CWC vs. The World 2026
Date: April 15, 2026
Location: FSW Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Commentators: Chad Kalina, Rocco McSweets

This is the Colorado Wrestling Connection as I like to get in some of the smaller promotions as well. I have a grand total of no idea what this is going to include but that’s part of the point of this week. My money would be on the world in this kind of a battle but I’ve been surprised before. Let’s get to it.

There appear to be less than 100 people here.

The host welcomes the CWC owner, who hypes up all of the titles on the line, including many from outside of the CWC. He talks about a six man tag but a monster team called Stand On Business interrupt. One of them says they own the CWC and another wrestling promotion in Colorado, which brings out presumably their opponents to start fast.

Tag Team Titles: Stand On Business vs. Justin Andrews/Marlion Bishop

Business is defending. The camera is handheld and it feels like things are clipped a bit here and there. Andrews sends Dorian Maddox into the barricade but Andrews’ partner gets cut of, meaning Andrews is beaten down in the corner. Maddox’s partner (seems to be Papa Lypto) comes in to kick Andrews in the back of the head.

Maddox hits a Rock Bottom for two, followed by a spinebuster for…well not two as there’s no cover. Maddox’s Old School is blocked but he’s fine enough to hit an elbow to the face. Lypto grabs a choke, which is quickly broken up for the tag to Bishop. House is quickly cleaned and the rather muscular Bishop hits a Big Bang Catastrophe for the pin and the titles (with Andrews getting a pin of his own) at 7:30.

Rating: C. It was a very basic match but they played the formula well enough. The problem here comes down to I have pretty much no idea what is going on with these people or who they are, but I was able to pick up enough from commentary and what I could see. It’s not a great opener, but starting with a title change is often a smart way to go.

Reality Of Wrestling Women’s Title: Dani Mo vs. Lady Bird Monroe

Monroe is defending. They grapple around to start with Monroe grabbing a Sling Blade. A Regal Roll puts Mo down but Mo pulls her off the ropes for a crash. Mo’s backflip splash (not really a moonsault as it didn’t include any jumping) gets two and Mo slams her for two. There’s a fall away slam to Monroe and we hit the chinlock.

One heck of a clothesline sets up a leglock to keep Monroe in trouble but she’s back up for a double knockdown. Monroe wins a chop off and snaps off a powerslam, setting up a moonsault for two. Mo’s belly to belly into a Vader Bomb gets two but Monroe is back up with an AA. A Swanton retains at 7:31.

Rating: C+. It was better than the opener as you could keep track of what was going on as it’s a simple enough story. Monroe is the easy to cheer for heroine while Mo is more of the monster coming for the title. I liked this well enough and it was nice to have a guest star, with Monroe getting to showcase herself rather well.

Heritage Title: Manny Lemons vs. Ryzin

Lemons (with his two other belts) is defending and Ryzin is a ringmaster (complete with whip). Ryzin teases using the whip to start but settles for choking using Lemons’ own boa instead. Lemons fights up and hammers away in the corner, with the fans rather approving. A cheap shot out of the corner puts Lemons back down and Ryzin drops a leg for two. The chinlock goes on for a bit, followed by a boot scrape across the eyes. Lemons avoids a moonsault though and fires back, only to get caught with a superkick. Ryzin gets crotched on top and slammed down, meaning the Lemon Drop (fireman’s carry slam) retains at 5:54.

Rating: C. I could go for seeing a bit more of Ryzin, as his gimmick and look are enough to stand out a bit. Lemons felt like a standard slightly silly star and that’s not a terrible way to go. Commentary suggested that these two had a lot of history together but you wouldn’t have imagined it here, as it felt like a pretty basic match.

United Wrestling Network Tag Team Titles: 5150 vs. Delta Jr./Toxin

5150 (Slice Boogie/Danny Limelight) is defending, at least after some confusion over which match was next, with the ring announcer saying the owner set her up for sabotage. The champs jump them to start fast but get knocked into the corner. Toxin grabs a chinlock but Boogie comes in for a cheap shot to take over.

Back up and Toxin is sent into the corner and a snapmare sets up a rolling knee. Toxin makes Limelight kick Boogie in the face and then helps Delta hit a kick to the floor. Commentary says they’re lost as everything breaks down. With Toxin sent outside, a piledriver/superkick combination gets two but Toxin runs in for the save. Delta grabs standing crossface kind of thing but Boogie rips his mask off and steals the retaining pin at 7:18.

Rating: C+. The “heel takes the mask off and gets the pin” finish needs to go away for a long, long time. It’s just so cliched these days and that was the case again here. I don’t need a get out of a lucha match free spot like that and it doesn’t offer anything new. The match was ok, though neither team stood out for the most part.

CWC Women’s Title/CSW Women’s Title: Hussy Steele vs. Pixi Pulsing

Title for title. Steele (who has a bad ankle coming in) tackles her down to start fast but gets elbowed in the face. A running Downward Spiral sends Pulsing out to the floor so she charges back inside, where Steele grabs a backbreaker. Pulsing gets smart by going after the ankle and a brainbuster drops her again. A Vader Bomb gives Pulsing two but Steele manages a crane kick of all things.

They forearm it out from their knees until Pulsing knocks her into the corner, crushing the referee in the process. The referee is down and Pulsing grabs a studded belt to whip Steele. Pulsing goes up and calmly shoves off a Stratusfaction attempt. Steele grabs a German suplex for no count and hits something like a reverse Nightmare On Helm Street. A triangle choke makes Pulsing tap at 10:24.

Rating: C+. Neither of them tore the house down here but Steele working through the injury and fighting for the win was good stuff. Steele sold the leg well, though Pulsing didn’t feel like she was really going after the leg full blast. I do like the title changing hands though, as it actually feels like a big deal, which should be the case here.

Post match Steele is happy with her win.

Bret The Threat vs. Royce Isaacs

Tom Lawlor and Josh Barnett are here too, making the seconds more interesting than the wrestlers themselves. They go straight to the grappling (of course) with neither being able to get a hold so they get back up. Isaacs goes for the leg but Bret keeps spinning around to escape. Back up and Isaacs kicks at the leg before they trade some chops. A suplex sends Bret flying but he’s right back with a leglock to slow Isaacs down for a change.

An ankle lock sends Bret over to the rope but he escapes for a kick to the face. Isaacs is back up with a German suplex into a leglock, sending Bret back to the rope. Bret’s ankle lock works a bit better so Isaacs rolls him into a cradle for two. A brainbuster gives Isaacs the same but Bret flips out of a reverse dragon sleeper. Bret tries an armbar, which is reversed into a Texas Cloverleaf for the tap at 10:47.

Rating: B. I wasn’t expecting this but they wound up having a heck of a match and that’s a great thing to see. This was all about the grappling and striking with little in the way otherwise. It worked very well and felt so different than anything else on the show. Good stuff here, even with the biggest names on the floor.

Trios Titles: AMF vs. Hybrid Hit Squad

AMF (America’s Most Famous, the combined forces of Michael Avalon, Frankie Gonzalez and Audric Gallegos) is defending against Codah Alexander/Mikey O’Shea/Jack Moody…and we lose the signal. Commentary can be heard scrambling to get it back on and after about two and a half minutes away, we come back to a split screen and then the regular feed (commentary apologizes and fair enough as these things do happen) with the match joined in progress.

Moody rolls Avalon up for two and it’s off to the rather large O’Shea, who manages a knockdown. Avalon gets dropped with a suplex and it’s off to Gonzalez to knee away at Alexander. Three straight backsplashes give Gonzalez two but Alexander fights back, allowing Moody to go after the arm. Gonzalez comes back in to knee Alexander in the face and a double basement dropkick has him down again. Avalon rolls him around into an Angle Slam for two, followed by a Blue Thunder Bomb for the same.

They clothesline each other down though and it’s a double breather. The camera gets knocked down as O’Shea (by far the biggest man in the match) is in to clean house. Everything breaks down and O’Shea teases a dive but opts for a drop down into a double spank instead. Alexander hits a top rope clothesline…and AMF steals the referee’s glasses. That means she can’t see Avalon bring in a belt (that’s kind of brilliant) but Moody takes it away, only to hit Alexander on purpose. Avalon gets the easy pin to retain at 13:52.

Rating: C+. The ending was a twist and felt like a surprise, though I was more impressed by the glasses stealing deal. That’s not something you often see and I can appreciate thinking outside of the box like that. The rest of the match wasn’t bad, with O’Shea being different enough to really sand out. Nice job with some good thinking.

Colorado Springs Wrestling Title: Niles Blood vs. Sam Stackhouse

Stackhouse (who has to weigh close to 500lbs) is defending in a Last Man Standing match. Apparently Stackhouse is some kind of a big traitor, with commentary hating him for something he has done. A spinwheel kick puts Blood down fast and the beating is on as commentary talks about Stackhouse being Blood’s former friend when Blood won the title and then turning on him.

Stackhouse sends him into the post and talks a lot of trash, with commentary hating him even more each time. Blood is already bleeding but beats the count so Stackhouse puts him in a chair in the corner. The Cannonball only hits (and crushes) the chair but Stackhouse is up again. Blood hammers him down in the corner again and hits him with a trashcan, followed by a DDT onto the trashcan for another near count.

A running dropkick drives a chair into Stackhouse’s head for nine but he gets a boot up in the corner. Stackhouse, also busted open, manages an ax kick and sits in the chair as Blood tries to get up. That’s quite the target so Blood is back up with a superkick to knock him out of the chair. Stackhouse tries to tie Blood in the corner but another wrestler, apparently out with an injury, runs in for a distraction. Blood grabs a Heatseeker onto a chair for nine so he uses the rope to choke Stackhouse out for the title at 15:16.

Rating: C+. Well, they didn’t go too insane with the weapons here and that helped a lot. I’ll take this kind of violence over the deathmatch nonsense any day, as this was more about two men that hated each other wanting to hurt the other. It might not have been great but there was a story to it and since they haven’t done this stuff all night, it had more of an impact.

Post match Blood grabs the mic and thanks the crowd.

CWC Title: Duke Lawrence vs. Lonnie Valdez

Valdez is defending but Lawrence (hometown star) has a title of his own, which might be some kind of interim thing. Lawrence low bridges him to the floor and hits a big running flip dive, only for the bigger Lawrence to grab a rather delayed vertical suplex back inside. A big toss sends Valdez flying and they go outside for some rather loud chops. Valdez’s comeback doesn’t last long but he’s able to send Lawrence into the post.

Back in and Valdez takes out the leg before starting in on the arm. The arm is sent into the mat and the Fujiwara armbar goes on. Lawrence fights up and hits a heck of a clothesline but Valdez knocks him down again. The Swanton gives Valdez two so he hits it again, only for a third to hit knees. A spinning powerslam gives Lawrence the pin and the title at 10:36.

Rating: C. The match was good enough, though I’m not entirely clear what is going on with the whole double titles thing. What matters is that they had a big moment in the main event, which is hard to do. I’m not sure what the story was supposed to be here either as neither of them felt like a villain, but Lawrence getting the win seemed to be a popular enough result.

The host (she was rather good and had a charm to her so nice find with her in this role) thanks us for coming out and tells us about another show next month.

Overall Rating: C+. I wasn’t expecting much of anything and got an ok show here, which I’ll take. There are some weak points to this show but the good parts (Last Man Standing, the technical match and the host) were enough to put it just over the top. It needed some better commentary to explain some things (along with any kind of name graphics) but I did like the variety of things we saw. I can go with having all of the guest stars coming and CWC wrestlers fighting over various titles, as the roster can’t be that deep in the first place. I wouldn’t call it good, but I’d call it good enough all things considered.

 

 

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Vegas Vacation
Date: April 15, 2026
Location: FSW Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Commentator: Frank The Clown

We are officially kicking off Wrestlemania Week with this, from Boca Raton Championship Wrestling, which is in fact a thing. I have a grand total of no idea what to expect from this show but that’s one of the perks of the whole week. Thankfully I do know a few names on the card so let’s get to it.

After a 20+ minute delay, we’re joined by our host, a rather large shirtless guy drinking out of a red solo cup. He brings out the company’s owner, who says this isn’t going to be our usual show because they’re not in Boca Raton. The owner brings out Frank The Clown (who doesn’t even have his face painted) for a pretty extended entrance, with the owner saying they might be stalling.

Frank goes to commentary (where he says he’s not sure if we’re on Youtube or not) as the owner introduces Mark Long, apparently the Godfather Of Reality TV. Our first match will be the Mark Long Open Challenge. Zack Clayton (he wrestled in AEW for a few months and didn’t do anything) comes out and Long says he’s a full blooded Italian, so he has a partner who is also into blood. Cue Gangrel and we’re ready to go, with Long on commentary.

Zack Clayton/Gangrel vs. Ben Bishop/Stallion Rogers

You might remember Rogers as Curt Stallion. Gangrel shrugs away at Stallion to start and gets two off an early Russian legsweep. Clayton comes in to take over on Stallion but it’s off to the 7ft Bishop for a big boot. Bishop’s side slam gets two on Clayton and it’s back to Stallion for some forearms. A double knockdown allows the tags back to Gangrel and Bishop, with the former striking away.

Everything breaks down and Bishop gets taken down with a double middle rope DDT. Stallion is back up with a backbreaker but Bishop hits the chokeslam (as required by Big Man Wrestling law) to Clayton with Gangrel….not making the save as the pin goes down at 6:14. There seemed to be some confusion over the result as Gangrel thought he made the save but the referee rang the bell anyway.

Rating: C. This was just a quick opener with Gangrel being out there for the legend spot. Stallion looked fine and I can see why he was in WWE for a bit. The match wasn’t exactly great but Bishop was big enough to get some attention. I’m not sure why this was billed as a surprise when the match was listed in advance but it’s a weird week.

Rhys Maddox vs. Justin Andrews vs. Rey Fury vs. Steve Person

For a Cruiserweight Title shot, which has me wondering what the cruiserweight limit is as Andrews is a pretty good sized guy. And there’s no Person, so the owner makes it a triple threat instead. Odd but ok.

Rhys Maddox vs. Justin Andrews vs. Rey Fenix

Andrews gets double teamed down to start and a handspring moonsault keeps him in trouble. With Andrews on the floor, the other two go at it until Andrews pulls Fury outside. Maddox drops Fury but misses a clothesline to the back of the head. Instead it’s Andrews running in for the save (the fans approve) as we talk about various people who have trained at FSW. Maddox gives Andrews the running elbow to the back of the head for the pin at 3:53.

Rating: C-. It wasn’t bad while it lasted but it’s not a good sign when I was expecting the show to go about twice as long at a minimum. Maddox is apparently wrestling ten times over the next few days, which is quite the work load. He’s the only one who really stood out but the whole thing felt like something of a mess.

We have a guest ring announcer with a big purse.

Cha Cha Charlie vs. Big Tito Lincoln

Tables match (for no apparent reason) and Lincoln has Lloyd Anoa’i (you might know him as LA Smooth) in his corner. Hang on though as this is officially sponsored by Wrestle Lit and since the company now has more money, they’re going to introduce a new title. The owner calls it a “midcard championship” which doesn’t go well.

After calling it similar to the Intercontinental, North American and Latin American Title, he says it’s a “Latin Themed” championship and FINALLY names it the Cha Cha Championship. This owner is really not a smooth talker. Charlie slugs away to start but gets powered around by the much bigger Lincoln. Some right hands in the corner don’t get Charlie very far so Lincoln splashes him down.

An elbow out of the corner does a bit better for Charlie, who is promptly powerslammed down. The table is finally loaded up and they both manage to avoid crashing through it in the corner. Lincoln’s powerbomb is countered and Charlie is back with a Sling Blade. Charlie goes up but gets slammed down, only to fight up and grab his sombrero (now it’s serious). Lincoln is sent hard into the table…which doesn’t break. Charlie spears him through to win at 8:39.

Rating: C. Somehow this is the best match of the night and it’s for the Cha Cha Champion ship. Thankfully commentary pointed out the, ahem, irony in having a guy named Cha Cha win the Cha Cha Championship. There was pretty much no reason for this to be a tables match but I guess this counts as spicing things up a bit.

Mark Long leaves commentary. He’s back in about a minute and a half.

CCW Women’s Title: Roma vs. Kristin Blaze

This is the Coastal Championship Wrestling Women’s Title (they have their own show coming up tonight) and Roma is challenging. The rather muscular Blaze sends her into the corner to start as commentary has to explain that they’re admiring Blaze’s physique rather than drooling over her. Blaze fights out of trouble and takes Roma down to hammer away. A boot to the face rocks Roma as commentary decides to call Blaze “KB”.

A camel clutch has Roma in more trouble as this is rather one sided thus far. Roma fights up and makes the clothesline comeback, followed by a butterfly suplex for two. Blaze knocks her down and goes up, only to get caught with a superplex for a delayed near fall. A knee to the back and a hair pull down lets Blaze hit a split legged moonsault to retain at 7:24.

Rating: C. Blaze has a great look with a physique that is approaching Jade Cargill levels but there wasn’t much to the match itself. The problem here was that Roma was basically beaten up for a good while until the ending. I didn’t get into this and Blaze only showed a bit of star power here. Not great, but Blaze could become something if developed a good bi more.

Long brings in the host from earlier (Red Cup Jeff) but here is Steve Person to interrupt. He’s not happy because his head was recently shaved so we get a MR. CLEAN chant. He didn’t know the time the show was supposed to start because of the time zone and fell asleep in his car. Apparently he has to get through what sounded like, I kid you not, the Beefcake Accords, and grow his hair back. Jeff gives Person a red cup and Person seems rather disgusted. Person gets thrown over the top. I have no idea what this was supposed to accomplish.

Tag Team Titles: EJ Nduka/Kenny King vs. Sons Of Boca

The Sons (Cezar Bononi/Noah Kekoa (better known as Kona Reeves) with Neil The Heel) are defending. Bononi rips up a shirt that he steals from the crowd, with commentary saying it was from Temu. Nduka and Bononi (some big boys) start things off and trade heavy shoulder blocks. Stereo big boots knock them into the corner and it’s off to King vs. Kekoa. Everything breaks down and the champions go to the floor and take the countout at 2:52. What in the world is this show?

Post match Neil says Nduka and King don’t deserve a title shot so they have to win a six man tag against the Sons Of Boca and Maluta, with this man as their mystery partner.

Sons Of Boca/Sean Maluta vs. EJ Nduka/Kenny King/James Ellsworth

And since everyone is ok with this, we’re ready to go with King armdragging Maluta down and giving him a slam. Ellsworth tags himself in though and runs into Bononi, who gets annoyed at a right hand. It’s back to King, who gets booted in the face, followed by a big boot/side slam combination for two. Maluta’s headbutt hits King for two more but King powerslams his way out of trouble. It’s back to Nduka to clean house but Ellsworth comes back in. The superkick hits King by mistake and Maluta rolls Ellsworth up for the pin at 6:04.

Rating: D+. This was slow and dull, which doesn’t help when it comes after the bait and switch title match. Ellsworth was little more than a joke and felt like a total flashback that didn’t need to be around. The result wasn’t much of a shock, but dang this show is dying in a big way more and more every match.

Naturally the ring announcer says the champions retain the titles in a non-title match. Ellsworth seems to join the Sons and they beat him up anyway.

Matt Riddle vs. Joe Coffey

This is the main event despite the show starting about an hour and twenty minutes ago. Coffey takes him down to start but gets caught in a headscissors, which is broken up rather easily. Back up and Coffey runs him over a few times, at least until Riddle catches him in a guillotine choke.

That’s broken up so Riddle grabs a triangle choke over the ropes. With that broken up, Coffey hits an elbow into a front facelock to slow things back down. Riddle is back up with a kick to the head for two but the backsplash hits raised knees. Back up and Riddle reverses a suplex into a fisherman’s buster but Coffey is right back with a powerbomb. Coffey goes up but dives into a cutter. The Bro Derek finishes Coffey at 6:32.

Rating: C+. Apparently this makes Riddle the #1 contender and sets up a title match against Steve Maclin…in August. The match had some talented people in there and they were able to do some more things, but the match was another short one with no time to do anything of note. Somehow, best of the night and that’s a bad sign.

Post match Maclin pops up on screen to mock Riddle and say he’ll be waiting for him in August. Ben Bishop and Stallion Rogers run in to go after Riddle but Coffey makes the save.

Overall Rating: D. And that’s on a sliding scale for an independent show. I’m not sure if this was cut short by the long delay to start the show but there was nothing resembling a very good match here and some of the stuff just felt thrown out there because it had to be there instead of having any thought put into it. The owner couldn’t talk to save his life and Frank The Clown was a nightmare as he kept talking in the third person. This was a big miss and one of the weaker Wrestlemania Week shows I’ve seen in a good while.

 

 

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