🟦 TOP 25 WEEKLY RANKINGS — DESK INTRO

Ed: “Fans, before we dive into the global action, let me tell you — the race for this week’s Top 25 has never been tighter! Champions are surging, contenders are clawing, and a few dark horses are making noise from places you might not expect!”

Gordon: “Indeed. A most competitive field — and with New Japan and OVW delivering pivotal developments this week, several athletes have positioned themselves for major upward movement in the rankings.”

• 1. Neon 1-0 CMLL/MLW CMLL World Trios Champion
• 2. Jack Perry 1-0 AEW National Champion
• 3. Atlantis Jr., Mascara Dorada & Titan 1-0 CMLL & Historic World Welterweight Champions
• 4. Fuego, Futuro & Neon 1-0 CMLL 1/3 CMLL World Trios Champions
• 5. El Sky Team (Mascara Dorado & Neon) 1-0 CMLL World Trios Champions
• 6. El Sky Team (Mascara Dorado, Mistico & Neon) 1-0 CMLL World Trios Champions
• 7. Angel de Oro & Soberano Jr. 1-0 MLW, 1/2 CMLL World Tag Team Champions
• 8. Soberano Jr. & Voladar Jr. 1-0 CMLL
• 9. Mascara Dorada, Nieves Rona & Soberano Jr. Historic World Welterweight Champion
• 10. Kento Miyahara, Rei Saito, Rising HAYATO &Ryo Inoue 1-0 AJPW Triple Crown Champion
• 11. Knockout Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) 3-0 NJPW, IWGP Tag Team Champions
• 12. Shotzi Blackheart 3-0 CMLL, MLW World Women’s Featherweight Champion
• 13. Ren Ayabe 2-0 1/2 AJPW World Tag Team Champions
• 14. Titans of Calamity (Jack Talos & Ren Ayabe) 3-0 NWA, AJPW World Tag Team Champions
• 15. Hideki Suzuki, MUSASHI, Seigo Tachibana 1-0 1/3 AJPW TV 6 Man Tag Team Champions, AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Champion
• 16. Daisuke Sekimoto, Nobuhiko Kimura & Seigo Tachibana 1-0 AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Champion
• 17. Templario 1-0 CMLL World Middleweight Champion & MLW World Middleweight Champion
• 18. Barbaro Cavernario, Esfinge, Soberano Jr. & Templario 1-0 CMLL Mexican National Light Heavyweight Champion, CMLL World Middleweight Champion, MLW World Middleweight Champion
• 19. Don Callis Family (Mark Davis, Rocky Romero & Trent Beretta) 1-0 ROH
• 20. KUSHIDA & Yutani 2-0 CMLL
• 21. The Skyscrapers (Bishop Dyer & Donovan Dijak) 1-0 CMLL, MLW World Tag Team Champions
• 22. Don Callis Family (Hechicero & Mark Davis) 1-0 CMLL World Heavyweight Champion
• 23. Atlantis Jr. & Esfinge 1-0 CMLL Mexican National Light Heavyweight Champion
• 24. Atlantis Jr., Gallo Jr. & Rafaga Jr. 1-0 CMLL Occidente Tag Team Champions
• 25. Angel de Oro 1-0 1/2 CMLL World Tag Team Champions

🎙️ Rundown — NJPW & OVW

Presented by Ed & Gordon

🟥 NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING (NJPW)

⭐ Results (credit: cagematch.net

(04.05.2026) NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 – Tag 2 – Online Stream @ Fukuoka Convention Center in Fukuoka, Japan
Kick Off: Masatora Yasuda defeats Taisei Nakahara (7:15)
NJPW World Television Title: Konosuke Takeshita (c) defeats Chase Owens (w/Yujiro Takahashi) (11:32)
Unbound Co. (Daiki Nagai & Gedo) defeat Ryusuke Taguchi & Tatsuya Matsumoto (6:50)
Tag Team: Knockout Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) defeat Shota Umino & Tomoaki Honma (9:01)
Aaron Wolf, Master Wato, Tiger Mask, Toru Yano & YOH defeat House Of Torture (Don Fale, Ren Narita, SHO, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Yujiro Takahashi) (w/Dick Togo) (10:02)
Taichi & Yuya Uemura defeat TMDK (Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa) (13:49)
Unbound Co. (Drilla Moloney, Robbie X, Taiji Ishimori & Yota Tsuji) defeat United Empire (Francesco Akira, Jake Lee, Jakob Austin Young & Zane Jay) (8:25)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title: El Desperado & Mistico defeat Ichiban Sweet Boys (Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles) (c) (20:07) – TITLE CHANGE !!!
NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Title: United Empire (Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Will Ospreay) defeat Bishamontin (Hirooki Goto, Oleg Boltin & YOSHI-HASHI) (c) (24:06) – TITLE CHANGE !!!
IWGP Heavyweight Title: Callum Newman (c) defeats Shingo Takagi (35:20)

(03.05.2026) NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 – Tag 1 – Online Stream @ Fukuoka Convention Center in Fukuoka, Japan
Master Wato, Toru Yano & YOH defeat Ryusuke Taguchi, Taisei Nakahara & Tiger Mask (5:12)
Knockout Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) defeat Masatora Yasuda & Tomoaki Honma (3:13)
El Desperado, Mistico, Taichi & Yuya Uemura defeat TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles & Ryohei Oiwa) (10:28)
United Empire (Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Will Ospreay) defeat Goto Revolutionary Army (Hirooki Goto, Tatsuya Matsumoto & YOSHI-HASHI) (10:08)
Konosuke Takeshita & Shota Umino defeat House Of Torture (Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi) (11:43)
Unbound Co. (Daiki Nagai, Drilla Moloney, Robbie X, Shingo Takagi & Taiji Ishimori) defeat United Empire (Callum Newman, Francesco Akira, Jake Lee, Jakob Austin Young & Zane Jay) (10:22)
Aaron Wolf defeats Don Fale (10:30)
NEVER Openweight Title: Ren Narita (w/Dick Togo) (c) defeats Oleg Boltin (15:20)
IWGP Global Heavyweight Title: Andrade El Idolo defeats Yota Tsuji (c) (32:57) – TITLE CHANGE !!!

(01.05.2026) NJPW Road To Wrestling Dontaku 2026 – Tag 8 – Event @ Aira City Sports Park Gymnasium in Aira, Kagoshima, Japan
Daiki Nagai defeats Taisei Nakahara (8:25)
Knockout Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) defeat Tomoaki Honma & Toru Yano by referee’s decision (8:03)
House Of Torture (Chase Owens, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Yujiro Takahashi) defeat Ryusuke Taguchi, Shota Umino & YOH (10:04)
United Empire (Francesco Akira, Great-O-Khan & HENARE) defeat Goto Revolutionary Army (Hirooki Goto, Tatsuya Matsumoto & YOSHI-HASHI) (11:07)
TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles & Ryohei Oiwa) defeat Masatora Yasuda, Master Wato, Taichi & Yuya Uemura (13:48)
Aaron Wolf, Mistico, Oleg Boltin & Tiger Mask defeat House Of Torture (Dick Togo, Don Fale, Ren Narita & SHO) (10:17)
Unbound Co. (Robbie X, Shingo Takagi, Taiji Ishimori & Yota Tsuji) defeat United Empire (Callum Newman, Jake Lee, Jakob Austin Young & Zane Jay) (14:32)

(30.04.2026) NJPW Road To Wrestling Dontaku 2026 – Tag 7 – Event @ Grand Messe Kumamoto in Mashiki, Kumamoto, Japan
Robbie X defeats Taisei Nakahara (4:45)
Knockout Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) defeat Ryusuke Taguchi & Toru Yano (5:04)
House Of Torture (Chase Owens, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi) defeat Shota Umino, Tomoaki Honma & YOH (10:06)
United Empire (Francesco Akira, Great-O-Khan & HENARE) defeat Goto Revolutionary Army (Hirooki Goto, Tatsuya Matsumoto & YOSHI-HASHI) (10:07)
TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles & Ryohei Oiwa) defeat Masatora Yasuda, Mistico, Taichi & Yuya Uemura (13:15)
Aaron Wolf, Master Wato, Oleg Boltin & Tiger Mask defeat House Of Torture (Don Fale, DOUKI, Ren Narita & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) (10:08)
Unbound Co. (Daiki Nagai, Shingo Takagi, Taiji Ishimori & Yota Tsuji) defeat United Empire (Callum Newman, Jake Lee, Jakob Austin Young & Zane Jay) (15:30)

(29.04.2026) NJPW Road To Wrestling Dontaku 2026 – Tag 6 ~ Wrestling Hizen no Kuni – Online Stream @ Saga Arena in Saga, Japan
House Of Torture (Chase Owens, SHO, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Yujiro Takahashi) defeat Master Wato, Shota Umino, Taisei Nakahara & YOH (10:48)
Knockout Brothers (OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) defeat Tomoaki Honma & Toru Yano (8:06)
TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles & Ryohei Oiwa) defeat Masatora Yasuda, Ryusuke Taguchi, Taichi & Yuya Uemura (11:43)
United Empire (Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Jakob Austin Young) defeat Goto Revolutionary Army (Hirooki Goto, Tatsuya Matsumoto & YOSHI-HASHI) (12:05)
Aaron Wolf, Mistico & Oleg Boltin defeat House Of Torture (Dick Togo, Don Fale & Ren Narita) (8:03)
United Empire (Callum Newman, Francesco Akira, Jake Lee & Zane Jay) defeat Unbound Co. (Robbie X, Shingo Takagi, Taiji Ishimori & Yota Tsuji) (16:01)
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Lumberjack: DOUKI (c) defeats Tiger Mask by referee’s decision (17:56)

🔥 Main Event Scene — Uemura, Narita, and the Reiwa Musketeers

• Yuya Uemura continues to gain momentum, positioned as a future challenger for the NEVER or US/Global titles.
• Ren Narita remains entangled in factional tension, teasing a potential split or realignment.
• Shota Umino is being framed as a major summer player, likely for Dominion or G1 positioning.

Ed: “Fans, these young men are fighting like they’re trying to carve their names into the Tokyo Dome itself!”

Gordon: “A most promising generation — each seeking to define his own legacy.”

🟩 Junior Division — Speed, Chaos, and Contenders

• Hiromu Takahashi continues to anchor the division.
• El Desperado and Master Wato remain central figures in multi‑man tags and backstage confrontations.
• A new junior challenger is expected to emerge from the next Korakuen cycle.

🟧 Tag & Faction Warfare

• BULLET CLUB War Dogs continue to dominate the heavyweight tag scene.
• Just 5 Guys and Los Ingobernables de Japón remain locked in multi‑man battles.
• United Empire is teasing internal tension.

📰 NJPW News & Rumors

• Dominion announcements expected soon.
• A major foreign star is rumored for the June/July tour.
• NJPW continues strengthening ties with AEW, CMLL, and STARDOM ahead of Forbidden Door.

🟦 OHIO VALLEY WRESTLING (OVW)

⭐ Results (credit: cagematch.net)

(28.04.2026) OVW Overdrive #184 – Online Stream @ Davis Arena in Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Adam Revolver defeats Juwan Thomas
Lovely Miss Larkan (w/Tommy Boy) defeats Killah Kai
Freya The Slaya defeats Rae Larson
Anthony Toatele defeats Dr. Zo

🔥 OVW Rise — Current Direction

Rise continues to spotlight rising prospects and midcard feuds:

• Women’s Division:
  • Shalonce Royal, Freya the Slaya, and Hollyhood Haley J remain central figures.
• Men’s Midcard:
  • Tony Evans, Luke Kurtis, and Will Austin continue to jockey for position.

Ed: “Fans, Rise is where the future of OVW sharpens its teeth!”

Gordon: “A most developmental environment — yet fiercely competitive.”

📰 OVW News & Rumors

• OVW is preparing a summer push with new talent cycles.
• Several AEW Dark alumni are rumored for upcoming appearances.
• The Netflix documentary bump continues to help OVW’s visibility.

🟦 DESK OUTRO

Ed: “Fans, with New Japan’s young guns surging and OVW’s prospects making noise, the Top 25 board is about to look very different! Some names are climbing fast — others are hanging on by their fingernails!”

Gordon: “Indeed. A most fluid situation. And as always, the rankings will reflect performance, momentum, and competitive significance across the wrestling world.”

Ed: “So stay tuned, fans — an updated Top 25 drops weekly. And with that… so long from the wrestling world!”