New Japan Pro Wrestling 5/14/2026 Best of the Super Junior 33 Day 1

New Japan Pro Wrestling 5/14/2026 Best of the Super Junior 33 Day 1

Best Of The Super Junior 33 Block B Match - Taiji Ishimori vs. Jakob Austin Young

Jake side headlocks him. TI clean breaks him on the ropes. Jake then gut punches him when they break again. Jake shoulders him over. TI flying headscissors him and dropkicks him. TI then slingshot plancha's him outside. TI gets a 2 count inside.

TI snapmares him then twists his head with his feet. Jake neckbreakers him over the 2nd rope. Jake dropkicks him through the ropes then bangs his head off the apron. TI hits chops and Jake swinging neckbreakers him for 2. TI eye rakes him then handspring corkscrew kicks him. 

TI flying double knees him in the corner then superkicks him in the face. Jake blocks his flying headscissors and hits a spinning reverse ddt for 2. Jake shining wizards him for 2. TI flatliners him into the buckles. TI hammerlock shoulderbreakers him for 2. TI jumping knees him. They trade pin attempts. TI la mistica crossfaces him and Jake submits.

Thoughts: There wasn't any great logic or anything to it. The action and the bout was fine but there wasn't a lot else to this one. It was acceptable though.

Best Of The Super Junior 33 Block B Match - Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. SHO

Sho talks on the mic before the match and complains about being put on the 2nd match on the card. He says they need to make sure they make everyone regret the decision. Sho says they will have the best match of this tournament. Sho says this match should be in the Tokyo Dome. Sho tells YK he can lay down though so nobody gets hurt.

The bell rings. YK lays down. YK then rolls him up for 2. Sho grabs something and the ref takes it. The ref sees a weapon in Sho's waist and takes it. YK tries some pins on Sho for 2 counts. YK bangs Sho's knee off the floor then figure fours him on the floor. The ref starts doing the countout count. Sho throws YK into the steps. Sho throws a young lion into YK then YK throws the young lion back into Sho. Both men beat the count in.

YK offers a handshake. Sho twists his fingers. YK eye rakes him then step up enzugiri's him. YK stomps Sho's hand then throws the ref down. YK goes to spit whiskey but Sho stops him. YK then ends up spitting whiskey in the ref's eyes. The ref then DQ's YK.

Thoughts: It was what you would expect with both guys cheating and it being a bit comical. I was fine with it and it was better than some interference filled mess.

They throw the ref out after and make up.  

Best Of The Super Junior 33 Block A Match - Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Daiki Nagai

RT has something in his pants. He goes to pose and Daiki dropkicks him. RT drops down and takes a baseball slide. Daiki topes him. Daiki top rope dropkicks him inside. RT backrolls him into a dropkick for 2. RT kneebreakers him then dropkicks him in the knee. RT ankle locks him.

RT hits hip attacks. Daiki his forearms. Daiki counters a hip attack with an atomic drop. RT rolls him up for 2 then Daiki dropkicks him. Daiki flying corner dropkicks him for 2. Daiki misses a top rope diving headbutt. RT tries a running hip attack but is rolled up for 2. RT rolls him up for 2 then sliding hip attacks him for 2. 

Daiki rolls him up for 2 and forearms him. RT enzugiri's him. RT then dropkickcs him for 2. RT ankle locks him. RT drops him chest first on the mat and wins.

Thoughts: It's Taguchi, so there's always going to be some comedy. They did pick up the pace a bit though and turned it into a more serious and fierce battle. It would have been really good without some of the comedy. It ended up being okay though. I'm looking forward to seeing Daiki in more singles matches.

Best Of The Super Junior 33 Block B Match - YOH vs. Hyo

Hyo kicks him in the gut then goes up and over him. Hyo leg lariats him. Yoh avoids a tope. Hyo poses in the ring and Yoh puts him in a paradise lock from beind. Hyo then acts like a dog and dropkicks him in the butt. 

Hyo ear claps him for 2. Yoh rolls him up for 2. Hyo sunset flips him and they trade pin attempts. They both crawl on all fours. Hyo stunners him and rolls him up for the win.

Thoughts: It's a shame they had to fool around because this had some potential. They were going very fast and were making this interesting...then it just ended.

Best Of The Super Junior 33 Block A Match - Robbie X vs. Nick Wayne

Nick blocks a handspring cutter and armdrags him. X puts him in a headscissors. X goes up and over and Nick flying euros him. Nick legdrops him for 2. X hits forearms and Nick fires back. X flips into the ropes to kick him and knock him off the apron. X then slingshot plancha's him outside. 

X slingshot swantons him for 2. X chops him. Nick dragon suplexes him. Nick misses a corner charge. X spin kicks him in the gut. X backflip kicks him. Nick poisonrana's him then poisonrana's him back. X slingshot corkscrew dives him outside. X then handspring cutters him for 2. 

X misses a top rope dive and Nick superkicks him. X backslides Nick then Nick superkicks him off his asai moonsault attempt. Nick os cutters him and wins.

Thoughts: I didn't like it. It was all fast paced flippy stuff with them not selling poisonrana's. It's a shame because if they had sold a bit and stayed away from the poisonrana's, this would have been better. This didn't get a ton of time either and I felt like the match was only half-way through when it ended. It looks like X hurt his eye in this. 

Best Of The Super Junior 33 Block B Match - KUSHIDA vs. Robbie Eagles

Kush is wrestling barefoot here and is white shorts after wearing more heelish attire in CMLL a week ago.

Kush trips him into a leglock. Kush ankle locks him and side headlocks him. Kush headscissors him from the mat. Kush armbars him and Rob ropebreaks. Kush takes him down by the leg. He then traps is neck and legs with his legs and drops backwards.

Rob does a neat abdominal stretch and Kush rolls him into an armbar. Rob takes him over by the arm and Kush boots him away. Kush leglocks him. Kush cradles him for 2. Rob blocks Kush's armdrag and hits his own. Rob rolls him into an ankle lock. They trade pins then shoulder battle.

Rob stomps Kush's foot. They each roll around battling for a pin attempt. Rob rolls him up for 2 then they trade cradles. Kush rolls through his hurricanrana and gets a 2 count. Kush pop up drops Rob. Rob slaps him and Kush rolls him into a fisherman buster. Kush then win.

Thoughts: This is probably going to be the best match of the tournament. It was all technical wrestling and counters here. They really went at it trading holds at a fast pace and made it really competitive. This was great and really worth a look. 

Best Of The Super Junior 33 Block A Match - Titan vs. Master Wato

Wato takes him down then flying headscissors him out. Titan springboard crossbodies him then dropkicks him out. Titan topes him. Titan AA's him for 2. Titan dropkicks him in the back of the neck for 2. Titan then does a figure four variation.

Titan kicks Wato's while he's down. Wato euros him and zig zaga's him. Titan pele kicks him and Wato kicks him in the back. Both go down. Wato knocks him over twice then leg lariats him out. Wato tope con hilos him outside. Wato top rope dropkicks him inside for 2.

Titan tornado ddt's him then suplex lift cutters him for 2. Titan rolls him into an indian deathlock and Wato ropebreaks. Titan goes up top and is crotched. Wato ends up in tree of woe and Titan top rope double stomps him down. 

Wato hits a crucifix driver for 2. Titan rolls him and Wato gets a 2 count on him. Wato high kicks him then Titan dragon screws him. Titan sharpshooters him. Titan bridges back and Wato submits.

Thoughts: It was a decent battle. Wato showed some spirit at the end. They flew a little, kept the pace up and Titan worked the leg some before finishing him off with a leg submission. I didn't expect much out of it going in but it wasn't bad at all. 

Best Of The Super Junior 33 Block B Match - Daisuke Sasaki vs. El Desperado

They shake hands and kiss each other's hand. DS wristlocks him then armlocks him. Despy trips him and leglocks him. Despy goes out to stall. Despy rolls him into a crucifix for 2. DS side headlocks him.

DS shoulders him over. Despy does a stretch muffler and DS ropebreaks. DS neckbreakers Despy over the top rope. Despy's head is banged off the commentary table. DS puts a chair around Despy's neck and sends him into the post. DS kneee drops his neck and foot chokes him inside.

DS chinlocks him around the top rope. DS swinging neckbreakers him. DS slaps him then Despy slaps him down. DS STF's him then crossfaces him. Despy ropebreaks. Despy dropkicks him in the knee then dragon screws him. Despy suplexes and backdrops him. Despy hits a sitout bomb for 2. They go up top and Despy superplexes him. DS spears Despy off the rail, sending him into a chair outside. 

DS puts Despy in a chair and top rope elbow drops him outside. DS top rope diving lariats him. DS pedigree's him for 2. DS superkicks him. Despy counters a flying headscissors by dropping him chest first on the mat. They trade forearms and Despy spinebusters him. DS crossfaces him. 

Despy lifts him and DS ddt's him. Despy knocks the ref over on accident. DS low blows him then headscissors him into a crossface. Despy then submits.

Thoughts: I wasn't a big fan of it. I didn't think Despy was an effective face and I didn't see a lot of story here. The trip outside took away from the bout as it usually does and the ref bump didn't add to this either. 

Best Of The Super Junior 33 Block A Match - Francesco Akira vs. Kosei Fujita

Kosei throws a chair at Akira as he enters. Kosei hits mounted shots on the floor and bangs Akira's head off the sign in the stands. Kosei germans him in the ring for 2. Kosei kicks him from the apron then moonsaults him off the apron. Kosei then slaps him around outside.

Akira is busted open. He side steps Kosei, sending him into into the seats. He then sends him into the seats again. Akira sets a table up and pushes the ref down. Kosei's head is banged off the table. Akira slingshot cutters him. 

Akira slams him for 2 then standing moonsaults him for 2. They trade forearms. Kosei step up enzugiri's him. Kosei springboard dropkicks him. Kosei then top rope swantons him outside.

Kosei PK's him for 2. Kosei trips him, ties his legs up and chinlocks him. Akira ropebreaks. Akira catapult's Kosei's throat into the bottom rope. Akira asai moonsaults his back for 2. Akira knees him in the gut then neckbreakers him for 2. Akira hits mounted shots.

Kosei's head is banged off the mat. Kosei high kicks him. They trade forearms. They slap each other. Akira enzugiri's him and lariats him on the ropes. Kosei spinning high kicks him. Akira germans him. Kosei is pushed into the post. Kosei catches Akira's flying headscissors and powerbombs him through a table.  

Kosei germans him for 2 then armbars him. Kosei bow and arrows him and Akira ropebreaks. Akira cradles him for 2. Kosei wheelbarrow germans him. Kosei poisonrana's him. Akira meteora's him from behind as he poses for 2. Kosei dominator ddt's him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a good battle. They went at it hard, they were fiery and the crowd was into it. They kept up the intensity all match long and showed a lot of hate here. 

Kosei talks on the mic after and says Akira is strong. Kosei says this tournament is his to win and says he will surpass all expectations.

Overall thoughts: It was a better show than I expected. The only matches I really didn't like at all here were Nick Wayne vs Robbie X and El Desperado vs Daisuke Sasaki. KUSHIDA vs Robbie Eagles was maybe the best match I've ever seen either guy have and that one is totally worth a look. It was a great technical wrestling match. I also did like the main as it was heated and aggressive. Even Taguchi showed up a little here which was surprising. I'd give this a 6 out of 10 and I thought it was a good show.

Ring of Honor on HonorClub 5/14/2026 Supercard Showdown

Ring of Honor on HonorClub 5/14/2026 Supercard Showdown

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/ring-of-honor-on-honorclub-572026.html

Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman are on commentary. We are in Palm Beach Gardens, FL at the SoFi Virtual Golf Center.

Marina Shafir, Athena and Billie Starkz vs Lacey Lane, Maya World & Yuka Sakazaki

Ath offers her hand to Yuka and Yuka wristlocks her. Yuka side headlocks her then shoulders her over. Ath running back elbows her down. Ath flips out of a hiptoss then armdrags her. They try to dropkick each other at the same time. They shake hands and Ath tries to hit her. Yuka forearms her. 

MS fireman's carry takeovers Yuka. Yuka step up enzugiri's her then forearms her in the corner. MS takes corner attacks from the faces. Maya takes MS over. Maya springboard diving armdrags her and dropkicks her for 1. We get a 6 girl suplex spot with Maya's team getting suplexed. 

Lane does a dropkick + senton comeback. MS backdrops Maya. Yuka takes a running knee + gutwrench throw. Ath kicks Yuka in the back then hits mounted shots. Yuka takes a double foot choke in the corner. BS kicks Yuka in the back for 2.

Ath hits forearms on Yuka. Ath rolls Yuka then slams her. Yka rolls Ath then spinning forearms her. Yuka 2nd rope dropkicks MS. Maya and Ath double lariat each other outside. Lane comes in and hits forearms on BS. Lane rolls BS into a superkick. Lane up kicks Ath. 

Lane running boots BS in the face. Lane death valley drivers BS into a legdrop for 2. Ath tombstones Lane. Maya dropkicks Ath. MS chops Maya outside. Yuka top rope plancha's them both. Lane rolls up BS for 2. BS superkicks Lane then Lane superkicks her down for 2. 

BS knees Lane in the face. BS bangs Lane's head off the buckles and the mat. BS top rope swantons Lane and Ath steals the pin and pins Lane.

Thoughts: It was acceptable but not much more. The crowd wasn't into it and had no reason to be as it was random. I don't know if they made the best use of their team here. I just don't know if they ever really figured out the flow to this one.

The Death Riders (Daniel Garcia & Wheeler Yuta) vs Adam Priest & Tommy Billington

Tom waistlocks Yuta, Yuta ropebreaks and Yuta takes him down. DG rides Tom's back and boots him. Tom rolls him and armlocks him. AP comes in and DG backs off. AP shoulders Yuta over then side headlock takeovers him. Yuta headscissors him and they stand off. Yuta shakes his hand and boots him. AP lariat Yuta.

Yuta takes a double backdrop for 2. AP chops Yuta down and headbutts him. DG saves Yuta from a suplex. Tom takes a double slingshot suplex then he is pounded on by the heels. DG knee drops Tom for 2 then chinlocks him. 

Tom hits chops on DG and DG shoulders him over. Yuta standing indian deathlocks Tom. DG euros Tom down. Tom takes running back elbows. Tom takes a double basement dropkick. Tom suplexes both opponents. AP comes in and lariats the heels over. AP hits a double lariat.

DG is up top and AP superplexes him down. Tom top rope diving headbutts DG for 2. AP half crabs DG. Yuta tries to break it and is half crabbed. Tom crossfaces DG at the same time. DG then sharpshooters Tom. 

DG and AP trade forearms. Yuta trips AP and sends him into the steps. Yuta olympic slams Tom. Tom lariats Yuta. DG piledrivers Tom. AP takes a double pop up drop then a flying knee + STO combo. AP is pinned.

Thoughts: It got a lot of time. It was acceptable but nothing too memorable. I'd say The Riders got a little bit more offense in here than the faces did.  

Handicap Match - Satnam Singh vs. CD Bennett & James Tapia

Sat shoves JT down then CD as well. Sat shoves down both opponents together. Sat slams CD. Sat corner splashes both then crossbodies both. Sat is clipped by CD then he is double clubbed on. Sat hits a double suplex. Sat fights them off and hits a double chokeslam. Sat then kneels on them and pins them.

Thoughts: It was almost all squash as usual here with Sat winning as always.

Pure Rules Match - Angelico vs. Josh Woods

They lock up and JW takes him down. Ange rolls him into a pin and JW armlocks him. Ange side headlocks him. JW spins out of a wristlock and goes for a pin. They stand off. 

Ange wristlocks him and takes him down. Ange trips him into the ropes and JW uses a ropebreak on accident. JW spears him into the corner then hits knees on him. JW overhead suplexes him then backdrops him. JW backbreakers him then lariats him while he's on his knee. JW goes for chaos theory but Ange rolls him up for 2. Ange up kicks him. JW chaos theory germans him and pins him. 

Thoughts: This isn't a match we have seen often. The two worked together well though since both are technical wrestlers. I wouldn't mind seeing this again with more time added as I think they could put out a good match. I liked what we got here, just I wanted more of it. 

JW then armlocks him after. Serpentico comes down to break it up. JW then sleepers Serp. Nigel McGuinness comes out. Nigel tells him they don't have to wait until Supercard of Honor if he wants to take liberties with someone. Nigel says they can do this tonight. JW says he will do him a favor and not do it tonight. He says he will beat him live on PPV. Nigel says he might take liberties himself at SoH.

ROH World Six Man Tag Team Title Match - Shane Taylor Promotions (Carlie Bravo, Shane Taylor & Shawn Dean) (c) vs. Eddie Kingston, Mance Warner & Ortiz

Eddie's team heads in and goes after the heels. Bravo boots Ortiz in the corner. Ortiz lariats and back elbows Bravo. He then slams him. Ortiz splashes Bravo for 1. Ortiz rakes Bravo's back. Bravo chops him. Bravo hits his eurostep punch. Bravo takes an atomic drop into a neckbreaker. Mance elbow drops Bravo for 2.

Dean and Mance trade chops. Mance corner forearms him then facekicks him. Mance bites Dean's hand. Dean takes a double shoulderblock. Dean and Shane trade shoulders. Shane punches him hard. Eddie boots him out of the corner then 2nd rope diving shoulders him. 

Shane headbutts Eddie. Eddie is ganged up on in the corner. Bravo hits punches on Eddie then does a running straight punch. ChrystanXO slaps Eddie. Dean bronco busters Eddie in the corner for 1. Dean chinlocks Eddie. Eddie hits elbows to Dean's gut then Dean eye pokes him. Shane boots Eddie in the corner and foot stomps him. Eddie is ganged up on in the corner. Eddie chops Shane. Eddie exploders Shane. 

Mance gets in and hits lariats on Bravo. He pop-up headbutts him then lariats him. Mance hits punches on Dean. He eye pokes him then is lariated by Shane. Shane punches Mance. Dean jumps off his partner's back and la silla's a bridged Mance. Dean springboard splashes a bridged Mance. Mance running knees Dean for 2.

Ortiz's head is banged off the post. ChrstyanXO distracts Mance. Mance takes a backdrop + neckbreaker and is pinned.

Thoughts: I liked the match. Shane and Eddie's crew all do a lot of punches and chops so they matched up pretty well. Mance is basically a secondary Eddie and fits in with him and Ortiz. Shane's team won since the title were on the line. These matches with Shane's crew usually evolve into group beatings and that's what happened here.

Red Velvet does a promo. She says Supercard of Honor is about showing why she's the best ROH Women's TV champ ever. She says her and Viva Van go way back. She says she knows how talented she is and how hard working she is. She says she respects her and she made this title important. She says she's not stepping in with the woman she fought before but the backbone of the division.

Evil Uno vs. Blake Christian

Blake hits Uno from behind and stomps him. Blake stomps Uno in the corner. Uno back elbows him then corner lariats him. Uno hits a bunch of corner lariats then a short arm lariat. Uno sunset flips him. BC basement dropkicks him > dropkicks him through the ropes > topes him. Uno is sent into the steps. BC springboard flying forearms him.

BC boots him around. BC slaps him. Uno slaps him back then running facekicks him. Uno ddt's him for 2. Uno is tripped into the ropes. BC puts on a Bandido mask. Uno ear claps him. BC pushes him into the ref almost then handspring cutters him. BC hits Bandido's 21plex. BC pumping knees him from behind. BC then bridges with a head and armlock and submits him.

Thoughts: The finishing submission was a little weak here. It was a shorter bout with Uno doing lariats and boots and Blake being cocky. It was fine. Blake couldn't do Bandido's 21plex right.

Blake gets on the mic after. He says he hopes Bandido was paying attention and watching closely. Blake says he's proving week in and week out that he will take his ROH Title. 

Lee Moriarty talks. He says he has known Ace Austin for 10 years and they battled everywhere. He says they will do it again in Maryland. He says he knows what an amazing athlete he is. He says Ace is in the ring with the best pure wrestler on the planet. He says this is his world and there's no one that can handle tiger style. He says he's the best ROH Pure champ of all time.

Ace Austin does a promo. He says he's undefeated in ROH. He says he has lost more than he has won on Dynamite. He says iron sharpens iron. He says he just lost to Will Ospreay and Will shook his hand at the end of it. He says there is a difference between failure and losing. He says he has learned more from losses than wins. He says he has finally got himself a title opportunity vs Lee Moriarty. He says Lee has a tight grip on the Pure Title but it won't last forever. He says it's a matter of time until he loses his grip. Ace says him wearing gold isn't a matter of if but when. He says he's inevitable.

Thoughts: I didn't like this. It's never a good situation when you talk about heading into a title match and admit you've lost a lot lately. Ace said he got this shot off his team winning an 8-man tag which is weak justification.

ROH Women's Pure Title Proving Ground Match - Deonna Purrazzo vs. Kaci Lennox

They shake hands. KL pulls her down off the lock up and tells her to come on. DP running lariats her. KL throws her down by the hair. KL hits mounted shots on her. DP's head is banged off the buckles and KL talks trash.

KL chops her. DP fights back with forearms. KL misses a corner charge and is rolled up for 2. KL lariats her then does a big scream when DP kicks out of her pin attempt. KL pump kicks her for 2. 

DP takes her down by the leg and double stomps her arm. DP russian legsweeps her then rolls her into a fujiwara armbar. KL taps out.

Thoughts: It was short but it was alright enough. KL talked trash and some skills as a heel here before DP took her down. 

Diamante comes out and nails DP from behind. She stomps her and hits her with the Pure Title. Dia then fujiwara armbars her. Dia then holds the title up.

Dalton Castle & The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd) vs. Baby Keef, Charlie Malachite & Xander Maddox

Xander has the red on. Keef has the long hair and Charlie has the short hair. Xander has "stupid" written on his tights".

Charlie turns down a handshake from Truth and taunts him. Truth side headlocks him then Charlie reverses it. Charlie shoulders him over. Truth hiptosses Charlie then chops him down. Turbo 2nd rope punches Charlie. 

Xander hits Turbo from behind. Turbo no sells him then poses. Turbo punches him down. Keef comes in and is back body dropped. Keef takes a kneelift then a backdrop. Dalton comes in and suplexes the jobbers. The faces hit triple stereo slams. The Runners do a double elbow and Dalton does a double axe handle. Dalton pins Charlie.

Thoughts: It was the usual squash from these guys without too much of note. If only ROH had a 6-man title they could challenge for...

Athena does a promo. She says people think because they faced her once that they have the knowledge to beat her. Billie Starkz interrupts and says it's always about Athena. Ath says Billie should thank her for fixing mistakes and keeping ROH afloat. 

Ath says Billie should thank her for keeping her relevant. Ath says Billie would be nothing without her and says there would be no ROH without her. Ath asks her what she's gonna say and Billie forces out a thank you. Ath says Billie will follow the plan at Supercard of Honor or she will get more than her feet and fists to deal with. 

Survival Of The Fittest 2026 Qualifying Match - Hyan vs. Zayda Steel

They roll each other up to start. They shake hands and Zay irish whips her. Hy gordbusters her and basement dropkicks her. Hy's head is banged off the buckles. Zay sweeps Hy then basement dropkicks her. Hy catches her tope and suplexes her on the floor.

They forearm each other. Hy hits forearms and is euro'd. Zay backrolls her into an STF. Hy ropebreaks with her mouth. Hy spears her for 2. They trade roll up's. Zay spinning ddt's her for 2. Hy backslides her for 2. Zay does a rolling killswitch and pins her.

Thoughts: Zay's finisher was cool here. It was an average match and it wasn't anything too special. At least both girls in theory had a shot at winning this one.  

ROH World Television Title Match - Nick Wayne (c) vs. AR Fox

They butt heads and shove each other. Nick rams him into the corner. They forearm each other. AR kips down to avoid a shot and they trade pin attempts. AR trips him from the apron then rolls into a twisting suplex on him. AR chops him. Nick goes out to stall and boots AR when he charges him. AR tiger feint kicks him under the bottom rope then plants into a moonsault on him outside.

AR flying corner lariats him then hits downward elbows there. Kip Sabian trips AR on the ropes. Nick flying elbows him down. Nick uses the steps to shiranui him on the floor. AR slides in and gets booted. Nick and Mother Wayne abuse him on the ropes. Nick bangs AR's head off the buckles then legdrops him for 1. Nick does a grounded cobra twist variation.   

AR jawbreakers him. AR jumping ddt's him over the 2nd rope. AR hits clotheslines and an enzugiri. AR walks him into a cutter and sitout package powerbombs him for 2. Nick standing shiranui's him for 2. Nic's got a cut on his cheek. AR rolls him then flying elbows him in the corner. AR rolls him and is caught with a dragon suplex. Nick code red's him for 2.

Nick PK's him then chest kicks him. Nick talks trash. AR spits at him. Nick misses a buzzsaw kick and takes a very short cutter. AR hits another cutter. AR tope con hilos him outside then tope con hilos Kip. AR top rope swantons but Nick gets his knees up. Nick high kicks him. Nick goes for the pin and AR cradles him. AR pins him!

Thoughts: Someone on one of the forums pointed out that there has been no ROH title changes on TV since the series started and then this happened out of the blue. Someone from ROH read that post for sure. It was what you would expect from these two with lots of flying and little selling. I wasn't a big fan of it and was surprised it went as long as it did. AR and Nick have a history, but this wasn't especially built up or anything when it could have been. At least it is something though to make the show feel worthwhile.

Lio Rush gets on the tron after. He has green teeth and black goo in his mouth. He says "tomorrow" and that's it. We are then told they will fight tomorrow.  

The Premier Athletes (Ariya Daivari, Stori Denali & Tony Nese) vs Ernest R. Alexander, Jacey Love & Ricky Martinez

The Athletes get to do some of their usual intro and the crowd doesn't go along with it as always. 

Nese poses. He back elbows Ern and flips over him off the top. Ern flips off of him and does some exercises. Earn is double punched in the corner with Nese and Ari. Nese hits Earn in the gut then the face. Stori comes in and Love gets her back. Stori throws her over then hits nake eyes on her. Stori running boots her. 

Stori throws Love off her shoulder. Ricky comes in and gets some offense in on the heels. Nese sleepers him from the apron and Ari pounds on Ricky. Ricky is held in the air for a ddt. Nese grabs Love and Stori chokeslams Love for the win.

Thoughts: It was all squash here and not much of note. The Athletes won as expected.  

ROH World Title Proving Ground Match - Bandido vs. Action Andretti

They shake hands. AA trips him and side headlocks him. They shoulderblock battle. Band shoulders him over. Band flying headscissors him but AA flips out. AA walks up the buckles and flips into an armdrag but Band gets through it. Band lands on his feet on a monkey flip and they stand off. 

AA dropkicks him, kips up and dances. Band goes out and AA tope con hilos him. AA springboard diving lariats him for 2. AA pulls his neck forward then backdrops him for 2. AA cravates him. Band flips out of a snapmare. Band delay suplexes him.

Band boots him out of the corner and top rope tornillo's him. Band flapjacks him. Band misses a top rope splash. AA hurricanrana's him for 2. AA buzzsaw kicks him. AA handspring back elbows him. AA running ssp's him for 2. 

Band superkicks him. Band gorilla press slams him for 2. AA superkicks him. Band hits a reverse GTS on him and wins.

Thoughts: Band won as expected. What we got was fine with them flying around and doing their signature moves. Despite being ROH champ, this is Band's first appearance on the show in a long time. 

The Lethal Twist come out. Blake gets on the apron and Band tells him to come on in. Blake throws Band the mask of his he took. He teases coming in but doesn't. 

Overall thoughts: It was a longer one at 2 hours and 11 minutes. I wish regular ROH shows could be more like this, because it was a major improvement over what we usually get. We had most of the champs on this show and we heard from everyone except LFI. We also got our first ever title change on ROH TV, which is sad since this show has been running for a while. 7 out the 8 matches on the PPV were accounted for here in some fashion which was nice, though most of the matches were random. I'd give this a low 6 out of 10 as they at least tried here somewhat and made this more watchable than usual. I'd say this was above average. 

WWE Main Event 5/14/2026

WWE Main Event 5/14/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/wwe-main-event-572026.html

Blake Howard and Vic Joseph are on commentary.

OTM (Bronco Nima & Lucien Price) vs. Fraxiom (Axiom & Nathan Frazer)

Nima throws Ax into the corner. Ax chops him. NF gets in and Nima shoulders him over. NF spinning enzugiri's Nima. Nima is hit with a short ddt for 2. NF springboard double axe handles Nima's arm. 

NF's top rope crossbody is caught and Nima backbreakers him off of it. NF takes a uranage from LP. LP running lariats NF. NF is held on the ropes and Nima rides NF there. Nima twisting drops NF off of his shoulder for 2. LP comes in and hits forearms on NF. LP sleepers NF.

NF jawbreakers him to escape. LP running headbutts NF. Ax tags in and hits shots on LP. Ax flying forearms LP. Ax top rope crossbodies LP for 2. Ax hits chest kicks on Nima. Nima lariats Ax. Ax takes a double torture rack drop for 2.

Ax sends LP out. Nima takes kicks and is dropkicked out. NF topes Nima then Ax topes LP. They then hit more topes. Nima takes a russian legsweep + top rope droopkick and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was a good opener and an entertaining bout. They had me buying that OTM could pull this off and that was the goal. NF and Ax did their flying as usual here and made this exciting. 

Ivy Nile vs. Maxxine Dupri

Max gets hit from behind as she poses. Ivy hits a bunch of forearms. Max corner splashes her and boots her in the corner. Max hits mounted corner punches. Ivy sunset flips her for 2. Max germans her then pump kicks her.

Max goes for a flying headscissors and takes a backbreaker. Ivy stomps Max. Ivy flying kicks Max then fallaway slams her for 2. Ivy cradles her for 2 then lariats her. Ivy suplexes her for 2. 

Ivy chinlocks her. Ivy forearms her and Max botches a casadora stunner. They trade shots. Max spin kicks, knee lifts and spinning high kiks her. Max fisherman suplexes her. Max step up legdrops her on the neck. Max trips her and does an ankle lock. Ivy germans her then swinging uranage's her to win.

Thoughts: Ivy kind of got the upset here with this win. They tried. It started off well but probably went a little longer than it needed to. Max had one botch but was trying some new moves here. I would say it wasn't that bad overall. 

Alpha Academy (Akira Tozawa & Otis) vs. The Culling (Niko Vance & Shawn Spears) 

Otis pushes SS over on the lock up. Niko and Otis shove each other. They lariat each other at the same time. Otis gets the edge and Niko headbutts Tozawa down. SS rips Akira's shirt and chops him. Akira boots SS out of the corner and 2nd rope diving headscissors him. Akira dropkicks him.

Akira superkicks Niko. Akira's top rope crossbody is caught and Niko hits an elevated ddt off of it. Niko stomps Akira in the corner. Izzi Dame hits Akira from the outside and SS gets a 2 count on Akira. SS mocks Otis' dance then hits him. 

Akira enzugiri's SS. Niko blocks Akira's tag and tilt-a-whirl drops him on his chest. Niko sleepers Akira. Akira ddt's Niko. Otis comes in and hits lariats on SS. Otis spinning back elbows SS. Otis slams Niko. Otis hits a corner splash on SS. Akira topes Niko outside. SS does the caterpillar and splashes SS. 

Izzi Dame gets on the apron. She swings at Otis but Otis kisses her. Izzi falls off the apron into Niko's arms. Akira top rope sentons SS and pins him.

Thoughts: It was acceptable. It didn't quite get enough time to be anything too special. Akira may have gotten hurt near the end here as he limping. You have to wonder if The Culling may be in line for a promotion to the main roster soon with the main roster tag division being so weak. 

Overall thoughts: We had 3 matches here and all 3 were fine. None of them were must see. I'd say Match 1 was the best match of the night with Fraxiom doing some flying. Ivy/Max was better than expected. The main event was acceptable but needed more time. There's nothing you really need to see here but it was a fun 22 minutes or so of wrestling. 

All Japan Pro Wrestling 5/3/2026 Champion Carnival 2026 Day 8

All Japan Pro Wrestling 5/3/2026 Champion Carnival 2026 Day 8

Day 7 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/all-japan-pro-wrestling-522026-champion.html

Note - There's interviews after every match. 

Xyon vs. Shota Kofuji

Xyon shoves Shota down on the lock up. Shota side headlocks him and Xyon throws him. Shota waistlocks him and Xyon spins him on the waistlock. Shota tries shoulderblocks on him then hits a side headlock takeover. 

Xyon is tripped into the buckles. Shota is thrown into the corner. Shota gets on his back with a sleeper. Xyon rams him into the corner. Shota rolls into a dropkick on him. Shota shoulders him in the gut and springboard flying forearms him. Shota hits dropkicks then rolls him up for 2. Shota crucifixes him then Xyon flying lariats him.

Xyon flips him on a backdrop and wins.

Thoughts: Xyon won as expected. Shota got some headlocks in but had no real shot here. It wasn't much of note.

Shota and Xyon do interviews after. Xyon says Shota is strong and has spirit. He says he has high hopes for him and says he will be a star someday. Xyon says this is his ring until then. 

Kento Miyahara, Rei Saito, Daisuke Sekimoto and Ryo Inoue vs. Hokuto Omori, MUSASHI, Seiki Yoshioka & Shotaro Ashino

Sek and Ashino start us off. Ashino side headlocks him. Sek headbutts him then shoulders him over. Ashino takes him over then Sek side headlock takeovers him. Ashino puts him in a headscissors and they stand off. Musashi chops Ryo. Ryo spin kicks him in gut and chest kicks him down.

Musashi takes corner attacks. Sek lariats Ryo down on accident. Ryo takes kicks from Seiki and Musashi then a double basement dropkick. Omori eye rakes Ryo then foot chokes him. Omori running forearms him for 2. Ryo flying kicks Omori.

Ken tags in and he facekicks Omori. Ken dropkicks him in the knee and the side of the head. Omori hits a big forearm on Ken then he ddt's him. Omori tries his tower of doom spot on Ken and ends up getting pwoerbombed by his partners. Ryo hits a handspring double cutter. 

Rei double chops Omori. Omori enzugiri's him. Seiki comes in and hits chest kicks on Omori. Seiki scissors kicks Rei. Rei takes a double superkick. Seiki top rope swantons Rei for 2.

Seiki superkicks Rei then Rei crossbodies him for 2. Rei chokeslams Seiki and pins him.

Thoughts: It was the same tag we have seen many times before, just with different wrestlers. It wasn't anything too special and it had a little bit of comedy with Omori getting powerbombed by his partners as usual. Everyone got their segment in and not a lot else. 

Champion Carnival 2026 Block A Match - Kuma Arashi vs. Yuma Anzai

They lock up. Yuma steps forward and he immediately goes down holding his ankle. Kuma stomps the ankle and stands on it. Yuma gets up and hits forearms. Kuma kicks him in the knee then stomps the knee. The ref then stops this.

Thoughts: Yuma was limping at the last show and it looks like he re-aggravated the injury here. I've never seen someone go down to a lock-up before, so he must have seriously been hurting.

Various people check on Yuma after. 

Champion Carnival 2026 Block A Match - Go Shiozaki vs. Kengo Mashimo

They lock up. Ken clean breaks him. Go side headlock takeovers him twice and is put in a headscissors each time. Go armlocks him and Kne wristlocks him. They trade some arm holds. Ken ropebreaks and Go elbows him in the head. Ken facekicks him down then kicks him outside. 

Go chops him there. Ken boots him in the chest. Go sends him into the rail then bangs Ken's foot off the post. Ken's head and knee are banged off the apron. Go dropkicks Ken's knee while it's over the bottom rope. Ken hits chest kicks to the gut. Go gets sent into the rails. 

Ken double axe handles Go's back. Ken boots Go then knee's him in the gut for 2. Ken does a grounded abdominal stretch and pulls on Go's neck. They go head to head and trade chops. Ken russian legsweeps him then does a stretch plum. 

Ken hits knees to Go's taped up ribs. Go flying facekicks him then flying shoulders him. Go running chops Ken then hits a chop flurry in the corner. Ken hits more knees to the gut. Go lariats him and fisherman busters him for 2. 

Go blocks a PK and spinning chops him. Ken step up enzugiri's him. Go lariats him down. Ken knees him in the gut. Go facekicks him out of the corner. Ken samoan drops him. Ken double knee drops him off the 2nd rope. Ken knees him in the gut. Go hits a go flasher for 2.

Ken kicks Go's arm then Go lariats him down. Go botches a 2nd rope twisting suplex on Ken. Go backdrops him for 2. Ken hits knees to the gut. Ken lariats him then Go lariats him back and pins him.

Thoughts: Ken pretty much only works body parts in his matches. Today, he worked Go's ribs/gut the whole time. It made sense and was fine, just not overly exciting. This got 19 minutes some unknown reason.

Hyo Ogawa, Nobuhiko Kimura & Seigo Tachibana vs. Atsuki Aoyagi, Dan Tamura & Yuma Aoyagi

Dan and Seigo go at it. Dan side headlocks him then shoulders him over. Seigo kips up. Seigo armdrags him and is swept. Seigo sweeps him again and they stand off. Kimura and AA get in. AA side headlocks him then shoulders him over. Kimura forearms him then flying headscissors him down.

AA suplexes him. Kimura takess a double shoulderblock. Yuma slams him. Dan slams Kimura then AA slams Kimura. They all then hit another round of slams on Kimura for 2. Yuma crabs Kimura and Kimura rope breaks.

Kimura dropkicks Yuma. Hyo gets in and hits flying shoulders on Yuma. He then backdrops him. Hyo falling headbutt drops Yuma. Hyo hits chops on Yuma. Yuma misses a dropkick and Hyo giant swings him. Yuma and Hyo are too dizzy to make it into their corners and try to tag each other. 

Seigo comes in and hits shots on Dan. Seigo atomic drops him then Dan slams him. Dan running shoulders him in the corner then suplexes him for 2. They forearm each other then hit each other on the ropes. Seigo hits a forearm combo then Dan lariats him down. Seigo jack knifes him for 2. Dan death valley drivers him. Seigo hits a b-driver. 

AA and Hyo trade forearms. Hyo headbutts AA in the chest. Kimura suplexes Yuma. Dan double lariats his opponents. Hyo headbutts Dan. Dan hits a big lariat on him. Dan running lariats AA when Seigo moves. Kimura top rope rider kicks Dan. Hyo flying lariats Dan. Seigo olympic slams Dan. Seigo running elbows Dan on the back of the neck and pins him.

Thoughts: There was a decent bit of screwing around here. Yuma wasn't in this much. Kimura had a good showing and was kind of taking Seigo's underdog role. We got a lot of Dan vs Seigo, which is what we have been getting all tour. I'd say it was alright.

Champion Carnival 2026 Block A Match - Oddyssey vs. Talos

They lock up and roll on the ropes. They trade some shots and Talos headchops him. Odd headbutts him. They ram into each other. Tal knees him in the gut then Odd does the same. Tal splashes him on the ropes then Odd does the same. Odd clubs him then hits shots to the gut and chest. Odd corner spears him. 

Odd corner splashes him. Odd hits mounted corner punches. Tal grabs him and rams him into the buckles then shoulders him over. Odd hits some chest shots then lariats him over the top. Odd top rope diving lariats him. They fight outside. Odd is sent into the post. 

Odd uppercuts him then headbutts him. Tal headchops him. Tal running facekicks him. Odd lariats him against the post. Odd tries to splash him against the post but Tal moves and Odd goes into the post. Odd's head is banged off the apron. Tal backdrops Odd on the apron. Odd hits shots to the gut and is headchopped. 

Tal chinlocks him around the ropes. Tal hits corner splashes then side slams him for 2. Tal does the Crush headsqueeze to him. Odd back elbows him then flying shoulders him. Odd running back elbows him in the corner and lariats him. Odd side slams him for 2. Odd splashes him for 2. 

Odd sits on the buckles and gets chopped. Odd is caught on a 2nd rope crossbody attempt and Tal slams him down. Tal chokeslams him and wins.

Thoughts: It was a little longer and slower than I would have liked, but I did like it. It was nice to see Talos face someone who was an actual physical threat to him. You could really see Odd throw his weight at him here. I liked the spot crossbody catch spot at the end and Tal getting lariated over the top was cool.

Talos is interviewed after. He says there's only one real group in this group and it's Titans of Calamity. He says he's about to skin Kuma Arashi tomorrow.

Oddyssey talks.  He says he wanted the win the CC so bad. He says he's sorry to all the fans. He says he faces Go Shiozaki on 5/5. He says he won't let him win but he promises HAVOC will go to the finals.

Champion Carnival 2026 Block B Match - Hideki Suzuki vs. Madoka Kikuta

HS running dropkicks him then euros him outside. They trade boots outside and choke each other. They then start slapping each other and stare down. HS euros him down outside.

HS goes back in and pulled out, then MK goes back in. MK pump kicks him off the apron. MK hits knees to the gut. HS forearms him outside. HS foot slaps him outside and MK chops him. HS forearms him in the gut. HS slaps him around inside then forearms him in the gut, sending him down. HS slaps him more. HS garvin stomps him. 

HS shoulders him over. MK forearms him in the back of the neck. MK chops him down. MK swinging guillotine chokes him. MK stomps him. MK no sells HS' shots. They drop each other at the same time with strikes. MK running hip attacks him.  

They get on all fours and butt heads. HS euros him. HS hits forearms to the gut then punts him in the shoulder and chest. MK running hip attacks him. MK running lariats him. HS backslides him and wins.

Thoughts: It was an odd match. It was a slow speed brawl. They hit a hard shot or two and wait a bit until the other guy hit them back. It like was someone chopping a tree with an axe, staring a it for a minute then doing it again on repeat for 16 minutes straight. I don't know what this was.

They then fight for a while after and show more spirit than they did in the match.

Champion Carnival 2026 Block B Match - Ryuki Honda vs. Ren Ayabe

They lock up. Ren wristlocks him and Honda reverses it. Ren side headlock takeovers him, Honda headscissors him and they get back up. Honda forearms him on the break. Ren shoulders him over. 

They go out. Ren sends him into the rails but Honda no sells it and lariats him. Honda chokes him on the rail and counts along with the ref. Honda bangs Ren's face off then apron. Ren sends Honda into the post and rails.

Ren shoulders him over then foot chokes him. Ren hit back elbows in the corner. Ren stands on his back. Honda running spears him. Honda hits corner lariats for 2 counts. Honda chinlocks him. Ren rams him into the corner to escape then corner facekicks him.

They fight on the buckles. Honda is facekicked off the buckles to the floor. Honda gets back in. He hits forearms and Ren fires back. Honda lariats him from behind and no sells a german. Ren facekicks him and Honda running lariats him.  

They trade forearms. Ren drops him with one for 2. Honda blocks a stretch plum attack. Ren facekicks him then knees him in the gut. Honda suplexes him. Honda running lariats him for 2. They forearm each other at the same time. Honda takes him over into a pin attempt. Ren dropkicks him. 

Ren shotgun dropkicks him for 2. Ren full nelson slams him for 2. Ren then wins with his spinning falcon arrow.

Thoughts: As usual, Ren didn't bring a lot to this. Honda tried but it was just the same spiritless effort from Ren. Honda could have wrestled a door and got about the same result here. It was just average. 

Overall thoughts: It was a weak night at the CC. The first two matches weren't much of note. Yuma seemingly got hurt the other day and went down in pain off a lock-up here, ending the match quick. Kengo/Go made sense and was fine, just not super exciting. The Hyo Ogawa 6-man tag was alright. I liked Oddyssey/Talos as it was a heavyweight match with them throwing some weight around. Suzuki/Kikuta was a slow motion brawl and was unusual. Honda/Ren was average. I'd give this a 4 out of 10 and thought this was below average.

TNA Impact 5/14/2026

TNA Impact 5/14/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/tna-impact-572026.html

We are in Sacramento, CA. Tom Hannifan and Matt Rehwoldt are on commentary.

#1 Contender's Battle Royal

Mustafa Sead of ECW fame is in this. Saed nails Bear Bronson with a weapon. Saed hits Kaz with a chain. He then trades shots with Agent Zero as everyone watches. Zero headbutts him in the chest and throws him out in weak fashion. Everyone then fights.

Zero and Dutch trade shots. Dutch black hole slams Zero. Everyone then gangs up on those two and throws Dutch and Zero out. BDE is eliminated then Home Town Man throws out Mr. Elegance. Home's head is banged off the mat by Brian Myers. Brian tries to throw him out but gets back body dropped out. The System double team Home. Elijah knocks Vincent off the apron. Jason Hotch walks on opponents backs to get back in but then is eliminated.

Kaz throws out Home Town Man. Elijah throws Kaz out. Kaz grabs Elijah by the hair. Elijah throws out Eddie Edwards and Bear Bronson at the same time. Eric Young tries to throw Elijah out. Elijah holds on and they fight on the apron. Eric low blows Elijah and eliminates him. Eric Young wins.

Thoughts: It was very rushed and not good. There were a lot of ugly looking eliminations here and they happened so fast that it was tough to keep track of what was going on. Eric Young getting a title shot is not very interesting.

Gia Miller interviews Leon Slater. She brings up him becoming the longest reigning X-champ if he wins tonight. Leon says he's as ready as ever and gets another chance to make history. He says he knows he has to win the big one, but if he hasn't bee dong that, he doesn't know what he's been doing. He says he goes from being the youngest champ to the greatest tonight.

The Hardy's come in. Matt says they became legendary through TLC. Matt tells him to become legendary tonight. Jeff tells him to do what he does as they get him.

The System are interviewed. Ali says his crew continued to fail him and he will fix it like he always does. He says he rubbed a magical lamp today and was told he had 3 wishes. He says he wished for the best TNA has to offer. He says his open challenge continues next week and he wants to go back to his winning ways. Gia then tells Jason Hotch he did a good job.

Eric Young talks. He says Sosa, Hendry and EC3 are gone. He says Mike Santana is gone next and we are looking at the next world champ.

Lei Ying Lee comes out to talk. She says last week was the best night of her life. She says she fought her whole life for this moment. She says she's the 2 time Knockouts world champ now. She says she's proud to bring the title back home to TNA. 

She thanks everyone and says she couldn't have done it without the fans. 

Xia Brookside interrupts. She says Lee can celebrate all she wants. She says she has her eyes on the title and says it will come to her sooner or later. Lee says she's sick of her and goes off in Chinese. Xia tells her to learn how to talk to her dumb@ss fans if she wants to be Knockouts champ. Lee says she will beat her right here and right now. Xia teases heading in but falls back. Xia says Lee is dumber than she thought. She says she has beaten her mentally and emotionally and will do it physically soon. She then calls her a b!tch in Chinese.

The System do a promo. Eddie Edwards says they were robbed in the battle royal but he will get another title shot. He says nobody knows if Moose will ever come back. Brian says Moose is weak and they broke him. Ced says tonight is about the X-Title. He says Leon won't make history as new champ and says there will be no celebration. He says he will find out that you can't beat The System. 

Gia interviews UFC fighter Keith Jardine about a new film he's in. Keith says it's violent and unpredictable. George Iceman interrupts with Mr. Elegance, M and Heather. George says if he wants to understand masculinity, he will show him a real man in Mr. Elegance. He says Keith is jealous of Mr. Elegance. Keith says it makes him want to puke. Keith tells them to get the gang of hoes and get them out of here. Security then breaks it up. 

Thoughts: That clearly had no purpose but to shill a movie. That was a waste of time. 

Sactown Street Fight - KC Navarro vs AJ Francis

A baseball announcer named Chris Caray is on commentary for this.

KC ducks a shot outside and sends AJ into the apron edge. AJ hits KC from behind. AJ goes for a powerbomb and KC escapes. KC does his 305 kick. KC is caught on a tope and he ddt's AJ on the floor. KC sets up a table outside. AJ sends KC into the steps.

KC hits him in the gut with a chair then hits him in the back with it. AJ is pushed into the steps. We go to break and return. KC is thrown into the post head first. AJ grabs Chris Caray's baseball bat that he brought with him. AJ misses bat shots on KC. KC pushes AJ into the post. KC asks for the helmet Chris brought. KC hits AJ in the gut and back with the bat.

KC hits AJ off the 2nd rope with the bat. KC pretends to hit a ball, he runs around the corners and baseball slides a trash can into AJ's crotch. The ref says, "safe". KC fameassers AJ for 2.

AJ has a trash can put on his head. KC hits the can with the bat. KC throws chairs into the ring. KC sets up a 3x3 row of chairs. AJ is laid on the chairs. AJ gets up and hits KC with the bat. AJ goes for a 2nd rope chokeslam but KC cutters him onto the chairs for 2. KC chairs AJ's back. 

KC is up top and is caught. KC step up enzugiri's him. AJ facekicks him down. AJ chokeslams KC through 2 side by side tables outside. AJ brings KC in and pins him.

Thoughts: It was alright. KC really got some air on the chokeslam through the tables. It was all hardcore wrestling here for the most part and a little more aggression and emotion would have helped this out.

Mike Santana comes out to talk. He says he was taught to speak with his actions instead of his words. He says that mindset helped him carry TNA with his heart and fight. He says he has a new challenger after the battle royal. He says he considers Eric Young a pillar of this place and someone who has a lot of respect. He says he built his name off of fighting those guys and he beat them all. He says he holds down the fort week after week as the TNA champ. 

Daria Rae comes out. She says Eric Young isn't his next contender for the title. She says the ref stopped his match with Steve Maclin, so he never actually beat him. Mike says he dropped him. Daria says Steve Maclin is cleared to return to in-ring action. She says he will face Steve for the TNA Title next week. She says the board loved the idea and she didn't have to run it by Santino.

Santino Marella comes out. Santino says it's good to be back and says he would have been here last week, but someone cancelled his flight. He says he likes the Maclin/Satana match next week. He says he has announcements of his own. He says Indi Hartwell got him unsuspended and she has just re-signed with TNA. Santino says they have 2 champs they can be proud of in Lee and Mike. 

Santino says he loves his daughter but not Stacks. Santino says he'd like to get his hands on Stacks. Daria says Stacks would destroy him. Mike says he has had enough of this crap and says this is terrible. He says the outcome will remain the same no matter who he fights and it'll be 1-2-3. 

Thoughts: This segment was dumb. Mike clearly beat Steve Maclin. He knocked him off of TV for a while during their match. Yet Daria claimed it didn't really count because of the ref stoppage.

TNA Injury Report

Trey Miguel is out with a knee injury and is out indefinitely. Moose has hip and head injuries and is out. EC3 is out with neck injuries. AJ Francis and KC Navarro are under medical evaluation.

Rosemary and Allie vs Mila Moore and Victoria Crawford

Mila grabs Rose from behind. Rose grabs her by the throat. Rose bits her head. Allie then bites Mila. Mila takes a side slam + headbuster. Allie chops Mila then boots her in the gut. Allie kneelifts her.

Allie running corner lariats her then running corner forearms her. Tessa Blanchard trips Allie. Mila boots Allie off the buckles then stomps on her. VC comes in and bangs Allie's head off the buckles. She then throws her by the head for 2. 

VC pulls Allie down by the hair. Mila boots Allie in the gut. Allie takes a double kick in the corner. Allie neckbreakers Mila. Rose comes in and cleans house. She slingblades VC. Rose running corner forearms VC then exploders her. Rose reverse ddt's VC for 2. Allie and Rose do stereo hanging headscissors over the top. Tessa tries to stop it and Mara Sade superkicks her.

Mila is sent into the steps. Allie death valley drivers Mila on the floor. Allie double underhook drops VC on her butt and pins her.

Thoughts: It wasn't good. There were a lot of sloppy moments here and they did a lot of things that weren't even really established moves. At least nobody got hurt. Rose's team needed to win here and they did.

Matt Hardy does a promo. He is behind a fence. He says he and Jeff are out of the cage and says Damascus and Brother Nero have been unlocked from them by The Righteous. Matt challenges them for next week and says they will be obsolete.

TNA X-Division Title - 2/3 Falls - Leon Slater (c) vs Cedric Alexander

1st Fall - Leon hits chops and forearms in the corner. Ced fires back. Leon rolls him up for 2. Leon rolls him up and pins him. Leon leads 1-0.

2nd Fall - This started during the break. Leon gets hung up upside down in the corner. Ced backbreakers him for 2. They chop each other and Ced gets a 2 count on him. Leon jawbreakers him and enzugiri's him. Leon hits lariats. Leon corner facekicks him. Leon rebound spinning heel kicks him. Leon top rope crossbodies him for 2.

They trade pin attempts. Leon's nose is busted open. Ced michinoku drivers him for 2. Leon running facekicks him. Ced lumbar checks him and pins him. The score is now 1-1.

3rd Fall - We join this in progress. Leon facekicks Ced off the apron then corkscrew dives him over the post. Leon blocks a top rope hurricanrana. Leon 2nd rope styles clashes him. Leon is knocked off the ropes and his leg gets caught on the 2nd rope. Ced throws him head first into the steps.

Ced grabs a headset and says he will be the greatest to ever hold the X-Title. Leon's head is busted open. Leon cradles him for 2. Ced forearms him then brainbusters him for 2. Leon slaps him and gets a lumbar check for 2. Leon hits utopia. Leon misses a swanton 450. Ced lumbar checks him twice and pins him. Ced wins the fall and match.

Thoughts: Leon would have had the record here for the longest reigning X-Division champ if he had won. I'm not real sure why they had him lose but this is TNA and this promotion has been screwing over faces since Day 1. The match went a little long and was just okay only without being anything too great. Leon bled not only from the head but he bled from the nose as well.

The lights go out after. The tron says veny, viddi, vicci. Fabian Aichner/Giovanni Vinci from WWE comes out, making his return to wrestling after about 17 months off.

Thoughts: Aichner/Vinci coming back is a random one and I doubt most people even remember him. Nobody loves former WWE talent quite like TNA. It doesn't seem like he's doing his last gimmick which was kind of fun.

Overall thoughts: The battle royal was rushed and not that good. The street fight was the best match of the night and was fine. The women's match wasn't good. The main had commercial breaks that interfered with it and it just wasn't the classic it set out to be. Leon Slater did not get to set the record for the longest X-Division champ because this promotion loves hurting its babyfaces. Giovanni Vinci/Fabian Aichner then made his return after in a surprising move. We also had a pointless segment with Keith Jardine. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 as the show had a mix of okay and bad stuff on it. It feels like some of the minds behind TNA in the early 2000's and 2010's are back and it's not for the better.

Juggalo Championship Wrestling 5/14/2026 JCW Lunacy Episode 82

Juggalo Championship Wrestling 5/14/2026 JCW Lunacy Episode 82

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/juggalo-championship-wrestling-572026.html

Joe Dombrowski and Mark Roberts are on commentary.

Choppa City get jumped outside in the alley by Willie Mack and 2 Tuff Tony. Atiba has a cart rammed into him. Bruce takes Tony's hat and punches Mack. Tony hits Bruce with a sign and Atiba is sent into a fence. Mack hits both members with a sign. Choppa City are put on carts and they get rammed into each other. Mack and Tony walk away with their titles and Tony warns them. 

Violent J is on the phone. Caleb Konley comes in and asks if he heard the good news. Caleb says Russo is at an important meeting. Caleb says he has his back tonight. J says if he smells a rat, he will take out that rat. Caleb says it'll be a glorious day.

The Green Phantom comes in. He tells J that he's got this and he's the hero JCW needs. J says they aired promos hyping him up and he lost in 2 minutes. Green begs for another match, as long as there isn't more bees. J says he's got pizza tonight and is facing Luigi Primo. He says if he loses, he might as well become that pizza.

Mac Davis interviews Dani Mo. Mac says he didn't know what she was up to at Stranglemania but seemed in it for the belt. Dani says she needs the title and it's a necessity for her. She says he wouldn't understand.

The Green Phantom vs Luigi Primo

The Green Phantom is gone from JCW if he loses this.

Mosh Pit Mike is dressed up like a scientist  and nails Primo on the apron. He asks if Green thought he could come here and not fight him. Mike says he's Professor Mike tonight. Mike says he doesn't want to fight him but wants to be friends.

This turns into... 

The Green Phantom vs Mosh Pit Mike

Mike low blows him and rolls him up for 2. Mike eye rakes him then slams him. Green footpresses him down. Green stomps and chops him. Mike elbows him in the back of the neck. Green pounds on him on the buckles. Green hits a blackout on him for 2.

Luigi Primo gets up on the ramp. He tries to throw pizza dough at Mike but nails Green instead. Mike rolls up Green and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a shorter bout and it wasn't the most serious of battles. This was more about the storyline of Green getting fired if he loses.

Barnabus The Bizarre is looking for The Outbreak in the back. He finds them smoking pot and flips out.

We get a weird Red Love/Father Bronson video. He's eating sushi and does the Red Roll Call. He has a girl with him and there's some wacky graphics.

J-Rod asks Violent J to make her the special ref with Big Al vs Dani Mo. J asks why would he do that? J-Road says she thought he needed ratings. J says she's right, but not that way. Barnabus The Bizarre and The Outbreak come in. Barn says his world is falling apart and he's losing control. J says this is pathetic. Barn says he needs J to make a match and he needs the sense beat into them. Barn says they need to fight Future Endeavored. J says he has nothing to do with Matt Cross and it's not his business. Barn flips out and wonders what he's supposed to do now.

Mac Davis brings Jeeves out. Jeeves does an intro for himself then brings out EC3. EC says everyone is seeking validation and looking for 3 letter brands. He rips Wrestlemania without saying WWE, saying you get to watch commercials and celebs. He then rips AEW, saying it's All Elite Deficit Disorder Wrestling. He says you can go into a man's sandbox and do move after move for a show that has no emotion and is a circlejerk for Dave Meltzer and reddit. He says nobody is watching the NWA and says that's a shot at leadership. EC says he had to find the clowns to find a real wrestling product. He says he has the most dignity here.  He says he's happy to be part of Jeeves' family. 

Thoughts: I'm not a big fan of shoot promos. EC better be careful about ripping all these companies as he may need them someday.

Barnabus and The Outbreak run into Caleb Konley in the background. Barn asks if the zombies are trying to sniff urinal cakes. Caleb asks what's going on with them. Barn says they are addicted and he needs help. Barn says he needs the addiction beat out of them. Caleb says to give him a commercial break to see what he can do.

Barnabus comes out with The Outbreak. He says he doesn't want to do this and doesn't know what else to do. He says everything he has done to break this addiction has failed. He says they are reduced to pill-popping, crack-smoking addicts. He says the only thing he can do to help is have sense beaten into them. He says Violent J refused to help and says Caleb Konley approved his request. He says his abnormalities will their addiction beaten out of them courtesy of Future Endeavored.

Shane Mercer and Matt Cross come out. Shane says Barn had one simple request and he hopes he knows what he asked for as his wish is granted.

Future Endeavored (Matt Cross and Shane Mercer) vs The Outbreak (Abel Booker & Jacksyn Crowley)

Matt and SM boot The Outbreaker. SM throws one of them then belly to belly overhead suplexes him. A Zombie flips over SM and jawbreakers him. SM is booted out of the corner. The Zombie is caught coming off the buckles and gets bucklebombed. Shane release suplexes one of the zombies. 

Matt chops one of the zombies and pop-up atomic drops him. Matt then does a jack knife pin. SM hits back elbows on the zombie then he gorilla press drops him. Matt suplexes a zombie for 2. 

SM running euros a zombie in the corner. A Zombie then takes a fallaway slam. Matt standing moonsaults a zombie for 2. Matt throws a zombie hard down into the corner several times. The zombie then no sells and lariats Matt. A Zombie top rope crossbodies both opponents. 

SM catches one of the zombies and the other top rope dropkicks them over. SM backdrops both zombies at once. Matt comes off the top and double stomps both zombies at once. SM 2nd rope moonsault fallaway slams a zombie.

The Oubtreak both go out and try to go into the crowd. They get hold of a beer and drink but get counted out. They then head to the bar.

Thoughts: It went as promised with the zombies getting destroyed then losing when they went on the hunt for alcohol. It was very one-sided but it made sense. Matt's double stomp into a double stomp was cool.

Mac Davis talks to Violent J in the back. J asks who is Vince Russo to think he can't be here? J says he doesn't like The Outbreak facing The Future Endeavors. Caleb says it was a big mistake and J says not to let it happen again. J-Rod then asks Caleb to make her the special ref in Dani Mo's match. Caleb says it was a great idea. Mac asks if he just did that and he says yeah and it was "f*cking awesome".

Big Al asks why Dani Mo cost her the title and shoves the mic in her chest. J-Rod comes out.

Special Ref is J-Rod - Dani Mo vs "Big Al" Alice Crowley

Dani forearms Al then they collide with shoulders. Al throws her down backwards. Al shoulders her over then slams her twice. Al leg drops her for 2. 

Al rolls into a codebreaker on her for 2. Al's head is banged off the buckles and Dani lariats her for 2. Dani leg chokes her over the 2nd rope. Dani knees her in the gut then chinlocks her. Al hits elbows to the gut. Al snapmares her and then PK's her. J-Rod gives her a one count and Dani gets mad as she thinks she is slow counting her.

Dani chops Al then hit shots in the corner. Dani high kicks her. Dani michinoku drivers her for 2. Al hits back elbows and pump kicks her. Al backdrops her. Al air raid crashes her for 2.

Al runs the ropes and J-Rod tries to lariat her. Al boots J in the gut and punches her with brass knucks. Al then nails Dani with the brass knucks. J-Rod is out but Al bangs J-Rod's hand off the mat 3 times and they count it as a pin.

Thoughts: The ending was a stretch even for JCW, but I don't know if it mattered. They mostly just threw various strikes here and it was forgettable.

Violent J talks to Caleb Konley. He says he didn't think much of Caleb. He says he doesn't like him going into business for himself. Caleb says he's trying to help the show. J says he runs the show and owns 50% of the company. He says he will help Caleb with a special opponent for 4 weeks. He says each opponent will be from outside JCW. Caleb says if that's how it is..

Mac Davis talks to Barnbus The Bizarre outside. Barn says he lot The Outbreak. Mac says they are taking gas out of cars. Mac sees them doing this and asks what is going on and begs for help. Mac says he wants to know who is giving them the drugs. Barn says something is wrong and says whoever is giving them this bullsh!t is dead.

Blast from the Past

This week's old match is Sabu vs 2 Tuff Tony. We get some run-in's including one from Rob Conway and Rhino. This turns into a tag match which they say we will see on a future episode.

PCO and Steven Flowe vs The Brothers of Funstruction (Yabo and Ruffo)

Yabo brings out a rubber chicken. Steve takes it and throws it. Yabo hits Steve with his giant tie then gives him noogies. Steve is sent into Ruffo's boot. Yabo dropkicks Steve. Ruffo gets a Hulk green fist and punches PCO. PCO no sells it. 

PCO takes a double boot and is double clubbed on. PCO takes corner attacks then double boots there. Steve gets hit with a balloon. PCO double lariats the clowns. Steve elbow drops Yabo for 2. 

PCO hits punches on Ruffo then ddt's him. PCO headbutt drops him and leg drops him. PCO headbutt drops him in the gut for 2. Ruffo boots PCO out of the corner. The Clowns double team PCO. PCO takes a kick to the back of the head + flatliner. Steve top rope dives on The Clowns.

The Ring Rat gets on the apron and gives Steve his guitar. PCO walks to the back. CoKane comes out and takes Steve's guitar away. Steve turns him around and Kane hits him with the guitar on the ramp. The Ring Rat then heads to the back. Big Vito comes out and hits The Clowns with a kendo stick. They say this match has ended in a DQ, but they don't say who got DQ'd.

Thoughts: The ruling on this didn't make any sense since people were low blowing others and not getting DQ'd earlier. And it didn't make sense since both teams had interference against them. The match was not that good with The Clown's using balloons and ties. I also have no idea why PCO just left. 

Vito beats up The Clown's after then pounds on Ruffo. Vito hits Ruffo with the kendo stick. Ruffo is thrown onto the ramp and stage. Ruffo is dragged to the back by Vito.

Vito takes Ruffo outside and puts him in the trunk of a car. Vito and his crew drive off. 

Overall thoughts: It was a very Russo-esque show here with questionable stuff in the opener, semi-main and main and shoot promos. The wrestling wasn't that good here. The non-wrestling stuff was good though, minus EC3's shoot promo. The stuff with The Outbreak is very entertaining and Caleb giving out matches he didn't have the power to make also was fun. Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy the show and found it easy to get through, but there were too many issues here for me to give this a good rating. I'd give this a 4 out of 10 and wouldn't recommend it.

EPW Wrestling 5/9/2026 Episode #241

EPW Wrestling 5/9/2026 Episode #241

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/epw-wrestling-522026-episode-240.html

Joey Gross and Gene Jackson are on commentary.

Mike Anthony does a promo. He says he's back in EPW for one reason. He says everyone from this point forward is on notice. He says step up and get stepped on. He says, "Welcome to the nightmare".

Moses Cain takes on Daniel Nova tonight. Mike Anthony will be in action as well.

Mike Anthony vs Jabari Young

They lock up and Mike backs off. JY boots and punches him. Mike punches back. Mike hits a corner splash. Mike hits mounted corner punches then hits corner chops. JY death valley drivers him for 2. We go to break and return.

JY chinlocks Mike. JY dropkicks him for 2. JY hits mounted punches. JY stun guns him and running facekicks him for 2. 

JY goes up top and is enzugiri'd. Mike superplexes him down. JY flying kicks him for 2. Mike boots him in the gut and brainbusters him. Mike wins.

Thoughts: It was the wrong match for what they were doing here. Mike cut a tough guy promo before this where he made it seem like he would kick some butt. Instead, Young got most of the offense here and Mike got less offense if anything.

CJ Blaine goes up to Elijah Owens. He says Owens got lucky by beating Moses Cain. Owens insults him and CJ says let's see how lucky he can get. Owens says it sounds like a challenge. 

Ethan Steele vs Enrico Sterdivant

Ethan slaps him and Enrico spin kicks him in the gut. Enrico corkscrew kicks him and broski boots him in the corner for 2. 

Enrico misses a corner splash and Ethan clips him. Ethan boots him in the corner. Ethan hits leg kicks and eye rakes him. Enrico powerslams Ethan for 2. Enrico forearms him then hits stiff kicks in the corner while Ethan is down. Ethan kicks him in the leg. Ethan hits punches on Enrico then Enrico pop-up knees him. Enrico germans him. Enrico spinning backdrops him and wins.

Thoughts: I liked it. Ethan got nasty with Enrico then Enrico stiffed him back. This turned into a bit of a war.

Elijah Owens vs CJ Blaine

They lock up and EO rolls him up for 1. CJ la magistral's him then rolls him into a pin attempt. CJ side headlocks him. CJ enzugiri's EO. EO backbreakers and neckbreakers CJ. EO chokes him on the 2nd rope. EO basement dropkicks him for 2. EO suplexes him. EO sleepers him. 

CJ enzugiri's EO. CJ springboard dropkicks him. CJ hits chops. CJ slips on a springboard forearm. CJ dropkicks him and flying headscissors her. CJ 619's him. CJ goes up top and EO rolls out. CJ plancha's him off the apron then hits mounted shots on the floor. EO punches him back and throws him into the post. EO goes to get back in the ring but CJ holds onto his leg and purposely keeps him out. Both men get counted out.

Thoughts: CJ purposely cost EO the match here likely due to EO being on a lucky win streak and EO messing with him earlier in the show. I'm not a big fan of people essentially throwing matches, but I think I see the logic in this.

EO gets upset after and is crying about the result. 

Moses Cain vs Daniel Nova

Nova's doing some kind of rave gimmick.

They lock up. MC backs him up in the corner. They lock up again and Dan is put in the corner again. Dan backs him up in the corner and MC shoves him down. MC hits punches and stomps in the corner. Dan hits punches and MC facekicks him. 

Dan's head is banged off the buckles. MC hits shots to the gut then punches him down. MC chokes him then double axe handles him in the gut. MC chops him in the corner. MC misses a corner charge. Dan is caught coming off the 2nd rope and MC spinebusters him. MC splashes him for 2.

MC sleepers him. Dan hits elbows to the gut to escape. Dan hits some big lariats. Dan 2nd rope diving lariats him and pins him.

Thoughts: Nova winning was a big upset here. Nova's gotta get some new gear. MC is a bit careful and doesn't move the best but they had the right idea here. Nova hit some good looking lariats and it was hoss vs hoss in this bout. I liked it. 

Parental Advisory (Hunter Dabbs and Dakota Gage) vs Slaughterhouse (#1 and #2)

Note - The announcers said they don't know what Slaughterhouse's names are. I'm going with #1 and #2.  #1 is wearing green and #2 is wearing red.

The heels nail Advisory from behind while Advisory wait for them. Gage gets slammed and stomped on. Gage chops one of his opponents and tags out. Dabbs is caught coming off the top. He hits leg kicks on #1. Gage joins in and PA hit a double buzzsaw kick. #2 takes a double superkick.  Dabbs topes #2 outside. 

Dabbs corner euros #1 then Gage corner spears that guy. #1 knees Gage in the gut then bangs his head off the buckles. #1 corner splashes Gage then #2 side slams Gage. #2 pulls on Gage's face. #2 stands on Gage's back.

Gage is snapmared with a shirt and choked with it by #1. Gage hits a flying back elbow on #1. Dabbs step up enzugiri's #2 then dropkicks him in the knee. Dabbs step up double stomps #2. #2 takes a flatliner. Dabbs goes up top and Reverend Ash Taylor trips him, causing a DQ.

Thoughts: It was alright. The announcers basically said Slaughterhouse are influenced by The Moondogs and I agree as they have wild hair, ripped up jeans and beards. They look like drunks and ruffians. What we got was fine but I probably would have had Slaughterhouse destroy PA here instead. However, they made up for some of it after.

#1 spears Gage after. Dabbs is whipped into a chokeslam from #2. #2 then slams #1 onto Advisory.

Overall thoughts: It was acceptable but it was not one of my more favorite editions of EPW. I had an issue with 3 of the 5 matches here. I thought Young/Anthony had the wrong match for the story they had. Enrico/Ethan got stiff and I liked it. They had the right idea for Owens/Blaine, but I didn't like Blaine costing himself the match. Cain/Nova was an okay hoss match. The main should have been a bit more one-sided, but they did make up for it some after. I would give this show an average 5 out of 10 rating.