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Tuesday night kicked off the start of the NBA postseason, when the Portland Trail Blazers secured the 7-seed in the West playoffs and the Charlotte Hornets won an overtime thriller to avoid elimination in the battle for the East’s final playoff spot.

But while numerous storylines will play out during the two-month trek to decide the 2026 champion, this is a good opportunity to take stock of what just took place across every franchise’s 82-game regular season.

It has been an eventful 2025-26, full of superlative performances, shocking trades and surprises up and down the league standings. (Plus plenty of talk surrounding tanking and other less savory subjects.)

Here, we’re handing out regular season grades to all 30 teams — an ode to ESPN NBA analytics and grades legend Kevin Pelton — using a simple rubric: Did a team meet, exceed or fall short of its preseason expectations?

Teams will have to go above and beyond to receive one of the seven ‘A’ grades handed out. See where all 30 teams landed below. (Teams are in alphabetical order within each grade).

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A’s | B’s | C’s | D’s | F’s

Jump to a team:
ATL | BOS | BKN | CHA | CHI | CLE
DAL | DEN | DET | GS | HOU | IND
LAC | LAL | MEM | MIA | MIL | MIN
NO | NY | OKC | ORL | PHI | PHX
POR | SAC | SA | TOR | UTA | WAS

‘A’ grades

2025-26 record: 56-26
ESPN Forecast: 43-39

Given the roster reshuffle in the wake of Jayson Tatum‘s torn right Achilles — Boston traded Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday and lost Al Horford in free agency — a run to the 2-seed was difficult to fathom. But behind a Coach of the Year caliber job by Joe Mazzulla and a career-redefining season from Jaylen Brown, the 2024 NBA champs are right back in the mix. And with Tatum rounding into form during his 16-game runup to the playoffs, the Celtics are back as the favorites to win the conference.

2025-26 record: 44-38
ESPN Forecast: 26-56

The belief leaguewide — and likely in Charlotte as well — was that the 2025-26 season would provide valuable experience for the team’s young talent as the franchise prepared to add another high lottery pick in a loaded 2026 draft class. Instead, Charlotte went 18-9 after the All-Star break to roll into the play-in tournament with a chance to reach its first playoff series in a decade. But whatever happens in Friday’s game, the season has been an unqualified success in Buzz City.

2025-26 record: 60-22
ESPN Forecast: 47-35

Going from 14 wins in 2023-24 to 44 wins last season was a remarkable feat. Going to this season’s staggering 60 victories, something that’s only happened twice in the franchise’s illustrious history — is at another level. Cade Cunningham became an MVP candidate, Jalen Duren developed into a star and the Pistons reclaimed their status as the East’s menacing, physical contender.

2025-26 record: 45-37
ESPN Forecast: 30-52

The Suns were seen as a team more likely to finish last in the league than to make the playoffs. And yet, they flirted with a top-six seed in the West all season, ultimately finishing seventh, and now will have to win Friday to make the playoffs. Phoenix hired an excellent young coach in Jordan Ott, who has created an impressive hard-working, hard-playing culture in his first season.

2025-26 record: 62-20
ESPN Forecast: 44-38

Heading into the season, San Antonio merely reaching the postseason was considered a reachable goal, especially after Spurs’ 34-win campaign featured Victor Wembanyama missing the second half due to a blood clot issue. But not only has Wemby been healthy, he led the Spurs to 62 wins while nearly chasing down the defending champion Thunder for the league’s best record.

2025-26 record: 53-29
ESPN Forecast: 50-32

It might not feel great in Lakerland right now, given devastating injuries to leading scorers Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves just before the playoffs, but it’s hard to see this season as anything but a success in the aggregate. The Lakers finished with a top-four seed in the West, Doncic had an MVP-caliber season and LeBron James settled into a role as a third star who had the franchise dreaming of a deep playoff run before injuries hit.

2025-26 record: 64-18
ESPN Forecast: 64-18

It says plenty where the defending champions sit that winning 64 games is seen as achieving an expected outcome, but it’s a truthful statement. The fact the team did it with so many injuries throughout the season is a testament to the talent across the roster, and the sheer steadiness of potential two-time MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Oklahoma City will now hope to do something else it is expected to: Break the NBA’s record streak of seven seasons without a repeat champion.


‘B’ grades

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Deni Avdija’s big and-1 puts Portland ahead, reaches 40 points

2025-26 record: 42-40
ESPN Forecast: 39-43

The regular season began with coach Chauncey Billups being charged in a federal gambling investigation. It ended with the team completing a sale to new owner Tom Dundon. Through it all, Portland finishing the regular season in the upper half of the play-in tournament is quite an accomplishment, particularly to interim coach Tiago Splitter and star forward Deni Avdija. It was a successful campaign for the rising Blazers, even before Avdija led them to the 7-seed and the franchise’s first playoff appearance in five years

2025-26 record: 46-36
ESPN Forecast: 33-49

The Raptors were hard to place coming into this season, particularly since Brandon Ingram (ankle) had yet to make his Toronto debut after joining the team ahead of last year’s trade deadline. But he played 77 games — most since his rookie season in 2016-17. Ingram’s bounce-back season and Scottie Barnes‘ All-NBA-caliber leap have the Raptors in the playoffs for the first time in four years.

2025-26 record: 46-36
ESPN Forecast: 47-35

Atlanta entered the season with aspirations of a top-four seed, built around longtime franchise icon Trae Young. Instead, Young was sidelined in October with a knee injury, played 10 games for the Hawks and was traded to the Wizards in the first deal of the season. But after floundering in the bottom of the East play-in picture through the All-Star break, a furious finish behind first-time All-Star Jalen Johnson lifted the franchise all the way to sixth.

2025-26 record: 54-28
ESPN Forecast: 53-29

It’s been an eventful season in Denver, one that concluded in odd fashion with the Nuggets trying to avoid the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first round and ultimately still ending up against the team they’ve faced in the playoffs twice in the past three seasons. But at the same time, Denver will enter the playoffs relatively healthy and as one of three teams expected to have a chance to emerge from the West with a chance to win a second championship in the past four seasons. That’s where Denver was expected to be when the season began.

2025-26 record: 52-30
ESPN Forecast: 54-28

This is another case where the season ended at or above where it was supposed to, just in a more circuitous path than expected. With starting point guard Fred VanVleet out with a torn ACL, Houston’s offense sputtered, and the team’s young talent — specifically Amen Thompson and Reed Sheppard — had its ups and downs. And yet, Houston is expected to win a playoff series for the first time since 2020, and matched last season’s 52-win total.

2025-26 record: 45-37
ESPN Forecast: 40-42

Until last week, this season would have been considered a major success after last year’s injury-filled 24-58 campaign. But the news of Joel Embiid‘s emergency appendectomy could derail the 76ers bounce-back season before the playoffs even begin. So even though the Sixers pushed for a top-six seed, rookie VJ Edgecombe shined and Tyrese Maxey played his way into a likely All-NBA breakthrough, 2025-26 could end like many recent seasons in Philadelphia — disappointing injury news involving Embiid.


‘C’ grades

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2025-26 record: 20-62
ESPN Forecast: 23-59

It might not have been an enjoyable process, but Brooklyn wound up where it was supposed to be: bottom three in the NBA standings with the highest possible odds of landing a top-four pick in June’s draft. Michael Porter Jr. posting a career season after coming over (along with a future first-round pick) in an offseason trade with Denver was a welcomed bonus, but the Nets’ overall goal was achieved.

2025-26 record: 52-30
ESPN Forecast: 59-23

Cleveland entered this season as co-favorites to come out of the East, but a topsy-turvy season saw the Cavaliers break up their “Core Four” and limp to a fourth-place finish. With former MVP James Harden replacing Darius Garland in the backcourt in one of trade season’s biggest moves, Cleveland is banking on a deep playoff run to change this assessment, but it’s been an unsatisfying regular season.

2025-26 record: 49-33
ESPN Forecast: 51-31

The Timberwolves have been the big winner from the tanking maneuvers at the top of the Western Conference over the past few days, as they will get the Nuggets, a team they’ve had postseason success against, and then an inexperienced Spurs squad as they vie for a third straight Western Conference finals. But it’s been an up-and-down season, and rather than pushing for a top-four spot in the West, they nearly found themselves in the play-in.

2025-26 record: 53-29
ESPN Forecast: 54-28

The Knicks, like the Cavaliers, entered the season with sky-high expectations after moving on from coach Tom Thibodeau after last season’s conference finals defeat. And while this season’s story will ultimately be written in the playoffs, it can only be seen as a mild disappointment right now. In Brown’s first season, the Knicks feel like a group that’s played to less than the sum of its parts as they chase preseason ambitions of reaching the NBA Finals for the first time this century.

2025-26 record: 22-60
ESPN Forecast: 19-63

The Jazz accomplished their preseason goal: keep their first-round pick and get one final swing at the top of the draft. Utah accomplished it while trading for former Defensive Player of the Year Jaren Jackson Jr. and being fined for tanking along the way, a more interesting path than many expected. The only thing left is to see if this is finally the year this team gets some lottery luck.

2025-26 record: 17-65
ESPN Forecast: 20-62

Like Brooklyn, the goal was clear all season in Washington: guarantee no worse than the fifth pick in the draft. But while the Wizards were securing the league’s worst record, the franchise made two of the biggest splashes of trade season when it acquired Trae Young and Anthony Davis. With a high lottery pick coming in June, next season will be a fascinating watch in D.C.

2025-26 record: 19-63
ESPN Forecast: 39-43

While Boston avoided a gap year in the wake of Tatum’s injury, the combination of Tyrese Haliburton being out for the season with an Achilles tear and a rash of other injuries in the opening weeks of the regular season doomed Indiana from the start. That said, the Pacers will come out of this season with All-Defense center Ivica Zubac and a potential top-four pick. There are far worse outcomes in a gap year, but Indy’s lost season remains quite a fall from Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals.

2025-26 record: 43-39
ESPN Forecast: 39-43

Like Atlanta, Miami matched most projections but in a convoluted fashion. The Heat spent much of the season fighting for a top-six spot in the East and ended up surpassing their preseason over/under wins total. But after Bam Adebayo said repeatedly throughout the season that he was tired of being in the play-in, Miami finished there for the fourth consecutive season and grabbed the 10-seed for the second straight season. But unlike last year, the Heat couldn’t make a run to the 8-seed.


‘D’ grades

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2025-26 record: 37-45
ESPN Forecast: 48-34

The Warriors began the season dreaming of a top-six finish in the West, with a full season of Jimmy Butler III in the fold and another year of icon Stephen Curry. Instead, Golden State bungled several winnable games early and then endured season-ending injuries to Butler and Moses Moody — plus lengthy absences for Curry and Kristaps Porzingis, among others. The bad stretches and injuries relegated the Warriors to the last team in the play-in for most of the past few months. Could Golden State still make the playoffs? Sure. But this is not the season the Warriors were hoping to have.

2025-26 record: 42-40
ESPN Forecast: 50-32

The Clippers had a great few months to dig themselves out of an early-season hole, but this was a team widely expected to have homecourt in the Western Conference playoffs. LA began the season with an almost unbelievable 6-21 record and coupled it with trading James Harden and Ivica Zubac. Even if both deals, for Darius Garland and a potential mid-lottery pick, were understandable, the final result makes this an easy season to label as a disappointment.

2025-26 record: 31-51
ESPN Forecast: 36-46

Bulls fans might argue this season actually exceeded expectations, given the team finally chose a direction and is now searching to replace Arturas Karnisovas and Marc Eversley as the leaders of basketball operations. But the Bulls, who didn’t enter 2025-26 with visions of the East’s 12-seed, also failed to meaningfully move up in the draft lottery standings after the play-in tournament became out of reach.

2025-26 record: 26-56
ESPN Forecast: 44-38

It’s hard to remember given how awful this season has gone, but Dallas was believed to have a chance to be a factor in the Western Conference this season. Instead, Anthony Davis played 29 games before being traded, and Dallas spent most of the back half of the season desperately trying to move as high in the lottery standings as possible. It now enters the offseason searching for Nico Harrison’s replacement as the franchise’s head of basketball operations.

2025-26 record: 25-57
ESPN Forecast: 42-40

The Grizzlies have been the league’s most egregious tanking machine over the past couple of weeks — it worked, they’re all the way up to sixth in the lottery. But while it’s a positive to come out of a lost season, it doesn’t change that Jaren Jackson Jr. is in Utah, Ja Morant had another invisible campaign and Zach Edey spent another nearly entire season sidelined with ankle issues.

2025-26 record: 45-37
ESPN Forecast: 50-32

After years of inactivity with the roster, Orlando went all-in by trading Memphis four first-round picks for guard Desmond Bane in a move designed to vault the Magic into a true contender status. Instead, Orlando finished another regular season as a below-average offensive team and are unlikely to snap a streak of 16 seasons without a series victory.

2025-26 record: 32-50
ESPN Forecast: 46-36

No team belongs here more than the Bucks. Between a disastrous, injury-filled season that saw Doc Rivers step down as coach and the ongoing saga surrounding superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo, there’s little doubt this season has been a failure. Massive changes are coming to Milwaukee.

2025-26 record: 26-56
ESPN Forecast: 26-56

Expectations might not have been met in New Orleans, where the Pelicans made moves in the offseason while believing this team could contend for a play-in spot or better. But the reason the draft night trade with Atlanta was panned as much as it was last June was because of the expectation the Pelicans would land in the middle of the lottery. And, if it wasn’t for egregious tanking from across the league, the pick would’ve landed even higher than it did.

2025-26 record: 22-60
ESPN Forecast: 37-45

A microcosm of the Kings this season: They were investigated for tanking, in a season that’s been rife with it, and were cleared from it by arguing that their coach just completely messed up a strategy decision in a game. That said it all about a team that was projected to fight for the play-in and instead was one of the league’s worst teams — and then even won its way out of a top-three lottery spot.



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NJ Transit CEO explains World Cup fare hike as NJ Gov again implores FIFA to pay for $150 train tickets

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An already-expensive trip to the World Cup just got even more costly, as NJ Transit and the FIFA New York New Jersey Host Committee announced fare hikes to attend eight matches at MetLife Stadium this year.

The East Rutherford, New Jersey, stadium will host those matches, beginning June 13 and ending with the final on July 19, but a roundtrip train ticket to and from New York Penn Station and MetLife Stadium will be $150, up from the usual $12.90. Shuttles are also available for $80.

NJ Transit CEO Kris Kolluri defended the fare hikes on Friday, saying that the ultimate cost to the public transportation company should not be the burden of New Jersey commuters.

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NJ Transit CEO Kris Kolluri and Alex Lasry, CEO of the 2026 FIFA World Cup New York New Jersey Host Committee, speak during a press briefing on the regional mobility plan for the World Cup in Newark, New Jersey, on April 17, 2026. (Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images)

“It is an exciting moment for New Jersey to showcase New Jersey’s diversity as well as its economic standing in the country and in the world. Equally important, she has said that New Jersey commuters cannot and will not subsidize the movement of fans going to the game, because that would not be fair,” Kolluri said, reiterating that the tournament will cost NJ Transit $48 million.

“In order to move 40,000 people and to pay for the cost of $6 million (per game), we have to charge $150.”

The CEO said that if the regular $12.90 fare were put in place, commuters would subsidize the $48 million bill by 92%.

“No one that I have spoken to thinks that’s fair or reasonable. Commuters in New Jersey should not carry the cost years into the future for a wonderful event, no doubt. But the fans going to the games should burden the cost, that’s all we’re trying to say,” Kolluri added.

Days after New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill said that FIFA should pay for commuters’ costs, she did so again shortly after the fare hikes were announced.

“New Jersey is ready and excited to host eight FIFA World Cup matches this summer – including the World Cup Final,” Sherrill began in a social media post Friday.

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A general view of MetLife Stadium and the Meadowlands Train Station is seen from a NJ Transit train before the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 semi-final match between Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on July 9, 2025. (Luke Hales/Getty Images)

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“Since I took office, my Administration has been working to prepare for the biggest sporting event our state has ever seen – and today, NJ TRANSIT released their Mobility Plan to move 40,000 fans to and from each match safely and efficiently. In the FIFA World Cup agreement that my Administration inherited, FIFA put zero dollars towards transporting World Cup fans. It also eliminated parking at MetLife Stadium, putting the burden of transporting four times more matchday riders than typical for an event at the stadium on NJ TRANSIT. This agreement will cost NJ TRANSIT at least $48 million, while FIFA is positioned to make $11 billion during the World Cup.

“As I have said repeatedly, FIFA should cover the cost of transporting its fans. If it won’t, we will not be subsidizing World Cup ticket holders on the backs of New Jerseyans who rely on NJ TRANSIT every day.”

The fare hikes, however, did not please FIFA. In a scathing statement to Fox News Digital, World Cup COO Heimo Schirgi said the “current pricing model will have a chilling effect,” including congestion, late arrivals, and “broader ripple effects that ultimately diminish the economic benefit and lasting legacy the entire region stands to gain from hosting the World Cup.”

Schirgi also ripped Sherrill for her “unprecedented” ask to make FIFA pay for the commuting costs.

“No other global event, concert or major sporting promoter has faced such a demand. While FIFA is projected to generate approximately $11 billion in revenue, not profit, as the Governor incorrectly claims, FIFA has always been a not-for-profit organization as per our statutes. Revenues from the FIFA World Cup are reinvested into developing the game of football, particularly for youth and women, worldwide,” Schirgi said.

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Commuters move through the NJ Transit section of Penn Station in New York City on May 20, 2025, after NJ Transit resumed operations following a tentative deal to end a three-day strike by train engineers. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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Parking has been barred from MetLife Stadium, and rideshare will be extremely limited, both of which will result in increased NJ Transit commutes.

New York Penn Station will also only be open to matchgoers beginning four hours prior to the start of games, and fans were urged to avoid nonessential NJ Transit travel on game days.

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Lahore Qalandars knock Rawalpindiz out of PSL 11 with dominant win

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Lahore Qalandars players celebrate after dismissing Pindiz batter during their Pakistan Super League (PSL) 11 match at the National Bank Stadium in Karachi on April 18, 2026. — X/@thePSLt20
  •  Lahore Qalandars defeat Rawalpindiz by 32 runs.
  • Chasing 211, Rawalpindiz were restricted to 178-9.
  • Fakhar Zaman gets Player of the Match award.

Defending champions Lahore Qalandars secured their third victory of Pakistan Super League (PSL) 11 on Saturday, defeating Rawalpindiz by 32 runs at the National Bank Stadium Karachi to eliminate them from the tournament.

Chasing 211, Rawalpindiz were restricted to 178-9 in their 20 overs, courtesy of an excellent bowling performance by the Qalandars’ attack.

Pindiz made a poor start as opener Shahzaib Khan became the first batter dismissed in the third over, falling to skipper Shaheen Afridi.

Afridi struck again in the same over, removing captain Mohammad Rizwan for a run-a-ball nine, which included two boundaries, leaving the side struggling at 17-2 in 2.3 overs.

Daryl Mitchell and Yasir Khan then steadied the innings with a crucial partnership, taking the score past the 50-run mark. The duo added a 50-run stand as Yasir played positively, bringing up his fourth PSL half-century.

However, their 71-run partnership was broken when Haris Rauf dismissed Mitchell for 11 off 15 balls, including one four, leaving Pindiz at 88-3 in 9.2 overs.

Rauf struck again in the same over, removing Yasir after a brilliant 58 off 29 deliveries, which included six fours and three sixes.

Sam Billings and Dian Forrester attempted to rebuild the innings and took the score past 100. However, Sikandar Raza broke the stand by dismissing Billings via stumping for just seven runs.

RawalPindiz continued to lose wickets as Usama Mir joined the attack, removing Dian Forrester for eight off 10 balls, leaving the side at 110-6 in 12.5 overs.

Usama struck again, dismissing Colin McConchie for three off five deliveries. Daniel Sams then removed Razaullah cheaply for five off 10 balls, adding further pressure on the batting side.

Saad Masood fought hard with a spirited knock, pushing the total past 150 and bringing up his maiden PSL half-century.

In the final over, Haris Rauf picked up his third wicket by ending Saad’s impressive innings of 54 off 26 balls, which included nine fours and one six, while Asif Afridi hit a four off the last delivery.

Batting first, Lahore Qalandars finished their innings at 210-4 in their allotted 20 overs, courtesy of outstanding performances by their opening batters Mohammad Farooq and Fakhar Zaman.

The pair began scoring at regular intervals, with Farooq leading from the front as runs flowed quickly through boundaries, putting early pressure on the Pindiz bowling attack as the score crossed the 50-run mark inside the powerplay.

Farooq was in top-notch form with the bat, while Fakhar contributed steadily from the other end, which also helped the young batter raise his bat for his maiden PSL fifty.

The duo troubled the opposition and showed no signs of slowing down as they brought up their 100-run stand, showcasing their brilliance while aiming to post a mammoth total to defend.

However, the 121-run partnership was broken when Mohammad Amir struck on the fifth delivery of the 11th over, dismissing the prized wicket of Farooq, who played an exceptional knock of 63 off 41 deliveries, including five fours and the same number of sixes.

Fakhar remained composed at the crease and kept the scoreboard moving for his side, which not only helped the team’s total surge past the 150-run mark but also saw the left-handed batter raise his bat for his 25th PSL half-century.

Abdullah Shafique came to the crease and started piling on runs, notching up a 50-run stand alongside Fakhar as the duo remained dominant with their batting approach.

However, Razaullah struck to break the 70-run partnership, dismissing Abdullah Shafique, who played a vital knock of 26 off 18 deliveries, including one four and two sixes.

Raza then dealt RawalPindiz another blow as he picked up his second wicket of the match, removing Sikandar Raza for a first-ball duck, leaving the team at 191-3 after 18 overs.

Qalandars lost their fourth wicket in the 19th over as Mohammad Amir struck to end Fakhar Zaman’s brilliant innings. He played an exceptional knock of 84 off 54 deliveries, featuring 11 fours and one six.

Charith Asalanka and Asif Ali came to the crease in the final over to finish the Qalandars’ innings.

Asif struck back-to-back sixes to push the team’s total past the 200-run mark and remained unbeaten on 14 off six deliveries, while Asalanka added one run.

Razaullah and Mohammad Amir led the bowling attack, picking up two wickets each during their spells.





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‘The Naked Gun’ actor Paul Walter Hauser bloodies opponent at Maple Leaf Pro’s first US show

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Paul Walter Hauser is an actor who has been in “The Naked Gun,” “Blackbird,” and “Richard Jewell.” But on Friday night at Maple Leaf Pro’s first U.S. event, MLP Multiverse, there was no acting going on.

Hauser squared off against QT Marshall in a sin city street fight at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. It was the final show of Slam Fest. The two pro wrestlers pulled out all the stops and left the ring in complete disarray.

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Paul Walter Hauser competed against QT Marshall at Maple Leaf Pro Multiverse on April 18, 2026 in Las Vegas. (Fox News Digital)

It was a rematch of their brawl at Ring of Honor’s Death Before Dishonor event. Marshall went on the attack first, throwing in all kinds of foreign objects into the ring, including a piece of wood wrapped with barbed wire, a table, a cane, chairs and even a door was brought into the match.

Hauser was able to regain momentum in the match. He set up the barbed-wire object in the corner. Marshall countered and was trying to whip Hauser into the barbed wire. However, Hauser stopped himself. As Marshall tried to take Hauser by surprise, the movie star avoided Marshall and tossed him into the barbed wire.

Marshall was busted open, but wasn’t done. Hauser was trying to inflict more pain. He set up a table near one corner of the ring and poured thumbtacks on top of it. Marshall was able to powerbomb Hauser through the tacked table.

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Paul Walter Hauser is pictured on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. (Nathan Congleton/NBC)

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Hauser was left with thumbtacks in his back and one in his head. He managed to power through and put Marshall into a sharpshooter. Marshall tapped out. Hauser picked up the victory.

Hauser got his start in pro wrestling in 2023 at Pro Wrestling Revolver. He worked his way through appearances at All Elite Wrestling before he signed with Major League Wrestling in 2024.

He’s currently Progress Wrestling’s Progress proteus champion.

Elsewhere, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) world heavyweight champion Hechicero defended his championship against Jonathan Gresham, Maple Leaf Pro Canadian women’s champion Gisele Shaw fended off Shotzi Blackheart, Persephone and surprise entrant Killer Kelly to keep the title.

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Mistico, Mascara Dorada and Amazing Red defeated The Rascalz at Maple Leaf Pro Multiverse on April 18, 2026 in Las Vegas. (Fox News Digital)

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The show started with Subculture, the tag team duo of Mark Andrews and Flash Morgan Webster, defeated Vaughn Vertigo and Guy Cool. The Demand’s Ricochet, Bishop Kaun and Toa Liona defeated Sidney Akeem, Michael Oku and Rich Swaan, Steve Borden defeated Kiran Gray and Mistico, Mascara Dorada, Amazing Red defeated The Rascalz – Desmond Xavier, Zachary Wentz and Myron Reed.



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