EPW Wrestling Unleashed 9/12/2026 Episode #259

EPW Wrestling Unleashed 9/12/2026 Episode #259

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/epw-wrestling-unleashed-952026-episode.html

We are in Booneville, MS. Gene Jackson and Joey Gross are our hosts. 

We get a graphic for Bill Dundee.

Madi Monroe is interviewed. She says when she had the title, everyone knew where she was. She says then she lost it and it got real quiet. She says maybe she needed that. Diana Taylor interrupts. DT says she knows she's upset about losing the title but says they have been through this. She says she apologizes for getting pinned and costing her the title but says they can do this together. DT offers a handshake and Madi cries. 

Eliza Haze then comes out. She says these two girls have a lot of love going on. She says as the representative of peace, love and flower power, she wants to offer one of them a chance at the SWF Traveling Title. Madi says she's got it, then says "we got it". 

The Culture Project (Zay Washington and Enrico Stredivant) vs The Uncut Gems (Tyler LeMasters and Bobby Ford)

Ford gives a fan a headband during his entrance.

Zay and Tyler lock up. Tyler side headlocks him and gets his hair pulled. Zay side headlocks him. Tyler wristlocks him. Ford 2nd rope double axe handles Zay's arm. Ford armdrags Zay and bangs his head off the buckles. Ford flying back elbows Zay.

Tyler suplexes Zay. Tyler side headlocks him. Zay chops Tyler. Ford sliding lariats Zay for 2. Ford hits mounted punches on Zay. Zay backdrops Ford for 2. 

Ford takes corner spears and a forearm from Enrico. Enrico enzugiri's him and facewash kicks him in the corner for 2. Enrico throws Ford. Ford flips out of Enrico's backdrop. Tyler comes in and hits punches on the heels. Zay enzugiri's Enrico when Tyler ducks.

Tyler germans Zay. Ford top rope double axe handles Enrico outside. Zay facekicks Tyler. Tyler slips out of a brainbuster and pins Zay.

Thoughts: The Gems have been getting some wins here and picked up an upset in this one. What we got was fine and everyone did what they were supposed to do here. 

Eli Knox is interviewed and he's asked if The Order are having in-house issues. Eli gets booed. He says when a group like The Order is so successful, people make conspiracies about it. He says The Order is stronger than it has ever been before. He says it's only a matter of time before the EPW Title is on Dorian's shoulders. He says he took down Moses Cain and asks what happens when Zero comes out. He says he will leave Xero laying on the mat. 

EPW Apex Title - Eli Knox (c) vs Xero

Eli goes after X on the apron. X bangs his face off the buckles. X then top rope crossbodies him. Eli eye rakes him. Eli goes out and he sweeps X on the apron into a neckbreaker. Eli then gets a 2 count on him.

Eli hits downward elbow shots for 2. Eli swinging neckbreakers him for 2. Eli twists his chin. Eli hits elbow drops and poses. X hits shots to the gut and Eli suplexes him. 

ELi clubs on him. They trade shots. X hits leg kicks and a spinning high kick. X tornado bulldog's him for 2. Eli blocks a move and hits a headlock driver for 2. X germans him then pumping knees him. Eli rolls him up off a 619 attempt and pins him.

Thoughts: It was acceptable. I didn't like the headlock driver being kicked out of though as it's a lethal move. They didn't really botch or anything and it went well. I like Xero but he could use some mic time to establish a character.

SWF Women's Traveling Title - Eliza Haze (c) vs Madi Monroe

They lock up and MM takes her down by the arm. MM boots her in the corner. MM corner hip attacks her for 2. MM running euros her in the back then she germans her for 2. 

MM lariats her down. Eliza throws her down by the arm. Eliza gets a 2 count on her. Eliza does a corner hip attack but doesn't come close to hitting her. Eliza then does a second one that is a little better. Eliza bulldogs her for 2. 

Madi hits lariats on her. MM drops her and samoan drops her for 2. Eliza throws her down off the buckles and sleepers her. MM goes on the 2nd rope and Eliza slides to the apron. They argue over the 2nd rope. Eliza rebounds MM with the rope into the ref. Eliza hits MM with the title belt and pins her.

Thoughts: It wasn't good. There were multiple bad looking spots here and the finish wasn't done well.

We see clips of EPW at last year's Tupelo Fair.

We see clips of The Initiative winning the tag titles back. 

The hosts talk. 

EPW Tag Titles - The Initiative (Jason Genesis and Trace Lee Hunt) (c) vs The Bad Era (Luke Justice and Biff Buchanan)

Arynanne is with The Initiative.

Hunt gets backed up by Luke. Luke wristlocks him. Hunt rolls and forearms him. Luke is hammerlocked by Jason then Jason side headlock takeovers him. Hunt elbow drops Luke.

We go to break and return. Jason hits corner spears on Luke. Hunt wristlocks him. Luke boots him in the gut and punches him. Hunt takes an atomic drop into a boot for 2. Jason comes in and Biff shoulders him over. 

Hunt takes a double back elbow for 2. Hunt samoan drops Luke. Jason is flapjacked onto Luke for 2. Jason basement dropkicks him for 2. Luke blocks a double team and neckbreakers Jason. Luke hits punches on Hunt. Luke then is back body dropped into a powerslam for 2. 

Hunt lariats Luke. Luke spinebusters Jason. Hunt comes in and Biff hits hard lariats on him. Biff slams Hunt then splashes him for 2. Biff takes a full nelson + codebreaker double team. Luke then takes a backdrop + backbreaker combo and is pinned.

Thoughts: Luke and Biff came in cold here and they aren't exactly made to be faces so it was a little hard to be invested in this one. Luke had some decent punches and Biff hit some nasty lariats here. It's not like it was bad or anything but Luke's team would have done better against faces like The Uncut Gems or Parental Advisory who could put them over a bit more. I thought it was average.

Overall thoughts: The opener and Knox/Xero was fine. The women's match wasn't good. The main was cold and even though the work wasn't bad, both teams were heels and it just wasn't the right match at the right time. There was a lot of commercials and time filler here. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 as it was a bit average overall.