Posted on 4/18/126 by Bob Magee
Subculture (Flash Morgan Webster & Mark Andrews) defeated
Guy Cool & Vaughn Vertigo
Andrews’s athleticism saw him overcome cool early on, but a
poke to the eye put a stop to it. Webster struck Vertigo
with a Double-Axe Handle from the top turnbuckle. Cool
cracked Webster with a backbreaker. Andrews moonsaulted onto
Vertigo. Subculture rocked Cool with a Falcon Arrow, fully
keeping Vertigo out of the equation. Vertigo responded with
a Shining Wizard to Andrews. Subculture finished Vertigo
with a Fall to Pieces, lending Webster a pinfall over
Vertigo.
Smooth, crisp action to start the show. Just enough to get
the adrenaline flowing!
Steven Borden defeated Kiran Grey
Borden quickly gained control with an arm drag. Using his
father’s Stinger Splash, Borden missed, leading Grey to
usurp the momentum. He followed with an elbow drop.
Eventually, Grey completely overwhelmed Borden with swift
moves culminating in a leg sweep. Borden rolled away at the
last second to avoid Grey’s Splash. Successfully landing a
Stinger Splash, Borden planted Grey with a double underhook.
Escaping his opponent’s stolen Scorpion Deathdrop, Borden
defeated his foe with a double underhook.
Fans were chanting “Let’s go, Steve!”
These students of Darby Allin were in tip-top shape tonight.
Obviously, I was looking forward to seeing Borden in the
squared circle, but I’ll save that for later. Grey deserves
some praise here, and he was a great heel base. His
technique evoked feelings of hopelessness and arrogance that
only someone who looks like him can pull off. Borden is
quickly putting things together with flow, and once he gets
more character and storytelling experience, he could very
likely build his own name to heights unique to him.
Jimmy Kimmel clip with Paul Walter Hauser
Hauser and Kimmel discussed his upcoming match with Marshall
at Multiverse. Kimmel played the clip of the pair’s previous
match at ROH Death Before Dishonor 2025.
The Demand (Bishop Kaun, Ricochet & Toa Liona) defeated
Michael Oku, Rich Swann & Sidney Akeem
Oku and Akeem broke The Demand’s early dominance with a
couple of splashes. Akeem, Oku, and Swann dove at The Demand
on three separate sides of the ring. Kaun chopped Swann in
the corner before taunting him and the audience. Liona
charged him into the corner, thrusting his shoulder into
Swann’s midsection. Swann kicked his way out of The Demand’s
grasp, dodging their hardest moves to their own disrepair.
Oku dizzied Ricochet with a tilt-a-whirl DDT.
Liona punctured air from Akeem’s lung via a senton. Oku came
to Akeem’s aid with a combined DDT. Akeem and Oku kicked
Liona’s shins to give Swann time for a DDT. Once more
isolated, Akeem fell victim to Ricochet’s Rico-Sault. Liona
sat on Akeem to earn a decisive victory for The Demand.
The babyface trio was cool to see working in tandem. They
not only made The Demand look great, but they shone on their
own as well. I do appreciate Ricochet largely letting Liona
and Kaun get their licks in to shine.
Hechicero (c) defeated Jonathan Gresham for the CMLL World
Heavyweight Championship
Hechicero met his match as he and Gresham danced through
each other’s locks. Gresham coyly tested Hechicero’s
patience by unlacing and re-lacing his boots. He’d use this
to sneakily unfasten Hechicero’s boot to slip in a Basement
Dropkick. The challenger torqued the champion’s legs in a
figure-four leglock that strained the hamstrings.
Hechicero finally swung a comeback when he unleashed a chop
that sent Gresham recuperating on the outside. Weakly
tossing in a chop, Gresham watched in horror as Hechicero
let loose a stiff right-hand swing. CMLL’s champion
flattened Gresham with a Flying Elbow. Gresham converted
Hechicero’s Surfboard Stretch into an Ankle Lock. Using a
hurricanrana, Gresham nearly snuck from Hechicero’s grasp.
However, Hechicero retained his title after a roll-up to
Gresham.
It was interesting to see Hechicero portrayed as the
babyface, given his status in the Don Callis Family and the
CMLL matches I’ve seen. Yet, he and Gresham put on a classic
and bounced off each other well.
Paul Walter Hauser defeated QT Marshall in a Sin City Street
Fight
Marshall struck Hauser from pillar ot post, slipping in a
Diamond Cutter. Taking a sip from a Celsius drink, Marshall
spat the sponsor’s beverage into Hauser’s face. Hauser used
his weight to his advantage, thwarting Marshall’s hopes to
plunder him through a propped-up door. Placing a barbed-wire
board into the ring, Marshall flung a garbage can at Hauser.
The actor’s luck swung back into his favor, trickling blood
down Marshall’s head by dropping him through the
aforementioned board.
Decorating a table with thumbtacks, Hauser sprayed another
table with thumbtacks. Marshall made a large impact,
splashing Hauser’s carcass through a thumbtack-laden table.
Ignoring the pain and needles, Hauser crunched Marshall with
a senton. He ultimately gained the victory with a Boston
Crab.
Compared to the Death Before Dishonor in 2025, this bout
left more to be desired. Despite that, Hauser and Marshall
paced this one along so that it was a perfectly serviceable
bout.
Gisele Shaw (c) defeated Killer Kelly, Shotzi Blackheart,
and Persephone for the MLW Women’s Championship in a 4-Way
Match
All participants stole pins from one another in the hopes of
dethroning Shaw and taking the gold. Blackheart’s wildcard
style flattened her more fearsome opponents in Persephone
and Kelly with a Flying Crossbody. She cannonballed herself
to each woman in two corners. Shaw threw in a superkick to
Blackheart. Persephone tripped up Blackheart on the apron,
only to reel after Kelly’s kicks.
Shaw exploited the debris of Blackheart’s missile dropkick
with a Shock and Awe. Perching Persephone in preparation for
an Electric Chair, Shaw and her victim crashed to the mat
with a missile dropkick. Kelly sniffed her opponents until
she German suplexed Shaw. The champion speared Blackheart.
Persephone and Kelly traded right hands; the latter
surprised the former with a headbutt. Kelly held Persephone
in a Tree of Woe, who countered with a Crucifix Powerbomb.
Kneeing Persephone out of the way, Shaw stole the pinfall
over Kelly.
Kelly made for an excellent addition, contrasting nicely
with Persephone. Shaw executed her spots superfluously as a
Flair-esque heel. Blackheart paced her moments of
explosiveness quite nicely, though she was the clunkiest of
the four. Still, she’s come a long way since her WWE
release.
Main Event
Amazing Red, Mascara Dorada & Mistico defeated The Rascalz
(Dezmond Xavier, Myron Reed & Zachary Wentz)
Xavier reached a stalemate with Dorada, which he pivoted to
isolate the luchador for a Rascalz-led control segment.
Mistico coordinated with him for a tope suicida to flatten
Xavier and Reed. Red tried his best to match Reed’s speed,
but was kicked back to his teammates. Mistico avenged a
recently dazed Dorada with a springboard elbow to Wentz. The
luchadors and Red stacked Wentz atop Xavier, with Red
executing a dropkick.
Red cannonballed Xavier, yet couldn’t crumble Reed with his
attempted Code Red. He eventually managed the move on Wentz.
Reed sprinted down the ramp to blast Red and the luchadors
with cutters. Mistico locked in a La Mistica to tap Reed
out, earning Dorada, Red, and himself the win.
This was a highly entertaining trios match. I’d love to say
it was the perfect main event, but so many other matches on
this card would have fit. Dorada took the brunt of the
offense, while Red provided nostalgia. Mistico rounded it
out with the spectacle his CMLL and AEW outings have
positioned him for. As for The Rascalz, they were an
entertaining heel foil to give a PWG-like trios to end the
night.