WWE Smackdown 8/14/2026

WWE Smackdown 8/14/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/wwe-smackdown-872026.html

We are in Boston, MA. Joe Tessitore and Wade Barrett are on commentary. 

We see various wrestlers arrive. 

Nick Aldis is in the ring. He says Chelsea Green suffered a broken orbital bone. Green comes out and it's all purple around her eye. Nick says he can't let her compete with a broken eye socket. Green tells him not to say it and says she can compete. Nick says he hates this part of his job, but it's his job. He tells her that he needs her to relinquish the title. 

Green says she knew it was too good to be true. She says every time something good happen to her, it is followed by something devastating. She says that's just her story. She says she's just the comic relief, the girl who takes the fall for other girls. She says she's never the champ and never the QB1. 

Green talks about all the stunts she's done and all the sacrifices she made. She says she told herself it was all worth it because this moment would come. She says Nick should understand this after Summerslam. Nick says it's not the same but she says it is. 

Green says they proved it doesn't matter what they think about us, it's what we think about us. Green says Nick and his wife was a champ. Green says this is her title until someone takes it off of her. She says she thought Nick of all people would understand that.  

Green gives the title to Nick and walks off. Nick tells her to wait. Nick says he's doing the right thing as the GM, but says as Nick Aldis the man, he doesn't give a d@mn what medical says. He says he will give her 30 days to get cleared, get a face mask and do what she has to do. He says until someone takes this from her, it's hers. Green then holds up the title.

Gunther's music then hits and he comes out to interrupt. Gun calls this another bad sob story. He says let's put our attention on important things. Gun asks Nick why he pulled that stunt on him at Summerslam. Nick says they can discuss this in his office like men. Gun asks Green what she did at Summerslam and mocks her for getting injured. 

Gun says he pulled double duty at Summerslam and made a man tap out in front of his family. He asks why Nick added Kevin Owens to his match. Kevin says he didn't do that but added Gun to Kevin's match. Nick says he was negotiating for months and says sorry Gun didn't get the job done. Green says that was a good one and Gun tells her to shut up. Green tells him to have his temper tantrum and stroke his ego. She says that's all he has after Summerslam. Green says she only sees one champ and it's her. 

Matt Cardona, Green's husband, then runs down and gets in Gun's face. Gun says, "all the way from catering to the rescue". Gun says there's nothing Matt can do to him. Green goes to leave and Gun says it's like a dog listening to his owner. Matt then pounds on Gun and gets him out of the ring. Refs then come out and we go to break.

Thoughts: It's too bad Gun had to come out because that was one of the best segments Green had ever done. They really had a nice moment there and ruined it for cheap Gunther heat.

Gunther vs Matt Cardona

This started during the break. Gun chops Matt down. Matt hits forearms on Gun and Gun chops him down. Matt forearms him and knee chokes him in the corner. Matt dropkicks Gun through the ropes and Matt is rammed into the rails. Gun backdrops him on the rail top. Gun powerbombs Matt on the commentary table then powerbombs him on the apron.

Gun short arm lariats Matt. Gun backdrops him. Chelsea Green yells at Gun and gets on the apron. Matt low blows gun and hits a leg lariat on him for 2. Matt tries it again and is powerbombed. Gun powerbombs him again and crabs him. Matt submits.

Thoughts: Gun won as expected. We could have had some fun and had Matt win, but nope. It was a shorter bout and Gun was in control of this for the most part before winning. I could have done without some of the powerbombs as Gun hit 4 of them here.

Lash Legend and Nia Jax come out. Nia says Green is injured less than a week into her reign. Nia says she got screwed at Summerslam and she want's the WWE Women's Title. Nia says if Green doesn't give her what she wants, she doesn't mind breaking faces around here. Tiffany Stratton comes out and hits Lash and Nia. Nia and Lash get control over her. Tiff is forearmed down then Nia legdrops Tiff.  The heels leave as Tiff is left laying.

Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair talk. Flair thanks Bliss for helping out Friday and Bliss credits Tatum for it. Bliss says she likes Tatum and says Flair should be nice about the surprise Tatum has. They open a door and Tatum has candles and photos all over the wall. Bliss tries to get Flair in and Flair is spooked as she sees a collage of herself on the walls. They then shut the door.

Cody Rhodes talks to Nick Aldis in the back. He wants the match with Orton set up. Nick offers a match at Sunday Night's Main Event with Orton and Cody takes it. 

Sami Zayn comes in. He says Cody wants something and Nick is ready to move heaven and earth for it. He says when he wants a match, he has to wrestle a 4-way with a broken hand. Cody says he used to let Sami do this. He says he doesn't owe Sami anything and tells him to do something about it. Sami says the last time they were in the ring, he did something nobody else was able to do. He says he pinned Cody clean in the ring for the title. Cody asks if he thinks he can do it again. Cody then says tonight. Sami complains that Cody is challenging him when he can't go. Nick asks if he can't or won't. Nick says if Sami beats Cody tonight, he can face the winner of Punk vs Owens. Sami says he's hurt. Nick tells him to make that choice.

WWE United States Title - Baron Corbin (c) vs Carmelo Hayes

Baron drives in on a motorcycle.

Melo tope con hilos Baron before he gets in and pounds on him. Melo dropkicks him in the ring. Melo hits forearms. Melo chops him in the corner and hits mounted corner punches. Melo step up enzugiri's him then springboard twisting crossbodies him. 

Melo is caught coming off the top. Melo pulls Baron over the top rope. Melo then blind springboard legdrops him over the back of the neck over the 2nd rope. Baron blocks a first 48 and powerbombs him. Baron boots him out of the ring and sends him into the rails.

Melo's head is banged off the post. Melo is then sent over the timekeeper's rail. We go to PiP break and return. Melo hits forearms. Baron pulls him into the buckles then lariats him down on the rebound. Baron is pushed into the buckles. Melo boots him while he's down and blind springboard diving ddt's him for 2. Melo top rope frogsplashes him for 2. 

Baron flips Melo with a facekick. Melo toyota roll sunset flips him. Baron hits deep six for 2. Melo hits first 48 twice. Melo goes up top and is pushed down to the floor. Baron hits an end of days and pins him.

Thoughts: It was an alright match here. It had some nice action and Melo was jumping all around here. They also sold me on the idea that Melo maybe could pull it off, so this worked. 

Baron poses with the title. Trick appears on his spinning stand in the entrance area. Lil Yachty then appears behind Baron and hits him with a kendo stick. Baron grabs it and tries to hit him with it. Trick flying pumping knees Baron and sends him out.

Chelsea Green thanks Tiffany Stratton in the back. She says she didn't want her to get injured before her title match. Tiff says she's fine and will compete tonight.  

Kevin Owens comes out. CM Punk comes out before he says anything. Punk says whatever KO was going to say was going to concern him. He tells him to say it to his face. KO says Punk had his back turned to him when he called him a fat slob last week. KO said they wrestled for the same indy 15 years ago. He says Punk was the top guy and he was the guy trying to make a name for himself. He says Punk insulted him and screamed at him. Punk asks if he's been holding onto that for 20 years and if that was the problem this whole time.

KO says it's not just that but the things he did and said and the way he treated his friends. KO says all his friends hate Punk. Punk says being hated by losers is the price he pays by not being one of them. 

KO says he hates him as everything he does and says is performative. He says Punk is a phony. He says Punk came back to make things right because he had no choice. He says he doesn't respect people like him. KO says he did well for himself, main evented everywhere and became Universal champ. He says he also main evented Wrestlemania against Steve Austin, which Punk will never get to do. 

Punk congratulates him. Punk says he was happy for him and asks if he thinks he would given this opportunities if he was still here. KO tells him to say why he wouldn't. He tells Punk to say he's a fat indy slob and a fan who is on the wrong side of the guard rail. Punk asks if that is what he thinks of him or what KO thinks of himself.

Punk says he sees a lot of things in him. He says he sees a guy that spears 2 languages and a guy who avoids work and wastes his potential. he says he sees a tough guy who is a bum. Punk says he evolved and says if KO put more work in, maybe he would have avoided that Bill Goldberg spear. 

KO says he doesn't want to be like him. He says he thinks Punk hates what he sees when he goes home. He says he's the same guy Punk screamed at 20 years ago and he's facing him for the title next week. He says Punk couldn't avoid that Roman Reign spear at Mania. 

Punk says he sees someone who is stubborn and loud and sees the same guy he saw 20 year ago. KO asks if it bothers him. KO says he regretted not punching him for 20 years. Punk says there's nothing but air and opportunity and challenges him to do it now. KO says he didn't do it then because he knows Punk would have ruined his career. He says he wouldn't do it now, because next week he doesn't just get to punch him in the face, he gets to beat him for the title after he does it. 

Punk says KO was a greenhorn 20 years who thought he could be disrespectful to him. Punk says he can wait 7 days and says KO will look up to him in Toronto when he puts his fat @ss to sleep.

Thoughts: It was a decent segment here that kept my interest. 

Finn Balor talks to Nick Aldis. He says it would have been nice if Nick gave him a heads up at Summerslam before adding Gunther and Owens to the match. Gunther comes in and complains about Nick making him wrestle in street clothes. Nick says Gunther is interrupting him in a conversation with Finn. Gun says he doesn't see Finn. He says he sees the shadow of Finn. Finn says he's tired of his act. Finn says he told Nick he'd do whatever it takes to get another title shot. He says he'll beat his @ss if it means going through him. Nick seems to like the idea.

WWE Tag Titles - Damian Priest and R-Truth (c) vs The War Raiders (Ivar and Erik) vs MFT (Tama Tonga and Talla Tonga)

Haku is with MFT.

All 6 men fight. We get some fighting outside. The Raiders and MFT fight out there. DP walks up the ropes with Truth's help and springboard crossbodies them all. We go to break and return. 

Tama is thrown out by Truth. DP high kicks Ivar from the apron the nhits shots on Erik. DP flying back elbows Ivar and Erik in the corners. DP lifting flatliners Ivar. Ivar sits up top. Talla chokeslams Truth and DP down as they stand on the 2nd rope. Ivar flip dives DP off the top. 

Tama headbutts Erik in the chest. Tama is popped up into a powerslam for 2. Talla lariats Ivar down then lariats Erik down. Talla powerslams Truth. Talla is double kicked and double pounded on. Talla is double suplexed. 

Truth STF's Talla. Erik overhead suplexes DP. Erik knee's Truth in the back of the head off a full nelson. DP foot presses Erik down. DP spin kicks Erik in the head twice. DP is popped up outside and powerslammed through the timekeepers rail. Tama pushes Erik over the commentary table. 

Truth flying shoulderblocks Tama then blue thunders him. Truth five knuckle shuffles Tama. Truth is pushed into Erik. Truth takes an assisted powerbomb and Tama pins Truth.

Thoughts: Kind of an upset here though MFT should have won to gain credibility. It had a lot of action and was a bit wild here. The pop-up powerslam spot on Priest through the rails was pretty cool. Truth was in full on Cena mode here at the end. I'm interested to see where things go with these teams now.

WWE United States Women's Title - Tiffany Stratton (c) vs Jacy Jayne

JJ hits corner spears on her and backsplashes her in the corner. JJ sentons her. JJ bodyscissors her. JJ misses a senton. JJ is tripped into the ropes and Tiff hip attacks her there. TIff basement dropkicks her for 2. 

Tiff spinning lariats her and JJ goes out. Fatal Influence interrupt Tiff. JJ backcrackers Tiff. We go to PiP break and return. Tiff is down on the floor and JJ hits her. Chelsea Green checks on Tiff. JJ gets in Green's face. Tiff rolls up JJ in the ring for 2. Tiff and JJ spinning facebuster each other. 

Tiff hits punches and lariats. Tiff spinning back elbows her. Tiff alabama slams her. Tiff top rope swantons JJ for 2. JJ superkicks Tiff. Tiff rolls her up for 2. Tiff handspring stunners JJ. Tiff finlay rolls JJ. Tiff triple jump moonsaults but JJ gets her knees up. 

JJ dropkicks her and gets punted. Tiff goes up top, Fatal Influence go up to Green and Tiff plancha's Fatal Influence. JJ spinning forearms Tiff in the ring and pins her. 

Thoughts: Big upset here with Jacy beating Tiff. It was kind of dumb to have Tiff win it just to lose it so quick. Fatal Influence now has 2 sets of titles and all 3 of them hold gold. I liked what we got here and it as a decent bout. 

Jade Cargill, Michin and B-Fab are interviewed. Jade says these women can't mind their business around here. She says to line them all up like Bliss and Tatum. Fab says they found another victim and they are looking forward to giving Tatum a proper welcome on their show.

Cody Rhodes vs Sami Zayn

Rany Orton attacks Cody from behind as Sami makes his entrance. Orton sends Cody into the post shoulder first. Orton bridging ddt's Cody. Orton goes for an RKO and grabs Cody by the face. Orton throws Cody out. 

Cody's head is banged off the steps. Orton hits Cody in the head with the steps and sends him over the rail. Sami complains to the ref. Cody hits Orton with a soda. Cody punches Orton and hits him in the crowd.

Cody hits Orton with a garbage can and sends him into a rail. They go back to ringside. Cody's head is banged off the commentary table then Orton punches him on it. Cody low blows Orton on the commentary table when his head in the "V in the steps. Cody hits Orton with a chair. Cody goes for a chair shot while Orton's head in in the "V" in the stairs and the chair is pulled away from Cody. Officials hold Cody back and Cody goes for Orton again to close the show.   

Overall thoughts: We had a lot happen on this one and it was a better show than usual. We had 2 title changes and a good opening segment with Green. Gunther/Cardona was a bit one sided and short. Baron/Melo was alright. Punk and Owens had a good segment. MFT won the tag titles in a action packed 3-way. Jacy beat Tiff in an upset in an okay bout and we didn't get the main event, but we did get Orton and Cody fighting it out. I'd give it a higher 6 out of 10 as it was an okay show overall. I liked this. 

TNA Impact 8/13/2026

TNA Impact 8/13/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/tna-impact-862026.html

We are in Philadelphia, PA. Matt Rehwoldt and Tom Hannifan are on commentary.

Brian Myers vs. Ricky Sosa

BM slaps him and gets punched multiple times. Sosa hiptosses him and slams him. Sosa sentons him. BM slides out. Sosa is sent into the apron then backdropped on it. BM knee drops him inside and pounds on him. BM suplexes him for 2.

BM chinlocks him. Sosa corkscrew kicks him. Sosa flying forearms him in the corner. Sosa powerslams him then asai moonsaults him for 2. Sosa goes after Bear Bronson, BM hits some shots and implant ddt's him for 2. 

Sosa dropkicks him for 2. Sosa nails Cedrix Alexander on the apron. BM hits a side effect on Sosa. Bear distracts the ref, BM grabs a title belt and Leon Slater comes out to take it away. Sosa flying euros BM and pins him.

Thoughts: There was a ton of interference here prior to the finish. BM mostly did chinlocks here. The length and the interference just made this one average.

Leon Slater gets on the mic after. He says Cedric isn't getting away with this. He says he challenged him 2 weeks ago and says Cedrix said no. He says Ced is a scared, jealous, little b!tch.

Leon challenges him again and says he will give whatever it takes. Ced says he has no reason to be jealous of him. Ced says he will put the title on the line but he wants Leon's record. He says if he wins, Leon's 2nd longest X-Division Title reign is erased for good. Leon agrees. Ced says when Leon is forgotten and his history is erased, he has himself to blame?

Thoughts: Huh? How does that work? How does a title reign get erased in 2026?

Rich Swann and BDE are interviewed. Swann says they are ready to go tonight. He says Mustafa Ali thinks he can control everything but he doesn't. He says he can't say who their mystery partner is. BDE says their partner says he can't wait to get his hands on Ali again. Swann says we will find out who the mystery partner is soon.

AJ Francis is in a music studio. He asks the producer to play a new one and Elijah's music hits. Elijah comes in. He says AJ tried to crucify him but it resurrected him. He says there will be no lawyers or excuses, just a cage at Lockdown. AJ then tries to leave but can't. The original producer reappears and asks if AJ is okay. AJ then leaves. 

Thoughts: What? Elijah can now vanish and teleport now?

Moose comes out to talk. He has Kaz style gear on and has a special set-up. He says Kaz has his King's Speech segment, so Moose decided he needs his own show. Moose says he went through his bag and found his scarf and sunglasses. He says he now looks like a douchebag. 

Moose says welcome to the first ever episode of the Face of the Franchise Speech. He says his guest is the people. Moose asks who the face of the franchise is and who just celebrated a decade in TNA. He then asks hwo beat the hell out of every member of The System and is a 3x TNA world champ? He asks who turned down every major company except for TNA and who will beat Kaz's @ss at Lockdown?

Frankie Kazarian comes out. He says this game is stupid.  Kaz asks who the real face of TNA is and who's the king of TNA? He then asks who the last man standing will be at Lockdown. The crowd answers "Moose" each time. Kaz says the game sucks and he doesn't want to play it anymore. Kaz says he's royalty and Moose is a failed football player. 

Kaz says comparing him and Moose is like comparing filet mignon with cheap gas station food like Wawa. Moose says you can insult him but not his guests. He says he will have to punch him in the face if he enters the ring. Kaz says he does what he wants anything he wants. Kaz says he used to think he was a failure as an NFL player, but after Slammiversary, he thinks he's a failure as a husband and a father. Moose punches him out before he can finish. 

Kaz pounds on him and grabs a stool. Moose takes him down and pounds on him until security breaks it up.

We get a video package on The Nemeth's and The Hardy Boyz with a focus on Jeff Hardy vs Nic Nemeth.

Rich Swann & Trey Miguel vs. Order 4 (John Skyler, Mustafa Ali & Special Agent 0)

Trey back elbows John then walks up the ropes, moonsaults and armdrags him. Trey backflips into a headscissors on him. Trey dropkicks him. John is swept and held for a double basement dropkick. Ali takes a flapjack + bulldog combo. Zero takes superkicks from the faces. Trey does The Rascalz's triple basement dropkick move with his partners. The heels are sent out.

We go to break and return. Zero swings Rich into a flatliner. Rich flying headscissors Ali. Trey top rope dropkicks John. Trey slingblade neckbreakers Ali. Trey backflips over John and double stomps his back. Rich corkscrew kicks Zero. Zero bangs Rich's head off the mat. BDE springboards and Zero headbutts him down. Zero double chokeslams his opponents. Zero misses a corner charge. Trey knee slides out into a ddt on John on the floor. Trey hits a lightning spiral on John and pins him.

Thoughts: What we got was fine, just we didn't get a whole lot of it. They wasted no time here at all and it was straight to the point. Zero got put over big and looked good here.

Zero gets behind Trey after and double arm chokeslams him. Zero and Ali go to attack Trey more and Jason Hotch makes the save for Trey.

Xia Brookside complains to the make-up artist in the back and makes her fix her eye shadow.

TNA Inury Report

Jason Hotch is cleared despite having lower back pain. Trey Miguel is cleared after having a knee injury. Nic Nemeth is in pristine condition. 

Xia Brookside asks the make-up artist if they are done yet. She complains about how long it took. She then complains about how the eye shadow looks. We then see Cora Jade switched spots with the make-up artist. Cora appears behind her in the mirror. They shove each other and fight. Cora is thrown into a rail.

TNA Knockouts TV Title Tournament Semi Final Match - Indi Hartwell vs. M By Elegance

M bumps into Indi during her intros. Indi hits corner lariats on M. M boots her in the gut and hits forearms and punches in the corner. M dropkicks Indi. Indi goes up and over her, lariats her and bulldogs her for 1. Indi boots her in the head. Indi is put in tree of woe outside and M driveby kicks her. 

M stomps Indi outside and chops her. M suplexes her on the floor. M chokes her with her leg on the ropes. M bangs Indi's head off the buckles and boots her in the gut. M knee drops Indi in the gut. M pulls Indi's arms back. 

M knees her in the gut. M misses a springboard. Indi lariats her down twice and spinebusters her for 2. Indi headbutts M down. Indi top rope elbow drops M's back for 2. Indi facekicks her out of the ring. Xia Brookside and Eleyna Black come down to ringside and fight. M sends Indi into the post. M top rope moonsaults Indi and pins her while holding the tights.

Thoughts: It was a big upset here with M pinning Indi. M had a decent showing here and I can't say her performance didn't warrant the result. The match was kind of average though and Indi didn't get that much in. 

We get a video on Harley Hudson. We see her getting selected by TNA at a tryout. She then talks about leaving her home to come to TNA. 

We go to break and return. In the back, Moose is down on the floor and knocked out.

Eddie Edwards vs. KC Navarro

KC superkicks Eddie from the start. He trips him into the ropes and hits a 305 kick. Eddie then slides out. KC topes him then top rope splashes him for 2. KC misses a corner charge then gets sent into the post shoulder first three times.

Eddie snapmares him into a chinlock. KC spinning ddt's him. Alisha Edwards throws a shoe into the ring. Eddie grabs a kendo stick but KC stands on the stick. KC superkicks him then hits him with the stick. KC running shiranui's him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was another shorter one and it was rushed. It was one KC's biggest wins ever though in TNA. Due to the length, it didn't get to mature into anything great.

The System jump KC after and beat him up in the ring. KC has a chair put around his neck but Sosa, Jada Stone and Fabian Aichner chase the heels off. 

Santino Marella comes out. He says he doesn't like the use of weapons. He says there will be a time and place to do it and it's at Lockdown. He says it'll be Eddie Edwards, Bear Bronson, Brian Myers and Alisha Edwards vs Ricky Sosa, KC Navarro, Jada Stone and Fabian Aichner in a Lethal Lockdown match with weapons.

We get a video on The Bunny. We see her looking at a mirror that says, "The Struggle Is Real". 

TNA World Heavyweight Title Match - Nic Nemeth (c) vs. Jeff Hardy

They shove each other. Jeff side headlocks him. Nick wristlocks him. Nick stomps Jeff's foot and evades a twist of fate. Nick rolls him up for 2 counts. Nic dropkicks Jeff then rakes his face. Jeff bangs Nic's head off the buckles. Jeff bangs Nic's head off the buckles. 

Nic eye rakes Jeff on the ropes. Jeff spin kicks him. Jeff flying lariats Nic off the apron. We go to break and return. Nick elbow drops Jeff for 2. Nic butt drops Jeff's back. Nic misses a move and goes crotch first into the 2nd rope.

Jeff hits lariats and back elbows on Nic. Jeff atomic drops him and legdrops him in the gut. Jeff elbow drops him for 2. Jeff puts spinal destination on Nic and is sent into the buckles. Nic jumping ddt's him for 2. Jeff sitout powerbombs Nic for 2. 

Jeff hits a twist of fate on Nic. Nic superkicks Jeff for 2. Jeff then gets a 2 count on Nic. Jeff cutters Nic. Jeff swantons off the top and Nic gets his knees up for 2. Nic hits a danger zone on Jeff and pins him. 

Thoughts: The crowd really liked it but I just thought it was acceptable only. Maybe we missed some good stuff during the break, I don't know. I really don't get why they blew this match on Impact instead of on one of their bigger shows. This company is hurting for talent and needs to be careful about how they use newer matches like this. I thought either guy had a shot here.

Overall thoughts: Most of the matches were too short here and didn't get to develop into anything great, but what we did get of those bouts wasn't bad. There was a lot of interference and shenanigans all night long. I don't get the stipulation where Leon Slater's title reign could be erased and I don't know how Elijah developed teleporting/vanishing powers. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 overall as it was just okay enough, but this show really could have been good if the other matches got more time. It was an okay show.  

WWE Main Event 8/13/2026

WWE Main Event 8/13/2026

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

Blake Howard and Vic Joseph are on commentary. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lyra Valkyria vs Jaida Parker

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Goto refuses Oleg's handshake after.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oiwa and Jake fight in the aisle some after.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

JCW World Title - Josh Bishop (c) vs Facade

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

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

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

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

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

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

The hosts talk about tonight's show. 

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

Jeeves and EC3 arrive.

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

Kerry Morton vs Mr. Happy

Caleb Konley is on commentary for this.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jeeves does the intro for EC3.

Krule vs EC3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Mayhem 8/12/2026

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Mayhem 8/12/2026

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

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

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

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

Rhino vs Bryce Hansen

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WWE Evolve 8/12/2026

WWE Evolve 8/12/2026

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

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

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

Charlie Dempsey vs Ulka Sasaki

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wren Sinclair vs Sloane Jacobs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thoughts: Dad? Really?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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