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Sunday, July 26, 2026

Stardom 7/25/2026 5★STAR Grand Prix 2026 Day 4

5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Red Stars Block A Match - Rina vs. Akira Kurogane

Akira wristlocks her and side headlocks her. Rina pulls on the hair to reverse it. Akira dropkicks her twice then Rina dropkicks her. Rina throws her. Akira hits forearms and hair throws her. Akira stomps her. Rina slams her for 2.

Rina pulls her arm around the bottom rope. Rina splashes her arm for 2. Akira dropkicks her then dropkicks her through the ropes. Akira running back elbows her. Akira russian legsweeps her and slams her for 2.

Akira forearms her a few times. Rina hip throws her. Rina cranks her arm back. Rina 2nd rope double knee drops her for 2. Akira rolls her up for 2. Akira enzugiri's her after ducking a lariats. Akira underhook suplexes her for 2. Akira crossfaces her and Rina ropebreaks.

Rina goes for a pin and Akira rolls her up for 2. Akira kicks her in the arm for 2. Akira runs at her and is booted in the chest for 2. Rina does an abdominal stretch bomb on her for 2. Rina does an octopus while hooking the leg and submits her.

Thoughts: It was average to acceptable. It was the opener and both girls are a little limited so we weren't getting anything too wild here. Akira showed a little fire at least before going down.

5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Red Stars Block B Match - Rina Yamashita vs. Lady C

They lock up. C side headlocks her. Rina shoulders her over. Rina chops her in the corner then C chops her in the corner. Rina hair throws her. C hits forearms then shoulders her over. C slams her for 2. C cobra twists her. C running facekickcs her on the ropes and knee drops her for 2.

Thye shoulderblock battle and Rina shoulders her down. C drops her face first on the mat for 2. C hits forearms. Rina forearms her then C facekicks her for 2. C chokeslams her for 2. Rina germans her off a missed facekick. Rina step up enzugiri's her and C rolls her up for 2. Rina running lariats her. Rina hits a b-driver and pins her.

Thoughts: It was a shorter one. They kind of had the right idea with power vs power. Rina's been screwing around early n the matches lately and she did that here. This didn't get enough time to be anything special and was so-so.

5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Red Stars Block A Match - Natsuko Tora vs. Itsuki Aoki

Aoki offers a handshake and Tora isn't interested. Aoki offers another handshake. Tora accepts then boots her. They shoulderblock battle. Aoki trips her and basement dropkicks her. Aoki hair throws her, foot chokes her and is shouldered over.

Tora clubs on her and chops her. Tora samoan drops her and elbow drops her for 2. Aoki hits chest forearms then rebound germans her. Aoki running lariats her for 2. Tora lariats her down and sentons her for 2. Tora 2nd rope splashes her.

Tora misses a corner cannonball. Aoki corner meteora's her. Tora hits Aoki with a chair and death valley drivers her. Tora misses a top rope swanton. Aoki rolls her up out of nowhere and pins her.

Thoughts: The finish was sudden here and I was surprised to see Tora lose. Aoki brought some spirit to this but it wasn't that long of a match and was a little below average.

5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Red Stars Block A Match - Maika vs. Sayaka Kurara

Maika wristlocks her and Saya reverses it. They trade side headlocks. Saya armdrags her and dropkicks her. Maika throws her by the arm and armbars her. Saya ropebreaks. Saya is sent face first into the buckles and Maika pulls her arm around the buckles and ropes. Maika bangs her arm over the top rope.

Saya hits chest forearms. Maika facekicks her then Saya dropicks her twice. Say 2nd rope twisting shoulderblocks her for 2. Saya sleepers her. Saya running dropkicks her. Saya 2nd rope dropkicks her. Saya hits a corner spear for 2.

Maika pele kicks the arm and lariats her. Saya brings her down with a sleeper. Maika armbars her and Saya submits.

Thoughts: This is another bizarre result with Saya losing quick and mostly easily. Is she being punished or something? Because she was just champ and champs don't lose like this. Maika at least worked the arm before winning with an armbar here. This was below average.

Anne Kanaya & Ema Maishima vs. STARS (Hanan & Matoi Hamabe)

Matoi and Anne go at it. Anne wristocks her. Matoi reverses it. They trade hamemrlcoks and Matoi side hedlocks her. They armdrag each other and Matoi dropkicks her. Han slams Anne for 2. Matoi arm throws Anne down for 2. They trade forearms. Anne running dropkicks her.

Ema tags in and hits low dropkicks on Matoi. Matoi slams her adn rolling sentons her for 2. Ema running dropkicks Matoi then crabs her. Matoi ropebreaks.

Matoi running dropkicks her. Han comes in and flying euros Ema. Ema flying headscissors her and low dropkicks her. Ema running back elbows Han then basement dropkicks her for 2. Han 2nd rope twisting crossbodies Anne then running euros her for 2.

Ema dropkicks Han then Anne slams Han for 2. Anne bulldogs Han. Anne vader bombs her for 2. Han running forearms Anne. Anne rolls up Han for 2. Anne does a neat takedown for 2. Anne hits forearms on Han. Matoi shoulder throws Anne then Han fameassers Anne for 2. Han cuty specials Anne and pins her.

Thoughts: It was basically an opening match in the middle of the card. If you were looking for any great logic or heels and faces, this wasn't it. But, they kept up a good pace, they hit their stuff clean and it went fine for what they got to work with here.

5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Red Stars Block B Match - Utami Hayashishita vs. Azusa Inaba

They lock up and trade some basic holds. Utami shoulders her over and stomps her. Utami is tripped from the outside by Natsuko Tora. AI bangs Utami's head off the buckles and foot chokes her. She then does this to her again in the other corner.

AI kicks her in the back. AI facekicks her and Utami forearms her. AI hits chest forearms. Utami running back elbows her. Utami samoan drops her and sliding lariats her for 2. Utami half crabs her and AI ropebreaks. Utami germans her and I germans her back. AI hits another german.

AI hits chest kicks. AI running back elbows her and gets running back elbowed. Utami suplexes her for 2. Utami back body drops her then AI pump kicks her. AI front facelock suplexes her for 2. AI germans her for 2.

AI flying double knees her but Utami catches her and slams her down. Utami air raid crashes her for 2. AI high kicks her and Utami forearms her down. Utami running lariats her for 2. AI sweeps her, pulls her legs back and pins her.

Thoughts: It was faster paced match, they stiffed each other and each girl took some hard bumps. They could have sold a little better but I found it entertaining and I was fine with this one. Inaba winning was an upset but if you are going to do upsets, you do it in a situation like this where someone can lose on a fluke and it won't matter.

5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Red Stars Block A Match - AZM vs. Tomoka Inaba

TI pump kicks her down before the bell. They trade chest forearms. AZM sweeps her, PK's her and basement dropkicks her. AZM is tripped into the ropes and TI facekicks her there. TI kicks her in the back then AZM kicks her in the back. AZM crucifixes her for 2. TI sweeps her on the apron and kicks her in the back. TI is swept on the apron and high kicked as she hangs off of it.

They trade chest forearms. TI hits chest forearms. AZM suplexes her on the floor. TI suplexes her back. AZM rolls her up for 2. They trade pin attempts for 2 counts. TI running kicks her in the head. AZM rolls her into a suplex. AZM top rope double stomps her. AZM high kicks her and germans her. TI pop up roundhouse kicks her. They high kick each other at the same time and both go down.

TI pump kicks her then sitout gordbusters her. TI apin kicks her in the head for 2. TI blocks a flying headscissors. AZM legsweesp her. AZM goes for the pin and TI reverses it for 2. AZM high kicks her. AZM canadian destroyers her and pins her.

Thoughts: At least the canadian destroyer was the finish here. This was all action with a very fast pace and little selling. It wasn't boring but if you were looking for anything besides speed, this wasn't for you.

5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Red Stars Block B Match - Konami vs. Mei Seira

Kon drops Mei with chest kick early. Mei kips up, sweeps her and slaps her in the head. Mei hair throws her. Kon triangles her over the top rope. Kon sends Mei into the seats. Kon then sticks a chair in her throat. Kon knees her in the arm then pulls her arm down over the top rope. Kon hammerlocks Mei's arm around the 2nd rope then foot chokes her.

Mei hits chest forearms. Mei 2nd rope dropkicks her. Mei running corner lariats her and headhunters her for 2. They trade forearms and Mei hits a bunch in a row. Kon chest kicks her down. Mei goes up top and is pushed down to the floor. Mei sweeps Kon on the apron then dropkicks her from the apron outside.

Mei top rope dropkicks Kon for 2. Kon high kicks her, Mei no sells it and germans her. Kon germans her back. Kon takes her down by the arm and pulls her fingers. Mei gets a 2 count on her and slaps her. Mei dropkicks her for 2. Mei sitout powerbombs Kon for 2.

Kon takes her down by the arm and armbars her. Kon germans her twice for 2. Kon buzzsaw kicks her. Mei rolls her up for 2. Kon buzzsaw kicks her and punts her in the face. Kon submits her with a triangle lancer.

Thoughts: Kon did a lot of arm work here. They traded some germans and Mei did her usual offense. It was acceptable but not that great or anything.

Kon talks on the mic after and spray paints Mei's face. She then puts Mei's face into an autographed photo.

5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Red Stars Block B Match - Maki Itoh vs. Saya Iida

They test strength and Saya tries to pin her down. Saya shoulders her over. Maki slams her. Maki chinlocks her around the top rope. Maki running forearms her in the spine. Maki pulls Saya's leg backwards towards her head.

Maki stomps and stands on her. Maki forearms her then Saya double axe handles her. Saya elbow drops her for 2. Saya boots her out of the corner. Maki running boots her off the apron to the floor. Maki bridging ddt's her on the floor.

They fight on the buckles. Maki headbutts her down. Saya suplexes her. Saya top rope diving shoulderblocks her for 2. Maki forearms Saya. Saya lariats her on the ropes. Maki backrolls her into a half-crab. Saya cradles her and Maki ddt's her. Maki crabs her.

Maki chest forearms Saya down. Saya chops her and Maki forearms her back. Saya spinebusters her then Maki dropkicks her. Maki gets a 2 count on her. Maki diving ddt's her off the buckles. Saya lariats her. Saya lariats her. Saya suplexes her and pins her.

Thoughts: I didn't really like the opening part of this match with ddt's on the floor not meaning a lot. Maki tries to mimic being a good worker, but she's not and it was a little hard to buy her beating up on Saya. The finish was weak here too with Saya winning with a simplex suplex. This was below average.

Saya then talks on the mic after.

Overall thoughts: I'd say Utami/Azusa Inaba was the best match on here and maybe Konami's match was the second best. This show was a bit below average and nothing really stuck out that much as being great here. It was also a longer show with a lot of singles matches. I'd give it a 4 out of 10 and thought this was below average. I didn't enjoy this one that much.

Stardom 7/20/2026 5★STAR Grand Prix 2026 Day 3

Natsupoi vs. Saori Anou vs. Matoi Hamabe vs. Ema Maishima

Ema and Matoi hit boots to start then hit running dropkicks. Ema and Matoi trade forearms. Matoi slams her and rolling sentons her for 2. Ema low dropkicks Matoi. Ema is tripped by SA. Anou ties her legs up and pulls back by suplexing Matoi. Ema dropkicks SA five times. Poi dropkicks Ema. Poi misses a dropkikc and Ema dropkicks her. They trade pin attempts. Matoi dropkicks Poi.

Ema double dropkicks Poi and SA. Ema then takes a double dropkick. Poi spin kicks SA in the gut. Matoi arm throws Poi and SA then Ema rolls up Matoi for 2. Matoi headscissors drops Ema for 2. Ema flying knees Matoi for 2. Ema and Matoi get stereo nearfalls.

Poi spinning roundhouse kicks SA. SA boots Poi off the buckles. SA backslides Matoi into a bridge and pins her.

Thoughts: It was a fast paced bout and it was an okay opener. It was kind of a tag despite being a 4-way as Poi and SA teamed up against Matoi and Ema for the majority of this.

5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Blue Stars Block B Match - Momo Watanabe vs. Kikyo Furusawa

KF dropkicks Momo a few times to start. Momo throws her down by the hair and stomps her. KF trips her and ankle locks her. Momo ropebreaks. KF is pulled over the top then thrown into the seat. Momo chokes her with a bat.

KF hits chest forearms on Momo. Momo forearms her down. KF dropkicks Momo for 2. KF ankle locks Momo. KF dropkicks Momo's leg against the bottom rope. KF ankle locks Momo. Momo kicks KF in the back then suplexes her.

Momo hits chest kicks on KF and drops her. KF blocks Momo's PK. KF dropkicks Momo in the knee then slams her. Momo high kicks KF then buzzsaw kicks her for 2. KF rolls her into an akle lock. Momo punts her in the face for 2. Momo does a chickenwing variation and submits her.

Thoughts: KF exclusively worked the leg here and Momo didn't do a real good job of selling it as she still kept doing her kicks when she shouldn't have been able to. This wasn't anything special and would have been a lot better with some decent selling. Kikyo's not exactly an all-time great and when she's outshining you, you've got a problem.

5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Red Stars Block B Match - Rina Yamashita vs. Azusa Inaba

AI facekicks Rina before the bell. Rina shoulders her over and AI kips up. AI pulls her down by the hair. Rina tries to kip up but can't. AI boots her and throws her out. AI sends Rina into the seats. Rina forearms her outside, tries to kip up again and fails. Rina tries it again and fails and AI sends her into the seats.

Rina is sent into the seats but she jumps onto them. Rina then tells AI to stand on the seats with her. They trade forearms there. Rina again tries to kip up and fails. Rina then tries to kip up in the ring and fails. AI boots Rina out of the corner and kicks her in the back.

Rina slams AI and bots her in the head. Rina running knees her against the ropes. Rina chest forearms AI down. AI superkicks her in the face. Rina forearms her down. Rina drops AI with a punch. AI swinging neckbreakers her then underhook suplexes her for 2.

AI hits chest forearms on her. AI hits forearms to the head and clubs her. Rina superkicks her and suplexes her for 2. AI backslides her for 2. AI pump kicks her down for 2. Rina b-drivers her and pins her.

Thoughts: The first half of this was mostly Rina trying to do kip up's and failing. That's only so exciting. Inaba was definitely the better wrestler here. I would have liked to have seen them focus more on just hitting each other instead of the nonsense with the kip up's. This was below average.

5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Blue Stars Block A Match - Hina vs. Aya Sakura

Aya leg kicks her to start. Hina takes her down and they mat wrestle. Hina hits a mounted forearm and Aya tries pin attempts. Aya leg kicks her and basement dropkicks her. Hina slams her for 2.

Hina half crabs her. Hina flying knees her in the corner for 2. Hina stomps her and Aya hits chest forearms. Hina chest forearms her then Aya dropkicks her. Aya slams her for 2. Aya running knees her in the corner and 2nd rope dropkicks her. Aya triangles her.

They forearm each other and Hina chest forearms her down. Aya chest kicks Hina down. Hina hip throws her. Hina uranage's her and STF's her. Aya cradles her for 2. Hina spinning drops Aya chest first on the mat for 2. Hina is up top and gets kicked. Aya throws her down. Aya northern lights suplexes her. Aya top rope dropkicks her for 2.

Aya germans her and buzzsaw kicks her for 2. Hina half-nelson exploders her. Hina jackhammers her. Hina spinning forearms her. Hina hits a magic screw. Hina top rope frogsplashes Aya and pins her.

Thoughts: It started out okay. Aya then got limited offense in the 2nd half and the excitement died down as it became more one-sided. Hina needed to be a bit more exciting on offense here as she was losing the crowd. It wasn't that good.

Aya grabs Hina after.

5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Red Stars Block B Match - Saya Iida vs. Lady C

Saya backs up C on the ropes and chops her. Saya side headlock takeovers her. Saya chop flurries C against the ropes. C hits forearms on Saya then Saya double axe handles her in the chest. C shoulders her over. C running facekicks her then running boots her for 2.

Saya fights off a cobra twist and dragon sleepers her. C cobra twists her again. C backdrops her for 2 then does a grounded cobra twist. Saya boots her out of the corner. Saya goes up top and is booted down to the apron. C then running boots her off the apron to the floor.

C giant swings her on the floor. C drops Saya chest first on the mat for 2. Saya rolls her into a suplex. C hits forearms then facekicks her. C chokeslams her for 2. Saya sweeps her on a face kick attempt and elbow drops her for 2. Saya grounded dragon sleepers her and C ropebreaks.

Saya top rope diving shoulderblocks her for 2. Saya runs the ropes and C facekicks her for 2. Saya lariats her for 2. Saya grounded dragon sleepers her and submits her.

Thoughts: It wasn't a bad match. They got a lot of time, they worked holds, they sold and they generally did what they should have done. I had no real problems with this and was surprised by how it turned out.

5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Blue Stars Block B Match - Koguma vs. Hanan

They both do Kog's taunt to start. Kog asks for a high five and rolls her up for 2. Kog basement dropkicks her then stands on her back. Kog back elbows Han then Han flying euros her. Han forearms her and fameassers her for 2. Han crossfaces her. Han misses a twisting crossbody off the ropes then Kog 2nd rope crossbodies her. Kog cutters her. They forearm each other down at the same time and both go down.

They trade forearms on their knees then get up and trade. Kog hits forearms. Kog pulls Han's throat down over the top rope. Kog then plancha's her of the buckles outside. Kog dropkicks her off the buckles for 2. Kog grounded sleepers her. Kog code red's her for 2.

Han goes for a pin and Kog reverses it for 2. Han release fallaway slams her then backdrops her for 2. Han rolls her up for 2 then roll her up for the pin.

Thoughts: This was alright. They went for a lot of pins here and looked like they were trying to win this before Han pulled through. They also limited the comedy here which helped.

5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Red Stars Block A Match - Tomoka Inaba vs. Sayaka Kurara

TI running knees her and step up knees her in the corner. TI sitout gordbusters her and running knees her for 2. Saya spears her. Saya flying knees her from behind then flying knees her in the chin. Saya goes for another spear but TI crossfaces her off of it. Saya sleepers her. Saya pulls her down with a sleeper.

Saya runs at her and is met with a knee. TI michinoku drivers her and pins her.

Thoughts: Now this was a weird one with TI upsetting Saya quick. Saya didn't do much but spears here and I'd love to know what the result was about. This was too short to be anything good.

5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Blue Stars Block A Match - Miyu Amasaki vs. HANAKO

Hana wants a handshake and Miyu doesn't want to do it. Miyu gives in and they swing at each other. Hana side headlocks her. Miyu reverses it then takes her over. Hana headscissors her and they stand off. Hana backs her up on the ropes and takes a back elbow and basement dropkick to the back.

Hana slams her twice then knee drops her. Miyu hits chest forearms. Hana forearms her down then slams her for 2. Hana crabs her. Miyu pulls Hana over the top. Miyu crossbodies her off the apron but gets caught. Hana rams Miyu's back into the post. Hana racks Miyu outside.

AZM and Maika get involved in the fight. Miyu top rope crossbodies Maika and Hana outside. Miyu flying knees Hana in the corner and flying back elbows her. Miyu scholar collar's her. They trade forearms in the ring. Hana blocks a tornado ddt then suplexes her. Hana running facekicks her for 2.

Miyu rolls her and tornado ddt's her. Miyu headscissors Hana and pulls her arms back. Hana samoan drops her then splashes her for 2. Hana spinning head and arm choke drops her for 2. Hana running facekicks her then electric chair drops her from her shoulder for 2. Hana tries to swing her down off her shoulders but Miyu tornado ddt's her off of it. Miyu ddt's her. Hana short arm lariats her then lariats her again. Hana hits a doi fives and pins her.

Thoughts: This went long and got close to the time limit. They had the right idea with Miyu hitting surprise ddt's and countering some of her bigger moves while Hana tried to throw her around. It just took too long and it dragged a bit in the process. This was a little boring at times.

Hana grabs Miyu's title and grabs her by the hair. AZM breaks it up and shoves Hana. Maika then comes in and shoves AZM. They pull each other's hair.

5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Red Stars Block A Match - AZM vs. Maika

They are both in the ring and trade forearms. The ref just starts the match. AZM sweeps her, PK's her and basement dropkicks her. AZM is caught off the buckles and Maika fallaway slams her. Maika running corner lariats her and shoulders her over.

Maika slams her twice. They trade forearms. AZM hits a chest forearm flurry. AZM does an octopus on her. Maika rams her in the corner. AZM is back body dropped out. Maika blocks AZM's PK from the apron. Maika throws AZM onto others outside.

AZM hurricanrana's Maika on the floor and low dropkicks her. AZM PK's her from the apron. They fight on the buckles and AZM does an octopus on her there. AZM 2nd rope double stomps her. AZM then top rope double stomps her for 2.

Maika hits suplexes on her. Maika lariats her and no sells a canadian destroyer. Maika michinoku drivers her. Maika running corner lariats her. Maika superplexes her for 2. AZM canadian destroyers her for 2.

Maika blocks a canadian destroyer and hits an enka otoshi for 2. Maika michinoku drivers her for 2. AZM la mistica drops her for 2. AZM brazilian kicks her and buzzsaw kicks her for 2. They fight on the buckles and AZM goes down to the apron. Maika 2nd rope michinoku drivers her for 2. Maika wrist clutch michinoku drivers her and pins her.

Thoughts: It started off hot but they really got into the no selling by the end and the moves really stopped meaning anything. That brought this one down for me and I ended up not liking it.

Maika talks on the mic after. Hanako comes in. Maika talks more and they do a cheer.

Overall thoughts: It was a long show at 2 hours and 18 minutes. It was all wrestling and with 9 matches, it dragged some towards the end. Saya Iida vs Lady C was probably the best match of the night on this one and maybe the four way or Koguma/Hanan was the second best match. Sayaka Kurara got upset quick here in a weird one. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 overall as I thought it was average and a little hard to get through.

New Japan Pro Wrestling 7/26/2026 G1 Climax 36 Day 7

Day 6 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/new-japan-pro-wrestling-7252026-g1.html

Masatora Yasuda & Oleg Boltin vs. United Empire (Jake Lee & Zane Jay)

Jake side headlocks Oleg. They shoulder battle. Zane comes in. He eye rakes Oleg. Oleg belly to belly suplexes him. Masa comes in and flying headscissors Zane. He then dropkicks Zane. Masa suplexes Zane three times for 2. Zane thesz presses him and hits mounted punches. Masa takes a double back elbow.

Oleg comes in and hits both opponents. Oleg shoulders over Zane and karelin's lifts Jake. Zane takes a double hiptoss. Oleg is pulled over the top then sent into the rails. Zane neckbreakers Masa. Jake backdrops Masa and submits him quick with a guillotine choke.

Thoughts: It was short and not much of note here. Oleg did his usual offense, Jake didn't screw around and the other two didn't get to do too much here. It didn't get enough time to accomplish anything.

House Of Torture (SANADA & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) vs. TMDK (Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa)

Oiwa wristlocks and side headlocks San. Oiwa shoulders him over. San flips out of a hiptoss and Oiwa does an octopus on him. YK breaks it up. Oiwa and San trade hammerlocks. YK pulls Oiwa out and sends him into the rails. YK ddt's Oiwa on the floor.

YK snapmares and stomps Oiwa. He then elbows him in the face and stomps him. Oiwa hits forearms on San and San dropkicks him in the knee. Oiwa dropkicks him in the knee and ddt's him. Hart corner splashes San and lariats him. Hart slams San and misses a senton. Hart gets his legs split. YK dropkicks Hart in the knee and toe hold's him. Hart boots him way.

YK tries a sunset flip but Hart sentons him off of it. Oiwa hiptosses San over the top. Hart lariats YK over and death valley drivers him. Hart then pins him.

Thoughts: It was another short waste of time. I have no idea why they even bothered as little happened. We didn't get much here at all.

Konosuke Takeshita & Toru Yano vs. United Empire (Great-O-Khan & Jakob Austin Young)

Khan double chops KT from behind then sends him into the rails outside. Khan hits him in the gut and back with a chair. Jake hits facewash kicks on KT then he spits on him. KT grabs him by the hair and Khan hits KT from behind. KT is held for a basement dropkick and the ref refuses to count Khan's pin attempt.

KT flying lariats Khan. KT hits punches then Khan kicks him from behind off a distraction. KT is held for shots. All 4 men fight. KT sends his opponents into each other and Jake enzugiri's KT. Jake goes into the exposed buckle and KT blue thunders Jake for the win.

Thoughts: This was over before it even really got started. I'm not even sure if we saw Yano do a move here.

Khan comes in and chairs both opponents after. KT goes for a forearm on Khan and Khan slides out.

Unbound Co. (Shingo Takagi & Taiji Ishimori) vs. Goto Revolutionary Army (Hirooki Goto & Tatsuya Matsumoto)

Shingo and Goto lock up and go to the ropes. Shingo back elbows him and knees him in the gut. Goto shoulders him over. Goto elbows Shingo in the neck. Shingo dragon screws Tat. TI does a figure four variation to Tat and Tat ropebreaks.

Tat takes a double back elbow and a basement dropkick. Shingo suplexes Tat. Tat hits chops on Shingo then running forearms him. Shingo headbutts Tat then Tat flying euros him. Goto spinning heel kicks Shingo then backdrops him for 2. Shingo hits a twist and shout on Goto.

Goto and Shingo trade forearms. Goto hits a reverse GTR and they lariat each other at the same time. Shingo ddt's Goto. Goto running lariats TI. Tat running euros TI in the corner. Tat dropkicks TI for 2.

Tat forearms TI down. TI flying knees him. TI la mistica's Tat into a border city stretch and submits him.

Thoughts: There was little to this one and it was over before it really got started. I'm sure Shingo and Goto will be fine though. I want to say TI tapped out Tat with the border city stretch once this tournament already.

Unbound Co. (Gedo & Yuto-Ice) vs. Unbound Co. (Daiki Nagai & Yota Tsuji)

Yota and Ice go at it. They duck each other's kicks. Nagai gets in. He and Ice forearm each other then Nagai dropkicks him. Nagai corner dropkicks him for 2. Yuto high kicks Nagai down. Gedo comes in and kicks Nagai in the ribs. Gedo hits Nagai in the gut.

Ice comes in and kicks Nagai. Ice then stands on his neck. Nagai dropkicks him. Yota comes in and hits forearms on Ice. Yota corner enzugiri's him then hits a forearm flurry in the corner. Yota hits more forearms and superkicks him. Ice hits a chest kick flurry.

Ice running knees Yota in the corner for 2. Yota pumping knees him and Ice PK's him. Gedo comes in and hits punches on Yota. Yota hits him in the gut. Ice slaps Yota then Yota chops him. Nagai springboard dropkicks Ice. Yota slaps Gedo and Gedo is down. Yota then pins him.

Thoughts: Nagai looked good as usual but this didn't get much time and wasn't much of note otherwise. The finish was weak with Gedo going down to a single shot.

Yota and Ice compete for cheers after.

G1 Climax 2026 Block B Match - OSKAR vs. Aaron Wolf

They lock up. Wolf throws him down off the break. Wolf hits chops. Wolf corner lariats Os. Os knees him in the gut and slams him. Os stomps him and chops him. Os elbow drops his back for 2. Os stomps Wolf and camel clutches him. Os kicks him while he's down. Wolf forearms him.

Wolf uranage's him. Wolf shoulders Os over then elbow drops him for 2. Wolf is thrown hard into the buckles and Os legdrops him off of it for 2. Os chokes him. Os sleepers him. Wolf hits 3 lariats and drops him. Wolf does a cradle shock for 2. Wolf triangles him and Os ropebreaks.

Wolf hits forearms on Os. Os sleepers him and is thrown over. Wolf powerslams him for 2. Os eye rakes Wolf then facekicks him down. Os running tombstones him. Os does a grounded sleeper and Wolf is out.

Thoughts: I liked this. Wolf was really good here. He showed a lot of fire and hit some explosive offense. He was a strong underdog face and Os was happy to boot him down. If Wolf could just get in shape, he'd be worth so much more. This was an okay bout here.

Os puts the NEVER Openweight Title on Wolf after.

G1 Climax 2026 Block B Match - HENARE vs. Ren Narita

Hen goes after Ren to start. The ref sees Togo hit Hen from behind and does nothing. Hen hits forearms and on Ren and the bell rings. Hen shoulders him over after taking a facekick. Hen headbutts and chops Ren. Hen misses a flying knee and Ren dropkicks him in the knee. Hen is sent into the rails and post.

Hen's knee is banged off the floor. Ren stomps Hen's leg in the ring. Ren flying neckbreakers Hen for 2. Ren leglocks Hen. Ren wraps Hen's leg around the post then Togo chairs Hen's leg.

Hen chops Ren and then shoulders him over. Hen chops Ren in the corner. Hen pop up samoan drops him for 2. Hen lariats Ren down. Ren kicks him in the knee then leglocks him. The ref nearly hits Ren when hetries to break a hold up. Ren grabs the ref and Togo chairs Hen. Ren then chairs Hen in the head and Hen no sells it.

Hen pushes Ren into the ref then hits a strike flurry on him in the corner. Hen headbutts him. Togo chokes Hen with a weapon. Hen sends the heels into each other and double lariats them. Hen running lariats Ren for 2. Hen full nelson's Ren. Ren kicks Hen in the knee then russian legsweeps him into a leglock.

Ren exploders Hen for 2. Ren misses a flying knee off the top and Hen uranage's him for 2. Ren goes for a facebuster and is powerbombed. Hen sitout powerbombs him and pins him.

Thoughts: It wasn't that bad. I would have liked for the heels to be a little less obvious about the cheating but they had the right idea otherwise. Ren worked the knee some using cheap tactics and Hen used his power, throwing Ren around as he should have.

G1 Climax 2026 Block B Match - Drilla Moloney vs. Callum Newman

CN sweeps him and is chopped down. DM dropkicks him through the ropes. They go into the crowd and fight. DM's head is banged off a chair. DM eye rakes him. DM hits him in the stands and headbutts him there. DM lariats CN against a wall. CN knees him in the gut.

DM is put in a seat. CM runs at him and is thrown into the 3rd row. DM chops him over the rail into ringside. CN high kicks him there. CN then jumps over the rail and dropkicks him in the seats.

CN foot chokes DM in the ring. CN chinlocks him. DM takes a PK. CN double stomps DM's arm. DM chops him then dropkicks him. CN poisonrana's him. CN goes to the 2nd rope and DM backdrops him down. DM jumping side kicks him.

DM is up top and is enzugiri'd. DM trips him from the top rope then top rope elbow drops him. The wrestlers run into the ref and knock him down. CN goes for a hurricanrana and is powerbombed down. DM goes for the drilla killa and Zane Jay stops him. Daiki Nagai springboard diving headscissors Zane. Nagai then spinning ddt's CN. DM golden ratio kicks CN for 2 when the ref is pulled out. Nagai then topes Zane.

DM spears CN in the ring for 2. CN low blows DM and single underhook suplexes him for 2. CN knees him in the face for 1. CN lariats DM down for 2. DM flips out of a lariat and drilla killa's him for the pin.

Thoughts: I didn't like the interference here. Newman should have been DQ'd when the ref got pulled out. I mean what possible explanation could there be for that other than someone cheating for him? It's a shame as the work was fine otherwise and they kept it exciting. I'd still say this was alright though.

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

Gabe walks out through the crowd.

Gabe backs Zack up on the ropes then Zack does the same to him. They slap each other. Gabe shoulders him over and Zack euros him. Gabe chops him down and they trade shots. Zack hits euros and is chopped down.

Zack is sent into the buckles then foot choked. Gabe chops him in the corner and drops him with a forearm. Gabe drops him with a euro. Gabe chest headbutts him and hits more chops. Gabe hits a straight punch that sends him down. Zack fights back with euros. Gabe hits more shots and drops him with a forearm.

Gabe double chops his back. Zack triangles him over the top rope. Gabe forearms him off the apron and Zack lands on the floor. They go into the crowd. Gabe puts Zack in a seat and chops him. Zack is then sent into the post. Gabe chops him against the apron. Zack takes a euro and hits some euros in return. Gabe bites him. Gabe boots him in the ring and cravates him.

Gabe chops him and rakes his eyes with his boot laces. Zack euros him. Zack takes him down by the leg and stomps his arm. Zack rams Gabe's knees into the mat. Zack twists his neck with his feet. Zack pulls on Gabe's leg.

Zack chest kicks him. They trade forearms and euros. They facekick each other. Gabe hits a big lariat. Gabe rams him with headbutts on all four's. Zack pele kicks the arm and is backdropped. Zack PK's him.

Gabe brainbusters him twice.for 2. Zack michinoku drivers him. They lariat each other and Gabe knocks him down. Gabe does Tanahashi's pose on the buckles. Gabe comes off the top and Zack gets his knees up. Zack ties up one arm and armbars the other. Zack then pulls on the leg. Gabe ropebreaks.

Zack stomps Gabe's arm on the apron. Gabe tombstones him on the apron. Gabe rebound lariats him for 2. Gabe sitout powerbombs him for 2. Gabe forearms him. Zack bridge pins him for 2. Gabe knees him in the face. Zack michinoku drivers him.

Zack hits chops and Gabe chops back. They slap each other. Gabe knees him in the gut and piledrivers him. Gabe double underhook suplexes him then piledrivers him for the win.

Thoughts: Zack worked the arm here and Gabe stuck to strikes. The ending stretch wasn't that good here as Gabe just kind of randomly won with a piledriver. What we got was alright but it didn't really get to the next level.

Gabe talks on the mic after. He pretends to cry and tells Zack to get out of here. Gabe says he will win the G1 then go to the Continental Classic. He then says f*ck the G1 and NJPW.

Overall thoughts: The undercard was a total waste of time. It was nothing but short matches that couldn't amount to anything because of the length. I liked Oskar/Wolf and thought it was the match of the night. Henare/Ren wasn't bad. Drilla/Newman would have been better without the interference but it was still okay. Zack/Gabe ended a little suddenly and the match didn't get to the next level. That was alright though. I can only give this a 5 out of 10 though as the undercard as truly a waste and brought down this event. It was average overall due to the undercard being so pointless.

MLW Fusion 7/25/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/mlw-fusion-7182026-fantasticamania-usa.html

We are in Charleston, SC. Joe Dombrowski and Tom Lawler are on commentary.

Rich Bocchini hosts a contract signing between Killer Kross and Satoshi Kojima. Matt Riddle comes out with Kross and says he owes him for helping him train. Kross goes to sign his contract but The Skyscrapers come out. Dijak says they run this tag division and want to expand their real estate by going after the World Title. Kross says to line 'em up. Austin Aries comes out. He says he's the next man in line as he has a title on his shoulder. Koji says Aries talks too much and Aries says Koji eats too much. They all argue. Josh says he's surprised Riddle passed the pee test to be here tonight. Riddle challenges Josh for tonight.

Rich says we gotta get this contract signed. Aries says he'll be waiting for him when he's done with this. Kross and Kojima sign the contract. Kross tells Koji he's sorry about that and says he will see him soon. Koji says he will see him soon too.

Labron Kozone vs Andrew Everett

They shake hands. Bron takes him down and wristlocks him. AE rolls out and headflips out. AE goes for a chokeslam and they kind of botch a side slam as AE goes down randomly.

Bron back elbows him then tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him. Bron diving reverse headbutts him. Bron throws him. Bron chops him down. Bron exploders him then chops him in the corner. AE is thrown hard into the buckles and goes down. Bron hits kicks and spinning back elbows him. Bron misses a senton.

AE boots him out of the corner. AE back elbows him. AE's asai moonsault is caught and he spinning ddt's Bron. Bron back elbows him. AE asai moonsaults him outside. We go to break and return. AE springboard corkscrew dives him for 2.

They get on the buckles. AE takes a stiff 2nd rope double arm sitout chokebomb. Bron hits a big lariat and pins AE.

Thoughts: I'm not sure if this was the right match here for Bron. AE got all the highlights here and got to show off while Bron won. AE's a frustrating talent as he can do some impressive flying but he wastes his abilities by doing comedy.

Rich Bocchini interviews Glasgow Boys on Top. Joe Coffeey says it's not just about tag gold. Joe says they walked away with gold on every continent they have been on. Joe says he's coming for Trevor Lee's title as it's GBOT.

They do a video on the Stardom and MLW alliance.

Priscilla Kelly comes out. She says she's the best thing to ever grace this town. She says they'd loveto hear her talk for hours as they are desperate for female attention. PK says Zamaya got lucky. She says she doesn't stay down and won't be nobodies accomplishment. Zamaya then comes out.

Zamaya vs Priscilla Kelly

We join this in progress. PK dropkicks her and corner facekicks her. PK springboard dropkicks her off the bottom rope then dropkicks her through the ropes. Zam apron powerbombs her. Zam throws her twice. Zam release fisherman suplexes her. Zam running corner knees her.

PK hits forearms and high kicks her. PK double stomps her back for 2. PK rebound germans her and pumping knees her for 2. Zam rams her in the corner. Zam death valley drivers her and pins her.

Thoughts: It was short and it was what it was. Everyone hit their stuff clean here. I didn't think it got enough time to be anything too great. Zam continues her monster run over the roster.

We get a video that says "Jumbo, crushing fools soon".

We see The Contra Mercs hang out. Karl Anderson asks if Big Damo what he got himself involved with and if he knows who he is messing with. Krule starts yelling. Karl says Damo is a problem but they have to focus on The Skyscrapers. Karl says they aren't finished with them until they bring the MLW Tag Titles home.

We are in the back. We are told there has been an incident with Teddy Long. We can't see him but Labron Kozone looks concerned and they imply he's hurt.

Austin Aries comes out to do commentary for the main event.

Matt Riddle vs Josh Bishop

JB boots and chops him. Matt chop flurries him back. JB back elbows him down then suplexes him. JB back elbows him. Matt pulls him over the top rope with his legs. JB apron powerbombs him.

Matt hits chops and forearms in the ring. JB back elbows him. JB catches Matt in the corner and fallaway slams him for 2. Matt fisherman busters him. Matt exploders him then pumping knees him. Matt PK's him then sentons him. Matt misses a corkscrew swanton.

JB black hole slams him for 2. We go to break and return. Matt guillotine chokes him in mid-air. JB rams him in the corner and corner spears him. JB 2nd rope superplexes him then powerbombs him for 2. Matt hits a go to sleep.

The Skyscrapers come out and The Good Brothers follow. They fight to the back. Matt cutters JB. Matt top rope twisting swantons him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was all action and straight to the point here. They didn't waste a lot of time. It was a little rushed as well. What we got was acceptable but not much more. I didn't like Riddle throwing Josh around so much.

Contra Unit interrupts the feed. Big Damo talks. He says his hunger will drive him to the MLW Title. He says he's starting with Krule and says his illusion of safety is broken. He says he's his reckoning and downfall and says hail Contra.

Overall thoughts: The opener was a showcase for Andrew Everett when it should have been one for Kozone. Andrew had a good outing but it didn't really hit his comedic character. We had a shorter bout where Zamaya beat Priscilla Kelly. The main was acceptable and a little rushed. There was nothing you really had to see here. The show was just acceptable overall and the show was a little shorter than usual here at only 39 minutes. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 overall.

New Japan Pro Wrestling 7/25/2026 G1 Climax 36 Day 6

Day 5 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/new-japan-pro-wrestling-7222026-g1.html

Satoshi Kojima & Yuya Uemura vs. Taisei Nakahara & Toru Yano

Yuya and Tai lock up. They back each other up on the ropes and Tai chops him. Tai side headlocks him. Tai uses the buckles to side headlock takeover him. Yuya wristlocks him and Tai ropebreaks. Yuya throws him over by the wrist and elbow drops it. Koji comes in and boots Tai.

Tai hits chest clubs. Koji shoulders him over and flexes his pecs. Tai dropkicks Koji. Yano misses a corner charge and Koji hits chest chops. Koji flying forearms Yano then 2nd rope elbow drops him for 2. Yuya elbow drops Yano for 2.

Yuya hits forearms and Yano pulls Yuya down by the hair. Tai hits forearms on Yuya. Tai running forearms him and crabs him. Tai clubs on him and hits bad chest chops. Tai fires up and is slammed. Yuya slams him again for 2. Yuya then submits him with a wristlock.

Thoughts: A wristlock submission finish may be a first. It wasn't that good. Yano cheated a bit. Tai hit shots on Yuya and eventually got put down. Koji didn't play a big role in this.

Aaron Wolf & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Unbound Co. (Gedo & OSKAR)

Os side headlocks Wolf. They shoulder battle and Os clubs his back. Wolf side throws him and shoulders him over. Os slams him. they trade forearms. Wolf does a nice takedown with the arm. Tat tags in and knocks Gedo down on the apron. Tat hits forearms on Os in the corner. Tat dropkicks him three times then takes a back body drop. Os then submits him with a sleeper.

Thoughts: It was a short waste of time here. Oskar won with ease and we didn't even see Gedo. The Oskar/Wolf section wasn't bad, but these guys shouldn't have even bothered getting their gear on.

Wolf and Os fight after and Os takes a hip throw.

United Empire (HENARE & Jakob Austin Young) vs. House Of Torture (Dick Togo & Ren Narita)

Ren pulls Hen by the ears before the bell and the fight starts. All 4 men fight outside. Hen's leg is wrapped around the rails. Jake is double teamed. Ren is pushed into Togo then Hen double lariats the heels over. Jake chokes Ren with a shirt. Hen headbutts Ren then corner lariats him. Jake running shining wizards Ren for 2.

Jake goes into the exposed buckle. Ren kneebreakers Jake and Jake gets his legs split. Togo stomps Jake's knee. Togo knee drops Jake's knee. Togo leglocks Jake then eye rakes him. Jake enzugiri's him.

Togo trips Jake and fist drops his knee. Ren wraps Jake's leg around the ropes. Jake tornado ddt's him. Ren takes shots from both opponents. Hen shoulders Ren over and sentons him. Togo misses a senton and Hen full nelson's Togo. Ren sends Jake into the back of Hen's knee.

Ren russian legsweeps Jake and does a reverse figure four on him. Jake taps out.

Thoughts: It was a shorter one. Jake got his knee worked on a bit and tapped out to a submission on it. That made sense at least but it didn't get the time to accomplish much else and was average.

Henare attacks Ren after. Togo chokes Hen with a weapon. Ren chairs Hen in the knee.

United Empire (Callum Newman & Zane Jay) vs. Unbound Co. (Daiki Nagai & Drilla Moloney)

Nagai knocks CN off the apron to start. DM then boots CN out. All 4 men fight outside and DM/CN fight in the seats. DM pounds on CN in a chair. Zane stomps Nagai. DM headbutts CN in the stands. CN eye rakes him. DM elbows CN in the stands on a rail.

CN chokes DM with a cable. Zane throws Nagai in and gets a 2 count on him. CN taunts Nagai and tries to get him to tag him in since DM is not there. Zane back elbows Nagai for 2. CN kicks Nagai in the back. Nagai hits forearms on Zane and Zane eye rakes him.

Nagai flying headscissors Zane. Nagai spinning ddt's CN. DM gets in and beats up on his opponents. CN straight punches DM then spin kicks him in the gut. Nagai springboard double dropkicks his opponents. Nagai topes CN outside over the rail. Zane hits punches on DM. DM pop up powerbombs him. DM flying superkicks him for the win.

Thoughts: CN and DM spent the first half of this outside and in the stands. It ended up working though as Nagai was fun as the underdog face and showed some personality. This was acceptable.

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Hirooki Goto vs. Great-O-Khan

Khan boots Goto before the bell and clubs on him. Khan mongolian chops him and boots him in the head. Goto shoulders him over. Goto kicks Khan in the knee then hiptosses him. Khan gets on the apron and is forearmed down. Goto is sent into the rails. Khan suplexes Goto on the floor.

Khan chairs Goto. Khan shoves him with his foot in the ring. Goto hits chops and lariats him over. Goto spinning heel kicks Khan in the corner and backdrops him for 2. Khan dumps Goto over the top rope to the floor. Goto's head is banged off the post. Khan grabs a chair and he pushes the ref away with it. Goto sends Khan into the rails.

Goto bulldogs Khan on the floor. Goto elbow drops Khan off the buckles for 2. Goto ushigoroshi's Khan for 2. Khan bites Goto's arm. Khan bites Goto's head. Goto hits a reverse GTR and runs into the ref when Khan pushes him into the ref. Khan pump kicks him from behind. Khan bangs Goto's head off a chair. Goto gets a chair and Khan begs off. Goto doesn't hit him with it. Khan punches him in the crotch. Khan claw chokeslams him and pins him.

Thoughts: They could have had an okay normal match but it was also all outside fighting and shenanigans with the ref being down for a bit. This was disappointing.

Khan goes to chair Goto after and Tatsuya Matsumoto takes the chair shot for Goto. Khan then chairs a chair into Goto's head.

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - SANADA vs. Jake Lee

They lock up and trade some basic holds. San boots him in the gut then Jake boots him in the gut. San dropkicks him in the knee. Jake sweeps San on the apron. Jake trips San into the rails. Jake then ties San to the rails. Jake then boots the arm against the rails.

Jake bangs San's arm off the mat and spits at the crowd. Jake sends San shoulder first into the buckles then kicks him in the back. Jake stomps San. San hits him in the gut. San dropkicks Jake in the knee and chest. San slingshot plancha's Jake outside.

San trips him. Jake reverses a paradise lock attempt and pulls back on San's arms. San ropebreaks. Jake backdrops San for 2. San hits a magic screw on Jake. San boots him out of the corner and dragon sleepers him. San misses a top rope moonsault.

San dropkicks Jake in the knee then shining wizard's him from behind. Jake blocks a shining wizard and ankle locks San. Jake knees him in the arm and guillotine chokes him. San dropkicks Jake in the knee. San shining wizards him. San top rope moonsaults him for 2.

Jake high kicks him. Jake suplexes him. San slides out. Jake stomps San outside and bangs his head off the apron. San trips Jake on the apron then magic screws him on the floor. San then ties Jake to the rails and Jake gets counted out.

Thoughts: Aside from people getting tied to the rails, it was mostly a straight match and it was better for it. Sanada's and Jake's goofy heels acts didn't work and they mostly dropped them here. I appreciated that. It was still nothing great or anything but it was a major upgrade over what we would have gotten a few months ago.

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Konosuke Takeshita vs. Oleg Boltin

They shoulder battle. KT facekicks him and shoulders him over. KT tope con hilos him. KT chinlocks him in the ring then pulls his arms back. Oleg armdrgs him. Oleg dropkicks him. Oleg throws him on a slam then splashes him for 2. Oleg karelin's lifts him.

KT gets his knees up on Oleg's vader bomb. Oleg corner splashes him and KT flying knees him. KT blue thunders him for 2. They trade forearms. KT exploders him. Oleg does a nice belly to belly throw on him.

They lariat battle and Oleg flips him with one for 2. KT back body drops him. Oleg F-5's him for 2. KT hits lariats and flips him with the second one for 1. KT pumping knees him for 2. KT guillotines him.

Oleg back body drops him to escape. Oleg finlay rolls him for 2. They trade forearms. They grab each other by the trunks and forearm each other. KT gets the edge with forearms. Oleg fires back and KT spinning forearms him down for 2. Oleg pop up powerbombs KT for 2. KT flying knees him from behind. KT pumping knees him twice. KT falcon arrows him and pins him.

Thoughts: I liked it. It was mostly all stiff strikes here and they didn't go too far overboard with dangerous moves. I thought it was an okay bout and was fun.

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Ryohei Oiwa vs. Yuto-Ice

Ice forearms him hard to start and flurries him in the corner. Ice then stomp flurries him. Ice knees him in the gut. Ice running facekicks him. Oiwa kicks a rail in frustration. Ice goes out to the aisle with him and they forearm each other there. They brawl a bit in the aisle and knock some rails around.

Oiwa hit Ice in the seats. Ice sends Oiwa into the seats. Ice stomps him and Oiwa ddt's him on a chair. Oiwa sends Ice into the post. Oiwa chinlocks Ice around the rail. Oiwa low dropkicks him in the ring. Oiwa clubs on him in the ring. Ice superkicks him in the gut and throws him down backwards.

Ice knees him in the gut. Ice knees him in the face in the corner. Ice then running knees him there. Oiwa forearms Ice down. Oiwa then ddt's him for 2. Ice lariats Oiwa down then PK's him for 2. Ice slaps him then chest kicks him down. They pull each other's hair. Oiwa forearms him. They trade forearms. Ice chest kicks him. Oiwa headbutts him in the chin. Oiwa headbutt flurries him. Oiwa hits a hard shot on him. Oiwa sits on his back with a dragon sleeper. Oiwa ropebreaks.

Oiwa hits downward elbows on Ice. Oiwa rips off some of the tape on Ice's back and backdrops him. Oiwa backdrops him again. Ice drops him with a big forearm and buzzsaw kicks him. Oiwa sleepers him. Oiwa hits lariats then spinning lariats him.

Oiwa shoots in and takes a knee to the face. Oiwa spinning lariats him in the corner. Oiwa spins into a superkick then Ice basement dropkicks him. Ice wins.

Thoughts: It was an interesting bout. Ice got some different stuff out of Oiwa than others. It was almost all strike trading here but the strikes looked good and both guys got hit hard. I liked this one and thought it was an okay match. This was not that different from Takeshita/Oleg.

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Shingo Takagi vs. Yota Tsuji

Shingo backs him up on the ropes. They test strength and Yota forearms him on the ropes. Shingo side headlocks him and they shoulder each other. Shingo hits punches. Yota flying headscissors him. Shingo hiptosses him then shoulders him over. Shingo elbow drops him for 2. Shingo corner lariats him.

Shingo hits punch a flurry in the corner and chops him. Shingo suplexes him for 2. Yota hits Shingo from behind as he goes to do his taunt. Yota elbow drops him and lifts him into a gutbuster. Yota knees him in the gut.

Shingo hits knees to the gut. Yota suplexes him for 2. Shingo ddt's him. Shingo then lariats him over the top to the floor. Both men end each other into the rails. Yota baseball slides him. Shingo sweeps him on the apron. Shingo traps his arms and powerbombs him on the floor.

Shingo sits him up top and chops him in the neck. Shingo superplexes him for 2. Yota does his curbstomp combo to him. Yota flying pumping knees him then orange crushes him for 2. Yota is crotched up top. Shingo lariats him down. Shingo running lariats him then hits a made in Japan for 2. Shingo sliding lariats him from behind. Shingo runs into a lariat and Yota hits a made in Japan on him. Yota running lariats him. Yota crabs him.

Yota curbstomps him. Yota runs into a lariat. They trade forearms. Shingo headbutts him. They run at each other, Shingo sends him into the ropes and hits half nelson suplexes. Shingo running lariats him for 2. Yota germans him then spears him.

Shingo hits a twist and shout. Yota flying pumping knees him then hits a big spear for 2. Yota spinning sit out muso's him for 2. Shingo sliding forearms him. Shingo hits forearms and punches. Yota knees him in the face. Yota no sells a poisonrana then Shingo spears him for 1. Shingo hits a burning dragon for 2. Yota hits his running spinning backdrop move and pins him.

Thoughts: It got a lot of time at over 20 minutes. There were a lot of lapses in action here. The selling was a bit questionable at times and it was heavy on the strikes. They did each other's moves here and definitely tried to make it great, but I would just say it was okay only. I didn't think the first half of this was that good and they didn't need as much time as they got.

Yota talks on the mic after and says he hopes Shingo will be an obstacle for him in the future. He says he wants to be a man like him.

Overall thoughts: The undercard matches didn't accomplish much as usual but Unbound/UE was acceptable. Goto/Khan was a bit disappointing. Jake Lee/Sanada was mostly a straight match minus the finish and I appreciated that. It wasn't that bad. Oleg/Takeshita and Ice/Oiwa were similar slugfests with tons of strikes being thrown. Both were okay bouts. The main was alright but it went long and there were some pauses in the action. Ice/Oiwa was the match of the night. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 overall as some of the G-1 matches delivered. It was an okay show.

Saturday, July 25, 2026

AEW Collision 7/25/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/aew-collision-7182026.html

We are in Nashville, TN. Tony Schiavone, Paul Wight and Nigel McGuinness are on commentary.

Tommaso Ciampa vs. Zachary Wentz

TC knees Zach off the apron as he goes to enter. Zach's head is banged off the commentary table. TC then yells at Big Show on commentary about Jericho. Zach PK's TC from the apron then 2nd rope moonsaults him. Zach hits punches on TC. Zach 2nd rope tornillos him for 1.

Zach atomic drops him and legsweeps him. Zach handspring kicks him onto the ramp. Zach flip dives him on the ramp. Zach swantons off the top and TC gets his knees up. TC suplexes him into the buckles. TC chokes him with his shirt.

TC back elbows him. Zach handspring jumping knees him. Zach hits running forearms. TC takes a german. Zach step up knees him in the corner then rolls him into a PK. Zach 2nd rope blockbusters him for 2.

Zach is pulled throat first into the ropes. TC forearms him. Zach hits kicks and superkicks him in the head. Zach double stomps his back. Zach comes off the 2nd rope and TC flying knees him for 2. Zack jack knifes him for 2. Zack enzugiri's him then TC kicks him. TC ddt's him over the 2nd rope on the apron.

TC pumping knees him on the ramp. TC hits another pumping knee and pins him.

Thoughts: It didn't quite get the flow going that it should have gotten. What we got was alright but something was missing here. Zach looked a little heavier than usual. There were also a few dives where Zach got close to hurting himself.

Ciampa says he's better than Chris Jericho after. TC then puts marker on his face like Jericho does with his Painmaker gimmick. He says The Psycho Killer is better than The Painmaker. He says one more sleep and Jericho's @ss is his. He says it will be violent.

Mike Bailey does a promo. He says he will be in the ladder match at Redemption. He says he has never held singles gold in AEW. He says he gets to do it in front of his family in AEW.

The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) vs. Death Riders (Daniel Garcia & Wheeler Yuta)

A Buck shoulders Yuta over. He spinning heel kicks Yuta then armdrags DG into an armlock. The Riders take double teams then running corner lariats. The Riders take stereo bulldogs. The Bucks hit stereo mounted corner punches. One of The Bucks is thrown out and the other is double teamed.

DG hits mounted corner punches on a Buck. DG is superkicked and Yuta comes off the top, running into a double superkick. DG takes an enzugiri + buckle bomb. DG is catapulted into an enzugiri then he is held for knee drop. Yuta then gets tope'd outside off of it.

A Buck corkscrew kicks Yuta then the other Buck northern lights suplexes DG. A Buck hits a double northern lights suplex. DG takes punches. A Buck is double stomped and clubbed on. We go to PiP break and return.

DG knocks Yuta off the apron on accident. A Buck hits shots on The Riders then he takes a wheelbarrow german for 2. A Buck takes running corner attacks then hits a shiranui. A Buck then ddt's DG.

A Buck hits The Riders then bangs their heads together. A Buck double flying lariats them. A Buck enzugiri's DG then top rope double stomps his back. A Buck then rolls into a backcracker on Yuta. The Bucks hit a top rope elbow drop and a top rope swanton for 2.

The Riders take superkicks. DG is back body dropped then Yuta takes a sunset flip + german combo. DG is double superkicked then takes a double knee to the face for 2. Claudio and Pac then interfere. A Buck takes running corner attacks then a pop up euro from CC for 2.

Pac pump kicks a Buck. Christian Cage comes out and kicks Claudio in the crotch. Adam Copeland gets on the apron and spears Pac. DG takes a backslide for 2. A Buck hits a slingshot facebuster on DG and apron moonsaults Yuta off of it. DG takes a meltzer driver and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was the usual Bucks match with some run-in's. They did a lot of their usual spots though some of the more unbelievable ones were dropped so this was a little more tolerable than usual. I don't get why Mox didn't help out his crew when they were getting beaten here. The Bucks won as expected.

The Bucks up go up to Mox after. Will Ospreay hidden blade's one of them and Mox double underhook ddt's the other on the floor.

Persephone vs. Angelica Risk

Pers faceshoves her then shoves her. Pers slaps her and shoulder throws her. Pers clubs on her chest. Pers basement dropkicks her. Pers slaps her and chokes her. AR boots Pers out of the corner. Pers hits a razor's edge and pins her.

Thoughts: It was a quick squash and not much more. Pers won here as expected. She hasn't been around that much lately so this was random.

Athena, Diamante and Billie Starkz are interviewed. Ath says The Birds thought they were ready for a fight. Dia says she has a bullet for both Brawling Birds. Ath says they will be waiting to whoop their @sses when they are done playing chicken.

SkyFlight (Dante Martin, Matt Sydal & Scorpio Sky) vs. The Lethal Twist (Blake Christian, Jay Lethal & Lee Johnson)

The Demand and Jeff Jarrett are on commentary for this.

Jay side headlocks Matt then shoulders him over. Matt flying headscissors him then dropkicks him. Matt hurricanrana's Blake. Blake flips out of a wristlock and spin kicks Sky in the gut. Sky armdrags Lee. Dante flying knees Lee then standing swantons him.

All 6 men fight. The faces all hit moves then hit triple dives outside. We go to PiP break and return. Matt is held for a dropkick. Sky takes a corner dropkick and Blake moonsaults outside. Lee boots Sky in the corner. Jay back elbows Sky. Jay basement dropkicks Sky. Jay boots Sky in the leg. Sky pushes Blake out.

Dante comes in and hits attacks on the heels. Dante bottom rope springboard dropkicks Lee. Dante enzugiri's Lee from the apron then springboard flip dives him. Matt high kicks Jay then Blake standing spanish flies Matt. Everyone starts coming in to hit a move.

Dante goes up top, Ricochet distracts him and Dante is distracted. Dante takes a death valley driver + double stomp combo and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was a very fast paced match here. I liked it and it was full of action. Lee took a hard ddt on his neck here near the end.

AEW International Title Ladder Match Qualifier Match - AR Fox vs. Nick Wayne

Nick hits AR as he poses on the ropes. Nick stomps him. AR headscissors him down. AR flatliners him into the ropes and rolls into a neckbreaker on him. AR trips him from the apron then Nick suplexes him.

AR is sent into the rails. Nick puts him in a chair but AR jumping kicks him. AR is swept on the steps. We go to PiP break and return.

Nick stands on AR's head on the apron. AR trips him on the apron and rolls him into a twisting brainbuster on the floor. AR package sitout powerbombs him for 2. AR rolls him and is dragon suplexed.

AR iconoclasm's him then walks him into a cutter. AR top rope swantons him for 2. They fight on the buckles. AR eye rakes him. Nick shiranui's him. Nick high kicks him then falcon arrows him for the win.

Thoughts: It went as expected with these two - they kept going long after they should have and ended up doing too much. It could have been a lot worse, but I didn't think this was good.

We see Darby Allin talk after Dynamite. He said he should have took Kevin Knight's head off when he had the chance. He said he asked him how far he would be willing to go when he first met him and asks him again. He then throws a skateboard at a door.

AEW World Trios Titles - The Conglomeration (Kyle O'Reilly, Orange Cassidy & Roderick Strong) (c) vs Dalton Castle & The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd)

Dalton and The Runners are the current ROH 6-Man Tag champs.

Truth shoves down OC twice off the lock up. OC puts his hands in his pockets and shoulders Truth over. OC poses and Truth poses at him. Their partners then help them pose and they all shake hands. They then all fight. OC is hit in the gut and backdropped. The Runners pose. We go to PiP break and return.

OC topes Dalton and is knocked off the apron. The Runners double team double axe handle OC off the apron. Strong dropkicks a Runner through the ropes and Kyle flying knees the other from the apron. Dalton is double teamed in the corner. Dalton takes a backbreaker + elbow drop combo for 2.

Strong throws Oc into The Runners in the corners. Strong swings OC into his opponents then drops OC onto Dalton for 2. Kyle knees Truth in the gut. Kyle tries to knee Turbo in the gut but Turbo has his title on and Kyle hurt his knee. Turbo hits a double lariat.

Turbo boots OC out of the corner. Turbo slams OC. The Runners hit a double team double elbow drop for 2. Kyle is suplexed by Dalton. Strong backdrops Turbo and Dalton exploders Strong. OC spinning ddt's Dalton. Turbo cradles OC for 2. OC blocks a sunset flip, drops down on Turbo and pins him.

Thoughts: I don't like ROH champions losing but AEW loves to do this. There was no real reason for this match and Turbo's team didn't need to lose here. It wasn't super serious and Turbo's belt that he wears continues to raise questions about how it's legal for him to do that. There was a lot going on here but there was too much comedy in this for me.

The Lethal Twist and The Demand then come out and jump everyone for unknown reasons. Jeff Jarrett gets upset and is punched off the apron by Ricochet before he even gets in. The faces get the edge and orange punch Ric. Jeff then hits Ric with a guitar.

Jack Perry says his mission is to become AEW champ and says when an opportunity falls out of the sky, you take it. He says he's part of the ladder match. Nick Wayne comes in and says opportunities always land in Jack's lap but he has had to chase them. He says he will hurt him in the process when he takes his opportunity and show him what a young pillar is supposed to look like. Jack says he's proud of him that he earned his opportunity and says he will see him at Redemption.

AEW International Title Ladder Match Qualifier Match - El Clon vs. Lio Rush

We haven't seen Clon in a while.

Clon boots him in the gut. Clon flips out of an armdrag. Lio chokes him and chops him. Lio bites his hand. Lio handspring kicks Clon off the apron then bangs his head off the commentary table. Lio's eyebrow is busted open.

Lio lariats Clon for 2. Clon ties Lio's hand to the top rope with the tag rope. Clon running facekicks Lio. We go to PiP break, full break and return. Lio pop up powerbombs Clon and splashes him for 2.

Clon overhead kicks him. Lio stunners him. Lio forearms him and spin kicks him in the head. Lio low topes him. Lio bottom rope springboard stunners him for 2. Clon spinning forearms him and powerbombs lifts him into a knee. Lio rolls up Clon for 2 then Clon pins him while holding the ropes.

Thoughts: Another ROH champ loses here for no reason whatsoever. We had an unusual clash of styles here. I don't really think this ever made it to the next level and was a bit average. Lio got busted open here. I have absolutely no idea why they had Lio lose when so many others were available to lose this one.

Clon beats up on Lio after. Mike Bailey saves Lio. Komander comes up, walks up the ropes and blind moonsaults out onto Clon.

We get a video for The Dogs vs The Bang Bang Gang. Jay says he's better than anyone at beating David Finlay. Juice says The Dogs will be chained to them.

Hikaru Shida & Thekla vs. Maya World & Willow Nightingale

Shida forearms and pounds on Maya. Shida suplexes her for 1. Thek nails Willow outside then hits mounted shots on Maya. Maya's head is banged off the apron. Shida boots Willow in the gut outside and the faces take stereo suplexes on the floor.

Shida and Thek do stereo mounted corner punches. The faces then do stereo corner lariats. The heels are sent into each other. Willow hits a double lariat on them. Maya slams Shida. We go to PiP break and return.

Maya hits shots on the heels then hits a step up enzugiri on Shida. Willow hits lariats on Shida. Willow boots Shida over then spinebusters her for 2. Shida punches Willow then eye pokes her for 2. Willow chops Shida. Thek grabs Shida on the ropes and Shida flying knees Willow. Shida falcon arrows Shida for 2.

Shida and Maya trade forearms. Maya rolls Shida into a double stomp. Thek forearms Maya and Willow lariats Thek. Shida flying knees Willow. Thek spin kicks Maya in the gut. Maya shoves Thek. Willow misses an apron cannonball and splats on the floor. Maya topes the heels outside.

Shida hits Maya with a kendo stick as she climbs the buckles. Thek spears Maya and pins her.

Thoughts: The match was fine. It was nothing particularly memorable and result didn't really matter either way here, but Maya losing was the safe way out.

Overall thoughts: It was the usual Collision with limited starpower and lots of random matches. We had a bunch of ROH champs losing on this show for no real reason and some headscratchers like Lio Rush losing. The opener was alright. The Bucks' match was tolerable. Persephone won a random squash. I liked Skyflight's match. I didn't like AR/Wayne, the Trios Titles match or Clon/Lio. The main was fine. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 as this was average and had some issues.

NWA Powerrr 7/25/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/nwa-powerrr-7182026.html

Joe Galli, Tim Storm and Danny Dealz are our hosts.

The hosts welcome us to the show and run down the card.

The Immortals (Odinson and Kratos) are interviewed by Kyle Davis in the ring. Kyle says it doesn't look right to see them not be tag champs. Kratos agrees. He says he see people that value hard work and work ethic. He says he sees people who had the odds stacked against them just like them. Kratos says they will be back and get whats theirs. Kratos says they will get back what was earned.

The Cazana's come out. Joe says they are the world tag champs. Joe says Kratos says he will be back but so did Arnold Schwareneggar. Joe says he will take his boys on a European tour to defend the titles. Joe says they will go to Europe, Guadalajara and Puerto Rico. Joe says The Immortals are at the bottom of the list and barely contenders. Joe says he has a team who is as big and bad as them and says they can get a rematch if they beat them. He then brings out Jack and Eddie.

The Immortals (Odinson and Kratos) vs Jack and Eddie (Eddie Grayson and Jack Valor)

Jack has the pants on and Eddie has the singlet.

Odin is side headlocked by Jack. Jack lariats him and gets nowhere. Odin euros him in the back of the neck then swinging neckbreakers him. Jack corkscrew euros him in the back of the neck. Eddie and Kratos get in. Eddie chops him and gets nowhere. Eddie tells Kratos to chop him and Kratos chops him down.

Kratos double chops Eddie and release suplexes him twice. Kratos misses a corner charge. Kratos pop's Eddie up and is crucifixed. Eddie dropkicks him then runs into a lariat. Jack tags in and hits forearms on Kratos. Jack hits kicks and a jumping knee. Jack step up enzugiri's him. Eddie top rope diving lariats Kratos. Eddie pulls Odin out. Jack topes Odin then Eddie topes Odin. Jack and Eddie do stereo topes on Odin. The Cazana's come back out and get on the apron.

Kratos is dropkicked from behind, hit with a book and Eddie rolls him up to win.

Thoughts: They had the logic right here with Jack and Eddie scoring the upset thanks to The Cazana's interfering. Jack and Eddie got thrown around here as expected. It was acceptable. This was Jack and Eddie's biggest win so far in the NWA.

King Trevor vs "Boom Boom" Groom

They lock up. Trev punches and chops him in the corner. Trev back elbows him down. Groom boots him out of the corner and hits punches. Trev full nelson slams him. Trev double underhook ddt's Groom and pins him.

Thoughts: It was just a quick squash here. Groom looks like an Outrunner and he was getting chants when hitting various punches. This was Groom's NWA debut.

Franks and Knox clap for Trev in the ring after. Kyle Davis then interviews Trev. Trev introduces his royal court and calls Franks "Sire Tyler Franks". He calls Knox, "Sir Michael: Duke of Knox". He says this is The Royal family and love it.

The Slimeballz and Wrecking Ball talk to Aron Stevens in the back. They ask if they saw Buster's match last week. Ball puts over Buster as being handsome and Sage implies he didn't see him since he worse a mask. Aron leaves and Ball says they left him speechless.

Haley J vs Gina Sais Quoi

J twerks at her and is bitten in the butt. Gina boots her and hair whips her. J throws her down by the hair. J stomps on her and whips her with her own hair. J sweeps her and meteora's her from behind. J low leg lariats her for 2. J says she's not scared of her and Gina bits her finger.

Gina codebreakers her and hits forearms. Gina slingblades her for 2. Gina's head is banged off the buckles. J knees her in the face then broski boots her in the corner. J grabs knucks, the ref takes them and Gina blows dust or powder in J's face. Gina stunners her then cobra twists her on the ropes.

J falls out and runs from Gina outside. They push the ref aside and J slaps Gina. J then pins her.

Thoughts: It was something different. Gina has a wild look and character and it keeps your attention. I don't really love the slap finish J is doing but it makes sense with her Powerslap background. It was average but not boring.

Kerry Morton says a father should always have the best interests for their kids. Kerry says Silas has been his brother along with Alex Taylor. Kerry says when his dad told him to attack Silas, he knew what he was doing. Kerry says Silas is not worth his time right now and he hopes he can respect it. Kerry says the fans know what's best for business and he says he will announce what's next in Atlanta.

It's Me...The Carson Drake Experience

PB Smooth and Pastor C-Lo are this week's guest. Drake goes to call them former champs but then mentions they haven't won anything. PB tells him to call him Pretty Boy Smooth or he will smack the hell out of him. Drake says he faces PB in Atlanta. Drake says he's the most successful man in the company. He says PB is in trouble in Atlanta. PB says there will be a whole lot of 16 foot in his...Drake tells C-Lo that it's in PB's best interest to call in sick. PB says he is sick - sick and tired of listening to this crap. Drake then ends the segment as PB gets mad.

Silas Mason and Bryan Idol vs The Wrestling Machines (SLADE and Mike Mondo)

The wrestlers fight outside as SM and Idol enter the arena. Idol's head is banged off the apron. Slade's head is banged off the apron. Idol punches Mike and Slade eye rakes SM. Mondo is sent into the steps.

SM bangs Slade's head off the commentary table. We go to break and return. Mondo misses a top rope diving headbutt. Idolo lariats Mondo over the top and the bell rings to start this. SM takes down Slade and pounds on him. SM spinning backdrops Slade. Slade's head is banged off the buckles. Slade is double hiptossed.

Mondo sends Idol shoulder first into the buckles. Slade stomps Idol. Idol takes a claymore kick + russian legsweep combo for 2. Mondo stomps Idol then clubs him. Mondo elbows Idol over the neck for 2. Idol chinlocks him.

Slade belly to belly overhead suplexes Idol. Idol is stomped on by the heels for 2. Slade drops Idol with a punch. Idol is sat up top and he top rope dropkicks Mondo. We go to break.

We go to the NWA Training Seminar. Markova help people work on some moves in the ring and I think one of them is Conan Lycan. She has some others trade wristlocks. Gretta comes in with Tiffany Nieves and Ms. Starr. Grett chokeslams Markova. Nieves then poses on Markova.

Daisy Kill does a promo. He says it's all done with Eric Smalls. He says he's onto a new freak in Alex Misery. He says we all know he should be the TV champ and says Alex knows he's not it. He says he will show everyone why it's always been him.

SM comes in and hits shots on the heels. SM slams Slade. The Slimeballs trip Idol on the apron. Mondo back body drops Silas. Silas is double booted and foot choked in the corner. The Hardway attacks The Slimes. SM hits a double flying shoulderblock. SM spinning torture rack bombs Mondo. Kerry Morton comes in and kicks SM in the nuts. Kerry then pushes Silas and Mondo pins Silas.

Thoughts: Mondo beating Silas was a bit of an upset even with help but they need some new names at top and maybe Mondo will be one of the. What we got here was fine and was a suitable enough main, especially after we got no main event last week.

Alex Taylor then comes out and pushes Kerry. They argue.

Overall thoughts: The opener was fine and had like the main, had an upset. "Boom Boom" Groom debuted and got squashed. Gina Sais Quoi is a different over the top voodoo character and while the match wasn't great, it kept my attention and was a good show off moment for Gina. I liked the Carson Drake segment. The main was suitable enough after not even getting a main event last week. There was no follow up on Paige Collett's debut last week and no explanation for why The Wrestling Machines attacked Idol and Mason last week. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 as it was average overall but it wasn't boring and we had some upsets.

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