Limitless Wrestling Built For Speed June 20, 2026

Saturday June 20, 2026 Limitless Wrestling was back at it in Portland, Maine, and at a new venue Live At Madrid's!  Built for Speed featured the debut of former WWE & TNA World Champion and AAA Mega Champion Nic Nemeth, (Dolph Ziggler).

Live At Madrid's is a concert venue located on Fore Street in Portland, that just opened this year on Friday March 13, 2026.  It can hold up to 800 people for it's GA Standing room only shows.  It's a nice venue, the event area is large and rectangle with the stage at one end.  There is a separate larger room with the bar, however other than packaged snacks there is no food.

I get anxious on show days waiting around the house to go to wrestling.  Once I did head out I saw a message from Roy, he and Randy's mom were heading down to the show and had vehicle issues so I picked them up at the Exit 43 quick stop.  Roy and I haven't traveled together to a wrestling show in a long time, so it was nice to chat wrestling with him in the van.  We got the venue and unloaded the van, I then found parking, more on that later.  We helped Marsali get everything set up with merch and chatted with everyone before show time.  VIP doors were at 530, doors at 6pm, bell time 7pm.

This is show 389 lifetime, 10th show of 2026, let's get to the matches:

LJ Cleary pinned Jack Morris

The battle of the Good Looking Guys right here in Portland, Maine!  Before the match Jack cut a promo playing off that he is from Scotland and how the Scotland Tartan Army has taken over New England with the World Cup at Gillette Stadium.  He then turned on LJ calling him the weak link the group and attacked him before the bell.  It was a fun match with Jack getting the better of LJ at the beginning of the match. LJ battled back and finished a flurry of offense with an Irish Goodbye for the pin. 

GLG was a faction in Japan's Pro Wrestling NOAH that started in January 17, 2023 with founding members Anthony Greene, Jack Morris, and Jake Lee.  Later Tadasuke, YO-HEY, and LJ Cleary was the last member to join.  The group disbanded on July 13, 2024 at NOAH Destination 2024 when Jake Lee, Tadasuke, & YO-HEY defeated AG, Jack Morris and LJ in a six-man tag.  Jake Lee then joined Bullet Club War Dogs and left the promotion.

Fatal Four Way: Daron Richardson defeated Daphne DeVille, Ace Romero, & DJ Springs pinning DeVille with a handful of tights.

DJ Springs was making his Limitless debut in this match.  Very solid fatal four way with action all over the place, as expected.  I thought Daphne was going to take the win in the one, however Daron rolled her up and with a handful of tights secured the 3 count.  This was Daron's 5th appearance in Limitless and his first win.

Jada Stone & Gabby Forza defeated B3: Aaron Ortiz & Anthony Vecchio when Gabby pinned Anthony with a fire thunder driver

Gabby was Jada's surprise partner for the match.  This was  a terrific match, as you would expect because all 4 of these wrestlers are excellent!  If you know me you know I love Gabby, Jada is excellent, so quick in the ring and just a speed demon, TNA should do more with her.  

I want to talk about the Shooter Boys.  They are wicked friggin good! I mean they make EVERYONE they are in the ring with look better because of their effort.  It's hard to believe they have only been wrestling for 2 years.  Everyone needs to watch these guys, if they stay together they will set fire in tag team wrestling, I have no doubt about it! 

Nic Nemeth pinned Anthony Greene

I thought this was a fantastic match, AG's left leg is a bit stove up and as I knew this and it made me a bit nervous watching it.  Match started with Rich taking 70 seconds to announce Nemeth and his accomplishments.  Some funny business the start the match, and then it turned serious and highly competitive.  Nemeth hit near a dozen elbow drops on Greene at one point, which I had never seen before.  Nemeth got the pin after his second zig zag after near 17 minutes of action.

At Intermission time I was able to get Jack to sign my NOAH programs and I got a photo with all three members of GLG at the show.

VLC Qualifying Match: Aiden Aggro with J-Heru defeated 23 Hazard by count-out

Man the crowd hates Hazard, with a passion! Hazard was the aggressor through the match, the action spilled to the floor.  Where Hazard has Aggro down, but got distracted arguing with the crowd and wasn't listening the referee Eric Greenleaf's count with Aggro just beating the count back into the ring.

Post match Hazard cut a promo stating he wasn't leaving the ring until he qualified for the Vactionland Cup.  A man in a Bluye Demon mask slid in the ring revealing himself to be Scotty 2 Hotty and attacked Hazard from behind.  He then challenged Hazard to any type of no rules match at VLC.

Limitless World Champion: Donovan Dijak pinned Bear Bronson

VERY hard hitting match, I mean these two beat the crap out of each other.  They fought on the floor and around the ring through the crowd.  They even went up on the stage where Dijak hit Bear with a DDT on the stage that sounded terrible.  Dijak hit feast your eyes on a chair for the pin.

Post match Dijak tried to continue the attack only the be stopped by Gabby Forza.  Gabby then challenged Dijak for a title match at VLC. 

Very solid show from the first bell to the last!

The show looked very cool with the lighting set up and the sound system is top notch.  It gave me a studio wrestling feel and I dug it.  The lighting, however, was not great for photos with my phone from where I was watching, as you can see.  There did have seating on two sides of the ring and the stage had seats as well.  I was standing next to the stage behind the seats and I like my view.  My buddy Ben was on the far side of the venue with only standing room and he said he couldn't see very well.

My only complaint of the venue is as they do not have their own lot you are stuck with city parking which is horrible overpriced.  My buddy Mikey parked in the garage and it cost him $60.  There is three different metered parking areas, one is a flat $15 all day and that was full, the other is $30 for the first 3 hours and $5 for each hour after, it would have cost me $50 to park there, I was lucky and found a street parking spot at $2 an hour, but no fee after 6pm, so it only cost me $4 to park.

Next up for Limitless is Friday July 17th for Crunch Time, and on Saturday August 8th for the Vacationland Cup.  Tickets are available for both shows on www.limitlesswrestling.com

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Masked Mania Bangor, June 13, 2026

On Saturday night June 13th Masked Mania brought their traveling Lucha Libre show to the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, Maine.  When this show was announced earlier this year I was extremely surprised and excited, but more surprised.

Masked Mania is operated by Masked Republic, a company that started selling Lucha Libre related merchandise and has branched into running Lucha Libre events featuring some fantastic luchadores from the past and present.  However they run in areas like Texas and Colorado where this is a larger Hispanic population, which is not the case in Maine.

I was most excited about the announcement as Sam Adonis wrestles on their shows and he's someone I have enjoyed watching over the years, especially his feud with Psycho clown going back to 2021, it was the best feud going in AAA prior to their purchase by WWE.

My buddies and I all ended up getting the front row VIP that came with early entrance and pre-show meet and greets with 5 wrestlers, lanyard, and event poster.  Being honest, tickets didn't sell well, outside social media pages I didn't see any advertising for it until just a few days before the show.  We kept checking ticketmaster to see how ticket sales were going, and we were concerned they would cancel the show.  I'm very grateful that they didn't.  

I did what I could, I shared the poster and link for tickets on my social media's and in various Facebook groups: Maine, New England, and even Canada has it's only a couple hour drive from Canada to the New Brunswick border.  I wanted the event to succeed because I want them to come back.  I would guess there was maybe 500 - 600 people there, but even set up half house it looks sparce as that is a 2,000 people set up.

Jay, Mikey, Calvin and I met at my house and we loaded in the van for the 75 minute drive north, stopping at Chick Fil A for dinner, 1 of only 2 locations in Maine.  Calvin hadn't been to Maine since 2012 and had never been further north than Portland, so on the way to the venue I drove him past Stephen King's house.

Several wrestlers that were advertised did not appear, Juventud Guerrera, Galena Del Mal, and Ludark, according to Sam Adonis, were all flying from Mexico to Washington DC, then on to Bangor.  They all had flight issues and couldn't get out of DC in time to make it to show.  This would alter the main event that Juvi was advertised in.  Anthony Greene was supposed to team with Sam Adonis against Juvi & Jack Evans, however he tweaked his shoulder on Thursday and wasn't able to appear either.  Everyone else advertised appeared. 

VIP was supposed to be in at 5:30, however we got in at 5:45, once we were all checked in they took us down to the VIP room where we got our poster and lanyard.  Juvi was advertised as 1 of the 5 VIP, they made it up to us and we got 6 in the VIP, Halloween Jr, Mascarita Divina, Vampiro, Psicosis, Ray Lyn and Sam Adonis!

I got my poster signed by all, and cards signed by Vampiro, Psicosis, and Sam Adonis.  What was very cool was Sam recognized me and even introduced my to Ray Lyn as his friend from twitter.  We had a good chat for a few minutes, and Sam as cool as I thought he would be.

We went up to the lobby and after snagging a cool photo in front of their backdrop we headed to the tables as I had a Record Luchas card I wanted to get Jack Evans to sign.  Jack was SUPER cool, he didn't charge anyone and was really into everything that people wanted him to sign.  He had a lot of good to say about Record Luchas, and this guy from Boston had some VERY cool Ring of Honor posters for Jack to sign.  My buddy Roy got Jack and Vampiro to sign a Wrestling Society X DVD case.

We got to our seats and as I mentioned earlier the crowd about 500 - 600 but well spread out in the venue.  I will say from my perspective it was loud crowd that was into the show all night long.  I made the conscious decision that I was going to cheer the technico's and boo the rudo's all night long.  

I have to give all the credit in the world to these guys and gal because they all busted their asses all night long.  This was not taped for TV, you're not going to find the event streaming anywhere, other than one guy filming occasionally with a camera phone set up, this show was for us.  Not a single one of them, from my point of view, was "going through the motions" they made sure everyone that bought a ticket got their moneys worth and we did.

Masked Mania Bangor is my 388th live wrestling event, other than the four local wrestlers, I had only seen one wrestler in person before today and that was Psicosis.  I have watched matches with Vampiro, Sam Adonis, Jack Evans, Halloween Jr. & Ray Lyn, but have never even heard of the other wrestlers that I am aware of.  In each match the wrestlers established very quickly who the technico and who the rudo was, which was important.

The show opened with Vampiro coming out to thanks the fans for coming and talk about his career, he compared Thunder Bay, Ontario to Bangor size wise.  Sam Adonis hit the ring and attacked Vampiro with his flag.  Jack Evans ran out and made the save. 

Tigre W pinned Incindior with a standing Spanish fly

The crowd was hot for this opening and were solidly behind Tigre W and much like myself, for the most part everyone cheered and booed accordingly.  I thought it was great match with some back and forth action and they really showed off that Lucha Libre style that was received well. 

Tigre got the win with an impressive standing Spanish fly.  I was not able to find anything on the internet about Incindior or Tigre W.

Smiley pinned Chris Desmond with a swanton bomb

Smiley is a big fella and he can move, I was impressed with his athleticism.  Smiley is advertised from Maine, so I looked him up as I am pretty knowledgeable about wrestlers from Maine.  Perhaps he was born here, but he is mostly based out of the New York / New Jersey area.  He wrestled on the GCW show as Smiley that was in Maine in November 2025.

Chris Desmond is a student of the Monster Factory debuting in 2021 and wrestling primarily in the New Jersey area.  It was a fun match, there was a spot in the beginning with Ethan's cellphone that Desmond took and then Smiley took from him and they did some moves and reversals filming a video.  It was fun, crowd ate it up.   

23 Hazard & "World Class" Channing Thomas defeated Miracle Ones: Dustin Waller & Ichiban when Channing pinned Ichiban after spike pile driver

Most everyone in the crowd was familiar with these four and they got a great reaction.  They have worked together numerous times as partners and opponents and they are all solid in the ring.  I'm a fan of all of them and have been for a long time.  

I was surprised to see Channing and Hazard get the win.  When it was announced that locals would appear on the show, I knew Ichiban would be on the show as the number 1 luchador in New England.

Blitzkrieg II pinned AMB: Austin Michael Baldridge with a phoenix splash

Before the match AMB came out cut a promo stating he wants to beat the legends of Lucha Libre solidifying himself as the rudo.  Blitzkrieg II made his entrance to great fanfare, and his did some tumbling during his entrance the popped the crowd.  I was excited for a different reason as I know that Jack Evans is Blitzkrieg II, he was given the gimmick in 2004 by the original Blitzkrieg from late 1990's WCW fame.  Evans has not wrestled as Blitzkrieg II since March 2007 so seeing him being the character back was special.

Timing seemed to be a bit off on this one, the crowd was also a bit quieter as they had been hyped the last three matches and needed time to recover, cheering is tiring.   Blitz got the pin with a phoenix splash that was gorgeous.  My buddy Mikey took the video of his entrance.

Chris Nasty & Ultimo Maldito defeated Rayo Star & Anubbis when Maldito pinned Anubbis

This match was excellent!  These four tore it up, and got the crowd hopping once again.  Rayo got the crowd chanting in Spanish, to me it was very traditional Lucha Libre with the quick tags, high flying offence and just visually pleasing all around.  Everyone was great!

Chris Nasty I thought was very impressive.  He is based out of California and trained at the Santino Brothers Wrestling Academy, competing the last 6 years primarily on the West coast.  This was his first time wrestling on the east coast.  I hope Randy brings him in for Limitless.  Maldito has been wrestling for 12 years and is based out of Mexico, but has had several matches on the west coast of the United States as well. 

Rayo Starr has been wrestling 14 years and according to cagematch was trained by the legendary Cynthis Moreno.  He also has wrestled primarily in Mexico with some West Coast US matches.  Anubbis, if I found the right one, seems have been wrestling for 10 years and is based out of Tijuana.

This was a tremendous match!  I didn't take many pictures because I was too busy watching it!

We got a 15 minute intermission that was needed to rest up after that match. 

Ray Lyn & Mascarita Divina defeated Terror Oscuro & Guerrero del Cielo when Ray Lyn pinned Oscuro

This lucha libre to me as well as we have a luchadora and a mini teaming up against a couple rudos.  Divina is based in Mexico City and is a 21 year veteran who has wrestled primarily in Mexico.  Ray Lyn has been wrestling for a dozen years, trained by Al Snow and Nick Dinsmore.  Has wrestled in US, Canada, Japan, and even in China.  She's had 3 matches with AEW and 1 with WWE, with Heather Monroe as Blonde Force Trauma held the BCW Tag Team Championships for 813 days. 

Del Cielo was clearly Chris Nasty and I'm fairly certain Oscuro is Rayo Star.  They didn't hold back at all with Ray and Divina taking a beating.  This match spilled on the floor and around the ring.  It was great and the crowd was really into it!  Lyn got the pin on Oscuro.

Main Event: Vampiro & Jack Evans defeated Sam Adonis & Halloween Jr. by pinfall with a double school boy that saw Vampiro pin Sam Adonis and Evans pin Halloween Jr. 

Vampiro was the surprise tag team partner for Evans and it popped the crowd.  I had found before the show that Vampiro was going to come out of his near two month retirement to wrestle in the main event.  I messaged Roy Lucier, the biggest Lucha fan that I know letting him know as I knew it was surprise him.

The crowd was up for this one, and the action started on the outside of the ring as Adonis and Halloween jumped them.  They brawled around the ring and through the stands.  The finally made it back to the ring and even tagged in and out a bit until Vamp and Jack rolled the rudos up for the double pin to send the fans home happy.  I loved the match, Sam is awesome watching him work the crowd and control the flow of the match was fun for me.

I had never seen Vampiro wrestle in person before and thought I never would.  I loved the match for what it was.  It was my favorite match of the night because I got to see Sam and Vampiro wrestle live.

After the match Vampiro said a few words, asked if we wanted Masked Mania to comeback, I mean hell yeah I do, but I can't imagine they will.  If they do, they should really run in the Portland area.

It was such an awesome show, like I said everyone busted their asses to make sure we got a great show.  If  they are in your area, don't miss out, buy a ticket, go yell and scream and have a good time.

For those wondering these are the two matches I had seen Psicosis wrestle in before tonight.  Incidentally he made and appearance in the VIP and then a merch table before the show, but that was it.  He didn't come out during the show and didn't work the gimmick table again.

June 9, 1997 WCW Monday Nitro in Boston, Ultimo Dragon, Super Calo, & Juventud Guerrera defeated Psicosis, Silver King, & La Parka and

December 5, 2005 WWE Smackdown House Show Lewiston Colisee, Maine, WWE Tag Team Champions: MNM:  Johnny Nitro & Joey Mercury w/ Melina defeated The Mexicools: Psicosis & Super Crazy

I'm very happy for my pals Ethan, Greenleaf, and Gina who got to work the show, Ethan as the ring announcer and Greenie and Gina as the only two referees.

We hit the road stopping at Dysarts for drinks and snacks.  I was in my home just after 11pm which isn't bad at all.  Of course, first thing I did when I got home from wrestling, was to watch more wrestling.  

Thank you for reading, please leave a comment, check sout my other posts, and if you want like my blogs Facebook page.  You can also head over to Amazon and pick up a copy of my book the 2024 Limitless Wrestling Almanac, or any of my other books.

Until next time!