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MLP Mayhem will be up later.

As always, there's 4 shows on around the same time tonight (Main Event, ROH, Impact and JCW). Whatever I don't get done tonight will be handled on Friday.

AEW Dynamite 7/15/2026

AEW Dynamite 7/15/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/aew-dynamite-782026-beach-break.html

We are in Boston, MA. Taz, Excalibur and Tony Schiavone are on commentary.

We see clips from earlier of Will Ospreay hitting pads while Garcia hypes him up. Mox tells them to quit fooling around and says it's game time. Mox says Will's neck is strong and the next few steps are the critical ones. He says people get close and then hesitate. Mox says Will earned this. He says Will has to make hard decisions and this is not a hard decision. He says when you get your shot, you don't hesitate, you pull the trigger. 

AEW Tag Titles - Adam Copeland and Christian Cage (c) vs The Death Riders (Wheeler Yuta and Daniel Garcia)

Cope takes down Yuta and side headlocks him. Cope facekicks Yuta down. DG backs up Cage in the corner. Cage teases doing DG's dance and gives him the finger. Cage back elbows him. DG is double hiptossed.

Cope hits punches on DG and chops him. Yuta traps Cope in the ring skirt and pounds on him. DG joins him. We go to PiP break and return. DG chinlocks Cope and sleepers him. Cope powerslams DG. Yuta clubs on Cope.

Cage comes in and drops Yuta with punches. He hits mounted corner punches on Yuta. Cage hits a reverse ddt on Yuta. Cage bangs DG's head off Yuta's crotch. DG is back body dropped on the floor. Cage top rope diving headbutts Yuta for 2. 

DG hits shots on Cage in the corner. Cage and Cope hit lariats. Cope lariats DG onto the ramp and goes with him. Yuta germans Cage for 2. 

Cage is crotched on the 2nd buckle. The heels hit running corner attacks on him. Cage kicks DG in the crotch. Yuta is popped up into a spear from Cope. Cage pins Yuta.

Thoughts: There was absolutely no reason to believe Cope and Cage were losing here and they didn't. The heels mostly stuck to simple offense. It wasn't anything wild or flashy but it was acceptable enough. The Death Riders have again switched from face to heel as they were heelish here.

The Young Bucks are in the stands and clap for Cope and Cage. The Dogs and The Death Riders then jump Cope and Cage.

The Bang Bang Gang then come out to save Cope and Cage. Jay White takes Finlay's shilelagh from him and DF runs off. Jay and Cage argue and Cope tries to play peacemaker. 

We get an Andrade El Idolo video. He's on the beach with a girl. He says he's free of his past and is a future champ. He says there's nothing that can stop him. he says "how you know?" and "soon you will".

Idolo is interviewed by Renee. He says he will fight will all members of The Don Callis Family if he has to as his destiny is to become champ. He then shows a jewelry box with a Dynamite Diamond Ring and says a good friend gave him it. Renee asks if it's Will Ospreay and Idolo says, "how you know?".

Thoughts: Idolo tries, but he's very hard to understand. I've heard enough of the "How you know?" line too.

The Conglomeration are interviewed. OC says it's the perfect time for someone to challenge them for the trios titles. The Demand come in. Ric says he heard them running their mouths and wants to shut them up. Kaun says the title should be around their waists. Toa goes to touch the title and his hand is slapped away. The Lethal Twist then jump The Conglom's from behind. Ric says he told them The Demand wouldn't lay a finger on them but The Lethal Twist aren't in The Demand, yet.

Andrade El Idolo vs Jake Doyle

Jake running shoulders him out to start. Jake corner splashes him and hits corner spears. Jake corner splashes him. Idolo 2nd rope diving headscissors him. Idolo then diving headscissors him form the apron outside. Idolo then flirts with a girl in the front row. 

Idolo is tripped up top. Idolo hits chops. Jake throws Idolo over the top, goes with him and hits an apron edge chokeslam. We go to PiP break and return. Idolo hits forearms and chops. Jake shoulders him over. Idolo step up enzugiri's him. Idolo flying forearms Jake.

Jake bodyblocks him. Jake misses a corner charge. Idolo 2nd rope moonsaults him outside. Jake catches his slingshot headscissors and sitout powerbombs him. Idolo hits triple suplexes for 2. Idolo corner meteora's him for 2. 

Idolo comes off the top and is forearmed down. Jake forearms him down again for 2. Idolo spinning back elbows him and double underhook drops him for the win.

Thoughts: It was the usual Idolo match with him posing with girls in the crowd and him flying. It was okay enough and Idolo won as expected, but both could have been more aggressive here.

Mark Davis comes out and wants to fight Idolo after. Idolo puts the ring on his hand and Mark backs off. 

We get a Kenny Omega video.

Tony Schiavone tries to interview Kenny Omega in the ring. The Young Bucks come out too. There's an omega logo and red carpet. The Bucks say they have been best friends for 20 years and say Kenny won the title all by himself last week. They say he proved he's the best wrestler on the planet. the Bucks are bothered by him wearing MJF's version of the belt and give him the regular AEW Title.

Kenny says it's been a while since he held the title. He says the difference maker was him believing in himself and his friends and family believing in him. He says this wasn't supposed to happen but here we are. He says we will soon see the best version of Omega that has ever been in AEW. 

Will Ospreay comes out. He asks for time to talk to Kenny 1v1. Will says it's good to see Kenny as the AEW champ again. He says Kenny needed to believe in himself to be champ. Will says he thought he was done when he got hit with the belt but he kicked out at 1. He says Kenny is back. 

Will says Kenny's been his hero for 10 years. He says when he thinks of AEW, he thinks of Kenny Omega. Will says he's locked in and not happy with being second. Will says this is a dream come true and it's the fight time a real life Goku and Vegeta are fighting it out. Will says let's show them that this is where the best wrestle.

Kevin Knight comes out. Kev says he has champ to champ talking to do with Kenny and asks Will to excuse them. Kenny says Will can stay. Kev says he's still owed a World Title shot courtesy for MJF. He says there's a debt to be paid and he's here to collect. He says he's ready to become Jet 2 Belts and make it a reality. Kevin then asks for a title shot at Redemption. 

Kenny tells him to back up 2 steps for him. Kenny asks if he's trying to hold him to a promise that MJF made. He asks why would he do that and says they aren't going to do that. Kenny says he might give him a shot because he's a nice guy. He says he saw something special in him the first time he saw him. He says he saw someone who had "it". He says he saw someone who was hungry but that's where it ended. He says then he had to align with Don Callis.

He says he would be a hypocrite to say he didn't believe in Don and didn't think he would lead him to the promised land. He says he held the title due to Don. He says Kevin doesn't need Don's help and could have it all on his own. He talks about MJF defending his belt every week (Did he forget MJF's thing where he didn't defend his belt?) and says he wasn't a fraud. He says Kevin is being a fraud and not being himself. He says he wants to face Kevin "The Jet" Knight and not Kevin "Don Callis Lap Dog B!tch" Knight. He says he wants him to become Jet 2 Belts on his own. 

Kevin says there's no goodness left in his heart, just greatness. Kevin then hits him with the mic. Will goes for Kevin. Kevin goes to the ramp and Darby nails Kevin. Brian Cage then nails Darby on the ramp. Other Don Callis Family members come out then The Death Riders come out. The Don Callis Family backs off.

Thoughts: Redemption is one of the weakest looking AEW PPV's ever and if Kevin/Kenny is the World Title match, there's no real question about it. 

Jack Perry does a video. He says he officially started Chapter 2 of his AEW journey. He says he won 4 titles here and says Chapter 2 is about breaking to the next level. He says he wants to give an opportunity to someone who is in the same shoes he used to be in. We then see Luchasaurus holding a mic.

Brodido (Bandido & Brody King) vs Aaron Solo & Nick Comoroto

Nick pushes Band and Band points at him. Nick gorilla presses Band and then Band gorilla press slams him. Band gets on BK's shoulders and splashes Nick. King sentons Nick. Solo takes corner attacks and a double chop. 

King backdrops Solo then slams Nick onto Solo. Band top rope frogsplashes both opponents and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a short and random squash and not much else. 

Kyle Fletcher is interviewed. He is asked if he's ready for Komander and he says he is. Brody and Bandido walk in. Band puts a wanted poster for himself on Kyle.

AEW International Title Match - Kyle Fletcher (c) vs. Komander

Kom kicks Kyle in the leg. Kom armdrags him and casadora cradles him for 2. Kyle is pulled out. Kom is caught jumping off the apron and Kyle drops him face first on the apron. Kyle running facekicks him outside. 

Kom hits shots on Kyle inside and Kyle lariats him down. Kyle misses a flying corner move. Kom rope walk corkscrew dives Kyle outside. We go to PiP break and return. Kom hits chops and superkicks him. Kyle is on the 2nd rope and gets stuck there. Kom hits shots on him there. Kom walks up the ropes and springboard flying headscissors him down. 

Kom walks up the ropes and diving headscissors him outside. Kom rope walk 450's Kyle for 2. Kom superkicks him out of the corner. Kom rope walks, Kyle tries to sweep him but fails. Kom hits a 619 then a springboard diving canadian destroyer for 2. Kom superkicks Kyle then Kyle michinoku drivers him for 2. Kom walks up the buckles, Kyle catches his moonsault and brainbusters him. Kyle wins.

Thoughts: It was the usual match between these two with Kom doing all kinds of flying and Kyle finding time to kick out of a diving canadian destroyer. I really don't know why we got this and Kom last as he always does. I felt like the canadian destroyer should have ended this but that was probably the only absurd kickout here.

Kyle goes to take off Kom's mask after. Konosuke Takeshita comes out and stops Kyle. KT then forearms Kyle down. KT grabs Kyle's belt then Kazuchika Okada comes out and rainmaker's KT. Okada and Kyle then tug over the belt for some reason. Bandido springboard dropkicks both then Brody King topes Okada and Kyle.

Kenny Omega is interviewed. He says he sees some of himself in Kevin and hasn't given up hope. Darby Allin comes in. He says Kevin won't change overnight and needs humbled. Darby says he will take the TNT Title from Kevin next week. He says Kenny can waste his time talking to him or beat it out of him. Kenny says he will leave it to him. Jon Moxley walks in. He says people are what they are and can't be anyone else even if they try.

Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor are interviewed on the stage. Renee says "The Birds are back". Alex says they are a long way from England and says if anyone knows about drinking and fighting, it's people in Boston. Jamie says they won't let the fans down ever. Alex says they will beat anyone to prove that they are the best tag team in AEW. Jamie then says, "Why won't we go get p!ssed?" and they leave.

Chris Jericho does a video. He says Ciampa left him bloodied and battered. He says let's do it again at Redemption. He says he should bring the pain and he'll bring The Painmaker. We then see Jericho with facepaint and a hat on. Jericho says hell is coming for him.

Tomasso Ciampa does a promo. He says he's better than Jericho. He says the challenge is accepted. He says before we get there, he has one more night in his hometown. He says he wants Jericho watching as he faces anyone who wants to make a name for themselves on Collision. He says welcome to the city of champions and the city of Ciampa.

Darby Allin vs Brian Cage

DA dropkicks him and sends him out. DA topes him but just bounces off of him. DA is sent into the rails. Cage suplex lifts him up the step then drops him on the ramp. Cage 2nd rope deadlift superplexes him on the ramp. Cage F-5's him in the ring and poses. 

We go to PiP break and return. DA runs up steps and dropkicks him into the rail. DA top rope coffin drops him outside. They fight on the buckles. DA 2nd rope code red's him for 2. Cage is seated on the ramp and DA low topes him on the ramp. Cage lariats him on the ramp. Cage gorilla press throws DA into the post, banging the back of DA's head off of it. 

Cage stands on the steps and DA trips him. DA coffin drops him off the buckles onto the top of the steps outside. Cage goes inside and DA coffin drops him twice. DA then wins.

Thoughts: I didn't like this one. Darby took way too much abuse here to survive and win. It doesn't help make look Darby stronger, it just makes Cage look weaker. That bump into the post was awful and super dangerous yet meant nothing.

Kyle Fletcher and Kazuchika Okada talk. Kyle says he's scared of nobody and says he will defend it vs anyone if Brody and Bandido want it. He says he will defend against anyone. He says if Bandido wants him, he wants him in an International Title match at Redemption. Okada and Kyle tugging for the belt wasn't mentioned here.

Kevin Knight and Don Callis are interviewed. Don says Kenny Omega is trying to be him in his first interview as champ. He says everything Kenny got in his life that was good was because of him. Mike Bailey comes in. He says Kevin's facade isn't working. Mike says him and Kenny love him enough and are ready for him when he's ready to go back to himself. Kevin says he doesn't need his help.

Divine Dominion (Lena Kross & Megan Bayne) & Mercedes Mone vs Hyan, Maya World & Willow Nightingale 

I have no idea why this is in this spot. We're past 10PM here and this is just starting.

Mone avoids Willow and tags out. The two sides square off. The faces get the edge then get forearmed. Hyan and Maya hit running dropkicks. Meg and Lena hit stereo fallaway slams. Lena take a backsplash. Willow's face is banged off the mat and Meg boots her. 

Willow step up enzugiri's her and bangs her face off the mat. Lena takes running corner attacks. Maya is headscissored into Lena in the corner. Mone is thrown out onto her partners. Willow's team does a tope and 2 cannonballs off the apron. We go to PiP break and return.

Lena clubs on Maya. Maya and Hyan take a double codebreaker into a double german for 2. Mone pulls Maya down by the hair. Mone misses a corner meteora. Mone knees her in the gut and Maya suplexes her. Lena tags in. Maya boots Lena out of the corner and tags out. 

Willow tags in and double chops Meg. Willow hits forearms on Meg. Willow hits a corner lariat on her and facekicks her. Willow spinebusters Meg for 2. Hyan dropkicks Mone then takes a facekick from Lena. Maya top rope dropkicks Lena and Meg flying lariats Maya. Meg facekicks Willow and is lariated. Everyone is down.

Maya cradles Mone and they roll around going for pins. Maya dropkicks her and Mone suplexes her three times in a row. Mone tries a frog splash and Maya gets her knees up. Maya upkicks Lena. Lena does a dangerous looking backdrop on Maya. Hyan top rope crossbodies Lena. Hyan flying knees Lena.

Lena back body drops Hyan. Hyan takes running kicks in the corner. Hyan takes a german and falcon arrow from Meg for 2. Maya takes a double team. Willow lariats Lena over the top. Willow pounces Meg. Meg boots Willow in the gut and throws her out. 

Hyan gets a 2 count on Mone then Hyan spears Mone for 2. Mone hits a money maker on Hyan and pins her.

Thoughts: Mone's team won as expected. It took them longer to put down Willow's team that it should have. The big girls could have been protected a little better here. It got a of time to play out at least and the match was fine.

Overall thoughts: It was a longer edition of Dynamite at over 2 hours and 20 minutes. The only match I really disliked here was Cage/Darby. Darby just took his usual mega beating and still won in the end. Kyle/Komander didn't get too crazy but the canadian destroyer should have ended it. Brodido won a squash. Idolo had his usual match vs Jake which was alright and the main was alright. I was also fine with the opener. We had a lot of random bouts on this one. I'm not loving Kevin Knight vs Kenny Omega as the main event of a PPV or the build to Redemption in general as it's all just filler for All In. I'd give it a higher 5 out of 10 as it was acceptable and maybe okay, but it could have been a little better.

CMLL 7/13/2026 Arena Puebla

CMLL 7/13/2026 Arena Puebla

The announcer is in the ring and talks about the upcoming Leyenda de Plata and the CMLL Puebla Tag Titles. 

Arkalis & Pendulo vs. El Malayo & Kamelot

Ark gets booted before the match starts then he is lariated. Malayo pounds on him and whips him with his coat. Kam beats up Pen on the ramp then throws him into the ring. Pen armdrags Kam twice in the ring then casadora armdrags him. Kam boots him over.

Pen top rope diving headscissors Kam out. Ark top rope crossbodies Mal and Mal elbow drops him. Ark rips at Mal's mask then Mal rips at his mask. Mal lariats Ark over then Ark spears him. Ark hits mounted shots then pulls on Mal's mask. Kam facekicks Ark over. Mal basement dropkicks Ark.

Mal back body drops Ark and basement dropkicks him for 2. Ark flying headscissors Mal then Kam boots Ark over. Kam stomps on Ark. Mal completely rips off Ark's mask but the ref does nothing. Kam lariats Pen down inside and Mal further rips on Ark's mask. Kam running facekicks Pen then cradles him for 2.

Mal stomps Ark on the ramp and Pen is lariated over the top. Ark's head is banged off a chair. Kam chops Pen and elbow drops him.  Kam pulls on Pen's arms. Ark takes a double back body drop. Mal bites Ark's head and pulls on his mask more. Mal basement dropkicks Ark as he hangs in tree of woe. Kam atomic drops Pen. Kam stomps Ark's arm. Ark flying headscissors Kam and Mal dropkicks Ark. 

Ark is double stomped on then Mal kicks him in the leg. Pen springboard twisting crossbodies Kam. Pen walks up the buckles and diving tornillo armdrags Kam out. Mal trips Ark then Ark topes him outside. Pen's headscissors is blocked by Kam. Pen flips Kam into the ropes and drops him on his chest. 

Pen flying headscissors Kam out then topes him. Ark hits armdrags on Mal. Mal low blows him, the ref doesn't see it and Mal pins Ark. El Malayo's team wins the fall.

Thoughts: It got a lot of time. It was all about Mal and Ark fighting it out here with Pen and Kam just kind of being background characters. They did an okay job in pushing the Ark/Mal issues and it was acceptable.

Ark gets on the mic and says he's been putting up with Malayo's tricks for 3 weeks. Ark challenges Malayo to a mask vs mask match next week. Malayo says he accepts his challenge. Malayo then takes Ark's mask off and stomps him. We'll see if that match happens as challenges like this don't always come through. 

Sanely & Zeuxis vs. Garra Negra & Johnnie Robbie

Z = Zeuxis

Sane and Garra trade some basic holds. Sane armdrags her. They each go for a pin. Garra trips her. They lock up and Sane stomps Garra's fingers. Grra trips her and does an STF. Garra armdrags her. Garra sweeps her and is shouldered over and splashed. They grab each other by the hair.

JR and Z get in. JR armdrags her twice and flying headscissors her twice. Garra and Sane get in and Garra armdrags her. Garra flips out of a hiptoss and armdrags her. Garra then dropkicks Sane.

JR wants a handshake from Z then JR gets double teamed. Sane boots JR out of the corner. JR is choked on the ropes. JR takes a double boot. Sane low crossbodies Garra against the bottom buckle. Sane then bites Garra's foot. Z slaps JR then JR takes a double spinebuster. Sane sentons JR and Z does the same.  

Garra is kicked in the leg by Z. Z slaps Garra down in the corner. Sane wraps JR's hair around the top rope and pulls. Jr takes running corner attacks. Z pulls on JR's face out of the camel clutch position. 

Garra and JR are sent into each other. Z slaps Sane on accident and JR top rope crossbodies both. Garra backcrackers Sane. Z is double tripped and takes a double knee to the head for 2. Garra is put on Z's back. Sane tries to flip her onto her chest but can't get her over and Garra just falls over.

JR northern lights suplexes Sane then suplexes her for 2. JR takes running corner attacks then a reverse ddt + 2nd rope splash combo for 2. Garra pump kicks Z in the face. Sane flying lariats Garra. JR pepsi twist lariats Sane. Z meteora's JR for 2. Sane and JR trade forearms then high kick each other at the same time. Z and Garra then flying facebuster each other at the same time. All 4 girls are down.

JR flying headscissors Sane out. JR topes Sane. Garra misses a top rope dropkick on Z. Garra hits a one winged angel on Z and pins her to win the match.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good. Garra and Sanely have no chemistry together and Garra almost got dropped on her head. JR didn't impress either.  

CMLL Arena Puebla Tag Team Title Tournament Final - Meyer & Tiger Boy vs. Konjuro & Rey Espartano

Kon and Meyer go at it. They trade basic holds and Meyer armdrags him. Kon armdrags him back. Meyer trips him and grabs the leg and they stand off. Kon armdrags him down, rolls out of a sunset flip and sweeps him. They stand off and shove each other. 

Rey and Tiger go at it. Tiger rolls him up for 2. Rey rolls him up and Tiger sunset flips him from the electric chair. Rey kips up and armdrags him. Tiger shoulders him over and splashes him. Rey shoves him and offers a handshake. Tiger boots him in the gut. Rey chops him down. Rey springboard diving armdrags him.  

Meyer flying headscissors Rey and Kon top rope diving armdrags Meyer. Tiger casadora armdrags Kon. Tiger walks up the buckles and is swept by Kon. Kon stomps Tiger. Kon kneels on Tiger's neck on the 2nd buckle. 

Rey foot chokes Meyer on the ramp. Meyer is stomped on by his opponents in the ring. Meyer is dropkicked in the leg. Meyer takes running corner attacks and a facewash kick. Tiger breaks the pin up and gets chopped down. Tiger is double gorilla press slammed on his back. 

Kon spears the post when Tiger moves on a corner charge. Rey charges and is back body dropped out. Meyer and Tiger then hit topes outside. Kon's team is sent into each other outside. Tiger pump kicks Kon. Kon then take a codebreaker and a backbreaker. Rey takes running corner attacks. Rey is pute in tree of woe and Tiger is popped up into a dropkick on him.

Kon rolls up Meyer for 2. Kon rolls up Meyer for 2. Kon pop up powerbombs Meyer for 2. Tiger wasteland's Kon then double stomps his gut. Rey handsprings into the ropes off a back body drop and sitout powerbombs Tiger off of it for 2. 

Rey dropkicks Kon off the apron on accident. Meyer canadian destroyers Rey then tope con hilos Kon. Tiger top rope double knee drops Rey and pins him.

Thoughts: It was alright. It could have been a little shorter though. I don't know if it was the best possible effort but it was enough at least. Tiger and Meyer become the first ever CMLL Arena Puebla Tag champs for winning here. I thought Rey had a good showing.

Ikuro Kwon vs. Valiente Jr.

Kwon pushes him back and take a spin kick. Val flips over him then flying headscissors him out. Val topes Kwon outside. Val slingshot swantons Kwon for 2. Val flips out of release german and handspring corkscrew kicks Kwon off the buckles. Val rolls him into a double stomp. 

Kwon uppercuts Val and bangs his head off the buckles. Kwon hits kicks to the body and basement dropkicks him from behind for 2.  

Kwon rakes Val's back. Kwon flips him with a lariat for 2. Kwon suplexes him for 2. They chop each other and high kick each other down at the same time. Val hits kicks and dropkicks him. Val skins the cat to get on the ropes and dropkicks him out. Val 2nd rope moonsaults him outside. Val holds his leg outside and is hurt. They call the match off. Kwon wins by ref stoppage. Val is stretchered out.

Thoughts: We didn't get to see a ton of this and it didn't have a true ending to it. What we got up to it was okay and I was interested to see where it goes. Hopefully Val is okay.

Capitan Suicida & Star Black vs. Los Hermanos Calavera (Calavera Jr. I & Calavera Jr. II) 

Cal = Either Cal

1st Fall - A Cal and Cap lock up. They trade some basic holds. Cap armdrags him. They trip each other, Cap armdrags him and is shouldered over. Cal standing moonsaults him. Cap spin kicks him in the gut then armdrags him. They go for pins and Cal slides out. 

Star and the other Cal get in. Star does headflips and gets double dropkicked by The Cal's. The Cal's stomp Star. Star takes a double boot out. Cap is held for a superkick. Cap's hands are bitten. Cap superkicks a Cal then Star tilt-a-whirl backbreakers the other Cal. Star and Cap do stereo springboard reverse topes and pick up stereo pins. Star Black's team wins the fall.

2nd Fall - Cap is kicked by a Cal while running the ropes. Cap enzugiri's that Cal from behind. A Cal chops the other on a failed double team. Cap corkscrew headscissors Cal out. Cap makes one Cal ddt the other. 

Star kicks a Cal and flying shoulders him over. Star flying headscissors him. Star goes up and over, backflips and does an armdrag. Star then handsprings and backflips and hits reverse headbutts on The Cal's.

Cap top rope crossbodies the Cal's. Cap's headscissors is caught and he is powerbombed down. Star is double stomped by the heels. The Cal's hit flying corner lariats. The Cal's tie their opponents legs up and tie their arms up together. They then submit both. Los Hermanos Calavera win the fall. 

3rd Fall - The wrestlers fight outside and Star is superkicked there. Cap is double gorilla pressed and thrown from the ramp to the ring. Star gets in and is dropkicked. Star is double stomped on. Star hits a springboard reverse double tope. Cap top rope double dropkicks The Cal's. Cap tope con hilos The Cal's then Star topes into a splash on the floor on The Cal's. The faces get 2 counts in the ring on pin attempts. The faces take stereo powerbombs and both kick out at 2. A Cal tope con hilos Star outside. A Cal double underhook suplexes Cap and does a grounded octopus variation to him. He submits him. Los Hermanos Calavera win the fall and match.

Thoughts: I liked it. It could have been a little faster paced in the second fall. It went well though, we got some flying from both teams and they kept it entertaining. This was an okay bout here.

Angel de Oro and Niebla Roja vs Xelhua and Templario

1st Fall - Xel and Roja fight over basic holds and Xel armdrags him. Roja trips him with a leglock. Roja works the leg and surfboards him. Xel headstand spinning reverse headscissors him down twice. Temp and Oro get in. They do some amateur wrestling and Oro back elbows him down. Oro is swept and they stand off.

Temp flying headscissors Oro and we get some superkicks with the 4 wrestlers. Xel has his mask untied while his foot is bitten. Oro and Roja hit stereo running corner attacks then basement dropkicks. Oro and Roja pick up stereo pins. Angel de Oro's team wins the fall.

2nd Fall - Oro takes down Temp and back elbows him. Oro basement dropkicks him in the back of the neck. Oro bites his foot and Roja bites Xel's mask. Xel his a springboard crossbody on Oro. Xel slingshot plancha's Roja outside. Temp bodyscissors rolls Oro and pins him. Xelhua's team wins the fall.

3rd Fall - Roja and Xel pull at each other's hair/mask. Xel hits armdrags. Oro kicks his partner on accident on a sunset flip. Oro is pulled over the top and Xel tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him on the floor. Roja and Temp trade chops. Temp armdrags him from his shoulders. 

Temp flying headscissors Roja. Temp then topes Roja outside. Xel flying headbutts Roj in the ring. Xel la rosa's bombs him and pins him. Xelhua's team wins the fall and match.

Thoughts: It was average. It didn't get a lot of time. We didn't get much flying at all here and they were clearly just trying to get through this one. That'll be 2 losses in the last week for Oro and Roja and this one wasn't needed. 

Los Guerreros Laguneros (Gran Guerrero, Stuka Jr. & Ultimo Guerrero) vs. El Sky Team (Mascara Dorada, Mistico & Neon)

1st Fall - UG goes out instead of going at Mist. Mist goes out and tells him to get in the ring. Neon and Gran go at it. Neon armdrags him and they sweep each other. Neon poses and Gran lariats him. Neon enzugiri's him from the apron and springboard diving headscissors him out.

MD and Stuka fight. MD flying headscissors him. They sweep each other and stand off. MD corkscrew headscissors Stuka out. Mist is lariated from behind then triple stomped on. UG double boots Mist of the corner. Neon springboard splashes UG. MD springboard double dropkicks the heels and Mist topes Stuka outside. Neon hits a double jump moonsault on Gran and MD top rope 450's UG. Neon and MD pick up stereo pins. Mistico's team wins the fall. 

2nd Fall - Neon walks up the ropes and flips over Stuka. Neon tilt-a-whirl headscissors Stuka. Neon goes to walk up the ropes and is swept. Stuka flipping neckbreakers Neon and Neon takes a magic killer. UG kicks MD in the leg. MD is monkey flipped up top and Gran 2nd rope gordbusters him. Stuka top rope splashes MD and pins him. Ultimo Guerrero's team wins the fall.

3rd Fall - UG boots Mist and pulls on his mask. UG throws Mist to the ramp. Mist is bridged on the ropes for a leapfrog la silla from Gran. MD is popped up into a kick. UG kicks Neon in the leg. Neon hedscissors Gran then tilt-a-whirl armdrags Stuka. Neon top rope diving headscissors UG out. Neon double jump springboard diving headscissors Gran on the ramp. 

UG shoulders MD over. MD enzugiri's UG from the apron then slingshot headscissors him. MD walks up the buckles, flips into the ropes and armdrags UG down. MD superkicks Stuka. MD flips off of Gran then satellite headscissors Gran out. 

UG back elbows Mist and pulls at his mask. Stuka chops Mist and Mist chops UG each time after the chop. Mist does a headscissors + armdrag combo on UG and Stuka. Mist is popped up into a diving headscissors on UG. Mist flying reverse headscissors Stuka out. Temp and MD hit stereo topes out. 

Mist springboard twisting crossbodies Gran and la mistica's him. Mist submits Gran.

Thoughts: They didn't waste much time here. What we got was fine for a main but they didn't go for anything else here. Everyone hit their stuff clean though and it went well. Mistico's team wins as they almost always do.

Overall thoughts: The opener was okay and pushed the Akalis vs Malayo feud. They challenged each other to a mask match next week, but we'll have to see if that happens. The women's match wasn't good as Garra and Sanely didn't gel together. I liked the Arena Puebla Tag Title match. Kwon/Valiente was okay prior to the injury. I thought Los Hermanos Calavera had the match of the night and I thought that was okay. Angel de Oro's match was average. The main didn't waste much time but it went well and was fine. I'd give this a 6 out of 10 and I thought it was okay overall. 

WWE Evolve 7/15/2026

WWE Evolve 7/15/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/wwe-evolve-782026.html

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

Max Abrams and The Mog Squad talk before the match. Max says he has to write the wrongs and they need to get back to mogging. He says he booked everyone to a wellness retreat. He tells them to take it easy while he handles Chazz Hall.

Max Abrams vs Chazz "Starboy" Hall

They lock up. Max chops him in the corner and Hall piefaces him. Max side headlocks him. Hall top wristlocks him and Max ropebreaks. Hall waistlock rolls him on the mat. Max punches Hall in the corner. Hall 2nd rope diving headscissors him. Hall monkey flips him. 

Max double throat thrusts him and hits shots. Hall dropkicks him for 2. Hall front facelocks him. Max boots him. Hall jumping spin kicks him. Hall is caught coming off the apron and Max apron powerbombs him. We go to break and return.  

Max boots him in the head. Hall hits shots to the gut and head. Max flying back elbows him for 2. Max knee drops Hall's back. Max chokes him on the ropes with his legs. Max hits a disaster kick for 2. Max chinlocks him. Hall misses a corner splash. Hall hits kicks to the body. 

Hall leg lariats him. Max flying euros him. Max falcon arrows him for 2. Max hits mounted shots. Hall hits Max in the gut and cradles him for 2. Max back elbows him. Max slams him. Max misses a top rope splash.

Hall hits punches and chops. Hall lands on his feet off a back body drop. Hall spinning heel kicks him. Hall springboard flying headscissors him. Hall high kicks him and standing shiranui's him. Hall buzzsaw kicks him. 

Hall is up top and Max stops him. Max hits a running blockbuster for 2. Hall standing corkscrew moonsaults him. Hall sends Max out. Max comes in before Hall can dive out. Hall enzugiri's Max from the apron. The Mog Squad come out. Mathers, Cappuccino and Holoway come out. Max is back body dropped onto everyone. Hall then does a flying space tiger drop onto everyone. 

Cappuccino Jones nails Hall on accident outside. Jones drops Santi with a shot. Max over the back fameassers Hall and pins him.

Thoughts: It got a lot of time and was a lot more even than I had expected it to be. It was fine. Hall did a lot of flying as usual and Max flew a bit. I liked Hall's escape out of the back body drop. The run in's were a bit of a surprise.

Hall pushes Cap Jones after.

Timothy Thatcher wishes Harlem Lewis good luck tonight. Lewis says the title match is long overdue and it's time to let the beast of the cage tonight. He says the Harlem Violence World Tour begins tonight.

Nikkita Lyons and Sloane Jacobs talk in the back. Lyons isn't happy about her party last week. Sloane says she doesn't know why no one showed up. Lyons complains about Laynie Luck and says she wants her first title defense to be against her. I think Sloane asks where Wendy Choo is and Lyons says who cares. Sloane says she will talk to Thatcher.

Layla Diggs vs Veronica Haven

Haven wears giant angel's wings out. Diggs rams her in the corner, hits corner spears and pounds on her. Haven yanks on her arm. Diggs shoulders her over and armdrags her. Haven side headlock's her and Diggs blocks the takeover. Haven is caught off the 2nd rope and Diggs powerslams her down. Diggs standing moonsaults her. 

Diggs' throat is pulled over the top rope. Haven basement dropkicks her off the apron. Haven hits mounted shots on her and side headlocks her. Haven 2nd rope diving headscissors her and pulls her down backwards for 2. Haven chinlocks her.

Diggs boots and chops her. Diggs leg lariats her twice. Diggs sitout gordbusters Haven for 2. Diggs flips out of a lariat and pele kicks Haven. Diggs top rope moonsaults Haven and pins her.

Thoughts: It was acceptable. Haven hasn't done a lot so far and it was her first match in a few weeks. Diggs looked a little better than usual here and hit her stuff clean. 

Mathers, Holloway, Cap Jones and Hall talk to Aaron Rourke in the back. Timothy Thatcher comes in. He says Lewis is tough and it will be a big test for him. Aaron says he's been tested before and will pass with flying colors. Hall tells Cap he cost him the match. Mathers tells Hall the numbers were against him. Cap asks Thatcher for a match with Ash and Viktor. Thatcher says he doesn't want to reward them but will get it sorted.

Elijah Holyfield does a video. He say he's been waiting on the rematch with Brooks Jensen since he cheated. He says he knows Jensen doesn't see anything wrong with what he did. He says he just sees a punk in him. He says Brooks can watch history while he makes it. He says he's fighting with the Holyfield name on his back all his life. He tells Jensen to lock in as his right fist will knock his lights out.

Harlem Lewis says The Harlem Violence World Tour starts now.

WWE Evolve Title - Aaron Rourke (c) vs Harlem Lewis

Lewis spears him to start. Lewis jackhammers him for 2. Lewis throws him. Lewis misses a corner spear and goes into the post. AR kicks him from the apron. AR diving blockbusters him from the apron to the floor.

AR boots him out of the corner and 2nd rope diving codebreakers him for 2. We go to break and return. Lewis waistlocks AR. Lewis forearms him in the spine. AR upkicks him. AR back elbows him and hits kicks. AR cartwheels on him into a soul foot. Lewis catches him in the corner and hits backbreakers. Lewis bends AR over his knee.

AR spinning ddt's Lewis down. AR upkicks him and pumping knees him. AR running corner euros him twice. AR corner meteora's him. AR split-legged moonsaults him for 2. They trade shots. Lewis facekicks him and is pump kicked. Lewis flying knees him. Lewis low basement dropkicks him for 1. 

AR spinning facekicks him and ushigoroshi's him for 2. They fight on the buckles. Lewis is knocked down from the buckles. AR goes for a molly-go-round off the top and Lewis powerbombs him down. Lewis jackhammers him and pins him.

Thoughts: Whew, Thank God. Finally, Lewis wins the title. It was long overdue and any other outcome would have killed off his character. This was a little closer than I would have liked it to be. I don't think they did a great job of using Lewis' size here as AR was going even with him when he should have been destroyed. I liked how it started and I liked the molly-go-round counter but this really should have just been a whooping.

Lewis poses with the title after.

Overall thoughts: The show was about the usual level quality wise. All 3 matches were atleast acceptable and I liked the opener best. It was nice to see Lewis win the big one finally after a long wait. They seem to be teasing a Hall/Cap Jones feud. I'd give this a higher 5 out of 10 as it was alright enough but nothing great.

WWC Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre 7/12/2026

WWC Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre 7/12/2026

Yesterday's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/wwc-superestrellas-de-la-lucha-libre_02010359065.html

Abel Durant and Axel Cruz are our hosts.

Orlando Colon talks to himself in the mirror. He says he told himself he could do it and makes a toast. He says he made history at the Anniversary show when he beat Ray Gonzalez. He says that is Ray's best event and he was almost undefeated there. He asks what happened this year. He says Ray will say anyone can win via cheating. He asks who was the first to use a dirty tactic and shows clips of Rey throwing powder at him, using weapons and low blowing him. We saw this yesterday.

Orlando says he was one step ahead of him and his hand was raised. He says it was bound to happen. He asks what Ray will do now. Orlando says he was away for 5 years and all he could do is here that Ray was on his thrown. He says he came back and now Ray isn't sitting on the throne. He says he wouldn't call it a victory, but cause and effect. He says Ray will see why later. He says Ray can also hear from Carlito and Chicano. Orlando says he's not good at forgetting the things Ray did in the past. He tells him to take time to think and says the anniversary was a success for him.

The hosts talk. They say Mr. Pogo's nephew is debuting here today. They say Mr. Pogo teamed with Kendo Nagasaki in WWC. I actually reviewed one of those matches here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2022/08/wwc-superestrellas-de-la-lucha-libre_12.html

WWC Jr. Heavyweight Title - "El Hostil" Jovan vs Yuki San

This is Yuki San's debut with the company and they say he is Mr. Pogo's nephew. His name is usually Dragon Yuki.

We join this in progress. Yuki clubs on Jovan and Jovan side headlocks him. Jovan tries shoulderblocks and is thrown down backwards. Yuki hits forearms on Jovan in the corner. Jovan 2nd rope twisting crossbodies him for 2. Jovan dropkicks him out of the ring. Jovan slingshot plancha's him outside.

Yuki blocks a slam and clubs Jovan's back. Yuki slams Jovan and legdrops him for 2. Yuki elbows him in the head. Yuki does a stretch plum.

We go to break. 

"El Hostil" Jovan does a promo. He says Brandon The Skater called his dad trash. He says he showed him men are to be respected. He says Brandon has another shot at his Jr. Title. He says he won't let Brandon taake the title from him and says Brandon knows how long he worked to get here. He says he will be waiting for him at summer Madness. He says he will prove he's the best still. 

Brandon The Skater does a promo. Brandon says he's the best junior in PR. He says they know each other and he hopes he enjoyed his reign, because no matter how long he holds the title, he's the best junior. He says it's Jovan's problem if he doesn't like it. We've seen this three times already.

We return from break. Jovan fights out of the dragon sleeper and Yuki headbutts him down. Jovan superkicks Yuki. Jovan hits flying forearms. Yuki cannonballs Jovan and Axel makes kung fu sounds. Yuki gets a 2 count on Jovan. Yuki boots him in the gut and spears him for 2. Jovan pump kicks Yuki in the chest and pins him.

Thoughts: Yuki is absolutely no junior heavyweight by any means and he's likely heavier than Mr. Pogo was. He did the basics here with some rest holds and simple strikes. It wasn't great but you could put him with anyone and get a safe match out of him. It was average and Jovan won as expected.

Lou Forza does a promo. He says his tag title match goes beyond a match and is a duel of trust. Lou says him and Sole are determined to be the best tag champs WWC has ever seen. Lou says their first successful defense will be at Summer Madness and they will show Mike Nice and Oscar Benabe why they have the perfect aura. We saw this yesterday.

Elena Negroni does a promo. She says we don't want to miss the women's match at Summer Madness as the whole women's division will be in the match. We saw this yesterday.

La Guerrera Amazona does a promo. She says she has to be on the lookout as everyone wants her WWC Women's Title. She says she hopes Kamila does the right thing. She says Kamile knows what she is doing and asks her not to mess with her. She says this is Sai's opportunity to prove herself. She tells Amalbert to do her job. We saw this three times already.

WWC Caribbean Title - John Hawking (c) vs Lightning

We join this with the two fighting outside. Light's head is banged off the post. John chops him outside. Light's head is banged off the post again. Orlando Toledo touches John, John gets distract then Light hits shots on John. 

The ref rings the bell and the match officially starts. Light leg chokes John over the 2nd rope. Toledo punches John in the gut and Light foot chokes John. John lariats him down. Light clubs him and back elbows him. 

Light snapmares him with a chinlock. John hits elbows to the gut and is pulled down. light  throws John out. Toledo stomps John outside. Light chinlocks John. 

John hits punches and is clubbed down. Light misses a corner charge and John ddt's him. John hits punches on him and shoulders him into the corner. John corner splashes him twice. Light hits shots to the gut and head. Light shoves the ref over. John hits more punches. The ref gets in the way and is shoved down. The ref gets shoved down again and the match is thrown out.

Thoughts: It was little but the basics here and the basics didn't look great. It was average and close to being boring. At least we saw everything from bell to bell here, but I think we may have missed a little before that.

The two continue to fight after.

Xavant does a promo. He says the champ has arrived and says the challenge continues to rise. He says you have to face the challenges with courage. He says he faces Joe Bravo and La Amenaza Bryan at Summer Madness. He says he's ready as he likes to fight. He says the title is at stake and he's not afraid. He says he will fight with his heart until he perseveres because that's what heroes do. We saw this already.

Ray Gonzalez does a promo. He says he has a message for Chicano, Orlando Colon and Carlito Colon. Ray says this is just the beginning. He says each of them will pay for what they did. He says at Summer Madness, he's facing Alberto El Patron. He says Al keeps talking trash and saying things that are low for an athlete like him. He says he needs to show more respect. He says he's a great fighter but they have unfinished business to settle. Ray says they will settle it at summer Madness. He tells him to come prepared to survive as he is coming to break that dirty mouth of his. He says he will show him some respect and will checkmate him.  

Chicano does a video. He says he lost the Universal Title a year ago without being beaten. He says he had no opportunities to get the title back. He says Eddie Colon told him to play for the team and he did again. He says when he wanted to challenge for the Universal Title again, Eddie says to let Intelecto Cinco Estrellas get the shot instead and be the face of their group. 

Chicano said he took one for the team again but then no one took one for him when he was going through a difficult time with his wife's cancer. He says Eddie fired him. He asks if the team played for him then? He says Ray Gonzalez is a legend and a locker room leader with 16% of the company. He says Ray didn't advocate for him or help him keep his job. He says Ray did call him though when he needed ratings for El Cafe del Milenio and that's when he used his 16% ownership then.

He says Ray treated him like a lap dog. He says he didn't want to be interviewed so Ray put the mic on the mat for him to grab. He says Ray could given him the mic but didn't.

He says someone who didn't work for WWC called him and asked him how he was though and that was Orlando Colon. He says Orlando at least picked up the phone and asked him what happened. He says that's what he needed out of Ray. He says Carlito did attack him, but he and Orlando hadn't discussed the plan with him yet. He says he and Carlito didn't hit each other at the Anniversary show and they planned to just survive so they could reveal their plan later. 

He says them turning on Eddie was history and a new vision of wrestling. he says Orlando says many people will think they are on the right track. He says he hopes Orlando (I think) will choose the right path.

Andrade El Idolo does a promo. He says he will see the people on July 18th. He says Chicano will face a true star and a real Latino who is enjoying life. He says he will humiliate him and will see on 7/18. He then says, "how you know?". We saw this already.

Chicano does a promo. He says Idolo dare says he doesn't know him. He says Idolo isn't relevant because they don't even like him in his own country. He says the difference between them is that people know him as a star. He says Andrade is just one of the crowd members in his company. He says Idolo came to be Eddie's savior but he doesn't know that he will have to be saved at Summer Madness.

The hosts shill Summer Madness tickets and close the show.

Overall thoughts: We had 2 matches here, a bunch of replayed promos and one new Chicano segment. The two matches shown were average and we saw enough of them to be sure of it. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 as it was a very average show and there was nothing must see here.

TNA Xplosion 7/10/2026

TNA Xplosion 7/10/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/tna-xplosion-732026.html

There is no Around the Ring with Gia Miller this week. The only new content is:

The Righteous (Vincent and Dutch) vs El Pirata de la Muerte and Manny Lemons

Pirata does not have a mask.

Vince boots and side headlocks Manny. Vince shoulders him over for 1. Vince flying back elbows Manny. Vince hits back elbows on his opponents. Dutch gets in and hits gut shots on Pirata. Pirata enzugiri's Dutch from the apron. Dutch blocks a slingshot sunsex flip and exploders Pirata.

Pirata's head is banged off the buckles. Vince bangs Pirata's head off the buckles. Vince back elbows Pirats in the spine and kicks the buckle into his face. Vince is dropped onto Pirata by Dutch. Vince hits mounted shots on Pirata.

Dutch short arm clotheslines Pirata then elbow drops him. Pirata step up enzugiri's Vince. Manny tags in and clubs his chest. Manny hits shots on the heels. Dutch black hole slams Manny. Vince hits orange sunshine on Manny and pins him.

Thoughts: It was all squash here with the jobbers getting little in before going down. It wasn't much of note and the only question was how long it would last.

Overall thoughts: There was only one new segment here which was lame. The one match shown was a squash and wasn't that great. You can skip this one as there was little to this.

WWE NXT 7/14/2026

WWE NXT 7/14/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/wwe-nxt-772026.html

We are at the Performance Center in Orlando, FL. Vic Joseph and Booker T are on commentary.

NXT Tag Titles - The Vanity Project (Brad Baylor and Ricky Smokes) (c) vs Sean Legacy and Dorian Van Dux

Sean takes RS down by the wrist and armdrags him. Sean armdrag rolls him into a pin attempt. Sean is flipped into the ropes, he armdrags RS and dropkicks him off of it. Sean armdrags both heels. 

Dux botches a slam on Brad. Brad hits up kicks and Dux dropkicks him for 2. Sean butt drops RS' arm. Sean is stomped on in the corner. Sean shoulders RS over then slams him and Brad. Dux slingshot legdrops Brad. Dux backrolls RS into a backdrop. Sean PK's and standing moonsaults RS for 2.

Sean chops RS down. Sean throws his opponents out of the ring. Sean is launched into a springboard dive on the heels. We go to PiP break and return. 

RS corner splashes Sean. Brad flying pumping knees Sean. Sean takes a dropkick + spinebuster combo for 2. RS straightjacket chokes Sean. Sean rolls up RS for 2 then enzugiri's him. Sean hot tags Dux in. Dux top rope crossbodies Brad and back body drops both heels. Dux hurricanrana's Brad for 2. Dux lariats RS then asai moonsaults Brad for 2.

Brad back elbows Dux. Brad ripcord codebreakers Dux and Rs slingshot spears Dux for 2. RS is crotched up top. Dux top rope superplexes RS. Dux top rope splashes RS and Sean springboard 450's RS for 2. 

RS rolls up Sean for 2. Sean pump kicks him and takes a backhand. Sean standing spanish flies RS. Sean and Dux hit stereo topes outside. Sean tope con hilos outside. Jackson Drake gets on the ropes and is nailed. Myca Lockwood pulls Dux out and sends him back in. Dux takes a reverse ddt + top rope double stomp combo and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was a fast paced bout here with tons of moves. None of them really meant much and it was a bit hard to follow at times. I guess it was alright but it could have been a lot smarter.

Borne and Tavion talk in the back. Borne says he will ruin Jackson Drake's night tonight. Kam Hendrix comes in. He says he loved how they hugged last week. He says Borne should be worried about the title on his shoulder. Kam says his health meter is at about 86% but it'll he showtime soon. Borne says Mason Rook might get to him first. Tavion asks him to think about going for the tag titles with him.

OTM come up to Saquon Shugars. He says he's looking for partners against Darkstate. OTM says he can't be serious. Price says he made his bed and now he lays in it. OTM then argue with The Birthright. The Birthright said they did what they had to do last week. King asks if Nima told him about AAA before he ran off of him. He says Nima has a family and implies Price isn't part of it. King says it looks like they have the first crack in the foundation of OTM.

Tristan Angels is in the ring. He says God has a strange sense of humor as he made men like Shiloh Hill. He says God sent him as an apology. He then pulls out Hill's tooth and says everyone can see him for what he is without the tooth - a creepy hillbilly who is not fit to stand across the ring from a man like him. Angels then stomps the tooth into the steps.

Hill appears on the tron. He says the tooth did help him look normal but losing it helped with his mind. He says he can fix his mind but Angels can't fix that the fog is coming. He then does an evil laugh and we see fog and hear thunder sounds. 

Natalya's crew is in Stone's office with Lizzy Rain and Izzi Dame. The girls make their case for why they should get a title shot. Stone sets up a 4-way for the Women's NA Title in 20 minutes.

Tate Wilder vs Naraku

Tate Wilder does an inset promo. He says taking a risk vs Naraku is another Tuesday for him. He says he's willing to take the risk to beat a former NXT Title #1 Contender. 

Nar boots him in the gut and waistlock takedowns him. Nar slaps him and hits an open hand shot. Tate rolls over his back and hits armdrags. Tate is sent throat first into the ropes. Tate flying shoulders him and slams him. Tate dropkicks him out. Tate goes for a low tope and Nar forearms him. Tate stomps his back on the apron.

We go to PiP break and return. Nar suplexes him then STF's him. Tate rolls him up for 2. Nar double chops him down. Nar does a cobra clutch variation and hits double chops. Tate slingblades him. 

Tate drops him with punches and backdrops him. Tate slingblade backbreakers him then suplexes him for 2. Tate walks up the ropes and twisting crossbodies him. Tate goes up top and Nar pushes him down to the floor. Nar hits an STO on him and pins him.

Thoughts: Tate got to do a lot more here than usual and he did fine with it. He definitely helped this one out and it wasn't bad. Naraku won as expected though. 

Tony D'Angelo attacks Naraku after. Security grabs Tony and he punches them down. More security comes out including Braxton Cole and Naraku ends up doing the red mist to Cole. Tony attacks Naraku and we cut away. 

Hank and Tank talk to EK Prosper in the back. Hank says he's cleared next week and is going for Keanu Carver. Tank says Keanu is a beast. Hank says he will get his payback on Keanu. Saquon Shugars comes in and says he believes in Hank. He says they all don't like Darkstate. Tank says he doesn't believe him. Hank says he's on his own until they see him change his actions. Shugars tries to do "honk honk" at Tank and Tank won't.

NXT Women's North American Title - Zaria (c) vs Nikkita Lyons vs Izzi Dame vs Lizzy Rain

Layla Diggs had a title shot here but got injured and is out, so this was made. The girls all hit each other one by one. Zar pump kicks Dame. Rain running headbutts Zar. Lyons high kicks Rain. Lyons hits punches on Dame. Dame neckbreakers her on the back for 2. Lyons michinoku drivers Dame for 2. Zar pop up headbutts Rain

Zar running back elbows Dame and pump kicks Lyons. Rain springboard back elbows Zar. Lyons germans Dame and Zar spinning lariats Lyons. The four hockey fight. We go to PiP break and return.  

Zar and Dame hit each other on the apron. Rain high kicks Lyons and facebusters her on the apron. Zar boots Dame in the face. Dame and Zar double clothesline each other. Rain hits a top rope double dropkick. Rain then chop flurries Zar and Dame. Rain germans Dame then spinebusters Lyons. 

Rain tornado ddt's Zar then Dame lariats Rain. Rain cutters Dame for 2. Lyons lariats Zar then tiger drivers Rain for 2. Lyons flying headscissors Zar into Rain. Dame dropkicks Zar and gets 2 counts on all 3 opponents.  

Dame germans Lyons and dropkicks her. Rain is sent into Zar. Dame backcrackers Rain then chokeslams her. Dame and Zar trade shots. Zar headbutts Rain from behind then running lariats Lyons. Dame 2nd rope diving codebreakers Zar. Zar spears Dame for 2. Natalya and Karmen Petrovic come out.

Rain running headbutts Dame. Dame and Rain fight outside. Karmen goes to hit Zaria and Jaida Parker makes the save. Zar spears Karmen on the floor. Lyons superkicks Zar. Zar spears Lyons in side then F-5's her for the pin.

Thoughts: It got a lot of time and went well. It was your usual 4-way with tons of stuff going on and people rotating in and out. Zar winning made the most sense and thankfully she pulled it off. Rain hit a ton of headbutts here.  

Shugars talks to the Wren-Q-CC. Grey says he hasn't given anyone reasons to be his friend. Wren says he can join the Wren-Q-CC. Lola vice comes in. She says she's not done with Kendall. Lola says she's getting her title back.

Tony D'Angelo talks to Robert Stone. He asks why he had refs saving Naraku when Naraku blinded him. Tony says he wants Naraku and will get him. Stone says he's protecting him. Stone says Tony will defend his title vs Naraku next week. Tony says good but he's not waiting. Stone asks what he will do.

Tavion Heights vs Jackson Drake

JD trips Tav and spins on his back. JD piefaces him. JD boots Tav. Tav then spins on his back. Tav waistlock takedowns him. Tav then gets on all four's and wants JD to wrestle him down. Tav trips him into a side headlock. 

JD front facelocks him and Tav reverses it. JD pounds on him in the corner. Tav backdrops him for 2. JD ear claps him and facekicks him. Tav overhead belly to belly suplexes JD into the buckles. We go to break and return. 

Tav northern lights suplexes him off a spinning ddt attempt. Tav goes up and over then JD does the same. JD dragon screws him. JD figure fours him and Tav reverses it. Tav hits punches. Tav hits a nice karelin's lift then airplane spin drops him on his chest. Tav overhead belly to belly suplexes JD onto his partners outside. 

Tav overhead belly to belly suplexes him inside. JD sunset flips Tav off an overhead belly to belly suplex and pins him.

Thoughts: The leg selling could have been a little better here but I liked it. Tav really threw JD around and JD made him look good by bumping so much for him.

Reina Volcan does a video. She says nature doesn't ask for permission or apologize and neither does the first Dominican superstar in WWE. She says we will remember her name as she flipped the table over. She says she won't negotiate or compromise. She says our favorites will be buried beneath the wreckage when we realize who she is. She says she'll make her debut next week.

Noam Dar and Romeo Moreno talk in the back. Shugars comes up to them. Shugars says no one wants to team with him. Dar says he's hard to trust. Shugars says he doesn't mind going against Darkstate by himself. Romeo wants to team with him and says if they win, they could be in line for the NXT Tag Titles. Shugars asks when the last time Dar backed down from a fight was. Dar agrees to the match.

Wren and Kendal talk. Ken says she doesn't care who she faces tonight but wants to run it back with Kali. Kali comes up and says she thinks about their match everyday and says she will get that W tonight. Kali then walks past Jaida Parker and asks what she's looking at. Jaida tells her to keep the energy as Lola and Kelani won't care about her nickname. Natalya's crew then jumps Jaida from behind.

Shawn Spears is at Full Sail. He says NXT has always been about cultivating talent and he believes in that. He says truth will prevail and Izzi has become everything he thought she would. He says Niko took a big step forward but took 2 steps back when he chokeslammed him through the table. He says he's dragging him into deep waters and wants to find out how much he learned.

#1 Contender's to the NXT Women's Title - Lola Vice vs Kali Armstrong vs Kelani Jordan

Kali is double lariated over the top. Lola grounded chokes KJ. Kali corner spears both opponents together. Kali then hits corner spears separately on them. Kali misses a corner spear. Lola hits kicks on a seated KJ in the corner. KJ pulls the ref in the way and slaps Lola. KJ boot flurries Lola in the corner. Lola double leg slams her. Kali shoulderblocks both over.

Kali slams KJ and Lola. Kali hits punches on KJ and totally misses one. Lola and Kali then punch each other. Lola chest kicks her and is pulled out by KJ. KJ lariats Lola hard in the face. KJ springboard diving headscissors Kali then dropkicks her for 2. 

Lola cradles KJ for 2. Lola front facelocks Kali and kicks KJ. Lola tornado's into a seated guillotine on Kali. KJ flips over Kali and Kali pop-up powerslams KJ for 2. Lola nails Kali in the gut. Lola la silla's KJ off the apron. Kali goes up top and plancha's both opponents. We go to PiP break and return.

Lola hits pin kicks on her opponents. She hits a kick combo on KJ then hits one on Kali. Lola hits corner hip attacks on both girls then hits extra ones on KJ. Kali spinebusters Lola for 2. 

KJ boots both opponents in the face. KJ double soul foot's them. KJ germans Kali. KJ twisting legdrops Lola as she sits on the 2nd rope. KJ split-legged moonsaults Lola but Lola triangles her. Kali bridges up with KJ. KJ hurricanrana's her for 2. Lola sunset flips Kali for 2 and armbars her. 

KJ top rope splashes Lola for 2. All 3 girls hit each other. Kali is double superkicked. Kali powerslams Lola. Kali flying shoulders Lola. KJ and Kali backroll each other with pins. KJ cradles Kali for 2, but it looked like 3. Lola uraken's Kali. KJ top rope 450's Kali. Lola spin kicks KJ and then Lola falls on Kali to pin her.

Thoughts: Kali had a rough night when she needed to do well but it went alright otherwise. There was no real reason to suspect Lola was losing here and she didn't. They had some real styles clashes here but mostly were able to pull this off and keep it moving. 

Stone goes to the parking lot and sees tony beating up Naraku in the parking lot. Stone separates them and says they can fight in a street fight next week. 

Overall thoughts: There was a lot going on here as often is the case and even more is going on next week. I thought they did a decent job with getting Naraku/Tony over and doing the story with Shugars looking for partners. We had a lot of decent wrestling here and the multi-person matches went a lot better than expected. I'd say maybe the main was the match of the night. I'd give this a 6 out of 10 and thought it was a good show overall.