WWE Monday Night Raw 8/24/2026

WWE Monday Night Raw 8/24/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/wwe-monday-night-raw-8172026.html

We are in Ottawa, CA. Michael Cole and Corey Graves are on commentary.

We see various wrestlers arrive and hang out. 

LA Knight comes out to talk. He says he has his sights on the title. He says he's in the capitol and wants to talk about a capital "C" coward in Roman Reigns. He says Roman won on his own at Mania and Summerslam but is sending every family member at him. He says Roman told him, "Why don't you go win a tournament?". He says Roman then created a tournament and LA can't qualify for it. He says he sent The Uso's and Fatu after him but couldn't send Solo after him, who told him the truth about the family. He says he may have to get his hands dirty in family business to get the title. 

Solo Sikoa then comes out and interrupts. Solo thanks him for what he did last week. He says who would have thought him and LA would take on Bloodline. He says LA could have said no, but he said "Yeah". He then tries to do LA's line again and LA cuts him off. He says this is his warning shot and they do finger gun's at each other.

The Uso's then come out. Jimmy says we got a funny guy in the ring and says he bet it was funny when he went against his own brothers last week. Jimmy says they have consequences coming. Jey then does a warning shot and Solo does a matrix duck. Jey says they are going to take both of their heads back to the OTC. Solo says it's not like they want to fight. Solo challenges them to a tag match tonight. Solo does more warning shots and they close the segment.

Thoughts: LA and Solo were pretty funny here and this was more entertaining than I thought it would be.

Stephanie Vaquer vs Roxanne Perez

RP backs up on the ropes and slaps her. SV takes her down. SV chases her and gets stomped in the ring. RP stomps her. SV goes for a rolling armbar. RP yanks on the arm. They botch a spot and SV surfboards her. SV running facekicks her. SV goes up top, Raquel distracts the ref and SV is knocked down. RP sends SV into the rails.

We go to break and return. RP is on SV's back and SV rams her backwards into the corner. RP cartwheel double knee drops her. SV grounded abdominal stretchers her. SV does la suastica to her. SV's head is banged off the buckles. SV snapmares RP face first into the 2nd buckle.

SV spin kicks her in the gut. RP spin kicks her in the gut. SV tilt-a-whirl backbreakers her. SV backdrops her. SV does the devil's kiss. RP boots her out of the corner. SV dragon screws her. SV corner meteora's her for 2. SV superkicks her down. RP pulls on the ring skirt then eye rakes SV. RP la mistica drops SV then shining wizards her for 2. 

RP tries a crossface and SV hits an SVB. SV goes up top and Liv Morgan pulls SV down. Becky Lynch comes out. Becky backs up Liv outside. SV superkicks Raquel and sends her into the steps. RP flying dropkicks SV then misses an asai moonsault. SV double underhook codebreakers RP and pins her.

Thoughts: There was a rough spot before the break where they were clearly working together. It got a little better but with that and the interference, it wasn't their best match.

Becky throws Liv over the timekeeper's rail. Becky then stares down SV in the ring. 

Rey Mysterio wishes Rey Fenix luck and Fenix says he's here to win the tournament. Dominik Mysterio and JD McDonaugh come in. Dom says Rey treats everyone but his own son as his own son. Dom then complains about not being in the tournament and Rey says he's not a luchador. Je'Von Evans then nails Dom from behind and throws JD over boxes. 

#1 Contender's Tournament Semifinals - Rey Fenix vs Dragon Lee

Rey wristlocks him. Lee wristlocks him. Rey flips out of it using the ropes. Rey flying headscissors Lee but Lee cartwheels out. They stand off. They trade chops. Lee hits combinacion cabron then corner dropkicks him. 

Rey high kicks Lee then rope walk kicks him. Rey top rope crossbodies him for 2. Rey PK's him from the apron. Rey 2nd rope moonsaults him outside. Lee rebound germans him and superkicks him. Lee tope con hilos him outside.

We go to break and return. They trade chops. Lee facekicks him then superkicks him. Lee sitout powerbombs Rey for 2. Rey superkicks him. Rey double jump moonsaults him for 2. Rey double underhook powerbombs him for 2. 

Rey's head is banged off the buckles. Rey is in tree of woe and Lee top rope double stomps him for 2. Lee superkicks him out of the ring. Lee's head is banged off the commentary table. Rey is swept on the commentary table. Rey kneels on the table and Lee tope con hilos him hard through the ropes. 

Lee tornado ddt's him for 2. Rey brainbusters him and flying dobule knees him in the corner. Rey is sunset flipped for 2. Lee hits a styles clash for 2. Rey rolls into  cutter on him for 2. Lee boots him out of the corner. Rey superkicks him while he sits up top. Rey mexican muscle sbuters him and pins him.

Thoughts: The crowd liked it. They didn't sell squat here as usual. Lee's tope con hilo through the ropes was nasty as he slammed hard into Rey. It was all action here but it was not my type of match. 

We get a video on Lola Vice. The graphic says "9.14" on it.

Adam Pearce and Paul Heyman are in the ring for the Bron Breakker vs Oba Femi contract signing ceremony. Oba comes out and gets big pops. Paul says there is no vision for he future without the phrase "fear the spear". Paul then brings out Bron Breakker.

Bron Breakker comes out. Bron asks who Oba thinks he is by calling himself "The Future". He says Oba won KOTR and beat Brock but none of those are championships. Bron says he had WWE in the palm of his hand before Oba showed up. He says he got hurt on his own by accident and says Oba weaseled his way into his spot and was handed everything. He says Oba was born at the top of the mountain and is only there because he got hurt. Oaa says he's here to claim what is his.

Oba says Bron's an angry orange man. Oba says he doesn't underestimate him. He says he'd be the face and the future if he broke in during 2002 or 2015. He says he has the unfortunate privilege of running against him in 2026. He says Bron doesn't understand that his chances of being the face of this place have gone down since Oba arrived. Oba says the dogs bark up the wrong tree and says he is outclassed on every level. He says he will show him that he is the future and the bringer of war.

Bron says Oba thinks this is any other match. Bron says he will force Oba to fight him in the deep waters. He says Oba will get tired and he will be a sorry wrestler who thought he could compete with a real dog like him. Bron says he will own him and says Oba will spend the rest of his career living in Bron's career. Bron says he's Bron Breakker, the guy that Oba Femi could not beat. Bron tells Paul Heyman to sign the contract for Oba. He says Paul has been acting like he wants nothing to do with him. Bron then grabs Paul and nails Oba. Oba grabs Bron's throat and hits punches. Austin Theory helps out Bron. Oba is double teamed. Oba gets the edge and lariats Bron out. Oba throws Austin through the table.

Bron the gets on the apron and stares down Oba but backs off. Oba says this is how he will have him at SNME. He says Bron will be running away from him. Oba signs the contract and throws it.

Thoughts: It was interesting. Like with Roman and Seth, Oba is above Bron in kayfabe rankings right now and it's hard for Bron to really rip him when he hasn't done all that much. I'm interested to see where it goes but this kind of buried Bron at times.

The Uso's and Fatu talk in the back but the audio is messed up and we can't hear them. Jimmy says Fatu should stay in the back tonight. Jey says Fatu didn't do anything last week. Fatu says Roman told him to stand down. Jey holds up his necklace at Fatu and says it means they are the captains and Fatu runs it. Jey tells him to stay in the back and do nothing. Jimmy then holds his necklace up at him. Fatu kicks a box.

Je'Von Evans vs Big Cass

This is Cass' WWE return bout.

Evans hits forearms and punches. Evans superkicks him and flips off the bottom rope. Evans eated springboard's and hurricanrana's him over the top. Evans' slingshot plancha is caught outside. Cass is pushed into the apron edge. Cass lariats Evans hard over the top rope.

Cass clubs Evans and sends him into the rails. Cass black hole slams him. We go to break and return. Cass misses a corner splash. Evans facekicks him and running lariats him twice. Cass is pulled over the top rope then Evans topes him outside. Evans hits Cass outside. Cass is dumped over the timekeepers rail. Evans dives on him over the timekeeper's rail.

Evans hits a punch flurry on him outside. Evans corkscrew kicks him off the ropes. Evans springboard diving lariated him. Evans goes up on the buckles and is pushed down. Cass facekicks him. Cass then pins him.

Thoughts: Cass got his mouth busted open here. It wasn't quite the show off performance for Cass, but at least he won. Evans got a lot of offense in than Cass did here. What we got was fine, but I wouldn't have done this in this manner.

Dominik Mysterio and JD McDonaugh beat up Evans after. Dom top rope frogsplashes Evans. 

Sol Ruca is interviewed. She gets a Women's IC Title rematch next week. She says she's toked and says it's huge.  Iyo Sky walks in and wishes her good luck. She says she knows she can do it. Sol says it wouldn't have happened without her. Lyra Valkyria comes in and says congratulations. Lyra says Sol broke Raquel's face last time and she will mess her up. Lyra asks for Sol to give her the title match instead. Sol says "no" and tells her to earn it. Lyra says Bayley used to talk to her like that. Lyra then spooks out Iyo. 

#1 Contender's Tournament Semifinals - Penta vs La Parka

Penta him down and rolls him up for 2. Parka rolls him up for 2. Parka dances and flying headscissors Penta. Penta superkicks him and slingblade facebusters him. Penta enzugiri's Parka off the apron then tope con hilos him. Parka dropkicks him through the ropes. Parka 2nd rope moonsaults him outside. Parka comes uoff the top and is superkicked. 

Penta superkicks him. Penta goes up and over and backcrackers him for 2. We go to break and return. Parka chops Penta and Penta chops back. Parka kicks him and top rope crossbodies him. Parka springboard diving armdrags him then powerslams him. Parka goes up and over and Penta john woos him in the corner. Penta handstand double pendulum boots him for 2. 

Parka spinning ddt's him for 2. Penta superkicks Parka's head into the buckles and hits a made in japan for 2. Parka top rope spanish flies him. Penta cranks back on Parka's arm. Penta springboard diving canadian destroyers him and wins.

Thoughts: I would have liked the canadian destroyer to mean more but I was fine with it otherwise. They kept it moving and ended it at about the right time. The john woo spot was cool and it was one of Parka's better outings. Penta won as expected here.

Rey Fenix comes out and Penta stares at him. They then shake hands. 

LA Knight and Solo Sikoa talk in the back. Solo thanks him again for last week. He says he has his back and he owes him. LA says he doesn't owe him, just don't make him regret it. LA says if they can do this, they can go to the top. LA says they don't got warning shots but live fire out there.

We get a video on Zilla Fatu with clips of him in Reality of Wrestling. I've reviewed a lot of ROW and feel free to check that out in the indies section.

Adam Pearce talks to Chad Gable in the back. He says Chad vs Rey was an all-timer. Adam says he needs to work n the next all-timer for his legacy. Ethan Page comes in and congratulates Chad. He says he beat Rey too and says he has his eyes on his title. Page says Chad is intimidated by him. Chad says Page talked his way out of a title match and congratulates him.

Stephanie Vaquer is interviewed. She says Liv showed her that she needs her two pets to take her down. She says she doesn't need Becky's help. She says she will take her title back in 2 weeks and take down Judgment Day.

The Uso's (Jimmy and Jey Uso) vs LA Knight and Solo Sikoa

Jimmy hits punches on LA. LA lariats him down. Jimmy takes a double back elbow and a jumping Solo headbutt drop for 2.  LA stomps Jimmy then running knees him in the corner. Solo  corner hip attacks Jimmy for 2.  

Solo headbutts Jey. Solo back elbows him then Jey superkicks Solo out. Solo is double superkicked outside. We go to PiP break and return. Jey headbutts Solo. Solo hits punches on Jey and Jey spinning enzugiri's him. 

Jimmy flying corner forearms Solo. Solo back body drops Jimmy over the top rope. Jey runs into an uppercut from Solo. LA and Jimmy get in. LA hits punches on him and lariats him down. LA jumping neckbreakers him. LA lariats Jey on the apron. LA reverse ddt's Jimmy. LA double jump elbow drops Jimy off the top for 2. 

Solo catches Jey's tope and hits him. Royce Keys comes out then spears Solo and Jey through the rails. This is going to be a no contest.

Thoughts: It wasn't anything special. I watched this after it happened and knew there wasn't much time left. The interference kind of cut this one off as it was entering the last 3rd of the match.

OTM come out in masks and beat up LA and Jimmy. Nima jumping foot presses LA down. Price muso's Jimmy. LA takes a double samoan drop. Keys spinebusters Jimmy.  

Jey is rammed into steps. Solo then gets it too. Keys bangs LA's head off the steps. Jimmy takes a t-gimmick through the commentary table. 

Thoughts: I didn't see this one coming. OTM have been in NXT for a long time, but due to injuries, they've never had a major run there. They are ready enough for what they do. The problem with this grouping is someone will have to be the fall guy and I have a feeling it'll be price.

Overall thoughts: There wasn't a lot of starpower on this one and a lot of people weren't wrestling here. 
Perez/Vaquer wasn't that good. Fenix/Lee had an indy style match that wasn't for me. Penta/Parka was more toned down though and I was okay with it. I was also okay with Cass/Evans, but it was the wrong bout for Cass. I didn't love the Oba/Bron segment but it was interesting. The main wasn't much and was just a back drop for the new group's debut at the end. I'd give it a 5out of 10 as it was acceptable overall, but there were a lot of things that could have been fixed here.

WWE LFG 8/23/2026 Season 3, Episode 20

WWE LFG 8/23/2026 Season 3, Episode 20

The last show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/wwe-lfg-8232026-season-3-episode-19.html

Note - This aired on the same night as Episode 19. 

Myka Lockwood and Tristan Angels are doing a photoshoot with flowers. TA says he's not scared of muscular women and says they will take NXT with romance. Myka says she's not gifted with romance but it's not terrible. TA asks her if she's busy this evening and wants her to walk out with him. TA wants a mixed tag match.

Bubba Ray Dudley, Matt Bloom, Kevin Owens and Booker T are our coaches. Booker has Dorian Van Dux vs Braxton Cole. Bloom says Dux wants to show his moves off. Booker says Dux thinks he's a flipper but he's not. Bloom says he's happy with what Cole is doing. He tells Cole to take some risks with crowd reactions. Booker says Cole works well under his tutelage and Bubba makes a face. Owens has Myka Lockwood vs Layla Diggs. Bloom says the light bulbs are going off for both girls. Bubba has Harlem Lewis vs Tristan Angels. Bubba and Bloom say Tristan is getting it. Bubba says Lewis isn't as good as he thinks and says he seems frustrated. Bubba says let's let him spread his wings and give them freedom in their match. Bloom says to keep an eye on them though so they don't overcomplicate it. 

Dux and Cole work on their match. Cole says he never worked with him until today. Booker T watches the match. Booker says Cole has a lot of talent and says he's close. Booker does some in-ring stuff and Dux enjoys it. Booker says Dux wants to jump around. Booker says, "register, sell, hard sell". 

Dorian Van Dux vs Braxton Cole

Cole has a "How to speak Belgian" book. Cole yells at the crowd for the "wiener" chants. 

Dux side headlocks him and grabs the arm. Dux enzugiri's him from the apron. Dux tries to springboard and is kicked down. Cole kicks him while he's down. Cole swinging neckbreakers him. Cole kneels on his back and chinlocks him. 

Dux back elbows him hard out of the corner. Dux is stuck on the buckles. Cole bridging neckbreakers him for 2. Dux hits chops and punches. Dux springboard flying elbows him. Cole neckbreakers him. 

Cole goes for another neckbreaker, Dux cradles him and pins him.

Thoughts: There were too many cuts here for me to really judge this one. I feel like we missed significant portions of this. Dux didn't get to fly a ton and it was a slower match. Cole's neckbreakers looked good.

Dux says the match was great and he kept it simple for Cole. Booker says they f*cked up but it's a learning experience and that's as good as nailing it. Bloom says Dux has to learn the psychology and says he didn't sell. Bloom says they will react to movements but then he will be on the indies in 5 years. Bloom says he did a better job with the "wiener" chants". Bloom says they need a set entrance built around that for him. 

Myka Lockwood and Layla Diggs work on their match. Owens watches them practice. 

Diggs says she's a big scary heel and wants to show that she can hang with her.

Layla Diggs vs Myka Lockwood

Myka comes out and Tristan Angels interrupts on a megaphne. He then does the intro for Myka, calling her powerful and sexy. He calls her "Kitten Whiskers". 

We get a "Kitten Whiskers" chant for Myka. Diggs avoids a slam and chops her. Myka shoulders her over. Diggs side headlocks her. Diggs buckshots over her and flying headscissors her. Diggs dropkicks her. 

Myka pop up throws her. Myka bangs her head off the mat. Myka legdrops her. Myka misses a legdrop and Diggs gets a 2 count on her. Diggs sunset flips her for 2. Diggs hits shots on her and Myka back elbows her down. 

Myka does the head vice for 2. Myke facelocks her. Diggs rolls her up for 2. Diggs corkscrew kicks her. Diggs shoulders her over and back elbows her. Diggs step up enzugiri's her. Diggs flips out of a lariat and pele kicks her for 2. Myka slams her.

Diggs ddt's her off a powerbomb attempt. Diggs misses a top rope moonsault and Myka chest kicks her down. Myka powerslams her and pins her.

Thoughts: Diggs could have been a bit better as a face and I wanted to see Myka throw her around more. They had the right idea, just it was average and didn't stick out.

Angels talks on the megaphone after.

Owens talks to the girls. He says everything looks great but they are better in different face/heel roles. 

Bloom says Tristan's role works better if he hangs out at ringside. Myka says Tristan challenges her to react. Bloom says Diggs did a nice job. He says it was a solid match. Diggs says she should have had better strikes. Bloom tells her to watch the match back and see how she sees it. Bloom jokes around with Tristan after.

Bloom talks to Harlem Lewis (and Tristan Angels). He says he's frustrated as it's his career and his life. Bubba says he knows what it's like to feel overproduced, but also asks what Lewis has ever done to produce himself over the vets? Bubba says he agrees with him. He says he wants to let them spread their wings and fly. 

Bubba has them talk about the match and practice it. Bubba wants them to do their match but says they will live or die by it. 

Harlem Lewis vs Tristan Angels

They lock up and Lewis backs him up on the ropes. TA takes him down and Lewis wristlocks him. TA goes between the legs and slaps him. TA bows and gets kicked. Lewis chops him. TA boots him and Lewis chops back. TA tries a shoulderblock then is knocked down a few times in a row. 

Myka Lockwood comes out. Lewis is distracted. TA eye rakes Lewis then drops him gut first on the top rope. Lewis is pulled into the buckle/rope connector from the apron. TA pounds on him and foot chokes him in the corner.

TA bangs Lewis' head off the buckles for 2. TA front facelocks him on the mat. Lewis slingshot suplexes him out.  They trade shots. Lewis hits running lariats. They botch a powerslam spot. Lewis powerbombs him for 2. 

TA backcrackers him. Lewis crucifixes him and TA superkicks him. Lewis flying knees him. Myka trips Lewis. TA knee curbstomps Lewis and pins him.

Thoughts: It was an alright bout here. TA took some shortcuts and grounded him some. Lewis got to do more power spots than usual. I'm still waiting for that great Lewis match though. He's like Goldberg without the explosiveness.

Myka carries Tristan out after.

Lewis says the match felt great. Bloom says Lewis looks intense but shouldn't chop people. Shawn agrees. Lewis says he gets it. 

Bubba asks if the fans were entertained and if the fans understood the story. Bubba says he was happy with the match. He says he would have never let them go out and fail. Lewis says he loved the freedom. Bubba says they did good and he's happy they enjoyed the match.

Lewis says he was made to be a wrestler and says it all came into fruition on a day like today.

Overall thoughts: We didn't see enough of Dux/Cole and it seemed heavily edited. Diggs/Myka was average but they had the right idea. Angels/Lewis was alright. This had the usual format here. I'm interested to see how they handle Tristan/Myka. Myka's in a group already and I don't know if they are going to be able to do both storylines at once. It's a fun pairing but I don't know if Angels really needs it. The show was fine overall, but nothing must see.

WWE LFG 8/23/2026 Season 3, Episode 19

WWE LFG 8/23/2026 Season 3, Episode 19

The last show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/wwe-lfg-8162026-season-3-episode-18.html

Romeo Moreno is spray painting the ring at the PC. He says you don't know what the best thing will be in a match and painting is like that.

Matt Bloom, Bubba Ray Dudley, Booker T and Kevin Owens are our hosts. They talk about being excited for Wrestlemania season. Bloom says they want to send talent to WWE World there. Bubba has Harley Riggins vs Shady Elnahas. Bloom says Shawn says Harley is goofy. Bloom wants him to be a bad@ss. Bloom says Shady is too cool and calm. Owens has Nikkita Lyons vs Kali Armstrong. Bloom wants Kali to get booed but says she keeps getting cheers. He says Lyons is on the radar and wants to see if her body can take the beating. Booker T has Kam Hendrix vs Romeo Moreno. Bloom wants Romeo to go straight instead ofgoing forward. Owens tries to get a group cheer going but fails.

Bubba talks to Shady and Riggins. He tells Harley not to do anything goofy. Bubba says there's a lot of upside to Harley. Bubba asks Shady some of the entertaining judo things he can do. He says submissions are boring and wants goofy kung fu stuff over judo. He says Shady has "Ronaldo-esque" qualities to him. Harley says Shady is a pretty boy and he's rough around the edges. Bubba wants them to do the boo-yay spot and wants Shady to get kicked. 

Harley Riggins vs Shady Elnahas

HR goes up to pose on the ropes. Shady then does the same and HR facekicks him. Bubba hates how it is done and bangs a chair off the floor. HR slams Shady a few times. Shady hits corner spears on HR and HR lariats him. 

Shady takes forearms to the spine. HR tilt-a-whirl slams him. HR misses a double jump twisting senton. Shady does throws on HR and corkscrew kicks him. Shady hits a slingblade. HR is pushed into the buckles. Shady 2nd rope twisting crossbodies him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was short but what we got was acceptable enough. It really didn't get enough time to be much.

Bubba complains and says they did it once or twice and told him they got it, but they don't. Bubba wants Shady to be more fiery and pumped during his entrance. Bubba complain about the kick on the boo-yay spot. Bubba complains about the finish. He says they need to just improve on something they learned there.

Bloom complains about how HR takes corner spears. Shady wants to be more than then cool and calm guy. Shady says he needs to add more flavor.

We see Jazz help out Kali Armstrong and Nikkita Lyons. Kali  says she has problems getting booed and wants to get booed here. Owens says Kali acts like a heel but doesn't get booed. Owens tries to get Lyons to show heart. She says Lyons gets people talking and says sticking to herself can make some noise. 

Nikkita Lyons vs Kali Armstrong

Lyons parents are there. Lyons offers a handshake and Kali slaps it away. Kali boots and clubs her. Kali throws her down backwards. Kali jumping fist drops her. Lyons hits armdrags. Kali headscissors her. Lyons crossbodies her for 2. 

Lyons goes for a headscissors and is powerbombed down. Kali chinlocks her on the ropes. Lyons hurricanrana's her then crucifixes her for 2. Lyons hits shots. Kali spinebusters her for 2. Kali headscissors her on the mat. They double clothesline each other down. 

Lyons hits a bunch of strikes and germans her. Lyons tiger drivers her for 2. They trade shots. Lyons pounds on her in the corner. Lyons' throat is pulled down over the top rope. Kali powerslams her. Kali runs the ropes into a spin kick. Lyons split leg drops her and pins her.

Thoughts: It was an alright match here. Lyons fired up as she was supposed to. Kali definitely didn't do anything to get cheered here. I thought this was one of Lyons' better efforts.

Owens talks to Kali and Lyons after. He wants them to get more out of what they do and says it was a bit rushed. Owens says both have a bright future. Bloom says he liked Lyons' selling. He wants Lyons to give the fans something when they cheer her. Bloom says it was a good match.

Bloom says Lyons' parents did a good job with Lyons and says she's a star. Lyons dad says it was a long road with a lot of speed bumps. He says she's in the best shape of her life and is kicking @ss.

Booker T talks to Romeo Moreno and Kam Hendrix. Booker says he sees a lot of potential in Romeo. Romeo says Booker is a legend. Kam says Romeo is young but is a vet and says he's only been doing this for 2.5 years. Romeo wants to do amateur wrestling in his match. We then see them practice the match. Booker tells Romeo to sell before the match and tells Kam to slow it down.

Romeo Moreno vs Kam Hendrix

We are at the NXT Arena for this. RM's family is in the crowd.

They trade waistlocks and Kam goes down. Kam back elbows him down. RM dropkicks him then armdrags him. Kam elbows him inthe gut and the back of the neck. RM enzugiri's him from the apron. Kam knocks him off the apron and he goes hard into the commentary table.

Kam running lariats him outside. Kam kicks RM in the ribs i n the ring. Kam hits knees to the gut. RM hits chops on him. Kam flying single leg dropkicks him for 2. RM its an uppercut and Kam cobra twists him.

RM hits punches on Kam. RM rolls into a dropkick on him. RM flying lariats him twice and enzugiri's him in the corner. RM water wheel drops him for 2. RM spaceman plancha's him outside. 

RM springboard dropkicks him in the ring for 2. RM misses a  top rope moonsault. Kam kisses a flying kick and RM hurricanrana's him. RM pins him.

Thoughts: I liked it. They kept it moving and RM sold. They didn't get a ton of time but did fine with what they got.

Bloom says "that's the guy" to Kam. Shawn says it was more serious and he liked it. Booker tells Kam he saw a lot of improvement. Booker says Romeo needs to settle in. He says Kam is so close to being able to move on to the next phase.

Romeo talks to his mom outside. She says it's a gift from her husband to come see him. Romeo says she's her everything.

Overall thoughts: It was the usual show here. They ran down the matches, they worked on each match prior to it then reviewed it after. All 3 matches were fine and it was an easier show to get through. I had no real problems with this one and it was an okay show. 

TNA Lockdown 2026 8/23/2026

TNA Lockdown 2026 8/23/2026

NOTE - All main show matches are Steel Cage matches here.

We are in Chicago, IL.Matt Rehwoldt and Tom Hannifan are on commentary.

Here's what I saw of the pre-show: 

BDE and Rich Swann vs The Righteous (Vincent and Dutch)

Vince hits shots on RS and lariats him down twice. RS catwheels and jumping lariats Vince. Vince takes a codebreaer and a flapjack + facebuster combo. BDE hits chest kicks on Vince and low dropkicks him. BDE flies in the air and Dutch lariats him down. Dutch then pounds on him.

Dutch rolls BDE into the buckles. Dutch drops BDE on his chest and Vince low flatliners BDE. Vince says he's trying to help BDE then hits punches in the corner on him. BDE takes an atomic drop into a lariat. He then takes a senton + legdrop combo. Dutch chinlocks BDE.

Dutch short arm lariats BDE. Dutch clubs on BDE's chest. Vince lariats BDE down. BDE hits forearms on Vincent. BDE backrolls Vince for 2 and tags RS off of it. RS hits punches on Vince and spinning punches him. Rich handspring cutters Vince then tope con hilos Dutch outside. RS top rope splashes Vince for 2.

Dutch black hole slams RS. Vince does a bad ddt on RS. BDE breaks up the pin with a top rope splash. BDE rolls into a codebreaker on Vince. BDE os cutters Vince for 2. Dutch pushes BDE off the top. BDE is stuck between the heels. Vince hits orange sunshine and pins him.

Thoughts: It was alright. Swann looked real good as usual and the heels won as expected. Vince had a weird botched ddt here.

The System do a promo. Alisha says tonight is about making history. She says she's the only Knockout who has done Lethal Lockdown, Monster's Ball and Ultimate X. Eddie says he's 2 for 2 in Lethal Lockdown and says he will be 3 for 3 tonight. Mysers promises the results will be no different. Bear says he bled all over the world making a name for himself. He says this is his team and says the cage is his world and you are stepping into it. Cedric says he makes history by erasing Leon's history. He says he will learn he can't beat The System.

Trey Miguel vs Agent Zero

Zero throw him off the waistlock. Trey is caught jumping off the buckles. Trey walks up the buckles, flips and Zero blocks his armdrag. Trey hurricanrana's Zero over the top rope. Trey tries to tope Zero but Zero just pushes him away on the dive. 

Zero throws him on a suplex then short arm lariats him. Trey hits forearms and Zero forearms him down. Zero throws him on a suplex. Trey's crossbody is caught and Zero flatliners him for 2. Trey top rope diving meteora's him. Trey hits forearms and punches. Zero chops him down and Trey step up enzugiri's him. Trey step up flip dives him outside. 

Zero gorilla press slams Trey on the apron. Trey superkicks Zero twice. Zero alley oop's him throat first into the ropes. Trey rolls him up and pins him.

Thoughts: I don't get the result here at all. Zero hadn't lost yet and they had him lose in a pre-show match. That was total stupidity and ruined what wasn't a bad match otherwise. 

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Main show:

They play the national anthem to start.

Cage Match - Elijah vs AJ Francis

AJ flying knees him to start for 2. Eli jumping knees him. Eli hits forearms and flying lariats him. Eli running forearms him in the corner. Eli walks the top rope and clubs AJ's arm. Eli stunners him for 2.

AJ goes into the the cage when Eli moves. They go up top and AJ's head is banged off the cage. Eli sunset bombs him down. Eli knocks AJ off the top then top rope elbow drops him for 2. Eli walks the top of the cage and AJ pulls him down onto the top. 

They fight while seated on top of the cage. AJ lays on the top rope and Eli superplexes him down. It's only worth a 2 count though. Expressions, AJ's hype man, is wheeled down to the ring in a wheelchair. AJ goes into the cage when Eli moves. Eli tries to walk the top rope and AJ death valley drivers him for 2.

AJ has the ref open the cage door, even though you can't win by going through it. Eli hits an F-5 for 2. Expressions slams the cage door into Eli's head. AJ spears Eli for 2. Expressions comes out of his wheelchair and is suddenly just fine. Eli diving canadian destroyers him from the top and Expressions breaks the pin attempt up. 

Eli sends Expressions into the cage and jumping knees him. Eli enzugiri's AJ up top. Expressions tries to leave the cage but Eli sends him into it. Eli tombstones Expressions. AJ moonsaults Eli off the buckles. AJ chokeslams Eli and pins him.

Thoughts: I didn't like it. AJ survived way too much here with bumps off the top rope and the top of the cage. It also got silly with Expressions finding his way into the cage. I also thought this was a bit long for the opener.

The Home Town Man comes out and gives Eli a guitar. Eli comes off the top and hits AJ with a guitar.

Gia Miller interviews Allie. Gia asks if she has found a partner. Allie says she hasn't heard from Rosemary and doesn't know where she is. She says Rose wouldn't want her to just hand over the titles. She says she found a partner and says we will find out who when The Elegance Brand finds out.

The Personal Concierge says his crew shouldn't be locked up in the cage like animals and felons, that should be the criminals in Chicago. George says they should show more class as they are about to be the 3x Knockouts Tag champs. George says then they will leave the town like The Bears. George then claims The Green Bay Packers are in the back with them.

TNA Knockouts Tag Titles - Cage Match - Allie and Kiera Hogan vs The Elegance Brand (Heather By Elegance and M By Elegance)

The Brand are dressed up like police. Kiera Hogan is the mystery partner for Allie as Rosemarry is missing.

Allie hits forearms on M then thesz presses her. Allie hits mounted shots. Allie knee lifts M for 1. HBE gets in with Hogan. Hogan hits forearms on HBE then superkicks her. HBE neckbreakers her for 2. Hogan corner lariats HBE then Allie sliding forearms HBE. Mr. Elegance climbs the cage and HBE hits Allie with a night stick. HBE throws her down and pounds on her.

M corner spears Allie. M basement dropkicks Allie for 2. M suplexes Allie for 2. M pump kicks Allie down for 2. HBE chinlocks Allie. Allie jawbreakers HBE. Hogan comes in and knocks down the heels. She dropkicks HBE then corner hip attacks her.

Hogan step up legdrops M on the back. Allie codebreakers HBE. M cradle shocks Allie. Hogan and M swinging facebuster each other. Everyone is down. George Iceman grabs handcuffs. HBE slides through the cage rung in a cool spot. 

HBE gets on the apron and Allie grabs HBE by the hair. Allie's head is pushed into the cage. HBE handcuffs Allie  to the cage. Hogan suplexes M. Hogan buzzsaw kicks M. Hogan twisting fisherman's neckbreakers M and pins her.

Thoughts: Heather's spot where she slipped through the cage rung was cool. It was just average otherwise. The cage didn't really help this one and it may have been better without it. 

Escape the Cage Match - Moose vs Frankie Kazarian

Moose gets violin players for his entrance.

Kaz tries to escape from the start and gets stopped. Kaz avoids a powerbomb and tries to go through the door. Kaz is sent into the cage multiple times. Moose tells the ref to lock the cage door. 

Moose hits mounted corner punches on Kaz. Moose misses a corner charge and is hit. Moose pump kicks Kaz. Moose top rope twisting crossbodies Kaz. Moose hits his rolling spear. He then hits it again. 

Moose goes to escape and Kaz gives Moose the finger. Moose is then back body dropped into the cage. Kaz basement dropkicks him, stomps him and foot chokes him. Moose is sent into the cage. Moose is sent chest first into the buckles.

Kaz suplexes him. Kaz hits an angel's wings on Moose. Kaz face shoves Moose. Kaz hits shots and Moose fires up. Moose says f*ck you and headbutts him. Moose running euros him in the corner. Moose uranage's him and sentons him. 

Moose tries to climb the cage and is stopped. Kaz backcrackers him. Kaz springboard legdrops him. Moose stops his chickenwing. They hit each other. Moose hits chops and Kaz forearms him. Moose pump kicks him. Kaz lariats him twice. Kaz swinging neckbreakers him. Moose rams Kaz into the cage. Kaz lariats Moose. 

They climb the cage and Kaz tries to escape. Moose headbutts him up there. Moose spanish flies him off the cage. Kaz pokes Moose in the eye. Moose slingshot cutters Kaz. They trade punches. Moose spears Kaz into the door, Kaz goes out to the floor and is the winner.

Thoughts: This had escape the cage rules and with a heel like Kaz, I figured there was a good shot he was winning here. I didn't like the spanish fly off the cage not ending this when it should have. It was a little longer than it should have been as well. It's just always hard to buy Kaz as the top talent they treat him as here. I didn't like this that much.

Knockouts Title - Cage Match - Xia Brookside vs Elayna Black

Xia says Chicago is crap when she asks if this is EB's city. EB throws her down by the hair. EB waistlock takedowns her. Xia shoves her and is slapped. EB basement dropkicks her. 

EB knees Xia in the face. EB flying headscissors her. EB step up knees her in the corner. Xia throws her over the top rope and into the cage. EB's head is banged off the cage. Xia hits EB with a leather belt then hits mounted shots on her with it. EB is bused open. 

Xia sticks the point of the belt in EB's head. Xia hits more belt punches on EB. She then ties her around the middle rope and chokes her. Xia gets a 2 count on her and puts her nails in EB's head. Xia throws EB down backwards. 

Xia ties EB to the cage with a belt. Xia flying single leg dropkicks her in the chest. Xia lariats her down. Xia then pulls on her hair while keeping an armlock on.  

Xia boots her in the corner and corner meteora's her. Xia russian legsweeps her for 2. EB fights back. Xia goes up on the top rope and EB backdrops her down. They trade shots. EB hits lariats. EB springboard double stomps her back. EB step up knees her in the corner. EB gutwrench suplexes her for 2.
Xia implant ddt's her for 2. EB swinging neckbreakers her for 2. Xia misses a powder shot on EB then throws it in her eyes. Xia rolls her up and pins her.

Thoughts: The first half was good and the second half wasn't as good. It was a bit of a gritty brawl though and EB bleeding helped it out. EB losing in her hometown though is so LOLTNA. It was acceptable overall.

TNA International Title - Cage Match - Jason Hotch (c) vs Mustafa Ali

Order 4 are dressed like gangster and Ali shoots a gun at the tron.

Ali charges at him and chops him. Ali is thrown into the corner and flips over Jason. Ali is upside down on the p buckle and he's hooked onto the cage. Jason hits superkicks as he hangs there.

Ali superkicks him. Ali is up top and takes a release  german on his stomach. Jason spinning lariats him for 2. Ali is sent into the cage and Jason tornado ddt's him off the cage for 2. 

Ali eye rakes him then uses the cage to tornado ddt him. Agent Zero opens up the cage and Tasha Steelz closes the door on Ali. Mila Moore tries to stop her and Tasha hits her. Jason tries to facekick Ali against the cage and nails Tasha with the door on accident.

Jason and Skyler check on Tasha and Skyler carries her out. Ali topes Jason through the door. Jason's head is banged off the post. Jason back body drops him on the floor. Ali is put on a table. Jason climbs the cage and Ali climbs up the cage with him. Ali hangs off the top of the cage, Jason hits his hands and Ali goes down to the floor. Jason dives on Ali off the top of the cage, sending him through the table. Somehow, the camera's aren't watching and miss half the spot.  

Jason has to be helped up by ringside doctors and he seems to be spitting up blood. Ali goes up to Jason's wife and daughter. He takes Jason's daughter's toy. Ali taunts Jason with it. Mila gives Ali a lighter and he tries to light the toy on fire. Jason comes in and hits Ali. Ali gets Jason in the eyes. Jason is hanged upside down on the cage. Ali whips Jason as he hangs upside down.

Jason top of the cage M. Bison stomps him. It only gets Jason a 2 count. Jason grabs the toy and Ali spears him. Ali hits a top rope 450 on Jason for 2. Ali top rope 450's him again and pins him.

Thoughts: I didn't like it. They ha some good ideas, but they just had too many of them. They were kicking out of major spots right from the start and it kept going. I'd be interested to hear the explanation for why Tasha did what she did as it surely has to be her end in Order 4. It's a shame Jason has lost the title before he got to do much with it.

John Skyler comes out and yells at Ali after as Ali leaves. John then checks on Jason. 

Gia interviews Avery Styles, AJ's son, on the ramp. Avery has a TNA shirt on. He says we know what TNA means to him and his family. He says we know AJ wouldn't be who he is today without TNA. He says he won't become who he will be without TNA. He says he's announcing that he's signing with TNA.

Frankie Kazarian interrupts. Kaz says let him be the first to welcome him aboard. He says him and AJ are closer than brothers. He says him, Joe, Daniels and AJ poured their hearts to make TNA become what it is today. Kaz says there's a lot of snakes in the locker room who will take him out because of his last name. He says he's not one of them. He says there's a lot of people he can't trust, but he can always trust Kaz.

Thoughts: Avery just debuted not too long ago. I haven't gotten to see him yet. I don't have a problem with this. TNA needs new blood and his last name has already gotten him some extra coverage.

TNA X-Division Title - Last Man Standing - Cedric Alexander (c) vs Leon Slater

Leon Slater's records are erased if he loses here. 

They trade forearms. Leon facekicks him and flying facekicks him. Leon hits mounted punches on the top rope against the cage. Leon 2nd rope hurricanrana's him. Ced michinoku drivers him. They trade shots. 

Leon knees him in the gut. Ced enzugiri's him. Leon rebounds into a spinning heel kick. Leon superkicks him from the top rope. Leon diving back elbows him from the cage. Leon superkicks him. 

Ced hits forearms and chops. Leon is lawn darted into the cage. Leon is busted open. Ced dropkicks Leon in the back of the neck. Ced hits Kawada kicks. Leon hits a standing blue thunder on him. Leon chops him on the top buckle. Ced top rope michinoku drivers him for 2.

Leon canadian destroyers him off a backdrop attempt. Leon sends him into the cage. Leon facekicks him on the ropes. Leon hits mounted shots on Ced. Ced's head is banged off the cage. Leon hits a nasty spinning torture rack bomb. Leon misses a top rope 450.

Leon sits up top and Ced enzugiri's him. They go on the top buckle. Leon top rope twisting superplexes him. Ced slaps him around and Leon leg lariats him. Leon leg lariats him from behind. Leon hits 3 lumbar checks on Ced. Leon swanton 450's him from the top. Ced can't get up before the 10 count and Leon wins.

Thoughts: This would have benefited from not being in the cage. They did a bit much here. I think it's kind of silly to have Leon win here after they blocked him from having the X-Division record last time around. I would have liked this to have been a little faster. The last man standing concept wasn't the best gimmick for these two. I thought it was average.

Daria Rae talks on the phone and complains about Indi Hartwell. She says she will see the person on the phone on Thursday. Daria is then told there's another attack. Elijah is down and Daria tells Santino to handle this. This is the 3rd recent backstage attack.

Lethal Lockdown - The System (Eddie Edwards, Brian Myers, Bear Bronson, and Alisha Edwards) vs. Ricky Sosa, Fabian Aichner, KC Navarro, and Jada Stone

They will have a roof lower with weapons when everyone is in.

Fab and Bear are the first two in. They trade punches. Fab thesz presses him and hits mounted punches. Fab germans him and Bear overhead suplexes him. They double lariat each other. Bear boots him out of the corner. Fab finlay rolls him up then asai moonsaults him. 

Brian Myers is next in. Fab is double teamed, taken down and pounded on. Fab is double suplex. KC Navarro is next in. He spinning ddt's Myers. Myers is sent into the cage as is Bear. 

Eddie Edwards is next in. KC topes him through the door as he tries to enter. Eddie is sent into the cage. Myers back elbows Fab. Bear hits mounted shots on Fab. KC is sent into the cage. Eddie is bleeding. Ricky Sosa is next in.

Sosa dropkicks Myers and hits punches on Eddie and Bear. Sosa enzugiri's Bear and double stomps Eddie. Sosa then cutters Bear off of that. Sosa powerslams Myers. Sosa hits punches on Eddie and drops him. Alisha Edwards is next in. Alisha goes up to Sosa and tries to slap him. Sosa is then hit by The System. The System chop KC. Jada Stone then comes out.

Bear Bronson blocks the cage entrance and misses a shot on Jada. Jada climbs the cage. Jada top of the cage moonsaults onto multiple people. Bear throws weapons in with a barbed wire board being one of them. The cage roof is lowered. 

All 8 people fight. The faces grab weapons from the cage roof. Myers has a barbed wire bat shoved into his head. Jada hits kendo stick shots. KC is popped up and he hits Eddie with a kendo stick. Fab last ride powerbombs Eddie. KC splashes Eddie from the cage.

Fab dropkicks Bear into the cage. KC and Sosa take low blows from Alisha. Alisha kicks Fab low. Jada kits kendo stick shots on Alisha and superkicks Bear. Jada pours tacks in the ring. 

Jada superplexes Alisha on the tacks. Fab hits Eddie with a trash can. Fab coast to coast dropkicks a trash can in Eddie's face. Bear hits Fab in the gut with a barbed wire bat. He then rakes the wire on Fab. Bear fire thunders KC on Fab.

Sosa flying euros Bear into a bared wire board in the corner. KC is in a chair and Myers lariats him over. Sosa spinning forearms Myers then blue thunders him. Sosa grabs barbed wire from the roof. He puts it around his arm and flying euros Myers with it. Alisha breaks the pin attempt up.

Eddie leg lariats Sosa from behind. Eddie stands on one chair and package piledrivers Sosa onto 2 other open chairs. Eddie pins Sosa.

Thoughts: It was fine and they did what they could here. There wasn't a lot of room to work with and it kind of had to be more weapons focused. We got some blood and some wild spots. It wasn't anything you'd remember but it didn't outlive it's welcome. The System needed this win more since they are a regular team and their opponents aren't.

TNA Tag Titles - Steel Cage Tornado Match - The Hardys (Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy) (c) vs. The Nemeths (Nic Nemeth and Ryan Nemeth)

The Hardy's bring a table in. All 4 start fighting. The heels are sent into each other then send into the cage. Ryan takes a double back elbow and a double fist drop. Jeff jumps off of Matt's back and hits Nic for 2. The heels are sent into the cage but they climb it instead. 

All 4 men fight on the cage. Ryan jumping flatliners Jeff then Nic danger zone's Jeff for 2. Nic rubs Matt's head on the cage and eye rakes him there. Ryan corner spears Matt. Nic splashes Ryan on accident and Matt backdrops Nic.

Matt and Ryan double lariat each other. Nic superkicks Jeff after taking a twist of fate. The Hardy's beat up the heels in the corners. Jeff hits poetry in motion. Matt hits a side effect on Nic. Jeff splashes Nic off the buckles. Ryan takes a plot twist for 2.

Nic is put on a table and hit. Ryan punches Matt in the crotch for 2. Nic superkicks Jeff. Ryan jumping ddt's Jeff for 2. Matt hits a side effect on Nic. Matt lariats Ryan. Ryan is put on a table. Jeff climbs the cage and Nic stops him. Nick's head is banged off the cage and both guys fall crotch first on the top rope. Ryan rolls up Matt for 2. Matt hits a twist of fate on him. Ryan is laid on a table. 

Matt climbs up on the cage and and elbow drops Ryan through a table. Nic hits a danger zone on Matt and pins him.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good. They were rushed here and seemingly had to get this one done before 9PM. It was mostly all finishers and signature moves here. The finish fell flat and a lot of people in the crowd didn't even know it was the finish.

Ryan and Nic drink champagne after. Leon Slater comes out with a mic. He says he told everyone what he would do and he did it. He says his legacy in the X-Division is forever cemented. He says he can only think of one further way to go down in TNA's history books. He says he's using Option C and is challenging Nic Nemeth for the TNA World Title. He says he will become the youngest TNA World champion. 

Nic Nemeth tries to attack Leon when he gives up the belt to Carlos Silva but Leon leg lariats him down and knocks Ryan down too. 

Thoughts: That was a nice way to devalue the X-Title after a pointless title change. 

Overall thoughts: The two pre-show matches weren't bad but having Zero lose was stupid. I didn't like AJ/Eli as they did too much and didn't see. The cage match with Allie was average. They did too much in the Moose vs Kaz match and and I find it hard to buy Kaz as a guy who can beat top TNA talent. Xia/Black was acceptable and had a good first half.  Hotch/Ali got too crazy for me. Leon/Cedric was average. Lethal Lockdown was fine and maybe the best match on the show. The ending to the main wasn't good and that match was rushed as they tried to end the show before 9PM. It was a long show and the all cage match concept definitely hurt the matches more than it helped them. We just saw everything you could really do early into the show and there was less and less of interest as it went on. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 as this had a lot of stuff I didn't like on it and it wore out its welcome.

Stardom 8/23/2026 5★STAR Grand Prix 2026 Day 16

Stardom 8/23/2026 5★STAR Grand Prix 2026 Day 16

Day 15 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/stardom-8182026-5star-grand-prix-2026.html 

The Stardom president Okada talks to open the show. Ranna Yagami then comes out and talks. 

5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Semi Final Match - Starlight Kid vs. Suzu Suzuki

They duck each other's shots and stand off. Kid boots her in the gut and springboard twisting crossbodies her. Suzu back elbows her and bangs her head off the buckles. Suzu hair throws her and foot chokes her. SS facekicks her and kicks her. They trade forearms. 

Kid hits forearms. SS forearms her down. SS buckle bombs her and running knees her for 2. SS standing moonsaults her for 2. Kid flying headscissors her. Kid 619's her then top rope crossbodies her. Kid bangs SS' knee off the mat. 

Kid standing moonsaults her. SS forearms her down. SS misses a driveby kick and Kid slingshot double stomps her on the apron. Kid dropkicks her in the knee. Kid pulls SS from the apron and bangs her knee off the floor.   

Kid stretch mufflers her in the ring. Kid is popped up into the buckles. Kid hits a shiranui on her. Kid slaps her and gets lariated. They trade forearms. SS headbutts her. Kid TTD's her. Kid top rope moonsaults her for 2. Suzu hits a tequila shot on her for 2. Suzu hits head kicks and Kid does a stretch muffler. 

SS germans her. Kid no sells it and SS headkicks her for 2. They fight on the buckles. Kid top rope spanish flies her for 2. Kid stretch mufflers her and SS ropebreaks. Kid goes up top and is hit. SS top rope germans her. SS hits more germans for 2 counts. Kid rolls her and stretch mufflers her. SS submits.

Thoughts: Kid got a bit upset win here. I wish some of the big moves would have meant more here. Spanish flies and top rope germans really should put someone out. I liked that Kid worked the leg throughout the math and their strikes were okay. It was an okay match but it really had the potential to be great with some tweaks.

5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Semi Final Match - Rina vs. Maika

They run at each other and trade forearms to start. Maika throws her out. Rina is sent into the seats then Maika is sent into them. Maika is sent into the post. Rina chairs her arm against the post. Rina bangs Maika's arm over the top rope then armbars her. Rina pulls her arm round the bottom rope. 

Rina cranks Maika's arm back. Maika powerslams her. Maika running corner lariats her and shoulders her over. Rina does an octopus on her. Rina top rope dropkicks her. Rina running facekicks her on the ropes for 2.

Rina top rope double knee drops her. They trade shots on the buckles. Maika 2nd rope superplexes her. Rina running facekicks her. Rina hip throws her. Maika suplexes her. They trade forearms. Rina STO's her. Rina northern lights suplexes her for 2. Maika headbutts her on the buckles. Rina bangs Maika's arm off the top rope.

Rina top rope double knee drops her twice. Rina does a grounded octopus on her. Maika lariats her down. Mika superplexes her. Maika spinning lariats her. Maika michinoku drivers her twice for 2. Rina pulls back on Maika's arm and does a grounded octopus. Rina hooks Maika's throat with her leg ad Maika is out. Rina wins.

Thoughts: I liked it. They didn't overdo it. Rina focused the arm most of the match and Maika did her usual offense. I thought it was good. It didn't have as high of a ceiling as Kid/Suzu did, but it didn't have the issues it had. It was one of Rina's better matches. Maybe she is finally starting to get it?

Koguma & Matoi Hamabe vs. Cosmic Angels (Anne Kanaya & Yuna Mizumori) vs. Neo Genesis (Ema Maishima & Mei Seira) vs. HATE (Fukigen Death & Konami)

Koguma rolled up Yuna and won here. It was a short and rushed match with multiple people in at one time. It was simply just high speed chaos and not much else. Matoi went for a bunch of shoulder throws here.

Yuna holds her title up at Koguma after. They both talk on the mic and it seems like a title match may be set up. Bea Priestley (in orange hair) then attacks Yuna and Anne after. She says Anne broke her nose and she couldn't wrestle in the 5 Star GP because of it. She challenges her for the Yokohoma show and says she will break her face. She then stomps on her.

HANAKO, Maki Ito, Neo Genesis (AZM & Miyu Amasaki) & Waka Tsukiyama vs. God's Eye (Ami Sourei, Hina, Kiyoka Kotatsu, Lady C & Tomoka Inaba)

Hina and AZM go at it. Hina snapmares her and AZM wristlocks her.  AZM trips her and Hina slams her. Hina takes a double basement dropkick. Hina and C hit stereo flying neckbreakers. C giant swings her. C takes a double basement dropkick.

Itoh top rope crossbodies C. Maki gets 3 opponents in the corner and hits mounted corner punches on them. C falling headbutt drops 3 girls for a 2 count. C running facekicks her. Itoh boots Ami out of the corner then Hana splashes Ami. Hana and Ami shoulderblock each other then bump chests. Hna suplexes Ami. C facekicks Hana and Hana takes shots from all of her opponents. Ami sliding lariats Hana. 

Hana running lariats Hina. Itoh and Miyu hit pendulum ddt's on opponents. Waka is gordbustered onto AZM. Hana half-electric chair drops Ami. Inaba takes a cutter from Itoh. Hana lariats Ami over then Ami lariats her over.

Hana takes a triple team 3D. Ami corner lariats Hana. Ami landslides Hana for the pin.

Thoughts: It was similar to the last match with a lot of people coming in and out as they pleased and tons of fast action. It was hard to follow and did little but throw people on the card. Hanako and Ami were in this one for most of it. We saw little of Kotatsu here. It wasn't anything special.

Ami talks on the mic after. Ami calls out Hanan and seems to want a shot at her title. Hanan agrees.

HATE (Azusa Inaba, Natsuko Tora & Ruaka) vs. Mi Vida Loca (Akira Kurogane, Itsuki Aoki & Rina Yamashita)

Hate attack before the bell. Ruaka and Rina shoulder battle and Rina shoulders her over. Ruaka distracts her and straight punches her. Rina step up enzugiri's her. Akira comes in and running back elbows Ruaka.

Ruaka lariats Akira on the ropes then Akira is double suplexed. Tora gets on Ruaka's back and they double splash Akira for 2. Tora spits mist at Akira then splashes her for 2. Tora slaps her.  Tora shoulders her over. Inaba slams Ruaka for 2. 

Inaba hits chest forearms on Akira. Inaba slams Akira ad kicks her in the back for 2. Akira dropkicks Inaba and slams her. Aoki hits a russian legsweep + ddt combo. Inaba hits chest forearms on Aoki and Aoki chest forearms her down. Inaba chest kicks Aoki down for 2. 

Tora corner splashes Aoki and crossbodies her for 2. Aoki lariats Tora down for 2. Tora short arm lariats her. Aoki STO's Tora for 2. Tora takes a triple superkick for 2. 

Aoki goes up top and Ruaka throws her down. Rina lariats Inaba dwn then gets lariated down by Tora. Akira enzugiri's Tora then Aoki slow germans Tora. Aoki lariats Tora for 2. Tora chairs Aoki then death valley drivers him for the pin.

Thoughts: It was an acceptable tag. It wasn't anyone's best. They didn't go all out or anything. But, they didn't overdo it with the shenanigans and it went well. I would have liked to have seen more of this because it was going okay.

Tora death valley drivers Akira after. Tora goes for a chair shot but Suzu Suzuki comes out and interrupts her. Suzu holds her title up at her and Tora says something to her.

Cosmic Angels (Aya Sakura & Sayaka Kurara) vs Kikyo Furusawa & Ranna Yagami

Ran takes Saya down and Saya front facelocks her. Ran side headlocks her and Saya ducks a kick. They stand off. Ran leg kicks her and kicks her in the back. KF comes in and basement dropkicks Saya. KF takes a double basement dropkick. Aya trips KF then has both arms pulled on by her opponents. Aya kicks KF in the back for 2. 

Saya boots KF over. KF hits chest forearms on Saya and Saya forearms her down. KF dropkicks her. Ran step up kicks both opponents in the corner and PK's Saya for 2. Saya and Ran trade chest forearms. Ran chest kicks her down. KF dropkicks Saya a few times for 2. KF armdrags her into an ankle lock.

KF grounded ankle locks Saya. Saya 2nd rope twisting shoulderblocks KF. KF dropkicks Saya in the knee then dropkicks it around the bottom rope. KF elbow drops Saya. Saya double flying knees KF from behind. Aya running knees KF in the corner and basement dropkicks her. 

Aya slams KF. KF slams Aya for 2. Ran dropkicks Aya then chest kicks her. They trade chest kicks and Ran drops her. Saya dropkicks Ran on the ropes then Aya chest kicks Ran down. Aya superkicks Ran for 2. Aya triangles Ran. 

Aya flying knees Ran off the buckles and northern lights suplexes her for 2. Ran rolls Aya into a double armbar. Aya ropebreaks. Ran 2nd rope twisting kicks Aya for 2. Aya germans Ran for 2. Ran leg lariats Aya. Aya legsweeps her and rolls her into a pin attempt for 2. Aya and Ran high kick each other. Ran buzzsaw kicks her. Ran northern light bombs her and pins her.

Thoughts: It was okay enough. Why this got put so high up on the card, I don't know. Ran and Aya did okay together here. KF focused on working the leg/ankle as usual.

Ran and Aya talk in the ring after. Akira, maybe Matoi, maybe Ema and I think Anne come out. I think Ran wants to nominate someone to challenge for her title and she seems to pick Akira. Akira then talks to her some and Ran talks more.  

STARS (Hanan & Saya Iida) vs. HATE (Momo Watanabe & Saya Kamitani)

The heels attack after trying to get a handshake. The faces are sent into the seats outside. Iida is choked with a towel and Han's head is banged off a tbale. Han is sent into the post. Iida is double footchoked and Saya K axe kicks her. Saya K then stands on her to try and pins her.

Momo hits chest kicks on Iida. Iida and Han hit double sledgehammer attacks on their opponents. Han basement dropkicks Momo then grounded cobra clutches her. Han running euros her. Momo lays her on the top rope. Han leg lariats Momo for 2. 

Han blocks Momo's PK. Momo chest kicks her down. Han flying knees her the fallaway slams her for 2. Han is booted in the head. Momo PK's Han for 2. Saya K basement dropkicks Han. Saya K throws her down backwards. Han hip throws her. Iida elbow drops Saya K for 2. 

Iida rolls Saya K and chops her. Iida takes a double dropkick. Saya K springboard crossbodies Iida for 2. Han 2nd rope crossbodies Saya K outside. Iida top rope diving shoulderblocks Saya K for 2. Saya K dropkicks Iida. Saya K running facekicks Iida. Saya K suplexes her for 2. 

Saya K takes a double back elbow then a double team drop for 2. Saya K rolls Han into a blue thunder. Saya K's team 2nd rope single flying knee drops Han. Saya K ki krushers Iida and pins her.

Thoughts: What we got was acceptable like the last match, but also like the last match, you have to wonder why it was here with nothing in particular being on the line. It was filler for the most part. The match was alright, but nothing would have changed if it wasn't here.

Iida and Saya K grab each other after and Saya K headbutts her down.

Saya K talks on the mic after. AZM and Miyu Amasaki come out with their tag titles. Saya K and Momo look like they will be challenging them. Saya K's team ends up attacking them and posing with the belts. 

Natsupoi vs. Saori Anou

SA backs her up on the ropes and kicks her. Poi crossbodies her. SA axe kicks her. They sweep each other and stand off. SA hair throws her. Poi hair throws her. SA 2nd rope dropkicks Poi. Poi snapmares her and basement dropkicks her. 

Poi is on the 2nd rope and SA throws her down to the apron.  SA fisherman suplexes Poi on the floor. Poi then throws SA down on the apron from the 2nd rope. Poi plancha's SA off the buckles. SA is sent into the seats. 

SA tries to throw Poi into the seats but both end up going into them. They trade shots outside and avoid the double countout. They trade chest forearms in the ring. Poi spin kicks SA in the gut. SA fisherman suplexes her. SA heavenly locks her. 

SA running facekicks her on the ropes. SA hits boots to the head. Poi dropkicks her then dropkicks her through the ropes. Poi top rope crossbodies her. Poi armbars her. Poi stomps SA and knees her in the face. Poi stomps SA's arm. They fight on the buckles. SA headbutts her and hurricanrana's her down. Poi release germans her. SA step up enzugiri's her. Poi superkicks her.

They trade forearms on their knees then get up and trade. SA germans her and Poi germans her back. Poi germans her again. SA gets her knees up on Poi's top rope cartwheel splash. SA hits germans for 2. SA top rope cartwheel splashes her for 2. SA headhunters for 2. 

Poi hits shots on her and germans her for 2. Poi top rope cartwheel splashes her for 2. SA germans her for 2. SA backslides her into a bridge for 2. They slap each other. SA dragon suplexes her then suplexes her with her arms held back for 2. Poi rolls her up for 2 then superkicks her twice. Poi spin kicks her in the face then spinning high kicks her. Poi ranhei's her for 2. Poi hits a made in Japan and pins her.

Thoughts: Poi winning was a bit of a surprise she's not sticking around while Anou is. It was almost all chest forearms, some brawling and lots of german suplexes. The selling wasn't that good as usual with Poi, but at least they didn't go too crazy. It was alright enough.

They basically shake on it after and talk to each other on the mic. They then walk out together.

5STAR Grand Prix 2026 Final Match - Starlight Kid vs. Rina

They lock up. Kid is backed up on the ropes. They pull each on the hair and masks. Kid flying headscissors her. Rina dropkicks Kid then Kid facekicks her over the 2nd rope. Kid's head is banged off a commentary table. Kid is then sent into the seats. 

Rina pulls Kid's arm down over the top rope. Rina splashes the arm. Rina pulls on Kid's arm around the top rope. Rina takes Kid down by the arm and pulls back on her arms. Kid 2nd rope twisting crossbodies her then basement dropkicks her. Kid asai moonsaults her.

Kid bangs Rina's leg over the 2nd rope. Kid standing moonsaults Rina's leg. Rina hip throws her. Rina northern lights suplexes her for 2. Rina does an octopus on her. Rina double knee drops Kid off the buckles.  Kid dropkicks Rina in the back of the knee. Kid stretch mufflers Rina on the mat. Kid gets a 2 count on her. Rina reverse suplexes her. Kid basement dropkicks her from behind. Kid slams her. 

Kid tries a top rope moonsault but Rina gets her knees up. Rina top rope double knee drops her. Kid sunset bombs her off a gori special attempt. Kid stretch mufflers her. Rna ropebreaks. Kid top rope moonsaults her for 2. 

Rina does an octopus stretch bomb on her. Rina tries a grounded octopus stretch on her. Kid rope breaks. Rina vertebreakers her for 2. Rina gori bombs her for 1. Rina top rope dropkicks her and Kid momo latches her for 2. They fight on the buckles. Kid 2nd rope tiger drivers her for 2. Kid tiger suplexes her for 2. Rina gets a 2 count on her. Kid dragon screws her and Rina ropebreaks.

Kid forearm flurries her. Rina running facekicks her. Rina dropkicks her off the buckles. Rina package piledrivers her for 2. Rina gori bombs her and pins her.

Thoughts: Kid did her knee work as usual but did it a bit less towards the end. Rina did her usual offense with gori bombs, double knee drops and so forth. It went on a little longer than it needed to. I'd say Rina's match earlier in the show was better. It was an acceptable main but it just wasn't great.

Rina is given the queen's robe and crown after. Rina talks on the mic and gets confetti and streamers. Rina cries and goes out into the crowd to celebrate.

Overall thoughts: It was a longer show that ran close to 4 hours. Kid/Suzu was okay. Rina/Maika was good and the best match of the night. Matches 3 and 4 were similar high speed throwaways. Tora's tag was acceptable and I would have liked to have seen more of it. Kikyo's and Hanan's matches were kind of just filler and both were fine enough. Poi/Anou was an alright bout but Poi's selling wasn't the best. The main was acceptable, but not great. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 overall. I kind of knew what to expect with Kid and Rina being featured so much here and knew it probably wouldn't lead to greatness. It was an okay show. 

Overall GP thoughts: I don't know why they ran it at the same time as the G-1 as it made it hard to watch both. The GP was missing a lot of names and that did hurt at times. The Blue Stars A block was not that good and the less those wrestlers were on shows, the better. Night 15 was probably the best night. I'd say it probably was better than the G-1, but the first few nights of this tournament were rough.

Juggalo Championship Wrestling 8/20/2026 JCW Lunacy Episode 96

Juggalo Championship Wrestling 8/20/2026 JCW Lunacy Episode 96

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/juggalo-championship-wrestling-8132026.html

Note - I believe this aired at midnight on 8/20.

Mark Roberts, Joe Dombrowski and Zac Amico are on commentary.

JCW Women's Title #1 Contendership Match - Mickie Knuckles vs. J-Rod

MK has lost a lot of weight and looks like a different person. IF you told me it's not her, I'd believe you. She also has a giant turkey leg with her. Big Al is on commentary.

J knees her in the gut. MK takes her down, pulls her hair and rolls her up for 1. MK takes her down by the wrist. They trade shots and J hits snake eyes on her. J running facekicks her. J then hits mounted shots on her. J suplexes her.

MK jawbreakers J. J chokes her on the ropes and hits corner spears. J hits corner spears. MK slaps her in the corner and running hip attacks her. MK misses a corner charge and J bangs MK's head off the buckles there. J chops MK in the corner. MK does a dangerous looking suplex.

MK headbutts her on all fours. J backdrops her. J points at Big Al on commentary. Al then comes down. J grabs a chain out of her pants but MK hits her. MK then hits her with the chain but is caught by the ref. J wins by DQ.

Thoughts: The match was acceptable. They hit each other pretty good and got a little rough. It's a shame we didn't get a better finish though.

J beats up on MK from behind. Big Al then throws J out. MK gives Al some of her turkey leg after.

Mac Davis interviews Barnabus The Bizarre and HoKane. Barn says it's hot out but Bloodymania will be even hotter. Barn says they are here to end this with Dani Mo. He says Dani tainted The Outbreak and sabotaged her career. He challenges Dani Mo to defend her Women's Title vs HoKane. 

We see clips of the Dani Mo vs Barnabas feud.

Dani Mo comes out and tells Barnabas The Bizarre to come out. Barn says he's sick of this and it has gone on too long. He asks where The Outbreak are. Dani says it's unfortunate he's her father but says it's unfortunate for him that The Outbreak chose her. Barn says he wasted his seed on her. Barn says The Outbreak don't care about her, just her drugs. He says she's little more than a drug dealer. 

Barn says his bond with The Outbreak is unbreakable. Dani asks where The Outbreak are if their bond is so strong. Barn says he doesn't know but says he knows where his replacement daughter is. HoKane then goes up top Dani. Dani hits Kane with the mic. Barn then grabs Dani. Kane running boots Dani over and stomps her. The Outbreak come out and Barn/HoKane run.

The Outbreak go with Dani. Dani gets on the mic and asks if HoKane wants the title to officially become part of JCW. She then agrees and says let's do it at Bloodymania. Dani says if she wins at Bloodymania, she should get control over The Outbreak. Barn doesn't want to do it but HoKane does and the match is on.

Mac Davis interviews Big Vito and Sally Boy. Vito says Dijak will destroy EC3 tonight. He says Krule is at the gym and it's nobodies business where Dijak is. Vito says he needs Sally to be with him tonight and be productive. Sally says he's ready. Vito says they will kick some @ss tonight.

Violent J talks. He says we won't want to miss GoreGames at Bloodymania. Vince Russo interrupts and asks who can do 19 years of Bloodymania like him. He says he is not on Team Vito and is on Team JCW. He tells him to be careful and not to get hurt. J says he wants to talk about a special guest ref at GoreGames.

JCW Battle Royal Title Battle Royal

Yep, this is a Royal Rumble style battle royal for a battle royal Title.

Shane Mercer and Mike Wormfinger (Mosh Pit Mike) are the first two in. Shane throws Mike. Mike puts a net around him. Mike tries to hit him with a fishing rod. Shane breaks the rod over Mike's throat. He then dumps Mike out for the elimination.

Bootleg Dave is next in. Dijak exploders him. Shane chops Dave and throws him. Shane hits shots on him on the ropes. FTG comes in. Dijak knees him in the gut and release suplexes him. FTG is sent into Nate and Dijak corner euros both. Dijak suplexes Dave. 

Buzzsaw Nate is next in, he's wearing Randy Savage Spiderman gear. Nate hits punches on Shane. Dave spinning lariats Shane. Nate stunners Shane. Shane double lariats Nate and FTG. Bootleg Dave is thrown out. Shane double backdrops FTG and Nate. Buzzsaw Nate is then thrown out. 

Shane gorilla press throws FTG onto Nate and Dave outside for the elimination. The Ring Rat comes out. Rat tries to crawl around Shane and flirt with him. Shane grabs her and 2nd rope moonsault slams her. The Ring Rat is eliminated. 

Matt Cross is next in (him and Shane are the only 2 people in right now). They shake hands and Matt side headlocks him. Matt enzugiri's him in the corner. Matt forearms him from the apron and top rope double stomps Shane's back. Shane flips him with a lariat. Shane is pulled over the top and is eliminated. Shane then throws Matt out despite being eliminated. Matt is thrown over the rails and Shane beats up on him in the bleachers. Matt is sent into the rails and they fight to the back.

Atiba of Choppa City is next in. Bruce Wayans of Choppa City is the next guy in. They are the only 2 in the ring.  They do their chop pose and try to fight with chops only. They block and counter chops without anyone getting hit. CoKane is next in. Kane comes in and beats up on Choppa City. He corner lariats both opponents. Mike Platter (Mosh Pit Mike in a convict outfit) is next in. Mike wants a test of strength with Kane. Kane pours cocaine on his glove. Mike shanks Kane and chinlocks him. 

Steven Flowe is next in. Flowe foot chokes Kane. Kane grabs Steve by the throat and Steve tries to eliminate him. Sally Boy is next in. Sally euros Atiba and dropkicks him. Sally lariats Mike. Vincenzo is next in. Vin pounds on Kane. Mike hits Steve with a beer. 

Atiba takes a double team double axe handle from Vin and Sally. Bruce bangs Sally's head off the buckles. Bruce then chops him. Bruce chops 3 people in the corner. Josh Bishop is next in and Joel Gertner does the intro for him. 
Bruce tries to chop Josh and Josh no sells it. Atiba's chops also get no sold. Josh slaps Choppa City then chokeslams Sally. Josh throws Sally out for the elimination. Mike runs at Josh and gets booted off the apron for the limination. Josh lariats Vincenzo out for the elimination.

Josh lariats CoKane then lariats him over the top for the elimination. Josh gorilla press throws Steven Flowe out onto the others for the elimination. Josh stomps on Choppa City. 

Facade is next in. Fac jumps on Josh off the ropes and Josh no sells his lariat. Fac hits chops on Josh. Fac's springboard crossbody is caught. Fac takes snake eyes. Father Bronson is next in. Josh gets distracted by Bronson and Facade dumps Josh out. Josh is eliminated. 

Facade and Choppa City do a chop handshake together. Tarzan Duran is next in. He nails Fac. Tar is double hiptossed into the ropes and he does a double armdrag off of it. Tar slingshot double flipping neckbreakers his opponents. Tar high kicks Fac.

Mikey Funk (Mosh Pit Mike in Terry Funk attire) comes out. Mike hits punches on Tar. Fac hits punches on Mike. Kongo Kong is next in. Kong dumps Mike out for the elimination. Fac springboard kicks Kong. Tar boots Atiba in the corner. Kong throws Facade out for the elimination.

Kong suplexes Tarzan out of the ring for the elimination. Kong and Choppa City fight. Kerry Morton comes out with the giant JCW Battle Royal Title. Caleb Konley chairs Kerry as he comes out. Kerry is snet into the post. Caleb catapults Kerry's head into the ring rungs. 

Atiba corner splashes Kong. Kerry has until the 10 count to get in or face elimination. Kong corner splashes Choppa City. Kerry can't get into the ring before the 10 count and is eliminated. 

Atiba is on the 2nd rope and gets knocked to the apron. Kong pushes Bruce into Atiba and Atiba is eliminated. Kong and Bruce Wayans are the final two. Bruce tries chops on him. Kong spinning headbutts him and throws him out. Kongo Kong wins.

Thoughts: I liked it. It was fun and they had people coming in and out fast enough so that it never got boring. I enjoyed Mike's  Mick Foley spot where he came out multiple times. They also got some storyline work done here.

Shane Mercer and Steven Flowe talk in the back. The Ring Rat is with Steve. Steve says Mr. Anderson can't team with him at Bloodmania and he says he wants give Shane "the honor" of being his tag partner. Shane says he can wipe his @ss with it and wants money instead. Steve says if he teams with him, he can get a night with The Ring Rat. Shane says The Rat has been used more time than a government mule. Steve then offers up his gold guitar and says it's his prized posession. Steve says it could be worth thousands or millions. Shane says it looks like sh!t.

Steve says you have to judge it by how it feels. He says it feels like sh!t but he might be able to sell it to a mark. He says he might be able to work with that and they shake hands. 

Vince Russo and Caleb Konley talk last week. Vince says they've got to put Kerry Morton behind them. Caleb says everyone says he's only here because of Russo. He says he wants to prove it. He says he has to do this by himself vs Kerry 1v1 and he doesn't need move. Russo says he doesn't need to prove anything to anyone. Caleb tells him to take the week off and he will show him why he is the chosen one.

I won't be watching Sonny Kiss vs Haley J. J won.

Mac Davis interviews Caleb Konley. He says Kerry Morton has been up his @ss for months. He says over his dead body will Kerry take his title. He says he won't even make it as an ambulance is coming for him. Kerry Morton then attacks Caleb and sends him into a fence. Caleb is then sent into the rails. Kerry says "Who's the f*cking man?". He then grabs the title and tells the camera man to take him to the ring.

Kerry Morton comes out. He has the JCW Title. He says it's made of pure silver. He says they should melt it down and share the silver with everyone. He says he wanted to wait until Bloodymania but asks if we want to see that right now. Kerry asks for Russo to give him Caleb right now.

Caleb Konley comes out. Him and Kerry fight.

JCW Lunacy World Title Match - Caleb Konley (c) vs. Kerry Morton

Kerry hits him in the corner and boots him. Kerry lariats Cal over the top rope. Nick Gage and Brett Lauderdale of GCW are in the front row. Kerry step up enzugiri's Cal. Cal's head is banged off the buckles. Kerry is sent shoulder first into the post.

Cal foot chokes Kerry. Kerry hits forearms and rolls up Cal for 2. Cal back elbows him. Cal suplexes him. Kerry is sent into the buckles and goes upside down. Cal foot cokes him. Kerry's arm is banged off the post. 

Cal armlocks Kerry. Kerry dropkicks him. Cal armlocks Kerry again. Cal back hands him for a 2 count. They fight on the buckles. Kerry superplexes him. They trade shots. Cal pump kicks him. Kerry pumping knees him back then slingshot suplexes him for 2. Cal enzugiri's him out of the corner.The ref gets knocked over. Kerry boots Cal in the gut and pumping knees him but the ref is down and can't count the pin. Cal back body drops him. Cal grabs the JCW Title and misses a shot. Kerry kicks him in the gut. He teases hitting him with the title but doesn't. Cal then hits him with the title for 2. 

Cal atomic drops him. Cal misses atop rope moonsault. Kerry pumping knees him for 2. Cal low blows Kerry. Cal burning hammers him for the pin.

Thoughts: It went long and had a lot of shenanigans which hurt it some. But, either guy could have won at least and it was back forth. A decent portion of the crowd was gone by this match and I thought that hurt this one a bit. I didn't think this was that good.

The Luciano Family come out. Vito says he wanted to come here for a long time and complains about the crowd leaving. He says the people all suck. 

Special Ref: Mad Man Pondo - EC3 vs Dijak

The JWO come out with EC3

EC clubs Dijak and bangs his head off the buckles. EC corner lariats him. Dijak hits him in the head then foot chokes him. The GCW guys and The JWO argue outside. GCW removes a guard rail. Dijak chokes EC on the ropes. Dijak drops EC with a shot.

Dijak hits EC in the corner and clubs him. Dijak elbow drops him for 2. EC hits shots on Dijak and running lariats him. EC stunners him. EC lariats Dijak and STO's him. Dijak eye rakes him. 

Dijak hits EC in the corner. Dijak pushes Pondo then throws him into the ropes. Pondo then nails Dijak. They trade shots. The Luciano Family come in and Pondo hits them too. krule then comes out and hits Pondo too. The JWO joins in on the fight. Talos/Painful Paul then comes in and beats up The JWO. Talos chokeslams Jeeves. 

Big Vito gets on the mic. He says it's a 5v5 and Painful Paul is his 5th guy. He says he's a coach just like Violent J and won't be wrestling at GoreGames.

Thoughts: The match wasn't anything special and had no official finish here as Pondo the ref fought Dijak.

Overall thoughts: The first half was good and the show died down a little in the second half. 1/3rd of the crowd also left around the semi-main which hurt things. The semi-main and main event both had a lot of shenanigans and the work was kind of simple. J-Rod/Mickie was fine. The battle royal was favorite thing on here.  I didn't really like the main or the semi-main. We had a lot of storyline work as usual and all roads lead to Bloodymania. I think they did a decent job of making you want to see Bloodymania. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 overall as it was a decent go home show and they did what they were supposed to do here

AEW Collision 8/22/2026

AEW Collision 8/22/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/aew-collision-8152026.html

We are in Reading, PA. Tony Schiavone and Ian Riccaboni are on commentary.

We get a Kenny/Ospreay recap video.

Continental Cup Quarterfinal Match - Orange Cassidy vs Kyle O'Reilly

OC puts his sunglasses on Kyle instead of pounding his fist. Kyle side headlock takeovers him and OC headscissors him. OC side headlock takeovers him. OC tries a pin on him and gets a 2 count on him. They trade waistlocks. OC drops down to get out and rests on the mat. Kyle side headlocks him. OC flying amrdrags him. OC boots him out of the ring with his hands in his pockets. OC then does a roll with his hands in his pockets.

Kyle rolls and does karate poses. Kyle side headlocks him. Kyle dragon screws him over the 2nd rope. OC goes out and Kyle holds the ropes open for him to get in with. Kyle suplexes him and OC suplexes him back. OC suplexes him and we go to PiP break.

We return from break. Kyle suplexes him then OC suplexes him back. They suplex each other again. They trade shots. OC superkicks him and Kyle rebound lariats him. Kyle jumping knees him, axe kicks him and goes for the armbar. OC hits leg kicks. Kyle guillotine chokes him and OC falcon arrows him for 2. 

OC spinning ddt's him for 2. OC misses a dive off the top and is rolled up for 2. Kyle legsweeps him. OC PK's him. Kyle ankle locks him. Kyle goes to stomp him and OC kind of begs off. OC cradles him then Kyle grounded ankle locks him. OC taps out quick.

Thoughts: They had the logic of the friend vs friend match down and they didn't try to hurt each other bad. But it also had the usual OC issue where he fools around in even the most important matches, like this tournament match. That brought this down for me. 

We see a Nigel McGuinness interview from after Dynamite while he's in the trainer's room. Will Ospreay comes in. Will asks him how he feels and he says overwhelmed. He says he doesn't know what he will do in Glasgow. Will says Nigel paved the way for him and he has more faith in Nigel winning his match than he has his match. Nigel says Will has an opportunity that won't happen again. Nigel says Will has to do what every British wrestler couldn't do - win the World Title in England. He says everyone will watch him. 

AEW Women's Tag Titles Eliminator Match - Divine Dominion (Megan Bayne and Lena Kross) vs Erica Leigh and Tiara James

The jobbers double team Meg to start. Meg double germans them together. Meg and Lena hit stereo corner splashes. The jobbers are sent into each other and takes lariat down. Meg tells The Brawling Birds to watch and learn. Lena and Meg shove each other then sandwich lariat Tiara. Tiara takes a hart attack variation. Tiara takes a double chokeslam and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was a short squash and not much else here. 

Jack Perry talks about Swerve. He says he respects what he thinks. He says what better place than Glasgow to face Swerve. He says it's kill or be killed and puts a knife in a board.

Continental Cup Quarterfinal Match - Claudio Castagnoli vs Daniel Garcia

We see an inset with DG's promo from last night about this match.

CC backs him up in the corner. CC side headlock takeovers him. CC waistlock takedowns him. DG shoves him around. DG backslides him for 2. DG rolls him up CC forearms him. DG euros him and CC hits chops. DG dragon screws him over the 2nd rope. CC sits in a chair outside and DG forearms him. DG running corner dropkicks him. 

DG euros him over the rail, drops him throat first over it and dumps him over the rail. We go to PiP break and return. CC hits corner spears on him. CC euros him in the corner several times and boots him. CC hits a flurry of shots in the corner. 

DG rolls him up for 2 and facekicks him. DG corner lariats him and hits mounted corner punches. DG rolls him into a sharpshooter. DG gets on his back with a sleeper. DG giant swings him. DG leg lariats him. CC double knee drops DG's leg. 

CC euros DG. DG gets on his back with a sleeper. CC kicks him in the leg and running euros him. DG sleepers him again. DG neutralizers CC for 2. CC pop up euros him for 2. CC sharpshooters DG. DG gives him the finger and spits at him. CC takes off DG's leg shoe. CC single leg giant swings DG. 

CC running euros him for 2. CC euros him down and double stomps him. CC powerbombs him then sharpshooters him. DG submits.

Thoughts: It was a little long and slow but it was an alright match here. They stole each other's moves and had a technical battle with various strikes thrown in. DG worked the sleeper and CC worked the leg some before submitting him with a leg submission. 

The Dog's do a video. Finlay says he wants Jay White's head. Gabe says this isn't who they are. Gabe says he's watching two killers p!ss around. He says there's an open challenge for the trios titles and says they are them dogs for real at Wembley.

The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin) and Lee Moriarty vs Ryan O'Neill, Nick Nolan and Ryan Mako

SB overhead throws Mako and release germans him. SB tags in Bobby over Lee and Lee isn't pleased. SB and Bobby throw 2 jobbers in from the apron. SB step up knees Ryan. Bobby spinebusters Ryan. SB sends Nolan into the apron and rails. Bobby spears Nolan outside. 

Lee is tagged in and The Hurt's leave. MVP says time's up and tells Lee to handle his business. Lee topes Mako. Lee drops Mako onto his chest and submits him with a border city stretch.

Thoughts: It was a short one with the jobbers getting nothing in before losing. The Hurt's again left before the match was over.

STP gets in the ring after. Shane says that's what they are talking about and says none of the people in PA know what greatness looks like. Shane says Lee is what greatness looks like as he's been Pure champ for 2 years. He says greatness is them becoming the greatest trios champs of all time. He then issues an open challenge.  

The Bang Bang Gang (Jay White, Austin Gunn and Colten Gunn) vs Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor, Carlie Bravo and Shawn Dean)

Austin grabs CB's arm then Jay takes CB down by the arm. Jay chops CB. Colten yanks on CB's arm. Colt is triple teamed in the corner. Colt is slapped from behind then takes a neckbreaker. Austin blind tags in, sweeps Dean and bangs his face off the mat. Austin hits punches on CB and drops him. Shane comes in and lariats Austin down.

We go to PiP break and return. Austin takes a 2nd rope punch + side slam. Austin takes corner attacks. Dean bronco busters Austin and Bravo takes some awful jokes outside. Austin tags Colt in. Colt hits punches on the heels. Colt eurostep neckbreakers Dean then dropkicks CB. Shane lariats Colt down.

Shane misses a corner splash. Jay hits chops on him. Jay hits running forearms on him and boots him out of the corner. Jay hits chops on him. Shane overhead throws Jay. Shane corner lariats Jay. Shane misses a vader bomb. Jay dragon screws Dean. CB is ddt'd. Shane takes a 310 to Yuma. Jay bladerunners CB and pins him.

Thoughts: The Gang won as expected. It was a random one and what we got was fine here. 

Jay asks for guns up after the match. He says they are gunslingers and Collision cowboys. Jay says The Dogs got the best of him. Jay says the trios belts don't belong to Page's team as they never officially lost them. Jay says if you want to shoot, they will knock them all down as they coming for the gold.

The Conglomeration is interviewed. Kyle says he knew the tournament would test him and he had to fight his two best friends. He says the tournament is his for the taking and Nigel McGuinness stands between him and the final. Willow talks about her history at All In. She says she's looking forward to talking in as champ. She says nothing will stop her from her Wembley dream. She say she hopes Mercedes is watching and she'll have a smile for her.

We get a video on Kenny vs Will.

Nick Wayne does an inset promo. He says he's the hot topic in wrestling. He says he wants his number called in the Casino Gauntlet. Ciampa interrupts. He says this is business and we aren't a team. He says the same rules apply at All In.

Mike Bailey and Komander do an inset promo. Mike says they will go do what they do best and take out the competition. Kom talks in Spanish.

Tommaso Ciampa and Nick Wayne vs Komander and Mike Bailey

Mike waistlocks TC and takes a back elbow. Mike hits a kick combo on TC and both fall down. Nick comes in and stomps Mike. Mike kicks Nick down. Kom top rope diving armdrags Nick. Kom walks up the ropes and springboard dives on Nick. Kom and Mike hit stereo flying headscissors then hit stereo dropkicks. The faces then hit stereo topes. 

We go to PiP break and return. Kom hits leg kicks on Nick. Kom cradles him for 2. Mike bangs Nick's head off the buckles. Mike top rope dropkicks Nick. Mike facekicks TC on the apron. Mike hits kicks on Nick and drops him. Mike running ssp's Nick for 2. 

Nick dragon suplexes Mike hard on his neck. TC comes in and facekicks Mike. Mike stand moonsault double knee drops TC. Kom trips Nick then walks up the ropes and springboard splashes him. TC running knees Kom. Mike hits a kick combo on TC. Mike 2nd rope triangle moonsaults TC outside. Kom springboard diving canadian destroyers Nick for 2. 

Nick rolls up Kom with his feet on the ropes for 2. TC goes for Kom's mask. Nick superkicks Kom then fisherman busters him. Nick pins Kom.

Thoughts: It was the usual indy Nick Wayne match with canadian destroyers not even being enough put ol' Nick down. They kind of rushed through the second half of this. Mike took a nasty dragon suplex on his beck.

TC pushes Nick down after.

The Death Riders are in the back. Yuta complains about the Cup drawing being Claudio vs Mox. Yuta says they can use it as a way to raise the standard. Mox tells him to shut up. Claudio asks who the drawing sucks for? Yuta asks how Garcia's ankle is and he says, "sucks".

Maya World does an inset promo. She says she didn't sleep at all as her dreams could become reality. She says there's only room for one girl on top and it will be her.

AEW Women's Title - Willow Nightingale (c) vs Maya World

This is starting at 9:54PM. 

They lock up and Maya is backed up in the corner then on the ropes. Willow drags her off the lock up. They trade waistlocks. Willow side headlocks her and shoulders her over twice. Willow rolls over her and poses. Mary rolls over her and poses. 

Maya bottom rope springboard diving armdrags her. Willow hits corner lariats on her. Maya bridges out of a lariat, upkicks her and rolls her up for 2. Maya flying headscissors her. Maya crossbodies her off the apron outside.

Willow pounces her inside. We go to PiP break and return. Willow cartwheels off the ropes and step up enzugiri's her. Willow corner lariats her. Willow hits a corner lariat. 

Maya superkicks her in the gut and step up enzugiri's her. Maya flying single leg dropkicks her for 2. Maya handstand headscissors her into the ropes. Maya 619's her. Maya rolls her into a double stomp. Maya spinebusters her for 2. 

Willow boots her out of the corner. Willow 2nd rope dropkicks her. Willow corner cannonballs her for 2. Willow is on the 2nd rope and Maya sunset bombs her down. Maya fallaway slam holds her for 2. Maya spinning forearms her and Willow running lariats her. Maya rolls her up for 2. Willow reverses it then Maya cradles her for 2. Willow backslides her and pins her.

Thoughts: Willow won as expected. Maya wasn't winning here and being in such a big match at a big show. It had a decent pace to it and we had a lot of pin attempts. It wasn't anything great but it was fine.

Overall thoughts: It was almost all in-ring action here. The first hour was tough to get through as the matches were more technical and slower. We had a couple of random matches as usual and various Continental Cup matches. I'd give it a higher 5 out of 10 as some of the wrestling was good enough here to make this an acceptable show.