By Chris Vetter, ProWrestling.net Contributor (@chrisvetter73)
Maple Leaf Pro “Mayhem – Episode 10”
Taped August 7-8, 2026, in Windsor, Ontario, at St. Clair College
Aired September 17, 2026, on TSN2 and streamed for free on MyAEW.com
The crowd looks good, maybe 500 to 700. Mauro Ranallo and Don Callis provided commentary.
** This was presumably recorded August 8, as MLP held tapings August 7 and August 8, but it appears no results for either night were submitted to cagematch.net. If I am correct on the date, this is the first episode from this taping.
1. Rhino vs. Steve Maclin. Rhino emerged from the back but was immediately attacked from behind. Maclin dragged him to ringside. They got in the ring and started brawling. I started the stopwatch at first contact, but we never got a bell. Rhino set up for a Gore at 1:00, but Maclin sprayed pepper spray in Rhino’s face! Rhino rolled on the mat in pain, and two refs gave him towels to wipe out his eyes. Mauro said Maclin was “despicable and disgusting.” The ref called for the bell at 2:00! Mauro is shocked Rhino wanted to continue! Maclin shoved the ref and hit a low blow on Rhino, and the ref finally called for the bell.
Rhino defeated Steve Maclin via DQ at 2:42/official time of 00:42.
* Maclin punched the referee. “This is assault, Don Callis!” Mauro shouted, while also demanding that Maclin be suspended. Maclin hit a “Con-Chair-to,” slamming one chair onto Rhino’s head, which rested on another chair. A medic checked on Rhino, but Maclin attacked him, too. [C] Replays of the assault aired after the commercial break. We then saw Maclin being escorted from the building.
2. Rohan Raja (w/Aurora Teves) vs. Capitan Suicida. Suicida was in a four-way tag match on last week’s show. (Which is why I fully believe we’ve started seeing matches from Aug. 8.) Standing switches to open, and Mauro talked about Raja recently competing in Mexico, and how hot the lucha libre scene has become. Raja knocked him down with a shoulder tackle. Suicida hit a headscissors takedown, then a flip dive to the floor onto Raja. Aurora distracted Suicida; it allowed Raja to crotch Suicida in the corner and take control [C].
Back from the break, Suicida hit a kip-up stunner for a nearfall at 3:00. He nailed a Swanton Bomb for a nearfall, then a superkick. Raja caught him for a swinging sidewalk slam for a nearfall at 4:30. Suicida hit another superkick. Aurora grabbed his ankle! It allowed Raja to land a kick, then a leaping Flatliner for the tainted pin.
Rohan Raja defeated Capitan Suicida at 5:03.
* Raja pulled off Suicida’s mask! The crowd booed loudly! Callis said this is like going to a man’s house and attacking his family. The ref put a towel over Suicida’s head and helped him to the back. Raja celebrated in the ring and held his new trophy above his head. The crowd responded with a loud, “Asshole!” chant. Raja leaned into the camera and taunted Andrade El Idolo. Those two will square off October 3!
* A vignette aired for Crazzy Steve, who has been revealed as the voice in Psycho Mike’s head! Mike shouted at Steve, “I will be what you want me to be!” and he stormed off. Steve cackled.
* Clips aired from last week, where Priscilla Kelly and Nikki Storm (f/k/a Nikki Cross) had a confrontation with a lot of “mean girl energy” from both of them.
3. Bryce Hansen (w/Sheldon Jean, Brent Banks) vs. London Lightning. I was just calling on MLP to use more of London! This is his debut here, and the crowd chanted for him. Standing switches to open, and Hansen dove through the ropes and barreled onto London. Dan Maff attacked them both, and the ref called for the bell. Mauro noted that Maff has a never-ending feud with PCO. Maff dragged Hansen into the ring and hit a DVD. Psycho Mike ran in for the save, holding a kendo stick, and he struck Maff. However, Crazzy Steve then attacked Psycho Mike with the kendo stick! “This is pure chaos!” Mauro shouted.
Bryce Hansen vs. London Lightning went to a draw at 00:51 due to outside interference.
* Stu Grayson and Evil Uno stood outside Josh Alexander’s dressing room door. Grayson pounded on the door. A guy answered it and said that Josh would do all his talking in the ring, then shut the door on Stu.
* Mauro narrated a segment of all the top matches at Northern Rising on October 3. Maff, Psycho Mike, and Crazzy Steve will face in a three-way.
4. Gisele Shaw vs. Priscilla Kelly for the MLP Women’s Title. Standing switches to open and a feeling-out process. Shaw hit a spin kick and was booed. Priscilla hit a shotgun dropkick at 1:30, then another dropkick as Shaw was tangled in the ropes, and Gisele fell to the floor. They fought at ringside. Shaw whipped Kelly into the ring steps, and Kelly was selling back pain. [C] (Again, the screen goes black for three seconds on the commercial break.)
They were in the ring, with Shaw applying a rear-naked choke on the mat, as we returned from the break. Priscilla fired up and hit some forearm strikes, but Shaw countered with a spinning back fist. Kelly hit a pump kick, and they were both down at 4:30. They both barely got up before the 10-count. Priscilla hit some clotheslines, then an STO clothesline for a nearfall at 6:00. Kelly hit some Kawada Kicks to the forehead. Shaw hit a superkick.
Shaw hit a spear for a nearfall and a Death Valley Bomb for a nearfall at 7:30. The crowd rallied for Priscilla, and Shaw was livid! Shaw applied a modified Crossface on the mat, but Priscilla crawled and reached the ropes. Shaw pulled her back into the center of the ring and re-applied the hold. Kelly hit a Dragon Suplex for a nearfall at 9:00! Shaw hit the backbreaker over the knee-and-swinging faceplant combo for a nearfall. We got a “This is awesome!” chant. Kelly hit a vicious, diving forearm strike to the side of the head and scored the pin! “We’ve got a new champion!” Mauro shouted. I did NOT see that coming!
Priscilla Kelly defeated Gisele Shaw to win the MLP Women’s Title at 10:21.
* Kelly celebrated with the belt. Mauro said she will now face Nikki Cross at Northern Rising!
Final Thoughts: I’m so glad I don’t read spoilers! I truly had no sense whatsoever that Priscilla Kelly was coming out of that match as champion. As I indicated last week, I fully expected Nikki to interfere in this match, turning the match at Northern Rising into a three-way for the title. A well-worked main event, too. Priscilla has certainly worked a lot since she left WWE, and it’s improved her in-ring game.
I guess I would have liked to have seen a bit more of London Lightning vs. Bryce Hansen before a run-in. Having MLP’s two homegrown studs, Lightning and Hansen, get torn apart by Maff, who is in his late 40s, sends a bad message. The show should build around younger, Canadian-born wrestlers, not a guy whose best days were in ROH 20 years ago, and even then, he wasn’t a main-eventer. I will again applaud Maff for losing a lot of weight and looking great, but this isn’t how I would have booked this match.
I’ve noted that MLP sure has a lot of ex-TNA wrestlers on the roster… and D’Amore brought in another one: Crazzy Steve. Like the first nine episodes, this show runs 44 minutes.
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