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Saturday, August 1, 2026

NWA Powerrr 8/1/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/nwa-powerrr-7252026.html

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

NWA Jr. Heavyweight Title - SLADE (c) vs Damian Fenrir

Slade waistlock takedowns him and side headlocks him. Slade shoulders him over. DF lariats, back elbows and dropkicks him. DF catches his crossbody and suplexes him for 2. DF is distracted by Aron Stevens. Slade germans DF. Slade stomps and foot chokes him. Slade overhead belly to belly suplexes him. Aron chokes DF over the ropes.

DF is on the 2nd rope and Slade hits punches. DF headbutts him off the buckles. Slade goes for an ankle lock and DF boots him away. DF powerslams him. Slade dragon suplexes him. DF flying knees him and Aron puts Slade's foot on the ropes off the pin attempt.

Slade jumping knees him then air raid crashes him for 2. Slade ankle locks him again and DF rolls him into a pin attempt. Slade misses a corner charge and goes into the post. DF buckshot lariats Slade. DF goes up top, Aron punches him and the ref totally sees it. The ref then DQ's Slade.

Thoughts: The ref totally saw Aron interfere and I'm glad he DQ'd him for it. Fenrir has to stop doing the buckshot lariat as he can't hit it cleanly. These two both hit some stiff shots and suplexes here and it was acceptable. The DQ finish doesn't hurt anyone.

The Pope does a promo and asks where Mims is. Mims comes in. Pope complains about his shirt. Pope says he will lead by example next week. He says he will take on Carange and the world will know that Pope is pimpin'.

NWA United States Tag Titles - The Slimeballz (Sage Chantz and Tommy Rant) (c) vs The Hardway (Jack Vaughn and Dalton McKenzie)

The Slimes are dressed up like colonists with green stuff on them.

Sage slams DM and runs. DM follows then dropkicks him as he comes in. DM stares him down, Sage evades him and enzugiri's him from the apron. Sage is caught coming off the top and DM gorilla press drops him.

Rant and Jack come in. Rant headbangs then spits on Jack. Jack facekicks him down. Jack slams him and side slam drops him. Jack then drops Sage onto Rant for a 2 count on Rant. DM comes in and corner spears Rant. DM misses a spear and goes into the post and out to the floor.

Aron Stevens trips DM is caught by the ref. The ref ejects Aron. Rant hits DM from behind and stomps him. Rant hits DM in the gut then headbutts him. Sage bites DM. Sage rolls Rant into a splash on DM. DM double suplexes The Slimes. Jack comes in and hits shots on The Slimes. Jack corner splashes them. Jack is chopblocked. Sage is lawndarted into Jack. Sage goes up top and DM pushes him down. Rant is held in the air for a top rope elbow drop. Jack pins Rant.

Thoughts: I'd call it an upset even though it wasn't on paper. It would have been nice for The Hardway to be featured more and do more promos before winning here, because this was almost random. The Slimes don't really need the belts as they are over and not having the belts mean they can be more flexible booking wise as they can take losses again. They had the right idea here with The Slimes needing to cheat and The Hardwa overpowering them. They did enough to give both teams some credibility. What we got was fine.

Natalia Markova does a promo. She says there's one week left until she faces Nieves. She says she will take back what's hers. She says Nieves never deserved the title and she doesn't have much to offer.

Kerry and Ricky Morton are interviewed in the ring by Kyle Davis. Kerry says he's the epitome of pro wrestling. Kerry says he is everything he says he is. Kerry says Silas Mason can kiss his @ss and says he will be the NWA champ. He says that's what's best for business.

Ricky Morton says he gave up a lot to keep The Rock and Roll Express together and says Robert Gibson would sell him out for 15 cents. He says he won't let his son make the mistakes he made. He says he sees Kerry as the future NWA champ too. Kerry says they don't make them like this anymore.

Alex Misery does a promo. He says he faces Daisy Kill next week. He says Kill thinks he can just demand things that aren't his. He says he is ready to rip the skin off his nails and twist his eyeballs next week.

Hammerstone vs Richard Adonis

They lock up and Rich backs him up in the corner. Rich shoves him there. Rich side headlocks him. They shoulder each other and Rich goes down. Hammer hiptosses him then lariats him over the top rope. Rich pulls Hammer's throat over the top rope. Rich double stomps Hammer's face into the mat for 2.

Rich snapmares him and kicks him in the back. Rich pulls on the arms and splits the fingers. Rich bites the wrist. Rich high kicks him and drops him. Rich misses a 2nd rope moonsault. Hammer back elbows him and running back elbows him. Rich is back body dropped.

Rich headbutts him then takes an overhead belly to belly suplex. Rich cradles him for 2. Rich jumps up to the top and kind of diving facebusters him. Rich runs at him and Hammer chokeslams him. Hammer then powerbombs him for 2. Hammer pumping knees him then hits a nightmare pendulum for the win.

Thoughts: It was a reverse squash with Rich getting most of the offense in before going down. It was a decent showing for Adonis who is definitely a prospect worth investing in. Rich has some unique offense. I'm glad Hammer won at least.

Paige Collett, Big Al and Sirena Veil do a promo. Paige says she's the best and is the smartest person in the room. She says we have the best tag team we have ever seen. She says Veil is bloodthirsty. Al says she's no stranger to The Paige Sisters. She says she's here to get her get back. Veil says The Paige's keep getting in her way. She says she will bleed them both dry.

It's Me...The Carson Drake Experience

Drake hosts Trevor Murdoch's Royal Court, who are in royal gear. Trev has a throne and a scepter. Drake says they wrestle Mims and The Light and wants to know the gameplan. Trev says it will be a glorious exhibition. Trev says they will be able to show their skill and wit.

TV-MA does a promo with someone new. Ms. Starr says everyone has done amazing. Starr says Tiffany Nieves is incredible. She says she needs to remember that TV-MA backs down from no one. Starr says NWA belongs to TV-MA.

NWA Women's Tag Titles - Pretty Empowered (Kylie and Kenzie Paige) (c) vs Sirena Veil and Alice Crowley

This is Veil and Al's first time teaming together here.

Ken forearms SV from the apron. Kylie hits high kicks on SV and flying headscissors her. Kylie crossbodies SV's back against the ropes and backdrops her. Kylie boots SV out of the corner and facekicks her. Kylie sentons her for 2.

Kylie forearms SV. Al grabs Ken on the outside and drops her face first on the apron. SV double chops Kylie from behind and euros her in the back of the neck.

We go to break. Jack and Eddie do a promo. They say they face Buster and Lockjaw Drake next week. Silas Mason comes in, tells them to quiet down and says he's fighting Morton's. Silas says we can call him The Morton Hunter and the segment ends.

We return from break. Kylie takes a cradle shock from SV for 2. Al forearms Kylie in the corner and pump kicks her down. Al backdrops her for 2. Al casadora drops SV onto Kylie for 2. SV chinlocks Kylie.

SV flipping snapmares Kylie for 2. Al legdrops Kylie for 2. Al hits mounted shots on Kylie. Kylie avoids a shot and tags out. Ken comes in and drops her opponents with running shots. Ken hits an ushigoroshi on SV. Ken piledrivers Al onto SV and gets a 2 count on SV.

SV is thrown out. Ken cutters Al. Kylie blind tags herself in and pins SV.

Thoughts: What we got was fine. Veil had wardrobe issues during this. Kylie stole the pin here on Kenzie and Kenzie wasn't happy about it. They have been teasing some dissention between them though so it makes sense. The ushigoroshi SV took looked painful. This was a random one.

Kylie slaps her dad Tommy Henry after and leaves.

Overall thoughts: Slade/Fenrir was acceptable but didn't have much build to it. The US Tag Title match had no build to it whatsoever and The Hardway won the tag titles. They did what they were supposed to in that bout. Hammerstone beat Richard Adonis in a reverse squash that was more of a show off for Adonis than Hammer. The main was acceptable but also another random match. I'd give it 5 out of 10. There was nothing must see but I'd say it was acceptable overall. I'd say the opener was maybe the best bout on here.

New Japan Pro Wrestling 7/31/2026 G1 Climax 36 Day 9

Day 8 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/new-japan-pro-wrestling-7292026-g1.html

SANADA & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs Oleg Boltin & Masatora Yasuda

Oleg and San go at it. They trade some basic holds. San side headlock takeovers him and is put in a headscissors. Oleg shoulders him over then bearhugs him. San eye rakes him to break it up. Oelg gets headscissored then dropkicked in the knee.

Oleg takes a double boot to the gut. Oleg double suplexes his opponents. Masa comes in and dropkicks YK for 2. YK eye rakes him and Masa sunset flips him. YK trips him into a crab. YK dropkicks him in the knee then knee breakers him. YK figure fours Masa and Masa taps out.

Thoughts: It was mostly a waste of time. It got about 4 minutes or so and it was over before they even really got past the opening moves.

Konosuke Takeshita and Toru Yano vs Hirooki Goto & Tatsuya Matsumoto

KT and Goto lock up twice. KT side headlocks him. They forearm each other. Goto lariats him. KT armdrags him. They lariat each other at the same time. Yano and Tat get in. Tat gets eye raked. Tat then forearms him down. Tat hits euros in the corner. Yano takes the turnbuckle pad off. Tat dropkicks Yano from behind then flying euros him for 2.

Yano goes into the exposed buckle and he takes a water wheel drop for 2. Goto running lariats KT. Yano then just pulls Tat down by the hair and pins him at 3:40.

Thoughts: 3 minutes and 40 seconds was the best they could give us here? Why even bother at this point? Tatsuya losing to a simple hair pull would have been hard to buy in 1950, yet alone 2026. This was just awful booking.

United Empire (Great-O-Khan, Jake Lee & Jakob Austin Young) vs. Unbound Co. (Gedo, Shingo Takagi & Yuto-Ice)

Ice's chest is purple from Yota Tsuji chopping him 200+ times the other night.

Unbound get to hit start and 4 of the 6 go outside to fight. Khan chairs Shingo outside. Young broski boots Gedo in the ring. Young then chokes him. Lee puts his glove on and boots Gedo. Lee then puts his finger in Gedo's mouth. Khan tries top in Gedo with a foot on the chest. Khan then boots Gedo while he's down.

Khan tells Gedo to hit him, then he side steps him. Shingo is tagged in. Shingo corner lariats Khan then hits jabs. Young eye rakes Shingo then gets sent into Lee. Shingo suplexes Khan for 2. Khan running back elbows Shingo then hits mongolian chops on him. Shingo double lariats the heels but gets nowhere. Shingo then hits a ddt + flatliner combo.

Ice gets in. He bots Lee in the corner. Ice running knees him. Jake knees Ice in the gut. Gedo chokes Young. Gedo sperkicks Young in the knee and tries a pin on him. Jake knees Gedo in the gut. Youngthen ddt's Gedo and pins him.

Thoughts: It had a lot of people coming in and out here as their leisure and it was all over the place for the most part. By the time someone got a few moves in, the next guy would tag in. Gedo was by far the weakest man on the totem pole here and took the loss because of it. Jake Lee was back to being an oddball after being normal for a few days.

Khan sits out on a chair on Shingo outside. Lee sends Ice into the post. Lee then handcuffs Ice to the turnbuckle connector. Lee then squirts Ice with a water gun.

TMDK (Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa) vs. Unbound Co. (Daiki Nagai & Yota Tsuji)

Oiwa wristlocks Yota and Yota forearms him in the gut. Yota flying headscissors him. Yota corner splashes Oiwa. Yota hiptosses him but Oiwa holds on and armlocks him. Oiwa stomps Yota's arm. Oiwa side headlocks him. Oiwa shoulders him over and side headlock takeovers him.

Yota gets double suplexed for 2. Hart misses a senton on Yota. Nagai comes in and hits forearms on Hart. Hart blocks his spinebuster attempt. Nagai spinning ddt's him and spinebusters him. Nagai crabs him. Nagai dropkicks Hart then Hart crossbodies him for 2.

Yota backdrops Oiwa and Hart sentons Yota. Hart corner splashes Nagai and lariats him for 2. Hart then death valley drivers Nagai and pins him.

Thoughts: It was rushed with them trying to get in what they could before the end of their allotted 5 minutes. They did pack as much action as they could into this before it ended. This deserved better.

G1 Climax 2026 Block B Match - Drilla Moloney vs. OSKAR

DM spears him to start. DM dropkicks him between the ropes. DM top rope elbow drops him for 2. DM tries to jump on him off the apron but is caught and dropped on the rails. Os running facekicks him outside.

They go back in. DM is thrown hard into the corner and goes down. DM hits chops on Os and Os chops him down for 2. Os stomps DM. Os backdrops him for 2. Os camel clutches DM. DM dropkicks Os then powerbombs him.

Os back body drops DM and elbow drops his back for 2. They chop each other. Os slams DM for 2. DM superkicks Os then golden ratio kicks him for 2. DM spears Os. Os rams DM in the corner twice. DM rolls him up for 2. Os sleepers him. DM misses a spear and goes into the buckles. Os running tombstones him. Os then grounded chokes him and DM is out. Os wins.

Thoughts: It started off hot and just lost more momentum as it went on. We just needed to see these guys trade bombs and big moves and instead they went to submisions. It wasn't that good.

Os helps DM up after.

G1 Climax 2026 Block B Match - Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Ren Narita

Zack wristlocks Ren and Ren reverses it. Ren side headlock takeovers him and it put in the headscissors. Togo gets on the apron and Zack goes for him. Zack backrolls him into a bridge. Zack rolls up Ren for 2 twice.

Zack hits euros and Togo trips Zack. Ren gets a 2 count on Zack. Zack facekicks Togo off the apron. Zack then triangles Ren over the top rope. Kanemaru comes out and pushes Zack. Zack rolling armbars Ren and Ren pins him off of it.

Thoughts: It was short and full of shenanigans. There was nothing good here but at least it didn't waste much time.

G1 Climax 2026 Block B Match - Gabe Kidd vs. Callum Newman

Gabe and CN fight outside to start. Gabe is sent into the rails. CN headbutts Gabe outside. They trade forearms in the crowd. CN kicks him in the seats. CN tries a flying dropkick in the seats but Gabe moves and CN crashes into the seats.

Gabe pushes the ref away and throws a chair in CN's face. They get in the ring. Gabe uppercuts CN. CN dropkicks Gabe. CN slingshots out, gets forearmed and is brainbustered on the floor. CN gets in and Gabe lariats CN. Gabe sends him hard into the buckles. Gabe hits mounted shots on CN and eye pokes him.

Gabe hits chops and headbutts on CN. CN forearms Gabe. CN spin kicks Gabe in the face then spinning lariats hm. CN superkicks him and cross legged suplexes him for 2. Gabe drops him with a forearm and sends him to the apron with a forearm. CN chest kicks him down. Gabe lariats CN down then rebound lariats him for 2. Gabe short piledrivers him for 2.

Gabe hits more forearms. Gabe slaps and lariats him. Gabe his a piledriver for 2. CN takes him down with a sleeper. CN no sells 2 germans and lariats him down. CN double stomps him then hits an underhook suplex for 2. Gabe hits more lariats and chops. CN forearms and high kicks him. Gabe knees him in the face. Gabe sunset flips him for 2 then knees him in the face.

CN puts the ref in Gabe's way and low blows him. CN cradles him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was acceptable but there was a lot of starting and stopping here. They kept falling down to each other's strikes, then the action would slow down for 5-10 seconds, then it would happen again and again. It made it hard to get any flow going and it hurt the match. There were a lot of stiff shots here.

G1 Climax 2026 Block B Match - Yuya Uemura vs. Aaron Wolf

Wolf's takedown is blocked. They trade arm holds. Wolf kimura takedowns him. Wolf side headlocks him then shoulder throws him. Wolf STO's him then shoulder throws him again. Yuya ties his up arm and cranks back on the other arm. Yuya yanks on the arm and elbow drops his arm.

Yuya wraps Wolf's arm around and the ropes and rolls him up for 2. Yuya armlocks him and Wolf ropebreaks. Yuya yanks on the arm then chops him in the corner. Wolf uranage's him. Wolf suplexes him then elbow drops him for 2.

Yuya works the arm and pulls back on it. Yuya chops him in the corner then underhook suplexes him for 2. Yuya goes back to the kimura. Wolf hip throws him twice. Wolf does a head and arm choke then turns it into an anaconda vice. Yuya rope breaks. Yuya ddt's him.

They forearm each other. Wolf hits lariats. Wolf sitout AA's him for 2. Wolf reverse triangles him. Yuya rolls him up for 2. Wolf running corner lariats him. Yuya rebound germans him then dropkicks him. Yuya takes a big powerslam for 2. Yuya headbutts and enzugiri's him. Yuya hits his front suplex then top rope crossbodies him. Yuya pins him.

Thoughts: It was almost all arm work here. These two aren't real flashy so there weren't a ton of highlights. It wasn't really a suitable main event and was just acceptable only. Wolf continues to do fine in bigger matches though and that's impressive for his experience level.

Yuya talks on the mic after.

Overall thoughts: It wasn't that good of a show. The undercard was a waste of time as usual. Oskar/Drilla disappointed. Zack/Ren wasn't good but at least it was short. Gabe/Newman had a lot of starting and stopping which hurt the flow. The main wasn't really fit for the spot and would have been better as a midcard match. I'd give this a 3 out of 10 as there wasn't anything that good here.

Friday, July 31, 2026

WWE Smackdown 7/31/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/wwe-smackdown-7242026.html

We are in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Wade Barrett and Joe Tessitore are on commentary.

We see various wrestlers arrive.

Finn Balor comes out to talk. Finn says he can't help but think about Summerslam 2016 where he went from the highs of winning the title then the lows of having to relinquish the title. He says he's been scratching and clawing since. He says we are close to getting back where we were.

Sami Zayn interrupts. Sami says he has some things to get off his chest. He says Summerslam should be a triple threat with him vs Cody and Punk. He says he'd love to see Cody as the WWE champ again as he already beat him to become champ and could do it again.

He says he'd like to see CM Punk retain also. He says Punk is now Corporate Poster Boy #2. He says he'd like to take the title back from the man who stole it to begin with. Sami says he respects Finn. Finn says he should have respect and balls and say what he has to say to his face.

Sami comes down. Sami says everyone knows how great Finn is. He says Finn should have been a WWE champ 2-3 times by now. He says Finn needs to understand the moment belongs to Sami. Sami says Finn had his time and it's Sami time. Sami says the title is about justice for Sami.

Finn says what about justice for Finn? Finn says he has spent the last 10 years trying to get back to this moment. Sami says if it took him 10 years and he didn't' come close, maybe he should take the hint. Finn says it took Sami 10 years to get a smell of the title. Finn says he had to relinquish the title but Sami just lost.

Sami says if he was anyone else, he'd drop him right now. He says he won't though as he's a good guy. Sami says he will walk away and see him at Summerslam. Gunther then runs in and sends Finn into Sami. Gun lariats Finn and short arm lariats Sami. Gun says they are both a joke. Gun says he's the #1 contender.

Adam Pearce comes out with security and asks him what he's doing. Gun asks him what he has to do to get what's his. He asks if he needs to beat up Adam too. Finn then runs at Gun and forearms him from behind. Sami then hits Gun and Finn hits Sami. Finn is sent into the rails. Nick Aldis then comes out and punches Gun. Gun's head is banged off the rails. Gun takes a texas cloverleaf from Nick and security breaks it up. Gun facekicks Nick down and Nick is pulled away.

Thoughts: The Sami and Finn argument made both look weak here but them tying Gunther and Aldis in wasn't bad.

Tiffany Stratton and Chelsea Green vs Michin and B-Fab

Fab forearms and knees Tiff in the gut. Fab spin kicks her in the corner. Tiff dropkicks her from behind. Tiff trips both opponents into the 2nd rope then Tiff and Green hit hip attacks and meteora's on them. Green low sliding flatliners both opponents.

We go to break and return. Fab slaps Green. Green hits shots to the gut and jawbreakers her. Green step up enzugiri's her. Tiff comes in and hits lariats on Mich. Tiff spinning back elbows her. Tiff cartwheel alabama slams Mich. Tiff top rope swantons her for 2.

Tiff codebreakers Fab off the steps outside. Jade then sends Tiff into the post. Green is up top and headbutts Mich down. Green top rope dropkicks Mich. Mich superkicks Green and Green takes a double team drop on her chest/face and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was short and not too much of note. Tiff and Green were too smiley here as faces for me. The heels didn't really impress here.

Charlotte Flair comes out in some goofy looking jacket with shoulderpads. Green and Tiff pull out Mich and Fab and fight them outside. Flair comes in and trades shots with Jade. Flair facekicks her.

Dominik Mysterio and JD McDonaugh talk to Fraxiom and Rey Fenix. JD says they are looking for Danhausen. Rey says they haven't seen him. Dom says Rey has been hiding in Mexico. Rey says she's ready to fight. Dom says Rey's AAA Cruiserweight Title will look good on JD. Rey challenges JD to a match and JD says he will talk to Pearce to make it official.

Tama Tonga and Talla Tonga do a promo. Tama says they forgot who they are and why they are here. Talla says they were too busy fighting Solo's battles. Talla says they will put their family first. Haku walks in with a stick and says not to forget who they are. Haku says they are The Sons of Haku. He says to go and make them fear once again.

WWE Tag Titles vs AAA Tag Titles - Damian Priest and R-Truth vs The War Raiders (Ivar and Erik)

DP hits punches on Erik and Erik clubs him. DP pounds on him in the corner. Erik takes a russian legsweep + flying forearm combo. Truth corner splashes Erik and Erik knocks Truth out of the ring from behind. Erik running knees Truth in the face. DP tries to jump on his opponents but is caught and rammed into the rails. Ivar crossbodies Truth and DP against the rails.

We go to PiP break and return. DP hurricanrana's Ivar off the top. DP ear claps Erik and drops him with a forearm. DP is popped up into a powerslam for 2. The Raiders pound on Truth in the corner and push the ref away. DP clubs The Raiders and pushes the ref down. The ref then throws the match out.

Thoughts: I'm glad it ended the way it did as I didn't want to see the AAA Tag Titles get merged or be stuck on the main roster. We only got so much of this before it ended and we didn't get a clean finish here.

The fight continues outside after. Erik is sent into the podium and knocks it over. Erik is sent over the rail and Ivar hits Truth with the podium. The four fight in the crowd. Truth jumps off a rail onto everyone. DP lariats The Raiders over the rail and into ringside. Talla and Tama Tonga then attack both teams. Truth is thrown into the post and Talla pounds on DP. Tama hidden blades Erik in the ring. Talla chokeslams DP. Haku then comes out and poses with Talla and Tama.

We see clips from a house show last night with Cody hitting a back elbow on Punk.

CM Punk is interviewed by Cathy Kelly. Punk says him and Cody don't have to be friends and says they were running from the match for a while. Punk says he will still be champ at the end of Summerslam.

Trick Williams interrupts. He says sooner or later he's coming for the champ. Punk says Trick's a little greedy and he's upset he lost the match. He says he needs new challenges. He says he will whoop that trick when he gets to the top of the mountain.

Nick Aldis does a video. He says it's been an honor be the SD GM, but his first dream was to be a wrestler. He says he won and defended titles against hall of famers, icons and legends. He says he was committed to being the best GM he could be and left the wrestler part behind. He says that was fine until Gunther pushed him too far. He says his choice was to face him like a man.

Trick Williams comes out to talk. He says Baron Corbin came back to SD to hate on him. He says Baron makes him sick and tells him to come out.

Baron Corbin comes out with a different theme than he had in NXT. Baron says Trick loves hearing the sound of his own voice. Baron says he learned lessons while he was away about patience. He says WWE strapped the rocket to his back Trick came and he doesn't know about patient. He says Trick wants everything and that will be his downfall. Baron says it will feel like he's in quicksand at Summerslam. He says when the panic sets in, he will cut off the oxygen to his brain.

Trick says they both know he won't do nothin'. Trick asks what this is about. Trick says the only thing he is collecting is a lemon pepper stepper up his @ss. Baron asks if he wants to fight right now but says it won't happen. Baron says he's a dumb rookie that doesn't understand and he doesn't care what he wants. Baron says that's a lesson of patience right there. Baron says he's taking the title on Sunday and there's nothing Trick can do about it. Trick says no title will be taken and it'll be 35,000 chanting "Whoop That Trick".

We get a video on Brock vs Oba at HIAC.

AAA Cruiserweight Title - Rey Fenix (c) vs JD McDonaugh

JD takes him down and Rey bridges. Rey monkey flips him and chops him. Rey does rope tricks and corkscrew diving armdrags JD. Rey sunset flips him. JD misses a standing moonsault and slides out to avoid a kick.

JD foot chokes Rey. Rey springboard dropkicks him off the apron. Rey misses a slingshot plancha and JD asai moonsaults him ouside. We go to PiP break and return.

Rey fights out of a hold and JD forearms him. Rey superkicks him out of the corner then springboard crossbodies him. Rey hits a high angle death valley driver for 2. Rey clubs on JD and spin kicks him in the face. Rey handspring cutters him. JD standing spanish flies him for 2.

Rey tiger feints and superkicks JD. Rey goes up top and Dom Mysterio gets on the apron. JD crotches Rey up top. The ref ejects Dom. Dom goes to leave then Danhausen comes out. Dan goes to curse him and is forearmed down. The Minihausen's then jump Dom. Dom runs to the back. Rey rope walk kicks JD. Rey flying double knees him in the corner. Rey hits a mexican muscle buster and pins him.

Thoughts: Rey mostly did kicks here and some of those could have been better. I don't think it to got be as good as it could have due to the break and the stuff with Danhausen. It was acceptable though.

We get a Roman vs Seth video.

Ladder Match Qualifier - Giulia vs Lash Legend

G = Giulia

G hits kicks to the lead. G does a flying octopus and Lash bangs her head off the ropes. Lash then air raid crashes her off of it. G does a rings of saturn on the mat. G running knees her for 2. G guillotines her in the air. Lash breaks it and hits the lash extension to pin her.

Thoughts: Lash won quick here in a big surprise. It was competitive just not very long. This doesn't bode well for Giulia as Lash isn't high on the totem pole.

Cody Rhodes comes out. CM Punk interrupts Cody's entrance as he poses and heads to the ring. Punk says it doesn't feel great and is like Cody putting an elbow in his face. Cody says he knows Punk and sees through him sometimes. He says Punk had to know that they were already on this path towards each other. He complains about the title shot falling in Punk's lap.

Punk says he knew he would ruffle some feathers. He says he got asked to show up for Chicago for a title shot and he will take it. He says he hopes it p!sses people off. Punk says it's about the title. He says he's not his friend and won't be his friend tomorrow. He says he needs to know who the best wrestler is between them for business purposes.

Cody then grabs the mic and does his, "What do you want to talk about?". Cody says Punk's "business purposes" line is double talk. He says Punk's title isn't business, it's personal. Cody says the title means you are the best in the world and call the shots. Cody says Punk was the one who said it's not about friends but money. Punk says he didn't come to make friends or lose them. He says if it comes down to losing friends or the title, tomorrow won't be Cody's night.

Cody says Punk made it clear what he wants to do tomorrow night at Summerslam. He says he should ask him what he wants to do about it tonight. Punk takes his jacket off and does a fighting pose. Cody throws his jacket into the crowd and they stare down. Cody throws the first punch and they hockey fight. Cody running lariats him. Cody lariats Punk over the top and bangs his head off the commentary table. Officials come to break the fight up and they fight on top of the commentary table. They then fight against the rails and trade punches as the show ends.

Overall thoughts: A whole lot of people weren't wrestling on this one, likely because Summerslam is tomorrow. I liked the beginning of the show and was okay with the end of it, but the rest of it didn't do much for me. The women's tag didn't impress. The tag title match went to a no contest but Haku returned. Rey vs JD was acceptable. Lash Legend squashed Giulia and here was no big main to close the show. I'd give this a 5 out of 10 as it was average overall.

Reality of Wrestling 7/1/2026 PLATINUM Episode 32

The last show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/reality-of-wrestling-6242026-platinum.html

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Note - ROW aired the tapings for this live so I reviewed everything on here already. That review is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/06/reality-of-wrestling-6132026-platinum.html

Max Castellanos walks in. He says he has unlimited connections and anything he wants is available to him due to being rich. He says he reserved a VIP seat for himself for the ROW Title match. He tells those wrestlers to entertain him and says there's always trouble waiting for you around the corner.

Joe Alonzo arrives and security stops him. Joe is told Booker T said he's not welcome here due to the language he used. Joe complains and brings up Booker T using some questionable words in the past. The guard tells him he's welcome back in 3 weeks though when he faces Ryan Davidson. Joe says to let Booker know that he can dig that, sucka.

ROW Texas Title - Jay Alexander (c) vs Braddah Kaimi

They lock up and Jay throws him down. Jay waistlock takedowns him. BK back elbows him and wristlocks him. Jay shoulders him over then belly to belly overhead suplexes him. We see Max Castellanos and Josiah Jean watching this.

Jay gets a 2 count on BK. Jay misses a corner charge and goes into the post. BK 2nd rope blind diving ddt's him. BK flying corner lariats him then elbow drops him for 2.

BK dropkicks him. Jay hits punches and BK back elbows him for 2. Jay shoulders him over. Jay knocks him down with strikes. Jay boots him out of the corner. BK enzugiri's him on the buckles then yanks him into a samoan drop for 2. Jay spinebusters him. Jay does a twisting drop on him from his shoulder and pins him.

Thoughts: It wasn't much of note. Jay won as expected and neither guy really stood out all that much. Jay needed to throw BK around more here.

Danny Limelight is interviewed. Danny says the interviewer isn't funny and says she welcomed Niko Vance in like everyone use. He says Niko ended his title reign and it's not funny. Danny says he's facing a giant, The Knicks are winning the basketball championship top and he's retaining his ROW Title tonight. He says Niko is all brawn and no brains. He says he will show him the brains he has when he outwrestles him, outsmarts him and outcheats him.

Will Allday is interviewed. He says it's not "what's next for him?" but "what's left for him to do?". Cam Cole comes out. Cam says he's been thinking of Will's titles and best days and the times Will beat him. Cam says he's been grand slam champion but Will has not. He says Will has never been a tag team champ. Cam says they should make history and ride the lightning to the tag team championship. Will agrees and they raise each other's arms.

Better Together (Ori Gold and Hadar Horovitz) vs The Dirty White Boys (Jonny Lyons and TY Shane)

Ori has the longer hair here.

The Boys throw their jackets at Better Together and they all shove each other. JL and HH start off fast and shove each other. JL goes down. JL takes a double chop. He knees Ori in the gut. TY 2nd rope punches Ori then headbutts him. HH PK's TY then TY takes a double basement dropkick.

HH forearms JL. HH takes a backdrop and is double stomped on. JL chops down HH and leg chokes him on the ropes. TY bites HH there then bites him in the middle of the ring. TY chinlocks HH. HH hits punches on TY.

Ori gets in and cleans house on The Boys. Ori running lariats JL and elbow drops him. HH chops TY. HH double dropkicks The Boys. HH fights off a 2v1. Ori superkicks TY. HH enzugiri's JL. HH spinning heel kicks TY. HH almost kicks the ref and JL kicks HH low. JL cradles HH and pins him.

Thoughts: It was acceptable. The Boys won via cheating and Better Together got some offense in before going down. It was a little rushed at the end.

ROW World Title - Niko Vance (c) vs Danny Limelight

DL hits him from behind during intros then sends him shoulder first into the post. DL then boots him into the post. DL bangs Niko's arm over the top rope. DL arm throws Niko for 2.

DL hits forearms on Niko. DL spin kicks him in the gut. DL la mistica's him. DL tornado ddt's him off a slam attempt. DL kicks Niko in the arm then stomps his arm. DL top rope frogsplashes him for 2. Niko headbutts him.

DL totally misses a boot out of the corner. DL's crossbody is caught. Niko drops him throat first on the top rope and germans him. Niko hits lariats on DL then corner facekicks him. Niko release suplexes him for 2.

DL is side slammed on the top rope. Niko euros him down. Niko goes up top and slips. Niko then walks and falling headbutts DL. Max pulls the ref out on the pin attempt. Niko hits Max Castellanos outside and sends him into the post. Niko is then DQ'd and Danny wins by DQ.

Thoughts: I didn't get the result here. The ref was pulled out when Niko had the pin, not Danny. Danny should have been DQ'd. Danny worked the arm a bit here. Niko made his comeback but it wasn't anything too great then we had a lame finish to end it. This wasn't that good.

Danny topes Niko after. Niko gets in the ring and hidden blade's him. Max then pounds on Niko in the ring. Max hits Niko with the ROW World Title then hits Danny with it too. Max then poses in the ring with the title.

Overall thoughts: The opener wasn't much of note. Better Together vs DWB was acceptable. The main's result didn't make much sense and the bout was that good. I'd give this a 4 out of 10 as it was below average overall.

WWC Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre 7/26/2026

Yesterday's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/wwc-superestrellas-de-la-lucha-libre_02097716684.html

The next live event is on 8/2 in Aguadilla. It has:

"La Amenaza" Bryan vs Chicano

John Hawking vs Lightning

Xavant vs Tony Leyenda

Mike Nice vs Amaddeo Sole

Oscar Benabe vs Lou Forza

Wilfredo Rivera vs El Informante

Kamila vs Sai Perez

El Payaso Makabro and La Amazona Guerrera vs Elena Negroni and Brandon The Skater

"El Hostil" Jovan vs Joe Bravo

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Abel Durant is out host.

We see some clips from a recent show.

Abel Durant shills the 8/2 show. He then talks about the upcoming Lightning vs Zcion RT1 match.

Special Ref: Stephany Amalbert - Elena Negroni and Sai Perez vs Kamila and La Guerrera Amazona

We join this in progress. Kam gets beaten up in the corner and Sai stomps her. Sai goes for a pin and Steph slow counts her. Sam stomps Kam. Elena 2nd rope moonsaults Kam for 1. Elena chokes Kam and spanks her. Elena foot chokes her in the corner.

Sai lariats Kam down and Amazona breaks up the pin attempt. Kam is tripped into the ropes and Sai chokes her on the ropes. Sai meteora's her from behind on the ropes. Kam upkicks Sai.

We go to break.

Joe Bravo does a promo. He says he's facing a young wrestler who has the drive and motivation to win in El Hostil Jovan. He says Jovan has everything to become a star but he will hit a wall on 8/2. He says he hopes he's doing the proper preparation to be in the bet condition of his life. He says this is a trial by fire for him. We saw this already.

El Hostil Jovan does a promo. He says he has an important commitment on 8/2 when he faces Joe Bravo for the first time. He says Joe will face a 2nd generation wrestler with a lot of hunger. He says he'll see him on 8/2. and says he will show anyone else that he will continue to be the best. We saw this already.

Orlando Toledo and El Informante do a promo. Info has a sign that says "Linx = Pillo". Toledo says Wilfredo Rivera got his way but they have the plan figured out. Toledo says Info will get the TV Title but says that's all he will say.

Wilfredo Rivera does a promo. He says since he won the TV Title, he wants to make it one of the most important titles in the company. He says he will face Informante. He says Info knows what it is like to face him. Will tells the fans to come and see the show. He says Info knows what he's capable of. He says he's a problem for him and anyone else who thinks they can take the title. He says he's ready for anything and is ready to come out as TV champ.

We return from break. Amazona gets tagged in. She hits shots on Sai and Ama flying shoulders her. Ama pump kicks her then superkicks her. Ama goes for the pin but Steph slow counts her. Ama and Steph argue. Sai codebreakers Ama. Elena top rope diving headscissors Ama and Steph slow counts 2. Elena yells at Steph then is dropkicked from behind. Kam 619's Elena and kind of knocks Steph over in the process. Kam goes up top Steph then Sai bacrackers Kam. Sai goes for the pin and Steph never even gets to counting. Sai topes Kam and Ama outside.

Ama is rolled back in and Elena misses a top rope swanton on her. Ama spears Elena. Steph slow counts real slow and Ama grabs her. Sai comes in and sunset flips Ama. Steph then makes a normal count and Sai pins Ama.

Thoughts: We see the dirty ref gimmick almost every month here but the twist this time was that the ref was slow counting everyone. Steph then had enough at the end and just counted normally for Sai. Elena tries to fly but she's really not that great at it. This was mostly all shenanigans here and it brought down the otherwise average bout.

Sai Perez does a promo. She says she has seen Kamila's career and said she debuted a year ago. She says she was her climb to the WWC Women's Title. She she can work out a lot and upload her photos to instagram but she failed to carry the burden she had to bear with the WWC Women's Title. Sai says that's why she's here. She says she will did what she did to Stephanie Amalbert to her.

Kamila does a promo. She calls Sai daddy's girl. She says she doesn't care about all the legacies and surnames. She says there will be no legacy to fight for her. She says she will find out who Kamila is.

Lou Forza does a promo. He says the WWC returns to Augadilla on 8/2. He says no matter how many times Oscar Benabe puts his hand on the wound, it doesn't go away. He says what's not perfect is that he has to face Oscar Benabe. He says Oscar will be defeated on 8/2 and it won't be a sad day for him. We saw this already.

Oscar Benabe does a promo. He says he's not interested in Tony Leyenda or Amaddeo Sole getting involved. He says he will hit him so hard that he will grow hair on his head. He tells him to get ready.

The mayor of Aguadilla talks about the upcoming WWC show there.

Zcion RT1 vs Lightning

We join this in progress. RT1 has a mask on. Orlando Toledo trips RT1. RT1 goes after him then gets hit by Lightning from behind. Light chops and punches RT1. Toledo then hits shots on RT1. RT1's head is banged off the post and off a bench. Light pounds on him.

Light pulls RT1's mask off and pounds him. Light lariats him down. Light pounds on him more. Light slams and elbow drops him for 2. Light chinlocks him.

We go to break.

La Guerrera Amazona does a promo. She says there's a lot of talk in the company. She say she's the champ and it creates a lot of envy. She says she will see Elena Negroni and Brandon The Skater at hte next show. She says their mistake was assuming she was alone. We then see El Payaso Makabro laughing.

Amaddeo Sole does a promo. He says it's time to confront people form the wrong era's. He says Mike has a dialect with some absurd phrases. Sole says he took the TV and Tag Titles from him so he knows Mike must have nightmares about him. He says he will finish kicking his @ss on 8/2. We saw this already.

Mike Nice does a promo. He says he was one of the first people Sole fought when he came here. He says his angels will feel his presence and power, hallelujah. We return from break. Light headbutt drops RT1 in the gut. They trade punches and RT1 goes down. Light chinlocks him. RT1 fights out and hits punches. Light spears him for 2. Light clubs and punches him. RT1 punches back and back body drops him. RT1 hits lariats. RT1 boots him in the head and neckbreakers him for 2.

Light chokeslams him for 2. RT1 goes up and over and cutters him. Lou Forza and Amaddeo Sole then run in and attack RT1 for the DQ.

Thoughts: Lightning works a lot like Luke Gallows. It's all punches, lariats and chinlocks. And in longer matches, it's not always the most exciting. Light was on offense for most of this and RT1 didn't get a lot but punches in either. We then had a DQ finish and this just wasn't that good.

"El Hostil" Jovan and Oscar Benabe then run in and save RT1. The heels then pull Light away as him and RT1 keep fighting.

Tony Leyenda does a promo. He says he's fed up with wrestling in PR. He says we all talk about about foreigners talking trash. He says his era of talking trash about PR is over. He says he doesn't need to do it as he planted his flag here. He says it's the same stuff and doesn't impress him. He says he's better because he shows it everyday. He says no one does anything like him as he's the best. He tells Xavant his shoes are too hard to fill. He says he will give Xavant a hard time and says will keep his head held high because even when he loses, he still wins. We saw this already.

Xavant does a promo. He thanks everyone for the support. He says the last show in Aguadilla was historic and it was a day to remember. He says he has to shut up foreigners in Agaudilla due to the trash talking. He says that becomes his problem. He says he's the captain of the last territory and he defends PR. He says PR is a culture ready for action and says Tony Leyenda has to pay. He says he will give him the camel clutch and he will fight with his heart until he triumphs, as that is what heroes do. We saw this already.

The mayor of Aguadilla talks about the upcoming WWC show there.

Abel Durant then closes the show. He thanks us for watching and says we will see each other next week.

Overall thoughts: There were only 2 matches here. Neither were really that great or even acceptable to be honest. We had lots of promos as well but we had seen most of them already. When you put it all together, there was just not a lot of good stuff on this one. I wouldn't recommend this at all and would give it a 4 out of 10. It was below average.

Juggalo Championship Wrestling 7/30/2026 JCW Lunacy Episode 93

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/juggalo-championship-wrestling-7232026.html

Note - The ICP actually appeared on AEW Collision against this show.

Mark Roberts, Joe Dombrowski and Veda Scott are on commentary.

Mac Davis interviews Big Al, who is in charge tonight. She says she's running the show tonight and says ti will be a show that no one wants to miss. She says we will see why she has balls the size of a grapefruit.

"Big Al" Alice Crowley comes out. She says Vince Russo is out tonight and she's the showrunner. She says they will have a PPV caliber event. She says Choppa City with face The Brothers of Funstruction. She says it'll be Freya the Slaya vs J-Rod vs Haley J. She says she will face Dani Mo for the Women's Title. She says even if Caleb has the "John Tunney" rule, he can still wrestle and will face Kerry Morton.

Krule and Caleb Konley come out. Cal says he only has to wrestle when he wants. He calls Vince Russo but there's no answer. Cal tells her that she will change the match or things will go south. Krule grabs Al by the throat. Violent J comes out and tells Krule to get his hands off her. J says they are lucky Tony and Mack aren't here or they would handle this JWO style.

Violent J says he loves the card Al put together. He says Kerry Morton will get the first title shot if he beats Cal tonight. He says if Krule interferes, Cal will be DQ'd and Kerry will still get the next shot. J says to play his music and Cal tells him to play his b!tch ass around. Cal says this is his show. Cal dares him to hit him. J tries to hit him but nails Krule when Cal ducks. Krule grabs J by the throat then CoKane comes out. Kane facekicks Cal down then pulls Krule out.

The hosts hype up the show.

The Outbreak talk. Barnabas says Dani Mo will experience a symphony of destruction.

Haley J vs. Freya The Slaya vs. J-Rod

Haley hits both opponents and they no sell her shots. Freya and Rod nearly hit each other. Haley takes a double shoulderblock. Haley superkicks Rod then Freya facekicks Haley. Freya foot chokes Haley in the corner.

Rod hair snapmares Haley. Rod slams Haley. Freya tries to slam Rod onto Haley but Haley moves. Haley is whipped into a facekick from Rod. Rod hits mounted punches on her. Freya pounds on Haley. Haley is pushed around by both opponents then they chop her. Haley eats a double headbutt.

Haley takes a double suplex. Rod and Freya go for a double pin and push each other. Rod hits a hard corner spear on Haley. Freya misses a corner cannonball. Haley pulls Rod over the top. Haley top rope crossbodies Freya for 2. Freya facekicks Rod off the apron by accident and Haley rolls up Freya for 2.

Haley rolls up Freya off a chokeslam attempt and pins her.

Thoughts: It was a 2v1 on Haley for most of this until Haley got the upset pin. It made sense and was acceptable but not much more.

Rod nails Freya from behind after. Haley runs with her dog (who is painted pink).

The Orange Phantom does a video. He says The Green and Purple Phantom's have written him and have had a hard time pretending to be as good as him. He says there's a rhyme and reason for everything and says JCW needs a hero like him. He says there is rhyme as nothing rhymes with orange. Some guy comes in to correct him and he hits him. Another guy then tries to correct him and gets hit. The Phantom then says nothing rhymes with Orange.

Mac Davis interviews The Brothers of Funstruction. They say it's not over with The Luciano Family and never will be. They say they have to keep eyes in the back of their heads at all times. They say they are taking Choppa City's titles tonight after they messed with them in the cage match.

JCW World Tag Team Title Match - Choppa City (Atiba & Bruce Wayans) (c) vs. The Brothers Of Funstruction (Ruffo The Clown & Yabo The Clown)

Ruffo's got the pink on here.

Choppa City get water squirted at them. Bruce gets hit with a tie. Yabo dropkicks Bruce. The clowns hit elbow drops on Bruce then Yabo rubs popcorn in his face. Bruce backhands Ruffo and chops him. They trade shots and Ruffo atomic drops him. Bruce chops Ruffo down.

Ruffo takes a double team double chop then a double elbow drop for 2. Choppa City chop up Ruffo. Ruffo hits a double lariat. Bruce spinebusters Yabo and Yabo takes a splash and elbow drops from the buckles. Yabo evades some moves and Ruffo tags in. Ruffo hits Atiba and Bruce with a rubber chicken. Ruffo russian legsweeps Atiba.

Bruce misses a chop outside and chops the post. Yabo pounds on Bruce outside. Sally Boy appears in the crowd and throws a drink at Bruco. Big Vito comes in the ring and hits Ruffo. Vito impaler ddt's Ruffo. Atiba pins Ruffo.

Thoughts: It wasn't that bad. Choppa City won by interference here. I don't like The Clowns being able to use rubber chickens and ties to hit their opponents. Vito and Sally getting involved in the finish made sense here. This was almost all strikes.

Mac Davis interviews Kerry Morton. He says his accolades speak for himself and what he has done has been history breaking. He says he has done a lot but hasn't gotten his hands on Vince Russo. Kerry says he gets a JCW Title shot if he beats Caleb Konley tonight. He says it's a great thing that Krule won't be at ringside. He says Russo needs to understand that when you see him, you see money. He says this isn't a joke, it's about him beating Caleb's @ss and proving that he deserves to be JCW champ. He says there's nothing Russo can do about it.

Sally Boy is interviewed in the bathroom. He says he's the master of disguise. He says he got Violent J and The Brothers of Funstruction. He says he thinks it's his time to take over the family. Mac says Vito feels different. Sally says Vito is ready to be put of the pasture. Ruffo and Yabo then appear in the bathroom. They hit ally in the face with a balloon and taunt him.

JCW Women's Title Match - Dani Mo (c) vs. "Big Al" Alice Crowley

Dani boots her in the gut. Dani throws her out and dropkicks her through the ropes. Dani forearms and high kicks Al in the corner. Dani PK's her for 2. Al boots Dani out of the corner and lariats her. Al back elbows her and pump kicks her. Al backdrops her for 2.

Al forearms her then Dani michinoku drivers her for 2. The Outbreak come out. Barnabas asks Dani what's wrong and says she now has all the attention in the world from her dad. He tells her to be careful what she wished for. HoKane then chokes Dani and the match is ruled a no contest.

Thoughts: It was a shorter one and it was nothing too special with a DQ finish.

HoKane pounds on Dani. Al grabs HoKane and pounds on her. Dani tells Jacksyn and Abel not to listen to Barnabas. She tells them to go. The Outbreak then leave with Barnabas.

Mac Davis interviews Violent J. J says tonight's Morton vs Caleb match is big news. He says he will appoint a special ref in 2 Tuff Tony. He says we need a special enforcer and it's Willie Mack. He says he spiced things up and added lunacy to Lunacy.

Father Bronson does a video. He says we know now not to poke the big red bear. He says he's 3 steps ahead of himself and 10 steps ahead of Josh Bishop. He says Josh will need all the help he can get. He says he should get help from his rap friend Westside Gunn. He says to get help from Billy, Bart and Tommy Gunn too as he will need every gun in his arsenal to compete with Red Love.

Big Vito talks to Sally Boy. He says he got his @ss kicked again. He says he saw the video he did and says he can't manage parking tickets, yet alone be the boss. He says Sally's a mistake and wasn't wanted. He says he doesn't exist without him. He says he will never be the boss. He says he's dressed for a funeral like when Sally's dad dropped dead. He says not to wind up like him as he could be next. He says his dad wanted to be the boss too and we see where he is.

Krule vs. CoKane

They stare down. Krule blocks a shot and they each hit punches. Kane facekicks him. Krule throws him in the corner then Kane throws him in the corner. Krule lariats Kane down. Kane chops him. Kane goes up top and springboard diving headscissors him. Kane facekicks Krule off the apron. Kane topes him outside.

Kane tries a tornillo but is caught and rammed into the post. Kane's head is banged off the rail. Kane's head is banged off the post and rails. Kane chops him in the ring. Kane's handspring is caught and he is backdropped.

They fight up top and Kane hits headbutts. Kane 2nd rope superplexes him. They sit up together on the 10 count. They grab each other by the throat. Krule running facekicks the ref on accident. Kane blue thunders Krule. Kane top rope swantons him. Krule chokeslam backbreakers him.

Krule facekicks Kane. Josh Bishop comes out. He facekicks Krule. Kane pours cocaine on himself and chokeslams Krule. Kane then pins Krule.

Thoughts: I didn't really like CoKane chokeslamming Krule and overpowering him. I know it's part of the gimmick but it's hard to buy against Krule. We had interference here, which we have in most matches. It was somewhat acceptable but there was room for improvement here.

Blast from the Past

This week's match is Steve Corino vs Shockwave The Robot. Steve ended up winning this with a lariat.

The Outbreak talk. Barnabas says he's the one that issues the orders and complains about them letting Dani Mo persuade them. He says he will make sure the drugs never enter them again. He says his The Outbreaker's father and creator and says only HoKane understands. He says they need to fall in line.

Special Referee:2 Tuff Tony, Special Enforcer: Willie Mack -Caleb Konley vs. Kerry Morton

Krule is banned from ringside for this and Kerry gets a title shot if he wins. Tony is wearing a goofy ref outfit and headband.

They lock up and Cal hammerlocks him. KM snapamres him and chinlocks him. KM shoulders him over a few times. Cal hiptosses him and KM boots him away. They double clothesline each other. KM back body drops him.

Cal slides out then KM slingshot plancha's him. Cal's back is rammed into the apron edge. Kerry chops him. Cal's head is banged off the apron. Kerry sits up top and is hit. KM bites him up top. KM 2nd rope crossbodies him but Cal rolls through for a 2 count. Cal knees him in the gut and foot chokes him.

Cal pushes 2 Tuff Tony. Cal stomps KM in the corner. KM slingshot suplexes him for 2. KM hits mounted corner punches on Cal. Cal atomic drops and flatliners him. Tony slow counts Cal for 2. Cal chops him in the corner. Kerry goes upside down into the buckles and goes down.

Kerry hits punches on Cal then dropkicks him. Kerry flying forearms him. Kerry almost runs into Tony. Caleb tries to backhand Kerry but nails Tony on accident (or maybe on purpose). Kerry top rope superplexes Cal. Matt Cross and Shane Mercer come down. They beat up Willie Mack. Shane release suplexes Mack. Kerry hits Cross and Shane.

Cross comes off the top and crossbodies Shane on accident. Kerry pumping knees Cross then Cal. Kerry wakes Tony up and pins Cal.

Thoughts: It got a lot of time and had yet another run-in during this. It could have been a bit more exciting. It was another average to acceptable match and nothing too great. Kerry won as expected here as the deck was totally stacked in his favor.

We see Dani Mo talk to The Outbreak in the back to close the show.

Overall thoughts: The wrestling was average to acceptable as usual but nothing was that great here. However, everything being at least tolerable was a bit of an upgrade. There were run-in's in almost every match which did get old. Storyline wise, we have Sally Boy trying to take over The Family and we have Dani Mo and Barnabas continuing their feud. We had a few people not on this one like Russo, The Backseat Boyz, Mr. Happy and Jasmine St. Claire. The show was acceptable overall, just nothing in particular really stood out. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 overall.

TNA Impact 7/30/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/tna-impact-7232026.html

We are in Phiiladelphia, PA. Matt Rehwoldt and Tom Hannifan are on commentary.

Leon Slater and Ricky Sosa vs The System (Eddie Edwards and Cedric Alexander)

Eddie and Sosa trade shots. Eddie eye rakes him. Sosa shoulders him over and half-nelson slams him. Sosa sentons him for 2. Sosa top rope moonsaults the heels inside. Ced takes a double hiptoss and a Leon splash for 2. Leon hits mounted corner punches on Ced.

Leon hurricanrana's Eddie and hits mounted corner punches on him. Leon monkey flips him. Leon handspring back elbows him. Leon and Ced hit stereo suicide dives out. We go to PiP break and return. Eddie back elbows Sosa.

Ced hits shots on Sosa. Ced knee drops him for 2. Alisha Edwards chokes Sosa on the ropes. Sosa suplexes Eddie. Leon tags in and hits forearms on Ced. Leon spinning heel kicks him. Leon running facekicks him in the corner. Leon top rope crossbodies him for 2. Leon cradles Ced for 2. Leon lariats Eddie over the top. Ced michinoku drivers Leon for 2. Ced is pulled into a powerslam.

We get some fast action. Sosa running euros Ced. Leon swanton 450's Ced and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a fast paced match with a lot of action. I liked it and thought it was entertaining. Leon and Sosa are fine together and I was okay with them winning this one.

Leon gets on the mic after and calls Cedric a bum. He says Ced got lucky so many times and he got his revenge. He says he pinned him here while he's the X champ and he challenges him for the title in a cage match at Lockdown.

Order 4 is in the back. Ali tells Skyler to get every Order 4 member here. John runs into Mila Moore's chest and says he has no idea what he just said. Ali tells Mila to make sure every member of Order 4 is at ringside.

The Elegance Brand does a video without Ash. George says he can see again and says they have a rematch to get their tag titles back. George says they will get the Knockouts TV Title too and become The Empire or Elegance. Heather asks what happens if she has to face M By Elegance. George says he sees them winning the tag titles again tonight and ignores that comment.

The announcers wish AEW's Rebel well as she used to wrestle in TNA.

TNA Knockouts TV Title Tournament Quarterfinal Match - Thea Hail vs Indi Hartwell

Indi backs up Thea in the corner. Thea side headlocks her. Thea rolls her into an armbar. Indi shoulders her out of the ring. Thea high kicks Indi. Indi armlocks Thea. Thea armdrags her twice. Indi corner lariats her. Thea 2nd rope dropkicks Indi in the arm then pulls her down by the arm.

Indi rolls up Thea for 2 then backslides her. Thea codebreakers the arm for 2. Thea armlocks her. Thea knee drops the arm into the mat and does another armlock. Indi hits some shots on her and hits lariats. Indi slams her down for 2. Thea is pushed out and then goes up top. Thea top rope crossbodies Indi.

Thea rolling sentons Indi then misses a springboard backsplash. Indi hits a hurts donut and pins her.

Thoughts: They were kind of buying time here and did a long armwork session. You don't see that a lot in 2026. They tried but it was nothing too special. The armwork lost the crowd. Indi's finisher didn't look that good as usual.

AJ Francis in the back with a hat with money in it. He asks people for donations to help Expressions. He complains that they only give $40. He then asks BDE and Rich Swann for donations. BDE asks if he put his own money in there and Rich asks what happened to the "money, money, money". AJ says he made them money and they should return the favor. They call him bald.

KC Navarro is in the ring. He thanks the crowd and says he appreciates them. He says he fought for the TNA Title last week and failed. He says no one was harder on him than himself. He says he felt like he didn't belong in TNA. He talks about losing his home as a child and losing his uncle recently. He says then he thought of his journey on the indies and said he didn't quit. He talks about being on One Night Only and being in the Super X Cup, but not getting signed.

He says he wanted to show kids that they can do anything and points out his two brothers in the crowd. He says he was left alone in the lunch room but his brothers are here so he did something right. He says he knows he belongs. He says you've got to keep fighting and can't quit. He says his story isn't over but is just beginning.

The System come out. They make fun of KC and say no one cares about crybaby KC. Brian says he set him up with crayons and a coloring book in the back while they handle business. Cedric takes the mic. He says Leon wants a shot at his X Title and says the answer is no. He says he will never get a shot at his title.

Eddie says Leon and Sosa don't deserve a match against The System. KC then interrupts and says this is his time, not theirs. KC says they call themselves the gatekeepers, but they look like a bunch of b!tches. Eddie says that was a big mistake. KC then gets jumped 4v1. Leon, Sosa and Fabian Aichner then come in to save him.

Thoughts: I didn't like this one. KC's not exactly high on the totem pole here and him talking about being treated like a loser didn't make him look like a big star.

Allie is looking for Rosemary in the back. She asks Daria Rae if she has seen Rosemary. Daria says Allie is up next and will forfeit the title if he's not out there. Allie says she will defend 2v1.

TNA Injury Report

The Righteous have not been seen since being thrown in the lake and their status is unknown. The Personal Concierge/George Iceman is cleared. Jason Hotch and Mustafa Ali are cleared for tonight's match. We then hear that Nic Nemeth is better than ever.

Gia interviews Xia Brookside. She is asked why she attacked Elayna and Choo last week. She says last week proved that Elayna Black isn't as good as she thinks she is. She says Choo tried to play hero and stuck her nose in her business. Wendy Choo comes in. She says she came to talk to her. She calls her a coward. Xia says she's a champion. Santino Marella interrupts and sets up a match between them for the title next week. Elayna Black comes in and says she hopes Choo beats Xia's @ss. Black tells Choo to shut her up next week.

TNA Knockouts Tag Titles - Rosemary and Allie (c) vs The Elegance Brand (Heather and M By Elegance)

George Iceman says he has his vision back but wishes he didn't as the crowd are dirty pigs. Allie comes out alone.

Allie forearms M down then M hits her from behind. M bangs Allie's face off the mat. M kicks her in the leg. Heather chops Allie in the corner. The Brand stomp Allie. Heather is flipped onto Allie but Allie gets her knees up. Allie lariats both opponents.

Allie hits a ddt + reverse ddt combo. Iceman gets on the apron and Allie tugs over the Knockouts Tag Title with him. George ends up bridged on the ropes and Allie pulls the title away. Allie then rakes George's eyes. Mr. Elegance comes in and Allie hits him with the title. Allie then hits The Brand with the title and gets DQ'd.

Thoughts: Getting DQ'd here was a smart move at least. Now she has time to find Rosemary. The heels really should have been DQ'd though for their buddies getting in the ring.

The Hardy's come out in goat masks and we get some old school Matt Hardy Matt facts. Matt says it's a great night to be in Philly. Matt says they put an end to The Righteous last week and says they were deleted and maybe dead. They point out some actress named Amy Garcia who does their dance. Jeff says going into the lake changed him. He says he's the anti-christ and a sober alcoholic.

Jeff says they will start kicking some @ss around here. Matt says they are the greatest tag team in the history of wrestling. Matt says TNA runs on Hardydust. Matt says it's appropriate they won the tag titles in a ladder match as there would be no ladder match without them.

Nic and Ryan Nemeth come out. Nic dances at Amy Garcia. Nic says he's better than both Hardy's. Ryan says they are the greatest brother tag team of all time. Ryan says he pinned Jeff Hardy. Ryan challenges them to a tag title match at Lockdown. Matt agrees. Nic says he will have two belts in his bag.

Santino Marella comes out. Santino asks if the crowd wants to see that match. Santino then sets up the match. He says Nic will also defend his TNA Title vs Jeff Hardy and says Ryan will face Matt next week. Ryan then taunts Amy Garcia outside and offers a kiss. Amy throws water in his face then slaps him. Amy the does The Hardy's taunts with them. Amy was very entertaining and should return.

AJ Francis is looking for more donations in the back. He asks the female ref and she gives $20. AJ then pockets it himself. AJ asks Home Town Man for some home town charity. Home says he has no extra cash and he hates him. Elijah comes in and says to leave Home alone. AJ says it's all Elijah's fault as he gave Expression the injury. Eli says it was self defense. AJ says he's tired of Eli disrespecting Expressions. He says he should beat some respect into him in a cage. Eli asks if he wants to walk with Elijah again at Lockdown and tells him to be careful what he asks for.

Daria Rae and Santino Marella talk in the back. Daria says she didn't like how the Knockouts Tag Title match went down and signs a rematch for Lockdown in a cage if Rosemary comes back. Daria says they need to trim the fat on the roster. He says Harley Hudson is first on the list as she hasn't won a match in months. Santino says she loves TNA. Daria says she's sure the board will care in a mocking tone.

TNA Knockouts TV Title Tournament Quarterfinal Match - Jada Stone vs Jody Threat

They lock up and JT wristlocks her. Jada flips out of it and side headlocks her. JT shoulders her over. Jada sunset flips her for 2. Jada bridges out of a lariat and dropkicks her for 2. Jada handsprings and is thrown from the backdrop position. JT corner lariats her.

JT exploders her for 2. Jada step up enzugiri's her. Jada lariats her over the top rope. Jada's crossbody is caught on the apron and JT drop down slams her on the apron. JT backbreakers her. Jada jawbreakers her and trips her into the ropes. Jada 619's her.

Jada kicks her off the ropes. Jada sitout moonsaults her for 2. JT pump kicks her in the head then meteora's her from behind. JT release germans her. Jada high kicks her and rolls her up for the pin.

Thoughts: It was a shorter one. Jada did a lot of flying but Jody blocked most of those flying moves and that hurt this one from picking up. Jada had some problems with Jody's height here. This had some issues.

TNA International Title - Mustafa Ali (c) vs Jason Hotch

They lock up, Ali forearms him and shoulders him over. Jason side headlocks him. Ali chops him. Ali flying headscissors him and chops him down. Ali topes him outside. Jason's wife and family are in the front row. Jason 619's him under the bottom rope then tornado ddt's him off the post onto the floor.

Jason top rope crossbodies him for 2. Ali chops him and Jason punches him. Ali chops him down on the apron. Jason 2nd rope moonsaults him outside. We go to break and return. Ali is suplexed off the top through a table outside. Both men beat the 10 count in.

Jason hit chops on him. Jason running lariats him. Jason swinging backbreakers him for 2. Jason goes for a flying forearm in the corner and Ali pulls the ref in the way. Ali low blows Jason. Ali whips him with a belt. John Skyler pulls the belt away. Ali pushes him and Jason nails John on accident. Ali tries to pin Jason with his feet on the ropes and Tasha Steelz stops it. Mila Moore hits Tasha, they fight and security breaks it up. Ali and Jason trade pin attempts.

Ali sitout piledrivers Jason. Ali top rope 450's him. Ali gets a 2 count and Jason gets a 2 count on him. Ali misses a corner charge and goes into the buckles. Jason is crotched up top. Jason top rope diving M. Bison stomps him. Jason top rope splashes Ali and pins him. Jason wins!

Thoughts: It was a good match here with Jason pulling off the big upset. It's a shame this didn't get built up more because it could have been an even bigger moment. The stuff with Order 4 going at it made for a good moment and we had some nice teases before Jason ended up pulling it off. The top rope superplex spot through a table was cool as we didn't see it coming at all. Things should get interesting with Order 4 moving forward and I'm curious to see what that looks like.

Jason gets streamers thrown in the ring after then his family comes in.

Overall thoughts: I like the opener. Hail/Indi wasn't that interesting and I didn't love the KC Navarro segment. The Knockouts Tag Title match didn't accomplish a lot. I thought the stuff with AJ Francis looking for donations was entertaining. Jada/Jody could have been better. The main was good and one of the better TNA matches this year. I would give this a 6 out of 10 mostly for the main being a big success. It was an okay show overall.

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