EPW Wrestling Unleashed 9/19/2026 Episode #260
Last week's show is here:
We are in Booneville, MS. Gene Jackson and Joey Gross are our hosts.
Sarah Blake interviews Madi Monroe. She says she's not feeling good after Eliza Haze hit her with the title. She says she let down her friend Diana Taylor. Diana Taylor comes in. She tells her not to feel bad and said she made the best of the situation. She says she will take care of Eliza for both of them.
The hosts talk and run down today's show.
Jabari Young vs Isiah Cone
Cone comes in, ducks a shot and running facekicks JY. Cone hits punches and flying corner forearms him. Cone spinning forearms him down then short arm STO's him. Cone knee drops JY. Cone boots him in the corner.
Cone misses a corner facekick and JY backbreakers him. JY uranage backbreakers him then suplexes him for 2. Cone's arm is banged off the mat. JY wraps his arm around the ropes. Cone boots JY.
Cone back elbows him. Cone jumps at him and gets dumped to the apron. JY goes for a tope and Cone leg lariats him as he goes to dive. We go to break and return. Cone gets a 2 count on him. JY running back elbows him for 2.
JY chokes him on the ropes. They trade forearms and Cone flying forearms him. Cone slaps him around and spinning legsweeps him. Cone michinoku drivers him for 2. JY jumping knees him. Cone enzugiri's him from the apron.
JY's partners come out and Cone dropkicks them through the ropes. JY hits a house call kick on him then death valley drivers him. JY pins him.
Thoughts: It was an okay match here. They kept it moving, it was exciting and it was definitely a step above the average match here. I liked this one.
Cone fights off a 3v1 from Jabari and his partners after. The Uncut Gems then come out to help Cone.
SWF Women's Traveling Title - Eliza Haze (c) vs Diana Taylor
They lock up. DT wristlocks her. DT corner lariats her then pulls her neck forward. DT leg lariats her for 2. DT side slams her. DT shoulders her over. DT runs the ropes but Eliza trips her while on the mat. Eliza armdrags her.
Eliza corner hip attacks her but doesn't really hit. Eliza suplexes her. Eliza legdrops her for 2. DT hits bad chest forearms and lariats her. DT back elbows her then boots her in the chest.
Madi Monroe comes out and gets on the apron. Eliza grabs her belt, throws it at DT then pretends she got hit. The ref sees DT with the belt and DQ's her.
Thoughts: It was a lame ending but it was a bit of a better outing than Haze's lat match. It still wasn't that good or anything, but it was an improvement.
The Blacklist talk. Chris Styles says getting injured is part of the business but what hurt most was losing the tag titles. Parental Advisory interrupt. Dabbs says them losing the title was a shame. Dabbs says they will challenge the tag champs. Chris blames Gage for them losing the tag titles. Chris defends himself. Cody says he's not listening to this and says they should handle it old school. He says they should go out there and give the fans something worth seeing. Parental Advisory agree and Dabbs says those tag titles will be theirs. Chris tells Dabbs to go eat somethin'.
Isiah Cone is interviewed. He says The Culture Project cost them another match and it has gone on too long. He says Zay hit him with a skateboard in the ladder match too in his biggest match. He says Zay thought it would be easy but it's not. He says this isn't over and says he will find a crew if they want to play the numbers game. He says he will kick Zay's head off.
Dorian Vain and Hollywood Jimmy are interviewed. Jimmy says he wants to talk about Marko Harris. He says WWE bought Marko a first class ticket to go to Orlando to the WWE Performance Center. He says he got to meet HHH and Shawn Michaels and he got the top star treatment. He says it should be Dorian Vain, not Marko Harris. Allen Pounds the interviewer says it sounds like jealousy.
DV asks if Allen likes working here. He says he won't be working here if he disrespects him again. DV says men do what they want and boys do what they can. DV says Marko has been doing what he can for a long time around here and he will do what he wants. He says the disrespect won't be tolerated. He says he's Aron Roberts' problem and says that's an executive order.
Mike Anthony is interviewed. He says he's an impatient man. He tells Wonder Boy to get his head in the game. He says the man with the Crossroads Cup is supposed to be next up but Boy has not showed him that he has what it takes to be next. He says this is his last time and challenges him to a last man standing match. He says if he doesn't put him down, he will take his cup and do what you are supposed to do with it. He tells him welcome to his worst nightmare.
The Blacklist (Cody James and Chris Styles) vs Parental Advisory (Hunters Dabbs and Dakota Gage)
Chris slaps Dabbs and Dabbs slaps him back. Chris side headlocks him and shoulders him over. Dabbs dropkicks him then seated springboard headscissors him. Chris is held for a step up enzugiri. Gage suplexes Chris.
Cody then hits a surprise lariat on Gage. Cody hits stomps and legdrops. Chris running corner euros Gage. Gage takes a double back elbow. Gage's arm is banged off the mat. Cody chinloks Gage.
Gage elbows Cody in the gut and is thrown down backwwards. Cody rubs his boot in Gage's face. Cody top rope walks but Gage pulls him down. Dabbs and Chris tags in. Dabbs hits shots on both opponents and he flurries on Chris twice. Chris boots Dabbs in the gut and Dabbs is held up in the air for a ddt. The Initiative then come out, pull the ref out and the match is thrown out.
Thoughts: Well the finish is a shame as the match was going fine. No one loses here at least.
Nyxx is interviewed. She says she's not excited but she's mad as hell. She says Raven Black hit her with a metal bat but her mistake was that she didn't kill her. She says Black will see her for the EPW Title and it will be 2x champ Nyxx soon.
Wonder Boy is interviewed. He says it's been a long time coming and says it's been him and Mike Anthony week after week. He says he's been wondering if he can claim the mountain top and take on Mike. He says Mike then challenged him. He says he wants nothing more than to step in the ring with Mike and be the last man standing. He says he's everyone's favorite superhero and says Mike isn't ready for what he has in store.
Dorian Vain vs Marko Harris
Marko topes him before he gets in. Marko hits punches and forearms outside. DV's head is banged off the apron. Marko jumps off the steps and is chokeslammed on the apron. Eli Knox comes out and DV tells him to go. Marko topes DV.
The match officially starts. Marko flying corner lariats him. Marko flying euros him off the buckles. Marko is caught with a cobra clutch. Hollywood Jimmy distracts the ref for some reason. Marko goes to ropebreak and Jimmy hits Marko with a cane for the DQ.
Thoughts: Odd ending here with Jimmy screwing up big. They've been hinting that there were issues in The Order though and that explains it. Like with the tag match before this, it was going fine until it ended.
The rest of The Order come out as DV yells at Jimmy. We go to break and return. Marko topes The Order outside. DV pounds on Marko and bangs his head off the apron. Moses Cain then comes out and starts fighting DV for some reason. The Order pound on Moses. Aron Roberts then comes out and joins the fight.
DV gets sent into the post. Elijah Owens is thrown in and he runs. The Order surround the ring and jump back in. The fight then continues in the ring. Refs get in to stop the fight. The Order retreat. Aron Roberts gets on the mic and challenges The Order to a match vs him and Moses Cain.
Overall thoughts: It was a bit of a longer episode than usual. I liked the opener and thought it was the best match on the show. Haze/Taylor wasn't that good. The Blacklist/Parental Advisory was going fine but then the match was thrown out. The main event was the same way. We then got a big brawl after. The show was okay overall and I'd give it a 6 out of 10.
