Sunday, July 12, 2026

AAA on Fox 7/11/2026

AAA on Fox 7/11/2026


Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/aaa-on-fox-742026.html

We are in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Corey Graves and JBL are on commentary here.

We see various wrestlers hanging out and arriving. El Grande Americano comes in on a motorcycle and has some kind of parade behind him.

AAA World Cruiserweight Title #1 Contendership Three Way Match - Dragon Lee vs. Jack Cartwheel vs. Mini Vikingo


Jack is back after injuring him arm a bit ago.

They fight over a lock up. Lee drops both opponents and facekicks Jack. Mini flying headscissors Lee but Lee headflips out. Jack superkicks Lee and Mini topes Lee. Jack topes Lee. Jack flips out of a lariat, him and Mini do handsprings and moonsaults at the same time. Jack flying space tigers Lee and Mini outside. 

Jack handstands in the corner and is superkicked. Lee hits combinacion cabron on him. Jack is put in tree of woe. Lee goes up top and Mini top rope spanish flies Lee. Mini corkscrew kicks Jack. Mini corner meteora's Jack. 

Lee superkicks Mini. Mini is in tree of woe and Lee top rope double stomps him down. Jack body springboard splashes Mini. Lee throws Mini out. Jack hits punches on Lee. Lee sunset flips him and Jack blocks a styles clash. Jack is thrown over the top by Lee.

Mini trips Lee. Mini tornillo's Jack outside. Lee shotgun dropkicks Mini hard over the commentary table and into a chair. Lee runs at Jack and Jack standing spanish flies him for 2. Jack misses a top rope ssp. Lee running back elbows him. Jack sunset flips him for 2. Lee rebound germans him and superkicks him. Jack standing moonsault pele kicks him. Lee sitout powerbombs him for 2.

Lee blocks a 2nd rope dragonrana and styles clashes Jack. Mini top rope 630's Lee/Jack and pins Jack.

Thoughts: It was your usual opener here where everyone went wild and flew around a lot. It had some nice highlights and flying. But if you were looking for anything more, this wasn't it. The selling could have been better but I was alright with this one. I'm glad to see Jack is back and it's nice to see Mini pick up a big win.

Rey Mysterio and El Grande Americano talk in the back. Rey says he wants to make sure he knows who he is messing with. He says Perros de Mal are some of the biggest bad @sses in lucha. Rey says they messed with him as he is the biggest dog in the yard. Rey says Grande can't fight them alone. Grande says he knows their legacy and says let them come. He says he doesn't plan on taking a step back. Grande says he can't win this war alone. 

Dominik Mysterio comes in. He says Grande can't win alone and blames Rey Mysterio Jr. for this. He says Perros are opportunistic and they may be right when they see Rey as being weak. Rey says he's happy Dom returned here and Dom asks if it was so he could get attacked by Perros. Dom says he didn't get involved in the Grande vs Grande mask match because he knew the winner would end up facing him at Triplemania. He says that match can't happen if Grande is in a hospital bed due to Perros. He says if Grande is their target, then he is too. Dom says they can watch each other's backs. Grande doesn't believe this and says he will believe it when he sees it.

Dorian Roldan and Omos talk. Dorian says this is his night. They run into Mini Vikingo. Mini says it look like they chose the wrong Vikingo. Omos then shoves Mini away.

Dorian Roldan and Omos come out. Savio Vega comes out to do translations on commentary. Dorian says he didn't want to come here but he had to. Dorian says they have a sad message - due to Rey Mysterio's negligence, El Hijo de Vikingo is injured. He says he had got an operation and will be out for many weeks. 

Dorian asks for respect for Hijo and says he deserves it. Dorian says Hijo got hurt when Rey sent him to Smackdown and NXT. He says Hijo lost money and his title due to Rey. Dorian says he will sue Rey for negligence. Dorian says he will nominate a new AAA Latin American champ and it's Omos. Dorian then gives Omos the AAA Latin American Title. Omos puts it on his shoulder. Dorian says if anyone has a problem, come out and try to take the title from Omos.

Rey Mysterio comes out. Rey give Dorian his best wishes to Vikingo. He says he knows what Vikingo is going through. Rey says he can't change the rules though and says Dorian can't nominate a new champ. Rey tells Omos to give him the title. Omos goes up to him and Rey's head is barely at his chest. Rey tells him to do the right thing and says Omos will be suspended indefinitely if he doesn't do it. Omos gives Rey the title and shoves him while doing it. Rey says the title is now vacant. Rey says they will announce his method to crown a new champ next week. Rey says he will see Dorian in court if he wants to sue him. 

Thoughts: There was an odd situation with Vikingo. He was set to have an NXT match, but he had an unannounced SD match first. He got injured in the SD match (which happened before NXT aired) and never made the NXT match. Now, Vikingo is injured and out and Rey had to strip him of the title.

Damian Priest does a video. He says he heard Rey is looking for a new Latin American champ. He says look no further as he has arrived. He says all rise.

Rey Mysterio does a press conference. He says Verano de Escanadalo will be aired over 3 weeks. He says Mini Vikingo will face Rey Fenix for the AAA Cruiserweight Title. He also announces a Flammer vs Lady Shani vs La Catalina Women's title match. He says La Hiedra also asked him about a mixed tag title match. He says it will be La Hiedra and Laredo Kid vs Faby Apache and Joaquin Wilde in a #1 Contender's match for the AAA Mixed Tag Titles. He says the winners of that will get a title match at Verano de Escandalo.

Rey says El Hijo de Vikingo will be out for months. He says it opens up an opportunity and he will have more details for it next week. He says he's excited. He is asked about Andra Bazarte. He says he owes her a call and invites her to AAA next week as they have a lot to talk about. 

Money Machine (Colmillo De Plata & Garra De Oro) vs Epydemius Jr. & Noisy Boy

Noisy Boy makes his WWE AAA TV debut here. He's one of the bigger name indy guys in Mexico and he's been on LM52 recently.

Noisy and Plata lock up. Plata waistlocks him and Noisy wristlocks him. Plata headflips out and armdrags him. Noisy flips off of him. Noisy handsprings and backflips off the ropes. Ep and Oro go at it. Oro wristlocks him and side headlocks him. 

Oro shoulders him over and hits shots on him. Ep cartwheels over him then springboard diving headscissors Oro. Ep misses a corner splash. Ep tornado ddt's him. Oro is double hiptoss neckbreakered. Noisy is corkscrew flipped onto Oro for 2. 

Plata grabs Noisy and Oro dropkicks Noisy. Noisy takes corner attacks and a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Oro walks up the ropes and twisting crossbodies Noisy. Plata topes ep outside. Oro chinlocks Noisy. Noisy takes a double shoulderblock then a double back elbow. Noisy takes a double boot down and a double elbow drop for 2.

Noisy rolls out of a double lariat and tags out. Ep springboard tornillos both opponents. EP springboard diving armdrags and enzugiri's Plata. Noisy top rope corkscrew headscissors Plata down. Ep finlay rolls Oro then 2nd rope tornillos him. EP tope con hilos Plata outside. Noisy does a dive off the top for 2 on Oro but we miss most of it. 

Noisy poisonrana's Oro then Plat release germans Noisy. Ep spin kicks Plata in the gut then Plata flying elbows Ep. Karmen Petrovic of Perros del Mal comes out. The other Perros then come out and beat up everyone for the no contest.

Thoughts:
It kind of came off like a tryout match for Noisy and Ep, who both had good nights here. The entry bar for lucha guys in matches like this isn't that high as most of them fly and that's about all they were doing here. Money Machine have kind of turned into a jobber tag team who is looking for their first win but they are doing fine with it and it's a story they can run. What we got was fine here and it's too bad we didn't get a finish.

Perros del Mal beat up everyone. They rip up Oro's clothing then rip up Plata's clothing too, leaving him in his purple underwear. Angel then rips at Oro's mask. Daga gets on the mic and has words for El Grande Americano. He says he heard Grande isn't alone. He says why doesn't Grande come out to fix this? Daga says they will beat Oro and Plata up if he doesn't come out.

El Grande Americano comes out with Rayo and Bravo Americano. The two groups fight. Los Perros get the edge. Bravo is backdropped on the commentary table. Rayo is thrown onto it. Grande takes his jacket off and tries to fight them off. Dominik Mysterio comes out with a chair. Los Perros run.

Dom gets on the mic. He says he doesn't know what Los Perros are doing here but says Grande's business is his business. He tells Daga to pick one of his crew to face him and Grande in a tag match.

Thoughts: I'm not loving the story of Dom wanting to make sure Grande is healthy as that's not really his character. I was waiting for Dom to turn on Grande but that didn't happen here.

Overall thoughts: The two matches we got were more workrate style matches not much else. The second match didn't have a finish either. What we got of those was fine, but they were random bouts anyone could have put together...and that's been the theme more often than not lately after a hot few months under new WWE management. I'm not loving the Dom/Grande stuff as it's out of character for Dom and there wasn't a lot else but some announcements. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 as I thought this was just average overall and just not AAA's best work.

New Japan Pro Wrestling 7/11/2026 G1 Climax 36 Day 1

New Japan Pro Wrestling 7/11/2026 G1 Climax 36 Day 1

 
It's time for another G1 here at ProWresBlog. The line-up looks okay this year with no Evil. However, Jake Lee, Sanada and Ren will take up his role, sadly. The AEW/NJPW partnership continues to give us no names outside of Takeshita when AEW has tons of people sitting on the sidelines who could use something to do. Sadly, people like Yoshihashi and Taichi have basically aged out and won't be in this despite being the best workers in the company.

G1 Climax 2026 Block B Match - HENARE vs. Aaron Wolf

They lock up. Wolf side headlocks him and they shoulder battle. Hen running forearms him out. Hen hits forearms on him outside. They trade chops and Wolf is sent into the post. Hen shoulders him over and sentons him. 

Hen lariats him. Wolf blocks lariats and hits a nice uranage. Wolf hits forearms then hits a corner lariat. Wolf suplexes Hen and elbow drops him for 2. Hen spinning heel kicks him. Wolf blocks a spear. They trade forearms. Hen hits him in the gut. Wolf armdrags him and uranage's him. Wolf arm throws him. 

Hen full nelson's him. Wolf powerslams him. They trade chops. Hen slaps Wolf around. Hen spin kicks him in the face. Wolf headbutts him and Hen lariats him down. Wolf catches Hen as he flies at him and samoan drops him. Wolf hits a reverse angle slam and pins him.

Thoughts:
Hen should have won here but I liked it otherwise. Wolf did Hen's style here and did okay with the formula. He wasn't great, but he did is part. This was a solid match.

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Shingo Takagi vs. Jake Lee

Jake is wearing a clown mask out.

Jake clean breaks Shingo on the ropes. Shingo tries to hit him on the break and shoulders him over. They go out and Jake is sent into the rails. Jake facekicks Shingo on the apron. Jake then does a stupid dance. Jake backdrops him for 2. 

They trade forearms. Shingo punches him and Jake knees him in the chest. Jake guillotine chokes him. Shingo suplexes Jake. Shingo corner lariats him. He then hits chops and punches. Shingo sweeps him on the apron then death valley drivers him on the floor. 

Shingo superplexes him off the top inside for 2. Jake knees him in the gut and PK's him. Jake knees him in the gut. Jake misses a corner facekick and Shingo dragon screws him. Shingo misses a corner charge. Jake germans her then Shingo lariats him for 2.

Jake high kicks him and Shingo lariats him. Shingo death valley drivers him for 2. Jake sleepers Shingo and Shingo throws him over. Shingo hits forearms. Jake eye rakes him. Shingo lariats him on the ropes. Jake misses a facekick and Shingo germans him. Jake running boots him in the corner and pins him.

Thoughts:
Jake didn't really hit his corner facekick for the finish and was generally off with various kicks here. He did do a better job than usual though and actually had a decent match here. It's just too bad none of his facekicks actually hit.

G1 Climax 2026 Block B Match - Ren Narita vs. OSKAR

Ren dropicks Os in the leg from behind. Ren stomps Os' knees. Ren wraps Os' leg around the post and pulls. Os shoulders him over in the ring. Os stomps Ren on the floor and chops him. Ren's head is banged off the apron. Os ends up stuck on the rails on a missed kick and Ren pulls the leg. Ren chairs Os in the knee. The ref totally knows what happened but does nothing about it.

Ren stomps Os' leg and butt drops it. Ren leglocks Os. Ren pulls the ref in the way. Ren dropkicks Os in the knee then Os back body drops him. Os slams him and sells the leg. Os misses a legdrop and Ren leglocks him. Ren clips him. 

Ren bullies him around and hits punches. Os slaps him down. Ren guillotines him. Os sleepers him. Ren hits him in the knee to escape. Ren rolls him into a leglock. Os blocks a facebuster and facekicks Ren. Os sleepers Ren and swings him with it. Ren is out and Os wins.

Thoughts
: It wasn't that most exciting bout as they traded holds. It was hard for Os to get any momentum going as Ren would just hit him in the knee anytime he would try and it would stop things. It was a little boring.

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Great-O-Khan vs. Yuto-Ice

Khan slides out to stall to start. Ice chases him. Khan stomps him in the ring and mongolian chops him. Ice forearms him then running facekicks him. Ice boots him in the corner. Ice is sent into the post outside. Khan hits Ice with a chair in front of the ref and the ref does nothing about it. Ice's head is put on an open chair and Khan chairs the chair into Ice's head. Khan then sits on a chair.

Khan boots Ice around in the ring. Khan mongolian chops him and spits on him. Ice misses a shot and is tripped. Ice throws him down backwards. Ice hits leg kicks and Khan bites his head. Ice kicks him in the gut. Ice kicks, knees and stomps him in the corner. Ice running knees him in the corner for 2. 

Ice kicks Khan in the back. Khan blocks a PK and bites Ice. Ice high kicks him. Ice PK's him. Ice hits slaps. Ice is nearly pushed into the ref and Khan low blows Ice. Khan spinning back rack drops Ice with a face claw for 2. Khan drops him with a punch. Khan bangs Ice's head off the mat. Khan claws him. Ice knees him in the face then drops him with a punch. Ice pump kicks him for the win.

Thoughts
: It picked up a little in the end but was just average. Khan totally used a chair in front of the ref and the ref didn't care. It was slower, had heel tactics and would have been better as a straight match.

G1 Climax 2026 Block B Match - Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Shota Umino

Zack grabs him by the wrist and Shota wristlocks him. Zack takes him down by the wrist. Shota wrist throws him and Zack up kicks him. They stand off. Zack straightjacket chokes him. Shota armdrags him and dropkicks him in the knee. Shota elbows Zack in the arm then hiptosses him. Zack snapmares him and twists his neck with his feet.

Zack euros him down in the corner. Zack does a hammerlock bow and arrow and releases it. Zack boots him around while he's down and hits chest kicks. Shota forearms him then dropkicks him.

Shota hits chops and forearms in the corner. Shota running euros Zack then fisherman suplexes him for 2. Shota sunset flips him for 2. Zack is tripped into the ropes. Shota slingshot ddt's him over the 2nd rope. Shota powerbombs him for 2. 

Zack does an octopus on the top rope. Zack sunset bombs him down. Shota back elbows him and enzugiri's him. Zack PK's him. Shota tornado ddt's him. Zack armbars him. Zack armbars him with a headscissors and Shota ropebreaks. Zack stomps him. Shota michinoku drivers him.

Shota running knees him. Zack PK's the leg and euros him. Zack PK's him again. Zack forearms him and Shota flips him with a lariat. Zack michinoku drivers him for 2. Zack grounded chokes Shota off a backroll. Zack hits another michinoku driver and pins him.

Thoughts: It was alright but the pace was too slow here. They really needed to pick things up at some point and never really did. Shota also never really got that great fiery comeback to kick things to the next level.

Shota is on the floor and Zack stands on him after.

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Hirooki Goto vs. SANADA

Sanada came out with a very gold outfit on with a shiny gold hat.

Goto clean breaks San to start. San offers a handshake and boots him. Goto shoulders San over. Goto hiptosses him then San dropkicks him in the knee. San puts Goto's leg around the rails and kicks him. 

Goto chops him in the ring and San elbows his knee. San puts him in a paradise lock. San dropkicks him in the butt. Goto lariats him. Goto spinning heel kicks him in the corner and backdrops him for 2. San dropkicks him in the knee then does Goto's ushigoroshi to him.

San backdrops him on the apron. San magic screws him on the floor. San magic screws him inside for 2. San misses a top rope moonsault. Goto ushigoroshi's San. Goto armdrags him and San shining wizard's him. Goto does a reverse GTR then a running lariat. 

San second rope moonsaults into a grounded dragon sleeper. San top rope moonsaults him for 2. Goto hits a GTW. San shining wizards him. Goto headbutts him and chops him. San backrolls him for 2. Goto hits a GTR and wins.

Thoughts:
It was alright. Sanada didn't do his heel shtick with various shenanigans and it was mostly a straight match. It went better than expected here and got enough time. This was definitely one of Sanada's better matches as of late.

G1 Climax 2026 Block B Match - Yuya Uemura vs. Callum Newman

CN facekicsk him and they trade forearms. Yuya hits armdrags and armlocks him. Yuya elbows him in the arm and armlocks him. CN running facekicks him. Yuya is thrown over the rail. CN headbutts him in the first row. CN then flies at him and dropkicks him into the seats.

Yuya gets back in and is kicked in the head. Yuya 2nd rope twisting crossbodies him. Yuya goes up and over, armdrags him and dropkicks him. Yuya chops him in the corner and underhook suplexes him. Yuya kimura's him. 

CN chops him. Yuya bangs CN's arm off his shoulder. CN grounded sleepers him. Yuya germans him. CN facekicks him and Yuya dropkicks him. CN spin kicks him in the gut. Yuya suplexes him then goes for an armbar. CN spits at him. Yuya dropkicks him in the corner and bangs CN's arm off his shoulder. CN underhook suplexes him for 2.

CN lariats him. Yuya front suplexes him. Yuya top rope crossbodies him for 2. Yuya misses a top rope crossbody and CN double stomps his back. CN high kicks him and is pele kicked. Yuya hurricanrana's him for 2. Yuya dragon suplexes him for 2. 

CN hits forearms then lariats him for 2. CN Yuya ddt's him out of the F-5 and pins him.

Thoughts: Like some of the other matches, it never really picked up. It slowed down more than it should have and the match just didn't get to the next level. It should have been better than it was. I thought it was just average.

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Ryohei Oiwa vs. Oleg Boltin

Oiwa has some new orange, white and black gear on. 

Oleg tries to shoot in and is blocked. They trade some holds and Oleg fireman's carry takeovers him. Oleg rams him in the corner and hits corner spears. Oleg belly to belly suplexes him. Oleg splashes him for 2. They chop each other and Oleg chops him down. 

Oiwa shoulders him over and sentons him for 2. Oiwa armdrags him into an armlock. Oleg hiptosses him and Oiwa armdrags him into an armlock. Oiwa yanks on the arm and Oleg knocks him over. Oleg corner splashes him. Oleg karelin's lifts him. Oleg vader bombs him for 2. 

Oiwa bangs Oleg's arm over the top rope. Oleg chops him. Oleg is pushed into the post twice. Oiwa low dropkicks him and kimura's him. Oiwa backdrops him for 2. Oiwa headscissors him into an armlock. Oleg AA's him. Oleg F-5's him for 2. Oleg torture racks him then finlay rolls him for 2. Oiwa backrolls him but Oleg germans him. 

Oiwa armlocks Oleg and does a neat arm throw with a bridge. Oiwa armlocks him again. Oleg gets on the 2nd rope with Oiwa on his back. Oleg backpack drops him down. Oiwa armlocks him and Oleg taps out.

Thoughts: It made sense and was maybe okay it really wasn't that exciting. Oiwa did almost all armlocks here until Oleg finally tapped out. Oleg tried to throw him and throw him off as expected but was eventually beaten.

G1 Climax 2026 Block A Match - Konosuke Takeshita vs. Yota Tsuji

KT wristlocks him. Yota hammerlocks him and KT side headlocks him. KT armdrags him and Yota side headlocks him. KT facekicks him and Yota flying headscissors him. Yota topes him into the rails. Yota suplexes him for 2. 

KT hits forearms and Yota flatliners him. Yota camel clutches him. Yota chops him. Yota hits mounted elbows in the corner then hits a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. KT flying knees him then top con hilos him outside.

KT hits forearms inside and flying lariats him. Yota back elbows him and KT exploders him. Yota does his curbstomp combo on him. Yota drives his face into the mat with his feet. KT package tombstones him then wheelbarrow germans him. KT blue thunders Yota for 2.

Yota crabs him. Yota grabs him like a styles clash and drops him backwards in what looks like a reverse styles clash. KT poisonrana's him. Yota runs at him and takes a hard flying knee to the head. Yota forearms him and headbutts him down. Yota hits like a blue thunder variation for 2. Yota flying pumping knees him in the corner. They go up top with their backs facing the mat and both go down.

The ref tries to count the two out as they lay on the mat for 10 counts and both grab the ref's hands. They trade shots. Yota superkicks him. KT hits forearms and drops him with one. Yota spears him for 2. Yota pumping knees him for 1. KT fires up at 20 minutes.

KT hits forearms. Yota spears him for 2. Yota hits his new fireblaster (he goes to spear him and swings him down) then he pins him.

Thoughts:
They did some new offense here with Yota doing a reverse styles clash, his new fireblaster and KT doing something like a top rope russian legsweep without the legsweep. It got a lot of time like a lot of stuff did on this. It was okay but the length brought it down some here. They also didn't really go all out and do some of their bigger offense. 

Yota talks on the mic after but has limited English and I couldn't make much of out it. He then says he's ready for the G1.

Overall thoughts: It was a longer show and it dragged at times. The matches all got enough time. The sound was messed up here as the crowd came off very quiet when I didn't think they were which hurt the matches. Henare/Wolf was solid. Shingo/Jake was decent. Ren/Oskar was boring. Khan/Ice was average. Zack/Umino was alright as was Goto/Sanada. Yuya/Newman was average. Oiwa/Oleg was okay as was the main. I'd say the main was the match of the night. I'd give this a low 6 out of 10 overall as it was an okay show, but the length, pace and the poor mic job on the crowd hurt it.

CMLL 7/10/2026 Viernes Escpectacular

CMLL 7/10/2026 Viernes Escpectacular

The announcer talks in the ring with the trios titles and ROH Tag Titles on pedestals.

Full Metal, Pequeno Polvora and Rostro de Acero vs Pequeno Volador Jr., Mercurio and Minos II

Merc's team all wore Depradadores mask out and all of them wore white, blue and gold Volador colors.

Minos and Metal go at it. Minos takes him down, stands on his back and pulls his arm. Metal plants off the buckles and armdrags him. Metal basement dropkicks him. Polv springboard crossbodies Minos then back body drops him. They botch a springboard bodyscissors spot. Vol springboard diving headscissors Polv.

Vol handstand walks and spinning reverse headscissors Polv. Acero comes in and spinning heel kicks Vol. Acero AA's him then chops Merc. Merc slaps him. Acero backrolls and is kicked in the butt. Acero is triple stomped by his opponents. Acero is lariated and booted down. 

Vol is held in the catapult position outside and takes a slingshot crossbody. Metal comes in and pumping knees Merc. Merc takes a double back elbow. Merc is then held in the air for a top rope crossbody. Mino trips over Acero. Acero pulls Minos out. Minos takes a suplex + tope combo on the floor.

Vol springboard crossbodies his opponents. Vol is popped up into a headscissors on Polv. Acero is triple stomped on. Acero is then held for a top rope dropkick to the butt. Metal takes a triple team drop on his chest then a double superkick.

Polv is held in the air for a codebreaker and a top rope double stomp to the back. Minos and Vol get dropkicked out. Their opponents then hit triple dives on them. Metal's team is sent out and they take triple dives outside. Vol's team then all kick out of pins inside. Metal's team is stacked up on top of each other and Minos springboard splashes all of them for 2 counts.

Acero slingshot plancha's Minos outside and Vol slingshot plancha's an opponent outside. Polv top rope plancha's outside and Metal backbreakers Merc on the shoulder for 2. Metal misses a top rope swanton. Merc ties his legs up and pulls his arms back. Merc  then submits him. Mercurio's team wins the match.

Thoughts
: It was alright. We got a fair bit of flying here and some triple team spots. It could have maybe flowed a bit better though. We didn't see a lot of Mercurio in this.

Mexican National Trios Title Match - Los Herederos (El Cobarde, Felino Jr. & Hijo de Stuka Jr.) (c) vs. Los Forajidos (El Coyote, Polvora & Vaquero Jr.)

Coy and Stuka go at it. Coy side headlock takeovers him. They trade holds and Coy armdrags him. Fel and Vaq go at it. Fel takes him down and they trade holds. Fel armdrags him. Fel leglocks him and everyone breaks the hold up. the heels stomp on Fel in the corner. Stuka pop up drops Vaq. Stuka and Cob are crotched up top and Coy hurricanrana's Fel for 2. 

Vaq's team misses a corner charges. Coy is sent out and Cob topes him. Fel powerslams Pol for 2. Vaq takes a double back elbow then Cob is popped up into a dropkick on him. Stuka stands on his partners shoulders and splashes Coy. Pol is triple stomped by the heels. Pol's team makes their comeback and Vaq tope con hilos through the ropes. Pol and Coy get stereo 2 counts. 

Coy is popped up into a double dropkick on the heels. Stuka is clubbed on the ropes. Stuka is held in the arm for a springboard dropkick to the butt for 2. Coy pounds on Fel in the corner. Fel takes a double boot then a triple team alabama slam. Fel is catapulted into a double dropkick for 2.

Cob rolls up Vaq for 2. Cob blue thunders him for 2. Vaq cradle shocks Cob for 2. Cob dropkicks Vaq out then topes him. Stuka spinning sitout cut throat torture rack bombs Pol for 2. Pol 2nd rope dominators Stuka for 2. Stuka powerbombs Pol on the rail top. Fel suplexes Coy for 2. 

Fel takes a magic screw from Coy for 2. Coy tope con hilos Fel outside. Stuka comes off the top and Pol gets his feet up. Pol lariats Stuka over the top. Pol is hiptossed over the top by Cob. Vaq lariats Cob on the apron. Fel superkicks Vaq out. Coy chops Pol on accident on the apron. Coy is tripped and Fel la magistral's him for the win.

Thoughts:
It got a lot of time but wasn't that good. I would say this was average. The flow just wasn't there for this and it got a little hard to follow near the end with so many people coming in and out.

Star Jr. and Dragon Rojo Jr. vs Zandokan Jr. and Barbaro Cavernario

1st Fall - Star dropkicks Zand. Barb pop up knees Star. Rojo and Barb chop each other. Barb drops him with punches. Rojo dropkicks Barb. Rojo plancha's Barb outside. star springboard crossbodies Zand then flails on him. Star is popped up and reverse headscissors Zand down. Star pins Zand. Star Jr.'s team wins the first fall.

2nd Fall - Rojo and Barb hockey fight. They trade chops. Barb kicks Rojo in the leg. Rojo pulls Barb's hair and lifts him up by it. Rojo then hair drags him and dropkicks him out. Zand chops Star. Zand is pushed into Barb. Star walks up the ropes and hits a diving headscissors + armdrag combo. Star goes for a tope, gets caught and is double slammed on the floor. 

Barb giant swings Rojo then Zand basement dropkicks Rojo as he swings. Barb springboard splashes Rojo and pins him. Zandokan Jr.'s  team wins the fall.

3rd Fall
- Zand sends Star into the post. Zand puts his flag over Rojo's head and Rojo is hit with a triple dropkick. Barb and Rojo pound on each other inside and Zand slams Star on the ramp. Barb hits mounted shots on Rojo in the corner. Barb is dropkicked out. Star springboard diving headscissors Zand then tope con hilos him outside.

Rojo top rope crossbodies Barb then rolls him up for 2. Barb la rosa suplexes Rojo. Rojo chops Barb down and gets a 2 count on him. Rojo is pulled out and Barb chops him. Star spinebusters Zand for 2 and Barb pulls the ref's leg to break it up. Zand misses a low blow on Star then pretends Star low blowed him. The ref stupidly believes Zand. Zandokan Jr.'s team wins the fall via DQ. Zandokan Jr.'s team wins the match.

Thoughts
: The whole point of this was to put over that the two teams hate each other and are feuding. They did that. It wasn't anything too great and the finish was really stupid with the ref just blindly believing Zand without seeing what happened. 

Star gets on the mic after and wants revenge. Zand talks on the mic and says the people saw that they fouled him. The crowd chants "foul" with him.  

Templario, Titan and Flip Gordon vs Ultimo Guerrero, Volador Jr. and Ikuro Kwon

Kwon nails Temp on the ramp. UG whips Temp with his clothing. Temp is put up top and UG pulls on his mask. Temp is swept on the apron and takes a baseball slide out. Flip is triple teamed and is tripped into a basement dropkick and kicks to the head. Titan takes corner lariats then a superkick from Vol. Temp springboards in and takes a UG back elbow. 

Temp handspring double back elbows the heels. Temp topes UG outside. Flip finlay rolls Kwon and asai moonsaults him. Titan springboard splashes Kwon for 2. Flip goes up and over Vol then 2nd rope diving headscissors him. Flip superkicks UG in the gut and pele kicks him. Flip springboard dropkicks UG.

Flip springboard slingblades Kwon. Flip 619's Kwon in the gut. Flip top rope diving blockbusters Kwon. Temp superkicks Vol. Temp and Kwon hit corner attacks on each other and Temp step up enzugiri's him. UG comes in and Temp flying headscissors him.

Titan and UG trade corner lariats and Titan flying kicks him. Titan walks up the buckles, does rope tricks and flying headscissors Vol down. Titan then topes him. Flip hits a tope outside. UG is on the 2nd rope and he gordbusters Temp down. Kwon leg lariats Temp from behind and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a bit of random one with Kwon in here. What we got was acceptable but it wasn't going to be anything more due to where it was on the card and due to the amount of time it got. 

Kwon gets on the mic after. He says he came alone and wants Temp's MLW Middleweight Title. He hits him and says it's his last battle. Temp gets on the mic and says he wants to fight Ultimo Guerrero instead. He says he won't back down from Kwon's challenge though. He says he will then finish Ultimo.

Blue Panther vs Claudio Castagnoli

CC pushes him down on the lock up. Blue waistlocks him and CC back elbows him down. CC stomps him and euros him down. CC running euros Blue. CC misses a charge and Blue chops him. CC drops him from behind with a forearm. CC boots BP onto the stage. Blue fights back on the stage and CC slams him there.

CC chops him. Blue is sat up top and almost falls down. Blue comes off the 2nd rope and diving headlock takeovers him. Blue goes for a tope outside and CC euros him. Blue is sent into the rails then facekicked against them. 

CC is pushed into the post. Blue running lariats him against the rails. CC running lariats him over the rails and slowly goes with him. Blue climbs the announcer's stand and crossboies CC over the rail off of it. They trade shots on the apron. CC facekicks him then suplexes him. 

They go onto the ramp and Blue back body drops him off a neutralizer attempt. BP climbs the steps on the stage and plancha's CC. BP 2nd rope twisting crossbodies him inside. BP spinebusters him for 2. CC euros him over for 2. Blue gets a 2 count on him and CC pounds on him.

Blue hits running lariats on CC in the ring. CC giant swings him then neutralizer's him. CC pins him.

Thoughts:
Some of Blue's limitations were apparent here as things slowed down at times. They had the right idea, but the match went longer than it needed to and the extra length hurt this some. It was acceptable but with a few minutes cut off, it would have been a lot better.

ROH Tag Titles - Mistico and Mascara Dorada (c) vs Angel de Oro and Niebla Roja

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oro and Roja put the belts on their opponents after and take off their own masks.

The announcer talks to close the show as usual.

Overall thoughts: The opener was fine. The second match got a lot of time but was just average. The 3rd match wasn't that great and just continued to push the feud between those two teams. Templario's match was acceptable as was the Claudio vs Blue Panther match. The main was fine. I'd give this a 5 out of 10 as nothing was too great here. It just wasn't CMLL's best night even though the card was decent looking. This was average. 

AEW Collision 7/11/2026

AEW Collision 7/11/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/aew-collision-722026.html

We are in Roanoke, VA. Nigel McGuinness and Tony Schiavone are our hosts. 

The hosts talk about Kenny Omega winning the AEW Title on Dynamite.

Adam Page, who hasn't been around lately, comes out. It says he "recently has a vasectomy" under his graphic. 

Page says he's a gardener and it's his hobby to plant things. He says he has found something therapeutic about planting a seed. He says he wants to plant one more seed tonight. He says he made a stip in his last match where he couldn't challenge for the AEW Title again if he lost and he said he lost. He says it wasn't written in ink, but he will be a man of his word and won't challenge for the AEW Title again.

He talks about maybe challenging for the other AEW titles. He says he doesn't know who he is without the AEW Title and says we will find out. He says he will have to find something else to do and he will.

Thoughts: Stuff like this is why I don't like Page and AEW. This guy is supposed to be a top star in the company and they are talking about gardening and vasectomy's. I don't know who okay'd this or even thought it was a good idea, but these guys are so far removed from what I think wrestling is to the point that I'm embarrassed about liking wrestling. If the wrestlers I grew up watching talked about this when I was a kid, I would have turned the show off and never returned. This was awful.

ROH World Title - Bandido (c) vs Katsuyori Shibata

They get off to a slow start. KS takes him down and chinlocks him.  Band pulls on the leg and KS leglocks him. KS boots him in the gut and elbows him in the back of the neck. They trade corner facekicks. KS knees him in the gut and kicks him in the back for 2.

Band top rope crossbodies him. Band is nearly sent into the ref then KS low blows him. Band is straddled on the top rope and KS boots him down. We go to PiP break and return. KS hits forearms and Band forearms back. KS urakens him and both men go down. 

KS ddt's him on the apron and suplexes him on the floor. They trade chops. Band superkicks him twice. Band gorilla press slams him. Band top rope ssp's him for 2. KS corner dropkicks him and suplexes him for 2. Band hits a reverse GTS. 

KS blocks a 21plex and backrolls him for 2. KS PK's him. Band hurricanrana's him for 2. They lariat each other. They run at each other and KS lariats him. Band koppo kicks him. Band blocks a low blow and la magistral's him to win.

Thoughts: It was average. These two aren't the greatest match on paper. KS didn't do a lot but chops and forearms and Band didn't get to do a ton of flying here. Band won as expected. I'm not really sure why we needed to see this. 

Renee interviews Hikaru Shida and Harley Cameron. Harley says all her recent issues started with Shida. Shida says she's the TBS champ and did it by herself. She says Harley is not in her league. Harley says Shida was gone for a long time and a lot happened. She says she has not been stopped and fought through a lot and why does Shida think she can stop her? She says it's because TBS stands for "The Best is Shida".

Mike Bailey is interviewed. He  says it was a mistake to let Don Callis get in his head. He says he will beat Mark Davis, show Kevin Knight you don't need shortcuts and walk into AEW Redemption as National champ.

AEW TBS Title - Hikaru Shida (c) vs Harley Cameron

Shida runs at her and attacks her before the bell. Shida boots her and suplexes her for 2. HC's face is banged off the mat. Shida spinning waistlock drops her. HC high kicks her from the apron. They goof around on the apron and HC hits soul foot on her there. HC dropkicks her through the ropes.

HC ddt's her on the floor. Shida eye pokes her and backbreakers her. HC hangs off the ramp and Shida running knees her. We go to PiP break, full break and return. HC neckbreakers her. 

HC high kicks her from behind then hits mounted corner punches. HC flying neckbreakers her and leg lariats her for 2. Shida bites her and step up enzugiri's her. HC bites Shida's knee. Shida pumping knees her then HC falcon arrows her for 2. HC half-crabs her and Shida ropebreaks.

HC high kicks her and Shida flying knees her for 2. Shida hits a bad falcon arrow for 2. Shida does a cut-throat bow and arrow submission and submits HC.

Thoughts
: I liked it. HC isn't exactly going to be Billy Robinson, but she seems to get the idea of what she is supposed to do as a face and her personality helps put it over the top. Shida could have been a little better here as some of her stuff didn't connect, but I was fine with this one. 

Shida pounds on her after. Queen Aminata comes down and stops it.

The Lethal Twist are interviewed. Matt Sydal interrupts. Matt says it would be a mistake to join The Demand. The Demand walk in. Ricochet says he and Matt were once NJPW tag champs but Matt fell off. Ric says Matt wants to say The Twist can't trust him, but he says he will show him why he moved on from him. Ric asks if he wants to say anything else and Matt says, "you're bald".

Doyle, Davis, Cage and Baretta of The Don Callis Family talk. They welcome Kyle Fletcher in. Kyle says it feels right to be standing here as champ again. He brings up Takeshita and says if you need to know who the alpha is, come find him. Kyle then talks about his partners upcoming matches. Matt says Cage has a match with Zach Wentz tonight. Trent complains about Darby using explosives on Cage. He says Darby isn't here and he fears Trent Baretta. Kyle says The Family runs AEW.

We see clips from last night's unaired AEW Brawl in the Ballpark event. 

The Conglomeration of Orange Cassidy, Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong come out. OC says Brawl in the Ballpark was cool. OC says they are still AEW Trios champs and says Willow Nightingale also wants to be a champ. 

Willow comes out. She says she had to drop her TBS Title and had to drop out of The Owen due to a shoulder injury. She says if you think she was sitting at home crying about it, you don't know her. She says she was at home, working on getting better, stronger and more focused. She talks about the casino gauntlet being a good place to return and says Thekla and Mone both attacked her. She says both made a terrible mistake and took her smile as a weakness. 

She says nothing will stop her at Redemption. She says she's walking in the #1 contender and is walking out the AEW Women's champ. She says she will face Thekla at Redemption and Mone at All In. 

Skye Blue does a video. She says Willow will see how they operate soon. She tells Kross and Bayne to keep doing what they are doing and says being tall doesn't hold a torch to being a violent little thing. 

The Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Daniel Garcia and Wheeler Yuta) vs AR Fox, Komander and Top Flight (Dante and Darius Martin)

DG takes Darius down and kicks dust at him. Darius then takes him down and does DG's dance at him. Darius takes him down by the wrist. DG pulls his hair. Darius is shouldered over. Darius dropkicks him. Darius euros DG.

Darius atomic drops DG and Dante bulldogs DG onto Darius' knee. Dante standing moonsaults DG. AR twisting suplexes DG for 2. Mox hammerlocks AR on the mat. Kom rope walks, flips, rolls and CC just boots him. Kom springboards and is caught with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Kom pump kicks Yuta, walks up the buckles and enzugiri's CC. Yuta pounds on Kom.

Kom walks up the buckles and diving headscissors CC outside. Kom springboard crossbodies Yuta. Kom tilt-a-whirl backbreakers Yuta. Everyone fights. We go to PiP break and return.

Yuta takes Dante down and stomps him. Dante is thrown out and stomped by the heels. Darius topes the heels outside. Kom rope walks and corkscrew dives on the heels outside. AR swantons off the top inside on the heels. AR skins the cat, does a dropkick then backrolls and hits cutters on 2 of the heels. AR suicide dives out then tope con hilos out. AR top rope swantons and DG gets his knees up. CC giant swings AR.

We get some quick action. Mox bites Dante and they blow a spot. Dante topes Mox outside. Dante is stomped on by the heels. Kom fights off Yuta and DG. Kom is double pop up dropped and double basement dropkicked. AR top rope swantons Yuta and DG for 2. 

AR takes running corner attacks. DG sharpshooters AR and Mox cubstomps AR. DG pins AR.

Thoughts: The Death Riders won as expected and the only question was how long it would take. The faces flew around and they kept it moving. It was okay enough, though I do have questions if the legal man at various times was correct or not.

Mox gets on the mic after. He says that was too easy and we are live on Saturday night. Mox says it's humid and says they don't believe in high altitude - it's made up by people who are out of shape. Mox asks who thinks they can beat them or Ospreay at Wembley. Mox says they sharpened the weapons tonight and it's a way of life - it's The Death Riders vs The World.

Megan Bayne and Lena Kross do a promo. They say they are the disgusted by the Women's Tag division. She says The Sisters of Stupid swing weapons like they are hardcore. Lena says Hart and Skye are not violent things and they should keep holding Thekla's bags, as they will not hold the tag titles.

Thekla does a video. Thek says she only trusts Hart and Skye and says everyone is an enemy now. She says you know what she does to presidents so you know what she will do to CEO's. She says maybe Willow was never champ as she pretends to be a baby while she's a woman. She tells Willow to keep doing her motivational videos as the only thing that's better than a dumb b!tch is a happy one.

The Bang Bang Gang do a video playing with dogs. They are at the dog adoption center to give 2 dogs a loving home. They say they will euthanize The Dogs and stick them in a pile of their own feces. 

Brian Cage vs Zachary Wentz

Cage has his head taped up from Darby's exploding skateboard.

Zach avoids lariats and is thrown in the corner. Cage lariats him there. Cage is sent to the apron and Zach handspring kicks him off of it. Zach's tope is caught. Zach kicks him from the apron and 2nd rope moonsaults him outside. 

Cage backdrops Zach on the apron. Zach is sent into the steps. Cage 2nd rope deadlift superplexes him. We go to PiP break, full break and return. Zach hits a top rope dropkick. Zach hits kicks and double stomps Cage's back. Zach handspring jumping knees him. 

Zach high kicks and superkicks Cage. Zack 2nd rope corkscrew cutters Cage for 2. Cage spinning lariats Zach. Cage 2nd rope deadlift germans him. Cage hits a drill claw and pins him.

Thoughts: I was fine with this. They did what they were supposed to. Zach flew around and Cage muscled him around. It ended at the right time and was a nice tv match.

Trent Baretta says he challenged Darby Allin to a match but he's not even in the stage. Trent tells the ref to come in and raise his hand. The ref does. Darby Allin then comes out.

Darby Allin vs Trent Baretta

DA shotgun dropkicks him before the bell. DA low topes him and sends him into the rails. DA running euros him against the rails. Cage distracts DA and Trent double throat thrusts DA. DA is sent into the rails. Trent misses a charge and goes into the rails.

DA goes up top and Cage distracts him. DA is swept on the ropes and flips on the landing onto the floor. DA hits shots on him. Trent back body drops him and flips him from it. Trent flying knees him for 2. DA headbutts Trent on the buckles. DA top rope coffin drops Cage outside. Trent double foot presses DA in the double down. Trent hits a b-driver on DA on the apron for 2. DA 2nd rope code red's him for 2. DA top rope coffin drops him and pins him.

Thoughts: It started out okay then they went too far with it and stopped selling. I ended up not liking it. That sweep on the ropes that Darby took was real dangerous and I didn't like the b-driver on the apron not meaning anything. Darby won as expected.

Cage grabs Darby and triple powerbombs him after. Mark Davis runs down. Mike Bailey comes out with a chair and the heels exit.

Willow Nightingale does a promo. She says she doesn't want to wait until All In. She invites Maya World in. She says Maya deserves another shot at beating Mercedes Mone. Willow wants to do a 6-man tag with Mone/Divine Dominion and Hyan/Willow/Maya. Maya wants the first tile shot after Willow beats Thekla.

Andrade el Idolo is on a boat with a girl. He says he has come to AEW to become a champ. He says he wants to be a world champ but doesn't need Don Callis for it. 

AEW National Title - Mark Davis (c) vs Mike Bailey

 

Kyle Fletcher is on commentary for this. 

Mike hits chops and side headlocks him. Mark shoulders him over. Mike armbars him and triangles him. Mike legsweeps him then hits mounted shots. Mike hits kicks on Mark. Mark flapjacks him on the ropes, slams him and sentons him. Mark boots him while he's down.

Mark bites Mike toes. Mark oklahoma stampede's him. Mark misses a senton and a corner charge. Mike enzugiri's him from the apron and top rope dropkicks Mark over. Mike hits hard kicks to the chest.

Mike corner facekicks him and enzugiri's him on the top rope. Mike hurricanrana's him down from the buckles. Mike triangle asai moonsaults him outside. 

They get on the commentary table. Mark piledrivers him on the table. We go to PiP break and return. Mark pulls Mike off the ropes and Mike hurricanrana's him. Mike PK's him. Mike upkicks him and spinning roundhouse kicks him. 

Mike hits chest kicks. Mark gamengiri's him and rubs his forearm in his face. Mike standing moonsault double knee drops Mark's back. Mike does an SSP senton (He over-rotated the ssp into a senton). 

Doyle comes out and distracts Mike. Mark lariats Mike down. Mark does a new straightjacket bull's poseidon on Mike. Mike rolls Mark up for 2. Mike spinning roundhouse kicks Mark then sunset flips him for 2. Mike spinning roundhouse kicks Mark for 2. Mike spinning high kicks him. Mike misses a 2nd rope ultimate weapon. Mark sliding forearm's him. 

They fight on the apron. Mike legsweeps him there. Mike misses an apron moonsault double knee drop. Mark hits a nasty standing falcon arrow on the apron on Mike. Mike sunset flips him out of a running lariat for 2. Mark lariats him then gutwrench short piledrivers him for the win.

Thoughts: I didn't like it. They busted out some very crazy stuff towards the end and none of it meant a single thing. It was just people spamming dangerous moves and I'm not sure if Mike will come out of this one uninjured. Mike busted out a new ssp senton here and Mark did a new straightjacket bull's poseidon. This just got too far out of control.

Overall thoughts: It had the usual random matches but they did try a little more here than usual. Lots of stars were missing like usual but at least Darby and Mox wrestled and Adam Page showed up. Page's promo was horrible. Bandido/Shibata was average. I liked Harley/Shida. The Death Riders' tag was fine as was Cage/Wentz. They did too much in the semi main and did way too much in the main with even piledrivers on the commentary table not meaning much. I'd pick Harley/Shida as the best match though the main was obviously the most wild. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 overall as it was alright enough.

Saturday, July 11, 2026

MLW Fusion 7/11/2026

MLW Fusion 7/11/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/mlw-fusion-742026.html

We are at Center Stage Theatre in Atlanta, GA. Joe Dombrowski and Tom Lawler are on commentary.

Don Gato comes out with girls and sits on his throne.

Magnus vs Titan


Mag misses a corner charge and takes a spin kick. Titan enzugiri's him from the apron then top rope crossbodies him. Titan dropkicks him out then tope con hilos him. Back in the ring, Mag buckle bombs him and Titan bounces out to the floor. Titan's head is banged off the commentary table then he is dropped onto it. 

Mag unties Titan's mask on the buckles. Mag boots Titan in tree of woe then does push up's. Mag rips at Titan's mask. Mag chops Titan in the corner and Titan flying corner lariats him. Titan enzugiri's him from the apron. Titan bodyscissors takeovers Mag over the top rope. Titan topes Mag outside.

Titan topes Mag. Titan springboard splashes Mag for 2. Titan tries to indian deathlock Mag but Mag ropebreaks. Mag double underhook backbreakers Titan for 2. We go to break and return. Titan and Mag trade chops.

Titan hits a slap and kick combo. Mag pump kicks him. Titan limbos out of a lariat and leg lariats Mag. Mag falcon arrows Titan. They trade forearms on the apron. Titan superkicks him there. Mag pulls Titan's arm down over the top rope. Mag 2nd rope deadlift superplexes Titan in.

Titan hits kicks and slaps on Mag. Titan top rope double stomps Mag for 2. Mag cradles Titan for 2. Titan and Mag trade superkicks. Mag spinning lariats Titan down. Mag corner meteora's Titan and double underhook suplexes him for 2. 

Titan tornado ddt's Mag. Titan gordbusters him and superkicks him. Titan top rope double stomps Mag's back for 2. Titan flying double knees Mag from behind and pins him.

Thoughts: It was acceptable enough but nothing too special. It was mostly all flying and various kicks and slaps here. Titan doesn't have the hardest hitting offense and some of his shots could have been better here. Titan almost took a piledriver on the floor on a tope con hilo attempt.

Titan drinks tequila with Don Gato after.

Blood and Thunder is in 4 weeks and Fightland is in 9 weeks.

The Skyscrapers do a promo. Dijak says there's nothing good about The Good Brothers. He says he's sick of brawling with them and thinking of them. He says his team is the better looking, better and taller team. Dijak says they have been dominating them because they are The Skyscrapers.

The Contra Mercs do a video. Shotzi says they fight Contra 3v3 tonight. Doc says they are bringing the pain and they can't do anything to stop them. Karl says Shotzi will be out there and she's crazy. They drink Don Gato and say Contra Mercs run this place.

We get a Lady Frost video of her with a dagger and bloody heart in the snow.

MLW Women's World Title - Shotzi (c) vs Kira

They lock up and Kira armdrags her. Shotzi armdrags her back. Shotzi armdrags her again and 619's her. Shotzi top rope crossbodies Kira for 2. Kira messes up a handspring. Kira shoulders her and I think she botches again as they cut awa. Kira topes Shotzi outside.

Kira is sent into the post and Shotzi meteora's her off the apron. Shotzi chops Kira on the apron and bangs her head off of it. Shotzi top rope dropkicks Kira for 2. Shotzi elbow drops her for 2.

Shotzi suplexes her into the ropes. Kira trips her and 619's her. Kira springboard tornillo splashes her for 2. Shotzi rolls her up for 2. Kira's head is banged off the buckles. Kira superkicks her.  Kira dives through the ropes and sunset bombs her off the apron to the floor.

Kira misses a top rope 450. Shotzi brazilian kicks her and ddt's her. They fight on the buckles. Shotzi 2nd rope gordbusters her then top rope sentons her for the win.

Thoughts: Kira got a lot of offense in here and botched a couple of moves. Shotzi was more along for the ride. The sunset bomb off the apron really should have finished off Shotzi but it meant little here. This was kind of Kira's biggest chance to show off so far in the US and she had a sloppy night. It was so-so.

Shotzi drinks tequila with Don Gato after. 

Labron Kozone vs Okumura

LK misses kicks and back elbows Oku down. They trade forearms. LK euros him then hiptosses him. LK armdrags him and Oku headscissors him. They stand off. Oku offers a handshake, LK takes it and is eye raked. Oku throws him out and they trade shots out there. Oku eye rakes him again and sends him into the post. 

LK boots him out of the corner and they exploder each other. Oku cutters him for 2. Oku comes off the 2nd rope and is caught with a sky high coming down. They trade forearms and hockey fight. Oku eye rakes him and mongolian chops him. LK hits a big lariat and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a shorter one. Labron looked like a dummy for falling for the handshake bit. Oku had some bad strikes here. It wasn't that impressive of a squash but at least Labron won.

Rich Bocchini interviews The Skyscrapers. Dijak says they aren't The New Skyscrapers but the only Skyscrapers. Dijak says there's nothing new about them. Dijak says it will be on sight when they see The Contra Mercs. Josh says they are baddest team in MLW. Dijak is asked what's next and Dijak says anything they want. They then take Rich's glasses and Josh puts them on.

We get a Gallus video. They say they are here to leave their mark and they want gold. They say GBOT - Glassgow Boys On Top.

The Contra Mercs (Doc Gallos, Karl Anderson and Mads Krule Kruegger) vs CONTRA Unit (KUSHIDA, Ikuro Kwon and Kananga)

Kanaga is a big, heavy, masked guy that I haven't seen before.

All 6 men fight. Doc eye rakes Kan then Kan shoulders him over. All 6 fight outside. Doc punches Kan outside. Kwon comes off the apron and Krule throws him into the post. Karl chop and pnches Kush and Kush eye rakes him. Karl's head is banged off the table. Krule clubs on Kwon's chest.

Kan punches away a chair shot from Doc. Kan then headbutts him down. Kan stomps Doc outside. Kan and Krule stare down from opposite sides of the ring. Kan is pulled down from the apron. Kwon superkicks Krule. Kush's ehad is banged off a rail in the seats. Karl slingshot plancha's Kwon outside.

A kid fan throws something in Kush's face and Kush's face is banged off the rail. Karl chops Kan. Karl is caught coming off the 2nd rope and Kan powerbombs him. Kan powerslams Doc and kind of lands on Doc's head. 

Kan and Krule stare down in the ring. Krule gets red misted by Kwon and the ref DQ's Kwon for it. Krule no sells it.

Thoughts: What we got here was alright. They didn't get too crazy with the brawling and some of the shots could have been better. They really pushed Kananga as a force here but Kananga had trouble keeping his mask on as it didn't fit. I liked them emphasizing the Krule vs Kanaga matchup though.

Kananga blackhole slams Krule after. Kananga then grabs a spike and Doc/Karl stop Kan from using it. Security comes in to stop the fight and they get nailed. Contra Unit chokes security on the floor. The Skyscrapers come down and also fight Doc/Karl and the show ends.

Overall thoughts: Not a lot went on storyline wise here and wrestling wise it wasn't great. Magnus/Titan was acceptable. Kira had a sloppy night vs Shotzi and it was so-so. Labron Kozone won a shorter bout vs Okumura. The main was alright enough but it was a limited brawl. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 overall. A lot of names were missing from this and it didn't impress. This was average.

NWA Powerrr 7/11/2026

NWA Powerrr 7/11/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/nwa-powerrr-742026.html

Joe Galli, Danny Dealz and Tim Storm are on commentary.

The hosts are in the aisle and talk about the show.

Kerry Morton vs Axton Ray

They lock up and trade wristlocks. AR cartwheels out and fireman's carry takeovers KM. KM headscissors him and AR kips out. AR headscissors him after taking a takeover. KM kips up. KM goe sup and over then AR pop's him up and catches him. KM escapes and AR dropkicks him for 2. 

AR back elbows KM. AR is swept on the buckles and goes down hard. KM hits mounted shots on AR. KM hits forearms then slingshot suplexes him. KM back elbows him in the corner. AR moonsaults over him, slides out of a lariat and enzugiri's him. AR cartwheels into the ropes and handsprings into a forearm for 2.

KM eye rakes him to avoid a powerbomb then low blows him. KM pumping knees him and pins him.

Thoughts: This was the Axton Ray show here. He's kind of an unassuming guy but he can do all kinds of flips, he's strong and his stuff looks good. This guy is absolutely a hidden gem and he's a great find by the NWA. He needs to hang around here more. It could have been a little better but this was a neat little opener and something different.

Kyle Davis talks to Kerry Morton in the ring after. Kerry asks, "How great am I?". He says he's "the man" in this company and is the man who will win the NWA Title. He says Silas Mason is a whiny b!tch. Silas Mason then runs out, swings the title at Kerry and Kerry runs. Kerry grabs a chair outside and says Silas turned on him. Silas says KM has a yellow streak up his back brighter than his pants. He says Kerry can run but can't hide as they will fight next week.  

Kyle Davis interviews The Slimeballz in the ring. Sage says it's their duty to defend their titles against all comers. Sage wants to give a shot to young tag teams. Sage says young boys will get a shot to face them. Sage says let's have a fatal four way.

Aron Stevens complains to Joe Cazana about Carson Drake having to face Richard Adonis. Brandon McCord sells he can't wait for the 8-man tag vs The Slimeballz and says he has belly button lint with a bigger IQ than them.. Joe asks if they have ever been to Paris and they talk about how bad the food is there. Joe says Billy Corgan got The Country Gentlemen a meeting with Pope. Joe thinks it's the real pope but Aron seems to think they mean The Pope. 

We get a Magic Jake Dumas video. He says we walk in fear and danger but he does not. He says he is the evil and fear. He says we will all die one day and he intends to deserve it. He says to let magic reign forever and for the sun to never rise again. 

Winner gets a Tag Title shot - Death Row Militia vs Jeff Paul and Tyler Stevens vs Top Team vs The Hardway

They had a graphic/filter over the entrances so we didn't even get to see who was who here. 2 of these teams are debuting here I think and The Slimeballz are on commentary. The Hardway ended up winning this in pretty short fashion by beating the bald member of Death Row Militia. It was way too short to be anything good and some of the wrestlers in this didn't even get a single offense move in.

The Slimez aren't happy about the winners after and seem concerned about the upcoming tag title match they will have.

It's Me...The Carson Drake Experience

Kerry Morton is this week's guest. Drake says Kerry is his best guest yet. He asks about Kerry facing Silas next week. Kerry says he's not here to be liked. He says he spent a lot of time with The Southern Six. He says they were indy darlings. Kerry says he is ready for Silas next week. He says when you see him, you know that he's what's best for business. 

"Magic" Jake Dumas is interviewed in the ring. Jake says he's been gone for a long time. He says he doesn't remember Kyle, the commentators or Billy Corgan sending him a letter. He says he gave them magic and they gave him silence. Jake says come and see for yourself if you don't think magic is real. He says he's magic and he's very real.

"Magic" Jake Dumas vs Chico Adams

Jake lariats him and short arm lariats him. Jake throws Chico out and they say Chico landed hard. Jake neckbreakers him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a short squash here only. Jake wore a collared shirt with long sleeves and a vest during the match and won very easily. Chico supposedly took a big bump out but we couldn't see the landing. 

Carson Drake vs Richard Adonis

They slap each other. CD takes him down and rubs his face into the mat. They waistlock each other on the mat. Rich waistlock takedowns him a few times. CD bangs Rich's leg down over his shoulder. CD elbow drops his leg and butt drops it.

CD yanks on the leg. They chop each other. Rich cradles him for 2 then lariats him. Rich kicks him out of the corner and double stomps the back of CD's head. Aron Stevens punches Rich with his loaded glove. CD hits a stroke on him and pins him.

Thoughts: I liked the waistlock spot in the beginning and they looked like they were going at it. CD won as expected but Adonis is getting some time and not looking that bad so far. It was just a match.

Aron Stevens talks to Carson Drake in the back about putting their faces on the NWA banner. Wrecking Ball Legursky comes in with The Slimeballz under each arm. He threatens to pop their heads if Aron doesn't let him join the FoC. The Slimez ask for help and aren't convincing. Aron tells Ball to go ahead and says he doesn't really  care. Aron confirms that Ball will hurt them if he doesn't join the group and Ball confirms that. Aron says no and says "two birds with one stone". Ball then lets The Slimez go. The Slimez says they were promised ice cream, Ball likes the idea and they go together. 

Pretty Boy Smooth and Hayden Backlund vs The Royal Court (Mike Knox and Tyler Franks)

The Court has Trevor Murdoch with them and they come out to royal music. The crowd chants "Burger King" at Trevor.

HB waistlock takedowns TF. TF trips him and is booted away. TF shoulders him over. TF dropkicks him. HB knocks PB off the apron by accident and TF flying kicks HB. C-Lo gets on the apron and TF's throat is pulled over the top. HB backdrops TF then stomps him. 

PB STO's TF then stomps him in the corner. PB throws TF from the slam position and running corner splashes him. We cut away to a shot of Trevor's boots for a bit. HB sliding lariats TF. TF jawbreakers PB and flying knees him. PB slams him and legdrops him for 2. 

PB bearhugs TF. TF earclaps his way out. TF boots HB away and HB elbow drops TF's back. Knox is tagged in. He leg lariat HB from behind over the 2nd rope. Knox crossbodies HB hard. Knox sky highs him and pins him while PB gets distracted and doesn't break the pin.

Thoughts:
It was a shorter one. Tyler and Hayden had a bit of rough start here. The Court kind of had to win here as they are new though, Hayden and PB aren't exactly made men either here. This wasn't much of note at all.

We then get a promo video on Silas Mason vs Kerry Morton to close the show.

Overall thoughts: It was the usual episode of the NWA with random matches. Almost all of the matches were shorter and none of them were that good. This episode was basically a waste of time outside of setting up Silas/Kerry and the US Tag Title match. I liked the Wrecking Ball/Slimeballz segment and I liked Axton Ray's performance here, but I didn't like that much else. This wasn't good and I would give it a 4 out 10 overall.

WWE Smackdown 7/10/2026

WWE Smackdown 7/10/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/wwe-smackdown-732026.html

We are in Oklahoma City, OK. Joe Tessitore and Wade Barrett are on commentary.

Nick Aldis is in the ring and welcomes us to the show. He says he feels justified for his physical altercation and he has been reinstated as Smackdown GM. He brings out CM Punk.

CM Punk has a black eye. He says he always wonders what he will say and says "I missed you" to the crowd. He says he's been negotiating with management, NBC and USA to get on Smackdown. He says those negotiations were expedited when he was told the champ needed a challenger. 

He says he will be wrestling on Smackdown and defending the belt any chance he gets. He tells everyone that if you think you have what it takes to face the best in the world, come wrestle him. He says he heard what Sami Zayn said on social media. He says he will give Sami a rematch if he wants. He brings up Gunther as a challenger. 

Cody Rhodes comes out. Cody asks how his eye feels. Punk does his "what do you wanna talk about?" line. Cody says the last time they stood in the ring, his eye was black and Punk mentioned championship opportunities falling out of the sky. Cody says there's those then championship matches that have been building for years in him vs Punk.

Punk says maybe they have both been avoiding this. Punk says he thought it would be in the main event of Mania and doesn't think they can keep away from each other for that long. Cody said he remembers telling Punk "just say when". Punk then says, "When?". Cody then says, "Summerslam". They shake hands. Nick Aldis says it's official and announces the match.

Cathy Kelly talks to Jade Cargill and friends. Jade says she's ready to go and will make Charlotte's life a living hell. Mich says you would think Charlotte would know better. Fab says Charlotte gets a front row seat to Jade snapping Bliss in half. Jade says she will put on a show and she's not responsible for what happens to Alexa.

Finn Balor vs Tama Tonga

Talla Tonga is with Tama.

Finn takes down TT and pounds on him. Finn punches him in the corner. TT flying back elbows him. Finn basement dropkicks him then lariats him over the top rope. Talla trips up Finn. TT nails Finn from behind. TT neckbreakers him. TT low sliding lariats him for 2. We go to PiP break and return.

Finn hits punches. Finn flying headscissors him into a russian legsweep. Finn flying forearms him. TT blocks an up and over and Finn final cuts him off of it for 2. Finn stomps him. TT spinning backdrops him for 2. 

TT corner splashes him. Finn running slingblades him and john woo's him. Finn goes up top and Talla gets on the apron. Finn misses a top rope double stomp and TT lariats him from behind. TT hits a spinning pedigree for 2.  

Finn cradles him for 2 then back body drops him over the top. Finn  tope con hilos TT and Talla outside. Finn john woo's him again. Finn top rope double stomps him and pins him.

Thoughts
: It was alright and it was athletic as expected. Finn winning clean kind of ends that whole feud though and I'm not sure where either guy really goes from here.

Carmelo Hayes is interviewed. He says all he has done is prove and all he does is deserve. He says he comes up short sometimes but he's only human. Melo says he doesn't miss and says it's not a catchphrase but a lifestyle. He says it's his moment to prove to Trick that he is "him".

R-Truth talks to Fraxiom. He has lost a bet on the World Cup and pays up. The War Raiders comes up to Truth and tells him to talk to Aldis. Jimmy Uso and Jacob Fatu walk in. Uso says he's looking for Solo. Truth says Solo is babysitting. Fatu asks Truth if he has seen Royce Keys. Damian Priest comes in. He says him and Truth have seen Keys and he's here. Truth asks Priest why he did that. Priest says Keys is not their problem.

Finn cradles him for 2 then back body drops him over the top. Finn  tope con hilos TT and Talla outside. Finn john woo's him again. Finn top rope double stomps him and pins him.

Thoughts:
It was alright and it was athletic as expected. Finn winning clean kind of ends that whole feud though and I'm not sure where either guy really goes from here.

Carmelo Hayes is interviewed. He says all he has done is prove and all he does is deserve. He says he comes up short sometimes but he's only human. Melo says he doesn't miss and says it's not a catchphrase but a lifestyle. He says it's his moment to prove to Trick that he is "him".

R-Truth talks to Fraxiom. He has lost a bet on the World Cup and pays up. The War Raiders comes up to Truth and tells him to talk to Aldis. Jimmy Uso and Jacob Fatu walk in. Uso says he's looking for Solo. Truth says Solo is babysitting. Fatu asks Truth if he has seen Royce Keys. Damian Priest comes in. He says him and Truth have seen Keys and he's here. Truth asks Priest why he did that. Priest says Keys is not their problem.

Nick Aldis is on the phone with Sami Zayn. He says he knows Sami is on a mental health break. Nick says he has the authority to make Punk vs Cody. Gunther comes in and smacks the desk. Gun says Nick made a big mistake and he's here to give him a chance to fix this. He says Nick knows he should be in the ring with a champion. Gun says he will give him until the end of the night to fix this. Nick says he will take it under consideration.

Jimmy Uso and Jacob Fatu are in the ring. Jimmy tells Solo Sikoa to come out. Royce Keys comes out instead. Jimmy says he doesn't look like Solo. Keys says last week Jimmy mentioned his name and mentioned his name again this week. 

He says Jimmy's family business is affecting everyone and starting to affect him. Jimmy says it's all about OTC business tonight. Keys says it's the OTC who isn't here. Fatu says Keys can say anything else about anyone but don't go there and bring up the OTC. Keys says it doesn't go like that.

Jimmy tells Keys he's not part of this family. Keys says blood doesn't make you family, loyalty does. Keys says Uso's family has brother vs brother and cousin vs cousin. Keys says he wishes he could call and text his family as he has no family. He says Fatu has been his brother for 14 years and he refuses to let him fall. 

Jimmy says Keys will cross a line he can't come back from. Keys says he didn't come here to fight. He says it looks like there's a line right there and he just crossed. Jimmy threatens a beating and says "we". Fatu says there's no "we" here and says it's on Jimmy. Fatu says he's out. Jimmy then tells Keys he crossed the line. He asks Nick Aldis to come out and make this office.

Jimmy tries to hit Keys, gets caught and is lariated. Keys lariats him over the top. We go to break and return.

Royce Keys vs Jimmy Uso

Uso side headlocks him and Keys shoulders him over. Keys hits punches in the corner. Keys lariats him over. Keys suplexes him. Keys misses a charge outside and goes into the steps. Uso top rope crossbodies him then chinlocks him. Uso spinning enzugiri's him and Keys crossbodies him.

Keys is sent out and Uso topes him. Keys is thrown over the commentary table. We go to break and return. Keys yanks him into a powerslam. Keys slams him on the commentary table. Keys is sent into the post. Solo Sikoa comes out and gets behind Uso. He hits him and goes for the samoan spike. Jacob Fatu comes out. Fatu and Solo fight. Fatu does the tongan death grip to him an d throws him over the rails. Keys is distracted and Uso spears him. Uso pins him.

Thoughts:
It didn't get much at all and was nothing special. The big development was the outside shenanigans here with Fatu and Solo. I didn't like Keys losing here, but he's rapidly losing stock and I think he's going to be counting the lights a lot more in the future.

Fatu and Solo get in the ring after. Fatu stomps on Solo in the ring. Keys stops Fatu and they argue. Fatu superkicks him and sentons him and gets a pop for it. 

Fatu puts a chair on Solo's head but doesn't hip attack him. Fatu tells him he better listen to him and says next time, he won't stop. Apparently, Fatu asks him to speak with bloodline on Raw.

We see Sami Zayn flipping out after losing his title on Raw. He complains about Punk coming back and getting a title shot. 

CM Punk is interviewed. Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae interrupt. LeRae says Sami is annoying but didn't give up on Johnny. He says Sami was the voice of the voiceless and here was hope with him as champ. She says they stole that from them. Punk tells them to stop what they are doing and get back in the ring. He says this isn't working.

CM Punk and Finn Balor talk. Finn says he was hoping he'd run into him and says welcome to Smackdown. 

Fatal Influence do a video. They say it was satisfying to see Lainey beat up Brie Bella last week. They says they will be the center of attention in MSG next week and says it may be the most night of their careers. They say Paige and Brie should be worried as their time is up and they know it. Jacy says they will fall under their influence.

Jade Carill vs Alexa Bliss

Jade shoulders her. AB jumps on her back with a sleeper and Jade throws her over. AB clips her from behind and meteora's her in the back of the neck on the ropes for 2. Jade backbreakers her. 

We go to break and return. Jade misses a pump kick and AB hits her from behind. AB hits punches and dropkicks her. AB headhunters her for 2. AB slaps her. AB's crossbody is caught. AB high kicks her. B-Fab trips Bliss and Flair pulls Jade's throat over the top rope. AB gets a 2 count on Jade. Flair fights with Mich and Fab outside and is sent into the post. Jade pump kicks AB and hits jade end on her to win.

Thoughts: Similar to the last match, it was short with a bunch of shenanigans. This was little of note.

Jade gets a chair after, Flair goes after her and Flair fights off Jade's crew. Jade pulls AB's arm back with the chair and bangs it off the mat. They focus on AB's arm and make it seem like it's bent the wrong way.

Trick Williams and Lil Yachty talk in the back. Yacthy gives him a legacy title.  The title has white fur on it. Trick loves it. Yachty says he needs Trick to give Melo a diamond butt whooping to Melo.

Bliss is helped out in the back and thinks her arm is broken. They go into the trainer's room.

Trick Williams vs Carmelo Hayes

Trick throws him down backwards off the lock up then throws him in the corner. Trick shoulders Melo over. Trick stomps him in the corner. Ricky Saints is watching on TV in the back. Trick hits chops and Melo dropkicks him. Melo springboard twisting lariats Trick. 

Trick flapjacks Melo then backhands him down. We go to break and return. Trick pop-up uppercuts Melo. Melo la mistica drops him for 2. Trick hits leg lariats. Trick uranage's him for 2. 

Melo flips out of an AA. Melo boots him out of the corner and 2nd rope diving ddt's him for 2. Trick jumping neckbreakers him for 2.  Melo frogsplashes him for 2. Melo rolls him up for 2 and Trick gets a pin attempt in. Melo superkicks him. Melo misses a top rope splash and Trick spinning facekicks him for 2. 

Melo knocks Trick off the apron. Melo pushes Trick into Yachty outside. Melo hits a first 48. Melo goes up top and Baron Corbin grabs Melo. Baron pulls Melo down for the DQ then beats up Trick.

Thoughts: I'm getting a little tired of Melo/Trick. There was a lot of spinning around and flipping here and I just thought it was average. Baron Corbin returning is totally out of left field, though we all knew he was returning to WWE as there were rumors and he had just left MLW in storyline.

Baron pounds on Trick after and sends him into the post. Baron hits end of days on Melo and Trick. Baron then holds the title up. 

Gunther comes out to talk. He calls out Nick Aldis. Nick comes out.  Nick says he will give him what he wants. He says he will give him Cody and Punk at MSG. He says it'll be Cody Rhodes and CM Punk vs Gunther and Sami Zayn. Gunther tells him to fix his mistake. Nick says the only mistake he needs to fix is not thinking he would be a pain in the butt if he signed him. Gunther hits him from behind and hits elbows on him. Gunther lariats him down. Officials then come out to stop this. Gunther facekicks Nick down then grounded chokes him. Gunther lets go then puts it back on. He then puts it on a third time.

Cody Rhodes comes out and the show ends.

Overall thoughts
: I didn't really think this was a good show at all. Punk/Cody being set up is an interesting match but like they said, that's a Mania match and they should wait to do it at Mania.  Other than that, it wasn't that interesting of a show. Obviously Aldis is a wrestler, but he's just a GM in the WWE Universe and Gunther fighting a GM is a far way away from Cena and Goldberg. Baron Corbin is back and I do think WWE could use him in the midcard right now. We had a bunch of midcard matches otherwise that didn't get the time to be anything special and lots of Bloodline stuff that I personally don't care too much about. I'm definitely concerned about Summerslam as I do not think they have the creative or talent right now for a 2 day supershow. As for Smackdown being 2 hours again, I think we saw the pros and cons of it here. The show was much more compact and not as much time was wasted, but the matches were all shorter and a lot of the lower ranked wrestlers didn't appear. I'd give this show a 5 out of 10 as a lot of the stuff they are doing made sense, but I didn't find it to be that interesting. It was average.