NJPW has announced the schedule for Fantasticamania 2026, along with the CMLL wrestlers that will be appearing.
Fantasticamania is an annual collaboration between CMLL and NJPW that brings some of the top stars from Mexico to Japan. The 2026 tour begins on February 18 and will feature seven events:
February 18 in Tokyo at Yoyogi Stadium second hall
February 21 in Kochi at CHRES Seliz
February 22 in Osaka at ATC Hall
February 23 in Aichi at Prefectural Budokan
Febraury 24 in Osaka at EDION Osaka B
February 26 in Tokyo at Korakuen Hall
February 27 in Tokyo at Korakuen Hall
The following talent from CMLL will be competing on the tour:
Mistico
Mascara Dorada
Titan
Atlantis
Atlantis Jr.
Templario
Stigma
Ultimo Guerrero
Hechicero
Averno
Soberano Jr.
Okumura
Magnus
Futuro
Valiente Jr.
Hijo de Stuka Jr.
Ring announcer Ivan Salguero from CMLL will also be making the trip to Japan to perform his duties at Fantasticamania.
CMLL is one of NJPW’s most important international partnerships, with the two promotions also working closely together with AEW in the United States and Revolution Pro Wrestling in the United Kingdom.
During Wednesday’s CMLL Informa, several AEW stars were announced for upcoming CMLL events as part of AEW Grand Slam Mexico week in June.
Bandido & CRU
The reigning Ring of Honor World Champion take on Mascara Dorada on Tuesday, June 17th at Arena Mexico in his first CMLL appearance since May 2021.
That same show will feature CRU (Action Andretti & Lio Rush) challenging CMLL Tag Team Champions Hermanos Chavez (Angel de Oro & Niebla Roja). It will be the promotional debuts for both Andretti and Rush.
The night is being billed as an AEW/ROH vs. CMLL event.
Thunder Rosa
Former AEW Women’s World Champion Thunder Rosa will make her promotional debut, taking on CMLL Women’s Tag Team Champion La Jarochita at Fantasticamania Mexico on Friday, June 20th in Arena Mexico. The match marks Rosa’s first bout in the country since a July 2019 tag team match for NLL.
The centerpiece of the week is AEW making their Dynamite debut in Arena Mexico on Wednesday, June 18th.
MLW is set to play a part in NJPW x CMLL Fantasticamania 2025.
The tour is taking place this month and will conclude with two straight nights at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on February 27-28. It was announced today that MLW titles will be defended on both nights. The promotion has partnerships with both NJPW and CMLL.
– On night one, NJPW legend Satoshi Kojima and CMLL veteran OKUMURA will put their MLW Tag Team titles on the line against luchadores Rugido & Magnus. It’s a rematch from last year’s NJPW & CMLL Fantasticamania USA event, where Kojima & OKUMURA retained their belts.
That prior match between the teams happened during Kojima & OKUMURA’s first MLW Tag Team title reign. They are now two-time champs after regaining the belts from Minoru Suzuki & Ikuro Kwon in December.
– Night two at Korakuen Hall will be headlined by Mistico defending the MLW Middleweight Championship against Averno. Mistico has held the title since February 2024 and will reach one full year as champion if he wins this match.
“The first title that a young Mistico ever held was NWA’s World Middleweight Championship won from Averno back in January 2005,” NJPW wrote. “20 years removed, could it be Averno that ends a historic MLW title run?”
Both of the Korakuen Hall events will air live on NJPW World. Here are the full cards:
NJPW & CMLL Fantasticamania (Thursday, February 27) —
Volador Jr. vs. Templario
Ultimo Guerrero vs. Atlantis Jr.
Black Cat memorial: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Mistico, Mascara Dorada & Stigma vs. Taiji Ishimori, Averno, Soberano Jr. & Raider
Lightning match: Zandokan Jr. vs. Neon
MLW Tag Team Champions Satoshi Kojima & OKUMURA defend against Rugido & Magnus
Barbaro Cavernario & El Desperado vs. Hechicero & Ninja Mack
Xelhua & Max Star vs. Titan & KAMAITACHI
NJPW & CMLL Fantasticamania (Friday, February 28) —
MLW Middleweight Champion Mistico defends against Averno
Mascara Dorada vs. Soberano Jr.
Barbaro Cavernario vs. Hechicero
Templario, Neon & El Desperado vs. Volador Jr., Rugido & Magnus
Atlantis Jr., Stigma & Taiji Ishimori vs. Ultimo Guerrero, Satoshi Kojima & OKUMURA
Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the latest in the Cung Le lawsuit, more on the death of WCW, the SummerSlam card so far, Nattie re-signs, the death of Ken Hoffman and what he meant to the Observer, NOAH, Marigold, FantasticaMania, Smackdown and Collision reviews, and more! A fun show as always so check it out~!
Timestamps: Start: Black Saturday anniversary, UFC antitrust lawsuit update 6:30: Natalya re-signs with WWE, SummerSlam lineup, other lineups for this week 10:10: Lenita Erickson & Who Killed WCW 27:00: Ken Hoffman passes away 34:04: NOAH & Marigold thoughts featuring WWE talent 46:59: NJPW Fantastica Mania US recap 58:19: WWE SmackDown notes 1:05:16: AEW Collision notes
The legal games involving the Janel Grant lawsuit against Vince McMahon. The arguments for arbitration, McMahon’s side goes after Janel Grant’s character, why Vince can’t produce the text messages, and WWE and McMahon file new arguments.
AEW going to tape Collisions & ROH leading up to All In, all in Arlington, TX. We look at the good and the bad as well as the significance to this move
The crazy competition the first AEW show in the building wll face
Update on King and Queen of the Ring as well as AEW Double or Nothing. What to look for on both shows.
Full detailed rundown of New Japan Resurgence
The death of inDemand, a company that was a huge part of the wrestling and boxing business for decades
Huge historical feature on the life of Bob Bruggers, as well as the 1972 Verne Gagne training camp that produced five Hall of Fame candidates of its six trainees and background of Ken Patera, Ric Flair, Greg Gagne, Jim Brunzell and Iron Sheik
The most detailed look at the ratings of all the pro wrestling and MMA TV shows this past week
The biggest trouble spot AEW faces
The weekly rankings for wrestling, quarter hours, competition for the shows and more
Arena Mexico big show update
AAA doing a feuding authority figure angle
NWA deal with All Japan
Behind the new executive who will be in charge of three different pro wrestling companies at the same time
New Japan Super Juniors coverage
One of the biggest drawing cards of the last 40 years to announce his retirement details this week
Another of the biggest stars of the last 40 years enters sports Hall of Fame
Billy Corgan talks TV deal for NWA
Homicide talks injuries
Death of wrestler and horror stories about warring with Eddie Graham
MLW breaks records and gets its most mainstream media ever
New AEW licensing deals
Konosuke Takeshita talks frustrations in AEW
Advance ticket sales for AEW & WWE shows
More on Dwayne Johnson’s next movie
Details of the most expensive sports ticket I’ve ever heard of
Dana White talks WWE PPVs on Sundays and update
What Las Vegas is expecting as far as tourism for WrestleMania
More behind the departures of two more WWE executives
– Our weekend show with Garrett Gonzalez included an interview with Lucas Charpiot about wrestling media, and then I talked about a different way to approach AEW television, the key to the recent decline and very unique nature of it, and also talked about the Observer article this week about the greatest training camp class in history, the 1972 Verne Gagne camp, the death of Bob Bruggers and how the 1975 plane crash could have changed the entire history of the business. Bryan and I will be back tonight talking about the news.
– Aside from the Oleksander Usyk vs. Tyson Fury heavyweight title match which Usyk won via split decision, handing Fury his first career loss, this was a pretty uneventful week for wrestling, boxing and MMA mainstream. That fight did 1 million Google searches and was the top item for the weekend. Nothing else this week cracked the top 20.
– There was a story going around that Anderson Silva would fight actor Terry Crews, but Silva denied that one and said he would reveal his final opponent later today.
– This is what has been announced for Wednesday’s Dynamite in Bakersfield, CA:
Swerve Strickland vs. Nick Wayne
Jay White & Gunns to appear
Will Ospreay & Orange Cassidy vs. Trent Baretta & Roderick Strong
Matt Sydal vs. Konosuke Takeshita
Toni Storm & Mariah May vs. Saraya & Harley Cameron
Kyle O’Reilly vs. Malakai Black
Katsuyori Shibata vs. Hook vs. Bryan Keith for a shot at Chris Jericho’s FTW title
Jon Moxley appearing
Satnam Singh vs. Bryan Danielson in a bounty match.
– Ariane Carnelossi, who beat Piera Rodriguez via DQ at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night event after Rodriguez delivered what were determined to be two intentional head-butts, was hospitalized. She said she suffered a broken nose, a cheekbone injury, and the formation of a blood clot in the nose area.
– We’re looking for reports from today’s Fantasticamania shows at York Hall in London as well as the TNA TV tapings last night and tonight in Newport, KY, results, finishes, and highlights, to [email protected].
– Results from the Fantastica Mania shows:
Afternoon results: Stephanie Vaquer b Kanji, Barbaro Cavernario b Robbie X, Atlantis & Atlantis Jr. & Dulce Gardenia b Kid Lykos I & II & Okumura, Grizzled Young Veterans & Luke Jacobs b Mascara Dorada & Neon & Futuro, Hechicero b Connor Mills, Angel de Oro & Ultim Guerrero b Michael Oku & Zazoya, Gabe Kidd & Magnus & Templario b Mistico & JJ Gale & Ricky Knight Jr.
Evening results: Angel de Oro b Zozaya, Cavenario & Hechicero & Okumura b Gardenia & Robbie X & Futuro, Dorada won three-way over Gabe Kidd and Magnus, Vaquer b Rhio to retain the New Japan Strong women’s title, Neon b Jodon Breaks to win the British cruiserweight title, Grizzled Young Veterans b Atlantis & Atlantis Jr. to retain the British tag title, Mistico b Templario, Michael Oku b Ultimo Guerrero to retain the British heavyweight title
It was also announced Vaquer would return on 8/24 at the Copper Box Arena in London for the RevPro anniversary show the day before All In.
– Khalil Rountree Jr. announced he had tested positive for DHEA, which he said was found in a contaminated supplement, and thus suspended, so he’s out of his 6/29 UFC 303 fight with Jamahal Hill. He said he did not use DHEA intentionally.
– Mike Santana defends the House of Glory title against JT Dunn, plus Mustafa Al vs. Alec Price and Sami Callihan vs. Chales Mason headlined for HOG on 5/25 in Lowell, MA.
– Lucha Va Voom returns to the Mayan Theater in Downtown Los Angeles on 5/29 and 5/30, with Rey Horus and Extreme Tiger. Drew Carey will be hosting the show. You have to be 21 or older to attend.
– Josh Prohibition announced his retirement match against former rival Matt Cross on Friday’s AIW show in Cleveland at Tempe Live.
Due to his MCL injury, Satoshi Kojima has been pulled from more NJPW dates.
Kojima will miss NJPW & CMLL’s Fantasticamania tour as he recovers from the injury. The tour is taking place in Japan from February 12 through February 19. Kojima was scheduled to compete at six events.
“As he recovers from a left MCL injury, Satoshi Kojima will be absent from dates on the Fantasticamania tour which begins Monday February [12],” NJPW wrote. “We apologize to fans who were looking forward to seeing Kojima wrestle, and appreciate your understanding.”
Tomoaki Honma is replacing Kojima on the February 12-17 events. Ryusuke Taguchi will be Kojima’s replacement on the February 18 show.
Kojima was also pulled from NJPW’s February 8 and February 9 Road to the New Beginning shows because of his injury.
On Wednesday, Kojima tweeted that he’ll be back in action as soon as possible. He’s expected to be back for MLW Intimidation Games in New York City on Thursday, February 29.
Kojima won the MLW World Heavyweight Championship from Alex Kane last weekend. He’s defending the title against Minoru Suzuki at Intimidation Games.
Returning for the first time in three years, Fantasticamania features CMLL stars competing in Japan on cards with NJPW wrestlers. The tour didn’t take place in either 2021 or 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
All six shows from Fantasticamania 2023 will air live on NJPW World. The tour begins in Kagawa on Wednesday, February 22 and ends in Tokyo on Tuesday, February 28. The final two nights of the tour are both taking place at Korakuen Hall.
The tour will feature “Relevos Increibles” matches where some of the participants are rivals who now have to team with each other. There will also be a two-night interfaction tag team tournament during the tour featuring four teams.
In the main event of the second-to-last night of the tour, Titan will defend the CMLL World Welterweight Championship against Soberano Jr.
Here are the cards for all six events:
Wednesday, February 22 —
Relevos Increibles: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Mistico vs. Ultimo Guerrero & Atlantis Jr.
Volador Jr., El Desperado & Rey Cometa vs. Hechicero, Templario & SHO
Taguchi and Fuego entered and did an impressive dance routine.
Fuego and DOUKI began with some lucha spots. Fuego got the better of the exchange. Taguchi tagged in and was immediately cut off. He did some of his usual comedy spots, missing hip attacks and such.
Taguchi hit a double DDT and tagged Fuego. Fuego did a matrix back bend and a springboard arm drag before Kanemaru cut him off with a low dropkick. DOUKI tagged in to hit a lariat and get a two count.
The finish saw Fuego use a rolling cradle into a crucifix for the pin on DOUKI.
This was a fairly standard lucha trios match with a couple of spectacular moves.
Luciferno and Maya traded holds on the mat. Maya sent Luciferno outside. Namajague and Euforia entered as Maya teased a dive, then both got hit with a tijeras. Audaz tagged in and hit a springboard tornillo and a tornillo arm drag.
Euforia and Luciferno cut Audaz off. Uemura jumped in and took stomps from all three opponents. Namajague hit an assisted quebrada on Uemura. Maya tagged in and got tied to the tree of woe as the rudos continued their three-man attack. They were admonished by the ref that two needed to exit the ring, but they ignored him.
Uemura came back with a forearm smash on Namajague. Audaz hit a springboard crossbody and a pop-up kick with an assist from Maya. Maya and Audaz hit tandem topes.
Uemura hit a dropkick on Namajague for a two count. He went for his double underhook suplex but Namajague blocked it. They traded strikes. Namajague tried a brainbuster but Uemura used three quick cradles for near falls. Namajague then hit a bridging German for the pin.
SOBERANO JR. & FLYER DEFEATED NEGRO CASAS & TIGER
Casas is in incredible shape for turning 60 today. He knows what he can do and what he can’t and his work here was very good.
Casas and Soberano started off. They traded a couple of holds. Casas got caught in a cradle for a two count. Casas used a cross armbreaker. Soberano escaped and used a sleeper. Casas escaped that and used a crossface and an abdominal stretch. Soberano slipped out and both made tags.
Flyer and Tiger tagged in and the pace picked up. They did a series of nifty teases and counters, ending with Flyer hitting an Asai moonsault. Soberano got tossed outside and took a nasty fall on the floor. Casas posted him, then threw him back inside. Tiger worked Soberano over and used a powerbomb for a two count.
Flyer hit Tiger with a destroyer. Tiger sent Flyer outside where Casas hit him with a seated senton off the apron.
The finish kind of came out of nowhere. Soberano hit a springboard leg slice on Tiger and pinned him. Casas raised Flyer and Soberano’s hands after the match.
TITAN, NIEBLA ROJA & ANGEL DE ORO DEFEATED FORASTERO, SANSON & CUATRERO
A fun sprint here. Titan is one of my favorite guys to watch. He only did a little bit by his crazy standards, but everything he did was spectacular and crisp.
Roja and Forastero grappled to a stalemate. Sanson and Titan entered. Sanson used a headscissors on the mat. Titan used a handstand escape. De oro and Titan doubled up on Cuatrero. Titan hit a springboard dropkick.
Titan teased a dive, but stopped himself on the apron. He was tripped off the apron and stomped on the floor by all three opponents. In the ring, Forastero and Cuatrero hit tandem springboard double sledges to Roja.
Cuatrero, Forastero and Sanson then tripled up on Angel. Roja made a comeback hitting rolling elbows. Titan and Cuatrero faced off in the ring. They traded strikes. Titan then did some incredible back handsprings, springboarded on the ropes, then hit an Asai moonsault.
Roja hit a tope. Forastero accidentally took out Sanson with a tope suicida. Cuatrero used a jackhammer for a near fall on Angel. Angel then used La Mecedora on Cuatrero, who verbally submitted.
This was a total house show match that was worked for the people in the building and not those viewing on NJPW World. I’m sure it was fun live. Tanahashi and Naito did virtually nothing, as you might expect.
Gardenia does an exotico gimmick. He blew some kisses to BUSHI. He offered BUSHI a handshake. BUSHI accepted, then kicked him. Gardenia did some comedy selling.
He sent BUSHI outside, teased a dive, then got cut off by Naito with stomps. Tana made the save. Gardenia stopped and posed with Tana.
Tsuji entered and got the 3-on-1 LIJ beatdown. Naito used a crucifix hold, but Tsuji forced a rope break. BUSHI tagged in and hit Tsuji with hard chops. Tsuji hit a slam, then tagged Tanahashi.
Tana hit a back elbow, sending Naito off the apron. Naito then jumped in and got hit with a dragon screw. Tana then hit a double dragon screw on BUSHI and Hiromu. Gardenia tagged in, hit a dropkick, then a tope con giro, flying about three rows deep.
Back inside, BUSHI hit Gardenia with a DDT. Hiromu tagged in. Gardenia hit him with a facebuster. Tsuji tagged in and hit a dropkick on Hiromu for a two count, then used a Boston crab. Tanahashi jumped in and used a cloverleaf on Naito. Gardenia used his submission hold on BUSHI. Hiromu reached the ropes, forcing a break. Naito and Tanahashi brawled on the outside, while BUSHI and Gardenia rolled to the floor.
Tsuji and Hiromu exchanged strikes. LIJ hit a triple dropkick to Tsuji for a near fall. Hiromu teased Time Bomb. Tsuji slipped out. Hiromu hit a superkick for a near fall. Tsuji fired up, hit the ropes, then ran right into a lariat from Hiromu. Hiromu used a crab, and Tsuji tapped out.
Hiromu and Naito did some comedy after the match. Hiromu placed his title belt and Naito’s belts on the canvas, arranging them so that his belt was the focal point. Naito would rearrange them, then Hiromu would rearrange them. Hiromu then stole Naito’s hat and teased throwing it into the crowd.
This was billed as OKUMURA’s 25th anniversary match. He was presented with a trophy by an NJPW executive before the match.
Stuka offered OKUMURA a handshake, OKUMURA reluctantly slapped hands. OKUMURA worked as a base as Stuka flipped around him a bit.
Cavernario and Caristico tagged in. Caristico hit a couple of springboard elbows, a springboard headscissors, then teased a dive before stopping and posing.
Ultimo and Kojima entered. They traded shoulder blocks. Ultimo missed a charge into the corner and flipped over the buckle to the floor. Kojima teased a dive, but got tripped as he hit the ropes. He was triple-teamed, then rolled outside.
Cavernario hit a slingshot splash on Caristico. Stuka ate a tandem DDT. Caristico and Stuka came back and hit tope suicidas. Kojima hit machine gun chops on Ultimo, then a diving elbow for a two count.
Kojima hit a DDT. Ultimo came back with a corner lariat, then a Senton de la Muerte. OKUMURA and Stuka came in. Stuka hit a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker in the ring, then another on the floor to OKUMURA. Stuka slammed Cavernario and teased a top rope move to him, but hit a high cross off the post to the floor instead.
Back in the ring, Caristico went 1-on-2 against Cavernario and Ultimo. Kojima hit a plancha to Ultimo. Caristico hit a dive to Cavernario.
With OKUMURA and Stuka the legal men, Stuka hit a crossbody off the top rope. OKUMURA blocked a charge into the corner, sat Stuka on the top rope, then hit a cutter, dropping Stuka to the mat. OKUMURA covered for the pin.
The show ended with OKUMURA cutting a promo in Japanese, then posing with his teammates.
NJPW has released full cards for their annual joint CMLL tour, Fantastica Mania, which begins Friday.
The tour kicks off in the 8,000-seat Osaka Prefectural Gym on Friday. That show will be broadcast on NJPW World. After spot shows in Ehime, Kyoto and Aichi, the final four nights of the tour will be broadcast live from Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall on January 16, 17, 19 and 20.
Night one will be headlined by OKUMURA’s 25th annivrsary match. He will team with Barbaro Cavernario and Ultimo Guerrero against Satoshi Kojima, Stuka Jr. and Caristico.
The first round of the traditional CMLL Family Tag Tournament headlines on January 16 as Angel de Oro and Niebla Roja face Negro Casas and Tiger, and Euforia and Soberano Jr. face Sanson and Cuatrero.
The tournament concludes on January 17 with the third place match in the semi-main event and the final in the main event position.
A Black Cat memorial match headlines on January 19 with Caristico, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tiger Mask teaming against Negro Casas, Euforia and Barbaro Cavernario. A CMLL World Heavyweight Championship match will also take place, with current champion Ultimo Guerrero defending against Satoshi Kojima.
The tour concludes on January 20 with two CMLL title matches headlining. Caristico will defend the NWA World Historic Middleweight title against Barbaro Cavernario in the main event. The semi-final will see Sanson, Cuatrero and Forastero defending their National 6-Man tag titles against Angel de Oro, Niebla Roja and Titan.
Here are the full lineups for the NJPW World cards:
January 10 in Osaka–
OKUMURA, Barbaro Cavernario & Ultimo Guerrero vs. Satoshi Kojima, Stuka Jr. & Caristico.
The annual NJPW-CMLL tour will take place across eight shows in January. The first event will be held in Osaka, Japan on Friday, January 10. Ehime will host night two on January 11, night three will be in Kyoto on January 12, and night four will be in Aichi on January 13.
The tour will then wrap up with four nights at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on January 16, January 17, January 19, and January 20.
The CMLL wrestlers announced for Fantasticamania are:
Caristico
Negro Casas
Angel de Oro
Niebla Roja
Flyer
Titan
Soberano Jr.
Audaz
Stuka Jr.
Guerrero Maya Jr.
Fuego
Ultimo Guerrero
Euforia
Sanson
El Cuatrero
Forestero
Barbaro Cavernario
Okumura
Luciferno
Tiger
Dulce Gardenia
Titan is currently taking part in NJPW’s Super Junior Tag League. He was originally supposed to team with Dragon Lee in the tournament, but Lee was replaced by Volador Jr. after Lee and Rush were released by CMLL.
Titan and Mascara Dorada vs. Sho Tanaka and Yohei Komatsu
Good opener. It mostly was Titan and Mascara Dorada looking excellent with a bunch of high flying spots. Titan in particular looks amazing, his fluidity is outstanding. He reminds me a lot of Ricochet in terms of confidence. Tanaka and Titan had some great back and forth, including Tanaka dropping Titan on his head with an awesome German suplex for a nearfall. Titan rollied back and got the win with what looked like a variation of the figure four.
Fuego, Juice Robinson and Kushida vs. Hechicero, Yoshi-Hashi and Gedo
Fuego came to the ring and danced, with Kushida and Robinson following suit. Robinson had a cool flame jacket and Kushida still had the watch mask from the previous night. Solid match. Robinson looked good in spots. Fuego is really one of the more charismatic guys on this tour. Everyone overall looked pretty good; it was your atypical six man tag. Hechicero got the win, submitting Fuego.
Arena Coliseo Tag Team Champions Guerrero Maya Jr. and Angel de Oro vs. Okumura and Bobby Z
This felt flat. Not the work, because it was solid throughout, but the crowd wasn’t into it until the last minute or so, and before that they only popped for the big dives. Maya and Oro did some good stuff, and Okumura and Bobby were fine as rudos but something didn’t click here that would have made it a good match as opposed to just a solid one. Guerrero got the pin for his team, pinning Okumura with a bodyslam into a piledriver.
Ryusuke Taguchi & Stuka Jr. vs. Shinsuke Nakamura & Cavernario Barbaro
The entrances were something else. Taguchi came out with all the young lions and they did a choreographed pharaoh dance on the outside. Cavernario and Nakamura came out with new outfits – Cavernario wearing a Fred Flintstone outfit and Nakamura wearing a skull version of his Mexico mask. Nakamura came out with nunchucks shaped like bones while Cavernario took out his outfit revealing “KING OF CAVEMAN STYLE” was painted on his back. As far as a match goes, this was fine, a lot of focus on comedy, but that was the theme of the bout anyway. In terms of presentation, this was one of the better matches on the show. Match as far as ring work was solid. Cavernario submitted Stuka with the la cavernaria.
Naito did the same deal from yesterday where he had the announcer talk about him for like 2-3 minutes while he stalled in the ring. He teased something with Milano Collection AT again as he shook his hand twice. Atlantis is 53 years old, and doesn’t move super great but still moves very well at his age. Just typical six man stuff throughout, though Atlantis and Los Ingobernables looked good. Evil and Naito were working over Tiger Mask when Naito got the flash roll up he’s done in previous matches and got the abrupt win there.
CMLL Lightweight Champion Dragon Lee vs. Virus
This was good while it lasted, but got less than ten minutes. Weird it got so little time as the crowd was into this and everyone was just kind of surprised when the finish came. Virus did something i’ve never seen before as he countered a hip toss on the outside by running across the apron, launched off and did an arm drag back outside then followed that with a rana. Lee came back, did a double footstomp off the top rope then pinned Virus with a German suplex.
Dragon Lee was celebrating when suddenly someone in a mask came from behind and gave him a German suplex. He unmasked, revealing himself to be Kamaitachi, who had been absent from his tour and was still saying how he was in Mexico. He cut a promo saying there has been a change and tomorrow he’ll take his title back.
Hiroshi Tanahashi & Volador Jr. & Mistico vs. Kazuchika Okada & Ultimo Guerrero & Mephisto
Really exciting main event with a ton of crazy dives. Everyone worked hard, including Tanahashi and Okada and that helped make it a great match, one of the better ones on this tour so far.This was a match dedicated to Black Cat, as his family were in the ring carrying a photo of him and thanked the two promotions before the match. Mistico and Ultimo Guerrero did their same routine yesterday as they were fighting over fan. It was mentioned on my timeline a lot during this match so I have to ask – whatever happened to Mephisto being a part of Bullet Club Latin America? Maybe that part of the BC just fizzled out or something.
There was a very cool triple dive spot from Mistico, Volador and Tanahashi as they took out all of their rivals at once. Ultimo Guerrero have really good chemistry with one another. Mistico has such a small frame though that it’s no wonder he’s injured a lot. Lots of crazy stuff towards the end as Volador, Mistico and Tanahashi all wiped out Guerrero with dives. Volador took out Okada and looked to do something with Mephisto on the top rope but Mephisto countered and his a double underhook facebuster from the top rope and pinned him.
