IWA Puerto Rico Impacto Total 6/20/2026

IWA Puerto Rico Impacto Total 6/20/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/06/iwa-puerto-rico-impacto-total-6132026.html

The next live event is 7/18/2026 and it's IWA Copa Mundial de Lucha Libre. No card has been announced yet.

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We see the same promo from Mr. Iguana where she says he's coming to IWA for Summer Attitude.

IWA Tag Titles - Super Atomo and El Gladiador Boricua (c) vs Big Tito Lincoln and Cesar Aldea 

GB and CA lock up. CA backs him up in the corner and shoves him twice. GB then backs him up in the corner and shoves him. GB hits punches and hiptosses CA. GB armdrags him then dropkicks him out. 

Tito is pulled over the top. Atomo tope con hilos the heels outside. Atomo hits shots on Tito outside. GB hits some punches on CA. Tito trips GB from the outside and throws him in. CA suplexes GB For 2.

Tito slams GB then throws CA onto him for 2. Tito backbreakers GB then side slams him. CA stomps GB and chokes him. CA chinlocks GB. GB fights out and CA dropkicks him. CA stands on him on a pin attempt for 2. 

GB is booted in the gut by CA. Tito boots GB in the corner. Tito suplexes GB for 2. Tito abdominal stretches GB. CA helps him get leverage. Tito is pushed into the buckles and GB hits a spear. CA and Atomo tag in. Atomo hits punches on CA then flying forearms him twice. Atomo 2nd rope twisting crossbodies CA for 2. 

GB dropkicks Tito out. CA spinebusters GB. Atomo jumping codebreakers CA. Atomo goes up top and Pedro Portillo III pushes Atomo off the top. GB is down outside. Tito sitout powerbombs Atomo. Tito puts CA on Atomo and CA pins him.

Thoughts: This had all the excitement of a funeral. I don't know what happened but the crowd looked like they were almost being forced to be there. They didn't react to anything and brought it down. The match made sense but some of the strikes could have been better. The work was acceptable, but the greatest match ever would have came off poorly with these fans. I don't love that the tag titles have changed hands yet again though as we've had 3 title changes recently.

Extreme Rules - Pupe Jackson vs Jose "El Mencho" Navarro

Jose waits for him at the entrance but Pupe comes from the other side and hits him with a garbage can lid. Pupe knocks him over a rail and hits him with a beer. Pupe hits him with a baseball bat. They go into the stands and Pupe tries to throw him off the stands. 

Jose hangs off a rail in the stands, Pupe punches him and Jose falls down to the floor. Pupe punches him at ringside and hits him with a cane. Jose is sent into the post. Jose's head is banged off a table. Pupe stabs him with a fork. 

Jose is busted open. Pupe grabs a wet floor sign. Jose throws powder in his face. Pupe swings the sign at the ropes as he can't see and his himself with it. Jose running facekicks him down. Wizard loves this on commentary. 

Jose hits Pupe with the wet floor sign then sticks a crutch in his neck. Jose chairs Pupe in the back. Jose chairs Pupe in the head twice. Jose hits Pupe with a weight on a baseball bat and part of it flies off and nearly hits a fan in the crowd. Pupe is busted open.

Pupe is thrown out. Jose hits Pupe with a trash can lid. Pupe is sent into the post. Jose tries to pin him on the floor. Jose chokes Pupe with a chair. Pupe superkicks him in the gut then chairs Jose's back. Pupe hits him with a crutch and a trash can lid. Pupe breaks a stick over Jose's back. 

Jose piledrivers him on a stop sign. Pupe boots him out of the corner. Jose flatliners him for 2. Pupe germans him for 2. Pupe cutters him. Pupe fires up and does a cartwheel. Pupe hits punches. Pupe powerslams him. 

Joe low blows him outside. Pupe AA's him through a table leaned against the ring. Pupe gets a 2 count on him. Pupe whips him with a belt then superkicks him for 2. Jose rainmakers him twice for 2.

Jose hits him with a trash can. Pupe michinoku drivers him on a trash can. Pupe top rope elbow drops him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a good match. It got a lot of time, they bled, they used weapons, they brawled and they did what they were supposed to do. Pupe showed he can do a serious singles match as a face here also. I had no issues with it, though I guess a few minutes could have been cut off. They also got this crowd into it which was like moving a mountain.

Jose hits Pupe from behind after with a trash can. Jose then hits him in the face with his boot. Jose handcuffs Pupe to the ropes and whips him with a belt. Pupe Jackson's wife comes in (she got involved before and Jose rode on her back and whipped her). Pupe's wife takes the belt away. Jose grabs her hands and she kicks Jose in the nuts. Jose grabs a  large wine bottle and hits Pupe's wife in the head with it. Jose sits on her and refs come to help Pupe's wife. Pupe is unhandcuffed and checks on his wife.

Overall thoughts: We had 2 matches here. The crowd absolutely destroyed the opener as they reacted to nothing and looked like they were being held against their will during it. The work was acceptable but the crowd ruined it. Pupe/Jose was a good main event style match. They brawled, bled, used weapons and generally did everything you are supposed to do in a big gimmick match. It went well. We then got a big angle after with Jose hitting Pupe's wife with a wine bottle. The main is a solid watch here and the post-match angle was wild. I'd give this a 6 out of 10 and thought it was fine overall.

TNA Impact 6/25/2026

TNA Impact 6/25/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/06/tna-impact-6182026.html

We are in Denver, CO. Tom Hannifan and Matt Rehwoldt are on commentary.

The Hardy's come out to talk. Matt says they have been reborn and stepping into The Wicked Garden rejuvenated them. Matt says it was one of a kind and they needed The Righteous to change them. He says it forced The Hardy's to evolve and ascend. Jeff says he's not the same and says they are re-broken by fate. Matt says they will win back their TNA Tag Titles. 

The Righteous come out. Vince says The Hardy's are unbelievable. Vince says The Righteous walked them through the garden and gave them every version of The Hardy's. Vince says there's still more, isn't there Vince says he's grateful they are telling the truth. 

Matt says they don't know what they opened up inside of them. The System of Bear Bronson and Brian Myers comes out. Brian says they are talking about mumbo jumbo. Brian says only the tag titles matter here. Bear says they don't care who either of them are or what the people want. Bear says he sees two guys who want to take food off their table. Bear says to try it and says they will eat them alive. 

Matt says they will see The Hardy's take the tag titles back. Brian asks what Matt will do about that. Matt says "delete" and starts hitting the other two teams. They all fight outside. Jeff brings a ladder into the ring. Matt is sent into the apron edge. Jeff climbs the ladder and the other two teams leave. 

Daria Rae says it's always chaos around here. The Order go up to her. Daria says it's been nothing but chaos but she recommends good behavior when she sees it. She says she wants to reward The Good Hands and now they are part of the ladder match for the tag titles at Slammiversary. Ali says he always liked her more than Santino.

George Iceman/The Personal Concierge does the intro for Ash By Elegance. George hypes up Ash as making her big return and being one of the greatest champs of all time.  

Ash By Elegance vs Mara Sade

Ash screams as the crowd calls her a mark. Ash gets on the mic and  says she's not a mark. Ash says she needs another mental health break now and asks M to take her place. Ash throws a wild tantrum in the ring. Ash then leaves.

M By Elegance vs Mara Sade

M misses a high kick and Mara hits shots on her. Elayna Black comes onto the stage. Mara hits punches and shots on M. M is pulled over the top. Mara chops and punches M outside. Mara chases her around the ring and dropkicks her off the steps. 

Heather distracts Mara. M bridging cutters Mara for 2. M throws Mara down backwards. Mara cradles her for 2. Mara crossbodies her. Heather gets on the apron and Indi pulls Heather down. Elayna drops Indi with a forearm. Mara superkicks M then tornado ddt's her. Mara goes up top and Elayna hits her for the DQ.

Thoughts: It was all shenanigans the whole way through and was just a match.

Indi then stomps on Elayna. Heather gets on Indi's back. Indi is double teamed by The Brand. Rosemary and Allie come out to help Indi. They get the edge on The Brand and The Brand go out of the ring.

Eric Young does a video. He says he's trying to show Ricky Sosa that having a viral video for a month means nothing. He says he is talented and has potential but everything has a price. He says there's rules and a hierarchy in wrestling and says he feels like Sosa is taking it for granted. He says he feels there's a lesson to be taught there that may make him better. He says it's a test. He says he has nothing against Sosa but there's levels to this and he will understand at Slammiversary.

AJ Francis vs Manny Lemons

Manny hits AJ from behind. AJ throws him down then corner splashes him. AJ throws him on an AA. AJ running knees him in the corner. AJ does Elijah's rope walk and chops Manny off of it. AJ misses a senton. Manny hits orner lariats then AJ spears him. AJ hits a big chokeslam and wins.

Thoughts: AJ won as expected. AJ's rope walk was impressive but it was a bit slower paced and not that interesting.

Elijah gets on the tron. He insults AJ. He says he won't convince anyone that he's anything but a clown and imposter. He says he will never be him. He says he will get everything back at Slammiversary and then some. He then burns a cease and desist letter.

Xia Brookside vs Harley Hudson

Xia elbow drops HH as she does push-up's in the ring. Xia dropkicks her. HH hits armdrags and slams her for 2. HH overhead suplexes her then does push uo's on her back. Xia double boots her out of the corner. Xia stomps her and booths her in the corner. HH is meteora'd from behind into the buckles. 

Xia pulls HH's arms back. Xia stomps her. HH lariats her and running boots her. HH fallaway slams her for 2. HH spinning forearms her. HH misses a 2nd rope legdrop. Xia does an impaler ddt and pins her.

Thoughts: It was an average match with Xia winning as expected. There wasn't a lot of big highlights here and nothing they did really stuck out. 

Xia russian legsweeps her after and does a grounded octopus.  Yei Ling Lee comes out to stop this and Xia backs up.

TNA Injury Report

Ash By Elegance is out of action. We are told the medical staff was involved in the Nemeth/Santana pre-taped segment. We are also told the medical staff is getting ready for the Slammiversary ladder match. 

Carlos Silva, Nic Nemeth, Gia Miller and Mike Santana sit down for a summit. Nic says Mike has done it all and had a killer year. Nic said he had 23 consecutive years and Mike just had one good year.

Mike says Nic wasn't there when he had to see his mom get abused and identify his dad's body. He says Nic wasn't there when he was at rehab centers. He says the TNA Title is bigger than wrestling and it's his life. Mike says Nic has done it all, but Mike says he was there when TNA needed someone. He says Nic was doing other things. Mike says we all thought Nic was going to be that guy but Mike says he was the guy day in and day out. 

Nic says Mike made good points but doesn't get it. Nic says being an international star is different than having a good year. He says Mike might understand someday what it's like when people offer big money contracts for matches. Nic says Mike can hide under his sunglasses and says his daughter doesn't has to see his tears. Nic says Mike's father isn't around to watch him fail one more time. 

They get up. Mike tells Carlos to cash a check and he punches out Nic. Ryan Nemeth then hits Mike from behind. Mike chokes him. Nic then bangs Mike's head off a table several times. 

Moose comes out to talk with JDC. Moose says there's no pins or submissions in his Slammiversary match with Eddie Edwards. He says someone has to throw the towel in for them. Moose says Eddie stabbed him and JDC in the back and says payback is a b!tch just like his wife.

Eddie Edwards comes out with Alisha Edwards. Eddie says he didn't destroy anything. Eddie says JDC and Moose were a cancer in The System who prevented them from getting to the next level of greatness. Eddie says they tore the cancer out and rebuilt The System better than before. Eddie says he will end this once and for all.

JDC says he knew Eddie for 25 years. He says he doesn't it personally. He says Eddie's passionfor wrestling makes him sick. He says Eddie will lose everything including his daughter. Alisha says The System are better. Alisha says Moose wants revenge on her as she played him like the fool he is. Alisha tells Moose to hit her if he wants revenge and says do it. Moose and JDC walk out. Alisha calls him a coward and Moose goes back in. JDC stops Moose. Alisha says she'd rather die than throw in the towel. Moose promises a funeral at Slammiversary. 

We get a video on Ricky Sosa vs Eric Young.

Cedric Alexander, Frankie Kazarian & Mr. Elegance vs. Fabian Aichner, KC Navarro & Leon Slater

Leon facekicks Ced on the apron. Leon hurricanrana's Kaz then enzugiri's him. Mr slaps Fab when they get in. Fab hits chops on him. Fab running lariats him. KC double axe handles Mr's arm. KC forearms him in the corner and low crossbodies him for 1. 

Ced comes in and chops KC. KC rolls over Ced's back and dropkicks him. KC does his 619 kick. Kaz slingshots KC in and is cuttered. Kaz and Mr go our. Fab and Leon hit stereo slingshot plancha's. KC does a tope into a tornado ddt on Ced outside.

We go to break and return. Leon is swept onto the apron by Kaz. Leon and Ced trade shots. Ced germans Leon. 

Mr hits Leon in the gut then side headlocks him. Leon rewind kicks Mr. Leon's tag is stopped. Mr germans Leon. Leon is beaten up in the corner. Mr is back body dropped out. Leon 2nd rope twisting crossbodies Kaz. 

Fab comes in and cleans house. Fab back body drops Kaz and rolling fireman's carries Ced. Fab asai moonsaults Ced. Kaz 2nd rope blockbusters Fab for 2. KC is caught off the top and he takes a suplex. Ced top rope splashes KC for 2.

KC takes a superkick > backcracker > michinoku driver for 2. KC sunset flips Kaz. KC flying knees Kaz. Ced step up enzugiri's Kc. Leon leg lariats Mr. Leon is slingshotted into a Kaz cutter. KC code red's Kaz. Ced death valley drivers KC. Fab 2nd rope twisting crossbodies Ced. Mr spinning ddt's Fab and Leon top rope swanton 450's Mr. Kaz then pins Leon to win.

Thoughts: It was an okay bout here. We had a lot of fast action and a lot of bodies flying everywhere. They did the usual run at the end where everyone hits a big move before moving to the next guy. It was what it should have been and pretty much blew anything else on this out of the water even though it wasn't particularly memorable. 

Nic Nemeth comes out to talk. He says he has breaking news. He says he doesn't think Mike will make it to Slammiversary or come back to wrestling. Nic wants to be crowned champ now and tells Carlos Silva to come out.

Ryan Nemeth is thrown onto the stage and his ripped clothes. Mike Santana follows and has a bloody face. Mike throws Ryan down the ramp. Security stops Santana from getting at Nic. No fight ends up happening. 

Overall thoughts: This show wasn't much of note at all. A lot of people were not in action and there was a lot more talking than wrestling. The trios match was by far the best bout here, but it had little competition. This was truly just a throwaway and forgettable show, but at least they did build up Slammiversary a bit and added some to the various matches. I'd give this a 5 out of 10 as it was average. 

Juggalo Championship Wrestling 6/25/2026 JCW Lunacy Episode 88

Juggalo Championship Wrestling 6/25/2026 JCW Lunacy Episode 88

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/06/juggalo-championship-wrestling-6182026.html

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

Jasmine St. Clair goes up to Violent J in the back. J tells her she always has a place in JCW. Jas says they can't get rid of her that easy. Jas says she doesn't need the Monster Corp to be successful and has a Plan B. She has a more vicious and lethal replacement waiting in the wings. Jas then shots off a pregnant stomach. Jas says she got "knocked up". J asks who the father is. Jas says she doesn't have an answer but says it's J's job to figure out who the daddy is. Jas says the baby belongs to one of the JCW roster members. J asks how many people she's talking about and Jas says the JCW roster. J asks if it's the whole roster and Jas says "kind of". Jas tells him to figure out who the father is so she can move on with her life.

2 Tuff Tony and Willie Mack come in. J says he booked himself, Mack and tony vs The Luciano Family. They crack jokes. J says to be ready as it goes down tonight.

Vince Russo comes out to talk. Russo says it's the greatest night in JCW as we have a new JCW champ in Caleb Konley. He says Caleb told us for months but no one would listen. Russo says there's someone he wants to thank and brings out Steven Flowe. The Ring Rat hangs on Steve as he comes out.

Russo says he witnessed CoKane break every rule in the book last week. He says Steve come out to make sure it was fair. He says he wants to give him a golden guitar for what he did. 

Steve says the guitar means he's a rock god. Russo says he feels love in the air. He tells everyone to get up for the new JCW Lunacy champ, Caleb Konley.

Caleb Konley comes out. Russo says he's in a gift giving mood and gives him a $100,000 belt with Caleb's face on it. Russo says the people came to hear the speech of a career that Caleb will give. 

Caleb says for 20 years from the Impact Zone to Daily's Place, he has said yes sir and no sir and did what he was asked. He says it got him nowhere. He said he told Facade on Day 1 that he would run this company and now it belongs to him. He says you don't have to like him but you will respect the champ. He says all the juggalos will trust in Caleb.

Russo says there will be new rules around here. He says he is introducing the "Jack Tunney Rule". He says it means the champ only defends the title once a month. He says CoKane will face Josh Bishop tonight. Russo says EC3 got his @ss kicked 2 weeks in a row and won't sign up tonight. He says Kerry Morton has a chip on his shoulder and he sent to Kerry to India for a talent exchange. He says the people from India won't wrestle and will just take care of his properties. Russo then starts a JCW champ.

CoKane comes out and nails Steven Flowe. Kane grabs the golden guitar and breaks it over Steven's back. The Ring Rat then tries to get on her knees for CoKane. HoKane appears in the front row. CoKane puts cocaine on his arm and sniffs it. CoKane then chokeslams The Rat.

Russo talks to Violent J in the back. He says he backs J's decision to let Josh Bishop defend the JCW Title. Russo says J needs to thank him for getting rid of EC3 and calls him a problem. J says he doesn't endorse that. Russo then brings up J accusing him of putting a hit on Mack and Tony. J says he saw the smoke coming off of him so he accused him of fire. 

Russo asks J what is going on with The Purple Phantom. J says he's not the same as The Green Phantom. Russo says he cares about him and his well-being. He asks if J really wants to get in the ring tonight. J says Russo is more of an @sshole when he has the bat in his hand and is more open to dialog when he doesn't. Russo says J had a physical condition in the past and asks if he wants to do this. J says let's see what condition The Luciano Family is in after tonight. 

Mac Davis goes up to Facade. He says he knew before the match happened that Violent J would reverse the decision. He says the match was about teaching a lesson about cheating and taking shortcuts. He says Facade was his grandson's favorite wrestler until he attacked Violent J and took shortcuts. He says his grandson and others know Facade is better than that. He says Facade needs to know that he's better than that. Mac asks if they are good.

Malcolm Monroe III vs The Purple Phantom

PP looks like The Green Phantom but there's no beard. PP says he's here for the people and says it's the color of the people.

PP avoids a charge and facekicks him. MM does a weird suplex on him and pins him.

Thoughts: The point was to pretend this wasn't The Green Phantom, but it's obvious it is him. He lost quick here to continue Phantom's losing streak.

The Outbreak are doing drugs in the back. Barnabus asks what all this is. Barn then talks on the phone to the dealer and is told things have changed. Barn asks the dealer if they can put this behind them. Barn asks where and when and he says he will be there then.

Violent J asks Tony and Mack if they are ready and what they see in the JCW landscape. Tony says he sees chaos and J agrees. J says they have 3 Vito's running loose. He says Choppa City couldn't get a ticket here and now are regulars. J then complains about The Backseat Boyz. He says he sent them a care package when they got hurt and Tommy Grayson didn't respond. J says he and Jeeves brought in EC3 and both Jeeves and EC3 got injured. J says Jasmin St. Claire is pregnant and Mack asks if the kid is half-black. J says he needs to make a phone call to someone important. He says he will call the only doctor he knows.

Russo comes in, hits J on the arm and says, "The Purple Phantom?".

Father Bronson talks before his match. Bron says he comes out to boos each week when he is just trying to help. he says he asks himself if he is being too harsh. Bron says he hasn't been harsh enough and says the people are more repulsive than the next person. He says people boo him because he's a mirror and they don't like what they see. Bron says he projects the truth and that's what Red Love is all about.

JCW American Title - Facade (c) vs Father Bronson

Fac hits kicks on Bron in the corner. Fac handstands in the corner. Fac flips over him then botches an asai moonsault and nearly hurts himself. Fac chops Bron outside. Fac is sent into the rails. Fac is sent into the rails. 

Fac's back is bleeding. Bron grabs a chair and Fac dropkicks him through the ropes. Fac jumps off a chair then springboard flip dives him outside. Face rope walk rider kicks him for 2. Fac misses a corner splash. 

The ref is knocked over on accident. Fac boots Bron and grab a chair. Fac throws the chair out without using it. Fac cradles him for 2. Bron does a jack knife pin and puts his feet on the ropes. Bron pins him.

Thoughts: The ending run could have been a little better and Facade is lucky he didn't get hurt on the asai moonsault. It was average but Facade's dive off the chair outside was nice. 

Big Al talks to CoKane. Al says to watch out for HoKane and says she's a crazy b!tch that has a receipt coming.

Mac Davis interviews Big Vito. Yabo wants to know where his brother is. Vito hits him in the gut and threatns him. Vito tells him his brother is expired and Yabo says he's not. Yabo is taken away. Vito yells at Sally Boy for sitting in his seat and tells him to get away. 

Vito says he's been waiting a lifetime to get Violent J in the ring. He says it'll be a pleasure to expire Violent J. He says it's only one night but that's all he needs to expire him. Vito says him and Sally will have another talk after as he's tired of repeating himself. 

Joel Gertner is on the phone. Russo comes up to him. Russo asks if he's got this tonight. Joel says he does. Russo says Josh will take care of CoKane and they settle during the week. Joel agrees.

Choppa City are interviewed by Mac Davis. Bruce says they are no fill-in's but international stars. Atiba says they chop over there and all over the place. Bruce says they have been worldwide. Bruce says Tony and Mack will get these chop's next week. Bruce makes Mac chop with them.

Big Vito talks before his match. Vito says the crowd didn't acknowledge his birthday and tells the crowd to wipe the pain off their faces. He says he hopes the fans have diarrhea.

Anything Goes Match - The Luciano Family (Big Vito, Vincenzo and Sally Boy) vs Juggalo World Order (Violent J, 2 Tuff Tony and Willie Mack)

The JWO comes out to NWO music with JWO shirts on. J is handcuffed to the rail by Sally Boy in disguise

The heels hit shots on the faces in the corners. al foot chokes Mack. Vinny and Sal boot Mack in the corner. Mack takes  back elbow. Vito punches Yabo The Clown outside (Yabo is in handcuffs). Vito boots and clubs J outside. Vito rakes J's face. 

The faces are beaten up in the corners. Sal slaps Yabo outside. J grabs Sal and headbutts him. J grabs Sal's handcuff key. J is free from the cuffs. Vito taunts Yabo with handcuff keys. J kicks Vito in the crotch and punches him. J uses the keys and frees Yabo. Yabo lariats Vito then back body drops him.

Yabo lariats Vinny and hits shots on Sal. Yabo lariats Sal. Mack pops up Sal and hits him. Tony lights his hand on fire and punches Sal. Tony then pins Sal.

Thoughts: They had to get around J not being able to wrestle and this is how they did it. The work wasn't the greatest but they did what it was supposed to do and it was a fun feel good bout with the faces winning.

J then tells Yabo that they know where Ruffo is.

Blast from the Past

This week's match is Corporal Robinson and Sabu vs Raven and Sex Slim Goody. Sabu pins Goody to win.

Yabo and Violent J talk in the back. J says Yabo's brother is fine  and says he's on his way here after being in abandoned warehouse. J tells him he's gotta take a call. J asks a doctor on the phone if they can find out who Jasmin's kid's father is before he is born. J says she's been tossed more times than Luigi's pizza dough. J says they need to test them one by one and asks for help. The doc tells J he will be on the show next week to start.

JCW Lunacy Title #1 Contender's Match - Josh Bishop vs CoKane

Caleb Konley is on commentary. Kane is shoved off the lock up multiple times. JB back elbows him. Kane hits punches. JB grabs his throat then Kane grabs his throat. Kane walks the top rope and JB catches his headscissors attempt. JB facekicks him.

JB clubs him and fallaway slams him. JB's throat is pulled over the top rope. JB lariats Kane. JB delay suplexes him. They fight on the buckles and Kane headbutts him down. Kane top rope diving lariats him.

Kane kips up and hits punches. JB hits a big boot and Kane handspring cutters him for 2. HoKane gets on the apron. She grabs CoKane and Kane gets rid of her. JB death valley drivers and pins him.

Thoughts: It was average. I would have liked to have seen Kane get thrown around a bit more. At least he didn't lose clean.

Big Al grabs HoKane after. She throws her into the post and stomps her. 

Barnabus complains and says he thought things were over with him and the mystery girl. It's revealed to be Dani Mo. Dani says it's not over until she says it's over...dad.

Overall thoughts: It was the usual Lunacy show. The matches were all average, but that's a bit of an improvement over what we have seen some weeks. It's the stories that make and break this show and the stories were interesting this week. The JWO stuff was fun, Vito's stuff is always entertaining, Jasmine's story is off to a good start and the Outbreak/Dealer story has been working. I'd say the Anything Goes Match was the best bout of the night. It was a fun show, mostly due to the various stories. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 as I thought it was a fun and easy watch.

WWE Evolve 6/24/2026 Evolve Succession III

WWE Evolve 6/24/2026 Evolve Succession III

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/06/wwe-evolve-6172026.html

We are at the Performance Center (Evolve Arena) in Orlando, FL. Pete Rosenberg and Blake Howard are on commentary.

Aaron Rourke arrives with Mathers, Cappuccino and Holloway.AR says the diamonds will shine and he has all the back up he needs. 

The Mog Squad talk. Max says he wins the Evolve Title tonight and starts Hot Boy Summer. 

Nikkita Lyons and Sloane Jacobs talk. Lyons says she will win her first WWE Title tonight.

Wendy Choo says the title mean everything to her. She says she wants to stand tall with the title tonight.

WWE EVOLVE Women's Title Match - Wendy Choo (c) vs. Nikkita Lyons

Kendal Grey, Zena Serling and Kali Armstrong are at the VIP Lounge.

Choo armdrags NL off the lock up. NL knees her in the gut and side headlocks her. NL side headlock takeovers her then Choo side headlocks her. NL legsweeps her. Choo headscissors her on the mat. Choo thesz presses her and hits mounted shots. NL then hits mounted shots. 

Choo basement dropkicks her. Choo headscissors her from the bottom rope. Choo basement dropkicks her off the apron. Choo cannonballs her off the apron. Sloane Jacobs distracts Choo and NL spinning high kicks her. We go to break and return.

Choo cradles her for 2. Choo gets hit in the gut and NL fisherman suplexes her. NL split butt drops her chest. NL facekicks Choo. Choo bridging ddt's her. They trade forearms. Choo hits chops and forearms. Choo hits lariats. Choo hits a pepsi twist lariat. Choo forward handspring forearms her and running neckbreakers her for 2. Choo rolls her up for 2. Choo goes for the dirtnap. NL drops her backwards. 

Choo full nelson slams NL for 2. NL rolls Choo into the steps. They get on the buckles and NL 2nd rope michinoku drivers her for 2. Choo hurrianrana's her for 2. NL drops her with a punch. NL gets on the 2nd rope and Choo powerbombs her down. Choo then tries another dirt nap.

Sloane Jacobs puts the title in the ring and gets on the apron. NL taps out and Choo stupidly lets go of it. Laynie Luck comes down and hits Sloane. NL has the title and Choo rolls her up for 2. NL hits Choo with some kind of crystal and pin kicks her in the face. NL wins.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good. Choo had a lot of trouble getting on her back and they had a few moments where they just rolled around. There wasn't a great story to this or anything and I was just not impressed by this.  The win gives Lyons some credibility and I guess we will see if the title helps her hit her potential.

We get a video on the Evolve Men's and Women's Titles.

KevonStage is interviewed. He says he's excited to be the guest GM next week. It's GAL interrupts and says Kev needs him to show him the ropes around here. GAL brings up Cutler James and Kev sets up a match between them for next week. 

Kale Dixon vs. Kai Kavari

Kale hasn't been doing anything since his Chase U run ended. He's back to being a heel here, which is how he started on Level Up. I think this is Kale's Evolve debut.

KD shoves him from behind on the lock up. Kai then does it to him. Kai shoulders him over and hammerlocks him. KD lifting reverse ddt's him. KD forearms and boots him in the corner. KD short arm lariats him.

KD drops him with a forearm. KD hits knees to the body and superkicks him for 2. KD chops him and sleepers him. Kai does a springboard back elbow. Kai lariats and back elbows him. Kai running shoulders him over.

Kai dropkicks him in the corner. A new girl comes out and Kai is distracted. KD spinning forearms Kai and pins him.

Thoughts: It wasn't anything too special. Kai's a very basic wrestler so far but his strikes look okay. KD won here which was good but it wasn't a fantastic showing. The new blonde girl honestly was the most interesting part about this.

The new girl claps for Kale after.

We get a video on the new Russian bodybuilder girl. She talks about how she's death itself and how Evolve will fear the unknown. She says she's already here. She says you can't defeat or plan for the unknown. 

The Mog Squad come out for the main event. KevOnStage says he's aura farming and says all they have on him is hair. He says he'd look like them if he wasn't bald. He says the next week's match with The Mod Squad will be a trios elimination match.

WWE EVOLVE Title Match - Aaron Rourke (c) vs. Max Abrams

Harlem Lewis is in the VIP Section.

AR boots Max in the corner then Max boots him back. AR hits chops on Max and sends him into the buckles. AR plancha's The Squad outside. Max bangs AR's head off the apron.

AR basement dropkicks him. AR hits punches on Max then chops him. The heels distract AR and eventually sweep him on the apron. Max headhunters AR for 2. Chuey interviews Harlem Lewis mid match. Lewis says AR is tough but AR has never beaten him. He says his sights on him when he's done with Cole.

Max suplexes AR. We go to a random break and return. Max top rope dropkicks him for 2. Max clubs on him. AR electric chair drops him on his chest. AR corner uranage's him then shotgun dropkicks him. Max flying euros him. AR 2nd rope powerslams him for 2. 

AR stomps him. AR misses a corner charge. AR kicks him of the ropes. Max neckbreakers AR while he sits on the top buckle. They trade punches. AR spin kicks him in the gut. Max pump kicks him and AR pump kicks him. AR spin kicks him in the face and superkicks him. Both men go down. 

Max corner spears him. AR high kicks the ref when Max ducks. AR spinning facekicks Max but the ref is down and can't count. The Mog Squad get in the ring then Harlem Lewis gets in the ring. Braxton Cole trips Lewis and they fight outside. AR hits shots on The Squad. CJ Valor hits AR with the Evolve Title. Max then gets a  2 count on AR.

WWE ID 1.0 come in and fight The Squad outside. AR 2nd rope gordbusters Max. AR hits a molly go round and pins Max.

Thoughts: It was an an average to acceptable match only. There was a lot of shenanigans going on. I was surprised to see Rourke win. It got a lot of time. I would have had Max win here.

The Mog Squad and WWE ID 1.0 tease a fight in the ring. Tim Thatcher's security guards nail The Squad. The guards offer handshakes then nail Jones and Mathers and drop them with moves. I would assume that means they will be wrestling soon here.

Overall thoughts: It's Evolve. There's a lot of trainees and less experienced wrestlers here and in-ring quality is always going to have a limit to it. This was not as big of a deal as prior Succession's as this one was in the Evolve Arena and the not the NXT Arena. Choo/Lyons got enough time but had some sloppy moments and wasn't that good. Kai/Kale was so-so. The main was average for the most part and had a lot of shenanigans during and after. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 as it was an average show overall.

Reality of Wrestling 6/17/2026 PLATINUM Episode 30

Reality of Wrestling 6/17/2026 PLATINUM Episode 30

The last show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/06/reality-of-wrestling-632026-platinum.html

NOTE - The footage from this set of tapings was aired live and I saw all of it already. I reviewed that footage here here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/06/reality-of-wrestling-6132026-platinum.html 

Chris Russo and Brad Gilmore are on commentary.

Jacari Ball vs Will Austin

They shove each other. JB pulls him down off the lock up. Will waistlock takedowns him. Will shoves him and JB slams him down. Will hits forearms and JB dropkicks him. Will bites him then clubs on him in the corner. Will walks up the buckles and tornillo's him for 2. 

JB hits elbows and punches on Will. JB is sent into the post shoulder first. Will hits mounted shots on him and chinlocks him. JB hits mounted corner punches. Will superkicks JB's head into the buckles then buckle bomb's him.

JB hits running lariats on Will. Will springboards and takes a boot to the gut. JB suplexes him then fisherman suplexes him for 2. JB gutwrench suplexes him and holds on for 1 more. Will superkicks him after escaping a suplex and hits an os cutter for 2.

JB lariats Will then does a reverse angle slam. JB pins him.

Thoughts: There wasn't a real story or anything but the action was fine and both men looked okay here. JB fired up at the end for his win and Will showed some spirit as well. It was competitive and it felt like either guy could win this.

Max Abrams is interviewed. Max talks about his 4 matches with Clay Roberts. He says since Clay wants to have goons helping him out, he brought CJ Valor in. CJ comes in and says he's here to mog the competition. Max says that's main man energy.

Ryan Davidson comes out to talk. He says he and Will Allday went to war for the fans last time. He says he lost fair and square. He says it's not the first or last time. He says Will will always have his respect. He says he was less than tolerable last time and the people still stood behind him. He says his greatest accolade is performing for the fans and he's sorry he forgot that. He says enough is enough and it's time for a change. He asks if the people want to see more tables, more chairs or more people being thrown off things. He says he took the low road, the high road and it's time to go off road. He asks if the crowd is with him.

Joe Alonso interrupts and tells the people to cheer for him. He asks if this is Ryan's apology tour and says he wants the people to like him. He says Ryan is no big bear but a big @ss b!tch. Ryan then hits him and stomps on him. They fight and security comes in to break it up.

The Mog Squad (Max Abrams and CJ Valor) vs Clay Roberts and Ajaxx

Clay tags out to avoid Max. Ajax boots and forearms Max. Max hits corner splashes and he slams him. Max elbow drops him. CJ tags in. Aja takes a punch to the gut > kick to to the head > a belly to belly suplex.

Clay gets in. CJ shoulders him over. Clay takes shots from both opponents and CJ hiptosses him. CJ gorilla press throws Clay onto Ajax. Max dropkicks Ajax. Clay trips Max from the outside and pushes him into the post.

Clay armlocks Max then stomps Max's arm. Ajax comes in and clubs Max. Max hits punches on Ajax. Max spinebusters Ajax. CJ is tagged in. He drops the heels and flying shoulders Ajax. CJ spears Ajax hard and pins him.

Thoughts: It didn't get a ton of time. CJ got tagged in after Max got beaten a little, cleaned house and picked up the win. It was average for the most part. It's a weird situation with The Mod Squad as they are heels on Evolve but are faces here.

Texas City Street Fight - Nasir Dey vs Jesse Funaki

JF runs down and spinebusters Dey. They hit mounted shots on each other. JF pounds on him in the corner and hits a hard forearm there. JF hits mounted corner punches. Dey lariats him. Dey throws JF out. JF hits punches. JF tope con hilos him. 

JF is sent into the post. Dey grabs a trash can. JF dropkicks him off the apron. JF goes for a tope but Dey hits him with the trash can. Dey hits JF with a pool cue for 2. Dey hits him with the trash can more for 2. JF dropkicks Dey. JF lariats Dey over the top. JF plancha's him outside.

JF grabs a table outside. JF is sent into the rails and has his head banged off the apron and steps. Dey's head is banged off the post, apron and steps. JF comes of the top and is hit in the gut. Dey twisting fisherman's neckbreakers him for 2. They bring the table in the ring. JF sprays Dey with a fire extinguisher. Dey is sent into a trash can between the buckles. JF then over the back fameassers him for 2.

Dey eye rakes JF. They fight on the buckles and JF jumps over the table. JF superkicks Dey. Dey superkicks him back. JF running corner dropkicks him. Dey is laid on a table. JF top rope splashes him through a table and pins him.

Thoughts: It was alright. Jesse was a decent face who did a lot of flying. They brawled a decent bit here and didn't do anything too crazy. Dey loses again after changing his name which isn't something I understand.

Overall thoughts: Austin/Ball was fine. The tag match was average. Dey/Funaki was also okay. As I had mentioned, I had already seen everything on here, so there was only so much to say. I'd give what we got a 6 out of 10 here and I thought it was an okay show.

AEW Dynamite 6/24/2026

AEW Dynamite 6/24/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/06/aew-dynamite-6172026.html

We are in Rio Rancho, NM. Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuinness are on commentary.

Mox gives The Death Riders a pep talk in the back. He tells his crew not to stop moving forward and to have his teammates back. Will is invited into the huddle then falls over. 

Mistico, Bandido and Brody King vs The Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta)

Yuta locks up Band's arm. Yuta arm drags him into a half-crab. Band hits armdrags. Band points his finger at him and flying headscissors him. Mox gets in and hits shots on Band in the corner. CC stomps Band. CC pops him up and is hurricanrana'd. Mist springboard back elbows CC.

Mist's springboard is caught and CC tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him. Mist armdrags him then satellite headscissors him. BK comes in and trades with CC. BK walks up the ropes, does a seated moonsault while holding onto the heels and armdrags both. The faces hit topes outside. 

We go to PiP break and return. Band takes running corner attacks. Yuta brainbusters Band for 2. Band hits chops on Mox then dropkicks him. Mist springboard diving headscissors CC then flying headscissors Yuta. Mist toyota rolls CC. 

BK misses a corner splash. Mox gets on BK's back with a sleeper. BK stomps Mox in the corner then corner cannonballs him. Band dead lift suplexes CC. Yuta flying knees Band. BK lariats Mox down. CC hits BK with a belt from behind and Mox pins BK.

Thoughts: It didn't go quite as long as I expected. It was fine. BK's seated moonsault double armdrag was neat and it had a lot of quick action before The Death Riders won as expected. CC was brave for taking that brainbuster from Band as he barely got him up.

The Conglomeration and Darby are interviewed. Darby says he's not ready for the cage match this weekend but they don't have a choice. Darby says the goal is to make sure he wins. Strong says he hates MJF most. OC says he will make sure they all have backpacks for the match. The faces ask where Mark Briscoe is and Kyle says Mark will talk in the ring later tonight.

Survival of the Fittest Qualifier - Harley Cameron vs Marina Shafir

MS kicks HC on the apron before the match. MS chest kicks her down. MS hip throws HC and HC half crabs her. HC dropkicks MS through the ropes. HC crossbodies MS off the steps. HC goes up top and is kicked. MS wasteland's her.

We go to PiP break and return. MS hip throws her then shoulder throws her. MS hip throws her again. MS hits chest kicks and HC backdrops her. HC corner splashes MS and hits mounted corner punches.

HC flying lariats her. MS facekicks her and MS hits knees to the gut. HC half crabs her. MS goes for a choke, HC backrolls to escape and pins her.

Thoughts: I liked it. HC was a decent underhook and MS threw her around like she should have. HC then basically won by luck. This was done pretty well and was one of HC's better bouts.

We get a video on Maya vs Mone. Mone says she's not her teacher but her boss. She says it's her dream match but not her Cinderella story. Mone says dreams don't win championships, she does. 

Will Ospreay vs El Phantasmo

Will escapes a cravate. Will gets a 2 count and armdrags him. Will then ducks a superkick. ELP shoulders Will over. ELP walks up the buckles, does rope tricks, diving headscissors Will and Will headflips out. Will dropkicks him out. Will slingshot plancha's him outside.

ELP back body drops him on the apron. ELP top rope moonsaults him outside. We go to break and return. ELP throws Will down, Will kips up and enzugiri's him. Will hits punches then handspring corkscrew kicks him for 2. ELP 2nd rope diving tornado ddt's Will and Will stunners him. ELP then hits his own stunner. They trade forearms and ELP goes down. 

ELP slap flurries him and takes Kawada kicks. ELP superkicks him in the gut then enzugiri's him. Will standing spanish flies him for 2. ELP superkicks Will for 2. Will hits a styles clash then hidden blade's him for the win.

Thoughts: ELP did a lot more here than usual and worked faster than usual. The one stunner ELP hit here was cool. These are two guys who work a similar style. They didn't go too far with it and I thought it worked out okay here. I'm sure ELP was trying to get a job off of this. 

Swerve Strickland vs Daniel Garcia

Swerve comes out before Will has gotten to the back. DG throws a chair during his entrance.

DG gets in SS' face. SS blocks a takedown attempt. SS shoulders DG  over. They pieface and slap each other. SS hits downward shots on him. SS hits him in the gut and punches him in the face. SS backrakes him. SS running facekicks him. 

DG pulls SS off the apron and pounds on him while he's stuck in the ring skirt. DG dragon screws him there. DG backrakes him. DG hits forearms on him outside. DG dropkicks him against the rails. SS house call kicks him outside. 

We go to break and return. DG dragon screws him over the middle rope. SS death valley drivers him on the apron. SS suplexes him for 2. SS drops him with forearms. DG running lariats him and falls down doing it. DG dropkicks him in the knee then running lariats him. 

DG ankle locks him then clips him. SS backbreakers him then does a powerbomb lift into a powerslam for 2. DG hits a styles clash for 2. SS rolls into a flatliner on DG. SS hits a house call kick for 2. SS hits a hidden blade on him and pins him.

Thoughts: It start out well but lost some of its luster after the break. DG worked the leg a little and got put down here as expected. SS and DG both did some of Will Osperay's moves here. It was acceptable.

SS beats up DG after and Will comes out shoves him. Will and SS fight. Will hook kicks him. Prince Nana trips Will and SS hits a house call kick on Will. DG then saves Will. SS vertebreakers DG. Will grabs a chair and SS runs.

We get a Mark Briscoe vs MJF video. 

The Don Callis Family and MJF do a promo. Don puts over Doyle. Kevin Knight tells Darby that he will send him back to the ER. Kevin tells MJF he wants his title shot after Forbidden Door. Kyle says he's coming for Takeshita when the cage door is locked. Don goes to introduce Andrade but MJF interrupts. MJF says he has never worked or gone to bed hungry. He says white collars always win and Mark is a blue collar b!tch. 

MJF makes Rocky and Trent leave and complains about Andrade. Don then pulls out an MJF + Don Callis shirt for everyone to wear and none of the guys are thrilled.

Jack Perry vs Zack Sabre Jr.

Zack cravates Jack and wristlocks him. Zack rolls him into a pin attempt for 2. Zack pulls Jack's arms back. Jack rolls him up for 2 counts and side headlocks him. Jack rolls him into a pin attempt for 2. 

Jack's arm is stomped into the mat. Zack is sent into the post and Jack wraparound kicks him around the post. Zack pulls Jack's arm down over the top and stomps him in the shoulder. We go to PiP break and return. 

Zack works the arm and pele kicks it. Jack forearms him and shiranui's him. Zack armbars Jack on the floor. Jack shiranui's him on the apron. Jack top rope moonsaults him outside. Zack headscissors him with an armbar. Zack triangles him and Jack sitout powerbombs him for 2. 

They trade pin attempts. Jack does an STF then rebound lariats him. Jack sitout powerbombs him for 2. Zack ties up Jack's arms and and a leg and submits him.

Thoughts: It was alright with Zack doing arm work on Jack and eventually winning with a submission affecting the arms on him. Zack won as expected as he's facing Omega the Forbidden Door. This got more time than I expected.

The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) vs TMDK (Mikey Nicholls and Bad Dude Tito)

TMDK was already out, so they got no entrance here.

TMDK hit shots on The Bucks to start. The Bucks hit stereo dropkicks then hit stereo corner lariats. The Bucks hit stereo bulldogs. TMDK is sent out then The Bucks hit stereo plancha's outside.

The Bucks hit stereo flying back elbows inside. Tito is slammed. Tito catches a Buck off the top and fallaway slams him. The other Buck takes corner attacks and a spinebuster for 2. A Buck is flapjacked for 2.

Mikey is hit with a ddt. The other Buck top rope crossbodies his opponents. A Buck flips out of a double hiptoss and sends TMDK into each other. He then hits a walk up the buckles diving headscissors + armdrag. Mikey takes superkicks from The Bucks. Tito and Mikey are double superkicked. Mikey takes a meltzer driver and is pinned.

Thoughts: TMDK got little in here. It was rushed and The Bucks tried to get as many spots in as they could. This was basically a Bucks squash.

Tito and Zack attack The Bucks after. Kenny Omega and Jack Perry come down. Kenny and Zack trade shots. Kenny snap dragon suplexes Zack

Kenny gets on the mic after. He tells Zack he took this as a warm up. He says may the best man win Sunday. He says when he does, he's out for redemption. Kenny tells him everyone will forget about him ike they did last year. Zack tells him to stay hospitable.

We get a Thekla vs Starlight Kid video.

Survival of the Fittest Qualifier - Red Velvet vs Queen Aminata

They lock up. Queen takes her down and Red sunset flips her. Red rolls her up for 2. Red diving armdrags her off the 2nd rope. Queen germans her. Queen PK's her for 2.  

Queen suplexes her for 1. Red dodges a headbutt. Red then rolls her up for 2. Red axe scissors kicks her for 2. We go to PiP break and return. Red casadora bulldogs her for 2. 

Queen boots her out of the corner. Queen does a dangerous looking reverse suplex. Queen hits lariats on Red and swinging facebusters her. Queen running facekicks her in the corner. Queen double stomps her off the buckles for 2. 

Red bodyscissors rolls her down from the 2nd rope. Red top rope frogsplashes Quene's back for 2. They forearm each other. Red superkicks her. Queen headbutts Red down. Queen running knees Red against the ropes and pins her.

Thoughts: It got off to a poor start as they rushed and were sloppy. It got a little better as it went on. Obviously this was a qualifier, but it was a very random one with two people who rarely ever make this show. This was below average.

The Young Bucks are interviewed in the back. They say the momentum is on their side and they are going back to the top of the tag division. We then see Cope and Cage beating up The Dogs in the back. DF is rolled in a wheelchair into the wall. Clark grabs a girl and DF sprays hairspray in Cope and Cage's eyes. Cope is sent into the wall. Cope and Cage are choked with wires. Clark says anything they can do, The Dogs can do better. DG then puts on Cope's old sunglasses and they pose.

AEW International Title- Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs Ricochet

Ric throws his jacket at him, flying knees him and fosbury flops him outside. Ric springboard dropkicks him inside. Ric hits a flying space tiger drop outside then springboard 450's him for 2. KT flying lariats him in the ring. KT is tripped into the ropes, Ric 619's him and springboard elbows him. Ric running ssp's him for 2. 

We go to PiP break and return. Ric hits leg kicks and chops. KT misses a corner flying knee and goes out. Ric tries to ssp him off the apron but is explodered on the floor. Ric corkscrew kicks him. KT blue thunders him for 2. 

KT hits forearms. Ric spin kicks him in the gut and kicks him. KT forearms him and Ric spin kicks him in the face. KT rolls him up for 2. KT hits a cradle tombstone then a wheelbarrow german. Ric 2nd rope moonsaults and hits vertigo off of it for 2. Ric pumping knees him. Ric top rope ssp's him for 2.

Ric flips out of a top rope release german. KT forearms him down. KT hits a last ride for 2. Ric pushes the ref in the way, headbutts him and high kicks him. Ric asai moonsaults him for 2. KT lariats him then pumping knees him. KT hits raging fire and wins.

Thoughts: It was a rushed match with them not selling anything and doing tons of cool moves. It was as indy as it really gets. It was full of action but not much else. 

Mark Briscoe comes out to talk about Sunday. He says his crew has a reputation and says they beat The Death Riders before. Mark says hits match matters more as he will get a world title shot if he wins. He says he agrees with MJF that they are not alike. He says MJF is a soft baby boy and he's a grown man. 

Mark says if he wants something, he will earn it. Mark says he beat his @s before and will do it again. Don Callis comes out. Mark says when he wins the title...then MJF jumps him. Mark fights back. Kyle Fletcher comes out and suplexes Mark. He then brainbusters him. Takeshita goes after Kyle then falcon arrows him. Okada then comes out and rainmakers Takeshita. Kyle O'Reilly, Kevin Knight then Darby comes out. Jake Doyle comes out and black hole slams Darby.

Strong comes out then OC comes out. Mark grabs MJF and Andrade lariats Mark. MJF and Andrade shove each other. MJF nails Andrade with his Dynamite Diamond Ring on accident. Mark jay drillers MJF. The heels go out. 

Overall thoughts: It was a bit of a rushed show. They just had too many matches set up and really had to hustle to squeeze them in. I liked the opener and Harley/Shafir. Will/ELP was fine. Garcia/Swerve had a good start but just was acceptable in the end. Zack/Jack wasn't bad. The Bucks basically won a squash. Red/Queen wasn't that good and the main was an indy style match with tons of cool moves and little selling. I'd give the show a 6 out of 10 as there was a lot of decent wrestling here. The show was okay. 

EPW Wrestling 6/20/2026 Episode #247

EPW Wrestling 6/20/2026 Episode #247

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/06/epw-wrestling-6132026-episode-246.html

Gene Jackson and Joey Gross are on commentary.

Mike Anthony vs Wonder Boy

Mike offers a handshake then boots him. WB hits 2 dropkicks then corner flying forearms him. WB dropkicks him again then hits another flying forearm. Mike avoids an up and over and germans WB. We go to break and return. 

Mike facekicks WB down and clubs him. Mike backdrops him for 2. Mike hits some kind of powerslam + back body drop combo. Mike then does WB's pose and stomps him. WB hits shots on Mike and Mike back elbows him. 

Mike backdrops him. Mike gets on the 2nd rope and WB throws him down. WF hits running forearms. WB goes up and over and headscissors him off of it. WB flying lariats Mike for 2. WB avoids a claymore kick. Mike hits a nasty brainbuster and pins WB.

Thoughts: It wasn't bad. Mike's brainbuster looked real nasty here and WB flew around a little. Mike was finally a bit more serious after promising to be more serious a few weeks ago.

Elijah Owens is interviewed. Sarah the interviewer calls him lucky. EO says it's all skill. He says he had wins and no one stopped him. Xero comes in and signals that he was "this close" to beating him. EO says he beat him and offers to face him again and see what happens.

Elijah Owens vs Xero

Xero ducks a shot from behind, enzugiri's him and rolls up for 2. Xero throws EO out. Xero topes him. Xero rolls into a cutter on EO for 2. Xero enzugiri's him off the ropes. EO knees him in the face. Xero sits up top and is forearmed.

EO 2nd rope powerslams him for 2. They trade shots. Xero flying back elbows him. Xero does a rebound of the ropes into a splash on EO. Xero hits forearms. Xero sunset flips him and pins him.

Thoughts: Xeo didn't get to fly a lot here which limited some of this. This should lead to another match between them though. I thought they had some of the right idea though with Xero doing underdog offense.

EO gets upset after and kicks the ropes.

Judy Lee Taylor is interviewed. She says she comes from a snake farm in Alabama. She says she wants the title and tells Madi the American Badi to watch out. She says her name might be "Sweet", but it's a different story in the ring.

Commission K-Swiss comes out and is interviewed by Jaxx Ross. Swiss hasn't been around lately and says Downtown Bruno put him in anger management classes to work on his anger. Swiss says he needed it. He says he thought about what is important to him. He says it's EPW. He says his wife, kids and the EPW fans are most important to him.

Jaxx says Downtown Bruno has a video for Swiss. They play the video. Bruno says he will be back in EPW soon but says he is watching every single episode and watching everything that goes on. He says he has a new announcement that will test Swiss' anger management and maybe make him angry. He tells him that it relates to his "Mama always says it be's like that sometimes" phrase. 

Swiss says he's a changed person and says he will prove to Bruno and the company that he is a changed person. He says it be's that way sometimes.

Madi Monroe vs vs Judy Lee Taylor

Judy wristlocks her. MM rolls out and cartwheels out. Judy then shoulders her over and armdrags her. Judy armlocks her. Judy drives her into the mat with the arm and gets a 2 count. Judy dropkicks her.

Judy misses a dropkick. MM pounds on Judy. MM running euros Judy's back and germans her. Judy jawbreakers her and bangs her face off the buckles. Judy back elbows her. Judy racks her then MM codebreakers her for the win as Raven Black watches.

Thoughts: It was a basic bout and nothing too special. Judy's still green but didn't botch anything and at least she is a new face around here.

Raven Black signals to Madi that she wants the belt.

Sevyn Cruz vs Jared X Rawlings

Sev chokes him in the corner off the lock up. Jared pulls Sev's hair. Jared hits japanese armdrags. Jared stomps him and standing moonsaults him for 2. Sev pele kicks him in the arm and bangs his head off the buckles. Sev pulls Jared's arm around the top rope.

Jared back elbows him then step up knees Sev in the corner. Jared 2nd rope dropkicks him. Sev hits shots to the gut. Sev rolling neckbreakers him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was so-so. I'm not a big fan of Sevyn. He worked the arm but the finish had nothing to do with the arm. Jared can fly some but only got to do a little of it here.

The Order (Dorian Vain and Eli Knox) vs "Cowboy" James Storm and Aaron Roberts

AR and DV stare down. AR hits punches and slams DV. Eli and Storm get in. We go to break and return. Eli punches Storm and poses. Storm hits punches on Eli then Storm hip tosses him. Storm enzugiri's him from the apron. Storm ddt's him for 1.

DV lariats Storm from the apron. DV chokes Storm on the ropes with his leg. Eli bangs Storm's head off the buckles. Storm back elbows Eli and punches DV. Eli blocks Storm's tag but Storm tags out anyway. AR comes in and drops The Order. AR fallaway slams Eli then spinebusters DV for 2. 

Eli clips AR then DV flatliners AR for 2. DV grabs his title belt. Nyxx takes it away from him. They argue. AR exploders Eli and DV heads to the back. Storm superkicks Eli then AR butt drops Eli for the pin.

Thoughts: There wasn't a lot of time left in the show so I figured a fuzzy ending was coming. At least that was tolerable though. The work was fine but it was not their best due to the limited time they had.

Overall thoughts: The opener was acceptable and Owens/Xero had the right idea in their match. Judy/Madi was a bit basic. I didn't love the Cruz/Rawlings match that much. The main was acceptable but the length and finish handicapped it. Matches tend to be on the shorter end in EPW which often limits the quality. Nothing was awful here but nothing was must see either. I'd give this show a 5 out of 10 as it was average overall.