WWE Main Event 8/20/2026

WWE Main Event 8/20/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/wwe-main-event-8132026.html

Blake Howard and Vic Joseph are on commentary here.

Giulia vs Michin

G = Giulia

G side headlock takeovers her then snapmares her into a chinlock. Mich hammerlocks her and G side headlock takeovers her. They trade pin attempts and Mich boots her in the gut. Mich axe kicks her in the back. G basement dropkicks her. 

G 2nd rope dropkicks her. G kicks her in the back and pulls on her face. G dropkicks her while she's tied up in the ropes. G bridging neckbreakers her on the floor. B-Fab lariats G outside.

Mich hits mounted shots on G inside. Mich kicks her in the back. Mich surfboards her for 2 then dropkicks her. Mich guillotines her in mid-air. G suplexes her. They trade forearms. G flurries her. Mich hits some slaps and high kicks her. G slaps her. G shoulders her over twice then flying headscissors her.

G running boots her from behind on the ropes. G curbstomps her for 2. G pumping knees her for 2 when B-Fab puts Mich's foot on the ropes. G forearms Fab off the apron. Mich styles clashes G and pins her.

Thoughts: It was about average. B-Fab interfered a bit here. They really shouldn't be doing neckbreakers on the floor or curbstomp kickouts on this show. I was surprised Giulia lost and that definitely doesn't bode well for her with how low Mich is in the totem pole.

Overall thoughts: We only had one match here and I believe more were taped. Why weren't the other matches shown? I don't know. The one match we did see was average though and Giulia took yet another loss. I wouldn't recommend this one but at least you can get through it in under 15 minutes.

Ring of Honor YouTube Special Episode #12 8/18/2026

Ring of Honor YouTube Special Episode #12 8/18/2026

The last Youtube Special is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/ring-of-honor-youtube-special-episode_02016496053.html 

Caprice Coleman & Ian Riccaboni are on commentary.

Mark Sterling does the intro for Ari Daivari. He says Ari is the greatest Iranian wrestler...and then there's Beef. He says the only thing that springs in Colorado Springs is laziness and mediocrity. Kom then topes Ari before he can finish.

Komander vs Ariya Daivari

Kom sends Ari into the rails. Kom hits mounted corner punches. Kom casadora armdrags him. Kom flying headscissors him and dropkicks him. Kom tries to rope walk but Ari moves the ropes on him and Kom goes down. Ari wants Beef to him Kom but Beef refuses. Ari tells Beef to get out.

Kom la magistral's Ari for 2. Kom cradles him for 2 then is lariated. Ari leg chokes him on the ropes then Mark Sterling chokes Kom on the ropes. Kom's head is banged off the steps and Kom is sent into the rails. 

Ari stomps Kom then backdrops him. Ari grounded sleepers him. They trade punches and chops. Kom pump kicks him and superkicks him. Kom 619's him in the gut. Kom springboard crossbodies him for 2. Mark Sterling gets on the apron. 

Kom grabs Mark and superkicks Ari. Kom springboard triangle dropkicks Mark. Ari hammerlock ddt's Kom. Ari then grabs his carpet and top rope splashes him. Ari then....only gets a 2 count. 

Kom sends him out of the ring and dropkicks him through the ropes. Kom walks up the ropes and does the valiente special outside. Kom rope walk ssp's him inside and pins him.

Thoughts: I thought it was a good match. Kom's tope to start this that shut up Mark Sterling was a cool spot. Kom didn't overdo it with the flying and they got a lot of things in here. It was a good choice for an opener and it worked out well.

We get a video on Lio Rush vs Action Andretti.

AR Fox & Lio Rush vs. Action Andretti & Hook

AA gives AR the finger and AR grabs the finger. AA wristlocks him, AR flips into and back over the ropes and then armdrags him. AA walks up the ropes and armdrags him. AR rolls him up for 2. AA crucifixes him. They kip up together, shoulderblock each other, kip down then headflip up together. 

Lio is tagged in and AA tags out to Hook. Hook hits Lio in the gut then throws him. Lio boots him out of the corner then misses a 2nd rope splash. Lio hits a strike combo on Hook. AR spinning suplexes Hook. 

AR corner flying lariats Hook. AR skins the cat in and dropkicks Hook off of it. Hook front facelock suplexes him. Hook hits shots to the gut. Hook northern lights suplexes AR for 2. AR kips down out of a lariat and tags Lio in. Lio knocks AA off the apron. AA runs from Lio. Lio hits shots on the heels and pushes Hook into AA. Lio spin kicks Hook in the head for 2.

Lios sends AR into the rails and Hook overhead suplexes Lio. AA springboard diving lariats Lio then knees him in the face. AA falcon arrows Lio for 2. All 4 men double clothesline each other.

AR walks Hook into a cutter. AA dropkicks AR. Lio chops and forearms AA then seated springboard stunners him. Lio then bridges with a choke on AA. Hook hits Lio with a belt and causes the DQ.

Thoughts: It's a shame we didn't get a finish as it was a fun little bout. It made sense with Lio wanting to get some of Action. AR did some of his usual offense as well. 

Action hits AR with the belt after. Hook tazzmission's Lio while Action punches Lio in the gut. Action then stands on Lio's head. 

We get a video on The Outrunners and Dalton vs The Lethal Twist. 

SkyFlight (Dante Martin, Darius Martin & Scorpio Sky) vs Dave Cole, Manny Lemons & Tommy 2 Scoops

Sky and Manny go at it. Manny side headlock him then shoulders him over and Sky armdrags him twice. Sky side headlocks Manny then shoulders him over. Darius dropkicks Manny. Tommy gets in and Darius side headlocks him. Darius bounces off the ropes and armdrags Tommy. Darius step up enzugiri's him. 

Dave comes in and Darius flying shoulders him. Dave takes an atomic drop then has his face banged off Dante's knee. Dante standing moonsaults Dave. Tommy hits Dante and Dave gets a 2 count on Dante. Dante springboard moonsaults over Dave.

Sky comes in and shoulders Dave down. Sky neckbreakers Dave. Darius tornado ddt's Manny off of Dante. Top Flight hit stereo slingshot plancha's out. Sky TKO's Dave and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a squash. It wasn't anyone's best work and the faces didn't fly that much. It was acceptable though and Skyflight won as expected. 

Nigel McGuinness sits on his couch and talks. He says he and Lee Moriarty are friends. He says he texted him and told him he couldn't compete at Death Before Dishonor. Nigel says now it's a possibility that he can compete. He says he vowed that if he can wrestle, he will. He says he won't be 100%. He says he vows to either take the Pure Title from Lee or not wrestle in ROH again. 

Aaron Solo vs. Anthony Ogogo

Ogogo shoves him on the handshake and shoulders him over. Ogogo boots him in the gut and euros him down. Solo dropkicks him and flying headscissors him. Solo slingshot plancha's him outside. Solo goes up top and is crotched. Ogogo drops him throat first on the ropes and single leg foot presses him. Ogogo stomps him in the corner and knees him in the gut. 

Ogogo knees him in the gut. Solo hits flying forearms. Solo swinging neckbreakers him. Solo hits a flying corner splash. Solo top rope double stomps him for 2. Ogogo blocks a corkcrew him. Ogogo running knees him and lariats him. 

Solo rolls him up for 2. Solo corkscrew kicks him for 2. Ogogo release germans him. Ogogo running euros him in the corner and running lariats him. Ogogo hits a big knockout punch. The ref says Solo is out before he even checks on him. Ogogo wins via KO.

Thoughts: I didn't like the finish. Solo barely had gone down and the ref ended it via KO. That was bad reffing. Ogogo won as he usually does. Solo was decent here as the underdog face and it's a shame they didn't throw him a bone and let him pick up a win. This one had issues and I ultimately didn't like it.

Mina Shirakawa & Queen Aminata vs. The Hex (Allysin Kay & Marti Belle)

Mina kisses AK's finger before the bell when she presents it to her. Mina hits chest forearms on the ropes. AK shoulders her over for 1. Mina spin kicks her, ducks a lariat and shimmies. Mina legsweeps her and sweeping kicks her on the mat. AK takes kicks to the back while Queen bangs AK's head off her butt. Queen then bangs both opponents' heads off her butt.

Queen and Mina bump chests and AK double lariats them down. AK chops Queen in the corner. They chop each other there. Queen takes a running knee > senton > meteora for 2. MB forearms Queen and corner hip attacks her. AK broski boots Queen for 2. 

MB boots Queen in the corner. They trade chest forearms. MB euros her and running boots her. MB hits mounted shots on Queen. Mina tags in and flying lariats MB. She spinning lariats her and corner back elbows. 

Mina slingshot tornillos MB for 2. MB boots her away. Mina spinning forearms and spinning back elbows her. Mina figure fours her. Queen headbutts Kay down and running knees her in the head. Mina submits MB with a figure four.

Thoughts: It was an alright match here. Mina's team had some fun with it and it went a little better than I expected it to.

We get a video on Steph De Lander vs Deonna Purrazzo.

We then get a video on Hazuki vs Athena.

El Phantasmo vs. Adam Priest

They shake hands. AP wristlocks him and takes him down by it. ELP flips off the bottom rope and armdrags him. ELP dropkicks him and poses. AP shin kicks him and standing dropkicks him. AP euros him. ELP flips over his back and flying headscissors him. ELP dropkicks him. 

ELP chops him in the corner. ELP walks up the buckles, rope walks and is knocked off the ropes. AP eye pokes him. AP sweeps him with his body, sending ELP onto the apron. AP suplexes him on the floor.

AP elbow drops him and rakes his face with his boot. AP hits chops and foot chokes him. AP euros him in the leg then suplexes him for 2. They trade shots and ELP back body drops him. ELP hits punches and forearms him down. ELP springboard twisting crossbodies him. ELP topes him.

ELP superkicks him in the gut. ELP top rope moonsaults him outside. ELP springboard swantons him and asai moonsaults him for 2. AP chops him and ddt's him. ELP enzugiri's him in the corner and 2nd rope diving tornado ddt's him. They chop and forearm each other. ELP gets the edge. AP runs at him and throws him overhead. ELP cradles him for 2 and rolls him up for 2. ELP backslides him for 2. AP short piledrivers him. AP then taps out ELP with a half-crab.

Thoughts: Adam winning was a big surprise here. He was definitely more of a heel here too which made that more unlikely. I kind of assume ELP is signed with ROH so this was a surprise. What we got was fine but it maybe got a little more time than needed. Adam also being a bit more heelish threw this one off a bit. It was alright enough.

They pound fists after.

Marina Shafir & Skye Blue vs. Red Velvet & Zayda Steel

Shafir kicks Red in the leg. MS takes her down and hip throws her. MS kimura's her. Red gets on top of her then gets on her back with a sleeper. MS then goes for a choke on her. MS kicks her in the back. SB and Zay go at it.

Zay side headlocks SB then flying headscissors her. Zay corner crossbodies SB. SB is put on the ropes and Red meteora's her there from behind. Red running corner euros SB then hits punches to the gut. 

Zay double chops SB. MS trips Zay and SB step up knees her from behind. SB throws down Zay backwards for 2. SB hits mounted forearms on Zay. MS gut and back kicks Zay for 2. MS punches Zay in the gut. MS his hip throws on Zay then shoulder throws her.

MS cartwheels and gets a 1 count on Zay. MS hits Zay in the gut. Zay takes a spin kick to the gut and a forearm from SB to the ae for 2. SB bootz Zay around. Zay dropkicks her. Red and MS get in. Red flying lariats her then casadora bulldogs her. Red meteora's MS from behind on the ropes. MS then gets up and they trade shots. 

MS chops Red down. Red ddt's MS for 2. Red germans her and MS no sells it. Red no sells MS' german and they high kick each other at the same time. Zay and SB get in and trade forearms. Zay thesz presses her and hits mounted shots. SB twisting ddt's Zay for 2. Zay rolls her up for 2. SB superkicks Zay. Zay hits a spinning unprettier on SB and pins her.

Thoughts: I don't like Zay's finisher as it looks like it hurts her as much as SB. This match had an odd pace and had a lot of no selling. I didn't like this one.

Overall thoughts: The opener was a good match and maybe the bet match on the show. The second match with Hook was fun. Skyflight won a squash. I didn't like Solo/Ogogo. Mina's match was alright. The semi-main was fine and I didn't like the main event. It was the usual ROH show with a lot of random matches and only 2 champs in action. I'd give it a low 6 out of 10 as it was mostly alright.

Ring of Honor on HonorClub 8/20/2026 Duel to the Death Before Dishonor

Ring of Honor on HonorClub 8/20/2026 Duel to the Death Before Dishonor

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/ring-of-honor-on-honorclub-8132026.html

We are in Baltimore, MD. Caprice Coleman & Ian Riccaboni are on commentary.

The Dark Order do a promo. Uno says if you look in ROH's history books, you will see them on every page. Uno says it's been a long and hard road for them. Uno says it's time look forward and it begins today with Preston Vance. Uno says he forgives him. John Silver comes in and says he doesn't forgive Vance. He asks if they remember what he did to them and little Brodie. John says he doesn't like Vance and doesn't trust him. John says he's out of here.

ROH Women's Title Proving Ground Match - Athena (c) vs Gia Scott

They go for a lock up but Ath can't reach. Ath then forearms her down and hits mounted shots. Ath knees her in the gut in the corner then back splashes her. Ath running forearms her. Ath samoan drops her. Ath clubs her back and knees her in the face over the 2nd rope.  

Ath cartwheels out of a snapmare and is superkicked. Gia swinging uranage's her for 2. Ath backslides her into a knee to he chest. Ath low flatliners her. Ath then curbstomps her for the win.

Thoughts: It was a short one and Ath won as expected. Gia got a little offense in though and had a decent showing as a girl with some power. 

Ath sentons her after then pounds on her. Ath bang her head off the buckles and foot chokes her. Ath says she will set an example for Hazuki since she's too cowardly to show up. Ath curbstomps Gia on the title. Ath then says, "Hazuki, come out and play".

Athena does a video talking about being the longest reigning champ of the modern era. She says no woman will live up to her legacy and says people don't get what being the forever ROH champ is. She says it's about time Hazuki and the world get over it.

Preston Vance vs Danny Grandview

PV offers a handshake and DG boots him. DG hits punches and lariats him down twice. PV corner lariats him then running corner lariats him. PV corner pump kicks him. PV spinebusters him. PV spinning lariats him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a short squash and not much more. There wasn't a lot to say about this. Vance is back in "10" mode and is trying to get the "10" hand sign over again. 

Uno and Alex come out for their match before Vance leaves. They hug Vance.

The Dark Order (Evil Uno and Alex Reynolds) vs Hook and Action Andretti 

Hook and AA have been teaming up lately so this isn't totally random. 

Uno offers a handshake and AA piefaces him. AA then hides between the ropes. AA rolls out of a lariat and poses on the ropes. AA side headlocks Uno. AA flips over Uno when he drops down. Uno side headlocks him. Uno slaps AA then shoulders him over.  

AA is tripped into a hand stomp and a double basement dropkick for 1. AA eye rakes Alex then boots him in the gut. Hook knees Alex in the gut. Hook chokes Alex on the ropes. Alex cobra twists him and Hook hiptosses him. Alex back elbows him and elbow drops him. Alex knee drops Hook.

Hook trips Alex then karelin's lifts him. AA euros Alex. Alex backslides him for 2. AA does a punhandle side slam on Alex for 2. Hook chops Alex. Alex fights out of the corner and misses a 2nd rope splash. Hook hits Alex in the gut in the corner and throws him. Hook corner lariats Alex. 

Hook northern lights suplexes Alex for 2. AA is sent into Hook. Uno gets in and hits punches on the heels. Uno corner lariats both opponents. Hook corner splashes hook on accident. Hook double ddt's his opponents together. Hook hits Finlay's oblivion on AA for 2. 

AA kicks the ropes into Uno's crotch. AA handspring kicks Uno. Alex backrolls AA then hook red rum's Alex. Alex is out but the ref says Hook isn't legal and makes him break it. AA springboard 450's Alex and pins him.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good. The faces' hot tag segment wasn't that good and it just died about about half way through. The finish was also a little weird. 

Daniel Garcia vs Alec Price

They shake hands. DG wristlocks him and AP rolls out. DG wristlocks him again. AP flips out using the ropes and armdrags him. AP hits kicks. AP goes up top and is pushed down to the floor. DG twisting neckbreakers him on the floor. 

DG low diving forearms him. DG chinlocks him. DG hits mounted corner punches. AP hits chops. DG punches him in the corner. DG corner lariats him a few times. AP is popped up and he dropkicks DG. 

AP boots DG out of the corner. AP runs the ropes fast and running lriats him. AP pumping knees him in the corner. DG goes for a choke and then facekicks him. AP jumping knees him. AP is popped up and forearmed down. AP superkicks him. AP rebound lariats him. 

DG tells him to show him who he is. They forearm each other. AP spinning hooks and backfists him. DG running corner lariats him. DG is back body dropped out. AP suicide dives him. AP walks up the ropes and blockbusters him. 

AP springboards and is forearmed. AP blocks a sunset flip and gets a 2 count on him. DG chops him and goes for the choke.  DG piledrivers him. and pins him.

Thoughts: It went long and wasn't good. Price is a weird guy and not that good at this wrestling thing. He just did some odd stuff here that didn't work and showed little skill as a face.

DG hands his hand after. 

Jordan Oliver does a promo. He says him and Nick Wayne used to be one of the best tag teams on the planet. He says Nick left him on the indies and never thought he'd catch up. He says he got here through grit, determination and brainpower. He says this isn't just a pit stop on Nick's title road. He says it's the biggest test of his career. He says Nick isn't thinking about what happens if he wins, but he is.

ROH TV Title Proving Ground Match - Lio Rush (c) vs Joe Keys

Joe offers a handshake. Lio rolls him up off of it and corkscrew kicks him in the head. Lio handspring kicks Joe off the apron. Lio topes him outside. Lio forearms him and lariats him down. Lio cutters him and stunners him. Lio then bridge and does like a reverse choke on him. Lio wins.

Thoughts: It was a squash and there was only so much they could do here. It wasn't anything too special. Joe took a hard bump from the apron to the floor.

Action Andretti comes out and stomps Lio after. He then pounds on him. Action grabs the TV Title and nails Joe with it. Lio spears Andretti then chokes him. Lio grabs a barbed wire chair and Action runs. 

The Outrunners and Dalton Castle are interviewed. Truth says they've had a hell of a ride. Turbo says they can get their hands on The Lethal Twist 3v3. Dalton says he's excited and says The Twist will melt when they face them. Dalton says he's p!ssed and will hurt them. Turbo and Truth then pose.

The Lethal Twist then do a promo. Blake says they will be 6-man tag champs tomorrow. Jay says the picture of them screams excellence. Jay says it demands the destiny that is theirs. Jay says the next time the camera is on, they will stand there as the new 6-man tag champs.

Mina Shirakawa and Queen Aminata vs Erica Leigh and Brittany Blake

BB and Queen shake hands. Queen clean breaks her on the ropes. BB goes for a test of strength and double chops her in the gut. Queen waistlock takedowns her. BB armdrags her and Queen side slams her off a headscissors attempt. Queen suplexes BB. 

Erica and Mina get in. Erica hits chops and drops Mina face first on her knee. Mina crucifxes her. Mina ducks a lariat and shimmies. Mina legsweeps Erica. Erica's throat is pulled over the top rope. Mina slingshot tornillo's Erica for 2. 

Queen snapmars Erica. Erica gets her head banged off Queen's butt while Mina kicks Erica in the back. Queen then grabs BB and hits her with her butt too. Mina double basement dropkicks them.

Queen pulls Erica's arms back and puts her legs behind her head. BB breaks it up. Erica facekicks Queen and cubs on her. Queen takes a double back elbow for 1. Eric chinlocks her and Queen cradles her for 2. Queen forearms Erica down. Mina and BB tag in.

Mina top rope dropkicks BB. Mina neckbreakers BB and slingblades her for 2. BB codebreakers Mina. Queen double chops Erica and Erica takes shots from both opponents. Queen top rope double stomps Erica for 2. BB enzugiri's Mina. BB flips over Mina's back and hurricanrana's Queen off of it. BB rolls Queen into a double stomp. Mina lifting sitout reverse ddt's BB.

Queen headbutts Erica down and running knees her on the ropes. Queen then pins Erica.

Thoughts: It was long and not a squash at all. It felt like a tryout match. It was acceptable. Blake has a good look but didn't get to do all that much here.

Deonna Purrazzo does a promo. She says Steph de Lander talks too much. She congratulates her on winning a match but says she disrespected every rule they have. She says the other girls became students of Pure Rules. She says there's a difference between competing in Pure Rules and mastering it. She tells her to count her rope breaks and punches because there is nowhere left to hide when they run out. She says she can't talk herself out of a broken arm.

We get a video on Deonna vs Steph. 

Nick Wayne vs Jordan Oliver

They shake hands and lock up. JO clean breaks him in the corner. Nick then slaps him on the break. Nick side headlocks him. JO shoulders him over. JO trips him then chops him down. Nick bangs JO's head off the buckles and boots him in the corner. Nick punches him down. 

Nick flying euros him. Nick legdrops him for 1. Nick grounded cobra twists him. JO hits a bunch of punches. Nick jumps up and JO flying side slams him. Nick suplexes him into the buckles. Nick hits forearms and is chopped. JO flying lariats him. 

Nick and JO slap each other then trade forearms. JO chops him. JO is pulled throat first into the ropes. Nick pump kicks him then JO sitout gordbusters him. JO running facekicks him. Nick rolls up for 2 and superkicks him. Nick poisonrana's him. Nick handsprings and is german'd for 2.  

JO superkicks him in the corner. Nick comes off the 2nd rope and is dropkicked in mid-air. Nick armdrags him off the 2nd rope and trips him into the buckles. JO cradles him for 2. Nick high kicks him. Nick fisherman buster's him and pins him.

Thoughts: This match shouldn't have happened. It had a story to it with them being former partners and they blew through it here without any build. It went long and I didn't think it was that interesting. The crowd wasn't into it either. This was average. 

Nick stomps him after and hits mounted shots on him. Nick bangs JO's head off a chair and goes to conchairto him. Bandido comes out and Nick runs.

Nigel McGuinness does a video. He says he's not cleared to compete at Death Before Dishonor. He says his focus has to be Wembley. 

Thoughts: This is pretty lame. Nigel was cleared to wrestle this week on AEW, but somehow isn't cleared for ROH. It makes ROH's Pure Title look worthless since even Nigel doesn't feel like competing for it.

Pure Rules Match - Winner faces Lee Moriarty at Death Before Dishonor - Katsuyori Shibata vs Wheeler Yuta

KS tries a pin on him and they wrestle on the mat. Yuta backs him up in the corner and KS uses a rope break. KS snapmares Yuta into the ropes twice then figure fours him. Yuta uses a rope break to escape. KS backdrops him and chinlocks him. Yuta uses a rope break to get out. KS backdrops him. Yuta waistlocks him and KS uses a rope break.

Yuta punches KS and is given a warning. Yuta dropkicks him then stomps on him. Yuta suplexes him. Yuta 2nd rope elbow drops him. Yuta suplexes him for 2. Yuta flying back elbows him in the corner. KS flying facekicks him. KS hits mounted forearms in the corner. KS corner dropkicks him. KS underhook suplexes him for 2.

KS facekicks Yuta and chops him. They trade forearms. Yuta tries to skin the cat on a move and uses his last ropebreak. KS suplexes him on the apron then on the floor. KS snapmares him. Yuta ducks a PK and rolls him up for 2. KS slaps him and puts him in the sleeper. KS does a grounded octopus and submits him.

Thoughts: It went 7:11. I dislike how they keep having people burn rope breaks accidentally. It makes it silly. I thought it was average and not that exciting at times.

Nick Wayne does a video. He says Jordan Oliver used to be his best friend. He says they traveled all over the US and Japan with him. He says everyone thought they would be something special but he surpassed him. He says tonight was a message to Bandido. he says Band is looking at the new ROH champ.

Tornado Tag Match - Red Velvet and Zayda Steel vs Marina Shafir and Skye Blue

The faces run down and all 4 start fighting. Zay and MS go out. Red flying headscissors SB. SB chest forearms Red then Red dropkicks her for 1. SB superkicks Red. MS pulls Zay down face first on the apron and SB is dropkicked into MS.

Zay codebreakers SB over the 2nd rope. SB takes a double suplex for 2. MS and Zay trade shots. Zay boots her in the gut and foot chokes her. SB hits the faces with a kendo stick. SB sits on Zay's back and chokes her with a kendo stick. MS slams Red onto Zay. 

The heels set up a table outside. Christopher Daniels knocks the table away then is superkicked and put in mother's milk. The faces tope the heels outside. The faces then hits thesz presses and hit mounted shots on the heels. 

The girls trade forearms on their knees and knock each other down with shots. Zay and SB boot each other down at the same time. Ref tries to boot MS off the apron through a table. MS backdrops Red through a table from the apron. 

Zay rolls up SB for 2. SB backslides her for 1 and knees her in the face. SB code blue's Zay and pins her. 

Thoughts: It was an okay bout. They didn't get too crazy or anything but at least we got a table spot out of it. It would have been nice if it had a little more build to it, because there wasn't much except for the match from a few days before.

The heels beat up on the faces after. SB and Shafir then tug of war over Red's TV Title.

Overall thoughts: We had a couple of champs in action at least but of course not the world champ. We had a lot of mostly random matches here as usual. This was taped at an AEW show and you could see the crowd slowly emptying as it continued on. I would say the main was best match on this one. Mina's match was acceptable. I didn't like Nick/Jordan that much and Shibata/Yuta got a little boring at times. I'd give this a 5 out of 10 as it was an average show and nothing too must see. 

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Mayhem 8/19/2026

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Mayhem 8/19/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/maple-leaf-pro-wrestling-mayhem-8122026.html

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

Jay Lethal vs. Psycho Mike

Jay side headlocks him. Mike sends him into the ropes and Jay struts. Mike shoulders him over and stares into the camera. Jay pulls him down and hits shots on him. Mike is pulled out and Jay's head is banged off the apron. Mike lariats Jay over the top rope into the ring. Mike stares into the camera and Jay slides out.

They go out again and Mike is pushed into the post. We go to break and return. Jay misses a top rope elbow drop. Mike boots Jay out of the corner. Mike buckshots over Jay and crossbodies him. Mike springboard crossbodies him for 2. 

Jay goes for a figure four and Mike does a bad roll up for 2. Jay superkicks him. Jay misses a handspring cutter. Mike looks into the camera and asks if we want to see a bodyslam. Mike slams Jay.  The Lethal Twist get on the apron and try to distract Mike. Mike wants to do another bodyslam and does. 

The ref is tied up with The Twist and Jay double throat thrusts Mike. Zach Gowan and Billy Gunn come down to beat up The Twist. Billy is pushed into the ref and knocks him over. Mike hits another slam on Jay but the ref is down outside. Steve Maclin then runs in and hits Mike from behind. Steve hits mounted shots on Mike. Steve double underhook ddt's Mike. Jay then pins Mike.

Thoughts: There was a bad run-in segment here and brawl that came from that and that whole thing brought down the match. Steve Maclin then debuted and ran in. The match revolved around Mike's bodyslams as most of his matches do. I didn't think this was good.

Maclin says he has nobody controlling him and says he's a free man. He says it's mayhem for all here.

PCO does a video. He says they tried to erase him and said he was finished. He says every time they try to close the door on him, he comes back. He says monsters don't feel regret, they survive. PCO says the fear isn't dying, it's being forgotten. He says he will destroy what's left of him so the world never forgets his name.

Priscilla Kelly is coming in soon.

We get another video on Adam Copeland. He says he began wrestling at 17. He said there was nowhere to go and he had to figure it out on his own. He says having a platform to show your skills is a beautiful thing. He says MLP is that. He says a company with the proper foundation can do something in Canada. He says he wants to see MLP become must see TV like wrestling was for him and he wants to see people grow like he saw Bret Hart grow as a wrestler. He says the history of Canadian wrestling goes way back and it's special to be part of that. He says he can't wait to be in Maple Leaf Gardens. He says Toronto has kind of become his city and she's so proud when they go back there. He says he thought the door closed and getting to wrestle in Maple Leaf Gardens is special. 

PCO vs. Kris Chambers

Kris is doing a weed smoking gimmick. Dr. Destro shocks PCO to wake him up while he's in a casket. Taylor Rising is with Kris.

Kris gets on his back and PCO throws him over. Kris gets on his back again and PCO rams him into the buckles. PCO lariats him down. PCO misses a splash and Kris pounds on him. Kris hits punches and PCO punches him back. PCO lariats him over the top and goes with him. PCO topes Kris and goes into the floor at an ugly angle.

PCO hits headbutts to the chest and hits corner splashes. PCO sentons him. Kris eye rakes him and PCO chokeslams him. PCO top rope moonsaults him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a one-sided bout with Kris getting little of value in. What he did get in didn't look good. PCO did his usual spots here. PCO had some wild spots here as usual, but there's not a ton between the spots.

Taylor Rising tries to low blow PCO after. PCO no sells it. PCO goes after her and Kris hits PCO with the ring bell from behind. PCO shakes on the mat and sits up. Kris and Taylor then leave. 

We get a video on Dani Luna's match. I will not be covering that match. Dani lost that match.

Steve Maclin talks in the back. He says why the hell not be here? He says he came here for Mayhem. He says it's mayhem for all at MLPW.

Stu Grayson does a promo. Stu says he can't remember the last time he felt so proud. He says all of this is because of MLP. He says he's the best wrestler in Canada and the world. He says as long as the titles are on his shoulders, he's the champ.

Josh Alexander then makes his return and comes out. Josh and Stu hold their belts up at each other and the show ends.

Overall thoughts: I saw 2 of the 3 matches here. Steve Maclin is now with MLP and we'll see what they come up with for him. Gigi Dolin/Priscilla Kelly is also on the way in. I didn't really like what I saw here. Lethal/Psycho Mike was filled with shenanigans and as usual with Mike's matches, it was based around body slam spots. PCO/Chambers was one sided and it wasn't but much PCO doing his big spots. As I've said, MLP is kind of like early AEW with worse talent and it hasn't really impressed me yet. I wouldn't recommend this one and would give it a 4 out of 10. This was below average.

TNA Xplosion 8/14/2026

TNA Xplosion 8/14/2026

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

The only new content is:

Ray Jaz vs Eli Isom

Eli offers a handshake and Ray taunts him. Ray armdrags him into an armlock. Ray trips him and fireman's carry takeovers him. Ray rolls him on the mat. Eli armdrags him. Eli trips him. Eli rolls him into a crucifix. Ray's head is banged off the buckles. Eli dropkicks him.

Ray standing blue thunders him. Ray 2nd rope legdrops him over the back of the neck for 2. Ray chinlocks him. Ray germans him then hits punches. Eli overhead suplexes him. Eli corner flying forearms him. Eli blue thunders him for 2. Eli dropkicks him. Eli corner splashes him from behind and kicks the buckle into his face. Ray top rope diving lariats him for 2. 

Ray buckshots into a backslide on him for 2. Eli brainbusters him and pins him.

Thoughts: It wasn't bad. Ray's buckshot backslide was pretty cool. Eli had a nice dropkick here. Eli won but it's Xplosion and it doesn't really matter who wins or loses.

Overall thoughts: There was only one new match here. It was acceptable but nothing you need to see. You can clear all the new content here in only a few minutes. I wouldn't recommend this.

WWE Evolve 8/19/2026

WWE Evolve 8/19/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/wwe-evolve-8122026.html

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

Thea Hail does a video in the parking lot. She says Lyons knows this is her last night as the Evolve champ. She tells her to bring her friends as she will defy all doubt and become women's champ.

CJ Valor vs Sam Holloway

Dorian Van Dux is in the VIP Lounge.

CJ hits Sam before the bell and his shots to the gut. Sam shoulders him over and clubs him. Sam then runs the ropes and suicide dives The Mog Squad outside. Sam then running facekicks Max Abrams over. CJ then spears Sam on the outside. The Mog Squad then taunt Sam.

CJ top rope diving shoulderblocks Sam. CJ foot chokes Sam and corner splashes him. CJ makes the ref look at his muscles and The Mog Squad nail Sam outside. CJ foot chokes Sam. CJ knees Sam in the gut then atomic drops him. CJ chinlocks Sam.  

CJ hits him in the gut and Sam short arm lariats him down. Sam corner splashes CJ then double underhook supelxes him. Sam running dropkicks CJ. CJ powerbombs Sam then hits a chaos theory german for 2. 

Sam gose for a slam and CJ's buddies pull CJ away. Sam lariats CJ's buddies and back body drops Max onto his buddies. Sam sitout chokeslams CJ and pins him.

Thoughts: It was an alright hoss battle here. They worked well together and the interference didn't distract too much. Sam had a little better of a showing than usual.

Harlem Lewis does a video. He says his life has change a lot since winning the Evolve Title. He says his old buddies congratulated him and he got emotional when he showed his brother his title. He says he didn't expect his relationships with wrestlers like Aaron Roberts and Harley Riggins change. He says the Harlem Lewis World Tour will continue.

He says when the pressure gets turned up, he gives it back. He says this title will stay on his shoulders for a long time so get used to it.

Cutler James vs Marcus Mathers

It's GAL is in the VIP Lounge. 

They lock up and CJ backs him up on the ropes. CJ armlocks him. MM headflips out. CJ takes him down by the arm. MM step up enzugiri's him. CJ spears him for 2. CJ euros him over. MM euros him and corner splashes him.

MM hits him in the gut and chops him. CJ giant swings him. CJ running corner spears him. CJ pops him up and is hurricanrana'd out. We go to break and return. CJ armlocks MM.

CJ knees him in the gut. MM back elbows him. CJ pop up euros him.  CJ drops him with euros then short arm lariats him twice. CJ bangs MM's head off the buckles. CJ leg chokes him on the ropes and elbows him in the head. 

CJ knees him in the gut and pump kicks him for 2. CJ boots him in the head and tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him for 2. CJ chinlocks him and twists his head. CJ corner spears him. MM double jump twisting crossbodies him. MM hits shots on him then flying lariats him. MM os cutters him and superkicks him. MM 2nd rope moonsaults him for 2.

MM tope con hilos him outside. MM superkicks him. MM comes off the 2nd rope and is caught with a swinging backbreaker. CJ whirlybird's him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was an okay match here. MM was the underdog. CJ powered him around and threw him around. They did what they were supposed to in this bout and CJ is slowly finding his way as a powerhouse. He still needs to work on showing some personality though.

It's GAL tells MM he needs some protein after.

Adrianna Rizzo interviews Cutler James at ringside. She asks if he's eyeing the Evolve Title. CJ says he has enjoyed his time here. He says he and his boys dominate on Tuesday but Wednesday is for Cutler. He says he has his sighs on the Evolve Title. He says when he's ready, you will know, as he will take it like that.

PJ Vasa odes an interview. She says Laynie Luck is a stepping stone. She says to stop talking about her feelings and come get her issue. She says she's coming to collect from Nikkita Lyons.

Harley Riggins says he's been depending on others all his life as he played football. He says you can't win alone...at least that's what they say. He says he saw spots that put him on a team here. He didn't want it but he rode with Kam and Jax. He says he's always better riding solo though. He says he was sick and tired of people holding him back in college football. He says he never let himself down as he's his own biggest hero. He says he's chasing the Evolve Title because he's the big rig and will park it wherever he wants to.

Viktor Zanov and Shido Ash do a video. Vik says they are stronger as a uni and they think and train the same. Ash says they are bigger and badder than anyone at Evolve. Vik says everyone is scared of them and you should be.

Kale Dixon and his girl Alix Brooks talk to Timothy Thatcher. He says last week was crap and says he thought he was coming into a fair playing field. He says what happened with Gal is not what they signed up for. He says promises weren't kept. Timothy offers him Chazz Hall for next week. Kale says there will be one superstar and one boy next week.

Timothy Thatcher then talks about Brooks Jensen leaving in his car last week. He says Brooks Jensen and Elijah Holyfield will fight in a lumberjack match.

Zena Sterling comes in. She said she did well in the 8-man tag and wants a singles match. Tim offers her a match vs Layla Diggs next week and Zena doesn't seem thrilled.

Sloane Jacobs comes out before Nikkita Lyons' match. She says we will be divinely blessed by someone more famous and fabulous than Thea. She says it's Nikkita Lyons.

WWE Evolve Women's Title - Nikkita Lyons (c) vs Thea Hail

Gianna Capri and Veronica Haven are in the VIP Lounge. Haven is already gone from WWE.

Thea jumps on Lyons and goes for the kimura. Lyons hits shots on her. Lyons flying forearms her. Thea thesz presses her and hits mounted punches. Lyons then hits some. Thea single arm ddt's her for 2. Thea yanks and stomps the arm. 

Thea superkicks Lyons then Lyons forearms her down. Lyons axe kicks her in the back. Lyons foot chokes her. Thea works the arm more. Lyons throws her into the corner. Thea headscissors her then single leg ropkicks her. 

Thea tries an up and over is pulled down. Thea is then thrown out. We go to break and return. Lyons hits mounted forearms and split leg drops her. Lyons headkicks her over the 2nd rope for 2.

Lyons samoan drops her for 2. Lyons camel clutches Thea. Thea cradles her for 2 and rolls her up for 2. Lyons running lariats her. Lyons splashes her for 2. Lyons camel clutches her. Lyons misses a split leg drop. Lyons corner spears the post when Thea moves. Thea forearms her and chest headbutts her down. Thea rolls her into the buckles and backsplashes her. Thea exploders her. Thea low single leg dropkicks her for 2. 

Thea knees her in the face. Lyons spin kicks her in the face for 2. Lyons high kicks her then 2nd rope superplexes her. Veronica Haven and Gianna Capri head to ringside. Anya Rune goes up to them and hadouken's them. They laugh at her and Rune gets upset at her failure. Wren Sinclair and Skyler Rae hit Gaven and Capri. Rune didn't see it and sees them down. She thinks she did it. The ref ejects Rune.

Thea grabs a kimura on Lyons. Lyons taps but the ref doesn't see it. Sloane Jacobs eye rakes Thea and Thea breaks the hold. Lyons spinning roundhouse kicks Thea and pins her.

Thoughts: It was an alright bout. Thea worked the arm and tried to with win a kimura but got screwed in the end. Thea lost but didn't lose anything because it wasn't clean. It got a lot of time to play out. Neither girl particular stuck out here though. Capri and Haven haven't always been with Lyons but they had them grouping up with Lyons again here.

We see Wendy Choo's image then appear on the tron as Lyons celebrates.

Overall thoughts: It was a good episode of Evolve. It seems like someone new is booking it or changes have been made as the show has been a little better than usual lately. Maybe it's all the main roster people hanging around. I liked all 3 matches and would say maybe the main was the best match of the night. I'd give this a 6 out of 10 overall.

WWE LFG 8/16/2026 Season 3, Episode 18

WWE LFG 8/16/2026 Season 3, Episode 18

The last show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/wwe-lfg-8162026-season-3-episode-17.html

Note - This was aired right after Episode 17.

Layla Diggs says she's been sewing for a year and it gives her something to focus on instead of wrestling. She says it's her peace and she likes to have new projects to work on.

Masyn Holiday says you hear a million different things in the PC. She says staying true to who you are will translate in the ring. She's painting and says it's the best way for her to carry herself. She says art is a lot of self-discovery. 

Diggs says she is whoever she wants to be in her wrestling gear.  Diggs then shows Masyn the gear she was working on through video call. 

Matt Bloom, Booker T, Bubba Ray Dudley and Kevin Owens talk. Owens has Tate Wilder vs Romeo Moreno. Bloom says Tate is doing what he's told and is getting better. He says Romeo is more worried about theatrics than believability. He says he doesn't believe in what he's doing. Bloom says it's a face vs face match.

Bloom says Bubba has Masyn Holiday vs Layla Diggs. Bloom says they want to see Diggs be the heel. Bloom says they need to work on their stamina.  

Booker T has Harlem Lewis vs Trill London. Booker says everyone sees Jeff Hardy in Trill and doesn't think they can remove it from him. He says being the Black Jeff Hardy might not be a bad thing. Bloom says Trill needs to be a student of the game. He says he's not watching or studying enough. Bloom says Lewis feels like he's being aggressive but he's not showing it. 

Owens talks to Romeo and Tate. He wants one of the to be more aggressive in the ring. Tate says he got to work with a lot of stars and says Owens is a little different. Romeo says Owens lets you do what you want but it comes with pressure. Tate says Romeo has 10x the experience he does and took control. We see Ace Steel working with Romeo and Tate.

Tate's wife and daughter come to see him. 

Romeo Moreno vs Tate Wilder

They lock up and break in the corner. Romeo hits chops. Tate boots him out of the corner and flying shoulders him. Tate backdrops him. Tate asai moonsaults and Romeo gets his knees up. Tate goes out and Romeo tope forearms him. Romeo tries pins for near falls. 

Romeo hits mounted punches. Romeo fireman's carry takeovers him and stomps him. Tate takes him over. They flying clothesline each other at the same time. Tate hits chops and hits running forearms. Tate running shoulders him over. Tate suplexes him. 

Tate victory rolls him for 2. Romeo rolls him into a suplex for 2. Romeo misses a top rope moonsault. Tate flying forearms him. Tate top rope moonsaults him and pins him.

Thoughts: I was expecting a high flying match and we didn't get much of that here. They did anything but that at times. I didn't think it was as good as it could have been and I thought it was average.

Tate says he never thought he'd here. He says having his family at the beginning of it makes him want to tear up. Tate then brings his kid over to Owens. Owens says he's nitpicking. He says he didn't like the lock up. Owens talks about Tate having to move out of a moonsault. 

Bloom says Romeo worked angry and he liked it. Bloom wants them to hit hard chops. He says they did a good job.

Bubba talks to Masyn Holiday and Layla Diggs. Diggs says one of them has to turn on each other and wants to turn fast. Bubba agrees. Masyn says she never worked against Diggs and says it'll be fun. Bubba says they need to work on their stamina. He says they should come out together and says Diggs should say, "shut up, b!tch" to Masyn. 

Masyn Holiday vs Layla Diggs

Masyn is already gone from WWE, though it was on her own accord.

Mas and Lay come out together and dance together. They dance in the ring and the PC wrestlers complain that they are facing each other. We go to break and return. They hug and Lay nails her from behind. Lay says, "shut up, b!tch". Lay snapmares her and stomps her. Lay then legdrops her.

Lay leg lariats her for 2. Lay stomps her and standing moonsaults her for 2. Lay chinlocks her. Mas hits her in the gut and chops her. Mas backhands her and slaps her. Mas hits back elbows. Mas backsplashes her and flying knees her. Mas suplexes her and slams her. 

Lay begs off. Mas teases punching her. Lay grabs her by the hair, cradles her and pins her.

Thoughts: It was a fun match with the partners turning on each other. It was something different and I thought they did a good job with the story. Layla was a decent heel here.

Bubba talks to the girls. He says he usually doesn't show emotion, but he loved the match. He says they showed emotion and talks about the crowd pops for Layla turning on Masyn. Bubba says we have a new heel on our hands in Layla. We also saw Norman Smiley during this.

Bloom says it was a good match and says he was proud of that match. Layla says she was proud of herself and says she felt so much passion, anger and rage. Masyn says it feels amazing for the crowd to go crazy for her and says it was her favorite match.

Booker talks to Trill and Lewis. Booker says there's something missing in Lewis. Booker says Jeff Hardy knew the small things and implies Trill doesn't yet. Booker says maybe it's a good thing Trill wants to be Jeff Hardy. Trill says he takes some influence but he's himself. He says he likes art and likes to paint his nails. Booker wants Trill to work on the basics. Booker says Trill only has another 6 months here if he keeps trying to be his personality all the time.

Lewis and Trill work on the match. Lewis has too many ideas for Booker. Trill says he and Lewis joked that Booker would change the entire match on them. Lewis says Booker isn't wrong but it says when you have ideas and feel overproduced.

Booker tells Lewis that he has to fix anything that goes wrong. Lewis talks about being an in-ring general.

Trill London vs Harlem Lewis

We are in the NXT arena for this. Trill has already been fired.

Lewis knees him in the gut then back elbows him down. Lewis slams Trill. Trill hits armdrags and Lewis blocks one. Trill seated moonsaults him into an armdrag. Trill flips while holding the ropes and dropkicks him for 2. Lewis eye rakes him then back body drops him. Lewis lariats him hard form behind for 2. Trill crcufixes him and dropkicks him in the gut. 

Trill back elbows him. Lewis tries a back body drop but Trill sunset flips off of it. Trill hits back elbows and double stomps his back. Trill low dropkicks him for 2. Trill neckbreakers Lewis. Trill throws his shirt into the crowd. Trill top rope swantons.

Lewis stunners him over the top rope. Lewis tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him for 2. Lewis jackhammers him and pins him.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good. Trill was sloppy, dangerous and just all over the place. You can definitely see why he got cut. Lewis didn't really get to do all that much here.

Booker says they did good. He says Trill needs to watch his body language. He says he was slipping on the back body drop to the apron spot and it's not going to cut it. Trill says that comes with being bouncy. Booker says Trill is blown up after 5 minutes and Trill blames his skin color and the heat. Lewis says they executed right and could have done some things better. He says he's tired of things being overproduced.

Lewis complains to Bubba and says Booker scratched everything he did. Bubba says he didn't do anything wrong. Lewis says there's too many hands on what he wants to do. He says he's tired of people acting like he isn't the top prospect. 

Overall thoughts: It was the usual LFG. I didn't like Tate/Romeo that much. Diggs/Holiday was one of the better matches of the season and they had a nice story going in their match. Trill London had a bad night and his match with Lews wasn't that good. Diggs/Holiday might be worth a look but not much else here. There's just only so much that can be done with the format while keeping it wrestling related. It's not awful or anything, just it's not a must see show.