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Saturday, July 18, 2026

New Japan Pro Wrestling 7/18/2026 G1 Climax 36 Day 2

Hiroyoshi Tenzan comes out and talks. He thanks everyone for coming. He says on 8/15, he wants to face Satoshi Kojima in a retirement match.

Aaron Wolf and Tatsuya Matsumoto vs Toru Yano and Taisei Nakahara

Wolf backs up Yano on the ropes and clean breaks him. Yano ducks a lock up and takes off turnbuckle pads. Wolf goes into the exposed buckle when Yano moves. Wolf shoulders him over then corner lariats him and suplexes him. Wolf elbow drops him for 2.

Tat comes in and hits forearms on Yano. Tat flying euros Yano for 2. Yano pulls him down by the hair. Tai comes in and running back elbows him. Tai running forearms him down. Tai slams Tat for 2. Tai crabs Tat and Tat ropebreaks. Tai stomps on Tat.

Tai hits forearms and Tat dropkicks him. Wolf stomps on Tai and Yano knees Wolf in the back. Tai dropkicks Wolf and rolls him up for 2. Tai hits forearms. Tai forearms and hits chops on Wolf. Wolf powerslams him. Wolf crabs him and taps him out quick. Wolf's team wins.

Thoughts: It was a short waste of time and provided little of value here. No one botched anything but this ended before it even really got going.

United Empire (Callum Newman and Zane Jay) vs House of Torture (Ren Narita and Dick Togo)

Newman has a shirt on here.

Newman does some basic holds on Togo. Newman chinlocks him. Togo knees him in the back and side headlocks him. Newman wristlocks him and Togo trips him. Newman grounded sleepers him. Togo eye pokes Newman. Ren sends Newman into the post then kicks the rail into his arm.

Togo elbows Newman's arm and stomps it. Ren 2nd rope double axe handles Newman's arm. Newman is sent shoulder first into the buckles. Togo boots the arm. Newman hits forearms on Ren and Ren eye rakes him. Newman spin kicks him then running facekicks him.

Zane top rope diving elbows Ren in the head. Zane hiptosses Ren into an armbar. Zane fallaway slam Ren for 2. Togo chokes Zane with a weapon. Newman breaks it up with a superkick. Newman forearms Ren. Zane eye rakes Ren. Ren pop up low blows him then Zane takes a magic killer. Ren pins Zane.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good. HoT did their usual cheating. Newman got his shoulder worked on and Zane was just kind of there.

TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr. and Hartley Jackson) vs Yuya Uemura and Masatora Yasuda

Masa and Hart go at it. Masa dropkicks him and hits forearms. Hart blocks Masa's slam and shoulders him over. Zack backbreakers Masa. Hart chops Masa down. Masa is double shoulderblocked then TMDK alternate holds on his limbs. Zack euros Masa then Masa dropkicks him.

Yuya comes in and flying forearms Zack. Zack headbutts him in the gut. Yuya goes up and over then armdrags and dropkicks Zack. Yuya corner chops Zack then underhook suplexes him for 2. Zack and Yuya go for armbars. Zack ankle locks him then Yuya armbars him. Zack is in the triangle and bridges into a pin attempt.

Zack facekicks Yuya and Yuya armdrags him. Zack twists Yuya's head with his feet. Hart corner splashes Yuya. Yuya shoulder throws him and bangs his arm off the mat. Masa running back elbows Hart. Hart blocks Masa's slam and lands on him. Hart lariats Masa down then sentons him.

Zack throws Yuya down by the arm and boots him in the face. Hart misses a corner charge. Masa slams Hart then crabs him. Hart lariats Masa over then death valley drivers him. Hart pins him.

Thoughts: It was alright. Yuya and Zack had some good exchanges here which helped this one out. I'm looking forward to seeing those two go at it tomorrow.

G1 Climax 2026 Block B Match - Gabe Kidd vs Drilla Moloney

Gabe says something about AEW on the mic before the match or not.

They go face to face and butt heads. Gabe shoves him. They slap each other. Gabe shoulders him over. DM drops him with a punch. They chop each other outside. Gabe bites DM's head and sends him into the seats. Gabe grabs the mic and says AEW is ichiban. They trade forearms and Gabe is chopped down.

DM chops Gabe while he's seated in a chair. Gabe then does the same to him. DM slaps him around outside and drops him throat first on the rails. Gabe is then sent into and over the rails. Gabe throws a chair at DM's face. DM is busted open. Gabe bites the cut and sends him into the post.

Gabe basement dropkicks him for 1. Gabe chops and headbutts DM. DM leg lariats him. DM pounds on Gabe in the corner and hits headbutts and stomps. They each punch each other in the face. Gabe is busted open. DM dropkicks him. Gabe drops him with punches. DM spears Gabe. Gabe germans DM. DM hits elbows on Gabe in the corner. DM spinning chops Gabe and Gabe lariats him down. Gabe brainbusters him for 2. Gabe hits another brainbuster for 2 then hits a third for a close 2.

DM is seated up top. They fight on the buckles and DM headbutts him down. DM top rope elbow drops him. DM pop up powerbombs Gabe. DM spears Gabe for 2. DM goes for a rebound lariat and gets speared by Gabe. DM backdrops Gabe. DM running knees him. DM single leg package piledrivers Gabe and hits an over the shoulder piledriver to pin Gabe.

Thoughts: I liked it. It was a good hard fight here. Both guys got busted open. They hit each other hard and their offense looked good. This went well and I think with some changes, these two could have a great one in them. This was good.

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Great O'Khan vs SANADA

Khan forearms him and stomps him in the corner. Khan mongolian chops him and stomps his foot. San dropkicks Khan in the knee. San grabs Khan by the beard and hits him. San dropkicks him in the knee. Khan sends San into the rails outside. Khan chokes San with string.

Khan chairs San. Khan then trips San off San's mongolian chop attempt. San dropkicks Khan in the knee then dropkicks him. San takes off a turnbuckle pad. Khan is sent into the exposed buckles. San puts Khan in the paradise lock. San hits Khan in the butt with a turnbuckle pad for 2.

San dropkicks Khan in the leg then dragon screws him around the 2nd rope. San misses a slingshot plancha outside. Khan brain claws San. San dragon sleepers Khan. San goes up on the buckles and Khan shoves the ref into the ropes, causing San to get crotched.

San shining wizard Khan then does it from behind. San hits another shining wizard for 2. San top rope moonsaults. Khan bites San's fingers. San chairs him in the gut outside and magic screws him on the floor. San is tripped into a chair. Khan throws a chair in San's face. Khan TTD's San on a chair and beats the 20 count in. Khan wins and Sanada is counted out.

Thoughts: Somehow Gabe and Drilla were outside for like 10 minutes and didn't get counted out while San got counted out here. That didn't make any sense. Khan also threw chairs and stuff at Sanada but didn't get DQ'd. This could have been good if they just had a straight match but they had to have all the goofy heel tactics and it ruined it. It wasn't good and the finish was lousy.

Khan bangs San's head off a chair. Khan chairs a chair into San's head.

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Konosuke Takeshita vs Jake Lee

Jake clean breaks KT. KT boots him and punches him. Jake ducks a flying lariat and pulls KT over the top. Jake PK's KT from the apron. Jake does a stupid clown dance in the ring.

KT hits forearms and Jake knees him in the gut. KT flying lariats Jake. KT flying forearms Jake and exploders him. Jake boots KT outside. KT ddt's him. KT rubs a towel in Jake's face and pounds on him. They trade forearms. Jake knees him in the chest and hits two running knees to the gut. Jake backdrops KT for 2. KT one arm powerbombs Jake. Jake blocks a pumping knee and high kicks him down twice. Jake running knees him for 2.

Jake chokeslams KT for 2. KT flying knees Jake then pumping knees him for 2. Jake brainbusters KT for 2. Jake guillotines KT. KT forearms Jake and flying knees him. KT falcon arrows him and pins him.

Thoughts: Jake did his usual awful screwing around early. When he got serious in the second half it got better but then it ended before they could turn this into something good.

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Oleg Boltin vs Yuto-Ice

Ice facekicks him and they go to the mat. Ice leg kicks him and facekicks him. Oleg rams him into the corner. They forearm each other and Ice goes down. Ice boots him out of the corner and Oleg rams him into the corners. Oleg slams him down twice.

Oleg splashes him for 2. Oleg crabs him and Ice ropebreaks. Ice knees and chest kicks him. Ice hits forearms then kicks him in the gut. Ice kicks him in the back of the leg. Ice hits kicks and knees to the body.

Ice leg kicks him then facekicks him. Ice running knees him in the head. Ice slaps him and gets forearmed. Oleg chops him down and bangs Ice's head off the buckle.

Oleg basement dropkicks him in the head. Ice eye pokes him. Ice hits leg kicks. Ice hits forearms and slaps him. Ice high kicks him and forearms him down. Ice buzzsaw kicks him. Oleg running lariats him then running forearms him. Ice hits a slap flurry on him. Oleg spinning chops him down.

Ice hits chest kicks. Oleg double chops him. Ice chest kicks him down. Oleg belly to belly suplexes him for 2. Ice kicks him from behind then flying pump kicks him from behind. Oleg finlay rolls him for 2. Ice hits slaps and Oleg blocks a punch. Oleg F-5's him. Oleg powerbombs him for 2. Oleg then picks him up and powerbombs him 3 more times. The ref then stops it and Oleg wins by ref stoppage.

Thoughts: Eh, I didn't love the finish. With all the stuff people kick out of in NJPW, a couple of powerbombs wasn't exactly lethal. The two spent the whole match hitting each other hard. There wasn't a lot of flow to it and it didn't really build to some big climax, but it was a fight. It was okay overall but it just didn't follow the typical match structure.

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Shingo Takagi vs Ryohei Oiwa

This is probably Oiwa's highest featured match of the year.

They lock up and Oiwa double knuckle locks him. Oiwa armdrags him into an armlock. They shoulder battle and knock each other over. Oiwa armdrags him. Oiwa yanks on the arm and takes him down by it.

Oiwa armlocks him. Oiwa shoulders him over and sentons him. Oiwa armdrags him into an armlock. Shingo hits punches and chops. Shingo sentons him. Shingo ddt's him. They fight on the buckles. Shingo superplexes him down then hits a twist and shout for 2.

Oiwa backdrops him for 2. Oiwa slams him then top rope splashes him for 2. Oiwa works the arm then germans him. Shingo does an AT lock. Shingo then yanks on the arm from the armbar position.

Shingo shoulders him in the arm. Shingo mongolian chops him and chops him in the back of the neck. Oiwa spinning lariats him and Shingo lariats him. Oiwa hits mongolian chops and Shingo lariats him.

They lariat each other at the same time. Shingo backdrops him then lariats him down hard. Shingo hits a made in Japan for 2. Shingo hits forearms and chops. Oiwa hits a chaos theory german on Shingo for 2. Oiwa armlocks him. Oiwa doctor bomb's him for 2.

Oiwa goes for a spinning lariat and Shingo lariats him down. Oiwa armwringers him down. Oiwa chinlocks him. Shingo sliding forearms him. Shingo hits a nasty last of the dragon. Shingo running lariats him for 2. Shingo hits a burning dragon and pins him.

Thoughts: Oiwa didn't bring that much to this. He just kept going back to armlocks in late portions of the match when he needed to be hitting Shingo with his best stuff. Shingo had his foot on the gas but Oiwa was still working this one like it was an opening match. It's a shame as Shingo put out a good effort here but I would only say this was acceptable.

Shingo talks to Tenzan on commentary after.

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Yota Tsuji vs Hirooki Goto

Goto clean breaks him to start then backs him up on the ropes. Yota chops him on the break. Yota side headlocks him. Yota shoulders him over then stomps him. Goto throws him down by the hair and kicks him in the back. Goto hits boots and forearms in the corner. Yota rams Goto's face into the mat then baseball slides him.

Yota topes him outside. Yota forearms him then knees him in the gut for 2. Yota stomps and chops him. Goto chops back. Goto running lariats him. Goto spinning heel kicks him and backdrops him for 2. Yota flatliners him then deadlift germans him.

Yota corner splashes him. They lariat each other at the same time. Goto hits a reverse GTR. Yota hits his curbstomp combo on Goto. Yota crabs him. They trade forearms. Yota chops him down. Yota shotei's him then curbstomps him for 2. Yota runs at him and takes an ushigoroshi. Goto hits forearms and Yota falcon arrows him for 2. Yota flying pumping knees him in the corner. They forearm each other on the buckles.

Goto 2nd rope sunset bombs him for 2. Goto chest kicks him then lariats him. Goto hits a GTW for 2. Yota forearms him and superkicks him. Yota headbutts him. Yota swinging sitout uranage's him for 2.

Goto blocks Yota's spear. Goto hits a shouten kai/nightmare pendulum. Goto headbutts him multiple times. Goto headchops him. Yota hits a big spear for 2. Yota runs at him and takes a spinning heel kick. Goto hits a GTR then a ripcord GTR. Goto pins him.

Thoughts: It was an okay main. Goto kept Yota from overdoing it, sold and slowed the match down some. Yota had to go with it and it turned out for the better. Like with Shingo earlier, Goto went deep into his moveset here and does stuff he doesn't normally do. Yota's offense looked fine. I liked it.

Goto talks on the mic after but they don't translate too much of what he said.

Overall thoughts: The first two matches were wastes of time. I liked the TMDK vs Yuya/Yasuda tag. Gabe/Drilla was the best match of the night and it was a good fight. Khan/Sanada wasn't good and neither was Takeshita/Jake. Oleg/Ice was okay. Shingo/Oiwa was acceptable. Yota/Goto was an okay main event. I'd give this a 5 out of 10. We had some bad stuff on this show and the good stuff wasn't good enough to really overcome it. This was average.

WWE Smackdown 7/17/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/wwe-smackdown-7102026.html

We are in Albany, NY. Wade Barrett and Joe Tessitore are on commentary.

Gunther comes out. He says he prides himself with being an outstanding professional but he has been mistreated since he came to SD. He says Nick Aldis might be jealous as he's the greatest wrestler in WWE. Gun says he should be champ and the fans know it. He says Aldis is the only one preventing him from being champ. He says Aldis made this personal. He says him being put in this position is unacceptable and he won't stand for it.

Adam Pearce comes out. He says Gun should thank Nick Aldis for saving his job. He talks about Gun attacking Cody and Aldis. He says Gun would be fired if it's up to him. He says Aldis is making sure his match at SNME is going on as planned. Adam says there's a stipulation and says Sami and Gunther are added to the WWE Title match at Summerslam if they win. Gun is happy.

Cody Rhodes comes out. He runs to the ring and beats up on Gun. He sends Gun out. Cody asks where the logic is with Gun. He says he kicked his head into the car door and doesn't expect to get hit on sight. Cody says Gun won't make it to SNME. Cody says they are both ready and challenges Gun tonight. Cody says he needs Adam to say okay. Adam tells him the match is official.

Thoughts: I can understand Sami maybe getting another crack at the title, but Gunther? Absolutely not. He has lost so many times.

Adam Pearce does a video. He says Rhea Ripley has been recovering from an injury. He says she will not be able to compete at Summerslam. Adam says they will crown an interim Women's champ through a ladder match at Summerslam. Adam says there will be qualifiers for it. Adam says we will find out who the real WWE Women's champ is when Rhea return.

We see various wrestlers arrive and hang out.

Finn Balor vs Talla Tonga

TT offers a high test of strength. TT misses a shot and Finn hits him in the corner. Finn chops him and hits leg kicks. TT shoulders him over. TT stomps him and sends him chest first into the buckles. TT sits on his neck on the ropes. Finn hits punches.

TT is pulled over the top. Finn's head is banged off the buckles and TT lariats him from the apron. We go to break and return.

TT corner lariats Finn. TT blocks an up and over and powerslams Finn for 2. Finn hits leg kicks and punches. Finn dropkicks him in the knee. Finn final cuts him for 2. TT samoan drops Finn.

TT goes for a chokeslam and is ddt'd. TT hits a big boot for 2. TT headbutts Finn. Tama Tonga gets in the ring and Finn pulls the ropes up and down on Talla's crotch. Finn slingblades Tama on the floor. Finn john woo's TT. Finn top rope double stomps TT twice and pins him.

Thoughts: I didn't love the interference at the end but it wasn't bad otherwise. They did what they were supposed to. I don't love Talla losing to such a smaller guy though.

CM Punk asks Adam Pearce about Gunther and Sami having a chance to make Summerslam a 4-way. Adam says he doesn't like it but that's the decision. They talk about Cody. Adam says Cody wants his receipt and he can get it tonight. Punk says he will talk to Cody.

Punk then runs into Damian Priest. DP says they are good but says he will be waiting for him if he's still champ after SS. Punk says he and Cody might come after DP's tag title.

R-Truth pops up behind Priest and asks what he talked about with Punk. DP asks if he was here the whole time.

Jade Cargill does a video. She is happy about having a clear shot at the time. She says the women and her aren't cut from the same cloth. She says she will take her title her. Nia Jax says she feels no pressure and the other girls should instead. Nia says everyone will call her the new champ.

Jacy says Fatal Influence shook the table when they arrived but the girls are getting too comfortable. She says she will put Tiffany out of her misery and win the title at SS. Tiffany Stratton says she will beat Jacy and Minnesota will have a front row seat to history.

Women's Ladder Match Qualifier - Tiffany Stratton vs Jacy Jayne

Fatal Influence all jump Tiff before the match. Brie Bella and Paige come out to help Tiff. The other 4 fight to the back and Tiff and JJ fight.

The bell rings. JJ's head is banged off the buckles. Tiff chops her. JJ is tripped into the ropes then Tiff hip attacks her on the ropes. Tiff basement dropkicks her for 2. We go to break and return.

JJ gets a 2 count on Tiff. JJ clubs on her and they crossbody each other at the same time. They trade shots. JJ hits kicks and a step up enzugiri. Tiff hits lariats on her and spinning back elbows her. Tiff alabama slams her. Tiff is crotched up top.

JJ bridging twisting suplexes her for 2. Tiff handspring stunners her. Tiff finlay rolls her then hits a prettiest moonsault ever to win.

Thoughts: It was acceptable. I didn't like the pre-match interference because if you can do that, you can win the match before the bell. Tiff won as expected as Summerslam will be in her home.

We get a Baron Corbin video. He says he sees people running around who think they are tough. He says their reality is about to come crashing down. He says he's the real deal. He says Trick Williams is the first name on a long list and Carmelo Hayes was just collateral damage. He tells Trick to smile why he can and enjoy what he has as he is coming for it all.

Trick Williams is interviewed. He says Baron dialed 1-800-WHOOP@SS. He says Baron is a bald headed b!tch. He says Baron is mad as he has a title on it with more hair than Baron has on his head. Carmelo Hayes comes in. He says Trick found a loophole to not defend against him. He says he sees Trick's hesitation. He says they both know Trick isn't better than him. Trick asks how long Melo has been on SD and says he has done nothing. Trick says Melo needs to take notes and pull out his notebook then write down, "I will mind my business while grown men talk".

Women's Ladder Match Qualifier - Nia Jax vs Jade Cargill

Jade misses a pump kick and Nia samoan drops her. Nia leg drops her. Nia misses a 2nd rope leg drop and Jade spinebusters her. Charlotte Flair comes out and beats up Jade's buddies outside. Flair facekicks Jade and gets Nia DQ'd.

Thoughts: Wow, this was stupid. Flair hates Jade so much that she just got her a title shot.

Flair tries to pillmanize Jade's arm after but Jade's buddies save her. Nia is upset and corner splashes Flair from behind. Jade then hits a jade end on Flair.

Gunther is interviewed. He says he will beat rationale into Cody. Candice LeRae wheels Johnny Gargano in. LeRae says Sami is Gun's partner tomorrow and says if they win, they go to Summerslam. LaRae tells him not to do anything stupid as he needs his win tomorrow. Gun says to tell Sami to show up, shut up and don't get in the way. Blake Monroe then attacks LaRae from behind, sending her into production boxes. She says she's Blake Monroe and the new girl. She says she will see her around. She then says Johnny Gargano needs a haircut.

Lash Legend and Nia Jax talk to Adam Pearce in the back. Lash says they expect consequences and Nia says Flair ruined her match. Adam says Nia will have another chance to win her way into the ladder match against Charlotte Flair next week. Nia says finally Adam is doing something.

Fraxiom (Axiom and Nathan Frazer) vs The War Raiders (Ivar and Erik)

Erik waistlock takedowns NF. NF goes up and over then rolls up Erik for 2. Erik forearms him over. Ivar corne pslashes NF and Erik corner forearms NF. Ivar hits elbows on NF in the corner.

NF takes a knee to the gut from Erik. NF enzugiri's Erik then ddt's him. NF's tope is caught outside. Ax tope rope moonsaults his opponents outside. We go to PiP break and return.

Erik flying knees NF. Ivar spinning slams Ax. Ivar butt drops NF out of the corner. Ax is put on NF and Ivar misses a top rope moonsault on both. Ax PK's Ivar. NF springboard 450's Ivar for 2. Ax is caught coming off the top by Ivar and Ivar spinning heel kicks him. Erik rams Ivar's butt into Ax. Erik uranage's Ax for 2.

Ax dropkicks Ivar. NF misses a tope on Ivar and goes into the commentary table. Ax topes Ivar. NF tope con hilos Erik. Ivar facekicks Ax. Ivar takes a double superplex. NF pheonix splashes Ivar. Erik and Ax trade shots. Erik knees Ax in the back of the head. NF is popped up into a powerslam from Ivar. Ax takes a double powerbomb and is pinned.

Thoughts: It looked good on paper and I liked what we got here. The little guys flew and the big guys threw them around. Fraxiom didn't get to do too much here and they kept it moving. The Raiders are AAA tag champs and thankfully they won here.

We see clips of LA Knight, Solo Sikoa and Royce Keys talking from Fanatics Fest. La Knight makes fun of The Uso's and Fatu. We also see clips of Tom Brady slapping Logan Paul there.

CM Punk talks to Cody Rhodes in the back. Punk asks if facing Gunther is a good idea and Cody says it's not. Punk says he will watch Cody's back tonight.

Jackie Redmond goes into Danhausen's lair. Dan asks who JD McDonaugh is. Dan is not worried about getting outnumbered. He says he has a secret weapon and shows a toy cat in a cage. Jackie says it's a toy and he says it's not. Dan says you don't cross paths with a cat as you are cursed. Dan's pc then shoots sparks out and they both run.

Cody Rhodes vs Gunther

Cody attacks Gun as he comes out. Gun is sent into the rails. Gun's head is banged off the steps. Gun is sent into the rails and Cody pounds on him more. Gun's head is banged off the commentary table. Cody drop down punches Gun then hits mounted shots.

Cody goes to springboard and Gun pushes him out. We go to break and return. Gun knees Cody in the gut and chops him down. Cody hits a cody cutter on Gun. Cody running forearms Gun and powerslams him.

Cody tries a disaster kick on Gun. Cody does a cody cutter on Gun. Gun chops Cody and kicks him in the leg. Cody's leg is banged off the post. CM Punk comes out. Gun and Cody flying lariat each other. We go to PiP break and return.

Gun powerbombs Cody for 2 then half crabs him. Cody boots Gun away. Gun misses a corner facekick and is kicked in the leg. Cody dragon screws him. Cody figure fours him. Sami Zayn comes out and beats up Punk. Sami throws Punk over the commentary table. Cody topes Sami outside. Sami sends Cody into the post and this goes to a no contest.

Thoughts: I liked what we got, but we didn't get all that much of it. They were definitely rushing through things and keeping things moving. No one lost here so nobody comes off bad from this.

Punk jumps off the commentary table onto Gun. Cody punches Sami on the commentary table. All 4 men fight. Officials come to break it up and the show ends up with everyone fighting. The brawl was nice here and added something to the SNME match.

Overall thoughts: The wrestling wasn't bad here but the show didn't do it for me as a whole. There was a lot of outside interference all night long here. Them throwing in Sami and Gun possibly getting Summerslam title shots last minute isn't exactly right I doubt they will end up getting added to the match. The main didn't get a lot of time and didn't have an actual finish. I mostly did like Finn/Talla and I liked The War Raiders vs Fraxiom. I'd give this a higher 5 out of 10 as it was acceptable overall but could have been better.

IWA Puerto Rico Impacto Total 7/12/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/iwa-puerto-rico-impacto-total-742026.html

The next live event is 7/18/2026 and it's IWA Copa Mundial de Lucha Libre. It has:

IWA World Cup of Wrestling Torneo Elite for an IWA World Title shot later that night - El Dragon Nihan vs Javier Bernal vs August Artois vs Jose Navarro vs Pupe Jackson vs Super Atomo vs Manu vs Mystey Opponent

IWA Tag Titles - Cesar Aldea and Big Tito Lincoln (c) vs Matty Ice and Jon Dave Rose

IWA Women's Title - Daisy Lyn (c) vs Persia Pierce

El Wizard vs Barbie Boy

Pedro Portillo's IWA Intercontinental Title Open Challenge

Savio Vega and Manu will have a message for Ricky Banderas and Shane The Glamour Boy

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We hear sound bytes from Ricky Banderas and Shane The Glamour Boy.

We see Jose Navarro at a ranch. We see him ride a horse. He says he will be in the Copa Mundial de Lucha Libre. He says he doesn't care who his opponent is. He says he will be the winner and will get an IWA Title shot when he wins it. Pupe Jackson then attacks him with a belt.

Pupe yells at him about attacking his wife and bangs his head off of hay. They trade shots and Jose takes him down. They hit mounted shots on each other. Jose says he's better than him. Pupe throws him down in the grass and whips him with a belt. Pupe then rides him like a horse (Jose did this to his wife). Jose is thrown into a wall.

Pupe says this isn't over. Pupe chokes him with a pitchfork and yells at him to die. Jose rams the pitch fork up into Pupe's crotch. Jose goes to run and Pupe says he won't escape him. We go to break and get an ad for the next show.

We return from break. Jose is trying to run away then Pupe superkicks him out of the bushes. They trade punches. Pupe tells him he is his shadow. Pupe jumps on him and hits mounted shots. Pupe drags him by the hair and rides him like a horse again. They grab a barbed wire fence and Jose avoids having his head put in it. Jose stomps him and runs.

Pupe shows up behind him and hits him with some kind of bamboo stick. They fight near a river. Pupe kicks him in the crotch. They find cow dung and Pupe tries to put Jose's face in it.

We go to break. We get some ads for the next shows. We return.

Jose's face is covered in cow dung. Jose's coughing. Pupe grabs barbed wire. He says Jose was his family and played with his kids. He asks why Jose did this to him. He says look at how far he had to go and Pupe cries. Pupe says he's going to do this for him, his family and wife. Puepe then gets hit from behind with a shovel from an unknown man.

The man who hit him then loads a gun. Jose says not to shoot him as he has to pay for the things he did. Pupe is totally out. We go to break.

We get a Mr. Iguana from for IWA Summer Attitude. Iguana says he and La Yesca will make history. We then get an ad for the 7/18 show.

We return and Pupe is tired up in barbed wire to hay. He's bleeding. Jose says he told him that if he messed with him, it was going to be a problem. He says that's what happening. He says it's nothing compared to what could have happened to his wife and family if they get in his way. He says he will use this to deliver a message to the IWA dressing room. He says he wants the locker room to know he's a very violent guy.

Raul Magnum then does a voiceover and hypes up Summer Attitude to close the show.

Thoughts: I said a month or so ago that there was too long of a break between shows and IWA was certainly going to run out of new matches to show. And they either ran out or got close to it here. Instead of just showing old matches or no matches at all (which they have done), they filmed a brawl at a ranch between Jose Navarro and Pupe Jackson. I always enjoy wrestling matches in different places and that's what we got here. No, it wasn't an official match, but it was relevant, it made sense, it was entertaining and we had a clear result coming out of it. I thought it was some of IWA's best work as of late and it was a captivating little brawl. I enjoyed this and thought this was a lot of fun. I wish we could have gotten this sooner though as this was kind of their 2nd or 3rd interaction after the original incident of Jose attacking Pupe's wife.

Overall thoughts: We had one brawl here. It wasn't an official match, but it was basically a street fight at a farm. It was fun, it made sense and it furthered the feud between Pupe Jackson and Jose Navarro. They also left enough room here for them to go at it again. This was a fun 23 minute show and would be worth checking out.

Friday, July 17, 2026

Ring of Honor on HonorClub 7/16/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/ring-of-honor-on-honorclub-792026.html

We are in Jacksonville, FL. Caprice Coleman & Ian Riccaboni are on commentary.

We get a Lio Rush video to start. He playos with goo, has smoke and says he's coming. He also talks about the rain and says go back.

Mark Sterling puts his crew over before their match, except for Beef.

ROH World Six Man Tag Team Title Match - Dalton Castle & The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd) (c) vs. BEEF & The Premier Athletes (Ariya Daivari & Tony Nese)

Nese poses in front of Truth. Truth then poses. Nese spears him in the gut. Truth goes up and over and flying headscissors him. Nese is whipped into a boot then is slammed. Nese takes a double splash for 2.

Turbo side headlocks Beef and shoulder battles with him. They trade lariats. Beef cartwheels and dropkicks him. Ari yanks on Trubo's arm then Turbo lariats him. Ari takes a kneelift + backdrop. The Runners pose.

Truth is held and hit in the gut. Truth is then stomped on. Beef slams Truth and bangs his head off the buckles. Turbo is double pounded on in the corner. Ari neckbreakers Turbo for 2. Truth is snapmared and chinlocked by Beef. Beef side slams Truth for 2.

Beef is given a title belt to sue on Turbo. He refuses to ue it and Turbo back body drops him. Turbo comes in. He hits punches and slams on Nee and Ari. Beef bodyblocks TurboTurbo takes running corner attacks and a corner splash. Beef crossbodies Turbo for 2.

Ari chinlocks Turbo then flying knees him. Nese faceshoves Turbo and slaps him around. Turbo hits punches on Nese. Nese superkicks Turbo and Turbo lariats him. Beef and DC get in. DC running lariats him. Beef spinning back elbows Ari, suplexes Nese then suplexes Beef.

The heels break up the faces' triple team finisher. Ari flying shoulders Nese on accident. Beef bodyblocks Ari on accident. Beef takes a double team slam. Beef then takes a double elbow drop + double axe handle and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was fine. It made sense with Beef screwing up and The Athletes not liking him anyway (so why are they teaming?). The faces won as expected as The Athletes never win anything here. We didn't see much of Dalton in this one.

The Runners and Dalton are interviewed in the ring after. Truth says nothing succeeds like success. Turbo has nothing really to say. Dalton says they are the greatest trio to step foot in a wrestling ring. Ian Riccaboni says The Lethal Twist are also undefeated. Dalton says Ian has upset him now. He says he gets irate and disgusted with them. Turbo says if The Twist things they can get the belt off his waist, not even can. Dalton puts over The Runners. Truth says if you haven't seen Dalton and The Runners, you haven't seen nothing yet.

They say The Rougeau Family will be honored at AEW Redemption.

Angelico vs. Tim Bosby

Ange hammerlocks him and wristlocks him. Tim waistlock takedowns him. Ange trips him and goes for the ankle lock. Tim ropebreaks. Ange takes him down by the wrist. Tim forearms him off the cleanbreak and slams him. Tim belly to belly throws him for 2.

Tim chinlocks him then euros him. Tim misses a corner splash. Ange hits leg kicks. Ange blocks a sunset flip and double stomps him. Ange upkicks him then twists his legs into an ankle lock. Tim then submits.

Thoughts: It's a shame it didn't get more time. What we got was fine here and it was bit more competitive than I expected. Ange won as expected since he's a regular here and Tim is still working on that.

Main Man Oro vs. Mark Davidson

Oro waistlock takedowns him. Mark side headlocks him. Mark wristlocks him and Oro up kicks him to escape. Oro shoulders him over and Mark rolls him up for 1. Oro kicks him in the head and facekicks him. Mark chops him and Oro superman punches him.

Mark backrolls him for 2. Oro koppo kicks him. Oro chops him for a 2 count. Oro suplexes him for 2. Mark jawbreakers him and Oro rolls into a sweep on him. Oro exploders him for 2. Oro kicks him in the back and chinlocks him.

Mark enzugiri's him from the apron and rolls into a cutter on him for 2. Mark pump kicks him. Oro spin kicks him in the face and spinning forearms him. Oro pops him up from his shoulder and overhead kicks him. Oro koppo kicks him in the corner then backdrops him. Oro then pins him.

Thoughts: It was a bit unusual with Mark getting a lot in. Oro won but he didn't exactly get put over here. Oro had some interesting offense here with various rolling kicks. It was average.

The Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) vs. The WorkHorsemen (Anthony Henry & JD Drake)

Matt wristlocks Henry and Henry flips out of it. Matt side headlocks him and Henry shoulders him over. Henry spinning heel kicks him. Matt goes up and over then dropkicks him. Henry takes corner attacks. Matt lariats Henry down for 2.

Henry boots Mike from the ropes then twists his held and holds him for a falling JD headbutt drop. JD forearms and chops Mike. JD lariats him. Henry hits knees to Mike's chest. Henry holds his neck with his feet and falls back.

JD chops Mike, corner splashes him and belly to belly suplexes him. JD misses a 2nd rope vader bomb. Matt comes in and hits offense on his opponents. Matt back body drops Henry then Henry enzugiri's him. Henry is popped up into a forearm for 2. Henry hits a nasty brainbuster on Matt.

JD and Mike trade chops. JD lariats Mike down. JD belly to belly suplexes Mike. Matt springboard enzugiri's Henry off the apron. JD leg lariats Mike off the 2nd rope for 2. JD and Mike trade chops. JD goes for a move on Mike and Matt rolls up JD with his feet on the ropes to pin him.

Thoughts: It was competitive with a lot of hard shots thrown. What we got wasn't bad. Maybe The Kingdom winning via nefarious means will lead to something? Both teams looked fine here and it was a little better than I expected.

AR Fox does a video. He says he was champ last time he was here and was crying over a title he doesn't have anymore. Alan Angels comes in, sits down and mocks him. He says nothing is ever good enough for him. Alan says AR trained him 10 years ago, but he didn't care about him and never took him on the road. He says AR didn't believe in him and he did it by himself. Alan says he got signed before AR did. AR says he's not here anymore. Alan says he takes opportunities and says he wants to fight AR. Alan says it won't be student vs teacher but equal vs equal. AR then fakes him out and teases like he will hit him.

AR Fox vs. Alan Angels

They lock up. AR side headlock takeovers him then la magistral's him. AR wristlocks him and AR reverses it. AA flips out of it using the ropes and armdrags him. AA rolls him up for 2. AA flying headscissors him then shoulders him over. AA dropkicks him for 1.

AR chops him. AA blocks AR's rope tricks. AR armdrags him off the post. AR 2nd rope diving armdrags him and leg lariats him. AR facekicks him. AR bottom rope springboard stunners him then twisting brainbusters him for 2.

AA boots him out of the corner. They both kip down out of lariats and AA 2nd rope moonsaults him. AA eye rakes him and chops him. AA neckbreakers him for 1. AR hits forearms. AA double stomp AR's back on the apron. A low topes him. AR 619's him under the bottom rope. AA is between the ropes and AR ddt's him over the 2nd rope.

AR rolls into the ropes and double stomps AA's gut. AR tope con hilos him from the apron. AR ddt' him then walks him into a cutter for 2. AR top rope swantons AA for 2. AR kicks him while he's down. AR trips him then misses a 450. AA spin kicks him in the gut then half-nelson suplexes him. AA spin kicks him in the head for 2.

AR does a suplex for 2 and AA pushes him away. AR enzugiri's him. AA is on the 2nd rope and AR seated spanish flies him. AR top rope 450's him and wins.

Thoughts: It was the longest match on the show at this point. It was all flying and junior wrestling here. The selling wasn't the best but it went well otherwise. Alan loses in his big return here and it seems like his story of being mad at AR is over.

ROH World Tag Team Title Match - El Sky Team (Mascara Dorada & Mistico) (c) vs. Los Hermanos Chavez (Angel de Oro & Niebla Roja)

Note - I already reviewed this here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/cmll-7102026-viernes-escpectacular.html

CMLL gives Oro and Roja a plaque for 20 years of service. Oro and Roja are wearing their old Angel de Oro and Angel de Plata masks and outfits here...which also happen to be the same colors Mist and MD are wearing.

MD and Oro eat superkicks to start. Mist armdrags Roja and Roja shoulders him over. Mist reverse headbutts him. Mist walks up the buckles and does a springboard diving corkscrew armdrag. Oro gets in and Mist boots him. MD springboard crossbodies Oro. MD corkscrew headscissors Oro. Roja comes in and rolls into a headscussors on MD.

Mist spinning headscissors Roja. Mist and MD hit stereo topes out. Oro and Roja then hit stereo topes on them outside. Mist is double teamed in the ring. Mist takes a spinebuster into a slingshot swanton. Mist is double superkicked to the ramp.

MD is popped up into a kick from Roja. Mist is popped up into a diving headcissors on Oro. MD springboard tornillo armdrags Roja. MD and Mist hit slingshot tornillos outside. MD and Oro go at it. MD flying headscissors him and is flipped into a reverse headscissors on Roja. MD flips off the top into an armdrag on Oro. MD spinning headscossors Roja out. Mist and Oro go at it in the ring. Mist is tripped by Roja then double stomped on.

Oro is pushed into Roja. Mist springboard diving headscissors Oro. Mist spinning headscissors Roja down. Mist springboard headscissors Roja. then he slingshot diving headscissors him outside. MD wraps around the post and headscissors Roja outside.

Mist code red's Oro for 2. Roja lifting drops Mist on his chest for 2. MD electric chair neckbreakers Roja for 2. Oro michinoku drivers MD for 2. Mist and MD are crotched up top. Both take basement dropkicks for 2 counts. Roja and Oro are both on the 2nd rope. Mist and MD springboard hurricanrana them down together.

Mist takes a michinoku driver and MD is dropped on him from the 2nd rope for 2. Mist and Roja trade forearms. Mist hits kicks on him. MD steps up off of Mist and diving headscissors Roja off the apron. Mist springboard crossbodies Oro and then la mistica's him. Oro taps out and Mist's team wins.

Thoughts: Both teams have titles here so someone had to lose and it was the heels. Oro's mask was a downgrade for him here while Roja looked better mask. What we got was fine with them doing a lot of flying. It is hard to show emotion though when your face is covered and everyone had their face covered here.

Chopping It Up with Caprice Coleman

Caprice Coleman talks to Sammy Guevara. Sammy says the pleasure belongs to the viewers. Sammy says the people can talk good or bad, but they are talking about him. He says he held the tag titles three times without losing them. Sammy says he is water and a universal wrestler. He says he has wrestled around the world but still feels a lack of respect. Caprice says Sammy has grown in front of the camera.

Sammy shouts out his daughter and says she made him a better person. He says his daughter can see that he's a guy trying his best. He says he still hasn't become champ but wants to. He says one day he will hold the world title and his daughter and have the world in his arms. He says the sky isn't the limit as there's a whole universe out there for him.

MxM Collection (Mansoor & Mason Madden) vs. Bustah And The Brain (Alec Price & Jordan Oliver)

Mansoor and JO trade holds. Mansoor gets tripped and JO side headlocks him. MM double chops JO. JO takes running corner attacks. JO is dropkicked in the knee then takes a hip attack. Mansoor jumps up and JO jumping side slams him. Mansoor takes a double legdrop for 2.

JO backdrops Mansoor for 2. Madden double lariats his opponents. Mansoor forearms JO down. Mansoor punches him. Mansoor grabs his comb and the ref takes it. Madden gives Mansoor another combo and he hits JO with it. JO is double stomped on. Madden chokes JO and says he will kill him.

Madden double throat thrusts JO. JO takes a side slam + jumping legdrop combo for 2. JO is put in tree of woe and Mansoor poses on him. JO spider germans him down. JO tags out. AP comes in and dropkicks Madden off the apron. AP hits punches on Mansoor then running lariats him.

AP puts Mansoor's brush in his pants and he fights for it with Mansoor. AP then brushes Mansoor's beard with the brush. Mansoor takes a double dropkick in the corner. Madden chokeslams JO and AP takes a chokeslam + german for 2.

AP rolls up Mansoor for 2 and stunners Madden. AP tornado ddt's Mansoor off of Madden. JO and AP run into Madden and double flapjack him. Mansoor comes off the top takes a dropkick. Mansoor takes a double styles clash and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was an alright match here with lots of fast paced action. I was surprised Price and Jordan won here since they lose so much, but MxM also tends to lose a lot here. It got a lot of time. I liked the double styles clash and Mansoor took a nice dropkick near the end.

Dezmond Xavier vs Brandon Cutler

Dez wristlocks him and BC side headlocks him. Dez cartwheels out of it. BC rolls him into a senton. BC flying headscissors Dez. BC 2nd rope diving armdrags him. Dez upkicks him and reverse headscissors him from the mat. Dez armdrags him then dropkicks him. Dez topes BC outside.

Dez misses a top rope 450. BC superkicks him. BC tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him. BC powerslams him off a tilt-a-whirl. BC 2nd rope crossbodies him for 2. BC knees him in the back then is tripped into the buckles. Dez hits shots on BC and forearms him. Dez enzugiri's him and diving tornado ddt's him for 2.

BC cutters Dez. BC is crotched up top. BC 2nd rope springboard hurricanrana's him. BC sliding kicks him for 2. Dez hits kicks on him. Dez hurricanrana's him for 2. Dez hits a cardiac kick and pins him.

Thoughts: This was beyond random. Cutler hasn't seen an AEW/ROH ring in a long time and Dez is often in tag competition. I don't know why we saw this. It was acceptable but nothing too special. Dez won as expected.

Adam Priest, Eddie Kingston, Ortiz & Tommy Billington vs. Shane Taylor Promotions (Carlie Bravo, Lee Moriarty, Shane Taylor & Shawn Dean)

Bravo gives Ortiz the finger. Ortiz trips him then Bravo trips him. They criss-cross. Ortiz armdrags him and side headlocks him. Bravo is double suplexed. Eddie japanese armdrags Dean. AP comes in and euros Dean in the arm. Dean takes a double back elbow and gets his legs split.

Tom comes in and tries to trip Shane. Shane throws him in the corner. Shane survives a double trip but Ortiz 2nd rope diving bulldogs him. AP is tripped and takes moves on the apron. Dean slingshot elbow drops AP and elbow drops him for 2.

Lee pulls back on AP's arms. AP chops him and Lee underhook suplexes him for 2. Shane lariats AP down. Dean bronco busters AP in the corner. AP backrolls Bravo for 2 and they double clothesline each other. Eddie comes in and knocks the heels off the apron.

Eddie neckbreakers Dean. Eddie hits machine gun chops on him. Dean takes corner attacks and an Eddie exploder for 2. Eddie gets headbutted and uranage'd by Shane. Shane splashes him then Dean top rope splashes Eddie for 2. Tom crucifixes Shane and Shane punches him out.

Lee slingblades Ortiz and AP backdrops Lee. Bravo crossover punches AP. Dean flying knees Eddie. AP ddt's Dean. Lee low topes outside. Ortiz then tope con hilos through the ropes outside. Bravo then suicide dives outside.

AP flips over Dean then half-crabs him. Tom top rope dropkicks Bravo and Dean cradles AP for 2. AP rolls up Dean and pins him off a slam attempt.

Thoughts: It went well. It got a lot of time to play out. We got some dives here. We saw a little of everyone but Shane and Eddie kind of stayed out a little. This was fine.

Athena & Billie Starkz vs Lacey Lane & Viva Van

Diamante is with Billie and Athena

They shake hands. Ath is dropkicked before she's ready. Lane slaps and rolls up BS. Lane high kicks her and crucifixes her. Van spinning heel kicks BS. Van upkicks BS. Van slips on a springboard and top rope crossbodies BS.

Ath clubs on Van. Ath foot chokes Van and hits forearms on her. Van takes running corner attacks. BS suplexes Van for 2. Ath chinlocks Van. Van forearms Ath down and enzugiri's her. BS sends Lane into the post outside. Diamante comes in and Van takes a double suplex. BS swantons Van for 2.

Van spinning heel kicks BS. Lane comes in with Ath and drops her with shots. Lane handstand kicks her then springboard casadora rolls her into a superkick. Lane running facekicks Ath and springboard legdrops her for 2.

Lane forearms Ath and sends her into the buckles. Lane takes a codebreaker into a backcracker. Lane hurricanrana's Ath into BS, making Ath spear her. Van is double hiptossed int othe ropes nd double armdrags off of it. Van double dropkicks her opponents. Van codebreakers Ath.

Diamante gets on the apron and is forearmed down. Ath powerbombs Van then curbstomps her. Ath then pins her.

Thoughts: It was average. Van only had one botch here at least. Lane had a pretty good showing. I didn't think this got enough time to play out here. Ath and BS are now good after BS tried to screw her at the last PPV.

Van's face is banged off the title after.

ROH World Television Title Match - Lio Rush (c) vs. Lee Johnson

Lee takes the title and poses with it when the ref holds it up.

Lio drops Lee with a shot. Lio claws at Lee's chest. Lee boots him in the gut. Lio hits kicks and drops Lee. Lio chops Lee. Lio hits shots on Lee outside. Lee backdrops him on the apron.

Lee chops AR in the corner. Lee suplexes Lio. Lio hits chops and takes a running back elbow. Lee PK's him and standing moonsaults him for 2. Lee hits mounted shots on Lio. Lio spears him. Lio backslides him then stunners him.

Lio corner splashes him and corner lariats him. Lee is sent out and Lio topes him twice. Lio jackhammers him for 2. Lio hits another stunner. Lee asai moonsaults into a reverse ddt for 2. Lee half-nelson suplexes him twice. Lio rolls him into a spin kick to the face. Lio seated springboard stunners him for 2.

Lio spinning lariats Lee. Lio goes outside and looks for something under the ring. Blake Christian comes out and distracts Lio. Lee tope con hilos Lio. Lee cutters Lio then superkicks him. Lee sitout powerbombs Lio for 2. Lio standing spanish flies Lee then cutters him. Lio does a bridging choke and Lee is out. Lio wins.

Thoughts: I didn't like it. It was herky-jerky early and they did a lot of chops that killed the flow. Lio really spammed the cutter and stunner here and him going outside late into this didn't help either. Lio also won as expected.

Overall thoughts: This was an absurdly long edition of ROH at 2 hours and 38 minutes. Why? I have absolutely no idea. There was so much stuff that could have been aired on another show, with Brandon Cutler being the shining example of that. Almost all the matches were random and there wasn't a lot of non-wrestling stuff like usual We did get multiple title matches and multiple champions in action though which was nice. Most of the wrestling was acceptable here, but there was nothing must see on this. MxM Collection's match was my favorite match of the night. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 as there was a lot of okay wrestling, but the length was a major negative and it had a lot of the usual issues ROH shows have.

EPW Wrestling Unleashed 7/11/2026 Episode #250

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/epw-wrestling-unleashed-742026-episode.html

Gene Jackson and Joey Gross are our hosts. We are in Booneville, MS.

We see clips of the first show intro.

The hosts welcome us to the show and celebrate 250 shows.

EPW Apex Title - Eli Knox (c) vs Marko Harris

Marko shoves Eli into the entrance aisle and pounds on him. Eli fights back. Eli is stungunned on the rail. Marko then jumps over the rail onto Eli. Marko high fives the snack stand workers. The bell rings and the match starts.

Marko reaorms him then springboard cannonballs him for 2. Eli goes low and Marko punches him. Marko superkicks him in the gut and 2nd rope twisting sunset flips him. Eli knees Marko in the gut. Marko's throat is catapulted into the bottom rope. We go to break and return.

Eli lariats Marko for 2. Eli stomps him. Marko back elbows him and they trade punches. Eli cranks his head to the side. Eli swinging neckbreakers him for 2.

Marko dropkicks him for 2. Eli pulls Marko's throat into the ropes. Eli misses a legdrop over the 2nd rope and Marko topes him. Marko hits chops and punches. Eli is sent into the wall. Eli pounds on Marko against the rails and bangs his head off the apron. Marko pounds and stomps him and both get counted out.

Thoughts: I liked what we got here even if we didn't get a finish. The two worked well together. They started off hot with Eli getting beaten up in the aisle and they held my interest all throughout. Marko's dive over the rails was cool.

Eli motions that he outsmarted Marko after.

We see clips from Episode 102 during the break.

Dakota Gage vs Chris Styles

Cody James, Chris' partner, is on commentary for this. Chris side headlocks him and they shoulderblock battle. They double clothesline each other down. The Initiative immediately run in and hit both men to cause the no contest.

Thoughts: It only went about 30 seconds before the run-in ended this.

Genesis and Hunt pound on Chris and Gage. Chris is tied up in the ropes. Cody James tries to help Chris but he gets dropped then takes a backdrop + backcracker combo. Aryanne, The Initiative's manager, then comes in. She spray paints Cody's chest with The Initiative's logo after he sprayed her with silly string last week. Aryanne then slaps him.

We see clips from Episode 26 with Gillberg.

Ethan Steele vs Xero

Xero rolls up ES to start. They each miss kicks. Xero shoulders him over. Xero rolls over his back. ES flips out of a hiptoss then Xero does the same. ES powerslams him for 2. ES hits corner spears then he fallaway slams him for 2.

ES stomps and foot chokes him in the corner. ES chops him down for 2. ES drops him with a punch then suplexes him. ES canadian destroyers him. ES runs at him and takes a standing spanish fly.

Xero is thrown off a bulldog attempt. ES fireman's carry gutbusters him. Xero no sells it and knees him in the face. Xero hits an angel's wings and pins him.

Thoughts: I didn't like it. They did a canadian destroyer and a standing spanish fly that ultimately meant nothing here as neither were sold well. This was an indy style match and this promotion doesn't usually do those types of matches.

Mike Jackson is interviewed. He says no one has spit in his face before and says CJ Thomas is the first to do it. He says he's coming back to EPW to get a piece of him. He says he will give him the Mississippi buttkicking he deserves.

EPW Women's Title - Madi Monroe (c) vs Nyxx vs Diana Taylor vs Raven Black

Everyone gangs up on Raven to start. DT bulldogs Rav from behind and Nyxx samoan drops her. They all go for pins. Madi chokes Nyxx on the ropes and foot chokes her.

Nyxx spinebusters Madi then DT claymore kicks Rav. Nyxx ddt's DT then Rav spears Nyxx. Rav then pins DT.

Thoughts: It was short and didn't really get enough time to become anything. It was over just as it was getting started. They didn't really botch though in the little time they got and it didn't go that bad. Madi loses her title here without being pinned.

The Order (Ethan Ross and Izzy Rotten) vs Aaron Roberts and Shawn Aries

Wolfie D is with AR and SA. Hollywood Jimmy is with The Order.

ER puts the ref in his way then nails SA. SA flying euros him in the corner, enzugiri's him and PK's him. AR splashes ER for 2. AR pop up drops SA onto ER for 2. SA springboards onto ER then ER TKO's him for 2.

Izzy hits some punches on SA then headbutts him down. ER does a trapezius hold to SA. ER lariats SA. SA is booted in the corner and backdropped. We go to break and return.

Izzy gets 2 counts on SA then sits on his back with a chinlock. Hollywood Jimmy chokes SA on the ropes. ER hits SA in the gut. SA fires back and ER ddt's him. SA sunset flips ER for 2 and ER lariats him.

SA hits a double crossbody on the heels. AR is tagged in. He double lariats the heels and throws SA onto Izzy outside. AR uranage's ER and pins him.

Thoughts: It was fine and pretty simple. SA got beaten up for a lot of this, AR hot tagged in and picked up the easy win. I don't like a makeshift team beating an established team so easily though.

Hollywood Jimmy gets in the ring with his cane. Wolfie D grabs the cane. Jimmy backs up into AR and AR drops him with a punch. AR then butt drops him. Dorian Vain and Eli Knox come down and beat up SA and AR. Vain puts SA in the cobra clutch. Refs come down to stop this and get shoved. Vain hits AR in the head with the EPW Title. Vain holds the title up.

Vain gets on the mic and says we all need to understand that they said the would take AR's health from him. Vain says to go help your hero now. AR is hit with the title again and the heels pose to close the show.

Overall thoughts: The opener was the match of the night here. Everything else was on the shorter end and didn't get enough time to be great. We got a decent bit of clips from older episodes since this was the 250th episode and they built up some stuff for next time. The show was acceptable but nothing must see mostly due to the shorter match times. I'd give this a 5 out of 10 total.

TNA Impact 7/16/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/tna-impact-792026.html

We are in Albany, NY. Tom Hannifan and Matt Rehwoldt are on commentary.

The hosts talk.

M By Elegance does an inset promo. She says she's a 2x Knockouts champ and a 2x conference volleyball champ. She says to stand by as she shows why she's a generational talent.

Rosemary does an inset promo. She says the more things change, the more they stay the same, but now their victims are left alive to suffer.

TNA Knockouts Television Title Tournament First Round Match - Rosemary vs. M By Elegance

The Personal Concierge has sunglasses on and bandages over his eyes. The Brand has to guide him to the ring.

M misses a shot and Rose goes to mist her but stops. Rose hits forearms. Rose flying forearms her. Rose hits mounted corner punches and bites her. Rose does an indian deathlock without the legs tied up. Rose headbutts her and shoulders her over.

Heather By Elegance trips Rose. M basement dropkicks Rose from behind. M drive by kicks Rose on the apron. M boots Rose in the corner. M hits corner spears and suplexes Rose for 2. Rose rolls her up for 2 and M dropkicks her.

Rose hanging headscissors chokes her over the top rope. M facekicks Rose off the ropes. M boots her and chinlocks her. M knees her in the head a bit and Allie trips M. Rose sliding lariats M on the ropes. Rose hits lariats and a slingblade. Rose exploders her.

Rose lariats M off the apron. Heather gets on the apron and Allie pulls her down. M mists Rose with champagne and pins her.

Thoughts: The finishing stretch was silly and hurt a match that was going okay enough otherwise here. There was a lot of shenanigans outside and a lot of fooling around by The Personal Concierge.

The System do a promo. Alisha says everyone has gotten too comfortable and thinks they have fallen apart. Eddie says them being finished is wishful thinking. Eddie says one bad night won't tear down everything. Brian says Sosa got lucky in the match last week. Bear says Sosa pinned him for 3 seconds but he just p!ssed off one of the most violent wrestlers in the world. He says if Christmas comes 6 months early, he might even just kill him. Ced says he will take care of the Fabian Aichner problem and show why he rules. Eddie says everyone will learn why you can't beat The System.

Expressions tells us to get up and show respect for the best big man in the business, AJ Francis.

Moose vs. AJ Francis

Frankie Kazarian is on commentary and take popcorn from a fan.

AJ hits Moose from behind as he poses. AJ misses a corner splash. Moose hits running euros and shoulders him over. Moose sentons him. AJ is sent into the steps. AJ pop-up apron powerbombs Moose on the apron. AJ chokes Moose on the ropes with his leg then expressions does the same. AJ boots Expressions on accident then facekicks Moose over.

AJ hits tennessee whiskey. Moose headbutts AJ and running euros him. AJ forearms him and Moose pump kicks him. Moose walks up the buckles, jumps off of them and AJ spears him down for 2.

AJ gets on the 2nd rope and is hit. Moose enzugiri's AJ on the buckles and superplexes him for 2. Moose lariats AJ over the top and slingshot plancha's him. Moose knocks Kaz's popcorn over, Kaz yells and Moose slaps it away. Kaz pulls Moose out and sends him into the post. The ref DQ's AJ.

Thoughts: Moose and AJ made the best of this. Both took some decent bumps for a bout like this and AJ's superplex bump was pretty impressive. I also liked the mid-air spear spot they did.

Kaz throws Moose in after and AJ stands on Moose. AJ chokeslams Moose.

Elayna Black does a promo. She says she respects Wendy Choo and they have a long history together. She says Choo is in her way of going to the finals. She says when all is said and done, everyone say she is the greatest Knockout in history. Xia Brookside comes in and disagrees. She says she's the champ and the greatest Knockout. She tells Black to mind her business, stay in her lane and watch her mouth. Black tells her to stay in her lane and says she's everything Xia isn't.

Order 4 comes out for the State of the Order 4 Address. Ali says he should have the most dominant faction behind him and they should be covered in gold. He says apparently only one of them got the message. Ali says he gave them everything and they gave him problems. Ali says he's not mad but disappointed.

Ali says he's a humble man and he needs help. He says Order 4 needs someone to get their heads out of their @sses and someone to hold them accountable. He then introduces the newest member of Order 4 - The Secretary of Strategic Affairs, Mila Moore.

Mila Moore comes out with new implants. Mila thanks Ali for believing in her. She says it's an honor to work for a man as admired as him. Mila says they have a lot of work to do and she declares, "In Ali, I trust".

Ali says he likes her and says he's thinking about what's next for Order 4 and that's determining the next #1 contender for the International Title. Ali says they will give the power to the people...in the back. He says the entire roster is invited to vote for who they think is the #1 contender his International Title. He says may the best man win.

Thoughts: Tessa Blanchard left TNA as they forced her to choose between CMLL and TNA and she chose CMLL. That meant her faction was broken up and now Mila is with Order 4.

TNA Injury Report

Moose is in evaluation. Lei Ying Lee has a head injury. Aichner and Cedrix Alexander are cleared. Nic Nemeth is in pristine shape.

We get a Righteous video. The Hardy's invite them to the compound for The Righteous Deletion. The Righteous smile.

Bear Bronson vs. Ricky Sosa

Brian Myers is on commentary for this.

They trade punches and Sosa uppercuts him. Bear hits chops and forearms. Sosa chops back and hits an open hand shot. Bear its punches in the corner. Sosa is popped up and he dropkicks Bear. Bear black hole slams Sosa on the floor.

We go to break and return. They trade forearms. Sosa facekicks, pump kicks and germans him. Sosa flying euros him in the corner then standing spanish flies him for 2. Sosa sits up top and is forearmed. Sosa powerbombs him down from the 2nd rope and claymore kicks him.

Sosa suicide dives him. Sosa springboards and Bear catches him with a double arm sitout chokeslam. Bear butt drops Sosa's back.

Brian Myers gets on the apron and Sosa nails him. Sosa spinning forearms him. Bear blocks a blue thunder. Bear sitout backbreakers him then fire thunder drivers him to win.

Thoughts: It was acceptable and the work was fine. Sosa needs more though. His entrance isn't as over as Joe Hendry's was and he needs to be a lot more fiery. He also definitely needs more promo time to try to get himself over.

Moose goes up to Elijah in the back. He says they both have issues with AJ Francis and Frankie Kazarian and wants to take them out. Elijah says Moose doesn't need to convince him and says let's take them out.

Harley Hudson does an inset promo. She says she excited to wrestle and was more excited when she found out she's facing Thea and it's for the TV Title. She says they will start calling her the champ soon.

Thea Hail does an inset promo. She says she's the most dominant and determined woman in this tournament. She says she will be the first ever Knockouts TV champ and says, "Hail, yeah".

TNA Knockouts Television Title Tournament First Round Match - Harley Hudson vs. Thea Hail

This is Thea's 2nd match of the night as she was on Main Event earlier.

They shake hands and they roll each other off the lock up. HH rolls her up for 2. Thea shoulders her over and dances. Thea armdrags her then casadora armdrags her into an armlock. HH headscissors her on the mat then throws her over by the wrist twice. HH legdrops her arm for 2.

Thea high kicks her from the apron then HH drops her chest first on the mat for 2. HH rolls her by the arm and Thea rolls her up for 2. Thea headbutts her in the gut. HH corner hip attacks her then fallaway slams her. HH armlocks her.

Thea boots her out of the corner and HH lariats her down. HH hits mounted corner forearms. Thea backslides her for 2 and HH facekicks her. Thea nails her in the face. Thea hits punches. HH knees her in the gut. Thea double axe handles her and headbutts her in the chest.

Thea exploders HH for 2. They trade pin attempts. HH forearms her. HH does an over the back neckbreaker on the knee. Thea spinning ddt's her and slams her. HH knees her in the chest. Thea 2nd rope backsplashes her and wins.

Thoughts: The longer this went on, the less I liked it. It wasn't that bad or anything, but neither are around that much and it was hard to get into it. Thea won, but it really doesn't matter either way since neither of these girls should win the tournament.

Nic Nemeth comes out to talk. He says he's one of the best in the world today. He says the world is chasing him and wants a piece of him and the TNA Title.

KC Navarro comes out. Nic says it's grown up time and tells him to get to the back. He tells him to do what's best for everyone and get out of his ring. KC leaves but says sometimes the things you love don't love you back. He says sometimes you can give and get nothing in return. KC asks why he puts himself through this every single night. He talks about his losses lately.

He says Nic has the one thing that would prove everyone wrong if if he had it. He says he lost a lot of things in his life but says kicking his @ss and taking his title would make him feel better. He tells Nic to put the TNA Title on the line against him next week. He says he's here to show the world that he can be the TNA champ. Nic says if he promises to get away from him for good, he will make the match for next week. He says if KC loses, he gets out of his life and never bothers him again.

Thoughts: I'm not a fan of this angle. It makes KC look like some kind of simp for Nic who is upset that he got dumped.

TNA X-Division Title Match - Cedric Alexander (c) vs. Fabian Aichner

They lock up and Ced is backed up in the corner. Fab armdrags him and armlocks him. Fab armdrags him again and boots Ced away. Fab finlay rolls him and 2nd rope moonsaults him. Fab lariats him over the top. We go to break and return.

Fab hiptosses Ced and boots him. Ced germans Fab and basement dropkicks him for 2. Ced chops him in the corner. Fab boots him and facekicks him. Fab springboard diving tornado ddt's him. Fab walks up the buckles and plancha's him outside. Fab double jump springboard moonsaults him inside for 2.

Ced michinoku drivers him for 2. Ced brainbusters him for 2. Ced hits chops and boots. Fab lariats him down. Ced comes off the top and Fab dropkicks him in mid-air for 2. Fab sitout last ride's him for 2. Fab is sent out. Eddie Edwards comes in and shining wizards Fab. Ced lumbar checks Fab and pins him.

Thoughts: The work was alright but neither of these guys are that over and this only did so much for me. Fab didn't lose clean here so that should set up a rematch at least.

Eddie and Cedric beat up Fab after. Ricky Sosa and Leon Slater come out to help. Leon does his corkscrew dive over the post onto the heels.

Overall thoughts: It was a longer episode that wasn't that interesting. We had a couple of tournament matches that really only get you so far and we had interference all night long. Outside of Moose, TNA's bigger stars also weren't in action here which didn't help things. I'd say Moose vs AJ was the match of the night. I'd give this a 5 out of 10 and thought it was acceptable overall.

WWE Main Event 7/16/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/wwe-main-event-792026.html

Blake Howard and Vic Joseph are on commentary.

Matt Cardona vs Ricky Saints

They lock up and Matt is backed up into the corner. Matt pushes RS down. Matt hits forearms and chops. RS punches him. Matt flapjacks him then lariats him over the top. Matt dropkicks him through the ropes. RS trips Matt on the bottom rope then hits mounted shots on him.

RS elbows Matt in the neck and chokes him on the ropes with his leg. RS suplexes Matt for 2. RS knee drops him. RS walks the top rope and clubs Matt's arm. RS swinging neckbreakers Matt. Matt spinebusters him. Matt lariats RS and bangs RS' face off the mat. Matt flying forearms RS.

Matt hits a broski boot and unprettier's him for 2. Matt takes a stun gun and RS tornado ddt's Matt. RS hits a roshambo and pins him.

Thoughts: I liked this one. It flowed pretty well once it got moving and they got some nice pops here. This was better than expected and was fun. Ricky got his arm busted open here.

Ivy Nile vs Thea Hail

Ivy wristlocks her. Thea rolls and headflips out then is pulled down by the hair. Thea throws her down twice by the hair and dances. Thea side headlocks her then armdrags her. Thea casadora armdrags her. She then pulls on Ivy's fingers. Ivy tries a roll up off a backroll.

Thea kimura's Ivy on the mat and Ivy ropebreaks. Ivy pulls Thea down by the arm then lariat her. Ivy drops her with a forearm and stomps her. Thea is sent shoulder first into the buckles.

Ivy flying chest kicks her in the corner and suplexes her for 2. Ivy top wristlocks her. Thea boots her in the arm and codebreakers the arm. Thea hits double axe hammers on her and corner lariats her. Thea exploders her. Thea flipping codebreakers her for 2.

Ivy goes for a dragon sleeper and Thea headscissors her out. Thea kimura's her and Ivy pulls Thea's throat into the ropes. Ivy swinging pendulum slams her and pins her.

Thoughts: I liked it. They kept it moving and Thea worked the arm some before going down. Ivy didn't get that much in and it probably worked out for the better that way.

The LWO (Cruz del Toro and Joaquin Wilde) vs Darkstate (Cutler James and Osiris Griffin)

Cruz leg kicks OG and hits punches. OG slams him. Cruz boots him out of the corner and pushes OG into the buckles. OG takes double kicks from the LWO. JW is flipped into the ropes and he splashes OG. OG punches JW in the gut.

The LWO hit stereo mounted corner punches. Cruz is yanked over the top rope and JW is whipped into OG's facekick. CJ stomps on JW then tilt-a-whirl gutbusters him. OG shoulders JW over.

JW is popped up into a euro. JW boots CJ out of the corner and CJ swinging backbreakers JW for 2. JW jawbreakers OG and tags out. Cruz comes in and hits punches on CJ. Cruz hits running lariats on CJ then springboard dropkicks him. Cruz enzugiri's CJ in the corner then top rope dropkicks him for 2.

JW comes off the top and OG throws him in the corner. OG misses a corner charge and goes into the post. CJ is double dropkicked out. The LWO hit stereo topes outside. JW 2nd rope asai moonsaults CJ. Cruz top rope phoenix splashes CJ and pins him.

Thoughts: I liked it. It was a decent little Main Event match here. The heels used their size on the LWO and did a lot of throws and various gutbusters/backbreakers. The LWO flew and eventually won. It was one of Darkstate's better outings and it went well.

Overall thoughts: All 3 matches were okay here so this was a good edition of Main Event. I liked the opener the most here. I had no complaints about this one at all and this is what Main Event should be - fun and quick matches that you can watch and enjoy. I'd recommend this one and thought it was a good show.

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