New Japan Pro Wrestling 9/27/2026 Destruction in Kobe 2026

New Japan Pro Wrestling 9/27/2026 Destruction in Kobe 2026

El Desperado, Mistico, Oleg Boltin, Shota Umino & Toru Yano vs. House Of Torture (Dick Togo, DOUKI, Ren Narita, SANADA & SHO)

HoT attacks before the bell. Oleg rams Douki into Sho then rams him into Ren and Sanada. Oleg throws Douki on a slam then karelin's lifts Togo. Despy stomps Douki and backbreakers him for 2. Despy is sent into an exposed buckle then the rail. Togo hits Despy with a turnbuckle pad. 

Douki ramps Despy into the exposed buckle. Despy eye rakes Ren then backdrops him. Mist springboard crossbodies Ren when he is tagged in. Mist armdrags Douki after being duble huptossed into the ropes. Mist flying headscissors Sho. Mist springboard diving headscissors Douki. Mist walks up the ropes and does a diving headscissors + armdrag. Sho dropkicks Mist in the knee. Mist hits a handspring double back elbow on Sho and Ren.

Shota running corner euros Ren. Shota is tripped and Ren russian legsweeps him into a leglock. Shota takes running back elbows. Togo 2nd rope chops Shota in the crotch for 2.

Yano pulls down his opponents by their hair then Togo pulls him down by his hair. Shota dropkicks Togo. Despy and Mist hit stereo dives outside. Togo eye rakes Shota and hits punches. Shota drops him with a spinning forearm. Shota suplexes Togo and pins him.

Thoughts: It went a longer than it needed to and wasn't anything too special. There were too many people involved here. Everyone got their segment in, the heels cheated and their wasn't a lot of else here. It was average.

Six Or Nine (Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi) & YOH vs. Unbound Co. (Gedo, Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori)

X and Yoh trade forearms. Yoh trips him and rolls him up for 2. X boots him off the ropes. X slingshot plancha's him outside. X flips off of him and pele kicks him. Yoh ushigoroshi's him. 

Gedo eye rakes Wato. Wato pushes TI into Gedo. TI handspring corkscrew kicks Wato. TI facekicks Gedo on a failed double team. Wato tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him. Wato enzugiri's him from the apron. Wato springboard diving euros him and pins him.

Thoughts: I feel like the pin wasn't supposed to happen when it did. This was very short and the finish was sudden. 

X and Yoh have words after. 

United Empire (Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Zane Jay) vs. Unbound Co. (Daiki Nagai, OSKAR & Yuto-Ice)

Os boots Khan as he tries to get in. The fight goes outside. Os leg chokes Khan over the rail. Hen clubs on Ice and they trade forearms outside. OS stands on Khan on the bottom rope. Khan clips Os. Khan double chops him and pulls his leg around the 2nd rope. Zane then pulls Os' leg around the 2nd rope and boots it. 

Hen hits shots on Os and headbutt flurries him. Hen hits leg kicks on Os then sentons him. Khan ties up Os' legs and pulls his hair. Khan bangs Os' knee off the mat. Os facekicks Khan. 

Nagai comes in and corner dropkicks Khan for 2. Nagai misses a top rope splash. Hen gets in and chops Nagai down.  Nagai dropkicks him in the knee. Yuto comes in. Yuto forearms Hen down then hits a punch flurry on his gut in the corner. Yuto knees him in the face and Hen shoulders him over. 

Yuto and Hen trade forearms. Yuto slaps him and forearms him down. Hen samoan drops him. Zane comes in and back elbows Yuto. Zane dropkicks Yuto in the knee then fallaway slams him for 2. Zane springboards into a knee. Yuto buzzsaw kicks him for 2. Nagai slingshot topes Hen outside. Yuto low pump kicks Zane and pins him.

Thoughts: Os got his knee worked on for the first part of this. Once he tagged out, his partners got in and picked the pace up and made it more exciting. It was fine and it  gave a you some tastes of everything without giving it all up. There were a lot of hard shots thrown here.

Hen and Yuto fight after. Hen drops him. Khan chairs Os in the leg. Hen is sent into the rails. Khan chairs Os' knee more. Ice facekicks Khan down. Os tries to slam Khan but falls down. Ice head kicks Hen. Ice talks on the mic after.

Aaron Wolf & Taichi vs. TMDK (Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.)

Tai and Oiwa go at it. They shoulder battle. Tai enzugiri's Oiwa then gedo clutches him for 2. Oiwa rolls him up for 2.  Zack side headlocks Tai and facekicks him. Tai spin kicks him in the gut. Tai then running facekicks him down. 

Wolf comes in and corner lariats Zack. Zack hits euros on him. Zack cobra twists him and Wolf hip throws him. Wolf armbars him. Zack gets a 2 count on him. Wolf chops Zack. Zack armdrags him off a throw then chest kicks him. Oiwa comes in and sentons Wolf for 2. Wolf then shoulder throws Oiwa.

Wolf uranage's Oiwa. Tai buzzasaw kicks Oiwa for 2. Oiwa backdrops Tai for 2. Tai stretch plums Oiwa and Zack sleepers Tai while he does it. Wolf breaks it up. Zack michinoku drivers Wolf and kicks him out of the ring. Zack slams Tai. Tai takes a neck twist + top rope splash combo for 2. 

Tai backdrops Oiwa for 2. Tai lariats Oiwa down. Oiwa side headlocks Tai. Tai forearms him and enzugiri's him. Oiwa lariats him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was more compact and full of action. I didn't like how Tai got out of the side headlock here. It's supposed to be this killer move and he just Oiwa off without much of an issue. What we got was acceptable for the limits they had to work with but nothing too good.

Jeff Cobb vs. Callum Newman

They stare down. CN facekicks him and spin kicks him in the gut. JC shoulders him over then dropkicks him. JC hits punches on him in the corner. CN is sent into the corner. 

CN goes out then gets sent into the buckles again. CN enzugiri's him from behind. JC then sends him into the rails. JC is send into the rails and the side of the apron. CN dropkicks JC. CN facekicks him over the rail.

JC is put in the seats and CN running dropkicks him. JC throws a young lion at CN. JC backdrops him on the apron. CN superkicks him in the ring and is back body dropped. JC rams him in the corner and hits corner spears. JC flying euros him in the corner and backdrop throws him. JC uranage's him then standing moonsaults him for 2. 

CN spin kicks him in the gut. CN buzzsaw kicks him. CN hits knees to the face. CN lariats him and pumping knees him. JC spin cycle backdrosp him and germans him. CN germans him. CN lariats him over. CN sweeps him and double stomps him. CN top rope double stomps JC's back. CN lariats him for 2. JC hits an F-5000 for 2. 

JC rams CN in the corner and drops him chest first. CN high kicks him and JC lariats him down. CN cradles him for 2. JC nearly hits the ref and is hit low. CN hits an F-5 into a swinging side slam and pins him.

Thoughts: I didn't like it that much. There were a lot of breaks in the action here and it didn't have much of a flow. They hit their big moves of course, but the simple stuff wasn't really here.

NJPW World Television Title Match - Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Shun Skywalker

SS comes off the 2nd rope and armdrags him into a pin attempt for 2. KT blocks his flying headscissors and forearms him. SS pump kicks him off the apron. SS is sent into the rails.

KT back elbows him. KT goes for 2nd rope senton and SS gets his knees up. SS crabs him and KT ropebreaks. KT facekicks him and flying lariats him. KT then tope con hilos him outside. KT runs into a facekick and holds his eye. They trade shots and SS goes down. They pump kick each other at the same time and SS flying pump kicks him for 1.

SS side slam uranage's him. KT blue thunders him. House of Torture get in the ring. KT has powder thrown in his eyes. SS standing moonsault double knee drops him for 2. KT poisonrana's him. KT pumping knees him in the face for 2. SS is on KT's shoulders and he crossroads him into the mat (skyfall). SS blue thunders him for 2. SS hits another skyfall and pins him.

Thoughts: It was shorter and a bit rushed. HoT interfered but didn't go too crazy. I just didn't think they got the pacing here and it was bit herky-jerky. 

HoT beat up on KT after. Toru Yano comes out to help and HoT backs off for some reason even though Yano isn't exactly theatening.

Claudio Castagnoli vs. Shingo Takagi

CC hits him from behind before the bell then stomps him. CC facekicks him. Shingo's head is banged off the buckles. Shingo hiptosses him and lariats him over the top rope. Shingo's slingshot plancha is caught and he is dropped chest first on the apron. Shingo is sent into the rails. CC slams him on the ramp. 

CC hits him in the ring. Shingo hits some knees to the gut and is suplexed for 2. CC double stomps him then goes for a crossface. Shingo rope breaks. CC hits some shots then headbutts him. They trade forearms. Shingo gori bombs him.

Shingo hits chops and forearms in the corner. CC then hits elbows and forearms in the corner. Shingo 2nd rope diving tornado ddt's him. Shingo suplexes him for 2. Shingo hits downward elbows. Shingo sliding lariats him then gets euro'd. 

They headbutt each other. CC hits euros. Shingo's head is banged off the buckles. CC 2nd rope karelin's lifts him. CC running facekicks Shingo off the apron. CC goes for a dive and is forearmed. Shingo superplexes him. Shingo back elbows him then reverse gtr's him while he's on the 2nd rope. Shingo hits a made in japan for 2. Shingo hits forearms. CC giant swings him.

CC rnning lariats him for 2. CC hits euros on him then powerbombs him for 2. CC lariats him down. Shingo hurricanrana's him. CC facekicks him and Shingo running lariats him. Shingo hits a burning dragon for 2. Shingo hits a last of the dragon and pins him.

Thoughts: It was alright. It was missing something to really be great and I think it's probably because CC doesn't have some of the strikes that Shingo does. They ended it at about the right time and it looked like you would expect it to look.

IWGP Global Heavyweight Title Match - Gabe Kidd (c) vs. Drilla Moloney

They lock up. They shoulder battle. Gabe slaps him and they trade shots. DM drops him with a shot and Gabe goes out. Gabe stalls outside then they come in and trade chops. DM shoulders Gabe over. DM is sent out but DM goes back in. DM chops him in the corner. 

Gabe hits chops and headbutts. DM dropkicks him. Gabe catches him outside and sends him into the rails. Gabe backdrop throws him through a table. Gabe backdrops him in the ring. Gabe hits DM in the spine then rakes his face. 

DM goes out. Gabe boots him in the head inside. DM hits chops. Gabe forearms him then DM hits him with a death valley driver. DM spinning chops him then spinebusters him.  DM misses a top rope elbow drop. Gabe sitout powerbombs him for 2. DM lariats him down then slingblades him. DM top rope elbow drops him for 2. 

Gabe running lariats DM then hits a regular lariat for 2. Gabe brainbusters him for 2. Gabe slaps his back then hits slaps to the face. Gabe spits him. DM slaps back. DM running spears him. DM pop-up powerbombs him. DM spears him. DM hits a drilla killa but Gabe kicks the ref before he gets hit with it.

Gabe hits DM with the title belt. Gabe lariats him. DM hits a 2nd drilla killa for 2. DM goes for a drilla kill off the ropes but Gabe armdrags him. Gabe lariats him and piledrivers him for 2. 

Gabe headbutts the buckles like he usually does but he goes down. Gabe knees him while he's down. Gabe tombstones him for 2. Gabe knees him in the gut and piledrivers him for 2.  Gabe headbutts him and fisherman busters him. Gabe pins him.

Thoughts: It was a lot of lariats, chops and slaps as expected. They went a little too far with the head drops at the end and they stopped meaning so much as they kicked out of drilla killa's and piledrivers. It was still alright enough though.

Gabe boots the ref after and has words for a downed Drilla. Gabe talks on the mic after. He says he will see everyone at the Tokyo Dome and some other stuff I couldn't really make out. Shota Umino comes out. Gabe laughs and taunts him about the concussion he had. He says f*ck you p*ssy. He says getting concussion is mandatory to compete in the G1 every night. He says he has no initiative. Shota gets in and they butt heads. 

Shota says Gabe has no respect for the belt and is no champ. He says that's why he will take it back from him. Gabe hits him and they fight. Shota flips him with a lariat.  

IWGP Heavyweight Title Match - Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Hirooki Goto

They lock up and Goto clean breaks him. Yota wristlocks him. Yota knees him in the gut and side headlocks him. Goto shoulders him over, hiptosses him and shoulders him over again. Goto boots and forearms him in the corner. Yota baseball slides him out. They trade forearms outside.

Goto is sent into the rails then Yota gets sent into them. Yota topes him into the rails. Yota codebreakers him from the side. Yota slams him then misses a splash. Yota half-nelson backbreakers him for 2. He then does it again, uranage backbreakers him and crabs him. Yota axe kicks his back. 

Goto hits forearms and is forearmed down. Yota chops him and Goto running lariats him. Yota misses a pumping knee in the corner. Goto spinning heel kicks him in the corner and backdrops him for 2. Yota does his curbstomp combo on him. Yota forearms him in the gut and corner splashes him. 

Goto hits a reverse GTR and they double lariat each other down. They lariat each other at the same time. Yota flatliners him and germans him. Yota flying pumping knees him in the corner then hits a marlow crash off the top for 2. 

Yota chops him in the corner. They trade shots on the buckles. Goto 2nd rope sunset bombs him for 2. Yota cradles him for 2. Goto running lariats him. Goto chest kicks him and Yota spears him. Yota hits another spear for 2. 

Yota does a wrist clutch spinning sitout drop for 2. Yota top rope reverse superplexes him for 2. Goto spinning heel kicks him. Goto clubs his neck down from behind. Goto hits a nightmare pendulum for 2.

Goto battering ram headbutts him. Yota hits his fireblaster hen hits a second one. Yota pins him.

Thoughts: I liked it. It was an okay match. They didn't overdo it too much yet got some good offense in. The pacing was alright enough and it got enough time. There wasn't much wrong with it on paper and I had no real issues. You also could maybe claim Yota worked the neck/back some here en route to victory. 

Yota talks on the mic after. Yota gets Ryohei Oiwa to get in the ring and Oiwa interrupts him. They talk. Yota says it's a battle of their fight styles and tells Oiwa to beat him if he thinks his fight style is stronger. Yota says it'll be the best match in pro wrestling with Oiwa. 

Overall thoughts: The opener was average. Master Wato's match seemed to end abruptly on accident. I liked the tag match with Henare. Zack Sabre Jr.'s tag was acceptable. I didn't like Newman/Cobb that much and Takeshita/shun wasn't much different. Claudio/Shingo was alright but didn't get to the next level. Gabe/Drilla was close to going too far but it was alright. The main was okay and close to being good on my scale. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 as the good outweighed the bad here, but some of the matches didn't live up to expectations. It was an okay show. 

AEW All Out 2026 9/26/2026

AEW All Out 2026 9/26/2026

Note - This ran against WWE World's Collide which was also in Chicago. WWE was supposed to air that event live but didn't.

The pre-show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/aew-collision-9262026-all-out-tailgate.html 

We are in Chicago, IL. Taz, Excalibur and Tony Schiavone are on commentary.

AEW National Title - Andrade El Ídolo (c) vs. Pac

Pac rebound germans him to start. Idolo spinning back elbows him for 2. Pac casadora armdrags him but Idolo flips out. Pac then headflips out of a flying headscissors. They boot each other down at the same time. 

Idolo offers a handshake and Pac boots him off of it. Pac running euros him in the corner. Idolo top rope crossbodies Pac for 2. Idolo hits 2 suplexes. Pac back elbows him and Idolo dropkicks him. Idolo slingshot plancha's out and gets kicked. Shafir hits cheap shots on Idolo. Pac knee chokes Idolo and Shafir rakes Idolo's face. 

Idolo is sent into the rails. Pac is sent into the rials and Shafir is sent over the rails. They go up on the buckles and Pac is knocked down. Idolo does a top rope moonsault into a standing moonsault for 2.  

Pac belly to belly suplexes Idolo into the buckles. Pac slingshot cutters Idolo for 2. Idolo and Pac trade forearms. Idolo lariats him and flying forearms him. Idolo goes to pull his pants off and is stopped. Pac hits three amigos.

Pac is lariated over the top. Pac takes his pants off. Idolo springboard triangle tornillo's him outside. Idolo takes a foto with a girl in the front row. Shafir then puts the girl in a choke as she does it. Pac top rope moonsaults Idolo outside. Pac top rope 450's Idolo inside for 2.

Pac pump kicks Idolo in the corner. Pac is crotched up top. Pac 2nd rope hurricanrana's Idolo. Idolo no sells it and spinning back elbows him. Pac then rolls out. Pac belly to belly suplexes Idolo into the rails outside. 

Pac misses a corkscrew ssp off the top inside. Idolo goes for the DM and Shafir gets on the apron and begs Idolo not to do it. Idolo asks for a kiss on the cheek. Pac then poisonrana's Idolo. Pac running lariats him then does the brutalizer. Idolo rolls him into a pin and pins him.

Thoughts: I thought it was average. It went long, it was slow and they wasted a lot of time here. If you were looking for a wild high flying battle, this wasn't it. I didn't like the finish either. 

#1 Contenders to the AEW Tag Titles - Darby Allin and Steven Borden vs. The Don Callis Family (Kevin Knight and Kyle Fletcher)

DA throws his jacket in Kyle's face before the match. Kyle wants SB in. They lock up and Kyle tries to hit him on the break. Kyle hits forearms. SB hits shots on Kyle and the heels get sent out. SB armdrags Kyle. Kyle tries to slam him but SB holds onto the arm. 

SB armdrags KK. KK side headlocks him. SB shoulders KK over. SB dropkicks KK. DA side headlocks KK. DA springboard diving armdrags KK. DA chases KK around the ring. Kyle then nails DA from behind and stomps him. DA jumps up top for a springboard and KK sweeps him. 

DA is sent into the rails. KF powerbombs DA on the steps. The feed cuts out. DA takes corner attacks and a slam. KK is popped up for a splash on DA for 2. KK double foot chokes DA in the corner. 

DA double boots KK out of the corner. Kyle lawn darts DA into the 2nd buckle. DA reverse ddt's Kyle. DA is sent out.  The heels are pushed into each other. SB comes in. SB hits lariat on the heels and dropkicks Kyle. SB flying facebusters KK. SB misses a stinger splash and goes out. SB is then sent into the rails.

DA topes Kyle then KK jumps off the commentary table and diving lariats DA. DA is put in tree of woe. SB and KK both stand on opposite sides of the ropes. They jump at each other in mid-air and both go down. The doc checks on SB. The doc then stops the match as SB hits his head off the mat. The ref stops the match and the heels win via doctor stoppage.

Thoughts: The spot that ended this was stupid and I hope Steve is okay. I won't be rating this one as we didn't get a real finish to it.

We cut away from the ring. They show the hosts and do not show the ring.

AEW TBS Title - Persephone (c) vs Dani Luna

This is an open challenge. Dani left TNA a few months ago and was rumored to be headed here.

They lock up. Pers gets a side headlock in early and they shoulder each other. Pers rolls her on the mat for 1 and belly to belly suplexes her. Dani crucifixes her. Pers slaps her and face shoves her. Dani drops her with a big forearm. 

Dani slams her then corner lariats her twice. Dani suplexes her then sliding lariats her for 2. Dani facekicks her. Dani sits up top and Britt Baker pushes her down to the floor. Pers topes her outside then stomps her. Pers choeks her on the ropes then Britt does as well. 

Pers hits forearms. Dani forearms her. Pers nothern lights suplexes her. Pers basement dropkicks her. Dani rolls her up for 2. Pers hits a big forearm. Dani 2nd rope dropkicks her. Dani claymore kicks her. 

Pers rolls her up for 2. Dan slingshot blue thunders her for 2. Pers superkicks her on the apron then germans her there.

Pers hits mounted shots on Dani. Pers puts her in a sleeper. Pers rolls her into a grounded kimura. They trade shots on the mat then get up and trade. They double lariat each other down. Pers on the ropes and is pushed down to the apron. Dani 2nd rope germans her from the apron. 

Dani lariats her down. Dani sitout bombs her for 2 when Britt Baker pulls Dani's hair. The ref yells at Britt then Dani topes Britt. Pers then topes Dani. Dani is on the 2nd rope, Pers spanks her and hits a razor's edge. Pers pins her.

Thoughts: They stiffed each other here and each took some hard bumps. The crowd wasn't that into it because neither girl is that over here and I thought it went longer than it needed to. I'd say it was average overall. Having Dani lose in her debut is stupid.

AEW International Title - Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Tommaso Ciampa

They lock up and go to the ropes. KO clean breaks him. KO boots him in the gut and side headlocks him. KO grabs him by the beard and side headlock takeovers him. TC goes for the headscissors and they stand off. They repeat the spot and stand off. They trade forearms. 

KO makes the spit fly with a euro. They duck each other's moves and stand off again. KO clubs him down and forearms him. TC flying lariats him. KO is thrown out and TC pumping knees him off the apron. 

KO's head is banged off the commentary table. TC knee lifts KO as he hangs over the table. Don Callis is on commentary and argues with Ciampa. KO flapjacks TC.

KO hits back elbows in the corner. TC chops him and KO neckbreakers him. KO flying back elbows him then ddt's him for 2. They fight on the apron. KO facekicks him on the apron. KO goes up top and is chopped. TC bites him up there. 

TC is on the 2nd rope and is dropkicked from behind, sending his head into the post. KO bridging ddt's him on the floor in front of TC's family in the front row. KO asks Tc's daughter for a high five then he gives her the middle finger. The daughter then gives KO the finger back.

TC then attacks KO. He boot flurries him and pounds on him in the corner of the rails outside. TC flying pumping knees him then hugs his daughter. TC germans KO in the ring 3 times. 

TC hits an angel's wings for 2. TC hits facewash kicks and KO over the back neckbreakers him on the knee. KO slams him and top rope elbow drops him. TC bites KO's finger then stomps it into the mat. TC knees him in the face. TC germans him. KO no sells it shotgun dropkicks him.

TC facekicks him and powerbomb backbreakers him for 2. Don Callis argues with the ref. KO grabs a screwdriver. KO comes off the 2nd rope and TC pumping knees him. 

KO blocks a pumping knee and germans him. TC pumping knees him then KO dropkicks him. TC slides out of a dropkick and pumping knees him for 2.  

TC dropkicks him. TC forearms him. KO rolls him up for 1. KO lariats him down then dropkicks him. KO emerald flowsion's him then rainmaker's him for the win.

Thoughts: Okada won as expected as he needs to hold this title forever...because of reasons. It was another longer one with a slower pace. I guess it was alright overall but it would have been nice to speed this up a bit more and keep a more consistent flow going here. 

KO taunts Ciampa's family after.

The commentators say Steven Borden is conscious and just arrived at the hospital.

AEW Women's Tag Titles - Chicago Street Fight - The Brawling Birds (Alex Windsor and Jamie Hayter) (c) vs. Divine Dominion (Lena Kross and Megan Bayne)

The Birds are attacked in the aisle but get the edge. Meg is sent into the rails then Lena is sent into the rails too. Meg is choked with a chain. A table is set up outside. Jamie is sent into the rails. 

Lena stomps Alex. 2 chairs are opened in the ring. Lena goes face first into one and Meg is hiptossed into one. The faces chair the heels. Lena takes a double suplex. Meg is suplexed onto Lena. 

Jamie chairs Lena and Lena is pounded on by both opponents. Meg hits Alex in the head with a trash can lid. Alex takes a belly to belly suplex. Meg throws a chair into a chair in Alex's face.

Jamie is facekicked off the apron while getting powerbombed through a table outside. Meg germans Alex. Meg canes Alex in the back. Alex is busted open and gets caned more. Alex dropkicks chairs into the heels' faces. Jamie top rope crossbodies the heels. Jamie chairs Meg and hits the heels with a kendo stick. Jamie white russian legsweep's Meg. Lena then takes a facekick + russian legsweep combo. 

Jamie ddt's Meg on a barbed wire chair. Alex hits Lena in the head with a trash can. Jamie hits a top rope shot on the trash can on Lena's head. Lena is sandwiched with chair shots for 2. Meg is busted open. The four girls trade shots then all 4 go down.

The girls set up chairs in the ring. They sit on them and trade shots. Meg and Jamie have chairs thrown at their heads. Alex and Jamie take moves on chairs for 2 counts. 

Meg pump kicks Lena on accident and Jamie germans Meg. Meg germans both opponents at once. The heels bring a rail in. Jamie hits Meg with a kendo stick several times. Lena canes both opponents. Lena is double headbutted and takes a double suplex onto a rail. 

Meg flying lariats Jamie with a chain. Alex takes a claymore kick into a german for 2. Lena is double chokeslammed onto two open chairs next to each other. The heels grab a barbed wire board and put it in the ring. Alex is sent head first into a chair. Jamie death valley drivers Meg through a barbed wire board. 

Tacks are poured in the ring. Lena takes a hart attack on the tacks and gets pinned.

Thoughts: Like a lot of things on this show, it went long. But at least it was something different. They busted out the barbed wire, tacks, chains and tables here. It was alright. I was surprised to see Lena and Meg lose and think it has be the end of their team for a while.

Blood and Guts is on 11/4.

Tony Schiavone repeats what he said a little ago about Steven Borden. 

AEW Trios Titles - Swerve Strickland and The New Level (Austin Creed and Kofi) (c) vs Adam Page and Brodido (Brody King and Bandido)

Band side headlocks Kofi then shoulders him over. Kofi superkicks him in the gut. Band does his finger gun pose at him. Kofi then does it back to him. Kofi top rope crossbodies him. They each flip out of monkey flips, try to dropkick each other at the same time and stand off. 

King throws down Creed on a lock up twice. King shoulders him over and chops him down. King sentons him and throws him out. Creed gets on the steps and Page boots him off the steps. King crossbodies Creed against the rails.

Creed chops Page in the corner. Page fallaway slams him and running facekicks him. Band kneeling springboard swantons Creed. Swerve pulls Page out and they fight outside. Page is thrown over the timkeeper's rail but gets back to fighting Swerve.

Kofi pounds on and boots Band in the corner. Creed suplexes Band. Band takes a PK, sliding lariat, a splash off the ropes and an assisted moonsault. Band takes springboard kick + double flapjack combo for 2. SS (Swerve) 2nd rope diving euros Band in the back of the head. SS then taunts Page.

SS backbreakers Band. SS is popped up to Band's shoulders and Band cutters him. King sidewalk slams Kofi. King then death valley drivers him on the apron. King running lariats Creed. King back body drops Kofi. King corner cannonballs Kofi for 2. 

Page and SS get in. Page takes him down and they trade shots. Page spinning lariats him and boots him. They double clothesline each other, no sell it and go face to face. They then hockey fight. Creed trips Page and SS fosbury flops him.

King sends SS into the rails. Page apron ssp's Creed's back (while he's bridged) and Creed goes into a codebreaker from Band on the floor. SS house call kicks Page from the apron.  Page moonsault fallaway slams SS then Band does the same to Kofi.

Band chops Creed down. Creed superkicks him then shoulders him over. Band has 2 people on his shoulders. King puts a 3rd up there and Band fallaway slams/samoan drops them all.  Band top rope moonsaults the 3 opponents outside.

Band tries to german 2 people but can't. King grabs Band and they double german them all. Page and Band hit stereo topes. King piledrivers Creed for 2.  

Creed powerbombs King. Kofi top rope double legdrops King and SS top rope 450's King for 2 (King had all 3 men on him for the pin). Kofi spin kicks Page. Band hits a springboard crossbody then eats a tornado ddt. SS house call kicks King then takes a spinning lariat. 

Page buckshot lariats Kofi then pop-up powerbombs SS. Page buckshot lariat creed then SS house call kicks Page. Band hits a reverse GTS on SS. SS hits a JML driver on Band and pins him.

Thoughts: The finish was a little sudden. I'd say it was good. It had a ton of action and some creative spots. They also did a nice job of keeping the Page/Swerve feud going.

#1 Contenders to the AEW Women's Title - Thekla vs. Willow Nightingale

Thek flying headscissors Will. Will shoulders her over then sentons her. Thek hurricanrana's Will and they trade pin attempts. Will pounces Thek. Will hit a corner lariat flurry on Thek and short arm lariats her for 2. Will slams Thek and back elbows her. Will gets on the 2nd rope and is knocked down to the floor. Thek double stomps her back from the apron outside.

Will is sent into the rails. Thek stomps Willow. Thek hanging armbars Willow over the top. Thek then splits Will's fingers and makes her scream. Thek stomps Will's hand. Thek running headkicks Will on the ropes. Thek knees Will in the head. 

Will 2nd rope dropkicks Thek for 2. Thek hits shots and Will lariats her. Julia Hart comes out and distract the ref. SB hits Willow's hand with a title belt. Hart nails Thek with a title on accident and Willow gets a 2 count on her. Thek curbstomps Willow's hand then curbstomps her for the pin.

Thoughts: I would have liked to have seen Thek win with a hand based hold here since she spent a decent portion of this one working on it. This was a little high up on the card based on the skill of the wrestlers involved. They had some of the right ideas here but I thought it was only average.

Mercedes Mone comes out on the stage and poses. Thek has some words for her from the ring.

AEW Tag Titles - Ladder Match - Christian Cage and Adam Copeland (c) vs. FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)

All 6 men fight. Cope's head is banged off the steps. Dax grabs a ladder and is tripped into the steps with it. Cope crossbodies Matt's back against the 2nd rope. Matt takes a side slam + reverse ddt combo. Cage chairs a chair into Dax's face. Cash has a chair thrown at his face. 

Cash gets chaired as does Dax. Dax is busted open. FTR  tkae running corner lariats then stereo bulldogs on open chair seats. A Buck is crotched on a hair top rope edge. Cage then hits the chair underneath him. 

A Buck is double hiptossed onto chairs. A Buck is popped up into double dropkicks on Cage and Cope, which sends chairs into Cage and Cope's faces. Cope and Cage baseball slide a ladder into the other people's faces. Cope and Cage then do top rope dives outside.

Cope is on a ladder and takes a springboard dropkick down. FTR and The Bucks trade shots. A Buck climbs a ladder and is pulled down. Cash is bridged on the ladder and takes a springboard swanton. The Bucks climb a ladder together and it gets pushed into the ropes. 

Cage is busted open. Cage and Cope drop a ladder onto Nick's gut. Cope is sent into a ladder then Cage is as well. Nick runs up a ladder and corkscrew dives Cope. Matt runs up a ladder and double shiranui's FTR. Cage is monkey flipped into a ladder. A Buck is thrown off the top onto a bridged ladder. A Buck is back body dropped onto a ladder.

A ladder bridge is set up then falls down and has to be set up again. Dax and Cope climb a ladder. Dax suplexes Cope through the bridged ladder. Cage and Cash then hit stereo top rope splashes.

Cage and Cash are sent into ladders. Cash takes a double team shot in the corner. Cash takes a top rope double stomp and Nick then hits a backcracker off of it to Cage, who is on a ladder. Cash is back body dropped through a table outside. 

A Buck top rope 450's Dax through a table. The other Buck takes an impaler ddt from the apron onto a table but the table doesn't budge as the Buck's head only hits. Cage takes an enzugiri from a Buck. 

Cage huts a 2nd rope killswitch on a Buck on a ladder. Cope chairs FTR. Stokeley Hathaway low blows Cope. Stoke then throws powder in Cage's eyes. Stoke climbs the ladder. He goes up top, Cope pushes the ladder over and Stoke goes through tables outside.

Cash chairs Cope. Cope takes a spike piledriver on the apron. Cash is double superkicked. Cash takes a meltzer driver on the floor. Dax and Cope are on tables. The Bucks climb a ladder together then hit an elbow drop and splash at the same time. Cash topes between ladder rungs and sends Cage into a table on the rails. 

All 6 men climb 3 ladders in the ring. Cope goes under the ladders and spears a Buck. Nick takes a shatter machine from the ladders by FTR. Dax hangs out of a ladder rung and takes a double chair shot. Cope is pushed off a ladder and goes crotch first on the top rope. Cash is thrown over a standing ladder and hits his legs on the ropes as he falls.  Cage takes a bte trigger off a ladder and The Bucks grab the tag titles to win.

Thoughts: The Bucks win...of course. Did they need to win? No, but the AEW Tag division is only allowed to focus on 2 teams and those are The Bucks and FTR. And The Bucks just happen to be EVP's, which I'm sure had no weight in this outcome. It was a long match with tons of dangerous spots here. I'm sure there were multiple injuries. I'm not trying to purposely undercut this, just everything you could really do in a ladder match has been done already and the bar for outdoing something like TLC II is so impossibly high that it's not even worth it. I just don't want to see people get hurt and take unnecessary risks on a match that probably don't stand the test of time.

We get a video on Wardlow, who has been out of action since March 2024. 

AEW World Title - Will Ospreay (c) vs Jon Moxley

Will gets a violin player for his entrance and I think a video that was based on Assassin's Creed. Will then lights a Death Riders flag on fire with his buddies in the parking lot. Will says, "Let's f*cking do this".

Will rolls out of a wristlock. Mox hammerlocks him and Will reverses it. They go on the mat and get up. Mox side headlocks him then shoulders him over. Will kips up and knees him. Will facekicks him. Mox shoulders him over then Will side headlock takeovers him. They stand off.

They chop each other. Will flying headscissors him. Will slingshot plancha's him outside. Will chops Mox outside. Will boots and chops Mox inside. Mox bites Will on the buckles. Will is ddt'd on the top buckle and bleeds.

Mox dropkicks Will from behind, sending him off the apron to the floor. Will is then sent into the steps. Mox grinds Will's face into the steps and hits a crossface shot on him. Mox hits crossface shots. Mox neckbreakers Will for 1.

Mox pulls on Will's fingers and bites them. They trade shots. Mox crossfaces Will. Mox piledrivers Will for 2. Mox hits punches. Will chops him. Will's handspring is caught and Mox STF's him. Will handspring corkscrew kicks him. Will hits forearms then springboard forearms him for 2. Will hits chops on Mox and drops him. Will standing corkscrew moonsaults him for 2. 

They trade shots. Will trips him and Mox goes for an armbar/triangle. Mox grounded chokes him. Will superkicks him. Mox sleeper suplexes him and then gotch style piledrivers him for 2. Will hits forearms on Mox and Mox lariats him. 

Will blocks a curbstomp. Will hits shots and spinning forearms him. Will flips out of a lariat and powerbombs him. Will holds on and hits a styles clash for 2. Will os cutters him for 2. Marina Shafir trips Will. Yuta tries to get in the ring and Mike Bailey stops him. Will high kicks Mox. Will then facekicks the ref off the apron by accident. The Death Riders attack United Empire outside. Will hidden blade's Mox but the ref is out. Yuta stomps Will.

Francesco Akira slingshot cutters Yuta. Akira fights Garcia and Yuta but gets thrown out. Mike Bailey superkicks Yuta then facekicks Garcia off the apron. Yuta springboard triangle moonsaults outside. Mike pushes Shafir down outside. Pac hits Mike with a briefcase. Andrade El Idolo trips Pac and Idolo spinning back elbows Pac outside.

Mox hits a double arm ddt on Will, Will no sells it and hits a hidden blade on him. Shafir then hits Will with the briefcase. Mox gets a 2 count on Will. Shafir then kicks the ref in the head. Alex Windsor comes out and fights Shafir. Jamie Hayter then comes in and hits Shafir from behind. The Brawling Birds pose, Yuta goes after them and gets headbutted by both. Jamie then top rope plancha's multiple people outside. The girls then fight outside.

Mox curbstomps Will on the briefcase. Mox hits Will in the head with the briefcase. Another ref comes down and Mox gets a 2 count on Will. Mox double arm ddt's Will twice. Mox hits a death rider ddt. Mox bulldog chokes Will. Will bites Mox's arm. Will hidden blade's him. Will hits a stormbreaker on Mox for 2. Will hidden blades him and pins him.

Thoughts: I wasn't that into this one going in and I didn't think it was that good. I didn't like the story going into this and it's a long extension of the problems The BCC and now The Death Riders have run into. Some days they are faces, some days they are cold-blooded killers and that makes it hard for storyline building. Mox and Will should hate each other, but they treat each other as respect rivals and whatever you end up getting when they interact just seems to be a coin toss depending on the day. We had a bunch of random interference here which will surely lead to Blood and Guts too that didn't help this. I thought this was below average.

Mox takes Will's belt away from him after. Mox then puts the belt on him.

Overall thoughts: It was the usual very long AEW PPV. If you watched the pre-show, you were here for 5.5 hours. AEW hardcores might not mind but for people who aren't as into AEW, it's an endurance contest. I didn't like Idolo/Pac. Darby's tag match ended via due to a doctor's stoppage. Persphone/Luna didn't work. Okada/Ciampa was alright. The Women's tag match was something different and it was also alright. I thought the AEW Trios Title match was the match of the night. Willow/Thekla was average. The ladder match was your usual ladder match. Mox/Will was below average. 

As always, AEW tries to put on a good PPV and give you your money's worth. There were a lot of people missing here (MJF, Omega, Takeshita, Gabe, Jericho, The Hurt Syndicate, The Demand, The Conglomeration and Mistico). There were rumors were that Ilja Dragunov might appear here, but it didn't happen. I thought it was a weaker show overall though. I'd give it a 4 out of 10 as for how much I enjoyed it but I'd say effort wise, it was a 5 or 6 out of 10. It was just not a strong night in the ring and the hot stories weren't there. I thought it was below average. AEW's running more PPV's now and that means weaker PPV's as wrestlers have to work more so they take it easier and creative has to set up for more shows so you don't see all the best stuff all in one night.

AEW Collision 9/26/2026 All Out Tailgate Brawl 2026

AEW Collision 9/26/2026 All Out Tailgate Brawl 2026

The last Collision is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/aew-dynamitecollision-9232026.html

The PPV is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/aew-all-out-2026-9262026.html 

We are in Chicago, IL. Taz, Excalibur and Tony Schiavone are on commentary.

Jack Perry vs Katsuyori Shibata

JP jumps in the front row with fans during his entrance.

KS side headlocks him and headscissors him. JP handstands to escape. They stand off after a KS pin attempt. JP armdrags him. They trade chops and JP goes down.

KS hits chops and JP boots him from the ropes. JP sits up top and is chopped down. We go to PiP break and return. KS hits chops. JP euros him. JP pounds on him and pushes his head into the buckles with his feet. 

JP flying knees KS against the ropes. They chop each other on the apron. JP suplexes him on the apron and floor. KS hurricanrana's him inside but JP rolls through. JP does an STF. 

KS hits chest kicks and JP dropkicks him. JP tiger drivers him for 2. JP flies at him and is knocked down. KS hits chops on JP in the corner. KS snapmares him, tries a chickenwing and JP backrolls into a pin on him. JP pins him.

Thoughts: Jack won as expected as Shibata never wins anything here and him losing would have ended Jack's storyline of wanting to face Joe. It wasn't a good choice for an opener as it wasn't too exciting and nothing suggested it would be that good on paper.

Jack yells for Samoa Joe after and asks where he is. The Opps come out minus Joe. Joe then comes out after. Joe gets in the ring. Joe stares Jack and goes to walk away. Jack shoves him and tells him to shake his hand. Joe then headbutts him.

Mina Shirakawa and Queen Aminata vs The Sisters of Sin (Julia Hart and Skye Blue)

Mina side headlocks Hart. Mina shoves her and Hart STO's her. Mina rolls her up. Mina ducks a shot and shimmies. Mina legsweeps her and kicks her. Queen and SB shove and forearm each other. Queen shoulders her down then hits chocolate kisses. Queen PK's her.

Mina slingshot tornillo's SB. Hart trips Mina. SB step up knees Mina on the ropes and ddt's her. We go to PiP break and return.  Mina flying lariats Hart and spinning forearms her. Mina flying headscissors SB. Mina top rope dropkicks Hart for 2.

SB takes shots from both opponents. Mina high kicks SB. Queen top rope double stomps SB. Hart and SB do stereo octopuses to their opponents. The faces hit stereo high angle reverse ddt's to break it up.

SB knees Queen in the face and Queen headbutts her. Mina spinning forearms Hart down then SB superkicks Mina. Queen twisting fisherman suplexes SB. SB rolls up Mina for 2. Mina spinning forearms SB then urakens her. SB rolls up Mina for 2. SB running boots Mina in the chest. SB hits a code blue on Mina and pins her.

Thoughts: SB was in her hometown here so she got the win. It was average and there wasn't any great logic or anything to it. They didn't botch too much and it didn't have too many issues.

Mick Foley interviews The Bang Bang Gang. Juice is acting and dressed up like a coach. He says Ace has tight quads. Juice says they will exploit their opponents defense. They say the lack of rules works in their favor and they will show they are the biggest gunslingers in town. Jay then does the "guns up" line and they get all fired up.

No DQ Tailgate Brawl - The Bang Bang Gang (Jay White, Austin Gunn, Colten Gunn and Ace Austion) vs Daniel Garcia, David Finlay, Wheeler Yuta and Clark Connors

Clark and DF come down the stands and Clark has a keg. DG and Yuta wear football gear out. They then do a starting line-up intro with the heels saying their names and what college they went to like they do for football broadcasts.

The two teams do a football stance and charge at each other. Everyone fights. Ace rolls over Clark's back and dropkicks him. Jay back body drops DF. DF takes running corner attacks. Jay has the football snapped to him and Colten throws it at DF. 

Jay chops DF in the corner and DF bangs Jay's head off the apron. The heels then snap the football. Clark and DF shoulder people over with football shoulder pads. We go to PiP break and return. 

Jay takes running corner attacks. Ace avoids charges on the ramp. He throws a football at Yuta and spin kicks him in the face. Ace then spikes the football in the ring. Ace fosbury flops DG. Austin trips Clark and hits a version of natural selection on him. Austin ddt's DF. Jay top rope swantons onto multiple people outside. DF takes a 4v1 in the ring. DF takes a fameasser on a keg. 

Austin rolls up DF for 2. Shafir goes in the ring and yells at the ref. Juice Robinson then comes in and yells at her. Juice throws a red flag and Shafir hip throws him. They roll on the mat and go out. DF hits Austin in the head with a helmet for 2. 

Clark is pushed off the top and goes into a grill outside. Ace hits the fold on DF. DG takes a 310 to Yuma. Yuta rolls up  someone for 2 then Jay bladerunners Yuta and pins him.

Thoughts: It wasn't real serious and they did a lot of screwing around with football stuff. It would have been nice if it were more serious. It was a bit entertaining though and they did get creative. I didn't love it but I'd say it was acceptable.

Overall thoughts: The opener was a little below average. The women's tag match was average. The main was mostly comedy and had a lot of football references. It was entertaining to a degree and acceptable. I'm not sure how successful it was at being a pre-show as they didn't do a lot of hype here, but at least 2 of the bouts weren't totally random. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 overall and it was average.

NWA Powerrr 9/26/2026

NWA Powerrr 9/26/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/nwa-powerrr-9192026.html

We are at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, PA. Danny Dealz, Billy Corgan and Joe Galli are on commentary.

Nattie Neidhart does a promo. She says she returned and will make her return to the NWA. She says you can call her "Nattie 2 Taps" when she's done with the Paige Sisters tonight.

Kylie Paige vs Kenzie Paige vs Nattie Neidhart

Nat hits Kylie then gets double teamed. Nat sends the two into each other and bangs Kylie's head off the buckles. Kylie hits chest forearms on Nat in the corner. Nat slingshot drops Kylie on her butt. Nat is tripped and pulled out by Ken. Ken forearms her outside.

Nat sends Kylie into the rails. Ken crossfaces Nat in the ring. Nat STO's Ken. Nat surfboards Ken. Kylie hits mounted shots on Nat. 

We go to break.

Silas Mason says him and Carson Drake don't see eye to eye, especially about what the title means. He says the title means more money into Carson's bank account, but he says the title is about the miles, memories, moments and proving you are the best. He says it means your word can't be broken but Drake's word is worth nothing. He says it's the biggest match of Drake's life against the biggest man who ever lived.

We return to the match. 

Kylie hits knees on Nat and running knees her in the face. Kylie crabs Nat in the ropes. Kylie hits mounted shots on Nat. Nat is double superkicked in the back of the head. Kylie boots Nat in the corner. 

Nat is it with a german and The Sisters go for the pin together. The Sisters argue. Nat takes a double boot. Nat sends Ken into Kylie then she germans Ken. Nat then germans Kylie. Nat spinning lariats both. Nat drops Kylie butt first onto Kenzie. Nat then sharpshooters both opponents at once.

The Sisters double crab Nat. Nat gets pulled down over the ropes and Ken cutters Nat for 2. Kylie stomps Nat in the corner.

We go to break.

Aron Stevens hypes up Carson Drake in the back. He says tradition says when you win the NWA Title, you get a rolex to commemorate it. He then gives him a rolex as he says he already won it. The Slimeballz ask for the box and Aron throws it at them and tells them quiet. Aron asks what time the watch has and Drake says the time is time to become NWA champ. Aron then takes the box away from The Slimeballz.

We return to the match.

Kylie misses a corner kick. Ken cutters Kylie on accident. Nat is rolled up by Ken for 2. They double clothesline each other. Kylie teases hitting Nat with the title belt then nails Kenzie with it on purpose. Nat then sharpshooters Ken and submits her. 

Thoughts: It was a weird one. It was a 2v1 then Kylie turned on Kenzie after Kenzie hit her with a move on accident. It got a lot of time and the odd 2v1 situation made for an unusual flow. I'm just glad we got to see it as we didn't get to see Nattie's last NWA match.

Joe Galli interviews Silas Mason about him wrestling in All Japan recently. He says Japan was beautiful and says the Japanese people wanted to see their guy (Shotaro Ashino) take the title. He says the language barrier wasn't too bad as the language of whooping on someone translates in any language.

Silas says he went to the Rocky Top Sports Bar in Tokyo and gave someone a replica NWA Title. Silas says if Corgan wants to go on another world tour, he'll be there. Silas says there's only one World Title. He says Whitey Caldwell was buried with his title and he will be too as he will never lose. 

Alex Taylor does a promo. He says him and Ricky Morton went through hell but he's still standing. He says The Morton's are in the rear view and he will focus on holding some gold. He says when you're hot, you're hot and when you're not...

NWA World Title - Silas Mason (c) vs Carson Drake

Aaron Stevens is with Drake.

They go up into each other's face and stare down. They shove each other, lock up and go into the corner. 

We go to break.

Heath Slater does a promo. He says it doesn't matter who wins tonight as he's ready for either guy. He says he's coming for the ten pounds of gold and we are looking at the new champ.

We return from break.

SM side headlock takeovers him. CD hammerlocks him and side headlock takeovers him. SM headscissors him. CD flips out of it. They bridge up together and SM backslides him for 2. SM goes for a thrill ride and CD backs off in the corner. 

CD side headlocks him. They criss-cross on the ropes and SM running lariats him. SM back body drops him. SM hits mounted corner punches and CD drops down. SM then hits more mounted corner punches. Aron Stevens gets on the apron and is hit too. 

CD is out of it and swings wildly. SM backdrops him for 2. Aron trips SM.

We go to break.

The Royal Court talk. Trevor says he couldn't be more proud of his court. The Slimeballz come up to The Court and want a penny for a Rolex found. Mike Knox refuses. Trevor tells Tyler Franks to donate and he gives them a penny. Sage complains.

We return from break.

SM chases Aron around the ring. SM chops CD outside. SM gets sent into the rails. CD swinging neckbreakers him on the floor. CD is down. Billy Corgan, the ref, doctors and Aron Stevens check on CD. It is then announced that Carson Drake cannot continue. Silas Mason wins by ref stoppage.

Thoughts: Drake got hurt and the match had to end abruptly, so I won't be too critical of this one. It's disappointing it had to end this way and hopefully Drake is okay.

Silas gets on the mic after. He says it ain't supposed to be end like this and it ain't over between him and Drake. He says Drake is a low down SOB. Aron Stevens then nails Silas from behind. Aron tries to hit Silas with a loaded glove and Silas hits a thrill ride on him. Silas says he will take a match anytime and anywhere and he loves Philadelphia. 

Overall thoughts: There were only 2 new matches here and the main got cut short due to injury. The three-way earlier in the show went long, had a weird story going on and had Kylie turn on Kenzie at the end of it. We didn't get a lot built for next time here but at least the two matches we had on here were somewhat built to. There were way too many commercials on this show and the commercial breaks during matches made it hard to get invested into the matches. I'm not going to give this one a rating due to how this ended.

Juggalo Championship Wrestling 9/24/2026 JCW Lunacy Episode 100 Carnival of Chaos

Juggalo Championship Wrestling 9/24/2026 JCW Lunacy Episode 100 Carnival of Chaos

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/juggalo-championship-wrestling-9172026.html

Note - Vince Russo quit JCW this week. He claimed he wasn't getting full creative control and was just tired. We've seen this one from Russo before. No one is ever going to give him full control at a major level unless the people running the show are executives who don't know anything about wrestling booking or unless the promotion is so small that it doesn't really matter. I thought the JCW and Russo collaboration was beneficial for both parties as it got JCW more coverage and it showed that Russo could book an entertaining show. I hope Violent J learned from Russo's booking style a little and I hope JCW doesn't go back to being what pre-Russo era JCW was with bad wrestling and no storylines.

Mark Roberts and Joe Dombrowski are our hosts.

Vince Russo does a video from his home. He says he is selling his 50% ownership of JCW back to Violent J as he rides off into the sunset. He thanks Violent J and the JCW locker room and the fans.  

Mack Davis interviews Vincenzo outside. Vin says The Luciano Family is having issues. Vin yells at Sally Boy and asks what he's doing. Sal complains about Vito and says he killed his dad. Vin says he doesn't understand what's happening. Sal says he understood Vito made him an orphan. He says he will get his revenge on Vito tonight.

JCW Tag Titles - Choppa City (Bruce Wayans and Atiba) (c) vs The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher)

The Choppa's get hit as they pose on the ropes and all 4 men fight. Bruce hits shots on Thrasher and Atiba chops Mosh. Mosh is double chopped down then he takes double chops from The Choppa's. The Choppa's double elbow drop Mosh. Thrasher ddt's Atiba then chops him in the corner.

Mosh jumps off the top onto Atiba. Mosh leg chokes Atiba on the ropes then rides his neck on the ropes. Mosh eye rakes Atiba. Atiba takes a double flapjack. Thrasher foot chokes Atiba then rakes his eyes on the ropes. Thrasher clubs on Atiba. Atiba is bridged on the ropes and takes a la silla to the back. 

Atiba hits shots on Mosh's gut and Mosh eye pokes him. Mosh chokes Atiba. Atiba is double booted in the corner. Thrasher drops Atiba with a shot. Thrasher goes up top but Bruce trips him. Atiba then rolls up Mosh and pins him.

Thoughts: It was kind of a one-sided bout. I didn't think the faces really got in enough before winning and this didn't really get to peak.

Kerry Morton is interviewed by Mack Davis. He says he could become the American champ tonight if he wins or be fired if he loses. He says he hopes Vince Russo is watching. He says Vince left JCW but he forgot to close the chapter on Kerry's career. He says he's gone through his stipulations.  He says Vince never liked him from the start and a lot of people don't. He says he has changed a lot in the last few months. He says he will see himself out the door if he loses. He says they don't make them like him or JCW anymore. He asks for the fans to stand with him tonight as it's the peak of the mountain top and he will hit a home run.

Mr. Happy walks a teddy bear in with a stroller as fans cheer him on.

Donovan Dijak vs Mr. Happy

DD clubs on him from behind and Happy no sells it. Happy threatens DD. DD offers a hug then boots him in the gut. Happy shoulders him over. Happy runs the ropes and Jasmin St. Claire trips him. JJ hits basement dropkicks and foot chokes him. 

DD clubs on Happy on the mat. DD boots him then grabs the stroller Happy brought in. DD then superkicks the teddy bear in the stroller. Happy gets mad and back elbows him. Happy lariats him then corner splashes him twice. Happy samoan drops him for 2. 

DD slaps Happy and Happy headbutts him in the chest. DD spinning facekicks him for 2. Jasmin gets in the ring and she tries to pull Happy with DD. They can't move him. DD foot chokes him. DD misses a top rope moonsault. Happy spinning heel kicks him. 

Jasmine distracts the ref and holds her stomach. DD hits Happy with the stroller and gets caught. Dijak is DQ'd.

Thoughts: It wasn't a classic or anything but it made sense, it went like it should have to some degree and I thought it was fine for what it was. 

Dijak hits Happy with the stroller after. Dijak spits on the toy bear and wipes his butt with it. Dijak then poses on Happy.

Mack Davis interviews Father Bronson. Bron says he will blow Kerry Morton's mind and make him understand everything he needs to know about Red Love. Caleb Konley comes in. He says he needs 5 minutes out of Bron and needs him to stall. He tells him to do whatever it takes and says he needs 5 glorious minutes from him to get rid of Kerry forever. He then mocks Bron's accent and says, "Do you understand what I'm talking about?".

Father Bronson talks before his match. He says he wants to put an end to the nepotism that is Kerry Morton. He says Kerry capitalized on handouts but he won't hand him nothing. He says he will have to do everything to win the title but it may cost him everything. 

JCW American Title - Kerry Morton 5 Minute Challenge - Father Bronson (c) vs Kerry Morton

KM rolls him up and sweeps him. Bron tries pins and goes out. KM chases Bron and Bron stomps him in the ring. Kerry hits punches on Bron and dropkicks him for 2. Kerry is pulled face first into the buckles. Bron suplexes him. 

Kerry is sent into the buckles for 2. Bron hits shots to KM's gut. KM chops Bron and bangs his head off the buckles. KM misses a corner splash. KM sunset flips him. Bron lariats him down. KM hits punches on Bron. Bron death valley drivers him. 

Bron sits up top and is forearmed down. KM slingshot plancha's him. They fight outside. Bron is sent into the post. KM flying pumping knees him. KM pins him but according to the one clock, it hit 0 before he pinned him.

Caleb Konley comes out with security guards, ref and Mack Davis. He asks if we don't live in a society or a place with law and order. Mack says Kerry was over 5 minutes and he lost. Caleb makes Mack say that Kerry Morton is fired. Kerry then hands the title over. 

Thoughts: They messed this one up. They had issues with the clock. One clock showed there was time left after Kerry won while the other showed no time was left. I don't know which one was true and that's a big problem considering the time was the most important part of this one. It could be explained...but it should have been done right the first time.

Kerry leaves his boots in the ring, shakes everyone's hands and leaves. 

Violent J talks to The JWO. He says Team GCW are not pussies and says their performance has not been what it should have been. He says they have lacked a bit and they only got 95.9% out of them. J says Willie Mack has been too slow when he needs to be fast and too fast when he needs to be slow. J says 2 Tuff Tony usually is able to blow a 2.26 before matches but he has been able to blow a 2.27 lately. J then says he heard Paul has been walking around too tall. He says Paul measures in at 7'2  but is walking around at 7'26. Wacko The Kidd comes in and gives them all things to smoke. J says he owns Wakko's Exotics and says we know where to get it. J says to elevate your minds as we are going to war. They then sign a song to fire up. This was basically a war speech with them playing military music in the background.

Special Ref - Mad Man Pondo: Team JWO (Painful Paul, 2 Tuff Tony and Willie Mack) vs Team GCW (Slade, Nick Gage and Otis Cogar)

Tony and Gage trade shots. Tony gets the edge and hits mounted corner punches. Tony back elbows him down. Tony gets double teamed from behind. Tony hits a double lariat on them and drops them.

Mack hits lariats on Otis. Otis lariats him back. They then double lariat each other down. Slade hits forearms on Paul. Paul facekicks him. Slade takes down Mack and stomps on him. Mack's head is banged off the buckles then he is triple teamed in the corner. Otis gets a 2 count on Mack.

Otis corner spears Mack then sends him head first into the buckles. Otis corner crossbodies Mack. Slade hits shots on Mack in the corner then he does a shoot chokeslam on him for 2. Slade bites his face. Gage tags in and Mack fights back against him. Gage eye rakes him. They double clothesline each other. Tony tags in. He hits shots on Otis and Slade. Tony shoulders Slade over. 

Gage and Tony trade shots. Gage ddt's him and Paul breaks up the pin. Paul lariats Gage down. Slade hits shots on Paul then Paul facekicks Otis. Slade misses a corner charge and is lariated over the top by Slade. 

Gage wants to fight Violent J outside. Mack dives on Gage outside. Paul catches Slade and hits a huge chokeslam. Slade goes for the pin but Brett Lauderdale gets on the apron. Violent J pulls Brett off the apron then drops him with a punch. 

Otis chairs Paul in the back and dumps him out. Tony brainbusters Otis on an open chair. Tony then hits a meteor punch on Oits and pins him.

Thoughts: I liked this. It wasn't the craziest brawl ever but they timed it pretty well and they did a good job of making it look they had issues. It a pretty good brawl for JCW standards and they had a good story for it with the JWO vs GCW feud. I thought this was good and one of JCW's better bouts.

The JWO then celebrates after.

Mack Davis interviews Sally Boy. Sal says he has a lot on his mind and has proof that Big Vito killed his father. He says he did it as he couldn't walk in his foot steps. Sal says tonight is about vendetta.

Sally Boy comes out with a trash can. He says he's been looking for Big Vito all night and challenges him to face him like a man. 

Vito comes out with Vincenzo. Vito says he has to come to this piece of crap building. He rips the fans and says they should all get diahrrea and have a great night. Sal says it's not about the fans, it's between him and Vito. Sal says he has an orphan for 25 years while Vito was a murderer.

Vito says he thinks Sal lost his mind. He says there's rules in La Cosa Nostra and there's things you have to known and you don't have to know. 

Sal says when he was a 5 year old boy, Vito told him he worked in waste management and he has a garbage route. Sal says that's not true as Vito is a made man. He says he's made of lies and deceit. He says Vito is made of nothing but BS.

Vito says Sal has a pass but he can't save him a second time. He says Sal is on a need to know basis. He says this is La Familia and you settle things with revenge and remorse. He says one thing Sal has in common with his dad is that he didn't have the guts to pull the trigger either. 

Vito says he took care of him and saved his life. Vito takes his sunglasses off and turns around. Sal has the trash can and Vito tells him to do it. Sal tells Vito to turn around. Sal goes to hit him but can't. Sal then hits him with the trash can from behind. Vincenzo goes up to Sal and Sal pushes him down. Sal then hits Vito in the head with the trash can and hits him in the back and chest with it. Vincenzo tries to break it up and Sal hits Vito with the trash can again. Vito is down and Vincenzo tells Sal to get out. Sal then does.

I didn't want to watch the battle royal. Bulk Rogan (A Hulk Hogan Thunderlips knockoff) ended up winning it and won the JCW Battle Royal Title in it.

Dani Mo talks to The Outbreak. She says tonight is serious business and she needs them to watch her back and keep an eye out for HoKane.

JCW Women's Title Match - Dani Mo (c) vs. "Big Al" Alice Crowley

Dani has The Outbreak with her.

They shake hands and Dani side headlocks her. Dani side headlock takeovers her. Dani handstands out of a headscissors. Dani side headlocks her. They shoulder battle. Al shoulders her over then armdrags her. Al knees her in the face then running boots her for 2. 

Dani 2nd rope diving armdrags her. Dani hits chops and basement dropkicks her for 2. Al chokes her on the ropes. Ali hits corner spears and footchokes her. Dani high kicks her then michinoku drivers her for 2. 

Dani handstands on the 2nd rope and goes for a splash but Al gets her knees up. Al back elbows her and forearms her. Al then pump kicks her down. Al backdrops her for 2. HoKane gets on the apron. Al swings at her and HoKane hits Al with a hatchet.

Thoughts: It ended before it could really get into the later stages of the match. What we did get wasn't bad and Dani was doing some athletic stuff her. Al pretty much stuck to strikes as usual. HoKane trying to use a hatchet was pretty wild.

Dani hits Kane from behind after. Kane uranage backbreakers her then hits mounted shots on her. Barnabas The Bizarre comes out and hits HoKane with his cane, saving Dani. Kane then picks up the hatchet and threatens Barnabas with it. The Outbreak get in and HoKane backs off. Dani then walks off with The Outbreak, leaving Barnabas alone in the ring.

Josh Bishop and Joel Gertner are interviewed by Mack Davis. Mack says Joel looks horrible. Joel says it's been a rough year but he wants to move on. Mack doesn't know what to ask him. Joel goes through the motions about what Josh will do tonight and says there's unfinished business. Joel asks what Caleb Konley's nickname is and complains about him defending his title every 30 days. He says Josh has unbeaten for over 1,000 days. Joel says Caleb is a fraud and an imposter dummy with a hand up his @ss.

Joel asks Mack what Caleb's nickname is. Mack says "The Chosen One" and Joel says, "Chosen by who?". Mack says he ain't wrong.

JCW World Title - Josh Bishop (c) vs Krule vs CoKane

Josh and Krule trade chops. CoKane does cocaine and hits both. Josh is sent into Krule and Kane corner lariats Krule. Krule decks Josh then knees Kane in the face. Kane facekicks Krule. Josh boots Krule over.

Kane walks the top rope and diving headscissors Josh. Krule back body drops Kane over the top. Josh catches Kane and throws him back in the ring. Krule topes Josh. Josh and Krule fight in the crowd. Kane tope con hilos them and drops a fan as well. Kane knees Krule in the face from the apron. Krule powerbombs Kane on the apron. Josh suplexes Krule in from the apron. Josh hits shots on Kane and exploders him.

Josh corner lariats and corner spears Kane. Josh death valley drivers Kane in the corner onto Krule for 2. Krule double lariats his opponents. Krule lariats them in the corners. Josh spears Kane. Krule chokeslams Josh then he chokeslams Kane onto Josh. Joel Gertner gets on the apron and gets down when Krule goes at him.

HoKane comes out and shows Krule her hatchet. Krule stares at HoKane in the aisle and they head to the back. CoKane boots Josh out of the corner. Josh takes a sunset bomb from Kane. Kane misses a top rope swanton. Josh headbutts Kane in the chest then hits a razor's edge powerbombs on him. Josh pins Kane.

Thoughts: We had a bit of shenanigans here. CoKane's tope con hilo into the crowd where he took out a fan was the big highlight of this. Krule didn't really take the loss here as he left which was nice. I thought CoKane had a decent here. It was acceptable.

The hosts talk.

Mack Davis interviews Shane Mercer. Shane says it's been too long since he had the title. Steven Flowe (with The Ring Rat) then says Shane ripped him off. He says it wasn't worth half of what he thought it was. Shane says he only gave it to him as he looked homeless. Steve says he's a rockstar.

JCW Lunacy World Title Match - Caleb Konley (c) vs. Shane Mercer

Shane wasitlocks Cal and Cal ropebreaks. Cal wristlocks him. Shane side headlocks him. Cal then reverses it. Shane shoulders him over. Shane lifts him up by the arm then throws him down by the arm. Cal armdrags him but Shane holds onto the arm. Cal slams him but Shane holds on.

Cal back elbows Shane. Cal comes off the 2nd rope and is caught. Shane pop up spinning powerslams Cal. Cal then slides out. Shane chops Cal on the rails and bangs his head off the apron. 

Cal goes up top and Shane follows. Shane is in tree of woe and Cal top rope double stomps him down for 2. Cal leg chokes Shane on the ropes. Cal legsweeps him for 2. Cal hits chops on Shane. Shane gets up. Shane swinging sleepers him then Shane is sent into the post. Cal gets a 2 count on Shane.

Cal gets on Shane's back with a camel clutch variation. Shane exploders Cal. Shane hits running lariats on Cal then lariats him from behind. Shane release suplexes him for 2. Cal is laid on the top rope. Shane stands on him and the post and moonsaults on him as he lays up on the top buckle for 2. The Ring Rat comes out and distracts the ref. Steven Flowe tries to hit Shane with his guitar but Shane blocks it and throws Steven.

Shane gorilla presses Cal but Cal hits a canadian destroyer off of it. Cal backhands Shane then poisonrana's him. Cal double jump twisting moonsaults Shane for 2. They trade shots in the middle of the ring. Shane one arm gorilla press slams Cal. 

Shane chops him in the corner. Shane runs at him in the corner but nails the ref instead. Cal low blows Shane. Jeeves comes out. Cal grabs him and hits him. EC3 then comes out. EC cutters Cal. Shane 2nd rope moonsault fallaway slams Cal but the ref is down and can't count. Shane carries the ref over and gets a 2 count on Cal. Cal burning hammers Shane and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a longer bout, especially for JCW standards and had some twists and turns with Jeeves, EC3 and Steven Flowe coming out. I thought they had the logic right here. This would have worked better if Caleb had a true face to work with as Shane's a heel and he hasn't pushed strong enough to really get the crowd into him. It was acceptable and they did bust out some big stuff for this though. Caleb wins again and it seems like EC3 will be up next against him.

Overall thoughts: The opener was one-sided. Happy/Dijak wasn't a classic, but I thought it made sense. Kerry Morton's match got messed up as it had a 5 minute time limit and it seemed like they messed with the clocks during it. The JWO vs GCW match was good and the best thing on the show. Dani/Big Al wasn't bad. Krule's 3 way match was acceptable as was the main. I'd give it a 7 out of 10. We had one really good match here that helped this one out, the other matches were mostly fine and we had a lot going on up and down the card. They treated it like a big show and it felt like one. It was okay overall. 

WWE Smackdown 9/25/2026

WWE Smackdown 9/25/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/wwe-smackdown-9182026.html

We are in Indianapolis, IN. 

We see various wrestlers arrive. 

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

They hockey fight and Trick jumping side kicks him. Trick flapjacks him. Trick chops and stomps him in the corner. Trick is sent into the cage and Baron splashes him there. Baron hits shots to the back of the head. Baron AA's him.

We go to PiP break and return. They fight on top of the cage. Trick is hanging over the cage and Baron suplexes him in for 2. Trick heads for the door. Baron kicks the door open right into Lil' Yachty. Trick corkscrew facekicks him for 2. Baron lariats Trick down. Baron chokeslams him. Bron tries to go through the door and Yachty slams the door in Baron's face. Trick hits a trick shot for 2.

Trick flying pumping knees the cage when Baron moves. Baron germans him. Baron hits deep six for 2. Baron is sent into the cage twice then Trick uranage's him. Trick uranage's him again then hits a 3rd. Trick then pins him.

Thoughts: They cut to a break at a bad time here and definitely hurt a bit of my interest in this with that. I liked the spots with Yachty. I was surprised to see Trick take a superplex from the cage. What we got was alright here and I'm curious to see what's next for both guys. There was no blood here, outside of Trick bleeding a little in the back of his mouth.

Lash Legend and Nia Jax are interviewed. Cathy brings up an old ladder match with Lash and Lash gets upset. Nia puts Lash over as they talk about Giulia and Charlotte. Lash asks Nia to interview her. Lash says she will win tonight, become Miss MTB and bring the title home.

CM Punk and Nick Aldis talk. Nick wants to have a quick word with him in his offense. Punk asks if he's in trouble and Nick says no.

We go to break. CM Punk and Nick Aldis go into Nick's office. Kevin Owens is in there. Nick says their feud has to end. He says he can't have this bleed over into the MITB Qualifying matches. Punk says if Owens says out of his way, he'll stay out of his way. Owens says nothing and bumps into Punk as he walks past.

Chelsea Green and Tiffany Stratton talk in the back. Green says any of the girls could win MITB and cash in on her. Paige comes in and says her and Tiff have Green's back. 

The other girls leave. Nikki tells Green she's a joke. She says no one will stop her from becoming champ. 

Women's Money in the Bank Qualifying Match - Charlotte Flair vs Giulia vs Lash Legend

G = Giulia

G and Lash shove each other. G slaps her and gets lariated. Char chops G then Lash double clotheslines them down. Lash throws G. Char high kicks Lash. Char throws G down and Lash totally misses a pump kick on Char that is sold anyway. 

G guillotines Lash in mid-air. Lash suplexes G and G slides out. Char top rope crossbodies Lash. Char lariats Lash over the top. Char cannonballs Lash off the apron and G dropkicks Char off the rails.

We go break and return. Char hits chops on Lash. Char forward handspring lariats Lash. Char fallaway slams G. Char is on the 2nd rope, she samoan drops G from there but Lash powerbombs Char down for 2. Char is caught coming off the 2nd rope and and Lash fallaway slams her. G top rope dropkicks Lash for 2.

G stomps and foot chokes Lash. G hits boots on Char and hits forearms. Char flips Lash then does a bad backcracker. G slaps and headbutts Char. G top rope butterfly suplexes Char. Lash throws G out and gets a 2 count on Char.

Char germans Lash. Char superkicks Lash. Char throws G off the top into a crossbody on Lash. Char top rope moonsaults onto both opponents for 2. Char hits a natural selection on G. Char rolls Lash into a figure eight's off a lash extension attempt. G breaks it up.

G running knees Char then northern lights bombs her. Lash  then hits a lash extension on G and Lash pins G.

Thoughts: Lash winning this one was an upset. It was average overall. It could have been a bit cleaner. Giulia got pinned but just not getting destroyed in seconds was an upgrade for her.

We see clips of Cody Rhodes telling Michael Cole he will kick Orton's head off.

We then see clips before this show of Orton yelling at Cole. Orton tells Cole he will be interviewing him and has no choice. 

Orton waits for Cole in the back.

Giulia walks in the back. Blake Monroe taunts her and says no MITB in the back for her. She says it's time she goes back where she came from - obscurity. Blake then says bye bye and there's the door. Giulia slaps her. Officials come to break it up and Blake slaps her back. Nick Aldis comes in and says enough. He says they will fight on SD next week.

Michael Cole interviews Randy Orton in the back. Orton asks if he will ask him a question and Cole says he doesn't know what to ask. Orton asks Cole what Cody said in his interview next week. Cole says Cody said he would kick Orton's head off. Orton asks why Cody would say that. Cole says he's not sure. Orton says Cody doesn't want the world to know he has been compromised. He says the Cody of today isn't the Cody of 20 years ago. Orton talks about Cody's career.

Orton says Cody has a changed a lot in his career but he's still a good guy. Orton asks Cole who never changed or compromised and Orton says it's him. Orton says he won 14 titles. Orton challenges Cody to kick him out there and Orton asks Cole if Cody will do it. Cole doesn't want to answer and Orton gets up in his face to make him answer. Cole says Cody won't kick Orton in the head and Orton says he's right about that.

Sami Zayn is interviewed. Sami says a lot of people want to be champ and don't want him to be champ like Nick Aldis. He says Nick tried to screw him last week but he prevailed. Sami says he will always prevail because he's the only one doing things for the right reasons. Sami says the others do it for the wrong reason.

Finn Balor interrupts. He says they are coming for Sami as he screwed them over on his way to the top. Finn says he's coming for Sami and the title and then we will see what justice looks like.

Sami then talks to Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae. Sami says they need to talk as there's a situation. Johnny asks where his title match is. Sami says he's right. Sami says he asked Nick Aldis to give Johnny a title match and Nick said no. Sami says he's got something for him though. He says he got Johnny and LeRae MITB Qualifying matches. Sami says they move forward with Sami as champ and Johnny as Mr. MITB. Johnny asks if that's how he gets his match. Sami says he has his back and asks if Johnny has his back. Sami asks if he's ride or die and Johnny says he is. Johnny says he's got him. 

Chelsea Green, Tiffany Stratton and Paige vs Fatal Influence (Jacy Jayne, Lainey Reid and Fallon Henley)

Fallon backs up Paige in the corner and piefaces her. Paige chops her. Paige running dropkicks Reid. Paige knees Reid over the 2nd rope then Reid takes attacks on the ropes. Paiger superkicks Jacy down.

We go to break and return. Tiff hits shots on Jacy and Jacy running back elbows her. Tiff takes a flapjack and a running headhunter for 2. Fallon and Tiff do swinging takedowns on each other. Green and Reid come in. Green hits Japanese armdrags. 

Green step up enzugiri's Reid then sliding flatliners her. Reid superkicks Green. Paige lariats and germans Jacy. Paige suplexes her. Paige lightning spiral's Jacy. Fallon forearms Tiff down then Green slaps Fallon. Green is pulled out by the heels and Tiff top rope crossbodies the heels outside. Jacy cannonballs Tiff and Green off the apron. Nikki Bella trips Paige from the outside. Jacy spinning forearms Paige and pins her.

Thoughts: It wasn't bad. They had a nice finishing stretch at the end here which got exciting. 

R-Truth talks at the Performance Center. Damian Priest nails him from he side and stomps on him. DP kicks him in the ribs and throws him into the door. DP then sits on a chair on his throat and tells him to get it and understand it. He says he should be a champ instead of messing with him and tells him to mess with someone else.

Gunther is interviewed. He says Finn Balor has a big opportunity today. He says Finn doesn't have his emotions in check and he will find out who he is dealing with. He says he wants to know if he's dealing with the legendary Finn or the ghost of Finn. Danhausen interrupts and wants to split MITB money with Gunther. He says Gun won't split the money with him. Dan tries to curse him. Gun grabs him by the throat and tells him to stay away.

Cody Rhodes comes out to talk. Cody says he didn't win the title for the fourth time because of Randy Orton interfering. He says Punk has now lost the title to Sami Zayn and he knows he can beat Sami. He says what he needs to do is address what Orton said to Cole earlier. 

Cody says Orton put him in an unwinnable position but says he is the king of unwinnable positions. He promises Orton he will kick his head off his shoulders but he can't promise he will be the only one.

CM Punk comes out. Cody and Punk stare down.

Men's Money in the Bank Qualifying Match - CM Punk vs Gunther vs Finn Balor

Gun rams Finn into the corner and hits corner spears. Punk chops and punches him. Gun chops Punk then chops Finn down.  Gun takes chops from the other 2. Gun facekicks Punk down as Punk goes for a GTS on Finn. Gun crabs Punk and then chops Finn down after taking a kick from him. 

Gun takes a facekick + russian legsweep. Finn does a ddt + reverse ddt on the other two. Finn lariats Punk over the top rope. Gun sleepers Finn. Finn tope con hilos both opponents outside. We go to PiP break and return. 

Gun ties up Finn in the ropes and clubs the back of his neck. Gun twists Finn's neck with his feet. Gun sends Punk into the rails. Gun lays Finn on the top rope and chops him. Gun then foot chokes him. 

Punk chops Gun outside then hits punches. Gun backdrops him on the rail top.  Finn hit chops and leg kicks on Gun. Finn pele kicks him down. Punk top rope elbow drops Gun. Punk does a bulldog + flying lariat combo. Gun chops Punk down. Punk and Finn each do half crabs on Gun together. Finn gets a 2 count on Punk. 

Finn rolls up Punk for 2. Finn slingblades Punk. Finn john woo's Punk. Finn top rope double stomps Punk for 2. Finn slingblades Gun. Punk hits a GTS on Finn. Gun dropkicks Punk. Gun powerbomb Punk for 2. 

Gun puts a sleeper on Punk. Finn top rope double stomps Gun's back and Punk slides on top of Gun. Punk pins Gun.

Thoughts: It was mostly all strikes early but they picked up in the second half. It was acceptable but these guys weren't the greatest fit for this type of match. I was surprised to see Punk pin Gunther and I'm curious as to what ends up coming from that one.

Overall thoughts: The opening cage match was fine. Giulia's match was average. Johnny Gargano is still not getting his title shot from Sami and hopefully figures that out. The women's trios match wasn't bad. The main was acceptable but those three weren't the best match for each other. I'm not really feeling the Orton/Cody feud and that has gotten a lot of time dedicated to it. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 as the show was okay enough but the MITB Qualifiers are only so exciting to watch. 

WWE Main Event 9/24/2026

WWE Main Event 9/24/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/wwe-main-event-9172026.html

Vic Joseph and Blake Howard are on commentary.

Fraxiom (Axiom and Nathan Frazer) vs Laredo Kid and Aero Star

NF wristlocks Kid. Kid rolls and headflips out then wristlocks him. NF does the same and they sweep each other. They headflip up together and stand off. They shake hands and Kid tries to boot him. NF enzugiri's him. Kid takes a short ddt. Ax is lifted into a flying kick on Star. 

Ax enzugiri's Kid out of the corner. Kid superkicks him for 2. Kid pulls on Ax's mask and drops him with a shot. Star forearms Ax then bangs his head off the buckles. Star flying corner lariats him. Kid slaps Ax.

Kid flying forearms Ax. Ax is held in the air for a springboard 2nd rope outside to in codebreaker for 2. Kid hits mounted punches on Ax. Ax goes up and over and tags in. NF comes in and hits flying forearms on Kid. Ax goes up and over and does headflips. Ax slingblades Kid.

NF top rope frogsplashes Kid for 2. Kid shotei's NF. Kid michinoku drivers Ax. Kid stands on the 2nd rope, Star stands on his shoulders and splashes Ax for 2. NF springboards onto Star to break the pin attempt up. Kid and NF are thrown out. Ax top rope spanish flies Star. NF tope con hilos Kid outside. Ax golden ratio kicks Star and pins him.

Thoughts: The luchadores didn't get to fly all that much which was disappointing. We got an acceptable bout though and they kept it moving an interesting. It was far from as good as it could have been though.

The LWO (Joaquin Wilde and Cruz del Toro) vs The Wagner Brothers (Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr and Galeno)

Cruz side headlocks Gal. Cruz spin kicks him in the gut. Gal flying shoulders Cruz and poses. Cruz takes a double back elbow and Gal flips Doc onto Cruz. 

Doc hits JW from behind and tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him. Doc boots JW off the ropes. Cruz slingshot stomps Doc. JW is hiptossed into the ropes and he splashes Doc off of it for 2. Cruz boots Doc in the gut then dropkicks him in the back of the neck.

Cruz bottom rope springboard moonsaults him for 2. Cruz chinlocks him. Doc backdrops Cruz then enzugiri's him. Gal tags in and shoulders Cruz over. He then shoulders JW over. Gal corner splashes Cruz and slams JW. Gal hits a big splash on JW for 2. 

Gal double lariats JW and Cruz over the top. Doc cannonballs them outside from the apron. Gal reverse suplexes JW. Doc gets on Gal's shoulders and splashes JW. Doc then pins JW.

Thoughts: Big loss here for The LWO. It's not often main roster guys lose to people from a non-main roster brand but it happened. They put over Galeno a bit, which made sense. Doc was a little better as part of a team here. The announcers slightly hinted at The LWO having issues and that angle has been slowly pushed for a bit now. This was fine.

Big Cass vs Josh Briggs

This is Josh's first TV match in months.

Cass runs at him and clubs him. They shoulder battle. Cass boots him down. JB shoulders him and clubs him. Cass knees him in the gut and clubs him. They repeat the spot. Cass hits more back clubs then JB clubs his back. 

They grab each other by the throat then hit each other at the same time. They facekick each other at the same time and Cass lariats him over the top. JB hits a big punch. JB tries to get in and Cass kicks the middle rope into his crotch. 

Cass lariats him then hits mounted shots. Cass hits elbow drops for 2. Cass misses an elbow drop. JB hits forearms. JB hits hard lariats and running back elbows him in the corner. Cass then running corner splashes him. JB running facekicks him for 2. Cass black hole slams him and pins him.

Thoughts: The match got no reaction at all which was a shame. It was a pure hoss vs hoss match here. They definitely busted some of the back clubs straight out of a 1980's John Studd match. They did a lot of mirror wrestling here where they would both do the same things. They had the right idea, just it was the wrong audience. I feel like these two probably hit each other a lot harder than we really saw. It was something different and not bad.

Overall thoughts: The opener was acceptable but not either team's best work. The Wagner Brothers upset The LWO in an alright match. Big Cass vs Josh Briggs was the battle of the giants and something we don't normally see much of these days in wrestling. That was also a decent bout. I thought it was a fun show with some unique matches. There's nothing must see, but there were some different flavors here than usual and that's the kind of stuff that makes Main Event special. This was show was okay overall.