By Chris Vetter, ProWrestling.net Contributor (@chrisvetter73)
Maple Leaf Pro “Mayhem – Episode 6”
Taped July 13, 2026, in Windsor, Ontario, at St. Clair College
Aired August 20, 2026, on TSN2 and streamed for free on MyAEW.com
This is Scott D’Amore’s promotion, and the taping looks no different than TNA tapings that have been held in this venue. The crowd looks good, maybe 500 to 700. Mauro Ranallo and Don Callis provided commentary. This is the third episode of the taping.
1. Jay Lethal (w/Blake Christian, Lee Johnson vs. Psycho Mike. They circled each other before locking up. Jay backed away and did a Fargo Strut to earn some “Whooos!” from the crowd. Mike knocked him down with a shoulder tackle at 1:30. The crowd chanted for a “Bodyslam!” They fought to the floor. Mike clotheslined him into the ring. (Once again, Mauro clearly dubbed in new lines about Adam Copeland coming here Oct. 3). Lethal shoved him into a ring post at 3:00 [C] (Again, it’s a two-second break on MyAEW.)
Lethal missed a top-rope elbow drop as we returned from the commercial. Mike hit a springboard crossbody block for a nearfall at 4:30. Mike sidestepped a Lethal Injection, and he hit a bodyslam. Blake and Lee hopped on the apron for a distraction, but Mike hit another bodyslam. The ref got bumped! Billy Gunn and Zach Gowen came to ringside and brawled to the back with Blake and Lee. Lethal was terrified, realizing he was out there by himself. Mike hit a bodyslam for a visual pin, but the ref was down. Steve Maclin jumped in the ring and attacked Psycho Mike! He hit a double-arm DDT. The crowd chanted “Holy shit!” Lethal covered the prone Mike for the tainted pin.
Jay Lethal defeated Psycho Mike at 8:27 (the live report submitted to cagematch.net had it at 11:25).
Maclin leaned into the camera. “I’ve got no one controlling me. I have no orders. I am a free man,” he said.
* A PCO vignette aired.
* Another sit-down interview with Adam Copeland. These have been really well done. He talked about breaking into wrestling as a teen. He talked about how proud he is of being from Toronto, and that he insisted he was always introduced as being from there.
2. Kris Chambers (w/Taylor Rising) vs. PCO. Kris immediately jumped on PCO’s back, but PCO shrugged him off. He tried again, but PCO ran backwards into the corner. Callis said that he barely recognized this man he’s known for 25 years. Chambers tried some chops, but PCO clotheslined them both over the top rope to the floor. PCO then dove through the ropes onto Chambers at 2:00. Back in the ring, PCO hit some headbutts until Chambers finally dropped to the mat. PCO hit a big senton and a chokeslam, then the top-rope moonsault for the pin. Pretty one-sided.
PCO defeated Kris Chambers at 3:36.
* Taylor jumped in the ring and hit a low-bow uppercut! He no-sold it, and the crowd chanted, “He’s not human!” Chambers struck PCO from behind with the ring bell, and that dropped PCO. Callis wondered if Chambers and Taylor “have a death wish.”
* A video package aired highlighting the feud between Gisele Shaw and Dani Luna.
3. Gisele Shaw vs. Dani Luna for the Maple Leaf Pro Women’s Title. An intense lockup to open. Mauro said they’ve shared the ring a dozen times, and Luna has a 2-1 advantage in singles matches. Luna slammed Shaw but missed a sliding clothesline, and they had a standoff at 1:30. Luna threw Gisele to the floor [C].
Back in the ring from the break, Shaw had her tied up on the mat. Gisele mounted her and hit repeated punches. Luna got up and hit some clotheslines at 4:30, then a running Claymore Kick, and they were both down. Luna hit a standing powerbomb with a jackknife cover for a nearfall. This crowd was hot and split. Luna suplexed her from the second rope back into the ring for a nearfall at 6:30. Shaw hit a backbreaker over the knee for a nearfall.
Shaw grabbed a title belt, but the ref confiscated it. Dani went for the Luna landing, but Shaw escaped it. They got up and traded forearm strikes. Shaw hit a spinning back fist. Shaw shoved Luna onto a turnbuckle, rolled up Luna, and scored the pin. Good action, but I never sensed Luna was on the verge of winning.
Gisele Shaw defeated Dani Luna to retain the MLP Women’s Title at 10:53 (the live report had it at 13:51).
* In the back, Steve Maclin talked about coming here to create mayhem. “It’s mayhem for all,” he said.
* Back to the ring, Stu Grayson had his two belts over his shoulders. He got on the mic and said, “I can’t remember the last time I felt so god-damn proud.” Josh Alexander came to the ring! They both held up their MLP Canadian Title. They glared at each other; Josh smiled but never said a word.
Final Thoughts: Episodes 1-3 all came from the first taping, so I presume this episode concludes all the matches from the second day of tapings. The women’s match was fine, but I assumed it would go longer than it did, so it felt like it wrapped up suddenly. (I didn’t realize we had the Stu Grayson-Josh Alexander segment to conclude the show.)
The other matches were fine. The crowd loves Psycho Mike. This PCO match felt like any of his other prior three-minute squashes. It’s fine, but you’ve seen it before. More than the prior episodes… this episode felt like just another TNA taping shot in Canada. Not saying that’s good or bad, but just acknowledging the sheer number of ex-TNA wrestlers who appeared on this particular hour, including the unexpected debut of Maclin and the surprising return of the injured Josh Alexander.
As with the prior five episodes, this comes in at 44 minutes, perfectly timed for an hour TV broadcast.
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