New Japan Pro Wrestling 8/16/2026 G1 Climax 36 Day 19

New Japan Pro Wrestling 8/16/2026 G1 Climax 36 Day 19

El Desperado, Masatora Yasuda, Ryusuke Taguchi & YOSHI-HASHI vs. House Of Torture (DOUKI, SHO, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Yujiro Takahashi)

Sho insults the crowd before the match.

The heels pound on the faces. Taguchi fights off a 2v1 and hip attacks Yujiro. Masa back elbows YK. Yoshi chops and neckbreakers YK. Yujiro trips Yoshi from the outside. Yoshi's head is banged off the apron and Despy's crotch is rammed into the post. YK basement dropkicks Yoshi in the back of the head.

Yujiro running boots Yoshi for 2. Yoshi has all 4 limbs pulled on. Yujiro forearms Sho and Sho eye rakes him. Yujiro suplexes Sho. Yoshi dropkicks Yujiro in the knee. Despy comes in and beats up on the heels. He backdrops Sho. 

Despy eye rakes Sho then Sho spears him. Despy kicks the middle rope into Sho's crotch then he backdrops Douki. The faces get the edge and Douki takes running corner attacks. Masa dropkicks Douki. Douki eye rakes Masa. Masa trips him and crabs him. Sho hits Masa with some kind of object. Sho puts a Mistico mask on Masa then Douki triangles Masa. Masa submits.

Thoughts: It wasn't too much of note. HoT heeled it up and Masa took the fall here. Sho put a Mistico mask on Masa and maybe there's going to be some kind of Mistico vs Douki match.

Most Violent Players (Togi Makabe & Toru Yano) vs. United Empire (Francesco Akira & Zane Jay)

Togi and Zane trade shots. Zane eye rakes him then Togi shoulders him over. Zane misses a corner charge and Yano goes into the exposed buckle. Zane hits mounted shots on Yano. Akira boots and knee chokes Yano in the corner. Akira standing moonsaults him for 2. 

Akira hits mounted punches on Yano. Yano atomic drops Akira. Togi comes in and corner lariats Akira. He then hits mounted punches on him. Togi lariats Akira for 2. Akira dropkicks Togi in the knee then leg lariats him. Zane top rope elbows Togi in the head. Zane back elbows Togi then 2nd rope elbows him in the head. Zane fallaway slams Togi for 2. Zane misses a top rope elbow drop. 

Togi hits forearms on Zane. Akira kicks Togi from the apron. Yano pulls Akira's throat down over the top rope and Togi lariats Zane. Togi death valley drivers Zane then top rope diving knee drops him. Togi pins Zane.

Thoughts: It was a shorter one. It's always nice to see Togi as his style isn't that affected by his age. It was average for the most part here. 

Master Wato, Oleg Boltin & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr.)

Tat dropkicks Kosei then hits forearms on him in the corner. Tat low running euros Kosei for 2. Kosei eye pokes Tat and chops him down. Kosei then does Wato's taunt. Kosei and Wato trade forearms. Wato dropkicks him. Wato hits chest kicks. Kosei trips him. Hart elbow drops Wato and Zack twists Wato's head with his feet.

Kosei chops down Wato and bangs his head off the buckles. Zack euros Wato in the corner and Hart chops Wato down. Hart suplexes Wato. Zack catches Wato's flying headscissors and ankle locks him. 

Wato runs into Hart and Hart knocks him over. Wato dropkicks him in the knee. Oleg shoulders Hart in the corner and corner splashes him. Hart euros Oleg then corner splashes him. Oleg double chops Hart then suplexes him. Oleg splashes him for 2.

Hart back body drops him then crossbodies him. Hart sentons him. Zack PK's Oleg and hits chest kicks. Oleg chops Zack down. Zack hits euros on Oleg and Oleg chops him down again. Oleg throws Zack off of him and Zack rolling armbars him. Oleg powerbombs him to escape.  

Kosei chops Tat down and pounds on him in the corner. Tat forearms Kosei then Kosei slaps him. Tat slams Kosei. Kosei armbars Tat and Oleg breaks it up. Oleg runs into a Hart lariat. 

Wato comes in and cleans house. Wato slingshot plancha's Zack. Tat shoulders Kosei over then running euros him. Tat flying euros him for 2. Tat takes him over on the mat then slaps Kosei. Kosei slaps him down then guillotines him. Tat is out and Kosei wins.

Thoughts: It was a fun tag. Oleg and Zack did some nice work together. Tatsuya got fired up vs Kosei and Kosei was a nice little jerk to him. This worked out well and it's a shame it didn't get double the time.

Unbound Co. (Daiki Nagai, OSKAR & Yuto-Ice) vs. United Empire (Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan & HENARE)

Ice and Henare grab each other by the throat pre-match. They then forearm each other and the ref starts the match. Ice hits a strike combo on him then running boots him in the head. Hen shoulders him over and bangs his head off the buckles. They hit each other in the corner. Hen chops and forearms him. Ice knees him and foot chokes him in the corner. 

Hen corner lariats Ice then PK's him. Hen chops Ice in the corner and puts his foot in his throat. Khan throws Oskar into the seats. Hen sentons Ice for 2. Ice hits forearms on Hen. Hen chokes him in the corner. 

CN spits on Ice in the corner. Ice grabs him and hits forearms. CN flying back elbows him. CN then does Ice's hand gestures. Khan mongolian chops Ice. Khan iron claws Ice then stands on him for 2. Ice throws Khan down backwards.

Oskar comes in and clubs on Khan. Os is 2v1'd by Khan and Hen. Os chops Khan and Hen. Os spinning slams Hen. Os running back elbows Khan then elbow drops his back for 2.  

 Khan stomps Os' foot. Khan bangs Os' face off the mat. SN running knees Os for 2. CN facekicks Os. Os stun guns him and running facekicks him. Nagai comes in and hits forearms on Os. Nagai corner dropkicks Os. CN facekicks Nagai. Ice slapsdown CN then is mongolian chopped and punched in the gut. Ice takes a double pump kick.

Os double lariats the heels. CN spinning forearms and superkicks Os. Nagai spinning ddt's CN for 2. CN hits oblivion Nagai. Nagai hurricanrana's CN. Nagai slaps down CN. CN hits a hard lariat on Nagai. CN F-5 swinging side slam's Nagai and pins him.

Thoughts: It was alright. Nagai's section at the end kind of saved this one. What we got wasn't bad, just these are all throwaway tags and without a big point to them and with them having various limits, there's only so much that can be done.

Ice takes out Henare and Khan after. Togi Makabe and Toru Yano then attack Ice and Oskar from behind after. Oskar chases Toru to the back and Togi/Ice fight to the back. Newman then attacks Nagai after and sends a young lion into the rails. Newman boots over another young lion. Nagai is sent hard into the rails and goes over them onto the commentary table. Newman double stomps Nagai's back. Newman then holds a sword at Nagai's throat and Gedo tries to stop Newman. Gedo tells him to calmdown on the mic. He says people know he is strong and ask what he is doing. He says he doesn't respect his attitude and says this man can fix his attitude. Jeff Cobb then comes out. 

Cobb and Newman butt heads. Cobb shoulders him over. 

War Dragons (Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi) vs. Death Riders (Gabe Kidd & Wheeler Yuta)

DM and Gabe stare down face to face. They trade chops. Gabe rebound lariats him. Shingo lariats Gabe down then shoulders Yuta over. Yuta germans Shingo. DM step up enzugiri's Yuta. Gabe elbow drops DM's back. Gabe hits a big forearm on him then DM dropkicks Gabe. DM dropkicks Gabe through the ropes. 

DM and Gabe trade forearms in the aisle then they go up into the stands. Yuta and Shingo also fight in the aisle and Shingo's head is banged off seats. Gabe piledrivers Drilla on steps. Yuta sends Shingo into the post.

Back in the ring, Shingo is held for chops. Yuta knee chokes Shingo and Shingo is held for more chops. Shingo and Gabe forearm each other and Shingo goes down. Shingo takes a giant swing and a basement dropkick. 

Shingo headbutts Yuta, Yuta step up enzugiri's him and Shingo sliding lariats him. Shingo ddt's Gabe. DM comes in and chops Yuta. DM corner spears him. DM spinebusters Yuta. DM spinning forearms Gabe down. 

DM hits chops on Gabe in the corner. Gabe germans DM. DM backdrops him in return. DM superkicks Gabe then Gabe brainbusters him for 2.  DM death valley drivers Gabe. Shingo corner lariats Yuta then hits punches and chops in the corner. Yuta suplexes Shingo for 2. Yuta jumps at Shingo in the corner and Shingo suplexes him. Shingo hits another suplex for 2. 

Yuta takes a corner spear + corner lariat combo. Shingo is pushed into DM. Yuta facekicks Shingo. Gabe tombstones Shingo and Gabe rocket launchers Yuta onto Shingo for 2. Shingo running lariats Gabe. DM pop up powerbombs Yuta. Yuta takes a nasty war dragon for 2. 

Gabe headbutts and chops DM. DM dropkicks Gabe. Shingo lariats Yuta then DM hits a drilla killa on Yuta. Shingo hits a last of the dragon on Yuta to pin him.

Thoughts: It was an okay tag here. They tried and got enough time to turn this into something. It was hard hitting and they took some hard neck bumps here. I liked this.

Dm and Gabe have words after. 

Team 100 (Satoshi Kojima & Taichi) & Konosuke Takeshita vs. House Of Torture (Ren Narita, SANADA & Shun Skywalker)

This is Shun's first match as an NJPW roster member.

KT is hit from behind before it starts. KT facekicks Sanada then Ren eye rakes KT. Ren takes a double boot from Tai and KT. Koji boots Ren in the gut and mongolian chops him.

Tai chops Ren in the throat. Tai hits Kawada kicks on Ren and Ren forearms him back. Tai spinning chops him. Tai tries to sumo throw Ren and gets sent into the exposed buckle. Tai is group stomped by HoT outside. 

Shun eye rakes and chokes Tai in the corners. San eye rakes Tai. Tai hits chops and kicks on San. Tai running facekicks San. KT comes in and running forearms San. KT flying lariats San. KT hurricanrana's Ren out. KT is tripped as he goes for a dive and he is sent outside. Togo 2nd rope chops KT in the nuts for 2.

KT hits forearms on Ren and Ren chokes him. Togo trips up KT. Ren exploders KT and KT exploders him back. Koji and Shun get in. Shun facekicks him. Koji hits a chop flurry on Shun in the corner. San then gets chop flurried and Shun gets another round. Koji spinning forearms Shun and ddt's him. KT forearms San down.

KT hits forearms on Shun then blue thunders him. Koji cutters Shun. Koji lariats Shun down for 2. Kanemaru spits whiskey in Koji's eyes. Yujiro hits Koji in the throat with a cane. Shun standing moonsault double knee drops Koji and pins him.

Thoughts: Shun thankfully won here as this was his debut. It was not that good with the usual HoT heel shenanigans. There were a lot of people coming in and out during this one. 

HoT pose over Koji after. Taichi comes in with a chair and the heels leave. 

Unbound Co. (Taiji Ishimori & Yota Tsuji) vs. Goto Revolutionary Army (Hirooki Goto & YOH)

Yota and Goto lock up and rope break. Yota side headlocks him. Goto hiptosses him and shoulders him over. Yota takes a double shoulderblock. TI's back is double clubbed on. Yota tilt-a-whirl backbreakers Yoh. TI twists Yoh's head with his feet. TI does a triangle cobra clutch and Yoh ropebreaks. 

Yota chops TI. Yota forearms him down and TI dragon screws him. Goto comes in and hits both opponents. Goto spinning heel kicks Yota in the corner and backdrops him. Yota curbstomps Goto. Goto hits a reverse GTR then lariats him. 

Yoh hits forearms on TI then flying forearms him. TI superkicks him in the face and goes for the border city stretch. Goto ushigoroshi's TI then Yoh falcon arrows TI. Goto ushigoroshi's Yota. TI la mistica drops Yoh into a border city stretch. TI lifting drops Yoh onto the knee. TI pins Yoh.

Thoughts: It was a shorter one and didn't really get enough time. Taiji was more of the focus here than anything else. They definitely pushed the idea that TI will get a title shot off of this. This was just a match.

TI holds up the title after and puts it on Yoh. 

Tanahashi speaks before the main and Tenzan heads to the commentary desk. 

G1 Climax 2026 Final Match - Yuya Uemura vs. Ryohei Oiwa

Oiwa wore orange Tenzan headgear out.

They grapple. Oiwa front facelocks him and is backed up in the corner. They lock up and Yuya side headlocks him. Yuya side headlock takeovers him. Yuya uses the buckles to side headlock takeover him. Yuya side headlocks him. Oiwa trips him, goes for the side headlock and Yuya puts his own side headlock on.

Oiwa side headlock takeovers him and Yuya puts another side headlock on him. Oiwa shoulders him over a few times. Oiwa side headlock takeovers him. Oiwa shoulders him over and sentons him. Yuya chops Oiwa down and armdrags him into an armlock. Oiwa goes for an armdrag but Yuya armdrags him back. 

Yuya armlocks him. Oiwa back elbows him then Yuya armdrags him into an armlock. Yuya wristlocks Oiwa. They snapmare each other and take each other down by the wrist. Yuya keylocks him and Oiwa tries a pin off of it. Yuya rolls him around and keeps the hold on.  

Yuya hammerlocks him. Yuya armdrags him and is put in a headscissors. Oiwa puts another headscissors on him. Yuya headstands out. Oiwa side headlocks him. Yuya chops Oiwa in the corner. Oiwa side headlocks him while he's on the apron then drags him into the ring while keeping the hold on. 

Oiwa cravates Yuya. Yuya throws him over by the arm and bangs his arm off the mat. Yuya basement dropkicks Oiwa in the arm. Yuya goes up and over, armdrags him, crossbodies him and dropkicks him. 

Yuya corner splashes him and underhook suplexes him for 2. Yuya pulls back on Oiwa's arm with his feet. Oiwa side headlocks him then ddt's him. Oiwa backslides him for 2. Oiwa doctor bombs him for 2. Yuya flying lariats him and backdrops him. Oiwa backdrops him. Yuya flying spinning armdrags Oiwa. They german suplex each other and Yuya dragon suplexes him for 2. Yuya top rope frogsplashes him for 2. Oiwa belly to belly suplexes him for 2. Oiwa side headlocks him again. Yuya backdrops him but Oiwa keeps the side headlock on. 

Oiwa headbutts him then Yuya enzugiri's him. Yuya hits a front suplex. Yuya shining elbow drops him. Yuya armdrags him into an armlock. Yuya wristlocks him. 

Oiwa lariats him and lariats his way out of a wristlock. Yuya wristlocks him. Oiwa slams him but Yuya keeps the armlock on. Oiwa germans him for 2. Yuya goes back to the wristlock. Oiwa backdrops him. Yuya goes for deadbolt and Oiwa lariats him. Yuya headbutts him and Oiwa spinning lariats him. Oiwa spinning lariats him for 2. Oiwa side headlocks him and Yuya taps out.

Thoughts: It was based around the side headlock vs armwork. The problem with the side headlock is that it's maybe the weakest hold in wrestling lore. It took Oiwa almost 30 minutes of doing it to tap out Yuya while a simple armbar can tap someone out in 5 seconds in real life. He's not tapping people out due to extreme pain, he's almost tapping them out via boredom or exhaustion. To rehab this hold into a true believeable finisher would take as long as it did to make it into a weak hold in the first place. 

I appreciated the logic and the attempts to keep it simple and safe. I'd even say it worked to some degree and was fine. But it's just not believeable, especially with 5'8, 200lb Ryohei Oiwa doing it. It's also not believeable when you have people like Takeshita and Tsuji dropping each other on their heads with dangerous holds and still being able to kick out time after time.

Tenzan is seemingly crying in happiness or close to it after on commentary.

Oiwa does a speech after. He says he and Yuya are 1-1 and it's to the benefit of NJPW that they continue this rivalry. He says he couldn't be apart of Tenzan's retirement ceremony but it means a lot to be able to win with Tenzan on commentary. He says he will challenge for the IWGP Title and win the belt. He says he's Mr. Summer and the G1 winner.

Overall G-1 Climax thoughts: Yuya and Oiwa in the final was absolutely random. It was not that well built to this year and I'm not even convinced that they were the initial plan this year, just Shota Umino was out. I don't think either was pushed that well prior to the G1 to make the most of this. I'm glad they are trying, and I think they have no other choice with so many wrestlers aging out or getting taken. There's been worse G-1's, and there's been much better G-1's. We had a couple of good matches this tournament but this was not NJPW's best work. The undercards were largely terrible and a lot of good matches didn't really get enough time. Maybe by 2028 or so this generation will finally mature and we will finally get the classic tournament we deserve. People like Ishii, Taichi and Yoshi-Hashi were definitely missed from this tournament and it's too bad they couldn't wrestle. People like Evil were not missed. I'd say the tournament was average overall.

Overall thoughts: The undercard was a little better than it was on previous nights as the matches got more time to play out.TMDK had a fun tag. Nagai's tag was alright and I was fine with Shingo's tag. Goto's match wasn't that good. The main was okay but didn't meet the hype. I'm glad they get that less is more, but trying to make the side headlock into a true finisher and asking someone like Ryohei Oiwa to do it isn't the right call. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 as it was a little better than some of the other shows we got. It was okay overall.

New Japan Pro Wrestling 8/11/2026 G1 Climax 36 Day 15

New Japan Pro Wrestling 8/11/2026 G1 Climax 36 Day 15

Day 14 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/new-japan-pro-wrestling-892026-g1.html

Masatora Yasuda & Oleg Boltin vs. United Empire (Great-O-Khan & Jakob Austin Young)

Oleg gets hit from behind by Jake to start. Khan then hits Oleg from behind. Oleg fireman's carry takeovers Khan then trips him. Khan rakes the eyes of Oleg and dumps him over the top rope. Oleg is sent into the rails. Khan chokes Oleg with a chair outside. 

Khan then hits Oleg with the chair in front of the ref and the ref doesn't do a thing about it. Jake eye rakes Oleg and facewash kicks him. Khan holds Oleg for a baseball slide. Khan then trips Oleg and laughs.

Oleg hits forearms on Khan. Khan mongolian chops him. Oleg double chops him. Khan blocks a karelin's lift. Khan uppercuts him and is dropicked down. Masa and Jake go at it. Masa hits chops. Jake back elbows him then Masa slams him. Masa dropkicks Jake for 2.

Jake rolls up Masa for 2. Masa trips him into a crab. Oleg chops Khan and pump kicks him. Oleg flying shoulders him over. Jake chops Masa in the corner. Masa sunset flips him but Jake rolls through and shining wizards him for 2. Jake twisting brainbusters him and pins him.

Thoughts: It got more time than I expected but wasn't too much of note. Khan hit Oleg twice with a chair right in front of the ref and the ref didn't care at all. It was just a match and was little of note.

Oleg helps out Masa after. Khan hits Oleg with a chair. Oleg rams Khan into the corner. They butt heads and shove each other.

House Of Torture (SANADA & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) vs. Unbound Co. (Shingo Takagi & Taiji Ishimori)

San boots Shingo and throws him out. YK stomps TI. TI handspring double back elbows his opponents. TI stomps YK. San trips TI and sends TI into the rails. San then bangs TI's head off of seats. YK rakes Shingo's face with a towel in the seats.

YK ddt's TI for 2. YK chokes TI on the bottom rope. San elbows and punches TI. San paradise lock's TI. San then hits TI in the butt with a turnbuckle pad. TI hits chops on San then flying knees him. Shingo hits punches on San and chops him. San is sent into YK. Shingo then hits a ddt + flatliner combo on the heels.

Shingo suplexes San for 2. San dropkicks Shingo. San magic screws Shingo. YK and TI go at it. YK dropkicks TI in the knee. YK bangs TI's knee off the mat and pulls on his leg. YK kneebreakers TI. TI cradles him for 2. TI rolls him up for 2 then YK rolls him up for 2. YK backslides TI.  TI pushes the ref, low blows YK and pins YK.

Thoughts: It was short and not that good. Them needing to do a low blow finish in the 2nd match is pretty lame. No one impressed here.

United Empire (Jake Lee & Zane Jay) vs. Unbound Co. (Daiki Nagai & Yota Tsuji)

Jake wore a clown mask out and has paint on half his face. Zane sits in a chair in the ring.

Nagai dropkicks Zane out of the chair to start and Yota throws Jake out. Zane is snet into and over the rails. Yota grabs a makrer from Jake's pants and draws on his face. Jake begs off in the ring then eye rakes Yota. Jake then tries to write on Yota's face. Yota armdrags Jake.

Nagai topes Jake outside. Yota flying pumping knees Jake in the ring for 2. Jake suplexes Yota. Zane and Nagai get in. Zane 2nd rope elbow drops him in the head and hits punches. Zane then thesz presses him and hits mounted punches. Nagai dropkicks him and spinning ddt's him.

Jake knocks Yota off the apron. Nagai hits chest shots on Jake and Jake flying knees him in the chest. Jake running facekicks Nagai in the corner and pins him.

Thoughts: This was a dumb waste of time. Yota got almost nothing in and they spent time coloring each other's faces with markers.

Jake puts marker on Nagai's face after then stares down Yota. 

Unbound Co. (Gedo & Yuto-Ice) vs. Goto Revolutionary Army (Hirooki Goto & Tatsuya Matsumoto)

Goto and Ice grab each other and shove each other pre-match. Tat and Gedo go at it. Tat backs him up on the ropes. Gedo then backs him up on the ropes and eye pokes him. Gedo eye rakes him and then hits shots. Tat running euros Gedo over.

Tat misses a dropkick. Tat is tripped into the ropes and Ice facekicks him. Ice then nails Goto. Ice sends Goto into the rails. Gedo punches Tat in the gut then bangs his head off Ice's foot. Tat hits forearms on Ice. Ice snapmares him and kicks him in the back. Ice slaps Tat. Tat running dropkicks Ice.

Goto comes in and cleans house. Goto spinning heel kicks Ice and backdrops him for 2. Ice and Goto trade forearms. Goto hits a reverse GTR and is thrown down backwards by the hair. Gedo jawbreakers Goto and superkicks him for 2.

Gedo eye pokes Goto. Goto reverse GTR's him and running lariats him. Goto ushigoroshi's Ice. Tat low diving euros Ice. Gedo cradles Goto for 2. Gedo eye pokes Goto then Goto GTR's him. Goto pins Gedo.

Thoughts: We didn't get all that much of Goto and Ice here and it was just a throwaway match with Matsumoto mostly getting picked on. Gedo had a cute nearfall on Goto here near the end.

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

Zack facekicks Hen, they trade strikes and Hen shoulders him over. Zack hits more facekicks and Hen shoulders him over again. Hen forearms and boots him in the corner. Hen chops in the corner. Hen headbutts Zack and boots him. Zack's head is banged off the buckles. Hen kicks him in the back. Zack gets his knees up on Hen's senton attempt. 

Zack euros Hen in the corner and boots him in the face. Zack stomps Hen's arm. Zack works Hen's arm. Zack traps one arm and pulls on the other while hooking his legs around Hen. Zack top wristlock Hen and stomps his arm.

Zack boots Hen around and kicks him in the leg. Zack wristlocks him. Hen berzerker bombs him. Hen chops him and samoan drops him. Hen sentons Zack for 2. 

Zack kicks Hen in the arm. Hen spinning heel kicks Zack. Zack tornado ddt's Hen. Zack does an octopus to Hen but Hen samoan drops him out of it.  

Zack hits kicks to Hen's arm then PK's him. Hen lariats Zack. Hen running lariats Zack for 2. Hen step up knees Zack in the corner. Zack armbars Hen up top. Hen 2nd rope superplexes Zack. Hen hits a lanzarse/rampage on Zack for 2. 

Zack armbars Hen. Hen boots Zack in the face to break it. They trade shots and Zack euros him a few times. Zack slaps him around. Hen punches him in the gut and headbutts him. Hen PK's him. Hen flies at him and is put in a triangle. Hen tries to powerbomb him out of it but Zack holds on. Zack headscissors him with an armbar. Hen is out and Zack wins.

Thoughts: It was fine. Zack targeted the arm here and Hen tried to fight him off with his usual offense. Henare didn't get a ton in here and should have to really put this one over. Zack tends to bully his opponent in his matches and that kind of happened here.

G1 Climax 2026 Block B Match - Drilla Moloney vs. Ren Narita

Kanemaru hits DM from behind as he enters. Ren hits elbows on DM and sends him into the rails. The bell rings. Ren stomps on DM and throws him out. DM is sent into the post. Ren bangs DM's head off of the seats then sends him into them. Ren chokes DM over the rails. Togo hits DM with a chair outside.

Ren back elbows DM in the ring then chinlocks him. DM ropebreaks. Togo pulls DM's throat over the top rope then Togo holds him for a kick from Kanemaru. Ren flying presses DM down. Ren then chinlocks him again.

DM dropkicks Ren out then dropkicks him through the ropes. Ren boots DM out of the corner and DM spinebusters him. Ren does a grounded guillotine to DM. Ren then headscissors him and grounded guillotines him. DM death valley drivers Ren. 

DM goes up top and Ren pushes the ref into the ropes to crotch DM. Ren 2nd rope guillotines DM. Ren bridges him on the rope and northern lights suplexes him for 2. DM rolls him up for 2.

Ren chinlocks him and is thrown over the shoulders. DM pop up powerbombs him for 2. DM is nearly sent into the ref. Ren facebusters DM for 2. Ren misses a top rope move and gets speared. DM goes for the pin, HoT pulls the ref out then beat up Ren in the ring.

Togo is sent into Kanemaru. Ren low blows DM then chinlocks him. Togo throws powder in Ren's eyes on accident. DM flying superkicks Ren. DM drilla killa's Ren and pins him.

Thoughts: I hated it. It was filled with House of Torture shenanigans and the ref was somehow oblivious to all of it. How does the ref think he got pulled outside during a pin count exactly? Teleportation? This sucked.

G1 Climax 2026 Block B Match - Callum Newman vs. Aaron Wolf

CN boots Wolf in the gut and forearms him. They duck each others shots and CN goes down. Wolf shoulder throws him and elbow drops him for 2. CN trips him and kicks him in the arm. Wolf is sent into the rails outside. Wolf is put in a chair and CN spits at him. CN facekicks him over while he's in the chair.

Wolf gets in and CN chinlocks him. CN euros him over.CN kicks him in the back. Wolf corner lariats him and hits judo throws. Wolf suplexes him and shoulder throws him. Wolf elbow drops him. 

They trade forearms and CN goes down. They chop each other. CN forearms him and superkicks him. Wolf uranage's him. CN knees him in the chest on the apron. Wolf shoulder throws him from the apron to the floor.

Wolf is facekicked over in the ring and CN hits Finlay's oblivion on him for 2. CN low flying knees for 2. CN jumps at him and gets powerslammed for 2. Wolf head and arm chokes him. CN pulls the hair to break it up then pounds on him. 

CN PK's him. Wolf hits an AA. CN hits forearms and Wolf drops him with one. CN high kicks him and Wolf lariats him for 2. CN pumping knees him then lariats him for 2. 

CN lariats him down. Wolf canadian destroyers him, angle slams him then does a reverse triangle. Wolf submits him.

Thoughts: It was a slower paced match and bordered on being boring at times. I was surprised to see Wolf win here. Wolf busted out a canadian destroyer in this. It was acceptable overall but it could have been better.

G1 Climax 2026 Block B Match - Gabe Kidd vs. Yuya Uemura

They stare down for a bit. Gabe side headlocks him. They butt heads and trade forearms. Gabe slaps him around a little and drops him with a forearm. Gabe hits chops. Yuya armdrags, hiptosses and armdrags him. Gabe grabs a chair and sits in the crowd. Gabe stalls outside. 

Gabe bites him in the head and throws him out. Gabe forearms him outside. Yuya sends Gabe into the buckles. Yuya armdrags Gabe into an armlock. Yuya is sat up top and Gabe pushes him down to the floor. 

Gabe pushes the ref down and throws a chair at Yuya's head. Gabe chops him in the seats and forearms him down there. Gabe then suplexes Yuya onto the seats. Yuya gets in and hits some shots. Gabe then drops him with a forearm. They chop each other and Gabe gets the edge. Gabe stomps him while he's down. 

Yuya shoulder throws him and bangs his arm off the mat. Yuya corner dropkicks him. Yuya then armdrags him into a dropkick. Yuya backdrops him for 2. Yuya hammerlock ddt's him.  

Yuya elbow drops Gabe's shoulder into the mat for 2. Yuya kimura's him. They forearm each other then german each other. They no sell the germans and Gabe lariats him down. Gabe brainbusters him then sitout powerbombs him for 2. Gabe boots Yuya in the head and forearms him down. Gabe stomps him while he's down. Gabe clubs his back then hits slaps on him. Yuya gets in his face and slaps back.

Yuya double underhook suplexes Gabe for 2. Yuya top rope frogsplashes Gabe for 2. Yuya then armbars him off of it. Yuya wristlocks him. Gabe bites his head. We hit 20 minutes. Gabe forearms him and Yuya headbutts him. Gabe hits some punches. Yuya pele kicks him. Yuya dragon suplexes him for 2.

Gabe forearms him down and hits knees to the chest. Yuya jack knifes him for 2. Gabe then piledrivers Yuya for 2. Yuya throws him down by the arm, rolls him up and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a bit of a weird match. They went out early and lost the pace. Yuya was beaten up for most of this and ended up kind of winning by surprise. The finish wasn't done well. Gabe didn't really give Yuya enough to get any momentum going and the pacing between Gabe's shots could have been better. They had the story right idea was but the overall product wasn't that great. This was so-so overall.

Yuya talks on the mic after but there's no translations.

Overall thoughts: The undercard sucked as usual. Henare/Zack was fine but Henare needed more offense. Ren/Drilla wasn't good. Newman/Wolf was acceptable. The main was so-so. Yuya got a fluke win, they didn't get the pace going and Gabe didn't give Yuya enough time between shots. I'd give it a 4 out of 10 overall as this was below average

AEW Collision 8/15/2026

AEW Collision 8/15/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/aew-collision-882026.html

We are in Las Vegas, NV. Tony Schiavone, Excalibur and Paul Wight are on commentary.

AEW World Trios Title Match - Adam Page & Brodido (Bandido & Brody King) (c) vs. The Lethal Twist (Blake Christian, Jay Lethal & Lee Johnson)

Page and Blake go at it. Page shoulders him over. Blake flying headscissors him. Page side headlocks him. Blake jumps up and is slammed. Jay boots Page in the corner. Page dropkicks Jay into a moonsault on Lee. Page slams Lee. Page slingshot swantons him.

King sentons Lee for 2. Band hits Jay on the apron then Lee hits Band from behind. Blake stomps Band in the corner then pulls on his mask. Band does the finger gun taunt at Blake and corkscrew headscissors him. Lee eye rakes Band. Band is put in tree of woe and takes a 619 and a dropkick. Blake 2nd rope moonsaults Page outside. We go to PiP break and return.

Band pump kicks Jay out of the corner. Band top rope tornillos Jay. King tags in and cleans house on the heels. King hits corner lariats on the heels and corner splashes 2 of them together. King corner cannonballs 2 of them. Page hits punches on Lee. Page springboard triangle lariats Lee then slingshot plancha's Lee. 

Page sends Jay into the rails and King sends Blake into the rails. Lee is sent into the rails. King crossbodies Blake and Lee against the rails. Page moonsaults Blake and Lee from a rail in the stands. Page top rope moonsaults Lee for 2.

Blake, Jay and Page get shots in. King catches Blake's dive outside, Jay topes King and King is held for an apron splash on the floor. Lee top rope splashes King and Blake springboard 450's King. Blake is monkey flipped and Page buckshot lariats Blake. Band hits a ripcord GTS on Lee. Lee is swung into a double superkick and a piledriver. King pins Lee.

Thoughts: It was an okay match as expected. There were some nice spots here and the faces retained as expected. Blake and Lee appeared to take a lot of the bigger bumps here instead of Jay.

Ricochet comes out and tells the fans to shut up. He says he loves to rain on the faces parade. He says as he told them, if the land hand doesn't get you, the right hand will. Kaun and Toa then attack the faces. Toa shoulders over Band. Page fights off Toa and Kaun then takes a 4v1. King lays on Page to try and protect him. Page takes a t-gimmick. Ric says when you are in demand, you can make demands. Kaun says if you don't follow demands, you get put down. 

The Don Callis Family are interviewed. Don says he's not worried about the Brian Cage vs Hechicero match tonight. Don says there's a 100% chance one of his men advances. Don asks that they shake hands and they do. Don tells Lance Archer, "tonight, nobody dies".

The Conglomeration of Roderick Strong, Orange Cassidy and Kyle O'Reilly are interviewed. OC says he could face whoever wins tonight and that makes him feel pressure. Kyle says his relationship with Strong has been a rollercoaster. He says nothing will change no matter what happens. Strong says he won't treat him different and expects the same from him.

Continental Challenge Cup First Round Match - Brian Cage vs. Hechicero

They lock up. Hech trips Cage then drops down on his leg. Cage chops and forearms Hech. Hech goes up and over and tries to shoulderblock him. Hech lariats him and boots him in the gut. Hech dropkicks Cage in the knee then ddt's him for 2. 

Hech clubs on Cage's chest. Cage death valley drivers him. Hech boots Cage out of the corner. Cage pump kicks Hech in the corner. Cage 2nd rope superplexes him. Cage poses. We go to PiP break and return.

Cage hits forearms on Hech. Hech sleepers Cage over the top rope then crucifixes him there. Cage bridging ddt's Hech down for 2. Cage sitout powerbombs him for 2. Cage goes for a reverse slam and Hech headscissors him into a double leglock. Cage ropebreaks. Hech step up knees Cage in the corner. Cage spinning lariats him.

Cage and Hech trade forearms. Cage superkicks him. Hech facekicks him and headscissors drops him for 2. Hech then rolls up Cage while holding the ropes and pins him.

Thoughts: It was acceptable but nothing too great. Their style didn't 100% gel with each other and they had to work with that. It could have been a little cleaner at times. It was a new match though and something we haven't really seen before.

Darby Allin does a promo. He says his biggest fear is that when he looks at himself in the mirror someday, he won't know who he looked back at. He says he had to sacrifice everything in AEW and Sting told him he didn't have to change one thing. He says Kevin Knight has changed. He says he hopes he likes it at the top as the foundation he built his house on won't last. Darby says he sees the potential he saw in Kevin in Sting's son Steven. He says he won't attack him or use explosives before Wembley as he wants the beat the best in Kevin at Wembley. He says Kevin won't recognize who he looks at mirror at after All In as he will beat him within an inch of his life.

The Rascalz are in the back with smoke. Zach says they are rolling after a big win. Reed says he lost last week and isn't rolling. Reed says he's not rolling nothin'. Lio Rush appears from below. He talks about "the rain". I couldn't figure out what else he said. Li then does The Rascalz taunt.

Divine Dominion (Lena Kross & Megan Bayne) vs Mazzerati & Rachelle Riveter

Lena locks up with RR. RR's flying headscissors is blocked and Meg side slams her. Lena back elbows RR. RR takes corner facekicks from both. Meg release germans RR. Maz hits forearms on Meg. Meg lariats Maz down. Maz and RR take forearms. One of them is dropped on the other from the suplex position. Maz is double chokeslammed and pinned.

Thoughts: It was a quick squash and not much more. RR wasn't in place in the corner for Meg's kick and Meg nailed her from behind.

The Brawling Birds come down and attack Meg and Lena. Meg is double lariated over the top and Lena is hit with a double headbutt. The steps are put against the timekeeper's rail edge and Lena saves Meg. Meg and Lena then escape.

We see a taped Zayda Steel interview. She says she's hyped for Collision. Mercedes Mone comes in and asks who she is. Zay says she knows her name but tells her it anyway. She says she used to admire her but lost all respect for her after she attacked Willow. Mone forearms her down. 

Continental Challenge Cup First Round Match - Nigel McGuinness vs. Katsuyori Shibata

KS and Nigel lock up. KS takes him down by the arm. KS twists his ankle. Nigel side headlock takeovers him and KS headscissors him. Nigel handstands out. KS armlocks him then wristlocks him. KS hammerlocks him and wristlocks him. KS lets go.

Nigel hammerlocks KS and KS reverses it. Nigel kicks the rope into KS' jaw. Nigel offers a handshake. KS kicks and elbows him off of it. KS kicks Nigel in the back. KS chops Nigel in the back. Nigel snapmares him into the ropes.

We go to PiP break and return. Nigel euros him. KS pump kicks him and Nigel headbutts him in the gut. KS guillotines him. Nigel suplexes KS. Nigel side headlocks KS then euros him. KS grounded sleepers him. Nigel uses his legs to pull on KS' legs and KS has to rope break. Nigel euros KS in the corner. Nigel back elbows him and double throat thrusts him. KS sleepers Nigel. KS kicks him in the back. Nigel kicks him in the leg as he goes for a PK. Nigel ankle locks KS. 

Nigel figure fours KS' legs while standing on his ankle. KS backrolls him for 2. KS PK's him. Nigel hits mounted shots on KS. KS hits mounted shots on him and sleepers him. Nigel back rolls, turns it into a pin and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a good match here. Nigel had some clever stuff like kicking Shibata's PK leg and he did some other neat technical stuff. Shibata also brought some technical skills. These two worked well together and did a good job.

Renee interviews Will Ospreay and says he needs to find 2 partners against The Don Callis Family. Will says it will be a difficult phone call but says he will call his boys in Japan. He says Francesco Akira and Henare will be okay but it will be a difficult conversation with Callum Newman.

Lio Rush & The Rascalz (Dezmond Xavier, Myron Reed & Zachary Wentz) vs. Frescomatic, Ice Williams, Jeaux Braxton & Watson

Lio low topes all opponents to start. Lio lariats Ice (a former WWE Evolve wrestler). Lio stunners one of the jobbers. The one jobber takes corner attacks and is held for a senton on the back off a codebreaker. Lio jumps off one of the jobbers back onto another to bite him. The Rascalz hit a triple team basement dropkick.

Lio bites a jobber's hand and that jobber takes a triple superkick. The Rascalz hit stereo slingshot topes out. Zach top rope swantons a jobber, Reed top rope 450's that jobber and Dez spiral taps that jobber. Lio then tapes that jobber out with a bridging neck hold.

Thoughts: It was just a short squash and not much else. Lio's tope on all 4 guys was cool and it was interesting to see Ice Williams since he was an Evolve wrestler at one point.

The Hurt Syndicate come out and pose before The Rascalz and Lio leave.

Shane Taylor Promotions (Lee Moriarty & Shane Taylor) & The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin) vs Jake Redondo, Ro Montana, Sonico & Willie Montana

The jobbers all get hit to start. Shelton spears one of the Montana's outside. Bobby release germans Sonico. Shelton step up knees a Montana in the corner then germans him. Shelton spears a Montana outside. Bobby and Shelton then walk out and MVP shows the money they got. Lee hits a hard low tope on Sonico. 

Shane headbutts Jake. Shake then package piledrivers him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was another quick squash. The Hurt's leaving during the match once they did their damage was kind of funny.

Tomasso Ciampa does a promo. He says the stakes couldn't be higher in the casino gauntlet. He tells Andrade and MJF to pray he's not #3.

Mercedes Mone vs. Zayda Steel

Random isn't the word for this one.

Mone waistlocks her and piefaces her. Zay piefaces her back. Zay rolls her up for 1. Zay 2nd rope diving armdrags her then side headlock takeovers her for 1. Mone throws her down backwards. Zay codebreakers her over the 2nd rope for 2. Mone drops Zay chest first onto Mone's knees. Mone hits mounted shots on Zay. 

Mone snapmares her and chinlocks her. Zay rolls her up for 2. Mone dropkicks her. We go to PiP break and full break then return. Zay stunners her then thesz presses her. Zay hits mounted shots on her. Zay hits forearms and spin kicks her in the gut. Zay STO's her. 

Zay crossbodies her in the corner. Zay top rope crossbodies her for 2. Mone backcrackers her then hits a money maker. Mone then crossfaces her and submits her.

Thoughts: It didn't get a ton of time here. Zay got a little in, we went to break and Mone finished her as we came back. It was average.

Christopher Daniels helps out Zay after. Mone attacks him then whips Zay and Daniels with her title belt. Willow Nightingale comes out and Mone runs. Willow gets on the mic and says if Mone wants to fight, she'll fight right now. WIllow tells Mone that she knows she can beat her. Mone teases coming in but doesn't.

We get a Jack Perry promo from after Dynamite. He says he was told to go to the doctor's because he's bleeding. He says he doesn't have time to bleed himself. He says he needs to prepare himself because he will be AEW champ. He thanks Mox for showing him what it will take to get there. He says iron sharpens iron. He says he needs to face everyone who has been to that level including Samoa Joe, Adam Page and Kenny Omega. He then points at Swerve Strickland. Swerve says he beat all those guys he mentioned and all his friends. He says he hasn't figured out Mox yet and says Jack isn't ready to walk with killers like them. Swerve goes to leave and Jack stops him. Jack says he thinks he is. Swerve says to be careful about bringing a knife to a Swervefight.

Kenny Omega does a promo. He says The Don Callis Family are the crap stain on the underpants that are his life. He says he doesn't like them or bullies. He is with The Bucks and says they can fight 3 of Don's crew. The Bucks say they always have Kenny's back. Adam Copeland and Christian Cage come in. Cage asks what happened last week in Mexico. Cope asks if they are up for the trios match when they face them at Wembley in a few weeks. A Buck asks what happened when Cope had Mox pinned last week. Cope says one of The Bucks was 3 when he started this. A Buck says Cope is old and old enough to be his father. Cage says, "Who says I'm not?". Cage tells Cope, "let me know when you are done trusting these guys".

Continental Challenge Cup First Round Match - Roderick Strong vs. Kyle O'Reilly

They lock up. RS chops him and Kyle chest kicks him. They trade shots and RS ropebreaks. Kyle does a grounded abdominal stretch variation. They trade strikes. Kyle legsweeps him. Kyle snapmares him and kicks him in the back. RS uranage backbreakers him. 

RS chops Kyle in the corner then he suplexes him. Kyle tries to flying knee him but is dumped over the top. They go out and Kyle is backdropped on the rail top. We go to PiP break and return.

Kyle chest kicks him and boots him out of the corner. Kyle 2nd rope flying knees him. RS backbreakers him. RS chops Kyle in the corner. Kyle knees RS in the gut. Kyle hits chest kicks on RS. 

Kyle triangles him. Kyle flying knees him off the apron. Kyle is up top and is enzugiri'd. RS backbreakers Kyle on the top buckle. They trade forearms. Kyle hits a big lariat then brainbusters him for 2. Kyle armbars him. They trade armbars.

RS enzugiri's him for 2. They trade forearms. Kyle rolls him and pins him.

Thoughts: They didn't make much of the friend vs friend story here and they just wrestled it like any other match. The wrestling was fine though. Kyle won but it really didn't matter either way.

Kyle goes to shake his hand after and RS shoves him down. RS then helps him up and hugs him. Orange Cassidy gets on the stage and they all walk out together.

Overall thoughts: It was a bunch of random and close to random matches. We had a couple squashes we didn't really need as well and we got some appearances from The Bucks, Swerve, Kenny, Darby and Ospreay. The matches despite being random were mostly okay. I'd say Nigel vs Shibata was the match of the night but the opener was close too. I'd give this a 6 out of 10 and I thought it was an okay show.

MLW Fusion 8/15/2026

MLW Fusion 8/15/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/mlw-fusion-882026-blood-and-thunder.html

We are in Chattanooga, TN. Tom Lawler and Joe Dombrowski are on commentary.

Battle Royal

Andrew Everett, Manny Lo, Flip Sequoyah, CJ Gallows (Doc's son), Labron Kozone, Azteca 44, Diego Hill, Ikuro Kwon, Okumura, Mark Coffey, Wolf Coffey, Don Gato and Jumbo are in this. Jesus Rodriguez (the former Ricardo Rodrigurez) introduces Don Gato.

All the men fight. Jumbo pulls down Kwon by the hair. Jumbo throws Kwon into Okumura in the corner. Manny Lo gets grabbed by Jumbo and is short arm lariated. Jumbo corner hip attacks Kwon. Don Gato chops Azteca in the corner. Kozone dumps Manny Lo out for the elimination.

HIll hangs from the ropes on the outside. Mark headbutts Kozone. Flip is on top of Jumbo's shoulders. He moonsaults/is flipped out onto Manny outside. Flip Sequoyah is eliminated. Andrew tries to chokeslam Jumbo and Jumbo shoves him to the apron. Andrew goes to springboard and Kwron dropkicks him out of the elimination. I think CJ Gallows gets thrown out but we don't see it clearly.

Jumbo puts Oku on the apron then puts Kwon there. Kwon and Oku are pulled into each other. Oku is eliminated. Jumbo chokeslams Kwon on the apron and eliminates him.

Jumbo runs into Gato. They shake hands. Azteca tries to jump on them. Gato lariats Azteca over the top. Gato goes with him and both are eliminated. Kozone throws Mark Coffey out. Mark pulls Kozone's arm and Wolfgang dumps Kozone out. Kozone is eliminated.

The final 3 are Jumbo, Wolfgang and Diego Hill. Hill handspring corkscrew kicks Wolf. Jumbo forearms Hill. Hill step up enzugiri's Jumbo. Hill gets on the 2nd rope and Wolfgang dumps him out. Diego Hill is eliminated.

Wolf hits shots on Jumbo. Jumbo lariats him over the top. Jumbo wins the battle royal.

Thoughts: Jumbo debuted here and they did what they could to put him over big. It was your usual battle royal and wasn't super long, but it did what it was supposed to. It was fun to see Don Gato as well. Flip's moonsault bump to the outside was wild.

Austin Aries faces Averno for the CMLL National Openweight Title next week. Contra Unit interrupts and takes the feed. Josef Samael says MLW grew soft and he grew stronger in the shadows. He says Contra leaves nothing behind and says hail Contra.

Joe Coffey vs. LaBron Kozone

Bron's pulling double duty here as he was in the battle royal.

They trade forearms. Joe double throat thrusts him. Bron flying euros him then chest kicks him down. They trade shots outside. Bron clubs his back and chops him. Bron chops him against the rails. Bron then chops and kicks him against the steps. 

They fight outside more. Joe finlay rolls Bron then 2nd rope vader bombs him for 2. Bron clubs on him and Joe short arm shoulderblocks his shoulder. Bron is sent into the ref. Joe pounds on him. Joe backbreakers him then elbow drops him for 2. 

They chop each other. Bron back elbows him. Joe hits him in the gut and clubs him. Bron backslides him for 2. Bron exploders him. Bron hits punches and chest kicks on Joe. Bron urakens him. Bron legsweeps him and sentons him. Bron michinoku drivers him for 2.

Bron spinning back elbows him. Joe back body drops him. Joe double jump springboard crossbodies him then flying shoulders him for 2. Bron forearms him. Joe pump kicks him and Bron facekicks him. Bron germans him but Joe no sells it. Joe shoulders him over, Bron kips up and step up enzugiri's him. Bron powerbombs him for 2.

Wolfgang and Mark Coffey distract Bron from the ramp. Joe rolls up Bron and pins him.

Thoughts: This wasn't the right call here. They've been pushing Bron as the next big up and comer and haven't him lose didn't make much sense. Especially for Joe Coffey. I like Joe, but he's always going to be the tag partner or the guy who puts someone else over. The match was hard hitting and decent otherwise.

Rich Bocchini interviews Mistico. Austin Aries interrupts before anything is said. Aries says Mist has been ducking him. He says he was in Mexico and asks where Mist was. He says he'd slap the mask off Mist's face if he didn't have a match next week. In Spanish, Mist says he wants to know if he and Averno are ready. Mist says he wants a match for Aries'  title. Rich Bocchini says Mist wants a triple threat match. Aries agrees to making next week's match a triple threat.

We get a video on Zamaya.

Rich Bocchini interviews The Good Brothers. Karl wonders which 2 Skyscrapers they face tonight. He says it doesn't matter and says tonight of their night. Doc says when they win tonight, they will be 10x tag champs. Doc says they are fired up like CJ Gallows and Doc brings him in. Doc says they will control the main event like they always do. He says it'll be a magic killer and a 1-2-3.

We get a Contra Dossier video on Josel Samael where they talk about his history in MLW. 

MLW World Tag Team Title Tennessee Tornado Match - The Skyscrapers (Bishop Dyer & Donovan Dijak) (c) vs. The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson)

The heels hit shots to start and all 4 fight in the ring. Dijak pounds on Karl in the corner then hits him with his jacket. Doc's head is banged off the buckles. Doc boots Baron in the gut and throws him out. Dijak takes shots form both opponents. Dijak takes a backdrop + neckbreaker combo. 

They fight outside. Baron takes punches from both opponents. Karl chops Baron. Doc headbutts Dijak outside. A table is set up outside. Dijak tope con hilos his opponents outside.   

Baron hits Doc in the gut and back with a crutch. Baron then hits Karl with it. Doc's head is banged off the apron. Dijak hits Doc with a kendo stick then hits Karl with it. Baron chairs Doc in the gut then misses a chair shot against the post.

Doc uppercuts Baron. Dijak hits punches on Doc. Baron backdrops Karl on the apron. Doc chairs Dijak and Baron. Doc hits Dijak with a kendo stick. We go to break and return. Baron chokes Doc with a chair then hits him in the gut with it.

Karl chairs both opponents. Karl chops Baron and Doc chairs Dijak. Doc hits Dijak with a kendo stick. Karl trips Baron face first into a chair. Karl chops Baron. Baron deep six's Karl for 2. Doc takes a double chokeslam. 

Karl fights off both opponents. Karl trades forearms with Dijak. Karl neckbreakers Dijak. Karl is up top and is crotched. Doc is facekicked off the apron. Baron AA's Karl. Dijak top rope moonsaults Karl for 2. Doc hits Dijak with a trash can lid while he's up top. Dijak falls off the buckles through a table outside.

Baron is hit with the trash can lid. Karl ddt's Baron. Baron takes a magic killer and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was alright enough but nothing too great. Dijak took the big bump through the table here off the buckles. It was mostly just brawling and various weapons shots. 

CJ Gallows celebrates with Doc and Karl after.

Overall thoughts: The battle royal was your usual battle royal and nothing too special. Joe Coffey/Kozone was fine but the wrong man won. The main was okay enough here but it was mostly just brawling and weapons shots. I'd give it a low 6 out of 10 as it was an okay show but nothing must see. I'd say the main was the best match of the night

NWA Powerrr 8/15/2026

NWA Powerrr 8/15/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/nwa-powerrr-882026.html

Joe Galli, Danny Dealz and Tim Storm are on commentary.

Grudge Match - El Dragon Nihan vs Thom Latimer

Drag has Brandon McCord with him.

Thom runs in and hits lariats. Drag no sells them and blocks his slam attempt. Thom running dropkicks Drag out of the ring. Thom goes after McCord then hits punches on Drag. Drag uppercuts him and is pushed into the post. Thom tries a splash against the post but Drag moves and Thom goes face first into it.

They get in and Drag superkicks him. Drag gets a 2 count on him then corner splashes him. Drag runs at him, Thom gets out and Drag stops himself. Drag misses an elbow drop. Thom top rope crossbodies him. McCord gets on the apron and gets in the ring. Thom pop up powerbombs McCord. Drag chokeslams him for 2.

The Collection come to help McCord. Drag gets stuck up top and Thom powerbombs him down. Thom then pins him.

Thoughts: If you were looking for some knockdown, drag-out affair with weapons and stuff, this wasn't it. What we get didn't look all that good and it was a simple match. Thom even won mostly clean which maybe shouldn't have happened vs the bigger Nihan. It was average.

Mike Mondo works out in the back as Aron Stevens hypes him up.

It's Me...The Carson Drake Experience

Carson talks to Lockjaw Drake and Buster. Buster says they are doing good and Lock tells him to be quiet. Carson says he knows Buster, Buster says he's a new star and Lock tells him to stop talking. Buster tries to talk again and again and Lock stops him again and again.

Carson says he's facing PB Smooth in a #1 Contender's match for the NWA Title next week. He says PB and Silas Mason don't have what it takes to be NWA champ, but he does. He says PB will learn that he can't beat him. 

Kyle Davis interviews Silas Mason in the ring and asks what's on his mind. Silas says he's been all over the city trying to find Kerry Morton. He says he went to South and East Atlanta. He says Kerry knocks when he gets his hand on him, he will knock his eye more crooked that his real dad Robert Gibson. He says Kerry can run but can't hide from the thrill ride.

The Country Gentlemen do a video pretending to be in France with bad filters. AJ says they are in The Netherlands. Joe says the tag titles will be defended tonight and says everything they do is 100% by the book.

Ricky and Kerry Morton talk. Ricky says Silas should be careful what he wishes for as it may happen next week. Kerry says if Silas wants it, he can get it. Kerry says when he steps in the ring, they all love him. He says Silas has gotten under his skin and he will make an example of him next week. He says he has him as his insurance policy if things go south. He then tells him to picture him as NWA World Champ.

Colby Corino vs Axton Ray

Ax hammerlocks him and CC side headlocks him. Ax shoulders him over. CC then shoulders him over. They trade wristlocks. CC armdrags him into a pin attempt. CC headscissors Ax into the ropes then rolls him into a pin off of that. CC rolls him into a double stomp to the gut. 

CC chops Ax and Ax chops back. Ax flips over him off the top. Ax ducks al ariat and Ax pop up tilt-a-whirl backbrekers him for 2. Ax dropkicks him. Ax enzugiri's him in the corner and standing moonsaults him for 2. 

CC's head is banged off the top rope. They get on the apron and CC kind of STO's him on the apron. CC top rope swantons him. CC forearms and chops him. CC flying forearms Ax. CC standing inverted flip dives him for 2. Ax up kicks him and CC rebound lariats him. Ax blue thunders CC for 2. CC superkicks him then northern lights bombs him. CC pins him.

Thoughts: It was an even match here. Corino didn't impress. He didn't look like he had his usual strength and was definitely taking things lightly. Axton had a good showing as usual and I'm glad to see he's being used regularly. It was that a little below average. 

The Pope, Mims and The Light do a promo. Pope said he had Carnage where he wanted him last week. He said he didn't need help but The Light always has folks' back. Pope says he will send The Light with Mims to take on The Royal Court. Pope says Mims will make them believe.

The King's Court is in the ring with the wizard guy from last week. Trevor sits in a throne and says he's the king of pro wrestling. Trev says no victory or defeat has been without Mike Knox's sacrifice. He says they shed blood and sweat and says Knox is truly his brother. He says he gives him the highest honor he can give one man and calls him "Sir Michael, Duke of Knox". 

Trev says the wizard guy has shadows behind him and says he fears no dead. He says he can bend the wheel of nature and could black out the son if he demanded it. He says his name is "Jacob, The Necromancer" (this appears to be "Magic" Jake Dumas). He says Jacob saw the future in his crystal ball. He says he saw a man with no fear and with a man with knowledge of this kingdom. He then says Tyler Frank is now "Squire Franks". The crowd chants "Burger King". Trev says they are The Royal Court. 

Effy does a promo. He says he faces Kratos next week and will show him and the NWA how wild it gets when he puts his heart into it.

The Slimeballz talk. They blame each other for losing The US Tag Titles. They then spit on each other. They spit in their hands and slap each other. They then wrestle on the grand and Sage bites him. Sage tickles him. Sage says let's go see if The Hardway will give them the title back.

Mims and The Light vs The Royal Court (King Trevor, Sir Michael and Squire Franks)

Joe Galli says he doesn't know The Light's names. This is The Light's NWA debut.

Trev and Mims lock up. Trev shoves him from behind. Mims punches Trev on an armwringer. Trev's buddies complain. Trev punches Mims in the corner and stomps him. Franks euros Mims then he dropkicks him.

Franks does some gestures. Mims corner splashes him and backsplashes him. Mims side slams Franks and splashes him for 2. Light #1 hits Franks in the arm. The Light double japanese armdrag Franks. Franks is kicked in the back and Light #2 2nd rope euros him in the back. #1 kneeling swantons Franks.

Mims hits Franks in the gut then back elbows him. Mims chinlocks Franks then knees him in the gut. Franks spinning backhands Mims and jumping knees him. Mike comes in and beats up his opponents. A Light member takes a Mike facekick. Mike corner splashes Light and Mims. Mims is thrown own. Mike kind of trips and splashes Light in the corner. Mike crossbodies Light.

Jacob the Necromancer spits mist in Mims' eyes outside. Light takes a high/low and loses a shoe from it. Trev hits a nice ddt on a Light and pins him.

Thoughts: This was The Light's debut and The Court's debut as a team. Both teams could have used a win and The Court won. It was average and mostly just put over The Court. The Light were mostly treated as jobbers here.

Bryan Idol does a promo. He asks if we can imagine him taking on Mike Mondo. He says we don't have to as it comes up next. He says Mondo told him he doesn't have the skill or the guts to face him and he says Mondo's mouth wrote a check his body can't cash. Idol says looks kill and so does he.

NWA National Title - Mike Mondo (c) vs Bryan Idol

They hockey fight to start. Idol takes him down and they both hit mounted shots. Idol flying knees Mike in the corner and chops him. Idol double underhook suplexes him. Idol is sent chest first into the buckles and shoulder first into the post. 

Mike slams Idol for 2 then elbow drops him. Mike chinlocks him. Idol forearms him on the apron. Idol then spears him off the apron onto the floor. Mike pulls Idol out then Idol pulls him out. 

They trade shots in the ring and Mike hits a snapmare driver for 2. Idol superkicks him. Idol misses a double jump moonsault. Mike jumps off the top and goes face first into Idol's feet. Idol hits a bad oblivion for 2. 

Mike superkicks Idol in the gut and jumping knees him. Idol blocks a fireman's carry gutbuster and jack knifes him. Idol pins him.

Thoughts: Rumors say Idol is booking the NWA so that may explain why he won here. Mike didn't get that many big matches here and I don't think they got the most of the reign. The match was alright enough but didn't get a ton of time.

Slade and Mondo beat up Idol after as Aron Stevens cheers them on. Idol takes a double ddt on a title belt. Mondo and Slade take the ref's belt. Mondo whips Idol with it. Idol rolls out and Idol's mom checks on him. Mike gets up in Idol's mom's face and pushes her into people.  

Overall thoughts: Nihan/Thom was underwhelming and very simple. Corino/Axton Ray was a little blow average. The Royal Court's match was average and the main event was alright. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 overall as it was average.

New Japan Pro Wrestling 8/9/2026 G1 Climax 36 Day 14

New Japan Pro Wrestling 8/9/2026 G1 Climax 36 Day 14

Day 13 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/new-japan-pro-wrestling-882026-g1.html

Taisei Nakahara & Toru Yano vs. Unbound Co. (Gedo & OSKAR)

Yano and Gedo take a while to get going. Gedo leaves, Yano takes a off a corner pad and Oskar gets in. Os boots Yano in the gut. Yano hits him from behind then Os shoulders him over. Os stomps Yano. Gedo eye rakes Yano with his foot then fist drops him. 

Gedo stomps Yano. Gedo eye pokes him and Yano atomic drops him. Tai and Os get in. Tai hits forearms then dropkicks him twice. Os chops Tai down. Os goes into the exposed buckle and Tai rolls him up for 2. Tai dropkicks him then Os back body drops him. Os camel clutches Tai and submits him.

Thoughts: It was short and not much of note here. Yano screwed around and Gedo only got a few things in. It was a waste of time. Tai had some decent dropkicks here.

Aaron Wolf & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. United Empire (Callum Newman & Zane Jay)

Tat and Zane push each other before the bell. CN then pushes both opponents. CN eye rakes him. Wolf shoulder throws him. CN takes a double boot then a double shoulderblock. Tat low euros CN for 2. CN back elbows him then kicks him in the back. Zane top rope clubs Tat on the head. 

Tat dropkicks him in the knee for 1 then leglocks him. Zane ropebreaks. Zane thesz presses Tat and hits mounted shots. Zane chokes Tat. Zane eye rakes Tat then Tat dropkicks him. Wolf shoulders CN over hard. CN boots both opponents out of the corner. Wolf throws CN by the arm. CN facekicks Wolf then Wolf uranage's him. Tat water wheel drops CN for 2. 

Zane back elbows Wolf then Wolf powerslams him. Tat rolls up CN for 2 and dropkicks him. CN lariats Tat, knees him in the face and underhook suplexes him for the win.

Thoughts: It was shorter and not that bad. Newman showed some effort here and Wolf was decent as the power guy.

House Of Torture (Dick Togo & Ren Narita) vs. Unbound Co. (Daiki Nagai & Drilla Moloney)

DM side headlock takeovers Ren. DM wristlocks him. Ren side headlocks him. DM top wristlocks him. Togo boots DM in the corner. Ren is tripped into Togo's crotch. DM backdrops Ren for 2. Ren takes a double shoulderblock. Togo takes a double suplex. Ren is double back elbowed then takes a double elbow drop. 

Nagai corner dropkicks Ren for 2. Ren rams Nagai into the exposed buckle. Togo hits Nagai outside then sends him into the rails. Togo bangs Nagai's head off the apron. Nagai is slammed and Togo slingshot swantons him. 

Togo stomps Nagai and running back elbows him. Togo 2nd rope swantons Nagai for 2. Nagai dropkicks Togo. Ren double axe handles Nagai off the buckles. Nagai slams Togo onto Ren and Nagai gets a 2 count on Ren. Ren takes running corner attacks. Nagai goes up top and Ren pushes the ref into the ropes, crotching Nagai. Nagai is up top, Ren stands on the mat and exploders him down. Ren pins him.

Thoughts: Nagai and DM weren't a bad team here. House of Torture didn't do too many shenanigans here. It was nothing special though. 

United Empire (HENARE & Jakob Austin Young) vs. TMDK (Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr.)

Zack cravates Hen and side headlocks him. They trade forearms and Zack gets dropped. Zack facekicks him and Hen shoulders him over. Zack headbutts him in the gut and hits euros. Hen shoulders Zack over.

Hen stomps Zack and clubs him. Hen facelocks Zack then stomps him. Jake chops Zack in the corner and does facewash kicks. Jake spits on him and chinlocks him. Jake pulls his arms back. Zack pulls his arms back then twists his head with his feet. 

Hart corner splashes Jake and lariats him down. Hen and Hart trade forearms and chops. They shoulderblock battle. Hen hits him in the gut. Hart takes corner attacks. Jake shining wizard's Hart. Hen full nelson's him and Zack does an octopus to him.

Hen samoan drops him. Jake enzugiri's him and shiranui's him. Hart sentons Jake. Hart sitout powerbombs him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was too short to be anything of note. Hart and Hen's little section wasn't bad and I'd be up for that one.

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Jake Lee vs. Ryohei Oiwa

Lee is action normal here today. Jake side headlocks him, Oiwa armdrags him and is headscissored. Jake kicks him in the back and armlocks him. Jake knees him in the gut. Oiwa dropkicks him in the knee. Oiwa bangs Jake's knees off the mat. 

Oiwa armdrags him and Jake holds on with an armlock. Jake shoulders him over. Oiwa bangs Jake's knee off the mat. Oiwa figure fours Jake. Jak ropebreaks. Jake sells his leg and Oiwa clips him. Jake knees Oiwa in the face. Jake slams him. 

Jake armlocks him. Oiwa backdrops him. Oiwa corner splashes him and dragon screws him. Oiwa slams him then top rope falling splashes him for 2. Oiwa lariats him over for 1. They butt heads and trade forearms.

Oiwa dragon screws him. Jake is sent into the post. JAke seems to put lipstick on? Jake gets back up and sends Oiwa into the rails. Jake chest kicks him and drops a rail on him in the crowd. Jake knees him in the chest.

They go back in. Jake backdrops him. Jake misses a corner kick and Oiwa rolls him up for 2. Jake high kicks him down. Jake hits forearms and Oiwa does 2 dragon screws. Oiwa grabs the leg and Jake ropebreaks. Oiwa ankle locks him and pulls Jake's leg's backwards Jake submits.

Thoughts: It was nice to see Jake take a match somewhat seriously here and that's an improvement over his usual nonsense. It was somewhat watchable at least but nothing too great. 

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - SANADA vs. Konosuke Takeshita

KT backs up San on the ropes. KT hammerlocks him and is tripped into a side headlock. KT puts his own side headlock on. San gets shouldered over. KT leg lariats him. KT throws him down by the arm and armlocks him. KT yanks on the arm then chops him. San dropkicks KT in the knee.

San butt drops his leg. San kneebreakers him over his knee and dropicks him in the knee. San elbow drops KT's leg. San pulls on the leg and KT ropebreaks. KT facekicks him. KT hits punches and flying lariats him. 

KT hits a blue thunder variation on San for 2. San drpkicks him in the knee and chest. San slingshot plancha's him outside. KT exploders him. San hits a magic screw for 2. They trade shots. San hits punches on KT. KT hits forearms back. San backrolls him for 2. 

San 2nd rope moonsaults him and dragon sleepers him. San shining wizards him. KT pumping knees him and San falcon arrows him. San top rope moonsaults him for 2. San dropkicks him in the knee. San blocks KT's bridge and does skull end. KT package tombstones him and hits a wheelbarrow german off of it. KT pumping knees him for 2.

San cradles him for 2 then shining wizards him. KT hits a spinning ddt then falcon arrows him for the win.

Thoughts: It was an okay bout here. There was no shenanigans from Sanada and they just had a straight match. There was nothing wrong with this one and they worked pretty well together.

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Great-O-Khan vs. Yota Tsuji

Yota poses on the ropes and is hit with a turnbuckle pad. Khan sends him shoulder first into the exposed buckle. Yota is then sent shoulder first into the post. Khan chairs a chair into Yota's arm against the turnbuckle connectors. Khan sits on his neck on the buckles. Khan throws him down by the arm and stomps him. 

Khan trips him. Khan stomps Yota. Yota hits forearms and Khan forearms him back. Yota drives Khan's face into the mat. Yota flying headscissors him then topes him into the rails. 

Yota baseball slides him off the apron. Yota 2nd rope moonsaults him. Yota then sits on Khan's neck on the buckles and does his pose. Yota flying pumping knees him in the corner. Khan kicks him in the gut and does a shoulder claw to him. Khan dumps him over the top rope.

Khan sends Yota into the seats. Khan chairs Yota. Khan goes back to the shoulder claw. Khan mongolian chops the arm then takes a curbstomp combo. Yota grans Khan by the hair then Khan back body drops him. Khan face claws him. 

Yot stunners him. Khan euros Yota's arm. Yota headbutts him in the chest and lariats him. Yota sit out chokeslams him for 2. Yota cubrstomps him. Yota's shoulder is sent into the exposed buckle. Yota goes for a spear but the ref is pushed into the way. Khan low blows Yota, goes for a chokeslam and Yota ddt's him.

Khan punches Yota in the arm and Yota spears him. Yota running spears him twice and pins him.

Thoughts: It was alright. Khan worked the shoulder and Yota overcame it to win. It wasn't anything great and wasn't the most exciting, but at least there was a story to it.

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Hirooki Goto vs. Oleg Boltin

They lock up and Oleg backs him up on the ropes. They repeat the spot and Goto clean breaks him. Oleg side headlocks him. They shoulder battle and Goto knocks him over. Oleg suplexes him and Goto goes out. They trade chops. Oleg slams him then splashes him for 2. 

Oleg half-crabs him and Goto ropebreaks. Oleg forearms him down. They forearm each other. Goto hits chops and is rammed in the corner. Oleg hits corner spears. Oleg running lariats him twice and drops him. Goto spinning heel kicks him in the corner and backdrops him for 2. 

Goto forearms him then Oleg belly to belly suplexes him. Oleg corner splashes him then karelin's lifts him. Oleg vader bombs him for 2. Goto ushigoroshi's him. They lariat each other. Goto hits a rverse GTR. Goto sleepers him. 

Goto PK's him. Oleg finlay rolls him for 2. Oleg powerbombs him for 2. Goto sleepers him and Oleg rams him into the buckles. Goto gets on his back and bridging final cuts him for 2. Goto rolls him up for 2. Goto headbutts him and is dropkicked. 

They lariat each other and Goto spinning heel kicks him. Goto GTR's him and pins him.

Thoughts: It's a shame it didn't get more time as it was going well and needed a bit more to get to being really good. What we got was okay. Oleg really needs to work on showing more emotion, spirit and personality though as some of that was lacking here.

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Shingo Takagi vs. Yuto-Ice

Shingo knees Ice in the gut. They butt heads and pull each other by the hair. Ice slaps him. Shingo goes out and throws a chair in. Ice leg kicks him. Shingo hits forearms in the corner then Ice fires back. They trade forearms. 

Ice running facekicks him. Ice hits kicks to the back. Ice forearms and foot chokes him in the corner. Shingo running lariats him then shoulders him over. They go into the aisle. Shingo forearms him there and sends him into the rails. They trade forearms there and Ice's head is banged off seats. Shingo hits him with a chair. 

Ice hits forearms and slaps him while he's seated. Shingo bangs Ice's head off the table. Shingo lariats him from behind and Ice's head is banged off another table. Ice is sent into the post. Shingo elbow drops him and sentons him. Shingo suplexes him. 

Shingo hits punches. Ice throws him down backwards by the hair. Ice hits knees to the gut in the corner. Ice running knees him. Shingo blocks a PK and dragon screws Ice. Shingo knee drops the knee. Ice boots him in the head. They trade facekicks or chops. Shingo punches him. Ice lariats Shingo down. Ice PK's him for 2. Shingo twisting neckbreakers him. Shingo ddt's him. 

They fight on the buckles. Shingo superplexes him down. Shingo running lariats him. They trade lariats for chest kicks. Shingo backdrops him then running lariats him. Shingo hits a made in Japan for 2. Ice buzzsaw kicks him. 

Shingo punches him in the face. Ice high kicks him and low pump kicks him for 2. Ice chest kicks him down then brainbusers him for 2. Shingo lariats him for 2. Shingo sliding forearms him in the head then hits a burning dragon. Shingo running lariats him for 2. 

Ice leg kicks him. They trade shots and headbutt each other. Shingo hits forearms. Ice slaps him around. They punch each other and headbutt each other at the same time. Ice knees him in the chest and pins him.

Thoughts: It was an okay bout. I thought it should have gone a little longer and they needed a couple more big moves to put this over the top. A little more energy and selling from Ice would have also helped this one out.

Ice then talks on the mic after.

Overall thoughts: I liked Wolf's match on the undercard but the other undercard matches weren't that good. Lee/Oiwa was watchable. Sanada/Takeshita was a straight bout and it was okay. Khan/Yota was fine and made sense. Goto/Oleg was also okay as was the main event. I'd give this a 6 out of 10 overall as we had some decent G1 matches here. It was an okay show.

WWE Smackdown 8/14/2026

WWE Smackdown 8/14/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/wwe-smackdown-872026.html

We are in Boston, MA. Joe Tessitore and Wade Barrett are on commentary. 

We see various wrestlers arrive. 

Nick Aldis is in the ring. He says Chelsea Green suffered a broken orbital bone. Green comes out and it's all purple around her eye. Nick says he can't let her compete with a broken eye socket. Green tells him not to say it and says she can compete. Nick says he hates this part of his job, but it's his job. He tells her that he needs her to relinquish the title. 

Green says she knew it was too good to be true. She says every time something good happen to her, it is followed by something devastating. She says that's just her story. She says she's just the comic relief, the girl who takes the fall for other girls. She says she's never the champ and never the QB1. 

Green talks about all the stunts she's done and all the sacrifices she made. She says she told herself it was all worth it because this moment would come. She says Nick should understand this after Summerslam. Nick says it's not the same but she says it is. 

Green says they proved it doesn't matter what they think about us, it's what we think about us. Green says Nick and his wife was a champ. Green says this is her title until someone takes it off of her. She says she thought Nick of all people would understand that.  

Green gives the title to Nick and walks off. Nick tells her to wait. Nick says he's doing the right thing as the GM, but says as Nick Aldis the man, he doesn't give a d@mn what medical says. He says he will give her 30 days to get cleared, get a face mask and do what she has to do. He says until someone takes this from her, it's hers. Green then holds up the title.

Gunther's music then hits and he comes out to interrupt. Gun calls this another bad sob story. He says let's put our attention on important things. Gun asks Nick why he pulled that stunt on him at Summerslam. Nick says they can discuss this in his office like men. Gun asks Green what she did at Summerslam and mocks her for getting injured. 

Gun says he pulled double duty at Summerslam and made a man tap out in front of his family. He asks why Nick added Kevin Owens to his match. Kevin says he didn't do that but added Gun to Kevin's match. Nick says he was negotiating for months and says sorry Gun didn't get the job done. Green says that was a good one and Gun tells her to shut up. Green tells him to have his temper tantrum and stroke his ego. She says that's all he has after Summerslam. Green says she only sees one champ and it's her. 

Matt Cardona, Green's husband, then runs down and gets in Gun's face. Gun says, "all the way from catering to the rescue". Gun says there's nothing Matt can do to him. Green goes to leave and Gun says it's like a dog listening to his owner. Matt then pounds on Gun and gets him out of the ring. Refs then come out and we go to break.

Thoughts: It's too bad Gun had to come out because that was one of the best segments Green had ever done. They really had a nice moment there and ruined it for cheap Gunther heat.

Gunther vs Matt Cardona

This started during the break. Gun chops Matt down. Matt hits forearms on Gun and Gun chops him down. Matt forearms him and knee chokes him in the corner. Matt dropkicks Gun through the ropes and Matt is rammed into the rails. Gun backdrops him on the rail top. Gun powerbombs Matt on the commentary table then powerbombs him on the apron.

Gun short arm lariats Matt. Gun backdrops him. Chelsea Green yells at Gun and gets on the apron. Matt low blows gun and hits a leg lariat on him for 2. Matt tries it again and is powerbombed. Gun powerbombs him again and crabs him. Matt submits.

Thoughts: Gun won as expected. We could have had some fun and had Matt win, but nope. It was a shorter bout and Gun was in control of this for the most part before winning. I could have done without some of the powerbombs as Gun hit 4 of them here.

Lash Legend and Nia Jax come out. Nia says Green is injured less than a week into her reign. Nia says she got screwed at Summerslam and she want's the WWE Women's Title. Nia says if Green doesn't give her what she wants, she doesn't mind breaking faces around here. Tiffany Stratton comes out and hits Lash and Nia. Nia and Lash get control over her. Tiff is forearmed down then Nia legdrops Tiff.  The heels leave as Tiff is left laying.

Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair talk. Flair thanks Bliss for helping out Friday and Bliss credits Tatum for it. Bliss says she likes Tatum and says Flair should be nice about the surprise Tatum has. They open a door and Tatum has candles and photos all over the wall. Bliss tries to get Flair in and Flair is spooked as she sees a collage of herself on the walls. They then shut the door.

Cody Rhodes talks to Nick Aldis in the back. He wants the match with Orton set up. Nick offers a match at Sunday Night's Main Event with Orton and Cody takes it. 

Sami Zayn comes in. He says Cody wants something and Nick is ready to move heaven and earth for it. He says when he wants a match, he has to wrestle a 4-way with a broken hand. Cody says he used to let Sami do this. He says he doesn't owe Sami anything and tells him to do something about it. Sami says the last time they were in the ring, he did something nobody else was able to do. He says he pinned Cody clean in the ring for the title. Cody asks if he thinks he can do it again. Cody then says tonight. Sami complains that Cody is challenging him when he can't go. Nick asks if he can't or won't. Nick says if Sami beats Cody tonight, he can face the winner of Punk vs Owens. Sami says he's hurt. Nick tells him to make that choice.

WWE United States Title - Baron Corbin (c) vs Carmelo Hayes

Baron drives in on a motorcycle.

Melo tope con hilos Baron before he gets in and pounds on him. Melo dropkicks him in the ring. Melo hits forearms. Melo chops him in the corner and hits mounted corner punches. Melo step up enzugiri's him then springboard twisting crossbodies him. 

Melo is caught coming off the top. Melo pulls Baron over the top rope. Melo then blind springboard legdrops him over the back of the neck over the 2nd rope. Baron blocks a first 48 and powerbombs him. Baron boots him out of the ring and sends him into the rails.

Melo's head is banged off the post. Melo is then sent over the timekeeper's rail. We go to PiP break and return. Melo hits forearms. Baron pulls him into the buckles then lariats him down on the rebound. Baron is pushed into the buckles. Melo boots him while he's down and blind springboard diving ddt's him for 2. Melo top rope frogsplashes him for 2. 

Baron flips Melo with a facekick. Melo toyota roll sunset flips him. Baron hits deep six for 2. Melo hits first 48 twice. Melo goes up top and is pushed down to the floor. Baron hits an end of days and pins him.

Thoughts: It was an alright match here. It had some nice action and Melo was jumping all around here. They also sold me on the idea that Melo maybe could pull it off, so this worked. 

Baron poses with the title. Trick appears on his spinning stand in the entrance area. Lil Yachty then appears behind Baron and hits him with a kendo stick. Baron grabs it and tries to hit him with it. Trick flying pumping knees Baron and sends him out.

Chelsea Green thanks Tiffany Stratton in the back. She says she didn't want her to get injured before her title match. Tiff says she's fine and will compete tonight.  

Kevin Owens comes out. CM Punk comes out before he says anything. Punk says whatever KO was going to say was going to concern him. He tells him to say it to his face. KO says Punk had his back turned to him when he called him a fat slob last week. KO said they wrestled for the same indy 15 years ago. He says Punk was the top guy and he was the guy trying to make a name for himself. He says Punk insulted him and screamed at him. Punk asks if he's been holding onto that for 20 years and if that was the problem this whole time.

KO says it's not just that but the things he did and said and the way he treated his friends. KO says all his friends hate Punk. Punk says being hated by losers is the price he pays by not being one of them. 

KO says he hates him as everything he does and says is performative. He says Punk is a phony. He says Punk came back to make things right because he had no choice. He says he doesn't respect people like him. KO says he did well for himself, main evented everywhere and became Universal champ. He says he also main evented Wrestlemania against Steve Austin, which Punk will never get to do. 

Punk congratulates him. Punk says he was happy for him and asks if he thinks he would given this opportunities if he was still here. KO tells him to say why he wouldn't. He tells Punk to say he's a fat indy slob and a fan who is on the wrong side of the guard rail. Punk asks if that is what he thinks of him or what KO thinks of himself.

Punk says he sees a lot of things in him. He says he sees a guy that spears 2 languages and a guy who avoids work and wastes his potential. he says he sees a tough guy who is a bum. Punk says he evolved and says if KO put more work in, maybe he would have avoided that Bill Goldberg spear. 

KO says he doesn't want to be like him. He says he thinks Punk hates what he sees when he goes home. He says he's the same guy Punk screamed at 20 years ago and he's facing him for the title next week. He says Punk couldn't avoid that Roman Reign spear at Mania. 

Punk says he sees someone who is stubborn and loud and sees the same guy he saw 20 year ago. KO asks if it bothers him. KO says he regretted not punching him for 20 years. Punk says there's nothing but air and opportunity and challenges him to do it now. KO says he didn't do it then because he knows Punk would have ruined his career. He says he wouldn't do it now, because next week he doesn't just get to punch him in the face, he gets to beat him for the title after he does it. 

Punk says KO was a greenhorn 20 years who thought he could be disrespectful to him. Punk says he can wait 7 days and says KO will look up to him in Toronto when he puts his fat @ss to sleep.

Thoughts: It was a decent segment here that kept my interest. 

Finn Balor talks to Nick Aldis. He says it would have been nice if Nick gave him a heads up at Summerslam before adding Gunther and Owens to the match. Gunther comes in and complains about Nick making him wrestle in street clothes. Nick says Gunther is interrupting him in a conversation with Finn. Gun says he doesn't see Finn. He says he sees the shadow of Finn. Finn says he's tired of his act. Finn says he told Nick he'd do whatever it takes to get another title shot. He says he'll beat his @ss if it means going through him. Nick seems to like the idea.

WWE Tag Titles - Damian Priest and R-Truth (c) vs The War Raiders (Ivar and Erik) vs MFT (Tama Tonga and Talla Tonga)

Haku is with MFT.

All 6 men fight. We get some fighting outside. The Raiders and MFT fight out there. DP walks up the ropes with Truth's help and springboard crossbodies them all. We go to break and return. 

Tama is thrown out by Truth. DP high kicks Ivar from the apron the nhits shots on Erik. DP flying back elbows Ivar and Erik in the corners. DP lifting flatliners Ivar. Ivar sits up top. Talla chokeslams Truth and DP down as they stand on the 2nd rope. Ivar flip dives DP off the top. 

Tama headbutts Erik in the chest. Tama is popped up into a powerslam for 2. Talla lariats Ivar down then lariats Erik down. Talla powerslams Truth. Talla is double kicked and double pounded on. Talla is double suplexed. 

Truth STF's Talla. Erik overhead suplexes DP. Erik knee's Truth in the back of the head off a full nelson. DP foot presses Erik down. DP spin kicks Erik in the head twice. DP is popped up outside and powerslammed through the timekeepers rail. Tama pushes Erik over the commentary table. 

Truth flying shoulderblocks Tama then blue thunders him. Truth five knuckle shuffles Tama. Truth is pushed into Erik. Truth takes an assisted powerbomb and Tama pins Truth.

Thoughts: Kind of an upset here though MFT should have won to gain credibility. It had a lot of action and was a bit wild here. The pop-up powerslam spot on Priest through the rails was pretty cool. Truth was in full on Cena mode here at the end. I'm interested to see where things go with these teams now.

WWE United States Women's Title - Tiffany Stratton (c) vs Jacy Jayne

JJ hits corner spears on her and backsplashes her in the corner. JJ sentons her. JJ bodyscissors her. JJ misses a senton. JJ is tripped into the ropes and Tiff hip attacks her there. TIff basement dropkicks her for 2. 

Tiff spinning lariats her and JJ goes out. Fatal Influence interrupt Tiff. JJ backcrackers Tiff. We go to PiP break and return. Tiff is down on the floor and JJ hits her. Chelsea Green checks on Tiff. JJ gets in Green's face. Tiff rolls up JJ in the ring for 2. Tiff and JJ spinning facebuster each other. 

Tiff hits punches and lariats. Tiff spinning back elbows her. Tiff alabama slams her. Tiff top rope swantons JJ for 2. JJ superkicks Tiff. Tiff rolls her up for 2. Tiff handspring stunners JJ. Tiff finlay rolls JJ. Tiff triple jump moonsaults but JJ gets her knees up. 

JJ dropkicks her and gets punted. Tiff goes up top, Fatal Influence go up to Green and Tiff plancha's Fatal Influence. JJ spinning forearms Tiff in the ring and pins her. 

Thoughts: Big upset here with Jacy beating Tiff. It was kind of dumb to have Tiff win it just to lose it so quick. Fatal Influence now has 2 sets of titles and all 3 of them hold gold. I liked what we got here and it as a decent bout. 

Jade Cargill, Michin and B-Fab are interviewed. Jade says these women can't mind their business around here. She says to line them all up like Bliss and Tatum. Fab says they found another victim and they are looking forward to giving Tatum a proper welcome on their show.

Cody Rhodes vs Sami Zayn

Rany Orton attacks Cody from behind as Sami makes his entrance. Orton sends Cody into the post shoulder first. Orton bridging ddt's Cody. Orton goes for an RKO and grabs Cody by the face. Orton throws Cody out. 

Cody's head is banged off the steps. Orton hits Cody in the head with the steps and sends him over the rail. Sami complains to the ref. Cody hits Orton with a soda. Cody punches Orton and hits him in the crowd.

Cody hits Orton with a garbage can and sends him into a rail. They go back to ringside. Cody's head is banged off the commentary table then Orton punches him on it. Cody low blows Orton on the commentary table when his head in the "V in the steps. Cody hits Orton with a chair. Cody goes for a chair shot while Orton's head in in the "V" in the stairs and the chair is pulled away from Cody. Officials hold Cody back and Cody goes for Orton again to close the show.   

Overall thoughts: We had a lot happen on this one and it was a better show than usual. We had 2 title changes and a good opening segment with Green. Gunther/Cardona was a bit one sided and short. Baron/Melo was alright. Punk and Owens had a good segment. MFT won the tag titles in a action packed 3-way. Jacy beat Tiff in an upset in an okay bout and we didn't get the main event, but we did get Orton and Cody fighting it out. I'd give it a higher 6 out of 10 as it was an okay show overall. I liked this.