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Saturday, July 25, 2026

New Japan Pro Wrestling 7/22/2026 G1 Climax 36 Day 5

Day 4 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/new-japan-pro-wrestling-7212026-g1.html

United Empire (Great-O-Khan & Jakob Austin Young) vs. Goto Revolutionary Army (Hirooki Goto & Tatsuya Matsumoto)

Khan double chops Goto from behind. They go out and Khan is sent into the rails. Goto bulldogs him on the floor. Goto forearms him outside. Tat is sent into the rails. Khan puts a chair on Goto and sits on him with it. Goto is held and takes a basement dropkick from Jake.

Goto hits chops on Jake. Jake eye rakes him. Jake enzugiri's him. Goto double lariats Khan and Jake. Tat comes in and running euros Jake twice. Tat dropkicks him in the knee for 2. Tat leglocks Jake and Jake ropebreaks.

Tat misses a dropkick and takes a shining wizard from Jake. Tat rolls Jake into a leglock. Khan breaks that up. Khan bites Goto's head then Goto running lariats him. Jake twisting brainbusters Tat for 2. Jake hammerlock ddt's Tat and pins him.

Thoughts: It was short and didn't accomplish a lot. Khan didn't really excited and Tat got a little in on Jake before being put down as expected.

The heels beat up on Tat after and Goto backs them off. Khan then chokes Goto from behind with a towel.

United Empire (Jake Lee & Zane Jay) vs. House Of Torture (SANADA & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)

San's team attacks before the bell. They all go out to fight. Jake is sent into the rails. YK dropkicks Zane in the knee then bangs his knee off the mat. YK eye rakes Zane and Zane pulls his throat over the top. Zane slingshot splashes YK.

Zane bangs YK's head off the buckles. Jake knocks San off the apron and sends him into the rails. YK double boots Jake in the ring out of the corner. Jake back elbows YK and YK dropkicks Jake in the knee.

San dropkicks Jake in the knee then dropkicks him in the chest. San puts Jake in a paradise lock then hits him in the butt with the turnbuckle pad. San is tripped into the ropes and takes a knee to the head. Jake atomic drops San and pretends to sell with him. Zane 2nd rope elbow drops San in the head then fallaway slams YK. San dropkicks Zane in the knee.

Zan thesz presses San and hits mounted shots on him. Zane misses a top rope elbow drop on San. San shining wizards him. San puts Zane in a dragon sleeper then Zane lariats him down for 2. San 2nd rope moonsaults into a grounded dragon sleeper on Zane. San submits Jane.

Thoughts: It was a shorter bout. They didn't go too into the heel tactics here and it was nothing special. It was a little better than expected though. Sanada's gotten a little more serious this tour after goofing around earlier in the year.

Konosuke Takeshita & Toru Yano vs. Masatora Yasuda & Oleg Boltin

Oleg and KT go at it. They test strength and KT overhead suplexes him. They shoulderblock battle. KT facekicks him then Oleg shoulders him over. Masa comes in and hits forearms on Yano. Masa flying forearms him. Masa running back elbows him in the corner. Masa then goes into the exposed buckle when Yano moves.

Yano hiptosses him for 2. Yano goes into the exposed buckle. Yano takes corner attacks and a dropkick from Masa for 2. KT double lariats his opponents but Oleg doesn't budge. Oleg shoulders him then is sent over the top. Masa suplexes Yano for 2. Masa stomps on Yano and pounds on him. Yano sends Masa into the exposed buckle and rolls him up with the tights. Yano pins Masa.

Thoughts: The Oleg vs KT sections were fun and that should be a neat match. Yano cheated as usual. This was too short to be anything.

KT and Oleg shake hands and butt heads outside after.

TMDK (Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa) vs. Unbound Co. (Gedo & Yuto-Ice)

Oiwa side headlocks Ice. Ice hits him in the gut. They trade forearms. Oiwa armdrags him and ducks Ice's kick. Oiwa cravates him and neckbreakers him for 2. Oiwa chinlocks him. Oiwa hits forearms. Ice throws him down backwards. Ice hits chest kicks. Ice running knees him in the corner.

Oiwa blocks a kick. Ice hits hard slaps and chest kicks him down. Oiwa ddt's him. Hart and Gedo get in. They shoulder battle. Gedo runs into him and goes down. Hart corner splashes him then lariats him for 2. Gedo gets a 2 count on him. Gedo hits punches and Hart flying crossbodies him. Hart sentons him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a short waste of time. The four men got one segment each and nothing else. Ice and Oiwa's section wasn't bad and Hart beat Gedo easily as expected.

Unbound Co. (Shingo Takagi & Taiji Ishimori) vs. Unbound Co. (Daiki Nagai & Yota Tsuji)

Shingo and Yota lock up. Yota backs him up on the ropes. Shingo side headlocks him and they shoulder battle. Yota flying headscissors him and Shingo shoulders him over. Nagai comes in and hits forearms on TI. Nagai monkey flips him. TI stunners Nagai over the top rope. TI twists his neck with his feet.

Nagai takes a double back elbow and an elbow drop. Shingo suplexes him. Nagai and Shingo forearm each other. Nagai takes a back elbow then hits his own dropkick. Yota corner splashes Shingo then shoulders him over. Shingo knees Yota in the gut. Yota facekicks him then flatliners him for 2.

Shingo running lariats Yota. Shingo dragon screws him. TI is sent into Shingo then Yota tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him. Yota superkicks Shingo. Nagai corner dropkicks TI for 2. Nagai spinning ddt's TI for 2. Yota flying pumping knees Shingo on the ropes. TI la mistica's Nagai into a border city stretch and submits him.

Thoughts: It was a shorter one. Like the last match, all 4 men got their one section in and not a lot else. The Shingo vs Yota section looked fine but TI vs Nagai wasn't too notable. It was another average waste of time.

G1 Climax 2026 Block B Match - Gabe Kidd vs. Aaron Wolf

Gabe wears a gi out then Wolf puts one on too.

Gabe mocks him and bites his head. Gabe pounds on Wolf and whips him with the gi. Wolf shoulder throws him, STO's him and hip throws him. Gabe hits shots outside and is hip thrown. Wolf chops him down against the rails then Wolf is sent into the rails and post. Gabe hits headbutts on Wolf. Gabe runs the ramp and misses a lariat. Wolf uranage's him on the floor.

Gabe slaps him and is hit with a hard forearm. Wolf corner lariats him and suplexes him. Wolf elbow drops him for 2. Wolf backdrops him. Gabe boots him out of the corner and hits forearms. Wolf no sells them and chops him. Gabe brainbusters him.

Gabe hits headbutts on him. Gabe goes up top and Wolf 2nd rope AA's him. Wolf reverses triangles him and Gabe does something to his crotch to escape. Gabe slaps Wolf around. Gabe spits in his face and is slapped. Gabe slaps him and cradles him for 2. Wolf lariats him. Gabe roll ups Wolf for 2. Gabe running knees him and piledrivers him. Gabe then pins him.

Thoughts: I liked it. It was a Gabe Kidd style match here with them slapping each other and being stiff. Both guys did their part and Wolf did fine as his opponent. This was an okay bout here.

G1 Climax 2026 Block B Match - HENARE vs. OSKAR

They trade forearms to start then shoulder battle. Os facekicks him and is forearmed. Os shoulders him over from the side. They fight outside. Hen is sent into the rails. Os misses a running kick and goes into the rails. Hen then gets sent into the rails. Hen then knocks him off the apron into the rails.

Hen hits knees to the gut then kicks him in the chest. Hen chest kicks him and sentons him for 2. Os back body drops him then shoulders him over. Os running back elbows him. Os misses a legdrop then chops him down. Os elbow drops him for 2.

Os facekicks him. They trade chops and forearms. Hen hits a lariat. Os facekicks him then is lariated over. Os chops him and Hen spin kicks him. Os slams him then legdrops him for 2. Hen clubs him. Os sleepers him. Os facekicks him down.

Os flying headbutts him in the face for 2. Hen headbutts him in the chest then sitout powerbombs him for the pin.

Thoughts: They never really got the flow going like they should have. There was a lot of starting and stopping here and it hurt the reactions. They did have the right idea otherwise though as it was two bigger guys trading hard shots until one of them won out. It was acceptable but not much more.

G1 Climax 2026 Block B Match - Drilla Moloney vs. Yuya Uemura

Yuya wristlocks him. DM armdrags him and Yuya armdrags back. They lock up. Yuya bridges and DM gets on top of him. Yuya monkey flips him they bridge at the same time. Yuya arm throws him and armlocks him. DM headscissors him then is armdragged twice. Yuya armdrags him into an armlock. Yuya flying forearms him and armdrags him.

Yuya armdrags him again and is put in a headscissors. Yuya tries to handstand out and DM short piledrivers him. DM neckbreakers him for 2. DM clubs on Yuya's neck then pulls on his chin.

DM clubs on his back. Yuya 2nd rope twisting crossbodies him. Yuya chops him in the corner. DM avoids an armdrag and rolls him up for 2. Yuya rolls him up for 2. They armdrag each other at the smae time and Yuya dropkicks him. Yuya double underhook suplexes him then armbars him. DM hits a death valley driver.

DM running corner spears him. DM spinebusters him. DM top rope elbow drops him for 2. Yuya wristlocks him. DM ear claps him and is german'd. DM hits a big spear. They trade forearms. Yuya rolling armbars him. DM chops him and is hit with a pele kick. DM dropkicks him for 2. Yuya avoids a drilla killa and gets a 2 count on him. DM powerbombs him then hits a drilla killa for the win.

Thoughts: Like in his last G1 match, when it came time to bust out the bigger offense later in the match, Yuya wasn't able and just opened for wristlocks. That hurt this one and it made sure it never really picked up. This was just average. I was a little surprised Yuya lost.

G1 Climax 2026 Block B Match - Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Callum Newman

They go for facekicks and trade forearms. Zack anklelocks him and CN kicks him away. CN hammerlocks him and Zack wristlocks him. CN straightjacket chokes him. Zack twists his neck with his feet. Zack headscissors him then tists his neck with his legs. Zack euros him. CN sweeps him and kicks him in the ribs. CN stomps his arm and chinlocks him. CN elbows him in the face. CN facekicks him off the apron into the rails.

Zack is sent into the rails. Zack facekicks him then CN facekicks him against the rails. CN puts Zack in a seat and boots him back. Zack is thrown over the rail onto the ringside floor. Zack kicks the rails into CN's arm then dropkicks the rails into his arm.

Zack stomps the arm in the ring then stomps it into the apron. Zack splits CN's fingers. CN is kicked in the arm and they trade facekicks. They facekick each other at the same time and collide in the middle ring. Both go down. CN superkicks him then running knees him. CN suplexes him for 2.

CN double stomps Zack's back for 2. CN germans him and Zack PK's him. CN no sells it and lariats him. Zack michinoku dirvers him. CN superkicks him then pulls him down with a sleeper. Zack triangles him. Zack pulls back on both of CN's arms and elbows them. CN ropebreaks.

Zack hits kicks to the arm. CN chops him. Zack euros the arm.CN high kicks him and double stomps his back for 2. CN lariats Zack then single underhook suplexes him for 2. Zack armbars him off an F-5 attempt. Zack triangles him and tries a pin for 2. Zack bridge pins him for 2. Zack pele kicks CN in the arm and CN rolls him up by the tights to win.

Thoughts: It was an alright match here. Zack worked the arm, CN sold it and then pulled off the upset in the end. It could have been a little more exciting but it was nice to see Zack be a bit more focused for a change instead of doing submission exhibitions.

CN gets on the mic and tells Zack he sucks. He tells him to go home. He says he is undefeated so far and will be the youngest G1 winner. He says we will make way for the prince and kiss the crowd.

Overall thoughts: The undercard tags were mostly wastes of time with nothing getting too much time and the wrestlers being restricted to one segment each in most of those matches. Kidd/Wolf was okay. Henare/Oskar didn't quite meet expectations but was acceptable. Drilla/Yuya was average and the main was alright. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 as the undercard sucked (and it wasn't the wrestlers fault) and brought this one down some. This was average.

Ring of Honor on HonorClub 7/23/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/ring-of-honor-on-honorclub-7162026.html

We are in Jacksonville, FL. Caprice Coleman & Ian Riccaboni are on commentary.

ROH World Television Title Match - Lio Rush (c) vs. Main Man Oro

Lio's TV Title is all black now.

They shake hands and Lio won't let go. Oro shoves him and boots him. Lio bites Oro's hand. Lio boots him out of the corner and running lariats him. Oro grabs Lio's title outside. Lio gets the title and Oro boots him in the head. Oro springboard rider kicks him for 2.

They chop each other. Oro forearms him. Lio is sat up top. Lio bites Oro's head up there. Oro flips off the 2nd rope and kicks Lio mid-flip. Lio goes out. Oro lariats Lio for 1. Oro kicks Lio in the back. Lio is sent chest first into the buckles for 2.

Oro mocks Lio. Lio hits chops and splashes him for 1. Lio hits a strike combo. Oro spin kicks him in the face. Lio stunners him then Oro koppo kicks him. Lio evades Oro on the ropes then seated springboard stunners him for 2. Lio spin kicks him in the head.

Oro enzugiri's him from the apron. Oro his Lio on his shoulder and he pops him up into an overhead kick. Lio bites Oro's hand then stunners him. Lio handspring kicks Oro off the apron. Lio low topes Oro. Lio blue thunders Oro and pins him.

Thoughts: It kind of picked up near the end and they kind of figured out what it was supposed to be. It had trouble getting any kind of flow early on though. I'd say it was acceptable and Lio won as expected in this random one.

Action Andretti attacks Lio from behind after. AA hits mounted shots on Lio. AA rubs Lio's face into the TV Title and bangs his face off of it. Lio sits up after. AA bangs Lio's head off his belt. AA then bridges and does something like an indian deathlock until Lio is out. AA says the title belongs to him after.

Bryan Keith vs. Alan Angels

BK throws his poncho at him then hits him. BK stomps him. BK chops him and exploders him. BK hits forearms and chops. AA hits punches and chops on BK. BK boots him in the gut. AA spin kicks him in the gut and backrolls him for 2. AA enzugiri's BK from the apron. AA top rope crossbodies BK for 2.

AA is swept on the 2nd rope. BK double underhook backbreakers him for 2. BK foot chokes AA and chops him. BK foot chokes him more. BK exploders him. AA throws BK's poncho in his face. AA 2nd rope dropkicks him. AA hits forearms and leg lariats him.

BK boots AA out of the corner. BK facekicks him. AA la mistica's him into a rings of saturn. AA enzugiri's him on the apron. AA misses a cannonball off the apron. Back in the ring, BK knees him in the face. BK tiger drivers him and wins.

Thoughts: Alan didn't really get enough in here to make this anything great and Bryan won as expected. This probably could have been a little faster and shorter. It wasn't awful or anything, just a bit one-sided. It was average.

Billie Starkz vs. B3CCA

They shake hands and BS forearms her. BS slaps her on the break. Becca goes up and over and dropkicks her. Becca misses a charge and is forearmed. BS flatliners her into the buckles. BS suplexes her for 2. BS forearms her in the corner. BS chokes her on the bottom rope.

Becca hits forearms and is knee'd in the face. Becca hits forearms. Becca euros and back splashes her in the corner. Becca corner facekicks her. BS is swept on the ropes and BS hits oblivion for 2. Becca forearms her and pele kicks her for 2.

Beccau is pulled down off the buckles and BS is thrown off the top. Becca misses a top rope 450. BS traps her arms and gordbusters her for the win.

Thoughts: It went longer than it needed to and wasn't that interesting. BS didn't do a lot but basic strikes here and Becca was jobbing, so she didn't get a ton either. It wasn't that good and was a bit boring.

Adam Brooks does a promo. He says he signed his first wrestling contract 6 years ago in ROH. He says the pandemic took it away from him. He says he was able to compete on Collision recently. He says he showed the world he belonged in the ring and is one of the best in the world. He says he's back in ROH and intends to stay here. He says ROH is about to get loose.

Mark Sterling does the intro for his team and insults Beef. He says his guys told him they couldn't get Jacksonville in shape. They then try to do their cheer but the fans don't say what they are supposed to.

The Dark Order (Alex Reynolds & John Silver) vs. The Premier Athletes (Ariya Daivari & Tony Nese)

Ari and Uno shake hands. Ari side headlocks him and Uno shoulders him over. Nese knees Uno in the back on the ropes. Alex and Uno punch the heels. Nese is tripped into a double basement dropkick for 1.

Uno bites Nese's arm. Ari trips Uno from the outside and Uno takes a double throat thrust from Nese. Uno takes double punches in the corner. The heels are pulled into each other. Alex hit lariats then spinning forearms Nese. Alex driveby kicks Nese on the ropes. Alex flips Nese then lariats him for 2.

Alex running back elbows Nese. Mark Sterling brings Nese out. Alex gets distracted and is pushed off the top rope. Mark and Ari stomp Alex outside. Ari neckbreakers Nese. Ari chokes Alex over the ropes with his leg then Mark chokes Alex over the ropes. Beef is asked to interfere but he doesn't.

Alex step up enzugiri's Ari. Nese pulls Alex's throat over the top rope and misses a triangle moonsault inside. Uno comes in and hits corner splashes on the heels. Uno double ddt's the heels. Uno backbreakers Ari and Alex top rope elbow drops Ari. Ari flying shoulders Nese on accident. Uno ddt's Ari on the apron.

Nese slingshot plancha's Uno outside. Alex tope con hilos both opponents. Mark tells Beef to interfere and he doesn't. Mark goes after Alex and gets hit. Beef crossbodies Alex outside. Nese running knees Alex in the corner and pins him.

Thoughts: The Athletes win! The Athletes win! Seriously...it may have been their biggest win in a long time. The big news here was Beef helping The Athletes cheat. They still haven't really explained why either side wants the other though. What we got was fine but it could have been a little shorter.

The Athletes have Beef pose with them after.

Rocky Romero talks on the mic before his match. He says The Don Callis Family has had nothing but success the past few months. Rocky says RPG Vice hasn't had the success that the standard of The Family holds. Rocky says they were given an open contract tonight to get an easy ROH win. Trent says to play a generic tune and bring out some faceless young boys.

RPG VICE (Rocky Romero & Trent Beretta) vs Alex Zayne & Mance Warner

Mance hits RR in the corner. Trent gets hit and is thrown out. Alex leapfrogs over Mance and dropkicks Rocky. Mance running knees RR for 2. Mance bites RR's hand then Alex does the same. TB running double throat trusts Alex. Alex blocks his tornado ddt.

Alex does a headscissors + headlock takeover. Mance teases a dive but just goes out and eye pokes his opponents. Alex tope con hilos outside. RR sends TB into the rails outside. Alex is bridged and takes a top rope double stomp + ddt combo for 2.

TB forearms and chops Alex. Alex takes running corner attacks. Alex takes a top rope double stomp + burning hammer combo for 2. Alex hits a double hurricanrana then a double dropkick on the heels. Mance comes in and hits shots on the heels. Mance hits punches on TB then punches RR as well. Mance double bionic elbows the heels.

Mance pop up headbutts TB then running knees him. Mance is suplexed on the apron by RR. Alex inside to outside moonsaults and final cuts TB off of it. TB low blows Alex. Alex takes a top rope double stomp + b-driver combo and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was an okay tag here. I didn't like the burning hammer spot but it was fine otherwise. Alex had interesting offense and the heels had some neat double teams. Alex hasn't done much at all this year but showed up here for some reason. This was beyond random.

The heels go to attack Alex after, Mance helps out and TB low blows Mance. The heels go for more but Eddie Kingston and Ortiz make the save.

Nathan Cruz does a promo. He says Adam Brooks complains about how he should have been here 6 years ago. Cruz says he's been applying his trade all over the world and is only now getting his shot in ROH. He says he won't be sensation like Will Ospreay. He says he will be the first to welcome him to ROH. He says he will find out that he is a pro.

Satnam Singh vs Jacked Jameson

Sat shoves JJ off the lock up and throws him down. JJ hits punches on him. JJ tries a chokeslam and gets nowhere. Sat headbutts him down. Sat corner splashes him and corner chops him. Sat throws him.

JJ is caught off the 2nd rope and slammed. Sat tries to go out and the rope is pulled into his crotch. Sat misses a charge and goes into the post. JJ splashes him from behind on the ropes. JJ dives off the top and is caught with a cutter. Sat wins.

Thoughts: Sat won as he always does, but it wasn't the usual squash as they did some different spots. This wasn't much of note.

Chopping It Up with Caprice Coleman

CC interviews Deonna Purrazzo. She says she is the first Women's Pure champ and gets to define herself. CC says a lot of women mimic Deonna. CC asks who she watches. She says she watches a lot of Jay Lethal. CC calls Jay the franchise and says we saw his life in wrestling. Deonna says she's been trying to make a life outside of wrestling and that's been her identity. She says she has a bachelor's degree and is trying to get a master's degree. She says she's part of various veteran organization with her husband.

CC says we dream to become wrestlers, make an impact then have the choice to pick people up when they hit the big stage. Deonna says she wants everyone to see women's pure wrestling on par with men's wrestling. She says they don't always get that space.

Lacey Lane vs. Hyan

They wristlock each other. Hyan cartwheels out and armdrags her. Lane armdrags her back. Hyan knees her in the gut. Hyan misses a corner charge and Lane crucifixes her for 2. Hyan dropkicks her. Hyan boots her out of the corner. Lane dropkicks her while she sits on the 2nd rope.

Lane holds her for chops. Hyan rolls her up for 1. Lane sweeps her and kicks her in the face for 2. Lane gets on her back and is thrown down. Hyan lariats and back elbows her. Hyan running knees her then backdrops her for 2. Hyan running knees her then falcon arrows her for 2.

Hyan misses a corner spear. Lane germans her and superkicks her for 2. They butt heads on all fours. Lane trips her and twists her legs into a reverse figure four. Lane running headkicks her then does like a no hands pedigree over the 2nd rope.

They trade shots. Lane superkicks her and Hyan spears her. Hyan hits a jade end and pins her.

Thoughts: What we got was acceptable and not much more. Either girl in theory could have won here at least. It was nothing great and was totally random, but it's a matchup we haven't seen a lot of.

Nathan Cruz vs. Adam Brooks

They shake hands. NC wristlocks him. AB rolls out and reverses it. NC headscissors him from the mat to escape. NC hammerlocks him and wristlocks him. They go for headlocks and shove each other. NC side headlocks him then AB houlders him over. NC goes for a leapfrog and is dropkicked down.

AB knees NC in the face. NC flying knees him. NC hits shots in the corner. AB upkicks him. AB spin kicks him in the gut and is pulled down by the hair. AB facekicks him off the apron. AB goes for a tope and is enzugiri'd. NC slingshot backdrops him for 2.

NC hits mounted shots on AB then elbow drops him in the shoulder. NC pulls his neck forward for 2. NC then chinlocks him. NC forearms him then AB dropkicks him. AB backcrackers him. AB low topes him outside. NC corner enzugiri's him and pump kicks him. NC sitout powerbombs him for 2.

AB pump kicks him. NC running lariats him then cradle shocks him for 2. NC is up top and is enzugiri'd. AB superplexes NC then holds on for oblivion. AB top rope swantons him for the win.

Thoughts: It got a lot of time. AB didn't do his usual heel role here. It was acceptable but not much more. The best part about Adam is either his look or him being from Australia and there's only so much you can get out of that. I'm not rooting for him to fail or anything, just I don't see the money in him.

Rocky Romero and Trent Baretta do a promo. Trent complains about having to face bigger name wrestlers and says Don won't be happy about them needing a lot of time to win. Trent then complains that Eddie and Ortiz embarrassed them after. Trent says they will embarrass them now. rocky asks Eddie and Ortiz to fight them man to man.

We get a video on next week's Moriarty vs Angelico Pure Title match.

Komander vs. Tommy Billington

I'm interested to see this one and think it could be good.

They lock up and Tom clean breaks him. Tom shoulders him over. Tom wristlocks him and Kom wristlocks him back. Tom headflips and throws him over. Kom armdrags him but Tom holds on and tries a pin off of it. Kom dropkicks him.

Kom crossbodies Tom over the top rope. Tom headbutts Kom then Tom gets sent into the rails. Kom goes for a tope and is hit. Tom top rope dropkicks him inside for 2. Tom gutwrench suplexes him. Tom suplexes him for 2. Tom pulls Kom's arms back.

Kom walks up the buckles, does rope tricks and springboard diving armdrags Tom. Kom superkicks him in the back of the head and 619's him in the gut. Kom rope walk diving headscissors him. Kom rope walks and corkscrew dives him outside. Kom rope walk 450's him for 2 .

Tom tombstones Kom. Tom misses a top rope diving headbutt. Tom hits forearms and Kom forearms back. Tom crucifixes him for 2. Kom germans him for 2. Kom walks up the ropes and diving headscissors Tom down. Kom rope walk ssp's Tom and pins him.

Thoughts: It lost a little of it's momentum in the second half. It was acceptable but didn't quite get as good as I had hoped. Kom flew a bit as usual here. Tom needed to heel it up a little here and Kom needed to show some fire.

Shane Taylor Promotions (Anthony Ogogo, Carlie Bravo, Shane Taylor & Shawn Dean) vs. SkyFlight (Dante Martin, Darius Martin, Matt Sydal & Scorpio Sky)

Dante and Bravo go at it. Dante side headlocks him and is shouldered over. Dante shoulders him over. Dante armdrags him then flying armdrags him. Dante dropkicks him. Dean comes in and Sky flying back elbows him. Sky is group beaten in the corner.

Sky slingshot sunset flips him for 2. Dean takes a high kick from Matt then a standing moonsault from him for 2. Darius flying shoulders Bravo. Dean throws Darius into the post. Darius is stomped on outside.

Ogogo boots Darius in the corner then running euros him. Ogogo running lariats him. Bravo running forearms Darius in the corner. CristyanXO then boots Darius as he hangs over the bottom rope. Shane chops Darius in the corner. Darius hits forearms on Shane and is dropped with one. Darius chops and forearms him. Shane knees him in the face. Shane yanks him into a uranage. Shane then legdrops him for 2.

Shane corner lariats Darius. Dean bronco busters Darius in the corner. Dean stands on Darius' hand. Matt comes in and high kicks on Ogogo. Matt dropkicks Shane off the apron. Matt hits high kicks on The Infantry. Matt jumping knees Ogogo. Matt is caught coming off the 2nd rope and Ogogo does something like an F-5 to him. Matt takes a backdrop + neckbreaker combo. Shane splashes Matt.

Shane is double dropkicked out. Dante and Darius hit stereo topes. Sky hits forearms on Ogogo. Sky jumping flatliners Ogogo. Ogogo is held for a top rope diving meteora from Matt. Matt pins him.

Thoughts: It was fast paced and people mostly just came in and out as they wanted here. It didn't really get enough time and we saw little of a few guys here. It was alright enough but nothing great.

Overall thoughts: It was the usual ROH show. Every match was basically random here. We only had one champ in action in our sole title match. Nothing was that great and it was hard to get super invested as usual. The show was also a little over 2 hours and the longer these shows go on, the less I like them. I'd give this a 5 out of 10 as it was acceptable, but there is absolutely nothing you need to see here. Anyone could have booked this show and little effort was put into this from creative. Maybe the Alex Zayne match was the best bout on here?

Friday, July 24, 2026

WWE Smackdown 7/24/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/wwe-smackdown-7172026.html

We are in Oakland, CA. Wade Barrett and Joe Tessitore are on commentary.

Nick Aldis and Adam Pearce are in the ring. Adam says he's here to make the Aldis/Gunther match official at Summerslam. Adam brings Gunther out.

Adam tells Nick that he can't compete as a WWE superstar as a GM. He says the second he puts his name on the contract, he loses his GM abilities. Adam says he will then take those responsibilities. He says Nick has to agree that WWE bears no responsibilities as to what happens to him vs Gunther. Nick says he knows what he's signing and says he never wanted any of this. Nick says every man has his breaking point and Gunther found his. Nick then signs the contract.

Gunther says this match will be the greatest moment of Nick's career. Gun says all of this is beneath him and says he's only sitting here and Nick doesn't know how to do his job. He says Nick is jealous of him. He says Nick is a former NWA champ but he never really made it. Gun says Nick dreamed for being a WWE superstar and it never happened. Gun says he walked through the door and had it all.

Gun says Nick should be honest and tell himself he's not good enough. Gun says he will fulfill's Nick's dream and turn him into a legend. He says he can join a list of legends like Cena, Goldberg and AJ that were stupid enough to face him. He says he will end his career before it starts.

Nick says Gun says the same things every time. Nick says Gun keeps saying it as Gun is trying to get him to believe it. Nick says when he hit him, Gun thought he didn't want any of this. Nick says Gun is in a situation he can't get out of and has put his career in jeopardy. Nick says he hasn't had a match in 3 years and has nothing to lose. He says when he beats him, Gun goes from the career killer to a man who got made a b!tch from his boss. Gun goes to grab him,. Nick hits him with the mic and they fight. Gun kicks Nick low and powerbombs him through a table.

Sami Zayn interrupts Cathy Kelly in the back. He says he did what they said he couldn't do and won the WWE Title at NoC. He says the powers that be didn't want him as champ as he had to defend his title in days on a show he wasn't on. He says everyone is happy but him. Sami tells Adam Pearce to fix the situation. Sami says Nick deserves to be in medical as he screwed him at SNME. Adam says things didn't go his way. Sami says to make it right and make the Summerslam main event a triple threat. Adam says there's a fatal four way tonight and says the winner can face Sami to get a title shot. Sami complains about that. Adam tells him to take it or leave it. He says he'll take it, but no shenanigans.

Lainey Reid talks on the mic before her match. She says SNME was supposed to be the most important night of her career but Brie and Paige will remember it all their careers. Jacy and Fallon chime in. Jacy says she doesn't have gold because of Paige and Brie Bella. Jacy says Tiffany Stratton's US Title will be hers in time. She says Lainey will humiliate Brie Bella and put her out of misery once and for all.

Lainey Reid vs Brie Bella

LR misses a shot and Brie drops her with a forearm. Brie flying lariats LR off the steps and bangs her head off the commentary table. Brie rolls up LR for 2. Brie knees her in the face and boots her in the gut. Brie's head is banged off the buckles and the middle buckle is kicked her in face. LR bottom rope springboard cutters Brie.

We go to break and return. Brie hits kicks on LR then running knees her for 2. Brie bulldogs LR. Brie is up top and gets kicked. LR blocks a sunset flip for 2. Brie reverse it and pins her.

Thoughts: It was short and not much of note. The heels interfered a bit and Brie ended up getting the pin.

The heels beat up the faces after. Nikki Bella comes out and spears Jacy down. Nikki TKO's Jacy. Jacy's buddies pull her out. Nikki says Jacy's crew thought they could sneak up from the minor leagues, steal from her sister and get away with it. Nikki says her, Brie and Paige will face Fatal Influence in a trios match at Summerslam.

Finn Balor is interviewed. Finn says he is thinking about Summerslam 2016 when he had the best and worst night of his career. He says it's 2026 and he's trying to scratch his way back to glory. Gunther walks in. He says he's next in line and will take what's his no matter who is in line.

They talk about WWE Radio, which will have radio version of live events.

Royce Keys is in the back. Solo Sikoa comes in and says he knows he's locked up. Solo talks about them as a team and talks about what he has going on at Summerslam. Keys says not to worry about Bloodline and says he can be #1 contender tonight. LA Knight comes in and says you always gotta worry about Bloodline. Hells him to keep his eyes in the back of the head. Keys says he will take everything he wants. Solo says they are on the same team. Solo hypes up himself and the other two and says he's got Keys' back tonight. LA is confused and tells Keys to handle business.

Tiffany Stratton and Chelsea Green talk. Green wants them to go to Summerslam together and says maybe she wins the title this time. Tiff says she wants to be Tiffy 2 Titles. Blake Monroe comes in. She says she likes Tiff and says to worry less about Chelsea and more about her US Title. She says the higher Tiffy climbs, the more people look up at what she has.

Ladder Match Qualifier - Chelsea Green vs Kiana James

KJ knees her in the gut. KJ goes over her and gets slapped. Green dropkicks her off the apron. Green goes for a dive and is forearmed. KJ knees her in the gut outside. Green is laid on the rail and she is superkicked.

Green hits forearms. KJ blocks a sunset flip. Green low flatliners KJ then Japanese armdrags her twice. Green russian legsweeps her. Green flying leg lariats her. KJ superkicks her and falcon arrows her for 2.

KJ codebreakers her. Green hits an unprettier and pins her.

Thoughts: I'm not surprised Green won but I don't like Kiana losing here. The match was average and just didn't get much time to be anything special. Green's Japanese armdrags were nice.

R-Truth and Damian Priest talk in the back. Truth says DP is getting ready for the tag title match, right? DP says he's getting ready for the four-way. Truth says he used DP's credit card to buy hot dogs on July 4th. Cody Rhodes comes in and says maybe him and Punk come for the tag titles. Truth says they are both confused. Cody tells DP that he will face him. DP says him and the boys are tired of the same people being on top of this brand. DP says he will be #1 contender and says the champ will get dropped, whoever it is. Cody says as someone who used to be one of the boys, he likes his attitude and tells him good luck.

Cody Rhodes comes out to talk. He brings out CM Punk. Cody has 2 mics, tries to give Punk one and drops it. He says it's an accident. Punk takes off his jacket and gets in Cody's face. Punk grabs a mic from a tech instead. They talk about paranoia and Cody says both things that happened are due to accidents. Punk says he didn't want the title to come between them but it has.

Cody says he respect him but he doesn't like him. Cody says everyone wants Punk to be the one over him. Cody says he doesn't sweat anyone on the roster but Punk. Cody says he has to beat him for the story to have a proper ending. Punk says he casts a large shadow that Cody get out from. Punk says he watched Cody from the outside in and Cody showed him there was a way back to WWE. He says they have been chasing each other and it ends at Summerslam. He says Cody is lying to himself. He says Cody is done and needs to make himself the victim and need to make everyone else his enemy. Punk says he's Cody's only friend. He says he told him he won't stab him in the back but will stab him in the front at Summerslam. Punk says he will break his heart.

Cody says he will bring it to Punk and says he will whip Punk @ss at Summerslam as a gift. Punk says he has a gift and it's an @ss whipping in the name of a loss. Punk says he's the best in the ring and on the mic and says no one, not even Dusty's kid can ouch him.

Punk goes to leave and Cody says he wants Punk to hear Cody's music, just as he will at Summerslam when he wins. Cody then has his music played.

Charlotte Flair is interviewed. She says she doesn't regret her actions last week. She says she was thinking only about protecting Bliss. She says Jade will learn that she can come after her but won't come after Bliss. She says Jade will learn that payback is a ...

Ladder Match Qualifier - Nia Jax vs Charlotte Flair

Nia knees her in the gut and hits corner spears. Char boots her out of the corner and 2nd rope diving headscissors her. Char hits corner spears. Char top rope crossbodies her for 2. Nia sitout powerbombs her for 2. We go to break and return.

Char walks on Nia. Nia trips her on the ropes. Nia 2nd rope legdrops Char for 2. Char powerbombs her while she's on the buckles for 2. Char goes up top and Jade Cargille comes out with her crew. Char is distracted and Nia throws her out.

Char fights off Jade's crew outside and gets the edge on them. Char pulls Nia's throat over the top rope. Jade gets on the apron and Char forearms her. Nia misses a corner splash and Char facekicks her. Jade forearms Char down and Char wins by DQ.

Thoughts: Nia's match gets screwed up again here, this time by Jade. It was an average match. Char's offense didn't look good as she missed some shots and her offense just wasn't super impactful.

Jade hits a jade end of Charlotte after. Nia gets mad and messes up the announcers table.

#1 Contender's Match Qualifier - Damian Priest vs Finn Balor vs Royce Keys vs Trick Williams

Keys corner splashes Finn and throws him. Keys side slams DP. Keys fallaway slams Trick. We go to PiP break and return. Keys takes a final cut from Finn. DP facekicks Finn then lifting flatliners Trick. DP flying back elbows Keys. Trick jumping neckbreakers DP then flapjacks Finn.

Trick stomps Finn in the corner. DP spin kicks Trick in the head and ear claps him. Trick backhands him. Finn pulls Trick and Keys out. Finn tope con hilos all 3 opponents outside. Solo Sikoa comes out. We go to PiP break and return.

Trick yanks Keys into a uranage for 2. Solo helps gets Keys' leg on the ropes. The Uso's come out and fight Solo. Solo gets double teamed. LA Knight comes out and beats up The Uso's with Solo. DP high kicks Trick then rope walks and dives onto everyone outside. Finn slingblades Trick then shotgun dropkicks him. Trick spinning facekicks Finn for 2.

LA, Solo and The Uso's go to the back. DP lariats Trick and superkicks Finn. DP hits a south of heaven on Trick. DP is sent shoulder first into the post. Keys spinebusters DP and Jacob Fatu attacks Keys. Keys is sent into the steps and pose. Fatu hip attacks Keys into the rail.

Finn slingblades DP then john woo's him. Finn top rope double stomps DP and pins him.

Thoughts: The match wasn't pushed that seriously here. We had 10 minutes left in the show or so and this had 2 breaks and then 2 different sets of run-in's. This was not a fraction of what it should have been and was a real waste of these guys. Finn kind of won by the process of elimination here as he's the only one with nothing else going on. This was nothing.

Overall thoughts: While I prefer Smackdown at 2 hours, this is one of the downfalls of it. Everything got a lot less time than it should and both the tag division and the undercard were mostly non-existent here. Nothing impressed me all that much here and I thought it was a boring show for the most part. I'm not even sure if there was a match of the night on this one. I'd give it a 4 out of 10 as nothing was that good and the main was all about anything but the match. This was below average.

TNA Impact 7/23/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/tna-impact-7162026.html

Tom Hannifan and Matt Rehwoldt are on commentary.

Elijah & Moose vs. AJ Francis & Frankie Kazarian

Eli side headlocks Kaz then shoulders him over. Eli rope walks and clubs Kaz's arm. Moose and AJ get in. Moose side headlocks him and they shoulder battle. Moose shoulders him over. AJ's buddy Expressions trips Eli and AJ facekicks ELi. AJ hits tennessee whiskey on AJ.

Eli throws Kaz over then Kaz springboards into Eli's jumping knee. Moose comes in and uranage's Kaz. Moose sentons him. AJ hits Moose from behind then AJ is thrown out. Moose slingshot plancha's AJ. Kaz knees Moose in the face, backstabbers > sliding lariats > springboard legdrops him for 2.

Eli high kicks AJ from the apron. Eli ropewalks, Expressions shakes the ropes under him and AJ death valley drivers Eli. AJ pins Eli.

Thoughts: It was short. They did what they could with it but it should have been twice as long. It wasn't anything great and it was not the wrestlers fault by any means.

Expressions get sin the ring with Eli' guitar. Moose takes the guitar and headbutts Ex. Eli tombstones Ex.

Order 4 do a promo. Ali says he will give the power back to the people and says the roster will vote on the next #1 contender for his International Title. Ali then says they had to hire some extra muscle to stop any funny business. He says any wrestler on the roster can vote but not for himself.

Wendy Choo does an inset promo ahead of her match. She says she caused chaos in TNA in the pat and is back after therapy. She says as a former Evolve Women's champ, she knows how to hold gold around her waist. She says she will be one step closer to being Knockouts TV champ tonight.

Elayna Black does an inset promo. he says she's the only one that matters in the Knockouts division and the only one walking out with the title. She says the title will be hers and so will the Knockouts Title as she wants all the gold.

TNA Knockouts Television Title Tournament First Round Match - Wendy Choo vs. Elayna Black

EB knees her in the gut and snapmares her. EB shoves her in the back of the head. Choo snapmares her and pats her on the head. Choo side headlock takeovers her. Choo shoulders her over then roll her up for 2. Choo armdrags her and dropkicks her for 2. EB pulls Choo's throat down over the 2nd rope then bangs her head off the apron edge. EB chops Choo then lariats her on the floor.

EB double stomps Choo's back inside for 2. EB leg chokes Choo on the ropes then misses a running back elbow. Choo rolls her up for 2. EB lariats her for 2. EB chinlocks her. Choo hits elbows to the gut and is thrown down. EB step up knees Choo in the corner for 2. EB pulls her arms back.

Choo armdrags her and hits chops. Choo hits running lariats. Choo pepsi twist lariats her. Choo cartwheel forearms her in the corner and running corner facekicks her. Choo running neckbreakers her for 2. EB hits back elbows on Choo. Choo superkicks her in the gut. EB is on the 2nd rope and Choo bridging ddt's her for 2. EB step up knees her then belly to belly suplexes her for 2. They trade forearms. EB double underhook ddt's her and Choo rolls out.

EB is up top and gets hit. Choo superplexes her off the 2nd rope. The bell then rings and the time limit expires.

Thoughts: It got a lot of time and was just average. There weren't great faces or heels here and they both did some of their usual offense. I was surprised to see this go to a draw.

Xia Brookside pulls EB out and sends her into the steps. Choo backs up Xia for some reason. Xia then hits Choo from behind, sending her into the steps.

Rosemary, Allie, Rich Swann, Nic Nemeth, Cedric Alexander cast votes. John Skylar goes to count the votes and Ali stops him. Mila Moore goes up to John and says she thinks he's doing great. John is happy.

The System come out to talk. Alisha says everyone loves the new toy and the new flavor of the month. Alisha says everyone was calling Ricky Sosa the future of the business until reality hit. Bear Bronson says he didn't just beat Sosa but decimated him. Bear says people like Sosa are nothing more than a catchy song, a meme and a joke. Bear says he's a killer.

Brian Myers says things change in wrestling like in life. Brian says the dominance of The System will always stay the same. Brian says they are the gatekeepers of TNA. Cedric Alexander agrees. Ced says the champ is right here and holds up his X-Division Title.

Eddie says this isn't just a faction but it's TNA's quality wrestling. Eddie says they decide who is ready and truly belongs in their ring. Eddie says Alisha's tournament match is a chance for The System to add more hardware. Eddie says it maybe the last time we see Jada Stone in a TNA ring as she will be beaten and embarrassed, like Ricky Sosa.

Ricky Sosa comes out. He says he did lose last week and says sometimes you lose and sometimes you win. Sosa says you can't keep the young savage down. Sosa says he only lost because of interference. Eddie says when you turn down The System, you turn down protection. Eddie says Sosa is out here by himself and no one cares what happens to him.

Leon Slater comes out. Leon says The System just can't get out of others business. Leon says he has Sosa's back. Leon says him and Sosa are wrestling attire and say they should smack the teeth out of The System's mouths right now. Eddie says they will talk to Daria about making that match next week. Leon says the match could happen anywhere but will end up with The System going out with a bang bang.

Thoughts: TNA is really trying to push Sosa hard but he's not quite there yet and the crowd doesn't care that much.

We go back to the vote. Jason Hotch is the winner of the vote for the title shot. Jason is excited and Ali laughs. Ali says the roster is ribbing Jason and are doing it to mess with Ali. Ali tells Jason to let Daria know this is a sham and that they will re-do this. Jason leaves and Ali says they need to find him a real #1 contender.

Mr. Elegance vs. BDE

He misses a shot on BDE. BDE hits forearms and kicks. Mr goes up and over and is enzugiri'd. Mr running shoulders BDE then hits knees to the ribs. Mr abuses BDE on the ropes. MR slaps BDE with his glove. BDE hits flying forearms and an os cutter for 2.

Mr slingshot codebreakers him for 2. BDE rolls into a codebreaker on Mr. BDE top rope splashes Mr for 2 when M By Elegance puts Mr's leg on the ropes. BDE grabs The Concierge then Mr hits deadfall on BDE. Mr pins BDE.

Thoughts: It was short and not too much of note. The heels cheated a bit here and BDE loses yet again to continue his losing streak.

TNA Injury Report

Elayna Black is under evaluation. Nic Nemeth is in incredible condition. Moose is under evaluation. Nic Nemeth is in perfect condition to take on KC tonight.

TNA World Tag Team Title Righteous Deletion Match - The Broken Hardys (Brother Nero & Matt Hardy) (c) vs. The Righteous (Dutch & Vincent)

Dutch and Vince arrive at The Hardy Compound and enter. Vince says everything blooms better with sunshine and we go from night to daylight. Matt Hardy wakes up inside and says The Righteous are here without seeing them.

The Righteous enter the house. They and The Hardy's warp into the field. They all look at each other and then fight. Vince drops Jeff with a punch. Jeff runs down a small hill and lariats him. Matt's head is banged off the bottom of a boat.

Jeff jumps off Matt's back and lariats Dutch against a tree. Vince hits the faces with a shove handle. The heels try to lariat the faces with a boat but the faces teleport out. Vince snaps his fingers and the heels end up outside of The Hardy's ring. They all fight in the ring. The faces get hit in the corners and Vince hits an orange sunshine on Matt for 2.

Matt takes punches from both opponents. Matt is dropped chest first on the mat. Jeff hits Vince from behind then rewind kicks him. Matt hits a twist of fate on Vince. Dutch takes a double suplex. Matt cutters Dutch. Jeff double axe handles Vince off the apron outside. Matt hits a twist of fate on Duthc for 2.

Dutch black hole slams Matt. Dutch hits shots on him on the floor. Matt hits him with a shoe then hits punches. Matt is pushed into the post. We cut away, maybe for a break and return. Jeff hits punches on Vince outside and bangs his head off the side of a building. Both go down. Wee clips of The Hardy's younger days then see Vince and Dutch touring their house.

Dutch hits Matt with a plastic sled. Matt bites Dutch's hand. Matt bulldogs Dutch into the pool. We then cut away to clips of The Hardy's and The Righteous hanging out around a campfire and laughing together. Matt says without The Wicked Garden, they wouldn't be who they are becoming. Matt's kid comes up to Dutch and says he has use something on Vince. Vince then disappears and Dutch follows.

Matt's kid tells Dutch that Vince is obsolete and dead. We then see Vince in a coffin. Vince wakes up, puts his flower in Dutch's mouth and Dutch starts spitting stuff up. The Hardy's kids beat up Dutch in the ring. Matt's wife then hits a twist of fate on Dutch. One of the little girls then shoots confetti at Dutch and another kid swantons Dutch.

Dutch re-appears elsewhere. Willow of the Wisp appears behind him and hits him with an umbrella. He then maybe breaks sticks or swords over Dutch's back. We see Dutch wake up in the pool. Vince and Jeff fight on the grass. Vince ddt's Jeff on the grass. Jeff pounds on Vincent and Dutch bodyblocks Jeff. Dutch gives Vincent a necklace with a sack on it. The Hardy's and The Righteous then shoot fireworks at each other.

Vince tries to put the flower in Jeff's mouth but ends up putting it in Matt's mouth. Matt spits up stuff and The Hardy's are down. The Hardy's are thrown into a lake. The Hardy's then end up with new masks on with shirts that say "GOATS" on them. Jeff says he needs another got and goes back in.

All 4 men fight on the grass and Jeff is maybe wearing Righteous style gear. Dutch is on a table. Matt climbs the end of a bulldozer and swantons Dutch through 2 tables off of it. Jeff then pins Dutch.

Thoughts: It was pretty wild as expected. It's hard to call it a match as they kept cutting to various scenes and it's hard to know what was actually canon here or not. It was interesting though and probably way better than anything else they would have done otherwise though. This was indeed entertaining if nothing else. Where this leaves The Righteous? I have no idea.

The Hardy's say The Righteous have been deleted and now need to be cleansed. They throw The Righteous in the lake. Matt says this marks a new chapter for The Hardy's and says they are forever. Jeff says, "and then some".

Leon Slater talks to Jason Hotch in the locker room. Leon says it's not a joke and he voted for Jason. He says it's Jason's time and the only person in his way is him. He says Jason has got this. Jason then talks to someone on the phone instead of going into Daria Rae's office.

Alisha Edwards does an inset promo before her match. She says the tournament was made for her. She says was in the first ever Knockouts Ultimate X match and says she's a former tag champ. She says Jada is a stepping stone for her becoming the TV champ. She says Jada will find out that you can't beat The System.

Jada Stone does an inset promo before her match. She says we will know why she calls herself the spark as she doesn't make history, she is history.

TNA Knockouts Television Title Tournament First Round Match - Alisha Edwards vs. Jada Stone

They lock up and let go. AE throws her down by the hair and Jada kips up. Jada hits forearms and bridges out of a lariat. Jada then headscissors takeovers her off of it. Jada hits running back splashes. Jada low sliding lariats her and standing moonsaults her for 2. Jada handspring kicks AE off the apron but Eddie Edwards catches AE. Jada top rope plancha's Eddie. AE nails Jada form behind.

AE chops Jada in the corner. Jada hits shots to the gut and AE hits a bad powerslam. AE pulls Jada's hair around the 2nd rope. AE foot chokes Jada. Jada running lariats AE. Jada enzugiri's AE off the buckles. Jada seated moonsaults AE for 2.

AE flatliners Jada for 2. AE slaps Jada and Jada superkicks her. Jada goes to handspring and Eddie trips Jada. Jada jack knifes AE and pins her.

Thoughts: Jada won as expected. It wasn't a bad match and Alisha had a better showing than usual. Jada did a bunch of flying as expected here.

AE throws Jada down and pounds on her. Jada hits punches on AE. Eddie pulls AE out to safety.

Order 4 talk. Ali asks if Jason did what he asked and Jason says "not exactly". Ali tells everyone to go away. Jason says she was going to do it but Leon re-assured him that this wasn't a joke. Ali says he doesn't care what Leon says. Jason says he talked to his wife and says his wife got him to think that he deserves something for all he put up with. He says he's not only doing something for himself but his family. He says they have been to the bottom and he can't wait to bring them to the top. Jason says he will see Ali next week.

TNA World Title Match - Nic Nemeth (c) vs. KC Navarro

KC wore a Nic Nemeth shirt out for his entrance.

Nic slaps him and tells him to get out of here as he doesn't belong here. KC superkicks him for 2. KC rolls up Nic for 2 counts. Nic back elbows KC down. Nic rakes KC's face then foot chokes him. KC hits punches and Nic punches him in the knee.

KC hits chops on Nic and Nic hits punches on him in the corner. KC flying headscissors Nic then running euros him. KC pulls Nic's neck forward and low crossbodies him for 2. KC topes Nic. KC top rope splashes him inside for 2. Nic neckbreakers him over the 2nd rope. Nic baseball slides KC.

Nic bangs KC's face off the apron. Nic dances and has his head banged off the apron. KC chops Nic. Nic boots KC in the knee. Nic puts a hold on KC's leg and KC is being counted out by the ref. KC gets back in and piefaces Nic. Nic stomps Kc in the corner and foot chokes him.

Nic elbow drops KC for 2. Nic crossfaces KC. KC back elbows KC down then elbow drops him for 2. Nic grounded sleepers KC. We go to break and return. The hold stays on. Nic throws KC down by the hair. Nic corner splashes KC. Nic misses a corner move and goes crotch first into the 2nd buckle.

KC flying lariats and dropkicks Nic. KC goes up and over then spins on him and hits a weird ddt move on him. KC rolls up Nic for 2 and spears the post when Nic moves. Nic boots him in the knee. Nic goes for a fameasser and is powerbombed down for 2.

KC jumps at him and sunset flips him for 2. They trade pin attempts. and KC hits a botched fameasser for 2. Nic superkicks KC for 2. Nic piefaces KC and asks why he won't die. KC slaps him, dropkicks him from behind and hits his 305 kick. KC code red's him for 2. Nic blocks a shiranui and hits a zig zag to win.

Thoughts: Nic won as expected. It was a good match though. Nic worked KC's repaired knee and they told the story for KC going for the upset all the way through. It was athletic, it got enough time and it was interesting. I liked this one and KC showed up big his biggest match to date.

Overall thoughts: The opener didn't get a lot of time. Choo/Black was average. Elegance/BDE was a shorter one as well. The Righteous Deletion Match was entertaining and similar to other Deletion matches. It wasn't a traditional match or anything and had all kinds of wild stuff going on. Jada/Alisha wasn't bad. The main was good and the best thing on the show. I thought this was a little better than usual and we had 2 worthwhile matches here in the main and the Deletion Match. I'd give it a low 6 out of 10 as the highs were a lot higher than the lows here. This was okay overall.

WWE Main Event 7/23/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/wwe-main-event-7162026.html

Blake Howard & Vic Joseph are on commentary.

Giulia vs. Kiana James

G = Giulia

KJ throws her clothing at her and boots her. KJ stomps her and knees her in the gut. KJ forearms her and G flying headscissors her. G running facekicks her on the ropes. G ties her up in the ropes and pulls on her nostrils. KJ throws G off the top rope then stomps her.

KJ elbow drops her. KJ leg choks her on the ropes and running boots her in the head. KJ stomps her and piefaces her. KJ tells her, "You are nothing". G fights back with forearms. G sunset flips her for 2. KJ throws her down backwards then standing moonsaults her for 2.

KJ boots her in the head. KJ hits corner spears. KJ misses an elbow drop. They trade forearms. G shoulders her over twice and hits leg kicks. G basement dropkicks her for 2. G curbstomps her for 2. KJ superkicks her and falcon arrows her for 2. G rolls her up for 2 then KJ codebreakers her. KJ misses a standing moonsault. G running knees her then northern lights bombs her for the win.

Thoughts: It was alright and one of Giulia's better efforts. She was in full face mode here but it didn't get her any more over. KJ did her usual offense and sadly lost here. They hit a lot of forearms here.

American Made (Brutus Creed & Julius Creed) vs Dorian Van Dux & Sean Legacy

JC wasitlock takedown's SL and slaps his head. SL is flipped to the apron, Dux helps him flip back in and he armdrags JC. SL dropicks JC. BC comes in and takes an armdrag after getting hit with a forearm. Dux is put in a wristlocked, he seated moonsaults out and armdrags BC twice. Dux hurricanrana's BC for 2.

SL leapfrogs Dux and butt drops BC's arm. BC takes a double backdrop, a PK then double standing moonsaults for 2. BC lariats a distracted Dux from behind. BC clubs on Dux. Dux is pop up dropped. Dux takes a double gutbuster.

JC forearms Dux then suplexes him twice for 2. BC hits Dux in the gut and armlocks him. Dux is popped up and he ddt's BC off of it. SL top rope crossbodies JC then asai moonsaults him. SL enzugiri's BC in the corner then springboard dropkicks him. SL shiranui's BC. SL is up top and BC pushes him off the top. SL takes a brutus ball + powerbomb and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was fine. The Creed's really couldn't be much more dead in the water and it's really not their fault. Being in a tag team helped Sean a bit here and Sean/Dux weren't bad as a team.

Ivy Nile vs Wendy Choo

They lock up. Ivy backs her up in the corner and shoves her. Choo shoves her down and side headlock takeovers her. Choo handstands out of a headscissors and sdie headlocks Ivy. Choo shoulders her over and armdrags Ivy out of an armdrag for 1. Choo japanese amrdrags her and dropkicks her.

Ivy lariats her down and pounds on her. Ivy boots Choo in the corner. Ivy flying chest kicks Choo then fallaway slams her. Ivy clubs on Choo's back. They trade forearms. Choo sunset flips her for 1. Ivy lariats her. Ivy pulls her arms back.

Choo rolls her over by the arms and jawbreakers her. Choo forearms and chops Ivy then lariats her down twice. Choo pepsi twist lariats her. Choo cartwheel forearms her in the corner and running boots her. Choo 2nd rope flip dives her. Ivy germans her for 2. Choo full nelson bombs Ivy for 2.

Choo is pulled into the ropes and kicked. Ivy swinging uranage's her and pin her.

Thoughts: There wasn't much of a story or anything but they didn't botching anything and the wrestling was okay enough. Ivy was always going to win this one as she's a main roster girl while Choo is stuck down in the Evolve.

Overall thoughts: It was an okay show. We had 3 matches this week. None of them were bad and I'd say Giulia/Kiana was the best thing on here. You need to see this one but it was a decent way to a spend a half hour.

EPW Wrestling Unleashed 7/18/2026 Episode #251

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/epw-wrestling-unleashed-7112026-episode.html

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

The Order are interviewed by Allen Pounds. Allen talks about Moses Cain winning a #1 Contender's match for Eli's Apex Title. The Order are shocked and Allen asks what Eli's plans are. Eli is still shocked and doesn't answer.

Dorian Vain is then asked about Aaron Roberts' return. He says Shawn Aries has failed to put away childish things and still thinks like a child. He says he will show what he does to children like Shawn. He says will be Shawn's daddy today and says that's an executive order.

Elijah Owens vs Isiah Cone

They go at it and Cone wristlocks him. EO reverses it. Cone headflips out and armdrags him. EO side headlocks him. Cone hits armdrags and forearms him. Cone back body drops him. Cone chops EO in the corner.

Cone enzugiri's him from the apron and EO pulls Cone's throat down over the top rope. EO hits shots on Cone and boots him in the corner. EO slingshot spinebusters him. EO chinlocks him. Cone hits forearms and lightning spirals him. EO running lariats Cone. EO grabs Cone's skateboard. Cone ducks a shot and facekicks him. EO steps on the skateboard and falls. Cone slingshot cutters him and pins him.

Thoughts: I liked it. The finish was clever with EO slipping on the skateboard. His gimmick has been that he has been unlucky at times and that fits right in. There was nothing wrong with this and it was an okay bout.

Sara Blake interviews The Culture Project (Jabari Young and Enrico Sterdivan). They says they are here to put their foot on anyone's neck. The Uncut Gems come in and interrupt. Bobby Ford says the are here to make their own statement. The Gems leave and Jabari says he's gonna kill him. Enrico holds him back.

Lil Bit vs Nyxx

They waistlock each other. Nyxx throws her down twice then slams her. Nyxx suplexes her. Nyxx then slams her for 2. Nyxx misses a corner charge and is kicked in the gut. Bit bulldogs her and crossfaces her. Nyxx ropebreaks.

Bit pulls Nyxx's arm over the 2nd rope. Bit knees Nyxx in the gut then does a guillotine + armlock in the air. Nyxx rams her into the buckles. Bit headscissors her from the top buckle and Nyxx spears her for the pin.

Thoughts: It was a shorter one and it wasn't that bad. Nyxx's offense looked alright and no one botched anything.

Bit boots Nyxx after and does something like a rocker dropper. Bit crossfaces her. Judy Lee comes out and Bit runs.

Chris Styles is interviewed. He says his partner Cody James isn't here due to the actions of 2 dirtbags last week who put him in concussion protocol. He says jumping them from behind is not the mark of a real man. The Initiative come out.

Trace Hunt says it looks like something is missing with Chris. Trace says they are here and want their shot at the titles and they don't care if Cody James isn't here. Trace says they will take the titles from him.

Parental Advisory come out. Dakota Gage says Chris' partner is hurt and so is his. He says he has Chris' back. Aryanne says they will do the match, but when they win it, they get a title match.

We see the same Culture Project video from earlier.

The Culture Project (Jabari Young and Enrico Sterdivan) vs The Uncut Gems (Tyler LeMasters and Bobby Ford)

Tyler waistlock takedowns JY. JY knees him in the gut then Tyler rams him in the corner. Tyler hits shots on him in the corner. JY takes a double back elbow. Tyler throws Ford onto JY for 2. JY's head is banged off the buckles. Tyler flying back elbows JY and Ford flying corner splashes JY.

Enrico no sells a double clothesline then hits his own. Enrico forearms Tyler down twice then running back elbows him. Enrico broski boots him in the corner. JY suplexes Tyler for 2. Enrico kicks Tyler in the gut. Tyler jumping knees Enrico. Ford gets in and hit punches on JY. Ford flying lariats him.

Ford hits a double splash in the corner. Ford's top rope crossbody is caught by Enrico and Tyler dropkicks them both over. JY lariats Ford. Ford takes an os cutter into a choke by Enrico and Ford submits.

Thoughts: This was fine. They put over Enrico as the powerhouse here and the faces flew around some. Thankfully, The Project won as they are a newer group and need some wins.

The announcers talk.

Mike Anthony vs Wonder Boy

Mike talks trash and forearms him to start. Boy pulls his gloves off and gets hit again. Mike grabs him by the hair. Boy hits forearms. Boy corner flying forearms him then hits shots in the corner. Boy hits another flying corner forearm. Boy is swept off the 2nd rope.

We go to break and return. Mike boots Boy, bangs his head off the buckles and hits him in the gut. Boy hits forearms and Mike back elbows him. Mike backdrops him. Boy hits forearms and Mike germans him. Mike headbutts him down, yells at him more and punches him. Mike gets on the 2nd rope Boy enzugiri's him and 2nd rope superplexes him.

Mike flying forearms him 4 times in a row for 2. Boy goes for a running boot and Mike rolls hm up off of it and pins him.

Thoughts: I liked it. Boy showed some fire, Mike hit hard and looked like a threat and both guys generally did what they were supposed to here. This was one of Boy's better matches.

Mike makes snow angels after and Boy pounds the mat in frustration. Mike then grabs Boy's Crossroads Cup. Mike tells him to dial his @ss in after and gives him the cup back.

Overall thoughts: Cone/Owens was an okay bout and it had a clever finish with Owens slipping on a skateboard. Nyxx/Bit was a shorter one but what we got wasn't bad. The Gems vs Culture Project was fine. I liked the main as both guys did what they were supposed to and it was one of Boy's betters bouts. I'd give this a 6 out of 10 as it was an okay show overall. I'd say the main was the best match of the night.

WWC Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre 7/19/2026

Yesterday's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/wwc-superestrellas-de-la-lucha-libre_01303275515.html

The next live event is on 8/2 in Aguadilla. It has:

"La Amenaza" Bryan vs Chicano

John Hawking vs Lightning

Xavant vs Tony Leyenda

Mike Nice vs Amaddeo Sole

Oscar Benabe vs Lou Forza

Wilfredo Rivera vs El Informante

Kamila vs Sai Perez

El Payaso Makabro and La Amazona Guerrera vs Elena Negroni and Brandon The Skater

"El Hostile" Jovan vs Joe Bravo

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Axel Cruz and Abel Durant are our hosts.

We get another Orlando Colon video. He talks in the mirror. He says Carlito's and Chicano's statements were out of this world. He talks about Chicano saying Ray wouldn't help him out when his wife was sick. Orlando says his plan is going well and he needs to celebrate. He says Eddie Colon won't be at Summer Madness and he hopes he doesn't come. Orlando says it's time for him, Carlito and Eddie to run the business.

He says he was a good friend of Andrade's but he went with Eddie. He says the most important thing today is what will happen. He says Ray Gonzalez's time is running out and he knows it. He says what's coming is coming. We saw this yesterday.

The hosts talk.

WWC TV Title - Bryan Idol (c) vs Lightning vs Wilfredo Rivera vs Hijo del Dos Caras

All 4 men fight to start. Idolo forearms Wil in the corner. Wil flapjacks him. Dos is punched down to the floor from the top rope by Light. Light and Wil trade shots. Wil ddt's him. Dos knees Wil in the gut and Wil throws Idol out.

Dos goes up and over Wil and superkicks him in the gut. Dos delay suplexes Wil and flips off the fans while doing it. Idol chops and headbutts Dos. Idol double underhook suplexes him. Wil hits mounts corner punches on Idol and Dos kicks Wil in the leg. Dos headbutts Wil.

Wil takes a double back elbow and Wil is double hiptossed. Dos throws Light out. Idol flying knees Wil. Dos is double suplexed.

We go to break. Joe Bravo does a promo. He says he's facing a young wrestler who has the drive and motivation to win in El Hostil Jovan. He says Jovan has everything to become a star but he will hit a wall on 8/2. He says he hopes he's doing the proper preparation to be in the bet condition of his life. He says this is a trial by fire for him.

El Hostil Jovan does a promo. He says he has an important commitment on 8/2 when he faces Joe Bravo for the first time. He says Joe will face a 2nd generation wrestler with a lot of hunger. He says he'll see him on 8/2. and says he will show anyone else that he will continue to be the best.

Wilfredo Rivera does a promo. He says since he regained his TV Title, he wants to make it one of the best titles in the company. He says he's facing El Informante on 8/2. He urges all the fans who want to see good wrestling to see how he elevates lucha. He says Informante knows what he is capable of. He tells him to come prepared as he's ready to do anything to win and leave as champ.

We return to the match. Idol and Dos stop each other from pinning Wil then they stomp on Lightning together. Wil top rope diving double lariats Idol and Dos. Light lariats Wil. Dos elbows and headbutts Light. Dos knees Light in the gut. Light lariats Dos then he spears him.

Light bends over and Idol kicks him. Light powerslams Idol and Dos breaks the pin up. Wil top rope splashes Idol and pins him.

Thoughts: It was about average. I think we didn't see all of it, but we at least saw enough of the start and the finish. It was nothing too special. Idol was going to lose that title to go back to the US and Wilfredo seemed like the likely winner here.

Sai Perez does a promo. She says she saw Kamila climb last year to win the WWC Women's Title. She says she did it. Sai says Kamila can be working out and posting on Instagram but she couldn't carry the biggest weight - the weight of the WWC Women's division. She says that's why she is here - to show her what a real champ looks like. She says she will do to her what she did to Stephany Amalbert and says she will see her.

Kamila does a promo and says she will have to go to the other side of the island to meet daddy's little girl. She says she doesn't care about Sai's legacy. She says no legacy will fight for her and no surname will save her. She says she will find out who Kamila really is.

Lou Forza does a promo. He says WWC returns to western PR on 8/2. He says Oscar Benabe isn't a matador. He says Oscar won't go away. He says Oscar will feel the shame when he fails to beat him. He says he will be overjoyed to get another win in Western PR. He says no one and nothing can stop him.

Oscar Benabe does a promo. He says he and Lou Forza have faced each other many times. He says he will meet the same fate al those times and says Amaddeo will get it too and says Leyenda will as well. He says he will get it so hard that he will grow hair back on his head.

The mayor of Aguadilla talks about the 8/2 WWC show.

Orlando Colon vs Ray Gonzalez

We join this from the start. Ray is in the entrance area and OC is in the ring. They stare down from there. OC runs out to him and gets hit in the face with powder. Ray punches him and sends him into the post. Ray slaps him and bangs his head off the post.

OC's leg is banged off the post and he is pulled crotch first into the post. OC is bleeding big time. OC pulls Ray into the post. OC chops and punches him. Ray hits him back and crotches him on the rail. Ray punches him in the head and chops him. Ray low blows him. Ray stabs OC in the head with an object. OC boots him out of the corner and 2nd rope diving bulldogs him for 2. OC hits punches on Ray.

We go to break. Tony Leyenda does a promo at a baseball field. He says he's fed up with the war of nations and is sick of everything. He says he's only interested in his career. He says he's Dominican and Xavant is Puerto Rican. He says he's better than everyone in WWC and there's no science behind it. He says he's practicing baseball with his kids and doing something Puerto Rican's don't know how to do. He says to get better at your sport like he does with wrestling. He says there's nothing left to say. He says he's been the best in WWC for 3 years. He says he have to get ready to fight Xavant but says he's still the best. He says he is what he says he is - the best.

Xavant does a promo. He says the champ has arrived and thanks PR for the support last night. He says the last time they were in Aguadilla, it was historic. He says he has a special assignment that night and it's to shut the mouths of foreigners. He says he has no problem with foreigners coming to PR to talk but he has a problem with the trash talking of Puerto Rican's. He says he's the captain of the last territory and he defends for PR. He says don't speak ill of Puerto Rican's. He says he will break his back with the camel clutch and says he will persevere until he triumphs as that's what heroes do.

We return from break. OC punches Rey and running boots him. OC rakes Ray's head on the ropes. They trade punches for chops and OC dropkicks him. OC hits mounted punches on him and bites his head. OC misses a corner flying knee. Ray figure fours OC around the post.

Lou Forza comes out and stomps Ray to break it up. Ray is sent into the post. Ray grabs a shovel from under the ring and hits Lou with it. Ray hits OC in the leg with his shovel. Ray is busted open. OC boots Ray away. OC figure four's Ray.

Ray reverses the hold. Chicano and Carlito come out. Chicano tries to hit Carlito with a chair but nails Ray instead. OC then pins Ray.

Thoughts: I feel like we didn't see all of this but what we saw of it looked good as both guys bled. The important part of this was that we saw how Chicano ended up hitting Ray with the shovel. The way it happened was that it was accidental, but it looked more deliberate in the replays.

Chicano does a promo. He says he's calm and thoughtful. He says Bryan took a different path than him. He says Bryan wants to do things the old way but Chicano wants to bring something new. He says he hopes Bryan doesn't injure himself because it's said he is made of glass. He says he feels like himself for the first time. He says he will knock him down and give him a kick. He says Bryan's physique doesn't impress him. Chicano says hi daughter is coming to the match.

La Amenaza Bryan exits a car. He says he's been trying to contact Chicano for a week. He says he doesn't know if he's an idiot or if his phone was cut off. He says they will face each other and says Chicano will have to explain himself in person. He says he knows what this business is about and doesn't care about the betrayal's. He says he's fed up. He says Chicano is a clown and he's one of the biggest stars in PR.

The mayor of Aguadilla talks about the 8/2 show.

Axel and Abel talk. They talk about WWC Premium which isn't available yet, though they say it is. They then talk about the Aguadilla show and tell us to tune in next week.

Overall thoughts: We got two matches here. I don't think we saw the complete match either time, but we saw enough of the first half and enough of the second half to give us an idea of how things went. The four-way was average. What we saw of Gonzalez/Orlando Colon looked good, but I'm not convinced we saw the whole thing. Other than that, we had the usual promos and lots of hype for the 8/2 show. The show was fine overall and probably about the best we are going to get from WWC. I'd give it a higher 5 out of 10.

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