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Saturday, March 7, 2026

3/7 notes

I'll probably lean more towards NXT Vengeance Day over Collision and AAA tonight, but whatever doesn't get done tonight will get done tomorrow. Expect one more review in the afternoon today.

CMLL 3/6/2026 La Noche de La Amazonas

Persephone and a female host talk in the ring. They have 3 of the women's titles on podiums there.

Mexican National Women's Tag Team Title Match - Kira & Skadi (c) vs. Candela & Metalica

Skadi and Metal go at it. Skadi wristlocks her and Metal reverses it. Kira and Cand do stereo springboard headscissors on those two. Kira and Cand trade chops. Kira does a tope and Cand does a tornillo outside. Kira superkicks Cand and Cand hits a flying lariat for 2. Metal and Skadi lariat each other down for 2 counts. Cand jumps off Skadi's back and head chops Kira. Cand rolls over Metal's back and splashes Skadi for 2.

Cand is tripped into the buckles for a 619 and Skadi hits a big spear on Metal. Metal 619's Skadi for 2. Kira takes an ocean cyclone suplex for 2. Metal dropkicks Cand on accident. Kira monkey flips Metal. Kira stands on Skadi and splashes Cand for 2.

Skadi comes off the 2nd rope and Metal catches her with a powerbomb. Cand and Kira get on the buckles. Kira spanish flies her down onto their opponents outside. Skadi crossbodies Kira on accident. Cand 2nd rope legdrops Kira then Metal 2nd rope splashes Skadi for 2. Kira top rope 450's Metal and Skadi fireman's carry gutbusters Cand to win.

Thoughts: They tried and put out a better effort than usual. Kira did some more advanced spots than what she usually does. Because of her size, Skadi's various moves are always extra impressive. She hit a nice spear here. It had a lot of sloppy moments but I still did like it.

Dark Silueta vs. Maika

Mai wristlocks her and Dark trips her. Dark ties up her legs and pulls her hair. Dark side headlocks her then Mai reverses it. Dark armdrags her and stomps her in the corner. They trade armdrags and Dark sliding kicks her. Mai dropkicks her then Dark spinning heel kicks her.

Dark hair throws her then pulls her hair. Dark camel clutches her. Dark boots her in the head and boots her down. Dark stomps her. Mai powerslams her for 2. Mai sliding lariats her for 2. Dark knees her in the face and superkicks her. Mai is on the 2nd rope and Dark backcrackers her. Dark pulls Mai's neck backwards and pulls the leg in a submission.

Dark indian deathlocks her. Mai trips her and side headlocks her to escape. Mai running lariats her then suplexes her twice for 2. Mai headbutts her from the apron. They fight on the buckles and Dark suplexes her for 2.

Dark hits some forearms and a german for 2. Mai spinning lariats her. Dark no sells it then Mai michinoku drivers her for the win.

Thoughts: They had a standard match here. They did the basics and eventually progressed into their finishers. The format was fine. The match wasn't anything too special but they didn't botch anything and it was an acceptable bout.

Relevos Increibles - La Catalina & Sanely vs. Garra Negra & Keyra

1st Fall - Key and Sane go at it. They lock up and Key side headlocks her. Sane takes her down and pulls on her hair. Key trips her then pulls on her hair. Key armdrags her and taunts her Sane boots her in the gut then armdrags her. Sane then taunts her.

Key pounds on her and pulls her hair. Sane corner splashes her then basement dropkicks her. Sane short arm lariats Garra and pulls her hair. Sane shoulders her over. Garra flips out of a hiptoss and basement dropkicks her.

Cat comes in and flaunts. Cat sends Garra to the apron and hip attacks her down. Key hits forearms on Cat then armdrags her. Key rolls her into a double stomp. Sane is on the buckles and puts Key in a tarantula variation on the ropes. Sane is double teamed in the corner. Key basement dropkicks her in the corner. Garra angle's wings Cat and Key rolls Sane into a pin. Garra and Keyra pick up stereo pins. Keyra's team wins the fall.

2nd Fall - Key boots Cat from behind. Garra kicks Cat in the leg. Key backcrackers Sane then Garra pumping knees Sane. Cat hits chops on both opponents then takes a double boot. Cat takes a double suplex then a double basement dropkick. Key boots her partner on accident. Sane cradle shocks Key and Cat top rope splashes Key. Cat pins Key. Sanely's team wins the fall.

3rd Fall - Cand and Sane hit corner attacks. cat corner hip attacks Garra and sits on her chest. Sane 2nd rope double knee drops Garra's back. Key is put on the 2nd rope and Sane 2nd rop meteora's her.

Sane is tripped into the ropes and takes a pumping knee from Garra. Cat back rack drops Garra. Key hits soul foot on Cat then basement dropkicks her for 2. Cat facekicks Sane on accident. Garra top rope dropkicks Key on accident. Cat and Sane hit stereo electric chair drivers on their opponents and get double pins. Sanely's team wins the fall and match.

Thoughts: This went well. We don't get to see a lot of Garra or Keyra outside of Guadalajara and they did well here. I'd be interested in seeing them around more as they did a good job. I was fine with this one.

Copa Irma Gonzales Three Way Match - Marcela vs. Princesa Sugehit vs. La Magnifica

They had Irma Gonzales on the stage for this.

Marc gets double teamed. Suge and Mag trade chops then stomp on Marc. Suge hits a double flying lariat. The girls go for pins. Sage cranks back on Marc's arm. All 3 girls chop each other. Suge kicks Marc while she's down then Mag dropkicks Suge in the knee and face. Marc basement dropkicks Mag.

Suge is gordbustered onto Mag. Suge and Mar trade chops. Suge hits corner attacks on both opponents then takes a double lariat. Mag ties up Marc's legs then Suge bangs Mag backwards while does it.

Mag dropkicks Suge in the butt. Marc double knee drops Mag. Marc takes corner lariats. Suge throws Marc off the 2nd rope onto Mag for 2. Mag corner cannonballs both opponents. Marc double knee drops Mag. Suge then apron plancha's Mag outside. Marc back body drops Mag onto the floor. Mag sunset flips Marc for 2.

Suge headscissors Mag then Marc headscissors Suge. They all roll to the ropes for the break. Mag top rope crossbodies Marc for 2. Marc stomps on Mag. Mag 2nd rope superplexes her for 2. Mag does some kind of backcracker across Suge's back and pins her.

Thoughts: It didn't look that good on paper and wasn't much better in reality. It wasn't awful but three ways are a mess usually and these girls are not CMLL's best workers. There were a lot of sloppy moments here and some weak looking moves.

Zeuxis vs Mina Shirakawa

Z = Zeuxis

They shake hands and Z pulls her in. Mina side headlocks her then springboard headlock takeovers her. Z surfboards her and Mina escapes. Z shoulders her over then gets a 2 count on her. Mina bridges her for 2. Mina spin kicks her in the gut. Mina walks up the buckles and diving armdrags her. Mina then bangs Z's leg off the mat.

Mina slides out of a lariat, shimmies and is kicked from behind. Z kicks Mina in the leg then in the head for 2. Z slaps Mina in the corner and hair throws her for 2. Mina is sent into the rails outside. Z camel clutches Mina and pulls on her mouth. Z surfboards Mina and chinlocks her off of it.

Z chest kicks Mina on the ropes. Z pulls her arms back and puts her legs behind Mina's head. Mina la mistica facebusters Z then dropkicks her out. Mina top rope plancha's Z outside.

Mina tornillo's Z off the ropes for 2. Mina drives Z's legs into the mat. She ties up Z's legs and Z rope breaks. Mina basement dropkicks Z. Z is hanging over the 2nd rope. She powerslams Mina on the apron. Z meteora's Mina on the ramp.

Mina drops Z's knee first on the ramp then figure fours her there. Mina stomps Z in the ring. They forearm each other then slap each other. Mina slaps her down and rolls over the ref's back into a splash on Z. Mina top rope diving slingblades Z for 2.

Z electric chair backcrackers her. Z then angel's wings codebreakers her for 2. Mina hurricanrana's Z down for 2. Mina hits leg kicks on Z. Z cradles Mina for 2. They go up top. Z top rope spanish flies her for 2. Mina la mistia facebusters her for 2. Mina hits spinning forearms and buzzsaw kicks her from behind. Mina uraken's her and then figure fours her. Z submits and Mina wins.

Thoughts: Once you've seen one Mina match, you've kind of seen them all. Her matches always dwell into knee work and that's what happened here. It was a longer and slower bout. They were clean for the most part here and they did try, but it was only acceptable to okay.

Megan Bayne vs. Olympia

Meg piefaces her and is shoved. They shoulderblock battle and Meg knocks her over. Olym kips p, walks up the buckles, seated flips and armdrags her. Olym is stuck on a tiger feint then she dropkicks Meg. Olym handstand pendulum la silla's her in the corner then basement dropkicks her.

Meg hurricanrana's her off the buckles and poses on her for 2. Meg hits short arm lariats for 2 counts. Meg hits corner spears. Meg bangs Olym's head off the buckles. Meg corner splashes her and double underhook suplexes her for 2.

Meg snapmares her and sliding lariats her for 2. Olym chops her and Meg forearms her. Olym knocks Meg off the apron and headscissors her through the ropes outside. Meg's head is banged off the rails then she is sent into the rails.

Olym springboard splashes her for 2. Olym stomps on Meg. Meg running facekicks her in the corner. Meg hits knees to the gut then fallaway slams her. Meg claymore kicks her for 2. They trade chest forearms and Meg is pulled over the top. Olym throws her over the rail into the first row outside.

Meg germans her off the bottom rope. They trade forearms. They then squat each other and Olym samoan drops her. Olym hurricanrana's her for 2. Meg falcon arrows her for 2. Olym gorilla press slams Meg for 2. They trade chops. Meg F-5's her for 2.

Olym lariats her then sitout powerbombs her for 2. They trade germans. Meg spears her. Meg running sitout powerbombs her and wins.

Thoughts: It was a power vs power match and something different than what we usually get. You just don't get see Meg get thrown around a lot like she did here. I don't think they quite went into the concept as much as they should have or got the story over enough, but they had some of the idea right. It was alright.

CMLL World Women's Tag Team Title Match - Las Chicas Indomables (La Jarochita & Lluvia) (c) vs. Neo Genesis (Mei Seira & Starlight Kid)

L = Lluvia

Kid kicks away L's handshake then casadora armdrags her. L armdrags Kid and they sweep each other. Kid pulls on the hair. Jaron shoulders Mei over when they get in. Mei flying headscissors her then Jar rolls her up for 2. Mei corner running lariats Jar. Jar kicks the buckles into Mei's face. Mei rolls Jar into an ankle lock. Jar tilt-a-whirl backbreakers Mei. They sweep each other and stand off. Mei dropkicks Jaro on the ropes.

Mei slaps Jar while Kid holds her. L is abused on the ropes by the Japanese. Kid pulls L's leg around the 2nd rope then dropkicks it. Kid rolls her into a reverse figure four. Mei hair throws Jar. Mei hair throws Jar. Kid standing moonsaults L. L flying headscissors Mei then Jaro top rope dropkicks Kid. Jar topes the Japanese outside then L plancha's them outside.

Mei is meteora'd on the ropes and Mei is held for a codebreaker from L. Kid is held for a facebuster. Kid and Mei hit stereo springboard moves and send the Mexican's out. Kid and Mei then hit stereo top rope plancha's outside. L takes corner attacks then a double basement dropkick.

Kid fisherman suplexes L. L backcrackers Kid for 2. Kid 619's Jar and Mei rolls up Jar for 2. Mei dropkicks Jar then Jar baseball slides her for 2. Kid dropkicks L in the leg then stretcher mufflers her. Mei and Kid hit top rope moonsaults on their opponents for 2 counts. Jar 2nd rope TKO's Mei then L basement dropkicks Mei. L pins Mei.

Thoughts: It was definitely a step above the other matches on the card. This looked more like a Stardom match than a CMLL women's match. They were more athletic, they moved better and the moves hit cleaner. It was an okay bout here. I thought it could have used more time and more of a finishing stretch to be more special.

CMLL World Women's Title Match - Mercedes Mone (c) vs. Persephone

Mone has a big Aztec head dress on with a leopard head.

The match starts and Mone puts a leopard mask on. Pers thesz presses her and hits mounted shots. Pers chases her around the ring. Mone stomps her when they get inside. Mone puts the mask on Pers and abuses her on the 2nd rope. Pers throws the mask at Mone. Pers flips her over her back then hiptosses her.

Pers hits knees to Mone's gut. She pulls on the hair. Mone headscissors her into a roll up. Mone rolls her up for 2. Mone back elbows her then diving armdrags her off the buckles. Mone trips her. Mone knees her in the face. Pers boots her out of the corner and is pulled into the 2nd rope. Mone 2nd rope diving knee drop Pers' arm.

Mone suplexes her for 2. Mone straightjacket chokes her. Mone backcrackers her for 2. Mone boots her while she's down then cranks back on her arm. Mone armlocks her. Mone knees her in the gut. Pers 2nd rope twisting crossbodies her.

Pers fallaway slams her. Moene backcrackers her then armbars her. Pers bridges out of a lariat then superkicks Mone. Pers kicks her. Mone yanks Pers' arm over the top rope. Pers dropkicks her off the top. Mone backcrackers her into a crossface. Pers sitout powerbombs her.

They trade forearms. Mone codebreakers her then sunset bombs her into the buckles. Mone running meteora's her for 2. Pers backslides her into a bridge for 2. Pers hits a big spear. Megan Bayne is with Mone and Pers dropkicks Meg through the ropes. Mone then bangs Pers' head off the apron. A fan throws a drink at Mone and security quickly goes for the fan. Mone is electric chair dropped on the rails face first.

Pers tries to 2nd rope moonsault Mone but nails Olympia instead. Mone meteora's Pers off the apron. Pers powerslams Mone. Pers rams Money into the buckles. Mone pushes Pers off the buckles then diving meteora's her from the buckles for 2.

Pers drops her on the first try then hits her with a razor's edge for 2. Pers springboard splashes Mone and pins her.

Thoughts: CMLL was eventually getting their title back and it made sense for Pers to win it here or at one of their other big events. Mone having the title kind of hurt some of the booking since she wasn't around a ton and the belt collector thing ended a long time ago. They kept things moving here and kept up a fast paced. It was never boring and they both put a good effort in. It was a decent main but nothing great.

Pers gets confetti after and the girls come out to the ring to clap for her.

Overall thoughts: The show went better than I expected. There was nothing great here but the girls all stepped up and we had a bunch of alright matches here. I would say the main, semi-main and 3rd match from the top all were in contention for the best bout of the night. A few names were missing from this one like Tabata, India Sioux, Amapola and Hera. The women have gotten better in CMLL and I'd expect the next generation or two of CMLL girls to be even better. I'd give this a 6 out of 10 overall. I thought they did a nice job and it was an okay show overall.

Friday, March 6, 2026

WWE Smackdown 3/6/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/02/wwe-smackdown-2272026.html

We are in Portland, OR. Wade Barrett and Jose Tessitore are on commentary.

We see various wrestlers arriving and hanging out.

Randy Orton comes out. He said he thought about the Mania's he performed in and there were 20 of them. He said he only main evented twice. He says there's no guarantees about Mania but says he's going back to the main event of Mania.

He says his peers put him over as one of the best. He says he's proud to be seen as one of the best and says he earned it. He says he doesn't know who his opponent for Mania is but he's not leaving Vegas empty handed. He says he plans on accomplishing that with the RKO.

The lights go out and Trick Williams comes out. Trick says he has voices in his head and they tell him he has a bone to pick with him. Trick says he should be in the main event getting the title shot. Trick says he has a problem with Orton saying he's not 6'5. Trick says he's eye to eye with him and it's not due to his shoes. Orton then RKO's him.

We see footage of Carmelo Hayes talking to Nick Aldis earlier. Nick says he's been a fighting champ and he's been doing a good job. Nick says he's got requests coming in from all over the world for him. Melo says don't tell him who he is and he'll see him out there.

WWE United States Title - Carmelo Hayes (c) vs El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr.

This is an open challenge. Doc does an inset. He says the most beautiful has has arrive in WWE. He says he is the AA Latin champ and we see some clips of him.

Doc shotgun dropkicks him then corner cannonballs him. Doc enzugiri's him on the apron then cannonballs him off the apron. Doc slams him and top rope dropkicks him for 2. Melo rolls over his back and dropkicks him. Melo cradles him for 2. They botch a spot and Melo just flops in mid-air. Melo hits leg kicks then springboard blind legdrops him while he's on the 2nd rope. We go to PiP break and return.

Doc superplexes him for 2. They trade shots. Melo step up enzugiri's him then Doc lariats him. Melo springboard twisting lariats him. Melo hits chops and la mistica drops him for 2. Doc blocks a first 48 and powerbombs him for 2. Melo superkicks him then takes a spinning forearm. Doc boots him out of the corner, comes off the buckles and is hit with a first 48 for 2.

Doc hits a step up knee in the corner then spinning electric chair sitout bombs him. Doc misses a top rope moonsault and Melo does a nothing but net (top rope diving guillotine legdrop on the neck) and pins him.

Thoughts: Doc isn't one of my favorites. He's not small so he doesn't fly a lot, his mask blocks off a lot of his face so some the charisma is missing and and the best thing about him is his bloodline. The match was fine enough and Melo won as expected. Melo did some with him a little better than I thought.

Ilja Dragunov is interviewed about refusing a title shot. He says he's been losing and doesn't deserve the shot. He says others might accept it but he's not like that. He credits his mother and says when he is called a warrior, it means carrying the burden of being her son. He says he will wait until he becomes that warrior again.

The Miz comes in and complains about him deciding to wait. Miz says you need to seize the opportunity Kit Wilson comes in and says Ilja has become toxic. Ilja says they should step in the ring to solve this.

Damian Priest talks to Nick Aldis and asks who he's facing tonight. R-Truth walks in with a bald head. He says DP is in big trouble and says he is too. Nick says they are teaming up in tag team turmoil. DP says winning tag titles sounds good and he agrees.

Drew McIntyre walks in. Drew tells him to make this right. He said Cody lost The Rumble and The Chamber and doesn't get his shot. Nick says Drew promised to stay out of things and he didn't so he's not keeping his word. Drew tells him to defend his title tonight unless he wants to forfeit it. Drew says the only way you are taking his title is to pull it from his dead hands.

We get a celebration for Nia Jax and Lash Legend's tag title win. They are now called, "The Irresistible Forces". Nia says to take a good look at 2 6-foot thoroughbred stallions. Nia says they have the division on lock and say any and all challengers are welcome. Lash says they are here and aren't going anywhere.

Lash says they need to have a toast and they do while holding the titles up. Fireworks then shoots off. Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss come out. Bliss says Nia found a coat tail to ride to the top. Bliss says they lost the titles as they interfered. They come in to challenge them. Giulia and Kiana James come out. Kiana asks if they have memory issues as she beat Nia and Flair in a triple threat. Kiana also says she pinned Bliss in the Chamber. She says they plan on going to Mania one way or the other. Giulia talks in Japanese. She says they will walk into Vegas with the tag titles. Nick Aldis walks out. He says we figure out who gets a title shot with action and sets a match up for right now.

Winners get a tag title shot - Kiana James and Giulia vs Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair

G = Giulia

We join this in progress. Bliss shoulder throws G. Flair lifts Bliss into a doublt boot on G. Flair shoulders KJ over. Flair boots the heels from the apron. Flair cannonballs the heels off the apron outside. Flair is sent into the post. KJ stomps and elbows Flair for 2.

KJ hits corner spears on Flair. KJ standing moonsaults and Flair gets her knees up. They kick each other in the face and both fall down together. Bliss shoulders over G and dropkicks her. Bliss basement dropkicks her then rolling sentons her for 2.

G sunset flips Bliss and Bliss rolls into a basement dropkick on her. Bliss pushes her out. Bliss is dropped face first on the apron by KJ then G facekicks G outside. We go to PiP break and return. Flair fallaway slams G onto KJ.

Flair top rope moonsaults both opponents for 2 counts. Flair superkicks KJ. Flair takes a codebreaker then G backdrops Flair for 2. Flair germans G. Bliss spinning ddt's KJ. Flair hits natural selection on G and pins her.

Thoughts: It was okay enough. Flair's definitely slowed down a bit and is taking things a little easier. This worked out better than it should of but it was nothing too memorable.

Jelly Roll congratulates Randy Orton for winning The Chamber. He says he's coming around next week to see Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton. He says to get Drew because he hates him.

Cody Rhodes is interviewed. Cody says Drew is the only obstacle that remains and hopes the next time the interview speaks to him, she will speak to the champ.

Sami Zayn comes up to Cody. He says it's crazy that this match is happening. Cody asks what's crazy about it. Sami says Cody beat him to qualify for The Chamber and he let it go. He says Cody lost in The Chamber and the point is the winner gets a shot. He says Cody lost but he's getting the shot. He says everything fell into his lap and he gets the 2nd chance but Sami doesn't. Cody says Sami is politicking for a title shot at him and he hasn't won it yet. Sami asks if Cody thinks he's being self-serving and if he's trying to snake his way into the title. Cody says he doesn't know and Sami doesn't either. Sami said he came here to say good luck. He says he wants what's best for him and is rooting for him. He tells him to go do what he does and become champ again. Cody says okay. Sami then knocks bottles over and yells.

#1 Contenders Tag Team Turmoil

Leg 1 - The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley) vs Fraxiom (Axiom and Nathan Frazer)

NF side headlocks Alex. NF flips out of a wristlock and they reverse wristlocks on each other. NF cartwheels out of a wristlock and is double chopped. NF dropkicks him. Sabin shoulders over NF.

Ax gets in Sabin gets a 2 count on him. Sabin trips him into a pin attempt. Sabin is pulled down off the leapfrog. Ax half-tiger suplexes him. NF comes in and enzugiri's Alex. Alex takes a low ddt then Ax is lifted into a dropkick on Sabin. NF topes Sabin and Ax topes Alex. Ax's team hits more topes.

We go to break and return. NF springboard double dropkicks his opponents and tope con hilos both. NF flying knees Sabin. NF is held for a basement dropkick. NF rolls up Sabin for 2. Sabin takes a top rope dropkick + legsweep. Alex puts Sabin's foot on the ropes but the ref counts the pin and The Guns are eliminated.

Leg 2 - Fraxiom (Axiom and Nathan Frazer) vs Los Garza (Berto and Angel)

Berto stomps on NF in the corner. Berto goes up and over then sitout bombs NF for 2. NF takes a double team drop backwards. NF superkicks Berto. Angel pop up kicks NF for 2.

Ax top rope superplexes Angel. Berto breaks up a pin. NF headscissors Berto out off the up and over. NF is pushed off the top into the rails. Ax takes a top rope facebuster. Ax is double gorilla pressed and dropped backwards. Axiom is pinned.

Leg 3 - Los Garza (Berto and Angel) vs The Wyatt Sicks (Dexter Lumis and Joe Gacy)

This started during the break. Dex is pulled up and his face is banged off the apron. Berto single leg crabs Dex. Dex takes a corner splash then a powerbomb + headbuster for 2. Joe tags in and he hits shots on Los Garza. Joe pump kicks them then spinning lariats Angel. Joe backdrops Berto for 2. Berto takes a double superkick. Tanga Loa comes out and pulls out Joe. Tama Tonga comes out and Berto pins Dex by pulling the tights.

Leg 4 - Los Garza (Berto and Angel) vs Damian Priest and R-Truth

We go to PiP break and return. DP lifting flatliners Angel. DP pounces Angel into the commentary table. Berto topes DP into the table. Berto springboard enzugiri's DP. Berto top rope moonsaults DP for 2. DP hits a broken arrow. RT comes in and hits flying shoulders on Berto. He blue thunders him then does the five knuckle shuffle. RT trips Berto and does the STFU. The faces hit stereo ear clips. DP hits a south of heaven while RT AA's Angel. DP and RT pick up stereo pins to win.

Thoughts: It was obvious DP and Truth were winning here as this is below what Priest has been doing. It had the usual issues that gauntlets have with us only getting a little of a bunch of things and not much of anything. The first leg was the longest leg of this. This was alright in total but it was mostly filler.

Sami Zayn goes up to Randy Orton. He says he's happy for him. He says Cody qualified for The Chamber because Drew got involved. He says Sami did the same thing to Cody in The Chamber and asks how he does it. He says he talks about Cody as one of the best then drops him when he turns his back. Orton says you gotta be selfish sometimes. Sami asks if it makes him a bad person. Orton says it makes him a 14x champ. Sami says he can't argue with that and says good luck. Orton says he believes in him and says he needs to believe in himself. He says he could have gold around his waist. He tells him to maybe try listening to the voices.

Zelina Vega and Aleister Black go up to Sami. They say not to worry about him, it's the nature of the beast.

Rhea Ripley comes out. She says since Jade has a lot to say to her, come say it to her face. Jade Cargill comes out. They shake hands. Jade says she respects her but she's not impressed. She says her arms and legs are more powerful than hers. She says she will beat the hell out of her and there's nothing she can do because she's that b!tch. Rhea says she respects the honesty and Jade impresses her physically. She asks if Jade thinks she will stay down if she hits her with her best shot. Rhea says no. She says if she hits her with hers, she won't get back up. She says Jade's body is built for show and hers is built for fighting.

Rhea says Jade can flex but Rhea can fight. She says she will take her title by force and there's nothing Jade can do about it. She says there's nothing Jade can do about it because she's that b!tch.

Thoughts: It was a bit of a weird segment with both girls talking about who had the bigger legs and shoulders. The girls do not usually argue about that stuff.

Alex Shelley and Candice LeRae talk about Johnny Gargano, who is still laying on the box. Sabin comes in and complains about Alex coming back to console Johnny and asks why he didn't break up the pin. Alex says he did and they go to argue. LeRae says her and Johnny can't do this and he needs to go back to being Johnny Wrestling, who can do it himself. Johnny says she's right and says they are going to the ring.

The Wyatt Sicks do a video. Howdy says Solo is putting his family in bad positions without thinking of the consequences. He says he won't rest until the lantern is returned to him. He says his family will keep looking over their shoulders and learn there is nothing left to do but run.

Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae are in the ring. JG says it's time who he and everyone else remembers who he is. He says he needs to be Johnny Wrestling again and it starts tonight. He invites anyone to come face him in the ring now.

Oba Femi vs Johnny Gargano

JG jumps at him and Oba grabs him. JG forearms him then is chopped down. Oba hits running euros in the corner. Oba throws him then pop-up sitdown powerbombs him for the win.

Thoughts: It was all squash as expected here and not much more.

Michin stops Jade Cargill in the back with B-Fab. She asks if she forgot her. Jade says she's just been busy. Jade asks why she let Rhea cut her in line. She says Rhea earned her spot. She says when she gets her spot and takes the title, she will worry about herself. Jade says she will see her next week.

Nick Aldis and Danhausen talk in the back. Dan asks about his demands and asks about finding him a mentor. Nick then finds The Miz. Nick says it's fantastic that Miz is trying to shape the future stars of WWE. He says he has someone to mentor and tells him to mentor Danhausen. Miz calls him a goth kid that nobody invited to the party. Dan says he's perfect for this. Miz says he won't mentor him and Dan says he will. Dan says he's cursed if he doesn't mentor him and says to remember what happened to Dom on Monday.

Thoughts: I've never been a big fan of Danhausen but they are making this work well so far. I think he's going to make it in WWE if they keep this up.

We get a video on Cody vs Drew.

Undisputed WWE Title - Drew McIntyre (c) vs Cody Rhodes

Drew slides out and walks up the aisle. Cody hits him and sends him into the tron. Drew's head is banged off the rails. Cody punches and chops him. Cody punches Drew outside and hits him with a drink. Drew hits punches on chops on Cody inside. Cody drop down punches him then disaster kicks him.

Cody hits mounted corner punches. Cody is kicked on the up and over. Drew overhead belly to belly suplexes him twice. Drew's head is banged off the steps. Cody goes for a tope and is forearmed. Cody's head is banged off the steps. Cody is pushed backwards into the post and side slammed on the apron.

Cody hits shots to the gut and Drew back elbows him for 2. Drew suplexes him and armlocks him. They trade punches. Cody goes up and over and powerslams him. Cody hits a cody cutter. Drew slides out of a cross rhodes.

Cody is pulled shoulder first into the post and his hand is banged off the post. Drew wraps Cody's arm around the bottom rope. Drew single arm ddt's him for 2. Cody hits shots on Drew and Drew codebreakers the arm. Drew stomps Cody's arm into the mat.

They fight on the buckles. Cody superplexes him. Cody figure fours him. Cody topes Drew outside. Cody clears off the commentator and puts Drew on it. The desk collapses while both are on it. Drew eye rakes him and powerbombs him through a table. Drew hits a cross rhodes on Cody for 2. Cody superkicks him then claymore kicks him for 2.

Drew is nearly sent into the ref. Drew pulls the ref into Cody's disaster kick. Drew back body drops him. Cody boots him out of the corner. Cody hits a cross rhodes. Another ref comes out. Drew claymore kicks Cody when he's not looking and gets a 2 count.

Drew gets in the ref's face and sends Cody shoulder first into the post. Drew headbutts the ref. Drew grabs a chair. Jacob Fatu comes out and takes the chair. Cody rolls Drew up for 2 and takes a future shock ddt.

Drew misses a claymore kick. Cody walks up the buckles and diving cutters Drew. Cody hits a cross rhodes on Drew and pins him.

Thoughts: Cody got the win as expected here. It was fine as a main but not quite a classic. Drew worked the arm early and gave up on it then Cody did his usual offense. They had a commentary table collapse on them when it wasn't supposed to and Fatu came out to cost Drew the match.

They announce Cody vs Orton for the title at Mania after but I'm not convinced that's going to be the match.

Overall thoughts: It was a good show with some decent wrestling on it. Melo/Wagner beat expectations and they did alright together. The girls tag match was okay enough. Sami had another great segment with Cody. Tag team turmoil was alright but it was four shorter tags and we only got a little of the various matches before the finishes. We got a fun Danhausen segment with Miz. The main was fine and Cody won as expected, but I'm not buying that the Mania main will be Orton vs Cody in a singles match. I'd give the show a 6 out of 10 overall. It was maybe one really good match short of being a 7 out of 10.

Juggalo Championship Wrestling 3/5/2026 Lunacy Episode 73

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/02/juggalo-championship-wrestling-2262026.html

Joe Dombrowski and Veda Scott are on commentary.

Vince Russo, Big Vito and Caleb Konley come out. Russo says we've got problems in JCW. He said he took off last week and there was utter chaos here. He blames Vito for it. Russo says they were like brothers for 35 years and can't get along now. He says real men take responsibility and he will do that tonight. He says there's a lot of questions and he will give us answers.

He says when he came here, he knew the company needed a leader. He said he watched everyone on the roster and said one person stood out. He says he was a little raw, a little green and needed to get a little serious. He says Caleb Konley is what a champ looks like. He says he's the real deal and the chosen one by him.

He says there was one problem - a wise@ss named Kerry Morton. He says he's a punk, has a chip on his shoulder and has 0 respect. He said he made a deal with Matt Cross and said whatever you have to do, you keep Kerry away from Caleb. He said he sent Kerry to Japan to wrestle to learn respect.

Violent J comes out. J says he knew it all along - Russo f*cked him. he said Russo rollover and outed him out of JCW forever. He says he f*cked him. Russo says that's not the way it went down. He says Cross f*cked him because of his problems with Cross. He says he wanted to f*ck JCW because of his heat with him.

Vito grabs the mic and says both are ridiculous and make him sick. Vito says J reneged on a contract and is back like a buttery b!tch. He says J didn't make it on TikTok and came back to this hip hop bs. Vito says this is his company and J is never allowed back. Russo separates them and Vito throws down Russo. He calls Russo a piece of sh!t and says how dare he turn on him. PCO and Mickie Knuckles come out. J shoves Vito. Mickie low blows J from behind. J is beaten up by Vito's crew. Willie Mack and 2 Tuff Tony make the save.

We go to break and return. J is hurt in the back and Tony/Mack check on him. Tony asks why he didn't let him know he was back. Tony says they are getting the band back together. Vince Russo comes in to check on J and Tony tells him to get out of here before he gets hurt. Tony says next time he'll be prepared.

Vito's crew talks in the back. Vito says they want the tag titles from The Clowns then says they will take care of more family business. Mickie flirts with Vito the whole time. Vito says tonight's the night where he will expose the clowns for who they are - a bunch of frauds.

The announcers run down tonight's card.

JCW World Tag Team Title #1 Contendership Three Way Match - 2 Tuff Tony & Willie Mack vs. Flowe Caine (CoKane & Steven Flowe) vs. The Outbreak (Abel Booker & Jacksyn Crowley)

Mack and Tony won the tag titles last week through dubious means but returned them and I guess they are officially not the champs.

Tony's team fights The Outbreak. Tony side headlocks one of them then shoulders him over. The zombie bridges. Tony makes the one zombie ddt the other. Tony slams a zombie and Kane tags himself in on the moonsault attempt.

Kane punches a zombie and uppercuts him down. A zombie slingblades Kane then sliding lariats him. Kane is stomped on by the zombies in the corner. The Outbreak's manager trips up Flowe on the apron. Flowe comes in and forearms the zombies. They double choke him. Flowe enzugiri's a zombie. A zombie lariats Kane.

Kane takes corner attacks from the zombies. One zombie facekicks the other on a failed double team. Kane 2nd rope moonsaults then chokeslams one zombie onto the other. Tony comes in and hits shots on a zombie then back body drops both zombies. Tony lariats the zombies. Tony asai moonsaults a zombie for 2.

Flowe tags himself in on Kane. Kane doesn't expect it and Kane takes a corner death valley driver from Tony. Flowe comes off the top and takes a cutter from Mack. Tony lights his hand on fire and punches Flowe to win.

Thoughts: It was a bit slower than expected. The Outbreak were allowed to both be in the ring for almost all of this when they shouldn't have been allowed. They definitely teased that Kane and Flowe weren't on the same page here. It was just a match and nothing too special.

Mack and Tony try to help up Flowe after but get nowhere with it.

Shane Mercer comes out and beats up Flowe. CoKane saves Flowe and fights Shane to the back. Kane comes back and Flowe leaves without him.

Alice Crowley goes up to Vince Russo in the back. Russo thanks her for asking about his wife and thanks her for giving up her title as the showrunner. She said she talked to Vito and Vito told her to drink cream soda. She said it made her feel better. She says she's sorry to Russo. Russo says he understand her. He says he has had 3 women in wrestling tell him about being sexually abused. He says what women go through in the business is something he understands. He says he doesn't blame her but understands. Russo says he's proud of her and tells her to kick some @ss. They then hug.

We get a video of Red Love talking about to get rid of your problems. He says to identify the problem. He says write the problem down and every detail involved with it. He says the last step is to set it on fire.

JCW Women's Title #1 Contendership Match - Alice Crowley vs. J-Rod

Al poses on the ropes and is hit. J hits chops then side slams her. J misses a splash and Al rolls her up for 1. J hits corner spears on her. J's head is banged off the buckles.

J suplexes her and hits more chops. Al pulls J over the top. J sweeps her on the apron. Al spinning forearms her and pump kicks her. J germans her. J runs into a back elbow. Al pump kicks her and backdrops her.

J back rack drops her for 2. The ring girl comes in the ring and hits Al with her sign that has a cookie sheet in it.

Thoughts: It was average though everyone hit their stuff clean and there was nothing bad about it. We'll have to see what the finish was about.

J-Rod and the ring girl stomp Al then walk to the back.

Vince Russo tells Caleb Konley they will accuse him of playing favorites. He says Caleb can't let up and says it needs to be full speed every night. Matt Cross comes in and asks what Kerry being sent to Japan means for him. Russo says he will get to him when he gets to him. Matt says to make sure it's not too long and leaves. Russo tells Caleb that's what he meant with people coming for him. Stephen Flowe comes in. He says he wants a match with Shane Mercer tonight. Russo says he will see what he can do.

We get another Green Phantom video where he talks about the issues he sees in JCW. He says he's coming and a true hero is on his way.

J-Rod does a promo. She says Big Al tried to stack the deck against her and says surprise surprise. She then introduces her best friend, Sofia Rose. She says we will see a lot more of them around here.

JCW American Title Match - Facade (c) vs. Mecha Wolf

Wolf wristlocks him and Fac side headlocks him. They trade waistlocks and Wolf takes him down. Fac side headlocks him then shoulders him over. Fac 2nd rope diving armdrags him. Wolf backrolls and armdrags him. Fac spin kicks him in the face.

Wolf spears Fac off the bottom rope. Fac is thrown out and Wolf topes him into the rails. Wolf chops him outside and bites him. Wolf snapmares him and basement dropkicks him. Wolf punches him in the corner and pump kicks him. Fac is busted open.

Fac back elbows him out of the corner then corner forearms him. Wolf misses a splash and Fac springboard enzugiri's him. Fac springboard enzugiri's him off the apron. Fac walks up the buckles and plancha's Wolf outside.

Fac rope walk rider kicks him for 2. Face tries to walk up the ropes but is dropped throat first on them. Wolf springboard tornado ddt's him for 2. Wolf misses a corner charge and Fac rolls him up for 2. Fac springboard diving cutters him for 2. Fac handstands in the corner and is superkicked. Wolf low flying knees him for 2. Wolf backrolls him, Fac backrolls him and grabs the tights to win.

Thoughts: It got enough time to play out and was acceptable. It wasn't their best stuff but it was definitely a step up from some of the other stuff here.

Vito is on the phone in the back. Russo comes up and asks if he put his hands on him. Vito asks what he will do about it? Russo asks if he thinks we can fix this. Vito says he'll get back to him on that.

Mac Davis interviews Violent J. Mac says J has only been back for a bit and already got his @ss kicked. J says that's fine. He says using violence as a welcoming party is fine with him. He says he doesn't like what this place has become and it's a hurricane on insanity. He says it needs a fix. J says he doesn't trust Russo and will get to the bottom of this. He says Russo will be exposed.

Steven Flowe vs Shane Mercer

Steve gets hit as he enters and his eyes are raked on the top rope. They each hit punches. Steve's springboard is caught and he lands on his feet on a fallaway slam. SM is pulled over the top and Steve topes him twice. He is caught on the 3rd attempt and rammed into the post back first.

Steve is swung into the rails and his head is banged off the camp. Steve is gorilla pressed onto the ramp. Steve is back body dropped into the ring from the ramp. SM hits crossface shots then release suplexes him. SM chinlocks him. SM swinging chokes him. SM gorilla presses him but Steve turns it into a canadian destroyer for 2.

Steve goes up top and SM enzugiri's him. SM goes for a fallaway slam and Steve 2nd rope sunset bombs him to win.

Thoughts: I was surprised they had Steven win here. They did what they were supposed to with Shane throwing him around and Steve having to resort to luck to win as the underdog.

Shane hits forearms on Steve then hits mounted shots. Shane gorilla press tombstones him. CoKane then comes out and Shane runs. Kane helps Steven up and Steven shoves him. Steven then leaves alone.

The Brothers of Funstruction talk. Yabo says Vito might interfere tonight and expose them. Ruffo says he doesn't care and says let him expose them. He says they did everything together and are the JCW Tag champs.

We get a video on Kerry Morton, paid for by Kerry Morton. Kerry is in Osaka, Japan. He says it's funny how jealous Russo is of him to send him to Japan. He says Russo did himself a disservice and Kerry said he sold out of all his merch. He says when he comes back, he is excited to see him.

Blast from the Past

We see clips of The Ring Rydas vs Paul London and Brian Kendrick from 8/11/2013. The Rydas end up winning.

JCW World Tag Team Title Match - The Brothers Of Funstruction (Ruffo The Clown & Yabo The Clown) (c) vs. Luciano Family Enterprises (Mickie Knuckles & PCO)

Yabo has the vest on and Ruffo has the suspenders on.

The four fight. MK's head is banged off the buckles. All 4 fight outside and PCO is sent into the rails. MK rakes Yabo's face with his tie then grabs him by the crotch. PCO's head is banged off the apron and rails. PCO is double clubbed on.

The Clowns grab a rubber chicken. Yabo tries to tickle PCO with it. PCO then short arm lariats him. PCO hits double punches on him. MK hits corner spears on Yabo then corner hip attacks him. MK sentons Yabo for 2.

MK pulls on Yabo's nose and PCO clubs Yabo. PCO russian legsweeps Yabo then headbutt drops him for 2. PCO hits punches. Yabo boots him out of the corner and 2nd rope diving lariats him. Ruffo tags in. He knocks MK off the apron and hits punches on PCO. Ruffo grabs the toy Hulk hand and nails MK with it. PCO is sent into the post shoulder first. Yabo top rope double stomps Ruffo's back when MK moves. Yabo is lariated over the top and ends up going over the rail on the landing. MK germans Ruffo. PCO top rope moonsaults Ruffo and pins him.

Thoughts: It was average for the most part and the crowd wasn't super into it. I was surprised Mack and Tony didn't get the shot here after what happened last week. I didn't like the clowns screwing around in a title match. There was mostly just basic strikes here for the most part. Yabo took a neat bump where he was lariated over the top then went over the rail on the landing.

Big Vito comes out and hands his crew the tag titles after. Vito congratulates his crew. He tells the crowd to stick it up their @ss. He says The Brothers of Funstruction didn't listen to him. He says they are actually two of the most famous gangsters that ever lived. Vito says they have been in witness protection hiding under clown faces. He says the one is named Joey "Two Times" Ciccone and the other is Danny "The Drill" Ciccone. He says they embarrassed La Cosa Nostra. He says they took an oath and will die in hell. He says they are dead next week.

Overall thoughts: We got a bit more wrestling than usual here. None of it was great but it was tolerable, but this is more of a storyline based show. Wolf/Facade was the best match on here and maybe Flowe/Mercer was in consideration as well. The show also got an extra 20 minutes or so, but that didn't necessarily help it. While some of the participants in the matches might have been a bit random, every match had some kind of reason for it to happen. It was an easy show to watch with a lot going on. I thought it was okay overall but nothing must see. I'd give it a 6 out of 10.

Ring of Honor on HonorClub 3/5/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/02/ring-of-honor-on-honorclub-2262026.html

We are at WJCT Studios in Jacksonville. Ian Riccaboni and Caprice Coleman are on commentary. There's not a lot of fans here and it does remind me a bit of the old AWA pink room.

Persephone vs. Sara Leon

Pers side headlocks her and Sara seems to poke her in the eye. Pers takes her down by the wrist and is armdragged. Pers flying dropkicks her. She bangs Sara's hand off the mat and stands on it. Sara hits kicks. Pers blocks a running knee and fallaway slams her. Pers hits knees to the gut while hammerlocking her.

Pers hits lariats on her then Sara flying headscissors her. Sara running knees her against the ropes. Sara germans her for 2. Sara does a grounded chickenwing and Pers turns it into a pin attempt. Pers headbutts her from the apron then top rope dropkicks her.

Sara sunset flips her for 2. Pers spears her. Pers hits a razor's edge and wins.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good. Sara didn't really impress here as she had some sloppy moments. Pers won as expected.

Komander vs. Sidney Akeem

They shake hands. Sid wristlocks him. Kom flips out using the ropes then headflips out. Sid headflips out of the wristlock and does a neat twisting flip to avoid a kick. They shake hands and Kom trip him. Sid handstand spinning headscissors him. Sid flips over his back and flips out of a sunset flip. Sid then hits a meteora.

Sid running euros him and running ssp's him for 2. Sid misses a corner charge. Kom double jump twisting crossbodies him. Sid headflips out of a ddt and superkicks Kom. Kom superkicks him on the apron. Sid avoids a baseball slide and tornillo crossbodies him from the apron. Sid pumphandle side slams him for 2.

Sid rolling death valley drivers him. Kom flips out of the corner and Sid does backflips into a cutter for 2. Sid misses a 2nd rope swanton. Kom chops him then springboard dropkicks him out. Kom then topes him. Kom rope walk ssp's him inside and wins.

Thoughts: Sid's flying was amazing as usual. He just does so much stuff nobody else can. Kom didn't quite go all out here but he did a bit of flying too. Some of the non-flying stuff could have been better but I liked this.

We get a video on Alec Price and Jordan Oliver.

The Grizzled Young Vets (Zack Gibson and James Drake) vs Top Flight (Dante and Darius Martin)

Top Flight has Daniels and Zayda with them.

Zack wristlocks Darius. Darius flips him over by the arm. They trade some basic holds. Darius side headlocks him > atomic drops him > dropkicks him. JD and Dante go at it. JD side headlocks him then shoulders him over. JD hits armdrags and Dante headscissors him. Dante armdrgas him and then flying headscissors him. JD pulls Dante down by the hair.

Dante double hurricanrana's his opponents. Zack is suplexed then takes a slingshot swanton. JD takes an atomic drop and a bulldog onto Darius' knee. Zack fights off the double team. Darius takes a baseball dropkick to the knee and the side of the head. Darius is forearmed off the apron.

JD slingshots and elbow drops Darius while Zack backbreakers Darius outside. Zack tells Dante something to the effect of him messing with the wrong team. Darius' chin is banged off the apron.

JD back elbows Darius for 2. JD hits mounted forearms and stomps. JD lariats Darius. Zack corner lariats Darius down for 2. Zack chinlocks Darius. They trade forearms. Darius suplexes Zack. Dante and JD get in. Dante drops him with forearms then bottom rope springboard dropkicks him. Dante enzugiri's JD then springboard flips onto thim. Dante topes outside then top rope crossbodies JD for 2.

Darius tornado ddt's Zack off of Dante. Isla Dawn hits Zayda outside. Darius is held for forearms from Dante. Zayda pounds on Isla and they fight in the ring. Isla is pushed into the ropes and ends up crotching JD on accident. Top Flight double team double underhook ddt Zack and pin him.

Thoughts: It was a longer tag. There was nothing wrong with it but it just didn't turn into a great match for some reason. I was surprised to see the girls go at it here during the match.

Big Bill and Bryan Keith (Paid in Full) come out and have words for Skyflight after.

Paid in Full (Big Bill and Bryan Keith) vs Kiran Grey and Darian Bengston

Grey's team gets their own music and seems to be wearing similar gear, so I guess they are a team now here.

DB offers BK a handshake. BK throws his poncho at DB and hits him. He then stomps on him. BK shoulders over DB. BK exploders him for 2. DB corkscrew kicks him. BK forearms DB down. DB pulls BK's hair. KG double throat thrusts, leg sweeps and elbows BK. BK gets his knees up on his splash.

Bill corner splashes KG twice. Bill chops KG down. Bill facekicks KG and BK pins KG.

Thoughts: It was a squash and Bill's team won as expected. Grey got a little in and was kind of doing some Great Muta flashing elbows here.

We get an Athena video on Maya World with her accusing Maya of betraying her. They will fight next week.

Pure Rules Match - Josh Woods vs Nathan Cruz

Josh hits armdrags and goes for an armbar. Nate uses his 1st ropebreak. Josh armdrags him into an armlock then really pulls back on the arm. Nate back elbows him in the corner. Josh shoulders him over. Josh hiptosses Nate over the top. Josh suplexes Nate in for 2 then armlocks him.

Nate neckbreakers him for 2. Josh back elbows him then Nate slingshot backdrops him for 2. Nate cranks Josh's head and Josh armbreakers him. Josh side throws him then does a neat wristlock. Nate submits.

Thoughts: It wasn't super interesting and they traded a bunch of holds here. Josh's submission finisher was something I hadn't seen before.

Adam Priest and Tom Billington are interviewed. Adam complains about The Swirl screwing Tom in his match vs Lethal. Adam says they face The Workhorsemen tonight. He says they taught him everything they know but come up short against him. Tom says he treated Lethal like a brother and says he's coming for him after they are done with The Workhorsemen.

Adam Priest & Tommy Billington vs. The WorkHorsemen (Anthony Henry & JD Drake)

JD shakes hands with Tom and throws his towel at AP. AP and Henry trade chops in the corner. AP euros him. Henry takes a double shoulder then is tripped into an elbow drop. Tom shoulders Henry over twice and hits armdrags and a slam. Tom top rope dropkicks Henry but the ref is too busy dealing with JD.

JD is pushed into Henry. JD is dropkicked out. JD catches Tom's tope and throws him into the ropes for a lariat. Henry piledrivers Tom on the floor. Henry sends AP into the steps for 1. JD shoulders over AP. He kicks him in the back and headbutt drops him.

AP chops JD and is enzugiri'd for 2. Henry pulls AP by the nose. AP back body drops Henry. JD forearms AP and Henry reverse sitout slams AP. JD basement dropkicks AP from behind. AP slaps JD and JD sentons him. Henry stomps AP.

JD headbutt flurries AP. AP fights off a 2v1. JD is sent out and AP diving tornado ddt's him on the floor. Tom topes Henry. Tom backrolls Henry and pins him with help from AP.

Thoughts: It was an okay tag here. Tom took a nasty short piledriver on the floor here and AP had to fight this one 1v2 for a bit.

Mina Shirakawa vs. Zayda Steel

Zay has Daniels and Top Flight with her.

Zay wristlocks her. Mina rolls up and armdrags her. Mina slides out of a lariat and shimmies. Zay corner crossbodies her then spanks her. Zay then shimmies. Zay rolls up Mina. Mina enzugiri's her off the ropes and slingblades her.

Mina does a texas cloverleaf backbreaker on Zay and bangs Zay's knee off the mat. Zay hits forearms. Mina spin kicks her and chest kicks her. Mina figure fours her and Zay ropebreaks. Mina hits some bad punches and takes forearms. Zay thesz presses her and hits bad mounted shots. Zay neckbreakers Mina for 2.

Zay step up knees her in the corner and 2nd rope crossbodies her for 2. They trade forearms. Mina sweeps her then slingshot tornillo's her. Mina boots her out of the corner and dropkicks her off the buckles. Mina top rope diving slingblades her for 2. Zay basement dropkicks her. Mina dragon screws her. Mina hits spinning forearms, a high kick and a uraken. Mina figure fours her and Zay taps out.

Thoughts: Zay didn't have a good night here with a bunch of sloppy moments. I didn't expect much going into this and it wasn't much better than I thought it would be. It also got a lot more time than needed.

Mina says something about Zay kissing the hand today.

Athena shows up Billie Starkz beating up Deonna Purrazzo in the back. Athena says she doesn't take losses lightly and says Maya took up a team with DP over her. She says if you mess with her, she will clap back twice as hard. Ath says DP's time is coming to an end and Billie will make history again when she holds the ROH Women's TV Title and the ROH Women's Pure Rules Title. Athena says it's not personal, this is her show and DP is a side character.

MxM Collection (Mansoor & Mason Madden) vs. Bang Bang Gang (Austin Gunn & Juice Robinson)

Mansoor wants to touch tips and JR picks his nose and touches it. Mansoor doesn't know. Mansoor wristlocks him. JR rolls up and is armlocked. Mansoor pulls on the hair and JR flips him by the arm three times. JR pulls him down by the hair and armlocks him. JR atomic drops him three times and suplexes him for 2.

AG goes for an atomic drop and Mansoor eye rakes him. AG hits jabs then punches him in the nuts. AG spinning flatliners him for 2. Madden hits shots on AG in the corner. Madden takes lariats and shots. Madden takes corner attacks. Madden hits a double suplex on his opponents.

Mansoor stomps AG. Mansoor atomic drops him. AG takes running corner attacks then a running hip attack. AG sunset flips Mansoor for 2. Mansoor backdrops AG. AG takes a legdrop + side slam combo for 2. Madden stomps and elbow drops AG.

Madden misses a 2nd rope dropkick on AG. JG comes in and hits running shots on Mansoor. He atomic drops him then hits punches. JR atomic drops Mansoor. Mansoor beats him out of the corner, comes off the 2nd rope and is hit with an atomic drop. Mansoor is crotched up top and JR shakes the ropes under him. Madden then also ends up getting crotched and the ropes are shaken. Madden hits a double spear.

Mansoor is up top, Madden is pushed into him and Mansoor is crotched up top. Madden is then dropkicked into him while he's up there. Madden takes a double suplex. Mansoor is thrown off the top onto Madden. Mansoor takes an atomic drop and a ddt. JR pins Mansoor.

Thoughts: It was mostly comedy with Mansoor being hit in the crotch dozens of times. It was entertaining and something different.

Sammy Guevara and The Beast Mortos do a promo. Sammy says they've been on fired and are one of the greatest teams to walk the earth. Sammy says Tony forced them to defend the titles and Sammy says they are doing an open challenge. He says it doesn't matter who comes, as the result will be the same. Sammy says don't try to sue them as Mort is a lawyer and says to call 1-800-Rawrrrr.

Lacey Lane vs. Robyn Renegade

They do the headlock takeover > headscissors spot for both girls. RR tries a pin. Lane upkicks her twice from the mat. Lane walks up the buckles and diving armdrags her. RR dropkicks her. RR is between the ropes and dropkicked. Lane dropkicks her through the ropes. Lane then ends up over the 2nd rope and is curbstomped down. RR foot chokes her.

RR sitout gordbusters her for 2. Lane legsweeps her and kicks her on the mat. RR high kicks her and neckbreakers her for 2. Lane boot her out of the corner then forearms her. Lane hits knees to the chest and elbow slices her for 2. RR forearms her. Lane superkicks her. She does a neat samoan drop into a legdrop and pins her.

Thoughts: This was mostly all kicks. Lane's finisher was unique here and she got the win as expected. The girls did a lot of spinning around here and some of the kicks could have looked better.

Four Leaf Clover Four Corner Survival Elimination Match - Matt Menard vs. Shane Taylor vs. AR Fox vs. Lee Johnson

The winner of this gets a mystery title shot right after. They say it could be anyone defending their title. The ref has a green box which I guess says what the title shot will be.

AR and Shane argue some. Shane backs MM up in the corner and complains about his hair grease. MM asks what his problem is and Shane says grease is his problem. Shane backs him up in the corner and slaps his back. MM eye pokes Shane then hits forearms.

They shoulder battle and Shane knocks him over. Shane legdrops him. AR and Lee get in. They shove each other and do the headlock takeover > headscissors spot. They stand off. Lee misses stomps on AR and AR sweeps him. AR holds onto the ropes. Shane pulls AR out and sends him into the rails. Shane bridging cutters Ar on the floor.

MM hits mounted punches on Shane in the corner. Shane misses a corner splash and MM hits chops. AR and Lee are stacked up against Shane and get chopped too. Shane knees AR in the face. Matt ddt's Shane then Lee spinning side slams MM. AR twisting suplexes Lee then Shane uranage's AR. Shane hits a big punch on MM and pins him. Matt Menard is eliminated.

Shane chops AR in the corner and chokes him. Shane is pulled over the top. Lee is thrown out. AR springboard inverted 450's outside and gets a 2 count on Shane inside. Shane hits shots to Lee's gut then htis a big punch. Shane corner lariats Lee then corner splashes him. AR rolls up Shane and pins him. Shane Taylor is eliminated.

AR is surprised he got the pin and Lee rolls up AR for 2. Lee running lariats AR for 2. Lee hits chops on AR. Lee forearms him. AR hits kicks and a neckbreaker. AR package sitout powerbombs him for 2. AR tope rope swantons and Lee gets his knees up. Lee corner facekicks him. AR enzugiri's him then superkicks him. AR kips up, kips down and enzugiri's him. Lee then braibusters him.

Lee is up top and is hit. AR hits forearms. Lee blocks a seated spanish fly and dragon suplexes him. Lee top rope frogsplashes him for 2. Lee boots AR out of the corner. AR seated spanish flies him. AR top rope 450's Lee and wins.

Thoughts: I thought the stipulation was pretty dumb. A title match should be built up to and not just thrown out there in a green box. It was not really the fast paced affair you would expect and mostly there were only 2 people wrestling during this one. Shane vs Matt Menard isn't a match we see everyday. It was acceptable and AR brought some of the highlights with this flying.

AR opens up the green box and it's an AEW International Title shot.

AEW International Title - Kazuchika Okada (c) vs AR Fox

KO shotgun dropkicks him and hits back elbows. KO chokes him on the ropes and boots him out. KO ddt's him on the floor. KO ddt's him in the ring for 2. AR hits forearms. KO forearms back then is ddt'd over the 2nd rope. AR hits lariats. KO kips down, up and enzugiri's him. AR flying back elbows him and rolls him into a cutter for 2.

KO over the shoulder neckbreakers him on the knee. KO slams him then top rope elbow drops him. KO flips off the crowd and AR rolls him up for 2. AR backslides him for 2. AR running facekicks him then top rope 450's him for 2. KO blocks a seated spanish fly. He germans him then dropkicks him. KO rainmakers him and pins him.

Thoughts: Okada won as expected.They did what they could with the situation but didn't have that much time to work with. It wasn't anything too special.

Overall thoughts: It was a long show at 2 hours. You never know how long these shows will go and I was planning for around 80 minutes. As usual, almost everything was random here and there was little reason to care about most of these matches, so the show didn't need to go so long. The one advantage to these separate tapings is that everything got enough time to play out. But it was business as usual. ROH has 8 titles. None of them were up for grabs here and Shane Taylor was the only person with a title (the trios title), who was on the show. Komander/Sidney Akeem was probably my favorite bout there but nothing was too great. I'd give this a low 6 out of 10 and the show was just okay, but mostly a waste of time.

CWA Campeones del Hexagono 7/9/2022

Luis Toledo and Robert Diaz are on commentary.

CWA Heavyweight Title - Manuel Rodriguez (c) vs Leinord White

LW misses a charge and MR hits some punches. MR takes a single arm ddt then is thrown down by the arm. LW stomps and knee drops the arm. He armlocks him and sends him into the buckles shoulder first. LW armlocks him.

We go to break. One wrestler talks to Hiram Tua (bald guy) in the parking lot. That guy calls Tua the only free agent who promotes CWA shirts. The one in the suit says he will know him and wants a shot at the title.

We return from break. LW has an armlock on MR. He stomps the arm and hammerlocks him. LW bites him then MR double axe handles him. LW dropkicks him for 2. LW wraps his arm around the 2nd rope. MR uranagegs him. They both get up. MR hits punches and back body drops him. MR back elbows him hard for 2.

LW crucifixes him for 2 then crossfaces him. MR roprebreaks. LW hits a big lariat that makes the announcer yell. The ref counts 3 but LW gets his arm up at the last second. White wins. The pinfall still counts.

Thoughts: It was fine. White got his arm worked on, threw some decent punches and won with a nice lariat out of nowhere.

Hansel Velez is asked about the next challenger and he says he will look for the best possible challenger. He says they haven't made the next challenger an official member of the roster but they have a good relationship with him.

Hansel Velez talks to Rey Maldonado in the back about a recent finish in a match. Chris Ifer walks in. He says he made a commitment and his team got the win. Velez says he has a lot of potential. He says the two should team up as they need to strengthen the tag division. The two wrestlers argue. Ifer doesn't want to be in a tag team but Velez insists. Ifer says Velez is different than other matchmakers and Velez agrees. Ifer says he will get Maldonado the win and says they will do it.

CWA Tag Titles - Los Inmortales (Orly Jr. & Tapia) (c) vs La Pareja Mas Estable (Bambino & Rodrigo Garcia)

Orly has the long hair and Tapia is bald.

Los Inmortales go to confront the commentators but are backed off.

Los Inmortales stall to start. RG and Tapia lock up. RG waistlocks him and Tapia escapes. Tapia throws him off the lock up. RG hits leg kicks on him then flying headscissors him. RG dropkicks him and sends him out. Orly is then sent out by RG. Bam back body drops RG onto Los Inmortales outside.

RG and Tapia trade shots outside. Bam punches and headbutts Orly out. RG hits shots on Tap inside. Tap goes up and over then samoan drops him for 2. RG takes a double back elbow. Orly stomp on RG and abuses him on the ropes. Tap then chokes RG on the ropes.

We go to break. Jesus El Olimpico does a promo. He says he's here to look for his opportunity on 7/30. He says he will show who he is. We return from break. Tap chinlocks RG. RG elbows out of it then Tap superkicks him for 2. Tap chokes RG. Orly stomps RG. RG suplexes him. RG springboard falling backsplashes him for 2.

Orly cutters RG for 2. RG boots Tap out of the corner then casadora bulldogs him. Bam and Orly get in. Bam hits big chops and back body drops him. Bam atomic drops him twice then hits lariats. Orly begs off. Bam boots him and ddt's him for 2.

Tap hits punches on Bam. The wrestlers pair off in the corners. The heels are sent into each other then both get rolled up for 2. Tap rolls RG into a sitout bomb. Bam hits a big wind up punch on Tap. Bam corner hip attacks Orly then misses one on Tap. Tap spears Bam. Orly goes for a gori bomb but RG sunset flips him for 2. RG drops Orly with a punch with a foreign object and pins him.

Thoughts: The crowd was really hot for this. Bambino is great. He can't move that well due to his size but he really knows how to do old babyface punches and he can fire up. He's super lovable. This was a fun little tag. It wasn't the cleanest or the most advanced tag ever but the crowd was into it and both teams played their roles well.

Los Inmortales confront the commentators after. Robert Diaz grabs a tie iron and gets hi. The heels pry it away from him and send him in the ring. Tapia chokes Rob. Orly goes for the tire iron shot and Manual Rodriguez makes the save. Manuel hits some great shots on the heels and drops them. Rob then turns and low blows Manuel. Los Inmortales stomp on Manuel and choke him with the tire iron. Angel Rodriguez comes out. He pushes Los Inmortales aside and hugs Rob. The four then pose.

Angel gets on the mic after but I'm not sure what he says.

Luis Toledo is shocked by all of this and said Robert Diaz betrayed the company. He says a new hour begun with Diaz's new crew. Angel Rodriguez and Los Inmortales do a promo after. He said they stayed in the CWA while the other rats fled the ship. He says the CWA is the company of the people. He says they came implant the real difference. He says "no revolts".

Overall thoughts: It was a fun show. The opener was fine. The tag title match was fun with Bambino coming across like Dusty Rhodes. We got a big turn at the end of the show and the crowd was hot all night long. I'd give this a 6 out of 10 overall.

Thursday, March 5, 2026

TNA Impact 3/5/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/02/tna-impact-2262026.html

Tom Hannifan and Matt Rehwoldt are on commentary.

TNA Knockouts Title - Arianna Grace (c) vs Jody Threat

Tessa Blanchard, Mila Moore and Victoria Crawford come out for this one and Tess is on commentary. Tess says her crew took out Jody Threat last week.

AG hits JT from behind then stomps her in the corner. JT's head is banged off the buckles and AG hits corner spears. JT hits corner lariats on AG. Dani Luna comes to ringside. AG's head is banged off the buckles. Stacks distracts JT up top and AG knocks JT down from the buckles. AG stomps JT then bangs her face off the mat. AG knees JT in the ribs.

AG twisting fisherman neckbreakers JT. The Angel Warriors get on the ramp. AG half crabs JT. JT hits lariats on her then pump kicks her in the side of the head. JT meteora's her from behind on the ropes and germans her. JT michinoku drivers AG for 2.

Satcks pulls AG out. Indi Hartwell is at ringside. JT topes Stacks. JT throws AG in. AG grabs Santino's cobra. JT tugs over it with her. AG boots JT in her taped up ribs and rolls her up for the win.

Thoughts: It wasn't anything too special and was a bit distracting with Tessa on commentary and so many girls hanging out around the ring. Grace won as expected.

Gia Miller tries to interview The Nemeth's but they mess the audio up to start. Nic says Leon pulled a fast one on him at the PPV but he put him back in his place last week. He says Leon is a hell of an athlete and will run the business someday, but he's not him. The audio goes out again. Ryan then tells Gia she makes him sick and Gia says to feel better.

The Elegance Brand is in the ring minus Ash. George says Ash is out for mental health reasons due to the fans and Mickie James. Heather says Ash isn't a mark but her hero and best friend. Heather says the fans are disrespectful. M says Mickie had her era and it's now the era of elegance.

The Brand points out Mama June in the front row, a c-level reality star. The Brand say they have elegance and class which is something she doesn't understand. M says her being here is offensive. She says she belongs on a food truck.

ODB comes out and interrupts with a cooler. ODB says she's trying to sell meat on her food truck. She says all she hears is them disrespecting her people. The Brand call ODB disgusting. ODB says they are knockoff's. M says ODB is starving for attention and ells her to come get some if she wants some. ODB forearms the heels down then kicks MR. Elegance in the crotch. M and Heather's heads are banged together. ODB gives Mama's June crew food and they spill them on The Brand.

Leon Slater talks to The Hardy's. Matt says Leon is taking on one of the greatest in Nic Nemeth. Leon says he never got to thank them and says he wouldn't be champ without them. Matt says Leon earned everything. Jeff says they will watch again. Jeff says they will watch the four-way tonight but are always ready no matter who wins.

#1 Contender's to the Tag Titles - Sinner and Saint (Judas Icarus and Travis Williams) vs BDE and Rich Swann vs The Righteous (Dutch and Vincent) vs The System (Bear Bronson and Brian Myers)

Trav shouldrs over BDE and BDE springboard twisting crossbodies him. Trav underhook suplexes BDE. BDE takes a double basement dropkick. Rick corkscrew dropkicks Judas. Judas takes a flipping neckbreaker into a rolling splash. Rich has his head shaved here for some reason. Bear forearms BDE down.

Bear is pulled out then Brian is sent out. Trav topes them. BDE and Rich double superkick Judas then hit stereo tope con hilos outside. Dutch tope con hilo everyone outside. Vince low flatliners BDE for 2. Brian knees Vince from the apron and Vince back elbows BDE. Bear sky high's Vince for 2. Bear hits punches on Vince then forearms him.

Brian chinlocks Vince. Brian throws Vince down backwards. Vince hits a double neckbreaker off a double suplex. Rich superkicks Trav then enzugiri's him. Rich standing hurricanrana's Trav onto Judas for 2. Rich takes a double team, a senton then a brainbuster for 2.

BDE shotgun dropkicks Judas then he falcon arrows Trav for 2. BDE and Trav flying lariat each other. BDE cradles Vince for 2. Vince pump kicks him then hits an assisted shiranui on BDE for 2.

Dutch black hole slams Bear and Brian is lifted into a backdrop. BDE and Rich hit stereo os cutters. Vince hits a ddt + flatliner combo. Bear pushes Vince off the top and Brian lariats Vince. Brian spears BDE. Bear fire thunder drivers Rich and pins him.

Thoughts: I figured The System or The Righteous were winning here. It was a fast paced and okay bout here with some flying and a lot of people tagging in and out constantly.

Rosemary is in a mental asylum. She talks but the music is too loud to hear here. She says there's one last shot at making things right. Something appears and disappears behind her.

Moose and Alisha Edwards come out. Moose says the one thing that p!sses him off about The System is that they call themselves a family. He says it's a group of 4 guys who get their feelings hurt when one guy outshines them. Moose points out his former Atlanta Falcons teammates and calls them family. Moose says The System's new motto is, "You can't beat The System".

Moose says he will start beating every member of The System next week. He says he will beat Cedric Alexander in an Atlanta Street Fight. He says Brian Myers is next and he will remind him why he was once called Edge's b!tch. He says Bear Bronson can't lace his boots. He says he's saving Eddie Edwards for last. Alisha interrupts. She says she walked down with him for him. She says she stood with The System. She says she doesn't recognize Myers and Eddie but Moose changed that. She says she will stand with him when he beats the System one by one. Moose says he will beat the hell out of Eddie in front of his life. Moose says he will kick The System out of TNA when he's done with him. He says that's not a promise, that's a fact of life.

TNA Injury Report

Mustafa Ali is out of action. Mickie James is out. Leon Slater and Nic Nemeth are cleared.

Rich Swann tells BDE he did good even though it doesn't feel like it. BDE says he cost them the show. Rich said he proved he belonged and he fought. Trey Miguel agrees. He said he got knocked down many times and is the International Champ.

Order 4 comes in. Skyler says they should have been in the tag match and would have been challenging for the tag titles. Jada Stone asks where Ali is and says he's still in the casket. Tasha argues with her and they shove each other. Skyler says he will be back and says they can see them in the ring if they have a problem.

Elayna Black vs Mara Sade

They lock up. EB backs her up on the ropes. Mara chops her. EB side headlocks her then shoulders her over. EB rolls over. Mara dropkicks her. EB baseball slides her.

Mara is swept on the apron. Mara's head is banged off the apron. EB chops her. EB springboard stomps Mara's back. Mara's head is banged off the buckles. EB running back elbows her on the ropes for 2. EB hits downward elbows for 2.

EB pulls Mara's arms back. Mara knees her in the gut. Mara hits punches then hits lariats. Mara slingblades her. Mara springboard twisting crossbodies her. EB is dropkicked off the apron the Mara slingshot plancha's her. Mara top rope dropkicks her for 2.

EB step up enzugiri's Mara. EB canadian destroyers her for 2. EB step up knees her on the ropes. EB grabs a chair outside. The ref takes the chair. EB grabs brass knucks and hits Mara. EB pins Mara.

Thoughts: Mara kicking out of a canadian destroyer was just stupid. It was an average match for the most part but they didn't botch much here. We had a dirty finish in this as well. EB thankfully won as she continues her climb to the top.

AJ Francis does a promo. He says he was supposed to have a big match tonight but ran someone else out of TNA (Mance Warner). He says Atlanta is a town of losers and rips the local sports teams. Home Town Man comes in and says AJ has a problem with his hometown. AJ tells him to go somewhere else. Home hits him. AJ shoes him away and Home hits him with a trash can as the segment abruptly ends.

The King's Speech with Frankie Kazarian

Kaz says he attended AJ Styles' retirement. He says he feels dirty being in Atlanta twice. He says the guitar casket match was a brutal encounter and brings out Elijah.

Kaz says the casket match was an instant classic. He asks Elijah to tell us his thoughts on it. Eli talks but the sound is messed up. He asks who wants to walk with Elijah? Kaz says he'd rather walk over broken glass. Kaz says he's a grand slam champ but Elijah has not won any titles here. A spotlight shows on Elijah and he talks to the camera's. He says the match was history making and changed a man. He says he closed a chapter on Ali when he closed the casket shut. He says in TNA, we walk this way. Eli goes to talk and Kaz interrupts.

Kaz says you don't disrespect him on his show. He says he's a king. AJ Francis and Home Town Man fight on the stage. Home hits slaps AJ throws home into the crowd from the ramp.

We cut to Eric Young in the back. He says he hopes Leon Slater wins, puts the camera down and enters a room.

We see Tommy Dreamer and Carlos Silva waiting for Rosemary. Rose them warps in and replaces Tommy. Rose wants Silva to sign a contract. She says Tommy approved it. Silva says he can sign it then. Rose then uses magic and gives Silva a pen. Silva signs the contract and she shakes his hand. Silva says they will always be happy to have her in TNA. Something in a bloody rabbit mask and suit warps in. Rose says the next mission with be a gamble.

TNA X-Division Title - Leon Slater (c) vs Nic Nemeth

Nic cradles him for 2. Nic neckbreakers him. Leon hits chops. Leon rewind kicks him. Leon handspring back elbows him then slingshot plancha's him. Ryan trips Leon then Nic fameassers Leon over the 2nd rope for 2. We go to PiP break and return.

Leon flying facekicks Nic. Leon spinning heel kicks him off the ropes for 2. Leon goes up top and is swept off the buckles. Nic jumping ddt's him for 2. Leon hits a standing blue thunder on him for 2. Nic ducks kicks. Leon hits a styles clash. Leon 450's off the top and Nic gets his knees up. Nic grounded sleepers him. Leon drops him backwards to break it. Nic superkicks Leon for 2 after Ryan Nemeth distracts Leon.

Leon 2nd rope twisting suplexes Nic. Leon swanton 450's Nic and pins him.

Thoughts: It was an entertaining bout but I don't love Leon beating Nic. Nic's one of the few stars they have and needs to be protected. Leon getting that win over him should have had a lot more build and should have been a bigger deal.

Eric Young comes out and nails Leon with a forearm. Eric piledrivers him on the floor.

Mike Santana talks in the ring. He said last week he said he was fed up with Maclin and said he didn't have the balls to take accountability. He says him and Tom Hannifan went to bat for Steve but says you can't save everyone. He says he will give Steve what he wants and wants Santino to reinstate Maclin.

Daria Rae comes out instead. She says Mike doesn't run the show, she does. She says she agrees that Maclin should be reinstated. She says she is officially reinstating Steve Maclin. She says when or if Mike faces him, it's up to her.

Santino Marella interrupts. Santino says a date has been set and approved for Mike vs Maclin. He says they will have a title match at Sacrifice. Mike says it didn't matter what either had to say as when Maclin steps foot in the building, he has a date with death.

The commentators talk about Santana vs Maclin to close the show. Tom says the company enabled Maclin and is upset. Matt says Maclin will get his @ss kicked and will get what he wanted.

Overall thoughts: Nemeth/Slater and the 4-way were the best matches on here. This was more about building stuff up for future shows than solving anything on this show. Leon Slater got an upset win over Nic Nemeth. Maclin is back. Rosemary is doing magic and ODB got into a fight with a c-list celeb. We also had tons of audio issues all night long. I'd give this a 6 out of 10 as it was okay for the most part.

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