Maple Leaf Pro Multiverse 2026 is set for tonight at the Palms in Las Vegas.
The show featured CMLL World Heavyweight Champion Hechicero defending his title against Jonathan Gresham.
The MLP Women’s Championship will be on the line in a three-way match as champion Giselle Shaw defends against Persephone and Shotzi Blackheart. And they had a surprise fourth entrant!
Stephen Borden, the son of Sting, faced Kieran Gray.
Paul Walter Hauser had a bloody Sin City Street Fight with QT Marshall.
The Demand (Ricochet, Toa Liona, and Bishop Kaun) dominated Michael Oku, Rich Swann, and Sidney Akeem in trios action.
- Subculture (Flash Morgan Webster & Mark Andrews) faced Guy Cool & Vaughn Vertigo
- Steven Borden clashed with Kiran Grey
- The Demand (Ricochet, Toa Liona, & Bishop Kaun) took on Michael Oku, Rich Swann, & Sydney Akeem
- CMLL World Heavyweight Champion Hechicero defended against Jonathan Gresham
- Paul Walter Hauser fought QT Marshall
- MLP Women’s Champion Gisele Shaw defended against Persephone, Shotzi Blackheart, and a mystery opponent in a 4-way match
- Mistico, Mascara Dorada, & Amazing Red met The Rascalz in the main event
Our live coverage begins at midnight Eastern.
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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.
Final Thoughts
MLP Multiverse was enjoyable. Variety spiced up the card, with something new each match. It was nice seeing Steven Borden in the ring, which he and Kiran Grey impressed me on. Throwing in a couple of bonkers matches, and I was set.
Seeing technical clinics, a four-way women’s match with a surprise, a wild trios main event, UK-style tag team action, and Toa Liona running rampant was a treat. With MLP soon to air on Canada’s TSN, I have a good feeling about the promotion. Multiverse, in my opinion, made for a great introduction for unfamiliar U.S. wrestling fans. Hot start, for sure!
