Titles - El Aura Perfecta (Amaddeo Sole and Lou Forza) (c) vs Los Inmortales (Orly Jr. and Tapia) 

WWC Women's Title - Extreme Rules - Sai Perez vs Kamila vs La Guerrera Amazona vs Stephany Amalbert 

Oscar Benabe vs Mike Nice

Handicap Match - El Paparazzi's Retirement Match - Paparazzi and La Sombra vs Los Informantes and Orlando Toledo

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Axel Cruz and Abel Durant are our hosts.

We see clips from the 9/13 show to start. 

The hosts welcome us to the show and talk about the next live event.

We see Chicano talk in the ring with Mike Nice. He says the town is called Aguadilla and there are so many people here.  Mike Nice challenges a younger wrestler to come and wrestle him. Diego Luna comes out. He says he didn't come to join them but he represents the new blood. He says what they did to Ray Gonzalez is unforgivable. He says he wants to hit him over the head 70 times so he will come back down to earth.

Mike Nice vs Diego Luna

DL hits running lariats. He goes for a flying headscissors but is spinning uranage'd down. Mike lariats DL. Mike fallaway slams him and DL hits chops. Mike double chops him then misses a corner splash. DL 2nd rope twisting dropkicks im. DL hits punches in the corner. 

DL comes off the 2nd rope and Mike catches him with doi fives. Mike pins him.

Thoughts: It was a short one and Mike won as expected. Luna got sacrificed here in quick fashion in this squash.

Chicano and Mike Nice hug after.

Brandon the Skater does a promo. He says Jovan complained to management to get his mandatory rematch for the Jr. Title. He asks how he can ask for a rematch when everyone saw how he beat him.  He says he plans to get him out of the way and show him who the most complete junior is.

"El Hostil" Jovan does a promo. He thanks the fans in Aguadilla for cheering him vs Brandon. He says he will face Brandon in Bayamon. He tells him to hold onto his belt tight as he will take what belongs to him.

El Aura Perfecta (Lou Forza and Amaddeo Sole) vs Los Inmortales (Orly Jr. & Tapia) 

We join this in progress. Orly Jr. has hair, Tapia is bald.

Orly chops Lou and gets hit by Sole as he runs the ropes. Sole trips Orly and Lou elbow drops Orly for 2. Lou boots Orly in the corner and foot chokes him. 

We go to break.

Lou Forza and Amadeo Sole do a promo. Lou says he is better than both of Los Inmortales. Sole says everyone gets lucky and they got lucky in Aguadilla. He says luck is for losers. He says Los Inmortales are good but not great like Aura Perfecto. He says there will be a new dawn in Aura Perfecta

El Paparazzi does a promo. He tells Los Informantes and Orlando Toledo to be prepared for his final fight. He He says he will be the best he has ever been in his retirement fight. He says he's training hard to look spectacular. He says it won't be a final goodbye as he will advise new talent. He tells his opponents to come prepared as it will be the best fight of his life.

We return from break.

Tapia gets in and hits punches on Sole. He lariats him down twice and samoan drops him. Tapia rolling spears him for 1 when Lou breaks the count up. Orly and Tapia hit facebusters on their opponents for 2 counts.

Lou and Sole take mounted corner punches. Lou and Sole then hit stereo flatliners for 2 counts. Tapia pushes Lou into Sole. Sole takes a flatliner from the gori special position and is pinned by Tapia.

Thoughts: Wow, Los Inmrotales pick up a win for a change. I'm not sure how much of this we saw but what we saw looked fine. This will obviously set up a tag title match. Orly now has short hair.

Eddie Colon does a promo. He says there are 2 important matches at the next show as he brought in Alberto take out Orlando Colon. He says Alberto has come to make Orlando's life impossible. He says he will then fight Chicano. He says we don't want Chicano in PR or WWC. Eddie says this is personal for him. He says Chicano is worse than plastic, he's a paper bag that can't handle pressure. He says he's coming for Chicano 

Wilfredo Rivera is holding his title at a cemetery. He says his mentor told him not to run away from challenges as they lead the path to grow. e says he's facing Bryan and says Bryan brought him to the company originally. He says he wonders if Bryan lariated him on purpose in their last match together to weaken him. He says they both have an opportunity in their match. He says he will be great by overcoming great challenges and says to bring on the stray bullet in Bryan.

Abel Durant talks about Romeo Quevado. We then see a video on Romeo. He says they said the temperature in PR was rising and it's because he arrived. He says he has landed in an island on tears with people living in government coupons. He says he's been waiting 20 years to come to WWC and is taking what belongs to him. He says Xavant is a politician in a wig and says no one will be able to save him. 

Xavant does a promo. He says he has arrived and he has a challenger for the next show. He says it rains where Orlando Colon lives and he throws the mud back in PR. He says Romeo Quevado arrived and is already talking trash about PR. He says he won't insult Cubans and says they are his Latino brothers. He says Romeo is more of a gringo than anyone else. 

Xavant says the program is watched by decent people and he won't talk dirty. He says Romero his a shot at his title and he challenges him to say all the things he is saying in his face. Xavant says he will lose his teeth if he does. he say Romeo is facing the nation's hero and says he will defend PR, because that's that heroes do.

Abel talks about Mike Nice and Oscar Benabe. We see the same promo we saw from Mike Nice about him being free to fly. 

We see an Oscar Benabe promo but they used some music that got copyrighted by Youtube in it so we can't hear the audio. We just hear another song play over it instead. 

Abel then talks about Zcion RT1 vs Lightning. We see clips of their cage match. 

Zcion RT1 does a promo. He says Lightning's black September has arrived. He says his sentence is barbed wire and says it's the end of his story at Septiembre Negro. He says it's the end of a legend. He says to let the bell ring and let the blood flow because he's the revolution.

We see a video on Orlando Colon.

Ray Gonzalez talks about his referee role in the Alberto vs Orlando match. He says those two know his genius. He says he will do his job and tells them to put on a good fight for the crowd and do their best. He says he's only there to count the pin or submission. He says he will see them at the show.

Intelecto Cinco Estrellas does a promo. He says he noticed John Hawking's discomfort as soon as he arrived. He says he could see the fear in his eyes as he knew he couldn't dominate the place that is dominated by Cinco. He says he has destroyed dreams. He says he continues to persevere. He  says there is no more of a dominant fighter than him. He says he doesn't want to keep listening to him do promo and says John is digging his own grave. He says he will bury his career and get him kicked out WWC. He says there's only room for one of them in WWC and he will continue to be the most dominant wrestler. He says he will destroy the false hopes of a failed promise called John Hawking.

Axel and Abel hype up Septiembre Negro. He says things will get heated. Abel asks Axel about what it's like to live in Orlando. Axel says it's beautiful. 

Overall thoughts: It was the usual show. We saw Mike Nice win a quick squash and then saw some of Los Inmortales vs El Aura Perfecta. That looked fine. It was all promos otherwise as they hype up the next show. I wouldn't recommend this one. It wasn't that good and it rarely ever is here. I'd give it a 4 out of 10 and wouldn't recommend it.

Marigold 9/8/2026 Dream Star Grand Prix 2026 Day 5

Marigold 9/8/2026 Dream Star Grand Prix 2026 Day 5

Day 4 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/marigold-962026-dream-star-grand-prix.html

They have a talking segment with Kizuna Tanaka to start the show.

Everyone there for the GP then comes out and poses. 

Aleah James & Megaton vs. Komomo Minami & Yuuka Yamazaki

Mega and YY go at it. YY ducks her lock up. YY sweeps her, spanks her and slaps her. YY basement dropkicks her. Mega shoulders her over. Meg blows her whistle and is thrown down. Her opponents then do the stair stepper on her. 

Mega takes a double basement dropkick for 2. Mega hits chops and a shotei on YY then shoulders her over. AJ comes in an dropkicks YY. She double flying knees her in the corner and bulldogs her for 2. YY suplexes her. 

KM dropkicks AJ over the 2nd rope and basement dropkicks her. AJ hits forearms on KM then she hits flying forearms. AJ crossbodies her for 2. Mega comes in and shoulders KM over a few times.

Mega misses a splash. AJ slams KM and Mega misses another splash. Mega takes a double boot. Mega takes a basement dropkick and KM is lifted for a splash on her for 2. KM chest forearms Mega and spin kicks her in the gut. Mega rolls her up for 2 counts. 

KM misses a 2nd rope twisting splash. AJ fisherman suplexes KM. Mega splashes KM for 2. YY dropkicks Mega then KM single leg basement dropkicks Mega for 2. 

YY step up enzugiri's AJ. KM 2nd rope twisting crossbodies Mega for 2. Mega takes 2 superkicks to the face from KM for 2. KM buzzsaw kicks her and seemingly has the pin but the ref says Mega got her shoulder up. KM kicks Mega in the back. KM 2nd rope twisting crossbodies Mega and pins her.

Thoughts: This was not a good way to open the show. This went quite a while and Mega was in this for the majority of it. Mega was also kicking out of a bunch of stuff. Why? I have no idea. She's a jobber. This was just a waste of time  that seemed to exist to try and get Mega over for some reason.

DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Block C Match - Hummingbird vs. Chi Chi

Hum dropkicks her and hits chest forearms. Hum springboard diving armdrags her and basement dropkicks her. Chi running facekicks her. Chi running facekicks her three times for 2.

Chi split leg drops her for 2. Chi camel clutches her. They trade chest forearms. Chi facekicks her for 2. Hum flying headscissors her. Hum pendulum dropkicks her in the corner. Hum rolls her with her legs.

Hum dropkicks her through the ropes. They trade chest forearms. Chi facekicks her down. Hum chops Chi and Chi facekicks her down. Hum hits chops. Chi running facekicks her. Chi slaps her and Hum high kicks her. Hum spinning head kicks her for 2. 

Hum sits up top and Chi facekicks her. Chi throws her down.  Chi running facekicks her then northern lights suplexes her for 2.  Hum rolls her up for 2 then does a bridge pin for 2. Hum hits mounted chest forearms. Chi superkicks her. Chi backdrops her and pins her. 

Thoughts: It was fine. It was mostly all face kicks and chest forearms. There wasn't any great logic or a story to it but the moves hit and looked fine.

DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Block C Match - Mai Sakurai vs. Shoko Koshino

They shake hands. They trade wristlocks to start. SK misses a splash and is booted in the head. SK flying chest kicks her. SK running back elbows her then facebusters her. SK basement dropkicks her. 

SK does a half camel clutch. They trade chest forearms. Mai hits a flurry and Mai legslices her for 2. Mai kicks her in the gut while she's up top then Mai facekicks her. SK hits her from the apron then top rope dropkicks her. SK suplexes her for 2. SK short arm lariats her for 2. 

Mai flying knees her in the chest. Mai suplexes her. Mai flying facekicks her for 2. Mai STO's her. SK 2nd rope suplexes her for 2. SK sliding lariats her for 2. SK misses a top rope splash and Mai rolls her up for 2. SK running lariats her and Mai facekicks her for 2. Mai STO's her then STF's her. SK submits.

Thoughts: It was fine. SK did hoss wrestling for the most part here and Mai hit a bunch of facekicks and chest forearms. It was better than it should have been and I was happy with how it turned out. 

DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Block A Match - Natsumi Showzuki vs. Misa Matsui

MM takes her down and side headlock takeovers her. Nat rolling armbars her. Nat bangs MM's arm off her shoulder then kicks her in the arm. Nat pulls her arm around the top rope. 

Nat armbars her. Nat running knees her against the bottom rope. Nat facekicks her and MM running dropkicks her. MM eye rakes her and boots her in the back of the head. MM hits mounted chest shots then boots her. Nat leg kicks her and running knees her. 

MM double stomps her and basement dropkicks her in the head for 2. They high kick each other and both go down. They trade forearms. Nat knees her in the face and fisherman suplexes her for 2. Nat meteora's her for 2. MM running facekicks her.

MM flying knees her in the face. MM top rope dropkicks her for 2. MM superkicks her and low flying knees her for 2. MM falcon arrows her and pins her.

Thoughts: It was average. Nat did some arm work in the first part of this but then stopped and it just went into them trading signature moves and finishers until Misa won out.

Nagisa Tachibana & tWin toWer (Chika Goto & Kouki Amarei) vs. Darkness Revolution (CHIAKI, Nagisa Nozaki & Rea Seto)

The heels attack before the bell and send the faces out. They then fight outside. NN chokes Goto with an umbrella. Rea whips KA with a belt then hits Goto and NT with it too. Chi drops NT with a punch. Chi then hits facewash kicks on her. Chi pump kicks her over the bottom rope.

The heels beat up NT in the crowd. NN double chops NT on a table. NT is sent into the post. Chi eye rakes Goto outside. Chi catches NT's crossbody and backbreakers her. NT dropkicks her.

Chi boots NT in the head in the ring. NT hits chest forearms and Chi slaps her. Chi boots her over. NT crossbodies Chi after Goto corner splashes Chi. Goto comes in and shoulders Chi over.

Goto double lariats NN and Chi then double hip attacks them over the 2nd rope. Goto samoan drops Chi. KA comes in and fackeicks Chi. NN hits KA with a lunchbox of some sort and the ref doesn't mind. Chi fisherman suplexes KA for 2. NN comes in and shotgun dropkicks KA. KA facekicks NN on the ropes then she cutters her for 2. NN kicks KA in the gut then facekicks her. NN pendulum kicks KA. 

NN top rope dropkicks KA. Rea comes in and dropkicks KA. Rea dropkicks KA in the knee and low dropkicks her. Rea headscissors KA with an armlock. Rea stops KA's arm then dropkicks her in the arm. They trade chest forearms. Rea rolls her up for 2. KA dropkicks Rea then backdrops her for 2. 

NT comes in and low dropkicks Rea. NT bulldogs her for 2. NT running dropkicks Rea for 2. Rea low dropkicks NT then dropkicks her in the chest. Rea armbar takedowns NT. Rea takes a double chest kick. NT walks up the buckles and twisting crossbodies Rea. Rea low dropkicks NT in the face for 2.

NT rolls up Rea for 2. Rea rolls her into a 2 count. Rea then does cattle mutilation and submits her.

Thoughts: It was average. The faces didn't get that much in nor did they impress and there was a lot of time spent outside that didn't help things out. It would have been better if it was shorter too. I also don't get why Nagisa was allowed to hit her opponents with a lunchbox right in front of the ref. 

DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Block C Match - Diana Strong vs. Victoria Yuzuki

They lock up and go to the ropes. Yuz chest forearms her. DS takes her down then Yuz armdrags her. Yuz dropkicks her. DS shoulders her. DS hits mounted chest forearms for 2. DS backbreakers her and crabs her. 

They trade chest forearms. Yuz dropkicks her. DS slams her.  Yuz hip throws her. Yuz dropkicks her through the ropes. They trade chest forearms then forearms to the face. DS hits chest forearms and Yuz northern lights suplexes her for 2. 

Yuz is up top and is hit. DS throws her down. DS backdrops her for 2. DS crabs her. DS powerslams her and vader bombs her. DS hits chest forearms. Yuz crossfaces her and DS ropebreaks. Yuz running superkicks her then superkicks her again for 2. 

DS rolls her up for 2. DS pumping knees her in the face a few times for 2 counts. DS suplexes her for 2. Yuz rolls her up but DS holds on and gets a 2 count on her. DS goes for a la magistral but Yuz tries a pin off of it. DS AA's her for 2. DS 2nd rope cradle shocks her and pins her.

Thoughts: It got a lot of time but I just found it to be average. They hit their moves clean but aside from Strong doing more power based offense, there wasn't much logic or anything in this. There also were no clear faces or heels here and that didn't help either. There were some weird alarm style sounds during this one and they did an intermission after.

DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Block B Match - Mayu Iwatani vs. Mila Smidt

They lock up and trade wristlocks. MS uses the ropes to flip out of it. Mayu side headlocks her. Mayu armdrags her then flying headscissors her. Mayu goes for a tope outside but MS moves and Mayu topes others instead.

MS ram Mayu's back into the apron edge then drops her back first on the apron for 1. MS hits a corner spear then pump kicks her in the corner while she's seated. MS suplexes her for 2. They trade forearms. MS facekicks her. 

MS running euros her in the corner. MS misses a charge, Mayu backrolls her and basement dropkicks her. Mayu kicks her in the back twice. MS dragon screws her and kicks her for 2. 

Mayu germans her then Ms dragons her back. MS facekicks her and is superkicked. Mayu flying dropkicks her in the corner then top rope dropkicks her. Mayu top rope splashes her for 2. MS spinebusters her then knees her in the face for 2. 

Mayu sits up top and MS suplexes her down. MS hits a widow's peak neckbreaker for 2. MS hits mounted shots on her. Mayu superkicks her and cradles her. Mayu then pins her.

Thoughts: It was acceptable. I would have liked to have seen Mila lean more into a heel role here as she's a natural heel and Mayu is a natural face. I don't think it was the best match they could have had and they really didn't get to do any big spots or anything.

They hug after.

DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Block A Match - Miku Aono vs. Erina Yamanaka

They lock up. They trade wristlocks. MA side headlock takeovers her, is put in a headscissors and they stand off. EY boots her and bridges out of a lariat. EY split dropdowns then facekicks her. 

MA's head is banged off the buckles. EY flying knees her in the corner and bronco busters her. EY puts her crotch in her face. EY elbow drops her for 2. MA slams her and kicks her in the back. MA kicks EY in the back.

MA dropkicks her then corner dropkicks her. MA hits a kick flurry in the corner. EY swinging bulldogs her then split leg drop her for 2. MA fisherman suplexes her for 2. EY step up enzugiri's her for 2.

MA backdrops her then sliding lariats her for 2. MA ties up one leg and half-crabs the other. MA goes up top and is kicked. EY spider suplexes her. EY top rope rider kicks her. EY top rope plancha's her outside.

EY northern lights suplexes her inside for 2. EY reverse ddt's her. EY misses a top rope tornillo. EY headbutts her. MA leg kicks her and lariats her for 2. EY hurricanrana's her for 2. MA high kicks her and running lariats her. MA buzzsaw kicks her then hits a styles clash. MA pins her.

Thoughts: It was an okay main. Miku's definitely a little better than Erina, but Erina is real close and should be pushed near the main event. She just checks all the boxes and Marigold doesn't have a lot of high end talent. Erina got a lot offense in and she did a decent job here. This worked out about the best that it could and I thought it put Erina over despite her losing.

Miku talks on the mic after.

Overall thoughts: It was an acceptable show overall. The talent just isn't there and there's only so much you can do with that. The opener went too long and was based around Megaton, which was a bad idea. Chi Chi/Hummingbird was fine. Mai/Shoko was fine and worked out well. Showzuki/Matsui was average and a bit disappointing. The trios match was also average. Diana/Yuzuki was also average and wasn't as good as it could have been. Mayu/Mila was acceptable but should have better. The main was okay and it showed that Erina deserves to be pushed in the top half of the card. There was some good stuff here so I'd give it a slight 6 out of 10, but if some of the other matches had lived up to expectations, the rating could have been higher.

TNA Xplosion 9/18/2026

TNA Xplosion 9/18/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/tna-xplosion-9112026.html

KC Navarro and Fabian Aichner vs. KPK (Abu and Ahmed)

Abu and Fab lock up. Fab takes him down by the arm. Abu boots Fab in the corner then Fab running boots him over. Abu takes a double flying shoulder. KC is dropped into a legdrop on Abu for 2.

KC flying headscissors Abu then dropkicks him for 2. Ahmed lariats KC down from the apron. Ahmed corner splashes KC and Abu leg lariats KC for 2. Abu does push up's while he pushes KC's throat down over the top rope. KC is choked on the ropes with a double team.

KC jawbreakers Abu then enzugiri's Ahmed on the apron. Fab tags in. Fab shoulders Abu over and chops him. Fab back body drops him then springboard twisting crossbodies him. Fab lariats Ahmed over the top. Abu superkicks Fab out of the corner. 

Fab and Abu slip off the top on a superplex then KC top rope frogsplashes Abu. KB pins him.

Thoughts: The finish got botched here which wasn't good. Other than that, the heels got some basic heel offense in. The faces honestly didn't get that much of note in here and it wasn't anything special.

Overall thoughts: There was only one new match here which has been the norm lately. It wasn't anything special and there's nothing you need to see here.

WWE NXT 9/22/2026

WWE NXT 9/22/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/wwe-nxt-9152026.html

We are in the Performance Center in Orlando, FL. Vic Joseph and Booker T are on commentary.

We get a video on the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. Cody Rhodes talks about it and Dusty. He says Dusty understood what tag wrestling would do and says the tournament was a way to honor him. Cody says the Dusty Classic returns and says 14 teams will try to etch their names into history. He says his dad's name lives on in this tournament and he looks forward to presenting the winning team the cup in person.

Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Round 1 - Noam Dar and Romeo Moreno vs Los Americanos (Rayo and Bravo Americano)

Dar and Rayo go at it. Dar wristlocks him and Rayo headflips out. Dar rolls him by the arm and Rayo dances. Bravo comes in and dances. RM tags in. Bravo trips RM then RM trips him. RM dropkicks him. 

Bravo pop up atomic drops RM then hits punches. Booker says he tried to get a Reality of Wrestling tag team in but they didn't call him back. RM is catapulted into a forearm from Rayo. Rayo slingshot swantons RM. RM kicks Rayo and sweeps him. Dar low chest kicks Rayo.

Dar knees Rao in the gut and sweeps him for 2. Dar hits chest kicks. Rayo chops him and Dar grounded guillotines him. RM then guillotines Bravo at the same time. Rayo enzugiri's RM off the apron. Bravo tope con hilos his opponents through the ropes. Bravo and Rayo then dance in the ring.

We go to PiP break and return. Rayo blocks RM's tag with a double stomp to the back. Dar tags in and hits flying forearms on Bravo. Dar rebound germans Bravo. Dar ankle locks Bravo. Dar hits chest kicks and flying forearms Bravo. Bravo takes a bridging ctutter + top rope double stomp combo for 2.

Bravo airplane spins both opponents at once then samoan drops them. Rayo's team hits stereo top rope diving headbutts for 2 counts. Bravo springboards and is caught with a superkick. Rayo hits a bitter end on Dar for 2. 

Dar is double pounded on. Bravo punches RM. Dar takes a lariat + german combo. Bravo facekicks RM out. Bravo back pele kicks Dar. Rayo 2nd rope moonsaults out. Dar rolls up Bravo for 2 then catches him with an ankle lock. Bravo germans Dar. 

RM spaceman plancha's and is hit with a forearm on the landing. Dar takes a top rope hurricanrana into a top rope splash for 2. Rayo stomps Dar's arm into the mat. Dar spinning back elbows Rayo. RM 2nd rope death valley drivers Bravo. Bravo takes a high/low and is pinned.

Thoughts: I didn't like it. It was our weekly "go wild, kick out of a million things and don't sell" match. The selling was poor and they overdid it a bit as usual. I also didn't like Rayo doing so many of Pete Dunne's moves as it just makes sure people know that he's Pete Dunne.

Grayson Waller does a video. We see clips of him running on the treadmill last week.

Kendal Grey is with a psychologist. She's upset about losing her title. Shes say she's stuck and doesn't know how to deal with it. She says slowing down feels different this time and doesn't know when she will come back. 

Kali Armstrong vs Skylar Raye

Sky does an inset promo. She says she shocked the world when she attacked Kali. She says it's time she makes her own opportunities and says the shooting star is ready to take off.

KA rams her in the corner and hits punches and kicks to the gut. SKy goes up and over and hits armdrags. Sky flying headscissors KA then dropkicks her. KA running lariats her then hits punches. KA reverse slams her.

They try pin attempts on each other and Sky crossbodies her for 2. Sky stomps her foot and hits forearms. Sky step up enzugiri's her. Sky is caught on an up and over and is powerslammed. We go to PiP break and return.

Sky backcrackers her. Sky shoulders her over. Sky flying forearms her. Sky spinning ddt's her.

Sky top rope splashes KA for 2. KA standing blue thunders her and Kali spinebusters her for 2. Sky backrolls KA for 2. Sky comes off the 2nd rope and is powerslammed. Kali tries a flying shoulder but nails the ref instead. Reina Volkan returns and beats up Sky and Kali. She drops Sky near Kali and Sky pins Kali.

Thoughts: Them bringing Reina back was random. I thought she was done. I liked what we go otherwise though. Both girls had a decent showing and worked fine together. This was acceptable.

Shiloh Hill and Saquon Shugars talk to Robert Stone. Hill talks about talking to raccoons. Hill offers Shugars red mist for dealing with Tristan Angels. Shugars offers him a scratch off lottery ticket. Stone says he will see about them getting them matches with Tristan and Naraku next week.

Wren Sinclair is kicked out of the Performance Center parking lot before the show.

Thea Hail and La Catalina vs Zaria and Kelani Jordan

Thea jumps on Zar and goes for the kimura. Thea backrolls KJ and shoulders her over. KJ dropkicks her. Cat hip attacks KJ on the ropes and Thea meteora's her there. Cat topes both opponents outside then Thea springboard backsplashes both opponents outside.

We go to PiP break and return. Thea gets Zar's back with a sleeper. Thea takes a back body drop. KJ asai moonsaults Thea for 2. KJ abdominal stretches Thea. Thea is sent into the buckles. Thea takes a slingshot wheelbarrow german then Zar spears her for 2. 

Thea sends Zar into the post. Zar misses a corner cannonball. Cat tags in and top rope dropkicks Zar. Cat flying headscissors Zar. Cat suplexes KJ. Cat corner hip attacks both opponents. 

Zar F-5's Cat into KJ. Thea sunset flips Zar off an F-5 and pins her.

Thoughts: It was fine. Cat got a lot of shine here and they made some very different styles work here. It could have been bad but it worked out.

Zilla Fatu and Sean Legacy talk in the back. Sean says Van Dux has a punctured lung and he's not cleared. Sean says he has another partner. Dux says he can go and Sean says he's not cleared. Sean says he needs him for The Dusty Cup. Zilla asks if they have 2 or 3 tonight. EK Prosper comes in and says he will be their third partner. Dux wants to fight but Sean tells him he needs to be cleared.

Cruz Montana comes out to talk. Cruz says he wants the NXT Title but he hasn't been winning or losing. He says he doesn't take losses but learns lessons. He says it just makes him want things more. He says he wants the winner of Waller/Rook. The lights go out and Darkstate is in the stands. 

Dion Lennox says no one cares about what Cruz will do. He tells Cruz to worry about what's in front of him and it's nothing. Cruz says Dion talks tough when his crew is out there. Cruz challenges Dion to face him 1v1 without his crew. 

Dion comes in the ring. He says Cruz thinks he's better than him. Dion says there's a reason people like take over. He says Cruz shakes at the idea of discipline while he is discipline. Dion says he can't relate to Cruz saying EK Prosper is the future.

Cruz accuses him of having hurt feelings. Cruz says he's the only person that cleaned up his mistakes. Cruz says he busted his @ss every step of the way. He says he earned everything and says he will run circles around him. 

Cruz says he earned his way in. He says Dion walked in and expected everything to be handed to him. Dion brings up Cruz's mom being a drug dealer. Dion says his mom wasn't nd he did everything right. He says he did things so right that WWE begged him to get here. He says the crowd hates him and asks if it's because he wasn't a drug addict like him

Dion says Cruz got it  together and acts like a hero when all he did is become the man he's been since Day 1. He says Cruz had to lose everything to become someone. He says he's been someone his whole life. Cruz punches Dion and knocks him out of the ring. They fight outside. 

Thoughts: I liked it. We got to see a different side of Dion and it was better than what we usually see.

Robert Stone tells Mason Rook he's giving him an open mic tonight to respond to Waller. Hank and Tank come in. Hank tells Rook to trust his gut tonight and speak from it. Hank and Tank thank Stone for putting them in The Dusty Classic. Tank says they are done being everyone's friends and says they might help themselves to the tag division.

Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Round 1 - The Creed Brothers (Julius and Brutus Creed) vs Harley Riggins and Jax Presley

JC nails his opponents in the corner before the bell. HR takes a back body drop. HR is sent into the post shoulder first. JC overhead suplexes Jax. Jax lariats JC down. Jax back body drops BC. Jax flying lariats BC then back body drops JC. Jax flying lariats BC over the top and goes with him. 

BC sweeps Jax on the steps. BC hits hammerfist shots on Jax. Jax takes a double gutbuster. We see Galeno del Mal and Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. watching in the back. JC hits corner spears on Jax and Jax gets a knee up.

HR tags in. He lariats and flying forearms JC. He double dropkicks The Creed's. HR double jump twisting swantons JC for 2. BC brutusball's JC when HR moves. JC germans Jax. Jax takes a double south of heaven and is pinned.

Thoughts: Harley's team was working face here which was something different. They did fine at it. It was fast paced and had a lot of action. It wasn't bad.

Zilla Fatu, Sean Legacy and EK Prosper vs Birthright (Lexis King, Stacks and Uriah Connors)

Sean armdrags and slams Stacks early. Sean PK's him then standing moonsaults him for 2. Sean armdrags Stacks. Sean side headlocks UC. EK blind tags in. He flips over UC then dropkicks him. 

UC chops EK in the corner. King lariats EK and kicks him in the back. EK single leg dropkicks King for 2. Fatu slams King twice. Fatu flying double lariats Stacks and UC. King pop-up dropkicks Fatu. 

Fatu throws King out. Stcks slaps Fatu from below. Fatu overhead belly to belly suplexes Stacks. EK is launched into a dropkick on UC. Sean enzugiri's Stacks in the corner. EK and Sean do topes out. The faces then do triple stereo dives out. We go to break and return.

EK stunners Stacks. Stacks sits on top and EK hurricanrana's him down. EK leg lariats him. Fatu topes King outside. EK takes a suplex + sitout powerbomb combo. UC sleepers EK and EK fights out. UC bottom rope springboard stunners him for 2. 

Fatu and King tag in. Fatu hits lariats on the heels. Fatu uranage's UC and bubba bomb's Kin. Fatu then butt drops Stacks. King superkicks Fatu but Fatu fires up. Fatu pop-up samoan drops King. Fatu corner hip attacks UC. 

Arianan Grace gets on the apron and the ref doesn't see a tag. UC then gets his feet up on Sean's springboard 450 and UC pins Sean.

Thoughts: It was alright. It was very fast paced with lots of action. Zilla needs to drop the overhead belly to belly suplex. Stacks barely got over and UC had to turn because he wasn't even close. Someone will get hurt.

Zilla uppercuts King in the throat after when King goes up to him. The heels pull King out to safety. 

Zaria is interviewed. Zar says beating her in a tag is different than a singles and it won't happen again. Izzi Dame walks in and shows some old clip of Zaria doing some high school theater. Izzi then wants to talk about the Women's N-A Title match next week and says no good deed goes unpunished.

Mason Rook and Grayson Waller come out to talk. GW asks if he feels the pressure yet. He says he wanted to win the NXT Title and defend against the best. He says Rook is the best. He says he wanted to know if anyone was hungrier than him and says no one is hungrier than Rook. GW says both of them left everything to travel across the world. He says they aren't the same. GW says he runs marathons and Rook runs to the front door to get his Doordash order. 

He says the title means to much to take him lightly. He says Rook is strong and powerful and no one moves like he does at his size. He says there's a reason he's Cena's favorite wrestler and he tells Cena not to bet on the wrong horse. 

GW says he has 75% potential and won't do the hard work to become the face of the brand. He say he's soft and happy to be here. He says he will drown him next week. He says everything will tell Rook to quit next week and he will.

Waller says he wants to have some fun. He tells him what a mic is and tells him to find his balls and tell him he's wrong. He tells him not to eat it as it's not a drumstick.

Rook says one thing he isn't is an idiot. He says GW wants him to go insult for insult and he says GW wants to do a verbal execution of him. Rook says maybe there's a theory as to why he's in NXT and maybe he didn't quite fit the vision on the main roster. He says maybe he's upset that Cena knew who he was before he stepped in the WWE ring. 

Rook says GW can't play his game. He asks him what will happen when the bell rings. He says Waller will drown in his deep waters. He says he earned the right to be a WWE star and says he's the best big man in the game. He says when his hands are around his neck and he's crushing his lungs, he will realize he's in over his head. He says being great on the stick won't save him this time.

Overall thoughts: I didn't like the opener. Kali/Raye was okay but had a random run-in by Volkan at the end. I like Zaria's tag match. Harley Riggins made his first appearance here and it was a shorter but decent out. The trios match was also fine. Dion Lennox had a good segment vs Cruz Montana and the final segment to close the show was alright. There was a million things going on as usual here and The Dusty Cup leads to a lot of matches that aren't always super relevant storyline wise. There was more good than bad here so I'd give this a 6 out of 10. It had some good wrestling and a couple of the talking segments worked out. The show was okay overall.

EPW Wrestling Unleashed 9/5/2026 Episode #258

EPW Wrestling Unleashed 9/5/2026 Episode #258

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/epw-wrestling-unleashed-8292026-episode.html

Gene Jackson and Joey Gross are on commentary.

Hollywood Jimmy does a video. He makes fun of the arena being called "The Corral". He says it smells like donkeys and the coach smells like a donkey the most. He says the coach will get hurt if he shows up.

The hosts talk.

Madi Monroe comes out before the next match starts and takes the mic. She says these two deserve the #1 Contendership, but so does she. She says she would make this match better and heads into the ring. 

#1 Contender's Match - Nyxx vs Diana Taylor vs Madi Monroe

Nyxx slams DT. MM comes in and hits Nyxx. MM germans Nyxx. DT facekicks MM down then side slams her. DT takes corner spears from Nyxx. DT and Nyxx swinging facebuster each other. 

Madi hits corner hip attacks on both. Nyxx corner lariats both and spinebusters MM. Nyxx ddt's DT and pins her.

Thoughts: It was short and over before it really got going. This was kind of a waste.

MM and DT raise Nyxx's hand after.

The Blacklist (Cody James and Chris Styles) come out for an interview. Chris says The Initiative thought he's not cleared from his concussion and will hand the belts over. Chris says he's always ready and they can come get the belts if they want them. The Initiative and Arynanne then come out. Aryanne says they couldn't defend the title last week because one of them was hurt and now the one is on concussion protocol. She says to hand the titles over to where they belong. Chris says thy proved they are as stupid as they look and says he's cleared. They fight. 

EPW Tag Titles - The Blacklist (Cody James and Chris Styles) (c) vs Initiative (Jason Genesis and Trace Lee Hunt)

All 4 fight. The Initiative take a powerslam and a back body drop. The heels are pushed into each other and take backdrops. Chris corner leg lariats Jason and Cody corner meteora's Jason. Cody nails Hunt with a hard lariat.

Chris chases Arynanne around the ring and runs into a superkick. Cody is then held for something like a codebreaker I guess. We go to break and return. Hunt hits Cody in the gut in the corner. Chris facekicks Jason.

Chris back elbows Jason. Jason running back elbows him. Jason then takes a neat back body drop bump over the top. Cody back elbows Hunt in the corner. Cody knees Hunt in the back and chinlocks him. 

Chris hits corner spears on Hunt then misses a corner spear. Chris goes out. Chris back body drops Hunt. Cody knees Jason in the gut then he back body drops him. 

Jason hits shots on the faces. Chris is held for a running boot from Hunt for 2. Jason corner forearms Chris. Arynanne grabs the tag titles. Jason backbreakers Chris for 2. Chris suplexes Jason. Hunt jumps at him but lands on Jason instead.

Cody hits shots on Hunt. Jason gets in the ring and hits Cody with the title belt. Hunt slingshot plancha's Chris outside. Chris is sent into the post. Cody takes a spike piledriver and gets pinned by Hunt.

Thoughts: It's too bad this didn't take place in front of the usual EPW crowd where it would have gotten more of a reaction. They tried to tell a story here of Chris being out of it and the heel capitalizing on it. The work was acceptable, just the crowd sucked.

Mike Anthony vs Wonder Boy

WB jumps on him off the apron outside. Mike is thrown in. WB hits punches then running back elbows him. WB corner flying lariats him and bangs his head off the buckles. WB hits corner punches and Mike powerbombs him. 

Mike hits crossface shots on WB. Mike back elbows him down. then punches him down. Mike chokes him over the 2nd rope. WB corner flying lariats him then hits punches in the corner. 

WB goes up top and is enzugiri'd. They fight up top. Mike like facebusters him off the 2nd rope. Both men are down and can't get up before the 10 count. This is a double knockout.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good. You couldn't really tell who the face was in this and that made it hard to get into.

We go to break and return. WB hits punches on Mike in the corner. Refs then come to break it up. Mike corner attacks him then WB does the same. They fight outside the ring and WB is escorted out by the refs. Mike says that's the Wonder Boy he wanted and says he's not done teaching him a lesson yet.

The Order (Elijah Owens, Izzy Rotten and Hollywood Jimmy) vs Moses Cain, Marko Harris and Coach Scott Booth

Marko comes out on a local coaches' shoulder. Booth is also a local coach. They said Marko Harris just had a WWE tryout. K-Swiss is with The Order.

Booth and Jimmy get in the ring. Jimmy squares off with him and immediately tags out. Izzy and Marko get in. Izzy misses a corner charge and Marko bangs his head off the buckles. Coach chops Izzy in the corner and tags out. Marko dropkicks Izzy. 

Owens gets in and Marko armdrags him into an armlock. We go to break and return. Coach pulls Marko's hair and Marko dropkicks him. Marko running ssp's Owens. Moses chops Owens in the corner then slams him. 

Marko goes up top, Moses gets pushed in the ropes and Marko gets crotched. Owens bridging ddt's Marko for 2. Owens stomps on Marko then sentons him for 2. 

Izzy headbutts Marko then corner splashes him twice. Marko goes up and over and dropkicks Izzy. Moses tags in but the ref doesn't see it. Owens pounds on Marko then basement dropkicks him. K-Swiss chokes Marko over the 2nd rope.

Izzy and Marko double lariat each other down. Moses comes in and cleans house on the heels. Moses chokeslams Owens and fires up. Moses is pulled out and double teamed. Marko tope con hilos Owens an Moses. Jimmy gets in the ring with a cane. He then runs into Coach. 

Jimmy eye pokes Coach. Jimmy holds Coach, Izzy tries to hit Coach with a chain but nails Jimmy instead. Coach the stunners Izzy. Coach then pins Jimmy.

Thoughts: The ending was fun with the local coach beating Jimmy. Moses did a nice job as a face here and fired up well. Marko looked fine as always. This was fine and a fun little thing for the locals.

Moses throws Twinkies in after. Coach shoves them in Jimmy's mouth.

Overall thoughts: The women's match was too short and a waste. The EPW Tag Title match was acceptable but would have been better in front of another crowd. I didn't like Mike Anthony vs Wonder Boy. The main event was fine with a local coach going at it with Hollywood Jimmy and Moses doing a nice job as a face. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 as some of this could have been a little better. The main was definitely the highlight here though. It was average overall.

Marigold 9/6/2026 Dream Star Grand Prix 2026 Day 4

Marigold 9/6/2026 Dream Star Grand Prix 2026 Day 4

The last show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/marigold-952026-dream-star-grand-prix_0314722417.html

All the girls on this show in the GP come out and pose.

Hummingbird, Mai Sakurai & Shinno vs. Darkness Revolution (Misa Matsui & Nagisa Nozaki) & Diana Strong

Hum and DS go at it. They lock up and Hum is backed up onto the ropes. They trade wristlocks. Hum headflips out and puts her in one. DS takes her down then side headloc ktakeover her. DS then crucifixes her for 2.  

Shin and MM get in. MM blocks a kick and forearms her. Shin's head is banged off the buckles. MM then throws Shin by the hair. MM boots her in the corner. NN gets in and boots Shin. She hits foot slaps on her. Shin hits chest forearms and NN forearms her down. 

NN knees Shin in the gut. NN then sits on her neck over the 2nd rope. NN facekicks her on the ropes. NN pendulum kicks her over the 2nd rope for 2. DS boots Shin in the corner and foot chokes her. DS backbreakers her. 

DS stomps her and Shin flying forearms her. Mai comes in and corner jumping facekicks DS. NN then boots Mai over. NN is pushed into DS and Mai double dropkicks them. Mai facekicks DS over the 2nd rope for 2. 

DS slams Mai then backdrops her for 2. MM comes in and facekicks Mai for 2. MM eye rakes her then Mai legslices her for 2. Hum comes in and double pendulum boots MM. Hum the low dropkicks MM for 2. 

Hum 2nd rope crossbodies MM for 2. Hum's throat is pulled over the top rope and MM rolls Hum up for 2. MM runs the ropes and Shin flying knees her. Hum high kicks MM for 2. Hum and MM trade pin attempts. MM rolls her into a double stomp for 2. 

Mai suplexes DS. NN STO's Mai, making her ddt Shin. MM then double basement dropkicks Shin and Mai. Hum takes a double boot to the head and MM flying knees her for the pin.

Thoughts: It was an okay bout and a decent choice for the opener here. They kept it moving, everyone hit their stuff clean and we had basic heel vs face work. There were no real issues with this and it went well.

DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Block A Match - Natsumi Showzuki vs. Aleah James

They shake hands. They trade waistlocks. Nat hooks her leg and AJ boots her away. Nat gets on her back with a sleeper.  AJ front facelocks her and Nat side headlock takeovers her. AJ side headlocks her then cartwheels over her. AJ flying crossbodies her for 2. 

AJ flying forearms her for 2. Nat armbars AJ. Nat then ties the other arm up and AJ ropebreaks. Nat meteora's her through the ropes. AJ fisherman suplexes her for 2. AJ mule kicks her for 2. AJ camel clutches her. AJ then sentons her back for 2. 

Nat high kicks her down and fisherman suplexes her. Nat meteora's her for 2. AJ flying forearms her for 2. AJ kicks her in the shoulder then pendulum ddt's her. AJ top rope crossbodies her and pins her.

Thoughts: It was average. Showzuki rarely ever impresses. James doesn't have a lot of fire in the ring and a lot of her offense doesn't look good, which limits her. I also thought this went too long. I didn't expect much and I didn't get much. 

DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Block D Match - Chika Goto vs. Megaton

They lock up. Mega rolls her up for 2 counts. The bell rings for some reason but the ref says it was only a 2 count. Mega backslides Goto for 2. Goto boots her and they shoulder battle. They both fire up and Goto shoulders her over. Got hip attacks her on the ropes. 

Goto misses a splash then Mega hits splashes on her. Mega steamrollers her then hits another splash for 2. Mega misses a 2nd rope splash and Goto hip attacks her. Goto misses a splash off the buckles. Mega corner splashes her.

Goto then corner splashes her. Goto misses a corner splash then Mega corner splashes her. Mega 2nd rope splashes her. They battle over a slam and Mega cradles her for 2. Mega hits bad slaps and a shotei. Goto then nails her with a hard lariat. Goto sliding lariats her for 2.

Mega butt drops her for 2. Mega elbow drops her for 2. Mega gets on the 2nd rope and Goto hits lariats on her. Goto throws her down. Goto 2nd rope splashes her for 2. Mega then rolls her up and pins her.

Thoughts: It was an upset here with Mega getting a rare win. There wasn't a ton of difference between the two here as they mostly did splashes. I wouldn't call it good but it was a little more tolerable than the usual Megaton match. 

DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Block B Match - Mila Smidt vs. CHIAKI

MS shoves her. They then test strength. Chi iron claws her.  MS hits chops and rolls her up for 2. They shoulderblock battle. Chi pulls her down by the hair. Chi pump kicks her over the bottom rope. MS pulls her out and bangs her chest off the apron. MS pump kicks her. They trade chest shots outside. Chi eye rakes her. MS suplexes her on the floor. 

MS gets a 2 count on her inside. Chi powerslams her for 2. MS spinebusters her and knees her in the face for 2. Chi iron claws her then corner spears her. Chi corner cannonballs her for 2. 

MS is sat up top. She boots Chi. Chi sitout powerbombs her and pins her.

Thoughts: It was acceptable. They didn't get a ton a of time but there wasn't anything wrong with what we got here.  I'd be curious to see how this looked with more time. 

DREAM STAR Grand Prix 2026 Block D Match - Kouki Amarei vs. Rea Seto

Rea boots KA as she poses in the ring. KA is sent out. Rea whips her with a belt outside and bangs her head off the apron. KA is then sent into the seats. Rea throws a chair at her outside. KA's head is banged off the apron.

Rea stomps her and bangs her arm off the mat. Rea then stomps her arm into the mat. Rea bangs KA's arm off the mat and shoulder throws her. Rea then armbars her. Rea stomps her on the ropes and low dropkicks her. KA cartwheels off the ropes and crossbodies her for 2. KA running facekicks her twice.

Rea shoulder throws her then low dropkicks her for 2. They trade chest forearms. Rea codebreakers her arm. KA suplexes her. Rea armbars her. Rea ties up one arm and pulls back on the other. KA ropebreaks.

Rea rolls her up for 2. Rea low single leg dropkicks her in the face for 2. KA powerslams her then Rea single leg dropkicks her for 2. KA backdrops her and Rea crucifixes her for 2. KA dropkicks her. KA twisting drops her off her shoulder for 2. KA flying facekicks her and pins her.

Thoughts: It got a decent bit of time here. Rea had some nice looking flying facekicks and KA did her usual offense. Rea did work the arm a bit here but Kouki won, so there was only so much that could be done with that. Kouki has not improved at all since she started with Marigold and I doubt she ever will. It was acceptable.

Miku Aono, Nagisa Tachibana & Yuuka Yamazaki vs. Komomo Minami, Mayu Iwatani & Victoria Yuzuki

They shake hands before it starts. NT and Yuz trade some basic holds to start. They armdrag each other and legsweep each other. Yuz boots her in the leg then NT running dropkicks her. NT gets swept then takes double stomps from all 3 opponents. NT the takes a triple basement dropkick.

Yuz slams NT. Mayu chops NT in the corner several times. Mayu snapmares her and kicks her in the back for 2. KM running corner dropkicks NT then kneels on her chest. KM basement dropkicks her in the back of the neck. Mayu crabs NT and NT ropebreaks.

Mayu then stands on NT and stomps her. Mayu elbows NT in the back of the head. NT hits chest forearms and Mayu chest forearms her down. NT crossbodies her for 2. Miku dropkicks Mayu. Mayu's team takes running corner attacks then Miku corner dropkicks Mayu.

Miku kicks Mayu in the back several times. Mayu spin kicks her in the gut and slingblades her. Mayu dropkicks her against the bottom rope and Yuz dropkicks Miku through the ropes.

Yuz spin kicks Miku and Miku swinging slams her for 2. YY tags in and running back elbows Yuz. YY flying corner hip attacks Yuz, facebusters her and basement dropkicks her for 2. Yuz dropkicks YY in the knee then in the side of the head. 

KM tags in and dropkicks YY over the 2nd rope. KM basement dropkicks her. YY rolls up KM for 2. YY step up enzugiri's KM then suplexes her. NT dropkicks KM then bulldogs her for 2. 

NT is double popped up into a double knee. NT takes a double bulldog then KM meteora's her from behind for 2. NT hits chest forearms on KM then KM drops her with one. YY coderbeakers KM and NT suplexes KM for 2.

Miku high kicks KM then NT walks up the buckles and twisting splashes NT for 2. NT goes up top and hits a plancha on the other girls outside. NT suplexes KM for 2. KM and NT try pins on each other. NT la magistral's her for 2. 

Yuz trips NT and Mayu top rope splashes NT. KM 2nd rope twisting crossbodies NT for 2. Yuz and Mayu hit stereo superkicks. KM is thrown into a corner dropkick on NT. KM botches a german on NT, then hits it right. KM pins her. 

Thoughts: It got a lot of time and was an alright main event. It was similar to some of the other tag main events we got on this tour. It was fast paced, with a lot of action and people coming in and out. Nagisa spent the most time in this one for her team and there were a lot of girls here we didn't see all that much. Komomo seems to be getting a bit better than she used to be.

Komomo talks on the mic after to close the show. 

In the post-show promos:

Misa Matsui and Nagisa Nozaki ask Diana Strong if she wants to join Darkness Revolution. Diana agrees and says they are a great time. They shake hands and say "friends".

Aleah James says she lost an eye lash in her match. She says she wants to ride her momentum forward and says she can't get too complacent.

Mila Smidt says CHIAKI is always in her way and is sneaky. She says she cheats everytime and says she needs to be careful. She says this time was a warning and it's personal now.

Overall thoughts: I liked the opener and thought it set a good tone for the show. Showzuki/Aleah was average. Goto/Megaton wasn't that bad. Mila/CHIAKI was acceptable as was Kouki/Rea. The main was fine. I'd say the opener was the best match of the night here. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 overall as it was okay.