AAA on Fox 8/1/2026 Verano De Escandalo 2026 Part 2

AAA on Fox 8/1/2026 Verano De Escandalo 2026 Part 2

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/aaa-on-fox-7252026-verano-de-escandalo.html

Rey Mysterio, JBL and Corey Graves are on commentary.

We see clips of Dom turning on Grande last week. He says what do you expect from him? He says he's another guy pretending to be Mexican and he runs things around here.

We see various wrestlers arrive and hang out.

AAA Latin American Title Qualifying Three Way Match - Mecha Wolf vs. Lince Dorado vs. La Parka

Wolf and Lince shove each other. Park dances and is hit by both. Parka is stomped on by both. Parka throws Lince over the top and flying headscissors Wolf. Parka single leg dropkicks Wolf out. Lince comes off the top and Parka atomic drops him.

Parka goes up and over Lince then tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him. Parka dropkicks him out. Lince is back body dropped out. Parka's tope is caught by 2 opponents and he is sent into the post. Lince tilt-a-whirl armdrags Parka then the tope con hilos Wolf through the ropes.

Lince top rope diving headscisssors Park for 2. Lince enzugiri's Wolf. Wolf back body drops Lince then topes Parka. Wolf then topes Lince again. Wolf bottom rope springboard tornado ddt's Lince for 2. Wolf and Lince chop each other. Lince pump kicks him and gets pump kicked. Lince dropkicks Wolf then poisonrana's him. They double clothesline each other down.

Parka rolls into a double cutter on his opponents. Parka powerslams Wolf then flapjacks both. Parka 2nd rope moonsaults his opponents. Lince hurricanran's Parka for 2. Lince backcrackers Parka for 2. Wolf is enzugiri'd on the ropes by Lince. Wolf 2nd rope twisting superplexes Lince for 2. 

Parka and Wolf trade forearms. Parka pop up drops Wolf then blue thunders him for 2. Parka has Rolf on his shoulders. Lince handspring stunners Parka and Wolf hits a crucifix bomb on Parka off of it. Lince and Wolf pump kick each other down. 

Lince reverse headscissors Wolf down from the apron. Lince top rope ssp's Parka for 2. Wolf mists Lince. Parka top rope spanish flies Lince. Wolf top rope diving headbutts Lince. Parka half-nelson suplexes Wolf. Parka then overhead suplexes Wolf into the buckles. Parka topes Lince outside. Parka top rope splashes Wolf. Parka hits his bone breaker spinning slam on Wolf and wins.

Thoughts: It got a lot of time and maybe too much as the longer it went, the less that sold and the more things slowed down. It had some good action though and lots of flying. The announcers really put over Wolf and seemed to like him. Parka was the favorite going in and pulled this one out. It was alright.

Parka dances with a fan in the ring after.

We see The Psycho Circus arrive. 

Los Perros del Mal do a promo. Daga says they did what they said they would do since they arrived. Daga says it's not over yet and says they set the rules. Daga says God forgives but Los Perros don't.

El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. & Galeno vs. Dinamico & Drago

Dina side headlocks Hijo and Hijo slaps him. Dina spin kicks him in the gut. Drago pump kicks Hijo. Hijo sentons Dina then pop-up powerslams Drago. Hijo lariats Dina over the top. Galeno shoulders Dina over outside.

Galeno lariats Drago in the corner. Hijo is popped up into a dropkick on Drago for 2. Hijo pump kicks Dina off the apron. Gal lets Hijo stand on his shoulders and Hijo splashes Drago. Galeno double underhook twisting drops Drago and pins him.

Thoughts: It was just a squash but The Wagner's looked alright together here. It's a shame it wasn't more competitive.

Rey Mysterio does a press conference. He says Dom aligning himself with Dorian and Omos is concerning. He says it made sense and says they have a lot of things in common. He says he has faced giants in the ring and never backed down, but he doesn't plan on taking on Omos right now. He says the main event will be fantastic tonight.

AAA World Cruiserweight Title Match - Rey Fenix (c) vs. Mini Vikingo

They shake hands. Rey double wristlocks him. Rey rolls through a hurricanrana. Rey cartwheels over Mini. Mini blocks a pop-up superkick and stares him down. Mini hits kicks, jumps up and is superkicked in mid-air. Mini springboard diving tornillo's him for 2.

Mini hits kicks and a leg lariats on him. Mini toyota roll code red's him for 2. Mini corkscrew headscissors Rey. Rey enzugiri's Mini on his tope attempt. Rey top rope crossbodies Mini for 2. Mini crucifix bombs him for 2.

Rey rope walk kicks Mini. Rey death valley drivers him for 2. Rey hits chest kicks on Mini and buzzsaw kicks him. Mini standing spanish flies him for 2. Mini forearms Rey and is forearmed down. Rey superkicks Mini. Rey misses a double knee in the corner and is poisonrana'd. Mini top rope frogsplashes Rey for 2.

Mini pounds on Rey in the corner. Rey rolls into a cutter on him for 2. Mini top rope spanish flies Rey for 2. Mini misses a phoenix splash off the top. Rey flying double knees him. Rey is cradled for 2. Rey dropkicks him from behind for 2. Rey mexican muscle busters him and pins him.

Thoughts: They did a little more than I wanted but they didn't go too crazy with it. They had a lot of flying but they were lacking the things in between all that. I don't think they did a good job of getting the story over either of Mini going for the upset win. It was so-so.

They shake hands after.

I think Dorian Roldan has some words for Mini Vikingo as he leaves in the back. Mini looks confused.

Overall thoughts: It was the usual AAA for the most part. The opener was alright. The second match was a squash. The main had some dynamic moments, but didn't do that well on the smaller stuff and didn't really get the match right. We didn't have a lot of non-wrestling stuff going on here and not a lot was built up for future eps on this one. I'd give this a 5 out of 10 and say it was average overall.

MLW Fusion 8/1/2026

MLW Fusion 8/1/2026

 

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/mlw-fusion-7252026.html

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

Austin Aries says his National Openweight Title is the best title in the world as he is holding it. Aries says he's the leader of his team and tells his partners to liste to him. He says Mistico has been ducking him and can't do so anymore. He says he tired to teach Diego Hill a lesson, but he didn't learn.

Austin Aries, DOUKI & Ultimo Guerrero vs. Diego Hill, El Desperado & Mistico

UG hits Mist with a piece of clothing before the match. 

Douki waistlock takedowns Mist. Mist armdrags him and spinning reverse headscissors him from the mat. Douki stomps Mist. We go to break and return. Mist top rope crossbodies Douki then flying headscissors him out. 

Despy and UG go at it. UG chops Despy and Despy chops back. UG hits more chops and boots him. UG shoulders Despy over. Despy armdrags him and shoulders him over. UG misses a corner charge and goes out. AA and Hill go at it. AA piefaces him and slaps him. Hill double leg's him and hits mounted shots. Hill hits mounted corner punches.

Hill chops him down. UG kicks Hill from the apron and AA lariats Hill. AA knee drops Hill while he's down. Mist is thrown out. We go to break and return. 

Douki sliding kicks Hill and AA elbow drops Hill. AA indian deathlocks him and Despy breaks it up. Hill is thrown out. Douki lays on the apron and UG dropkicks him down to the floor. Mist is hit in the gut by AA. AA 2nd rope elbow drops Mist in the head.

Mist is double hiptossed into the ropes and he armdrags UG and Douki off of it. Mist enzugiri's AA off the apron. He stops Douki's hand. Hill comes in and dropkicks AA off the apron. Douki is flatlinered into the buckles and 619'd. Hill springboard flying lariats him for 2. 

Douk is pushed into UG. Despy makes Douki headscissor UG down. Despy spinebusters Douki. AA throws Depy out. AA and Mist go face to face and AA chops him down. Mist and AA trade forearms. Mist hits kicks on him then UG trips Mist. Hill superkicks AA as AA thinks about going for a dive.

Mist does an armdrag + headscissors combo on UG and Douki. Mist is popped up into a diving headscissors on UG. Mist talks up the buckles and springboard diving corkscrew armdrags Douki. Despy tope con hilos Douki through the ropes.

Hill tope con hilos Douki and AA outside. Mist springboard twisting crossbodies UG then la mistica's him. UG taps out.

Thoughts: It was an okay trios match as expected. It had some nice flying, a fast pace and no major issues It was what you would want and expect and it got lots of time to play out. Dombrowki and Lawler called Douki "Dookie" all throughout this one when his name is pronounced "Doughkey"

A Spanish announcer interviews Mistico after. Mist says the house is dressed in gold and silver. He says he likes collecting titles and wants Aries' MLW Title around his waist. Mist chances for it to happen now. 

The Contra Mercs are in their hangout. They make dirty jokes. Doc says The Good Brothers want a no rules tornado match with The Skyscrapers. Shotzi riles Krule up.

Corinne Joy says every good women's division needs a diva and says it's MLW's lucky day as she is coming to MLW.

They say Court Bauer is meeting with heads around the world to get wrestlers for the 2026 Opera Cup. 

A wrestler named Jumbo is coming soon.

Glasgow Boys On Top (Mark Coffey & Wolfgang) vs. Contra Unit (Ikuro Kwon & Okumura)

All 4 men trade. Oku flying lariats Mark. Wolf is dropkicked in an exploder. Wolf double lariats his opponents. Wolf hits punches on Kwon in the corner then corner crossbodies him. Mark stomps on Kwon and back elbows him.

Mark 2nd rope diving shoulderblocks Kwon. Wolf does a weird suplex on Kwon. GBOT knee drop Kwon. Joe Coffey calls his team, "Gallus Boys On Top" on accident. Wolf euros Kwon then slams him. Wolf sentons Kwon. Oku cutters Wolf. Mark is superkicked in the head by Douki.

Mark gamengiri's Kwon. Kwon takes a flying knee + fireman's carry chest drop. Wolf pins Kwon.

Thoughts: It got no reaction whatsoever. I was surprised to see GBOT beat Contra Unit so easily here. What we got was acceptable, but it didn't get the time to be great. It was very one-sided in GBOT's favor.

Rich Bocchini talks to The Skyscrapers outside. Dijak says they beat The Good Brothers every time they faced them. Dijak says they will put the tag titles on the line against them and you won't know which two of them you are fighting. Dyer tells AA to keep their names out of his mouth. Josh grabs Rich and tells The Good Brothers that they will see them in 2 weeks.

Rich Bocchini interviews Labron Kozone. LK says he doesn't know how no one can figure out who attacked Teddy Long. He says someone will get their @ss when he finds out who did it.

Killer Kross and Matt Riddle talk in the back. Riddle says Kross owes him. Kross asks how. Riddle says don't put a title on what you owe and says he knows he owes him. Ridde won't specify what is owed to him.

Big Damo vs. Mads Krule Krügger

They lock up and let go. They shoulder battle. Damo catches him and slams him down. Damo lariats him over the top and Mads pulls him out. Mads punches him outside. 

Damo superkicks him in the gut and Mads bangs Damo's head off the apron. Damo hits Mads on the apron. Mads pulls down Damo backwards on the apron. Damo crossbodies Mads in the ring. Mads is sent into the buckles.

Damo double arm chokeslams him and elbow drops him for 2. Mads tries to fallaway slam him but Damo doesn't go far and lands on his chest. Mads hits corner lariats and Damo pump kicks him. Damo wastelands him then sentons him. Damo tries a vader bomb but Mads grabs him by the throat. Mads chokeslams him. CONTRA Unit run out and go after Mads. Mads wins via DQ.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good. Mads threw some bad looking shots here and the crowd didn't react much at all. Then we had a run-in finish which wasn't fun.

Contra attacks Mads. Outside, Contra also attacks The Good Brothers. Shotzi hits some of Contra outside with a trash can and she joins the fight.

The lights go out inside. Josef Samael then throws a fireball at Mads. CONTRA Unit then poses in the ring. 

Overall thoughts: I liked the opener. The 2nd match was almost a squash with no crowd reactions. The main wasn't that good, the crowd was dead and it had a run-in finish. It was an average show overall due to the crowd not being into it and due to the only the 2nd and 3rd matches not being that great. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 and wouldn't recommend this one.

WWE Monday Night Raw 8/3/2026

WWE Monday Night Raw 8/3/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/wwe-monday-night-raw-7272026.html

We are in Des Moines, Iowa. Michael Cole and Corey Graves are on commentary.

Roman Reigns comes out to talk. He says he called his shot and delivered. He says he went to Mania and beat the old man. He says he beat Seth Rollins last night. 

LA Knight comes out. He congratulates him for winning at Summerslam, keeping the title and doing it by himself. He says he's still a fraud though. He says he's been calling his name for months and he put The Bloodline in front of him. LA says he owes him as last time they fought, it wasn't 1 on 1. He says he wants what he gave Seth - a match without The Bloodline or outside BS. 

Roman asks who he's talking to. He says he doesn't come out here talking about being a megastar and wearing a Walmart watch on his wrist. He then shows off his watch. Roman asks what else he has done besides winning a 6-man. He says you can't get a title shot by b!tching and moaning. He tells him to get in the back of the line, slaps him in the arm and throws the mic down. 

LA says he's cooler when he's not standing in front of him. LA says he earned it time and again and it took Roman 38 people to beat him. He says it's a coincidence he was in The Shield as all he does is shield himself. He mocks Shield's theme song. He says he's a fraud and not on his level. He says he's the uncrowned champ and tells him to grow some balls if he can't buy them. 

Thoughts: They kept this short so Roman didn't bury LA too bad here.

We see various wrestlers arrive.

Je'Von Evans vs Ethan Page

Page side headlocks him, shoulders him over and does jumping jacks. Evans bottom rope springboard roll up's him. Page hits punches on him. Evans kips down out of a lariat and facekicks him. Evans facekicks him and seated springboard headscissors him. Evans dropkicks him then suicide dives him.

Evans top rope crossbodies him. Evans backrolls him for 2 then dropkicks him for 2. Evan's head is banged off the buckles and Page facekicks him off the apron. We go to PiP break and return.

Page forearms him in the spine. Page faceshoves him and Evans hits punches. Evans slaps him and corkscrew kicks him in the back. Evans springboard lariats him. Evans goes to springboard and is tripped. Page backdrops him for 2.

Evans cradles him for 2. Evans sends Page out. Page sends Evans into the commentary table. Evans sends him into that, the post then sends him over the timekeeper's rail. Evans jumps off the rails and dives on Page. Inside the ring, Evans corkscrew kicks him off the ropes for 2.

Page sweeps him on the ropes, goes for a pin and is caught with his feet on the ropes. Evans facekicks Page and Page hits a single leg codebreaker on him for 2. Page yanks him into a slam for 2. Evan is thrown out. 

Evans leapfrogs over Page, jumps up top and OG cutters him. Evans then wins.

Thoughts: The finish was neat. It was alright overall but got a little more time than needed as it started to drag towards the end. 

Big Cass then returns and facekicks Evans down. Cass then lariats him down. Cass swings him in the bearhug position and black hole slams him. 

Thoughts: I would have started off Big Cass a little bit bigger than this. He should do well during this run in WWE and I hope they give him the chance.

Roman talks to The Bloodline in the back. He says he wants to keep the respect and says he has a standard. Roman says it doesn't work if we lose. He says they have the advantage automatically has a family. He says Solo should be at his hip getting him coffee. He says Royce Keys' name is stupid and asks Fatu why he keeps hearing he's his family. Roman asks if Fatu is his family and says Keys isn't his family. Roman says they are the only Bloodline here and this is all they have. Jimmy says they will go get LA Knight if he wants. Roman says to leave it to him and tells Fatu not to touch LA.

LA then passes The Bloodline minus Roman. He asks if he heard Roman tell them to leave him alone. He taunts The Uso's and Fatu about it and says they don't want their daddy getting made. He tells them to be good.

Royce Keys talks to Jacob Fatu in the back. He asks how many times they will be through this and said they did it a thousand times. He says he can forget things and says he's his brother and family. Fatu says he's not his brother or his family, he's just one of the boys. Fatu says he's Bloodline and challenges him to a street fight while crying. He says he bets he dogwalks his @ss tonight.

The Judgment Day girls of Liv Morgan, Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez come out. Liv says we are in the presence of the greatest women's champ of all time. She says Iyo was the only woman brave enough to challenge her. She says she doesn't see any challengers. 

She puts over Perez and Raquel. She says Perez will embarrass Sol Ruca and prove why Judgment Day runs Raw.

Sol Ruca vs Roxanne Perez

We join this in progress. Sol yanks on RP's arm. RP ropebreaks and leaves. RP sells her arm outside and Sol chases her.RP backrolls her into a bridge then Sol tries a pin. RP cartwheels over her, slaps her and throws her down by the hair. 

RP stomps on her and foot chokes her. Sol trips her and hits mounted forearms. Sol spinning drops her on her chest and slaps her. Sol dropkicks her for 2. Sol surfboards her. Sol superkicks her. Sol 2nd rope moonsaults her off the rope connector. Sol tries to cartwheel off the top but RP shakes the ropes. RP knee drops the arm.

We go to break and return. They trade shots. Sol euros her and back elbows her twice. Sol germans her. Sol running knees her for 2. They trade pins. RP handstands out of a facebuster then takes a facebuster. Raquel gets on the apron and Sol hits her. Sol goes for a sol snatcher, Liv trips her and gets caught. Sol wins via DQ.

Thoughts: It wasn't as good as it should have been and the ending didn't help things. Sol's still not really performing like she was on NXT and I'm not sure hwy.

Raquel hits a big boot on Sol and RP hits a code red on Sol. Raquel one arm powerbombs Sol. Judgment Day poses over Sol. Becky Lynch then comes out for some reason, making her return. 

Becky stares down Judgment Day. She says she didn't come for the Women's IC Title as she already made it famous. She says she came for Liv to make sure it's not another 100 days before she defends her belt again. Becky says all Liv has done is become a glorified valet. She says a women's champ should be fighting and not flirting. She says Liv has had the worst tile reign of all time. She says things will get worse for her.

Liv says Becky should be at home being a mommy to her daughter. She says Becky is in her face because she's jealous of her. She says Becky's time if over and her time is now. She says she's jealous as Liv is the greatest women's champ of all time. Becky says she's not even in the greatest women's champ in her group or the greatest that slept with Dominik Mysterio.

Stephanie Vaquer then comes out behind Judgment Day. Steph fights off Perez and Raquel. Steph backs Liv down and into the ring. Steph pounds on Liv as Becky watches. Becky and Steph then have words. Becky tells her it's her title.

Thoughts: Steph has been missing for a while and I think it was due to injury. She's had a very weird year and has been out more than she has been around.

We get a video on Brock Lesnar and his career.

Paul Heyman watches the video in the back. Oba Femi comes up to him wearing white. He says he never got to say thanks to Brock and says to tell Paul he said thank you. Paul says it would be a pleasure. Paul congratulates Oba and shakes his hand.

Oba Femi comes out and gets a bunch of smoke and lights for his entrance. Oba says him and Brock went to war and came out with scars and bruises. He says they came out with new found respect for one another. He says he thought Brock knew he was the one at Mania. He says he thought he was jealous when he attacked him after and says it was just a test. He says Brock needed to come back and find out if he chose right. Oba says the question was if he could swim and says the question was answered quick. He says the question went from "Can you swim?" to "How long can you hold your breath?".

He says Brock took him to the deepest depth of the ocean and he passed the test. He says he can now finally rest. He says there is no correct path and we forge our own destiny. He says he will lead a new crop of talent and the old guard will fall. He says if any man has a problem with how he carries the torch, you will answer to Oba Femi. 

Oba leaves and The Vision comes out before he heads to the back. Bron Breakker stares down Oba Femi.

Bron Breakker vs Joe Hendry

Bron lariats Joe down and stares at  the entrance area. Joe lariats theory outside. Bron tries to spear Joe but goes into the steps. Joe sends Theory into the commentary table. Bron spears Joe and pins him.

Thoughts: Just another example of WWE jobbing out Joe Hendry. I don't get it at all. Joe really should try to get out while he can, because he's going to be on Main Event soon with the way they are treating him. I hated this.

Bron then heads to the back. Theory pounds on Joe. Akira Tozawa then comes in and jumps on Theory. Akira 2nd rope diving headscissors him and facekicks him out of the ring. 

Big Cass is interviewed. He says he was left for dead in the dirt for 8 years. He says it took him 8 years to get back here. He says Evans was just in the way. He says he's here to stack bodies and says he's just the first. He says he won't be the last.  

Chad Gable comes out to talk. He says last night was the greatest moment of his career. He says everyone has been saying he deserved it since then. Chad says he tries to earn everything and doesn't deserve anything. Chad thanks Penta. Chad thanks the fans for being with him 10 years. He thanks them for sticking with him when he was Shorty G. He says he crawled out of a river of crap and delivered on his promise. He says he's proud to be the IC champ. 

Penta comes out. Penta says Chad deserves the title and says they stole the show last night. Penta says he gives him his flowers tonight. He says he's a true luchador and one of the best wrestlers in the world.

Dominik Mysterio comes out with JD McDonaugh. Dom says he's  the AAA Mega champ and the greatest Mysterio of all time. JD says the best match of Chad's life came and went and he didn't even win. JD says Penta just lost to Chad, so what does it make him? Dom says they are collecting all the gold and can end their journey at any time.

Chad says right now sounds good. Dom says he accepts. Penta asks for the ref to come down now.  

The Judgment Day (JD McDonaugh and Dominik Mysterio) vs Penta and Chad Gable

We join this in progress. Chad waistlock takedowns Dom then double underhook suplexes him for 2. Chad belly to belly suplexes Dom. Chad dragon screws Dom. Penta enzugiri's Dom in the corner then handstand pendulum double boots him in the corner. Chad overhead belly to belly suplexes Dom in the corner. 

Penta kicks Dom in the leg and is hit from behind. JD hits punches and boots on Penta in the corner. JD short arm lariats Penta then suplexes him for 2. Penta boots JD in the leg and slingblade facebusters him. 

Dom forearms Penta in the corner. Chad is tagged in and he top rope diving double lariats the heels. Penta and Chad hit stereo superkicks. Penta tope con hilos the heels outside. Chad angle slams Dom for 2. JD headbutts Chad outside and yanks him into a backdrop on the floor.

We go to break and return. JD uranage's Chad and standing moonsaults for 2. Chad headbutts JD down off the buckles. Chad top rope diving headbutts JD. Penta and Dom get in. Penta flying headscissors him then tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him. Penta hits a made in Japan for 2. 

Dom's head is superkicked into the buckles. Chad top rope moonsaults and grabs Dom's ankle off of it. Penta lariats JD over the top then canadian destroyers him on the floor. Dom puts a hammer in his boot. Chad blocks Dom's 619. Chad grabs the hammer and gives it to the ref. Chad's throat is pulled down over the top. Penta hits Dom with a title belt. Chad hits a chaos theory german on Dom and pins him.

Thoughts: Chad got over with his in-ring work and if they are going to go back to that, it can hopefully rehabilitate him some. What we got was fine here. It had a lot of action and worked out pretty well. I'm not sure why Dom lost for a second night in a row.

Bron Breakker talks to Paul Heyman in the back. He asks if Paul saw. He says Oba tried to get in his way and he will do something about it. Paul says he should. Bron asks where Oba is. Paul asks how he would know. Bron says he thought it was his new best friend.

Street Fight - Jacob Fatu vs Royce Keys

They trade shots. Keys hits corner spears on him. Fatu back elbows him and bangs his head off the buckles. Fatu uppercuts him. Fatu misses a corner splash and takes a bodyblock. Keys forearms him then Fatu flying back elbows him. Fatu lariats him over the top. Fatu topes him outside.

Keys' head is banged off the apron. Fatu is sent knee first into the steps and goes over them. Keys goes for a table under the ring and Fatu hits him. Keys' head is banged off the commentary table and post. Fatu says he has no choice but to do this. Fatu headbutts him.

Keys lariats him outside. Keys powerslam rams him through the timekeeper's rail. The picture frame has a Digiornio logo on it and the video is minimized a little. Fatu rams Keys' back into the post and uppercuts him. Fatu throws Keys over the commentary table.

They trade shots and Fatu eye rakes him on the commentary table. Keys flying lariats him off the commentary table. Keys then pounds on him on the floor. Fatu is sent into the steps. Keys throws more chairs in the ring. 

Keys hits Fatu with a kendo stick. Keys sets up a table in the corner. Fatu hits Keys with a kendo stick. Keys suplexes Fatu through two open chairs across from each other. Keys get a 2 count. Fatu does a nasty looking lifting ddt on Keys for 2.

Fatu choeks Keys with a chair. Fatu goes up top and Keys throws a chair at his head. Keys 2nd rope twisting slams him onto chairs for 2. 

Fatu superkicks Keys. Keys spinebusters him. Fatu pop up samoan drops Keys through a table in the corner. Fatu double jump top rope moonsaults him. Fatu tongan death grips him. Keys is out and the ref stops this.

Thoughts: It was an okay main here. They had some nice spots but some of the stuff between the spots could have been more aggressive and faster. They really did put out a good effort for this and it was a wilder match than some of the stuff we saw at Summerslam.

Fatu doesn't let go of the hold immediately and officials have to break it up. Fatu puts the hold on again and blood comes out of Keys' mouth. Fatu tells him this is family business. Fatu corner hip attacks him. Fatu then puts a chair around his head. Adam Pearce tells Fatu not to do this and tells him to calm down. Fatu then hits a corner hip attack on him with the chair around his neck. Fatu then dances.

Roman Reigns comes out and holds his one finger up. Fatu then does the same. 

Roman shakes hands with Rey Mysterio in the back. Rey says he's the GM of AAA and wants to run something by him.

Overall thoughts: It was a longer show at 2 hours and 36 minutes. I think it could have been cut down some but I feel like this is WWE's answer to Raw not having enough wrestling on it lately. A lot went down here as they set up things for the next PPV. The main was easily the match of the night and Bron squashing Hendry was easily the low point of the night. I just don't get what they are doing with either guy really at the moment and WWE seems to have a real thing for cooling off people between them, Jey Uso and Fatu. Becky Lynch, Steph Vaquer and Big Cass all made their returns here. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 as the show was okay, but I'd really prefer that they'd keep this closer to 2 hours instead of closer to 3 hours.

New Japan Pro Wrestling 8/2/2026 G1 Climax 36 Day 11

New Japan Pro Wrestling 8/2/2026 G1 Climax 36 Day 11

Day 10 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/new-japan-pro-wrestling-812026-g1.html

TMDK (Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa) vs. Goto Revolutionary Army (Hirooki Goto & Tatsuya Matsumoto)

Goto and Oiwa lock up. Goto clean breaks him and then side headlocks him. They shoulderblock each other and Oiwa takes a double shoulderblock. Goto corner lariats Oiwa and Oiwa side headlocks him. Hart and Oiwa side headlock Goto. Hart shoulders Goto over.

Hart misses a senton. Tat comes in and hits forearms on Hart. Tat dropkicks him and Hart double axe handles his back. Hart misses a corner splash and Tat running back elbows him. Goto helps Hart water wheel drop Hart for 2. Tat crabs Hart.

Hart lariats him down and sentons him for the win.

Thoughts: It was a short waste of time with Hart and Oiwa doing side headlocks for half of this.

House Of Torture (SANADA & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) vs. Unbound Co. (Gedo & Yuto-Ice)

Ice back elbows San and is wristlocked. Ice ropebreaks out and San side headlock takeovers him. Ice knees him in the gut. Gedo side headlock takeovers YK and YK headscissors him. Gedo tries to headstand out and can't. Gedo shoulders YK over. Gedo dragon screws YK then figure fours him. YK reverses it and Ice breaks it up.

YK takes running corner attacks. Ice running knees YK in the corner and Gedo does a gedo clutch on YK for 2. San dropkicks Ice in the knee and chest. San knreebreakers Gedo and Gedo's knees are banged off the mat. YK figure fours Gedo and submits him.

Thoughts: It was short. Gedo got his knee worked on a little near the end before tapping out. It was nothing much of note.

Ice refuses Sanada's handshake after.

United Empire (Jake Lee & Zane Jay) vs. United Empire (Great-O-Khan & Jakob Austin Young)

Lee lays down in front of Khan. Khan then tries to pin him. Lee then tries a pin off of it. Lee makes stupid faces. Zane comes in. Zane lays down, Khan tries to pin him and Zane rolls him up for 2. 

Young comes in, tries to let Zane pin him then rolls him up for 2. Zane and Young push each other. Zane drops him with a punch. Khan trips Zane from the outside then Lee trips Young. Lee and Khan trade forearms. Khan trips Lee and they facekick each other down.

Zane running lariats Young. Young enzugiri's Zane then backrolls him for 2. Zane shining wizards Young. We get some arguments and Zane kicks Khan in the crotch. Zane springboards but Khan just moves. Khan submits him with a claw.

Thoughts: This was a very lazy match and just a total joke with people trying to kick each other in the crotch, people acting goofy and people teasing that they will throw the match. This was not good. 

Lee and Khan argue after and Young breaks it up.

Konosuke Takeshita, Oleg Boltin & Toru Yano vs. Unbound Co. (Daiki Nagai, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji)

Oleg chops Yota. Yota flying pumping knees Oleg then Oleg slams him. Oleg splashes him for 2. Yota hurricanrana's Oleg. Oleg blocks Yota's curbstomp but takes a basement dropkick. Oleg shoulders Yota over. Shingo and KT lariat battle. Shingo corner lariats him then hits chops and punches. KT exploders him.

KT and Shingo trade forearms. Shingo lariats him over then gets lariated over. Shingo twisting suplexes him. Nagai and Yano get in. Nagai hits forearms and running back elbows him. Nagai corner dropkicks him for 2. 

Yano goes into the exposed buckle and takes a double low dropkick for 2. Yota pulls Oleg out. Yano atomic drops Nagai then Nagai spinebusters him for 2. Nagai misses a top rope diving headbutt. Yano sends him into the exposed buckle and rolls him up for the pin. 

Thoughts: It was short. Takeshita and Shingo did okay in their segment but that's really it. The time just wasn't there.

G1 Climax 2026 Block B Match - Drilla Moloney vs. Aaron Wolf

Wolf and DM lock up. Wolf waistlocks him and DM wristlocks him. Wolf reverses it. DM side headlock takeovers him and Wolf headscissors him. They chop each other and Wolf shoulders him over. Wolf elbow drops him for 2. Wolf back elbows him and DM spinebusters him. 

DM kicks him in the back. DM elbow drops him for 2. DM chops him and side headlock takeovers him. Wolf and DM trade forearms. DM is caught off the 2nd rope and Wolf overhead belly to belly suplexes him. They forearm each other and DM drops to one knee. 

They chop each other. DM boots him off the ropes then dropkicks him out. DM dropkicks him through the ropes. DM piledrivers him on the floor. DM top rope elbow drops him for 2. 

DM armdrags him and spears him for 2. DM knees him in the chest. Wolf shoulder throws him then hip throws him. Wolf does more hip throws and does a sit out AA for 2. Wolf triangles him. DM tries a pin then pop-up drops him. Wolf powerslams DM for 2. Wolf running lariats him then olympic slams him. Wolf wins.

Thoughts: I liked it. Wolf continues to look decent and they had an okay hoss style match here. Wolf did what he was supposed to as did Drilla. It was all chops and throws here. 

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

Zack grabs the wrist and they test strength. OS overhead throws him from that position then side headlock takeovers him. Zack headscissors him. Os headflips out. Zack evades him and does an octopus. Zack stomps Os' arm.

Zack wrists Os' fingers and euros his arm. Os shoulders him over. Zack is sent hard into the corner. Os chops Zack down. Zack hits euros and is chopped down. Os then camel clutches him and Zack ropebreaks.

Os elbows Zack in the back of the neck then clubs his chest. Os misses a legdrop on the apron. Zack PK's him. Zack hits leg kicks and knee drops the leg. Zack does a figure four variation and Os ropebreaks. Os is thrown into the buckles and goes down.

Zack dropkicks Os in the knee. Zack drives Os' knees into the mat from the surfboard position. Os backdrops Zack. Os misses a corner charge and Zack leg kicks him. Zack gets on his back with a sleeper and Os throws him down. Zack michinoku drivers him for 2. 

Zack slaps Os and Os slams him. Zack triangles Os. Os powerbombs him for 2. Zack trips him, goes for a bridge and is put in a grounded choke. Zack pulls on the leg and is pushed away. Os facekicks Zack and Zack ankle locks him. Zack then ties up all of Os's limb and Os taps out.

Thoughts: It was an okay bout here. Os did big man stuff and Zack used various submissions against him and kicked the leg. It made sense and was believable and I liked how this turned out.

G1 Climax 2026 Block B Match - Ren Narita vs. Yuya Uemura

Yuya hammerlocks him and Ren fails to reverse it. Ren trips him and is put back in the hammerlock. Yuya headstands while keeping the hold on. Ren tries a rolling snapmare but the hold stays on. Ren sends Yuya out to break the hold. Ren sends Yuya into the rails and bangs his head off the apron. 

Ren bangs Yuya's knee of the mat. Ren stomps Yuya's knee and bangs it off the mat. Ren kneebreakers Yuya and Togo bangs Yuya's leg off the post. Ren chairs Yuya's knee. 

Ren back elbows him for 2. Yuya forearms Ren then armdrags him. Yuya dropkicks Ren. Yuya chops him in the corner and slams him on his arm. Yuya armbars him and Ren ropebreaks. Togo trips Yuya and Ren flying takedowns Yuya. Yuya wristlocks him. 

Togo gets on the apron and Yuya is thrown into the ref. Togo stomps Yuya. Kanemaru comes in to help the heels. Togo chops Kanemaru on accident. Yuya armdrags Togo and dropkicks Ren. Yuya slingshot plancha's the heels outside.

Yuya backdrops Ren for 2. Ren sleepers Yuya. They roll out with Ren keeping the sleeper on. Yuya almost gets counted out. Ren exploders him for 2 in the ring. Yuya pele kicks him then germans him for 2. Ren facebusters Yuya for 2. 

Yuya hurricanrana's him for 2. Yuya dragon suplexes him for 2. Ren boots him in the knee and Yuya boots him in the gut. Yuya front suplexes him. Yuya misses a top rope crossbody and Ren leglocks him. Kanemaru distracts the ref and Togo sentons Yuya. Ren submits Yuya with a leg lock. 

Thoughts: It was alright as they had two stories going with Ren working Yuya's knee and Yuya working Ren's arm. I wish they would have skipped the heel shenanigans though as it never adds anything to these matches. I was surprised that this turned out as well as it did.

G1 Climax 2026 Block B Match - Gabe Kidd vs. HENARE 

Gabe runs in. They forearm flurry each other and Gabe hits chops. Hen lariats him on the ropes then hits chops and clubs. Gabe chops back and they butt heads. They trade forearms. Gabe chops him then Hen shoulders him over. 

Gabe lariats him over the top and goes with him. Gabe charges at him and they lariat battle. They trade forearms and Gabe bites him. Gabe hits forearms and is sent into the rails. Hen pump kicks Gabe and Gabe falls over the rails.

Gabe eye rakes him and hits forearms. They run at each other and collide with lariats in the crowd. They trade chops. Gabe lariats him into chairs, knocking the chairs over. Hen is sent into the post. Gabe brainbusters him in the ring for 2. 

Gabe knocks him into the corner with a forearm. Gabe chops Hen in the corner. Gabe hits headbutts but just hurts himself. Hen pop up samoan drops him. Gabe forearms him then Hen berzerker bombs him for 2.  

Hen chops him in the corner and headbutts him on the buckles. Hen 2nd rope superplexes him. They lariat each other. Gabe slap flurries him. Hen spin kicks him in the face and takes a hard rebound lariat for 2. Gabe backdrops him then running knees him for 2. 

Gabe spits at Gedo on commentary. Gabe hits a big forearm. Gabe hits more forearms. Hen slaps him around and forearms him. Hen hits a hard running lariat. Hen lariats him again. Gabe suplexes Hen on the floor. Gabe grabs a table and a chair. Gabe chairs him in the gut and head. Hen no sells it and drops him with a forearm. 

Hen bangs Gabe's head off a table and rams his head into it. Hen PK's Gabe then muso's him for 2. Hen running lariats him for 2. Gabe slaps Hen around then Hen slaps back. Hen full nelson's him. 

Hen PK's him. Hen flies into a forearm twice then Gabe knees him in the chest. Gabe piledrivers him twice and pins him.

Thoughts: I liked it but it went a little long and they repeated some things a few times. It was all forearms, chops and lariats. Both guys took whoopings here and absolutely beat the crap out of each other. The selling could have been a little better here as well but this was what you would want out of these two. This was an okay bout. 

Gabe goes to talk on the mic but throws it down before saying anything.

Overall thoughts: The undercard was absolutely nothing as usual with Jake Lee's match being particularly bad. Drilla/Wolf was an okay hoss match. Zack/Oskar was an okay technical wizard vs powerhouse match. Ren/Yuya had the usual HoT shenanigans, but the work was good enough otherwise that I'd say it was alright. Gabe/Henare was also an okay bout here. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 as the G-1 matches delivered here and made up for a bad undercard. The show was okay overall.

LM52 Lucha Libre Mexicana on Discovery Espanol 8/2/2026

LM52 Lucha Libre Mexicana on Discovery Espanol 8/2/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/lm52-lucha-libre-mexicana-on-discovery_083475389.html

Leobardo Magadan and Alberto Zamudio are our hosts.

The hosts talk to open the show.

Jack Morris comes out with Jake Omen and Heidi Karroui. They have French, US and Scottish flags. Jake says they are three world travelers and champs. He says they are very good looking. He tells the crowd to shut the f*ck up. He says they decided the country they like the least is Mexico. 

Jack Morris grabs a production guy and tells him to wave his Scottish flag. He's hesitant to do so and doesn't really do it. Jack ends up hitting the production guy with his flag when they are done talking and the flag breaks. The heels taunt the crowd and leave.

The Wagner's and Silver King's talk in the back. Dr. Wagner Jr. comes in. They all talk and fail to do a cheer at the end. 

Wagner Fit vs Super Nova

Nova misses a dropkick and Fit backhands him. Nova goes up and over then armdrags him twice. Nova dropkicks him out then topes him. Nova kicks Fit outside and gets a 2 count on him. Fit armdrags Nova and tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him. Fit dropkicks him out then slingshot plancha's him.

Nova trips Fit, sending him throat first into the 2nd rope. Nova stomps him. Nova hits kicks on him and a jumping kick. Fit boots and headbutts him in the corner. Fit lariats him down for 2. Fit back elbows him for 2.

Fit spinebusters him for 2. Fit corner lariats him and basement dropkicks him for 2. Fit slams him. Fit goes up top and two wrestlers come out and throw him off the top (Texano Jr. and someone else). Fit wins by DQ.

Thoughts: We had an average to acceptable match here before the run-in ended things. There's not too much to say since it didn't get a ton of time and we had no clean finish.

The ref is beaten up after with Fit and Texano Jr. whips the ref with his rope.

Dr. Wagner Jr. aka Rey Wagner comes out and pulls Fit away. Wagner Jr has words for Texano. Texano then talks. Wagner asks "si or no" and I think he's challenging for a match. Fit and Wagner Jr. get in the ring. Fit immediately leaves. Wagner Jr. hits the heels and is triple teamed. Wagner Jr. then is whipped with the rope. Fit is double rammed into the post. Texano Jr.'s crew then poses.  Fit and Wagner Jr. then get beaten up more and Fit takes a piledriver from Texano. If you get into a fight, you do not want Wagner Fit on your side.

Jake Omen, Heddi Karoui and Jack Morris vs La Puerquiza Extrema (Pig Destroyer, Pig Destructor & Pig Pool)

Destructor is in the Kiss mask, Pool is in the white hoodie and Destroyer is in the green mowhawk mask. The Pigs talk on the mic before the match and get a Mexico chant going.

The Pigs get hit before the bell and Destructor is sent out. Jack tells everyone to shut up on the mic. Destroyer is foot choked by Jake. Destructor takes a triple boot. Destructor is double booted in the corner. 

Pool shoulders over the heels. Pool takes a double kick to the legs and a low basement dropkick from Jack. Destructor is triple teamed in the corner and he gets his hand bitten. Destructor takes running corner attacks. Destructor is clipped then takes a 2nd rope Jake dropkick and a top rope Jack splash for 2.

Destructor is tripped and Heddi hits him in the face with his crotch. Destructor pounces Heddi then lariats the other two.  Destroyer top rope crossbodies Jake and Jack. Pool is double flapjacked onto Jack and Jake. Heddi is triple bodyblucked then triple booted. Jack is back body dropped into a slam. Pool splashes Jack.

Jake takes a corner splash, a corner meteora and Pool is then flipped into a cannonball on him. The Pig's pose and tease Heddi with handshakes they won't do. Destroyer drops Heddi with a shot. The heels tease leaving. Destroyer and Heddi compete for cheers from the crowd. Destroyer low crossbodies Heddi. Jake shoves Destructor and they trade chops and punches.

Jake corner splashes Destructor then gets corner splashed. Jake and Destructor double lariat each other down. Jack and Pool go at it. Jack drops down and his back is double stomped. Pool armdrags him. Jack hits punches. Jack flying shoulders him and gyrates. Pool then goes to gyrate. Jack canadian destroyers him then topes him outside.

The Pig's hit wastelands on Heddi and Jake in the ring. Destroyer hits a top rope splashes then Destructor hits one too. The Pigs get stereo pins to win.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good. There was a lot of stalling and playing to the crowd in the second half of this and it was mostly triple teams.  

Leobardo Magadan then talks to close the show. 

Overall thoughts: It was the usual LM52 show. There were only 2 new matches and neither were that good. We had minimal non-wrestling segments and little was done to build off of past events on the show. Dr. Wagner Jr. continues to be the only guy who is on this show every week, so he comes off as the biggest star. This wasn't good and I would give it a 4 out of 10. 

WWE Summerslam 2026 Night 2 8/2/2026

WWE Summerslam 2026 Night 2 8/2/2026

Night 1 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/wwe-summerslam-2026-night-1-812026.html 

We are in Minneapolis, MN. Michael Cole and Wade Barrett are on commentary.

They sing the national anthem to start. 

We see various wrestlers arrive.

Nick Aldis comes out before the Finn/Sami match starts. He says he's reinstated as Smackdown GM. He has a black eye. He says he's adding a participant to this matchup and it's Gunther. Why he would do this is unknown since he's been feuding with Gunther for months, but this story has never made sense. Gunther gets in the ring. He says he's adding another participant as well to make this fatal four way. It's Kevin Owens.

#1 Contender to the Undisputed WWE Title - Sami Zayn vs. Finn Balor vs Gunther vs Kevin Owens

KO hits shots on Finn and corner lariats Gun. Sami is shocked in the corner. KO corner cannonballs Finn and Gun. Sami and KO hug then punch each other. KO lariats and sentons him. KO top rope swantons everyone outside. KO top rope swantons Gun inside. Gun sleepers him. 

Gun facekicks Finn then KO on the apron. Gun knees Sami in the gut and chops him down. Finn hits shots on Gun. Finn elbow slices Gun. Gun chops Finn down. Finn slingblades Gun and Sami. Gun shotgun dropkicks Finn then powerbombs him for 2. Gun crabs him and KO facekicks Gun. KO hits shots on Gun then boots him in the corner. 

KO lariats Gun. KO 2nd rope twisting suplexes Finn. Sami throws KO out and gets a 2 count on Finn. Finn knocks Sami off the buckles then KO knocks Finn off the buckles. KO tries a top rope swanton but Sami gets his knees up. KO holds his neck/head. The ref backs up Sami. Gun intercepts Sami's helluva kick with a sleeper. Finn top rope double stomps Sami. 

Gun chops Finn and Finn gets a 2 count on him. KO stunners Finn and then Gun. Sami blue thunders KO for 2. KO superkicks Sami then stunners him. KO pins Sami.

Thoughts: It was a shorter but entertaining bout here. There was lots of fast action and lots of things happening. This was totally random and I assume Sami/KO will have some words over this. It was a good choice for an opener. Gunther loses yet another match where either a title or title shot is on the line and there's no way you can justify him being in contention for a title right now.

WWE United States Title - Trick Williams (c) vs. Baron Corbin

Trick hits shots on Baron and flapjacks him. Trick backhands him down and stomps him. Trick lariats Baron over the top. Baron is sent into the rails. Trick pulls out a Slim Jim Table. Baron hits a deep six on the floor. Baron sends him into the rails, post and steps. 

Baron hits mounted shots on Trick. Baron hits punches in the corner. Baron lariats him down and hits mounted shots on his neck. Baron bangs Trick's face off the mat. Trick fights back from the apron and Baron eye rakes him. Baron grabs Little Yachty and sends him into the rails. Yachty grabs a kendo stick and Baron backs off. 

Trick back elbows him in the ring then jumping neckbreakers him. Trick hits leg lariats and uranage's him. Baron rakes the eyes. Yachty hits Baron with the kendo stick and Trick cradle shocks Baron for 2. 

Trick corkscrew facekicks him for 2. Baron pulls Trick's throat over the top rope. Baron grabs the US Title outside and Yachty grab sit. Baron grabs him and Yachty gets knocked off the apron through a table. Baron hits Trick with the US Title then hits an end of days for the win.

Thoughts: Big upset here as I did not see Baron winning. What we got was acceptable and worked a little better than I thought it would. It didn't get a ton of time.

Interim WWE Women's Title - Ladder Match - Tiffany Stratton vs. Jade Cargill vs. Chelsea Green vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Lash Legend

Jade goes after Flair in the aisle. Jade is sent into the rails and Flair is sent into a ladder. Jade's head is banged off a ladder. Tiff is caught jumping off the steps and Lash powerbombs her into a ladder. Green's tope is caught by Lash and she is chokeslammed into a ladder.

Green is thrown over the rail. Flair kicks Lash and chops her. Lash blocks a forward handspring lariat. Lash slams Flair onto a ladder. Tiff and Green hit superkicks on Lash and Jade. They hit attacks on the ropes on Lash and Jade. Tiff and Green hit stereo mounted corner punches. Jade and Lash pump kick them down.

Jade germans Lash. Flair top rope crossbodies Jade. Flair hits Jade in the gut with a ladder. Lash gorilla press drops Flair. Tiff jumps off a ladder and codebreakers Lash. Tiff and Flair trade forearms. Tiff is dropped face first on a ladder. Green top rope dropkicks Flair. Flair is flapjacked onto a ladder on the ropes. 

Green climbs a ladder and Jade jade end's her onto a ladder laying on the 2nd rope. Tiff backcrackers Jade. Tiff's head is banged off a ladder. Tiff rams a ladder in Lash's gut in the corner. Lash's head is banged off a ladder. Lash 2nd rope pop-up drops Tiff on a ladder on the 2nd rope.

Lash is sent into a ladder. Flair hangs from the belt holder in the air. Lash and Jade pull her down. Jade throws Flair into a ladder in the corner. Lash pump kick Jade. Lash and Tiff are on the ladder. Lash is knocked off. Lash pulls her down and is headscissored into a corner ladder. 

Tiff climbs the ladder and Green appears below her. Green tips the ladder over and Tiff swantons onto 3 girls outside. Green climbs the ladder then B-Fab and Michin come out to stop her. Green hangs upside down on the ladder and has her headbanged off of it. Fab running boots her in the head.

Jade gets help to climb the ladder. Flair sends Michin and Fab out. Flair and Jade climb the same ladder. Lash and Tiff climb a ladder 2 ladders over. Tiff and Lash are pushed over. Jade and Flair fight on a ladder and both fall down. Green climbs a ladder and grabs the title. Chelsea Green wins.

Thoughts: Big upset here with Green winning. I figured Tiff was a lock since this is closer to her hometown. Green winning was not built up that well at all. The match was alright and went a lot better than I expected. They didn't have any big botches and it was mostly safe.

Human Monies on a Pole Match - Danhausen vs. Dominik Mysterio 

The money is in a white sack with a dollar sign on it. It's not too high up. Dan rides his car out and he has Bret Hart inspired tights.

Dom hits him and goes for the money. Dan hits punches. Dom knees him in the gut and dropkicks him into the ropes. Dan overhead suplexes him. Dan corner lariats Dom twice. Dom then lariats Dan down. Dom stomps Dan in the corner. Dom suplexes Dan twice. Dan reverse ddt's him. 

JD McDonaugh pulls Dan off the buckles and pounds on him. JD boots Dan in the head. JD top rope moonsaults Dan. The minihausen's appear and jump JD. JD boots one, slams another and chokeslams another. A mini dropkicks JD and springboard twisting headbutts him. We are told that one is the former El Torito and they call him "Toritohausen". JD takes a spinning ddt.

One of the mini's climbs the pole. Dom stomps the other Mini. Toritohausen top rope diving headscissors Dom then tope con hilos him through the ropes. JD throws Dan out and sends a mini into the rails. Joe Hendry then comes out with a guitar. Joe boots JD and hits him in the back with the guitar.

Dom boots Dan and they fight on the 2nd rope. Dan gets crotched. Dan curses Dom and fireworks shoot out of the pole on Dom. Dan then grabs the money and wins.

Thoughts: It was mostly all shenanigan here and nothing too great wrestling wise. At least Dom didn't eat a pin over this. Joe has really lost rank as he is now stuck doing this.

Dan throws money into the crowd after.

The Killer Bees, Rick "The Model" Martel, Greg Gagne and Molly Holly are in the crowd. 

WWE Intercontinental Title - Penta (c) vs Chad Gable

They shake hands and Penta holds on to talk. Chad takes down Penta and ankle locks him. Penta flying headscissors Chad. Chad russian legsweeps him and koppo kicks him. Penta boots Chad out of the corner and facebusters him. Penta rib breakers him for 2. 

Penta chops Chad. Penta's springboard is caught and Chad germans him. Chad hits 2 more germans for a 2 count. Chad is pulled into the bucklers shoulder first. Penta's up and over is blocked. Chad top rope moonsaults but is superkicked in mid-air for 2. 

Chad rolls him into ankle lock but Chad is sent out. Penta tope con hilos him outside. Penta hits a made in Japan for 2. They trade chops. Chad overhead belly to belly suplexes him into the buckles. Chad comes off the top, Penta blocks it and cranks his arm back for 2. Chad's head is busted open.

Penta hits kicks on him while he's down. Penta superkicks him. Chad backrolls him into an ankle lock. Chad armbars him over the top rope. Penta kicks him in the gut. Chad germans him on the apron. Chad top rope moonsaults him outside. Chad top rope diving headbutts him for 2.

Penta 2nd rope diving canadian destroyers him on the apron for 2. Chad ankle locks him again. Chad grounds him and Penta submits.

Thoughts: Chad won since he's in his home state. I didn't think this was good. Penta's selling was bad and the canadian destroyer on the apron should have finished Chad. Hopefully this title win helps out Chad here as he's been dead in the water since returning without his mask.

Chad cries. Penta takes the belt from Chad after and puts it around his waist. Chad's family joins him in the ring after. Chad talks on the mic. He says his name is Chad Gable and says he was born, raised and lives in Minneapolis. He says this is his family who has stood by him. He says he can finally say he is the IC champ. We then get some MUG Root Beer dog mascot that gives hi root beer.

Joe Tessitore, Corey Graves and Big E talk about the main event.

World Heavyweight Title - Roman Reigns (c) vs Seth Rollins

Seth comes out with The Shield's intro. He has a Shield mask on and white/purple/green gear.

They have words with each other to start. RR backs up Seth in the corner and shoves him. Seth side headlocks RR and RR shoulders him over. They side headlock each other and Seth slingblades him. 

Seth chops and punches him. Seth chops him in the corner then hits mounted corner punches. RR hits lariats. Seth superkicks him. Seth misses a corner splash and RR jumping lariats him. RR hits lariats in the corner. RR facekicks him. 

Seth spinning forearms him then lariats him over the top. Seth topes him into the rails twice. Seth then topes him into the commentary table. Seth goes for another tope and is hit. RR drive by kicks him on the apron. RR lariats Seth over the rail and into the crowd. They fight in the crowd. Seth's head is banged off a rail. Seth hits him with a post. Seth is suplexed onto some steel on the floor.

Seth throws him over the timekeeper's rail back into ringside. Seth flying knees him off the rail. Seth's spear is blocked outside and Seth is powerbombed onto the commentary table. Seth then powerbombs RR through the other commentary table. They beat the count in and Seth pedigree's RR for 2.

Seth runs at him and RR superman punches him for 2. RR misses a spear and goes into the buckles. Seth curbstomps him for 2. RR is up top and Seth superplexes him. RR guillotines him and grounds him with it. RR hits a spear after escaping a brainbuster. RR gets a 2 count on Seth.

RR says he's #1 and Seth is #2. RR hits mounted shots on Seth. Seth spears RR for 2. Seth says he takes the #1 spot from him tonight. Seth buckle bombs RR. RR buckle bombs him. RR curb stomps Seth for 2. They talk to each other more and get up. They hit each other. RR uppercuts him and the ref is knocked over. Seth rebound lariats him (channeling Mox). RR double underhook ddt's him (channeling Mox). RR goes to spear him but nails the ref. Seth curbstomps RR.

Seth grabs a chair. RR drops him with an uppercut. RR grabs the chair but throws it down. They stare down and hockey fight. They trade more shots. Seth slaps him around and RR headbutts him. RR clubs on him. Seth superkicks him in the gut and hits Kawada kicks. RR uppercuts him. Seth superkicks him and RR superman punches him.

RR goes for a spear and Seth pedigrees him in mid-air. Seth curbstomps RR. Seth misses a top rope stomp and is speared. RR spears him. RR spears him and pins him.

Thoughts: Roman won totally clean here. It got enough time. They did some callbacks to The Shield and did each other's moves here. It was a slower match and they did a lot of talking here. They started with the finisher trading at about the midpoint of the match after some weak brawling in the crowd. It was alright but nothing too great and it was similar to other Roman big main event matches. I figured Seth would win here to continue the angle they were pushing about Roman not being able to beat Seth, but that was not the case. I'm not sure where this leaves Seth now and it seems like a Smackdown run may be in his future.

Roman wants to do The Shield fist pose after and Seth does it with him. 

Overall thoughts: The opener was entertaining. Trick/Baron was acceptable and the ladder match was alright. Dom/Danhausen was all shenanigans. I didn't like Penta/Gable that much. The main was alright but it was slower and had a lot of finishers. The main was probably the match of the night due to a lack of other candidates. The show really could have used a stronger semi-main event and some bigger moments as this was nowhere close to WWE's best work. I liked Summerslam Night 1 more than Night 2 but would give it the same rating of a 6 out of 10. It was okay overall. 

New Japan Pro Wrestling 8/1/2026 G1 Climax 36 Day 10

New Japan Pro Wrestling 8/1/2026 G1 Climax 36 Day 10

Day 9 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/new-japan-pro-wrestling-7312026-g1.html

Tatsuya Matsumoto & Toru Yano vs. United Empire (Callum Newman & Zane Jay)

Zane and Tat do some amateur wrestling. Zane rakes his face in the conrer. Tat goes up and over then is shouldered over. Tat then shoulders him over. Tat flying euros Zane. Zane is pushed into his partner and Yano pulls both down by the hair. 

Yano hits Zane with a turnbuckle pad. CN facekicks Yano. Yano pulls down CN by the hair. Yano atomic drops CN. Tat running euros CN then hits forearms on him. CN forearms Tat then running euros him. Zane lariats Tat down. CN spin kicks Tat in the gut. Tat dropkicks him and water wheel drops him for 2.

CN lariats Tat down then underhook suplexes him. CN then pins him.

Thoughts: It was short and a waste of time. Tat tried and showed some fire. Yano should have been DQ'd for using the turnbuckle pad. Yano mostly just pulled hair here.

Tat is thrown out after. 

Aaron Wolf & Taisei Nakahara vs. Unbound Co. (Daiki Nagai & Drilla Moloney)

Drilla and Wolf trade basic holds. Wolf side headlocks him and Drilla wristlocks him. Drilla side headlocks him. They shoulder battle. Drilla dropkicks him then Wolf shoulder throws him. Wolf elbow drops him for 2. 

Drilla takes corner attacks then a dropkick from Tai for 2. Tai hits forearms on Drilla. Drilla corner spears him and underhook suplexes him for 2. Tai's head is banged off the buckles. Nagai chops Tai in the corner.

Drilla chops Tai in the corner. Tai hits bad chops on him then dropkicks him. Nagai comes in and knocks Wolf off the apron. Nagai back body drops Tai for 2. Drilla and Wolf trade forearms. Wolf hip throws him. 

Drilla and Wolf chop each other outside. Tai chops Nagai then Nagai chops him down. Tai dropkicks Nagai for 2. Tai crabs Nagai and Nagai ropebreaks. Nagai spinebusters Tai for 2. Nagai slams Tai. Nagai top rope diving headbutts Tai and pins him.

Thoughts: The Nagai vs Tai sections were fun and helped this one along. Wolf/Drilla did alright too. This was a throwaway but what we got was fine.  

Masatora Yasuda & Yuya Uemura vs. House Of Torture (Dick Togo & Ren Narita)

Yuya is hit from behind by Togo. Yuya's head is banged off the buckles. Yuya armdrags and dropkicks Ren. Yuya 2nd rope crossbodies Ren then armdrags Togo and Ren. Ren is double shoulderblocked. Masa hits forearms on Ren.

Togo stomps Masa and punches him. Masa forearms him back. Masa suplexes Togo then crabs him. Togo yanks him down by the arm. Masa takes a double shoulderblock for 2. Masa cradles Ren for 2. Masa then slides between his legs and crabs him. Masa's knees are banged off the mat then Ren leglocks Masa. Masa quickly taps.

Thoughts: It was a short waste of time and ended before it even got a chance to get going. I have no idea why. This was just a way to get people on the card.

TMDK (Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr.) vs. Unbound Co. (Gedo & OSKAR)

Zack side headlocks Os. Zack facekicks Os then euros him. Zack hits more euros and is shouldered over. Zack pele kicks Os' arm. Os slams Zack. Zack cobra twists Os and Os throws him off. Zack dragon screws him then PK's him. 

Hart comes in and shoulders Gedo over. Gedo boots him in the knee and wraps his leg around the ropes. Gedo stomps the knee then dragon screws him. Hart figure four's Gedo and Zack twists  Gedo's head with his feet. Os is pulled over the top and Zack PK's Os from the apron. 

Hart corner splashes Gedo then lariats him down for 2. Gedo rolls up Hart for 2. Hart crossbodies and sentons Gedo. Hart then pins him.

Thoughts: It was another very short waste of time here that ended before it got started. Zack vs Oskar is going to be a new match and I'm curious as to how that works out. 

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - SANADA vs. Oleg Boltin

San dropkicks Oleg in the knee and shining wizards him. San flying headscissors him then shining wizards him. San moonsaults him off the buckles for 2. San boots him out of the corner. Oleg catches his 2nd rope moonsault and powerbombs him. Oleg then holds on for another powerbomb and a finlay roll. Oleg pins him.

Thoughts: It was very short for unknown reasons. Sanada basically got squashed and overpowered here in very quick fashion. What we got was entertaining though. 

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Jake Lee vs. Yuto-Ice

Jake sits in the crowd as Ice enters. Jake then jumps him from behind and sends him into the post. They fight in the crowd and Jake clubs him. Ice bangs Jake's head off a seat. They get in then the bell rings to start this.

Jake slides out and boots Ice in the gut. Jake is sent into the rails then Ice is tripped into the rails. Jake grabs handcuffs and the ref takes them. Jake then grabs another pair of handcuffs. He then cuffs one of Ice's hands. Ice pushes Jake into the ref then hits a straight punch. Ice PK's Jake.

Ice stands on Jake's hand and tries to get the handcuffs off. Tatusya Matsumoto has to help get the handcuffs off. Jake and Ice trade forearms. Ice stomps Jake's face and kicks him in the back. Ice foot chokes Jake.

Ice and Jake are handcuffed together. Ice hits forearms and Jake laughs. Jake low blows Ice. Jake knees Ice in the face and removes his handcuffs. Ice then gets his hands handcuffed together. Jake pours water on Ice and kicks him in the back. Jake hits forearms on him. 

Jake boots the ref away and low blows Ice. Jake buzzsaw kicks Ice. Ice headbutts him then Jake chops him. Jake bites Yuta's shoulder. Jake knees him in the face. Ice pushes the ref into Jake and low blows him. Ice low pump kicks Jake with the handcuffs on and pins him.

Thoughts: It wasn't any good. Jake goofed around and they messed around with handcuffs for a while. There were also multiple ref bumps here.

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Shingo Takagi vs. Great-O-Khan

Khan hits Shingo as he enters then sends him into the rails. Khan hits him with a chair and the ref just watches. Shingo is sent into the rails and knocks over the announcer and his table. Khan then talks trash on the mic while he sits in a chair on him. 

Shingo is sent into the rails and seats. Shingo is pushed into a wall and has his head banged off of it. Khan then walks him into the men's room and tries to put his head in a urinal. Khan then tries to put Shingo's head in a toilet. Shingo's head is banged off a wall then Shingo is sent into seats. 

Shingo is sent into the post and rails. The match then "officially" starts as the bell rings. Khan pump kicks him for 2. Khan trips Shingo. Shingo pounds on him in the corner then corner lariats him. Shingo suplexes him for 2. 

Khan hits mongolian chops and Shingo mongolian chops back. Shingo sentons him. Shingo hits punches and suplexes him. Khan is sent into the rails. Khan kicks the middle rope into Shingo's crotch. Shingo is sent into the rails again. Khan suplexes him on the floor.

Khan bangs Shingo's head off a seat. Khan goes for a chair shot, the ref stops him and Shingo throws a chair in Khan's face. Khan TTD's Shingo on the floor. Shingo is sent into an exposed buckle and takes a straight punch to the face. Shingo hits shots on Khan then lariats him down. 

Khan grabs the ref, misses a low blow and Shingo lariats him down for 2. Shingo is sent into the exposed buckle again. Khan is tripped into the exposed buckle and Shingo runningl ariats him. Shingo hits a made in Japan and pins him.

Thoughts: It was all shenanigans and it was nothing that good. Khan basically just threw Shingo into rails, walls and posts the whole time then Shingo made his comeback and won.

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Yota Tsuji vs. Ryohei Oiwa

Oiwa side headlocks Yota then side headlock takeovers him. Oiwa stomps him and side headlocks him. Yota hits him in the gut then gutbusters him for 2. Yota knees him in the gut then uranage backbreakers him. Yota bodyscissors him. Oiwa blocks a flying headscissors and crossfaces him. Oiwa shoulders him over three times in a row.

Oiwa sentons Yota. Yota backdrops him. Oiwa runs into a flatliner and Yota germans him. Yota flying pumping knees him. Oiwa side headlocks him on the buckles. Yota hurricanrana's him down from the buckles for 2. Yota crabs him then pulls on both legs with one arm. Oiwa ropebreaks.

They trade forearms. Oiwa yanks the arm and Yota chops him. Oiwa whips him down by the arm and bridges back while pulling on it. Oiwa armlocks him and side headlocks him. Oiwa ddt's him for 2. Yota headscissors him off a doctor bomb attempt. Yota pumping knees him and Oiwa doctor bombs him for 2.  

Oiwa germans him twice. Oiwa hits a chaos theory german for 2. Oiwa side headlocks him. Yota back body drops Oiwa over the top. Yota topes him. Yota top rope double stomps him in the ring for 2. Oiwa backdrops him for 2. Oiwa chinlocks him. Oiwa goes for a spinning lariat and Yota spears him. Yota hits a sitout muso for 2.

Yota rolls him up off a spinning lariat attempt and Oiwa chinlocks him again. Yota backdrops him but Oiwa keeps the headlock on. Yota fireblasters him twice and pins him. 

Thoughts: It was an okay bout. Oiwa again stuck to mostly chinlocks/headlocks deep into the match when he needed to escalate things. The good thing is that he kept Yota behaved here and Yota didn't overdo it too much.

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Hirooki Goto vs. Konosuke Takeshita

They lock up and KT backs him up on the ropes. They shoulder battle and KT flying lariats him. KT slingshot swantons him and bodyscissors him. Goto's head is banged off the buckles. Goto boots him out of the corner. KT takes a bridging neckbreaker. 

Goto back elbows him for 2. Goto chinlocks him and KT ropebreaks. Goto stomps KT's head. Goto forearms him in the corner. Goto spinning heel kicks him in the corner then backdrops him for 2. KT headbutts him then exploders him. 

KT tope con hilos him outside. KT flying corner forearms him. Goto corner lariats him. KT flying knees him. Goto ushigoroshi's him. KT facekicks him then blue thunders him for 2. 

KT flying knees him. Goto hits a reverse GTR. They lariat each other and Goto goes down for 2. They fight on the buckles. Goto headbutts him them 2nd rope code red's him for 2. Goto headbutts him down. KT hadouken's him. KT hits forearms. Goto forearms him. KT spinning forearms him for 2. KT pumping knees him for 2 at 15 minutes. Goto hits a shoten kai.

Goto chest kicks him down then hits a GTW for 2. KT hits a GTR on Goto for 2. Goto flips KT with a lariat. KT drops him with a forearm then falcon arrows him for the win.

Thoughts: The selling could have been a little better but it was one of KT's better matches. Like with Oiwa/Yota, Goto didn't let him get too crazy and forced him to slow it down some. It had stiff shots and some high impact moves here, but they didn't go overboard. I liked this and thought it was an okay main event. 

KT talks on the mic after. 

Overall thoughts: The undercard was a total waste as usual, but I did like Nagai's match. Oleg/Sanada didn't go long and was basically a squash. Lee/Ice and Khan/Shingo were similar matches with the heels doing anything but wrestling and neither were that good. Oiwa/Yota was okay and Goto/Takeshita was also okay and easily the match of the night. I'd give this a 3 out of 10 as only 3 matches were acceptable to me. This was not good overall.