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Friday, August 14, 2026

WWE Main Event 8/13/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/wwe-main-event-862026.html

Blake Howard and Vic Joseph are on commentary.

Fraxiom (Nathan Frazer and Axiom) vs MFT (Talla Tonga and Tama Tonga)

Haku is with MFT. I think this is MFT's first televised match with that name.

Tama nails NF from behind and slams him. NF hits punches on Tama and is knee'd in the gut. NF goes up and over then he enzugiri's Tama. Tama takes kicks and Ax is lifted for a dropkick on him. Talla tags in but is hit. He pushes both opponents away and hits a nasty lariat on Ax. Talla gorilla presses NF onto Ax.

Ax is hit in the gut and facekicked down. Tama hits mounted shots on Ax. Tama sliding lariats him. Ax is held for a chop from Talla. Talla hits more chops on Ax for 2.

Tama pounds on Ax. Tama backbreakers Ax. Tama corner splashes him. Ax dropkicks Tama. NF flying forearms Talla when he comes in. NF enzugiri's him. NF dropkicks him in the knee. NF flatliners Tama into the buckles.

Talla fights off his opponents. Tama is enzugiri'd in the corner. Fraxiom double dropkick Talla off the top for 2. NF is back body dropped into a powerbomb from Talla. Tama pins NF.

Thoughts: It was almost a tornado tag here as 3 people always seemed to be in this at once. The finish looked good. The heels mostly did brawling while the faces flew and sold for them. I thought it was average though. I don't see this MFT name sticking around as it doesn't sound all that great and there's not really a great reason for Talla and Tama to keep using it.

American Made (Julius and Brutus Creed) vs Birthright (Stacks and Uriah Connors)

JC waistlock takedowns Stacks and rolls him on the mat. Stacks chops him. JC fireman's carry takeovers Stacks. Stacks slides between his legs and punches him. BC suplexes Stacks for 2 then side headlocks him. BC is clubbed on by his opponents. BC overhead throws both opponents.

BC pop up drops UC. UC takes a backcracker + fallaway slam combo. UC pounds on BC. BC takes corner attacks and a Stacks flying lariat. BC cradles Stacks for 2. Stacks springboard back elbows BC and UC top rope swantons BC for 2.

JC comes in and hits shots on the heels. JC overhead suplexes his opponents then does a double overhead suplex on them. JC top rope moonsaults Stacks for 2. BC germans UC. Stacks boots BC. JC powerbombs Stacks. Stacks takes a double team sitout side spinebuster and is pinned.

Thoughts: The Creed's kind of worked as faces here. Both teams tried a bit harder here than usual and what we got wasn't bad. Birthright flew a lot more than usual and took some bumps here.

Lyra Valkyria vs Jaida Parker

They lock up and Lyra hip throws her. JP headscissors her. Lyra gets on her back and slaps her. JP trips her and side headlocks her. JP shoulders her over. JP then walks on her back.

JP suplexes her and back body drops her out. JP does like a baseball slide, misses and maybe hits her with her butt? JP chops her outside. Lyra sends her into the apron edge. Lyra neckbreakers her over the top rope. Lyra hits mounted shots inside.

JP hits shots to the gut and overhead throws her. JP short arm lariats her. JP lariats her down and gordbusters her. Lyra is laying on the 2nd rope and JP step up butt drops her. JP running headhunters her. JP tries another baseball slide and ends up taking a bridging neckbreaker over the knee. Lyra takes her over backwards by the head. Lyra bulldog chokes her and submits her.

Thoughts: It was average. I'm really curious if Jaida did a baseball slide hip attack or if it was just a bad botch. The bridging neckbreaker over the knee looked like it hurt here. Lyra won this as expected as she's a main roster girl and Jaida isn't.

Overall thoughts: We had 3 new matches here. None of them were that great and I'd say maybe The Creeds' match was the best bout on this. I wouldn't recommend this one but as always, at least you can get through it in under 30 minutes.

New Japan Pro Wrestling 8/8/2026 G1 Climax 36 Day 13

Day 12 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/new-japan-pro-wrestling-862026-g1.html

Masatora Yasuda & Oleg Boltin vs. Goto Revolutionary Army (Hirooki Goto & Tatsuya Matsumoto)

Goto chops and boots Oleg on the ropes. Oleg takes a double shoulderblock. Oleg is then double clubbed on. Tat hits forearms on him, flying euros him and is slammed. Oleg splashes him for 2. Masa gets in and chops Tat for 2. Tat chops Oleg then is chopped down.

Tat running euros Oleg. Goto comes in and shoulders over Oleg. Goto spinning heel kicks Oleg and backdrops him for 2. Goto and Oleg trade forearms. Goto lariats him then is shouldered down. Masa suplexes Goto for 2 counts.

Oleg takes a dropkick then an oleg lariat. Tat water wheel drops Masa then Goto chest kicks Masa down. Goto ushigoroshi's Masa and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a shorter one. They did the basics for the most part and Masa went down easy. It wasn't much of note.

Goto refuses Oleg's handshake after.

United Empire (Jake Lee & Zane Jay) vs. TMDK (Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa)

Jake side headlocks Oiwa then shoulders him over. Oiwa armdrags him, gets put in a headscissors and they regroup. Jake armbars him. Oiwa side headlocks him. Oiwa dropkicks him in the knee and euros the knee. Jake knees him in the gut.

Zane top rope elbow drops Oiwa's arm then dropkicks Hart off the apron. Zane yanks on the arm of Oiwa. Zane hiptosses him into an armbar. Oiwa side headlocks Zane then Zane reverses it. Oiwa backdrops him.

Hart comes in and corner splashes Zane. Hart lariats Zane down. Zane dropkicks Hart and hits mounted shots. Zane elbow slices Hart down for 1. Hart crossbodies Zane and sentons him for 2. Zane takes a double suplex for 2. Jake takes a dragon screw from Oiwa and goes out.

Zane 2nd rope chops Hart on the head. Zane tries to slam him but Hart falls on him. Hart lariats him down then death valley drivers him. Hart pins him.

Thoughts: It was short and nothing much but filler. Jake didn't screw around here at least. Zane was the lowest man on the totem pole and ate the pin in this one.

Oiwa and Jake fight in the aisle some after.

Konosuke Takeshita & Toru Yano vs. House Of Torture (SANADA & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)

San and KT go at it. KT wristlocks him and San reverses it. KT trips him and San side headlocks him. KT side headlocks him then shoulders him over. Kanemaru trips KT then San dropkicks KT in the knee. KT double lariats his opponents.

Yano takes off a turnbuckle pad, gives it to San and hits him in the back of the head. San hits Yano in the chest with the pad. YK foot chokes Yano. YK elbows Yano in the head. San stomps Yano and Yano pulls him down by the hair. KT comes in. KT flying lariats San. San dropkicks KT in the knee and chest.

KT's knees are banged off the mat then YK dropkicks him in the knee. KT is sent into the exposed buckle and YK rolls him up for 2. YK dropkicks him in the knee. YK is forearmed as he comes off the 2nd rope. KT blue thunders him. KT pumping knees YK and pins him.

Thoughts: It was short and a waste of time. Yano played around with the turnbuckle pads and Kanemaru ate the fall in the end. There was nothing to see here.

United Empire (Great-O-Khan & Jakob Austin Young) vs. Unbound Co. (Daiki Nagai & Yota Tsuji)

Yota and Khan go face to face. Khan nails Yota from behind. Jake forearms Yota then Yota tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him. Yota shoulders him over. Khan hits Yota from behind then sends him into the rails. Khan hits KT with a chair.

Jake boots and facewash kicks Yota in the corner. Khan puts Yota's arms behind his back and Jake baseball slides Yota. Khan trips Yota. Yota flatliners Khan and pulls his ponytail. Yota then neckbreakers him.

Jake comes in and enzugiri's Nagai. Nagai pounces him from the side. Nagai corner dropkicks Jake. Nagai dropkicks Jake for 2. Nagai spinebusters him for 2. Yota curbstomps Khan. Nagai slams Jake then misses a top rope diving headbutt. Jake running shining wizards Nagai. Jake twisting suplexes Nagai for 2. Jake hammerlock ddt's him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a waste of time. Khan and Yota's section wasn't impressive. Nagai got little in before going down.

Khan then runs after Yota and chairs him in the aisle after. Khan then chairs Yota's arm on the floor.

Unbound Co. (Gedo & Yuto-Ice) vs. Unbound Co. (Shingo Takagi & Taiji Ishimori)

Ice leg kicks Shingo and forearms him. They trade forearms. Ice punches him in the gut and Shingo shoulders him over. Shingo elbow drops him for 2. Shino boots him in the face. Ice throws him down backwards and hits forearms in the corner. Ice misses a running knee. Shingo corner lariats him and hits punches and chops. They butt heads.

They trade chest kicks for chops. Shingo elbows him in the leg then Ice PK's him. Shingo no sells it and lariats him. Gedo and TI go at it. They both go for the gedo clutch then catch each other's boots. Gedo dragon screws him then bangs his knee off the mat.

TI cradles Gedo for 2. Gedo eye pokes him. TI facekicks Gedo and rolls him up for 2. TI does a border city stretch and submits him.

Thoughts: It was very very short and accomplished very little here. Both sets of wrestlers got their one section in and not much else.

Yota and Shingo fight in the crowd after. They then fight in the ring and it gets broken up.

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

DM wristlocks him and takes him down by the wrist. Zack then takes him down by the wrist. DM hammerlocks him. Zack trips him and hooks the ankle. DM trips him and side headlock takeovers him. Zach headscissors him. DM escapes and twists Zack's ankle. DM throws him down by the wrist.

DM hip throws him and Zack slides out. Zack euros him. DM misses a dropkick. DM knocks him off the apron. Zack blocks his baseball slide through the ropes and tries to ankle lock him. Zack twists DM's neck with his feet.

Zack euros DM down and pulls his fingers back. Zack stomps DM's hand into the mat. Zack straightjacket chokes DM. Zack hits euros and DM euros him back. DM dropkicks Zack. Zack boots him out of the corner. DM blocks a sunset flip and twists Zack's neck with his feet. DM spinebusters him for 2. DM goes for a top rope elbow drop but Zack headscissors him.

Zack triangles him. DM powerbombs him to break it up. Zack euros him and gets forearmed. Zack bangs DM's arm over his shoulder and DM headbutts him down. Zack headbutts him down. DM goes for a pin and Zack grounded sleepers him. Zack euros him in the arm. Zack headscissors him with an armlock.

Zack hits chest kicks. DM backdrops him and superkicks him. DM spears him for 2. Zack guillotines him in mid-air. DM suplexes him. Zack spinning michinoku drivers DM for 2. Zack hits euros. DM step up enzugiri's him. Zack PK's him. DM pop up powerbombs him and flying kicks him. They each go for pins and Zack pins him to win.

Thoughts: I didn't like this that much. They just didn't have a great flow going on and there was no great story here. Zack didn't focus on any hold in particular and Drilla didn't really get to go all out here.

G1 Climax 2026 Block B Match - HENARE vs. Yuya Uemura

They lock up and let go. Yuya side headlocks him. Hen forearms him, Yuya armdrags him and Hen shoulders him over. Yuya armdrags him. Yuya armdrags him into an armlock. Yuya yanks the arm. Hen chops him in the corner and Yuya chops back.

Yuya does a bad knee to the body. Hen catches his crossbody in the corner then lariats him down on the apron. Hen suplexes him in the ring. Hen boots him in the head then kicks him in the back. Yuya hits forearms and Hen chops him down. Hen sentons him for 2.

Hen chokes him and Yuya ropebreaks. Hen knees him in the gut. Yuya 2nd rope twisting crossbodies him. Yuya chops him in the corner, armdrags him and dropkicks him. Yuya suplexes him and armbars him.

Hen corner lariats him then Yuya corner splashes him. Yuya backdrops him for 2. Yuya top rope crossbodies him, Hen rolls through. Hen pop up samoan drops him. Hen step up knees him in the corner. Yuya sunset flips him for 2. Hen muso's him for 2. Yuya rolling armbars him.

Yuya double chops him. Hen flies at him and is dropicked. Hen lariats him down twice for 2. Yuya hurricanrana's him into an armbar. Hen spin kicks him in the face. Yuya germans him then dragon suplexes him for 2. Hen headbutts him down. Yuya front suplexes him. Yuya top rope splashes him for 2. Yuya top rope crossbodies him and pins him.

Thoughts: It wasn't as good as I had hoped. Yuya mostly controlled this and it was all armlocks and armdrags. He then won with a crossbody. Henare didn't get all that much in. I thought this was average.

G1 Climax 2026 Block B Match - Ren Narita vs. Aaron Wolf

Dick Togo attacks Wolf outside as he enters. Wolf is sent into the rails. Togo gets sent into the rails then Ren is sent into the rails. Wolf head and arm chokes him in the ring. Ren takes off turnbuckle pad and Wolf goes into the exposed buckle. Wolf's leg is banged off the post then chaired. Ren chairs Wolf in the knee.

Ren bangs Wolf's knee off the mat and twists his ankle. Wolf ropebreaks. Ren butt drops Wolf's leg. Wolf hits forearms. Ren throws him by the leg over the shoulder. Wolf does shoulder throws.

Wolf corner lariats him, suplexes him and elbow drops him for 2. Ren facekicks Wolf off the apron. Ren trips Wolf on the floor. Ren then does a leglock on Wolf around the rail. Ren leglocks him. Wolf does a head and arm choke. Wolf uranage's him.

Ren eye rakes him and Togo trips Wolf from the outside. Tatsuya Matsumoto then trips Ren from the outside. Ren grounded guillotine chokes him. Wolf suplexes Ren. Wolf elbow drops Ren's back for 2. Ren rolling leglocks Wolf.

Wolf chops him then hits a big powerslam. Wolf cradle shocks him for 2. Wolf does a reverse triangle. Dick Togo comes in, Matsumoto tries to stop him and Togo chairs the ref when Matsumoto ducks. The ref goes out. Wolf blocks a low blow from Ren and shoulder throws him. Togo throws powder in Wolf's face. Wolf is lifted for a double team ddt. Ren top rope knee drops Wolf then leglocks him. Wolf submits.

Thoughts: It made sense but wasn't super exciting. Ren mostly worked the leg here and got help at the end to win. Wolf hits his stuff in between all that. It didn't really need the interference, but this is what NJPW does. It was acceptable.

G1 Climax 2026 Block B Match - Callum Newman vs. OSKAR

They run at each other. CN facekicks him and pulls Os over the top. CN slingshot plancha's him. Os boots CN and sends him into the rails. Os chokes and chops him. CN is sent into the rails. Zane Jay gets in Os' face outside and Os boots him over the rail.

CN rolls up Os. Os boots him in the gut. Os chops CN down then chokes him. Os is tripped into the ropes. CN driveby kicks him outside. CN slingshot stomps him. CN knees him in the gut. CN kicks him in the back and kicks him in the arm.

CN does some grounded submissions and hits Os in the body. CN kicks him in the back. CN hits chest kicks. Os shoulders him over. Os running back elbows him then elbow drops him for 2. CN superkicks him and spin kicks him. Os running facekicks him and CN goes out.

They fight in the crowd. CN is whipped into the seats and goes multiple rows back. Os buries CN under chairs. Os carries the ref into the ring and tells him to count. CN gets in and is legdropped as he gets in. Os camel clutches him.

Os kicks CN while he's down. CN chops him. CN germans Os. CN buzzsaw kicks Os for 2. CN suplexes Os for 2. Os bites CN's arm. CN drops him with a lariat for 2. Os tombstones him for 2. CN goes for a sleeper then OS puts a sleeper on him. CN grabs the ref and low blows Os. CN then rolls up Os and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a slower match and not that interesting. CN did mostly work on the body here but it didn't really lead to anything. The finish was lame too. I thought this was so-so but Newman's bump into the seats was nice.

Newman tells Os he hates him and tells him to get out after. He then tells him to kiss the crown.

Overall thoughts: The undercard had shorter matches that accomplished little. Zack/Drilla didn't work out like it should have. Yuya/Henare was very disappointing with Yuya mostly doing arm work. Ren/Wolf sucked and the main wasn't much better. I'd give this a 4 out of 10 and thought it was a disappointing night. There was nothing I liked here.

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Juggalo Championship Wrestling 8/13/2026 JCW Lunacy Episode 95

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/juggalo-championship-wrestling-862026.html

Mark Roberts, Joe Dombrowski and Veda Scott are on commentary.

Vince Russo goes up to Violent J in the back. J asks where his Giant's jersey is. Russo says The Giant's suck and are an embarrassment. Russo complains about EC3 and J complains about Krule. Russo says he's been in this business for 35 years and worked with the biggest pricks in this business. He calls Eric Bischoff a b!tch. He says that's why he sat home until he got the call from J.

Russo says they are here 10 month later and says J doesn't belong in wrestling. He says it's because J cares about the company and the people in it. Russo says that's what brought him back - he's different. He says everything he does is for J and JCW. He says he wants the world to watch JCW.

J says he's not hard to get along with. He says he's likeable, reasonable and fair and wonders why they can't get along. J says maybe it's Vince's jersey's, baseball bat and the NY attitude. He asks why they can't get together. He says he doesn't see why they can't play the game together. They shake hands and hug.

Joel Gertner does his usual intro and introduces Josh Bishop. He then includes Josh with his usual dirty lines.

JCW World Title - Josh Bishop (c) vs Facade

Josh boots him in the face and pounds on him. Josh misses a corner charge and Fac kick flurries him in the corner. Fac kips down out of a lariat and spinning heel kicks him. Fac springboard dropkicks him out. Fac dropkicks him through the ropes. Fac's plancha's is caught and Josh his snake eyes on him on the bottom buckle.

Josh backdrops him on the apron. Josh clubs Fac's chest. Fac hits forearms. Josh catches his moonsault, hits snake eyes on him and lariats him for 2. Josh hits mounted shots on him.

Josh does a trapezius hold on him. Fac hits shots to the gut. JB misses a corner charge and Fac springboard kicks him. Fac spinning ddt's him.

Fac ropewalk rider kicks him for 2. Father Bronson comes out. Fac spin kicks Josh in the gut and axe kicks him. Fac rope walks and dives on Bronson. He then pounds on him on the stage. Fac then tries to get in but Bronson holds his leg and Fac is counted out.

Thoughts: What we got was okay. Bronson cost Facade the American Title so him attacking him made sense, but he was dumb to blow a title shot over that. Fac did his flying and Josh beat him up and overpowered him here.

Josh throws Fac in the ring after that. Josh hits a razor's edge on him.

The hosts talk about tonight's show.

Choppa City talk to Russo. Atiba complains about Russo not thanking them for the show they ran a few weeks ago. He then complains about CoKane and James Storm getting a tag title shot. Russo says he put them in charge and they mocked him and made fun of him with the monitor and a wig. Russo says they aren't getting his tough love and says maybe they will get it tonight. He says you don't mock Vince Russo and says maybe they'll get it tonight.

Jeeves and EC3 arrive.

Mac Davis interviews The Dank Carnival and Violent J. They shill their product. The JWO come in. EC3 says it's his very first "World Order". The Clown's say they don't know Vito's 5th man for Goregames. J says they might find out tonight but does it really matter as they got this. They then chant "JWO".

Kerry Morton vs Mr. Happy

Caleb Konley is on commentary for this.

KM does Happy's dance. they go to test strentch and Happy turns it into a dance. Happy hugs KM. They high five each other. Happy boots him in the gut and drops him. Happy headbutts him and corner splashes him.

Happy's throat is pulled over the top rope. Happy lariats KM. KM hits chops and dropkicks him. KM flying elbows him in the corner. KM is sent into the corner and goes upside down. Happy corner spears him and chops him. Kerry goes upside down into the corner again.

Happy eye pokes him. Happy corner splashes him. KM top rope twisting crossbodies him for 2. Happy double axe handles him. Happy suplexes him. Jasmine St. Claire appears on the tron. She says she is about to burst with Happy's child and will hand the kid over to him. She says she will take every single penny he earns as child support. She then laughs. Happy is distracted and KM rolls him up. KM pins Happy.

Thoughts: The logic made sense as did Jasmin costing Happy the match. It was hard to figure out who we were supposed to cheer for though as Happy was working like a monster and both guys are arguably faces now. It was average.

Kerry gives Mr. Happy his teddy bear after and Happy gives him a cigar. Kerry then raises Happy's hand.

Caleb Konley then comes in and hits Kerry and Happy with a baseball bat.

The Orange Phantom does a video. He says he's coming, he's coming hard and is coming all over JCW. He says he's the second coming. He says he's been called a savior and says saviors can do miracles like walk on water. We then see him walking on fake water, swimming on land and flying.

Big Vito talks to Sally Boy. He says he hopes he learned something from last week. He says Sally needs to grow up. Sally says he learned that his uncle left him for dad. Vito says he was trying to teach him lessons about honor, respect and family. Vito says this has nothing to do with his father and says he's driving him crazy. Vito then hugs him and says he loves him while Sally looks mad. Vito then tells Vincenzo that they need to pick up "that guy".

Barnabas The Bizarre talks to The Outbreak. He says he is their master and they will obey what he says. He says no more drug addiction bullsh!t tonight. He says they will focus on the JCW Tag Titles while he takes care of their stepsister Danielle.

JCW Tag Titles - Choppa City (Bruce Wayans and Atiba) (c) vs James Storm and CoKane

Atiba does his chop taunt and Kane pulls cocaine out. Kane pours it on his arm and offers Atiba some. Atiba slaps it away and Kane gets mad. Kane hits punches on Atiba. Kane ducks a lariat and forearms him down. Storm 2nd rope double axe handles Atiba's arm.

Atiba takes a double back elbow and a knee drop for 2. Atiba jawbreakers Kane. Kane walks up the buckles and springboard diving hurricanrana's Bruce. BW russian legsweeps Kane. Atiba elbow drops Kane. Kane takes a double elbow drop for 2.

Atiba 2nd rope chops Kane in the crotch. BW 2nd rope chops Kane in the head. Atiba is caught coming off the buckles. Choppa City double chop Kane. Kane takes corner attacks. Bw is pulled over the top and Storm tags in. Storm hits punches on Atiba and atomic drops him.

Storm wind up punches Atiba. Storm enzugiri's Atiba from behind. Storm lariats Atiba, making him ddt his partner Bruce. Bruce is superkicked and Atiba is chokeslammed. MR. Anderson comes down and fights James Storm. They fight to th stage. Steven Flowe comes in. Kane blocks Flowe's guitar attack and Kane back body drops him over the top. Kane then topes Flowe outside. Kane and Storm are counted out and Choppa City win.

Thoughts: Kane did cocaine here and Choppa City hammed it up as usual. We sadly didn't get a clean finish here. What we got still had some entertainment to it and wasn't bad or anything but I'd have to say it was average.

Choppa City celebrate. Barnabas The Bizarre and The Outbreak come out. Barn introduces his team. The Outbreak come in, Choppa City go after them and The Outbreak drop them with spinning lariats. Atiba takes a top rope splash + neckbreaker combo. The Outbreak then pose with the JCW Tag Titles.

Dani Mo comes out with a black eye. The Outbreak go up to her and Dani walks to the back.

Barnabas looks for The Outbreak in the back and yells at a tech guy. He goes out to look for them.

Vito's crew talks. Vito says the guy they talked about earlier will be here. Mac Davis tries to talk to them. Vito says they can't tell him about the 5th member and says they are waiting for him now. Vito tells him to f*ck off. Vito then tells his crew the 5th man will come and they will take care of the JWO.

We see clips of past JCW episodes and they imply Episode 100 comes on 9/24.

Mac Davis interviews Big Al. Al says she was screwed out of her match with Dani Mo as Russo as mad at her. She says she will walk out JCW Women's champ and she doesn't care who her opponents are.

EC3 and Jeeves talk board games. Russo comes in. He says EC3 has never worked in JCW and he will never work here. He says he hates him being here in JCW. He says things won't work EC's way. Russo says EC paved the road and let's keep going down it as he will crash and burn on it. EC says he will be here for a long time and says to enjoy the show. Russo says he will die on that road.

Jeeves does the intro for EC3.

Krule vs EC3

EC runs in and takes shots from Krule. Krule hits back elbows on him. Violent J is then announced as the special guest commentator. EC lariats Krule over the top rope. Krule trips EC and hits him outside.

EC chops him inside and Krule facekicks him. Krule chokes EC on the ropes. Krule corner lariats EC. EC hits lariats on Krule. EC stunners him but Krule doesn't go down. EC thesz presses him. Big Vito comes out and throws the ref on the ramp. The ref then calls this off.

Thoughts: We didn't get much of this before the run in and what we got wasn't anything special. They didn't connect well on their strikes.

Vincenzo, Vito, Sally and Krule group up on EC3. They group stomp him. The JWO comes out. The JWO then come out and fight the heels. We get a big brawl in the ring. The JWO get the edge.

Jasmin St. Claire comes out with Dijak. Dijak punches out 2 Tuff Tony and facekicks Willie. Dijak then double chokeslams The Brothers of Funstruction and spinning facekicks EC3. Jeeves comes in and hits Dijak. Jasmin slaps Jeeves and Dijak superkicks Jeeves. Dijak hits a GTH on Jeeves. Jasmin then shakes Vito's had and they say Dijak is Vito's 5th man at Goregames.

Vince Russo shakes hands with Brett Lauderdale and Nick Gage in the back.

Overall thoughts: I thought it was a good show overall. The wrestling has gotten better and the storylines are usually decent. This show is now also always close to around 95 minutes long and that helps things out too. They did a nice job with the Goregames build here and made me want to see that. There's nothing must see here and the matches are really just secondary to the non-wrestling stuff though, so this isn't for everyone. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 overall and thought it was one of the better Lunacy episodes.

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Mayhem 8/12/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/maple-leaf-pro-wrestling-mayhem-852026.html

We are in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Don Callis and Mauro Ranallo are our hosts.

Rhino is in the ring. He says he couldn't wait any longer. He says he's here to show why he's still The War Machine. He says to get someone out here so he can rip them in half with a gore.

The 1st Faction are in the back. They say Bryce Hansen has been screwing up and ask if he's scared of Rhino. They then talk him into going out there.

Rhino vs Bryce Hansen

Rhino shoves him in the corner and Bryce goes out to stall. Rhino follows him and is knocked off the apron. Bryce slides out then is punched and chopped. Bryce is backdropped on the apron. Rhino bangs Bryce's head off the buckles and chops him.

Bryce short arm lariats him. Rhino corner spears him. Rhino misses a corner charge. Bryce hits him and pulls his throat over the top rope. Bryce double axe handles him off the top for 2. Bryce and Rhino trade shots. Bryce back elbows him down. Bryce misses a top rope diving headbutt. Rhino spears him and pins him.

Thoughts: Rhino won as expected. They pushed that Bryce was afraid of Rhino and not in his league. Rhino then won as expected. I don't know if MLP really has to roster to turn people like Bryce into jobbers. It wasn't anything too special.

We get a video with various people talking about Psycho Mike. Everyone then says, "I think I'm in love with The Psycho".

We get a video with an unknown guy talking near a fire. He says strength doesn't come from acceptance but it comes from truth. He says to destroy dear, you have to destroy the version of yourself that created it. He then says, "Rudra".

El Reverso & Mo Jabari vs. Capitan Suicida & Mascara Dorada vs. Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake & Zack Gibson) vs. The Swirl (Blake Christian & Lee Johnson)

Blake gives Dorada the finger. Blake headflips over him. Dorada flips over him and both do handsprings into backflips. Drake clubs on Dorada. Dorada chops him. Cap top rope crossbodies Drake. Cap flying headscissors him.

Dorada is popped up into a flying headscissors on Blake, but Blake headflips out. The Swirl hit kicks on Dorada. Blake springboard diving lariats Dorada. Reverso step up enzugiri's Lee in the corner. Reverso basement dropkicks him after doing an asai moonsaults to Blake. Zack is double lariated over the top. Reverso top rope moonsaults The Vets outside.

We go to break and return. Blake and Drake argue over a tag. Reverso enzugiri's Blake. Mo top rope double dropkicks The Vet's. Mo hits punches on Drake and Blake. Blake facekicks Drake and is atomic dropped into a backdrop from Mo. Drake jawbreakers Mo and Blake superkicks Mo. Dorada top rope double crossbodies Drake and Blake.

Cap top rope dropkicks Drake then MD top rope tornillo armdrags Blake. Blake and Lee hit their corner combo with the 619 and 2nd rope moonsault outside. Droada takes a suplex + handspring corkscrew kick for 2.

Reverso dropkicks Lee then back springboard kicks Blake. Blake takes a hart attack from Mo and Reverso. Blake is dropkicked into a michinoku driver for 2.

We get a triple eye rake spot. The Swirl and The Vets double lariat each other down. Mo, Reverso and the luchadores fight. They all superkick each other. Dorada holds the ropes open. Cap topes out and Dorada 2nd rope moonsaults out.

Dorada handspring cutters Reverso. Reverso takes an electric chair neckbreaker. Dorada top rope 450's Reverso. Cap top rope twisting swantons Reverso and pins him.

Thoughts: It was an okay tag here. It was full of fast action, we got lots of dives and it went the way you'd want it go.

We get a video on Dani Luna's MLP Women's Title match.

Adam Copeland talks about watching wrestling as he grew up. He says Canada has always been a hot bed for wrestling. He says he's contracted to AEW bu MLP and AEW are partners. Adam talks about being able to wrestle in Maple Leaf Gardens and says maybe that's the whole reason for its creation.

Interim MLP Canadian Title / PWA Champion's Grail Title Match - Stu Grayson vs. Rohan Raja

They lock up twice. The ref gets between them and Raja facekicks Stu down. RR stomps Stu and forearms him. Stu flying lariats him then lariats him over the top. We go to break and return.

They fight on the apron. Stu chops and forearms him there. Aurora Teves grabs Stu on the apron. RR pushes Stu into the post. RR stomps Stu and spit in his face. Stu gets mad and hits punches. Stu kips down out of a lariat and pele kicks RR. Stu goes for a springboard and Aurora Teves trips him on the ropes. The ref ejects Teves.

Stu flatliners RR and asai moonsaults him for 2. Stu suplexes RR on the apron. RR forearms him down. We go to break and return. They hockey fight and Stu pounds on him. RR backcrackers Stu for 2. RR black hole slams him for 2. Stu belly to belly overhead suplexes him four times. They headbutt each other and Stu hits 2 more belly to belly suplexes. Stu springboard triangle ddt's him on the apron. Stu top rope 450's him for 2.

Stu top rope superplexes him. Stu jumps at him and is flapjacked. RR STF's him and rolls onto his back. RR backslides him for 2. Stu flying pumping knees him three times. Stu torture rack backbreakers him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was alright. It got a lot of time to play out and maybe a little too much. Stu was the fiery face and RR was a typical heel for the most part and there was no great logic past that. The crowd was into it which helped things.

Overall thoughts: It was maybe the best edition of MLP yet. There wasn't much comedy and two of the three matches were okay bouts. Rhyno/Bryce was essentially a squash. The tag match had all kinds of flying and fast paced action and it was what you would want it to be. The main was fine, got a lot of time and had a hot crowd. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 overall and I thought it was a good show.

WWE Evolve 8/12/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/wwe-evolve-852026.html

We are at the Performance Center. Robert Stone and Blake Howard are on commentary.

The hosts are at ringside and talk about tonight's show.

Charlie Dempsey vs Ulka Sasaki

CD water wheel drops him. Ulka headscissors him and CD side headlocks him twice. Moreno and Dar are in the VIP Lounge. CD. They trade forearms. Ulka side headlocks him then hiptosses him. They trade chops and euros. They armdrag each other.

Ulka hammerlock takedowns him. Ulka hits forearms and chops in the corner. CD hits shots in the corner. CD gutwrench suplexes him for 1. Ulka suplexes him then pumping knees him. Ulka flying kicks him. CD chops the arm.

They test strength. CD monkey flips him then Ulka holds on and monkey flips him. CD germans him and Ulka spinning forearms him and both go down. They trade forearms. Ulka backslides him then cradles him for 2.

Ulka does a rings of saturn and CD ropebreaks. Ulka kicks him in the back and chest. Ulka slaps him and CD dragon screws him. CD backdrops him twice. CD double underhook suplexes him.

Ulka sleepers him and CD backdrops him. CD pins him.

Thoughts: It was a nice technical style match. It was one of the better matches I've seen Ulka in. This was better than I expected. Ulka loses, but I don't know if it really matters.

Brooks Jensen watches an old WCW match with two unknown people. He calls it a masterpiece and says they should inspire to wrestle like that. He says they should inspire to be like them and not someone like Elijah Holyfield who uses his daddy's last name. Brooks presses the elevator button and Elijah is in the elevator. Elijah chases after him and Brooks runs.

Sloane Jacobs takes before her match. She says it's a very exciting night. She says she will beat Wren and says her best friend Nikkita Lyons will be watching. Nikkita Lyons comes out with her and goes into the VIP Lounge.

Wren Sinclair vs Sloane Jacobs

Wren snapmares her and armlocks her. Wren takes her over by the shoulder and armlocks her. Wren side headlock takeovers her. Wren bangs SJ's arm off her shoulder and armlocks her.

Wren goes up and over her and shoulders her over. Wren bangs SJ's face off the mat. Wren takes her down and hits mounted shots. SJ knees her in the chest and neckbreakers her over the 2nd rope.

We go to break and return. SJ twists her neck and Wren rolls her up for 2 counts. SJ bangs Wren's head off the buckles with her headscissors. SJ lariats her down for 2. SJ hits downward elbows on her. SJ catapults her throat into the ropes.

SJ gets a 2 count on her. SJ top wristlocks her. Wren hits chops on her. Wren back elbows her and slams her. Wren corner splashes her and double underhook suplexes her. Wren facebusters her for 2. SJ high kicks her then hits a magic screw for 2.

Wren trips her and SJ pulls Wren's throat into the ropes. SJ rolls her into cattle mutilation and submits her.

Thoughts: It was acceptable. Not great or anything but it was definitely one of Sloane's better efforts here. Wren's the higher girl on the totem pole so she picked up the win here.

Nikkita Lyons gets in the ring. She says Wren beat Sloane but didn't beat her. She says since Wendy Choo is missing, no one is worthy of challenging her. Thea Hail runs in, takes down Lyons and headbutts her in the chest. Thea says she's her next challenger and says that title is coming home with "dad".

Thoughts: Dad? Really?

We see Brooks Jensen leaving. He wants the camera to get away. He gets in his car and Elijah Holyfield chases him on foot as Brooks drives away.

Laynie Luck does a video. She said she came up short 2 weeks ago in her title shot then said PJ Vasa injured her. She says she's not someone who gets tossed to the side. She says she'll be cleared in 2 weeks and will become champ. She says if she has to go through the bad@ss of Evolve, she has no problem with that.

Adriana Rizzo interviews Harlem Lewis in the VIP Lounge. Rizzo says winning the title is one thing and keeping it is another. She asks why he's out here. Lewis says it feels good to get his first tile defense under his belt but he knows it will get harder from here. He says he needs to be harder and more aggressive. He says he's a sucker for a good fight and one of the people in the next match might be his next challenger.

It's GAL vs Cappuccino Jones vs Chazz "Starboy" Hall

Gal pushes Cap into Star and rolls up Cap. Star is pushed into Cap and Gal waistlock takedowns both opponents. Gal then does push-up's on both. Gal takes a double hiptoss. Star and Cap trade pin attempts and Gal tries to pin both.

Gal hits Star in the gut in the corner. Cap nails Star when Gal ducks. Cap suplexes Gal and Star running SSP's Cap for 2. Star monkey flips Gal and casadora armdrags him. Cap pump kicks Gal down. Star spin kicks Cap. Cap headscissors Star out of the corner and slams him. Cap crossbodies Gal over the top rope. Cap is up top and Star cartwheel backflip kicks him. Star flying space tiger's both opponents outside.

We go to break and return. Star spin kicks Gal in the gut. Star trips Gal and standing corkscrew moonsaults him. Star hits kicks on Cap then Cap dropkicks Star. Cap's springboard is caught and Star spinning backdrops him for 2.

Star high kicks Gal then shiranui's Gal off of Cap. Gal 2nd rope double dropkicks both opponents. Cap forearms Star then hits a decaffinator (forward rolling neckbreaker). Cap top rope elbow drops Star and Gal throws Cap out on the pin. Gal steals the pin on Star and Gal wins.

Thoughts: It was an okay bout. Gal was a little better than usual and Star wasn't quite moving as well as usual. Cap continues to lose stock around here with another

Gal gets on the mic after and says he's on the win streak of a lifetime. He says that was light work for him. He says he's the top guy of WWE ID. He then calls out Harlem Lewis and says he wants the Evolve Title. Gal then turns around and eats shots from Cap and Star. Cap and Star double dropkicks Gal out. Cap an Star then bump in to each other and tease fighting. They then shake hands and dance.

Overall thoughts: It was a fun Evolve show. It went by pretty fast and all 3 matches were fine. We got some matches set up for future shows like Lewis/Gal and Lyons/Thea and the Jensen/Holyfield feud continues on. I had no problems with this one and I liked it. It was a good show.

WWC Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre 8/2/2026

Yesterday's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/wwc-superestrellas-de-la-lucha-libre.html

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

"La Amenaza" Bryan vs Chicano

John Hawking vs Lightning

Xavant vs Tony Leyenda

Mike Nice vs Amaddeo Sole

Oscar Benabe vs Lou Forza

WWC TV Title - Wilfredo Rivera (C) vs El Informante

Kamila vs Sai Perez

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

"El Hostil" Jovan vs Joe Bravo

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Abel Durant and Axel Cruz are our hosts.

The hosts talk. Axel makes jokes about the fans being smell in Aguadilla.

Chicano vs Andrade El Idolo

We join this in progress.

Chicano hits shots on Idolo. Idolo fights back and hits chops. Chicano headscissors him into a roll up and low lariats him from behind for 2.

Chicano chokes Idolo. They go out and Chicano sends Idolo into the post and seats. They go back in and Chicano cradles him for 2. Chicano lariats him. Chicano hits punches and Idolo punches back. Idolo boots him out of the corner. Chicano release half-nelson suplexes him for 2.

Chicano chinlocks him on the mat. Idolo fights back. He drops him with lariats and Idolo flying forearms him. Idolo takes his pants off.

We go to break.

El Informante does a promo. He says they have a plan and the plan is to make sure Informante leaves with the TV Title.

Wilfredo Rivera does a promo. He says he's defending his TV Title vs El Informante. He says he came out victorious last time vs El Informante. He says Informante isn't trying to defame him anymore and is more interested in talking about his background as he can't disregard his skill. He says he will teach him another lesson. He says bring all the Informante's and Orlando Toledo as he will need it to beat him.

We return from break.

Idolo corner meteora's Chicano for 2. Chicano pop-up powerbombs Idolo for 2. Chicano is pushed onto the ref during the kick out and the ref is down. Ray Gonzalez comes out with a shovel. He nails Chicano with the shovel and Idolo hits his DM (spinning double underhook drop) and pins him.

Thoughts: We saw a decent bit of it. What we got was fine here. Ray Gonzalez is feuding with Chicano and it makes sense that he cost him the match. WWC doesn't have a lot of real athletic guys in their main event scene so Andrade sticks out a bit more there. Idolo's an AEW talent so he wasn't going to lose here.

Sai Perez does a promo. She says Kamila's time is up. She says Kamila has to prove everything she said about her is worth it. Sai says when she beats her, she will prove Kamila is a loser.

Kamila does a promo. She says Sai Perez came to WWC like her grandfather and dad to make a name for herself. She says she doesn't care and will erase her last name. She says she won't be a stepping stone for her reaching the title.

Lou Forza does a promo. He says the WWC returns to Augadilla on 8/2. He says no matter how many times Oscar Benabe puts his hand on the wound, it doesn't go away. He says what's not perfect is that he has to face Oscar Benabe. He says Oscar will be defeated on 8/2 and it won't be a sad day for him. We saw this already.

Oscar Benabe does a promo. He says he's not interested in Tony Leyenda or Amaddeo Sole getting involved. He says he will hit him so hard that he will grow hair on his head. He tells him to get ready.

The mayor of Augadilla talks about the show.

Zcion RT1 vs Lightning

We join this in progress. RT1 has a mask on. Orlando Toledo trips RT1. RT1 goes after him then gets hit by Lightning from behind. Light chops and punches RT1. Toledo then hits shots on RT1. RT1's head is banged off the post and off a bench. Light pounds on him.

Light pulls RT1's mask off and pounds him. Light lariats him down. Light pounds on him more. Light slams and elbow drops him for 2. Light chinlocks him.

We go to break.

La Guerrera Amazona does a promo. She says there's a lot of talk in the company. She say she's the champ and it creates a lot of envy. She says she will see Elena Negroni and Brandon The Skater at hte next show. She says their mistake was assuming she was alone. We then see El Payaso Makabro laughing.

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

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

We return from break. Light headbutt drops RT1 in the gut. They trade punches and RT1 goes down. Light chinlocks him. RT1 fights out and hits punches. Light spears him for 2. Light clubs and punches him. RT1 punches back and back body drops him. RT1 hits lariats. RT1 boots him in the head and neckbreakers him for 2.

Light chokeslams him for 2. RT1 goes up and over and cutters him. Lou Forza and Amaddeo Sole then run in and attack RT1 for the DQ.

Thoughts: We saw this match already last week. Lightning works a lot like Luke Gallows. It's all punches, lariats and chinlocks. And in longer matches, it's not always the most exciting. Light was on offense for most of this and RT1 didn't get a lot but punches in either. We then had a DQ finish and this just wasn't that good.

Zcion RT1 does a promo. He says he has a name for the 8/29 show and says it will be the end of a d@mned legend. He says he told Lightning that crossing him was his worst mistake. He says they have a 10 year history and says it will end soon in the cage of death. He says Lightning has one chance to become Universal champ and that's to take him out at the cage of death. He says it will be very difficult. He says it will be a bloodbath and he'll be waiting for him. He says he will demonstrate why he's the maldita revolucion. We saw this already.

Tony Leyenda does a promo. He says he's fed up with wrestling in PR. He says we all talk about about foreigners talking trash. He says his era of talking trash about PR is over. He says he doesn't need to do it as he planted his flag here. He says it's the same stuff and doesn't impress him. He says he's better because he shows it everyday. He says no one does anything like him as he's the best. He tells Xavant his shoes are too hard to fill. He says he will give Xavant a hard time and says will keep his head held high because even when he loses, he still wins. We saw this already.

Xavant does a promo. He says the champ has arrived. He says he's pumped to go to Aguadilla. He says Tony Leyenda has been talking about boasting for so long. He says Tony is always talking too much. He says he will have a big problem when he faces him tonight. He says the fans will chant for him to give him the "guaineta". Xavant says he fights with his heart and fights for the island as that is what champions do.

The hosts talk and shill tonight's show.

Overall thoughts: There was little new content here outside of Chicano vs Andrade and maybe a few new promos. What we got of Chicano/Andrade wasn't bad but it wasn't complete. There's little you need to see here as it was almost all repeats. I'd give it a 4 out of 10 overall. It wasn't that good.

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

AEW Dynamite 8/12/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/aew-dynamite-852026-grand-slam-mexico.html

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

Will Ospreay comes out to talk. He asks how the crowd is and if they lost a lot of money tonight. He says he got to be in Arena Mexico again and it's an honor. He says he was nervous in Mexico. He says he was told his grandfather passed away when he got there. He says he knows his grandfather would tell him to stop crying and go do a flip down in Mexico. He says he will leave ever single bit of his body in the ring for us.

He says he's here to set an example. He says Kenny Omega wasn't at Arena Mexico. He says he knows Kenny is here and invites him out. Don Callis comes out instead. Don talks about him and Kenny screwing Mox over to get the title. He says he had to remind Kenny who his dad was later on and stabbed him in the face. He says he then brought Will Ospreay here and put him against Kenny Omega.

He says Will owes everything to him. He says his road is not paved in gold like he thinks but it's paved in blood. The Don Callis Family then attack Will. Kenny Omega comes out and beats up The Family with a pipe. Kenny teases hitting Will with the pipe but doesn't.

Kenny says he felt what Will said but says he never thinks. Kenny said Will has gotten sloppy and turned into a fool. Kenny says he can't help Will like this again and it's just them from now on. Will says he didn't want his help and won't need it.

Thoughts: Yeah, this was a bunch of random stuff here that didn't make much sense. The Family attacked Will for no reason and Kenny helped out Will for even less of a reason after Will attacked him a few weeks ago.

#2 Spot in the Casino Gauntlet - MJF vs Mike Bailey vs Nick Wayne

MJF grabs the ring announcer Justin Roberts before the match and says to call him the one true champ.

MJF goes out to stall. He then says he will let the other two battle it out on commentary and calls Schiavone a fat, old prick. Mike takes down Nick twice and taps him on the head. They kip up together and stand off. Nick rolls up Mike for 2. They show a tweet from Andrade El Idolo on a graphic.

Mike flying headscissors Nick. Nick jumping euros him. Nick tope con hilos outside. Mike triangle asai moonsaults Nick outside. Mike armdrags Nick. Mike double boots him out of the corner and MJF sweeps Mike on the top buckle.

MJF hits mounted shots on Mike. Nick hits mounted shots on Mike. MJF raises Nick's hand. Nick standing shiranui's Mike and MJF tries to take the pin. Nick and MJF argue. MJF slaps Nick. Nick superkicks him.

Mike hits forearms on Nick. Mike facekicks him. Mike chest kicks Nick down. Nick dragon suplexes Mike. Mike standing moonsault double knee drops him. MJF pulls Mike's throat down over the top rope. Mike top rope moonsaults both opponents outside.

We go to PiP break and return. Mike misses a top rope ssp and standing spanish flies MJF. Mike falcon arrows Nick. Mike top rope ssp's Nick for 2. Nick hits MJF in the gut. Nick goes for an os cutter and is swatted down. MJF powerbomb backbreakers Nick.

Mike corkscrew kicks Nick and 2nd rope ultimate weapon's him. MJF throws Mike out and armbars Nick. MJF submits Nick.

Thoughts: It was acceptable. Nick and Mike didn't get to do anything too crazy and MJF held things together by being a heel and taking shortcuts.

MJF gets on the mic after. He say he told us he would win as the champ always wins. He says that's why he is walking out of Wembley with the contract and no one can stop him. Andrade El Idolo's music hits but he doesn't come out. He says he's not showing up because he kicked his @ss last week. He says Kenny and Will are both afraid of him and better pray not to have to face him. He says we will then all find out that he's the one true champ.

Divine Dominion are in The Brawling Birds' bar. They say them saying they are undefeated means nothing when they never faced them. Lena says The Birds' biggest moment will be their massacre. They then drop beer mugs on the floor and say, "Here's to The Birds, they had a good run".

Mick Foley interviews the full Bang Bang Gang. Jay welcomes Mick to The Gang. Jay says The Dogs and Death Riders have gotten the best of them every turn. Jay says their days are numbered. Jay says he will beat Finlay tonight. He says he hopes he can face Mox and beat him for the Continental Cup.

AEW Continental Challenge Cup First Round Match - Jay White vs David Finlay

DF runs at him and is chopped down on the apron. Jay chops him outside. Jay's head is banged off the commentary table. Jay chops him in the corner and DF shoulders him over. DF sentons him. DF stunners Jay over the top rope. DF boots Jay in the corner. Jay hurricanrana's him from the buckles, lariats him over the top and slingshot plancha's him.

Jay gordbusters DF on the apron and chops him. Jay suplexes him for 2. DF double throat thrusts him and drops him throat first on the top rope. DF neckbreakers him.

We go to PiP break and return. DF running euros him in the corner. Jay underhook suplexes him into the buckles. Jay ddt's him for 2. They roll each other up for 2 counts. DF uranage backbreakers him. Jay knocks him off the buckles. DF euros him. Jay flatliners him then germans him.

DF back elbows him down in the back of the neck. DF ddt's him for 2. Jay chest kicks DF down. DF double underhook dominators him for 2. DF hits oblivion on Jay for 2. DF hits lariats on Jay. Jay blade runners him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was okay. Jay won as expected. They had a spot here where Jay did a suplex and held his neck after. The announcers pointed this out and I'm curious as to what the deal was with it. DF hit a great oblivion on Jay.

Tony Schiavone interviews Brodido and Adam Page in the ring. They are the current trios champs. Bandido talks in Spanish. King says they are the new trios champs.

Swervce Strickland and Prince Nana come out. Nana tells Schiavone to get out. Swerve says he sees 3 guys he had bad blood with being friends. He says they have nothing in common except for him. Swerve talks about beating Band. He says last time he saw King, he was laying face down in his own blood. Swerve said he took his eye off of Page for a second and he lost his AEW Title and any future shots at it.

Page says he kept his eye on Swerve and Swerve doesn't have room to talk about results. He says he did heinous stuff and has nothing to show for it.

The Demand and The Lethal Twist come out. Ric says Toa and Kaun would love to put Nana down for good. Ric says the trios titles were stolen from them because Toa's shoulders weren't on the mat. Ric says they demand their rematch. Ric says it's not safe for the faces as they have 9 guys who hate them. He tells them to get to stepping. Swerve gets on the ramp and Ric has words for him. Swerve walks past. He says King might do the barking but Ricochet is being the b!tch. Page tells Ric's crew to come down and take the trios belts if they want them back. Ric says they will do it on their time.

We see clips of a Willow Nightingale interview with Renee. Mercdes Mone attacks Willow and whips her with a title belt. She says she will give her some of her smile back and calls her a dumb b!tch.

AEW TNT Title - Kevin Knight (c) vs Chris Jericho

KK jumps on him and stomps him in the corner. CJ hits chops and brainbusters him. CJ double underhook backbreakers him for 2. CJ hits bad punches on him up top. CJ hurricanrana's him down.

CJ lariats KK over the top. CJ top rope plancha's KK outside then he hugs Paul Wight at commentary. KK jumps off the commentary table and lariats him down. We go to PiP break and return.

KK lariats him down. CJ gets his knees up on KK's asai moonsault. CJ shoulders over KK. KK back body drops CJ onto the ramp. KK jumps over the top and flying lariats him on the ramp. KK stomps CJ on the ramp.

CJ AA's KK on the ramp. CJ chases Don Callis around the ring. KK tries a slingshot plancha but CJ knee's him as he flies at him. KK cradles CJ for 2. KK backslides CJ and gets caught with his feet on the ropes. The ref stops KK then CJ tries to pin KK with his feet on the ropes. KK jumping ddt's him.

KK hits CJ on the buckles. CJ 2nd rope powerbombs KK For 2. CJ crabs KK. Don Callis hits CJ in the head with a screwdriver to break it up. KK coast to coast dropkicks CJ for 2. KK comes off the buckles and CJ codebreakers him for 2. KK kicks CJ low and urange's him. KK then pins him.

Thoughts: They had a couple of moments were a spot could have been done cleaner but it was fine otherwise. Jericho put out a good effort and both guys flew around a lot. Jericho lost as expected here. This maybe got a little too much time.

The Death Riders do a promo. Claudio says he will treat everyone the same in The Continetal Cup. Mox says his run in the tournament could end tonight vs Jack Perry. He asks if Jack is prepared like him and if he lives it like they do.

Kris Statlander vs Viva Van

Kri wristocks her and Van reverses it. Kris shoulders her over. Van flying headscissors her. Kris slams her and flying headscissors her. Van upkicks Kris then spinning heel kicks her. Van's springboard is blocked.

Van 2nd rope gordbusters her then top rope dropkicks her. Kris victory rolls her for 2. Van rolls out of a spinning lariat. Kris headflips and superkicks her. Kris spinning lariats her Kris half-package tombstones her and pins her.

Thoughts: Kris was always winning this one and it was just a question of how long it took. It wasn't anything too special but at least Van didn't botch.

Mick Foley interviews Kris in the ring after. He shills his shirt and points out his daughter in the front row. Mick says Kris will face Maya World, Persephone and Shida in a TBS Title 4-Way next week. Kris says she feels ready to fight and feels great. She says she's proud that Maya is the champ. She says she will make Shida and Persephone bend over backwards and shove their heads up their own @sses. Persephone comes out and laughs on the ramp. Shida then comes out and neither say anything.

Kris is surrounded by the heels a she just stands in the ring. Kris then leaves safely.

Persephone and Hikaru Shida vs Maya World and Thunder Rosa

Maya side headlocks Pers. Pers heads out of the ring then tags out. Shida and Rosa go at it and roll around. Rosa 2nd rope diving armdrags her. Rosa flying headscissors Shida into the ropes. Rosa flying knees Shida from behind on the ropes. Rosa lariats Shida for 2. Shida eye pokes Rosa and rolls her up for 2.

Rosa does an armdrag + headscissors takeover on the heels. Rosa chops up Pers and chest forearms her. Rosa enzugiri's Pers then dropkicks Shida through the ropes. Pers basement dropkicks Rosa in the head and catapults her throat into the ropes.

We go to PiP break and return. Pers foot chokes Rosa. Shida knees Rosa in the head. Pers twisting fisherman's neckbreakers Rosa. Rosa hits a double ddt off a double suplex attempt. Rosa double lariats the heels.

Maya tags in and top rope dropkicks the heels. Maya hits fying back elbows. Maya fallaway slams Pers while trying a bridge pin on Shida. Maya crossbodies Pers off the apron. Rosa top rope crossbodies Shida. Shida forearms Rosa down.

Shida pumping knees Rosa in the jaw. Shida falcon arrows Rosa for 2. Maya forearms the heels. She then rolls Pers and stunners Shida off of it. Shida flying knees Pers on a failed double team. Maya superkicks Shida then fallaway slams her with a bridge. Maya pins Shida.

Thoughts: It got a lot of time and ended up being an okay bout. Shida hit some stiff trikes here and Maya had a clean night. This worked out a lot better than I expected, but didn't do much to put over Pers and Shida as challengers for next week.

Kris holds up Maya's and Rosa's arms after.

Darby Allin does a promo. He says Kevin Knight attacked him after he lost his title. He says he has no regrets and was burning the candle at both ends as champ. He says Kevin is doing that now as TNT champ. Darby says there's no amount of training Kevin can do for their match. He says Kevin lives up to his potential if he can beat him.

Kyle Fletcher and Don Callis are interviewed. Kyle says Mike Bailey brings the best out of him but he's still in his title reign. He says he defended his title in 3 countries and wants to do that at Wembley. Don brings in Kazuchika Okada and Kyle will defend his International Title vs Okada and Konosuke Takeshita. Don says there's a 100% chance The Family retains the title. Kyle asks about his chances. Okada says all that matters is that the International Title stays in the family. Don and Okada cheer and Kyle walks off in frustration.

AEW Continental Challenge Cup First Round Match - Jon Moxley vs Jack Perry

Jack side headlock takeovers Mox. Mox headscissors him and they stand off. Mox trips Jack. Jack chops Mox then flying headscissors him out. Jack dropkicks him through the ropes. Jack goes for a tope and Mox forearms him down. Jack is sent into the post and he bleeds.

Jack boots Mox and hits chops. Mox bangs Jack's head off the commentary table. Jack tries to shiranui Mox outside but is thrown through the timekeeper's table. We go to PiP break and return.

Mox slams Jack for 2. Mox hits crossface shots on Jack. Mox rubs Jack's face in the mat and pulls on his cuts. Mox knees Jack in the face, ties up his leg and pulls hair. Mox headscissors him and ties up his legs. Jack rebound lariats Mox and Mox no sells it. Mox boots him in the face. JP dropkicks Mox out. Jack then topes him twice. Jack tope con hilos him outside. Jack top rope moonsaults him outside.

Jack top rope elbow drops Mox for 2. Mox running lariats him. Mox gotch style piledrivers him for 2. Mox lariats him down for 2. Mox hits mounted shots on Jack. Jack slaps him and gives him the middle finger.

Mox hits forearms. Jack rebound lariats him. Jack sunset flips Mox for 2. Jack STF's Mox. Mox escapes and sleepers him. Jack is out and Mox wins.

Thoughts: It was an okay match. Jack sold and bled. They didn't overdo it and Jack had the general idea of what he was supposed to do down. This got a lot of time and I was fine with this one.

They shake hands after.

Overall thoughts: This one went until 10:22PM. The matches were all fine for the most part here. The show was mostly focused on in-ring action as usual. I'd say the main was maybe the best match of the night here. I wouldn't say this did a whole to build up All In though. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 as the show was fine overall, minus the Kenny/Will/Don Callis segment.

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