Reality of Wrestling 2/1/2026 PLATINUM Episode 22

Reality of Wrestling 2/1/2026 PLATINUM Episode 22

The last show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/01/reality-of-wrestling-1242026-platinum.html

Ryan Davidson comes out to talk. He says the greatest of all time is here. He says New Year's Resolution's are crap as the crowd is still too fat, stupid and ugly to recognize greatness. He says it's the wrestlers too. He says everyone wants to have fun and dance but doesn't know how to work a hold properly.

He mocks the crowd's love of Will Allday and Zilla Fatu. He says he's sick and tired of the fun and people playing wrestler. He says he's as real as it gets and says to bring out his opponent and ref for tonight. He tells his opponent to get his beating like a grown man.

Ryan Davidson vs Buck Gator

They lock up. Ryan backs him up in the corner and slaps him. Buck back elbows him. Ryan lariats him then slams him. Ryan misses a fist drop and is hit with punches. Buck atomic drops him then ear claps him. Buck ear claps him and flying shoulders him over. Buck corner lariats him then hits mounted punches. 

Buck jawbreakers him. Ryan chops him. Ryan misses a corner splash and Buck side slams him. Buck gator rolls him then ddt's him for 2. Ryan chops him. Buck pulls his throat down over the top. Buck top rope crossbodies him for 2. Ryan pushes the ref into the ropes and Buck is crotched up there. Ryan falcon arrows him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was an okay vet vs younger guy match. Buck was likeable and got some shine before going down as expected. I'm interested to see where Buck can go as I think this is a decent gimmick and he's a taller guy.

Will Allday appears on a video. He says let's have some fun if Ryan wants to. He says let's play some music everyone likes to hear then plays his own music. Ryan gets mad.

Emily Mae interviews Monica Monroe. MM says she's on top of the world. She says she's the Sherri Martel Classic winner and the ROW Women's champ. She asks about her mindset vs Jada Stone. She says she won't let Jada cartwheel in here and take her title. She says she will see no one soars higher than Ladybird.

ROW Women's Title - "Ladybird" Monica Monroe (c) vs Jada Stone

Jada armdrags MM. Jada walks up the buckles and seated moonsault armdrags MM. MM flips out of the corner. Jada bridges out of a lariat and reverse headscissors her. MM flips through. MM slingblades her. MM topes her outside. Jada 2nd rope moonsaults her for 2.

Jada trips her and does an indian deathlock. MM clubs on her. Jada backrolls her and chest forearms her. Jada charges in and is hit with a knee. Jada misses a chop and MM chops back.  MM boots her in the corner. Jada corner spears her, chops fher and foot chokes her. 

MM boots her out of the corner. Jada hits a 2nd rope seated spanish fly. Jada has a bad landing from it. MM gets her knees up on Jada's split-legged moonsault. MM 2nd rope twisting blockbusters her. 

They trade shots. MM hits lariats and powerslams her. MM 2nd rope asai moonsaults her for 2. MM is on the 2nd rope and superkicked. Haley J comes out and pushes them off the top for the DQ.

Thoughts: It was an okay bout with a run-in finish here. Things slowed down a little as it went on but these two are clearly on a bit of a higher level than a lot of other girls and did alright.

Haley J beats up both, holds the title up then throws it down.  

Danny Limelight arrives and is interviewed. He is told that he's facing Jesse Funaki. Danny complains that title shots are being given out and says he's jumping the line. Danny asks why she was waiting for him and asks why she didn't have a donut or coffee for him. Emily says he shouldn't have a donut. Danny says he's not putting the title on the line vs Jesse. He says he's teach him a lesson and calls him a punk and a bozo. 

ROW Tag Titles - The Command (Terrell Tempo and Big Luther) (c) vs Better Together (Hadar Horvitz and Ori Gold) vs The Mane Event (Midas Black and Jay Lyon) vs The Dirty White Boyz (Jonny Lyons and YT Shane)

Ori has the longer hair here. YT has the long red hair.

Hadar and Midas go at it. Midas wristlocks him. Better Together kiss Midas and double russian legsweep him. Ori snapmares him and Midas takes a double basement dropkick. Jay comes in and springboard diving armdrags Hadar. He scares him off and dances then armdrags him. Jay hits a corner splash.

Hadar takes a bridging ddt + splash to the back. Hadar jawbreakers Midas. Lyons comes in and dropkicks Midas. He underhook suplexes him. Midas takes a double back elbow and a double elbow drop for 2. Tempo tags himself in off YT.

Temp euros Midas down. Midas hits euros on Tempo. Tempo hits a viralplex on him. Temp jumping elbow drops him for 2. Midas slingshots over Temp and spinning heel kicks him hard in the ear. Jay tope con hilos through a hula hoop through the ropes. 

YT stomps Tempo in the corner then running corner euros him. YT then cheapshots Luther. Temp jumping leg lariats YT. Everyone comes in to stop Tempo from tagging Luther in. The Mane Event grab Luther so he can't tag in. Tempo boots away YT then back body drops Lyons over the top. Luther tags in.

Luther double shoulders 2 people. He catches Midas off the top and gorilla presses him into Jay. Ori superkicks Luther then Luther takes a double flying kick. Luther double lariats Better Together. YT tries to lariat Luther but goes down. YT takes a powerbomb + flying lariat combo from the top and YT is pinned.

Thoughts: It was a shorter but fun tag here. Luther got put over big and the spot with the others trying to stop him from getting in was really creative. The Mane Event looked good and this worked out well. 

Danny Limelight vs Jesse Funaki

Danny has Gaspar Hernandez with him. 

Danny offers JF the chance to lay down then tells him to do it. JF side headlock takeovers him. JF armdrags him into an armlock. Danny side headlocks him. JF leapfrogs then dropkicks him. Danny slides out and JF plancha's him. JF top rope crossbodies him.

JF is sent shoulder first into the post. Danny chops him down then chokes him on the 2nd rope. JF is thrown out and Gas sends him into the rails. JF enzugiri's him. JF back elbows him and boots him out of the corner. JF then running dropkicks him. JF over the back fameassers him for 2.

Danny running knees him for 2. JF 2nd tope tornado ddt's him for 2. JF michinoku drivers him for 2. Gas stares down JF. Danny standing spanish flies him. Danny then hits a single arm pedigree and pins him.

Thoughts: Danny got the win as expected here. Jesse didn't have the cleanest offense here but he did fine in his role as an underdog here. This was fine.

Overall thoughts: It was a solid episode of ROW as usual. The matches are always a bit random but the work is fine. I liked the opener. Buck Gator may have some potential. The women did a good job in their match up until the run-in finish. The tag title match was the best match on the show and the main was fine. I'd give this a 6 out of 10 as I was alright with everything here and I thought it was a good show.